From 11d96663f0668d391fdd9b8280b98d21cbf663ea Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Taiwo Kareem Date: Fri, 31 Mar 2017 22:11:47 +0100 Subject: [PATCH] first push --- LICENSE | 21 + README.md | 20 + bibles/akjv.txt | 62203 +++++++++++++++++++++ bibles/amp.txt | 124408 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ bibles/kjv.txt | 62203 +++++++++++++++++++++ bibles/nasb.txt | 62204 ++++++++++++++++++++++ bibles/net.txt | 62203 +++++++++++++++++++++ images/effect.png | Bin 0 -> 87977 bytes 8 files changed, 373262 insertions(+) create mode 100644 LICENSE create mode 100644 README.md create mode 100755 bibles/akjv.txt create mode 100644 bibles/amp.txt create mode 100755 bibles/kjv.txt create mode 100644 bibles/nasb.txt create mode 100755 bibles/net.txt create mode 100644 images/effect.png diff --git a/LICENSE b/LICENSE new file mode 100644 index 0000000..7516d32 --- /dev/null +++ b/LICENSE @@ -0,0 +1,21 @@ +MIT License + +Copyright (c) 2017 Taiwo Kareem + +Permission is hereby granted, free of charge, to any person obtaining a copy +of this software and associated documentation files (the "Software"), to deal +in the Software without restriction, including without limitation the rights +to use, copy, modify, merge, publish, distribute, sublicense, and/or sell +copies of the Software, and to permit persons to whom the Software is +furnished to do so, subject to the following conditions: + +The above copyright notice and this permission notice shall be included in all +copies or substantial portions of the Software. + +THE SOFTWARE IS PROVIDED "AS IS", WITHOUT WARRANTY OF ANY KIND, EXPRESS OR +IMPLIED, INCLUDING BUT NOT LIMITED TO THE WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY, +FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE AND NONINFRINGEMENT. IN NO EVENT SHALL THE +AUTHORS OR COPYRIGHT HOLDERS BE LIABLE FOR ANY CLAIM, DAMAGES OR OTHER +LIABILITY, WHETHER IN AN ACTION OF CONTRACT, TORT OR OTHERWISE, ARISING FROM, +OUT OF OR IN CONNECTION WITH THE SOFTWARE OR THE USE OR OTHER DEALINGS IN THE +SOFTWARE. diff --git a/README.md b/README.md new file mode 100644 index 0000000..25827eb --- /dev/null +++ b/README.md @@ -0,0 +1,20 @@ +# variety bible text + +To be used for displaying random verses on linux computer that supports the variety application + +## How to use +Install variety from the terminal + +```bash +$ sudo add-apt-repository ppa:peterlevi/ppa +$ sudo apt-get update +$ sudo apt-get install variety +``` + +> Please don't copy the `$` symbol as it just represents the terminal/prompt (I am using the Ubuntu package manager in this case, you might have to google your own linux version of package manager and how to install variety) + +After variety has been installed, copy the bible text of your choice into the `~/.config/variety/pluginconfig/quotes` folder. + +Reopen variety and go to the `effects` tab and check the `show random wise quotes on the desktop` check box + +![Effects tab](./images/effect.png) diff --git a/bibles/akjv.txt b/bibles/akjv.txt new file mode 100755 index 0000000..4e03158 --- /dev/null +++ b/bibles/akjv.txt @@ -0,0 +1,62203 @@ +In the beginning God created the heaven and the earth. -- genesis 1:1 +. +And the earth was without form, and void; and darkness was on the face of the deep. And the Spirit of God moved on the face of the waters. -- genesis 1:2 +. +And God said, Let there be light: and there was light. -- genesis 1:3 +. +And God saw the light, that it was good: and God divided the light from the darkness. -- genesis 1:4 +. +And God called the light Day, and the darkness he called Night. And the evening and the morning were the first day. -- genesis 1:5 +. +And God said, Let there be a firmament in the middle of the waters, and let it divide the waters from the waters. -- genesis 1:6 +. +And God made the firmament, and divided the waters which were under the firmament from the waters which were above the firmament: and it was so. -- genesis 1:7 +. +And God called the firmament Heaven. And the evening and the morning were the second day. -- genesis 1:8 +. +And God said, Let the waters under the heaven be gathered together to one place, and let the dry land appear: and it was so. -- genesis 1:9 +. +And God called the dry land Earth; and the gathering together of the waters called he Seas: and God saw that it was good. -- genesis 1:10 +. +And God said, Let the earth bring forth grass, the herb yielding seed, and the fruit tree yielding fruit after his kind, whose seed is in itself, on the earth: and it was so. -- genesis 1:11 +. +And the earth brought forth grass, and herb yielding seed after his kind, and the tree yielding fruit, whose seed was in itself, after his kind: and God saw that it was good. -- genesis 1:12 +. +And the evening and the morning were the third day. -- genesis 1:13 +. +And God said, Let there be lights in the firmament of the heaven to divide the day from the night; and let them be for signs, and for seasons, and for days, and years: -- genesis 1:14 +. +And let them be for lights in the firmament of the heaven to give light on the earth: and it was so. -- genesis 1:15 +. +And God made two great lights; the greater light to rule the day, and the lesser light to rule the night: he made the stars also. -- genesis 1:16 +. +And God set them in the firmament of the heaven to give light on the earth, -- genesis 1:17 +. +And to rule over the day and over the night, and to divide the light from the darkness: and God saw that it was good. -- genesis 1:18 +. +And the evening and the morning were the fourth day. -- genesis 1:19 +. +And God said, Let the waters bring forth abundantly the moving creature that has life, and fowl that may fly above the earth in the open firmament of heaven. -- genesis 1:20 +. +And God created great whales, and every living creature that moves, which the waters brought forth abundantly, after their kind, and every winged fowl after his kind: and God saw that it was good. -- genesis 1:21 +. +And God blessed them, saying, Be fruitful, and multiply, and fill the waters in the seas, and let fowl multiply in the earth. -- genesis 1:22 +. +And the evening and the morning were the fifth day. -- genesis 1:23 +. +And God said, Let the earth bring forth the living creature after his kind, cattle, and creeping thing, and beast of the earth after his kind: and it was so. -- genesis 1:24 +. +And God made the beast of the earth after his kind, and cattle after their kind, and every thing that creeps on the earth after his kind: and God saw that it was good. -- genesis 1:25 +. +And God said, Let us make man in our image, after our likeness: and let them have dominion over the fish of the sea, and over the fowl of the air, and over the cattle, and over all the earth, and over every creeping thing that creeps on the earth. -- genesis 1:26 +. +So God created man in his own image, in the image of God created he him; male and female created he them. -- genesis 1:27 +. +And God blessed them, and God said to them, Be fruitful, and multiply, and replenish the earth, and subdue it: and have dominion over the fish of the sea, and over the fowl of the air, and over every living thing that moves on the earth. -- genesis 1:28 +. +And God said, Behold, I have given you every herb bearing seed, which is on the face of all the earth, and every tree, in the which is the fruit of a tree yielding seed; to you it shall be for meat. -- genesis 1:29 +. +And to every beast of the earth, and to every fowl of the air, and to every thing that creeps on the earth, wherein there is life, I have given every green herb for meat: and it was so. -- genesis 1:30 +. +And God saw every thing that he had made, and, behold, it was very good. And the evening and the morning were the sixth day. -- genesis 1:31 +. +Thus the heavens and the earth were finished, and all the host of them. -- genesis 2:1 +. +And on the seventh day God ended his work which he had made; and he rested on the seventh day from all his work which he had made. -- genesis 2:2 +. +And God blessed the seventh day, and sanctified it: because that in it he had rested from all his work which God created and made. -- genesis 2:3 +. +These are the generations of the heavens and of the earth when they were created, in the day that the LORD God made the earth and the heavens, -- genesis 2:4 +. +And every plant of the field before it was in the earth, and every herb of the field before it grew: for the LORD God had not caused it to rain on the earth, and there was not a man to till the ground. -- genesis 2:5 +. +But there went up a mist from the earth, and watered the whole face of the ground. -- genesis 2:6 +. +And the LORD God formed man of the dust of the ground, and breathed into his nostrils the breath of life; and man became a living soul. -- genesis 2:7 +. +And the LORD God planted a garden eastward in Eden; and there he put the man whom he had formed. -- genesis 2:8 +. +And out of the ground made the LORD God to grow every tree that is pleasant to the sight, and good for food; the tree of life also in the middle of the garden, and the tree of knowledge of good and evil. -- genesis 2:9 +. +And a river went out of Eden to water the garden; and from there it was parted, and became into four heads. -- genesis 2:10 +. +The name of the first is Pison: that is it which compasses the whole land of Havilah, where there is gold; -- genesis 2:11 +. +And the gold of that land is good: there is bdellium and the onyx stone. -- genesis 2:12 +. +And the name of the second river is Gihon: the same is it that compasses the whole land of Ethiopia. -- genesis 2:13 +. +And the name of the third river is Hiddekel: that is it which goes toward the east of Assyria. And the fourth river is Euphrates. -- genesis 2:14 +. +And the LORD God took the man, and put him into the garden of Eden to dress it and to keep it. -- genesis 2:15 +. +And the LORD God commanded the man, saying, Of every tree of the garden you may freely eat: -- genesis 2:16 +. +But of the tree of the knowledge of good and evil, you shall not eat of it: for in the day that you eat thereof you shall surely die. -- genesis 2:17 +. +And the LORD God said, It is not good that the man should be alone; I will make him an help meet for him. -- genesis 2:18 +. +And out of the ground the LORD God formed every beast of the field, and every fowl of the air; and brought them to Adam to see what he would call them: and whatever Adam called every living creature, that was the name thereof. -- genesis 2:19 +. +And Adam gave names to all cattle, and to the fowl of the air, and to every beast of the field; but for Adam there was not found an help meet for him. -- genesis 2:20 +. +And the LORD God caused a deep sleep to fall on Adam, and he slept: and he took one of his ribs, and closed up the flesh instead thereof; -- genesis 2:21 +. +And the rib, which the LORD God had taken from man, made he a woman, and brought her to the man. -- genesis 2:22 +. +And Adam said, This is now bone of my bones, and flesh of my flesh: she shall be called Woman, because she was taken out of Man. -- genesis 2:23 +. +Therefore shall a man leave his father and his mother, and shall join to his wife: and they shall be one flesh. -- genesis 2:24 +. +And they were both naked, the man and his wife, and were not ashamed. -- genesis 2:25 +. +Now the serpent was more subtle than any beast of the field which the LORD God had made. And he said to the woman, Yes, has God said, You shall not eat of every tree of the garden? -- genesis 3:1 +. +And the woman said to the serpent, We may eat of the fruit of the trees of the garden: -- genesis 3:2 +. +But of the fruit of the tree which is in the middle of the garden, God has said, You shall not eat of it, neither shall you touch it, lest you die. -- genesis 3:3 +. +And the serpent said to the woman, You shall not surely die: -- genesis 3:4 +. +For God does know that in the day you eat thereof, then your eyes shall be opened, and you shall be as gods, knowing good and evil. -- genesis 3:5 +. +And when the woman saw that the tree was good for food, and that it was pleasant to the eyes, and a tree to be desired to make one wise, she took of the fruit thereof, and did eat, and gave also to her husband with her; and he did eat. -- genesis 3:6 +. +And the eyes of them both were opened, and they knew that they were naked; and they sewed fig leaves together, and made themselves aprons. -- genesis 3:7 +. +And they heard the voice of the LORD God walking in the garden in the cool of the day: and Adam and his wife hid themselves from the presence of the LORD God among the trees of the garden. -- genesis 3:8 +. +And the LORD God called to Adam, and said to him, Where are you? -- genesis 3:9 +. +And he said, I heard your voice in the garden, and I was afraid, because I was naked; and I hid myself. -- genesis 3:10 +. +And he said, Who told you that you were naked? Have you eaten of the tree, whereof I commanded you that you should not eat? -- genesis 3:11 +. +And the man said, The woman whom you gave to be with me, she gave me of the tree, and I did eat. -- genesis 3:12 +. +And the LORD God said to the woman, What is this that you have done? And the woman said, The serpent beguiled me, and I did eat. -- genesis 3:13 +. +And the LORD God said to the serpent, Because you have done this, you are cursed above all cattle, and above every beast of the field; on your belly shall you go, and dust shall you eat all the days of your life: -- genesis 3:14 +. +And I will put enmity between you and the woman, and between your seed and her seed; it shall bruise your head, and you shall bruise his heel. -- genesis 3:15 +. +To the woman he said, I will greatly multiply your sorrow and your conception; in sorrow you shall bring forth children; and your desire shall be to your husband, and he shall rule over you. -- genesis 3:16 +. +And to Adam he said, Because you have listened to the voice of your wife, and have eaten of the tree, of which I commanded you, saying, You shall not eat of it: cursed is the ground for your sake; in sorrow shall you eat of it all the days of your life; -- genesis 3:17 +. +Thorns also and thistles shall it bring forth to you; and you shall eat the herb of the field; -- genesis 3:18 +. +In the sweat of your face shall you eat bread, till you return to the ground; for out of it were you taken: for dust you are, and to dust shall you return. -- genesis 3:19 +. +And Adam called his wife' name Eve; because she was the mother of all living. -- genesis 3:20 +. +To Adam also and to his wife did the LORD God make coats of skins, and clothed them. -- genesis 3:21 +. +And the LORD God said, Behold, the man is become as one of us, to know good and evil: and now, lest he put forth his hand, and take also of the tree of life, and eat, and live for ever: -- genesis 3:22 +. +Therefore the LORD God sent him forth from the garden of Eden, to till the ground from from where he was taken. -- genesis 3:23 +. +So he drove out the man; and he placed at the east of the garden of Eden Cherubim, and a flaming sword which turned every way, to keep the way of the tree of life. -- genesis 3:24 +. +And Adam knew Eve his wife; and she conceived, and bore Cain, and said, I have gotten a man from the LORD. -- genesis 4:1 +. +And she again bore his brother Abel. And Abel was a keeper of sheep, but Cain was a tiller of the ground. -- genesis 4:2 +. +And in process of time it came to pass, that Cain brought of the fruit of the ground an offering to the LORD. -- genesis 4:3 +. +And Abel, he also brought of the firstborn of his flock and of the fat thereof. And the LORD had respect to Abel and to his offering: -- genesis 4:4 +. +But to Cain and to his offering he had not respect. And Cain was very wroth, and his countenance fell. -- genesis 4:5 +. +And the LORD said to Cain, Why are you wroth? and why is your countenance fallen? -- genesis 4:6 +. +If you do well, shall you not be accepted? and if you do not well, sin lies at the door. And to you shall be his desire, and you shall rule over him. -- genesis 4:7 +. +And Cain talked with Abel his brother: and it came to pass, when they were in the field, that Cain rose up against Abel his brother, and slew him. -- genesis 4:8 +. +And the LORD said to Cain, Where is Abel your brother? And he said, I know not: Am I my brother' keeper? -- genesis 4:9 +. +And he said, What have you done? the voice of your brother' blood cries to me from the ground. -- genesis 4:10 +. +And now are you cursed from the earth, which has opened her mouth to receive your brother' blood from your hand; -- genesis 4:11 +. +When you till the ground, it shall not from now on yield to you her strength; a fugitive and a vagabond shall you be in the earth. -- genesis 4:12 +. +And Cain said to the LORD, My punishment is greater than I can bear. -- genesis 4:13 +. +Behold, you have driven me out this day from the face of the earth; and from your face shall I be hid; and I shall be a fugitive and a vagabond in the earth; and it shall come to pass, that every one that finds me shall slay me. -- genesis 4:14 +. +And the LORD said to him, Therefore whoever slays Cain, vengeance shall be taken on him sevenfold. And the LORD set a mark on Cain, lest any finding him should kill him. -- genesis 4:15 +. +And Cain went out from the presence of the LORD, and dwelled in the land of Nod, on the east of Eden. -- genesis 4:16 +. +And Cain knew his wife; and she conceived, and bore Enoch: and he built a city, and called the name of the city, after the name of his son, Enoch. -- genesis 4:17 +. +And to Enoch was born Irad: and Irad begat Mehujael: and Mehujael begat Methusael: and Methusael begat Lamech. -- genesis 4:18 +. +And Lamech took to him two wives: the name of the one was Adah, and the name of the other Zillah. -- genesis 4:19 +. +And Adah bore Jabal: he was the father of such as dwell in tents, and of such as have cattle. -- genesis 4:20 +. +And his brother' name was Jubal: he was the father of all such as handle the harp and organ. -- genesis 4:21 +. +And Zillah, she also bore Tubalcain, an instructor of every artificer in brass and iron: and the sister of Tubalcain was Naamah. -- genesis 4:22 +. +And Lamech said to his wives, Adah and Zillah, Hear my voice; you wives of Lamech, listen to my speech: for I have slain a man to my wounding, and a young man to my hurt. -- genesis 4:23 +. +If Cain shall be avenged sevenfold, truly Lamech seventy and sevenfold. -- genesis 4:24 +. +And Adam knew his wife again; and she bore a son, and called his name Seth: For God, said she, has appointed me another seed instead of Abel, whom Cain slew. -- genesis 4:25 +. +And to Seth, to him also there was born a son; and he called his name Enos: then began men to call on the name of the LORD. -- genesis 4:26 +. +This is the book of the generations of Adam. In the day that God created man, in the likeness of God made he him; -- genesis 5:1 +. +Male and female created he them; and blessed them, and called their name Adam, in the day when they were created. -- genesis 5:2 +. +And Adam lived an hundred and thirty years, and begat a son in his own likeness, and after his image; and called his name Seth: -- genesis 5:3 +. +And the days of Adam after he had begotten Seth were eight hundred years: and he begat sons and daughters: -- genesis 5:4 +. +And all the days that Adam lived were nine hundred and thirty years: and he died. -- genesis 5:5 +. +And Seth lived an hundred and five years, and begat Enos: -- genesis 5:6 +. +And Seth lived after he begat Enos eight hundred and seven years, and begat sons and daughters: -- genesis 5:7 +. +And all the days of Seth were nine hundred and twelve years: and he died. -- genesis 5:8 +. +And Enos lived ninety years, and begat Cainan: -- genesis 5:9 +. +And Enos lived after he begat Cainan eight hundred and fifteen years, and begat sons and daughters: -- genesis 5:10 +. +And all the days of Enos were nine hundred and five years: and he died. -- genesis 5:11 +. +And Cainan lived seventy years and begat Mahalaleel: -- genesis 5:12 +. +And Cainan lived after he begat Mahalaleel eight hundred and forty years, and begat sons and daughters: -- genesis 5:13 +. +And all the days of Cainan were nine hundred and ten years: and he died. -- genesis 5:14 +. +And Mahalaleel lived sixty and five years, and begat Jared: -- genesis 5:15 +. +And Mahalaleel lived after he begat Jared eight hundred and thirty years, and begat sons and daughters: -- genesis 5:16 +. +And all the days of Mahalaleel were eight hundred ninety and five years: and he died. -- genesis 5:17 +. +And Jared lived an hundred sixty and two years, and he begat Enoch: -- genesis 5:18 +. +And Jared lived after he begat Enoch eight hundred years, and begat sons and daughters: -- genesis 5:19 +. +And all the days of Jared were nine hundred sixty and two years: and he died. -- genesis 5:20 +. +And Enoch lived sixty and five years, and begat Methuselah: -- genesis 5:21 +. +And Enoch walked with God after he begat Methuselah three hundred years, and begat sons and daughters: -- genesis 5:22 +. +And all the days of Enoch were three hundred sixty and five years: -- genesis 5:23 +. +And Enoch walked with God: and he was not; for God took him. -- genesis 5:24 +. +And Methuselah lived an hundred eighty and seven years, and begat Lamech. -- genesis 5:25 +. +And Methuselah lived after he begat Lamech seven hundred eighty and two years, and begat sons and daughters: -- genesis 5:26 +. +And all the days of Methuselah were nine hundred sixty and nine years: and he died. -- genesis 5:27 +. +And Lamech lived an hundred eighty and two years, and begat a son: -- genesis 5:28 +. +And he called his name Noah, saying, This same shall comfort us concerning our work and toil of our hands, because of the ground which the LORD has cursed. -- genesis 5:29 +. +And Lamech lived after he begat Noah five hundred ninety and five years, and begat sons and daughters: -- genesis 5:30 +. +And all the days of Lamech were seven hundred seventy and seven years: and he died. -- genesis 5:31 +. +And Noah was five hundred years old: and Noah begat Shem, Ham, and Japheth. -- genesis 5:32 +. +And it came to pass, when men began to multiply on the face of the earth, and daughters were born to them, -- genesis 6:1 +. +That the sons of God saw the daughters of men that they were fair; and they took them wives of all which they chose. -- genesis 6:2 +. +And the LORD said, My spirit shall not always strive with man, for that he also is flesh: yet his days shall be an hundred and twenty years. -- genesis 6:3 +. +There were giants in the earth in those days; and also after that, when the sons of God came in to the daughters of men, and they bore children to them, the same became mighty men which were of old, men of renown. -- genesis 6:4 +. +And God saw that the wickedness of man was great in the earth, and that every imagination of the thoughts of his heart was only evil continually. -- genesis 6:5 +. +And it repented the LORD that he had made man on the earth, and it grieved him at his heart. -- genesis 6:6 +. +And the LORD said, I will destroy man whom I have created from the face of the earth; both man, and beast, and the creeping thing, and the fowls of the air; for it repents me that I have made them. -- genesis 6:7 +. +But Noah found grace in the eyes of the LORD. -- genesis 6:8 +. +These are the generations of Noah: Noah was a just man and perfect in his generations, and Noah walked with God. -- genesis 6:9 +. +And Noah begat three sons, Shem, Ham, and Japheth. -- genesis 6:10 +. +The earth also was corrupt before God, and the earth was filled with violence. -- genesis 6:11 +. +And God looked on the earth, and, behold, it was corrupt; for all flesh had corrupted his way on the earth. -- genesis 6:12 +. +And God said to Noah, The end of all flesh is come before me; for the earth is filled with violence through them; and, behold, I will destroy them with the earth. -- genesis 6:13 +. +Make you an ark of gopher wood; rooms shall you make in the ark, and shall pitch it within and without with pitch. -- genesis 6:14 +. +And this is the fashion which you shall make it of: The length of the ark shall be three hundred cubits, the breadth of it fifty cubits, and the height of it thirty cubits. -- genesis 6:15 +. +A window shall you make to the ark, and in a cubit shall you finish it above; and the door of the ark shall you set in the side thereof; with lower, second, and third stories shall you make it. -- genesis 6:16 +. +And, behold, I, even I, do bring a flood of waters on the earth, to destroy all flesh, wherein is the breath of life, from under heaven; and every thing that is in the earth shall die. -- genesis 6:17 +. +But with you will I establish my covenant; and you shall come into the ark, you, and your sons, and your wife, and your sons'wives with you. -- genesis 6:18 +. +And of every living thing of all flesh, two of every sort shall you bring into the ark, to keep them alive with you; they shall be male and female. -- genesis 6:19 +. +Of fowls after their kind, and of cattle after their kind, of every creeping thing of the earth after his kind, two of every sort shall come to you, to keep them alive. -- genesis 6:20 +. +And take you to you of all food that is eaten, and you shall gather it to you; and it shall be for food for you, and for them. -- genesis 6:21 +. +Thus did Noah; according to all that God commanded him, so did he. -- genesis 6:22 +. +And the LORD said to Noah, Come you and all your house into the ark; for you have I seen righteous before me in this generation. -- genesis 7:1 +. +Of every clean beast you shall take to you by sevens, the male and his female: and of beasts that are not clean by two, the male and his female. -- genesis 7:2 +. +Of fowls also of the air by sevens, the male and the female; to keep seed alive on the face of all the earth. -- genesis 7:3 +. +For yet seven days, and I will cause it to rain on the earth forty days and forty nights; and every living substance that I have made will I destroy from off the face of the earth. -- genesis 7:4 +. +And Noah did according to all that the LORD commanded him. -- genesis 7:5 +. +And Noah was six hundred years old when the flood of waters was on the earth. -- genesis 7:6 +. +And Noah went in, and his sons, and his wife, and his sons'wives with him, into the ark, because of the waters of the flood. -- genesis 7:7 +. +Of clean beasts, and of beasts that are not clean, and of fowls, and of every thing that creeps on the earth, -- genesis 7:8 +. +There went in two and two to Noah into the ark, the male and the female, as God had commanded Noah. -- genesis 7:9 +. +And it came to pass after seven days, that the waters of the flood were on the earth. -- genesis 7:10 +. +In the six hundredth year of Noah' life, in the second month, the seventeenth day of the month, the same day were all the fountains of the great deep broken up, and the windows of heaven were opened. -- genesis 7:11 +. +And the rain was on the earth forty days and forty nights. -- genesis 7:12 +. +In the selfsame day entered Noah, and Shem, and Ham, and Japheth, the sons of Noah, and Noah' wife, and the three wives of his sons with them, into the ark; -- genesis 7:13 +. +They, and every beast after his kind, and all the cattle after their kind, and every creeping thing that creeps on the earth after his kind, and every fowl after his kind, every bird of every sort. -- genesis 7:14 +. +And they went in to Noah into the ark, two and two of all flesh, wherein is the breath of life. -- genesis 7:15 +. +And they that went in, went in male and female of all flesh, as God had commanded him: and the LORD shut him in. -- genesis 7:16 +. +And the flood was forty days on the earth; and the waters increased, and bore up the ark, and it was lift up above the earth. -- genesis 7:17 +. +And the waters prevailed, and were increased greatly on the earth; and the ark went on the face of the waters. -- genesis 7:18 +. +And the waters prevailed exceedingly on the earth; and all the high hills, that were under the whole heaven, were covered. -- genesis 7:19 +. +Fifteen cubits upward did the waters prevail; and the mountains were covered. -- genesis 7:20 +. +And all flesh died that moved on the earth, both of fowl, and of cattle, and of beast, and of every creeping thing that creeps on the earth, and every man: -- genesis 7:21 +. +All in whose nostrils was the breath of life, of all that was in the dry land, died. -- genesis 7:22 +. +And every living substance was destroyed which was on the face of the ground, both man, and cattle, and the creeping things, and the fowl of the heaven; and they were destroyed from the earth: and Noah only remained alive, and they that were with him in the ark. -- genesis 7:23 +. +And the waters prevailed on the earth an hundred and fifty days. -- genesis 7:24 +. +And God remembered Noah, and every living thing, and all the cattle that was with him in the ark: and God made a wind to pass over the earth, and the waters assuaged; -- genesis 8:1 +. +The fountains also of the deep and the windows of heaven were stopped, and the rain from heaven was restrained; -- genesis 8:2 +. +And the waters returned from off the earth continually: and after the end of the hundred and fifty days the waters were abated. -- genesis 8:3 +. +And the ark rested in the seventh month, on the seventeenth day of the month, on the mountains of Ararat. -- genesis 8:4 +. +And the waters decreased continually until the tenth month: in the tenth month, on the first day of the month, were the tops of the mountains seen. -- genesis 8:5 +. +And it came to pass at the end of forty days, that Noah opened the window of the ark which he had made: -- genesis 8:6 +. +And he sent forth a raven, which went forth to and fro, until the waters were dried up from off the earth. -- genesis 8:7 +. +Also he sent forth a dove from him, to see if the waters were abated from off the face of the ground; -- genesis 8:8 +. +But the dove found no rest for the sole of her foot, and she returned to him into the ark, for the waters were on the face of the whole earth: then he put forth his hand, and took her, and pulled her in to him into the ark. -- genesis 8:9 +. +And he stayed yet other seven days; and again he sent forth the dove out of the ark; -- genesis 8:10 +. +And the dove came in to him in the evening; and, see, in her mouth was an olive leaf plucked off: so Noah knew that the waters were abated from off the earth. -- genesis 8:11 +. +And he stayed yet other seven days; and sent forth the dove; which returned not again to him any more. -- genesis 8:12 +. +And it came to pass in the six hundredth and first year, in the first month, the first day of the month, the waters were dried up from off the earth: and Noah removed the covering of the ark, and looked, and, behold, the face of the ground was dry. -- genesis 8:13 +. +And in the second month, on the seven and twentieth day of the month, was the earth dried. -- genesis 8:14 +. +And God spoke to Noah, saying, -- genesis 8:15 +. +Go forth of the ark, you, and your wife, and your sons, and your sons'wives with you. -- genesis 8:16 +. +Bring forth with you every living thing that is with you, of all flesh, both of fowl, and of cattle, and of every creeping thing that creeps on the earth; that they may breed abundantly in the earth, and be fruitful, and multiply on the earth. -- genesis 8:17 +. +And Noah went forth, and his sons, and his wife, and his sons'wives with him: -- genesis 8:18 +. +Every beast, every creeping thing, and every fowl, and whatever creeps on the earth, after their kinds, went forth out of the ark. -- genesis 8:19 +. +And Noah built an altar to the LORD; and took of every clean beast, and of every clean fowl, and offered burnt offerings on the altar. -- genesis 8:20 +. +And the LORD smelled a sweet smell; and the LORD said in his heart, I will not again curse the ground any more for man' sake; for the imagination of man' heart is evil from his youth; neither will I again smite any more every thing living, as I have done. -- genesis 8:21 +. +While the earth remains, seedtime and harvest, and cold and heat, and summer and winter, and day and night shall not cease. -- genesis 8:22 +. +And God blessed Noah and his sons, and said to them, Be fruitful, and multiply, and replenish the earth. -- genesis 9:1 +. +And the fear of you and the dread of you shall be on every beast of the earth, and on every fowl of the air, on all that moves on the earth, and on all the fishes of the sea; into your hand are they delivered. -- genesis 9:2 +. +Every moving thing that lives shall be meat for you; even as the green herb have I given you all things. -- genesis 9:3 +. +But flesh with the life thereof, which is the blood thereof, shall you not eat. -- genesis 9:4 +. +And surely your blood of your lives will I require; at the hand of every beast will I require it, and at the hand of man; at the hand of every man' brother will I require the life of man. -- genesis 9:5 +. +Whoever sheds man' blood, by man shall his blood be shed: for in the image of God made he man. -- genesis 9:6 +. +And you, be you fruitful, and multiply; bring forth abundantly in the earth, and multiply therein. -- genesis 9:7 +. +And God spoke to Noah, and to his sons with him, saying, -- genesis 9:8 +. +And I, behold, I establish my covenant with you, and with your seed after you; -- genesis 9:9 +. +And with every living creature that is with you, of the fowl, of the cattle, and of every beast of the earth with you; from all that go out of the ark, to every beast of the earth. -- genesis 9:10 +. +And I will establish my covenant with you, neither shall all flesh be cut off any more by the waters of a flood; neither shall there any more be a flood to destroy the earth. -- genesis 9:11 +. +And God said, This is the token of the covenant which I make between me and you and every living creature that is with you, for perpetual generations: -- genesis 9:12 +. +I do set my bow in the cloud, and it shall be for a token of a covenant between me and the earth. -- genesis 9:13 +. +And it shall come to pass, when I bring a cloud over the earth, that the bow shall be seen in the cloud: -- genesis 9:14 +. +And I will remember my covenant, which is between me and you and every living creature of all flesh; and the waters shall no more become a flood to destroy all flesh. -- genesis 9:15 +. +And the bow shall be in the cloud; and I will look on it, that I may remember the everlasting covenant between God and every living creature of all flesh that is on the earth. -- genesis 9:16 +. +And God said to Noah, This is the token of the covenant, which I have established between me and all flesh that is on the earth. -- genesis 9:17 +. +And the sons of Noah, that went forth of the ark, were Shem, and Ham, and Japheth: and Ham is the father of Canaan. -- genesis 9:18 +. +These are the three sons of Noah: and of them was the whole earth covered. -- genesis 9:19 +. +And Noah began to be an farmer, and he planted a vineyard: -- genesis 9:20 +. +And he drank of the wine, and was drunken; and he was uncovered within his tent. -- genesis 9:21 +. +And Ham, the father of Canaan, saw the nakedness of his father, and told his two brothers without. -- genesis 9:22 +. +And Shem and Japheth took a garment, and laid it on both their shoulders, and went backward, and covered the nakedness of their father; and their faces were backward, and they saw not their father' nakedness. -- genesis 9:23 +. +And Noah awoke from his wine, and knew what his younger son had done to him. -- genesis 9:24 +. +And he said, Cursed be Canaan; a servant of servants shall he be to his brothers. -- genesis 9:25 +. +And he said, Blessed be the LORD God of Shem; and Canaan shall be his servant. -- genesis 9:26 +. +God shall enlarge Japheth, and he shall dwell in the tents of Shem; and Canaan shall be his servant. -- genesis 9:27 +. +And Noah lived after the flood three hundred and fifty years. -- genesis 9:28 +. +And all the days of Noah were nine hundred and fifty years: and he died. -- genesis 9:29 +. +Now these are the generations of the sons of Noah, Shem, Ham, and Japheth: and to them were sons born after the flood. -- genesis 10:1 +. +The sons of Japheth; Gomer, and Magog, and Madai, and Javan, and Tubal, and Meshech, and Tiras. -- genesis 10:2 +. +And the sons of Gomer; Ashkenaz, and Riphath, and Togarmah. -- genesis 10:3 +. +And the sons of Javan; Elishah, and Tarshish, Kittim, and Dodanim. -- genesis 10:4 +. +By these were the isles of the Gentiles divided in their lands; every one after his tongue, after their families, in their nations. -- genesis 10:5 +. +And the sons of Ham; Cush, and Mizraim, and Phut, and Canaan. -- genesis 10:6 +. +And the sons of Cush; Seba, and Havilah, and Sabtah, and Raamah, and Sabtechah: and the sons of Raamah; Sheba, and Dedan. -- genesis 10:7 +. +And Cush begat Nimrod: he began to be a mighty one in the earth. -- genesis 10:8 +. +He was a mighty hunter before the LORD: why it is said, Even as Nimrod the mighty hunter before the LORD. -- genesis 10:9 +. +And the beginning of his kingdom was Babel, and Erech, and Accad, and Calneh, in the land of Shinar. -- genesis 10:10 +. +Out of that land went forth Asshur, and built Nineveh, and the city Rehoboth, and Calah, -- genesis 10:11 +. +And Resen between Nineveh and Calah: the same is a great city. -- genesis 10:12 +. +And Mizraim begat Ludim, and Anamim, and Lehabim, and Naphtuhim, -- genesis 10:13 +. +And Pathrusim, and Casluhim, (out of whom came Philistim,) and Caphtorim. -- genesis 10:14 +. +And Canaan begat Sidon his first born, and Heth, -- genesis 10:15 +. +And the Jebusite, and the Amorite, and the Girgasite, -- genesis 10:16 +. +And the Hivite, and the Arkite, and the Sinite, -- genesis 10:17 +. +And the Arvadite, and the Zemarite, and the Hamathite: and afterward were the families of the Canaanites spread abroad. -- genesis 10:18 +. +And the border of the Canaanites was from Sidon, as you come to Gerar, to Gaza; as you go, to Sodom, and Gomorrah, and Admah, and Zeboim, even to Lasha. -- genesis 10:19 +. +These are the sons of Ham, after their families, after their tongues, in their countries, and in their nations. -- genesis 10:20 +. +To Shem also, the father of all the children of Eber, the brother of Japheth the elder, even to him were children born. -- genesis 10:21 +. +The children of Shem; Elam, and Asshur, and Arphaxad, and Lud, and Aram. -- genesis 10:22 +. +And the children of Aram; Uz, and Hul, and Gether, and Mash. -- genesis 10:23 +. +And Arphaxad begat Salah; and Salah begat Eber. -- genesis 10:24 +. +And to Eber were born two sons: the name of one was Peleg; for in his days was the earth divided; and his brother' name was Joktan. -- genesis 10:25 +. +And Joktan begat Almodad, and Sheleph, and Hazarmaveth, and Jerah, -- genesis 10:26 +. +And Hadoram, and Uzal, and Diklah, -- genesis 10:27 +. +And Obal, and Abimael, and Sheba, -- genesis 10:28 +. +And Ophir, and Havilah, and Jobab: all these were the sons of Joktan. -- genesis 10:29 +. +And their dwelling was from Mesha, as you go to Sephar a mount of the east. -- genesis 10:30 +. +These are the sons of Shem, after their families, after their tongues, in their lands, after their nations. -- genesis 10:31 +. +These are the families of the sons of Noah, after their generations, in their nations: and by these were the nations divided in the earth after the flood. -- genesis 10:32 +. +And the whole earth was of one language, and of one speech. -- genesis 11:1 +. +And it came to pass, as they journeyed from the east, that they found a plain in the land of Shinar; and they dwelled there. -- genesis 11:2 +. +And they said one to another, Go to, let us make brick, and burn them thoroughly. And they had brick for stone, and slime had they for mortar. -- genesis 11:3 +. +And they said, Go to, let us build us a city and a tower, whose top may reach to heaven; and let us make us a name, lest we be scattered abroad on the face of the whole earth. -- genesis 11:4 +. +And the LORD came down to see the city and the tower, which the children of men built. -- genesis 11:5 +. +And the LORD said, Behold, the people is one, and they have all one language; and this they begin to do: and now nothing will be restrained from them, which they have imagined to do. -- genesis 11:6 +. +Go to, let us go down, and there confound their language, that they may not understand one another' speech. -- genesis 11:7 +. +So the LORD scattered them abroad from there on the face of all the earth: and they left off to build the city. -- genesis 11:8 +. +Therefore is the name of it called Babel; because the LORD did there confound the language of all the earth: and from there did the LORD scatter them abroad on the face of all the earth. -- genesis 11:9 +. +These are the generations of Shem: Shem was an hundred years old, and begat Arphaxad two years after the flood: -- genesis 11:10 +. +And Shem lived after he begat Arphaxad five hundred years, and begat sons and daughters. -- genesis 11:11 +. +And Arphaxad lived five and thirty years, and begat Salah: -- genesis 11:12 +. +And Arphaxad lived after he begat Salah four hundred and three years, and begat sons and daughters. -- genesis 11:13 +. +And Salah lived thirty years, and begat Eber: -- genesis 11:14 +. +And Salah lived after he begat Eber four hundred and three years, and begat sons and daughters. -- genesis 11:15 +. +And Eber lived four and thirty years, and begat Peleg: -- genesis 11:16 +. +And Eber lived after he begat Peleg four hundred and thirty years, and begat sons and daughters. -- genesis 11:17 +. +And Peleg lived thirty years, and begat Reu: -- genesis 11:18 +. +And Peleg lived after he begat Reu two hundred and nine years, and begat sons and daughters. -- genesis 11:19 +. +And Reu lived two and thirty years, and begat Serug: -- genesis 11:20 +. +And Reu lived after he begat Serug two hundred and seven years, and begat sons and daughters. -- genesis 11:21 +. +And Serug lived thirty years, and begat Nahor: -- genesis 11:22 +. +And Serug lived after he begat Nahor two hundred years, and begat sons and daughters. -- genesis 11:23 +. +And Nahor lived nine and twenty years, and begat Terah: -- genesis 11:24 +. +And Nahor lived after he begat Terah an hundred and nineteen years, and begat sons and daughters. -- genesis 11:25 +. +And Terah lived seventy years, and begat Abram, Nahor, and Haran. -- genesis 11:26 +. +Now these are the generations of Terah: Terah begat Abram, Nahor, and Haran; and Haran begat Lot. -- genesis 11:27 +. +And Haran died before his father Terah in the land of his nativity, in Ur of the Chaldees. -- genesis 11:28 +. +And Abram and Nahor took them wives: the name of Abram' wife was Sarai; and the name of Nahor' wife, Milcah, the daughter of Haran, the father of Milcah, and the father of Iscah. -- genesis 11:29 +. +But Sarai was barren; she had no child. -- genesis 11:30 +. +And Terah took Abram his son, and Lot the son of Haran his son' son, and Sarai his daughter in law, his son Abram' wife; and they went forth with them from Ur of the Chaldees, to go into the land of Canaan; and they came to Haran, and dwelled there. -- genesis 11:31 +. +And the days of Terah were two hundred and five years: and Terah died in Haran. -- genesis 11:32 +. +Now the LORD had said to Abram, Get you out of your country, and from your kindred, and from your father' house, to a land that I will show you: -- genesis 12:1 +. +And I will make of you a great nation, and I will bless you, and make your name great; and you shall be a blessing: -- genesis 12:2 +. +And I will bless them that bless you, and curse him that curses you: and in you shall all families of the earth be blessed. -- genesis 12:3 +. +So Abram departed, as the LORD had spoken to him; and Lot went with him: and Abram was seventy and five years old when he departed out of Haran. -- genesis 12:4 +. +And Abram took Sarai his wife, and Lot his brother' son, and all their substance that they had gathered, and the souls that they had gotten in Haran; and they went forth to go into the land of Canaan; and into the land of Canaan they came. -- genesis 12:5 +. +And Abram passed through the land to the place of Sichem, to the plain of Moreh. And the Canaanite was then in the land. -- genesis 12:6 +. +And the LORD appeared to Abram, and said, To your seed will I give this land: and there built he an altar to the LORD, who appeared to him. -- genesis 12:7 +. +And he removed from there to a mountain on the east of Bethel, and pitched his tent, having Bethel on the west, and Hai on the east: and there he built an altar to the LORD, and called on the name of the LORD. -- genesis 12:8 +. +And Abram journeyed, going on still toward the south. -- genesis 12:9 +. +And there was a famine in the land: and Abram went down into Egypt to sojourn there; for the famine was grievous in the land. -- genesis 12:10 +. +And it came to pass, when he was come near to enter into Egypt, that he said to Sarai his wife, Behold now, I know that you are a fair woman to look on: -- genesis 12:11 +. +Therefore it shall come to pass, when the Egyptians shall see you, that they shall say, This is his wife: and they will kill me, but they will save you alive. -- genesis 12:12 +. +Say, I pray you, you are my sister: that it may be well with me for your sake; and my soul shall live because of you. -- genesis 12:13 +. +And it came to pass, that, when Abram was come into Egypt, the Egyptians beheld the woman that she was very fair. -- genesis 12:14 +. +The princes also of Pharaoh saw her, and commended her before Pharaoh: and the woman was taken into Pharaoh' house. -- genesis 12:15 +. +And he entreated Abram well for her sake: and he had sheep, and oxen, and he asses, and menservants, and maidservants, and she asses, and camels. -- genesis 12:16 +. +And the LORD plagued Pharaoh and his house with great plagues because of Sarai Abram' wife. -- genesis 12:17 +. +And Pharaoh called Abram and said, What is this that you have done to me? why did you not tell me that she was your wife? -- genesis 12:18 +. +Why said you, She is my sister? so I might have taken her to me to wife: now therefore behold your wife, take her, and go your way. -- genesis 12:19 +. +And Pharaoh commanded his men concerning him: and they sent him away, and his wife, and all that he had. -- genesis 12:20 +. +And Abram went up out of Egypt, he, and his wife, and all that he had, and Lot with him, into the south. -- genesis 13:1 +. +And Abram was very rich in cattle, in silver, and in gold. -- genesis 13:2 +. +And he went on his journeys from the south even to Bethel, to the place where his tent had been at the beginning, between Bethel and Hai; -- genesis 13:3 +. +To the place of the altar, which he had make there at the first: and there Abram called on the name of the LORD. -- genesis 13:4 +. +And Lot also, which went with Abram, had flocks, and herds, and tents. -- genesis 13:5 +. +And the land was not able to bear them, that they might dwell together: for their substance was great, so that they could not dwell together. -- genesis 13:6 +. +And there was a strife between the herdsmen of Abram' cattle and the herdsmen of Lot' cattle: and the Canaanite and the Perizzite dwelled then in the land. -- genesis 13:7 +. +And Abram said to Lot, Let there be no strife, I pray you, between me and you, and between my herdsmen and your herdsmen; for we be brothers. -- genesis 13:8 +. +Is not the whole land before you? separate yourself, I pray you, from me: if you will take the left hand, then I will go to the right; or if you depart to the right hand, then I will go to the left. -- genesis 13:9 +. +And Lot lifted up his eyes, and beheld all the plain of Jordan, that it was well watered every where, before the LORD destroyed Sodom and Gomorrah, even as the garden of the LORD, like the land of Egypt, as you come to Zoar. -- genesis 13:10 +. +Then Lot chose him all the plain of Jordan; and Lot journeyed east: and they separated themselves the one from the other. -- genesis 13:11 +. +Abram dwelled in the land of Canaan, and Lot dwelled in the cities of the plain, and pitched his tent toward Sodom. -- genesis 13:12 +. +But the men of Sodom were wicked and sinners before the LORD exceedingly. -- genesis 13:13 +. +And the LORD said to Abram, after that Lot was separated from him, Lift up now your eyes, and look from the place where you are northward, and southward, and eastward, and westward: -- genesis 13:14 +. +For all the land which you see, to you will I give it, and to your seed for ever. -- genesis 13:15 +. +And I will make your seed as the dust of the earth: so that if a man can number the dust of the earth, then shall your seed also be numbered. -- genesis 13:16 +. +Arise, walk through the land in the length of it and in the breadth of it; for I will give it to you. -- genesis 13:17 +. +Then Abram removed his tent, and came and dwelled in the plain of Mamre, which is in Hebron, and built there an altar to the LORD. -- genesis 13:18 +. +And it came to pass in the days of Amraphel king of Shinar, Arioch king of Ellasar, Chedorlaomer king of Elam, and Tidal king of nations; -- genesis 14:1 +. +That these made war with Bera king of Sodom, and with Birsha king of Gomorrah, Shinab king of Admah, and Shemeber king of Zeboiim, and the king of Bela, which is Zoar. -- genesis 14:2 +. +All these were joined together in the vale of Siddim, which is the salt sea. -- genesis 14:3 +. +Twelve years they served Chedorlaomer, and in the thirteenth year they rebelled. -- genesis 14:4 +. +And in the fourteenth year came Chedorlaomer, and the kings that were with him, and smote the Rephaims in Ashteroth Karnaim, and the Zuzims in Ham, and the Emins in Shaveh Kiriathaim, -- genesis 14:5 +. +And the Horites in their mount Seir, to Elparan, which is by the wilderness. -- genesis 14:6 +. +And they returned, and came to Enmishpat, which is Kadesh, and smote all the country of the Amalekites, and also the Amorites, that dwelled in Hazezontamar. -- genesis 14:7 +. +And there went out the king of Sodom, and the king of Gomorrah, and the king of Admah, and the king of Zeboiim, and the king of Bela (the same is Zoar;) and they joined battle with them in the vale of Siddim; -- genesis 14:8 +. +With Chedorlaomer the king of Elam, and with Tidal king of nations, and Amraphel king of Shinar, and Arioch king of Ellasar; four kings with five. -- genesis 14:9 +. +And the vale of Siddim was full of slime pits; and the kings of Sodom and Gomorrah fled, and fell there; and they that remained fled to the mountain. -- genesis 14:10 +. +And they took all the goods of Sodom and Gomorrah, and all their victuals, and went their way. -- genesis 14:11 +. +And they took Lot, Abram' brother' son, who dwelled in Sodom, and his goods, and departed. -- genesis 14:12 +. +And there came one that had escaped, and told Abram the Hebrew; for he dwelled in the plain of Mamre the Amorite, brother of Eshcol, and brother of Aner: and these were confederate with Abram. -- genesis 14:13 +. +And when Abram heard that his brother was taken captive, he armed his trained servants, born in his own house, three hundred and eighteen, and pursued them to Dan. -- genesis 14:14 +. +And he divided himself against them, he and his servants, by night, and smote them, and pursued them to Hobah, which is on the left hand of Damascus. -- genesis 14:15 +. +And he brought back all the goods, and also brought again his brother Lot, and his goods, and the women also, and the people. -- genesis 14:16 +. +And the king of Sodom went out to meet him after his return from the slaughter of Chedorlaomer, and of the kings that were with him, at the valley of Shaveh, which is the king' dale. -- genesis 14:17 +. +And Melchizedek king of Salem brought forth bread and wine: and he was the priest of the most high God. -- genesis 14:18 +. +And he blessed him, and said, Blessed be Abram of the most high God, possessor of heaven and earth: -- genesis 14:19 +. +And blessed be the most high God, which has delivered your enemies into your hand. And he gave him tithes of all. -- genesis 14:20 +. +And the king of Sodom said to Abram, Give me the persons, and take the goods to yourself. -- genesis 14:21 +. +And Abram said to the king of Sodom, I have lift up my hand to the LORD, the most high God, the possessor of heaven and earth, -- genesis 14:22 +. +That I will not take from a thread even to a shoelatchet, and that I will not take any thing that is yours, lest you should say, I have made Abram rich: -- genesis 14:23 +. +Save only that which the young men have eaten, and the portion of the men which went with me, Aner, Eshcol, and Mamre; let them take their portion. -- genesis 14:24 +. +After these things the word of the LORD came to Abram in a vision, saying, Fear not, Abram: I am your shield, and your exceeding great reward. -- genesis 15:1 +. +And Abram said, LORD God, what will you give me, seeing I go childless, and the steward of my house is this Eliezer of Damascus? -- genesis 15:2 +. +And Abram said, Behold, to me you have given no seed: and, see, one born in my house is my heir. -- genesis 15:3 +. +And, behold, the word of the LORD came to him, saying, This shall not be your heir; but he that shall come forth out of your own bowels shall be your heir. -- genesis 15:4 +. +And he brought him forth abroad, and said, Look now toward heaven, and tell the stars, if you be able to number them: and he said to him, So shall your seed be. -- genesis 15:5 +. +And he believed in the LORD; and he counted it to him for righteousness. -- genesis 15:6 +. +And he said to him, I am the LORD that brought you out of Ur of the Chaldees, to give you this land to inherit it. -- genesis 15:7 +. +And he said, LORD God, whereby shall I know that I shall inherit it? -- genesis 15:8 +. +And he said to him, Take me an heifer of three years old, and a she goat of three years old, and a ram of three years old, and a turtledove, and a young pigeon. -- genesis 15:9 +. +And he took to him all these, and divided them in the middle, and laid each piece one against another: but the birds divided he not. -- genesis 15:10 +. +And when the fowls came down on the carcasses, Abram drove them away. -- genesis 15:11 +. +And when the sun was going down, a deep sleep fell on Abram; and, see, an horror of great darkness fell on him. -- genesis 15:12 +. +And he said to Abram, Know of a surety that your seed shall be a stranger in a land that is not their', and shall serve them; and they shall afflict them four hundred years; -- genesis 15:13 +. +And also that nation, whom they shall serve, will I judge: and afterward shall they come out with great substance. -- genesis 15:14 +. +And you shall go to your fathers in peace; you shall be buried in a good old age. -- genesis 15:15 +. +But in the fourth generation they shall come here again: for the iniquity of the Amorites is not yet full. -- genesis 15:16 +. +And it came to pass, that, when the sun went down, and it was dark, behold a smoking furnace, and a burning lamp that passed between those pieces. -- genesis 15:17 +. +In the same day the LORD made a covenant with Abram, saying, To your seed have I given this land, from the river of Egypt to the great river, the river Euphrates: -- genesis 15:18 +. +The Kenites, and the Kenizzites, and the Kadmonites, -- genesis 15:19 +. +And the Hittites, and the Perizzites, and the Rephaims, -- genesis 15:20 +. +And the Amorites, and the Canaanites, and the Girgashites, and the Jebusites. -- genesis 15:21 +. +Now Sarai Abram' wife bore him no children: and she had an handmaid, an Egyptian, whose name was Hagar. -- genesis 16:1 +. +And Sarai said to Abram, Behold now, the LORD has restrained me from bearing: I pray you, go in to my maid; it may be that I may obtain children by her. And Abram listened to the voice of Sarai. -- genesis 16:2 +. +And Sarai Abram' wife took Hagar her maid the Egyptian, after Abram had dwelled ten years in the land of Canaan, and gave her to her husband Abram to be his wife. -- genesis 16:3 +. +And he went in to Hagar, and she conceived: and when she saw that she had conceived, her mistress was despised in her eyes. -- genesis 16:4 +. +And Sarai said to Abram, My wrong be on you: I have given my maid into your bosom; and when she saw that she had conceived, I was despised in her eyes: the LORD judge between me and you. -- genesis 16:5 +. +But Abram said to Sarai, Behold, your maid is in your hand; do to her as it pleases you. And when Sarai dealt hardly with her, she fled from her face. -- genesis 16:6 +. +And the angel of the LORD found her by a fountain of water in the wilderness, by the fountain in the way to Shur. -- genesis 16:7 +. +And he said, Hagar, Sarai' maid, from where came you? and where will you go? And she said, I flee from the face of my mistress Sarai. -- genesis 16:8 +. +And the angel of the LORD said to her, Return to your mistress, and submit yourself under her hands. -- genesis 16:9 +. +And the angel of the LORD said to her, I will multiply your seed exceedingly, that it shall not be numbered for multitude. -- genesis 16:10 +. +And the angel of the LORD said to her, Behold, you are with child and shall bear a son, and shall call his name Ishmael; because the LORD has heard your affliction. -- genesis 16:11 +. +And he will be a wild man; his hand will be against every man, and every man' hand against him; and he shall dwell in the presence of all his brothers. -- genesis 16:12 +. +And she called the name of the LORD that spoke to her, You God see me: for she said, Have I also here looked after him that sees me? -- genesis 16:13 +. +Why the well was called Beerlahairoi; behold, it is between Kadesh and Bered. -- genesis 16:14 +. +And Hagar bore Abram a son: and Abram called his son' name, which Hagar bore, Ishmael. -- genesis 16:15 +. +And Abram was fourscore and six years old, when Hagar bore Ishmael to Abram. -- genesis 16:16 +. +And when Abram was ninety years old and nine, the LORD appeared to Abram, and said to him, I am the Almighty God; walk before me, and be you perfect. -- genesis 17:1 +. +And I will make my covenant between me and you, and will multiply you exceedingly. -- genesis 17:2 +. +And Abram fell on his face: and God talked with him, saying, -- genesis 17:3 +. +As for me, behold, my covenant is with you, and you shall be a father of many nations. -- genesis 17:4 +. +Neither shall your name any more be called Abram, but your name shall be Abraham; for a father of many nations have I made you. -- genesis 17:5 +. +And I will make you exceeding fruitful, and I will make nations of you, and kings shall come out of you. -- genesis 17:6 +. +And I will establish my covenant between me and you and your seed after you in their generations for an everlasting covenant, to be a God to you, and to your seed after you. -- genesis 17:7 +. +And I will give to you, and to your seed after you, the land wherein you are a stranger, all the land of Canaan, for an everlasting possession; and I will be their God. -- genesis 17:8 +. +And God said to Abraham, You shall keep my covenant therefore, you, and your seed after you in their generations. -- genesis 17:9 +. +This is my covenant, which you shall keep, between me and you and your seed after you; Every man child among you shall be circumcised. -- genesis 17:10 +. +And you shall circumcise the flesh of your foreskin; and it shall be a token of the covenant between me and you. -- genesis 17:11 +. +And he that is eight days old shall be circumcised among you, every man child in your generations, he that is born in the house, or bought with money of any stranger, which is not of your seed. -- genesis 17:12 +. +He that is born in your house, and he that is bought with your money, must needs be circumcised: and my covenant shall be in your flesh for an everlasting covenant. -- genesis 17:13 +. +And the uncircumcised man child whose flesh of his foreskin is not circumcised, that soul shall be cut off from his people; he has broken my covenant. -- genesis 17:14 +. +And God said to Abraham, As for Sarai your wife, you shall not call her name Sarai, but Sarah shall her name be. -- genesis 17:15 +. +And I will bless her, and give you a son also of her: yes, I will bless her, and she shall be a mother of nations; kings of people shall be of her. -- genesis 17:16 +. +Then Abraham fell on his face, and laughed, and said in his heart, Shall a child be born to him that is an hundred years old? and shall Sarah, that is ninety years old, bear? -- genesis 17:17 +. +And Abraham said to God, O that Ishmael might live before you! -- genesis 17:18 +. +And God said, Sarah your wife shall bear you a son indeed; and you shall call his name Isaac: and I will establish my covenant with him for an everlasting covenant, and with his seed after him. -- genesis 17:19 +. +And as for Ishmael, I have heard you: Behold, I have blessed him, and will make him fruitful, and will multiply him exceedingly; twelve princes shall he beget, and I will make him a great nation. -- genesis 17:20 +. +But my covenant will I establish with Isaac, which Sarah shall bear to you at this set time in the next year. -- genesis 17:21 +. +And he left off talking with him, and God went up from Abraham. -- genesis 17:22 +. +And Abraham took Ishmael his son, and all that were born in his house, and all that were bought with his money, every male among the men of Abraham' house; and circumcised the flesh of their foreskin in the selfsame day, as God had said to him. -- genesis 17:23 +. +And Abraham was ninety years old and nine, when he was circumcised in the flesh of his foreskin. -- genesis 17:24 +. +And Ishmael his son was thirteen years old, when he was circumcised in the flesh of his foreskin. -- genesis 17:25 +. +In the selfsame day was Abraham circumcised, and Ishmael his son. -- genesis 17:26 +. +And all the men of his house, born in the house, and bought with money of the stranger, were circumcised with him. -- genesis 17:27 +. +And the LORD appeared to him in the plains of Mamre: and he sat in the tent door in the heat of the day; -- genesis 18:1 +. +And he lift up his eyes and looked, and, see, three men stood by him: and when he saw them, he ran to meet them from the tent door, and bowed himself toward the ground, -- genesis 18:2 +. +And said, My LORD, if now I have found favor in your sight, pass not away, I pray you, from your servant: -- genesis 18:3 +. +Let a little water, I pray you, be fetched, and wash your feet, and rest yourselves under the tree: -- genesis 18:4 +. +And I will fetch a morsel of bread, and comfort you your hearts; after that you shall pass on: for therefore are you come to your servant. And they said, So do, as you have said. -- genesis 18:5 +. +And Abraham hastened into the tent to Sarah, and said, Make ready quickly three measures of fine meal, knead it, and make cakes on the hearth. -- genesis 18:6 +. +And Abraham ran to the herd, and fetched a calf tender and good, and gave it to a young man; and he hurried to dress it. -- genesis 18:7 +. +And he took butter, and milk, and the calf which he had dressed, and set it before them; and he stood by them under the tree, and they did eat. -- genesis 18:8 +. +And they said to him, Where is Sarah your wife? And he said, Behold, in the tent. -- genesis 18:9 +. +And he said, I will certainly return to you according to the time of life; and, see, Sarah your wife shall have a son. And Sarah heard it in the tent door, which was behind him. -- genesis 18:10 +. +Now Abraham and Sarah were old and well stricken in age; and it ceased to be with Sarah after the manner of women. -- genesis 18:11 +. +Therefore Sarah laughed within herself, saying, After I am waxed old shall I have pleasure, my lord being old also? -- genesis 18:12 +. +And the LORD said to Abraham, Why did Sarah laugh, saying, Shall I of a surety bear a child, which am old? -- genesis 18:13 +. +Is any thing too hard for the LORD? At the time appointed I will return to you, according to the time of life, and Sarah shall have a son. -- genesis 18:14 +. +Then Sarah denied, saying, I laughed not; for she was afraid. And he said, No; but you did laugh. -- genesis 18:15 +. +And the men rose up from there, and looked toward Sodom: and Abraham went with them to bring them on the way. -- genesis 18:16 +. +And the LORD said, Shall I hide from Abraham that thing which I do; -- genesis 18:17 +. +Seeing that Abraham shall surely become a great and mighty nation, and all the nations of the earth shall be blessed in him? -- genesis 18:18 +. +For I know him, that he will command his children and his household after him, and they shall keep the way of the LORD, to do justice and judgment; that the LORD may bring on Abraham that which he has spoken of him. -- genesis 18:19 +. +And the LORD said, Because the cry of Sodom and Gomorrah is great, and because their sin is very grievous; -- genesis 18:20 +. +I will go down now, and see whether they have done altogether according to the cry of it, which is come to me; and if not, I will know. -- genesis 18:21 +. +And the men turned their faces from there, and went toward Sodom: but Abraham stood yet before the LORD. -- genesis 18:22 +. +And Abraham drew near, and said, Will you also destroy the righteous with the wicked? -- genesis 18:23 +. +Peradventure there be fifty righteous within the city: will you also destroy and not spare the place for the fifty righteous that are therein? -- genesis 18:24 +. +That be far from you to do after this manner, to slay the righteous with the wicked: and that the righteous should be as the wicked, that be far from you: Shall not the Judge of all the earth do right? -- genesis 18:25 +. +And the LORD said, If I find in Sodom fifty righteous within the city, then I will spare all the place for their sakes. -- genesis 18:26 +. +And Abraham answered and said, Behold now, I have taken on me to speak to the LORD, which am but dust and ashes: -- genesis 18:27 +. +Peradventure there shall lack five of the fifty righteous: will you destroy all the city for lack of five? And he said, If I find there forty and five, I will not destroy it. -- genesis 18:28 +. +And he spoke to him yet again, and said, Peradventure there shall be forty found there. And he said, I will not do it for forty' sake. -- genesis 18:29 +. +And he said to him, Oh let not the LORD be angry, and I will speak: Peradventure there shall thirty be found there. And he said, I will not do it, if I find thirty there. -- genesis 18:30 +. +And he said, Behold now, I have taken on me to speak to the LORD: Peradventure there shall be twenty found there. And he said, I will not destroy it for twenty' sake. -- genesis 18:31 +. +And he said, Oh let not the LORD be angry, and I will speak yet but this once: Peradventure ten shall be found there. And he said, I will not destroy it for ten' sake. -- genesis 18:32 +. +And the LORD went his way, as soon as he had left communing with Abraham: and Abraham returned to his place. -- genesis 18:33 +. +And there came two angels to Sodom at even; and Lot sat in the gate of Sodom: and Lot seeing them rose up to meet them; and he bowed himself with his face toward the ground; -- genesis 19:1 +. +And he said, Behold now, my lords, turn in, I pray you, into your servant' house, and tarry all night, and wash your feet, and you shall rise up early, and go on your ways. And they said, No; but we will abide in the street all night. -- genesis 19:2 +. +And he pressed on them greatly; and they turned in to him, and entered into his house; and he made them a feast, and did bake unleavened bread, and they did eat. -- genesis 19:3 +. +But before they lay down, the men of the city, even the men of Sodom, compassed the house round, both old and young, all the people from every quarter: -- genesis 19:4 +. +And they called to Lot, and said to him, Where are the men which came in to you this night? bring them out to us, that we may know them. -- genesis 19:5 +. +And Lot went out at the door to them, and shut the door after him, -- genesis 19:6 +. +And said, I pray you, brothers, do not so wickedly. -- genesis 19:7 +. +Behold now, I have two daughters which have not known man; let me, I pray you, bring them out to you, and do you to them as is good in your eyes: only to these men do nothing; for therefore came they under the shadow of my roof. -- genesis 19:8 +. +And they said, Stand back. And they said again, This one fellow came in to sojourn, and he will needs be a judge: now will we deal worse with you, than with them. And they pressed sore on the man, even Lot, and came near to break the door. -- genesis 19:9 +. +But the men put forth their hand, and pulled Lot into the house to them, and shut to the door. -- genesis 19:10 +. +And they smote the men that were at the door of the house with blindness, both small and great: so that they wearied themselves to find the door. -- genesis 19:11 +. +And the men said to Lot, Have you here any besides? son in law, and your sons, and your daughters, and whatever you have in the city, bring them out of this place: -- genesis 19:12 +. +For we will destroy this place, because the cry of them is waxen great before the face of the LORD; and the LORD has sent us to destroy it. -- genesis 19:13 +. +And Lot went out, and spoke to his sons in law, which married his daughters, and said, Up, get you out of this place; for the LORD will destroy this city. But he seemed as one that mocked to his sons in law. -- genesis 19:14 +. +And when the morning arose, then the angels hastened Lot, saying, Arise, take your wife, and your two daughters, which are here; lest you be consumed in the iniquity of the city. -- genesis 19:15 +. +And while he lingered, the men laid hold on his hand, and on the hand of his wife, and on the hand of his two daughters; the LORD being merciful to him: and they brought him forth, and set him without the city. -- genesis 19:16 +. +And it came to pass, when they had brought them forth abroad, that he said, Escape for your life; look not behind you, neither stay you in all the plain; escape to the mountain, lest you be consumed. -- genesis 19:17 +. +And Lot said to them, Oh, not so, my LORD: -- genesis 19:18 +. +Behold now, your servant has found grace in your sight, and you have magnified your mercy, which you have showed to me in saving my life; and I cannot escape to the mountain, lest some evil take me, and I die: -- genesis 19:19 +. +Behold now, this city is near to flee to, and it is a little one: Oh, let me escape thither, (is it not a little one?) and my soul shall live. -- genesis 19:20 +. +And he said to him, See, I have accepted you concerning this thing also, that I will not overthrow this city, for the which you have spoken. -- genesis 19:21 +. +Haste you, escape thither; for I cannot do anything till you be come thither. Therefore the name of the city was called Zoar. -- genesis 19:22 +. +The sun was risen on the earth when Lot entered into Zoar. -- genesis 19:23 +. +Then the LORD rained on Sodom and on Gomorrah brimstone and fire from the LORD out of heaven; -- genesis 19:24 +. +And he overthrew those cities, and all the plain, and all the inhabitants of the cities, and that which grew on the ground. -- genesis 19:25 +. +But his wife looked back from behind him, and she became a pillar of salt. -- genesis 19:26 +. +And Abraham got up early in the morning to the place where he stood before the LORD: -- genesis 19:27 +. +And he looked toward Sodom and Gomorrah, and toward all the land of the plain, and beheld, and, see, the smoke of the country went up as the smoke of a furnace. -- genesis 19:28 +. +And it came to pass, when God destroyed the cities of the plain, that God remembered Abraham, and sent Lot out of the middle of the overthrow, when he overthrew the cities in the which Lot dwelled. -- genesis 19:29 +. +And Lot went up out of Zoar, and dwelled in the mountain, and his two daughters with him; for he feared to dwell in Zoar: and he dwelled in a cave, he and his two daughters. -- genesis 19:30 +. +And the firstborn said to the younger, Our father is old, and there is not a man in the earth to come in to us after the manner of all the earth: -- genesis 19:31 +. +Come, let us make our father drink wine, and we will lie with him, that we may preserve seed of our father. -- genesis 19:32 +. +And they made their father drink wine that night: and the firstborn went in, and lay with her father; and he perceived not when she lay down, nor when she arose. -- genesis 19:33 +. +And it came to pass on the morrow, that the firstborn said to the younger, Behold, I lay last night with my father: let us make him drink wine this night also; and go you in, and lie with him, that we may preserve seed of our father. -- genesis 19:34 +. +And they made their father drink wine that night also: and the younger arose, and lay with him; and he perceived not when she lay down, nor when she arose. -- genesis 19:35 +. +Thus were both the daughters of Lot with child by their father. -- genesis 19:36 +. +And the first born bore a son, and called his name Moab: the same is the father of the Moabites to this day. -- genesis 19:37 +. +And the younger, she also bore a son, and called his name Benammi: the same is the father of the children of Ammon to this day. -- genesis 19:38 +. +And Abraham journeyed from there toward the south country, and dwelled between Kadesh and Shur, and sojourned in Gerar. -- genesis 20:1 +. +And Abraham said of Sarah his wife, She is my sister: and Abimelech king of Gerar sent, and took Sarah. -- genesis 20:2 +. +But God came to Abimelech in a dream by night, and said to him, Behold, you are but a dead man, for the woman which you have taken; for she is a man' wife. -- genesis 20:3 +. +But Abimelech had not come near her: and he said, LORD, will you slay also a righteous nation? -- genesis 20:4 +. +Said he not to me, She is my sister? and she, even she herself said, He is my brother: in the integrity of my heart and innocence of my hands have I done this. -- genesis 20:5 +. +And God said to him in a dream, Yes, I know that you did this in the integrity of your heart; for I also withheld you from sinning against me: therefore suffered I you not to touch her. -- genesis 20:6 +. +Now therefore restore the man his wife; for he is a prophet, and he shall pray for you, and you shall live: and if you restore her not, know you that you shall surely die, you, and all that are yours. -- genesis 20:7 +. +Therefore Abimelech rose early in the morning, and called all his servants, and told all these things in their ears: and the men were sore afraid. -- genesis 20:8 +. +Then Abimelech called Abraham, and said to him, What have you done to us? and what have I offended you, that you have brought on me and on my kingdom a great sin? you have done deeds to me that ought not to be done. -- genesis 20:9 +. +And Abimelech said to Abraham, What saw you, that you have done this thing? -- genesis 20:10 +. +And Abraham said, Because I thought, Surely the fear of God is not in this place; and they will slay me for my wife' sake. -- genesis 20:11 +. +And yet indeed she is my sister; she is the daughter of my father, but not the daughter of my mother; and she became my wife. -- genesis 20:12 +. +And it came to pass, when God caused me to wander from my father' house, that I said to her, This is your kindness which you shall show to me; at every place where we shall come, say of me, He is my brother. -- genesis 20:13 +. +And Abimelech took sheep, and oxen, and menservants, and womenservants, and gave them to Abraham, and restored him Sarah his wife. -- genesis 20:14 +. +And Abimelech said, Behold, my land is before you: dwell where it pleases you. -- genesis 20:15 +. +And to Sarah he said, Behold, I have given your brother a thousand pieces of silver: behold, he is to you a covering of the eyes, to all that are with you, and with all other: thus she was reproved. -- genesis 20:16 +. +So Abraham prayed to God: and God healed Abimelech, and his wife, and his maidservants; and they bore children. -- genesis 20:17 +. +For the LORD had fast closed up all the wombs of the house of Abimelech, because of Sarah Abraham' wife. -- genesis 20:18 +. +And the LORD visited Sarah as he had said, and the LORD did to Sarah as he had spoken. -- genesis 21:1 +. +For Sarah conceived, and bore Abraham a son in his old age, at the set time of which God had spoken to him. -- genesis 21:2 +. +And Abraham called the name of his son that was born to him, whom Sarah bore to him, Isaac. -- genesis 21:3 +. +And Abraham circumcised his son Isaac being eight days old, as God had commanded him. -- genesis 21:4 +. +And Abraham was an hundred years old, when his son Isaac was born to him. -- genesis 21:5 +. +And Sarah said, God has made me to laugh, so that all that hear will laugh with me. -- genesis 21:6 +. +And she said, Who would have said to Abraham, that Sarah should have given children suck? for I have born him a son in his old age. -- genesis 21:7 +. +And the child grew, and was weaned: and Abraham made a great feast the same day that Isaac was weaned. -- genesis 21:8 +. +And Sarah saw the son of Hagar the Egyptian, which she had born to Abraham, mocking. -- genesis 21:9 +. +Why she said to Abraham, Cast out this female slave and her son: for the son of this female slave shall not be heir with my son, even with Isaac. -- genesis 21:10 +. +And the thing was very grievous in Abraham' sight because of his son. -- genesis 21:11 +. +And God said to Abraham, Let it not be grievous in your sight because of the lad, and because of your female slave; in all that Sarah has said to you, listen to her voice; for in Isaac shall your seed be called. -- genesis 21:12 +. +And also of the son of the female slave will I make a nation, because he is your seed. -- genesis 21:13 +. +And Abraham rose up early in the morning, and took bread, and a bottle of water, and gave it to Hagar, putting it on her shoulder, and the child, and sent her away: and she departed, and wandered in the wilderness of Beersheba. -- genesis 21:14 +. +And the water was spent in the bottle, and she cast the child under one of the shrubs. -- genesis 21:15 +. +And she went, and sat her down over against him a good way off, as it were a bow shot: for she said, Let me not see the death of the child. And she sat over against him, and lift up her voice, and wept. -- genesis 21:16 +. +And God heard the voice of the lad; and the angel of God called to Hagar out of heaven, and said to her, What ails you, Hagar? fear not; for God has heard the voice of the lad where he is. -- genesis 21:17 +. +Arise, lift up the lad, and hold him in your hand; for I will make him a great nation. -- genesis 21:18 +. +And God opened her eyes, and she saw a well of water; and she went, and filled the bottle with water, and gave the lad drink. -- genesis 21:19 +. +And God was with the lad; and he grew, and dwelled in the wilderness, and became an archer. -- genesis 21:20 +. +And he dwelled in the wilderness of Paran: and his mother took him a wife out of the land of Egypt. -- genesis 21:21 +. +And it came to pass at that time, that Abimelech and Phichol the chief captain of his host spoke to Abraham, saying, God is with you in all that you do: -- genesis 21:22 +. +Now therefore swear to me here by God that you will not deal falsely with me, nor with my son, nor with my son' son: but according to the kindness that I have done to you, you shall do to me, and to the land wherein you have sojourned. -- genesis 21:23 +. +And Abraham said, I will swear. -- genesis 21:24 +. +And Abraham reproved Abimelech because of a well of water, which Abimelech' servants had violently taken away. -- genesis 21:25 +. +And Abimelech said, I know not who has done this thing; neither did you tell me, neither yet heard I of it, but to day. -- genesis 21:26 +. +And Abraham took sheep and oxen, and gave them to Abimelech; and both of them made a covenant. -- genesis 21:27 +. +And Abraham set seven ewe lambs of the flock by themselves. -- genesis 21:28 +. +And Abimelech said to Abraham, What mean these seven ewe lambs which you have set by themselves? -- genesis 21:29 +. +And he said, For these seven ewe lambs shall you take of my hand, that they may be a witness to me, that I have dig this well. -- genesis 21:30 +. +Why he called that place Beersheba; because there they swore both of them. -- genesis 21:31 +. +Thus they made a covenant at Beersheba: then Abimelech rose up, and Phichol the chief captain of his host, and they returned into the land of the Philistines. -- genesis 21:32 +. +And Abraham planted a grove in Beersheba, and called there on the name of the LORD, the everlasting God. -- genesis 21:33 +. +And Abraham sojourned in the Philistines'land many days. -- genesis 21:34 +. +And it came to pass after these things, that God did tempt Abraham, and said to him, Abraham: and he said, Behold, here I am. -- genesis 22:1 +. +And he said, Take now your son, your only son Isaac, whom you love, and get you into the land of Moriah; and offer him there for a burnt offering on one of the mountains which I will tell you of. -- genesis 22:2 +. +And Abraham rose up early in the morning, and saddled his ass, and took two of his young men with him, and Isaac his son, and split the wood for the burnt offering, and rose up, and went to the place of which God had told him. -- genesis 22:3 +. +Then on the third day Abraham lifted up his eyes, and saw the place afar off. -- genesis 22:4 +. +And Abraham said to his young men, Abide you here with the ass; and I and the lad will go yonder and worship, and come again to you. -- genesis 22:5 +. +And Abraham took the wood of the burnt offering, and laid it on Isaac his son; and he took the fire in his hand, and a knife; and they went both of them together. -- genesis 22:6 +. +And Isaac spoke to Abraham his father, and said, My father: and he said, Here am I, my son. And he said, Behold the fire and the wood: but where is the lamb for a burnt offering? -- genesis 22:7 +. +And Abraham said, My son, God will provide himself a lamb for a burnt offering: so they went both of them together. -- genesis 22:8 +. +And they came to the place which God had told him of; and Abraham built an altar there, and laid the wood in order, and bound Isaac his son, and laid him on the altar on the wood. -- genesis 22:9 +. +And Abraham stretched forth his hand, and took the knife to slay his son. -- genesis 22:10 +. +And the angel of the LORD called to him out of heaven, and said, Abraham, Abraham: and he said, Here am I. -- genesis 22:11 +. +And he said, Lay not your hand on the lad, neither do you any thing to him: for now I know that you fear God, seeing you have not withheld your son, your only son from me. -- genesis 22:12 +. +And Abraham lifted up his eyes, and looked, and behold behind him a ram caught in a thicket by his horns: and Abraham went and took the ram, and offered him up for a burnt offering in the stead of his son. -- genesis 22:13 +. +And Abraham called the name of that place Jehovahjireh: as it is said to this day, In the mount of the LORD it shall be seen. -- genesis 22:14 +. +And the angel of the LORD called to Abraham out of heaven the second time, -- genesis 22:15 +. +And said, By myself have I sworn, said the LORD, for because you have done this thing, and have not withheld your son, your only son: -- genesis 22:16 +. +That in blessing I will bless you, and in multiplying I will multiply your seed as the stars of the heaven, and as the sand which is on the sea shore; and your seed shall possess the gate of his enemies; -- genesis 22:17 +. +And in your seed shall all the nations of the earth be blessed; because you have obeyed my voice. -- genesis 22:18 +. +So Abraham returned to his young men, and they rose up and went together to Beersheba; and Abraham dwelled at Beersheba. -- genesis 22:19 +. +And it came to pass after these things, that it was told Abraham, saying, Behold, Milcah, she has also born children to your brother Nahor; -- genesis 22:20 +. +Huz his firstborn, and Buz his brother, and Kemuel the father of Aram, -- genesis 22:21 +. +And Chesed, and Hazo, and Pildash, and Jidlaph, and Bethuel. -- genesis 22:22 +. +And Bethuel begat Rebekah: these eight Milcah did bear to Nahor, Abraham' brother. -- genesis 22:23 +. +And his concubine, whose name was Reumah, she bore also Tebah, and Gaham, and Thahash, and Maachah. -- genesis 22:24 +. +And Sarah was an hundred and seven and twenty years old: these were the years of the life of Sarah. -- genesis 23:1 +. +And Sarah died in Kirjatharba; the same is Hebron in the land of Canaan: and Abraham came to mourn for Sarah, and to weep for her. -- genesis 23:2 +. +And Abraham stood up from before his dead, and spoke to the sons of Heth, saying, -- genesis 23:3 +. +I am a stranger and a sojourner with you: give me a possession of a burial plot with you, that I may bury my dead out of my sight. -- genesis 23:4 +. +And the children of Heth answered Abraham, saying to him, -- genesis 23:5 +. +Hear us, my lord: you are a mighty prince among us: in the choice of our sepulchers bury your dead; none of us shall withhold from you his sepulcher, but that you may bury your dead. -- genesis 23:6 +. +And Abraham stood up, and bowed himself to the people of the land, even to the children of Heth. -- genesis 23:7 +. +And he communed with them, saying, If it be your mind that I should bury my dead out of my sight; hear me, and entreat for me to Ephron the son of Zohar, -- genesis 23:8 +. +That he may give me the cave of Machpelah, which he has, which is in the end of his field; for as much money as it is worth he shall give it me for a possession of a burial plot among you. -- genesis 23:9 +. +And Ephron dwelled among the children of Heth: and Ephron the Hittite answered Abraham in the audience of the children of Heth, even of all that went in at the gate of his city, saying, -- genesis 23:10 +. +No, my lord, hear me: the field give I you, and the cave that is therein, I give it you; in the presence of the sons of my people give I it you: bury your dead. -- genesis 23:11 +. +And Abraham bowed down himself before the people of the land. -- genesis 23:12 +. +And he spoke to Ephron in the audience of the people of the land, saying, But if you will give it, I pray you, hear me: I will give you money for the field; take it of me, and I will bury my dead there. -- genesis 23:13 +. +And Ephron answered Abraham, saying to him, -- genesis 23:14 +. +My lord, listen to me: the land is worth four hundred shekels of silver; what is that between me and you? bury therefore your dead. -- genesis 23:15 +. +And Abraham listened to Ephron; and Abraham weighed to Ephron the silver, which he had named in the audience of the sons of Heth, four hundred shekels of silver, current money with the merchant. -- genesis 23:16 +. +And the field of Ephron which was in Machpelah, which was before Mamre, the field, and the cave which was therein, and all the trees that were in the field, that were in all the borders round about, were made sure -- genesis 23:17 +. +To Abraham for a possession in the presence of the children of Heth, before all that went in at the gate of his city. -- genesis 23:18 +. +And after this, Abraham buried Sarah his wife in the cave of the field of Machpelah before Mamre: the same is Hebron in the land of Canaan. -- genesis 23:19 +. +And the field, and the cave that is therein, were made sure to Abraham for a possession of a burial plot by the sons of Heth. -- genesis 23:20 +. +And Abraham was old, and well stricken in age: and the LORD had blessed Abraham in all things. -- genesis 24:1 +. +And Abraham said to his oldest servant of his house, that ruled over all that he had, Put, I pray you, your hand under my thigh: -- genesis 24:2 +. +And I will make you swear by the LORD, the God of heaven, and the God of the earth, that you shall not take a wife to my son of the daughters of the Canaanites, among whom I dwell: -- genesis 24:3 +. +But you shall go to my country, and to my kindred, and take a wife to my son Isaac. -- genesis 24:4 +. +And the servant said to him, Peradventure the woman will not be willing to follow me to this land: must I needs bring your son again to the land from from where you came? -- genesis 24:5 +. +And Abraham said to him, Beware you that you bring not my son thither again. -- genesis 24:6 +. +The LORD God of heaven, which took me from my father' house, and from the land of my kindred, and which spoke to me, and that swore to me, saying, To your seed will I give this land; he shall send his angel before you, and you shall take a wife to my son from there. -- genesis 24:7 +. +And if the woman will not be willing to follow you, then you shall be clear from this my oath: only bring not my son thither again. -- genesis 24:8 +. +And the servant put his hand under the thigh of Abraham his master, and swore to him concerning that matter. -- genesis 24:9 +. +And the servant took ten camels of the camels of his master, and departed; for all the goods of his master were in his hand: and he arose, and went to Mesopotamia, to the city of Nahor. -- genesis 24:10 +. +And he made his camels to kneel down without the city by a well of water at the time of the evening, even the time that women go out to draw water. -- genesis 24:11 +. +And he said O LORD God of my master Abraham, I pray you, send me good speed this day, and show kindness to my master Abraham. -- genesis 24:12 +. +Behold, I stand here by the well of water; and the daughters of the men of the city come out to draw water: -- genesis 24:13 +. +And let it come to pass, that the damsel to whom I shall say, Let down your pitcher, I pray you, that I may drink; and she shall say, Drink, and I will give your camels drink also: let the same be she that you have appointed for your servant Isaac; and thereby shall I know that you have showed kindness to my master. -- genesis 24:14 +. +And it came to pass, before he had done speaking, that, behold, Rebekah came out, who was born to Bethuel, son of Milcah, the wife of Nahor, Abraham' brother, with her pitcher on her shoulder. -- genesis 24:15 +. +And the damsel was very fair to look on, a virgin, neither had any man known her: and she went down to the well, and filled her pitcher, and came up. -- genesis 24:16 +. +And the servant ran to meet her, and said, Let me, I pray you, drink a little water of your pitcher. -- genesis 24:17 +. +And she said, Drink, my lord: and she hurried, and let down her pitcher on her hand, and gave him drink. -- genesis 24:18 +. +And when she had done giving him drink, she said, I will draw water for your camels also, until they have done drinking. -- genesis 24:19 +. +And she hurried, and emptied her pitcher into the trough, and ran again to the well to draw water, and drew for all his camels. -- genesis 24:20 +. +And the man wondering at her held his peace, to wit whether the LORD had made his journey prosperous or not. -- genesis 24:21 +. +And it came to pass, as the camels had done drinking, that the man took a golden earring of half a shekel weight, and two bracelets for her hands of ten shekels weight of gold; -- genesis 24:22 +. +And said, Whose daughter are you? tell me, I pray you: is there room in your father' house for us to lodge in? -- genesis 24:23 +. +And she said to him, I am the daughter of Bethuel the son of Milcah, which she bore to Nahor. -- genesis 24:24 +. +She said moreover to him, We have both straw and provender enough, and room to lodge in. -- genesis 24:25 +. +And the man bowed down his head, and worshipped the LORD. -- genesis 24:26 +. +And he said, Blessed be the LORD God of my master Abraham, who has not left destitute my master of his mercy and his truth: I being in the way, the LORD led me to the house of my master' brothers. -- genesis 24:27 +. +And the damsel ran, and told them of her mother' house these things. -- genesis 24:28 +. +And Rebekah had a brother, and his name was Laban: and Laban ran out to the man, to the well. -- genesis 24:29 +. +And it came to pass, when he saw the earring and bracelets on his sister' hands, and when he heard the words of Rebekah his sister, saying, Thus spoke the man to me; that he came to the man; and, behold, he stood by the camels at the well. -- genesis 24:30 +. +And he said, Come in, you blessed of the LORD; why stand you without? for I have prepared the house, and room for the camels. -- genesis 24:31 +. +And the man came into the house: and he ungirded his camels, and gave straw and provender for the camels, and water to wash his feet, and the men' feet that were with him. -- genesis 24:32 +. +And there was set meat before him to eat: but he said, I will not eat, until I have told my errand. And he said, Speak on. -- genesis 24:33 +. +And he said, I am Abraham' servant. -- genesis 24:34 +. +And the LORD has blessed my master greatly; and he is become great: and he has given him flocks, and herds, and silver, and gold, and menservants, and maidservants, and camels, and asses. -- genesis 24:35 +. +And Sarah my master' wife bore a son to my master when she was old: and to him has he given all that he has. -- genesis 24:36 +. +And my master made me swear, saying, You shall not take a wife to my son of the daughters of the Canaanites, in whose land I dwell: -- genesis 24:37 +. +But you shall go to my father' house, and to my kindred, and take a wife to my son. -- genesis 24:38 +. +And I said to my master, Peradventure the woman will not follow me. -- genesis 24:39 +. +And he said to me, The LORD, before whom I walk, will send his angel with you, and prosper your way; and you shall take a wife for my son of my kindred, and of my father' house: -- genesis 24:40 +. +Then shall you be clear from this my oath, when you come to my kindred; and if they give not you one, you shall be clear from my oath. -- genesis 24:41 +. +And I came this day to the well, and said, O LORD God of my master Abraham, if now you do prosper my way which I go: -- genesis 24:42 +. +Behold, I stand by the well of water; and it shall come to pass, that when the virgin comes forth to draw water, and I say to her, Give me, I pray you, a little water of your pitcher to drink; -- genesis 24:43 +. +And she say to me, Both drink you, and I will also draw for your camels: let the same be the woman whom the LORD has appointed out for my master' son. -- genesis 24:44 +. +And before I had done speaking in my heart, behold, Rebekah came forth with her pitcher on her shoulder; and she went down to the well, and drew water: and I said to her, Let me drink, I pray you. -- genesis 24:45 +. +And she made haste, and let down her pitcher from her shoulder, and said, Drink, and I will give your camels drink also: so I drank, and she made the camels drink also. -- genesis 24:46 +. +And I asked her, and said, Whose daughter are you? And she said, the daughter of Bethuel, Nahor' son, whom Milcah bore to him: and I put the earring on her face, and the bracelets on her hands. -- genesis 24:47 +. +And I bowed down my head, and worshipped the LORD, and blessed the LORD God of my master Abraham, which had led me in the right way to take my master' brother' daughter to his son. -- genesis 24:48 +. +And now if you will deal kindly and truly with my master, tell me: and if not, tell me; that I may turn to the right hand, or to the left. -- genesis 24:49 +. +Then Laban and Bethuel answered and said, The thing proceeds from the LORD: we cannot speak to you bad or good. -- genesis 24:50 +. +Behold, Rebekah is before you, take her, and go, and let her be your master' son' wife, as the LORD has spoken. -- genesis 24:51 +. +And it came to pass, that, when Abraham' servant heard their words, he worshipped the LORD, bowing himself to the earth. -- genesis 24:52 +. +And the servant brought forth jewels of silver, and jewels of gold, and raiment, and gave them to Rebekah: he gave also to her brother and to her mother precious things. -- genesis 24:53 +. +And they did eat and drink, he and the men that were with him, and tarried all night; and they rose up in the morning, and he said, Send me away to my master. -- genesis 24:54 +. +And her brother and her mother said, Let the damsel abide with us a few days, at the least ten; after that she shall go. -- genesis 24:55 +. +And he said to them, Hinder me not, seeing the LORD has prospered my way; send me away that I may go to my master. -- genesis 24:56 +. +And they said, We will call the damsel, and inquire at her mouth. -- genesis 24:57 +. +And they called Rebekah, and said to her, Will you go with this man? And she said, I will go. -- genesis 24:58 +. +And they sent away Rebekah their sister, and her nurse, and Abraham' servant, and his men. -- genesis 24:59 +. +And they blessed Rebekah, and said to her, You are our sister, be you the mother of thousands of millions, and let your seed possess the gate of those which hate them. -- genesis 24:60 +. +And Rebekah arose, and her damsels, and they rode on the camels, and followed the man: and the servant took Rebekah, and went his way. -- genesis 24:61 +. +And Isaac came from the way of the well Lahairoi; for he dwelled in the south country. -- genesis 24:62 +. +And Isaac went out to meditate in the field at the eventide: and he lifted up his eyes, and saw, and, behold, the camels were coming. -- genesis 24:63 +. +And Rebekah lifted up her eyes, and when she saw Isaac, she lighted off the camel. -- genesis 24:64 +. +For she had said to the servant, What man is this that walks in the field to meet us? And the servant had said, It is my master: therefore she took a veil, and covered herself. -- genesis 24:65 +. +And the servant told Isaac all things that he had done. -- genesis 24:66 +. +And Isaac brought her into his mother Sarah' tent, and took Rebekah, and she became his wife; and he loved her: and Isaac was comforted after his mother' death. -- genesis 24:67 +. +Then again Abraham took a wife, and her name was Keturah. -- genesis 25:1 +. +And she bore him Zimran, and Jokshan, and Medan, and Midian, and Ishbak, and Shuah. -- genesis 25:2 +. +And Jokshan begat Sheba, and Dedan. And the sons of Dedan were Asshurim, and Letushim, and Leummim. -- genesis 25:3 +. +And the sons of Midian; Ephah, and Epher, and Hanoch, and Abidah, and Eldaah. All these were the children of Keturah. -- genesis 25:4 +. +And Abraham gave all that he had to Isaac. -- genesis 25:5 +. +But to the sons of the concubines, which Abraham had, Abraham gave gifts, and sent them away from Isaac his son, while he yet lived, eastward, to the east country. -- genesis 25:6 +. +And these are the days of the years of Abraham' life which he lived, an hundred three score and fifteen years. -- genesis 25:7 +. +Then Abraham gave up the ghost, and died in a good old age, an old man, and full of years; and was gathered to his people. -- genesis 25:8 +. +And his sons Isaac and Ishmael buried him in the cave of Machpelah, in the field of Ephron the son of Zohar the Hittite, which is before Mamre; -- genesis 25:9 +. +The field which Abraham purchased of the sons of Heth: there was Abraham buried, and Sarah his wife. -- genesis 25:10 +. +And it came to pass after the death of Abraham, that God blessed his son Isaac; and Isaac dwelled by the well Lahairoi. -- genesis 25:11 +. +Now these are the generations of Ishmael, Abraham' son, whom Hagar the Egyptian, Sarah' handmaid, bore to Abraham: -- genesis 25:12 +. +And these are the names of the sons of Ishmael, by their names, according to their generations: the firstborn of Ishmael, Nebajoth; and Kedar, and Adbeel, and Mibsam, -- genesis 25:13 +. +And Mishma, and Dumah, and Massa, -- genesis 25:14 +. +Hadar, and Tema, Jetur, Naphish, and Kedemah: -- genesis 25:15 +. +These are the sons of Ishmael, and these are their names, by their towns, and by their castles; twelve princes according to their nations. -- genesis 25:16 +. +And these are the years of the life of Ishmael, an hundred and thirty and seven years: and he gave up the ghost and died; and was gathered to his people. -- genesis 25:17 +. +And they dwelled from Havilah to Shur, that is before Egypt, as you go toward Assyria: and he died in the presence of all his brothers. -- genesis 25:18 +. +And these are the generations of Isaac, Abraham' son: Abraham begat Isaac: -- genesis 25:19 +. +And Isaac was forty years old when he took Rebekah to wife, the daughter of Bethuel the Syrian of Padanaram, the sister to Laban the Syrian. -- genesis 25:20 +. +And Isaac entreated the LORD for his wife, because she was barren: and the LORD was entreated of him, and Rebekah his wife conceived. -- genesis 25:21 +. +And the children struggled together within her; and she said, If it be so, why am I thus? And she went to inquire of the LORD. -- genesis 25:22 +. +And the LORD said to her, Two nations are in your womb, and two manner of people shall be separated from your bowels; and the one people shall be stronger than the other people; and the elder shall serve the younger. -- genesis 25:23 +. +And when her days to be delivered were fulfilled, behold, there were twins in her womb. -- genesis 25:24 +. +And the first came out red, all over like an hairy garment; and they called his name Esau. -- genesis 25:25 +. +And after that came his brother out, and his hand took hold on Esau' heel; and his name was called Jacob: and Isaac was three score years old when she bore them. -- genesis 25:26 +. +And the boys grew: and Esau was a cunning hunter, a man of the field; and Jacob was a plain man, dwelling in tents. -- genesis 25:27 +. +And Isaac loved Esau, because he did eat of his venison: but Rebekah loved Jacob. -- genesis 25:28 +. +And Jacob sod pottage: and Esau came from the field, and he was faint: -- genesis 25:29 +. +And Esau said to Jacob, Feed me, I pray you, with that same red pottage; for I am faint: therefore was his name called Edom. -- genesis 25:30 +. +And Jacob said, Sell me this day your birthright. -- genesis 25:31 +. +And Esau said, Behold, I am at the point to die: and what profit shall this birthright do to me? -- genesis 25:32 +. +And Jacob said, Swear to me this day; and he swore to him: and he sold his birthright to Jacob. -- genesis 25:33 +. +Then Jacob gave Esau bread and pottage of lentils; and he did eat and drink, and rose up, and went his way: thus Esau despised his birthright. -- genesis 25:34 +. +And there was a famine in the land, beside the first famine that was in the days of Abraham. And Isaac went to Abimelech king of the Philistines to Gerar. -- genesis 26:1 +. +And the LORD appeared to him, and said, Go not down into Egypt; dwell in the land which I shall tell you of: -- genesis 26:2 +. +Sojourn in this land, and I will be with you, and will bless you; for to you, and to your seed, I will give all these countries, and I will perform the oath which I swore to Abraham your father; -- genesis 26:3 +. +And I will make your seed to multiply as the stars of heaven, and will give to your seed all these countries; and in your seed shall all the nations of the earth be blessed; -- genesis 26:4 +. +Because that Abraham obeyed my voice, and kept my charge, my commandments, my statutes, and my laws. -- genesis 26:5 +. +And Isaac dwelled in Gerar: -- genesis 26:6 +. +And the men of the place asked him of his wife; and he said, She is my sister: for he feared to say, She is my wife; lest, said he, the men of the place should kill me for Rebekah; because she was fair to look on. -- genesis 26:7 +. +And it came to pass, when he had been there a long time, that Abimelech king of the Philistines looked out at a window, and saw, and, behold, Isaac was sporting with Rebekah his wife. -- genesis 26:8 +. +And Abimelech called Isaac, and said, Behold, of a surety she is your wife; and how said you, She is my sister? And Isaac said to him, Because I said, Lest I die for her. -- genesis 26:9 +. +And Abimelech said, What is this you have done to us? one of the people might lightly have lien with your wife, and you should have brought guiltiness on us. -- genesis 26:10 +. +And Abimelech charged all his people, saying, He that touches this man or his wife shall surely be put to death. -- genesis 26:11 +. +Then Isaac sowed in that land, and received in the same year an hundred times: and the LORD blessed him. -- genesis 26:12 +. +And the man waxed great, and went forward, and grew until he became very great: -- genesis 26:13 +. +For he had possession of flocks, and possession of herds, and great store of servants: and the Philistines envied him. -- genesis 26:14 +. +For all the wells which his father' servants had dig in the days of Abraham his father, the Philistines had stopped them, and filled them with earth. -- genesis 26:15 +. +And Abimelech said to Isaac, Go from us; for you are much mightier than we. -- genesis 26:16 +. +And Isaac departed there, and pitched his tent in the valley of Gerar, and dwelled there. -- genesis 26:17 +. +And Isaac dig again the wells of water, which they had dig in the days of Abraham his father; for the Philistines had stopped them after the death of Abraham: and he called their names after the names by which his father had called them. -- genesis 26:18 +. +And Isaac' servants dig in the valley, and found there a well of springing water. -- genesis 26:19 +. +And the herdsmen of Gerar did strive with Isaac' herdsmen, saying, The water is ours: and he called the name of the well Esek; because they strove with him. -- genesis 26:20 +. +And they dig another well, and strove for that also: and he called the name of it Sitnah. -- genesis 26:21 +. +And he removed from there, and dig another well; and for that they strove not: and he called the name of it Rehoboth; and he said, For now the LORD has made room for us, and we shall be fruitful in the land. -- genesis 26:22 +. +And he went up from there to Beersheba. -- genesis 26:23 +. +And the LORD appeared to him the same night, and said, I am the God of Abraham your father: fear not, for I am with you, and will bless you, and multiply your seed for my servant Abraham' sake. -- genesis 26:24 +. +And he built an altar there, and called on the name of the LORD, and pitched his tent there: and there Isaac' servants dig a well. -- genesis 26:25 +. +Then Abimelech went to him from Gerar, and Ahuzzath one of his friends, and Phichol the chief captain of his army. -- genesis 26:26 +. +And Isaac said to them, Why come you to me, seeing you hate me, and have sent me away from you? -- genesis 26:27 +. +And they said, We saw certainly that the LORD was with you: and we said, Let there be now an oath between us, even between us and you, and let us make a covenant with you; -- genesis 26:28 +. +That you will do us no hurt, as we have not touched you, and as we have done to you nothing but good, and have sent you away in peace: you are now the blessed of the LORD. -- genesis 26:29 +. +And he made them a feast, and they did eat and drink. -- genesis 26:30 +. +And they rose up betimes in the morning, and swore one to another: and Isaac sent them away, and they departed from him in peace. -- genesis 26:31 +. +And it came to pass the same day, that Isaac' servants came, and told him concerning the well which they had dig, and said to him, We have found water. -- genesis 26:32 +. +And he called it Shebah: therefore the name of the city is Beersheba to this day. -- genesis 26:33 +. +And Esau was forty years old when he took to wife Judith the daughter of Beeri the Hittite, and Bashemath the daughter of Elon the Hittite: -- genesis 26:34 +. +Which were a grief of mind to Isaac and to Rebekah. -- genesis 26:35 +. +And it came to pass, that when Isaac was old, and his eyes were dim, so that he could not see, he called Esau his oldest son, and said to him, My son: and he said to him, Behold, here am I. -- genesis 27:1 +. +And he said, Behold now, I am old, I know not the day of my death: -- genesis 27:2 +. +Now therefore take, I pray you, your weapons, your quiver and your bow, and go out to the field, and take me some venison; -- genesis 27:3 +. +And make me savoury meat, such as I love, and bring it to me, that I may eat; that my soul may bless you before I die. -- genesis 27:4 +. +And Rebekah heard when Isaac spoke to Esau his son. And Esau went to the field to hunt for venison, and to bring it. -- genesis 27:5 +. +And Rebekah spoke to Jacob her son, saying, Behold, I heard your father speak to Esau your brother, saying, -- genesis 27:6 +. +Bring me venison, and make me savoury meat, that I may eat, and bless you before the LORD before my death. -- genesis 27:7 +. +Now therefore, my son, obey my voice according to that which I command you. -- genesis 27:8 +. +Go now to the flock, and fetch me from there two good kids of the goats; and I will make them savoury meat for your father, such as he loves: -- genesis 27:9 +. +And you shall bring it to your father, that he may eat, and that he may bless you before his death. -- genesis 27:10 +. +And Jacob said to Rebekah his mother, Behold, Esau my brother is a hairy man, and I am a smooth man: -- genesis 27:11 +. +My father peradventure will feel me, and I shall seem to him as a deceiver; and I shall bring a curse on me, and not a blessing. -- genesis 27:12 +. +And his mother said to him, On me be your curse, my son: only obey my voice, and go fetch me them. -- genesis 27:13 +. +And he went, and fetched, and brought them to his mother: and his mother made savoury meat, such as his father loved. -- genesis 27:14 +. +And Rebekah took goodly raiment of her oldest son Esau, which were with her in the house, and put them on Jacob her younger son: -- genesis 27:15 +. +And she put the skins of the kids of the goats on his hands, and on the smooth of his neck: -- genesis 27:16 +. +And she gave the savoury meat and the bread, which she had prepared, into the hand of her son Jacob. -- genesis 27:17 +. +And he came to his father, and said, My father: and he said, Here am I; who are you, my son? -- genesis 27:18 +. +And Jacob said to his father, I am Esau your first born; I have done according as you bade me: arise, I pray you, sit and eat of my venison, that your soul may bless me. -- genesis 27:19 +. +And Isaac said to his son, How is it that you have found it so quickly, my son? And he said, Because the LORD your God brought it to me. -- genesis 27:20 +. +And Isaac said to Jacob, Come near, I pray you, that I may feel you, my son, whether you be my very son Esau or not. -- genesis 27:21 +. +And Jacob went near to Isaac his father; and he felt him, and said, The voice is Jacob' voice, but the hands are the hands of Esau. -- genesis 27:22 +. +And he discerned him not, because his hands were hairy, as his brother Esau' hands: so he blessed him. -- genesis 27:23 +. +And he said, Are you my very son Esau? And he said, I am. -- genesis 27:24 +. +And he said, Bring it near to me, and I will eat of my son' venison, that my soul may bless you. And he brought it near to him, and he did eat: and he brought him wine and he drank. -- genesis 27:25 +. +And his father Isaac said to him, Come near now, and kiss me, my son. -- genesis 27:26 +. +And he came near, and kissed him: and he smelled the smell of his raiment, and blessed him, and said, See, the smell of my son is as the smell of a field which the LORD has blessed: -- genesis 27:27 +. +Therefore God give you of the dew of heaven, and the fatness of the earth, and plenty of corn and wine: -- genesis 27:28 +. +Let people serve you, and nations bow down to you: be lord over your brothers, and let your mother' sons bow down to you: cursed be every one that curses you, and blessed be he that blesses you. -- genesis 27:29 +. +And it came to pass, as soon as Isaac had made an end of blessing Jacob, and Jacob was yet scarce gone out from the presence of Isaac his father, that Esau his brother came in from his hunting. -- genesis 27:30 +. +And he also had made savoury meat, and brought it to his father, and said to his father, Let my father arise, and eat of his son' venison, that your soul may bless me. -- genesis 27:31 +. +And Isaac his father said to him, Who are you? And he said, I am your son, your firstborn Esau. -- genesis 27:32 +. +And Isaac trembled very exceedingly, and said, Who? where is he that has taken venison, and brought it me, and I have eaten of all before you came, and have blessed him? yes, and he shall be blessed. -- genesis 27:33 +. +And when Esau heard the words of his father, he cried with a great and exceeding bitter cry, and said to his father, Bless me, even me also, O my father. -- genesis 27:34 +. +And he said, Your brother came with subtlety, and has taken away your blessing. -- genesis 27:35 +. +And he said, Is not he rightly named Jacob? for he has supplanted me these two times: he took away my birthright; and, behold, now he has taken away my blessing. And he said, Have you not reserved a blessing for me? -- genesis 27:36 +. +And Isaac answered and said to Esau, Behold, I have made him your lord, and all his brothers have I given to him for servants; and with corn and wine have I sustained him: and what shall I do now to you, my son? -- genesis 27:37 +. +And Esau said to his father, Have you but one blessing, my father? bless me, even me also, O my father. And Esau lifted up his voice, and wept. -- genesis 27:38 +. +And Isaac his father answered and said to him, Behold, your dwelling shall be the fatness of the earth, and of the dew of heaven from above; -- genesis 27:39 +. +And by your sword shall you live, and shall serve your brother; and it shall come to pass when you shall have the dominion, that you shall break his yoke from off your neck. -- genesis 27:40 +. +And Esau hated Jacob because of the blessing with which his father blessed him: and Esau said in his heart, The days of mourning for my father are at hand; then will I slay my brother Jacob. -- genesis 27:41 +. +And these words of Esau her elder son were told to Rebekah: and she sent and called Jacob her younger son, and said to him, Behold, your brother Esau, as touching you, does comfort himself, purposing to kill you. -- genesis 27:42 +. +Now therefore, my son, obey my voice; arise, flee you to Laban my brother to Haran; -- genesis 27:43 +. +And tarry with him a few days, until your brother' fury turn away; -- genesis 27:44 +. +Until your brother' anger turn away from you, and he forget that which you have done to him: then I will send, and fetch you from there: why should I be deprived also of you both in one day? -- genesis 27:45 +. +And Rebekah said to Isaac, I am weary of my life because of the daughters of Heth: if Jacob take a wife of the daughters of Heth, such as these which are of the daughters of the land, what good shall my life do me? -- genesis 27:46 +. +And Isaac called Jacob, and blessed him, and charged him, and said to him, You shall not take a wife of the daughters of Canaan. -- genesis 28:1 +. +Arise, go to Padanaram, to the house of Bethuel your mother' father; and take you a wife from there of the daughers of Laban your mother' brother. -- genesis 28:2 +. +And God Almighty bless you, and make you fruitful, and multiply you, that you may be a multitude of people; -- genesis 28:3 +. +And give you the blessing of Abraham, to you, and to your seed with you; that you may inherit the land wherein you are a stranger, which God gave to Abraham. -- genesis 28:4 +. +And Isaac sent away Jacob: and he went to Padanaram to Laban, son of Bethuel the Syrian, the brother of Rebekah, Jacob' and Esau' mother. -- genesis 28:5 +. +When Esau saw that Isaac had blessed Jacob, and sent him away to Padanaram, to take him a wife from there; and that as he blessed him he gave him a charge, saying, You shall not take a wife of the daughers of Canaan; -- genesis 28:6 +. +And that Jacob obeyed his father and his mother, and was gone to Padanaram; -- genesis 28:7 +. +And Esau seeing that the daughters of Canaan pleased not Isaac his father; -- genesis 28:8 +. +Then went Esau to Ishmael, and took to the wives which he had Mahalath the daughter of Ishmael Abraham' son, the sister of Nebajoth, to be his wife. -- genesis 28:9 +. +And Jacob went out from Beersheba, and went toward Haran. -- genesis 28:10 +. +And he lighted on a certain place, and tarried there all night, because the sun was set; and he took of the stones of that place, and put them for his pillows, and lay down in that place to sleep. -- genesis 28:11 +. +And he dreamed, and behold a ladder set up on the earth, and the top of it reached to heaven: and behold the angels of God ascending and descending on it. -- genesis 28:12 +. +And, behold, the LORD stood above it, and said, I am the LORD God of Abraham your father, and the God of Isaac: the land where on you lie, to you will I give it, and to your seed; -- genesis 28:13 +. +And your seed shall be as the dust of the earth, and you shall spread abroad to the west, and to the east, and to the north, and to the south: and in you and in your seed shall all the families of the earth be blessed. -- genesis 28:14 +. +And, behold, I am with you, and will keep you in all places where you go, and will bring you again into this land; for I will not leave you, until I have done that which I have spoken to you of. -- genesis 28:15 +. +And Jacob awaked out of his sleep, and he said, Surely the LORD is in this place; and I knew it not. -- genesis 28:16 +. +And he was afraid, and said, How dreadful is this place! this is none other but the house of God, and this is the gate of heaven. -- genesis 28:17 +. +And Jacob rose up early in the morning, and took the stone that he had put for his pillows, and set it up for a pillar, and poured oil on the top of it. -- genesis 28:18 +. +And he called the name of that place Bethel: but the name of that city was called Luz at the first. -- genesis 28:19 +. +And Jacob vowed a vow, saying, If God will be with me, and will keep me in this way that I go, and will give me bread to eat, and raiment to put on, -- genesis 28:20 +. +So that I come again to my father' house in peace; then shall the LORD be my God: -- genesis 28:21 +. +And this stone, which I have set for a pillar, shall be God' house: and of all that you shall give me I will surely give the tenth to you. -- genesis 28:22 +. +Then Jacob went on his journey, and came into the land of the people of the east. -- genesis 29:1 +. +And he looked, and behold a well in the field, and, see, there were three flocks of sheep lying by it; for out of that well they watered the flocks: and a great stone was on the well' mouth. -- genesis 29:2 +. +And thither were all the flocks gathered: and they rolled the stone from the well' mouth, and watered the sheep, and put the stone again on the well' mouth in his place. -- genesis 29:3 +. +And Jacob said to them, My brothers, from where be you? And they said, Of Haran are we. -- genesis 29:4 +. +And he said to them, Know you Laban the son of Nahor? And they said, We know him. -- genesis 29:5 +. +And he said to them, Is he well? And they said, He is well: and, behold, Rachel his daughter comes with the sheep. -- genesis 29:6 +. +And he said, See, it is yet high day, neither is it time that the cattle should be gathered together: water you the sheep, and go and feed them. -- genesis 29:7 +. +And they said, We cannot, until all the flocks be gathered together, and till they roll the stone from the well' mouth; then we water the sheep. -- genesis 29:8 +. +And while he yet spoke with them, Rachel came with her father' sheep; for she kept them. -- genesis 29:9 +. +And it came to pass, when Jacob saw Rachel the daughter of Laban his mother' brother, and the sheep of Laban his mother' brother, that Jacob went near, and rolled the stone from the well' mouth, and watered the flock of Laban his mother' brother. -- genesis 29:10 +. +And Jacob kissed Rachel, and lifted up his voice, and wept. -- genesis 29:11 +. +And Jacob told Rachel that he was her father' brother, and that he was Rebekah' son: and she ran and told her father. -- genesis 29:12 +. +And it came to pass, when Laban heard the tidings of Jacob his sister' son, that he ran to meet him, and embraced him, and kissed him, and brought him to his house. And he told Laban all these things. -- genesis 29:13 +. +And Laban said to him, Surely you are my bone and my flesh. And he stayed with him the space of a month. -- genesis 29:14 +. +And Laban said to Jacob, Because you are my brother, should you therefore serve me for nothing? tell me, what shall your wages be? -- genesis 29:15 +. +And Laban had two daughters: the name of the elder was Leah, and the name of the younger was Rachel. -- genesis 29:16 +. +Leah was tender eyed; but Rachel was beautiful and well favored. -- genesis 29:17 +. +And Jacob loved Rachel; and said, I will serve you seven years for Rachel your younger daughter. -- genesis 29:18 +. +And Laban said, It is better that I give her to you, than that I should give her to another man: abide with me. -- genesis 29:19 +. +And Jacob served seven years for Rachel; and they seemed to him but a few days, for the love he had to her. -- genesis 29:20 +. +And Jacob said to Laban, Give me my wife, for my days are fulfilled, that I may go in to her. -- genesis 29:21 +. +And Laban gathered together all the men of the place, and made a feast. -- genesis 29:22 +. +And it came to pass in the evening, that he took Leah his daughter, and brought her to him; and he went in to her. -- genesis 29:23 +. +And Laban gave to his daughter Leah Zilpah his maid for an handmaid. -- genesis 29:24 +. +And it came to pass, that in the morning, behold, it was Leah: and he said to Laban, What is this you have done to me? did not I serve with you for Rachel? why then have you beguiled me? -- genesis 29:25 +. +And Laban said, It must not be so done in our country, to give the younger before the firstborn. -- genesis 29:26 +. +Fulfill her week, and we will give you this also for the service which you shall serve with me yet seven other years. -- genesis 29:27 +. +And Jacob did so, and fulfilled her week: and he gave him Rachel his daughter to wife also. -- genesis 29:28 +. +And Laban gave to Rachel his daughter Bilhah his handmaid to be her maid. -- genesis 29:29 +. +And he went in also to Rachel, and he loved also Rachel more than Leah, and served with him yet seven other years. -- genesis 29:30 +. +And when the LORD saw that Leah was hated, he opened her womb: but Rachel was barren. -- genesis 29:31 +. +And Leah conceived, and bore a son, and she called his name Reuben: for she said, Surely the LORD has looked on my affliction; now therefore my husband will love me. -- genesis 29:32 +. +And she conceived again, and bore a son; and said, Because the LORD has heard I was hated, he has therefore given me this son also: and she called his name Simeon. -- genesis 29:33 +. +And she conceived again, and bore a son; and said, Now this time will my husband be joined to me, because I have born him three sons: therefore was his name called Levi. -- genesis 29:34 +. +And she conceived again, and bore a son: and she said, Now will I praise the LORD: therefore she called his name Judah; and left bearing. -- genesis 29:35 +. +And when Rachel saw that she bore Jacob no children, Rachel envied her sister; and said to Jacob, Give me children, or else I die. -- genesis 30:1 +. +And Jacob' anger was kindled against Rachel: and he said, Am I in God' stead, who has withheld from you the fruit of the womb? -- genesis 30:2 +. +And she said, Behold my maid Bilhah, go in to her; and she shall bear on my knees, that I may also have children by her. -- genesis 30:3 +. +And she gave him Bilhah her handmaid to wife: and Jacob went in to her. -- genesis 30:4 +. +And Bilhah conceived, and bore Jacob a son. -- genesis 30:5 +. +And Rachel said, God has judged me, and has also heard my voice, and has given me a son: therefore called she his name Dan. -- genesis 30:6 +. +And Bilhah Rachel' maid conceived again, and bore Jacob a second son. -- genesis 30:7 +. +And Rachel said, With great wrestlings have I wrestled with my sister, and I have prevailed: and she called his name Naphtali. -- genesis 30:8 +. +When Leah saw that she had left bearing, she took Zilpah her maid, and gave her Jacob to wife. -- genesis 30:9 +. +And Zilpah Leah' maid bore Jacob a son. -- genesis 30:10 +. +And Leah said, A troop comes: and she called his name Gad. -- genesis 30:11 +. +And Zilpah Leah' maid bore Jacob a second son. -- genesis 30:12 +. +And Leah said, Happy am I, for the daughters will call me blessed: and she called his name Asher. -- genesis 30:13 +. +And Reuben went in the days of wheat harvest, and found mandrakes in the field, and brought them to his mother Leah. Then Rachel said to Leah, Give me, I pray you, of your son' mandrakes. -- genesis 30:14 +. +And she said to her, Is it a small matter that you have taken my husband? and would you take away my son' mandrakes also? And Rachel said, Therefore he shall lie with you to night for your son' mandrakes. -- genesis 30:15 +. +And Jacob came out of the field in the evening, and Leah went out to meet him, and said, You must come in to me; for surely I have hired you with my son' mandrakes. And he lay with her that night. -- genesis 30:16 +. +And God listened to Leah, and she conceived, and bore Jacob the fifth son. -- genesis 30:17 +. +And Leah said, God has given me my hire, because I have given my maiden to my husband: and she called his name Issachar. -- genesis 30:18 +. +And Leah conceived again, and bore Jacob the sixth son. -- genesis 30:19 +. +And Leah said, God has endued me with a good dowry; now will my husband dwell with me, because I have born him six sons: and she called his name Zebulun. -- genesis 30:20 +. +And afterwards she bore a daughter, and called her name Dinah. -- genesis 30:21 +. +And God remembered Rachel, and God listened to her, and opened her womb. -- genesis 30:22 +. +And she conceived, and bore a son; and said, God has taken away my reproach: -- genesis 30:23 +. +And she called his name Joseph; and said, The LORD shall add to me another son. -- genesis 30:24 +. +And it came to pass, when Rachel had born Joseph, that Jacob said to Laban, Send me away, that I may go to my own place, and to my country. -- genesis 30:25 +. +Give me my wives and my children, for whom I have served you, and let me go: for you know my service which I have done you. -- genesis 30:26 +. +And Laban said to him, I pray you, if I have found favor in your eyes, tarry: for I have learned by experience that the LORD has blessed me for your sake. -- genesis 30:27 +. +And he said, Appoint me your wages, and I will give it. -- genesis 30:28 +. +And he said to him, You know how I have served you, and how your cattle was with me. -- genesis 30:29 +. +For it was little which you had before I came, and it is now increased to a multitude; and the LORD has blessed you since my coming: and now when shall I provide for my own house also? -- genesis 30:30 +. +And he said, What shall I give you? And Jacob said, You shall not give me any thing: if you will do this thing for me, I will again feed and keep your flock. -- genesis 30:31 +. +I will pass through all your flock to day, removing from there all the speckled and spotted cattle, and all the brown cattle among the sheep, and the spotted and speckled among the goats: and of such shall be my hire. -- genesis 30:32 +. +So shall my righteousness answer for me in time to come, when it shall come for my hire before your face: every one that is not speckled and spotted among the goats, and brown among the sheep, that shall be counted stolen with me. -- genesis 30:33 +. +And Laban said, Behold, I would it might be according to your word. -- genesis 30:34 +. +And he removed that day the he goats that were ringstraked and spotted, and all the she goats that were speckled and spotted, and every one that had some white in it, and all the brown among the sheep, and gave them into the hand of his sons. -- genesis 30:35 +. +And he set three days'journey between himself and Jacob: and Jacob fed the rest of Laban' flocks. -- genesis 30:36 +. +And Jacob took him rods of green poplar, and of the hazel and chesnut tree; and pilled white strakes in them, and made the white appear which was in the rods. -- genesis 30:37 +. +And he set the rods which he had pilled before the flocks in the gutters in the watering troughs when the flocks came to drink, that they should conceive when they came to drink. -- genesis 30:38 +. +And the flocks conceived before the rods, and brought forth cattle ringstraked, speckled, and spotted. -- genesis 30:39 +. +And Jacob did separate the lambs, and set the faces of the flocks toward the ringstraked, and all the brown in the flock of Laban; and he put his own flocks by themselves, and put them not to Laban' cattle. -- genesis 30:40 +. +And it came to pass, whenever the stronger cattle did conceive, that Jacob laid the rods before the eyes of the cattle in the gutters, that they might conceive among the rods. -- genesis 30:41 +. +But when the cattle were feeble, he put them not in: so the feebler were Laban', and the stronger Jacob'. -- genesis 30:42 +. +And the man increased exceedingly, and had much cattle, and maidservants, and menservants, and camels, and asses. -- genesis 30:43 +. +And he heard the words of Laban' sons, saying, Jacob has taken away all that was our father'; and of that which was our father' has he gotten all this glory. -- genesis 31:1 +. +And Jacob beheld the countenance of Laban, and, behold, it was not toward him as before. -- genesis 31:2 +. +And the LORD said to Jacob, Return to the land of your fathers, and to your kindred; and I will be with you. -- genesis 31:3 +. +And Jacob sent and called Rachel and Leah to the field to his flock, -- genesis 31:4 +. +And said to them, I see your father' countenance, that it is not toward me as before; but the God of my father has been with me. -- genesis 31:5 +. +And you know that with all my power I have served your father. -- genesis 31:6 +. +And your father has deceived me, and changed my wages ten times; but God suffered him not to hurt me. -- genesis 31:7 +. +If he said thus, The speckled shall be your wages; then all the cattle bore speckled: and if he said thus, The ringstraked shall be your hire; then bore all the cattle ringstraked. -- genesis 31:8 +. +Thus God has taken away the cattle of your father, and given them to me. -- genesis 31:9 +. +And it came to pass at the time that the cattle conceived, that I lifted up my eyes, and saw in a dream, and, behold, the rams which leaped on the cattle were ringstraked, speckled, and spotted. -- genesis 31:10 +. +And the angel of God spoke to me in a dream, saying, Jacob: And I said, Here am I. -- genesis 31:11 +. +And he said, Lift up now your eyes, and see, all the rams which leap on the cattle are ringstraked, speckled, and spotted: for I have seen all that Laban does to you. -- genesis 31:12 +. +I am the God of Bethel, where you anointed the pillar, and where you vowed a vow to me: now arise, get you out from this land, and return to the land of your kindred. -- genesis 31:13 +. +And Rachel and Leah answered and said to him, Is there yet any portion or inheritance for us in our father' house? -- genesis 31:14 +. +Are we not counted of him strangers? for he has sold us, and has quite devoured also our money. -- genesis 31:15 +. +For all the riches which God has taken from our father, that is ours, and our children': now then, whatever God has said to you, do. -- genesis 31:16 +. +Then Jacob rose up, and set his sons and his wives on camels; -- genesis 31:17 +. +And he carried away all his cattle, and all his goods which he had gotten, the cattle of his getting, which he had gotten in Padanaram, for to go to Isaac his father in the land of Canaan. -- genesis 31:18 +. +And Laban went to shear his sheep: and Rachel had stolen the images that were her father'. -- genesis 31:19 +. +And Jacob stole away unawares to Laban the Syrian, in that he told him not that he fled. -- genesis 31:20 +. +So he fled with all that he had; and he rose up, and passed over the river, and set his face toward the mount Gilead. -- genesis 31:21 +. +And it was told Laban on the third day that Jacob was fled. -- genesis 31:22 +. +And he took his brothers with him, and pursued after him seven days'journey; and they overtook him in the mount Gilead. -- genesis 31:23 +. +And God came to Laban the Syrian in a dream by night, and said to him, Take heed that you speak not to Jacob either good or bad. -- genesis 31:24 +. +Then Laban overtook Jacob. Now Jacob had pitched his tent in the mount: and Laban with his brothers pitched in the mount of Gilead. -- genesis 31:25 +. +And Laban said to Jacob, What have you done, that you have stolen away unawares to me, and carried away my daughters, as captives taken with the sword? -- genesis 31:26 +. +Why did you flee away secretly, and steal away from me; and did not tell me, that I might have sent you away with mirth, and with songs, with tabret, and with harp? -- genesis 31:27 +. +And have not suffered me to kiss my sons and my daughters? you have now done foolishly in so doing. -- genesis 31:28 +. +It is in the power of my hand to do you hurt: but the God of your father spoke to me last night, saying, Take you heed that you speak not to Jacob either good or bad. -- genesis 31:29 +. +And now, though you would needs be gone, because you sore longed after your father' house, yet why have you stolen my gods? -- genesis 31:30 +. +And Jacob answered and said to Laban, Because I was afraid: for I said, Peradventure you would take by force your daughters from me. -- genesis 31:31 +. +With whomsoever you find your gods, let him not live: before our brothers discern you what is your with me, and take it to you. For Jacob knew not that Rachel had stolen them. -- genesis 31:32 +. +And Laban went into Jacob' tent, and into Leah' tent, and into the two maidservants'tents; but he found them not. Then went he out of Leah' tent, and entered into Rachel' tent. -- genesis 31:33 +. +Now Rachel had taken the images, and put them in the camel' furniture, and sat on them. And Laban searched all the tent, but found them not. -- genesis 31:34 +. +And she said to her father, Let it not displease my lord that I cannot rise up before you; for the custom of women is on me. And he searched but found not the images. -- genesis 31:35 +. +And Jacob was wroth, and strived with Laban: and Jacob answered and said to Laban, What is my trespass? what is my sin, that you have so hotly pursued after me? -- genesis 31:36 +. +Whereas you have searched all my stuff, what have you found of all your household stuff? set it here before my brothers and your brothers, that they may judge between us both. -- genesis 31:37 +. +This twenty years have I been with you; your ewes and your she goats have not cast their young, and the rams of your flock have I not eaten. -- genesis 31:38 +. +That which was torn of beasts I brought not to you; I bore the loss of it; of my hand did you require it, whether stolen by day, or stolen by night. -- genesis 31:39 +. +Thus I was; in the day the drought consumed me, and the frost by night; and my sleep departed from my eyes. -- genesis 31:40 +. +Thus have I been twenty years in your house; I served you fourteen years for your two daughters, and six years for your cattle: and you have changed my wages ten times. -- genesis 31:41 +. +Except the God of my father, the God of Abraham, and the fear of Isaac, had been with me, surely you had sent me away now empty. God has seen my affliction and the labor of my hands, and rebuked you last night. -- genesis 31:42 +. +And Laban answered and said to Jacob, These daughters are my daughters, and these children are my children, and these cattle are my cattle, and all that you see is mine: and what can I do this day to these my daughters, or to their children which they have born? -- genesis 31:43 +. +Now therefore come you, let us make a covenant, I and you; and let it be for a witness between me and you. -- genesis 31:44 +. +And Jacob took a stone, and set it up for a pillar. -- genesis 31:45 +. +And Jacob said to his brothers, Gather stones; and they took stones, and made an heap: and they did eat there on the heap. -- genesis 31:46 +. +And Laban called it Jegarsahadutha: but Jacob called it Galeed. -- genesis 31:47 +. +And Laban said, This heap is a witness between me and you this day. Therefore was the name of it called Galeed; -- genesis 31:48 +. +And Mizpah; for he said, The LORD watch between me and you, when we are absent one from another. -- genesis 31:49 +. +If you shall afflict my daughters, or if you shall take other wives beside my daughters, no man is with us; see, God is witness between me and you. -- genesis 31:50 +. +And Laban said to Jacob, Behold this heap, and behold this pillar, which I have cast between me and you: -- genesis 31:51 +. +This heap be witness, and this pillar be witness, that I will not pass over this heap to you, and that you shall not pass over this heap and this pillar to me, for harm. -- genesis 31:52 +. +The God of Abraham, and the God of Nahor, the God of their father, judge between us. And Jacob swore by the fear of his father Isaac. -- genesis 31:53 +. +Then Jacob offered sacrifice on the mount, and called his brothers to eat bread: and they did eat bread, and tarried all night in the mount. -- genesis 31:54 +. +And early in the morning Laban rose up, and kissed his sons and his daughters, and blessed them: and Laban departed, and returned to his place. -- genesis 31:55 +. +And Jacob went on his way, and the angels of God met him. -- genesis 32:1 +. +And when Jacob saw them, he said, This is God' host: and he called the name of that place Mahanaim. -- genesis 32:2 +. +And Jacob sent messengers before him to Esau his brother to the land of Seir, the country of Edom. -- genesis 32:3 +. +And he commanded them, saying, Thus shall you speak to my lord Esau; Your servant Jacob said thus, I have sojourned with Laban, and stayed there until now: -- genesis 32:4 +. +And I have oxen, and asses, flocks, and menservants, and womenservants: and I have sent to tell my lord, that I may find grace in your sight. -- genesis 32:5 +. +And the messengers returned to Jacob, saying, We came to your brother Esau, and also he comes to meet you, and four hundred men with him. -- genesis 32:6 +. +Then Jacob was greatly afraid and distressed: and he divided the people that was with him, and the flocks, and herds, and the camels, into two bands; -- genesis 32:7 +. +And said, If Esau come to the one company, and smite it, then the other company which is left shall escape. -- genesis 32:8 +. +And Jacob said, O God of my father Abraham, and God of my father Isaac, the LORD which said to me, Return to your country, and to your kindred, and I will deal well with you: -- genesis 32:9 +. +I am not worthy of the least of all the mercies, and of all the truth, which you have showed to your servant; for with my staff I passed over this Jordan; and now I am become two bands. -- genesis 32:10 +. +Deliver me, I pray you, from the hand of my brother, from the hand of Esau: for I fear him, lest he will come and smite me, and the mother with the children. -- genesis 32:11 +. +And you said, I will surely do you good, and make your seed as the sand of the sea, which cannot be numbered for multitude. -- genesis 32:12 +. +And he lodged there that same night; and took of that which came to his hand a present for Esau his brother; -- genesis 32:13 +. +Two hundred she goats, and twenty he goats, two hundred ewes, and twenty rams, -- genesis 32:14 +. +Thirty milk camels with their colts, forty cows, and ten bulls, twenty she asses, and ten foals. -- genesis 32:15 +. +And he delivered them into the hand of his servants, every drove by themselves; and said to his servants, Pass over before me, and put a space between drove and drove. -- genesis 32:16 +. +And he commanded the foremost, saying, When Esau my brother meets you, and asks you, saying, Whose are you? and where go you? and whose are these before you? -- genesis 32:17 +. +Then you shall say, They be your servant Jacob'; it is a present sent to my lord Esau: and, behold, also he is behind us. -- genesis 32:18 +. +And so commanded he the second, and the third, and all that followed the droves, saying, On this manner shall you speak to Esau, when you find him. -- genesis 32:19 +. +And say you moreover, Behold, your servant Jacob is behind us. For he said, I will appease him with the present that goes before me, and afterward I will see his face; peradventure he will accept of me. -- genesis 32:20 +. +So went the present over before him: and himself lodged that night in the company. -- genesis 32:21 +. +And he rose up that night, and took his two wives, and his two womenservants, and his eleven sons, and passed over the ford Jabbok. -- genesis 32:22 +. +And he took them, and sent them over the brook, and sent over that he had. -- genesis 32:23 +. +And Jacob was left alone; and there wrestled a man with him until the breaking of the day. -- genesis 32:24 +. +And when he saw that he prevailed not against him, he touched the hollow of his thigh; and the hollow of Jacob' thigh was out of joint, as he wrestled with him. -- genesis 32:25 +. +And he said, Let me go, for the day breaks. And he said, I will not let you go, except you bless me. -- genesis 32:26 +. +And he said to him, What is your name? And he said, Jacob. -- genesis 32:27 +. +And he said, Your name shall be called no more Jacob, but Israel: for as a prince have you power with God and with men, and have prevailed. -- genesis 32:28 +. +And Jacob asked him, and said, Tell me, I pray you, your name. And he said, Why is it that you do ask after my name? And he blessed him there. -- genesis 32:29 +. +And Jacob called the name of the place Peniel: for I have seen God face to face, and my life is preserved. -- genesis 32:30 +. +And as he passed over Penuel the sun rose on him, and he halted on his thigh. -- genesis 32:31 +. +Therefore the children of Israel eat not of the sinew which shrank, which is on the hollow of the thigh, to this day: because he touched the hollow of Jacob' thigh in the sinew that shrank. -- genesis 32:32 +. +And Jacob lifted up his eyes, and looked, and, behold, Esau came, and with him four hundred men. And he divided the children to Leah, and to Rachel, and to the two handmaids. -- genesis 33:1 +. +And he put the handmaids and their children foremost, and Leah and her children after, and Rachel and Joseph last. -- genesis 33:2 +. +And he passed over before them, and bowed himself to the ground seven times, until he came near to his brother. -- genesis 33:3 +. +And Esau ran to meet him, and embraced him, and fell on his neck, and kissed him: and they wept. -- genesis 33:4 +. +And he lifted up his eyes, and saw the women and the children; and said, Who are those with you? And he said, The children which God has graciously given your servant. -- genesis 33:5 +. +Then the handmaidens came near, they and their children, and they bowed themselves. -- genesis 33:6 +. +And Leah also with her children came near, and bowed themselves: and after came Joseph near and Rachel, and they bowed themselves. -- genesis 33:7 +. +And he said, What mean you by all this drove which I met? And he said, These are to find grace in the sight of my lord. -- genesis 33:8 +. +And Esau said, I have enough, my brother; keep that you have to yourself. -- genesis 33:9 +. +And Jacob said, No, I pray you, if now I have found grace in your sight, then receive my present at my hand: for therefore I have seen your face, as though I had seen the face of God, and you were pleased with me. -- genesis 33:10 +. +Take, I pray you, my blessing that is brought to you; because God has dealt graciously with me, and because I have enough. And he urged him, and he took it. -- genesis 33:11 +. +And he said, Let us take our journey, and let us go, and I will go before you. -- genesis 33:12 +. +And he said to him, My lord knows that the children are tender, and the flocks and herds with young are with me: and if men should overdrive them one day, all the flock will die. -- genesis 33:13 +. +Let my lord, I pray you, pass over before his servant: and I will lead on softly, according as the cattle that goes before me and the children be able to endure, until I come to my lord to Seir. -- genesis 33:14 +. +And Esau said, Let me now leave with you some of the folk that are with me. And he said, What needs it? let me find grace in the sight of my lord. -- genesis 33:15 +. +So Esau returned that day on his way to Seir. -- genesis 33:16 +. +And Jacob journeyed to Succoth, and built him an house, and made booths for his cattle: therefore the name of the place is called Succoth. -- genesis 33:17 +. +And Jacob came to Shalem, a city of Shechem, which is in the land of Canaan, when he came from Padanaram; and pitched his tent before the city. -- genesis 33:18 +. +And he bought a parcel of a field, where he had spread his tent, at the hand of the children of Hamor, Shechem' father, for an hundred pieces of money. -- genesis 33:19 +. +And he erected there an altar, and called it EleloheIsrael. -- genesis 33:20 +. +And Dinah the daughter of Leah, which she bore to Jacob, went out to see the daughters of the land. -- genesis 34:1 +. +And when Shechem the son of Hamor the Hivite, prince of the country, saw her, he took her, and lay with her, and defiled her. -- genesis 34:2 +. +And his soul joined to Dinah the daughter of Jacob, and he loved the damsel, and spoke kindly to the damsel. -- genesis 34:3 +. +And Shechem spoke to his father Hamor, saying, Get me this damsel to wife. -- genesis 34:4 +. +And Jacob heard that he had defiled Dinah his daughter: now his sons were with his cattle in the field: and Jacob held his peace until they were come. -- genesis 34:5 +. +And Hamor the father of Shechem went out to Jacob to commune with him. -- genesis 34:6 +. +And the sons of Jacob came out of the field when they heard it: and the men were grieved, and they were very wroth, because he had worked folly in Israel in lying with Jacob' daughter: which thing ought not to be done. -- genesis 34:7 +. +And Hamor communed with them, saying, The soul of my son Shechem longs for your daughter: I pray you give her him to wife. -- genesis 34:8 +. +And make you marriages with us, and give your daughters to us, and take our daughters to you. -- genesis 34:9 +. +And you shall dwell with us: and the land shall be before you; dwell and trade you therein, and get you possessions therein. -- genesis 34:10 +. +And Shechem said to her father and to her brothers, Let me find grace in your eyes, and what you shall say to me I will give. -- genesis 34:11 +. +Ask me never so much dowry and gift, and I will give according as you shall say to me: but give me the damsel to wife. -- genesis 34:12 +. +And the sons of Jacob answered Shechem and Hamor his father deceitfully, and said, because he had defiled Dinah their sister: -- genesis 34:13 +. +And they said to them, We cannot do this thing, to give our sister to one that is uncircumcised; for that were a reproach to us: -- genesis 34:14 +. +But in this will we consent to you: If you will be as we be, that every male of you be circumcised; -- genesis 34:15 +. +Then will we give our daughters to you, and we will take your daughters to us, and we will dwell with you, and we will become one people. -- genesis 34:16 +. +But if you will not listen to us, to be circumcised; then will we take our daughter, and we will be gone. -- genesis 34:17 +. +And their words pleased Hamor, and Shechem Hamor' son. -- genesis 34:18 +. +And the young man deferred not to do the thing, because he had delight in Jacob' daughter: and he was more honorable than all the house of his father. -- genesis 34:19 +. +And Hamor and Shechem his son came to the gate of their city, and communed with the men of their city, saying, -- genesis 34:20 +. +These men are peaceable with us; therefore let them dwell in the land, and trade therein; for the land, behold, it is large enough for them; let us take their daughters to us for wives, and let us give them our daughters. -- genesis 34:21 +. +Only herein will the men consent to us for to dwell with us, to be one people, if every male among us be circumcised, as they are circumcised. -- genesis 34:22 +. +Shall not their cattle and their substance and every beast of their' be our'? only let us consent to them, and they will dwell with us. -- genesis 34:23 +. +And to Hamor and to Shechem his son listened all that went out of the gate of his city; and every male was circumcised, all that went out of the gate of his city. -- genesis 34:24 +. +And it came to pass on the third day, when they were sore, that two of the sons of Jacob, Simeon and Levi, Dinah' brothers, took each man his sword, and came on the city boldly, and slew all the males. -- genesis 34:25 +. +And they slew Hamor and Shechem his son with the edge of the sword, and took Dinah out of Shechem' house, and went out. -- genesis 34:26 +. +The sons of Jacob came on the slain, and spoiled the city, because they had defiled their sister. -- genesis 34:27 +. +They took their sheep, and their oxen, and their asses, and that which was in the city, and that which was in the field, -- genesis 34:28 +. +And all their wealth, and all their little ones, and their wives took they captive, and spoiled even all that was in the house. -- genesis 34:29 +. +And Jacob said to Simeon and Levi, You have troubled me to make me to stink among the inhabitants of the land, among the Canaanites and the Perizzites: and I being few in number, they shall gather themselves together against me, and slay me; and I shall be destroyed, I and my house. -- genesis 34:30 +. +And they said, Should he deal with our sister as with an harlot? -- genesis 34:31 +. +And God said to Jacob, Arise, go up to Bethel, and dwell there: and make there an altar to God, that appeared to you when you fled from the face of Esau your brother. -- genesis 35:1 +. +Then Jacob said to his household, and to all that were with him, Put away the strange gods that are among you, and be clean, and change your garments: -- genesis 35:2 +. +And let us arise, and go up to Bethel; and I will make there an altar to God, who answered me in the day of my distress, and was with me in the way which I went. -- genesis 35:3 +. +And they gave to Jacob all the strange gods which were in their hand, and all their earrings which were in their ears; and Jacob hid them under the oak which was by Shechem. -- genesis 35:4 +. +And they journeyed: and the terror of God was on the cities that were round about them, and they did not pursue after the sons of Jacob. -- genesis 35:5 +. +So Jacob came to Luz, which is in the land of Canaan, that is, Bethel, he and all the people that were with him. -- genesis 35:6 +. +And he built there an altar, and called the place Elbethel: because there God appeared to him, when he fled from the face of his brother. -- genesis 35:7 +. +But Deborah Rebekah' nurse died, and she was buried beneath Bethel under an oak: and the name of it was called Allonbachuth. -- genesis 35:8 +. +And God appeared to Jacob again, when he came out of Padanaram, and blessed him. -- genesis 35:9 +. +And God said to him, Your name is Jacob: your name shall not be called any more Jacob, but Israel shall be your name: and he called his name Israel. -- genesis 35:10 +. +And God said to him, I am God Almighty: be fruitful and multiply; a nation and a company of nations shall be of you, and kings shall come out of your loins; -- genesis 35:11 +. +And the land which I gave Abraham and Isaac, to you I will give it, and to your seed after you will I give the land. -- genesis 35:12 +. +And God went up from him in the place where he talked with him. -- genesis 35:13 +. +And Jacob set up a pillar in the place where he talked with him, even a pillar of stone: and he poured a drink offering thereon, and he poured oil thereon. -- genesis 35:14 +. +And Jacob called the name of the place where God spoke with him, Bethel. -- genesis 35:15 +. +And they journeyed from Bethel; and there was but a little way to come to Ephrath: and Rachel travailed, and she had hard labor. -- genesis 35:16 +. +And it came to pass, when she was in hard labor, that the midwife said to her, Fear not; you shall have this son also. -- genesis 35:17 +. +And it came to pass, as her soul was in departing, (for she died) that she called his name Benoni: but his father called him Benjamin. -- genesis 35:18 +. +And Rachel died, and was buried in the way to Ephrath, which is Bethlehem. -- genesis 35:19 +. +And Jacob set a pillar on her grave: that is the pillar of Rachel' grave to this day. -- genesis 35:20 +. +And Israel journeyed, and spread his tent beyond the tower of Edar. -- genesis 35:21 +. +And it came to pass, when Israel dwelled in that land, that Reuben went and lay with Bilhah his father' concubine: and Israel heard it. Now the sons of Jacob were twelve: -- genesis 35:22 +. +The sons of Leah; Reuben, Jacob' firstborn, and Simeon, and Levi, and Judah, and Issachar, and Zebulun: -- genesis 35:23 +. +The sons of Rachel; Joseph, and Benjamin: -- genesis 35:24 +. +And the sons of Bilhah, Rachel' handmaid; Dan, and Naphtali: -- genesis 35:25 +. +And the sons of Zilpah, Leah' handmaid: Gad, and Asher: these are the sons of Jacob, which were born to him in Padanaram. -- genesis 35:26 +. +And Jacob came to Isaac his father to Mamre, to the city of Arbah, which is Hebron, where Abraham and Isaac sojourned. -- genesis 35:27 +. +And the days of Isaac were an hundred and fourscore years. -- genesis 35:28 +. +And Isaac gave up the ghost, and died, and was gathered to his people, being old and full of days: and his sons Esau and Jacob buried him. -- genesis 35:29 +. +Now these are the generations of Esau, who is Edom. -- genesis 36:1 +. +Esau took his wives of the daughters of Canaan; Adah the daughter of Elon the Hittite, and Aholibamah the daughter of Anah the daughter of Zibeon the Hivite; -- genesis 36:2 +. +And Bashemath Ishmael' daughter, sister of Nebajoth. -- genesis 36:3 +. +And Adah bore to Esau Eliphaz; and Bashemath bore Reuel; -- genesis 36:4 +. +And Aholibamah bore Jeush, and Jaalam, and Korah: these are the sons of Esau, which were born to him in the land of Canaan. -- genesis 36:5 +. +And Esau took his wives, and his sons, and his daughters, and all the persons of his house, and his cattle, and all his beasts, and all his substance, which he had got in the land of Canaan; and went into the country from the face of his brother Jacob. -- genesis 36:6 +. +For their riches were more than that they might dwell together; and the land wherein they were strangers could not bear them because of their cattle. -- genesis 36:7 +. +Thus dwelled Esau in mount Seir: Esau is Edom. -- genesis 36:8 +. +And these are the generations of Esau the father of the Edomites in mount Seir: -- genesis 36:9 +. +These are the names of Esau' sons; Eliphaz the son of Adah the wife of Esau, Reuel the son of Bashemath the wife of Esau. -- genesis 36:10 +. +And the sons of Eliphaz were Teman, Omar, Zepho, and Gatam, and Kenaz. -- genesis 36:11 +. +And Timna was concubine to Eliphaz Esau' son; and she bore to Eliphaz Amalek: these were the sons of Adah Esau' wife. -- genesis 36:12 +. +And these are the sons of Reuel; Nahath, and Zerah, Shammah, and Mizzah: these were the sons of Bashemath Esau' wife. -- genesis 36:13 +. +And these were the sons of Aholibamah, the daughter of Anah the daughter of Zibeon, Esau' wife: and she bore to Esau Jeush, and Jaalam, and Korah. -- genesis 36:14 +. +These were dukes of the sons of Esau: the sons of Eliphaz the firstborn son of Esau; duke Teman, duke Omar, duke Zepho, duke Kenaz, -- genesis 36:15 +. +Duke Korah, duke Gatam, and duke Amalek: these are the dukes that came of Eliphaz in the land of Edom; these were the sons of Adah. -- genesis 36:16 +. +And these are the sons of Reuel Esau' son; duke Nahath, duke Zerah, duke Shammah, duke Mizzah: these are the dukes that came of Reuel in the land of Edom; these are the sons of Bashemath Esau' wife. -- genesis 36:17 +. +And these are the sons of Aholibamah Esau' wife; duke Jeush, duke Jaalam, duke Korah: these were the dukes that came of Aholibamah the daughter of Anah, Esau' wife. -- genesis 36:18 +. +These are the sons of Esau, who is Edom, and these are their dukes. -- genesis 36:19 +. +These are the sons of Seir the Horite, who inhabited the land; Lotan, and Shobal, and Zibeon, and Anah, -- genesis 36:20 +. +And Dishon, and Ezer, and Dishan: these are the dukes of the Horites, the children of Seir in the land of Edom. -- genesis 36:21 +. +And the children of Lotan were Hori and Hemam; and Lotan' sister was Timna. -- genesis 36:22 +. +And the children of Shobal were these; Alvan, and Manahath, and Ebal, Shepho, and Onam. -- genesis 36:23 +. +And these are the children of Zibeon; both Ajah, and Anah: this was that Anah that found the mules in the wilderness, as he fed the asses of Zibeon his father. -- genesis 36:24 +. +And the children of Anah were these; Dishon, and Aholibamah the daughter of Anah. -- genesis 36:25 +. +And these are the children of Dishon; Hemdan, and Eshban, and Ithran, and Cheran. -- genesis 36:26 +. +The children of Ezer are these; Bilhan, and Zaavan, and Akan. -- genesis 36:27 +. +The children of Dishan are these; Uz, and Aran. -- genesis 36:28 +. +These are the dukes that came of the Horites; duke Lotan, duke Shobal, duke Zibeon, duke Anah, -- genesis 36:29 +. +Duke Dishon, duke Ezer, duke Dishan: these are the dukes that came of Hori, among their dukes in the land of Seir. -- genesis 36:30 +. +And these are the kings that reigned in the land of Edom, before there reigned any king over the children of Israel. -- genesis 36:31 +. +And Bela the son of Beor reigned in Edom: and the name of his city was Dinhabah. -- genesis 36:32 +. +And Bela died, and Jobab the son of Zerah of Bozrah reigned in his stead. -- genesis 36:33 +. +And Jobab died, and Husham of the land of Temani reigned in his stead. -- genesis 36:34 +. +And Husham died, and Hadad the son of Bedad, who smote Midian in the field of Moab, reigned in his stead: and the name of his city was Avith. -- genesis 36:35 +. +And Hadad died, and Samlah of Masrekah reigned in his stead. -- genesis 36:36 +. +And Samlah died, and Saul of Rehoboth by the river reigned in his stead. -- genesis 36:37 +. +And Saul died, and Baalhanan the son of Achbor reigned in his stead. -- genesis 36:38 +. +And Baalhanan the son of Achbor died, and Hadar reigned in his stead: and the name of his city was Pau; and his wife' name was Mehetabel, the daughter of Matred, the daughter of Mezahab. -- genesis 36:39 +. +And these are the names of the dukes that came of Esau, according to their families, after their places, by their names; duke Timnah, duke Alvah, duke Jetheth, -- genesis 36:40 +. +Duke Aholibamah, duke Elah, duke Pinon, -- genesis 36:41 +. +Duke Kenaz, duke Teman, duke Mibzar, -- genesis 36:42 +. +Duke Magdiel, duke Iram: these be the dukes of Edom, according to their habitations in the land of their possession: he is Esau the father of the Edomites. -- genesis 36:43 +. +And Jacob dwelled in the land wherein his father was a stranger, in the land of Canaan. -- genesis 37:1 +. +These are the generations of Jacob. Joseph, being seventeen years old, was feeding the flock with his brothers; and the lad was with the sons of Bilhah, and with the sons of Zilpah, his father' wives: and Joseph brought to his father their evil report. -- genesis 37:2 +. +Now Israel loved Joseph more than all his children, because he was the son of his old age: and he made him a coat of many colors. -- genesis 37:3 +. +And when his brothers saw that their father loved him more than all his brothers, they hated him, and could not speak peaceably to him. -- genesis 37:4 +. +And Joseph dreamed a dream, and he told it his brothers: and they hated him yet the more. -- genesis 37:5 +. +And he said to them, Hear, I pray you, this dream which I have dreamed: -- genesis 37:6 +. +For, behold, we were binding sheaves in the field, and, see, my sheaf arose, and also stood upright; and, behold, your sheaves stood round about, and made obeisance to my sheaf. -- genesis 37:7 +. +And his brothers said to him, Shall you indeed reign over us? or shall you indeed have dominion over us? And they hated him yet the more for his dreams, and for his words. -- genesis 37:8 +. +And he dreamed yet another dream, and told it his brothers, and said, Behold, I have dreamed a dream more; and, behold, the sun and the moon and the eleven stars made obeisance to me. -- genesis 37:9 +. +And he told it to his father, and to his brothers: and his father rebuked him, and said to him, What is this dream that you have dreamed? Shall I and your mother and your brothers indeed come to bow down ourselves to you to the earth? -- genesis 37:10 +. +And his brothers envied him; but his father observed the saying. -- genesis 37:11 +. +And his brothers went to feed their father' flock in Shechem. -- genesis 37:12 +. +And Israel said to Joseph, Do not your brothers feed the flock in Shechem? come, and I will send you to them. And he said to him, Here am I. -- genesis 37:13 +. +And he said to him, Go, I pray you, see whether it be well with your brothers, and well with the flocks; and bring me word again. So he sent him out of the vale of Hebron, and he came to Shechem. -- genesis 37:14 +. +And a certain man found him, and, behold, he was wandering in the field: and the man asked him, saying, What seek you? -- genesis 37:15 +. +And he said, I seek my brothers: tell me, I pray you, where they feed their flocks. -- genesis 37:16 +. +And the man said, They are departed hence; for I heard them say, Let us go to Dothan. And Joseph went after his brothers, and found them in Dothan. -- genesis 37:17 +. +And when they saw him afar off, even before he came near to them, they conspired against him to slay him. -- genesis 37:18 +. +And they said one to another, Behold, this dreamer comes. -- genesis 37:19 +. +Come now therefore, and let us slay him, and cast him into some pit, and we will say, Some evil beast has devoured him: and we shall see what will become of his dreams. -- genesis 37:20 +. +And Reuben heard it, and he delivered him out of their hands; and said, Let us not kill him. -- genesis 37:21 +. +And Reuben said to them, Shed no blood, but cast him into this pit that is in the wilderness, and lay no hand on him; that he might rid him out of their hands, to deliver him to his father again. -- genesis 37:22 +. +And it came to pass, when Joseph was come to his brothers, that they stripped Joseph out of his coat, his coat of many colors that was on him; -- genesis 37:23 +. +And they took him, and cast him into a pit: and the pit was empty, there was no water in it. -- genesis 37:24 +. +And they sat down to eat bread: and they lifted up their eyes and looked, and, behold, a company of Ishmeelites came from Gilead with their camels bearing spices and balm and myrrh, going to carry it down to Egypt. -- genesis 37:25 +. +And Judah said to his brothers, What profit is it if we slay our brother, and conceal his blood? -- genesis 37:26 +. +Come, and let us sell him to the Ishmeelites, and let not our hand be on him; for he is our brother and our flesh. And his brothers were content. -- genesis 37:27 +. +Then there passed by Midianites merchants; and they drew and lifted up Joseph out of the pit, and sold Joseph to the Ishmeelites for twenty pieces of silver: and they brought Joseph into Egypt. -- genesis 37:28 +. +And Reuben returned to the pit; and, behold, Joseph was not in the pit; and he rent his clothes. -- genesis 37:29 +. +And he returned to his brothers, and said, The child is not; and I, where shall I go? -- genesis 37:30 +. +And they took Joseph' coat, and killed a kid of the goats, and dipped the coat in the blood; -- genesis 37:31 +. +And they sent the coat of many colors, and they brought it to their father; and said, This have we found: know now whether it be your son' coat or no. -- genesis 37:32 +. +And he knew it, and said, It is my son' coat; an evil beast has devoured him; Joseph is without doubt rent in pieces. -- genesis 37:33 +. +And Jacob rent his clothes, and put sackcloth on his loins, and mourned for his son many days. -- genesis 37:34 +. +And all his sons and all his daughters rose up to comfort him; but he refused to be comforted; and he said, For I will go down into the grave to my son mourning. Thus his father wept for him. -- genesis 37:35 +. +And the Midianites sold him into Egypt to Potiphar, an officer of Pharaoh', and captain of the guard. -- genesis 37:36 +. +And it came to pass at that time, that Judah went down from his brothers, and turned in to a certain Adullamite, whose name was Hirah. -- genesis 38:1 +. +And Judah saw there a daughter of a certain Canaanite, whose name was Shuah; and he took her, and went in to her. -- genesis 38:2 +. +And she conceived, and bore a son; and he called his name Er. -- genesis 38:3 +. +And she conceived again, and bore a son; and she called his name Onan. -- genesis 38:4 +. +And she yet again conceived, and bore a son; and called his name Shelah: and he was at Chezib, when she bore him. -- genesis 38:5 +. +And Judah took a wife for Er his firstborn, whose name was Tamar. -- genesis 38:6 +. +And Er, Judah' firstborn, was wicked in the sight of the LORD; and the LORD slew him. -- genesis 38:7 +. +And Judah said to Onan, Go in to your brother' wife, and marry her, and raise up seed to your brother. -- genesis 38:8 +. +And Onan knew that the seed should not be his; and it came to pass, when he went in to his brother' wife, that he spilled it on the ground, lest that he should give seed to his brother. -- genesis 38:9 +. +And the thing which he did displeased the LORD: why he slew him also. -- genesis 38:10 +. +Then said Judah to Tamar his daughter in law, Remain a widow at your father' house, till Shelah my son be grown: for he said, Lest peradventure he die also, as his brothers did. And Tamar went and dwelled in her father' house. -- genesis 38:11 +. +And in process of time the daughter of Shuah Judah' wife died; and Judah was comforted, and went up to his sheep shearers to Timnath, he and his friend Hirah the Adullamite. -- genesis 38:12 +. +And it was told Tamar, saying, Behold your father in law goes up to Timnath to shear his sheep. -- genesis 38:13 +. +And she put her widow' garments off from her, and covered her with a veil, and wrapped herself, and sat in an open place, which is by the way to Timnath; for she saw that Shelah was grown, and she was not given to him to wife. -- genesis 38:14 +. +When Judah saw her, he thought her to be an harlot; because she had covered her face. -- genesis 38:15 +. +And he turned to her by the way, and said, Go to, I pray you, let me come in to you; (for he knew not that she was his daughter in law.) And she said, What will you give me, that you may come in to me? -- genesis 38:16 +. +And he said, I will send you a kid from the flock. And she said, Will you give me a pledge, till you send it? -- genesis 38:17 +. +And he said, What pledge shall I give you? And she said, Your signet, and your bracelets, and your staff that is in your hand. And he gave it her, and came in to her, and she conceived by him. -- genesis 38:18 +. +And she arose, and went away, and laid by her veil from her, and put on the garments of her widowhood. -- genesis 38:19 +. +And Judah sent the kid by the hand of his friend the Adullamite, to receive his pledge from the woman' hand: but he found her not. -- genesis 38:20 +. +Then he asked the men of that place, saying, Where is the harlot, that was openly by the way side? And they said, There was no harlot in this place. -- genesis 38:21 +. +And he returned to Judah, and said, I cannot find her; and also the men of the place said, that there was no harlot in this place. -- genesis 38:22 +. +And Judah said, Let her take it to her, lest we be shamed: behold, I sent this kid, and you have not found her. -- genesis 38:23 +. +And it came to pass about three months after, that it was told Judah, saying, Tamar your daughter in law has played the harlot; and also, behold, she is with child by prostitution. And Judah said, Bring her forth, and let her be burnt. -- genesis 38:24 +. +When she was brought forth, she sent to her father in law, saying, By the man, whose these are, am I with child: and she said, Discern, I pray you, whose are these, the signet, and bracelets, and staff. -- genesis 38:25 +. +And Judah acknowledged them, and said, She has been more righteous than I; because that I gave her not to Shelah my son. And he knew her again no more. -- genesis 38:26 +. +And it came to pass in the time of her travail, that, behold, twins were in her womb. -- genesis 38:27 +. +And it came to pass, when she travailed, that the one put out his hand: and the midwife took and bound on his hand a scarlet thread, saying, This came out first. -- genesis 38:28 +. +And it came to pass, as he drew back his hand, that, behold, his brother came out: and she said, How have you broken forth? this breach be on you: therefore his name was called Pharez. -- genesis 38:29 +. +And afterward came out his brother, that had the scarlet thread on his hand: and his name was called Zarah. -- genesis 38:30 +. +And Joseph was brought down to Egypt; and Potiphar, an officer of Pharaoh, captain of the guard, an Egyptian, bought him of the hands of the Ishmeelites, which had brought him down thither. -- genesis 39:1 +. +And the LORD was with Joseph, and he was a prosperous man; and he was in the house of his master the Egyptian. -- genesis 39:2 +. +And his master saw that the LORD was with him, and that the LORD made all that he did to prosper in his hand. -- genesis 39:3 +. +And Joseph found grace in his sight, and he served him: and he made him overseer over his house, and all that he had he put into his hand. -- genesis 39:4 +. +And it came to pass from the time that he had made him overseer in his house, and over all that he had, that the LORD blessed the Egyptian' house for Joseph' sake; and the blessing of the LORD was on all that he had in the house, and in the field. -- genesis 39:5 +. +And he left all that he had in Joseph' hand; and he knew not ought he had, save the bread which he did eat. And Joseph was a goodly person, and well favored. -- genesis 39:6 +. +And it came to pass after these things, that his master' wife cast her eyes on Joseph; and she said, Lie with me. -- genesis 39:7 +. +But he refused, and said to his master' wife, Behold, my master wotteth not what is with me in the house, and he has committed all that he has to my hand; -- genesis 39:8 +. +There is none greater in this house than I; neither has he kept back any thing from me but you, because you are his wife: how then can I do this great wickedness, and sin against God? -- genesis 39:9 +. +And it came to pass, as she spoke to Joseph day by day, that he listened not to her, to lie by her, or to be with her. -- genesis 39:10 +. +And it came to pass about this time, that Joseph went into the house to do his business; and there was none of the men of the house there within. -- genesis 39:11 +. +And she caught him by his garment, saying, Lie with me: and he left his garment in her hand, and fled, and got him out. -- genesis 39:12 +. +And it came to pass, when she saw that he had left his garment in her hand, and was fled forth, -- genesis 39:13 +. +That she called to the men of her house, and spoke to them, saying, See, he has brought in an Hebrew to us to mock us; he came in to me to lie with me, and I cried with a loud voice: -- genesis 39:14 +. +And it came to pass, when he heard that I lifted up my voice and cried, that he left his garment with me, and fled, and got him out. -- genesis 39:15 +. +And she laid up his garment by her, until his lord came home. -- genesis 39:16 +. +And she spoke to him according to these words, saying, The Hebrew servant, which you have brought to us, came in to me to mock me: -- genesis 39:17 +. +And it came to pass, as I lifted up my voice and cried, that he left his garment with me, and fled out. -- genesis 39:18 +. +And it came to pass, when his master heard the words of his wife, which she spoke to him, saying, After this manner did your servant to me; that his wrath was kindled. -- genesis 39:19 +. +And Joseph' master took him, and put him into the prison, a place where the king' prisoners were bound: and he was there in the prison. -- genesis 39:20 +. +But the LORD was with Joseph, and showed him mercy, and gave him favor in the sight of the keeper of the prison. -- genesis 39:21 +. +And the keeper of the prison committed to Joseph' hand all the prisoners that were in the prison; and whatever they did there, he was the doer of it. -- genesis 39:22 +. +The keeper of the prison looked not to any thing that was under his hand; because the LORD was with him, and that which he did, the LORD made it to prosper. -- genesis 39:23 +. +And it came to pass after these things, that the butler of the king of Egypt and his baker had offended their lord the king of Egypt. -- genesis 40:1 +. +And Pharaoh was wroth against two of his officers, against the chief of the butlers, and against the chief of the bakers. -- genesis 40:2 +. +And he put them in ward in the house of the captain of the guard, into the prison, the place where Joseph was bound. -- genesis 40:3 +. +And the captain of the guard charged Joseph with them, and he served them: and they continued a season in ward. -- genesis 40:4 +. +And they dreamed a dream both of them, each man his dream in one night, each man according to the interpretation of his dream, the butler and the baker of the king of Egypt, which were bound in the prison. -- genesis 40:5 +. +And Joseph came in to them in the morning, and looked on them, and, behold, they were sad. -- genesis 40:6 +. +And he asked Pharaoh' officers that were with him in the ward of his lord' house, saying, Why look you so sadly to day? -- genesis 40:7 +. +And they said to him, We have dreamed a dream, and there is no interpreter of it. And Joseph said to them, Do not interpretations belong to God? tell me them, I pray you. -- genesis 40:8 +. +And the chief butler told his dream to Joseph, and said to him, In my dream, behold, a vine was before me; -- genesis 40:9 +. +And in the vine were three branches: and it was as though it budded, and her blossoms shot forth; and the clusters thereof brought forth ripe grapes: -- genesis 40:10 +. +And Pharaoh' cup was in my hand: and I took the grapes, and pressed them into Pharaoh' cup, and I gave the cup into Pharaoh' hand. -- genesis 40:11 +. +And Joseph said to him, This is the interpretation of it: The three branches are three days: -- genesis 40:12 +. +Yet within three days shall Pharaoh lift up your head, and restore you to your place: and you shall deliver Pharaoh' cup into his hand, after the former manner when you were his butler. -- genesis 40:13 +. +But think on me when it shall be well with you, and show kindness, I pray you, to me, and make mention of me to Pharaoh, and bring me out of this house: -- genesis 40:14 +. +For indeed I was stolen away out of the land of the Hebrews: and here also have I done nothing that they should put me into the dungeon. -- genesis 40:15 +. +When the chief baker saw that the interpretation was good, he said to Joseph, I also was in my dream, and, behold, I had three white baskets on my head: -- genesis 40:16 +. +And in the uppermost basket there was of all manner of bakemeats for Pharaoh; and the birds did eat them out of the basket on my head. -- genesis 40:17 +. +And Joseph answered and said, This is the interpretation thereof: The three baskets are three days: -- genesis 40:18 +. +Yet within three days shall Pharaoh lift up your head from off you, and shall hang you on a tree; and the birds shall eat your flesh from off you. -- genesis 40:19 +. +And it came to pass the third day, which was Pharaoh' birthday, that he made a feast to all his servants: and he lifted up the head of the chief butler and of the chief baker among his servants. -- genesis 40:20 +. +And he restored the chief butler to his butlership again; and he gave the cup into Pharaoh' hand: -- genesis 40:21 +. +But he hanged the chief baker: as Joseph had interpreted to them. -- genesis 40:22 +. +Yet did not the chief butler remember Joseph, but forgot him. -- genesis 40:23 +. +And it came to pass at the end of two full years, that Pharaoh dreamed: and, behold, he stood by the river. -- genesis 41:1 +. +And, behold, there came up out of the river seven well favored cows and fat; and they fed in a meadow. -- genesis 41:2 +. +And, behold, seven other cows came up after them out of the river, ill favored and skinney; and stood by the other cows on the brink of the river. -- genesis 41:3 +. +And the ill favored and skinney cows did eat up the seven well favored and fat cows. So Pharaoh awoke. -- genesis 41:4 +. +And he slept and dreamed the second time: and, behold, seven ears of corn came up on one stalk, rank and good. -- genesis 41:5 +. +And, behold, seven thin ears and blasted with the east wind sprung up after them. -- genesis 41:6 +. +And the seven thin ears devoured the seven rank and full ears. And Pharaoh awoke, and, behold, it was a dream. -- genesis 41:7 +. +And it came to pass in the morning that his spirit was troubled; and he sent and called for all the magicians of Egypt, and all the wise men thereof: and Pharaoh told them his dream; but there was none that could interpret them to Pharaoh. -- genesis 41:8 +. +Then spoke the chief butler to Pharaoh, saying, I do remember my faults this day: -- genesis 41:9 +. +Pharaoh was wroth with his servants, and put me in ward in the captain of the guard' house, both me and the chief baker: -- genesis 41:10 +. +And we dreamed a dream in one night, I and he; we dreamed each man according to the interpretation of his dream. -- genesis 41:11 +. +And there was there with us a young man, an Hebrew, servant to the captain of the guard; and we told him, and he interpreted to us our dreams; to each man according to his dream he did interpret. -- genesis 41:12 +. +And it came to pass, as he interpreted to us, so it was; me he restored to my office, and him he hanged. -- genesis 41:13 +. +Then Pharaoh sent and called Joseph, and they brought him hastily out of the dungeon: and he shaved himself, and changed his raiment, and came in to Pharaoh. -- genesis 41:14 +. +And Pharaoh said to Joseph, I have dreamed a dream, and there is none that can interpret it: and I have heard say of you, that you can understand a dream to interpret it. -- genesis 41:15 +. +And Joseph answered Pharaoh, saying, It is not in me: God shall give Pharaoh an answer of peace. -- genesis 41:16 +. +And Pharaoh said to Joseph, In my dream, behold, I stood on the bank of the river: -- genesis 41:17 +. +And, behold, there came up out of the river seven cows, fat and well favored; and they fed in a meadow: -- genesis 41:18 +. +And, behold, seven other cows came up after them, poor and very ill favored and skinney, such as I never saw in all the land of Egypt for badness: -- genesis 41:19 +. +And the lean and the ill favored cows did eat up the first seven fat cows: -- genesis 41:20 +. +And when they had eaten them up, it could not be known that they had eaten them; but they were still ill favored, as at the beginning. So I awoke. -- genesis 41:21 +. +And I saw in my dream, and, behold, seven ears came up in one stalk, full and good: -- genesis 41:22 +. +And, behold, seven ears, withered, thin, and blasted with the east wind, sprung up after them: -- genesis 41:23 +. +And the thin ears devoured the seven good ears: and I told this to the magicians; but there was none that could declare it to me. -- genesis 41:24 +. +And Joseph said to Pharaoh, The dream of Pharaoh is one: God has showed Pharaoh what he is about to do. -- genesis 41:25 +. +The seven good cows are seven years; and the seven good ears are seven years: the dream is one. -- genesis 41:26 +. +And the seven thin and ill favored cows that came up after them are seven years; and the seven empty ears blasted with the east wind shall be seven years of famine. -- genesis 41:27 +. +This is the thing which I have spoken to Pharaoh: What God is about to do he shows to Pharaoh. -- genesis 41:28 +. +Behold, there come seven years of great plenty throughout all the land of Egypt: -- genesis 41:29 +. +And there shall arise after them seven years of famine; and all the plenty shall be forgotten in the land of Egypt; and the famine shall consume the land; -- genesis 41:30 +. +And the plenty shall not be known in the land by reason of that famine following; for it shall be very grievous. -- genesis 41:31 +. +And for that the dream was doubled to Pharaoh twice; it is because the thing is established by God, and God will shortly bring it to pass. -- genesis 41:32 +. +Now therefore let Pharaoh look out a man discreet and wise, and set him over the land of Egypt. -- genesis 41:33 +. +Let Pharaoh do this, and let him appoint officers over the land, and take up the fifth part of the land of Egypt in the seven plenteous years. -- genesis 41:34 +. +And let them gather all the food of those good years that come, and lay up corn under the hand of Pharaoh, and let them keep food in the cities. -- genesis 41:35 +. +And that food shall be for store to the land against the seven years of famine, which shall be in the land of Egypt; that the land perish not through the famine. -- genesis 41:36 +. +And the thing was good in the eyes of Pharaoh, and in the eyes of all his servants. -- genesis 41:37 +. +And Pharaoh said to his servants, Can we find such a one as this is, a man in whom the Spirit of God is? -- genesis 41:38 +. +And Pharaoh said to Joseph, For as much as God has showed you all this, there is none so discreet and wise as you are: -- genesis 41:39 +. +You shall be over my house, and according to your word shall all my people be ruled: only in the throne will I be greater than you. -- genesis 41:40 +. +And Pharaoh said to Joseph, See, I have set you over all the land of Egypt. -- genesis 41:41 +. +And Pharaoh took off his ring from his hand, and put it on Joseph' hand, and arrayed him in clothing of fine linen, and put a gold chain about his neck; -- genesis 41:42 +. +And he made him to ride in the second chariot which he had; and they cried before him, Bow the knee: and he made him ruler over all the land of Egypt. -- genesis 41:43 +. +And Pharaoh said to Joseph, I am Pharaoh, and without you shall no man lift up his hand or foot in all the land of Egypt. -- genesis 41:44 +. +And Pharaoh called Joseph' name Zaphnathpaaneah; and he gave him to wife Asenath the daughter of Potipherah priest of On. And Joseph went out over all the land of Egypt. -- genesis 41:45 +. +And Joseph was thirty years old when he stood before Pharaoh king of Egypt. And Joseph went out from the presence of Pharaoh, and went throughout all the land of Egypt. -- genesis 41:46 +. +And in the seven plenteous years the earth brought forth by handfuls. -- genesis 41:47 +. +And he gathered up all the food of the seven years, which were in the land of Egypt, and laid up the food in the cities: the food of the field, which was round about every city, laid he up in the same. -- genesis 41:48 +. +And Joseph gathered corn as the sand of the sea, very much, until he left numbering; for it was without number. -- genesis 41:49 +. +And to Joseph were born two sons before the years of famine came, which Asenath the daughter of Potipherah priest of On bore to him. -- genesis 41:50 +. +And Joseph called the name of the firstborn Manasseh: For God, said he, has made me forget all my toil, and all my father' house. -- genesis 41:51 +. +And the name of the second called he Ephraim: For God has caused me to be fruitful in the land of my affliction. -- genesis 41:52 +. +And the seven years of plenty, that was in the land of Egypt, were ended. -- genesis 41:53 +. +And the seven years of dearth began to come, according as Joseph had said: and the dearth was in all lands; but in all the land of Egypt there was bread. -- genesis 41:54 +. +And when all the land of Egypt was famished, the people cried to Pharaoh for bread: and Pharaoh said to all the Egyptians, Go to Joseph; what he said to you, do. -- genesis 41:55 +. +And the famine was over all the face of the earth: and Joseph opened all the storehouses, and sold to the Egyptians; and the famine waxed sore in the land of Egypt. -- genesis 41:56 +. +And all countries came into Egypt to Joseph for to buy corn; because that the famine was so sore in all lands. -- genesis 41:57 +. +Now when Jacob saw that there was corn in Egypt, Jacob said to his sons, Why do you look one on another? -- genesis 42:1 +. +And he said, Behold, I have heard that there is corn in Egypt: get you down thither, and buy for us from there; that we may live, and not die. -- genesis 42:2 +. +And Joseph' ten brothers went down to buy corn in Egypt. -- genesis 42:3 +. +But Benjamin, Joseph' brother, Jacob sent not with his brothers; for he said, Lest peradventure mischief befall him. -- genesis 42:4 +. +And the sons of Israel came to buy corn among those that came: for the famine was in the land of Canaan. -- genesis 42:5 +. +And Joseph was the governor over the land, and he it was that sold to all the people of the land: and Joseph' brothers came, and bowed down themselves before him with their faces to the earth. -- genesis 42:6 +. +And Joseph saw his brothers, and he knew them, but made himself strange to them, and spoke roughly to them; and he said to them, From where come you? And they said, From the land of Canaan to buy food. -- genesis 42:7 +. +And Joseph knew his brothers, but they knew not him. -- genesis 42:8 +. +And Joseph remembered the dreams which he dreamed of them, and said to them, You are spies; to see the nakedness of the land you are come. -- genesis 42:9 +. +And they said to him, No, my lord, but to buy food are your servants come. -- genesis 42:10 +. +We are all one man' sons; we are true men, your servants are no spies. -- genesis 42:11 +. +And he said to them, No, but to see the nakedness of the land you are come. -- genesis 42:12 +. +And they said, Your servants are twelve brothers, the sons of one man in the land of Canaan; and, behold, the youngest is this day with our father, and one is not. -- genesis 42:13 +. +And Joseph said to them, That is it that I spoke to you, saying, You are spies: -- genesis 42:14 +. +Hereby you shall be proved: By the life of Pharaoh you shall not go forth hence, except your youngest brother come here. -- genesis 42:15 +. +Send one of you, and let him fetch your brother, and you shall be kept in prison, that your words may be proved, whether there be any truth in you: or else by the life of Pharaoh surely you are spies. -- genesis 42:16 +. +And he put them all together into ward three days. -- genesis 42:17 +. +And Joseph said to them the third day, This do, and live; for I fear God: -- genesis 42:18 +. +If you be true men, let one of your brothers be bound in the house of your prison: go you, carry corn for the famine of your houses: -- genesis 42:19 +. +But bring your youngest brother to me; so shall your words be verified, and you shall not die. And they did so. -- genesis 42:20 +. +And they said one to another, We are truly guilty concerning our brother, in that we saw the anguish of his soul, when he sought us, and we would not hear; therefore is this distress come on us. -- genesis 42:21 +. +And Reuben answered them, saying, Spoke I not to you, saying, Do not sin against the child; and you would not hear? therefore, behold, also his blood is required. -- genesis 42:22 +. +And they knew not that Joseph understood them; for he spoke to them by an interpreter. -- genesis 42:23 +. +And he turned himself about from them, and wept; and returned to them again, and communed with them, and took from them Simeon, and bound him before their eyes. -- genesis 42:24 +. +Then Joseph commanded to fill their sacks with corn, and to restore every man' money into his sack, and to give them provision for the way: and thus did he to them. -- genesis 42:25 +. +And they laded their asses with the corn, and departed there. -- genesis 42:26 +. +And as one of them opened his sack to give his ass provender in the inn, he espied his money; for, behold, it was in his sack' mouth. -- genesis 42:27 +. +And he said to his brothers, My money is restored; and, see, it is even in my sack: and their heart failed them, and they were afraid, saying one to another, What is this that God has done to us? -- genesis 42:28 +. +And they came to Jacob their father to the land of Canaan, and told him all that befell to them; saying, -- genesis 42:29 +. +The man, who is the lord of the land, spoke roughly to us, and took us for spies of the country. -- genesis 42:30 +. +And we said to him, We are true men; we are no spies: -- genesis 42:31 +. +We be twelve brothers, sons of our father; one is not, and the youngest is this day with our father in the land of Canaan. -- genesis 42:32 +. +And the man, the lord of the country, said to us, Hereby shall I know that you are true men; leave one of your brothers here with me, and take food for the famine of your households, and be gone: -- genesis 42:33 +. +And bring your youngest brother to me: then shall I know that you are no spies, but that you are true men: so will I deliver you your brother, and you shall traffic in the land. -- genesis 42:34 +. +And it came to pass as they emptied their sacks, that, behold, every man' bundle of money was in his sack: and when both they and their father saw the bundles of money, they were afraid. -- genesis 42:35 +. +And Jacob their father said to them, Me have you bereaved of my children: Joseph is not, and Simeon is not, and you will take Benjamin away: all these things are against me. -- genesis 42:36 +. +And Reuben spoke to his father, saying, Slay my two sons, if I bring him not to you: deliver him into my hand, and I will bring him to you again. -- genesis 42:37 +. +And he said, My son shall not go down with you; for his brother is dead, and he is left alone: if mischief befall him by the way in the which you go, then shall you bring down my gray hairs with sorrow to the grave. -- genesis 42:38 +. +And the famine was sore in the land. -- genesis 43:1 +. +And it came to pass, when they had eaten up the corn which they had brought out of Egypt, their father said to them, Go again, buy us a little food. -- genesis 43:2 +. +And Judah spoke to him, saying, The man did solemnly protest to us, saying, You shall not see my face, except your brother be with you. -- genesis 43:3 +. +If you will send our brother with us, we will go down and buy you food: -- genesis 43:4 +. +But if you will not send him, we will not go down: for the man said to us, You shall not see my face, except your brother be with you. -- genesis 43:5 +. +And Israel said, Why dealt you so ill with me, as to tell the man whether you had yet a brother? -- genesis 43:6 +. +And they said, The man asked us straightly of our state, and of our kindred, saying, Is your father yet alive? have you another brother? and we told him according to the tenor of these words: could we certainly know that he would say, Bring your brother down? -- genesis 43:7 +. +And Judah said to Israel his father, Send the lad with me, and we will arise and go; that we may live, and not die, both we, and you, and also our little ones. -- genesis 43:8 +. +I will be surety for him; of my hand shall you require him: if I bring him not to you, and set him before you, then let me bear the blame for ever: -- genesis 43:9 +. +For except we had lingered, surely now we had returned this second time. -- genesis 43:10 +. +And their father Israel said to them, If it must be so now, do this; take of the best fruits in the land in your vessels, and carry down the man a present, a little balm, and a little honey, spices, and myrrh, nuts, and almonds: -- genesis 43:11 +. +And take double money in your hand; and the money that was brought again in the mouth of your sacks, carry it again in your hand; peradventure it was an oversight: -- genesis 43:12 +. +Take also your brother, and arise, go again to the man: -- genesis 43:13 +. +And God Almighty give you mercy before the man, that he may send away your other brother, and Benjamin. If I be bereaved of my children, I am bereaved. -- genesis 43:14 +. +And the men took that present, and they took double money in their hand and Benjamin; and rose up, and went down to Egypt, and stood before Joseph. -- genesis 43:15 +. +And when Joseph saw Benjamin with them, he said to the ruler of his house, Bring these men home, and slay, and make ready; for these men shall dine with me at noon. -- genesis 43:16 +. +And the man did as Joseph bade; and the man brought the men into Joseph' house. -- genesis 43:17 +. +And the men were afraid, because they were brought into Joseph' house; and they said, Because of the money that was returned in our sacks at the first time are we brought in; that he may seek occasion against us, and fall on us, and take us for slaves, and our asses. -- genesis 43:18 +. +And they came near to the steward of Joseph' house, and they communed with him at the door of the house, -- genesis 43:19 +. +And said, O sir, we came indeed down at the first time to buy food: -- genesis 43:20 +. +And it came to pass, when we came to the inn, that we opened our sacks, and, behold, every man' money was in the mouth of his sack, our money in full weight: and we have brought it again in our hand. -- genesis 43:21 +. +And other money have we brought down in our hands to buy food: we cannot tell who put our money in our sacks. -- genesis 43:22 +. +And he said, Peace be to you, fear not: your God, and the God of your father, has given you treasure in your sacks: I had your money. And he brought Simeon out to them. -- genesis 43:23 +. +And the man brought the men into Joseph' house, and gave them water, and they washed their feet; and he gave their asses provender. -- genesis 43:24 +. +And they made ready the present against Joseph came at noon: for they heard that they should eat bread there. -- genesis 43:25 +. +And when Joseph came home, they brought him the present which was in their hand into the house, and bowed themselves to him to the earth. -- genesis 43:26 +. +And he asked them of their welfare, and said, Is your father well, the old man of whom you spoke? Is he yet alive? -- genesis 43:27 +. +And they answered, Your servant our father is in good health, he is yet alive. And they bowed down their heads, and made obeisance. -- genesis 43:28 +. +And he lifted up his eyes, and saw his brother Benjamin, his mother' son, and said, Is this your younger brother, of whom you spoke to me? And he said, God be gracious to you, my son. -- genesis 43:29 +. +And Joseph made haste; for his bowels did yearn on his brother: and he sought where to weep; and he entered into his chamber, and wept there. -- genesis 43:30 +. +And he washed his face, and went out, and refrained himself, and said, Set on bread. -- genesis 43:31 +. +And they set on for him by himself, and for them by themselves, and for the Egyptians, which did eat with him, by themselves: because the Egyptians might not eat bread with the Hebrews; for that is an abomination to the Egyptians. -- genesis 43:32 +. +And they sat before him, the firstborn according to his birthright, and the youngest according to his youth: and the men marveled one at another. -- genesis 43:33 +. +And he took and sent messes to them from before him: but Benjamin' mess was five times so much as any of their'. And they drank, and were merry with him. -- genesis 43:34 +. +And he commanded the steward of his house, saying, Fill the men' sacks with food, as much as they can carry, and put every man' money in his sack' mouth. -- genesis 44:1 +. +And put my cup, the silver cup, in the sack' mouth of the youngest, and his corn money. And he did according to the word that Joseph had spoken. -- genesis 44:2 +. +As soon as the morning was light, the men were sent away, they and their asses. -- genesis 44:3 +. +And when they were gone out of the city, and not yet far off, Joseph said to his steward, Up, follow after the men; and when you do overtake them, say to them, Why have you rewarded evil for good? -- genesis 44:4 +. +Is not this it in which my lord drinks, and whereby indeed he divines? you have done evil in so doing. -- genesis 44:5 +. +And he overtook them, and he spoke to them these same words. -- genesis 44:6 +. +And they said to him, Why said my lord these words? God forbid that your servants should do according to this thing: -- genesis 44:7 +. +Behold, the money, which we found in our sacks'mouths, we brought again to you out of the land of Canaan: how then should we steal out of your lord' house silver or gold? -- genesis 44:8 +. +With whomsoever of your servants it be found, both let him die, and we also will be my lord' slaves. -- genesis 44:9 +. +And he said, Now also let it be according to your words: he with whom it is found shall be my servant; and you shall be blameless. -- genesis 44:10 +. +Then they speedily took down every man his sack to the ground, and opened every man his sack. -- genesis 44:11 +. +And he searched, and began at the oldest, and left at the youngest: and the cup was found in Benjamin' sack. -- genesis 44:12 +. +Then they rent their clothes, and laded every man his ass, and returned to the city. -- genesis 44:13 +. +And Judah and his brothers came to Joseph' house; for he was yet there: and they fell before him on the ground. -- genesis 44:14 +. +And Joseph said to them, What deed is this that you have done? know you not that such a man as I can certainly divine? -- genesis 44:15 +. +And Judah said, What shall we say to my lord? what shall we speak? or how shall we clear ourselves? God has found out the iniquity of your servants: behold, we are my lord' servants, both we, and he also with whom the cup is found. -- genesis 44:16 +. +And he said, God forbid that I should do so: but the man in whose hand the cup is found, he shall be my servant; and as for you, get you up in peace to your father. -- genesis 44:17 +. +Then Judah came near to him, and said, Oh my lord, let your servant, I pray you, speak a word in my lord' ears, and let not your anger burn against your servant: for you are even as Pharaoh. -- genesis 44:18 +. +My lord asked his servants, saying, Have you a father, or a brother? -- genesis 44:19 +. +And we said to my lord, We have a father, an old man, and a child of his old age, a little one; and his brother is dead, and he alone is left of his mother, and his father loves him. -- genesis 44:20 +. +And you said to your servants, Bring him down to me, that I may set my eyes on him. -- genesis 44:21 +. +And we said to my lord, The lad cannot leave his father: for if he should leave his father, his father would die. -- genesis 44:22 +. +And you said to your servants, Except your youngest brother come down with you, you shall see my face no more. -- genesis 44:23 +. +And it came to pass when we came up to your servant my father, we told him the words of my lord. -- genesis 44:24 +. +And our father said, Go again, and buy us a little food. -- genesis 44:25 +. +And we said, We cannot go down: if our youngest brother be with us, then will we go down: for we may not see the man' face, except our youngest brother be with us. -- genesis 44:26 +. +And your servant my father said to us, You know that my wife bore me two sons: -- genesis 44:27 +. +And the one went out from me, and I said, Surely he is torn in pieces; and I saw him not since: -- genesis 44:28 +. +And if you take this also from me, and mischief befall him, you shall bring down my gray hairs with sorrow to the grave. -- genesis 44:29 +. +Now therefore when I come to your servant my father, and the lad be not with us; seeing that his life is bound up in the lad' life; -- genesis 44:30 +. +It shall come to pass, when he sees that the lad is not with us, that he will die: and your servants shall bring down the gray hairs of your servant our father with sorrow to the grave. -- genesis 44:31 +. +For your servant became surety for the lad to my father, saying, If I bring him not to you, then I shall bear the blame to my father for ever. -- genesis 44:32 +. +Now therefore, I pray you, let your servant abide instead of the lad a slave to my lord; and let the lad go up with his brothers. -- genesis 44:33 +. +For how shall I go up to my father, and the lad be not with me? lest peradventure I see the evil that shall come on my father. -- genesis 44:34 +. +Then Joseph could not refrain himself before all them that stood by him; and he cried, Cause every man to go out from me. And there stood no man with him, while Joseph made himself known to his brothers. -- genesis 45:1 +. +And he wept aloud: and the Egyptians and the house of Pharaoh heard. -- genesis 45:2 +. +And Joseph said to his brothers, I am Joseph; does my father yet live? And his brothers could not answer him; for they were troubled at his presence. -- genesis 45:3 +. +And Joseph said to his brothers, Come near to me, I pray you. And they came near. And he said, I am Joseph your brother, whom you sold into Egypt. -- genesis 45:4 +. +Now therefore be not grieved, nor angry with yourselves, that you sold me here: for God did send me before you to preserve life. -- genesis 45:5 +. +For these two years has the famine been in the land: and yet there are five years, in the which there shall neither be ripening nor harvest. -- genesis 45:6 +. +And God sent me before you to preserve you a posterity in the earth, and to save your lives by a great deliverance. -- genesis 45:7 +. +So now it was not you that sent me here, but God: and he has made me a father to Pharaoh, and lord of all his house, and a ruler throughout all the land of Egypt. -- genesis 45:8 +. +Haste you, and go up to my father, and say to him, Thus said your son Joseph, God has made me lord of all Egypt: come down to me, tarry not: -- genesis 45:9 +. +And you shall dwell in the land of Goshen, and you shall be near to me, you, and your children, and your children' children, and your flocks, and your herds, and all that you have: -- genesis 45:10 +. +And there will I nourish you; for yet there are five years of famine; lest you, and your household, and all that you have, come to poverty. -- genesis 45:11 +. +And, behold, your eyes see, and the eyes of my brother Benjamin, that it is my mouth that speaks to you. -- genesis 45:12 +. +And you shall tell my father of all my glory in Egypt, and of all that you have seen; and you shall haste and bring down my father here. -- genesis 45:13 +. +And he fell on his brother Benjamin' neck, and wept; and Benjamin wept on his neck. -- genesis 45:14 +. +Moreover he kissed all his brothers, and wept on them: and after that his brothers talked with him. -- genesis 45:15 +. +And the fame thereof was heard in Pharaoh' house, saying, Joseph' brothers are come: and it pleased Pharaoh well, and his servants. -- genesis 45:16 +. +And Pharaoh said to Joseph, Say to your brothers, This do you; lade your beasts, and go, get you to the land of Canaan; -- genesis 45:17 +. +And take your father and your households, and come to me: and I will give you the good of the land of Egypt, and you shall eat the fat of the land. -- genesis 45:18 +. +Now you are commanded, this do you; take you wagons out of the land of Egypt for your little ones, and for your wives, and bring your father, and come. -- genesis 45:19 +. +Also regard not your stuff; for the good of all the land of Egypt is your'. -- genesis 45:20 +. +And the children of Israel did so: and Joseph gave them wagons, according to the commandment of Pharaoh, and gave them provision for the way. -- genesis 45:21 +. +To all of them he gave each man changes of raiment; but to Benjamin he gave three hundred pieces of silver, and five changes of raiment. -- genesis 45:22 +. +And to his father he sent after this manner; ten asses laden with the good things of Egypt, and ten she asses laden with corn and bread and meat for his father by the way. -- genesis 45:23 +. +So he sent his brothers away, and they departed: and he said to them, See that you fall not out by the way. -- genesis 45:24 +. +And they went up out of Egypt, and came into the land of Canaan to Jacob their father, -- genesis 45:25 +. +And told him, saying, Joseph is yet alive, and he is governor over all the land of Egypt. And Jacob' heart fainted, for he believed them not. -- genesis 45:26 +. +And they told him all the words of Joseph, which he had said to them: and when he saw the wagons which Joseph had sent to carry him, the spirit of Jacob their father revived: -- genesis 45:27 +. +And Israel said, It is enough; Joseph my son is yet alive: I will go and see him before I die. -- genesis 45:28 +. +And Israel took his journey with all that he had, and came to Beersheba, and offered sacrifices to the God of his father Isaac. -- genesis 46:1 +. +And God spoke to Israel in the visions of the night, and said, Jacob, Jacob. And he said, Here am I. -- genesis 46:2 +. +And he said, I am God, the God of your father: fear not to go down into Egypt; for I will there make of you a great nation: -- genesis 46:3 +. +I will go down with you into Egypt; and I will also surely bring you up again: and Joseph shall put his hand on your eyes. -- genesis 46:4 +. +And Jacob rose up from Beersheba: and the sons of Israel carried Jacob their father, and their little ones, and their wives, in the wagons which Pharaoh had sent to carry him. -- genesis 46:5 +. +And they took their cattle, and their goods, which they had gotten in the land of Canaan, and came into Egypt, Jacob, and all his seed with him: -- genesis 46:6 +. +His sons, and his sons'sons with him, his daughters, and his sons'daughters, and all his seed brought he with him into Egypt. -- genesis 46:7 +. +And these are the names of the children of Israel, which came into Egypt, Jacob and his sons: Reuben, Jacob' firstborn. -- genesis 46:8 +. +And the sons of Reuben; Hanoch, and Phallu, and Hezron, and Carmi. -- genesis 46:9 +. +And the sons of Simeon; Jemuel, and Jamin, and Ohad, and Jachin, and Zohar, and Shaul the son of a Canaanitish woman. -- genesis 46:10 +. +And the sons of Levi; Gershon, Kohath, and Merari. -- genesis 46:11 +. +And the sons of Judah; Er, and Onan, and Shelah, and Pharez, and Zarah: but Er and Onan died in the land of Canaan. And the sons of Pharez were Hezron and Hamul. -- genesis 46:12 +. +And the sons of Issachar; Tola, and Phuvah, and Job, and Shimron. -- genesis 46:13 +. +And the sons of Zebulun; Sered, and Elon, and Jahleel. -- genesis 46:14 +. +These be the sons of Leah, which she bore to Jacob in Padanaram, with his daughter Dinah: all the souls of his sons and his daughters were thirty and three. -- genesis 46:15 +. +And the sons of Gad; Ziphion, and Haggi, Shuni, and Ezbon, Eri, and Arodi, and Areli. -- genesis 46:16 +. +And the sons of Asher; Jimnah, and Ishuah, and Isui, and Beriah, and Serah their sister: and the sons of Beriah; Heber, and Malchiel. -- genesis 46:17 +. +These are the sons of Zilpah, whom Laban gave to Leah his daughter, and these she bore to Jacob, even sixteen souls. -- genesis 46:18 +. +The sons of Rachel Jacob' wife; Joseph, and Benjamin. -- genesis 46:19 +. +And to Joseph in the land of Egypt were born Manasseh and Ephraim, which Asenath the daughter of Potipherah priest of On bore to him. -- genesis 46:20 +. +And the sons of Benjamin were Belah, and Becher, and Ashbel, Gera, and Naaman, Ehi, and Rosh, Muppim, and Huppim, and Ard. -- genesis 46:21 +. +These are the sons of Rachel, which were born to Jacob: all the souls were fourteen. -- genesis 46:22 +. +And the sons of Dan; Hushim. -- genesis 46:23 +. +And the sons of Naphtali; Jahzeel, and Guni, and Jezer, and Shillem. -- genesis 46:24 +. +These are the sons of Bilhah, which Laban gave to Rachel his daughter, and she bore these to Jacob: all the souls were seven. -- genesis 46:25 +. +All the souls that came with Jacob into Egypt, which came out of his loins, besides Jacob' sons'wives, all the souls were three score and six; -- genesis 46:26 +. +And the sons of Joseph, which were born him in Egypt, were two souls: all the souls of the house of Jacob, which came into Egypt, were three score and ten. -- genesis 46:27 +. +And he sent Judah before him to Joseph, to direct his face to Goshen; and they came into the land of Goshen. -- genesis 46:28 +. +And Joseph made ready his chariot, and went up to meet Israel his father, to Goshen, and presented himself to him; and he fell on his neck, and wept on his neck a good while. -- genesis 46:29 +. +And Israel said to Joseph, Now let me die, since I have seen your face, because you are yet alive. -- genesis 46:30 +. +And Joseph said to his brothers, and to his father' house, I will go up, and show Pharaoh, and say to him, My brothers, and my father' house, which were in the land of Canaan, are come to me; -- genesis 46:31 +. +And the men are shepherds, for their trade has been to feed cattle; and they have brought their flocks, and their herds, and all that they have. -- genesis 46:32 +. +And it shall come to pass, when Pharaoh shall call you, and shall say, What is your occupation? -- genesis 46:33 +. +That you shall say, Your servants'trade has been about cattle from our youth even until now, both we, and also our fathers: that you may dwell in the land of Goshen; for every shepherd is an abomination to the Egyptians. -- genesis 46:34 +. +Then Joseph came and told Pharaoh, and said, My father and my brothers, and their flocks, and their herds, and all that they have, are come out of the land of Canaan; and, behold, they are in the land of Goshen. -- genesis 47:1 +. +And he took some of his brothers, even five men, and presented them to Pharaoh. -- genesis 47:2 +. +And Pharaoh said to his brothers, What is your occupation? And they said to Pharaoh, Your servants are shepherds, both we, and also our fathers. -- genesis 47:3 +. +They said morever to Pharaoh, For to sojourn in the land are we come; for your servants have no pasture for their flocks; for the famine is sore in the land of Canaan: now therefore, we pray you, let your servants dwell in the land of Goshen. -- genesis 47:4 +. +And Pharaoh spoke to Joseph, saying, Your father and your brothers are come to you: -- genesis 47:5 +. +The land of Egypt is before you; in the best of the land make your father and brothers to dwell; in the land of Goshen let them dwell: and if you know any men of activity among them, then make them rulers over my cattle. -- genesis 47:6 +. +And Joseph brought in Jacob his father, and set him before Pharaoh: and Jacob blessed Pharaoh. -- genesis 47:7 +. +And Pharaoh said to Jacob, How old are you? -- genesis 47:8 +. +And Jacob said to Pharaoh, The days of the years of my pilgrimage are an hundred and thirty years: few and evil have the days of the years of my life been, and have not attained to the days of the years of the life of my fathers in the days of their pilgrimage. -- genesis 47:9 +. +And Jacob blessed Pharaoh, and went out from before Pharaoh. -- genesis 47:10 +. +And Joseph placed his father and his brothers, and gave them a possession in the land of Egypt, in the best of the land, in the land of Rameses, as Pharaoh had commanded. -- genesis 47:11 +. +And Joseph nourished his father, and his brothers, and all his father' household, with bread, according to their families. -- genesis 47:12 +. +And there was no bread in all the land; for the famine was very sore, so that the land of Egypt and all the land of Canaan fainted by reason of the famine. -- genesis 47:13 +. +And Joseph gathered up all the money that was found in the land of Egypt, and in the land of Canaan, for the corn which they bought: and Joseph brought the money into Pharaoh' house. -- genesis 47:14 +. +And when money failed in the land of Egypt, and in the land of Canaan, all the Egyptians came to Joseph, and said, Give us bread: for why should we die in your presence? for the money fails. -- genesis 47:15 +. +And Joseph said, Give your cattle; and I will give you for your cattle, if money fail. -- genesis 47:16 +. +And they brought their cattle to Joseph: and Joseph gave them bread in exchange for horses, and for the flocks, and for the cattle of the herds, and for the asses: and he fed them with bread for all their cattle for that year. -- genesis 47:17 +. +When that year was ended, they came to him the second year, and said to him, We will not hide it from my lord, how that our money is spent; my lord also has our herds of cattle; there is not ought left in the sight of my lord, but our bodies, and our lands: -- genesis 47:18 +. +Why shall we die before your eyes, both we and our land? buy us and our land for bread, and we and our land will be servants to Pharaoh: and give us seed, that we may live, and not die, that the land be not desolate. -- genesis 47:19 +. +And Joseph bought all the land of Egypt for Pharaoh; for the Egyptians sold every man his field, because the famine prevailed over them: so the land became Pharaoh'. -- genesis 47:20 +. +And as for the people, he removed them to cities from one end of the borders of Egypt even to the other end thereof. -- genesis 47:21 +. +Only the land of the priests bought he not; for the priests had a portion assigned them of Pharaoh, and did eat their portion which Pharaoh gave them: why they sold not their lands. -- genesis 47:22 +. +Then Joseph said to the people, Behold, I have bought you this day and your land for Pharaoh: see, here is seed for you, and you shall sow the land. -- genesis 47:23 +. +And it shall come to pass in the increase, that you shall give the fifth part to Pharaoh, and four parts shall be your own, for seed of the field, and for your food, and for them of your households, and for food for your little ones. -- genesis 47:24 +. +And they said, You have saved our lives: let us find grace in the sight of my lord, and we will be Pharaoh' servants. -- genesis 47:25 +. +And Joseph made it a law over the land of Egypt to this day, that Pharaoh should have the fifth part, except the land of the priests only, which became not Pharaoh'. -- genesis 47:26 +. +And Israel dwelled in the land of Egypt, in the country of Goshen; and they had possessions therein, and grew, and multiplied exceedingly. -- genesis 47:27 +. +And Jacob lived in the land of Egypt seventeen years: so the whole age of Jacob was an hundred forty and seven years. -- genesis 47:28 +. +And the time drew near that Israel must die: and he called his son Joseph, and said to him, If now I have found grace in your sight, put, I pray you, your hand under my thigh, and deal kindly and truly with me; bury me not, I pray you, in Egypt: -- genesis 47:29 +. +But I will lie with my fathers, and you shall carry me out of Egypt, and bury me in their burial plot. And he said, I will do as you have said. -- genesis 47:30 +. +And he said, Swear to me. And he swore to him. And Israel bowed himself on the bed' head. -- genesis 47:31 +. +And it came to pass after these things, that one told Joseph, Behold, your father is sick: and he took with him his two sons, Manasseh and Ephraim. -- genesis 48:1 +. +And one told Jacob, and said, Behold, your son Joseph comes to you: and Israel strengthened himself, and sat on the bed. -- genesis 48:2 +. +And Jacob said to Joseph, God Almighty appeared to me at Luz in the land of Canaan, and blessed me, -- genesis 48:3 +. +And said to me, Behold, I will make you fruitful, and multiply you, and I will make of you a multitude of people; and will give this land to your seed after you for an everlasting possession. -- genesis 48:4 +. +And now your two sons, Ephraim and Manasseh, which were born to you in the land of Egypt before I came to you into Egypt, are mine; as Reuben and Simeon, they shall be mine. -- genesis 48:5 +. +And your issue, which you beget after them, shall be yours, and shall be called after the name of their brothers in their inheritance. -- genesis 48:6 +. +And as for me, when I came from Padan, Rachel died by me in the land of Canaan in the way, when yet there was but a little way to come to Ephrath: and I buried her there in the way of Ephrath; the same is Bethlehem. -- genesis 48:7 +. +And Israel beheld Joseph' sons, and said, Who are these? -- genesis 48:8 +. +And Joseph said to his father, They are my sons, whom God has given me in this place. And he said, Bring them, I pray you, to me, and I will bless them. -- genesis 48:9 +. +Now the eyes of Israel were dim for age, so that he could not see. And he brought them near to him; and he kissed them, and embraced them. -- genesis 48:10 +. +And Israel said to Joseph, I had not thought to see your face: and, see, God has showed me also your seed. -- genesis 48:11 +. +And Joseph brought them out from between his knees, and he bowed himself with his face to the earth. -- genesis 48:12 +. +And Joseph took them both, Ephraim in his right hand toward Israel' left hand, and Manasseh in his left hand toward Israel' right hand, and brought them near to him. -- genesis 48:13 +. +And Israel stretched out his right hand, and laid it on Ephraim' head, who was the younger, and his left hand on Manasseh' head, guiding his hands wittingly; for Manasseh was the firstborn. -- genesis 48:14 +. +And he blessed Joseph, and said, God, before whom my fathers Abraham and Isaac did walk, the God which fed me all my life long to this day, -- genesis 48:15 +. +The Angel which redeemed me from all evil, bless the lads; and let my name be named on them, and the name of my fathers Abraham and Isaac; and let them grow into a multitude in the middle of the earth. -- genesis 48:16 +. +And when Joseph saw that his father laid his right hand on the head of Ephraim, it displeased him: and he held up his father' hand, to remove it from Ephraim' head to Manasseh' head. -- genesis 48:17 +. +And Joseph said to his father, Not so, my father: for this is the firstborn; put your right hand on his head. -- genesis 48:18 +. +And his father refused, and said, I know it, my son, I know it: he also shall become a people, and he also shall be great: but truly his younger brother shall be greater than he, and his seed shall become a multitude of nations. -- genesis 48:19 +. +And he blessed them that day, saying, In you shall Israel bless, saying, God make you as Ephraim and as Manasseh: and he set Ephraim before Manasseh. -- genesis 48:20 +. +And Israel said to Joseph, Behold, I die: but God shall be with you, and bring you again to the land of your fathers. -- genesis 48:21 +. +Moreover I have given to you one portion above your brothers, which I took out of the hand of the Amorite with my sword and with my bow. -- genesis 48:22 +. +And Jacob called to his sons, and said, Gather yourselves together, that I may tell you that which shall befall you in the last days. -- genesis 49:1 +. +Gather yourselves together, and hear, you sons of Jacob; and listen to Israel your father. -- genesis 49:2 +. +Reuben, you are my firstborn, my might, and the beginning of my strength, the excellency of dignity, and the excellency of power: -- genesis 49:3 +. +Unstable as water, you shall not excel; because you went up to your father' bed; then defiled you it: he went up to my couch. -- genesis 49:4 +. +Simeon and Levi are brothers; instruments of cruelty are in their habitations. -- genesis 49:5 +. +O my soul, come not you into their secret; to their assembly, my honor, be not you united: for in their anger they slew a man, and in their self-will they dig down a wall. -- genesis 49:6 +. +Cursed be their anger, for it was fierce; and their wrath, for it was cruel: I will divide them in Jacob, and scatter them in Israel. -- genesis 49:7 +. +Judah, you are he whom your brothers shall praise: your hand shall be in the neck of your enemies; your father' children shall bow down before you. -- genesis 49:8 +. +Judah is a lion' whelp: from the prey, my son, you are gone up: he stooped down, he couched as a lion, and as an old lion; who shall rouse him up? -- genesis 49:9 +. +The scepter shall not depart from Judah, nor a lawgiver from between his feet, until Shiloh come; and to him shall the gathering of the people be. -- genesis 49:10 +. +Binding his foal to the vine, and his ass' colt to the choice vine; he washed his garments in wine, and his clothes in the blood of grapes: -- genesis 49:11 +. +His eyes shall be red with wine, and his teeth white with milk. -- genesis 49:12 +. +Zebulun shall dwell at the haven of the sea; and he shall be for an haven of ships; and his border shall be to Zidon. -- genesis 49:13 +. +Issachar is a strong ass couching down between two burdens: -- genesis 49:14 +. +And he saw that rest was good, and the land that it was pleasant; and bowed his shoulder to bear, and became a servant to tribute. -- genesis 49:15 +. +Dan shall judge his people, as one of the tribes of Israel. -- genesis 49:16 +. +Dan shall be a serpent by the way, an adder in the path, that bites the horse heels, so that his rider shall fall backward. -- genesis 49:17 +. +I have waited for your salvation, O LORD. -- genesis 49:18 +. +Gad, a troop shall overcome him: but he shall overcome at the last. -- genesis 49:19 +. +Out of Asher his bread shall be fat, and he shall yield royal dainties. -- genesis 49:20 +. +Naphtali is a hind let loose: he gives goodly words. -- genesis 49:21 +. +Joseph is a fruitful bough, even a fruitful bough by a well; whose branches run over the wall: -- genesis 49:22 +. +The archers have sorely grieved him, and shot at him, and hated him: -- genesis 49:23 +. +But his bow stayed in strength, and the arms of his hands were made strong by the hands of the mighty God of Jacob; (from there is the shepherd, the stone of Israel:) -- genesis 49:24 +. +Even by the God of your father, who shall help you; and by the Almighty, who shall bless you with blessings of heaven above, blessings of the deep that lies under, blessings of the breasts, and of the womb: -- genesis 49:25 +. +The blessings of your father have prevailed above the blessings of my progenitors to the utmost bound of the everlasting hills: they shall be on the head of Joseph, and on the crown of the head of him that was separate from his brothers. -- genesis 49:26 +. +Benjamin shall shred as a wolf: in the morning he shall devour the prey, and at night he shall divide the spoil. -- genesis 49:27 +. +All these are the twelve tribes of Israel: and this is it that their father spoke to them, and blessed them; every one according to his blessing he blessed them. -- genesis 49:28 +. +And he charged them, and said to them, I am to be gathered to my people: bury me with my fathers in the cave that is in the field of Ephron the Hittite, -- genesis 49:29 +. +In the cave that is in the field of Machpelah, which is before Mamre, in the land of Canaan, which Abraham bought with the field of Ephron the Hittite for a possession of a burial plot. -- genesis 49:30 +. +There they buried Abraham and Sarah his wife; there they buried Isaac and Rebekah his wife; and there I buried Leah. -- genesis 49:31 +. +The purchase of the field and of the cave that is therein was from the children of Heth. -- genesis 49:32 +. +And when Jacob had made an end of commanding his sons, he gathered up his feet into the bed, and yielded up the ghost, and was gathered to his people. -- genesis 49:33 +. +And Joseph fell on his father' face, and wept on him, and kissed him. -- genesis 50:1 +. +And Joseph commanded his servants the physicians to embalm his father: and the physicians embalmed Israel. -- genesis 50:2 +. +And forty days were fulfilled for him; for so are fulfilled the days of those which are embalmed: and the Egyptians mourned for him three score and ten days. -- genesis 50:3 +. +And when the days of his mourning were past, Joseph spoke to the house of Pharaoh, saying, If now I have found grace in your eyes, speak, I pray you, in the ears of Pharaoh, saying, -- genesis 50:4 +. +My father made me swear, saying, See, I die: in my grave which I have dig for me in the land of Canaan, there shall you bury me. Now therefore let me go up, I pray you, and bury my father, and I will come again. -- genesis 50:5 +. +And Pharaoh said, Go up, and bury your father, according as he made you swear. -- genesis 50:6 +. +And Joseph went up to bury his father: and with him went up all the servants of Pharaoh, the elders of his house, and all the elders of the land of Egypt, -- genesis 50:7 +. +And all the house of Joseph, and his brothers, and his father' house: only their little ones, and their flocks, and their herds, they left in the land of Goshen. -- genesis 50:8 +. +And there went up with him both chariots and horsemen: and it was a very great company. -- genesis 50:9 +. +And they came to the threshing floor of Atad, which is beyond Jordan, and there they mourned with a great and very sore lamentation: and he made a mourning for his father seven days. -- genesis 50:10 +. +And when the inhabitants of the land, the Canaanites, saw the mourning in the floor of Atad, they said, This is a grievous mourning to the Egyptians: why the name of it was called Abelmizraim, which is beyond Jordan. -- genesis 50:11 +. +And his sons did to him according as he commanded them: -- genesis 50:12 +. +For his sons carried him into the land of Canaan, and buried him in the cave of the field of Machpelah, which Abraham bought with the field for a possession of a burial plot of Ephron the Hittite, before Mamre. -- genesis 50:13 +. +And Joseph returned into Egypt, he, and his brothers, and all that went up with him to bury his father, after he had buried his father. -- genesis 50:14 +. +And when Joseph' brothers saw that their father was dead, they said, Joseph will peradventure hate us, and will certainly requite us all the evil which we did to him. -- genesis 50:15 +. +And they sent a messenger to Joseph, saying, Your father did command before he died, saying, -- genesis 50:16 +. +So shall you say to Joseph, Forgive, I pray you now, the trespass of your brothers, and their sin; for they did to you evil: and now, we pray you, forgive the trespass of the servants of the God of your father. And Joseph wept when they spoke to him. -- genesis 50:17 +. +And his brothers also went and fell down before his face; and they said, Behold, we be your servants. -- genesis 50:18 +. +And Joseph said to them, Fear not: for am I in the place of God? -- genesis 50:19 +. +But as for you, you thought evil against me; but God meant it to good, to bring to pass, as it is this day, to save much people alive. -- genesis 50:20 +. +Now therefore fear you not: I will nourish you, and your little ones. And he comforted them, and spoke kindly to them. -- genesis 50:21 +. +And Joseph dwelled in Egypt, he, and his father' house: and Joseph lived an hundred and ten years. -- genesis 50:22 +. +And Joseph saw Ephraim' children of the third generation: the children also of Machir the son of Manasseh were brought up on Joseph' knees. -- genesis 50:23 +. +And Joseph said to his brothers, I die: and God will surely visit you, and bring you out of this land to the land which he swore to Abraham, to Isaac, and to Jacob. -- genesis 50:24 +. +And Joseph took an oath of the children of Israel, saying, God will surely visit you, and you shall carry up my bones from hence. -- genesis 50:25 +. +So Joseph died, being an hundred and ten years old: and they embalmed him, and he was put in a coffin in Egypt. -- genesis 50:26 +. +Now these are the names of the children of Israel, which came into Egypt; every man and his household came with Jacob. -- exodus 1:1 +. +Reuben, Simeon, Levi, and Judah, -- exodus 1:2 +. +Issachar, Zebulun, and Benjamin, -- exodus 1:3 +. +Dan, and Naphtali, Gad, and Asher. -- exodus 1:4 +. +And all the souls that came out of the loins of Jacob were seventy souls: for Joseph was in Egypt already. -- exodus 1:5 +. +And Joseph died, and all his brothers, and all that generation. -- exodus 1:6 +. +And the children of Israel were fruitful, and increased abundantly, and multiplied, and waxed exceeding mighty; and the land was filled with them. -- exodus 1:7 +. +Now there arose up a new king over Egypt, which knew not Joseph. -- exodus 1:8 +. +And he said to his people, Behold, the people of the children of Israel are more and mightier than we: -- exodus 1:9 +. +Come on, let us deal wisely with them; lest they multiply, and it come to pass, that, when there falls out any war, they join also to our enemies, and fight against us, and so get them up out of the land. -- exodus 1:10 +. +Therefore they did set over them taskmasters to afflict them with their burdens. And they built for Pharaoh treasure cities, Pithom and Raamses. -- exodus 1:11 +. +But the more they afflicted them, the more they multiplied and grew. And they were grieved because of the children of Israel. -- exodus 1:12 +. +And the Egyptians made the children of Israel to serve with rigor: -- exodus 1:13 +. +And they made their lives bitter with hard bondage, in mortar, and in brick, and in all manner of service in the field: all their service, wherein they made them serve, was with rigor. -- exodus 1:14 +. +And the king of Egypt spoke to the Hebrew midwives, of which the name of the one was Shiphrah, and the name of the other Puah: -- exodus 1:15 +. +And he said, When you do the office of a midwife to the Hebrew women, and see them on the stools; if it be a son, then you shall kill him: but if it be a daughter, then she shall live. -- exodus 1:16 +. +But the midwives feared God, and did not as the king of Egypt commanded them, but saved the men children alive. -- exodus 1:17 +. +And the king of Egypt called for the midwives, and said to them, Why have you done this thing, and have saved the men children alive? -- exodus 1:18 +. +And the midwives said to Pharaoh, Because the Hebrew women are not as the Egyptian women; for they are lively, and are delivered ere the midwives come in to them. -- exodus 1:19 +. +Therefore God dealt well with the midwives: and the people multiplied, and waxed very mighty. -- exodus 1:20 +. +And it came to pass, because the midwives feared God, that he made them houses. -- exodus 1:21 +. +And Pharaoh charged all his people, saying, Every son that is born you shall cast into the river, and every daughter you shall save alive. -- exodus 1:22 +. +And there went a man of the house of Levi, and took to wife a daughter of Levi. -- exodus 2:1 +. +And the woman conceived, and bore a son: and when she saw him that he was a goodly child, she hid him three months. -- exodus 2:2 +. +And when she could not longer hide him, she took for him an ark of bulrushes, and daubed it with slime and with pitch, and put the child therein; and she laid it in the flags by the river' brink. -- exodus 2:3 +. +And his sister stood afar off, to wit what would be done to him. -- exodus 2:4 +. +And the daughter of Pharaoh came down to wash herself at the river; and her maidens walked along by the river' side; and when she saw the ark among the flags, she sent her maid to fetch it. -- exodus 2:5 +. +And when she had opened it, she saw the child: and, behold, the babe wept. And she had compassion on him, and said, This is one of the Hebrews'children. -- exodus 2:6 +. +Then said his sister to Pharaoh' daughter, Shall I go and call to you a nurse of the Hebrew women, that she may nurse the child for you? -- exodus 2:7 +. +And Pharaoh' daughter said to her, Go. And the maid went and called the child' mother. -- exodus 2:8 +. +And Pharaoh' daughter said to her, Take this child away, and nurse it for me, and I will give you your wages. And the women took the child, and nursed it. -- exodus 2:9 +. +And the child grew, and she brought him to Pharaoh' daughter, and he became her son. And she called his name Moses: and she said, Because I drew him out of the water. -- exodus 2:10 +. +And it came to pass in those days, when Moses was grown, that he went out to his brothers, and looked on their burdens: and he spied an Egyptian smiting an Hebrew, one of his brothers. -- exodus 2:11 +. +And he looked this way and that way, and when he saw that there was no man, he slew the Egyptian, and hid him in the sand. -- exodus 2:12 +. +And when he went out the second day, behold, two men of the Hebrews strove together: and he said to him that did the wrong, Why smite you your fellow? -- exodus 2:13 +. +And he said, Who made you a prince and a judge over us? intend you to kill me, as you killed the Egyptian? And Moses feared, and said, Surely this thing is known. -- exodus 2:14 +. +Now when Pharaoh heard this thing, he sought to slay Moses. But Moses fled from the face of Pharaoh, and dwelled in the land of Midian: and he sat down by a well. -- exodus 2:15 +. +Now the priest of Midian had seven daughters: and they came and drew water, and filled the troughs to water their father' flock. -- exodus 2:16 +. +And the shepherds came and drove them away: but Moses stood up and helped them, and watered their flock. -- exodus 2:17 +. +And when they came to Reuel their father, he said, How is it that you are come so soon to day? -- exodus 2:18 +. +And they said, An Egyptian delivered us out of the hand of the shepherds, and also drew water enough for us, and watered the flock. -- exodus 2:19 +. +And he said to his daughters, And where is he? why is it that you have left the man? call him, that he may eat bread. -- exodus 2:20 +. +And Moses was content to dwell with the man: and he gave Moses Zipporah his daughter. -- exodus 2:21 +. +And she bore him a son, and he called his name Gershom: for he said, I have been a stranger in a strange land. -- exodus 2:22 +. +And it came to pass in process of time, that the king of Egypt died: and the children of Israel sighed by reason of the bondage, and they cried, and their cry came up to God by reason of the bondage. -- exodus 2:23 +. +And God heard their groaning, and God remembered his covenant with Abraham, with Isaac, and with Jacob. -- exodus 2:24 +. +And God looked on the children of Israel, and God had respect to them. -- exodus 2:25 +. +Now Moses kept the flock of Jethro his father in law, the priest of Midian: and he led the flock to the backside of the desert, and came to the mountain of God, even to Horeb. -- exodus 3:1 +. +And the angel of the LORD appeared to him in a flame of fire out of the middle of a bush: and he looked, and, behold, the bush burned with fire, and the bush was not consumed. -- exodus 3:2 +. +And Moses said, I will now turn aside, and see this great sight, why the bush is not burnt. -- exodus 3:3 +. +And when the LORD saw that he turned aside to see, God called to him out of the middle of the bush, and said, Moses, Moses. And he said, Here am I. -- exodus 3:4 +. +And he said, Draw not near here: put off your shoes from off your feet, for the place where on you stand is holy ground. -- exodus 3:5 +. +Moreover he said, I am the God of your father, the God of Abraham, the God of Isaac, and the God of Jacob. And Moses hid his face; for he was afraid to look on God. -- exodus 3:6 +. +And the LORD said, I have surely seen the affliction of my people which are in Egypt, and have heard their cry by reason of their taskmasters; for I know their sorrows; -- exodus 3:7 +. +And I am come down to deliver them out of the hand of the Egyptians, and to bring them up out of that land to a good land and a large, to a land flowing with milk and honey; to the place of the Canaanites, and the Hittites, and the Amorites, and the Perizzites, and the Hivites, and the Jebusites. -- exodus 3:8 +. +Now therefore, behold, the cry of the children of Israel is come to me: and I have also seen the oppression with which the Egyptians oppress them. -- exodus 3:9 +. +Come now therefore, and I will send you to Pharaoh, that you may bring forth my people the children of Israel out of Egypt. -- exodus 3:10 +. +And Moses said to God, Who am I, that I should go to Pharaoh, and that I should bring forth the children of Israel out of Egypt? -- exodus 3:11 +. +And he said, Certainly I will be with you; and this shall be a token to you, that I have sent you: When you have brought forth the people out of Egypt, you shall serve God on this mountain. -- exodus 3:12 +. +And Moses said to God, Behold, when I come to the children of Israel, and shall say to them, The God of your fathers has sent me to you; and they shall say to me, What is his name? what shall I say to them? -- exodus 3:13 +. +And God said to Moses, I AM THAT I AM: and he said, Thus shall you say to the children of Israel, I AM has sent me to you. -- exodus 3:14 +. +And God said moreover to Moses, Thus shall you say to the children of Israel, the LORD God of your fathers, the God of Abraham, the God of Isaac, and the God of Jacob, has sent me to you: this is my name for ever, and this is my memorial to all generations. -- exodus 3:15 +. +Go, and gather the elders of Israel together, and say to them, The LORD God of your fathers, the God of Abraham, of Isaac, and of Jacob, appeared to me, saying, I have surely visited you, and seen that which is done to you in Egypt: -- exodus 3:16 +. +And I have said, I will bring you up out of the affliction of Egypt to the land of the Canaanites, and the Hittites, and the Amorites, and the Perizzites, and the Hivites, and the Jebusites, to a land flowing with milk and honey. -- exodus 3:17 +. +And they shall listen to your voice: and you shall come, you and the elders of Israel, to the king of Egypt, and you shall say to him, The LORD God of the Hebrews has met with us: and now let us go, we beseech you, three days'journey into the wilderness, that we may sacrifice to the LORD our God. -- exodus 3:18 +. +And I am sure that the king of Egypt will not let you go, no, not by a mighty hand. -- exodus 3:19 +. +And I will stretch out my hand, and smite Egypt with all my wonders which I will do in the middle thereof: and after that he will let you go. -- exodus 3:20 +. +And I will give this people favor in the sight of the Egyptians: and it shall come to pass, that, when you go, you shall not go empty. -- exodus 3:21 +. +But every woman shall borrow of her neighbor, and of her that sojournes in her house, jewels of silver, and jewels of gold, and raiment: and you shall put them on your sons, and on your daughters; and you shall spoil the Egyptians. -- exodus 3:22 +. +And Moses answered and said, But, behold, they will not believe me, nor listen to my voice: for they will say, The LORD has not appeared to you. -- exodus 4:1 +. +And the LORD said to him, What is that in your hand? And he said, A rod. -- exodus 4:2 +. +And he said, Cast it on the ground. And he cast it on the ground, and it became a serpent; and Moses fled from before it. -- exodus 4:3 +. +And the LORD said to Moses, Put forth your hand, and take it by the tail. And he put forth his hand, and caught it, and it became a rod in his hand: -- exodus 4:4 +. +That they may believe that the LORD God of their fathers, the God of Abraham, the God of Isaac, and the God of Jacob, has appeared to you. -- exodus 4:5 +. +And the LORD said furthermore to him, Put now your hand into your bosom. And he put his hand into his bosom: and when he took it out, behold, his hand was leprous as snow. -- exodus 4:6 +. +And he said, Put your hand into your bosom again. And he put his hand into his bosom again; and plucked it out of his bosom, and, behold, it was turned again as his other flesh. -- exodus 4:7 +. +And it shall come to pass, if they will not believe you, neither listen to the voice of the first sign, that they will believe the voice of the latter sign. -- exodus 4:8 +. +And it shall come to pass, if they will not believe also these two signs, neither listen to your voice, that you shall take of the water of the river, and pour it on the dry land: and the water which you take out of the river shall become blood on the dry land. -- exodus 4:9 +. +And Moses said to the LORD, O my LORD, I am not eloquent, neither heretofore, nor since you have spoken to your servant: but I am slow of speech, and of a slow tongue. -- exodus 4:10 +. +And the LORD said to him, Who has made man' mouth? or who makes the dumb, or deaf, or the seeing, or the blind? have not I the LORD? -- exodus 4:11 +. +Now therefore go, and I will be with your mouth, and teach you what you shall say. -- exodus 4:12 +. +And he said, O my LORD, send, I pray you, by the hand of him whom you will send. -- exodus 4:13 +. +And the anger of the LORD was kindled against Moses, and he said, Is not Aaron the Levite your brother? I know that he can speak well. And also, behold, he comes forth to meet you: and when he sees you, he will be glad in his heart. -- exodus 4:14 +. +And you shall speak to him, and put words in his mouth: and I will be with your mouth, and with his mouth, and will teach you what you shall do. -- exodus 4:15 +. +And he shall be your spokesman to the people: and he shall be, even he shall be to you instead of a mouth, and you shall be to him instead of God. -- exodus 4:16 +. +And you shall take this rod in your hand, with which you shall do signs. -- exodus 4:17 +. +And Moses went and returned to Jethro his father in law, and said to him, Let me go, I pray you, and return to my brothers which are in Egypt, and see whether they be yet alive. And Jethro said to Moses, Go in peace. -- exodus 4:18 +. +And the LORD said to Moses in Midian, Go, return into Egypt: for all the men are dead which sought your life. -- exodus 4:19 +. +And Moses took his wife and his sons, and set them on an ass, and he returned to the land of Egypt: and Moses took the rod of God in his hand. -- exodus 4:20 +. +And the LORD said to Moses, When you go to return into Egypt, see that you do all those wonders before Pharaoh, which I have put in your hand: but I will harden his heart, that he shall not let the people go. -- exodus 4:21 +. +And you shall say to Pharaoh, Thus said the LORD, Israel is my son, even my firstborn: -- exodus 4:22 +. +And I say to you, Let my son go, that he may serve me: and if you refuse to let him go, behold, I will slay your son, even your firstborn. -- exodus 4:23 +. +And it came to pass by the way in the inn, that the LORD met him, and sought to kill him. -- exodus 4:24 +. +Then Zipporah took a sharp stone, and cut off the foreskin of her son, and cast it at his feet, and said, Surely a bloody husband are you to me. -- exodus 4:25 +. +So he let him go: then she said, A bloody husband you are, because of the circumcision. -- exodus 4:26 +. +And the LORD said to Aaron, Go into the wilderness to meet Moses. And he went, and met him in the mount of God, and kissed him. -- exodus 4:27 +. +And Moses told Aaron all the words of the LORD who had sent him, and all the signs which he had commanded him. -- exodus 4:28 +. +And Moses and Aaron went and gathered together all the elders of the children of Israel: -- exodus 4:29 +. +And Aaron spoke all the words which the LORD had spoken to Moses, and did the signs in the sight of the people. -- exodus 4:30 +. +And the people believed: and when they heard that the LORD had visited the children of Israel, and that he had looked on their affliction, then they bowed their heads and worshipped. -- exodus 4:31 +. +And afterward Moses and Aaron went in, and told Pharaoh, Thus said the LORD God of Israel, Let my people go, that they may hold a feast to me in the wilderness. -- exodus 5:1 +. +And Pharaoh said, Who is the LORD, that I should obey his voice to let Israel go? I know not the LORD, neither will I let Israel go. -- exodus 5:2 +. +And they said, The God of the Hebrews has met with us: let us go, we pray you, three days'journey into the desert, and sacrifice to the LORD our God; lest he fall on us with pestilence, or with the sword. -- exodus 5:3 +. +And the king of Egypt said to them, Why do you, Moses and Aaron, let the people from their works? get you to your burdens. -- exodus 5:4 +. +And Pharaoh said, Behold, the people of the land now are many, and you make them rest from their burdens. -- exodus 5:5 +. +And Pharaoh commanded the same day the taskmasters of the people, and their officers, saying, -- exodus 5:6 +. +You shall no more give the people straw to make brick, as heretofore: let them go and gather straw for themselves. -- exodus 5:7 +. +And the tale of the bricks, which they did make heretofore, you shall lay on them; you shall not diminish ought thereof: for they be idle; therefore they cry, saying, Let us go and sacrifice to our God. -- exodus 5:8 +. +Let there more work be laid on the men, that they may labor therein; and let them not regard vain words. -- exodus 5:9 +. +And the taskmasters of the people went out, and their officers, and they spoke to the people, saying, Thus said Pharaoh, I will not give you straw. -- exodus 5:10 +. +Go you, get you straw where you can find it: yet not ought of your work shall be diminished. -- exodus 5:11 +. +So the people were scattered abroad throughout all the land of Egypt to gather stubble instead of straw. -- exodus 5:12 +. +And the taskmasters hurried them, saying, Fulfill your works, your daily tasks, as when there was straw. -- exodus 5:13 +. +And the officers of the children of Israel, which Pharaoh' taskmasters had set over them, were beaten, and demanded, Why have you not fulfilled your task in making brick both yesterday and to day, as heretofore? -- exodus 5:14 +. +Then the officers of the children of Israel came and cried to Pharaoh, saying, Why deal you thus with your servants? -- exodus 5:15 +. +There is no straw given to your servants, and they say to us, Make brick: and, behold, your servants are beaten; but the fault is in your own people. -- exodus 5:16 +. +But he said, You are idle, you are idle: therefore you say, Let us go and do sacrifice to the LORD. -- exodus 5:17 +. +Go therefore now, and work; for there shall no straw be given you, yet shall you deliver the tale of bricks. -- exodus 5:18 +. +And the officers of the children of Israel did see that they were in evil case, after it was said, You shall not minish ought from your bricks of your daily task. -- exodus 5:19 +. +And they met Moses and Aaron, who stood in the way, as they came forth from Pharaoh: -- exodus 5:20 +. +And they said to them, The LORD look on you, and judge; because you have made our smell to be abhorred in the eyes of Pharaoh, and in the eyes of his servants, to put a sword in their hand to slay us. -- exodus 5:21 +. +And Moses returned to the LORD, and said, LORD, why have you so evil entreated this people? why is it that you have sent me? -- exodus 5:22 +. +For since I came to Pharaoh to speak in your name, he has done evil to this people; neither have you delivered your people at all. -- exodus 5:23 +. +Then the LORD said to Moses, Now shall you see what I will do to Pharaoh: for with a strong hand shall he let them go, and with a strong hand shall he drive them out of his land. -- exodus 6:1 +. +And God spoke to Moses, and said to him, I am the LORD: -- exodus 6:2 +. +And I appeared to Abraham, to Isaac, and to Jacob, by the name of God Almighty, but by my name JEHOVAH was I not known to them. -- exodus 6:3 +. +And I have also established my covenant with them, to give them the land of Canaan, the land of their pilgrimage, wherein they were strangers. -- exodus 6:4 +. +And I have also heard the groaning of the children of Israel, whom the Egyptians keep in bondage; and I have remembered my covenant. -- exodus 6:5 +. +Why say to the children of Israel, I am the LORD, and I will bring you out from under the burdens of the Egyptians, and I will rid you out of their bondage, and I will redeem you with a stretched out arm, and with great judgments: -- exodus 6:6 +. +And I will take you to me for a people, and I will be to you a God: and you shall know that I am the LORD your God, which brings you out from under the burdens of the Egyptians. -- exodus 6:7 +. +And I will bring you in to the land, concerning the which I did swear to give it to Abraham, to Isaac, and to Jacob; and I will give it you for an heritage: I am the LORD. -- exodus 6:8 +. +And Moses spoke so to the children of Israel: but they listened not to Moses for anguish of spirit, and for cruel bondage. -- exodus 6:9 +. +And the LORD spoke to Moses, saying, -- exodus 6:10 +. +Go in, speak to Pharaoh king of Egypt, that he let the children of Israel go out of his land. -- exodus 6:11 +. +And Moses spoke before the LORD, saying, Behold, the children of Israel have not listened to me; how then shall Pharaoh hear me, who am of uncircumcised lips? -- exodus 6:12 +. +And the LORD spoke to Moses and to Aaron, and gave them a charge to the children of Israel, and to Pharaoh king of Egypt, to bring the children of Israel out of the land of Egypt. -- exodus 6:13 +. +These be the heads of their fathers'houses: The sons of Reuben the firstborn of Israel; Hanoch, and Pallu, Hezron, and Carmi: these be the families of Reuben. -- exodus 6:14 +. +And the sons of Simeon; Jemuel, and Jamin, and Ohad, and Jachin, and Zohar, and Shaul the son of a Canaanitish woman: these are the families of Simeon. -- exodus 6:15 +. +And these are the names of the sons of Levi according to their generations; Gershon, and Kohath, and Merari: and the years of the life of Levi were an hundred thirty and seven years. -- exodus 6:16 +. +The sons of Gershon; Libni, and Shimi, according to their families. -- exodus 6:17 +. +And the sons of Kohath; Amram, and Izhar, and Hebron, and Uzziel: and the years of the life of Kohath were an hundred thirty and three years. -- exodus 6:18 +. +And the sons of Merari; Mahali and Mushi: these are the families of Levi according to their generations. -- exodus 6:19 +. +And Amram took him Jochebed his father' sister to wife; and she bore him Aaron and Moses: and the years of the life of Amram were an hundred and thirty and seven years. -- exodus 6:20 +. +And the sons of Izhar; Korah, and Nepheg, and Zichri. -- exodus 6:21 +. +And the sons of Uzziel; Mishael, and Elzaphan, and Zithri. -- exodus 6:22 +. +And Aaron took him Elisheba, daughter of Amminadab, sister of Naashon, to wife; and she bore him Nadab, and Abihu, Eleazar, and Ithamar. -- exodus 6:23 +. +And the sons of Korah; Assir, and Elkanah, and Abiasaph: these are the families of the Korhites. -- exodus 6:24 +. +And Eleazar Aaron' son took him one of the daughters of Putiel to wife; and she bore him Phinehas: these are the heads of the fathers of the Levites according to their families. -- exodus 6:25 +. +These are that Aaron and Moses, to whom the LORD said, Bring out the children of Israel from the land of Egypt according to their armies. -- exodus 6:26 +. +These are they which spoke to Pharaoh king of Egypt, to bring out the children of Israel from Egypt: these are that Moses and Aaron. -- exodus 6:27 +. +And it came to pass on the day when the LORD spoke to Moses in the land of Egypt, -- exodus 6:28 +. +That the LORD spoke to Moses, saying, I am the LORD: speak you to Pharaoh king of Egypt all that I say to you. -- exodus 6:29 +. +And Moses said before the LORD, Behold, I am of uncircumcised lips, and how shall Pharaoh listen to me? -- exodus 6:30 +. +And the LORD said to Moses, See, I have made you a god to Pharaoh: and Aaron your brother shall be your prophet. -- exodus 7:1 +. +You shall speak all that I command you: and Aaron your brother shall speak to Pharaoh, that he send the children of Israel out of his land. -- exodus 7:2 +. +And I will harden Pharaoh' heart, and multiply my signs and my wonders in the land of Egypt. -- exodus 7:3 +. +But Pharaoh shall not listen to you, that I may lay my hand on Egypt, and bring forth my armies, and my people the children of Israel, out of the land of Egypt by great judgments. -- exodus 7:4 +. +And the Egyptians shall know that I am the LORD, when I stretch forth my hand on Egypt, and bring out the children of Israel from among them. -- exodus 7:5 +. +And Moses and Aaron did as the LORD commanded them, so did they. -- exodus 7:6 +. +And Moses was fourscore years old, and Aaron fourscore and three years old, when they spoke to Pharaoh. -- exodus 7:7 +. +And the LORD spoke to Moses and to Aaron, saying, -- exodus 7:8 +. +When Pharaoh shall speak to you, saying, Show a miracle for you: then you shall say to Aaron, Take your rod, and cast it before Pharaoh, and it shall become a serpent. -- exodus 7:9 +. +And Moses and Aaron went in to Pharaoh, and they did so as the LORD had commanded: and Aaron cast down his rod before Pharaoh, and before his servants, and it became a serpent. -- exodus 7:10 +. +Then Pharaoh also called the wise men and the sorcerers: now the magicians of Egypt, they also did in like manner with their enchantments. -- exodus 7:11 +. +For they cast down every man his rod, and they became serpents: but Aaron' rod swallowed up their rods. -- exodus 7:12 +. +And he hardened Pharaoh' heart, that he listened not to them; as the LORD had said. -- exodus 7:13 +. +And the LORD said to Moses, Pharaoh' heart is hardened, he refuses to let the people go. -- exodus 7:14 +. +Get you to Pharaoh in the morning; see, he goes out to the water; and you shall stand by the river' brink against he come; and the rod which was turned to a serpent shall you take in your hand. -- exodus 7:15 +. +And you shall say to him, The LORD God of the Hebrews has sent me to you, saying, Let my people go, that they may serve me in the wilderness: and, behold, till now you would not hear. -- exodus 7:16 +. +Thus said the LORD, In this you shall know that I am the LORD: behold, I will smite with the rod that is in my hand on the waters which are in the river, and they shall be turned to blood. -- exodus 7:17 +. +And the fish that is in the river shall die, and the river shall stink; and the Egyptians shall loathe to drink of the water of the river. -- exodus 7:18 +. +And the LORD spoke to Moses, Say to Aaron, Take your rod, and stretch out your hand on the waters of Egypt, on their streams, on their rivers, and on their ponds, and on all their pools of water, that they may become blood; and that there may be blood throughout all the land of Egypt, both in vessels of wood, and in vessels of stone. -- exodus 7:19 +. +And Moses and Aaron did so, as the LORD commanded; and he lifted up the rod, and smote the waters that were in the river, in the sight of Pharaoh, and in the sight of his servants; and all the waters that were in the river were turned to blood. -- exodus 7:20 +. +And the fish that was in the river died; and the river stank, and the Egyptians could not drink of the water of the river; and there was blood throughout all the land of Egypt. -- exodus 7:21 +. +And the magicians of Egypt did so with their enchantments: and Pharaoh' heart was hardened, neither did he listen to them; as the LORD had said. -- exodus 7:22 +. +And Pharaoh turned and went into his house, neither did he set his heart to this also. -- exodus 7:23 +. +And all the Egyptians dig round about the river for water to drink; for they could not drink of the water of the river. -- exodus 7:24 +. +And seven days were fulfilled, after that the LORD had smitten the river. -- exodus 7:25 +. +And the LORD spoke to Moses, Go to Pharaoh, and say to him, Thus said the LORD, Let my people go, that they may serve me. -- exodus 8:1 +. +And if you refuse to let them go, behold, I will smite all your borders with frogs: -- exodus 8:2 +. +And the river shall bring forth frogs abundantly, which shall go up and come into your house, and into your bedchamber, and on your bed, and into the house of your servants, and on your people, and into your ovens, and into your kneading troughs: -- exodus 8:3 +. +And the frogs shall come up both on you, and on your people, and on all your servants. -- exodus 8:4 +. +And the LORD spoke to Moses, Say to Aaron, Stretch forth your hand with your rod over the streams, over the rivers, and over the ponds, and cause frogs to come up on the land of Egypt. -- exodus 8:5 +. +And Aaron stretched out his hand over the waters of Egypt; and the frogs came up, and covered the land of Egypt. -- exodus 8:6 +. +And the magicians did so with their enchantments, and brought up frogs on the land of Egypt. -- exodus 8:7 +. +Then Pharaoh called for Moses and Aaron, and said, Entreat the LORD, that he may take away the frogs from me, and from my people; and I will let the people go, that they may do sacrifice to the LORD. -- exodus 8:8 +. +And Moses said to Pharaoh, Glory over me: when shall I entreat for you, and for your servants, and for your people, to destroy the frogs from you and your houses, that they may remain in the river only? -- exodus 8:9 +. +And he said, To morrow. And he said, Be it according to your word: that you may know that there is none like to the LORD our God. -- exodus 8:10 +. +And the frogs shall depart from you, and from your houses, and from your servants, and from your people; they shall remain in the river only. -- exodus 8:11 +. +And Moses and Aaron went out from Pharaoh: and Moses cried to the LORD because of the frogs which he had brought against Pharaoh. -- exodus 8:12 +. +And the LORD did according to the word of Moses; and the frogs died out of the houses, out of the villages, and out of the fields. -- exodus 8:13 +. +And they gathered them together on heaps: and the land stank. -- exodus 8:14 +. +But when Pharaoh saw that there was respite, he hardened his heart, and listened not to them; as the LORD had said. -- exodus 8:15 +. +And the LORD said to Moses, Say to Aaron, Stretch out your rod, and smite the dust of the land, that it may become lice throughout all the land of Egypt. -- exodus 8:16 +. +And they did so; for Aaron stretched out his hand with his rod, and smote the dust of the earth, and it became lice in man, and in beast; all the dust of the land became lice throughout all the land of Egypt. -- exodus 8:17 +. +And the magicians did so with their enchantments to bring forth lice, but they could not: so there were lice on man, and on beast. -- exodus 8:18 +. +Then the magicians said to Pharaoh, This is the finger of God: and Pharaoh' heart was hardened, and he listened not to them; as the LORD had said. -- exodus 8:19 +. +And the LORD said to Moses, Rise up early in the morning, and stand before Pharaoh; see, he comes forth to the water; and say to him, Thus said the LORD, Let my people go, that they may serve me. -- exodus 8:20 +. +Else, if you will not let my people go, behold, I will send swarms of flies on you, and on your servants, and on your people, and into your houses: and the houses of the Egyptians shall be full of swarms of flies, and also the ground where on they are. -- exodus 8:21 +. +And I will sever in that day the land of Goshen, in which my people dwell, that no swarms of flies shall be there; to the end you may know that I am the LORD in the middle of the earth. -- exodus 8:22 +. +And I will put a division between my people and your people: to morrow shall this sign be. -- exodus 8:23 +. +And the LORD did so; and there came a grievous swarm of flies into the house of Pharaoh, and into his servants'houses, and into all the land of Egypt: the land was corrupted by reason of the swarm of flies. -- exodus 8:24 +. +And Pharaoh called for Moses and for Aaron, and said, Go you, sacrifice to your God in the land. -- exodus 8:25 +. +And Moses said, It is not meet so to do; for we shall sacrifice the abomination of the Egyptians to the LORD our God: see, shall we sacrifice the abomination of the Egyptians before their eyes, and will they not stone us? -- exodus 8:26 +. +We will go three days'journey into the wilderness, and sacrifice to the LORD our God, as he shall command us. -- exodus 8:27 +. +And Pharaoh said, I will let you go, that you may sacrifice to the LORD your God in the wilderness; only you shall not go very far away: entreat for me. -- exodus 8:28 +. +And Moses said, Behold, I go out from you, and I will entreat the LORD that the swarms of flies may depart from Pharaoh, from his servants, and from his people, to morrow: but let not Pharaoh deal deceitfully any more in not letting the people go to sacrifice to the LORD. -- exodus 8:29 +. +And Moses went out from Pharaoh, and entreated the LORD. -- exodus 8:30 +. +And the LORD did according to the word of Moses; and he removed the swarms of flies from Pharaoh, from his servants, and from his people; there remained not one. -- exodus 8:31 +. +And Pharaoh hardened his heart at this time also, neither would he let the people go. -- exodus 8:32 +. +Then the LORD said to Moses, Go in to Pharaoh, and tell him, Thus said the LORD God of the Hebrews, Let my people go, that they may serve me. -- exodus 9:1 +. +For if you refuse to let them go, and will hold them still, -- exodus 9:2 +. +Behold, the hand of the LORD is on your cattle which is in the field, on the horses, on the asses, on the camels, on the oxen, and on the sheep: there shall be a very grievous murrain. -- exodus 9:3 +. +And the LORD shall sever between the cattle of Israel and the cattle of Egypt: and there shall nothing die of all that is the children' of Israel. -- exodus 9:4 +. +And the LORD appointed a set time, saying, To morrow the LORD shall do this thing in the land. -- exodus 9:5 +. +And the LORD did that thing on the morrow, and all the cattle of Egypt died: but of the cattle of the children of Israel died not one. -- exodus 9:6 +. +And Pharaoh sent, and, behold, there was not one of the cattle of the Israelites dead. And the heart of Pharaoh was hardened, and he did not let the people go. -- exodus 9:7 +. +And the LORD said to Moses and to Aaron, Take to you handfuls of ashes of the furnace, and let Moses sprinkle it toward the heaven in the sight of Pharaoh. -- exodus 9:8 +. +And it shall become small dust in all the land of Egypt, and shall be a boil breaking forth with blains on man, and on beast, throughout all the land of Egypt. -- exodus 9:9 +. +And they took ashes of the furnace, and stood before Pharaoh; and Moses sprinkled it up toward heaven; and it became a boil breaking forth with blains on man, and on beast. -- exodus 9:10 +. +And the magicians could not stand before Moses because of the boils; for the boil was on the magicians, and on all the Egyptians. -- exodus 9:11 +. +And the LORD hardened the heart of Pharaoh, and he listened not to them; as the LORD had spoken to Moses. -- exodus 9:12 +. +And the LORD said to Moses, Rise up early in the morning, and stand before Pharaoh, and say to him, Thus said the LORD God of the Hebrews, Let my people go, that they may serve me. -- exodus 9:13 +. +For I will at this time send all my plagues on your heart, and on your servants, and on your people; that you may know that there is none like me in all the earth. -- exodus 9:14 +. +For now I will stretch out my hand, that I may smite you and your people with pestilence; and you shall be cut off from the earth. -- exodus 9:15 +. +And in very deed for this cause have I raised you up, for to show in you my power; and that my name may be declared throughout all the earth. -- exodus 9:16 +. +As yet exalt you yourself against my people, that you will not let them go? -- exodus 9:17 +. +Behold, to morrow about this time I will cause it to rain a very grievous hail, such as has not been in Egypt since the foundation thereof even until now. -- exodus 9:18 +. +Send therefore now, and gather your cattle, and all that you have in the field; for on every man and beast which shall be found in the field, and shall not be brought home, the hail shall come down on them, and they shall die. -- exodus 9:19 +. +He that feared the word of the LORD among the servants of Pharaoh made his servants and his cattle flee into the houses: -- exodus 9:20 +. +And he that regarded not the word of the LORD left his servants and his cattle in the field. -- exodus 9:21 +. +And the LORD said to Moses, Stretch forth your hand toward heaven, that there may be hail in all the land of Egypt, on man, and on beast, and on every herb of the field, throughout the land of Egypt. -- exodus 9:22 +. +And Moses stretched forth his rod toward heaven: and the LORD sent thunder and hail, and the fire ran along on the ground; and the LORD rained hail on the land of Egypt. -- exodus 9:23 +. +So there was hail, and fire mingled with the hail, very grievous, such as there was none like it in all the land of Egypt since it became a nation. -- exodus 9:24 +. +And the hail smote throughout all the land of Egypt all that was in the field, both man and beast; and the hail smote every herb of the field, and broke every tree of the field. -- exodus 9:25 +. +Only in the land of Goshen, where the children of Israel were, was there no hail. -- exodus 9:26 +. +And Pharaoh sent, and called for Moses and Aaron, and said to them, I have sinned this time: the LORD is righteous, and I and my people are wicked. -- exodus 9:27 +. +Entreat the LORD (for it is enough) that there be no more mighty thunder and hail; and I will let you go, and you shall stay no longer. -- exodus 9:28 +. +And Moses said to him, As soon as I am gone out of the city, I will spread abroad my hands to the LORD; and the thunder shall cease, neither shall there be any more hail; that you may know how that the earth is the LORD'. -- exodus 9:29 +. +But as for you and your servants, I know that you will not yet fear the LORD God. -- exodus 9:30 +. +And the flax and the barley was smitten: for the barley was in the ear, and the flax was in bloom. -- exodus 9:31 +. +But the wheat and the rye were not smitten: for they were not grown up. -- exodus 9:32 +. +And Moses went out of the city from Pharaoh, and spread abroad his hands to the LORD: and the thunders and hail ceased, and the rain was not poured on the earth. -- exodus 9:33 +. +And when Pharaoh saw that the rain and the hail and the thunders were ceased, he sinned yet more, and hardened his heart, he and his servants. -- exodus 9:34 +. +And the heart of Pharaoh was hardened, neither would he let the children of Israel go; as the LORD had spoken by Moses. -- exodus 9:35 +. +And the LORD said to Moses, Go in to Pharaoh: for I have hardened his heart, and the heart of his servants, that I might show these my signs before him: -- exodus 10:1 +. +And that you may tell in the ears of your son, and of your son' son, what things I have worked in Egypt, and my signs which I have done among them; that you may know how that I am the LORD. -- exodus 10:2 +. +And Moses and Aaron came in to Pharaoh, and said to him, Thus said the LORD God of the Hebrews, How long will you refuse to humble yourself before me? let my people go, that they may serve me. -- exodus 10:3 +. +Else, if you refuse to let my people go, behold, to morrow will I bring the locusts into your coast: -- exodus 10:4 +. +And they shall cover the face of the earth, that one cannot be able to see the earth: and they shall eat the residue of that which is escaped, which remains to you from the hail, and shall eat every tree which grows for you out of the field: -- exodus 10:5 +. +And they shall fill your houses, and the houses of all your servants, and the houses of all the Egyptians; which neither your fathers, nor your fathers'fathers have seen, since the day that they were on the earth to this day. And he turned himself, and went out from Pharaoh. -- exodus 10:6 +. +And Pharaoh' servants said to him, How long shall this man be a snare to us? let the men go, that they may serve the LORD their God: know you not yet that Egypt is destroyed? -- exodus 10:7 +. +And Moses and Aaron were brought again to Pharaoh: and he said to them, Go, serve the LORD your God: but who are they that shall go? -- exodus 10:8 +. +And Moses said, We will go with our young and with our old, with our sons and with our daughters, with our flocks and with our herds will we go; for we must hold a feast to the LORD. -- exodus 10:9 +. +And he said to them, Let the LORD be so with you, as I will let you go, and your little ones: look to it; for evil is before you. -- exodus 10:10 +. +Not so: go now you that are men, and serve the LORD; for that you did desire. And they were driven out from Pharaoh' presence. -- exodus 10:11 +. +And the LORD said to Moses, Stretch out your hand over the land of Egypt for the locusts, that they may come up on the land of Egypt, and eat every herb of the land, even all that the hail has left. -- exodus 10:12 +. +And Moses stretched forth his rod over the land of Egypt, and the LORD brought an east wind on the land all that day, and all that night; and when it was morning, the east wind brought the locusts. -- exodus 10:13 +. +And the locust went up over all the land of Egypt, and rested in all the coasts of Egypt: very grievous were they; before them there were no such locusts as they, neither after them shall be such. -- exodus 10:14 +. +For they covered the face of the whole earth, so that the land was darkened; and they did eat every herb of the land, and all the fruit of the trees which the hail had left: and there remained not any green thing in the trees, or in the herbs of the field, through all the land of Egypt. -- exodus 10:15 +. +Then Pharaoh called for Moses and Aaron in haste; and he said, I have sinned against the LORD your God, and against you. -- exodus 10:16 +. +Now therefore forgive, I pray you, my sin only this once, and entreat the LORD your God, that he may take away from me this death only. -- exodus 10:17 +. +And he went out from Pharaoh, and entreated the LORD. -- exodus 10:18 +. +And the LORD turned a mighty strong west wind, which took away the locusts, and cast them into the Red sea; there remained not one locust in all the coasts of Egypt. -- exodus 10:19 +. +But the LORD hardened Pharaoh' heart, so that he would not let the children of Israel go. -- exodus 10:20 +. +And the LORD said to Moses, Stretch out your hand toward heaven, that there may be darkness over the land of Egypt, even darkness which may be felt. -- exodus 10:21 +. +And Moses stretched forth his hand toward heaven; and there was a thick darkness in all the land of Egypt three days: -- exodus 10:22 +. +They saw not one another, neither rose any from his place for three days: but all the children of Israel had light in their dwellings. -- exodus 10:23 +. +And Pharaoh called to Moses, and said, Go you, serve the LORD; only let your flocks and your herds be stayed: let your little ones also go with you. -- exodus 10:24 +. +And Moses said, You must give us also sacrifices and burnt offerings, that we may sacrifice to the LORD our God. -- exodus 10:25 +. +Our cattle also shall go with us; there shall not an hoof be left behind; for thereof must we take to serve the LORD our God; and we know not with what we must serve the LORD, until we come thither. -- exodus 10:26 +. +But the LORD hardened Pharaoh' heart, and he would not let them go. -- exodus 10:27 +. +And Pharaoh said to him, Get you from me, take heed to yourself, see my face no more; for in that day you see my face you shall die. -- exodus 10:28 +. +And Moses said, You have spoken well, I will see your face again no more. -- exodus 10:29 +. +And the LORD said to Moses, Yet will I bring one plague more on Pharaoh, and on Egypt; afterwards he will let you go hence: when he shall let you go, he shall surely thrust you out hence altogether. -- exodus 11:1 +. +Speak now in the ears of the people, and let every man borrow of his neighbor, and every woman of her neighbor, jewels of silver and jewels of gold. -- exodus 11:2 +. +And the LORD gave the people favor in the sight of the Egyptians. Moreover the man Moses was very great in the land of Egypt, in the sight of Pharaoh' servants, and in the sight of the people. -- exodus 11:3 +. +And Moses said, Thus said the LORD, About midnight will I go out into the middle of Egypt: -- exodus 11:4 +. +And all the firstborn in the land of Egypt shall die, from the first born of Pharaoh that sits on his throne, even to the firstborn of the maidservant that is behind the mill; and all the firstborn of beasts. -- exodus 11:5 +. +And there shall be a great cry throughout all the land of Egypt, such as there was none like it, nor shall be like it any more. -- exodus 11:6 +. +But against any of the children of Israel shall not a dog move his tongue, against man or beast: that you may know how that the LORD does put a difference between the Egyptians and Israel. -- exodus 11:7 +. +And all these your servants shall come down to me, and bow down themselves to me, saying, Get you out, and all the people that follow you: and after that I will go out. And he went out from Pharaoh in a great anger. -- exodus 11:8 +. +And the LORD said to Moses, Pharaoh shall not listen to you; that my wonders may be multiplied in the land of Egypt. -- exodus 11:9 +. +And Moses and Aaron did all these wonders before Pharaoh: and the LORD hardened Pharaoh' heart, so that he would not let the children of Israel go out of his land. -- exodus 11:10 +. +And the LORD spoke to Moses and Aaron in the land of Egypt saying, -- exodus 12:1 +. +This month shall be to you the beginning of months: it shall be the first month of the year to you. -- exodus 12:2 +. +Speak you to all the congregation of Israel, saying, In the tenth day of this month they shall take to them every man a lamb, according to the house of their fathers, a lamb for an house: -- exodus 12:3 +. +And if the household be too little for the lamb, let him and his neighbor next to his house take it according to the number of the souls; every man according to his eating shall make your count for the lamb. -- exodus 12:4 +. +Your lamb shall be without blemish, a male of the first year: you shall take it out from the sheep, or from the goats: -- exodus 12:5 +. +And you shall keep it up until the fourteenth day of the same month: and the whole assembly of the congregation of Israel shall kill it in the evening. -- exodus 12:6 +. +And they shall take of the blood, and strike it on the two side posts and on the upper door post of the houses, wherein they shall eat it. -- exodus 12:7 +. +And they shall eat the flesh in that night, roast with fire, and unleavened bread; and with bitter herbs they shall eat it. -- exodus 12:8 +. +Eat not of it raw, nor sodden at all with water, but roast with fire; his head with his legs, and with the entrails thereof. -- exodus 12:9 +. +And you shall let nothing of it remain until the morning; and that which remains of it until the morning you shall burn with fire. -- exodus 12:10 +. +And thus shall you eat it; with your loins girded, your shoes on your feet, and your staff in your hand; and you shall eat it in haste: it is the LORD' passover. -- exodus 12:11 +. +For I will pass through the land of Egypt this night, and will smite all the firstborn in the land of Egypt, both man and beast; and against all the gods of Egypt I will execute judgment: I am the LORD. -- exodus 12:12 +. +And the blood shall be to you for a token on the houses where you are: and when I see the blood, I will pass over you, and the plague shall not be on you to destroy you, when I smite the land of Egypt. -- exodus 12:13 +. +And this day shall be to you for a memorial; and you shall keep it a feast to the LORD throughout your generations; you shall keep it a feast by an ordinance for ever. -- exodus 12:14 +. +Seven days shall you eat unleavened bread; even the first day you shall put away leaven out of your houses: for whoever eats leavened bread from the first day until the seventh day, that soul shall be cut off from Israel. -- exodus 12:15 +. +And in the first day there shall be an holy convocation, and in the seventh day there shall be an holy convocation to you; no manner of work shall be done in them, save that which every man must eat, that only may be done of you. -- exodus 12:16 +. +And you shall observe the feast of unleavened bread; for in this selfsame day have I brought your armies out of the land of Egypt: therefore shall you observe this day in your generations by an ordinance for ever. -- exodus 12:17 +. +In the first month, on the fourteenth day of the month at even, you shall eat unleavened bread, until the one and twentieth day of the month at even. -- exodus 12:18 +. +Seven days shall there be no leaven found in your houses: for whoever eats that which is leavened, even that soul shall be cut off from the congregation of Israel, whether he be a stranger, or born in the land. -- exodus 12:19 +. +You shall eat nothing leavened; in all your habitations shall you eat unleavened bread. -- exodus 12:20 +. +Then Moses called for all the elders of Israel, and said to them, Draw out and take you a lamb according to your families, and kill the passover. -- exodus 12:21 +. +And you shall take a bunch of hyssop, and dip it in the blood that is in the basin, and strike the lintel and the two side posts with the blood that is in the basin; and none of you shall go out at the door of his house until the morning. -- exodus 12:22 +. +For the LORD will pass through to smite the Egyptians; and when he sees the blood on the lintel, and on the two side posts, the LORD will pass over the door, and will not suffer the destroyer to come in to your houses to smite you. -- exodus 12:23 +. +And you shall observe this thing for an ordinance to you and to your sons for ever. -- exodus 12:24 +. +And it shall come to pass, when you be come to the land which the LORD will give you, according as he has promised, that you shall keep this service. -- exodus 12:25 +. +And it shall come to pass, when your children shall say to you, What mean you by this service? -- exodus 12:26 +. +That you shall say, It is the sacrifice of the LORD' passover, who passed over the houses of the children of Israel in Egypt, when he smote the Egyptians, and delivered our houses. And the people bowed the head and worshipped. -- exodus 12:27 +. +And the children of Israel went away, and did as the LORD had commanded Moses and Aaron, so did they. -- exodus 12:28 +. +And it came to pass, that at midnight the LORD smote all the firstborn in the land of Egypt, from the firstborn of Pharaoh that sat on his throne to the firstborn of the captive that was in the dungeon; and all the firstborn of cattle. -- exodus 12:29 +. +And Pharaoh rose up in the night, he, and all his servants, and all the Egyptians; and there was a great cry in Egypt; for there was not a house where there was not one dead. -- exodus 12:30 +. +And he called for Moses and Aaron by night, and said, Rise up, and get you forth from among my people, both you and the children of Israel; and go, serve the LORD, as you have said. -- exodus 12:31 +. +Also take your flocks and your herds, as you have said, and be gone; and bless me also. -- exodus 12:32 +. +And the Egyptians were urgent on the people, that they might send them out of the land in haste; for they said, We be all dead men. -- exodus 12:33 +. +And the people took their dough before it was leavened, their kneading troughs being bound up in their clothes on their shoulders. -- exodus 12:34 +. +And the children of Israel did according to the word of Moses; and they borrowed of the Egyptians jewels of silver, and jewels of gold, and raiment: -- exodus 12:35 +. +And the LORD gave the people favor in the sight of the Egyptians, so that they lent to them such things as they required. And they spoiled the Egyptians. -- exodus 12:36 +. +And the children of Israel journeyed from Rameses to Succoth, about six hundred thousand on foot that were men, beside children. -- exodus 12:37 +. +And a mixed multitude went up also with them; and flocks, and herds, even very much cattle. -- exodus 12:38 +. +And they baked unleavened cakes of the dough which they brought forth out of Egypt, for it was not leavened; because they were thrust out of Egypt, and could not tarry, neither had they prepared for themselves any victual. -- exodus 12:39 +. +Now the sojourning of the children of Israel, who dwelled in Egypt, was four hundred and thirty years. -- exodus 12:40 +. +And it came to pass at the end of the four hundred and thirty years, even the selfsame day it came to pass, that all the hosts of the LORD went out from the land of Egypt. -- exodus 12:41 +. +It is a night to be much observed to the LORD for bringing them out from the land of Egypt: this is that night of the LORD to be observed of all the children of Israel in their generations. -- exodus 12:42 +. +And the LORD said to Moses and Aaron, This is the ordinance of the passover: There shall no stranger eat thereof: -- exodus 12:43 +. +But every man' servant that is bought for money, when you have circumcised him, then shall he eat thereof. -- exodus 12:44 +. +A foreigner and an hired servant shall not eat thereof. -- exodus 12:45 +. +In one house shall it be eaten; you shall not carry forth ought of the flesh abroad out of the house; neither shall you break a bone thereof. -- exodus 12:46 +. +All the congregation of Israel shall keep it. -- exodus 12:47 +. +And when a stranger shall sojourn with you, and will keep the passover to the LORD, let all his males be circumcised, and then let him come near and keep it; and he shall be as one that is born in the land: for no uncircumcised person shall eat thereof. -- exodus 12:48 +. +One law shall be to him that is home born, and to the stranger that sojournes among you. -- exodus 12:49 +. +Thus did all the children of Israel; as the LORD commanded Moses and Aaron, so did they. -- exodus 12:50 +. +And it came to pass the selfsame day, that the LORD did bring the children of Israel out of the land of Egypt by their armies. -- exodus 12:51 +. +And the LORD spoke to Moses, saying, -- exodus 13:1 +. +Sanctify to me all the firstborn, whatever opens the womb among the children of Israel, both of man and of beast: it is mine. -- exodus 13:2 +. +And Moses said to the people, Remember this day, in which you came out from Egypt, out of the house of bondage; for by strength of hand the LORD brought you out from this place: there shall no leavened bread be eaten. -- exodus 13:3 +. +This day came you out in the month Abib. -- exodus 13:4 +. +And it shall be when the LORD shall bring you into the land of the Canaanites, and the Hittites, and the Amorites, and the Hivites, and the Jebusites, which he swore to your fathers to give you, a land flowing with milk and honey, that you shall keep this service in this month. -- exodus 13:5 +. +Seven days you shall eat unleavened bread, and in the seventh day shall be a feast to the LORD. -- exodus 13:6 +. +Unleavened bread shall be eaten seven days; and there shall no leavened bread be seen with you, neither shall there be leaven seen with you in all your quarters. -- exodus 13:7 +. +And you shall show your son in that day, saying, This is done because of that which the LORD did to me when I came forth out of Egypt. -- exodus 13:8 +. +And it shall be for a sign to you on your hand, and for a memorial between your eyes, that the LORD' law may be in your mouth: for with a strong hand has the LORD brought you out of Egypt. -- exodus 13:9 +. +You shall therefore keep this ordinance in his season from year to year. -- exodus 13:10 +. +And it shall be when the LORD shall bring you into the land of the Canaanites, as he swore to you and to your fathers, and shall give it you, -- exodus 13:11 +. +That you shall set apart to the LORD all that opens the matrix, and every firstling that comes of a beast which you have; the males shall be the LORD'. -- exodus 13:12 +. +And every firstling of an ass you shall redeem with a lamb; and if you will not redeem it, then you shall break his neck: and all the firstborn of man among your children shall you redeem. -- exodus 13:13 +. +And it shall be when your son asks you in time to come, saying, What is this? that you shall say to him, By strength of hand the LORD brought us out from Egypt, from the house of bondage: -- exodus 13:14 +. +And it came to pass, when Pharaoh would hardly let us go, that the LORD slew all the firstborn in the land of Egypt, both the firstborn of man, and the firstborn of beast: therefore I sacrifice to the LORD all that opens the matrix, being males; but all the firstborn of my children I redeem. -- exodus 13:15 +. +And it shall be for a token on your hand, and for frontlets between your eyes: for by strength of hand the LORD brought us forth out of Egypt. -- exodus 13:16 +. +And it came to pass, when Pharaoh had let the people go, that God led them not through the way of the land of the Philistines, although that was near; for God said, Lest peradventure the people repent when they see war, and they return to Egypt: -- exodus 13:17 +. +But God led the people about, through the way of the wilderness of the Red sea: and the children of Israel went up harnessed out of the land of Egypt. -- exodus 13:18 +. +And Moses took the bones of Joseph with him: for he had straightly sworn the children of Israel, saying, God will surely visit you; and you shall carry up my bones away hence with you. -- exodus 13:19 +. +And they took their journey from Succoth, and encamped in Etham, in the edge of the wilderness. -- exodus 13:20 +. +And the LORD went before them by day in a pillar of a cloud, to lead them the way; and by night in a pillar of fire, to give them light; to go by day and night: -- exodus 13:21 +. +He took not away the pillar of the cloud by day, nor the pillar of fire by night, from before the people. -- exodus 13:22 +. +And the LORD spoke to Moses, saying, -- exodus 14:1 +. +Speak to the children of Israel, that they turn and encamp before Pihahiroth, between Migdol and the sea, over against Baalzephon: before it shall you encamp by the sea. -- exodus 14:2 +. +For Pharaoh will say of the children of Israel, They are entangled in the land, the wilderness has shut them in. -- exodus 14:3 +. +And I will harden Pharaoh' heart, that he shall follow after them; and I will be honored on Pharaoh, and on all his host; that the Egyptians may know that I am the LORD. And they did so. -- exodus 14:4 +. +And it was told the king of Egypt that the people fled: and the heart of Pharaoh and of his servants was turned against the people, and they said, Why have we done this, that we have let Israel go from serving us? -- exodus 14:5 +. +And he made ready his chariot, and took his people with him: -- exodus 14:6 +. +And he took six hundred chosen chariots, and all the chariots of Egypt, and captains over every one of them. -- exodus 14:7 +. +And the LORD hardened the heart of Pharaoh king of Egypt, and he pursued after the children of Israel: and the children of Israel went out with an high hand. -- exodus 14:8 +. +But the Egyptians pursued after them, all the horses and chariots of Pharaoh, and his horsemen, and his army, and overtook them encamping by the sea, beside Pihahiroth, before Baalzephon. -- exodus 14:9 +. +And when Pharaoh drew near, the children of Israel lifted up their eyes, and, behold, the Egyptians marched after them; and they were sore afraid: and the children of Israel cried out to the LORD. -- exodus 14:10 +. +And they said to Moses, Because there were no graves in Egypt, have you taken us away to die in the wilderness? why have you dealt thus with us, to carry us forth out of Egypt? -- exodus 14:11 +. +Is not this the word that we did tell you in Egypt, saying, Let us alone, that we may serve the Egyptians? For it had been better for us to serve the Egyptians, than that we should die in the wilderness. -- exodus 14:12 +. +And Moses said to the people, Fear you not, stand still, and see the salvation of the LORD, which he will show to you to day: for the Egyptians whom you have seen to day, you shall see them again no more for ever. -- exodus 14:13 +. +The LORD shall fight for you, and you shall hold your peace. -- exodus 14:14 +. +And the LORD said to Moses, Why cry you to me? speak to the children of Israel, that they go forward: -- exodus 14:15 +. +But lift you up your rod, and stretch out your hand over the sea, and divide it: and the children of Israel shall go on dry ground through the middle of the sea. -- exodus 14:16 +. +And I, behold, I will harden the hearts of the Egyptians, and they shall follow them: and I will get me honor on Pharaoh, and on all his host, on his chariots, and on his horsemen. -- exodus 14:17 +. +And the Egyptians shall know that I am the LORD, when I have gotten me honor on Pharaoh, on his chariots, and on his horsemen. -- exodus 14:18 +. +And the angel of God, which went before the camp of Israel, removed and went behind them; and the pillar of the cloud went from before their face, and stood behind them: -- exodus 14:19 +. +And it came between the camp of the Egyptians and the camp of Israel; and it was a cloud and darkness to them, but it gave light by night to these: so that the one came not near the other all the night. -- exodus 14:20 +. +And Moses stretched out his hand over the sea; and the LORD caused the sea to go back by a strong east wind all that night, and made the sea dry land, and the waters were divided. -- exodus 14:21 +. +And the children of Israel went into the middle of the sea on the dry ground: and the waters were a wall to them on their right hand, and on their left. -- exodus 14:22 +. +And the Egyptians pursued, and went in after them to the middle of the sea, even all Pharaoh' horses, his chariots, and his horsemen. -- exodus 14:23 +. +And it came to pass, that in the morning watch the LORD looked to the host of the Egyptians through the pillar of fire and of the cloud, and troubled the host of the Egyptians, -- exodus 14:24 +. +And took off their chariot wheels, that they drove them heavily: so that the Egyptians said, Let us flee from the face of Israel; for the LORD fights for them against the Egyptians. -- exodus 14:25 +. +And the LORD said to Moses, Stretch out your hand over the sea, that the waters may come again on the Egyptians, on their chariots, and on their horsemen. -- exodus 14:26 +. +And Moses stretched forth his hand over the sea, and the sea returned to his strength when the morning appeared; and the Egyptians fled against it; and the LORD overthrew the Egyptians in the middle of the sea. -- exodus 14:27 +. +And the waters returned, and covered the chariots, and the horsemen, and all the host of Pharaoh that came into the sea after them; there remained not so much as one of them. -- exodus 14:28 +. +But the children of Israel walked on dry land in the middle of the sea; and the waters were a wall to them on their right hand, and on their left. -- exodus 14:29 +. +Thus the LORD saved Israel that day out of the hand of the Egyptians; and Israel saw the Egyptians dead on the sea shore. -- exodus 14:30 +. +And Israel saw that great work which the LORD did on the Egyptians: and the people feared the LORD, and believed the LORD, and his servant Moses. -- exodus 14:31 +. +Then sang Moses and the children of Israel this song to the LORD, and spoke, saying, I will sing to the LORD, for he has triumphed gloriously: the horse and his rider has he thrown into the sea. -- exodus 15:1 +. +The LORD is my strength and song, and he is become my salvation: he is my God, and I will prepare him an habitation; my father' God, and I will exalt him. -- exodus 15:2 +. +The LORD is a man of war: the LORD is his name. -- exodus 15:3 +. +Pharaoh' chariots and his host has he cast into the sea: his chosen captains also are drowned in the Red sea. -- exodus 15:4 +. +The depths have covered them: they sank into the bottom as a stone. -- exodus 15:5 +. +Your right hand, O LORD, is become glorious in power: your right hand, O LORD, has dashed in pieces the enemy. -- exodus 15:6 +. +And in the greatness of your excellency you have overthrown them that rose up against you: you sent forth your wrath, which consumed them as stubble. -- exodus 15:7 +. +And with the blast of your nostrils the waters were gathered together, the floods stood upright as an heap, and the depths were congealed in the heart of the sea. -- exodus 15:8 +. +The enemy said, I will pursue, I will overtake, I will divide the spoil; my lust shall be satisfied on them; I will draw my sword, my hand shall destroy them. -- exodus 15:9 +. +You did blow with your wind, the sea covered them: they sank as lead in the mighty waters. -- exodus 15:10 +. +Who is like to you, O LORD, among the gods? who is like you, glorious in holiness, fearful in praises, doing wonders? -- exodus 15:11 +. +You stretched out your right hand, the earth swallowed them. -- exodus 15:12 +. +You in your mercy have led forth the people which you have redeemed: you have guided them in your strength to your holy habitation. -- exodus 15:13 +. +The people shall hear, and be afraid: sorrow shall take hold on the inhabitants of Palestina. -- exodus 15:14 +. +Then the dukes of Edom shall be amazed; the mighty men of Moab, trembling shall take hold on them; all the inhabitants of Canaan shall melt away. -- exodus 15:15 +. +Fear and dread shall fall on them; by the greatness of your arm they shall be as still as a stone; till your people pass over, O LORD, till the people pass over, which you have purchased. -- exodus 15:16 +. +You shall bring them in, and plant them in the mountain of your inheritance, in the place, O LORD, which you have made for you to dwell in, in the Sanctuary, O LORD, which your hands have established. -- exodus 15:17 +. +The LORD shall reign for ever and ever. -- exodus 15:18 +. +For the horse of Pharaoh went in with his chariots and with his horsemen into the sea, and the LORD brought again the waters of the sea on them; but the children of Israel went on dry land in the middle of the sea. -- exodus 15:19 +. +And Miriam the prophetess, the sister of Aaron, took a tambourine in her hand; and all the women went out after her with tambourines and with dances. -- exodus 15:20 +. +And Miriam answered them, Sing you to the LORD, for he has triumphed gloriously; the horse and his rider has he thrown into the sea. -- exodus 15:21 +. +So Moses brought Israel from the Red sea, and they went out into the wilderness of Shur; and they went three days in the wilderness, and found no water. -- exodus 15:22 +. +And when they came to Marah, they could not drink of the waters of Marah, for they were bitter: therefore the name of it was called Marah. -- exodus 15:23 +. +And the people murmured against Moses, saying, What shall we drink? -- exodus 15:24 +. +And he cried to the LORD; and the LORD showed him a tree, which when he had cast into the waters, the waters were made sweet: there he made for them a statute and an ordinance, and there he proved them, -- exodus 15:25 +. +And said, If you will diligently listen to the voice of the LORD your God, and will do that which is right in his sight, and will give ear to his commandments, and keep all his statutes, I will put none of these diseases on you, which I have brought on the Egyptians: for I am the LORD that heals you. -- exodus 15:26 +. +And they came to Elim, where were twelve wells of water, and three score and ten palm trees: and they encamped there by the waters. -- exodus 15:27 +. +And they took their journey from Elim, and all the congregation of the children of Israel came to the wilderness of Sin, which is between Elim and Sinai, on the fifteenth day of the second month after their departing out of the land of Egypt. -- exodus 16:1 +. +And the whole congregation of the children of Israel murmured against Moses and Aaron in the wilderness: -- exodus 16:2 +. +And the children of Israel said to them, Would to God we had died by the hand of the LORD in the land of Egypt, when we sat by the flesh pots, and when we did eat bread to the full; for you have brought us forth into this wilderness, to kill this whole assembly with hunger. -- exodus 16:3 +. +Then said the LORD to Moses, Behold, I will rain bread from heaven for you; and the people shall go out and gather a certain rate every day, that I may prove them, whether they will walk in my law, or no. -- exodus 16:4 +. +And it shall come to pass, that on the sixth day they shall prepare that which they bring in; and it shall be twice as much as they gather daily. -- exodus 16:5 +. +And Moses and Aaron said to all the children of Israel, At even, then you shall know that the LORD has brought you out from the land of Egypt: -- exodus 16:6 +. +And in the morning, then you shall see the glory of the LORD; for that he hears your murmurings against the LORD: and what are we, that you murmur against us? -- exodus 16:7 +. +And Moses said, This shall be, when the LORD shall give you in the evening flesh to eat, and in the morning bread to the full; for that the LORD hears your murmurings which you murmur against him: and what are we? your murmurings are not against us, but against the LORD. -- exodus 16:8 +. +And Moses spoke to Aaron, Say to all the congregation of the children of Israel, Come near before the LORD: for he has heard your murmurings. -- exodus 16:9 +. +And it came to pass, as Aaron spoke to the whole congregation of the children of Israel, that they looked toward the wilderness, and, behold, the glory of the LORD appeared in the cloud. -- exodus 16:10 +. +And the LORD spoke to Moses, saying, -- exodus 16:11 +. +I have heard the murmurings of the children of Israel: speak to them, saying, At even you shall eat flesh, and in the morning you shall be filled with bread; and you shall know that I am the LORD your God. -- exodus 16:12 +. +And it came to pass, that at even the quails came up, and covered the camp: and in the morning the dew lay round about the host. -- exodus 16:13 +. +And when the dew that lay was gone up, behold, on the face of the wilderness there lay a small round thing, as small as the hoar frost on the ground. -- exodus 16:14 +. +And when the children of Israel saw it, they said one to another, It is manna: for they knew not what it was. And Moses said to them, This is the bread which the LORD has given you to eat. -- exodus 16:15 +. +This is the thing which the LORD has commanded, Gather of it every man according to his eating, an omer for every man, according to the number of your persons; take you every man for them which are in his tents. -- exodus 16:16 +. +And the children of Israel did so, and gathered, some more, some less. -- exodus 16:17 +. +And when they did mete it with an omer, he that gathered much had nothing over, and he that gathered little had no lack; they gathered every man according to his eating. -- exodus 16:18 +. +And Moses said, Let no man leave of it till the morning. -- exodus 16:19 +. +Notwithstanding they listened not to Moses; but some of them left of it until the morning, and it bred worms, and stank: and Moses was wroth with them. -- exodus 16:20 +. +And they gathered it every morning, every man according to his eating: and when the sun waxed hot, it melted. -- exodus 16:21 +. +And it came to pass, that on the sixth day they gathered twice as much bread, two omers for one man: and all the rulers of the congregation came and told Moses. -- exodus 16:22 +. +And he said to them, This is that which the LORD has said, To morrow is the rest of the holy sabbath to the LORD: bake that which you will bake to day, and seethe that you will seethe; and that which remains over lay up for you to be kept until the morning. -- exodus 16:23 +. +And they laid it up till the morning, as Moses bade: and it did not stink, neither was there any worm therein. -- exodus 16:24 +. +And Moses said, Eat that to day; for to day is a sabbath to the LORD: to day you shall not find it in the field. -- exodus 16:25 +. +Six days you shall gather it; but on the seventh day, which is the sabbath, in it there shall be none. -- exodus 16:26 +. +And it came to pass, that there went out some of the people on the seventh day for to gather, and they found none. -- exodus 16:27 +. +And the LORD said to Moses, How long refuse you to keep my commandments and my laws? -- exodus 16:28 +. +See, for that the LORD has given you the sabbath, therefore he gives you on the sixth day the bread of two days; abide you every man in his place, let no man go out of his place on the seventh day. -- exodus 16:29 +. +So the people rested on the seventh day. -- exodus 16:30 +. +And the house of Israel called the name thereof Manna: and it was like coriander seed, white; and the taste of it was like wafers made with honey. -- exodus 16:31 +. +And Moses said, This is the thing which the LORD commands, Fill an omer of it to be kept for your generations; that they may see the bread with which I have fed you in the wilderness, when I brought you forth from the land of Egypt. -- exodus 16:32 +. +And Moses said to Aaron, Take a pot, and put an omer full of manna therein, and lay it up before the LORD, to be kept for your generations. -- exodus 16:33 +. +As the LORD commanded Moses, so Aaron laid it up before the Testimony, to be kept. -- exodus 16:34 +. +And the children of Israel did eat manna forty years, until they came to a land inhabited; they did eat manna, until they came to the borders of the land of Canaan. -- exodus 16:35 +. +Now an omer is the tenth part of an ephah. -- exodus 16:36 +. +And all the congregation of the children of Israel journeyed from the wilderness of Sin, after their journeys, according to the commandment of the LORD, and pitched in Rephidim: and there was no water for the people to drink. -- exodus 17:1 +. +Why the people did chide with Moses, and said, Give us water that we may drink. And Moses said to them, Why chide you with me? why do you tempt the LORD? -- exodus 17:2 +. +And the people thirsted there for water; and the people murmured against Moses, and said, Why is this that you have brought us up out of Egypt, to kill us and our children and our cattle with thirst? -- exodus 17:3 +. +And Moses cried to the LORD, saying, What shall I do to this people? they be almost ready to stone me. -- exodus 17:4 +. +And the LORD said to Moses, Go on before the people, and take with you of the elders of Israel; and your rod, with which you smote the river, take in your hand, and go. -- exodus 17:5 +. +Behold, I will stand before you there on the rock in Horeb; and you shall smite the rock, and there shall come water out of it, that the people may drink. And Moses did so in the sight of the elders of Israel. -- exodus 17:6 +. +And he called the name of the place Massah, and Meribah, because of the chiding of the children of Israel, and because they tempted the LORD, saying, Is the LORD among us, or not? -- exodus 17:7 +. +Then came Amalek, and fought with Israel in Rephidim. -- exodus 17:8 +. +And Moses said to Joshua, Choose us out men, and go out, fight with Amalek: to morrow I will stand on the top of the hill with the rod of God in my hand. -- exodus 17:9 +. +So Joshua did as Moses had said to him, and fought with Amalek: and Moses, Aaron, and Hur went up to the top of the hill. -- exodus 17:10 +. +And it came to pass, when Moses held up his hand, that Israel prevailed: and when he let down his hand, Amalek prevailed. -- exodus 17:11 +. +But Moses hands were heavy; and they took a stone, and put it under him, and he sat thereon; and Aaron and Hur stayed up his hands, the one on the one side, and the other on the other side; and his hands were steady until the going down of the sun. -- exodus 17:12 +. +And Joshua discomfited Amalek and his people with the edge of the sword. -- exodus 17:13 +. +And the LORD said to Moses, Write this for a memorial in a book, and rehearse it in the ears of Joshua: for I will utterly put out the remembrance of Amalek from under heaven. -- exodus 17:14 +. +And Moses built an altar, and called the name of it Jehovahnissi: -- exodus 17:15 +. +For he said, Because the LORD has sworn that the LORD will have war with Amalek from generation to generation. -- exodus 17:16 +. +When Jethro, the priest of Midian, Moses'father in law, heard of all that God had done for Moses, and for Israel his people, and that the LORD had brought Israel out of Egypt; -- exodus 18:1 +. +Then Jethro, Moses'father in law, took Zipporah, Moses'wife, after he had sent her back, -- exodus 18:2 +. +And her two sons; of which the name of the one was Gershom; for he said, I have been an alien in a strange land: -- exodus 18:3 +. +And the name of the other was Eliezer; for the God of my father, said he, was my help, and delivered me from the sword of Pharaoh: -- exodus 18:4 +. +And Jethro, Moses'father in law, came with his sons and his wife to Moses into the wilderness, where he encamped at the mount of God: -- exodus 18:5 +. +And he said to Moses, I your father in law Jethro am come to you, and your wife, and her two sons with her. -- exodus 18:6 +. +And Moses went out to meet his father in law, and did obeisance, and kissed him; and they asked each other of their welfare; and they came into the tent. -- exodus 18:7 +. +And Moses told his father in law all that the LORD had done to Pharaoh and to the Egyptians for Israel' sake, and all the travail that had come on them by the way, and how the LORD delivered them. -- exodus 18:8 +. +And Jethro rejoiced for all the goodness which the LORD had done to Israel, whom he had delivered out of the hand of the Egyptians. -- exodus 18:9 +. +And Jethro said, Blessed be the LORD, who has delivered you out of the hand of the Egyptians, and out of the hand of Pharaoh, who has delivered the people from under the hand of the Egyptians. -- exodus 18:10 +. +Now I know that the LORD is greater than all gods: for in the thing wherein they dealt proudly he was above them. -- exodus 18:11 +. +And Jethro, Moses'father in law, took a burnt offering and sacrifices for God: and Aaron came, and all the elders of Israel, to eat bread with Moses'father in law before God. -- exodus 18:12 +. +And it came to pass on the morrow, that Moses sat to judge the people: and the people stood by Moses from the morning to the evening. -- exodus 18:13 +. +And when Moses'father in law saw all that he did to the people, he said, What is this thing that you do to the people? why sit you yourself alone, and all the people stand by you from morning to even? -- exodus 18:14 +. +And Moses said to his father in law, Because the people come to me to inquire of God: -- exodus 18:15 +. +When they have a matter, they come to me; and I judge between one and another, and I do make them know the statutes of God, and his laws. -- exodus 18:16 +. +And Moses'father in law said to him, The thing that you do is not good. -- exodus 18:17 +. +You will surely wear away, both you, and this people that is with you: for this thing is too heavy for you; you are not able to perform it yourself alone. -- exodus 18:18 +. +Listen now to my voice, I will give you counsel, and God shall be with you: Be you for the people to God-ward, that you may bring the causes to God: -- exodus 18:19 +. +And you shall teach them ordinances and laws, and shall show them the way wherein they must walk, and the work that they must do. -- exodus 18:20 +. +Moreover you shall provide out of all the people able men, such as fear God, men of truth, hating covetousness; and place such over them, to be rulers of thousands, and rulers of hundreds, rulers of fifties, and rulers of tens: -- exodus 18:21 +. +And let them judge the people at all seasons: and it shall be, that every great matter they shall bring to you, but every small matter they shall judge: so shall it be easier for yourself, and they shall bear the burden with you. -- exodus 18:22 +. +If you shall do this thing, and God command you so, then you shall be able to endure, and all this people shall also go to their place in peace. -- exodus 18:23 +. +So Moses listened to the voice of his father in law, and did all that he had said. -- exodus 18:24 +. +And Moses chose able men out of all Israel, and made them heads over the people, rulers of thousands, rulers of hundreds, rulers of fifties, and rulers of tens. -- exodus 18:25 +. +And they judged the people at all seasons: the hard causes they brought to Moses, but every small matter they judged themselves. -- exodus 18:26 +. +And Moses let his father in law depart; and he went his way into his own land. -- exodus 18:27 +. +In the third month, when the children of Israel were gone forth out of the land of Egypt, the same day came they into the wilderness of Sinai. -- exodus 19:1 +. +For they were departed from Rephidim, and were come to the desert of Sinai, and had pitched in the wilderness; and there Israel camped before the mount. -- exodus 19:2 +. +And Moses went up to God, and the LORD called to him out of the mountain, saying, Thus shall you say to the house of Jacob, and tell the children of Israel; -- exodus 19:3 +. +You have seen what I did to the Egyptians, and how I bore you on eagles'wings, and brought you to myself. -- exodus 19:4 +. +Now therefore, if you will obey my voice indeed, and keep my covenant, then you shall be a peculiar treasure to me above all people: for all the earth is mine: -- exodus 19:5 +. +And you shall be to me a kingdom of priests, and an holy nation. These are the words which you shall speak to the children of Israel. -- exodus 19:6 +. +And Moses came and called for the elders of the people, and laid before their faces all these words which the LORD commanded him. -- exodus 19:7 +. +And all the people answered together, and said, All that the LORD has spoken we will do. And Moses returned the words of the people to the LORD. -- exodus 19:8 +. +And the LORD said to Moses, See, I come to you in a thick cloud, that the people may hear when I speak with you, and believe you for ever. And Moses told the words of the people to the LORD. -- exodus 19:9 +. +And the LORD said to Moses, Go to the people, and sanctify them to day and to morrow, and let them wash their clothes, -- exodus 19:10 +. +And be ready against the third day: for the third day the LORD will come down in the sight of all the people on mount Sinai. -- exodus 19:11 +. +And you shall set bounds to the people round about, saying, Take heed to yourselves, that you go not up into the mount, or touch the border of it: whoever touches the mount shall be surely put to death: -- exodus 19:12 +. +There shall not an hand touch it, but he shall surely be stoned, or shot through; whether it be beast or man, it shall not live: when the trumpet sounds long, they shall come up to the mount. -- exodus 19:13 +. +And Moses went down from the mount to the people, and sanctified the people; and they washed their clothes. -- exodus 19:14 +. +And he said to the people, Be ready against the third day: come not at your wives. -- exodus 19:15 +. +And it came to pass on the third day in the morning, that there were thunders and lightning, and a thick cloud on the mount, and the voice of the trumpet exceeding loud; so that all the people that was in the camp trembled. -- exodus 19:16 +. +And Moses brought forth the people out of the camp to meet with God; and they stood at the nether part of the mount. -- exodus 19:17 +. +And mount Sinai was altogether on a smoke, because the LORD descended on it in fire: and the smoke thereof ascended as the smoke of a furnace, and the whole mount quaked greatly. -- exodus 19:18 +. +And when the voice of the trumpet sounded long, and waxed louder and louder, Moses spoke, and God answered him by a voice. -- exodus 19:19 +. +And the LORD came down on mount Sinai, on the top of the mount: and the LORD called Moses up to the top of the mount; and Moses went up. -- exodus 19:20 +. +And the LORD said to Moses, Go down, charge the people, lest they break through to the LORD to gaze, and many of them perish. -- exodus 19:21 +. +And let the priests also, which come near to the LORD, sanctify themselves, lest the LORD break forth on them. -- exodus 19:22 +. +And Moses said to the LORD, The people cannot come up to mount Sinai: for you charged us, saying, Set bounds about the mount, and sanctify it. -- exodus 19:23 +. +And the LORD said to him, Away, get you down, and you shall come up, you, and Aaron with you: but let not the priests and the people break through to come up to the LORD, lest he break forth on them. -- exodus 19:24 +. +So Moses went down to the people, and spoke to them. -- exodus 19:25 +. +And God spoke all these words, saying, -- exodus 20:1 +. +I am the LORD your God, which have brought you out of the land of Egypt, out of the house of bondage. -- exodus 20:2 +. +You shall have no other gods before me. -- exodus 20:3 +. +You shall not make to you any graven image, or any likeness of any thing that is in heaven above, or that is in the earth beneath, or that is in the water under the earth. -- exodus 20:4 +. +You shall not bow down yourself to them, nor serve them: for I the LORD your God am a jealous God, visiting the iniquity of the fathers on the children to the third and fourth generation of them that hate me; -- exodus 20:5 +. +And showing mercy to thousands of them that love me, and keep my commandments. -- exodus 20:6 +. +You shall not take the name of the LORD your God in vain; for the LORD will not hold him guiltless that takes his name in vain. -- exodus 20:7 +. +Remember the sabbath day, to keep it holy. -- exodus 20:8 +. +Six days shall you labor, and do all your work: -- exodus 20:9 +. +But the seventh day is the sabbath of the LORD your God: in it you shall not do any work, you, nor your son, nor your daughter, your manservant, nor your maidservant, nor your cattle, nor your stranger that is within your gates: -- exodus 20:10 +. +For in six days the LORD made heaven and earth, the sea, and all that in them is, and rested the seventh day: why the LORD blessed the sabbath day, and hallowed it. -- exodus 20:11 +. +Honor your father and your mother: that your days may be long on the land which the LORD your God gives you. -- exodus 20:12 +. +You shall not kill. -- exodus 20:13 +. +You shall not commit adultery. -- exodus 20:14 +. +You shall not steal. -- exodus 20:15 +. +You shall not bear false witness against your neighbor. -- exodus 20:16 +. +You shall not covet your neighbor' house, you shall not covet your neighbor' wife, nor his manservant, nor his maidservant, nor his ox, nor his ass, nor any thing that is your neighbor'. -- exodus 20:17 +. +And all the people saw the thunder, and the lightning, and the noise of the trumpet, and the mountain smoking: and when the people saw it, they removed, and stood afar off. -- exodus 20:18 +. +And they said to Moses, Speak you with us, and we will hear: but let not God speak with us, lest we die. -- exodus 20:19 +. +And Moses said to the people, Fear not: for God is come to prove you, and that his fear may be before your faces, that you sin not. -- exodus 20:20 +. +And the people stood afar off, and Moses drew near to the thick darkness where God was. -- exodus 20:21 +. +And the LORD said to Moses, Thus you shall say to the children of Israel, You have seen that I have talked with you from heaven. -- exodus 20:22 +. +You shall not make with me gods of silver, neither shall you make to you gods of gold. -- exodus 20:23 +. +An altar of earth you shall make to me, and shall sacrifice thereon your burnt offerings, and your peace offerings, your sheep, and your oxen: in all places where I record my name I will come to you, and I will bless you. -- exodus 20:24 +. +And if you will make me an altar of stone, you shall not build it of hewn stone: for if you lift up your tool on it, you have polluted it. -- exodus 20:25 +. +Neither shall you go up by steps to my altar, that your nakedness be not discovered thereon. -- exodus 20:26 +. +Now these are the judgments which you shall set before them. -- exodus 21:1 +. +If you buy an Hebrew servant, six years he shall serve: and in the seventh he shall go out free for nothing. -- exodus 21:2 +. +If he came in by himself, he shall go out by himself: if he were married, then his wife shall go out with him. -- exodus 21:3 +. +If his master have given him a wife, and she have born him sons or daughters; the wife and her children shall be her master', and he shall go out by himself. -- exodus 21:4 +. +And if the servant shall plainly say, I love my master, my wife, and my children; I will not go out free: -- exodus 21:5 +. +Then his master shall bring him to the judges; he shall also bring him to the door, or to the door post; and his master shall bore his ear through with an awl; and he shall serve him for ever. -- exodus 21:6 +. +And if a man sell his daughter to be a maidservant, she shall not go out as the menservants do. -- exodus 21:7 +. +If she please not her master, who has betrothed her to himself, then shall he let her be redeemed: to sell her to a strange nation he shall have no power, seeing he has dealt deceitfully with her. -- exodus 21:8 +. +And if he have betrothed her to his son, he shall deal with her after the manner of daughters. -- exodus 21:9 +. +If he take him another wife; her food, her raiment, and her duty of marriage, shall he not diminish. -- exodus 21:10 +. +And if he do not these three to her, then shall she go out free without money. -- exodus 21:11 +. +He that smites a man, so that he die, shall be surely put to death. -- exodus 21:12 +. +And if a man lie not in wait, but God deliver him into his hand; then I will appoint you a place where he shall flee. -- exodus 21:13 +. +But if a man come presumptuously on his neighbor, to slay him with guile; you shall take him from my altar, that he may die. -- exodus 21:14 +. +And he that smites his father, or his mother, shall be surely put to death. -- exodus 21:15 +. +And he that steals a man, and sells him, or if he be found in his hand, he shall surely be put to death. -- exodus 21:16 +. +And he that curses his father, or his mother, shall surely be put to death. -- exodus 21:17 +. +And if men strive together, and one smite another with a stone, or with his fist, and he die not, but keeps his bed: -- exodus 21:18 +. +If he rise again, and walk abroad on his staff, then shall he that smote him be quit: only he shall pay for the loss of his time, and shall cause him to be thoroughly healed. -- exodus 21:19 +. +And if a man smite his servant, or his maid, with a rod, and he die under his hand; he shall be surely punished. -- exodus 21:20 +. +Notwithstanding, if he continue a day or two, he shall not be punished: for he is his money. -- exodus 21:21 +. +If men strive, and hurt a woman with child, so that her fruit depart from her, and yet no mischief follow: he shall be surely punished, according as the woman' husband will lay on him; and he shall pay as the judges determine. -- exodus 21:22 +. +And if any mischief follow, then you shall give life for life, -- exodus 21:23 +. +Eye for eye, tooth for tooth, hand for hand, foot for foot, -- exodus 21:24 +. +Burning for burning, wound for wound, stripe for stripe. -- exodus 21:25 +. +And if a man smite the eye of his servant, or the eye of his maid, that it perish; he shall let him go free for his eye' sake. -- exodus 21:26 +. +And if he smite out his manservant' tooth, or his maidservant' tooth; he shall let him go free for his tooth' sake. -- exodus 21:27 +. +If an ox gore a man or a woman, that they die: then the ox shall be surely stoned, and his flesh shall not be eaten; but the owner of the ox shall be quit. -- exodus 21:28 +. +But if the ox were wont to push with his horn in time past, and it has been testified to his owner, and he has not kept him in, but that he has killed a man or a woman; the ox shall be stoned, and his owner also shall be put to death. -- exodus 21:29 +. +If there be laid on him a sum of money, then he shall give for the ransom of his life whatever is laid on him. -- exodus 21:30 +. +Whether he have gored a son, or have gored a daughter, according to this judgment shall it be done to him. -- exodus 21:31 +. +If the ox shall push a manservant or a maidservant; he shall give to their master thirty shekels of silver, and the ox shall be stoned. -- exodus 21:32 +. +And if a man shall open a pit, or if a man shall dig a pit, and not cover it, and an ox or an ass fall therein; -- exodus 21:33 +. +The owner of the pit shall make it good, and give money to the owner of them; and the dead beast shall be his. -- exodus 21:34 +. +And if one man' ox hurt another', that he die; then they shall sell the live ox, and divide the money of it; and the dead ox also they shall divide. -- exodus 21:35 +. +Or if it be known that the ox has used to push in time past, and his owner has not kept him in; he shall surely pay ox for ox; and the dead shall be his own. -- exodus 21:36 +. +If a man shall steal an ox, or a sheep, and kill it, or sell it; he shall restore five oxen for an ox, and four sheep for a sheep. -- exodus 22:1 +. +If a thief be found breaking up, and be smitten that he die, there shall no blood be shed for him. -- exodus 22:2 +. +If the sun be risen on him, there shall be blood shed for him; for he should make full restitution; if he have nothing, then he shall be sold for his theft. -- exodus 22:3 +. +If the theft be certainly found in his hand alive, whether it be ox, or ass, or sheep; he shall restore double. -- exodus 22:4 +. +If a man shall cause a field or vineyard to be eaten, and shall put in his beast, and shall feed in another man' field; of the best of his own field, and of the best of his own vineyard, shall he make restitution. -- exodus 22:5 +. +If fire break out, and catch in thorns, so that the stacks of corn, or the standing corn, or the field, be consumed therewith; he that kindled the fire shall surely make restitution. -- exodus 22:6 +. +If a man shall deliver to his neighbor money or stuff to keep, and it be stolen out of the man' house; if the thief be found, let him pay double. -- exodus 22:7 +. +If the thief be not found, then the master of the house shall be brought to the judges, to see whether he have put his hand to his neighbor' goods. -- exodus 22:8 +. +For all manner of trespass, whether it be for ox, for ass, for sheep, for raiment, or for any manner of lost thing which another challenges to be his, the cause of both parties shall come before the judges; and whom the judges shall condemn, he shall pay double to his neighbor. -- exodus 22:9 +. +If a man deliver to his neighbor an ass, or an ox, or a sheep, or any beast, to keep; and it die, or be hurt, or driven away, no man seeing it: -- exodus 22:10 +. +Then shall an oath of the LORD be between them both, that he has not put his hand to his neighbor' goods; and the owner of it shall accept thereof, and he shall not make it good. -- exodus 22:11 +. +And if it be stolen from him, he shall make restitution to the owner thereof. -- exodus 22:12 +. +If it be torn in pieces, then let him bring it for witness, and he shall not make good that which was torn. -- exodus 22:13 +. +And if a man borrow ought of his neighbor, and it be hurt, or die, the owner thereof being not with it, he shall surely make it good. -- exodus 22:14 +. +But if the owner thereof be with it, he shall not make it good: if it be an hired thing, it came for his hire. -- exodus 22:15 +. +And if a man entice a maid that is not betrothed, and lie with her, he shall surely endow her to be his wife. -- exodus 22:16 +. +If her father utterly refuse to give her to him, he shall pay money according to the dowry of virgins. -- exodus 22:17 +. +You shall not suffer a witch to live. -- exodus 22:18 +. +Whoever lies with a beast shall surely be put to death. -- exodus 22:19 +. +He that sacrifices to any god, save to the LORD only, he shall be utterly destroyed. -- exodus 22:20 +. +You shall neither vex a stranger, nor oppress him: for you were strangers in the land of Egypt. -- exodus 22:21 +. +You shall not afflict any widow, or fatherless child. -- exodus 22:22 +. +If you afflict them in any wise, and they cry at all to me, I will surely hear their cry; -- exodus 22:23 +. +And my wrath shall wax hot, and I will kill you with the sword; and your wives shall be widows, and your children fatherless. -- exodus 22:24 +. +If you lend money to any of my people that is poor by you, you shall not be to him as an usurer, neither shall you lay on him usury. -- exodus 22:25 +. +If you at all take your neighbor' raiment to pledge, you shall deliver it to him by that the sun goes down: -- exodus 22:26 +. +For that is his covering only, it is his raiment for his skin: wherein shall he sleep? and it shall come to pass, when he cries to me, that I will hear; for I am gracious. -- exodus 22:27 +. +You shall not revile the gods, nor curse the ruler of your people. -- exodus 22:28 +. +You shall not delay to offer the first of your ripe fruits, and of your liquors: the firstborn of your sons shall you give to me. -- exodus 22:29 +. +Likewise shall you do with your oxen, and with your sheep: seven days it shall be with his dam; on the eighth day you shall give it me. -- exodus 22:30 +. +And you shall be holy men to me: neither shall you eat any flesh that is torn of beasts in the field; you shall cast it to the dogs. -- exodus 22:31 +. +You shall not raise a false report: put not your hand with the wicked to be an unrighteous witness. -- exodus 23:1 +. +You shall not follow a multitude to do evil; neither shall you speak in a cause to decline after many to wrest judgment: -- exodus 23:2 +. +Neither shall you countenance a poor man in his cause. -- exodus 23:3 +. +If you meet your enemy' ox or his ass going astray, you shall surely bring it back to him again. -- exodus 23:4 +. +If you see the ass of him that hates you lying under his burden, and would forbear to help him, you shall surely help with him. -- exodus 23:5 +. +You shall not wrest the judgment of your poor in his cause. -- exodus 23:6 +. +Keep you far from a false matter; and the innocent and righteous slay you not: for I will not justify the wicked. -- exodus 23:7 +. +And you shall take no gift: for the gift blinds the wise, and perverts the words of the righteous. -- exodus 23:8 +. +Also you shall not oppress a stranger: for you know the heart of a stranger, seeing you were strangers in the land of Egypt. -- exodus 23:9 +. +And six years you shall sow your land, and shall gather in the fruits thereof: -- exodus 23:10 +. +But the seventh year you shall let it rest and lie still; that the poor of your people may eat: and what they leave the beasts of the field shall eat. In like manner you shall deal with your vineyard, and with your olive grove. -- exodus 23:11 +. +Six days you shall do your work, and on the seventh day you shall rest: that your ox and your ass may rest, and the son of your handmaid, and the stranger, may be refreshed. -- exodus 23:12 +. +And in all things that I have said to you be circumspect: and make no mention of the name of other gods, neither let it be heard out of your mouth. -- exodus 23:13 +. +Three times you shall keep a feast to me in the year. -- exodus 23:14 +. +You shall keep the feast of unleavened bread: (you shall eat unleavened bread seven days, as I commanded you, in the time appointed of the month Abib; for in it you came out from Egypt: and none shall appear before me empty:) -- exodus 23:15 +. +And the feast of harvest, the first fruits of your labors, which you have sown in the field: and the feast of ingathering, which is in the end of the year, when you have gathered in your labors out of the field. -- exodus 23:16 +. +Three items in the year all your males shall appear before the LORD God. -- exodus 23:17 +. +You shall not offer the blood of my sacrifice with leavened bread; neither shall the fat of my sacrifice remain until the morning. -- exodus 23:18 +. +The first of the first fruits of your land you shall bring into the house of the LORD your God. You shall not seethe a kid in his mother' milk. -- exodus 23:19 +. +Behold, I send an Angel before you, to keep you in the way, and to bring you into the place which I have prepared. -- exodus 23:20 +. +Beware of him, and obey his voice, provoke him not; for he will not pardon your transgressions: for my name is in him. -- exodus 23:21 +. +But if you shall indeed obey his voice, and do all that I speak; then I will be an enemy to your enemies, and an adversary to your adversaries. -- exodus 23:22 +. +For my Angel shall go before you, and bring you in to the Amorites, and the Hittites, and the Perizzites, and the Canaanites, the Hivites, and the Jebusites: and I will cut them off. -- exodus 23:23 +. +You shall not bow down to their gods, nor serve them, nor do after their works: but you shall utterly overthrow them, and quite break down their images. -- exodus 23:24 +. +And you shall serve the LORD your God, and he shall bless your bread, and your water; and I will take sickness away from the middle of you. -- exodus 23:25 +. +There shall nothing cast their young, nor be barren, in your land: the number of your days I will fulfill. -- exodus 23:26 +. +I will send my fear before you, and will destroy all the people to whom you shall come, and I will make all your enemies turn their backs to you. -- exodus 23:27 +. +And I will send hornets before you, which shall drive out the Hivite, the Canaanite, and the Hittite, from before you. -- exodus 23:28 +. +I will not drive them out from before you in one year; lest the land become desolate, and the beast of the field multiply against you. -- exodus 23:29 +. +By little and little I will drive them out from before you, until you be increased, and inherit the land. -- exodus 23:30 +. +And I will set your bounds from the Red sea even to the sea of the Philistines, and from the desert to the river: for I will deliver the inhabitants of the land into your hand; and you shall drive them out before you. -- exodus 23:31 +. +You shall make no covenant with them, nor with their gods. -- exodus 23:32 +. +They shall not dwell in your land, lest they make you sin against me: for if you serve their gods, it will surely be a snare to you. -- exodus 23:33 +. +And he said to Moses, Come up to the LORD, you, and Aaron, Nadab, and Abihu, and seventy of the elders of Israel; and worship you afar off. -- exodus 24:1 +. +And Moses alone shall come near the LORD: but they shall not come near; neither shall the people go up with him. -- exodus 24:2 +. +And Moses came and told the people all the words of the LORD, and all the judgments: and all the people answered with one voice, and said, All the words which the LORD has said will we do. -- exodus 24:3 +. +And Moses wrote all the words of the LORD, and rose up early in the morning, and built an altar under the hill, and twelve pillars, according to the twelve tribes of Israel. -- exodus 24:4 +. +And he sent young men of the children of Israel, which offered burnt offerings, and sacrificed peace offerings of oxen to the LORD. -- exodus 24:5 +. +And Moses took half of the blood, and put it in basins; and half of the blood he sprinkled on the altar. -- exodus 24:6 +. +And he took the book of the covenant, and read in the audience of the people: and they said, All that the LORD has said will we do, and be obedient. -- exodus 24:7 +. +And Moses took the blood, and sprinkled it on the people, and said, Behold the blood of the covenant, which the LORD has made with you concerning all these words. -- exodus 24:8 +. +Then went up Moses, and Aaron, Nadab, and Abihu, and seventy of the elders of Israel: -- exodus 24:9 +. +And they saw the God of Israel: and there was under his feet as it were a paved work of a sapphire stone, and as it were the body of heaven in his clearness. -- exodus 24:10 +. +And on the nobles of the children of Israel he laid not his hand: also they saw God, and did eat and drink. -- exodus 24:11 +. +And the LORD said to Moses, Come up to me into the mount, and be there: and I will give you tables of stone, and a law, and commandments which I have written; that you may teach them. -- exodus 24:12 +. +And Moses rose up, and his minister Joshua: and Moses went up into the mount of God. -- exodus 24:13 +. +And he said to the elders, Tarry you here for us, until we come again to you: and, behold, Aaron and Hur are with you: if any man have any matters to do, let him come to them. -- exodus 24:14 +. +And Moses went up into the mount, and a cloud covered the mount. -- exodus 24:15 +. +And the glory of the LORD stayed on mount Sinai, and the cloud covered it six days: and the seventh day he called to Moses out of the middle of the cloud. -- exodus 24:16 +. +And the sight of the glory of the LORD was like devouring fire on the top of the mount in the eyes of the children of Israel. -- exodus 24:17 +. +And Moses went into the middle of the cloud, and got him up into the mount: and Moses was in the mount forty days and forty nights. -- exodus 24:18 +. +And the LORD spoke to Moses, saying, -- exodus 25:1 +. +Speak to the children of Israel, that they bring me an offering: of every man that gives it willingly with his heart you shall take my offering. -- exodus 25:2 +. +And this is the offering which you shall take of them; gold, and silver, and brass, -- exodus 25:3 +. +And blue, and purple, and scarlet, and fine linen, and goats'hair, -- exodus 25:4 +. +And rams'skins dyed red, and badgers'skins, and shittim wood, -- exodus 25:5 +. +Oil for the light, spices for anointing oil, and for sweet incense, -- exodus 25:6 +. +Onyx stones, and stones to be set in the ephod, and in the breastplate. -- exodus 25:7 +. +And let them make me a sanctuary; that I may dwell among them. -- exodus 25:8 +. +According to all that I show you, after the pattern of the tabernacle, and the pattern of all the instruments thereof, even so shall you make it. -- exodus 25:9 +. +And they shall make an ark of shittim wood: two cubits and a half shall be the length thereof, and a cubit and a half the breadth thereof, and a cubit and a half the height thereof. -- exodus 25:10 +. +And you shall overlay it with pure gold, within and without shall you overlay it, and shall make on it a crown of gold round about. -- exodus 25:11 +. +And you shall cast four rings of gold for it, and put them in the four corners thereof; and two rings shall be in the one side of it, and two rings in the other side of it. -- exodus 25:12 +. +And you shall make staves of shittim wood, and overlay them with gold. -- exodus 25:13 +. +And you shall put the staves into the rings by the sides of the ark, that the ark may be borne with them. -- exodus 25:14 +. +The staves shall be in the rings of the ark: they shall not be taken from it. -- exodus 25:15 +. +And you shall put into the ark the testimony which I shall give you. -- exodus 25:16 +. +And you shall make a mercy seat of pure gold: two cubits and a half shall be the length thereof, and a cubit and a half the breadth thereof. -- exodus 25:17 +. +And you shall make two cherubim of gold, of beaten work shall you make them, in the two ends of the mercy seat. -- exodus 25:18 +. +And make one cherub on the one end, and the other cherub on the other end: even of the mercy seat shall you make the cherubim on the two ends thereof. -- exodus 25:19 +. +And the cherubim shall stretch forth their wings on high, covering the mercy seat with their wings, and their faces shall look one to another; toward the mercy seat shall the faces of the cherubim be. -- exodus 25:20 +. +And you shall put the mercy seat above on the ark; and in the ark you shall put the testimony that I shall give you. -- exodus 25:21 +. +And there I will meet with you, and I will commune with you from above the mercy seat, from between the two cherubim which are on the ark of the testimony, of all things which I will give you in commandment to the children of Israel. -- exodus 25:22 +. +You shall also make a table of shittim wood: two cubits shall be the length thereof, and a cubit the breadth thereof, and a cubit and a half the height thereof. -- exodus 25:23 +. +And you shall overlay it with pure gold, and make thereto a crown of gold round about. -- exodus 25:24 +. +And you shall make to it a border of an hand breadth round about, and you shall make a golden crown to the border thereof round about. -- exodus 25:25 +. +And you shall make for it four rings of gold, and put the rings in the four corners that are on the four feet thereof. -- exodus 25:26 +. +Over against the border shall the rings be for places of the staves to bear the table. -- exodus 25:27 +. +And you shall make the staves of shittim wood, and overlay them with gold, that the table may be borne with them. -- exodus 25:28 +. +And you shall make the dishes thereof, and spoons thereof, and covers thereof, and bowls thereof, to cover with: of pure gold shall you make them. -- exodus 25:29 +. +And you shall set on the table show bread before me always. -- exodus 25:30 +. +And you shall make a candlestick of pure gold: of beaten work shall the candlestick be made: his shaft, and his branches, his bowls, his knops, and his flowers, shall be of the same. -- exodus 25:31 +. +And six branches shall come out of the sides of it; three branches of the candlestick out of the one side, and three branches of the candlestick out of the other side: -- exodus 25:32 +. +Three bowls made like to almonds, with a bud and a flower in one branch; and three bowls made like almonds in the other branch, with a bud and a flower: so in the six branches that come out of the candlestick. -- exodus 25:33 +. +And in the candlesticks shall be four bowls made like to almonds, with their knops and their flowers. -- exodus 25:34 +. +And there shall be a bud under two branches of the same, and a bud under two branches of the same, and a bud under two branches of the same, according to the six branches that proceed out of the candlestick. -- exodus 25:35 +. +Their knops and their branches shall be of the same: all it shall be one beaten work of pure gold. -- exodus 25:36 +. +And you shall make the seven lamps thereof: and they shall light the lamps thereof, that they may give light over against it. -- exodus 25:37 +. +And the tongs thereof, and the firepans thereof, shall be of pure gold. -- exodus 25:38 +. +Of a talent of pure gold shall he make it, with all these vessels. -- exodus 25:39 +. +And look that you make them after their pattern, which was showed you in the mount. -- exodus 25:40 +. +Moreover you shall make the tabernacle with ten curtains of fine twined linen, and blue, and purple, and scarlet: with cherubim of cunning work shall you make them. -- exodus 26:1 +. +The length of one curtain shall be eight and twenty cubits, and the breadth of one curtain four cubits: and every one of the curtains shall have one measure. -- exodus 26:2 +. +The five curtains shall be coupled together one to another; and other five curtains shall be coupled one to another. -- exodus 26:3 +. +And you shall make loops of blue on the edge of the one curtain from the selvedge in the coupling; and likewise shall you make in the uttermost edge of another curtain, in the coupling of the second. -- exodus 26:4 +. +Fifty loops shall you make in the one curtain, and fifty loops shall you make in the edge of the curtain that is in the coupling of the second; that the loops may take hold one of another. -- exodus 26:5 +. +And you shall make fifty clasps of gold, and couple the curtains together with the clasps: and it shall be one tabernacle. -- exodus 26:6 +. +And you shall make curtains of goats'hair to be a covering on the tabernacle: eleven curtains shall you make. -- exodus 26:7 +. +The length of one curtain shall be thirty cubits, and the breadth of one curtain four cubits: and the eleven curtains shall be all of one measure. -- exodus 26:8 +. +And you shall couple five curtains by themselves, and six curtains by themselves, and shall double the sixth curtain in the forefront of the tabernacle. -- exodus 26:9 +. +And you shall make fifty loops on the edge of the one curtain that is outmost in the coupling, and fifty loops in the edge of the curtain which couples the second. -- exodus 26:10 +. +And you shall make fifty clasps of brass, and put the clasps into the loops, and couple the tent together, that it may be one. -- exodus 26:11 +. +And the remnant that remains of the curtains of the tent, the half curtain that remains, shall hang over the backside of the tabernacle. -- exodus 26:12 +. +And a cubit on the one side, and a cubit on the other side of that which remains in the length of the curtains of the tent, it shall hang over the sides of the tabernacle on this side and on that side, to cover it. -- exodus 26:13 +. +And you shall make a covering for the tent of rams'skins dyed red, and a covering above of badgers'skins. -- exodus 26:14 +. +And you shall make boards for the tabernacle of shittim wood standing up. -- exodus 26:15 +. +Ten cubits shall be the length of a board, and a cubit and a half shall be the breadth of one board. -- exodus 26:16 +. +Two tenons shall there be in one board, set in order one against another: thus shall you make for all the boards of the tabernacle. -- exodus 26:17 +. +And you shall make the boards for the tabernacle, twenty boards on the south side southward. -- exodus 26:18 +. +And you shall make forty sockets of silver under the twenty boards; two sockets under one board for his two tenons, and two sockets under another board for his two tenons. -- exodus 26:19 +. +And for the second side of the tabernacle on the north side there shall be twenty boards: -- exodus 26:20 +. +And their forty sockets of silver; two sockets under one board, and two sockets under another board. -- exodus 26:21 +. +And for the sides of the tabernacle westward you shall make six boards. -- exodus 26:22 +. +And two boards shall you make for the corners of the tabernacle in the two sides. -- exodus 26:23 +. +And they shall be coupled together beneath, and they shall be coupled together above the head of it to one ring: thus shall it be for them both; they shall be for the two corners. -- exodus 26:24 +. +And they shall be eight boards, and their sockets of silver, sixteen sockets; two sockets under one board, and two sockets under another board. -- exodus 26:25 +. +And you shall make bars of shittim wood; five for the boards of the one side of the tabernacle, -- exodus 26:26 +. +And five bars for the boards of the other side of the tabernacle, and five bars for the boards of the side of the tabernacle, for the two sides westward. -- exodus 26:27 +. +And the middle bar in the middle of the boards shall reach from end to end. -- exodus 26:28 +. +And you shall overlay the boards with gold, and make their rings of gold for places for the bars: and you shall overlay the bars with gold. -- exodus 26:29 +. +And you shall raise up the tabernacle according to the fashion thereof which was showed you in the mount. -- exodus 26:30 +. +And you shall make a veil of blue, and purple, and scarlet, and fine twined linen of cunning work: with cherubim shall it be made: -- exodus 26:31 +. +And you shall hang it on four pillars of shittim wood overlaid with gold: their hooks shall be of gold, on the four sockets of silver. -- exodus 26:32 +. +And you shall hang up the veil under the clasps, that you may bring in thither within the veil the ark of the testimony: and the veil shall divide to you between the holy place and the most holy. -- exodus 26:33 +. +And you shall put the mercy seat on the ark of the testimony in the most holy place. -- exodus 26:34 +. +And you shall set the table without the veil, and the candlestick over against the table on the side of the tabernacle toward the south: and you shall put the table on the north side. -- exodus 26:35 +. +And you shall make an hanging for the door of the tent, of blue, and purple, and scarlet, and fine twined linen, worked with needlework. -- exodus 26:36 +. +And you shall make for the hanging five pillars of shittim wood, and overlay them with gold, and their hooks shall be of gold: and you shall cast five sockets of brass for them. -- exodus 26:37 +. +And you shall make an altar of shittim wood, five cubits long, and five cubits broad; the altar shall be foursquare: and the height thereof shall be three cubits. -- exodus 27:1 +. +And you shall make the horns of it on the four corners thereof: his horns shall be of the same: and you shall overlay it with brass. -- exodus 27:2 +. +And you shall make his pans to receive his ashes, and his shovels, and his basins, and his meat hooks, and his fire pans: all the vessels thereof you shall make of brass. -- exodus 27:3 +. +And you shall make for it a grate of network of brass; and on the net shall you make four brazen rings in the four corners thereof. -- exodus 27:4 +. +And you shall put it under the compass of the altar beneath, that the net may be even to the middle of the altar. -- exodus 27:5 +. +And you shall make staves for the altar, staves of shittim wood, and overlay them with brass. -- exodus 27:6 +. +And the staves shall be put into the rings, and the staves shall be on the two sides of the altar, to bear it. -- exodus 27:7 +. +Hollow with boards shall you make it: as it was showed you in the mount, so shall they make it. -- exodus 27:8 +. +And you shall make the court of the tabernacle: for the south side southward there shall be hangings for the court of fine twined linen of an hundred cubits long for one side: -- exodus 27:9 +. +And the twenty pillars thereof and their twenty sockets shall be of brass; the hooks of the pillars and their fillets shall be of silver. -- exodus 27:10 +. +And likewise for the north side in length there shall be hangings of an hundred cubits long, and his twenty pillars and their twenty sockets of brass; the hooks of the pillars and their fillets of silver. -- exodus 27:11 +. +And for the breadth of the court on the west side shall be hangings of fifty cubits: their pillars ten, and their sockets ten. -- exodus 27:12 +. +And the breadth of the court on the east side eastward shall be fifty cubits. -- exodus 27:13 +. +The hangings of one side of the gate shall be fifteen cubits: their pillars three, and their sockets three. -- exodus 27:14 +. +And on the other side shall be hangings fifteen cubits: their pillars three, and their sockets three. -- exodus 27:15 +. +And for the gate of the court shall be an hanging of twenty cubits, of blue, and purple, and scarlet, and fine twined linen, worked with needlework: and their pillars shall be four, and their sockets four. -- exodus 27:16 +. +All the pillars round about the court shall be filleted with silver; their hooks shall be of silver, and their sockets of brass. -- exodus 27:17 +. +The length of the court shall be an hundred cubits, and the breadth fifty every where, and the height five cubits of fine twined linen, and their sockets of brass. -- exodus 27:18 +. +All the vessels of the tabernacle in all the service thereof, and all the pins thereof, and all the pins of the court, shall be of brass. -- exodus 27:19 +. +And you shall command the children of Israel, that they bring you pure oil olive beaten for the light, to cause the lamp to burn always. -- exodus 27:20 +. +In the tabernacle of the congregation without the veil, which is before the testimony, Aaron and his sons shall order it from evening to morning before the LORD: it shall be a statute for ever to their generations on the behalf of the children of Israel. -- exodus 27:21 +. +And take you to you Aaron your brother, and his sons with him, from among the children of Israel, that he may minister to me in the priest' office, even Aaron, Nadab and Abihu, Eleazar and Ithamar, Aaron' sons. -- exodus 28:1 +. +And you shall make holy garments for Aaron your brother for glory and for beauty. -- exodus 28:2 +. +And you shall speak to all that are wise hearted, whom I have filled with the spirit of wisdom, that they may make Aaron' garments to consecrate him, that he may minister to me in the priest' office. -- exodus 28:3 +. +And these are the garments which they shall make; a breastplate, and an ephod, and a robe, and a broidered coat, a turban, and a girdle: and they shall make holy garments for Aaron your brother, and his sons, that he may minister to me in the priest' office. -- exodus 28:4 +. +And they shall take gold, and blue, and purple, and scarlet, and fine linen. -- exodus 28:5 +. +And they shall make the ephod of gold, of blue, and of purple, of scarlet, and fine twined linen, with cunning work. -- exodus 28:6 +. +It shall have the two shoulder pieces thereof joined at the two edges thereof; and so it shall be joined together. -- exodus 28:7 +. +And the curious girdle of the ephod, which is on it, shall be of the same, according to the work thereof; even of gold, of blue, and purple, and scarlet, and fine twined linen. -- exodus 28:8 +. +And you shall take two onyx stones, and grave on them the names of the children of Israel: -- exodus 28:9 +. +Six of their names on one stone, and the other six names of the rest on the other stone, according to their birth. -- exodus 28:10 +. +With the work of an engraver in stone, like the engravings of a signet, shall you engrave the two stones with the names of the children of Israel: you shall make them to be set in ouches of gold. -- exodus 28:11 +. +And you shall put the two stones on the shoulders of the ephod for stones of memorial to the children of Israel: and Aaron shall bear their names before the LORD on his two shoulders for a memorial. -- exodus 28:12 +. +And you shall make ouches of gold; -- exodus 28:13 +. +And two chains of pure gold at the ends; of wreathen work shall you make them, and fasten the wreathen chains to the ouches. -- exodus 28:14 +. +And you shall make the breastplate of judgment with cunning work; after the work of the ephod you shall make it; of gold, of blue, and of purple, and of scarlet, and of fine twined linen, shall you make it. -- exodus 28:15 +. +Foursquare it shall be being doubled; a span shall be the length thereof, and a span shall be the breadth thereof. -- exodus 28:16 +. +And you shall set in it settings of stones, even four rows of stones: the first row shall be a sardius, a topaz, and a carbuncle: this shall be the first row. -- exodus 28:17 +. +And the second row shall be an emerald, a sapphire, and a diamond. -- exodus 28:18 +. +And the third row a ligure, an agate, and an amethyst. -- exodus 28:19 +. +And the fourth row a beryl, and an onyx, and a jasper: they shall be set in gold in their settings. -- exodus 28:20 +. +And the stones shall be with the names of the children of Israel, twelve, according to their names, like the engravings of a signet; every one with his name shall they be according to the twelve tribes. -- exodus 28:21 +. +And you shall make on the breastplate chains at the ends of wreathen work of pure gold. -- exodus 28:22 +. +And you shall make on the breastplate two rings of gold, and shall put the two rings on the two ends of the breastplate. -- exodus 28:23 +. +And you shall put the two wreathen chains of gold in the two rings which are on the ends of the breastplate. -- exodus 28:24 +. +And the other two ends of the two wreathen chains you shall fasten in the two ouches, and put them on the shoulder pieces of the ephod before it. -- exodus 28:25 +. +And you shall make two rings of gold, and you shall put them on the two ends of the breastplate in the border thereof, which is in the side of the ephod inward. -- exodus 28:26 +. +And two other rings of gold you shall make, and shall put them on the two sides of the ephod underneath, toward the forepart thereof, over against the other coupling thereof, above the curious girdle of the ephod. -- exodus 28:27 +. +And they shall bind the breastplate by the rings thereof to the rings of the ephod with a lace of blue, that it may be above the curious girdle of the ephod, and that the breastplate be not loosed from the ephod. -- exodus 28:28 +. +And Aaron shall bear the names of the children of Israel in the breastplate of judgment on his heart, when he goes in to the holy place, for a memorial before the LORD continually. -- exodus 28:29 +. +And you shall put in the breastplate of judgment the Urim and the Thummim; and they shall be on Aaron' heart, when he goes in before the LORD: and Aaron shall bear the judgment of the children of Israel on his heart before the LORD continually. -- exodus 28:30 +. +And you shall make the robe of the ephod all of blue. -- exodus 28:31 +. +And there shall be an hole in the top of it, in the middle thereof: it shall have a binding of woven work round about the hole of it, as it were the hole of an habergeon, that it be not rent. -- exodus 28:32 +. +And beneath on the hem of it you shall make pomegranates of blue, and of purple, and of scarlet, round about the hem thereof; and bells of gold between them round about: -- exodus 28:33 +. +A golden bell and a pomegranate, a golden bell and a pomegranate, on the hem of the robe round about. -- exodus 28:34 +. +And it shall be on Aaron to minister: and his sound shall be heard when he goes in to the holy place before the LORD, and when he comes out, that he die not. -- exodus 28:35 +. +And you shall make a plate of pure gold, and grave on it, like the engravings of a signet, HOLINESS TO THE LORD. -- exodus 28:36 +. +And you shall put it on a blue lace, that it may be on the turban; on the forefront of the turban it shall be. -- exodus 28:37 +. +And it shall be on Aaron' forehead, that Aaron may bear the iniquity of the holy things, which the children of Israel shall hallow in all their holy gifts; and it shall be always on his forehead, that they may be accepted before the LORD. -- exodus 28:38 +. +And you shall embroider the coat of fine linen, and you shall make the turban of fine linen, and you shall make the girdle of needlework. -- exodus 28:39 +. +And for Aaron' sons you shall make coats, and you shall make for them girdles, and bonnets shall you make for them, for glory and for beauty. -- exodus 28:40 +. +And you shall put them on Aaron your brother, and his sons with him; and shall anoint them, and consecrate them, and sanctify them, that they may minister to me in the priest' office. -- exodus 28:41 +. +And you shall make them linen breeches to cover their nakedness; from the loins even to the thighs they shall reach: -- exodus 28:42 +. +And they shall be on Aaron, and on his sons, when they come in to the tabernacle of the congregation, or when they come near to the altar to minister in the holy place; that they bear not iniquity, and die: it shall be a statute for ever to him and his seed after him. -- exodus 28:43 +. +And this is the thing that you shall do to them to hallow them, to minister to me in the priest' office: Take one young bullock, and two rams without blemish, -- exodus 29:1 +. +And unleavened bread, and cakes unleavened tempered with oil, and wafers unleavened anointed with oil: of wheaten flour shall you make them. -- exodus 29:2 +. +And you shall put them into one basket, and bring them in the basket, with the bullock and the two rams. -- exodus 29:3 +. +And Aaron and his sons you shall bring to the door of the tabernacle of the congregation, and shall wash them with water. -- exodus 29:4 +. +And you shall take the garments, and put on Aaron the coat, and the robe of the ephod, and the ephod, and the breastplate, and gird him with the curious girdle of the ephod: -- exodus 29:5 +. +And you shall put the turban on his head, and put the holy crown on the turban. -- exodus 29:6 +. +Then shall you take the anointing oil, and pour it on his head, and anoint him. -- exodus 29:7 +. +And you shall bring his sons, and put coats on them. -- exodus 29:8 +. +And you shall gird them with girdles, Aaron and his sons, and put the bonnets on them: and the priest' office shall be theirs for a perpetual statute: and you shall consecrate Aaron and his sons. -- exodus 29:9 +. +And you shall cause a bullock to be brought before the tabernacle of the congregation: and Aaron and his sons shall put their hands on the head of the bullock. -- exodus 29:10 +. +And you shall kill the bullock before the LORD, by the door of the tabernacle of the congregation. -- exodus 29:11 +. +And you shall take of the blood of the bullock, and put it on the horns of the altar with your finger, and pour all the blood beside the bottom of the altar. -- exodus 29:12 +. +And you shall take all the fat that covers the inwards, and the lobe that is above the liver, and the two kidneys, and the fat that is on them, and burn them on the altar. -- exodus 29:13 +. +But the flesh of the bullock, and his skin, and his dung, shall you burn with fire without the camp: it is a sin offering. -- exodus 29:14 +. +You shall also take one ram; and Aaron and his sons shall put their hands on the head of the ram. -- exodus 29:15 +. +And you shall slay the ram, and you shall take his blood, and sprinkle it round about on the altar. -- exodus 29:16 +. +And you shall cut the ram in pieces, and wash the inwards of him, and his legs, and put them to his pieces, and to his head. -- exodus 29:17 +. +And you shall burn the whole ram on the altar: it is a burnt offering to the LORD: it is a sweet smell, an offering made by fire to the LORD. -- exodus 29:18 +. +And you shall take the other ram; and Aaron and his sons shall put their hands on the head of the ram. -- exodus 29:19 +. +Then shall you kill the ram, and take of his blood, and put it on the tip of the right ear of Aaron, and on the tip of the right ear of his sons, and on the thumb of their right hand, and on the great toe of their right foot, and sprinkle the blood on the altar round about. -- exodus 29:20 +. +And you shall take of the blood that is on the altar, and of the anointing oil, and sprinkle it on Aaron, and on his garments, and on his sons, and on the garments of his sons with him: and he shall be hallowed, and his garments, and his sons, and his sons'garments with him. -- exodus 29:21 +. +Also you shall take of the ram the fat and the rump, and the fat that covers the inwards, and the lobe above the liver, and the two kidneys, and the fat that is on them, and the right shoulder; for it is a ram of consecration: -- exodus 29:22 +. +And one loaf of bread, and one cake of oiled bread, and one wafer out of the basket of the unleavened bread that is before the LORD: -- exodus 29:23 +. +And you shall put all in the hands of Aaron, and in the hands of his sons; and shall wave them for a wave offering before the LORD. -- exodus 29:24 +. +And you shall receive them of their hands, and burn them on the altar for a burnt offering, for a sweet smell before the LORD: it is an offering made by fire to the LORD. -- exodus 29:25 +. +And you shall take the breast of the ram of Aaron' consecration, and wave it for a wave offering before the LORD: and it shall be your part. -- exodus 29:26 +. +And you shall sanctify the breast of the wave offering, and the shoulder of the heave offering, which is waved, and which is heaved up, of the ram of the consecration, even of that which is for Aaron, and of that which is for his sons: -- exodus 29:27 +. +And it shall be Aaron' and his sons'by a statute for ever from the children of Israel: for it is an heave offering: and it shall be an heave offering from the children of Israel of the sacrifice of their peace offerings, even their heave offering to the LORD. -- exodus 29:28 +. +And the holy garments of Aaron shall be his sons'after him, to be anointed therein, and to be consecrated in them. -- exodus 29:29 +. +And that son that is priest in his stead shall put them on seven days, when he comes into the tabernacle of the congregation to minister in the holy place. -- exodus 29:30 +. +And you shall take the ram of the consecration, and seethe his flesh in the holy place. -- exodus 29:31 +. +And Aaron and his sons shall eat the flesh of the ram, and the bread that is in the basket by the door of the tabernacle of the congregation. -- exodus 29:32 +. +And they shall eat those things with which the atonement was made, to consecrate and to sanctify them: but a stranger shall not eat thereof, because they are holy. -- exodus 29:33 +. +And if ought of the flesh of the consecrations, or of the bread, remain to the morning, then you shall burn the remainder with fire: it shall not be eaten, because it is holy. -- exodus 29:34 +. +And thus shall you do to Aaron, and to his sons, according to all things which I have commanded you: seven days shall you consecrate them. -- exodus 29:35 +. +And you shall offer every day a bullock for a sin offering for atonement: and you shall cleanse the altar, when you have made an atonement for it, and you shall anoint it, to sanctify it. -- exodus 29:36 +. +Seven days you shall make an atonement for the altar, and sanctify it; and it shall be an altar most holy: whatever touches the altar shall be holy. -- exodus 29:37 +. +Now this is that which you shall offer on the altar; two lambs of the first year day by day continually. -- exodus 29:38 +. +The one lamb you shall offer in the morning; and the other lamb you shall offer at even: -- exodus 29:39 +. +And with the one lamb a tenth deal of flour mingled with the fourth part of an hin of beaten oil; and the fourth part of an hin of wine for a drink offering. -- exodus 29:40 +. +And the other lamb you shall offer at even, and shall do thereto according to the meat offering of the morning, and according to the drink offering thereof, for a sweet smell, an offering made by fire to the LORD. -- exodus 29:41 +. +This shall be a continual burnt offering throughout your generations at the door of the tabernacle of the congregation before the LORD: where I will meet you, to speak there to you. -- exodus 29:42 +. +And there I will meet with the children of Israel, and the tabernacle shall be sanctified by my glory. -- exodus 29:43 +. +And I will sanctify the tabernacle of the congregation, and the altar: I will sanctify also both Aaron and his sons, to minister to me in the priest' office. -- exodus 29:44 +. +And I will dwell among the children of Israel, and will be their God. -- exodus 29:45 +. +And they shall know that I am the LORD their God, that brought them forth out of the land of Egypt, that I may dwell among them: I am the LORD their God. -- exodus 29:46 +. +And you shall make an altar to burn incense on: of shittim wood shall you make it. -- exodus 30:1 +. +A cubit shall be the length thereof, and a cubit the breadth thereof; foursquare shall it be: and two cubits shall be the height thereof: the horns thereof shall be of the same. -- exodus 30:2 +. +And you shall overlay it with pure gold, the top thereof, and the sides thereof round about, and the horns thereof; and you shall make to it a crown of gold round about. -- exodus 30:3 +. +And two golden rings shall you make to it under the crown of it, by the two corners thereof, on the two sides of it shall you make it; and they shall be for places for the staves to bear it with. -- exodus 30:4 +. +And you shall make the staves of shittim wood, and overlay them with gold. -- exodus 30:5 +. +And you shall put it before the veil that is by the ark of the testimony, before the mercy seat that is over the testimony, where I will meet with you. -- exodus 30:6 +. +And Aaron shall burn thereon sweet incense every morning: when he dresses the lamps, he shall burn incense on it. -- exodus 30:7 +. +And when Aaron lights the lamps at even, he shall burn incense on it, a perpetual incense before the LORD throughout your generations. -- exodus 30:8 +. +You shall offer no strange incense thereon, nor burnt sacrifice, nor meat offering; neither shall you pour drink offering thereon. -- exodus 30:9 +. +And Aaron shall make an atonement on the horns of it once in a year with the blood of the sin offering of atonements: once in the year shall he make atonement on it throughout your generations: it is most holy to the LORD. -- exodus 30:10 +. +And the LORD spoke to Moses, saying, -- exodus 30:11 +. +When you take the sum of the children of Israel after their number, then shall they give every man a ransom for his soul to the LORD, when you number them; that there be no plague among them, when you number them. -- exodus 30:12 +. +This they shall give, every one that passes among them that are numbered, half a shekel after the shekel of the sanctuary: (a shekel is twenty gerahs:) an half shekel shall be the offering of the LORD. -- exodus 30:13 +. +Every one that passes among them that are numbered, from twenty years old and above, shall give an offering to the LORD. -- exodus 30:14 +. +The rich shall not give more, and the poor shall not give less than half a shekel, when they give an offering to the LORD, to make an atonement for your souls. -- exodus 30:15 +. +And you shall take the atonement money of the children of Israel, and shall appoint it for the service of the tabernacle of the congregation; that it may be a memorial to the children of Israel before the LORD, to make an atonement for your souls. -- exodus 30:16 +. +And the LORD spoke to Moses, saying, -- exodus 30:17 +. +You shall also make a laver of brass, and his foot also of brass, to wash with: and you shall put it between the tabernacle of the congregation and the altar, and you shall put water therein. -- exodus 30:18 +. +For Aaron and his sons shall wash their hands and their feet thereat: -- exodus 30:19 +. +When they go into the tabernacle of the congregation, they shall wash with water, that they die not; or when they come near to the altar to minister, to burn offering made by fire to the LORD: -- exodus 30:20 +. +So they shall wash their hands and their feet, that they die not: and it shall be a statute for ever to them, even to him and to his seed throughout their generations. -- exodus 30:21 +. +Moreover the LORD spoke to Moses, saying, -- exodus 30:22 +. +Take you also to you principal spices, of pure myrrh five hundred shekels, and of sweet cinnamon half so much, even two hundred and fifty shekels, and of sweet calamus two hundred and fifty shekels, -- exodus 30:23 +. +And of cassia five hundred shekels, after the shekel of the sanctuary, and of oil olive an hin: -- exodus 30:24 +. +And you shall make it an oil of holy ointment, an ointment compound after the are of the apothecary: it shall be an holy anointing oil. -- exodus 30:25 +. +And you shall anoint the tabernacle of the congregation therewith, and the ark of the testimony, -- exodus 30:26 +. +And the table and all his vessels, and the candlestick and his vessels, and the altar of incense, -- exodus 30:27 +. +And the altar of burnt offering with all his vessels, and the laver and his foot. -- exodus 30:28 +. +And you shall sanctify them, that they may be most holy: whatever touches them shall be holy. -- exodus 30:29 +. +And you shall anoint Aaron and his sons, and consecrate them, that they may minister to me in the priest' office. -- exodus 30:30 +. +And you shall speak to the children of Israel, saying, This shall be an holy anointing oil to me throughout your generations. -- exodus 30:31 +. +On man' flesh shall it not be poured, neither shall you make any other like it, after the composition of it: it is holy, and it shall be holy to you. -- exodus 30:32 +. +Whoever compounds any like it, or whoever puts any of it on a stranger, shall even be cut off from his people. -- exodus 30:33 +. +And the LORD said to Moses, Take to you sweet spices, stacte, and onycha, and galbanum; these sweet spices with pure frankincense: of each shall there be a like weight: -- exodus 30:34 +. +And you shall make it a perfume, a confection after the are of the apothecary, tempered together, pure and holy: -- exodus 30:35 +. +And you shall beat some of it very small, and put of it before the testimony in the tabernacle of the congregation, where I will meet with you: it shall be to you most holy. -- exodus 30:36 +. +And as for the perfume which you shall make, you shall not make to yourselves according to the composition thereof: it shall be to you holy for the LORD. -- exodus 30:37 +. +Whoever shall make like to that, to smell thereto, shall even be cut off from his people. -- exodus 30:38 +. +And the LORD spoke to Moses, saying, -- exodus 31:1 +. +See, I have called by name Bezaleel the son of Uri, the son of Hur, of the tribe of Judah: -- exodus 31:2 +. +And I have filled him with the spirit of God, in wisdom, and in understanding, and in knowledge, and in all manner of workmanship, -- exodus 31:3 +. +To devise cunning works, to work in gold, and in silver, and in brass, -- exodus 31:4 +. +And in cutting of stones, to set them, and in carving of timber, to work in all manner of workmanship. -- exodus 31:5 +. +And I, behold, I have given with him Aholiab, the son of Ahisamach, of the tribe of Dan: and in the hearts of all that are wise hearted I have put wisdom, that they may make all that I have commanded you; -- exodus 31:6 +. +The tabernacle of the congregation, and the ark of the testimony, and the mercy seat that is thereupon, and all the furniture of the tabernacle, -- exodus 31:7 +. +And the table and his furniture, and the pure candlestick with all his furniture, and the altar of incense, -- exodus 31:8 +. +And the altar of burnt offering with all his furniture, and the laver and his foot, -- exodus 31:9 +. +And the cloths of service, and the holy garments for Aaron the priest, and the garments of his sons, to minister in the priest' office, -- exodus 31:10 +. +And the anointing oil, and sweet incense for the holy place: according to all that I have commanded you shall they do. -- exodus 31:11 +. +And the LORD spoke to Moses, saying, -- exodus 31:12 +. +Speak you also to the children of Israel, saying, Truly my sabbaths you shall keep: for it is a sign between me and you throughout your generations; that you may know that I am the LORD that does sanctify you. -- exodus 31:13 +. +You shall keep the sabbath therefore; for it is holy to you: every one that defiles it shall surely be put to death: for whoever does any work therein, that soul shall be cut off from among his people. -- exodus 31:14 +. +Six days may work be done; but in the seventh is the sabbath of rest, holy to the LORD: whoever does any work in the sabbath day, he shall surely be put to death. -- exodus 31:15 +. +Why the children of Israel shall keep the sabbath, to observe the sabbath throughout their generations, for a perpetual covenant. -- exodus 31:16 +. +It is a sign between me and the children of Israel for ever: for in six days the LORD made heaven and earth, and on the seventh day he rested, and was refreshed. -- exodus 31:17 +. +And he gave to Moses, when he had made an end of communing with him on mount Sinai, two tables of testimony, tables of stone, written with the finger of God. -- exodus 31:18 +. +And when the people saw that Moses delayed to come down out of the mount, the people gathered themselves together to Aaron, and said to him, Up, make us gods, which shall go before us; for as for this Moses, the man that brought us up out of the land of Egypt, we know not what is become of him. -- exodus 32:1 +. +And Aaron said to them, Break off the golden earrings, which are in the ears of your wives, of your sons, and of your daughters, and bring them to me. -- exodus 32:2 +. +And all the people broke off the golden earrings which were in their ears, and brought them to Aaron. -- exodus 32:3 +. +And he received them at their hand, and fashioned it with a engraving tool, after he had made it a molten calf: and they said, These be your gods, O Israel, which brought you up out of the land of Egypt. -- exodus 32:4 +. +And when Aaron saw it, he built an altar before it; and Aaron made proclamation, and said, To morrow is a feast to the LORD. -- exodus 32:5 +. +And they rose up early on the morrow, and offered burnt offerings, and brought peace offerings; and the people sat down to eat and to drink, and rose up to play. -- exodus 32:6 +. +And the LORD said to Moses, Go, get you down; for your people, which you brought out of the land of Egypt, have corrupted themselves: -- exodus 32:7 +. +They have turned aside quickly out of the way which I commanded them: they have made them a molten calf, and have worshipped it, and have sacrificed thereunto, and said, These be your gods, O Israel, which have brought you up out of the land of Egypt. -- exodus 32:8 +. +And the LORD said to Moses, I have seen this people, and, behold, it is a stiff necked people: -- exodus 32:9 +. +Now therefore let me alone, that my wrath may wax hot against them, and that I may consume them: and I will make of you a great nation. -- exodus 32:10 +. +And Moses sought the LORD his God, and said, LORD, why does your wrath wax hot against your people, which you have brought forth out of the land of Egypt with great power, and with a mighty hand? -- exodus 32:11 +. +Why should the Egyptians speak, and say, For mischief did he bring them out, to slay them in the mountains, and to consume them from the face of the earth? Turn from your fierce wrath, and repent of this evil against your people. -- exodus 32:12 +. +Remember Abraham, Isaac, and Israel, your servants, to whom you swore by your own self, and said to them, I will multiply your seed as the stars of heaven, and all this land that I have spoken of will I give to your seed, and they shall inherit it for ever. -- exodus 32:13 +. +And the LORD repented of the evil which he thought to do to his people. -- exodus 32:14 +. +And Moses turned, and went down from the mount, and the two tables of the testimony were in his hand: the tables were written on both their sides; on the one side and on the other were they written. -- exodus 32:15 +. +And the tables were the work of God, and the writing was the writing of God, graven on the tables. -- exodus 32:16 +. +And when Joshua heard the noise of the people as they shouted, he said to Moses, There is a noise of war in the camp. -- exodus 32:17 +. +And he said, It is not the voice of them that shout for mastery, neither is it the voice of them that cry for being overcome: but the noise of them that sing do I hear. -- exodus 32:18 +. +And it came to pass, as soon as he came near to the camp, that he saw the calf, and the dancing: and Moses'anger waxed hot, and he cast the tables out of his hands, and broke them beneath the mount. -- exodus 32:19 +. +And he took the calf which they had made, and burnt it in the fire, and ground it to powder, and strewed it on the water, and made the children of Israel drink of it. -- exodus 32:20 +. +And Moses said to Aaron, What did this people to you, that you have brought so great a sin on them? -- exodus 32:21 +. +And Aaron said, Let not the anger of my lord wax hot: you know the people, that they are set on mischief. -- exodus 32:22 +. +For they said to me, Make us gods, which shall go before us: for as for this Moses, the man that brought us up out of the land of Egypt, we know not what is become of him. -- exodus 32:23 +. +And I said to them, Whoever has any gold, let them break it off. So they gave it me: then I cast it into the fire, and there came out this calf. -- exodus 32:24 +. +And when Moses saw that the people were naked; (for Aaron had made them naked to their shame among their enemies:) -- exodus 32:25 +. +Then Moses stood in the gate of the camp, and said, Who is on the LORD' side? let him come to me. And all the sons of Levi gathered themselves together to him. -- exodus 32:26 +. +And he said to them, Thus said the LORD God of Israel, Put every man his sword by his side, and go in and out from gate to gate throughout the camp, and slay every man his brother, and every man his companion, and every man his neighbor. -- exodus 32:27 +. +And the children of Levi did according to the word of Moses: and there fell of the people that day about three thousand men. -- exodus 32:28 +. +For Moses had said, Consecrate yourselves today to the LORD, even every man on his son, and on his brother; that he may bestow on you a blessing this day. -- exodus 32:29 +. +And it came to pass on the morrow, that Moses said to the people, You have sinned a great sin: and now I will go up to the LORD; peradventure I shall make an atonement for your sin. -- exodus 32:30 +. +And Moses returned to the LORD, and said, Oh, this people have sinned a great sin, and have made them gods of gold. -- exodus 32:31 +. +Yet now, if you will forgive their sin--; and if not, blot me, I pray you, out of your book which you have written. -- exodus 32:32 +. +And the LORD said to Moses, Whoever has sinned against me, him will I blot out of my book. -- exodus 32:33 +. +Therefore now go, lead the people to the place of which I have spoken to you: behold, my Angel shall go before you: nevertheless in the day when I visit I will visit their sin on them. -- exodus 32:34 +. +And the LORD plagued the people, because they made the calf, which Aaron made. -- exodus 32:35 +. +And the LORD said to Moses, Depart, and go up hence, you and the people which you have brought up out of the land of Egypt, to the land which I swore to Abraham, to Isaac, and to Jacob, saying, To your seed will I give it: -- exodus 33:1 +. +And I will send an angel before you; and I will drive out the Canaanite, the Amorite, and the Hittite, and the Perizzite, the Hivite, and the Jebusite: -- exodus 33:2 +. +To a land flowing with milk and honey: for I will not go up in the middle of you; for you are a stiff necked people: lest I consume you in the way. -- exodus 33:3 +. +And when the people heard these evil tidings, they mourned: and no man did put on him his ornaments. -- exodus 33:4 +. +For the LORD had said to Moses, Say to the children of Israel, You are a stiff necked people: I will come up into the middle of you in a moment, and consume you: therefore now put off your ornaments from you, that I may know what to do to you. -- exodus 33:5 +. +And the children of Israel stripped themselves of their ornaments by the mount Horeb. -- exodus 33:6 +. +And Moses took the tabernacle, and pitched it without the camp, afar off from the camp, and called it the Tabernacle of the congregation. And it came to pass, that every one which sought the LORD went out to the tabernacle of the congregation, which was without the camp. -- exodus 33:7 +. +And it came to pass, when Moses went out to the tabernacle, that all the people rose up, and stood every man at his tent door, and looked after Moses, until he was gone into the tabernacle. -- exodus 33:8 +. +And it came to pass, as Moses entered into the tabernacle, the cloudy pillar descended, and stood at the door of the tabernacle, and the Lord talked with Moses. -- exodus 33:9 +. +And all the people saw the cloudy pillar stand at the tabernacle door: and all the people rose up and worshipped, every man in his tent door. -- exodus 33:10 +. +And the LORD spoke to Moses face to face, as a man speaks to his friend. And he turned again into the camp: but his servant Joshua, the son of Nun, a young man, departed not out of the tabernacle. -- exodus 33:11 +. +And Moses said to the LORD, See, you say to me, Bring up this people: and you have not let me know whom you will send with me. Yet you have said, I know you by name, and you have also found grace in my sight. -- exodus 33:12 +. +Now therefore, I pray you, if I have found grace in your sight, show me now your way, that I may know you, that I may find grace in your sight: and consider that this nation is your people. -- exodus 33:13 +. +And he said, My presence shall go with you, and I will give you rest. -- exodus 33:14 +. +And he said to him, If your presence go not with me, carry us not up hence. -- exodus 33:15 +. +For wherein shall it be known here that I and your people have found grace in your sight? is it not in that you go with us? so shall we be separated, I and your people, from all the people that are on the face of the earth. -- exodus 33:16 +. +And the LORD said to Moses, I will do this thing also that you have spoken: for you have found grace in my sight, and I know you by name. -- exodus 33:17 +. +And he said, I beseech you, show me your glory. -- exodus 33:18 +. +And he said, I will make all my goodness pass before you, and I will proclaim the name of the LORD before you; and will be gracious to whom I will be gracious, and will show mercy on whom I will show mercy. -- exodus 33:19 +. +And he said, You can not see my face: for there shall no man see me, and live. -- exodus 33:20 +. +And the LORD said, Behold, there is a place by me, and you shall stand on a rock: -- exodus 33:21 +. +And it shall come to pass, while my glory passes by, that I will put you in a cleft of the rock, and will cover you with my hand while I pass by: -- exodus 33:22 +. +And I will take away my hand, and you shall see my back parts: but my face shall not be seen. -- exodus 33:23 +. +And the LORD said to Moses, Hew you two tables of stone like to the first: and I will write on these tables the words that were in the first tables, which you brake. -- exodus 34:1 +. +And be ready in the morning, and come up in the morning to mount Sinai, and present yourself there to me in the top of the mount. -- exodus 34:2 +. +And no man shall come up with you, neither let any man be seen throughout all the mount; neither let the flocks nor herds feed before that mount. -- exodus 34:3 +. +And he hewed two tables of stone like to the first; and Moses rose up early in the morning, and went up to mount Sinai, as the LORD had commanded him, and took in his hand the two tables of stone. -- exodus 34:4 +. +And the LORD descended in the cloud, and stood with him there, and proclaimed the name of the LORD. -- exodus 34:5 +. +And the LORD passed by before him, and proclaimed, The LORD, The LORD God, merciful and gracious, long-suffering, and abundant in goodness and truth, -- exodus 34:6 +. +Keeping mercy for thousands, forgiving iniquity and transgression and sin, and that will by no means clear the guilty; visiting the iniquity of the fathers on the children, and on the children' children, to the third and to the fourth generation. -- exodus 34:7 +. +And Moses made haste, and bowed his head toward the earth, and worshipped. -- exodus 34:8 +. +And he said, If now I have found grace in your sight, O LORD, let my LORD, I pray you, go among us; for it is a stiff necked people; and pardon our iniquity and our sin, and take us for your inheritance. -- exodus 34:9 +. +And he said, Behold, I make a covenant: before all your people I will do marvels, such as have not been done in all the earth, nor in any nation: and all the people among which you are shall see the work of the LORD: for it is a terrible thing that I will do with you. -- exodus 34:10 +. +Observe you that which I command you this day: behold, I drive out before you the Amorite, and the Canaanite, and the Hittite, and the Perizzite, and the Hivite, and the Jebusite. -- exodus 34:11 +. +Take heed to yourself, lest you make a covenant with the inhabitants of the land where you go, lest it be for a snare in the middle of you: -- exodus 34:12 +. +But you shall destroy their altars, break their images, and cut down their groves: -- exodus 34:13 +. +For you shall worship no other god: for the LORD, whose name is Jealous, is a jealous God: -- exodus 34:14 +. +Lest you make a covenant with the inhabitants of the land, and they go a whoring after their gods, and do sacrifice to their gods, and one call you, and you eat of his sacrifice; -- exodus 34:15 +. +And you take of their daughters to your sons, and their daughters go a whoring after their gods, and make your sons go a whoring after their gods. -- exodus 34:16 +. +You shall make you no molten gods. -- exodus 34:17 +. +The feast of unleavened bread shall you keep. Seven days you shall eat unleavened bread, as I commanded you, in the time of the month Abib: for in the month Abib you came out from Egypt. -- exodus 34:18 +. +All that opens the matrix is mine; and every firstling among your cattle, whether ox or sheep, that is male. -- exodus 34:19 +. +But the firstling of an ass you shall redeem with a lamb: and if you redeem him not, then shall you break his neck. All the firstborn of your sons you shall redeem. And none shall appear before me empty. -- exodus 34:20 +. +Six days you shall work, but on the seventh day you shall rest: in ripening time and in harvest you shall rest. -- exodus 34:21 +. +And you shall observe the feast of weeks, of the first fruits of wheat harvest, and the feast of ingathering at the year' end. -- exodus 34:22 +. +Thrice in the year shall all your male children appear before the LORD God, the God of Israel. -- exodus 34:23 +. +For I will cast out the nations before you, and enlarge your borders: neither shall any man desire your land, when you shall go up to appear before the LORD your God thrice in the year. -- exodus 34:24 +. +You shall not offer the blood of my sacrifice with leaven; neither shall the sacrifice of the feast of the passover be left to the morning. -- exodus 34:25 +. +The first of the first fruits of your land you shall bring to the house of the LORD your God. You shall not seethe a kid in his mother' milk. -- exodus 34:26 +. +And the LORD said to Moses, Write you these words: for after the tenor of these words I have made a covenant with you and with Israel. -- exodus 34:27 +. +And he was there with the LORD forty days and forty nights; he did neither eat bread, nor drink water. And he wrote on the tables the words of the covenant, the ten commandments. -- exodus 34:28 +. +And it came to pass, when Moses came down from mount Sinai with the two tables of testimony in Moses'hand, when he came down from the mount, that Moses knew not that the skin of his face shone while he talked with him. -- exodus 34:29 +. +And when Aaron and all the children of Israel saw Moses, behold, the skin of his face shone; and they were afraid to come near him. -- exodus 34:30 +. +And Moses called to them; and Aaron and all the rulers of the congregation returned to him: and Moses talked with them. -- exodus 34:31 +. +And afterward all the children of Israel came near: and he gave them in commandment all that the LORD had spoken with him in mount Sinai. -- exodus 34:32 +. +And till Moses had done speaking with them, he put a veil on his face. -- exodus 34:33 +. +But when Moses went in before the LORD to speak with him, he took the veil off, until he came out. And he came out, and spoke to the children of Israel that which he was commanded. -- exodus 34:34 +. +And the children of Israel saw the face of Moses, that the skin of Moses'face shone: and Moses put the veil on his face again, until he went in to speak with him. -- exodus 34:35 +. +And Moses gathered all the congregation of the children of Israel together, and said to them, These are the words which the LORD has commanded, that you should do them. -- exodus 35:1 +. +Six days shall work be done, but on the seventh day there shall be to you an holy day, a sabbath of rest to the LORD: whoever does work therein shall be put to death. -- exodus 35:2 +. +You shall kindle no fire throughout your habitations on the sabbath day. -- exodus 35:3 +. +And Moses spoke to all the congregation of the children of Israel, saying, This is the thing which the LORD commanded, saying, -- exodus 35:4 +. +Take you from among you an offering to the LORD: whoever is of a willing heart, let him bring it, an offering of the LORD; gold, and silver, and brass, -- exodus 35:5 +. +And blue, and purple, and scarlet, and fine linen, and goats'hair, -- exodus 35:6 +. +And rams'skins dyed red, and badgers'skins, and shittim wood, -- exodus 35:7 +. +And oil for the light, and spices for anointing oil, and for the sweet incense, -- exodus 35:8 +. +And onyx stones, and stones to be set for the ephod, and for the breastplate. -- exodus 35:9 +. +And every wise hearted among you shall come, and make all that the LORD has commanded; -- exodus 35:10 +. +The tabernacle, his tent, and his covering, his clasps, and his boards, his bars, his pillars, and his sockets, -- exodus 35:11 +. +The ark, and the staves thereof, with the mercy seat, and the veil of the covering, -- exodus 35:12 +. +The table, and his staves, and all his vessels, and the show bread, -- exodus 35:13 +. +The candlestick also for the light, and his furniture, and his lamps, with the oil for the light, -- exodus 35:14 +. +And the incense altar, and his staves, and the anointing oil, and the sweet incense, and the hanging for the door at the entering in of the tabernacle, -- exodus 35:15 +. +The altar of burnt offering, with his brazen grate, his staves, and all his vessels, the laver and his foot, -- exodus 35:16 +. +The hangings of the court, his pillars, and their sockets, and the hanging for the door of the court, -- exodus 35:17 +. +The pins of the tabernacle, and the pins of the court, and their cords, -- exodus 35:18 +. +The cloths of service, to do service in the holy place, the holy garments for Aaron the priest, and the garments of his sons, to minister in the priest' office. -- exodus 35:19 +. +And all the congregation of the children of Israel departed from the presence of Moses. -- exodus 35:20 +. +And they came, every one whose heart stirred him up, and every one whom his spirit made willing, and they brought the LORD' offering to the work of the tabernacle of the congregation, and for all his service, and for the holy garments. -- exodus 35:21 +. +And they came, both men and women, as many as were willing hearted, and brought bracelets, and earrings, and rings, and tablets, all jewels of gold: and every man that offered offered an offering of gold to the LORD. -- exodus 35:22 +. +And every man, with whom was found blue, and purple, and scarlet, and fine linen, and goats'hair, and red skins of rams, and badgers'skins, brought them. -- exodus 35:23 +. +Every one that did offer an offering of silver and brass brought the LORD' offering: and every man, with whom was found shittim wood for any work of the service, brought it. -- exodus 35:24 +. +And all the women that were wise hearted did spin with their hands, and brought that which they had spun, both of blue, and of purple, and of scarlet, and of fine linen. -- exodus 35:25 +. +And all the women whose heart stirred them up in wisdom spun goats'hair. -- exodus 35:26 +. +And the rulers brought onyx stones, and stones to be set, for the ephod, and for the breastplate; -- exodus 35:27 +. +And spice, and oil for the light, and for the anointing oil, and for the sweet incense. -- exodus 35:28 +. +The children of Israel brought a willing offering to the LORD, every man and woman, whose heart made them willing to bring for all manner of work, which the LORD had commanded to be made by the hand of Moses. -- exodus 35:29 +. +And Moses said to the children of Israel, See, the LORD has called by name Bezaleel the son of Uri, the son of Hur, of the tribe of Judah; -- exodus 35:30 +. +And he has filled him with the spirit of God, in wisdom, in understanding, and in knowledge, and in all manner of workmanship; -- exodus 35:31 +. +And to devise curious works, to work in gold, and in silver, and in brass, -- exodus 35:32 +. +And in the cutting of stones, to set them, and in carving of wood, to make any manner of cunning work. -- exodus 35:33 +. +And he has put in his heart that he may teach, both he, and Aholiab, the son of Ahisamach, of the tribe of Dan. -- exodus 35:34 +. +Them has he filled with wisdom of heart, to work all manner of work, of the engraver, and of the cunning workman, and of the embroiderer, in blue, and in purple, in scarlet, and in fine linen, and of the weaver, even of them that do any work, and of those that devise cunning work. -- exodus 35:35 +. +Then worked Bezaleel and Aholiab, and every wise hearted man, in whom the LORD put wisdom and understanding to know how to work all manner of work for the service of the sanctuary, according to all that the LORD had commanded. -- exodus 36:1 +. +And Moses called Bezaleel and Aholiab, and every wise hearted man, in whose heart the LORD had put wisdom, even every one whose heart stirred him up to come to the work to do it: -- exodus 36:2 +. +And they received of Moses all the offering, which the children of Israel had brought for the work of the service of the sanctuary, to make it with. And they brought yet to him free offerings every morning. -- exodus 36:3 +. +And all the wise men, that worked all the work of the sanctuary, came every man from his work which they made; -- exodus 36:4 +. +And they spoke to Moses, saying, The people bring much more than enough for the service of the work, which the LORD commanded to make. -- exodus 36:5 +. +And Moses gave commandment, and they caused it to be proclaimed throughout the camp, saying, Let neither man nor woman make any more work for the offering of the sanctuary. So the people were restrained from bringing. -- exodus 36:6 +. +For the stuff they had was sufficient for all the work to make it, and too much. -- exodus 36:7 +. +And every wise hearted man among them that worked the work of the tabernacle made ten curtains of fine twined linen, and blue, and purple, and scarlet: with cherubim of cunning work made he them. -- exodus 36:8 +. +The length of one curtain was twenty and eight cubits, and the breadth of one curtain four cubits: the curtains were all of one size. -- exodus 36:9 +. +And he coupled the five curtains one to another: and the other five curtains he coupled one to another. -- exodus 36:10 +. +And he made loops of blue on the edge of one curtain from the selvedge in the coupling: likewise he made in the uttermost side of another curtain, in the coupling of the second. -- exodus 36:11 +. +Fifty loops made he in one curtain, and fifty loops made he in the edge of the curtain which was in the coupling of the second: the loops held one curtain to another. -- exodus 36:12 +. +And he made fifty clasps of gold, and coupled the curtains one to another with the clasps: so it became one tabernacle. -- exodus 36:13 +. +And he made curtains of goats'hair for the tent over the tabernacle: eleven curtains he made them. -- exodus 36:14 +. +The length of one curtain was thirty cubits, and four cubits was the breadth of one curtain: the eleven curtains were of one size. -- exodus 36:15 +. +And he coupled five curtains by themselves, and six curtains by themselves. -- exodus 36:16 +. +And he made fifty loops on the uttermost edge of the curtain in the coupling, and fifty loops made he on the edge of the curtain which couples the second. -- exodus 36:17 +. +And he made fifty clasps of brass to couple the tent together, that it might be one. -- exodus 36:18 +. +And he made a covering for the tent of rams'skins dyed red, and a covering of badgers'skins above that. -- exodus 36:19 +. +And he made boards for the tabernacle of shittim wood, standing up. -- exodus 36:20 +. +The length of a board was ten cubits, and the breadth of a board one cubit and a half. -- exodus 36:21 +. +One board had two tenons, equally distant one from another: thus did he make for all the boards of the tabernacle. -- exodus 36:22 +. +And he made boards for the tabernacle; twenty boards for the south side southward: -- exodus 36:23 +. +And forty sockets of silver he made under the twenty boards; two sockets under one board for his two tenons, and two sockets under another board for his two tenons. -- exodus 36:24 +. +And for the other side of the tabernacle, which is toward the north corner, he made twenty boards, -- exodus 36:25 +. +And their forty sockets of silver; two sockets under one board, and two sockets under another board. -- exodus 36:26 +. +And for the sides of the tabernacle westward he made six boards. -- exodus 36:27 +. +And two boards made he for the corners of the tabernacle in the two sides. -- exodus 36:28 +. +And they were coupled beneath, and coupled together at the head thereof, to one ring: thus he did to both of them in both the corners. -- exodus 36:29 +. +And there were eight boards; and their sockets were sixteen sockets of silver, under every board two sockets. -- exodus 36:30 +. +And he made bars of shittim wood; five for the boards of the one side of the tabernacle, -- exodus 36:31 +. +And five bars for the boards of the other side of the tabernacle, and five bars for the boards of the tabernacle for the sides westward. -- exodus 36:32 +. +And he made the middle bar to shoot through the boards from the one end to the other. -- exodus 36:33 +. +And he overlaid the boards with gold, and made their rings of gold to be places for the bars, and overlaid the bars with gold. -- exodus 36:34 +. +And he made a veil of blue, and purple, and scarlet, and fine twined linen: with cherubim made he it of cunning work. -- exodus 36:35 +. +And he made thereunto four pillars of shittim wood, and overlaid them with gold: their hooks were of gold; and he cast for them four sockets of silver. -- exodus 36:36 +. +And he made an hanging for the tabernacle door of blue, and purple, and scarlet, and fine twined linen, of needlework; -- exodus 36:37 +. +And the five pillars of it with their hooks: and he overlaid their capitals and their fillets with gold: but their five sockets were of brass. -- exodus 36:38 +. +And Bezaleel made the ark of shittim wood: two cubits and a half was the length of it, and a cubit and a half the breadth of it, and a cubit and a half the height of it: -- exodus 37:1 +. +And he overlaid it with pure gold within and without, and made a crown of gold to it round about. -- exodus 37:2 +. +And he cast for it four rings of gold, to be set by the four corners of it; even two rings on the one side of it, and two rings on the other side of it. -- exodus 37:3 +. +And he made staves of shittim wood, and overlaid them with gold. -- exodus 37:4 +. +And he put the staves into the rings by the sides of the ark, to bear the ark. -- exodus 37:5 +. +And he made the mercy seat of pure gold: two cubits and a half was the length thereof, and one cubit and a half the breadth thereof. -- exodus 37:6 +. +And he made two cherubim of gold, beaten out of one piece made he them, on the two ends of the mercy seat; -- exodus 37:7 +. +One cherub on the end on this side, and another cherub on the other end on that side: out of the mercy seat made he the cherubim on the two ends thereof. -- exodus 37:8 +. +And the cherubim spread out their wings on high, and covered with their wings over the mercy seat, with their faces one to another; even to the mercy seat were the faces of the cherubim. -- exodus 37:9 +. +And he made the table of shittim wood: two cubits was the length thereof, and a cubit the breadth thereof, and a cubit and a half the height thereof: -- exodus 37:10 +. +And he overlaid it with pure gold, and made thereunto a crown of gold round about. -- exodus 37:11 +. +Also he made thereunto a border of an handbreadth round about; and made a crown of gold for the border thereof round about. -- exodus 37:12 +. +And he cast for it four rings of gold, and put the rings on the four corners that were in the four feet thereof. -- exodus 37:13 +. +Over against the border were the rings, the places for the staves to bear the table. -- exodus 37:14 +. +And he made the staves of shittim wood, and overlaid them with gold, to bear the table. -- exodus 37:15 +. +And he made the vessels which were on the table, his dishes, and his spoons, and his bowls, and his covers to cover with, of pure gold. -- exodus 37:16 +. +And he made the candlestick of pure gold: of beaten work made he the candlestick; his shaft, and his branch, his bowls, his knops, and his flowers, were of the same: -- exodus 37:17 +. +And six branches going out of the sides thereof; three branches of the candlestick out of the one side thereof, and three branches of the candlestick out of the other side thereof: -- exodus 37:18 +. +Three bowls made after the fashion of almonds in one branch, a bud and a flower; and three bowls made like almonds in another branch, a bud and a flower: so throughout the six branches going out of the candlestick. -- exodus 37:19 +. +And in the candlestick were four bowls made like almonds, his knops, and his flowers: -- exodus 37:20 +. +And a bud under two branches of the same, and a bud under two branches of the same, and a bud under two branches of the same, according to the six branches going out of it. -- exodus 37:21 +. +Their knops and their branches were of the same: all of it was one beaten work of pure gold. -- exodus 37:22 +. +And he made his seven lamps, and his snuffers, and his firepans, of pure gold. -- exodus 37:23 +. +Of a talent of pure gold made he it, and all the vessels thereof. -- exodus 37:24 +. +And he made the incense altar of shittim wood: the length of it was a cubit, and the breadth of it a cubit; it was foursquare; and two cubits was the height of it; the horns thereof were of the same. -- exodus 37:25 +. +And he overlaid it with pure gold, both the top of it, and the sides thereof round about, and the horns of it: also he made to it a crown of gold round about. -- exodus 37:26 +. +And he made two rings of gold for it under the crown thereof, by the two corners of it, on the two sides thereof, to be places for the staves to bear it with. -- exodus 37:27 +. +And he made the staves of shittim wood, and overlaid them with gold. -- exodus 37:28 +. +And he made the holy anointing oil, and the pure incense of sweet spices, according to the work of the apothecary. -- exodus 37:29 +. +And he made the altar of burnt offering of shittim wood: five cubits was the length thereof, and five cubits the breadth thereof; it was foursquare; and three cubits the height thereof. -- exodus 38:1 +. +And he made the horns thereof on the four corners of it; the horns thereof were of the same: and he overlaid it with brass. -- exodus 38:2 +. +And he made all the vessels of the altar, the pots, and the shovels, and the basins, and the meat hooks, and the fire pans: all the vessels thereof made he of brass. -- exodus 38:3 +. +And he made for the altar a brazen grate of network under the compass thereof beneath to the middle of it. -- exodus 38:4 +. +And he cast four rings for the four ends of the grate of brass, to be places for the staves. -- exodus 38:5 +. +And he made the staves of shittim wood, and overlaid them with brass. -- exodus 38:6 +. +And he put the staves into the rings on the sides of the altar, to bear it with; he made the altar hollow with boards. -- exodus 38:7 +. +And he made the laver of brass, and the foot of it of brass, of the mirrors of the women assembling, which assembled at the door of the tabernacle of the congregation. -- exodus 38:8 +. +And he made the court: on the south side southward the hangings of the court were of fine twined linen, an hundred cubits: -- exodus 38:9 +. +Their pillars were twenty, and their brazen sockets twenty; the hooks of the pillars and their fillets were of silver. -- exodus 38:10 +. +And for the north side the hangings were an hundred cubits, their pillars were twenty, and their sockets of brass twenty; the hooks of the pillars and their fillets of silver. -- exodus 38:11 +. +And for the west side were hangings of fifty cubits, their pillars ten, and their sockets ten; the hooks of the pillars and their fillets of silver. -- exodus 38:12 +. +And for the east side eastward fifty cubits. -- exodus 38:13 +. +The hangings of the one side of the gate were fifteen cubits; their pillars three, and their sockets three. -- exodus 38:14 +. +And for the other side of the court gate, on this hand and that hand, were hangings of fifteen cubits; their pillars three, and their sockets three. -- exodus 38:15 +. +All the hangings of the court round about were of fine twined linen. -- exodus 38:16 +. +And the sockets for the pillars were of brass; the hooks of the pillars and their fillets of silver; and the overlaying of their capitals of silver; and all the pillars of the court were filleted with silver. -- exodus 38:17 +. +And the hanging for the gate of the court was needlework, of blue, and purple, and scarlet, and fine twined linen: and twenty cubits was the length, and the height in the breadth was five cubits, answerable to the hangings of the court. -- exodus 38:18 +. +And their pillars were four, and their sockets of brass four; their hooks of silver, and the overlaying of their capitals and their fillets of silver. -- exodus 38:19 +. +And all the pins of the tabernacle, and of the court round about, were of brass. -- exodus 38:20 +. +This is the sum of the tabernacle, even of the tabernacle of testimony, as it was counted, according to the commandment of Moses, for the service of the Levites, by the hand of Ithamar, son to Aaron the priest. -- exodus 38:21 +. +And Bezaleel the son Uri, the son of Hur, of the tribe of Judah, made all that the LORD commanded Moses. -- exodus 38:22 +. +And with him was Aholiab, son of Ahisamach, of the tribe of Dan, an engraver, and a cunning workman, and an embroiderer in blue, and in purple, and in scarlet, and fine linen. -- exodus 38:23 +. +All the gold that was occupied for the work in all the work of the holy place, even the gold of the offering, was twenty and nine talents, and seven hundred and thirty shekels, after the shekel of the sanctuary. -- exodus 38:24 +. +And the silver of them that were numbered of the congregation was an hundred talents, and a thousand seven hundred and three score and fifteen shekels, after the shekel of the sanctuary: -- exodus 38:25 +. +A bekah for every man, that is, half a shekel, after the shekel of the sanctuary, for every one that went to be numbered, from twenty years old and upward, for six hundred thousand and three thousand and five hundred and fifty men. -- exodus 38:26 +. +And of the hundred talents of silver were cast the sockets of the sanctuary, and the sockets of the veil; an hundred sockets of the hundred talents, a talent for a socket. -- exodus 38:27 +. +And of the thousand seven hundred seventy and five shekels he made hooks for the pillars, and overlaid their capitals, and filleted them. -- exodus 38:28 +. +And the brass of the offering was seventy talents, and two thousand and four hundred shekels. -- exodus 38:29 +. +And therewith he made the sockets to the door of the tabernacle of the congregation, and the brazen altar, and the brazen grate for it, and all the vessels of the altar, -- exodus 38:30 +. +And the sockets of the court round about, and the sockets of the court gate, and all the pins of the tabernacle, and all the pins of the court round about. -- exodus 38:31 +. +And of the blue, and purple, and scarlet, they made cloths of service, to do service in the holy place, and made the holy garments for Aaron; as the LORD commanded Moses. -- exodus 39:1 +. +And he made the ephod of gold, blue, and purple, and scarlet, and fine twined linen. -- exodus 39:2 +. +And they did beat the gold into thin plates, and cut it into wires, to work it in the blue, and in the purple, and in the scarlet, and in the fine linen, with cunning work. -- exodus 39:3 +. +They made shoulder pieces for it, to couple it together: by the two edges was it coupled together. -- exodus 39:4 +. +And the curious girdle of his ephod, that was on it, was of the same, according to the work thereof; of gold, blue, and purple, and scarlet, and fine twined linen; as the LORD commanded Moses. -- exodus 39:5 +. +And they worked onyx stones enclosed in ouches of gold, graven, as signets are graven, with the names of the children of Israel. -- exodus 39:6 +. +And he put them on the shoulders of the ephod, that they should be stones for a memorial to the children of Israel; as the LORD commanded Moses. -- exodus 39:7 +. +And he made the breastplate of cunning work, like the work of the ephod; of gold, blue, and purple, and scarlet, and fine twined linen. -- exodus 39:8 +. +It was foursquare; they made the breastplate double: a span was the length thereof, and a span the breadth thereof, being doubled. -- exodus 39:9 +. +And they set in it four rows of stones: the first row was a sardius, a topaz, and a carbuncle: this was the first row. -- exodus 39:10 +. +And the second row, an emerald, a sapphire, and a diamond. -- exodus 39:11 +. +And the third row, a ligure, an agate, and an amethyst. -- exodus 39:12 +. +And the fourth row, a beryl, an onyx, and a jasper: they were enclosed in ouches of gold in their settings. -- exodus 39:13 +. +And the stones were according to the names of the children of Israel, twelve, according to their names, like the engravings of a signet, every one with his name, according to the twelve tribes. -- exodus 39:14 +. +And they made on the breastplate chains at the ends, of wreathen work of pure gold. -- exodus 39:15 +. +And they made two ouches of gold, and two gold rings; and put the two rings in the two ends of the breastplate. -- exodus 39:16 +. +And they put the two wreathen chains of gold in the two rings on the ends of the breastplate. -- exodus 39:17 +. +And the two ends of the two wreathen chains they fastened in the two ouches, and put them on the shoulder pieces of the ephod, before it. -- exodus 39:18 +. +And they made two rings of gold, and put them on the two ends of the breastplate, on the border of it, which was on the side of the ephod inward. -- exodus 39:19 +. +And they made two other golden rings, and put them on the two sides of the ephod underneath, toward the forepart of it, over against the other coupling thereof, above the curious girdle of the ephod. -- exodus 39:20 +. +And they did bind the breastplate by his rings to the rings of the ephod with a lace of blue, that it might be above the curious girdle of the ephod, and that the breastplate might not be loosed from the ephod; as the LORD commanded Moses. -- exodus 39:21 +. +And he made the robe of the ephod of woven work, all of blue. -- exodus 39:22 +. +And there was an hole in the middle of the robe, as the hole of an habergeon, with a band round about the hole, that it should not rend. -- exodus 39:23 +. +And they made on the hems of the robe pomegranates of blue, and purple, and scarlet, and twined linen. -- exodus 39:24 +. +And they made bells of pure gold, and put the bells between the pomegranates on the hem of the robe, round about between the pomegranates; -- exodus 39:25 +. +A bell and a pomegranate, a bell and a pomegranate, round about the hem of the robe to minister in; as the LORD commanded Moses. -- exodus 39:26 +. +And they made coats of fine linen of woven work for Aaron, and for his sons, -- exodus 39:27 +. +And a turban of fine linen, and goodly bonnets of fine linen, and linen breeches of fine twined linen, -- exodus 39:28 +. +And a girdle of fine twined linen, and blue, and purple, and scarlet, of needlework; as the LORD commanded Moses. -- exodus 39:29 +. +And they made the plate of the holy crown of pure gold, and wrote on it a writing, like to the engravings of a signet, HOLINESS TO THE LORD. -- exodus 39:30 +. +And they tied to it a lace of blue, to fasten it on high on the turban; as the LORD commanded Moses. -- exodus 39:31 +. +Thus was all the work of the tabernacle of the tent of the congregation finished: and the children of Israel did according to all that the LORD commanded Moses, so did they. -- exodus 39:32 +. +And they brought the tabernacle to Moses, the tent, and all his furniture, his clasps, his boards, his bars, and his pillars, and his sockets, -- exodus 39:33 +. +And the covering of rams'skins dyed red, and the covering of badgers'skins, and the veil of the covering, -- exodus 39:34 +. +The ark of the testimony, and the staves thereof, and the mercy seat, -- exodus 39:35 +. +The table, and all the vessels thereof, and the show bread, -- exodus 39:36 +. +The pure candlestick, with the lamps thereof, even with the lamps to be set in order, and all the vessels thereof, and the oil for light, -- exodus 39:37 +. +And the golden altar, and the anointing oil, and the sweet incense, and the hanging for the tabernacle door, -- exodus 39:38 +. +The brazen altar, and his grate of brass, his staves, and all his vessels, the laver and his foot, -- exodus 39:39 +. +The hangings of the court, his pillars, and his sockets, and the hanging for the court gate, his cords, and his pins, and all the vessels of the service of the tabernacle, for the tent of the congregation, -- exodus 39:40 +. +The cloths of service to do service in the holy place, and the holy garments for Aaron the priest, and his sons'garments, to minister in the priest' office. -- exodus 39:41 +. +According to all that the LORD commanded Moses, so the children of Israel made all the work. -- exodus 39:42 +. +And Moses did look on all the work, and, behold, they had done it as the LORD had commanded, even so had they done it: and Moses blessed them. -- exodus 39:43 +. +And the LORD spoke to Moses, saying, -- exodus 40:1 +. +On the first day of the first month shall you set up the tabernacle of the tent of the congregation. -- exodus 40:2 +. +And you shall put therein the ark of the testimony, and cover the ark with the veil. -- exodus 40:3 +. +And you shall bring in the table, and set in order the things that are to be set in order on it; and you shall bring in the candlestick, and light the lamps thereof. -- exodus 40:4 +. +And you shall set the altar of gold for the incense before the ark of the testimony, and put the hanging of the door to the tabernacle. -- exodus 40:5 +. +And you shall set the altar of the burnt offering before the door of the tabernacle of the tent of the congregation. -- exodus 40:6 +. +And you shall set the laver between the tent of the congregation and the altar, and shall put water therein. -- exodus 40:7 +. +And you shall set up the court round about, and hang up the hanging at the court gate. -- exodus 40:8 +. +And you shall take the anointing oil, and anoint the tabernacle, and all that is therein, and shall hallow it, and all the vessels thereof: and it shall be holy. -- exodus 40:9 +. +And you shall anoint the altar of the burnt offering, and all his vessels, and sanctify the altar: and it shall be an altar most holy. -- exodus 40:10 +. +And you shall anoint the laver and his foot, and sanctify it. -- exodus 40:11 +. +And you shall bring Aaron and his sons to the door of the tabernacle of the congregation, and wash them with water. -- exodus 40:12 +. +And you shall put on Aaron the holy garments, and anoint him, and sanctify him; that he may minister to me in the priest' office. -- exodus 40:13 +. +And you shall bring his sons, and clothe them with coats: -- exodus 40:14 +. +And you shall anoint them, as you did anoint their father, that they may minister to me in the priest' office: for their anointing shall surely be an everlasting priesthood throughout their generations. -- exodus 40:15 +. +Thus did Moses: according to all that the LORD commanded him, so did he. -- exodus 40:16 +. +And it came to pass in the first month in the second year, on the first day of the month, that the tabernacle was reared up. -- exodus 40:17 +. +And Moses reared up the tabernacle, and fastened his sockets, and set up the boards thereof, and put in the bars thereof, and reared up his pillars. -- exodus 40:18 +. +And he spread abroad the tent over the tabernacle, and put the covering of the tent above on it; as the LORD commanded Moses. -- exodus 40:19 +. +And he took and put the testimony into the ark, and set the staves on the ark, and put the mercy seat above on the ark: -- exodus 40:20 +. +And he brought the ark into the tabernacle, and set up the veil of the covering, and covered the ark of the testimony; as the LORD commanded Moses. -- exodus 40:21 +. +And he put the table in the tent of the congregation, on the side of the tabernacle northward, without the veil. -- exodus 40:22 +. +And he set the bread in order on it before the LORD; as the LORD had commanded Moses. -- exodus 40:23 +. +And he put the candlestick in the tent of the congregation, over against the table, on the side of the tabernacle southward. -- exodus 40:24 +. +And he lighted the lamps before the LORD; as the LORD commanded Moses. -- exodus 40:25 +. +And he put the golden altar in the tent of the congregation before the veil: -- exodus 40:26 +. +And he burnt sweet incense thereon; as the LORD commanded Moses. -- exodus 40:27 +. +And he set up the hanging at the door of the tabernacle. -- exodus 40:28 +. +And he put the altar of burnt offering by the door of the tabernacle of the tent of the congregation, and offered on it the burnt offering and the meat offering; as the LORD commanded Moses. -- exodus 40:29 +. +And he set the laver between the tent of the congregation and the altar, and put water there, to wash with. -- exodus 40:30 +. +And Moses and Aaron and his sons washed their hands and their feet thereat: -- exodus 40:31 +. +When they went into the tent of the congregation, and when they came near to the altar, they washed; as the LORD commanded Moses. -- exodus 40:32 +. +And he reared up the court round about the tabernacle and the altar, and set up the hanging of the court gate. So Moses finished the work. -- exodus 40:33 +. +Then a cloud covered the tent of the congregation, and the glory of the LORD filled the tabernacle. -- exodus 40:34 +. +And Moses was not able to enter into the tent of the congregation, because the cloud stayed thereon, and the glory of the LORD filled the tabernacle. -- exodus 40:35 +. +And when the cloud was taken up from over the tabernacle, the children of Israel went onward in all their journeys: -- exodus 40:36 +. +But if the cloud were not taken up, then they journeyed not till the day that it was taken up. -- exodus 40:37 +. +For the cloud of the LORD was on the tabernacle by day, and fire was on it by night, in the sight of all the house of Israel, throughout all their journeys. -- exodus 40:38 +. +And the LORD called to Moses, and spoke to him out of the tabernacle of the congregation, saying, -- leviticus 1:1 +. +Speak to the children of Israel, and say to them, If any man of you bring an offering to the LORD, you shall bring your offering of the cattle, even of the herd, and of the flock. -- leviticus 1:2 +. +If his offering be a burnt sacrifice of the herd, let him offer a male without blemish: he shall offer it of his own voluntary will at the door of the tabernacle of the congregation before the LORD. -- leviticus 1:3 +. +And he shall put his hand on the head of the burnt offering; and it shall be accepted for him to make atonement for him. -- leviticus 1:4 +. +And he shall kill the bullock before the LORD: and the priests, Aaron' sons, shall bring the blood, and sprinkle the blood round about on the altar that is by the door of the tabernacle of the congregation. -- leviticus 1:5 +. +And he shall flay the burnt offering, and cut it into his pieces. -- leviticus 1:6 +. +And the sons of Aaron the priest shall put fire on the altar, and lay the wood in order on the fire: -- leviticus 1:7 +. +And the priests, Aaron' sons, shall lay the parts, the head, and the fat, in order on the wood that is on the fire which is on the altar: -- leviticus 1:8 +. +But his inwards and his legs shall he wash in water: and the priest shall burn all on the altar, to be a burnt sacrifice, an offering made by fire, of a sweet smell to the LORD. -- leviticus 1:9 +. +And if his offering be of the flocks, namely, of the sheep, or of the goats, for a burnt sacrifice; he shall bring it a male without blemish. -- leviticus 1:10 +. +And he shall kill it on the side of the altar northward before the LORD: and the priests, Aaron' sons, shall sprinkle his blood round about on the altar. -- leviticus 1:11 +. +And he shall cut it into his pieces, with his head and his fat: and the priest shall lay them in order on the wood that is on the fire which is on the altar: -- leviticus 1:12 +. +But he shall wash the inwards and the legs with water: and the priest shall bring it all, and burn it on the altar: it is a burnt sacrifice, an offering made by fire, of a sweet smell to the LORD. -- leviticus 1:13 +. +And if the burnt sacrifice for his offering to the LORD be of fowls, then he shall bring his offering of turtledoves, or of young pigeons. -- leviticus 1:14 +. +And the priest shall bring it to the altar, and wring off his head, and burn it on the altar; and the blood thereof shall be wrung out at the side of the altar: -- leviticus 1:15 +. +And he shall pluck away his crop with his feathers, and cast it beside the altar on the east part, by the place of the ashes: -- leviticus 1:16 +. +And he shall split it with the wings thereof, but shall not divide it asunder: and the priest shall burn it on the altar, on the wood that is on the fire: it is a burnt sacrifice, an offering made by fire, of a sweet smell to the LORD. -- leviticus 1:17 +. +And when any will offer a meat offering to the LORD, his offering shall be of fine flour; and he shall pour oil on it, and put frankincense thereon: -- leviticus 2:1 +. +And he shall bring it to Aaron' sons the priests: and he shall take out of there his handful of the flour thereof, and of the oil thereof, with all the frankincense thereof; and the priest shall burn the memorial of it on the altar, to be an offering made by fire, of a sweet smell to the LORD: -- leviticus 2:2 +. +And the remnant of the meat offering shall be Aaron' and his sons' it is a thing most holy of the offerings of the LORD made by fire. -- leviticus 2:3 +. +And if you bring an oblation of a meat offering baked in the oven, it shall be unleavened cakes of fine flour mingled with oil, or unleavened wafers anointed with oil. -- leviticus 2:4 +. +And if your oblation be a meat offering baked in a pan, it shall be of fine flour unleavened, mingled with oil. -- leviticus 2:5 +. +You shall part it in pieces, and pour oil thereon: it is a meat offering. -- leviticus 2:6 +. +And if your oblation be a meat offering baked in the frying pan, it shall be made of fine flour with oil. -- leviticus 2:7 +. +And you shall bring the meat offering that is made of these things to the LORD: and when it is presented to the priest, he shall bring it to the altar. -- leviticus 2:8 +. +And the priest shall take from the meat offering a memorial thereof, and shall burn it on the altar: it is an offering made by fire, of a sweet smell to the LORD. -- leviticus 2:9 +. +And that which is left of the meat offering shall be Aaron' and his sons' it is a thing most holy of the offerings of the LORD made by fire. -- leviticus 2:10 +. +No meat offering, which you shall bring to the LORD, shall be made with leaven: for you shall burn no leaven, nor any honey, in any offering of the LORD made by fire. -- leviticus 2:11 +. +As for the oblation of the first fruits, you shall offer them to the LORD: but they shall not be burnt on the altar for a sweet smell. -- leviticus 2:12 +. +And every oblation of your meat offering shall you season with salt; neither shall you suffer the salt of the covenant of your God to be lacking from your meat offering: with all your offerings you shall offer salt. -- leviticus 2:13 +. +And if you offer a meat offering of your first fruits to the LORD, you shall offer for the meat offering of your first fruits green ears of corn dried by the fire, even corn beaten out of full ears. -- leviticus 2:14 +. +And you shall put oil on it, and lay frankincense thereon: it is a meat offering. -- leviticus 2:15 +. +And the priest shall burn the memorial of it, part of the beaten corn thereof, and part of the oil thereof, with all the frankincense thereof: it is an offering made by fire to the LORD. -- leviticus 2:16 +. +And if his oblation be a sacrifice of peace offering, if he offer it of the herd; whether it be a male or female, he shall offer it without blemish before the LORD. -- leviticus 3:1 +. +And he shall lay his hand on the head of his offering, and kill it at the door of the tabernacle of the congregation: and Aaron' sons the priests shall sprinkle the blood on the altar round about. -- leviticus 3:2 +. +And he shall offer of the sacrifice of the peace offering an offering made by fire to the LORD; the fat that covers the inwards, and all the fat that is on the inwards, -- leviticus 3:3 +. +And the two kidneys, and the fat that is on them, which is by the flanks, and the lobe above the liver, with the kidneys, it shall he take away. -- leviticus 3:4 +. +And Aaron' sons shall burn it on the altar on the burnt sacrifice, which is on the wood that is on the fire: it is an offering made by fire, of a sweet smell to the LORD. -- leviticus 3:5 +. +And if his offering for a sacrifice of peace offering to the LORD be of the flock; male or female, he shall offer it without blemish. -- leviticus 3:6 +. +If he offer a lamb for his offering, then shall he offer it before the LORD. -- leviticus 3:7 +. +And he shall lay his hand on the head of his offering, and kill it before the tabernacle of the congregation: and Aaron' sons shall sprinkle the blood thereof round about on the altar. -- leviticus 3:8 +. +And he shall offer of the sacrifice of the peace offering an offering made by fire to the LORD; the fat thereof, and the whole rump, it shall he take off hard by the backbone; and the fat that covers the inwards, and all the fat that is on the inwards, -- leviticus 3:9 +. +And the two kidneys, and the fat that is on them, which is by the flanks, and the lobe above the liver, with the kidneys, it shall he take away. -- leviticus 3:10 +. +And the priest shall burn it on the altar: it is the food of the offering made by fire to the LORD. -- leviticus 3:11 +. +And if his offering be a goat, then he shall offer it before the LORD. -- leviticus 3:12 +. +And he shall lay his hand on the head of it, and kill it before the tabernacle of the congregation: and the sons of Aaron shall sprinkle the blood thereof on the altar round about. -- leviticus 3:13 +. +And he shall offer thereof his offering, even an offering made by fire to the LORD; the fat that covers the inwards, and all the fat that is on the inwards, -- leviticus 3:14 +. +And the two kidneys, and the fat that is on them, which is by the flanks, and the lobe above the liver, with the kidneys, it shall he take away. -- leviticus 3:15 +. +And the priest shall burn them on the altar: it is the food of the offering made by fire for a sweet smell: all the fat is the LORD'. -- leviticus 3:16 +. +It shall be a perpetual statute for your generations throughout all your dwellings, that you eat neither fat nor blood. -- leviticus 3:17 +. +And the LORD spoke to Moses, saying, -- leviticus 4:1 +. +Speak to the children of Israel, saying, If a soul shall sin through ignorance against any of the commandments of the LORD concerning things which ought not to be done, and shall do against any of them: -- leviticus 4:2 +. +If the priest that is anointed do sin according to the sin of the people; then let him bring for his sin, which he has sinned, a young bullock without blemish to the LORD for a sin offering. -- leviticus 4:3 +. +And he shall bring the bullock to the door of the tabernacle of the congregation before the LORD; and shall lay his hand on the bullock' head, and kill the bullock before the LORD. -- leviticus 4:4 +. +And the priest that is anointed shall take of the bullock' blood, and bring it to the tabernacle of the congregation: -- leviticus 4:5 +. +And the priest shall dip his finger in the blood, and sprinkle of the blood seven times before the LORD, before the veil of the sanctuary. -- leviticus 4:6 +. +And the priest shall put some of the blood on the horns of the altar of sweet incense before the LORD, which is in the tabernacle of the congregation; and shall pour all the blood of the bullock at the bottom of the altar of the burnt offering, which is at the door of the tabernacle of the congregation. -- leviticus 4:7 +. +And he shall take off from it all the fat of the bullock for the sin offering; the fat that covers the inwards, and all the fat that is on the inwards, -- leviticus 4:8 +. +And the two kidneys, and the fat that is on them, which is by the flanks, and the lobe above the liver, with the kidneys, it shall he take away, -- leviticus 4:9 +. +As it was taken off from the bullock of the sacrifice of peace offerings: and the priest shall burn them on the altar of the burnt offering. -- leviticus 4:10 +. +And the skin of the bullock, and all his flesh, with his head, and with his legs, and his inwards, and his dung, -- leviticus 4:11 +. +Even the whole bullock shall he carry forth without the camp to a clean place, where the ashes are poured out, and burn him on the wood with fire: where the ashes are poured out shall he be burnt. -- leviticus 4:12 +. +And if the whole congregation of Israel sin through ignorance, and the thing be hid from the eyes of the assembly, and they have done somewhat against any of the commandments of the LORD concerning things which should not be done, and are guilty; -- leviticus 4:13 +. +When the sin, which they have sinned against it, is known, then the congregation shall offer a young bullock for the sin, and bring him before the tabernacle of the congregation. -- leviticus 4:14 +. +And the elders of the congregation shall lay their hands on the head of the bullock before the LORD: and the bullock shall be killed before the LORD. -- leviticus 4:15 +. +And the priest that is anointed shall bring of the bullock' blood to the tabernacle of the congregation: -- leviticus 4:16 +. +And the priest shall dip his finger in some of the blood, and sprinkle it seven times before the LORD, even before the veil. -- leviticus 4:17 +. +And he shall put some of the blood on the horns of the altar which is before the LORD, that is in the tabernacle of the congregation, and shall pour out all the blood at the bottom of the altar of the burnt offering, which is at the door of the tabernacle of the congregation. -- leviticus 4:18 +. +And he shall take all his fat from him, and burn it on the altar. -- leviticus 4:19 +. +And he shall do with the bullock as he did with the bullock for a sin offering, so shall he do with this: and the priest shall make an atonement for them, and it shall be forgiven them. -- leviticus 4:20 +. +And he shall carry forth the bullock without the camp, and burn him as he burned the first bullock: it is a sin offering for the congregation. -- leviticus 4:21 +. +When a ruler has sinned, and done somewhat through ignorance against any of the commandments of the LORD his God concerning things which should not be done, and is guilty; -- leviticus 4:22 +. +Or if his sin, wherein he has sinned, come to his knowledge; he shall bring his offering, a kid of the goats, a male without blemish: -- leviticus 4:23 +. +And he shall lay his hand on the head of the goat, and kill it in the place where they kill the burnt offering before the LORD: it is a sin offering. -- leviticus 4:24 +. +And the priest shall take of the blood of the sin offering with his finger, and put it on the horns of the altar of burnt offering, and shall pour out his blood at the bottom of the altar of burnt offering. -- leviticus 4:25 +. +And he shall burn all his fat on the altar, as the fat of the sacrifice of peace offerings: and the priest shall make an atonement for him as concerning his sin, and it shall be forgiven him. -- leviticus 4:26 +. +And if any one of the common people sin through ignorance, while he does somewhat against any of the commandments of the LORD concerning things which ought not to be done, and be guilty; -- leviticus 4:27 +. +Or if his sin, which he has sinned, come to his knowledge: then he shall bring his offering, a kid of the goats, a female without blemish, for his sin which he has sinned. -- leviticus 4:28 +. +And he shall lay his hand on the head of the sin offering, and slay the sin offering in the place of the burnt offering. -- leviticus 4:29 +. +And the priest shall take of the blood thereof with his finger, and put it on the horns of the altar of burnt offering, and shall pour out all the blood thereof at the bottom of the altar. -- leviticus 4:30 +. +And he shall take away all the fat thereof, as the fat is taken away from off the sacrifice of peace offerings; and the priest shall burn it on the altar for a sweet smell to the LORD; and the priest shall make an atonement for him, and it shall be forgiven him. -- leviticus 4:31 +. +And if he bring a lamb for a sin offering, he shall bring it a female without blemish. -- leviticus 4:32 +. +And he shall lay his hand on the head of the sin offering, and slay it for a sin offering in the place where they kill the burnt offering. -- leviticus 4:33 +. +And the priest shall take of the blood of the sin offering with his finger, and put it on the horns of the altar of burnt offering, and shall pour out all the blood thereof at the bottom of the altar: -- leviticus 4:34 +. +And he shall take away all the fat thereof, as the fat of the lamb is taken away from the sacrifice of the peace offerings; and the priest shall burn them on the altar, according to the offerings made by fire to the LORD: and the priest shall make an atonement for his sin that he has committed, and it shall be forgiven him. -- leviticus 4:35 +. +And if a soul sin, and hear the voice of swearing, and is a witness, whether he has seen or known of it; if he do not utter it, then he shall bear his iniquity. -- leviticus 5:1 +. +Or if a soul touch any unclean thing, whether it be a carcass of an unclean beast, or a carcass of unclean cattle, or the carcass of unclean creeping things, and if it be hidden from him; he also shall be unclean, and guilty. -- leviticus 5:2 +. +Or if he touch the uncleanness of man, whatever uncleanness it be that a man shall be defiled with, and it be hid from him; when he knows of it, then he shall be guilty. -- leviticus 5:3 +. +Or if a soul swear, pronouncing with his lips to do evil, or to do good, whatever it be that a man shall pronounce with an oath, and it be hid from him; when he knows of it, then he shall be guilty in one of these. -- leviticus 5:4 +. +And it shall be, when he shall be guilty in one of these things, that he shall confess that he has sinned in that thing: -- leviticus 5:5 +. +And he shall bring his trespass offering to the LORD for his sin which he has sinned, a female from the flock, a lamb or a kid of the goats, for a sin offering; and the priest shall make an atonement for him concerning his sin. -- leviticus 5:6 +. +And if he be not able to bring a lamb, then he shall bring for his trespass, which he has committed, two turtledoves, or two young pigeons, to the LORD; one for a sin offering, and the other for a burnt offering. -- leviticus 5:7 +. +And he shall bring them to the priest, who shall offer that which is for the sin offering first, and wring off his head from his neck, but shall not divide it asunder: -- leviticus 5:8 +. +And he shall sprinkle of the blood of the sin offering on the side of the altar; and the rest of the blood shall be wrung out at the bottom of the altar: it is a sin offering. -- leviticus 5:9 +. +And he shall offer the second for a burnt offering, according to the manner: and the priest shall make an atonement for him for his sin which he has sinned, and it shall be forgiven him. -- leviticus 5:10 +. +But if he be not able to bring two turtledoves, or two young pigeons, then he that sinned shall bring for his offering the tenth part of an ephah of fine flour for a sin offering; he shall put no oil on it, neither shall he put any frankincense thereon: for it is a sin offering. -- leviticus 5:11 +. +Then shall he bring it to the priest, and the priest shall take his handful of it, even a memorial thereof, and burn it on the altar, according to the offerings made by fire to the LORD: it is a sin offering. -- leviticus 5:12 +. +And the priest shall make an atonement for him as touching his sin that he has sinned in one of these, and it shall be forgiven him: and the remnant shall be the priest', as a meat offering. -- leviticus 5:13 +. +And the LORD spoke to Moses, saying, -- leviticus 5:14 +. +If a soul commit a trespass, and sin through ignorance, in the holy things of the LORD; then he shall bring for his trespass to the LORD a ram without blemish out of the flocks, with your estimation by shekels of silver, after the shekel of the sanctuary, for a trespass offering. -- leviticus 5:15 +. +And he shall make amends for the harm that he has done in the holy thing, and shall add the fifth part thereto, and give it to the priest: and the priest shall make an atonement for him with the ram of the trespass offering, and it shall be forgiven him. -- leviticus 5:16 +. +And if a soul sin, and commit any of these things which are forbidden to be done by the commandments of the LORD; though he knew it not, yet is he guilty, and shall bear his iniquity. -- leviticus 5:17 +. +And he shall bring a ram without blemish out of the flock, with your estimation, for a trespass offering, to the priest: and the priest shall make an atonement for him concerning his ignorance wherein he erred and knew it not, and it shall be forgiven him. -- leviticus 5:18 +. +It is a trespass offering: he has certainly trespassed against the LORD. -- leviticus 5:19 +. +And the LORD spoke to Moses, saying, -- leviticus 6:1 +. +If a soul sin, and commit a trespass against the LORD, and lie to his neighbor in that which was delivered him to keep, or in fellowship, or in a thing taken away by violence, or has deceived his neighbor; -- leviticus 6:2 +. +Or have found that which was lost, and lies concerning it, and swears falsely; in any of all these that a man does, sinning therein: -- leviticus 6:3 +. +Then it shall be, because he has sinned, and is guilty, that he shall restore that which he took violently away, or the thing which he has deceitfully gotten, or that which was delivered him to keep, or the lost thing which he found, -- leviticus 6:4 +. +Or all that about which he has sworn falsely; he shall even restore it in the principal, and shall add the fifth part more thereto, and give it to him to whom it appertains, in the day of his trespass offering. -- leviticus 6:5 +. +And he shall bring his trespass offering to the LORD, a ram without blemish out of the flock, with your estimation, for a trespass offering, to the priest: -- leviticus 6:6 +. +And the priest shall make an atonement for him before the LORD: and it shall be forgiven him for any thing of all that he has done in trespassing therein. -- leviticus 6:7 +. +And the LORD spoke to Moses, saying, -- leviticus 6:8 +. +Command Aaron and his sons, saying, This is the law of the burnt offering: It is the burnt offering, because of the burning on the altar all night to the morning, and the fire of the altar shall be burning in it. -- leviticus 6:9 +. +And the priest shall put on his linen garment, and his linen breeches shall he put on his flesh, and take up the ashes which the fire has consumed with the burnt offering on the altar, and he shall put them beside the altar. -- leviticus 6:10 +. +And he shall put off his garments, and put on other garments, and carry forth the ashes without the camp to a clean place. -- leviticus 6:11 +. +And the fire on the altar shall be burning in it; it shall not be put out: and the priest shall burn wood on it every morning, and lay the burnt offering in order on it; and he shall burn thereon the fat of the peace offerings. -- leviticus 6:12 +. +The fire shall ever be burning on the altar; it shall never go out. -- leviticus 6:13 +. +And this is the law of the meat offering: the sons of Aaron shall offer it before the LORD, before the altar. -- leviticus 6:14 +. +And he shall take of it his handful, of the flour of the meat offering, and of the oil thereof, and all the frankincense which is on the meat offering, and shall burn it on the altar for a sweet smell, even the memorial of it, to the LORD. -- leviticus 6:15 +. +And the remainder thereof shall Aaron and his sons eat: with unleavened bread shall it be eaten in the holy place; in the court of the tabernacle of the congregation they shall eat it. -- leviticus 6:16 +. +It shall not be baked with leaven. I have given it to them for their portion of my offerings made by fire; it is most holy, as is the sin offering, and as the trespass offering. -- leviticus 6:17 +. +All the males among the children of Aaron shall eat of it. It shall be a statute for ever in your generations concerning the offerings of the LORD made by fire: every one that touches them shall be holy. -- leviticus 6:18 +. +And the LORD spoke to Moses, saying, -- leviticus 6:19 +. +This is the offering of Aaron and of his sons, which they shall offer to the LORD in the day when he is anointed; the tenth part of an ephah of fine flour for a meat offering perpetual, half of it in the morning, and half thereof at night. -- leviticus 6:20 +. +In a pan it shall be made with oil; and when it is baked, you shall bring it in: and the baked pieces of the meat offering shall you offer for a sweet smell to the LORD. -- leviticus 6:21 +. +And the priest of his sons that is anointed in his stead shall offer it: it is a statute for ever to the LORD; it shall be wholly burnt. -- leviticus 6:22 +. +For every meat offering for the priest shall be wholly burnt: it shall not be eaten. -- leviticus 6:23 +. +And the LORD spoke to Moses, saying, -- leviticus 6:24 +. +Speak to Aaron and to his sons, saying, This is the law of the sin offering: In the place where the burnt offering is killed shall the sin offering be killed before the LORD: it is most holy. -- leviticus 6:25 +. +The priest that offers it for sin shall eat it: in the holy place shall it be eaten, in the court of the tabernacle of the congregation. -- leviticus 6:26 +. +Whatever shall touch the flesh thereof shall be holy: and when there is sprinkled of the blood thereof on any garment, you shall wash that where on it was sprinkled in the holy place. -- leviticus 6:27 +. +But the earthen vessel wherein it is sodden shall be broken: and if it be sodden in a brazen pot, it shall be both scoured, and rinsed in water. -- leviticus 6:28 +. +All the males among the priests shall eat thereof: it is most holy. -- leviticus 6:29 +. +And no sin offering, whereof any of the blood is brought into the tabernacle of the congregation to reconcile with in the holy place, shall be eaten: it shall be burnt in the fire. -- leviticus 6:30 +. +Likewise this is the law of the trespass offering: it is most holy. -- leviticus 7:1 +. +In the place where they kill the burnt offering shall they kill the trespass offering: and the blood thereof shall he sprinkle round about on the altar. -- leviticus 7:2 +. +And he shall offer of it all the fat thereof; the rump, and the fat that covers the inwards, -- leviticus 7:3 +. +And the two kidneys, and the fat that is on them, which is by the flanks, and the lobe that is above the liver, with the kidneys, it shall he take away: -- leviticus 7:4 +. +And the priest shall burn them on the altar for an offering made by fire to the LORD: it is a trespass offering. -- leviticus 7:5 +. +Every male among the priests shall eat thereof: it shall be eaten in the holy place: it is most holy. -- leviticus 7:6 +. +As the sin offering is, so is the trespass offering: there is one law for them: the priest that makes atonement therewith shall have it. -- leviticus 7:7 +. +And the priest that offers any man' burnt offering, even the priest shall have to himself the skin of the burnt offering which he has offered. -- leviticus 7:8 +. +And all the meat offering that is baked in the oven, and all that is dressed in the frying pan, and in the pan, shall be the priest' that offers it. -- leviticus 7:9 +. +And every meat offering, mingled with oil, and dry, shall all the sons of Aaron have, one as much as another. -- leviticus 7:10 +. +And this is the law of the sacrifice of peace offerings, which he shall offer to the LORD. -- leviticus 7:11 +. +If he offer it for a thanksgiving, then he shall offer with the sacrifice of thanksgiving unleavened cakes mingled with oil, and unleavened wafers anointed with oil, and cakes mingled with oil, of fine flour, fried. -- leviticus 7:12 +. +Besides the cakes, he shall offer for his offering leavened bread with the sacrifice of thanksgiving of his peace offerings. -- leviticus 7:13 +. +And of it he shall offer one out of the whole oblation for an heave offering to the LORD, and it shall be the priest' that sprinkles the blood of the peace offerings. -- leviticus 7:14 +. +And the flesh of the sacrifice of his peace offerings for thanksgiving shall be eaten the same day that it is offered; he shall not leave any of it until the morning. -- leviticus 7:15 +. +But if the sacrifice of his offering be a vow, or a voluntary offering, it shall be eaten the same day that he offers his sacrifice: and on the morrow also the remainder of it shall be eaten: -- leviticus 7:16 +. +But the remainder of the flesh of the sacrifice on the third day shall be burnt with fire. -- leviticus 7:17 +. +And if any of the flesh of the sacrifice of his peace offerings be eaten at all on the third day, it shall not be accepted, neither shall it be imputed to him that offers it: it shall be an abomination, and the soul that eats of it shall bear his iniquity. -- leviticus 7:18 +. +And the flesh that touches any unclean thing shall not be eaten; it shall be burnt with fire: and as for the flesh, all that be clean shall eat thereof. -- leviticus 7:19 +. +But the soul that eats of the flesh of the sacrifice of peace offerings, that pertain to the LORD, having his uncleanness on him, even that soul shall be cut off from his people. -- leviticus 7:20 +. +Moreover the soul that shall touch any unclean thing, as the uncleanness of man, or any unclean beast, or any abominable unclean thing, and eat of the flesh of the sacrifice of peace offerings, which pertain to the LORD, even that soul shall be cut off from his people. -- leviticus 7:21 +. +And the LORD spoke to Moses, saying, -- leviticus 7:22 +. +Speak to the children of Israel, saying, You shall eat no manner of fat, of ox, or of sheep, or of goat. -- leviticus 7:23 +. +And the fat of the beast that dies of itself, and the fat of that which is torn with beasts, may be used in any other use: but you shall in no wise eat of it. -- leviticus 7:24 +. +For whoever eats the fat of the beast, of which men offer an offering made by fire to the LORD, even the soul that eats it shall be cut off from his people. -- leviticus 7:25 +. +Moreover you shall eat no manner of blood, whether it be of fowl or of beast, in any of your dwellings. -- leviticus 7:26 +. +Whatever soul it be that eats any manner of blood, even that soul shall be cut off from his people. -- leviticus 7:27 +. +And the LORD spoke to Moses, saying, -- leviticus 7:28 +. +Speak to the children of Israel, saying, He that offers the sacrifice of his peace offerings to the LORD shall bring his oblation to the LORD of the sacrifice of his peace offerings. -- leviticus 7:29 +. +His own hands shall bring the offerings of the LORD made by fire, the fat with the breast, it shall he bring, that the breast may be waved for a wave offering before the LORD. -- leviticus 7:30 +. +And the priest shall burn the fat on the altar: but the breast shall be Aaron' and his sons' -- leviticus 7:31 +. +And the right shoulder shall you give to the priest for an heave offering of the sacrifices of your peace offerings. -- leviticus 7:32 +. +He among the sons of Aaron, that offers the blood of the peace offerings, and the fat, shall have the right shoulder for his part. -- leviticus 7:33 +. +For the wave breast and the heave shoulder have I taken of the children of Israel from off the sacrifices of their peace offerings, and have given them to Aaron the priest and to his sons by a statute for ever from among the children of Israel. -- leviticus 7:34 +. +This is the portion of the anointing of Aaron, and of the anointing of his sons, out of the offerings of the LORD made by fire, in the day when he presented them to minister to the LORD in the priest' office; -- leviticus 7:35 +. +Which the LORD commanded to be given them of the children of Israel, in the day that he anointed them, by a statute for ever throughout their generations. -- leviticus 7:36 +. +This is the law of the burnt offering, of the meat offering, and of the sin offering, and of the trespass offering, and of the consecrations, and of the sacrifice of the peace offerings; -- leviticus 7:37 +. +Which the LORD commanded Moses in mount Sinai, in the day that he commanded the children of Israel to offer their oblations to the LORD, in the wilderness of Sinai. -- leviticus 7:38 +. +And the LORD spoke to Moses, saying, -- leviticus 8:1 +. +Take Aaron and his sons with him, and the garments, and the anointing oil, and a bullock for the sin offering, and two rams, and a basket of unleavened bread; -- leviticus 8:2 +. +And gather you all the congregation together to the door of the tabernacle of the congregation. -- leviticus 8:3 +. +And Moses did as the LORD commanded him; and the assembly was gathered together to the door of the tabernacle of the congregation. -- leviticus 8:4 +. +And Moses said to the congregation, This is the thing which the LORD commanded to be done. -- leviticus 8:5 +. +And Moses brought Aaron and his sons, and washed them with water. -- leviticus 8:6 +. +And he put on him the coat, and girded him with the girdle, and clothed him with the robe, and put the ephod on him, and he girded him with the curious girdle of the ephod, and bound it to him therewith. -- leviticus 8:7 +. +And he put the breastplate on him: also he put in the breastplate the Urim and the Thummim. -- leviticus 8:8 +. +And he put the turban on his head; also on the turban, even on his forefront, did he put the golden plate, the holy crown; as the LORD commanded Moses. -- leviticus 8:9 +. +And Moses took the anointing oil, and anointed the tabernacle and all that was therein, and sanctified them. -- leviticus 8:10 +. +And he sprinkled thereof on the altar seven times, and anointed the altar and all his vessels, both the laver and his foot, to sanctify them. -- leviticus 8:11 +. +And he poured of the anointing oil on Aaron' head, and anointed him, to sanctify him. -- leviticus 8:12 +. +And Moses brought Aaron' sons, and put coats on them, and girded them with girdles, and put bonnets on them; as the LORD commanded Moses. -- leviticus 8:13 +. +And he brought the bullock for the sin offering: and Aaron and his sons laid their hands on the head of the bullock for the sin offering. -- leviticus 8:14 +. +And he slew it; and Moses took the blood, and put it on the horns of the altar round about with his finger, and purified the altar, and poured the blood at the bottom of the altar, and sanctified it, to make reconciliation on it. -- leviticus 8:15 +. +And he took all the fat that was on the inwards, and the lobe above the liver, and the two kidneys, and their fat, and Moses burned it on the altar. -- leviticus 8:16 +. +But the bullock, and his hide, his flesh, and his dung, he burnt with fire without the camp; as the LORD commanded Moses. -- leviticus 8:17 +. +And he brought the ram for the burnt offering: and Aaron and his sons laid their hands on the head of the ram. -- leviticus 8:18 +. +And he killed it; and Moses sprinkled the blood on the altar round about. -- leviticus 8:19 +. +And he cut the ram into pieces; and Moses burnt the head, and the pieces, and the fat. -- leviticus 8:20 +. +And he washed the inwards and the legs in water; and Moses burnt the whole ram on the altar: it was a burnt sacrifice for a sweet smell, and an offering made by fire to the LORD; as the LORD commanded Moses. -- leviticus 8:21 +. +And he brought the other ram, the ram of consecration: and Aaron and his sons laid their hands on the head of the ram. -- leviticus 8:22 +. +And he slew it; and Moses took of the blood of it, and put it on the tip of Aaron' right ear, and on the thumb of his right hand, and on the great toe of his right foot. -- leviticus 8:23 +. +And he brought Aaron' sons, and Moses put of the blood on the tip of their right ear, and on the thumbs of their right hands, and on the great toes of their right feet: and Moses sprinkled the blood on the altar round about. -- leviticus 8:24 +. +And he took the fat, and the rump, and all the fat that was on the inwards, and the lobe above the liver, and the two kidneys, and their fat, and the right shoulder: -- leviticus 8:25 +. +And out of the basket of unleavened bread, that was before the LORD, he took one unleavened cake, and a cake of oiled bread, and one wafer, and put them on the fat, and on the right shoulder: -- leviticus 8:26 +. +And he put all on Aaron' hands, and on his sons'hands, and waved them for a wave offering before the LORD. -- leviticus 8:27 +. +And Moses took them from off their hands, and burnt them on the altar on the burnt offering: they were consecrations for a sweet smell: it is an offering made by fire to the LORD. -- leviticus 8:28 +. +And Moses took the breast, and waved it for a wave offering before the LORD: for of the ram of consecration it was Moses'part; as the LORD commanded Moses. -- leviticus 8:29 +. +And Moses took of the anointing oil, and of the blood which was on the altar, and sprinkled it on Aaron, and on his garments, and on his sons, and on his sons'garments with him; and sanctified Aaron, and his garments, and his sons, and his sons'garments with him. -- leviticus 8:30 +. +And Moses said to Aaron and to his sons, Boil the flesh at the door of the tabernacle of the congregation: and there eat it with the bread that is in the basket of consecrations, as I commanded, saying, Aaron and his sons shall eat it. -- leviticus 8:31 +. +And that which remains of the flesh and of the bread shall you burn with fire. -- leviticus 8:32 +. +And you shall not go out of the door of the tabernacle of the congregation in seven days, until the days of your consecration be at an end: for seven days shall he consecrate you. -- leviticus 8:33 +. +As he has done this day, so the LORD has commanded to do, to make an atonement for you. -- leviticus 8:34 +. +Therefore shall you abide at the door of the tabernacle of the congregation day and night seven days, and keep the charge of the LORD, that you die not: for so I am commanded. -- leviticus 8:35 +. +So Aaron and his sons did all things which the LORD commanded by the hand of Moses. -- leviticus 8:36 +. +And it came to pass on the eighth day, that Moses called Aaron and his sons, and the elders of Israel; -- leviticus 9:1 +. +And he said to Aaron, Take you a young calf for a sin offering, and a ram for a burnt offering, without blemish, and offer them before the LORD. -- leviticus 9:2 +. +And to the children of Israel you shall speak, saying, Take you a kid of the goats for a sin offering; and a calf and a lamb, both of the first year, without blemish, for a burnt offering; -- leviticus 9:3 +. +Also a bullock and a ram for peace offerings, to sacrifice before the LORD; and a meat offering mingled with oil: for to day the LORD will appear to you. -- leviticus 9:4 +. +And they brought that which Moses commanded before the tabernacle of the congregation: and all the congregation drew near and stood before the LORD. -- leviticus 9:5 +. +And Moses said, This is the thing which the LORD commanded that you should do: and the glory of the LORD shall appear to you. -- leviticus 9:6 +. +And Moses said to Aaron, Go to the altar, and offer your sin offering, and your burnt offering, and make an atonement for yourself, and for the people: and offer the offering of the people, and make an atonement for them; as the LORD commanded. -- leviticus 9:7 +. +Aaron therefore went to the altar, and slew the calf of the sin offering, which was for himself. -- leviticus 9:8 +. +And the sons of Aaron brought the blood to him: and he dipped his finger in the blood, and put it on the horns of the altar, and poured out the blood at the bottom of the altar: -- leviticus 9:9 +. +But the fat, and the kidneys, and the lobe above the liver of the sin offering, he burnt on the altar; as the LORD commanded Moses. -- leviticus 9:10 +. +And the flesh and the hide he burnt with fire without the camp. -- leviticus 9:11 +. +And he slew the burnt offering; and Aaron' sons presented to him the blood, which he sprinkled round about on the altar. -- leviticus 9:12 +. +And they presented the burnt offering to him, with the pieces thereof, and the head: and he burnt them on the altar. -- leviticus 9:13 +. +And he did wash the inwards and the legs, and burnt them on the burnt offering on the altar. -- leviticus 9:14 +. +And he brought the people' offering, and took the goat, which was the sin offering for the people, and slew it, and offered it for sin, as the first. -- leviticus 9:15 +. +And he brought the burnt offering, and offered it according to the manner. -- leviticus 9:16 +. +And he brought the meat offering, and took an handful thereof, and burnt it on the altar, beside the burnt sacrifice of the morning. -- leviticus 9:17 +. +He slew also the bullock and the ram for a sacrifice of peace offerings, which was for the people: and Aaron' sons presented to him the blood, which he sprinkled on the altar round about, -- leviticus 9:18 +. +And the fat of the bullock and of the ram, the rump, and that which covers the inwards, and the kidneys, and the lobe above the liver: -- leviticus 9:19 +. +And they put the fat on the breasts, and he burnt the fat on the altar: -- leviticus 9:20 +. +And the breasts and the right shoulder Aaron waved for a wave offering before the LORD; as Moses commanded. -- leviticus 9:21 +. +And Aaron lifted up his hand toward the people, and blessed them, and came down from offering of the sin offering, and the burnt offering, and peace offerings. -- leviticus 9:22 +. +And Moses and Aaron went into the tabernacle of the congregation, and came out, and blessed the people: and the glory of the LORD appeared to all the people. -- leviticus 9:23 +. +And there came a fire out from before the LORD, and consumed on the altar the burnt offering and the fat: which when all the people saw, they shouted, and fell on their faces. -- leviticus 9:24 +. +And Nadab and Abihu, the sons of Aaron, took either of them his censer, and put fire therein, and put incense thereon, and offered strange fire before the LORD, which he commanded them not. -- leviticus 10:1 +. +And there went out fire from the LORD, and devoured them, and they died before the LORD. -- leviticus 10:2 +. +Then Moses said to Aaron, This is it that the LORD spoke, saying, I will be sanctified in them that come near me, and before all the people I will be glorified. And Aaron held his peace. -- leviticus 10:3 +. +And Moses called Mishael and Elzaphan, the sons of Uzziel the uncle of Aaron, and said to them, Come near, carry your brothers from before the sanctuary out of the camp. -- leviticus 10:4 +. +So they went near, and carried them in their coats out of the camp; as Moses had said. -- leviticus 10:5 +. +And Moses said to Aaron, and to Eleazar and to Ithamar, his sons, Uncover not your heads, neither rend your clothes; lest you die, and lest wrath come on all the people: but let your brothers, the whole house of Israel, mourn the burning which the LORD has kindled. -- leviticus 10:6 +. +And you shall not go out from the door of the tabernacle of the congregation, lest you die: for the anointing oil of the LORD is on you. And they did according to the word of Moses. -- leviticus 10:7 +. +And the LORD spoke to Aaron, saying, -- leviticus 10:8 +. +Do not drink wine nor strong drink, you, nor your sons with you, when you go into the tabernacle of the congregation, lest you die: it shall be a statute for ever throughout your generations: -- leviticus 10:9 +. +And that you may put difference between holy and unholy, and between unclean and clean; -- leviticus 10:10 +. +And that you may teach the children of Israel all the statutes which the LORD has spoken to them by the hand of Moses. -- leviticus 10:11 +. +And Moses spoke to Aaron, and to Eleazar and to Ithamar, his sons that were left, Take the meat offering that remains of the offerings of the LORD made by fire, and eat it without leaven beside the altar: for it is most holy: -- leviticus 10:12 +. +And you shall eat it in the holy place, because it is your due, and your sons'due, of the sacrifices of the LORD made by fire: for so I am commanded. -- leviticus 10:13 +. +And the wave breast and heave shoulder shall you eat in a clean place; you, and your sons, and your daughters with you: for they be your due, and your sons'due, which are given out of the sacrifices of peace offerings of the children of Israel. -- leviticus 10:14 +. +The heave shoulder and the wave breast shall they bring with the offerings made by fire of the fat, to wave it for a wave offering before the LORD; and it shall be yours, and your sons'with you, by a statute for ever; as the LORD has commanded. -- leviticus 10:15 +. +And Moses diligently sought the goat of the sin offering, and, behold, it was burnt: and he was angry with Eleazar and Ithamar, the sons of Aaron which were left alive, saying, -- leviticus 10:16 +. +Why have you not eaten the sin offering in the holy place, seeing it is most holy, and God has given it you to bear the iniquity of the congregation, to make atonement for them before the LORD? -- leviticus 10:17 +. +Behold, the blood of it was not brought in within the holy place: you should indeed have eaten it in the holy place, as I commanded. -- leviticus 10:18 +. +And Aaron said to Moses, Behold, this day have they offered their sin offering and their burnt offering before the LORD; and such things have befallen me: and if I had eaten the sin offering to day, should it have been accepted in the sight of the LORD? -- leviticus 10:19 +. +And when Moses heard that, he was content. -- leviticus 10:20 +. +And the LORD spoke to Moses and to Aaron, saying to them, -- leviticus 11:1 +. +Speak to the children of Israel, saying, These are the beasts which you shall eat among all the beasts that are on the earth. -- leviticus 11:2 +. +Whatever parts the hoof, and is cloven footed, and chews the cud, among the beasts, that shall you eat. -- leviticus 11:3 +. +Nevertheless these shall you not eat of them that chew the cud, or of them that divide the hoof: as the camel, because he chews the cud, but divides not the hoof; he is unclean to you. -- leviticus 11:4 +. +And the coney, because he chews the cud, but divides not the hoof; he is unclean to you. -- leviticus 11:5 +. +And the hare, because he chews the cud, but divides not the hoof; he is unclean to you. -- leviticus 11:6 +. +And the swine, though he divide the hoof, and be cloven footed, yet he chews not the cud; he is unclean to you. -- leviticus 11:7 +. +Of their flesh shall you not eat, and their carcass shall you not touch; they are unclean to you. -- leviticus 11:8 +. +These shall you eat of all that are in the waters: whatever has fins and scales in the waters, in the seas, and in the rivers, them shall you eat. -- leviticus 11:9 +. +And all that have not fins and scales in the seas, and in the rivers, of all that move in the waters, and of any living thing which is in the waters, they shall be an abomination to you: -- leviticus 11:10 +. +They shall be even an abomination to you; you shall not eat of their flesh, but you shall have their carcasses in abomination. -- leviticus 11:11 +. +Whatever has no fins nor scales in the waters, that shall be an abomination to you. -- leviticus 11:12 +. +And these are they which you shall have in abomination among the fowls; they shall not be eaten, they are an abomination: the eagle, and the ossifrage, and the ospray, -- leviticus 11:13 +. +And the vulture, and the kite after his kind; -- leviticus 11:14 +. +Every raven after his kind; -- leviticus 11:15 +. +And the owl, and the night hawk, and the cuckow, and the hawk after his kind, -- leviticus 11:16 +. +And the little owl, and the cormorant, and the great owl, -- leviticus 11:17 +. +And the swan, and the pelican, and the gier eagle, -- leviticus 11:18 +. +And the stork, the heron after her kind, and the lapwing, and the bat. -- leviticus 11:19 +. +All fowls that creep, going on all four, shall be an abomination to you. -- leviticus 11:20 +. +Yet these may you eat of every flying creeping thing that goes on all four, which have legs above their feet, to leap with on the earth; -- leviticus 11:21 +. +Even these of them you may eat; the locust after his kind, and the bald locust after his kind, and the beetle after his kind, and the grasshopper after his kind. -- leviticus 11:22 +. +But all other flying creeping things, which have four feet, shall be an abomination to you. -- leviticus 11:23 +. +And for these you shall be unclean: whoever touches the carcass of them shall be unclean until the even. -- leviticus 11:24 +. +And whoever bears ought of the carcass of them shall wash his clothes, and be unclean until the even. -- leviticus 11:25 +. +The carcasses of every beast which divides the hoof, and is not cloven footed, nor chews the cud, are unclean to you: every one that touches them shall be unclean. -- leviticus 11:26 +. +And whatever goes on his paws, among all manner of beasts that go on all four, those are unclean to you: whoever touches their carcass shall be unclean until the even. -- leviticus 11:27 +. +And he that bears the carcass of them shall wash his clothes, and be unclean until the even: they are unclean to you. -- leviticus 11:28 +. +These also shall be unclean to you among the creeping things that creep on the earth; the weasel, and the mouse, and the tortoise after his kind, -- leviticus 11:29 +. +And the ferret, and the chameleon, and the lizard, and the snail, and the mole. -- leviticus 11:30 +. +These are unclean to you among all that creep: whoever does touch them, when they be dead, shall be unclean until the even. -- leviticus 11:31 +. +And on whatever any of them, when they are dead, does fall, it shall be unclean; whether it be any vessel of wood, or raiment, or skin, or sack, whatever vessel it be, wherein any work is done, it must be put into water, and it shall be unclean until the even; so it shall be cleansed. -- leviticus 11:32 +. +And every earthen vessel, into where any of them falls, whatever is in it shall be unclean; and you shall break it. -- leviticus 11:33 +. +Of all meat which may be eaten, that on which such water comes shall be unclean: and all drink that may be drunk in every such vessel shall be unclean. -- leviticus 11:34 +. +And every thing whereupon any part of their carcass falls shall be unclean; whether it be oven, or ranges for pots, they shall be broken down: for they are unclean and shall be unclean to you. -- leviticus 11:35 +. +Nevertheless a fountain or pit, wherein there is plenty of water, shall be clean: but that which touches their carcass shall be unclean. -- leviticus 11:36 +. +And if any part of their carcass fall on any sowing seed which is to be sown, it shall be clean. -- leviticus 11:37 +. +But if any water be put on the seed, and any part of their carcass fall thereon, it shall be unclean to you. -- leviticus 11:38 +. +And if any beast, of which you may eat, die; he that touches the carcass thereof shall be unclean until the even. -- leviticus 11:39 +. +And he that eats of the carcass of it shall wash his clothes, and be unclean until the even: he also that bears the carcass of it shall wash his clothes, and be unclean until the even. -- leviticus 11:40 +. +And every creeping thing that creeps on the earth shall be an abomination; it shall not be eaten. -- leviticus 11:41 +. +Whatever goes on the belly, and whatever goes on all four, or whatever has more feet among all creeping things that creep on the earth, them you shall not eat; for they are an abomination. -- leviticus 11:42 +. +You shall not make yourselves abominable with any creeping thing that creeps, neither shall you make yourselves unclean with them, that you should be defiled thereby. -- leviticus 11:43 +. +For I am the LORD your God: you shall therefore sanctify yourselves, and you shall be holy; for I am holy: neither shall you defile yourselves with any manner of creeping thing that creeps on the earth. -- leviticus 11:44 +. +For I am the LORD that brings you up out of the land of Egypt, to be your God: you shall therefore be holy, for I am holy. -- leviticus 11:45 +. +This is the law of the beasts, and of the fowl, and of every living creature that moves in the waters, and of every creature that creeps on the earth: -- leviticus 11:46 +. +To make a difference between the unclean and the clean, and between the beast that may be eaten and the beast that may not be eaten. -- leviticus 11:47 +. +And the LORD spoke to Moses, saying, -- leviticus 12:1 +. +Speak to the children of Israel, saying, If a woman have conceived seed, and born a man child: then she shall be unclean seven days; according to the days of the separation for her infirmity shall she be unclean. -- leviticus 12:2 +. +And in the eighth day the flesh of his foreskin shall be circumcised. -- leviticus 12:3 +. +And she shall then continue in the blood of her purifying three and thirty days; she shall touch no hallowed thing, nor come into the sanctuary, until the days of her purifying be fulfilled. -- leviticus 12:4 +. +But if she bear a maid child, then she shall be unclean two weeks, as in her separation: and she shall continue in the blood of her purifying three score and six days. -- leviticus 12:5 +. +And when the days of her purifying are fulfilled, for a son, or for a daughter, she shall bring a lamb of the first year for a burnt offering, and a young pigeon, or a turtledove, for a sin offering, to the door of the tabernacle of the congregation, to the priest: -- leviticus 12:6 +. +Who shall offer it before the LORD, and make an atonement for her; and she shall be cleansed from the issue of her blood. This is the law for her that has born a male or a female. -- leviticus 12:7 +. +And if she be not able to bring a lamb, then she shall bring two turtles, or two young pigeons; the one for the burnt offering, and the other for a sin offering: and the priest shall make an atonement for her, and she shall be clean. -- leviticus 12:8 +. +And the LORD spoke to Moses and Aaron, saying, -- leviticus 13:1 +. +When a man shall have in the skin of his flesh a rising, a scab, or bright spot, and it be in the skin of his flesh like the plague of leprosy; then he shall be brought to Aaron the priest, or to one of his sons the priests: -- leviticus 13:2 +. +And the priest shall look on the plague in the skin of the flesh: and when the hair in the plague is turned white, and the plague in sight be deeper than the skin of his flesh, it is a plague of leprosy: and the priest shall look on him, and pronounce him unclean. -- leviticus 13:3 +. +If the bright spot be white in the skin of his flesh, and in sight be not deeper than the skin, and the hair thereof be not turned white; then the priest shall shut up him that has the plague seven days: -- leviticus 13:4 +. +And the priest shall look on him the seventh day: and, behold, if the plague in his sight be at a stay, and the plague spread not in the skin; then the priest shall shut him up seven days more: -- leviticus 13:5 +. +And the priest shall look on him again the seventh day: and, behold, if the plague be somewhat dark, and the plague spread not in the skin, the priest shall pronounce him clean: it is but a scab: and he shall wash his clothes, and be clean. -- leviticus 13:6 +. +But if the scab spread much abroad in the skin, after that he has been seen of the priest for his cleansing, he shall be seen of the priest again. -- leviticus 13:7 +. +And if the priest see that, behold, the scab spreads in the skin, then the priest shall pronounce him unclean: it is a leprosy. -- leviticus 13:8 +. +When the plague of leprosy is in a man, then he shall be brought to the priest; -- leviticus 13:9 +. +And the priest shall see him: and, behold, if the rising be white in the skin, and it have turned the hair white, and there be quick raw flesh in the rising; -- leviticus 13:10 +. +It is an old leprosy in the skin of his flesh, and the priest shall pronounce him unclean, and shall not shut him up: for he is unclean. -- leviticus 13:11 +. +And if a leprosy break out abroad in the skin, and the leprosy cover all the skin of him that has the plague from his head even to his foot, wherever the priest looks; -- leviticus 13:12 +. +Then the priest shall consider: and, behold, if the leprosy have covered all his flesh, he shall pronounce him clean that has the plague: it is all turned white: he is clean. -- leviticus 13:13 +. +But when raw flesh appears in him, he shall be unclean. -- leviticus 13:14 +. +And the priest shall see the raw flesh, and pronounce him to be unclean: for the raw flesh is unclean: it is a leprosy. -- leviticus 13:15 +. +Or if the raw flesh turn again, and be changed to white, he shall come to the priest; -- leviticus 13:16 +. +And the priest shall see him: and, behold, if the plague be turned into white; then the priest shall pronounce him clean that has the plague: he is clean. -- leviticus 13:17 +. +The flesh also, in which, even in the skin thereof, was a boil, and is healed, -- leviticus 13:18 +. +And in the place of the boil there be a white rising, or a bright spot, white, and somewhat reddish, and it be showed to the priest; -- leviticus 13:19 +. +And if, when the priest sees it, behold, it be in sight lower than the skin, and the hair thereof be turned white; the priest shall pronounce him unclean: it is a plague of leprosy broken out of the boil. -- leviticus 13:20 +. +But if the priest look on it, and, behold, there be no white hairs therein, and if it be not lower than the skin, but be somewhat dark; then the priest shall shut him up seven days: -- leviticus 13:21 +. +And if it spread much abroad in the skin, then the priest shall pronounce him unclean: it is a plague. -- leviticus 13:22 +. +But if the bright spot stay in his place, and spread not, it is a burning boil; and the priest shall pronounce him clean. -- leviticus 13:23 +. +Or if there be any flesh, in the skin whereof there is a hot burning, and the quick flesh that burns have a white bright spot, somewhat reddish, or white; -- leviticus 13:24 +. +Then the priest shall look on it: and, behold, if the hair in the bright spot be turned white, and it be in sight deeper than the skin; it is a leprosy broken out of the burning: why the priest shall pronounce him unclean: it is the plague of leprosy. -- leviticus 13:25 +. +But if the priest look on it, and, behold, there be no white hair in the bright spot, and it be no lower than the other skin, but be somewhat dark; then the priest shall shut him up seven days: -- leviticus 13:26 +. +And the priest shall look on him the seventh day: and if it be spread much abroad in the skin, then the priest shall pronounce him unclean: it is the plague of leprosy. -- leviticus 13:27 +. +And if the bright spot stay in his place, and spread not in the skin, but it be somewhat dark; it is a rising of the burning, and the priest shall pronounce him clean: for it is an inflammation of the burning. -- leviticus 13:28 +. +If a man or woman have a plague on the head or the beard; -- leviticus 13:29 +. +Then the priest shall see the plague: and, behold, if it be in sight deeper than the skin; and there be in it a yellow thin hair; then the priest shall pronounce him unclean: it is a dry scale, even a leprosy on the head or beard. -- leviticus 13:30 +. +And if the priest look on the plague of the scale, and, behold, it be not in sight deeper than the skin, and that there is no black hair in it; then the priest shall shut up him that has the plague of the scale seven days: -- leviticus 13:31 +. +And in the seventh day the priest shall look on the plague: and, behold, if the scale spread not, and there be in it no yellow hair, and the scale be not in sight deeper than the skin; -- leviticus 13:32 +. +He shall be shaven, but the scale shall he not shave; and the priest shall shut up him that has the scale seven days more: -- leviticus 13:33 +. +And in the seventh day the priest shall look on the scale: and, behold, if the scale be not spread in the skin, nor be in sight deeper than the skin; then the priest shall pronounce him clean: and he shall wash his clothes, and be clean. -- leviticus 13:34 +. +But if the scale spread much in the skin after his cleansing; -- leviticus 13:35 +. +Then the priest shall look on him: and, behold, if the scale be spread in the skin, the priest shall not seek for yellow hair; he is unclean. -- leviticus 13:36 +. +But if the scale be in his sight at a stay, and that there is black hair grown up therein; the scale is healed, he is clean: and the priest shall pronounce him clean. -- leviticus 13:37 +. +If a man also or a woman have in the skin of their flesh bright spots, even white bright spots; -- leviticus 13:38 +. +Then the priest shall look: and, behold, if the bright spots in the skin of their flesh be darkish white; it is a freckled spot that grows in the skin; he is clean. -- leviticus 13:39 +. +And the man whose hair is fallen off his head, he is bald; yet is he clean. -- leviticus 13:40 +. +And he that has his hair fallen off from the part of his head toward his face, he is forehead bald: yet is he clean. -- leviticus 13:41 +. +And if there be in the bald head, or bald forehead, a white reddish sore; it is a leprosy sprung up in his bald head, or his bald forehead. -- leviticus 13:42 +. +Then the priest shall look on it: and, behold, if the rising of the sore be white reddish in his bald head, or in his bald forehead, as the leprosy appears in the skin of the flesh; -- leviticus 13:43 +. +He is a leprous man, he is unclean: the priest shall pronounce him utterly unclean; his plague is in his head. -- leviticus 13:44 +. +And the leper in whom the plague is, his clothes shall be rent, and his head bore, and he shall put a covering on his upper lip, and shall cry, Unclean, unclean. -- leviticus 13:45 +. +All the days wherein the plague shall be in him he shall be defiled; he is unclean: he shall dwell alone; without the camp shall his habitation be. -- leviticus 13:46 +. +The garment also that the plague of leprosy is in, whether it be a woolen garment, or a linen garment; -- leviticus 13:47 +. +Whether it be in the warp, or woof; of linen, or of woolen; whether in a skin, or in any thing made of skin; -- leviticus 13:48 +. +And if the plague be greenish or reddish in the garment, or in the skin, either in the warp, or in the woof, or in any thing of skin; it is a plague of leprosy, and shall be showed to the priest: -- leviticus 13:49 +. +And the priest shall look on the plague, and shut up it that has the plague seven days: -- leviticus 13:50 +. +And he shall look on the plague on the seventh day: if the plague be spread in the garment, either in the warp, or in the woof, or in a skin, or in any work that is made of skin; the plague is a fretting leprosy; it is unclean. -- leviticus 13:51 +. +He shall therefore burn that garment, whether warp or woof, in woolen or in linen, or any thing of skin, wherein the plague is: for it is a fretting leprosy; it shall be burnt in the fire. -- leviticus 13:52 +. +And if the priest shall look, and, behold, the plague be not spread in the garment, either in the warp, or in the woof, or in any thing of skin; -- leviticus 13:53 +. +Then the priest shall command that they wash the thing wherein the plague is, and he shall shut it up seven days more: -- leviticus 13:54 +. +And the priest shall look on the plague, after that it is washed: and, behold, if the plague have not changed his color, and the plague be not spread; it is unclean; you shall burn it in the fire; it is fret inward, whether it be bore within or without. -- leviticus 13:55 +. +And if the priest look, and, behold, the plague be somewhat dark after the washing of it; then he shall rend it out of the garment, or out of the skin, or out of the warp, or out of the woof: -- leviticus 13:56 +. +And if it appear still in the garment, either in the warp, or in the woof, or in any thing of skin; it is a spreading plague: you shall burn that wherein the plague is with fire. -- leviticus 13:57 +. +And the garment, either warp, or woof, or whatever thing of skin it be, which you shall wash, if the plague be departed from them, then it shall be washed the second time, and shall be clean. -- leviticus 13:58 +. +This is the law of the plague of leprosy in a garment of woolen or linen, either in the warp, or woof, or any thing of skins, to pronounce it clean, or to pronounce it unclean. -- leviticus 13:59 +. +And the LORD spoke to Moses, saying, -- leviticus 14:1 +. +This shall be the law of the leper in the day of his cleansing: He shall be brought to the priest: -- leviticus 14:2 +. +And the priest shall go forth out of the camp; and the priest shall look, and, behold, if the plague of leprosy be healed in the leper; -- leviticus 14:3 +. +Then shall the priest command to take for him that is to be cleansed two birds alive and clean, and cedar wood, and scarlet, and hyssop: -- leviticus 14:4 +. +And the priest shall command that one of the birds be killed in an earthen vessel over running water: -- leviticus 14:5 +. +As for the living bird, he shall take it, and the cedar wood, and the scarlet, and the hyssop, and shall dip them and the living bird in the blood of the bird that was killed over the running water: -- leviticus 14:6 +. +And he shall sprinkle on him that is to be cleansed from the leprosy seven times, and shall pronounce him clean, and shall let the living bird loose into the open field. -- leviticus 14:7 +. +And he that is to be cleansed shall wash his clothes, and shave off all his hair, and wash himself in water, that he may be clean: and after that he shall come into the camp, and shall tarry abroad out of his tent seven days. -- leviticus 14:8 +. +But it shall be on the seventh day, that he shall shave all his hair off his head and his beard and his eyebrows, even all his hair he shall shave off: and he shall wash his clothes, also he shall wash his flesh in water, and he shall be clean. -- leviticus 14:9 +. +And on the eighth day he shall take two he lambs without blemish, and one ewe lamb of the first year without blemish, and three tenth deals of fine flour for a meat offering, mingled with oil, and one log of oil. -- leviticus 14:10 +. +And the priest that makes him clean shall present the man that is to be made clean, and those things, before the LORD, at the door of the tabernacle of the congregation: -- leviticus 14:11 +. +And the priest shall take one he lamb, and offer him for a trespass offering, and the log of oil, and wave them for a wave offering before the LORD: -- leviticus 14:12 +. +And he shall slay the lamb in the place where he shall kill the sin offering and the burnt offering, in the holy place: for as the sin offering is the priest', so is the trespass offering: it is most holy: -- leviticus 14:13 +. +And the priest shall take some of the blood of the trespass offering, and the priest shall put it on the tip of the right ear of him that is to be cleansed, and on the thumb of his right hand, and on the great toe of his right foot: -- leviticus 14:14 +. +And the priest shall take some of the log of oil, and pour it into the palm of his own left hand: -- leviticus 14:15 +. +And the priest shall dip his right finger in the oil that is in his left hand, and shall sprinkle of the oil with his finger seven times before the LORD: -- leviticus 14:16 +. +And of the rest of the oil that is in his hand shall the priest put on the tip of the right ear of him that is to be cleansed, and on the thumb of his right hand, and on the great toe of his right foot, on the blood of the trespass offering: -- leviticus 14:17 +. +And the remnant of the oil that is in the priest' hand he shall pour on the head of him that is to be cleansed: and the priest shall make an atonement for him before the LORD. -- leviticus 14:18 +. +And the priest shall offer the sin offering, and make an atonement for him that is to be cleansed from his uncleanness; and afterward he shall kill the burnt offering: -- leviticus 14:19 +. +And the priest shall offer the burnt offering and the meat offering on the altar: and the priest shall make an atonement for him, and he shall be clean. -- leviticus 14:20 +. +And if he be poor, and cannot get so much; then he shall take one lamb for a trespass offering to be waved, to make an atonement for him, and one tenth deal of fine flour mingled with oil for a meat offering, and a log of oil; -- leviticus 14:21 +. +And two turtledoves, or two young pigeons, such as he is able to get; and the one shall be a sin offering, and the other a burnt offering. -- leviticus 14:22 +. +And he shall bring them on the eighth day for his cleansing to the priest, to the door of the tabernacle of the congregation, before the LORD. -- leviticus 14:23 +. +And the priest shall take the lamb of the trespass offering, and the log of oil, and the priest shall wave them for a wave offering before the LORD: -- leviticus 14:24 +. +And he shall kill the lamb of the trespass offering, and the priest shall take some of the blood of the trespass offering, and put it on the tip of the right ear of him that is to be cleansed, and on the thumb of his right hand, and on the great toe of his right foot: -- leviticus 14:25 +. +And the priest shall pour of the oil into the palm of his own left hand: -- leviticus 14:26 +. +And the priest shall sprinkle with his right finger some of the oil that is in his left hand seven times before the LORD: -- leviticus 14:27 +. +And the priest shall put of the oil that is in his hand on the tip of the right ear of him that is to be cleansed, and on the thumb of his right hand, and on the great toe of his right foot, on the place of the blood of the trespass offering: -- leviticus 14:28 +. +And the rest of the oil that is in the priest' hand he shall put on the head of him that is to be cleansed, to make an atonement for him before the LORD. -- leviticus 14:29 +. +And he shall offer the one of the turtledoves, or of the young pigeons, such as he can get; -- leviticus 14:30 +. +Even such as he is able to get, the one for a sin offering, and the other for a burnt offering, with the meat offering: and the priest shall make an atonement for him that is to be cleansed before the LORD. -- leviticus 14:31 +. +This is the law of him in whom is the plague of leprosy, whose hand is not able to get that which pertains to his cleansing. -- leviticus 14:32 +. +And the LORD spoke to Moses and to Aaron, saying, -- leviticus 14:33 +. +When you be come into the land of Canaan, which I give to you for a possession, and I put the plague of leprosy in a house of the land of your possession; -- leviticus 14:34 +. +And he that ownes the house shall come and tell the priest, saying, It seems to me there is as it were a plague in the house: -- leviticus 14:35 +. +Then the priest shall command that they empty the house, before the priest go into it to see the plague, that all that is in the house be not made unclean: and afterward the priest shall go in to see the house: -- leviticus 14:36 +. +And he shall look on the plague, and, behold, if the plague be in the walls of the house with hollow strakes, greenish or reddish, which in sight are lower than the wall; -- leviticus 14:37 +. +Then the priest shall go out of the house to the door of the house, and shut up the house seven days: -- leviticus 14:38 +. +And the priest shall come again the seventh day, and shall look: and, behold, if the plague be spread in the walls of the house; -- leviticus 14:39 +. +Then the priest shall command that they take away the stones in which the plague is, and they shall cast them into an unclean place without the city: -- leviticus 14:40 +. +And he shall cause the house to be scraped within round about, and they shall pour out the dust that they scrape off without the city into an unclean place: -- leviticus 14:41 +. +And they shall take other stones, and put them in the place of those stones; and he shall take other mortar, and shall plaster the house. -- leviticus 14:42 +. +And if the plague come again, and break out in the house, after that he has taken away the stones, and after he has scraped the house, and after it is plastered; -- leviticus 14:43 +. +Then the priest shall come and look, and, behold, if the plague be spread in the house, it is a fretting leprosy in the house; it is unclean. -- leviticus 14:44 +. +And he shall break down the house, the stones of it, and the timber thereof, and all the mortar of the house; and he shall carry them forth out of the city into an unclean place. -- leviticus 14:45 +. +Moreover he that goes into the house all the while that it is shut up shall be unclean until the even. -- leviticus 14:46 +. +And he that lies in the house shall wash his clothes; and he that eats in the house shall wash his clothes. -- leviticus 14:47 +. +And if the priest shall come in, and look on it, and, behold, the plague has not spread in the house, after the house was plastered: then the priest shall pronounce the house clean, because the plague is healed. -- leviticus 14:48 +. +And he shall take to cleanse the house two birds, and cedar wood, and scarlet, and hyssop: -- leviticus 14:49 +. +And he shall kill the one of the birds in an earthen vessel over running water: -- leviticus 14:50 +. +And he shall take the cedar wood, and the hyssop, and the scarlet, and the living bird, and dip them in the blood of the slain bird, and in the running water, and sprinkle the house seven times: -- leviticus 14:51 +. +And he shall cleanse the house with the blood of the bird, and with the running water, and with the living bird, and with the cedar wood, and with the hyssop, and with the scarlet: -- leviticus 14:52 +. +But he shall let go the living bird out of the city into the open fields, and make an atonement for the house: and it shall be clean. -- leviticus 14:53 +. +This is the law for all manner of plague of leprosy, and scale, -- leviticus 14:54 +. +And for the leprosy of a garment, and of a house, -- leviticus 14:55 +. +And for a rising, and for a scab, and for a bright spot: -- leviticus 14:56 +. +To teach when it is unclean, and when it is clean: this is the law of leprosy. -- leviticus 14:57 +. +And the LORD spoke to Moses and to Aaron, saying, -- leviticus 15:1 +. +Speak to the children of Israel, and say to them, When any man has a running issue out of his flesh, because of his issue he is unclean. -- leviticus 15:2 +. +And this shall be his uncleanness in his issue: whether his flesh run with his issue, or his flesh be stopped from his issue, it is his uncleanness. -- leviticus 15:3 +. +Every bed, where on he lies that has the issue, is unclean: and every thing, where on he sits, shall be unclean. -- leviticus 15:4 +. +And whoever touches his bed shall wash his clothes, and bathe himself in water, and be unclean until the even. -- leviticus 15:5 +. +And he that sits on any thing where on he sat that has the issue shall wash his clothes, and bathe himself in water, and be unclean until the even. -- leviticus 15:6 +. +And he that touches the flesh of him that has the issue shall wash his clothes, and bathe himself in water, and be unclean until the even. -- leviticus 15:7 +. +And if he that has the issue spit on him that is clean; then he shall wash his clothes, and bathe himself in water, and be unclean until the even. -- leviticus 15:8 +. +And what saddle soever he rides on that has the issue shall be unclean. -- leviticus 15:9 +. +And whoever touches any thing that was under him shall be unclean until the even: and he that bears any of those things shall wash his clothes, and bathe himself in water, and be unclean until the even. -- leviticus 15:10 +. +And whomsoever he touches that has the issue, and has not rinsed his hands in water, he shall wash his clothes, and bathe himself in water, and be unclean until the even. -- leviticus 15:11 +. +And the vessel of earth, that he touches which has the issue, shall be broken: and every vessel of wood shall be rinsed in water. -- leviticus 15:12 +. +And when he that has an issue is cleansed of his issue; then he shall number to himself seven days for his cleansing, and wash his clothes, and bathe his flesh in running water, and shall be clean. -- leviticus 15:13 +. +And on the eighth day he shall take to him two turtledoves, or two young pigeons, and come before the LORD to the door of the tabernacle of the congregation, and give them to the priest: -- leviticus 15:14 +. +And the priest shall offer them, the one for a sin offering, and the other for a burnt offering; and the priest shall make an atonement for him before the LORD for his issue. -- leviticus 15:15 +. +And if any man' seed of copulation go out from him, then he shall wash all his flesh in water, and be unclean until the even. -- leviticus 15:16 +. +And every garment, and every skin, where on is the seed of copulation, shall be washed with water, and be unclean until the even. -- leviticus 15:17 +. +The woman also with whom man shall lie with seed of copulation, they shall both bathe themselves in water, and be unclean until the even. -- leviticus 15:18 +. +And if a woman have an issue, and her issue in her flesh be blood, she shall be put apart seven days: and whoever touches her shall be unclean until the even. -- leviticus 15:19 +. +And every thing that she lies on in her separation shall be unclean: every thing also that she sits on shall be unclean. -- leviticus 15:20 +. +And whoever touches her bed shall wash his clothes, and bathe himself in water, and be unclean until the even. -- leviticus 15:21 +. +And whoever touches any thing that she sat on shall wash his clothes, and bathe himself in water, and be unclean until the even. -- leviticus 15:22 +. +And if it be on her bed, or on any thing where on she sits, when he touches it, he shall be unclean until the even. -- leviticus 15:23 +. +And if any man lie with her at all, and her flowers be on him, he shall be unclean seven days; and all the bed where on he lies shall be unclean. -- leviticus 15:24 +. +And if a woman have an issue of her blood many days out of the time of her separation, or if it run beyond the time of her separation; all the days of the issue of her uncleanness shall be as the days of her separation: she shall be unclean. -- leviticus 15:25 +. +Every bed where on she lies all the days of her issue shall be to her as the bed of her separation: and whatever she sits on shall be unclean, as the uncleanness of her separation. -- leviticus 15:26 +. +And whoever touches those things shall be unclean, and shall wash his clothes, and bathe himself in water, and be unclean until the even. -- leviticus 15:27 +. +But if she be cleansed of her issue, then she shall number to herself seven days, and after that she shall be clean. -- leviticus 15:28 +. +And on the eighth day she shall take to her two turtles, or two young pigeons, and bring them to the priest, to the door of the tabernacle of the congregation. -- leviticus 15:29 +. +And the priest shall offer the one for a sin offering, and the other for a burnt offering; and the priest shall make an atonement for her before the LORD for the issue of her uncleanness. -- leviticus 15:30 +. +Thus shall you separate the children of Israel from their uncleanness; that they die not in their uncleanness, when they defile my tabernacle that is among them. -- leviticus 15:31 +. +This is the law of him that has an issue, and of him whose seed goes from him, and is defiled therewith; -- leviticus 15:32 +. +And of her that is sick of her flowers, and of him that has an issue, of the man, and of the woman, and of him that lies with her that is unclean. -- leviticus 15:33 +. +And the LORD spoke to Moses after the death of the two sons of Aaron, when they offered before the LORD, and died; -- leviticus 16:1 +. +And the LORD said to Moses, Speak to Aaron your brother, that he come not at all times into the holy place within the veil before the mercy seat, which is on the ark; that he die not: for I will appear in the cloud on the mercy seat. -- leviticus 16:2 +. +Thus shall Aaron come into the holy place: with a young bullock for a sin offering, and a ram for a burnt offering. -- leviticus 16:3 +. +He shall put on the holy linen coat, and he shall have the linen breeches on his flesh, and shall be girded with a linen girdle, and with the linen turban shall he be attired: these are holy garments; therefore shall he wash his flesh in water, and so put them on. -- leviticus 16:4 +. +And he shall take of the congregation of the children of Israel two kids of the goats for a sin offering, and one ram for a burnt offering. -- leviticus 16:5 +. +And Aaron shall offer his bullock of the sin offering, which is for himself, and make an atonement for himself, and for his house. -- leviticus 16:6 +. +And he shall take the two goats, and present them before the LORD at the door of the tabernacle of the congregation. -- leviticus 16:7 +. +And Aaron shall cast lots on the two goats; one lot for the LORD, and the other lot for the scapegoat. -- leviticus 16:8 +. +And Aaron shall bring the goat on which the LORD' lot fell, and offer him for a sin offering. -- leviticus 16:9 +. +But the goat, on which the lot fell to be the scapegoat, shall be presented alive before the LORD, to make an atonement with him, and to let him go for a scapegoat into the wilderness. -- leviticus 16:10 +. +And Aaron shall bring the bullock of the sin offering, which is for himself, and shall make an atonement for himself, and for his house, and shall kill the bullock of the sin offering which is for himself: -- leviticus 16:11 +. +And he shall take a censer full of burning coals of fire from off the altar before the LORD, and his hands full of sweet incense beaten small, and bring it within the veil: -- leviticus 16:12 +. +And he shall put the incense on the fire before the LORD, that the cloud of the incense may cover the mercy seat that is on the testimony, that he die not: -- leviticus 16:13 +. +And he shall take of the blood of the bullock, and sprinkle it with his finger on the mercy seat eastward; and before the mercy seat shall he sprinkle of the blood with his finger seven times. -- leviticus 16:14 +. +Then shall he kill the goat of the sin offering, that is for the people, and bring his blood within the veil, and do with that blood as he did with the blood of the bullock, and sprinkle it on the mercy seat, and before the mercy seat: -- leviticus 16:15 +. +And he shall make an atonement for the holy place, because of the uncleanness of the children of Israel, and because of their transgressions in all their sins: and so shall he do for the tabernacle of the congregation, that remains among them in the middle of their uncleanness. -- leviticus 16:16 +. +And there shall be no man in the tabernacle of the congregation when he goes in to make an atonement in the holy place, until he come out, and have made an atonement for himself, and for his household, and for all the congregation of Israel. -- leviticus 16:17 +. +And he shall go out to the altar that is before the LORD, and make an atonement for it; and shall take of the blood of the bullock, and of the blood of the goat, and put it on the horns of the altar round about. -- leviticus 16:18 +. +And he shall sprinkle of the blood on it with his finger seven times, and cleanse it, and hallow it from the uncleanness of the children of Israel. -- leviticus 16:19 +. +And when he has made an end of reconciling the holy place, and the tabernacle of the congregation, and the altar, he shall bring the live goat: -- leviticus 16:20 +. +And Aaron shall lay both his hands on the head of the live goat, and confess over him all the iniquities of the children of Israel, and all their transgressions in all their sins, putting them on the head of the goat, and shall send him away by the hand of a fit man into the wilderness: -- leviticus 16:21 +. +And the goat shall bear on him all their iniquities to a land not inhabited: and he shall let go the goat in the wilderness. -- leviticus 16:22 +. +And Aaron shall come into the tabernacle of the congregation, and shall put off the linen garments, which he put on when he went into the holy place, and shall leave them there: -- leviticus 16:23 +. +And he shall wash his flesh with water in the holy place, and put on his garments, and come forth, and offer his burnt offering, and the burnt offering of the people, and make an atonement for himself, and for the people. -- leviticus 16:24 +. +And the fat of the sin offering shall he burn on the altar. -- leviticus 16:25 +. +And he that let go the goat for the scapegoat shall wash his clothes, and bathe his flesh in water, and afterward come into the camp. -- leviticus 16:26 +. +And the bullock for the sin offering, and the goat for the sin offering, whose blood was brought in to make atonement in the holy place, shall one carry forth without the camp; and they shall burn in the fire their skins, and their flesh, and their dung. -- leviticus 16:27 +. +And he that burns them shall wash his clothes, and bathe his flesh in water, and afterward he shall come into the camp. -- leviticus 16:28 +. +And this shall be a statute for ever to you: that in the seventh month, on the tenth day of the month, you shall afflict your souls, and do no work at all, whether it be one of your own country, or a stranger that sojournes among you: -- leviticus 16:29 +. +For on that day shall the priest make an atonement for you, to cleanse you, that you may be clean from all your sins before the LORD. -- leviticus 16:30 +. +It shall be a sabbath of rest to you, and you shall afflict your souls, by a statute for ever. -- leviticus 16:31 +. +And the priest, whom he shall anoint, and whom he shall consecrate to minister in the priest' office in his father' stead, shall make the atonement, and shall put on the linen clothes, even the holy garments: -- leviticus 16:32 +. +And he shall make an atonement for the holy sanctuary, and he shall make an atonement for the tabernacle of the congregation, and for the altar, and he shall make an atonement for the priests, and for all the people of the congregation. -- leviticus 16:33 +. +And this shall be an everlasting statute to you, to make an atonement for the children of Israel for all their sins once a year. And he did as the LORD commanded Moses. -- leviticus 16:34 +. +And the LORD spoke to Moses, saying, -- leviticus 17:1 +. +Speak to Aaron, and to his sons, and to all the children of Israel, and say to them; This is the thing which the LORD has commanded, saying, -- leviticus 17:2 +. +What man soever there be of the house of Israel, that kills an ox, or lamb, or goat, in the camp, or that kills it out of the camp, -- leviticus 17:3 +. +And brings it not to the door of the tabernacle of the congregation, to offer an offering to the LORD before the tabernacle of the LORD; blood shall be imputed to that man; he has shed blood; and that man shall be cut off from among his people: -- leviticus 17:4 +. +To the end that the children of Israel may bring their sacrifices, which they offer in the open field, even that they may bring them to the LORD, to the door of the tabernacle of the congregation, to the priest, and offer them for peace offerings to the LORD. -- leviticus 17:5 +. +And the priest shall sprinkle the blood on the altar of the LORD at the door of the tabernacle of the congregation, and burn the fat for a sweet smell to the LORD. -- leviticus 17:6 +. +And they shall no more offer their sacrifices to devils, after whom they have gone a whoring. This shall be a statute for ever to them throughout their generations. -- leviticus 17:7 +. +And you shall say to them, Whatever man there be of the house of Israel, or of the strangers which sojourn among you, that offers a burnt offering or sacrifice, -- leviticus 17:8 +. +And brings it not to the door of the tabernacle of the congregation, to offer it to the LORD; even that man shall be cut off from among his people. -- leviticus 17:9 +. +And whatever man there be of the house of Israel, or of the strangers that sojourn among you, that eats any manner of blood; I will even set my face against that soul that eats blood, and will cut him off from among his people. -- leviticus 17:10 +. +For the life of the flesh is in the blood: and I have given it to you on the altar to make an atonement for your souls: for it is the blood that makes an atonement for the soul. -- leviticus 17:11 +. +Therefore I said to the children of Israel, No soul of you shall eat blood, neither shall any stranger that sojournes among you eat blood. -- leviticus 17:12 +. +And whatever man there be of the children of Israel, or of the strangers that sojourn among you, which hunts and catches any beast or fowl that may be eaten; he shall even pour out the blood thereof, and cover it with dust. -- leviticus 17:13 +. +For it is the life of all flesh; the blood of it is for the life thereof: therefore I said to the children of Israel, You shall eat the blood of no manner of flesh: for the life of all flesh is the blood thereof: whoever eats it shall be cut off. -- leviticus 17:14 +. +And every soul that eats that which died of itself, or that which was torn with beasts, whether it be one of your own country, or a stranger, he shall both wash his clothes, and bathe himself in water, and be unclean until the even: then shall he be clean. -- leviticus 17:15 +. +But if he wash them not, nor bathe his flesh; then he shall bear his iniquity. -- leviticus 17:16 +. +And the LORD spoke to Moses, saying, -- leviticus 18:1 +. +Speak to the children of Israel, and say to them, I am the LORD your God. -- leviticus 18:2 +. +After the doings of the land of Egypt, wherein you dwelled, shall you not do: and after the doings of the land of Canaan, where I bring you, shall you not do: neither shall you walk in their ordinances. -- leviticus 18:3 +. +You shall do my judgments, and keep my ordinances, to walk therein: I am the LORD your God. -- leviticus 18:4 +. +You shall therefore keep my statutes, and my judgments: which if a man do, he shall live in them: I am the LORD. -- leviticus 18:5 +. +None of you shall approach to any that is near of kin to him, to uncover their nakedness: I am the LORD. -- leviticus 18:6 +. +The nakedness of your father, or the nakedness of your mother, shall you not uncover: she is your mother; you shall not uncover her nakedness. -- leviticus 18:7 +. +The nakedness of your father' wife shall you not uncover: it is your father' nakedness. -- leviticus 18:8 +. +The nakedness of your sister, the daughter of your father, or daughter of your mother, whether she be born at home, or born abroad, even their nakedness you shall not uncover. -- leviticus 18:9 +. +The nakedness of your son' daughter, or of your daughter' daughter, even their nakedness you shall not uncover: for theirs is your own nakedness. -- leviticus 18:10 +. +The nakedness of your father' wife' daughter, begotten of your father, she is your sister, you shall not uncover her nakedness. -- leviticus 18:11 +. +You shall not uncover the nakedness of your father' sister: she is your father' near kinswoman. -- leviticus 18:12 +. +You shall not uncover the nakedness of your mother' sister: for she is your mother' near kinswoman. -- leviticus 18:13 +. +You shall not uncover the nakedness of your father' brother, you shall not approach to his wife: she is your aunt. -- leviticus 18:14 +. +You shall not uncover the nakedness of your daughter in law: she is your son' wife; you shall not uncover her nakedness. -- leviticus 18:15 +. +You shall not uncover the nakedness of your brother' wife: it is your brother' nakedness. -- leviticus 18:16 +. +You shall not uncover the nakedness of a woman and her daughter, neither shall you take her son' daughter, or her daughter' daughter, to uncover her nakedness; for they are her near kinswomen: it is wickedness. -- leviticus 18:17 +. +Neither shall you take a wife to her sister, to vex her, to uncover her nakedness, beside the other in her life time. -- leviticus 18:18 +. +Also you shall not approach to a woman to uncover her nakedness, as long as she is put apart for her uncleanness. -- leviticus 18:19 +. +Moreover you shall not lie carnally with your neighbor' wife, to defile yourself with her. -- leviticus 18:20 +. +And you shall not let any of your seed pass through the fire to Molech, neither shall you profane the name of your God: I am the LORD. -- leviticus 18:21 +. +You shall not lie with mankind, as with womankind: it is abomination. -- leviticus 18:22 +. +Neither shall you lie with any beast to defile yourself therewith: neither shall any woman stand before a beast to lie down thereto: it is confusion. -- leviticus 18:23 +. +Defile not you yourselves in any of these things: for in all these the nations are defiled which I cast out before you: -- leviticus 18:24 +. +And the land is defiled: therefore I do visit the iniquity thereof on it, and the land itself vomits out her inhabitants. -- leviticus 18:25 +. +You shall therefore keep my statutes and my judgments, and shall not commit any of these abominations; neither any of your own nation, nor any stranger that sojournes among you: -- leviticus 18:26 +. +(For all these abominations have the men of the land done, which were before you, and the land is defiled;) -- leviticus 18:27 +. +That the land spew not you out also, when you defile it, as it spewed out the nations that were before you. -- leviticus 18:28 +. +For whoever shall commit any of these abominations, even the souls that commit them shall be cut off from among their people. -- leviticus 18:29 +. +Therefore shall you keep my ordinance, that you commit not any one of these abominable customs, which were committed before you, and that you defile not yourselves therein: I am the LORD your God. -- leviticus 18:30 +. +And the LORD spoke to Moses, saying, -- leviticus 19:1 +. +Speak to all the congregation of the children of Israel, and say to them, You shall be holy: for I the LORD your God am holy. -- leviticus 19:2 +. +You shall fear every man his mother, and his father, and keep my sabbaths: I am the LORD your God. -- leviticus 19:3 +. +Turn you not to idols, nor make to yourselves molten gods: I am the LORD your God. -- leviticus 19:4 +. +And if you offer a sacrifice of peace offerings to the LORD, you shall offer it at your own will. -- leviticus 19:5 +. +It shall be eaten the same day you offer it, and on the morrow: and if ought remain until the third day, it shall be burnt in the fire. -- leviticus 19:6 +. +And if it be eaten at all on the third day, it is abominable; it shall not be accepted. -- leviticus 19:7 +. +Therefore every one that eats it shall bear his iniquity, because he has profaned the hallowed thing of the LORD: and that soul shall be cut off from among his people. -- leviticus 19:8 +. +And when you reap the harvest of your land, you shall not wholly reap the corners of your field, neither shall you gather the gleanings of your harvest. -- leviticus 19:9 +. +And you shall not glean your vineyard, neither shall you gather every grape of your vineyard; you shall leave them for the poor and stranger: I am the LORD your God. -- leviticus 19:10 +. +You shall not steal, neither deal falsely, neither lie one to another. -- leviticus 19:11 +. +And you shall not swear by my name falsely, neither shall you profane the name of your God: I am the LORD. -- leviticus 19:12 +. +You shall not defraud your neighbor, neither rob him: the wages of him that is hired shall not abide with you all night until the morning. -- leviticus 19:13 +. +You shall not curse the deaf, nor put a stumbling block before the blind, but shall fear your God: I am the LORD. -- leviticus 19:14 +. +You shall do no unrighteousness in judgment: you shall not respect the person of the poor, nor honor the person of the mighty: but in righteousness shall you judge your neighbor. -- leviticus 19:15 +. +You shall not go up and down as a talebearer among your people: neither shall you stand against the blood of your neighbor; I am the LORD. -- leviticus 19:16 +. +You shall not hate your brother in your heart: you shall in any wise rebuke your neighbor, and not suffer sin on him. -- leviticus 19:17 +. +You shall not avenge, nor bear any grudge against the children of your people, but you shall love your neighbor as yourself: I am the LORD. -- leviticus 19:18 +. +You shall keep my statutes. You shall not let your cattle engender with a diverse kind: you shall not sow your field with mingled seed: neither shall a garment mingled of linen and woolen come on you. -- leviticus 19:19 +. +And whoever lies carnally with a woman, that is a female slave, betrothed to an husband, and not at all redeemed, nor freedom given her; she shall be scourged; they shall not be put to death, because she was not free. -- leviticus 19:20 +. +And he shall bring his trespass offering to the LORD, to the door of the tabernacle of the congregation, even a ram for a trespass offering. -- leviticus 19:21 +. +And the priest shall make an atonement for him with the ram of the trespass offering before the LORD for his sin which he has done: and the sin which he has done shall be forgiven him. -- leviticus 19:22 +. +And when you shall come into the land, and shall have planted all manner of trees for food, then you shall count the fruit thereof as uncircumcised: three years shall it be as uncircumcised to you: it shall not be eaten of. -- leviticus 19:23 +. +But in the fourth year all the fruit thereof shall be holy to praise the LORD with. -- leviticus 19:24 +. +And in the fifth year shall you eat of the fruit thereof, that it may yield to you the increase thereof: I am the LORD your God. -- leviticus 19:25 +. +You shall not eat any thing with the blood: neither shall you use enchantment, nor observe times. -- leviticus 19:26 +. +You shall not round the corners of your heads, neither shall you mar the corners of your beard. -- leviticus 19:27 +. +You shall not make any cuttings in your flesh for the dead, nor print any marks on you: I am the LORD. -- leviticus 19:28 +. +Do not prostitute your daughter, to cause her to be a whore; lest the land fall to prostitution, and the land become full of wickedness. -- leviticus 19:29 +. +You shall keep my sabbaths, and reverence my sanctuary: I am the LORD. -- leviticus 19:30 +. +Regard not them that have familiar spirits, neither seek after wizards, to be defiled by them: I am the LORD your God. -- leviticus 19:31 +. +You shall rise up before the hoary head, and honor the face of the old man, and fear your God: I am the LORD. -- leviticus 19:32 +. +And if a stranger sojourn with you in your land, you shall not vex him. -- leviticus 19:33 +. +But the stranger that dwells with you shall be to you as one born among you, and you shall love him as yourself; for you were strangers in the land of Egypt: I am the LORD your God. -- leviticus 19:34 +. +You shall do no unrighteousness in judgment, in length, in weight, or in measure. -- leviticus 19:35 +. +Just balances, just weights, a just ephah, and a just hin, shall you have: I am the LORD your God, which brought you out of the land of Egypt. -- leviticus 19:36 +. +Therefore shall you observe all my statutes, and all my judgments, and do them: I am the LORD. -- leviticus 19:37 +. +And the LORD spoke to Moses, saying, -- leviticus 20:1 +. +Again, you shall say to the children of Israel, Whoever he be of the children of Israel, or of the strangers that sojourn in Israel, that gives any of his seed to Molech; he shall surely be put to death: the people of the land shall stone him with stones. -- leviticus 20:2 +. +And I will set my face against that man, and will cut him off from among his people; because he has given of his seed to Molech, to defile my sanctuary, and to profane my holy name. -- leviticus 20:3 +. +And if the people of the land do any ways hide their eyes from the man, when he gives of his seed to Molech, and kill him not: -- leviticus 20:4 +. +Then I will set my face against that man, and against his family, and will cut him off, and all that go a whoring after him, to commit prostitution with Molech, from among their people. -- leviticus 20:5 +. +And the soul that turns after such as have familiar spirits, and after wizards, to go a whoring after them, I will even set my face against that soul, and will cut him off from among his people. -- leviticus 20:6 +. +Sanctify yourselves therefore, and be you holy: for I am the LORD your God. -- leviticus 20:7 +. +And you shall keep my statutes, and do them: I am the LORD which sanctify you. -- leviticus 20:8 +. +For every one that curses his father or his mother shall be surely put to death: he has cursed his father or his mother; his blood shall be on him. -- leviticus 20:9 +. +And the man that commits adultery with another man' wife, even he that commits adultery with his neighbor' wife, the adulterer and the adulteress shall surely be put to death. -- leviticus 20:10 +. +And the man that lies with his father' wife has uncovered his father' nakedness: both of them shall surely be put to death; their blood shall be on them. -- leviticus 20:11 +. +And if a man lie with his daughter in law, both of them shall surely be put to death: they have worked confusion; their blood shall be on them. -- leviticus 20:12 +. +If a man also lie with mankind, as he lies with a woman, both of them have committed an abomination: they shall surely be put to death; their blood shall be on them. -- leviticus 20:13 +. +And if a man take a wife and her mother, it is wickedness: they shall be burnt with fire, both he and they; that there be no wickedness among you. -- leviticus 20:14 +. +And if a man lie with a beast, he shall surely be put to death: and you shall slay the beast. -- leviticus 20:15 +. +And if a woman approach to any beast, and lie down thereto, you shall kill the woman, and the beast: they shall surely be put to death; their blood shall be on them. -- leviticus 20:16 +. +And if a man shall take his sister, his father' daughter, or his mother' daughter, and see her nakedness, and she see his nakedness; it is a wicked thing; and they shall be cut off in the sight of their people: he has uncovered his sister' nakedness; he shall bear his iniquity. -- leviticus 20:17 +. +And if a man shall lie with a woman having her sickness, and shall uncover her nakedness; he has discovered her fountain, and she has uncovered the fountain of her blood: and both of them shall be cut off from among their people. -- leviticus 20:18 +. +And you shall not uncover the nakedness of your mother' sister, nor of your father' sister: for he uncovers his near kin: they shall bear their iniquity. -- leviticus 20:19 +. +And if a man shall lie with his uncle' wife, he has uncovered his uncle' nakedness: they shall bear their sin; they shall die childless. -- leviticus 20:20 +. +And if a man shall take his brother' wife, it is an unclean thing: he has uncovered his brother' nakedness; they shall be childless. -- leviticus 20:21 +. +You shall therefore keep all my statutes, and all my judgments, and do them: that the land, where I bring you to dwell therein, spew you not out. -- leviticus 20:22 +. +And you shall not walk in the manners of the nation, which I cast out before you: for they committed all these things, and therefore I abhorred them. -- leviticus 20:23 +. +But I have said to you, You shall inherit their land, and I will give it to you to possess it, a land that flows with milk and honey: I am the LORD your God, which have separated you from other people. -- leviticus 20:24 +. +You shall therefore put difference between clean beasts and unclean, and between unclean fowls and clean: and you shall not make your souls abominable by beast, or by fowl, or by any manner of living thing that creeps on the ground, which I have separated from you as unclean. -- leviticus 20:25 +. +And you shall be holy to me: for I the LORD am holy, and have severed you from other people, that you should be mine. -- leviticus 20:26 +. +A man also or woman that has a familiar spirit, or that is a wizard, shall surely be put to death: they shall stone them with stones: their blood shall be on them. -- leviticus 20:27 +. +And the LORD said to Moses, Speak to the priests the sons of Aaron, and say to them, There shall none be defiled for the dead among his people: -- leviticus 21:1 +. +But for his kin, that is near to him, that is, for his mother, and for his father, and for his son, and for his daughter, and for his brother. -- leviticus 21:2 +. +And for his sister a virgin, that is near to him, which has had no husband; for her may he be defiled. -- leviticus 21:3 +. +But he shall not defile himself, being a chief man among his people, to profane himself. -- leviticus 21:4 +. +They shall not make baldness on their head, neither shall they shave off the corner of their beard, nor make any cuttings in their flesh. -- leviticus 21:5 +. +They shall be holy to their God, and not profane the name of their God: for the offerings of the LORD made by fire, and the bread of their God, they do offer: therefore they shall be holy. -- leviticus 21:6 +. +They shall not take a wife that is a whore, or profane; neither shall they take a woman put away from her husband: for he is holy to his God. -- leviticus 21:7 +. +You shall sanctify him therefore; for he offers the bread of your God: he shall be holy to you: for I the LORD, which sanctify you, am holy. -- leviticus 21:8 +. +And the daughter of any priest, if she profane herself by playing the whore, she profanes her father: she shall be burnt with fire. -- leviticus 21:9 +. +And he that is the high priest among his brothers, on whose head the anointing oil was poured, and that is consecrated to put on the garments, shall not uncover his head, nor rend his clothes; -- leviticus 21:10 +. +Neither shall he go in to any dead body, nor defile himself for his father, or for his mother; -- leviticus 21:11 +. +Neither shall he go out of the sanctuary, nor profane the sanctuary of his God; for the crown of the anointing oil of his God is on him: I am the LORD. -- leviticus 21:12 +. +And he shall take a wife in her virginity. -- leviticus 21:13 +. +A widow, or a divorced woman, or profane, or an harlot, these shall he not take: but he shall take a virgin of his own people to wife. -- leviticus 21:14 +. +Neither shall he profane his seed among his people: for I the LORD do sanctify him. -- leviticus 21:15 +. +And the LORD spoke to Moses, saying, -- leviticus 21:16 +. +Speak to Aaron, saying, Whoever he be of your seed in their generations that has any blemish, let him not approach to offer the bread of his God. -- leviticus 21:17 +. +For whatever man he be that has a blemish, he shall not approach: a blind man, or a lame, or he that has a flat nose, or any thing superfluous, -- leviticus 21:18 +. +Or a man that is broken footed, or broken handed, -- leviticus 21:19 +. +Or hunch back, or a dwarf, or that has a blemish in his eye, or be scurvy, or scabbed, or has his stones broken; -- leviticus 21:20 +. +No man that has a blemish of the seed of Aaron the priest shall come near to offer the offerings of the LORD made by fire: he has a blemish; he shall not come near to offer the bread of his God. -- leviticus 21:21 +. +He shall eat the bread of his God, both of the most holy, and of the holy. -- leviticus 21:22 +. +Only he shall not go in to the veil, nor come near to the altar, because he has a blemish; that he profane not my sanctuaries: for I the LORD do sanctify them. -- leviticus 21:23 +. +And Moses told it to Aaron, and to his sons, and to all the children of Israel. -- leviticus 21:24 +. +And the LORD spoke to Moses, saying, -- leviticus 22:1 +. +Speak to Aaron and to his sons, that they separate themselves from the holy things of the children of Israel, and that they profane not my holy name in those things which they hallow to me: I am the LORD. -- leviticus 22:2 +. +Say to them, Whoever he be of all your seed among your generations, that goes to the holy things, which the children of Israel hallow to the LORD, having his uncleanness on him, that soul shall be cut off from my presence: I am the LORD. -- leviticus 22:3 +. +What man soever of the seed of Aaron is a leper, or has a running issue; he shall not eat of the holy things, until he be clean. And whoever touches any thing that is unclean by the dead, or a man whose seed goes from him; -- leviticus 22:4 +. +Or whoever touches any creeping thing, whereby he may be made unclean, or a man of whom he may take uncleanness, whatever uncleanness he has; -- leviticus 22:5 +. +The soul which has touched any such shall be unclean until even, and shall not eat of the holy things, unless he wash his flesh with water. -- leviticus 22:6 +. +And when the sun is down, he shall be clean, and shall afterward eat of the holy things; because it is his food. -- leviticus 22:7 +. +That which dies of itself, or is torn with beasts, he shall not eat to defile himself therewith; I am the LORD. -- leviticus 22:8 +. +They shall therefore keep my ordinance, lest they bear sin for it, and die therefore, if they profane it: I the LORD do sanctify them. -- leviticus 22:9 +. +There shall no stranger eat of the holy thing: a sojourner of the priest, or an hired servant, shall not eat of the holy thing. -- leviticus 22:10 +. +But if the priest buy any soul with his money, he shall eat of it, and he that is born in his house: they shall eat of his meat. -- leviticus 22:11 +. +If the priest' daughter also be married to a stranger, she may not eat of an offering of the holy things. -- leviticus 22:12 +. +But if the priest' daughter be a widow, or divorced, and have no child, and is returned to her father' house, as in her youth, she shall eat of her father' meat: but there shall be no stranger eat thereof. -- leviticus 22:13 +. +And if a man eat of the holy thing unwittingly, then he shall put the fifth part thereof to it, and shall give it to the priest with the holy thing. -- leviticus 22:14 +. +And they shall not profane the holy things of the children of Israel, which they offer to the LORD; -- leviticus 22:15 +. +Or suffer them to bear the iniquity of trespass, when they eat their holy things: for I the LORD do sanctify them. -- leviticus 22:16 +. +And the LORD spoke to Moses, saying, -- leviticus 22:17 +. +Speak to Aaron, and to his sons, and to all the children of Israel, and say to them, Whatever he be of the house of Israel, or of the strangers in Israel, that will offer his oblation for all his vows, and for all his freewill offerings, which they will offer to the LORD for a burnt offering; -- leviticus 22:18 +. +You shall offer at your own will a male without blemish, of the beeves, of the sheep, or of the goats. -- leviticus 22:19 +. +But whatever has a blemish, that shall you not offer: for it shall not be acceptable for you. -- leviticus 22:20 +. +And whoever offers a sacrifice of peace offerings to the LORD to accomplish his vow, or a freewill offering in beeves or sheep, it shall be perfect to be accepted; there shall be no blemish therein. -- leviticus 22:21 +. +Blind, or broken, or maimed, or having a running sore, or scurvy, or scabbed, you shall not offer these to the LORD, nor make an offering by fire of them on the altar to the LORD. -- leviticus 22:22 +. +Either a bullock or a lamb that has any thing superfluous or lacking in his parts, that may you offer for a freewill offering; but for a vow it shall not be accepted. -- leviticus 22:23 +. +You shall not offer to the LORD that which is bruised, or crushed, or broken, or cut; neither shall you make any offering thereof in your land. -- leviticus 22:24 +. +Neither from a stranger' hand shall you offer the bread of your God of any of these; because their corruption is in them, and blemishes be in them: they shall not be accepted for you. -- leviticus 22:25 +. +And the LORD spoke to Moses, saying, -- leviticus 22:26 +. +When a bullock, or a sheep, or a goat, is brought forth, then it shall be seven days under the dam; and from the eighth day and thereafter it shall be accepted for an offering made by fire to the LORD. -- leviticus 22:27 +. +And whether it be cow, or ewe, you shall not kill it and her young both in one day. -- leviticus 22:28 +. +And when you will offer a sacrifice of thanksgiving to the LORD, offer it at your own will. -- leviticus 22:29 +. +On the same day it shall be eaten up; you shall leave none of it until the morrow: I am the LORD. -- leviticus 22:30 +. +Therefore shall you keep my commandments, and do them: I am the LORD. -- leviticus 22:31 +. +Neither shall you profane my holy name; but I will be hallowed among the children of Israel: I am the LORD which hallow you, -- leviticus 22:32 +. +That brought you out of the land of Egypt, to be your God: I am the LORD. -- leviticus 22:33 +. +And the LORD spoke to Moses, saying, -- leviticus 23:1 +. +Speak to the children of Israel, and say to them, Concerning the feasts of the LORD, which you shall proclaim to be holy convocations, even these are my feasts. -- leviticus 23:2 +. +Six days shall work be done: but the seventh day is the sabbath of rest, an holy convocation; you shall do no work therein: it is the sabbath of the LORD in all your dwellings. -- leviticus 23:3 +. +These are the feasts of the LORD, even holy convocations, which you shall proclaim in their seasons. -- leviticus 23:4 +. +In the fourteenth day of the first month at even is the LORD' passover. -- leviticus 23:5 +. +And on the fifteenth day of the same month is the feast of unleavened bread to the LORD: seven days you must eat unleavened bread. -- leviticus 23:6 +. +In the first day you shall have an holy convocation: you shall do no servile work therein. -- leviticus 23:7 +. +But you shall offer an offering made by fire to the LORD seven days: in the seventh day is an holy convocation: you shall do no servile work therein. -- leviticus 23:8 +. +And the LORD spoke to Moses, saying, -- leviticus 23:9 +. +Speak to the children of Israel, and say to them, When you be come into the land which I give to you, and shall reap the harvest thereof, then you shall bring a sheaf of the first fruits of your harvest to the priest: -- leviticus 23:10 +. +And he shall wave the sheaf before the LORD, to be accepted for you: on the morrow after the sabbath the priest shall wave it. -- leviticus 23:11 +. +And you shall offer that day when you wave the sheaf an he lamb without blemish of the first year for a burnt offering to the LORD. -- leviticus 23:12 +. +And the meat offering thereof shall be two tenth deals of fine flour mingled with oil, an offering made by fire to the LORD for a sweet smell: and the drink offering thereof shall be of wine, the fourth part of an hin. -- leviticus 23:13 +. +And you shall eat neither bread, nor parched corn, nor green ears, until the selfsame day that you have brought an offering to your God: it shall be a statute for ever throughout your generations in all your dwellings. -- leviticus 23:14 +. +And you shall count to you from the morrow after the sabbath, from the day that you brought the sheaf of the wave offering; seven sabbaths shall be complete: -- leviticus 23:15 +. +Even to the morrow after the seventh sabbath shall you number fifty days; and you shall offer a new meat offering to the LORD. -- leviticus 23:16 +. +You shall bring out of your habitations two wave loaves of two tenth deals; they shall be of fine flour; they shall be baked with leaven; they are the first fruits to the LORD. -- leviticus 23:17 +. +And you shall offer with the bread seven lambs without blemish of the first year, and one young bullock, and two rams: they shall be for a burnt offering to the LORD, with their meat offering, and their drink offerings, even an offering made by fire, of sweet smell to the LORD. -- leviticus 23:18 +. +Then you shall sacrifice one kid of the goats for a sin offering, and two lambs of the first year for a sacrifice of peace offerings. -- leviticus 23:19 +. +And the priest shall wave them with the bread of the first fruits for a wave offering before the LORD, with the two lambs: they shall be holy to the LORD for the priest. -- leviticus 23:20 +. +And you shall proclaim on the selfsame day, that it may be an holy convocation to you: you shall do no servile work therein: it shall be a statute for ever in all your dwellings throughout your generations. -- leviticus 23:21 +. +And when you reap the harvest of your land, you shall not make clean riddance of the corners of your field when you reap, neither shall you gather any gleaning of your harvest: you shall leave them to the poor, and to the stranger: I am the LORD your God. -- leviticus 23:22 +. +And the LORD spoke to Moses, saying, -- leviticus 23:23 +. +Speak to the children of Israel, saying, In the seventh month, in the first day of the month, shall you have a sabbath, a memorial of blowing of trumpets, an holy convocation. -- leviticus 23:24 +. +You shall do no servile work therein: but you shall offer an offering made by fire to the LORD. -- leviticus 23:25 +. +And the LORD spoke to Moses, saying, -- leviticus 23:26 +. +Also on the tenth day of this seventh month there shall be a day of atonement: it shall be an holy convocation to you; and you shall afflict your souls, and offer an offering made by fire to the LORD. -- leviticus 23:27 +. +And you shall do no work in that same day: for it is a day of atonement, to make an atonement for you before the LORD your God. -- leviticus 23:28 +. +For whatever soul it be that shall not be afflicted in that same day, he shall be cut off from among his people. -- leviticus 23:29 +. +And whatever soul it be that does any work in that same day, the same soul will I destroy from among his people. -- leviticus 23:30 +. +You shall do no manner of work: it shall be a statute for ever throughout your generations in all your dwellings. -- leviticus 23:31 +. +It shall be to you a sabbath of rest, and you shall afflict your souls: in the ninth day of the month at even, from even to even, shall you celebrate your sabbath. -- leviticus 23:32 +. +And the LORD spoke to Moses, saying, -- leviticus 23:33 +. +Speak to the children of Israel, saying, The fifteenth day of this seventh month shall be the feast of tabernacles for seven days to the LORD. -- leviticus 23:34 +. +On the first day shall be an holy convocation: you shall do no servile work therein. -- leviticus 23:35 +. +Seven days you shall offer an offering made by fire to the LORD: on the eighth day shall be an holy convocation to you; and you shall offer an offering made by fire to the LORD: it is a solemn assembly; and you shall do no servile work therein. -- leviticus 23:36 +. +These are the feasts of the LORD, which you shall proclaim to be holy convocations, to offer an offering made by fire to the LORD, a burnt offering, and a meat offering, a sacrifice, and drink offerings, every thing on his day: -- leviticus 23:37 +. +Beside the sabbaths of the LORD, and beside your gifts, and beside all your vows, and beside all your freewill offerings, which you give to the LORD. -- leviticus 23:38 +. +Also in the fifteenth day of the seventh month, when you have gathered in the fruit of the land, you shall keep a feast to the LORD seven days: on the first day shall be a sabbath, and on the eighth day shall be a sabbath. -- leviticus 23:39 +. +And you shall take you on the first day the boughs of goodly trees, branches of palm trees, and the boughs of thick trees, and willows of the brook; and you shall rejoice before the LORD your God seven days. -- leviticus 23:40 +. +And you shall keep it a feast to the LORD seven days in the year. It shall be a statute for ever in your generations: you shall celebrate it in the seventh month. -- leviticus 23:41 +. +You shall dwell in booths seven days; all that are Israelites born shall dwell in booths: -- leviticus 23:42 +. +That your generations may know that I made the children of Israel to dwell in booths, when I brought them out of the land of Egypt: I am the LORD your God. -- leviticus 23:43 +. +And Moses declared to the children of Israel the feasts of the LORD. -- leviticus 23:44 +. +And the LORD spoke to Moses, saying, -- leviticus 24:1 +. +Command the children of Israel, that they bring to you pure oil olive beaten for the light, to cause the lamps to burn continually. -- leviticus 24:2 +. +Without the veil of the testimony, in the tabernacle of the congregation, shall Aaron order it from the evening to the morning before the LORD continually: it shall be a statute for ever in your generations. -- leviticus 24:3 +. +He shall order the lamps on the pure candlestick before the LORD continually. -- leviticus 24:4 +. +And you shall take fine flour, and bake twelve cakes thereof: two tenth deals shall be in one cake. -- leviticus 24:5 +. +And you shall set them in two rows, six on a row, on the pure table before the LORD. -- leviticus 24:6 +. +And you shall put pure frankincense on each row, that it may be on the bread for a memorial, even an offering made by fire to the LORD. -- leviticus 24:7 +. +Every sabbath he shall set it in order before the LORD continually, being taken from the children of Israel by an everlasting covenant. -- leviticus 24:8 +. +And it shall be Aaron' and his sons' and they shall eat it in the holy place: for it is most holy to him of the offerings of the LORD made by fire by a perpetual statute. -- leviticus 24:9 +. +And the son of an Israelitish woman, whose father was an Egyptian, went out among the children of Israel: and this son of the Israelitish woman and a man of Israel strove together in the camp; -- leviticus 24:10 +. +And the Israelitish woman' son blasphemed the name of the Lord, and cursed. And they brought him to Moses: (and his mother' name was Shelomith, the daughter of Dibri, of the tribe of Dan:) -- leviticus 24:11 +. +And they put him in ward, that the mind of the LORD might be showed them. -- leviticus 24:12 +. +And the LORD spoke to Moses, saying, -- leviticus 24:13 +. +Bring forth him that has cursed without the camp; and let all that heard him lay their hands on his head, and let all the congregation stone him. -- leviticus 24:14 +. +And you shall speak to the children of Israel, saying, Whoever curses his God shall bear his sin. -- leviticus 24:15 +. +And he that blasphemes the name of the LORD, he shall surely be put to death, and all the congregation shall certainly stone him: as well the stranger, as he that is born in the land, when he blasphemes the name of the Lord, shall be put to death. -- leviticus 24:16 +. +And he that kills any man shall surely be put to death. -- leviticus 24:17 +. +And he that kills a beast shall make it good; beast for beast. -- leviticus 24:18 +. +And if a man cause a blemish in his neighbor; as he has done, so shall it be done to him; -- leviticus 24:19 +. +Breach for breach, eye for eye, tooth for tooth: as he has caused a blemish in a man, so shall it be done to him again. -- leviticus 24:20 +. +And he that kills a beast, he shall restore it: and he that kills a man, he shall be put to death. -- leviticus 24:21 +. +You shall have one manner of law, as well for the stranger, as for one of your own country: for I am the LORD your God. -- leviticus 24:22 +. +And Moses spoke to the children of Israel, that they should bring forth him that had cursed out of the camp, and stone him with stones. And the children of Israel did as the LORD commanded Moses. -- leviticus 24:23 +. +And the LORD spoke to Moses in mount Sinai, saying, -- leviticus 25:1 +. +Speak to the children of Israel, and say to them, When you come into the land which I give you, then shall the land keep a sabbath to the LORD. -- leviticus 25:2 +. +Six years you shall sow your field, and six years you shall prune your vineyard, and gather in the fruit thereof; -- leviticus 25:3 +. +But in the seventh year shall be a sabbath of rest to the land, a sabbath for the LORD: you shall neither sow your field, nor prune your vineyard. -- leviticus 25:4 +. +That which grows of its own accord of your harvest you shall not reap, neither gather the grapes of your vine undressed: for it is a year of rest to the land. -- leviticus 25:5 +. +And the sabbath of the land shall be meat for you; for you, and for your servant, and for your maid, and for your hired servant, and for your stranger that sojournes with you. -- leviticus 25:6 +. +And for your cattle, and for the beast that are in your land, shall all the increase thereof be meat. -- leviticus 25:7 +. +And you shall number seven sabbaths of years to you, seven times seven years; and the space of the seven sabbaths of years shall be to you forty and nine years. -- leviticus 25:8 +. +Then shall you cause the trumpet of the jubilee to sound on the tenth day of the seventh month, in the day of atonement shall you make the trumpet sound throughout all your land. -- leviticus 25:9 +. +And you shall hallow the fiftieth year, and proclaim liberty throughout all the land to all the inhabitants thereof: it shall be a jubilee to you; and you shall return every man to his possession, and you shall return every man to his family. -- leviticus 25:10 +. +A jubilee shall that fiftieth year be to you: you shall not sow, neither reap that which grows of itself in it, nor gather the grapes in it of your vine undressed. -- leviticus 25:11 +. +For it is the jubilee; it shall be holy to you: you shall eat the increase thereof out of the field. -- leviticus 25:12 +. +In the year of this jubilee you shall return every man to his possession. -- leviticus 25:13 +. +And if you sell ought to your neighbor, or buy ought of your neighbor' hand, you shall not oppress one another: -- leviticus 25:14 +. +According to the number of years after the jubilee you shall buy of your neighbor, and according to the number of years of the fruits he shall sell to you: -- leviticus 25:15 +. +According to the multitude of years you shall increase the price thereof, and according to the fewness of years you shall diminish the price of it: for according to the number of the years of the fruits does he sell to you. -- leviticus 25:16 +. +You shall not therefore oppress one another; but you shall fear your God: for I am the LORD your God. -- leviticus 25:17 +. +Why you shall do my statutes, and keep my judgments, and do them; and you shall dwell in the land in safety. -- leviticus 25:18 +. +And the land shall yield her fruit, and you shall eat your fill, and dwell therein in safety. -- leviticus 25:19 +. +And if you shall say, What shall we eat the seventh year? behold, we shall not sow, nor gather in our increase: -- leviticus 25:20 +. +Then I will command my blessing on you in the sixth year, and it shall bring forth fruit for three years. -- leviticus 25:21 +. +And you shall sow the eighth year, and eat yet of old fruit until the ninth year; until her fruits come in you shall eat of the old store. -- leviticus 25:22 +. +The land shall not be sold for ever: for the land is mine, for you are strangers and sojourners with me. -- leviticus 25:23 +. +And in all the land of your possession you shall grant a redemption for the land. -- leviticus 25:24 +. +If your brother be waxen poor, and has sold away some of his possession, and if any of his kin come to redeem it, then shall he redeem that which his brother sold. -- leviticus 25:25 +. +And if the man have none to redeem it, and himself be able to redeem it; -- leviticus 25:26 +. +Then let him count the years of the sale thereof, and restore the remainder to the man to whom he sold it; that he may return to his possession. -- leviticus 25:27 +. +But if he be not able to restore it to him, then that which is sold shall remain in the hand of him that has bought it until the year of jubilee: and in the jubilee it shall go out, and he shall return to his possession. -- leviticus 25:28 +. +And if a man sell a dwelling house in a walled city, then he may redeem it within a whole year after it is sold; within a full year may he redeem it. -- leviticus 25:29 +. +And if it be not redeemed within the space of a full year, then the house that is in the walled city shall be established for ever to him that bought it throughout his generations: it shall not go out in the jubilee. -- leviticus 25:30 +. +But the houses of the villages which have no wall round about them shall be counted as the fields of the country: they may be redeemed, and they shall go out in the jubilee. -- leviticus 25:31 +. +Notwithstanding the cities of the Levites, and the houses of the cities of their possession, may the Levites redeem at any time. -- leviticus 25:32 +. +And if a man purchase of the Levites, then the house that was sold, and the city of his possession, shall go out in the year of jubilee: for the houses of the cities of the Levites are their possession among the children of Israel. -- leviticus 25:33 +. +But the field of the suburbs of their cities may not be sold; for it is their perpetual possession. -- leviticus 25:34 +. +And if your brother be waxen poor, and fallen in decay with you; then you shall relieve him: yes, though he be a stranger, or a sojourner; that he may live with you. -- leviticus 25:35 +. +Take you no usury of him, or increase: but fear your God; that your brother may live with you. -- leviticus 25:36 +. +You shall not give him your money on usury, nor lend him your victuals for increase. -- leviticus 25:37 +. +I am the LORD your God, which brought you forth out of the land of Egypt, to give you the land of Canaan, and to be your God. -- leviticus 25:38 +. +And if your brother that dwells by you be waxen poor, and be sold to you; you shall not compel him to serve as a bondservant: -- leviticus 25:39 +. +But as an hired servant, and as a sojourner, he shall be with you, and shall serve you to the year of jubilee. -- leviticus 25:40 +. +And then shall he depart from you, both he and his children with him, and shall return to his own family, and to the possession of his fathers shall he return. -- leviticus 25:41 +. +For they are my servants, which I brought forth out of the land of Egypt: they shall not be sold as slaves. -- leviticus 25:42 +. +You shall not rule over him with rigor; but shall fear your God. -- leviticus 25:43 +. +Both your slaves, and your bondmaids, which you shall have, shall be of the heathen that are round about you; of them shall you buy slaves and bondmaids. -- leviticus 25:44 +. +Moreover of the children of the strangers that do sojourn among you, of them shall you buy, and of their families that are with you, which they begat in your land: and they shall be your possession. -- leviticus 25:45 +. +And you shall take them as an inheritance for your children after you, to inherit them for a possession; they shall be your slaves for ever: but over your brothers the children of Israel, you shall not rule one over another with rigor. -- leviticus 25:46 +. +And if a sojourner or stranger wax rich by you, and your brother that dwells by him wax poor, and sell himself to the stranger or sojourner by you, or to the stock of the stranger' family: -- leviticus 25:47 +. +After that he is sold he may be redeemed again; one of his brothers may redeem him: -- leviticus 25:48 +. +Either his uncle, or his uncle' son, may redeem him, or any that is near of kin to him of his family may redeem him; or if he be able, he may redeem himself. -- leviticus 25:49 +. +And he shall reckon with him that bought him from the year that he was sold to him to the year of jubilee: and the price of his sale shall be according to the number of years, according to the time of an hired servant shall it be with him. -- leviticus 25:50 +. +If there be yet many years behind, according to them he shall give again the price of his redemption out of the money that he was bought for. -- leviticus 25:51 +. +And if there remain but few years to the year of jubilee, then he shall count with him, and according to his years shall he give him again the price of his redemption. -- leviticus 25:52 +. +And as a yearly hired servant shall he be with him: and the other shall not rule with rigor over him in your sight. -- leviticus 25:53 +. +And if he be not redeemed in these years, then he shall go out in the year of jubilee, both he, and his children with him. -- leviticus 25:54 +. +For to me the children of Israel are servants; they are my servants whom I brought forth out of the land of Egypt: I am the LORD your God. -- leviticus 25:55 +. +You shall make you no idols nor graven image, neither raise you up a standing image, neither shall you set up any image of stone in your land, to bow down to it: for I am the LORD your God. -- leviticus 26:1 +. +You shall keep my sabbaths, and reverence my sanctuary: I am the LORD. -- leviticus 26:2 +. +If you walk in my statutes, and keep my commandments, and do them; -- leviticus 26:3 +. +Then I will give you rain in due season, and the land shall yield her increase, and the trees of the field shall yield their fruit. -- leviticus 26:4 +. +And your threshing shall reach to the vintage, and the vintage shall reach to the sowing time: and you shall eat your bread to the full, and dwell in your land safely. -- leviticus 26:5 +. +And I will give peace in the land, and you shall lie down, and none shall make you afraid: and I will rid evil beasts out of the land, neither shall the sword go through your land. -- leviticus 26:6 +. +And you shall chase your enemies, and they shall fall before you by the sword. -- leviticus 26:7 +. +And five of you shall chase an hundred, and an hundred of you shall put ten thousand to flight: and your enemies shall fall before you by the sword. -- leviticus 26:8 +. +For I will have respect to you, and make you fruitful, and multiply you, and establish my covenant with you. -- leviticus 26:9 +. +And you shall eat old store, and bring forth the old because of the new. -- leviticus 26:10 +. +And I set my tabernacle among you: and my soul shall not abhor you. -- leviticus 26:11 +. +And I will walk among you, and will be your God, and you shall be my people. -- leviticus 26:12 +. +I am the LORD your God, which brought you forth out of the land of Egypt, that you should not be their slaves; and I have broken the bands of your yoke, and made you go upright. -- leviticus 26:13 +. +But if you will not listen to me, and will not do all these commandments; -- leviticus 26:14 +. +And if you shall despise my statutes, or if your soul abhor my judgments, so that you will not do all my commandments, but that you break my covenant: -- leviticus 26:15 +. +I also will do this to you; I will even appoint over you terror, consumption, and the burning ague, that shall consume the eyes, and cause sorrow of heart: and you shall sow your seed in vain, for your enemies shall eat it. -- leviticus 26:16 +. +And I will set my face against you, and you shall be slain before your enemies: they that hate you shall reign over you; and you shall flee when none pursues you. -- leviticus 26:17 +. +And if you will not yet for all this listen to me, then I will punish you seven times more for your sins. -- leviticus 26:18 +. +And I will break the pride of your power; and I will make your heaven as iron, and your earth as brass: -- leviticus 26:19 +. +And your strength shall be spent in vain: for your land shall not yield her increase, neither shall the trees of the land yield their fruits. -- leviticus 26:20 +. +And if you walk contrary to me, and will not listen to me; I will bring seven times more plagues on you according to your sins. -- leviticus 26:21 +. +I will also send wild beasts among you, which shall rob you of your children, and destroy your cattle, and make you few in number; and your high ways shall be desolate. -- leviticus 26:22 +. +And if you will not be reformed by me by these things, but will walk contrary to me; -- leviticus 26:23 +. +Then will I also walk contrary to you, and will punish you yet seven times for your sins. -- leviticus 26:24 +. +And I will bring a sword on you, that shall avenge the quarrel of my covenant: and when you are gathered together within your cities, I will send the pestilence among you; and you shall be delivered into the hand of the enemy. -- leviticus 26:25 +. +And when I have broken the staff of your bread, ten women shall bake your bread in one oven, and they shall deliver you your bread again by weight: and you shall eat, and not be satisfied. -- leviticus 26:26 +. +And if you will not for all this listen to me, but walk contrary to me; -- leviticus 26:27 +. +Then I will walk contrary to you also in fury; and I, even I, will chastise you seven times for your sins. -- leviticus 26:28 +. +And you shall eat the flesh of your sons, and the flesh of your daughters shall you eat. -- leviticus 26:29 +. +And I will destroy your high places, and cut down your images, and cast your carcasses on the carcasses of your idols, and my soul shall abhor you. -- leviticus 26:30 +. +And I will make your cities waste, and bring your sanctuaries to desolation, and I will not smell the smell of your sweet odors. -- leviticus 26:31 +. +And I will bring the land into desolation: and your enemies which dwell therein shall be astonished at it. -- leviticus 26:32 +. +And I will scatter you among the heathen, and will draw out a sword after you: and your land shall be desolate, and your cities waste. -- leviticus 26:33 +. +Then shall the land enjoy her sabbaths, as long as it lies desolate, and you be in your enemies'land; even then shall the land rest, and enjoy her sabbaths. -- leviticus 26:34 +. +As long as it lies desolate it shall rest; because it did not rest in your sabbaths, when you dwelled on it. -- leviticus 26:35 +. +And on them that are left alive of you I will send a faintness into their hearts in the lands of their enemies; and the sound of a shaken leaf shall chase them; and they shall flee, as fleeing from a sword; and they shall fall when none pursues. -- leviticus 26:36 +. +And they shall fall one on another, as it were before a sword, when none pursues: and you shall have no power to stand before your enemies. -- leviticus 26:37 +. +And you shall perish among the heathen, and the land of your enemies shall eat you up. -- leviticus 26:38 +. +And they that are left of you shall pine away in their iniquity in your enemies'lands; and also in the iniquities of their fathers shall they pine away with them. -- leviticus 26:39 +. +If they shall confess their iniquity, and the iniquity of their fathers, with their trespass which they trespassed against me, and that also they have walked contrary to me; -- leviticus 26:40 +. +And that I also have walked contrary to them, and have brought them into the land of their enemies; if then their uncircumcised hearts be humbled, and they then accept of the punishment of their iniquity: -- leviticus 26:41 +. +Then will I remember my covenant with Jacob, and also my covenant with Isaac, and also my covenant with Abraham will I remember; and I will remember the land. -- leviticus 26:42 +. +The land also shall be left of them, and shall enjoy her sabbaths, while she lies desolate without them: and they shall accept of the punishment of their iniquity: because, even because they despised my judgments, and because their soul abhorred my statutes. -- leviticus 26:43 +. +And yet for all that, when they be in the land of their enemies, I will not cast them away, neither will I abhor them, to destroy them utterly, and to break my covenant with them: for I am the LORD their God. -- leviticus 26:44 +. +But I will for their sakes remember the covenant of their ancestors, whom I brought forth out of the land of Egypt in the sight of the heathen, that I might be their God: I am the LORD. -- leviticus 26:45 +. +These are the statutes and judgments and laws, which the LORD made between him and the children of Israel in mount Sinai by the hand of Moses. -- leviticus 26:46 +. +And the LORD spoke to Moses, saying, -- leviticus 27:1 +. +Speak to the children of Israel, and say to them, When a man shall make a singular vow, the persons shall be for the LORD by your estimation. -- leviticus 27:2 +. +And your estimation shall be of the male from twenty years old even to sixty years old, even your estimation shall be fifty shekels of silver, after the shekel of the sanctuary. -- leviticus 27:3 +. +And if it be a female, then your estimation shall be thirty shekels. -- leviticus 27:4 +. +And if it be from five years old even to twenty years old, then your estimation shall be of the male twenty shekels, and for the female ten shekels. -- leviticus 27:5 +. +And if it be from a month old even to five years old, then your estimation shall be of the male five shekels of silver, and for the female your estimation shall be three shekels of silver. -- leviticus 27:6 +. +And if it be from sixty years old and above; if it be a male, then your estimation shall be fifteen shekels, and for the female ten shekels. -- leviticus 27:7 +. +But if he be poorer than your estimation, then he shall present himself before the priest, and the priest shall value him; according to his ability that vowed shall the priest value him. -- leviticus 27:8 +. +And if it be a beast, whereof men bring an offering to the LORD, all that any man gives of such to the LORD shall be holy. -- leviticus 27:9 +. +He shall not alter it, nor change it, a good for a bad, or a bad for a good: and if he shall at all change beast for beast, then it and the exchange thereof shall be holy. -- leviticus 27:10 +. +And if it be any unclean beast, of which they do not offer a sacrifice to the LORD, then he shall present the beast before the priest: -- leviticus 27:11 +. +And the priest shall value it, whether it be good or bad: as you value it, who are the priest, so shall it be. -- leviticus 27:12 +. +But if he will at all redeem it, then he shall add a fifth part thereof to your estimation. -- leviticus 27:13 +. +And when a man shall sanctify his house to be holy to the LORD, then the priest shall estimate it, whether it be good or bad: as the priest shall estimate it, so shall it stand. -- leviticus 27:14 +. +And if he that sanctified it will redeem his house, then he shall add the fifth part of the money of your estimation to it, and it shall be his. -- leviticus 27:15 +. +And if a man shall sanctify to the LORD some part of a field of his possession, then your estimation shall be according to the seed thereof: an homer of barley seed shall be valued at fifty shekels of silver. -- leviticus 27:16 +. +If he sanctify his field from the year of jubilee, according to your estimation it shall stand. -- leviticus 27:17 +. +But if he sanctify his field after the jubilee, then the priest shall reckon to him the money according to the years that remain, even to the year of the jubilee, and it shall be abated from your estimation. -- leviticus 27:18 +. +And if he that sanctified the field will in any wise redeem it, then he shall add the fifth part of the money of your estimation to it, and it shall be assured to him. -- leviticus 27:19 +. +And if he will not redeem the field, or if he have sold the field to another man, it shall not be redeemed any more. -- leviticus 27:20 +. +But the field, when it goes out in the jubilee, shall be holy to the LORD, as a field devoted; the possession thereof shall be the priest'. -- leviticus 27:21 +. +And if a man sanctify to the LORD a field which he has bought, which is not of the fields of his possession; -- leviticus 27:22 +. +Then the priest shall reckon to him the worth of your estimation, even to the year of the jubilee: and he shall give your estimation in that day, as a holy thing to the LORD. -- leviticus 27:23 +. +In the year of the jubilee the field shall return to him of whom it was bought, even to him to whom the possession of the land did belong. -- leviticus 27:24 +. +And all your estimations shall be according to the shekel of the sanctuary: twenty gerahs shall be the shekel. -- leviticus 27:25 +. +Only the firstling of the beasts, which should be the LORD' firstling, no man shall sanctify it; whether it be ox, or sheep: it is the LORD'. -- leviticus 27:26 +. +And if it be of an unclean beast, then he shall redeem it according to your estimation, and shall add a fifth part of it thereto: or if it be not redeemed, then it shall be sold according to your estimation. -- leviticus 27:27 +. +Notwithstanding no devoted thing, that a man shall devote to the LORD of all that he has, both of man and beast, and of the field of his possession, shall be sold or redeemed: every devoted thing is most holy to the LORD. -- leviticus 27:28 +. +None devoted, which shall be devoted of men, shall be redeemed; but shall surely be put to death. -- leviticus 27:29 +. +And all the tithe of the land, whether of the seed of the land, or of the fruit of the tree, is the LORD': it is holy to the LORD. -- leviticus 27:30 +. +And if a man will at all redeem ought of his tithes, he shall add thereto the fifth part thereof. -- leviticus 27:31 +. +And concerning the tithe of the herd, or of the flock, even of whatever passes under the rod, the tenth shall be holy to the LORD. -- leviticus 27:32 +. +He shall not search whether it be good or bad, neither shall he change it: and if he change it at all, then both it and the change thereof shall be holy; it shall not be redeemed. -- leviticus 27:33 +. +These are the commandments, which the LORD commanded Moses for the children of Israel in mount Sinai. -- leviticus 27:34 +. +And the LORD spoke to Moses in the wilderness of Sinai, in the tabernacle of the congregation, on the first day of the second month, in the second year after they were come out of the land of Egypt, saying, -- numbers 1:1 +. +Take you the sum of all the congregation of the children of Israel, after their families, by the house of their fathers, with the number of their names, every male by their polls; -- numbers 1:2 +. +From twenty years old and upward, all that are able to go forth to war in Israel: you and Aaron shall number them by their armies. -- numbers 1:3 +. +And with you there shall be a man of every tribe; every one head of the house of his fathers. -- numbers 1:4 +. +And these are the names of the men that shall stand with you: of the tribe of Reuben; Elizur the son of Shedeur. -- numbers 1:5 +. +Of Simeon; Shelumiel the son of Zurishaddai. -- numbers 1:6 +. +Of Judah; Nahshon the son of Amminadab. -- numbers 1:7 +. +Of Issachar; Nethaneel the son of Zuar. -- numbers 1:8 +. +Of Zebulun; Eliab the son of Helon. -- numbers 1:9 +. +Of the children of Joseph: of Ephraim; Elishama the son of Ammihud: of Manasseh; Gamaliel the son of Pedahzur. -- numbers 1:10 +. +Of Benjamin; Abidan the son of Gideoni. -- numbers 1:11 +. +Of Dan; Ahiezer the son of Ammishaddai. -- numbers 1:12 +. +Of Asher; Pagiel the son of Ocran. -- numbers 1:13 +. +Of Gad; Eliasaph the son of Deuel. -- numbers 1:14 +. +Of Naphtali; Ahira the son of Enan. -- numbers 1:15 +. +These were the renowned of the congregation, princes of the tribes of their fathers, heads of thousands in Israel. -- numbers 1:16 +. +And Moses and Aaron took these men which are expressed by their names: -- numbers 1:17 +. +And they assembled all the congregation together on the first day of the second month, and they declared their pedigrees after their families, by the house of their fathers, according to the number of the names, from twenty years old and upward, by their polls. -- numbers 1:18 +. +As the LORD commanded Moses, so he numbered them in the wilderness of Sinai. -- numbers 1:19 +. +And the children of Reuben, Israel' oldest son, by their generations, after their families, by the house of their fathers, according to the number of the names, by their polls, every male from twenty years old and upward, all that were able to go forth to war; -- numbers 1:20 +. +Those that were numbered of them, even of the tribe of Reuben, were forty and six thousand and five hundred. -- numbers 1:21 +. +Of the children of Simeon, by their generations, after their families, by the house of their fathers, those that were numbered of them, according to the number of the names, by their polls, every male from twenty years old and upward, all that were able to go forth to war; -- numbers 1:22 +. +Those that were numbered of them, even of the tribe of Simeon, were fifty and nine thousand and three hundred. -- numbers 1:23 +. +Of the children of Gad, by their generations, after their families, by the house of their fathers, according to the number of the names, from twenty years old and upward, all that were able to go forth to war; -- numbers 1:24 +. +Those that were numbered of them, even of the tribe of Gad, were forty and five thousand six hundred and fifty. -- numbers 1:25 +. +Of the children of Judah, by their generations, after their families, by the house of their fathers, according to the number of the names, from twenty years old and upward, all that were able to go forth to war; -- numbers 1:26 +. +Those that were numbered of them, even of the tribe of Judah, were three score and fourteen thousand and six hundred. -- numbers 1:27 +. +Of the children of Issachar, by their generations, after their families, by the house of their fathers, according to the number of the names, from twenty years old and upward, all that were able to go forth to war; -- numbers 1:28 +. +Those that were numbered of them, even of the tribe of Issachar, were fifty and four thousand and four hundred. -- numbers 1:29 +. +Of the children of Zebulun, by their generations, after their families, by the house of their fathers, according to the number of the names, from twenty years old and upward, all that were able to go forth to war; -- numbers 1:30 +. +Those that were numbered of them, even of the tribe of Zebulun, were fifty and seven thousand and four hundred. -- numbers 1:31 +. +Of the children of Joseph, namely, of the children of Ephraim, by their generations, after their families, by the house of their fathers, according to the number of the names, from twenty years old and upward, all that were able to go forth to war; -- numbers 1:32 +. +Those that were numbered of them, even of the tribe of Ephraim, were forty thousand and five hundred. -- numbers 1:33 +. +Of the children of Manasseh, by their generations, after their families, by the house of their fathers, according to the number of the names, from twenty years old and upward, all that were able to go forth to war; -- numbers 1:34 +. +Those that were numbered of them, even of the tribe of Manasseh, were thirty and two thousand and two hundred. -- numbers 1:35 +. +Of the children of Benjamin, by their generations, after their families, by the house of their fathers, according to the number of the names, from twenty years old and upward, all that were able to go forth to war; -- numbers 1:36 +. +Those that were numbered of them, even of the tribe of Benjamin, were thirty and five thousand and four hundred. -- numbers 1:37 +. +Of the children of Dan, by their generations, after their families, by the house of their fathers, according to the number of the names, from twenty years old and upward, all that were able to go forth to war; -- numbers 1:38 +. +Those that were numbered of them, even of the tribe of Dan, were three score and two thousand and seven hundred. -- numbers 1:39 +. +Of the children of Asher, by their generations, after their families, by the house of their fathers, according to the number of the names, from twenty years old and upward, all that were able to go forth to war; -- numbers 1:40 +. +Those that were numbered of them, even of the tribe of Asher, were forty and one thousand and five hundred. -- numbers 1:41 +. +Of the children of Naphtali, throughout their generations, after their families, by the house of their fathers, according to the number of the names, from twenty years old and upward, all that were able to go forth to war; -- numbers 1:42 +. +Those that were numbered of them, even of the tribe of Naphtali, were fifty and three thousand and four hundred. -- numbers 1:43 +. +These are those that were numbered, which Moses and Aaron numbered, and the princes of Israel, being twelve men: each one was for the house of his fathers. -- numbers 1:44 +. +So were all those that were numbered of the children of Israel, by the house of their fathers, from twenty years old and upward, all that were able to go forth to war in Israel; -- numbers 1:45 +. +Even all they that were numbered were six hundred thousand and three thousand and five hundred and fifty. -- numbers 1:46 +. +But the Levites after the tribe of their fathers were not numbered among them. -- numbers 1:47 +. +For the LORD had spoken to Moses, saying, -- numbers 1:48 +. +Only you shall not number the tribe of Levi, neither take the sum of them among the children of Israel: -- numbers 1:49 +. +But you shall appoint the Levites over the tabernacle of testimony, and over all the vessels thereof, and over all things that belong to it: they shall bear the tabernacle, and all the vessels thereof; and they shall minister to it, and shall encamp round about the tabernacle. -- numbers 1:50 +. +And when the tabernacle sets forward, the Levites shall take it down: and when the tabernacle is to be pitched, the Levites shall set it up: and the stranger that comes near shall be put to death. -- numbers 1:51 +. +And the children of Israel shall pitch their tents, every man by his own camp, and every man by his own standard, throughout their hosts. -- numbers 1:52 +. +But the Levites shall pitch round about the tabernacle of testimony, that there be no wrath on the congregation of the children of Israel: and the Levites shall keep the charge of the tabernacle of testimony. -- numbers 1:53 +. +And the children of Israel did according to all that the LORD commanded Moses, so did they. -- numbers 1:54 +. +And the LORD spoke to Moses and to Aaron, saying, -- numbers 2:1 +. +Every man of the children of Israel shall pitch by his own standard, with the ensign of their father' house: far off about the tabernacle of the congregation shall they pitch. -- numbers 2:2 +. +And on the east side toward the rising of the sun shall they of the standard of the camp of Judah pitch throughout their armies: and Nahshon the son of Amminadab shall be captain of the children of Judah. -- numbers 2:3 +. +And his host, and those that were numbered of them, were three score and fourteen thousand and six hundred. -- numbers 2:4 +. +And those that do pitch next to him shall be the tribe of Issachar: and Nethaneel the son of Zuar shall be captain of the children of Issachar. -- numbers 2:5 +. +And his host, and those that were numbered thereof, were fifty and four thousand and four hundred. -- numbers 2:6 +. +Then the tribe of Zebulun: and Eliab the son of Helon shall be captain of the children of Zebulun. -- numbers 2:7 +. +And his host, and those that were numbered thereof, were fifty and seven thousand and four hundred. -- numbers 2:8 +. +All that were numbered in the camp of Judah were an hundred thousand and fourscore thousand and six thousand and four hundred, throughout their armies. These shall first set forth. -- numbers 2:9 +. +On the south side shall be the standard of the camp of Reuben according to their armies: and the captain of the children of Reuben shall be Elizur the son of Shedeur. -- numbers 2:10 +. +And his host, and those that were numbered thereof, were forty and six thousand and five hundred. -- numbers 2:11 +. +And those which pitch by him shall be the tribe of Simeon: and the captain of the children of Simeon shall be Shelumiel the son of Zurishaddai. -- numbers 2:12 +. +And his host, and those that were numbered of them, were fifty and nine thousand and three hundred. -- numbers 2:13 +. +Then the tribe of Gad: and the captain of the sons of Gad shall be Eliasaph the son of Reuel. -- numbers 2:14 +. +And his host, and those that were numbered of them, were forty and five thousand and six hundred and fifty. -- numbers 2:15 +. +All that were numbered in the camp of Reuben were an hundred thousand and fifty and one thousand and four hundred and fifty, throughout their armies. And they shall set forth in the second rank. -- numbers 2:16 +. +Then the tabernacle of the congregation shall set forward with the camp of the Levites in the middle of the camp: as they encamp, so shall they set forward, every man in his place by their standards. -- numbers 2:17 +. +On the west side shall be the standard of the camp of Ephraim according to their armies: and the captain of the sons of Ephraim shall be Elishama the son of Ammihud. -- numbers 2:18 +. +And his host, and those that were numbered of them, were forty thousand and five hundred. -- numbers 2:19 +. +And by him shall be the tribe of Manasseh: and the captain of the children of Manasseh shall be Gamaliel the son of Pedahzur. -- numbers 2:20 +. +And his host, and those that were numbered of them, were thirty and two thousand and two hundred. -- numbers 2:21 +. +Then the tribe of Benjamin: and the captain of the sons of Benjamin shall be Abidan the son of Gideoni. -- numbers 2:22 +. +And his host, and those that were numbered of them, were thirty and five thousand and four hundred. -- numbers 2:23 +. +All that were numbered of the camp of Ephraim were an hundred thousand and eight thousand and an hundred, throughout their armies. And they shall go forward in the third rank. -- numbers 2:24 +. +The standard of the camp of Dan shall be on the north side by their armies: and the captain of the children of Dan shall be Ahiezer the son of Ammishaddai. -- numbers 2:25 +. +And his host, and those that were numbered of them, were three score and two thousand and seven hundred. -- numbers 2:26 +. +And those that encamp by him shall be the tribe of Asher: and the captain of the children of Asher shall be Pagiel the son of Ocran. -- numbers 2:27 +. +And his host, and those that were numbered of them, were forty and one thousand and five hundred. -- numbers 2:28 +. +Then the tribe of Naphtali: and the captain of the children of Naphtali shall be Ahira the son of Enan. -- numbers 2:29 +. +And his host, and those that were numbered of them, were fifty and three thousand and four hundred. -- numbers 2:30 +. +All they that were numbered in the camp of Dan were an hundred thousand and fifty and seven thousand and six hundred. They shall go hindmost with their standards. -- numbers 2:31 +. +These are those which were numbered of the children of Israel by the house of their fathers: all those that were numbered of the camps throughout their hosts were six hundred thousand and three thousand and five hundred and fifty. -- numbers 2:32 +. +But the Levites were not numbered among the children of Israel; as the LORD commanded Moses. -- numbers 2:33 +. +And the children of Israel did according to all that the LORD commanded Moses: so they pitched by their standards, and so they set forward, every one after their families, according to the house of their fathers. -- numbers 2:34 +. +These also are the generations of Aaron and Moses in the day that the LORD spoke with Moses in mount Sinai. -- numbers 3:1 +. +And these are the names of the sons of Aaron; Nadab the firstborn, and Abihu, Eleazar, and Ithamar. -- numbers 3:2 +. +These are the names of the sons of Aaron, the priests which were anointed, whom he consecrated to minister in the priest' office. -- numbers 3:3 +. +And Nadab and Abihu died before the LORD, when they offered strange fire before the LORD, in the wilderness of Sinai, and they had no children: and Eleazar and Ithamar ministered in the priest' office in the sight of Aaron their father. -- numbers 3:4 +. +And the LORD spoke to Moses, saying, -- numbers 3:5 +. +Bring the tribe of Levi near, and present them before Aaron the priest, that they may minister to him. -- numbers 3:6 +. +And they shall keep his charge, and the charge of the whole congregation before the tabernacle of the congregation, to do the service of the tabernacle. -- numbers 3:7 +. +And they shall keep all the instruments of the tabernacle of the congregation, and the charge of the children of Israel, to do the service of the tabernacle. -- numbers 3:8 +. +And you shall give the Levites to Aaron and to his sons: they are wholly given to him out of the children of Israel. -- numbers 3:9 +. +And you shall appoint Aaron and his sons, and they shall wait on their priest' office: and the stranger that comes near shall be put to death. -- numbers 3:10 +. +And the LORD spoke to Moses, saying, -- numbers 3:11 +. +And I, behold, I have taken the Levites from among the children of Israel instead of all the firstborn that opens the matrix among the children of Israel: therefore the Levites shall be mine; -- numbers 3:12 +. +Because all the firstborn are mine; for on the day that I smote all the firstborn in the land of Egypt I hallowed to me all the firstborn in Israel, both man and beast: my shall they be: I am the LORD. -- numbers 3:13 +. +And the LORD spoke to Moses in the wilderness of Sinai, saying, -- numbers 3:14 +. +Number the children of Levi after the house of their fathers, by their families: every male from a month old and upward shall you number them. -- numbers 3:15 +. +And Moses numbered them according to the word of the LORD, as he was commanded. -- numbers 3:16 +. +And these were the sons of Levi by their names; Gershon, and Kohath, and Merari. -- numbers 3:17 +. +And these are the names of the sons of Gershon by their families; Libni, and Shimei. -- numbers 3:18 +. +And the sons of Kohath by their families; Amram, and Izehar, Hebron, and Uzziel. -- numbers 3:19 +. +And the sons of Merari by their families; Mahli, and Mushi. These are the families of the Levites according to the house of their fathers. -- numbers 3:20 +. +Of Gershon was the family of the Libnites, and the family of the Shimites: these are the families of the Gershonites. -- numbers 3:21 +. +Those that were numbered of them, according to the number of all the males, from a month old and upward, even those that were numbered of them were seven thousand and five hundred. -- numbers 3:22 +. +The families of the Gershonites shall pitch behind the tabernacle westward. -- numbers 3:23 +. +And the chief of the house of the father of the Gershonites shall be Eliasaph the son of Lael. -- numbers 3:24 +. +And the charge of the sons of Gershon in the tabernacle of the congregation shall be the tabernacle, and the tent, the covering thereof, and the hanging for the door of the tabernacle of the congregation, -- numbers 3:25 +. +And the hangings of the court, and the curtain for the door of the court, which is by the tabernacle, and by the altar round about, and the cords of it for all the service thereof. -- numbers 3:26 +. +And of Kohath was the family of the Amramites, and the family of the Izeharites, and the family of the Hebronites, and the family of the Uzzielites: these are the families of the Kohathites. -- numbers 3:27 +. +In the number of all the males, from a month old and upward, were eight thousand and six hundred, keeping the charge of the sanctuary. -- numbers 3:28 +. +The families of the sons of Kohath shall pitch on the side of the tabernacle southward. -- numbers 3:29 +. +And the chief of the house of the father of the families of the Kohathites shall be Elizaphan the son of Uzziel. -- numbers 3:30 +. +And their charge shall be the ark, and the table, and the candlestick, and the altars, and the vessels of the sanctuary with which they minister, and the hanging, and all the service thereof. -- numbers 3:31 +. +And Eleazar the son of Aaron the priest shall be chief over the chief of the Levites, and have the oversight of them that keep the charge of the sanctuary. -- numbers 3:32 +. +Of Merari was the family of the Mahlites, and the family of the Mushites: these are the families of Merari. -- numbers 3:33 +. +And those that were numbered of them, according to the number of all the males, from a month old and upward, were six thousand and two hundred. -- numbers 3:34 +. +And the chief of the house of the father of the families of Merari was Zuriel the son of Abihail: these shall pitch on the side of the tabernacle northward. -- numbers 3:35 +. +And under the custody and charge of the sons of Merari shall be the boards of the tabernacle, and the bars thereof, and the pillars thereof, and the sockets thereof, and all the vessels thereof, and all that serves thereto, -- numbers 3:36 +. +And the pillars of the court round about, and their sockets, and their pins, and their cords. -- numbers 3:37 +. +But those that encamp before the tabernacle toward the east, even before the tabernacle of the congregation eastward, shall be Moses, and Aaron and his sons, keeping the charge of the sanctuary for the charge of the children of Israel; and the stranger that comes near shall be put to death. -- numbers 3:38 +. +All that were numbered of the Levites, which Moses and Aaron numbered at the commandment of the LORD, throughout their families, all the males from a month old and upward, were twenty and two thousand. -- numbers 3:39 +. +And the LORD said to Moses, Number all the firstborn of the males of the children of Israel from a month old and upward, and take the number of their names. -- numbers 3:40 +. +And you shall take the Levites for me (I am the LORD) instead of all the firstborn among the children of Israel; and the cattle of the Levites instead of all the firstborn among the cattle of the children of Israel. -- numbers 3:41 +. +And Moses numbered, as the LORD commanded him, all the firstborn among the children of Israel. -- numbers 3:42 +. +And all the firstborn males by the number of names, from a month old and upward, of those that were numbered of them, were twenty and two thousand two hundred and three score and thirteen. -- numbers 3:43 +. +And the LORD spoke to Moses, saying, -- numbers 3:44 +. +Take the Levites instead of all the firstborn among the children of Israel, and the cattle of the Levites instead of their cattle; and the Levites shall be mine: I am the LORD. -- numbers 3:45 +. +And for those that are to be redeemed of the two hundred and three score and thirteen of the firstborn of the children of Israel, which are more than the Levites; -- numbers 3:46 +. +You shall even take five shekels apiece by the poll, after the shekel of the sanctuary shall you take them: (the shekel is twenty gerahs:) -- numbers 3:47 +. +And you shall give the money, with which the odd number of them is to be redeemed, to Aaron and to his sons. -- numbers 3:48 +. +And Moses took the redemption money of them that were over and above them that were redeemed by the Levites: -- numbers 3:49 +. +Of the firstborn of the children of Israel took he the money; a thousand three hundred and three score and five shekels, after the shekel of the sanctuary: -- numbers 3:50 +. +And Moses gave the money of them that were redeemed to Aaron and to his sons, according to the word of the LORD, as the LORD commanded Moses. -- numbers 3:51 +. +And the LORD spoke to Moses and to Aaron, saying, -- numbers 4:1 +. +Take the sum of the sons of Kohath from among the sons of Levi, after their families, by the house of their fathers, -- numbers 4:2 +. +From thirty years old and upward even until fifty years old, all that enter into the host, to do the work in the tabernacle of the congregation. -- numbers 4:3 +. +This shall be the service of the sons of Kohath in the tabernacle of the congregation, about the most holy things: -- numbers 4:4 +. +And when the camp sets forward, Aaron shall come, and his sons, and they shall take down the covering veil, and cover the ark of testimony with it: -- numbers 4:5 +. +And shall put thereon the covering of badgers'skins, and shall spread over it a cloth wholly of blue, and shall put in the staves thereof. -- numbers 4:6 +. +And on the table of show bread they shall spread a cloth of blue, and put thereon the dishes, and the spoons, and the bowls, and covers to cover with: and the continual bread shall be thereon: -- numbers 4:7 +. +And they shall spread on them a cloth of scarlet, and cover the same with a covering of badgers'skins, and shall put in the staves thereof. -- numbers 4:8 +. +And they shall take a cloth of blue, and cover the candlestick of the light, and his lamps, and his tongs, and his firepans, and all the oil vessels thereof, with which they minister to it: -- numbers 4:9 +. +And they shall put it and all the vessels thereof within a covering of badgers'skins, and shall put it on a bar. -- numbers 4:10 +. +And on the golden altar they shall spread a cloth of blue, and cover it with a covering of badgers'skins, and shall put to the staves thereof: -- numbers 4:11 +. +And they shall take all the instruments of ministry, with which they minister in the sanctuary, and put them in a cloth of blue, and cover them with a covering of badgers'skins, and shall put them on a bar: -- numbers 4:12 +. +And they shall take away the ashes from the altar, and spread a purple cloth thereon: -- numbers 4:13 +. +And they shall put on it all the vessels thereof, with which they minister about it, even the censers, the meat hooks, and the shovels, and the basins, all the vessels of the altar; and they shall spread on it a covering of badgers'skins, and put to the staves of it. -- numbers 4:14 +. +And when Aaron and his sons have made an end of covering the sanctuary, and all the vessels of the sanctuary, as the camp is to set forward; after that, the sons of Kohath shall come to bear it: but they shall not touch any holy thing, lest they die. These things are the burden of the sons of Kohath in the tabernacle of the congregation. -- numbers 4:15 +. +And to the office of Eleazar the son of Aaron the priest pertains the oil for the light, and the sweet incense, and the daily meat offering, and the anointing oil, and the oversight of all the tabernacle, and of all that therein is, in the sanctuary, and in the vessels thereof. -- numbers 4:16 +. +And the LORD spoke to Moses and to Aaron saying, -- numbers 4:17 +. +Cut you not off the tribe of the families of the Kohathites from among the Levites: -- numbers 4:18 +. +But thus do to them, that they may live, and not die, when they approach to the most holy things: Aaron and his sons shall go in, and appoint them every one to his service and to his burden: -- numbers 4:19 +. +But they shall not go in to see when the holy things are covered, lest they die. -- numbers 4:20 +. +And the LORD spoke to Moses, saying, -- numbers 4:21 +. +Take also the sum of the sons of Gershon, throughout the houses of their fathers, by their families; -- numbers 4:22 +. +From thirty years old and upward until fifty years old shall you number them; all that enter in to perform the service, to do the work in the tabernacle of the congregation. -- numbers 4:23 +. +This is the service of the families of the Gershonites, to serve, and for burdens: -- numbers 4:24 +. +And they shall bear the curtains of the tabernacle, and the tabernacle of the congregation, his covering, and the covering of the badgers'skins that is above on it, and the hanging for the door of the tabernacle of the congregation, -- numbers 4:25 +. +And the hangings of the court, and the hanging for the door of the gate of the court, which is by the tabernacle and by the altar round about, and their cords, and all the instruments of their service, and all that is made for them: so shall they serve. -- numbers 4:26 +. +At the appointment of Aaron and his sons shall be all the service of the sons of the Gershonites, in all their burdens, and in all their service: and you shall appoint to them in charge all their burdens. -- numbers 4:27 +. +This is the service of the families of the sons of Gershon in the tabernacle of the congregation: and their charge shall be under the hand of Ithamar the son of Aaron the priest. -- numbers 4:28 +. +As for the sons of Merari, you shall number them after their families, by the house of their fathers; -- numbers 4:29 +. +From thirty years old and upward even to fifty years old shall you number them, every one that enters into the service, to do the work of the tabernacle of the congregation. -- numbers 4:30 +. +And this is the charge of their burden, according to all their service in the tabernacle of the congregation; the boards of the tabernacle, and the bars thereof, and the pillars thereof, and sockets thereof, -- numbers 4:31 +. +And the pillars of the court round about, and their sockets, and their pins, and their cords, with all their instruments, and with all their service: and by name you shall reckon the instruments of the charge of their burden. -- numbers 4:32 +. +This is the service of the families of the sons of Merari, according to all their service, in the tabernacle of the congregation, under the hand of Ithamar the son of Aaron the priest. -- numbers 4:33 +. +And Moses and Aaron and the chief of the congregation numbered the sons of the Kohathites after their families, and after the house of their fathers, -- numbers 4:34 +. +From thirty years old and upward even to fifty years old, every one that enters into the service, for the work in the tabernacle of the congregation: -- numbers 4:35 +. +And those that were numbered of them by their families were two thousand seven hundred and fifty. -- numbers 4:36 +. +These were they that were numbered of the families of the Kohathites, all that might do service in the tabernacle of the congregation, which Moses and Aaron did number according to the commandment of the LORD by the hand of Moses. -- numbers 4:37 +. +And those that were numbered of the sons of Gershon, throughout their families, and by the house of their fathers, -- numbers 4:38 +. +From thirty years old and upward even to fifty years old, every one that enters into the service, for the work in the tabernacle of the congregation, -- numbers 4:39 +. +Even those that were numbered of them, throughout their families, by the house of their fathers, were two thousand and six hundred and thirty. -- numbers 4:40 +. +These are they that were numbered of the families of the sons of Gershon, of all that might do service in the tabernacle of the congregation, whom Moses and Aaron did number according to the commandment of the LORD. -- numbers 4:41 +. +And those that were numbered of the families of the sons of Merari, throughout their families, by the house of their fathers, -- numbers 4:42 +. +From thirty years old and upward even to fifty years old, every one that enters into the service, for the work in the tabernacle of the congregation, -- numbers 4:43 +. +Even those that were numbered of them after their families, were three thousand and two hundred. -- numbers 4:44 +. +These be those that were numbered of the families of the sons of Merari, whom Moses and Aaron numbered according to the word of the LORD by the hand of Moses. -- numbers 4:45 +. +All those that were numbered of the Levites, whom Moses and Aaron and the chief of Israel numbered, after their families, and after the house of their fathers, -- numbers 4:46 +. +From thirty years old and upward even to fifty years old, every one that came to do the service of the ministry, and the service of the burden in the tabernacle of the congregation. -- numbers 4:47 +. +Even those that were numbered of them, were eight thousand and five hundred and fourscore, -- numbers 4:48 +. +According to the commandment of the LORD they were numbered by the hand of Moses, every one according to his service, and according to his burden: thus were they numbered of him, as the LORD commanded Moses. -- numbers 4:49 +. +And the LORD spoke to Moses, saying, -- numbers 5:1 +. +Command the children of Israel, that they put out of the camp every leper, and every one that has an issue, and whoever is defiled by the dead: -- numbers 5:2 +. +Both male and female shall you put out, without the camp shall you put them; that they defile not their camps, in the middle whereof I dwell. -- numbers 5:3 +. +And the children of Israel did so, and put them out without the camp: as the LORD spoke to Moses, so did the children of Israel. -- numbers 5:4 +. +And the LORD spoke to Moses, saying, -- numbers 5:5 +. +Speak to the children of Israel, When a man or woman shall commit any sin that men commit, to do a trespass against the LORD, and that person be guilty; -- numbers 5:6 +. +Then they shall confess their sin which they have done: and he shall recompense his trespass with the principal thereof, and add to it the fifth part thereof, and give it to him against whom he has trespassed. -- numbers 5:7 +. +But if the man have no kinsman to recompense the trespass to, let the trespass be recompensed to the LORD, even to the priest; beside the ram of the atonement, whereby an atonement shall be made for him. -- numbers 5:8 +. +And every offering of all the holy things of the children of Israel, which they bring to the priest, shall be his. -- numbers 5:9 +. +And every man' hallowed things shall be his: whatever any man gives the priest, it shall be his. -- numbers 5:10 +. +And the LORD spoke to Moses, saying, -- numbers 5:11 +. +Speak to the children of Israel, and say to them, If any man' wife go aside, and commit a trespass against him, -- numbers 5:12 +. +And a man lie with her carnally, and it be hid from the eyes of her husband, and be kept close, and she be defiled, and there be no witness against her, neither she be taken with the manner; -- numbers 5:13 +. +And the spirit of jealousy come on him, and he be jealous of his wife, and she be defiled: or if the spirit of jealousy come on him, and he be jealous of his wife, and she be not defiled: -- numbers 5:14 +. +Then shall the man bring his wife to the priest, and he shall bring her offering for her, the tenth part of an ephah of barley meal; he shall pour no oil on it, nor put frankincense thereon; for it is an offering of jealousy, an offering of memorial, bringing iniquity to remembrance. -- numbers 5:15 +. +And the priest shall bring her near, and set her before the LORD: -- numbers 5:16 +. +And the priest shall take holy water in an earthen vessel; and of the dust that is in the floor of the tabernacle the priest shall take, and put it into the water: -- numbers 5:17 +. +And the priest shall set the woman before the LORD, and uncover the woman' head, and put the offering of memorial in her hands, which is the jealousy offering: and the priest shall have in his hand the bitter water that causes the curse: -- numbers 5:18 +. +And the priest shall charge her by an oath, and say to the woman, If no man have lain with you, and if you have not gone aside to uncleanness with another instead of your husband, be you free from this bitter water that causes the curse: -- numbers 5:19 +. +But if you have gone aside to another instead of your husband, and if you be defiled, and some man have lain with you beside your husband: -- numbers 5:20 +. +Then the priest shall charge the woman with an oath of cursing, and the priest shall say to the woman, The LORD make you a curse and an oath among your people, when the LORD does make your thigh to rot, and your belly to swell; -- numbers 5:21 +. +And this water that causes the curse shall go into your bowels, to make your belly to swell, and your thigh to rot: And the woman shall say, Amen, amen. -- numbers 5:22 +. +And the priest shall write these curses in a book, and he shall blot them out with the bitter water: -- numbers 5:23 +. +And he shall cause the woman to drink the bitter water that causes the curse: and the water that causes the curse shall enter into her, and become bitter. -- numbers 5:24 +. +Then the priest shall take the jealousy offering out of the woman' hand, and shall wave the offering before the LORD, and offer it on the altar: -- numbers 5:25 +. +And the priest shall take an handful of the offering, even the memorial thereof, and burn it on the altar, and afterward shall cause the woman to drink the water. -- numbers 5:26 +. +And when he has made her to drink the water, then it shall come to pass, that, if she be defiled, and have done trespass against her husband, that the water that causes the curse shall enter into her, and become bitter, and her belly shall swell, and her thigh shall rot: and the woman shall be a curse among her people. -- numbers 5:27 +. +And if the woman be not defiled, but be clean; then she shall be free, and shall conceive seed. -- numbers 5:28 +. +This is the law of jealousies, when a wife goes aside to another instead of her husband, and is defiled; -- numbers 5:29 +. +Or when the spirit of jealousy comes on him, and he be jealous over his wife, and shall set the woman before the LORD, and the priest shall execute on her all this law. -- numbers 5:30 +. +Then shall the man be guiltless from iniquity, and this woman shall bear her iniquity. -- numbers 5:31 +. +And the LORD spoke to Moses, saying, -- numbers 6:1 +. +Speak to the children of Israel, and say to them, When either man or woman shall separate themselves to vow a vow of a Nazarite, to separate themselves to the LORD: -- numbers 6:2 +. +He shall separate himself from wine and strong drink, and shall drink no vinegar of wine, or vinegar of strong drink, neither shall he drink any liquor of grapes, nor eat moist grapes, or dried. -- numbers 6:3 +. +All the days of his separation shall he eat nothing that is made of the vine tree, from the kernels even to the husk. -- numbers 6:4 +. +All the days of the vow of his separation there shall no razor come on his head: until the days be fulfilled, in the which he separates himself to the LORD, he shall be holy, and shall let the locks of the hair of his head grow. -- numbers 6:5 +. +All the days that he separates himself to the LORD he shall come at no dead body. -- numbers 6:6 +. +He shall not make himself unclean for his father, or for his mother, for his brother, or for his sister, when they die: because the consecration of his God is on his head. -- numbers 6:7 +. +All the days of his separation he is holy to the LORD. -- numbers 6:8 +. +And if any man die very suddenly by him, and he has defiled the head of his consecration; then he shall shave his head in the day of his cleansing, on the seventh day shall he shave it. -- numbers 6:9 +. +And on the eighth day he shall bring two turtles, or two young pigeons, to the priest, to the door of the tabernacle of the congregation: -- numbers 6:10 +. +And the priest shall offer the one for a sin offering, and the other for a burnt offering, and make an atonement for him, for that he sinned by the dead, and shall hallow his head that same day. -- numbers 6:11 +. +And he shall consecrate to the LORD the days of his separation, and shall bring a lamb of the first year for a trespass offering: but the days that were before shall be lost, because his separation was defiled. -- numbers 6:12 +. +And this is the law of the Nazarite, when the days of his separation are fulfilled: he shall be brought to the door of the tabernacle of the congregation: -- numbers 6:13 +. +And he shall offer his offering to the LORD, one he lamb of the first year without blemish for a burnt offering, and one ewe lamb of the first year without blemish for a sin offering, and one ram without blemish for peace offerings, -- numbers 6:14 +. +And a basket of unleavened bread, cakes of fine flour mingled with oil, and wafers of unleavened bread anointed with oil, and their meat offering, and their drink offerings. -- numbers 6:15 +. +And the priest shall bring them before the LORD, and shall offer his sin offering, and his burnt offering: -- numbers 6:16 +. +And he shall offer the ram for a sacrifice of peace offerings to the LORD, with the basket of unleavened bread: the priest shall offer also his meat offering, and his drink offering. -- numbers 6:17 +. +And the Nazarite shall shave the head of his separation at the door of the tabernacle of the congregation, and shall take the hair of the head of his separation, and put it in the fire which is under the sacrifice of the peace offerings. -- numbers 6:18 +. +And the priest shall take the sodden shoulder of the ram, and one unleavened cake out of the basket, and one unleavened wafer, and shall put them on the hands of the Nazarite, after the hair of his separation is shaven: -- numbers 6:19 +. +And the priest shall wave them for a wave offering before the LORD: this is holy for the priest, with the wave breast and heave shoulder: and after that the Nazarite may drink wine. -- numbers 6:20 +. +This is the law of the Nazarite who has vowed, and of his offering to the LORD for his separation, beside that that his hand shall get: according to the vow which he vowed, so he must do after the law of his separation. -- numbers 6:21 +. +And the LORD spoke to Moses, saying, -- numbers 6:22 +. +Speak to Aaron and to his sons, saying, On this wise you shall bless the children of Israel, saying to them, -- numbers 6:23 +. +The LORD bless you, and keep you: -- numbers 6:24 +. +The LORD make his face shine on you, and be gracious to you: -- numbers 6:25 +. +The LORD lift up his countenance on you, and give you peace. -- numbers 6:26 +. +And they shall put my name on the children of Israel, and I will bless them. -- numbers 6:27 +. +And it came to pass on the day that Moses had fully set up the tabernacle, and had anointed it, and sanctified it, and all the instruments thereof, both the altar and all the vessels thereof, and had anointed them, and sanctified them; -- numbers 7:1 +. +That the princes of Israel, heads of the house of their fathers, who were the princes of the tribes, and were over them that were numbered, offered: -- numbers 7:2 +. +And they brought their offering before the LORD, six covered wagons, and twelve oxen; a wagon for two of the princes, and for each one an ox: and they brought them before the tabernacle. -- numbers 7:3 +. +And the LORD spoke to Moses, saying, -- numbers 7:4 +. +Take it of them, that they may be to do the service of the tabernacle of the congregation; and you shall give them to the Levites, to every man according to his service. -- numbers 7:5 +. +And Moses took the wagons and the oxen, and gave them to the Levites. -- numbers 7:6 +. +Two wagons and four oxen he gave to the sons of Gershon, according to their service: -- numbers 7:7 +. +And four wagons and eight oxen he gave to the sons of Merari, according to their service, under the hand of Ithamar the son of Aaron the priest. -- numbers 7:8 +. +But to the sons of Kohath he gave none: because the service of the sanctuary belonging to them was that they should bear on their shoulders. -- numbers 7:9 +. +And the princes offered for dedicating of the altar in the day that it was anointed, even the princes offered their offering before the altar. -- numbers 7:10 +. +And the LORD said to Moses, They shall offer their offering, each prince on his day, for the dedicating of the altar. -- numbers 7:11 +. +And he that offered his offering the first day was Nahshon the son of Amminadab, of the tribe of Judah: -- numbers 7:12 +. +And his offering was one silver charger, the weight thereof was an hundred and thirty shekels, one silver bowl of seventy shekels, after the shekel of the sanctuary; both of them were full of fine flour mingled with oil for a meat offering: -- numbers 7:13 +. +One spoon of ten shekels of gold, full of incense: -- numbers 7:14 +. +One young bullock, one ram, one lamb of the first year, for a burnt offering: -- numbers 7:15 +. +One kid of the goats for a sin offering: -- numbers 7:16 +. +And for a sacrifice of peace offerings, two oxen, five rams, five he goats, five lambs of the first year: this was the offering of Nahshon the son of Amminadab. -- numbers 7:17 +. +On the second day Nethaneel the son of Zuar, prince of Issachar, did offer: -- numbers 7:18 +. +He offered for his offering one silver charger, the weight whereof was an hundred and thirty shekels, one silver bowl of seventy shekels, after the shekel of the sanctuary; both of them full of fine flour mingled with oil for a meat offering: -- numbers 7:19 +. +One spoon of gold of ten shekels, full of incense: -- numbers 7:20 +. +One young bullock, one ram, one lamb of the first year, for a burnt offering: -- numbers 7:21 +. +One kid of the goats for a sin offering: -- numbers 7:22 +. +And for a sacrifice of peace offerings, two oxen, five rams, five he goats, five lambs of the first year: this was the offering of Nethaneel the son of Zuar. -- numbers 7:23 +. +On the third day Eliab the son of Helon, prince of the children of Zebulun, did offer: -- numbers 7:24 +. +His offering was one silver charger, the weight whereof was an hundred and thirty shekels, one silver bowl of seventy shekels, after the shekel of the sanctuary; both of them full of fine flour mingled with oil for a meat offering: -- numbers 7:25 +. +One golden spoon of ten shekels, full of incense: -- numbers 7:26 +. +One young bullock, one ram, one lamb of the first year, for a burnt offering: -- numbers 7:27 +. +One kid of the goats for a sin offering: -- numbers 7:28 +. +And for a sacrifice of peace offerings, two oxen, five rams, five he goats, five lambs of the first year: this was the offering of Eliab the son of Helon. -- numbers 7:29 +. +On the fourth day Elizur the son of Shedeur, prince of the children of Reuben, did offer: -- numbers 7:30 +. +His offering was one silver charger of the weight of an hundred and thirty shekels, one silver bowl of seventy shekels, after the shekel of the sanctuary; both of them full of fine flour mingled with oil for a meat offering: -- numbers 7:31 +. +One golden spoon of ten shekels, full of incense: -- numbers 7:32 +. +One young bullock, one ram, one lamb of the first year, for a burnt offering: -- numbers 7:33 +. +One kid of the goats for a sin offering: -- numbers 7:34 +. +And for a sacrifice of peace offerings, two oxen, five rams, five he goats, five lambs of the first year: this was the offering of Elizur the son of Shedeur. -- numbers 7:35 +. +On the fifth day Shelumiel the son of Zurishaddai, prince of the children of Simeon, did offer: -- numbers 7:36 +. +His offering was one silver charger, the weight whereof was an hundred and thirty shekels, one silver bowl of seventy shekels, after the shekel of the sanctuary; both of them full of fine flour mingled with oil for a meat offering: -- numbers 7:37 +. +One golden spoon of ten shekels, full of incense: -- numbers 7:38 +. +One young bullock, one ram, one lamb of the first year, for a burnt offering: -- numbers 7:39 +. +One kid of the goats for a sin offering: -- numbers 7:40 +. +And for a sacrifice of peace offerings, two oxen, five rams, five he goats, five lambs of the first year: this was the offering of Shelumiel the son of Zurishaddai. -- numbers 7:41 +. +On the sixth day Eliasaph the son of Deuel, prince of the children of Gad, offered: -- numbers 7:42 +. +His offering was one silver charger of the weight of an hundred and thirty shekels, a silver bowl of seventy shekels, after the shekel of the sanctuary; both of them full of fine flour mingled with oil for a meat offering: -- numbers 7:43 +. +One golden spoon of ten shekels, full of incense: -- numbers 7:44 +. +One young bullock, one ram, one lamb of the first year, for a burnt offering: -- numbers 7:45 +. +One kid of the goats for a sin offering: -- numbers 7:46 +. +And for a sacrifice of peace offerings, two oxen, five rams, five he goats, five lambs of the first year: this was the offering of Eliasaph the son of Deuel. -- numbers 7:47 +. +On the seventh day Elishama the son of Ammihud, prince of the children of Ephraim, offered: -- numbers 7:48 +. +His offering was one silver charger, the weight whereof was an hundred and thirty shekels, one silver bowl of seventy shekels, after the shekel of the sanctuary; both of them full of fine flour mingled with oil for a meat offering: -- numbers 7:49 +. +One golden spoon of ten shekels, full of incense: -- numbers 7:50 +. +One young bullock, one ram, one lamb of the first year, for a burnt offering: -- numbers 7:51 +. +One kid of the goats for a sin offering: -- numbers 7:52 +. +And for a sacrifice of peace offerings, two oxen, five rams, five he goats, five lambs of the first year: this was the offering of Elishama the son of Ammihud. -- numbers 7:53 +. +On the eighth day offered Gamaliel the son of Pedahzur, prince of the children of Manasseh: -- numbers 7:54 +. +His offering was one silver charger of the weight of an hundred and thirty shekels, one silver bowl of seventy shekels, after the shekel of the sanctuary; both of them full of fine flour mingled with oil for a meat offering: -- numbers 7:55 +. +One golden spoon of ten shekels, full of incense: -- numbers 7:56 +. +One young bullock, one ram, one lamb of the first year, for a burnt offering: -- numbers 7:57 +. +One kid of the goats for a sin offering: -- numbers 7:58 +. +And for a sacrifice of peace offerings, two oxen, five rams, five he goats, five lambs of the first year: this was the offering of Gamaliel the son of Pedahzur. -- numbers 7:59 +. +On the ninth day Abidan the son of Gideoni, prince of the children of Benjamin, offered: -- numbers 7:60 +. +His offering was one silver charger, the weight whereof was an hundred and thirty shekels, one silver bowl of seventy shekels, after the shekel of the sanctuary; both of them full of fine flour mingled with oil for a meat offering: -- numbers 7:61 +. +One golden spoon of ten shekels, full of incense: -- numbers 7:62 +. +One young bullock, one ram, one lamb of the first year, for a burnt offering: -- numbers 7:63 +. +One kid of the goats for a sin offering: -- numbers 7:64 +. +And for a sacrifice of peace offerings, two oxen, five rams, five he goats, five lambs of the first year: this was the offering of Abidan the son of Gideoni. -- numbers 7:65 +. +On the tenth day Ahiezer the son of Ammishaddai, prince of the children of Dan, offered: -- numbers 7:66 +. +His offering was one silver charger, the weight whereof was an hundred and thirty shekels, one silver bowl of seventy shekels, after the shekel of the sanctuary; both of them full of fine flour mingled with oil for a meat offering: -- numbers 7:67 +. +One golden spoon of ten shekels, full of incense: -- numbers 7:68 +. +One young bullock, one ram, one lamb of the first year, for a burnt offering: -- numbers 7:69 +. +One kid of the goats for a sin offering: -- numbers 7:70 +. +And for a sacrifice of peace offerings, two oxen, five rams, five he goats, five lambs of the first year: this was the offering of Ahiezer the son of Ammishaddai. -- numbers 7:71 +. +On the eleventh day Pagiel the son of Ocran, prince of the children of Asher, offered: -- numbers 7:72 +. +His offering was one silver charger, the weight whereof was an hundred and thirty shekels, one silver bowl of seventy shekels, after the shekel of the sanctuary; both of them full of fine flour mingled with oil for a meat offering: -- numbers 7:73 +. +One golden spoon of ten shekels, full of incense: -- numbers 7:74 +. +One young bullock, one ram, one lamb of the first year, for a burnt offering: -- numbers 7:75 +. +One kid of the goats for a sin offering: -- numbers 7:76 +. +And for a sacrifice of peace offerings, two oxen, five rams, five he goats, five lambs of the first year: this was the offering of Pagiel the son of Ocran. -- numbers 7:77 +. +On the twelfth day Ahira the son of Enan, prince of the children of Naphtali, offered: -- numbers 7:78 +. +His offering was one silver charger, the weight whereof was an hundred and thirty shekels, one silver bowl of seventy shekels, after the shekel of the sanctuary; both of them full of fine flour mingled with oil for a meat offering: -- numbers 7:79 +. +One golden spoon of ten shekels, full of incense: -- numbers 7:80 +. +One young bullock, one ram, one lamb of the first year, for a burnt offering: -- numbers 7:81 +. +One kid of the goats for a sin offering: -- numbers 7:82 +. +And for a sacrifice of peace offerings, two oxen, five rams, five he goats, five lambs of the first year: this was the offering of Ahira the son of Enan. -- numbers 7:83 +. +This was the dedication of the altar, in the day when it was anointed, by the princes of Israel: twelve chargers of silver, twelve silver bowls, twelve spoons of gold: -- numbers 7:84 +. +Each charger of silver weighing an hundred and thirty shekels, each bowl seventy: all the silver vessels weighed two thousand and four hundred shekels, after the shekel of the sanctuary: -- numbers 7:85 +. +The golden spoons were twelve, full of incense, weighing ten shekels apiece, after the shekel of the sanctuary: all the gold of the spoons was an hundred and twenty shekels. -- numbers 7:86 +. +All the oxen for the burnt offering were twelve bullocks, the rams twelve, the lambs of the first year twelve, with their meat offering: and the kids of the goats for sin offering twelve. -- numbers 7:87 +. +And all the oxen for the sacrifice of the peace offerings were twenty and four bullocks, the rams sixty, the he goats sixty, the lambs of the first year sixty. This was the dedication of the altar, after that it was anointed. -- numbers 7:88 +. +And when Moses was gone into the tabernacle of the congregation to speak with him, then he heard the voice of one speaking to him from off the mercy seat that was on the ark of testimony, from between the two cherubim: and he spoke to him. -- numbers 7:89 +. +And the LORD spoke to Moses, saying, -- numbers 8:1 +. +Speak to Aaron and say to him, When you light the lamps, the seven lamps shall give light over against the candlestick. -- numbers 8:2 +. +And Aaron did so; he lighted the lamps thereof over against the candlestick, as the LORD commanded Moses. -- numbers 8:3 +. +And this work of the candlestick was of beaten gold, to the shaft thereof, to the flowers thereof, was beaten work: according to the pattern which the LORD had showed Moses, so he made the candlestick. -- numbers 8:4 +. +And the LORD spoke to Moses, saying, -- numbers 8:5 +. +Take the Levites from among the children of Israel, and cleanse them. -- numbers 8:6 +. +And thus shall you do to them, to cleanse them: Sprinkle water of purifying on them, and let them shave all their flesh, and let them wash their clothes, and so make themselves clean. -- numbers 8:7 +. +Then let them take a young bullock with his meat offering, even fine flour mingled with oil, and another young bullock shall you take for a sin offering. -- numbers 8:8 +. +And you shall bring the Levites before the tabernacle of the congregation: and you shall gather the whole assembly of the children of Israel together: -- numbers 8:9 +. +And you shall bring the Levites before the LORD: and the children of Israel shall put their hands on the Levites: -- numbers 8:10 +. +And Aaron shall offer the Levites before the LORD for an offering of the children of Israel, that they may execute the service of the LORD. -- numbers 8:11 +. +And the Levites shall lay their hands on the heads of the bullocks: and you shall offer the one for a sin offering, and the other for a burnt offering, to the LORD, to make an atonement for the Levites. -- numbers 8:12 +. +And you shall set the Levites before Aaron, and before his sons, and offer them for an offering to the LORD. -- numbers 8:13 +. +Thus shall you separate the Levites from among the children of Israel: and the Levites shall be mine. -- numbers 8:14 +. +And after that shall the Levites go in to do the service of the tabernacle of the congregation: and you shall cleanse them, and offer them for an offering. -- numbers 8:15 +. +For they are wholly given to me from among the children of Israel; instead of such as open every womb, even instead of the firstborn of all the children of Israel, have I taken them to me. -- numbers 8:16 +. +For all the firstborn of the children of Israel are mine, both man and beast: on the day that I smote every firstborn in the land of Egypt I sanctified them for myself. -- numbers 8:17 +. +And I have taken the Levites for all the firstborn of the children of Israel. -- numbers 8:18 +. +And I have given the Levites as a gift to Aaron and to his sons from among the children of Israel, to do the service of the children of Israel in the tabernacle of the congregation, and to make an atonement for the children of Israel: that there be no plague among the children of Israel, when the children of Israel come near to the sanctuary. -- numbers 8:19 +. +And Moses, and Aaron, and all the congregation of the children of Israel, did to the Levites according to all that the LORD commanded Moses concerning the Levites, so did the children of Israel to them. -- numbers 8:20 +. +And the Levites were purified, and they washed their clothes; and Aaron offered them as an offering before the LORD; and Aaron made an atonement for them to cleanse them. -- numbers 8:21 +. +And after that went the Levites in to do their service in the tabernacle of the congregation before Aaron, and before his sons: as the LORD had commanded Moses concerning the Levites, so did they to them. -- numbers 8:22 +. +And the LORD spoke to Moses, saying, -- numbers 8:23 +. +This is it that belongs to the Levites: from twenty and five years old and upward they shall go in to wait on the service of the tabernacle of the congregation: -- numbers 8:24 +. +And from the age of fifty years they shall cease waiting on the service thereof, and shall serve no more: -- numbers 8:25 +. +But shall minister with their brothers in the tabernacle of the congregation, to keep the charge, and shall do no service. Thus shall you do to the Levites touching their charge. -- numbers 8:26 +. +And the LORD spoke to Moses in the wilderness of Sinai, in the first month of the second year after they were come out of the land of Egypt, saying, -- numbers 9:1 +. +Let the children of Israel also keep the passover at his appointed season. -- numbers 9:2 +. +In the fourteenth day of this month, at even, you shall keep it in his appointed season: according to all the rites of it, and according to all the ceremonies thereof, shall you keep it. -- numbers 9:3 +. +And Moses spoke to the children of Israel, that they should keep the passover. -- numbers 9:4 +. +And they kept the passover on the fourteenth day of the first month at even in the wilderness of Sinai: according to all that the LORD commanded Moses, so did the children of Israel. -- numbers 9:5 +. +And there were certain men, who were defiled by the dead body of a man, that they could not keep the passover on that day: and they came before Moses and before Aaron on that day: -- numbers 9:6 +. +And those men said to him, We are defiled by the dead body of a man: why are we kept back, that we may not offer an offering of the LORD in his appointed season among the children of Israel? -- numbers 9:7 +. +And Moses said to them, Stand still, and I will hear what the LORD will command concerning you. -- numbers 9:8 +. +And the LORD spoke to Moses, saying, -- numbers 9:9 +. +Speak to the children of Israel, saying, If any man of you or of your posterity shall be unclean by reason of a dead body, or be in a journey afar off, yet he shall keep the passover to the LORD. -- numbers 9:10 +. +The fourteenth day of the second month at even they shall keep it, and eat it with unleavened bread and bitter herbs. -- numbers 9:11 +. +They shall leave none of it to the morning, nor break any bone of it: according to all the ordinances of the passover they shall keep it. -- numbers 9:12 +. +But the man that is clean, and is not in a journey, and declines to keep the passover, even the same soul shall be cut off from among his people: because he brought not the offering of the LORD in his appointed season, that man shall bear his sin. -- numbers 9:13 +. +And if a stranger shall sojourn among you, and will keep the passover to the LORD; according to the ordinance of the passover, and according to the manner thereof, so shall he do: you shall have one ordinance, both for the stranger, and for him that was born in the land. -- numbers 9:14 +. +And on the day that the tabernacle was reared up the cloud covered the tabernacle, namely, the tent of the testimony: and at even there was on the tabernacle as it were the appearance of fire, until the morning. -- numbers 9:15 +. +So it was always: the cloud covered it by day, and the appearance of fire by night. -- numbers 9:16 +. +And when the cloud was taken up from the tabernacle, then after that the children of Israel journeyed: and in the place where the cloud stayed, there the children of Israel pitched their tents. -- numbers 9:17 +. +At the commandment of the LORD the children of Israel journeyed, and at the commandment of the LORD they pitched: as long as the cloud stayed on the tabernacle they rested in their tents. -- numbers 9:18 +. +And when the cloud tarried long on the tabernacle many days, then the children of Israel kept the charge of the LORD, and journeyed not. -- numbers 9:19 +. +And so it was, when the cloud was a few days on the tabernacle; according to the commandment of the LORD they stayed in their tents, and according to the commandment of the LORD they journeyed. -- numbers 9:20 +. +And so it was, when the cloud stayed from even to the morning, and that the cloud was taken up in the morning, then they journeyed: whether it was by day or by night that the cloud was taken up, they journeyed. -- numbers 9:21 +. +Or whether it were two days, or a month, or a year, that the cloud tarried on the tabernacle, remaining thereon, the children of Israel stayed in their tents, and journeyed not: but when it was taken up, they journeyed. -- numbers 9:22 +. +At the commandment of the LORD they rested in the tents, and at the commandment of the LORD they journeyed: they kept the charge of the LORD, at the commandment of the LORD by the hand of Moses. -- numbers 9:23 +. +And the LORD spoke to Moses, saying, -- numbers 10:1 +. +Make you two trumpets of silver; of a whole piece shall you make them: that you may use them for the calling of the assembly, and for the journeying of the camps. -- numbers 10:2 +. +And when they shall blow with them, all the assembly shall assemble themselves to you at the door of the tabernacle of the congregation. -- numbers 10:3 +. +And if they blow but with one trumpet, then the princes, which are heads of the thousands of Israel, shall gather themselves to you. -- numbers 10:4 +. +When you blow an alarm, then the camps that lie on the east parts shall go forward. -- numbers 10:5 +. +When you blow an alarm the second time, then the camps that lie on the south side shall take their journey: they shall blow an alarm for their journeys. -- numbers 10:6 +. +But when the congregation is to be gathered together, you shall blow, but you shall not sound an alarm. -- numbers 10:7 +. +And the sons of Aaron, the priests, shall blow with the trumpets; and they shall be to you for an ordinance for ever throughout your generations. -- numbers 10:8 +. +And if you go to war in your land against the enemy that oppresses you, then you shall blow an alarm with the trumpets; and you shall be remembered before the LORD your God, and you shall be saved from your enemies. -- numbers 10:9 +. +Also in the day of your gladness, and in your solemn days, and in the beginnings of your months, you shall blow with the trumpets over your burnt offerings, and over the sacrifices of your peace offerings; that they may be to you for a memorial before your God: I am the LORD your God. -- numbers 10:10 +. +And it came to pass on the twentieth day of the second month, in the second year, that the cloud was taken up from off the tabernacle of the testimony. -- numbers 10:11 +. +And the children of Israel took their journeys out of the wilderness of Sinai; and the cloud rested in the wilderness of Paran. -- numbers 10:12 +. +And they first took their journey according to the commandment of the LORD by the hand of Moses. -- numbers 10:13 +. +In the first place went the standard of the camp of the children of Judah according to their armies: and over his host was Nahshon the son of Amminadab. -- numbers 10:14 +. +And over the host of the tribe of the children of Issachar was Nethaneel the son of Zuar. -- numbers 10:15 +. +And over the host of the tribe of the children of Zebulun was Eliab the son of Helon. -- numbers 10:16 +. +And the tabernacle was taken down; and the sons of Gershon and the sons of Merari set forward, bearing the tabernacle. -- numbers 10:17 +. +And the standard of the camp of Reuben set forward according to their armies: and over his host was Elizur the son of Shedeur. -- numbers 10:18 +. +And over the host of the tribe of the children of Simeon was Shelumiel the son of Zurishaddai. -- numbers 10:19 +. +And over the host of the tribe of the children of Gad was Eliasaph the son of Deuel. -- numbers 10:20 +. +And the Kohathites set forward, bearing the sanctuary: and the other did set up the tabernacle against they came. -- numbers 10:21 +. +And the standard of the camp of the children of Ephraim set forward according to their armies: and over his host was Elishama the son of Ammihud. -- numbers 10:22 +. +And over the host of the tribe of the children of Manasseh was Gamaliel the son of Pedahzur. -- numbers 10:23 +. +And over the host of the tribe of the children of Benjamin was Abidan the son of Gideoni. -- numbers 10:24 +. +And the standard of the camp of the children of Dan set forward, which was the rear guard of all the camps throughout their hosts: and over his host was Ahiezer the son of Ammishaddai. -- numbers 10:25 +. +And over the host of the tribe of the children of Asher was Pagiel the son of Ocran. -- numbers 10:26 +. +And over the host of the tribe of the children of Naphtali was Ahira the son of Enan. -- numbers 10:27 +. +Thus were the journeys of the children of Israel according to their armies, when they set forward. -- numbers 10:28 +. +And Moses said to Hobab, the son of Raguel the Midianite, Moses'father in law, We are journeying to the place of which the LORD said, I will give it you: come you with us, and we will do you good: for the LORD has spoken good concerning Israel. -- numbers 10:29 +. +And he said to him, I will not go; but I will depart to my own land, and to my kindred. -- numbers 10:30 +. +And he said, Leave us not, I pray you; for as much as you know how we are to encamp in the wilderness, and you may be to us instead of eyes. -- numbers 10:31 +. +And it shall be, if you go with us, yes, it shall be, that what goodness the LORD shall do to us, the same will we do to you. -- numbers 10:32 +. +And they departed from the mount of the LORD three days'journey: and the ark of the covenant of the LORD went before them in the three days'journey, to search out a resting place for them. -- numbers 10:33 +. +And the cloud of the LORD was on them by day, when they went out of the camp. -- numbers 10:34 +. +And it came to pass, when the ark set forward, that Moses said, Rise up, LORD, and let your enemies be scattered; and let them that hate you flee before you. -- numbers 10:35 +. +And when it rested, he said, Return, O LORD, to the many thousands of Israel. -- numbers 10:36 +. +And when the people complained, it displeased the LORD: and the LORD heard it; and his anger was kindled; and the fire of the LORD burnt among them, and consumed them that were in the uttermost parts of the camp. -- numbers 11:1 +. +And the people cried to Moses; and when Moses prayed to the LORD, the fire was quenched. -- numbers 11:2 +. +And he called the name of the place Taberah: because the fire of the LORD burnt among them. -- numbers 11:3 +. +And the mixed multitude that was among them fell a lusting: and the children of Israel also wept again, and said, Who shall give us flesh to eat? -- numbers 11:4 +. +We remember the fish, which we did eat in Egypt freely; the cucumbers, and the melons, and the leeks, and the onions, and the garlic: -- numbers 11:5 +. +But now our soul is dried away: there is nothing at all, beside this manna, before our eyes. -- numbers 11:6 +. +And the manna was as coriander seed, and the color thereof as the color of bdellium. -- numbers 11:7 +. +And the people went about, and gathered it, and ground it in mills, or beat it in a mortar, and baked it in pans, and made cakes of it: and the taste of it was as the taste of fresh oil. -- numbers 11:8 +. +And when the dew fell on the camp in the night, the manna fell on it. -- numbers 11:9 +. +Then Moses heard the people weep throughout their families, every man in the door of his tent: and the anger of the LORD was kindled greatly; Moses also was displeased. -- numbers 11:10 +. +And Moses said to the LORD, Why have you afflicted your servant? and why have I not found favor in your sight, that you lay the burden of all this people on me? -- numbers 11:11 +. +Have I conceived all this people? have I begotten them, that you should say to me, Carry them in your bosom, as a nursing father bears the sucking child, to the land which you swore to their fathers? -- numbers 11:12 +. +From where should I have flesh to give to all this people? for they weep to me, saying, Give us flesh, that we may eat. -- numbers 11:13 +. +I am not able to bear all this people alone, because it is too heavy for me. -- numbers 11:14 +. +And if you deal thus with me, kill me, I pray you, out of hand, if I have found favor in your sight; and let me not see my wretchedness. -- numbers 11:15 +. +And the LORD said to Moses, Gather to me seventy men of the elders of Israel, whom you know to be the elders of the people, and officers over them; and bring them to the tabernacle of the congregation, that they may stand there with you. -- numbers 11:16 +. +And I will come down and talk with you there: and I will take of the spirit which is on you, and will put it on them; and they shall bear the burden of the people with you, that you bear it not yourself alone. -- numbers 11:17 +. +And say you to the people, Sanctify yourselves against to morrow, and you shall eat flesh: for you have wept in the ears of the LORD, saying, Who shall give us flesh to eat? for it was well with us in Egypt: therefore the LORD will give you flesh, and you shall eat. -- numbers 11:18 +. +You shall not eat one day, nor two days, nor five days, neither ten days, nor twenty days; -- numbers 11:19 +. +But even a whole month, until it come out at your nostrils, and it be loathsome to you: because that you have despised the LORD which is among you, and have wept before him, saying, Why came we forth out of Egypt? -- numbers 11:20 +. +And Moses said, The people, among whom I am, are six hundred thousand footmen; and you have said, I will give them flesh, that they may eat a whole month. -- numbers 11:21 +. +Shall the flocks and the herds be slain for them, to suffice them? or shall all the fish of the sea be gathered together for them, to suffice them? -- numbers 11:22 +. +And the LORD said to Moses, Is the LORD' hand waxed short? you shall see now whether my word shall come to pass to you or not. -- numbers 11:23 +. +And Moses went out, and told the people the words of the LORD, and gathered the seventy men of the elders of the people, and set them round about the tabernacle. -- numbers 11:24 +. +And the LORD came down in a cloud, and spoke to him, and took of the spirit that was on him, and gave it to the seventy elders: and it came to pass, that, when the spirit rested on them, they prophesied, and did not cease. -- numbers 11:25 +. +But there remained two of the men in the camp, the name of the one was Eldad, and the name of the other Medad: and the spirit rested on them; and they were of them that were written, but went not out to the tabernacle: and they prophesied in the camp. -- numbers 11:26 +. +And there ran a young man, and told Moses, and said, Eldad and Medad do prophesy in the camp. -- numbers 11:27 +. +And Joshua the son of Nun, the servant of Moses, one of his young men, answered and said, My lord Moses, forbid them. -- numbers 11:28 +. +And Moses said to him, Envy you for my sake? would God that all the LORD' people were prophets, and that the LORD would put his spirit on them! -- numbers 11:29 +. +And Moses got him into the camp, he and the elders of Israel. -- numbers 11:30 +. +And there went forth a wind from the LORD, and brought quails from the sea, and let them fall by the camp, as it were a day' journey on this side, and as it were a day' journey on the other side, round about the camp, and as it were two cubits high on the face of the earth. -- numbers 11:31 +. +And the people stood up all that day, and all that night, and all the next day, and they gathered the quails: he that gathered least gathered ten homers: and they spread them all abroad for themselves round about the camp. -- numbers 11:32 +. +And while the flesh was yet between their teeth, ere it was chewed, the wrath of the LORD was kindled against the people, and the LORD smote the people with a very great plague. -- numbers 11:33 +. +And he called the name of that place Kibrothhattaavah: because there they buried the people that lusted. -- numbers 11:34 +. +And the people journeyed from Kibrothhattaavah to Hazeroth; and stayed at Hazeroth. -- numbers 11:35 +. +And Miriam and Aaron spoke against Moses because of the Ethiopian woman whom he had married: for he had married an Ethiopian woman. -- numbers 12:1 +. +And they said, Has the LORD indeed spoken only by Moses? has he not spoken also by us? And the LORD heard it. -- numbers 12:2 +. +(Now the man Moses was very meek, above all the men which were on the face of the earth.) -- numbers 12:3 +. +And the LORD spoke suddenly to Moses, and to Aaron, and to Miriam, Come out you three to the tabernacle of the congregation. And they three came out. -- numbers 12:4 +. +And the LORD came down in the pillar of the cloud, and stood in the door of the tabernacle, and called Aaron and Miriam: and they both came forth. -- numbers 12:5 +. +And he said, Hear now my words: If there be a prophet among you, I the LORD will make myself known to him in a vision, and will speak to him in a dream. -- numbers 12:6 +. +My servant Moses is not so, who is faithful in all my house. -- numbers 12:7 +. +With him will I speak mouth to mouth, even apparently, and not in dark speeches; and the similitude of the LORD shall he behold: why then were you not afraid to speak against my servant Moses? -- numbers 12:8 +. +And the anger of the LORD was kindled against them; and he departed. -- numbers 12:9 +. +And the cloud departed from off the tabernacle; and, behold, Miriam became leprous, white as snow: and Aaron looked on Miriam, and, behold, she was leprous. -- numbers 12:10 +. +And Aaron said to Moses, Alas, my lord, I beseech you, lay not the sin on us, wherein we have done foolishly, and wherein we have sinned. -- numbers 12:11 +. +Let her not be as one dead, of whom the flesh is half consumed when he comes out of his mother' womb. -- numbers 12:12 +. +And Moses cried to the LORD, saying, Heal her now, O God, I beseech you. -- numbers 12:13 +. +And the LORD said to Moses, If her father had but spit in her face, should she not be ashamed seven days? let her be shut out from the camp seven days, and after that let her be received in again. -- numbers 12:14 +. +And Miriam was shut out from the camp seven days: and the people journeyed not till Miriam was brought in again. -- numbers 12:15 +. +And afterward the people removed from Hazeroth, and pitched in the wilderness of Paran. -- numbers 12:16 +. +And the LORD spoke to Moses, saying, -- numbers 13:1 +. +Send you men, that they may search the land of Canaan, which I give to the children of Israel: of every tribe of their fathers shall you send a man, every one a ruler among them. -- numbers 13:2 +. +And Moses by the commandment of the LORD sent them from the wilderness of Paran: all those men were heads of the children of Israel. -- numbers 13:3 +. +And these were their names: of the tribe of Reuben, Shammua the son of Zaccur. -- numbers 13:4 +. +Of the tribe of Simeon, Shaphat the son of Hori. -- numbers 13:5 +. +Of the tribe of Judah, Caleb the son of Jephunneh. -- numbers 13:6 +. +Of the tribe of Issachar, Igal the son of Joseph. -- numbers 13:7 +. +Of the tribe of Ephraim, Oshea the son of Nun. -- numbers 13:8 +. +Of the tribe of Benjamin, Palti the son of Raphu. -- numbers 13:9 +. +Of the tribe of Zebulun, Gaddiel the son of Sodi. -- numbers 13:10 +. +Of the tribe of Joseph, namely, of the tribe of Manasseh, Gaddi the son of Susi. -- numbers 13:11 +. +Of the tribe of Dan, Ammiel the son of Gemalli. -- numbers 13:12 +. +Of the tribe of Asher, Sethur the son of Michael. -- numbers 13:13 +. +Of the tribe of Naphtali, Nahbi the son of Vophsi. -- numbers 13:14 +. +Of the tribe of Gad, Geuel the son of Machi. -- numbers 13:15 +. +These are the names of the men which Moses sent to spy out the land. And Moses called Oshea the son of Nun Jehoshua. -- numbers 13:16 +. +And Moses sent them to spy out the land of Canaan, and said to them, Get you up this way southward, and go up into the mountain: -- numbers 13:17 +. +And see the land, what it is, and the people that dwells therein, whether they be strong or weak, few or many; -- numbers 13:18 +. +And what the land is that they dwell in, whether it be good or bad; and what cities they be that they dwell in, whether in tents, or in strong holds; -- numbers 13:19 +. +And what the land is, whether it be fat or lean, whether there be wood therein, or not. And be you of good courage, and bring of the fruit of the land. Now the time was the time of the first ripe grapes. -- numbers 13:20 +. +So they went up, and searched the land from the wilderness of Zin to Rehob, as men come to Hamath. -- numbers 13:21 +. +And they ascended by the south, and came to Hebron; where Ahiman, Sheshai, and Talmai, the children of Anak, were. (Now Hebron was built seven years before Zoan in Egypt.) -- numbers 13:22 +. +And they came to the brook of Eshcol, and cut down from there a branch with one cluster of grapes, and they bore it between two on a staff; and they brought of the pomegranates, and of the figs. -- numbers 13:23 +. +The place was called the brook Eshcol, because of the cluster of grapes which the children of Israel cut down from there. -- numbers 13:24 +. +And they returned from searching of the land after forty days. -- numbers 13:25 +. +And they went and came to Moses, and to Aaron, and to all the congregation of the children of Israel, to the wilderness of Paran, to Kadesh; and brought back word to them, and to all the congregation, and showed them the fruit of the land. -- numbers 13:26 +. +And they told him, and said, We came to the land where you sent us, and surely it flows with milk and honey; and this is the fruit of it. -- numbers 13:27 +. +Nevertheless the people be strong that dwell in the land, and the cities are walled, and very great: and moreover we saw the children of Anak there. -- numbers 13:28 +. +The Amalekites dwell in the land of the south: and the Hittites, and the Jebusites, and the Amorites, dwell in the mountains: and the Canaanites dwell by the sea, and by the coast of Jordan. -- numbers 13:29 +. +And Caleb stilled the people before Moses, and said, Let us go up at once, and possess it; for we are well able to overcome it. -- numbers 13:30 +. +But the men that went up with him said, We be not able to go up against the people; for they are stronger than we. -- numbers 13:31 +. +And they brought up an evil report of the land which they had searched to the children of Israel, saying, The land, through which we have gone to search it, is a land that eats up the inhabitants thereof; and all the people that we saw in it are men of a great stature. -- numbers 13:32 +. +And there we saw the giants, the sons of Anak, which come of the giants: and we were in our own sight as grasshoppers, and so we were in their sight. -- numbers 13:33 +. +And all the congregation lifted up their voice, and cried; and the people wept that night. -- numbers 14:1 +. +And all the children of Israel murmured against Moses and against Aaron: and the whole congregation said to them, Would God that we had died in the land of Egypt! or would God we had died in this wilderness! -- numbers 14:2 +. +And why has the LORD brought us to this land, to fall by the sword, that our wives and our children should be a prey? were it not better for us to return into Egypt? -- numbers 14:3 +. +And they said one to another, Let us make a captain, and let us return into Egypt. -- numbers 14:4 +. +Then Moses and Aaron fell on their faces before all the assembly of the congregation of the children of Israel. -- numbers 14:5 +. +And Joshua the son of Nun, and Caleb the son of Jephunneh, which were of them that searched the land, rent their clothes: -- numbers 14:6 +. +And they spoke to all the company of the children of Israel, saying, The land, which we passed through to search it, is an exceeding good land. -- numbers 14:7 +. +If the LORD delight in us, then he will bring us into this land, and give it us; a land which flows with milk and honey. -- numbers 14:8 +. +Only rebel not you against the LORD, neither fear you the people of the land; for they are bread for us: their defense is departed from them, and the LORD is with us: fear them not. -- numbers 14:9 +. +But all the congregation bade stone them with stones. And the glory of the LORD appeared in the tabernacle of the congregation before all the children of Israel. -- numbers 14:10 +. +And the LORD said to Moses, How long will this people provoke me? and how long will it be ere they believe me, for all the signs which I have showed among them? -- numbers 14:11 +. +I will smite them with the pestilence, and disinherit them, and will make of you a greater nation and mightier than they. -- numbers 14:12 +. +And Moses said to the LORD, Then the Egyptians shall hear it, (for you brought up this people in your might from among them;) -- numbers 14:13 +. +And they will tell it to the inhabitants of this land: for they have heard that you LORD are among this people, that you LORD are seen face to face, and that your cloud stands over them, and that you go before them, by day time in a pillar of a cloud, and in a pillar of fire by night. -- numbers 14:14 +. +Now if you shall kill all this people as one man, then the nations which have heard the fame of you will speak, saying, -- numbers 14:15 +. +Because the LORD was not able to bring this people into the land which he swore to them, therefore he has slain them in the wilderness. -- numbers 14:16 +. +And now, I beseech you, let the power of my LORD be great, according as you have spoken, saying, -- numbers 14:17 +. +The LORD is long-suffering, and of great mercy, forgiving iniquity and transgression, and by no means clearing the guilty, visiting the iniquity of the fathers on the children to the third and fourth generation. -- numbers 14:18 +. +Pardon, I beseech you, the iniquity of this people according to the greatness of your mercy, and as you have forgiven this people, from Egypt even until now. -- numbers 14:19 +. +And the LORD said, I have pardoned according to your word: -- numbers 14:20 +. +But as truly as I live, all the earth shall be filled with the glory of the LORD. -- numbers 14:21 +. +Because all those men which have seen my glory, and my miracles, which I did in Egypt and in the wilderness, and have tempted me now these ten times, and have not listened to my voice; -- numbers 14:22 +. +Surely they shall not see the land which I swore to their fathers, neither shall any of them that provoked me see it: -- numbers 14:23 +. +But my servant Caleb, because he had another spirit with him, and has followed me fully, him will I bring into the land into where he went; and his seed shall possess it. -- numbers 14:24 +. +(Now the Amalekites and the Canaanites dwelled in the valley.) Tomorrow turn you, and get you into the wilderness by the way of the Red sea. -- numbers 14:25 +. +And the LORD spoke to Moses and to Aaron, saying, -- numbers 14:26 +. +How long shall I bear with this evil congregation, which murmur against me? I have heard the murmurings of the children of Israel, which they murmur against me. -- numbers 14:27 +. +Say to them, As truly as I live, said the LORD, as you have spoken in my ears, so will I do to you: -- numbers 14:28 +. +Your carcasses shall fall in this wilderness; and all that were numbered of you, according to your whole number, from twenty years old and upward which have murmured against me. -- numbers 14:29 +. +Doubtless you shall not come into the land, concerning which I swore to make you dwell therein, save Caleb the son of Jephunneh, and Joshua the son of Nun. -- numbers 14:30 +. +But your little ones, which you said should be a prey, them will I bring in, and they shall know the land which you have despised. -- numbers 14:31 +. +But as for you, your carcasses, they shall fall in this wilderness. -- numbers 14:32 +. +And your children shall wander in the wilderness forty years, and bear your prostitutions, until your carcasses be wasted in the wilderness. -- numbers 14:33 +. +After the number of the days in which you searched the land, even forty days, each day for a year, shall you bear your iniquities, even forty years, and you shall know my breach of promise. -- numbers 14:34 +. +I the LORD have said, I will surely do it to all this evil congregation, that are gathered together against me: in this wilderness they shall be consumed, and there they shall die. -- numbers 14:35 +. +And the men, which Moses sent to search the land, who returned, and made all the congregation to murmur against him, by bringing up a slander on the land, -- numbers 14:36 +. +Even those men that did bring up the evil report on the land, died by the plague before the LORD. -- numbers 14:37 +. +But Joshua the son of Nun, and Caleb the son of Jephunneh, which were of the men that went to search the land, lived still. -- numbers 14:38 +. +And Moses told these sayings to all the children of Israel: and the people mourned greatly. -- numbers 14:39 +. +And they rose up early in the morning, and got them up into the top of the mountain, saying, See, we be here, and will go up to the place which the LORD has promised: for we have sinned. -- numbers 14:40 +. +And Moses said, Why now do you transgress the commandment of the LORD? but it shall not prosper. -- numbers 14:41 +. +Go not up, for the LORD is not among you; that you be not smitten before your enemies. -- numbers 14:42 +. +For the Amalekites and the Canaanites are there before you, and you shall fall by the sword: because you are turned away from the LORD, therefore the LORD will not be with you. -- numbers 14:43 +. +But they presumed to go up to the hill top: nevertheless the ark of the covenant of the LORD, and Moses, departed not out of the camp. -- numbers 14:44 +. +Then the Amalekites came down, and the Canaanites which dwelled in that hill, and smote them, and discomfited them, even to Hormah. -- numbers 14:45 +. +And the LORD spoke to Moses, saying, -- numbers 15:1 +. +Speak to the children of Israel, and say to them, When you be come into the land of your habitations, which I give to you, -- numbers 15:2 +. +And will make an offering by fire to the LORD, a burnt offering, or a sacrifice in performing a vow, or in a freewill offering, or in your solemn feasts, to make a sweet smell to the LORD, of the herd or of the flock: -- numbers 15:3 +. +Then shall he that offers his offering to the LORD bring a meat offering of a tenth deal of flour mingled with the fourth part of an hin of oil. -- numbers 15:4 +. +And the fourth part of an hin of wine for a drink offering shall you prepare with the burnt offering or sacrifice, for one lamb. -- numbers 15:5 +. +Or for a ram, you shall prepare for a meat offering two tenth deals of flour mingled with the third part of an hin of oil. -- numbers 15:6 +. +And for a drink offering you shall offer the third part of an hin of wine, for a sweet smell to the LORD. -- numbers 15:7 +. +And when you prepare a bullock for a burnt offering, or for a sacrifice in performing a vow, or peace offerings to the LORD: -- numbers 15:8 +. +Then shall he bring with a bullock a meat offering of three tenth deals of flour mingled with half an hin of oil. -- numbers 15:9 +. +And you shall bring for a drink offering half an hin of wine, for an offering made by fire, of a sweet smell to the LORD. -- numbers 15:10 +. +Thus shall it be done for one bullock, or for one ram, or for a lamb, or a kid. -- numbers 15:11 +. +According to the number that you shall prepare, so shall you do to every one according to their number. -- numbers 15:12 +. +All that are born of the country shall do these things after this manner, in offering an offering made by fire, of a sweet smell to the LORD. -- numbers 15:13 +. +And if a stranger sojourn with you, or whoever be among you in your generations, and will offer an offering made by fire, of a sweet smell to the LORD; as you do, so he shall do. -- numbers 15:14 +. +One ordinance shall be both for you of the congregation, and also for the stranger that sojournes with you, an ordinance for ever in your generations: as you are, so shall the stranger be before the LORD. -- numbers 15:15 +. +One law and one manner shall be for you, and for the stranger that sojournes with you. -- numbers 15:16 +. +And the LORD spoke to Moses, saying, -- numbers 15:17 +. +Speak to the children of Israel, and say to them, When you come into the land where I bring you, -- numbers 15:18 +. +Then it shall be, that, when you eat of the bread of the land, you shall offer up an heave offering to the LORD. -- numbers 15:19 +. +You shall offer up a cake of the first of your dough for an heave offering: as you do the heave offering of the threshing floor, so shall you heave it. -- numbers 15:20 +. +Of the first of your dough you shall give to the LORD an heave offering in your generations. -- numbers 15:21 +. +And if you have erred, and not observed all these commandments, which the LORD has spoken to Moses, -- numbers 15:22 +. +Even all that the LORD has commanded you by the hand of Moses, from the day that the LORD commanded Moses, and henceforward among your generations; -- numbers 15:23 +. +Then it shall be, if ought be committed by ignorance without the knowledge of the congregation, that all the congregation shall offer one young bullock for a burnt offering, for a sweet smell to the LORD, with his meat offering, and his drink offering, according to the manner, and one kid of the goats for a sin offering. -- numbers 15:24 +. +And the priest shall make an atonement for all the congregation of the children of Israel, and it shall be forgiven them; for it is ignorance: and they shall bring their offering, a sacrifice made by fire to the LORD, and their sin offering before the LORD, for their ignorance: -- numbers 15:25 +. +And it shall be forgiven all the congregation of the children of Israel, and the stranger that sojournes among them; seeing all the people were in ignorance. -- numbers 15:26 +. +And if any soul sin through ignorance, then he shall bring a she goat of the first year for a sin offering. -- numbers 15:27 +. +And the priest shall make an atonement for the soul that sins ignorantly, when he sins by ignorance before the LORD, to make an atonement for him; and it shall be forgiven him. -- numbers 15:28 +. +You shall have one law for him that sins through ignorance, both for him that is born among the children of Israel, and for the stranger that sojournes among them. -- numbers 15:29 +. +But the soul that does ought presumptuously, whether he be born in the land, or a stranger, the same reproaches the LORD; and that soul shall be cut off from among his people. -- numbers 15:30 +. +Because he has despised the word of the LORD, and has broken his commandment, that soul shall utterly be cut off; his iniquity shall be on him. -- numbers 15:31 +. +And while the children of Israel were in the wilderness, they found a man that gathered sticks on the sabbath day. -- numbers 15:32 +. +And they that found him gathering sticks brought him to Moses and Aaron, and to all the congregation. -- numbers 15:33 +. +And they put him in ward, because it was not declared what should be done to him. -- numbers 15:34 +. +And the LORD said to Moses, The man shall be surely put to death: all the congregation shall stone him with stones without the camp. -- numbers 15:35 +. +And all the congregation brought him without the camp, and stoned him with stones, and he died; as the LORD commanded Moses. -- numbers 15:36 +. +And the LORD spoke to Moses, saying, -- numbers 15:37 +. +Speak to the children of Israel, and bid them that they make them fringes in the borders of their garments throughout their generations, and that they put on the fringe of the borders a ribbon of blue: -- numbers 15:38 +. +And it shall be to you for a fringe, that you may look on it, and remember all the commandments of the LORD, and do them; and that you seek not after your own heart and your own eyes, after which you use to go a whoring: -- numbers 15:39 +. +That you may remember, and do all my commandments, and be holy to your God. -- numbers 15:40 +. +I am the LORD your God, which brought you out of the land of Egypt, to be your God: I am the LORD your God. -- numbers 15:41 +. +Now Korah, the son of Izhar, the son of Kohath, the son of Levi, and Dathan and Abiram, the sons of Eliab, and On, the son of Peleth, sons of Reuben, took men: -- numbers 16:1 +. +And they rose up before Moses, with certain of the children of Israel, two hundred and fifty princes of the assembly, famous in the congregation, men of renown: -- numbers 16:2 +. +And they gathered themselves together against Moses and against Aaron, and said to them, You take too much on you, seeing all the congregation are holy, every one of them, and the LORD is among them: why then lift you up yourselves above the congregation of the LORD? -- numbers 16:3 +. +And when Moses heard it, he fell on his face: -- numbers 16:4 +. +And he spoke to Korah and to all his company, saying, Even to morrow the LORD will show who are his, and who is holy; and will cause him to come near to him: even him whom he has chosen will he cause to come near to him. -- numbers 16:5 +. +This do; Take you censers, Korah, and all his company; -- numbers 16:6 +. +And put fire therein, and put incense in them before the LORD to morrow: and it shall be that the man whom the LORD does choose, he shall be holy: you take too much on you, you sons of Levi. -- numbers 16:7 +. +And Moses said to Korah, Hear, I pray you, you sons of Levi: -- numbers 16:8 +. +Seems it but a small thing to you, that the God of Israel has separated you from the congregation of Israel, to bring you near to himself to do the service of the tabernacle of the LORD, and to stand before the congregation to minister to them? -- numbers 16:9 +. +And he has brought you near to him, and all your brothers the sons of Levi with you: and seek you the priesthood also? -- numbers 16:10 +. +For which cause both you and all your company are gathered together against the LORD: and what is Aaron, that you murmur against him? -- numbers 16:11 +. +And Moses sent to call Dathan and Abiram, the sons of Eliab: which said, We will not come up: -- numbers 16:12 +. +Is it a small thing that you have brought us up out of a land that flows with milk and honey, to kill us in the wilderness, except you make yourself altogether a prince over us? -- numbers 16:13 +. +Moreover you have not brought us into a land that flows with milk and honey, or given us inheritance of fields and vineyards: will you put out the eyes of these men? we will not come up. -- numbers 16:14 +. +And Moses was very wroth, and said to the LORD, Respect not you their offering: I have not taken one ass from them, neither have I hurt one of them. -- numbers 16:15 +. +And Moses said to Korah, Be you and all your company before the LORD, you, and they, and Aaron, to morrow: -- numbers 16:16 +. +And take every man his censer, and put incense in them, and bring you before the LORD every man his censer, two hundred and fifty censers; you also, and Aaron, each of you his censer. -- numbers 16:17 +. +And they took every man his censer, and put fire in them, and laid incense thereon, and stood in the door of the tabernacle of the congregation with Moses and Aaron. -- numbers 16:18 +. +And Korah gathered all the congregation against them to the door of the tabernacle of the congregation: and the glory of the LORD appeared to all the congregation. -- numbers 16:19 +. +And the LORD spoke to Moses and to Aaron, saying, -- numbers 16:20 +. +Separate yourselves from among this congregation, that I may consume them in a moment. -- numbers 16:21 +. +And they fell on their faces, and said, O God, the God of the spirits of all flesh, shall one man sin, and will you be wroth with all the congregation? -- numbers 16:22 +. +And the LORD spoke to Moses, saying, -- numbers 16:23 +. +Speak to the congregation, saying, Get you up from about the tabernacle of Korah, Dathan, and Abiram. -- numbers 16:24 +. +And Moses rose up and went to Dathan and Abiram; and the elders of Israel followed him. -- numbers 16:25 +. +And he spoke to the congregation, saying, Depart, I pray you, from the tents of these wicked men, and touch nothing of their', lest you be consumed in all their sins. -- numbers 16:26 +. +So they got up from the tabernacle of Korah, Dathan, and Abiram, on every side: and Dathan and Abiram came out, and stood in the door of their tents, and their wives, and their sons, and their little children. -- numbers 16:27 +. +And Moses said, Hereby you shall know that the LORD has sent me to do all these works; for I have not done them of my own mind. -- numbers 16:28 +. +If these men die the common death of all men, or if they be visited after the visitation of all men; then the LORD has not sent me. -- numbers 16:29 +. +But if the LORD make a new thing, and the earth open her mouth, and swallow them up, with all that appertain to them, and they go down quick into the pit; then you shall understand that these men have provoked the LORD. -- numbers 16:30 +. +And it came to pass, as he had made an end of speaking all these words, that the ground split asunder that was under them: -- numbers 16:31 +. +And the earth opened her mouth, and swallowed them up, and their houses, and all the men that appertained to Korah, and all their goods. -- numbers 16:32 +. +They, and all that appertained to them, went down alive into the pit, and the earth closed on them: and they perished from among the congregation. -- numbers 16:33 +. +And all Israel that were round about them fled at the cry of them: for they said, Lest the earth swallow us up also. -- numbers 16:34 +. +And there came out a fire from the LORD, and consumed the two hundred and fifty men that offered incense. -- numbers 16:35 +. +And the LORD spoke to Moses, saying, -- numbers 16:36 +. +Speak to Eleazar the son of Aaron the priest, that he take up the censers out of the burning, and scatter you the fire yonder; for they are hallowed. -- numbers 16:37 +. +The censers of these sinners against their own souls, let them make them broad plates for a covering of the altar: for they offered them before the LORD, therefore they are hallowed: and they shall be a sign to the children of Israel. -- numbers 16:38 +. +And Eleazar the priest took the brazen censers, with which they that were burnt had offered; and they were made broad plates for a covering of the altar: -- numbers 16:39 +. +To be a memorial to the children of Israel, that no stranger, which is not of the seed of Aaron, come near to offer incense before the LORD; that he be not as Korah, and as his company: as the LORD said to him by the hand of Moses. -- numbers 16:40 +. +But on the morrow all the congregation of the children of Israel murmured against Moses and against Aaron, saying, You have killed the people of the LORD. -- numbers 16:41 +. +And it came to pass, when the congregation was gathered against Moses and against Aaron, that they looked toward the tabernacle of the congregation: and, behold, the cloud covered it, and the glory of the LORD appeared. -- numbers 16:42 +. +And Moses and Aaron came before the tabernacle of the congregation. -- numbers 16:43 +. +And the LORD spoke to Moses, saying, -- numbers 16:44 +. +Get you up from among this congregation, that I may consume them as in a moment. And they fell on their faces. -- numbers 16:45 +. +And Moses said to Aaron, Take a censer, and put fire therein from off the altar, and put on incense, and go quickly to the congregation, and make an atonement for them: for there is wrath gone out from the LORD; the plague is begun. -- numbers 16:46 +. +And Aaron took as Moses commanded, and ran into the middle of the congregation; and, behold, the plague was begun among the people: and he put on incense, and made an atonement for the people. -- numbers 16:47 +. +And he stood between the dead and the living; and the plague was stayed. -- numbers 16:48 +. +Now they that died in the plague were fourteen thousand and seven hundred, beside them that died about the matter of Korah. -- numbers 16:49 +. +And Aaron returned to Moses to the door of the tabernacle of the congregation: and the plague was stayed. -- numbers 16:50 +. +And the LORD spoke to Moses, saying, -- numbers 17:1 +. +Speak to the children of Israel, and take of every one of them a rod according to the house of their fathers, of all their princes according to the house of their fathers twelve rods: write you every man' name on his rod. -- numbers 17:2 +. +And you shall write Aaron' name on the rod of Levi: for one rod shall be for the head of the house of their fathers. -- numbers 17:3 +. +And you shall lay them up in the tabernacle of the congregation before the testimony, where I will meet with you. -- numbers 17:4 +. +And it shall come to pass, that the man' rod, whom I shall choose, shall blossom: and I will make to cease from me the murmurings of the children of Israel, whereby they murmur against you. -- numbers 17:5 +. +And Moses spoke to the children of Israel, and every one of their princes gave him a rod apiece, for each prince one, according to their fathers'houses, even twelve rods: and the rod of Aaron was among their rods. -- numbers 17:6 +. +And Moses laid up the rods before the LORD in the tabernacle of witness. -- numbers 17:7 +. +And it came to pass, that on the morrow Moses went into the tabernacle of witness; and, behold, the rod of Aaron for the house of Levi was budded, and brought forth buds, and bloomed blossoms, and yielded almonds. -- numbers 17:8 +. +And Moses brought out all the rods from before the LORD to all the children of Israel: and they looked, and took every man his rod. -- numbers 17:9 +. +And the LORD said to Moses, Bring Aaron' rod again before the testimony, to be kept for a token against the rebels; and you shall quite take away their murmurings from me, that they die not. -- numbers 17:10 +. +And Moses did so: as the LORD commanded him, so did he. -- numbers 17:11 +. +And the children of Israel spoke to Moses, saying, Behold, we die, we perish, we all perish. -- numbers 17:12 +. +Whoever comes any thing near to the tabernacle of the LORD shall die: shall we be consumed with dying? -- numbers 17:13 +. +And the LORD said to Aaron, You and your sons and your father' house with you shall bear the iniquity of the sanctuary: and you and your sons with you shall bear the iniquity of your priesthood. -- numbers 18:1 +. +And your brothers also of the tribe of Levi, the tribe of your father, bring you with you, that they may be joined to you, and minister to you: but you and your sons with you shall minister before the tabernacle of witness. -- numbers 18:2 +. +And they shall keep your charge, and the charge of all the tabernacle: only they shall not come near the vessels of the sanctuary and the altar, that neither they, nor you also, die. -- numbers 18:3 +. +And they shall be joined to you, and keep the charge of the tabernacle of the congregation, for all the service of the tabernacle: and a stranger shall not come near to you. -- numbers 18:4 +. +And you shall keep the charge of the sanctuary, and the charge of the altar: that there be no wrath any more on the children of Israel. -- numbers 18:5 +. +And I, behold, I have taken your brothers the Levites from among the children of Israel: to you they are given as a gift for the LORD, to do the service of the tabernacle of the congregation. -- numbers 18:6 +. +Therefore you and your sons with you shall keep your priest' office for everything of the altar, and within the veil; and you shall serve: I have given your priest' office to you as a service of gift: and the stranger that comes near shall be put to death. -- numbers 18:7 +. +And the LORD spoke to Aaron, Behold, I also have given you the charge of my heave offerings of all the hallowed things of the children of Israel; to you have I given them by reason of the anointing, and to your sons, by an ordinance for ever. -- numbers 18:8 +. +This shall be your of the most holy things, reserved from the fire: every oblation of theirs, every meat offering of theirs, and every sin offering of theirs, and every trespass offering of theirs which they shall render to me, shall be most holy for you and for your sons. -- numbers 18:9 +. +In the most holy place shall you eat it; every male shall eat it: it shall be holy to you. -- numbers 18:10 +. +And this is yours; the heave offering of their gift, with all the wave offerings of the children of Israel: I have given them to you, and to your sons and to your daughters with you, by a statute for ever: every one that is clean in your house shall eat of it. -- numbers 18:11 +. +All the best of the oil, and all the best of the wine, and of the wheat, the first fruits of them which they shall offer to the LORD, them have I given you. -- numbers 18:12 +. +And whatever is first ripe in the land, which they shall bring to the LORD, shall be yours; every one that is clean in your house shall eat of it. -- numbers 18:13 +. +Every thing devoted in Israel shall be yours. -- numbers 18:14 +. +Every thing that opens the matrix in all flesh, which they bring to the LORD, whether it be of men or beasts, shall be yours: nevertheless the firstborn of man shall you surely redeem, and the firstling of unclean beasts shall you redeem. -- numbers 18:15 +. +And those that are to be redeemed from a month old shall you redeem, according to your estimation, for the money of five shekels, after the shekel of the sanctuary, which is twenty gerahs. -- numbers 18:16 +. +But the firstling of a cow, or the firstling of a sheep, or the firstling of a goat, you shall not redeem; they are holy: you shall sprinkle their blood on the altar, and shall burn their fat for an offering made by fire, for a sweet smell to the LORD. -- numbers 18:17 +. +And the flesh of them shall be yours, as the wave breast and as the right shoulder are yours. -- numbers 18:18 +. +All the heave offerings of the holy things, which the children of Israel offer to the LORD, have I given you, and your sons and your daughters with you, by a statute for ever: it is a covenant of salt for ever before the LORD to you and to your seed with you. -- numbers 18:19 +. +And the LORD spoke to Aaron, You shall have no inheritance in their land, neither shall you have any part among them: I am your part and your inheritance among the children of Israel. -- numbers 18:20 +. +And, behold, I have given the children of Levi all the tenth in Israel for an inheritance, for their service which they serve, even the service of the tabernacle of the congregation. -- numbers 18:21 +. +Neither must the children of Israel from now on come near the tabernacle of the congregation, lest they bear sin, and die. -- numbers 18:22 +. +But the Levites shall do the service of the tabernacle of the congregation, and they shall bear their iniquity: it shall be a statute for ever throughout your generations, that among the children of Israel they have no inheritance. -- numbers 18:23 +. +But the tithes of the children of Israel, which they offer as an heave offering to the LORD, I have given to the Levites to inherit: therefore I have said to them, Among the children of Israel they shall have no inheritance. -- numbers 18:24 +. +And the LORD spoke to Moses, saying, -- numbers 18:25 +. +Thus speak to the Levites, and say to them, When you take of the children of Israel the tithes which I have given you from them for your inheritance, then you shall offer up an heave offering of it for the LORD, even a tenth part of the tithe. -- numbers 18:26 +. +And this your heave offering shall be reckoned to you, as though it were the corn of the threshing floor, and as the fullness of the wine press. -- numbers 18:27 +. +Thus you also shall offer an heave offering to the LORD of all your tithes, which you receive of the children of Israel; and you shall give thereof the LORD' heave offering to Aaron the priest. -- numbers 18:28 +. +Out of all your gifts you shall offer every heave offering of the LORD, of all the best thereof, even the hallowed part thereof out of it. -- numbers 18:29 +. +Therefore you shall say to them, When you have heaved the best thereof from it, then it shall be counted to the Levites as the increase of the threshing floor, and as the increase of the wine press. -- numbers 18:30 +. +And you shall eat it in every place, you and your households: for it is your reward for your service in the tabernacle of the congregation. -- numbers 18:31 +. +And you shall bear no sin by reason of it, when you have heaved from it the best of it: neither shall you pollute the holy things of the children of Israel, lest you die. -- numbers 18:32 +. +And the LORD spoke to Moses and to Aaron, saying, -- numbers 19:1 +. +This is the ordinance of the law which the LORD has commanded, saying, Speak to the children of Israel, that they bring you a red heifer without spot, wherein is no blemish, and on which never came yoke: -- numbers 19:2 +. +And you shall give her to Eleazar the priest, that he may bring her forth without the camp, and one shall slay her before his face: -- numbers 19:3 +. +And Eleazar the priest shall take of her blood with his finger, and sprinkle of her blood directly before the tabernacle of the congregation seven times: -- numbers 19:4 +. +And one shall burn the heifer in his sight; her skin, and her flesh, and her blood, with her dung, shall he burn: -- numbers 19:5 +. +And the priest shall take cedar wood, and hyssop, and scarlet, and cast it into the middle of the burning of the heifer. -- numbers 19:6 +. +Then the priest shall wash his clothes, and he shall bathe his flesh in water, and afterward he shall come into the camp, and the priest shall be unclean until the even. -- numbers 19:7 +. +And he that burns her shall wash his clothes in water, and bathe his flesh in water, and shall be unclean until the even. -- numbers 19:8 +. +And a man that is clean shall gather up the ashes of the heifer, and lay them up without the camp in a clean place, and it shall be kept for the congregation of the children of Israel for a water of separation: it is a purification for sin. -- numbers 19:9 +. +And he that gathers the ashes of the heifer shall wash his clothes, and be unclean until the even: and it shall be to the children of Israel, and to the stranger that sojournes among them, for a statute for ever. -- numbers 19:10 +. +He that touches the dead body of any man shall be unclean seven days. -- numbers 19:11 +. +He shall purify himself with it on the third day, and on the seventh day he shall be clean: but if he purify not himself the third day, then the seventh day he shall not be clean. -- numbers 19:12 +. +Whoever touches the dead body of any man that is dead, and purifies not himself, defiles the tabernacle of the LORD; and that soul shall be cut off from Israel: because the water of separation was not sprinkled on him, he shall be unclean; his uncleanness is yet on him. -- numbers 19:13 +. +This is the law, when a man dies in a tent: all that come into the tent, and all that is in the tent, shall be unclean seven days. -- numbers 19:14 +. +And every open vessel, which has no covering bound on it, is unclean. -- numbers 19:15 +. +And whoever touches one that is slain with a sword in the open fields, or a dead body, or a bone of a man, or a grave, shall be unclean seven days. -- numbers 19:16 +. +And for an unclean person they shall take of the ashes of the burnt heifer of purification for sin, and running water shall be put thereto in a vessel: -- numbers 19:17 +. +And a clean person shall take hyssop, and dip it in the water, and sprinkle it on the tent, and on all the vessels, and on the persons that were there, and on him that touched a bone, or one slain, or one dead, or a grave: -- numbers 19:18 +. +And the clean person shall sprinkle on the unclean on the third day, and on the seventh day: and on the seventh day he shall purify himself, and wash his clothes, and bathe himself in water, and shall be clean at even. -- numbers 19:19 +. +But the man that shall be unclean, and shall not purify himself, that soul shall be cut off from among the congregation, because he has defiled the sanctuary of the LORD: the water of separation has not been sprinkled on him; he is unclean. -- numbers 19:20 +. +And it shall be a perpetual statute to them, that he that sprinkles the water of separation shall wash his clothes; and he that touches the water of separation shall be unclean until even. -- numbers 19:21 +. +And whatever the unclean person touches shall be unclean; and the soul that touches it shall be unclean until even. -- numbers 19:22 +. +Then came the children of Israel, even the whole congregation, into the desert of Zin in the first month: and the people stayed in Kadesh; and Miriam died there, and was buried there. -- numbers 20:1 +. +And there was no water for the congregation: and they gathered themselves together against Moses and against Aaron. -- numbers 20:2 +. +And the people strived with Moses, and spoke, saying, Would God that we had died when our brothers died before the LORD! -- numbers 20:3 +. +And why have you brought up the congregation of the LORD into this wilderness, that we and our cattle should die there? -- numbers 20:4 +. +And why have you made us to come up out of Egypt, to bring us in to this evil place? it is no place of seed, or of figs, or of vines, or of pomegranates; neither is there any water to drink. -- numbers 20:5 +. +And Moses and Aaron went from the presence of the assembly to the door of the tabernacle of the congregation, and they fell on their faces: and the glory of the LORD appeared to them. -- numbers 20:6 +. +And the LORD spoke to Moses, saying, -- numbers 20:7 +. +Take the rod, and gather you the assembly together, you, and Aaron your brother, and speak you to the rock before their eyes; and it shall give forth his water, and you shall bring forth to them water out of the rock: so you shall give the congregation and their beasts drink. -- numbers 20:8 +. +And Moses took the rod from before the LORD, as he commanded him. -- numbers 20:9 +. +And Moses and Aaron gathered the congregation together before the rock, and he said to them, Hear now, you rebels; must we fetch you water out of this rock? -- numbers 20:10 +. +And Moses lifted up his hand, and with his rod he smote the rock twice: and the water came out abundantly, and the congregation drank, and their beasts also. -- numbers 20:11 +. +And the LORD spoke to Moses and Aaron, Because you believed me not, to sanctify me in the eyes of the children of Israel, therefore you shall not bring this congregation into the land which I have given them. -- numbers 20:12 +. +This is the water of Meribah; because the children of Israel strove with the LORD, and he was sanctified in them. -- numbers 20:13 +. +And Moses sent messengers from Kadesh to the king of Edom, Thus said your brother Israel, You know all the travail that has befallen us: -- numbers 20:14 +. +How our fathers went down into Egypt, and we have dwelled in Egypt a long time; and the Egyptians vexed us, and our fathers: -- numbers 20:15 +. +And when we cried to the LORD, he heard our voice, and sent an angel, and has brought us forth out of Egypt: and, behold, we are in Kadesh, a city in the uttermost of your border: -- numbers 20:16 +. +Let us pass, I pray you, through your country: we will not pass through the fields, or through the vineyards, neither will we drink of the water of the wells: we will go by the king' high way, we will not turn to the right hand nor to the left, until we have passed your borders. -- numbers 20:17 +. +And Edom said to him, You shall not pass by me, lest I come out against you with the sword. -- numbers 20:18 +. +And the children of Israel said to him, We will go by the high way: and if I and my cattle drink of your water, then I will pay for it: I will only, without doing anything else, go through on my feet. -- numbers 20:19 +. +And he said, You shall not go through. And Edom came out against him with much people, and with a strong hand. -- numbers 20:20 +. +Thus Edom refused to give Israel passage through his border: why Israel turned away from him. -- numbers 20:21 +. +And the children of Israel, even the whole congregation, journeyed from Kadesh, and came to mount Hor. -- numbers 20:22 +. +And the LORD spoke to Moses and Aaron in mount Hor, by the coast of the land of Edom, saying, -- numbers 20:23 +. +Aaron shall be gathered to his people: for he shall not enter into the land which I have given to the children of Israel, because you rebelled against my word at the water of Meribah. -- numbers 20:24 +. +Take Aaron and Eleazar his son, and bring them up to mount Hor: -- numbers 20:25 +. +And strip Aaron of his garments, and put them on Eleazar his son: and Aaron shall be gathered to his people, and shall die there. -- numbers 20:26 +. +And Moses did as the LORD commanded: and they went up into mount Hor in the sight of all the congregation. -- numbers 20:27 +. +And Moses stripped Aaron of his garments, and put them on Eleazar his son; and Aaron died there in the top of the mount: and Moses and Eleazar came down from the mount. -- numbers 20:28 +. +And when all the congregation saw that Aaron was dead, they mourned for Aaron thirty days, even all the house of Israel. -- numbers 20:29 +. +And when king Arad the Canaanite, which dwelled in the south, heard tell that Israel came by the way of the spies; then he fought against Israel, and took some of them prisoners. -- numbers 21:1 +. +And Israel vowed a vow to the LORD, and said, If you will indeed deliver this people into my hand, then I will utterly destroy their cities. -- numbers 21:2 +. +And the LORD listened to the voice of Israel, and delivered up the Canaanites; and they utterly destroyed them and their cities: and he called the name of the place Hormah. -- numbers 21:3 +. +And they journeyed from mount Hor by the way of the Red sea, to compass the land of Edom: and the soul of the people was much discouraged because of the way. -- numbers 21:4 +. +And the people spoke against God, and against Moses, Why have you brought us up out of Egypt to die in the wilderness? for there is no bread, neither is there any water; and our soul loathes this light bread. -- numbers 21:5 +. +And the LORD sent fiery serpents among the people, and they bit the people; and much people of Israel died. -- numbers 21:6 +. +Therefore the people came to Moses, and said, We have sinned, for we have spoken against the LORD, and against you; pray to the LORD, that he take away the serpents from us. And Moses prayed for the people. -- numbers 21:7 +. +And the LORD said to Moses, Make you a fiery serpent, and set it on a pole: and it shall come to pass, that every one that is bitten, when he looks on it, shall live. -- numbers 21:8 +. +And Moses made a serpent of brass, and put it on a pole, and it came to pass, that if a serpent had bitten any man, when he beheld the serpent of brass, he lived. -- numbers 21:9 +. +And the children of Israel set forward, and pitched in Oboth. -- numbers 21:10 +. +And they journeyed from Oboth, and pitched at Ijeabarim, in the wilderness which is before Moab, toward the sun rise. -- numbers 21:11 +. +From there they removed, and pitched in the valley of Zared. -- numbers 21:12 +. +From there they removed, and pitched on the other side of Arnon, which is in the wilderness that comes out of the coasts of the Amorites: for Arnon is the border of Moab, between Moab and the Amorites. -- numbers 21:13 +. +Why it is said in the book of the wars of the LORD, What he did in the Red sea, and in the brooks of Arnon, -- numbers 21:14 +. +And at the stream of the brooks that goes down to the dwelling of Ar, and lies on the border of Moab. -- numbers 21:15 +. +And from there they went to Beer: that is the well whereof the LORD spoke to Moses, Gather the people together, and I will give them water. -- numbers 21:16 +. +Then Israel sang this song, Spring up, O well; sing you to it: -- numbers 21:17 +. +The princes dig the well, the nobles of the people dig it, by the direction of the lawgiver, with their staves. And from the wilderness they went to Mattanah: -- numbers 21:18 +. +And from Mattanah to Nahaliel: and from Nahaliel to Bamoth: -- numbers 21:19 +. +And from Bamoth in the valley, that is in the country of Moab, to the top of Pisgah, which looks toward Jeshimon. -- numbers 21:20 +. +And Israel sent messengers to Sihon king of the Amorites, saying, -- numbers 21:21 +. +Let me pass through your land: we will not turn into the fields, or into the vineyards; we will not drink of the waters of the well: but we will go along by the king' high way, until we be past your borders. -- numbers 21:22 +. +And Sihon would not suffer Israel to pass through his border: but Sihon gathered all his people together, and went out against Israel into the wilderness: and he came to Jahaz, and fought against Israel. -- numbers 21:23 +. +And Israel smote him with the edge of the sword, and possessed his land from Arnon to Jabbok, even to the children of Ammon: for the border of the children of Ammon was strong. -- numbers 21:24 +. +And Israel took all these cities: and Israel dwelled in all the cities of the Amorites, in Heshbon, and in all the villages thereof. -- numbers 21:25 +. +For Heshbon was the city of Sihon the king of the Amorites, who had fought against the former king of Moab, and taken all his land out of his hand, even to Arnon. -- numbers 21:26 +. +Why they that speak in proverbs say, Come into Heshbon, let the city of Sihon be built and prepared: -- numbers 21:27 +. +For there is a fire gone out of Heshbon, a flame from the city of Sihon: it has consumed Ar of Moab, and the lords of the high places of Arnon. -- numbers 21:28 +. +Woe to you, Moab! you are undone, O people of Chemosh: he has given his sons that escaped, and his daughters, into captivity to Sihon king of the Amorites. -- numbers 21:29 +. +We have shot at them; Heshbon is perished even to Dibon, and we have laid them waste even to Nophah, which reaches to Medeba. -- numbers 21:30 +. +Thus Israel dwelled in the land of the Amorites. -- numbers 21:31 +. +And Moses sent to spy out Jaazer, and they took the villages thereof, and drove out the Amorites that were there. -- numbers 21:32 +. +And they turned and went up by the way of Bashan: and Og the king of Bashan went out against them, he, and all his people, to the battle at Edrei. -- numbers 21:33 +. +And the LORD said to Moses, Fear him not: for I have delivered him into your hand, and all his people, and his land; and you shall do to him as you did to Sihon king of the Amorites, which dwelled at Heshbon. -- numbers 21:34 +. +So they smote him, and his sons, and all his people, until there was none left him alive: and they possessed his land. -- numbers 21:35 +. +And the children of Israel set forward, and pitched in the plains of Moab on this side Jordan by Jericho. -- numbers 22:1 +. +And Balak the son of Zippor saw all that Israel had done to the Amorites. -- numbers 22:2 +. +And Moab was sore afraid of the people, because they were many: and Moab was distressed because of the children of Israel. -- numbers 22:3 +. +And Moab said to the elders of Midian, Now shall this company lick up all that are round about us, as the ox licks up the grass of the field. And Balak the son of Zippor was king of the Moabites at that time. -- numbers 22:4 +. +He sent messengers therefore to Balaam the son of Beor to Pethor, which is by the river of the land of the children of his people, to call him, saying, Behold, there is a people come out from Egypt: behold, they cover the face of the earth, and they abide over against me: -- numbers 22:5 +. +Come now therefore, I pray you, curse me this people; for they are too mighty for me: peradventure I shall prevail, that we may smite them, and that I may drive them out of the land: for I know that he whom you bless is blessed, and he whom you curse is cursed. -- numbers 22:6 +. +And the elders of Moab and the elders of Midian departed with the rewards of divination in their hand; and they came to Balaam, and spoke to him the words of Balak. -- numbers 22:7 +. +And he said to them, Lodge here this night, and I will bring you word again, as the LORD shall speak to me: and the princes of Moab stayed with Balaam. -- numbers 22:8 +. +And God came to Balaam, and said, What men are these with you? -- numbers 22:9 +. +And Balaam said to God, Balak the son of Zippor, king of Moab, has sent to me, saying, -- numbers 22:10 +. +Behold, there is a people come out of Egypt, which covers the face of the earth: come now, curse me them; peradventure I shall be able to overcome them, and drive them out. -- numbers 22:11 +. +And God said to Balaam, You shall not go with them; you shall not curse the people: for they are blessed. -- numbers 22:12 +. +And Balaam rose up in the morning, and said to the princes of Balak, Get you into your land: for the LORD refuses to give me leave to go with you. -- numbers 22:13 +. +And the princes of Moab rose up, and they went to Balak, and said, Balaam refuses to come with us. -- numbers 22:14 +. +And Balak sent yet again princes, more, and more honorable than they. -- numbers 22:15 +. +And they came to Balaam, and said to him, Thus said Balak the son of Zippor, Let nothing, I pray you, hinder you from coming to me: -- numbers 22:16 +. +For I will promote you to very great honor, and I will do whatever you say to me: come therefore, I pray you, curse me this people. -- numbers 22:17 +. +And Balaam answered and said to the servants of Balak, If Balak would give me his house full of silver and gold, I cannot go beyond the word of the LORD my God, to do less or more. -- numbers 22:18 +. +Now therefore, I pray you, tarry you also here this night, that I may know what the LORD will say to me more. -- numbers 22:19 +. +And God came to Balaam at night, and said to him, If the men come to call you, rise up, and go with them; but yet the word which I shall say to you, that shall you do. -- numbers 22:20 +. +And Balaam rose up in the morning, and saddled his ass, and went with the princes of Moab. -- numbers 22:21 +. +And God' anger was kindled because he went: and the angel of the LORD stood in the way for an adversary against him. Now he was riding on his ass, and his two servants were with him. -- numbers 22:22 +. +And the ass saw the angel of the LORD standing in the way, and his sword drawn in his hand: and the ass turned aside out of the way, and went into the field: and Balaam smote the ass, to turn her into the way. -- numbers 22:23 +. +But the angel of the LORD stood in a path of the vineyards, a wall being on this side, and a wall on that side. -- numbers 22:24 +. +And when the ass saw the angel of the LORD, she thrust herself to the wall, and crushed Balaam' foot against the wall: and he smote her again. -- numbers 22:25 +. +And the angel of the LORD went further, and stood in a narrow place, where was no way to turn either to the right hand or to the left. -- numbers 22:26 +. +And when the ass saw the angel of the LORD, she fell down under Balaam: and Balaam' anger was kindled, and he smote the ass with a staff. -- numbers 22:27 +. +And the LORD opened the mouth of the ass, and she said to Balaam, What have I done to you, that you have smitten me these three times? -- numbers 22:28 +. +And Balaam said to the ass, Because you have mocked me: I would there were a sword in my hand, for now would I kill you. -- numbers 22:29 +. +And the ass said to Balaam, Am not I your ass, on which you have ridden ever since I was your to this day? was I ever wont to do so to you? And he said, No. -- numbers 22:30 +. +Then the LORD opened the eyes of Balaam, and he saw the angel of the LORD standing in the way, and his sword drawn in his hand: and he bowed down his head, and fell flat on his face. -- numbers 22:31 +. +And the angel of the LORD said to him, Why have you smitten your ass these three times? behold, I went out to withstand you, because your way is perverse before me: -- numbers 22:32 +. +And the ass saw me, and turned from me these three times: unless she had turned from me, surely now also I had slain you, and saved her alive. -- numbers 22:33 +. +And Balaam said to the angel of the LORD, I have sinned; for I knew not that you stood in the way against me: now therefore, if it displease you, I will get me back again. -- numbers 22:34 +. +And the angel of the LORD said to Balaam, Go with the men: but only the word that I shall speak to you, that you shall speak. So Balaam went with the princes of Balak. -- numbers 22:35 +. +And when Balak heard that Balaam was come, he went out to meet him to a city of Moab, which is in the border of Arnon, which is in the utmost coast. -- numbers 22:36 +. +And Balak said to Balaam, Did I not earnestly send to you to call you? why came you not to me? am I not able indeed to promote you to honor? -- numbers 22:37 +. +And Balaam said to Balak, See, I am come to you: have I now any power at all to say any thing? the word that God puts in my mouth, that shall I speak. -- numbers 22:38 +. +And Balaam went with Balak, and they came to Kirjathhuzoth. -- numbers 22:39 +. +And Balak offered oxen and sheep, and sent to Balaam, and to the princes that were with him. -- numbers 22:40 +. +And it came to pass on the morrow, that Balak took Balaam, and brought him up into the high places of Baal, that there he might see the utmost part of the people. -- numbers 22:41 +. +And Balaam said to Balak, Build me here seven altars, and prepare me here seven oxen and seven rams. -- numbers 23:1 +. +And Balak did as Balaam had spoken; and Balak and Balaam offered on every altar a bullock and a ram. -- numbers 23:2 +. +And Balaam said to Balak, Stand by your burnt offering, and I will go: peradventure the LORD will come to meet me: and whatever he shows me I will tell you. And he went to an high place. -- numbers 23:3 +. +And God met Balaam: and he said to him, I have prepared seven altars, and I have offered on every altar a bullock and a ram. -- numbers 23:4 +. +And the LORD put a word in Balaam' mouth, and said, Return to Balak, and thus you shall speak. -- numbers 23:5 +. +And he returned to him, and, see, he stood by his burnt sacrifice, he, and all the princes of Moab. -- numbers 23:6 +. +And he took up his parable, and said, Balak the king of Moab has brought me from Aram, out of the mountains of the east, saying, Come, curse me Jacob, and come, defy Israel. -- numbers 23:7 +. +How shall I curse, whom God has not cursed? or how shall I defy, whom the LORD has not defied? -- numbers 23:8 +. +For from the top of the rocks I see him, and from the hills I behold him: see, the people shall dwell alone, and shall not be reckoned among the nations. -- numbers 23:9 +. +Who can count the dust of Jacob, and the number of the fourth part of Israel? Let me die the death of the righteous, and let my last end be like his! -- numbers 23:10 +. +And Balak said to Balaam, What have you done to me? I took you to curse my enemies, and, behold, you have blessed them altogether. -- numbers 23:11 +. +And he answered and said, Must I not take heed to speak that which the LORD has put in my mouth? -- numbers 23:12 +. +And Balak said to him, Come, I pray you, with me to another place, from from where you may see them: you shall see but the utmost part of them, and shall not see them all: and curse me them from there. -- numbers 23:13 +. +And he brought him into the field of Zophim, to the top of Pisgah, and built seven altars, and offered a bullock and a ram on every altar. -- numbers 23:14 +. +And he said to Balak, Stand here by your burnt offering, while I meet the LORD yonder. -- numbers 23:15 +. +And the LORD met Balaam, and put a word in his mouth, and said, Go again to Balak, and say thus. -- numbers 23:16 +. +And when he came to him, behold, he stood by his burnt offering, and the princes of Moab with him. And Balak said to him, What has the LORD spoken? -- numbers 23:17 +. +And he took up his parable, and said, Rise up, Balak, and hear; listen to me, you son of Zippor: -- numbers 23:18 +. +God is not a man, that he should lie; neither the son of man, that he should repent: has he said, and shall he not do it? or has he spoken, and shall he not make it good? -- numbers 23:19 +. +Behold, I have received commandment to bless: and he has blessed; and I cannot reverse it. -- numbers 23:20 +. +He has not beheld iniquity in Jacob, neither has he seen perverseness in Israel: the LORD his God is with him, and the shout of a king is among them. -- numbers 23:21 +. +God brought them out of Egypt; he has as it were the strength of an unicorn. -- numbers 23:22 +. +Surely there is no enchantment against Jacob, neither is there any divination against Israel: according to this time it shall be said of Jacob and of Israel, What has God worked! -- numbers 23:23 +. +Behold, the people shall rise up as a great lion, and lift up himself as a young lion: he shall not lie down until he eat of the prey, and drink the blood of the slain. -- numbers 23:24 +. +And Balak said to Balaam, Neither curse them at all, nor bless them at all. -- numbers 23:25 +. +But Balaam answered and said to Balak, Told not I you, saying, All that the LORD speaks, that I must do? -- numbers 23:26 +. +And Balak said to Balaam, Come, I pray you, I will bring you to another place; peradventure it will please God that you may curse me them from there. -- numbers 23:27 +. +And Balak brought Balaam to the top of Peor, that looks toward Jeshimon. -- numbers 23:28 +. +And Balaam said to Balak, Build me here seven altars, and prepare me here seven bullocks and seven rams. -- numbers 23:29 +. +And Balak did as Balaam had said, and offered a bullock and a ram on every altar. -- numbers 23:30 +. +And when Balaam saw that it pleased the LORD to bless Israel, he went not, as at other times, to seek for enchantments, but he set his face toward the wilderness. -- numbers 24:1 +. +And Balaam lifted up his eyes, and he saw Israel abiding in his tents according to their tribes; and the spirit of God came on him. -- numbers 24:2 +. +And he took up his parable, and said, Balaam the son of Beor has said, and the man whose eyes are open has said: -- numbers 24:3 +. +He has said, which heard the words of God, which saw the vision of the Almighty, falling into a trance, but having his eyes open: -- numbers 24:4 +. +How goodly are your tents, O Jacob, and your tabernacles, O Israel! -- numbers 24:5 +. +As the valleys are they spread forth, as gardens by the river' side, as the trees of lign aloes which the LORD has planted, and as cedar trees beside the waters. -- numbers 24:6 +. +He shall pour the water out of his buckets, and his seed shall be in many waters, and his king shall be higher than Agag, and his kingdom shall be exalted. -- numbers 24:7 +. +God brought him forth out of Egypt; he has as it were the strength of an unicorn: he shall eat up the nations his enemies, and shall break their bones, and pierce them through with his arrows. -- numbers 24:8 +. +He couched, he lay down as a lion, and as a great lion: who shall stir him up? Blessed is he that blesses you, and cursed is he that curses you. -- numbers 24:9 +. +And Balak' anger was kindled against Balaam, and he smote his hands together: and Balak said to Balaam, I called you to curse my enemies, and, behold, you have altogether blessed them these three times. -- numbers 24:10 +. +Therefore now flee you to your place: I thought to promote you to great honor; but, see, the LORD has kept you back from honor. -- numbers 24:11 +. +And Balaam said to Balak, Spoke I not also to your messengers which you sent to me, saying, -- numbers 24:12 +. +If Balak would give me his house full of silver and gold, I cannot go beyond the commandment of the LORD, to do either good or bad of my own mind; but what the LORD said, that will I speak? -- numbers 24:13 +. +And now, behold, I go to my people: come therefore, and I will advertise you what this people shall do to your people in the latter days. -- numbers 24:14 +. +And he took up his parable, and said, Balaam the son of Beor has said, and the man whose eyes are open has said: -- numbers 24:15 +. +He has said, which heard the words of God, and knew the knowledge of the most High, which saw the vision of the Almighty, falling into a trance, but having his eyes open: -- numbers 24:16 +. +I shall see him, but not now: I shall behold him, but not near: there shall come a Star out of Jacob, and a Scepter shall rise out of Israel, and shall smite the corners of Moab, and destroy all the children of Sheth. -- numbers 24:17 +. +And Edom shall be a possession, Seir also shall be a possession for his enemies; and Israel shall do valiantly. -- numbers 24:18 +. +Out of Jacob shall come he that shall have dominion, and shall destroy him that remains of the city. -- numbers 24:19 +. +And when he looked on Amalek, he took up his parable, and said, Amalek was the first of the nations; but his latter end shall be that he perish for ever. -- numbers 24:20 +. +And he looked on the Kenites, and took up his parable, and said, Strong is your dwelling place, and you put your nest in a rock. -- numbers 24:21 +. +Nevertheless the Kenite shall be wasted, until Asshur shall carry you away captive. -- numbers 24:22 +. +And he took up his parable, and said, Alas, who shall live when God does this! -- numbers 24:23 +. +And ships shall come from the coast of Chittim, and shall afflict Asshur, and shall afflict Eber, and he also shall perish for ever. -- numbers 24:24 +. +And Balaam rose up, and went and returned to his place: and Balak also went his way. -- numbers 24:25 +. +And Israel stayed in Shittim, and the people began to commit prostitution with the daughters of Moab. -- numbers 25:1 +. +And they called the people to the sacrifices of their gods: and the people did eat, and bowed down to their gods. -- numbers 25:2 +. +And Israel joined himself to Baalpeor: and the anger of the LORD was kindled against Israel. -- numbers 25:3 +. +And the LORD said to Moses, Take all the heads of the people, and hang them up before the LORD against the sun, that the fierce anger of the LORD may be turned away from Israel. -- numbers 25:4 +. +And Moses said to the judges of Israel, Slay you every one his men that were joined to Baalpeor. -- numbers 25:5 +. +And, behold, one of the children of Israel came and brought to his brothers a Midianitish woman in the sight of Moses, and in the sight of all the congregation of the children of Israel, who were weeping before the door of the tabernacle of the congregation. -- numbers 25:6 +. +And when Phinehas, the son of Eleazar, the son of Aaron the priest, saw it, he rose up from among the congregation, and took a javelin in his hand; -- numbers 25:7 +. +And he went after the man of Israel into the tent, and thrust both of them through, the man of Israel, and the woman through her belly. So the plague was stayed from the children of Israel. -- numbers 25:8 +. +And those that died in the plague were twenty and four thousand. -- numbers 25:9 +. +And the LORD spoke to Moses, saying, -- numbers 25:10 +. +Phinehas, the son of Eleazar, the son of Aaron the priest, has turned my wrath away from the children of Israel, while he was zealous for my sake among them, that I consumed not the children of Israel in my jealousy. -- numbers 25:11 +. +Why say, Behold, I give to him my covenant of peace: -- numbers 25:12 +. +And he shall have it, and his seed after him, even the covenant of an everlasting priesthood; because he was zealous for his God, and made an atonement for the children of Israel. -- numbers 25:13 +. +Now the name of the Israelite that was slain, even that was slain with the Midianitish woman, was Zimri, the son of Salu, a prince of a chief house among the Simeonites. -- numbers 25:14 +. +And the name of the Midianitish woman that was slain was Cozbi, the daughter of Zur; he was head over a people, and of a chief house in Midian. -- numbers 25:15 +. +And the LORD spoke to Moses, saying, -- numbers 25:16 +. +Vex the Midianites, and smite them: -- numbers 25:17 +. +For they vex you with their wiles, with which they have beguiled you in the matter of Peor, and in the matter of Cozbi, the daughter of a prince of Midian, their sister, which was slain in the day of the plague for Peor' sake. -- numbers 25:18 +. +And it came to pass after the plague, that the LORD spoke to Moses and to Eleazar the son of Aaron the priest, saying, -- numbers 26:1 +. +Take the sum of all the congregation of the children of Israel, from twenty years old and upward, throughout their fathers'house, all that are able to go to war in Israel. -- numbers 26:2 +. +And Moses and Eleazar the priest spoke with them in the plains of Moab by Jordan near Jericho, saying, -- numbers 26:3 +. +Take the sum of the people, from twenty years old and upward; as the LORD commanded Moses and the children of Israel, which went forth out of the land of Egypt. -- numbers 26:4 +. +Reuben, the oldest son of Israel: the children of Reuben; Hanoch, of whom comes the family of the Hanochites: of Pallu, the family of the Palluites: -- numbers 26:5 +. +Of Hezron, the family of the Hezronites: of Carmi, the family of the Carmites. -- numbers 26:6 +. +These are the families of the Reubenites: and they that were numbered of them were forty and three thousand and seven hundred and thirty. -- numbers 26:7 +. +And the sons of Pallu; Eliab. -- numbers 26:8 +. +And the sons of Eliab; Nemuel, and Dathan, and Abiram. This is that Dathan and Abiram, which were famous in the congregation, who strove against Moses and against Aaron in the company of Korah, when they strove against the LORD: -- numbers 26:9 +. +And the earth opened her mouth, and swallowed them up together with Korah, when that company died, what time the fire devoured two hundred and fifty men: and they became a sign. -- numbers 26:10 +. +Notwithstanding the children of Korah died not. -- numbers 26:11 +. +The sons of Simeon after their families: of Nemuel, the family of the Nemuelites: of Jamin, the family of the Jaminites: of Jachin, the family of the Jachinites: -- numbers 26:12 +. +Of Zerah, the family of the Zarhites: of Shaul, the family of the Shaulites. -- numbers 26:13 +. +These are the families of the Simeonites, twenty and two thousand and two hundred. -- numbers 26:14 +. +The children of Gad after their families: of Zephon, the family of the Zephonites: of Haggi, the family of the Haggites: of Shuni, the family of the Shunites: -- numbers 26:15 +. +Of Ozni, the family of the Oznites: of Eri, the family of the Erites: -- numbers 26:16 +. +Of Arod, the family of the Arodites: of Areli, the family of the Arelites. -- numbers 26:17 +. +These are the families of the children of Gad according to those that were numbered of them, forty thousand and five hundred. -- numbers 26:18 +. +The sons of Judah were Er and Onan: and Er and Onan died in the land of Canaan. -- numbers 26:19 +. +And the sons of Judah after their families were; of Shelah, the family of the Shelanites: of Pharez, the family of the Pharzites: of Zerah, the family of the Zarhites. -- numbers 26:20 +. +And the sons of Pharez were; of Hezron, the family of the Hezronites: of Hamul, the family of the Hamulites. -- numbers 26:21 +. +These are the families of Judah according to those that were numbered of them, three score and sixteen thousand and five hundred. -- numbers 26:22 +. +Of the sons of Issachar after their families: of Tola, the family of the Tolaites: of Pua, the family of the Punites: -- numbers 26:23 +. +Of Jashub, the family of the Jashubites: of Shimron, the family of the Shimronites. -- numbers 26:24 +. +These are the families of Issachar according to those that were numbered of them, three score and four thousand and three hundred. -- numbers 26:25 +. +Of the sons of Zebulun after their families: of Sered, the family of the Sardites: of Elon, the family of the Elonites: of Jahleel, the family of the Jahleelites. -- numbers 26:26 +. +These are the families of the Zebulunites according to those that were numbered of them, three score thousand and five hundred. -- numbers 26:27 +. +The sons of Joseph after their families were Manasseh and Ephraim. -- numbers 26:28 +. +Of the sons of Manasseh: of Machir, the family of the Machirites: and Machir begat Gilead: of Gilead come the family of the Gileadites. -- numbers 26:29 +. +These are the sons of Gilead: of Jeezer, the family of the Jeezerites: of Helek, the family of the Helekites: -- numbers 26:30 +. +And of Asriel, the family of the Asrielites: and of Shechem, the family of the Shechemites: -- numbers 26:31 +. +And of Shemida, the family of the Shemidaites: and of Hepher, the family of the Hepherites. -- numbers 26:32 +. +And Zelophehad the son of Hepher had no sons, but daughters: and the names of the daughters of Zelophehad were Mahlah, and Noah, Hoglah, Milcah, and Tirzah. -- numbers 26:33 +. +These are the families of Manasseh, and those that were numbered of them, fifty and two thousand and seven hundred. -- numbers 26:34 +. +These are the sons of Ephraim after their families: of Shuthelah, the family of the Shuthalhites: of Becher, the family of the Bachrites: of Tahan, the family of the Tahanites. -- numbers 26:35 +. +And these are the sons of Shuthelah: of Eran, the family of the Eranites. -- numbers 26:36 +. +These are the families of the sons of Ephraim according to those that were numbered of them, thirty and two thousand and five hundred. These are the sons of Joseph after their families. -- numbers 26:37 +. +The sons of Benjamin after their families: of Bela, the family of the Belaites: of Ashbel, the family of the Ashbelites: of Ahiram, the family of the Ahiramites: -- numbers 26:38 +. +Of Shupham, the family of the Shuphamites: of Hupham, the family of the Huphamites. -- numbers 26:39 +. +And the sons of Bela were Ard and Naaman: of Ard, the family of the Ardites: and of Naaman, the family of the Naamites. -- numbers 26:40 +. +These are the sons of Benjamin after their families: and they that were numbered of them were forty and five thousand and six hundred. -- numbers 26:41 +. +These are the sons of Dan after their families: of Shuham, the family of the Shuhamites. These are the families of Dan after their families. -- numbers 26:42 +. +All the families of the Shuhamites, according to those that were numbered of them, were three score and four thousand and four hundred. -- numbers 26:43 +. +Of the children of Asher after their families: of Jimna, the family of the Jimnites: of Jesui, the family of the Jesuites: of Beriah, the family of the Beriites. -- numbers 26:44 +. +Of the sons of Beriah: of Heber, the family of the Heberites: of Malchiel, the family of the Malchielites. -- numbers 26:45 +. +And the name of the daughter of Asher was Sarah. -- numbers 26:46 +. +These are the families of the sons of Asher according to those that were numbered of them; who were fifty and three thousand and four hundred. -- numbers 26:47 +. +Of the sons of Naphtali after their families: of Jahzeel, the family of the Jahzeelites: of Guni, the family of the Gunites: -- numbers 26:48 +. +Of Jezer, the family of the Jezerites: of Shillem, the family of the Shillemites. -- numbers 26:49 +. +These are the families of Naphtali according to their families: and they that were numbered of them were forty and five thousand and four hundred. -- numbers 26:50 +. +These were the numbered of the children of Israel, six hundred thousand and a thousand seven hundred and thirty. -- numbers 26:51 +. +And the LORD spoke to Moses, saying, -- numbers 26:52 +. +To these the land shall be divided for an inheritance according to the number of names. -- numbers 26:53 +. +To many you shall give the more inheritance, and to few you shall give the less inheritance: to every one shall his inheritance be given according to those that were numbered of him. -- numbers 26:54 +. +Notwithstanding the land shall be divided by lot: according to the names of the tribes of their fathers they shall inherit. -- numbers 26:55 +. +According to the lot shall the possession thereof be divided between many and few. -- numbers 26:56 +. +And these are they that were numbered of the Levites after their families: of Gershon, the family of the Gershonites: of Kohath, the family of the Kohathites: of Merari, the family of the Merarites. -- numbers 26:57 +. +These are the families of the Levites: the family of the Libnites, the family of the Hebronites, the family of the Mahlites, the family of the Mushites, the family of the Korathites. And Kohath begat Amram. -- numbers 26:58 +. +And the name of Amram' wife was Jochebed, the daughter of Levi, whom her mother bore to Levi in Egypt: and she bore to Amram Aaron and Moses, and Miriam their sister. -- numbers 26:59 +. +And to Aaron was born Nadab, and Abihu, Eleazar, and Ithamar. -- numbers 26:60 +. +And Nadab and Abihu died, when they offered strange fire before the LORD. -- numbers 26:61 +. +And those that were numbered of them were twenty and three thousand, all males from a month old and upward: for they were not numbered among the children of Israel, because there was no inheritance given them among the children of Israel. -- numbers 26:62 +. +These are they that were numbered by Moses and Eleazar the priest, who numbered the children of Israel in the plains of Moab by Jordan near Jericho. -- numbers 26:63 +. +But among these there was not a man of them whom Moses and Aaron the priest numbered, when they numbered the children of Israel in the wilderness of Sinai. -- numbers 26:64 +. +For the LORD had said of them, They shall surely die in the wilderness. And there was not left a man of them, save Caleb the son of Jephunneh, and Joshua the son of Nun. -- numbers 26:65 +. +Then came the daughters of Zelophehad, the son of Hepher, the son of Gilead, the son of Machir, the son of Manasseh, of the families of Manasseh the son of Joseph: and these are the names of his daughters; Mahlah, Noah, and Hoglah, and Milcah, and Tirzah. -- numbers 27:1 +. +And they stood before Moses, and before Eleazar the priest, and before the princes and all the congregation, by the door of the tabernacle of the congregation, saying, -- numbers 27:2 +. +Our father died in the wilderness, and he was not in the company of them that gathered themselves together against the LORD in the company of Korah; but died in his own sin, and had no sons. -- numbers 27:3 +. +Why should the name of our father be done away from among his family, because he has no son? Give to us therefore a possession among the brothers of our father. -- numbers 27:4 +. +And Moses brought their cause before the LORD. -- numbers 27:5 +. +And the LORD spoke to Moses, saying, -- numbers 27:6 +. +The daughters of Zelophehad speak right: you shall surely give them a possession of an inheritance among their father' brothers; and you shall cause the inheritance of their father to pass to them. -- numbers 27:7 +. +And you shall speak to the children of Israel, saying, If a man die, and have no son, then you shall cause his inheritance to pass to his daughter. -- numbers 27:8 +. +And if he have no daughter, then you shall give his inheritance to his brothers. -- numbers 27:9 +. +And if he have no brothers, then you shall give his inheritance to his father' brothers. -- numbers 27:10 +. +And if his father have no brothers, then you shall give his inheritance to his kinsman that is next to him of his family, and he shall possess it: and it shall be to the children of Israel a statute of judgment, as the LORD commanded Moses. -- numbers 27:11 +. +And the LORD said to Moses, Get you up into this mount Abarim, and see the land which I have given to the children of Israel. -- numbers 27:12 +. +And when you have seen it, you also shall be gathered to your people, as Aaron your brother was gathered. -- numbers 27:13 +. +For you rebelled against my commandment in the desert of Zin, in the strife of the congregation, to sanctify me at the water before their eyes: that is the water of Meribah in Kadesh in the wilderness of Zin. -- numbers 27:14 +. +And Moses spoke to the LORD, saying, -- numbers 27:15 +. +Let the LORD, the God of the spirits of all flesh, set a man over the congregation, -- numbers 27:16 +. +Which may go out before them, and which may go in before them, and which may lead them out, and which may bring them in; that the congregation of the LORD be not as sheep which have no shepherd. -- numbers 27:17 +. +And the LORD said to Moses, Take you Joshua the son of Nun, a man in whom is the spirit, and lay your hand on him; -- numbers 27:18 +. +And set him before Eleazar the priest, and before all the congregation; and give him a charge in their sight. -- numbers 27:19 +. +And you shall put some of your honor on him, that all the congregation of the children of Israel may be obedient. -- numbers 27:20 +. +And he shall stand before Eleazar the priest, who shall ask counsel for him after the judgment of Urim before the LORD: at his word shall they go out, and at his word they shall come in, both he, and all the children of Israel with him, even all the congregation. -- numbers 27:21 +. +And Moses did as the LORD commanded him: and he took Joshua, and set him before Eleazar the priest, and before all the congregation: -- numbers 27:22 +. +And he laid his hands on him, and gave him a charge, as the LORD commanded by the hand of Moses. -- numbers 27:23 +. +And the LORD spoke to Moses, saying, -- numbers 28:1 +. +Command the children of Israel, and say to them, My offering, and my bread for my sacrifices made by fire, for a sweet smell to me, shall you observe to offer to me in their due season. -- numbers 28:2 +. +And you shall say to them, This is the offering made by fire which you shall offer to the LORD; two lambs of the first year without spot day by day, for a continual burnt offering. -- numbers 28:3 +. +The one lamb shall you offer in the morning, and the other lamb shall you offer at even; -- numbers 28:4 +. +And a tenth part of an ephah of flour for a meat offering, mingled with the fourth part of an hin of beaten oil. -- numbers 28:5 +. +It is a continual burnt offering, which was ordained in mount Sinai for a sweet smell, a sacrifice made by fire to the LORD. -- numbers 28:6 +. +And the drink offering thereof shall be the fourth part of an hin for the one lamb: in the holy place shall you cause the strong wine to be poured to the LORD for a drink offering. -- numbers 28:7 +. +And the other lamb shall you offer at even: as the meat offering of the morning, and as the drink offering thereof, you shall offer it, a sacrifice made by fire, of a sweet smell to the LORD. -- numbers 28:8 +. +And on the sabbath day two lambs of the first year without spot, and two tenth deals of flour for a meat offering, mingled with oil, and the drink offering thereof: -- numbers 28:9 +. +This is the burnt offering of every sabbath, beside the continual burnt offering, and his drink offering. -- numbers 28:10 +. +And in the beginnings of your months you shall offer a burnt offering to the LORD; two young bullocks, and one ram, seven lambs of the first year without spot; -- numbers 28:11 +. +And three tenth deals of flour for a meat offering, mingled with oil, for one bullock; and two tenth deals of flour for a meat offering, mingled with oil, for one ram; -- numbers 28:12 +. +And a several tenth deal of flour mingled with oil for a meat offering to one lamb; for a burnt offering of a sweet smell, a sacrifice made by fire to the LORD. -- numbers 28:13 +. +And their drink offerings shall be half an hin of wine to a bullock, and the third part of an hin to a ram, and a fourth part of an hin to a lamb: this is the burnt offering of every month throughout the months of the year. -- numbers 28:14 +. +And one kid of the goats for a sin offering to the LORD shall be offered, beside the continual burnt offering, and his drink offering. -- numbers 28:15 +. +And in the fourteenth day of the first month is the passover of the LORD. -- numbers 28:16 +. +And in the fifteenth day of this month is the feast: seven days shall unleavened bread be eaten. -- numbers 28:17 +. +In the first day shall be an holy convocation; you shall do no manner of servile work therein: -- numbers 28:18 +. +But you shall offer a sacrifice made by fire for a burnt offering to the LORD; two young bullocks, and one ram, and seven lambs of the first year: they shall be to you without blemish: -- numbers 28:19 +. +And their meat offering shall be of flour mingled with oil: three tenth deals shall you offer for a bullock, and two tenth deals for a ram; -- numbers 28:20 +. +A several tenth deal shall you offer for every lamb, throughout the seven lambs: -- numbers 28:21 +. +And one goat for a sin offering, to make an atonement for you. -- numbers 28:22 +. +You shall offer these beside the burnt offering in the morning, which is for a continual burnt offering. -- numbers 28:23 +. +After this manner you shall offer daily, throughout the seven days, the meat of the sacrifice made by fire, of a sweet smell to the LORD: it shall be offered beside the continual burnt offering, and his drink offering. -- numbers 28:24 +. +And on the seventh day you shall have an holy convocation; you shall do no servile work. -- numbers 28:25 +. +Also in the day of the first fruits, when you bring a new meat offering to the LORD, after your weeks be out, you shall have an holy convocation; you shall do no servile work: -- numbers 28:26 +. +But you shall offer the burnt offering for a sweet smell to the LORD; two young bullocks, one ram, seven lambs of the first year; -- numbers 28:27 +. +And their meat offering of flour mingled with oil, three tenth deals to one bullock, two tenth deals to one ram, -- numbers 28:28 +. +A several tenth deal to one lamb, throughout the seven lambs; -- numbers 28:29 +. +And one kid of the goats, to make an atonement for you. -- numbers 28:30 +. +You shall offer them beside the continual burnt offering, and his meat offering, (they shall be to you without blemish) and their drink offerings. -- numbers 28:31 +. +And in the seventh month, on the first day of the month, you shall have an holy convocation; you shall do no servile work: it is a day of blowing the trumpets to you. -- numbers 29:1 +. +And you shall offer a burnt offering for a sweet smell to the LORD; one young bullock, one ram, and seven lambs of the first year without blemish: -- numbers 29:2 +. +And their meat offering shall be of flour mingled with oil, three tenth deals for a bullock, and two tenth deals for a ram, -- numbers 29:3 +. +And one tenth deal for one lamb, throughout the seven lambs: -- numbers 29:4 +. +And one kid of the goats for a sin offering, to make an atonement for you: -- numbers 29:5 +. +Beside the burnt offering of the month, and his meat offering, and the daily burnt offering, and his meat offering, and their drink offerings, according to their manner, for a sweet smell, a sacrifice made by fire to the LORD. -- numbers 29:6 +. +And you shall have on the tenth day of this seventh month an holy convocation; and you shall afflict your souls: you shall not do any work therein: -- numbers 29:7 +. +But you shall offer a burnt offering to the LORD for a sweet smell; one young bullock, one ram, and seven lambs of the first year; they shall be to you without blemish: -- numbers 29:8 +. +And their meat offering shall be of flour mingled with oil, three tenth deals to a bullock, and two tenth deals to one ram, -- numbers 29:9 +. +A several tenth deal for one lamb, throughout the seven lambs: -- numbers 29:10 +. +One kid of the goats for a sin offering; beside the sin offering of atonement, and the continual burnt offering, and the meat offering of it, and their drink offerings. -- numbers 29:11 +. +And on the fifteenth day of the seventh month you shall have an holy convocation; you shall do no servile work, and you shall keep a feast to the LORD seven days: -- numbers 29:12 +. +And you shall offer a burnt offering, a sacrifice made by fire, of a sweet smell to the LORD; thirteen young bullocks, two rams, and fourteen lambs of the first year; they shall be without blemish: -- numbers 29:13 +. +And their meat offering shall be of flour mingled with oil, three tenth deals to every bullock of the thirteen bullocks, two tenth deals to each ram of the two rams, -- numbers 29:14 +. +And a several tenth deal to each lamb of the fourteen lambs: -- numbers 29:15 +. +And one kid of the goats for a sin offering; beside the continual burnt offering, his meat offering, and his drink offering. -- numbers 29:16 +. +And on the second day you shall offer twelve young bullocks, two rams, fourteen lambs of the first year without spot: -- numbers 29:17 +. +And their meat offering and their drink offerings for the bullocks, for the rams, and for the lambs, shall be according to their number, after the manner: -- numbers 29:18 +. +And one kid of the goats for a sin offering; beside the continual burnt offering, and the meat offering thereof, and their drink offerings. -- numbers 29:19 +. +And on the third day eleven bullocks, two rams, fourteen lambs of the first year without blemish; -- numbers 29:20 +. +And their meat offering and their drink offerings for the bullocks, for the rams, and for the lambs, shall be according to their number, after the manner: -- numbers 29:21 +. +And one goat for a sin offering; beside the continual burnt offering, and his meat offering, and his drink offering. -- numbers 29:22 +. +And on the fourth day ten bullocks, two rams, and fourteen lambs of the first year without blemish: -- numbers 29:23 +. +Their meat offering and their drink offerings for the bullocks, for the rams, and for the lambs, shall be according to their number, after the manner: -- numbers 29:24 +. +And one kid of the goats for a sin offering; beside the continual burnt offering, his meat offering, and his drink offering. -- numbers 29:25 +. +And on the fifth day nine bullocks, two rams, and fourteen lambs of the first year without spot: -- numbers 29:26 +. +And their meat offering and their drink offerings for the bullocks, for the rams, and for the lambs, shall be according to their number, after the manner: -- numbers 29:27 +. +And one goat for a sin offering; beside the continual burnt offering, and his meat offering, and his drink offering. -- numbers 29:28 +. +And on the sixth day eight bullocks, two rams, and fourteen lambs of the first year without blemish: -- numbers 29:29 +. +And their meat offering and their drink offerings for the bullocks, for the rams, and for the lambs, shall be according to their number, after the manner: -- numbers 29:30 +. +And one goat for a sin offering; beside the continual burnt offering, his meat offering, and his drink offering. -- numbers 29:31 +. +And on the seventh day seven bullocks, two rams, and fourteen lambs of the first year without blemish: -- numbers 29:32 +. +And their meat offering and their drink offerings for the bullocks, for the rams, and for the lambs, shall be according to their number, after the manner: -- numbers 29:33 +. +And one goat for a sin offering; beside the continual burnt offering, his meat offering, and his drink offering. -- numbers 29:34 +. +On the eighth day you shall have a solemn assembly: you shall do no servile work therein: -- numbers 29:35 +. +But you shall offer a burnt offering, a sacrifice made by fire, of a sweet smell to the LORD: one bullock, one ram, seven lambs of the first year without blemish: -- numbers 29:36 +. +Their meat offering and their drink offerings for the bullock, for the ram, and for the lambs, shall be according to their number, after the manner: -- numbers 29:37 +. +And one goat for a sin offering; beside the continual burnt offering, and his meat offering, and his drink offering. -- numbers 29:38 +. +These things you shall do to the LORD in your set feasts, beside your vows, and your freewill offerings, for your burnt offerings, and for your meat offerings, and for your drink offerings, and for your peace offerings. -- numbers 29:39 +. +And Moses told the children of Israel according to all that the LORD commanded Moses. -- numbers 29:40 +. +And Moses spoke to the heads of the tribes concerning the children of Israel, saying, This is the thing which the LORD has commanded. -- numbers 30:1 +. +If a man vow a vow to the LORD, or swear an oath to bind his soul with a bond; he shall not break his word, he shall do according to all that proceeds out of his mouth. -- numbers 30:2 +. +If a woman also vow a vow to the LORD, and bind herself by a bond, being in her father' house in her youth; -- numbers 30:3 +. +And her father hear her vow, and her bond with which she has bound her soul, and her father shall hold his peace at her; then all her vows shall stand, and every bond with which she has bound her soul shall stand. -- numbers 30:4 +. +But if her father disallow her in the day that he hears; not any of her vows, or of her bonds with which she has bound her soul, shall stand: and the LORD shall forgive her, because her father disallowed her. -- numbers 30:5 +. +And if she had at all an husband, when she vowed, or uttered ought out of her lips, with which she bound her soul; -- numbers 30:6 +. +And her husband heard it, and held his peace at her in the day that he heard it: then her vows shall stand, and her bonds with which she bound her soul shall stand. -- numbers 30:7 +. +But if her husband disallowed her on the day that he heard it; then he shall make her vow which she vowed, and that which she uttered with her lips, with which she bound her soul, of none effect: and the LORD shall forgive her. -- numbers 30:8 +. +But every vow of a widow, and of her that is divorced, with which they have bound their souls, shall stand against her. -- numbers 30:9 +. +And if she vowed in her husband' house, or bound her soul by a bond with an oath; -- numbers 30:10 +. +And her husband heard it, and held his peace at her, and disallowed her not: then all her vows shall stand, and every bond with which she bound her soul shall stand. -- numbers 30:11 +. +But if her husband has utterly made them void on the day he heard them; then whatever proceeded out of her lips concerning her vows, or concerning the bond of her soul, shall not stand: her husband has made them void; and the LORD shall forgive her. -- numbers 30:12 +. +Every vow, and every binding oath to afflict the soul, her husband may establish it, or her husband may make it void. -- numbers 30:13 +. +But if her husband altogether hold his peace at her from day to day; then he establishes all her vows, or all her bonds, which are on her: he confirms them, because he held his peace at her in the day that he heard them. -- numbers 30:14 +. +But if he shall any ways make them void after that he has heard them; then he shall bear her iniquity. -- numbers 30:15 +. +These are the statutes, which the LORD commanded Moses, between a man and his wife, between the father and his daughter, being yet in her youth in her father' house. -- numbers 30:16 +. +And the LORD spoke to Moses, saying, -- numbers 31:1 +. +Avenge the children of Israel of the Midianites: afterward shall you be gathered to your people. -- numbers 31:2 +. +And Moses spoke to the people, saying, Arm some of yourselves to the war, and let them go against the Midianites, and avenge the LORD of Midian. -- numbers 31:3 +. +Of every tribe a thousand, throughout all the tribes of Israel, shall you send to the war. -- numbers 31:4 +. +So there were delivered out of the thousands of Israel, a thousand of every tribe, twelve thousand armed for war. -- numbers 31:5 +. +And Moses sent them to the war, a thousand of every tribe, them and Phinehas the son of Eleazar the priest, to the war, with the holy instruments, and the trumpets to blow in his hand. -- numbers 31:6 +. +And they warred against the Midianites, as the LORD commanded Moses; and they slew all the males. -- numbers 31:7 +. +And they slew the kings of Midian, beside the rest of them that were slain; namely, Evi, and Rekem, and Zur, and Hur, and Reba, five kings of Midian: Balaam also the son of Beor they slew with the sword. -- numbers 31:8 +. +And the children of Israel took all the women of Midian captives, and their little ones, and took the spoil of all their cattle, and all their flocks, and all their goods. -- numbers 31:9 +. +And they burnt all their cities wherein they dwelled, and all their goodly castles, with fire. -- numbers 31:10 +. +And they took all the spoil, and all the prey, both of men and of beasts. -- numbers 31:11 +. +And they brought the captives, and the prey, and the spoil, to Moses, and Eleazar the priest, and to the congregation of the children of Israel, to the camp at the plains of Moab, which are by Jordan near Jericho. -- numbers 31:12 +. +And Moses, and Eleazar the priest, and all the princes of the congregation, went forth to meet them without the camp. -- numbers 31:13 +. +And Moses was wroth with the officers of the host, with the captains over thousands, and captains over hundreds, which came from the battle. -- numbers 31:14 +. +And Moses said to them, Have you saved all the women alive? -- numbers 31:15 +. +Behold, these caused the children of Israel, through the counsel of Balaam, to commit trespass against the LORD in the matter of Peor, and there was a plague among the congregation of the LORD. -- numbers 31:16 +. +Now therefore kill every male among the little ones, and kill every woman that has known man by lying with him. -- numbers 31:17 +. +But all the women children, that have not known a man by lying with him, keep alive for yourselves. -- numbers 31:18 +. +And do you abide without the camp seven days: whoever has killed any person, and whoever has touched any slain, purify both yourselves and your captives on the third day, and on the seventh day. -- numbers 31:19 +. +And purify all your raiment, and all that is made of skins, and all work of goats'hair, and all things made of wood. -- numbers 31:20 +. +And Eleazar the priest said to the men of war which went to the battle, This is the ordinance of the law which the LORD commanded Moses; -- numbers 31:21 +. +Only the gold, and the silver, the brass, the iron, the tin, and the lead, -- numbers 31:22 +. +Every thing that may abide the fire, you shall make it go through the fire, and it shall be clean: nevertheless it shall be purified with the water of separation: and all that stays not the fire you shall make go through the water. -- numbers 31:23 +. +And you shall wash your clothes on the seventh day, and you shall be clean, and afterward you shall come into the camp. -- numbers 31:24 +. +And the LORD spoke to Moses, saying, -- numbers 31:25 +. +Take the sum of the prey that was taken, both of man and of beast, you, and Eleazar the priest, and the chief fathers of the congregation: -- numbers 31:26 +. +And divide the prey into two parts; between them that took the war on them, who went out to battle, and between all the congregation: -- numbers 31:27 +. +And levy a tribute to the Lord of the men of war which went out to battle: one soul of five hundred, both of the persons, and of the beeves, and of the asses, and of the sheep: -- numbers 31:28 +. +Take it of their half, and give it to Eleazar the priest, for an heave offering of the LORD. -- numbers 31:29 +. +And of the children of Israel' half, you shall take one portion of fifty, of the persons, of the beeves, of the asses, and of the flocks, of all manner of beasts, and give them to the Levites, which keep the charge of the tabernacle of the LORD. -- numbers 31:30 +. +And Moses and Eleazar the priest did as the LORD commanded Moses. -- numbers 31:31 +. +And the booty, being the rest of the prey which the men of war had caught, was six hundred thousand and seventy thousand and five thousand sheep, -- numbers 31:32 +. +And three score and twelve thousand beeves, -- numbers 31:33 +. +And three score and one thousand asses, -- numbers 31:34 +. +And thirty and two thousand persons in all, of women that had not known man by lying with him. -- numbers 31:35 +. +And the half, which was the portion of them that went out to war, was in number three hundred thousand and seven and thirty thousand and five hundred sheep: -- numbers 31:36 +. +And the LORD' tribute of the sheep was six hundred and three score and fifteen. -- numbers 31:37 +. +And the beeves were thirty and six thousand; of which the LORD' tribute was three score and twelve. -- numbers 31:38 +. +And the asses were thirty thousand and five hundred; of which the LORD' tribute was three score and one. -- numbers 31:39 +. +And the persons were sixteen thousand; of which the LORD' tribute was thirty and two persons. -- numbers 31:40 +. +And Moses gave the tribute, which was the LORD' heave offering, to Eleazar the priest, as the LORD commanded Moses. -- numbers 31:41 +. +And of the children of Israel' half, which Moses divided from the men that warred, -- numbers 31:42 +. +(Now the half that pertained to the congregation was three hundred thousand and thirty thousand and seven thousand and five hundred sheep, -- numbers 31:43 +. +And thirty and six thousand beeves, -- numbers 31:44 +. +And thirty thousand asses and five hundred, -- numbers 31:45 +. +And sixteen thousand persons;) -- numbers 31:46 +. +Even of the children of Israel' half, Moses took one portion of fifty, both of man and of beast, and gave them to the Levites, which kept the charge of the tabernacle of the LORD; as the LORD commanded Moses. -- numbers 31:47 +. +And the officers which were over thousands of the host, the captains of thousands, and captains of hundreds, came near to Moses: -- numbers 31:48 +. +And they said to Moses, Your servants have taken the sum of the men of war which are under our charge, and there lacks not one man of us. -- numbers 31:49 +. +We have therefore brought an oblation for the LORD, what every man has gotten, of jewels of gold, chains, and bracelets, rings, earrings, and tablets, to make an atonement for our souls before the LORD. -- numbers 31:50 +. +And Moses and Eleazar the priest took the gold of them, even all worked jewels. -- numbers 31:51 +. +And all the gold of the offering that they offered up to the LORD, of the captains of thousands, and of the captains of hundreds, was sixteen thousand seven hundred and fifty shekels. -- numbers 31:52 +. +(For the men of war had taken spoil, every man for himself.) -- numbers 31:53 +. +And Moses and Eleazar the priest took the gold of the captains of thousands and of hundreds, and brought it into the tabernacle of the congregation, for a memorial for the children of Israel before the LORD. -- numbers 31:54 +. +Now the children of Reuben and the children of Gad had a very great multitude of cattle: and when they saw the land of Jazer, and the land of Gilead, that, behold, the place was a place for cattle; -- numbers 32:1 +. +The children of Gad and the children of Reuben came and spoke to Moses, and to Eleazar the priest, and to the princes of the congregation, saying, -- numbers 32:2 +. +Ataroth, and Dibon, and Jazer, and Nimrah, and Heshbon, and Elealeh, and Shebam, and Nebo, and Beon, -- numbers 32:3 +. +Even the country which the LORD smote before the congregation of Israel, is a land for cattle, and your servants have cattle: -- numbers 32:4 +. +Why, said they, if we have found grace in your sight, let this land be given to your servants for a possession, and bring us not over Jordan. -- numbers 32:5 +. +And Moses said to the children of Gad and to the children of Reuben, Shall your brothers go to war, and shall you sit here? -- numbers 32:6 +. +And why discourage you the heart of the children of Israel from going over into the land which the LORD has given them? -- numbers 32:7 +. +Thus did your fathers, when I sent them from Kadeshbarnea to see the land. -- numbers 32:8 +. +For when they went up to the valley of Eshcol, and saw the land, they discouraged the heart of the children of Israel, that they should not go into the land which the LORD had given them. -- numbers 32:9 +. +And the LORD' anger was kindled the same time, and he swore, saying, -- numbers 32:10 +. +Surely none of the men that came up out of Egypt, from twenty years old and upward, shall see the land which I swore to Abraham, to Isaac, and to Jacob; because they have not wholly followed me: -- numbers 32:11 +. +Save Caleb the son of Jephunneh the Kenezite, and Joshua the son of Nun: for they have wholly followed the LORD. -- numbers 32:12 +. +And the LORD' anger was kindled against Israel, and he made them wander in the wilderness forty years, until all the generation, that had done evil in the sight of the LORD, was consumed. -- numbers 32:13 +. +And, behold, you are risen up in your fathers'stead, an increase of sinful men, to augment yet the fierce anger of the LORD toward Israel. -- numbers 32:14 +. +For if you turn away from after him, he will yet again leave them in the wilderness; and you shall destroy all this people. -- numbers 32:15 +. +And they came near to him, and said, We will build sheepfolds here for our cattle, and cities for our little ones: -- numbers 32:16 +. +But we ourselves will go ready armed before the children of Israel, until we have brought them to their place: and our little ones shall dwell in the fenced cities because of the inhabitants of the land. -- numbers 32:17 +. +We will not return to our houses, until the children of Israel have inherited every man his inheritance. -- numbers 32:18 +. +For we will not inherit with them on yonder side Jordan, or forward; because our inheritance is fallen to us on this side Jordan eastward. -- numbers 32:19 +. +And Moses said to them, If you will do this thing, if you will go armed before the LORD to war, -- numbers 32:20 +. +And will go all of you armed over Jordan before the LORD, until he has driven out his enemies from before him, -- numbers 32:21 +. +And the land be subdued before the LORD: then afterward you shall return, and be guiltless before the LORD, and before Israel; and this land shall be your possession before the LORD. -- numbers 32:22 +. +But if you will not do so, behold, you have sinned against the LORD: and be sure your sin will find you out. -- numbers 32:23 +. +Build you cities for your little ones, and folds for your sheep; and do that which has proceeded out of your mouth. -- numbers 32:24 +. +And the children of Gad and the children of Reuben spoke to Moses, saying, Your servants will do as my lord commands. -- numbers 32:25 +. +Our little ones, our wives, our flocks, and all our cattle, shall be there in the cities of Gilead: -- numbers 32:26 +. +But your servants will pass over, every man armed for war, before the LORD to battle, as my lord said. -- numbers 32:27 +. +So concerning them Moses commanded Eleazar the priest, and Joshua the son of Nun, and the chief fathers of the tribes of the children of Israel: -- numbers 32:28 +. +And Moses said to them, If the children of Gad and the children of Reuben will pass with you over Jordan, every man armed to battle, before the LORD, and the land shall be subdued before you; then you shall give them the land of Gilead for a possession: -- numbers 32:29 +. +But if they will not pass over with you armed, they shall have possessions among you in the land of Canaan. -- numbers 32:30 +. +And the children of Gad and the children of Reuben answered, saying, As the LORD has said to your servants, so will we do. -- numbers 32:31 +. +We will pass over armed before the LORD into the land of Canaan, that the possession of our inheritance on this side Jordan may be ours. -- numbers 32:32 +. +And Moses gave to them, even to the children of Gad, and to the children of Reuben, and to half the tribe of Manasseh the son of Joseph, the kingdom of Sihon king of the Amorites, and the kingdom of Og king of Bashan, the land, with the cities thereof in the coasts, even the cities of the country round about. -- numbers 32:33 +. +And the children of Gad built Dibon, and Ataroth, and Aroer, -- numbers 32:34 +. +And Atroth, Shophan, and Jaazer, and Jogbehah, -- numbers 32:35 +. +And Bethnimrah, and Bethharan, fenced cities: and folds for sheep. -- numbers 32:36 +. +And the children of Reuben built Heshbon, and Elealeh, and Kirjathaim, -- numbers 32:37 +. +And Nebo, and Baalmeon, (their names being changed,) and Shibmah: and gave other names to the cities which they built. -- numbers 32:38 +. +And the children of Machir the son of Manasseh went to Gilead, and took it, and dispossessed the Amorite which was in it. -- numbers 32:39 +. +And Moses gave Gilead to Machir the son of Manasseh; and he dwelled therein. -- numbers 32:40 +. +And Jair the son of Manasseh went and took the small towns thereof, and called them Havothjair. -- numbers 32:41 +. +And Nobah went and took Kenath, and the villages thereof, and called it Nobah, after his own name. -- numbers 32:42 +. +These are the journeys of the children of Israel, which went forth out of the land of Egypt with their armies under the hand of Moses and Aaron. -- numbers 33:1 +. +And Moses wrote their goings out according to their journeys by the commandment of the LORD: and these are their journeys according to their goings out. -- numbers 33:2 +. +And they departed from Rameses in the first month, on the fifteenth day of the first month; on the morrow after the passover the children of Israel went out with an high hand in the sight of all the Egyptians. -- numbers 33:3 +. +For the Egyptians buried all their firstborn, which the LORD had smitten among them: on their gods also the LORD executed judgments. -- numbers 33:4 +. +And the children of Israel removed from Rameses, and pitched in Succoth. -- numbers 33:5 +. +And they departed from Succoth, and pitched in Etham, which is in the edge of the wilderness. -- numbers 33:6 +. +And they removed from Etham, and turned again to Pihahiroth, which is before Baalzephon: and they pitched before Migdol. -- numbers 33:7 +. +And they departed from before Pihahiroth, and passed through the middle of the sea into the wilderness, and went three days'journey in the wilderness of Etham, and pitched in Marah. -- numbers 33:8 +. +And they removed from Marah, and came to Elim: and in Elim were twelve fountains of water, and three score and ten palm trees; and they pitched there. -- numbers 33:9 +. +And they removed from Elim, and encamped by the Red sea. -- numbers 33:10 +. +And they removed from the Red sea, and encamped in the wilderness of Sin. -- numbers 33:11 +. +And they took their journey out of the wilderness of Sin, and encamped in Dophkah. -- numbers 33:12 +. +And they departed from Dophkah, and encamped in Alush. -- numbers 33:13 +. +And they removed from Alush, and encamped at Rephidim, where was no water for the people to drink. -- numbers 33:14 +. +And they departed from Rephidim, and pitched in the wilderness of Sinai. -- numbers 33:15 +. +And they removed from the desert of Sinai, and pitched at Kibrothhattaavah. -- numbers 33:16 +. +And they departed from Kibrothhattaavah, and encamped at Hazeroth. -- numbers 33:17 +. +And they departed from Hazeroth, and pitched in Rithmah. -- numbers 33:18 +. +And they departed from Rithmah, and pitched at Rimmonparez. -- numbers 33:19 +. +And they departed from Rimmonparez, and pitched in Libnah. -- numbers 33:20 +. +And they removed from Libnah, and pitched at Rissah. -- numbers 33:21 +. +And they journeyed from Rissah, and pitched in Kehelathah. -- numbers 33:22 +. +And they went from Kehelathah, and pitched in mount Shapher. -- numbers 33:23 +. +And they removed from mount Shapher, and encamped in Haradah. -- numbers 33:24 +. +And they removed from Haradah, and pitched in Makheloth. -- numbers 33:25 +. +And they removed from Makheloth, and encamped at Tahath. -- numbers 33:26 +. +And they departed from Tahath, and pitched at Tarah. -- numbers 33:27 +. +And they removed from Tarah, and pitched in Mithcah. -- numbers 33:28 +. +And they went from Mithcah, and pitched in Hashmonah. -- numbers 33:29 +. +And they departed from Hashmonah, and encamped at Moseroth. -- numbers 33:30 +. +And they departed from Moseroth, and pitched in Benejaakan. -- numbers 33:31 +. +And they removed from Benejaakan, and encamped at Horhagidgad. -- numbers 33:32 +. +And they went from Horhagidgad, and pitched in Jotbathah. -- numbers 33:33 +. +And they removed from Jotbathah, and encamped at Ebronah. -- numbers 33:34 +. +And they departed from Ebronah, and encamped at Eziongaber. -- numbers 33:35 +. +And they removed from Eziongaber, and pitched in the wilderness of Zin, which is Kadesh. -- numbers 33:36 +. +And they removed from Kadesh, and pitched in mount Hor, in the edge of the land of Edom. -- numbers 33:37 +. +And Aaron the priest went up into mount Hor at the commandment of the LORD, and died there, in the fortieth year after the children of Israel were come out of the land of Egypt, in the first day of the fifth month. -- numbers 33:38 +. +And Aaron was an hundred and twenty and three years old when he died in mount Hor. -- numbers 33:39 +. +And king Arad the Canaanite, which dwelled in the south in the land of Canaan, heard of the coming of the children of Israel. -- numbers 33:40 +. +And they departed from mount Hor, and pitched in Zalmonah. -- numbers 33:41 +. +And they departed from Zalmonah, and pitched in Punon. -- numbers 33:42 +. +And they departed from Punon, and pitched in Oboth. -- numbers 33:43 +. +And they departed from Oboth, and pitched in Ijeabarim, in the border of Moab. -- numbers 33:44 +. +And they departed from Iim, and pitched in Dibongad. -- numbers 33:45 +. +And they removed from Dibongad, and encamped in Almondiblathaim. -- numbers 33:46 +. +And they removed from Almondiblathaim, and pitched in the mountains of Abarim, before Nebo. -- numbers 33:47 +. +And they departed from the mountains of Abarim, and pitched in the plains of Moab by Jordan near Jericho. -- numbers 33:48 +. +And they pitched by Jordan, from Bethjesimoth even to Abelshittim in the plains of Moab. -- numbers 33:49 +. +And the LORD spoke to Moses in the plains of Moab by Jordan near Jericho, saying, -- numbers 33:50 +. +Speak to the children of Israel, and say to them, When you are passed over Jordan into the land of Canaan; -- numbers 33:51 +. +Then you shall drive out all the inhabitants of the land from before you, and destroy all their pictures, and destroy all their molten images, and quite pluck down all their high places: -- numbers 33:52 +. +And you shall dispossess the inhabitants of the land, and dwell therein: for I have given you the land to possess it. -- numbers 33:53 +. +And you shall divide the land by lot for an inheritance among your families: and to the more you shall give the more inheritance, and to the fewer you shall give the less inheritance: every man' inheritance shall be in the place where his lot falls; according to the tribes of your fathers you shall inherit. -- numbers 33:54 +. +But if you will not drive out the inhabitants of the land from before you; then it shall come to pass, that those which you let remain of them shall be pricks in your eyes, and thorns in your sides, and shall vex you in the land wherein you dwell. -- numbers 33:55 +. +Moreover it shall come to pass, that I shall do to you, as I thought to do to them. -- numbers 33:56 +. +And the LORD spoke to Moses, saying, -- numbers 34:1 +. +Command the children of Israel, and say to them, When you come into the land of Canaan; (this is the land that shall fall to you for an inheritance, even the land of Canaan with the coasts thereof:) -- numbers 34:2 +. +Then your south quarter shall be from the wilderness of Zin along by the coast of Edom, and your south border shall be the outmost coast of the salt sea eastward: -- numbers 34:3 +. +And your border shall turn from the south to the ascent of Akrabbim, and pass on to Zin: and the going forth thereof shall be from the south to Kadeshbarnea, and shall go on to Hazaraddar, and pass on to Azmon: -- numbers 34:4 +. +And the border shall fetch a compass from Azmon to the river of Egypt, and the goings out of it shall be at the sea. -- numbers 34:5 +. +And as for the western border, you shall even have the great sea for a border: this shall be your west border. -- numbers 34:6 +. +And this shall be your north border: from the great sea you shall point out for you mount Hor: -- numbers 34:7 +. +From mount Hor you shall point out your border to the entrance of Hamath; and the goings forth of the border shall be to Zedad: -- numbers 34:8 +. +And the border shall go on to Ziphron, and the goings out of it shall be at Hazarenan: this shall be your north border. -- numbers 34:9 +. +And you shall point out your east border from Hazarenan to Shepham: -- numbers 34:10 +. +And the coast shall go down from Shepham to Riblah, on the east side of Ain; and the border shall descend, and shall reach to the side of the sea of Chinnereth eastward: -- numbers 34:11 +. +And the border shall go down to Jordan, and the goings out of it shall be at the salt sea: this shall be your land with the coasts thereof round about. -- numbers 34:12 +. +And Moses commanded the children of Israel, saying, This is the land which you shall inherit by lot, which the LORD commanded to give to the nine tribes, and to the half tribe: -- numbers 34:13 +. +For the tribe of the children of Reuben according to the house of their fathers, and the tribe of the children of Gad according to the house of their fathers, have received their inheritance; and half the tribe of Manasseh have received their inheritance: -- numbers 34:14 +. +The two tribes and the half tribe have received their inheritance on this side Jordan near Jericho eastward, toward the sun rise. -- numbers 34:15 +. +And the LORD spoke to Moses, saying, -- numbers 34:16 +. +These are the names of the men which shall divide the land to you: Eleazar the priest, and Joshua the son of Nun. -- numbers 34:17 +. +And you shall take one prince of every tribe, to divide the land by inheritance. -- numbers 34:18 +. +And the names of the men are these: Of the tribe of Judah, Caleb the son of Jephunneh. -- numbers 34:19 +. +And of the tribe of the children of Simeon, Shemuel the son of Ammihud. -- numbers 34:20 +. +Of the tribe of Benjamin, Elidad the son of Chislon. -- numbers 34:21 +. +And the prince of the tribe of the children of Dan, Bukki the son of Jogli. -- numbers 34:22 +. +The prince of the children of Joseph, for the tribe of the children of Manasseh, Hanniel the son of Ephod. -- numbers 34:23 +. +And the prince of the tribe of the children of Ephraim, Kemuel the son of Shiphtan. -- numbers 34:24 +. +And the prince of the tribe of the children of Zebulun, Elizaphan the son of Parnach. -- numbers 34:25 +. +And the prince of the tribe of the children of Issachar, Paltiel the son of Azzan. -- numbers 34:26 +. +And the prince of the tribe of the children of Asher, Ahihud the son of Shelomi. -- numbers 34:27 +. +And the prince of the tribe of the children of Naphtali, Pedahel the son of Ammihud. -- numbers 34:28 +. +These are they whom the LORD commanded to divide the inheritance to the children of Israel in the land of Canaan. -- numbers 34:29 +. +And the LORD spoke to Moses in the plains of Moab by Jordan near Jericho, saying, -- numbers 35:1 +. +Command the children of Israel, that they give to the Levites of the inheritance of their possession cities to dwell in; and you shall give also to the Levites suburbs for the cities round about them. -- numbers 35:2 +. +And the cities shall they have to dwell in; and the suburbs of them shall be for their cattle, and for their goods, and for all their beasts. -- numbers 35:3 +. +And the suburbs of the cities, which you shall give to the Levites, shall reach from the wall of the city and outward a thousand cubits round about. -- numbers 35:4 +. +And you shall measure from without the city on the east side two thousand cubits, and on the south side two thousand cubits, and on the west side two thousand cubits, and on the north side two thousand cubits; and the city shall be in the middle: this shall be to them the suburbs of the cities. -- numbers 35:5 +. +And among the cities which you shall give to the Levites there shall be six cities for refuge, which you shall appoint for the manslayer, that he may flee thither: and to them you shall add forty and two cities. -- numbers 35:6 +. +So all the cities which you shall give to the Levites shall be forty and eight cities: them shall you give with their suburbs. -- numbers 35:7 +. +And the cities which you shall give shall be of the possession of the children of Israel: from them that have many you shall give many; but from them that have few you shall give few: every one shall give of his cities to the Levites according to his inheritance which he inherits. -- numbers 35:8 +. +And the LORD spoke to Moses, saying, -- numbers 35:9 +. +Speak to the children of Israel, and say to them, When you be come over Jordan into the land of Canaan; -- numbers 35:10 +. +Then you shall appoint you cities to be cities of refuge for you; that the slayer may flee thither, which kills any person at unawares. -- numbers 35:11 +. +And they shall be to you cities for refuge from the avenger; that the manslayer die not, until he stand before the congregation in judgment. -- numbers 35:12 +. +And of these cities which you shall give six cities shall you have for refuge. -- numbers 35:13 +. +You shall give three cities on this side Jordan, and three cities shall you give in the land of Canaan, which shall be cities of refuge. -- numbers 35:14 +. +These six cities shall be a refuge, both for the children of Israel, and for the stranger, and for the sojourner among them: that every one that kills any person unawares may flee thither. -- numbers 35:15 +. +And if he smite him with an instrument of iron, so that he die, he is a murderer: the murderer shall surely be put to death. -- numbers 35:16 +. +And if he smite him with throwing a stone, with which he may die, and he die, he is a murderer: the murderer shall surely be put to death. -- numbers 35:17 +. +Or if he smite him with an hand weapon of wood, with which he may die, and he die, he is a murderer: the murderer shall surely be put to death. -- numbers 35:18 +. +The revenger of blood himself shall slay the murderer: when he meets him, he shall slay him. -- numbers 35:19 +. +But if he thrust him of hatred, or hurl at him by laying of wait, that he die; -- numbers 35:20 +. +Or in enmity smite him with his hand, that he die: he that smote him shall surely be put to death; for he is a murderer: the revenger of blood shall slay the murderer, when he meets him. -- numbers 35:21 +. +But if he thrust him suddenly without enmity, or have cast on him any thing without laying of wait, -- numbers 35:22 +. +Or with any stone, with which a man may die, seeing him not, and cast it on him, that he die, and was not his enemy, neither sought his harm: -- numbers 35:23 +. +Then the congregation shall judge between the slayer and the revenger of blood according to these judgments: -- numbers 35:24 +. +And the congregation shall deliver the slayer out of the hand of the revenger of blood, and the congregation shall restore him to the city of his refuge, where he was fled: and he shall abide in it to the death of the high priest, which was anointed with the holy oil. -- numbers 35:25 +. +But if the slayer shall at any time come without the border of the city of his refuge, where he was fled; -- numbers 35:26 +. +And the revenger of blood find him without the borders of the city of his refuge, and the revenger of blood kill the slayer; he shall not be guilty of blood: -- numbers 35:27 +. +Because he should have remained in the city of his refuge until the death of the high priest: but after the death of the high priest the slayer shall return into the land of his possession. -- numbers 35:28 +. +So these things shall be for a statute of judgment to you throughout your generations in all your dwellings. -- numbers 35:29 +. +Whoever kills any person, the murderer shall be put to death by the mouth of witnesses: but one witness shall not testify against any person to cause him to die. -- numbers 35:30 +. +Moreover you shall take no satisfaction for the life of a murderer, which is guilty of death: but he shall be surely put to death. -- numbers 35:31 +. +And you shall take no satisfaction for him that is fled to the city of his refuge, that he should come again to dwell in the land, until the death of the priest. -- numbers 35:32 +. +So you shall not pollute the land wherein you are: for blood it defiles the land: and the land cannot be cleansed of the blood that is shed therein, but by the blood of him that shed it. -- numbers 35:33 +. +Defile not therefore the land which you shall inhabit, wherein I dwell: for I the LORD dwell among the children of Israel. -- numbers 35:34 +. +And the chief fathers of the families of the children of Gilead, the son of Machir, the son of Manasseh, of the families of the sons of Joseph, came near, and spoke before Moses, and before the princes, the chief fathers of the children of Israel: -- numbers 36:1 +. +And they said, The LORD commanded my lord to give the land for an inheritance by lot to the children of Israel: and my lord was commanded by the LORD to give the inheritance of Zelophehad our brother to his daughters. -- numbers 36:2 +. +And if they be married to any of the sons of the other tribes of the children of Israel, then shall their inheritance be taken from the inheritance of our fathers, and shall be put to the inheritance of the tribe whereunto they are received: so shall it be taken from the lot of our inheritance. -- numbers 36:3 +. +And when the jubilee of the children of Israel shall be, then shall their inheritance be put to the inheritance of the tribe whereunto they are received: so shall their inheritance be taken away from the inheritance of the tribe of our fathers. -- numbers 36:4 +. +And Moses commanded the children of Israel according to the word of the LORD, saying, The tribe of the sons of Joseph has said well. -- numbers 36:5 +. +This is the thing which the LORD does command concerning the daughters of Zelophehad, saying, Let them marry to whom they think best; only to the family of the tribe of their father shall they marry. -- numbers 36:6 +. +So shall not the inheritance of the children of Israel remove from tribe to tribe: for every one of the children of Israel shall keep himself to the inheritance of the tribe of his fathers. -- numbers 36:7 +. +And every daughter, that possesses an inheritance in any tribe of the children of Israel, shall be wife to one of the family of the tribe of her father, that the children of Israel may enjoy every man the inheritance of his fathers. -- numbers 36:8 +. +Neither shall the inheritance remove from one tribe to another tribe; but every one of the tribes of the children of Israel shall keep himself to his own inheritance. -- numbers 36:9 +. +Even as the LORD commanded Moses, so did the daughters of Zelophehad: -- numbers 36:10 +. +For Mahlah, Tirzah, and Hoglah, and Milcah, and Noah, the daughters of Zelophehad, were married to their father' brothers'sons: -- numbers 36:11 +. +And they were married into the families of the sons of Manasseh the son of Joseph, and their inheritance remained in the tribe of the family of their father. -- numbers 36:12 +. +These are the commandments and the judgments, which the LORD commanded by the hand of Moses to the children of Israel in the plains of Moab by Jordan near Jericho. -- numbers 36:13 +. +These be the words which Moses spoke to all Israel on this side Jordan in the wilderness, in the plain over against the Red sea, between Paran, and Tophel, and Laban, and Hazeroth, and Dizahab. -- deuteronomy 1:1 +. +(There are eleven days'journey from Horeb by the way of mount Seir to Kadeshbarnea.) -- deuteronomy 1:2 +. +And it came to pass in the fortieth year, in the eleventh month, on the first day of the month, that Moses spoke to the children of Israel, according to all that the LORD had given him in commandment to them; -- deuteronomy 1:3 +. +After he had slain Sihon the king of the Amorites, which dwelled in Heshbon, and Og the king of Bashan, which dwelled at Astaroth in Edrei: -- deuteronomy 1:4 +. +On this side Jordan, in the land of Moab, began Moses to declare this law, saying, -- deuteronomy 1:5 +. +The LORD our God spoke to us in Horeb, saying, You have dwelled long enough in this mount: -- deuteronomy 1:6 +. +Turn you, and take your journey, and go to the mount of the Amorites, and to all the places near thereunto, in the plain, in the hills, and in the vale, and in the south, and by the sea side, to the land of the Canaanites, and to Lebanon, to the great river, the river Euphrates. -- deuteronomy 1:7 +. +Behold, I have set the land before you: go in and possess the land which the LORD swore to your fathers, Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob, to give to them and to their seed after them. -- deuteronomy 1:8 +. +And I spoke to you at that time, saying, I am not able to bear you myself alone: -- deuteronomy 1:9 +. +The LORD your God has multiplied you, and, behold, you are this day as the stars of heaven for multitude. -- deuteronomy 1:10 +. +(The LORD God of your fathers make you a thousand times so many more as you are, and bless you, as he has promised you!) -- deuteronomy 1:11 +. +How can I myself alone bear your cumbrance, and your burden, and your strife? -- deuteronomy 1:12 +. +Take you wise men, and understanding, and known among your tribes, and I will make them rulers over you. -- deuteronomy 1:13 +. +And you answered me, and said, The thing which you have spoken is good for us to do. -- deuteronomy 1:14 +. +So I took the chief of your tribes, wise men, and known, and made them heads over you, captains over thousands, and captains over hundreds, and captains over fifties, and captains over tens, and officers among your tribes. -- deuteronomy 1:15 +. +And I charged your judges at that time, saying, Hear the causes between your brothers, and judge righteously between every man and his brother, and the stranger that is with him. -- deuteronomy 1:16 +. +You shall not respect persons in judgment; but you shall hear the small as well as the great; you shall not be afraid of the face of man; for the judgment is God': and the cause that is too hard for you, bring it to me, and I will hear it. -- deuteronomy 1:17 +. +And I commanded you at that time all the things which you should do. -- deuteronomy 1:18 +. +And when we departed from Horeb, we went through all that great and terrible wilderness, which you saw by the way of the mountain of the Amorites, as the LORD our God commanded us; and we came to Kadeshbarnea. -- deuteronomy 1:19 +. +And I said to you, You are come to the mountain of the Amorites, which the LORD our God does give to us. -- deuteronomy 1:20 +. +Behold, the LORD your God has set the land before you: go up and possess it, as the LORD God of your fathers has said to you; fear not, neither be discouraged. -- deuteronomy 1:21 +. +And you came near to me every one of you, and said, We will send men before us, and they shall search us out the land, and bring us word again by what way we must go up, and into what cities we shall come. -- deuteronomy 1:22 +. +And the saying pleased me well: and I took twelve men of you, one of a tribe: -- deuteronomy 1:23 +. +And they turned and went up into the mountain, and came to the valley of Eshcol, and searched it out. -- deuteronomy 1:24 +. +And they took of the fruit of the land in their hands, and brought it down to us, and brought us word again, and said, It is a good land which the LORD our God does give us. -- deuteronomy 1:25 +. +Notwithstanding you would not go up, but rebelled against the commandment of the LORD your God: -- deuteronomy 1:26 +. +And you murmured in your tents, and said, Because the LORD hated us, he has brought us forth out of the land of Egypt, to deliver us into the hand of the Amorites, to destroy us. -- deuteronomy 1:27 +. +Where shall we go up? our brothers have discouraged our heart, saying, The people is greater and taller than we; the cities are great and walled up to heaven; and moreover we have seen the sons of the Anakims there. -- deuteronomy 1:28 +. +Then I said to you, Dread not, neither be afraid of them. -- deuteronomy 1:29 +. +The LORD your God which goes before you, he shall fight for you, according to all that he did for you in Egypt before your eyes; -- deuteronomy 1:30 +. +And in the wilderness, where you have seen how that the LORD your God bore you, as a man does bear his son, in all the way that you went, until you came into this place. -- deuteronomy 1:31 +. +Yet in this thing you did not believe the LORD your God, -- deuteronomy 1:32 +. +Who went in the way before you, to search you out a place to pitch your tents in, in fire by night, to show you by what way you should go, and in a cloud by day. -- deuteronomy 1:33 +. +And the LORD heard the voice of your words, and was wroth, and swore, saying, -- deuteronomy 1:34 +. +Surely there shall not one of these men of this evil generation see that good land, which I swore to give to your fathers. -- deuteronomy 1:35 +. +Save Caleb the son of Jephunneh; he shall see it, and to him will I give the land that he has trodden on, and to his children, because he has wholly followed the LORD. -- deuteronomy 1:36 +. +Also the LORD was angry with me for your sakes, saying, You also shall not go in thither. -- deuteronomy 1:37 +. +But Joshua the son of Nun, which stands before you, he shall go in thither: encourage him: for he shall cause Israel to inherit it. -- deuteronomy 1:38 +. +Moreover your little ones, which you said should be a prey, and your children, which in that day had no knowledge between good and evil, they shall go in thither, and to them will I give it, and they shall possess it. -- deuteronomy 1:39 +. +But as for you, turn you, and take your journey into the wilderness by the way of the Red sea. -- deuteronomy 1:40 +. +Then you answered and said to me, We have sinned against the LORD, we will go up and fight, according to all that the LORD our God commanded us. And when you had girded on every man his weapons of war, you were ready to go up into the hill. -- deuteronomy 1:41 +. +And the LORD said to me, Say to them. Go not up, neither fight; for I am not among you; lest you be smitten before your enemies. -- deuteronomy 1:42 +. +So I spoke to you; and you would not hear, but rebelled against the commandment of the LORD, and went presumptuously up into the hill. -- deuteronomy 1:43 +. +And the Amorites, which dwelled in that mountain, came out against you, and chased you, as bees do, and destroyed you in Seir, even to Hormah. -- deuteronomy 1:44 +. +And you returned and wept before the LORD; but the LORD would not listen to your voice, nor give ear to you. -- deuteronomy 1:45 +. +So you stayed in Kadesh many days, according to the days that you stayed there. -- deuteronomy 1:46 +. +Then we turned, and took our journey into the wilderness by the way of the Red sea, as the LORD spoke to me: and we compassed mount Seir many days. -- deuteronomy 2:1 +. +And the LORD spoke to me, saying, -- deuteronomy 2:2 +. +You have compassed this mountain long enough: turn you northward. -- deuteronomy 2:3 +. +And command you the people, saying, You are to pass through the coast of your brothers the children of Esau, which dwell in Seir; and they shall be afraid of you: take you good heed to yourselves therefore: -- deuteronomy 2:4 +. +Meddle not with them; for I will not give you of their land, no, not so much as a foot breadth; because I have given mount Seir to Esau for a possession. -- deuteronomy 2:5 +. +You shall buy meat of them for money, that you may eat; and you shall also buy water of them for money, that you may drink. -- deuteronomy 2:6 +. +For the LORD your God has blessed you in all the works of your hand: he knows your walking through this great wilderness: these forty years the LORD your God has been with you; you have lacked nothing. -- deuteronomy 2:7 +. +And when we passed by from our brothers the children of Esau, which dwelled in Seir, through the way of the plain from Elath, and from Eziongaber, we turned and passed by the way of the wilderness of Moab. -- deuteronomy 2:8 +. +And the LORD said to me, Distress not the Moabites, neither contend with them in battle: for I will not give you of their land for a possession; because I have given Ar to the children of Lot for a possession. -- deuteronomy 2:9 +. +The Emims dwelled therein in times past, a people great, and many, and tall, as the Anakims; -- deuteronomy 2:10 +. +Which also were accounted giants, as the Anakims; but the Moabites called them Emims. -- deuteronomy 2:11 +. +The Horims also dwelled in Seir beforetime; but the children of Esau succeeded them, when they had destroyed them from before them, and dwelled in their stead; as Israel did to the land of his possession, which the LORD gave to them. -- deuteronomy 2:12 +. +Now rise up, said I, and get you over the brook Zered. And we went over the brook Zered. -- deuteronomy 2:13 +. +And the space in which we came from Kadeshbarnea, until we were come over the brook Zered, was thirty and eight years; until all the generation of the men of war were wasted out from among the host, as the LORD swore to them. -- deuteronomy 2:14 +. +For indeed the hand of the LORD was against them, to destroy them from among the host, until they were consumed. -- deuteronomy 2:15 +. +So it came to pass, when all the men of war were consumed and dead from among the people, -- deuteronomy 2:16 +. +That the LORD spoke to me, saying, -- deuteronomy 2:17 +. +You are to pass over through Ar, the coast of Moab, this day: -- deuteronomy 2:18 +. +And when you come near over against the children of Ammon, distress them not, nor meddle with them: for I will not give you of the land of the children of Ammon any possession; because I have given it to the children of Lot for a possession. -- deuteronomy 2:19 +. +(That also was accounted a land of giants: giants dwelled therein in old time; and the Ammonites call them Zamzummims; -- deuteronomy 2:20 +. +A people great, and many, and tall, as the Anakims; but the LORD destroyed them before them; and they succeeded them, and dwelled in their stead: -- deuteronomy 2:21 +. +As he did to the children of Esau, which dwelled in Seir, when he destroyed the Horims from before them; and they succeeded them, and dwelled in their stead even to this day: -- deuteronomy 2:22 +. +And the Avims which dwelled in Hazerim, even to Azzah, the Caphtorims, which came forth out of Caphtor, destroyed them, and dwelled in their stead.) -- deuteronomy 2:23 +. +Rise you up, take your journey, and pass over the river Arnon: behold, I have given into your hand Sihon the Amorite, king of Heshbon, and his land: begin to possess it, and contend with him in battle. -- deuteronomy 2:24 +. +This day will I begin to put the dread of you and the fear of you on the nations that are under the whole heaven, who shall hear report of you, and shall tremble, and be in anguish because of you. -- deuteronomy 2:25 +. +And I sent messengers out of the wilderness of Kedemoth to Sihon king of Heshbon with words of peace, saying, -- deuteronomy 2:26 +. +Let me pass through your land: I will go along by the high way, I will neither turn to the right hand nor to the left. -- deuteronomy 2:27 +. +You shall sell me meat for money, that I may eat; and give me water for money, that I may drink: only I will pass through on my feet; -- deuteronomy 2:28 +. +(As the children of Esau which dwell in Seir, and the Moabites which dwell in Ar, did to me;) until I shall pass over Jordan into the land which the LORD our God gives us. -- deuteronomy 2:29 +. +But Sihon king of Heshbon would not let us pass by him: for the LORD your God hardened his spirit, and made his heart obstinate, that he might deliver him into your hand, as appears this day. -- deuteronomy 2:30 +. +And the LORD said to me, Behold, I have begun to give Sihon and his land before you: begin to possess, that you may inherit his land. -- deuteronomy 2:31 +. +Then Sihon came out against us, he and all his people, to fight at Jahaz. -- deuteronomy 2:32 +. +And the LORD our God delivered him before us; and we smote him, and his sons, and all his people. -- deuteronomy 2:33 +. +And we took all his cities at that time, and utterly destroyed the men, and the women, and the little ones, of every city, we left none to remain: -- deuteronomy 2:34 +. +Only the cattle we took for a prey to ourselves, and the spoil of the cities which we took. -- deuteronomy 2:35 +. +From Aroer, which is by the brink of the river of Arnon, and from the city that is by the river, even to Gilead, there was not one city too strong for us: the LORD our God delivered all to us: -- deuteronomy 2:36 +. +Only to the land of the children of Ammon you came not, nor to any place of the river Jabbok, nor to the cities in the mountains, nor to whatever the LORD our God forbade us. -- deuteronomy 2:37 +. +Then we turned, and went up the way to Bashan: and Og the king of Bashan came out against us, he and all his people, to battle at Edrei. -- deuteronomy 3:1 +. +And the LORD said to me, Fear him not: for I will deliver him, and all his people, and his land, into your hand; and you shall do to him as you did to Sihon king of the Amorites, which dwelled at Heshbon. -- deuteronomy 3:2 +. +So the LORD our God delivered into our hands Og also, the king of Bashan, and all his people: and we smote him until none was left to him remaining. -- deuteronomy 3:3 +. +And we took all his cities at that time, there was not a city which we took not from them, three score cities, all the region of Argob, the kingdom of Og in Bashan. -- deuteronomy 3:4 +. +All these cities were fenced with high walls, gates, and bars; beside unwalled towns a great many. -- deuteronomy 3:5 +. +And we utterly destroyed them, as we did to Sihon king of Heshbon, utterly destroying the men, women, and children, of every city. -- deuteronomy 3:6 +. +But all the cattle, and the spoil of the cities, we took for a prey to ourselves. -- deuteronomy 3:7 +. +And we took at that time out of the hand of the two kings of the Amorites the land that was on this side Jordan, from the river of Arnon to mount Hermon; -- deuteronomy 3:8 +. +(Which Hermon the Sidonians call Sirion; and the Amorites call it Shenir;) -- deuteronomy 3:9 +. +All the cities of the plain, and all Gilead, and all Bashan, to Salchah and Edrei, cities of the kingdom of Og in Bashan. -- deuteronomy 3:10 +. +For only Og king of Bashan remained of the remnant of giants; behold his bedstead was a bedstead of iron; is it not in Rabbath of the children of Ammon? nine cubits was the length thereof, and four cubits the breadth of it, after the cubit of a man. -- deuteronomy 3:11 +. +And this land, which we possessed at that time, from Aroer, which is by the river Arnon, and half mount Gilead, and the cities thereof, gave I to the Reubenites and to the Gadites. -- deuteronomy 3:12 +. +And the rest of Gilead, and all Bashan, being the kingdom of Og, gave I to the half tribe of Manasseh; all the region of Argob, with all Bashan, which was called the land of giants. -- deuteronomy 3:13 +. +Jair the son of Manasseh took all the country of Argob to the coasts of Geshuri and Maachathi; and called them after his own name, Bashanhavothjair, to this day. -- deuteronomy 3:14 +. +And I gave Gilead to Machir. -- deuteronomy 3:15 +. +And to the Reubenites and to the Gadites I gave from Gilead even to the river Arnon half the valley, and the border even to the river Jabbok, which is the border of the children of Ammon; -- deuteronomy 3:16 +. +The plain also, and Jordan, and the coast thereof, from Chinnereth even to the sea of the plain, even the salt sea, under Ashdothpisgah eastward. -- deuteronomy 3:17 +. +And I commanded you at that time, saying, The LORD your God has given you this land to possess it: you shall pass over armed before your brothers the children of Israel, all that are meet for the war. -- deuteronomy 3:18 +. +But your wives, and your little ones, and your cattle, (for I know that you have much cattle,) shall abide in your cities which I have given you; -- deuteronomy 3:19 +. +Until the LORD have given rest to your brothers, as well as to you, and until they also possess the land which the LORD your God has given them beyond Jordan: and then shall you return every man to his possession, which I have given you. -- deuteronomy 3:20 +. +And I commanded Joshua at that time, saying, Your eyes have seen all that the LORD your God has done to these two kings: so shall the LORD do to all the kingdoms where you pass. -- deuteronomy 3:21 +. +You shall not fear them: for the LORD your God he shall fight for you. -- deuteronomy 3:22 +. +And I sought the LORD at that time, saying, -- deuteronomy 3:23 +. +O Lord GOD, you have begun to show your servant your greatness, and your mighty hand: for what God is there in heaven or in earth, that can do according to your works, and according to your might? -- deuteronomy 3:24 +. +I pray you, let me go over, and see the good land that is beyond Jordan, that goodly mountain, and Lebanon. -- deuteronomy 3:25 +. +But the LORD was wroth with me for your sakes, and would not hear me: and the LORD said to me, Let it suffice you; speak no more to me of this matter. -- deuteronomy 3:26 +. +Get you up into the top of Pisgah, and lift up your eyes westward, and northward, and southward, and eastward, and behold it with your eyes: for you shall not go over this Jordan. -- deuteronomy 3:27 +. +But charge Joshua, and encourage him, and strengthen him: for he shall go over before this people, and he shall cause them to inherit the land which you shall see. -- deuteronomy 3:28 +. +So we stayed in the valley over against Bethpeor. -- deuteronomy 3:29 +. +Now therefore listen, O Israel, to the statutes and to the judgments, which I teach you, for to do them, that you may live, and go in and possess the land which the LORD God of your fathers gives you. -- deuteronomy 4:1 +. +You shall not add to the word which I command you, neither shall you diminish ought from it, that you may keep the commandments of the LORD your God which I command you. -- deuteronomy 4:2 +. +Your eyes have seen what the LORD did because of Baalpeor: for all the men that followed Baalpeor, the LORD your God has destroyed them from among you. -- deuteronomy 4:3 +. +But you that did join to the LORD your God are alive every one of you this day. -- deuteronomy 4:4 +. +Behold, I have taught you statutes and judgments, even as the LORD my God commanded me, that you should do so in the land where you go to possess it. -- deuteronomy 4:5 +. +Keep therefore and do them; for this is your wisdom and your understanding in the sight of the nations, which shall hear all these statutes, and say, Surely this great nation is a wise and understanding people. -- deuteronomy 4:6 +. +For what nation is there so great, who has God so near to them, as the LORD our God is in all things that we call on him for? -- deuteronomy 4:7 +. +And what nation is there so great, that has statutes and judgments so righteous as all this law, which I set before you this day? -- deuteronomy 4:8 +. +Only take heed to yourself, and keep your soul diligently, lest you forget the things which your eyes have seen, and lest they depart from your heart all the days of your life: but teach them your sons, and your sons'sons; -- deuteronomy 4:9 +. +Specially the day that you stood before the LORD your God in Horeb, when the LORD said to me, Gather me the people together, and I will make them hear my words, that they may learn to fear me all the days that they shall live on the earth, and that they may teach their children. -- deuteronomy 4:10 +. +And you came near and stood under the mountain; and the mountain burned with fire to the middle of heaven, with darkness, clouds, and thick darkness. -- deuteronomy 4:11 +. +And the LORD spoke to you out of the middle of the fire: you heard the voice of the words, but saw no similitude; only you heard a voice. -- deuteronomy 4:12 +. +And he declared to you his covenant, which he commanded you to perform, even ten commandments; and he wrote them on two tables of stone. -- deuteronomy 4:13 +. +And the LORD commanded me at that time to teach you statutes and judgments, that you might do them in the land where you go over to possess it. -- deuteronomy 4:14 +. +Take you therefore good heed to yourselves; for you saw no manner of similitude on the day that the LORD spoke to you in Horeb out of the middle of the fire: -- deuteronomy 4:15 +. +Lest you corrupt yourselves, and make you a graven image, the similitude of any figure, the likeness of male or female, -- deuteronomy 4:16 +. +The likeness of any beast that is on the earth, the likeness of any winged fowl that flies in the air, -- deuteronomy 4:17 +. +The likeness of any thing that creeps on the ground, the likeness of any fish that is in the waters beneath the earth: -- deuteronomy 4:18 +. +And lest you lift up your eyes to heaven, and when you see the sun, and the moon, and the stars, even all the host of heaven, should be driven to worship them, and serve them, which the LORD your God has divided to all nations under the whole heaven. -- deuteronomy 4:19 +. +But the LORD has taken you, and brought you forth out of the iron furnace, even out of Egypt, to be to him a people of inheritance, as you are this day. -- deuteronomy 4:20 +. +Furthermore the LORD was angry with me for your sakes, and swore that I should not go over Jordan, and that I should not go in to that good land, which the LORD your God gives you for an inheritance: -- deuteronomy 4:21 +. +But I must die in this land, I must not go over Jordan: but you shall go over, and possess that good land. -- deuteronomy 4:22 +. +Take heed to yourselves, lest you forget the covenant of the LORD your God, which he made with you, and make you a graven image, or the likeness of any thing, which the LORD your God has forbidden you. -- deuteronomy 4:23 +. +For the LORD your God is a consuming fire, even a jealous God. -- deuteronomy 4:24 +. +When you shall beget children, and children' children, and you shall have remained long in the land, and shall corrupt yourselves, and make a graven image, or the likeness of any thing, and shall do evil in the sight of the LORD your God, to provoke him to anger: -- deuteronomy 4:25 +. +I call heaven and earth to witness against you this day, that you shall soon utterly perish from off the land whereunto you go over Jordan to possess it; you shall not prolong your days on it, but shall utterly be destroyed. -- deuteronomy 4:26 +. +And the LORD shall scatter you among the nations, and you shall be left few in number among the heathen, where the LORD shall lead you. -- deuteronomy 4:27 +. +And there you shall serve gods, the work of men' hands, wood and stone, which neither see, nor hear, nor eat, nor smell. -- deuteronomy 4:28 +. +But if from there you shall seek the LORD your God, you shall find him, if you seek him with all your heart and with all your soul. -- deuteronomy 4:29 +. +When you are in tribulation, and all these things are come on you, even in the latter days, if you turn to the LORD your God, and shall be obedient to his voice; -- deuteronomy 4:30 +. +(For the LORD your God is a merciful God;) he will not forsake you, neither destroy you, nor forget the covenant of your fathers which he swore to them. -- deuteronomy 4:31 +. +For ask now of the days that are past, which were before you, since the day that God created man on the earth, and ask from the one side of heaven to the other, whether there has been any such thing as this great thing is, or has been heard like it? -- deuteronomy 4:32 +. +Did ever people hear the voice of God speaking out of the middle of the fire, as you have heard, and live? -- deuteronomy 4:33 +. +Or has God assayed to go and take him a nation from the middle of another nation, by temptations, by signs, and by wonders, and by war, and by a mighty hand, and by a stretched out arm, and by great terrors, according to all that the LORD your God did for you in Egypt before your eyes? -- deuteronomy 4:34 +. +To you it was showed, that you might know that the LORD he is God; there is none else beside him. -- deuteronomy 4:35 +. +Out of heaven he made you to hear his voice, that he might instruct you: and on earth he showed you his great fire; and you heard his words out of the middle of the fire. -- deuteronomy 4:36 +. +And because he loved your fathers, therefore he chose their seed after them, and brought you out in his sight with his mighty power out of Egypt; -- deuteronomy 4:37 +. +To drive out nations from before you greater and mightier than you are, to bring you in, to give you their land for an inheritance, as it is this day. -- deuteronomy 4:38 +. +Know therefore this day, and consider it in your heart, that the LORD he is God in heaven above, and on the earth beneath: there is none else. -- deuteronomy 4:39 +. +You shall keep therefore his statutes, and his commandments, which I command you this day, that it may go well with you, and with your children after you, and that you may prolong your days on the earth, which the LORD your God gives you, for ever. -- deuteronomy 4:40 +. +Then Moses severed three cities on this side Jordan toward the sun rise; -- deuteronomy 4:41 +. +That the slayer might flee thither, which should kill his neighbor unawares, and hated him not in times past; and that fleeing to one of these cities he might live: -- deuteronomy 4:42 +. +Namely, Bezer in the wilderness, in the plain country, of the Reubenites; and Ramoth in Gilead, of the Gadites; and Golan in Bashan, of the Manassites. -- deuteronomy 4:43 +. +And this is the law which Moses set before the children of Israel: -- deuteronomy 4:44 +. +These are the testimonies, and the statutes, and the judgments, which Moses spoke to the children of Israel, after they came forth out of Egypt. -- deuteronomy 4:45 +. +On this side Jordan, in the valley over against Bethpeor, in the land of Sihon king of the Amorites, who dwelled at Heshbon, whom Moses and the children of Israel smote, after they were come forth out of Egypt: -- deuteronomy 4:46 +. +And they possessed his land, and the land of Og king of Bashan, two kings of the Amorites, which were on this side Jordan toward the sun rise; -- deuteronomy 4:47 +. +From Aroer, which is by the bank of the river Arnon, even to mount Sion, which is Hermon, -- deuteronomy 4:48 +. +And all the plain on this side Jordan eastward, even to the sea of the plain, under the springs of Pisgah. -- deuteronomy 4:49 +. +And Moses called all Israel, and said to them, Hear, O Israel, the statutes and judgments which I speak in your ears this day, that you may learn them, and keep, and do them. -- deuteronomy 5:1 +. +The LORD our God made a covenant with us in Horeb. -- deuteronomy 5:2 +. +The LORD made not this covenant with our fathers, but with us, even us, who are all of us here alive this day. -- deuteronomy 5:3 +. +The LORD talked with you face to face in the mount out of the middle of the fire, -- deuteronomy 5:4 +. +(I stood between the LORD and you at that time, to show you the word of the LORD: for you were afraid by reason of the fire, and went not up into the mount;) saying, -- deuteronomy 5:5 +. +I am the LORD your God, which brought you out of the land of Egypt, from the house of bondage. -- deuteronomy 5:6 +. +You shall have none other gods before me. -- deuteronomy 5:7 +. +You shall not make you any graven image, or any likeness of any thing that is in heaven above, or that is in the earth beneath, or that is in the waters beneath the earth: -- deuteronomy 5:8 +. +You shall not bow down yourself to them, nor serve them: for I the LORD your God am a jealous God, visiting the iniquity of the fathers on the children to the third and fourth generation of them that hate me, -- deuteronomy 5:9 +. +And showing mercy to thousands of them that love me and keep my commandments. -- deuteronomy 5:10 +. +You shall not take the name of the LORD your God in vain: for the LORD will not hold him guiltless that takes his name in vain. -- deuteronomy 5:11 +. +Keep the sabbath day to sanctify it, as the LORD your God has commanded you. -- deuteronomy 5:12 +. +Six days you shall labor, and do all your work: -- deuteronomy 5:13 +. +But the seventh day is the sabbath of the LORD your God: in it you shall not do any work, you, nor your son, nor your daughter, nor your manservant, nor your maidservant, nor your ox, nor your ass, nor any of your cattle, nor your stranger that is within your gates; that your manservant and your maidservant may rest as well as you. -- deuteronomy 5:14 +. +And remember that you were a servant in the land of Egypt, and that the LORD your God brought you out there through a mighty hand and by a stretched out arm: therefore the LORD your God commanded you to keep the sabbath day. -- deuteronomy 5:15 +. +Honor your father and your mother, as the LORD your God has commanded you; that your days may be prolonged, and that it may go well with you, in the land which the LORD your God gives you. -- deuteronomy 5:16 +. +You shall not kill. -- deuteronomy 5:17 +. +Neither shall you commit adultery. -- deuteronomy 5:18 +. +Neither shall you steal. -- deuteronomy 5:19 +. +Neither shall you bear false witness against your neighbor. -- deuteronomy 5:20 +. +Neither shall you desire your neighbor' wife, neither shall you covet your neighbor' house, his field, or his manservant, or his maidservant, his ox, or his ass, or any thing that is your neighbor'. -- deuteronomy 5:21 +. +These words the LORD spoke to all your assembly in the mount out of the middle of the fire, of the cloud, and of the thick darkness, with a great voice: and he added no more. And he wrote them in two tables of stone, and delivered them to me. -- deuteronomy 5:22 +. +And it came to pass, when you heard the voice out of the middle of the darkness, (for the mountain did burn with fire,) that you came near to me, even all the heads of your tribes, and your elders; -- deuteronomy 5:23 +. +And you said, Behold, the LORD our God has showed us his glory and his greatness, and we have heard his voice out of the middle of the fire: we have seen this day that God does talk with man, and he lives. -- deuteronomy 5:24 +. +Now therefore why should we die? for this great fire will consume us: if we hear the voice of the LORD our God any more, then we shall die. -- deuteronomy 5:25 +. +For who is there of all flesh, that has heard the voice of the living God speaking out of the middle of the fire, as we have, and lived? -- deuteronomy 5:26 +. +Go you near, and hear all that the LORD our God shall say: and speak you to us all that the LORD our God shall speak to you; and we will hear it, and do it. -- deuteronomy 5:27 +. +And the LORD heard the voice of your words, when you spoke to me; and the LORD said to me, I have heard the voice of the words of this people, which they have spoken to you: they have well said all that they have spoken. -- deuteronomy 5:28 +. +O that there were such an heart in them, that they would fear me, and keep all my commandments always, that it might be well with them, and with their children for ever! -- deuteronomy 5:29 +. +Go say to them, Get you into your tents again. -- deuteronomy 5:30 +. +But as for you, stand you here by me, and I will speak to you all the commandments, and the statutes, and the judgments, which you shall teach them, that they may do them in the land which I give them to possess it. -- deuteronomy 5:31 +. +You shall observe to do therefore as the LORD your God has commanded you: you shall not turn aside to the right hand or to the left. -- deuteronomy 5:32 +. +You shall walk in all the ways which the LORD your God has commanded you, that you may live, and that it may be well with you, and that you may prolong your days in the land which you shall possess. -- deuteronomy 5:33 +. +Now these are the commandments, the statutes, and the judgments, which the LORD your God commanded to teach you, that you might do them in the land where you go to possess it: -- deuteronomy 6:1 +. +That you might fear the LORD your God, to keep all his statutes and his commandments, which I command you, you, and your son, and your son' son, all the days of your life; and that your days may be prolonged. -- deuteronomy 6:2 +. +Hear therefore, O Israel, and observe to do it; that it may be well with you, and that you may increase mightily, as the LORD God of your fathers has promised you, in the land that flows with milk and honey. -- deuteronomy 6:3 +. +Hear, O Israel: The LORD our God is one LORD: -- deuteronomy 6:4 +. +And you shall love the LORD your God with all your heart, and with all your soul, and with all your might. -- deuteronomy 6:5 +. +And these words, which I command you this day, shall be in your heart: -- deuteronomy 6:6 +. +And you shall teach them diligently to your children, and shall talk of them when you sit in your house, and when you walk by the way, and when you lie down, and when you rise up. -- deuteronomy 6:7 +. +And you shall bind them for a sign on your hand, and they shall be as frontlets between your eyes. -- deuteronomy 6:8 +. +And you shall write them on the posts of your house, and on your gates. -- deuteronomy 6:9 +. +And it shall be, when the LORD your God shall have brought you into the land which he swore to your fathers, to Abraham, to Isaac, and to Jacob, to give you great and goodly cities, which you built not, -- deuteronomy 6:10 +. +And houses full of all good things, which you filled not, and wells dig, which you digged not, vineyards and olive trees, which you planted not; when you shall have eaten and be full; -- deuteronomy 6:11 +. +Then beware lest you forget the LORD, which brought you forth out of the land of Egypt, from the house of bondage. -- deuteronomy 6:12 +. +You shall fear the LORD your God, and serve him, and shall swear by his name. -- deuteronomy 6:13 +. +You shall not go after other gods, of the gods of the people which are round about you; -- deuteronomy 6:14 +. +(For the LORD your God is a jealous God among you) lest the anger of the LORD your God be kindled against you, and destroy you from off the face of the earth. -- deuteronomy 6:15 +. +You shall not tempt the LORD your God, as you tempted him in Massah. -- deuteronomy 6:16 +. +You shall diligently keep the commandments of the LORD your God, and his testimonies, and his statutes, which he has commanded you. -- deuteronomy 6:17 +. +And you shall do that which is right and good in the sight of the LORD: that it may be well with you, and that you may go in and possess the good land which the LORD swore to your fathers. -- deuteronomy 6:18 +. +To cast out all your enemies from before you, as the LORD has spoken. -- deuteronomy 6:19 +. +And when your son asks you in time to come, saying, What mean the testimonies, and the statutes, and the judgments, which the LORD our God has commanded you? -- deuteronomy 6:20 +. +Then you shall say to your son, We were Pharaoh' slaves in Egypt; and the LORD brought us out of Egypt with a mighty hand: -- deuteronomy 6:21 +. +And the LORD showed signs and wonders, great and sore, on Egypt, on Pharaoh, and on all his household, before our eyes: -- deuteronomy 6:22 +. +And he brought us out from there, that he might bring us in, to give us the land which he swore to our fathers. -- deuteronomy 6:23 +. +And the LORD commanded us to do all these statutes, to fear the LORD our God, for our good always, that he might preserve us alive, as it is at this day. -- deuteronomy 6:24 +. +And it shall be our righteousness, if we observe to do all these commandments before the LORD our God, as he has commanded us. -- deuteronomy 6:25 +. +When the LORD your God shall bring you into the land where you go to possess it, and has cast out many nations before you, the Hittites, and the Girgashites, and the Amorites, and the Canaanites, and the Perizzites, and the Hivites, and the Jebusites, seven nations greater and mightier than you; -- deuteronomy 7:1 +. +And when the LORD your God shall deliver them before you; you shall smite them, and utterly destroy them; you shall make no covenant with them, nor show mercy to them: -- deuteronomy 7:2 +. +Neither shall you make marriages with them; your daughter you shall not give to his son, nor his daughter shall you take to your son. -- deuteronomy 7:3 +. +For they will turn away your son from following me, that they may serve other gods: so will the anger of the LORD be kindled against you, and destroy you suddenly. -- deuteronomy 7:4 +. +But thus shall you deal with them; you shall destroy their altars, and break down their images, and cut down their groves, and burn their graven images with fire. -- deuteronomy 7:5 +. +For you are an holy people to the LORD your God: the LORD your God has chosen you to be a special people to himself, above all people that are on the face of the earth. -- deuteronomy 7:6 +. +The LORD did not set his love on you, nor choose you, because you were more in number than any people; for you were the fewest of all people: -- deuteronomy 7:7 +. +But because the LORD loved you, and because he would keep the oath which he had sworn to your fathers, has the LORD brought you out with a mighty hand, and redeemed you out of the house of slaves, from the hand of Pharaoh king of Egypt. -- deuteronomy 7:8 +. +Know therefore that the LORD your God, he is God, the faithful God, which keeps covenant and mercy with them that love him and keep his commandments to a thousand generations; -- deuteronomy 7:9 +. +And repays them that hate him to their face, to destroy them: he will not be slack to him that hates him, he will repay him to his face. -- deuteronomy 7:10 +. +You shall therefore keep the commandments, and the statutes, and the judgments, which I command you this day, to do them. -- deuteronomy 7:11 +. +Why it shall come to pass, if you listen to these judgments, and keep, and do them, that the LORD your God shall keep to you the covenant and the mercy which he swore to your fathers: -- deuteronomy 7:12 +. +And he will love you, and bless you, and multiply you: he will also bless the fruit of your womb, and the fruit of your land, your corn, and your wine, and your oil, the increase of your cows, and the flocks of your sheep, in the land which he swore to your fathers to give you. -- deuteronomy 7:13 +. +You shall be blessed above all people: there shall not be male or female barren among you, or among your cattle. -- deuteronomy 7:14 +. +And the LORD will take away from you all sickness, and will put none of the evil diseases of Egypt, which you know, on you; but will lay them on all them that hate you. -- deuteronomy 7:15 +. +And you shall consume all the people which the LORD your God shall deliver you; your eye shall have no pity on them: neither shall you serve their gods; for that will be a snare to you. -- deuteronomy 7:16 +. +If you shall say in your heart, These nations are more than I; how can I dispossess them? -- deuteronomy 7:17 +. +You shall not be afraid of them: but shall well remember what the LORD your God did to Pharaoh, and to all Egypt; -- deuteronomy 7:18 +. +The great temptations which your eyes saw, and the signs, and the wonders, and the mighty hand, and the stretched out arm, whereby the LORD your God brought you out: so shall the LORD your God do to all the people of whom you are afraid. -- deuteronomy 7:19 +. +Moreover the LORD your God will send the hornet among them, until they that are left, and hide themselves from you, be destroyed. -- deuteronomy 7:20 +. +You shall not be affrighted at them: for the LORD your God is among you, a mighty God and terrible. -- deuteronomy 7:21 +. +And the LORD your God will put out those nations before you by little and little: you may not consume them at once, lest the beasts of the field increase on you. -- deuteronomy 7:22 +. +But the LORD your God shall deliver them to you, and shall destroy them with a mighty destruction, until they be destroyed. -- deuteronomy 7:23 +. +And he shall deliver their kings into your hand, and you shall destroy their name from under heaven: there shall no man be able to stand before you, until you have destroyed them. -- deuteronomy 7:24 +. +The graven images of their gods shall you burn with fire: you shall not desire the silver or gold that is on them, nor take it to you, lest you be snared therein: for it is an abomination to the LORD your God. -- deuteronomy 7:25 +. +Neither shall you bring an abomination into your house, lest you be a cursed thing like it: but you shall utterly detest it, and you shall utterly abhor it; for it is a cursed thing. -- deuteronomy 7:26 +. +All the commandments which I command you this day shall you observe to do, that you may live, and multiply, and go in and possess the land which the LORD swore to your fathers. -- deuteronomy 8:1 +. +And you shall remember all the way which the LORD your God led you these forty years in the wilderness, to humble you, and to prove you, to know what was in your heart, whether you would keep his commandments, or no. -- deuteronomy 8:2 +. +And he humbled you, and suffered you to hunger, and fed you with manna, which you knew not, neither did your fathers know; that he might make you know that man does not live by bread only, but by every word that proceeds out of the mouth of the LORD does man live. -- deuteronomy 8:3 +. +Your raiment waxed not old on you, neither did your foot swell, these forty years. -- deuteronomy 8:4 +. +You shall also consider in your heart, that, as a man chastens his son, so the LORD your God chastens you. -- deuteronomy 8:5 +. +Therefore you shall keep the commandments of the LORD your God, to walk in his ways, and to fear him. -- deuteronomy 8:6 +. +For the LORD your God brings you into a good land, a land of brooks of water, of fountains and depths that spring out of valleys and hills; -- deuteronomy 8:7 +. +A land of wheat, and barley, and vines, and fig trees, and pomegranates; a land of oil olive, and honey; -- deuteronomy 8:8 +. +A land wherein you shall eat bread without scarceness, you shall not lack any thing in it; a land whose stones are iron, and out of whose hills you may dig brass. -- deuteronomy 8:9 +. +When you have eaten and are full, then you shall bless the LORD your God for the good land which he has given you. -- deuteronomy 8:10 +. +Beware that you forget not the LORD your God, in not keeping his commandments, and his judgments, and his statutes, which I command you this day: -- deuteronomy 8:11 +. +Lest when you have eaten and are full, and have built goodly houses, and dwelled therein; -- deuteronomy 8:12 +. +And when your herds and your flocks multiply, and your silver and your gold is multiplied, and all that you have is multiplied; -- deuteronomy 8:13 +. +Then your heart be lifted up, and you forget the LORD your God, which brought you forth out of the land of Egypt, from the house of bondage; -- deuteronomy 8:14 +. +Who led you through that great and terrible wilderness, wherein were fiery serpents, and scorpions, and drought, where there was no water; who brought you forth water out of the rock of flint; -- deuteronomy 8:15 +. +Who fed you in the wilderness with manna, which your fathers knew not, that he might humble you, and that he might prove you, to do you good at your latter end; -- deuteronomy 8:16 +. +And you say in your heart, My power and the might of my hand has gotten me this wealth. -- deuteronomy 8:17 +. +But you shall remember the LORD your God: for it is he that gives you power to get wealth, that he may establish his covenant which he swore to your fathers, as it is this day. -- deuteronomy 8:18 +. +And it shall be, if you do at all forget the LORD your God, and walk after other gods, and serve them, and worship them, I testify against you this day that you shall surely perish. -- deuteronomy 8:19 +. +As the nations which the LORD destroys before your face, so shall you perish; because you would not be obedient to the voice of the LORD your God. -- deuteronomy 8:20 +. +Hear, O Israel: You are to pass over Jordan this day, to go in to possess nations greater and mightier than yourself, cities great and fenced up to heaven, -- deuteronomy 9:1 +. +A people great and tall, the children of the Anakims, whom you know, and of whom you have heard say, Who can stand before the children of Anak! -- deuteronomy 9:2 +. +Understand therefore this day, that the LORD your God is he which goes over before you; as a consuming fire he shall destroy them, and he shall bring them down before your face: so shall you drive them out, and destroy them quickly, as the LORD has said to you. -- deuteronomy 9:3 +. +Speak not you in your heart, after that the LORD your God has cast them out from before you, saying, For my righteousness the LORD has brought me in to possess this land: but for the wickedness of these nations the LORD does drive them out from before you. -- deuteronomy 9:4 +. +Not for your righteousness, or for the uprightness of your heart, do you go to possess their land: but for the wickedness of these nations the LORD your God does drive them out from before you, and that he may perform the word which the LORD swore to your fathers, Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob. -- deuteronomy 9:5 +. +Understand therefore, that the LORD your God gives you not this good land to possess it for your righteousness; for you are a stiff necked people. -- deuteronomy 9:6 +. +Remember, and forget not, how you provoked the LORD your God to wrath in the wilderness: from the day that you did depart out of the land of Egypt, until you came to this place, you have been rebellious against the LORD. -- deuteronomy 9:7 +. +Also in Horeb you provoked the LORD to wrath, so that the LORD was angry with you to have destroyed you. -- deuteronomy 9:8 +. +When I was gone up into the mount to receive the tables of stone, even the tables of the covenant which the LORD made with you, then I stayed in the mount forty days and forty nights, I neither did eat bread nor drink water: -- deuteronomy 9:9 +. +And the LORD delivered to me two tables of stone written with the finger of God; and on them was written according to all the words, which the LORD spoke with you in the mount out of the middle of the fire in the day of the assembly. -- deuteronomy 9:10 +. +And it came to pass at the end of forty days and forty nights, that the LORD gave me the two tables of stone, even the tables of the covenant. -- deuteronomy 9:11 +. +And the LORD said to me, Arise, get you down quickly from hence; for your people which you have brought forth out of Egypt have corrupted themselves; they are quickly turned aside out of the way which I commanded them; they have made them a molten image. -- deuteronomy 9:12 +. +Furthermore the LORD spoke to me, saying, I have seen this people, and, behold, it is a stiff necked people: -- deuteronomy 9:13 +. +Let me alone, that I may destroy them, and blot out their name from under heaven: and I will make of you a nation mightier and greater than they. -- deuteronomy 9:14 +. +So I turned and came down from the mount, and the mount burned with fire: and the two tables of the covenant were in my two hands. -- deuteronomy 9:15 +. +And I looked, and, behold, you had sinned against the LORD your God, and had made you a molten calf: you had turned aside quickly out of the way which the LORD had commanded you. -- deuteronomy 9:16 +. +And I took the two tables, and cast them out of my two hands, and broke them before your eyes. -- deuteronomy 9:17 +. +And I fell down before the LORD, as at the first, forty days and forty nights: I did neither eat bread, nor drink water, because of all your sins which you sinned, in doing wickedly in the sight of the LORD, to provoke him to anger. -- deuteronomy 9:18 +. +For I was afraid of the anger and hot displeasure, with which the LORD was wroth against you to destroy you. But the LORD listened to me at that time also. -- deuteronomy 9:19 +. +And the LORD was very angry with Aaron to have destroyed him: and I prayed for Aaron also the same time. -- deuteronomy 9:20 +. +And I took your sin, the calf which you had made, and burnt it with fire, and stamped it, and ground it very small, even until it was as small as dust: and I cast the dust thereof into the brook that descended out of the mount. -- deuteronomy 9:21 +. +And at Taberah, and at Massah, and at Kibrothhattaavah, you provoked the LORD to wrath. -- deuteronomy 9:22 +. +Likewise when the LORD sent you from Kadeshbarnea, saying, Go up and possess the land which I have given you; then you rebelled against the commandment of the LORD your God, and you believed him not, nor listened to his voice. -- deuteronomy 9:23 +. +You have been rebellious against the LORD from the day that I knew you. -- deuteronomy 9:24 +. +Thus I fell down before the LORD forty days and forty nights, as I fell down at the first; because the LORD had said he would destroy you. -- deuteronomy 9:25 +. +I prayed therefore to the LORD, and said, O Lord GOD, destroy not your people and your inheritance, which you have redeemed through your greatness, which you have brought forth out of Egypt with a mighty hand. -- deuteronomy 9:26 +. +Remember your servants, Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob; look not to the stubbornness of this people, nor to their wickedness, nor to their sin: -- deuteronomy 9:27 +. +Lest the land from where you brought us out say, Because the LORD was not able to bring them into the land which he promised them, and because he hated them, he has brought them out to slay them in the wilderness. -- deuteronomy 9:28 +. +Yet they are your people and your inheritance, which you brought out by your mighty power and by your stretched out arm. -- deuteronomy 9:29 +. +At that time the LORD said to me, Hew you two tables of stone like to the first, and come up to me into the mount, and make you an ark of wood. -- deuteronomy 10:1 +. +And I will write on the tables the words that were in the first tables which you brake, and you shall put them in the ark. -- deuteronomy 10:2 +. +And I made an ark of shittim wood, and hewed two tables of stone like to the first, and went up into the mount, having the two tables in my hand. -- deuteronomy 10:3 +. +And he wrote on the tables, according to the first writing, the ten commandments, which the LORD spoke to you in the mount out of the middle of the fire in the day of the assembly: and the LORD gave them to me. -- deuteronomy 10:4 +. +And I turned myself and came down from the mount, and put the tables in the ark which I had made; and there they be, as the LORD commanded me. -- deuteronomy 10:5 +. +And the children of Israel took their journey from Beeroth of the children of Jaakan to Mosera: there Aaron died, and there he was buried; and Eleazar his son ministered in the priest' office in his stead. -- deuteronomy 10:6 +. +From there they journeyed to Gudgodah; and from Gudgodah to Jotbath, a land of rivers of waters. -- deuteronomy 10:7 +. +At that time the LORD separated the tribe of Levi, to bear the ark of the covenant of the LORD, to stand before the LORD to minister to him, and to bless in his name, to this day. -- deuteronomy 10:8 +. +Why Levi has no part nor inheritance with his brothers; the LORD is his inheritance, according as the LORD your God promised him. -- deuteronomy 10:9 +. +And I stayed in the mount, according to the first time, forty days and forty nights; and the LORD listened to me at that time also, and the LORD would not destroy you. -- deuteronomy 10:10 +. +And the LORD said to me, Arise, take your journey before the people, that they may go in and possess the land, which I swore to their fathers to give to them. -- deuteronomy 10:11 +. +And now, Israel, what does the LORD your God require of you, but to fear the LORD your God, to walk in all his ways, and to love him, and to serve the LORD your God with all your heart and with all your soul, -- deuteronomy 10:12 +. +To keep the commandments of the LORD, and his statutes, which I command you this day for your good? -- deuteronomy 10:13 +. +Behold, the heaven and the heaven of heavens is the LORD' your God, the earth also, with all that therein is. -- deuteronomy 10:14 +. +Only the LORD had a delight in your fathers to love them, and he chose their seed after them, even you above all people, as it is this day. -- deuteronomy 10:15 +. +Circumcise therefore the foreskin of your heart, and be no more stiff necked. -- deuteronomy 10:16 +. +For the LORD your God is God of gods, and Lord of lords, a great God, a mighty, and a terrible, which regards not persons, nor takes reward: -- deuteronomy 10:17 +. +He does execute the judgment of the fatherless and widow, and loves the stranger, in giving him food and raiment. -- deuteronomy 10:18 +. +Love you therefore the stranger: for you were strangers in the land of Egypt. -- deuteronomy 10:19 +. +You shall fear the LORD your God; him shall you serve, and to him shall you hold, and swear by his name. -- deuteronomy 10:20 +. +He is your praise, and he is your God, that has done for you these great and terrible things, which your eyes have seen. -- deuteronomy 10:21 +. +Your fathers went down into Egypt with three score and ten persons; and now the LORD your God has made you as the stars of heaven for multitude. -- deuteronomy 10:22 +. +Therefore you shall love the LORD your God, and keep his charge, and his statutes, and his judgments, and his commandments, always. -- deuteronomy 11:1 +. +And know you this day: for I speak not with your children which have not known, and which have not seen the chastisement of the LORD your God, his greatness, his mighty hand, and his stretched out arm, -- deuteronomy 11:2 +. +And his miracles, and his acts, which he did in the middle of Egypt to Pharaoh the king of Egypt, and to all his land; -- deuteronomy 11:3 +. +And what he did to the army of Egypt, to their horses, and to their chariots; how he made the water of the Red sea to overflow them as they pursued after you, and how the LORD has destroyed them to this day; -- deuteronomy 11:4 +. +And what he did to you in the wilderness, until you came into this place; -- deuteronomy 11:5 +. +And what he did to Dathan and Abiram, the sons of Eliab, the son of Reuben: how the earth opened her mouth, and swallowed them up, and their households, and their tents, and all the substance that was in their possession, in the middle of all Israel: -- deuteronomy 11:6 +. +But your eyes have seen all the great acts of the LORD which he did. -- deuteronomy 11:7 +. +Therefore shall you keep all the commandments which I command you this day, that you may be strong, and go in and possess the land, where you go to possess it; -- deuteronomy 11:8 +. +And that you may prolong your days in the land, which the LORD swore to your fathers to give to them and to their seed, a land that flows with milk and honey. -- deuteronomy 11:9 +. +For the land, where you go in to possess it, is not as the land of Egypt, from from where you came out, where you sowed your seed, and watered it with your foot, as a garden of herbs: -- deuteronomy 11:10 +. +But the land, where you go to possess it, is a land of hills and valleys, and drinks water of the rain of heaven: -- deuteronomy 11:11 +. +A land which the LORD your God cares for: the eyes of the LORD your God are always on it, from the beginning of the year even to the end of the year. -- deuteronomy 11:12 +. +And it shall come to pass, if you shall listen diligently to my commandments which I command you this day, to love the LORD your God, and to serve him with all your heart and with all your soul, -- deuteronomy 11:13 +. +That I will give you the rain of your land in his due season, the first rain and the latter rain, that you may gather in your corn, and your wine, and your oil. -- deuteronomy 11:14 +. +And I will send grass in your fields for your cattle, that you may eat and be full. -- deuteronomy 11:15 +. +Take heed to yourselves, that your heart be not deceived, and you turn aside, and serve other gods, and worship them; -- deuteronomy 11:16 +. +And then the LORD' wrath be kindled against you, and he shut up the heaven, that there be no rain, and that the land yield not her fruit; and lest you perish quickly from off the good land which the LORD gives you. -- deuteronomy 11:17 +. +Therefore shall you lay up these my words in your heart and in your soul, and bind them for a sign on your hand, that they may be as frontlets between your eyes. -- deuteronomy 11:18 +. +And you shall teach them your children, speaking of them when you sit in your house, and when you walk by the way, when you lie down, and when you rise up. -- deuteronomy 11:19 +. +And you shall write them on the door posts of your house, and on your gates: -- deuteronomy 11:20 +. +That your days may be multiplied, and the days of your children, in the land which the LORD swore to your fathers to give them, as the days of heaven on the earth. -- deuteronomy 11:21 +. +For if you shall diligently keep all these commandments which I command you, to do them, to love the LORD your God, to walk in all his ways, and to join to him; -- deuteronomy 11:22 +. +Then will the LORD drive out all these nations from before you, and you shall possess greater nations and mightier than yourselves. -- deuteronomy 11:23 +. +Every place where on the soles of your feet shall tread shall be yours: from the wilderness and Lebanon, from the river, the river Euphrates, even to the uttermost sea shall your coast be. -- deuteronomy 11:24 +. +There shall no man be able to stand before you: for the LORD your God shall lay the fear of you and the dread of you on all the land that you shall tread on, as he has said to you. -- deuteronomy 11:25 +. +Behold, I set before you this day a blessing and a curse; -- deuteronomy 11:26 +. +A blessing, if you obey the commandments of the LORD your God, which I command you this day: -- deuteronomy 11:27 +. +And a curse, if you will not obey the commandments of the LORD your God, but turn aside out of the way which I command you this day, to go after other gods, which you have not known. -- deuteronomy 11:28 +. +And it shall come to pass, when the LORD your God has brought you in to the land where you go to possess it, that you shall put the blessing on mount Gerizim, and the curse on mount Ebal. -- deuteronomy 11:29 +. +Are they not on the other side Jordan, by the way where the sun goes down, in the land of the Canaanites, which dwell in the desert over against Gilgal, beside the plains of Moreh? -- deuteronomy 11:30 +. +For you shall pass over Jordan to go in to possess the land which the LORD your God gives you, and you shall possess it, and dwell therein. -- deuteronomy 11:31 +. +And you shall observe to do all the statutes and judgments which I set before you this day. -- deuteronomy 11:32 +. +These are the statutes and judgments, which you shall observe to do in the land, which the LORD God of your fathers gives you to possess it, all the days that you live on the earth. -- deuteronomy 12:1 +. +You shall utterly destroy all the places, wherein the nations which you shall possess served their gods, on the high mountains, and on the hills, and under every green tree: -- deuteronomy 12:2 +. +And you shall overthrow their altars, and break their pillars, and burn their groves with fire; and you shall hew down the graven images of their gods, and destroy the names of them out of that place. -- deuteronomy 12:3 +. +You shall not do so to the LORD your God. -- deuteronomy 12:4 +. +But to the place which the LORD your God shall choose out of all your tribes to put his name there, even to his habitation shall you seek, and thither you shall come: -- deuteronomy 12:5 +. +And thither you shall bring your burnt offerings, and your sacrifices, and your tithes, and heave offerings of your hand, and your vows, and your freewill offerings, and the firstborn of your herds and of your flocks: -- deuteronomy 12:6 +. +And there you shall eat before the LORD your God, and you shall rejoice in all that you put your hand to, you and your households, wherein the LORD your God has blessed you. -- deuteronomy 12:7 +. +You shall not do after all the things that we do here this day, every man whatever is right in his own eyes. -- deuteronomy 12:8 +. +For you are not as yet come to the rest and to the inheritance, which the LORD your God gives you. -- deuteronomy 12:9 +. +But when you go over Jordan, and dwell in the land which the LORD your God gives you to inherit, and when he gives you rest from all your enemies round about, so that you dwell in safety; -- deuteronomy 12:10 +. +Then there shall be a place which the LORD your God shall choose to cause his name to dwell there; thither shall you bring all that I command you; your burnt offerings, and your sacrifices, your tithes, and the heave offering of your hand, and all your choice vows which you vow to the LORD: -- deuteronomy 12:11 +. +And you shall rejoice before the LORD your God, you, and your sons, and your daughters, and your menservants, and your maidservants, and the Levite that is within your gates; for as much as he has no part nor inheritance with you. -- deuteronomy 12:12 +. +Take heed to yourself that you offer not your burnt offerings in every place that you see: -- deuteronomy 12:13 +. +But in the place which the LORD shall choose in one of your tribes, there you shall offer your burnt offerings, and there you shall do all that I command you. -- deuteronomy 12:14 +. +Notwithstanding you may kill and eat flesh in all your gates, whatever your soul lusts after, according to the blessing of the LORD your God which he has given you: the unclean and the clean may eat thereof, as of the roebuck, and as of the hart. -- deuteronomy 12:15 +. +Only you shall not eat the blood; you shall pour it on the earth as water. -- deuteronomy 12:16 +. +You may not eat within your gates the tithe of your corn, or of your wine, or of your oil, or the firstborn of your herds or of your flock, nor any of your vows which you vow, nor your freewill offerings, or heave offering of your hand: -- deuteronomy 12:17 +. +But you must eat them before the LORD your God in the place which the LORD your God shall choose, you, and your son, and your daughter, and your manservant, and your maidservant, and the Levite that is within your gates: and you shall rejoice before the LORD your God in all that you put your hands to. -- deuteronomy 12:18 +. +Take heed to yourself that you forsake not the Levite as long as you live on the earth. -- deuteronomy 12:19 +. +When the LORD your God shall enlarge your border, as he has promised you, and you shall say, I will eat flesh, because your soul longs to eat flesh; you may eat flesh, whatever your soul lusts after. -- deuteronomy 12:20 +. +If the place which the LORD your God has chosen to put his name there be too far from you, then you shall kill of your herd and of your flock, which the LORD has given you, as I have commanded you, and you shall eat in your gates whatever your soul lusts after. -- deuteronomy 12:21 +. +Even as the roebuck and the hart is eaten, so you shall eat them: the unclean and the clean shall eat of them alike. -- deuteronomy 12:22 +. +Only be sure that you eat not the blood: for the blood is the life; and you may not eat the life with the flesh. -- deuteronomy 12:23 +. +You shall not eat it; you shall pour it on the earth as water. -- deuteronomy 12:24 +. +You shall not eat it; that it may go well with you, and with your children after you, when you shall do that which is right in the sight of the LORD. -- deuteronomy 12:25 +. +Only your holy things which you have, and your vows, you shall take, and go to the place which the LORD shall choose: -- deuteronomy 12:26 +. +And you shall offer your burnt offerings, the flesh and the blood, on the altar of the LORD your God: and the blood of your sacrifices shall be poured out on the altar of the LORD your God, and you shall eat the flesh. -- deuteronomy 12:27 +. +Observe and hear all these words which I command you, that it may go well with you, and with your children after you for ever, when you do that which is good and right in the sight of the LORD your God. -- deuteronomy 12:28 +. +When the LORD your God shall cut off the nations from before you, where you go to possess them, and you succeed them, and dwell in their land; -- deuteronomy 12:29 +. +Take heed to yourself that you be not snared by following them, after that they be destroyed from before you; and that you inquire not after their gods, saying, How did these nations serve their gods? even so will I do likewise. -- deuteronomy 12:30 +. +You shall not do so to the LORD your God: for every abomination to the LORD, which he hates, have they done to their gods; for even their sons and their daughters they have burnt in the fire to their gods. -- deuteronomy 12:31 +. +What thing soever I command you, observe to do it: you shall not add thereto, nor diminish from it. -- deuteronomy 12:32 +. +If there arise among you a prophet, or a dreamer of dreams, and gives you a sign or a wonder, -- deuteronomy 13:1 +. +And the sign or the wonder come to pass, whereof he spoke to you, saying, Let us go after other gods, which you have not known, and let us serve them; -- deuteronomy 13:2 +. +You shall not listen to the words of that prophet, or that dreamer of dreams: for the LORD your God proves you, to know whether you love the LORD your God with all your heart and with all your soul. -- deuteronomy 13:3 +. +You shall walk after the LORD your God, and fear him, and keep his commandments, and obey his voice, and you shall serve him, and join to him. -- deuteronomy 13:4 +. +And that prophet, or that dreamer of dreams, shall be put to death; because he has spoken to turn you away from the LORD your God, which brought you out of the land of Egypt, and redeemed you out of the house of bondage, to thrust you out of the way which the LORD your God commanded you to walk in. So shall you put the evil away from the middle of you. -- deuteronomy 13:5 +. +If your brother, the son of your mother, or your son, or your daughter, or the wife of your bosom, or your friend, which is as your own soul, entice you secretly, saying, Let us go and serve other gods, which you have not known, you, nor your fathers; -- deuteronomy 13:6 +. +Namely, of the gods of the people which are round about you, near to you, or far off from you, from the one end of the earth even to the other end of the earth; -- deuteronomy 13:7 +. +You shall not consent to him, nor listen to him; neither shall your eye pity him, neither shall you spare, neither shall you conceal him: -- deuteronomy 13:8 +. +But you shall surely kill him; your hand shall be first on him to put him to death, and afterwards the hand of all the people. -- deuteronomy 13:9 +. +And you shall stone him with stones, that he die; because he has sought to thrust you away from the LORD your God, which brought you out of the land of Egypt, from the house of bondage. -- deuteronomy 13:10 +. +And all Israel shall hear, and fear, and shall do no more any such wickedness as this is among you. -- deuteronomy 13:11 +. +If you shall hear say in one of your cities, which the LORD your God has given you to dwell there, saying, -- deuteronomy 13:12 +. +Certain men, the children of Belial, are gone out from among you, and have withdrawn the inhabitants of their city, saying, Let us go and serve other gods, which you have not known; -- deuteronomy 13:13 +. +Then shall you inquire, and make search, and ask diligently; and, behold, if it be truth, and the thing certain, that such abomination is worked among you; -- deuteronomy 13:14 +. +You shall surely smite the inhabitants of that city with the edge of the sword, destroying it utterly, and all that is therein, and the cattle thereof, with the edge of the sword. -- deuteronomy 13:15 +. +And you shall gather all the spoil of it into the middle of the street thereof, and shall burn with fire the city, and all the spoil thereof every whit, for the LORD your God: and it shall be an heap for ever; it shall not be built again. -- deuteronomy 13:16 +. +And there shall stick nothing of the cursed thing to your hand: that the LORD may turn from the fierceness of his anger, and show you mercy, and have compassion on you, and multiply you, as he has sworn to your fathers; -- deuteronomy 13:17 +. +When you shall listen to the voice of the LORD your God, to keep all his commandments which I command you this day, to do that which is right in the eyes of the LORD your God. -- deuteronomy 13:18 +. +You are the children of the LORD your God: you shall not cut yourselves, nor make any baldness between your eyes for the dead. -- deuteronomy 14:1 +. +For you are an holy people to the LORD your God, and the LORD has chosen you to be a peculiar people to himself, above all the nations that are on the earth. -- deuteronomy 14:2 +. +You shall not eat any abominable thing. -- deuteronomy 14:3 +. +These are the beasts which you shall eat: the ox, the sheep, and the goat, -- deuteronomy 14:4 +. +The hart, and the roebuck, and the fallow deer, and the wild goat, and the pygarg, and the wild ox, and the chamois. -- deuteronomy 14:5 +. +And every beast that parts the hoof, and separates the cleft into two claws, and chews the cud among the beasts, that you shall eat. -- deuteronomy 14:6 +. +Nevertheless these you shall not eat of them that chew the cud, or of them that divide the cloven hoof; as the camel, and the hare, and the coney: for they chew the cud, but divide not the hoof; therefore they are unclean to you. -- deuteronomy 14:7 +. +And the swine, because it divides the hoof, yet chews not the cud, it is unclean to you: you shall not eat of their flesh, nor touch their dead carcass. -- deuteronomy 14:8 +. +These you shall eat of all that are in the waters: all that have fins and scales shall you eat: -- deuteronomy 14:9 +. +And whatever has not fins and scales you may not eat; it is unclean to you. -- deuteronomy 14:10 +. +Of all clean birds you shall eat. -- deuteronomy 14:11 +. +But these are they of which you shall not eat: the eagle, and the ossifrage, and the ospray, -- deuteronomy 14:12 +. +And the glede, and the kite, and the vulture after his kind, -- deuteronomy 14:13 +. +And every raven after his kind, -- deuteronomy 14:14 +. +And the owl, and the night hawk, and the cuckow, and the hawk after his kind, -- deuteronomy 14:15 +. +The little owl, and the great owl, and the swan, -- deuteronomy 14:16 +. +And the pelican, and the gier eagle, and the cormorant, -- deuteronomy 14:17 +. +And the stork, and the heron after her kind, and the lapwing, and the bat. -- deuteronomy 14:18 +. +And every creeping thing that flies is unclean to you: they shall not be eaten. -- deuteronomy 14:19 +. +But of all clean fowls you may eat. -- deuteronomy 14:20 +. +You shall not eat of anything that dies of itself: you shall give it to the stranger that is in your gates, that he may eat it; or you may sell it to an alien: for you are an holy people to the LORD your God. You shall not seethe a kid in his mother' milk. -- deuteronomy 14:21 +. +You shall truly tithe all the increase of your seed, that the field brings forth year by year. -- deuteronomy 14:22 +. +And you shall eat before the LORD your God, in the place which he shall choose to place his name there, the tithe of your corn, of your wine, and of your oil, and the firstborn of your herds and of your flocks; that you may learn to fear the LORD your God always. -- deuteronomy 14:23 +. +And if the way be too long for you, so that you are not able to carry it; or if the place be too far from you, which the LORD your God shall choose to set his name there, when the LORD your God has blessed you: -- deuteronomy 14:24 +. +Then shall you turn it into money, and bind up the money in your hand, and shall go to the place which the LORD your God shall choose: -- deuteronomy 14:25 +. +And you shall bestow that money for whatever your soul lusts after, for oxen, or for sheep, or for wine, or for strong drink, or for whatever your soul desires: and you shall eat there before the LORD your God, and you shall rejoice, you, and your household, -- deuteronomy 14:26 +. +And the Levite that is within your gates; you shall not forsake him; for he has no part nor inheritance with you. -- deuteronomy 14:27 +. +At the end of three years you shall bring forth all the tithe of your increase the same year, and shall lay it up within your gates: -- deuteronomy 14:28 +. +And the Levite, (because he has no part nor inheritance with you,) and the stranger, and the fatherless, and the widow, which are within your gates, shall come, and shall eat and be satisfied; that the LORD your God may bless you in all the work of your hand which you do. -- deuteronomy 14:29 +. +At the end of every seven years you shall make a release. -- deuteronomy 15:1 +. +And this is the manner of the release: Every creditor that lends ought to his neighbor shall release it; he shall not exact it of his neighbor, or of his brother; because it is called the LORD' release. -- deuteronomy 15:2 +. +Of a foreigner you may exact it again: but that which is your with your brother your hand shall release; -- deuteronomy 15:3 +. +Save when there shall be no poor among you; for the LORD shall greatly bless you in the land which the LORD your God gives you for an inheritance to possess it: -- deuteronomy 15:4 +. +Only if you carefully listen to the voice of the LORD your God, to observe to do all these commandments which I command you this day. -- deuteronomy 15:5 +. +For the LORD your God blesses you, as he promised you: and you shall lend to many nations, but you shall not borrow; and you shall reign over many nations, but they shall not reign over you. -- deuteronomy 15:6 +. +If there be among you a poor man of one of your brothers within any of your gates in your land which the LORD your God gives you, you shall not harden your heart, nor shut your hand from your poor brother: -- deuteronomy 15:7 +. +But you shall open your hand wide to him, and shall surely lend him sufficient for his need, in that which he wants. -- deuteronomy 15:8 +. +Beware that there be not a thought in your wicked heart, saying, The seventh year, the year of release, is at hand; and your eye be evil against your poor brother, and you give him nothing; and he cry to the LORD against you, and it be sin to you. -- deuteronomy 15:9 +. +You shall surely give him, and your heart shall not be grieved when you give to him: because that for this thing the LORD your God shall bless you in all your works, and in all that you put your hand to. -- deuteronomy 15:10 +. +For the poor shall never cease out of the land: therefore I command you, saying, You shall open your hand wide to your brother, to your poor, and to your needy, in your land. -- deuteronomy 15:11 +. +And if your brother, an Hebrew man, or an Hebrew woman, be sold to you, and serve you six years; then in the seventh year you shall let him go free from you. -- deuteronomy 15:12 +. +And when you send him out free from you, you shall not let him go away empty: -- deuteronomy 15:13 +. +You shall furnish him liberally out of your flock, and out of your floor, and out of your wine press: of that with which the LORD your God has blessed you you shall give to him. -- deuteronomy 15:14 +. +And you shall remember that you were a slave in the land of Egypt, and the LORD your God redeemed you: therefore I command you this thing to day. -- deuteronomy 15:15 +. +And it shall be, if he say to you, I will not go away from you; because he loves you and your house, because he is well with you; -- deuteronomy 15:16 +. +Then you shall take an awl, and thrust it through his ear to the door, and he shall be your servant for ever. And also to your maidservant you shall do likewise. -- deuteronomy 15:17 +. +It shall not seem hard to you, when you send him away free from you; for he has been worth a double hired servant to you, in serving you six years: and the LORD your God shall bless you in all that you do. -- deuteronomy 15:18 +. +All the firstling males that come of your herd and of your flock you shall sanctify to the LORD your God: you shall do no work with the firstling of your bullock, nor shear the firstling of your sheep. -- deuteronomy 15:19 +. +You shall eat it before the LORD your God year by year in the place which the LORD shall choose, you and your household. -- deuteronomy 15:20 +. +And if there be any blemish therein, as if it be lame, or blind, or have any ill blemish, you shall not sacrifice it to the LORD your God. -- deuteronomy 15:21 +. +You shall eat it within your gates: the unclean and the clean person shall eat it alike, as the roebuck, and as the hart. -- deuteronomy 15:22 +. +Only you shall not eat the blood thereof; you shall pour it on the ground as water. -- deuteronomy 15:23 +. +Observe the month of Abib, and keep the passover to the LORD your God: for in the month of Abib the LORD your God brought you forth out of Egypt by night. -- deuteronomy 16:1 +. +You shall therefore sacrifice the passover to the LORD your God, of the flock and the herd, in the place which the LORD shall choose to place his name there. -- deuteronomy 16:2 +. +You shall eat no leavened bread with it; seven days shall you eat unleavened bread therewith, even the bread of affliction; for you came forth out of the land of Egypt in haste: that you may remember the day when you came forth out of the land of Egypt all the days of your life. -- deuteronomy 16:3 +. +And there shall be no leavened bread seen with you in all your coast seven days; neither shall there any thing of the flesh, which you sacrificed the first day at even, remain all night until the morning. -- deuteronomy 16:4 +. +You may not sacrifice the passover within any of your gates, which the LORD your God gives you: -- deuteronomy 16:5 +. +But at the place which the LORD your God shall choose to place his name in, there you shall sacrifice the passover at even, at the going down of the sun, at the season that you came forth out of Egypt. -- deuteronomy 16:6 +. +And you shall roast and eat it in the place which the LORD your God shall choose: and you shall turn in the morning, and go to your tents. -- deuteronomy 16:7 +. +Six days you shall eat unleavened bread: and on the seventh day shall be a solemn assembly to the LORD your God: you shall do no work therein. -- deuteronomy 16:8 +. +Seven weeks shall you number to you: begin to number the seven weeks from such time as you begin to put the sickle to the corn. -- deuteronomy 16:9 +. +And you shall keep the feast of weeks to the LORD your God with a tribute of a freewill offering of your hand, which you shall give to the LORD your God, according as the LORD your God has blessed you: -- deuteronomy 16:10 +. +And you shall rejoice before the LORD your God, you, and your son, and your daughter, and your manservant, and your maidservant, and the Levite that is within your gates, and the stranger, and the fatherless, and the widow, that are among you, in the place which the LORD your God has chosen to place his name there. -- deuteronomy 16:11 +. +And you shall remember that you were a slave in Egypt: and you shall observe and do these statutes. -- deuteronomy 16:12 +. +You shall observe the feast of tabernacles seven days, after that you have gathered in your corn and your wine: -- deuteronomy 16:13 +. +And you shall rejoice in your feast, you, and your son, and your daughter, and your manservant, and your maidservant, and the Levite, the stranger, and the fatherless, and the widow, that are within your gates. -- deuteronomy 16:14 +. +Seven days shall you keep a solemn feast to the LORD your God in the place which the LORD shall choose: because the LORD your God shall bless you in all your increase, and in all the works of your hands, therefore you shall surely rejoice. -- deuteronomy 16:15 +. +Three times in a year shall all your males appear before the LORD your God in the place which he shall choose; in the feast of unleavened bread, and in the feast of weeks, and in the feast of tabernacles: and they shall not appear before the LORD empty: -- deuteronomy 16:16 +. +Every man shall give as he is able, according to the blessing of the LORD your God which he has given you. -- deuteronomy 16:17 +. +Judges and officers shall you make you in all your gates, which the LORD your God gives you, throughout your tribes: and they shall judge the people with just judgment. -- deuteronomy 16:18 +. +You shall not wrest judgment; you shall not respect persons, neither take a gift: for a gift does blind the eyes of the wise, and pervert the words of the righteous. -- deuteronomy 16:19 +. +That which is altogether just shall you follow, that you may live, and inherit the land which the LORD your God gives you. -- deuteronomy 16:20 +. +You shall not plant you a grove of any trees near to the altar of the LORD your God, which you shall make you. -- deuteronomy 16:21 +. +Neither shall you set you up any image; which the LORD your God hates. -- deuteronomy 16:22 +. +You shall not sacrifice to the LORD your God any bullock, or sheep, wherein is blemish, or any bad reputation: for that is an abomination to the LORD your God. -- deuteronomy 17:1 +. +If there be found among you, within any of your gates which the LORD your God gives you, man or woman, that has worked wickedness in the sight of the LORD your God, in transgressing his covenant, -- deuteronomy 17:2 +. +And has gone and served other gods, and worshipped them, either the sun, or moon, or any of the host of heaven, which I have not commanded; -- deuteronomy 17:3 +. +And it be told you, and you have heard of it, and inquired diligently, and, behold, it be true, and the thing certain, that such abomination is worked in Israel: -- deuteronomy 17:4 +. +Then shall you bring forth that man or that woman, which have committed that wicked thing, to your gates, even that man or that woman, and shall stone them with stones, till they die. -- deuteronomy 17:5 +. +At the mouth of two witnesses, or three witnesses, shall he that is worthy of death be put to death; but at the mouth of one witness he shall not be put to death. -- deuteronomy 17:6 +. +The hands of the witnesses shall be first on him to put him to death, and afterward the hands of all the people. So you shall put the evil away from among you. -- deuteronomy 17:7 +. +If there arise a matter too hard for you in judgment, between blood and blood, between plea and plea, and between stroke and stroke, being matters of controversy within your gates: then shall you arise, and get you up into the place which the LORD your God shall choose; -- deuteronomy 17:8 +. +And you shall come to the priests the Levites, and to the judge that shall be in those days, and inquire; and they shall show you the sentence of judgment: -- deuteronomy 17:9 +. +And you shall do according to the sentence, which they of that place which the LORD shall choose shall show you; and you shall observe to do according to all that they inform you: -- deuteronomy 17:10 +. +According to the sentence of the law which they shall teach you, and according to the judgment which they shall tell you, you shall do: you shall not decline from the sentence which they shall show you, to the right hand, nor to the left. -- deuteronomy 17:11 +. +And the man that will do presumptuously, and will not listen to the priest that stands to minister there before the LORD your God, or to the judge, even that man shall die: and you shall put away the evil from Israel. -- deuteronomy 17:12 +. +And all the people shall hear, and fear, and do no more presumptuously. -- deuteronomy 17:13 +. +When you are come to the land which the LORD your God gives you, and shall possess it, and shall dwell therein, and shall say, I will set a king over me, like as all the nations that are about me; -- deuteronomy 17:14 +. +You shall in any wise set him king over you, whom the LORD your God shall choose: one from among your brothers shall you set king over you: you may not set a stranger over you, which is not your brother. -- deuteronomy 17:15 +. +But he shall not multiply horses to himself, nor cause the people to return to Egypt, to the end that he should multiply horses: for as much as the LORD has said to you, You shall from now on return no more that way. -- deuteronomy 17:16 +. +Neither shall he multiply wives to himself, that his heart turn not away: neither shall he greatly multiply to himself silver and gold. -- deuteronomy 17:17 +. +And it shall be, when he sits on the throne of his kingdom, that he shall write him a copy of this law in a book out of that which is before the priests the Levites: -- deuteronomy 17:18 +. +And it shall be with him, and he shall read therein all the days of his life: that he may learn to fear the LORD his God, to keep all the words of this law and these statutes, to do them: -- deuteronomy 17:19 +. +That his heart be not lifted up above his brothers, and that he turn not aside from the commandment, to the right hand, or to the left: to the end that he may prolong his days in his kingdom, he, and his children, in the middle of Israel. -- deuteronomy 17:20 +. +The priests the Levites, and all the tribe of Levi, shall have no part nor inheritance with Israel: they shall eat the offerings of the LORD made by fire, and his inheritance. -- deuteronomy 18:1 +. +Therefore shall they have no inheritance among their brothers: the LORD is their inheritance, as he has said to them. -- deuteronomy 18:2 +. +And this shall be the priest' due from the people, from them that offer a sacrifice, whether it be ox or sheep; and they shall give to the priest the shoulder, and the two cheeks, and the maw. -- deuteronomy 18:3 +. +The first fruit also of your corn, of your wine, and of your oil, and the first of the fleece of your sheep, shall you give him. -- deuteronomy 18:4 +. +For the LORD your God has chosen him out of all your tribes, to stand to minister in the name of the LORD, him and his sons for ever. -- deuteronomy 18:5 +. +And if a Levite come from any of your gates out of all Israel, where he sojourned, and come with all the desire of his mind to the place which the LORD shall choose; -- deuteronomy 18:6 +. +Then he shall minister in the name of the LORD his God, as all his brothers the Levites do, which stand there before the LORD. -- deuteronomy 18:7 +. +They shall have like portions to eat, beside that which comes of the sale of his patrimony. -- deuteronomy 18:8 +. +When you are come into the land which the LORD your God gives you, you shall not learn to do after the abominations of those nations. -- deuteronomy 18:9 +. +There shall not be found among you any one that makes his son or his daughter to pass through the fire, or that uses divination, or an observer of times, or an enchanter, or a witch. -- deuteronomy 18:10 +. +Or a charmer, or a consulter with familiar spirits, or a wizard, or a necromancer. -- deuteronomy 18:11 +. +For all that do these things are an abomination to the LORD: and because of these abominations the LORD your God does drive them out from before you. -- deuteronomy 18:12 +. +You shall be perfect with the LORD your God. -- deuteronomy 18:13 +. +For these nations, which you shall possess, listened to observers of times, and to diviners: but as for you, the LORD your God has not suffered you so to do. -- deuteronomy 18:14 +. +The LORD your God will raise up to you a Prophet from the middle of you, of your brothers, like to me; to him you shall listen; -- deuteronomy 18:15 +. +According to all that you desired of the LORD your God in Horeb in the day of the assembly, saying, Let me not hear again the voice of the LORD my God, neither let me see this great fire any more, that I die not. -- deuteronomy 18:16 +. +And the LORD said to me, They have well spoken that which they have spoken. -- deuteronomy 18:17 +. +I will raise them up a Prophet from among their brothers, like to you, and will put my words in his mouth; and he shall speak to them all that I shall command him. -- deuteronomy 18:18 +. +And it shall come to pass, that whoever will not listen to my words which he shall speak in my name, I will require it of him. -- deuteronomy 18:19 +. +But the prophet, which shall presume to speak a word in my name, which I have not commanded him to speak, or that shall speak in the name of other gods, even that prophet shall die. -- deuteronomy 18:20 +. +And if you say in your heart, How shall we know the word which the LORD has not spoken? -- deuteronomy 18:21 +. +When a prophet speaks in the name of the LORD, if the thing follow not, nor come to pass, that is the thing which the LORD has not spoken, but the prophet has spoken it presumptuously: you shall not be afraid of him. -- deuteronomy 18:22 +. +When the LORD your God has cut off the nations, whose land the LORD your God gives you, and you succeed them, and dwell in their cities, and in their houses; -- deuteronomy 19:1 +. +You shall separate three cities for you in the middle of your land, which the LORD your God gives you to possess it. -- deuteronomy 19:2 +. +You shall prepare you a way, and divide the coasts of your land, which the LORD your God gives you to inherit, into three parts, that every slayer may flee thither. -- deuteronomy 19:3 +. +And this is the case of the slayer, which shall flee thither, that he may live: Whoever kills his neighbor ignorantly, whom he hated not in time past; -- deuteronomy 19:4 +. +As when a man goes into the wood with his neighbor to hew wood, and his hand fetches a stroke with the ax to cut down the tree, and the head slips from the helve, and lights on his neighbor, that he die; he shall flee to one of those cities, and live: -- deuteronomy 19:5 +. +Lest the avenger of the blood pursue the slayer, while his heart is hot, and overtake him, because the way is long, and slay him; whereas he was not worthy of death, inasmuch as he hated him not in time past. -- deuteronomy 19:6 +. +Why I command you, saying, You shall separate three cities for you. -- deuteronomy 19:7 +. +And if the LORD your God enlarge your coast, as he has sworn to your fathers, and give you all the land which he promised to give to your fathers; -- deuteronomy 19:8 +. +If you shall keep all these commandments to do them, which I command you this day, to love the LORD your God, and to walk ever in his ways; then shall you add three cities more for you, beside these three: -- deuteronomy 19:9 +. +That innocent blood be not shed in your land, which the LORD your God gives you for an inheritance, and so blood be on you. -- deuteronomy 19:10 +. +But if any man hate his neighbor, and lie in wait for him, and rise up against him, and smite him mortally that he die, and flees into one of these cities: -- deuteronomy 19:11 +. +Then the elders of his city shall send and fetch him there, and deliver him into the hand of the avenger of blood, that he may die. -- deuteronomy 19:12 +. +Your eye shall not pity him, but you shall put away the guilt of innocent blood from Israel, that it may go well with you. -- deuteronomy 19:13 +. +You shall not remove your neighbor' landmark, which they of old time have set in your inheritance, which you shall inherit in the land that the LORD your God gives you to possess it. -- deuteronomy 19:14 +. +One witness shall not rise up against a man for any iniquity, or for any sin, in any sin that he sins: at the mouth of two witnesses, or at the mouth of three witnesses, shall the matter be established. -- deuteronomy 19:15 +. +If a false witness rise up against any man to testify against him that which is wrong; -- deuteronomy 19:16 +. +Then both the men, between whom the controversy is, shall stand before the LORD, before the priests and the judges, which shall be in those days; -- deuteronomy 19:17 +. +And the judges shall make diligent inquisition: and, behold, if the witness be a false witness, and has testified falsely against his brother; -- deuteronomy 19:18 +. +Then shall you do to him, as he had thought to have done to his brother: so shall you put the evil away from among you. -- deuteronomy 19:19 +. +And those which remain shall hear, and fear, and shall from now on commit no more any such evil among you. -- deuteronomy 19:20 +. +And your eye shall not pity; but life shall go for life, eye for eye, tooth for tooth, hand for hand, foot for foot. -- deuteronomy 19:21 +. +When you go out to battle against your enemies, and see horses, and chariots, and a people more than you, be not afraid of them: for the LORD your God is with you, which brought you up out of the land of Egypt. -- deuteronomy 20:1 +. +And it shall be, when you are come near to the battle, that the priest shall approach and speak to the people, -- deuteronomy 20:2 +. +And shall say to them, Hear, O Israel, you approach this day to battle against your enemies: let not your hearts faint, fear not, and do not tremble, neither be you terrified because of them; -- deuteronomy 20:3 +. +For the LORD your God is he that goes with you, to fight for you against your enemies, to save you. -- deuteronomy 20:4 +. +And the officers shall speak to the people, saying, What man is there that has built a new house, and has not dedicated it? let him go and return to his house, lest he die in the battle, and another man dedicate it. -- deuteronomy 20:5 +. +And what man is he that has planted a vineyard, and has not yet eaten of it? let him also go and return to his house, lest he die in the battle, and another man eat of it. -- deuteronomy 20:6 +. +And what man is there that has betrothed a wife, and has not taken her? let him go and return to his house, lest he die in the battle, and another man take her. -- deuteronomy 20:7 +. +And the officers shall speak further to the people, and they shall say, What man is there that is fearful and fainthearted? let him go and return to his house, lest his brethren' heart faint as well as his heart. -- deuteronomy 20:8 +. +And it shall be, when the officers have made an end of speaking to the people that they shall make captains of the armies to lead the people. -- deuteronomy 20:9 +. +When you come near to a city to fight against it, then proclaim peace to it. -- deuteronomy 20:10 +. +And it shall be, if it make you answer of peace, and open to you, then it shall be, that all the people that is found therein shall be tributaries to you, and they shall serve you. -- deuteronomy 20:11 +. +And if it will make no peace with you, but will make war against you, then you shall besiege it: -- deuteronomy 20:12 +. +And when the LORD your God has delivered it into your hands, you shall smite every male thereof with the edge of the sword: -- deuteronomy 20:13 +. +But the women, and the little ones, and the cattle, and all that is in the city, even all the spoil thereof, shall you take to yourself; and you shall eat the spoil of your enemies, which the LORD your God has given you. -- deuteronomy 20:14 +. +Thus shall you do to all the cities which are very far off from you, which are not of the cities of these nations. -- deuteronomy 20:15 +. +But of the cities of these people, which the LORD your God does give you for an inheritance, you shall save alive nothing that breathes: -- deuteronomy 20:16 +. +But you shall utterly destroy them; namely, the Hittites, and the Amorites, the Canaanites, and the Perizzites, the Hivites, and the Jebusites; as the LORD your God has commanded you: -- deuteronomy 20:17 +. +That they teach you not to do after all their abominations, which they have done to their gods; so should you sin against the LORD your God. -- deuteronomy 20:18 +. +When you shall besiege a city a long time, in making war against it to take it, you shall not destroy the trees thereof by forcing an ax against them: for you may eat of them, and you shall not cut them down (for the tree of the field is man' life) to employ them in the siege: -- deuteronomy 20:19 +. +Only the trees which you know that they be not trees for meat, you shall destroy and cut them down; and you shall build bulwarks against the city that makes war with you, until it be subdued. -- deuteronomy 20:20 +. +If one be found slain in the land which the LORD your God gives you to possess it, lying in the field, and it be not known who has slain him: -- deuteronomy 21:1 +. +Then your elders and your judges shall come forth, and they shall measure to the cities which are round about him that is slain: -- deuteronomy 21:2 +. +And it shall be, that the city which is next to the slain man, even the elders of that city shall take an heifer, which has not been worked with, and which has not drawn in the yoke; -- deuteronomy 21:3 +. +And the elders of that city shall bring down the heifer to a rough valley, which is neither eared nor sown, and shall strike off the heifer' neck there in the valley: -- deuteronomy 21:4 +. +And the priests the sons of Levi shall come near; for them the LORD your God has chosen to minister to him, and to bless in the name of the LORD; and by their word shall every controversy and every stroke be tried: -- deuteronomy 21:5 +. +And all the elders of that city, that are next to the slain man, shall wash their hands over the heifer that is beheaded in the valley: -- deuteronomy 21:6 +. +And they shall answer and say, Our hands have not shed this blood, neither have our eyes seen it. -- deuteronomy 21:7 +. +Be merciful, O LORD, to your people Israel, whom you have redeemed, and lay not innocent blood to your people of Israel' charge. And the blood shall be forgiven them. -- deuteronomy 21:8 +. +So shall you put away the guilt of innocent blood from among you, when you shall do that which is right in the sight of the LORD. -- deuteronomy 21:9 +. +When you go forth to war against your enemies, and the LORD your God has delivered them into your hands, and you have taken them captive, -- deuteronomy 21:10 +. +And see among the captives a beautiful woman, and have a desire to her, that you would have her to your wife; -- deuteronomy 21:11 +. +Then you shall bring her home to your house, and she shall shave her head, and pare her nails; -- deuteronomy 21:12 +. +And she shall put the raiment of her captivity from off her, and shall remain in your house, and mourn her father and her mother a full month: and after that you shall go in to her, and be her husband, and she shall be your wife. -- deuteronomy 21:13 +. +And it shall be, if you have no delight in her, then you shall let her go where she will; but you shall not sell her at all for money, you shall not make merchandise of her, because you have humbled her. -- deuteronomy 21:14 +. +If a man have two wives, one beloved, and another hated, and they have born him children, both the beloved and the hated; and if the firstborn son be hers that was hated: -- deuteronomy 21:15 +. +Then it shall be, when he makes his sons to inherit that which he has, that he may not make the son of the beloved firstborn before the son of the hated, which is indeed the firstborn: -- deuteronomy 21:16 +. +But he shall acknowledge the son of the hated for the firstborn, by giving him a double portion of all that he has: for he is the beginning of his strength; the right of the firstborn is his. -- deuteronomy 21:17 +. +If a man have a stubborn and rebellious son, which will not obey the voice of his father, or the voice of his mother, and that, when they have chastened him, will not listen to them: -- deuteronomy 21:18 +. +Then shall his father and his mother lay hold on him, and bring him out to the elders of his city, and to the gate of his place; -- deuteronomy 21:19 +. +And they shall say to the elders of his city, This our son is stubborn and rebellious, he will not obey our voice; he is a glutton, and a drunkard. -- deuteronomy 21:20 +. +And all the men of his city shall stone him with stones, that he die: so shall you put evil away from among you; and all Israel shall hear, and fear. -- deuteronomy 21:21 +. +And if a man have committed a sin worthy of death, and he be to be put to death, and you hang him on a tree: -- deuteronomy 21:22 +. +His body shall not remain all night on the tree, but you shall in any wise bury him that day; (for he that is hanged is accursed of God;) that your land be not defiled, which the LORD your God gives you for an inheritance. -- deuteronomy 21:23 +. +You shall not see your brother' ox or his sheep go astray, and hide yourself from them: you shall in any case bring them again to your brother. -- deuteronomy 22:1 +. +And if your brother be not near to you, or if you know him not, then you shall bring it to your own house, and it shall be with you until your brother seek after it, and you shall restore it to him again. -- deuteronomy 22:2 +. +In like manner shall you do with his ass; and so shall you do with his raiment; and with all lost thing of your brother', which he has lost, and you have found, shall you do likewise: you may not hide yourself. -- deuteronomy 22:3 +. +You shall not see your brother' ass or his ox fall down by the way, and hide yourself from them: you shall surely help him to lift them up again. -- deuteronomy 22:4 +. +The woman shall not wear that which pertains to a man, neither shall a man put on a woman' garment: for all that do so are abomination to the LORD your God. -- deuteronomy 22:5 +. +If a bird' nest chance to be before you in the way in any tree, or on the ground, whether they be young ones, or eggs, and the dam sitting on the young, or on the eggs, you shall not take the dam with the young: -- deuteronomy 22:6 +. +But you shall in any wise let the dam go, and take the young to you; that it may be well with you, and that you may prolong your days. -- deuteronomy 22:7 +. +When you build a new house, then you shall make a battlement for your roof, that you bring not blood on your house, if any man fall from there. -- deuteronomy 22:8 +. +You shall not sow your vineyard with divers seeds: lest the fruit of your seed which you have sown, and the fruit of your vineyard, be defiled. -- deuteronomy 22:9 +. +You shall not plow with an ox and an ass together. -- deuteronomy 22:10 +. +You shall not wear a garment of divers sorts, as of woolen and linen together. -- deuteronomy 22:11 +. +You shall make you fringes on the four quarters of your clothing, with which you cover yourself. -- deuteronomy 22:12 +. +If any man take a wife, and go in to her, and hate her, -- deuteronomy 22:13 +. +And give occasions of speech against her, and bring up an evil name on her, and say, I took this woman, and when I came to her, I found her not a maid: -- deuteronomy 22:14 +. +Then shall the father of the damsel, and her mother, take and bring forth the tokens of the damsel' virginity to the elders of the city in the gate: -- deuteronomy 22:15 +. +And the damsel' father shall say to the elders, I gave my daughter to this man to wife, and he hates her; -- deuteronomy 22:16 +. +And, see, he has given occasions of speech against her, saying, I found not your daughter a maid; and yet these are the tokens of my daughter' virginity. And they shall spread the cloth before the elders of the city. -- deuteronomy 22:17 +. +And the elders of that city shall take that man and chastise him; -- deuteronomy 22:18 +. +And they shall amerce him in an hundred shekels of silver, and give them to the father of the damsel, because he has brought up an evil name on a virgin of Israel: and she shall be his wife; he may not put her away all his days. -- deuteronomy 22:19 +. +But if this thing be true, and the tokens of virginity be not found for the damsel: -- deuteronomy 22:20 +. +Then they shall bring out the damsel to the door of her father' house, and the men of her city shall stone her with stones that she die: because she has worked folly in Israel, to play the whore in her father' house: so shall you put evil away from among you. -- deuteronomy 22:21 +. +If a man be found lying with a woman married to an husband, then they shall both of them die, both the man that lay with the woman, and the woman: so shall you put away evil from Israel. -- deuteronomy 22:22 +. +If a damsel that is a virgin be betrothed to an husband, and a man find her in the city, and lie with her; -- deuteronomy 22:23 +. +Then you shall bring them both out to the gate of that city, and you shall stone them with stones that they die; the damsel, because she cried not, being in the city; and the man, because he has humbled his neighbor' wife: so you shall put away evil from among you. -- deuteronomy 22:24 +. +But if a man find a betrothed damsel in the field, and the man force her, and lie with her: then the man only that lay with her shall die. -- deuteronomy 22:25 +. +But to the damsel you shall do nothing; there is in the damsel no sin worthy of death: for as when a man rises against his neighbor, and slays him, even so is this matter: -- deuteronomy 22:26 +. +For he found her in the field, and the betrothed damsel cried, and there was none to save her. -- deuteronomy 22:27 +. +If a man find a damsel that is a virgin, which is not betrothed, and lay hold on her, and lie with her, and they be found; -- deuteronomy 22:28 +. +Then the man that lay with her shall give to the damsel' father fifty shekels of silver, and she shall be his wife; because he has humbled her, he may not put her away all his days. -- deuteronomy 22:29 +. +A man shall not take his father' wife, nor discover his father' skirt. -- deuteronomy 22:30 +. +He that is wounded in the stones, or has his privy member cut off, shall not enter into the congregation of the LORD. -- deuteronomy 23:1 +. +A bastard shall not enter into the congregation of the LORD; even to his tenth generation shall he not enter into the congregation of the LORD. -- deuteronomy 23:2 +. +An Ammonite or Moabite shall not enter into the congregation of the LORD; even to their tenth generation shall they not enter into the congregation of the LORD for ever: -- deuteronomy 23:3 +. +Because they met you not with bread and with water in the way, when you came forth out of Egypt; and because they hired against you Balaam the son of Beor of Pethor of Mesopotamia, to curse you. -- deuteronomy 23:4 +. +Nevertheless the LORD your God would not listen to Balaam; but the LORD your God turned the curse into a blessing to you, because the LORD your God loved you. -- deuteronomy 23:5 +. +You shall not seek their peace nor their prosperity all your days for ever. -- deuteronomy 23:6 +. +You shall not abhor an Edomite; for he is your brother: you shall not abhor an Egyptian; because you were a stranger in his land. -- deuteronomy 23:7 +. +The children that are begotten of them shall enter into the congregation of the LORD in their third generation. -- deuteronomy 23:8 +. +When the host goes forth against your enemies, then keep you from every wicked thing. -- deuteronomy 23:9 +. +If there be among you any man, that is not clean by reason of uncleanness that chances him by night, then shall he go abroad out of the camp, he shall not come within the camp: -- deuteronomy 23:10 +. +But it shall be, when evening comes on, he shall wash himself with water: and when the sun is down, he shall come into the camp again. -- deuteronomy 23:11 +. +You shall have a place also without the camp, where you shall go forth abroad: -- deuteronomy 23:12 +. +And you shall have a paddle on your weapon; and it shall be, when you will ease yourself abroad, you shall dig therewith, and shall turn back and cover that which comes from you: -- deuteronomy 23:13 +. +For the LORD your God walks in the middle of your camp, to deliver you, and to give up your enemies before you; therefore shall your camp be holy: that he see no unclean thing in you, and turn away from you. -- deuteronomy 23:14 +. +You shall not deliver to his master the servant which is escaped from his master to you: -- deuteronomy 23:15 +. +He shall dwell with you, even among you, in that place which he shall choose in one of your gates, where it likes him best: you shall not oppress him. -- deuteronomy 23:16 +. +There shall be no whore of the daughters of Israel, nor a sodomite of the sons of Israel. -- deuteronomy 23:17 +. +You shall not bring the hire of a whore, or the price of a dog, into the house of the LORD your God for any vow: for even both these are abomination to the LORD your God. -- deuteronomy 23:18 +. +You shall not lend on usury to your brother; usury of money, usury of victuals, usury of any thing that is lent on usury: -- deuteronomy 23:19 +. +To a stranger you may lend on usury; but to your brother you shall not lend on usury: that the LORD your God may bless you in all that you set your hand to in the land where you go to possess it. -- deuteronomy 23:20 +. +When you shall vow a vow to the LORD your God, you shall not slack to pay it: for the LORD your God will surely require it of you; and it would be sin in you. -- deuteronomy 23:21 +. +But if you shall forbear to vow, it shall be no sin in you. -- deuteronomy 23:22 +. +That which is gone out of your lips you shall keep and perform; even a freewill offering, according as you have vowed to the LORD your God, which you have promised with your mouth. -- deuteronomy 23:23 +. +When you come into your neighbor' vineyard, then you may eat grapes your fill at your own pleasure; but you shall not put any in your vessel. -- deuteronomy 23:24 +. +When you come into the standing corn of your neighbor, then you may pluck the ears with your hand; but you shall not move a sickle to your neighbor' standing corn. -- deuteronomy 23:25 +. +When a man has taken a wife, and married her, and it come to pass that she find no favor in his eyes, because he has found some uncleanness in her: then let him write her a bill of divorce, and give it in her hand, and send her out of his house. -- deuteronomy 24:1 +. +And when she is departed out of his house, she may go and be another man' wife. -- deuteronomy 24:2 +. +And if the latter husband hate her, and write her a bill of divorce, and gives it in her hand, and sends her out of his house; or if the latter husband die, which took her to be his wife; -- deuteronomy 24:3 +. +Her former husband, which sent her away, may not take her again to be his wife, after that she is defiled; for that is abomination before the LORD: and you shall not cause the land to sin, which the LORD your God gives you for an inheritance. -- deuteronomy 24:4 +. +When a man has taken a new wife, he shall not go out to war, neither shall he be charged with any business: but he shall be free at home one year, and shall cheer up his wife which he has taken. -- deuteronomy 24:5 +. +No man shall take the nether or the upper millstone to pledge: for he takes a man' life to pledge. -- deuteronomy 24:6 +. +If a man be found stealing any of his brothers of the children of Israel, and makes merchandise of him, or sells him; then that thief shall die; and you shall put evil away from among you. -- deuteronomy 24:7 +. +Take heed in the plague of leprosy, that you observe diligently, and do according to all that the priests the Levites shall teach you: as I commanded them, so you shall observe to do. -- deuteronomy 24:8 +. +Remember what the LORD your God did to Miriam by the way, after that you were come forth out of Egypt. -- deuteronomy 24:9 +. +When you do lend your brother any thing, you shall not go into his house to fetch his pledge. -- deuteronomy 24:10 +. +You shall stand abroad, and the man to whom you do lend shall bring out the pledge abroad to you. -- deuteronomy 24:11 +. +And if the man be poor, you shall not sleep with his pledge: -- deuteronomy 24:12 +. +In any case you shall deliver him the pledge again when the sun goes down, that he may sleep in his own raiment, and bless you: and it shall be righteousness to you before the LORD your God. -- deuteronomy 24:13 +. +You shall not oppress an hired servant that is poor and needy, whether he be of your brothers, or of your strangers that are in your land within your gates: -- deuteronomy 24:14 +. +At his day you shall give him his hire, neither shall the sun go down on it; for he is poor, and sets his heart on it: lest he cry against you to the LORD, and it be sin to you. -- deuteronomy 24:15 +. +The fathers shall not be put to death for the children, neither shall the children be put to death for the fathers: every man shall be put to death for his own sin. -- deuteronomy 24:16 +. +You shall not pervert the judgment of the stranger, nor of the fatherless; nor take a widow' raiment to pledge: -- deuteronomy 24:17 +. +But you shall remember that you were a slave in Egypt, and the LORD your God redeemed you there: therefore I command you to do this thing. -- deuteronomy 24:18 +. +When you cut down your harvest in your field, and have forgot a sheaf in the field, you shall not go again to fetch it: it shall be for the stranger, for the fatherless, and for the widow: that the LORD your God may bless you in all the work of your hands. -- deuteronomy 24:19 +. +When you beat your olive tree, you shall not go over the boughs again: it shall be for the stranger, for the fatherless, and for the widow. -- deuteronomy 24:20 +. +When you gather the grapes of your vineyard, you shall not glean it afterward: it shall be for the stranger, for the fatherless, and for the widow. -- deuteronomy 24:21 +. +And you shall remember that you were a slave in the land of Egypt: therefore I command you to do this thing. -- deuteronomy 24:22 +. +If there be a controversy between men, and they come to judgment, that the judges may judge them; then they shall justify the righteous, and condemn the wicked. -- deuteronomy 25:1 +. +And it shall be, if the wicked man be worthy to be beaten, that the judge shall cause him to lie down, and to be beaten before his face, according to his fault, by a certain number. -- deuteronomy 25:2 +. +Forty stripes he may give him, and not exceed: lest, if he should exceed, and beat him above these with many stripes, then your brother should seem vile to you. -- deuteronomy 25:3 +. +You shall not muzzle the ox when he treads out the corn. -- deuteronomy 25:4 +. +If brothers dwell together, and one of them die, and have no child, the wife of the dead shall not marry without to a stranger: her husband' brother shall go in to her, and take her to him to wife, and perform the duty of an husband' brother to her. -- deuteronomy 25:5 +. +And it shall be, that the firstborn which she bears shall succeed in the name of his brother which is dead, that his name be not put out of Israel. -- deuteronomy 25:6 +. +And if the man like not to take his brother' wife, then let his brother' wife go up to the gate to the elders, and say, My husband' brother refuses to raise up to his brother a name in Israel, he will not perform the duty of my husband' brother. -- deuteronomy 25:7 +. +Then the elders of his city shall call him, and speak to him: and if he stand to it, and say, I like not to take her; -- deuteronomy 25:8 +. +Then shall his brother' wife come to him in the presence of the elders, and loose his shoe from off his foot, and spit in his face, and shall answer and say, So shall it be done to that man that will not build up his brother' house. -- deuteronomy 25:9 +. +And his name shall be called in Israel, The house of him that has his shoe loosed. -- deuteronomy 25:10 +. +When men strive together one with another, and the wife of the one draws near for to deliver her husband out of the hand of him that smites him, and puts forth her hand, and takes him by the secrets: -- deuteronomy 25:11 +. +Then you shall cut off her hand, your eye shall not pity her. -- deuteronomy 25:12 +. +You shall not have in your bag divers weights, a great and a small. -- deuteronomy 25:13 +. +You shall not have in your house divers measures, a great and a small. -- deuteronomy 25:14 +. +But you shall have a perfect and just weight, a perfect and just measure shall you have: that your days may be lengthened in the land which the LORD your God gives you. -- deuteronomy 25:15 +. +For all that do such things, and all that do unrighteously, are an abomination to the LORD your God. -- deuteronomy 25:16 +. +Remember what Amalek did to you by the way, when you were come forth out of Egypt; -- deuteronomy 25:17 +. +How he met you by the way, and smote the hindmost of you, even all that were feeble behind you, when you were faint and weary; and he feared not God. -- deuteronomy 25:18 +. +Therefore it shall be, when the LORD your God has given you rest from all your enemies round about, in the land which the LORD your God gives you for an inheritance to possess it, that you shall blot out the remembrance of Amalek from under heaven; you shall not forget it. -- deuteronomy 25:19 +. +And it shall be, when you are come in to the land which the LORD your God gives you for an inheritance, and possess it, and dwell therein; -- deuteronomy 26:1 +. +That you shall take of the first of all the fruit of the earth, which you shall bring of your land that the LORD your God gives you, and shall put it in a basket, and shall go to the place which the LORD your God shall choose to place his name there. -- deuteronomy 26:2 +. +And you shall go to the priest that shall be in those days, and say to him, I profess this day to the LORD your God, that I am come to the country which the LORD swore to our fathers for to give us. -- deuteronomy 26:3 +. +And the priest shall take the basket out of your hand, and set it down before the altar of the LORD your God. -- deuteronomy 26:4 +. +And you shall speak and say before the LORD your God, A Syrian ready to perish was my father, and he went down into Egypt, and sojourned there with a few, and became there a nation, great, mighty, and populous: -- deuteronomy 26:5 +. +And the Egyptians evil entreated us, and afflicted us, and laid on us hard bondage: -- deuteronomy 26:6 +. +And when we cried to the LORD God of our fathers, the LORD heard our voice, and looked on our affliction, and our labor, and our oppression: -- deuteronomy 26:7 +. +And the LORD brought us forth out of Egypt with a mighty hand, and with an outstretched arm, and with great terribleness, and with signs, and with wonders: -- deuteronomy 26:8 +. +And he has brought us into this place, and has given us this land, even a land that flows with milk and honey. -- deuteronomy 26:9 +. +And now, behold, I have brought the first fruits of the land, which you, O LORD, have given me. And you shall set it before the LORD your God, and worship before the LORD your God: -- deuteronomy 26:10 +. +And you shall rejoice in every good thing which the LORD your God has given to you, and to your house, you, and the Levite, and the stranger that is among you. -- deuteronomy 26:11 +. +When you have made an end of tithing all the tithes of your increase the third year, which is the year of tithing, and have given it to the Levite, the stranger, the fatherless, and the widow, that they may eat within your gates, and be filled; -- deuteronomy 26:12 +. +Then you shall say before the LORD your God, I have brought away the hallowed things out of my house, and also have given them to the Levite, and to the stranger, to the fatherless, and to the widow, according to all your commandments which you have commanded me: I have not transgressed your commandments, neither have I forgotten them. -- deuteronomy 26:13 +. +I have not eaten thereof in my mourning, neither have I taken away ought thereof for any unclean use, nor given ought thereof for the dead: but I have listened to the voice of the LORD my God, and have done according to all that you have commanded me. -- deuteronomy 26:14 +. +Look down from your holy habitation, from heaven, and bless your people Israel, and the land which you have given us, as you swore to our fathers, a land that flows with milk and honey. -- deuteronomy 26:15 +. +This day the LORD your God has commanded you to do these statutes and judgments: you shall therefore keep and do them with all your heart, and with all your soul. -- deuteronomy 26:16 +. +You have avouched the LORD this day to be your God, and to walk in his ways, and to keep his statutes, and his commandments, and his judgments, and to listen to his voice: -- deuteronomy 26:17 +. +And the LORD has avouched you this day to be his peculiar people, as he has promised you, and that you should keep all his commandments; -- deuteronomy 26:18 +. +And to make you high above all nations which he has made, in praise, and in name, and in honor; and that you may be an holy people to the LORD your God, as he has spoken. -- deuteronomy 26:19 +. +And Moses with the elders of Israel commanded the people, saying, Keep all the commandments which I command you this day. -- deuteronomy 27:1 +. +And it shall be on the day when you shall pass over Jordan to the land which the LORD your God gives you, that you shall set you up great stones, and plaster them with plaster: -- deuteronomy 27:2 +. +And you shall write on them all the words of this law, when you are passed over, that you may go in to the land which the LORD your God gives you, a land that flows with milk and honey; as the LORD God of your fathers has promised you. -- deuteronomy 27:3 +. +Therefore it shall be when you be gone over Jordan, that you shall set up these stones, which I command you this day, in mount Ebal, and you shall plaster them with plaster. -- deuteronomy 27:4 +. +And there shall you build an altar to the LORD your God, an altar of stones: you shall not lift up any iron tool on them. -- deuteronomy 27:5 +. +You shall build the altar of the LORD your God of whole stones: and you shall offer burnt offerings thereon to the LORD your God: -- deuteronomy 27:6 +. +And you shall offer peace offerings, and shall eat there, and rejoice before the LORD your God. -- deuteronomy 27:7 +. +And you shall write on the stones all the words of this law very plainly. -- deuteronomy 27:8 +. +And Moses and the priests the Levites spoke to all Israel, saying, Take heed, and listen, O Israel; this day you are become the people of the LORD your God. -- deuteronomy 27:9 +. +You shall therefore obey the voice of the LORD your God, and do his commandments and his statutes, which I command you this day. -- deuteronomy 27:10 +. +And Moses charged the people the same day, saying, -- deuteronomy 27:11 +. +These shall stand on mount Gerizim to bless the people, when you are come over Jordan; Simeon, and Levi, and Judah, and Issachar, and Joseph, and Benjamin: -- deuteronomy 27:12 +. +And these shall stand on mount Ebal to curse; Reuben, Gad, and Asher, and Zebulun, Dan, and Naphtali. -- deuteronomy 27:13 +. +And the Levites shall speak, and say to all the men of Israel with a loud voice, -- deuteronomy 27:14 +. +Cursed be the man that makes any graven or molten image, an abomination to the LORD, the work of the hands of the craftsman, and puts it in a secret place. And all the people shall answer and say, Amen. -- deuteronomy 27:15 +. +Cursed be he that sets light by his father or his mother. And all the people shall say, Amen. -- deuteronomy 27:16 +. +Cursed be he that removes his neighbor' landmark. And all the people shall say, Amen. -- deuteronomy 27:17 +. +Cursed be he that makes the blind to wander out of the way. And all the people shall say, Amen. -- deuteronomy 27:18 +. +Cursed be he that perverts the judgment of the stranger, fatherless, and widow. And all the people shall say, Amen. -- deuteronomy 27:19 +. +Cursed be he that lies with his father' wife; because he uncovers his father' skirt. And all the people shall say, Amen. -- deuteronomy 27:20 +. +Cursed be he that lies with any manner of beast. And all the people shall say, Amen. -- deuteronomy 27:21 +. +Cursed be he that lies with his sister, the daughter of his father, or the daughter of his mother. And all the people shall say, Amen. -- deuteronomy 27:22 +. +Cursed be he that lies with his mother in law. And all the people shall say, Amen. -- deuteronomy 27:23 +. +Cursed be he that smites his neighbor secretly. And all the people shall say, Amen. -- deuteronomy 27:24 +. +Cursed be he that takes reward to slay an innocent person. And all the people shall say, Amen. -- deuteronomy 27:25 +. +Cursed be he that confirms not all the words of this law to do them. And all the people shall say, Amen. -- deuteronomy 27:26 +. +And it shall come to pass, if you shall listen diligently to the voice of the LORD your God, to observe and to do all his commandments which I command you this day, that the LORD your God will set you on high above all nations of the earth: -- deuteronomy 28:1 +. +And all these blessings shall come on you, and overtake you, if you shall listen to the voice of the LORD your God. -- deuteronomy 28:2 +. +Blessed shall you be in the city, and blessed shall you be in the field. -- deuteronomy 28:3 +. +Blessed shall be the fruit of your body, and the fruit of your ground, and the fruit of your cattle, the increase of your cows, and the flocks of your sheep. -- deuteronomy 28:4 +. +Blessed shall be your basket and your store. -- deuteronomy 28:5 +. +Blessed shall you be when you come in, and blessed shall you be when you go out. -- deuteronomy 28:6 +. +The LORD shall cause your enemies that rise up against you to be smitten before your face: they shall come out against you one way, and flee before you seven ways. -- deuteronomy 28:7 +. +The LORD shall command the blessing on you in your storehouses, and in all that you set your hand to; and he shall bless you in the land which the LORD your God gives you. -- deuteronomy 28:8 +. +The LORD shall establish you an holy people to himself, as he has sworn to you, if you shall keep the commandments of the LORD your God, and walk in his ways. -- deuteronomy 28:9 +. +And all people of the earth shall see that you are called by the name of the LORD; and they shall be afraid of you. -- deuteronomy 28:10 +. +And the LORD shall make you plenteous in goods, in the fruit of your body, and in the fruit of your cattle, and in the fruit of your ground, in the land which the LORD swore to your fathers to give you. -- deuteronomy 28:11 +. +The LORD shall open to you his good treasure, the heaven to give the rain to your land in his season, and to bless all the work of your hand: and you shall lend to many nations, and you shall not borrow. -- deuteronomy 28:12 +. +And the LORD shall make you the head, and not the tail; and you shall be above only, and you shall not be beneath; if that you listen to the commandments of the LORD your God, which I command you this day, to observe and to do them: -- deuteronomy 28:13 +. +And you shall not go aside from any of the words which I command you this day, to the right hand, or to the left, to go after other gods to serve them. -- deuteronomy 28:14 +. +But it shall come to pass, if you will not listen to the voice of the LORD your God, to observe to do all his commandments and his statutes which I command you this day; that all these curses shall come on you, and overtake you: -- deuteronomy 28:15 +. +Cursed shall you be in the city, and cursed shall you be in the field. -- deuteronomy 28:16 +. +Cursed shall be your basket and your store. -- deuteronomy 28:17 +. +Cursed shall be the fruit of your body, and the fruit of your land, the increase of your cows, and the flocks of your sheep. -- deuteronomy 28:18 +. +Cursed shall you be when you come in, and cursed shall you be when you go out. -- deuteronomy 28:19 +. +The LORD shall send on you cursing, vexation, and rebuke, in all that you set your hand to for to do, until you be destroyed, and until you perish quickly; because of the wickedness of your doings, whereby you have forsaken me. -- deuteronomy 28:20 +. +The LORD shall make the pestilence stick to you, until he have consumed you from off the land, where you go to possess it. -- deuteronomy 28:21 +. +The LORD shall smite you with a consumption, and with a fever, and with an inflammation, and with an extreme burning, and with the sword, and with blasting, and with mildew; and they shall pursue you until you perish. -- deuteronomy 28:22 +. +And your heaven that is over your head shall be brass, and the earth that is under you shall be iron. -- deuteronomy 28:23 +. +The LORD shall make the rain of your land powder and dust: from heaven shall it come down on you, until you be destroyed. -- deuteronomy 28:24 +. +The LORD shall cause you to be smitten before your enemies: you shall go out one way against them, and flee seven ways before them: and shall be removed into all the kingdoms of the earth. -- deuteronomy 28:25 +. +And your carcass shall be meat to all fowls of the air, and to the beasts of the earth, and no man shall fray them away. -- deuteronomy 28:26 +. +The LORD will smite you with the botch of Egypt, and with the tumors, and with the scab, and with the itch, whereof you can not be healed. -- deuteronomy 28:27 +. +The LORD shall smite you with madness, and blindness, and astonishment of heart: -- deuteronomy 28:28 +. +And you shall grope at noonday, as the blind gropes in darkness, and you shall not prosper in your ways: and you shall be only oppressed and spoiled ever more, and no man shall save you. -- deuteronomy 28:29 +. +You shall betroth a wife, and another man shall lie with her: you shall build an house, and you shall not dwell therein: you shall plant a vineyard, and shall not gather the grapes thereof. -- deuteronomy 28:30 +. +Your ox shall be slain before your eyes, and you shall not eat thereof: your ass shall be violently taken away from before your face, and shall not be restored to you: your sheep shall be given to your enemies, and you shall have none to rescue them. -- deuteronomy 28:31 +. +Your sons and your daughters shall be given to another people, and your eyes shall look, and fail with longing for them all the day long; and there shall be no might in your hand. -- deuteronomy 28:32 +. +The fruit of your land, and all your labors, shall a nation which you know not eat up; and you shall be only oppressed and crushed always: -- deuteronomy 28:33 +. +So that you shall be mad for the sight of your eyes which you shall see. -- deuteronomy 28:34 +. +The LORD shall smite you in the knees, and in the legs, with a sore botch that cannot be healed, from the sole of your foot to the top of your head. -- deuteronomy 28:35 +. +The LORD shall bring you, and your king which you shall set over you, to a nation which neither you nor your fathers have known; and there shall you serve other gods, wood and stone. -- deuteronomy 28:36 +. +And you shall become an astonishment, a proverb, and a byword, among all nations where the LORD shall lead you. -- deuteronomy 28:37 +. +You shall carry much seed out into the field, and shall gather but little in; for the locust shall consume it. -- deuteronomy 28:38 +. +You shall plant vineyards, and dress them, but shall neither drink of the wine, nor gather the grapes; for the worms shall eat them. -- deuteronomy 28:39 +. +You shall have olive trees throughout all your coasts, but you shall not anoint yourself with the oil; for your olive shall cast his fruit. -- deuteronomy 28:40 +. +You shall beget sons and daughters, but you shall not enjoy them; for they shall go into captivity. -- deuteronomy 28:41 +. +All your trees and fruit of your land shall the locust consume. -- deuteronomy 28:42 +. +The stranger that is within you shall get up above you very high; and you shall come down very low. -- deuteronomy 28:43 +. +He shall lend to you, and you shall not lend to him: he shall be the head, and you shall be the tail. -- deuteronomy 28:44 +. +Moreover all these curses shall come on you, and shall pursue you, and overtake you, till you be destroyed; because you listened not to the voice of the LORD your God, to keep his commandments and his statutes which he commanded you: -- deuteronomy 28:45 +. +And they shall be on you for a sign and for a wonder, and on your seed for ever. -- deuteronomy 28:46 +. +Because you served not the LORD your God with joyfulness, and with gladness of heart, for the abundance of all things; -- deuteronomy 28:47 +. +Therefore shall you serve your enemies which the LORD shall send against you, in hunger, and in thirst, and in nakedness, and in want of all things: and he shall put a yoke of iron on your neck, until he have destroyed you. -- deuteronomy 28:48 +. +The LORD shall bring a nation against you from far, from the end of the earth, as swift as the eagle flies; a nation whose tongue you shall not understand; -- deuteronomy 28:49 +. +A nation of fierce countenance, which shall not regard the person of the old, nor show favor to the young: -- deuteronomy 28:50 +. +And he shall eat the fruit of your cattle, and the fruit of your land, until you be destroyed: which also shall not leave you either corn, wine, or oil, or the increase of your cows, or flocks of your sheep, until he have destroyed you. -- deuteronomy 28:51 +. +And he shall besiege you in all your gates, until your high and fenced walls come down, wherein you trusted, throughout all your land: and he shall besiege you in all your gates throughout all your land, which the LORD your God has given you. -- deuteronomy 28:52 +. +And you shall eat the fruit of your own body, the flesh of your sons and of your daughters, which the LORD your God has given you, in the siege, and in the narrow place, with which your enemies shall distress you: -- deuteronomy 28:53 +. +So that the man that is tender among you, and very delicate, his eye shall be evil toward his brother, and toward the wife of his bosom, and toward the remnant of his children which he shall leave: -- deuteronomy 28:54 +. +So that he will not give to any of them of the flesh of his children whom he shall eat: because he has nothing left him in the siege, and in the narrow place, with which your enemies shall distress you in all your gates. -- deuteronomy 28:55 +. +The tender and delicate woman among you, which would not adventure to set the sole of her foot on the ground for delicateness and tenderness, her eye shall be evil toward the husband of her bosom, and toward her son, and toward her daughter, -- deuteronomy 28:56 +. +And toward her young one that comes out from between her feet, and toward her children which she shall bear: for she shall eat them for want of all things secretly in the siege and narrow place, with which your enemy shall distress you in your gates. -- deuteronomy 28:57 +. +If you will not observe to do all the words of this law that are written in this book, that you may fear this glorious and fearful name, THE LORD THY GOD; -- deuteronomy 28:58 +. +Then the LORD will make your plagues wonderful, and the plagues of your seed, even great plagues, and of long continuance, and sore sicknesses, and of long continuance. -- deuteronomy 28:59 +. +Moreover he will bring on you all the diseases of Egypt, which you were afraid of; and they shall stick to you. -- deuteronomy 28:60 +. +Also every sickness, and every plague, which is not written in the book of this law, them will the LORD bring on you, until you be destroyed. -- deuteronomy 28:61 +. +And you shall be left few in number, whereas you were as the stars of heaven for multitude; because you would not obey the voice of the LORD your God. -- deuteronomy 28:62 +. +And it shall come to pass, that as the LORD rejoiced over you to do you good, and to multiply you; so the LORD will rejoice over you to destroy you, and to bring you to nothing; and you shall be plucked from off the land where you go to possess it. -- deuteronomy 28:63 +. +And the LORD shall scatter you among all people, from the one end of the earth even to the other; and there you shall serve other gods, which neither you nor your fathers have known, even wood and stone. -- deuteronomy 28:64 +. +And among these nations shall you find no ease, neither shall the sole of your foot have rest: but the LORD shall give you there a trembling heart, and failing of eyes, and sorrow of mind: -- deuteronomy 28:65 +. +And your life shall hang in doubt before you; and you shall fear day and night, and shall have none assurance of your life: -- deuteronomy 28:66 +. +In the morning you shall say, Would God it were even! and at even you shall say, Would God it were morning! for the fear of your heart with which you shall fear, and for the sight of your eyes which you shall see. -- deuteronomy 28:67 +. +And the LORD shall bring you into Egypt again with ships, by the way whereof I spoke to you, You shall see it no more again: and there you shall be sold to your enemies for slaves and bondwomen, and no man shall buy you. -- deuteronomy 28:68 +. +These are the words of the covenant, which the LORD commanded Moses to make with the children of Israel in the land of Moab, beside the covenant which he made with them in Horeb. -- deuteronomy 29:1 +. +And Moses called to all Israel, and said to them, You have seen all that the LORD did before your eyes in the land of Egypt to Pharaoh, and to all his servants, and to all his land; -- deuteronomy 29:2 +. +The great temptations which your eyes have seen, the signs, and those great miracles: -- deuteronomy 29:3 +. +Yet the LORD has not given you an heart to perceive, and eyes to see, and ears to hear, to this day. -- deuteronomy 29:4 +. +And I have led you forty years in the wilderness: your clothes are not waxen old on you, and your shoe is not waxen old on your foot. -- deuteronomy 29:5 +. +You have not eaten bread, neither have you drunk wine or strong drink: that you might know that I am the LORD your God. -- deuteronomy 29:6 +. +And when you came to this place, Sihon the king of Heshbon, and Og the king of Bashan, came out against us to battle, and we smote them: -- deuteronomy 29:7 +. +And we took their land, and gave it for an inheritance to the Reubenites, and to the Gadites, and to the half tribe of Manasseh. -- deuteronomy 29:8 +. +Keep therefore the words of this covenant, and do them, that you may prosper in all that you do. -- deuteronomy 29:9 +. +You stand this day all of you before the LORD your God; your captains of your tribes, your elders, and your officers, with all the men of Israel, -- deuteronomy 29:10 +. +Your little ones, your wives, and your stranger that is in your camp, from the hewer of your wood to the drawer of your water: -- deuteronomy 29:11 +. +That you should enter into covenant with the LORD your God, and into his oath, which the LORD your God makes with you this day: -- deuteronomy 29:12 +. +That he may establish you to day for a people to himself, and that he may be to you a God, as he has said to you, and as he has sworn to your fathers, to Abraham, to Isaac, and to Jacob. -- deuteronomy 29:13 +. +Neither with you only do I make this covenant and this oath; -- deuteronomy 29:14 +. +But with him that stands here with us this day before the LORD our God, and also with him that is not here with us this day: -- deuteronomy 29:15 +. +(For you know how we have dwelled in the land of Egypt; and how we came through the nations which you passed by; -- deuteronomy 29:16 +. +And you have seen their abominations, and their idols, wood and stone, silver and gold, which were among them:) -- deuteronomy 29:17 +. +Lest there should be among you man, or woman, or family, or tribe, whose heart turns away this day from the LORD our God, to go and serve the gods of these nations; lest there should be among you a root that bears gall and wormwood; -- deuteronomy 29:18 +. +And it come to pass, when he hears the words of this curse, that he bless himself in his heart, saying, I shall have peace, though I walk in the imagination of my heart, to add drunkenness to thirst: -- deuteronomy 29:19 +. +The LORD will not spare him, but then the anger of the LORD and his jealousy shall smoke against that man, and all the curses that are written in this book shall lie on him, and the LORD shall blot out his name from under heaven. -- deuteronomy 29:20 +. +And the LORD shall separate him to evil out of all the tribes of Israel, according to all the curses of the covenant that are written in this book of the law: -- deuteronomy 29:21 +. +So that the generation to come of your children that shall rise up after you, and the stranger that shall come from a far land, shall say, when they see the plagues of that land, and the sicknesses which the LORD has laid on it; -- deuteronomy 29:22 +. +And that the whole land thereof is brimstone, and salt, and burning, that it is not sown, nor bears, nor any grass grows therein, like the overthrow of Sodom, and Gomorrah, Admah, and Zeboim, which the LORD overthrew in his anger, and in his wrath: -- deuteronomy 29:23 +. +Even all nations shall say, Why has the LORD done thus to this land? what means the heat of this great anger? -- deuteronomy 29:24 +. +Then men shall say, Because they have forsaken the covenant of the LORD God of their fathers, which he made with them when he brought them forth out of the land of Egypt: -- deuteronomy 29:25 +. +For they went and served other gods, and worshipped them, gods whom they knew not, and whom he had not given to them: -- deuteronomy 29:26 +. +And the anger of the LORD was kindled against this land, to bring on it all the curses that are written in this book: -- deuteronomy 29:27 +. +And the LORD rooted them out of their land in anger, and in wrath, and in great indignation, and cast them into another land, as it is this day. -- deuteronomy 29:28 +. +The secret things belong to the LORD our God: but those things which are revealed belong to us and to our children for ever, that we may do all the words of this law. -- deuteronomy 29:29 +. +And it shall come to pass, when all these things are come on you, the blessing and the curse, which I have set before you, and you shall call them to mind among all the nations, where the LORD your God has driven you, -- deuteronomy 30:1 +. +And shall return to the LORD your God, and shall obey his voice according to all that I command you this day, you and your children, with all your heart, and with all your soul; -- deuteronomy 30:2 +. +That then the LORD your God will turn your captivity, and have compassion on you, and will return and gather you from all the nations, where the LORD your God has scattered you. -- deuteronomy 30:3 +. +If any of your be driven out to the outmost parts of heaven, from there will the LORD your God gather you, and from there will he fetch you: -- deuteronomy 30:4 +. +And the LORD your God will bring you into the land which your fathers possessed, and you shall possess it; and he will do you good, and multiply you above your fathers. -- deuteronomy 30:5 +. +And the LORD your God will circumcise your heart, and the heart of your seed, to love the LORD your God with all your heart, and with all your soul, that you may live. -- deuteronomy 30:6 +. +And the LORD your God will put all these curses on your enemies, and on them that hate you, which persecuted you. -- deuteronomy 30:7 +. +And you shall return and obey the voice of the LORD, and do all his commandments which I command you this day. -- deuteronomy 30:8 +. +And the LORD your God will make you plenteous in every work of your hand, in the fruit of your body, and in the fruit of your cattle, and in the fruit of your land, for good: for the LORD will again rejoice over you for good, as he rejoiced over your fathers: -- deuteronomy 30:9 +. +If you shall listen to the voice of the LORD your God, to keep his commandments and his statutes which are written in this book of the law, and if you turn to the LORD your God with all your heart, and with all your soul. -- deuteronomy 30:10 +. +For this commandment which I command you this day, it is not hidden from you, neither is it far off. -- deuteronomy 30:11 +. +It is not in heaven, that you should say, Who shall go up for us to heaven, and bring it to us, that we may hear it, and do it? -- deuteronomy 30:12 +. +Neither is it beyond the sea, that you should say, Who shall go over the sea for us, and bring it to us, that we may hear it, and do it? -- deuteronomy 30:13 +. +But the word is very near to you, in your mouth, and in your heart, that you may do it. -- deuteronomy 30:14 +. +See, I have set before you this day life and good, and death and evil; -- deuteronomy 30:15 +. +In that I command you this day to love the LORD your God, to walk in his ways, and to keep his commandments and his statutes and his judgments, that you may live and multiply: and the LORD your God shall bless you in the land where you go to possess it. -- deuteronomy 30:16 +. +But if your heart turn away, so that you will not hear, but shall be drawn away, and worship other gods, and serve them; -- deuteronomy 30:17 +. +I denounce to you this day, that you shall surely perish, and that you shall not prolong your days on the land, where you pass over Jordan to go to possess it. -- deuteronomy 30:18 +. +I call heaven and earth to record this day against you, that I have set before you life and death, blessing and cursing: therefore choose life, that both you and your seed may live: -- deuteronomy 30:19 +. +That you may love the LORD your God, and that you may obey his voice, and that you may hold to him: for he is your life, and the length of your days: that you may dwell in the land which the LORD swore to your fathers, to Abraham, to Isaac, and to Jacob, to give them. -- deuteronomy 30:20 +. +And Moses went and spoke these words to all Israel. -- deuteronomy 31:1 +. +And he said to them, I am an hundred and twenty years old this day; I can no more go out and come in: also the LORD has said to me, You shall not go over this Jordan. -- deuteronomy 31:2 +. +The LORD your God, he will go over before you, and he will destroy these nations from before you, and you shall possess them: and Joshua, he shall go over before you, as the LORD has said. -- deuteronomy 31:3 +. +And the LORD shall do to them as he did to Sihon and to Og, kings of the Amorites, and to the land of them, whom he destroyed. -- deuteronomy 31:4 +. +And the LORD shall give them up before your face, that you may do to them according to all the commandments which I have commanded you. -- deuteronomy 31:5 +. +Be strong and of a good courage, fear not, nor be afraid of them: for the LORD your God, he it is that does go with you; he will not fail you, nor forsake you. -- deuteronomy 31:6 +. +And Moses called to Joshua, and said to him in the sight of all Israel, Be strong and of a good courage: for you must go with this people to the land which the LORD has sworn to their fathers to give them; and you shall cause them to inherit it. -- deuteronomy 31:7 +. +And the LORD, he it is that does go before you; he will be with you, he will not fail you, neither forsake you: fear not, neither be dismayed. -- deuteronomy 31:8 +. +And Moses wrote this law, and delivered it to the priests the sons of Levi, which bore the ark of the covenant of the LORD, and to all the elders of Israel. -- deuteronomy 31:9 +. +And Moses commanded them, saying, At the end of every seven years, in the solemnity of the year of release, in the feast of tabernacles, -- deuteronomy 31:10 +. +When all Israel is come to appear before the LORD your God in the place which he shall choose, you shall read this law before all Israel in their hearing. -- deuteronomy 31:11 +. +Gather the people together, men and women, and children, and your stranger that is within your gates, that they may hear, and that they may learn, and fear the LORD your God, and observe to do all the words of this law: -- deuteronomy 31:12 +. +And that their children, which have not known any thing, may hear, and learn to fear the LORD your God, as long as you live in the land where you go over Jordan to possess it. -- deuteronomy 31:13 +. +And the LORD said to Moses, Behold, your days approach that you must die: call Joshua, and present yourselves in the tabernacle of the congregation, that I may give him a charge. And Moses and Joshua went, and presented themselves in the tabernacle of the congregation. -- deuteronomy 31:14 +. +And the LORD appeared in the tabernacle in a pillar of a cloud: and the pillar of the cloud stood over the door of the tabernacle. -- deuteronomy 31:15 +. +And the LORD said to Moses, Behold, you shall sleep with your fathers; and this people will rise up, and go a whoring after the gods of the strangers of the land, where they go to be among them, and will forsake me, and break my covenant which I have made with them. -- deuteronomy 31:16 +. +Then my anger shall be kindled against them in that day, and I will forsake them, and I will hide my face from them, and they shall be devoured, and many evils and troubles shall befall them; so that they will say in that day, Are not these evils come on us, because our God is not among us? -- deuteronomy 31:17 +. +And I will surely hide my face in that day for all the evils which they shall have worked, in that they are turned to other gods. -- deuteronomy 31:18 +. +Now therefore write you this song for you, and teach it the children of Israel: put it in their mouths, that this song may be a witness for me against the children of Israel. -- deuteronomy 31:19 +. +For when I shall have brought them into the land which I swore to their fathers, that flows with milk and honey; and they shall have eaten and filled themselves, and waxen fat; then will they turn to other gods, and serve them, and provoke me, and break my covenant. -- deuteronomy 31:20 +. +And it shall come to pass, when many evils and troubles are befallen them, that this song shall testify against them as a witness; for it shall not be forgotten out of the mouths of their seed: for I know their imagination which they go about, even now, before I have brought them into the land which I swore. -- deuteronomy 31:21 +. +Moses therefore wrote this song the same day, and taught it the children of Israel. -- deuteronomy 31:22 +. +And he gave Joshua the son of Nun a charge, and said, Be strong and of a good courage: for you shall bring the children of Israel into the land which I swore to them: and I will be with you. -- deuteronomy 31:23 +. +And it came to pass, when Moses had made an end of writing the words of this law in a book, until they were finished, -- deuteronomy 31:24 +. +That Moses commanded the Levites, which bore the ark of the covenant of the LORD, saying, -- deuteronomy 31:25 +. +Take this book of the law, and put it in the side of the ark of the covenant of the LORD your God, that it may be there for a witness against you. -- deuteronomy 31:26 +. +For I know your rebellion, and your stiff neck: behold, while I am yet alive with you this day, you have been rebellious against the LORD; and how much more after my death? -- deuteronomy 31:27 +. +Gather to me all the elders of your tribes, and your officers, that I may speak these words in their ears, and call heaven and earth to record against them. -- deuteronomy 31:28 +. +For I know that after my death you will utterly corrupt yourselves, and turn aside from the way which I have commanded you; and evil will befall you in the latter days; because you will do evil in the sight of the LORD, to provoke him to anger through the work of your hands. -- deuteronomy 31:29 +. +And Moses spoke in the ears of all the congregation of Israel the words of this song, until they were ended. -- deuteronomy 31:30 +. +Give ear, O you heavens, and I will speak; and hear, O earth, the words of my mouth. -- deuteronomy 32:1 +. +My doctrine shall drop as the rain, my speech shall distil as the dew, as the small rain on the tender herb, and as the showers on the grass: -- deuteronomy 32:2 +. +Because I will publish the name of the LORD: ascribe you greatness to our God. -- deuteronomy 32:3 +. +He is the Rock, his work is perfect: for all his ways are judgment: a God of truth and without iniquity, just and right is he. -- deuteronomy 32:4 +. +They have corrupted themselves, their spot is not the spot of his children: they are a perverse and crooked generation. -- deuteronomy 32:5 +. +Do you thus requite the LORD, O foolish people and unwise? is not he your father that has bought you? has he not made you, and established you? -- deuteronomy 32:6 +. +Remember the days of old, consider the years of many generations: ask your father, and he will show you; your elders, and they will tell you. -- deuteronomy 32:7 +. +When the Most High divided to the nations their inheritance, when he separated the sons of Adam, he set the bounds of the people according to the number of the children of Israel. -- deuteronomy 32:8 +. +For the LORD' portion is his people; Jacob is the lot of his inheritance. -- deuteronomy 32:9 +. +He found him in a desert land, and in the waste howling wilderness; he led him about, he instructed him, he kept him as the apple of his eye. -- deuteronomy 32:10 +. +As an eagle stirs up her nest, flutters over her young, spreads abroad her wings, takes them, bears them on her wings: -- deuteronomy 32:11 +. +So the LORD alone did lead him, and there was no strange god with him. -- deuteronomy 32:12 +. +He made him ride on the high places of the earth, that he might eat the increase of the fields; and he made him to suck honey out of the rock, and oil out of the flinty rock; -- deuteronomy 32:13 +. +Butter of cows, and milk of sheep, with fat of lambs, and rams of the breed of Bashan, and goats, with the fat of kidneys of wheat; and you did drink the pure blood of the grape. -- deuteronomy 32:14 +. +But Jeshurun waxed fat, and kicked: you are waxen fat, you are grown thick, you are covered with fatness; then he forsook God which made him, and lightly esteemed the Rock of his salvation. -- deuteronomy 32:15 +. +They provoked him to jealousy with strange gods, with abominations provoked they him to anger. -- deuteronomy 32:16 +. +They sacrificed to devils, not to God; to gods whom they knew not, to new gods that came newly up, whom your fathers feared not. -- deuteronomy 32:17 +. +Of the Rock that begat you you are unmindful, and have forgotten God that formed you. -- deuteronomy 32:18 +. +And when the LORD saw it, he abhorred them, because of the provoking of his sons, and of his daughters. -- deuteronomy 32:19 +. +And he said, I will hide my face from them, I will see what their end shall be: for they are a very fraudulent generation, children in whom is no faith. -- deuteronomy 32:20 +. +They have moved me to jealousy with that which is not God; they have provoked me to anger with their vanities: and I will move them to jealousy with those which are not a people; I will provoke them to anger with a foolish nation. -- deuteronomy 32:21 +. +For a fire is kindled in my anger, and shall burn to the lowest hell, and shall consume the earth with her increase, and set on fire the foundations of the mountains. -- deuteronomy 32:22 +. +I will heap mischiefs on them; I will spend my arrows on them. -- deuteronomy 32:23 +. +They shall be burnt with hunger, and devoured with burning heat, and with bitter destruction: I will also send the teeth of beasts on them, with the poison of serpents of the dust. -- deuteronomy 32:24 +. +The sword without, and terror within, shall destroy both the young man and the virgin, the suckling also with the man of gray hairs. -- deuteronomy 32:25 +. +I said, I would scatter them into corners, I would make the remembrance of them to cease from among men: -- deuteronomy 32:26 +. +Were it not that I feared the wrath of the enemy, lest their adversaries should behave themselves strangely, and lest they should say, Our hand is high, and the LORD has not done all this. -- deuteronomy 32:27 +. +For they are a nation void of counsel, neither is there any understanding in them. -- deuteronomy 32:28 +. +O that they were wise, that they understood this, that they would consider their latter end! -- deuteronomy 32:29 +. +How should one chase a thousand, and two put ten thousand to flight, except their Rock had sold them, and the LORD had shut them up? -- deuteronomy 32:30 +. +For their rock is not as our Rock, even our enemies themselves being judges. -- deuteronomy 32:31 +. +For their vine is of the vine of Sodom, and of the fields of Gomorrah: their grapes are grapes of gall, their clusters are bitter: -- deuteronomy 32:32 +. +Their wine is the poison of dragons, and the cruel venom of asps. -- deuteronomy 32:33 +. +Is not this laid up in store with me, and sealed up among my treasures? -- deuteronomy 32:34 +. +To me belongs vengeance and recompense; their foot shall slide in due time: for the day of their calamity is at hand, and the things that shall come on them make haste. -- deuteronomy 32:35 +. +For the LORD shall judge his people, and repent himself for his servants, when he sees that their power is gone, and there is none shut up, or left. -- deuteronomy 32:36 +. +And he shall say, Where are their gods, their rock in whom they trusted, -- deuteronomy 32:37 +. +Which did eat the fat of their sacrifices, and drank the wine of their drink offerings? let them rise up and help you, and be your protection. -- deuteronomy 32:38 +. +See now that I, even I, am he, and there is no god with me: I kill, and I make alive; I wound, and I heal: neither is there any that can deliver out of my hand. -- deuteronomy 32:39 +. +For I lift up my hand to heaven, and say, I live for ever. -- deuteronomy 32:40 +. +If I whet my glittering sword, and my hand take hold on judgment; I will render vengeance to my enemies, and will reward them that hate me. -- deuteronomy 32:41 +. +I will make my arrows drunk with blood, and my sword shall devour flesh; and that with the blood of the slain and of the captives, from the beginning of revenges on the enemy. -- deuteronomy 32:42 +. +Rejoice, O you nations, with his people: for he will avenge the blood of his servants, and will render vengeance to his adversaries, and will be merciful to his land, and to his people. -- deuteronomy 32:43 +. +And Moses came and spoke all the words of this song in the ears of the people, he, and Hoshea the son of Nun. -- deuteronomy 32:44 +. +And Moses made an end of speaking all these words to all Israel: -- deuteronomy 32:45 +. +And he said to them, Set your hearts to all the words which I testify among you this day, which you shall command your children to observe to do, all the words of this law. -- deuteronomy 32:46 +. +For it is not a vain thing for you; because it is your life: and through this thing you shall prolong your days in the land, where you go over Jordan to possess it. -- deuteronomy 32:47 +. +And the LORD spoke to Moses that selfsame day, saying, -- deuteronomy 32:48 +. +Get you up into this mountain Abarim, to mount Nebo, which is in the land of Moab, that is over against Jericho; and behold the land of Canaan, which I give to the children of Israel for a possession: -- deuteronomy 32:49 +. +And die in the mount where you go up, and be gathered to your people; as Aaron your brother died in mount Hor, and was gathered to his people: -- deuteronomy 32:50 +. +Because you trespassed against me among the children of Israel at the waters of MeribahKadesh, in the wilderness of Zin; because you sanctified me not in the middle of the children of Israel. -- deuteronomy 32:51 +. +Yet you shall see the land before you; but you shall not go thither to the land which I give the children of Israel. -- deuteronomy 32:52 +. +And this is the blessing, with which Moses the man of God blessed the children of Israel before his death. -- deuteronomy 33:1 +. +And he said, The LORD came from Sinai, and rose up from Seir to them; he shined forth from mount Paran, and he came with ten thousands of saints: from his right hand went a fiery law for them. -- deuteronomy 33:2 +. +Yes, he loved the people; all his saints are in your hand: and they sat down at your feet; every one shall receive of your words. -- deuteronomy 33:3 +. +Moses commanded us a law, even the inheritance of the congregation of Jacob. -- deuteronomy 33:4 +. +And he was king in Jeshurun, when the heads of the people and the tribes of Israel were gathered together. -- deuteronomy 33:5 +. +Let Reuben live, and not die; and let not his men be few. -- deuteronomy 33:6 +. +And this is the blessing of Judah: and he said, Hear, LORD, the voice of Judah, and bring him to his people: let his hands be sufficient for him; and be you an help to him from his enemies. -- deuteronomy 33:7 +. +And of Levi he said, Let your Thummim and your Urim be with your holy one, whom you did prove at Massah, and with whom you did strive at the waters of Meribah; -- deuteronomy 33:8 +. +Who said to his father and to his mother, I have not seen him; neither did he acknowledge his brothers, nor knew his own children: for they have observed your word, and kept your covenant. -- deuteronomy 33:9 +. +They shall teach Jacob your judgments, and Israel your law: they shall put incense before you, and whole burnt sacrifice on your altar. -- deuteronomy 33:10 +. +Bless, LORD, his substance, and accept the work of his hands; smite through the loins of them that rise against him, and of them that hate him, that they rise not again. -- deuteronomy 33:11 +. +And of Benjamin he said, The beloved of the LORD shall dwell in safety by him; and the Lord shall cover him all the day long, and he shall dwell between his shoulders. -- deuteronomy 33:12 +. +And of Joseph he said, Blessed of the LORD be his land, for the precious things of heaven, for the dew, and for the deep that coucheth beneath, -- deuteronomy 33:13 +. +And for the precious fruits brought forth by the sun, and for the precious things put forth by the moon, -- deuteronomy 33:14 +. +And for the chief things of the ancient mountains, and for the precious things of the lasting hills, -- deuteronomy 33:15 +. +And for the precious things of the earth and fullness thereof, and for the good will of him that dwelled in the bush: let the blessing come on the head of Joseph, and on the top of the head of him that was separated from his brothers. -- deuteronomy 33:16 +. +His glory is like the firstling of his bullock, and his horns are like the horns of unicorns: with them he shall push the people together to the ends of the earth: and they are the ten thousands of Ephraim, and they are the thousands of Manasseh. -- deuteronomy 33:17 +. +And of Zebulun he said, Rejoice, Zebulun, in your going out; and, Issachar, in your tents. -- deuteronomy 33:18 +. +They shall call the people to the mountain; there they shall offer sacrifices of righteousness: for they shall suck of the abundance of the seas, and of treasures hid in the sand. -- deuteronomy 33:19 +. +And of Gad he said, Blessed be he that enlarges Gad: he dwells as a lion, and tears the arm with the crown of the head. -- deuteronomy 33:20 +. +And he provided the first part for himself, because there, in a portion of the lawgiver, was he seated; and he came with the heads of the people, he executed the justice of the LORD, and his judgments with Israel. -- deuteronomy 33:21 +. +And of Dan he said, Dan is a lion' whelp: he shall leap from Bashan. -- deuteronomy 33:22 +. +And of Naphtali he said, O Naphtali, satisfied with favor, and full with the blessing of the LORD: possess you the west and the south. -- deuteronomy 33:23 +. +And of Asher he said, Let Asher be blessed with children; let him be acceptable to his brothers, and let him dip his foot in oil. -- deuteronomy 33:24 +. +Your shoes shall be iron and brass; and as your days, so shall your strength be. -- deuteronomy 33:25 +. +There is none like to the God of Jeshurun, who rides on the heaven in your help, and in his excellency on the sky. -- deuteronomy 33:26 +. +The eternal God is your refuge, and underneath are the everlasting arms: and he shall thrust out the enemy from before you; and shall say, Destroy them. -- deuteronomy 33:27 +. +Israel then shall dwell in safety alone: the fountain of Jacob shall be on a land of corn and wine; also his heavens shall drop down dew. -- deuteronomy 33:28 +. +Happy are you, O Israel: who is like to you, O people saved by the LORD, the shield of your help, and who is the sword of your excellency! and your enemies shall be found liars to you; and you shall tread on their high places. -- deuteronomy 33:29 +. +And Moses went up from the plains of Moab to the mountain of Nebo, to the top of Pisgah, that is over against Jericho. And the LORD showed him all the land of Gilead, to Dan, -- deuteronomy 34:1 +. +And all Naphtali, and the land of Ephraim, and Manasseh, and all the land of Judah, to the utmost sea, -- deuteronomy 34:2 +. +And the south, and the plain of the valley of Jericho, the city of palm trees, to Zoar. -- deuteronomy 34:3 +. +And the LORD said to him, This is the land which I swore to Abraham, to Isaac, and to Jacob, saying, I will give it to your seed: I have caused you to see it with your eyes, but you shall not go over thither. -- deuteronomy 34:4 +. +So Moses the servant of the LORD died there in the land of Moab, according to the word of the LORD. -- deuteronomy 34:5 +. +And he buried him in a valley in the land of Moab, over against Bethpeor: but no man knows of his sepulcher to this day. -- deuteronomy 34:6 +. +And Moses was an hundred and twenty years old when he died: his eye was not dim, nor his natural force abated. -- deuteronomy 34:7 +. +And the children of Israel wept for Moses in the plains of Moab thirty days: so the days of weeping and mourning for Moses were ended. -- deuteronomy 34:8 +. +And Joshua the son of Nun was full of the spirit of wisdom; for Moses had laid his hands on him: and the children of Israel listened to him, and did as the LORD commanded Moses. -- deuteronomy 34:9 +. +And there arose not a prophet since in Israel like to Moses, whom the LORD knew face to face, -- deuteronomy 34:10 +. +In all the signs and the wonders, which the LORD sent him to do in the land of Egypt to Pharaoh, and to all his servants, and to all his land, -- deuteronomy 34:11 +. +And in all that mighty hand, and in all the great terror which Moses showed in the sight of all Israel. -- deuteronomy 34:12 +. +Now after the death of Moses the servant of the LORD it came to pass, that the LORD spoke to Joshua the son of Nun, Moses'minister, saying, -- joshua 1:1 +. +Moses my servant is dead; now therefore arise, go over this Jordan, you, and all this people, to the land which I do give to them, even to the children of Israel. -- joshua 1:2 +. +Every place that the sole of your foot shall tread on, that have I given to you, as I said to Moses. -- joshua 1:3 +. +From the wilderness and this Lebanon even to the great river, the river Euphrates, all the land of the Hittites, and to the great sea toward the going down of the sun, shall be your coast. -- joshua 1:4 +. +There shall not any man be able to stand before you all the days of your life: as I was with Moses, so I will be with you: I will not fail you, nor forsake you. -- joshua 1:5 +. +Be strong and of a good courage: for to this people shall you divide for an inheritance the land, which I swore to their fathers to give them. -- joshua 1:6 +. +Only be you strong and very courageous, that you may observe to do according to all the law, which Moses my servant commanded you: turn not from it to the right hand or to the left, that you may prosper wherever you go. -- joshua 1:7 +. +This book of the law shall not depart out of your mouth; but you shall meditate therein day and night, that you may observe to do according to all that is written therein: for then you shall make your way prosperous, and then you shall have good success. -- joshua 1:8 +. +Have not I commanded you? Be strong and of a good courage; be not afraid, neither be you dismayed: for the LORD your God is with you wherever you go. -- joshua 1:9 +. +Then Joshua commanded the officers of the people, saying, -- joshua 1:10 +. +Pass through the host, and command the people, saying, Prepare you victuals; for within three days you shall pass over this Jordan, to go in to possess the land, which the LORD your God gives you to possess it. -- joshua 1:11 +. +And to the Reubenites, and to the Gadites, and to half the tribe of Manasseh, spoke Joshua, saying, -- joshua 1:12 +. +Remember the word which Moses the servant of the LORD commanded you, saying, The LORD your God has given you rest, and has given you this land. -- joshua 1:13 +. +Your wives, your little ones, and your cattle, shall remain in the land which Moses gave you on this side Jordan; but you shall pass before your brothers armed, all the mighty men of valor, and help them; -- joshua 1:14 +. +Until the LORD have given your brothers rest, as he has given you, and they also have possessed the land which the LORD your God gives them: then you shall return to the land of your possession, and enjoy it, which Moses the LORD' servant gave you on this side Jordan toward the sun rise. -- joshua 1:15 +. +And they answered Joshua, saying, All that you command us we will do, and wherever you send us, we will go. -- joshua 1:16 +. +According as we listened to Moses in all things, so will we listen to you: only the LORD your God be with you, as he was with Moses. -- joshua 1:17 +. +Whoever he be that does rebel against your commandment, and will not listen to your words in all that you command him, he shall be put to death: only be strong and of a good courage. -- joshua 1:18 +. +And Joshua the son of Nun sent out of Shittim two men to spy secretly, saying, Go view the land, even Jericho. And they went, and came into an harlot' house, named Rahab, and lodged there. -- joshua 2:1 +. +And it was told the king of Jericho, saying, Behold, there came men in here to night of the children of Israel to search out the country. -- joshua 2:2 +. +And the king of Jericho sent to Rahab, saying, Bring forth the men that are come to you, which are entered into your house: for they be come to search out all the country. -- joshua 2:3 +. +And the woman took the two men, and hid them, and said thus, There came men to me, but I knew not from where they were: -- joshua 2:4 +. +And it came to pass about the time of shutting of the gate, when it was dark, that the men went out: where the men went I know not: pursue after them quickly; for you shall overtake them. -- joshua 2:5 +. +But she had brought them up to the roof of the house, and hid them with the stalks of flax, which she had laid in order on the roof. -- joshua 2:6 +. +And the men pursued after them the way to Jordan to the fords: and as soon as they which pursued after them were gone out, they shut the gate. -- joshua 2:7 +. +And before they were laid down, she came up to them on the roof; -- joshua 2:8 +. +And she said to the men, I know that the LORD has given you the land, and that your terror is fallen on us, and that all the inhabitants of the land faint because of you. -- joshua 2:9 +. +For we have heard how the LORD dried up the water of the Red sea for you, when you came out of Egypt; and what you did to the two kings of the Amorites, that were on the other side Jordan, Sihon and Og, whom you utterly destroyed. -- joshua 2:10 +. +And as soon as we had heard these things, our hearts did melt, neither did there remain any more courage in any man, because of you: for the LORD your God, he is God in heaven above, and in earth beneath. -- joshua 2:11 +. +Now therefore, I pray you, swear to me by the LORD, since I have showed you kindness, that you will also show kindness to my father' house, and give me a true token: -- joshua 2:12 +. +And that you will save alive my father, and my mother, and my brothers, and my sisters, and all that they have, and deliver our lives from death. -- joshua 2:13 +. +And the men answered her, Our life for yours, if you utter not this our business. And it shall be, when the LORD has given us the land, that we will deal kindly and truly with you. -- joshua 2:14 +. +Then she let them down by a cord through the window: for her house was on the town wall, and she dwelled on the wall. -- joshua 2:15 +. +And she said to them, Get you to the mountain, lest the pursuers meet you; and hide yourselves there three days, until the pursuers be returned: and afterward may you go your way. -- joshua 2:16 +. +And the men said to her, We will be blameless of this your oath which you have made us swear. -- joshua 2:17 +. +Behold, when we come into the land, you shall bind this line of scarlet thread in the window which you did let us down by: and you shall bring your father, and your mother, and your brothers, and all your father' household, home to you. -- joshua 2:18 +. +And it shall be, that whoever shall go out of the doors of your house into the street, his blood shall be on his head, and we will be guiltless: and whoever shall be with you in the house, his blood shall be on our head, if any hand be on him. -- joshua 2:19 +. +And if you utter this our business, then we will be quit of your oath which you have made us to swear. -- joshua 2:20 +. +And she said, According to your words, so be it. And she sent them away, and they departed: and she bound the scarlet line in the window. -- joshua 2:21 +. +And they went, and came to the mountain, and stayed there three days, until the pursuers were returned: and the pursuers sought them throughout all the way, but found them not. -- joshua 2:22 +. +So the two men returned, and descended from the mountain, and passed over, and came to Joshua the son of Nun, and told him all things that befell them: -- joshua 2:23 +. +And they said to Joshua, Truly the LORD has delivered into our hands all the land; for even all the inhabitants of the country do faint because of us. -- joshua 2:24 +. +And Joshua rose early in the morning; and they removed from Shittim, and came to Jordan, he and all the children of Israel, and lodged there before they passed over. -- joshua 3:1 +. +And it came to pass after three days, that the officers went through the host; -- joshua 3:2 +. +And they commanded the people, saying, When you see the ark of the covenant of the LORD your God, and the priests the Levites bearing it, then you shall remove from your place, and go after it. -- joshua 3:3 +. +Yet there shall be a space between you and it, about two thousand cubits by measure: come not near to it, that you may know the way by which you must go: for you have not passed this way heretofore. -- joshua 3:4 +. +And Joshua said to the people, Sanctify yourselves: for to morrow the LORD will do wonders among you. -- joshua 3:5 +. +And Joshua spoke to the priests, saying, Take up the ark of the covenant, and pass over before the people. And they took up the ark of the covenant, and went before the people. -- joshua 3:6 +. +And the LORD said to Joshua, This day will I begin to magnify you in the sight of all Israel, that they may know that, as I was with Moses, so I will be with you. -- joshua 3:7 +. +And you shall command the priests that bear the ark of the covenant, saying, When you are come to the brink of the water of Jordan, you shall stand still in Jordan. -- joshua 3:8 +. +And Joshua said to the children of Israel, Come here, and hear the words of the LORD your God. -- joshua 3:9 +. +And Joshua said, Hereby you shall know that the living God is among you, and that he will without fail drive out from before you the Canaanites, and the Hittites, and the Hivites, and the Perizzites, and the Girgashites, and the Amorites, and the Jebusites. -- joshua 3:10 +. +Behold, the ark of the covenant of the LORD of all the earth passes over before you into Jordan. -- joshua 3:11 +. +Now therefore take you twelve men out of the tribes of Israel, out of every tribe a man. -- joshua 3:12 +. +And it shall come to pass, as soon as the soles of the feet of the priests that bear the ark of the LORD, the LORD of all the earth, shall rest in the waters of Jordan, that the waters of Jordan shall be cut off from the waters that come down from above; and they shall stand on an heap. -- joshua 3:13 +. +And it came to pass, when the people removed from their tents, to pass over Jordan, and the priests bearing the ark of the covenant before the people; -- joshua 3:14 +. +And as they that bore the ark were come to Jordan, and the feet of the priests that bore the ark were dipped in the brim of the water, (for Jordan overflows all his banks all the time of harvest,) -- joshua 3:15 +. +That the waters which came down from above stood and rose up on an heap very far from the city Adam, that is beside Zaretan: and those that came down toward the sea of the plain, even the salt sea, failed, and were cut off: and the people passed over right against Jericho. -- joshua 3:16 +. +And the priests that bore the ark of the covenant of the LORD stood firm on dry ground in the middle of Jordan, and all the Israelites passed over on dry ground, until all the people were passed clean over Jordan. -- joshua 3:17 +. +And it came to pass, when all the people were clean passed over Jordan, that the LORD spoke to Joshua, saying, -- joshua 4:1 +. +Take you twelve men out of the people, out of every tribe a man, -- joshua 4:2 +. +And command you them, saying, Take you hence out of the middle of Jordan, out of the place where the priests'feet stood firm, twelve stones, and you shall carry them over with you, and leave them in the lodging place, where you shall lodge this night. -- joshua 4:3 +. +Then Joshua called the twelve men, whom he had prepared of the children of Israel, out of every tribe a man: -- joshua 4:4 +. +And Joshua said to them, Pass over before the ark of the LORD your God into the middle of Jordan, and take you up every man of you a stone on his shoulder, according to the number of the tribes of the children of Israel: -- joshua 4:5 +. +That this may be a sign among you, that when your children ask their fathers in time to come, saying, What mean you by these stones? -- joshua 4:6 +. +Then you shall answer them, That the waters of Jordan were cut off before the ark of the covenant of the LORD; when it passed over Jordan, the waters of Jordan were cut off: and these stones shall be for a memorial to the children of Israel for ever. -- joshua 4:7 +. +And the children of Israel did so as Joshua commanded, and took up twelve stones out of the middle of Jordan, as the LORD spoke to Joshua, according to the number of the tribes of the children of Israel, and carried them over with them to the place where they lodged, and laid them down there. -- joshua 4:8 +. +And Joshua set up twelve stones in the middle of Jordan, in the place where the feet of the priests which bore the ark of the covenant stood: and they are there to this day. -- joshua 4:9 +. +For the priests which bore the ark stood in the middle of Jordan, until everything was finished that the LORD commanded Joshua to speak to the people, according to all that Moses commanded Joshua: and the people hurried and passed over. -- joshua 4:10 +. +And it came to pass, when all the people were clean passed over, that the ark of the LORD passed over, and the priests, in the presence of the people. -- joshua 4:11 +. +And the children of Reuben, and the children of Gad, and half the tribe of Manasseh, passed over armed before the children of Israel, as Moses spoke to them: -- joshua 4:12 +. +About forty thousand prepared for war passed over before the LORD to battle, to the plains of Jericho. -- joshua 4:13 +. +On that day the LORD magnified Joshua in the sight of all Israel; and they feared him, as they feared Moses, all the days of his life. -- joshua 4:14 +. +And the LORD spoke to Joshua, saying, -- joshua 4:15 +. +Command the priests that bear the ark of the testimony, that they come up out of Jordan. -- joshua 4:16 +. +Joshua therefore commanded the priests, saying, Come you up out of Jordan. -- joshua 4:17 +. +And it came to pass, when the priests that bore the ark of the covenant of the LORD were come up out of the middle of Jordan, and the soles of the priests'feet were lifted up to the dry land, that the waters of Jordan returned to their place, and flowed over all his banks, as they did before. -- joshua 4:18 +. +And the people came up out of Jordan on the tenth day of the first month, and encamped in Gilgal, in the east border of Jericho. -- joshua 4:19 +. +And those twelve stones, which they took out of Jordan, did Joshua pitch in Gilgal. -- joshua 4:20 +. +And he spoke to the children of Israel, saying, When your children shall ask their fathers in time to come, saying, What mean these stones? -- joshua 4:21 +. +Then you shall let your children know, saying, Israel came over this Jordan on dry land. -- joshua 4:22 +. +For the LORD your God dried up the waters of Jordan from before you, until you were passed over, as the LORD your God did to the Red sea, which he dried up from before us, until we were gone over: -- joshua 4:23 +. +That all the people of the earth might know the hand of the LORD, that it is mighty: that you might fear the LORD your God for ever. -- joshua 4:24 +. +And it came to pass, when all the kings of the Amorites, which were on the side of Jordan westward, and all the kings of the Canaanites, which were by the sea, heard that the LORD had dried up the waters of Jordan from before the children of Israel, until we were passed over, that their heart melted, neither was there spirit in them any more, because of the children of Israel. -- joshua 5:1 +. +At that time the LORD said to Joshua, Make you sharp knives, and circumcise again the children of Israel the second time. -- joshua 5:2 +. +And Joshua made him sharp knives, and circumcised the children of Israel at the hill of the foreskins. -- joshua 5:3 +. +And this is the cause why Joshua did circumcise: All the people that came out of Egypt, that were males, even all the men of war, died in the wilderness by the way, after they came out of Egypt. -- joshua 5:4 +. +Now all the people that came out were circumcised: but all the people that were born in the wilderness by the way as they came forth out of Egypt, them they had not circumcised. -- joshua 5:5 +. +For the children of Israel walked forty years in the wilderness, till all the people that were men of war, which came out of Egypt, were consumed, because they obeyed not the voice of the LORD: to whom the LORD swore that he would not show them the land, which the LORD swore to their fathers that he would give us, a land that flows with milk and honey. -- joshua 5:6 +. +And their children, whom he raised up in their stead, them Joshua circumcised: for they were uncircumcised, because they had not circumcised them by the way. -- joshua 5:7 +. +And it came to pass, when they had done circumcising all the people, that they stayed in their places in the camp, till they were whole. -- joshua 5:8 +. +And the LORD said to Joshua, This day have I rolled away the reproach of Egypt from off you. Why the name of the place is called Gilgal to this day. -- joshua 5:9 +. +And the children of Israel encamped in Gilgal, and kept the passover on the fourteenth day of the month at even in the plains of Jericho. -- joshua 5:10 +. +And they did eat of the old corn of the land on the morrow after the passover, unleavened cakes, and parched corn in the selfsame day. -- joshua 5:11 +. +And the manna ceased on the morrow after they had eaten of the old corn of the land; neither had the children of Israel manna any more; but they did eat of the fruit of the land of Canaan that year. -- joshua 5:12 +. +And it came to pass, when Joshua was by Jericho, that he lifted up his eyes and looked, and, behold, there stood a man over against him with his sword drawn in his hand: and Joshua went to him, and said to him, Are you for us, or for our adversaries? -- joshua 5:13 +. +And he said, No; but as captain of the host of the LORD am I now come. And Joshua fell on his face to the earth, and did worship, and said to him, What said my Lord to his servant? -- joshua 5:14 +. +And the captain of the LORD' host said to Joshua, Loose your shoe from off your foot; for the place where on you stand is holy. And Joshua did so. -- joshua 5:15 +. +Now Jericho was straightly shut up because of the children of Israel: none went out, and none came in. -- joshua 6:1 +. +And the LORD said to Joshua, See, I have given into your hand Jericho, and the king thereof, and the mighty men of valor. -- joshua 6:2 +. +And you shall compass the city, all you men of war, and go round about the city once. Thus shall you do six days. -- joshua 6:3 +. +And seven priests shall bear before the ark seven trumpets of rams'horns: and the seventh day you shall compass the city seven times, and the priests shall blow with the trumpets. -- joshua 6:4 +. +And it shall come to pass, that when they make a long blast with the ram' horn, and when you hear the sound of the trumpet, all the people shall shout with a great shout; and the wall of the city shall fall down flat, and the people shall ascend up every man straight before him. -- joshua 6:5 +. +And Joshua the son of Nun called the priests, and said to them, Take up the ark of the covenant, and let seven priests bear seven trumpets of rams'horns before the ark of the LORD. -- joshua 6:6 +. +And he said to the people, Pass on, and compass the city, and let him that is armed pass on before the ark of the LORD. -- joshua 6:7 +. +And it came to pass, when Joshua had spoken to the people, that the seven priests bearing the seven trumpets of rams'horns passed on before the LORD, and blew with the trumpets: and the ark of the covenant of the LORD followed them. -- joshua 6:8 +. +And the armed men went before the priests that blew with the trumpets, and the rear guard came after the ark, the priests going on, and blowing with the trumpets. -- joshua 6:9 +. +And Joshua had commanded the people, saying, You shall not shout, nor make any noise with your voice, neither shall any word proceed out of your mouth, until the day I bid you shout; then shall you shout. -- joshua 6:10 +. +So the ark of the LORD compassed the city, going about it once: and they came into the camp, and lodged in the camp. -- joshua 6:11 +. +And Joshua rose early in the morning, and the priests took up the ark of the LORD. -- joshua 6:12 +. +And seven priests bearing seven trumpets of rams'horns before the ark of the LORD went on continually, and blew with the trumpets: and the armed men went before them; but the rear guard came after the ark of the LORD, the priests going on, and blowing with the trumpets. -- joshua 6:13 +. +And the second day they compassed the city once, and returned into the camp: so they did six days. -- joshua 6:14 +. +And it came to pass on the seventh day, that they rose early about the dawning of the day, and compassed the city after the same manner seven times: only on that day they compassed the city seven times. -- joshua 6:15 +. +And it came to pass at the seventh time, when the priests blew with the trumpets, Joshua said to the people, Shout; for the LORD has given you the city. -- joshua 6:16 +. +And the city shall be accursed, even it, and all that are therein, to the LORD: only Rahab the harlot shall live, she and all that are with her in the house, because she hid the messengers that we sent. -- joshua 6:17 +. +And you, in any wise keep yourselves from the accursed thing, lest you make yourselves accursed, when you take of the accursed thing, and make the camp of Israel a curse, and trouble it. -- joshua 6:18 +. +But all the silver, and gold, and vessels of brass and iron, are consecrated to the LORD: they shall come into the treasury of the LORD. -- joshua 6:19 +. +So the people shouted when the priests blew with the trumpets: and it came to pass, when the people heard the sound of the trumpet, and the people shouted with a great shout, that the wall fell down flat, so that the people went up into the city, every man straight before him, and they took the city. -- joshua 6:20 +. +And they utterly destroyed all that was in the city, both man and woman, young and old, and ox, and sheep, and ass, with the edge of the sword. -- joshua 6:21 +. +But Joshua had said to the two men that had spied out the country, Go into the harlot' house, and bring out there the woman, and all that she has, as you swore to her. -- joshua 6:22 +. +And the young men that were spies went in, and brought out Rahab, and her father, and her mother, and her brothers, and all that she had; and they brought out all her kindred, and left them without the camp of Israel. -- joshua 6:23 +. +And they burnt the city with fire, and all that was therein: only the silver, and the gold, and the vessels of brass and of iron, they put into the treasury of the house of the LORD. -- joshua 6:24 +. +And Joshua saved Rahab the harlot alive, and her father' household, and all that she had; and she dwells in Israel even to this day; because she hid the messengers, which Joshua sent to spy out Jericho. -- joshua 6:25 +. +And Joshua adjured them at that time, saying, Cursed be the man before the LORD, that rises up and builds this city Jericho: he shall lay the foundation thereof in his firstborn, and in his youngest son shall he set up the gates of it. -- joshua 6:26 +. +So the LORD was with Joshua; and his fame was noised throughout all the country. -- joshua 6:27 +. +But the children of Israel committed a trespass in the accursed thing: for Achan, the son of Carmi, the son of Zabdi, the son of Zerah, of the tribe of Judah, took of the accursed thing: and the anger of the LORD was kindled against the children of Israel. -- joshua 7:1 +. +And Joshua sent men from Jericho to Ai, which is beside Bethaven, on the east of Bethel, and spoke to them, saying, Go up and view the country. And the men went up and viewed Ai. -- joshua 7:2 +. +And they returned to Joshua, and said to him, Let not all the people go up; but let about two or three thousand men go up and smite Ai; and make not all the people to labor thither; for they are but few. -- joshua 7:3 +. +So there went up thither of the people about three thousand men: and they fled before the men of Ai. -- joshua 7:4 +. +And the men of Ai smote of them about thirty and six men: for they chased them from before the gate even to Shebarim, and smote them in the going down: why the hearts of the people melted, and became as water. -- joshua 7:5 +. +And Joshua rent his clothes, and fell to the earth on his face before the ark of the LORD until the eventide, he and the elders of Israel, and put dust on their heads. -- joshua 7:6 +. +And Joshua said, Alas, O LORD God, why have you at all brought this people over Jordan, to deliver us into the hand of the Amorites, to destroy us? would to God we had been content, and dwelled on the other side Jordan! -- joshua 7:7 +. +O LORD, what shall I say, when Israel turns their backs before their enemies! -- joshua 7:8 +. +For the Canaanites and all the inhabitants of the land shall hear of it, and shall environ us round, and cut off our name from the earth: and what will you do to your great name? -- joshua 7:9 +. +And the LORD said to Joshua, Get you up; why lie you thus on your face? -- joshua 7:10 +. +Israel has sinned, and they have also transgressed my covenant which I commanded them: for they have even taken of the accursed thing, and have also stolen, and dissembled also, and they have put it even among their own stuff. -- joshua 7:11 +. +Therefore the children of Israel could not stand before their enemies, but turned their backs before their enemies, because they were accursed: neither will I be with you any more, except you destroy the accursed from among you. -- joshua 7:12 +. +Up, sanctify the people, and say, Sanctify yourselves against to morrow: for thus said the LORD God of Israel, There is an accursed thing in the middle of you, O Israel: you can not stand before your enemies, until you take away the accursed thing from among you. -- joshua 7:13 +. +In the morning therefore you shall be brought according to your tribes: and it shall be, that the tribe which the LORD takes shall come according to the families thereof; and the family which the LORD shall take shall come by households; and the household which the LORD shall take shall come man by man. -- joshua 7:14 +. +And it shall be, that he that is taken with the accursed thing shall be burnt with fire, he and all that he has: because he has transgressed the covenant of the LORD, and because he has worked folly in Israel. -- joshua 7:15 +. +So Joshua rose up early in the morning, and brought Israel by their tribes; and the tribe of Judah was taken: -- joshua 7:16 +. +And he brought the family of Judah; and he took the family of the Zarhites: and he brought the family of the Zarhites man by man; and Zabdi was taken: -- joshua 7:17 +. +And he brought his household man by man; and Achan, the son of Carmi, the son of Zabdi, the son of Zerah, of the tribe of Judah, was taken. -- joshua 7:18 +. +And Joshua said to Achan, My son, give, I pray you, glory to the LORD God of Israel, and make confession to him; and tell me now what you have done; hide it not from me. -- joshua 7:19 +. +And Achan answered Joshua, and said, Indeed I have sinned against the LORD God of Israel, and thus and thus have I done: -- joshua 7:20 +. +When I saw among the spoils a goodly Babylonish garment, and two hundred shekels of silver, and a wedge of gold of fifty shekels weight, then I coveted them, and took them; and, behold, they are hid in the earth in the middle of my tent, and the silver under it. -- joshua 7:21 +. +So Joshua sent messengers, and they ran to the tent; and, behold, it was hid in his tent, and the silver under it. -- joshua 7:22 +. +And they took them out of the middle of the tent, and brought them to Joshua, and to all the children of Israel, and laid them out before the LORD. -- joshua 7:23 +. +And Joshua, and all Israel with him, took Achan the son of Zerah, and the silver, and the garment, and the wedge of gold, and his sons, and his daughters, and his oxen, and his asses, and his sheep, and his tent, and all that he had: and they brought them to the valley of Achor. -- joshua 7:24 +. +And Joshua said, Why have you troubled us? the LORD shall trouble you this day. And all Israel stoned him with stones, and burned them with fire, after they had stoned them with stones. -- joshua 7:25 +. +And they raised over him a great heap of stones to this day. So the LORD turned from the fierceness of his anger. Why the name of that place was called, The valley of Achor, to this day. -- joshua 7:26 +. +And the LORD said to Joshua, Fear not, neither be you dismayed: take all the people of war with you, and arise, go up to Ai: see, I have given into your hand the king of Ai, and his people, and his city, and his land: -- joshua 8:1 +. +And you shall do to Ai and her king as you did to Jericho and her king: only the spoil thereof, and the cattle thereof, shall you take for a prey to yourselves: lay you an ambush for the city behind it. -- joshua 8:2 +. +So Joshua arose, and all the people of war, to go up against Ai: and Joshua chose out thirty thousand mighty men of valor, and sent them away by night. -- joshua 8:3 +. +And he commanded them, saying, Behold, you shall lie in wait against the city, even behind the city: go not very far from the city, but be you all ready: -- joshua 8:4 +. +And I, and all the people that are with me, will approach to the city: and it shall come to pass, when they come out against us, as at the first, that we will flee before them, -- joshua 8:5 +. +(For they will come out after us) till we have drawn them from the city; for they will say, They flee before us, as at the first: therefore we will flee before them. -- joshua 8:6 +. +Then you shall rise up from the ambush, and seize on the city: for the LORD your God will deliver it into your hand. -- joshua 8:7 +. +And it shall be, when you have taken the city, that you shall set the city on fire: according to the commandment of the LORD shall you do. See, I have commanded you. -- joshua 8:8 +. +Joshua therefore sent them forth: and they went to lie in ambush, and stayed between Bethel and Ai, on the west side of Ai: but Joshua lodged that night among the people. -- joshua 8:9 +. +And Joshua rose up early in the morning, and numbered the people, and went up, he and the elders of Israel, before the people to Ai. -- joshua 8:10 +. +And all the people, even the people of war that were with him, went up, and drew near, and came before the city, and pitched on the north side of Ai: now there was a valley between them and Ai. -- joshua 8:11 +. +And he took about five thousand men, and set them to lie in ambush between Bethel and Ai, on the west side of the city. -- joshua 8:12 +. +And when they had set the people, even all the host that was on the north of the city, and their liers in wait on the west of the city, Joshua went that night into the middle of the valley. -- joshua 8:13 +. +And it came to pass, when the king of Ai saw it, that they hurried and rose up early, and the men of the city went out against Israel to battle, he and all his people, at a time appointed, before the plain; but he knew not that there were liers in ambush against him behind the city. -- joshua 8:14 +. +And Joshua and all Israel made as if they were beaten before them, and fled by the way of the wilderness. -- joshua 8:15 +. +And all the people that were in Ai were called together to pursue after them: and they pursued after Joshua, and were drawn away from the city. -- joshua 8:16 +. +And there was not a man left in Ai or Bethel, that went not out after Israel: and they left the city open, and pursued after Israel. -- joshua 8:17 +. +And the LORD said to Joshua, Stretch out the spear that is in your hand toward Ai; for I will give it into your hand. And Joshua stretched out the spear that he had in his hand toward the city. -- joshua 8:18 +. +And the ambush arose quickly out of their place, and they ran as soon as he had stretched out his hand: and they entered into the city, and took it, and hurried and set the city on fire. -- joshua 8:19 +. +And when the men of Ai looked behind them, they saw, and, behold, the smoke of the city ascended up to heaven, and they had no power to flee this way or that way: and the people that fled to the wilderness turned back on the pursuers. -- joshua 8:20 +. +And when Joshua and all Israel saw that the ambush had taken the city, and that the smoke of the city ascended, then they turned again, and slew the men of Ai. -- joshua 8:21 +. +And the other issued out of the city against them; so they were in the middle of Israel, some on this side, and some on that side: and they smote them, so that they let none of them remain or escape. -- joshua 8:22 +. +And the king of Ai they took alive, and brought him to Joshua. -- joshua 8:23 +. +And it came to pass, when Israel had made an end of slaying all the inhabitants of Ai in the field, in the wilderness wherein they chased them, and when they were all fallen on the edge of the sword, until they were consumed, that all the Israelites returned to Ai, and smote it with the edge of the sword. -- joshua 8:24 +. +And so it was, that all that fell that day, both of men and women, were twelve thousand, even all the men of Ai. -- joshua 8:25 +. +For Joshua drew not his hand back, with which he stretched out the spear, until he had utterly destroyed all the inhabitants of Ai. -- joshua 8:26 +. +Only the cattle and the spoil of that city Israel took for a prey to themselves, according to the word of the LORD which he commanded Joshua. -- joshua 8:27 +. +And Joshua burnt Ai, and made it an heap for ever, even a desolation to this day. -- joshua 8:28 +. +And the king of Ai he hanged on a tree until eventide: and as soon as the sun was down, Joshua commanded that they should take his carcass down from the tree, and cast it at the entering of the gate of the city, and raise thereon a great heap of stones, that remains to this day. -- joshua 8:29 +. +Then Joshua built an altar to the LORD God of Israel in mount Ebal, -- joshua 8:30 +. +As Moses the servant of the LORD commanded the children of Israel, as it is written in the book of the law of Moses, an altar of whole stones, over which no man has lift up any iron: and they offered thereon burnt offerings to the LORD, and sacrificed peace offerings. -- joshua 8:31 +. +And he wrote there on the stones a copy of the law of Moses, which he wrote in the presence of the children of Israel. -- joshua 8:32 +. +And all Israel, and their elders, and officers, and their judges, stood on this side the ark and on that side before the priests the Levites, which bore the ark of the covenant of the LORD, as well the stranger, as he that was born among them; half of them over against mount Gerizim, and half of them over against mount Ebal; as Moses the servant of the LORD had commanded before, that they should bless the people of Israel. -- joshua 8:33 +. +And afterward he read all the words of the law, the blessings and cursings, according to all that is written in the book of the law. -- joshua 8:34 +. +There was not a word of all that Moses commanded, which Joshua read not before all the congregation of Israel, with the women, and the little ones, and the strangers that were conversant among them. -- joshua 8:35 +. +And it came to pass, when all the kings which were on this side Jordan, in the hills, and in the valleys, and in all the coasts of the great sea over against Lebanon, the Hittite, and the Amorite, the Canaanite, the Perizzite, the Hivite, and the Jebusite, heard thereof; -- joshua 9:1 +. +That they gathered themselves together, to fight with Joshua and with Israel, with one accord. -- joshua 9:2 +. +And when the inhabitants of Gibeon heard what Joshua had done to Jericho and to Ai, -- joshua 9:3 +. +They did work wilily, and went and made as if they had been ambassadors, and took old sacks on their asses, and wine bottles, old, and rent, and bound up; -- joshua 9:4 +. +And old shoes and clouted on their feet, and old garments on them; and all the bread of their provision was dry and moldy. -- joshua 9:5 +. +And they went to Joshua to the camp at Gilgal, and said to him, and to the men of Israel, We be come from a far country: now therefore make you a league with us. -- joshua 9:6 +. +And the men of Israel said to the Hivites, Peradventure you dwell among us; and how shall we make a league with you? -- joshua 9:7 +. +And they said to Joshua, We are your servants. And Joshua said to them, Who are you? and from from where come you? -- joshua 9:8 +. +And they said to him, From a very far country your servants are come because of the name of the LORD your God: for we have heard the fame of him, and all that he did in Egypt, -- joshua 9:9 +. +And all that he did to the two kings of the Amorites, that were beyond Jordan, to Sihon king of Heshbon, and to Og king of Bashan, which was at Ashtaroth. -- joshua 9:10 +. +Why our elders and all the inhabitants of our country spoke to us, saying, Take victuals with you for the journey, and go to meet them, and say to them, We are your servants: therefore now make you a league with us. -- joshua 9:11 +. +This our bread we took hot for our provision out of our houses on the day we came forth to go to you; but now, behold, it is dry, and it is moldy: -- joshua 9:12 +. +And these bottles of wine, which we filled, were new; and, behold, they be rent: and these our garments and our shoes are become old by reason of the very long journey. -- joshua 9:13 +. +And the men took of their victuals, and asked not counsel at the mouth of the LORD. -- joshua 9:14 +. +And Joshua made peace with them, and made a league with them, to let them live: and the princes of the congregation swore to them. -- joshua 9:15 +. +And it came to pass at the end of three days after they had made a league with them, that they heard that they were their neighbors, and that they dwelled among them. -- joshua 9:16 +. +And the children of Israel journeyed, and came to their cities on the third day. Now their cities were Gibeon, and Chephirah, and Beeroth, and Kirjathjearim. -- joshua 9:17 +. +And the children of Israel smote them not, because the princes of the congregation had sworn to them by the LORD God of Israel. And all the congregation murmured against the princes. -- joshua 9:18 +. +But all the princes said to all the congregation, We have sworn to them by the LORD God of Israel: now therefore we may not touch them. -- joshua 9:19 +. +This we will do to them; we will even let them live, lest wrath be on us, because of the oath which we swore to them. -- joshua 9:20 +. +And the princes said to them, Let them live; but let them be hewers of wood and drawers of water to all the congregation; as the princes had promised them. -- joshua 9:21 +. +And Joshua called for them, and he spoke to them, saying, Why have you beguiled us, saying, We are very far from you; when you dwell among us? -- joshua 9:22 +. +Now therefore you are cursed, and there shall none of you be freed from being slaves, and hewers of wood and drawers of water for the house of my God. -- joshua 9:23 +. +And they answered Joshua, and said, Because it was certainly told your servants, how that the LORD your God commanded his servant Moses to give you all the land, and to destroy all the inhabitants of the land from before you, therefore we were sore afraid of our lives because of you, and have done this thing. -- joshua 9:24 +. +And now, behold, we are in your hand: as it seems good and right to you to do to us, do. -- joshua 9:25 +. +And so did he to them, and delivered them out of the hand of the children of Israel, that they slew them not. -- joshua 9:26 +. +And Joshua made them that day hewers of wood and drawers of water for the congregation, and for the altar of the LORD, even to this day, in the place which he should choose. -- joshua 9:27 +. +Now it came to pass, when Adonizedec king of Jerusalem had heard how Joshua had taken Ai, and had utterly destroyed it; as he had done to Jericho and her king, so he had done to Ai and her king; and how the inhabitants of Gibeon had made peace with Israel, and were among them; -- joshua 10:1 +. +That they feared greatly, because Gibeon was a great city, as one of the royal cities, and because it was greater than Ai, and all the men thereof were mighty. -- joshua 10:2 +. +Why Adonizedec king of Jerusalem, sent to Hoham king of Hebron, and to Piram king of Jarmuth, and to Japhia king of Lachish, and to Debir king of Eglon, saying, -- joshua 10:3 +. +Come up to me, and help me, that we may smite Gibeon: for it has made peace with Joshua and with the children of Israel. -- joshua 10:4 +. +Therefore the five kings of the Amorites, the king of Jerusalem, the king of Hebron, the king of Jarmuth, the king of Lachish, the king of Eglon, gathered themselves together, and went up, they and all their hosts, and encamped before Gibeon, and made war against it. -- joshua 10:5 +. +And the men of Gibeon sent to Joshua to the camp to Gilgal, saying, Slack not your hand from your servants; come up to us quickly, and save us, and help us: for all the kings of the Amorites that dwell in the mountains are gathered together against us. -- joshua 10:6 +. +So Joshua ascended from Gilgal, he, and all the people of war with him, and all the mighty men of valor. -- joshua 10:7 +. +And the LORD said to Joshua, Fear them not: for I have delivered them into your hand; there shall not a man of them stand before you. -- joshua 10:8 +. +Joshua therefore came to them suddenly, and went up from Gilgal all night. -- joshua 10:9 +. +And the LORD discomfited them before Israel, and slew them with a great slaughter at Gibeon, and chased them along the way that goes up to Bethhoron, and smote them to Azekah, and to Makkedah. -- joshua 10:10 +. +And it came to pass, as they fled from before Israel, and were in the going down to Bethhoron, that the LORD cast down great stones from heaven on them to Azekah, and they died: they were more which died with hailstones than they whom the children of Israel slew with the sword. -- joshua 10:11 +. +Then spoke Joshua to the LORD in the day when the LORD delivered up the Amorites before the children of Israel, and he said in the sight of Israel, Sun, stand you still on Gibeon; and you, Moon, in the valley of Ajalon. -- joshua 10:12 +. +And the sun stood still, and the moon stayed, until the people had avenged themselves on their enemies. Is not this written in the book of Jasher? So the sun stood still in the middle of heaven, and hurried not to go down about a whole day. -- joshua 10:13 +. +And there was no day like that before it or after it, that the LORD listened to the voice of a man: for the LORD fought for Israel. -- joshua 10:14 +. +And Joshua returned, and all Israel with him, to the camp to Gilgal. -- joshua 10:15 +. +But these five kings fled, and hid themselves in a cave at Makkedah. -- joshua 10:16 +. +And it was told Joshua, saying, The five kings are found hid in a cave at Makkedah. -- joshua 10:17 +. +And Joshua said, Roll great stones on the mouth of the cave, and set men by it for to keep them: -- joshua 10:18 +. +And stay you not, but pursue after your enemies, and smite the hindmost of them; suffer them not to enter into their cities: for the LORD your God has delivered them into your hand. -- joshua 10:19 +. +And it came to pass, when Joshua and the children of Israel had made an end of slaying them with a very great slaughter, till they were consumed, that the rest which remained of them entered into fenced cities. -- joshua 10:20 +. +And all the people returned to the camp to Joshua at Makkedah in peace: none moved his tongue against any of the children of Israel. -- joshua 10:21 +. +Then said Joshua, Open the mouth of the cave, and bring out those five kings to me out of the cave. -- joshua 10:22 +. +And they did so, and brought forth those five kings to him out of the cave, the king of Jerusalem, the king of Hebron, the king of Jarmuth, the king of Lachish, and the king of Eglon. -- joshua 10:23 +. +And it came to pass, when they brought out those kings to Joshua, that Joshua called for all the men of Israel, and said to the captains of the men of war which went with him, Come near, put your feet on the necks of these kings. And they came near, and put their feet on the necks of them. -- joshua 10:24 +. +And Joshua said to them, Fear not, nor be dismayed, be strong and of good courage: for thus shall the LORD do to all your enemies against whom you fight. -- joshua 10:25 +. +And afterward Joshua smote them, and slew them, and hanged them on five trees: and they were hanging on the trees until the evening. -- joshua 10:26 +. +And it came to pass at the time of the going down of the sun, that Joshua commanded, and they took them down off the trees, and cast them into the cave wherein they had been hid, and laid great stones in the cave' mouth, which remain until this very day. -- joshua 10:27 +. +And that day Joshua took Makkedah, and smote it with the edge of the sword, and the king thereof he utterly destroyed, them, and all the souls that were therein; he let none remain: and he did to the king of Makkedah as he did to the king of Jericho. -- joshua 10:28 +. +Then Joshua passed from Makkedah, and all Israel with him, to Libnah, and fought against Libnah: -- joshua 10:29 +. +And the LORD delivered it also, and the king thereof, into the hand of Israel; and he smote it with the edge of the sword, and all the souls that were therein; he let none remain in it; but did to the king thereof as he did to the king of Jericho. -- joshua 10:30 +. +And Joshua passed from Libnah, and all Israel with him, to Lachish, and encamped against it, and fought against it: -- joshua 10:31 +. +And the LORD delivered Lachish into the hand of Israel, which took it on the second day, and smote it with the edge of the sword, and all the souls that were therein, according to all that he had done to Libnah. -- joshua 10:32 +. +Then Horam king of Gezer came up to help Lachish; and Joshua smote him and his people, until he had left him none remaining. -- joshua 10:33 +. +And from Lachish Joshua passed to Eglon, and all Israel with him; and they encamped against it, and fought against it: -- joshua 10:34 +. +And they took it on that day, and smote it with the edge of the sword, and all the souls that were therein he utterly destroyed that day, according to all that he had done to Lachish. -- joshua 10:35 +. +And Joshua went up from Eglon, and all Israel with him, to Hebron; and they fought against it: -- joshua 10:36 +. +And they took it, and smote it with the edge of the sword, and the king thereof, and all the cities thereof, and all the souls that were therein; he left none remaining, according to all that he had done to Eglon; but destroyed it utterly, and all the souls that were therein. -- joshua 10:37 +. +And Joshua returned, and all Israel with him, to Debir; and fought against it: -- joshua 10:38 +. +And he took it, and the king thereof, and all the cities thereof; and they smote them with the edge of the sword, and utterly destroyed all the souls that were therein; he left none remaining: as he had done to Hebron, so he did to Debir, and to the king thereof; as he had done also to Libnah, and to her king. -- joshua 10:39 +. +So Joshua smote all the country of the hills, and of the south, and of the vale, and of the springs, and all their kings: he left none remaining, but utterly destroyed all that breathed, as the LORD God of Israel commanded. -- joshua 10:40 +. +And Joshua smote them from Kadeshbarnea even to Gaza, and all the country of Goshen, even to Gibeon. -- joshua 10:41 +. +And all these kings and their land did Joshua take at one time, because the LORD God of Israel fought for Israel. -- joshua 10:42 +. +And Joshua returned, and all Israel with him, to the camp to Gilgal. -- joshua 10:43 +. +And it came to pass, when Jabin king of Hazor had heard those things, that he sent to Jobab king of Madon, and to the king of Shimron, and to the king of Achshaph, -- joshua 11:1 +. +And to the kings that were on the north of the mountains, and of the plains south of Chinneroth, and in the valley, and in the borders of Dor on the west, -- joshua 11:2 +. +And to the Canaanite on the east and on the west, and to the Amorite, and the Hittite, and the Perizzite, and the Jebusite in the mountains, and to the Hivite under Hermon in the land of Mizpeh. -- joshua 11:3 +. +And they went out, they and all their hosts with them, much people, even as the sand that is on the sea shore in multitude, with horses and chariots very many. -- joshua 11:4 +. +And when all these kings were met together, they came and pitched together at the waters of Merom, to fight against Israel. -- joshua 11:5 +. +And the LORD said to Joshua, Be not afraid because of them: for to morrow about this time will I deliver them up all slain before Israel: you shall hamstring their horses, and burn their chariots with fire. -- joshua 11:6 +. +So Joshua came, and all the people of war with him, against them by the waters of Merom suddenly; and they fell on them. -- joshua 11:7 +. +And the LORD delivered them into the hand of Israel, who smote them, and chased them to great Zidon, and to Misrephothmaim, and to the valley of Mizpeh eastward; and they smote them, until they left them none remaining. -- joshua 11:8 +. +And Joshua did to them as the LORD bade him: he hamstrung their horses, and burnt their chariots with fire. -- joshua 11:9 +. +And Joshua at that time turned back, and took Hazor, and smote the king thereof with the sword: for Hazor beforetime was the head of all those kingdoms. -- joshua 11:10 +. +And they smote all the souls that were therein with the edge of the sword, utterly destroying them: there was not any left to breathe: and he burnt Hazor with fire. -- joshua 11:11 +. +And all the cities of those kings, and all the kings of them, did Joshua take, and smote them with the edge of the sword, and he utterly destroyed them, as Moses the servant of the LORD commanded. -- joshua 11:12 +. +But as for the cities that stood still in their strength, Israel burned none of them, save Hazor only; that did Joshua burn. -- joshua 11:13 +. +And all the spoil of these cities, and the cattle, the children of Israel took for a prey to themselves; but every man they smote with the edge of the sword, until they had destroyed them, neither left they any to breathe. -- joshua 11:14 +. +As the LORD commanded Moses his servant, so did Moses command Joshua, and so did Joshua; he left nothing undone of all that the LORD commanded Moses. -- joshua 11:15 +. +So Joshua took all that land, the hills, and all the south country, and all the land of Goshen, and the valley, and the plain, and the mountain of Israel, and the valley of the same; -- joshua 11:16 +. +Even from the mount Halak, that goes up to Seir, even to Baalgad in the valley of Lebanon under mount Hermon: and all their kings he took, and smote them, and slew them. -- joshua 11:17 +. +Joshua made war a long time with all those kings. -- joshua 11:18 +. +There was not a city that made peace with the children of Israel, save the Hivites the inhabitants of Gibeon: all other they took in battle. -- joshua 11:19 +. +For it was of the LORD to harden their hearts, that they should come against Israel in battle, that he might destroy them utterly, and that they might have no favor, but that he might destroy them, as the LORD commanded Moses. -- joshua 11:20 +. +And at that time came Joshua, and cut off the Anakims from the mountains, from Hebron, from Debir, from Anab, and from all the mountains of Judah, and from all the mountains of Israel: Joshua destroyed them utterly with their cities. -- joshua 11:21 +. +There was none of the Anakims left in the land of the children of Israel: only in Gaza, in Gath, and in Ashdod, there remained. -- joshua 11:22 +. +So Joshua took the whole land, according to all that the LORD said to Moses; and Joshua gave it for an inheritance to Israel according to their divisions by their tribes. And the land rested from war. -- joshua 11:23 +. +Now these are the kings of the land, which the children of Israel smote, and possessed their land on the other side Jordan toward the rising of the sun, from the river Arnon to mount Hermon, and all the plain on the east: -- joshua 12:1 +. +Sihon king of the Amorites, who dwelled in Heshbon, and ruled from Aroer, which is on the bank of the river Arnon, and from the middle of the river, and from half Gilead, even to the river Jabbok, which is the border of the children of Ammon; -- joshua 12:2 +. +And from the plain to the sea of Chinneroth on the east, and to the sea of the plain, even the salt sea on the east, the way to Bethjeshimoth; and from the south, under Ashdothpisgah: -- joshua 12:3 +. +And the coast of Og king of Bashan, which was of the remnant of the giants, that dwelled at Ashtaroth and at Edrei, -- joshua 12:4 +. +And reigned in mount Hermon, and in Salcah, and in all Bashan, to the border of the Geshurites and the Maachathites, and half Gilead, the border of Sihon king of Heshbon. -- joshua 12:5 +. +Them did Moses the servant of the LORD and the children of Israel smite: and Moses the servant of the LORD gave it for a possession to the Reubenites, and the Gadites, and the half tribe of Manasseh. -- joshua 12:6 +. +And these are the kings of the country which Joshua and the children of Israel smote on this side Jordan on the west, from Baalgad in the valley of Lebanon even to the mount Halak, that goes up to Seir; which Joshua gave to the tribes of Israel for a possession according to their divisions; -- joshua 12:7 +. +In the mountains, and in the valleys, and in the plains, and in the springs, and in the wilderness, and in the south country; the Hittites, the Amorites, and the Canaanites, the Perizzites, the Hivites, and the Jebusites: -- joshua 12:8 +. +The king of Jericho, one; the king of Ai, which is beside Bethel, one; -- joshua 12:9 +. +The king of Jerusalem, one; the king of Hebron, one; -- joshua 12:10 +. +The king of Jarmuth, one; the king of Lachish, one; -- joshua 12:11 +. +The king of Eglon, one; the king of Gezer, one; -- joshua 12:12 +. +The king of Debir, one; the king of Geder, one; -- joshua 12:13 +. +The king of Hormah, one; the king of Arad, one; -- joshua 12:14 +. +The king of Libnah, one; the king of Adullam, one; -- joshua 12:15 +. +The king of Makkedah, one; the king of Bethel, one; -- joshua 12:16 +. +The king of Tappuah, one; the king of Hepher, one; -- joshua 12:17 +. +The king of Aphek, one; the king of Lasharon, one; -- joshua 12:18 +. +The king of Madon, one; the king of Hazor, one; -- joshua 12:19 +. +The king of Shimronmeron, one; the king of Achshaph, one; -- joshua 12:20 +. +The king of Taanach, one; the king of Megiddo, one; -- joshua 12:21 +. +The king of Kedesh, one; the king of Jokneam of Carmel, one; -- joshua 12:22 +. +The king of Dor in the coast of Dor, one; the king of the nations of Gilgal, one; -- joshua 12:23 +. +The king of Tirzah, one: all the kings thirty and one. -- joshua 12:24 +. +Now Joshua was old and stricken in years; and the LORD said to him, You are old and stricken in years, and there remains yet very much land to be possessed. -- joshua 13:1 +. +This is the land that yet remains: all the borders of the Philistines, and all Geshuri, -- joshua 13:2 +. +From Sihor, which is before Egypt, even to the borders of Ekron northward, which is counted to the Canaanite: five lords of the Philistines; the Gazathites, and the Ashdothites, the Eshkalonites, the Gittites, and the Ekronites; also the Avites: -- joshua 13:3 +. +From the south, all the land of the Canaanites, and Mearah that is beside the Sidonians to Aphek, to the borders of the Amorites: -- joshua 13:4 +. +And the land of the Giblites, and all Lebanon, toward the sun rise, from Baalgad under mount Hermon to the entering into Hamath. -- joshua 13:5 +. +All the inhabitants of the hill country from Lebanon to Misrephothmaim, and all the Sidonians, them will I drive out from before the children of Israel: only divide you it by lot to the Israelites for an inheritance, as I have commanded you. -- joshua 13:6 +. +Now therefore divide this land for an inheritance to the nine tribes, and the half tribe of Manasseh, -- joshua 13:7 +. +With whom the Reubenites and the Gadites have received their inheritance, which Moses gave them, beyond Jordan eastward, even as Moses the servant of the LORD gave them; -- joshua 13:8 +. +From Aroer, that is on the bank of the river Arnon, and the city that is in the middle of the river, and all the plain of Medeba to Dibon; -- joshua 13:9 +. +And all the cities of Sihon king of the Amorites, which reigned in Heshbon, to the border of the children of Ammon; -- joshua 13:10 +. +And Gilead, and the border of the Geshurites and Maachathites, and all mount Hermon, and all Bashan to Salcah; -- joshua 13:11 +. +All the kingdom of Og in Bashan, which reigned in Ashtaroth and in Edrei, who remained of the remnant of the giants: for these did Moses smite, and cast them out. -- joshua 13:12 +. +Nevertheless the children of Israel expelled not the Geshurites, nor the Maachathites: but the Geshurites and the Maachathites dwell among the Israelites until this day. -- joshua 13:13 +. +Only to the tribes of Levi he gave none inheritance; the sacrifices of the LORD God of Israel made by fire are their inheritance, as he said to them. -- joshua 13:14 +. +And Moses gave to the tribe of the children of Reuben inheritance according to their families. -- joshua 13:15 +. +And their coast was from Aroer, that is on the bank of the river Arnon, and the city that is in the middle of the river, and all the plain by Medeba; -- joshua 13:16 +. +Heshbon, and all her cities that are in the plain; Dibon, and Bamothbaal, and Bethbaalmeon, -- joshua 13:17 +. +And Jahaza, and Kedemoth, and Mephaath, -- joshua 13:18 +. +And Kirjathaim, and Sibmah, and Zarethshahar in the mount of the valley, -- joshua 13:19 +. +And Bethpeor, and Ashdothpisgah, and Bethjeshimoth, -- joshua 13:20 +. +And all the cities of the plain, and all the kingdom of Sihon king of the Amorites, which reigned in Heshbon, whom Moses smote with the princes of Midian, Evi, and Rekem, and Zur, and Hur, and Reba, which were dukes of Sihon, dwelling in the country. -- joshua 13:21 +. +Balaam also the son of Beor, the soothsayer, did the children of Israel slay with the sword among them that were slain by them. -- joshua 13:22 +. +And the border of the children of Reuben was Jordan, and the border thereof. This was the inheritance of the children of Reuben after their families, the cities and the villages thereof. -- joshua 13:23 +. +And Moses gave inheritance to the tribe of Gad, even to the children of Gad according to their families. -- joshua 13:24 +. +And their coast was Jazer, and all the cities of Gilead, and half the land of the children of Ammon, to Aroer that is before Rabbah; -- joshua 13:25 +. +And from Heshbon to Ramathmizpeh, and Betonim; and from Mahanaim to the border of Debir; -- joshua 13:26 +. +And in the valley, Betharam, and Bethnimrah, and Succoth, and Zaphon, the rest of the kingdom of Sihon king of Heshbon, Jordan and his border, even to the edge of the sea of Chinnereth on the other side Jordan eastward. -- joshua 13:27 +. +This is the inheritance of the children of Gad after their families, the cities, and their villages. -- joshua 13:28 +. +And Moses gave inheritance to the half tribe of Manasseh: and this was the possession of the half tribe of the children of Manasseh by their families. -- joshua 13:29 +. +And their coast was from Mahanaim, all Bashan, all the kingdom of Og king of Bashan, and all the towns of Jair, which are in Bashan, three score cities: -- joshua 13:30 +. +And half Gilead, and Ashtaroth, and Edrei, cities of the kingdom of Og in Bashan, were pertaining to the children of Machir the son of Manasseh, even to the one half of the children of Machir by their families. -- joshua 13:31 +. +These are the countries which Moses did distribute for inheritance in the plains of Moab, on the other side Jordan, by Jericho, eastward. -- joshua 13:32 +. +But to the tribe of Levi Moses gave not any inheritance: the LORD God of Israel was their inheritance, as he said to them. -- joshua 13:33 +. +And these are the countries which the children of Israel inherited in the land of Canaan, which Eleazar the priest, and Joshua the son of Nun, and the heads of the fathers of the tribes of the children of Israel, distributed for inheritance to them. -- joshua 14:1 +. +By lot was their inheritance, as the LORD commanded by the hand of Moses, for the nine tribes, and for the half tribe. -- joshua 14:2 +. +For Moses had given the inheritance of two tribes and an half tribe on the other side Jordan: but to the Levites he gave none inheritance among them. -- joshua 14:3 +. +For the children of Joseph were two tribes, Manasseh and Ephraim: therefore they gave no part to the Levites in the land, save cities to dwell in, with their suburbs for their cattle and for their substance. -- joshua 14:4 +. +As the LORD commanded Moses, so the children of Israel did, and they divided the land. -- joshua 14:5 +. +Then the children of Judah came to Joshua in Gilgal: and Caleb the son of Jephunneh the Kenezite said to him, You know the thing that the LORD said to Moses the man of God concerning me and you in Kadeshbarnea. -- joshua 14:6 +. +Forty years old was I when Moses the servant of the LORD sent me from Kadeshbarnea to espy out the land; and I brought him word again as it was in my heart. -- joshua 14:7 +. +Nevertheless my brothers that went up with me made the heart of the people melt: but I wholly followed the LORD my God. -- joshua 14:8 +. +And Moses swore on that day, saying, Surely the land where on your feet have trodden shall be your inheritance, and your children' for ever, because you have wholly followed the LORD my God. -- joshua 14:9 +. +And now, behold, the LORD has kept me alive, as he said, these forty and five years, even since the LORD spoke this word to Moses, while the children of Israel wandered in the wilderness: and now, see, I am this day fourscore and five years old. -- joshua 14:10 +. +As yet I am as strong this day as I was in the day that Moses sent me: as my strength was then, even so is my strength now, for war, both to go out, and to come in. -- joshua 14:11 +. +Now therefore give me this mountain, whereof the LORD spoke in that day; for you heard in that day how the Anakims were there, and that the cities were great and fenced: if so be the LORD will be with me, then I shall be able to drive them out, as the LORD said. -- joshua 14:12 +. +And Joshua blessed him, and gave to Caleb the son of Jephunneh Hebron for an inheritance. -- joshua 14:13 +. +Hebron therefore became the inheritance of Caleb the son of Jephunneh the Kenezite to this day, because that he wholly followed the LORD God of Israel. -- joshua 14:14 +. +And the name of Hebron before was Kirjatharba; which Arba was a great man among the Anakims. And the land had rest from war. -- joshua 14:15 +. +This then was the lot of the tribe of the children of Judah by their families; even to the border of Edom the wilderness of Zin southward was the uttermost part of the south coast. -- joshua 15:1 +. +And their south border was from the shore of the salt sea, from the bay that looks southward: -- joshua 15:2 +. +And it went out to the south side to Maalehacrabbim, and passed along to Zin, and ascended up on the south side to Kadeshbarnea, and passed along to Hezron, and went up to Adar, and fetched a compass to Karkaa: -- joshua 15:3 +. +From there it passed toward Azmon, and went out to the river of Egypt; and the goings out of that coast were at the sea: this shall be your south coast. -- joshua 15:4 +. +And the east border was the salt sea, even to the end of Jordan. And their border in the north quarter was from the bay of the sea at the uttermost part of Jordan: -- joshua 15:5 +. +And the border went up to Bethhogla, and passed along by the north of Betharabah; and the border went up to the stone of Bohan the son of Reuben: -- joshua 15:6 +. +And the border went up toward Debir from the valley of Achor, and so northward, looking toward Gilgal, that is before the going up to Adummim, which is on the south side of the river: and the border passed toward the waters of Enshemesh, and the goings out thereof were at Enrogel: -- joshua 15:7 +. +And the border went up by the valley of the son of Hinnom to the south side of the Jebusite; the same is Jerusalem: and the border went up to the top of the mountain that lies before the valley of Hinnom westward, which is at the end of the valley of the giants northward: -- joshua 15:8 +. +And the border was drawn from the top of the hill to the fountain of the water of Nephtoah, and went out to the cities of mount Ephron; and the border was drawn to Baalah, which is Kirjathjearim: -- joshua 15:9 +. +And the border compassed from Baalah westward to mount Seir, and passed along to the side of mount Jearim, which is Chesalon, on the north side, and went down to Bethshemesh, and passed on to Timnah: -- joshua 15:10 +. +And the border went out to the side of Ekron northward: and the border was drawn to Shicron, and passed along to mount Baalah, and went out to Jabneel; and the goings out of the border were at the sea. -- joshua 15:11 +. +And the west border was to the great sea, and the coast thereof. This is the coast of the children of Judah round about according to their families. -- joshua 15:12 +. +And to Caleb the son of Jephunneh he gave a part among the children of Judah, according to the commandment of the LORD to Joshua, even the city of Arba the father of Anak, which city is Hebron. -- joshua 15:13 +. +And Caleb drove there the three sons of Anak, Sheshai, and Ahiman, and Talmai, the children of Anak. -- joshua 15:14 +. +And he went up there to the inhabitants of Debir: and the name of Debir before was Kirjathsepher. -- joshua 15:15 +. +And Caleb said, He that smites Kirjathsepher, and takes it, to him will I give Achsah my daughter to wife. -- joshua 15:16 +. +And Othniel the son of Kenaz, the brother of Caleb, took it: and he gave him Achsah his daughter to wife. -- joshua 15:17 +. +And it came to pass, as she came to him, that she moved him to ask of her father a field: and she lighted off her ass; and Caleb said to her, What would you? -- joshua 15:18 +. +Who answered, Give me a blessing; for you have given me a south land; give me also springs of water. And he gave her the upper springs, and the nether springs. -- joshua 15:19 +. +This is the inheritance of the tribe of the children of Judah according to their families. -- joshua 15:20 +. +And the uttermost cities of the tribe of the children of Judah toward the coast of Edom southward were Kabzeel, and Eder, and Jagur, -- joshua 15:21 +. +And Kinah, and Dimonah, and Adadah, -- joshua 15:22 +. +And Kedesh, and Hazor, and Ithnan, -- joshua 15:23 +. +Ziph, and Telem, and Bealoth, -- joshua 15:24 +. +And Hazor, Hadattah, and Kerioth, and Hezron, which is Hazor, -- joshua 15:25 +. +Amam, and Shema, and Moladah, -- joshua 15:26 +. +And Hazargaddah, and Heshmon, and Bethpalet, -- joshua 15:27 +. +And Hazarshual, and Beersheba, and Bizjothjah, -- joshua 15:28 +. +Baalah, and Iim, and Azem, -- joshua 15:29 +. +And Eltolad, and Chesil, and Hormah, -- joshua 15:30 +. +And Ziklag, and Madmannah, and Sansannah, -- joshua 15:31 +. +And Lebaoth, and Shilhim, and Ain, and Rimmon: all the cities are twenty and nine, with their villages: -- joshua 15:32 +. +And in the valley, Eshtaol, and Zoreah, and Ashnah, -- joshua 15:33 +. +And Zanoah, and Engannim, Tappuah, and Enam, -- joshua 15:34 +. +Jarmuth, and Adullam, Socoh, and Azekah, -- joshua 15:35 +. +And Sharaim, and Adithaim, and Gederah, and Gederothaim; fourteen cities with their villages: -- joshua 15:36 +. +Zenan, and Hadashah, and Migdalgad, -- joshua 15:37 +. +And Dilean, and Mizpeh, and Joktheel, -- joshua 15:38 +. +Lachish, and Bozkath, and Eglon, -- joshua 15:39 +. +And Cabbon, and Lahmam, and Kithlish, -- joshua 15:40 +. +And Gederoth, Bethdagon, and Naamah, and Makkedah; sixteen cities with their villages: -- joshua 15:41 +. +Libnah, and Ether, and Ashan, -- joshua 15:42 +. +And Jiphtah, and Ashnah, and Nezib, -- joshua 15:43 +. +And Keilah, and Achzib, and Mareshah; nine cities with their villages: -- joshua 15:44 +. +Ekron, with her towns and her villages: -- joshua 15:45 +. +From Ekron even to the sea, all that lay near Ashdod, with their villages: -- joshua 15:46 +. +Ashdod with her towns and her villages, Gaza with her towns and her villages, to the river of Egypt, and the great sea, and the border thereof: -- joshua 15:47 +. +And in the mountains, Shamir, and Jattir, and Socoh, -- joshua 15:48 +. +And Dannah, and Kirjathsannah, which is Debir, -- joshua 15:49 +. +And Anab, and Eshtemoh, and Anim, -- joshua 15:50 +. +And Goshen, and Holon, and Giloh; eleven cities with their villages: -- joshua 15:51 +. +Arab, and Dumah, and Eshean, -- joshua 15:52 +. +And Janum, and Bethtappuah, and Aphekah, -- joshua 15:53 +. +And Humtah, and Kirjatharba, which is Hebron, and Zior; nine cities with their villages: -- joshua 15:54 +. +Maon, Carmel, and Ziph, and Juttah, -- joshua 15:55 +. +And Jezreel, and Jokdeam, and Zanoah, -- joshua 15:56 +. +Cain, Gibeah, and Timnah; ten cities with their villages: -- joshua 15:57 +. +Halhul, Bethzur, and Gedor, -- joshua 15:58 +. +And Maarath, and Bethanoth, and Eltekon; six cities with their villages: -- joshua 15:59 +. +Kirjathbaal, which is Kirjathjearim, and Rabbah; two cities with their villages: -- joshua 15:60 +. +In the wilderness, Betharabah, Middin, and Secacah, -- joshua 15:61 +. +And Nibshan, and the city of Salt, and Engedi; six cities with their villages. -- joshua 15:62 +. +As for the Jebusites the inhabitants of Jerusalem, the children of Judah could not drive them out; but the Jebusites dwell with the children of Judah at Jerusalem to this day. -- joshua 15:63 +. +And the lot of the children of Joseph fell from Jordan by Jericho, to the water of Jericho on the east, to the wilderness that goes up from Jericho throughout mount Bethel, -- joshua 16:1 +. +And goes out from Bethel to Luz, and passes along to the borders of Archi to Ataroth, -- joshua 16:2 +. +And goes down westward to the coast of Japhleti, to the coast of Bethhoron the nether, and to Gezer; and the goings out thereof are at the sea. -- joshua 16:3 +. +So the children of Joseph, Manasseh and Ephraim, took their inheritance. -- joshua 16:4 +. +And the border of the children of Ephraim according to their families was thus: even the border of their inheritance on the east side was Atarothaddar, to Bethhoron the upper; -- joshua 16:5 +. +And the border went out toward the sea to Michmethah on the north side; and the border went about eastward to Taanathshiloh, and passed by it on the east to Janohah; -- joshua 16:6 +. +And it went down from Janohah to Ataroth, and to Naarath, and came to Jericho, and went out at Jordan. -- joshua 16:7 +. +The border went out from Tappuah westward to the river Kanah; and the goings out thereof were at the sea. This is the inheritance of the tribe of the children of Ephraim by their families. -- joshua 16:8 +. +And the separate cities for the children of Ephraim were among the inheritance of the children of Manasseh, all the cities with their villages. -- joshua 16:9 +. +And they drove not out the Canaanites that dwelled in Gezer: but the Canaanites dwell among the Ephraimites to this day, and serve under tribute. -- joshua 16:10 +. +There was also a lot for the tribe of Manasseh; for he was the firstborn of Joseph; to wit, for Machir the firstborn of Manasseh, the father of Gilead: because he was a man of war, therefore he had Gilead and Bashan. -- joshua 17:1 +. +There was also a lot for the rest of the children of Manasseh by their families; for the children of Abiezer, and for the children of Helek, and for the children of Asriel, and for the children of Shechem, and for the children of Hepher, and for the children of Shemida: these were the male children of Manasseh the son of Joseph by their families. -- joshua 17:2 +. +But Zelophehad, the son of Hepher, the son of Gilead, the son of Machir, the son of Manasseh, had no sons, but daughters: and these are the names of his daughters, Mahlah, and Noah, Hoglah, Milcah, and Tirzah. -- joshua 17:3 +. +And they came near before Eleazar the priest, and before Joshua the son of Nun, and before the princes, saying, The LORD commanded Moses to give us an inheritance among our brothers. Therefore according to the commandment of the LORD he gave them an inheritance among the brothers of their father. -- joshua 17:4 +. +And there fell ten portions to Manasseh, beside the land of Gilead and Bashan, which were on the other side Jordan; -- joshua 17:5 +. +Because the daughters of Manasseh had an inheritance among his sons: and the rest of Manasseh' sons had the land of Gilead. -- joshua 17:6 +. +And the coast of Manasseh was from Asher to Michmethah, that lies before Shechem; and the border went along on the right hand to the inhabitants of Entappuah. -- joshua 17:7 +. +Now Manasseh had the land of Tappuah: but Tappuah on the border of Manasseh belonged to the children of Ephraim; -- joshua 17:8 +. +And the coast descended to the river Kanah, southward of the river: these cities of Ephraim are among the cities of Manasseh: the coast of Manasseh also was on the north side of the river, and the outgoings of it were at the sea: -- joshua 17:9 +. +Southward it was Ephraim', and northward it was Manasseh', and the sea is his border; and they met together in Asher on the north, and in Issachar on the east. -- joshua 17:10 +. +And Manasseh had in Issachar and in Asher Bethshean and her towns, and Ibleam and her towns, and the inhabitants of Dor and her towns, and the inhabitants of Endor and her towns, and the inhabitants of Taanach and her towns, and the inhabitants of Megiddo and her towns, even three countries. -- joshua 17:11 +. +Yet the children of Manasseh could not drive out the inhabitants of those cities; but the Canaanites would dwell in that land. -- joshua 17:12 +. +Yet it came to pass, when the children of Israel were waxen strong, that they put the Canaanites to tribute, but did not utterly drive them out. -- joshua 17:13 +. +And the children of Joseph spoke to Joshua, saying, Why have you given me but one lot and one portion to inherit, seeing I am a great people, for as much as the LORD has blessed me till now? -- joshua 17:14 +. +And Joshua answered them, If you be a great people, then get you up to the wood country, and cut down for yourself there in the land of the Perizzites and of the giants, if mount Ephraim be too narrow for you. -- joshua 17:15 +. +And the children of Joseph said, The hill is not enough for us: and all the Canaanites that dwell in the land of the valley have chariots of iron, both they who are of Bethshean and her towns, and they who are of the valley of Jezreel. -- joshua 17:16 +. +And Joshua spoke to the house of Joseph, even to Ephraim and to Manasseh, saying, You are a great people, and have great power: you shall not have one lot only: -- joshua 17:17 +. +But the mountain shall be yours; for it is a wood, and you shall cut it down: and the outgoings of it shall be yours: for you shall drive out the Canaanites, though they have iron chariots, and though they be strong. -- joshua 17:18 +. +And the whole congregation of the children of Israel assembled together at Shiloh, and set up the tabernacle of the congregation there. And the land was subdued before them. -- joshua 18:1 +. +And there remained among the children of Israel seven tribes, which had not yet received their inheritance. -- joshua 18:2 +. +And Joshua said to the children of Israel, How long are you slack to go to possess the land, which the LORD God of your fathers has given you? -- joshua 18:3 +. +Give out from among you three men for each tribe: and I will send them, and they shall rise, and go through the land, and describe it according to the inheritance of them; and they shall come again to me. -- joshua 18:4 +. +And they shall divide it into seven parts: Judah shall abide in their coast on the south, and the house of Joseph shall abide in their coasts on the north. -- joshua 18:5 +. +You shall therefore describe the land into seven parts, and bring the description here to me, that I may cast lots for you here before the LORD our God. -- joshua 18:6 +. +But the Levites have no part among you; for the priesthood of the LORD is their inheritance: and Gad, and Reuben, and half the tribe of Manasseh, have received their inheritance beyond Jordan on the east, which Moses the servant of the LORD gave them. -- joshua 18:7 +. +And the men arose, and went away: and Joshua charged them that went to describe the land, saying, Go and walk through the land, and describe it, and come again to me, that I may here cast lots for you before the LORD in Shiloh. -- joshua 18:8 +. +And the men went and passed through the land, and described it by cities into seven parts in a book, and came again to Joshua to the host at Shiloh. -- joshua 18:9 +. +And Joshua cast lots for them in Shiloh before the LORD: and there Joshua divided the land to the children of Israel according to their divisions. -- joshua 18:10 +. +And the lot of the tribe of the children of Benjamin came up according to their families: and the coast of their lot came forth between the children of Judah and the children of Joseph. -- joshua 18:11 +. +And their border on the north side was from Jordan; and the border went up to the side of Jericho on the north side, and went up through the mountains westward; and the goings out thereof were at the wilderness of Bethaven. -- joshua 18:12 +. +And the border went over from there toward Luz, to the side of Luz, which is Bethel, southward; and the border descended to Atarothadar, near the hill that lies on the south side of the nether Bethhoron. -- joshua 18:13 +. +And the border was drawn there, and compassed the corner of the sea southward, from the hill that lies before Bethhoron southward; and the goings out thereof were at Kirjathbaal, which is Kirjathjearim, a city of the children of Judah: this was the west quarter. -- joshua 18:14 +. +And the south quarter was from the end of Kirjathjearim, and the border went out on the west, and went out to the well of waters of Nephtoah: -- joshua 18:15 +. +And the border came down to the end of the mountain that lies before the valley of the son of Hinnom, and which is in the valley of the giants on the north, and descended to the valley of Hinnom, to the side of Jebusi on the south, and descended to Enrogel, -- joshua 18:16 +. +And was drawn from the north, and went forth to Enshemesh, and went forth toward Geliloth, which is over against the going up of Adummim, and descended to the stone of Bohan the son of Reuben, -- joshua 18:17 +. +And passed along toward the side over against Arabah northward, and went down to Arabah: -- joshua 18:18 +. +And the border passed along to the side of Bethhoglah northward: and the outgoings of the border were at the north bay of the salt sea at the south end of Jordan: this was the south coast. -- joshua 18:19 +. +And Jordan was the border of it on the east side. This was the inheritance of the children of Benjamin, by the coasts thereof round about, according to their families. -- joshua 18:20 +. +Now the cities of the tribe of the children of Benjamin according to their families were Jericho, and Bethhoglah, and the valley of Keziz, -- joshua 18:21 +. +And Betharabah, and Zemaraim, and Bethel, -- joshua 18:22 +. +And Avim, and Pharah, and Ophrah, -- joshua 18:23 +. +And Chepharhaammonai, and Ophni, and Gaba; twelve cities with their villages: -- joshua 18:24 +. +Gibeon, and Ramah, and Beeroth, -- joshua 18:25 +. +And Mizpeh, and Chephirah, and Mozah, -- joshua 18:26 +. +And Rekem, and Irpeel, and Taralah, -- joshua 18:27 +. +And Zelah, Eleph, and Jebusi, which is Jerusalem, Gibeath, and Kirjath; fourteen cities with their villages. This is the inheritance of the children of Benjamin according to their families. -- joshua 18:28 +. +And the second lot came forth to Simeon, even for the tribe of the children of Simeon according to their families: and their inheritance was within the inheritance of the children of Judah. -- joshua 19:1 +. +And they had in their inheritance Beersheba, and Sheba, and Moladah, -- joshua 19:2 +. +And Hazarshual, and Balah, and Azem, -- joshua 19:3 +. +And Eltolad, and Bethul, and Hormah, -- joshua 19:4 +. +And Ziklag, and Bethmarcaboth, and Hazarsusah, -- joshua 19:5 +. +And Bethlebaoth, and Sharuhen; thirteen cities and their villages: -- joshua 19:6 +. +Ain, Remmon, and Ether, and Ashan; four cities and their villages: -- joshua 19:7 +. +And all the villages that were round about these cities to Baalathbeer, Ramath of the south. This is the inheritance of the tribe of the children of Simeon according to their families. -- joshua 19:8 +. +Out of the portion of the children of Judah was the inheritance of the children of Simeon: for the part of the children of Judah was too much for them: therefore the children of Simeon had their inheritance within the inheritance of them. -- joshua 19:9 +. +And the third lot came up for the children of Zebulun according to their families: and the border of their inheritance was to Sarid: -- joshua 19:10 +. +And their border went up toward the sea, and Maralah, and reached to Dabbasheth, and reached to the river that is before Jokneam; -- joshua 19:11 +. +And turned from Sarid eastward toward the sun rise to the border of Chislothtabor, and then goes out to Daberath, and goes up to Japhia, -- joshua 19:12 +. +And from there passes on along on the east to Gittahhepher, to Ittahkazin, and goes out to Remmonmethoar to Neah; -- joshua 19:13 +. +And the border compasses it on the north side to Hannathon: and the outgoings thereof are in the valley of Jiphthahel: -- joshua 19:14 +. +And Kattath, and Nahallal, and Shimron, and Idalah, and Bethlehem: twelve cities with their villages. -- joshua 19:15 +. +This is the inheritance of the children of Zebulun according to their families, these cities with their villages. -- joshua 19:16 +. +And the fourth lot came out to Issachar, for the children of Issachar according to their families. -- joshua 19:17 +. +And their border was toward Jezreel, and Chesulloth, and Shunem, -- joshua 19:18 +. +And Haphraim, and Shihon, and Anaharath, -- joshua 19:19 +. +And Rabbith, and Kishion, and Abez, -- joshua 19:20 +. +And Remeth, and Engannim, and Enhaddah, and Bethpazzez; -- joshua 19:21 +. +And the coast reaches to Tabor, and Shahazimah, and Bethshemesh; and the outgoings of their border were at Jordan: sixteen cities with their villages. -- joshua 19:22 +. +This is the inheritance of the tribe of the children of Issachar according to their families, the cities and their villages. -- joshua 19:23 +. +And the fifth lot came out for the tribe of the children of Asher according to their families. -- joshua 19:24 +. +And their border was Helkath, and Hali, and Beten, and Achshaph, -- joshua 19:25 +. +And Alammelech, and Amad, and Misheal; and reaches to Carmel westward, and to Shihorlibnath; -- joshua 19:26 +. +And turns toward the sun rise to Bethdagon, and reaches to Zebulun, and to the valley of Jiphthahel toward the north side of Bethemek, and Neiel, and goes out to Cabul on the left hand, -- joshua 19:27 +. +And Hebron, and Rehob, and Hammon, and Kanah, even to great Zidon; -- joshua 19:28 +. +And then the coast turns to Ramah, and to the strong city Tyre; and the coast turns to Hosah; and the outgoings thereof are at the sea from the coast to Achzib: -- joshua 19:29 +. +Ummah also, and Aphek, and Rehob: twenty and two cities with their villages. -- joshua 19:30 +. +This is the inheritance of the tribe of the children of Asher according to their families, these cities with their villages. -- joshua 19:31 +. +The sixth lot came out to the children of Naphtali, even for the children of Naphtali according to their families. -- joshua 19:32 +. +And their coast was from Heleph, from Allon to Zaanannim, and Adami, Nekeb, and Jabneel, to Lakum; and the outgoings thereof were at Jordan: -- joshua 19:33 +. +And then the coast turns westward to Aznothtabor, and goes out from there to Hukkok, and reaches to Zebulun on the south side, and reaches to Asher on the west side, and to Judah on Jordan toward the sun rise. -- joshua 19:34 +. +And the fenced cities are Ziddim, Zer, and Hammath, Rakkath, and Chinnereth, -- joshua 19:35 +. +And Adamah, and Ramah, and Hazor, -- joshua 19:36 +. +And Kedesh, and Edrei, and Enhazor, -- joshua 19:37 +. +And Iron, and Migdalel, Horem, and Bethanath, and Bethshemesh; nineteen cities with their villages. -- joshua 19:38 +. +This is the inheritance of the tribe of the children of Naphtali according to their families, the cities and their villages. -- joshua 19:39 +. +And the seventh lot came out for the tribe of the children of Dan according to their families. -- joshua 19:40 +. +And the coast of their inheritance was Zorah, and Eshtaol, and Irshemesh, -- joshua 19:41 +. +And Shaalabbin, and Ajalon, and Jethlah, -- joshua 19:42 +. +And Elon, and Thimnathah, and Ekron, -- joshua 19:43 +. +And Eltekeh, and Gibbethon, and Baalath, -- joshua 19:44 +. +And Jehud, and Beneberak, and Gathrimmon, -- joshua 19:45 +. +And Mejarkon, and Rakkon, with the border before Japho. -- joshua 19:46 +. +And the coast of the children of Dan went out too little for them: therefore the children of Dan went up to fight against Leshem, and took it, and smote it with the edge of the sword, and possessed it, and dwelled therein, and called Leshem, Dan, after the name of Dan their father. -- joshua 19:47 +. +This is the inheritance of the tribe of the children of Dan according to their families, these cities with their villages. -- joshua 19:48 +. +When they had made an end of dividing the land for inheritance by their coasts, the children of Israel gave an inheritance to Joshua the son of Nun among them: -- joshua 19:49 +. +According to the word of the LORD they gave him the city which he asked, even Timnathserah in mount Ephraim: and he built the city, and dwelled therein. -- joshua 19:50 +. +These are the inheritances, which Eleazar the priest, and Joshua the son of Nun, and the heads of the fathers of the tribes of the children of Israel, divided for an inheritance by lot in Shiloh before the LORD, at the door of the tabernacle of the congregation. So they made an end of dividing the country. -- joshua 19:51 +. +The LORD also spoke to Joshua, saying, -- joshua 20:1 +. +Speak to the children of Israel, saying, Appoint out for you cities of refuge, whereof I spoke to you by the hand of Moses: -- joshua 20:2 +. +That the slayer that kills any person unawares and unwittingly may flee thither: and they shall be your refuge from the avenger of blood. -- joshua 20:3 +. +And when he that does flee to one of those cities shall stand at the entering of the gate of the city, and shall declare his cause in the ears of the elders of that city, they shall take him into the city to them, and give him a place, that he may dwell among them. -- joshua 20:4 +. +And if the avenger of blood pursue after him, then they shall not deliver the slayer up into his hand; because he smote his neighbor unwittingly, and hated him not beforetime. -- joshua 20:5 +. +And he shall dwell in that city, until he stand before the congregation for judgment, and until the death of the high priest that shall be in those days: then shall the slayer return, and come to his own city, and to his own house, to the city from from where he fled. -- joshua 20:6 +. +And they appointed Kedesh in Galilee in mount Naphtali, and Shechem in mount Ephraim, and Kirjatharba, which is Hebron, in the mountain of Judah. -- joshua 20:7 +. +And on the other side Jordan by Jericho eastward, they assigned Bezer in the wilderness on the plain out of the tribe of Reuben, and Ramoth in Gilead out of the tribe of Gad, and Golan in Bashan out of the tribe of Manasseh. -- joshua 20:8 +. +These were the cities appointed for all the children of Israel, and for the stranger that sojournes among them, that whoever kills any person at unawares might flee thither, and not die by the hand of the avenger of blood, until he stood before the congregation. -- joshua 20:9 +. +Then came near the heads of the fathers of the Levites to Eleazar the priest, and to Joshua the son of Nun, and to the heads of the fathers of the tribes of the children of Israel; -- joshua 21:1 +. +And they spoke to them at Shiloh in the land of Canaan, saying, The LORD commanded by the hand of Moses to give us cities to dwell in, with the suburbs thereof for our cattle. -- joshua 21:2 +. +And the children of Israel gave to the Levites out of their inheritance, at the commandment of the LORD, these cities and their suburbs. -- joshua 21:3 +. +And the lot came out for the families of the Kohathites: and the children of Aaron the priest, which were of the Levites, had by lot out of the tribe of Judah, and out of the tribe of Simeon, and out of the tribe of Benjamin, thirteen cities. -- joshua 21:4 +. +And the rest of the children of Kohath had by lot out of the families of the tribe of Ephraim, and out of the tribe of Dan, and out of the half tribe of Manasseh, ten cities. -- joshua 21:5 +. +And the children of Gershon had by lot out of the families of the tribe of Issachar, and out of the tribe of Asher, and out of the tribe of Naphtali, and out of the half tribe of Manasseh in Bashan, thirteen cities. -- joshua 21:6 +. +The children of Merari by their families had out of the tribe of Reuben, and out of the tribe of Gad, and out of the tribe of Zebulun, twelve cities. -- joshua 21:7 +. +And the children of Israel gave by lot to the Levites these cities with their suburbs, as the LORD commanded by the hand of Moses. -- joshua 21:8 +. +And they gave out of the tribe of the children of Judah, and out of the tribe of the children of Simeon, these cities which are here mentioned by name. -- joshua 21:9 +. +Which the children of Aaron, being of the families of the Kohathites, who were of the children of Levi, had: for theirs was the first lot. -- joshua 21:10 +. +And they gave them the city of Arba the father of Anak, which city is Hebron, in the hill country of Judah, with the suburbs thereof round about it. -- joshua 21:11 +. +But the fields of the city, and the villages thereof, gave they to Caleb the son of Jephunneh for his possession. -- joshua 21:12 +. +Thus they gave to the children of Aaron the priest Hebron with her suburbs, to be a city of refuge for the slayer; and Libnah with her suburbs, -- joshua 21:13 +. +And Jattir with her suburbs, and Eshtemoa with her suburbs, -- joshua 21:14 +. +And Holon with her suburbs, and Debir with her suburbs, -- joshua 21:15 +. +And Ain with her suburbs, and Juttah with her suburbs, and Bethshemesh with her suburbs; nine cities out of those two tribes. -- joshua 21:16 +. +And out of the tribe of Benjamin, Gibeon with her suburbs, Geba with her suburbs, -- joshua 21:17 +. +Anathoth with her suburbs, and Almon with her suburbs; four cities. -- joshua 21:18 +. +All the cities of the children of Aaron, the priests, were thirteen cities with their suburbs. -- joshua 21:19 +. +And the families of the children of Kohath, the Levites which remained of the children of Kohath, even they had the cities of their lot out of the tribe of Ephraim. -- joshua 21:20 +. +For they gave them Shechem with her suburbs in mount Ephraim, to be a city of refuge for the slayer; and Gezer with her suburbs, -- joshua 21:21 +. +And Kibzaim with her suburbs, and Bethhoron with her suburbs; four cities. -- joshua 21:22 +. +And out of the tribe of Dan, Eltekeh with her suburbs, Gibbethon with her suburbs, -- joshua 21:23 +. +Aijalon with her suburbs, Gathrimmon with her suburbs; four cities. -- joshua 21:24 +. +And out of the half tribe of Manasseh, Tanach with her suburbs, and Gathrimmon with her suburbs; two cities. -- joshua 21:25 +. +All the cities were ten with their suburbs for the families of the children of Kohath that remained. -- joshua 21:26 +. +And to the children of Gershon, of the families of the Levites, out of the other half tribe of Manasseh they gave Golan in Bashan with her suburbs, to be a city of refuge for the slayer; and Beeshterah with her suburbs; two cities. -- joshua 21:27 +. +And out of the tribe of Issachar, Kishon with her suburbs, Dabareh with her suburbs, -- joshua 21:28 +. +Jarmuth with her suburbs, Engannim with her suburbs; four cities. -- joshua 21:29 +. +And out of the tribe of Asher, Mishal with her suburbs, Abdon with her suburbs, -- joshua 21:30 +. +Helkath with her suburbs, and Rehob with her suburbs; four cities. -- joshua 21:31 +. +And out of the tribe of Naphtali, Kedesh in Galilee with her suburbs, to be a city of refuge for the slayer; and Hammothdor with her suburbs, and Kartan with her suburbs; three cities. -- joshua 21:32 +. +All the cities of the Gershonites according to their families were thirteen cities with their suburbs. -- joshua 21:33 +. +And to the families of the children of Merari, the rest of the Levites, out of the tribe of Zebulun, Jokneam with her suburbs, and Kartah with her suburbs, -- joshua 21:34 +. +Dimnah with her suburbs, Nahalal with her suburbs; four cities. -- joshua 21:35 +. +And out of the tribe of Reuben, Bezer with her suburbs, and Jahazah with her suburbs, -- joshua 21:36 +. +Kedemoth with her suburbs, and Mephaath with her suburbs; four cities. -- joshua 21:37 +. +And out of the tribe of Gad, Ramoth in Gilead with her suburbs, to be a city of refuge for the slayer; and Mahanaim with her suburbs, -- joshua 21:38 +. +Heshbon with her suburbs, Jazer with her suburbs; four cities in all. -- joshua 21:39 +. +So all the cities for the children of Merari by their families, which were remaining of the families of the Levites, were by their lot twelve cities. -- joshua 21:40 +. +All the cities of the Levites within the possession of the children of Israel were forty and eight cities with their suburbs. -- joshua 21:41 +. +These cities were every one with their suburbs round about them: thus were all these cities. -- joshua 21:42 +. +And the LORD gave to Israel all the land which he swore to give to their fathers; and they possessed it, and dwelled therein. -- joshua 21:43 +. +And the LORD gave them rest round about, according to all that he swore to their fathers: and there stood not a man of all their enemies before them; the LORD delivered all their enemies into their hand. -- joshua 21:44 +. +There failed not ought of any good thing which the LORD had spoken to the house of Israel; all came to pass. -- joshua 21:45 +. +Then Joshua called the Reubenites, and the Gadites, and the half tribe of Manasseh, -- joshua 22:1 +. +And said to them, You have kept all that Moses the servant of the LORD commanded you, and have obeyed my voice in all that I commanded you: -- joshua 22:2 +. +You have not left your brothers these many days to this day, but have kept the charge of the commandment of the LORD your God. -- joshua 22:3 +. +And now the LORD your God has given rest to your brothers, as he promised them: therefore now return you, and get you to your tents, and to the land of your possession, which Moses the servant of the LORD gave you on the other side Jordan. -- joshua 22:4 +. +But take diligent heed to do the commandment and the law, which Moses the servant of the LORD charged you, to love the LORD your God, and to walk in all his ways, and to keep his commandments, and to hold to him, and to serve him with all your heart and with all your soul. -- joshua 22:5 +. +So Joshua blessed them, and sent them away: and they went to their tents. -- joshua 22:6 +. +Now to the one half of the tribe of Manasseh Moses had given possession in Bashan: but to the other half thereof gave Joshua among their brothers on this side Jordan westward. And when Joshua sent them away also to their tents, then he blessed them, -- joshua 22:7 +. +And he spoke to them, saying, Return with much riches to your tents, and with very much cattle, with silver, and with gold, and with brass, and with iron, and with very much raiment: divide the spoil of your enemies with your brothers. -- joshua 22:8 +. +And the children of Reuben and the children of Gad and the half tribe of Manasseh returned, and departed from the children of Israel out of Shiloh, which is in the land of Canaan, to go to the country of Gilead, to the land of their possession, whereof they were possessed, according to the word of the LORD by the hand of Moses. -- joshua 22:9 +. +And when they came to the borders of Jordan, that are in the land of Canaan, the children of Reuben and the children of Gad and the half tribe of Manasseh built there an altar by Jordan, a great altar to see to. -- joshua 22:10 +. +And the children of Israel heard say, Behold, the children of Reuben and the children of Gad and the half tribe of Manasseh have built an altar over against the land of Canaan, in the borders of Jordan, at the passage of the children of Israel. -- joshua 22:11 +. +And when the children of Israel heard of it, the whole congregation of the children of Israel gathered themselves together at Shiloh, to go up to war against them. -- joshua 22:12 +. +And the children of Israel sent to the children of Reuben, and to the children of Gad, and to the half tribe of Manasseh, into the land of Gilead, Phinehas the son of Eleazar the priest, -- joshua 22:13 +. +And with him ten princes, of each chief house a prince throughout all the tribes of Israel; and each one was an head of the house of their fathers among the thousands of Israel. -- joshua 22:14 +. +And they came to the children of Reuben, and to the children of Gad, and to the half tribe of Manasseh, to the land of Gilead, and they spoke with them, saying, -- joshua 22:15 +. +Thus said the whole congregation of the LORD, What trespass is this that you have committed against the God of Israel, to turn away this day from following the LORD, in that you have built you an altar, that you might rebel this day against the LORD? -- joshua 22:16 +. +Is the iniquity of Peor too little for us, from which we are not cleansed until this day, although there was a plague in the congregation of the LORD, -- joshua 22:17 +. +But that you must turn away this day from following the LORD? and it will be, seeing you rebel to day against the LORD, that to morrow he will be wroth with the whole congregation of Israel. -- joshua 22:18 +. +Notwithstanding, if the land of your possession be unclean, then pass you over to the land of the possession of the LORD, wherein the LORD' tabernacle dwells, and take possession among us: but rebel not against the LORD, nor rebel against us, in building you an altar beside the altar of the LORD our God. -- joshua 22:19 +. +Did not Achan the son of Zerah commit a trespass in the accursed thing, and wrath fell on all the congregation of Israel? and that man perished not alone in his iniquity. -- joshua 22:20 +. +Then the children of Reuben and the children of Gad and the half tribe of Manasseh answered, and said to the heads of the thousands of Israel, -- joshua 22:21 +. +The LORD God of gods, the LORD God of gods, he knows, and Israel he shall know; if it be in rebellion, or if in transgression against the LORD, (save us not this day,) -- joshua 22:22 +. +That we have built us an altar to turn from following the LORD, or if to offer thereon burnt offering or meat offering, or if to offer peace offerings thereon, let the LORD himself require it; -- joshua 22:23 +. +And if we have not rather done it for fear of this thing, saying, In time to come your children might speak to our children, saying, What have you to do with the LORD God of Israel? -- joshua 22:24 +. +For the LORD has made Jordan a border between us and you, you children of Reuben and children of Gad; you have no part in the LORD: so shall your children make our children cease from fearing the LORD. -- joshua 22:25 +. +Therefore we said, Let us now prepare to build us an altar, not for burnt offering, nor for sacrifice: -- joshua 22:26 +. +But that it may be a witness between us, and you, and our generations after us, that we might do the service of the LORD before him with our burnt offerings, and with our sacrifices, and with our peace offerings; that your children may not say to our children in time to come, You have no part in the LORD. -- joshua 22:27 +. +Therefore said we, that it shall be, when they should so say to us or to our generations in time to come, that we may say again, Behold the pattern of the altar of the LORD, which our fathers made, not for burnt offerings, nor for sacrifices; but it is a witness between us and you. -- joshua 22:28 +. +God forbid that we should rebel against the LORD, and turn this day from following the LORD, to build an altar for burnt offerings, for meat offerings, or for sacrifices, beside the altar of the LORD our God that is before his tabernacle. -- joshua 22:29 +. +And when Phinehas the priest, and the princes of the congregation and heads of the thousands of Israel which were with him, heard the words that the children of Reuben and the children of Gad and the children of Manasseh spoke, it pleased them. -- joshua 22:30 +. +And Phinehas the son of Eleazar the priest said to the children of Reuben, and to the children of Gad, and to the children of Manasseh, This day we perceive that the LORD is among us, because you have not committed this trespass against the LORD: now you have delivered the children of Israel out of the hand of the LORD. -- joshua 22:31 +. +And Phinehas the son of Eleazar the priest, and the princes, returned from the children of Reuben, and from the children of Gad, out of the land of Gilead, to the land of Canaan, to the children of Israel, and brought them word again. -- joshua 22:32 +. +And the thing pleased the children of Israel; and the children of Israel blessed God, and did not intend to go up against them in battle, to destroy the land wherein the children of Reuben and Gad dwelled. -- joshua 22:33 +. +And the children of Reuben and the children of Gad called the altar Ed: for it shall be a witness between us that the LORD is God. -- joshua 22:34 +. +And it came to pass a long time after that the LORD had given rest to Israel from all their enemies round about, that Joshua waxed old and stricken in age. -- joshua 23:1 +. +And Joshua called for all Israel, and for their elders, and for their heads, and for their judges, and for their officers, and said to them, I am old and stricken in age: -- joshua 23:2 +. +And you have seen all that the LORD your God has done to all these nations because of you; for the LORD your God is he that has fought for you. -- joshua 23:3 +. +Behold, I have divided to you by lot these nations that remain, to be an inheritance for your tribes, from Jordan, with all the nations that I have cut off, even to the great sea westward. -- joshua 23:4 +. +And the LORD your God, he shall expel them from before you, and drive them from out of your sight; and you shall possess their land, as the LORD your God has promised to you. -- joshua 23:5 +. +Be you therefore very courageous to keep and to do all that is written in the book of the law of Moses, that you turn not aside therefrom to the right hand or to the left; -- joshua 23:6 +. +That you come not among these nations, these that remain among you; neither make mention of the name of their gods, nor cause to swear by them, neither serve them, nor bow yourselves to them: -- joshua 23:7 +. +But hold to the LORD your God, as you have done to this day. -- joshua 23:8 +. +For the LORD has driven out from before you great nations and strong: but as for you, no man has been able to stand before you to this day. -- joshua 23:9 +. +One man of you shall chase a thousand: for the LORD your God, he it is that fights for you, as he has promised you. -- joshua 23:10 +. +Take good heed therefore to yourselves, that you love the LORD your God. -- joshua 23:11 +. +Else if you do in any wise go back, and join to the remnant of these nations, even these that remain among you, and shall make marriages with them, and go in to them, and they to you: -- joshua 23:12 +. +Know for a certainty that the LORD your God will no more drive out any of these nations from before you; but they shall be snares and traps to you, and scourges in your sides, and thorns in your eyes, until you perish from off this good land which the LORD your God has given you. -- joshua 23:13 +. +And, behold, this day I am going the way of all the earth: and you know in all your hearts and in all your souls, that not one thing has failed of all the good things which the LORD your God spoke concerning you; all are come to pass to you, and not one thing has failed thereof. -- joshua 23:14 +. +Therefore it shall come to pass, that as all good things are come on you, which the LORD your God promised you; so shall the LORD bring on you all evil things, until he have destroyed you from off this good land which the LORD your God has given you. -- joshua 23:15 +. +When you have transgressed the covenant of the LORD your God, which he commanded you, and have gone and served other gods, and bowed yourselves to them; then shall the anger of the LORD be kindled against you, and you shall perish quickly from off the good land which he has given to you. -- joshua 23:16 +. +And Joshua gathered all the tribes of Israel to Shechem, and called for the elders of Israel, and for their heads, and for their judges, and for their officers; and they presented themselves before God. -- joshua 24:1 +. +And Joshua said to all the people, Thus said the LORD God of Israel, Your fathers dwelled on the other side of the flood in old time, even Terah, the father of Abraham, and the father of Nachor: and they served other gods. -- joshua 24:2 +. +And I took your father Abraham from the other side of the flood, and led him throughout all the land of Canaan, and multiplied his seed, and gave him Isaac. -- joshua 24:3 +. +And I gave to Isaac Jacob and Esau: and I gave to Esau mount Seir, to possess it; but Jacob and his children went down into Egypt. -- joshua 24:4 +. +I sent Moses also and Aaron, and I plagued Egypt, according to that which I did among them: and afterward I brought you out. -- joshua 24:5 +. +And I brought your fathers out of Egypt: and you came to the sea; and the Egyptians pursued after your fathers with chariots and horsemen to the Red sea. -- joshua 24:6 +. +And when they cried to the LORD, he put darkness between you and the Egyptians, and brought the sea on them, and covered them; and your eyes have seen what I have done in Egypt: and you dwelled in the wilderness a long season. -- joshua 24:7 +. +And I brought you into the land of the Amorites, which dwelled on the other side Jordan; and they fought with you: and I gave them into your hand, that you might possess their land; and I destroyed them from before you. -- joshua 24:8 +. +Then Balak the son of Zippor, king of Moab, arose and warred against Israel, and sent and called Balaam the son of Beor to curse you: -- joshua 24:9 +. +But I would not listen to Balaam; therefore he blessed you still: so I delivered you out of his hand. -- joshua 24:10 +. +And you went over Jordan, and came to Jericho: and the men of Jericho fought against you, the Amorites, and the Perizzites, and the Canaanites, and the Hittites, and the Girgashites, the Hivites, and the Jebusites; and I delivered them into your hand. -- joshua 24:11 +. +And I sent the hornet before you, which drove them out from before you, even the two kings of the Amorites; but not with your sword, nor with your bow. -- joshua 24:12 +. +And I have given you a land for which you did not labor, and cities which you built not, and you dwell in them; of the vineyards and olive groves which you planted not do you eat. -- joshua 24:13 +. +Now therefore fear the LORD, and serve him in sincerity and in truth: and put away the gods which your fathers served on the other side of the flood, and in Egypt; and serve you the LORD. -- joshua 24:14 +. +And if it seem evil to you to serve the LORD, choose you this day whom you will serve; whether the gods which your fathers served that were on the other side of the flood, or the gods of the Amorites, in whose land you dwell: but as for me and my house, we will serve the LORD. -- joshua 24:15 +. +And the people answered and said, God forbid that we should forsake the LORD, to serve other gods; -- joshua 24:16 +. +For the LORD our God, he it is that brought us up and our fathers out of the land of Egypt, from the house of bondage, and which did those great signs in our sight, and preserved us in all the way wherein we went, and among all the people through whom we passed: -- joshua 24:17 +. +And the LORD drove out from before us all the people, even the Amorites which dwelled in the land: therefore will we also serve the LORD; for he is our God. -- joshua 24:18 +. +And Joshua said to the people, You cannot serve the LORD: for he is an holy God; he is a jealous God; he will not forgive your transgressions nor your sins. -- joshua 24:19 +. +If you forsake the LORD, and serve strange gods, then he will turn and do you hurt, and consume you, after that he has done you good. -- joshua 24:20 +. +And the people said to Joshua, No; but we will serve the LORD. -- joshua 24:21 +. +And Joshua said to the people, You are witnesses against yourselves that you have chosen you the LORD, to serve him. And they said, We are witnesses. -- joshua 24:22 +. +Now therefore put away, said he, the strange gods which are among you, and incline your heart to the LORD God of Israel. -- joshua 24:23 +. +And the people said to Joshua, The LORD our God will we serve, and his voice will we obey. -- joshua 24:24 +. +So Joshua made a covenant with the people that day, and set them a statute and an ordinance in Shechem. -- joshua 24:25 +. +And Joshua wrote these words in the book of the law of God, and took a great stone, and set it up there under an oak, that was by the sanctuary of the LORD. -- joshua 24:26 +. +And Joshua said to all the people, Behold, this stone shall be a witness to us; for it has heard all the words of the LORD which he spoke to us: it shall be therefore a witness to you, lest you deny your God. -- joshua 24:27 +. +So Joshua let the people depart, every man to his inheritance. -- joshua 24:28 +. +And it came to pass after these things, that Joshua the son of Nun, the servant of the LORD, died, being an hundred and ten years old. -- joshua 24:29 +. +And they buried him in the border of his inheritance in Timnathserah, which is in mount Ephraim, on the north side of the hill of Gaash. -- joshua 24:30 +. +And Israel served the LORD all the days of Joshua, and all the days of the elders that outlived Joshua, and which had known all the works of the LORD, that he had done for Israel. -- joshua 24:31 +. +And the bones of Joseph, which the children of Israel brought up out of Egypt, buried they in Shechem, in a parcel of ground which Jacob bought of the sons of Hamor the father of Shechem for an hundred pieces of silver: and it became the inheritance of the children of Joseph. -- joshua 24:32 +. +And Eleazar the son of Aaron died; and they buried him in a hill that pertained to Phinehas his son, which was given him in mount Ephraim. -- joshua 24:33 +. +Now after the death of Joshua it came to pass, that the children of Israel asked the LORD, saying, Who shall go up for us against the Canaanites first, to fight against them? -- judges 1:1 +. +And the LORD said, Judah shall go up: behold, I have delivered the land into his hand. -- judges 1:2 +. +And Judah said to Simeon his brother, Come up with me into my lot, that we may fight against the Canaanites; and I likewise will go with you into your lot. So Simeon went with him. -- judges 1:3 +. +And Judah went up; and the LORD delivered the Canaanites and the Perizzites into their hand: and they slew of them in Bezek ten thousand men. -- judges 1:4 +. +And they found Adonibezek in Bezek: and they fought against him, and they slew the Canaanites and the Perizzites. -- judges 1:5 +. +But Adonibezek fled; and they pursued after him, and caught him, and cut off his thumbs and his great toes. -- judges 1:6 +. +And Adonibezek said, Three score and ten kings, having their thumbs and their great toes cut off, gathered their meat under my table: as I have done, so God has requited me. And they brought him to Jerusalem, and there he died. -- judges 1:7 +. +Now the children of Judah had fought against Jerusalem, and had taken it, and smitten it with the edge of the sword, and set the city on fire. -- judges 1:8 +. +And afterward the children of Judah went down to fight against the Canaanites, that dwelled in the mountain, and in the south, and in the valley. -- judges 1:9 +. +And Judah went against the Canaanites that dwelled in Hebron: (now the name of Hebron before was Kirjatharba:) and they slew Sheshai, and Ahiman, and Talmai. -- judges 1:10 +. +And from there he went against the inhabitants of Debir: and the name of Debir before was Kirjathsepher: -- judges 1:11 +. +And Caleb said, He that smites Kirjathsepher, and takes it, to him will I give Achsah my daughter to wife. -- judges 1:12 +. +And Othniel the son of Kenaz, Caleb' younger brother, took it: and he gave him Achsah his daughter to wife. -- judges 1:13 +. +And it came to pass, when she came to him, that she moved him to ask of her father a field: and she lighted from off her ass; and Caleb said to her, What will you? -- judges 1:14 +. +And she said to him, Give me a blessing: for you have given me a south land; give me also springs of water. And Caleb gave her the upper springs and the nether springs. -- judges 1:15 +. +And the children of the Kenite, Moses'father in law, went up out of the city of palm trees with the children of Judah into the wilderness of Judah, which lies in the south of Arad; and they went and dwelled among the people. -- judges 1:16 +. +And Judah went with Simeon his brother, and they slew the Canaanites that inhabited Zephath, and utterly destroyed it. And the name of the city was called Hormah. -- judges 1:17 +. +Also Judah took Gaza with the coast thereof, and Askelon with the coast thereof, and Ekron with the coast thereof. -- judges 1:18 +. +And the LORD was with Judah; and he drove out the inhabitants of the mountain; but could not drive out the inhabitants of the valley, because they had chariots of iron. -- judges 1:19 +. +And they gave Hebron to Caleb, as Moses said: and he expelled there the three sons of Anak. -- judges 1:20 +. +And the children of Benjamin did not drive out the Jebusites that inhabited Jerusalem; but the Jebusites dwell with the children of Benjamin in Jerusalem to this day. -- judges 1:21 +. +And the house of Joseph, they also went up against Bethel: and the LORD was with them. -- judges 1:22 +. +And the house of Joseph sent to descry Bethel. (Now the name of the city before was Luz.) -- judges 1:23 +. +And the spies saw a man come forth out of the city, and they said to him, Show us, we pray you, the entrance into the city, and we will show you mercy. -- judges 1:24 +. +And when he showed them the entrance into the city, they smote the city with the edge of the sword; but they let go the man and all his family. -- judges 1:25 +. +And the man went into the land of the Hittites, and built a city, and called the name thereof Luz: which is the name thereof to this day. -- judges 1:26 +. +Neither did Manasseh drive out the inhabitants of Bethshean and her towns, nor Taanach and her towns, nor the inhabitants of Dor and her towns, nor the inhabitants of Ibleam and her towns, nor the inhabitants of Megiddo and her towns: but the Canaanites would dwell in that land. -- judges 1:27 +. +And it came to pass, when Israel was strong, that they put the Canaanites to tribute, and did not utterly drive them out. -- judges 1:28 +. +Neither did Ephraim drive out the Canaanites that dwelled in Gezer; but the Canaanites dwelled in Gezer among them. -- judges 1:29 +. +Neither did Zebulun drive out the inhabitants of Kitron, nor the inhabitants of Nahalol; but the Canaanites dwelled among them, and became tributaries. -- judges 1:30 +. +Neither did Asher drive out the inhabitants of Accho, nor the inhabitants of Zidon, nor of Ahlab, nor of Achzib, nor of Helbah, nor of Aphik, nor of Rehob: -- judges 1:31 +. +But the Asherites dwelled among the Canaanites, the inhabitants of the land: for they did not drive them out. -- judges 1:32 +. +Neither did Naphtali drive out the inhabitants of Bethshemesh, nor the inhabitants of Bethanath; but he dwelled among the Canaanites, the inhabitants of the land: nevertheless the inhabitants of Bethshemesh and of Bethanath became tributaries to them. -- judges 1:33 +. +And the Amorites forced the children of Dan into the mountain: for they would not suffer them to come down to the valley: -- judges 1:34 +. +But the Amorites would dwell in mount Heres in Aijalon, and in Shaalbim: yet the hand of the house of Joseph prevailed, so that they became tributaries. -- judges 1:35 +. +And the coast of the Amorites was from the going up to Akrabbim, from the rock, and upward. -- judges 1:36 +. +And an angel of the LORD came up from Gilgal to Bochim, and said, I made you to go up out of Egypt, and have brought you to the land which I swore to your fathers; and I said, I will never break my covenant with you. -- judges 2:1 +. +And you shall make no league with the inhabitants of this land; you shall throw down their altars: but you have not obeyed my voice: why have you done this? -- judges 2:2 +. +Why I also said, I will not drive them out from before you; but they shall be as thorns in your sides, and their gods shall be a snare to you. -- judges 2:3 +. +And it came to pass, when the angel of the LORD spoke these words to all the children of Israel, that the people lifted up their voice, and wept. -- judges 2:4 +. +And they called the name of that place Bochim: and they sacrificed there to the LORD. -- judges 2:5 +. +And when Joshua had let the people go, the children of Israel went every man to his inheritance to possess the land. -- judges 2:6 +. +And the people served the LORD all the days of Joshua, and all the days of the elders that outlived Joshua, who had seen all the great works of the LORD, that he did for Israel. -- judges 2:7 +. +And Joshua the son of Nun, the servant of the LORD, died, being an hundred and ten years old. -- judges 2:8 +. +And they buried him in the border of his inheritance in Timnathheres, in the mount of Ephraim, on the north side of the hill Gaash. -- judges 2:9 +. +And also all that generation were gathered to their fathers: and there arose another generation after them, which knew not the LORD, nor yet the works which he had done for Israel. -- judges 2:10 +. +And the children of Israel did evil in the sight of the LORD, and served Baalim: -- judges 2:11 +. +And they forsook the LORD God of their fathers, which brought them out of the land of Egypt, and followed other gods, of the gods of the people that were round about them, and bowed themselves to them, and provoked the LORD to anger. -- judges 2:12 +. +And they forsook the LORD, and served Baal and Ashtaroth. -- judges 2:13 +. +And the anger of the LORD was hot against Israel, and he delivered them into the hands of spoilers that spoiled them, and he sold them into the hands of their enemies round about, so that they could not any longer stand before their enemies. -- judges 2:14 +. +Wherever they went out, the hand of the LORD was against them for evil, as the LORD had said, and as the LORD had sworn to them: and they were greatly distressed. -- judges 2:15 +. +Nevertheless the LORD raised up judges, which delivered them out of the hand of those that spoiled them. -- judges 2:16 +. +And yet they would not listen to their judges, but they went a whoring after other gods, and bowed themselves to them: they turned quickly out of the way which their fathers walked in, obeying the commandments of the LORD; but they did not so. -- judges 2:17 +. +And when the LORD raised them up judges, then the LORD was with the judge, and delivered them out of the hand of their enemies all the days of the judge: for it repented the LORD because of their groanings by reason of them that oppressed them and vexed them. -- judges 2:18 +. +And it came to pass, when the judge was dead, that they returned, and corrupted themselves more than their fathers, in following other gods to serve them, and to bow down to them; they ceased not from their own doings, nor from their stubborn way. -- judges 2:19 +. +And the anger of the LORD was hot against Israel; and he said, Because that this people has transgressed my covenant which I commanded their fathers, and have not listened to my voice; -- judges 2:20 +. +I also will not from now on drive out any from before them of the nations which Joshua left when he died: -- judges 2:21 +. +That through them I may prove Israel, whether they will keep the way of the LORD to walk therein, as their fathers did keep it, or not. -- judges 2:22 +. +Therefore the LORD left those nations, without driving them out hastily; neither delivered he them into the hand of Joshua. -- judges 2:23 +. +Now these are the nations which the LORD left, to prove Israel by them, even as many of Israel as had not known all the wars of Canaan; -- judges 3:1 +. +Only that the generations of the children of Israel might know, to teach them war, at the least such as before knew nothing thereof; -- judges 3:2 +. +Namely, five lords of the Philistines, and all the Canaanites, and the Sidonians, and the Hivites that dwelled in mount Lebanon, from mount Baalhermon to the entering in of Hamath. -- judges 3:3 +. +And they were to prove Israel by them, to know whether they would listen to the commandments of the LORD, which he commanded their fathers by the hand of Moses. -- judges 3:4 +. +And the children of Israel dwelled among the Canaanites, Hittites, and Amorites, and Perizzites, and Hivites, and Jebusites: -- judges 3:5 +. +And they took their daughters to be their wives, and gave their daughters to their sons, and served their gods. -- judges 3:6 +. +And the children of Israel did evil in the sight of the LORD, and forgot the LORD their God, and served Baalim and the groves. -- judges 3:7 +. +Therefore the anger of the LORD was hot against Israel, and he sold them into the hand of Chushanrishathaim king of Mesopotamia: and the children of Israel served Chushanrishathaim eight years. -- judges 3:8 +. +And when the children of Israel cried to the LORD, the LORD raised up a deliverer to the children of Israel, who delivered them, even Othniel the son of Kenaz, Caleb' younger brother. -- judges 3:9 +. +And the Spirit of the LORD came on him, and he judged Israel, and went out to war: and the LORD delivered Chushanrishathaim king of Mesopotamia into his hand; and his hand prevailed against Chushanrishathaim. -- judges 3:10 +. +And the land had rest forty years. And Othniel the son of Kenaz died. -- judges 3:11 +. +And the children of Israel did evil again in the sight of the LORD: and the LORD strengthened Eglon the king of Moab against Israel, because they had done evil in the sight of the LORD. -- judges 3:12 +. +And he gathered to him the children of Ammon and Amalek, and went and smote Israel, and possessed the city of palm trees. -- judges 3:13 +. +So the children of Israel served Eglon the king of Moab eighteen years. -- judges 3:14 +. +But when the children of Israel cried to the LORD, the LORD raised them up a deliverer, Ehud the son of Gera, a Benjamite, a man left handed: and by him the children of Israel sent a present to Eglon the king of Moab. -- judges 3:15 +. +But Ehud made him a dagger which had two edges, of a cubit length; and he did gird it under his raiment on his right thigh. -- judges 3:16 +. +And he brought the present to Eglon king of Moab: and Eglon was a very fat man. -- judges 3:17 +. +And when he had made an end to offer the present, he sent away the people that bore the present. -- judges 3:18 +. +But he himself turned again from the quarries that were by Gilgal, and said, I have a secret errand to you, O king: who said, Keep silence. And all that stood by him went out from him. -- judges 3:19 +. +And Ehud came to him; and he was sitting in a summer parlor, which he had for himself alone. And Ehud said, I have a message from God to you. And he arose out of his seat. -- judges 3:20 +. +And Ehud put forth his left hand, and took the dagger from his right thigh, and thrust it into his belly: -- judges 3:21 +. +And the haft also went in after the blade; and the fat closed on the blade, so that he could not draw the dagger out of his belly; and the dirt came out. -- judges 3:22 +. +Then Ehud went forth through the porch, and shut the doors of the parlor on him, and locked them. -- judges 3:23 +. +When he was gone out, his servants came; and when they saw that, behold, the doors of the parlor were locked, they said, Surely he covers his feet in his summer chamber. -- judges 3:24 +. +And they tarried till they were ashamed: and, behold, he opened not the doors of the parlor; therefore they took a key, and opened them: and, behold, their lord was fallen down dead on the earth. -- judges 3:25 +. +And Ehud escaped while they tarried, and passed beyond the quarries, and escaped to Seirath. -- judges 3:26 +. +And it came to pass, when he was come, that he blew a trumpet in the mountain of Ephraim, and the children of Israel went down with him from the mount, and he before them. -- judges 3:27 +. +And he said to them, Follow after me: for the LORD has delivered your enemies the Moabites into your hand. And they went down after him, and took the fords of Jordan toward Moab, and suffered not a man to pass over. -- judges 3:28 +. +And they slew of Moab at that time about ten thousand men, all lusty, and all men of valor; and there escaped not a man. -- judges 3:29 +. +So Moab was subdued that day under the hand of Israel. And the land had rest fourscore years. -- judges 3:30 +. +And after him was Shamgar the son of Anath, which slew of the Philistines six hundred men with an ox goad: and he also delivered Israel. -- judges 3:31 +. +And the children of Israel again did evil in the sight of the LORD, when Ehud was dead. -- judges 4:1 +. +And the LORD sold them into the hand of Jabin king of Canaan, that reigned in Hazor; the captain of whose host was Sisera, which dwelled in Harosheth of the Gentiles. -- judges 4:2 +. +And the children of Israel cried to the LORD: for he had nine hundred chariots of iron; and twenty years he mightily oppressed the children of Israel. -- judges 4:3 +. +And Deborah, a prophetess, the wife of Lapidoth, she judged Israel at that time. -- judges 4:4 +. +And she dwelled under the palm tree of Deborah between Ramah and Bethel in mount Ephraim: and the children of Israel came up to her for judgment. -- judges 4:5 +. +And she sent and called Barak the son of Abinoam out of Kedeshnaphtali, and said to him, Has not the LORD God of Israel commanded, saying, Go and draw toward mount Tabor, and take with you ten thousand men of the children of Naphtali and of the children of Zebulun? -- judges 4:6 +. +And I will draw to you to the river Kishon Sisera, the captain of Jabin' army, with his chariots and his multitude; and I will deliver him into your hand. -- judges 4:7 +. +And Barak said to her, If you will go with me, then I will go: but if you will not go with me, then I will not go. -- judges 4:8 +. +And she said, I will surely go with you: notwithstanding the journey that you take shall not be for your honor; for the LORD shall sell Sisera into the hand of a woman. And Deborah arose, and went with Barak to Kedesh. -- judges 4:9 +. +And Barak called Zebulun and Naphtali to Kedesh; and he went up with ten thousand men at his feet: and Deborah went up with him. -- judges 4:10 +. +Now Heber the Kenite, which was of the children of Hobab the father in law of Moses, had severed himself from the Kenites, and pitched his tent to the plain of Zaanaim, which is by Kedesh. -- judges 4:11 +. +And they showed Sisera that Barak the son of Abinoam was gone up to mount Tabor. -- judges 4:12 +. +And Sisera gathered together all his chariots, even nine hundred chariots of iron, and all the people that were with him, from Harosheth of the Gentiles to the river of Kishon. -- judges 4:13 +. +And Deborah said to Barak, Up; for this is the day in which the LORD has delivered Sisera into your hand: is not the LORD gone out before you? So Barak went down from mount Tabor, and ten thousand men after him. -- judges 4:14 +. +And the LORD discomfited Sisera, and all his chariots, and all his host, with the edge of the sword before Barak; so that Sisera lighted down off his chariot, and fled away on his feet. -- judges 4:15 +. +But Barak pursued after the chariots, and after the host, to Harosheth of the Gentiles: and all the host of Sisera fell on the edge of the sword; and there was not a man left. -- judges 4:16 +. +However, Sisera fled away on his feet to the tent of Jael the wife of Heber the Kenite: for there was peace between Jabin the king of Hazor and the house of Heber the Kenite. -- judges 4:17 +. +And Jael went out to meet Sisera, and said to him, Turn in, my lord, turn in to me; fear not. And when he had turned in to her into the tent, she covered him with a mantle. -- judges 4:18 +. +And he said to her, Give me, I pray you, a little water to drink; for I am thirsty. And she opened a bottle of milk, and gave him drink, and covered him. -- judges 4:19 +. +Again he said to her, Stand in the door of the tent, and it shall be, when any man does come and inquire of you, and say, Is there any man here? that you shall say, No. -- judges 4:20 +. +Then Jael Heber' wife took a nail of the tent, and took an hammer in her hand, and went softly to him, and smote the nail into his temples, and fastened it into the ground: for he was fast asleep and weary. So he died. -- judges 4:21 +. +And, behold, as Barak pursued Sisera, Jael came out to meet him, and said to him, Come, and I will show you the man whom you seek. And when he came into her tent, behold, Sisera lay dead, and the nail was in his temples. -- judges 4:22 +. +So God subdued on that day Jabin the king of Canaan before the children of Israel. -- judges 4:23 +. +And the hand of the children of Israel prospered, and prevailed against Jabin the king of Canaan, until they had destroyed Jabin king of Canaan. -- judges 4:24 +. +Then sang Deborah and Barak the son of Abinoam on that day, saying, -- judges 5:1 +. +Praise you the LORD for the avenging of Israel, when the people willingly offered themselves. -- judges 5:2 +. +Hear, O you kings; give ear, O you princes; I, even I, will sing to the LORD; I will sing praise to the LORD God of Israel. -- judges 5:3 +. +LORD, when you went out of Seir, when you marched out of the field of Edom, the earth trembled, and the heavens dropped, the clouds also dropped water. -- judges 5:4 +. +The mountains melted from before the LORD, even that Sinai from before the LORD God of Israel. -- judges 5:5 +. +In the days of Shamgar the son of Anath, in the days of Jael, the highways were unoccupied, and the travelers walked through byways. -- judges 5:6 +. +The inhabitants of the villages ceased, they ceased in Israel, until that I Deborah arose, that I arose a mother in Israel. -- judges 5:7 +. +They chose new gods; then was war in the gates: was there a shield or spear seen among forty thousand in Israel? -- judges 5:8 +. +My heart is toward the governors of Israel, that offered themselves willingly among the people. Bless you the LORD. -- judges 5:9 +. +Speak, you that ride on white asses, you that sit in judgment, and walk by the way. -- judges 5:10 +. +They that are delivered from the noise of archers in the places of drawing water, there shall they rehearse the righteous acts of the LORD, even the righteous acts toward the inhabitants of his villages in Israel: then shall the people of the LORD go down to the gates. -- judges 5:11 +. +Awake, awake, Deborah: awake, awake, utter a song: arise, Barak, and lead your captivity captive, you son of Abinoam. -- judges 5:12 +. +Then he made him that remains have dominion over the nobles among the people: the LORD made me have dominion over the mighty. -- judges 5:13 +. +Out of Ephraim was there a root of them against Amalek; after you, Benjamin, among your people; out of Machir came down governors, and out of Zebulun they that handle the pen of the writer. -- judges 5:14 +. +And the princes of Issachar were with Deborah; even Issachar, and also Barak: he was sent on foot into the valley. For the divisions of Reuben there were great thoughts of heart. -- judges 5:15 +. +Why stayed you among the sheepfolds, to hear the bleatings of the flocks? For the divisions of Reuben there were great searchings of heart. -- judges 5:16 +. +Gilead stayed beyond Jordan: and why did Dan remain in ships? Asher continued on the sea shore, and stayed in his breaches. -- judges 5:17 +. +Zebulun and Naphtali were a people that risked their lives to the death in the high places of the field. -- judges 5:18 +. +The kings came and fought, then fought the kings of Canaan in Taanach by the waters of Megiddo; they took no gain of money. -- judges 5:19 +. +They fought from heaven; the stars in their courses fought against Sisera. -- judges 5:20 +. +The river of Kishon swept them away, that ancient river, the river Kishon. O my soul, you have trodden down strength. -- judges 5:21 +. +Then were the horse hoofs broken by the means of the prancings, the prancings of their mighty ones. -- judges 5:22 +. +Curse you Meroz, said the angel of the LORD, curse you bitterly the inhabitants thereof; because they came not to the help of the LORD, to the help of the LORD against the mighty. -- judges 5:23 +. +Blessed above women shall Jael the wife of Heber the Kenite be, blessed shall she be above women in the tent. -- judges 5:24 +. +He asked water, and she gave him milk; she brought forth butter in a lordly dish. -- judges 5:25 +. +She put her hand to the nail, and her right hand to the workmen' hammer; and with the hammer she smote Sisera, she smote off his head, when she had pierced and stricken through his temples. -- judges 5:26 +. +At her feet he bowed, he fell, he lay down: at her feet he bowed, he fell: where he bowed, there he fell down dead. -- judges 5:27 +. +The mother of Sisera looked out at a window, and cried through the lattice, Why is his chariot so long in coming? why tarry the wheels of his chariots? -- judges 5:28 +. +Her wise ladies answered her, yes, she returned answer to herself, -- judges 5:29 +. +Have they not sped? have they not divided the prey; to every man a damsel or two; to Sisera a prey of divers colors, a prey of divers colors of needlework, of divers colors of needlework on both sides, meet for the necks of them that take the spoil? -- judges 5:30 +. +So let all your enemies perish, O LORD: but let them that love him be as the sun when he goes forth in his might. And the land had rest forty years. -- judges 5:31 +. +And the children of Israel did evil in the sight of the LORD: and the LORD delivered them into the hand of Midian seven years. -- judges 6:1 +. +And the hand of Midian prevailed against Israel: and because of the Midianites the children of Israel made them the dens which are in the mountains, and caves, and strong holds. -- judges 6:2 +. +And so it was, when Israel had sown, that the Midianites came up, and the Amalekites, and the children of the east, even they came up against them; -- judges 6:3 +. +And they encamped against them, and destroyed the increase of the earth, till you come to Gaza, and left no sustenance for Israel, neither sheep, nor ox, nor ass. -- judges 6:4 +. +For they came up with their cattle and their tents, and they came as grasshoppers for multitude; for both they and their camels were without number: and they entered into the land to destroy it. -- judges 6:5 +. +And Israel was greatly impoverished because of the Midianites; and the children of Israel cried to the LORD. -- judges 6:6 +. +And it came to pass, when the children of Israel cried to the LORD because of the Midianites, -- judges 6:7 +. +That the LORD sent a prophet to the children of Israel, which said to them, Thus said the LORD God of Israel, I brought you up from Egypt, and brought you forth out of the house of bondage; -- judges 6:8 +. +And I delivered you out of the hand of the Egyptians, and out of the hand of all that oppressed you, and drove them out from before you, and gave you their land; -- judges 6:9 +. +And I said to you, I am the LORD your God; fear not the gods of the Amorites, in whose land you dwell: but you have not obeyed my voice. -- judges 6:10 +. +And there came an angel of the LORD, and sat under an oak which was in Ophrah, that pertained to Joash the Abiezrite: and his son Gideon threshed wheat by the wine press, to hide it from the Midianites. -- judges 6:11 +. +And the angel of the LORD appeared to him, and said to him, The LORD is with you, you mighty man of valor. -- judges 6:12 +. +And Gideon said to him, Oh my Lord, if the LORD be with us, why then is all this befallen us? and where be all his miracles which our fathers told us of, saying, Did not the LORD bring us up from Egypt? but now the LORD has forsaken us, and delivered us into the hands of the Midianites. -- judges 6:13 +. +And the LORD looked on him, and said, Go in this your might, and you shall save Israel from the hand of the Midianites: have not I sent you? -- judges 6:14 +. +And he said to him, Oh my Lord, with which shall I save Israel? behold, my family is poor in Manasseh, and I am the least in my father' house. -- judges 6:15 +. +And the LORD said to him, Surely I will be with you, and you shall smite the Midianites as one man. -- judges 6:16 +. +And he said to him, If now I have found grace in your sight, then show me a sign that you talk with me. -- judges 6:17 +. +Depart not hence, I pray you, until I come to you, and bring forth my present, and set it before you. And he said, I will tarry until you come again. -- judges 6:18 +. +And Gideon went in, and made ready a kid, and unleavened cakes of an ephah of flour: the flesh he put in a basket, and he put the broth in a pot, and brought it out to him under the oak, and presented it. -- judges 6:19 +. +And the angel of God said to him, Take the flesh and the unleavened cakes, and lay them on this rock, and pour out the broth. And he did so. -- judges 6:20 +. +Then the angel of the LORD put forth the end of the staff that was in his hand, and touched the flesh and the unleavened cakes; and there rose up fire out of the rock, and consumed the flesh and the unleavened cakes. Then the angel of the LORD departed out of his sight. -- judges 6:21 +. +And when Gideon perceived that he was an angel of the LORD, Gideon said, Alas, O LORD God! for because I have seen an angel of the LORD face to face. -- judges 6:22 +. +And the LORD said to him, Peace be to you; fear not: you shall not die. -- judges 6:23 +. +Then Gideon built an altar there to the LORD, and called it Jehovahshalom: to this day it is yet in Ophrah of the Abiezrites. -- judges 6:24 +. +And it came to pass the same night, that the LORD said to him, Take your father' young bullock, even the second bullock of seven years old, and throw down the altar of Baal that your father has, and cut down the grove that is by it: -- judges 6:25 +. +And build an altar to the LORD your God on the top of this rock, in the ordered place, and take the second bullock, and offer a burnt sacrifice with the wood of the grove which you shall cut down. -- judges 6:26 +. +Then Gideon took ten men of his servants, and did as the LORD had said to him: and so it was, because he feared his father' household, and the men of the city, that he could not do it by day, that he did it by night. -- judges 6:27 +. +And when the men of the city arose early in the morning, behold, the altar of Baal was cast down, and the grove was cut down that was by it, and the second bullock was offered on the altar that was built. -- judges 6:28 +. +And they said one to another, Who has done this thing? And when they inquired and asked, they said, Gideon the son of Joash has done this thing. -- judges 6:29 +. +Then the men of the city said to Joash, Bring out your son, that he may die: because he has cast down the altar of Baal, and because he has cut down the grove that was by it. -- judges 6:30 +. +And Joash said to all that stood against him, Will you plead for Baal? will you save him? he that will plead for him, let him be put to death whilst it is yet morning: if he be a god, let him plead for himself, because one has cast down his altar. -- judges 6:31 +. +Therefore on that day he called him Jerubbaal, saying, Let Baal plead against him, because he has thrown down his altar. -- judges 6:32 +. +Then all the Midianites and the Amalekites and the children of the east were gathered together, and went over, and pitched in the valley of Jezreel. -- judges 6:33 +. +But the Spirit of the LORD came on Gideon, and he blew a trumpet; and Abiezer was gathered after him. -- judges 6:34 +. +And he sent messengers throughout all Manasseh; who also was gathered after him: and he sent messengers to Asher, and to Zebulun, and to Naphtali; and they came up to meet them. -- judges 6:35 +. +And Gideon said to God, If you will save Israel by my hand, as you have said, -- judges 6:36 +. +Behold, I will put a fleece of wool in the floor; and if the dew be on the fleece only, and it be dry on all the earth beside, then shall I know that you will save Israel by my hand, as you have said. -- judges 6:37 +. +And it was so: for he rose up early on the morrow, and thrust the fleece together, and wringed the dew out of the fleece, a bowl full of water. -- judges 6:38 +. +And Gideon said to God, Let not your anger be hot against me, and I will speak but this once: let me prove, I pray you, but this once with the fleece; let it now be dry only on the fleece, and on all the ground let there be dew. -- judges 6:39 +. +And God did so that night: for it was dry on the fleece only, and there was dew on all the ground. -- judges 6:40 +. +Then Jerubbaal, who is Gideon, and all the people that were with him, rose up early, and pitched beside the well of Harod: so that the host of the Midianites were on the north side of them, by the hill of Moreh, in the valley. -- judges 7:1 +. +And the LORD said to Gideon, The people that are with you are too many for me to give the Midianites into their hands, lest Israel vaunt themselves against me, saying, My own hand has saved me. -- judges 7:2 +. +Now therefore go to, proclaim in the ears of the people, saying, Whoever is fearful and afraid, let him return and depart early from mount Gilead. And there returned of the people twenty and two thousand; and there remained ten thousand. -- judges 7:3 +. +And the LORD said to Gideon, The people are yet too many; bring them down to the water, and I will try them for you there: and it shall be, that of whom I say to you, This shall go with you, the same shall go with you; and of whomsoever I say to you, This shall not go with you, the same shall not go. -- judges 7:4 +. +So he brought down the people to the water: and the LORD said to Gideon, Every one that laps of the water with his tongue, as a dog laps, him shall you set by himself; likewise every one that bows down on his knees to drink. -- judges 7:5 +. +And the number of them that lapped, putting their hand to their mouth, were three hundred men: but all the rest of the people bowed down on their knees to drink water. -- judges 7:6 +. +And the LORD said to Gideon, By the three hundred men that lapped will I save you, and deliver the Midianites into your hand: and let all the other people go every man to his place. -- judges 7:7 +. +So the people took victuals in their hand, and their trumpets: and he sent all the rest of Israel every man to his tent, and retained those three hundred men: and the host of Midian was beneath him in the valley. -- judges 7:8 +. +And it came to pass the same night, that the LORD said to him, Arise, get you down to the host; for I have delivered it into your hand. -- judges 7:9 +. +But if you fear to go down, go you with Phurah your servant down to the host: -- judges 7:10 +. +And you shall hear what they say; and afterward shall your hands be strengthened to go down to the host. Then went he down with Phurah his servant to the outside of the armed men that were in the host. -- judges 7:11 +. +And the Midianites and the Amalekites and all the children of the east lay along in the valley like grasshoppers for multitude; and their camels were without number, as the sand by the sea side for multitude. -- judges 7:12 +. +And when Gideon was come, behold, there was a man that told a dream to his fellow, and said, Behold, I dreamed a dream, and, see, a cake of barley bread tumbled into the host of Midian, and came to a tent, and smote it that it fell, and overturned it, that the tent lay along. -- judges 7:13 +. +And his fellow answered and said, This is nothing else save the sword of Gideon the son of Joash, a man of Israel: for into his hand has God delivered Midian, and all the host. -- judges 7:14 +. +And it was so, when Gideon heard the telling of the dream, and the interpretation thereof, that he worshipped, and returned into the host of Israel, and said, Arise; for the LORD has delivered into your hand the host of Midian. -- judges 7:15 +. +And he divided the three hundred men into three companies, and he put a trumpet in every man' hand, with empty pitchers, and lamps within the pitchers. -- judges 7:16 +. +And he said to them, Look on me, and do likewise: and, behold, when I come to the outside of the camp, it shall be that, as I do, so shall you do. -- judges 7:17 +. +When I blow with a trumpet, I and all that are with me, then blow you the trumpets also on every side of all the camp, and say, The sword of the LORD, and of Gideon. -- judges 7:18 +. +So Gideon, and the hundred men that were with him, came to the outside of the camp in the beginning of the middle watch; and they had but newly set the watch: and they blew the trumpets, and broke the pitchers that were in their hands. -- judges 7:19 +. +And the three companies blew the trumpets, and broke the pitchers, and held the lamps in their left hands, and the trumpets in their right hands to blow with: and they cried, The sword of the LORD, and of Gideon. -- judges 7:20 +. +And they stood every man in his place round about the camp; and all the host ran, and cried, and fled. -- judges 7:21 +. +And the three hundred blew the trumpets, and the LORD set every man' sword against his fellow, even throughout all the host: and the host fled to Bethshittah in Zererath, and to the border of Abelmeholah, to Tabbath. -- judges 7:22 +. +And the men of Israel gathered themselves together out of Naphtali, and out of Asher, and out of all Manasseh, and pursued after the Midianites. -- judges 7:23 +. +And Gideon sent messengers throughout all mount Ephraim, saying, come down against the Midianites, and take before them the waters to Bethbarah and Jordan. Then all the men of Ephraim gathered themselves together, and took the waters to Bethbarah and Jordan. -- judges 7:24 +. +And they took two princes of the Midianites, Oreb and Zeeb; and they slew Oreb on the rock Oreb, and Zeeb they slew at the wine press of Zeeb, and pursued Midian, and brought the heads of Oreb and Zeeb to Gideon on the other side Jordan. -- judges 7:25 +. +And the men of Ephraim said to him, Why have you served us thus, that you called us not, when you went to fight with the Midianites? And they did chide with him sharply. -- judges 8:1 +. +And he said to them, What have I done now in comparison of you? Is not the gleaning of the grapes of Ephraim better than the vintage of Abiezer? -- judges 8:2 +. +God has delivered into your hands the princes of Midian, Oreb and Zeeb: and what was I able to do in comparison of you? Then their anger was abated toward him, when he had said that. -- judges 8:3 +. +And Gideon came to Jordan, and passed over, he, and the three hundred men that were with him, faint, yet pursuing them. -- judges 8:4 +. +And he said to the men of Succoth, Give, I pray you, loaves of bread to the people that follow me; for they be faint, and I am pursuing after Zebah and Zalmunna, kings of Midian. -- judges 8:5 +. +And the princes of Succoth said, Are the hands of Zebah and Zalmunna now in your hand, that we should give bread to your army? -- judges 8:6 +. +And Gideon said, Therefore when the LORD has delivered Zebah and Zalmunna into my hand, then I will tear your flesh with the thorns of the wilderness and with briers. -- judges 8:7 +. +And he went up there to Penuel, and spoke to them likewise: and the men of Penuel answered him as the men of Succoth had answered him. -- judges 8:8 +. +And he spoke also to the men of Penuel, saying, When I come again in peace, I will break down this tower. -- judges 8:9 +. +Now Zebah and Zalmunna were in Karkor, and their hosts with them, about fifteen thousand men, all that were left of all the hosts of the children of the east: for there fell an hundred and twenty thousand men that drew sword. -- judges 8:10 +. +And Gideon went up by the way of them that dwelled in tents on the east of Nobah and Jogbehah, and smote the host; for the host was secure. -- judges 8:11 +. +And when Zebah and Zalmunna fled, he pursued after them, and took the two kings of Midian, Zebah and Zalmunna, and discomfited all the host. -- judges 8:12 +. +And Gideon the son of Joash returned from battle before the sun was up, -- judges 8:13 +. +And caught a young man of the men of Succoth, and inquired of him: and he described to him the princes of Succoth, and the elders thereof, even three score and seventeen men. -- judges 8:14 +. +And he came to the men of Succoth, and said, Behold Zebah and Zalmunna, with whom you did upbraid me, saying, Are the hands of Zebah and Zalmunna now in your hand, that we should give bread to your men that are weary? -- judges 8:15 +. +And he took the elders of the city, and thorns of the wilderness and briers, and with them he taught the men of Succoth. -- judges 8:16 +. +And he beat down the tower of Penuel, and slew the men of the city. -- judges 8:17 +. +Then said he to Zebah and Zalmunna, What manner of men were they whom you slew at Tabor? And they answered, As you are, so were they; each one resembled the children of a king. -- judges 8:18 +. +And he said, They were my brothers, even the sons of my mother: as the LORD lives, if you had saved them alive, I would not slay you. -- judges 8:19 +. +And he said to Jether his firstborn, Up, and slay them. But the youth drew not his sword: for he feared, because he was yet a youth. -- judges 8:20 +. +Then Zebah and Zalmunna said, Rise you, and fall on us: for as the man is, so is his strength. And Gideon arose, and slew Zebah and Zalmunna, and took away the ornaments that were on their camels'necks. -- judges 8:21 +. +Then the men of Israel said to Gideon, Rule you over us, both you, and your son, and your son' son also: for you have delivered us from the hand of Midian. -- judges 8:22 +. +And Gideon said to them, I will not rule over you, neither shall my son rule over you: the LORD shall rule over you. -- judges 8:23 +. +And Gideon said to them, I would desire a request of you, that you would give me every man the earrings of his prey. (For they had golden earrings, because they were Ishmaelites.) -- judges 8:24 +. +And they answered, We will willingly give them. And they spread a garment, and did cast therein every man the earrings of his prey. -- judges 8:25 +. +And the weight of the golden earrings that he requested was a thousand and seven hundred shekels of gold; beside ornaments, and collars, and purple raiment that was on the kings of Midian, and beside the chains that were about their camels'necks. -- judges 8:26 +. +And Gideon made an ephod thereof, and put it in his city, even in Ophrah: and all Israel went thither a whoring after it: which thing became a snare to Gideon, and to his house. -- judges 8:27 +. +Thus was Midian subdued before the children of Israel, so that they lifted up their heads no more. And the country was in quietness forty years in the days of Gideon. -- judges 8:28 +. +And Jerubbaal the son of Joash went and dwelled in his own house. -- judges 8:29 +. +And Gideon had three score and ten sons of his body begotten: for he had many wives. -- judges 8:30 +. +And his concubine that was in Shechem, she also bore him a son, whose name he called Abimelech. -- judges 8:31 +. +And Gideon the son of Joash died in a good old age, and was buried in the sepulcher of Joash his father, in Ophrah of the Abiezrites. -- judges 8:32 +. +And it came to pass, as soon as Gideon was dead, that the children of Israel turned again, and went a whoring after Baalim, and made Baalberith their god. -- judges 8:33 +. +And the children of Israel remembered not the LORD their God, who had delivered them out of the hands of all their enemies on every side: -- judges 8:34 +. +Neither showed they kindness to the house of Jerubbaal, namely, Gideon, according to all the goodness which he had showed to Israel. -- judges 8:35 +. +And Abimelech the son of Jerubbaal went to Shechem to his mother' brothers, and communed with them, and with all the family of the house of his mother' father, saying, -- judges 9:1 +. +Speak, I pray you, in the ears of all the men of Shechem, Whether is better for you, either that all the sons of Jerubbaal, which are three score and ten persons, reign over you, or that one reign over you? remember also that I am your bone and your flesh. -- judges 9:2 +. +And his mother' brothers spoke of him in the ears of all the men of Shechem all these words: and their hearts inclined to follow Abimelech; for they said, He is our brother. -- judges 9:3 +. +And they gave him three score and ten pieces of silver out of the house of Baalberith, with which Abimelech hired vain and light persons, which followed him. -- judges 9:4 +. +And he went to his father' house at Ophrah, and slew his brothers the sons of Jerubbaal, being three score and ten persons, on one stone: notwithstanding yet Jotham the youngest son of Jerubbaal was left; for he hid himself. -- judges 9:5 +. +And all the men of Shechem gathered together, and all the house of Millo, and went, and made Abimelech king, by the plain of the pillar that was in Shechem. -- judges 9:6 +. +And when they told it to Jotham, he went and stood in the top of mount Gerizim, and lifted up his voice, and cried, and said to them, Listen to me, you men of Shechem, that God may listen to you. -- judges 9:7 +. +The trees went forth on a time to anoint a king over them; and they said to the olive tree, Reign you over us. -- judges 9:8 +. +But the olive tree said to them, Should I leave my fatness, with which by me they honor God and man, and go to be promoted over the trees? -- judges 9:9 +. +And the trees said to the fig tree, Come you, and reign over us. -- judges 9:10 +. +But the fig tree said to them, Should I forsake my sweetness, and my good fruit, and go to be promoted over the trees? -- judges 9:11 +. +Then said the trees to the vine, Come you, and reign over us. -- judges 9:12 +. +And the vine said to them, Should I leave my wine, which cheers God and man, and go to be promoted over the trees? -- judges 9:13 +. +Then said all the trees to the bramble, Come you, and reign over us. -- judges 9:14 +. +And the bramble said to the trees, If in truth you anoint me king over you, then come and put your trust in my shadow: and if not, let fire come out of the bramble, and devour the cedars of Lebanon. -- judges 9:15 +. +Now therefore, if you have done truly and sincerely, in that you have made Abimelech king, and if you have dealt well with Jerubbaal and his house, and have done to him according to the deserving of his hands; -- judges 9:16 +. +(For my father fought for you, and adventured his life far, and delivered you out of the hand of Midian: -- judges 9:17 +. +And you are risen up against my father' house this day, and have slain his sons, three score and ten persons, on one stone, and have made Abimelech, the son of his maidservant, king over the men of Shechem, because he is your brother;) -- judges 9:18 +. +If you then have dealt truly and sincerely with Jerubbaal and with his house this day, then rejoice you in Abimelech, and let him also rejoice in you: -- judges 9:19 +. +But if not, let fire come out from Abimelech, and devour the men of Shechem, and the house of Millo; and let fire come out from the men of Shechem, and from the house of Millo, and devour Abimelech. -- judges 9:20 +. +And Jotham ran away, and fled, and went to Beer, and dwelled there, for fear of Abimelech his brother. -- judges 9:21 +. +When Abimelech had reigned three years over Israel, -- judges 9:22 +. +Then God sent an evil spirit between Abimelech and the men of Shechem; and the men of Shechem dealt treacherously with Abimelech: -- judges 9:23 +. +That the cruelty done to the three score and ten sons of Jerubbaal might come, and their blood be laid on Abimelech their brother, which slew them; and on the men of Shechem, which aided him in the killing of his brothers. -- judges 9:24 +. +And the men of Shechem set liers in wait for him in the top of the mountains, and they robbed all that came along that way by them: and it was told Abimelech. -- judges 9:25 +. +And Gaal the son of Ebed came with his brothers, and went over to Shechem: and the men of Shechem put their confidence in him. -- judges 9:26 +. +And they went out into the fields, and gathered their vineyards, and stepped the grapes, and made merry, and went into the house of their god, and did eat and drink, and cursed Abimelech. -- judges 9:27 +. +And Gaal the son of Ebed said, Who is Abimelech, and who is Shechem, that we should serve him? is not he the son of Jerubbaal? and Zebul his officer? serve the men of Hamor the father of Shechem: for why should we serve him? -- judges 9:28 +. +And would to God this people were under my hand! then would I remove Abimelech. And he said to Abimelech, Increase your army, and come out. -- judges 9:29 +. +And when Zebul the ruler of the city heard the words of Gaal the son of Ebed, his anger was kindled. -- judges 9:30 +. +And he sent messengers to Abimelech privately, saying, Behold, Gaal the son of Ebed and his brothers be come to Shechem; and, behold, they fortify the city against you. -- judges 9:31 +. +Now therefore up by night, you and the people that is with you, and lie in wait in the field: -- judges 9:32 +. +And it shall be, that in the morning, as soon as the sun is up, you shall rise early, and set on the city: and, behold, when he and the people that is with him come out against you, then may you do to them as you shall find occasion. -- judges 9:33 +. +And Abimelech rose up, and all the people that were with him, by night, and they laid wait against Shechem in four companies. -- judges 9:34 +. +And Gaal the son of Ebed went out, and stood in the entering of the gate of the city: and Abimelech rose up, and the people that were with him, from lying in wait. -- judges 9:35 +. +And when Gaal saw the people, he said to Zebul, Behold, there come people down from the top of the mountains. And Zebul said to him, You see the shadow of the mountains as if they were men. -- judges 9:36 +. +And Gaal spoke again, and said, See there come people down by the middle of the land, and another company come along by the plain of Meonenim. -- judges 9:37 +. +Then said Zebul to him, Where is now your mouth, with which you said, Who is Abimelech, that we should serve him? is not this the people that you have despised? go out, I pray now, and fight with them. -- judges 9:38 +. +And Gaal went out before the men of Shechem, and fought with Abimelech. -- judges 9:39 +. +And Abimelech chased him, and he fled before him, and many were overthrown and wounded, even to the entering of the gate. -- judges 9:40 +. +And Abimelech dwelled at Arumah: and Zebul thrust out Gaal and his brothers, that they should not dwell in Shechem. -- judges 9:41 +. +And it came to pass on the morrow, that the people went out into the field; and they told Abimelech. -- judges 9:42 +. +And he took the people, and divided them into three companies, and laid wait in the field, and looked, and, behold, the people were come forth out of the city; and he rose up against them, and smote them. -- judges 9:43 +. +And Abimelech, and the company that was with him, rushed forward, and stood in the entering of the gate of the city: and the two other companies ran on all the people that were in the fields, and slew them. -- judges 9:44 +. +And Abimelech fought against the city all that day; and he took the city, and slew the people that was therein, and beat down the city, and sowed it with salt. -- judges 9:45 +. +And when all the men of the tower of Shechem heard that, they entered into an hold of the house of the god Berith. -- judges 9:46 +. +And it was told Abimelech, that all the men of the tower of Shechem were gathered together. -- judges 9:47 +. +And Abimelech got him up to mount Zalmon, he and all the people that were with him; and Abimelech took an ax in his hand, and cut down a bough from the trees, and took it, and laid it on his shoulder, and said to the people that were with him, What you have seen me do, make haste, and do as I have done. -- judges 9:48 +. +And all the people likewise cut down every man his bough, and followed Abimelech, and put them to the hold, and set the hold on fire on them; so that all the men of the tower of Shechem died also, about a thousand men and women. -- judges 9:49 +. +Then went Abimelech to Thebez, and encamped against Thebez, and took it. -- judges 9:50 +. +But there was a strong tower within the city, and thither fled all the men and women, and all they of the city, and shut it to them, and got them up to the top of the tower. -- judges 9:51 +. +And Abimelech came to the tower, and fought against it, and went hard to the door of the tower to burn it with fire. -- judges 9:52 +. +And a certain woman cast a piece of a millstone on Abimelech' head, and all to broke his skull. -- judges 9:53 +. +Then he called hastily to the young man his armor bearer, and said to him, Draw your sword, and slay me, that men say not of me, A women slew him. And his young man thrust him through, and he died. -- judges 9:54 +. +And when the men of Israel saw that Abimelech was dead, they departed every man to his place. -- judges 9:55 +. +Thus God rendered the wickedness of Abimelech, which he did to his father, in slaying his seventy brothers: -- judges 9:56 +. +And all the evil of the men of Shechem did God render on their heads: and on them came the curse of Jotham the son of Jerubbaal. -- judges 9:57 +. +And after Abimelech there arose to defend Israel Tola the son of Puah, the son of Dodo, a man of Issachar; and he dwelled in Shamir in mount Ephraim. -- judges 10:1 +. +And he judged Israel twenty and three years, and died, and was buried in Shamir. -- judges 10:2 +. +And after him arose Jair, a Gileadite, and judged Israel twenty and two years. -- judges 10:3 +. +And he had thirty sons that rode on thirty ass colts, and they had thirty cities, which are called Havothjair to this day, which are in the land of Gilead. -- judges 10:4 +. +And Jair died, and was buried in Camon. -- judges 10:5 +. +And the children of Israel did evil again in the sight of the LORD, and served Baalim, and Ashtaroth, and the gods of Syria, and the gods of Zidon, and the gods of Moab, and the gods of the children of Ammon, and the gods of the Philistines, and forsook the LORD, and served not him. -- judges 10:6 +. +And the anger of the LORD was hot against Israel, and he sold them into the hands of the Philistines, and into the hands of the children of Ammon. -- judges 10:7 +. +And that year they vexed and oppressed the children of Israel: eighteen years, all the children of Israel that were on the other side Jordan in the land of the Amorites, which is in Gilead. -- judges 10:8 +. +Moreover the children of Ammon passed over Jordan to fight also against Judah, and against Benjamin, and against the house of Ephraim; so that Israel was sore distressed. -- judges 10:9 +. +And the children of Israel cried to the LORD, saying, We have sinned against you, both because we have forsaken our God, and also served Baalim. -- judges 10:10 +. +And the LORD said to the children of Israel, Did not I deliver you from the Egyptians, and from the Amorites, from the children of Ammon, and from the Philistines? -- judges 10:11 +. +The Zidonians also, and the Amalekites, and the Maonites, did oppress you; and you cried to me, and I delivered you out of their hand. -- judges 10:12 +. +Yet you have forsaken me, and served other gods: why I will deliver you no more. -- judges 10:13 +. +Go and cry to the gods which you have chosen; let them deliver you in the time of your tribulation. -- judges 10:14 +. +And the children of Israel said to the LORD, We have sinned: do you to us whatever seems good to you; deliver us only, we pray you, this day. -- judges 10:15 +. +And they put away the strange gods from among them, and served the LORD: and his soul was grieved for the misery of Israel. -- judges 10:16 +. +Then the children of Ammon were gathered together, and encamped in Gilead. And the children of Israel assembled themselves together, and encamped in Mizpeh. -- judges 10:17 +. +And the people and princes of Gilead said one to another, What man is he that will begin to fight against the children of Ammon? he shall be head over all the inhabitants of Gilead. -- judges 10:18 +. +Now Jephthah the Gileadite was a mighty man of valor, and he was the son of an harlot: and Gilead begat Jephthah. -- judges 11:1 +. +And Gilead' wife bore him sons; and his wife' sons grew up, and they thrust out Jephthah, and said to him, You shall not inherit in our father' house; for you are the son of a strange woman. -- judges 11:2 +. +Then Jephthah fled from his brothers, and dwelled in the land of Tob: and there were gathered vain men to Jephthah, and went out with him. -- judges 11:3 +. +And it came to pass in process of time, that the children of Ammon made war against Israel. -- judges 11:4 +. +And it was so, that when the children of Ammon made war against Israel, the elders of Gilead went to fetch Jephthah out of the land of Tob: -- judges 11:5 +. +And they said to Jephthah, Come, and be our captain, that we may fight with the children of Ammon. -- judges 11:6 +. +And Jephthah said to the elders of Gilead, Did not you hate me, and expel me out of my father' house? and why are you come to me now when you are in distress? -- judges 11:7 +. +And the elders of Gilead said to Jephthah, Therefore we turn again to you now, that you may go with us, and fight against the children of Ammon, and be our head over all the inhabitants of Gilead. -- judges 11:8 +. +And Jephthah said to the elders of Gilead, If you bring me home again to fight against the children of Ammon, and the LORD deliver them before me, shall I be your head? -- judges 11:9 +. +And the elders of Gilead said to Jephthah, The LORD be witness between us, if we do not so according to your words. -- judges 11:10 +. +Then Jephthah went with the elders of Gilead, and the people made him head and captain over them: and Jephthah uttered all his words before the LORD in Mizpeh. -- judges 11:11 +. +And Jephthah sent messengers to the king of the children of Ammon, saying, What have you to do with me, that you are come against me to fight in my land? -- judges 11:12 +. +And the king of the children of Ammon answered to the messengers of Jephthah, Because Israel took away my land, when they came up out of Egypt, from Arnon even to Jabbok, and to Jordan: now therefore restore those lands again peaceably. -- judges 11:13 +. +And Jephthah sent messengers again to the king of the children of Ammon: -- judges 11:14 +. +And said to him, Thus said Jephthah, Israel took not away the land of Moab, nor the land of the children of Ammon: -- judges 11:15 +. +But when Israel came up from Egypt, and walked through the wilderness to the Red sea, and came to Kadesh; -- judges 11:16 +. +Then Israel sent messengers to the king of Edom, saying, Let me, I pray you, pass through your land: but the king of Edom would not listen thereto. And in like manner they sent to the king of Moab: but he would not consent: and Israel stayed in Kadesh. -- judges 11:17 +. +Then they went along through the wilderness, and compassed the land of Edom, and the land of Moab, and came by the east side of the land of Moab, and pitched on the other side of Arnon, but came not within the border of Moab: for Arnon was the border of Moab. -- judges 11:18 +. +And Israel sent messengers to Sihon king of the Amorites, the king of Heshbon; and Israel said to him, Let us pass, we pray you, through your land into my place. -- judges 11:19 +. +But Sihon trusted not Israel to pass through his coast: but Sihon gathered all his people together, and pitched in Jahaz, and fought against Israel. -- judges 11:20 +. +And the LORD God of Israel delivered Sihon and all his people into the hand of Israel, and they smote them: so Israel possessed all the land of the Amorites, the inhabitants of that country. -- judges 11:21 +. +And they possessed all the coasts of the Amorites, from Arnon even to Jabbok, and from the wilderness even to Jordan. -- judges 11:22 +. +So now the LORD God of Israel has dispossessed the Amorites from before his people Israel, and should you possess it? -- judges 11:23 +. +Will not you possess that which Chemosh your god gives you to possess? So whomsoever the LORD our God shall drive out from before us, them will we possess. -- judges 11:24 +. +And now are you any thing better than Balak the son of Zippor, king of Moab? did he ever strive against Israel, or did he ever fight against them, -- judges 11:25 +. +While Israel dwelled in Heshbon and her towns, and in Aroer and her towns, and in all the cities that be along by the coasts of Arnon, three hundred years? why therefore did you not recover them within that time? -- judges 11:26 +. +Why I have not sinned against you, but you do me wrong to war against me: the LORD the Judge be judge this day between the children of Israel and the children of Ammon. -- judges 11:27 +. +However, the king of the children of Ammon listened not to the words of Jephthah which he sent him. -- judges 11:28 +. +Then the Spirit of the LORD came on Jephthah, and he passed over Gilead, and Manasseh, and passed over Mizpeh of Gilead, and from Mizpeh of Gilead he passed over to the children of Ammon. -- judges 11:29 +. +And Jephthah vowed a vow to the LORD, and said, If you shall without fail deliver the children of Ammon into my hands, -- judges 11:30 +. +Then it shall be, that whatever comes forth of the doors of my house to meet me, when I return in peace from the children of Ammon, shall surely be the LORD', and I will offer it up for a burnt offering. -- judges 11:31 +. +So Jephthah passed over to the children of Ammon to fight against them; and the LORD delivered them into his hands. -- judges 11:32 +. +And he smote them from Aroer, even till you come to Minnith, even twenty cities, and to the plain of the vineyards, with a very great slaughter. Thus the children of Ammon were subdued before the children of Israel. -- judges 11:33 +. +And Jephthah came to Mizpeh to his house, and, behold, his daughter came out to meet him with tambourines and with dances: and she was his only child; beside her he had neither son nor daughter. -- judges 11:34 +. +And it came to pass, when he saw her, that he rent his clothes, and said, Alas, my daughter! you have brought me very low, and you are one of them that trouble me: for I have opened my mouth to the LORD, and I cannot go back. -- judges 11:35 +. +And she said to him, My father, if you have opened your mouth to the LORD, do to me according to that which has proceeded out of your mouth; for as much as the LORD has taken vengeance for you of your enemies, even of the children of Ammon. -- judges 11:36 +. +And she said to her father, Let this thing be done for me: let me alone two months, that I may go up and down on the mountains, and mourn my virginity, I and my fellows. -- judges 11:37 +. +And he said, Go. And he sent her away for two months: and she went with her companions, and bewailed her virginity on the mountains. -- judges 11:38 +. +And it came to pass at the end of two months, that she returned to her father, who did with her according to his vow which he had vowed: and she knew no man. And it was a custom in Israel, -- judges 11:39 +. +That the daughters of Israel went yearly to lament the daughter of Jephthah the Gileadite four days in a year. -- judges 11:40 +. +And the men of Ephraim gathered themselves together, and went northward, and said to Jephthah, Why passed you over to fight against the children of Ammon, and did not call us to go with you? we will burn your house on you with fire. -- judges 12:1 +. +And Jephthah said to them, I and my people were at great strife with the children of Ammon; and when I called you, you delivered me not out of their hands. -- judges 12:2 +. +And when I saw that you delivered me not, I put my life in my hands, and passed over against the children of Ammon, and the LORD delivered them into my hand: why then are you come up to me this day, to fight against me? -- judges 12:3 +. +Then Jephthah gathered together all the men of Gilead, and fought with Ephraim: and the men of Gilead smote Ephraim, because they said, You Gileadites are fugitives of Ephraim among the Ephraimites, and among the Manassites. -- judges 12:4 +. +And the Gileadites took the passages of Jordan before the Ephraimites: and it was so, that when those Ephraimites which were escaped said, Let me go over; that the men of Gilead said to him, Are you an Ephraimite? If he said, No; -- judges 12:5 +. +Then said they to him, Say now Shibboleth: and he said Sibboleth: for he could not frame to pronounce it right. Then they took him, and slew him at the passages of Jordan: and there fell at that time of the Ephraimites forty and two thousand. -- judges 12:6 +. +And Jephthah judged Israel six years. Then died Jephthah the Gileadite, and was buried in one of the cities of Gilead. -- judges 12:7 +. +And after him Ibzan of Bethlehem judged Israel. -- judges 12:8 +. +And he had thirty sons, and thirty daughters, whom he sent abroad, and took in thirty daughters from abroad for his sons. And he judged Israel seven years. -- judges 12:9 +. +Then died Ibzan, and was buried at Bethlehem. -- judges 12:10 +. +And after him Elon, a Zebulonite, judged Israel; and he judged Israel ten years. -- judges 12:11 +. +And Elon the Zebulonite died, and was buried in Aijalon in the country of Zebulun. -- judges 12:12 +. +And after him Abdon the son of Hillel, a Pirathonite, judged Israel. -- judges 12:13 +. +And he had forty sons and thirty nephews, that rode on three score and ten ass colts: and he judged Israel eight years. -- judges 12:14 +. +And Abdon the son of Hillel the Pirathonite died, and was buried in Pirathon in the land of Ephraim, in the mount of the Amalekites. -- judges 12:15 +. +And the children of Israel did evil again in the sight of the LORD; and the LORD delivered them into the hand of the Philistines forty years. -- judges 13:1 +. +And there was a certain man of Zorah, of the family of the Danites, whose name was Manoah; and his wife was barren, and bore not. -- judges 13:2 +. +And the angel of the LORD appeared to the woman, and said to her, Behold now, you are barren, and bore not: but you shall conceive, and bear a son. -- judges 13:3 +. +Now therefore beware, I pray you, and drink not wine nor strong drink, and eat not any unclean thing: -- judges 13:4 +. +For, see, you shall conceive, and bear a son; and no razor shall come on his head: for the child shall be a Nazarite to God from the womb: and he shall begin to deliver Israel out of the hand of the Philistines. -- judges 13:5 +. +Then the woman came and told her husband, saying, A man of God came to me, and his countenance was like the countenance of an angel of God, very terrible: but I asked him not from where he was, neither told he me his name: -- judges 13:6 +. +But he said to me, Behold, you shall conceive, and bear a son; and now drink no wine nor strong drink, neither eat any unclean thing: for the child shall be a Nazarite to God from the womb to the day of his death. -- judges 13:7 +. +Then Manoah entreated the LORD, and said, O my Lord, let the man of God which you did send come again to us, and teach us what we shall do to the child that shall be born. -- judges 13:8 +. +And God listened to the voice of Manoah; and the angel of God came again to the woman as she sat in the field: but Manoah her husband was not with her. -- judges 13:9 +. +And the woman made haste, and ran, and showed her husband, and said to him, Behold, the man has appeared to me, that came to me the other day. -- judges 13:10 +. +And Manoah arose, and went after his wife, and came to the man, and said to him, Are you the man that spoke to the woman? And he said, I am. -- judges 13:11 +. +And Manoah said, Now let your words come to pass. How shall we order the child, and how shall we do to him? -- judges 13:12 +. +And the angel of the LORD said to Manoah, Of all that I said to the woman let her beware. -- judges 13:13 +. +She may not eat of any thing that comes of the vine, neither let her drink wine or strong drink, nor eat any unclean thing: all that I commanded her let her observe. -- judges 13:14 +. +And Manoah said to the angel of the LORD, I pray you, let us detain you, until we shall have made ready a kid for you. -- judges 13:15 +. +And the angel of the LORD said to Manoah, Though you detain me, I will not eat of your bread: and if you will offer a burnt offering, you must offer it to the LORD. For Manoah knew not that he was an angel of the LORD. -- judges 13:16 +. +And Manoah said to the angel of the LORD, What is your name, that when your sayings come to pass we may do you honor? -- judges 13:17 +. +And the angel of the LORD said to him, Why ask you thus after my name, seeing it is secret? -- judges 13:18 +. +So Manoah took a kid with a meat offering, and offered it on a rock to the LORD: and the angel did wondrously; and Manoah and his wife looked on. -- judges 13:19 +. +For it came to pass, when the flame went up toward heaven from off the altar, that the angel of the LORD ascended in the flame of the altar. And Manoah and his wife looked on it, and fell on their faces to the ground. -- judges 13:20 +. +But the angel of the LORD did no more appear to Manoah and to his wife. Then Manoah knew that he was an angel of the LORD. -- judges 13:21 +. +And Manoah said to his wife, We shall surely die, because we have seen God. -- judges 13:22 +. +But his wife said to him, If the LORD were pleased to kill us, he would not have received a burnt offering and a meat offering at our hands, neither would he have showed us all these things, nor would as at this time have told us such things as these. -- judges 13:23 +. +And the woman bore a son, and called his name Samson: and the child grew, and the LORD blessed him. -- judges 13:24 +. +And the Spirit of the LORD began to move him at times in the camp of Dan between Zorah and Eshtaol. -- judges 13:25 +. +And Samson went down to Timnath, and saw a woman in Timnath of the daughters of the Philistines. -- judges 14:1 +. +And he came up, and told his father and his mother, and said, I have seen a woman in Timnath of the daughters of the Philistines: now therefore get her for me to wife. -- judges 14:2 +. +Then his father and his mother said to him, Is there never a woman among the daughters of your brothers, or among all my people, that you go to take a wife of the uncircumcised Philistines? And Samson said to his father, Get her for me; for she pleases me well. -- judges 14:3 +. +But his father and his mother knew not that it was of the LORD, that he sought an occasion against the Philistines: for at that time the Philistines had dominion over Israel. -- judges 14:4 +. +Then went Samson down, and his father and his mother, to Timnath, and came to the vineyards of Timnath: and, behold, a young lion roared against him. -- judges 14:5 +. +And the Spirit of the LORD came mightily on him, and he rent him as he would have rent a kid, and he had nothing in his hand: but he told not his father or his mother what he had done. -- judges 14:6 +. +And he went down, and talked with the woman; and she pleased Samson well. -- judges 14:7 +. +And after a time he returned to take her, and he turned aside to see the carcass of the lion: and, behold, there was a swarm of bees and honey in the carcass of the lion. -- judges 14:8 +. +And he took thereof in his hands, and went on eating, and came to his father and mother, and he gave them, and they did eat: but he told not them that he had taken the honey out of the carcass of the lion. -- judges 14:9 +. +So his father went down to the woman: and Samson made there a feast; for so used the young men to do. -- judges 14:10 +. +And it came to pass, when they saw him, that they brought thirty companions to be with him. -- judges 14:11 +. +And Samson said to them, I will now put forth a riddle to you: if you can certainly declare it me within the seven days of the feast, and find it out, then I will give you thirty sheets and thirty change of garments: -- judges 14:12 +. +But if you cannot declare it me, then shall you give me thirty sheets and thirty change of garments. And they said to him, Put forth your riddle, that we may hear it. -- judges 14:13 +. +And he said to them, Out of the eater came forth meat, and out of the strong came forth sweetness. And they could not in three days expound the riddle. -- judges 14:14 +. +And it came to pass on the seventh day, that they said to Samson' wife, Entice your husband, that he may declare to us the riddle, lest we burn you and your father' house with fire: have you called us to take that we have? is it not so? -- judges 14:15 +. +And Samson' wife wept before him, and said, You do but hate me, and love me not: you have put forth a riddle to the children of my people, and have not told it me. And he said to her, Behold, I have not told it my father nor my mother, and shall I tell it you? -- judges 14:16 +. +And she wept before him the seven days, while their feast lasted: and it came to pass on the seventh day, that he told her, because she lay sore on him: and she told the riddle to the children of her people. -- judges 14:17 +. +And the men of the city said to him on the seventh day before the sun went down, What is sweeter than honey? And what is stronger than a lion? and he said to them, If you had not plowed with my heifer, you had not found out my riddle. -- judges 14:18 +. +And the Spirit of the LORD came on him, and he went down to Ashkelon, and slew thirty men of them, and took their spoil, and gave change of garments to them which expounded the riddle. And his anger was kindled, and he went up to his father' house. -- judges 14:19 +. +But Samson' wife was given to his companion, whom he had used as his friend. -- judges 14:20 +. +But it came to pass within a while after, in the time of wheat harvest, that Samson visited his wife with a kid; and he said, I will go in to my wife into the chamber. But her father would not suffer him to go in. -- judges 15:1 +. +And her father said, I truly thought that you had utterly hated her; therefore I gave her to your companion: is not her younger sister fairer than she? take her, I pray you, instead of her. -- judges 15:2 +. +And Samson said concerning them, Now shall I be more blameless than the Philistines, though I do them a displeasure. -- judges 15:3 +. +And Samson went and caught three hundred foxes, and took firebrands, and turned tail to tail, and put a firebrand in the middle between two tails. -- judges 15:4 +. +And when he had set the brands on fire, he let them go into the standing corn of the Philistines, and burnt up both the shocks, and also the standing corn, with the vineyards and olives. -- judges 15:5 +. +Then the Philistines said, Who has done this? And they answered, Samson, the son in law of the Timnite, because he had taken his wife, and given her to his companion. And the Philistines came up, and burnt her and her father with fire. -- judges 15:6 +. +And Samson said to them, Though you have done this, yet will I be avenged of you, and after that I will cease. -- judges 15:7 +. +And he smote them hip and thigh with a great slaughter: and he went down and dwelled in the top of the rock Etam. -- judges 15:8 +. +Then the Philistines went up, and pitched in Judah, and spread themselves in Lehi. -- judges 15:9 +. +And the men of Judah said, Why are you come up against us? And they answered, To bind Samson are we come up, to do to him as he has done to us. -- judges 15:10 +. +Then three thousand men of Judah went to the top of the rock Etam, and said to Samson, Know you not that the Philistines are rulers over us? what is this that you have done to us? And he said to them, As they did to me, so have I done to them. -- judges 15:11 +. +And they said to him, We are come down to bind you, that we may deliver you into the hand of the Philistines. And Samson said to them, Swear to me, that you will not fall on me yourselves. -- judges 15:12 +. +And they spoke to him, saying, No; but we will bind you fast, and deliver you into their hand: but surely we will not kill you. And they bound him with two new cords, and brought him up from the rock. -- judges 15:13 +. +And when he came to Lehi, the Philistines shouted against him: and the Spirit of the LORD came mightily on him, and the cords that were on his arms became as flax that was burnt with fire, and his bands loosed from off his hands. -- judges 15:14 +. +And he found a new jawbone of an ass, and put forth his hand, and took it, and slew a thousand men therewith. -- judges 15:15 +. +And Samson said, With the jawbone of an ass, heaps on heaps, with the jaw of an ass have I slain a thousand men. -- judges 15:16 +. +And it came to pass, when he had made an end of speaking, that he cast away the jawbone out of his hand, and called that place Ramathlehi. -- judges 15:17 +. +And he was sore thirsty, and called on the LORD, and said, You have given this great deliverance into the hand of your servant: and now shall I die for thirst, and fall into the hand of the uncircumcised? -- judges 15:18 +. +But God split an hollow place that was in the jaw, and there came water out of there; and when he had drunk, his spirit came again, and he revived: why he called the name thereof Enhakkore, which is in Lehi to this day. -- judges 15:19 +. +And he judged Israel in the days of the Philistines twenty years. -- judges 15:20 +. +Then went Samson to Gaza, and saw there an harlot, and went in to her. -- judges 16:1 +. +And it was told the Gazites, saying, Samson is come here. And they compassed him in, and laid wait for him all night in the gate of the city, and were quiet all the night, saying, In the morning, when it is day, we shall kill him. -- judges 16:2 +. +And Samson lay till midnight, and arose at midnight, and took the doors of the gate of the city, and the two posts, and went away with them, bar and all, and put them on his shoulders, and carried them up to the top of an hill that is before Hebron. -- judges 16:3 +. +And it came to pass afterward, that he loved a woman in the valley of Sorek, whose name was Delilah. -- judges 16:4 +. +And the lords of the Philistines came up to her, and said to her, Entice him, and see wherein his great strength lies, and by what means we may prevail against him, that we may bind him to afflict him; and we will give you every one of us eleven hundred pieces of silver. -- judges 16:5 +. +And Delilah said to Samson, Tell me, I pray you, wherein your great strength lies, and with which you might be bound to afflict you. -- judges 16:6 +. +And Samson said to her, If they bind me with seven green thongs that were never dried, then shall I be weak, and be as another man. -- judges 16:7 +. +Then the lords of the Philistines brought up to her seven green thongs which had not been dried, and she bound him with them. -- judges 16:8 +. +Now there were men lying in wait, abiding with her in the chamber. And she said to him, The Philistines be on you, Samson. And he broke the thongs, as a thread of wick is broken when it touches the fire. So his strength was not known. -- judges 16:9 +. +And Delilah said to Samson, Behold, you have mocked me, and told me lies: now tell me, I pray you, with which you might be bound. -- judges 16:10 +. +And he said to her, If they bind me fast with new ropes that never were occupied, then shall I be weak, and be as another man. -- judges 16:11 +. +Delilah therefore took new ropes, and bound him therewith, and said to him, The Philistines be on you, Samson. And there were liers in wait abiding in the chamber. And he broke them from off his arms like a thread. -- judges 16:12 +. +And Delilah said to Samson, Till now you have mocked me, and told me lies: tell me with which you might be bound. And he said to her, If you weave the seven locks of my head with the web. -- judges 16:13 +. +And she fastened it with the pin, and said to him, The Philistines be on you, Samson. And he awaked out of his sleep, and went away with the pin of the beam, and with the web. -- judges 16:14 +. +And she said to him, How can you say, I love you, when your heart is not with me? you have mocked me these three times, and have not told me wherein your great strength lies. -- judges 16:15 +. +And it came to pass, when she pressed him daily with her words, and urged him, so that his soul was vexed to death; -- judges 16:16 +. +That he told her all his heart, and said to her, There has not come a razor on my head; for I have been a Nazarite to God from my mother' womb: if I be shaven, then my strength will go from me, and I shall become weak, and be like any other man. -- judges 16:17 +. +And when Delilah saw that he had told her all his heart, she sent and called for the lords of the Philistines, saying, Come up this once, for he has showed me all his heart. Then the lords of the Philistines came up to her, and brought money in their hand. -- judges 16:18 +. +And she made him sleep on her knees; and she called for a man, and she caused him to shave off the seven locks of his head; and she began to afflict him, and his strength went from him. -- judges 16:19 +. +And she said, The Philistines be on you, Samson. And he awoke out of his sleep, and said, I will go out as at other times before, and shake myself. And he knew not that the LORD was departed from him. -- judges 16:20 +. +But the Philistines took him, and put out his eyes, and brought him down to Gaza, and bound him with fetters of brass; and he did grind in the prison house. -- judges 16:21 +. +However, the hair of his head began to grow again after he was shaven. -- judges 16:22 +. +Then the lords of the Philistines gathered them together for to offer a great sacrifice to Dagon their god, and to rejoice: for they said, Our god has delivered Samson our enemy into our hand. -- judges 16:23 +. +And when the people saw him, they praised their god: for they said, Our god has delivered into our hands our enemy, and the destroyer of our country, which slew many of us. -- judges 16:24 +. +And it came to pass, when their hearts were merry, that they said, Call for Samson, that he may make us sport. And they called for Samson out of the prison house; and he made them sport: and they set him between the pillars. -- judges 16:25 +. +And Samson said to the lad that held him by the hand, Suffer me that I may feel the pillars whereupon the house stands, that I may lean on them. -- judges 16:26 +. +Now the house was full of men and women; and all the lords of the Philistines were there; and there were on the roof about three thousand men and women, that beheld while Samson made sport. -- judges 16:27 +. +And Samson called to the LORD, and said, O Lord God, remember me, I pray you, and strengthen me, I pray you, only this once, O God, that I may be at once avenged of the Philistines for my two eyes. -- judges 16:28 +. +And Samson took hold of the two middle pillars on which the house stood, and on which it was borne up, of the one with his right hand, and of the other with his left. -- judges 16:29 +. +And Samson said, Let me die with the Philistines. And he bowed himself with all his might; and the house fell on the lords, and on all the people that were therein. So the dead which he slew at his death were more than they which he slew in his life. -- judges 16:30 +. +Then his brothers and all the house of his father came down, and took him, and brought him up, and buried him between Zorah and Eshtaol in the burial plot of Manoah his father. And he judged Israel twenty years. -- judges 16:31 +. +And there was a man of mount Ephraim, whose name was Micah. -- judges 17:1 +. +And he said to his mother, The eleven hundred shekels of silver that were taken from you, about which you cursed, and spoke of also in my ears, behold, the silver is with me; I took it. And his mother said, Blessed be you of the LORD, my son. -- judges 17:2 +. +And when he had restored the eleven hundred shekels of silver to his mother, his mother said, I had wholly dedicated the silver to the LORD from my hand for my son, to make a graven image and a molten image: now therefore I will restore it to you. -- judges 17:3 +. +Yet he restored the money to his mother; and his mother took two hundred shekels of silver, and gave them to the founder, who made thereof a graven image and a molten image: and they were in the house of Micah. -- judges 17:4 +. +And the man Micah had an house of gods, and made an ephod, and teraphim, and consecrated one of his sons, who became his priest. -- judges 17:5 +. +In those days there was no king in Israel, but every man did that which was right in his own eyes. -- judges 17:6 +. +And there was a young man out of Bethlehemjudah of the family of Judah, who was a Levite, and he sojourned there. -- judges 17:7 +. +And the man departed out of the city from Bethlehemjudah to sojourn where he could find a place: and he came to mount Ephraim to the house of Micah, as he journeyed. -- judges 17:8 +. +And Micah said to him, From where come you? And he said to him, I am a Levite of Bethlehemjudah, and I go to sojourn where I may find a place. -- judges 17:9 +. +And Micah said to him, Dwell with me, and be to me a father and a priest, and I will give you ten shekels of silver by the year, and a suit of apparel, and your victuals. So the Levite went in. -- judges 17:10 +. +And the Levite was content to dwell with the man; and the young man was to him as one of his sons. -- judges 17:11 +. +And Micah consecrated the Levite; and the young man became his priest, and was in the house of Micah. -- judges 17:12 +. +Then said Micah, Now know I that the LORD will do me good, seeing I have a Levite to my priest. -- judges 17:13 +. +In those days there was no king in Israel: and in those days the tribe of the Danites sought them an inheritance to dwell in; for to that day all their inheritance had not fallen to them among the tribes of Israel. -- judges 18:1 +. +And the children of Dan sent of their family five men from their coasts, men of valor, from Zorah, and from Eshtaol, to spy out the land, and to search it; and they said to them, Go, search the land: who when they came to mount Ephraim, to the house of Micah, they lodged there. -- judges 18:2 +. +When they were by the house of Micah, they knew the voice of the young man the Levite: and they turned in thither, and said to him, Who brought you here? and what make you in this place? and what have you here? -- judges 18:3 +. +And he said to them, Thus and thus deals Micah with me, and has hired me, and I am his priest. -- judges 18:4 +. +And they said to him, Ask counsel, we pray you, of God, that we may know whether our way which we go shall be prosperous. -- judges 18:5 +. +And the priest said to them, Go in peace: before the LORD is your way wherein you go. -- judges 18:6 +. +Then the five men departed, and came to Laish, and saw the people that were therein, how they dwelled careless, after the manner of the Zidonians, quiet and secure; and there was no magistrate in the land, that might put them to shame in any thing; and they were far from the Zidonians, and had no business with any man. -- judges 18:7 +. +And they came to their brothers to Zorah and Eshtaol: and their brothers said to them, What say you? -- judges 18:8 +. +And they said, Arise, that we may go up against them: for we have seen the land, and, behold, it is very good: and are you still? be not slothful to go, and to enter to possess the land. -- judges 18:9 +. +When you go, you shall come to a people secure, and to a large land: for God has given it into your hands; a place where there is no want of any thing that is in the earth. -- judges 18:10 +. +And there went from there of the family of the Danites, out of Zorah and out of Eshtaol, six hundred men appointed with weapons of war. -- judges 18:11 +. +And they went up, and pitched in Kirjathjearim, in Judah: why they called that place Mahanehdan to this day: behold, it is behind Kirjathjearim. -- judges 18:12 +. +And they passed there to mount Ephraim, and came to the house of Micah. -- judges 18:13 +. +Then answered the five men that went to spy out the country of Laish, and said to their brothers, Do you know that there is in these houses an ephod, and teraphim, and a graven image, and a molten image? now therefore consider what you have to do. -- judges 18:14 +. +And they turned thitherward, and came to the house of the young man the Levite, even to the house of Micah, and saluted him. -- judges 18:15 +. +And the six hundred men appointed with their weapons of war, which were of the children of Dan, stood by the entering of the gate. -- judges 18:16 +. +And the five men that went to spy out the land went up, and came in thither, and took the graven image, and the ephod, and the teraphim, and the molten image: and the priest stood in the entering of the gate with the six hundred men that were appointed with weapons of war. -- judges 18:17 +. +And these went into Micah' house, and fetched the carved image, the ephod, and the teraphim, and the molten image. Then said the priest to them, What do you? -- judges 18:18 +. +And they said to him, Hold your peace, lay your hand on your mouth, and go with us, and be to us a father and a priest: is it better for you to be a priest to the house of one man, or that you be a priest to a tribe and a family in Israel? -- judges 18:19 +. +And the priest' heart was glad, and he took the ephod, and the teraphim, and the graven image, and went in the middle of the people. -- judges 18:20 +. +So they turned and departed, and put the little ones and the cattle and the carriage before them. -- judges 18:21 +. +And when they were a good way from the house of Micah, the men that were in the houses near to Micah' house were gathered together, and overtook the children of Dan. -- judges 18:22 +. +And they cried to the children of Dan. And they turned their faces, and said to Micah, What ails you, that you come with such a company? -- judges 18:23 +. +And he said, You have taken away my gods which I made, and the priest, and you are gone away: and what have I more? and what is this that you say to me, What ails you? -- judges 18:24 +. +And the children of Dan said to him, Let not your voice be heard among us, lest angry fellows run on you, and you lose your life, with the lives of your household. -- judges 18:25 +. +And the children of Dan went their way: and when Micah saw that they were too strong for him, he turned and went back to his house. -- judges 18:26 +. +And they took the things which Micah had made, and the priest which he had, and came to Laish, to a people that were at quiet and secure: and they smote them with the edge of the sword, and burnt the city with fire. -- judges 18:27 +. +And there was no deliverer, because it was far from Zidon, and they had no business with any man; and it was in the valley that lies by Bethrehob. And they built a city, and dwelled therein. -- judges 18:28 +. +And they called the name of the city Dan, after the name of Dan their father, who was born to Israel: however, the name of the city was Laish at the first. -- judges 18:29 +. +And the children of Dan set up the graven image: and Jonathan, the son of Gershom, the son of Manasseh, he and his sons were priests to the tribe of Dan until the day of the captivity of the land. -- judges 18:30 +. +And they set them up Micah' graven image, which he made, all the time that the house of God was in Shiloh. -- judges 18:31 +. +And it came to pass in those days, when there was no king in Israel, that there was a certain Levite sojourning on the side of mount Ephraim, who took to him a concubine out of Bethlehemjudah. -- judges 19:1 +. +And his concubine played the whore against him, and went away from him to her father' house to Bethlehemjudah, and was there four whole months. -- judges 19:2 +. +And her husband arose, and went after her, to speak friendly to her, and to bring her again, having his servant with him, and a couple of asses: and she brought him into her father' house: and when the father of the damsel saw him, he rejoiced to meet him. -- judges 19:3 +. +And his father in law, the damsel' father, retained him; and he stayed with him three days: so they did eat and drink, and lodged there. -- judges 19:4 +. +And it came to pass on the fourth day, when they arose early in the morning, that he rose up to depart: and the damsel' father said to his son in law, Comfort your heart with a morsel of bread, and afterward go your way. -- judges 19:5 +. +And they sat down, and did eat and drink both of them together: for the damsel' father had said to the man, Be content, I pray you, and tarry all night, and let your heart be merry. -- judges 19:6 +. +And when the man rose up to depart, his father in law urged him: therefore he lodged there again. -- judges 19:7 +. +And he arose early in the morning on the fifth day to depart; and the damsel' father said, Comfort your heart, I pray you. And they tarried until afternoon, and they did eat both of them. -- judges 19:8 +. +And when the man rose up to depart, he, and his concubine, and his servant, his father in law, the damsel' father, said to him, Behold, now the day draws toward evening, I pray you tarry all night: behold, the day grows to an end, lodge here, that your heart may be merry; and to morrow get you early on your way, that you may go home. -- judges 19:9 +. +But the man would not tarry that night, but he rose up and departed, and came over against Jebus, which is Jerusalem; and there were with him two asses saddled, his concubine also was with him. -- judges 19:10 +. +And when they were by Jebus, the day was far spent; and the servant said to his master, Come, I pray you, and let us turn in into this city of the Jebusites, and lodge in it. -- judges 19:11 +. +And his master said to him, We will not turn aside here into the city of a stranger, that is not of the children of Israel; we will pass over to Gibeah. -- judges 19:12 +. +And he said to his servant, Come, and let us draw near to one of these places to lodge all night, in Gibeah, or in Ramah. -- judges 19:13 +. +And they passed on and went their way; and the sun went down on them when they were by Gibeah, which belongs to Benjamin. -- judges 19:14 +. +And they turned aside thither, to go in and to lodge in Gibeah: and when he went in, he sat him down in a street of the city: for there was no man that took them into his house to lodging. -- judges 19:15 +. +And, behold, there came an old man from his work out of the field at even, which was also of mount Ephraim; and he sojourned in Gibeah: but the men of the place were Benjamites. -- judges 19:16 +. +And when he had lifted up his eyes, he saw a wayfaring man in the street of the city: and the old man said, Where go you? and from where come you? -- judges 19:17 +. +And he said to him, We are passing from Bethlehemjudah toward the side of mount Ephraim; from there am I: and I went to Bethlehemjudah, but I am now going to the house of the LORD; and there is no man that receives me to house. -- judges 19:18 +. +Yet there is both straw and provender for our asses; and there is bread and wine also for me, and for your handmaid, and for the young man which is with your servants: there is no want of any thing. -- judges 19:19 +. +And the old man said, Peace be with you; howsoever let all your wants lie on me; only lodge not in the street. -- judges 19:20 +. +So he brought him into his house, and gave provender to the asses: and they washed their feet, and did eat and drink. -- judges 19:21 +. +Now as they were making their hearts merry, behold, the men of the city, certain sons of Belial, beset the house round about, and beat at the door, and spoke to the master of the house, the old man, saying, Bring forth the man that came into your house, that we may know him. -- judges 19:22 +. +And the man, the master of the house, went out to them, and said to them, No, my brothers, no, I pray you, do not so wickedly; seeing that this man is come into my house, do not this folly. -- judges 19:23 +. +Behold, here is my daughter a maiden, and his concubine; them I will bring out now, and humble you them, and do with them what seems good to you: but to this man do not so vile a thing. -- judges 19:24 +. +But the men would not listen to him: so the man took his concubine, and brought her forth to them; and they knew her, and abused her all the night until the morning: and when the day began to spring, they let her go. -- judges 19:25 +. +Then came the woman in the dawning of the day, and fell down at the door of the man' house where her lord was, till it was light. -- judges 19:26 +. +And her lord rose up in the morning, and opened the doors of the house, and went out to go his way: and, behold, the woman his concubine was fallen down at the door of the house, and her hands were on the threshold. -- judges 19:27 +. +And he said to her, Up, and let us be going. But none answered. Then the man took her up on an ass, and the man rose up, and got him to his place. -- judges 19:28 +. +And when he was come into his house, he took a knife, and laid hold on his concubine, and divided her, together with her bones, into twelve pieces, and sent her into all the coasts of Israel. -- judges 19:29 +. +And it was so, that all that saw it said, There was no such deed done nor seen from the day that the children of Israel came up out of the land of Egypt to this day: consider of it, take advice, and speak your minds. -- judges 19:30 +. +Then all the children of Israel went out, and the congregation was gathered together as one man, from Dan even to Beersheba, with the land of Gilead, to the LORD in Mizpeh. -- judges 20:1 +. +And the chief of all the people, even of all the tribes of Israel, presented themselves in the assembly of the people of God, four hundred thousand footmen that drew sword. -- judges 20:2 +. +(Now the children of Benjamin heard that the children of Israel were gone up to Mizpeh.) Then said the children of Israel, Tell us, how was this wickedness? -- judges 20:3 +. +And the Levite, the husband of the woman that was slain, answered and said, I came into Gibeah that belongs to Benjamin, I and my concubine, to lodge. -- judges 20:4 +. +And the men of Gibeah rose against me, and beset the house round about on me by night, and thought to have slain me: and my concubine have they forced, that she is dead. -- judges 20:5 +. +And I took my concubine, and cut her in pieces, and sent her throughout all the country of the inheritance of Israel: for they have committed lewdness and folly in Israel. -- judges 20:6 +. +Behold, you are all children of Israel; give here your advice and counsel. -- judges 20:7 +. +And all the people arose as one man, saying, We will not any of us go to his tent, neither will we any of us turn into his house. -- judges 20:8 +. +But now this shall be the thing which we will do to Gibeah; we will go up by lot against it; -- judges 20:9 +. +And we will take ten men of an hundred throughout all the tribes of Israel, and an hundred of a thousand, and a thousand out of ten thousand, to fetch victual for the people, that they may do, when they come to Gibeah of Benjamin, according to all the folly that they have worked in Israel. -- judges 20:10 +. +So all the men of Israel were gathered against the city, knit together as one man. -- judges 20:11 +. +And the tribes of Israel sent men through all the tribe of Benjamin, saying, What wickedness is this that is done among you? -- judges 20:12 +. +Now therefore deliver us the men, the children of Belial, which are in Gibeah, that we may put them to death, and put away evil from Israel. But the children of Benjamin would not listen to the voice of their brothers the children of Israel. -- judges 20:13 +. +But the children of Benjamin gathered themselves together out of the cities to Gibeah, to go out to battle against the children of Israel. -- judges 20:14 +. +And the children of Benjamin were numbered at that time out of the cities twenty and six thousand men that drew sword, beside the inhabitants of Gibeah, which were numbered seven hundred chosen men. -- judges 20:15 +. +Among all this people there were seven hundred chosen men left handed; every one could sling stones at an hair breadth, and not miss. -- judges 20:16 +. +And the men of Israel, beside Benjamin, were numbered four hundred thousand men that drew sword: all these were men of war. -- judges 20:17 +. +And the children of Israel arose, and went up to the house of God, and asked counsel of God, and said, Which of us shall go up first to the battle against the children of Benjamin? And the LORD said, Judah shall go up first. -- judges 20:18 +. +And the children of Israel rose up in the morning, and encamped against Gibeah. -- judges 20:19 +. +And the men of Israel went out to battle against Benjamin; and the men of Israel put themselves in array to fight against them at Gibeah. -- judges 20:20 +. +And the children of Benjamin came forth out of Gibeah, and destroyed down to the ground of the Israelites that day twenty and two thousand men. -- judges 20:21 +. +And the people the men of Israel encouraged themselves, and set their battle again in array in the place where they put themselves in array the first day. -- judges 20:22 +. +(And the children of Israel went up and wept before the LORD until even, and asked counsel of the LORD, saying, Shall I go up again to battle against the children of Benjamin my brother? And the LORD said, Go up against him.) -- judges 20:23 +. +And the children of Israel came near against the children of Benjamin the second day. -- judges 20:24 +. +And Benjamin went forth against them out of Gibeah the second day, and destroyed down to the ground of the children of Israel again eighteen thousand men; all these drew the sword. -- judges 20:25 +. +Then all the children of Israel, and all the people, went up, and came to the house of God, and wept, and sat there before the LORD, and fasted that day until even, and offered burnt offerings and peace offerings before the LORD. -- judges 20:26 +. +And the children of Israel inquired of the LORD, (for the ark of the covenant of God was there in those days, -- judges 20:27 +. +And Phinehas, the son of Eleazar, the son of Aaron, stood before it in those days,) saying, Shall I yet again go out to battle against the children of Benjamin my brother, or shall I cease? And the LORD said, Go up; for to morrow I will deliver them into your hand. -- judges 20:28 +. +And Israel set liers in wait round about Gibeah. -- judges 20:29 +. +And the children of Israel went up against the children of Benjamin on the third day, and put themselves in array against Gibeah, as at other times. -- judges 20:30 +. +And the children of Benjamin went out against the people, and were drawn away from the city; and they began to smite of the people, and kill, as at other times, in the highways, of which one goes up to the house of God, and the other to Gibeah in the field, about thirty men of Israel. -- judges 20:31 +. +And the children of Benjamin said, They are smitten down before us, as at the first. But the children of Israel said, Let us flee, and draw them from the city to the highways. -- judges 20:32 +. +And all the men of Israel rose up out of their place, and put themselves in array at Baaltamar: and the liers in wait of Israel came forth out of their places, even out of the meadows of Gibeah. -- judges 20:33 +. +And there came against Gibeah ten thousand chosen men out of all Israel, and the battle was sore: but they knew not that evil was near them. -- judges 20:34 +. +And the LORD smote Benjamin before Israel: and the children of Israel destroyed of the Benjamites that day twenty and five thousand and an hundred men: all these drew the sword. -- judges 20:35 +. +So the children of Benjamin saw that they were smitten: for the men of Israel gave place to the Benjamites, because they trusted to the liers in wait which they had set beside Gibeah. -- judges 20:36 +. +And the liers in wait hurried, and rushed on Gibeah; and the liers in wait drew themselves along, and smote all the city with the edge of the sword. -- judges 20:37 +. +Now there was an appointed sign between the men of Israel and the liers in wait, that they should make a great flame with smoke rise up out of the city. -- judges 20:38 +. +And when the men of Israel retired in the battle, Benjamin began to smite and kill of the men of Israel about thirty persons: for they said, Surely they are smitten down before us, as in the first battle. -- judges 20:39 +. +But when the flame began to arise up out of the city with a pillar of smoke, the Benjamites looked behind them, and, behold, the flame of the city ascended up to heaven. -- judges 20:40 +. +And when the men of Israel turned again, the men of Benjamin were amazed: for they saw that evil was come on them. -- judges 20:41 +. +Therefore they turned their backs before the men of Israel to the way of the wilderness; but the battle overtook them; and them which came out of the cities they destroyed in the middle of them. -- judges 20:42 +. +Thus they enclosed the Benjamites round about, and chased them, and stepped them down with ease over against Gibeah toward the sun rise. -- judges 20:43 +. +And there fell of Benjamin eighteen thousand men; all these were men of valor. -- judges 20:44 +. +And they turned and fled toward the wilderness to the rock of Rimmon: and they gleaned of them in the highways five thousand men; and pursued hard after them to Gidom, and slew two thousand men of them. -- judges 20:45 +. +So that all which fell that day of Benjamin were twenty and five thousand men that drew the sword; all these were men of valor. -- judges 20:46 +. +But six hundred men turned and fled to the wilderness to the rock Rimmon, and stayed in the rock Rimmon four months. -- judges 20:47 +. +And the men of Israel turned again on the children of Benjamin, and smote them with the edge of the sword, as well the men of every city, as the beast, and all that came to hand: also they set on fire all the cities that they came to. -- judges 20:48 +. +Now the men of Israel had sworn in Mizpeh, saying, There shall not any of us give his daughter to Benjamin to wife. -- judges 21:1 +. +And the people came to the house of God, and stayed there till even before God, and lifted up their voices, and wept sore; -- judges 21:2 +. +And said, O LORD God of Israel, why is this come to pass in Israel, that there should be to day one tribe lacking in Israel? -- judges 21:3 +. +And it came to pass on the morrow, that the people rose early, and built there an altar, and offered burnt offerings and peace offerings. -- judges 21:4 +. +And the children of Israel said, Who is there among all the tribes of Israel that came not up with the congregation to the LORD? For they had made a great oath concerning him that came not up to the LORD to Mizpeh, saying, He shall surely be put to death. -- judges 21:5 +. +And the children of Israel repented them for Benjamin their brother, and said, There is one tribe cut off from Israel this day. -- judges 21:6 +. +How shall we do for wives for them that remain, seeing we have sworn by the LORD that we will not give them of our daughters to wives? -- judges 21:7 +. +And they said, What one is there of the tribes of Israel that came not up to Mizpeh to the LORD? And, behold, there came none to the camp from Jabeshgilead to the assembly. -- judges 21:8 +. +For the people were numbered, and, behold, there were none of the inhabitants of Jabeshgilead there. -- judges 21:9 +. +And the congregation sent thither twelve thousand men of the most valiant, and commanded them, saying, Go and smite the inhabitants of Jabeshgilead with the edge of the sword, with the women and the children. -- judges 21:10 +. +And this is the thing that you shall do, You shall utterly destroy every male, and every woman that has lain by man. -- judges 21:11 +. +And they found among the inhabitants of Jabeshgilead four hundred young virgins, that had known no man by lying with any male: and they brought them to the camp to Shiloh, which is in the land of Canaan. -- judges 21:12 +. +And the whole congregation sent some to speak to the children of Benjamin that were in the rock Rimmon, and to call peaceably to them. -- judges 21:13 +. +And Benjamin came again at that time; and they gave them wives which they had saved alive of the women of Jabeshgilead: and yet so they sufficed them not. -- judges 21:14 +. +And the people repented them for Benjamin, because that the LORD had made a breach in the tribes of Israel. -- judges 21:15 +. +Then the elders of the congregation said, How shall we do for wives for them that remain, seeing the women are destroyed out of Benjamin? -- judges 21:16 +. +And they said, There must be an inheritance for them that be escaped of Benjamin, that a tribe be not destroyed out of Israel. -- judges 21:17 +. +However, we may not give them wives of our daughters: for the children of Israel have sworn, saying, Cursed be he that gives a wife to Benjamin. -- judges 21:18 +. +Then they said, Behold, there is a feast of the LORD in Shiloh yearly in a place which is on the north side of Bethel, on the east side of the highway that goes up from Bethel to Shechem, and on the south of Lebonah. -- judges 21:19 +. +Therefore they commanded the children of Benjamin, saying, Go and lie in wait in the vineyards; -- judges 21:20 +. +And see, and, behold, if the daughters of Shiloh come out to dance in dances, then come you out of the vineyards, and catch you every man his wife of the daughters of Shiloh, and go to the land of Benjamin. -- judges 21:21 +. +And it shall be, when their fathers or their brothers come to us to complain, that we will say to them, Be favorable to them for our sakes: because we reserved not to each man his wife in the war: for you did not give to them at this time, that you should be guilty. -- judges 21:22 +. +And the children of Benjamin did so, and took them wives, according to their number, of them that danced, whom they caught: and they went and returned to their inheritance, and repaired the cities, and dwelled in them. -- judges 21:23 +. +And the children of Israel departed there at that time, every man to his tribe and to his family, and they went out from there every man to his inheritance. -- judges 21:24 +. +In those days there was no king in Israel: every man did that which was right in his own eyes. -- judges 21:25 +. +Now it came to pass in the days when the judges ruled, that there was a famine in the land. And a certain man of Bethlehemjudah went to sojourn in the country of Moab, he, and his wife, and his two sons. -- ruth 1:1 +. +And the name of the man was Elimelech, and the name of his wife Naomi, and the name of his two sons Mahlon and Chilion, Ephrathites of Bethlehemjudah. And they came into the country of Moab, and continued there. -- ruth 1:2 +. +And Elimelech Naomi' husband died; and she was left, and her two sons. -- ruth 1:3 +. +And they took them wives of the women of Moab; the name of the one was Orpah, and the name of the other Ruth: and they dwelled there about ten years. -- ruth 1:4 +. +And Mahlon and Chilion died also both of them; and the woman was left of her two sons and her husband. -- ruth 1:5 +. +Then she arose with her daughters in law, that she might return from the country of Moab: for she had heard in the country of Moab how that the LORD had visited his people in giving them bread. -- ruth 1:6 +. +Why she went forth out of the place where she was, and her two daughters in law with her; and they went on the way to return to the land of Judah. -- ruth 1:7 +. +And Naomi said to her two daughters in law, Go, return each to her mother' house: the LORD deal kindly with you, as you have dealt with the dead, and with me. -- ruth 1:8 +. +The LORD grant you that you may find rest, each of you in the house of her husband. Then she kissed them; and they lifted up their voice, and wept. -- ruth 1:9 +. +And they said to her, Surely we will return with you to your people. -- ruth 1:10 +. +And Naomi said, Turn again, my daughters: why will you go with me? are there yet any more sons in my womb, that they may be your husbands? -- ruth 1:11 +. +Turn again, my daughters, go your way; for I am too old to have an husband. If I should say, I have hope, if I should have an husband also to night, and should also bear sons; -- ruth 1:12 +. +Would you tarry for them till they were grown? would you stay for them from having husbands? no, my daughters; for it grieves me much for your sakes that the hand of the LORD is gone out against me. -- ruth 1:13 +. +And they lifted up their voice, and wept again: and Orpah kissed her mother in law; but Ruth joined to her. -- ruth 1:14 +. +And she said, Behold, your sister in law is gone back to her people, and to her gods: return you after your sister in law. -- ruth 1:15 +. +And Ruth said, Entreat me not to leave you, or to return from following after you: for where you go, I will go; and where you lodge, I will lodge: your people shall be my people, and your God my God: -- ruth 1:16 +. +Where you die, will I die, and there will I be buried: the LORD do so to me, and more also, if ought but death part you and me. -- ruth 1:17 +. +When she saw that she was steadfastly minded to go with her, then she left speaking to her. -- ruth 1:18 +. +So they two went until they came to Bethlehem. And it came to pass, when they were come to Bethlehem, that all the city was moved about them, and they said, Is this Naomi? -- ruth 1:19 +. +And she said to them, Call me not Naomi, call me Mara: for the Almighty has dealt very bitterly with me. -- ruth 1:20 +. +I went out full and the LORD has brought me home again empty: why then call you me Naomi, seeing the LORD has testified against me, and the Almighty has afflicted me? -- ruth 1:21 +. +So Naomi returned, and Ruth the Moabitess, her daughter in law, with her, which returned out of the country of Moab: and they came to Bethlehem in the beginning of barley harvest. -- ruth 1:22 +. +And Naomi had a kinsman of her husband', a mighty man of wealth, of the family of Elimelech; and his name was Boaz. -- ruth 2:1 +. +And Ruth the Moabitess said to Naomi, Let me now go to the field, and glean ears of corn after him in whose sight I shall find grace. And she said to her, Go, my daughter. -- ruth 2:2 +. +And she went, and came, and gleaned in the field after the reapers: and her hap was to light on a part of the field belonging to Boaz, who was of the kindred of Elimelech. -- ruth 2:3 +. +And, behold, Boaz came from Bethlehem, and said to the reapers, The LORD be with you. And they answered him, The LORD bless you. -- ruth 2:4 +. +Then said Boaz to his servant that was set over the reapers, Whose damsel is this? -- ruth 2:5 +. +And the servant that was set over the reapers answered and said, It is the Moabitish damsel that came back with Naomi out of the country of Moab: -- ruth 2:6 +. +And she said, I pray you, let me glean and gather after the reapers among the sheaves: so she came, and has continued even from the morning until now, that she tarried a little in the house. -- ruth 2:7 +. +Then said Boaz to Ruth, Hear you not, my daughter? Go not to glean in another field, neither go from hence, but abide here fast by my maidens: -- ruth 2:8 +. +Let your eyes be on the field that they do reap, and go you after them: have I not charged the young men that they shall not touch you? and when you are thirsty, go to the vessels, and drink of that which the young men have drawn. -- ruth 2:9 +. +Then she fell on her face, and bowed herself to the ground, and said to him, Why have I found grace in your eyes, that you should take knowledge of me, seeing I am a stranger? -- ruth 2:10 +. +And Boaz answered and said to her, It has fully been showed me, all that you have done to your mother in law since the death of your husband: and how you have left your father and your mother, and the land of your nativity, and are come to a people which you knew not heretofore. -- ruth 2:11 +. +The LORD recompense your work, and a full reward be given you of the LORD God of Israel, under whose wings you are come to trust. -- ruth 2:12 +. +Then she said, Let me find favor in your sight, my lord; for that you have comforted me, and for that you have spoken friendly to your handmaid, though I be not like to one of your handmaidens. -- ruth 2:13 +. +And Boaz said to her, At mealtime come you here, and eat of the bread, and dip your morsel in the vinegar. And she sat beside the reapers: and he reached her parched corn, and she did eat, and was sufficed, and left. -- ruth 2:14 +. +And when she was risen up to glean, Boaz commanded his young men, saying, Let her glean even among the sheaves, and reproach her not: -- ruth 2:15 +. +And let fall also some of the handfuls of purpose for her, and leave them, that she may glean them, and rebuke her not. -- ruth 2:16 +. +So she gleaned in the field until even, and beat out that she had gleaned: and it was about an ephah of barley. -- ruth 2:17 +. +And she took it up, and went into the city: and her mother in law saw what she had gleaned: and she brought forth, and gave to her that she had reserved after she was sufficed. -- ruth 2:18 +. +And her mother in law said to her, Where have you gleaned to day? and where worked you? blessed be he that did take knowledge of you. And she showed her mother in law with whom she had worked, and said, The man' name with whom I worked to day is Boaz. -- ruth 2:19 +. +And Naomi said to her daughter in law, Blessed be he of the LORD, who has not left off his kindness to the living and to the dead. And Naomi said to her, The man is near of kin to us, one of our next kinsmen. -- ruth 2:20 +. +And Ruth the Moabitess said, He said to me also, You shall keep fast by my young men, until they have ended all my harvest. -- ruth 2:21 +. +And Naomi said to Ruth her daughter in law, It is good, my daughter, that you go out with his maidens, that they meet you not in any other field. -- ruth 2:22 +. +So she kept fast by the maidens of Boaz to glean to the end of barley harvest and of wheat harvest; and dwelled with her mother in law. -- ruth 2:23 +. +Then Naomi her mother in law said to her, My daughter, shall I not seek rest for you, that it may be well with you? -- ruth 3:1 +. +And now is not Boaz of our kindred, with whose maidens you were? Behold, he winnows barley to night in the threshing floor. -- ruth 3:2 +. +Wash yourself therefore, and anoint you, and put your raiment on you, and get you down to the floor: but make not yourself known to the man, until he shall have done eating and drinking. -- ruth 3:3 +. +And it shall be, when he lies down, that you shall mark the place where he shall lie, and you shall go in, and uncover his feet, and lay you down; and he will tell you what you shall do. -- ruth 3:4 +. +And she said to her, All that you say to me I will do. -- ruth 3:5 +. +And she went down to the floor, and did according to all that her mother in law bade her. -- ruth 3:6 +. +And when Boaz had eaten and drunk, and his heart was merry, he went to lie down at the end of the heap of corn: and she came softly, and uncovered his feet, and laid her down. -- ruth 3:7 +. +And it came to pass at midnight, that the man was afraid, and turned himself: and, behold, a woman lay at his feet. -- ruth 3:8 +. +And he said, Who are you? And she answered, I am Ruth your handmaid: spread therefore your skirt over your handmaid; for you are a near kinsman. -- ruth 3:9 +. +And he said, Blessed be you of the LORD, my daughter: for you have showed more kindness in the latter end than at the beginning, inasmuch as you followed not young men, whether poor or rich. -- ruth 3:10 +. +And now, my daughter, fear not; I will do to you all that you require: for all the city of my people does know that you are a virtuous woman. -- ruth 3:11 +. +And now it is true that I am your near kinsman: however, there is a kinsman nearer than I. -- ruth 3:12 +. +Tarry this night, and it shall be in the morning, that if he will perform to you the part of a kinsman, well; let him do the kinsman' part: but if he will not do the part of a kinsman to you, then will I do the part of a kinsman to you, as the LORD lives: lie down until the morning. -- ruth 3:13 +. +And she lay at his feet until the morning: and she rose up before one could know another. And he said, Let it not be known that a woman came into the floor. -- ruth 3:14 +. +Also he said, Bring the veil that you have on you, and hold it. And when she held it, he measured six measures of barley, and laid it on her: and she went into the city. -- ruth 3:15 +. +And when she came to her mother in law, she said, Who are you, my daughter? And she told her all that the man had done to her. -- ruth 3:16 +. +And she said, These six measures of barley gave he me; for he said to me, Go not empty to your mother in law. -- ruth 3:17 +. +Then said she, Sit still, my daughter, until you know how the matter will fall: for the man will not be in rest, until he have finished the thing this day. -- ruth 3:18 +. +Then went Boaz up to the gate, and sat him down there: and, behold, the kinsman of whom Boaz spoke came by; to whom he said, Ho, such a one! turn aside, sit down here. And he turned aside, and sat down. -- ruth 4:1 +. +And he took ten men of the elders of the city, and said, Sit you down here. And they sat down. -- ruth 4:2 +. +And he said to the kinsman, Naomi, that is come again out of the country of Moab, sells a parcel of land, which was our brother Elimelech': -- ruth 4:3 +. +And I thought to advertise you, saying, Buy it before the inhabitants, and before the elders of my people. If you will redeem it, redeem it: but if you will not redeem it, then tell me, that I may know: for there is none to redeem it beside you; and I am after you. And he said, I will redeem it. -- ruth 4:4 +. +Then said Boaz, What day you buy the field of the hand of Naomi, you must buy it also of Ruth the Moabitess, the wife of the dead, to raise up the name of the dead on his inheritance. -- ruth 4:5 +. +And the kinsman said, I cannot redeem it for myself, lest I mar my own inheritance: redeem you my right to yourself; for I cannot redeem it. -- ruth 4:6 +. +Now this was the manner in former time in Israel concerning redeeming and concerning changing, for to confirm all things; a man plucked off his shoe, and gave it to his neighbor: and this was a testimony in Israel. -- ruth 4:7 +. +Therefore the kinsman said to Boaz, Buy it for you. So he drew off his shoe. -- ruth 4:8 +. +And Boaz said to the elders, and to all the people, You are witnesses this day, that I have bought all that was Elimelech', and all that was Chilion' and Mahlon', of the hand of Naomi. -- ruth 4:9 +. +Moreover Ruth the Moabitess, the wife of Mahlon, have I purchased to be my wife, to raise up the name of the dead on his inheritance, that the name of the dead be not cut off from among his brothers, and from the gate of his place: you are witnesses this day. -- ruth 4:10 +. +And all the people that were in the gate, and the elders, said, We are witnesses. The LORD make the woman that is come into your house like Rachel and like Leah, which two did build the house of Israel: and do you worthily in Ephratah, and be famous in Bethlehem: -- ruth 4:11 +. +And let your house be like the house of Pharez, whom Tamar bore to Judah, of the seed which the LORD shall give you of this young woman. -- ruth 4:12 +. +So Boaz took Ruth, and she was his wife: and when he went in to her, the LORD gave her conception, and she bore a son. -- ruth 4:13 +. +And the women said to Naomi, Blessed be the LORD, which has not left you this day without a kinsman, that his name may be famous in Israel. -- ruth 4:14 +. +And he shall be to you a restorer of your life, and a nourisher of your old age: for your daughter in law, which loves you, which is better to you than seven sons, has born him. -- ruth 4:15 +. +And Naomi took the child, and laid it in her bosom, and became nurse to it. -- ruth 4:16 +. +And the women her neighbors gave it a name, saying, There is a son born to Naomi; and they called his name Obed: he is the father of Jesse, the father of David. -- ruth 4:17 +. +Now these are the generations of Pharez: Pharez begat Hezron, -- ruth 4:18 +. +And Hezron begat Ram, and Ram begat Amminadab, -- ruth 4:19 +. +And Amminadab begat Nahshon, and Nahshon begat Salmon, -- ruth 4:20 +. +And Salmon begat Boaz, and Boaz begat Obed, -- ruth 4:21 +. +And Obed begat Jesse, and Jesse begat David. -- ruth 4:22 +. +Now there was a certain man of Ramathaimzophim, of mount Ephraim, and his name was Elkanah, the son of Jeroham, the son of Elihu, the son of Tohu, the son of Zuph, an Ephrathite: -- 1 samuel 1:1 +. +And he had two wives; the name of the one was Hannah, and the name of the other Peninnah: and Peninnah had children, but Hannah had no children. -- 1 samuel 1:2 +. +And this man went up out of his city yearly to worship and to sacrifice to the LORD of hosts in Shiloh. And the two sons of Eli, Hophni and Phinehas, the priests of the LORD, were there. -- 1 samuel 1:3 +. +And when the time was that Elkanah offered, he gave to Peninnah his wife, and to all her sons and her daughters, portions: -- 1 samuel 1:4 +. +But to Hannah he gave a worthy portion; for he loved Hannah: but the LORD had shut up her womb. -- 1 samuel 1:5 +. +And her adversary also provoked her sore, for to make her fret, because the LORD had shut up her womb. -- 1 samuel 1:6 +. +And as he did so year by year, when she went up to the house of the LORD, so she provoked her; therefore she wept, and did not eat. -- 1 samuel 1:7 +. +Then said Elkanah her husband to her, Hannah, why weep you? and why eat you not? and why is your heart grieved? am not I better to you than ten sons? -- 1 samuel 1:8 +. +So Hannah rose up after they had eaten in Shiloh, and after they had drunk. Now Eli the priest sat on a seat by a post of the temple of the LORD. -- 1 samuel 1:9 +. +And she was in bitterness of soul, and prayed to the LORD, and wept sore. -- 1 samuel 1:10 +. +And she vowed a vow, and said, O LORD of hosts, if you will indeed look on the affliction of your handmaid, and remember me, and not forget your handmaid, but will give to your handmaid a man child, then I will give him to the LORD all the days of his life, and there shall no razor come on his head. -- 1 samuel 1:11 +. +And it came to pass, as she continued praying before the LORD, that Eli marked her mouth. -- 1 samuel 1:12 +. +Now Hannah, she spoke in her heart; only her lips moved, but her voice was not heard: therefore Eli thought she had been drunken. -- 1 samuel 1:13 +. +And Eli said to her, How long will you be drunken? put away your wine from you. -- 1 samuel 1:14 +. +And Hannah answered and said, No, my lord, I am a woman of a sorrowful spirit: I have drunk neither wine nor strong drink, but have poured out my soul before the LORD. -- 1 samuel 1:15 +. +Count not your handmaid for a daughter of Belial: for out of the abundance of my complaint and grief have I spoken till now. -- 1 samuel 1:16 +. +Then Eli answered and said, Go in peace: and the God of Israel grant you your petition that you have asked of him. -- 1 samuel 1:17 +. +And she said, Let your handmaid find grace in your sight. So the woman went her way, and did eat, and her countenance was no more sad. -- 1 samuel 1:18 +. +And they rose up in the morning early, and worshipped before the LORD, and returned, and came to their house to Ramah: and Elkanah knew Hannah his wife; and the LORD remembered her. -- 1 samuel 1:19 +. +Why it came to pass, when the time was come about after Hannah had conceived, that she bore a son, and called his name Samuel, saying, Because I have asked him of the LORD. -- 1 samuel 1:20 +. +And the man Elkanah, and all his house, went up to offer to the LORD the yearly sacrifice, and his vow. -- 1 samuel 1:21 +. +But Hannah went not up; for she said to her husband, I will not go up until the child be weaned, and then I will bring him, that he may appear before the LORD, and there abide for ever. -- 1 samuel 1:22 +. +And Elkanah her husband said to her, Do what seems you good; tarry until you have weaned him; only the LORD establish his word. So the woman stayed, and gave her son suck until she weaned him. -- 1 samuel 1:23 +. +And when she had weaned him, she took him up with her, with three bullocks, and one ephah of flour, and a bottle of wine, and brought him to the house of the LORD in Shiloh: and the child was young. -- 1 samuel 1:24 +. +And they slew a bullock, and brought the child to Eli. -- 1 samuel 1:25 +. +And she said, Oh my lord, as your soul lives, my lord, I am the woman that stood by you here, praying to the LORD. -- 1 samuel 1:26 +. +For this child I prayed; and the LORD has given me my petition which I asked of him: -- 1 samuel 1:27 +. +Therefore also I have lent him to the LORD; as long as he lives he shall be lent to the LORD. And he worshipped the LORD there. -- 1 samuel 1:28 +. +And Hannah prayed, and said, My heart rejoices in the LORD, my horn is exalted in the LORD: my mouth is enlarged over my enemies; because I rejoice in your salvation. -- 1 samuel 2:1 +. +There is none holy as the LORD: for there is none beside you: neither is there any rock like our God. -- 1 samuel 2:2 +. +Talk no more so exceeding proudly; let not arrogance come out of your mouth: for the LORD is a God of knowledge, and by him actions are weighed. -- 1 samuel 2:3 +. +The bows of the mighty men are broken, and they that stumbled are girded with strength. -- 1 samuel 2:4 +. +They that were full have hired out themselves for bread; and they that were hungry ceased: so that the barren has born seven; and she that has many children is waxed feeble. -- 1 samuel 2:5 +. +The LORD kills, and makes alive: he brings down to the grave, and brings up. -- 1 samuel 2:6 +. +The LORD makes poor, and makes rich: he brings low, and lifts up. -- 1 samuel 2:7 +. +He raises up the poor out of the dust, and lifts up the beggar from the dunghill, to set them among princes, and to make them inherit the throne of glory: for the pillars of the earth are the LORD', and he has set the world on them. -- 1 samuel 2:8 +. +He will keep the feet of his saints, and the wicked shall be silent in darkness; for by strength shall no man prevail. -- 1 samuel 2:9 +. +The adversaries of the LORD shall be broken to pieces; out of heaven shall he thunder on them: the LORD shall judge the ends of the earth; and he shall give strength to his king, and exalt the horn of his anointed. -- 1 samuel 2:10 +. +And Elkanah went to Ramah to his house. And the child did minister to the LORD before Eli the priest. -- 1 samuel 2:11 +. +Now the sons of Eli were sons of Belial; they knew not the LORD. -- 1 samuel 2:12 +. +And the priest' custom with the people was, that, when any man offered sacrifice, the priest' servant came, while the flesh was in seething, with a meat hook of three teeth in his hand; -- 1 samuel 2:13 +. +And he struck it into the pan, or kettle, or caldron, or pot; all that the meat hook brought up the priest took for himself. So they did in Shiloh to all the Israelites that came thither. -- 1 samuel 2:14 +. +Also before they burnt the fat, the priest' servant came, and said to the man that sacrificed, Give flesh to roast for the priest; for he will not have sodden flesh of you, but raw. -- 1 samuel 2:15 +. +And if any man said to him, Let them not fail to burn the fat presently, and then take as much as your soul desires; then he would answer him, No; but you shall give it me now: and if not, I will take it by force. -- 1 samuel 2:16 +. +Why the sin of the young men was very great before the LORD: for men abhorred the offering of the LORD. -- 1 samuel 2:17 +. +But Samuel ministered before the LORD, being a child, girded with a linen ephod. -- 1 samuel 2:18 +. +Moreover his mother made him a little coat, and brought it to him from year to year, when she came up with her husband to offer the yearly sacrifice. -- 1 samuel 2:19 +. +And Eli blessed Elkanah and his wife, and said, The LORD give you seed of this woman for the loan which is lent to the LORD. And they went to their own home. -- 1 samuel 2:20 +. +And the LORD visited Hannah, so that she conceived, and bore three sons and two daughters. And the child Samuel grew before the LORD. -- 1 samuel 2:21 +. +Now Eli was very old, and heard all that his sons did to all Israel; and how they lay with the women that assembled at the door of the tabernacle of the congregation. -- 1 samuel 2:22 +. +And he said to them, Why do you such things? for I hear of your evil dealings by all this people. -- 1 samuel 2:23 +. +No, my sons; for it is no good report that I hear: you make the LORD' people to transgress. -- 1 samuel 2:24 +. +If one man sin against another, the judge shall judge him: but if a man sin against the LORD, who shall entreat for him? Notwithstanding they listened not to the voice of their father, because the LORD would slay them. -- 1 samuel 2:25 +. +And the child Samuel grew on, and was in favor both with the LORD, and also with men. -- 1 samuel 2:26 +. +And there came a man of God to Eli, and said to him, Thus said the LORD, Did I plainly appear to the house of your father, when they were in Egypt in Pharaoh' house? -- 1 samuel 2:27 +. +And did I choose him out of all the tribes of Israel to be my priest, to offer on my altar, to burn incense, to wear an ephod before me? and did I give to the house of your father all the offerings made by fire of the children of Israel? -- 1 samuel 2:28 +. +Why kick you at my sacrifice and at my offering, which I have commanded in my habitation; and honor your sons above me, to make yourselves fat with the most chief of all the offerings of Israel my people? -- 1 samuel 2:29 +. +Why the LORD God of Israel said, I said indeed that your house, and the house of your father, should walk before me for ever: but now the LORD said, Be it far from me; for them that honor me I will honor, and they that despise me shall be lightly esteemed. -- 1 samuel 2:30 +. +Behold, the days come, that I will cut off your arm, and the arm of your father' house, that there shall not be an old man in your house. -- 1 samuel 2:31 +. +And you shall see an enemy in my habitation, in all the wealth which God shall give Israel: and there shall not be an old man in your house for ever. -- 1 samuel 2:32 +. +And the man of yours, whom I shall not cut off from my altar, shall be to consume your eyes, and to grieve your heart: and all the increase of your house shall die in the flower of their age. -- 1 samuel 2:33 +. +And this shall be a sign to you, that shall come on your two sons, on Hophni and Phinehas; in one day they shall die both of them. -- 1 samuel 2:34 +. +And I will raise me up a faithful priest, that shall do according to that which is in my heart and in my mind: and I will build him a sure house; and he shall walk before my anointed for ever. -- 1 samuel 2:35 +. +And it shall come to pass, that every one that is left in your house shall come and crouch to him for a piece of silver and a morsel of bread, and shall say, Put me, I pray you, into one of the priests'offices, that I may eat a piece of bread. -- 1 samuel 2:36 +. +And the child Samuel ministered to the LORD before Eli. And the word of the LORD was precious in those days; there was no open vision. -- 1 samuel 3:1 +. +And it came to pass at that time, when Eli was laid down in his place, and his eyes began to wax dim, that he could not see; -- 1 samuel 3:2 +. +And ere the lamp of God went out in the temple of the LORD, where the ark of God was, and Samuel was laid down to sleep; -- 1 samuel 3:3 +. +That the LORD called Samuel: and he answered, Here am I. -- 1 samuel 3:4 +. +And he ran to Eli, and said, Here am I; for you called me. And he said, I called not; lie down again. And he went and lay down. -- 1 samuel 3:5 +. +And the LORD called yet again, Samuel. And Samuel arose and went to Eli, and said, Here am I; for you did call me. And he answered, I called not, my son; lie down again. -- 1 samuel 3:6 +. +Now Samuel did not yet know the LORD, neither was the word of the LORD yet revealed to him. -- 1 samuel 3:7 +. +And the LORD called Samuel again the third time. And he arose and went to Eli, and said, Here am I; for you did call me. And Eli perceived that the LORD had called the child. -- 1 samuel 3:8 +. +Therefore Eli said to Samuel, Go, lie down: and it shall be, if he call you, that you shall say, Speak, LORD; for your servant hears. So Samuel went and lay down in his place. -- 1 samuel 3:9 +. +And the LORD came, and stood, and called as at other times, Samuel, Samuel. Then Samuel answered, Speak; for your servant hears. -- 1 samuel 3:10 +. +And the LORD said to Samuel, Behold, I will do a thing in Israel, at which both the ears of every one that hears it shall tingle. -- 1 samuel 3:11 +. +In that day I will perform against Eli all things which I have spoken concerning his house: when I begin, I will also make an end. -- 1 samuel 3:12 +. +For I have told him that I will judge his house for ever for the iniquity which he knows; because his sons made themselves vile, and he restrained them not. -- 1 samuel 3:13 +. +And therefore I have sworn to the house of Eli, that the iniquity of Eli' house shall not be purged with sacrifice nor offering for ever. -- 1 samuel 3:14 +. +And Samuel lay until the morning, and opened the doors of the house of the LORD. And Samuel feared to show Eli the vision. -- 1 samuel 3:15 +. +Then Eli called Samuel, and said, Samuel, my son. And he answered, Here am I. -- 1 samuel 3:16 +. +And he said, What is the thing that the LORD has said to you? I pray you hide it not from me: God do so to you, and more also, if you hide any thing from me of all the things that he said to you. -- 1 samuel 3:17 +. +And Samuel told him every whit, and hid nothing from him. And he said, It is the LORD: let him do what seems him good. -- 1 samuel 3:18 +. +And Samuel grew, and the LORD was with him, and did let none of his words fall to the ground. -- 1 samuel 3:19 +. +And all Israel from Dan even to Beersheba knew that Samuel was established to be a prophet of the LORD. -- 1 samuel 3:20 +. +And the LORD appeared again in Shiloh: for the LORD revealed himself to Samuel in Shiloh by the word of the LORD. -- 1 samuel 3:21 +. +And the word of Samuel came to all Israel. Now Israel went out against the Philistines to battle, and pitched beside Ebenezer: and the Philistines pitched in Aphek. -- 1 samuel 4:1 +. +And the Philistines put themselves in array against Israel: and when they joined battle, Israel was smitten before the Philistines: and they slew of the army in the field about four thousand men. -- 1 samuel 4:2 +. +And when the people were come into the camp, the elders of Israel said, Why has the LORD smitten us to day before the Philistines? Let us fetch the ark of the covenant of the LORD out of Shiloh to us, that, when it comes among us, it may save us out of the hand of our enemies. -- 1 samuel 4:3 +. +So the people sent to Shiloh, that they might bring from there the ark of the covenant of the LORD of hosts, which dwells between the cherubim: and the two sons of Eli, Hophni and Phinehas, were there with the ark of the covenant of God. -- 1 samuel 4:4 +. +And when the ark of the covenant of the LORD came into the camp, all Israel shouted with a great shout, so that the earth rang again. -- 1 samuel 4:5 +. +And when the Philistines heard the noise of the shout, they said, What means the noise of this great shout in the camp of the Hebrews? And they understood that the ark of the LORD was come into the camp. -- 1 samuel 4:6 +. +And the Philistines were afraid, for they said, God is come into the camp. And they said, Woe to us! for there has not been such a thing heretofore. -- 1 samuel 4:7 +. +Woe to us! who shall deliver us out of the hand of these mighty Gods? these are the Gods that smote the Egyptians with all the plagues in the wilderness. -- 1 samuel 4:8 +. +Be strong and quit yourselves like men, O you Philistines, that you be not servants to the Hebrews, as they have been to you: quit yourselves like men, and fight. -- 1 samuel 4:9 +. +And the Philistines fought, and Israel was smitten, and they fled every man into his tent: and there was a very great slaughter; for there fell of Israel thirty thousand footmen. -- 1 samuel 4:10 +. +And the ark of God was taken; and the two sons of Eli, Hophni and Phinehas, were slain. -- 1 samuel 4:11 +. +And there ran a man of Benjamin out of the army, and came to Shiloh the same day with his clothes rent, and with earth on his head. -- 1 samuel 4:12 +. +And when he came, see, Eli sat on a seat by the wayside watching: for his heart trembled for the ark of God. And when the man came into the city, and told it, all the city cried out. -- 1 samuel 4:13 +. +And when Eli heard the noise of the crying, he said, What means the noise of this tumult? And the man came in hastily, and told Eli. -- 1 samuel 4:14 +. +Now Eli was ninety and eight years old; and his eyes were dim, that he could not see. -- 1 samuel 4:15 +. +And the man said to Eli, I am he that came out of the army, and I fled to day out of the army. And he said, What is there done, my son? -- 1 samuel 4:16 +. +And the messenger answered and said, Israel is fled before the Philistines, and there has been also a great slaughter among the people, and your two sons also, Hophni and Phinehas, are dead, and the ark of God is taken. -- 1 samuel 4:17 +. +And it came to pass, when he made mention of the ark of God, that he fell from off the seat backward by the side of the gate, and his neck broke, and he died: for he was an old man, and heavy. And he had judged Israel forty years. -- 1 samuel 4:18 +. +And his daughter in law, Phinehas'wife, was with child, near to be delivered: and when she heard the tidings that the ark of God was taken, and that her father in law and her husband were dead, she bowed herself and travailed; for her pains came on her. -- 1 samuel 4:19 +. +And about the time of her death the women that stood by her said to her, Fear not; for you have born a son. But she answered not, neither did she regard it. -- 1 samuel 4:20 +. +And she named the child Ichabod, saying, The glory is departed from Israel: because the ark of God was taken, and because of her father in law and her husband. -- 1 samuel 4:21 +. +And she said, The glory is departed from Israel: for the ark of God is taken. -- 1 samuel 4:22 +. +And the Philistines took the ark of God, and brought it from Ebenezer to Ashdod. -- 1 samuel 5:1 +. +When the Philistines took the ark of God, they brought it into the house of Dagon, and set it by Dagon. -- 1 samuel 5:2 +. +And when they of Ashdod arose early on the morrow, behold, Dagon was fallen on his face to the earth before the ark of the LORD. And they took Dagon, and set him in his place again. -- 1 samuel 5:3 +. +And when they arose early on the morrow morning, behold, Dagon was fallen on his face to the ground before the ark of the LORD; and the head of Dagon and both the palms of his hands were cut off on the threshold; only the stump of Dagon was left to him. -- 1 samuel 5:4 +. +Therefore neither the priests of Dagon, nor any that come into Dagon' house, tread on the threshold of Dagon in Ashdod to this day. -- 1 samuel 5:5 +. +But the hand of the LORD was heavy on them of Ashdod, and he destroyed them, and smote them with tumors, even Ashdod and the coasts thereof. -- 1 samuel 5:6 +. +And when the men of Ashdod saw that it was so, they said, The ark of the God of Israel shall not abide with us: for his hand is sore on us, and on Dagon our god. -- 1 samuel 5:7 +. +They sent therefore and gathered all the lords of the Philistines to them, and said, What shall we do with the ark of the God of Israel? And they answered, Let the ark of the God of Israel be carried about to Gath. And they carried the ark of the God of Israel about thither. -- 1 samuel 5:8 +. +And it was so, that, after they had carried it about, the hand of the LORD was against the city with a very great destruction: and he smote the men of the city, both small and great, and they had tumors in their secret parts. -- 1 samuel 5:9 +. +Therefore they sent the ark of God to Ekron. And it came to pass, as the ark of God came to Ekron, that the Ekronites cried out, saying, They have brought about the ark of the God of Israel to us, to slay us and our people. -- 1 samuel 5:10 +. +So they sent and gathered together all the lords of the Philistines, and said, Send away the ark of the God of Israel, and let it go again to his own place, that it slay us not, and our people: for there was a deadly destruction throughout all the city; the hand of God was very heavy there. -- 1 samuel 5:11 +. +And the men that died not were smitten with the tumors: and the cry of the city went up to heaven. -- 1 samuel 5:12 +. +And the ark of the LORD was in the country of the Philistines seven months. -- 1 samuel 6:1 +. +And the Philistines called for the priests and the diviners, saying, What shall we do to the ark of the LORD? tell us with which we shall send it to his place. -- 1 samuel 6:2 +. +And they said, If you send away the ark of the God of Israel, send it not empty; but in any wise return him a trespass offering: then you shall be healed, and it shall be known to you why his hand is not removed from you. -- 1 samuel 6:3 +. +Then said they, What shall be the trespass offering which we shall return to him? They answered, Five golden tumors, and five golden mice, according to the number of the lords of the Philistines: for one plague was on you all, and on your lords. -- 1 samuel 6:4 +. +Why you shall make images of your tumors, and images of your mice that mar the land; and you shall give glory to the God of Israel: peradventure he will lighten his hand from off you, and from off your gods, and from off your land. -- 1 samuel 6:5 +. +Why then do you harden your hearts, as the Egyptians and Pharaoh hardened their hearts? when he had worked wonderfully among them, did they not let the people go, and they departed? -- 1 samuel 6:6 +. +Now therefore make a new cart, and take two milk cows, on which there has come no yoke, and tie the cows to the cart, and bring their calves home from them: -- 1 samuel 6:7 +. +And take the ark of the LORD, and lay it on the cart; and put the jewels of gold, which you return him for a trespass offering, in a coffer by the side thereof; and send it away, that it may go. -- 1 samuel 6:8 +. +And see, if it goes up by the way of his own coast to Bethshemesh, then he has done us this great evil: but if not, then we shall know that it is not his hand that smote us: it was a chance that happened to us. -- 1 samuel 6:9 +. +And the men did so; and took two milk cows, and tied them to the cart, and shut up their calves at home: -- 1 samuel 6:10 +. +And they laid the ark of the LORD on the cart, and the coffer with the mice of gold and the images of their tumors. -- 1 samuel 6:11 +. +And the cows took the straight way to the way of Bethshemesh, and went along the highway, lowing as they went, and turned not aside to the right hand or to the left; and the lords of the Philistines went after them to the border of Bethshemesh. -- 1 samuel 6:12 +. +And they of Bethshemesh were reaping their wheat harvest in the valley: and they lifted up their eyes, and saw the ark, and rejoiced to see it. -- 1 samuel 6:13 +. +And the cart came into the field of Joshua, a Bethshemite, and stood there, where there was a great stone: and they split the wood of the cart, and offered the cows a burnt offering to the LORD. -- 1 samuel 6:14 +. +And the Levites took down the ark of the LORD, and the coffer that was with it, wherein the jewels of gold were, and put them on the great stone: and the men of Bethshemesh offered burnt offerings and sacrificed sacrifices the same day to the LORD. -- 1 samuel 6:15 +. +And when the five lords of the Philistines had seen it, they returned to Ekron the same day. -- 1 samuel 6:16 +. +And these are the golden tumors which the Philistines returned for a trespass offering to the LORD; for Ashdod one, for Gaza one, for Askelon one, for Gath one, for Ekron one; -- 1 samuel 6:17 +. +And the golden mice, according to the number of all the cities of the Philistines belonging to the five lords, both of fenced cities, and of country villages, even to the great stone of Abel, where on they set down the ark of the LORD: which stone remains to this day in the field of Joshua, the Bethshemite. -- 1 samuel 6:18 +. +And he smote the men of Bethshemesh, because they had looked into the ark of the LORD, even he smote of the people fifty thousand and three score and ten men: and the people lamented, because the LORD had smitten many of the people with a great slaughter. -- 1 samuel 6:19 +. +And the men of Bethshemesh said, Who is able to stand before this holy LORD God? and to whom shall he go up from us? -- 1 samuel 6:20 +. +And they sent messengers to the inhabitants of Kirjathjearim, saying, The Philistines have brought again the ark of the LORD; come you down, and fetch it up to you. -- 1 samuel 6:21 +. +And the men of Kirjathjearim came, and fetched up the ark of the LORD, and brought it into the house of Abinadab in the hill, and sanctified Eleazar his son to keep the ark of the LORD. -- 1 samuel 7:1 +. +And it came to pass, while the ark stayed in Kirjathjearim, that the time was long; for it was twenty years: and all the house of Israel lamented after the LORD. -- 1 samuel 7:2 +. +And Samuel spoke to all the house of Israel, saying, If you do return to the LORD with all your hearts, then put away the strange gods and Ashtaroth from among you, and prepare your hearts to the LORD, and serve him only: and he will deliver you out of the hand of the Philistines. -- 1 samuel 7:3 +. +Then the children of Israel did put away Baalim and Ashtaroth, and served the LORD only. -- 1 samuel 7:4 +. +And Samuel said, Gather all Israel to Mizpeh, and I will pray for you to the LORD. -- 1 samuel 7:5 +. +And they gathered together to Mizpeh, and drew water, and poured it out before the LORD, and fasted on that day, and said there, We have sinned against the LORD. And Samuel judged the children of Israel in Mizpeh. -- 1 samuel 7:6 +. +And when the Philistines heard that the children of Israel were gathered together to Mizpeh, the lords of the Philistines went up against Israel. And when the children of Israel heard it, they were afraid of the Philistines. -- 1 samuel 7:7 +. +And the children of Israel said to Samuel, Cease not to cry to the LORD our God for us, that he will save us out of the hand of the Philistines. -- 1 samuel 7:8 +. +And Samuel took a sucking lamb, and offered it for a burnt offering wholly to the LORD: and Samuel cried to the LORD for Israel; and the LORD heard him. -- 1 samuel 7:9 +. +And as Samuel was offering up the burnt offering, the Philistines drew near to battle against Israel: but the LORD thundered with a great thunder on that day on the Philistines, and discomfited them; and they were smitten before Israel. -- 1 samuel 7:10 +. +And the men of Israel went out of Mizpeh, and pursued the Philistines, and smote them, until they came under Bethcar. -- 1 samuel 7:11 +. +Then Samuel took a stone, and set it between Mizpeh and Shen, and called the name of it Ebenezer, saying, Till now has the LORD helped us. -- 1 samuel 7:12 +. +So the Philistines were subdued, and they came no more into the coast of Israel: and the hand of the LORD was against the Philistines all the days of Samuel. -- 1 samuel 7:13 +. +And the cities which the Philistines had taken from Israel were restored to Israel, from Ekron even to Gath; and the coasts thereof did Israel deliver out of the hands of the Philistines. And there was peace between Israel and the Amorites. -- 1 samuel 7:14 +. +And Samuel judged Israel all the days of his life. -- 1 samuel 7:15 +. +And he went from year to year in circuit to Bethel, and Gilgal, and Mizpeh, and judged Israel in all those places. -- 1 samuel 7:16 +. +And his return was to Ramah; for there was his house; and there he judged Israel; and there he built an altar to the LORD. -- 1 samuel 7:17 +. +And it came to pass, when Samuel was old, that he made his sons judges over Israel. -- 1 samuel 8:1 +. +Now the name of his firstborn was Joel; and the name of his second, Abiah: they were judges in Beersheba. -- 1 samuel 8:2 +. +And his sons walked not in his ways, but turned aside after lucre, and took bribes, and perverted judgment. -- 1 samuel 8:3 +. +Then all the elders of Israel gathered themselves together, and came to Samuel to Ramah, -- 1 samuel 8:4 +. +And said to him, Behold, you are old, and your sons walk not in your ways: now make us a king to judge us like all the nations. -- 1 samuel 8:5 +. +But the thing displeased Samuel, when they said, Give us a king to judge us. And Samuel prayed to the LORD. -- 1 samuel 8:6 +. +And the LORD said to Samuel, Listen to the voice of the people in all that they say to you: for they have not rejected you, but they have rejected me, that I should not reign over them. -- 1 samuel 8:7 +. +According to all the works which they have done since the day that I brought them up out of Egypt even to this day, with which they have forsaken me, and served other gods, so do they also to you. -- 1 samuel 8:8 +. +Now therefore listen to their voice: however, yet protest solemnly to them, and show them the manner of the king that shall reign over them. -- 1 samuel 8:9 +. +And Samuel told all the words of the LORD to the people that asked of him a king. -- 1 samuel 8:10 +. +And he said, This will be the manner of the king that shall reign over you: He will take your sons, and appoint them for himself, for his chariots, and to be his horsemen; and some shall run before his chariots. -- 1 samuel 8:11 +. +And he will appoint him captains over thousands, and captains over fifties; and will set them to ear his ground, and to reap his harvest, and to make his instruments of war, and instruments of his chariots. -- 1 samuel 8:12 +. +And he will take your daughters to be confectionaries, and to be cooks, and to be bakers. -- 1 samuel 8:13 +. +And he will take your fields, and your vineyards, and your olive groves, even the best of them, and give them to his servants. -- 1 samuel 8:14 +. +And he will take the tenth of your seed, and of your vineyards, and give to his officers, and to his servants. -- 1 samuel 8:15 +. +And he will take your menservants, and your maidservants, and your best young men, and your asses, and put them to his work. -- 1 samuel 8:16 +. +He will take the tenth of your sheep: and you shall be his servants. -- 1 samuel 8:17 +. +And you shall cry out in that day because of your king which you shall have chosen you; and the LORD will not hear you in that day. -- 1 samuel 8:18 +. +Nevertheless the people refused to obey the voice of Samuel; and they said, No; but we will have a king over us; -- 1 samuel 8:19 +. +That we also may be like all the nations; and that our king may judge us, and go out before us, and fight our battles. -- 1 samuel 8:20 +. +And Samuel heard all the words of the people, and he rehearsed them in the ears of the LORD. -- 1 samuel 8:21 +. +And the LORD said to Samuel, Listen to their voice, and make them a king. And Samuel said to the men of Israel, Go you every man to his city. -- 1 samuel 8:22 +. +Now there was a man of Benjamin, whose name was Kish, the son of Abiel, the son of Zeror, the son of Bechorath, the son of Aphiah, a Benjamite, a mighty man of power. -- 1 samuel 9:1 +. +And he had a son, whose name was Saul, a choice young man, and a goodly: and there was not among the children of Israel a goodlier person than he: from his shoulders and upward he was higher than any of the people. -- 1 samuel 9:2 +. +And the asses of Kish Saul' father were lost. And Kish said to Saul his son, Take now one of the servants with you, and arise, go seek the asses. -- 1 samuel 9:3 +. +And he passed through mount Ephraim, and passed through the land of Shalisha, but they found them not: then they passed through the land of Shalim, and there they were not: and he passed through the land of the Benjamites, but they found them not. -- 1 samuel 9:4 +. +And when they were come to the land of Zuph, Saul said to his servant that was with him, Come, and let us return; lest my father leave caring for the asses, and take thought for us. -- 1 samuel 9:5 +. +And he said to him, Behold now, there is in this city a man of God, and he is an honorable man; all that he said comes surely to pass: now let us go thither; peradventure he can show us our way that we should go. -- 1 samuel 9:6 +. +Then said Saul to his servant, But, behold, if we go, what shall we bring the man? for the bread is spent in our vessels, and there is not a present to bring to the man of God: what have we? -- 1 samuel 9:7 +. +And the servant answered Saul again, and said, Behold, I have here at hand the fourth part of a shekel of silver: that will I give to the man of God, to tell us our way. -- 1 samuel 9:8 +. +(Beforetime in Israel, when a man went to inquire of God, thus he spoke, Come, and let us go to the seer: for he that is now called a Prophet was beforetime called a Seer.) -- 1 samuel 9:9 +. +Then said Saul to his servant, Well said; come, let us go. So they went to the city where the man of God was. -- 1 samuel 9:10 +. +And as they went up the hill to the city, they found young maidens going out to draw water, and said to them, Is the seer here? -- 1 samuel 9:11 +. +And they answered them, and said, He is; behold, he is before you: make haste now, for he came to day to the city; for there is a sacrifice of the people to day in the high place: -- 1 samuel 9:12 +. +As soon as you be come into the city, you shall straightway find him, before he go up to the high place to eat: for the people will not eat until he come, because he does bless the sacrifice; and afterwards they eat that be bidden. Now therefore get you up; for about this time you shall find him. -- 1 samuel 9:13 +. +And they went up into the city: and when they were come into the city, behold, Samuel came out against them, for to go up to the high place. -- 1 samuel 9:14 +. +Now the LORD had told Samuel in his ear a day before Saul came, saying, -- 1 samuel 9:15 +. +To morrow about this time I will send you a man out of the land of Benjamin, and you shall anoint him to be captain over my people Israel, that he may save my people out of the hand of the Philistines: for I have looked on my people, because their cry is come to me. -- 1 samuel 9:16 +. +And when Samuel saw Saul, the LORD said to him, Behold the man whom I spoke to you of! this same shall reign over my people. -- 1 samuel 9:17 +. +Then Saul drew near to Samuel in the gate, and said, Tell me, I pray you, where the seer' house is. -- 1 samuel 9:18 +. +And Samuel answered Saul, and said, I am the seer: go up before me to the high place; for you shall eat with me to day, and to morrow I will let you go, and will tell you all that is in your heart. -- 1 samuel 9:19 +. +And as for your asses that were lost three days ago, set not your mind on them; for they are found. And on whom is all the desire of Israel? Is it not on you, and on all your father' house? -- 1 samuel 9:20 +. +And Saul answered and said, Am not I a Benjamite, of the smallest of the tribes of Israel? and my family the least of all the families of the tribe of Benjamin? why then speak you so to me? -- 1 samuel 9:21 +. +And Samuel took Saul and his servant, and brought them into the parlor, and made them sit in the most chief place among them that were bidden, which were about thirty persons. -- 1 samuel 9:22 +. +And Samuel said to the cook, Bring the portion which I gave you, of which I said to you, Set it by you. -- 1 samuel 9:23 +. +And the cook took up the shoulder, and that which was on it, and set it before Saul. And Samuel said, Behold that which is left! set it before you, and eat: for to this time has it been kept for you since I said, I have invited the people. So Saul did eat with Samuel that day. -- 1 samuel 9:24 +. +And when they were come down from the high place into the city, Samuel communed with Saul on the top of the house. -- 1 samuel 9:25 +. +And they arose early: and it came to pass about the spring of the day, that Samuel called Saul to the top of the house, saying, Up, that I may send you away. And Saul arose, and they went out both of them, he and Samuel, abroad. -- 1 samuel 9:26 +. +And as they were going down to the end of the city, Samuel said to Saul, Bid the servant pass on before us, (and he passed on), but stand you still a while, that I may show you the word of God. -- 1 samuel 9:27 +. +Then Samuel took a vial of oil, and poured it on his head, and kissed him, and said, Is it not because the LORD has anointed you to be captain over his inheritance? -- 1 samuel 10:1 +. +When you are departed from me to day, then you shall find two men by Rachel' sepulcher in the border of Benjamin at Zelzah; and they will say to you, The asses which you went to seek are found: and, see, your father has left the care of the asses, and sorrows for you, saying, What shall I do for my son? -- 1 samuel 10:2 +. +Then shall you go on forward from there, and you shall come to the plain of Tabor, and there shall meet you three men going up to God to Bethel, one carrying three kids, and another carrying three loaves of bread, and another carrying a bottle of wine: -- 1 samuel 10:3 +. +And they will salute you, and give you two loaves of bread; which you shall receive of their hands. -- 1 samuel 10:4 +. +After that you shall come to the hill of God, where is the garrison of the Philistines: and it shall come to pass, when you are come thither to the city, that you shall meet a company of prophets coming down from the high place with a psaltery, and a tabret, and a pipe, and a harp, before them; and they shall prophesy: -- 1 samuel 10:5 +. +And the Spirit of the LORD will come on you, and you shall prophesy with them, and shall be turned into another man. -- 1 samuel 10:6 +. +And let it be, when these signs are come to you, that you do as occasion serve you; for God is with you. -- 1 samuel 10:7 +. +And you shall go down before me to Gilgal; and, behold, I will come down to you, to offer burnt offerings, and to sacrifice sacrifices of peace offerings: seven days shall you tarry, till I come to you, and show you what you shall do. -- 1 samuel 10:8 +. +And it was so, that when he had turned his back to go from Samuel, God gave him another heart: and all those signs came to pass that day. -- 1 samuel 10:9 +. +And when they came thither to the hill, behold, a company of prophets met him; and the Spirit of God came on him, and he prophesied among them. -- 1 samuel 10:10 +. +And it came to pass, when all that knew him beforetime saw that, behold, he prophesied among the prophets, then the people said one to another, What is this that is come to the son of Kish? Is Saul also among the prophets? -- 1 samuel 10:11 +. +And one of the same place answered and said, But who is their father? Therefore it became a proverb, Is Saul also among the prophets? -- 1 samuel 10:12 +. +And when he had made an end of prophesying, he came to the high place. -- 1 samuel 10:13 +. +And Saul' uncle said to him and to his servant, Where went you? And he said, To seek the asses: and when we saw that they were no where, we came to Samuel. -- 1 samuel 10:14 +. +And Saul' uncle said, Tell me, I pray you, what Samuel said to you. -- 1 samuel 10:15 +. +And Saul said to his uncle, He told us plainly that the asses were found. But of the matter of the kingdom, whereof Samuel spoke, he told him not. -- 1 samuel 10:16 +. +And Samuel called the people together to the LORD to Mizpeh; -- 1 samuel 10:17 +. +And said to the children of Israel, Thus said the LORD God of Israel, I brought up Israel out of Egypt, and delivered you out of the hand of the Egyptians, and out of the hand of all kingdoms, and of them that oppressed you: -- 1 samuel 10:18 +. +And you have this day rejected your God, who himself saved you out of all your adversities and your tribulations; and you have said to him, No, but set a king over us. Now therefore present yourselves before the LORD by your tribes, and by your thousands. -- 1 samuel 10:19 +. +And when Samuel had caused all the tribes of Israel to come near, the tribe of Benjamin was taken. -- 1 samuel 10:20 +. +When he had caused the tribe of Benjamin to come near by their families, the family of Matri was taken, and Saul the son of Kish was taken: and when they sought him, he could not be found. -- 1 samuel 10:21 +. +Therefore they inquired of the LORD further, if the man should yet come thither. And the LORD answered, Behold he has hid himself among the stuff. -- 1 samuel 10:22 +. +And they ran and fetched him there: and when he stood among the people, he was higher than any of the people from his shoulders and upward. -- 1 samuel 10:23 +. +And Samuel said to all the people, See you him whom the LORD has chosen, that there is none like him among all the people? And all the people shouted, and said, God save the king. -- 1 samuel 10:24 +. +Then Samuel told the people the manner of the kingdom, and wrote it in a book, and laid it up before the LORD. And Samuel sent all the people away, every man to his house. -- 1 samuel 10:25 +. +And Saul also went home to Gibeah; and there went with him a band of men, whose hearts God had touched. -- 1 samuel 10:26 +. +But the children of Belial said, How shall this man save us? And they despised him, and brought no presents. But he held his peace. -- 1 samuel 10:27 +. +Then Nahash the Ammonite came up, and encamped against Jabeshgilead: and all the men of Jabesh said to Nahash, Make a covenant with us, and we will serve you. -- 1 samuel 11:1 +. +And Nahash the Ammonite answered them, On this condition will I make a covenant with you, that I may thrust out all your right eyes, and lay it for a reproach on all Israel. -- 1 samuel 11:2 +. +And the elders of Jabesh said to him, Give us seven days'respite, that we may send messengers to all the coasts of Israel: and then, if there be no man to save us, we will come out to you. -- 1 samuel 11:3 +. +Then came the messengers to Gibeah of Saul, and told the tidings in the ears of the people: and all the people lifted up their voices, and wept. -- 1 samuel 11:4 +. +And, behold, Saul came after the herd out of the field; and Saul said, What ails the people that they weep? And they told him the tidings of the men of Jabesh. -- 1 samuel 11:5 +. +And the Spirit of God came on Saul when he heard those tidings, and his anger was kindled greatly. -- 1 samuel 11:6 +. +And he took a yoke of oxen, and hewed them in pieces, and sent them throughout all the coasts of Israel by the hands of messengers, saying, Whoever comes not forth after Saul and after Samuel, so shall it be done to his oxen. And the fear of the LORD fell on the people, and they came out with one consent. -- 1 samuel 11:7 +. +And when he numbered them in Bezek, the children of Israel were three hundred thousand, and the men of Judah thirty thousand. -- 1 samuel 11:8 +. +And they said to the messengers that came, Thus shall you say to the men of Jabeshgilead, To morrow, by that time the sun be hot, you shall have help. And the messengers came and showed it to the men of Jabesh; and they were glad. -- 1 samuel 11:9 +. +Therefore the men of Jabesh said, To morrow we will come out to you, and you shall do with us all that seems good to you. -- 1 samuel 11:10 +. +And it was so on the morrow, that Saul put the people in three companies; and they came into the middle of the host in the morning watch, and slew the Ammonites until the heat of the day: and it came to pass, that they which remained were scattered, so that two of them were not left together. -- 1 samuel 11:11 +. +And the people said to Samuel, Who is he that said, Shall Saul reign over us? bring the men, that we may put them to death. -- 1 samuel 11:12 +. +And Saul said, There shall not a man be put to death this day: for to day the LORD has worked salvation in Israel. -- 1 samuel 11:13 +. +Then said Samuel to the people, Come, and let us go to Gilgal, and renew the kingdom there. -- 1 samuel 11:14 +. +And all the people went to Gilgal; and there they made Saul king before the LORD in Gilgal; and there they sacrificed sacrifices of peace offerings before the LORD; and there Saul and all the men of Israel rejoiced greatly. -- 1 samuel 11:15 +. +And Samuel said to all Israel, Behold, I have listened to your voice in all that you said to me, and have made a king over you. -- 1 samuel 12:1 +. +And now, behold, the king walks before you: and I am old and gray headed; and, behold, my sons are with you: and I have walked before you from my childhood to this day. -- 1 samuel 12:2 +. +Behold, here I am: witness against me before the LORD, and before his anointed: whose ox have I taken? or whose ass have I taken? or whom have I defrauded? whom have I oppressed? or of whose hand have I received any bribe to blind my eyes therewith? and I will restore it you. -- 1 samuel 12:3 +. +And they said, You have not defrauded us, nor oppressed us, neither have you taken ought of any man' hand. -- 1 samuel 12:4 +. +And he said to them, The LORD is witness against you, and his anointed is witness this day, that you have not found ought in my hand. And they answered, He is witness. -- 1 samuel 12:5 +. +And Samuel said to the people, It is the LORD that advanced Moses and Aaron, and that brought your fathers up out of the land of Egypt. -- 1 samuel 12:6 +. +Now therefore stand still, that I may reason with you before the LORD of all the righteous acts of the LORD, which he did to you and to your fathers. -- 1 samuel 12:7 +. +When Jacob was come into Egypt, and your fathers cried to the LORD, then the LORD sent Moses and Aaron, which brought forth your fathers out of Egypt, and made them dwell in this place. -- 1 samuel 12:8 +. +And when they forgot the LORD their God, he sold them into the hand of Sisera, captain of the host of Hazor, and into the hand of the Philistines, and into the hand of the king of Moab, and they fought against them. -- 1 samuel 12:9 +. +And they cried to the LORD, and said, We have sinned, because we have forsaken the LORD, and have served Baalim and Ashtaroth: but now deliver us out of the hand of our enemies, and we will serve you. -- 1 samuel 12:10 +. +And the LORD sent Jerubbaal, and Bedan, and Jephthah, and Samuel, and delivered you out of the hand of your enemies on every side, and you dwelled safe. -- 1 samuel 12:11 +. +And when you saw that Nahash the king of the children of Ammon came against you, you said to me, No; but a king shall reign over us: when the LORD your God was your king. -- 1 samuel 12:12 +. +Now therefore behold the king whom you have chosen, and whom you have desired! and, behold, the LORD has set a king over you. -- 1 samuel 12:13 +. +If you will fear the LORD, and serve him, and obey his voice, and not rebel against the commandment of the LORD, then shall both you and also the king that reigns over you continue following the LORD your God: -- 1 samuel 12:14 +. +But if you will not obey the voice of the LORD, but rebel against the commandment of the LORD, then shall the hand of the LORD be against you, as it was against your fathers. -- 1 samuel 12:15 +. +Now therefore stand and see this great thing, which the LORD will do before your eyes. -- 1 samuel 12:16 +. +Is it not wheat harvest to day? I will call to the LORD, and he shall send thunder and rain; that you may perceive and see that your wickedness is great, which you have done in the sight of the LORD, in asking you a king. -- 1 samuel 12:17 +. +So Samuel called to the LORD; and the LORD sent thunder and rain that day: and all the people greatly feared the LORD and Samuel. -- 1 samuel 12:18 +. +And all the people said to Samuel, Pray for your servants to the LORD your God, that we die not: for we have added to all our sins this evil, to ask us a king. -- 1 samuel 12:19 +. +And Samuel said to the people, Fear not: you have done all this wickedness: yet turn not aside from following the LORD, but serve the LORD with all your heart; -- 1 samuel 12:20 +. +And turn you not aside: for then should you go after vain things, which cannot profit nor deliver; for they are vain. -- 1 samuel 12:21 +. +For the LORD will not forsake his people for his great name' sake: because it has pleased the LORD to make you his people. -- 1 samuel 12:22 +. +Moreover as for me, God forbid that I should sin against the LORD in ceasing to pray for you: but I will teach you the good and the right way: -- 1 samuel 12:23 +. +Only fear the LORD, and serve him in truth with all your heart: for consider how great things he has done for you. -- 1 samuel 12:24 +. +But if you shall still do wickedly, you shall be consumed, both you and your king. -- 1 samuel 12:25 +. +Saul reigned one year; and when he had reigned two years over Israel, -- 1 samuel 13:1 +. +Saul chose him three thousand men of Israel; whereof two thousand were with Saul in Michmash and in mount Bethel, and a thousand were with Jonathan in Gibeah of Benjamin: and the rest of the people he sent every man to his tent. -- 1 samuel 13:2 +. +And Jonathan smote the garrison of the Philistines that was in Geba, and the Philistines heard of it. And Saul blew the trumpet throughout all the land, saying, Let the Hebrews hear. -- 1 samuel 13:3 +. +And all Israel heard say that Saul had smitten a garrison of the Philistines, and that Israel also was had in abomination with the Philistines. And the people were called together after Saul to Gilgal. -- 1 samuel 13:4 +. +And the Philistines gathered themselves together to fight with Israel, thirty thousand chariots, and six thousand horsemen, and people as the sand which is on the sea shore in multitude: and they came up, and pitched in Michmash, eastward from Bethaven. -- 1 samuel 13:5 +. +When the men of Israel saw that they were in a strait, (for the people were distressed,) then the people did hide themselves in caves, and in thickets, and in rocks, and in high places, and in pits. -- 1 samuel 13:6 +. +And some of the Hebrews went over Jordan to the land of Gad and Gilead. As for Saul, he was yet in Gilgal, and all the people followed him trembling. -- 1 samuel 13:7 +. +And he tarried seven days, according to the set time that Samuel had appointed: but Samuel came not to Gilgal; and the people were scattered from him. -- 1 samuel 13:8 +. +And Saul said, Bring here a burnt offering to me, and peace offerings. And he offered the burnt offering. -- 1 samuel 13:9 +. +And it came to pass, that as soon as he had made an end of offering the burnt offering, behold, Samuel came; and Saul went out to meet him, that he might salute him. -- 1 samuel 13:10 +. +And Samuel said, What have you done? And Saul said, Because I saw that the people were scattered from me, and that you came not within the days appointed, and that the Philistines gathered themselves together at Michmash; -- 1 samuel 13:11 +. +Therefore said I, The Philistines will come down now on me to Gilgal, and I have not made supplication to the LORD: I forced myself therefore, and offered a burnt offering. -- 1 samuel 13:12 +. +And Samuel said to Saul, You have done foolishly: you have not kept the commandment of the LORD your God, which he commanded you: for now would the LORD have established your kingdom on Israel for ever. -- 1 samuel 13:13 +. +But now your kingdom shall not continue: the LORD has sought him a man after his own heart, and the LORD has commanded him to be captain over his people, because you have not kept that which the LORD commanded you. -- 1 samuel 13:14 +. +And Samuel arose, and got him up from Gilgal to Gibeah of Benjamin. And Saul numbered the people that were present with him, about six hundred men. -- 1 samuel 13:15 +. +And Saul, and Jonathan his son, and the people that were present with them, stayed in Gibeah of Benjamin: but the Philistines encamped in Michmash. -- 1 samuel 13:16 +. +And the spoilers came out of the camp of the Philistines in three companies: one company turned to the way that leads to Ophrah, to the land of Shual: -- 1 samuel 13:17 +. +And another company turned the way to Bethhoron: and another company turned to the way of the border that looks to the valley of Zeboim toward the wilderness. -- 1 samuel 13:18 +. +Now there was no smith found throughout all the land of Israel: for the Philistines said, Lest the Hebrews make them swords or spears: -- 1 samuel 13:19 +. +But all the Israelites went down to the Philistines, to sharpen every man his share, and his coulter, and his ax, and his mattock. -- 1 samuel 13:20 +. +Yet they had a file for the mattocks, and for the coulters, and for the forks, and for the axes, and to sharpen the goads. -- 1 samuel 13:21 +. +So it came to pass in the day of battle, that there was neither sword nor spear found in the hand of any of the people that were with Saul and Jonathan: but with Saul and with Jonathan his son was there found. -- 1 samuel 13:22 +. +And the garrison of the Philistines went out to the passage of Michmash. -- 1 samuel 13:23 +. +Now it came to pass on a day, that Jonathan the son of Saul said to the young man that bore his armor, Come, and let us go over to the Philistines'garrison, that is on the other side. But he told not his father. -- 1 samuel 14:1 +. +And Saul tarried in the uttermost part of Gibeah under a pomegranate tree which is in Migron: and the people that were with him were about six hundred men; -- 1 samuel 14:2 +. +And Ahiah, the son of Ahitub, Ichabod' brother, the son of Phinehas, the son of Eli, the LORD' priest in Shiloh, wearing an ephod. And the people knew not that Jonathan was gone. -- 1 samuel 14:3 +. +And between the passages, by which Jonathan sought to go over to the Philistines'garrison, there was a sharp rock on the one side, and a sharp rock on the other side: and the name of the one was Bozez, and the name of the other Seneh. -- 1 samuel 14:4 +. +The forefront of the one was situate northward over against Michmash, and the other southward over against Gibeah. -- 1 samuel 14:5 +. +And Jonathan said to the young man that bore his armor, Come, and let us go over to the garrison of these uncircumcised: it may be that the LORD will work for us: for there is no restraint to the LORD to save by many or by few. -- 1 samuel 14:6 +. +And his armor bearer said to him, Do all that is in your heart: turn you; behold, I am with you according to your heart. -- 1 samuel 14:7 +. +Then said Jonathan, Behold, we will pass over to these men, and we will discover ourselves to them. -- 1 samuel 14:8 +. +If they say thus to us, Tarry until we come to you; then we will stand still in our place, and will not go up to them. -- 1 samuel 14:9 +. +But if they say thus, Come up to us; then we will go up: for the LORD has delivered them into our hand: and this shall be a sign to us. -- 1 samuel 14:10 +. +And both of them discovered themselves to the garrison of the Philistines: and the Philistines said, Behold, the Hebrews come forth out of the holes where they had hid themselves. -- 1 samuel 14:11 +. +And the men of the garrison answered Jonathan and his armor bearer, and said, Come up to us, and we will show you a thing. And Jonathan said to his armor bearer, Come up after me: for the LORD has delivered them into the hand of Israel. -- 1 samuel 14:12 +. +And Jonathan climbed up on his hands and on his feet, and his armor bearer after him: and they fell before Jonathan; and his armor bearer slew after him. -- 1 samuel 14:13 +. +And that first slaughter, which Jonathan and his armor bearer made, was about twenty men, within as it were an half acre of land, which a yoke of oxen might plow. -- 1 samuel 14:14 +. +And there was trembling in the host, in the field, and among all the people: the garrison, and the spoilers, they also trembled, and the earth quaked: so it was a very great trembling. -- 1 samuel 14:15 +. +And the watchmen of Saul in Gibeah of Benjamin looked; and, behold, the multitude melted away, and they went on beating down one another. -- 1 samuel 14:16 +. +Then said Saul to the people that were with him, Number now, and see who is gone from us. And when they had numbered, behold, Jonathan and his armor bearer were not there. -- 1 samuel 14:17 +. +And Saul said to Ahiah, Bring here the ark of God. For the ark of God was at that time with the children of Israel. -- 1 samuel 14:18 +. +And it came to pass, while Saul talked to the priest, that the noise that was in the host of the Philistines went on and increased: and Saul said to the priest, Withdraw your hand. -- 1 samuel 14:19 +. +And Saul and all the people that were with him assembled themselves, and they came to the battle: and, behold, every man' sword was against his fellow, and there was a very great discomfiture. -- 1 samuel 14:20 +. +Moreover the Hebrews that were with the Philistines before that time, which went up with them into the camp from the country round about, even they also turned to be with the Israelites that were with Saul and Jonathan. -- 1 samuel 14:21 +. +Likewise all the men of Israel which had hid themselves in mount Ephraim, when they heard that the Philistines fled, even they also followed hard after them in the battle. -- 1 samuel 14:22 +. +So the LORD saved Israel that day: and the battle passed over to Bethaven. -- 1 samuel 14:23 +. +And the men of Israel were distressed that day: for Saul had adjured the people, saying, Cursed be the man that eats any food until evening, that I may be avenged on my enemies. So none of the people tasted any food. -- 1 samuel 14:24 +. +And all they of the land came to a wood; and there was honey on the ground. -- 1 samuel 14:25 +. +And when the people were come into the wood, behold, the honey dropped; but no man put his hand to his mouth: for the people feared the oath. -- 1 samuel 14:26 +. +But Jonathan heard not when his father charged the people with the oath: why he put forth the end of the rod that was in his hand, and dipped it in an honeycomb, and put his hand to his mouth; and his eyes were enlightened. -- 1 samuel 14:27 +. +Then answered one of the people, and said, Your father straightly charged the people with an oath, saying, Cursed be the man that eats any food this day. And the people were faint. -- 1 samuel 14:28 +. +Then said Jonathan, My father has troubled the land: see, I pray you, how my eyes have been enlightened, because I tasted a little of this honey. -- 1 samuel 14:29 +. +How much more, if haply the people had eaten freely to day of the spoil of their enemies which they found? for had there not been now a much greater slaughter among the Philistines? -- 1 samuel 14:30 +. +And they smote the Philistines that day from Michmash to Aijalon: and the people were very faint. -- 1 samuel 14:31 +. +And the people flew on the spoil, and took sheep, and oxen, and calves, and slew them on the ground: and the people did eat them with the blood. -- 1 samuel 14:32 +. +Then they told Saul, saying, Behold, the people sin against the LORD, in that they eat with the blood. And he said, You have transgressed: roll a great stone to me this day. -- 1 samuel 14:33 +. +And Saul said, Disperse yourselves among the people, and say to them, Bring me here every man his ox, and every man his sheep, and slay them here, and eat; and sin not against the LORD in eating with the blood. And all the people brought every man his ox with him that night, and slew them there. -- 1 samuel 14:34 +. +And Saul built an altar to the LORD: the same was the first altar that he built to the LORD. -- 1 samuel 14:35 +. +And Saul said, Let us go down after the Philistines by night, and spoil them until the morning light, and let us not leave a man of them. And they said, Do whatever seems good to you. Then said the priest, Let us draw near here to God. -- 1 samuel 14:36 +. +And Saul asked counsel of God, Shall I go down after the Philistines? will you deliver them into the hand of Israel? But he answered him not that day. -- 1 samuel 14:37 +. +And Saul said, Draw you near here, all the chief of the people: and know and see wherein this sin has been this day. -- 1 samuel 14:38 +. +For, as the LORD lives, which saves Israel, though it be in Jonathan my son, he shall surely die. But there was not a man among all the people that answered him. -- 1 samuel 14:39 +. +Then said he to all Israel, Be you on one side, and I and Jonathan my son will be on the other side. And the people said to Saul, Do what seems good to you. -- 1 samuel 14:40 +. +Therefore Saul said to the LORD God of Israel, Give a perfect lot. And Saul and Jonathan were taken: but the people escaped. -- 1 samuel 14:41 +. +And Saul said, Cast lots between me and Jonathan my son. And Jonathan was taken. -- 1 samuel 14:42 +. +Then Saul said to Jonathan, Tell me what you have done. And Jonathan told him, and said, I did but taste a little honey with the end of the rod that was in my hand, and, see, I must die. -- 1 samuel 14:43 +. +And Saul answered, God do so and more also: for you shall surely die, Jonathan. -- 1 samuel 14:44 +. +And the people said to Saul, Shall Jonathan die, who has worked this great salvation in Israel? God forbid: as the LORD lives, there shall not one hair of his head fall to the ground; for he has worked with God this day. So the people rescued Jonathan, that he died not. -- 1 samuel 14:45 +. +Then Saul went up from following the Philistines: and the Philistines went to their own place. -- 1 samuel 14:46 +. +So Saul took the kingdom over Israel, and fought against all his enemies on every side, against Moab, and against the children of Ammon, and against Edom, and against the kings of Zobah, and against the Philistines: and wherever he turned himself, he vexed them. -- 1 samuel 14:47 +. +And he gathered an host, and smote the Amalekites, and delivered Israel out of the hands of them that spoiled them. -- 1 samuel 14:48 +. +Now the sons of Saul were Jonathan, and Ishui, and Melchishua: and the names of his two daughters were these; the name of the firstborn Merab, and the name of the younger Michal: -- 1 samuel 14:49 +. +And the name of Saul' wife was Ahinoam, the daughter of Ahimaaz: and the name of the captain of his host was Abner, the son of Ner, Saul' uncle. -- 1 samuel 14:50 +. +And Kish was the father of Saul; and Ner the father of Abner was the son of Abiel. -- 1 samuel 14:51 +. +And there was sore war against the Philistines all the days of Saul: and when Saul saw any strong man, or any valiant man, he took him to him. -- 1 samuel 14:52 +. +Samuel also said to Saul, The LORD sent me to anoint you to be king over his people, over Israel: now therefore listen you to the voice of the words of the LORD. -- 1 samuel 15:1 +. +Thus said the LORD of hosts, I remember that which Amalek did to Israel, how he laid wait for him in the way, when he came up from Egypt. -- 1 samuel 15:2 +. +Now go and smite Amalek, and utterly destroy all that they have, and spare them not; but slay both man and woman, infant and suckling, ox and sheep, camel and ass. -- 1 samuel 15:3 +. +And Saul gathered the people together, and numbered them in Telaim, two hundred thousand footmen, and ten thousand men of Judah. -- 1 samuel 15:4 +. +And Saul came to a city of Amalek, and laid wait in the valley. -- 1 samuel 15:5 +. +And Saul said to the Kenites, Go, depart, get you down from among the Amalekites, lest I destroy you with them: for you showed kindness to all the children of Israel, when they came up out of Egypt. So the Kenites departed from among the Amalekites. -- 1 samuel 15:6 +. +And Saul smote the Amalekites from Havilah until you come to Shur, that is over against Egypt. -- 1 samuel 15:7 +. +And he took Agag the king of the Amalekites alive, and utterly destroyed all the people with the edge of the sword. -- 1 samuel 15:8 +. +But Saul and the people spared Agag, and the best of the sheep, and of the oxen, and of the fatted calves, and the lambs, and all that was good, and would not utterly destroy them: but every thing that was vile and refuse, that they destroyed utterly. -- 1 samuel 15:9 +. +Then came the word of the LORD to Samuel, saying, -- 1 samuel 15:10 +. +It repents me that I have set up Saul to be king: for he is turned back from following me, and has not performed my commandments. And it grieved Samuel; and he cried to the LORD all night. -- 1 samuel 15:11 +. +And when Samuel rose early to meet Saul in the morning, it was told Samuel, saying, Saul came to Carmel, and, behold, he set him up a place, and is gone about, and passed on, and gone down to Gilgal. -- 1 samuel 15:12 +. +And Samuel came to Saul: and Saul said to him, Blessed be you of the LORD: I have performed the commandment of the LORD. -- 1 samuel 15:13 +. +And Samuel said, What means then this bleating of the sheep in my ears, and the lowing of the oxen which I hear? -- 1 samuel 15:14 +. +And Saul said, They have brought them from the Amalekites: for the people spared the best of the sheep and of the oxen, to sacrifice to the LORD your God; and the rest we have utterly destroyed. -- 1 samuel 15:15 +. +Then Samuel said to Saul, Stay, and I will tell you what the LORD has said to me this night. And he said to him, Say on. -- 1 samuel 15:16 +. +And Samuel said, When you were little in your own sight, were you not made the head of the tribes of Israel, and the LORD anointed you king over Israel? -- 1 samuel 15:17 +. +And the LORD sent you on a journey, and said, Go and utterly destroy the sinners the Amalekites, and fight against them until they be consumed. -- 1 samuel 15:18 +. +Why then did you not obey the voice of the LORD, but did fly on the spoil, and did evil in the sight of the LORD? -- 1 samuel 15:19 +. +And Saul said to Samuel, Yes, I have obeyed the voice of the LORD, and have gone the way which the LORD sent me, and have brought Agag the king of Amalek, and have utterly destroyed the Amalekites. -- 1 samuel 15:20 +. +But the people took of the spoil, sheep and oxen, the chief of the things which should have been utterly destroyed, to sacrifice to the LORD your God in Gilgal. -- 1 samuel 15:21 +. +And Samuel said, Has the LORD as great delight in burnt offerings and sacrifices, as in obeying the voice of the LORD? Behold, to obey is better than sacrifice, and to listen than the fat of rams. -- 1 samuel 15:22 +. +For rebellion is as the sin of witchcraft, and stubbornness is as iniquity and idolatry. Because you have rejected the word of the LORD, he has also rejected you from being king. -- 1 samuel 15:23 +. +And Saul said to Samuel, I have sinned: for I have transgressed the commandment of the LORD, and your words: because I feared the people, and obeyed their voice. -- 1 samuel 15:24 +. +Now therefore, I pray you, pardon my sin, and turn again with me, that I may worship the LORD. -- 1 samuel 15:25 +. +And Samuel said to Saul, I will not return with you: for you have rejected the word of the LORD, and the LORD has rejected you from being king over Israel. -- 1 samuel 15:26 +. +And as Samuel turned about to go away, he laid hold on the skirt of his mantle, and it rent. -- 1 samuel 15:27 +. +And Samuel said to him, The LORD has rent the kingdom of Israel from you this day, and has given it to a neighbor of yours, that is better than you. -- 1 samuel 15:28 +. +And also the Strength of Israel will not lie nor repent: for he is not a man, that he should repent. -- 1 samuel 15:29 +. +Then he said, I have sinned: yet honor me now, I pray you, before the elders of my people, and before Israel, and turn again with me, that I may worship the LORD your God. -- 1 samuel 15:30 +. +So Samuel turned again after Saul; and Saul worshipped the LORD. -- 1 samuel 15:31 +. +Then said Samuel, Bring you here to me Agag the king of the Amalekites. And Agag came to him delicately. And Agag said, Surely the bitterness of death is past. -- 1 samuel 15:32 +. +And Samuel said, As the sword has made women childless, so shall your mother be childless among women. And Samuel hewed Agag in pieces before the LORD in Gilgal. -- 1 samuel 15:33 +. +Then Samuel went to Ramah; and Saul went up to his house to Gibeah of Saul. -- 1 samuel 15:34 +. +And Samuel came no more to see Saul until the day of his death: nevertheless Samuel mourned for Saul: and the LORD repented that he had made Saul king over Israel. -- 1 samuel 15:35 +. +And the LORD said to Samuel, How long will you mourn for Saul, seeing I have rejected him from reigning over Israel? fill your horn with oil, and go, I will send you to Jesse the Bethlehemite: for I have provided me a king among his sons. -- 1 samuel 16:1 +. +And Samuel said, How can I go? if Saul hear it, he will kill me. And the LORD said, Take an heifer with you, and say, I am come to sacrifice to the LORD. -- 1 samuel 16:2 +. +And call Jesse to the sacrifice, and I will show you what you shall do: and you shall anoint to me him whom I name to you. -- 1 samuel 16:3 +. +And Samuel did that which the LORD spoke, and came to Bethlehem. And the elders of the town trembled at his coming, and said, Come you peaceably? -- 1 samuel 16:4 +. +And he said, Peaceably: I am come to sacrifice to the LORD: sanctify yourselves, and come with me to the sacrifice. And he sanctified Jesse and his sons, and called them to the sacrifice. -- 1 samuel 16:5 +. +And it came to pass, when they were come, that he looked on Eliab, and said, Surely the LORD' anointed is before him. -- 1 samuel 16:6 +. +But the LORD said to Samuel, Look not on his countenance, or on the height of his stature; because I have refused him: for the LORD sees not as man sees; for man looks on the outward appearance, but the LORD looks on the heart. -- 1 samuel 16:7 +. +Then Jesse called Abinadab, and made him pass before Samuel. And he said, Neither has the LORD chosen this. -- 1 samuel 16:8 +. +Then Jesse made Shammah to pass by. And he said, Neither has the LORD chosen this. -- 1 samuel 16:9 +. +Again, Jesse made seven of his sons to pass before Samuel. And Samuel said to Jesse, The LORD has not chosen these. -- 1 samuel 16:10 +. +And Samuel said to Jesse, Are here all your children? And he said, There remains yet the youngest, and, behold, he keeps the sheep. And Samuel said to Jesse, Send and fetch him: for we will not sit down till he come here. -- 1 samuel 16:11 +. +And he sent, and brought him in. Now he was ruddy, and with of a beautiful countenance, and goodly to look to. And the LORD said, Arise, anoint him: for this is he. -- 1 samuel 16:12 +. +Then Samuel took the horn of oil, and anointed him in the middle of his brothers: and the Spirit of the LORD came on David from that day forward. So Samuel rose up, and went to Ramah. -- 1 samuel 16:13 +. +But the Spirit of the LORD departed from Saul, and an evil spirit from the LORD troubled him. -- 1 samuel 16:14 +. +And Saul' servants said to him, Behold now, an evil spirit from God troubles you. -- 1 samuel 16:15 +. +Let our lord now command your servants, which are before you, to seek out a man, who is a cunning player on an harp: and it shall come to pass, when the evil spirit from God is on you, that he shall play with his hand, and you shall be well. -- 1 samuel 16:16 +. +And Saul said to his servants, Provide me now a man that can play well, and bring him to me. -- 1 samuel 16:17 +. +Then answered one of the servants, and said, Behold, I have seen a son of Jesse the Bethlehemite, that is cunning in playing, and a mighty valiant man, and a man of war, and prudent in matters, and a comely person, and the LORD is with him. -- 1 samuel 16:18 +. +Why Saul sent messengers to Jesse, and said, Send me David your son, which is with the sheep. -- 1 samuel 16:19 +. +And Jesse took an ass laden with bread, and a bottle of wine, and a kid, and sent them by David his son to Saul. -- 1 samuel 16:20 +. +And David came to Saul, and stood before him: and he loved him greatly; and he became his armor bearer. -- 1 samuel 16:21 +. +And Saul sent to Jesse, saying, Let David, I pray you, stand before me; for he has found favor in my sight. -- 1 samuel 16:22 +. +And it came to pass, when the evil spirit from God was on Saul, that David took an harp, and played with his hand: so Saul was refreshed, and was well, and the evil spirit departed from him. -- 1 samuel 16:23 +. +Now the Philistines gathered together their armies to battle, and were gathered together at Shochoh, which belongs to Judah, and pitched between Shochoh and Azekah, in Ephesdammim. -- 1 samuel 17:1 +. +And Saul and the men of Israel were gathered together, and pitched by the valley of Elah, and set the battle in array against the Philistines. -- 1 samuel 17:2 +. +And the Philistines stood on a mountain on the one side, and Israel stood on a mountain on the other side: and there was a valley between them. -- 1 samuel 17:3 +. +And there went out a champion out of the camp of the Philistines, named Goliath, of Gath, whose height was six cubits and a span. -- 1 samuel 17:4 +. +And he had an helmet of brass on his head, and he was armed with a coat of mail; and the weight of the coat was five thousand shekels of brass. -- 1 samuel 17:5 +. +And he had greaves of brass on his legs, and a target of brass between his shoulders. -- 1 samuel 17:6 +. +And the staff of his spear was like a weaver' beam; and his spear' head weighed six hundred shekels of iron: and one bearing a shield went before him. -- 1 samuel 17:7 +. +And he stood and cried to the armies of Israel, and said to them, Why are you come out to set your battle in array? am not I a Philistine, and you servants to Saul? choose you a man for you, and let him come down to me. -- 1 samuel 17:8 +. +If he be able to fight with me, and to kill me, then will we be your servants: but if I prevail against him, and kill him, then shall you be our servants, and serve us. -- 1 samuel 17:9 +. +And the Philistine said, I defy the armies of Israel this day; give me a man, that we may fight together. -- 1 samuel 17:10 +. +When Saul and all Israel heard those words of the Philistine, they were dismayed, and greatly afraid. -- 1 samuel 17:11 +. +Now David was the son of that Ephrathite of Bethlehemjudah, whose name was Jesse; and he had eight sons: and the man went among men for an old man in the days of Saul. -- 1 samuel 17:12 +. +And the three oldest sons of Jesse went and followed Saul to the battle: and the names of his three sons that went to the battle were Eliab the firstborn, and next to him Abinadab, and the third Shammah. -- 1 samuel 17:13 +. +And David was the youngest: and the three oldest followed Saul. -- 1 samuel 17:14 +. +But David went and returned from Saul to feed his father' sheep at Bethlehem. -- 1 samuel 17:15 +. +And the Philistine drew near morning and evening, and presented himself forty days. -- 1 samuel 17:16 +. +And Jesse said to David his son, Take now for your brothers an ephah of this parched corn, and these ten loaves, and run to the camp of your brothers; -- 1 samuel 17:17 +. +And carry these ten cheeses to the captain of their thousand, and look how your brothers fare, and take their pledge. -- 1 samuel 17:18 +. +Now Saul, and they, and all the men of Israel, were in the valley of Elah, fighting with the Philistines. -- 1 samuel 17:19 +. +And David rose up early in the morning, and left the sheep with a keeper, and took, and went, as Jesse had commanded him; and he came to the trench, as the host was going forth to the fight, and shouted for the battle. -- 1 samuel 17:20 +. +For Israel and the Philistines had put the battle in array, army against army. -- 1 samuel 17:21 +. +And David left his carriage in the hand of the keeper of the carriage, and ran into the army, and came and saluted his brothers. -- 1 samuel 17:22 +. +And as he talked with them, behold, there came up the champion, the Philistine of Gath, Goliath by name, out of the armies of the Philistines, and spoke according to the same words: and David heard them. -- 1 samuel 17:23 +. +And all the men of Israel, when they saw the man, fled from him, and were sore afraid. -- 1 samuel 17:24 +. +And the men of Israel said, Have you seen this man that is come up? surely to defy Israel is he come up: and it shall be, that the man who kills him, the king will enrich him with great riches, and will give him his daughter, and make his father' house free in Israel. -- 1 samuel 17:25 +. +And David spoke to the men that stood by him, saying, What shall be done to the man that kills this Philistine, and takes away the reproach from Israel? for who is this uncircumcised Philistine, that he should defy the armies of the living God? -- 1 samuel 17:26 +. +And the people answered him after this manner, saying, So shall it be done to the man that kills him. -- 1 samuel 17:27 +. +And Eliab his oldest brother heard when he spoke to the men; and Eliab' anger was kindled against David, and he said, Why came you down here? and with whom have you left those few sheep in the wilderness? I know your pride, and the naughtiness of your heart; for you are come down that you might see the battle. -- 1 samuel 17:28 +. +And David said, What have I now done? Is there not a cause? -- 1 samuel 17:29 +. +And he turned from him toward another, and spoke after the same manner: and the people answered him again after the former manner. -- 1 samuel 17:30 +. +And when the words were heard which David spoke, they rehearsed them before Saul: and he sent for him. -- 1 samuel 17:31 +. +And David said to Saul, Let no man' heart fail because of him; your servant will go and fight with this Philistine. -- 1 samuel 17:32 +. +And Saul said to David, You are not able to go against this Philistine to fight with him: for you are but a youth, and he a man of war from his youth. -- 1 samuel 17:33 +. +And David said to Saul, Your servant kept his father' sheep, and there came a lion, and a bear, and took a lamb out of the flock: -- 1 samuel 17:34 +. +And I went out after him, and smote him, and delivered it out of his mouth: and when he arose against me, I caught him by his beard, and smote him, and slew him. -- 1 samuel 17:35 +. +Your servant slew both the lion and the bear: and this uncircumcised Philistine shall be as one of them, seeing he has defied the armies of the living God. -- 1 samuel 17:36 +. +David said moreover, The LORD that delivered me out of the paw of the lion, and out of the paw of the bear, he will deliver me out of the hand of this Philistine. And Saul said to David, Go, and the LORD be with you. -- 1 samuel 17:37 +. +And Saul armed David with his armor, and he put an helmet of brass on his head; also he armed him with a coat of mail. -- 1 samuel 17:38 +. +And David girded his sword on his armor, and he assayed to go; for he had not proved it. And David said to Saul, I cannot go with these; for I have not proved them. And David put them off him. -- 1 samuel 17:39 +. +And he took his staff in his hand, and chose him five smooth stones out of the brook, and put them in a shepherd' bag which he had, even in a money; and his sling was in his hand: and he drew near to the Philistine. -- 1 samuel 17:40 +. +And the Philistine came on and drew near to David; and the man that bore the shield went before him. -- 1 samuel 17:41 +. +And when the Philistine looked about, and saw David, he disdained him: for he was but a youth, and ruddy, and of a fair countenance. -- 1 samuel 17:42 +. +And the Philistine said to David, Am I a dog, that you come to me with staves? And the Philistine cursed David by his gods. -- 1 samuel 17:43 +. +And the Philistine said to David, Come to me, and I will give your flesh to the fowls of the air, and to the beasts of the field. -- 1 samuel 17:44 +. +Then said David to the Philistine, You come to me with a sword, and with a spear, and with a shield: but I come to you in the name of the LORD of hosts, the God of the armies of Israel, whom you have defied. -- 1 samuel 17:45 +. +This day will the LORD deliver you into my hand; and I will smite you, and take your head from you; and I will give the carcasses of the host of the Philistines this day to the fowls of the air, and to the wild beasts of the earth; that all the earth may know that there is a God in Israel. -- 1 samuel 17:46 +. +And all this assembly shall know that the LORD saves not with sword and spear: for the battle is the LORD', and he will give you into our hands. -- 1 samuel 17:47 +. +And it came to pass, when the Philistine arose, and came, and drew near to meet David, that David hastened, and ran toward the army to meet the Philistine. -- 1 samuel 17:48 +. +And David put his hand in his bag, and took there a stone, and slang it, and smote the Philistine in his forehead, that the stone sunk into his forehead; and he fell on his face to the earth. -- 1 samuel 17:49 +. +So David prevailed over the Philistine with a sling and with a stone, and smote the Philistine, and slew him; but there was no sword in the hand of David. -- 1 samuel 17:50 +. +Therefore David ran, and stood on the Philistine, and took his sword, and drew it out of the sheath thereof, and slew him, and cut off his head therewith. And when the Philistines saw their champion was dead, they fled. -- 1 samuel 17:51 +. +And the men of Israel and of Judah arose, and shouted, and pursued the Philistines, until you come to the valley, and to the gates of Ekron. And the wounded of the Philistines fell down by the way to Shaaraim, even to Gath, and to Ekron. -- 1 samuel 17:52 +. +And the children of Israel returned from chasing after the Philistines, and they spoiled their tents. -- 1 samuel 17:53 +. +And David took the head of the Philistine, and brought it to Jerusalem; but he put his armor in his tent. -- 1 samuel 17:54 +. +And when Saul saw David go forth against the Philistine, he said to Abner, the captain of the host, Abner, whose son is this youth? And Abner said, As your soul lives, O king, I cannot tell. -- 1 samuel 17:55 +. +And the king said, Inquire you whose son the stripling is. -- 1 samuel 17:56 +. +And as David returned from the slaughter of the Philistine, Abner took him, and brought him before Saul with the head of the Philistine in his hand. -- 1 samuel 17:57 +. +And Saul said to him, Whose son are you, you young man? And David answered, I am the son of your servant Jesse the Bethlehemite. -- 1 samuel 17:58 +. +And it came to pass, when he had made an end of speaking to Saul, that the soul of Jonathan was knit with the soul of David, and Jonathan loved him as his own soul. -- 1 samuel 18:1 +. +And Saul took him that day, and would let him go no more home to his father' house. -- 1 samuel 18:2 +. +Then Jonathan and David made a covenant, because he loved him as his own soul. -- 1 samuel 18:3 +. +And Jonathan stripped himself of the robe that was on him, and gave it to David, and his garments, even to his sword, and to his bow, and to his girdle. -- 1 samuel 18:4 +. +And David went out wherever Saul sent him, and behaved himself wisely: and Saul set him over the men of war, and he was accepted in the sight of all the people, and also in the sight of Saul' servants. -- 1 samuel 18:5 +. +And it came to pass as they came, when David was returned from the slaughter of the Philistine, that the women came out of all cities of Israel, singing and dancing, to meet king Saul, with tabrets, with joy, and with instruments of music. -- 1 samuel 18:6 +. +And the women answered one another as they played, and said, Saul has slain his thousands, and David his ten thousands. -- 1 samuel 18:7 +. +And Saul was very wroth, and the saying displeased him; and he said, They have ascribed to David ten thousands, and to me they have ascribed but thousands: and what can he have more but the kingdom? -- 1 samuel 18:8 +. +And Saul eyed David from that day and forward. -- 1 samuel 18:9 +. +And it came to pass on the morrow, that the evil spirit from God came on Saul, and he prophesied in the middle of the house: and David played with his hand, as at other times: and there was a javelin in Saul' hand. -- 1 samuel 18:10 +. +And Saul cast the javelin; for he said, I will smite David even to the wall with it. And David avoided out of his presence twice. -- 1 samuel 18:11 +. +And Saul was afraid of David, because the LORD was with him, and was departed from Saul. -- 1 samuel 18:12 +. +Therefore Saul removed him from him, and made him his captain over a thousand; and he went out and came in before the people. -- 1 samuel 18:13 +. +And David behaved himself wisely in all his ways; and the LORD was with him. -- 1 samuel 18:14 +. +Why when Saul saw that he behaved himself very wisely, he was afraid of him. -- 1 samuel 18:15 +. +But all Israel and Judah loved David, because he went out and came in before them. -- 1 samuel 18:16 +. +And Saul said to David, Behold my elder daughter Merab, her will I give you to wife: only be you valiant for me, and fight the LORD' battles. For Saul said, Let not my hand be on him, but let the hand of the Philistines be on him. -- 1 samuel 18:17 +. +And David said to Saul, Who am I? and what is my life, or my father' family in Israel, that I should be son in law to the king? -- 1 samuel 18:18 +. +But it came to pass at the time when Merab Saul' daughter should have been given to David, that she was given to Adriel the Meholathite to wife. -- 1 samuel 18:19 +. +And Michal Saul' daughter loved David: and they told Saul, and the thing pleased him. -- 1 samuel 18:20 +. +And Saul said, I will give him her, that she may be a snare to him, and that the hand of the Philistines may be against him. Why Saul said to David, You shall this day be my son in law in the one of the two. -- 1 samuel 18:21 +. +And Saul commanded his servants, saying, Commune with David secretly, and say, Behold, the king has delight in you, and all his servants love you: now therefore be the king' son in law. -- 1 samuel 18:22 +. +And Saul' servants spoke those words in the ears of David. And David said, Seems it to you a light thing to be a king' son in law, seeing that I am a poor man, and lightly esteemed? -- 1 samuel 18:23 +. +And the servants of Saul told him, saying, On this manner spoke David. -- 1 samuel 18:24 +. +And Saul said, Thus shall you say to David, The king desires not any dowry, but an hundred foreskins of the Philistines, to be avenged of the king' enemies. But Saul thought to make David fall by the hand of the Philistines. -- 1 samuel 18:25 +. +And when his servants told David these words, it pleased David well to be the king' son in law: and the days were not expired. -- 1 samuel 18:26 +. +Why David arose and went, he and his men, and slew of the Philistines two hundred men; and David brought their foreskins, and they gave them in full tale to the king, that he might be the king' son in law. And Saul gave him Michal his daughter to wife. -- 1 samuel 18:27 +. +And Saul saw and knew that the LORD was with David, and that Michal Saul' daughter loved him. -- 1 samuel 18:28 +. +And Saul was yet the more afraid of David; and Saul became David' enemy continually. -- 1 samuel 18:29 +. +Then the princes of the Philistines went forth: and it came to pass, after they went forth, that David behaved himself more wisely than all the servants of Saul; so that his name was much set by. -- 1 samuel 18:30 +. +And Saul spoke to Jonathan his son, and to all his servants, that they should kill David. -- 1 samuel 19:1 +. +But Jonathan Saul' son delighted much in David: and Jonathan told David, saying, Saul my father seeks to kill you: now therefore, I pray you, take heed to yourself until the morning, and abide in a secret place, and hide yourself: -- 1 samuel 19:2 +. +And I will go out and stand beside my father in the field where you are, and I will commune with my father of you; and what I see, that I will tell you. -- 1 samuel 19:3 +. +And Jonathan spoke good of David to Saul his father, and said to him, Let not the king sin against his servant, against David; because he has not sinned against you, and because his works have been to you-ward very good: -- 1 samuel 19:4 +. +For he did put his life in his hand, and slew the Philistine, and the LORD worked a great salvation for all Israel: you saw it, and did rejoice: why then will you sin against innocent blood, to slay David without a cause? -- 1 samuel 19:5 +. +And Saul listened to the voice of Jonathan: and Saul swore, As the LORD lives, he shall not be slain. -- 1 samuel 19:6 +. +And Jonathan called David, and Jonathan showed him all those things. And Jonathan brought David to Saul, and he was in his presence, as in times past. -- 1 samuel 19:7 +. +And there was war again: and David went out, and fought with the Philistines, and slew them with a great slaughter; and they fled from him. -- 1 samuel 19:8 +. +And the evil spirit from the LORD was on Saul, as he sat in his house with his javelin in his hand: and David played with his hand. -- 1 samuel 19:9 +. +And Saul sought to smite David even to the wall with the javelin: but he slipped away out of Saul' presence, and he smote the javelin into the wall: and David fled, and escaped that night. -- 1 samuel 19:10 +. +Saul also sent messengers to David' house, to watch him, and to slay him in the morning: and Michal David' wife told him, saying, If you save not your life to night, to morrow you shall be slain. -- 1 samuel 19:11 +. +So Michal let David down through a window: and he went, and fled, and escaped. -- 1 samuel 19:12 +. +And Michal took an image, and laid it in the bed, and put a pillow of goats'hair for his bolster, and covered it with a cloth. -- 1 samuel 19:13 +. +And when Saul sent messengers to take David, she said, He is sick. -- 1 samuel 19:14 +. +And Saul sent the messengers again to see David, saying, Bring him up to me in the bed, that I may slay him. -- 1 samuel 19:15 +. +And when the messengers were come in, behold, there was an image in the bed, with a pillow of goats'hair for his bolster. -- 1 samuel 19:16 +. +And Saul said to Michal, Why have you deceived me so, and sent away my enemy, that he is escaped? And Michal answered Saul, He said to me, Let me go; why should I kill you? -- 1 samuel 19:17 +. +So David fled, and escaped, and came to Samuel to Ramah, and told him all that Saul had done to him. And he and Samuel went and dwelled in Naioth. -- 1 samuel 19:18 +. +And it was told Saul, saying, Behold, David is at Naioth in Ramah. -- 1 samuel 19:19 +. +And Saul sent messengers to take David: and when they saw the company of the prophets prophesying, and Samuel standing as appointed over them, the Spirit of God was on the messengers of Saul, and they also prophesied. -- 1 samuel 19:20 +. +And when it was told Saul, he sent other messengers, and they prophesied likewise. And Saul sent messengers again the third time, and they prophesied also. -- 1 samuel 19:21 +. +Then went he also to Ramah, and came to a great well that is in Sechu: and he asked and said, Where are Samuel and David? And one said, Behold, they be at Naioth in Ramah. -- 1 samuel 19:22 +. +And he went thither to Naioth in Ramah: and the Spirit of God was on him also, and he went on, and prophesied, until he came to Naioth in Ramah. -- 1 samuel 19:23 +. +And he stripped off his clothes also, and prophesied before Samuel in like manner, and lay down naked all that day and all that night. Why they say, Is Saul also among the prophets? -- 1 samuel 19:24 +. +And David fled from Naioth in Ramah, and came and said before Jonathan, What have I done? what is my iniquity? and what is my sin before your father, that he seeks my life? -- 1 samuel 20:1 +. +And he said to him, God forbid; you shall not die: behold, my father will do nothing either great or small, but that he will show it me: and why should my father hide this thing from me? it is not so. -- 1 samuel 20:2 +. +And David swore moreover, and said, Your father certainly knows that I have found grace in your eyes; and he said, Let not Jonathan know this, lest he be grieved: but truly as the LORD lives, and as your soul lives, there is but a step between me and death. -- 1 samuel 20:3 +. +Then said Jonathan to David, Whatever your soul desires, I will even do it for you. -- 1 samuel 20:4 +. +And David said to Jonathan, Behold, to morrow is the new moon, and I should not fail to sit with the king at meat: but let me go, that I may hide myself in the field to the third day at even. -- 1 samuel 20:5 +. +If your father at all miss me, then say, David earnestly asked leave of me that he might run to Bethlehem his city: for there is a yearly sacrifice there for all the family. -- 1 samuel 20:6 +. +If he say thus, It is well; your servant shall have peace: but if he be very wroth, then be sure that evil is determined by him. -- 1 samuel 20:7 +. +Therefore you shall deal kindly with your servant; for you have brought your servant into a covenant of the LORD with you: notwithstanding, if there be in me iniquity, slay me yourself; for why should you bring me to your father? -- 1 samuel 20:8 +. +And Jonathan said, Far be it from you: for if I knew certainly that evil were determined by my father to come on you, then would not I tell it you? -- 1 samuel 20:9 +. +Then said David to Jonathan, Who shall tell me? or what if your father answer you roughly? -- 1 samuel 20:10 +. +And Jonathan said to David, Come, and let us go out into the field. And they went out both of them into the field. -- 1 samuel 20:11 +. +And Jonathan said to David, O LORD God of Israel, when I have sounded my father about to morrow any time, or the third day, and, behold, if there be good toward David, and I then send not to you, and show it you; -- 1 samuel 20:12 +. +The LORD do so and much more to Jonathan: but if it please my father to do you evil, then I will show it you, and send you away, that you may go in peace: and the LORD be with you, as he has been with my father. -- 1 samuel 20:13 +. +And you shall not only while yet I live show me the kindness of the LORD, that I die not: -- 1 samuel 20:14 +. +But also you shall not cut off your kindness from my house for ever: no, not when the LORD has cut off the enemies of David every one from the face of the earth. -- 1 samuel 20:15 +. +So Jonathan made a covenant with the house of David, saying, Let the LORD even require it at the hand of David' enemies. -- 1 samuel 20:16 +. +And Jonathan caused David to swear again, because he loved him: for he loved him as he loved his own soul. -- 1 samuel 20:17 +. +Then Jonathan said to David, To morrow is the new moon: and you shall be missed, because your seat will be empty. -- 1 samuel 20:18 +. +And when you have stayed three days, then you shall go down quickly, and come to the place where you did hide yourself when the business was in hand, and shall remain by the stone Ezel. -- 1 samuel 20:19 +. +And I will shoot three arrows on the side thereof, as though I shot at a mark. -- 1 samuel 20:20 +. +And, behold, I will send a lad, saying, Go, find out the arrows. If I expressly say to the lad, Behold, the arrows are on this side of you, take them; then come you: for there is peace to you, and no hurt; as the LORD lives. -- 1 samuel 20:21 +. +But if I say thus to the young man, Behold, the arrows are beyond you; go your way: for the LORD has sent you away. -- 1 samuel 20:22 +. +And as touching the matter which you and I have spoken of, behold, the LORD be between you and me for ever. -- 1 samuel 20:23 +. +So David hid himself in the field: and when the new moon was come, the king sat him down to eat meat. -- 1 samuel 20:24 +. +And the king sat on his seat, as at other times, even on a seat by the wall: and Jonathan arose, and Abner sat by Saul' side, and David' place was empty. -- 1 samuel 20:25 +. +Nevertheless Saul spoke not any thing that day: for he thought, Something has befallen him, he is not clean; surely he is not clean. -- 1 samuel 20:26 +. +And it came to pass on the morrow, which was the second day of the month, that David' place was empty: and Saul said to Jonathan his son, Why comes not the son of Jesse to meat, neither yesterday, nor to day? -- 1 samuel 20:27 +. +And Jonathan answered Saul, David earnestly asked leave of me to go to Bethlehem: -- 1 samuel 20:28 +. +And he said, Let me go, I pray you; for our family has a sacrifice in the city; and my brother, he has commanded me to be there: and now, if I have found favor in your eyes, let me get away, I pray you, and see my brothers. Therefore he comes not to the king' table. -- 1 samuel 20:29 +. +Then Saul' anger was kindled against Jonathan, and he said to him, You son of the perverse rebellious woman, do not I know that you have chosen the son of Jesse to your own confusion, and to the confusion of your mother' nakedness? -- 1 samuel 20:30 +. +For as long as the son of Jesse lives on the ground, you shall not be established, nor your kingdom. Why now send and fetch him to me, for he shall surely die. -- 1 samuel 20:31 +. +And Jonathan answered Saul his father, and said to him, Why shall he be slain? what has he done? -- 1 samuel 20:32 +. +And Saul cast a javelin at him to smite him: whereby Jonathan knew that it was determined of his father to slay David. -- 1 samuel 20:33 +. +So Jonathan arose from the table in fierce anger, and did eat no meat the second day of the month: for he was grieved for David, because his father had done him shame. -- 1 samuel 20:34 +. +And it came to pass in the morning, that Jonathan went out into the field at the time appointed with David, and a little lad with him. -- 1 samuel 20:35 +. +And he said to his lad, Run, find out now the arrows which I shoot. And as the lad ran, he shot an arrow beyond him. -- 1 samuel 20:36 +. +And when the lad was come to the place of the arrow which Jonathan had shot, Jonathan cried after the lad, and said, Is not the arrow beyond you? -- 1 samuel 20:37 +. +And Jonathan cried after the lad, Make speed, haste, stay not. And Jonathan' lad gathered up the arrows, and came to his master. -- 1 samuel 20:38 +. +But the lad knew not any thing: only Jonathan and David knew the matter. -- 1 samuel 20:39 +. +And Jonathan gave his artillery to his lad, and said to him, Go, carry them to the city. -- 1 samuel 20:40 +. +And as soon as the lad was gone, David arose out of a place toward the south, and fell on his face to the ground, and bowed himself three times: and they kissed one another, and wept one with another, until David exceeded. -- 1 samuel 20:41 +. +And Jonathan said to David, Go in peace, for as much as we have sworn both of us in the name of the LORD, saying, The LORD be between me and you, and between my seed and your seed for ever. And he arose and departed: and Jonathan went into the city. -- 1 samuel 20:42 +. +Then came David to Nob to Ahimelech the priest: and Ahimelech was afraid at the meeting of David, and said to him, Why are you alone, and no man with you? -- 1 samuel 21:1 +. +And David said to Ahimelech the priest, The king has commanded me a business, and has said to me, Let no man know any thing of the business about which I send you, and what I have commanded you: and I have appointed my servants to such and such a place. -- 1 samuel 21:2 +. +Now therefore what is under your hand? give me five loaves of bread in my hand, or what there is present. -- 1 samuel 21:3 +. +And the priest answered David, and said, There is no common bread under my hand, but there is hallowed bread; if the young men have kept themselves at least from women. -- 1 samuel 21:4 +. +And David answered the priest, and said to him, Of a truth women have been kept from us about these three days, since I came out, and the vessels of the young men are holy, and the bread is in a manner common, yes, though it were sanctified this day in the vessel. -- 1 samuel 21:5 +. +So the priest gave him hallowed bread: for there was no bread there but the show bread, that was taken from before the LORD, to put hot bread in the day when it was taken away. -- 1 samuel 21:6 +. +Now a certain man of the servants of Saul was there that day, detained before the LORD; and his name was Doeg, an Edomite, the most chief of the herdsmen that belonged to Saul. -- 1 samuel 21:7 +. +And David said to Ahimelech, And is there not here under your hand spear or sword? for I have neither brought my sword nor my weapons with me, because the king' business required haste. -- 1 samuel 21:8 +. +And the priest said, The sword of Goliath the Philistine, whom you slew in the valley of Elah, behold, it is here wrapped in a cloth behind the ephod: if you will take that, take it: for there is no other save that here. And David said, There is none like that; give it me. -- 1 samuel 21:9 +. +And David arose and fled that day for fear of Saul, and went to Achish the king of Gath. -- 1 samuel 21:10 +. +And the servants of Achish said to him, Is not this David the king of the land? did they not sing one to another of him in dances, saying, Saul has slain his thousands, and David his ten thousands? -- 1 samuel 21:11 +. +And David laid up these words in his heart, and was sore afraid of Achish the king of Gath. -- 1 samuel 21:12 +. +And he changed his behavior before them, and feigned himself mad in their hands, and scrabbled on the doors of the gate, and let his spittle fall down on his beard. -- 1 samuel 21:13 +. +Then said Achish to his servants, See, you see the man is mad: why then have you brought him to me? -- 1 samuel 21:14 +. +Have I need of mad men, that you have brought this fellow to play the mad man in my presence? shall this fellow come into my house? -- 1 samuel 21:15 +. +David therefore departed there, and escaped to the cave Adullam: and when his brothers and all his father' house heard it, they went down thither to him. -- 1 samuel 22:1 +. +And every one that was in distress, and every one that was in debt, and every one that was discontented, gathered themselves to him; and he became a captain over them: and there were with him about four hundred men. -- 1 samuel 22:2 +. +And David went there to Mizpeh of Moab: and he said to the king of Moab, Let my father and my mother, I pray you, come forth, and be with you, till I know what God will do for me. -- 1 samuel 22:3 +. +And he brought them before the king of Moab: and they dwelled with him all the while that David was in the hold. -- 1 samuel 22:4 +. +And the prophet Gad said to David, Abide not in the hold; depart, and get you into the land of Judah. Then David departed, and came into the forest of Hareth. -- 1 samuel 22:5 +. +When Saul heard that David was discovered, and the men that were with him, (now Saul stayed in Gibeah under a tree in Ramah, having his spear in his hand, and all his servants were standing about him;) -- 1 samuel 22:6 +. +Then Saul said to his servants that stood about him, Hear now, you Benjamites; will the son of Jesse give every one of you fields and vineyards, and make you all captains of thousands, and captains of hundreds; -- 1 samuel 22:7 +. +That all of you have conspired against me, and there is none that shows me that my son has made a league with the son of Jesse, and there is none of you that is sorry for me, or shows to me that my son has stirred up my servant against me, to lie in wait, as at this day? -- 1 samuel 22:8 +. +Then answered Doeg the Edomite, which was set over the servants of Saul, and said, I saw the son of Jesse coming to Nob, to Ahimelech the son of Ahitub. -- 1 samuel 22:9 +. +And he inquired of the LORD for him, and gave him victuals, and gave him the sword of Goliath the Philistine. -- 1 samuel 22:10 +. +Then the king sent to call Ahimelech the priest, the son of Ahitub, and all his father' house, the priests that were in Nob: and they came all of them to the king. -- 1 samuel 22:11 +. +And Saul said, Hear now, you son of Ahitub. And he answered, Here I am, my lord. -- 1 samuel 22:12 +. +And Saul said to him, Why have you conspired against me, you and the son of Jesse, in that you have given him bread, and a sword, and have inquired of God for him, that he should rise against me, to lie in wait, as at this day? -- 1 samuel 22:13 +. +Then Ahimelech answered the king, and said, And who is so faithful among all your servants as David, which is the king' son in law, and goes at your bidding, and is honorable in your house? -- 1 samuel 22:14 +. +Did I then begin to inquire of God for him? be it far from me: let not the king impute any thing to his servant, nor to all the house of my father: for your servant knew nothing of all this, less or more. -- 1 samuel 22:15 +. +And the king said, You shall surely die, Ahimelech, you, and all your father' house. -- 1 samuel 22:16 +. +And the king said to the footmen that stood about him, Turn, and slay the priests of the LORD: because their hand also is with David, and because they knew when he fled, and did not show it to me. But the servants of the king would not put forth their hand to fall on the priests of the LORD. -- 1 samuel 22:17 +. +And the king said to Doeg, Turn you, and fall on the priests. And Doeg the Edomite turned, and he fell on the priests, and slew on that day fourscore and five persons that did wear a linen ephod. -- 1 samuel 22:18 +. +And Nob, the city of the priests, smote he with the edge of the sword, both men and women, children and sucklings, and oxen, and asses, and sheep, with the edge of the sword. -- 1 samuel 22:19 +. +And one of the sons of Ahimelech the son of Ahitub, named Abiathar, escaped, and fled after David. -- 1 samuel 22:20 +. +And Abiathar showed David that Saul had slain the LORD' priests. -- 1 samuel 22:21 +. +And David said to Abiathar, I knew it that day, when Doeg the Edomite was there, that he would surely tell Saul: I have occasioned the death of all the persons of your father' house. -- 1 samuel 22:22 +. +Abide you with me, fear not: for he that seeks my life seeks your life: but with me you shall be in safeguard. -- 1 samuel 22:23 +. +Then they told David, saying, Behold, the Philistines fight against Keilah, and they rob the threshing floors. -- 1 samuel 23:1 +. +Therefore David inquired of the LORD, saying, Shall I go and smite these Philistines? And the LORD said to David, Go, and smite the Philistines, and save Keilah. -- 1 samuel 23:2 +. +And David' men said to him, Behold, we be afraid here in Judah: how much more then if we come to Keilah against the armies of the Philistines? -- 1 samuel 23:3 +. +Then David inquired of the LORD yet again. And the LORD answered him and said, Arise, go down to Keilah; for I will deliver the Philistines into your hand. -- 1 samuel 23:4 +. +So David and his men went to Keilah, and fought with the Philistines, and brought away their cattle, and smote them with a great slaughter. So David saved the inhabitants of Keilah. -- 1 samuel 23:5 +. +And it came to pass, when Abiathar the son of Ahimelech fled to David to Keilah, that he came down with an ephod in his hand. -- 1 samuel 23:6 +. +And it was told Saul that David was come to Keilah. And Saul said, God has delivered him into my hand; for he is shut in, by entering into a town that has gates and bars. -- 1 samuel 23:7 +. +And Saul called all the people together to war, to go down to Keilah, to besiege David and his men. -- 1 samuel 23:8 +. +And David knew that Saul secretly practiced mischief against him; and he said to Abiathar the priest, Bring here the ephod. -- 1 samuel 23:9 +. +Then said David, O LORD God of Israel, your servant has certainly heard that Saul seeks to come to Keilah, to destroy the city for my sake. -- 1 samuel 23:10 +. +Will the men of Keilah deliver me up into his hand? will Saul come down, as your servant has heard? O LORD God of Israel, I beseech you, tell your servant. And the LORD said, He will come down. -- 1 samuel 23:11 +. +Then said David, Will the men of Keilah deliver me and my men into the hand of Saul? And the LORD said, They will deliver you up. -- 1 samuel 23:12 +. +Then David and his men, which were about six hundred, arose and departed out of Keilah, and went wherever they could go. And it was told Saul that David was escaped from Keilah; and he declined to go forth. -- 1 samuel 23:13 +. +And David stayed in the wilderness in strong holds, and remained in a mountain in the wilderness of Ziph. And Saul sought him every day, but God delivered him not into his hand. -- 1 samuel 23:14 +. +And David saw that Saul was come out to seek his life: and David was in the wilderness of Ziph in a wood. -- 1 samuel 23:15 +. +And Jonathan Saul' son arose, and went to David into the wood, and strengthened his hand in God. -- 1 samuel 23:16 +. +And he said to him, Fear not: for the hand of Saul my father shall not find you; and you shall be king over Israel, and I shall be next to you; and that also Saul my father knows. -- 1 samuel 23:17 +. +And they two made a covenant before the LORD: and David stayed in the wood, and Jonathan went to his house. -- 1 samuel 23:18 +. +Then came up the Ziphites to Saul to Gibeah, saying, Does not David hide himself with us in strong holds in the wood, in the hill of Hachilah, which is on the south of Jeshimon? -- 1 samuel 23:19 +. +Now therefore, O king, come down according to all the desire of your soul to come down; and our part shall be to deliver him into the king' hand. -- 1 samuel 23:20 +. +And Saul said, Blessed be you of the LORD; for you have compassion on me. -- 1 samuel 23:21 +. +Go, I pray you, prepare yet, and know and see his place where his haunt is, and who has seen him there: for it is told me that he deals very subtly. -- 1 samuel 23:22 +. +See therefore, and take knowledge of all the lurking places where he hides himself, and come you again to me with the certainty, and I will go with you: and it shall come to pass, if he be in the land, that I will search him out throughout all the thousands of Judah. -- 1 samuel 23:23 +. +And they arose, and went to Ziph before Saul: but David and his men were in the wilderness of Maon, in the plain on the south of Jeshimon. -- 1 samuel 23:24 +. +Saul also and his men went to seek him. And they told David; why he came down into a rock, and stayed in the wilderness of Maon. And when Saul heard that, he pursued after David in the wilderness of Maon. -- 1 samuel 23:25 +. +And Saul went on this side of the mountain, and David and his men on that side of the mountain: and David made haste to get away for fear of Saul; for Saul and his men compassed David and his men round about to take them. -- 1 samuel 23:26 +. +But there came a messenger to Saul, saying, Haste you, and come; for the Philistines have invaded the land. -- 1 samuel 23:27 +. +Why Saul returned from pursuing after David, and went against the Philistines: therefore they called that place Selahammahlekoth. -- 1 samuel 23:28 +. +And David went up from there, and dwelled in strong holds at Engedi. -- 1 samuel 23:29 +. +And it came to pass, when Saul was returned from following the Philistines, that it was told him, saying, Behold, David is in the wilderness of Engedi. -- 1 samuel 24:1 +. +Then Saul took three thousand chosen men out of all Israel, and went to seek David and his men on the rocks of the wild goats. -- 1 samuel 24:2 +. +And he came to the sheepcotes by the way, where was a cave; and Saul went in to cover his feet: and David and his men remained in the sides of the cave. -- 1 samuel 24:3 +. +And the men of David said to him, Behold the day of which the LORD said to you, Behold, I will deliver your enemy into your hand, that you may do to him as it shall seem good to you. Then David arose, and cut off the skirt of Saul' robe privately. -- 1 samuel 24:4 +. +And it came to pass afterward, that David' heart smote him, because he had cut off Saul' skirt. -- 1 samuel 24:5 +. +And he said to his men, The LORD forbid that I should do this thing to my master, the LORD' anointed, to stretch forth my hand against him, seeing he is the anointed of the LORD. -- 1 samuel 24:6 +. +So David stayed his servants with these words, and suffered them not to rise against Saul. But Saul rose up out of the cave, and went on his way. -- 1 samuel 24:7 +. +David also arose afterward, and went out of the cave, and cried after Saul, saying, My lord the king. And when Saul looked behind him, David stooped with his face to the earth, and bowed himself. -- 1 samuel 24:8 +. +And David said to Saul, Why hear you men' words, saying, Behold, David seeks your hurt? -- 1 samuel 24:9 +. +Behold, this day your eyes have seen how that the LORD had delivered you to day into my hand in the cave: and some bade me kill you: but my eye spared you; and I said, I will not put forth my hand against my lord; for he is the LORD' anointed. -- 1 samuel 24:10 +. +Moreover, my father, see, yes, see the skirt of your robe in my hand: for in that I cut off the skirt of your robe, and killed you not, know you and see that there is neither evil nor transgression in my hand, and I have not sinned against you; yet you hunt my soul to take it. -- 1 samuel 24:11 +. +The LORD judge between me and you, and the LORD avenge me of you: but my hand shall not be on you. -- 1 samuel 24:12 +. +As said the proverb of the ancients, Wickedness proceeds from the wicked: but my hand shall not be on you. -- 1 samuel 24:13 +. +After whom is the king of Israel come out? after whom do you pursue? after a dead dog, after a flea. -- 1 samuel 24:14 +. +The LORD therefore be judge, and judge between me and you, and see, and plead my cause, and deliver me out of your hand. -- 1 samuel 24:15 +. +And it came to pass, when David had made an end of speaking these words to Saul, that Saul said, Is this your voice, my son David? And Saul lifted up his voice, and wept. -- 1 samuel 24:16 +. +And he said to David, You are more righteous than I: for you have rewarded me good, whereas I have rewarded you evil. -- 1 samuel 24:17 +. +And you have showed this day how that you have dealt well with me: for as much as when the LORD had delivered me into your hand, you killed me not. -- 1 samuel 24:18 +. +For if a man find his enemy, will he let him go well away? why the LORD reward you good for that you have done to me this day. -- 1 samuel 24:19 +. +And now, behold, I know well that you shall surely be king, and that the kingdom of Israel shall be established in your hand. -- 1 samuel 24:20 +. +Swear now therefore to me by the LORD, that you will not cut off my seed after me, and that you will not destroy my name out of my father' house. -- 1 samuel 24:21 +. +And David swore to Saul. And Saul went home; but David and his men got them up to the hold. -- 1 samuel 24:22 +. +And Samuel died; and all the Israelites were gathered together, and lamented him, and buried him in his house at Ramah. And David arose, and went down to the wilderness of Paran. -- 1 samuel 25:1 +. +And there was a man in Maon, whose possessions were in Carmel; and the man was very great, and he had three thousand sheep, and a thousand goats: and he was shearing his sheep in Carmel. -- 1 samuel 25:2 +. +Now the name of the man was Nabal; and the name of his wife Abigail: and she was a woman of good understanding, and of a beautiful countenance: but the man was churlish and evil in his doings; and he was of the house of Caleb. -- 1 samuel 25:3 +. +And David heard in the wilderness that Nabal did shear his sheep. -- 1 samuel 25:4 +. +And David sent out ten young men, and David said to the young men, Get you up to Carmel, and go to Nabal, and greet him in my name: -- 1 samuel 25:5 +. +And thus shall you say to him that lives in prosperity, Peace be both to you, and peace be to your house, and peace be to all that you have. -- 1 samuel 25:6 +. +And now I have heard that you have shearers: now your shepherds which were with us, we hurt them not, neither was there ought missing to them, all the while they were in Carmel. -- 1 samuel 25:7 +. +Ask your young men, and they will show you. Why let the young men find favor in your eyes: for we come in a good day: give, I pray you, whatever comes to your hand to your servants, and to your son David. -- 1 samuel 25:8 +. +And when David' young men came, they spoke to Nabal according to all those words in the name of David, and ceased. -- 1 samuel 25:9 +. +And Nabal answered David' servants, and said, Who is David? and who is the son of Jesse? there be many servants now a days that break away every man from his master. -- 1 samuel 25:10 +. +Shall I then take my bread, and my water, and my flesh that I have killed for my shearers, and give it to men, whom I know not from where they be? -- 1 samuel 25:11 +. +So David' young men turned their way, and went again, and came and told him all those sayings. -- 1 samuel 25:12 +. +And David said to his men, Gird you on every man his sword. And they girded on every man his sword; and David also girded on his sword: and there went up after David about four hundred men; and two hundred stayed by the stuff. -- 1 samuel 25:13 +. +But one of the young men told Abigail, Nabal' wife, saying, Behold, David sent messengers out of the wilderness to salute our master; and he railed on them. -- 1 samuel 25:14 +. +But the men were very good to us, and we were not hurt, neither missed we any thing, as long as we were conversant with them, when we were in the fields: -- 1 samuel 25:15 +. +They were a wall to us both by night and day, all the while we were with them keeping the sheep. -- 1 samuel 25:16 +. +Now therefore know and consider what you will do; for evil is determined against our master, and against all his household: for he is such a son of Belial, that a man cannot speak to him. -- 1 samuel 25:17 +. +Then Abigail made haste, and took two hundred loaves, and two bottles of wine, and five sheep ready dressed, and five measures of parched corn, and an hundred clusters of raisins, and two hundred cakes of figs, and laid them on asses. -- 1 samuel 25:18 +. +And she said to her servants, Go on before me; behold, I come after you. But she told not her husband Nabal. -- 1 samuel 25:19 +. +And it was so, as she rode on the ass, that she came down by the covert on the hill, and, behold, David and his men came down against her; and she met them. -- 1 samuel 25:20 +. +Now David had said, Surely in vain have I kept all that this fellow has in the wilderness, so that nothing was missed of all that pertained to him: and he has requited me evil for good. -- 1 samuel 25:21 +. +So and more also do God to the enemies of David, if I leave of all that pertain to him by the morning light any that urinates against the wall. -- 1 samuel 25:22 +. +And when Abigail saw David, she hurried, and lighted off the ass, and fell before David on her face, and bowed herself to the ground, -- 1 samuel 25:23 +. +And fell at his feet, and said, On me, my lord, on me let this iniquity be: and let your handmaid, I pray you, speak in your audience, and hear the words of your handmaid. -- 1 samuel 25:24 +. +Let not my lord, I pray you, regard this man of Belial, even Nabal: for as his name is, so is he; Nabal is his name, and folly is with him: but I your handmaid saw not the young men of my lord, whom you did send. -- 1 samuel 25:25 +. +Now therefore, my lord, as the LORD lives, and as your soul lives, seeing the LORD has withheld you from coming to shed blood, and from avenging yourself with your own hand, now let your enemies, and they that seek evil to my lord, be as Nabal. -- 1 samuel 25:26 +. +And now this blessing which your handmaid has brought to my lord, let it even be given to the young men that follow my lord. -- 1 samuel 25:27 +. +I pray you, forgive the trespass of your handmaid: for the LORD will certainly make my lord a sure house; because my lord fights the battles of the LORD, and evil has not been found in you all your days. -- 1 samuel 25:28 +. +Yet a man is risen to pursue you, and to seek your soul: but the soul of my lord shall be bound in the bundle of life with the LORD your God; and the souls of your enemies, them shall he sling out, as out of the middle of a sling. -- 1 samuel 25:29 +. +And it shall come to pass, when the LORD shall have done to my lord according to all the good that he has spoken concerning you, and shall have appointed you ruler over Israel; -- 1 samuel 25:30 +. +That this shall be no grief to you, nor offense of heart to my lord, either that you have shed blood causeless, or that my lord has avenged himself: but when the LORD shall have dealt well with my lord, then remember your handmaid. -- 1 samuel 25:31 +. +And David said to Abigail, Blessed be the LORD God of Israel, which sent you this day to meet me: -- 1 samuel 25:32 +. +And blessed be your advice, and blessed be you, which have kept me this day from coming to shed blood, and from avenging myself with my own hand. -- 1 samuel 25:33 +. +For in very deed, as the LORD God of Israel lives, which has kept me back from hurting you, except you had hurried and come to meet me, surely there had not been left to Nabal by the morning light any that urinates against the wall. -- 1 samuel 25:34 +. +So David received of her hand that which she had brought him, and said to her, Go up in peace to your house; see, I have listened to your voice, and have accepted your person. -- 1 samuel 25:35 +. +And Abigail came to Nabal; and, behold, he held a feast in his house, like the feast of a king; and Nabal' heart was merry within him, for he was very drunken: why she told him nothing, less or more, until the morning light. -- 1 samuel 25:36 +. +But it came to pass in the morning, when the wine was gone out of Nabal, and his wife had told him these things, that his heart died within him, and he became as a stone. -- 1 samuel 25:37 +. +And it came to pass about ten days after, that the LORD smote Nabal, that he died. -- 1 samuel 25:38 +. +And when David heard that Nabal was dead, he said, Blessed be the LORD, that has pleaded the cause of my reproach from the hand of Nabal, and has kept his servant from evil: for the LORD has returned the wickedness of Nabal on his own head. And David sent and communed with Abigail, to take her to him to wife. -- 1 samuel 25:39 +. +And when the servants of David were come to Abigail to Carmel, they spoke to her, saying, David sent us to you, to take you to him to wife. -- 1 samuel 25:40 +. +And she arose, and bowed herself on her face to the earth, and said, Behold, let your handmaid be a servant to wash the feet of the servants of my lord. -- 1 samuel 25:41 +. +And Abigail hurried, and arose and rode on an ass, with five damsels of hers that went after her; and she went after the messengers of David, and became his wife. -- 1 samuel 25:42 +. +David also took Ahinoam of Jezreel; and they were also both of them his wives. -- 1 samuel 25:43 +. +But Saul had given Michal his daughter, David' wife, to Phalti the son of Laish, which was of Gallim. -- 1 samuel 25:44 +. +And the Ziphites came to Saul to Gibeah, saying, Does not David hide himself in the hill of Hachilah, which is before Jeshimon? -- 1 samuel 26:1 +. +Then Saul arose, and went down to the wilderness of Ziph, having three thousand chosen men of Israel with him, to seek David in the wilderness of Ziph. -- 1 samuel 26:2 +. +And Saul pitched in the hill of Hachilah, which is before Jeshimon, by the way. But David stayed in the wilderness, and he saw that Saul came after him into the wilderness. -- 1 samuel 26:3 +. +David therefore sent out spies, and understood that Saul was come in very deed. -- 1 samuel 26:4 +. +And David arose, and came to the place where Saul had pitched: and David beheld the place where Saul lay, and Abner the son of Ner, the captain of his host: and Saul lay in the trench, and the people pitched round about him. -- 1 samuel 26:5 +. +Then answered David and said to Ahimelech the Hittite, and to Abishai the son of Zeruiah, brother to Joab, saying, Who will go down with me to Saul to the camp? And Abishai said, I will go down with you. -- 1 samuel 26:6 +. +So David and Abishai came to the people by night: and, behold, Saul lay sleeping within the trench, and his spear stuck in the ground at his bolster: but Abner and the people lay round about him. -- 1 samuel 26:7 +. +Then said Abishai to David, God has delivered your enemy into your hand this day: now therefore let me smite him, I pray you, with the spear even to the earth at once, and I will not smite him the second time. -- 1 samuel 26:8 +. +And David said to Abishai, Destroy him not: for who can stretch forth his hand against the LORD' anointed, and be guiltless? -- 1 samuel 26:9 +. +David said furthermore, As the LORD lives, the LORD shall smite him; or his day shall come to die; or he shall descend into battle, and perish. -- 1 samuel 26:10 +. +The LORD forbid that I should stretch forth my hand against the LORD' anointed: but, I pray you, take you now the spear that is at his bolster, and the cruse of water, and let us go. -- 1 samuel 26:11 +. +So David took the spear and the cruse of water from Saul' bolster; and they got them away, and no man saw it, nor knew it, neither awaked: for they were all asleep; because a deep sleep from the LORD was fallen on them. -- 1 samuel 26:12 +. +Then David went over to the other side, and stood on the top of an hill afar off; a great space being between them: -- 1 samuel 26:13 +. +And David cried to the people, and to Abner the son of Ner, saying, Answer you not, Abner? Then Abner answered and said, Who are you that cry to the king? -- 1 samuel 26:14 +. +And David said to Abner, Are not you a valiant man? and who is like to you in Israel? why then have you not kept your lord the king? for there came one of the people in to destroy the king your lord. -- 1 samuel 26:15 +. +This thing is not good that you have done. As the LORD lives, you are worthy to die, because you have not kept your master, the LORD' anointed. And now see where the king' spear is, and the cruse of water that was at his bolster. -- 1 samuel 26:16 +. +And Saul knew David' voice, and said, Is this your voice, my son David? And David said, It is my voice, my lord, O king. -- 1 samuel 26:17 +. +And he said, Why does my lord thus pursue after his servant? for what have I done? or what evil is in my hand? -- 1 samuel 26:18 +. +Now therefore, I pray you, let my lord the king hear the words of his servant. If the LORD have stirred you up against me, let him accept an offering: but if they be the children of men, cursed be they before the LORD; for they have driven me out this day from abiding in the inheritance of the LORD, saying, Go, serve other gods. -- 1 samuel 26:19 +. +Now therefore, let not my blood fall to the earth before the face of the LORD: for the king of Israel is come out to seek a flea, as when one does hunt a partridge in the mountains. -- 1 samuel 26:20 +. +Then said Saul, I have sinned: return, my son David: for I will no more do you harm, because my soul was precious in your eyes this day: behold, I have played the fool, and have erred exceedingly. -- 1 samuel 26:21 +. +And David answered and said, Behold the king' spear! and let one of the young men come over and fetch it. -- 1 samuel 26:22 +. +The LORD render to every man his righteousness and his faithfulness; for the LORD delivered you into my hand to day, but I would not stretch forth my hand against the LORD' anointed. -- 1 samuel 26:23 +. +And, behold, as your life was much set by this day in my eyes, so let my life be much set by in the eyes of the LORD, and let him deliver me out of all tribulation. -- 1 samuel 26:24 +. +Then Saul said to David, Blessed be you, my son David: you shall both do great things, and also shall still prevail. So David went on his way, and Saul returned to his place. -- 1 samuel 26:25 +. +And David said in his heart, I shall now perish one day by the hand of Saul: there is nothing better for me than that I should speedily escape into the land of the Philistines; and Saul shall despair of me, to seek me any more in any coast of Israel: so shall I escape out of his hand. -- 1 samuel 27:1 +. +And David arose, and he passed over with the six hundred men that were with him to Achish, the son of Maoch, king of Gath. -- 1 samuel 27:2 +. +And David dwelled with Achish at Gath, he and his men, every man with his household, even David with his two wives, Ahinoam the Jezreelitess, and Abigail the Carmelitess, Nabal' wife. -- 1 samuel 27:3 +. +And it was told Saul that David was fled to Gath: and he sought no more again for him. -- 1 samuel 27:4 +. +And David said to Achish, If I have now found grace in your eyes, let them give me a place in some town in the country, that I may dwell there: for why should your servant dwell in the royal city with you? -- 1 samuel 27:5 +. +Then Achish gave him Ziklag that day: why Ziklag pertains to the kings of Judah to this day. -- 1 samuel 27:6 +. +And the time that David dwelled in the country of the Philistines was a full year and four months. -- 1 samuel 27:7 +. +And David and his men went up, and invaded the Geshurites, and the Gezrites, and the Amalekites: for those nations were of old the inhabitants of the land, as you go to Shur, even to the land of Egypt. -- 1 samuel 27:8 +. +And David smote the land, and left neither man nor woman alive, and took away the sheep, and the oxen, and the asses, and the camels, and the apparel, and returned, and came to Achish. -- 1 samuel 27:9 +. +And Achish said, Where have you made a road to day? And David said, Against the south of Judah, and against the south of the Jerahmeelites, and against the south of the Kenites. -- 1 samuel 27:10 +. +And David saved neither man nor woman alive, to bring tidings to Gath, saying, Lest they should tell on us, saying, So did David, and so will be his manner all the while he dwells in the country of the Philistines. -- 1 samuel 27:11 +. +And Achish believed David, saying, He has made his people Israel utterly to abhor him; therefore he shall be my servant for ever. -- 1 samuel 27:12 +. +And it came to pass in those days, that the Philistines gathered their armies together for warfare, to fight with Israel. And Achish said to David, Know you assuredly, that you shall go out with me to battle, you and your men. -- 1 samuel 28:1 +. +And David said to Achish, Surely you shall know what your servant can do. And Achish said to David, Therefore will I make you keeper of my head for ever. -- 1 samuel 28:2 +. +Now Samuel was dead, and all Israel had lamented him, and buried him in Ramah, even in his own city. And Saul had put away those that had familiar spirits, and the wizards, out of the land. -- 1 samuel 28:3 +. +And the Philistines gathered themselves together, and came and pitched in Shunem: and Saul gathered all Israel together, and they pitched in Gilboa. -- 1 samuel 28:4 +. +And when Saul saw the host of the Philistines, he was afraid, and his heart greatly trembled. -- 1 samuel 28:5 +. +And when Saul inquired of the LORD, the LORD answered him not, neither by dreams, nor by Urim, nor by prophets. -- 1 samuel 28:6 +. +Then said Saul to his servants, Seek me a woman that has a familiar spirit, that I may go to her, and inquire of her. And his servants said to him, Behold, there is a woman that has a familiar spirit at Endor. -- 1 samuel 28:7 +. +And Saul disguised himself, and put on other raiment, and he went, and two men with him, and they came to the woman by night: and he said, I pray you, divine to me by the familiar spirit, and bring me him up, whom I shall name to you. -- 1 samuel 28:8 +. +And the woman said to him, Behold, you know what Saul has done, how he has cut off those that have familiar spirits, and the wizards, out of the land: why then lay you a snare for my life, to cause me to die? -- 1 samuel 28:9 +. +And Saul swore to her by the LORD, saying, As the LORD lives, there shall no punishment happen to you for this thing. -- 1 samuel 28:10 +. +Then said the woman, Whom shall I bring up to you? And he said, Bring me up Samuel. -- 1 samuel 28:11 +. +And when the woman saw Samuel, she cried with a loud voice: and the woman spoke to Saul, saying, Why have you deceived me? for you are Saul. -- 1 samuel 28:12 +. +And the king said to her, Be not afraid: for what saw you? And the woman said to Saul, I saw gods ascending out of the earth. -- 1 samuel 28:13 +. +And he said to her, What form is he of? And she said, An old man comes up; and he is covered with a mantle. And Saul perceived that it was Samuel, and he stooped with his face to the ground, and bowed himself. -- 1 samuel 28:14 +. +And Samuel said to Saul, Why have you disquieted me, to bring me up? And Saul answered, I am sore distressed; for the Philistines make war against me, and God is departed from me, and answers me no more, neither by prophets, nor by dreams: therefore I have called you, that you may make known to me what I shall do. -- 1 samuel 28:15 +. +Then said Samuel, Why then do you ask of me, seeing the LORD is departed from you, and is become your enemy? -- 1 samuel 28:16 +. +And the LORD has done to him, as he spoke by me: for the LORD has rent the kingdom out of your hand, and given it to your neighbor, even to David: -- 1 samuel 28:17 +. +Because you obeyed not the voice of the LORD, nor executed his fierce wrath on Amalek, therefore has the LORD done this thing to you this day. -- 1 samuel 28:18 +. +Moreover the LORD will also deliver Israel with you into the hand of the Philistines: and to morrow shall you and your sons be with me: the LORD also shall deliver the host of Israel into the hand of the Philistines. -- 1 samuel 28:19 +. +Then Saul fell straightway all along on the earth, and was sore afraid, because of the words of Samuel: and there was no strength in him; for he had eaten no bread all the day, nor all the night. -- 1 samuel 28:20 +. +And the woman came to Saul, and saw that he was sore troubled, and said to him, Behold, your handmaid has obeyed your voice, and I have put my life in my hand, and have listened to your words which you spoke to me. -- 1 samuel 28:21 +. +Now therefore, I pray you, listen you also to the voice of your handmaid, and let me set a morsel of bread before you; and eat, that you may have strength, when you go on your way. -- 1 samuel 28:22 +. +But he refused, and said, I will not eat. But his servants, together with the woman, compelled him; and he listened to their voice. So he arose from the earth, and sat on the bed. -- 1 samuel 28:23 +. +And the woman had a fat calf in the house; and she hurried, and killed it, and took flour, and kneaded it, and did bake unleavened bread thereof: -- 1 samuel 28:24 +. +And she brought it before Saul, and before his servants; and they did eat. Then they rose up, and went away that night. -- 1 samuel 28:25 +. +Now the Philistines gathered together all their armies to Aphek: and the Israelites pitched by a fountain which is in Jezreel. -- 1 samuel 29:1 +. +And the lords of the Philistines passed on by hundreds, and by thousands: but David and his men passed on in the rear guard with Achish. -- 1 samuel 29:2 +. +Then said the princes of the Philistines, What do these Hebrews here? And Achish said to the princes of the Philistines, Is not this David, the servant of Saul the king of Israel, which has been with me these days, or these years, and I have found no fault in him since he fell to me to this day? -- 1 samuel 29:3 +. +And the princes of the Philistines were wroth with him; and the princes of the Philistines said to him, Make this fellow return, that he may go again to his place which you have appointed him, and let him not go down with us to battle, lest in the battle he be an adversary to us: for with which should he reconcile himself to his master? should it not be with the heads of these men? -- 1 samuel 29:4 +. +Is not this David, of whom they sang one to another in dances, saying, Saul slew his thousands, and David his ten thousands? -- 1 samuel 29:5 +. +Then Achish called David, and said to him, Surely, as the LORD lives, you have been upright, and your going out and your coming in with me in the host is good in my sight: for I have not found evil in you since the day of your coming to me to this day: nevertheless the lords favor you not. -- 1 samuel 29:6 +. +Why now return, and go in peace, that you displease not the lords of the Philistines. -- 1 samuel 29:7 +. +And David said to Achish, But what have I done? and what have you found in your servant so long as I have been with you to this day, that I may not go fight against the enemies of my lord the king? -- 1 samuel 29:8 +. +And Achish answered and said to David, I know that you are good in my sight, as an angel of God: notwithstanding the princes of the Philistines have said, He shall not go up with us to the battle. -- 1 samuel 29:9 +. +Why now rise up early in the morning with your master' servants that are come with you: and as soon as you be up early in the morning, and have light, depart. -- 1 samuel 29:10 +. +So David and his men rose up early to depart in the morning, to return into the land of the Philistines. And the Philistines went up to Jezreel. -- 1 samuel 29:11 +. +And it came to pass, when David and his men were come to Ziklag on the third day, that the Amalekites had invaded the south, and Ziklag, and smitten Ziklag, and burned it with fire; -- 1 samuel 30:1 +. +And had taken the women captives, that were therein: they slew not any, either great or small, but carried them away, and went on their way. -- 1 samuel 30:2 +. +So David and his men came to the city, and, behold, it was burned with fire; and their wives, and their sons, and their daughters, were taken captives. -- 1 samuel 30:3 +. +Then David and the people that were with him lifted up their voice and wept, until they had no more power to weep. -- 1 samuel 30:4 +. +And David' two wives were taken captives, Ahinoam the Jezreelitess, and Abigail the wife of Nabal the Carmelite. -- 1 samuel 30:5 +. +And David was greatly distressed; for the people spoke of stoning him, because the soul of all the people was grieved, every man for his sons and for his daughters: but David encouraged himself in the LORD his God. -- 1 samuel 30:6 +. +And David said to Abiathar the priest, Ahimelech' son, I pray you, bring me here the ephod. And Abiathar brought thither the ephod to David. -- 1 samuel 30:7 +. +And David inquired at the LORD, saying, Shall I pursue after this troop? shall I overtake them? And he answered him, Pursue: for you shall surely overtake them, and without fail recover all. -- 1 samuel 30:8 +. +So David went, he and the six hundred men that were with him, and came to the brook Besor, where those that were left behind stayed. -- 1 samuel 30:9 +. +But David pursued, he and four hundred men: for two hundred stayed behind, which were so faint that they could not go over the brook Besor. -- 1 samuel 30:10 +. +And they found an Egyptian in the field, and brought him to David, and gave him bread, and he did eat; and they made him drink water; -- 1 samuel 30:11 +. +And they gave him a piece of a cake of figs, and two clusters of raisins: and when he had eaten, his spirit came again to him: for he had eaten no bread, nor drunk any water, three days and three nights. -- 1 samuel 30:12 +. +And David said to him, To whom belong you? and from where are you? And he said, I am a young man of Egypt, servant to an Amalekite; and my master left me, because three days ago I fell sick. -- 1 samuel 30:13 +. +We made an invasion on the south of the Cherethites, and on the coast which belongs to Judah, and on the south of Caleb; and we burned Ziklag with fire. -- 1 samuel 30:14 +. +And David said to him, Can you bring me down to this company? And he said, Swear to me by God, that you will neither kill me, nor deliver me into the hands of my master, and I will bring you down to this company. -- 1 samuel 30:15 +. +And when he had brought him down, behold, they were spread abroad on all the earth, eating and drinking, and dancing, because of all the great spoil that they had taken out of the land of the Philistines, and out of the land of Judah. -- 1 samuel 30:16 +. +And David smote them from the twilight even to the evening of the next day: and there escaped not a man of them, save four hundred young men, which rode on camels, and fled. -- 1 samuel 30:17 +. +And David recovered all that the Amalekites had carried away: and David rescued his two wives. -- 1 samuel 30:18 +. +And there was nothing lacking to them, neither small nor great, neither sons nor daughters, neither spoil, nor any thing that they had taken to them: David recovered all. -- 1 samuel 30:19 +. +And David took all the flocks and the herds, which they drove before those other cattle, and said, This is David' spoil. -- 1 samuel 30:20 +. +And David came to the two hundred men, which were so faint that they could not follow David, whom they had made also to abide at the brook Besor: and they went forth to meet David, and to meet the people that were with him: and when David came near to the people, he saluted them. -- 1 samuel 30:21 +. +Then answered all the wicked men and men of Belial, of those that went with David, and said, Because they went not with us, we will not give them ought of the spoil that we have recovered, save to every man his wife and his children, that they may lead them away, and depart. -- 1 samuel 30:22 +. +Then said David, You shall not do so, my brothers, with that which the LORD has given us, who has preserved us, and delivered the company that came against us into our hand. -- 1 samuel 30:23 +. +For who will listen to you in this matter? but as his part is that goes down to the battle, so shall his part be that tarries by the stuff: they shall part alike. -- 1 samuel 30:24 +. +And it was so from that day forward, that he made it a statute and an ordinance for Israel to this day. -- 1 samuel 30:25 +. +And when David came to Ziklag, he sent of the spoil to the elders of Judah, even to his friends, saying, Behold a present for you of the spoil of the enemies of the LORD; -- 1 samuel 30:26 +. +To them which were in Bethel, and to them which were in south Ramoth, and to them which were in Jattir, -- 1 samuel 30:27 +. +And to them which were in Aroer, and to them which were in Siphmoth, and to them which were in Eshtemoa, -- 1 samuel 30:28 +. +And to them which were in Rachal, and to them which were in the cities of the Jerahmeelites, and to them which were in the cities of the Kenites, -- 1 samuel 30:29 +. +And to them which were in Hormah, and to them which were in Chorashan, and to them which were in Athach, -- 1 samuel 30:30 +. +And to them which were in Hebron, and to all the places where David himself and his men were wont to haunt. -- 1 samuel 30:31 +. +Now the Philistines fought against Israel: and the men of Israel fled from before the Philistines, and fell down slain in mount Gilboa. -- 1 samuel 31:1 +. +And the Philistines followed hard on Saul and on his sons; and the Philistines slew Jonathan, and Abinadab, and Melchishua, Saul' sons. -- 1 samuel 31:2 +. +And the battle went sore against Saul, and the archers hit him; and he was sore wounded of the archers. -- 1 samuel 31:3 +. +Then said Saul to his armor bearer, Draw your sword, and thrust me through therewith; lest these uncircumcised come and thrust me through, and abuse me. But his armor bearer would not; for he was sore afraid. Therefore Saul took a sword, and fell on it. -- 1 samuel 31:4 +. +And when his armor bearer saw that Saul was dead, he fell likewise on his sword, and died with him. -- 1 samuel 31:5 +. +So Saul died, and his three sons, and his armor bearer, and all his men, that same day together. -- 1 samuel 31:6 +. +And when the men of Israel that were on the other side of the valley, and they that were on the other side Jordan, saw that the men of Israel fled, and that Saul and his sons were dead, they forsook the cities, and fled; and the Philistines came and dwelled in them. -- 1 samuel 31:7 +. +And it came to pass on the morrow, when the Philistines came to strip the slain, that they found Saul and his three sons fallen in mount Gilboa. -- 1 samuel 31:8 +. +And they cut off his head, and stripped off his armor, and sent into the land of the Philistines round about, to publish it in the house of their idols, and among the people. -- 1 samuel 31:9 +. +And they put his armor in the house of Ashtaroth: and they fastened his body to the wall of Bethshan. -- 1 samuel 31:10 +. +And when the inhabitants of Jabeshgilead heard of that which the Philistines had done to Saul; -- 1 samuel 31:11 +. +All the valiant men arose, and went all night, and took the body of Saul and the bodies of his sons from the wall of Bethshan, and came to Jabesh, and burnt them there. -- 1 samuel 31:12 +. +And they took their bones, and buried them under a tree at Jabesh, and fasted seven days. -- 1 samuel 31:13 +. +Now it came to pass after the death of Saul, when David was returned from the slaughter of the Amalekites, and David had stayed two days in Ziklag; -- 2 samuel 1:1 +. +It came even to pass on the third day, that, behold, a man came out of the camp from Saul with his clothes rent, and earth on his head: and so it was, when he came to David, that he fell to the earth, and did obeisance. -- 2 samuel 1:2 +. +And David said to him, From where come you? And he said to him, Out of the camp of Israel am I escaped. -- 2 samuel 1:3 +. +And David said to him, How went the matter? I pray you, tell me. And he answered, That the people are fled from the battle, and many of the people also are fallen and dead; and Saul and Jonathan his son are dead also. -- 2 samuel 1:4 +. +And David said to the young man that told him, How know you that Saul and Jonathan his son be dead? -- 2 samuel 1:5 +. +And the young man that told him said, As I happened by chance on mount Gilboa, behold, Saul leaned on his spear; and, see, the chariots and horsemen followed hard after him. -- 2 samuel 1:6 +. +And when he looked behind him, he saw me, and called to me. And I answered, Here am I. -- 2 samuel 1:7 +. +And he said to me, Who are you? And I answered him, I am an Amalekite. -- 2 samuel 1:8 +. +He said to me again, Stand, I pray you, on me, and slay me: for anguish is come on me, because my life is yet whole in me. -- 2 samuel 1:9 +. +So I stood on him, and slew him, because I was sure that he could not live after that he was fallen: and I took the crown that was on his head, and the bracelet that was on his arm, and have brought them here to my lord. -- 2 samuel 1:10 +. +Then David took hold on his clothes, and rent them; and likewise all the men that were with him: -- 2 samuel 1:11 +. +And they mourned, and wept, and fasted until even, for Saul, and for Jonathan his son, and for the people of the LORD, and for the house of Israel; because they were fallen by the sword. -- 2 samuel 1:12 +. +And David said to the young man that told him, From where are you? And he answered, I am the son of a stranger, an Amalekite. -- 2 samuel 1:13 +. +And David said to him, How were you not afraid to stretch forth your hand to destroy the LORD' anointed? -- 2 samuel 1:14 +. +And David called one of the young men, and said, Go near, and fall on him. And he smote him that he died. -- 2 samuel 1:15 +. +And David said to him, Your blood be on your head; for your mouth has testified against you, saying, I have slain the LORD' anointed. -- 2 samuel 1:16 +. +And David lamented with this lamentation over Saul and over Jonathan his son: -- 2 samuel 1:17 +. +(Also he bade them teach the children of Judah the use of the bow: behold, it is written in the book of Jasher.) -- 2 samuel 1:18 +. +The beauty of Israel is slain on your high places: how are the mighty fallen! -- 2 samuel 1:19 +. +Tell it not in Gath, publish it not in the streets of Askelon; lest the daughters of the Philistines rejoice, lest the daughters of the uncircumcised triumph. -- 2 samuel 1:20 +. +You mountains of Gilboa, let there be no dew, neither let there be rain, on you, nor fields of offerings: for there the shield of the mighty is vilely cast away, the shield of Saul, as though he had not been anointed with oil. -- 2 samuel 1:21 +. +From the blood of the slain, from the fat of the mighty, the bow of Jonathan turned not back, and the sword of Saul returned not empty. -- 2 samuel 1:22 +. +Saul and Jonathan were lovely and pleasant in their lives, and in their death they were not divided: they were swifter than eagles, they were stronger than lions. -- 2 samuel 1:23 +. +You daughters of Israel, weep over Saul, who clothed you in scarlet, with other delights, who put on ornaments of gold on your apparel. -- 2 samuel 1:24 +. +How are the mighty fallen in the middle of the battle! O Jonathan, you were slain in your high places. -- 2 samuel 1:25 +. +I am distressed for you, my brother Jonathan: very pleasant have you been to me: your love to me was wonderful, passing the love of women. -- 2 samuel 1:26 +. +How are the mighty fallen, and the weapons of war perished! -- 2 samuel 1:27 +. +And it came to pass after this, that David inquired of the LORD, saying, Shall I go up into any of the cities of Judah? And the LORD said to him, Go up. And David said, Where shall I go up? And he said, To Hebron. -- 2 samuel 2:1 +. +So David went up thither, and his two wives also, Ahinoam the Jezreelitess, and Abigail Nabal' wife the Carmelite. -- 2 samuel 2:2 +. +And his men that were with him did David bring up, every man with his household: and they dwelled in the cities of Hebron. -- 2 samuel 2:3 +. +And the men of Judah came, and there they anointed David king over the house of Judah. And they told David, saying, That the men of Jabeshgilead were they that buried Saul. -- 2 samuel 2:4 +. +And David sent messengers to the men of Jabeshgilead, and said to them, Blessed be you of the LORD, that you have showed this kindness to your lord, even to Saul, and have buried him. -- 2 samuel 2:5 +. +And now the LORD show kindness and truth to you: and I also will requite you this kindness, because you have done this thing. -- 2 samuel 2:6 +. +Therefore now let your hands be strengthened, and be you valiant: for your master Saul is dead, and also the house of Judah have anointed me king over them. -- 2 samuel 2:7 +. +But Abner the son of Ner, captain of Saul' host, took Ishbosheth the son of Saul, and brought him over to Mahanaim; -- 2 samuel 2:8 +. +And made him king over Gilead, and over the Ashurites, and over Jezreel, and over Ephraim, and over Benjamin, and over all Israel. -- 2 samuel 2:9 +. +Ishbosheth Saul' son was forty years old when he began to reign over Israel, and reigned two years. But the house of Judah followed David. -- 2 samuel 2:10 +. +And the time that David was king in Hebron over the house of Judah was seven years and six months. -- 2 samuel 2:11 +. +And Abner the son of Ner, and the servants of Ishbosheth the son of Saul, went out from Mahanaim to Gibeon. -- 2 samuel 2:12 +. +And Joab the son of Zeruiah, and the servants of David, went out, and met together by the pool of Gibeon: and they sat down, the one on the one side of the pool, and the other on the other side of the pool. -- 2 samuel 2:13 +. +And Abner said to Joab, Let the young men now arise, and play before us. And Joab said, Let them arise. -- 2 samuel 2:14 +. +Then there arose and went over by number twelve of Benjamin, which pertained to Ishbosheth the son of Saul, and twelve of the servants of David. -- 2 samuel 2:15 +. +And they caught every one his fellow by the head, and thrust his sword in his fellow' side; so they fell down together: why that place was called Helkathhazzurim, which is in Gibeon. -- 2 samuel 2:16 +. +And there was a very sore battle that day; and Abner was beaten, and the men of Israel, before the servants of David. -- 2 samuel 2:17 +. +And there were three sons of Zeruiah there, Joab, and Abishai, and Asahel: and Asahel was as light of foot as a wild roe. -- 2 samuel 2:18 +. +And Asahel pursued after Abner; and in going he turned not to the right hand nor to the left from following Abner. -- 2 samuel 2:19 +. +Then Abner looked behind him, and said, Are you Asahel? And he answered, I am. -- 2 samuel 2:20 +. +And Abner said to him, Turn you aside to your right hand or to your left, and lay you hold on one of the young men, and take you his armor. But Asahel would not turn aside from following of him. -- 2 samuel 2:21 +. +And Abner said again to Asahel, Turn you aside from following me: why should I smite you to the ground? how then should I hold up my face to Joab your brother? -- 2 samuel 2:22 +. +However, he refused to turn aside: why Abner with the hinder end of the spear smote him under the fifth rib, that the spear came out behind him; and he fell down there, and died in the same place: and it came to pass, that as many as came to the place where Asahel fell down and died stood still. -- 2 samuel 2:23 +. +Joab also and Abishai pursued after Abner: and the sun went down when they were come to the hill of Ammah, that lies before Giah by the way of the wilderness of Gibeon. -- 2 samuel 2:24 +. +And the children of Benjamin gathered themselves together after Abner, and became one troop, and stood on the top of an hill. -- 2 samuel 2:25 +. +Then Abner called to Joab, and said, Shall the sword devour for ever? know you not that it will be bitterness in the latter end? how long shall it be then, ere you bid the people return from following their brothers? -- 2 samuel 2:26 +. +And Joab said, As God lives, unless you had spoken, surely then in the morning the people had gone up every one from following his brother. -- 2 samuel 2:27 +. +So Joab blew a trumpet, and all the people stood still, and pursued after Israel no more, neither fought they any more. -- 2 samuel 2:28 +. +And Abner and his men walked all that night through the plain, and passed over Jordan, and went through all Bithron, and they came to Mahanaim. -- 2 samuel 2:29 +. +And Joab returned from following Abner: and when he had gathered all the people together, there lacked of David' servants nineteen men and Asahel. -- 2 samuel 2:30 +. +But the servants of David had smitten of Benjamin, and of Abner' men, so that three hundred and three score men died. -- 2 samuel 2:31 +. +And they took up Asahel, and buried him in the sepulcher of his father, which was in Bethlehem. And Joab and his men went all night, and they came to Hebron at break of day. -- 2 samuel 2:32 +. +Now there was long war between the house of Saul and the house of David: but David waxed stronger and stronger, and the house of Saul waxed weaker and weaker. -- 2 samuel 3:1 +. +And to David were sons born in Hebron: and his firstborn was Amnon, of Ahinoam the Jezreelitess; -- 2 samuel 3:2 +. +And his second, Chileab, of Abigail the wife of Nabal the Carmelite; and the third, Absalom the son of Maacah the daughter of Talmai king of Geshur; -- 2 samuel 3:3 +. +And the fourth, Adonijah the son of Haggith; and the fifth, Shephatiah the son of Abital; -- 2 samuel 3:4 +. +And the sixth, Ithream, by Eglah David' wife. These were born to David in Hebron. -- 2 samuel 3:5 +. +And it came to pass, while there was war between the house of Saul and the house of David, that Abner made himself strong for the house of Saul. -- 2 samuel 3:6 +. +And Saul had a concubine, whose name was Rizpah, the daughter of Aiah: and Ishbosheth said to Abner, Why have you gone in to my father' concubine? -- 2 samuel 3:7 +. +Then was Abner very wroth for the words of Ishbosheth, and said, Am I a dog' head, which against Judah do show kindness this day to the house of Saul your father, to his brothers, and to his friends, and have not delivered you into the hand of David, that you charge me to day with a fault concerning this woman? -- 2 samuel 3:8 +. +So do God to Abner, and more also, except, as the LORD has sworn to David, even so I do to him; -- 2 samuel 3:9 +. +To translate the kingdom from the house of Saul, and to set up the throne of David over Israel and over Judah, from Dan even to Beersheba. -- 2 samuel 3:10 +. +And he could not answer Abner a word again, because he feared him. -- 2 samuel 3:11 +. +And Abner sent messengers to David on his behalf, saying, Whose is the land? saying also, Make your league with me, and, behold, my hand shall be with you, to bring about all Israel to you. -- 2 samuel 3:12 +. +And he said, Well; I will make a league with you: but one thing I require of you, that is, You shall not see my face, except you first bring Michal Saul' daughter, when you come to see my face. -- 2 samuel 3:13 +. +And David sent messengers to Ishbosheth Saul' son, saying, Deliver me my wife Michal, which I espoused to me for an hundred foreskins of the Philistines. -- 2 samuel 3:14 +. +And Ishbosheth sent, and took her from her husband, even from Phaltiel the son of Laish. -- 2 samuel 3:15 +. +And her husband went with her along weeping behind her to Bahurim. Then said Abner to him, Go, return. And he returned. -- 2 samuel 3:16 +. +And Abner had communication with the elders of Israel, saying, You sought for David in times past to be king over you: -- 2 samuel 3:17 +. +Now then do it: for the LORD has spoken of David, saying, By the hand of my servant David I will save my people Israel out of the hand of the Philistines, and out of the hand of all their enemies. -- 2 samuel 3:18 +. +And Abner also spoke in the ears of Benjamin: and Abner went also to speak in the ears of David in Hebron all that seemed good to Israel, and that seemed good to the whole house of Benjamin. -- 2 samuel 3:19 +. +So Abner came to David to Hebron, and twenty men with him. And David made Abner and the men that were with him a feast. -- 2 samuel 3:20 +. +And Abner said to David, I will arise and go, and will gather all Israel to my lord the king, that they may make a league with you, and that you may reign over all that your heart desires. And David sent Abner away; and he went in peace. -- 2 samuel 3:21 +. +And, behold, the servants of David and Joab came from pursuing a troop, and brought in a great spoil with them: but Abner was not with David in Hebron; for he had sent him away, and he was gone in peace. -- 2 samuel 3:22 +. +When Joab and all the host that was with him were come, they told Joab, saying, Abner the son of Ner came to the king, and he has sent him away, and he is gone in peace. -- 2 samuel 3:23 +. +Then Joab came to the king, and said, What have you done? behold, Abner came to you; why is it that you have sent him away, and he is quite gone? -- 2 samuel 3:24 +. +You know Abner the son of Ner, that he came to deceive you, and to know your going out and your coming in, and to know all that you do. -- 2 samuel 3:25 +. +And when Joab was come out from David, he sent messengers after Abner, which brought him again from the well of Sirah: but David knew it not. -- 2 samuel 3:26 +. +And when Abner was returned to Hebron, Joab took him aside in the gate to speak with him quietly, and smote him there under the fifth rib, that he died, for the blood of Asahel his brother. -- 2 samuel 3:27 +. +And afterward when David heard it, he said, I and my kingdom are guiltless before the LORD for ever from the blood of Abner the son of Ner: -- 2 samuel 3:28 +. +Let it rest on the head of Joab, and on all his father' house; and let there not fail from the house of Joab one that has an issue, or that is a leper, or that leans on a staff, or that falls on the sword, or that lacks bread. -- 2 samuel 3:29 +. +So Joab, and Abishai his brother slew Abner, because he had slain their brother Asahel at Gibeon in the battle. -- 2 samuel 3:30 +. +And David said to Joab, and to all the people that were with him, Rend your clothes, and gird you with sackcloth, and mourn before Abner. And king David himself followed the bier. -- 2 samuel 3:31 +. +And they buried Abner in Hebron: and the king lifted up his voice, and wept at the grave of Abner; and all the people wept. -- 2 samuel 3:32 +. +And the king lamented over Abner, and said, Died Abner as a fool dies? -- 2 samuel 3:33 +. +Your hands were not bound, nor your feet put into fetters: as a man falls before wicked men, so fell you. And all the people wept again over him. -- 2 samuel 3:34 +. +And when all the people came to cause David to eat meat while it was yet day, David swore, saying, So do God to me, and more also, if I taste bread, or ought else, till the sun be down. -- 2 samuel 3:35 +. +And all the people took notice of it, and it pleased them: as whatever the king did pleased all the people. -- 2 samuel 3:36 +. +For all the people and all Israel understood that day that it was not of the king to slay Abner the son of Ner. -- 2 samuel 3:37 +. +And the king said to his servants, Know you not that there is a prince and a great man fallen this day in Israel? -- 2 samuel 3:38 +. +And I am this day weak, though anointed king; and these men the sons of Zeruiah be too hard for me: the LORD shall reward the doer of evil according to his wickedness. -- 2 samuel 3:39 +. +And when Saul' son heard that Abner was dead in Hebron, his hands were feeble, and all the Israelites were troubled. -- 2 samuel 4:1 +. +And Saul' son had two men that were captains of bands: the name of the one was Baanah, and the name of the other Rechab, the sons of Rimmon a Beerothite, of the children of Benjamin: (for Beeroth also was reckoned to Benjamin. -- 2 samuel 4:2 +. +And the Beerothites fled to Gittaim, and were sojourners there until this day.) -- 2 samuel 4:3 +. +And Jonathan, Saul' son, had a son that was lame of his feet. He was five years old when the tidings came of Saul and Jonathan out of Jezreel, and his nurse took him up, and fled: and it came to pass, as she made haste to flee, that he fell, and became lame. And his name was Mephibosheth. -- 2 samuel 4:4 +. +And the sons of Rimmon the Beerothite, Rechab and Baanah, went, and came about the heat of the day to the house of Ishbosheth, who lay on a bed at noon. -- 2 samuel 4:5 +. +And they came thither into the middle of the house, as though they would have fetched wheat; and they smote him under the fifth rib: and Rechab and Baanah his brother escaped. -- 2 samuel 4:6 +. +For when they came into the house, he lay on his bed in his bedchamber, and they smote him, and slew him, and beheaded him, and took his head, and got them away through the plain all night. -- 2 samuel 4:7 +. +And they brought the head of Ishbosheth to David to Hebron, and said to the king, Behold the head of Ishbosheth the son of Saul your enemy, which sought your life; and the LORD has avenged my lord the king this day of Saul, and of his seed. -- 2 samuel 4:8 +. +And David answered Rechab and Baanah his brother, the sons of Rimmon the Beerothite, and said to them, As the LORD lives, who has redeemed my soul out of all adversity, -- 2 samuel 4:9 +. +When one told me, saying, Behold, Saul is dead, thinking to have brought good tidings, I took hold of him, and slew him in Ziklag, who thought that I would have given him a reward for his tidings: -- 2 samuel 4:10 +. +How much more, when wicked men have slain a righteous person in his own house on his bed? shall I not therefore now require his blood of your hand, and take you away from the earth? -- 2 samuel 4:11 +. +And David commanded his young men, and they slew them, and cut off their hands and their feet, and hanged them up over the pool in Hebron. But they took the head of Ishbosheth, and buried it in the sepulcher of Abner in Hebron. -- 2 samuel 4:12 +. +Then came all the tribes of Israel to David to Hebron, and spoke, saying, Behold, we are your bone and your flesh. -- 2 samuel 5:1 +. +Also in time past, when Saul was king over us, you were he that led out and brought in Israel: and the LORD said to you, You shall feed my people Israel, and you shall be a captain over Israel. -- 2 samuel 5:2 +. +So all the elders of Israel came to the king to Hebron; and king David made a league with them in Hebron before the LORD: and they anointed David king over Israel. -- 2 samuel 5:3 +. +David was thirty years old when he began to reign, and he reigned forty years. -- 2 samuel 5:4 +. +In Hebron he reigned over Judah seven years and six months: and in Jerusalem he reigned thirty and three years over all Israel and Judah. -- 2 samuel 5:5 +. +And the king and his men went to Jerusalem to the Jebusites, the inhabitants of the land: which spoke to David, saying, Except you take away the blind and the lame, you shall not come in here: thinking, David cannot come in here. -- 2 samuel 5:6 +. +Nevertheless David took the strong hold of Zion: the same is the city of David. -- 2 samuel 5:7 +. +And David said on that day, Whoever gets up to the gutter, and smites the Jebusites, and the lame and the blind that are hated of David' soul, he shall be chief and captain. Why they said, The blind and the lame shall not come into the house. -- 2 samuel 5:8 +. +So David dwelled in the fort, and called it the city of David. And David built round about from Millo and inward. -- 2 samuel 5:9 +. +And David went on, and grew great, and the LORD God of hosts was with him. -- 2 samuel 5:10 +. +And Hiram king of Tyre sent messengers to David, and cedar trees, and carpenters, and masons: and they built David an house. -- 2 samuel 5:11 +. +And David perceived that the LORD had established him king over Israel, and that he had exalted his kingdom for his people Israel' sake. -- 2 samuel 5:12 +. +And David took him more concubines and wives out of Jerusalem, after he was come from Hebron: and there were yet sons and daughters born to David. -- 2 samuel 5:13 +. +And these be the names of those that were born to him in Jerusalem; Shammuah, and Shobab, and Nathan, and Solomon, -- 2 samuel 5:14 +. +Ibhar also, and Elishua, and Nepheg, and Japhia, -- 2 samuel 5:15 +. +And Elishama, and Eliada, and Eliphalet. -- 2 samuel 5:16 +. +But when the Philistines heard that they had anointed David king over Israel, all the Philistines came up to seek David; and David heard of it, and went down to the hold. -- 2 samuel 5:17 +. +The Philistines also came and spread themselves in the valley of Rephaim. -- 2 samuel 5:18 +. +And David inquired of the LORD, saying, Shall I go up to the Philistines? will you deliver them into my hand? And the LORD said to David, Go up: for I will doubtless deliver the Philistines into your hand. -- 2 samuel 5:19 +. +And David came to Baalperazim, and David smote them there, and said, The LORD has broken forth on my enemies before me, as the breach of waters. Therefore he called the name of that place Baalperazim. -- 2 samuel 5:20 +. +And there they left their images, and David and his men burned them. -- 2 samuel 5:21 +. +And the Philistines came up yet again, and spread themselves in the valley of Rephaim. -- 2 samuel 5:22 +. +And when David inquired of the LORD, he said, You shall not go up; but fetch a compass behind them, and come on them over against the mulberry trees. -- 2 samuel 5:23 +. +And let it be, when you hear the sound of a going in the tops of the mulberry trees, that then you shall bestir yourself: for then shall the LORD go out before you, to smite the host of the Philistines. -- 2 samuel 5:24 +. +And David did so, as the LORD had commanded him; and smote the Philistines from Geba until you come to Gazer. -- 2 samuel 5:25 +. +Again, David gathered together all the chosen men of Israel, thirty thousand. -- 2 samuel 6:1 +. +And David arose, and went with all the people that were with him from Baale of Judah, to bring up from there the ark of God, whose name is called by the name of the LORD of hosts that dwells between the cherubim. -- 2 samuel 6:2 +. +And they set the ark of God on a new cart, and brought it out of the house of Abinadab that was in Gibeah: and Uzzah and Ahio, the sons of Abinadab, drove the new cart. -- 2 samuel 6:3 +. +And they brought it out of the house of Abinadab which was at Gibeah, accompanying the ark of God: and Ahio went before the ark. -- 2 samuel 6:4 +. +And David and all the house of Israel played before the LORD on all manner of instruments made of fir wood, even on harps, and on psalteries, and on tambourines, and on cornets, and on cymbals. -- 2 samuel 6:5 +. +And when they came to Nachon' threshing floor, Uzzah put forth his hand to the ark of God, and took hold of it; for the oxen shook it. -- 2 samuel 6:6 +. +And the anger of the LORD was kindled against Uzzah; and God smote him there for his error; and there he died by the ark of God. -- 2 samuel 6:7 +. +And David was displeased, because the LORD had made a breach on Uzzah: and he called the name of the place Perezuzzah to this day. -- 2 samuel 6:8 +. +And David was afraid of the LORD that day, and said, How shall the ark of the LORD come to me? -- 2 samuel 6:9 +. +So David would not remove the ark of the LORD to him into the city of David: but David carried it aside into the house of Obededom the Gittite. -- 2 samuel 6:10 +. +And the ark of the LORD continued in the house of Obededom the Gittite three months: and the LORD blessed Obededom, and all his household. -- 2 samuel 6:11 +. +And it was told king David, saying, The LORD has blessed the house of Obededom, and all that pertains to him, because of the ark of God. So David went and brought up the ark of God from the house of Obededom into the city of David with gladness. -- 2 samuel 6:12 +. +And it was so, that when they that bore the ark of the LORD had gone six paces, he sacrificed oxen and fatted calves. -- 2 samuel 6:13 +. +And David danced before the LORD with all his might; and David was girded with a linen ephod. -- 2 samuel 6:14 +. +So David and all the house of Israel brought up the ark of the LORD with shouting, and with the sound of the trumpet. -- 2 samuel 6:15 +. +And as the ark of the LORD came into the city of David, Michal Saul' daughter looked through a window, and saw king David leaping and dancing before the LORD; and she despised him in her heart. -- 2 samuel 6:16 +. +And they brought in the ark of the LORD, and set it in his place, in the middle of the tabernacle that David had pitched for it: and David offered burnt offerings and peace offerings before the LORD. -- 2 samuel 6:17 +. +And as soon as David had made an end of offering burnt offerings and peace offerings, he blessed the people in the name of the LORD of hosts. -- 2 samuel 6:18 +. +And he dealt among all the people, even among the whole multitude of Israel, as well to the women as men, to every one a cake of bread, and a good piece of flesh, and a flagon of wine. So all the people departed every one to his house. -- 2 samuel 6:19 +. +Then David returned to bless his household. And Michal the daughter of Saul came out to meet David, and said, How glorious was the king of Israel to day, who uncovered himself to day in the eyes of the handmaids of his servants, as one of the vain fellows shamelessly uncovers himself! -- 2 samuel 6:20 +. +And David said to Michal, It was before the LORD, which chose me before your father, and before all his house, to appoint me ruler over the people of the LORD, over Israel: therefore will I play before the LORD. -- 2 samuel 6:21 +. +And I will yet be more vile than thus, and will be base in my own sight: and of the maidservants which you have spoken of, of them shall I be had in honor. -- 2 samuel 6:22 +. +Therefore Michal the daughter of Saul had no child to the day of her death. -- 2 samuel 6:23 +. +And it came to pass, when the king sat in his house, and the LORD had given him rest round about from all his enemies; -- 2 samuel 7:1 +. +That the king said to Nathan the prophet, See now, I dwell in an house of cedar, but the ark of God dwells within curtains. -- 2 samuel 7:2 +. +And Nathan said to the king, Go, do all that is in your heart; for the LORD is with you. -- 2 samuel 7:3 +. +And it came to pass that night, that the word of the LORD came to Nathan, saying, -- 2 samuel 7:4 +. +Go and tell my servant David, Thus said the LORD, Shall you build me an house for me to dwell in? -- 2 samuel 7:5 +. +Whereas I have not dwelled in any house since the time that I brought up the children of Israel out of Egypt, even to this day, but have walked in a tent and in a tabernacle. -- 2 samuel 7:6 +. +In all the places wherein I have walked with all the children of Israel spoke I a word with any of the tribes of Israel, whom I commanded to feed my people Israel, saying, Why build you not me an house of cedar? -- 2 samuel 7:7 +. +Now therefore so shall you say to my servant David, Thus said the LORD of hosts, I took you from the sheepcote, from following the sheep, to be ruler over my people, over Israel: -- 2 samuel 7:8 +. +And I was with you wherever you went, and have cut off all your enemies out of your sight, and have made you a great name, like to the name of the great men that are in the earth. -- 2 samuel 7:9 +. +Moreover I will appoint a place for my people Israel, and will plant them, that they may dwell in a place of their own, and move no more; neither shall the children of wickedness afflict them any more, as beforetime, -- 2 samuel 7:10 +. +And as since the time that I commanded judges to be over my people Israel, and have caused you to rest from all your enemies. Also the LORD tells you that he will make you an house. -- 2 samuel 7:11 +. +And when your days be fulfilled, and you shall sleep with your fathers, I will set up your seed after you, which shall proceed out of your bowels, and I will establish his kingdom. -- 2 samuel 7:12 +. +He shall build an house for my name, and I will establish the throne of his kingdom for ever. -- 2 samuel 7:13 +. +I will be his father, and he shall be my son. If he commit iniquity, I will chasten him with the rod of men, and with the stripes of the children of men: -- 2 samuel 7:14 +. +But my mercy shall not depart away from him, as I took it from Saul, whom I put away before you. -- 2 samuel 7:15 +. +And your house and your kingdom shall be established for ever before you: your throne shall be established for ever. -- 2 samuel 7:16 +. +According to all these words, and according to all this vision, so did Nathan speak to David. -- 2 samuel 7:17 +. +Then went king David in, and sat before the LORD, and he said, Who am I, O Lord GOD? and what is my house, that you have brought me till now? -- 2 samuel 7:18 +. +And this was yet a small thing in your sight, O Lord GOD; but you have spoken also of your servant' house for a great while to come. And is this the manner of man, O Lord GOD? -- 2 samuel 7:19 +. +And what can David say more to you? for you, Lord GOD, know your servant. -- 2 samuel 7:20 +. +For your word' sake, and according to your own heart, have you done all these great things, to make your servant know them. -- 2 samuel 7:21 +. +Why you are great, O LORD God: for there is none like you, neither is there any God beside you, according to all that we have heard with our ears. -- 2 samuel 7:22 +. +And what one nation in the earth is like your people, even like Israel, whom God went to redeem for a people to himself, and to make him a name, and to do for you great things and terrible, for your land, before your people, which you redeemed to you from Egypt, from the nations and their gods? -- 2 samuel 7:23 +. +For you have confirmed to yourself your people Israel to be a people to you for ever: and you, LORD, are become their God. -- 2 samuel 7:24 +. +And now, O LORD God, the word that you have spoken concerning your servant, and concerning his house, establish it for ever, and do as you have said. -- 2 samuel 7:25 +. +And let your name be magnified for ever, saying, The LORD of hosts is the God over Israel: and let the house of your servant David be established before you. -- 2 samuel 7:26 +. +For you, O LORD of hosts, God of Israel, have revealed to your servant, saying, I will build you an house: therefore has your servant found in his heart to pray this prayer to you. -- 2 samuel 7:27 +. +And now, O Lord GOD, you are that God, and your words be true, and you have promised this goodness to your servant: -- 2 samuel 7:28 +. +Therefore now let it please you to bless the house of your servant, that it may continue for ever before you: for you, O Lord GOD, have spoken it: and with your blessing let the house of your servant be blessed for ever. -- 2 samuel 7:29 +. +And after this it came to pass that David smote the Philistines, and subdued them: and David took Methegammah out of the hand of the Philistines. -- 2 samuel 8:1 +. +And he smote Moab, and measured them with a line, casting them down to the ground; even with two lines measured he to put to death, and with one full line to keep alive. And so the Moabites became David' servants, and brought gifts. -- 2 samuel 8:2 +. +David smote also Hadadezer, the son of Rehob, king of Zobah, as he went to recover his border at the river Euphrates. -- 2 samuel 8:3 +. +And David took from him a thousand chariots, and seven hundred horsemen, and twenty thousand footmen: and David hamstrung all the chariot horses, but reserved of them for an hundred chariots. -- 2 samuel 8:4 +. +And when the Syrians of Damascus came to succor Hadadezer king of Zobah, David slew of the Syrians two and twenty thousand men. -- 2 samuel 8:5 +. +Then David put garrisons in Syria of Damascus: and the Syrians became servants to David, and brought gifts. And the LORD preserved David wherever he went. -- 2 samuel 8:6 +. +And David took the shields of gold that were on the servants of Hadadezer, and brought them to Jerusalem. -- 2 samuel 8:7 +. +And from Betah, and from Berothai, cities of Hadadezer, king David took exceeding much brass. -- 2 samuel 8:8 +. +When Toi king of Hamath heard that David had smitten all the host of Hadadezer, -- 2 samuel 8:9 +. +Then Toi sent Joram his son to king David, to salute him, and to bless him, because he had fought against Hadadezer, and smitten him: for Hadadezer had wars with Toi. And Joram brought with him vessels of silver, and vessels of gold, and vessels of brass: -- 2 samuel 8:10 +. +Which also king David did dedicate to the LORD, with the silver and gold that he had dedicated of all nations which he subdued; -- 2 samuel 8:11 +. +Of Syria, and of Moab, and of the children of Ammon, and of the Philistines, and of Amalek, and of the spoil of Hadadezer, son of Rehob, king of Zobah. -- 2 samuel 8:12 +. +And David got him a name when he returned from smiting of the Syrians in the valley of salt, being eighteen thousand men. -- 2 samuel 8:13 +. +And he put garrisons in Edom; throughout all Edom put he garrisons, and all they of Edom became David' servants. And the LORD preserved David wherever he went. -- 2 samuel 8:14 +. +And David reigned over all Israel; and David executed judgment and justice to all his people. -- 2 samuel 8:15 +. +And Joab the son of Zeruiah was over the host; and Jehoshaphat the son of Ahilud was recorder; -- 2 samuel 8:16 +. +And Zadok the son of Ahitub, and Ahimelech the son of Abiathar, were the priests; and Seraiah was the scribe; -- 2 samuel 8:17 +. +And Benaiah the son of Jehoiada was over both the Cherethites and the Pelethites; and David' sons were chief rulers. -- 2 samuel 8:18 +. +And David said, Is there yet any that is left of the house of Saul, that I may show him kindness for Jonathan' sake? -- 2 samuel 9:1 +. +And there was of the house of Saul a servant whose name was Ziba. And when they had called him to David, the king said to him, Are you Ziba? And he said, Your servant is he. -- 2 samuel 9:2 +. +And the king said, Is there not yet any of the house of Saul, that I may show the kindness of God to him? And Ziba said to the king, Jonathan has yet a son, which is lame on his feet. -- 2 samuel 9:3 +. +And the king said to him, Where is he? And Ziba said to the king, Behold, he is in the house of Machir, the son of Ammiel, in Lodebar. -- 2 samuel 9:4 +. +Then king David sent, and fetched him out of the house of Machir, the son of Ammiel, from Lodebar. -- 2 samuel 9:5 +. +Now when Mephibosheth, the son of Jonathan, the son of Saul, was come to David, he fell on his face, and did reverence. And David said, Mephibosheth. And he answered, Behold your servant! -- 2 samuel 9:6 +. +And David said to him, Fear not: for I will surely show you kindness for Jonathan your father' sake, and will restore you all the land of Saul your father; and you shall eat bread at my table continually. -- 2 samuel 9:7 +. +And he bowed himself, and said, What is your servant, that you should look on such a dead dog as I am? -- 2 samuel 9:8 +. +Then the king called to Ziba, Saul' servant, and said to him, I have given to your master' son all that pertained to Saul and to all his house. -- 2 samuel 9:9 +. +You therefore, and your sons, and your servants, shall till the land for him, and you shall bring in the fruits, that your master' son may have food to eat: but Mephibosheth your master' son shall eat bread always at my table. Now Ziba had fifteen sons and twenty servants. -- 2 samuel 9:10 +. +Then said Ziba to the king, According to all that my lord the king has commanded his servant, so shall your servant do. As for Mephibosheth, said the king, he shall eat at my table, as one of the king' sons. -- 2 samuel 9:11 +. +And Mephibosheth had a young son, whose name was Micha. And all that dwelled in the house of Ziba were servants to Mephibosheth. -- 2 samuel 9:12 +. +So Mephibosheth dwelled in Jerusalem: for he did eat continually at the king' table; and was lame on both his feet. -- 2 samuel 9:13 +. +And it came to pass after this, that the king of the children of Ammon died, and Hanun his son reigned in his stead. -- 2 samuel 10:1 +. +Then said David, I will show kindness to Hanun the son of Nahash, as his father showed kindness to me. And David sent to comfort him by the hand of his servants for his father. And David' servants came into the land of the children of Ammon. -- 2 samuel 10:2 +. +And the princes of the children of Ammon said to Hanun their lord, Think you that David does honor your father, that he has sent comforters to you? has not David rather sent his servants to you, to search the city, and to spy it out, and to overthrow it? -- 2 samuel 10:3 +. +Why Hanun took David' servants, and shaved off the one half of their beards, and cut off their garments in the middle, even to their buttocks, and sent them away. -- 2 samuel 10:4 +. +When they told it to David, he sent to meet them, because the men were greatly ashamed: and the king said, Tarry at Jericho until your beards be grown, and then return. -- 2 samuel 10:5 +. +And when the children of Ammon saw that they stank before David, the children of Ammon sent and hired the Syrians of Bethrehob and the Syrians of Zoba, twenty thousand footmen, and of king Maacah a thousand men, and of Ishtob twelve thousand men. -- 2 samuel 10:6 +. +And when David heard of it, he sent Joab, and all the host of the mighty men. -- 2 samuel 10:7 +. +And the children of Ammon came out, and put the battle in array at the entering in of the gate: and the Syrians of Zoba, and of Rehob, and Ishtob, and Maacah, were by themselves in the field. -- 2 samuel 10:8 +. +When Joab saw that the front of the battle was against him before and behind, he chose of all the choice men of Israel, and put them in array against the Syrians: -- 2 samuel 10:9 +. +And the rest of the people he delivered into the hand of Abishai his brother, that he might put them in array against the children of Ammon. -- 2 samuel 10:10 +. +And he said, If the Syrians be too strong for me, then you shall help me: but if the children of Ammon be too strong for you, then I will come and help you. -- 2 samuel 10:11 +. +Be of good courage, and let us play the men for our people, and for the cities of our God: and the LORD do that which seems him good. -- 2 samuel 10:12 +. +And Joab drew near, and the people that were with him, to the battle against the Syrians: and they fled before him. -- 2 samuel 10:13 +. +And when the children of Ammon saw that the Syrians were fled, then fled they also before Abishai, and entered into the city. So Joab returned from the children of Ammon, and came to Jerusalem. -- 2 samuel 10:14 +. +And when the Syrians saw that they were smitten before Israel, they gathered themselves together. -- 2 samuel 10:15 +. +And Hadarezer sent, and brought out the Syrians that were beyond the river: and they came to Helam; and Shobach the captain of the host of Hadarezer went before them. -- 2 samuel 10:16 +. +And when it was told David, he gathered all Israel together, and passed over Jordan, and came to Helam. And the Syrians set themselves in array against David, and fought with him. -- 2 samuel 10:17 +. +And the Syrians fled before Israel; and David slew the men of seven hundred chariots of the Syrians, and forty thousand horsemen, and smote Shobach the captain of their host, who died there. -- 2 samuel 10:18 +. +And when all the kings that were servants to Hadarezer saw that they were smitten before Israel, they made peace with Israel, and served them. So the Syrians feared to help the children of Ammon any more. -- 2 samuel 10:19 +. +And it came to pass, after the year was expired, at the time when kings go forth to battle, that David sent Joab, and his servants with him, and all Israel; and they destroyed the children of Ammon, and besieged Rabbah. But David tarried still at Jerusalem. -- 2 samuel 11:1 +. +And it came to pass in an evening, that David arose from off his bed, and walked on the roof of the king' house: and from the roof he saw a woman washing herself; and the woman was very beautiful to look on. -- 2 samuel 11:2 +. +And David sent and inquired after the woman. And one said, Is not this Bathsheba, the daughter of Eliam, the wife of Uriah the Hittite? -- 2 samuel 11:3 +. +And David sent messengers, and took her; and she came in to him, and he lay with her; for she was purified from her uncleanness: and she returned to her house. -- 2 samuel 11:4 +. +And the woman conceived, and sent and told David, and said, I am with child. -- 2 samuel 11:5 +. +And David sent to Joab, saying, Send me Uriah the Hittite. And Joab sent Uriah to David. -- 2 samuel 11:6 +. +And when Uriah was come to him, David demanded of him how Joab did, and how the people did, and how the war prospered. -- 2 samuel 11:7 +. +And David said to Uriah, Go down to your house, and wash your feet. And Uriah departed out of the king' house, and there followed him a mess of meat from the king. -- 2 samuel 11:8 +. +But Uriah slept at the door of the king' house with all the servants of his lord, and went not down to his house. -- 2 samuel 11:9 +. +And when they had told David, saying, Uriah went not down to his house, David said to Uriah, Came you not from your journey? why then did you not go down to your house? -- 2 samuel 11:10 +. +And Uriah said to David, The ark, and Israel, and Judah, abide in tents; and my lord Joab, and the servants of my lord, are encamped in the open fields; shall I then go into my house, to eat and to drink, and to lie with my wife? as you live, and as your soul lives, I will not do this thing. -- 2 samuel 11:11 +. +And David said to Uriah, Tarry here to day also, and to morrow I will let you depart. So Uriah stayed in Jerusalem that day, and the morrow. -- 2 samuel 11:12 +. +And when David had called him, he did eat and drink before him; and he made him drunk: and at even he went out to lie on his bed with the servants of his lord, but went not down to his house. -- 2 samuel 11:13 +. +And it came to pass in the morning, that David wrote a letter to Joab, and sent it by the hand of Uriah. -- 2 samuel 11:14 +. +And he wrote in the letter, saying, Set you Uriah in the forefront of the hottest battle, and retire you from him, that he may be smitten, and die. -- 2 samuel 11:15 +. +And it came to pass, when Joab observed the city, that he assigned Uriah to a place where he knew that valiant men were. -- 2 samuel 11:16 +. +And the men of the city went out, and fought with Joab: and there fell some of the people of the servants of David; and Uriah the Hittite died also. -- 2 samuel 11:17 +. +Then Joab sent and told David all the things concerning the war; -- 2 samuel 11:18 +. +And charged the messenger, saying, When you have made an end of telling the matters of the war to the king, -- 2 samuel 11:19 +. +And if so be that the king' wrath arise, and he say to you, Why approached you so near to the city when you did fight? knew you not that they would shoot from the wall? -- 2 samuel 11:20 +. +Who smote Abimelech the son of Jerubbesheth? did not a woman cast a piece of a millstone on him from the wall, that he died in Thebez? why went you near the wall? then say you, Your servant Uriah the Hittite is dead also. -- 2 samuel 11:21 +. +So the messenger went, and came and showed David all that Joab had sent him for. -- 2 samuel 11:22 +. +And the messenger said to David, Surely the men prevailed against us, and came out to us into the field, and we were on them even to the entering of the gate. -- 2 samuel 11:23 +. +And the shooters shot from off the wall on your servants; and some of the king' servants be dead, and your servant Uriah the Hittite is dead also. -- 2 samuel 11:24 +. +Then David said to the messenger, Thus shall you say to Joab, Let not this thing displease you, for the sword devours one as well as another: make your battle more strong against the city, and overthrow it: and encourage you him. -- 2 samuel 11:25 +. +And when the wife of Uriah heard that Uriah her husband was dead, she mourned for her husband. -- 2 samuel 11:26 +. +And when the mourning was past, David sent and fetched her to his house, and she became his wife, and bore him a son. But the thing that David had done displeased the LORD. -- 2 samuel 11:27 +. +And the LORD sent Nathan to David. And he came to him, and said to him, There were two men in one city; the one rich, and the other poor. -- 2 samuel 12:1 +. +The rich man had exceeding many flocks and herds: -- 2 samuel 12:2 +. +But the poor man had nothing, save one little ewe lamb, which he had bought and nourished up: and it grew up together with him, and with his children; it did eat of his own meat, and drank of his own cup, and lay in his bosom, and was to him as a daughter. -- 2 samuel 12:3 +. +And there came a travelers to the rich man, and he spared to take of his own flock and of his own herd, to dress for the wayfaring man that was come to him; but took the poor man' lamb, and dressed it for the man that was come to him. -- 2 samuel 12:4 +. +And David' anger was greatly kindled against the man; and he said to Nathan, As the LORD lives, the man that has done this thing shall surely die: -- 2 samuel 12:5 +. +And he shall restore the lamb fourfold, because he did this thing, and because he had no pity. -- 2 samuel 12:6 +. +And Nathan said to David, You are the man. Thus said the LORD God of Israel, I anointed you king over Israel, and I delivered you out of the hand of Saul; -- 2 samuel 12:7 +. +And I gave you your master' house, and your master' wives into your bosom, and gave you the house of Israel and of Judah; and if that had been too little, I would moreover have given to you such and such things. -- 2 samuel 12:8 +. +Why have you despised the commandment of the LORD, to do evil in his sight? you have killed Uriah the Hittite with the sword, and have taken his wife to be your wife, and have slain him with the sword of the children of Ammon. -- 2 samuel 12:9 +. +Now therefore the sword shall never depart from your house; because you have despised me, and have taken the wife of Uriah the Hittite to be your wife. -- 2 samuel 12:10 +. +Thus said the LORD, Behold, I will raise up evil against you out of your own house, and I will take your wives before your eyes, and give them to your neighbor, and he shall lie with your wives in the sight of this sun. -- 2 samuel 12:11 +. +For you did it secretly: but I will do this thing before all Israel, and before the sun. -- 2 samuel 12:12 +. +And David said to Nathan, I have sinned against the LORD. And Nathan said to David, The LORD also has put away your sin; you shall not die. -- 2 samuel 12:13 +. +However,, because by this deed you have given great occasion to the enemies of the LORD to blaspheme, the child also that is born to you shall surely die. -- 2 samuel 12:14 +. +And Nathan departed to his house. And the LORD struck the child that Uriah' wife bore to David, and it was very sick. -- 2 samuel 12:15 +. +David therefore sought God for the child; and David fasted, and went in, and lay all night on the earth. -- 2 samuel 12:16 +. +And the elders of his house arose, and went to him, to raise him up from the earth: but he would not, neither did he eat bread with them. -- 2 samuel 12:17 +. +And it came to pass on the seventh day, that the child died. And the servants of David feared to tell him that the child was dead: for they said, Behold, while the child was yet alive, we spoke to him, and he would not listen to our voice: how will he then vex himself, if we tell him that the child is dead? -- 2 samuel 12:18 +. +But when David saw that his servants whispered, David perceived that the child was dead: therefore David said to his servants, Is the child dead? And they said, He is dead. -- 2 samuel 12:19 +. +Then David arose from the earth, and washed, and anointed himself, and changed his apparel, and came into the house of the LORD, and worshipped: then he came to his own house; and when he required, they set bread before him, and he did eat. -- 2 samuel 12:20 +. +Then said his servants to him, What thing is this that you have done? you did fast and weep for the child, while it was alive; but when the child was dead, you did rise and eat bread. -- 2 samuel 12:21 +. +And he said, While the child was yet alive, I fasted and wept: for I said, Who can tell whether GOD will be gracious to me, that the child may live? -- 2 samuel 12:22 +. +But now he is dead, why should I fast? can I bring him back again? I shall go to him, but he shall not return to me. -- 2 samuel 12:23 +. +And David comforted Bathsheba his wife, and went in to her, and lay with her: and she bore a son, and he called his name Solomon: and the LORD loved him. -- 2 samuel 12:24 +. +And he sent by the hand of Nathan the prophet; and he called his name Jedidiah, because of the LORD. -- 2 samuel 12:25 +. +And Joab fought against Rabbah of the children of Ammon, and took the royal city. -- 2 samuel 12:26 +. +And Joab sent messengers to David, and said, I have fought against Rabbah, and have taken the city of waters. -- 2 samuel 12:27 +. +Now therefore gather the rest of the people together, and encamp against the city, and take it: lest I take the city, and it be called after my name. -- 2 samuel 12:28 +. +And David gathered all the people together, and went to Rabbah, and fought against it, and took it. -- 2 samuel 12:29 +. +And he took their king' crown from off his head, the weight whereof was a talent of gold with the precious stones: and it was set on David' head. And he brought forth the spoil of the city in great abundance. -- 2 samuel 12:30 +. +And he brought forth the people that were therein, and put them under saws, and under harrows of iron, and under axes of iron, and made them pass through the brick-kiln: and thus did he to all the cities of the children of Ammon. So David and all the people returned to Jerusalem. -- 2 samuel 12:31 +. +And it came to pass after this, that Absalom the son of David had a fair sister, whose name was Tamar; and Amnon the son of David loved her. -- 2 samuel 13:1 +. +And Amnon was so vexed, that he fell sick for his sister Tamar; for she was a virgin; and Amnon thought it hard for him to do anything to her. -- 2 samuel 13:2 +. +But Amnon had a friend, whose name was Jonadab, the son of Shimeah David' brother: and Jonadab was a very subtle man. -- 2 samuel 13:3 +. +And he said to him, Why are you, being the king' son, lean from day to day? will you not tell me? And Amnon said to him, I love Tamar, my brother Absalom' sister. -- 2 samuel 13:4 +. +And Jonadab said to him, Lay you down on your bed, and make yourself sick: and when your father comes to see you, say to him, I pray you, let my sister Tamar come, and give me meat, and dress the meat in my sight, that I may see it, and eat it at her hand. -- 2 samuel 13:5 +. +So Amnon lay down, and made himself sick: and when the king was come to see him, Amnon said to the king, I pray you, let Tamar my sister come, and make me a couple of cakes in my sight, that I may eat at her hand. -- 2 samuel 13:6 +. +Then David sent home to Tamar, saying, Go now to your brother Amnon' house, and dress him meat. -- 2 samuel 13:7 +. +So Tamar went to her brother Amnon' house; and he was laid down. And she took flour, and kneaded it, and made cakes in his sight, and did bake the cakes. -- 2 samuel 13:8 +. +And she took a pan, and poured them out before him; but he refused to eat. And Amnon said, Have out all men from me. And they went out every man from him. -- 2 samuel 13:9 +. +And Amnon said to Tamar, Bring the meat into the chamber, that I may eat of your hand. And Tamar took the cakes which she had made, and brought them into the chamber to Amnon her brother. -- 2 samuel 13:10 +. +And when she had brought them to him to eat, he took hold of her, and said to her, Come lie with me, my sister. -- 2 samuel 13:11 +. +And she answered him, No, my brother, do not force me; for no such thing ought to be done in Israel: do not you this folly. -- 2 samuel 13:12 +. +And I, where shall I cause my shame to go? and as for you, you shall be as one of the fools in Israel. Now therefore, I pray you, speak to the king; for he will not withhold me from you. -- 2 samuel 13:13 +. +However, he would not listen to her voice: but, being stronger than she, forced her, and lay with her. -- 2 samuel 13:14 +. +Then Amnon hated her exceedingly; so that the hatred with which he hated her was greater than the love with which he had loved her. And Amnon said to her, Arise, be gone. -- 2 samuel 13:15 +. +And she said to him, There is no cause: this evil in sending me away is greater than the other that you did to me. But he would not listen to her. -- 2 samuel 13:16 +. +Then he called his servant that ministered to him, and said, Put now this woman out from me, and bolt the door after her. -- 2 samuel 13:17 +. +And she had a garment of divers colors on her: for with such robes were the king' daughters that were virgins appareled. Then his servant brought her out, and bolted the door after her. -- 2 samuel 13:18 +. +And Tamar put ashes on her head, and rent her garment of divers colors that was on her, and laid her hand on her head, and went on crying. -- 2 samuel 13:19 +. +And Absalom her brother said to her, Has Amnon your brother been with you? but hold now your peace, my sister: he is your brother; regard not this thing. So Tamar remained desolate in her brother Absalom' house. -- 2 samuel 13:20 +. +But when king David heard of all these things, he was very wroth. -- 2 samuel 13:21 +. +And Absalom spoke to his brother Amnon neither good nor bad: for Absalom hated Amnon, because he had forced his sister Tamar. -- 2 samuel 13:22 +. +And it came to pass after two full years, that Absalom had sheep shearers in Baalhazor, which is beside Ephraim: and Absalom invited all the king' sons. -- 2 samuel 13:23 +. +And Absalom came to the king, and said, Behold now, your servant has sheep shearers; let the king, I beseech you, and his servants go with your servant. -- 2 samuel 13:24 +. +And the king said to Absalom, No, my son, let us not all now go, lest we be chargeable to you. And he pressed him: however, he would not go, but blessed him. -- 2 samuel 13:25 +. +Then said Absalom, If not, I pray you, let my brother Amnon go with us. And the king said to him, Why should he go with you? -- 2 samuel 13:26 +. +But Absalom pressed him, that he let Amnon and all the king' sons go with him. -- 2 samuel 13:27 +. +Now Absalom had commanded his servants, saying, Mark you now when Amnon' heart is merry with wine, and when I say to you, Smite Amnon; then kill him, fear not: have not I commanded you? be courageous, and be valiant. -- 2 samuel 13:28 +. +And the servants of Absalom did to Amnon as Absalom had commanded. Then all the king' sons arose, and every man got him up on his mule, and fled. -- 2 samuel 13:29 +. +And it came to pass, while they were in the way, that tidings came to David, saying, Absalom has slain all the king' sons, and there is not one of them left. -- 2 samuel 13:30 +. +Then the king arose, and tare his garments, and lay on the earth; and all his servants stood by with their clothes rent. -- 2 samuel 13:31 +. +And Jonadab, the son of Shimeah David' brother, answered and said, Let not my lord suppose that they have slain all the young men the king' sons; for Amnon only is dead: for by the appointment of Absalom this has been determined from the day that he forced his sister Tamar. -- 2 samuel 13:32 +. +Now therefore let not my lord the king take the thing to his heart, to think that all the king' sons are dead: for Amnon only is dead. -- 2 samuel 13:33 +. +But Absalom fled. And the young man that kept the watch lifted up his eyes, and looked, and, behold, there came much people by the way of the hill side behind him. -- 2 samuel 13:34 +. +And Jonadab said to the king, Behold, the king' sons come: as your servant said, so it is. -- 2 samuel 13:35 +. +And it came to pass, as soon as he had made an end of speaking, that, behold, the king' sons came, and lifted up their voice and wept: and the king also and all his servants wept very sore. -- 2 samuel 13:36 +. +But Absalom fled, and went to Talmai, the son of Ammihud, king of Geshur. And David mourned for his son every day. -- 2 samuel 13:37 +. +So Absalom fled, and went to Geshur, and was there three years. -- 2 samuel 13:38 +. +And the soul of king David longed to go forth to Absalom: for he was comforted concerning Amnon, seeing he was dead. -- 2 samuel 13:39 +. +Now Joab the son of Zeruiah perceived that the king' heart was toward Absalom. -- 2 samuel 14:1 +. +And Joab sent to Tekoah, and fetched there a wise woman, and said to her, I pray you, feign yourself to be a mourner, and put on now mourning apparel, and anoint not yourself with oil, but be as a woman that had a long time mourned for the dead: -- 2 samuel 14:2 +. +And come to the king, and speak on this manner to him. So Joab put the words in her mouth. -- 2 samuel 14:3 +. +And when the woman of Tekoah spoke to the king, she fell on her face to the ground, and did obeisance, and said, Help, O king. -- 2 samuel 14:4 +. +And the king said to her, What ails you? And she answered, I am indeed a widow woman, and my husband is dead. -- 2 samuel 14:5 +. +And your handmaid had two sons, and they two strove together in the field, and there was none to part them, but the one smote the other, and slew him. -- 2 samuel 14:6 +. +And, behold, the whole family is risen against your handmaid, and they said, Deliver him that smote his brother, that we may kill him, for the life of his brother whom he slew; and we will destroy the heir also: and so they shall quench my coal which is left, and shall not leave to my husband neither name nor remainder on the earth. -- 2 samuel 14:7 +. +And the king said to the woman, Go to your house, and I will give charge concerning you. -- 2 samuel 14:8 +. +And the woman of Tekoah said to the king, My lord, O king, the iniquity be on me, and on my father' house: and the king and his throne be guiltless. -- 2 samuel 14:9 +. +And the king said, Whoever said ought to you, bring him to me, and he shall not touch you any more. -- 2 samuel 14:10 +. +Then said she, I pray you, let the king remember the LORD your God, that you would not suffer the revengers of blood to destroy any more, lest they destroy my son. And he said, As the LORD lives, there shall not one hair of your son fall to the earth. -- 2 samuel 14:11 +. +Then the woman said, Let your handmaid, I pray you, speak one word to my lord the king. And he said, Say on. -- 2 samuel 14:12 +. +And the woman said, Why then have you thought such a thing against the people of God? for the king does speak this thing as one which is faulty, in that the king does not fetch home again his banished. -- 2 samuel 14:13 +. +For we must needs die, and are as water spilt on the ground, which cannot be gathered up again; neither does God respect any person: yet does he devise means, that his banished be not expelled from him. -- 2 samuel 14:14 +. +Now therefore that I am come to speak of this thing to my lord the king, it is because the people have made me afraid: and your handmaid said, I will now speak to the king; it may be that the king will perform the request of his handmaid. -- 2 samuel 14:15 +. +For the king will hear, to deliver his handmaid out of the hand of the man that would destroy me and my son together out of the inheritance of God. -- 2 samuel 14:16 +. +Then your handmaid said, The word of my lord the king shall now be comfortable: for as an angel of God, so is my lord the king to discern good and bad: therefore the LORD your God will be with you. -- 2 samuel 14:17 +. +Then the king answered and said to the woman, Hide not from me, I pray you, the thing that I shall ask you. And the woman said, Let my lord the king now speak. -- 2 samuel 14:18 +. +And the king said, Is not the hand of Joab with you in all this? And the woman answered and said, As your soul lives, my lord the king, none can turn to the right hand or to the left from ought that my lord the king has spoken: for your servant Joab, he bade me, and he put all these words in the mouth of your handmaid: -- 2 samuel 14:19 +. +To fetch about this form of speech has your servant Joab done this thing: and my lord is wise, according to the wisdom of an angel of God, to know all things that are in the earth. -- 2 samuel 14:20 +. +And the king said to Joab, Behold now, I have done this thing: go therefore, bring the young man Absalom again. -- 2 samuel 14:21 +. +And Joab fell to the ground on his face, and bowed himself, and thanked the king: and Joab said, To day your servant knows that I have found grace in your sight, my lord, O king, in that the king has fulfilled the request of his servant. -- 2 samuel 14:22 +. +So Joab arose and went to Geshur, and brought Absalom to Jerusalem. -- 2 samuel 14:23 +. +And the king said, Let him turn to his own house, and let him not see my face. So Absalom returned to his own house, and saw not the king' face. -- 2 samuel 14:24 +. +But in all Israel there was none to be so much praised as Absalom for his beauty: from the sole of his foot even to the crown of his head there was no blemish in him. -- 2 samuel 14:25 +. +And when he polled his head, (for it was at every year' end that he polled it: because the hair was heavy on him, therefore he polled it:) he weighed the hair of his head at two hundred shekels after the king' weight. -- 2 samuel 14:26 +. +And to Absalom there were born three sons, and one daughter, whose name was Tamar: she was a woman of a fair countenance. -- 2 samuel 14:27 +. +So Absalom dwelled two full years in Jerusalem, and saw not the king' face. -- 2 samuel 14:28 +. +Therefore Absalom sent for Joab, to have sent him to the king; but he would not come to him: and when he sent again the second time, he would not come. -- 2 samuel 14:29 +. +Therefore he said to his servants, See, Joab' field is near mine, and he has barley there; go and set it on fire. And Absalom' servants set the field on fire. -- 2 samuel 14:30 +. +Then Joab arose, and came to Absalom to his house, and said to him, Why have your servants set my field on fire? -- 2 samuel 14:31 +. +And Absalom answered Joab, Behold, I sent to you, saying, Come here, that I may send you to the king, to say, Why am I come from Geshur? it had been good for me to have been there still: now therefore let me see the king' face; and if there be any iniquity in me, let him kill me. -- 2 samuel 14:32 +. +So Joab came to the king, and told him: and when he had called for Absalom, he came to the king, and bowed himself on his face to the ground before the king: and the king kissed Absalom. -- 2 samuel 14:33 +. +And it came to pass after this, that Absalom prepared him chariots and horses, and fifty men to run before him. -- 2 samuel 15:1 +. +And Absalom rose up early, and stood beside the way of the gate: and it was so, that when any man that had a controversy came to the king for judgment, then Absalom called to him, and said, Of what city are you? And he said, Your servant is of one of the tribes of Israel. -- 2 samuel 15:2 +. +And Absalom said to him, See, your matters are good and right; but there is no man deputed of the king to hear you. -- 2 samuel 15:3 +. +Absalom said moreover, Oh that I were made judge in the land, that every man which has any suit or cause might come to me, and I would do him justice! -- 2 samuel 15:4 +. +And it was so, that when any man came near to him to do him obeisance, he put forth his hand, and took him, and kissed him. -- 2 samuel 15:5 +. +And on this manner did Absalom to all Israel that came to the king for judgment: so Absalom stole the hearts of the men of Israel. -- 2 samuel 15:6 +. +And it came to pass after forty years, that Absalom said to the king, I pray you, let me go and pay my vow, which I have vowed to the LORD, in Hebron. -- 2 samuel 15:7 +. +For your servant vowed a vow while I stayed at Geshur in Syria, saying, If the LORD shall bring me again indeed to Jerusalem, then I will serve the LORD. -- 2 samuel 15:8 +. +And the king said to him, Go in peace. So he arose, and went to Hebron. -- 2 samuel 15:9 +. +But Absalom sent spies throughout all the tribes of Israel, saying, As soon as you hear the sound of the trumpet, then you shall say, Absalom reigns in Hebron. -- 2 samuel 15:10 +. +And with Absalom went two hundred men out of Jerusalem, that were called; and they went in their simplicity, and they knew not any thing. -- 2 samuel 15:11 +. +And Absalom sent for Ahithophel the Gilonite, David' counselor, from his city, even from Giloh, while he offered sacrifices. And the conspiracy was strong; for the people increased continually with Absalom. -- 2 samuel 15:12 +. +And there came a messenger to David, saying, The hearts of the men of Israel are after Absalom. -- 2 samuel 15:13 +. +And David said to all his servants that were with him at Jerusalem, Arise, and let us flee; for we shall not else escape from Absalom: make speed to depart, lest he overtake us suddenly, and bring evil on us, and smite the city with the edge of the sword. -- 2 samuel 15:14 +. +And the king' servants said to the king, Behold, your servants are ready to do whatever my lord the king shall appoint. -- 2 samuel 15:15 +. +And the king went forth, and all his household after him. And the king left ten women, which were concubines, to keep the house. -- 2 samuel 15:16 +. +And the king went forth, and all the people after him, and tarried in a place that was far off. -- 2 samuel 15:17 +. +And all his servants passed on beside him; and all the Cherethites, and all the Pelethites, and all the Gittites, six hundred men which came after him from Gath, passed on before the king. -- 2 samuel 15:18 +. +Then said the king to Ittai the Gittite, Why go you also with us? return to your place, and abide with the king: for you are a stranger, and also an exile. -- 2 samuel 15:19 +. +Whereas you came but yesterday, should I this day make you go up and down with us? seeing I go where I may, return you, and take back your brothers: mercy and truth be with you. -- 2 samuel 15:20 +. +And Ittai answered the king, and said, As the LORD lives, and as my lord the king lives, surely in what place my lord the king shall be, whether in death or life, even there also will your servant be. -- 2 samuel 15:21 +. +And David said to Ittai, Go and pass over. And Ittai the Gittite passed over, and all his men, and all the little ones that were with him. -- 2 samuel 15:22 +. +And all the country wept with a loud voice, and all the people passed over: the king also himself passed over the brook Kidron, and all the people passed over, toward the way of the wilderness. -- 2 samuel 15:23 +. +And see Zadok also, and all the Levites were with him, bearing the ark of the covenant of God: and they set down the ark of God; and Abiathar went up, until all the people had done passing out of the city. -- 2 samuel 15:24 +. +And the king said to Zadok, Carry back the ark of God into the city: if I shall find favor in the eyes of the LORD, he will bring me again, and show me both it, and his habitation: -- 2 samuel 15:25 +. +But if he thus say, I have no delight in you; behold, here am I, let him do to me as seems good to him. -- 2 samuel 15:26 +. +The king said also to Zadok the priest, Are not you a seer? return into the city in peace, and your two sons with you, Ahimaaz your son, and Jonathan the son of Abiathar. -- 2 samuel 15:27 +. +See, I will tarry in the plain of the wilderness, until there come word from you to certify me. -- 2 samuel 15:28 +. +Zadok therefore and Abiathar carried the ark of God again to Jerusalem: and they tarried there. -- 2 samuel 15:29 +. +And David went up by the ascent of mount Olivet, and wept as he went up, and had his head covered, and he went barefoot: and all the people that was with him covered every man his head, and they went up, weeping as they went up. -- 2 samuel 15:30 +. +And one told David, saying, Ahithophel is among the conspirators with Absalom. And David said, O LORD, I pray you, turn the counsel of Ahithophel into foolishness. -- 2 samuel 15:31 +. +And it came to pass, that when David was come to the top of the mount, where he worshipped God, behold, Hushai the Archite came to meet him with his coat rent, and earth on his head: -- 2 samuel 15:32 +. +To whom David said, If you pass on with me, then you shall be a burden to me: -- 2 samuel 15:33 +. +But if you return to the city, and say to Absalom, I will be your servant, O king; as I have been your father' servant till now, so will I now also be your servant: then may you for me defeat the counsel of Ahithophel. -- 2 samuel 15:34 +. +And have you not there with you Zadok and Abiathar the priests? therefore it shall be, that what thing soever you shall hear out of the king' house, you shall tell it to Zadok and Abiathar the priests. -- 2 samuel 15:35 +. +Behold, they have there with them their two sons, Ahimaaz Zadok' son, and Jonathan Abiathar' son; and by them you shall send to me every thing that you can hear. -- 2 samuel 15:36 +. +So Hushai David' friend came into the city, and Absalom came into Jerusalem. -- 2 samuel 15:37 +. +And when David was a little past the top of the hill, behold, Ziba the servant of Mephibosheth met him, with a couple of asses saddled, and on them two hundred loaves of bread, and an hundred bunches of raisins, and an hundred of summer fruits, and a bottle of wine. -- 2 samuel 16:1 +. +And the king said to Ziba, What mean you by these? And Ziba said, The asses be for the king' household to ride on; and the bread and summer fruit for the young men to eat; and the wine, that such as be faint in the wilderness may drink. -- 2 samuel 16:2 +. +And the king said, And where is your master' son? And Ziba said to the king, Behold, he stays at Jerusalem: for he said, To day shall the house of Israel restore me the kingdom of my father. -- 2 samuel 16:3 +. +Then said the king to Ziba, Behold, your are all that pertained to Mephibosheth. And Ziba said, I humbly beseech you that I may find grace in your sight, my lord, O king. -- 2 samuel 16:4 +. +And when king David came to Bahurim, behold, there came out a man of the family of the house of Saul, whose name was Shimei, the son of Gera: he came forth, and cursed still as he came. -- 2 samuel 16:5 +. +And he cast stones at David, and at all the servants of king David: and all the people and all the mighty men were on his right hand and on his left. -- 2 samuel 16:6 +. +And thus said Shimei when he cursed, Come out, come out, you bloody man, and you man of Belial: -- 2 samuel 16:7 +. +The LORD has returned on you all the blood of the house of Saul, in whose stead you have reigned; and the LORD has delivered the kingdom into the hand of Absalom your son: and, behold, you are taken in your mischief, because you are a bloody man. -- 2 samuel 16:8 +. +Then said Abishai the son of Zeruiah to the king, Why should this dead dog curse my lord the king? let me go over, I pray you, and take off his head. -- 2 samuel 16:9 +. +And the king said, What have I to do with you, you sons of Zeruiah? so let him curse, because the LORD has said to him, Curse David. Who shall then say, Why have you done so? -- 2 samuel 16:10 +. +And David said to Abishai, and to all his servants, Behold, my son, which came forth of my bowels, seeks my life: how much more now may this Benjamite do it? let him alone, and let him curse; for the LORD has bidden him. -- 2 samuel 16:11 +. +It may be that the LORD will look on my affliction, and that the LORD will requite me good for his cursing this day. -- 2 samuel 16:12 +. +And as David and his men went by the way, Shimei went along on the hill' side over against him, and cursed as he went, and threw stones at him, and cast dust. -- 2 samuel 16:13 +. +And the king, and all the people that were with him, came weary, and refreshed themselves there. -- 2 samuel 16:14 +. +And Absalom, and all the people the men of Israel, came to Jerusalem, and Ahithophel with him. -- 2 samuel 16:15 +. +And it came to pass, when Hushai the Archite, David' friend, was come to Absalom, that Hushai said to Absalom, God save the king, God save the king. -- 2 samuel 16:16 +. +And Absalom said to Hushai, Is this your kindness to your friend? why went you not with your friend? -- 2 samuel 16:17 +. +And Hushai said to Absalom, No; but whom the LORD, and this people, and all the men of Israel, choose, his will I be, and with him will I abide. -- 2 samuel 16:18 +. +And again, whom should I serve? should I not serve in the presence of his son? as I have served in your father' presence, so will I be in your presence. -- 2 samuel 16:19 +. +Then said Absalom to Ahithophel, Give counsel among you what we shall do. -- 2 samuel 16:20 +. +And Ahithophel said to Absalom, Go in to your father' concubines, which he has left to keep the house; and all Israel shall hear that you are abhorred of your father: then shall the hands of all that are with you be strong. -- 2 samuel 16:21 +. +So they spread Absalom a tent on the top of the house; and Absalom went in to his father' concubines in the sight of all Israel. -- 2 samuel 16:22 +. +And the counsel of Ahithophel, which he counceled in those days, was as if a man had inquired at the oracle of God: so was all the counsel of Ahithophel both with David and with Absalom. -- 2 samuel 16:23 +. +Moreover Ahithophel said to Absalom, Let me now choose out twelve thousand men, and I will arise and pursue after David this night: -- 2 samuel 17:1 +. +And I will come on him while he is weary and weak handed, and will make him afraid: and all the people that are with him shall flee; and I will smite the king only: -- 2 samuel 17:2 +. +And I will bring back all the people to you: the man whom you seek is as if all returned: so all the people shall be in peace. -- 2 samuel 17:3 +. +And the saying pleased Absalom well, and all the elders of Israel. -- 2 samuel 17:4 +. +Then said Absalom, Call now Hushai the Archite also, and let us hear likewise what he said. -- 2 samuel 17:5 +. +And when Hushai was come to Absalom, Absalom spoke to him, saying, Ahithophel has spoken after this manner: shall we do after his saying? if not; speak you. -- 2 samuel 17:6 +. +And Hushai said to Absalom, The counsel that Ahithophel has given is not good at this time. -- 2 samuel 17:7 +. +For, said Hushai, you know your father and his men, that they be mighty men, and they be chafed in their minds, as a bear robbed of her whelps in the field: and your father is a man of war, and will not lodge with the people. -- 2 samuel 17:8 +. +Behold, he is hid now in some pit, or in some other place: and it will come to pass, when some of them be overthrown at the first, that whoever hears it will say, There is a slaughter among the people that follow Absalom. -- 2 samuel 17:9 +. +And he also that is valiant, whose heart is as the heart of a lion, shall utterly melt: for all Israel knows that your father is a mighty man, and they which be with him are valiant men. -- 2 samuel 17:10 +. +Therefore I counsel that all Israel be generally gathered to you, from Dan even to Beersheba, as the sand that is by the sea for multitude; and that you go to battle in your own person. -- 2 samuel 17:11 +. +So shall we come on him in some place where he shall be found, and we will light on him as the dew falls on the ground: and of him and of all the men that are with him there shall not be left so much as one. -- 2 samuel 17:12 +. +Moreover, if he be gotten into a city, then shall all Israel bring ropes to that city, and we will draw it into the river, until there be not one small stone found there. -- 2 samuel 17:13 +. +And Absalom and all the men of Israel said, The counsel of Hushai the Archite is better than the counsel of Ahithophel. For the LORD had appointed to defeat the good counsel of Ahithophel, to the intent that the LORD might bring evil on Absalom. -- 2 samuel 17:14 +. +Then said Hushai to Zadok and to Abiathar the priests, Thus and thus did Ahithophel counsel Absalom and the elders of Israel; and thus and thus have I counceled. -- 2 samuel 17:15 +. +Now therefore send quickly, and tell David, saying, Lodge not this night in the plains of the wilderness, but speedily pass over; lest the king be swallowed up, and all the people that are with him. -- 2 samuel 17:16 +. +Now Jonathan and Ahimaaz stayed by Enrogel; for they might not be seen to come into the city: and a wench went and told them; and they went and told king David. -- 2 samuel 17:17 +. +Nevertheless a lad saw them, and told Absalom: but they went both of them away quickly, and came to a man' house in Bahurim, which had a well in his court; where they went down. -- 2 samuel 17:18 +. +And the woman took and spread a covering over the well' mouth, and spread ground corn thereon; and the thing was not known. -- 2 samuel 17:19 +. +And when Absalom' servants came to the woman to the house, they said, Where is Ahimaaz and Jonathan? And the woman said to them, They be gone over the brook of water. And when they had sought and could not find them, they returned to Jerusalem. -- 2 samuel 17:20 +. +And it came to pass, after they were departed, that they came up out of the well, and went and told king David, and said to David, Arise, and pass quickly over the water: for thus has Ahithophel counceled against you. -- 2 samuel 17:21 +. +Then David arose, and all the people that were with him, and they passed over Jordan: by the morning light there lacked not one of them that was not gone over Jordan. -- 2 samuel 17:22 +. +And when Ahithophel saw that his counsel was not followed, he saddled his ass, and arose, and got him home to his house, to his city, and put his household in order, and hanged himself, and died, and was buried in the sepulcher of his father. -- 2 samuel 17:23 +. +Then David came to Mahanaim. And Absalom passed over Jordan, he and all the men of Israel with him. -- 2 samuel 17:24 +. +And Absalom made Amasa captain of the host instead of Joab: which Amasa was a man' son, whose name was Ithra an Israelite, that went in to Abigail the daughter of Nahash, sister to Zeruiah Joab' mother. -- 2 samuel 17:25 +. +So Israel and Absalom pitched in the land of Gilead. -- 2 samuel 17:26 +. +And it came to pass, when David was come to Mahanaim, that Shobi the son of Nahash of Rabbah of the children of Ammon, and Machir the son of Ammiel of Lodebar, and Barzillai the Gileadite of Rogelim, -- 2 samuel 17:27 +. +Brought beds, and basins, and earthen vessels, and wheat, and barley, and flour, and parched corn, and beans, and lentils, and parched vegetables, -- 2 samuel 17:28 +. +And honey, and butter, and sheep, and cheese of cows, for David, and for the people that were with him, to eat: for they said, The people is hungry, and weary, and thirsty, in the wilderness. -- 2 samuel 17:29 +. +And David numbered the people that were with him, and set captains of thousands, and captains of hundreds over them. -- 2 samuel 18:1 +. +And David sent forth a third part of the people under the hand of Joab, and a third part under the hand of Abishai the son of Zeruiah, Joab' brother, and a third part under the hand of Ittai the Gittite. And the king said to the people, I will surely go forth with you myself also. -- 2 samuel 18:2 +. +But the people answered, You shall not go forth: for if we flee away, they will not care for us; neither if half of us die, will they care for us: but now you are worth ten thousand of us: therefore now it is better that you succor us out of the city. -- 2 samuel 18:3 +. +And the king said to them, What seems you best I will do. And the king stood by the gate side, and all the people came out by hundreds and by thousands. -- 2 samuel 18:4 +. +And the king commanded Joab and Abishai and Ittai, saying, Deal gently for my sake with the young man, even with Absalom. And all the people heard when the king gave all the captains charge concerning Absalom. -- 2 samuel 18:5 +. +So the people went out into the field against Israel: and the battle was in the wood of Ephraim; -- 2 samuel 18:6 +. +Where the people of Israel were slain before the servants of David, and there was there a great slaughter that day of twenty thousand men. -- 2 samuel 18:7 +. +For the battle was there scattered over the face of all the country: and the wood devoured more people that day than the sword devoured. -- 2 samuel 18:8 +. +And Absalom met the servants of David. And Absalom rode on a mule, and the mule went under the thick boughs of a great oak, and his head caught hold of the oak, and he was taken up between the heaven and the earth; and the mule that was under him went away. -- 2 samuel 18:9 +. +And a certain man saw it, and told Joab, and said, Behold, I saw Absalom hanged in an oak. -- 2 samuel 18:10 +. +And Joab said to the man that told him, And, behold, you saw him, and why did you not smite him there to the ground? and I would have given you ten shekels of silver, and a girdle. -- 2 samuel 18:11 +. +And the man said to Joab, Though I should receive a thousand shekels of silver in my hand, yet would I not put forth my hand against the king' son: for in our hearing the king charged you and Abishai and Ittai, saying, Beware that none touch the young man Absalom. -- 2 samuel 18:12 +. +Otherwise I should have worked falsehood against my own life: for there is no matter hid from the king, and you yourself would have set yourself against me. -- 2 samuel 18:13 +. +Then said Joab, I may not tarry thus with you. And he took three darts in his hand, and thrust them through the heart of Absalom, while he was yet alive in the middle of the oak. -- 2 samuel 18:14 +. +And ten young men that bore Joab' armor compassed about and smote Absalom, and slew him. -- 2 samuel 18:15 +. +And Joab blew the trumpet, and the people returned from pursuing after Israel: for Joab held back the people. -- 2 samuel 18:16 +. +And they took Absalom, and cast him into a great pit in the wood, and laid a very great heap of stones on him: and all Israel fled every one to his tent. -- 2 samuel 18:17 +. +Now Absalom in his lifetime had taken and reared up for himself a pillar, which is in the king' dale: for he said, I have no son to keep my name in remembrance: and he called the pillar after his own name: and it is called to this day, Absalom' place. -- 2 samuel 18:18 +. +Then said Ahimaaz the son of Zadok, Let me now run, and bear the king tidings, how that the LORD has avenged him of his enemies. -- 2 samuel 18:19 +. +And Joab said to him, You shall not bear tidings this day, but you shall bear tidings another day: but this day you shall bear no tidings, because the king' son is dead. -- 2 samuel 18:20 +. +Then said Joab to Cushi, Go tell the king what you have seen. And Cushi bowed himself to Joab, and ran. -- 2 samuel 18:21 +. +Then said Ahimaaz the son of Zadok yet again to Joab, But howsoever, let me, I pray you, also run after Cushi. And Joab said, Why will you run, my son, seeing that you have no tidings ready? -- 2 samuel 18:22 +. +But howsoever, said he, let me run. And he said to him, Run. Then Ahimaaz ran by the way of the plain, and overran Cushi. -- 2 samuel 18:23 +. +And David sat between the two gates: and the watchman went up to the roof over the gate to the wall, and lifted up his eyes, and looked, and behold a man running alone. -- 2 samuel 18:24 +. +And the watchman cried, and told the king. And the king said, If he be alone, there is tidings in his mouth. And he came apace, and drew near. -- 2 samuel 18:25 +. +And the watchman saw another man running: and the watchman called to the porter, and said, Behold another man running alone. And the king said, He also brings tidings. -- 2 samuel 18:26 +. +And the watchman said, Me thinks the running of the foremost is like the running of Ahimaaz the son of Zadok. And the king said, He is a good man, and comes with good tidings. -- 2 samuel 18:27 +. +And Ahimaaz called, and said to the king, All is well. And he fell down to the earth on his face before the king, and said, Blessed be the LORD your God, which has delivered up the men that lifted up their hand against my lord the king. -- 2 samuel 18:28 +. +And the king said, Is the young man Absalom safe? And Ahimaaz answered, When Joab sent the king' servant, and me your servant, I saw a great tumult, but I knew not what it was. -- 2 samuel 18:29 +. +And the king said to him, Turn aside, and stand here. And he turned aside, and stood still. -- 2 samuel 18:30 +. +And, behold, Cushi came; and Cushi said, Tidings, my lord the king: for the LORD has avenged you this day of all them that rose up against you. -- 2 samuel 18:31 +. +And the king said to Cushi, Is the young man Absalom safe? And Cushi answered, The enemies of my lord the king, and all that rise against you to do you hurt, be as that young man is. -- 2 samuel 18:32 +. +And the king was much moved, and went up to the chamber over the gate, and wept: and as he went, thus he said, O my son Absalom, my son, my son Absalom! would God I had died for you, O Absalom, my son, my son! -- 2 samuel 18:33 +. +And it was told Joab, Behold, the king weeps and mourns for Absalom. -- 2 samuel 19:1 +. +And the victory that day was turned into mourning to all the people: for the people heard say that day how the king was grieved for his son. -- 2 samuel 19:2 +. +And the people got them by stealth that day into the city, as people being ashamed steal away when they flee in battle. -- 2 samuel 19:3 +. +But the king covered his face, and the king cried with a loud voice, O my son Absalom, O Absalom, my son, my son! -- 2 samuel 19:4 +. +And Joab came into the house to the king, and said, You have shamed this day the faces of all your servants, which this day have saved your life, and the lives of your sons and of your daughters, and the lives of your wives, and the lives of your concubines; -- 2 samuel 19:5 +. +In that you love your enemies, and hate your friends. For you have declared this day, that you regard neither princes nor servants: for this day I perceive, that if Absalom had lived, and all we had died this day, then it had pleased you well. -- 2 samuel 19:6 +. +Now therefore arise, go forth, and speak comfortably to your servants: for I swear by the LORD, if you go not forth, there will not tarry one with you this night: and that will be worse to you than all the evil that befell you from your youth until now. -- 2 samuel 19:7 +. +Then the king arose, and sat in the gate. And they told to all the people, saying, Behold, the king does sit in the gate. And all the people came before the king: for Israel had fled every man to his tent. -- 2 samuel 19:8 +. +And all the people were at strife throughout all the tribes of Israel, saying, The king saved us out of the hand of our enemies, and he delivered us out of the hand of the Philistines; and now he is fled out of the land for Absalom. -- 2 samuel 19:9 +. +And Absalom, whom we anointed over us, is dead in battle. Now therefore why speak you not a word of bringing the king back? -- 2 samuel 19:10 +. +And king David sent to Zadok and to Abiathar the priests, saying, Speak to the elders of Judah, saying, Why are you the last to bring the king back to his house? seeing the speech of all Israel is come to the king, even to his house. -- 2 samuel 19:11 +. +You are my brothers, you are my bones and my flesh: why then are you the last to bring back the king? -- 2 samuel 19:12 +. +And say you to Amasa, Are you not of my bone, and of my flesh? God do so to me, and more also, if you be not captain of the host before me continually in the room of Joab. -- 2 samuel 19:13 +. +And he bowed the heart of all the men of Judah, even as the heart of one man; so that they sent this word to the king, Return you, and all your servants. -- 2 samuel 19:14 +. +So the king returned, and came to Jordan. And Judah came to Gilgal, to go to meet the king, to conduct the king over Jordan. -- 2 samuel 19:15 +. +And Shimei the son of Gera, a Benjamite, which was of Bahurim, hurried and came down with the men of Judah to meet king David. -- 2 samuel 19:16 +. +And there were a thousand men of Benjamin with him, and Ziba the servant of the house of Saul, and his fifteen sons and his twenty servants with him; and they went over Jordan before the king. -- 2 samuel 19:17 +. +And there went over a ferry boat to carry over the king' household, and to do what he thought good. And Shimei the son of Gera fell down before the king, as he was come over Jordan; -- 2 samuel 19:18 +. +And said to the king, Let not my lord impute iniquity to me, neither do you remember that which your servant did perversely the day that my lord the king went out of Jerusalem, that the king should take it to his heart. -- 2 samuel 19:19 +. +For your servant does know that I have sinned: therefore, behold, I am come the first this day of all the house of Joseph to go down to meet my lord the king. -- 2 samuel 19:20 +. +But Abishai the son of Zeruiah answered and said, Shall not Shimei be put to death for this, because he cursed the LORD' anointed? -- 2 samuel 19:21 +. +And David said, What have I to do with you, you sons of Zeruiah, that you should this day be adversaries to me? shall there any man be put to death this day in Israel? for do not I know that I am this day king over Israel? -- 2 samuel 19:22 +. +Therefore the king said to Shimei, You shall not die. And the king swore to him. -- 2 samuel 19:23 +. +And Mephibosheth the son of Saul came down to meet the king, and had neither dressed his feet, nor trimmed his beard, nor washed his clothes, from the day the king departed until the day he came again in peace. -- 2 samuel 19:24 +. +And it came to pass, when he was come to Jerusalem to meet the king, that the king said to him, Why went not you with me, Mephibosheth? -- 2 samuel 19:25 +. +And he answered, My lord, O king, my servant deceived me: for your servant said, I will saddle me an ass, that I may ride thereon, and go to the king; because your servant is lame. -- 2 samuel 19:26 +. +And he has slandered your servant to my lord the king; but my lord the king is as an angel of God: do therefore what is good in your eyes. -- 2 samuel 19:27 +. +For all of my father' house were but dead men before my lord the king: yet did you set your servant among them that did eat at your own table. What right therefore have I yet to cry any more to the king? -- 2 samuel 19:28 +. +And the king said to him, Why speak you any more of your matters? I have said, You and Ziba divide the land. -- 2 samuel 19:29 +. +And Mephibosheth said to the king, Yes, let him take all, for as much as my lord the king is come again in peace to his own house. -- 2 samuel 19:30 +. +And Barzillai the Gileadite came down from Rogelim, and went over Jordan with the king, to conduct him over Jordan. -- 2 samuel 19:31 +. +Now Barzillai was a very aged man, even fourscore years old: and he had provided the king of sustenance while he lay at Mahanaim; for he was a very great man. -- 2 samuel 19:32 +. +And the king said to Barzillai, Come you over with me, and I will feed you with me in Jerusalem. -- 2 samuel 19:33 +. +And Barzillai said to the king, How long have I to live, that I should go up with the king to Jerusalem? -- 2 samuel 19:34 +. +I am this day fourscore years old: and can I discern between good and evil? can your servant taste what I eat or what I drink? can I hear any more the voice of singing men and singing women? why then should your servant be yet a burden to my lord the king? -- 2 samuel 19:35 +. +Your servant will go a little way over Jordan with the king: and why should the king recompense it me with such a reward? -- 2 samuel 19:36 +. +Let your servant, I pray you, turn back again, that I may die in my own city, and be buried by the grave of my father and of my mother. But behold your servant Chimham; let him go over with my lord the king; and do to him what shall seem good to you. -- 2 samuel 19:37 +. +And the king answered, Chimham shall go over with me, and I will do to him that which shall seem good to you: and whatever you shall require of me, that will I do for you. -- 2 samuel 19:38 +. +And all the people went over Jordan. And when the king was come over, the king kissed Barzillai, and blessed him; and he returned to his own place. -- 2 samuel 19:39 +. +Then the king went on to Gilgal, and Chimham went on with him: and all the people of Judah conducted the king, and also half the people of Israel. -- 2 samuel 19:40 +. +And, behold, all the men of Israel came to the king, and said to the king, Why have our brothers the men of Judah stolen you away, and have brought the king, and his household, and all David' men with him, over Jordan? -- 2 samuel 19:41 +. +And all the men of Judah answered the men of Israel, Because the king is near of kin to us: why then be you angry for this matter? have we eaten at all of the king' cost? or has he given us any gift? -- 2 samuel 19:42 +. +And the men of Israel answered the men of Judah, and said, We have ten parts in the king, and we have also more right in David than you: why then did you despise us, that our advice should not be first had in bringing back our king? And the words of the men of Judah were fiercer than the words of the men of Israel. -- 2 samuel 19:43 +. +And there happened to be there a man of Belial, whose name was Sheba, the son of Bichri, a Benjamite: and he blew a trumpet, and said, We have no part in David, neither have we inheritance in the son of Jesse: every man to his tents, O Israel. -- 2 samuel 20:1 +. +So every man of Israel went up from after David, and followed Sheba the son of Bichri: but the men of Judah joined to their king, from Jordan even to Jerusalem. -- 2 samuel 20:2 +. +And David came to his house at Jerusalem; and the king took the ten women his concubines, whom he had left to keep the house, and put them in ward, and fed them, but went not in to them. So they were shut up to the day of their death, living in widowhood. -- 2 samuel 20:3 +. +Then said the king to Amasa, Assemble me the men of Judah within three days, and be you here present. -- 2 samuel 20:4 +. +So Amasa went to assemble the men of Judah: but he tarried longer than the set time which he had appointed him. -- 2 samuel 20:5 +. +And David said to Abishai, Now shall Sheba the son of Bichri do us more harm than did Absalom: take you your lord' servants, and pursue after him, lest he get him fenced cities, and escape us. -- 2 samuel 20:6 +. +And there went out after him Joab' men, and the Cherethites, and the Pelethites, and all the mighty men: and they went out of Jerusalem, to pursue after Sheba the son of Bichri. -- 2 samuel 20:7 +. +When they were at the great stone which is in Gibeon, Amasa went before them. And Joab' garment that he had put on was girded to him, and on it a girdle with a sword fastened on his loins in the sheath thereof; and as he went forth it fell out. -- 2 samuel 20:8 +. +And Joab said to Amasa, Are you in health, my brother? And Joab took Amasa by the beard with the right hand to kiss him. -- 2 samuel 20:9 +. +But Amasa took no heed to the sword that was in Joab' hand: so he smote him therewith in the fifth rib, and shed out his bowels to the ground, and struck him not again; and he died. So Joab and Abishai his brother pursued after Sheba the son of Bichri. -- 2 samuel 20:10 +. +And one of Joab' men stood by him, and said, He that favors Joab, and he that is for David, let him go after Joab. -- 2 samuel 20:11 +. +And Amasa wallowed in blood in the middle of the highway. And when the man saw that all the people stood still, he removed Amasa out of the highway into the field, and cast a cloth on him, when he saw that every one that came by him stood still. -- 2 samuel 20:12 +. +When he was removed out of the highway, all the people went on after Joab, to pursue after Sheba the son of Bichri. -- 2 samuel 20:13 +. +And he went through all the tribes of Israel to Abel, and to Bethmaachah, and all the Berites: and they were gathered together, and went also after him. -- 2 samuel 20:14 +. +And they came and besieged him in Abel of Bethmaachah, and they cast up a bank against the city, and it stood in the trench: and all the people that were with Joab battered the wall, to throw it down. -- 2 samuel 20:15 +. +Then cried a wise woman out of the city, Hear, hear; say, I pray you, to Joab, Come near here, that I may speak with you. -- 2 samuel 20:16 +. +And when he was come near to her, the woman said, Are you Joab? And he answered, I am he. Then she said to him, Hear the words of your handmaid. And he answered, I do hear. -- 2 samuel 20:17 +. +Then she spoke, saying, They were wont to speak in old time, saying, They shall surely ask counsel at Abel: and so they ended the matter. -- 2 samuel 20:18 +. +I am one of them that are peaceable and faithful in Israel: you seek to destroy a city and a mother in Israel: why will you swallow up the inheritance of the LORD? -- 2 samuel 20:19 +. +And Joab answered and said, Far be it, far be it from me, that I should swallow up or destroy. -- 2 samuel 20:20 +. +The matter is not so: but a man of mount Ephraim, Sheba the son of Bichri by name, has lifted up his hand against the king, even against David: deliver him only, and I will depart from the city. And the woman said to Joab, Behold, his head shall be thrown to you over the wall. -- 2 samuel 20:21 +. +Then the woman went to all the people in her wisdom. And they cut off the head of Sheba the son of Bichri, and cast it out to Joab. And he blew a trumpet, and they retired from the city, every man to his tent. And Joab returned to Jerusalem to the king. -- 2 samuel 20:22 +. +Now Joab was over all the host of Israel: and Benaiah the son of Jehoiada was over the Cherethites and over the Pelethites: -- 2 samuel 20:23 +. +And Adoram was over the tribute: and Jehoshaphat the son of Ahilud was recorder: -- 2 samuel 20:24 +. +And Sheva was scribe: and Zadok and Abiathar were the priests: -- 2 samuel 20:25 +. +And Ira also the Jairite was a chief ruler about David. -- 2 samuel 20:26 +. +Then there was a famine in the days of David three years, year after year; and David inquired of the LORD. And the LORD answered, It is for Saul, and for his bloody house, because he slew the Gibeonites. -- 2 samuel 21:1 +. +And the king called the Gibeonites, and said to them; (now the Gibeonites were not of the children of Israel, but of the remnant of the Amorites; and the children of Israel had sworn to them: and Saul sought to slay them in his zeal to the children of Israel and Judah.) -- 2 samuel 21:2 +. +Why David said to the Gibeonites, What shall I do for you? and with which shall I make the atonement, that you may bless the inheritance of the LORD? -- 2 samuel 21:3 +. +And the Gibeonites said to him, We will have no silver nor gold of Saul, nor of his house; neither for us shall you kill any man in Israel. And he said, What you shall say, that will I do for you. -- 2 samuel 21:4 +. +And they answered the king, The man that consumed us, and that devised against us that we should be destroyed from remaining in any of the coasts of Israel, -- 2 samuel 21:5 +. +Let seven men of his sons be delivered to us, and we will hang them up to the LORD in Gibeah of Saul, whom the LORD did choose. And the king said, I will give them. -- 2 samuel 21:6 +. +But the king spared Mephibosheth, the son of Jonathan the son of Saul, because of the LORD' oath that was between them, between David and Jonathan the son of Saul. -- 2 samuel 21:7 +. +But the king took the two sons of Rizpah the daughter of Aiah, whom she bore to Saul, Armoni and Mephibosheth; and the five sons of Michal the daughter of Saul, whom she brought up for Adriel the son of Barzillai the Meholathite: -- 2 samuel 21:8 +. +And he delivered them into the hands of the Gibeonites, and they hanged them in the hill before the LORD: and they fell all seven together, and were put to death in the days of harvest, in the first days, in the beginning of barley harvest. -- 2 samuel 21:9 +. +And Rizpah the daughter of Aiah took sackcloth, and spread it for her on the rock, from the beginning of harvest until water dropped on them out of heaven, and suffered neither the birds of the air to rest on them by day, nor the beasts of the field by night. -- 2 samuel 21:10 +. +And it was told David what Rizpah the daughter of Aiah, the concubine of Saul, had done. -- 2 samuel 21:11 +. +And David went and took the bones of Saul and the bones of Jonathan his son from the men of Jabeshgilead, which had stolen them from the street of Bethshan, where the Philistines had hanged them, when the Philistines had slain Saul in Gilboa: -- 2 samuel 21:12 +. +And he brought up from there the bones of Saul and the bones of Jonathan his son; and they gathered the bones of them that were hanged. -- 2 samuel 21:13 +. +And the bones of Saul and Jonathan his son buried they in the country of Benjamin in Zelah, in the sepulcher of Kish his father: and they performed all that the king commanded. And after that God was entreated for the land. -- 2 samuel 21:14 +. +Moreover the Philistines had yet war again with Israel; and David went down, and his servants with him, and fought against the Philistines: and David waxed faint. -- 2 samuel 21:15 +. +And Ishbibenob, which was of the sons of the giant, the weight of whose spear weighed three hundred shekels of brass in weight, he being girded with a new sword, thought to have slain David. -- 2 samuel 21:16 +. +But Abishai the son of Zeruiah succored him, and smote the Philistine, and killed him. Then the men of David swore to him, saying, You shall go no more out with us to battle, that you quench not the light of Israel. -- 2 samuel 21:17 +. +And it came to pass after this, that there was again a battle with the Philistines at Gob: then Sibbechai the Hushathite slew Saph, which was of the sons of the giant. -- 2 samuel 21:18 +. +And there was again a battle in Gob with the Philistines, where Elhanan the son of Jaareoregim, a Bethlehemite, slew the brother of Goliath the Gittite, the staff of whose spear was like a weaver' beam. -- 2 samuel 21:19 +. +And there was yet a battle in Gath, where was a man of great stature, that had on every hand six fingers, and on every foot six toes, four and twenty in number; and he also was born to the giant. -- 2 samuel 21:20 +. +And when he defied Israel, Jonathan the son of Shimeah the brother of David slew him. -- 2 samuel 21:21 +. +These four were born to the giant in Gath, and fell by the hand of David, and by the hand of his servants. -- 2 samuel 21:22 +. +And David spoke to the LORD the words of this song in the day that the LORD had delivered him out of the hand of all his enemies, and out of the hand of Saul: -- 2 samuel 22:1 +. +And he said, The LORD is my rock, and my fortress, and my deliverer; -- 2 samuel 22:2 +. +The God of my rock; in him will I trust: he is my shield, and the horn of my salvation, my high tower, and my refuge, my savior; you save me from violence. -- 2 samuel 22:3 +. +I will call on the LORD, who is worthy to be praised: so shall I be saved from my enemies. -- 2 samuel 22:4 +. +When the waves of death compassed me, the floods of ungodly men made me afraid; -- 2 samuel 22:5 +. +The sorrows of hell compassed me about; the snares of death prevented me; -- 2 samuel 22:6 +. +In my distress I called on the LORD, and cried to my God: and he did hear my voice out of his temple, and my cry did enter into his ears. -- 2 samuel 22:7 +. +Then the earth shook and trembled; the foundations of heaven moved and shook, because he was wroth. -- 2 samuel 22:8 +. +There went up a smoke out of his nostrils, and fire out of his mouth devoured: coals were kindled by it. -- 2 samuel 22:9 +. +He bowed the heavens also, and came down; and darkness was under his feet. -- 2 samuel 22:10 +. +And he rode on a cherub, and did fly: and he was seen on the wings of the wind. -- 2 samuel 22:11 +. +And he made darkness pavilions round about him, dark waters, and thick clouds of the skies. -- 2 samuel 22:12 +. +Through the brightness before him were coals of fire kindled. -- 2 samuel 22:13 +. +The LORD thundered from heaven, and the most High uttered his voice. -- 2 samuel 22:14 +. +And he sent out arrows, and scattered them; lightning, and discomfited them. -- 2 samuel 22:15 +. +And the channels of the sea appeared, the foundations of the world were discovered, at the rebuking of the LORD, at the blast of the breath of his nostrils. -- 2 samuel 22:16 +. +He sent from above, he took me; he drew me out of many waters; -- 2 samuel 22:17 +. +He delivered me from my strong enemy, and from them that hated me: for they were too strong for me. -- 2 samuel 22:18 +. +They prevented me in the day of my calamity: but the LORD was my stay. -- 2 samuel 22:19 +. +He brought me forth also into a large place: he delivered me, because he delighted in me. -- 2 samuel 22:20 +. +The LORD rewarded me according to my righteousness: according to the cleanness of my hands has he recompensed me. -- 2 samuel 22:21 +. +For I have kept the ways of the LORD, and have not wickedly departed from my God. -- 2 samuel 22:22 +. +For all his judgments were before me: and as for his statutes, I did not depart from them. -- 2 samuel 22:23 +. +I was also upright before him, and have kept myself from my iniquity. -- 2 samuel 22:24 +. +Therefore the LORD has recompensed me according to my righteousness; according to my cleanness in his eye sight. -- 2 samuel 22:25 +. +With the merciful you will show yourself merciful, and with the upright man you will show yourself upright. -- 2 samuel 22:26 +. +With the pure you will show yourself pure; and with the fraudulent you will show yourself unsavory. -- 2 samuel 22:27 +. +And the afflicted people you will save: but your eyes are on the haughty, that you may bring them down. -- 2 samuel 22:28 +. +For you are my lamp, O LORD: and the LORD will lighten my darkness. -- 2 samuel 22:29 +. +For by you I have run through a troop: by my God have I leaped over a wall. -- 2 samuel 22:30 +. +As for God, his way is perfect; the word of the LORD is tried: he is a buckler to all them that trust in him. -- 2 samuel 22:31 +. +For who is God, save the LORD? and who is a rock, save our God? -- 2 samuel 22:32 +. +God is my strength and power: and he makes my way perfect. -- 2 samuel 22:33 +. +He makes my feet like hinds'feet: and sets me on my high places. -- 2 samuel 22:34 +. +He teaches my hands to war; so that a bow of steel is broken by my arms. -- 2 samuel 22:35 +. +You have also given me the shield of your salvation: and your gentleness has made me great. -- 2 samuel 22:36 +. +You have enlarged my steps under me; so that my feet did not slip. -- 2 samuel 22:37 +. +I have pursued my enemies, and destroyed them; and turned not again until I had consumed them. -- 2 samuel 22:38 +. +And I have consumed them, and wounded them, that they could not arise: yes, they are fallen under my feet. -- 2 samuel 22:39 +. +For you have girded me with strength to battle: them that rose up against me have you subdued under me. -- 2 samuel 22:40 +. +You have also given me the necks of my enemies, that I might destroy them that hate me. -- 2 samuel 22:41 +. +They looked, but there was none to save; even to the LORD, but he answered them not. -- 2 samuel 22:42 +. +Then did I beat them as small as the dust of the earth, I did stamp them as the mire of the street, and did spread them abroad. -- 2 samuel 22:43 +. +You also have delivered me from the strivings of my people, you have kept me to be head of the heathen: a people which I knew not shall serve me. -- 2 samuel 22:44 +. +Strangers shall submit themselves to me: as soon as they hear, they shall be obedient to me. -- 2 samuel 22:45 +. +Strangers shall fade away, and they shall be afraid out of their close places. -- 2 samuel 22:46 +. +The LORD lives; and blessed be my rock; and exalted be the God of the rock of my salvation. -- 2 samuel 22:47 +. +It is God that avenges me, and that brings down the people under me. -- 2 samuel 22:48 +. +And that brings me forth from my enemies: you also have lifted me up on high above them that rose up against me: you have delivered me from the violent man. -- 2 samuel 22:49 +. +Therefore I will give thanks to you, O LORD, among the heathen, and I will sing praises to your name. -- 2 samuel 22:50 +. +He is the tower of salvation for his king: and shows mercy to his anointed, to David, and to his seed for ever more. -- 2 samuel 22:51 +. +Now these be the last words of David. David the son of Jesse said, and the man who was raised up on high, the anointed of the God of Jacob, and the sweet psalmist of Israel, said, -- 2 samuel 23:1 +. +The Spirit of the LORD spoke by me, and his word was in my tongue. -- 2 samuel 23:2 +. +The God of Israel said, the Rock of Israel spoke to me, He that rules over men must be just, ruling in the fear of God. -- 2 samuel 23:3 +. +And he shall be as the light of the morning, when the sun rises, even a morning without clouds; as the tender grass springing out of the earth by clear shining after rain. -- 2 samuel 23:4 +. +Although my house be not so with God; yet he has made with me an everlasting covenant, ordered in all things, and sure: for this is all my salvation, and all my desire, although he make it not to grow. -- 2 samuel 23:5 +. +But the sons of Belial shall be all of them as thorns thrust away, because they cannot be taken with hands: -- 2 samuel 23:6 +. +But the man that shall touch them must be fenced with iron and the staff of a spear; and they shall be utterly burned with fire in the same place. -- 2 samuel 23:7 +. +These be the names of the mighty men whom David had: The Tachmonite that sat in the seat, chief among the captains; the same was Adino the Eznite: he lift up his spear against eight hundred, whom he slew at one time. -- 2 samuel 23:8 +. +And after him was Eleazar the son of Dodo the Ahohite, one of the three mighty men with David, when they defied the Philistines that were there gathered together to battle, and the men of Israel were gone away: -- 2 samuel 23:9 +. +He arose, and smote the Philistines until his hand was weary, and his hand stuck to the sword: and the LORD worked a great victory that day; and the people returned after him only to spoil. -- 2 samuel 23:10 +. +And after him was Shammah the son of Agee the Hararite. And the Philistines were gathered together into a troop, where was a piece of ground full of lentils: and the people fled from the Philistines. -- 2 samuel 23:11 +. +But he stood in the middle of the ground, and defended it, and slew the Philistines: and the LORD worked a great victory. -- 2 samuel 23:12 +. +And three of the thirty chief went down, and came to David in the harvest time to the cave of Adullam: and the troop of the Philistines pitched in the valley of Rephaim. -- 2 samuel 23:13 +. +And David was then in an hold, and the garrison of the Philistines was then in Bethlehem. -- 2 samuel 23:14 +. +And David longed, and said, Oh that one would give me drink of the water of the well of Bethlehem, which is by the gate! -- 2 samuel 23:15 +. +And the three mighty men broke through the host of the Philistines, and drew water out of the well of Bethlehem, that was by the gate, and took it, and brought it to David: nevertheless he would not drink thereof, but poured it out to the LORD. -- 2 samuel 23:16 +. +And he said, Be it far from me, O LORD, that I should do this: is not this the blood of the men that went in jeopardy of their lives? therefore he would not drink it. These things did these three mighty men. -- 2 samuel 23:17 +. +And Abishai, the brother of Joab, the son of Zeruiah, was chief among three. And he lifted up his spear against three hundred, and slew them, and had the name among three. -- 2 samuel 23:18 +. +Was he not most honorable of three? therefore he was their captain: however, he attained not to the first three. -- 2 samuel 23:19 +. +And Benaiah the son of Jehoiada, the son of a valiant man, of Kabzeel, who had done many acts, he slew two lion like men of Moab: he went down also and slew a lion in the middle of a pit in time of snow: -- 2 samuel 23:20 +. +And he slew an Egyptian, a goodly man: and the Egyptian had a spear in his hand; but he went down to him with a staff, and plucked the spear out of the Egyptian' hand, and slew him with his own spear. -- 2 samuel 23:21 +. +These things did Benaiah the son of Jehoiada, and had the name among three mighty men. -- 2 samuel 23:22 +. +He was more honorable than the thirty, but he attained not to the first three. And David set him over his guard. -- 2 samuel 23:23 +. +Asahel the brother of Joab was one of the thirty; Elhanan the son of Dodo of Bethlehem, -- 2 samuel 23:24 +. +Shammah the Harodite, Elika the Harodite, -- 2 samuel 23:25 +. +Helez the Paltite, Ira the son of Ikkesh the Tekoite, -- 2 samuel 23:26 +. +Abiezer the Anethothite, Mebunnai the Hushathite, -- 2 samuel 23:27 +. +Zalmon the Ahohite, Maharai the Netophathite, -- 2 samuel 23:28 +. +Heleb the son of Baanah, a Netophathite, Ittai the son of Ribai out of Gibeah of the children of Benjamin, -- 2 samuel 23:29 +. +Benaiah the Pirathonite, Hiddai of the brooks of Gaash, -- 2 samuel 23:30 +. +Abialbon the Arbathite, Azmaveth the Barhumite, -- 2 samuel 23:31 +. +Eliahba the Shaalbonite, of the sons of Jashen, Jonathan, -- 2 samuel 23:32 +. +Shammah the Hararite, Ahiam the son of Sharar the Hararite, -- 2 samuel 23:33 +. +Eliphelet the son of Ahasbai, the son of the Maachathite, Eliam the son of Ahithophel the Gilonite, -- 2 samuel 23:34 +. +Hezrai the Carmelite, Paarai the Arbite, -- 2 samuel 23:35 +. +Igal the son of Nathan of Zobah, Bani the Gadite, -- 2 samuel 23:36 +. +Zelek the Ammonite, Nahari the Beerothite, armor bearer to Joab the son of Zeruiah, -- 2 samuel 23:37 +. +Ira an Ithrite, Gareb an Ithrite, -- 2 samuel 23:38 +. +Uriah the Hittite: thirty and seven in all. -- 2 samuel 23:39 +. +And again the anger of the LORD was kindled against Israel, and he moved David against them to say, Go, number Israel and Judah. -- 2 samuel 24:1 +. +For the king said to Joab the captain of the host, which was with him, Go now through all the tribes of Israel, from Dan even to Beersheba, and number you the people, that I may know the number of the people. -- 2 samuel 24:2 +. +And Joab said to the king, Now the LORD your God add to the people, how many soever they be, an hundred times, and that the eyes of my lord the king may see it: but why does my lord the king delight in this thing? -- 2 samuel 24:3 +. +Notwithstanding the king' word prevailed against Joab, and against the captains of the host. And Joab and the captains of the host went out from the presence of the king, to number the people of Israel. -- 2 samuel 24:4 +. +And they passed over Jordan, and pitched in Aroer, on the right side of the city that lies in the middle of the river of Gad, and toward Jazer: -- 2 samuel 24:5 +. +Then they came to Gilead, and to the land of Tahtimhodshi; and they came to Danjaan, and about to Zidon, -- 2 samuel 24:6 +. +And came to the strong hold of Tyre, and to all the cities of the Hivites, and of the Canaanites: and they went out to the south of Judah, even to Beersheba. -- 2 samuel 24:7 +. +So when they had gone through all the land, they came to Jerusalem at the end of nine months and twenty days. -- 2 samuel 24:8 +. +And Joab gave up the sum of the number of the people to the king: and there were in Israel eight hundred thousand valiant men that drew the sword; and the men of Judah were five hundred thousand men. -- 2 samuel 24:9 +. +And David' heart smote him after that he had numbered the people. And David said to the LORD, I have sinned greatly in that I have done: and now, I beseech you, O LORD, take away the iniquity of your servant; for I have done very foolishly. -- 2 samuel 24:10 +. +For when David was up in the morning, the word of the LORD came to the prophet Gad, David' seer, saying, -- 2 samuel 24:11 +. +Go and say to David, Thus said the LORD, I offer you three things; choose you one of them, that I may do it to you. -- 2 samuel 24:12 +. +So Gad came to David, and told him, and said to him, Shall seven years of famine come to you in your land? or will you flee three months before your enemies, while they pursue you? or that there be three days'pestilence in your land? now advise, and see what answer I shall return to him that sent me. -- 2 samuel 24:13 +. +And David said to Gad, I am in a great strait: let us fall now into the hand of the LORD; for his mercies are great: and let me not fall into the hand of man. -- 2 samuel 24:14 +. +So the LORD sent a pestilence on Israel from the morning even to the time appointed: and there died of the people from Dan even to Beersheba seventy thousand men. -- 2 samuel 24:15 +. +And when the angel stretched out his hand on Jerusalem to destroy it, the LORD repented him of the evil, and said to the angel that destroyed the people, It is enough: stay now your hand. And the angel of the LORD was by the threshing place of Araunah the Jebusite. -- 2 samuel 24:16 +. +And David spoke to the LORD when he saw the angel that smote the people, and said, See, I have sinned, and I have done wickedly: but these sheep, what have they done? let your hand, I pray you, be against me, and against my father' house. -- 2 samuel 24:17 +. +And Gad came that day to David, and said to him, Go up, raise an altar to the LORD in the threshing floor of Araunah the Jebusite. -- 2 samuel 24:18 +. +And David, according to the saying of Gad, went up as the LORD commanded. -- 2 samuel 24:19 +. +And Araunah looked, and saw the king and his servants coming on toward him: and Araunah went out, and bowed himself before the king on his face on the ground. -- 2 samuel 24:20 +. +And Araunah said, Why is my lord the king come to his servant? And David said, To buy the threshing floor of you, to build an altar to the LORD, that the plague may be stayed from the people. -- 2 samuel 24:21 +. +And Araunah said to David, Let my lord the king take and offer up what seems good to him: behold, here be oxen for burnt sacrifice, and threshing instruments and other instruments of the oxen for wood. -- 2 samuel 24:22 +. +All these things did Araunah, as a king, give to the king. And Araunah said to the king, The LORD your God accept you. -- 2 samuel 24:23 +. +And the king said to Araunah, No; but I will surely buy it of you at a price: neither will I offer burnt offerings to the LORD my God of that which does cost me nothing. So David bought the threshing floor and the oxen for fifty shekels of silver. -- 2 samuel 24:24 +. +And David built there an altar to the LORD, and offered burnt offerings and peace offerings. So the LORD was entreated for the land, and the plague was stayed from Israel. -- 2 samuel 24:25 +. +Now king David was old and stricken in years; and they covered him with clothes, but he got no heat. -- 1 kings 1:1 +. +Why his servants said to him, Let there be sought for my lord the king a young virgin: and let her stand before the king, and let her cherish him, and let her lie in your bosom, that my lord the king may get heat. -- 1 kings 1:2 +. +So they sought for a fair damsel throughout all the coasts of Israel, and found Abishag a Shunammite, and brought her to the king. -- 1 kings 1:3 +. +And the damsel was very fair, and cherished the king, and ministered to him: but the king knew her not. -- 1 kings 1:4 +. +Then Adonijah the son of Haggith exalted himself, saying, I will be king: and he prepared him chariots and horsemen, and fifty men to run before him. -- 1 kings 1:5 +. +And his father had not displeased him at any time in saying, Why have you done so? and he also was a very goodly man; and his mother bore him after Absalom. -- 1 kings 1:6 +. +And he conferred with Joab the son of Zeruiah, and with Abiathar the priest: and they following Adonijah helped him. -- 1 kings 1:7 +. +But Zadok the priest, and Benaiah the son of Jehoiada, and Nathan the prophet, and Shimei, and Rei, and the mighty men which belonged to David, were not with Adonijah. -- 1 kings 1:8 +. +And Adonijah slew sheep and oxen and fat cattle by the stone of Zoheleth, which is by Enrogel, and called all his brothers the king' sons, and all the men of Judah the king' servants: -- 1 kings 1:9 +. +But Nathan the prophet, and Benaiah, and the mighty men, and Solomon his brother, he called not. -- 1 kings 1:10 +. +Why Nathan spoke to Bathsheba the mother of Solomon, saying, Have you not heard that Adonijah the son of Haggith does reign, and David our lord knows it not? -- 1 kings 1:11 +. +Now therefore come, let me, I pray you, give you counsel, that you may save your own life, and the life of your son Solomon. -- 1 kings 1:12 +. +Go and get you in to king David, and say to him, Did not you, my lord, O king, swear to your handmaid, saying, Assuredly Solomon your son shall reign after me, and he shall sit on my throne? why then does Adonijah reign? -- 1 kings 1:13 +. +Behold, while you yet talk there with the king, I also will come in after you, and confirm your words. -- 1 kings 1:14 +. +And Bathsheba went in to the king into the chamber: and the king was very old; and Abishag the Shunammite ministered to the king. -- 1 kings 1:15 +. +And Bathsheba bowed, and did obeisance to the king. And the king said, What would you? -- 1 kings 1:16 +. +And she said to him, My lord, you swore by the LORD your God to your handmaid, saying, Assuredly Solomon your son shall reign after me, and he shall sit on my throne. -- 1 kings 1:17 +. +And now, behold, Adonijah reigns; and now, my lord the king, you know it not: -- 1 kings 1:18 +. +And he has slain oxen and fat cattle and sheep in abundance, and has called all the sons of the king, and Abiathar the priest, and Joab the captain of the host: but Solomon your servant has he not called. -- 1 kings 1:19 +. +And you, my lord, O king, the eyes of all Israel are on you, that you should tell them who shall sit on the throne of my lord the king after him. -- 1 kings 1:20 +. +Otherwise it shall come to pass, when my lord the king shall sleep with his fathers, that I and my son Solomon shall be counted offenders. -- 1 kings 1:21 +. +And, see, while she yet talked with the king, Nathan the prophet also came in. -- 1 kings 1:22 +. +And they told the king, saying, Behold Nathan the prophet. And when he was come in before the king, he bowed himself before the king with his face to the ground. -- 1 kings 1:23 +. +And Nathan said, My lord, O king, have you said, Adonijah shall reign after me, and he shall sit on my throne? -- 1 kings 1:24 +. +For he is gone down this day, and has slain oxen and fat cattle and sheep in abundance, and has called all the king' sons, and the captains of the host, and Abiathar the priest; and, behold, they eat and drink before him, and say, God save king Adonijah. -- 1 kings 1:25 +. +But me, even me your servant, and Zadok the priest, and Benaiah the son of Jehoiada, and your servant Solomon, has he not called. -- 1 kings 1:26 +. +Is this thing done by my lord the king, and you have not showed it to your servant, who should sit on the throne of my lord the king after him? -- 1 kings 1:27 +. +Then king David answered and said, Call me Bathsheba. And she came into the king' presence, and stood before the king. -- 1 kings 1:28 +. +And the king swore, and said, As the LORD lives, that has redeemed my soul out of all distress, -- 1 kings 1:29 +. +Even as I swore to you by the LORD God of Israel, saying, Assuredly Solomon your son shall reign after me, and he shall sit on my throne in my stead; even so will I certainly do this day. -- 1 kings 1:30 +. +Then Bathsheba bowed with her face to the earth, and did reverence to the king, and said, Let my lord king David live for ever. -- 1 kings 1:31 +. +And king David said, Call me Zadok the priest, and Nathan the prophet, and Benaiah the son of Jehoiada. And they came before the king. -- 1 kings 1:32 +. +The king also said to them, Take with you the servants of your lord, and cause Solomon my son to ride on my own mule, and bring him down to Gihon: -- 1 kings 1:33 +. +And let Zadok the priest and Nathan the prophet anoint him there king over Israel: and blow you with the trumpet, and say, God save king Solomon. -- 1 kings 1:34 +. +Then you shall come up after him, that he may come and sit on my throne; for he shall be king in my stead: and I have appointed him to be ruler over Israel and over Judah. -- 1 kings 1:35 +. +And Benaiah the son of Jehoiada answered the king, and said, Amen: the LORD God of my lord the king say so too. -- 1 kings 1:36 +. +As the LORD has been with my lord the king, even so be he with Solomon, and make his throne greater than the throne of my lord king David. -- 1 kings 1:37 +. +So Zadok the priest, and Nathan the prophet, and Benaiah the son of Jehoiada, and the Cherethites, and the Pelethites, went down, and caused Solomon to ride on king David' mule, and brought him to Gihon. -- 1 kings 1:38 +. +And Zadok the priest took an horn of oil out of the tabernacle, and anointed Solomon. And they blew the trumpet; and all the people said, God save king Solomon. -- 1 kings 1:39 +. +And all the people came up after him, and the people piped with pipes, and rejoiced with great joy, so that the earth rent with the sound of them. -- 1 kings 1:40 +. +And Adonijah and all the guests that were with him heard it as they had made an end of eating. And when Joab heard the sound of the trumpet, he said, Why is this noise of the city being in an uproar? -- 1 kings 1:41 +. +And while he yet spoke, behold, Jonathan the son of Abiathar the priest came; and Adonijah said to him, Come in; for you are a valiant man, and bring good tidings. -- 1 kings 1:42 +. +And Jonathan answered and said to Adonijah, Truly our lord king David has made Solomon king. -- 1 kings 1:43 +. +And the king has sent with him Zadok the priest, and Nathan the prophet, and Benaiah the son of Jehoiada, and the Cherethites, and the Pelethites, and they have caused him to ride on the king' mule: -- 1 kings 1:44 +. +And Zadok the priest and Nathan the prophet have anointed him king in Gihon: and they are come up from there rejoicing, so that the city rang again. This is the noise that you have heard. -- 1 kings 1:45 +. +And also Solomon sits on the throne of the kingdom. -- 1 kings 1:46 +. +And moreover the king' servants came to bless our lord king David, saying, God make the name of Solomon better than your name, and make his throne greater than your throne. And the king bowed himself on the bed. -- 1 kings 1:47 +. +And also thus said the king, Blessed be the LORD God of Israel, which has given one to sit on my throne this day, my eyes even seeing it. -- 1 kings 1:48 +. +And all the guests that were with Adonijah were afraid, and rose up, and went every man his way. -- 1 kings 1:49 +. +And Adonijah feared because of Solomon, and arose, and went, and caught hold on the horns of the altar. -- 1 kings 1:50 +. +And it was told Solomon, saying, Behold, Adonijah fears king Solomon: for, see, he has caught hold on the horns of the altar, saying, Let king Solomon swear to me today that he will not slay his servant with the sword. -- 1 kings 1:51 +. +And Solomon said, If he will show himself a worthy man, there shall not an hair of him fall to the earth: but if wickedness shall be found in him, he shall die. -- 1 kings 1:52 +. +So king Solomon sent, and they brought him down from the altar. And he came and bowed himself to king Solomon: and Solomon said to him, Go to your house. -- 1 kings 1:53 +. +Now the days of David drew near that he should die; and he charged Solomon his son, saying, -- 1 kings 2:1 +. +I go the way of all the earth: be you strong therefore, and show yourself a man; -- 1 kings 2:2 +. +And keep the charge of the LORD your God, to walk in his ways, to keep his statutes, and his commandments, and his judgments, and his testimonies, as it is written in the law of Moses, that you may prosper in all that you do, and wherever you turn yourself: -- 1 kings 2:3 +. +That the LORD may continue his word which he spoke concerning me, saying, If your children take heed to their way, to walk before me in truth with all their heart and with all their soul, there shall not fail you (said he) a man on the throne of Israel. -- 1 kings 2:4 +. +Moreover you know also what Joab the son of Zeruiah did to me, and what he did to the two captains of the hosts of Israel, to Abner the son of Ner, and to Amasa the son of Jether, whom he slew, and shed the blood of war in peace, and put the blood of war on his girdle that was about his loins, and in his shoes that were on his feet. -- 1 kings 2:5 +. +Do therefore according to your wisdom, and let not his hoar head go down to the grave in peace. -- 1 kings 2:6 +. +But show kindness to the sons of Barzillai the Gileadite, and let them be of those that eat at your table: for so they came to me when I fled because of Absalom your brother. -- 1 kings 2:7 +. +And, behold, you have with you Shimei the son of Gera, a Benjamite of Bahurim, which cursed me with a grievous curse in the day when I went to Mahanaim: but he came down to meet me at Jordan, and I swore to him by the LORD, saying, I will not put you to death with the sword. -- 1 kings 2:8 +. +Now therefore hold him not guiltless: for you are a wise man, and know what you ought to do to him; but his hoar head bring you down to the grave with blood. -- 1 kings 2:9 +. +So David slept with his fathers, and was buried in the city of David. -- 1 kings 2:10 +. +And the days that David reigned over Israel were forty years: seven years reigned he in Hebron, and thirty and three years reigned he in Jerusalem. -- 1 kings 2:11 +. +Then sat Solomon on the throne of David his father; and his kingdom was established greatly. -- 1 kings 2:12 +. +And Adonijah the son of Haggith came to Bathsheba the mother of Solomon. And she said, Come you peaceably? And he said, Peaceably. -- 1 kings 2:13 +. +He said moreover, I have somewhat to say to you. And she said, Say on. -- 1 kings 2:14 +. +And he said, You know that the kingdom was mine, and that all Israel set their faces on me, that I should reign: however, the kingdom is turned about, and is become my brother': for it was his from the LORD. -- 1 kings 2:15 +. +And now I ask one petition of you, deny me not. And she said to him, Say on. -- 1 kings 2:16 +. +And he said, Speak, I pray you, to Solomon the king, (for he will not say you no,) that he give me Abishag the Shunammite to wife. -- 1 kings 2:17 +. +And Bathsheba said, Well; I will speak for you to the king. -- 1 kings 2:18 +. +Bathsheba therefore went to king Solomon, to speak to him for Adonijah. And the king rose up to meet her, and bowed himself to her, and sat down on his throne, and caused a seat to be set for the king' mother; and she sat on his right hand. -- 1 kings 2:19 +. +Then she said, I desire one small petition of you; I pray you, say me not no. And the king said to her, Ask on, my mother: for I will not say you no. -- 1 kings 2:20 +. +And she said, Let Abishag the Shunammite be given to Adonijah your brother to wife. -- 1 kings 2:21 +. +And king Solomon answered and said to his mother, And why do you ask Abishag the Shunammite for Adonijah? ask for him the kingdom also; for he is my elder brother; even for him, and for Abiathar the priest, and for Joab the son of Zeruiah. -- 1 kings 2:22 +. +Then king Solomon swore by the LORD, saying, God do so to me, and more also, if Adonijah have not spoken this word against his own life. -- 1 kings 2:23 +. +Now therefore, as the LORD lives, which has established me, and set me on the throne of David my father, and who has made me an house, as he promised, Adonijah shall be put to death this day. -- 1 kings 2:24 +. +And king Solomon sent by the hand of Benaiah the son of Jehoiada; and he fell on him that he died. -- 1 kings 2:25 +. +And to Abiathar the priest said the king, Get you to Anathoth, to your own fields; for you are worthy of death: but I will not at this time put you to death, because you bore the ark of the LORD God before David my father, and because you have been afflicted in all wherein my father was afflicted. -- 1 kings 2:26 +. +So Solomon thrust out Abiathar from being priest to the LORD; that he might fulfill the word of the LORD, which he spoke concerning the house of Eli in Shiloh. -- 1 kings 2:27 +. +Then tidings came to Joab: for Joab had turned after Adonijah, though he turned not after Absalom. And Joab fled to the tabernacle of the LORD, and caught hold on the horns of the altar. -- 1 kings 2:28 +. +And it was told king Solomon that Joab was fled to the tabernacle of the LORD; and, behold, he is by the altar. Then Solomon sent Benaiah the son of Jehoiada, saying, Go, fall on him. -- 1 kings 2:29 +. +And Benaiah came to the tabernacle of the LORD, and said to him, Thus said the king, Come forth. And he said, No; but I will die here. And Benaiah brought the king word again, saying, Thus said Joab, and thus he answered me. -- 1 kings 2:30 +. +And the king said to him, Do as he has said, and fall on him, and bury him; that you may take away the innocent blood, which Joab shed, from me, and from the house of my father. -- 1 kings 2:31 +. +And the LORD shall return his blood on his own head, who fell on two men more righteous and better than he, and slew them with the sword, my father David not knowing thereof, to wit, Abner the son of Ner, captain of the host of Israel, and Amasa the son of Jether, captain of the host of Judah. -- 1 kings 2:32 +. +Their blood shall therefore return on the head of Joab, and on the head of his seed for ever: but on David, and on his seed, and on his house, and on his throne, shall there be peace for ever from the LORD. -- 1 kings 2:33 +. +So Benaiah the son of Jehoiada went up, and fell on him, and slew him: and he was buried in his own house in the wilderness. -- 1 kings 2:34 +. +And the king put Benaiah the son of Jehoiada in his room over the host: and Zadok the priest did the king put in the room of Abiathar. -- 1 kings 2:35 +. +And the king sent and called for Shimei, and said to him, Build you an house in Jerusalem, and dwell there, and go not forth there any where. -- 1 kings 2:36 +. +For it shall be, that on the day you go out, and pass over the brook Kidron, you shall know for certain that you shall surely die: your blood shall be on your own head. -- 1 kings 2:37 +. +And Shimei said to the king, The saying is good: as my lord the king has said, so will your servant do. And Shimei dwelled in Jerusalem many days. -- 1 kings 2:38 +. +And it came to pass at the end of three years, that two of the servants of Shimei ran away to Achish son of Maachah king of Gath. And they told Shimei, saying, Behold, your servants be in Gath. -- 1 kings 2:39 +. +And Shimei arose, and saddled his ass, and went to Gath to Achish to seek his servants: and Shimei went, and brought his servants from Gath. -- 1 kings 2:40 +. +And it was told Solomon that Shimei had gone from Jerusalem to Gath, and was come again. -- 1 kings 2:41 +. +And the king sent and called for Shimei, and said to him, Did I not make you to swear by the LORD, and protested to you, saying, Know for a certain, on the day you go out, and walk abroad any where, that you shall surely die? and you said to me, The word that I have heard is good. -- 1 kings 2:42 +. +Why then have you not kept the oath of the LORD, and the commandment that I have charged you with? -- 1 kings 2:43 +. +The king said moreover to Shimei, You know all the wickedness which your heart is privy to, that you did to David my father: therefore the LORD shall return your wickedness on your own head; -- 1 kings 2:44 +. +And king Solomon shall be blessed, and the throne of David shall be established before the LORD for ever. -- 1 kings 2:45 +. +So the king commanded Benaiah the son of Jehoiada; which went out, and fell on him, that he died. And the kingdom was established in the hand of Solomon. -- 1 kings 2:46 +. +And Solomon made affinity with Pharaoh king of Egypt, and took Pharaoh' daughter, and brought her into the city of David, until he had made an end of building his own house, and the house of the LORD, and the wall of Jerusalem round about. -- 1 kings 3:1 +. +Only the people sacrificed in high places, because there was no house built to the name of the LORD, until those days. -- 1 kings 3:2 +. +And Solomon loved the LORD, walking in the statutes of David his father: only he sacrificed and burnt incense in high places. -- 1 kings 3:3 +. +And the king went to Gibeon to sacrifice there; for that was the great high place: a thousand burnt offerings did Solomon offer on that altar. -- 1 kings 3:4 +. +In Gibeon the LORD appeared to Solomon in a dream by night: and God said, Ask what I shall give you. -- 1 kings 3:5 +. +And Solomon said, You have showed to your servant David my father great mercy, according as he walked before you in truth, and in righteousness, and in uprightness of heart with you; and you have kept for him this great kindness, that you have given him a son to sit on his throne, as it is this day. -- 1 kings 3:6 +. +And now, O LORD my God, you have made your servant king instead of David my father: and I am but a little child: I know not how to go out or come in. -- 1 kings 3:7 +. +And your servant is in the middle of your people which you have chosen, a great people, that cannot be numbered nor counted for multitude. -- 1 kings 3:8 +. +Give therefore your servant an understanding heart to judge your people, that I may discern between good and bad: for who is able to judge this your so great a people? -- 1 kings 3:9 +. +And the speech pleased the LORD, that Solomon had asked this thing. -- 1 kings 3:10 +. +And God said to him, Because you have asked this thing, and have not asked for yourself long life; neither have asked riches for yourself, nor have asked the life of your enemies; but have asked for yourself understanding to discern judgment; -- 1 kings 3:11 +. +Behold, I have done according to your words: see, I have given you a wise and an understanding heart; so that there was none like you before you, neither after you shall any arise like to you. -- 1 kings 3:12 +. +And I have also given you that which you have not asked, both riches, and honor: so that there shall not be any among the kings like to you all your days. -- 1 kings 3:13 +. +And if you will walk in my ways, to keep my statutes and my commandments, as your father David did walk, then I will lengthen your days. -- 1 kings 3:14 +. +And Solomon awoke; and, behold, it was a dream. And he came to Jerusalem, and stood before the ark of the covenant of the LORD, and offered up burnt offerings, and offered peace offerings, and made a feast to all his servants. -- 1 kings 3:15 +. +Then came there two women, that were harlots, to the king, and stood before him. -- 1 kings 3:16 +. +And the one woman said, O my lord, I and this woman dwell in one house; and I was delivered of a child with her in the house. -- 1 kings 3:17 +. +And it came to pass the third day after that I was delivered, that this woman was delivered also: and we were together; there was no stranger with us in the house, save we two in the house. -- 1 kings 3:18 +. +And this woman' child died in the night; because she overlaid it. -- 1 kings 3:19 +. +And she arose at midnight, and took my son from beside me, while your handmaid slept, and laid it in her bosom, and laid her dead child in my bosom. -- 1 kings 3:20 +. +And when I rose in the morning to give my child suck, behold, it was dead: but when I had considered it in the morning, behold, it was not my son, which I did bear. -- 1 kings 3:21 +. +And the other woman said, No; but the living is my son, and the dead is your son. And this said, No; but the dead is your son, and the living is my son. Thus they spoke before the king. -- 1 kings 3:22 +. +Then said the king, The one said, This is my son that lives, and your son is the dead: and the other said, No; but your son is the dead, and my son is the living. -- 1 kings 3:23 +. +And the king said, Bring me a sword. And they brought a sword before the king. -- 1 kings 3:24 +. +And the king said, Divide the living child in two, and give half to the one, and half to the other. -- 1 kings 3:25 +. +Then spoke the woman whose the living child was to the king, for her bowels yearned on her son, and she said, O my lord, give her the living child, and in no wise slay it. But the other said, Let it be neither my nor yours, but divide it. -- 1 kings 3:26 +. +Then the king answered and said, Give her the living child, and in no wise slay it: she is the mother thereof. -- 1 kings 3:27 +. +And all Israel heard of the judgment which the king had judged; and they feared the king: for they saw that the wisdom of God was in him, to do judgment. -- 1 kings 3:28 +. +So king Solomon was king over all Israel. -- 1 kings 4:1 +. +And these were the princes which he had; Azariah the son of Zadok the priest, -- 1 kings 4:2 +. +Elihoreph and Ahiah, the sons of Shisha, scribes; Jehoshaphat the son of Ahilud, the recorder. -- 1 kings 4:3 +. +And Benaiah the son of Jehoiada was over the host: and Zadok and Abiathar were the priests: -- 1 kings 4:4 +. +And Azariah the son of Nathan was over the officers: and Zabud the son of Nathan was principal officer, and the king' friend: -- 1 kings 4:5 +. +And Ahishar was over the household: and Adoniram the son of Abda was over the tribute. -- 1 kings 4:6 +. +And Solomon had twelve officers over all Israel, which provided victuals for the king and his household: each man his month in a year made provision. -- 1 kings 4:7 +. +And these are their names: The son of Hur, in mount Ephraim: -- 1 kings 4:8 +. +The son of Dekar, in Makaz, and in Shaalbim, and Bethshemesh, and Elonbethhanan: -- 1 kings 4:9 +. +The son of Hesed, in Aruboth; to him pertained Sochoh, and all the land of Hepher: -- 1 kings 4:10 +. +The son of Abinadab, in all the region of Dor; which had Taphath the daughter of Solomon to wife: -- 1 kings 4:11 +. +Baana the son of Ahilud; to him pertained Taanach and Megiddo, and all Bethshean, which is by Zartanah beneath Jezreel, from Bethshean to Abelmeholah, even to the place that is beyond Jokneam: -- 1 kings 4:12 +. +The son of Geber, in Ramothgilead; to him pertained the towns of Jair the son of Manasseh, which are in Gilead; to him also pertained the region of Argob, which is in Bashan, three score great cities with walls and brazen bars: -- 1 kings 4:13 +. +Ahinadab the son of Iddo had Mahanaim: -- 1 kings 4:14 +. +Ahimaaz was in Naphtali; he also took Basmath the daughter of Solomon to wife: -- 1 kings 4:15 +. +Baanah the son of Hushai was in Asher and in Aloth: -- 1 kings 4:16 +. +Jehoshaphat the son of Paruah, in Issachar: -- 1 kings 4:17 +. +Shimei the son of Elah, in Benjamin: -- 1 kings 4:18 +. +Geber the son of Uri was in the country of Gilead, in the country of Sihon king of the Amorites, and of Og king of Bashan; and he was the only officer which was in the land. -- 1 kings 4:19 +. +Judah and Israel were many, as the sand which is by the sea in multitude, eating and drinking, and making merry. -- 1 kings 4:20 +. +And Solomon reigned over all kingdoms from the river to the land of the Philistines, and to the border of Egypt: they brought presents, and served Solomon all the days of his life. -- 1 kings 4:21 +. +And Solomon' provision for one day was thirty measures of fine flour, and three score measures of meal, -- 1 kings 4:22 +. +Ten fat oxen, and twenty oxen out of the pastures, and an hundred sheep, beside harts, and roebucks, and fallow deer, and fatted fowl. -- 1 kings 4:23 +. +For he had dominion over all the region on this side the river, from Tiphsah even to Azzah, over all the kings on this side the river: and he had peace on all sides round about him. -- 1 kings 4:24 +. +And Judah and Israel dwelled safely, every man under his vine and under his fig tree, from Dan even to Beersheba, all the days of Solomon. -- 1 kings 4:25 +. +And Solomon had forty thousand stalls of horses for his chariots, and twelve thousand horsemen. -- 1 kings 4:26 +. +And those officers provided victual for king Solomon, and for all that came to king Solomon' table, every man in his month: they lacked nothing. -- 1 kings 4:27 +. +Barley also and straw for the horses and dromedaries brought they to the place where the officers were, every man according to his charge. -- 1 kings 4:28 +. +And God gave Solomon wisdom and understanding exceeding much, and largeness of heart, even as the sand that is on the sea shore. -- 1 kings 4:29 +. +And Solomon' wisdom excelled the wisdom of all the children of the east country, and all the wisdom of Egypt. -- 1 kings 4:30 +. +For he was wiser than all men; than Ethan the Ezrahite, and Heman, and Chalcol, and Darda, the sons of Mahol: and his fame was in all nations round about. -- 1 kings 4:31 +. +And he spoke three thousand proverbs: and his songs were a thousand and five. -- 1 kings 4:32 +. +And he spoke of trees, from the cedar tree that is in Lebanon even to the hyssop that springs out of the wall: he spoke also of beasts, and of fowl, and of creeping things, and of fishes. -- 1 kings 4:33 +. +And there came of all people to hear the wisdom of Solomon, from all kings of the earth, which had heard of his wisdom. -- 1 kings 4:34 +. +And Hiram king of Tyre sent his servants to Solomon; for he had heard that they had anointed him king in the room of his father: for Hiram was ever a lover of David. -- 1 kings 5:1 +. +And Solomon sent to Hiram, saying, -- 1 kings 5:2 +. +You know how that David my father could not build an house to the name of the LORD his God for the wars which were about him on every side, until the LORD put them under the soles of his feet. -- 1 kings 5:3 +. +But now the LORD my God has given me rest on every side, so that there is neither adversary nor evil result. -- 1 kings 5:4 +. +And, behold, I purpose to build an house to the name of the LORD my God, as the LORD spoke to David my father, saying, Your son, whom I will set on your throne in your room, he shall build an house to my name. -- 1 kings 5:5 +. +Now therefore command you that they hew me cedar trees out of Lebanon; and my servants shall be with your servants: and to you will I give hire for your servants according to all that you shall appoint: for you know that there is not among us any that can skill to hew timber like to the Sidonians. -- 1 kings 5:6 +. +And it came to pass, when Hiram heard the words of Solomon, that he rejoiced greatly, and said, Blessed be the LORD this day, which has given to David a wise son over this great people. -- 1 kings 5:7 +. +And Hiram sent to Solomon, saying, I have considered the things which you sent to me for: and I will do all your desire concerning timber of cedar, and concerning timber of fir. -- 1 kings 5:8 +. +My servants shall bring them down from Lebanon to the sea: and I will convey them by sea in floats to the place that you shall appoint me, and will cause them to be discharged there, and you shall receive them: and you shall accomplish my desire, in giving food for my household. -- 1 kings 5:9 +. +So Hiram gave Solomon cedar trees and fir trees according to all his desire. -- 1 kings 5:10 +. +And Solomon gave Hiram twenty thousand measures of wheat for food to his household, and twenty measures of pure oil: thus gave Solomon to Hiram year by year. -- 1 kings 5:11 +. +And the LORD gave Solomon wisdom, as he promised him: and there was peace between Hiram and Solomon; and they two made a league together. -- 1 kings 5:12 +. +And king Solomon raised a levy out of all Israel; and the levy was thirty thousand men. -- 1 kings 5:13 +. +And he sent them to Lebanon, ten thousand a month by courses: a month they were in Lebanon, and two months at home: and Adoniram was over the levy. -- 1 kings 5:14 +. +And Solomon had three score and ten thousand that bore burdens, and fourscore thousand hewers in the mountains; -- 1 kings 5:15 +. +Beside the chief of Solomon' officers which were over the work, three thousand and three hundred, which ruled over the people that worked in the work. -- 1 kings 5:16 +. +And the king commanded, and they brought great stones, costly stones, and hewed stones, to lay the foundation of the house. -- 1 kings 5:17 +. +And Solomon' builders and Hiram' builders did hew them, and the stone squarers: so they prepared timber and stones to build the house. -- 1 kings 5:18 +. +And it came to pass in the four hundred and eightieth year after the children of Israel were come out of the land of Egypt, in the fourth year of Solomon' reign over Israel, in the month Zif, which is the second month, that he began to build the house of the LORD. -- 1 kings 6:1 +. +And the house which king Solomon built for the LORD, the length thereof was three score cubits, and the breadth thereof twenty cubits, and the height thereof thirty cubits. -- 1 kings 6:2 +. +And the porch before the temple of the house, twenty cubits was the length thereof, according to the breadth of the house; and ten cubits was the breadth thereof before the house. -- 1 kings 6:3 +. +And for the house he made windows of narrow lights. -- 1 kings 6:4 +. +And against the wall of the house he built chambers round about, against the walls of the house round about, both of the temple and of the oracle: and he made chambers round about: -- 1 kings 6:5 +. +The nethermost chamber was five cubits broad, and the middle was six cubits broad, and the third was seven cubits broad: for without in the wall of the house he made narrowed rests round about, that the beams should not be fastened in the walls of the house. -- 1 kings 6:6 +. +And the house, when it was in building, was built of stone made ready before it was brought thither: so that there was neither hammer nor ax nor any tool of iron heard in the house, while it was in building. -- 1 kings 6:7 +. +The door for the middle chamber was in the right side of the house: and they went up with winding stairs into the middle chamber, and out of the middle into the third. -- 1 kings 6:8 +. +So he built the house, and finished it; and covered the house with beams and boards of cedar. -- 1 kings 6:9 +. +And then he built chambers against all the house, five cubits high: and they rested on the house with timber of cedar. -- 1 kings 6:10 +. +And the word of the LORD came to Solomon, saying, -- 1 kings 6:11 +. +Concerning this house which you are in building, if you will walk in my statutes, and execute my judgments, and keep all my commandments to walk in them; then will I perform my word with you, which I spoke to David your father: -- 1 kings 6:12 +. +And I will dwell among the children of Israel, and will not forsake my people Israel. -- 1 kings 6:13 +. +So Solomon built the house, and finished it. -- 1 kings 6:14 +. +And he built the walls of the house within with boards of cedar, both the floor of the house, and the walls of the ceiling: and he covered them on the inside with wood, and covered the floor of the house with planks of fir. -- 1 kings 6:15 +. +And he built twenty cubits on the sides of the house, both the floor and the walls with boards of cedar: he even built them for it within, even for the oracle, even for the most holy place. -- 1 kings 6:16 +. +And the house, that is, the temple before it, was forty cubits long. -- 1 kings 6:17 +. +And the cedar of the house within was carved with knops and open flowers: all was cedar; there was no stone seen. -- 1 kings 6:18 +. +And the oracle he prepared in the house within, to set there the ark of the covenant of the LORD. -- 1 kings 6:19 +. +And the oracle in the forepart was twenty cubits in length, and twenty cubits in breadth, and twenty cubits in the height thereof: and he overlaid it with pure gold; and so covered the altar which was of cedar. -- 1 kings 6:20 +. +So Solomon overlaid the house within with pure gold: and he made a partition by the chains of gold before the oracle; and he overlaid it with gold. -- 1 kings 6:21 +. +And the whole house he overlaid with gold, until he had finished all the house: also the whole altar that was by the oracle he overlaid with gold. -- 1 kings 6:22 +. +And within the oracle he made two cherubim of olive tree, each ten cubits high. -- 1 kings 6:23 +. +And five cubits was the one wing of the cherub, and five cubits the other wing of the cherub: from the uttermost part of the one wing to the uttermost part of the other were ten cubits. -- 1 kings 6:24 +. +And the other cherub was ten cubits: both the cherubim were of one measure and one size. -- 1 kings 6:25 +. +The height of the one cherub was ten cubits, and so was it of the other cherub. -- 1 kings 6:26 +. +And he set the cherubim within the inner house: and they stretched forth the wings of the cherubim, so that the wing of the one touched the one wall, and the wing of the other cherub touched the other wall; and their wings touched one another in the middle of the house. -- 1 kings 6:27 +. +And he overlaid the cherubim with gold. -- 1 kings 6:28 +. +And he carved all the walls of the house round about with carved figures of cherubim and palm trees and open flowers, within and without. -- 1 kings 6:29 +. +And the floors of the house he overlaid with gold, within and without. -- 1 kings 6:30 +. +And for the entering of the oracle he made doors of olive tree: the lintel and side posts were a fifth part of the wall. -- 1 kings 6:31 +. +The two doors also were of olive tree; and he carved on them carvings of cherubim and palm trees and open flowers, and overlaid them with gold, and spread gold on the cherubim, and on the palm trees. -- 1 kings 6:32 +. +So also made he for the door of the temple posts of olive tree, a fourth part of the wall. -- 1 kings 6:33 +. +And the two doors were of fir tree: the two leaves of the one door were folding, and the two leaves of the other door were folding. -- 1 kings 6:34 +. +And he carved thereon cherubim and palm trees and open flowers: and covered them with gold fitted on the carved work. -- 1 kings 6:35 +. +And he built the inner court with three rows of hewed stone, and a row of cedar beams. -- 1 kings 6:36 +. +In the fourth year was the foundation of the house of the LORD laid, in the month Zif: -- 1 kings 6:37 +. +And in the eleventh year, in the month Bul, which is the eighth month, was the house finished throughout all the parts thereof, and according to all the fashion of it. So was he seven years in building it. -- 1 kings 6:38 +. +But Solomon was building his own house thirteen years, and he finished all his house. -- 1 kings 7:1 +. +He built also the house of the forest of Lebanon; the length thereof was an hundred cubits, and the breadth thereof fifty cubits, and the height thereof thirty cubits, on four rows of cedar pillars, with cedar beams on the pillars. -- 1 kings 7:2 +. +And it was covered with cedar above on the beams, that lay on forty five pillars, fifteen in a row. -- 1 kings 7:3 +. +And there were windows in three rows, and light was against light in three ranks. -- 1 kings 7:4 +. +And all the doors and posts were square, with the windows: and light was against light in three ranks. -- 1 kings 7:5 +. +And he made a porch of pillars; the length thereof was fifty cubits, and the breadth thereof thirty cubits: and the porch was before them: and the other pillars and the thick beam were before them. -- 1 kings 7:6 +. +Then he made a porch for the throne where he might judge, even the porch of judgment: and it was covered with cedar from one side of the floor to the other. -- 1 kings 7:7 +. +And his house where he dwelled had another court within the porch, which was of the like work. Solomon made also an house for Pharaoh' daughter, whom he had taken to wife, like to this porch. -- 1 kings 7:8 +. +All these were of costly stones, according to the measures of hewed stones, sawed with saws, within and without, even from the foundation to the coping, and so on the outside toward the great court. -- 1 kings 7:9 +. +And the foundation was of costly stones, even great stones, stones of ten cubits, and stones of eight cubits. -- 1 kings 7:10 +. +And above were costly stones, after the measures of hewed stones, and cedars. -- 1 kings 7:11 +. +And the great court round about was with three rows of hewed stones, and a row of cedar beams, both for the inner court of the house of the LORD, and for the porch of the house. -- 1 kings 7:12 +. +And king Solomon sent and fetched Hiram out of Tyre. -- 1 kings 7:13 +. +He was a widow' son of the tribe of Naphtali, and his father was a man of Tyre, a worker in brass: and he was filled with wisdom, and understanding, and cunning to work all works in brass. And he came to king Solomon, and worked all his work. -- 1 kings 7:14 +. +For he cast two pillars of brass, of eighteen cubits high apiece: and a line of twelve cubits did compass either of them about. -- 1 kings 7:15 +. +And he made two capitals of molten brass, to set on the tops of the pillars: the height of the one capital was five cubits, and the height of the other capital was five cubits: -- 1 kings 7:16 +. +And nets of checker work, and wreaths of chain work, for the capitals which were on the top of the pillars; seven for the one capital, and seven for the other capital. -- 1 kings 7:17 +. +And he made the pillars, and two rows round about on the one network, to cover the capitals that were on the top, with pomegranates: and so did he for the other capital. -- 1 kings 7:18 +. +And the capitals that were on the top of the pillars were of lily work in the porch, four cubits. -- 1 kings 7:19 +. +And the capitals on the two pillars had pomegranates also above, over against the belly which was by the network: and the pomegranates were two hundred in rows round about on the other capital. -- 1 kings 7:20 +. +And he set up the pillars in the porch of the temple: and he set up the right pillar, and called the name thereof Jachin: and he set up the left pillar, and called the name thereof Boaz. -- 1 kings 7:21 +. +And on the top of the pillars was lily work: so was the work of the pillars finished. -- 1 kings 7:22 +. +And he made a molten sea, ten cubits from the one brim to the other: it was round all about, and his height was five cubits: and a line of thirty cubits did compass it round about. -- 1 kings 7:23 +. +And under the brim of it round about there were knops compassing it, ten in a cubit, compassing the sea round about: the knops were cast in two rows, when it was cast. -- 1 kings 7:24 +. +It stood on twelve oxen, three looking toward the north, and three looking toward the west, and three looking toward the south, and three looking toward the east: and the sea was set above on them, and all their hinder parts were inward. -- 1 kings 7:25 +. +And it was an hand breadth thick, and the brim thereof was worked like the brim of a cup, with flowers of lilies: it contained two thousand baths. -- 1 kings 7:26 +. +And he made ten bases of brass; four cubits was the length of one base, and four cubits the breadth thereof, and three cubits the height of it. -- 1 kings 7:27 +. +And the work of the bases was on this manner: they had borders, and the borders were between the ledges: -- 1 kings 7:28 +. +And on the borders that were between the ledges were lions, oxen, and cherubim: and on the ledges there was a base above: and beneath the lions and oxen were certain additions made of thin work. -- 1 kings 7:29 +. +And every base had four brazen wheels, and plates of brass: and the four corners thereof had supports: under the laver were supports molten, at the side of every addition. -- 1 kings 7:30 +. +And the mouth of it within the capital and above was a cubit: but the mouth thereof was round after the work of the base, a cubit and an half: and also on the mouth of it were engravings with their borders, foursquare, not round. -- 1 kings 7:31 +. +And under the borders were four wheels; and the axletrees of the wheels were joined to the base: and the height of a wheel was a cubit and half a cubit. -- 1 kings 7:32 +. +And the work of the wheels was like the work of a chariot wheel: their axletrees, and their naves, and their felloes, and their spokes, were all molten. -- 1 kings 7:33 +. +And there were four supports to the four corners of one base: and the supports were of the very base itself. -- 1 kings 7:34 +. +And in the top of the base was there a round compass of half a cubit high: and on the top of the base the ledges thereof and the borders thereof were of the same. -- 1 kings 7:35 +. +For on the plates of the ledges thereof, and on the borders thereof, he graved cherubim, lions, and palm trees, according to the proportion of every one, and additions round about. -- 1 kings 7:36 +. +After this manner he made the ten bases: all of them had one casting, one measure, and one size. -- 1 kings 7:37 +. +Then made he ten lavers of brass: one laver contained forty baths: and every laver was four cubits: and on every one of the ten bases one laver. -- 1 kings 7:38 +. +And he put five bases on the right side of the house, and five on the left side of the house: and he set the sea on the right side of the house eastward over against the south. -- 1 kings 7:39 +. +And Hiram made the lavers, and the shovels, and the basins. So Hiram made an end of doing all the work that he made king Solomon for the house of the LORD: -- 1 kings 7:40 +. +The two pillars, and the two bowls of the capitals that were on the top of the two pillars; and the two networks, to cover the two bowls of the capitals which were on the top of the pillars; -- 1 kings 7:41 +. +And four hundred pomegranates for the two networks, even two rows of pomegranates for one network, to cover the two bowls of the capitals that were on the pillars; -- 1 kings 7:42 +. +And the ten bases, and ten lavers on the bases; -- 1 kings 7:43 +. +And one sea, and twelve oxen under the sea; -- 1 kings 7:44 +. +And the pots, and the shovels, and the basins: and all these vessels, which Hiram made to king Solomon for the house of the LORD, were of bright brass. -- 1 kings 7:45 +. +In the plain of Jordan did the king cast them, in the clay ground between Succoth and Zarthan. -- 1 kings 7:46 +. +And Solomon left all the vessels unweighed, because they were exceeding many: neither was the weight of the brass found out. -- 1 kings 7:47 +. +And Solomon made all the vessels that pertained to the house of the LORD: the altar of gold, and the table of gold, whereupon the show bread was, -- 1 kings 7:48 +. +And the candlesticks of pure gold, five on the right side, and five on the left, before the oracle, with the flowers, and the lamps, and the tongs of gold, -- 1 kings 7:49 +. +And the bowls, and the snuffers, and the basins, and the spoons, and the censers of pure gold; and the hinges of gold, both for the doors of the inner house, the most holy place, and for the doors of the house, to wit, of the temple. -- 1 kings 7:50 +. +So was ended all the work that king Solomon made for the house of the LORD. And Solomon brought in the things which David his father had dedicated; even the silver, and the gold, and the vessels, did he put among the treasures of the house of the LORD. -- 1 kings 7:51 +. +Then Solomon assembled the elders of Israel, and all the heads of the tribes, the chief of the fathers of the children of Israel, to king Solomon in Jerusalem, that they might bring up the ark of the covenant of the LORD out of the city of David, which is Zion. -- 1 kings 8:1 +. +And all the men of Israel assembled themselves to king Solomon at the feast in the month Ethanim, which is the seventh month. -- 1 kings 8:2 +. +And all the elders of Israel came, and the priests took up the ark. -- 1 kings 8:3 +. +And they brought up the ark of the LORD, and the tabernacle of the congregation, and all the holy vessels that were in the tabernacle, even those did the priests and the Levites bring up. -- 1 kings 8:4 +. +And king Solomon, and all the congregation of Israel, that were assembled to him, were with him before the ark, sacrificing sheep and oxen, that could not be told nor numbered for multitude. -- 1 kings 8:5 +. +And the priests brought in the ark of the covenant of the LORD to his place, into the oracle of the house, to the most holy place, even under the wings of the cherubim. -- 1 kings 8:6 +. +For the cherubim spread forth their two wings over the place of the ark, and the cherubim covered the ark and the staves thereof above. -- 1 kings 8:7 +. +And they drew out the staves, that the ends of the staves were seen out in the holy place before the oracle, and they were not seen without: and there they are to this day. -- 1 kings 8:8 +. +There was nothing in the ark save the two tables of stone, which Moses put there at Horeb, when the LORD made a covenant with the children of Israel, when they came out of the land of Egypt. -- 1 kings 8:9 +. +And it came to pass, when the priests were come out of the holy place, that the cloud filled the house of the LORD, -- 1 kings 8:10 +. +So that the priests could not stand to minister because of the cloud: for the glory of the LORD had filled the house of the LORD. -- 1 kings 8:11 +. +Then spoke Solomon, The LORD said that he would dwell in the thick darkness. -- 1 kings 8:12 +. +I have surely built you an house to dwell in, a settled place for you to abide in for ever. -- 1 kings 8:13 +. +And the king turned his face about, and blessed all the congregation of Israel: (and all the congregation of Israel stood;) -- 1 kings 8:14 +. +And he said, Blessed be the LORD God of Israel, which spoke with his mouth to David my father, and has with his hand fulfilled it, saying, -- 1 kings 8:15 +. +Since the day that I brought forth my people Israel out of Egypt, I chose no city out of all the tribes of Israel to build an house, that my name might be therein; but I chose David to be over my people Israel. -- 1 kings 8:16 +. +And it was in the heart of David my father to build an house for the name of the LORD God of Israel. -- 1 kings 8:17 +. +And the LORD said to David my father, Whereas it was in your heart to build an house to my name, you did well that it was in your heart. -- 1 kings 8:18 +. +Nevertheless you shall not build the house; but your son that shall come forth out of your loins, he shall build the house to my name. -- 1 kings 8:19 +. +And the LORD has performed his word that he spoke, and I am risen up in the room of David my father, and sit on the throne of Israel, as the LORD promised, and have built an house for the name of the LORD God of Israel. -- 1 kings 8:20 +. +And I have set there a place for the ark, wherein is the covenant of the LORD, which he made with our fathers, when he brought them out of the land of Egypt. -- 1 kings 8:21 +. +And Solomon stood before the altar of the LORD in the presence of all the congregation of Israel, and spread forth his hands toward heaven: -- 1 kings 8:22 +. +And he said, LORD God of Israel, there is no God like you, in heaven above, or on earth beneath, who keep covenant and mercy with your servants that walk before you with all their heart: -- 1 kings 8:23 +. +Who have kept with your servant David my father that you promised him: you spoke also with your mouth, and have fulfilled it with your hand, as it is this day. -- 1 kings 8:24 +. +Therefore now, LORD God of Israel, keep with your servant David my father that you promised him, saying, There shall not fail you a man in my sight to sit on the throne of Israel; so that your children take heed to their way, that they walk before me as you have walked before me. -- 1 kings 8:25 +. +And now, O God of Israel, let your word, I pray you, be verified, which you spoke to your servant David my father. -- 1 kings 8:26 +. +But will God indeed dwell on the earth? behold, the heaven and heaven of heavens cannot contain you; how much less this house that I have built? -- 1 kings 8:27 +. +Yet have you respect to the prayer of your servant, and to his supplication, O LORD my God, to listen to the cry and to the prayer, which your servant prays before you to day: -- 1 kings 8:28 +. +That your eyes may be open toward this house night and day, even toward the place of which you have said, My name shall be there: that you may listen to the prayer which your servant shall make toward this place. -- 1 kings 8:29 +. +And listen you to the supplication of your servant, and of your people Israel, when they shall pray toward this place: and hear you in heaven your dwelling place: and when you hear, forgive. -- 1 kings 8:30 +. +If any man trespass against his neighbor, and an oath be laid on him to cause him to swear, and the oath come before your altar in this house: -- 1 kings 8:31 +. +Then hear you in heaven, and do, and judge your servants, condemning the wicked, to bring his way on his head; and justifying the righteous, to give him according to his righteousness. -- 1 kings 8:32 +. +When your people Israel be smitten down before the enemy, because they have sinned against you, and shall turn again to you, and confess your name, and pray, and make supplication to you in this house: -- 1 kings 8:33 +. +Then hear you in heaven, and forgive the sin of your people Israel, and bring them again to the land which you gave to their fathers. -- 1 kings 8:34 +. +When heaven is shut up, and there is no rain, because they have sinned against you; if they pray toward this place, and confess your name, and turn from their sin, when you afflict them: -- 1 kings 8:35 +. +Then hear you in heaven, and forgive the sin of your servants, and of your people Israel, that you teach them the good way wherein they should walk, and give rain on your land, which you have given to your people for an inheritance. -- 1 kings 8:36 +. +If there be in the land famine, if there be pestilence, blasting, mildew, locust, or if there be caterpillar; if their enemy besiege them in the land of their cities; whatever plague, whatever sickness there be; -- 1 kings 8:37 +. +What prayer and supplication soever be made by any man, or by all your people Israel, which shall know every man the plague of his own heart, and spread forth his hands toward this house: -- 1 kings 8:38 +. +Then hear you in heaven your dwelling place, and forgive, and do, and give to every man according to his ways, whose heart you know; (for you, even you only, know the hearts of all the children of men;) -- 1 kings 8:39 +. +That they may fear you all the days that they live in the land which you gave to our fathers. -- 1 kings 8:40 +. +Moreover concerning a stranger, that is not of your people Israel, but comes out of a far country for your name' sake; -- 1 kings 8:41 +. +(For they shall hear of your great name, and of your strong hand, and of your stretched out arm;) when he shall come and pray toward this house; -- 1 kings 8:42 +. +Hear you in heaven your dwelling place, and do according to all that the stranger calls to you for: that all people of the earth may know your name, to fear you, as do your people Israel; and that they may know that this house, which I have built, is called by your name. -- 1 kings 8:43 +. +If your people go out to battle against their enemy, wherever you shall send them, and shall pray to the LORD toward the city which you have chosen, and toward the house that I have built for your name: -- 1 kings 8:44 +. +Then hear you in heaven their prayer and their supplication, and maintain their cause. -- 1 kings 8:45 +. +If they sin against you, (for there is no man that sins not,) and you be angry with them, and deliver them to the enemy, so that they carry them away captives to the land of the enemy, far or near; -- 1 kings 8:46 +. +Yet if they shall bethink themselves in the land where they were carried captives, and repent, and make supplication to you in the land of them that carried them captives, saying, We have sinned, and have done perversely, we have committed wickedness; -- 1 kings 8:47 +. +And so return to you with all their heart, and with all their soul, in the land of their enemies, which led them away captive, and pray to you toward their land, which you gave to their fathers, the city which you have chosen, and the house which I have built for your name: -- 1 kings 8:48 +. +Then hear you their prayer and their supplication in heaven your dwelling place, and maintain their cause, -- 1 kings 8:49 +. +And forgive your people that have sinned against you, and all their transgressions wherein they have transgressed against you, and give them compassion before them who carried them captive, that they may have compassion on them: -- 1 kings 8:50 +. +For they be your people, and your inheritance, which you brought forth out of Egypt, from the middle of the furnace of iron: -- 1 kings 8:51 +. +That your eyes may be open to the supplication of your servant, and to the supplication of your people Israel, to listen to them in all that they call for to you. -- 1 kings 8:52 +. +For you did separate them from among all the people of the earth, to be your inheritance, as you spoke by the hand of Moses your servant, when you brought our fathers out of Egypt, O LORD God. -- 1 kings 8:53 +. +And it was so, that when Solomon had made an end of praying all this prayer and supplication to the LORD, he arose from before the altar of the LORD, from kneeling on his knees with his hands spread up to heaven. -- 1 kings 8:54 +. +And he stood, and blessed all the congregation of Israel with a loud voice, saying, -- 1 kings 8:55 +. +Blessed be the LORD, that has given rest to his people Israel, according to all that he promised: there has not failed one word of all his good promise, which he promised by the hand of Moses his servant. -- 1 kings 8:56 +. +The LORD our God be with us, as he was with our fathers: let him not leave us, nor forsake us: -- 1 kings 8:57 +. +That he may incline our hearts to him, to walk in all his ways, and to keep his commandments, and his statutes, and his judgments, which he commanded our fathers. -- 1 kings 8:58 +. +And let these my words, with which I have made supplication before the LORD, be near to the LORD our God day and night, that he maintain the cause of his servant, and the cause of his people Israel at all times, as the matter shall require: -- 1 kings 8:59 +. +That all the people of the earth may know that the LORD is God, and that there is none else. -- 1 kings 8:60 +. +Let your heart therefore be perfect with the LORD our God, to walk in his statutes, and to keep his commandments, as at this day. -- 1 kings 8:61 +. +And the king, and all Israel with him, offered sacrifice before the LORD. -- 1 kings 8:62 +. +And Solomon offered a sacrifice of peace offerings, which he offered to the LORD, two and twenty thousand oxen, and an hundred and twenty thousand sheep. So the king and all the children of Israel dedicated the house of the LORD. -- 1 kings 8:63 +. +The same day did the king hallow the middle of the court that was before the house of the LORD: for there he offered burnt offerings, and meat offerings, and the fat of the peace offerings: because the brazen altar that was before the LORD was too little to receive the burnt offerings, and meat offerings, and the fat of the peace offerings. -- 1 kings 8:64 +. +And at that time Solomon held a feast, and all Israel with him, a great congregation, from the entering in of Hamath to the river of Egypt, before the LORD our God, seven days and seven days, even fourteen days. -- 1 kings 8:65 +. +On the eighth day he sent the people away: and they blessed the king, and went to their tents joyful and glad of heart for all the goodness that the LORD had done for David his servant, and for Israel his people. -- 1 kings 8:66 +. +And it came to pass, when Solomon had finished the building of the house of the LORD, and the king' house, and all Solomon' desire which he was pleased to do, -- 1 kings 9:1 +. +That the LORD appeared to Solomon the second time, as he had appeared to him at Gibeon. -- 1 kings 9:2 +. +And the LORD said to him, I have heard your prayer and your supplication, that you have made before me: I have hallowed this house, which you have built, to put my name there for ever; and my eyes and my heart shall be there perpetually. -- 1 kings 9:3 +. +And if you will walk before me, as David your father walked, in integrity of heart, and in uprightness, to do according to all that I have commanded you, and will keep my statutes and my judgments: -- 1 kings 9:4 +. +Then I will establish the throne of your kingdom on Israel for ever, as I promised to David your father, saying, There shall not fail you a man on the throne of Israel. -- 1 kings 9:5 +. +But if you shall at all turn from following me, you or your children, and will not keep my commandments and my statutes which I have set before you, but go and serve other gods, and worship them: -- 1 kings 9:6 +. +Then will I cut off Israel out of the land which I have given them; and this house, which I have hallowed for my name, will I cast out of my sight; and Israel shall be a proverb and a byword among all people: -- 1 kings 9:7 +. +And at this house, which is high, every one that passes by it shall be astonished, and shall hiss; and they shall say, Why has the LORD done thus to this land, and to this house? -- 1 kings 9:8 +. +And they shall answer, Because they forsook the LORD their God, who brought forth their fathers out of the land of Egypt, and have taken hold on other gods, and have worshipped them, and served them: therefore has the LORD brought on them all this evil. -- 1 kings 9:9 +. +And it came to pass at the end of twenty years, when Solomon had built the two houses, the house of the LORD, and the king' house, -- 1 kings 9:10 +. +(Now Hiram the king of Tyre had furnished Solomon with cedar trees and fir trees, and with gold, according to all his desire,) that then king Solomon gave Hiram twenty cities in the land of Galilee. -- 1 kings 9:11 +. +And Hiram came out from Tyre to see the cities which Solomon had given him; and they pleased him not. -- 1 kings 9:12 +. +And he said, What cities are these which you have given me, my brother? And he called them the land of Cabul to this day. -- 1 kings 9:13 +. +And Hiram sent to the king six score talents of gold. -- 1 kings 9:14 +. +And this is the reason of the levy which king Solomon raised; for to build the house of the LORD, and his own house, and Millo, and the wall of Jerusalem, and Hazor, and Megiddo, and Gezer. -- 1 kings 9:15 +. +For Pharaoh king of Egypt had gone up, and taken Gezer, and burnt it with fire, and slain the Canaanites that dwelled in the city, and given it for a present to his daughter, Solomon' wife. -- 1 kings 9:16 +. +And Solomon built Gezer, and Bethhoron the nether, -- 1 kings 9:17 +. +And Baalath, and Tadmor in the wilderness, in the land, -- 1 kings 9:18 +. +And all the cities of store that Solomon had, and cities for his chariots, and cities for his horsemen, and that which Solomon desired to build in Jerusalem, and in Lebanon, and in all the land of his dominion. -- 1 kings 9:19 +. +And all the people that were left of the Amorites, Hittites, Perizzites, Hivites, and Jebusites, which were not of the children of Israel, -- 1 kings 9:20 +. +Their children that were left after them in the land, whom the children of Israel also were not able utterly to destroy, on those did Solomon levy a tribute of slavery to this day. -- 1 kings 9:21 +. +But of the children of Israel did Solomon make no slaves: but they were men of war, and his servants, and his princes, and his captains, and rulers of his chariots, and his horsemen. -- 1 kings 9:22 +. +These were the chief of the officers that were over Solomon' work, five hundred and fifty, which bore rule over the people that worked in the work. -- 1 kings 9:23 +. +But Pharaoh' daughter came up out of the city of David to her house which Solomon had built for her: then did he build Millo. -- 1 kings 9:24 +. +And three times in a year did Solomon offer burnt offerings and peace offerings on the altar which he built to the LORD, and he burnt incense on the altar that was before the LORD. So he finished the house. -- 1 kings 9:25 +. +And king Solomon made a navy of ships in Eziongeber, which is beside Eloth, on the shore of the Red sea, in the land of Edom. -- 1 kings 9:26 +. +And Hiram sent in the navy his servants, shipmen that had knowledge of the sea, with the servants of Solomon. -- 1 kings 9:27 +. +And they came to Ophir, and fetched from there gold, four hundred and twenty talents, and brought it to king Solomon. -- 1 kings 9:28 +. +And when the queen of Sheba heard of the fame of Solomon concerning the name of the LORD, she came to prove him with hard questions. -- 1 kings 10:1 +. +And she came to Jerusalem with a very great train, with camels that bore spices, and very much gold, and precious stones: and when she was come to Solomon, she communed with him of all that was in her heart. -- 1 kings 10:2 +. +And Solomon told her all her questions: there was not any thing hid from the king, which he told her not. -- 1 kings 10:3 +. +And when the queen of Sheba had seen all Solomon' wisdom, and the house that he had built, -- 1 kings 10:4 +. +And the meat of his table, and the sitting of his servants, and the attendance of his ministers, and their apparel, and his cupbearers, and his ascent by which he went up to the house of the LORD; there was no more spirit in her. -- 1 kings 10:5 +. +And she said to the king, It was a true report that I heard in my own land of your acts and of your wisdom. -- 1 kings 10:6 +. +However, I believed not the words, until I came, and my eyes had seen it: and, behold, the half was not told me: your wisdom and prosperity exceeds the fame which I heard. -- 1 kings 10:7 +. +Happy are your men, happy are these your servants, which stand continually before you, and that hear your wisdom. -- 1 kings 10:8 +. +Blessed be the LORD your God, which delighted in you, to set you on the throne of Israel: because the LORD loved Israel for ever, therefore made he you king, to do judgment and justice. -- 1 kings 10:9 +. +And she gave the king an hundred and twenty talents of gold, and of spices very great store, and precious stones: there came no more such abundance of spices as these which the queen of Sheba gave to king Solomon. -- 1 kings 10:10 +. +And the navy also of Hiram, that brought gold from Ophir, brought in from Ophir great plenty of almug trees, and precious stones. -- 1 kings 10:11 +. +And the king made of the almug trees pillars for the house of the LORD, and for the king' house, harps also and psalteries for singers: there came no such almug trees, nor were seen to this day. -- 1 kings 10:12 +. +And king Solomon gave to the queen of Sheba all her desire, whatever she asked, beside that which Solomon gave her of his royal bounty. So she turned and went to her own country, she and her servants. -- 1 kings 10:13 +. +Now the weight of gold that came to Solomon in one year was six hundred three score and six talents of gold, -- 1 kings 10:14 +. +Beside that he had of the merchants, and of the traffic of the spice merchants, and of all the kings of Arabia, and of the governors of the country. -- 1 kings 10:15 +. +And king Solomon made two hundred targets of beaten gold: six hundred shekels of gold went to one target. -- 1 kings 10:16 +. +And he made three hundred shields of beaten gold; three pound of gold went to one shield: and the king put them in the house of the forest of Lebanon. -- 1 kings 10:17 +. +Moreover the king made a great throne of ivory, and overlaid it with the best gold. -- 1 kings 10:18 +. +The throne had six steps, and the top of the throne was round behind: and there were stays on either side on the place of the seat, and two lions stood beside the stays. -- 1 kings 10:19 +. +And twelve lions stood there on the one side and on the other on the six steps: there was not the like made in any kingdom. -- 1 kings 10:20 +. +And all king Solomon' 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. -- 1 kings 10:21 +. +For the king had at sea a navy of Tharshish with the navy of Hiram: once in three years came the navy of Tharshish, bringing gold, and silver, ivory, and apes, and peacocks. -- 1 kings 10:22 +. +So king Solomon exceeded all the kings of the earth for riches and for wisdom. -- 1 kings 10:23 +. +And all the earth sought to Solomon, to hear his wisdom, which God had put in his heart. -- 1 kings 10:24 +. +And they brought every man his present, vessels of silver, and vessels of gold, and garments, and armor, and spices, horses, and mules, a rate year by year. -- 1 kings 10:25 +. +And Solomon gathered together chariots and horsemen: and he had a thousand and four hundred chariots, and twelve thousand horsemen, whom he bestowed in the cities for chariots, and with the king at Jerusalem. -- 1 kings 10:26 +. +And the king made silver to be in Jerusalem as stones, and cedars made he to be as the sycomore trees that are in the vale, for abundance. -- 1 kings 10:27 +. +And Solomon had horses brought out of Egypt, and linen yarn: the king' merchants received the linen yarn at a price. -- 1 kings 10:28 +. +And a chariot came up and went out of Egypt for six hundred shekels of silver, and an horse for an hundred and fifty: and so for all the kings of the Hittites, and for the kings of Syria, did they bring them out by their means. -- 1 kings 10:29 +. +But king Solomon loved many strange women, together with the daughter of Pharaoh, women of the Moabites, Ammonites, Edomites, Zidonians, and Hittites: -- 1 kings 11:1 +. +Of the nations concerning which the LORD said to the children of Israel, You shall not go in to them, neither shall they come in to you: for surely they will turn away your heart after their gods: Solomon joined to these in love. -- 1 kings 11:2 +. +And he had seven hundred wives, princesses, and three hundred concubines: and his wives turned away his heart. -- 1 kings 11:3 +. +For it came to pass, when Solomon was old, that his wives turned away his heart after other gods: and his heart was not perfect with the LORD his God, as was the heart of David his father. -- 1 kings 11:4 +. +For Solomon went after Ashtoreth the goddess of the Zidonians, and after Milcom the abomination of the Ammonites. -- 1 kings 11:5 +. +And Solomon did evil in the sight of the LORD, and went not fully after the LORD, as did David his father. -- 1 kings 11:6 +. +Then did Solomon build an high place for Chemosh, the abomination of Moab, in the hill that is before Jerusalem, and for Molech, the abomination of the children of Ammon. -- 1 kings 11:7 +. +And likewise did he for all his strange wives, which burnt incense and sacrificed to their gods. -- 1 kings 11:8 +. +And the LORD was angry with Solomon, because his heart was turned from the LORD God of Israel, which had appeared to him twice, -- 1 kings 11:9 +. +And had commanded him concerning this thing, that he should not go after other gods: but he kept not that which the LORD commanded. -- 1 kings 11:10 +. +Why the LORD said to Solomon, For as much as this is done of you, and you have not kept my covenant and my statutes, which I have commanded you, I will surely rend the kingdom from you, and will give it to your servant. -- 1 kings 11:11 +. +Notwithstanding in your days I will not do it for David your father' sake: but I will rend it out of the hand of your son. -- 1 kings 11:12 +. +However, I will not rend away all the kingdom; but will give one tribe to your son for David my servant' sake, and for Jerusalem' sake which I have chosen. -- 1 kings 11:13 +. +And the LORD stirred up an adversary to Solomon, Hadad the Edomite: he was of the king' seed in Edom. -- 1 kings 11:14 +. +For it came to pass, when David was in Edom, and Joab the captain of the host was gone up to bury the slain, after he had smitten every male in Edom; -- 1 kings 11:15 +. +(For six months did Joab remain there with all Israel, until he had cut off every male in Edom:) -- 1 kings 11:16 +. +That Hadad fled, he and certain Edomites of his father' servants with him, to go into Egypt; Hadad being yet a little child. -- 1 kings 11:17 +. +And they arose out of Midian, and came to Paran: and they took men with them out of Paran, and they came to Egypt, to Pharaoh king of Egypt; which gave him an house, and appointed him victuals, and gave him land. -- 1 kings 11:18 +. +And Hadad found great favor in the sight of Pharaoh, so that he gave him to wife the sister of his own wife, the sister of Tahpenes the queen. -- 1 kings 11:19 +. +And the sister of Tahpenes bore him Genubath his son, whom Tahpenes weaned in Pharaoh' house: and Genubath was in Pharaoh' household among the sons of Pharaoh. -- 1 kings 11:20 +. +And when Hadad heard in Egypt that David slept with his fathers, and that Joab the captain of the host was dead, Hadad said to Pharaoh, Let me depart, that I may go to my own country. -- 1 kings 11:21 +. +Then Pharaoh said to him, But what have you lacked with me, that, behold, you seek to go to your own country? And he answered, Nothing: however, let me go in any wise. -- 1 kings 11:22 +. +And God stirred him up another adversary, Rezon the son of Eliadah, which fled from his lord Hadadezer king of Zobah: -- 1 kings 11:23 +. +And he gathered men to him, and became captain over a band, when David slew them of Zobah: and they went to Damascus, and dwelled therein, and reigned in Damascus. -- 1 kings 11:24 +. +And he was an adversary to Israel all the days of Solomon, beside the mischief that Hadad did: and he abhorred Israel, and reigned over Syria. -- 1 kings 11:25 +. +And Jeroboam the son of Nebat, an Ephrathite of Zereda, Solomon' servant, whose mother' name was Zeruah, a widow woman, even he lifted up his hand against the king. -- 1 kings 11:26 +. +And this was the cause that he lifted up his hand against the king: Solomon built Millo, and repaired the breaches of the city of David his father. -- 1 kings 11:27 +. +And the man Jeroboam was a mighty man of valor: and Solomon seeing the young man that he was industrious, he made him ruler over all the charge of the house of Joseph. -- 1 kings 11:28 +. +And it came to pass at that time when Jeroboam went out of Jerusalem, that the prophet Ahijah the Shilonite found him in the way; and he had clad himself with a new garment; and they two were alone in the field: -- 1 kings 11:29 +. +And Ahijah caught the new garment that was on him, and rent it in twelve pieces: -- 1 kings 11:30 +. +And he said to Jeroboam, Take you ten pieces: for thus said the LORD, the God of Israel, Behold, I will rend the kingdom out of the hand of Solomon, and will give ten tribes to you: -- 1 kings 11:31 +. +(But he shall have one tribe for my servant David' sake, and for Jerusalem' sake, the city which I have chosen out of all the tribes of Israel:) -- 1 kings 11:32 +. +Because that they have forsaken me, and have worshipped Ashtoreth the goddess of the Zidonians, Chemosh the god of the Moabites, and Milcom the god of the children of Ammon, and have not walked in my ways, to do that which is right in my eyes, and to keep my statutes and my judgments, as did David his father. -- 1 kings 11:33 +. +However, I will not take the whole kingdom out of his hand: but I will make him prince all the days of his life for David my servant' sake, whom I chose, because he kept my commandments and my statutes: -- 1 kings 11:34 +. +But I will take the kingdom out of his son' hand, and will give it to you, even ten tribes. -- 1 kings 11:35 +. +And to his son will I give one tribe, that David my servant may have a light always before me in Jerusalem, the city which I have chosen me to put my name there. -- 1 kings 11:36 +. +And I will take you, and you shall reign according to all that your soul desires, and shall be king over Israel. -- 1 kings 11:37 +. +And it shall be, if you will listen to all that I command you, and will walk in my ways, and do that is right in my sight, to keep my statutes and my commandments, as David my servant did; that I will be with you, and build you a sure house, as I built for David, and will give Israel to you. -- 1 kings 11:38 +. +And I will for this afflict the seed of David, but not for ever. -- 1 kings 11:39 +. +Solomon sought therefore to kill Jeroboam. And Jeroboam arose, and fled into Egypt, to Shishak king of Egypt, and was in Egypt until the death of Solomon. -- 1 kings 11:40 +. +And the rest of the acts of Solomon, and all that he did, and his wisdom, are they not written in the book of the acts of Solomon? -- 1 kings 11:41 +. +And the time that Solomon reigned in Jerusalem over all Israel was forty years. -- 1 kings 11:42 +. +And Solomon slept with his fathers, and was buried in the city of David his father: and Rehoboam his son reigned in his stead. -- 1 kings 11:43 +. +And Rehoboam went to Shechem: for all Israel were come to Shechem to make him king. -- 1 kings 12:1 +. +And it came to pass, when Jeroboam the son of Nebat, who was yet in Egypt, heard of it, (for he was fled from the presence of king Solomon, and Jeroboam dwelled in Egypt;) -- 1 kings 12:2 +. +That they sent and called him. And Jeroboam and all the congregation of Israel came, and spoke to Rehoboam, saying, -- 1 kings 12:3 +. +Your father made our yoke grievous: now therefore make you the grievous service of your father, and his heavy yoke which he put on us, lighter, and we will serve you. -- 1 kings 12:4 +. +And he said to them, Depart yet for three days, then come again to me. And the people departed. -- 1 kings 12:5 +. +And king Rehoboam consulted with the old men, that stood before Solomon his father while he yet lived, and said, How do you advise that I may answer this people? -- 1 kings 12:6 +. +And they spoke to him, saying, If you will be a servant to this people this day, and will serve them, and answer them, and speak good words to them, then they will be your servants for ever. -- 1 kings 12:7 +. +But he forsook the counsel of the old men, which they had given him, and consulted with the young men that were grown up with him, and which stood before him: -- 1 kings 12:8 +. +And he said to them, What counsel give you that we may answer this people, who have spoken to me, saying, Make the yoke which your father did put on us lighter? -- 1 kings 12:9 +. +And the young men that were grown up with him spoke to him, saying, Thus shall you speak to this people that spoke to you, saying, Your father made our yoke heavy, but make you it lighter to us; thus shall you say to them, My little finger shall be thicker than my father' loins. -- 1 kings 12:10 +. +And now whereas my father did lade you with a heavy yoke, I will add to your yoke: my father has chastised you with whips, but I will chastise you with scorpions. -- 1 kings 12:11 +. +So Jeroboam and all the people came to Rehoboam the third day, as the king had appointed, saying, Come to me again the third day. -- 1 kings 12:12 +. +And the king answered the people roughly, and forsook the old men' counsel that they gave him; -- 1 kings 12:13 +. +And spoke to them after the counsel of the young men, saying, My father made your yoke heavy, and I will add to your yoke: my father also chastised you with whips, but I will chastise you with scorpions. -- 1 kings 12:14 +. +Why the king listened not to the people; for the cause was from the LORD, that he might perform his saying, which the LORD spoke by Ahijah the Shilonite to Jeroboam the son of Nebat. -- 1 kings 12:15 +. +So when all Israel saw that the king listened not to them, the people answered the king, saying, What portion have we in David? neither have we inheritance in the son of Jesse: to your tents, O Israel: now see to your own house, David. So Israel departed to their tents. -- 1 kings 12:16 +. +But as for the children of Israel which dwelled in the cities of Judah, Rehoboam reigned over them. -- 1 kings 12:17 +. +Then king Rehoboam sent Adoram, who was over the tribute; and all Israel stoned him with stones, that he died. Therefore king Rehoboam made speed to get him up to his chariot, to flee to Jerusalem. -- 1 kings 12:18 +. +So Israel rebelled against the house of David to this day. -- 1 kings 12:19 +. +And it came to pass, when all Israel heard that Jeroboam was come again, that they sent and called him to the congregation, and made him king over all Israel: there was none that followed the house of David, but the tribe of Judah only. -- 1 kings 12:20 +. +And when Rehoboam was come to Jerusalem, he assembled all the house of Judah, with the tribe of Benjamin, an hundred and fourscore thousand chosen men, which were warriors, to fight against the house of Israel, to bring the kingdom again to Rehoboam the son of Solomon. -- 1 kings 12:21 +. +But the word of God came to Shemaiah the man of God, saying, -- 1 kings 12:22 +. +Speak to Rehoboam, the son of Solomon, king of Judah, and to all the house of Judah and Benjamin, and to the remnant of the people, saying, -- 1 kings 12:23 +. +Thus said the LORD, You shall not go up, nor fight against your brothers the children of Israel: return every man to his house; for this thing is from me. They listened therefore to the word of the LORD, and returned to depart, according to the word of the LORD. -- 1 kings 12:24 +. +Then Jeroboam built Shechem in mount Ephraim, and dwelled therein; and went out from there, and built Penuel. -- 1 kings 12:25 +. +And Jeroboam said in his heart, Now shall the kingdom return to the house of David: -- 1 kings 12:26 +. +If this people go up to do sacrifice in the house of the LORD at Jerusalem, then shall the heart of this people turn again to their lord, even to Rehoboam king of Judah, and they shall kill me, and go again to Rehoboam king of Judah. -- 1 kings 12:27 +. +Whereupon the king took counsel, and made two calves of gold, and said to them, It is too much for you to go up to Jerusalem: behold your gods, O Israel, which brought you up out of the land of Egypt. -- 1 kings 12:28 +. +And he set the one in Bethel, and the other put he in Dan. -- 1 kings 12:29 +. +And this thing became a sin: for the people went to worship before the one, even to Dan. -- 1 kings 12:30 +. +And he made an house of high places, and made priests of the lowest of the people, which were not of the sons of Levi. -- 1 kings 12:31 +. +And Jeroboam ordained a feast in the eighth month, on the fifteenth day of the month, like to the feast that is in Judah, and he offered on the altar. So did he in Bethel, sacrificing to the calves that he had made: and he placed in Bethel the priests of the high places which he had made. -- 1 kings 12:32 +. +So he offered on the altar which he had made in Bethel the fifteenth day of the eighth month, even in the month which he had devised of his own heart; and ordained a feast to the children of Israel: and he offered on the altar, and burnt incense. -- 1 kings 12:33 +. +And, behold, there came a man of God out of Judah by the word of the LORD to Bethel: and Jeroboam stood by the altar to burn incense. -- 1 kings 13:1 +. +And he cried against the altar in the word of the LORD, and said, O altar, altar, thus said the LORD; Behold, a child shall be born to the house of David, Josiah by name; and on you shall he offer the priests of the high places that burn incense on you, and men' bones shall be burnt on you. -- 1 kings 13:2 +. +And he gave a sign the same day, saying, This is the sign which the LORD has spoken; Behold, the altar shall be rent, and the ashes that are on it shall be poured out. -- 1 kings 13:3 +. +And it came to pass, when king Jeroboam heard the saying of the man of God, which had cried against the altar in Bethel, that he put forth his hand from the altar, saying, Lay hold on him. And his hand, which he put forth against him, dried up, so that he could not pull it in again to him. -- 1 kings 13:4 +. +The altar also was rent, and the ashes poured out from the altar, according to the sign which the man of God had given by the word of the LORD. -- 1 kings 13:5 +. +And the king answered and said to the man of God, Entreat now the face of the LORD your God, and pray for me, that my hand may be restored me again. And the man of God sought the LORD, and the king' hand was restored him again, and became as it was before. -- 1 kings 13:6 +. +And the king said to the man of God, Come home with me, and refresh yourself, and I will give you a reward. -- 1 kings 13:7 +. +And the man of God said to the king, If you will give me half your house, I will not go in with you, neither will I eat bread nor drink water in this place: -- 1 kings 13:8 +. +For so was it charged me by the word of the LORD, saying, Eat no bread, nor drink water, nor turn again by the same way that you came. -- 1 kings 13:9 +. +So he went another way, and returned not by the way that he came to Bethel. -- 1 kings 13:10 +. +Now there dwelled an old prophet in Bethel; and his sons came and told him all the works that the man of God had done that day in Bethel: the words which he had spoken to the king, them they told also to their father. -- 1 kings 13:11 +. +And their father said to them, What way went he? For his sons had seen what way the man of God went, which came from Judah. -- 1 kings 13:12 +. +And he said to his sons, Saddle me the ass. So they saddled him the ass: and he rode thereon, -- 1 kings 13:13 +. +And went after the man of God, and found him sitting under an oak: and he said to him, Are you the man of God that came from Judah? And he said, I am. -- 1 kings 13:14 +. +Then he said to him, Come home with me, and eat bread. -- 1 kings 13:15 +. +And he said, I may not return with you, nor go in with you: neither will I eat bread nor drink water with you in this place: -- 1 kings 13:16 +. +For it was said to me by the word of the LORD, You shall eat no bread nor drink water there, nor turn again to go by the way that you came. -- 1 kings 13:17 +. +He said to him, I am a prophet also as you are; and an angel spoke to me by the word of the LORD, saying, Bring him back with you into your house, that he may eat bread and drink water. But he lied to him. -- 1 kings 13:18 +. +So he went back with him, and did eat bread in his house, and drank water. -- 1 kings 13:19 +. +And it came to pass, as they sat at the table, that the word of the LORD came to the prophet that brought him back: -- 1 kings 13:20 +. +And he cried to the man of God that came from Judah, saying, Thus said the LORD, For as much as you have disobeyed the mouth of the LORD, and have not kept the commandment which the LORD your God commanded you, -- 1 kings 13:21 +. +But came back, and have eaten bread and drunk water in the place, of the which the Lord did say to you, Eat no bread, and drink no water; your carcass shall not come to the sepulcher of your fathers. -- 1 kings 13:22 +. +And it came to pass, after he had eaten bread, and after he had drunk, that he saddled for him the ass, to wit, for the prophet whom he had brought back. -- 1 kings 13:23 +. +And when he was gone, a lion met him by the way, and slew him: and his carcass was cast in the way, and the ass stood by it, the lion also stood by the carcass. -- 1 kings 13:24 +. +And, behold, men passed by, and saw the carcass cast in the way, and the lion standing by the carcass: and they came and told it in the city where the old prophet dwelled. -- 1 kings 13:25 +. +And when the prophet that brought him back from the way heard thereof, he said, It is the man of God, who was disobedient to the word of the LORD: therefore the LORD has delivered him to the lion, which has torn him, and slain him, according to the word of the LORD, which he spoke to him. -- 1 kings 13:26 +. +And he spoke to his sons, saying, Saddle me the ass. And they saddled him. -- 1 kings 13:27 +. +And he went and found his carcass cast in the way, and the ass and the lion standing by the carcass: the lion had not eaten the carcass, nor torn the ass. -- 1 kings 13:28 +. +And the prophet took up the carcass of the man of God, and laid it on the ass, and brought it back: and the old prophet came to the city, to mourn and to bury him. -- 1 kings 13:29 +. +And he laid his carcass in his own grave; and they mourned over him, saying, Alas, my brother! -- 1 kings 13:30 +. +And it came to pass, after he had buried him, that he spoke to his sons, saying, When I am dead, then bury me in the sepulcher wherein the man of God is buried; lay my bones beside his bones: -- 1 kings 13:31 +. +For the saying which he cried by the word of the LORD against the altar in Bethel, and against all the houses of the high places which are in the cities of Samaria, shall surely come to pass. -- 1 kings 13:32 +. +After this thing Jeroboam returned not from his evil way, but made again of the lowest of the people priests of the high places: whoever would, he consecrated him, and he became one of the priests of the high places. -- 1 kings 13:33 +. +And this thing became sin to the house of Jeroboam, even to cut it off, and to destroy it from off the face of the earth. -- 1 kings 13:34 +. +At that time Abijah the son of Jeroboam fell sick. -- 1 kings 14:1 +. +And Jeroboam said to his wife, Arise, I pray you, and disguise yourself, that you be not known to be the wife of Jeroboam; and get you to Shiloh: behold, there is Ahijah the prophet, which told me that I should be king over this people. -- 1 kings 14:2 +. +And take with you ten loaves, and cracknels, and a cruse of honey, and go to him: he shall tell you what shall become of the child. -- 1 kings 14:3 +. +And Jeroboam' wife did so, and arose, and went to Shiloh, and came to the house of Ahijah. But Ahijah could not see; for his eyes were set by reason of his age. -- 1 kings 14:4 +. +And the LORD said to Ahijah, Behold, the wife of Jeroboam comes to ask a thing of you for her son; for he is sick: thus and thus shall you say to her: for it shall be, when she comes in, that she shall feign herself to be another woman. -- 1 kings 14:5 +. +And it was so, when Ahijah heard the sound of her feet, as she came in at the door, that he said, Come in, you wife of Jeroboam; why feign you yourself to be another? for I am sent to you with heavy tidings. -- 1 kings 14:6 +. +Go, tell Jeroboam, Thus said the LORD God of Israel, For as much as I exalted you from among the people, and made you prince over my people Israel, -- 1 kings 14:7 +. +And rent the kingdom away from the house of David, and gave it you: and yet you have not been as my servant David, who kept my commandments, and who followed me with all his heart, to do that only which was right in my eyes; -- 1 kings 14:8 +. +But have done evil above all that were before you: for you have gone and made you other gods, and molten images, to provoke me to anger, and have cast me behind your back: -- 1 kings 14:9 +. +Therefore, behold, I will bring evil on the house of Jeroboam, and will cut off from Jeroboam him that urinates against the wall, and him that is shut up and left in Israel, and will take away the remnant of the house of Jeroboam, as a man takes away dung, till it be all gone. -- 1 kings 14:10 +. +Him that dies of Jeroboam in the city shall the dogs eat; and him that dies in the field shall the fowls of the air eat: for the LORD has spoken it. -- 1 kings 14:11 +. +Arise you therefore, get you to your own house: and when your feet enter into the city, the child shall die. -- 1 kings 14:12 +. +And all Israel shall mourn for him, and bury him: for he only of Jeroboam shall come to the grave, because in him there is found some good thing toward the LORD God of Israel in the house of Jeroboam. -- 1 kings 14:13 +. +Moreover the LORD shall raise him up a king over Israel, who shall cut off the house of Jeroboam that day: but what? even now. -- 1 kings 14:14 +. +For the LORD shall smite Israel, as a reed is shaken in the water, and he shall root up Israel out of this good land, which he gave to their fathers, and shall scatter them beyond the river, because they have made their groves, provoking the LORD to anger. -- 1 kings 14:15 +. +And he shall give Israel up because of the sins of Jeroboam, who did sin, and who made Israel to sin. -- 1 kings 14:16 +. +And Jeroboam' wife arose, and departed, and came to Tirzah: and when she came to the threshold of the door, the child died; -- 1 kings 14:17 +. +And they buried him; and all Israel mourned for him, according to the word of the LORD, which he spoke by the hand of his servant Ahijah the prophet. -- 1 kings 14:18 +. +And the rest of the acts of Jeroboam, how he warred, and how he reigned, behold, they are written in the book of the chronicles of the kings of Israel. -- 1 kings 14:19 +. +And the days which Jeroboam reigned were two and twenty years: and he slept with his fathers, and Nadab his son reigned in his stead. -- 1 kings 14:20 +. +And Rehoboam the son of Solomon reigned in Judah. Rehoboam was forty and one years old when he began to reign, and he reigned seventeen years in Jerusalem, the city which the LORD did choose out of all the tribes of Israel, to put his name there. And his mother' name was Naamah an Ammonitess. -- 1 kings 14:21 +. +And Judah did evil in the sight of the LORD, and they provoked him to jealousy with their sins which they had committed, above all that their fathers had done. -- 1 kings 14:22 +. +For they also built them high places, and images, and groves, on every high hill, and under every green tree. -- 1 kings 14:23 +. +And there were also sodomites in the land: and they did according to all the abominations of the nations which the LORD cast out before the children of Israel. -- 1 kings 14:24 +. +And it came to pass in the fifth year of king Rehoboam, that Shishak king of Egypt came up against Jerusalem: -- 1 kings 14:25 +. +And he took away the treasures of the house of the LORD, and the treasures of the king' house; he even took away all: and he took away all the shields of gold which Solomon had made. -- 1 kings 14:26 +. +And king Rehoboam made in their stead brazen shields, and committed them to the hands of the chief of the guard, which kept the door of the king' house. -- 1 kings 14:27 +. +And it was so, when the king went into the house of the LORD, that the guard bore them, and brought them back into the guard chamber. -- 1 kings 14:28 +. +Now the rest of the acts of Rehoboam, and all that he did, are they not written in the book of the chronicles of the kings of Judah? -- 1 kings 14:29 +. +And there was war between Rehoboam and Jeroboam all their days. -- 1 kings 14:30 +. +And Rehoboam slept with his fathers, and was buried with his fathers in the city of David. And his mother' name was Naamah an Ammonitess. And Abijam his son reigned in his stead. -- 1 kings 14:31 +. +Now in the eighteenth year of king Jeroboam the son of Nebat reigned Abijam over Judah. -- 1 kings 15:1 +. +Three years reigned he in Jerusalem. and his mother' name was Maachah, the daughter of Abishalom. -- 1 kings 15:2 +. +And he walked in all the sins of his father, which he had done before him: and his heart was not perfect with the LORD his God, as the heart of David his father. -- 1 kings 15:3 +. +Nevertheless for David' sake did the LORD his God give him a lamp in Jerusalem, to set up his son after him, and to establish Jerusalem: -- 1 kings 15:4 +. +Because David did that which was right in the eyes of the LORD, and turned not aside from any thing that he commanded him all the days of his life, save only in the matter of Uriah the Hittite. -- 1 kings 15:5 +. +And there was war between Rehoboam and Jeroboam all the days of his life. -- 1 kings 15:6 +. +Now the rest of the acts of Abijam, and all that he did, are they not written in the book of the chronicles of the kings of Judah? And there was war between Abijam and Jeroboam. -- 1 kings 15:7 +. +And Abijam slept with his fathers; and they buried him in the city of David: and Asa his son reigned in his stead. -- 1 kings 15:8 +. +And in the twentieth year of Jeroboam king of Israel reigned Asa over Judah. -- 1 kings 15:9 +. +And forty and one years reigned he in Jerusalem. And his mother' name was Maachah, the daughter of Abishalom. -- 1 kings 15:10 +. +And Asa did that which was right in the eyes of the LORD, as did David his father. -- 1 kings 15:11 +. +And he took away the sodomites out of the land, and removed all the idols that his fathers had made. -- 1 kings 15:12 +. +And also Maachah his mother, even her he removed from being queen, because she had made an idol in a grove; and Asa destroyed her idol, and burnt it by the brook Kidron. -- 1 kings 15:13 +. +But the high places were not removed: nevertheless Asa' heart was perfect with the LORD all his days. -- 1 kings 15:14 +. +And he brought in the things which his father had dedicated, and the things which himself had dedicated, into the house of the LORD, silver, and gold, and vessels. -- 1 kings 15:15 +. +And there was war between Asa and Baasha king of Israel all their days. -- 1 kings 15:16 +. +And Baasha king of Israel went up against Judah, and built Ramah, that he might not suffer any to go out or come in to Asa king of Judah. -- 1 kings 15:17 +. +Then Asa took all the silver and the gold that were left in the treasures of the house of the LORD, and the treasures of the king' house, and delivered them into the hand of his servants: and king Asa sent them to Benhadad, the son of Tabrimon, the son of Hezion, king of Syria, that dwelled at Damascus, saying, -- 1 kings 15:18 +. +There is a league between me and you, and between my father and your father: behold, I have sent to you a present of silver and gold; come and break your league with Baasha king of Israel, that he may depart from me. -- 1 kings 15:19 +. +So Benhadad listened to king Asa, and sent the captains of the hosts which he had against the cities of Israel, and smote Ijon, and Dan, and Abelbethmaachah, and all Cinneroth, with all the land of Naphtali. -- 1 kings 15:20 +. +And it came to pass, when Baasha heard thereof, that he left off building of Ramah, and dwelled in Tirzah. -- 1 kings 15:21 +. +Then king Asa made a proclamation throughout all Judah; none was exempted: and they took away the stones of Ramah, and the timber thereof, with which Baasha had built; and king Asa built with them Geba of Benjamin, and Mizpah. -- 1 kings 15:22 +. +The rest of all the acts of Asa, and all his might, and all that he did, and the cities which he built, are they not written in the book of the chronicles of the kings of Judah? Nevertheless in the time of his old age he was diseased in his feet. -- 1 kings 15:23 +. +And Asa slept with his fathers, and was buried with his fathers in the city of David his father: and Jehoshaphat his son reigned in his stead. -- 1 kings 15:24 +. +And Nadab the son of Jeroboam began to reign over Israel in the second year of Asa king of Judah, and reigned over Israel two years. -- 1 kings 15:25 +. +And he did evil in the sight of the LORD, and walked in the way of his father, and in his sin with which he made Israel to sin. -- 1 kings 15:26 +. +And Baasha the son of Ahijah, of the house of Issachar, conspired against him; and Baasha smote him at Gibbethon, which belonged to the Philistines; for Nadab and all Israel laid siege to Gibbethon. -- 1 kings 15:27 +. +Even in the third year of Asa king of Judah did Baasha slay him, and reigned in his stead. -- 1 kings 15:28 +. +And it came to pass, when he reigned, that he smote all the house of Jeroboam; he left not to Jeroboam any that breathed, until he had destroyed him, according to the saying of the LORD, which he spoke by his servant Ahijah the Shilonite: -- 1 kings 15:29 +. +Because of the sins of Jeroboam which he sinned, and which he made Israel sin, by his provocation with which he provoked the LORD God of Israel to anger. -- 1 kings 15:30 +. +Now the rest of the acts of Nadab, and all that he did, are they not written in the book of the chronicles of the kings of Israel? -- 1 kings 15:31 +. +And there was war between Asa and Baasha king of Israel all their days. -- 1 kings 15:32 +. +In the third year of Asa king of Judah began Baasha the son of Ahijah to reign over all Israel in Tirzah, twenty and four years. -- 1 kings 15:33 +. +And he did evil in the sight of the LORD, and walked in the way of Jeroboam, and in his sin with which he made Israel to sin. -- 1 kings 15:34 +. +Then the word of the LORD came to Jehu the son of Hanani against Baasha, saying, -- 1 kings 16:1 +. +For as much as I exalted you out of the dust, and made you prince over my people Israel; and you have walked in the way of Jeroboam, and have made my people Israel to sin, to provoke me to anger with their sins; -- 1 kings 16:2 +. +Behold, I will take away the posterity of Baasha, and the posterity of his house; and will make your house like the house of Jeroboam the son of Nebat. -- 1 kings 16:3 +. +Him that dies of Baasha in the city shall the dogs eat; and him that dies of his in the fields shall the fowls of the air eat. -- 1 kings 16:4 +. +Now the rest of the acts of Baasha, and what he did, and his might, are they not written in the book of the chronicles of the kings of Israel? -- 1 kings 16:5 +. +So Baasha slept with his fathers, and was buried in Tirzah: and Elah his son reigned in his stead. -- 1 kings 16:6 +. +And also by the hand of the prophet Jehu the son of Hanani came the word of the LORD against Baasha, and against his house, even for all the evil that he did in the sight of the LORD, in provoking him to anger with the work of his hands, in being like the house of Jeroboam; and because he killed him. -- 1 kings 16:7 +. +In the twenty and sixth year of Asa king of Judah began Elah the son of Baasha to reign over Israel in Tirzah, two years. -- 1 kings 16:8 +. +And his servant Zimri, captain of half his chariots, conspired against him, as he was in Tirzah, drinking himself drunk in the house of Arza steward of his house in Tirzah. -- 1 kings 16:9 +. +And Zimri went in and smote him, and killed him, in the twenty and seventh year of Asa king of Judah, and reigned in his stead. -- 1 kings 16:10 +. +And it came to pass, when he began to reign, as soon as he sat on his throne, that he slew all the house of Baasha: he left him not one that urinates against a wall, neither of his kinfolks, nor of his friends. -- 1 kings 16:11 +. +Thus did Zimri destroy all the house of Baasha, according to the word of the LORD, which he spoke against Baasha by Jehu the prophet. -- 1 kings 16:12 +. +For all the sins of Baasha, and the sins of Elah his son, by which they sinned, and by which they made Israel to sin, in provoking the LORD God of Israel to anger with their vanities. -- 1 kings 16:13 +. +Now the rest of the acts of Elah, and all that he did, are they not written in the book of the chronicles of the kings of Israel? -- 1 kings 16:14 +. +In the twenty and seventh year of Asa king of Judah did Zimri reign seven days in Tirzah. And the people were encamped against Gibbethon, which belonged to the Philistines. -- 1 kings 16:15 +. +And the people that were encamped heard say, Zimri has conspired, and has also slain the king: why all Israel made Omri, the captain of the host, king over Israel that day in the camp. -- 1 kings 16:16 +. +And Omri went up from Gibbethon, and all Israel with him, and they besieged Tirzah. -- 1 kings 16:17 +. +And it came to pass, when Zimri saw that the city was taken, that he went into the palace of the king' house, and burnt the king' house over him with fire, and died. -- 1 kings 16:18 +. +For his sins which he sinned in doing evil in the sight of the LORD, in walking in the way of Jeroboam, and in his sin which he did, to make Israel to sin. -- 1 kings 16:19 +. +Now the rest of the acts of Zimri, and his treason that he worked, are they not written in the book of the chronicles of the kings of Israel? -- 1 kings 16:20 +. +Then were the people of Israel divided into two parts: half of the people followed Tibni the son of Ginath, to make him king; and half followed Omri. -- 1 kings 16:21 +. +But the people that followed Omri prevailed against the people that followed Tibni the son of Ginath: so Tibni died, and Omri reigned. -- 1 kings 16:22 +. +In the thirty and first year of Asa king of Judah began Omri to reign over Israel, twelve years: six years reigned he in Tirzah. -- 1 kings 16:23 +. +And he bought the hill Samaria of Shemer for two talents of silver, and built on the hill, and called the name of the city which he built, after the name of Shemer, owner of the hill, Samaria. -- 1 kings 16:24 +. +But Omri worked evil in the eyes of the LORD, and did worse than all that were before him. -- 1 kings 16:25 +. +For he walked in all the way of Jeroboam the son of Nebat, and in his sin with which he made Israel to sin, to provoke the LORD God of Israel to anger with their vanities. -- 1 kings 16:26 +. +Now the rest of the acts of Omri which he did, and his might that he showed, are they not written in the book of the chronicles of the kings of Israel? -- 1 kings 16:27 +. +So Omri slept with his fathers, and was buried in Samaria: and Ahab his son reigned in his stead. -- 1 kings 16:28 +. +And in the thirty and eighth year of Asa king of Judah began Ahab the son of Omri to reign over Israel: and Ahab the son of Omri reigned over Israel in Samaria twenty and two years. -- 1 kings 16:29 +. +And Ahab the son of Omri did evil in the sight of the LORD above all that were before him. -- 1 kings 16:30 +. +And it came to pass, as if it had been a light thing for him to walk in the sins of Jeroboam the son of Nebat, that he took to wife Jezebel the daughter of Ethbaal king of the Zidonians, and went and served Baal, and worshipped him. -- 1 kings 16:31 +. +And he reared up an altar for Baal in the house of Baal, which he had built in Samaria. -- 1 kings 16:32 +. +And Ahab made a grove; and Ahab did more to provoke the LORD God of Israel to anger than all the kings of Israel that were before him. -- 1 kings 16:33 +. +In his days did Hiel the Bethelite build Jericho: he laid the foundation thereof in Abiram his firstborn, and set up the gates thereof in his youngest son Segub, according to the word of the LORD, which he spoke by Joshua the son of Nun. -- 1 kings 16:34 +. +And Elijah the Tishbite, who was of the inhabitants of Gilead, said to Ahab, As the LORD God of Israel lives, before whom I stand, there shall not be dew nor rain these years, but according to my word. -- 1 kings 17:1 +. +And the word of the LORD came to him, saying, -- 1 kings 17:2 +. +Get you hence, and turn you eastward, and hide yourself by the brook Cherith, that is before Jordan. -- 1 kings 17:3 +. +And it shall be, that you shall drink of the brook; and I have commanded the ravens to feed you there. -- 1 kings 17:4 +. +So he went and did according to the word of the LORD: for he went and dwelled by the brook Cherith, that is before Jordan. -- 1 kings 17:5 +. +And the ravens brought him bread and flesh in the morning, and bread and flesh in the evening; and he drank of the brook. -- 1 kings 17:6 +. +And it came to pass after a while, that the brook dried up, because there had been no rain in the land. -- 1 kings 17:7 +. +And the word of the LORD came to him, saying, -- 1 kings 17:8 +. +Arise, get you to Zarephath, which belongs to Zidon, and dwell there: behold, I have commanded a widow woman there to sustain you. -- 1 kings 17:9 +. +So he arose and went to Zarephath. And when he came to the gate of the city, behold, the widow woman was there gathering of sticks: and he called to her, and said, Fetch me, I pray you, a little water in a vessel, that I may drink. -- 1 kings 17:10 +. +And as she was going to fetch it, he called to her, and said, Bring me, I pray you, a morsel of bread in your hand. -- 1 kings 17:11 +. +And she said, As the LORD your God lives, I have not a cake, but an handful of meal in a barrel, and a little oil in a cruse: and, behold, I am gathering two sticks, that I may go in and dress it for me and my son, that we may eat it, and die. -- 1 kings 17:12 +. +And Elijah said to her, Fear not; go and do as you have said: but make me thereof a little cake first, and bring it to me, and after make for you and for your son. -- 1 kings 17:13 +. +For thus said the LORD God of Israel, The barrel of meal shall not waste, neither shall the cruse of oil fail, until the day that the LORD sends rain on the earth. -- 1 kings 17:14 +. +And she went and did according to the saying of Elijah: and she, and he, and her house, did eat many days. -- 1 kings 17:15 +. +And the barrel of meal wasted not, neither did the cruse of oil fail, according to the word of the LORD, which he spoke by Elijah. -- 1 kings 17:16 +. +And it came to pass after these things, that the son of the woman, the mistress of the house, fell sick; and his sickness was so sore, that there was no breath left in him. -- 1 kings 17:17 +. +And she said to Elijah, What have I to do with you, O you man of God? are you come to me to call my sin to remembrance, and to slay my son? -- 1 kings 17:18 +. +And he said to her, Give me your son. And he took him out of her bosom, and carried him up into a loft, where he stayed, and laid him on his own bed. -- 1 kings 17:19 +. +And he cried to the LORD, and said, O LORD my God, have you also brought evil on the widow with whom I sojourn, by slaying her son? -- 1 kings 17:20 +. +And he stretched himself on the child three times, and cried to the LORD, and said, O LORD my God, I pray you, let this child' soul come into him again. -- 1 kings 17:21 +. +And the LORD heard the voice of Elijah; and the soul of the child came into him again, and he revived. -- 1 kings 17:22 +. +And Elijah took the child, and brought him down out of the chamber into the house, and delivered him to his mother: and Elijah said, See, your son lives. -- 1 kings 17:23 +. +And the woman said to Elijah, Now by this I know that you are a man of God, and that the word of the LORD in your mouth is truth. -- 1 kings 17:24 +. +And it came to pass after many days, that the word of the LORD came to Elijah in the third year, saying, Go, show yourself to Ahab; and I will send rain on the earth. -- 1 kings 18:1 +. +And Elijah went to show himself to Ahab. And there was a sore famine in Samaria. -- 1 kings 18:2 +. +And Ahab called Obadiah, which was the governor of his house. (Now Obadiah feared the LORD greatly: -- 1 kings 18:3 +. +For it was so, when Jezebel cut off the prophets of the LORD, that Obadiah took an hundred prophets, and hid them by fifty in a cave, and fed them with bread and water.) -- 1 kings 18:4 +. +And Ahab said to Obadiah, Go into the land, to all fountains of water, and to all brooks: peradventure we may find grass to save the horses and mules alive, that we lose not all the beasts. -- 1 kings 18:5 +. +So they divided the land between them to pass throughout it: Ahab went one way by himself, and Obadiah went another way by himself. -- 1 kings 18:6 +. +And as Obadiah was in the way, behold, Elijah met him: and he knew him, and fell on his face, and said, Are you that my lord Elijah? -- 1 kings 18:7 +. +And he answered him, I am: go, tell your lord, Behold, Elijah is here. -- 1 kings 18:8 +. +And he said, What have I sinned, that you would deliver your servant into the hand of Ahab, to slay me? -- 1 kings 18:9 +. +As the LORD your God lives, there is no nation or kingdom, where my lord has not sent to seek you: and when they said, He is not there; he took an oath of the kingdom and nation, that they found you not. -- 1 kings 18:10 +. +And now you say, Go, tell your lord, Behold, Elijah is here. -- 1 kings 18:11 +. +And it shall come to pass, as soon as I am gone from you, that the Spirit of the LORD shall carry you where I know not; and so when I come and tell Ahab, and he cannot find you, he shall slay me: but I your servant fear the LORD from my youth. -- 1 kings 18:12 +. +Was it not told my lord what I did when Jezebel slew the prophets of the LORD, how I hid an hundred men of the LORD' prophets by fifty in a cave, and fed them with bread and water? -- 1 kings 18:13 +. +And now you say, Go, tell your lord, Behold, Elijah is here: and he shall slay me. -- 1 kings 18:14 +. +And Elijah said, As the LORD of hosts lives, before whom I stand, I will surely show myself to him to day. -- 1 kings 18:15 +. +So Obadiah went to meet Ahab, and told him: and Ahab went to meet Elijah. -- 1 kings 18:16 +. +And it came to pass, when Ahab saw Elijah, that Ahab said to him, Are you he that troubles Israel? -- 1 kings 18:17 +. +And he answered, I have not troubled Israel; but you, and your father' house, in that you have forsaken the commandments of the LORD, and you have followed Baalim. -- 1 kings 18:18 +. +Now therefore send, and gather to me all Israel to mount Carmel, and the prophets of Baal four hundred and fifty, and the prophets of the groves four hundred, which eat at Jezebel' table. -- 1 kings 18:19 +. +So Ahab sent to all the children of Israel, and gathered the prophets together to mount Carmel. -- 1 kings 18:20 +. +And Elijah came to all the people, and said, How long halt you between two opinions? if the LORD be God, follow him: but if Baal, then follow him. And the people answered him not a word. -- 1 kings 18:21 +. +Then said Elijah to the people, I, even I only, remain a prophet of the LORD; but Baal' prophets are four hundred and fifty men. -- 1 kings 18:22 +. +Let them therefore give us two bullocks; and let them choose one bullock for themselves, and cut it in pieces, and lay it on wood, and put no fire under: and I will dress the other bullock, and lay it on wood, and put no fire under: -- 1 kings 18:23 +. +And call you on the name of your gods, and I will call on the name of the LORD: and the God that answers by fire, let him be God. And all the people answered and said, It is well spoken. -- 1 kings 18:24 +. +And Elijah said to the prophets of Baal, Choose you one bullock for yourselves, and dress it first; for you are many; and call on the name of your gods, but put no fire under. -- 1 kings 18:25 +. +And they took the bullock which was given them, and they dressed it, and called on the name of Baal from morning even until noon, saying, O Baal, hear us. But there was no voice, nor any that answered. And they leaped on the altar which was made. -- 1 kings 18:26 +. +And it came to pass at noon, that Elijah mocked them, and said, Cry aloud: for he is a god; either he is talking, or he is pursuing, or he is in a journey, or peradventure he sleeps, and must be awaked. -- 1 kings 18:27 +. +And they cried aloud, and cut themselves after their manner with knives and lancets, till the blood gushed out on them. -- 1 kings 18:28 +. +And it came to pass, when midday was past, and they prophesied until the time of the offering of the evening sacrifice, that there was neither voice, nor any to answer, nor any that regarded. -- 1 kings 18:29 +. +And Elijah said to all the people, Come near to me. And all the people came near to him. And he repaired the altar of the LORD that was broken down. -- 1 kings 18:30 +. +And Elijah took twelve stones, according to the number of the tribes of the sons of Jacob, to whom the word of the LORD came, saying, Israel shall be your name: -- 1 kings 18:31 +. +And with the stones he built an altar in the name of the LORD: and he made a trench about the altar, as great as would contain two measures of seed. -- 1 kings 18:32 +. +And he put the wood in order, and cut the bullock in pieces, and laid him on the wood, and said, Fill four barrels with water, and pour it on the burnt sacrifice, and on the wood. -- 1 kings 18:33 +. +And he said, Do it the second time. And they did it the second time. And he said, Do it the third time. And they did it the third time. -- 1 kings 18:34 +. +And the water ran round about the altar; and he filled the trench also with water. -- 1 kings 18:35 +. +And it came to pass at the time of the offering of the evening sacrifice, that Elijah the prophet came near, and said, LORD God of Abraham, Isaac, and of Israel, let it be known this day that you are God in Israel, and that I am your servant, and that I have done all these things at your word. -- 1 kings 18:36 +. +Hear me, O LORD, hear me, that this people may know that you are the LORD God, and that you have turned their heart back again. -- 1 kings 18:37 +. +Then the fire of the LORD fell, and consumed the burnt sacrifice, and the wood, and the stones, and the dust, and licked up the water that was in the trench. -- 1 kings 18:38 +. +And when all the people saw it, they fell on their faces: and they said, The LORD, he is the God; the LORD, he is the God. -- 1 kings 18:39 +. +And Elijah said to them, Take the prophets of Baal; let not one of them escape. And they took them: and Elijah brought them down to the brook Kishon, and slew them there. -- 1 kings 18:40 +. +And Elijah said to Ahab, Get you up, eat and drink; for there is a sound of abundance of rain. -- 1 kings 18:41 +. +So Ahab went up to eat and to drink. And Elijah went up to the top of Carmel; and he cast himself down on the earth, and put his face between his knees, -- 1 kings 18:42 +. +And said to his servant, Go up now, look toward the sea. And he went up, and looked, and said, There is nothing. And he said, Go again seven times. -- 1 kings 18:43 +. +And it came to pass at the seventh time, that he said, Behold, there rises a little cloud out of the sea, like a man' hand. And he said, Go up, say to Ahab, Prepare your chariot, and get you down that the rain stop you not. -- 1 kings 18:44 +. +And it came to pass in the mean while, that the heaven was black with clouds and wind, and there was a great rain. And Ahab rode, and went to Jezreel. -- 1 kings 18:45 +. +And the hand of the LORD was on Elijah; and he girded up his loins, and ran before Ahab to the entrance of Jezreel. -- 1 kings 18:46 +. +And Ahab told Jezebel all that Elijah had done, and with how he had slain all the prophets with the sword. -- 1 kings 19:1 +. +Then Jezebel sent a messenger to Elijah, saying, So let the gods do to me, and more also, if I make not your life as the life of one of them by to morrow about this time. -- 1 kings 19:2 +. +And when he saw that, he arose, and went for his life, and came to Beersheba, which belongs to Judah, and left his servant there. -- 1 kings 19:3 +. +But he himself went a day' journey into the wilderness, and came and sat down under a juniper tree: and he requested for himself that he might die; and said, It is enough; now, O LORD, take away my life; for I am not better than my fathers. -- 1 kings 19:4 +. +And as he lay and slept under a juniper tree, behold, then an angel touched him, and said to him, Arise and eat. -- 1 kings 19:5 +. +And he looked, and, behold, there was a cake baked on the coals, and a cruse of water at his head. And he did eat and drink, and laid him down again. -- 1 kings 19:6 +. +And the angel of the LORD came again the second time, and touched him, and said, Arise and eat; because the journey is too great for you. -- 1 kings 19:7 +. +And he arose, and did eat and drink, and went in the strength of that meat forty days and forty nights to Horeb the mount of God. -- 1 kings 19:8 +. +And he came thither to a cave, and lodged there; and, behold, the word of the LORD came to him, and he said to him, What do you here, Elijah? -- 1 kings 19:9 +. +And he said, I have been very jealous for the LORD God of hosts: for the children of Israel have forsaken your covenant, thrown down your altars, and slain your prophets with the sword; and I, even I only, am left; and they seek my life, to take it away. -- 1 kings 19:10 +. +And he said, Go forth, and stand on the mount before the LORD. And, behold, the LORD passed by, and a great and strong wind rent the mountains, and broke in pieces the rocks before the LORD; but the LORD was not in the wind: and after the wind an earthquake; but the LORD was not in the earthquake: -- 1 kings 19:11 +. +And after the earthquake a fire; but the LORD was not in the fire: and after the fire a still small voice. -- 1 kings 19:12 +. +And it was so, when Elijah heard it, that he wrapped his face in his mantle, and went out, and stood in the entering in of the cave. And, behold, there came a voice to him, and said, What do you here, Elijah? -- 1 kings 19:13 +. +And he said, I have been very jealous for the LORD God of hosts: because the children of Israel have forsaken your covenant, thrown down your altars, and slain your prophets with the sword; and I, even I only, am left; and they seek my life, to take it away. -- 1 kings 19:14 +. +And the LORD said to him, Go, return on your way to the wilderness of Damascus: and when you come, anoint Hazael to be king over Syria: -- 1 kings 19:15 +. +And Jehu the son of Nimshi shall you anoint to be king over Israel: and Elisha the son of Shaphat of Abelmeholah shall you anoint to be prophet in your room. -- 1 kings 19:16 +. +And it shall come to pass, that him that escapes the sword of Hazael shall Jehu slay: and him that escapes from the sword of Jehu shall Elisha slay. -- 1 kings 19:17 +. +Yet I have left me seven thousand in Israel, all the knees which have not bowed to Baal, and every mouth which has not kissed him. -- 1 kings 19:18 +. +So he departed there, and found Elisha the son of Shaphat, who was plowing with twelve yoke of oxen before him, and he with the twelfth: and Elijah passed by him, and cast his mantle on him. -- 1 kings 19:19 +. +And he left the oxen, and ran after Elijah, and said, Let me, I pray you, kiss my father and my mother, and then I will follow you. And he said to him, Go back again: for what have I done to you? -- 1 kings 19:20 +. +And he returned back from him, and took a yoke of oxen, and slew them, and boiled their flesh with the instruments of the oxen, and gave to the people, and they did eat. Then he arose, and went after Elijah, and ministered to him. -- 1 kings 19:21 +. +And Benhadad the king of Syria gathered all his host together: and there were thirty and two kings with him, and horses, and chariots; and he went up and besieged Samaria, and warred against it. -- 1 kings 20:1 +. +And he sent messengers to Ahab king of Israel into the city, and said to him, Thus said Benhadad, -- 1 kings 20:2 +. +Your silver and your gold is mine; your wives also and your children, even the best, are mine. -- 1 kings 20:3 +. +And the king of Israel answered and said, My lord, O king, according to your saying, I am yours, and all that I have. -- 1 kings 20:4 +. +And the messengers came again, and said, Thus speaks Benhadad, saying, Although I have sent to you, saying, You shall deliver me your silver, and your gold, and your wives, and your children; -- 1 kings 20:5 +. +Yet I will send my servants to you to morrow about this time, and they shall search your house, and the houses of your servants; and it shall be, that whatever is pleasant in your eyes, they shall put it in their hand, and take it away. -- 1 kings 20:6 +. +Then the king of Israel called all the elders of the land, and said, Mark, I pray you, and see how this man seeks mischief: for he sent to me for my wives, and for my children, and for my silver, and for my gold; and I denied him not. -- 1 kings 20:7 +. +And all the elders and all the people said to him, Listen not to him, nor consent. -- 1 kings 20:8 +. +Why he said to the messengers of Benhadad, Tell my lord the king, All that you did send for to your servant at the first I will do: but this thing I may not do. And the messengers departed, and brought him word again. -- 1 kings 20:9 +. +And Benhadad sent to him, and said, The gods do so to me, and more also, if the dust of Samaria shall suffice for handfuls for all the people that follow me. -- 1 kings 20:10 +. +And the king of Israel answered and said, Tell him, Let not him that girds on his harness boast himself as he that puts it off. -- 1 kings 20:11 +. +And it came to pass, when Ben-hadad heard this message, as he was drinking, he and the kings in the pavilions, that he said to his servants, Set yourselves in array. And they set themselves in array against the city. -- 1 kings 20:12 +. +And, behold, there came a prophet to Ahab king of Israel, saying, Thus said the LORD, Have you seen all this great multitude? behold, I will deliver it into your hand this day; and you shall know that I am the LORD. -- 1 kings 20:13 +. +And Ahab said, By whom? And he said, Thus said the LORD, Even by the young men of the princes of the provinces. Then he said, Who shall order the battle? And he answered, You. -- 1 kings 20:14 +. +Then he numbered the young men of the princes of the provinces, and they were two hundred and thirty two: and after them he numbered all the people, even all the children of Israel, being seven thousand. -- 1 kings 20:15 +. +And they went out at noon. But Benhadad was drinking himself drunk in the pavilions, he and the kings, the thirty and two kings that helped him. -- 1 kings 20:16 +. +And the young men of the princes of the provinces went out first; and Benhadad sent out, and they told him, saying, There are men come out of Samaria. -- 1 kings 20:17 +. +And he said, Whether they be come out for peace, take them alive; or whether they be come out for war, take them alive. -- 1 kings 20:18 +. +So these young men of the princes of the provinces came out of the city, and the army which followed them. -- 1 kings 20:19 +. +And they slew every one his man: and the Syrians fled; and Israel pursued them: and Benhadad the king of Syria escaped on an horse with the horsemen. -- 1 kings 20:20 +. +And the king of Israel went out, and smote the horses and chariots, and slew the Syrians with a great slaughter. -- 1 kings 20:21 +. +And the prophet came to the king of Israel, and said to him, Go, strengthen yourself, and mark, and see what you do: for at the return of the year the king of Syria will come up against you. -- 1 kings 20:22 +. +And the servants of the king of Syria said to him, Their gods are gods of the hills; therefore they were stronger than we; but let us fight against them in the plain, and surely we shall be stronger than they. -- 1 kings 20:23 +. +And do this thing, Take the kings away, every man out of his place, and put captains in their rooms: -- 1 kings 20:24 +. +And number you an army, like the army that you have lost, horse for horse, and chariot for chariot: and we will fight against them in the plain, and surely we shall be stronger than they. And he listened to their voice, and did so. -- 1 kings 20:25 +. +And it came to pass at the return of the year, that Benhadad numbered the Syrians, and went up to Aphek, to fight against Israel. -- 1 kings 20:26 +. +And the children of Israel were numbered, and were all present, and went against them: and the children of Israel pitched before them like two little flocks of kids; but the Syrians filled the country. -- 1 kings 20:27 +. +And there came a man of God, and spoke to the king of Israel, and said, Thus said the LORD, Because the Syrians have said, The LORD is God of the hills, but he is not God of the valleys, therefore will I deliver all this great multitude into your hand, and you shall know that I am the LORD. -- 1 kings 20:28 +. +And they pitched one over against the other seven days. And so it was, that in the seventh day the battle was joined: and the children of Israel slew of the Syrians an hundred thousand footmen in one day. -- 1 kings 20:29 +. +But the rest fled to Aphek, into the city; and there a wall fell on twenty and seven thousand of the men that were left. And Benhadad fled, and came into the city, into an inner chamber. -- 1 kings 20:30 +. +And his servants said to him, Behold now, we have heard that the kings of the house of Israel are merciful kings: let us, I pray you, put sackcloth on our loins, and ropes on our heads, and go out to the king of Israel: peradventure he will save your life. -- 1 kings 20:31 +. +So they girded sackcloth on their loins, and put ropes on their heads, and came to the king of Israel, and said, Your servant Benhadad said, I pray you, let me live. And he said, Is he yet alive? he is my brother. -- 1 kings 20:32 +. +Now the men did diligently observe whether any thing would come from him, and did hastily catch it: and they said, Your brother Benhadad. Then he said, Go you, bring him. Then Benhadad came forth to him; and he caused him to come up into the chariot. -- 1 kings 20:33 +. +And Ben-hadad said to him, The cities, which my father took from your father, I will restore; and you shall make streets for you in Damascus, as my father made in Samaria. Then said Ahab, I will send you away with this covenant. So he made a covenant with him, and sent him away. -- 1 kings 20:34 +. +And a certain man of the sons of the prophets said to his neighbor in the word of the LORD, Smite me, I pray you. And the man refused to smite him. -- 1 kings 20:35 +. +Then said he to him, Because you have not obeyed the voice of the LORD, behold, as soon as you are departed from me, a lion shall slay you. And as soon as he was departed from him, a lion found him, and slew him. -- 1 kings 20:36 +. +Then he found another man, and said, Smite me, I pray you. And the man smote him, so that in smiting he wounded him. -- 1 kings 20:37 +. +So the prophet departed, and waited for the king by the way, and disguised himself with ashes on his face. -- 1 kings 20:38 +. +And as the king passed by, he cried to the king: and he said, Your servant went out into the middle of the battle; and, behold, a man turned aside, and brought a man to me, and said, Keep this man: if by any means he be missing, then shall your life be for his life, or else you shall pay a talent of silver. -- 1 kings 20:39 +. +And as your servant was busy here and there, he was gone. And the king of Israel said to him, So shall your judgment be; yourself have decided it. -- 1 kings 20:40 +. +And he hurried, and took the ashes away from his face; and the king of Israel discerned him that he was of the prophets. -- 1 kings 20:41 +. +And he said to him, Thus said the LORD, Because you have let go out of your hand a man whom I appointed to utter destruction, therefore your life shall go for his life, and your people for his people. -- 1 kings 20:42 +. +And the king of Israel went to his house heavy and displeased, and came to Samaria. -- 1 kings 20:43 +. +And it came to pass after these things, that Naboth the Jezreelite had a vineyard, which was in Jezreel, hard by the palace of Ahab king of Samaria. -- 1 kings 21:1 +. +And Ahab spoke to Naboth, saying, Give me your vineyard, that I may have it for a garden of herbs, because it is near to my house: and I will give you for it a better vineyard than it; or, if it seem good to you, I will give you the worth of it in money. -- 1 kings 21:2 +. +And Naboth said to Ahab, The LORD forbid it me, that I should give the inheritance of my fathers to you. -- 1 kings 21:3 +. +And Ahab came into his house heavy and displeased because of the word which Naboth the Jezreelite had spoken to him: for he had said, I will not give you the inheritance of my fathers. And he laid him down on his bed, and turned away his face, and would eat no bread. -- 1 kings 21:4 +. +But Jezebel his wife came to him, and said to him, Why is your spirit so sad, that you eat no bread? -- 1 kings 21:5 +. +And he said to her, Because I spoke to Naboth the Jezreelite, and said to him, Give me your vineyard for money; or else, if it please you, I will give you another vineyard for it: and he answered, I will not give you my vineyard. -- 1 kings 21:6 +. +And Jezebel his wife said to him, Do you now govern the kingdom of Israel? arise, and eat bread, and let your heart be merry: I will give you the vineyard of Naboth the Jezreelite. -- 1 kings 21:7 +. +So she wrote letters in Ahab' name, and sealed them with his seal, and sent the letters to the elders and to the nobles that were in his city, dwelling with Naboth. -- 1 kings 21:8 +. +And she wrote in the letters, saying, Proclaim a fast, and set Naboth on high among the people: -- 1 kings 21:9 +. +And set two men, sons of Belial, before him, to bear witness against him, saying, You did blaspheme God and the king. And then carry him out, and stone him, that he may die. -- 1 kings 21:10 +. +And the men of his city, even the elders and the nobles who were the inhabitants in his city, did as Jezebel had sent to them, and as it was written in the letters which she had sent to them. -- 1 kings 21:11 +. +They proclaimed a fast, and set Naboth on high among the people. -- 1 kings 21:12 +. +And there came in two men, children of Belial, and sat before him: and the men of Belial witnessed against him, even against Naboth, in the presence of the people, saying, Naboth did blaspheme God and the king. Then they carried him forth out of the city, and stoned him with stones, that he died. -- 1 kings 21:13 +. +Then they sent to Jezebel, saying, Naboth is stoned, and is dead. -- 1 kings 21:14 +. +And it came to pass, when Jezebel heard that Naboth was stoned, and was dead, that Jezebel said to Ahab, Arise, take possession of the vineyard of Naboth the Jezreelite, which he refused to give you for money: for Naboth is not alive, but dead. -- 1 kings 21:15 +. +And it came to pass, when Ahab heard that Naboth was dead, that Ahab rose up to go down to the vineyard of Naboth the Jezreelite, to take possession of it. -- 1 kings 21:16 +. +And the word of the LORD came to Elijah the Tishbite, saying, -- 1 kings 21:17 +. +Arise, go down to meet Ahab king of Israel, which is in Samaria: behold, he is in the vineyard of Naboth, where he is gone down to possess it. -- 1 kings 21:18 +. +And you shall speak to him, saying, Thus said the LORD, Have you killed, and also taken possession? And you shall speak to him, saying, Thus said the LORD, In the place where dogs licked the blood of Naboth shall dogs lick your blood, even yours. -- 1 kings 21:19 +. +And Ahab said to Elijah, Have you found me, O my enemy? And he answered, I have found you: because you have sold yourself to work evil in the sight of the LORD. -- 1 kings 21:20 +. +Behold, I will bring evil on you, and will take away your posterity, and will cut off from Ahab him that urinates against the wall, and him that is shut up and left in Israel, -- 1 kings 21:21 +. +And will make your house like the house of Jeroboam the son of Nebat, and like the house of Baasha the son of Ahijah, for the provocation with which you have provoked me to anger, and made Israel to sin. -- 1 kings 21:22 +. +And of Jezebel also spoke the LORD, saying, The dogs shall eat Jezebel by the wall of Jezreel. -- 1 kings 21:23 +. +Him that dies of Ahab in the city the dogs shall eat; and him that dies in the field shall the fowls of the air eat. -- 1 kings 21:24 +. +But there was none like to Ahab, which did sell himself to work wickedness in the sight of the LORD, whom Jezebel his wife stirred up. -- 1 kings 21:25 +. +And he did very abominably in following idols, according to all things as did the Amorites, whom the LORD cast out before the children of Israel. -- 1 kings 21:26 +. +And it came to pass, when Ahab heard those words, that he rent his clothes, and put sackcloth on his flesh, and fasted, and lay in sackcloth, and went softly. -- 1 kings 21:27 +. +And the word of the LORD came to Elijah the Tishbite, saying, -- 1 kings 21:28 +. +See you how Ahab humbles himself before me? because he humbles himself before me, I will not bring the evil in his days: but in his son' days will I bring the evil on his house. -- 1 kings 21:29 +. +And they continued three years without war between Syria and Israel. -- 1 kings 22:1 +. +And it came to pass in the third year, that Jehoshaphat the king of Judah came down to the king of Israel. -- 1 kings 22:2 +. +And the king of Israel said to his servants, Know you that Ramoth in Gilead is ours, and we be still, and take it not out of the hand of the king of Syria? -- 1 kings 22:3 +. +And he said to Jehoshaphat, Will you go with me to battle to Ramothgilead? And Jehoshaphat said to the king of Israel, I am as you are, my people as your people, my horses as your horses. -- 1 kings 22:4 +. +And Jehoshaphat said to the king of Israel, Inquire, I pray you, at the word of the LORD to day. -- 1 kings 22:5 +. +Then the king of Israel gathered the prophets together, about four hundred men, and said to them, Shall I go against Ramothgilead to battle, or shall I forbear? And they said, Go up; for the LORD shall deliver it into the hand of the king. -- 1 kings 22:6 +. +And Jehoshaphat said, Is there not here a prophet of the LORD besides, that we might inquire of him? -- 1 kings 22:7 +. +And the king of Israel said to Jehoshaphat, There is yet one man, Micaiah the son of Imlah, by whom we may inquire of the LORD: but I hate him; for he does not prophesy good concerning me, but evil. And Jehoshaphat said, Let not the king say so. -- 1 kings 22:8 +. +Then the king of Israel called an officer, and said, Hasten here Micaiah the son of Imlah. -- 1 kings 22:9 +. +And the king of Israel and Jehoshaphat the king of Judah sat each on his throne, having put on their robes, in a void place in the entrance of the gate of Samaria; and all the prophets prophesied before them. -- 1 kings 22:10 +. +And Zedekiah the son of Chenaanah made him horns of iron: and he said, Thus said the LORD, With these shall you push the Syrians, until you have consumed them. -- 1 kings 22:11 +. +And all the prophets prophesied so, saying, Go up to Ramothgilead, and prosper: for the LORD shall deliver it into the king' hand. -- 1 kings 22:12 +. +And the messenger that was gone to call Micaiah spoke to him, saying, Behold now, the words of the prophets declare good to the king with one mouth: let your word, I pray you, be like the word of one of them, and speak that which is good. -- 1 kings 22:13 +. +And Micaiah said, As the LORD lives, what the LORD said to me, that will I speak. -- 1 kings 22:14 +. +So he came to the king. And the king said to him, Micaiah, shall we go against Ramothgilead to battle, or shall we forbear? And he answered him, Go, and prosper: for the LORD shall deliver it into the hand of the king. -- 1 kings 22:15 +. +And the king said to him, How many times shall I adjure you that you tell me nothing but that which is true in the name of the LORD? -- 1 kings 22:16 +. +And he said, I saw all Israel scattered on the hills, as sheep that have not a shepherd: and the LORD said, These have no master: let them return every man to his house in peace. -- 1 kings 22:17 +. +And the king of Israel said to Jehoshaphat, Did I not tell you that he would prophesy no good concerning me, but evil? -- 1 kings 22:18 +. +And he said, Hear you therefore the word of the LORD: I saw the LORD sitting on his throne, and all the host of heaven standing by him on his right hand and on his left. -- 1 kings 22:19 +. +And the LORD said, Who shall persuade Ahab, that he may go up and fall at Ramothgilead? And one said on this manner, and another said on that manner. -- 1 kings 22:20 +. +And there came forth a spirit, and stood before the LORD, and said, I will persuade him. -- 1 kings 22:21 +. +And the LORD said to him, With which? And he said, I will go forth, and I will be a lying spirit in the mouth of all his prophets. And he said, You shall persuade him, and prevail also: go forth, and do so. -- 1 kings 22:22 +. +Now therefore, behold, the LORD has put a lying spirit in the mouth of all these your prophets, and the LORD has spoken evil concerning you. -- 1 kings 22:23 +. +But Zedekiah the son of Chenaanah went near, and smote Micaiah on the cheek, and said, Which way went the Spirit of the LORD from me to speak to you? -- 1 kings 22:24 +. +And Micaiah said, Behold, you shall see in that day, when you shall go into an inner chamber to hide yourself. -- 1 kings 22:25 +. +And the king of Israel said, Take Micaiah, and carry him back to Amon the governor of the city, and to Joash the king' son; -- 1 kings 22:26 +. +And say, Thus said the king, Put this fellow in the prison, and feed him with bread of affliction and with water of affliction, until I come in peace. -- 1 kings 22:27 +. +And Micaiah said, If you return at all in peace, the LORD has not spoken by me. And he said, Listen, O people, every one of you. -- 1 kings 22:28 +. +So the king of Israel and Jehoshaphat the king of Judah went up to Ramothgilead. -- 1 kings 22:29 +. +And the king of Israel said to Jehoshaphat, I will disguise myself, and enter into the battle; but put you on your robes. And the king of Israel disguised himself, and went into the battle. -- 1 kings 22:30 +. +But the king of Syria commanded his thirty and two captains that had rule over his chariots, saying, Fight neither with small nor great, save only with the king of Israel. -- 1 kings 22:31 +. +And it came to pass, when the captains of the chariots saw Jehoshaphat, that they said, Surely it is the king of Israel. And they turned aside to fight against him: and Jehoshaphat cried out. -- 1 kings 22:32 +. +And it came to pass, when the captains of the chariots perceived that it was not the king of Israel, that they turned back from pursuing him. -- 1 kings 22:33 +. +And a certain man drew a bow at a venture, and smote the king of Israel between the joints of the harness: why he said to the driver of his chariot, Turn your hand, and carry me out of the host; for I am wounded. -- 1 kings 22:34 +. +And the battle increased that day: and the king was stayed up in his chariot against the Syrians, and died at even: and the blood ran out of the wound into the middle of the chariot. -- 1 kings 22:35 +. +And there went a proclamation throughout the host about the going down of the sun, saying, Every man to his city, and every man to his own country. -- 1 kings 22:36 +. +So the king died, and was brought to Samaria; and they buried the king in Samaria. -- 1 kings 22:37 +. +And one washed the chariot in the pool of Samaria; and the dogs licked up his blood; and they washed his armor; according to the word of the LORD which he spoke. -- 1 kings 22:38 +. +Now the rest of the acts of Ahab, and all that he did, and the ivory house which he made, and all the cities that he built, are they not written in the book of the chronicles of the kings of Israel? -- 1 kings 22:39 +. +So Ahab slept with his fathers; and Ahaziah his son reigned in his stead. -- 1 kings 22:40 +. +And Jehoshaphat the son of Asa began to reign over Judah in the fourth year of Ahab king of Israel. -- 1 kings 22:41 +. +Jehoshaphat was thirty and five years old when he began to reign; and he reigned twenty and five years in Jerusalem. And his mother' name was Azubah the daughter of Shilhi. -- 1 kings 22:42 +. +And he walked in all the ways of Asa his father; he turned not aside from it, doing that which was right in the eyes of the LORD: nevertheless the high places were not taken away; for the people offered and burnt incense yet in the high places. -- 1 kings 22:43 +. +And Jehoshaphat made peace with the king of Israel. -- 1 kings 22:44 +. +Now the rest of the acts of Jehoshaphat, and his might that he showed, and how he warred, are they not written in the book of the chronicles of the kings of Judah? -- 1 kings 22:45 +. +And the remnant of the sodomites, which remained in the days of his father Asa, he took out of the land. -- 1 kings 22:46 +. +There was then no king in Edom: a deputy was king. -- 1 kings 22:47 +. +Jehoshaphat made ships of Tharshish to go to Ophir for gold: but they went not; for the ships were broken at Eziongeber. -- 1 kings 22:48 +. +Then said Ahaziah the son of Ahab to Jehoshaphat, Let my servants go with your servants in the ships. But Jehoshaphat would not. -- 1 kings 22:49 +. +And Jehoshaphat slept with his fathers, and was buried with his fathers in the city of David his father: and Jehoram his son reigned in his stead. -- 1 kings 22:50 +. +Ahaziah the son of Ahab began to reign over Israel in Samaria the seventeenth year of Jehoshaphat king of Judah, and reigned two years over Israel. -- 1 kings 22:51 +. +And he did evil in the sight of the LORD, and walked in the way of his father, and in the way of his mother, and in the way of Jeroboam the son of Nebat, who made Israel to sin: -- 1 kings 22:52 +. +For he served Baal, and worshipped him, and provoked to anger the LORD God of Israel, according to all that his father had done. -- 1 kings 22:53 +. +Then Moab rebelled against Israel after the death of Ahab. -- 2 kings 1:1 +. +And Ahaziah fell down through a lattice in his upper chamber that was in Samaria, and was sick: and he sent messengers, and said to them, Go, inquire of Baalzebub the god of Ekron whether I shall recover of this disease. -- 2 kings 1:2 +. +But the angel of the LORD said to Elijah the Tishbite, Arise, go up to meet the messengers of the king of Samaria, and say to them, Is it not because there is not a God in Israel, that you go to inquire of Baalzebub the god of Ekron? -- 2 kings 1:3 +. +Now therefore thus said the LORD, You shall not come down from that bed on which you are gone up, but shall surely die. And Elijah departed. -- 2 kings 1:4 +. +And when the messengers turned back to him, he said to them, Why are you now turned back? -- 2 kings 1:5 +. +And they said to him, There came a man up to meet us, and said to us, Go, turn again to the king that sent you, and say to him, Thus said the LORD, Is it not because there is not a God in Israel, that you send to inquire of Baalzebub the god of Ekron? therefore you shall not come down from that bed on which you are gone up, but shall surely die. -- 2 kings 1:6 +. +And he said to them, What manner of man was he which came up to meet you, and told you these words? -- 2 kings 1:7 +. +And they answered him, He was an hairy man, and girt with a girdle of leather about his loins. And he said, It is Elijah the Tishbite. -- 2 kings 1:8 +. +Then the king sent to him a captain of fifty with his fifty. And he went up to him: and, behold, he sat on the top of an hill. And he spoke to him, You man of God, the king has said, Come down. -- 2 kings 1:9 +. +And Elijah answered and said to the captain of fifty, If I be a man of God, then let fire come down from heaven, and consume you and your fifty. And there came down fire from heaven, and consumed him and his fifty. -- 2 kings 1:10 +. +Again also he sent to him another captain of fifty with his fifty. And he answered and said to him, O man of God, thus has the king said, Come down quickly. -- 2 kings 1:11 +. +And Elijah answered and said to them, If I be a man of God, let fire come down from heaven, and consume you and your fifty. And the fire of God came down from heaven, and consumed him and his fifty. -- 2 kings 1:12 +. +And he sent again a captain of the third fifty with his fifty. And the third captain of fifty went up, and came and fell on his knees before Elijah, and sought him, and said to him, O man of God, I pray you, let my life, and the life of these fifty your servants, be precious in your sight. -- 2 kings 1:13 +. +Behold, there came fire down from heaven, and burnt up the two captains of the former fifties with their fifties: therefore let my life now be precious in your sight. -- 2 kings 1:14 +. +And the angel of the LORD said to Elijah, Go down with him: be not afraid of him. And he arose, and went down with him to the king. -- 2 kings 1:15 +. +And he said to him, Thus said the LORD, For as much as you have sent messengers to inquire of Baalzebub the god of Ekron, is it not because there is no God in Israel to inquire of his word? therefore you shall not come down off that bed on which you are gone up, but shall surely die. -- 2 kings 1:16 +. +So he died according to the word of the LORD which Elijah had spoken. And Jehoram reigned in his stead in the second year of Jehoram the son of Jehoshaphat king of Judah; because he had no son. -- 2 kings 1:17 +. +Now the rest of the acts of Ahaziah which he did, are they not written in the book of the chronicles of the kings of Israel? -- 2 kings 1:18 +. +And it came to pass, when the LORD would take up Elijah into heaven by a whirlwind, that Elijah went with Elisha from Gilgal. -- 2 kings 2:1 +. +And Elijah said to Elisha, Tarry here, I pray you; for the LORD has sent me to Bethel. And Elisha said to him, As the LORD lives, and as your soul lives, I will not leave you. So they went down to Bethel. -- 2 kings 2:2 +. +And the sons of the prophets that were at Bethel came forth to Elisha, and said to him, Know you that the LORD will take away your master from your head to day? And he said, Yes, I know it; hold you your peace. -- 2 kings 2:3 +. +And Elijah said to him, Elisha, tarry here, I pray you; for the LORD has sent me to Jericho. And he said, As the LORD lives, and as your soul lives, I will not leave you. So they came to Jericho. -- 2 kings 2:4 +. +And the sons of the prophets that were at Jericho came to Elisha, and said to him, Know you that the LORD will take away your master from your head to day? And he answered, Yes, I know it; hold you your peace. -- 2 kings 2:5 +. +And Elijah said to him, Tarry, I pray you, here; for the LORD has sent me to Jordan. And he said, As the LORD lives, and as your soul lives, I will not leave you. And they two went on. -- 2 kings 2:6 +. +And fifty men of the sons of the prophets went, and stood to view afar off: and they two stood by Jordan. -- 2 kings 2:7 +. +And Elijah took his mantle, and wrapped it together, and smote the waters, and they were divided here and thither, so that they two went over on dry ground. -- 2 kings 2:8 +. +And it came to pass, when they were gone over, that Elijah said to Elisha, Ask what I shall do for you, before I be taken away from you. And Elisha said, I pray you, let a double portion of your spirit be on me. -- 2 kings 2:9 +. +And he said, You have asked a hard thing: nevertheless, if you see me when I am taken from you, it shall be so to you; but if not, it shall not be so. -- 2 kings 2:10 +. +And it came to pass, as they still went on, and talked, that, behold, there appeared a chariot of fire, and horses of fire, and parted them both asunder; and Elijah went up by a whirlwind into heaven. -- 2 kings 2:11 +. +And Elisha saw it, and he cried, My father, my father, the chariot of Israel, and the horsemen thereof. And he saw him no more: and he took hold of his own clothes, and rent them in two pieces. -- 2 kings 2:12 +. +He took up also the mantle of Elijah that fell from him, and went back, and stood by the bank of Jordan; -- 2 kings 2:13 +. +And he took the mantle of Elijah that fell from him, and smote the waters, and said, Where is the LORD God of Elijah? and when he also had smitten the waters, they parted here and thither: and Elisha went over. -- 2 kings 2:14 +. +And when the sons of the prophets which were to view at Jericho saw him, they said, The spirit of Elijah does rest on Elisha. And they came to meet him, and bowed themselves to the ground before him. -- 2 kings 2:15 +. +And they said to him, Behold now, there be with your servants fifty strong men; let them go, we pray you, and seek your master: lest peradventure the Spirit of the LORD has taken him up, and cast him on some mountain, or into some valley. And he said, You shall not send. -- 2 kings 2:16 +. +And when they urged him till he was ashamed, he said, Send. They sent therefore fifty men; and they sought three days, but found him not. -- 2 kings 2:17 +. +And when they came again to him, (for he tarried at Jericho,) he said to them, Did I not say to you, Go not? -- 2 kings 2:18 +. +And the men of the city said to Elisha, Behold, I pray you, the situation of this city is pleasant, as my lord sees: but the water is naught, and the ground barren. -- 2 kings 2:19 +. +And he said, Bring me a new cruse, and put salt therein. And they brought it to him. -- 2 kings 2:20 +. +And he went forth to the spring of the waters, and cast the salt in there, and said, Thus said the LORD, I have healed these waters; there shall not be from there any more death or barren land. -- 2 kings 2:21 +. +So the waters were healed to this day, according to the saying of Elisha which he spoke. -- 2 kings 2:22 +. +And he went up from there to Bethel: and as he was going up by the way, there came forth little children out of the city, and mocked him, and said to him, Go up, you bald head; go up, you bald head. -- 2 kings 2:23 +. +And he turned back, and looked on them, and cursed them in the name of the LORD. And there came forth two she bears out of the wood, and tare forty and two children of them. -- 2 kings 2:24 +. +And he went from there to mount Carmel, and from there he returned to Samaria. -- 2 kings 2:25 +. +Now Jehoram the son of Ahab began to reign over Israel in Samaria the eighteenth year of Jehoshaphat king of Judah, and reigned twelve years. -- 2 kings 3:1 +. +And he worked evil in the sight of the LORD; but not like his father, and like his mother: for he put away the image of Baal that his father had made. -- 2 kings 3:2 +. +Nevertheless he joined to the sins of Jeroboam the son of Nebat, which made Israel to sin; he departed not therefrom. -- 2 kings 3:3 +. +And Mesha king of Moab was a sheep master, and rendered to the king of Israel an hundred thousand lambs, and an hundred thousand rams, with the wool. -- 2 kings 3:4 +. +But it came to pass, when Ahab was dead, that the king of Moab rebelled against the king of Israel. -- 2 kings 3:5 +. +And king Jehoram went out of Samaria the same time, and numbered all Israel. -- 2 kings 3:6 +. +And he went and sent to Jehoshaphat the king of Judah, saying, The king of Moab has rebelled against me: will you go with me against Moab to battle? And he said, I will go up: I am as you are, my people as your people, and my horses as your horses. -- 2 kings 3:7 +. +And he said, Which way shall we go up? And he answered, The way through the wilderness of Edom. -- 2 kings 3:8 +. +So the king of Israel went, and the king of Judah, and the king of Edom: and they fetched a compass of seven days'journey: and there was no water for the host, and for the cattle that followed them. -- 2 kings 3:9 +. +And the king of Israel said, Alas! that the LORD has called these three kings together, to deliver them into the hand of Moab! -- 2 kings 3:10 +. +But Jehoshaphat said, Is there not here a prophet of the LORD, that we may inquire of the LORD by him? And one of the king of Israel' servants answered and said, Here is Elisha the son of Shaphat, which poured water on the hands of Elijah. -- 2 kings 3:11 +. +And Jehoshaphat said, The word of the LORD is with him. So the king of Israel and Jehoshaphat and the king of Edom went down to him. -- 2 kings 3:12 +. +And Elisha said to the king of Israel, What have I to do with you? get you to the prophets of your father, and to the prophets of your mother. And the king of Israel said to him, No: for the LORD has called these three kings together, to deliver them into the hand of Moab. -- 2 kings 3:13 +. +And Elisha said, As the LORD of hosts lives, before whom I stand, surely, were it not that I regard the presence of Jehoshaphat the king of Judah, I would not look toward you, nor see you. -- 2 kings 3:14 +. +But now bring me a minstrel. And it came to pass, when the minstrel played, that the hand of the LORD came on him. -- 2 kings 3:15 +. +And he said, Thus said the LORD, Make this valley full of ditches. -- 2 kings 3:16 +. +For thus said the LORD, You shall not see wind, neither shall you see rain; yet that valley shall be filled with water, that you may drink, both you, and your cattle, and your beasts. -- 2 kings 3:17 +. +And this is but a light thing in the sight of the LORD: he will deliver the Moabites also into your hand. -- 2 kings 3:18 +. +And you shall smite every fenced city, and every choice city, and shall fell every good tree, and stop all wells of water, and mar every good piece of land with stones. -- 2 kings 3:19 +. +And it came to pass in the morning, when the meat offering was offered, that, behold, there came water by the way of Edom, and the country was filled with water. -- 2 kings 3:20 +. +And when all the Moabites heard that the kings were come up to fight against them, they gathered all that were able to put on armor, and upward, and stood in the border. -- 2 kings 3:21 +. +And they rose up early in the morning, and the sun shone on the water, and the Moabites saw the water on the other side as red as blood: -- 2 kings 3:22 +. +And they said, This is blood: the kings are surely slain, and they have smitten one another: now therefore, Moab, to the spoil. -- 2 kings 3:23 +. +And when they came to the camp of Israel, the Israelites rose up and smote the Moabites, so that they fled before them: but they went forward smiting the Moabites, even in their country. -- 2 kings 3:24 +. +And they beat down the cities, and on every good piece of land cast every man his stone, and filled it; and they stopped all the wells of water, and felled all the good trees: only in Kirharaseth left they the stones thereof; however, the slingers went about it, and smote it. -- 2 kings 3:25 +. +And when the king of Moab saw that the battle was too sore for him, he took with him seven hundred men that drew swords, to break through even to the king of Edom: but they could not. -- 2 kings 3:26 +. +Then he took his oldest son that should have reigned in his stead, and offered him for a burnt offering on the wall. And there was great indignation against Israel: and they departed from him, and returned to their own land. -- 2 kings 3:27 +. +Now there cried a certain woman of the wives of the sons of the prophets to Elisha, saying, Your servant my husband is dead; and you know that your servant did fear the LORD: and the creditor is come to take to him my two sons to be slaves. -- 2 kings 4:1 +. +And Elisha said to her, What shall I do for you? tell me, what have you in the house? And she said, Your handmaid has not any thing in the house, save a pot of oil. -- 2 kings 4:2 +. +Then he said, Go, borrow you vessels abroad of all your neighbors, even empty vessels; borrow not a few. -- 2 kings 4:3 +. +And when you are come in, you shall shut the door on you and on your sons, and shall pour out into all those vessels, and you shall set aside that which is full. -- 2 kings 4:4 +. +So she went from him, and shut the door on her and on her sons, who brought the vessels to her; and she poured out. -- 2 kings 4:5 +. +And it came to pass, when the vessels were full, that she said to her son, Bring me yet a vessel. And he said to her, There is not a vessel more. And the oil stayed. -- 2 kings 4:6 +. +Then she came and told the man of God. And he said, Go, sell the oil, and pay your debt, and live you and your children of the rest. -- 2 kings 4:7 +. +And it fell on a day, that Elisha passed to Shunem, where was a great woman; and she constrained him to eat bread. And so it was, that as oft as he passed by, he turned in thither to eat bread. -- 2 kings 4:8 +. +And she said to her husband, Behold now, I perceive that this is an holy man of God, which passes by us continually. -- 2 kings 4:9 +. +Let us make a little chamber, I pray you, on the wall; and let us set for him there a bed, and a table, and a stool, and a candlestick: and it shall be, when he comes to us, that he shall turn in thither. -- 2 kings 4:10 +. +And it fell on a day, that he came thither, and he turned into the chamber, and lay there. -- 2 kings 4:11 +. +And he said to Gehazi his servant, Call this Shunammite. And when he had called her, she stood before him. -- 2 kings 4:12 +. +And he said to him, Say now to her, Behold, you have been careful for us with all this care; what is to be done for you? would you be spoken for to the king, or to the captain of the host? And she answered, I dwell among my own people. -- 2 kings 4:13 +. +And he said, What then is to be done for her? And Gehazi answered, Truly she has no child, and her husband is old. -- 2 kings 4:14 +. +And he said, Call her. And when he had called her, she stood in the door. -- 2 kings 4:15 +. +And he said, About this season, according to the time of life, you shall embrace a son. And she said, No, my lord, you man of God, do not lie to your handmaid. -- 2 kings 4:16 +. +And the woman conceived, and bore a son at that season that Elisha had said to her, according to the time of life. -- 2 kings 4:17 +. +And when the child was grown, it fell on a day, that he went out to his father to the reapers. -- 2 kings 4:18 +. +And he said to his father, My head, my head. And he said to a lad, Carry him to his mother. -- 2 kings 4:19 +. +And when he had taken him, and brought him to his mother, he sat on her knees till noon, and then died. -- 2 kings 4:20 +. +And she went up, and laid him on the bed of the man of God, and shut the door on him, and went out. -- 2 kings 4:21 +. +And she called to her husband, and said, Send me, I pray you, one of the young men, and one of the asses, that I may run to the man of God, and come again. -- 2 kings 4:22 +. +And he said, Why will you go to him to day? it is neither new moon, nor sabbath. And she said, It shall be well. -- 2 kings 4:23 +. +Then she saddled an ass, and said to her servant, Drive, and go forward; slack not your riding for me, except I bid you. -- 2 kings 4:24 +. +So she went and came to the man of God to mount Carmel. And it came to pass, when the man of God saw her afar off, that he said to Gehazi his servant, Behold, yonder is that Shunammite: -- 2 kings 4:25 +. +Run now, I pray you, to meet her, and say to her, Is it well with you? is it well with your husband? is it well with the child? And she answered, It is well: -- 2 kings 4:26 +. +And when she came to the man of God to the hill, she caught him by the feet: but Gehazi came near to thrust her away. And the man of God said, Let her alone; for her soul is vexed within her: and the LORD has hid it from me, and has not told me. -- 2 kings 4:27 +. +Then she said, Did I desire a son of my lord? did I not say, Do not deceive me? -- 2 kings 4:28 +. +Then he said to Gehazi, Gird up your loins, and take my staff in your hand, and go your way: if you meet any man, salute him not; and if any salute you, answer him not again: and lay my staff on the face of the child. -- 2 kings 4:29 +. +And the mother of the child said, As the LORD lives, and as your soul lives, I will not leave you. And he arose, and followed her. -- 2 kings 4:30 +. +And Gehazi passed on before them, and laid the staff on the face of the child; but there was neither voice, nor hearing. Why he went again to meet him, and told him, saying, The child is not awaked. -- 2 kings 4:31 +. +And when Elisha was come into the house, behold, the child was dead, and laid on his bed. -- 2 kings 4:32 +. +He went in therefore, and shut the door on them two, and prayed to the LORD. -- 2 kings 4:33 +. +And he went up, and lay on the child, and put his mouth on his mouth, and his eyes on his eyes, and his hands on his hands: and stretched himself on the child; and the flesh of the child waxed warm. -- 2 kings 4:34 +. +Then he returned, and walked in the house to and fro; and went up, and stretched himself on him: and the child sneezed seven times, and the child opened his eyes. -- 2 kings 4:35 +. +And he called Gehazi, and said, Call this Shunammite. So he called her. And when she was come in to him, he said, Take up your son. -- 2 kings 4:36 +. +Then she went in, and fell at his feet, and bowed herself to the ground, and took up her son, and went out. -- 2 kings 4:37 +. +And Elisha came again to Gilgal: and there was a dearth in the land; and the sons of the prophets were sitting before him: and he said to his servant, Set on the great pot, and seethe pottage for the sons of the prophets. -- 2 kings 4:38 +. +And one went out into the field to gather herbs, and found a wild vine, and gathered thereof wild gourds his lap full, and came and shred them into the pot of pottage: for they knew them not. -- 2 kings 4:39 +. +So they poured out for the men to eat. And it came to pass, as they were eating of the pottage, that they cried out, and said, O you man of God, there is death in the pot. And they could not eat thereof. -- 2 kings 4:40 +. +But he said, Then bring meal. And he cast it into the pot; and he said, Pour out for the people, that they may eat. And there was no harm in the pot. -- 2 kings 4:41 +. +And there came a man from Baalshalisha, and brought the man of God bread of the first fruits, twenty loaves of barley, and full ears of corn in the husk thereof. And he said, Give to the people, that they may eat. -- 2 kings 4:42 +. +And his servitor said, What, should I set this before an hundred men? He said again, Give the people, that they may eat: for thus said the LORD, They shall eat, and shall leave thereof. -- 2 kings 4:43 +. +So he set it before them, and they did eat, and left thereof, according to the word of the LORD. -- 2 kings 4:44 +. +Now Naaman, captain of the host of the king of Syria, was a great man with his master, and honorable, because by him the LORD had given deliverance to Syria: he was also a mighty man in valor, but he was a leper. -- 2 kings 5:1 +. +And the Syrians had gone out by companies, and had brought away captive out of the land of Israel a little maid; and she waited on Naaman' wife. -- 2 kings 5:2 +. +And she said to her mistress, Would God my lord were with the prophet that is in Samaria! for he would recover him of his leprosy. -- 2 kings 5:3 +. +And one went in, and told his lord, saying, Thus and thus said the maid that is of the land of Israel. -- 2 kings 5:4 +. +And the king of Syria said, Go to, go, and I will send a letter to the king of Israel. And he departed, and took with him ten talents of silver, and six thousand pieces of gold, and ten changes of raiment. -- 2 kings 5:5 +. +And he brought the letter to the king of Israel, saying, Now when this letter is come to you, behold, I have therewith sent Naaman my servant to you, that you may recover him of his leprosy. -- 2 kings 5:6 +. +And it came to pass, when the king of Israel had read the letter, that he rent his clothes, and said, Am I God, to kill and to make alive, that this man does send to me to recover a man of his leprosy? why consider, I pray you, and see how he seeks a quarrel against me. -- 2 kings 5:7 +. +And it was so, when Elisha the man of God had heard that the king of Israel had rent his clothes, that he sent to the king, saying, Why have you rent your clothes? let him come now to me, and he shall know that there is a prophet in Israel. -- 2 kings 5:8 +. +So Naaman came with his horses and with his chariot, and stood at the door of the house of Elisha. -- 2 kings 5:9 +. +And Elisha sent a messenger to him, saying, Go and wash in Jordan seven times, and your flesh shall come again to you, and you shall be clean. -- 2 kings 5:10 +. +But Naaman was wroth, and went away, and said, Behold, I thought, He will surely come out to me, and stand, and call on the name of the LORD his God, and strike his hand over the place, and recover the leper. -- 2 kings 5:11 +. +Are not Abana and Pharpar, rivers of Damascus, better than all the waters of Israel? may I not wash in them, and be clean? So he turned and went away in a rage. -- 2 kings 5:12 +. +And his servants came near, and spoke to him, and said, My father, if the prophet had bid you do some great thing, would you not have done it? how much rather then, when he said to you, Wash, and be clean? -- 2 kings 5:13 +. +Then went he down, and dipped himself seven times in Jordan, according to the saying of the man of God: and his flesh came again like to the flesh of a little child, and he was clean. -- 2 kings 5:14 +. +And he returned to the man of God, he and all his company, and came, and stood before him: and he said, Behold, now I know that there is no God in all the earth, but in Israel: now therefore, I pray you, take a blessing of your servant. -- 2 kings 5:15 +. +But he said, As the LORD lives, before whom I stand, I will receive none. And he urged him to take it; but he refused. -- 2 kings 5:16 +. +And Naaman said, Shall there not then, I pray you, be given to your servant two mules'burden of earth? for your servant will from now on offer neither burnt offering nor sacrifice to other gods, but to the LORD. -- 2 kings 5:17 +. +In this thing the LORD pardon your servant, that when my master goes into the house of Rimmon to worship there, and he leans on my hand, and I bow myself in the house of Rimmon: when I bow down myself in the house of Rimmon, the LORD pardon your servant in this thing. -- 2 kings 5:18 +. +And he said to him, Go in peace. So he departed from him a little way. -- 2 kings 5:19 +. +But Gehazi, the servant of Elisha the man of God, said, Behold, my master has spared Naaman this Syrian, in not receiving at his hands that which he brought: but, as the LORD lives, I will run after him, and take somewhat of him. -- 2 kings 5:20 +. +So Gehazi followed after Naaman. And when Naaman saw him running after him, he lighted down from the chariot to meet him, and said, Is all well? -- 2 kings 5:21 +. +And he said, All is well. My master has sent me, saying, Behold, even now there be come to me from mount Ephraim two young men of the sons of the prophets: give them, I pray you, a talent of silver, and two changes of garments. -- 2 kings 5:22 +. +And Naaman said, Be content, take two talents. And he urged him, and bound two talents of silver in two bags, with two changes of garments, and laid them on two of his servants; and they bore them before him. -- 2 kings 5:23 +. +And when he came to the tower, he took them from their hand, and bestowed them in the house: and he let the men go, and they departed. -- 2 kings 5:24 +. +But he went in, and stood before his master. And Elisha said to him, From where come you, Gehazi? And he said, Your servant went no where. -- 2 kings 5:25 +. +And he said to him, Went not my heart with you, when the man turned again from his chariot to meet you? Is it a time to receive money, and to receive garments, and olive groves, and vineyards, and sheep, and oxen, and menservants, and maidservants? -- 2 kings 5:26 +. +The leprosy therefore of Naaman shall stick to you, and to your seed for ever. And he went out from his presence a leper as white as snow. -- 2 kings 5:27 +. +And the sons of the prophets said to Elisha, Behold now, the place where we dwell with you is too strait for us. -- 2 kings 6:1 +. +Let us go, we pray you, to Jordan, and take there every man a beam, and let us make us a place there, where we may dwell. And he answered, Go you. -- 2 kings 6:2 +. +And one said, Be content, I pray you, and go with your servants. And he answered, I will go. -- 2 kings 6:3 +. +So he went with them. And when they came to Jordan, they cut down wood. -- 2 kings 6:4 +. +But as one was felling a beam, the ax head fell into the water: and he cried, and said, Alas, master! for it was borrowed. -- 2 kings 6:5 +. +And the man of God said, Where fell it? And he showed him the place. And he cut down a stick, and cast it in thither; and the iron did swim. -- 2 kings 6:6 +. +Therefore said he, Take it up to you. And he put out his hand, and took it. -- 2 kings 6:7 +. +Then the king of Syria warred against Israel, and took counsel with his servants, saying, In such and such a place shall be my camp. -- 2 kings 6:8 +. +And the man of God sent to the king of Israel, saying, Beware that you pass not such a place; for thither the Syrians are come down. -- 2 kings 6:9 +. +And the king of Israel sent to the place which the man of God told him and warned him of, and saved himself there, not once nor twice. -- 2 kings 6:10 +. +Therefore the heart of the king of Syria was sore troubled for this thing; and he called his servants, and said to them, Will you not show me which of us is for the king of Israel? -- 2 kings 6:11 +. +And one of his servants said, None, my lord, O king: but Elisha, the prophet that is in Israel, tells the king of Israel the words that you speak in your bedchamber. -- 2 kings 6:12 +. +And he said, Go and spy where he is, that I may send and fetch him. And it was told him, saying, Behold, he is in Dothan. -- 2 kings 6:13 +. +Therefore sent he thither horses, and chariots, and a great host: and they came by night, and compassed the city about. -- 2 kings 6:14 +. +And when the servant of the man of God was risen early, and gone forth, behold, an host compassed the city both with horses and chariots. And his servant said to him, Alas, my master! how shall we do? -- 2 kings 6:15 +. +And he answered, Fear not: for they that be with us are more than they that be with them. -- 2 kings 6:16 +. +And Elisha prayed, and said, LORD, I pray you, open his eyes, that he may see. And the LORD opened the eyes of the young man; and he saw: and, behold, the mountain was full of horses and chariots of fire round about Elisha. -- 2 kings 6:17 +. +And when they came down to him, Elisha prayed to the LORD, and said, Smite this people, I pray you, with blindness. And he smote them with blindness according to the word of Elisha. -- 2 kings 6:18 +. +And Elisha said to them, This is not the way, neither is this the city: follow me, and I will bring you to the man whom you seek. But he led them to Samaria. -- 2 kings 6:19 +. +And it came to pass, when they were come into Samaria, that Elisha said, LORD, open the eyes of these men, that they may see. And the LORD opened their eyes, and they saw; and, behold, they were in the middle of Samaria. -- 2 kings 6:20 +. +And the king of Israel said to Elisha, when he saw them, My father, shall I smite them? shall I smite them? -- 2 kings 6:21 +. +And he answered, You shall not smite them: would you smite those whom you have taken captive with your sword and with your bow? set bread and water before them, that they may eat and drink, and go to their master. -- 2 kings 6:22 +. +And he prepared great provision for them: and when they had eaten and drunk, he sent them away, and they went to their master. So the bands of Syria came no more into the land of Israel. -- 2 kings 6:23 +. +And it came to pass after this, that Benhadad king of Syria gathered all his host, and went up, and besieged Samaria. -- 2 kings 6:24 +. +And there was a great famine in Samaria: and, behold, they besieged it, until an ass' head was sold for fourscore pieces of silver, and the fourth part of a cab of dove' dung for five pieces of silver. -- 2 kings 6:25 +. +And as the king of Israel was passing by on the wall, there cried a woman to him, saying, Help, my lord, O king. -- 2 kings 6:26 +. +And he said, If the LORD do not help you, from where shall I help you? out of the barn floor, or out of the wine press? -- 2 kings 6:27 +. +And the king said to her, What ails you? And she answered, This woman said to me, Give your son, that we may eat him to day, and we will eat my son to morrow. -- 2 kings 6:28 +. +So we boiled my son, and did eat him: and I said to her on the next day, Give your son, that we may eat him: and she has hid her son. -- 2 kings 6:29 +. +And it came to pass, when the king heard the words of the woman, that he rent his clothes; and he passed by on the wall, and the people looked, and, behold, he had sackcloth within on his flesh. -- 2 kings 6:30 +. +Then he said, God do so and more also to me, if the head of Elisha the son of Shaphat shall stand on him this day. -- 2 kings 6:31 +. +But Elisha sat in his house, and the elders sat with him; and the king sent a man from before him: but ere the messenger came to him, he said to the elders, See you how this son of a murderer has sent to take away my head? look, when the messenger comes, shut the door, and hold him fast at the door: is not the sound of his master' feet behind him? -- 2 kings 6:32 +. +And while he yet talked with them, behold, the messenger came down to him: and he said, Behold, this evil is of the LORD; what should I wait for the LORD any longer? -- 2 kings 6:33 +. +Then Elisha said, Hear you the word of the LORD; Thus said the LORD, To morrow about this time shall a measure of fine flour be sold for a shekel, and two measures of barley for a shekel, in the gate of Samaria. -- 2 kings 7:1 +. +Then a lord on whose hand the king leaned answered the man of God, and said, Behold, if the LORD would make windows in heaven, might this thing be? And he said, Behold, you shall see it with your eyes, but shall not eat thereof. -- 2 kings 7:2 +. +And there were four leprous men at the entering in of the gate: and they said one to another, Why sit we here until we die? -- 2 kings 7:3 +. +If we say, We will enter into the city, then the famine is in the city, and we shall die there: and if we sit still here, we die also. Now therefore come, and let us fall to the host of the Syrians: if they save us alive, we shall live; and if they kill us, we shall but die. -- 2 kings 7:4 +. +And they rose up in the twilight, to go to the camp of the Syrians: and when they were come to the uttermost part of the camp of Syria, behold, there was no man there. -- 2 kings 7:5 +. +For the LORD had made the host of the Syrians to hear a noise of chariots, and a noise of horses, even the noise of a great host: and they said one to another, See, the king of Israel has hired against us the kings of the Hittites, and the kings of the Egyptians, to come on us. -- 2 kings 7:6 +. +Why they arose and fled in the twilight, and left their tents, and their horses, and their asses, even the camp as it was, and fled for their life. -- 2 kings 7:7 +. +And when these lepers came to the uttermost part of the camp, they went into one tent, and did eat and drink, and carried there silver, and gold, and raiment, and went and hid it; and came again, and entered into another tent, and carried there also, and went and hid it. -- 2 kings 7:8 +. +Then they said one to another, We do not well: this day is a day of good tidings, and we hold our peace: if we tarry till the morning light, some mischief will come on us: now therefore come, that we may go and tell the king' household. -- 2 kings 7:9 +. +So they came and called to the porter of the city: and they told them, saying, We came to the camp of the Syrians, and, behold, there was no man there, neither voice of man, but horses tied, and asses tied, and the tents as they were. -- 2 kings 7:10 +. +And he called the porters; and they told it to the king' house within. -- 2 kings 7:11 +. +And the king arose in the night, and said to his servants, I will now show you what the Syrians have done to us. They know that we be hungry; therefore are they gone out of the camp to hide themselves in the field, saying, When they come out of the city, we shall catch them alive, and get into the city. -- 2 kings 7:12 +. +And one of his servants answered and said, Let some take, I pray you, five of the horses that remain, which are left in the city, (behold, they are as all the multitude of Israel that are left in it: behold, I say, they are even as all the multitude of the Israelites that are consumed:) and let us send and see. -- 2 kings 7:13 +. +They took therefore two chariot horses; and the king sent after the host of the Syrians, saying, Go and see. -- 2 kings 7:14 +. +And they went after them to Jordan: and, see, all the way was full of garments and vessels, which the Syrians had cast away in their haste. And the messengers returned, and told the king. -- 2 kings 7:15 +. +And the people went out, and spoiled the tents of the Syrians. So a measure of fine flour was sold for a shekel, and two measures of barley for a shekel, according to the word of the LORD. -- 2 kings 7:16 +. +And the king appointed the lord on whose hand he leaned to have the charge of the gate: and the people stepped on him in the gate, and he died, as the man of God had said, who spoke when the king came down to him. -- 2 kings 7:17 +. +And it came to pass as the man of God had spoken to the king, saying, Two measures of barley for a shekel, and a measure of fine flour for a shekel, shall be to morrow about this time in the gate of Samaria: -- 2 kings 7:18 +. +And that lord answered the man of God, and said, Now, behold, if the LORD should make windows in heaven, might such a thing be? And he said, Behold, you shall see it with your eyes, but shall not eat thereof. -- 2 kings 7:19 +. +And so it fell out to him: for the people stepped on him in the gate, and he died. -- 2 kings 7:20 +. +Then spoke Elisha to the woman, whose son he had restored to life, saying, Arise, and go you and your household, and sojourn wherever you can sojourn: for the LORD has called for a famine; and it shall also come on the land seven years. -- 2 kings 8:1 +. +And the woman arose, and did after the saying of the man of God: and she went with her household, and sojourned in the land of the Philistines seven years. -- 2 kings 8:2 +. +And it came to pass at the seven years'end, that the woman returned out of the land of the Philistines: and she went forth to cry to the king for her house and for her land. -- 2 kings 8:3 +. +And the king talked with Gehazi the servant of the man of God, saying, Tell me, I pray you, all the great things that Elisha has done. -- 2 kings 8:4 +. +And it came to pass, as he was telling the king how he had restored a dead body to life, that, behold, the woman, whose son he had restored to life, cried to the king for her house and for her land. And Gehazi said, My lord, O king, this is the woman, and this is her son, whom Elisha restored to life. -- 2 kings 8:5 +. +And when the king asked the woman, she told him. So the king appointed to her a certain officer, saying, Restore all that was hers, and all the fruits of the field since the day that she left the land, even until now. -- 2 kings 8:6 +. +And Elisha came to Damascus; and Benhadad the king of Syria was sick; and it was told him, saying, The man of God is come here. -- 2 kings 8:7 +. +And the king said to Hazael, Take a present in your hand, and go, meet the man of God, and inquire of the LORD by him, saying, Shall I recover of this disease? -- 2 kings 8:8 +. +So Hazael went to meet him, and took a present with him, even of every good thing of Damascus, forty camels'burden, and came and stood before him, and said, Your son Benhadad king of Syria has sent me to you, saying, Shall I recover of this disease? -- 2 kings 8:9 +. +And Elisha said to him, Go, say to him, You may certainly recover: however, the LORD has showed me that he shall surely die. -- 2 kings 8:10 +. +And he settled his countenance steadfastly, until he was ashamed: and the man of God wept. -- 2 kings 8:11 +. +And Hazael said, Why weeps my lord? And he answered, Because I know the evil that you will do to the children of Israel: their strong holds will you set on fire, and their young men will you slay with the sword, and will dash their children, and rip up their women with child. -- 2 kings 8:12 +. +And Hazael said, But what, is your servant a dog, that he should do this great thing? And Elisha answered, The LORD has showed me that you shall be king over Syria. -- 2 kings 8:13 +. +So he departed from Elisha, and came to his master; who said to him, What said Elisha to you? And he answered, He told me that you should surely recover. -- 2 kings 8:14 +. +And it came to pass on the morrow, that he took a thick cloth, and dipped it in water, and spread it on his face, so that he died: and Hazael reigned in his stead. -- 2 kings 8:15 +. +And in the fifth year of Joram the son of Ahab king of Israel, Jehoshaphat being then king of Judah, Jehoram the son of Je hoshaphat king of Judah began to reign. -- 2 kings 8:16 +. +Thirty and two years old was he when he began to reign; and he reigned eight years in Jerusalem. -- 2 kings 8:17 +. +And he walked in the way of the kings of Israel, as did the house of Ahab: for the daughter of Ahab was his wife: and he did evil in the sight of the LORD. -- 2 kings 8:18 +. +Yet the LORD would not destroy Judah for David his servant' sake, as he promised him to give him always a light, and to his children. -- 2 kings 8:19 +. +In his days Edom revolted from under the hand of Judah, and made a king over themselves. -- 2 kings 8:20 +. +So Joram went over to Zair, and all the chariots with him: and he rose by night, and smote the Edomites which compassed him about, and the captains of the chariots: and the people fled into their tents. -- 2 kings 8:21 +. +Yet Edom revolted from under the hand of Judah to this day. Then Libnah revolted at the same time. -- 2 kings 8:22 +. +And the rest of the acts of Joram, and all that he did, are they not written in the book of the chronicles of the kings of Judah? -- 2 kings 8:23 +. +And Joram slept with his fathers, and was buried with his fathers in the city of David: and Ahaziah his son reigned in his stead. -- 2 kings 8:24 +. +In the twelfth year of Joram the son of Ahab king of Israel did Ahaziah the son of Jehoram king of Judah begin to reign. -- 2 kings 8:25 +. +Two and twenty years old was Ahaziah when he began to reign; and he reigned one year in Jerusalem. And his mother' name was Athaliah, the daughter of Omri king of Israel. -- 2 kings 8:26 +. +And he walked in the way of the house of Ahab, and did evil in the sight of the LORD, as did the house of Ahab: for he was the son in law of the house of Ahab. -- 2 kings 8:27 +. +And he went with Joram the son of Ahab to the war against Hazael king of Syria in Ramothgilead; and the Syrians wounded Joram. -- 2 kings 8:28 +. +And king Joram went back to be healed in Jezreel of the wounds which the Syrians had given him at Ramah, when he fought against Hazael king of Syria. And Ahaziah the son of Jehoram king of Judah went down to see Joram the son of Ahab in Jezreel, because he was sick. -- 2 kings 8:29 +. +And Elisha the prophet called one of the children of the prophets, and said to him, Gird up your loins, and take this box of oil in your hand, and go to Ramothgilead: -- 2 kings 9:1 +. +And when you come thither, look out there Jehu the son of Jehoshaphat the son of Nimshi, and go in, and make him arise up from among his brothers, and carry him to an inner chamber; -- 2 kings 9:2 +. +Then take the box of oil, and pour it on his head, and say, Thus said the LORD, I have anointed you king over Israel. Then open the door, and flee, and tarry not. -- 2 kings 9:3 +. +So the young man, even the young man the prophet, went to Ramothgilead. -- 2 kings 9:4 +. +And when he came, behold, the captains of the host were sitting; and he said, I have an errand to you, O captain. And Jehu said, To which of all us? And he said, To you, O captain. -- 2 kings 9:5 +. +And he arose, and went into the house; and he poured the oil on his head, and said to him, Thus said the LORD God of Israel, I have anointed you king over the people of the LORD, even over Israel. -- 2 kings 9:6 +. +And you shall smite the house of Ahab your master, that I may avenge the blood of my servants the prophets, and the blood of all the servants of the LORD, at the hand of Jezebel. -- 2 kings 9:7 +. +For the whole house of Ahab shall perish: and I will cut off from Ahab him that urinates against the wall, and him that is shut up and left in Israel: -- 2 kings 9:8 +. +And I will make the house of Ahab like the house of Jeroboam the son of Nebat, and like the house of Baasha the son of Ahijah: -- 2 kings 9:9 +. +And the dogs shall eat Jezebel in the portion of Jezreel, and there shall be none to bury her. And he opened the door, and fled. -- 2 kings 9:10 +. +Then Jehu came forth to the servants of his lord: and one said to him, Is all well? why came this mad fellow to you? And he said to them, You know the man, and his communication. -- 2 kings 9:11 +. +And they said, It is false; tell us now. And he said, Thus and thus spoke he to me, saying, Thus said the LORD, I have anointed you king over Israel. -- 2 kings 9:12 +. +Then they hurried, and took every man his garment, and put it under him on the top of the stairs, and blew with trumpets, saying, Jehu is king. -- 2 kings 9:13 +. +So Jehu the son of Jehoshaphat the son of Nimshi conspired against Joram. (Now Joram had kept Ramothgilead, he and all Israel, because of Hazael king of Syria. -- 2 kings 9:14 +. +But king Joram was returned to be healed in Jezreel of the wounds which the Syrians had given him, when he fought with Hazael king of Syria.) And Jehu said, If it be your minds, then let none go forth nor escape out of the city to go to tell it in Jezreel. -- 2 kings 9:15 +. +So Jehu rode in a chariot, and went to Jezreel; for Joram lay there. And Ahaziah king of Judah was come down to see Joram. -- 2 kings 9:16 +. +And there stood a watchman on the tower in Jezreel, and he spied the company of Jehu as he came, and said, I see a company. And Joram said, Take an horseman, and send to meet them, and let him say, Is it peace? -- 2 kings 9:17 +. +So there went one on horseback to meet him, and said, Thus said the king, Is it peace? And Jehu said, What have you to do with peace? turn you behind me. And the watchman told, saying, The messenger came to them, but he comes not again. -- 2 kings 9:18 +. +Then he sent out a second on horseback, which came to them, and said, Thus said the king, Is it peace? And Jehu answered, What have you to do with peace? turn you behind me. -- 2 kings 9:19 +. +And the watchman told, saying, He came even to them, and comes not again: and the driving is like the driving of Jehu the son of Nimshi; for he drives furiously. -- 2 kings 9:20 +. +And Joram said, Make ready. And his chariot was made ready. And Joram king of Israel and Ahaziah king of Judah went out, each in his chariot, and they went out against Jehu, and met him in the portion of Naboth the Jezreelite. -- 2 kings 9:21 +. +And it came to pass, when Joram saw Jehu, that he said, Is it peace, Jehu? And he answered, What peace, so long as the prostitutions of your mother Jezebel and her witchcrafts are so many? -- 2 kings 9:22 +. +And Joram turned his hands, and fled, and said to Ahaziah, There is treachery, O Ahaziah. -- 2 kings 9:23 +. +And Jehu drew a bow with his full strength, and smote Jehoram between his arms, and the arrow went out at his heart, and he sunk down in his chariot. -- 2 kings 9:24 +. +Then said Jehu to Bidkar his captain, Take up, and cast him in the portion of the field of Naboth the Jezreelite: for remember how that, when I and you rode together after Ahab his father, the LORD laid this burden on him; -- 2 kings 9:25 +. +Surely I have seen yesterday the blood of Naboth, and the blood of his sons, said the LORD; and I will requite you in this plat, said the LORD. Now therefore take and cast him into the plat of ground, according to the word of the LORD. -- 2 kings 9:26 +. +But when Ahaziah the king of Judah saw this, he fled by the way of the garden house. And Jehu followed after him, and said, Smite him also in the chariot. And they did so at the going up to Gur, which is by Ibleam. And he fled to Megiddo, and died there. -- 2 kings 9:27 +. +And his servants carried him in a chariot to Jerusalem, and buried him in his sepulcher with his fathers in the city of David. -- 2 kings 9:28 +. +And in the eleventh year of Joram the son of Ahab began Ahaziah to reign over Judah. -- 2 kings 9:29 +. +And when Jehu was come to Jezreel, Jezebel heard of it; and she painted her face, and tired her head, and looked out at a window. -- 2 kings 9:30 +. +And as Jehu entered in at the gate, she said, Had Zimri peace, who slew his master? -- 2 kings 9:31 +. +And he lifted up his face to the window, and said, Who is on my side? who? And there looked out to him two or three eunuchs. -- 2 kings 9:32 +. +And he said, Throw her down. So they threw her down: and some of her blood was sprinkled on the wall, and on the horses: and he stepped her under foot. -- 2 kings 9:33 +. +And when he was come in, he did eat and drink, and said, Go, see now this cursed woman, and bury her: for she is a king' daughter. -- 2 kings 9:34 +. +And they went to bury her: but they found no more of her than the skull, and the feet, and the palms of her hands. -- 2 kings 9:35 +. +Why they came again, and told him. And he said, This is the word of the LORD, which he spoke by his servant Elijah the Tishbite, saying, In the portion of Jezreel shall dogs eat the flesh of Jezebel: -- 2 kings 9:36 +. +And the carcass of Jezebel shall be as dung on the face of the field in the portion of Jezreel; so that they shall not say, This is Jezebel. -- 2 kings 9:37 +. +And Ahab had seventy sons in Samaria. And Jehu wrote letters, and sent to Samaria, to the rulers of Jezreel, to the elders, and to them that brought up Ahab' children, saying, -- 2 kings 10:1 +. +Now as soon as this letter comes to you, seeing your master' sons are with you, and there are with you chariots and horses, a fenced city also, and armor; -- 2 kings 10:2 +. +Look even out the best and meet of your master' sons, and set him on his father' throne, and fight for your master' house. -- 2 kings 10:3 +. +But they were exceedingly afraid, and said, Behold, two kings stood not before him: how then shall we stand? -- 2 kings 10:4 +. +And he that was over the house, and he that was over the city, the elders also, and the bringers up of the children, sent to Jehu, saying, We are your servants, and will do all that you shall bid us; we will not make any king: do you that which is good in your eyes. -- 2 kings 10:5 +. +Then he wrote a letter the second time to them, saying, If you be mine, and if you will listen to my voice, take you the heads of the men your master' sons, and come to me to Jezreel by to morrow this time. Now the king' sons, being seventy persons, were with the great men of the city, which brought them up. -- 2 kings 10:6 +. +And it came to pass, when the letter came to them, that they took the king' sons, and slew seventy persons, and put their heads in baskets, and sent him them to Jezreel. -- 2 kings 10:7 +. +And there came a messenger, and told him, saying, They have brought the heads of the king' sons. And he said, Lay you them in two heaps at the entering in of the gate until the morning. -- 2 kings 10:8 +. +And it came to pass in the morning, that he went out, and stood, and said to all the people, You be righteous: behold, I conspired against my master, and slew him: but who slew all these? -- 2 kings 10:9 +. +Know now that there shall fall to the earth nothing of the word of the LORD, which the LORD spoke concerning the house of Ahab: for the LORD has done that which he spoke by his servant Elijah. -- 2 kings 10:10 +. +So Jehu slew all that remained of the house of Ahab in Jezreel, and all his great men, and his kinfolks, and his priests, until he left him none remaining. -- 2 kings 10:11 +. +And he arose and departed, and came to Samaria. And as he was at the shearing house in the way, -- 2 kings 10:12 +. +Jehu met with the brothers of Ahaziah king of Judah, and said, Who are you? And they answered, We are the brothers of Ahaziah; and we go down to salute the children of the king and the children of the queen. -- 2 kings 10:13 +. +And he said, Take them alive. And they took them alive, and slew them at the pit of the shearing house, even two and forty men; neither left he any of them. -- 2 kings 10:14 +. +And when he was departed there, he lighted on Jehonadab the son of Rechab coming to meet him: and he saluted him, and said to him, Is your heart right, as my heart is with your heart? And Jehonadab answered, It is. If it be, give me your hand. And he gave him his hand; and he took him up to him into the chariot. -- 2 kings 10:15 +. +And he said, Come with me, and see my zeal for the LORD. So they made him ride in his chariot. -- 2 kings 10:16 +. +And when he came to Samaria, he slew all that remained to Ahab in Samaria, till he had destroyed him, according to the saying of the LORD, which he spoke to Elijah. -- 2 kings 10:17 +. +And Jehu gathered all the people together, and said to them, Ahab served Baal a little; but Jehu shall serve him much. -- 2 kings 10:18 +. +Now therefore call to me all the prophets of Baal, all his servants, and all his priests; let none be wanting: for I have a great sacrifice to do to Baal; whoever shall be wanting, he shall not live. But Jehu did it in subtlety, to the intent that he might destroy the worshippers of Baal. -- 2 kings 10:19 +. +And Jehu said, Proclaim a solemn assembly for Baal. And they proclaimed it. -- 2 kings 10:20 +. +And Jehu sent through all Israel: and all the worshippers of Baal came, so that there was not a man left that came not. And they came into the house of Baal; and the house of Baal was full from one end to another. -- 2 kings 10:21 +. +And he said to him that was over the vestry, Bring forth vestments for all the worshippers of Baal. And he brought them forth vestments. -- 2 kings 10:22 +. +And Jehu went, and Jehonadab the son of Rechab, into the house of Baal, and said to the worshippers of Baal, Search, and look that there be here with you none of the servants of the LORD, but the worshippers of Baal only. -- 2 kings 10:23 +. +And when they went in to offer sacrifices and burnt offerings, Jehu appointed fourscore men without, and said, If any of the men whom I have brought into your hands escape, he that lets him go, his life shall be for the life of him. -- 2 kings 10:24 +. +And it came to pass, as soon as he had made an end of offering the burnt offering, that Jehu said to the guard and to the captains, Go in, and slay them; let none come forth. And they smote them with the edge of the sword; and the guard and the captains cast them out, and went to the city of the house of Baal. -- 2 kings 10:25 +. +And they brought forth the images out of the house of Baal, and burned them. -- 2 kings 10:26 +. +And they broke down the image of Baal, and broke down the house of Baal, and made it a draught house to this day. -- 2 kings 10:27 +. +Thus Jehu destroyed Baal out of Israel. -- 2 kings 10:28 +. +However, from the sins of Jeroboam the son of Nebat, who made Israel to sin, Jehu departed not from after them, to wit, the golden calves that were in Bethel, and that were in Dan. -- 2 kings 10:29 +. +And the LORD said to Jehu, Because you have done well in executing that which is right in my eyes, and have done to the house of Ahab according to all that was in my heart, your children of the fourth generation shall sit on the throne of Israel. -- 2 kings 10:30 +. +But Jehu took no heed to walk in the law of the LORD God of Israel with all his heart: for he departed not from the sins of Jeroboam, which made Israel to sin. -- 2 kings 10:31 +. +In those days the LORD began to cut Israel short: and Hazael smote them in all the coasts of Israel; -- 2 kings 10:32 +. +From Jordan eastward, all the land of Gilead, the Gadites, and the Reubenites, and the Manassites, from Aroer, which is by the river Arnon, even Gilead and Bashan. -- 2 kings 10:33 +. +Now the rest of the acts of Jehu, and all that he did, and all his might, are they not written in the book of the chronicles of the kings of Israel? -- 2 kings 10:34 +. +And Jehu slept with his fathers: and they buried him in Samaria. And Jehoahaz his son reigned in his stead. -- 2 kings 10:35 +. +And the time that Jehu reigned over Israel in Samaria was twenty and eight years. -- 2 kings 10:36 +. +And when Athaliah the mother of Ahaziah saw that her son was dead, she arose and destroyed all the seed royal. -- 2 kings 11:1 +. +But Jehosheba, the daughter of king Joram, sister of Ahaziah, took Joash the son of Ahaziah, and stole him from among the king' sons which were slain; and they hid him, even him and his nurse, in the bedchamber from Athaliah, so that he was not slain. -- 2 kings 11:2 +. +And he was with her hid in the house of the LORD six years. And Athaliah did reign over the land. -- 2 kings 11:3 +. +And the seventh year Jehoiada sent and fetched the rulers over hundreds, with the captains and the guard, and brought them to him into the house of the LORD, and made a covenant with them, and took an oath of them in the house of the LORD, and showed them the king' son. -- 2 kings 11:4 +. +And he commanded them, saying, This is the thing that you shall do; A third part of you that enter in on the sabbath shall even be keepers of the watch of the king' house; -- 2 kings 11:5 +. +And a third part shall be at the gate of Sur; and a third part at the gate behind the guard: so shall you keep the watch of the house, that it be not broken down. -- 2 kings 11:6 +. +And two parts of all you that go forth on the sabbath, even they shall keep the watch of the house of the LORD about the king. -- 2 kings 11:7 +. +And you shall compass the king round about, every man with his weapons in his hand: and he that comes within the ranges, let him be slain: and be you with the king as he goes out and as he comes in. -- 2 kings 11:8 +. +And the captains over the hundreds did according to all things that Jehoiada the priest commanded: and they took every man his men that were to come in on the sabbath, with them that should go out on the sabbath, and came to Jehoiada the priest. -- 2 kings 11:9 +. +And to the captains over hundreds did the priest give king David' spears and shields, that were in the temple of the LORD. -- 2 kings 11:10 +. +And the guard stood, every man with his weapons in his hand, round about the king, from the right corner of the temple to the left corner of the temple, along by the altar and the temple. -- 2 kings 11:11 +. +And he brought forth the king' son, and put the crown on him, and gave him the testimony; and they made him king, and anointed him; and they clapped their hands, and said, God save the king. -- 2 kings 11:12 +. +And when Athaliah heard the noise of the guard and of the people, she came to the people into the temple of the LORD. -- 2 kings 11:13 +. +And when she looked, behold, the king stood by a pillar, as the manner was, and the princes and the trumpeters by the king, and all the people of the land rejoiced, and blew with trumpets: and Athaliah rent her clothes, and cried, Treason, Treason. -- 2 kings 11:14 +. +But Jehoiada the priest commanded the captains of the hundreds, the officers of the host, and said to them, Have her forth without the ranges: and him that follows her kill with the sword. For the priest had said, Let her not be slain in the house of the LORD. -- 2 kings 11:15 +. +And they laid hands on her; and she went by the way by the which the horses came into the king' house: and there was she slain. -- 2 kings 11:16 +. +And Jehoiada made a covenant between the LORD and the king and the people, that they should be the LORD' people; between the king also and the people. -- 2 kings 11:17 +. +And all the people of the land went into the house of Baal, and broke it down; his altars and his images broke they in pieces thoroughly, and slew Mattan the priest of Baal before the altars. And the priest appointed officers over the house of the LORD. -- 2 kings 11:18 +. +And he took the rulers over hundreds, and the captains, and the guard, and all the people of the land; and they brought down the king from the house of the LORD, and came by the way of the gate of the guard to the king' house. And he sat on the throne of the kings. -- 2 kings 11:19 +. +And all the people of the land rejoiced, and the city was in quiet: and they slew Athaliah with the sword beside the king' house. -- 2 kings 11:20 +. +Seven years old was Jehoash when he began to reign. -- 2 kings 11:21 +. +In the seventh year of Jehu Jehoash began to reign; and forty years reigned he in Jerusalem. And his mother' name was Zibiah of Beersheba. -- 2 kings 12:1 +. +And Jehoash did that which was right in the sight of the LORD all his days wherein Jehoiada the priest instructed him. -- 2 kings 12:2 +. +But the high places were not taken away: the people still sacrificed and burnt incense in the high places. -- 2 kings 12:3 +. +And Jehoash said to the priests, All the money of the dedicated things that is brought into the house of the LORD, even the money of every one that passes the account, the money that every man is set at, and all the money that comes into any man' heart to bring into the house of the LORD, -- 2 kings 12:4 +. +Let the priests take it to them, every man of his acquaintance: and let them repair the breaches of the house, wherever any breach shall be found. -- 2 kings 12:5 +. +But it was so, that in the three and twentieth year of king Jehoash the priests had not repaired the breaches of the house. -- 2 kings 12:6 +. +Then king Jehoash called for Jehoiada the priest, and the other priests, and said to them, Why repair you not the breaches of the house? now therefore receive no more money of your acquaintance, but deliver it for the breaches of the house. -- 2 kings 12:7 +. +And the priests consented to receive no more money of the people, neither to repair the breaches of the house. -- 2 kings 12:8 +. +But Jehoiada the priest took a chest, and bored a hole in the lid of it, and set it beside the altar, on the right side as one comes into the house of the LORD: and the priests that kept the door put therein all the money that was brought into the house of the LORD. -- 2 kings 12:9 +. +And it was so, when they saw that there was much money in the chest, that the king' scribe and the high priest came up, and they put up in bags, and told the money that was found in the house of the LORD. -- 2 kings 12:10 +. +And they gave the money, being told, into the hands of them that did the work, that had the oversight of the house of the LORD: and they laid it out to the carpenters and builders, that worked on the house of the LORD, -- 2 kings 12:11 +. +And to masons, and hewers of stone, and to buy timber and hewed stone to repair the breaches of the house of the LORD, and for all that was laid out for the house to repair it. -- 2 kings 12:12 +. +However, there were not made for the house of the LORD bowls of silver, snuffers, basins, trumpets, any vessels of gold, or vessels of silver, of the money that was brought into the house of the LORD: -- 2 kings 12:13 +. +But they gave that to the workmen, and repaired therewith the house of the LORD. -- 2 kings 12:14 +. +Moreover they reckoned not with the men, into whose hand they delivered the money to be bestowed on workmen: for they dealt faithfully. -- 2 kings 12:15 +. +The trespass money and sin money was not brought into the house of the LORD: it was the priests' -- 2 kings 12:16 +. +Then Hazael king of Syria went up, and fought against Gath, and took it: and Hazael set his face to go up to Jerusalem. -- 2 kings 12:17 +. +And Jehoash king of Judah took all the hallowed things that Jehoshaphat, and Jehoram, and Ahaziah, his fathers, kings of Judah, had dedicated, and his own hallowed things, and all the gold that was found in the treasures of the house of the LORD, and in the king' house, and sent it to Hazael king of Syria: and he went away from Jerusalem. -- 2 kings 12:18 +. +And the rest of the acts of Joash, and all that he did, are they not written in the book of the chronicles of the kings of Judah? -- 2 kings 12:19 +. +And his servants arose, and made a conspiracy, and slew Joash in the house of Millo, which goes down to Silla. -- 2 kings 12:20 +. +For Jozachar the son of Shimeath, and Jehozabad the son of Shomer, his servants, smote him, and he died; and they buried him with his fathers in the city of David: and Amaziah his son reigned in his stead. -- 2 kings 12:21 +. +In the three and twentieth year of Joash the son of Ahaziah king of Judah Jehoahaz the son of Jehu began to reign over Israel in Samaria, and reigned seventeen years. -- 2 kings 13:1 +. +And he did that which was evil in the sight of the LORD, and followed the sins of Jeroboam the son of Nebat, which made Israel to sin; he departed not therefrom. -- 2 kings 13:2 +. +And the anger of the LORD was kindled against Israel, and he delivered them into the hand of Hazael king of Syria, and into the hand of Benhadad the son of Hazael, all their days. -- 2 kings 13:3 +. +And Jehoahaz sought the LORD, and the LORD listened to him: for he saw the oppression of Israel, because the king of Syria oppressed them. -- 2 kings 13:4 +. +(And the LORD gave Israel a savior, so that they went out from under the hand of the Syrians: and the children of Israel dwelled in their tents, as beforetime. -- 2 kings 13:5 +. +Nevertheless they departed not from the sins of the house of Jeroboam, who made Israel sin, but walked therein: and there remained the grove also in Samaria.) -- 2 kings 13:6 +. +Neither did he leave of the people to Jehoahaz but fifty horsemen, and ten chariots, and ten thousand footmen; for the king of Syria had destroyed them, and had made them like the dust by threshing. -- 2 kings 13:7 +. +Now the rest of the acts of Jehoahaz, and all that he did, and his might, are they not written in the book of the chronicles of the kings of Israel? -- 2 kings 13:8 +. +And Jehoahaz slept with his fathers; and they buried him in Samaria: and Joash his son reigned in his stead. -- 2 kings 13:9 +. +In the thirty and seventh year of Joash king of Judah began Jehoash the son of Jehoahaz to reign over Israel in Samaria, and reigned sixteen years. -- 2 kings 13:10 +. +And he did that which was evil in the sight of the LORD; he departed not from all the sins of Jeroboam the son of Nebat, who made Israel sin: but he walked therein. -- 2 kings 13:11 +. +And the rest of the acts of Joash, and all that he did, and his might with which he fought against Amaziah king of Judah, are they not written in the book of the chronicles of the kings of Israel? -- 2 kings 13:12 +. +And Joash slept with his fathers; and Jeroboam sat on his throne: and Joash was buried in Samaria with the kings of Israel. -- 2 kings 13:13 +. +Now Elisha was fallen sick of his sickness whereof he died. And Joash the king of Israel came down to him, and wept over his face, and said, O my father, my father, the chariot of Israel, and the horsemen thereof. -- 2 kings 13:14 +. +And Elisha said to him, Take bow and arrows. And he took to him bow and arrows. -- 2 kings 13:15 +. +And he said to the king of Israel, Put your hand on the bow. And he put his hand on it: and Elisha put his hands on the king' hands. -- 2 kings 13:16 +. +And he said, Open the window eastward. And he opened it. Then Elisha said, Shoot. And he shot. And he said, The arrow of the LORD' deliverance, and the arrow of deliverance from Syria: for you shall smite the Syrians in Aphek, till you have consumed them. -- 2 kings 13:17 +. +And he said, Take the arrows. And he took them. And he said to the king of Israel, Smite on the ground. And he smote thrice, and stayed. -- 2 kings 13:18 +. +And the man of God was wroth with him, and said, You should have smitten five or six times; then had you smitten Syria till you had consumed it: whereas now you shall smite Syria but thrice. -- 2 kings 13:19 +. +And Elisha died, and they buried him. And the bands of the Moabites invaded the land at the coming in of the year. -- 2 kings 13:20 +. +And it came to pass, as they were burying a man, that, behold, they spied a band of men; and they cast the man into the sepulcher of Elisha: and when the man was let down, and touched the bones of Elisha, he revived, and stood up on his feet. -- 2 kings 13:21 +. +But Hazael king of Syria oppressed Israel all the days of Jehoahaz. -- 2 kings 13:22 +. +And the LORD was gracious to them, and had compassion on them, and had respect to them, because of his covenant with Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob, and would not destroy them, neither cast he them from his presence as yet. -- 2 kings 13:23 +. +So Hazael king of Syria died; and Benhadad his son reigned in his stead. -- 2 kings 13:24 +. +And Jehoash the son of Jehoahaz took again out of the hand of Benhadad the son of Hazael the cities, which he had taken out of the hand of Jehoahaz his father by war. Three times did Joash beat him, and recovered the cities of Israel. -- 2 kings 13:25 +. +In the second year of Joash son of Jehoahaz king of Israel reigned Amaziah the son of Joash king of Judah. -- 2 kings 14:1 +. +He was twenty and five years old when he began to reign, and reigned twenty and nine years in Jerusalem. And his mother' name was Jehoaddan of Jerusalem. -- 2 kings 14:2 +. +And he did that which was right in the sight of the LORD, yet not like David his father: he did according to all things as Joash his father did. -- 2 kings 14:3 +. +However, the high places were not taken away: as yet the people did sacrifice and burnt incense on the high places. -- 2 kings 14:4 +. +And it came to pass, as soon as the kingdom was confirmed in his hand, that he slew his servants which had slain the king his father. -- 2 kings 14:5 +. +But the children of the murderers he slew not: according to that which is written in the book of the law of Moses, wherein the LORD commanded, saying, The fathers shall not be put to death for the children, nor the children be put to death for the fathers; but every man shall be put to death for his own sin. -- 2 kings 14:6 +. +He slew of Edom in the valley of salt ten thousand, and took Selah by war, and called the name of it Joktheel to this day. -- 2 kings 14:7 +. +Then Amaziah sent messengers to Jehoash, the son of Jehoahaz son of Jehu, king of Israel, saying, Come, let us look one another in the face. -- 2 kings 14:8 +. +And Jehoash the king of Israel sent to Amaziah king of Judah, saying, The thistle that was in Lebanon sent to the cedar that was in Lebanon, saying, Give your daughter to my son to wife: and there passed by a wild beast that was in Lebanon, and stepped down the thistle. -- 2 kings 14:9 +. +You have indeed smitten Edom, and your heart has lifted you up: glory of this, and tarry at home: for why should you meddle to your hurt, that you should fall, even you, and Judah with you? -- 2 kings 14:10 +. +But Amaziah would not hear. Therefore Jehoash king of Israel went up; and he and Amaziah king of Judah looked one another in the face at Bethshemesh, which belongs to Judah. -- 2 kings 14:11 +. +And Judah was put to the worse before Israel; and they fled every man to their tents. -- 2 kings 14:12 +. +And Jehoash king of Israel took Amaziah king of Judah, the son of Jehoash the son of Ahaziah, at Bethshemesh, and came to Jerusalem, and broke down the wall of Jerusalem from the gate of Ephraim to the corner gate, four hundred cubits. -- 2 kings 14:13 +. +And he took all the gold and silver, and all the vessels that were found in the house of the LORD, and in the treasures of the king' house, and hostages, and returned to Samaria. -- 2 kings 14:14 +. +Now the rest of the acts of Jehoash which he did, and his might, and how he fought with Amaziah king of Judah, are they not written in the book of the chronicles of the kings of Israel? -- 2 kings 14:15 +. +And Jehoash slept with his fathers, and was buried in Samaria with the kings of Israel; and Jeroboam his son reigned in his stead. -- 2 kings 14:16 +. +And Amaziah the son of Joash king of Judah lived after the death of Jehoash son of Jehoahaz king of Israel fifteen years. -- 2 kings 14:17 +. +And the rest of the acts of Amaziah, are they not written in the book of the chronicles of the kings of Judah? -- 2 kings 14:18 +. +Now they made a conspiracy against him in Jerusalem: and he fled to Lachish; but they sent after him to Lachish, and slew him there. -- 2 kings 14:19 +. +And they brought him on horses: and he was buried at Jerusalem with his fathers in the city of David. -- 2 kings 14:20 +. +And all the people of Judah took Azariah, which was sixteen years old, and made him king instead of his father Amaziah. -- 2 kings 14:21 +. +He built Elath, and restored it to Judah, after that the king slept with his fathers. -- 2 kings 14:22 +. +In the fifteenth year of Amaziah the son of Joash king of Judah Jeroboam the son of Joash king of Israel began to reign in Samaria, and reigned forty and one years. -- 2 kings 14:23 +. +And he did that which was evil in the sight of the LORD: he departed not from all the sins of Jeroboam the son of Nebat, who made Israel to sin. -- 2 kings 14:24 +. +He restored the coast of Israel from the entering of Hamath to the sea of the plain, according to the word of the LORD God of Israel, which he spoke by the hand of his servant Jonah, the son of Amittai, the prophet, which was of Gathhepher. -- 2 kings 14:25 +. +For the LORD saw the affliction of Israel, that it was very bitter: for there was not any shut up, nor any left, nor any helper for Israel. -- 2 kings 14:26 +. +And the LORD said not that he would blot out the name of Israel from under heaven: but he saved them by the hand of Jeroboam the son of Joash. -- 2 kings 14:27 +. +Now the rest of the acts of Jeroboam, and all that he did, and his might, how he warred, and how he recovered Damascus, and Hamath, which belonged to Judah, for Israel, are they not written in the book of the chronicles of the kings of Israel? -- 2 kings 14:28 +. +And Jeroboam slept with his fathers, even with the kings of Israel; and Zachariah his son reigned in his stead. -- 2 kings 14:29 +. +In the twenty and seventh year of Jeroboam king of Israel began Azariah son of Amaziah king of Judah to reign. -- 2 kings 15:1 +. +Sixteen years old was he when he began to reign, and he reigned two and fifty years in Jerusalem. And his mother' name was Jecholiah of Jerusalem. -- 2 kings 15:2 +. +And he did that which was right in the sight of the LORD, according to all that his father Amaziah had done; -- 2 kings 15:3 +. +Save that the high places were not removed: the people sacrificed and burnt incense still on the high places. -- 2 kings 15:4 +. +And the LORD smote the king, so that he was a leper to the day of his death, and dwelled in a several house. And Jotham the king' son was over the house, judging the people of the land. -- 2 kings 15:5 +. +And the rest of the acts of Azariah, and all that he did, are they not written in the book of the chronicles of the kings of Judah? -- 2 kings 15:6 +. +So Azariah slept with his fathers; and they buried him with his fathers in the city of David: and Jotham his son reigned in his stead. -- 2 kings 15:7 +. +In the thirty and eighth year of Azariah king of Judah did Zachariah the son of Jeroboam reign over Israel in Samaria six months. -- 2 kings 15:8 +. +And he did that which was evil in the sight of the LORD, as his fathers had done: he departed not from the sins of Jeroboam the son of Nebat, who made Israel to sin. -- 2 kings 15:9 +. +And Shallum the son of Jabesh conspired against him, and smote him before the people, and slew him, and reigned in his stead. -- 2 kings 15:10 +. +And the rest of the acts of Zachariah, behold, they are written in the book of the chronicles of the kings of Israel. -- 2 kings 15:11 +. +This was the word of the LORD which he spoke to Jehu, saying, Your sons shall sit on the throne of Israel to the fourth generation. And so it came to pass. -- 2 kings 15:12 +. +Shallum the son of Jabesh began to reign in the nine and thirtieth year of Uzziah king of Judah; and he reigned a full month in Samaria. -- 2 kings 15:13 +. +For Menahem the son of Gadi went up from Tirzah, and came to Samaria, and smote Shallum the son of Jabesh in Samaria, and slew him, and reigned in his stead. -- 2 kings 15:14 +. +And the rest of the acts of Shallum, and his conspiracy which he made, behold, they are written in the book of the chronicles of the kings of Israel. -- 2 kings 15:15 +. +Then Menahem smote Tiphsah, and all that were therein, and the coasts thereof from Tirzah: because they opened not to him, therefore he smote it; and all the women therein that were with child he ripped up. -- 2 kings 15:16 +. +In the nine and thirtieth year of Azariah king of Judah began Menahem the son of Gadi to reign over Israel, and reigned ten years in Samaria. -- 2 kings 15:17 +. +And he did that which was evil in the sight of the LORD: he departed not all his days from the sins of Jeroboam the son of Nebat, who made Israel to sin. -- 2 kings 15:18 +. +And Pul the king of Assyria came against the land: and Menahem gave Pul a thousand talents of silver, that his hand might be with him to confirm the kingdom in his hand. -- 2 kings 15:19 +. +And Menahem exacted the money of Israel, even of all the mighty men of wealth, of each man fifty shekels of silver, to give to the king of Assyria. So the king of Assyria turned back, and stayed not there in the land. -- 2 kings 15:20 +. +And the rest of the acts of Menahem, and all that he did, are they not written in the book of the chronicles of the kings of Israel? -- 2 kings 15:21 +. +And Menahem slept with his fathers; and Pekahiah his son reigned in his stead. -- 2 kings 15:22 +. +In the fiftieth year of Azariah king of Judah Pekahiah the son of Menahem began to reign over Israel in Samaria, and reigned two years. -- 2 kings 15:23 +. +And he did that which was evil in the sight of the LORD: he departed not from the sins of Jeroboam the son of Nebat, who made Israel to sin. -- 2 kings 15:24 +. +But Pekah the son of Remaliah, a captain of his, conspired against him, and smote him in Samaria, in the palace of the king' house, with Argob and Arieh, and with him fifty men of the Gileadites: and he killed him, and reigned in his room. -- 2 kings 15:25 +. +And the rest of the acts of Pekahiah, and all that he did, behold, they are written in the book of the chronicles of the kings of Israel. -- 2 kings 15:26 +. +In the two and fiftieth year of Azariah king of Judah Pekah the son of Remaliah began to reign over Israel in Samaria, and reigned twenty years. -- 2 kings 15:27 +. +And he did that which was evil in the sight of the LORD: he departed not from the sins of Jeroboam the son of Nebat, who made Israel to sin. -- 2 kings 15:28 +. +In the days of Pekah king of Israel came Tiglathpileser king of Assyria, and took Ijon, and Abelbethmaachah, and Janoah, and Kedesh, and Hazor, and Gilead, and Galilee, all the land of Naphtali, and carried them captive to Assyria. -- 2 kings 15:29 +. +And Hoshea the son of Elah made a conspiracy against Pekah the son of Remaliah, and smote him, and slew him, and reigned in his stead, in the twentieth year of Jotham the son of Uzziah. -- 2 kings 15:30 +. +And the rest of the acts of Pekah, and all that he did, behold, they are written in the book of the chronicles of the kings of Israel. -- 2 kings 15:31 +. +In the second year of Pekah the son of Remaliah king of Israel began Jotham the son of Uzziah king of Judah to reign. -- 2 kings 15:32 +. +Five and twenty years old was he when he began to reign, and he reigned sixteen years in Jerusalem. And his mother' name was Jerusha, the daughter of Zadok. -- 2 kings 15:33 +. +And he did that which was right in the sight of the LORD: he did according to all that his father Uzziah had done. -- 2 kings 15:34 +. +However, the high places were not removed: the people sacrificed and burned incense still in the high places. He built the higher gate of the house of the LORD. -- 2 kings 15:35 +. +Now the rest of the acts of Jotham, and all that he did, are they not written in the book of the chronicles of the kings of Judah? -- 2 kings 15:36 +. +In those days the LORD began to send against Judah Rezin the king of Syria, and Pekah the son of Remaliah. -- 2 kings 15:37 +. +And Jotham slept with his fathers, and was buried with his fathers in the city of David his father: and Ahaz his son reigned in his stead. -- 2 kings 15:38 +. +In the seventeenth year of Pekah the son of Remaliah Ahaz the son of Jotham king of Judah began to reign. -- 2 kings 16:1 +. +Twenty years old was Ahaz when he began to reign, and reigned sixteen years in Jerusalem, and did not that which was right in the sight of the LORD his God, like David his father. -- 2 kings 16:2 +. +But he walked in the way of the kings of Israel, yes, and made his son to pass through the fire, according to the abominations of the heathen, whom the LORD cast out from before the children of Israel. -- 2 kings 16:3 +. +And he sacrificed and burnt incense in the high places, and on the hills, and under every green tree. -- 2 kings 16:4 +. +Then Rezin king of Syria and Pekah son of Remaliah king of Israel came up to Jerusalem to war: and they besieged Ahaz, but could not overcome him. -- 2 kings 16:5 +. +At that time Rezin king of Syria recovered Elath to Syria, and drove the Jews from Elath: and the Syrians came to Elath, and dwelled there to this day. -- 2 kings 16:6 +. +So Ahaz sent messengers to Tiglathpileser king of Assyria, saying, I am your servant and your son: come up, and save me out of the hand of the king of Syria, and out of the hand of the king of Israel, which rise up against me. -- 2 kings 16:7 +. +And Ahaz took the silver and gold that was found in the house of the LORD, and in the treasures of the king' house, and sent it for a present to the king of Assyria. -- 2 kings 16:8 +. +And the king of Assyria listened to him: for the king of Assyria went up against Damascus, and took it, and carried the people of it captive to Kir, and slew Rezin. -- 2 kings 16:9 +. +And king Ahaz went to Damascus to meet Tiglathpileser king of Assyria, and saw an altar that was at Damascus: and king Ahaz sent to Urijah the priest the fashion of the altar, and the pattern of it, according to all the workmanship thereof. -- 2 kings 16:10 +. +And Urijah the priest built an altar according to all that king Ahaz had sent from Damascus: so Urijah the priest made it against king Ahaz came from Damascus. -- 2 kings 16:11 +. +And when the king was come from Damascus, the king saw the altar: and the king approached to the altar, and offered thereon. -- 2 kings 16:12 +. +And he burnt his burnt offering and his meat offering, and poured his drink offering, and sprinkled the blood of his peace offerings, on the altar. -- 2 kings 16:13 +. +And he brought also the brazen altar, which was before the LORD, from the forefront of the house, from between the altar and the house of the LORD, and put it on the north side of the altar. -- 2 kings 16:14 +. +And king Ahaz commanded Urijah the priest, saying, On the great altar burn the morning burnt offering, and the evening meat offering, and the king' burnt sacrifice, and his meat offering, with the burnt offering of all the people of the land, and their meat offering, and their drink offerings; and sprinkle on it all the blood of the burnt offering, and all the blood of the sacrifice: and the brazen altar shall be for me to inquire by. -- 2 kings 16:15 +. +Thus did Urijah the priest, according to all that king Ahaz commanded. -- 2 kings 16:16 +. +And king Ahaz cut off the borders of the bases, and removed the laver from off them; and took down the sea from off the brazen oxen that were under it, and put it on the pavement of stones. -- 2 kings 16:17 +. +And the covert for the sabbath that they had built in the house, and the king' entry without, turned he from the house of the LORD for the king of Assyria. -- 2 kings 16:18 +. +Now the rest of the acts of Ahaz which he did, are they not written in the book of the chronicles of the kings of Judah? -- 2 kings 16:19 +. +And Ahaz slept with his fathers, and was buried with his fathers in the city of David: and Hezekiah his son reigned in his stead. -- 2 kings 16:20 +. +In the twelfth year of Ahaz king of Judah began Hoshea the son of Elah to reign in Samaria over Israel nine years. -- 2 kings 17:1 +. +And he did that which was evil in the sight of the LORD, but not as the kings of Israel that were before him. -- 2 kings 17:2 +. +Against him came up Shalmaneser king of Assyria; and Hoshea became his servant, and gave him presents. -- 2 kings 17:3 +. +And the king of Assyria found conspiracy in Hoshea: for he had sent messengers to So king of Egypt, and brought no present to the king of Assyria, as he had done year by year: therefore the king of Assyria shut him up, and bound him in prison. -- 2 kings 17:4 +. +Then the king of Assyria came up throughout all the land, and went up to Samaria, and besieged it three years. -- 2 kings 17:5 +. +In the ninth year of Hoshea the king of Assyria took Samaria, and carried Israel away into Assyria, and placed them in Halah and in Habor by the river of Gozan, and in the cities of the Medes. -- 2 kings 17:6 +. +For so it was, that the children of Israel had sinned against the LORD their God, which had brought them up out of the land of Egypt, from under the hand of Pharaoh king of Egypt, and had feared other gods, -- 2 kings 17:7 +. +And walked in the statutes of the heathen, whom the LORD cast out from before the children of Israel, and of the kings of Israel, which they had made. -- 2 kings 17:8 +. +And the children of Israel did secretly those things that were not right against the LORD their God, and they built them high places in all their cities, from the tower of the watchmen to the fenced city. -- 2 kings 17:9 +. +And they set them up images and groves in every high hill, and under every green tree: -- 2 kings 17:10 +. +And there they burnt incense in all the high places, as did the heathen whom the LORD carried away before them; and worked wicked things to provoke the LORD to anger: -- 2 kings 17:11 +. +For they served idols, whereof the LORD had said to them, You shall not do this thing. -- 2 kings 17:12 +. +Yet the LORD testified against Israel, and against Judah, by all the prophets, and by all the seers, saying, Turn you from your evil ways, and keep my commandments and my statutes, according to all the law which I commanded your fathers, and which I sent to you by my servants the prophets. -- 2 kings 17:13 +. +Notwithstanding they would not hear, but hardened their necks, like to the neck of their fathers, that did not believe in the LORD their God. -- 2 kings 17:14 +. +And they rejected his statutes, and his covenant that he made with their fathers, and his testimonies which he testified against them; and they followed vanity, and became vain, and went after the heathen that were round about them, concerning whom the LORD had charged them, that they should not do like them. -- 2 kings 17:15 +. +And they left all the commandments of the LORD their God, and made them molten images, even two calves, and made a grove, and worshipped all the host of heaven, and served Baal. -- 2 kings 17:16 +. +And they caused their sons and their daughters to pass through the fire, and used divination and enchantments, and sold themselves to do evil in the sight of the LORD, to provoke him to anger. -- 2 kings 17:17 +. +Therefore the LORD was very angry with Israel, and removed them out of his sight: there was none left but the tribe of Judah only. -- 2 kings 17:18 +. +Also Judah kept not the commandments of the LORD their God, but walked in the statutes of Israel which they made. -- 2 kings 17:19 +. +And the LORD rejected all the seed of Israel, and afflicted them, and delivered them into the hand of spoilers, until he had cast them out of his sight. -- 2 kings 17:20 +. +For he rent Israel from the house of David; and they made Jeroboam the son of Nebat king: and Jeroboam drove Israel from following the LORD, and made them sin a great sin. -- 2 kings 17:21 +. +For the children of Israel walked in all the sins of Jeroboam which he did; they departed not from them; -- 2 kings 17:22 +. +Until the LORD removed Israel out of his sight, as he had said by all his servants the prophets. So was Israel carried away out of their own land to Assyria to this day. -- 2 kings 17:23 +. +And the king of Assyria brought men from Babylon, and from Cuthah, and from Ava, and from Hamath, and from Sepharvaim, and placed them in the cities of Samaria instead of the children of Israel: and they possessed Samaria, and dwelled in the cities thereof. -- 2 kings 17:24 +. +And so it was at the beginning of their dwelling there, that they feared not the LORD: therefore the LORD sent lions among them, which slew some of them. -- 2 kings 17:25 +. +Why they spoke to the king of Assyria, saying, The nations which you have removed, and placed in the cities of Samaria, know not the manner of the God of the land: therefore he has sent lions among them, and, behold, they slay them, because they know not the manner of the God of the land. -- 2 kings 17:26 +. +Then the king of Assyria commanded, saying, Carry thither one of the priests whom you brought from there; and let them go and dwell there, and let him teach them the manner of the God of the land. -- 2 kings 17:27 +. +Then one of the priests whom they had carried away from Samaria came and dwelled in Bethel, and taught them how they should fear the LORD. -- 2 kings 17:28 +. +However, every nation made gods of their own, and put them in the houses of the high places which the Samaritans had made, every nation in their cities wherein they dwelled. -- 2 kings 17:29 +. +And the men of Babylon made Succothbenoth, and the men of Cuth made Nergal, and the men of Hamath made Ashima, -- 2 kings 17:30 +. +And the Avites made Nibhaz and Tartak, and the Sepharvites burnt their children in fire to Adrammelech and Anammelech, the gods of Sepharvaim. -- 2 kings 17:31 +. +So they feared the LORD, and made to themselves of the lowest of them priests of the high places, which sacrificed for them in the houses of the high places. -- 2 kings 17:32 +. +They feared the LORD, and served their own gods, after the manner of the nations whom they carried away from there. -- 2 kings 17:33 +. +To this day they do after the former manners: they fear not the LORD, neither do they after their statutes, or after their ordinances, or after the law and commandment which the LORD commanded the children of Jacob, whom he named Israel; -- 2 kings 17:34 +. +With whom the LORD had made a covenant, and charged them, saying, You shall not fear other gods, nor bow yourselves to them, nor serve them, nor sacrifice to them: -- 2 kings 17:35 +. +But the LORD, who brought you up out of the land of Egypt with great power and a stretched out arm, him shall you fear, and him shall you worship, and to him shall you do sacrifice. -- 2 kings 17:36 +. +And the statutes, and the ordinances, and the law, and the commandment, which he wrote for you, you shall observe to do for ever more; and you shall not fear other gods. -- 2 kings 17:37 +. +And the covenant that I have made with you you shall not forget; neither shall you fear other gods. -- 2 kings 17:38 +. +But the LORD your God you shall fear; and he shall deliver you out of the hand of all your enemies. -- 2 kings 17:39 +. +However, they did not listen, but they did after their former manner. -- 2 kings 17:40 +. +So these nations feared the LORD, and served their graven images, both their children, and their children' children: as did their fathers, so do they to this day. -- 2 kings 17:41 +. +Now it came to pass in the third year of Hoshea son of Elah king of Israel, that Hezekiah the son of Ahaz king of Judah began to reign. -- 2 kings 18:1 +. +Twenty and five years old was he when he began to reign; and he reigned twenty and nine years in Jerusalem. His mother' name also was Abi, the daughter of Zachariah. -- 2 kings 18:2 +. +And he did that which was right in the sight of the LORD, according to all that David his father did. -- 2 kings 18:3 +. +He removed the high places, and broke the images, and cut down the groves, and broke in pieces the brazen serpent that Moses had made: for to those days the children of Israel did burn incense to it: and he called it Nehushtan. -- 2 kings 18:4 +. +He trusted in the LORD God of Israel; so that after him was none like him among all the kings of Judah, nor any that were before him. -- 2 kings 18:5 +. +For he held to the LORD, and departed not from following him, but kept his commandments, which the LORD commanded Moses. -- 2 kings 18:6 +. +And the LORD was with him; and he prospered wherever he went forth: and he rebelled against the king of Assyria, and served him not. -- 2 kings 18:7 +. +He smote the Philistines, even to Gaza, and the borders thereof, from the tower of the watchmen to the fenced city. -- 2 kings 18:8 +. +And it came to pass in the fourth year of king Hezekiah, which was the seventh year of Hoshea son of Elah king of Israel, that Shalmaneser king of Assyria came up against Samaria, and besieged it. -- 2 kings 18:9 +. +And at the end of three years they took it: even in the sixth year of Hezekiah, that is in the ninth year of Hoshea king of Israel, Samaria was taken. -- 2 kings 18:10 +. +And the king of Assyria did carry away Israel to Assyria, and put them in Halah and in Habor by the river of Gozan, and in the cities of the Medes: -- 2 kings 18:11 +. +Because they obeyed not the voice of the LORD their God, but transgressed his covenant, and all that Moses the servant of the LORD commanded, and would not hear them, nor do them. -- 2 kings 18:12 +. +Now in the fourteenth year of king Hezekiah did Sennacherib king of Assyria come up against all the fenced cities of Judah, and took them. -- 2 kings 18:13 +. +And Hezekiah king of Judah sent to the king of Assyria to Lachish, saying, I have offended; return from me: that which you put on me will I bear. And the king of Assyria appointed to Hezekiah king of Judah three hundred talents of silver and thirty talents of gold. -- 2 kings 18:14 +. +And Hezekiah gave him all the silver that was found in the house of the LORD, and in the treasures of the king' house. -- 2 kings 18:15 +. +At that time did Hezekiah cut off the gold from the doors of the temple of the LORD, and from the pillars which Hezekiah king of Judah had overlaid, and gave it to the king of Assyria. -- 2 kings 18:16 +. +And the king of Assyria sent Tartan and Rabsaris and Rabshakeh from Lachish to king Hezekiah with a great host against Jerusalem. And they went up and came to Jerusalem. And when they were come up, they came and stood by the conduit of the upper pool, which is in the highway of the fuller' field. -- 2 kings 18:17 +. +And when they had called to the king, there came out to them Eliakim the son of Hilkiah, which was over the household, and Shebna the scribe, and Joah the son of Asaph the recorder. -- 2 kings 18:18 +. +And Rabshakeh said to them, Speak you now to Hezekiah, Thus said the great king, the king of Assyria, What confidence is this wherein you trust? -- 2 kings 18:19 +. +You say, (but they are but vain words,) I have counsel and strength for the war. Now on whom do you trust, that you rebel against me? -- 2 kings 18:20 +. +Now, behold, you trust on the staff of this bruised reed, even on Egypt, on which if a man lean, it will go into his hand, and pierce it: so is Pharaoh king of Egypt to all that trust on him. -- 2 kings 18:21 +. +But if you say to me, We trust in the LORD our God: is not that he, whose high places and whose altars Hezekiah has taken away, and has said to Judah and Jerusalem, You shall worship before this altar in Jerusalem? -- 2 kings 18:22 +. +Now therefore, I pray you, give pledges to my lord the king of Assyria, and I will deliver you two thousand horses, if you be able on your part to set riders on them. -- 2 kings 18:23 +. +How then will you turn away the face of one captain of the least of my master' servants, and put your trust on Egypt for chariots and for horsemen? -- 2 kings 18:24 +. +Am I now come up without the LORD against this place to destroy it? The LORD said to me, Go up against this land, and destroy it. -- 2 kings 18:25 +. +Then said Eliakim the son of Hilkiah, and Shebna, and Joah, to Rabshakeh, Speak, I pray you, to your servants in the Syrian language; for we understand it: and talk not with us in the Jews'language in the ears of the people that are on the wall. -- 2 kings 18:26 +. +But Rabshakeh said to them, Has my master sent me to your master, and to you, to speak these words? has he not sent me to the men which sit on the wall, that they may eat their own dung, and drink their own urine with you? -- 2 kings 18:27 +. +Then Rabshakeh stood and cried with a loud voice in the Jews'language, and spoke, saying, Hear the word of the great king, the king of Assyria: -- 2 kings 18:28 +. +Thus said the king, Let not Hezekiah deceive you: for he shall not be able to deliver you out of his hand: -- 2 kings 18:29 +. +Neither let Hezekiah make you trust in the LORD, saying, The LORD will surely deliver us, and this city shall not be delivered into the hand of the king of Assyria. -- 2 kings 18:30 +. +Listen not to Hezekiah: for thus said the king of Assyria, Make an agreement with me by a present, and come out to me, and then eat you every man of his own vine, and every one of his fig tree, and drink you every one the waters of his cistern: -- 2 kings 18:31 +. +Until I come and take you away to a land like your own land, a land of corn and wine, a land of bread and vineyards, a land of oil olive and of honey, that you may live, and not die: and listen not to Hezekiah, when he persuades you, saying, The LORD will deliver us. -- 2 kings 18:32 +. +Has any of the gods of the nations delivered at all his land out of the hand of the king of Assyria? -- 2 kings 18:33 +. +Where are the gods of Hamath, and of Arpad? where are the gods of Sepharvaim, Hena, and Ivah? have they delivered Samaria out of my hand? -- 2 kings 18:34 +. +Who are they among all the gods of the countries, that have delivered their country out of my hand, that the LORD should deliver Jerusalem out of my hand? -- 2 kings 18:35 +. +But the people held their peace, and answered him not a word: for the king' commandment was, saying, Answer him not. -- 2 kings 18:36 +. +Then came Eliakim the son of Hilkiah, which was over the household, and Shebna the scribe, and Joah the son of Asaph the recorder, to Hezekiah with their clothes rent, and told him the words of Rabshakeh. -- 2 kings 18:37 +. +And it came to pass, when king Hezekiah heard it, that he rent his clothes, and covered himself with sackcloth, and went into the house of the LORD. -- 2 kings 19:1 +. +And he sent Eliakim, which was over the household, and Shebna the scribe, and the elders of the priests, covered with sackcloth, to Isaiah the prophet the son of Amoz. -- 2 kings 19:2 +. +And they said to him, Thus said Hezekiah, This day is a day of trouble, and of rebuke, and blasphemy; for the children are come to the birth, and there is not strength to bring forth. -- 2 kings 19:3 +. +It may be the LORD your God will hear all the words of Rabshakeh, whom the king of Assyria his master has sent to reproach the living God; and will reprove the words which the LORD your God has heard: why lift up your prayer for the remnant that are left. -- 2 kings 19:4 +. +So the servants of king Hezekiah came to Isaiah. -- 2 kings 19:5 +. +And Isaiah said to them, Thus shall you say to your master, Thus said the LORD, Be not afraid of the words which you have heard, with which the servants of the king of Assyria have blasphemed me. -- 2 kings 19:6 +. +Behold, I will send a blast on him, and he shall hear a rumor, and shall return to his own land; and I will cause him to fall by the sword in his own land. -- 2 kings 19:7 +. +So Rabshakeh returned, and found the king of Assyria warring against Libnah: for he had heard that he was departed from Lachish. -- 2 kings 19:8 +. +And when he heard say of Tirhakah king of Ethiopia, Behold, he is come out to fight against you: he sent messengers again to Hezekiah, saying, -- 2 kings 19:9 +. +Thus shall you speak to Hezekiah king of Judah, saying, Let not your God in whom you trust deceive you, saying, Jerusalem shall not be delivered into the hand of the king of Assyria. -- 2 kings 19:10 +. +Behold, you have heard what the kings of Assyria have done to all lands, by destroying them utterly: and shall you be delivered? -- 2 kings 19:11 +. +Have the gods of the nations delivered them which my fathers have destroyed; as Gozan, and Haran, and Rezeph, and the children of Eden which were in Thelasar? -- 2 kings 19:12 +. +Where is the king of Hamath, and the king of Arpad, and the king of the city of Sepharvaim, of Hena, and Ivah? -- 2 kings 19:13 +. +And Hezekiah received the letter of the hand of the messengers, and read it: and Hezekiah went up into the house of the LORD, and spread it before the LORD. -- 2 kings 19:14 +. +And Hezekiah prayed before the LORD, and said, O LORD God of Israel, which dwell between the cherubim, you are the God, even you alone, of all the kingdoms of the earth; you have made heaven and earth. -- 2 kings 19:15 +. +LORD, bow down your ear, and hear: open, LORD, your eyes, and see: and hear the words of Sennacherib, which has sent him to reproach the living God. -- 2 kings 19:16 +. +Of a truth, LORD, the kings of Assyria have destroyed the nations and their lands, -- 2 kings 19:17 +. +And have cast their gods into the fire: for they were no gods, but the work of men' hands, wood and stone: therefore they have destroyed them. -- 2 kings 19:18 +. +Now therefore, O LORD our God, I beseech you, save you us out of his hand, that all the kingdoms of the earth may know that you are the LORD God, even you only. -- 2 kings 19:19 +. +Then Isaiah the son of Amoz sent to Hezekiah, saying, Thus said the LORD God of Israel, That which you have prayed to me against Sennacherib king of Assyria I have heard. -- 2 kings 19:20 +. +This is the word that the LORD has spoken concerning him; The virgin the daughter of Zion has despised you, and laughed you to scorn; the daughter of Jerusalem has shaken her head at you. -- 2 kings 19:21 +. +Whom have you reproached and blasphemed? and against whom have you exalted your voice, and lifted up your eyes on high? even against the Holy One of Israel. -- 2 kings 19:22 +. +By your messengers you have reproached the LORD, and have said, With the multitude of my chariots I am come up to the height of the mountains, to the sides of Lebanon, and will cut down the tall cedar trees thereof, and the choice fir trees thereof: and I will enter into the lodgings of his borders, and into the forest of his Carmel. -- 2 kings 19:23 +. +I have dig and drunk strange waters, and with the sole of my feet have I dried up all the rivers of besieged places. -- 2 kings 19:24 +. +Have you not heard long ago how I have done it, and of ancient times that I have formed it? now have I brought it to pass, that you should be to lay waste fenced cities into ruinous heaps. -- 2 kings 19:25 +. +Therefore their inhabitants were of small power, they were dismayed and confounded; they were as the grass of the field, and as the green herb, as the grass on the house tops, and as corn blasted before it be grown up. -- 2 kings 19:26 +. +But I know your stayed, and your going out, and your coming in, and your rage against me. -- 2 kings 19:27 +. +Because your rage against me and your tumult is come up into my ears, therefore I will put my hook in your nose, and my bridle in your lips, and I will turn you back by the way by which you came. -- 2 kings 19:28 +. +And this shall be a sign to you, You shall eat this year such things as grow of themselves, and in the second year that which springs of the same; and in the third year sow you, and reap, and plant vineyards, and eat the fruits thereof. -- 2 kings 19:29 +. +And the remnant that is escaped of the house of Judah shall yet again take root downward, and bear fruit upward. -- 2 kings 19:30 +. +For out of Jerusalem shall go forth a remnant, and they that escape out of mount Zion: the zeal of the LORD of hosts shall do this. -- 2 kings 19:31 +. +Therefore thus said the LORD concerning the king of Assyria, He shall not come into this city, nor shoot an arrow there, nor come before it with shield, nor cast a bank against it. -- 2 kings 19:32 +. +By the way that he came, by the same shall he return, and shall not come into this city, said the LORD. -- 2 kings 19:33 +. +For I will defend this city, to save it, for my own sake, and for my servant David' sake. -- 2 kings 19:34 +. +And it came to pass that night, that the angel of the LORD went out, and smote in the camp of the Assyrians an hundred fourscore and five thousand: and when they arose early in the morning, behold, they were all dead corpses. -- 2 kings 19:35 +. +So Sennacherib king of Assyria departed, and went and returned, and dwelled at Nineveh. -- 2 kings 19:36 +. +And it came to pass, as he was worshipping in the house of Nisroch his god, that Adrammelech and Sharezer his sons smote him with the sword: and they escaped into the land of Armenia. And Esarhaddon his son reigned in his stead. -- 2 kings 19:37 +. +In those days was Hezekiah sick to death. And the prophet Isaiah the son of Amoz came to him, and said to him, Thus said the LORD, Set your house in order; for you shall die, and not live. -- 2 kings 20:1 +. +Then he turned his face to the wall, and prayed to the LORD, saying, -- 2 kings 20:2 +. +I beseech you, O LORD, remember now how I have walked before you in truth and with a perfect heart, and have done that which is good in your sight. And Hezekiah wept sore. -- 2 kings 20:3 +. +And it came to pass, before Isaiah was gone out into the middle court, that the word of the LORD came to him, saying, -- 2 kings 20:4 +. +Turn again, and tell Hezekiah the captain of my people, Thus said the LORD, the God of David your father, I have heard your prayer, I have seen your tears: behold, I will heal you: on the third day you shall go up to the house of the LORD. -- 2 kings 20:5 +. +And I will add to your days fifteen years; and I will deliver you and this city out of the hand of the king of Assyria; and I will defend this city for my own sake, and for my servant David' sake. -- 2 kings 20:6 +. +And Isaiah said, Take a lump of figs. And they took and laid it on the boil, and he recovered. -- 2 kings 20:7 +. +And Hezekiah said to Isaiah, What shall be the sign that the LORD will heal me, and that I shall go up into the house of the LORD the third day? -- 2 kings 20:8 +. +And Isaiah said, This sign shall you have of the LORD, that the LORD will do the thing that he has spoken: shall the shadow go forward ten degrees, or go back ten degrees? -- 2 kings 20:9 +. +And Hezekiah answered, It is a light thing for the shadow to go down ten degrees: no, but let the shadow return backward ten degrees. -- 2 kings 20:10 +. +And Isaiah the prophet cried to the LORD: and he brought the shadow ten degrees backward, by which it had gone down in the dial of Ahaz. -- 2 kings 20:11 +. +At that time Berodachbaladan, the son of Baladan, king of Babylon, sent letters and a present to Hezekiah: for he had heard that Hezekiah had been sick. -- 2 kings 20:12 +. +And Hezekiah listened to them, and showed them all the house of his precious things, the silver, and the gold, and the spices, and the precious ointment, and all the house of his armor, and all that was found in his treasures: there was nothing in his house, nor in all his dominion, that Hezekiah showed them not. -- 2 kings 20:13 +. +Then came Isaiah the prophet to king Hezekiah, and said to him, What said these men? and from from where came they to you? And Hezekiah said, They are come from a far country, even from Babylon. -- 2 kings 20:14 +. +And he said, What have they seen in your house? And Hezekiah answered, All the things that are in my house have they seen: there is nothing among my treasures that I have not showed them. -- 2 kings 20:15 +. +And Isaiah said to Hezekiah, Hear the word of the LORD. -- 2 kings 20:16 +. +Behold, the days come, that all that is in your house, and that which your fathers have laid up in store to this day, shall be carried into Babylon: nothing shall be left, said the LORD. -- 2 kings 20:17 +. +And of your sons that shall issue from you, which you shall beget, shall they take away; and they shall be eunuchs in the palace of the king of Babylon. -- 2 kings 20:18 +. +Then said Hezekiah to Isaiah, Good is the word of the LORD which you have spoken. And he said, Is it not good, if peace and truth be in my days? -- 2 kings 20:19 +. +And the rest of the acts of Hezekiah, and all his might, and how he made a pool, and a conduit, and brought water into the city, are they not written in the book of the chronicles of the kings of Judah? -- 2 kings 20:20 +. +And Hezekiah slept with his fathers: and Manasseh his son reigned in his stead. -- 2 kings 20:21 +. +Manasseh was twelve years old when he began to reign, and reigned fifty and five years in Jerusalem. And his mother' name was Hephzibah. -- 2 kings 21:1 +. +And he did that which was evil in the sight of the LORD, after the abominations of the heathen, whom the LORD cast out before the children of Israel. -- 2 kings 21:2 +. +For he built up again the high places which Hezekiah his father had destroyed; and he reared up altars for Baal, and made a grove, as did Ahab king of Israel; and worshipped all the host of heaven, and served them. -- 2 kings 21:3 +. +And he built altars in the house of the LORD, of which the LORD said, In Jerusalem will I put my name. -- 2 kings 21:4 +. +And he built altars for all the host of heaven in the two courts of the house of the LORD. -- 2 kings 21:5 +. +And he made his son pass through the fire, and observed times, and used enchantments, and dealt with familiar spirits and wizards: he worked much wickedness in the sight of the LORD, to provoke him to anger. -- 2 kings 21:6 +. +And he set a graven image of the grove that he had made in the house, of which the LORD said to David, and to Solomon his son, In this house, and in Jerusalem, which I have chosen out of all tribes of Israel, will I put my name for ever: -- 2 kings 21:7 +. +Neither will I make the feet of Israel move any more out of the land which I gave their fathers; only if they will observe to do according to all that I have commanded them, and according to all the law that my servant Moses commanded them. -- 2 kings 21:8 +. +But they listened not: and Manasseh seduced them to do more evil than did the nations whom the LORD destroyed before the children of Israel. -- 2 kings 21:9 +. +And the LORD spoke by his servants the prophets, saying, -- 2 kings 21:10 +. +Because Manasseh king of Judah has done these abominations, and has done wickedly above all that the Amorites did, which were before him, and has made Judah also to sin with his idols: -- 2 kings 21:11 +. +Therefore thus said the LORD God of Israel, Behold, I am bringing such evil on Jerusalem and Judah, that whoever hears of it, both his ears shall tingle. -- 2 kings 21:12 +. +And I will stretch over Jerusalem the line of Samaria, and the plummet of the house of Ahab: and I will wipe Jerusalem as a man wipes a dish, wiping it, and turning it upside down. -- 2 kings 21:13 +. +And I will forsake the remnant of my inheritance, and deliver them into the hand of their enemies; and they shall become a prey and a spoil to all their enemies; -- 2 kings 21:14 +. +Because they have done that which was evil in my sight, and have provoked me to anger, since the day their fathers came forth out of Egypt, even to this day. -- 2 kings 21:15 +. +Moreover Manasseh shed innocent blood very much, till he had filled Jerusalem from one end to another; beside his sin with which he made Judah to sin, in doing that which was evil in the sight of the LORD. -- 2 kings 21:16 +. +Now the rest of the acts of Manasseh, and all that he did, and his sin that he sinned, are they not written in the book of the chronicles of the kings of Judah? -- 2 kings 21:17 +. +And Manasseh slept with his fathers, and was buried in the garden of his own house, in the garden of Uzza: and Amon his son reigned in his stead. -- 2 kings 21:18 +. +Amon was twenty and two years old when he began to reign, and he reigned two years in Jerusalem. And his mother' name was Meshullemeth, the daughter of Haruz of Jotbah. -- 2 kings 21:19 +. +And he did that which was evil in the sight of the LORD, as his father Manasseh did. -- 2 kings 21:20 +. +And he walked in all the way that his father walked in, and served the idols that his father served, and worshipped them: -- 2 kings 21:21 +. +And he forsook the LORD God of his fathers, and walked not in the way of the LORD. -- 2 kings 21:22 +. +And the servants of Amon conspired against him, and slew the king in his own house. -- 2 kings 21:23 +. +And the people of the land slew all them that had conspired against king Amon; and the people of the land made Josiah his son king in his stead. -- 2 kings 21:24 +. +Now the rest of the acts of Amon which he did, are they not written in the book of the chronicles of the kings of Judah? -- 2 kings 21:25 +. +And he was buried in his sepulcher in the garden of Uzza: and Josiah his son reigned in his stead. -- 2 kings 21:26 +. +Josiah was eight years old when he began to reign, and he reigned thirty and one years in Jerusalem. And his mother' name was Jedidah, the daughter of Adaiah of Boscath. -- 2 kings 22:1 +. +And he did that which was right in the sight of the LORD, and walked in all the way of David his father, and turned not aside to the right hand or to the left. -- 2 kings 22:2 +. +And it came to pass in the eighteenth year of king Josiah, that the king sent Shaphan the son of Azaliah, the son of Meshullam, the scribe, to the house of the LORD, saying, -- 2 kings 22:3 +. +Go up to Hilkiah the high priest, that he may sum the silver which is brought into the house of the LORD, which the keepers of the door have gathered of the people: -- 2 kings 22:4 +. +And let them deliver it into the hand of the doers of the work, that have the oversight of the house of the LORD: and let them give it to the doers of the work which is in the house of the LORD, to repair the breaches of the house, -- 2 kings 22:5 +. +To carpenters, and builders, and masons, and to buy timber and hewn stone to repair the house. -- 2 kings 22:6 +. +However, there was no reckoning made with them of the money that was delivered into their hand, because they dealt faithfully. -- 2 kings 22:7 +. +And Hilkiah the high priest said to Shaphan the scribe, I have found the book of the law in the house of the LORD. And Hilkiah gave the book to Shaphan, and he read it. -- 2 kings 22:8 +. +And Shaphan the scribe came to the king, and brought the king word again, and said, Your servants have gathered the money that was found in the house, and have delivered it into the hand of them that do the work, that have the oversight of the house of the LORD. -- 2 kings 22:9 +. +And Shaphan the scribe showed the king, saying, Hilkiah the priest has delivered me a book. And Shaphan read it before the king. -- 2 kings 22:10 +. +And it came to pass, when the king had heard the words of the book of the law, that he rent his clothes. -- 2 kings 22:11 +. +And the king commanded Hilkiah the priest, and Ahikam the son of Shaphan, and Achbor the son of Michaiah, and Shaphan the scribe, and Asahiah a servant of the king', saying, -- 2 kings 22:12 +. +Go you, inquire of the LORD for me, and for the people, and for all Judah, concerning the words of this book that is found: for great is the wrath of the LORD that is kindled against us, because our fathers have not listened to the words of this book, to do according to all that which is written concerning us. -- 2 kings 22:13 +. +So Hilkiah the priest, and Ahikam, and Achbor, and Shaphan, and Asahiah, went to Huldah the prophetess, the wife of Shallum the son of Tikvah, the son of Harhas, keeper of the wardrobe; (now she dwelled in Jerusalem in the college;) and they communed with her. -- 2 kings 22:14 +. +And she said to them, Thus said the LORD God of Israel, Tell the man that sent you to me, -- 2 kings 22:15 +. +Thus said the LORD, Behold, I will bring evil on this place, and on the inhabitants thereof, even all the words of the book which the king of Judah has read: -- 2 kings 22:16 +. +Because they have forsaken me, and have burned incense to other gods, that they might provoke me to anger with all the works of their hands; therefore my wrath shall be kindled against this place, and shall not be quenched. -- 2 kings 22:17 +. +But to the king of Judah which sent you to inquire of the LORD, thus shall you say to him, Thus said the LORD God of Israel, As touching the words which you have heard; -- 2 kings 22:18 +. +Because your heart was tender, and you have humbled yourself before the LORD, when you heard what I spoke against this place, and against the inhabitants thereof, that they should become a desolation and a curse, and have rent your clothes, and wept before me; I also have heard you, said the LORD. -- 2 kings 22:19 +. +Behold therefore, I will gather you to your fathers, and you shall be gathered into your grave in peace; and your eyes shall not see all the evil which I will bring on this place. And they brought the king word again. -- 2 kings 22:20 +. +And the king sent, and they gathered to him all the elders of Judah and of Jerusalem. -- 2 kings 23:1 +. +And the king went up into the house of the LORD, and all the men of Judah and all the inhabitants of Jerusalem with him, and the priests, and the prophets, and all the people, both small and great: and he read in their ears all the words of the book of the covenant which was found in the house of the LORD. -- 2 kings 23:2 +. +And the king stood by a pillar, and made a covenant before the LORD, to walk after the LORD, and to keep his commandments and his testimonies and his statutes with all their heart and all their soul, to perform the words of this covenant that were written in this book. And all the people stood to the covenant. -- 2 kings 23:3 +. +And the king commanded Hilkiah the high priest, and the priests of the second order, and the keepers of the door, to bring forth out of the temple of the LORD all the vessels that were made for Baal, and for the grove, and for all the host of heaven: and he burned them without Jerusalem in the fields of Kidron, and carried the ashes of them to Bethel. -- 2 kings 23:4 +. +And he put down the idolatrous priests, whom the kings of Judah had ordained to burn incense in the high places in the cities of Judah, and in the places round about Jerusalem; them also that burned incense to Baal, to the sun, and to the moon, and to the planets, and to all the host of heaven. -- 2 kings 23:5 +. +And he brought out the grove from the house of the LORD, without Jerusalem, to the brook Kidron, and burned it at the brook Kidron, and stamped it small to powder, and cast the powder thereof on the graves of the children of the people. -- 2 kings 23:6 +. +And he broke down the houses of the sodomites, that were by the house of the LORD, where the women wove hangings for the grove. -- 2 kings 23:7 +. +And he brought all the priests out of the cities of Judah, and defiled the high places where the priests had burned incense, from Geba to Beersheba, and broke down the high places of the gates that were in the entering in of the gate of Joshua the governor of the city, which were on a man' left hand at the gate of the city. -- 2 kings 23:8 +. +Nevertheless the priests of the high places came not up to the altar of the LORD in Jerusalem, but they did eat of the unleavened bread among their brothers. -- 2 kings 23:9 +. +And he defiled Topheth, which is in the valley of the children of Hinnom, that no man might make his son or his daughter to pass through the fire to Molech. -- 2 kings 23:10 +. +And he took away the horses that the kings of Judah had given to the sun, at the entering in of the house of the LORD, by the chamber of Nathanmelech the chamberlain, which was in the suburbs, and burned the chariots of the sun with fire. -- 2 kings 23:11 +. +And the altars that were on the top of the upper chamber of Ahaz, which the kings of Judah had made, and the altars which Manasseh had made in the two courts of the house of the LORD, did the king beat down, and broke them down from there, and cast the dust of them into the brook Kidron. -- 2 kings 23:12 +. +And the high places that were before Jerusalem, which were on the right hand of the mount of corruption, which Solomon the king of Israel had built for Ashtoreth the abomination of the Zidonians, and for Chemosh the abomination of the Moabites, and for Milcom the abomination of the children of Ammon, did the king defile. -- 2 kings 23:13 +. +And he broke in pieces the images, and cut down the groves, and filled their places with the bones of men. -- 2 kings 23:14 +. +Moreover the altar that was at Bethel, and the high place which Jeroboam the son of Nebat, who made Israel to sin, had made, both that altar and the high place he broke down, and burned the high place, and stamped it small to powder, and burned the grove. -- 2 kings 23:15 +. +And as Josiah turned himself, he spied the sepulchers that were there in the mount, and sent, and took the bones out of the sepulchers, and burned them on the altar, and polluted it, according to the word of the LORD which the man of God proclaimed, who proclaimed these words. -- 2 kings 23:16 +. +Then he said, What title is that that I see? And the men of the city told him, It is the sepulcher of the man of God, which came from Judah, and proclaimed these things that you have done against the altar of Bethel. -- 2 kings 23:17 +. +And he said, Let him alone; let no man move his bones. So they let his bones alone, with the bones of the prophet that came out of Samaria. -- 2 kings 23:18 +. +And all the houses also of the high places that were in the cities of Samaria, which the kings of Israel had made to provoke the Lord to anger, Josiah took away, and did to them according to all the acts that he had done in Bethel. -- 2 kings 23:19 +. +And he slew all the priests of the high places that were there on the altars, and burned men' bones on them, and returned to Jerusalem. -- 2 kings 23:20 +. +And the king commanded all the people, saying, Keep the passover to the LORD your God, as it is written in the book of this covenant. -- 2 kings 23:21 +. +Surely there was not held such a passover from the days of the judges that judged Israel, nor in all the days of the kings of Israel, nor of the kings of Judah; -- 2 kings 23:22 +. +But in the eighteenth year of king Josiah, wherein this passover was held to the LORD in Jerusalem. -- 2 kings 23:23 +. +Moreover the workers with familiar spirits, and the wizards, and the images, and the idols, and all the abominations that were spied in the land of Judah and in Jerusalem, did Josiah put away, that he might perform the words of the law which were written in the book that Hilkiah the priest found in the house of the LORD. -- 2 kings 23:24 +. +And like to him was there no king before him, that turned to the LORD with all his heart, and with all his soul, and with all his might, according to all the law of Moses; neither after him arose there any like him. -- 2 kings 23:25 +. +Notwithstanding the LORD turned not from the fierceness of his great wrath, with which his anger was kindled against Judah, because of all the provocations that Manasseh had provoked him with. -- 2 kings 23:26 +. +And the LORD said, I will remove Judah also out of my sight, as I have removed Israel, and will cast off this city Jerusalem which I have chosen, and the house of which I said, My name shall be there. -- 2 kings 23:27 +. +Now the rest of the acts of Josiah, and all that he did, are they not written in the book of the chronicles of the kings of Judah? -- 2 kings 23:28 +. +In his days Pharaohnechoh king of Egypt went up against the king of Assyria to the river Euphrates: and king Josiah went against him; and he slew him at Megiddo, when he had seen him. -- 2 kings 23:29 +. +And his servants carried him in a chariot dead from Megiddo, and brought him to Jerusalem, and buried him in his own sepulcher. And the people of the land took Jehoahaz the son of Josiah, and anointed him, and made him king in his father' stead. -- 2 kings 23:30 +. +Jehoahaz was twenty and three years old when he began to reign; and he reigned three months in Jerusalem. And his mother' name was Hamutal, the daughter of Jeremiah of Libnah. -- 2 kings 23:31 +. +And he did that which was evil in the sight of the LORD, according to all that his fathers had done. -- 2 kings 23:32 +. +And Pharaohnechoh put him in bands at Riblah in the land of Hamath, that he might not reign in Jerusalem; and put the land to a tribute of an hundred talents of silver, and a talent of gold. -- 2 kings 23:33 +. +And Pharaohnechoh made Eliakim the son of Josiah king in the room of Josiah his father, and turned his name to Jehoiakim, and took Jehoahaz away: and he came to Egypt, and died there. -- 2 kings 23:34 +. +And Jehoiakim gave the silver and the gold to Pharaoh; but he taxed the land to give the money according to the commandment of Pharaoh: he exacted the silver and the gold of the people of the land, of every one according to his taxation, to give it to Pharaohnechoh. -- 2 kings 23:35 +. +Jehoiakim was twenty and five years old when he began to reign; and he reigned eleven years in Jerusalem. And his mother' name was Zebudah, the daughter of Pedaiah of Rumah. -- 2 kings 23:36 +. +And he did that which was evil in the sight of the LORD, according to all that his fathers had done. -- 2 kings 23:37 +. +In his days Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon came up, and Jehoiakim became his servant three years: then he turned and rebelled against him. -- 2 kings 24:1 +. +And the LORD sent against him bands of the Chaldees, and bands of the Syrians, and bands of the Moabites, and bands of the children of Ammon, and sent them against Judah to destroy it, according to the word of the LORD, which he spoke by his servants the prophets. -- 2 kings 24:2 +. +Surely at the commandment of the LORD came this on Judah, to remove them out of his sight, for the sins of Manasseh, according to all that he did; -- 2 kings 24:3 +. +And also for the innocent blood that he shed: for he filled Jerusalem with innocent blood; which the LORD would not pardon. -- 2 kings 24:4 +. +Now the rest of the acts of Jehoiakim, and all that he did, are they not written in the book of the chronicles of the kings of Judah? -- 2 kings 24:5 +. +So Jehoiakim slept with his fathers: and Jehoiachin his son reigned in his stead. -- 2 kings 24:6 +. +And the king of Egypt came not again any more out of his land: for the king of Babylon had taken from the river of Egypt to the river Euphrates all that pertained to the king of Egypt. -- 2 kings 24:7 +. +Jehoiachin was eighteen years old when he began to reign, and he reigned in Jerusalem three months. And his mother' name was Nehushta, the daughter of Elnathan of Jerusalem. -- 2 kings 24:8 +. +And he did that which was evil in the sight of the LORD, according to all that his father had done. -- 2 kings 24:9 +. +At that time the servants of Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon came up against Jerusalem, and the city was besieged. -- 2 kings 24:10 +. +And Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon came against the city, and his servants did besiege it. -- 2 kings 24:11 +. +And Jehoiachin the king of Judah went out to the king of Babylon, he, and his mother, and his servants, and his princes, and his officers: and the king of Babylon took him in the eighth year of his reign. -- 2 kings 24:12 +. +And he carried out there all the treasures of the house of the LORD, and the treasures of the king' house, and cut in pieces all the vessels of gold which Solomon king of Israel had made in the temple of the LORD, as the LORD had said. -- 2 kings 24:13 +. +And he carried away all Jerusalem, and all the princes, and all the mighty men of valor, even ten thousand captives, and all the craftsmen and smiths: none remained, save the poorest sort of the people of the land. -- 2 kings 24:14 +. +And he carried away Jehoiachin to Babylon, and the king' mother, and the king' wives, and his officers, and the mighty of the land, those carried he into captivity from Jerusalem to Babylon. -- 2 kings 24:15 +. +And all the men of might, even seven thousand, and craftsmen and smiths a thousand, all that were strong and apt for war, even them the king of Babylon brought captive to Babylon. -- 2 kings 24:16 +. +And the king of Babylon made Mattaniah his father' brother king in his stead, and changed his name to Zedekiah. -- 2 kings 24:17 +. +Zedekiah was twenty and one years old when he began to reign, and he reigned eleven years in Jerusalem. And his mother' name was Hamutal, the daughter of Jeremiah of Libnah. -- 2 kings 24:18 +. +And he did that which was evil in the sight of the LORD, according to all that Jehoiakim had done. -- 2 kings 24:19 +. +For through the anger of the LORD it came to pass in Jerusalem and Judah, until he had cast them out from his presence, that Zedekiah rebelled against the king of Babylon. -- 2 kings 24:20 +. +And it came to pass in the ninth year of his reign, in the tenth month, in the tenth day of the month, that Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon came, he, and all his host, against Jerusalem, and pitched against it; and they built forts against it round about. -- 2 kings 25:1 +. +And the city was besieged to the eleventh year of king Zedekiah. -- 2 kings 25:2 +. +And on the ninth day of the fourth month the famine prevailed in the city, and there was no bread for the people of the land. -- 2 kings 25:3 +. +And the city was broken up, and all the men of war fled by night by the way of the gate between two walls, which is by the king' garden: (now the Chaldees were against the city round about:) and the king went the way toward the plain. -- 2 kings 25:4 +. +And the army of the Chaldees pursued after the king, and overtook him in the plains of Jericho: and all his army were scattered from him. -- 2 kings 25:5 +. +So they took the king, and brought him up to the king of Babylon to Riblah; and they gave judgment on him. -- 2 kings 25:6 +. +And they slew the sons of Zedekiah before his eyes, and put out the eyes of Zedekiah, and bound him with fetters of brass, and carried him to Babylon. -- 2 kings 25:7 +. +And in the fifth month, on the seventh day of the month, which is the nineteenth year of king Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon, came Nebuzaradan, captain of the guard, a servant of the king of Babylon, to Jerusalem: -- 2 kings 25:8 +. +And he burnt the house of the LORD, and the king' house, and all the houses of Jerusalem, and every great man' house burnt he with fire. -- 2 kings 25:9 +. +And all the army of the Chaldees, that were with the captain of the guard, broke down the walls of Jerusalem round about. -- 2 kings 25:10 +. +Now the rest of the people that were left in the city, and the fugitives that fell away to the king of Babylon, with the remnant of the multitude, did Nebuzaradan the captain of the guard carry away. -- 2 kings 25:11 +. +But the captain of the guard left of the door of the poor of the land to be vinedressers and farmers. -- 2 kings 25:12 +. +And the pillars of brass that were in the house of the LORD, and the bases, and the brazen sea that was in the house of the LORD, did the Chaldees break in pieces, and carried the brass of them to Babylon. -- 2 kings 25:13 +. +And the pots, and the shovels, and the snuffers, and the spoons, and all the vessels of brass with which they ministered, took they away. -- 2 kings 25:14 +. +And the fire pans, and the bowls, and such things as were of gold, in gold, and of silver, in silver, the captain of the guard took away. -- 2 kings 25:15 +. +The two pillars, one sea, and the bases which Solomon had made for the house of the LORD; the brass of all these vessels was without weight. -- 2 kings 25:16 +. +The height of the one pillar was eighteen cubits, and the capital on it was brass: and the height of the capital three cubits; and the wreathen work, and pomegranates on the capital round about, all of brass: and like to these had the second pillar with wreathen work. -- 2 kings 25:17 +. +And the captain of the guard took Seraiah the chief priest, and Zephaniah the second priest, and the three keepers of the door: -- 2 kings 25:18 +. +And out of the city he took an officer that was set over the men of war, and five men of them that were in the king' presence, which were found in the city, and the principal scribe of the host, which mustered the people of the land, and three score men of the people of the land that were found in the city: -- 2 kings 25:19 +. +And Nebuzaradan captain of the guard took these, and brought them to the king of Babylon to Riblah: -- 2 kings 25:20 +. +And the king of Babylon smote them, and slew them at Riblah in the land of Hamath. So Judah was carried away out of their land. -- 2 kings 25:21 +. +And as for the people that remained in the land of Judah, whom Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon had left, even over them he made Gedaliah the son of Ahikam, the son of Shaphan, ruler. -- 2 kings 25:22 +. +And when all the captains of the armies, they and their men, heard that the king of Babylon had made Gedaliah governor, there came to Gedaliah to Mizpah, even Ishmael the son of Nethaniah, and Johanan the son of Careah, and Seraiah the son of Tanhumeth the Netophathite, and Jaazaniah the son of a Maachathite, they and their men. -- 2 kings 25:23 +. +And Gedaliah swore to them, and to their men, and said to them, Fear not to be the servants of the Chaldees: dwell in the land, and serve the king of Babylon; and it shall be well with you. -- 2 kings 25:24 +. +But it came to pass in the seventh month, that Ishmael the son of Nethaniah, the son of Elishama, of the seed royal, came, and ten men with him, and smote Gedaliah, that he died, and the Jews and the Chaldees that were with him at Mizpah. -- 2 kings 25:25 +. +And all the people, both small and great, and the captains of the armies, arose, and came to Egypt: for they were afraid of the Chaldees. -- 2 kings 25:26 +. +And it came to pass in the seven and thirtieth year of the captivity of Jehoiachin king of Judah, in the twelfth month, on the seven and twentieth day of the month, that Evilmerodach king of Babylon in the year that he began to reign did lift up the head of Jehoiachin king of Judah out of prison; -- 2 kings 25:27 +. +And he spoke kindly to him, and set his throne above the throne of the kings that were with him in Babylon; -- 2 kings 25:28 +. +And changed his prison garments: and he did eat bread continually before him all the days of his life. -- 2 kings 25:29 +. +And his allowance was a continual allowance given him of the king, a daily rate for every day, all the days of his life. -- 2 kings 25:30 +. +Adam, Sheth, Enosh, -- 1 chronicles 1:1 +. +Kenan, Mahalaleel, Jered, -- 1 chronicles 1:2 +. +Henoch, Methuselah, Lamech, -- 1 chronicles 1:3 +. +Noah, Shem, Ham, and Japheth. -- 1 chronicles 1:4 +. +The sons of Japheth; Gomer, and Magog, and Madai, and Javan, and Tubal, and Meshech, and Tiras. -- 1 chronicles 1:5 +. +And the sons of Gomer; Ashchenaz, and Riphath, and Togarmah. -- 1 chronicles 1:6 +. +And the sons of Javan; Elishah, and Tarshish, Kittim, and Dodanim. -- 1 chronicles 1:7 +. +The sons of Ham; Cush, and Mizraim, Put, and Canaan. -- 1 chronicles 1:8 +. +And the sons of Cush; Seba, and Havilah, and Sabta, and Raamah, and Sabtecha. And the sons of Raamah; Sheba, and Dedan. -- 1 chronicles 1:9 +. +And Cush begat Nimrod: he began to be mighty on the earth. -- 1 chronicles 1:10 +. +And Mizraim begat Ludim, and Anamim, and Lehabim, and Naphtuhim, -- 1 chronicles 1:11 +. +And Pathrusim, and Casluhim, (of whom came the Philistines,) and Caphthorim. -- 1 chronicles 1:12 +. +And Canaan begat Zidon his firstborn, and Heth, -- 1 chronicles 1:13 +. +The Jebusite also, and the Amorite, and the Girgashite, -- 1 chronicles 1:14 +. +And the Hivite, and the Arkite, and the Sinite, -- 1 chronicles 1:15 +. +And the Arvadite, and the Zemarite, and the Hamathite. -- 1 chronicles 1:16 +. +The sons of Shem; Elam, and Asshur, and Arphaxad, and Lud, and Aram, and Uz, and Hul, and Gether, and Meshech. -- 1 chronicles 1:17 +. +And Arphaxad begat Shelah, and Shelah begat Eber. -- 1 chronicles 1:18 +. +And to Eber were born two sons: the name of the one was Peleg; because in his days the earth was divided: and his brother' name was Joktan. -- 1 chronicles 1:19 +. +And Joktan begat Almodad, and Sheleph, and Hazarmaveth, and Jerah, -- 1 chronicles 1:20 +. +Hadoram also, and Uzal, and Diklah, -- 1 chronicles 1:21 +. +And Ebal, and Abimael, and Sheba, -- 1 chronicles 1:22 +. +And Ophir, and Havilah, and Jobab. All these were the sons of Joktan. -- 1 chronicles 1:23 +. +Shem, Arphaxad, Shelah, -- 1 chronicles 1:24 +. +Eber, Peleg, Reu, -- 1 chronicles 1:25 +. +Serug, Nahor, Terah, -- 1 chronicles 1:26 +. +Abram; the same is Abraham. -- 1 chronicles 1:27 +. +The sons of Abraham; Isaac, and Ishmael. -- 1 chronicles 1:28 +. +These are their generations: The firstborn of Ishmael, Nebaioth; then Kedar, and Adbeel, and Mibsam, -- 1 chronicles 1:29 +. +Mishma, and Dumah, Massa, Hadad, and Tema, -- 1 chronicles 1:30 +. +Jetur, Naphish, and Kedemah. These are the sons of Ishmael. -- 1 chronicles 1:31 +. +Now the sons of Keturah, Abraham' concubine: she bore Zimran, and Jokshan, and Medan, and Midian, and Ishbak, and Shuah. And the sons of Jokshan; Sheba, and Dedan. -- 1 chronicles 1:32 +. +And the sons of Midian; Ephah, and Epher, and Henoch, and Abida, and Eldaah. All these are the sons of Keturah. -- 1 chronicles 1:33 +. +And Abraham begat Isaac. The sons of Isaac; Esau and Israel. -- 1 chronicles 1:34 +. +The sons of Esau; Eliphaz, Reuel, and Jeush, and Jaalam, and Korah. -- 1 chronicles 1:35 +. +The sons of Eliphaz; Teman, and Omar, Zephi, and Gatam, Kenaz, and Timna, and Amalek. -- 1 chronicles 1:36 +. +The sons of Reuel; Nahath, Zerah, Shammah, and Mizzah. -- 1 chronicles 1:37 +. +And the sons of Seir; Lotan, and Shobal, and Zibeon, and Anah, and Dishon, and Ezar, and Dishan. -- 1 chronicles 1:38 +. +And the sons of Lotan; Hori, and Homam: and Timna was Lotan' sister. -- 1 chronicles 1:39 +. +The sons of Shobal; Alian, and Manahath, and Ebal, Shephi, and Onam. and the sons of Zibeon; Aiah, and Anah. -- 1 chronicles 1:40 +. +The sons of Anah; Dishon. And the sons of Dishon; Amram, and Eshban, and Ithran, and Cheran. -- 1 chronicles 1:41 +. +The sons of Ezer; Bilhan, and Zavan, and Jakan. The sons of Dishan; Uz, and Aran. -- 1 chronicles 1:42 +. +Now these are the kings that reigned in the land of Edom before any king reigned over the children of Israel; Bela the son of Beor: and the name of his city was Dinhabah. -- 1 chronicles 1:43 +. +And when Bela was dead, Jobab the son of Zerah of Bozrah reigned in his stead. -- 1 chronicles 1:44 +. +And when Jobab was dead, Husham of the land of the Temanites reigned in his stead. -- 1 chronicles 1:45 +. +And when Husham was dead, Hadad the son of Bedad, which smote Midian in the field of Moab, reigned in his stead: and the name of his city was Avith. -- 1 chronicles 1:46 +. +And when Hadad was dead, Samlah of Masrekah reigned in his stead. -- 1 chronicles 1:47 +. +And when Samlah was dead, Shaul of Rehoboth by the river reigned in his stead. -- 1 chronicles 1:48 +. +And when Shaul was dead, Baalhanan the son of Achbor reigned in his stead. -- 1 chronicles 1:49 +. +And when Baalhanan was dead, Hadad reigned in his stead: and the name of his city was Pai; and his wife' name was Mehetabel, the daughter of Matred, the daughter of Mezahab. -- 1 chronicles 1:50 +. +Hadad died also. And the dukes of Edom were; duke Timnah, duke Aliah, duke Jetheth, -- 1 chronicles 1:51 +. +Duke Aholibamah, duke Elah, duke Pinon, -- 1 chronicles 1:52 +. +Duke Kenaz, duke Teman, duke Mibzar, -- 1 chronicles 1:53 +. +Duke Magdiel, duke Iram. These are the dukes of Edom. -- 1 chronicles 1:54 +. +These are the sons of Israel; Reuben, Simeon, Levi, and Judah, Issachar, and Zebulun, -- 1 chronicles 2:1 +. +Dan, Joseph, and Benjamin, Naphtali, Gad, and Asher. -- 1 chronicles 2:2 +. +The sons of Judah; Er, and Onan, and Shelah: which three were born to him of the daughter of Shua the Canaanitess. And Er, the firstborn of Judah, was evil in the sight of the LORD; and he slew him. -- 1 chronicles 2:3 +. +And Tamar his daughter in law bore him Pharez and Zerah. All the sons of Judah were five. -- 1 chronicles 2:4 +. +The sons of Pharez; Hezron, and Hamul. -- 1 chronicles 2:5 +. +And the sons of Zerah; Zimri, and Ethan, and Heman, and Calcol, and Dara: five of them in all. -- 1 chronicles 2:6 +. +And the sons of Carmi; Achar, the troubler of Israel, who transgressed in the thing accursed. -- 1 chronicles 2:7 +. +And the sons of Ethan; Azariah. -- 1 chronicles 2:8 +. +The sons also of Hezron, that were born to him; Jerahmeel, and Ram, and Chelubai. -- 1 chronicles 2:9 +. +And Ram begat Amminadab; and Amminadab begat Nahshon, prince of the children of Judah; -- 1 chronicles 2:10 +. +And Nahshon begat Salma, and Salma begat Boaz, -- 1 chronicles 2:11 +. +And Boaz begat Obed, and Obed begat Jesse, -- 1 chronicles 2:12 +. +And Jesse begat his firstborn Eliab, and Abinadab the second, and Shimma the third, -- 1 chronicles 2:13 +. +Nethaneel the fourth, Raddai the fifth, -- 1 chronicles 2:14 +. +Ozem the sixth, David the seventh: -- 1 chronicles 2:15 +. +Whose sisters were Zeruiah, and Abigail. And the sons of Zeruiah; Abishai, and Joab, and Asahel, three. -- 1 chronicles 2:16 +. +And Abigail bore Amasa: and the father of Amasa was Jether the Ishmeelite. -- 1 chronicles 2:17 +. +And Caleb the son of Hezron begat children of Azubah his wife, and of Jerioth: her sons are these; Jesher, and Shobab, and Ardon. -- 1 chronicles 2:18 +. +And when Azubah was dead, Caleb took to him Ephrath, which bore him Hur. -- 1 chronicles 2:19 +. +And Hur begat Uri, and Uri begat Bezaleel. -- 1 chronicles 2:20 +. +And afterward Hezron went in to the daughter of Machir the father of Gilead, whom he married when he was three score years old; and she bore him Segub. -- 1 chronicles 2:21 +. +And Segub begat Jair, who had three and twenty cities in the land of Gilead. -- 1 chronicles 2:22 +. +And he took Geshur, and Aram, with the towns of Jair, from them, with Kenath, and the towns thereof, even three score cities. All these belonged to the sons of Machir the father of Gilead. -- 1 chronicles 2:23 +. +And after that Hezron was dead in Calebephratah, then Abiah Hezron' wife bore him Ashur the father of Tekoa. -- 1 chronicles 2:24 +. +And the sons of Jerahmeel the firstborn of Hezron were, Ram the firstborn, and Bunah, and Oren, and Ozem, and Ahijah. -- 1 chronicles 2:25 +. +Jerahmeel had also another wife, whose name was Atarah; she was the mother of Onam. -- 1 chronicles 2:26 +. +And the sons of Ram the firstborn of Jerahmeel were, Maaz, and Jamin, and Eker. -- 1 chronicles 2:27 +. +And the sons of Onam were, Shammai, and Jada. And the sons of Shammai; Nadab and Abishur. -- 1 chronicles 2:28 +. +And the name of the wife of Abishur was Abihail, and she bore him Ahban, and Molid. -- 1 chronicles 2:29 +. +And the sons of Nadab; Seled, and Appaim: but Seled died without children. -- 1 chronicles 2:30 +. +And the sons of Appaim; Ishi. And the sons of Ishi; Sheshan. And the children of Sheshan; Ahlai. -- 1 chronicles 2:31 +. +And the sons of Jada the brother of Shammai; Jether, and Jonathan: and Jether died without children. -- 1 chronicles 2:32 +. +And the sons of Jonathan; Peleth, and Zaza. These were the sons of Jerahmeel. -- 1 chronicles 2:33 +. +Now Sheshan had no sons, but daughters. And Sheshan had a servant, an Egyptian, whose name was Jarha. -- 1 chronicles 2:34 +. +And Sheshan gave his daughter to Jarha his servant to wife; and she bore him Attai. -- 1 chronicles 2:35 +. +And Attai begat Nathan, and Nathan begat Zabad, -- 1 chronicles 2:36 +. +And Zabad begat Ephlal, and Ephlal begat Obed, -- 1 chronicles 2:37 +. +And Obed begat Jehu, and Jehu begat Azariah, -- 1 chronicles 2:38 +. +And Azariah begat Helez, and Helez begat Eleasah, -- 1 chronicles 2:39 +. +And Eleasah begat Sisamai, and Sisamai begat Shallum, -- 1 chronicles 2:40 +. +And Shallum begat Jekamiah, and Jekamiah begat Elishama. -- 1 chronicles 2:41 +. +Now the sons of Caleb the brother of Jerahmeel were, Mesha his firstborn, which was the father of Ziph; and the sons of Mareshah the father of Hebron. -- 1 chronicles 2:42 +. +And the sons of Hebron; Korah, and Tappuah, and Rekem, and Shema. -- 1 chronicles 2:43 +. +And Shema begat Raham, the father of Jorkoam: and Rekem begat Shammai. -- 1 chronicles 2:44 +. +And the son of Shammai was Maon: and Maon was the father of Bethzur. -- 1 chronicles 2:45 +. +And Ephah, Caleb' concubine, bore Haran, and Moza, and Gazez: and Haran begat Gazez. -- 1 chronicles 2:46 +. +And the sons of Jahdai; Regem, and Jotham, and Gesham, and Pelet, and Ephah, and Shaaph. -- 1 chronicles 2:47 +. +Maachah, Caleb' concubine, bore Sheber, and Tirhanah. -- 1 chronicles 2:48 +. +She bore also Shaaph the father of Madmannah, Sheva the father of Machbenah, and the father of Gibea: and the daughter of Caleb was Achsa. -- 1 chronicles 2:49 +. +These were the sons of Caleb the son of Hur, the firstborn of Ephratah; Shobal the father of Kirjathjearim. -- 1 chronicles 2:50 +. +Salma the father of Bethlehem, Hareph the father of Bethgader. -- 1 chronicles 2:51 +. +And Shobal the father of Kirjathjearim had sons; Haroeh, and half of the Manahethites. -- 1 chronicles 2:52 +. +And the families of Kirjathjearim; the Ithrites, and the Puhites, and the Shumathites, and the Mishraites; of them came the Zareathites, and the Eshtaulites, -- 1 chronicles 2:53 +. +The sons of Salma; Bethlehem, and the Netophathites, Ataroth, the house of Joab, and half of the Manahethites, the Zorites. -- 1 chronicles 2:54 +. +And the families of the scribes which dwelled at Jabez; the Tirathites, the Shimeathites, and Suchathites. These are the Kenites that came of Hemath, the father of the house of Rechab. -- 1 chronicles 2:55 +. +Now these were the sons of David, which were born to him in Hebron; the firstborn Amnon, of Ahinoam the Jezreelitess; the second Daniel, of Abigail the Carmelitess: -- 1 chronicles 3:1 +. +The third, Absalom the son of Maachah the daughter of Talmai king of Geshur: the fourth, Adonijah the son of Haggith: -- 1 chronicles 3:2 +. +The fifth, Shephatiah of Abital: the sixth, Ithream by Eglah his wife. -- 1 chronicles 3:3 +. +These six were born to him in Hebron; and there he reigned seven years and six months: and in Jerusalem he reigned thirty and three years. -- 1 chronicles 3:4 +. +And these were born to him in Jerusalem; Shimea, and Shobab, and Nathan, and Solomon, four, of Bathshua the daughter of Ammiel: -- 1 chronicles 3:5 +. +Ibhar also, and Elishama, and Eliphelet, -- 1 chronicles 3:6 +. +And Nogah, and Nepheg, and Japhia, -- 1 chronicles 3:7 +. +And Elishama, and Eliada, and Eliphelet, nine. -- 1 chronicles 3:8 +. +These were all the sons of David, beside the sons of the concubines, and Tamar their sister. -- 1 chronicles 3:9 +. +And Solomon' son was Rehoboam, Abia his son, Asa his son, Jehoshaphat his son, -- 1 chronicles 3:10 +. +Joram his son, Ahaziah his son, Joash his son, -- 1 chronicles 3:11 +. +Amaziah his son, Azariah his son, Jotham his son, -- 1 chronicles 3:12 +. +Ahaz his son, Hezekiah his son, Manasseh his son, -- 1 chronicles 3:13 +. +Amon his son, Josiah his son. -- 1 chronicles 3:14 +. +And the sons of Josiah were, the firstborn Johanan, the second Jehoiakim, the third Zedekiah, the fourth Shallum. -- 1 chronicles 3:15 +. +And the sons of Jehoiakim: Jeconiah his son, Zedekiah his son. -- 1 chronicles 3:16 +. +And the sons of Jeconiah; Assir, Salathiel his son, -- 1 chronicles 3:17 +. +Malchiram also, and Pedaiah, and Shenazar, Jecamiah, Hoshama, and Nedabiah. -- 1 chronicles 3:18 +. +And the sons of Pedaiah were, Zerubbabel, and Shimei: and the sons of Zerubbabel; Meshullam, and Hananiah, and Shelomith their sister: -- 1 chronicles 3:19 +. +And Hashubah, and Ohel, and Berechiah, and Hasadiah, Jushabhesed, five. -- 1 chronicles 3:20 +. +And the sons of Hananiah; Pelatiah, and Jesaiah: the sons of Rephaiah, the sons of Arnan, the sons of Obadiah, the sons of Shechaniah. -- 1 chronicles 3:21 +. +And the sons of Shechaniah; Shemaiah: and the sons of Shemaiah; Hattush, and Igeal, and Bariah, and Neariah, and Shaphat, six. -- 1 chronicles 3:22 +. +And the sons of Neariah; Elioenai, and Hezekiah, and Azrikam, three. -- 1 chronicles 3:23 +. +And the sons of Elioenai were, Hodaiah, and Eliashib, and Pelaiah, and Akkub, and Johanan, and Dalaiah, and Anani, seven. -- 1 chronicles 3:24 +. +The sons of Judah; Pharez, Hezron, and Carmi, and Hur, and Shobal. -- 1 chronicles 4:1 +. +And Reaiah the son of Shobal begat Jahath; and Jahath begat Ahumai, and Lahad. These are the families of the Zorathites. -- 1 chronicles 4:2 +. +And these were of the father of Etam; Jezreel, and Ishma, and Idbash: and the name of their sister was Hazelelponi: -- 1 chronicles 4:3 +. +And Penuel the father of Gedor, and Ezer the father of Hushah. These are the sons of Hur, the firstborn of Ephratah, the father of Bethlehem. -- 1 chronicles 4:4 +. +And Ashur the father of Tekoa had two wives, Helah and Naarah. -- 1 chronicles 4:5 +. +And Naarah bore him Ahuzam, and Hepher, and Temeni, and Haahashtari. These were the sons of Naarah. -- 1 chronicles 4:6 +. +And the sons of Helah were, Zereth, and Jezoar, and Ethnan. -- 1 chronicles 4:7 +. +And Coz begat Anub, and Zobebah, and the families of Aharhel the son of Harum. -- 1 chronicles 4:8 +. +And Jabez was more honorable than his brothers: and his mother called his name Jabez, saying, Because I bore him with sorrow. -- 1 chronicles 4:9 +. +And Jabez called on the God of Israel, saying, Oh that you would bless me indeed, and enlarge my coast, and that your hand might be with me, and that you would keep me from evil, that it may not grieve me! And God granted him that which he requested. -- 1 chronicles 4:10 +. +And Chelub the brother of Shuah begat Mehir, which was the father of Eshton. -- 1 chronicles 4:11 +. +And Eshton begat Bethrapha, and Paseah, and Tehinnah the father of Irnahash. These are the men of Rechah. -- 1 chronicles 4:12 +. +And the sons of Kenaz; Othniel, and Seraiah: and the sons of Othniel; Hathath. -- 1 chronicles 4:13 +. +And Meonothai begat Ophrah: and Seraiah begat Joab, the father of the valley of Charashim; for they were craftsmen. -- 1 chronicles 4:14 +. +And the sons of Caleb the son of Jephunneh; Iru, Elah, and Naam: and the sons of Elah, even Kenaz. -- 1 chronicles 4:15 +. +And the sons of Jehaleleel; Ziph, and Ziphah, Tiria, and Asareel. -- 1 chronicles 4:16 +. +And the sons of Ezra were, Jether, and Mered, and Epher, and Jalon: and she bore Miriam, and Shammai, and Ishbah the father of Eshtemoa. -- 1 chronicles 4:17 +. +And his wife Jehudijah bore Jered the father of Gedor, and Heber the father of Socho, and Jekuthiel the father of Zanoah. And these are the sons of Bithiah the daughter of Pharaoh, which Mered took. -- 1 chronicles 4:18 +. +And the sons of his wife Hodiah the sister of Naham, the father of Keilah the Garmite, and Eshtemoa the Maachathite. -- 1 chronicles 4:19 +. +And the sons of Shimon were, Amnon, and Rinnah, Benhanan, and Tilon. And the sons of Ishi were, Zoheth, and Benzoheth. -- 1 chronicles 4:20 +. +The sons of Shelah the son of Judah were, Er the father of Lecah, and Laadah the father of Mareshah, and the families of the house of them that worked fine linen, of the house of Ashbea, -- 1 chronicles 4:21 +. +And Jokim, and the men of Chozeba, and Joash, and Saraph, who had the dominion in Moab, and Jashubilehem. And these are ancient things. -- 1 chronicles 4:22 +. +These were the potters, and those that dwelled among plants and hedges: there they dwelled with the king for his work. -- 1 chronicles 4:23 +. +The sons of Simeon were, Nemuel, and Jamin, Jarib, Zerah, and Shaul: -- 1 chronicles 4:24 +. +Shallum his son, Mibsam his son, Mishma his son. -- 1 chronicles 4:25 +. +And the sons of Mishma; Hamuel his son, Zacchur his son, Shimei his son. -- 1 chronicles 4:26 +. +And Shimei had sixteen sons and six daughters: but his brothers had not many children, neither did all their family multiply, like to the children of Judah. -- 1 chronicles 4:27 +. +And they dwelled at Beersheba, and Moladah, and Hazarshual, -- 1 chronicles 4:28 +. +And at Bilhah, and at Ezem, and at Tolad, -- 1 chronicles 4:29 +. +And at Bethuel, and at Hormah, and at Ziklag, -- 1 chronicles 4:30 +. +And at Bethmarcaboth, and Hazarsusim, and at Bethbirei, and at Shaaraim. These were their cities to the reign of David. -- 1 chronicles 4:31 +. +And their villages were, Etam, and Ain, Rimmon, and Tochen, and Ashan, five cities: -- 1 chronicles 4:32 +. +And all their villages that were round about the same cities, to Baal. These were their habitations, and their genealogy. -- 1 chronicles 4:33 +. +And Meshobab, and Jamlech, and Joshah, the son of Amaziah, -- 1 chronicles 4:34 +. +And Joel, and Jehu the son of Josibiah, the son of Seraiah, the son of Asiel, -- 1 chronicles 4:35 +. +And Elioenai, and Jaakobah, and Jeshohaiah, and Asaiah, and Adiel, and Jesimiel, and Benaiah, -- 1 chronicles 4:36 +. +And Ziza the son of Shiphi, the son of Allon, the son of Jedaiah, the son of Shimri, the son of Shemaiah; -- 1 chronicles 4:37 +. +These mentioned by their names were princes in their families: and the house of their fathers increased greatly. -- 1 chronicles 4:38 +. +And they went to the entrance of Gedor, even to the east side of the valley, to seek pasture for their flocks. -- 1 chronicles 4:39 +. +And they found fat pasture and good, and the land was wide, and quiet, and peaceable; for they of Ham had dwelled there of old. -- 1 chronicles 4:40 +. +And these written by name came in the days of Hezekiah king of Judah, and smote their tents, and the habitations that were found there, and destroyed them utterly to this day, and dwelled in their rooms: because there was pasture there for their flocks. -- 1 chronicles 4:41 +. +And some of them, even of the sons of Simeon, five hundred men, went to mount Seir, having for their captains Pelatiah, and Neariah, and Rephaiah, and Uzziel, the sons of Ishi. -- 1 chronicles 4:42 +. +And they smote the rest of the Amalekites that were escaped, and dwelled there to this day. -- 1 chronicles 4:43 +. +Now the sons of Reuben the firstborn of Israel, (for he was the firstborn; but for as much as he defiled his father' bed, his birthright was given to the sons of Joseph the son of Israel: and the genealogy is not to be reckoned after the birthright. -- 1 chronicles 5:1 +. +For Judah prevailed above his brothers, and of him came the chief ruler; but the birthright was Joseph':) -- 1 chronicles 5:2 +. +The sons, I say, of Reuben the firstborn of Israel were, Hanoch, and Pallu, Hezron, and Carmi. -- 1 chronicles 5:3 +. +The sons of Joel; Shemaiah his son, Gog his son, Shimei his son, -- 1 chronicles 5:4 +. +Micah his son, Reaia his son, Baal his son, -- 1 chronicles 5:5 +. +Beerah his son, whom Tilgathpilneser king of Assyria carried away captive: he was prince of the Reubenites. -- 1 chronicles 5:6 +. +And his brothers by their families, when the genealogy of their generations was reckoned, were the chief, Jeiel, and Zechariah, -- 1 chronicles 5:7 +. +And Bela the son of Azaz, the son of Shema, the son of Joel, who dwelled in Aroer, even to Nebo and Baalmeon: -- 1 chronicles 5:8 +. +And eastward he inhabited to the entering in of the wilderness from the river Euphrates: because their cattle were multiplied in the land of Gilead. -- 1 chronicles 5:9 +. +And in the days of Saul they made war with the Hagarites, who fell by their hand: and they dwelled in their tents throughout all the east land of Gilead. -- 1 chronicles 5:10 +. +And the children of Gad dwelled over against them, in the land of Bashan to Salcah: -- 1 chronicles 5:11 +. +Joel the chief, and Shapham the next, and Jaanai, and Shaphat in Bashan. -- 1 chronicles 5:12 +. +And their brothers of the house of their fathers were, Michael, and Meshullam, and Sheba, and Jorai, and Jachan, and Zia, and Heber, seven. -- 1 chronicles 5:13 +. +These are the children of Abihail the son of Huri, the son of Jaroah, the son of Gilead, the son of Michael, the son of Jeshishai, the son of Jahdo, the son of Buz; -- 1 chronicles 5:14 +. +Ahi the son of Abdiel, the son of Guni, chief of the house of their fathers. -- 1 chronicles 5:15 +. +And they dwelled in Gilead in Bashan, and in her towns, and in all the suburbs of Sharon, on their borders. -- 1 chronicles 5:16 +. +All these were reckoned by genealogies in the days of Jotham king of Judah, and in the days of Jeroboam king of Israel. -- 1 chronicles 5:17 +. +The sons of Reuben, and the Gadites, and half the tribe of Manasseh, of valiant men, men able to bear buckler and sword, and to shoot with bow, and skillful in war, were four and forty thousand seven hundred and three score, that went out to the war. -- 1 chronicles 5:18 +. +And they made war with the Hagarites, with Jetur, and Nephish, and Nodab. -- 1 chronicles 5:19 +. +And they were helped against them, and the Hagarites were delivered into their hand, and all that were with them: for they cried to God in the battle, and he was entreated of them; because they put their trust in him. -- 1 chronicles 5:20 +. +And they took away their cattle; of their camels fifty thousand, and of sheep two hundred and fifty thousand, and of asses two thousand, and of men an hundred thousand. -- 1 chronicles 5:21 +. +For there fell down many slain, because the war was of God. And they dwelled in their steads until the captivity. -- 1 chronicles 5:22 +. +And the children of the half tribe of Manasseh dwelled in the land: they increased from Bashan to Baalhermon and Senir, and to mount Hermon. -- 1 chronicles 5:23 +. +And these were the heads of the house of their fathers, even Epher, and Ishi, and Eliel, and Azriel, and Jeremiah, and Hodaviah, and Jahdiel, mighty men of valor, famous men, and heads of the house of their fathers. -- 1 chronicles 5:24 +. +And they transgressed against the God of their fathers, and went a whoring after the gods of the people of the land, whom God destroyed before them. -- 1 chronicles 5:25 +. +And the God of Israel stirred up the spirit of Pul king of Assyria, and the spirit of Tilgathpilneser king of Assyria, and he carried them away, even the Reubenites, and the Gadites, and the half tribe of Manasseh, and brought them to Halah, and Habor, and Hara, and to the river Gozan, to this day. -- 1 chronicles 5:26 +. +The sons of Levi; Gershon, Kohath, and Merari. -- 1 chronicles 6:1 +. +And the sons of Kohath; Amram, Izhar, and Hebron, and Uzziel. -- 1 chronicles 6:2 +. +And the children of Amram; Aaron, and Moses, and Miriam. The sons also of Aaron; Nadab, and Abihu, Eleazar, and Ithamar. -- 1 chronicles 6:3 +. +Eleazar begat Phinehas, Phinehas begat Abishua, -- 1 chronicles 6:4 +. +And Abishua begat Bukki, and Bukki begat Uzzi, -- 1 chronicles 6:5 +. +And Uzzi begat Zerahiah, and Zerahiah begat Meraioth, -- 1 chronicles 6:6 +. +Meraioth begat Amariah, and Amariah begat Ahitub, -- 1 chronicles 6:7 +. +And Ahitub begat Zadok, and Zadok begat Ahimaaz, -- 1 chronicles 6:8 +. +And Ahimaaz begat Azariah, and Azariah begat Johanan, -- 1 chronicles 6:9 +. +And Johanan begat Azariah, (he it is that executed the priest' office in the temple that Solomon built in Jerusalem:) -- 1 chronicles 6:10 +. +And Azariah begat Amariah, and Amariah begat Ahitub, -- 1 chronicles 6:11 +. +And Ahitub begat Zadok, and Zadok begat Shallum, -- 1 chronicles 6:12 +. +And Shallum begat Hilkiah, and Hilkiah begat Azariah, -- 1 chronicles 6:13 +. +And Azariah begat Seraiah, and Seraiah begat Jehozadak, -- 1 chronicles 6:14 +. +And Jehozadak went into captivity, when the LORD carried away Judah and Jerusalem by the hand of Nebuchadnezzar. -- 1 chronicles 6:15 +. +The sons of Levi; Gershom, Kohath, and Merari. -- 1 chronicles 6:16 +. +And these be the names of the sons of Gershom; Libni, and Shimei. -- 1 chronicles 6:17 +. +And the sons of Kohath were, Amram, and Izhar, and Hebron, and Uzziel. -- 1 chronicles 6:18 +. +The sons of Merari; Mahli, and Mushi. And these are the families of the Levites according to their fathers. -- 1 chronicles 6:19 +. +Of Gershom; Libni his son, Jahath his son, Zimmah his son, -- 1 chronicles 6:20 +. +Joah his son, Iddo his son, Zerah his son, Jeaterai his son. -- 1 chronicles 6:21 +. +The sons of Kohath; Amminadab his son, Korah his son, Assir his son, -- 1 chronicles 6:22 +. +Elkanah his son, and Ebiasaph his son, and Assir his son, -- 1 chronicles 6:23 +. +Tahath his son, Uriel his son, Uzziah his son, and Shaul his son. -- 1 chronicles 6:24 +. +And the sons of Elkanah; Amasai, and Ahimoth. -- 1 chronicles 6:25 +. +As for Elkanah: the sons of Elkanah; Zophai his son, and Nahath his son, -- 1 chronicles 6:26 +. +Eliab his son, Jeroham his son, Elkanah his son. -- 1 chronicles 6:27 +. +And the sons of Samuel; the firstborn Vashni, and Abiah. -- 1 chronicles 6:28 +. +The sons of Merari; Mahli, Libni his son, Shimei his son, Uzza his son, -- 1 chronicles 6:29 +. +Shimea his son, Haggiah his son, Asaiah his son. -- 1 chronicles 6:30 +. +And these are they whom David set over the service of song in the house of the LORD, after that the ark had rest. -- 1 chronicles 6:31 +. +And they ministered before the dwelling place of the tabernacle of the congregation with singing, until Solomon had built the house of the LORD in Jerusalem: and then they waited on their office according to their order. -- 1 chronicles 6:32 +. +And these are they that waited with their children. Of the sons of the Kohathites: Heman a singer, the son of Joel, the son of Shemuel, -- 1 chronicles 6:33 +. +The son of Elkanah, the son of Jeroham, the son of Eliel, the son of Toah, -- 1 chronicles 6:34 +. +The son of Zuph, the son of Elkanah, the son of Mahath, the son of Amasai, -- 1 chronicles 6:35 +. +The son of Elkanah, the son of Joel, the son of Azariah, the son of Zephaniah, -- 1 chronicles 6:36 +. +The son of Tahath, the son of Assir, the son of Ebiasaph, the son of Korah, -- 1 chronicles 6:37 +. +The son of Izhar, the son of Kohath, the son of Levi, the son of Israel. -- 1 chronicles 6:38 +. +And his brother Asaph, who stood on his right hand, even Asaph the son of Berachiah, the son of Shimea, -- 1 chronicles 6:39 +. +The son of Michael, the son of Baaseiah, the son of Malchiah, -- 1 chronicles 6:40 +. +The son of Ethni, the son of Zerah, the son of Adaiah, -- 1 chronicles 6:41 +. +The son of Ethan, the son of Zimmah, the son of Shimei, -- 1 chronicles 6:42 +. +The son of Jahath, the son of Gershom, the son of Levi. -- 1 chronicles 6:43 +. +And their brothers the sons of Merari stood on the left hand: Ethan the son of Kishi, the son of Abdi, the son of Malluch, -- 1 chronicles 6:44 +. +The son of Hashabiah, the son of Amaziah, the son of Hilkiah, -- 1 chronicles 6:45 +. +The son of Amzi, the son of Bani, the son of Shamer, -- 1 chronicles 6:46 +. +The son of Mahli, the son of Mushi, the son of Merari, the son of Levi. -- 1 chronicles 6:47 +. +Their brothers also the Levites were appointed to all manner of service of the tabernacle of the house of God. -- 1 chronicles 6:48 +. +But Aaron and his sons offered on the altar of the burnt offering, and on the altar of incense, and were appointed for all the work of the place most holy, and to make an atonement for Israel, according to all that Moses the servant of God had commanded. -- 1 chronicles 6:49 +. +And these are the sons of Aaron; Eleazar his son, Phinehas his son, Abishua his son, -- 1 chronicles 6:50 +. +Bukki his son, Uzzi his son, Zerahiah his son, -- 1 chronicles 6:51 +. +Meraioth his son, Amariah his son, Ahitub his son, -- 1 chronicles 6:52 +. +Zadok his son, Ahimaaz his son. -- 1 chronicles 6:53 +. +Now these are their dwelling places throughout their castles in their coasts, of the sons of Aaron, of the families of the Kohathites: for theirs was the lot. -- 1 chronicles 6:54 +. +And they gave them Hebron in the land of Judah, and the suburbs thereof round about it. -- 1 chronicles 6:55 +. +But the fields of the city, and the villages thereof, they gave to Caleb the son of Jephunneh. -- 1 chronicles 6:56 +. +And to the sons of Aaron they gave the cities of Judah, namely, Hebron, the city of refuge, and Libnah with her suburbs, and Jattir, and Eshtemoa, with their suburbs, -- 1 chronicles 6:57 +. +And Hilen with her suburbs, Debir with her suburbs, -- 1 chronicles 6:58 +. +And Ashan with her suburbs, and Bethshemesh with her suburbs: -- 1 chronicles 6:59 +. +And out of the tribe of Benjamin; Geba with her suburbs, and Alemeth with her suburbs, and Anathoth with her suburbs. All their cities throughout their families were thirteen cities. -- 1 chronicles 6:60 +. +And to the sons of Kohath, which were left of the family of that tribe, were cities given out of the half tribe, namely, out of the half tribe of Manasseh, by lot, ten cities. -- 1 chronicles 6:61 +. +And to the sons of Gershom throughout their families out of the tribe of Issachar, and out of the tribe of Asher, and out of the tribe of Naphtali, and out of the tribe of Manasseh in Bashan, thirteen cities. -- 1 chronicles 6:62 +. +To the sons of Merari were given by lot, throughout their families, out of the tribe of Reuben, and out of the tribe of Gad, and out of the tribe of Zebulun, twelve cities. -- 1 chronicles 6:63 +. +And the children of Israel gave to the Levites these cities with their suburbs. -- 1 chronicles 6:64 +. +And they gave by lot out of the tribe of the children of Judah, and out of the tribe of the children of Simeon, and out of the tribe of the children of Benjamin, these cities, which are called by their names. -- 1 chronicles 6:65 +. +And the residue of the families of the sons of Kohath had cities of their coasts out of the tribe of Ephraim. -- 1 chronicles 6:66 +. +And they gave to them, of the cities of refuge, Shechem in mount Ephraim with her suburbs; they gave also Gezer with her suburbs, -- 1 chronicles 6:67 +. +And Jokmeam with her suburbs, and Bethhoron with her suburbs, -- 1 chronicles 6:68 +. +And Aijalon with her suburbs, and Gathrimmon with her suburbs: -- 1 chronicles 6:69 +. +And out of the half tribe of Manasseh; Aner with her suburbs, and Bileam with her suburbs, for the family of the remnant of the sons of Kohath. -- 1 chronicles 6:70 +. +To the sons of Gershom were given out of the family of the half tribe of Manasseh, Golan in Bashan with her suburbs, and Ashtaroth with her suburbs: -- 1 chronicles 6:71 +. +And out of the tribe of Issachar; Kedesh with her suburbs, Daberath with her suburbs, -- 1 chronicles 6:72 +. +And Ramoth with her suburbs, and Anem with her suburbs: -- 1 chronicles 6:73 +. +And out of the tribe of Asher; Mashal with her suburbs, and Abdon with her suburbs, -- 1 chronicles 6:74 +. +And Hukok with her suburbs, and Rehob with her suburbs: -- 1 chronicles 6:75 +. +And out of the tribe of Naphtali; Kedesh in Galilee with her suburbs, and Hammon with her suburbs, and Kirjathaim with her suburbs. -- 1 chronicles 6:76 +. +To the rest of the children of Merari were given out of the tribe of Zebulun, Rimmon with her suburbs, Tabor with her suburbs: -- 1 chronicles 6:77 +. +And on the other side Jordan by Jericho, on the east side of Jordan, were given them out of the tribe of Reuben, Bezer in the wilderness with her suburbs, and Jahzah with her suburbs, -- 1 chronicles 6:78 +. +Kedemoth also with her suburbs, and Mephaath with her suburbs: -- 1 chronicles 6:79 +. +And out of the tribe of Gad; Ramoth in Gilead with her suburbs, and Mahanaim with her suburbs, -- 1 chronicles 6:80 +. +And Heshbon with her suburbs, and Jazer with her suburbs. -- 1 chronicles 6:81 +. +Now the sons of Issachar were, Tola, and Puah, Jashub, and Shimrom, four. -- 1 chronicles 7:1 +. +And the sons of Tola; Uzzi, and Rephaiah, and Jeriel, and Jahmai, and Jibsam, and Shemuel, heads of their father' house, to wit, of Tola: they were valiant men of might in their generations; whose number was in the days of David two and twenty thousand and six hundred. -- 1 chronicles 7:2 +. +And the sons of Uzzi; Izrahiah: and the sons of Izrahiah; Michael, and Obadiah, and Joel, Ishiah, five: all of them chief men. -- 1 chronicles 7:3 +. +And with them, by their generations, after the house of their fathers, were bands of soldiers for war, six and thirty thousand men: for they had many wives and sons. -- 1 chronicles 7:4 +. +And their brothers among all the families of Issachar were valiant men of might, reckoned in all by their genealogies fourscore and seven thousand. -- 1 chronicles 7:5 +. +The sons of Benjamin; Bela, and Becher, and Jediael, three. -- 1 chronicles 7:6 +. +And the sons of Bela; Ezbon, and Uzzi, and Uzziel, and Jerimoth, and Iri, five; heads of the house of their fathers, mighty men of valor; and were reckoned by their genealogies twenty and two thousand and thirty and four. -- 1 chronicles 7:7 +. +And the sons of Becher; Zemira, and Joash, and Eliezer, and Elioenai, and Omri, and Jerimoth, and Abiah, and Anathoth, and Alameth. All these are the sons of Becher. -- 1 chronicles 7:8 +. +And the number of them, after their genealogy by their generations, heads of the house of their fathers, mighty men of valor, was twenty thousand and two hundred. -- 1 chronicles 7:9 +. +The sons also of Jediael; Bilhan: and the sons of Bilhan; Jeush, and Benjamin, and Ehud, and Chenaanah, and Zethan, and Tharshish, and Ahishahar. -- 1 chronicles 7:10 +. +All these the sons of Jediael, by the heads of their fathers, mighty men of valor, were seventeen thousand and two hundred soldiers, fit to go out for war and battle. -- 1 chronicles 7:11 +. +Shuppim also, and Huppim, the children of Ir, and Hushim, the sons of Aher. -- 1 chronicles 7:12 +. +The sons of Naphtali; Jahziel, and Guni, and Jezer, and Shallum, the sons of Bilhah. -- 1 chronicles 7:13 +. +The sons of Manasseh; Ashriel, whom she bore: (but his concubine the Aramitess bore Machir the father of Gilead: -- 1 chronicles 7:14 +. +And Machir took to wife the sister of Huppim and Shuppim, whose sister' name was Maachah;) and the name of the second was Zelophehad: and Zelophehad had daughters. -- 1 chronicles 7:15 +. +And Maachah the wife of Machir bore a son, and she called his name Peresh; and the name of his brother was Sheresh; and his sons were Ulam and Rakem. -- 1 chronicles 7:16 +. +And the sons of Ulam; Bedan. These were the sons of Gilead, the son of Machir, the son of Manasseh. -- 1 chronicles 7:17 +. +And his sister Hammoleketh bore Ishod, and Abiezer, and Mahalah. -- 1 chronicles 7:18 +. +And the sons of Shemidah were, Ahian, and Shechem, and Likhi, and Aniam. -- 1 chronicles 7:19 +. +And the sons of Ephraim; Shuthelah, and Bered his son, and Tahath his son, and Eladah his son, and Tahath his son, -- 1 chronicles 7:20 +. +And Zabad his son, and Shuthelah his son, and Ezer, and Elead, whom the men of Gath that were born in that land slew, because they came down to take away their cattle. -- 1 chronicles 7:21 +. +And Ephraim their father mourned many days, and his brothers came to comfort him. -- 1 chronicles 7:22 +. +And when he went in to his wife, she conceived, and bore a son, and he called his name Beriah, because it went evil with his house. -- 1 chronicles 7:23 +. +(And his daughter was Sherah, who built Bethhoron the nether, and the upper, and Uzzensherah.) -- 1 chronicles 7:24 +. +And Rephah was his son, also Resheph, and Telah his son, and Tahan his son. -- 1 chronicles 7:25 +. +Laadan his son, Ammihud his son, Elishama his son. -- 1 chronicles 7:26 +. +Non his son, Jehoshuah his son. -- 1 chronicles 7:27 +. +And their possessions and habitations were, Bethel and the towns thereof, and eastward Naaran, and westward Gezer, with the towns thereof; Shechem also and the towns thereof, to Gaza and the towns thereof: -- 1 chronicles 7:28 +. +And by the borders of the children of Manasseh, Bethshean and her towns, Taanach and her towns, Megiddo and her towns, Dor and her towns. In these dwelled the children of Joseph the son of Israel. -- 1 chronicles 7:29 +. +The sons of Asher; Imnah, and Isuah, and Ishuai, and Beriah, and Serah their sister. -- 1 chronicles 7:30 +. +And the sons of Beriah; Heber, and Malchiel, who is the father of Birzavith. -- 1 chronicles 7:31 +. +And Heber begat Japhlet, and Shomer, and Hotham, and Shua their sister. -- 1 chronicles 7:32 +. +And the sons of Japhlet; Pasach, and Bimhal, and Ashvath. These are the children of Japhlet. -- 1 chronicles 7:33 +. +And the sons of Shamer; Ahi, and Rohgah, Jehubbah, and Aram. -- 1 chronicles 7:34 +. +And the sons of his brother Helem; Zophah, and Imna, and Shelesh, and Amal. -- 1 chronicles 7:35 +. +The sons of Zophah; Suah, and Harnepher, and Shual, and Beri, and Imrah, -- 1 chronicles 7:36 +. +Bezer, and Hod, and Shamma, and Shilshah, and Ithran, and Beera. -- 1 chronicles 7:37 +. +And the sons of Jether; Jephunneh, and Pispah, and Ara. -- 1 chronicles 7:38 +. +And the sons of Ulla; Arah, and Haniel, and Rezia. -- 1 chronicles 7:39 +. +All these were the children of Asher, heads of their father' house, choice and mighty men of valor, chief of the princes. And the number throughout the genealogy of them that were apt to the war and to battle was twenty and six thousand men. -- 1 chronicles 7:40 +. +Now Benjamin begat Bela his firstborn, Ashbel the second, and Aharah the third, -- 1 chronicles 8:1 +. +Nohah the fourth, and Rapha the fifth. -- 1 chronicles 8:2 +. +And the sons of Bela were, Addar, and Gera, and Abihud, -- 1 chronicles 8:3 +. +And Abishua, and Naaman, and Ahoah, -- 1 chronicles 8:4 +. +And Gera, and Shephuphan, and Huram. -- 1 chronicles 8:5 +. +And these are the sons of Ehud: these are the heads of the fathers of the inhabitants of Geba, and they removed them to Manahath: -- 1 chronicles 8:6 +. +And Naaman, and Ahiah, and Gera, he removed them, and begat Uzza, and Ahihud. -- 1 chronicles 8:7 +. +And Shaharaim begat children in the country of Moab, after he had sent them away; Hushim and Baara were his wives. -- 1 chronicles 8:8 +. +And he begat of Hodesh his wife, Jobab, and Zibia, and Mesha, and Malcham, -- 1 chronicles 8:9 +. +And Jeuz, and Shachia, and Mirma. These were his sons, heads of the fathers. -- 1 chronicles 8:10 +. +And of Hushim he begat Abitub, and Elpaal. -- 1 chronicles 8:11 +. +The sons of Elpaal; Eber, and Misham, and Shamed, who built Ono, and Lod, with the towns thereof: -- 1 chronicles 8:12 +. +Beriah also, and Shema, who were heads of the fathers of the inhabitants of Aijalon, who drove away the inhabitants of Gath: -- 1 chronicles 8:13 +. +And Ahio, Shashak, and Jeremoth, -- 1 chronicles 8:14 +. +And Zebadiah, and Arad, and Ader, -- 1 chronicles 8:15 +. +And Michael, and Ispah, and Joha, the sons of Beriah; -- 1 chronicles 8:16 +. +And Zebadiah, and Meshullam, and Hezeki, and Heber, -- 1 chronicles 8:17 +. +Ishmerai also, and Jezliah, and Jobab, the sons of Elpaal; -- 1 chronicles 8:18 +. +And Jakim, and Zichri, and Zabdi, -- 1 chronicles 8:19 +. +And Elienai, and Zilthai, and Eliel, -- 1 chronicles 8:20 +. +And Adaiah, and Beraiah, and Shimrath, the sons of Shimhi; -- 1 chronicles 8:21 +. +And Ishpan, and Heber, and Eliel, -- 1 chronicles 8:22 +. +And Abdon, and Zichri, and Hanan, -- 1 chronicles 8:23 +. +And Hananiah, and Elam, and Antothijah, -- 1 chronicles 8:24 +. +And Iphedeiah, and Penuel, the sons of Shashak; -- 1 chronicles 8:25 +. +And Shamsherai, and Shehariah, and Athaliah, -- 1 chronicles 8:26 +. +And Jaresiah, and Eliah, and Zichri, the sons of Jeroham. -- 1 chronicles 8:27 +. +These were heads of the fathers, by their generations, chief men. These dwelled in Jerusalem. -- 1 chronicles 8:28 +. +And at Gibeon dwelled the father of Gibeon; whose wife' name was Maachah: -- 1 chronicles 8:29 +. +And his firstborn son Abdon, and Zur, and Kish, and Baal, and Nadab, -- 1 chronicles 8:30 +. +And Gedor, and Ahio, and Zacher. -- 1 chronicles 8:31 +. +And Mikloth begat Shimeah. And these also dwelled with their brothers in Jerusalem, over against them. -- 1 chronicles 8:32 +. +And Ner begat Kish, and Kish begat Saul, and Saul begat Jonathan, and Malchishua, and Abinadab, and Eshbaal. -- 1 chronicles 8:33 +. +And the son of Jonathan was Meribbaal; and Meribbaal begat Micah. -- 1 chronicles 8:34 +. +And the sons of Micah were, Pithon, and Melech, and Tarea, and Ahaz. -- 1 chronicles 8:35 +. +And Ahaz begat Jehoadah; and Jehoadah begat Alemeth, and Azmaveth, and Zimri; and Zimri begat Moza, -- 1 chronicles 8:36 +. +And Moza begat Binea: Rapha was his son, Eleasah his son, Azel his son: -- 1 chronicles 8:37 +. +And Azel had six sons, whose names are these, Azrikam, Bocheru, and Ishmael, and Sheariah, and Obadiah, and Hanan. All these were the sons of Azel. -- 1 chronicles 8:38 +. +And the sons of Eshek his brother were, Ulam his firstborn, Jehush the second, and Eliphelet the third. -- 1 chronicles 8:39 +. +And the sons of Ulam were mighty men of valor, archers, and had many sons, and sons'sons, an hundred and fifty. All these are of the sons of Benjamin. -- 1 chronicles 8:40 +. +So all Israel were reckoned by genealogies; and, behold, they were written in the book of the kings of Israel and Judah, who were carried away to Babylon for their transgression. -- 1 chronicles 9:1 +. +Now the first inhabitants that dwelled in their possessions in their cities were, the Israelites, the priests, Levites, and the Nethinims. -- 1 chronicles 9:2 +. +And in Jerusalem dwelled of the children of Judah, and of the children of Benjamin, and of the children of Ephraim, and Manasseh; -- 1 chronicles 9:3 +. +Uthai the son of Ammihud, the son of Omri, the son of Imri, the son of Bani, of the children of Pharez the son of Judah. -- 1 chronicles 9:4 +. +And of the Shilonites; Asaiah the firstborn, and his sons. -- 1 chronicles 9:5 +. +And of the sons of Zerah; Jeuel, and their brothers, six hundred and ninety. -- 1 chronicles 9:6 +. +And of the sons of Benjamin; Sallu the son of Meshullam, the son of Hodaviah, the son of Hasenuah, -- 1 chronicles 9:7 +. +And Ibneiah the son of Jeroham, and Elah the son of Uzzi, the son of Michri, and Meshullam the son of Shephathiah, the son of Reuel, the son of Ibnijah; -- 1 chronicles 9:8 +. +And their brothers, according to their generations, nine hundred and fifty and six. All these men were chief of the fathers in the house of their fathers. -- 1 chronicles 9:9 +. +And of the priests; Jedaiah, and Jehoiarib, and Jachin, -- 1 chronicles 9:10 +. +And Azariah the son of Hilkiah, the son of Meshullam, the son of Zadok, the son of Meraioth, the son of Ahitub, the ruler of the house of God; -- 1 chronicles 9:11 +. +And Adaiah the son of Jeroham, the son of Pashur, the son of Malchijah, and Maasiai the son of Adiel, the son of Jahzerah, the son of Meshullam, the son of Meshillemith, the son of Immer; -- 1 chronicles 9:12 +. +And their brothers, heads of the house of their fathers, a thousand and seven hundred and three score; very able men for the work of the service of the house of God. -- 1 chronicles 9:13 +. +And of the Levites; Shemaiah the son of Hasshub, the son of Azrikam, the son of Hashabiah, of the sons of Merari; -- 1 chronicles 9:14 +. +And Bakbakkar, Heresh, and Galal, and Mattaniah the son of Micah, the son of Zichri, the son of Asaph; -- 1 chronicles 9:15 +. +And Obadiah the son of Shemaiah, the son of Galal, the son of Jeduthun, and Berechiah the son of Asa, the son of Elkanah, that dwelled in the villages of the Netophathites. -- 1 chronicles 9:16 +. +And the porters were, Shallum, and Akkub, and Talmon, and Ahiman, and their brothers: Shallum was the chief; -- 1 chronicles 9:17 +. +Who till now waited in the king' gate eastward: they were porters in the companies of the children of Levi. -- 1 chronicles 9:18 +. +And Shallum the son of Kore, the son of Ebiasaph, the son of Korah, and his brothers, of the house of his father, the Korahites, were over the work of the service, keepers of the gates of the tabernacle: and their fathers, being over the host of the LORD, were keepers of the entry. -- 1 chronicles 9:19 +. +And Phinehas the son of Eleazar was the ruler over them in time past, and the LORD was with him. -- 1 chronicles 9:20 +. +And Zechariah the son of Meshelemiah was porter of the door of the tabernacle of the congregation. -- 1 chronicles 9:21 +. +All these which were chosen to be porters in the gates were two hundred and twelve. These were reckoned by their genealogy in their villages, whom David and Samuel the seer did ordain in their set office. -- 1 chronicles 9:22 +. +So they and their children had the oversight of the gates of the house of the LORD, namely, the house of the tabernacle, by wards. -- 1 chronicles 9:23 +. +In four quarters were the porters, toward the east, west, north, and south. -- 1 chronicles 9:24 +. +And their brothers, which were in their villages, were to come after seven days from time to time with them. -- 1 chronicles 9:25 +. +For these Levites, the four chief porters, were in their set office, and were over the chambers and treasuries of the house of God. -- 1 chronicles 9:26 +. +And they lodged round about the house of God, because the charge was on them, and the opening thereof every morning pertained to them. -- 1 chronicles 9:27 +. +And certain of them had the charge of the ministering vessels, that they should bring them in and out by tale. -- 1 chronicles 9:28 +. +Some of them also were appointed to oversee the vessels, and all the instruments of the sanctuary, and the fine flour, and the wine, and the oil, and the frankincense, and the spices. -- 1 chronicles 9:29 +. +And some of the sons of the priests made the ointment of the spices. -- 1 chronicles 9:30 +. +And Mattithiah, one of the Levites, who was the firstborn of Shallum the Korahite, had the set office over the things that were made in the pans. -- 1 chronicles 9:31 +. +And other of their brothers, of the sons of the Kohathites, were over the show bread, to prepare it every sabbath. -- 1 chronicles 9:32 +. +And these are the singers, chief of the fathers of the Levites, who remaining in the chambers were free: for they were employed in that work day and night. -- 1 chronicles 9:33 +. +These chief fathers of the Levites were chief throughout their generations; these dwelled at Jerusalem. -- 1 chronicles 9:34 +. +And in Gibeon dwelled the father of Gibeon, Jehiel, whose wife' name was Maachah: -- 1 chronicles 9:35 +. +And his firstborn son Abdon, then Zur, and Kish, and Baal, and Ner, and Nadab. -- 1 chronicles 9:36 +. +And Gedor, and Ahio, and Zechariah, and Mikloth. -- 1 chronicles 9:37 +. +And Mikloth begat Shimeam. And they also dwelled with their brothers at Jerusalem, over against their brothers. -- 1 chronicles 9:38 +. +And Ner begat Kish; and Kish begat Saul; and Saul begat Jonathan, and Malchishua, and Abinadab, and Eshbaal. -- 1 chronicles 9:39 +. +And the son of Jonathan was Meribbaal: and Meribbaal begat Micah. -- 1 chronicles 9:40 +. +And the sons of Micah were, Pithon, and Melech, and Tahrea, and Ahaz. -- 1 chronicles 9:41 +. +And Ahaz begat Jarah; and Jarah begat Alemeth, and Azmaveth, and Zimri; and Zimri begat Moza; -- 1 chronicles 9:42 +. +And Moza begat Binea; and Rephaiah his son, Eleasah his son, Azel his son. -- 1 chronicles 9:43 +. +And Azel had six sons, whose names are these, Azrikam, Bocheru, and Ishmael, and Sheariah, and Obadiah, and Hanan: these were the sons of Azel. -- 1 chronicles 9:44 +. +Now the Philistines fought against Israel; and the men of Israel fled from before the Philistines, and fell down slain in mount Gilboa. -- 1 chronicles 10:1 +. +And the Philistines followed hard after Saul, and after his sons; and the Philistines slew Jonathan, and Abinadab, and Malchishua, the sons of Saul. -- 1 chronicles 10:2 +. +And the battle went sore against Saul, and the archers hit him, and he was wounded of the archers. -- 1 chronicles 10:3 +. +Then said Saul to his armor bearer, Draw your sword, and thrust me through therewith; lest these uncircumcised come and abuse me. But his armor bearer would not; for he was sore afraid. So Saul took a sword, and fell on it. -- 1 chronicles 10:4 +. +And when his armor bearer saw that Saul was dead, he fell likewise on the sword, and died. -- 1 chronicles 10:5 +. +So Saul died, and his three sons, and all his house died together. -- 1 chronicles 10:6 +. +And when all the men of Israel that were in the valley saw that they fled, and that Saul and his sons were dead, then they forsook their cities, and fled: and the Philistines came and dwelled in them. -- 1 chronicles 10:7 +. +And it came to pass on the morrow, when the Philistines came to strip the slain, that they found Saul and his sons fallen in mount Gilboa. -- 1 chronicles 10:8 +. +And when they had stripped him, they took his head, and his armor, and sent into the land of the Philistines round about, to carry tidings to their idols, and to the people. -- 1 chronicles 10:9 +. +And they put his armor in the house of their gods, and fastened his head in the temple of Dagon. -- 1 chronicles 10:10 +. +And when all Jabeshgilead heard all that the Philistines had done to Saul, -- 1 chronicles 10:11 +. +They arose, all the valiant men, and took away the body of Saul, and the bodies of his sons, and brought them to Jabesh, and buried their bones under the oak in Jabesh, and fasted seven days. -- 1 chronicles 10:12 +. +So Saul died for his transgression which he committed against the LORD, even against the word of the LORD, which he kept not, and also for asking counsel of one that had a familiar spirit, to inquire of it; -- 1 chronicles 10:13 +. +And inquired not of the LORD: therefore he slew him, and turned the kingdom to David the son of Jesse. -- 1 chronicles 10:14 +. +Then all Israel gathered themselves to David to Hebron, saying, Behold, we are your bone and your flesh. -- 1 chronicles 11:1 +. +And moreover in time past, even when Saul was king, you were he that led out and brought in Israel: and the LORD your God said to you, You shall feed my people Israel, and you shall be ruler over my people Israel. -- 1 chronicles 11:2 +. +Therefore came all the elders of Israel to the king to Hebron; and David made a covenant with them in Hebron before the LORD; and they anointed David king over Israel, according to the word of the LORD by Samuel. -- 1 chronicles 11:3 +. +And David and all Israel went to Jerusalem, which is Jebus; where the Jebusites were, the inhabitants of the land. -- 1 chronicles 11:4 +. +And the inhabitants of Jebus said to David, You shall not come here. Nevertheless David took the castle of Zion, which is the city of David. -- 1 chronicles 11:5 +. +And David said, Whoever smites the Jebusites first shall be chief and captain. So Joab the son of Zeruiah went first up, and was chief. -- 1 chronicles 11:6 +. +And David dwelled in the castle; therefore they called it the city of David. -- 1 chronicles 11:7 +. +And he built the city round about, even from Millo round about: and Joab repaired the rest of the city. -- 1 chronicles 11:8 +. +So David waxed greater and greater: for the LORD of hosts was with him. -- 1 chronicles 11:9 +. +These also are the chief of the mighty men whom David had, who strengthened themselves with him in his kingdom, and with all Israel, to make him king, according to the word of the LORD concerning Israel. -- 1 chronicles 11:10 +. +And this is the number of the mighty men whom David had; Jashobeam, an Hachmonite, the chief of the captains: he lifted up his spear against three hundred slain by him at one time. -- 1 chronicles 11:11 +. +And after him was Eleazar the son of Dodo, the Ahohite, who was one of the three mighty men. -- 1 chronicles 11:12 +. +He was with David at Pasdammim, and there the Philistines were gathered together to battle, where was a parcel of ground full of barley; and the people fled from before the Philistines. -- 1 chronicles 11:13 +. +And they set themselves in the middle of that parcel, and delivered it, and slew the Philistines; and the LORD saved them by a great deliverance. -- 1 chronicles 11:14 +. +Now three of the thirty captains went down to the rock to David, into the cave of Adullam; and the host of the Philistines encamped in the valley of Rephaim. -- 1 chronicles 11:15 +. +And David was then in the hold, and the Philistines'garrison was then at Bethlehem. -- 1 chronicles 11:16 +. +And David longed, and said, Oh that one would give me drink of the water of the well of Bethlehem, that is at the gate! -- 1 chronicles 11:17 +. +And the three broke through the host of the Philistines, and drew water out of the well of Bethlehem, that was by the gate, and took it, and brought it to David: but David would not drink of it, but poured it out to the LORD. -- 1 chronicles 11:18 +. +And said, My God forbid it me, that I should do this thing: shall I drink the blood of these men that have put their lives in jeopardy? for with the jeopardy of their lives they brought it. Therefore he would not drink it. These things did these three mightiest. -- 1 chronicles 11:19 +. +And Abishai the brother of Joab, he was chief of the three: for lifting up his spear against three hundred, he slew them, and had a name among the three. -- 1 chronicles 11:20 +. +Of the three, he was more honorable than the two; for he was their captain: however, he attained not to the first three. -- 1 chronicles 11:21 +. +Benaiah the son of Jehoiada, the son of a valiant man of Kabzeel, who had done many acts; he slew two lion like men of Moab: also he went down and slew a lion in a pit in a snowy day. -- 1 chronicles 11:22 +. +And he slew an Egyptian, a man of great stature, five cubits high; and in the Egyptian' hand was a spear like a weaver' beam; and he went down to him with a staff, and plucked the spear out of the Egyptian' hand, and slew him with his own spear. -- 1 chronicles 11:23 +. +These things did Benaiah the son of Jehoiada, and had the name among the three mighty men. -- 1 chronicles 11:24 +. +Behold, he was honorable among the thirty, but attained not to the first three: and David set him over his guard. -- 1 chronicles 11:25 +. +Also the valiant men of the armies were, Asahel the brother of Joab, Elhanan the son of Dodo of Bethlehem, -- 1 chronicles 11:26 +. +Shammoth the Harorite, Helez the Pelonite, -- 1 chronicles 11:27 +. +Ira the son of Ikkesh the Tekoite, Abiezer the Antothite, -- 1 chronicles 11:28 +. +Sibbecai the Hushathite, Ilai the Ahohite, -- 1 chronicles 11:29 +. +Maharai the Netophathite, Heled the son of Baanah the Netophathite, -- 1 chronicles 11:30 +. +Ithai the son of Ribai of Gibeah, that pertained to the children of Benjamin, Benaiah the Pirathonite, -- 1 chronicles 11:31 +. +Hurai of the brooks of Gaash, Abiel the Arbathite, -- 1 chronicles 11:32 +. +Azmaveth the Baharumite, Eliahba the Shaalbonite, -- 1 chronicles 11:33 +. +The sons of Hashem the Gizonite, Jonathan the son of Shage the Hararite, -- 1 chronicles 11:34 +. +Ahiam the son of Sacar the Hararite, Eliphal the son of Ur, -- 1 chronicles 11:35 +. +Hepher the Mecherathite, Ahijah the Pelonite, -- 1 chronicles 11:36 +. +Hezro the Carmelite, Naarai the son of Ezbai, -- 1 chronicles 11:37 +. +Joel the brother of Nathan, Mibhar the son of Haggeri, -- 1 chronicles 11:38 +. +Zelek the Ammonite, Naharai the Berothite, the armor bearer of Joab the son of Zeruiah, -- 1 chronicles 11:39 +. +Ira the Ithrite, Gareb the Ithrite, -- 1 chronicles 11:40 +. +Uriah the Hittite, Zabad the son of Ahlai, -- 1 chronicles 11:41 +. +Adina the son of Shiza the Reubenite, a captain of the Reubenites, and thirty with him, -- 1 chronicles 11:42 +. +Hanan the son of Maachah, and Joshaphat the Mithnite, -- 1 chronicles 11:43 +. +Uzzia the Ashterathite, Shama and Jehiel the sons of Hothan the Aroerite, -- 1 chronicles 11:44 +. +Jediael the son of Shimri, and Joha his brother, the Tizite, -- 1 chronicles 11:45 +. +Eliel the Mahavite, and Jeribai, and Joshaviah, the sons of Elnaam, and Ithmah the Moabite, -- 1 chronicles 11:46 +. +Eliel, and Obed, and Jasiel the Mesobaite. -- 1 chronicles 11:47 +. +Now these are they that came to David to Ziklag, while he yet kept himself close because of Saul the son of Kish: and they were among the mighty men, helpers of the war. -- 1 chronicles 12:1 +. +They were armed with bows, and could use both the right hand and the left in hurling stones and shooting arrows out of a bow, even of Saul' brothers of Benjamin. -- 1 chronicles 12:2 +. +The chief was Ahiezer, then Joash, the sons of Shemaah the Gibeathite; and Jeziel, and Pelet, the sons of Azmaveth; and Berachah, and Jehu the Antothite. -- 1 chronicles 12:3 +. +And Ismaiah the Gibeonite, a mighty man among the thirty, and over the thirty; and Jeremiah, and Jahaziel, and Johanan, and Josabad the Gederathite, -- 1 chronicles 12:4 +. +Eluzai, and Jerimoth, and Bealiah, and Shemariah, and Shephatiah the Haruphite, -- 1 chronicles 12:5 +. +Elkanah, and Jesiah, and Azareel, and Joezer, and Jashobeam, the Korhites, -- 1 chronicles 12:6 +. +And Joelah, and Zebadiah, the sons of Jeroham of Gedor. -- 1 chronicles 12:7 +. +And of the Gadites there separated themselves to David into the hold to the wilderness men of might, and men of war fit for the battle, that could handle shield and buckler, whose faces were like the faces of lions, and were as swift as the roes on the mountains; -- 1 chronicles 12:8 +. +Ezer the first, Obadiah the second, Eliab the third, -- 1 chronicles 12:9 +. +Mishmannah the fourth, Jeremiah the fifth, -- 1 chronicles 12:10 +. +Attai the sixth, Eliel the seventh, -- 1 chronicles 12:11 +. +Johanan the eighth, Elzabad the ninth, -- 1 chronicles 12:12 +. +Jeremiah the tenth, Machbanai the eleventh. -- 1 chronicles 12:13 +. +These were of the sons of Gad, captains of the host: one of the least was over an hundred, and the greatest over a thousand. -- 1 chronicles 12:14 +. +These are they that went over Jordan in the first month, when it had overflowed all his banks; and they put to flight all them of the valleys, both toward the east, and toward the west. -- 1 chronicles 12:15 +. +And there came of the children of Benjamin and Judah to the hold to David. -- 1 chronicles 12:16 +. +And David went out to meet them, and answered and said to them, If you be come peaceably to me to help me, my heart shall be knit to you: but if you be come to betray me to my enemies, seeing there is no wrong in my hands, the God of our fathers look thereon, and rebuke it. -- 1 chronicles 12:17 +. +Then the spirit came on Amasai, who was chief of the captains, and he said, Your are we, David, and on your side, you son of Jesse: peace, peace be to you, and peace be to your helpers; for your God helps you. Then David received them, and made them captains of the band. -- 1 chronicles 12:18 +. +And there fell some of Manasseh to David, when he came with the Philistines against Saul to battle: but they helped them not: for the lords of the Philistines on advisement sent him away, saying, He will fall to his master Saul to the jeopardy of our heads. -- 1 chronicles 12:19 +. +As he went to Ziklag, there fell to him of Manasseh, Adnah, and Jozabad, and Jediael, and Michael, and Jozabad, and Elihu, and Zilthai, captains of the thousands that were of Manasseh. -- 1 chronicles 12:20 +. +And they helped David against the band of the rovers: for they were all mighty men of valor, and were captains in the host. -- 1 chronicles 12:21 +. +For at that time day by day there came to David to help him, until it was a great host, like the host of God. -- 1 chronicles 12:22 +. +And these are the numbers of the bands that were ready armed to the war, and came to David to Hebron, to turn the kingdom of Saul to him, according to the word of the LORD. -- 1 chronicles 12:23 +. +The children of Judah that bore shield and spear were six thousand and eight hundred, ready armed to the war. -- 1 chronicles 12:24 +. +Of the children of Simeon, mighty men of valor for the war, seven thousand and one hundred. -- 1 chronicles 12:25 +. +Of the children of Levi four thousand and six hundred. -- 1 chronicles 12:26 +. +And Jehoiada was the leader of the Aaronites, and with him were three thousand and seven hundred; -- 1 chronicles 12:27 +. +And Zadok, a young man mighty of valor, and of his father' house twenty and two captains. -- 1 chronicles 12:28 +. +And of the children of Benjamin, the kindred of Saul, three thousand: for till now the greatest part of them had kept the ward of the house of Saul. -- 1 chronicles 12:29 +. +And of the children of Ephraim twenty thousand and eight hundred, mighty men of valor, famous throughout the house of their fathers. -- 1 chronicles 12:30 +. +And of the half tribe of Manasseh eighteen thousand, which were expressed by name, to come and make David king. -- 1 chronicles 12:31 +. +And of the children of Issachar, which were men that had understanding of the times, to know what Israel ought to do; the heads of them were two hundred; and all their brothers were at their commandment. -- 1 chronicles 12:32 +. +Of Zebulun, such as went forth to battle, expert in war, with all instruments of war, fifty thousand, which could keep rank: they were not of double heart. -- 1 chronicles 12:33 +. +And of Naphtali a thousand captains, and with them with shield and spear thirty and seven thousand. -- 1 chronicles 12:34 +. +And of the Danites expert in war twenty and eight thousand and six hundred. -- 1 chronicles 12:35 +. +And of Asher, such as went forth to battle, expert in war, forty thousand. -- 1 chronicles 12:36 +. +And on the other side of Jordan, of the Reubenites, and the Gadites, and of the half tribe of Manasseh, with all manner of instruments of war for the battle, an hundred and twenty thousand. -- 1 chronicles 12:37 +. +All these men of war, that could keep rank, came with a perfect heart to Hebron, to make David king over all Israel: and all the rest also of Israel were of one heart to make David king. -- 1 chronicles 12:38 +. +And there they were with David three days, eating and drinking: for their brothers had prepared for them. -- 1 chronicles 12:39 +. +Moreover they that were near them, even to Issachar and Zebulun and Naphtali, brought bread on asses, and on camels, and on mules, and on oxen, and meat, meal, cakes of figs, and bunches of raisins, and wine, and oil, and oxen, and sheep abundantly: for there was joy in Israel. -- 1 chronicles 12:40 +. +And David consulted with the captains of thousands and hundreds, and with every leader. -- 1 chronicles 13:1 +. +And David said to all the congregation of Israel, If it seem good to you, and that it be of the LORD our God, let us send abroad to our brothers every where, that are left in all the land of Israel, and with them also to the priests and Levites which are in their cities and suburbs, that they may gather themselves to us: -- 1 chronicles 13:2 +. +And let us bring again the ark of our God to us: for we inquired not at it in the days of Saul. -- 1 chronicles 13:3 +. +And all the congregation said that they would do so: for the thing was right in the eyes of all the people. -- 1 chronicles 13:4 +. +So David gathered all Israel together, from Shihor of Egypt even to the entering of Hemath, to bring the ark of God from Kirjathjearim. -- 1 chronicles 13:5 +. +And David went up, and all Israel, to Baalah, that is, to Kirjathjearim, which belonged to Judah, to bring up there the ark of God the LORD, that dwells between the cherubim, whose name is called on it. -- 1 chronicles 13:6 +. +And they carried the ark of God in a new cart out of the house of Abinadab: and Uzza and Ahio drove the cart. -- 1 chronicles 13:7 +. +And David and all Israel played before God with all their might, and with singing, and with harps, and with psalteries, and with tambourines, and with cymbals, and with trumpets. -- 1 chronicles 13:8 +. +And when they came to the threshing floor of Chidon, Uzza put forth his hand to hold the ark; for the oxen stumbled. -- 1 chronicles 13:9 +. +And the anger of the LORD was kindled against Uzza, and he smote him, because he put his hand to the ark: and there he died before God. -- 1 chronicles 13:10 +. +And David was displeased, because the LORD had made a breach on Uzza: why that place is called Perezuzza to this day. -- 1 chronicles 13:11 +. +And David was afraid of God that day, saying, How shall I bring the ark of God home to me? -- 1 chronicles 13:12 +. +So David brought not the ark home to himself to the city of David, but carried it aside into the house of Obededom the Gittite. -- 1 chronicles 13:13 +. +And the ark of God remained with the family of Obededom in his house three months. And the LORD blessed the house of Obededom, and all that he had. -- 1 chronicles 13:14 +. +Now Hiram king of Tyre sent messengers to David, and timber of cedars, with masons and carpenters, to build him an house. -- 1 chronicles 14:1 +. +And David perceived that the LORD had confirmed him king over Israel, for his kingdom was lifted up on high, because of his people Israel. -- 1 chronicles 14:2 +. +And David took more wives at Jerusalem: and David begat more sons and daughters. -- 1 chronicles 14:3 +. +Now these are the names of his children which he had in Jerusalem; Shammua, and Shobab, Nathan, and Solomon, -- 1 chronicles 14:4 +. +And Ibhar, and Elishua, and Elpalet, -- 1 chronicles 14:5 +. +And Nogah, and Nepheg, and Japhia, -- 1 chronicles 14:6 +. +And Elishama, and Beeliada, and Eliphalet. -- 1 chronicles 14:7 +. +And when the Philistines heard that David was anointed king over all Israel, all the Philistines went up to seek David. And David heard of it, and went out against them. -- 1 chronicles 14:8 +. +And the Philistines came and spread themselves in the valley of Rephaim. -- 1 chronicles 14:9 +. +And David inquired of God, saying, Shall I go up against the Philistines? And will you deliver them into my hand? And the LORD said to him, Go up; for I will deliver them into your hand. -- 1 chronicles 14:10 +. +So they came up to Baalperazim; and David smote them there. Then David said, God has broken in on my enemies by my hand like the breaking forth of waters: therefore they called the name of that place Baalperazim. -- 1 chronicles 14:11 +. +And when they had left their gods there, David gave a commandment, and they were burned with fire. -- 1 chronicles 14:12 +. +And the Philistines yet again spread themselves abroad in the valley. -- 1 chronicles 14:13 +. +Therefore David inquired again of God; and God said to him, Go not up after them; turn away from them, and come on them over against the mulberry trees. -- 1 chronicles 14:14 +. +And it shall be, when you shall hear a sound of going in the tops of the mulberry trees, that then you shall go out to battle: for God is gone forth before you to smite the host of the Philistines. -- 1 chronicles 14:15 +. +David therefore did as God commanded him: and they smote the host of the Philistines from Gibeon even to Gazer. -- 1 chronicles 14:16 +. +And the fame of David went out into all lands; and the LORD brought the fear of him on all nations. -- 1 chronicles 14:17 +. +And David made him houses in the city of David, and prepared a place for the ark of God, and pitched for it a tent. -- 1 chronicles 15:1 +. +Then David said, None ought to carry the ark of God but the Levites: for them has the LORD chosen to carry the ark of God, and to minister to him for ever. -- 1 chronicles 15:2 +. +And David gathered all Israel together to Jerusalem, to bring up the ark of the LORD to his place, which he had prepared for it. -- 1 chronicles 15:3 +. +And David assembled the children of Aaron, and the Levites: -- 1 chronicles 15:4 +. +Of the sons of Kohath; Uriel the chief, and his brothers an hundred and twenty: -- 1 chronicles 15:5 +. +Of the sons of Merari; Asaiah the chief, and his brothers two hundred and twenty: -- 1 chronicles 15:6 +. +Of the sons of Gershom; Joel the chief and his brothers an hundred and thirty: -- 1 chronicles 15:7 +. +Of the sons of Elizaphan; Shemaiah the chief, and his brothers two hundred: -- 1 chronicles 15:8 +. +Of the sons of Hebron; Eliel the chief, and his brothers fourscore: -- 1 chronicles 15:9 +. +Of the sons of Uzziel; Amminadab the chief, and his brothers an hundred and twelve. -- 1 chronicles 15:10 +. +And David called for Zadok and Abiathar the priests, and for the Levites, for Uriel, Asaiah, and Joel, Shemaiah, and Eliel, and Amminadab, -- 1 chronicles 15:11 +. +And said to them, You are the chief of the fathers of the Levites: sanctify yourselves, both you and your brothers, that you may bring up the ark of the LORD God of Israel to the place that I have prepared for it. -- 1 chronicles 15:12 +. +For because you did it not at the first, the LORD our God made a breach on us, for that we sought him not after the due order. -- 1 chronicles 15:13 +. +So the priests and the Levites sanctified themselves to bring up the ark of the LORD God of Israel. -- 1 chronicles 15:14 +. +And the children of the Levites bore the ark of God on their shoulders with the staves thereon, as Moses commanded according to the word of the LORD. -- 1 chronicles 15:15 +. +And David spoke to the chief of the Levites to appoint their brothers to be the singers with instruments of music, psalteries and harps and cymbals, sounding, by lifting up the voice with joy. -- 1 chronicles 15:16 +. +So the Levites appointed Heman the son of Joel; and of his brothers, Asaph the son of Berechiah; and of the sons of Merari their brothers, Ethan the son of Kushaiah; -- 1 chronicles 15:17 +. +And with them their brothers of the second degree, Zechariah, Ben, and Jaaziel, and Shemiramoth, and Jehiel, and Unni, Eliab, and Benaiah, and Maaseiah, and Mattithiah, and Elipheleh, and Mikneiah, and Obededom, and Jeiel, the porters. -- 1 chronicles 15:18 +. +So the singers, Heman, Asaph, and Ethan, were appointed to sound with cymbals of brass; -- 1 chronicles 15:19 +. +And Zechariah, and Aziel, and Shemiramoth, and Jehiel, and Unni, and Eliab, and Maaseiah, and Benaiah, with psalteries on Alamoth; -- 1 chronicles 15:20 +. +And Mattithiah, and Elipheleh, and Mikneiah, and Obededom, and Jeiel, and Azaziah, with harps on the Sheminith to excel. -- 1 chronicles 15:21 +. +And Chenaniah, chief of the Levites, was for song: he instructed about the song, because he was skillful. -- 1 chronicles 15:22 +. +And Berechiah and Elkanah were doorkeepers for the ark. -- 1 chronicles 15:23 +. +And Shebaniah, and Jehoshaphat, and Nethaneel, and Amasai, and Zechariah, and Benaiah, and Eliezer, the priests, did blow with the trumpets before the ark of God: and Obededom and Jehiah were doorkeepers for the ark. -- 1 chronicles 15:24 +. +So David, and the elders of Israel, and the captains over thousands, went to bring up the ark of the covenant of the LORD out of the house of Obededom with joy. -- 1 chronicles 15:25 +. +And it came to pass, when God helped the Levites that bore the ark of the covenant of the LORD, that they offered seven bullocks and seven rams. -- 1 chronicles 15:26 +. +And David was clothed with a robe of fine linen, and all the Levites that bore the ark, and the singers, and Chenaniah the master of the song with the singers: David also had on him an ephod of linen. -- 1 chronicles 15:27 +. +Thus all Israel brought up the ark of the covenant of the LORD with shouting, and with sound of the cornet, and with trumpets, and with cymbals, making a noise with psalteries and harps. -- 1 chronicles 15:28 +. +And it came to pass, as the ark of the covenant of the LORD came to the city of David, that Michal, the daughter of Saul looking out at a window saw king David dancing and playing: and she despised him in her heart. -- 1 chronicles 15:29 +. +So they brought the ark of God, and set it in the middle of the tent that David had pitched for it: and they offered burnt sacrifices and peace offerings before God. -- 1 chronicles 16:1 +. +And when David had made an end of offering the burnt offerings and the peace offerings, he blessed the people in the name of the LORD. -- 1 chronicles 16:2 +. +And he dealt to every one of Israel, both man and woman, to every one a loaf of bread, and a good piece of flesh, and a flagon of wine. -- 1 chronicles 16:3 +. +And he appointed certain of the Levites to minister before the ark of the LORD, and to record, and to thank and praise the LORD God of Israel: -- 1 chronicles 16:4 +. +Asaph the chief, and next to him Zechariah, Jeiel, and Shemiramoth, and Jehiel, and Mattithiah, and Eliab, and Benaiah, and Obededom: and Jeiel with psalteries and with harps; but Asaph made a sound with cymbals; -- 1 chronicles 16:5 +. +Benaiah also and Jahaziel the priests with trumpets continually before the ark of the covenant of God. -- 1 chronicles 16:6 +. +Then on that day David delivered first this psalm to thank the LORD into the hand of Asaph and his brothers. -- 1 chronicles 16:7 +. +Give thanks to the LORD, call on his name, make known his deeds among the people. -- 1 chronicles 16:8 +. +Sing to him, sing psalms to him, talk you of all his wondrous works. -- 1 chronicles 16:9 +. +Glory you in his holy name: let the heart of them rejoice that seek the LORD. -- 1 chronicles 16:10 +. +Seek the LORD and his strength, seek his face continually. -- 1 chronicles 16:11 +. +Remember his marvelous works that he has done, his wonders, and the judgments of his mouth; -- 1 chronicles 16:12 +. +O you seed of Israel his servant, you children of Jacob, his chosen ones. -- 1 chronicles 16:13 +. +He is the LORD our God; his judgments are in all the earth. -- 1 chronicles 16:14 +. +Be you mindful always of his covenant; the word which he commanded to a thousand generations; -- 1 chronicles 16:15 +. +Even of the covenant which he made with Abraham, and of his oath to Isaac; -- 1 chronicles 16:16 +. +And has confirmed the same to Jacob for a law, and to Israel for an everlasting covenant, -- 1 chronicles 16:17 +. +Saying, To you will I give the land of Canaan, the lot of your inheritance; -- 1 chronicles 16:18 +. +When you were but few, even a few, and strangers in it. -- 1 chronicles 16:19 +. +And when they went from nation to nation, and from one kingdom to another people; -- 1 chronicles 16:20 +. +He suffered no man to do them wrong: yes, he reproved kings for their sakes, -- 1 chronicles 16:21 +. +Saying, Touch not my anointed, and do my prophets no harm. -- 1 chronicles 16:22 +. +Sing to the LORD, all the earth; show forth from day to day his salvation. -- 1 chronicles 16:23 +. +Declare his glory among the heathen; his marvelous works among all nations. -- 1 chronicles 16:24 +. +For great is the LORD, and greatly to be praised: he also is to be feared above all gods. -- 1 chronicles 16:25 +. +For all the gods of the people are idols: but the LORD made the heavens. -- 1 chronicles 16:26 +. +Glory and honor are in his presence; strength and gladness are in his place. -- 1 chronicles 16:27 +. +Give to the LORD, you kindreds of the people, give to the LORD glory and strength. -- 1 chronicles 16:28 +. +Give to the LORD the glory due to his name: bring an offering, and come before him: worship the LORD in the beauty of holiness. -- 1 chronicles 16:29 +. +Fear before him, all the earth: the world also shall be stable, that it be not moved. -- 1 chronicles 16:30 +. +Let the heavens be glad, and let the earth rejoice: and let men say among the nations, The LORD reigns. -- 1 chronicles 16:31 +. +Let the sea roar, and the fullness thereof: let the fields rejoice, and all that is therein. -- 1 chronicles 16:32 +. +Then shall the trees of the wood sing out at the presence of the LORD, because he comes to judge the earth. -- 1 chronicles 16:33 +. +O give thanks to the LORD; for he is good; for his mercy endures for ever. -- 1 chronicles 16:34 +. +And say you, Save us, O God of our salvation, and gather us together, and deliver us from the heathen, that we may give thanks to your holy name, and glory in your praise. -- 1 chronicles 16:35 +. +Blessed be the LORD God of Israel for ever and ever. And all the people said, Amen, and praised the LORD. -- 1 chronicles 16:36 +. +So he left there before the ark of the covenant of the LORD Asaph and his brothers, to minister before the ark continually, as every day' work required: -- 1 chronicles 16:37 +. +And Obededom with their brothers, three score and eight; Obededom also the son of Jeduthun and Hosah to be porters: -- 1 chronicles 16:38 +. +And Zadok the priest, and his brothers the priests, before the tabernacle of the LORD in the high place that was at Gibeon, -- 1 chronicles 16:39 +. +To offer burnt offerings to the LORD on the altar of the burnt offering continually morning and evening, and to do according to all that is written in the law of the LORD, which he commanded Israel; -- 1 chronicles 16:40 +. +And with them Heman and Jeduthun, and the rest that were chosen, who were expressed by name, to give thanks to the LORD, because his mercy endures for ever; -- 1 chronicles 16:41 +. +And with them Heman and Jeduthun with trumpets and cymbals for those that should make a sound, and with musical instruments of God. And the sons of Jeduthun were porters. -- 1 chronicles 16:42 +. +And all the people departed every man to his house: and David returned to bless his house. -- 1 chronicles 16:43 +. +Now it came to pass, as David sat in his house, that David said to Nathan the prophet, See, I dwell in an house of cedars, but the ark of the covenant of the LORD remains under curtains. -- 1 chronicles 17:1 +. +Then Nathan said to David, Do all that is in your heart; for God is with you. -- 1 chronicles 17:2 +. +And it came to pass the same night, that the word of God came to Nathan, saying, -- 1 chronicles 17:3 +. +Go and tell David my servant, Thus said the LORD, You shall not build me an house to dwell in: -- 1 chronicles 17:4 +. +For I have not dwelled in an house since the day that I brought up Israel to this day; but have gone from tent to tent, and from one tabernacle to another. -- 1 chronicles 17:5 +. +Wherever I have walked with all Israel, spoke I a word to any of the judges of Israel, whom I commanded to feed my people, saying, Why have you not built me an house of cedars? -- 1 chronicles 17:6 +. +Now therefore thus shall you say to my servant David, Thus said the LORD of hosts, I took you from the sheepcote, even from following the sheep, that you should be ruler over my people Israel: -- 1 chronicles 17:7 +. +And I have been with you wherever you have walked, and have cut off all your enemies from before you, and have made you a name like the name of the great men that are in the earth. -- 1 chronicles 17:8 +. +Also I will ordain a place for my people Israel, and will plant them, and they shall dwell in their place, and shall be moved no more; neither shall the children of wickedness waste them any more, as at the beginning, -- 1 chronicles 17:9 +. +And since the time that I commanded judges to be over my people Israel. Moreover I will subdue all your enemies. Furthermore I tell you that the LORD will build you an house. -- 1 chronicles 17:10 +. +And it shall come to pass, when your days be expired that you must go to be with your fathers, that I will raise up your seed after you, which shall be of your sons; and I will establish his kingdom. -- 1 chronicles 17:11 +. +He shall build me an house, and I will establish his throne for ever. -- 1 chronicles 17:12 +. +I will be his father, and he shall be my son: and I will not take my mercy away from him, as I took it from him that was before you: -- 1 chronicles 17:13 +. +But I will settle him in my house and in my kingdom for ever: and his throne shall be established for ever more. -- 1 chronicles 17:14 +. +According to all these words, and according to all this vision, so did Nathan speak to David. -- 1 chronicles 17:15 +. +And David the king came and sat before the LORD, and said, Who am I, O LORD God, and what is my house, that you have brought me till now? -- 1 chronicles 17:16 +. +And yet this was a small thing in your eyes, O God; for you have also spoken of your servant' house for a great while to come, and have regarded me according to the estate of a man of high degree, O LORD God. -- 1 chronicles 17:17 +. +What can David speak more to you for the honor of your servant? for you know your servant. -- 1 chronicles 17:18 +. +O LORD, for your servant' sake, and according to your own heart, have you done all this greatness, in making known all these great things. -- 1 chronicles 17:19 +. +O LORD, there is none like you, neither is there any God beside you, according to all that we have heard with our ears. -- 1 chronicles 17:20 +. +And what one nation in the earth is like your people Israel, whom God went to redeem to be his own people, to make you a name of greatness and terribleness, by driving out nations from before your people whom you have redeemed out of Egypt? -- 1 chronicles 17:21 +. +For your people Israel did you make your own people for ever; and you, LORD, became their God. -- 1 chronicles 17:22 +. +Therefore now, LORD, let the thing that you have spoken concerning your servant and concerning his house be established for ever, and do as you have said. -- 1 chronicles 17:23 +. +Let it even be established, that your name may be magnified for ever, saying, The LORD of hosts is the God of Israel, even a God to Israel: and let the house of David your servant be established before you. -- 1 chronicles 17:24 +. +For you, O my God, have told your servant that you will build him an house: therefore your servant has found in his heart to pray before you. -- 1 chronicles 17:25 +. +And now, LORD, you are God, and have promised this goodness to your servant: -- 1 chronicles 17:26 +. +Now therefore let it please you to bless the house of your servant, that it may be before you for ever: for you bless, O LORD, and it shall be blessed for ever. -- 1 chronicles 17:27 +. +Now after this it came to pass, that David smote the Philistines, and subdued them, and took Gath and her towns out of the hand of the Philistines. -- 1 chronicles 18:1 +. +And he smote Moab; and the Moabites became David' servants, and brought gifts. -- 1 chronicles 18:2 +. +And David smote Hadarezer king of Zobah to Hamath, as he went to establish his dominion by the river Euphrates. -- 1 chronicles 18:3 +. +And David took from him a thousand chariots, and seven thousand horsemen, and twenty thousand footmen: David also hamstrung all the chariot horses, but reserved of them an hundred chariots. -- 1 chronicles 18:4 +. +And when the Syrians of Damascus came to help Hadarezer king of Zobah, David slew of the Syrians two and twenty thousand men. -- 1 chronicles 18:5 +. +Then David put garrisons in Syriadamascus; and the Syrians became David' servants, and brought gifts. Thus the LORD preserved David wherever he went. -- 1 chronicles 18:6 +. +And David took the shields of gold that were on the servants of Hadarezer, and brought them to Jerusalem. -- 1 chronicles 18:7 +. +Likewise from Tibhath, and from Chun, cities of Hadarezer, brought David very much brass, with which Solomon made the brazen sea, and the pillars, and the vessels of brass. -- 1 chronicles 18:8 +. +Now when Tou king of Hamath heard how David had smitten all the host of Hadarezer king of Zobah; -- 1 chronicles 18:9 +. +He sent Hadoram his son to king David, to inquire of his welfare, and to congratulate him, because he had fought against Hadarezer, and smitten him; (for Hadarezer had war with Tou;) and with him all manner of vessels of gold and silver and brass. -- 1 chronicles 18:10 +. +Them also king David dedicated to the LORD, with the silver and the gold that he brought from all these nations; from Edom, and from Moab, and from the children of Ammon, and from the Philistines, and from Amalek. -- 1 chronicles 18:11 +. +Moreover Abishai the son of Zeruiah slew of the Edomites in the valley of salt eighteen thousand. -- 1 chronicles 18:12 +. +And he put garrisons in Edom; and all the Edomites became David' servants. Thus the LORD preserved David wherever he went. -- 1 chronicles 18:13 +. +So David reigned over all Israel, and executed judgment and justice among all his people. -- 1 chronicles 18:14 +. +And Joab the son of Zeruiah was over the host; and Jehoshaphat the son of Ahilud, recorder. -- 1 chronicles 18:15 +. +And Zadok the son of Ahitub, and Abimelech the son of Abiathar, were the priests; and Shavsha was scribe; -- 1 chronicles 18:16 +. +And Benaiah the son of Jehoiada was over the Cherethites and the Pelethites; and the sons of David were chief about the king. -- 1 chronicles 18:17 +. +Now it came to pass after this, that Nahash the king of the children of Ammon died, and his son reigned in his stead. -- 1 chronicles 19:1 +. +And David said, I will show kindness to Hanun the son of Nahash, because his father showed kindness to me. And David sent messengers to comfort him concerning his father. So the servants of David came into the land of the children of Ammon to Hanun, to comfort him. -- 1 chronicles 19:2 +. +But the princes of the children of Ammon said to Hanun, Think you that David does honor your father, that he has sent comforters to you? are not his servants come to you for to search, and to overthrow, and to spy out the land? -- 1 chronicles 19:3 +. +Why Hanun took David' servants, and shaved them, and cut off their garments in the middle hard by their buttocks, and sent them away. -- 1 chronicles 19:4 +. +Then there went certain, and told David how the men were served. And he sent to meet them: for the men were greatly ashamed. And the king said, Tarry at Jericho until your beards be grown, and then return. -- 1 chronicles 19:5 +. +And when the children of Ammon saw that they had made themselves odious to David, Hanun and the children of Ammon sent a thousand talents of silver to hire them chariots and horsemen out of Mesopotamia, and out of Syriamaachah, and out of Zobah. -- 1 chronicles 19:6 +. +So they hired thirty and two thousand chariots, and the king of Maachah and his people; who came and pitched before Medeba. And the children of Ammon gathered themselves together from their cities, and came to battle. -- 1 chronicles 19:7 +. +And when David heard of it, he sent Joab, and all the host of the mighty men. -- 1 chronicles 19:8 +. +And the children of Ammon came out, and put the battle in array before the gate of the city: and the kings that were come were by themselves in the field. -- 1 chronicles 19:9 +. +Now when Joab saw that the battle was set against him before and behind, he chose out of all the choice of Israel, and put them in array against the Syrians. -- 1 chronicles 19:10 +. +And the rest of the people he delivered to the hand of Abishai his brother, and they set themselves in array against the children of Ammon. -- 1 chronicles 19:11 +. +And he said, If the Syrians be too strong for me, then you shall help me: but if the children of Ammon be too strong for you, then I will help you. -- 1 chronicles 19:12 +. +Be of good courage, and let us behave ourselves valiantly for our people, and for the cities of our God: and let the LORD do that which is good in his sight. -- 1 chronicles 19:13 +. +So Joab and the people that were with him drew near before the Syrians to the battle; and they fled before him. -- 1 chronicles 19:14 +. +And when the children of Ammon saw that the Syrians were fled, they likewise fled before Abishai his brother, and entered into the city. Then Joab came to Jerusalem. -- 1 chronicles 19:15 +. +And when the Syrians saw that they were put to the worse before Israel, they sent messengers, and drew forth the Syrians that were beyond the river: and Shophach the captain of the host of Hadarezer went before them. -- 1 chronicles 19:16 +. +And it was told David; and he gathered all Israel, and passed over Jordan, and came on them, and set the battle in array against them. So when David had put the battle in array against the Syrians, they fought with him. -- 1 chronicles 19:17 +. +But the Syrians fled before Israel; and David slew of the Syrians seven thousand men which fought in chariots, and forty thousand footmen, and killed Shophach the captain of the host. -- 1 chronicles 19:18 +. +And when the servants of Hadarezer saw that they were put to the worse before Israel, they made peace with David, and became his servants: neither would the Syrians help the children of Ammon any more. -- 1 chronicles 19:19 +. +And it came to pass, that after the year was expired, at the time that kings go out to battle, Joab led forth the power of the army, and wasted the country of the children of Ammon, and came and besieged Rabbah. But David tarried at Jerusalem. And Joab smote Rabbah, and destroyed it. -- 1 chronicles 20:1 +. +And David took the crown of their king from off his head, and found it to weigh a talent of gold, and there were precious stones in it; and it was set on David' head: and he brought also exceeding much spoil out of the city. -- 1 chronicles 20:2 +. +And he brought out the people that were in it, and cut them with saws, and with harrows of iron, and with axes. Even so dealt David with all the cities of the children of Ammon. And David and all the people returned to Jerusalem. -- 1 chronicles 20:3 +. +And it came to pass after this, that there arose war at Gezer with the Philistines; at which time Sibbechai the Hushathite slew Sippai, that was of the children of the giant: and they were subdued. -- 1 chronicles 20:4 +. +And there was war again with the Philistines; and Elhanan the son of Jair slew Lahmi the brother of Goliath the Gittite, whose spear staff was like a weaver' beam. -- 1 chronicles 20:5 +. +And yet again there was war at Gath, where was a man of great stature, whose fingers and toes were four and twenty, six on each hand, and six on each foot and he also was the son of the giant. -- 1 chronicles 20:6 +. +But when he defied Israel, Jonathan the son of Shimea David' brother slew him. -- 1 chronicles 20:7 +. +These were born to the giant in Gath; and they fell by the hand of David, and by the hand of his servants. -- 1 chronicles 20:8 +. +And Satan stood up against Israel, and provoked David to number Israel. -- 1 chronicles 21:1 +. +And David said to Joab and to the rulers of the people, Go, number Israel from Beersheba even to Dan; and bring the number of them to me, that I may know it. -- 1 chronicles 21:2 +. +And Joab answered, The LORD make his people an hundred times so many more as they be: but, my lord the king, are they not all my lord' servants? why then does my lord require this thing? why will he be a cause of trespass to Israel? -- 1 chronicles 21:3 +. +Nevertheless the king' word prevailed against Joab. Why Joab departed, and went throughout all Israel, and came to Jerusalem. -- 1 chronicles 21:4 +. +And Joab gave the sum of the number of the people to David. And all they of Israel were a thousand thousand and an hundred thousand men that drew sword: and Judah was four hundred three score and ten thousand men that drew sword. -- 1 chronicles 21:5 +. +But Levi and Benjamin counted he not among them: for the king' word was abominable to Joab. -- 1 chronicles 21:6 +. +And God was displeased with this thing; therefore he smote Israel. -- 1 chronicles 21:7 +. +And David said to God, I have sinned greatly, because I have done this thing: but now, I beseech you, do away the iniquity of your servant; for I have done very foolishly. -- 1 chronicles 21:8 +. +And the LORD spoke to Gad, David' seer, saying, -- 1 chronicles 21:9 +. +Go and tell David, saying, Thus said the LORD, I offer you three things: choose you one of them, that I may do it to you. -- 1 chronicles 21:10 +. +So Gad came to David, and said to him, Thus said the LORD, Choose you -- 1 chronicles 21:11 +. +Either three years'famine; or three months to be destroyed before your foes, while that the sword of your enemies overtakes you; or else three days the sword of the LORD, even the pestilence, in the land, and the angel of the LORD destroying throughout all the coasts of Israel. Now therefore advise yourself what word I shall bring again to him that sent me. -- 1 chronicles 21:12 +. +And David said to Gad, I am in a great strait: let me fall now into the hand of the LORD; for very great are his mercies: but let me not fall into the hand of man. -- 1 chronicles 21:13 +. +So the LORD sent pestilence on Israel: and there fell of Israel seventy thousand men. -- 1 chronicles 21:14 +. +And God sent an angel to Jerusalem to destroy it: and as he was destroying, the LORD beheld, and he repented him of the evil, and said to the angel that destroyed, It is enough, stay now your hand. And the angel of the LORD stood by the threshing floor of Ornan the Jebusite. -- 1 chronicles 21:15 +. +And David lifted up his eyes, and saw the angel of the LORD stand between the earth and the heaven, having a drawn sword in his hand stretched out over Jerusalem. Then David and the elders of Israel, who were clothed in sackcloth, fell on their faces. -- 1 chronicles 21:16 +. +And David said to God, Is it not I that commanded the people to be numbered? even I it is that have sinned and done evil indeed; but as for these sheep, what have they done? let your hand, I pray you, O LORD my God, be on me, and on my father' house; but not on your people, that they should be plagued. -- 1 chronicles 21:17 +. +Then the angel of the LORD commanded Gad to say to David, that David should go up, and set up an altar to the LORD in the threshing floor of Ornan the Jebusite. -- 1 chronicles 21:18 +. +And David went up at the saying of Gad, which he spoke in the name of the LORD. -- 1 chronicles 21:19 +. +And Ornan turned back, and saw the angel; and his four sons with him hid themselves. Now Ornan was threshing wheat. -- 1 chronicles 21:20 +. +And as David came to Ornan, Ornan looked and saw David, and went out of the threshing floor, and bowed himself to David with his face to the ground. -- 1 chronicles 21:21 +. +Then David said to Ornan, Grant me the place of this threshing floor, that I may build an altar therein to the LORD: you shall grant it me for the full price: that the plague may be stayed from the people. -- 1 chronicles 21:22 +. +And Ornan said to David, Take it to you, and let my lord the king do that which is good in his eyes: see, I give you the oxen also for burnt offerings, and the threshing instruments for wood, and the wheat for the meat offering; I give it all. -- 1 chronicles 21:23 +. +And king David said to Ornan, No; but I will truly buy it for the full price: for I will not take that which is your for the LORD, nor offer burnt offerings without cost. -- 1 chronicles 21:24 +. +So David gave to Ornan for the place six hundred shekels of gold by weight. -- 1 chronicles 21:25 +. +And David built there an altar to the LORD, and offered burnt offerings and peace offerings, and called on the LORD; and he answered him from heaven by fire on the altar of burnt offering. -- 1 chronicles 21:26 +. +And the LORD commanded the angel; and he put up his sword again into the sheath thereof. -- 1 chronicles 21:27 +. +At that time when David saw that the LORD had answered him in the threshing floor of Ornan the Jebusite, then he sacrificed there. -- 1 chronicles 21:28 +. +For the tabernacle of the LORD, which Moses made in the wilderness, and the altar of the burnt offering, were at that season in the high place at Gibeon. -- 1 chronicles 21:29 +. +But David could not go before it to inquire of God: for he was afraid because of the sword of the angel of the LORD. -- 1 chronicles 21:30 +. +Then David said, This is the house of the LORD God, and this is the altar of the burnt offering for Israel. -- 1 chronicles 22:1 +. +And David commanded to gather together the strangers that were in the land of Israel; and he set masons to hew worked stones to build the house of God. -- 1 chronicles 22:2 +. +And David prepared iron in abundance for the nails for the doors of the gates, and for the joinings; and brass in abundance without weight; -- 1 chronicles 22:3 +. +Also cedar trees in abundance: for the Zidonians and they of Tyre brought much cedar wood to David. -- 1 chronicles 22:4 +. +And David said, Solomon my son is young and tender, and the house that is to be built for the LORD must be exceeding magnificent, of fame and of glory throughout all countries: I will therefore now make preparation for it. So David prepared abundantly before his death. -- 1 chronicles 22:5 +. +Then he called for Solomon his son, and charged him to build an house for the LORD God of Israel. -- 1 chronicles 22:6 +. +And David said to Solomon, My son, as for me, it was in my mind to build an house to the name of the LORD my God: -- 1 chronicles 22:7 +. +But the word of the LORD came to me, saying, You have shed blood abundantly, and have made great wars: you shall not build an house to my name, because you have shed much blood on the earth in my sight. -- 1 chronicles 22:8 +. +Behold, a son shall be born to you, who shall be a man of rest; and I will give him rest from all his enemies round about: for his name shall be Solomon, and I will give peace and quietness to Israel in his days. -- 1 chronicles 22:9 +. +He shall build an house for my name; and he shall be my son, and I will be his father; and I will establish the throne of his kingdom over Israel for ever. -- 1 chronicles 22:10 +. +Now, my son, the LORD be with you; and prosper you, and build the house of the LORD your God, as he has said of you. -- 1 chronicles 22:11 +. +Only the LORD give you wisdom and understanding, and give you charge concerning Israel, that you may keep the law of the LORD your God. -- 1 chronicles 22:12 +. +Then shall you prosper, if you take heed to fulfill the statutes and judgments which the LORD charged Moses with concerning Israel: be strong, and of good courage; dread not, nor be dismayed. -- 1 chronicles 22:13 +. +Now, behold, in my trouble I have prepared for the house of the LORD an hundred thousand talents of gold, and a thousand thousand talents of silver; and of brass and iron without weight; for it is in abundance: timber also and stone have I prepared; and you may add thereto. -- 1 chronicles 22:14 +. +Moreover there are workmen with you in abundance, hewers and workers of stone and timber, and all manner of cunning men for every manner of work. -- 1 chronicles 22:15 +. +Of the gold, the silver, and the brass, and the iron, there is no number. Arise therefore, and be doing, and the LORD be with you. -- 1 chronicles 22:16 +. +David also commanded all the princes of Israel to help Solomon his son, saying, -- 1 chronicles 22:17 +. +Is not the LORD your God with you? and has he not given you rest on every side? for he has given the inhabitants of the land into my hand; and the land is subdued before the LORD, and before his people. -- 1 chronicles 22:18 +. +Now set your heart and your soul to seek the LORD your God; arise therefore, and build you the sanctuary of the LORD God, to bring the ark of the covenant of the LORD, and the holy vessels of God, into the house that is to be built to the name of the LORD. -- 1 chronicles 22:19 +. +So when David was old and full of days, he made Solomon his son king over Israel. -- 1 chronicles 23:1 +. +And he gathered together all the princes of Israel, with the priests and the Levites. -- 1 chronicles 23:2 +. +Now the Levites were numbered from the age of thirty years and upward: and their number by their polls, man by man, was thirty and eight thousand. -- 1 chronicles 23:3 +. +Of which, twenty and four thousand were to set forward the work of the house of the LORD; and six thousand were officers and judges: -- 1 chronicles 23:4 +. +Moreover four thousand were porters; and four thousand praised the LORD with the instruments which I made, said David, to praise therewith. -- 1 chronicles 23:5 +. +And David divided them into courses among the sons of Levi, namely, Gershon, Kohath, and Merari. -- 1 chronicles 23:6 +. +Of the Gershonites were, Laadan, and Shimei. -- 1 chronicles 23:7 +. +The sons of Laadan; the chief was Jehiel, and Zetham, and Joel, three. -- 1 chronicles 23:8 +. +The sons of Shimei; Shelomith, and Haziel, and Haran, three. These were the chief of the fathers of Laadan. -- 1 chronicles 23:9 +. +And the sons of Shimei were, Jahath, Zina, and Jeush, and Beriah. These four were the sons of Shimei. -- 1 chronicles 23:10 +. +And Jahath was the chief, and Zizah the second: but Jeush and Beriah had not many sons; therefore they were in one reckoning, according to their father' house. -- 1 chronicles 23:11 +. +The sons of Kohath; Amram, Izhar, Hebron, and Uzziel, four. -- 1 chronicles 23:12 +. +The sons of Amram; Aaron and Moses: and Aaron was separated, that he should sanctify the most holy things, he and his sons for ever, to burn incense before the LORD, to minister to him, and to bless in his name for ever. -- 1 chronicles 23:13 +. +Now concerning Moses the man of God, his sons were named of the tribe of Levi. -- 1 chronicles 23:14 +. +The sons of Moses were, Gershom, and Eliezer. -- 1 chronicles 23:15 +. +Of the sons of Gershom, Shebuel was the chief. -- 1 chronicles 23:16 +. +And the sons of Eliezer were, Rehabiah the chief. And Eliezer had none other sons; but the sons of Rehabiah were very many. -- 1 chronicles 23:17 +. +Of the sons of Izhar; Shelomith the chief. -- 1 chronicles 23:18 +. +Of the sons of Hebron; Jeriah the first, Amariah the second, Jahaziel the third, and Jekameam the fourth. -- 1 chronicles 23:19 +. +Of the sons of Uzziel; Micah the first and Jesiah the second. -- 1 chronicles 23:20 +. +The sons of Merari; Mahli, and Mushi. The sons of Mahli; Eleazar, and Kish. -- 1 chronicles 23:21 +. +And Eleazar died, and had no sons, but daughters: and their brothers the sons of Kish took them. -- 1 chronicles 23:22 +. +The sons of Mushi; Mahli, and Eder, and Jeremoth, three. -- 1 chronicles 23:23 +. +These were the sons of Levi after the house of their fathers; even the chief of the fathers, as they were counted by number of names by their polls, that did the work for the service of the house of the LORD, from the age of twenty years and upward. -- 1 chronicles 23:24 +. +For David said, The LORD God of Israel has given rest to his people, that they may dwell in Jerusalem for ever: -- 1 chronicles 23:25 +. +And also to the Levites; they shall no more carry the tabernacle, nor any vessels of it for the service thereof. -- 1 chronicles 23:26 +. +For by the last words of David the Levites were numbered from twenty years old and above: -- 1 chronicles 23:27 +. +Because their office was to wait on the sons of Aaron for the service of the house of the LORD, in the courts, and in the chambers, and in the purifying of all holy things, and the work of the service of the house of God; -- 1 chronicles 23:28 +. +Both for the show bread, and for the fine flour for meat offering, and for the unleavened cakes, and for that which is baked in the pan, and for that which is fried, and for all manner of measure and size; -- 1 chronicles 23:29 +. +And to stand every morning to thank and praise the LORD, and likewise at even: -- 1 chronicles 23:30 +. +And to offer all burnt sacrifices to the LORD in the sabbaths, in the new moons, and on the set feasts, by number, according to the order commanded to them, continually before the LORD: -- 1 chronicles 23:31 +. +And that they should keep the charge of the tabernacle of the congregation, and the charge of the holy place, and the charge of the sons of Aaron their brothers, in the service of the house of the LORD. -- 1 chronicles 23:32 +. +Now these are the divisions of the sons of Aaron. The sons of Aaron; Nadab, and Abihu, Eleazar, and Ithamar. -- 1 chronicles 24:1 +. +But Nadab and Abihu died before their father, and had no children: therefore Eleazar and Ithamar executed the priest' office. -- 1 chronicles 24:2 +. +And David distributed them, both Zadok of the sons of Eleazar, and Ahimelech of the sons of Ithamar, according to their offices in their service. -- 1 chronicles 24:3 +. +And there were more chief men found of the sons of Eleazar than of the sons of Ithamar, and thus were they divided. Among the sons of Eleazar there were sixteen chief men of the house of their fathers, and eight among the sons of Ithamar according to the house of their fathers. -- 1 chronicles 24:4 +. +Thus were they divided by lot, one sort with another; for the governors of the sanctuary, and governors of the house of God, were of the sons of Eleazar, and of the sons of Ithamar. -- 1 chronicles 24:5 +. +And Shemaiah the son of Nethaneel the scribe, one of the Levites, wrote them before the king, and the princes, and Zadok the priest, and Ahimelech the son of Abiathar, and before the chief of the fathers of the priests and Levites: one principal household being taken for Eleazar, and one taken for Ithamar. -- 1 chronicles 24:6 +. +Now the first lot came forth to Jehoiarib, the second to Jedaiah, -- 1 chronicles 24:7 +. +The third to Harim, the fourth to Seorim, -- 1 chronicles 24:8 +. +The fifth to Malchijah, the sixth to Mijamin, -- 1 chronicles 24:9 +. +The seventh to Hakkoz, the eighth to Abijah, -- 1 chronicles 24:10 +. +The ninth to Jeshuah, the tenth to Shecaniah, -- 1 chronicles 24:11 +. +The eleventh to Eliashib, the twelfth to Jakim, -- 1 chronicles 24:12 +. +The thirteenth to Huppah, the fourteenth to Jeshebeab, -- 1 chronicles 24:13 +. +The fifteenth to Bilgah, the sixteenth to Immer, -- 1 chronicles 24:14 +. +The seventeenth to Hezir, the eighteenth to Aphses, -- 1 chronicles 24:15 +. +The nineteenth to Pethahiah, the twentieth to Jehezekel, -- 1 chronicles 24:16 +. +The one and twentieth to Jachin, the two and twentieth to Gamul, -- 1 chronicles 24:17 +. +The three and twentieth to Delaiah, the four and twentieth to Maaziah. -- 1 chronicles 24:18 +. +These were the orderings of them in their service to come into the house of the LORD, according to their manner, under Aaron their father, as the LORD God of Israel had commanded him. -- 1 chronicles 24:19 +. +And the rest of the sons of Levi were these: Of the sons of Amram; Shubael: of the sons of Shubael; Jehdeiah. -- 1 chronicles 24:20 +. +Concerning Rehabiah: of the sons of Rehabiah, the first was Isshiah. -- 1 chronicles 24:21 +. +Of the Izharites; Shelomoth: of the sons of Shelomoth; Jahath. -- 1 chronicles 24:22 +. +And the sons of Hebron; Jeriah the first, Amariah the second, Jahaziel the third, Jekameam the fourth. -- 1 chronicles 24:23 +. +Of the sons of Uzziel; Michah: of the sons of Michah; Shamir. -- 1 chronicles 24:24 +. +The brother of Michah was Isshiah: of the sons of Isshiah; Zechariah. -- 1 chronicles 24:25 +. +The sons of Merari were Mahli and Mushi: the sons of Jaaziah; Beno. -- 1 chronicles 24:26 +. +The sons of Merari by Jaaziah; Beno, and Shoham, and Zaccur, and Ibri. -- 1 chronicles 24:27 +. +Of Mahli came Eleazar, who had no sons. -- 1 chronicles 24:28 +. +Concerning Kish: the son of Kish was Jerahmeel. -- 1 chronicles 24:29 +. +The sons also of Mushi; Mahli, and Eder, and Jerimoth. These were the sons of the Levites after the house of their fathers. -- 1 chronicles 24:30 +. +These likewise cast lots over against their brothers the sons of Aaron in the presence of David the king, and Zadok, and Ahimelech, and the chief of the fathers of the priests and Levites, even the principal fathers over against their younger brothers. -- 1 chronicles 24:31 +. +Moreover David and the captains of the host separated to the service of the sons of Asaph, and of Heman, and of Jeduthun, who should prophesy with harps, with psalteries, and with cymbals: and the number of the workmen according to their service was: -- 1 chronicles 25:1 +. +Of the sons of Asaph; Zaccur, and Joseph, and Nethaniah, and Asarelah, the sons of Asaph under the hands of Asaph, which prophesied according to the order of the king. -- 1 chronicles 25:2 +. +Of Jeduthun: the sons of Jeduthun; Gedaliah, and Zeri, and Jeshaiah, Hashabiah, and Mattithiah, six, under the hands of their father Jeduthun, who prophesied with a harp, to give thanks and to praise the LORD. -- 1 chronicles 25:3 +. +Of Heman: the sons of Heman: Bukkiah, Mattaniah, Uzziel, Shebuel, and Jerimoth, Hananiah, Hanani, Eliathah, Giddalti, and Romamtiezer, Joshbekashah, Mallothi, Hothir, and Mahazioth: -- 1 chronicles 25:4 +. +All these were the sons of Heman the king' seer in the words of God, to lift up the horn. And God gave to Heman fourteen sons and three daughters. -- 1 chronicles 25:5 +. +All these were under the hands of their father for song in the house of the LORD, with cymbals, psalteries, and harps, for the service of the house of God, according to the king' order to Asaph, Jeduthun, and Heman. -- 1 chronicles 25:6 +. +So the number of them, with their brothers that were instructed in the songs of the LORD, even all that were cunning, was two hundred fourscore and eight. -- 1 chronicles 25:7 +. +And they cast lots, ward against ward, as well the small as the great, the teacher as the scholar. -- 1 chronicles 25:8 +. +Now the first lot came forth for Asaph to Joseph: the second to Gedaliah, who with his brothers and sons were twelve: -- 1 chronicles 25:9 +. +The third to Zaccur, he, his sons, and his brothers, were twelve: -- 1 chronicles 25:10 +. +The fourth to Izri, he, his sons, and his brothers, were twelve: -- 1 chronicles 25:11 +. +The fifth to Nethaniah, he, his sons, and his brothers, were twelve: -- 1 chronicles 25:12 +. +The sixth to Bukkiah, he, his sons, and his brothers, were twelve: -- 1 chronicles 25:13 +. +The seventh to Jesharelah, he, his sons, and his brothers, were twelve: -- 1 chronicles 25:14 +. +The eighth to Jeshaiah, he, his sons, and his brothers, were twelve: -- 1 chronicles 25:15 +. +The ninth to Mattaniah, he, his sons, and his brothers, were twelve: -- 1 chronicles 25:16 +. +The tenth to Shimei, he, his sons, and his brothers, were twelve: -- 1 chronicles 25:17 +. +The eleventh to Azareel, he, his sons, and his brothers, were twelve: -- 1 chronicles 25:18 +. +The twelfth to Hashabiah, he, his sons, and his brothers, were twelve: -- 1 chronicles 25:19 +. +The thirteenth to Shubael, he, his sons, and his brothers, were twelve: -- 1 chronicles 25:20 +. +The fourteenth to Mattithiah, he, his sons, and his brothers, were twelve: -- 1 chronicles 25:21 +. +The fifteenth to Jeremoth, he, his sons, and his brothers, were twelve: -- 1 chronicles 25:22 +. +The sixteenth to Hananiah, he, his sons, and his brothers, were twelve: -- 1 chronicles 25:23 +. +The seventeenth to Joshbekashah, he, his sons, and his brothers, were twelve: -- 1 chronicles 25:24 +. +The eighteenth to Hanani, he, his sons, and his brothers, were twelve: -- 1 chronicles 25:25 +. +The nineteenth to Mallothi, he, his sons, and his brothers, were twelve: -- 1 chronicles 25:26 +. +The twentieth to Eliathah, he, his sons, and his brothers, were twelve: -- 1 chronicles 25:27 +. +The one and twentieth to Hothir, he, his sons, and his brothers, were twelve: -- 1 chronicles 25:28 +. +The two and twentieth to Giddalti, he, his sons, and his brothers, were twelve: -- 1 chronicles 25:29 +. +The three and twentieth to Mahazioth, he, his sons, and his brothers, were twelve: -- 1 chronicles 25:30 +. +The four and twentieth to Romamtiezer, he, his sons, and his brothers, were twelve. -- 1 chronicles 25:31 +. +Concerning the divisions of the porters: Of the Korhites was Meshelemiah the son of Kore, of the sons of Asaph. -- 1 chronicles 26:1 +. +And the sons of Meshelemiah were, Zechariah the firstborn, Jediael the second, Zebadiah the third, Jathniel the fourth, -- 1 chronicles 26:2 +. +Elam the fifth, Jehohanan the sixth, Elioenai the seventh. -- 1 chronicles 26:3 +. +Moreover the sons of Obededom were, Shemaiah the firstborn, Jehozabad the second, Joah the third, and Sacar the fourth, and Nethaneel the fifth. -- 1 chronicles 26:4 +. +Ammiel the sixth, Issachar the seventh, Peulthai the eighth: for God blessed him. -- 1 chronicles 26:5 +. +Also to Shemaiah his son were sons born, that ruled throughout the house of their father: for they were mighty men of valor. -- 1 chronicles 26:6 +. +The sons of Shemaiah; Othni, and Rephael, and Obed, Elzabad, whose brothers were strong men, Elihu, and Semachiah. -- 1 chronicles 26:7 +. +All these of the sons of Obededom: they and their sons and their brothers, able men for strength for the service, were three score and two of Obededom. -- 1 chronicles 26:8 +. +And Meshelemiah had sons and brothers, strong men, eighteen. -- 1 chronicles 26:9 +. +Also Hosah, of the children of Merari, had sons; Simri the chief, (for though he was not the firstborn, yet his father made him the chief;) -- 1 chronicles 26:10 +. +Hilkiah the second, Tebaliah the third, Zechariah the fourth: all the sons and brothers of Hosah were thirteen. -- 1 chronicles 26:11 +. +Among these were the divisions of the porters, even among the chief men, having wards one against another, to minister in the house of the LORD. -- 1 chronicles 26:12 +. +And they cast lots, as well the small as the great, according to the house of their fathers, for every gate. -- 1 chronicles 26:13 +. +And the lot eastward fell to Shelemiah. Then for Zechariah his son, a wise counselor, they cast lots; and his lot came out northward. -- 1 chronicles 26:14 +. +To Obededom southward; and to his sons the house of Asuppim. -- 1 chronicles 26:15 +. +To Shuppim and Hosah the lot came forth westward, with the gate Shallecheth, by the causeway of the going up, ward against ward. -- 1 chronicles 26:16 +. +Eastward were six Levites, northward four a day, southward four a day, and toward Asuppim two and two. -- 1 chronicles 26:17 +. +At Parbar westward, four at the causeway, and two at Parbar. -- 1 chronicles 26:18 +. +These are the divisions of the porters among the sons of Kore, and among the sons of Merari. -- 1 chronicles 26:19 +. +And of the Levites, Ahijah was over the treasures of the house of God, and over the treasures of the dedicated things. -- 1 chronicles 26:20 +. +As concerning the sons of Laadan; the sons of the Gershonite Laadan, chief fathers, even of Laadan the Gershonite, were Jehieli. -- 1 chronicles 26:21 +. +The sons of Jehieli; Zetham, and Joel his brother, which were over the treasures of the house of the LORD. -- 1 chronicles 26:22 +. +Of the Amramites, and the Izharites, the Hebronites, and the Uzzielites: -- 1 chronicles 26:23 +. +And Shebuel the son of Gershom, the son of Moses, was ruler of the treasures. -- 1 chronicles 26:24 +. +And his brothers by Eliezer; Rehabiah his son, and Jeshaiah his son, and Joram his son, and Zichri his son, and Shelomith his son. -- 1 chronicles 26:25 +. +Which Shelomith and his brothers were over all the treasures of the dedicated things, which David the king, and the chief fathers, the captains over thousands and hundreds, and the captains of the host, had dedicated. -- 1 chronicles 26:26 +. +Out of the spoils won in battles did they dedicate to maintain the house of the LORD. -- 1 chronicles 26:27 +. +And all that Samuel the seer, and Saul the son of Kish, and Abner the son of Ner, and Joab the son of Zeruiah, had dedicated; and whoever had dedicated any thing, it was under the hand of Shelomith, and of his brothers. -- 1 chronicles 26:28 +. +Of the Izharites, Chenaniah and his sons were for the outward business over Israel, for officers and judges. -- 1 chronicles 26:29 +. +And of the Hebronites, Hashabiah and his brothers, men of valor, a thousand and seven hundred, were officers among them of Israel on this side Jordan westward in all the business of the LORD, and in the service of the king. -- 1 chronicles 26:30 +. +Among the Hebronites was Jerijah the chief, even among the Hebronites, according to the generations of his fathers. In the fortieth year of the reign of David they were sought for, and there were found among them mighty men of valor at Jazer of Gilead. -- 1 chronicles 26:31 +. +And his brothers, men of valor, were two thousand and seven hundred chief fathers, whom king David made rulers over the Reubenites, the Gadites, and the half tribe of Manasseh, for every matter pertaining to God, and affairs of the king. -- 1 chronicles 26:32 +. +Now the children of Israel after their number, to wit, the chief fathers and captains of thousands and hundreds, and their officers that served the king in any matter of the courses, which came in and went out month by month throughout all the months of the year, of every course were twenty and four thousand. -- 1 chronicles 27:1 +. +Over the first course for the first month was Jashobeam the son of Zabdiel: and in his course were twenty and four thousand. -- 1 chronicles 27:2 +. +Of the children of Perez was the chief of all the captains of the host for the first month. -- 1 chronicles 27:3 +. +And over the course of the second month was Dodai an Ahohite, and of his course was Mikloth also the ruler: in his course likewise were twenty and four thousand. -- 1 chronicles 27:4 +. +The third captain of the host for the third month was Benaiah the son of Jehoiada, a chief priest: and in his course were twenty and four thousand. -- 1 chronicles 27:5 +. +This is that Benaiah, who was mighty among the thirty, and above the thirty: and in his course was Ammizabad his son. -- 1 chronicles 27:6 +. +The fourth captain for the fourth month was Asahel the brother of Joab, and Zebadiah his son after him: and in his course were twenty and four thousand. -- 1 chronicles 27:7 +. +The fifth captain for the fifth month was Shamhuth the Izrahite: and in his course were twenty and four thousand. -- 1 chronicles 27:8 +. +The sixth captain for the sixth month was Ira the son of Ikkesh the Tekoite: and in his course were twenty and four thousand. -- 1 chronicles 27:9 +. +The seventh captain for the seventh month was Helez the Pelonite, of the children of Ephraim: and in his course were twenty and four thousand. -- 1 chronicles 27:10 +. +The eighth captain for the eighth month was Sibbecai the Hushathite, of the Zarhites: and in his course were twenty and four thousand. -- 1 chronicles 27:11 +. +The ninth captain for the ninth month was Abiezer the Anetothite, of the Benjamites: and in his course were twenty and four thousand. -- 1 chronicles 27:12 +. +The tenth captain for the tenth month was Maharai the Netophathite, of the Zarhites: and in his course were twenty and four thousand. -- 1 chronicles 27:13 +. +The eleventh captain for the eleventh month was Benaiah the Pirathonite, of the children of Ephraim: and in his course were twenty and four thousand. -- 1 chronicles 27:14 +. +The twelfth captain for the twelfth month was Heldai the Netophathite, of Othniel: and in his course were twenty and four thousand. -- 1 chronicles 27:15 +. +Furthermore over the tribes of Israel: the ruler of the Reubenites was Eliezer the son of Zichri: of the Simeonites, Shephatiah the son of Maachah: -- 1 chronicles 27:16 +. +Of the Levites, Hashabiah the son of Kemuel: of the Aaronites, Zadok: -- 1 chronicles 27:17 +. +Of Judah, Elihu, one of the brothers of David: of Issachar, Omri the son of Michael: -- 1 chronicles 27:18 +. +Of Zebulun, Ishmaiah the son of Obadiah: of Naphtali, Jerimoth the son of Azriel: -- 1 chronicles 27:19 +. +Of the children of Ephraim, Hoshea the son of Azaziah: of the half tribe of Manasseh, Joel the son of Pedaiah: -- 1 chronicles 27:20 +. +Of the half tribe of Manasseh in Gilead, Iddo the son of Zechariah: of Benjamin, Jaasiel the son of Abner: -- 1 chronicles 27:21 +. +Of Dan, Azareel the son of Jeroham. These were the princes of the tribes of Israel. -- 1 chronicles 27:22 +. +But David took not the number of them from twenty years old and under: because the LORD had said he would increase Israel like to the stars of the heavens. -- 1 chronicles 27:23 +. +Joab the son of Zeruiah began to number, but he finished not, because there fell wrath for it against Israel; neither was the number put in the account of the chronicles of king David. -- 1 chronicles 27:24 +. +And over the king' treasures was Azmaveth the son of Adiel: and over the storehouses in the fields, in the cities, and in the villages, and in the castles, was Jehonathan the son of Uzziah: -- 1 chronicles 27:25 +. +And over them that did the work of the field for tillage of the ground was Ezri the son of Chelub: -- 1 chronicles 27:26 +. +And over the vineyards was Shimei the Ramathite: over the increase of the vineyards for the wine cellars was Zabdi the Shiphmite: -- 1 chronicles 27:27 +. +And over the olive trees and the sycomore trees that were in the low plains was Baalhanan the Gederite: and over the cellars of oil was Joash: -- 1 chronicles 27:28 +. +And over the herds that fed in Sharon was Shitrai the Sharonite: and over the herds that were in the valleys was Shaphat the son of Adlai: -- 1 chronicles 27:29 +. +Over the camels also was Obil the Ishmaelite: and over the asses was Jehdeiah the Meronothite: -- 1 chronicles 27:30 +. +And over the flocks was Jaziz the Hagerite. All these were the rulers of the substance which was king David'. -- 1 chronicles 27:31 +. +Also Jonathan David' uncle was a counselor, a wise man, and a scribe: and Jehiel the son of Hachmoni was with the king' sons: -- 1 chronicles 27:32 +. +And Ahithophel was the king' counselor: and Hushai the Archite was the king' companion: -- 1 chronicles 27:33 +. +And after Ahithophel was Jehoiada the son of Benaiah, and Abiathar: and the general of the king' army was Joab. -- 1 chronicles 27:34 +. +And David assembled all the princes of Israel, the princes of the tribes, and the captains of the companies that ministered to the king by course, and the captains over the thousands, and captains over the hundreds, and the stewards over all the substance and possession of the king, and of his sons, with the officers, and with the mighty men, and with all the valiant men, to Jerusalem. -- 1 chronicles 28:1 +. +Then David the king stood up on his feet, and said, Hear me, my brothers, and my people: As for me, I had in my heart to build an house of rest for the ark of the covenant of the LORD, and for the footstool of our God, and had made ready for the building: -- 1 chronicles 28:2 +. +But God said to me, You shall not build an house for my name, because you have been a man of war, and have shed blood. -- 1 chronicles 28:3 +. +However, the LORD God of Israel chose me before all the house of my father to be king over Israel for ever: for he has chosen Judah to be the ruler; and of the house of Judah, the house of my father; and among the sons of my father he liked me to make me king over all Israel: -- 1 chronicles 28:4 +. +And of all my sons, (for the LORD has given me many sons,) he has chosen Solomon my son to sit on the throne of the kingdom of the LORD over Israel. -- 1 chronicles 28:5 +. +And he said to me, Solomon your son, he shall build my house and my courts: for I have chosen him to be my son, and I will be his father. -- 1 chronicles 28:6 +. +Moreover I will establish his kingdom for ever, if he be constant to do my commandments and my judgments, as at this day. -- 1 chronicles 28:7 +. +Now therefore in the sight of all Israel the congregation of the LORD, and in the audience of our God, keep and seek for all the commandments of the LORD your God: that you may possess this good land, and leave it for an inheritance for your children after you for ever. -- 1 chronicles 28:8 +. +And you, Solomon my son, know you the God of your father, and serve him with a perfect heart and with a willing mind: for the LORD searches all hearts, and understands all the imaginations of the thoughts: if you seek him, he will be found of you; but if you forsake him, he will cast you off for ever. -- 1 chronicles 28:9 +. +Take heed now; for the LORD has chosen you to build an house for the sanctuary: be strong, and do it. -- 1 chronicles 28:10 +. +Then David gave to Solomon his son the pattern of the porch, and of the houses thereof, and of the treasuries thereof, and of the upper chambers thereof, and of the inner parlors thereof, and of the place of the mercy seat, -- 1 chronicles 28:11 +. +And the pattern of all that he had by the spirit, of the courts of the house of the LORD, and of all the chambers round about, of the treasuries of the house of God, and of the treasuries of the dedicated things: -- 1 chronicles 28:12 +. +Also for the courses of the priests and the Levites, and for all the work of the service of the house of the LORD, and for all the vessels of service in the house of the LORD. -- 1 chronicles 28:13 +. +He gave of gold by weight for things of gold, for all instruments of all manner of service; silver also for all instruments of silver by weight, for all instruments of every kind of service: -- 1 chronicles 28:14 +. +Even the weight for the candlesticks of gold, and for their lamps of gold, by weight for every candlestick, and for the lamps thereof: and for the candlesticks of silver by weight, both for the candlestick, and also for the lamps thereof, according to the use of every candlestick. -- 1 chronicles 28:15 +. +And by weight he gave gold for the tables of show bread, for every table; and likewise silver for the tables of silver: -- 1 chronicles 28:16 +. +Also pure gold for the meat hooks, and the bowls, and the cups: and for the golden basins he gave gold by weight for every basin; and likewise silver by weight for every basin of silver: -- 1 chronicles 28:17 +. +And for the altar of incense refined gold by weight; and gold for the pattern of the chariot of the cherubim, that spread out their wings, and covered the ark of the covenant of the LORD. -- 1 chronicles 28:18 +. +All this, said David, the LORD made me understand in writing by his hand on me, even all the works of this pattern. -- 1 chronicles 28:19 +. +And David said to Solomon his son, Be strong and of good courage, and do it: fear not, nor be dismayed: for the LORD God, even my God, will be with you; he will not fail you, nor forsake you, until you have finished all the work for the service of the house of the LORD. -- 1 chronicles 28:20 +. +And, behold, the courses of the priests and the Levites, even they shall be with you for all the service of the house of God: and there shall be with you for all manner of workmanship every willing skillful man, for any manner of service: also the princes and all the people will be wholly at your commandment. -- 1 chronicles 28:21 +. +Furthermore David the king said to all the congregation, Solomon my son, whom alone God has chosen, is yet young and tender, and the work is great: for the palace is not for man, but for the LORD God. -- 1 chronicles 29:1 +. +Now I have prepared with all my might for the house of my God the gold for things to be made of gold, and the silver for things of silver, and the brass for things of brass, the iron for things of iron, and wood for things of wood; onyx stones, and stones to be set, glistering stones, and of divers colors, and all manner of precious stones, and marble stones in abundance. -- 1 chronicles 29:2 +. +Moreover, because I have set my affection to the house of my God, I have of my own proper good, of gold and silver, which I have given to the house of my God, over and above all that I have prepared for the holy house. -- 1 chronicles 29:3 +. +Even three thousand talents of gold, of the gold of Ophir, and seven thousand talents of refined silver, to overlay the walls of the houses with: -- 1 chronicles 29:4 +. +The gold for things of gold, and the silver for things of silver, and for all manner of work to be made by the hands of artificers. And who then is willing to consecrate his service this day to the LORD? -- 1 chronicles 29:5 +. +Then the chief of the fathers and princes of the tribes of Israel and the captains of thousands and of hundreds, with the rulers of the king' work, offered willingly, -- 1 chronicles 29:6 +. +And gave for the service of the house of God of gold five thousand talents and ten thousand drams, and of silver ten thousand talents, and of brass eighteen thousand talents, and one hundred thousand talents of iron. -- 1 chronicles 29:7 +. +And they with whom precious stones were found gave them to the treasure of the house of the LORD, by the hand of Jehiel the Gershonite. -- 1 chronicles 29:8 +. +Then the people rejoiced, for that they offered willingly, because with perfect heart they offered willingly to the LORD: and David the king also rejoiced with great joy. -- 1 chronicles 29:9 +. +Why David blessed the LORD before all the congregation: and David said, Blessed be you, LORD God of Israel our father, for ever and ever. -- 1 chronicles 29:10 +. +Yours, O LORD is the greatness, and the power, and the glory, and the victory, and the majesty: for all that is in the heaven and in the earth is yours; your is the kingdom, O LORD, and you are exalted as head above all. -- 1 chronicles 29:11 +. +Both riches and honor come of you, and you reign over all; and in your hand is power and might; and in your hand it is to make great, and to give strength to all. -- 1 chronicles 29:12 +. +Now therefore, our God, we thank you, and praise your glorious name. -- 1 chronicles 29:13 +. +But who am I, and what is my people, that we should be able to offer so willingly after this sort? for all things come of you, and of your own have we given you. -- 1 chronicles 29:14 +. +For we are strangers before you, and sojourners, as were all our fathers: our days on the earth are as a shadow, and there is none abiding. -- 1 chronicles 29:15 +. +O LORD our God, all this store that we have prepared to build you an house for your holy name comes of your hand, and is all your own. -- 1 chronicles 29:16 +. +I know also, my God, that you try the heart, and have pleasure in uprightness. As for me, in the uprightness of my heart I have willingly offered all these things: and now have I seen with joy your people, which are present here, to offer willingly to you. -- 1 chronicles 29:17 +. +O LORD God of Abraham, Isaac, and of Israel, our fathers, keep this for ever in the imagination of the thoughts of the heart of your people, and prepare their heart to you: -- 1 chronicles 29:18 +. +And give to Solomon my son a perfect heart, to keep your commandments, your testimonies, and your statutes, and to do all these things, and to build the palace, for the which I have made provision. -- 1 chronicles 29:19 +. +And David said to all the congregation, Now bless the LORD your God. And all the congregation blessed the LORD God of their fathers, and bowed down their heads, and worshipped the LORD, and the king. -- 1 chronicles 29:20 +. +And they sacrificed sacrifices to the LORD, and offered burnt offerings to the LORD, on the morrow after that day, even a thousand bullocks, a thousand rams, and a thousand lambs, with their drink offerings, and sacrifices in abundance for all Israel: -- 1 chronicles 29:21 +. +And did eat and drink before the LORD on that day with great gladness. And they made Solomon the son of David king the second time, and anointed him to the LORD to be the chief governor, and Zadok to be priest. -- 1 chronicles 29:22 +. +Then Solomon sat on the throne of the LORD as king instead of David his father, and prospered; and all Israel obeyed him. -- 1 chronicles 29:23 +. +And all the princes, and the mighty men, and all the sons likewise of king David, submitted themselves to Solomon the king. -- 1 chronicles 29:24 +. +And the LORD magnified Solomon exceedingly in the sight of all Israel, and bestowed on him such royal majesty as had not been on any king before him in Israel. -- 1 chronicles 29:25 +. +Thus David the son of Jesse reigned over all Israel. -- 1 chronicles 29:26 +. +And the time that he reigned over Israel was forty years; seven years reigned he in Hebron, and thirty and three years reigned he in Jerusalem. -- 1 chronicles 29:27 +. +And he died in a good old age, full of days, riches, and honor: and Solomon his son reigned in his stead. -- 1 chronicles 29:28 +. +Now the acts of David the king, first and last, behold, they are written in the book of Samuel the seer, and in the book of Nathan the prophet, and in the book of Gad the seer, -- 1 chronicles 29:29 +. +With all his reign and his might, and the times that went over him, and over Israel, and over all the kingdoms of the countries. -- 1 chronicles 29:30 +. +And Solomon the son of David was strengthened in his kingdom, and the LORD his God was with him, and magnified him exceedingly. -- 2 chronicles 1:1 +. +Then Solomon spoke to all Israel, to the captains of thousands and of hundreds, and to the judges, and to every governor in all Israel, the chief of the fathers. -- 2 chronicles 1:2 +. +So Solomon, and all the congregation with him, went to the high place that was at Gibeon; for there was the tabernacle of the congregation of God, which Moses the servant of the LORD had made in the wilderness. -- 2 chronicles 1:3 +. +But the ark of God had David brought up from Kirjathjearim to the place which David had prepared for it: for he had pitched a tent for it at Jerusalem. -- 2 chronicles 1:4 +. +Moreover the brazen altar, that Bezaleel the son of Uri, the son of Hur, had made, he put before the tabernacle of the LORD: and Solomon and the congregation sought to it. -- 2 chronicles 1:5 +. +And Solomon went up thither to the brazen altar before the LORD, which was at the tabernacle of the congregation, and offered a thousand burnt offerings on it. -- 2 chronicles 1:6 +. +In that night did God appear to Solomon, and said to him, Ask what I shall give you. -- 2 chronicles 1:7 +. +And Solomon said to God, You have showed great mercy to David my father, and have made me to reign in his stead. -- 2 chronicles 1:8 +. +Now, O LORD God, let your promise to David my father be established: for you have made me king over a people like the dust of the earth in multitude. -- 2 chronicles 1:9 +. +Give me now wisdom and knowledge, that I may go out and come in before this people: for who can judge this your people, that is so great? -- 2 chronicles 1:10 +. +And God said to Solomon, Because this was in your heart, and you have not asked riches, wealth, or honor, nor the life of your enemies, neither yet have asked long life; but have asked wisdom and knowledge for yourself, that you may judge my people, over whom I have made you king: -- 2 chronicles 1:11 +. +Wisdom and knowledge is granted to you; and I will give you riches, and wealth, and honor, such as none of the kings have had that have been before you, neither shall there any after you have the like. -- 2 chronicles 1:12 +. +Then Solomon came from his journey to the high place that was at Gibeon to Jerusalem, from before the tabernacle of the congregation, and reigned over Israel. -- 2 chronicles 1:13 +. +And Solomon gathered chariots and horsemen: and he had a thousand and four hundred chariots, and twelve thousand horsemen, which he placed in the chariot cities, and with the king at Jerusalem. -- 2 chronicles 1:14 +. +And the king made silver and gold at Jerusalem as plenteous as stones, and cedar trees made he as the sycomore trees that are in the vale for abundance. -- 2 chronicles 1:15 +. +And Solomon had horses brought out of Egypt, and linen yarn: the king' merchants received the linen yarn at a price. -- 2 chronicles 1:16 +. +And they fetched up, and brought forth out of Egypt a chariot for six hundred shekels of silver, and an horse for an hundred and fifty: and so brought they out horses for all the kings of the Hittites, and for the kings of Syria, by their means. -- 2 chronicles 1:17 +. +And Solomon determined to build an house for the name of the LORD, and an house for his kingdom. -- 2 chronicles 2:1 +. +And Solomon told out three score and ten thousand men to bear burdens, and fourscore thousand to hew in the mountain, and three thousand and six hundred to oversee them. -- 2 chronicles 2:2 +. +And Solomon sent to Huram the king of Tyre, saying, As you did deal with David my father, and did send him cedars to build him an house to dwell therein, even so deal with me. -- 2 chronicles 2:3 +. +Behold, I build an house to the name of the LORD my God, to dedicate it to him, and to burn before him sweet incense, and for the continual show bread, and for the burnt offerings morning and evening, on the sabbaths, and on the new moons, and on the solemn feasts of the LORD our God. This is an ordinance for ever to Israel. -- 2 chronicles 2:4 +. +And the house which I build is great: for great is our God above all gods. -- 2 chronicles 2:5 +. +But who is able to build him an house, seeing the heaven and heaven of heavens cannot contain him? who am I then, that I should build him an house, save only to burn sacrifice before him? -- 2 chronicles 2:6 +. +Send me now therefore a man cunning to work in gold, and in silver, and in brass, and in iron, and in purple, and crimson, and blue, and that can skill to grave with the cunning men that are with me in Judah and in Jerusalem, whom David my father did provide. -- 2 chronicles 2:7 +. +Send me also cedar trees, fir trees, and algum trees, out of Lebanon: for I know that your servants can skill to cut timber in Lebanon; and, behold, my servants shall be with your servants, -- 2 chronicles 2:8 +. +Even to prepare me timber in abundance: for the house which I am about to build shall be wonderful great. -- 2 chronicles 2:9 +. +And, behold, I will give to your servants, the hewers that cut timber, twenty thousand measures of beaten wheat, and twenty thousand measures of barley, and twenty thousand baths of wine, and twenty thousand baths of oil. -- 2 chronicles 2:10 +. +Then Huram the king of Tyre answered in writing, which he sent to Solomon, Because the LORD has loved his people, he has made you king over them. -- 2 chronicles 2:11 +. +Huram said moreover, Blessed be the LORD God of Israel, that made heaven and earth, who has given to David the king a wise son, endued with prudence and understanding, that might build an house for the LORD, and an house for his kingdom. -- 2 chronicles 2:12 +. +And now I have sent a cunning man, endued with understanding, of Huram my father', -- 2 chronicles 2:13 +. +The son of a woman of the daughters of Dan, and his father was a man of Tyre, skillful to work in gold, and in silver, in brass, in iron, in stone, and in timber, in purple, in blue, and in fine linen, and in crimson; also to grave any manner of engraving, and to find out every device which shall be put to him, with your cunning men, and with the cunning men of my lord David your father. -- 2 chronicles 2:14 +. +Now therefore the wheat, and the barley, the oil, and the wine, which my lord has spoken of, let him send to his servants: -- 2 chronicles 2:15 +. +And we will cut wood out of Lebanon, as much as you shall need: and we will bring it to you in floats by sea to Joppa; and you shall carry it up to Jerusalem. -- 2 chronicles 2:16 +. +And Solomon numbered all the strangers that were in the land of Israel, after the numbering with which David his father had numbered them; and they were found an hundred and fifty thousand and three thousand and six hundred. -- 2 chronicles 2:17 +. +And he set three score and ten thousand of them to be bearers of burdens, and fourscore thousand to be hewers in the mountain, and three thousand and six hundred overseers to set the people a work. -- 2 chronicles 2:18 +. +Then Solomon began to build the house of the LORD at Jerusalem in mount Moriah, where the Lord appeared to David his father, in the place that David had prepared in the threshing floor of Ornan the Jebusite. -- 2 chronicles 3:1 +. +And he began to build in the second day of the second month, in the fourth year of his reign. -- 2 chronicles 3:2 +. +Now these are the things wherein Solomon was instructed for the building of the house of God. The length by cubits after the first measure was three score cubits, and the breadth twenty cubits. -- 2 chronicles 3:3 +. +And the porch that was in the front of the house, the length of it was according to the breadth of the house, twenty cubits, and the height was an hundred and twenty: and he overlaid it within with pure gold. -- 2 chronicles 3:4 +. +And the greater house he paneled with fir tree, which he overlaid with fine gold, and set thereon palm trees and chains. -- 2 chronicles 3:5 +. +And he garnished the house with precious stones for beauty: and the gold was gold of Parvaim. -- 2 chronicles 3:6 +. +He overlaid also the house, the beams, the posts, and the walls thereof, and the doors thereof, with gold; and graved cherubim on the walls. -- 2 chronicles 3:7 +. +And he made the most holy house, the length whereof was according to the breadth of the house, twenty cubits, and the breadth thereof twenty cubits: and he overlaid it with fine gold, amounting to six hundred talents. -- 2 chronicles 3:8 +. +And the weight of the nails was fifty shekels of gold. And he overlaid the upper chambers with gold. -- 2 chronicles 3:9 +. +And in the most holy house he made two cherubim of image work, and overlaid them with gold. -- 2 chronicles 3:10 +. +And the wings of the cherubim were twenty cubits long: one wing of the one cherub was five cubits, reaching to the wall of the house: and the other wing was likewise five cubits, reaching to the wing of the other cherub. -- 2 chronicles 3:11 +. +And one wing of the other cherub was five cubits, reaching to the wall of the house: and the other wing was five cubits also, joining to the wing of the other cherub. -- 2 chronicles 3:12 +. +The wings of these cherubim spread themselves forth twenty cubits: and they stood on their feet, and their faces were inward. -- 2 chronicles 3:13 +. +And he made the veil of blue, and purple, and crimson, and fine linen, and worked cherubim thereon. -- 2 chronicles 3:14 +. +Also he made before the house two pillars of thirty and five cubits high, and the capital that was on the top of each of them was five cubits. -- 2 chronicles 3:15 +. +And he made chains, as in the oracle, and put them on the heads of the pillars; and made an hundred pomegranates, and put them on the chains. -- 2 chronicles 3:16 +. +And he reared up the pillars before the temple, one on the right hand, and the other on the left; and called the name of that on the right hand Jachin, and the name of that on the left Boaz. -- 2 chronicles 3:17 +. +Moreover he made an altar of brass, twenty cubits the length thereof, and twenty cubits the breadth thereof, and ten cubits the height thereof. -- 2 chronicles 4:1 +. +Also he made a molten sea of ten cubits from brim to brim, round in compass, and five cubits the height thereof; and a line of thirty cubits did compass it round about. -- 2 chronicles 4:2 +. +And under it was the similitude of oxen, which did compass it round about: ten in a cubit, compassing the sea round about. Two rows of oxen were cast, when it was cast. -- 2 chronicles 4:3 +. +It stood on twelve oxen, three looking toward the north, and three looking toward the west, and three looking toward the south, and three looking toward the east: and the sea was set above on them, and all their hinder parts were inward. -- 2 chronicles 4:4 +. +And the thickness of it was an handbreadth, and the brim of it like the work of the brim of a cup, with flowers of lilies; and it received and held three thousand baths. -- 2 chronicles 4:5 +. +He made also ten lavers, and put five on the right hand, and five on the left, to wash in them: such things as they offered for the burnt offering they washed in them; but the sea was for the priests to wash in. -- 2 chronicles 4:6 +. +And he made ten candlesticks of gold according to their form, and set them in the temple, five on the right hand, and five on the left. -- 2 chronicles 4:7 +. +He made also ten tables, and placed them in the temple, five on the right side, and five on the left. And he made an hundred basins of gold. -- 2 chronicles 4:8 +. +Furthermore he made the court of the priests, and the great court, and doors for the court, and overlaid the doors of them with brass. -- 2 chronicles 4:9 +. +And he set the sea on the right side of the east end, over against the south. -- 2 chronicles 4:10 +. +And Huram made the pots, and the shovels, and the basins. And Huram finished the work that he was to make for king Solomon for the house of God; -- 2 chronicles 4:11 +. +To wit, the two pillars, and the pommels, and the capitals which were on the top of the two pillars, and the two wreaths to cover the two pommels of the capitals which were on the top of the pillars; -- 2 chronicles 4:12 +. +And four hundred pomegranates on the two wreaths; two rows of pomegranates on each wreath, to cover the two pommels of the capitals which were on the pillars. -- 2 chronicles 4:13 +. +He made also bases, and lavers made he on the bases; -- 2 chronicles 4:14 +. +One sea, and twelve oxen under it. -- 2 chronicles 4:15 +. +The pots also, and the shovels, and the meat hooks, and all their instruments, did Huram his father make to king Solomon for the house of the LORD of bright brass. -- 2 chronicles 4:16 +. +In the plain of Jordan did the king cast them, in the clay ground between Succoth and Zeredathah. -- 2 chronicles 4:17 +. +Thus Solomon made all these vessels in great abundance: for the weight of the brass could not be found out. -- 2 chronicles 4:18 +. +And Solomon made all the vessels that were for the house of God, the golden altar also, and the tables where on the show bread was set; -- 2 chronicles 4:19 +. +Moreover the candlesticks with their lamps, that they should burn after the manner before the oracle, of pure gold; -- 2 chronicles 4:20 +. +And the flowers, and the lamps, and the tongs, made he of gold, and that perfect gold; -- 2 chronicles 4:21 +. +And the snuffers, and the basins, and the spoons, and the censers, of pure gold: and the entry of the house, the inner doors thereof for the most holy place, and the doors of the house of the temple, were of gold. -- 2 chronicles 4:22 +. +Thus all the work that Solomon made for the house of the LORD was finished: and Solomon brought in all the things that David his father had dedicated; and the silver, and the gold, and all the instruments, put he among the treasures of the house of God. -- 2 chronicles 5:1 +. +Then Solomon assembled the elders of Israel, and all the heads of the tribes, the chief of the fathers of the children of Israel, to Jerusalem, to bring up the ark of the covenant of the LORD out of the city of David, which is Zion. -- 2 chronicles 5:2 +. +Why all the men of Israel assembled themselves to the king in the feast which was in the seventh month. -- 2 chronicles 5:3 +. +And all the elders of Israel came; and the Levites took up the ark. -- 2 chronicles 5:4 +. +And they brought up the ark, and the tabernacle of the congregation, and all the holy vessels that were in the tabernacle, these did the priests and the Levites bring up. -- 2 chronicles 5:5 +. +Also king Solomon, and all the congregation of Israel that were assembled to him before the ark, sacrificed sheep and oxen, which could not be told nor numbered for multitude. -- 2 chronicles 5:6 +. +And the priests brought in the ark of the covenant of the LORD to his place, to the oracle of the house, into the most holy place, even under the wings of the cherubim: -- 2 chronicles 5:7 +. +For the cherubim spread forth their wings over the place of the ark, and the cherubim covered the ark and the staves thereof above. -- 2 chronicles 5:8 +. +And they drew out the staves of the ark, that the ends of the staves were seen from the ark before the oracle; but they were not seen without. And there it is to this day. -- 2 chronicles 5:9 +. +There was nothing in the ark save the two tables which Moses put therein at Horeb, when the LORD made a covenant with the children of Israel, when they came out of Egypt. -- 2 chronicles 5:10 +. +And it came to pass, when the priests were come out of the holy place: (for all the priests that were present were sanctified, and did not then wait by course: -- 2 chronicles 5:11 +. +Also the Levites which were the singers, all of them of Asaph, of Heman, of Jeduthun, with their sons and their brothers, being arrayed in white linen, having cymbals and psalteries and harps, stood at the east end of the altar, and with them an hundred and twenty priests sounding with trumpets:) -- 2 chronicles 5:12 +. +It came even to pass, as the trumpeters and singers were as one, to make one sound to be heard in praising and thanking the LORD; and when they lifted up their voice with the trumpets and cymbals and instruments of music, and praised the LORD, saying, For he is good; for his mercy endures for ever: that then the house was filled with a cloud, even the house of the LORD; -- 2 chronicles 5:13 +. +So that the priests could not stand to minister by reason of the cloud: for the glory of the LORD had filled the house of God. -- 2 chronicles 5:14 +. +Then said Solomon, The LORD has said that he would dwell in the thick darkness. -- 2 chronicles 6:1 +. +But I have built an house of habitation for you, and a place for your dwelling for ever. -- 2 chronicles 6:2 +. +And the king turned his face, and blessed the whole congregation of Israel: and all the congregation of Israel stood. -- 2 chronicles 6:3 +. +And he said, Blessed be the LORD God of Israel, who has with his hands fulfilled that which he spoke with his mouth to my father David, saying, -- 2 chronicles 6:4 +. +Since the day that I brought forth my people out of the land of Egypt I chose no city among all the tribes of Israel to build an house in, that my name might be there; neither chose I any man to be a ruler over my people Israel: -- 2 chronicles 6:5 +. +But I have chosen Jerusalem, that my name might be there; and have chosen David to be over my people Israel. -- 2 chronicles 6:6 +. +Now it was in the heart of David my father to build an house for the name of the LORD God of Israel. -- 2 chronicles 6:7 +. +But the LORD said to David my father, For as much as it was in your heart to build an house for my name, you did well in that it was in your heart: -- 2 chronicles 6:8 +. +Notwithstanding you shall not build the house; but your son which shall come forth out of your loins, he shall build the house for my name. -- 2 chronicles 6:9 +. +The LORD therefore has performed his word that he has spoken: for I am risen up in the room of David my father, and am set on the throne of Israel, as the LORD promised, and have built the house for the name of the LORD God of Israel. -- 2 chronicles 6:10 +. +And in it have I put the ark, wherein is the covenant of the LORD, that he made with the children of Israel. -- 2 chronicles 6:11 +. +And he stood before the altar of the LORD in the presence of all the congregation of Israel, and spread forth his hands: -- 2 chronicles 6:12 +. +For Solomon had made a brazen scaffold of five cubits long, and five cubits broad, and three cubits high, and had set it in the middle of the court: and on it he stood, and kneeled down on his knees before all the congregation of Israel, and spread forth his hands toward heaven. -- 2 chronicles 6:13 +. +And said, O LORD God of Israel, there is no God like you in the heaven, nor in the earth; which keep covenant, and show mercy to your servants, that walk before you with all their hearts: -- 2 chronicles 6:14 +. +You which have kept with your servant David my father that which you have promised him; and spoke with your mouth, and have fulfilled it with your hand, as it is this day. -- 2 chronicles 6:15 +. +Now therefore, O LORD God of Israel, keep with your servant David my father that which you have promised him, saying, There shall not fail you a man in my sight to sit on the throne of Israel; yet so that your children take heed to their way to walk in my law, as you have walked before me. -- 2 chronicles 6:16 +. +Now then, O LORD God of Israel, let your word be verified, which you have spoken to your servant David. -- 2 chronicles 6:17 +. +But will God in very deed dwell with men on the earth? behold, heaven and the heaven of heavens cannot contain you; how much less this house which I have built! -- 2 chronicles 6:18 +. +Have respect therefore to the prayer of your servant, and to his supplication, O LORD my God, to listen to the cry and the prayer which your servant prays before you: -- 2 chronicles 6:19 +. +That your eyes may be open on this house day and night, on the place whereof you have said that you would put your name there; to listen to the prayer which your servant prays toward this place. -- 2 chronicles 6:20 +. +Listen therefore to the supplications of your servant, and of your people Israel, which they shall make toward this place: hear you from your dwelling place, even from heaven; and when you hear, forgive. -- 2 chronicles 6:21 +. +If a man sin against his neighbor, and an oath be laid on him to make him swear, and the oath come before your altar in this house; -- 2 chronicles 6:22 +. +Then hear you from heaven, and do, and judge your servants, by requiting the wicked, by recompensing his way on his own head; and by justifying the righteous, by giving him according to his righteousness. -- 2 chronicles 6:23 +. +And if your people Israel be put to the worse before the enemy, because they have sinned against you; and shall return and confess your name, and pray and make supplication before you in this house; -- 2 chronicles 6:24 +. +Then hear you from the heavens, and forgive the sin of your people Israel, and bring them again to the land which you gave to them and to their fathers. -- 2 chronicles 6:25 +. +When the heaven is shut up, and there is no rain, because they have sinned against you; yet if they pray toward this place, and confess your name, and turn from their sin, when you do afflict them; -- 2 chronicles 6:26 +. +Then hear you from heaven, and forgive the sin of your servants, and of your people Israel, when you have taught them the good way, wherein they should walk; and send rain on your land, which you have given to your people for an inheritance. -- 2 chronicles 6:27 +. +If there be dearth in the land, if there be pestilence, if there be blasting, or mildew, locusts, or caterpillars; if their enemies besiege them in the cities of their land; whatever sore or whatever sickness there be: -- 2 chronicles 6:28 +. +Then what prayer or what supplication soever shall be made of any man, or of all your people Israel, when every one shall know his own sore and his own grief, and shall spread forth his hands in this house: -- 2 chronicles 6:29 +. +Then hear you from heaven your dwelling place, and forgive, and render to every man according to all his ways, whose heart you know; (for you only know the hearts of the children of men:) -- 2 chronicles 6:30 +. +That they may fear you, to walk in your ways, so long as they live in the land which you gave to our fathers. -- 2 chronicles 6:31 +. +Moreover concerning the stranger, which is not of your people Israel, but is come from a far country for your great name' sake, and your mighty hand, and your stretched out arm; if they come and pray in this house; -- 2 chronicles 6:32 +. +Then hear you from the heavens, even from your dwelling place, and do according to all that the stranger calls to you for; that all people of the earth may know your name, and fear you, as does your people Israel, and may know that this house which I have built is called by your name. -- 2 chronicles 6:33 +. +If your people go out to war against their enemies by the way that you shall send them, and they pray to you toward this city which you have chosen, and the house which I have built for your name; -- 2 chronicles 6:34 +. +Then hear you from the heavens their prayer and their supplication, and maintain their cause. -- 2 chronicles 6:35 +. +If they sin against you, (for there is no man which sins not,) and you be angry with them, and deliver them over before their enemies, and they carry them away captives to a land far off or near; -- 2 chronicles 6:36 +. +Yet if they bethink themselves in the land where they are carried captive, and turn and pray to you in the land of their captivity, saying, We have sinned, we have done amiss, and have dealt wickedly; -- 2 chronicles 6:37 +. +If they return to you with all their heart and with all their soul in the land of their captivity, where they have carried them captives, and pray toward their land, which you gave to their fathers, and toward the city which you have chosen, and toward the house which I have built for your name: -- 2 chronicles 6:38 +. +Then hear you from the heavens, even from your dwelling place, their prayer and their supplications, and maintain their cause, and forgive your people which have sinned against you. -- 2 chronicles 6:39 +. +Now, my God, let, I beseech you, your eyes be open, and let your ears be attentive to the prayer that is made in this place. -- 2 chronicles 6:40 +. +Now therefore arise, O LORD God, into your resting place, you, and the ark of your strength: let your priests, O LORD God, be clothed with salvation, and let your saints rejoice in goodness. -- 2 chronicles 6:41 +. +O LORD God, turn not away the face of your anointed: remember the mercies of David your servant. -- 2 chronicles 6:42 +. +Now when Solomon had made an end of praying, the fire came down from heaven, and consumed the burnt offering and the sacrifices; and the glory of the LORD filled the house. -- 2 chronicles 7:1 +. +And the priests could not enter into the house of the LORD, because the glory of the LORD had filled the LORD' house. -- 2 chronicles 7:2 +. +And when all the children of Israel saw how the fire came down, and the glory of the LORD on the house, they bowed themselves with their faces to the ground on the pavement, and worshipped, and praised the LORD, saying, For he is good; for his mercy endures for ever. -- 2 chronicles 7:3 +. +Then the king and all the people offered sacrifices before the LORD. -- 2 chronicles 7:4 +. +And king Solomon offered a sacrifice of twenty and two thousand oxen, and an hundred and twenty thousand sheep: so the king and all the people dedicated the house of God. -- 2 chronicles 7:5 +. +And the priests waited on their offices: the Levites also with instruments of music of the LORD, which David the king had made to praise the LORD, because his mercy endures for ever, when David praised by their ministry; and the priests sounded trumpets before them, and all Israel stood. -- 2 chronicles 7:6 +. +Moreover Solomon hallowed the middle of the court that was before the house of the LORD: for there he offered burnt offerings, and the fat of the peace offerings, because the brazen altar which Solomon had made was not able to receive the burnt offerings, and the meat offerings, and the fat. -- 2 chronicles 7:7 +. +Also at the same time Solomon kept the feast seven days, and all Israel with him, a very great congregation, from the entering in of Hamath to the river of Egypt. -- 2 chronicles 7:8 +. +And in the eighth day they made a solemn assembly: for they kept the dedication of the altar seven days, and the feast seven days. -- 2 chronicles 7:9 +. +And on the three and twentieth day of the seventh month he sent the people away into their tents, glad and merry in heart for the goodness that the LORD had showed to David, and to Solomon, and to Israel his people. -- 2 chronicles 7:10 +. +Thus Solomon finished the house of the LORD, and the king' house: and all that came into Solomon' heart to make in the house of the LORD, and in his own house, he prosperously effected. -- 2 chronicles 7:11 +. +And the LORD appeared to Solomon by night, and said to him, I have heard your prayer, and have chosen this place to myself for an house of sacrifice. -- 2 chronicles 7:12 +. +If I shut up heaven that there be no rain, or if I command the locusts to devour the land, or if I send pestilence among my people; -- 2 chronicles 7:13 +. +If my people, which are called by my name, shall humble themselves, and pray, and seek my face, and turn from their wicked ways; then will I hear from heaven, and will forgive their sin, and will heal their land. -- 2 chronicles 7:14 +. +Now my eyes shall be open, and my ears attentive to the prayer that is made in this place. -- 2 chronicles 7:15 +. +For now have I chosen and sanctified this house, that my name may be there for ever: and my eyes and my heart shall be there perpetually. -- 2 chronicles 7:16 +. +And as for you, if you will walk before me, as David your father walked, and do according to all that I have commanded you, and shall observe my statutes and my judgments; -- 2 chronicles 7:17 +. +Then will I establish the throne of your kingdom, according as I have covenanted with David your father, saying, There shall not fail you a man to be ruler in Israel. -- 2 chronicles 7:18 +. +But if you turn away, and forsake my statutes and my commandments, which I have set before you, and shall go and serve other gods, and worship them; -- 2 chronicles 7:19 +. +Then will I pluck them up by the roots out of my land which I have given them; and this house, which I have sanctified for my name, will I cast out of my sight, and will make it to be a proverb and a byword among all nations. -- 2 chronicles 7:20 +. +And this house, which is high, shall be an astonishment to every one that passes by it; so that he shall say, Why has the LORD done thus to this land, and to this house? -- 2 chronicles 7:21 +. +And it shall be answered, Because they forsook the LORD God of their fathers, which brought them forth out of the land of Egypt, and laid hold on other gods, and worshipped them, and served them: therefore has he brought all this evil on them. -- 2 chronicles 7:22 +. +And it came to pass at the end of twenty years, wherein Solomon had built the house of the LORD, and his own house, -- 2 chronicles 8:1 +. +That the cities which Huram had restored to Solomon, Solomon built them, and caused the children of Israel to dwell there. -- 2 chronicles 8:2 +. +And Solomon went to Hamathzobah, and prevailed against it. -- 2 chronicles 8:3 +. +And he built Tadmor in the wilderness, and all the store cities, which he built in Hamath. -- 2 chronicles 8:4 +. +Also he built Bethhoron the upper, and Bethhoron the nether, fenced cities, with walls, gates, and bars; -- 2 chronicles 8:5 +. +And Baalath, and all the store cities that Solomon had, and all the chariot cities, and the cities of the horsemen, and all that Solomon desired to build in Jerusalem, and in Lebanon, and throughout all the land of his dominion. -- 2 chronicles 8:6 +. +As for all the people that were left of the Hittites, and the Amorites, and the Perizzites, and the Hivites, and the Jebusites, which were not of Israel, -- 2 chronicles 8:7 +. +But of their children, who were left after them in the land, whom the children of Israel consumed not, them did Solomon make to pay tribute until this day. -- 2 chronicles 8:8 +. +But of the children of Israel did Solomon make no servants for his work; but they were men of war, and chief of his captains, and captains of his chariots and horsemen. -- 2 chronicles 8:9 +. +And these were the chief of king Solomon' officers, even two hundred and fifty, that bore rule over the people. -- 2 chronicles 8:10 +. +And Solomon brought up the daughter of Pharaoh out of the city of David to the house that he had built for her: for he said, My wife shall not dwell in the house of David king of Israel, because the places are holy, whereunto the ark of the LORD has come. -- 2 chronicles 8:11 +. +Then Solomon offered burnt offerings to the LORD on the altar of the LORD, which he had built before the porch, -- 2 chronicles 8:12 +. +Even after a certain rate every day, offering according to the commandment of Moses, on the sabbaths, and on the new moons, and on the solemn feasts, three times in the year, even in the feast of unleavened bread, and in the feast of weeks, and in the feast of tabernacles. -- 2 chronicles 8:13 +. +And he appointed, according to the order of David his father, the courses of the priests to their service, and the Levites to their charges, to praise and minister before the priests, as the duty of every day required: the porters also by their courses at every gate: for so had David the man of God commanded. -- 2 chronicles 8:14 +. +And they departed not from the commandment of the king to the priests and Levites concerning any matter, or concerning the treasures. -- 2 chronicles 8:15 +. +Now all the work of Solomon was prepared to the day of the foundation of the house of the LORD, and until it was finished. So the house of the LORD was perfected. -- 2 chronicles 8:16 +. +Then went Solomon to Eziongeber, and to Eloth, at the sea side in the land of Edom. -- 2 chronicles 8:17 +. +And Huram sent him by the hands of his servants ships, and servants that had knowledge of the sea; and they went with the servants of Solomon to Ophir, and took there four hundred and fifty talents of gold, and brought them to king Solomon. -- 2 chronicles 8:18 +. +And when the queen of Sheba heard of the fame of Solomon, she came to prove Solomon with hard questions at Jerusalem, with a very great company, and camels that bore spices, and gold in abundance, and precious stones: and when she was come to Solomon, she communed with him of all that was in her heart. -- 2 chronicles 9:1 +. +And Solomon told her all her questions: and there was nothing hid from Solomon which he told her not. -- 2 chronicles 9:2 +. +And when the queen of Sheba had seen the wisdom of Solomon, and the house that he had built, -- 2 chronicles 9:3 +. +And the meat of his table, and the sitting of his servants, and the attendance of his ministers, and their apparel; his cupbearers also, and their apparel; and his ascent by which he went up into the house of the LORD; there was no more spirit in her. -- 2 chronicles 9:4 +. +And she said to the king, It was a true report which I heard in my own land of your acts, and of your wisdom: -- 2 chronicles 9:5 +. +However, I believed not their words, until I came, and my eyes had seen it: and, behold, the one half of the greatness of your wisdom was not told me: for you exceed the fame that I heard. -- 2 chronicles 9:6 +. +Happy are your men, and happy are these your servants, which stand continually before you, and hear your wisdom. -- 2 chronicles 9:7 +. +Blessed be the LORD your God, which delighted in you to set you on his throne, to be king for the LORD your God: because your God loved Israel, to establish them for ever, therefore made he you king over them, to do judgment and justice. -- 2 chronicles 9:8 +. +And she gave the king an hundred and twenty talents of gold, and of spices great abundance, and precious stones: neither was there any such spice as the queen of Sheba gave king Solomon. -- 2 chronicles 9:9 +. +And the servants also of Huram, and the servants of Solomon, which brought gold from Ophir, brought algum trees and precious stones. -- 2 chronicles 9:10 +. +And the king made of the algum trees terraces to the house of the LORD, and to the king' palace, and harps and psalteries for singers: and there were none such seen before in the land of Judah. -- 2 chronicles 9:11 +. +And king Solomon gave to the queen of Sheba all her desire, whatever she asked, beside that which she had brought to the king. So she turned, and went away to her own land, she and her servants. -- 2 chronicles 9:12 +. +Now the weight of gold that came to Solomon in one year was six hundred and three score and six talents of gold; -- 2 chronicles 9:13 +. +Beside that which chapmen and merchants brought. And all the kings of Arabia and governors of the country brought gold and silver to Solomon. -- 2 chronicles 9:14 +. +And king Solomon made two hundred targets of beaten gold: six hundred shekels of beaten gold went to one target. -- 2 chronicles 9:15 +. +And three hundred shields made he of beaten gold: three hundred shekels of gold went to one shield. And the king put them in the house of the forest of Lebanon. -- 2 chronicles 9:16 +. +Moreover the king made a great throne of ivory, and overlaid it with pure gold. -- 2 chronicles 9:17 +. +And there were six steps to the throne, with a footstool of gold, which were fastened to the throne, and stays on each side of the sitting place, and two lions standing by the stays: -- 2 chronicles 9:18 +. +And twelve lions stood there on the one side and on the other on the six steps. There was not the like made in any kingdom. -- 2 chronicles 9:19 +. +And all the drinking vessels of king Solomon 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 not any thing accounted of in the days of Solomon. -- 2 chronicles 9:20 +. +For the king' ships went to Tarshish with the servants of Huram: every three years once came the ships of Tarshish bringing gold, and silver, ivory, and apes, and peacocks. -- 2 chronicles 9:21 +. +And king Solomon passed all the kings of the earth in riches and wisdom. -- 2 chronicles 9:22 +. +And all the kings of the earth sought the presence of Solomon, to hear his wisdom, that God had put in his heart. -- 2 chronicles 9:23 +. +And they brought every man his present, vessels of silver, and vessels of gold, and raiment, harness, and spices, horses, and mules, a rate year by year. -- 2 chronicles 9:24 +. +And Solomon had four thousand stalls for horses and chariots, and twelve thousand horsemen; whom he bestowed in the chariot cities, and with the king at Jerusalem. -- 2 chronicles 9:25 +. +And he reigned over all the kings from the river even to the land of the Philistines, and to the border of Egypt. -- 2 chronicles 9:26 +. +And the king made silver in Jerusalem as stones, and cedar trees made he as the sycomore trees that are in the low plains in abundance. -- 2 chronicles 9:27 +. +And they brought to Solomon horses out of Egypt, and out of all lands. -- 2 chronicles 9:28 +. +Now the rest of the acts of Solomon, first and last, are they not written in the book of Nathan the prophet, and in the prophecy of Ahijah the Shilonite, and in the visions of Iddo the seer against Jeroboam the son of Nebat? -- 2 chronicles 9:29 +. +And Solomon reigned in Jerusalem over all Israel forty years. -- 2 chronicles 9:30 +. +And Solomon slept with his fathers, and he was buried in the city of David his father: and Rehoboam his son reigned in his stead. -- 2 chronicles 9:31 +. +And Rehoboam went to Shechem: for to Shechem were all Israel come to make him king. -- 2 chronicles 10:1 +. +And it came to pass, when Jeroboam the son of Nebat, who was in Egypt, where he fled from the presence of Solomon the king, heard it, that Jeroboam returned out of Egypt. -- 2 chronicles 10:2 +. +And they sent and called him. So Jeroboam and all Israel came and spoke to Rehoboam, saying, -- 2 chronicles 10:3 +. +Your father made our yoke grievous: now therefore ease you somewhat the grievous servitude of your father, and his heavy yoke that he put on us, and we will serve you. -- 2 chronicles 10:4 +. +And he said to them, Come again to me after three days. And the people departed. -- 2 chronicles 10:5 +. +And king Rehoboam took counsel with the old men that had stood before Solomon his father while he yet lived, saying, What counsel give you me to return answer to this people? -- 2 chronicles 10:6 +. +And they spoke to him, saying, If you be kind to this people, and please them, and speak good words to them, they will be your servants for ever. -- 2 chronicles 10:7 +. +But he forsook the counsel which the old men gave him, and took counsel with the young men that were brought up with him, that stood before him. -- 2 chronicles 10:8 +. +And he said to them, What advice give you that we may return answer to this people, which have spoken to me, saying, Ease somewhat the yoke that your father did put on us? -- 2 chronicles 10:9 +. +And the young men that were brought up with him spoke to him, saying, Thus shall you answer the people that spoke to you, saying, Your father made our yoke heavy, but make you it somewhat lighter for us; thus shall you say to them, My little finger shall be thicker than my father' loins. -- 2 chronicles 10:10 +. +For whereas my father put a heavy yoke on you, I will put more to your yoke: my father chastised you with whips, but I will chastise you with scorpions. -- 2 chronicles 10:11 +. +So Jeroboam and all the people came to Rehoboam on the third day, as the king bade, saying, Come again to me on the third day. -- 2 chronicles 10:12 +. +And the king answered them roughly; and king Rehoboam forsook the counsel of the old men, -- 2 chronicles 10:13 +. +And answered them after the advice of the young men, saying, My father made your yoke heavy, but I will add thereto: my father chastised you with whips, but I will chastise you with scorpions. -- 2 chronicles 10:14 +. +So the king listened not to the people: for the cause was of God, that the LORD might perform his word, which he spoke by the hand of Ahijah the Shilonite to Jeroboam the son of Nebat. -- 2 chronicles 10:15 +. +And when all Israel saw that the king would not listen to them, the people answered the king, saying, What portion have we in David? and we have none inheritance in the son of Jesse: every man to your tents, O Israel: and now, David, see to your own house. So all Israel went to their tents. -- 2 chronicles 10:16 +. +But as for the children of Israel that dwelled in the cities of Judah, Rehoboam reigned over them. -- 2 chronicles 10:17 +. +Then king Rehoboam sent Hadoram that was over the tribute; and the children of Israel stoned him with stones, that he died. But king Rehoboam made speed to get him up to his chariot, to flee to Jerusalem. -- 2 chronicles 10:18 +. +And Israel rebelled against the house of David to this day. -- 2 chronicles 10:19 +. +And when Rehoboam was come to Jerusalem, he gathered of the house of Judah and Benjamin an hundred and fourscore thousand chosen men, which were warriors, to fight against Israel, that he might bring the kingdom again to Rehoboam. -- 2 chronicles 11:1 +. +But the word of the LORD came to Shemaiah the man of God, saying, -- 2 chronicles 11:2 +. +Speak to Rehoboam the son of Solomon, king of Judah, and to all Israel in Judah and Benjamin, saying, -- 2 chronicles 11:3 +. +Thus said the LORD, You shall not go up, nor fight against your brothers: return every man to his house: for this thing is done of me. And they obeyed the words of the LORD, and returned from going against Jeroboam. -- 2 chronicles 11:4 +. +And Rehoboam dwelled in Jerusalem, and built cities for defense in Judah. -- 2 chronicles 11:5 +. +He built even Bethlehem, and Etam, and Tekoa, -- 2 chronicles 11:6 +. +And Bethzur, and Shoco, and Adullam, -- 2 chronicles 11:7 +. +And Gath, and Mareshah, and Ziph, -- 2 chronicles 11:8 +. +And Adoraim, and Lachish, and Azekah, -- 2 chronicles 11:9 +. +And Zorah, and Aijalon, and Hebron, which are in Judah and in Benjamin fenced cities. -- 2 chronicles 11:10 +. +And he fortified the strong holds, and put captains in them, and store of victual, and of oil and wine. -- 2 chronicles 11:11 +. +And in every several city he put shields and spears, and made them exceeding strong, having Judah and Benjamin on his side. -- 2 chronicles 11:12 +. +And the priests and the Levites that were in all Israel resorted to him out of all their coasts. -- 2 chronicles 11:13 +. +For the Levites left their suburbs and their possession, and came to Judah and Jerusalem: for Jeroboam and his sons had cast them off from executing the priest' office to the LORD: -- 2 chronicles 11:14 +. +And he ordained him priests for the high places, and for the devils, and for the calves which he had made. -- 2 chronicles 11:15 +. +And after them out of all the tribes of Israel such as set their hearts to seek the LORD God of Israel came to Jerusalem, to sacrifice to the LORD God of their fathers. -- 2 chronicles 11:16 +. +So they strengthened the kingdom of Judah, and made Rehoboam the son of Solomon strong, three years: for three years they walked in the way of David and Solomon. -- 2 chronicles 11:17 +. +And Rehoboam took him Mahalath the daughter of Jerimoth the son of David to wife, and Abihail the daughter of Eliab the son of Jesse; -- 2 chronicles 11:18 +. +Which bore him children; Jeush, and Shamariah, and Zaham. -- 2 chronicles 11:19 +. +And after her he took Maachah the daughter of Absalom; which bore him Abijah, and Attai, and Ziza, and Shelomith. -- 2 chronicles 11:20 +. +And Rehoboam loved Maachah the daughter of Absalom above all his wives and his concubines: (for he took eighteen wives, and three score concubines; and begat twenty and eight sons, and three score daughters.) -- 2 chronicles 11:21 +. +And Rehoboam made Abijah the son of Maachah the chief, to be ruler among his brothers: for he thought to make him king. -- 2 chronicles 11:22 +. +And he dealt wisely, and dispersed of all his children throughout all the countries of Judah and Benjamin, to every fenced city: and he gave them victual in abundance. And he desired many wives. -- 2 chronicles 11:23 +. +And it came to pass, when Rehoboam had established the kingdom, and had strengthened himself, he forsook the law of the LORD, and all Israel with him. -- 2 chronicles 12:1 +. +And it came to pass, that in the fifth year of king Rehoboam Shishak king of Egypt came up against Jerusalem, because they had transgressed against the LORD, -- 2 chronicles 12:2 +. +With twelve hundred chariots, and three score thousand horsemen: and the people were without number that came with him out of Egypt; the Lubims, the Sukkiims, and the Ethiopians. -- 2 chronicles 12:3 +. +And he took the fenced cities which pertained to Judah, and came to Jerusalem. -- 2 chronicles 12:4 +. +Then came Shemaiah the prophet to Rehoboam, and to the princes of Judah, that were gathered together to Jerusalem because of Shishak, and said to them, Thus said the LORD, You have forsaken me, and therefore have I also left you in the hand of Shishak. -- 2 chronicles 12:5 +. +Whereupon the princes of Israel and the king humbled themselves; and they said, The LORD is righteous. -- 2 chronicles 12:6 +. +And when the LORD saw that they humbled themselves, the word of the LORD came to Shemaiah, saying, They have humbled themselves; therefore I will not destroy them, but I will grant them some deliverance; and my wrath shall not be poured out on Jerusalem by the hand of Shishak. -- 2 chronicles 12:7 +. +Nevertheless they shall be his servants; that they may know my service, and the service of the kingdoms of the countries. -- 2 chronicles 12:8 +. +So Shishak king of Egypt came up against Jerusalem, and took away the treasures of the house of the LORD, and the treasures of the king' house; he took all: he carried away also the shields of gold which Solomon had made. -- 2 chronicles 12:9 +. +Instead of which king Rehoboam made shields of brass, and committed them to the hands of the chief of the guard, that kept the entrance of the king' house. -- 2 chronicles 12:10 +. +And when the king entered into the house of the LORD, the guard came and fetched them, and brought them again into the guard chamber. -- 2 chronicles 12:11 +. +And when he humbled himself, the wrath of the LORD turned from him, that he would not destroy him altogether: and also in Judah things went well. -- 2 chronicles 12:12 +. +So king Rehoboam strengthened himself in Jerusalem, and reigned: for Rehoboam was one and forty years old when he began to reign, and he reigned seventeen years in Jerusalem, the city which the LORD had chosen out of all the tribes of Israel, to put his name there. And his mother' name was Naamah an Ammonitess. -- 2 chronicles 12:13 +. +And he did evil, because he prepared not his heart to seek the LORD. -- 2 chronicles 12:14 +. +Now the acts of Rehoboam, first and last, are they not written in the book of Shemaiah the prophet, and of Iddo the seer concerning genealogies? And there were wars between Rehoboam and Jeroboam continually. -- 2 chronicles 12:15 +. +And Rehoboam slept with his fathers, and was buried in the city of David: and Abijah his son reigned in his stead. -- 2 chronicles 12:16 +. +Now in the eighteenth year of king Jeroboam began Abijah to reign over Judah. -- 2 chronicles 13:1 +. +He reigned three years in Jerusalem. His mother' name also was Michaiah the daughter of Uriel of Gibeah. And there was war between Abijah and Jeroboam. -- 2 chronicles 13:2 +. +And Abijah set the battle in array with an army of valiant men of war, even four hundred thousand chosen men: Jeroboam also set the battle in array against him with eight hundred thousand chosen men, being mighty men of valor. -- 2 chronicles 13:3 +. +And Abijah stood up on mount Zemaraim, which is in mount Ephraim, and said, Hear me, you Jeroboam, and all Israel; -- 2 chronicles 13:4 +. +Ought you not to know that the LORD God of Israel gave the kingdom over Israel to David for ever, even to him and to his sons by a covenant of salt? -- 2 chronicles 13:5 +. +Yet Jeroboam the son of Nebat, the servant of Solomon the son of David, is risen up, and has rebelled against his lord. -- 2 chronicles 13:6 +. +And there are gathered to him vain men, the children of Belial, and have strengthened themselves against Rehoboam the son of Solomon, when Rehoboam was young and tenderhearted, and could not withstand them. -- 2 chronicles 13:7 +. +And now you think to withstand the kingdom of the LORD in the hand of the sons of David; and you be a great multitude, and there are with your golden calves, which Jeroboam made you for gods. -- 2 chronicles 13:8 +. +Have you not cast out the priests of the LORD, the sons of Aaron, and the Levites, and have made you priests after the manner of the nations of other lands? so that whoever comes to consecrate himself with a young bullock and seven rams, the same may be a priest of them that are no gods. -- 2 chronicles 13:9 +. +But as for us, the LORD is our God, and we have not forsaken him; and the priests, which minister to the LORD, are the sons of Aaron, and the Levites wait on their business: -- 2 chronicles 13:10 +. +And they burn to the LORD every morning and every evening burnt sacrifices and sweet incense: the show bread also set they in order on the pure table; and the candlestick of gold with the lamps thereof, to burn every evening: for we keep the charge of the LORD our God; but you have forsaken him. -- 2 chronicles 13:11 +. +And, behold, God himself is with us for our captain, and his priests with sounding trumpets to cry alarm against you. O children of Israel, fight you not against the LORD God of your fathers; for you shall not prosper. -- 2 chronicles 13:12 +. +But Jeroboam caused an ambush to come about behind them: so they were before Judah, and the ambush was behind them. -- 2 chronicles 13:13 +. +And when Judah looked back, behold, the battle was before and behind: and they cried to the LORD, and the priests sounded with the trumpets. -- 2 chronicles 13:14 +. +Then the men of Judah gave a shout: and as the men of Judah shouted, it came to pass, that God smote Jeroboam and all Israel before Abijah and Judah. -- 2 chronicles 13:15 +. +And the children of Israel fled before Judah: and God delivered them into their hand. -- 2 chronicles 13:16 +. +And Abijah and his people slew them with a great slaughter: so there fell down slain of Israel five hundred thousand chosen men. -- 2 chronicles 13:17 +. +Thus the children of Israel were brought under at that time, and the children of Judah prevailed, because they relied on the LORD God of their fathers. -- 2 chronicles 13:18 +. +And Abijah pursued after Jeroboam, and took cities from him, Bethel with the towns thereof, and Jeshanah with the towns thereof, and Ephraim with the towns thereof. -- 2 chronicles 13:19 +. +Neither did Jeroboam recover strength again in the days of Abijah: and the LORD struck him, and he died. -- 2 chronicles 13:20 +. +But Abijah waxed mighty, and married fourteen wives, and begat twenty and two sons, and sixteen daughters. -- 2 chronicles 13:21 +. +And the rest of the acts of Abijah, and his ways, and his sayings, are written in the story of the prophet Iddo. -- 2 chronicles 13:22 +. +So Abijah slept with his fathers, and they buried him in the city of David: and Asa his son reigned in his stead. In his days the land was quiet ten years. -- 2 chronicles 14:1 +. +And Asa did that which was good and right in the eyes of the LORD his God: -- 2 chronicles 14:2 +. +For he took away the altars of the strange gods, and the high places, and broke down the images, and cut down the groves: -- 2 chronicles 14:3 +. +And commanded Judah to seek the LORD God of their fathers, and to do the law and the commandment. -- 2 chronicles 14:4 +. +Also he took away out of all the cities of Judah the high places and the images: and the kingdom was quiet before him. -- 2 chronicles 14:5 +. +And he built fenced cities in Judah: for the land had rest, and he had no war in those years; because the LORD had given him rest. -- 2 chronicles 14:6 +. +Therefore he said to Judah, Let us build these cities, and make about them walls, and towers, gates, and bars, while the land is yet before us; because we have sought the LORD our God, we have sought him, and he has given us rest on every side. So they built and prospered. -- 2 chronicles 14:7 +. +And Asa had an army of men that bore targets and spears, out of Judah three hundred thousand; and out of Benjamin, that bore shields and drew bows, two hundred and fourscore thousand: all these were mighty men of valor. -- 2 chronicles 14:8 +. +And there came out against them Zerah the Ethiopian with an host of a thousand thousand, and three hundred chariots; and came to Mareshah. -- 2 chronicles 14:9 +. +Then Asa went out against him, and they set the battle in array in the valley of Zephathah at Mareshah. -- 2 chronicles 14:10 +. +And Asa cried to the LORD his God, and said, LORD, it is nothing with you to help, whether with many, or with them that have no power: help us, O LORD our God; for we rest on you, and in your name we go against this multitude. O LORD, you are our God; let no man prevail against you. -- 2 chronicles 14:11 +. +So the LORD smote the Ethiopians before Asa, and before Judah; and the Ethiopians fled. -- 2 chronicles 14:12 +. +And Asa and the people that were with him pursued them to Gerar: and the Ethiopians were overthrown, that they could not recover themselves; for they were destroyed before the LORD, and before his host; and they carried away very much spoil. -- 2 chronicles 14:13 +. +And they smote all the cities round about Gerar; for the fear of the LORD came on them: and they spoiled all the cities; for there was exceeding much spoil in them. -- 2 chronicles 14:14 +. +They smote also the tents of cattle, and carried away sheep and camels in abundance, and returned to Jerusalem. -- 2 chronicles 14:15 +. +And the Spirit of God came on Azariah the son of Oded: -- 2 chronicles 15:1 +. +And he went out to meet Asa, and said to him, Hear you me, Asa, and all Judah and Benjamin; The LORD is with you, while you be with him; and if you seek him, he will be found of you; but if you forsake him, he will forsake you. -- 2 chronicles 15:2 +. +Now for a long season Israel has been without the true God, and without a teaching priest, and without law. -- 2 chronicles 15:3 +. +But when they in their trouble did turn to the LORD God of Israel, and sought him, he was found of them. -- 2 chronicles 15:4 +. +And in those times there was no peace to him that went out, nor to him that came in, but great vexations were on all the inhabitants of the countries. -- 2 chronicles 15:5 +. +And nation was destroyed of nation, and city of city: for God did vex them with all adversity. -- 2 chronicles 15:6 +. +Be you strong therefore, and let not your hands be weak: for your work shall be rewarded. -- 2 chronicles 15:7 +. +And when Asa heard these words, and the prophecy of Oded the prophet, he took courage, and put away the abominable idols out of all the land of Judah and Benjamin, and out of the cities which he had taken from mount Ephraim, and renewed the altar of the LORD, that was before the porch of the LORD. -- 2 chronicles 15:8 +. +And he gathered all Judah and Benjamin, and the strangers with them out of Ephraim and Manasseh, and out of Simeon: for they fell to him out of Israel in abundance, when they saw that the LORD his God was with him. -- 2 chronicles 15:9 +. +So they gathered themselves together at Jerusalem in the third month, in the fifteenth year of the reign of Asa. -- 2 chronicles 15:10 +. +And they offered to the LORD the same time, of the spoil which they had brought, seven hundred oxen and seven thousand sheep. -- 2 chronicles 15:11 +. +And they entered into a covenant to seek the LORD God of their fathers with all their heart and with all their soul; -- 2 chronicles 15:12 +. +That whoever would not seek the LORD God of Israel should be put to death, whether small or great, whether man or woman. -- 2 chronicles 15:13 +. +And they swore to the LORD with a loud voice, and with shouting, and with trumpets, and with cornets. -- 2 chronicles 15:14 +. +And all Judah rejoiced at the oath: for they had sworn with all their heart, and sought him with their whole desire; and he was found of them: and the LORD gave them rest round about. -- 2 chronicles 15:15 +. +And also concerning Maachah the mother of Asa the king, he removed her from being queen, because she had made an idol in a grove: and Asa cut down her idol, and stamped it, and burnt it at the brook Kidron. -- 2 chronicles 15:16 +. +But the high places were not taken away out of Israel: nevertheless the heart of Asa was perfect all his days. -- 2 chronicles 15:17 +. +And he brought into the house of God the things that his father had dedicated, and that he himself had dedicated, silver, and gold, and vessels. -- 2 chronicles 15:18 +. +And there was no more war to the five and thirtieth year of the reign of Asa. -- 2 chronicles 15:19 +. +In the six and thirtieth year of the reign of Asa Baasha king of Israel came up against Judah, and built Ramah, to the intent that he might let none go out or come in to Asa king of Judah. -- 2 chronicles 16:1 +. +Then Asa brought out silver and gold out of the treasures of the house of the LORD and of the king' house, and sent to Benhadad king of Syria, that dwelled at Damascus, saying, -- 2 chronicles 16:2 +. +There is a league between me and you, as there was between my father and your father: behold, I have sent you silver and gold; go, break your league with Baasha king of Israel, that he may depart from me. -- 2 chronicles 16:3 +. +And Benhadad listened to king Asa, and sent the captains of his armies against the cities of Israel; and they smote Ijon, and Dan, and Abelmaim, and all the store cities of Naphtali. -- 2 chronicles 16:4 +. +And it came to pass, when Baasha heard it, that he left off building of Ramah, and let his work cease. -- 2 chronicles 16:5 +. +Then Asa the king took all Judah; and they carried away the stones of Ramah, and the timber thereof, with which Baasha was building; and he built therewith Geba and Mizpah. -- 2 chronicles 16:6 +. +And at that time Hanani the seer came to Asa king of Judah, and said to him, Because you have relied on the king of Syria, and not relied on the LORD your God, therefore is the host of the king of Syria escaped out of your hand. -- 2 chronicles 16:7 +. +Were not the Ethiopians and the Lubims a huge host, with very many chariots and horsemen? yet, because you did rely on the LORD, he delivered them into your hand. -- 2 chronicles 16:8 +. +For the eyes of the LORD run to and fro throughout the whole earth, to show himself strong in the behalf of them whose heart is perfect toward him. Herein you have done foolishly: therefore from now on you shall have wars. -- 2 chronicles 16:9 +. +Then Asa was wroth with the seer, and put him in a prison house; for he was in a rage with him because of this thing. And Asa oppressed some of the people the same time. -- 2 chronicles 16:10 +. +And, behold, the acts of Asa, first and last, see, they are written in the book of the kings of Judah and Israel. -- 2 chronicles 16:11 +. +And Asa in the thirty and ninth year of his reign was diseased in his feet, until his disease was exceeding great: yet in his disease he sought not to the LORD, but to the physicians. -- 2 chronicles 16:12 +. +And Asa slept with his fathers, and died in the one and fortieth year of his reign. -- 2 chronicles 16:13 +. +And they buried him in his own sepulchers, which he had made for himself in the city of David, and laid him in the bed which was filled with sweet odors and divers kinds of spices prepared by the apothecaries'are: and they made a very great burning for him. -- 2 chronicles 16:14 +. +And Jehoshaphat his son reigned in his stead, and strengthened himself against Israel. -- 2 chronicles 17:1 +. +And he placed forces in all the fenced cities of Judah, and set garrisons in the land of Judah, and in the cities of Ephraim, which Asa his father had taken. -- 2 chronicles 17:2 +. +And the LORD was with Jehoshaphat, because he walked in the first ways of his father David, and sought not to Baalim; -- 2 chronicles 17:3 +. +But sought to the Lord God of his father, and walked in his commandments, and not after the doings of Israel. -- 2 chronicles 17:4 +. +Therefore the LORD established the kingdom in his hand; and all Judah brought to Jehoshaphat presents; and he had riches and honor in abundance. -- 2 chronicles 17:5 +. +And his heart was lifted up in the ways of the LORD: moreover he took away the high places and groves out of Judah. -- 2 chronicles 17:6 +. +Also in the third year of his reign he sent to his princes, even to Benhail, and to Obadiah, and to Zechariah, and to Nethaneel, and to Michaiah, to teach in the cities of Judah. -- 2 chronicles 17:7 +. +And with them he sent Levites, even Shemaiah, and Nethaniah, and Zebadiah, and Asahel, and Shemiramoth, and Jehonathan, and Adonijah, and Tobijah, and Tobadonijah, Levites; and with them Elishama and Jehoram, priests. -- 2 chronicles 17:8 +. +And they taught in Judah, and had the book of the law of the LORD with them, and went about throughout all the cities of Judah, and taught the people. -- 2 chronicles 17:9 +. +And the fear of the LORD fell on all the kingdoms of the lands that were round about Judah, so that they made no war against Jehoshaphat. -- 2 chronicles 17:10 +. +Also some of the Philistines brought Jehoshaphat presents, and tribute silver; and the Arabians brought him flocks, seven thousand and seven hundred rams, and seven thousand and seven hundred he goats. -- 2 chronicles 17:11 +. +And Jehoshaphat waxed great exceedingly; and he built in Judah castles, and cities of store. -- 2 chronicles 17:12 +. +And he had much business in the cities of Judah: and the men of war, mighty men of valor, were in Jerusalem. -- 2 chronicles 17:13 +. +And these are the numbers of them according to the house of their fathers: Of Judah, the captains of thousands; Adnah the chief, and with him mighty men of valor three hundred thousand. -- 2 chronicles 17:14 +. +And next to him was Jehohanan the captain, and with him two hundred and fourscore thousand. -- 2 chronicles 17:15 +. +And next him was Amasiah the son of Zichri, who willingly offered himself to the LORD; and with him two hundred thousand mighty men of valor. -- 2 chronicles 17:16 +. +And of Benjamin; Eliada a mighty man of valor, and with him armed men with bow and shield two hundred thousand. -- 2 chronicles 17:17 +. +And next him was Jehozabad, and with him an hundred and fourscore thousand ready prepared for the war. -- 2 chronicles 17:18 +. +These waited on the king, beside those whom the king put in the fenced cities throughout all Judah. -- 2 chronicles 17:19 +. +Now Jehoshaphat had riches and honor in abundance, and joined affinity with Ahab. -- 2 chronicles 18:1 +. +And after certain years he went down to Ahab to Samaria. And Ahab killed sheep and oxen for him in abundance, and for the people that he had with him, and persuaded him to go up with him to Ramothgilead. -- 2 chronicles 18:2 +. +And Ahab king of Israel said to Jehoshaphat king of Judah, Will you go with me to Ramothgilead? And he answered him, I am as you are, and my people as your people; and we will be with you in the war. -- 2 chronicles 18:3 +. +And Jehoshaphat said to the king of Israel, Inquire, I pray you, at the word of the LORD to day. -- 2 chronicles 18:4 +. +Therefore the king of Israel gathered together of prophets four hundred men, and said to them, Shall we go to Ramothgilead to battle, or shall I forbear? And they said, Go up; for God will deliver it into the king' hand. -- 2 chronicles 18:5 +. +But Jehoshaphat said, Is there not here a prophet of the LORD besides, that we might inquire of him? -- 2 chronicles 18:6 +. +And the king of Israel said to Jehoshaphat, There is yet one man, by whom we may inquire of the LORD: but I hate him; for he never prophesied good to me, but always evil: the same is Micaiah the son of Imla. And Jehoshaphat said, Let not the king say so. -- 2 chronicles 18:7 +. +And the king of Israel called for one of his officers, and said, Fetch quickly Micaiah the son of Imla. -- 2 chronicles 18:8 +. +And the king of Israel and Jehoshaphat king of Judah sat either of them on his throne, clothed in their robes, and they sat in a void place at the entering in of the gate of Samaria; and all the prophets prophesied before them. -- 2 chronicles 18:9 +. +And Zedekiah the son of Chenaanah had made him horns of iron, and said, Thus said the LORD, With these you shall push Syria until they be consumed. -- 2 chronicles 18:10 +. +And all the prophets prophesied so, saying, Go up to Ramothgilead, and prosper: for the LORD shall deliver it into the hand of the king. -- 2 chronicles 18:11 +. +And the messenger that went to call Micaiah spoke to him, saying, Behold, the words of the prophets declare good to the king with one assent; let your word therefore, I pray you, be like one of their', and speak you good. -- 2 chronicles 18:12 +. +And Micaiah said, As the LORD lives, even what my God said, that will I speak. -- 2 chronicles 18:13 +. +And when he was come to the king, the king said to him, Micaiah, shall we go to Ramothgilead to battle, or shall I forbear? And he said, Go you up, and prosper, and they shall be delivered into your hand. -- 2 chronicles 18:14 +. +And the king said to him, How many times shall I adjure you that you say nothing but the truth to me in the name of the LORD? -- 2 chronicles 18:15 +. +Then he said, I did see all Israel scattered on the mountains, as sheep that have no shepherd: and the LORD said, These have no master; let them return therefore every man to his house in peace. -- 2 chronicles 18:16 +. +And the king of Israel said to Jehoshaphat, Did I not tell you that he would not prophesy good to me, but evil? -- 2 chronicles 18:17 +. +Again he said, Therefore hear the word of the LORD; I saw the LORD sitting on his throne, and all the host of heaven standing on his right hand and on his left. -- 2 chronicles 18:18 +. +And the LORD said, Who shall entice Ahab king of Israel, that he may go up and fall at Ramothgilead? And one spoke saying after this manner, and another saying after that manner. -- 2 chronicles 18:19 +. +Then there came out a spirit, and stood before the LORD, and said, I will entice him. And the LORD said to him, With which? -- 2 chronicles 18:20 +. +And he said, I will go out, and be a lying spirit in the mouth of all his prophets. And the Lord said, You shall entice him, and you shall also prevail: go out, and do even so. -- 2 chronicles 18:21 +. +Now therefore, behold, the LORD has put a lying spirit in the mouth of these your prophets, and the LORD has spoken evil against you. -- 2 chronicles 18:22 +. +Then Zedekiah the son of Chenaanah came near, and smote Micaiah on the cheek, and said, Which way went the Spirit of the LORD from me to speak to you? -- 2 chronicles 18:23 +. +And Micaiah said, Behold, you shall see on that day when you shall go into an inner chamber to hide yourself. -- 2 chronicles 18:24 +. +Then the king of Israel said, Take you Micaiah, and carry him back to Amon the governor of the city, and to Joash the king' son; -- 2 chronicles 18:25 +. +And say, Thus said the king, Put this fellow in the prison, and feed him with bread of affliction and with water of affliction, until I return in peace. -- 2 chronicles 18:26 +. +And Micaiah said, If you certainly return in peace, then has not the LORD spoken by me. And he said, Listen, all you people. -- 2 chronicles 18:27 +. +So the king of Israel and Jehoshaphat the king of Judah went up to Ramothgilead. -- 2 chronicles 18:28 +. +And the king of Israel said to Jehoshaphat, I will disguise myself, and I will go to the battle; but put you on your robes. So the king of Israel disguised himself; and they went to the battle. -- 2 chronicles 18:29 +. +Now the king of Syria had commanded the captains of the chariots that were with him, saying, Fight you not with small or great, save only with the king of Israel. -- 2 chronicles 18:30 +. +And it came to pass, when the captains of the chariots saw Jehoshaphat, that they said, It is the king of Israel. Therefore they compassed about him to fight: but Jehoshaphat cried out, and the LORD helped him; and God moved them to depart from him. -- 2 chronicles 18:31 +. +For it came to pass, that, when the captains of the chariots perceived that it was not the king of Israel, they turned back again from pursuing him. -- 2 chronicles 18:32 +. +And a certain man drew a bow at a venture, and smote the king of Israel between the joints of the harness: therefore he said to his chariot man, Turn your hand, that you may carry me out of the host; for I am wounded. -- 2 chronicles 18:33 +. +And the battle increased that day: however, the king of Israel stayed himself up in his chariot against the Syrians until the even: and about the time of the sun going down he died. -- 2 chronicles 18:34 +. +And Jehoshaphat the king of Judah returned to his house in peace to Jerusalem. -- 2 chronicles 19:1 +. +And Jehu the son of Hanani the seer went out to meet him, and said to king Jehoshaphat, Should you help the ungodly, and love them that hate the LORD? therefore is wrath on you from before the LORD. -- 2 chronicles 19:2 +. +Nevertheless there are good things found in you, in that you have taken away the groves out of the land, and have prepared your heart to seek God. -- 2 chronicles 19:3 +. +And Jehoshaphat dwelled at Jerusalem: and he went out again through the people from Beersheba to mount Ephraim, and brought them back to the LORD God of their fathers. -- 2 chronicles 19:4 +. +And he set judges in the land throughout all the fenced cities of Judah, city by city, -- 2 chronicles 19:5 +. +And said to the judges, Take heed what you do: for you judge not for man, but for the LORD, who is with you in the judgment. -- 2 chronicles 19:6 +. +Why now let the fear of the LORD be on you; take heed and do it: for there is no iniquity with the LORD our God, nor respect of persons, nor taking of gifts. -- 2 chronicles 19:7 +. +Moreover in Jerusalem did Jehoshaphat set of the Levites, and of the priests, and of the chief of the fathers of Israel, for the judgment of the LORD, and for controversies, when they returned to Jerusalem. -- 2 chronicles 19:8 +. +And he charged them, saying, Thus shall you do in the fear of the LORD, faithfully, and with a perfect heart. -- 2 chronicles 19:9 +. +And what cause soever shall come to you of your brothers that dwell in your cities, between blood and blood, between law and commandment, statutes and judgments, you shall even warn them that they trespass not against the LORD, and so wrath come on you, and on your brothers: this do, and you shall not trespass. -- 2 chronicles 19:10 +. +And, behold, Amariah the chief priest is over you in all matters of the LORD; and Zebadiah the son of Ishmael, the ruler of the house of Judah, for all the king' matters: also the Levites shall be officers before you. Deal courageously, and the LORD shall be with the good. -- 2 chronicles 19:11 +. +It came to pass after this also, that the children of Moab, and the children of Ammon, and with them other beside the Ammonites, came against Jehoshaphat to battle. -- 2 chronicles 20:1 +. +Then there came some that told Jehoshaphat, saying, There comes a great multitude against you from beyond the sea on this side Syria; and, behold, they be in Hazazontamar, which is Engedi. -- 2 chronicles 20:2 +. +And Jehoshaphat feared, and set himself to seek the LORD, and proclaimed a fast throughout all Judah. -- 2 chronicles 20:3 +. +And Judah gathered themselves together, to ask help of the LORD: even out of all the cities of Judah they came to seek the LORD. -- 2 chronicles 20:4 +. +And Jehoshaphat stood in the congregation of Judah and Jerusalem, in the house of the LORD, before the new court, -- 2 chronicles 20:5 +. +And said, O LORD God of our fathers, are not you God in heaven? and rule not you over all the kingdoms of the heathen? and in your hand is there not power and might, so that none is able to withstand you? -- 2 chronicles 20:6 +. +Are not you our God, who did drive out the inhabitants of this land before your people Israel, and gave it to the seed of Abraham your friend for ever? -- 2 chronicles 20:7 +. +And they dwelled therein, and have built you a sanctuary therein for your name, saying, -- 2 chronicles 20:8 +. +If, when evil comes on us, as the sword, judgment, or pestilence, or famine, we stand before this house, and in your presence, (for your name is in this house,) and cry to you in our affliction, then you will hear and help. -- 2 chronicles 20:9 +. +And now, behold, the children of Ammon and Moab and mount Seir, whom you would not let Israel invade, when they came out of the land of Egypt, but they turned from them, and destroyed them not; -- 2 chronicles 20:10 +. +Behold, I say, how they reward us, to come to cast us out of your possession, which you have given us to inherit. -- 2 chronicles 20:11 +. +O our God, will you not judge them? for we have no might against this great company that comes against us; neither know we what to do: but our eyes are on you. -- 2 chronicles 20:12 +. +And all Judah stood before the LORD, with their little ones, their wives, and their children. -- 2 chronicles 20:13 +. +Then on Jahaziel the son of Zechariah, the son of Benaiah, the son of Jeiel, the son of Mattaniah, a Levite of the sons of Asaph, came the Spirit of the LORD in the middle of the congregation; -- 2 chronicles 20:14 +. +And he said, Listen you, all Judah, and you inhabitants of Jerusalem, and you king Jehoshaphat, Thus said the LORD to you, Be not afraid nor dismayed by reason of this great multitude; for the battle is not yours, but God'. -- 2 chronicles 20:15 +. +To morrow go you down against them: behold, they come up by the cliff of Ziz; and you shall find them at the end of the brook, before the wilderness of Jeruel. -- 2 chronicles 20:16 +. +You shall not need to fight in this battle: set yourselves, stand you still, and see the salvation of the LORD with you, O Judah and Jerusalem: fear not, nor be dismayed; to morrow go out against them: for the LORD will be with you. -- 2 chronicles 20:17 +. +And Jehoshaphat bowed his head with his face to the ground: and all Judah and the inhabitants of Jerusalem fell before the LORD, worshipping the LORD. -- 2 chronicles 20:18 +. +And the Levites, of the children of the Kohathites, and of the children of the Korhites, stood up to praise the LORD God of Israel with a loud voice on high. -- 2 chronicles 20:19 +. +And they rose early in the morning, and went forth into the wilderness of Tekoa: and as they went forth, Jehoshaphat stood and said, Hear me, O Judah, and you inhabitants of Jerusalem; Believe in the LORD your God, so shall you be established; believe his prophets, so shall you prosper. -- 2 chronicles 20:20 +. +And when he had consulted with the people, he appointed singers to the LORD, and that should praise the beauty of holiness, as they went out before the army, and to say, Praise the LORD; for his mercy endures for ever. -- 2 chronicles 20:21 +. +And when they began to sing and to praise, the LORD set ambushes against the children of Ammon, Moab, and mount Seir, which were come against Judah; and they were smitten. -- 2 chronicles 20:22 +. +For the children of Ammon and Moab stood up against the inhabitants of mount Seir, utterly to slay and destroy them: and when they had made an end of the inhabitants of Seir, every one helped to destroy another. -- 2 chronicles 20:23 +. +And when Judah came toward the watch tower in the wilderness, they looked to the multitude, and, behold, they were dead bodies fallen to the earth, and none escaped. -- 2 chronicles 20:24 +. +And when Jehoshaphat and his people came to take away the spoil of them, they found among them in abundance both riches with the dead bodies, and precious jewels, which they stripped off for themselves, more than they could carry away: and they were three days in gathering of the spoil, it was so much. -- 2 chronicles 20:25 +. +And on the fourth day they assembled themselves in the valley of Berachah; for there they blessed the LORD: therefore the name of the same place was called, The valley of Berachah, to this day. -- 2 chronicles 20:26 +. +Then they returned, every man of Judah and Jerusalem, and Jehoshaphat in the forefront of them, to go again to Jerusalem with joy; for the LORD had made them to rejoice over their enemies. -- 2 chronicles 20:27 +. +And they came to Jerusalem with psalteries and harps and trumpets to the house of the LORD. -- 2 chronicles 20:28 +. +And the fear of God was on all the kingdoms of those countries, when they had heard that the LORD fought against the enemies of Israel. -- 2 chronicles 20:29 +. +So the realm of Jehoshaphat was quiet: for his God gave him rest round about. -- 2 chronicles 20:30 +. +And Jehoshaphat reigned over Judah: he was thirty and five years old when he began to reign, and he reigned twenty and five years in Jerusalem. And his mother' name was Azubah the daughter of Shilhi. -- 2 chronicles 20:31 +. +And he walked in the way of Asa his father, and departed not from it, doing that which was right in the sight of the LORD. -- 2 chronicles 20:32 +. +However, the high places were not taken away: for as yet the people had not prepared their hearts to the God of their fathers. -- 2 chronicles 20:33 +. +Now the rest of the acts of Jehoshaphat, first and last, behold, they are written in the book of Jehu the son of Hanani, who is mentioned in the book of the kings of Israel. -- 2 chronicles 20:34 +. +And after this did Jehoshaphat king of Judah join himself with Ahaziah king of Israel, who did very wickedly: -- 2 chronicles 20:35 +. +And he joined himself with him to make ships to go to Tarshish: and they made the ships in Eziongaber. -- 2 chronicles 20:36 +. +Then Eliezer the son of Dodavah of Mareshah prophesied against Jehoshaphat, saying, Because you have joined yourself with Ahaziah, the LORD has broken your works. And the ships were broken, that they were not able to go to Tarshish. -- 2 chronicles 20:37 +. +Now Jehoshaphat slept with his fathers, and was buried with his fathers in the city of David. And Jehoram his son reigned in his stead. -- 2 chronicles 21:1 +. +And he had brothers the sons of Jehoshaphat, Azariah, and Jehiel, and Zechariah, and Azariah, and Michael, and Shephatiah: all these were the sons of Jehoshaphat king of Israel. -- 2 chronicles 21:2 +. +And their father gave them great gifts of silver, and of gold, and of precious things, with fenced cities in Judah: but the kingdom gave he to Jehoram; because he was the firstborn. -- 2 chronicles 21:3 +. +Now when Jehoram was risen up to the kingdom of his father, he strengthened himself, and slew all his brothers with the sword, and divers also of the princes of Israel. -- 2 chronicles 21:4 +. +Jehoram was thirty and two years old when he began to reign, and he reigned eight years in Jerusalem. -- 2 chronicles 21:5 +. +And he walked in the way of the kings of Israel, like as did the house of Ahab: for he had the daughter of Ahab to wife: and he worked that which was evil in the eyes of the LORD. -- 2 chronicles 21:6 +. +However, the LORD would not destroy the house of David, because of the covenant that he had made with David, and as he promised to give a light to him and to his sons for ever. -- 2 chronicles 21:7 +. +In his days the Edomites revolted from under the dominion of Judah, and made themselves a king. -- 2 chronicles 21:8 +. +Then Jehoram went forth with his princes, and all his chariots with him: and he rose up by night, and smote the Edomites which compassed him in, and the captains of the chariots. -- 2 chronicles 21:9 +. +So the Edomites revolted from under the hand of Judah to this day. The same time also did Libnah revolt from under his hand; because he had forsaken the LORD God of his fathers. -- 2 chronicles 21:10 +. +Moreover he made high places in the mountains of Judah and caused the inhabitants of Jerusalem to commit fornication, and compelled Judah thereto. -- 2 chronicles 21:11 +. +And there came a writing to him from Elijah the prophet, saying, Thus said the LORD God of David your father, Because you have not walked in the ways of Jehoshaphat your father, nor in the ways of Asa king of Judah, -- 2 chronicles 21:12 +. +But have walked in the way of the kings of Israel, and have made Judah and the inhabitants of Jerusalem to go a whoring, like to the prostitutions of the house of Ahab, and also have slain your brothers of your father' house, which were better than yourself: -- 2 chronicles 21:13 +. +Behold, with a great plague will the LORD smite your people, and your children, and your wives, and all your goods: -- 2 chronicles 21:14 +. +And you shall have great sickness by disease of your bowels, until your bowels fall out by reason of the sickness day by day. -- 2 chronicles 21:15 +. +Moreover the LORD stirred up against Jehoram the spirit of the Philistines, and of the Arabians, that were near the Ethiopians: -- 2 chronicles 21:16 +. +And they came up into Judah, and broke into it, and carried away all the substance that was found in the king' house, and his sons also, and his wives; so that there was never a son left him, save Jehoahaz, the youngest of his sons. -- 2 chronicles 21:17 +. +And after all this the LORD smote him in his bowels with an incurable disease. -- 2 chronicles 21:18 +. +And it came to pass, that in process of time, after the end of two years, his bowels fell out by reason of his sickness: so he died of sore diseases. And his people made no burning for him, like the burning of his fathers. -- 2 chronicles 21:19 +. +Thirty and two years old was he when he began to reign, and he reigned in Jerusalem eight years, and departed without being desired. However, they buried him in the city of David, but not in the sepulchers of the kings. -- 2 chronicles 21:20 +. +And the inhabitants of Jerusalem made Ahaziah his youngest son king in his stead: for the band of men that came with the Arabians to the camp had slain all the oldest. So Ahaziah the son of Jehoram king of Judah reigned. -- 2 chronicles 22:1 +. +Forty and two years old was Ahaziah when he began to reign, and he reigned one year in Jerusalem. His mother' name also was Athaliah the daughter of Omri. -- 2 chronicles 22:2 +. +He also walked in the ways of the house of Ahab: for his mother was his counselor to do wickedly. -- 2 chronicles 22:3 +. +Why he did evil in the sight of the LORD like the house of Ahab: for they were his counsellors after the death of his father to his destruction. -- 2 chronicles 22:4 +. +He walked also after their counsel, and went with Jehoram the son of Ahab king of Israel to war against Hazael king of Syria at Ramothgilead: and the Syrians smote Joram. -- 2 chronicles 22:5 +. +And he returned to be healed in Jezreel because of the wounds which were given him at Ramah, when he fought with Hazael king of Syria. And Azariah the son of Jehoram king of Judah went down to see Jehoram the son of Ahab at Jezreel, because he was sick. -- 2 chronicles 22:6 +. +And the destruction of Ahaziah was of God by coming to Joram: for when he was come, he went out with Jehoram against Jehu the son of Nimshi, whom the LORD had anointed to cut off the house of Ahab. -- 2 chronicles 22:7 +. +And it came to pass, that, when Jehu was executing judgment on the house of Ahab, and found the princes of Judah, and the sons of the brothers of Ahaziah, that ministered to Ahaziah, he slew them. -- 2 chronicles 22:8 +. +And he sought Ahaziah: and they caught him, (for he was hid in Samaria,) and brought him to Jehu: and when they had slain him, they buried him: Because, said they, he is the son of Jehoshaphat, who sought the LORD with all his heart. So the house of Ahaziah had no power to keep still the kingdom. -- 2 chronicles 22:9 +. +But when Athaliah the mother of Ahaziah saw that her son was dead, she arose and destroyed all the seed royal of the house of Judah. -- 2 chronicles 22:10 +. +But Jehoshabeath, the daughter of the king, took Joash the son of Ahaziah, and stole him from among the king' sons that were slain, and put him and his nurse in a bedchamber. So Jehoshabeath, the daughter of king Jehoram, the wife of Jehoiada the priest, (for she was the sister of Ahaziah,) hid him from Athaliah, so that she slew him not. -- 2 chronicles 22:11 +. +And he was with them hid in the house of God six years: and Athaliah reigned over the land. -- 2 chronicles 22:12 +. +And in the seventh year Jehoiada strengthened himself, and took the captains of hundreds, Azariah the son of Jeroham, and Ishmael the son of Jehohanan, and Azariah the son of Obed, and Maaseiah the son of Adaiah, and Elishaphat the son of Zichri, into covenant with him. -- 2 chronicles 23:1 +. +And they went about in Judah, and gathered the Levites out of all the cities of Judah, and the chief of the fathers of Israel, and they came to Jerusalem. -- 2 chronicles 23:2 +. +And all the congregation made a covenant with the king in the house of God. And he said to them, Behold, the king' son shall reign, as the LORD has said of the sons of David. -- 2 chronicles 23:3 +. +This is the thing that you shall do; A third part of you entering on the sabbath, of the priests and of the Levites, shall be porters of the doors; -- 2 chronicles 23:4 +. +And a third part shall be at the king' house; and a third part at the gate of the foundation: and all the people shall be in the courts of the house of the LORD. -- 2 chronicles 23:5 +. +But let none come into the house of the LORD, save the priests, and they that minister of the Levites; they shall go in, for they are holy: but all the people shall keep the watch of the LORD. -- 2 chronicles 23:6 +. +And the Levites shall compass the king round about, every man with his weapons in his hand; and whoever else comes into the house, he shall be put to death: but be you with the king when he comes in, and when he goes out. -- 2 chronicles 23:7 +. +So the Levites and all Judah did according to all things that Jehoiada the priest had commanded, and took every man his men that were to come in on the sabbath, with them that were to go out on the sabbath: for Jehoiada the priest dismissed not the courses. -- 2 chronicles 23:8 +. +Moreover Jehoiada the priest delivered to the captains of hundreds spears, and bucklers, and shields, that had been king David', which were in the house of God. -- 2 chronicles 23:9 +. +And he set all the people, every man having his weapon in his hand, from the right side of the temple to the left side of the temple, along by the altar and the temple, by the king round about. -- 2 chronicles 23:10 +. +Then they brought out the king' son, and put on him the crown, and gave him the testimony, and made him king. And Jehoiada and his sons anointed him, and said, God save the king. -- 2 chronicles 23:11 +. +Now when Athaliah heard the noise of the people running and praising the king, she came to the people into the house of the LORD: -- 2 chronicles 23:12 +. +And she looked, and, behold, the king stood at his pillar at the entering in, and the princes and the trumpets by the king: and all the people of the land rejoiced, and sounded with trumpets, also the singers with instruments of music, and such as taught to sing praise. Then Athaliah rent her clothes, and said, Treason, Treason. -- 2 chronicles 23:13 +. +Then Jehoiada the priest brought out the captains of hundreds that were set over the host, and said to them, Have her forth of the ranges: and whoever follows her, let him be slain with the sword. For the priest said, Slay her not in the house of the LORD. -- 2 chronicles 23:14 +. +So they laid hands on her; and when she was come to the entering of the horse gate by the king' house, they slew her there. -- 2 chronicles 23:15 +. +And Jehoiada made a covenant between him, and between all the people, and between the king, that they should be the LORD' people. -- 2 chronicles 23:16 +. +Then all the people went to the house of Baal, and broke it down, and broke his altars and his images in pieces, and slew Mattan the priest of Baal before the altars. -- 2 chronicles 23:17 +. +Also Jehoiada appointed the offices of the house of the LORD by the hand of the priests the Levites, whom David had distributed in the house of the LORD, to offer the burnt offerings of the LORD, as it is written in the law of Moses, with rejoicing and with singing, as it was ordained by David. -- 2 chronicles 23:18 +. +And he set the porters at the gates of the house of the LORD, that none which was unclean in any thing should enter in. -- 2 chronicles 23:19 +. +And he took the captains of hundreds, and the nobles, and the governors of the people, and all the people of the land, and brought down the king from the house of the LORD: and they came through the high gate into the king' house, and set the king on the throne of the kingdom. -- 2 chronicles 23:20 +. +And all the people of the land rejoiced: and the city was quiet, after that they had slain Athaliah with the sword. -- 2 chronicles 23:21 +. +Joash was seven years old when he began to reign, and he reigned forty years in Jerusalem. His mother' name also was Zibiah of Beersheba. -- 2 chronicles 24:1 +. +And Joash did that which was right in the sight of the LORD all the days of Jehoiada the priest. -- 2 chronicles 24:2 +. +And Jehoiada took for him two wives; and he begat sons and daughters. -- 2 chronicles 24:3 +. +And it came to pass after this, that Joash was minded to repair the house of the LORD. -- 2 chronicles 24:4 +. +And he gathered together the priests and the Levites, and said to them, Go out to the cities of Judah, and gather of all Israel money to repair the house of your God from year to year, and see that you hasten the matter. However, the Levites hastened it not. -- 2 chronicles 24:5 +. +And the king called for Jehoiada the chief, and said to him, Why have you not required of the Levites to bring in out of Judah and out of Jerusalem the collection, according to the commandment of Moses the servant of the LORD, and of the congregation of Israel, for the tabernacle of witness? -- 2 chronicles 24:6 +. +For the sons of Athaliah, that wicked woman, had broken up the house of God; and also all the dedicated things of the house of the LORD did they bestow on Baalim. -- 2 chronicles 24:7 +. +And at the king' commandment they made a chest, and set it without at the gate of the house of the LORD. -- 2 chronicles 24:8 +. +And they made a proclamation through Judah and Jerusalem, to bring in to the LORD the collection that Moses the servant of God laid on Israel in the wilderness. -- 2 chronicles 24:9 +. +And all the princes and all the people rejoiced, and brought in, and cast into the chest, until they had made an end. -- 2 chronicles 24:10 +. +Now it came to pass, that at what time the chest was brought to the king' office by the hand of the Levites, and when they saw that there was much money, the king' scribe and the high priest' officer came and emptied the chest, and took it, and carried it to his place again. Thus they did day by day, and gathered money in abundance. -- 2 chronicles 24:11 +. +And the king and Jehoiada gave it to such as did the work of the service of the house of the LORD, and hired masons and carpenters to repair the house of the LORD, and also such as worked iron and brass to mend the house of the LORD. -- 2 chronicles 24:12 +. +So the workmen worked, and the work was perfected by them, and they set the house of God in his state, and strengthened it. -- 2 chronicles 24:13 +. +And when they had finished it, they brought the rest of the money before the king and Jehoiada, whereof were made vessels for the house of the LORD, even vessels to minister, and to offer with, and spoons, and vessels of gold and silver. And they offered burnt offerings in the house of the LORD continually all the days of Jehoiada. -- 2 chronicles 24:14 +. +But Jehoiada waxed old, and was full of days when he died; an hundred and thirty years old was he when he died. -- 2 chronicles 24:15 +. +And they buried him in the city of David among the kings, because he had done good in Israel, both toward God, and toward his house. -- 2 chronicles 24:16 +. +Now after the death of Jehoiada came the princes of Judah, and made obeisance to the king. Then the king listened to them. -- 2 chronicles 24:17 +. +And they left the house of the LORD God of their fathers, and served groves and idols: and wrath came on Judah and Jerusalem for this their trespass. -- 2 chronicles 24:18 +. +Yet he sent prophets to them, to bring them again to the LORD; and they testified against them: but they would not give ear. -- 2 chronicles 24:19 +. +And the Spirit of God came on Zechariah the son of Jehoiada the priest, which stood above the people, and said to them, Thus said God, Why transgress you the commandments of the LORD, that you cannot prosper? because you have forsaken the LORD, he has also forsaken you. -- 2 chronicles 24:20 +. +And they conspired against him, and stoned him with stones at the commandment of the king in the court of the house of the LORD. -- 2 chronicles 24:21 +. +Thus Joash the king remembered not the kindness which Jehoiada his father had done to him, but slew his son. And when he died, he said, The LORD look on it, and require it. -- 2 chronicles 24:22 +. +And it came to pass at the end of the year, that the host of Syria came up against him: and they came to Judah and Jerusalem, and destroyed all the princes of the people from among the people, and sent all the spoil of them to the king of Damascus. -- 2 chronicles 24:23 +. +For the army of the Syrians came with a small company of men, and the LORD delivered a very great host into their hand, because they had forsaken the LORD God of their fathers. So they executed judgment against Joash. -- 2 chronicles 24:24 +. +And when they were departed from him, (for they left him in great diseases,) his own servants conspired against him for the blood of the sons of Jehoiada the priest, and slew him on his bed, and he died: and they buried him in the city of David, but they buried him not in the sepulchers of the kings. -- 2 chronicles 24:25 +. +And these are they that conspired against him; Zabad the son of Shimeath an Ammonitess, and Jehozabad the son of Shimrith a Moabitess. -- 2 chronicles 24:26 +. +Now concerning his sons, and the greatness of the burdens laid on him, and the repairing of the house of God, behold, they are written in the story of the book of the kings. And Amaziah his son reigned in his stead. -- 2 chronicles 24:27 +. +Amaziah was twenty and five years old when he began to reign, and he reigned twenty and nine years in Jerusalem. And his mother' name was Jehoaddan of Jerusalem. -- 2 chronicles 25:1 +. +And he did that which was right in the sight of the LORD, but not with a perfect heart. -- 2 chronicles 25:2 +. +Now it came to pass, when the kingdom was established to him, that he slew his servants that had killed the king his father. -- 2 chronicles 25:3 +. +But he slew not their children, but did as it is written in the law in the book of Moses, where the LORD commanded, saying, The fathers shall not die for the children, neither shall the children die for the fathers, but every man shall die for his own sin. -- 2 chronicles 25:4 +. +Moreover Amaziah gathered Judah together, and made them captains over thousands, and captains over hundreds, according to the houses of their fathers, throughout all Judah and Benjamin: and he numbered them from twenty years old and above, and found them three hundred thousand choice men, able to go forth to war, that could handle spear and shield. -- 2 chronicles 25:5 +. +He hired also an hundred thousand mighty men of valor out of Israel for an hundred talents of silver. -- 2 chronicles 25:6 +. +But there came a man of God to him, saying, O king, let not the army of Israel go with you; for the LORD is not with Israel, to wit, with all the children of Ephraim. -- 2 chronicles 25:7 +. +But if you will go, do it; be strong for the battle: God shall make you fall before the enemy: for God has power to help, and to cast down. -- 2 chronicles 25:8 +. +And Amaziah said to the man of God, But what shall we do for the hundred talents which I have given to the army of Israel? And the man of God answered, The LORD is able to give you much more than this. -- 2 chronicles 25:9 +. +Then Amaziah separated them, to wit, the army that was come to him out of Ephraim, to go home again: why their anger was greatly kindled against Judah, and they returned home in great anger. -- 2 chronicles 25:10 +. +And Amaziah strengthened himself, and led forth his people, and went to the valley of salt, and smote of the children of Seir ten thousand. -- 2 chronicles 25:11 +. +And other ten thousand left alive did the children of Judah carry away captive, and brought them to the top of the rock, and cast them down from the top of the rock, that they all were broken in pieces. -- 2 chronicles 25:12 +. +But the soldiers of the army which Amaziah sent back, that they should not go with him to battle, fell on the cities of Judah, from Samaria even to Bethhoron, and smote three thousand of them, and took much spoil. -- 2 chronicles 25:13 +. +Now it came to pass, after that Amaziah was come from the slaughter of the Edomites, that he brought the gods of the children of Seir, and set them up to be his gods, and bowed down himself before them, and burned incense to them. -- 2 chronicles 25:14 +. +Why the anger of the LORD was kindled against Amaziah, and he sent to him a prophet, which said to him, Why have you sought after the gods of the people, which could not deliver their own people out of your hand? -- 2 chronicles 25:15 +. +And it came to pass, as he talked with him, that the king said to him, Are you made of the king' counsel? forbear; why should you be smitten? Then the prophet declined, and said, I know that God has determined to destroy you, because you have done this, and have not listened to my counsel. -- 2 chronicles 25:16 +. +Then Amaziah king of Judah took advice, and sent to Joash, the son of Jehoahaz, the son of Jehu, king of Israel, saying, Come, let us see one another in the face. -- 2 chronicles 25:17 +. +And Joash king of Israel sent to Amaziah king of Judah, saying, The thistle that was in Lebanon sent to the cedar that was in Lebanon, saying, Give your daughter to my son to wife: and there passed by a wild beast that was in Lebanon, and stepped down the thistle. -- 2 chronicles 25:18 +. +You say, See, you have smitten the Edomites; and your heart lifts you up to boast: abide now at home; why should you meddle to your hurt, that you should fall, even you, and Judah with you? -- 2 chronicles 25:19 +. +But Amaziah would not hear; for it came of God, that he might deliver them into the hand of their enemies, because they sought after the gods of Edom. -- 2 chronicles 25:20 +. +So Joash the king of Israel went up; and they saw one another in the face, both he and Amaziah king of Judah, at Bethshemesh, which belongs to Judah. -- 2 chronicles 25:21 +. +And Judah was put to the worse before Israel, and they fled every man to his tent. -- 2 chronicles 25:22 +. +And Joash the king of Israel took Amaziah king of Judah, the son of Joash, the son of Jehoahaz, at Bethshemesh, and brought him to Jerusalem, and broke down the wall of Jerusalem from the gate of Ephraim to the corner gate, four hundred cubits. -- 2 chronicles 25:23 +. +And he took all the gold and the silver, and all the vessels that were found in the house of God with Obededom, and the treasures of the king' house, the hostages also, and returned to Samaria. -- 2 chronicles 25:24 +. +And Amaziah the son of Joash king of Judah lived after the death of Joash son of Jehoahaz king of Israel fifteen years. -- 2 chronicles 25:25 +. +Now the rest of the acts of Amaziah, first and last, behold, are they not written in the book of the kings of Judah and Israel? -- 2 chronicles 25:26 +. +Now after the time that Amaziah did turn away from following the LORD they made a conspiracy against him in Jerusalem; and he fled to Lachish: but they sent to Lachish after him, and slew him there. -- 2 chronicles 25:27 +. +And they brought him on horses, and buried him with his fathers in the city of Judah. -- 2 chronicles 25:28 +. +Then all the people of Judah took Uzziah, who was sixteen years old, and made him king in the room of his father Amaziah. -- 2 chronicles 26:1 +. +He built Eloth, and restored it to Judah, after that the king slept with his fathers. -- 2 chronicles 26:2 +. +Sixteen years old was Uzziah when he began to reign, and he reigned fifty and two years in Jerusalem. His mother' name also was Jecoliah of Jerusalem. -- 2 chronicles 26:3 +. +And he did that which was right in the sight of the LORD, according to all that his father Amaziah did. -- 2 chronicles 26:4 +. +And he sought God in the days of Zechariah, who had understanding in the visions of God: and as long as he sought the LORD, God made him to prosper. -- 2 chronicles 26:5 +. +And he went forth and warred against the Philistines, and broke down the wall of Gath, and the wall of Jabneh, and the wall of Ashdod, and built cities about Ashdod, and among the Philistines. -- 2 chronicles 26:6 +. +And God helped him against the Philistines, and against the Arabians that dwelled in Gurbaal, and the Mehunims. -- 2 chronicles 26:7 +. +And the Ammonites gave gifts to Uzziah: and his name spread abroad even to the entering in of Egypt; for he strengthened himself exceedingly. -- 2 chronicles 26:8 +. +Moreover Uzziah built towers in Jerusalem at the corner gate, and at the valley gate, and at the turning of the wall, and fortified them. -- 2 chronicles 26:9 +. +Also he built towers in the desert, and dig many wells: for he had much cattle, both in the low country, and in the plains: farmers also, and vine dressers in the mountains, and in Carmel: for he loved husbandry. -- 2 chronicles 26:10 +. +Moreover Uzziah had an host of fighting men, that went out to war by bands, according to the number of their account by the hand of Jeiel the scribe and Maaseiah the ruler, under the hand of Hananiah, one of the king' captains. -- 2 chronicles 26:11 +. +The whole number of the chief of the fathers of the mighty men of valor were two thousand and six hundred. -- 2 chronicles 26:12 +. +And under their hand was an army, three hundred thousand and seven thousand and five hundred, that made war with mighty power, to help the king against the enemy. -- 2 chronicles 26:13 +. +And Uzziah prepared for them throughout all the host shields, and spears, and helmets, and habergeons, and bows, and slings to cast stones. -- 2 chronicles 26:14 +. +And he made in Jerusalem engines, invented by cunning men, to be on the towers and on the bulwarks, to shoot arrows and great stones with. And his name spread far abroad; for he was marvelously helped, till he was strong. -- 2 chronicles 26:15 +. +But when he was strong, his heart was lifted up to his destruction: for he transgressed against the LORD his God, and went into the temple of the LORD to burn incense on the altar of incense. -- 2 chronicles 26:16 +. +And Azariah the priest went in after him, and with him fourscore priests of the LORD, that were valiant men: -- 2 chronicles 26:17 +. +And they withstood Uzziah the king, and said to him, It appertains not to you, Uzziah, to burn incense to the LORD, but to the priests the sons of Aaron, that are consecrated to burn incense: go out of the sanctuary; for you have trespassed; neither shall it be for your honor from the LORD God. -- 2 chronicles 26:18 +. +Then Uzziah was wroth, and had a censer in his hand to burn incense: and while he was wroth with the priests, the leprosy even rose up in his forehead before the priests in the house of the LORD, from beside the incense altar. -- 2 chronicles 26:19 +. +And Azariah the chief priest, and all the priests, looked on him, and, behold, he was leprous in his forehead, and they thrust him out from there; yes, himself hurried also to go out, because the LORD had smitten him. -- 2 chronicles 26:20 +. +And Uzziah the king was a leper to the day of his death, and dwelled in a several house, being a leper; for he was cut off from the house of the LORD: and Jotham his son was over the king' house, judging the people of the land. -- 2 chronicles 26:21 +. +Now the rest of the acts of Uzziah, first and last, did Isaiah the prophet, the son of Amoz, write. -- 2 chronicles 26:22 +. +So Uzziah slept with his fathers, and they buried him with his fathers in the field of the burial which belonged to the kings; for they said, He is a leper: and Jotham his son reigned in his stead. -- 2 chronicles 26:23 +. +Jotham was twenty and five years old when he began to reign, and he reigned sixteen years in Jerusalem. His mother' name also was Jerushah, the daughter of Zadok. -- 2 chronicles 27:1 +. +And he did that which was right in the sight of the LORD, according to all that his father Uzziah did: however, he entered not into the temple of the LORD. And the people did yet corruptly. -- 2 chronicles 27:2 +. +He built the high gate of the house of the LORD, and on the wall of Ophel he built much. -- 2 chronicles 27:3 +. +Moreover he built cities in the mountains of Judah, and in the forests he built castles and towers. -- 2 chronicles 27:4 +. +He fought also with the king of the Ammonites, and prevailed against them. And the children of Ammon gave him the same year an hundred talents of silver, and ten thousand measures of wheat, and ten thousand of barley. So much did the children of Ammon pay to him, both the second year, and the third. -- 2 chronicles 27:5 +. +So Jotham became mighty, because he prepared his ways before the LORD his God. -- 2 chronicles 27:6 +. +Now the rest of the acts of Jotham, and all his wars, and his ways, see, they are written in the book of the kings of Israel and Judah. -- 2 chronicles 27:7 +. +He was five and twenty years old when he began to reign, and reigned sixteen years in Jerusalem. -- 2 chronicles 27:8 +. +And Jotham slept with his fathers, and they buried him in the city of David: and Ahaz his son reigned in his stead. -- 2 chronicles 27:9 +. +Ahaz was twenty years old when he began to reign, and he reigned sixteen years in Jerusalem: but he did not that which was right in the sight of the LORD, like David his father: -- 2 chronicles 28:1 +. +For he walked in the ways of the kings of Israel, and made also molten images for Baalim. -- 2 chronicles 28:2 +. +Moreover he burnt incense in the valley of the son of Hinnom, and burnt his children in the fire, after the abominations of the heathen whom the LORD had cast out before the children of Israel. -- 2 chronicles 28:3 +. +He sacrificed also and burnt incense in the high places, and on the hills, and under every green tree. -- 2 chronicles 28:4 +. +Why the LORD his God delivered him into the hand of the king of Syria; and they smote him, and carried away a great multitude of them captives, and brought them to Damascus. And he was also delivered into the hand of the king of Israel, who smote him with a great slaughter. -- 2 chronicles 28:5 +. +For Pekah the son of Remaliah slew in Judah an hundred and twenty thousand in one day, which were all valiant men; because they had forsaken the LORD God of their fathers. -- 2 chronicles 28:6 +. +And Zichri, a mighty man of Ephraim, slew Maaseiah the king' son, and Azrikam the governor of the house, and Elkanah that was next to the king. -- 2 chronicles 28:7 +. +And the children of Israel carried away captive of their brothers two hundred thousand, women, sons, and daughters, and took also away much spoil from them, and brought the spoil to Samaria. -- 2 chronicles 28:8 +. +But a prophet of the LORD was there, whose name was Oded: and he went out before the host that came to Samaria, and said to them, Behold, because the LORD God of your fathers was wroth with Judah, he has delivered them into your hand, and you have slain them in a rage that reaches up to heaven. -- 2 chronicles 28:9 +. +And now you purpose to keep under the children of Judah and Jerusalem for slaves and bondwomen to you: but are there not with you, even with you, sins against the LORD your God? -- 2 chronicles 28:10 +. +Now hear me therefore, and deliver the captives again, which you have taken captive of your brothers: for the fierce wrath of the LORD is on you. -- 2 chronicles 28:11 +. +Then certain of the heads of the children of Ephraim, Azariah the son of Johanan, Berechiah the son of Meshillemoth, and Jehizkiah the son of Shallum, and Amasa the son of Hadlai, stood up against them that came from the war, -- 2 chronicles 28:12 +. +And said to them, You shall not bring in the captives here: for whereas we have offended against the LORD already, you intend to add more to our sins and to our trespass: for our trespass is great, and there is fierce wrath against Israel. -- 2 chronicles 28:13 +. +So the armed men left the captives and the spoil before the princes and all the congregation. -- 2 chronicles 28:14 +. +And the men which were expressed by name rose up, and took the captives, and with the spoil clothed all that were naked among them, and arrayed them, and shod them, and gave them to eat and to drink, and anointed them, and carried all the feeble of them on asses, and brought them to Jericho, the city of palm trees, to their brothers: then they returned to Samaria. -- 2 chronicles 28:15 +. +At that time did king Ahaz send to the kings of Assyria to help him. -- 2 chronicles 28:16 +. +For again the Edomites had come and smitten Judah, and carried away captives. -- 2 chronicles 28:17 +. +The Philistines also had invaded the cities of the low country, and of the south of Judah, and had taken Bethshemesh, and Ajalon, and Gederoth, and Shocho with the villages thereof, and Timnah with the villages thereof, Gimzo also and the villages thereof: and they dwelled there. -- 2 chronicles 28:18 +. +For the LORD brought Judah low because of Ahaz king of Israel; for he made Judah naked, and transgressed sore against the LORD. -- 2 chronicles 28:19 +. +And Tilgathpilneser king of Assyria came to him, and distressed him, but strengthened him not. -- 2 chronicles 28:20 +. +For Ahaz took away a portion out of the house of the LORD, and out of the house of the king, and of the princes, and gave it to the king of Assyria: but he helped him not. -- 2 chronicles 28:21 +. +And in the time of his distress did he trespass yet more against the LORD: this is that king Ahaz. -- 2 chronicles 28:22 +. +For he sacrificed to the gods of Damascus, which smote him: and he said, Because the gods of the kings of Syria help them, therefore will I sacrifice to them, that they may help me. But they were the ruin of him, and of all Israel. -- 2 chronicles 28:23 +. +And Ahaz gathered together the vessels of the house of God, and cut in pieces the vessels of the house of God, and shut up the doors of the house of the LORD, and he made him altars in every corner of Jerusalem. -- 2 chronicles 28:24 +. +And in every several city of Judah he made high places to burn incense to other gods, and provoked to anger the LORD God of his fathers. -- 2 chronicles 28:25 +. +Now the rest of his acts and of all his ways, first and last, behold, they are written in the book of the kings of Judah and Israel. -- 2 chronicles 28:26 +. +And Ahaz slept with his fathers, and they buried him in the city, even in Jerusalem: but they brought him not into the sepulchers of the kings of Israel: and Hezekiah his son reigned in his stead. -- 2 chronicles 28:27 +. +Hezekiah began to reign when he was five and twenty years old, and he reigned nine and twenty years in Jerusalem. And his mother' name was Abijah, the daughter of Zechariah. -- 2 chronicles 29:1 +. +And he did that which was right in the sight of the LORD, according to all that David his father had done. -- 2 chronicles 29:2 +. +He in the first year of his reign, in the first month, opened the doors of the house of the LORD, and repaired them. -- 2 chronicles 29:3 +. +And he brought in the priests and the Levites, and gathered them together into the east street, -- 2 chronicles 29:4 +. +And said to them, Hear me, you Levites, sanctify now yourselves, and sanctify the house of the LORD God of your fathers, and carry forth the filthiness out of the holy place. -- 2 chronicles 29:5 +. +For our fathers have trespassed, and done that which was evil in the eyes of the LORD our God, and have forsaken him, and have turned away their faces from the habitation of the LORD, and turned their backs. -- 2 chronicles 29:6 +. +Also they have shut up the doors of the porch, and put out the lamps, and have not burned incense nor offered burnt offerings in the holy place to the God of Israel. -- 2 chronicles 29:7 +. +Why the wrath of the LORD was on Judah and Jerusalem, and he has delivered them to trouble, to astonishment, and to hissing, as you see with your eyes. -- 2 chronicles 29:8 +. +For, see, our fathers have fallen by the sword, and our sons and our daughters and our wives are in captivity for this. -- 2 chronicles 29:9 +. +Now it is in my heart to make a covenant with the LORD God of Israel, that his fierce wrath may turn away from us. -- 2 chronicles 29:10 +. +My sons, be not now negligent: for the LORD has chosen you to stand before him, to serve him, and that you should minister to him, and burn incense. -- 2 chronicles 29:11 +. +Then the Levites arose, Mahath the son of Amasai, and Joel the son of Azariah, of the sons of the Kohathites: and of the sons of Merari, Kish the son of Abdi, and Azariah the son of Jehalelel: and of the Gershonites; Joah the son of Zimmah, and Eden the son of Joah: -- 2 chronicles 29:12 +. +And of the sons of Elizaphan; Shimri, and Jeiel: and of the sons of Asaph; Zechariah, and Mattaniah: -- 2 chronicles 29:13 +. +And of the sons of Heman; Jehiel, and Shimei: and of the sons of Jeduthun; Shemaiah, and Uzziel. -- 2 chronicles 29:14 +. +And they gathered their brothers, and sanctified themselves, and came, according to the commandment of the king, by the words of the LORD, to cleanse the house of the LORD. -- 2 chronicles 29:15 +. +And the priests went into the inner part of the house of the LORD, to cleanse it, and brought out all the uncleanness that they found in the temple of the LORD into the court of the house of the LORD. And the Levites took it, to carry it out abroad into the brook Kidron. -- 2 chronicles 29:16 +. +Now they began on the first day of the first month to sanctify, and on the eighth day of the month came they to the porch of the LORD: so they sanctified the house of the LORD in eight days; and in the sixteenth day of the first month they made an end. -- 2 chronicles 29:17 +. +Then they went in to Hezekiah the king, and said, We have cleansed all the house of the LORD, and the altar of burnt offering, with all the vessels thereof, and the show bread table, with all the vessels thereof. -- 2 chronicles 29:18 +. +Moreover all the vessels, which king Ahaz in his reign did cast away in his transgression, have we prepared and sanctified, and, behold, they are before the altar of the LORD. -- 2 chronicles 29:19 +. +Then Hezekiah the king rose early, and gathered the rulers of the city, and went up to the house of the LORD. -- 2 chronicles 29:20 +. +And they brought seven bullocks, and seven rams, and seven lambs, and seven he goats, for a sin offering for the kingdom, and for the sanctuary, and for Judah. And he commanded the priests the sons of Aaron to offer them on the altar of the LORD. -- 2 chronicles 29:21 +. +So they killed the bullocks, and the priests received the blood, and sprinkled it on the altar: likewise, when they had killed the rams, they sprinkled the blood on the altar: they killed also the lambs, and they sprinkled the blood on the altar. -- 2 chronicles 29:22 +. +And they brought forth the he goats for the sin offering before the king and the congregation; and they laid their hands on them: -- 2 chronicles 29:23 +. +And the priests killed them, and they made reconciliation with their blood on the altar, to make an atonement for all Israel: for the king commanded that the burnt offering and the sin offering should be made for all Israel. -- 2 chronicles 29:24 +. +And he set the Levites in the house of the LORD with cymbals, with psalteries, and with harps, according to the commandment of David, and of Gad the king' seer, and Nathan the prophet: for so was the commandment of the LORD by his prophets. -- 2 chronicles 29:25 +. +And the Levites stood with the instruments of David, and the priests with the trumpets. -- 2 chronicles 29:26 +. +And Hezekiah commanded to offer the burnt offering on the altar. And when the burnt offering began, the song of the LORD began also with the trumpets, and with the instruments ordained by David king of Israel. -- 2 chronicles 29:27 +. +And all the congregation worshipped, and the singers sang, and the trumpeters sounded: and all this continued until the burnt offering was finished. -- 2 chronicles 29:28 +. +And when they had made an end of offering, the king and all that were present with him bowed themselves, and worshipped. -- 2 chronicles 29:29 +. +Moreover Hezekiah the king and the princes commanded the Levites to sing praise to the LORD with the words of David, and of Asaph the seer. And they sang praises with gladness, and they bowed their heads and worshipped. -- 2 chronicles 29:30 +. +Then Hezekiah answered and said, Now you have consecrated yourselves to the LORD, come near and bring sacrifices and thank offerings into the house of the LORD. And the congregation brought in sacrifices and thank offerings; and as many as were of a free heart burnt offerings. -- 2 chronicles 29:31 +. +And the number of the burnt offerings, which the congregation brought, was three score and ten bullocks, an hundred rams, and two hundred lambs: all these were for a burnt offering to the LORD. -- 2 chronicles 29:32 +. +And the consecrated things were six hundred oxen and three thousand sheep. -- 2 chronicles 29:33 +. +But the priests were too few, so that they could not flay all the burnt offerings: why their brothers the Levites did help them, till the work was ended, and until the other priests had sanctified themselves: for the Levites were more upright in heart to sanctify themselves than the priests. -- 2 chronicles 29:34 +. +And also the burnt offerings were in abundance, with the fat of the peace offerings, and the drink offerings for every burnt offering. So the service of the house of the LORD was set in order. -- 2 chronicles 29:35 +. +And Hezekiah rejoiced, and all the people, that God had prepared the people: for the thing was done suddenly. -- 2 chronicles 29:36 +. +And Hezekiah sent to all Israel and Judah, and wrote letters also to Ephraim and Manasseh, that they should come to the house of the LORD at Jerusalem, to keep the passover to the LORD God of Israel. -- 2 chronicles 30:1 +. +For the king had taken counsel, and his princes, and all the congregation in Jerusalem, to keep the passover in the second month. -- 2 chronicles 30:2 +. +For they could not keep it at that time, because the priests had not sanctified themselves sufficiently, neither had the people gathered themselves together to Jerusalem. -- 2 chronicles 30:3 +. +And the thing pleased the king and all the congregation. -- 2 chronicles 30:4 +. +So they established a decree to make proclamation throughout all Israel, from Beersheba even to Dan, that they should come to keep the passover to the LORD God of Israel at Jerusalem: for they had not done it of a long time in such sort as it was written. -- 2 chronicles 30:5 +. +So the posts went with the letters from the king and his princes throughout all Israel and Judah, and according to the commandment of the king, saying, You children of Israel, turn again to the LORD God of Abraham, Isaac, and Israel, and he will return to the remnant of you, that are escaped out of the hand of the kings of Assyria. -- 2 chronicles 30:6 +. +And be not you like your fathers, and like your brothers, which trespassed against the LORD God of their fathers, who therefore gave them up to desolation, as you see. -- 2 chronicles 30:7 +. +Now be you not stiff necked, as your fathers were, but yield yourselves to the LORD, and enter into his sanctuary, which he has sanctified for ever: and serve the LORD your God, that the fierceness of his wrath may turn away from you. -- 2 chronicles 30:8 +. +For if you turn again to the LORD, your brothers and your children shall find compassion before them that lead them captive, so that they shall come again into this land: for the LORD your God is gracious and merciful, and will not turn away his face from you, if you return to him. -- 2 chronicles 30:9 +. +So the posts passed from city to city through the country of Ephraim and Manasseh even to Zebulun: but they laughed them to scorn, and mocked them. -- 2 chronicles 30:10 +. +Nevertheless divers of Asher and Manasseh and of Zebulun humbled themselves, and came to Jerusalem. -- 2 chronicles 30:11 +. +Also in Judah the hand of God was to give them one heart to do the commandment of the king and of the princes, by the word of the LORD. -- 2 chronicles 30:12 +. +And there assembled at Jerusalem much people to keep the feast of unleavened bread in the second month, a very great congregation. -- 2 chronicles 30:13 +. +And they arose and took away the altars that were in Jerusalem, and all the altars for incense took they away, and cast them into the brook Kidron. -- 2 chronicles 30:14 +. +Then they killed the passover on the fourteenth day of the second month: and the priests and the Levites were ashamed, and sanctified themselves, and brought in the burnt offerings into the house of the LORD. -- 2 chronicles 30:15 +. +And they stood in their place after their manner, according to the law of Moses the man of God: the priests sprinkled the blood, which they received of the hand of the Levites. -- 2 chronicles 30:16 +. +For there were many in the congregation that were not sanctified: therefore the Levites had the charge of the killing of the passovers for every one that was not clean, to sanctify them to the LORD. -- 2 chronicles 30:17 +. +For a multitude of the people, even many of Ephraim, and Manasseh, Issachar, and Zebulun, had not cleansed themselves, yet did they eat the passover otherwise than it was written. But Hezekiah prayed for them, saying, The good LORD pardon every one -- 2 chronicles 30:18 +. +That prepares his heart to seek God, the LORD God of his fathers, though he be not cleansed according to the purification of the sanctuary. -- 2 chronicles 30:19 +. +And the LORD listened to Hezekiah, and healed the people. -- 2 chronicles 30:20 +. +And the children of Israel that were present at Jerusalem kept the feast of unleavened bread seven days with great gladness: and the Levites and the priests praised the LORD day by day, singing with loud instruments to the LORD. -- 2 chronicles 30:21 +. +And Hezekiah spoke comfortably to all the Levites that taught the good knowledge of the LORD: and they did eat throughout the feast seven days, offering peace offerings, and making confession to the LORD God of their fathers. -- 2 chronicles 30:22 +. +And the whole assembly took counsel to keep other seven days: and they kept other seven days with gladness. -- 2 chronicles 30:23 +. +For Hezekiah king of Judah did give to the congregation a thousand bullocks and seven thousand sheep; and the princes gave to the congregation a thousand bullocks and ten thousand sheep: and a great number of priests sanctified themselves. -- 2 chronicles 30:24 +. +And all the congregation of Judah, with the priests and the Levites, and all the congregation that came out of Israel, and the strangers that came out of the land of Israel, and that dwelled in Judah, rejoiced. -- 2 chronicles 30:25 +. +So there was great joy in Jerusalem: for since the time of Solomon the son of David king of Israel there was not the like in Jerusalem. -- 2 chronicles 30:26 +. +Then the priests the Levites arose and blessed the people: and their voice was heard, and their prayer came up to his holy dwelling place, even to heaven. -- 2 chronicles 30:27 +. +Now when all this was finished, all Israel that were present went out to the cities of Judah, and broke the images in pieces, and cut down the groves, and threw down the high places and the altars out of all Judah and Benjamin, in Ephraim also and Manasseh, until they had utterly destroyed them all. Then all the children of Israel returned, every man to his possession, into their own cities. -- 2 chronicles 31:1 +. +And Hezekiah appointed the courses of the priests and the Levites after their courses, every man according to his service, the priests and Levites for burnt offerings and for peace offerings, to minister, and to give thanks, and to praise in the gates of the tents of the LORD. -- 2 chronicles 31:2 +. +He appointed also the king' portion of his substance for the burnt offerings, to wit, for the morning and evening burnt offerings, and the burnt offerings for the sabbaths, and for the new moons, and for the set feasts, as it is written in the law of the LORD. -- 2 chronicles 31:3 +. +Moreover he commanded the people that dwelled in Jerusalem to give the portion of the priests and the Levites, that they might be encouraged in the law of the LORD. -- 2 chronicles 31:4 +. +And as soon as the commandment came abroad, the children of Israel brought in abundance the first fruits of corn, wine, and oil, and honey, and of all the increase of the field; and the tithe of all things brought they in abundantly. -- 2 chronicles 31:5 +. +And concerning the children of Israel and Judah, that dwelled in the cities of Judah, they also brought in the tithe of oxen and sheep, and the tithe of holy things which were consecrated to the LORD their God, and laid them by heaps. -- 2 chronicles 31:6 +. +In the third month they began to lay the foundation of the heaps, and finished them in the seventh month. -- 2 chronicles 31:7 +. +And when Hezekiah and the princes came and saw the heaps, they blessed the LORD, and his people Israel. -- 2 chronicles 31:8 +. +Then Hezekiah questioned with the priests and the Levites concerning the heaps. -- 2 chronicles 31:9 +. +And Azariah the chief priest of the house of Zadok answered him, and said, Since the people began to bring the offerings into the house of the LORD, we have had enough to eat, and have left plenty: for the LORD has blessed his people; and that which is left is this great store. -- 2 chronicles 31:10 +. +Then Hezekiah commanded to prepare chambers in the house of the LORD; and they prepared them, -- 2 chronicles 31:11 +. +And brought in the offerings and the tithes and the dedicated things faithfully: over which Cononiah the Levite was ruler, and Shimei his brother was the next. -- 2 chronicles 31:12 +. +And Jehiel, and Azaziah, and Nahath, and Asahel, and Jerimoth, and Jozabad, and Eliel, and Ismachiah, and Mahath, and Benaiah, were overseers under the hand of Cononiah and Shimei his brother, at the commandment of Hezekiah the king, and Azariah the ruler of the house of God. -- 2 chronicles 31:13 +. +And Kore the son of Imnah the Levite, the porter toward the east, was over the freewill offerings of God, to distribute the oblations of the LORD, and the most holy things. -- 2 chronicles 31:14 +. +And next him were Eden, and Miniamin, and Jeshua, and Shemaiah, Amariah, and Shecaniah, in the cities of the priests, in their set office, to give to their brothers by courses, as well to the great as to the small: -- 2 chronicles 31:15 +. +Beside their genealogy of males, from three years old and upward, even to every one that enters into the house of the LORD, his daily portion for their service in their charges according to their courses; -- 2 chronicles 31:16 +. +Both to the genealogy of the priests by the house of their fathers, and the Levites from twenty years old and upward, in their charges by their courses; -- 2 chronicles 31:17 +. +And to the genealogy of all their little ones, their wives, and their sons, and their daughters, through all the congregation: for in their set office they sanctified themselves in holiness: -- 2 chronicles 31:18 +. +Also of the sons of Aaron the priests, which were in the fields of the suburbs of their cities, in every several city, the men that were expressed by name, to give portions to all the males among the priests, and to all that were reckoned by genealogies among the Levites. -- 2 chronicles 31:19 +. +And thus did Hezekiah throughout all Judah, and worked that which was good and right and truth before the LORD his God. -- 2 chronicles 31:20 +. +And in every work that he began in the service of the house of God, and in the law, and in the commandments, to seek his God, he did it with all his heart, and prospered. -- 2 chronicles 31:21 +. +After these things, and the establishment thereof, Sennacherib king of Assyria came, and entered into Judah, and encamped against the fenced cities, and thought to win them for himself. -- 2 chronicles 32:1 +. +And when Hezekiah saw that Sennacherib was come, and that he was purposed to fight against Jerusalem, -- 2 chronicles 32:2 +. +He took counsel with his princes and his mighty men to stop the waters of the fountains which were without the city: and they did help him. -- 2 chronicles 32:3 +. +So there was gathered much people together, who stopped all the fountains, and the brook that ran through the middle of the land, saying, Why should the kings of Assyria come, and find much water? -- 2 chronicles 32:4 +. +Also he strengthened himself, and built up all the wall that was broken, and raised it up to the towers, and another wall without, and repaired Millo in the city of David, and made darts and shields in abundance. -- 2 chronicles 32:5 +. +And he set captains of war over the people, and gathered them together to him in the street of the gate of the city, and spoke comfortably to them, saying, -- 2 chronicles 32:6 +. +Be strong and courageous, be not afraid nor dismayed for the king of Assyria, nor for all the multitude that is with him: for there be more with us than with him: -- 2 chronicles 32:7 +. +With him is an arm of flesh; but with us is the LORD our God to help us, and to fight our battles. And the people rested themselves on the words of Hezekiah king of Judah. -- 2 chronicles 32:8 +. +After this did Sennacherib king of Assyria send his servants to Jerusalem, (but he himself laid siege against Lachish, and all his power with him,) to Hezekiah king of Judah, and to all Judah that were at Jerusalem, saying, -- 2 chronicles 32:9 +. +Thus said Sennacherib king of Assyria, Where on do you trust, that you abide in the siege in Jerusalem? -- 2 chronicles 32:10 +. +Does not Hezekiah persuade you to give over yourselves to die by famine and by thirst, saying, The LORD our God shall deliver us out of the hand of the king of Assyria? -- 2 chronicles 32:11 +. +Has not the same Hezekiah taken away his high places and his altars, and commanded Judah and Jerusalem, saying, You shall worship before one altar, and burn incense on it? -- 2 chronicles 32:12 +. +Know you not what I and my fathers have done to all the people of other lands? were the gods of the nations of those lands any ways able to deliver their lands out of my hand? -- 2 chronicles 32:13 +. +Who was there among all the gods of those nations that my fathers utterly destroyed, that could deliver his people out of my hand, that your God should be able to deliver you out of my hand? -- 2 chronicles 32:14 +. +Now therefore let not Hezekiah deceive you, nor persuade you on this manner, neither yet believe him: for no god of any nation or kingdom was able to deliver his people out of my hand, and out of the hand of my fathers: how much less shall your God deliver you out of my hand? -- 2 chronicles 32:15 +. +And his servants spoke yet more against the LORD God, and against his servant Hezekiah. -- 2 chronicles 32:16 +. +He wrote also letters to rail on the LORD God of Israel, and to speak against him, saying, As the gods of the nations of other lands have not delivered their people out of my hand, so shall not the God of Hezekiah deliver his people out of my hand. -- 2 chronicles 32:17 +. +Then they cried with a loud voice in the Jews'speech to the people of Jerusalem that were on the wall, to affright them, and to trouble them; that they might take the city. -- 2 chronicles 32:18 +. +And they spoke against the God of Jerusalem, as against the gods of the people of the earth, which were the work of the hands of man. -- 2 chronicles 32:19 +. +And for this cause Hezekiah the king, and the prophet Isaiah the son of Amoz, prayed and cried to heaven. -- 2 chronicles 32:20 +. +And the LORD sent an angel, which cut off all the mighty men of valor, and the leaders and captains in the camp of the king of Assyria. So he returned with shame of face to his own land. And when he was come into the house of his god, they that came forth of his own bowels slew him there with the sword. -- 2 chronicles 32:21 +. +Thus the LORD saved Hezekiah and the inhabitants of Jerusalem from the hand of Sennacherib the king of Assyria, and from the hand of all other, and guided them on every side. -- 2 chronicles 32:22 +. +And many brought gifts to the LORD to Jerusalem, and presents to Hezekiah king of Judah: so that he was magnified in the sight of all nations from thereafter. -- 2 chronicles 32:23 +. +In those days Hezekiah was sick to the death, and prayed to the LORD: and he spoke to him, and he gave him a sign. -- 2 chronicles 32:24 +. +But Hezekiah rendered not again according to the benefit done to him; for his heart was lifted up: therefore there was wrath on him, and on Judah and Jerusalem. -- 2 chronicles 32:25 +. +Notwithstanding Hezekiah humbled himself for the pride of his heart, both he and the inhabitants of Jerusalem, so that the wrath of the LORD came not on them in the days of Hezekiah. -- 2 chronicles 32:26 +. +And Hezekiah had exceeding much riches and honor: and he made himself treasuries for silver, and for gold, and for precious stones, and for spices, and for shields, and for all manner of pleasant jewels; -- 2 chronicles 32:27 +. +Storehouses also for the increase of corn, and wine, and oil; and stalls for all manner of beasts, and cotes for flocks. -- 2 chronicles 32:28 +. +Moreover he provided him cities, and possessions of flocks and herds in abundance: for God had given him substance very much. -- 2 chronicles 32:29 +. +This same Hezekiah also stopped the upper watercourse of Gihon, and brought it straight down to the west side of the city of David. And Hezekiah prospered in all his works. -- 2 chronicles 32:30 +. +However, in the business of the ambassadors of the princes of Babylon, who sent to him to inquire of the wonder that was done in the land, God left him, to try him, that he might know all that was in his heart. -- 2 chronicles 32:31 +. +Now the rest of the acts of Hezekiah, and his goodness, behold, they are written in the vision of Isaiah the prophet, the son of Amoz, and in the book of the kings of Judah and Israel. -- 2 chronicles 32:32 +. +And Hezekiah slept with his fathers, and they buried him in the most chief of the sepulchers of the sons of David: and all Judah and the inhabitants of Jerusalem did him honor at his death. And Manasseh his son reigned in his stead. -- 2 chronicles 32:33 +. +Manasseh was twelve years old when he began to reign, and he reigned fifty and five years in Jerusalem: -- 2 chronicles 33:1 +. +But did that which was evil in the sight of the LORD, like to the abominations of the heathen, whom the LORD had cast out before the children of Israel. -- 2 chronicles 33:2 +. +For he built again the high places which Hezekiah his father had broken down, and he reared up altars for Baalim, and made groves, and worshipped all the host of heaven, and served them. -- 2 chronicles 33:3 +. +Also he built altars in the house of the LORD, whereof the LORD had said, In Jerusalem shall my name be for ever. -- 2 chronicles 33:4 +. +And he built altars for all the host of heaven in the two courts of the house of the LORD. -- 2 chronicles 33:5 +. +And he caused his children to pass through the fire in the valley of the son of Hinnom: also he observed times, and used enchantments, and used witchcraft, and dealt with a familiar spirit, and with wizards: he worked much evil in the sight of the LORD, to provoke him to anger. -- 2 chronicles 33:6 +. +And he set a carved image, the idol which he had made, in the house of God, of which God had said to David and to Solomon his son, In this house, and in Jerusalem, which I have chosen before all the tribes of Israel, will I put my name for ever: -- 2 chronicles 33:7 +. +Neither will I any more remove the foot of Israel from out of the land which I have appointed for your fathers; so that they will take heed to do all that I have commanded them, according to the whole law and the statutes and the ordinances by the hand of Moses. -- 2 chronicles 33:8 +. +So Manasseh made Judah and the inhabitants of Jerusalem to err, and to do worse than the heathen, whom the LORD had destroyed before the children of Israel. -- 2 chronicles 33:9 +. +And the LORD spoke to Manasseh, and to his people: but they would not listen. -- 2 chronicles 33:10 +. +Why the LORD brought on them the captains of the host of the king of Assyria, which took Manasseh among the thorns, and bound him with fetters, and carried him to Babylon. -- 2 chronicles 33:11 +. +And when he was in affliction, he sought the LORD his God, and humbled himself greatly before the God of his fathers, -- 2 chronicles 33:12 +. +And prayed to him: and he was entreated of him, and heard his supplication, and brought him again to Jerusalem into his kingdom. Then Manasseh knew that the LORD he was God. -- 2 chronicles 33:13 +. +Now after this he built a wall without the city of David, on the west side of Gihon, in the valley, even to the entering in at the fish gate, and compassed about Ophel, and raised it up a very great height, and put captains of war in all the fenced cities of Judah. -- 2 chronicles 33:14 +. +And he took away the strange gods, and the idol out of the house of the LORD, and all the altars that he had built in the mount of the house of the LORD, and in Jerusalem, and cast them out of the city. -- 2 chronicles 33:15 +. +And he repaired the altar of the LORD, and sacrificed thereon peace offerings and thank offerings, and commanded Judah to serve the LORD God of Israel. -- 2 chronicles 33:16 +. +Nevertheless the people did sacrifice still in the high places, yet to the LORD their God only. -- 2 chronicles 33:17 +. +Now the rest of the acts of Manasseh, and his prayer to his God, and the words of the seers that spoke to him in the name of the LORD God of Israel, behold, they are written in the book of the kings of Israel. -- 2 chronicles 33:18 +. +His prayer also, and how God was entreated of him, and all his sins, and his trespass, and the places wherein he built high places, and set up groves and graven images, before he was humbled: behold, they are written among the sayings of the seers. -- 2 chronicles 33:19 +. +So Manasseh slept with his fathers, and they buried him in his own house: and Amon his son reigned in his stead. -- 2 chronicles 33:20 +. +Amon was two and twenty years old when he began to reign, and reigned two years in Jerusalem. -- 2 chronicles 33:21 +. +But he did that which was evil in the sight of the LORD, as did Manasseh his father: for Amon sacrificed to all the carved images which Manasseh his father had made, and served them; -- 2 chronicles 33:22 +. +And humbled not himself before the LORD, as Manasseh his father had humbled himself; but Amon trespassed more and more. -- 2 chronicles 33:23 +. +And his servants conspired against him, and slew him in his own house. -- 2 chronicles 33:24 +. +But the people of the land slew all them that had conspired against king Amon; and the people of the land made Josiah his son king in his stead. -- 2 chronicles 33:25 +. +Josiah was eight years old when he began to reign, and he reigned in Jerusalem one and thirty years. -- 2 chronicles 34:1 +. +And he did that which was right in the sight of the LORD, and walked in the ways of David his father, and declined neither to the right hand, nor to the left. -- 2 chronicles 34:2 +. +For in the eighth year of his reign, while he was yet young, he began to seek after the God of David his father: and in the twelfth year he began to purge Judah and Jerusalem from the high places, and the groves, and the carved images, and the molten images. -- 2 chronicles 34:3 +. +And they broke down the altars of Baalim in his presence; and the images, that were on high above them, he cut down; and the groves, and the carved images, and the molten images, he broke in pieces, and made dust of them, and strewed it on the graves of them that had sacrificed to them. -- 2 chronicles 34:4 +. +And he burnt the bones of the priests on their altars, and cleansed Judah and Jerusalem. -- 2 chronicles 34:5 +. +And so did he in the cities of Manasseh, and Ephraim, and Simeon, even to Naphtali, with their mattocks round about. -- 2 chronicles 34:6 +. +And when he had broken down the altars and the groves, and had beaten the graven images into powder, and cut down all the idols throughout all the land of Israel, he returned to Jerusalem. -- 2 chronicles 34:7 +. +Now in the eighteenth year of his reign, when he had purged the land, and the house, he sent Shaphan the son of Azaliah, and Maaseiah the governor of the city, and Joah the son of Joahaz the recorder, to repair the house of the LORD his God. -- 2 chronicles 34:8 +. +And when they came to Hilkiah the high priest, they delivered the money that was brought into the house of God, which the Levites that kept the doors had gathered of the hand of Manasseh and Ephraim, and of all the remnant of Israel, and of all Judah and Benjamin; and they returned to Jerusalem. -- 2 chronicles 34:9 +. +And they put it in the hand of the workmen that had the oversight of the house of the LORD, and they gave it to the workmen that worked in the house of the LORD, to repair and amend the house: -- 2 chronicles 34:10 +. +Even to the artificers and builders gave they it, to buy hewn stone, and timber for couplings, and to floor the houses which the kings of Judah had destroyed. -- 2 chronicles 34:11 +. +And the men did the work faithfully: and the overseers of them were Jahath and Obadiah, the Levites, of the sons of Merari; and Zechariah and Meshullam, of the sons of the Kohathites, to set it forward; and other of the Levites, all that could skill of instruments of music. -- 2 chronicles 34:12 +. +Also they were over the bearers of burdens, and were overseers of all that worked the work in any manner of service: and of the Levites there were scribes, and officers, and porters. -- 2 chronicles 34:13 +. +And when they brought out the money that was brought into the house of the LORD, Hilkiah the priest found a book of the law of the LORD given by Moses. -- 2 chronicles 34:14 +. +And Hilkiah answered and said to Shaphan the scribe, I have found the book of the law in the house of the LORD. And Hilkiah delivered the book to Shaphan. -- 2 chronicles 34:15 +. +And Shaphan carried the book to the king, and brought the king word back again, saying, All that was committed to your servants, they do it. -- 2 chronicles 34:16 +. +And they have gathered together the money that was found in the house of the LORD, and have delivered it into the hand of the overseers, and to the hand of the workmen. -- 2 chronicles 34:17 +. +Then Shaphan the scribe told the king, saying, Hilkiah the priest has given me a book. And Shaphan read it before the king. -- 2 chronicles 34:18 +. +And it came to pass, when the king had heard the words of the law, that he rent his clothes. -- 2 chronicles 34:19 +. +And the king commanded Hilkiah, and Ahikam the son of Shaphan, and Abdon the son of Micah, and Shaphan the scribe, and Asaiah a servant of the king', saying, -- 2 chronicles 34:20 +. +Go, inquire of the LORD for me, and for them that are left in Israel and in Judah, concerning the words of the book that is found: for great is the wrath of the LORD that is poured out on us, because our fathers have not kept the word of the LORD, to do after all that is written in this book. -- 2 chronicles 34:21 +. +And Hilkiah, and they that the king had appointed, went to Huldah the prophetess, the wife of Shallum the son of Tikvath, the son of Hasrah, keeper of the wardrobe; (now she dwelled in Jerusalem in the college:) and they spoke to her to that effect. -- 2 chronicles 34:22 +. +And she answered them, Thus said the LORD God of Israel, Tell you the man that sent you to me, -- 2 chronicles 34:23 +. +Thus said the LORD, Behold, I will bring evil on this place, and on the inhabitants thereof, even all the curses that are written in the book which they have read before the king of Judah: -- 2 chronicles 34:24 +. +Because they have forsaken me, and have burned incense to other gods, that they might provoke me to anger with all the works of their hands; therefore my wrath shall be poured out on this place, and shall not be quenched. -- 2 chronicles 34:25 +. +And as for the king of Judah, who sent you to inquire of the LORD, so shall you say to him, Thus said the LORD God of Israel concerning the words which you have heard; -- 2 chronicles 34:26 +. +Because your heart was tender, and you did humble yourself before God, when you heard his words against this place, and against the inhabitants thereof, and humbled yourself before me, and did rend your clothes, and weep before me; I have even heard you also, said the LORD. -- 2 chronicles 34:27 +. +Behold, I will gather you to your fathers, and you shall be gathered to your grave in peace, neither shall your eyes see all the evil that I will bring on this place, and on the inhabitants of the same. So they brought the king word again. -- 2 chronicles 34:28 +. +Then the king sent and gathered together all the elders of Judah and Jerusalem. -- 2 chronicles 34:29 +. +And the king went up into the house of the LORD, and all the men of Judah, and the inhabitants of Jerusalem, and the priests, and the Levites, and all the people, great and small: and he read in their ears all the words of the book of the covenant that was found in the house of the LORD. -- 2 chronicles 34:30 +. +And the king stood in his place, and made a covenant before the LORD, to walk after the LORD, and to keep his commandments, and his testimonies, and his statutes, with all his heart, and with all his soul, to perform the words of the covenant which are written in this book. -- 2 chronicles 34:31 +. +And he caused all that were present in Jerusalem and Benjamin to stand to it. And the inhabitants of Jerusalem did according to the covenant of God, the God of their fathers. -- 2 chronicles 34:32 +. +And Josiah took away all the abominations out of all the countries that pertained to the children of Israel, and made all that were present in Israel to serve, even to serve the LORD their God. And all his days they departed not from following the LORD, the God of their fathers. -- 2 chronicles 34:33 +. +Moreover Josiah kept a passover to the LORD in Jerusalem: and they killed the passover on the fourteenth day of the first month. -- 2 chronicles 35:1 +. +And he set the priests in their charges, and encouraged them to the service of the house of the LORD, -- 2 chronicles 35:2 +. +And said to the Levites that taught all Israel, which were holy to the LORD, Put the holy ark in the house which Solomon the son of David king of Israel did build; it shall not be a burden on your shoulders: serve now the LORD your God, and his people Israel, -- 2 chronicles 35:3 +. +And prepare yourselves by the houses of your fathers, after your courses, according to the writing of David king of Israel, and according to the writing of Solomon his son. -- 2 chronicles 35:4 +. +And stand in the holy place according to the divisions of the families of the fathers of your brothers the people, and after the division of the families of the Levites. -- 2 chronicles 35:5 +. +So kill the passover, and sanctify yourselves, and prepare your brothers, that they may do according to the word of the LORD by the hand of Moses. -- 2 chronicles 35:6 +. +And Josiah gave to the people, of the flock, lambs and kids, all for the passover offerings, for all that were present, to the number of thirty thousand, and three thousand bullocks: these were of the king' substance. -- 2 chronicles 35:7 +. +And his princes gave willingly to the people, to the priests, and to the Levites: Hilkiah and Zechariah and Jehiel, rulers of the house of God, gave to the priests for the passover offerings two thousand and six hundred small cattle and three hundred oxen. -- 2 chronicles 35:8 +. +Conaniah also, and Shemaiah and Nethaneel, his brothers, and Hashabiah and Jeiel and Jozabad, chief of the Levites, gave to the Levites for passover offerings five thousand small cattle, and five hundred oxen. -- 2 chronicles 35:9 +. +So the service was prepared, and the priests stood in their place, and the Levites in their courses, according to the king' commandment. -- 2 chronicles 35:10 +. +And they killed the passover, and the priests sprinkled the blood from their hands, and the Levites flayed them. -- 2 chronicles 35:11 +. +And they removed the burnt offerings, that they might give according to the divisions of the families of the people, to offer to the LORD, as it is written in the book of Moses. And so did they with the oxen. -- 2 chronicles 35:12 +. +And they roasted the passover with fire according to the ordinance: but the other holy offerings sod they in pots, and in caldrons, and in pans, and divided them speedily among all the people. -- 2 chronicles 35:13 +. +And afterward they made ready for themselves, and for the priests: because the priests the sons of Aaron were busied in offering of burnt offerings and the fat until night; therefore the Levites prepared for themselves, and for the priests the sons of Aaron. -- 2 chronicles 35:14 +. +And the singers the sons of Asaph were in their place, according to the commandment of David, and Asaph, and Heman, and Jeduthun the king' seer; and the porters waited at every gate; they might not depart from their service; for their brothers the Levites prepared for them. -- 2 chronicles 35:15 +. +So all the service of the LORD was prepared the same day, to keep the passover, and to offer burnt offerings on the altar of the LORD, according to the commandment of king Josiah. -- 2 chronicles 35:16 +. +And the children of Israel that were present kept the passover at that time, and the feast of unleavened bread seven days. -- 2 chronicles 35:17 +. +And there was no passover like to that kept in Israel from the days of Samuel the prophet; neither did all the kings of Israel keep such a passover as Josiah kept, and the priests, and the Levites, and all Judah and Israel that were present, and the inhabitants of Jerusalem. -- 2 chronicles 35:18 +. +In the eighteenth year of the reign of Josiah was this passover kept. -- 2 chronicles 35:19 +. +After all this, when Josiah had prepared the temple, Necho king of Egypt came up to fight against Charchemish by Euphrates: and Josiah went out against him. -- 2 chronicles 35:20 +. +But he sent ambassadors to him, saying, What have I to do with you, you king of Judah? I come not against you this day, but against the house with which I have war: for God commanded me to make haste: forbear you from meddling with God, who is with me, that he destroy you not. -- 2 chronicles 35:21 +. +Nevertheless Josiah would not turn his face from him, but disguised himself, that he might fight with him, and listened not to the words of Necho from the mouth of God, and came to fight in the valley of Megiddo. -- 2 chronicles 35:22 +. +And the archers shot at king Josiah; and the king said to his servants, Have me away; for I am sore wounded. -- 2 chronicles 35:23 +. +His servants therefore took him out of that chariot, and put him in the second chariot that he had; and they brought him to Jerusalem, and he died, and was buried in one of the sepulchers of his fathers. And all Judah and Jerusalem mourned for Josiah. -- 2 chronicles 35:24 +. +And Jeremiah lamented for Josiah: and all the singing men and the singing women spoke of Josiah in their lamentations to this day, and made them an ordinance in Israel: and, behold, they are written in the lamentations. -- 2 chronicles 35:25 +. +Now the rest of the acts of Josiah, and his goodness, according to that which was written in the law of the LORD, -- 2 chronicles 35:26 +. +And his deeds, first and last, behold, they are written in the book of the kings of Israel and Judah. -- 2 chronicles 35:27 +. +Then the people of the land took Jehoahaz the son of Josiah, and made him king in his father' stead in Jerusalem. -- 2 chronicles 36:1 +. +Jehoahaz was twenty and three years old when he began to reign, and he reigned three months in Jerusalem. -- 2 chronicles 36:2 +. +And the king of Egypt put him down at Jerusalem, and condemned the land in an hundred talents of silver and a talent of gold. -- 2 chronicles 36:3 +. +And the king of Egypt made Eliakim his brother king over Judah and Jerusalem, and turned his name to Jehoiakim. And Necho took Jehoahaz his brother, and carried him to Egypt. -- 2 chronicles 36:4 +. +Jehoiakim was twenty and five years old when he began to reign, and he reigned eleven years in Jerusalem: and he did that which was evil in the sight of the LORD his God. -- 2 chronicles 36:5 +. +Against him came up Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon, and bound him in fetters, to carry him to Babylon. -- 2 chronicles 36:6 +. +Nebuchadnezzar also carried of the vessels of the house of the LORD to Babylon, and put them in his temple at Babylon. -- 2 chronicles 36:7 +. +Now the rest of the acts of Jehoiakim, and his abominations which he did, and that which was found in him, behold, they are written in the book of the kings of Israel and Judah: and Jehoiachin his son reigned in his stead. -- 2 chronicles 36:8 +. +Jehoiachin was eight years old when he began to reign, and he reigned three months and ten days in Jerusalem: and he did that which was evil in the sight of the LORD. -- 2 chronicles 36:9 +. +And when the year was expired, king Nebuchadnezzar sent, and brought him to Babylon, with the goodly vessels of the house of the LORD, and made Zedekiah his brother king over Judah and Jerusalem. -- 2 chronicles 36:10 +. +Zedekiah was one and twenty years old when he began to reign, and reigned eleven years in Jerusalem. -- 2 chronicles 36:11 +. +And he did that which was evil in the sight of the LORD his God, and humbled not himself before Jeremiah the prophet speaking from the mouth of the LORD. -- 2 chronicles 36:12 +. +And he also rebelled against king Nebuchadnezzar, who had made him swear by God: but he stiffened his neck, and hardened his heart from turning to the LORD God of Israel. -- 2 chronicles 36:13 +. +Moreover all the chief of the priests, and the people, transgressed very much after all the abominations of the heathen; and polluted the house of the LORD which he had hallowed in Jerusalem. -- 2 chronicles 36:14 +. +And the LORD God of their fathers sent to them by his messengers, rising up betimes, and sending; because he had compassion on his people, and on his dwelling place: -- 2 chronicles 36:15 +. +But they mocked the messengers of God, and despised his words, and misused his prophets, until the wrath of the LORD arose against his people, till there was no remedy. -- 2 chronicles 36:16 +. +Therefore he brought on them the king of the Chaldees, who slew their young men with the sword in the house of their sanctuary, and had no compassion on young man or maiden, old man, or him that stooped for age: he gave them all into his hand. -- 2 chronicles 36:17 +. +And all the vessels of the house of God, great and small, and the treasures of the house of the LORD, and the treasures of the king, and of his princes; all these he brought to Babylon. -- 2 chronicles 36:18 +. +And they burnt the house of God, and broke down the wall of Jerusalem, and burnt all the palaces thereof with fire, and destroyed all the goodly vessels thereof. -- 2 chronicles 36:19 +. +And them that had escaped from the sword carried he away to Babylon; where they were servants to him and his sons until the reign of the kingdom of Persia: -- 2 chronicles 36:20 +. +To fulfill the word of the LORD by the mouth of Jeremiah, until the land had enjoyed her sabbaths: for as long as she lay desolate she kept sabbath, to fulfill three score and ten years. -- 2 chronicles 36:21 +. +Now in the first year of Cyrus king of Persia, that the word of the LORD spoken by the mouth of Jeremiah might be accomplished, the LORD stirred up the spirit of Cyrus king of Persia, that he made a proclamation throughout all his kingdom, and put it also in writing, saying, -- 2 chronicles 36:22 +. +Thus said Cyrus king of Persia, All the kingdoms of the earth has the LORD God of heaven given me; and he has charged me to build him an house in Jerusalem, which is in Judah. Who is there among you of all his people? The LORD his God be with him, and let him go up. -- 2 chronicles 36:23 +. +Now in the first year of Cyrus king of Persia, that the word of the LORD by the mouth of Jeremiah might be fulfilled, the LORD stirred up the spirit of Cyrus king of Persia, that he made a proclamation throughout all his kingdom, and put it also in writing, saying, -- ezra 1:1 +. +Thus said Cyrus king of Persia, The LORD God of heaven has given me all the kingdoms of the earth; and he has charged me to build him an house at Jerusalem, which is in Judah. -- ezra 1:2 +. +Who is there among you of all his people? his God be with him, and let him go up to Jerusalem, which is in Judah, and build the house of the LORD God of Israel, (he is the God,) which is in Jerusalem. -- ezra 1:3 +. +And whoever remains in any place where he sojournes, let the men of his place help him with silver, and with gold, and with goods, and with beasts, beside the freewill offering for the house of God that is in Jerusalem. -- ezra 1:4 +. +Then rose up the chief of the fathers of Judah and Benjamin, and the priests, and the Levites, with all them whose spirit God had raised, to go up to build the house of the LORD which is in Jerusalem. -- ezra 1:5 +. +And all they that were about them strengthened their hands with vessels of silver, with gold, with goods, and with beasts, and with precious things, beside all that was willingly offered. -- ezra 1:6 +. +Also Cyrus the king brought forth the vessels of the house of the LORD, which Nebuchadnezzar had brought forth out of Jerusalem, and had put them in the house of his gods; -- ezra 1:7 +. +Even those did Cyrus king of Persia bring forth by the hand of Mithredath the treasurer, and numbered them to Sheshbazzar, the prince of Judah. -- ezra 1:8 +. +And this is the number of them: thirty chargers of gold, a thousand chargers of silver, nine and twenty knives, -- ezra 1:9 +. +Thirty basins of gold, silver basins of a second sort four hundred and ten, and other vessels a thousand. -- ezra 1:10 +. +All the vessels of gold and of silver were five thousand and four hundred. All these did Sheshbazzar bring up with them of the captivity that were brought up from Babylon to Jerusalem. -- ezra 1:11 +. +Now these are the children of the province that went up out of the captivity, of those which had been carried away, whom Nebuchadnezzar the king of Babylon had carried away to Babylon, and came again to Jerusalem and Judah, every one to his city; -- ezra 2:1 +. +Which came with Zerubbabel: Jeshua, Nehemiah, Seraiah, Reelaiah, Mordecai, Bilshan, Mizpar, Bigvai, Rehum, Baanah. The number of the men of the people of Israel: -- ezra 2:2 +. +The children of Parosh, two thousand an hundred seventy and two. -- ezra 2:3 +. +The children of Shephatiah, three hundred seventy and two. -- ezra 2:4 +. +The children of Arah, seven hundred seventy and five. -- ezra 2:5 +. +The children of Pahathmoab, of the children of Jeshua and Joab, two thousand eight hundred and twelve. -- ezra 2:6 +. +The children of Elam, a thousand two hundred fifty and four. -- ezra 2:7 +. +The children of Zattu, nine hundred forty and five. -- ezra 2:8 +. +The children of Zaccai, seven hundred and three score. -- ezra 2:9 +. +The children of Bani, six hundred forty and two. -- ezra 2:10 +. +The children of Bebai, six hundred twenty and three. -- ezra 2:11 +. +The children of Azgad, a thousand two hundred twenty and two. -- ezra 2:12 +. +The children of Adonikam, six hundred sixty and six. -- ezra 2:13 +. +The children of Bigvai, two thousand fifty and six. -- ezra 2:14 +. +The children of Adin, four hundred fifty and four. -- ezra 2:15 +. +The children of Ater of Hezekiah, ninety and eight. -- ezra 2:16 +. +The children of Bezai, three hundred twenty and three. -- ezra 2:17 +. +The children of Jorah, an hundred and twelve. -- ezra 2:18 +. +The children of Hashum, two hundred twenty and three. -- ezra 2:19 +. +The children of Gibbar, ninety and five. -- ezra 2:20 +. +The children of Bethlehem, an hundred twenty and three. -- ezra 2:21 +. +The men of Netophah, fifty and six. -- ezra 2:22 +. +The men of Anathoth, an hundred twenty and eight. -- ezra 2:23 +. +The children of Azmaveth, forty and two. -- ezra 2:24 +. +The children of Kirjatharim, Chephirah, and Beeroth, seven hundred and forty and three. -- ezra 2:25 +. +The children of Ramah and Gaba, six hundred twenty and one. -- ezra 2:26 +. +The men of Michmas, an hundred twenty and two. -- ezra 2:27 +. +The men of Bethel and Ai, two hundred twenty and three. -- ezra 2:28 +. +The children of Nebo, fifty and two. -- ezra 2:29 +. +The children of Magbish, an hundred fifty and six. -- ezra 2:30 +. +The children of the other Elam, a thousand two hundred fifty and four. -- ezra 2:31 +. +The children of Harim, three hundred and twenty. -- ezra 2:32 +. +The children of Lod, Hadid, and Ono, seven hundred twenty and five. -- ezra 2:33 +. +The children of Jericho, three hundred forty and five. -- ezra 2:34 +. +The children of Senaah, three thousand and six hundred and thirty. -- ezra 2:35 +. +The priests: the children of Jedaiah, of the house of Jeshua, nine hundred seventy and three. -- ezra 2:36 +. +The children of Immer, a thousand fifty and two. -- ezra 2:37 +. +The children of Pashur, a thousand two hundred forty and seven. -- ezra 2:38 +. +The children of Harim, a thousand and seventeen. -- ezra 2:39 +. +The Levites: the children of Jeshua and Kadmiel, of the children of Hodaviah, seventy and four. -- ezra 2:40 +. +The singers: the children of Asaph, an hundred twenty and eight. -- ezra 2:41 +. +The children of the porters: the children of Shallum, the children of Ater, the children of Talmon, the children of Akkub, the children of Hatita, the children of Shobai, in all an hundred thirty and nine. -- ezra 2:42 +. +The Nethinims: the children of Ziha, the children of Hasupha, the children of Tabbaoth, -- ezra 2:43 +. +The children of Keros, the children of Siaha, the children of Padon, -- ezra 2:44 +. +The children of Lebanah, the children of Hagabah, the children of Akkub, -- ezra 2:45 +. +The children of Hagab, the children of Shalmai, the children of Hanan, -- ezra 2:46 +. +The children of Giddel, the children of Gahar, the children of Reaiah, -- ezra 2:47 +. +The children of Rezin, the children of Nekoda, the children of Gazzam, -- ezra 2:48 +. +The children of Uzza, the children of Paseah, the children of Besai, -- ezra 2:49 +. +The children of Asnah, the children of Mehunim, the children of Nephusim, -- ezra 2:50 +. +The children of Bakbuk, the children of Hakupha, the children of Harhur, -- ezra 2:51 +. +The children of Bazluth, the children of Mehida, the children of Harsha, -- ezra 2:52 +. +The children of Barkos, the children of Sisera, the children of Thamah, -- ezra 2:53 +. +The children of Neziah, the children of Hatipha. -- ezra 2:54 +. +The children of Solomon' servants: the children of Sotai, the children of Sophereth, the children of Peruda, -- ezra 2:55 +. +The children of Jaalah, the children of Darkon, the children of Giddel, -- ezra 2:56 +. +The children of Shephatiah, the children of Hattil, the children of Pochereth of Zebaim, the children of Ami. -- ezra 2:57 +. +All the Nethinims, and the children of Solomon' servants, were three hundred ninety and two. -- ezra 2:58 +. +And these were they which went up from Telmelah, Telharsa, Cherub, Addan, and Immer: but they could not show their father' house, and their seed, whether they were of Israel: -- ezra 2:59 +. +The children of Delaiah, the children of Tobiah, the children of Nekoda, six hundred fifty and two. -- ezra 2:60 +. +And of the children of the priests: the children of Habaiah, the children of Koz, the children of Barzillai; which took a wife of the daughters of Barzillai the Gileadite, and was called after their name: -- ezra 2:61 +. +These sought their register among those that were reckoned by genealogy, but they were not found: therefore were they, as polluted, put from the priesthood. -- ezra 2:62 +. +And the Tirshatha said to them, that they should not eat of the most holy things, till there stood up a priest with Urim and with Thummim. -- ezra 2:63 +. +The whole congregation together was forty and two thousand three hundred and three score, -- ezra 2:64 +. +Beside their servants and their maids, of whom there were seven thousand three hundred thirty and seven: and there were among them two hundred singing men and singing women. -- ezra 2:65 +. +Their horses were seven hundred thirty and six; their mules, two hundred forty and five; -- ezra 2:66 +. +Their camels, four hundred thirty and five; their asses, six thousand seven hundred and twenty. -- ezra 2:67 +. +And some of the chief of the fathers, when they came to the house of the LORD which is at Jerusalem, offered freely for the house of God to set it up in his place: -- ezra 2:68 +. +They gave after their ability to the treasure of the work three score and one thousand drams of gold, and five thousand pound of silver, and one hundred priests'garments. -- ezra 2:69 +. +So the priests, and the Levites, and some of the people, and the singers, and the porters, and the Nethinims, dwelled in their cities, and all Israel in their cities. -- ezra 2:70 +. +And when the seventh month was come, and the children of Israel were in the cities, the people gathered themselves together as one man to Jerusalem. -- ezra 3:1 +. +Then stood up Jeshua the son of Jozadak, and his brothers the priests, and Zerubbabel the son of Shealtiel, and his brothers, and built the altar of the God of Israel, to offer burnt offerings thereon, as it is written in the law of Moses the man of God. -- ezra 3:2 +. +And they set the altar on his bases; for fear was on them because of the people of those countries: and they offered burnt offerings thereon to the LORD, even burnt offerings morning and evening. -- ezra 3:3 +. +They kept also the feast of tabernacles, as it is written, and offered the daily burnt offerings by number, according to the custom, as the duty of every day required; -- ezra 3:4 +. +And afterward offered the continual burnt offering, both of the new moons, and of all the set feasts of the LORD that were consecrated, and of every one that willingly offered a freewill offering to the LORD. -- ezra 3:5 +. +From the first day of the seventh month began they to offer burnt offerings to the LORD. But the foundation of the temple of the LORD was not yet laid. -- ezra 3:6 +. +They gave money also to the masons, and to the carpenters; and meat, and drink, and oil, to them of Zidon, and to them of Tyre, to bring cedar trees from Lebanon to the sea of Joppa, according to the grant that they had of Cyrus king of Persia. -- ezra 3:7 +. +Now in the second year of their coming to the house of God at Jerusalem, in the second month, began Zerubbabel the son of Shealtiel, and Jeshua the son of Jozadak, and the remnant of their brothers the priests and the Levites, and all they that were come out of the captivity to Jerusalem; and appointed the Levites, from twenty years old and upward, to set forward the work of the house of the LORD. -- ezra 3:8 +. +Then stood Jeshua with his sons and his brothers, Kadmiel and his sons, the sons of Judah, together, to set forward the workmen in the house of God: the sons of Henadad, with their sons and their brothers the Levites. -- ezra 3:9 +. +And when the builders laid the foundation of the temple of the LORD, they set the priests in their apparel with trumpets, and the Levites the sons of Asaph with cymbals, to praise the LORD, after the ordinance of David king of Israel. -- ezra 3:10 +. +And they sang together by course in praising and giving thanks to the LORD; because he is good, for his mercy endures for ever toward Israel. And all the people shouted with a great shout, when they praised the LORD, because the foundation of the house of the LORD was laid. -- ezra 3:11 +. +But many of the priests and Levites and chief of the fathers, who were ancient men, that had seen the first house, when the foundation of this house was laid before their eyes, wept with a loud voice; and many shouted aloud for joy: -- ezra 3:12 +. +So that the people could not discern the noise of the shout of joy from the noise of the weeping of the people: for the people shouted with a loud shout, and the noise was heard afar off. -- ezra 3:13 +. +Now when the adversaries of Judah and Benjamin heard that the children of the captivity built the temple to the LORD God of Israel; -- ezra 4:1 +. +Then they came to Zerubbabel, and to the chief of the fathers, and said to them, Let us build with you: for we seek your God, as you do; and we do sacrifice to him since the days of Esarhaddon king of Assur, which brought us up here. -- ezra 4:2 +. +But Zerubbabel, and Jeshua, and the rest of the chief of the fathers of Israel, said to them, You have nothing to do with us to build an house to our God; but we ourselves together will build to the LORD God of Israel, as king Cyrus the king of Persia has commanded us. -- ezra 4:3 +. +Then the people of the land weakened the hands of the people of Judah, and troubled them in building, -- ezra 4:4 +. +And hired counsellors against them, to frustrate their purpose, all the days of Cyrus king of Persia, even until the reign of Darius king of Persia. -- ezra 4:5 +. +And in the reign of Ahasuerus, in the beginning of his reign, wrote they to him an accusation against the inhabitants of Judah and Jerusalem. -- ezra 4:6 +. +And in the days of Artaxerxes wrote Bishlam, Mithredath, Tabeel, and the rest of their companions, to Artaxerxes king of Persia; and the writing of the letter was written in the Syrian tongue, and interpreted in the Syrian tongue. -- ezra 4:7 +. +Rehum the chancellor and Shimshai the scribe wrote a letter against Jerusalem to Artaxerxes the king in this sort: -- ezra 4:8 +. +Then wrote Rehum the chancellor, and Shimshai the scribe, and the rest of their companions; the Dinaites, the Apharsathchites, the Tarpelites, the Apharsites, the Archevites, the Babylonians, the Susanchites, the Dehavites, and the Elamites, -- ezra 4:9 +. +And the rest of the nations whom the great and noble Asnapper brought over, and set in the cities of Samaria, and the rest that are on this side the river, and at such a time. -- ezra 4:10 +. +This is the copy of the letter that they sent to him, even to Artaxerxes the king; Your servants the men on this side the river, and at such a time. -- ezra 4:11 +. +Be it known to the king, that the Jews which came up from you to us are come to Jerusalem, building the rebellious and the bad city, and have set up the walls thereof, and joined the foundations. -- ezra 4:12 +. +Be it known now to the king, that, if this city be built, and the walls set up again, then will they not pay toll, tribute, and custom, and so you shall damage the revenue of the kings. -- ezra 4:13 +. +Now because we have maintenance from the king' palace, and it was not meet for us to see the king' dishonor, therefore have we sent and certified the king; -- ezra 4:14 +. +That search may be made in the book of the records of your fathers: so shall you find in the book of the records, and know that this city is a rebellious city, and hurtful to kings and provinces, and that they have moved sedition within the same of old time: for which cause was this city destroyed. -- ezra 4:15 +. +We certify the king that, if this city be built again, and the walls thereof set up, by this means you shall have no portion on this side the river. -- ezra 4:16 +. +Then sent the king an answer to Rehum the chancellor, and to Shimshai the scribe, and to the rest of their companions that dwell in Samaria, and to the rest beyond the river, Peace, and at such a time. -- ezra 4:17 +. +The letter which you sent to us has been plainly read before me. -- ezra 4:18 +. +And I commanded, and search has been made, and it is found that this city of old time has made insurrection against kings, and that rebellion and sedition have been made therein. -- ezra 4:19 +. +There have been mighty kings also over Jerusalem, which have ruled over all countries beyond the river; and toll, tribute, and custom, was paid to them. -- ezra 4:20 +. +Give you now commandment to cause these men to cease, and that this city be not built, until another commandment shall be given from me. -- ezra 4:21 +. +Take heed now that you fail not to do this: why should damage grow to the hurt of the kings? -- ezra 4:22 +. +Now when the copy of king Artaxerxes'letter was read before Rehum, and Shimshai the scribe, and their companions, they went up in haste to Jerusalem to the Jews, and made them to cease by force and power. -- ezra 4:23 +. +Then ceased the work of the house of God which is at Jerusalem. So it ceased to the second year of the reign of Darius king of Persia. -- ezra 4:24 +. +Then the prophets, Haggai the prophet, and Zechariah the son of Iddo, prophesied to the Jews that were in Judah and Jerusalem in the name of the God of Israel, even to them. -- ezra 5:1 +. +Then rose up Zerubbabel the son of Shealtiel, and Jeshua the son of Jozadak, and began to build the house of God which is at Jerusalem: and with them were the prophets of God helping them. -- ezra 5:2 +. +At the same time came to them Tatnai, governor on this side the river, and Shetharboznai and their companions, and said thus to them, Who has commanded you to build this house, and to make up this wall? -- ezra 5:3 +. +Then said we to them after this manner, What are the names of the men that make this building? -- ezra 5:4 +. +But the eye of their God was on the elders of the Jews, that they could not cause them to cease, till the matter came to Darius: and then they returned answer by letter concerning this matter. -- ezra 5:5 +. +The copy of the letter that Tatnai, governor on this side the river, and Shetharboznai and his companions the Apharsachites, which were on this side the river, sent to Darius the king: -- ezra 5:6 +. +They sent a letter to him, wherein was written thus; To Darius the king, all peace. -- ezra 5:7 +. +Be it known to the king, that we went into the province of Judea, to the house of the great God, which is built with great stones, and timber is laid in the walls, and this work goes fast on, and prospers in their hands. -- ezra 5:8 +. +Then asked we those elders, and said to them thus, Who commanded you to build this house, and to make up these walls? -- ezra 5:9 +. +We asked their names also, to certify you, that we might write the names of the men that were the chief of them. -- ezra 5:10 +. +And thus they returned us answer, saying, We are the servants of the God of heaven and earth, and build the house that was built these many years ago, which a great king of Israel built and set up. -- ezra 5:11 +. +But after that our fathers had provoked the God of heaven to wrath, he gave them into the hand of Nebuchadnezzar the king of Babylon, the Chaldean, who destroyed this house, and carried the people away into Babylon. -- ezra 5:12 +. +But in the first year of Cyrus the king of Babylon the same king Cyrus made a decree to build this house of God. -- ezra 5:13 +. +And the vessels also of gold and silver of the house of God, which Nebuchadnezzar took out of the temple that was in Jerusalem, and brought them into the temple of Babylon, those did Cyrus the king take out of the temple of Babylon, and they were delivered to one, whose name was Sheshbazzar, whom he had made governor; -- ezra 5:14 +. +And said to him, Take these vessels, go, carry them into the temple that is in Jerusalem, and let the house of God be built in his place. -- ezra 5:15 +. +Then came the same Sheshbazzar, and laid the foundation of the house of God which is in Jerusalem: and since that time even until now has it been in building, and yet it is not finished. -- ezra 5:16 +. +Now therefore, if it seem good to the king, let there be search made in the king' treasure house, which is there at Babylon, whether it be so, that a decree was made of Cyrus the king to build this house of God at Jerusalem, and let the king send his pleasure to us concerning this matter. -- ezra 5:17 +. +Then Darius the king made a decree, and search was made in the house of the rolls, where the treasures were laid up in Babylon. -- ezra 6:1 +. +And there was found at Achmetha, in the palace that is in the province of the Medes, a roll, and therein was a record thus written: -- ezra 6:2 +. +In the first year of Cyrus the king the same Cyrus the king made a decree concerning the house of God at Jerusalem, Let the house be built, the place where they offered sacrifices, and let the foundations thereof be strongly laid; the height thereof three score cubits, and the breadth thereof three score cubits; -- ezra 6:3 +. +With three rows of great stones, and a row of new timber: and let the expenses be given out of the king' house: -- ezra 6:4 +. +And also let the golden and silver vessels of the house of God, which Nebuchadnezzar took forth out of the temple which is at Jerusalem, and brought to Babylon, be restored, and brought again to the temple which is at Jerusalem, every one to his place, and place them in the house of God. -- ezra 6:5 +. +Now therefore, Tatnai, governor beyond the river, Shetharboznai, and your companions the Apharsachites, which are beyond the river, be you far from there: -- ezra 6:6 +. +Let the work of this house of God alone; let the governor of the Jews and the elders of the Jews build this house of God in his place. -- ezra 6:7 +. +Moreover I make a decree what you shall do to the elders of these Jews for the building of this house of God: that of the king' goods, even of the tribute beyond the river, immediately expenses be given to these men, that they be not hindered. -- ezra 6:8 +. +And that which they have need of, both young bullocks, and rams, and lambs, for the burnt offerings of the God of heaven, wheat, salt, wine, and oil, according to the appointment of the priests which are at Jerusalem, let it be given them day by day without fail: -- ezra 6:9 +. +That they may offer sacrifices of sweet smells to the God of heaven, and pray for the life of the king, and of his sons. -- ezra 6:10 +. +Also I have made a decree, that whoever shall alter this word, let timber be pulled down from his house, and being set up, let him be hanged thereon; and let his house be made a dunghill for this. -- ezra 6:11 +. +And the God that has caused his name to dwell there destroy all kings and people, that shall put to their hand to alter and to destroy this house of God which is at Jerusalem. I Darius have made a decree; let it be done with speed. -- ezra 6:12 +. +Then Tatnai, governor on this side the river, Shetharboznai, and their companions, according to that which Darius the king had sent, so they did speedily. -- ezra 6:13 +. +And the elders of the Jews built, and they prospered through the prophesying of Haggai the prophet and Zechariah the son of Iddo. And they built, and finished it, according to the commandment of the God of Israel, and according to the commandment of Cyrus, and Darius, and Artaxerxes king of Persia. -- ezra 6:14 +. +And this house was finished on the third day of the month Adar, which was in the sixth year of the reign of Darius the king. -- ezra 6:15 +. +And the children of Israel, the priests, and the Levites, and the rest of the children of the captivity, kept the dedication of this house of God with joy. -- ezra 6:16 +. +And offered at the dedication of this house of God an hundred bullocks, two hundred rams, four hundred lambs; and for a sin offering for all Israel, twelve he goats, according to the number of the tribes of Israel. -- ezra 6:17 +. +And they set the priests in their divisions, and the Levites in their courses, for the service of God, which is at Jerusalem; as it is written in the book of Moses. -- ezra 6:18 +. +And the children of the captivity kept the passover on the fourteenth day of the first month. -- ezra 6:19 +. +For the priests and the Levites were purified together, all of them were pure, and killed the passover for all the children of the captivity, and for their brothers the priests, and for themselves. -- ezra 6:20 +. +And the children of Israel, which were come again out of captivity, and all such as had separated themselves to them from the filthiness of the heathen of the land, to seek the LORD God of Israel, did eat, -- ezra 6:21 +. +And kept the feast of unleavened bread seven days with joy: for the LORD had made them joyful, and turned the heart of the king of Assyria to them, to strengthen their hands in the work of the house of God, the God of Israel. -- ezra 6:22 +. +Now after these things, in the reign of Artaxerxes king of Persia, Ezra the son of Seraiah, the son of Azariah, the son of Hilkiah, -- ezra 7:1 +. +The son of Shallum, the son of Zadok, the son of Ahitub, -- ezra 7:2 +. +The son of Amariah, the son of Azariah, the son of Meraioth, -- ezra 7:3 +. +The son of Zerahiah, the son of Uzzi, the son of Bukki, -- ezra 7:4 +. +The son of Abishua, the son of Phinehas, the son of Eleazar, the son of Aaron the chief priest: -- ezra 7:5 +. +This Ezra went up from Babylon; and he was a ready scribe in the law of Moses, which the LORD God of Israel had given: and the king granted him all his request, according to the hand of the LORD his God on him. -- ezra 7:6 +. +And there went up some of the children of Israel, and of the priests, and the Levites, and the singers, and the porters, and the Nethinims, to Jerusalem, in the seventh year of Artaxerxes the king. -- ezra 7:7 +. +And he came to Jerusalem in the fifth month, which was in the seventh year of the king. -- ezra 7:8 +. +For on the first day of the first month began he to go up from Babylon, and on the first day of the fifth month came he to Jerusalem, according to the good hand of his God on him. -- ezra 7:9 +. +For Ezra had prepared his heart to seek the law of the LORD, and to do it, and to teach in Israel statutes and judgments. -- ezra 7:10 +. +Now this is the copy of the letter that the king Artaxerxes gave to Ezra the priest, the scribe, even a scribe of the words of the commandments of the LORD, and of his statutes to Israel. -- ezra 7:11 +. +Artaxerxes, king of kings, to Ezra the priest, a scribe of the law of the God of heaven, perfect peace, and at such a time. -- ezra 7:12 +. +I make a decree, that all they of the people of Israel, and of his priests and Levites, in my realm, which are minded of their own freewill to go up to Jerusalem, go with you. -- ezra 7:13 +. +For as much as you are sent of the king, and of his seven counsellors, to inquire concerning Judah and Jerusalem, according to the law of your God which is in your hand; -- ezra 7:14 +. +And to carry the silver and gold, which the king and his counsellors have freely offered to the God of Israel, whose habitation is in Jerusalem, -- ezra 7:15 +. +And all the silver and gold that you can find in all the province of Babylon, with the freewill offering of the people, and of the priests, offering willingly for the house of their God which is in Jerusalem: -- ezra 7:16 +. +That you may buy speedily with this money bullocks, rams, lambs, with their meat offerings and their drink offerings, and offer them on the altar of the house of your God which is in Jerusalem. -- ezra 7:17 +. +And whatever shall seem good to you, and to your brothers, to do with the rest of the silver and the gold, that do after the will of your God. -- ezra 7:18 +. +The vessels also that are given you for the service of the house of your God, those deliver you before the God of Jerusalem. -- ezra 7:19 +. +And whatever more shall be needful for the house of your God, which you shall have occasion to bestow, bestow it out of the king' treasure house. -- ezra 7:20 +. +And I, even I Artaxerxes the king, do make a decree to all the treasurers which are beyond the river, that whatever Ezra the priest, the scribe of the law of the God of heaven, shall require of you, it be done speedily, -- ezra 7:21 +. +To an hundred talents of silver, and to an hundred measures of wheat, and to an hundred baths of wine, and to an hundred baths of oil, and salt without prescribing how much. -- ezra 7:22 +. +Whatever is commanded by the God of heaven, let it be diligently done for the house of the God of heaven: for why should there be wrath against the realm of the king and his sons? -- ezra 7:23 +. +Also we certify you, that touching any of the priests and Levites, singers, porters, Nethinims, or ministers of this house of God, it shall not be lawful to impose toll, tribute, or custom, on them. -- ezra 7:24 +. +And you, Ezra, after the wisdom of your God, that is in your hand, set magistrates and judges, which may judge all the people that are beyond the river, all such as know the laws of your God; and teach you them that know them not. -- ezra 7:25 +. +And whoever will not do the law of your God, and the law of the king, let judgment be executed speedily on him, whether it be to death, or to banishment, or to confiscation of goods, or to imprisonment. -- ezra 7:26 +. +Blessed be the LORD God of our fathers, which has put such a thing as this in the king' heart, to beautify the house of the LORD which is in Jerusalem: -- ezra 7:27 +. +And has extended mercy to me before the king, and his counsellors, and before all the king' mighty princes. And I was strengthened as the hand of the LORD my God was on me, and I gathered together out of Israel chief men to go up with me. -- ezra 7:28 +. +These are now the chief of their fathers, and this is the genealogy of them that went up with me from Babylon, in the reign of Artaxerxes the king. -- ezra 8:1 +. +Of the sons of Phinehas; Gershom: of the sons of Ithamar; Daniel: of the sons of David; Hattush. -- ezra 8:2 +. +Of the sons of Shechaniah, of the sons of Pharosh; Zechariah: and with him were reckoned by genealogy of the males an hundred and fifty. -- ezra 8:3 +. +Of the sons of Pahathmoab; Elihoenai the son of Zerahiah, and with him two hundred males. -- ezra 8:4 +. +Of the sons of Shechaniah; the son of Jahaziel, and with him three hundred males. -- ezra 8:5 +. +Of the sons also of Adin; Ebed the son of Jonathan, and with him fifty males. -- ezra 8:6 +. +And of the sons of Elam; Jeshaiah the son of Athaliah, and with him seventy males. -- ezra 8:7 +. +And of the sons of Shephatiah; Zebadiah the son of Michael, and with him fourscore males. -- ezra 8:8 +. +Of the sons of Joab; Obadiah the son of Jehiel, and with him two hundred and eighteen males. -- ezra 8:9 +. +And of the sons of Shelomith; the son of Josiphiah, and with him an hundred and three score males. -- ezra 8:10 +. +And of the sons of Bebai; Zechariah the son of Bebai, and with him twenty and eight males. -- ezra 8:11 +. +And of the sons of Azgad; Johanan the son of Hakkatan, and with him an hundred and ten males. -- ezra 8:12 +. +And of the last sons of Adonikam, whose names are these, Eliphelet, Jeiel, and Shemaiah, and with them three score males. -- ezra 8:13 +. +Of the sons also of Bigvai; Uthai, and Zabbud, and with them seventy males. -- ezra 8:14 +. +And I gathered them together to the river that runs to Ahava; and there stayed we in tents three days: and I viewed the people, and the priests, and found there none of the sons of Levi. -- ezra 8:15 +. +Then sent I for Eliezer, for Ariel, for Shemaiah, and for Elnathan, and for Jarib, and for Elnathan, and for Nathan, and for Zechariah, and for Meshullam, chief men; also for Joiarib, and for Elnathan, men of understanding. -- ezra 8:16 +. +And I sent them with commandment to Iddo the chief at the place Casiphia, and I told them what they should say to Iddo, and to his brothers the Nethinims, at the place Casiphia, that they should bring to us ministers for the house of our God. -- ezra 8:17 +. +And by the good hand of our God on us they brought us a man of understanding, of the sons of Mahli, the son of Levi, the son of Israel; and Sherebiah, with his sons and his brothers, eighteen; -- ezra 8:18 +. +And Hashabiah, and with him Jeshaiah of the sons of Merari, his brothers and their sons, twenty; -- ezra 8:19 +. +Also of the Nethinims, whom David and the princes had appointed for the service of the Levites, two hundred and twenty Nethinims: all of them were expressed by name. -- ezra 8:20 +. +Then I proclaimed a fast there, at the river of Ahava, that we might afflict ourselves before our God, to seek of him a right way for us, and for our little ones, and for all our substance. -- ezra 8:21 +. +For I was ashamed to require of the king a band of soldiers and horsemen to help us against the enemy in the way: because we had spoken to the king, saying, The hand of our God is on all them for good that seek him; but his power and his wrath is against all them that forsake him. -- ezra 8:22 +. +So we fasted and sought our God for this: and he was entreated of us. -- ezra 8:23 +. +Then I separated twelve of the chief of the priests, Sherebiah, Hashabiah, and ten of their brothers with them, -- ezra 8:24 +. +And weighed to them the silver, and the gold, and the vessels, even the offering of the house of our God, which the king, and his counsellors, and his lords, and all Israel there present, had offered: -- ezra 8:25 +. +I even weighed to their hand six hundred and fifty talents of silver, and silver vessels an hundred talents, and of gold an hundred talents; -- ezra 8:26 +. +Also twenty basins of gold, of a thousand drams; and two vessels of fine copper, precious as gold. -- ezra 8:27 +. +And I said to them, You are holy to the LORD; the vessels are holy also; and the silver and the gold are a freewill offering to the LORD God of your fathers. -- ezra 8:28 +. +Watch you, and keep them, until you weigh them before the chief of the priests and the Levites, and chief of the fathers of Israel, at Jerusalem, in the chambers of the house of the LORD. -- ezra 8:29 +. +So took the priests and the Levites the weight of the silver, and the gold, and the vessels, to bring them to Jerusalem to the house of our God. -- ezra 8:30 +. +Then we departed from the river of Ahava on the twelfth day of the first month, to go to Jerusalem: and the hand of our God was on us, and he delivered us from the hand of the enemy, and of such as lay in wait by the way. -- ezra 8:31 +. +And we came to Jerusalem, and stayed there three days. -- ezra 8:32 +. +Now on the fourth day was the silver and the gold and the vessels weighed in the house of our God by the hand of Meremoth the son of Uriah the priest; and with him was Eleazar the son of Phinehas; and with them was Jozabad the son of Jeshua, and Noadiah the son of Binnui, Levites; -- ezra 8:33 +. +By number and by weight of every one: and all the weight was written at that time. -- ezra 8:34 +. +Also the children of those that had been carried away, which were come out of the captivity, offered burnt offerings to the God of Israel, twelve bullocks for all Israel, ninety and six rams, seventy and seven lambs, twelve he goats for a sin offering: all this was a burnt offering to the LORD. -- ezra 8:35 +. +And they delivered the king' commissions to the king' lieutenants, and to the governors on this side the river: and they furthered the people, and the house of God. -- ezra 8:36 +. +Now when these things were done, the princes came to me, saying, The people of Israel, and the priests, and the Levites, have not separated themselves from the people of the lands, doing according to their abominations, even of the Canaanites, the Hittites, the Perizzites, the Jebusites, the Ammonites, the Moabites, the Egyptians, and the Amorites. -- ezra 9:1 +. +For they have taken of their daughters for themselves, and for their sons: so that the holy seed have mingled themselves with the people of those lands: yes, the hand of the princes and rulers has been chief in this trespass. -- ezra 9:2 +. +And when I heard this thing, I rent my garment and my mantle, and plucked off the hair of my head and of my beard, and sat down astonished. -- ezra 9:3 +. +Then were assembled to me every one that trembled at the words of the God of Israel, because of the transgression of those that had been carried away; and I sat astonished until the evening sacrifice. -- ezra 9:4 +. +And at the evening sacrifice I arose up from my heaviness; and having rent my garment and my mantle, I fell on my knees, and spread out my hands to the LORD my God, -- ezra 9:5 +. +And said, O my God, I am ashamed and blush to lift up my face to you, my God: for our iniquities are increased over our head, and our trespass is grown up to the heavens. -- ezra 9:6 +. +Since the days of our fathers have we been in a great trespass to this day; and for our iniquities have we, our kings, and our priests, been delivered into the hand of the kings of the lands, to the sword, to captivity, and to a spoil, and to confusion of face, as it is this day. -- ezra 9:7 +. +And now for a little space grace has been showed from the LORD our God, to leave us a remnant to escape, and to give us a nail in his holy place, that our God may lighten our eyes, and give us a little reviving in our bondage. -- ezra 9:8 +. +For we were slaves; yet our God has not forsaken us in our bondage, but has extended mercy to us in the sight of the kings of Persia, to give us a reviving, to set up the house of our God, and to repair the desolations thereof, and to give us a wall in Judah and in Jerusalem. -- ezra 9:9 +. +And now, O our God, what shall we say after this? for we have forsaken your commandments, -- ezra 9:10 +. +Which you have commanded by your servants the prophets, saying, The land, to which you go to possess it, is an unclean land with the filthiness of the people of the lands, with their abominations, which have filled it from one end to another with their uncleanness. -- ezra 9:11 +. +Now therefore give not your daughters to their sons, neither take their daughters to your sons, nor seek their peace or their wealth for ever: that you may be strong, and eat the good of the land, and leave it for an inheritance to your children for ever. -- ezra 9:12 +. +And after all that is come on us for our evil deeds, and for our great trespass, seeing that you our God have punished us less than our iniquities deserve, and have given us such deliverance as this; -- ezra 9:13 +. +Should we again break your commandments, and join in affinity with the people of these abominations? would not you be angry with us till you had consumed us, so that there should be no remnant nor escaping? -- ezra 9:14 +. +O LORD God of Israel, you are righteous: for we remain yet escaped, as it is this day: behold, we are before you in our trespasses: for we cannot stand before you because of this. -- ezra 9:15 +. +Now when Ezra had prayed, and when he had confessed, weeping and casting himself down before the house of God, there assembled to him out of Israel a very great congregation of men and women and children: for the people wept very sore. -- ezra 10:1 +. +And Shechaniah the son of Jehiel, one of the sons of Elam, answered and said to Ezra, We have trespassed against our God, and have taken strange wives of the people of the land: yet now there is hope in Israel concerning this thing. -- ezra 10:2 +. +Now therefore let us make a covenant with our God to put away all the wives, and such as are born of them, according to the counsel of my lord, and of those that tremble at the commandment of our God; and let it be done according to the law. -- ezra 10:3 +. +Arise; for this matter belongs to you: we also will be with you: be of good courage, and do it. -- ezra 10:4 +. +Then arose Ezra, and made the chief priests, the Levites, and all Israel, to swear that they should do according to this word. And they swore. -- ezra 10:5 +. +Then Ezra rose up from before the house of God, and went into the chamber of Johanan the son of Eliashib: and when he came thither, he did eat no bread, nor drink water: for he mourned because of the transgression of them that had been carried away. -- ezra 10:6 +. +And they made proclamation throughout Judah and Jerusalem to all the children of the captivity, that they should gather themselves together to Jerusalem; -- ezra 10:7 +. +And that whoever would not come within three days, according to the counsel of the princes and the elders, all his substance should be forfeited, and himself separated from the congregation of those that had been carried away. -- ezra 10:8 +. +Then all the men of Judah and Benjamin gathered themselves together to Jerusalem within three days. It was the ninth month, on the twentieth day of the month; and all the people sat in the street of the house of God, trembling because of this matter, and for the great rain. -- ezra 10:9 +. +And Ezra the priest stood up, and said to them, You have transgressed, and have taken strange wives, to increase the trespass of Israel. -- ezra 10:10 +. +Now therefore make confession to the LORD God of your fathers, and do his pleasure: and separate yourselves from the people of the land, and from the strange wives. -- ezra 10:11 +. +Then all the congregation answered and said with a loud voice, As you have said, so must we do. -- ezra 10:12 +. +But the people are many, and it is a time of much rain, and we are not able to stand without, neither is this a work of one day or two: for we are many that have transgressed in this thing. -- ezra 10:13 +. +Let now our rulers of all the congregation stand, and let all them which have taken strange wives in our cities come at appointed times, and with them the elders of every city, and the judges thereof, until the fierce wrath of our God for this matter be turned from us. -- ezra 10:14 +. +Only Jonathan the son of Asahel and Jahaziah the son of Tikvah were employed about this matter: and Meshullam and Shabbethai the Levite helped them. -- ezra 10:15 +. +And the children of the captivity did so. And Ezra the priest, with certain chief of the fathers, after the house of their fathers, and all of them by their names, were separated, and sat down in the first day of the tenth month to examine the matter. -- ezra 10:16 +. +And they made an end with all the men that had taken strange wives by the first day of the first month. -- ezra 10:17 +. +And among the sons of the priests there were found that had taken strange wives: namely, of the sons of Jeshua the son of Jozadak, and his brothers; Maaseiah, and Eliezer, and Jarib, and Gedaliah. -- ezra 10:18 +. +And they gave their hands that they would put away their wives; and being guilty, they offered a ram of the flock for their trespass. -- ezra 10:19 +. +And of the sons of Immer; Hanani, and Zebadiah. -- ezra 10:20 +. +And of the sons of Harim; Maaseiah, and Elijah, and Shemaiah, and Jehiel, and Uzziah. -- ezra 10:21 +. +And of the sons of Pashur; Elioenai, Maaseiah, Ishmael, Nethaneel, Jozabad, and Elasah. -- ezra 10:22 +. +Also of the Levites; Jozabad, and Shimei, and Kelaiah, (the same is Kelita,) Pethahiah, Judah, and Eliezer. -- ezra 10:23 +. +Of the singers also; Eliashib: and of the porters; Shallum, and Telem, and Uri. -- ezra 10:24 +. +Moreover of Israel: of the sons of Parosh; Ramiah, and Jeziah, and Malchiah, and Miamin, and Eleazar, and Malchijah, and Benaiah. -- ezra 10:25 +. +And of the sons of Elam; Mattaniah, Zechariah, and Jehiel, and Abdi, and Jeremoth, and Eliah. -- ezra 10:26 +. +And of the sons of Zattu; Elioenai, Eliashib, Mattaniah, and Jeremoth, and Zabad, and Aziza. -- ezra 10:27 +. +Of the sons also of Bebai; Jehohanan, Hananiah, Zabbai, and Athlai. -- ezra 10:28 +. +And of the sons of Bani; Meshullam, Malluch, and Adaiah, Jashub, and Sheal, and Ramoth. -- ezra 10:29 +. +And of the sons of Pahathmoab; Adna, and Chelal, Benaiah, Maaseiah, Mattaniah, Bezaleel, and Binnui, and Manasseh. -- ezra 10:30 +. +And of the sons of Harim; Eliezer, Ishijah, Malchiah, Shemaiah, Shimeon, -- ezra 10:31 +. +Benjamin, Malluch, and Shemariah. -- ezra 10:32 +. +Of the sons of Hashum; Mattenai, Mattathah, Zabad, Eliphelet, Jeremai, Manasseh, and Shimei. -- ezra 10:33 +. +Of the sons of Bani; Maadai, Amram, and Uel, -- ezra 10:34 +. +Benaiah, Bedeiah, Chelluh, -- ezra 10:35 +. +Vaniah, Meremoth, Eliashib, -- ezra 10:36 +. +Mattaniah, Mattenai, and Jaasau, -- ezra 10:37 +. +And Bani, and Binnui, Shimei, -- ezra 10:38 +. +And Shelemiah, and Nathan, and Adaiah, -- ezra 10:39 +. +Machnadebai, Shashai, Sharai, -- ezra 10:40 +. +Azareel, and Shelemiah, Shemariah, -- ezra 10:41 +. +Shallum, Amariah, and Joseph. -- ezra 10:42 +. +Of the sons of Nebo; Jeiel, Mattithiah, Zabad, Zebina, Jadau, and Joel, Benaiah. -- ezra 10:43 +. +All these had taken strange wives: and some of them had wives by whom they had children. -- ezra 10:44 +. +The words of Nehemiah the son of Hachaliah. And it came to pass in the month Chisleu, in the twentieth year, as I was in Shushan the palace, -- nehemiah 1:1 +. +That Hanani, one of my brothers, came, he and certain men of Judah; and I asked them concerning the Jews that had escaped, which were left of the captivity, and concerning Jerusalem. -- nehemiah 1:2 +. +And they said to me, The remnant that are left of the captivity there in the province are in great affliction and reproach: the wall of Jerusalem also is broken down, and the gates thereof are burned with fire. -- nehemiah 1:3 +. +And it came to pass, when I heard these words, that I sat down and wept, and mourned certain days, and fasted, and prayed before the God of heaven, -- nehemiah 1:4 +. +And said, I beseech you, O LORD God of heaven, the great and terrible God, that keeps covenant and mercy for them that love him and observe his commandments: -- nehemiah 1:5 +. +Let your ear now be attentive, and your eyes open, that you may hear the prayer of your servant, which I pray before you now, day and night, for the children of Israel your servants, and confess the sins of the children of Israel, which we have sinned against you: both I and my father' house have sinned. -- nehemiah 1:6 +. +We have dealt very corruptly against you, and have not kept the commandments, nor the statutes, nor the judgments, which you commanded your servant Moses. -- nehemiah 1:7 +. +Remember, I beseech you, the word that you commanded your servant Moses, saying, If you transgress, I will scatter you abroad among the nations: -- nehemiah 1:8 +. +But if you turn to me, and keep my commandments, and do them; though there were of you cast out to the uttermost part of the heaven, yet will I gather them from there, and will bring them to the place that I have chosen to set my name there. -- nehemiah 1:9 +. +Now these are your servants and your people, whom you have redeemed by your great power, and by your strong hand. -- nehemiah 1:10 +. +O LORD, I beseech you, let now your ear be attentive to the prayer of your servant, and to the prayer of your servants, who desire to fear your name: and prosper, I pray you, your servant this day, and grant him mercy in the sight of this man. For I was the king' cupbearer. -- nehemiah 1:11 +. +And it came to pass in the month Nisan, in the twentieth year of Artaxerxes the king, that wine was before him: and I took up the wine, and gave it to the king. Now I had not been beforetime sad in his presence. -- nehemiah 2:1 +. +Why the king said to me, Why is your countenance sad, seeing you are not sick? this is nothing else but sorrow of heart. Then I was very sore afraid, -- nehemiah 2:2 +. +And said to the king, Let the king live for ever: why should not my countenance be sad, when the city, the place of my fathers'sepulchers, lies waste, and the gates thereof are consumed with fire? -- nehemiah 2:3 +. +Then the king said to me, For what do you make request? So I prayed to the God of heaven. -- nehemiah 2:4 +. +And I said to the king, If it please the king, and if your servant have found favor in your sight, that you would send me to Judah, to the city of my fathers'sepulchers, that I may build it. -- nehemiah 2:5 +. +And the king said to me, (the queen also sitting by him,) For how long shall your journey be? and when will you return? So it pleased the king to send me; and I set him a time. -- nehemiah 2:6 +. +Moreover I said to the king, If it please the king, let letters be given me to the governors beyond the river, that they may convey me over till I come into Judah; -- nehemiah 2:7 +. +And a letter to Asaph the keeper of the king' forest, that he may give me timber to make beams for the gates of the palace which appertained to the house, and for the wall of the city, and for the house that I shall enter into. And the king granted me, according to the good hand of my God on me. -- nehemiah 2:8 +. +Then I came to the governors beyond the river, and gave them the king' letters. Now the king had sent captains of the army and horsemen with me. -- nehemiah 2:9 +. +When Sanballat the Horonite, and Tobiah the servant, the Ammonite, heard of it, it grieved them exceedingly that there was come a man to seek the welfare of the children of Israel. -- nehemiah 2:10 +. +So I came to Jerusalem, and was there three days. -- nehemiah 2:11 +. +And I arose in the night, I and some few men with me; neither told I any man what my God had put in my heart to do at Jerusalem: neither was there any beast with me, save the beast that I rode on. -- nehemiah 2:12 +. +And I went out by night by the gate of the valley, even before the dragon well, and to the dung port, and viewed the walls of Jerusalem, which were broken down, and the gates thereof were consumed with fire. -- nehemiah 2:13 +. +Then I went on to the gate of the fountain, and to the king' pool: but there was no place for the beast that was under me to pass. -- nehemiah 2:14 +. +Then went I up in the night by the brook, and viewed the wall, and turned back, and entered by the gate of the valley, and so returned. -- nehemiah 2:15 +. +And the rulers knew not where I went, or what I did; neither had I as yet told it to the Jews, nor to the priests, nor to the nobles, nor to the rulers, nor to the rest that did the work. -- nehemiah 2:16 +. +Then said I to them, You see the distress that we are in, how Jerusalem lies waste, and the gates thereof are burned with fire: come, and let us build up the wall of Jerusalem, that we be no more a reproach. -- nehemiah 2:17 +. +Then I told them of the hand of my God which was good on me; as also the king' words that he had spoken to me. And they said, Let us rise up and build. So they strengthened their hands for this good work. -- nehemiah 2:18 +. +But when Sanballat the Horonite, and Tobiah the servant, the Ammonite, and Geshem the Arabian, heard it, they laughed us to scorn, and despised us, and said, What is this thing that you do? will you rebel against the king? -- nehemiah 2:19 +. +Then answered I them, and said to them, The God of heaven, he will prosper us; therefore we his servants will arise and build: but you have no portion, nor right, nor memorial, in Jerusalem. -- nehemiah 2:20 +. +Then Eliashib the high priest rose up with his brothers the priests, and they built the sheep gate; they sanctified it, and set up the doors of it; even to the tower of Meah they sanctified it, to the tower of Hananeel. -- nehemiah 3:1 +. +And next to him built the men of Jericho. And next to them built Zaccur the son of Imri. -- nehemiah 3:2 +. +But the fish gate did the sons of Hassenaah build, who also laid the beams thereof, and set up the doors thereof, the locks thereof, and the bars thereof. -- nehemiah 3:3 +. +And next to them repaired Meremoth the son of Urijah, the son of Koz. And next to them repaired Meshullam the son of Berechiah, the son of Meshezabeel. And next to them repaired Zadok the son of Baana. -- nehemiah 3:4 +. +And next to them the Tekoites repaired; but their nobles put not their necks to the work of their LORD. -- nehemiah 3:5 +. +Moreover the old gate repaired Jehoiada the son of Paseah, and Meshullam the son of Besodeiah; they laid the beams thereof, and set up the doors thereof, and the locks thereof, and the bars thereof. -- nehemiah 3:6 +. +And next to them repaired Melatiah the Gibeonite, and Jadon the Meronothite, the men of Gibeon, and of Mizpah, to the throne of the governor on this side the river. -- nehemiah 3:7 +. +Next to him repaired Uzziel the son of Harhaiah, of the goldsmiths. Next to him also repaired Hananiah the son of one of the apothecaries, and they fortified Jerusalem to the broad wall. -- nehemiah 3:8 +. +And next to them repaired Rephaiah the son of Hur, the ruler of the half part of Jerusalem. -- nehemiah 3:9 +. +And next to them repaired Jedaiah the son of Harumaph, even over against his house. And next to him repaired Hattush the son of Hashabniah. -- nehemiah 3:10 +. +Malchijah the son of Harim, and Hashub the son of Pahathmoab, repaired the other piece, and the tower of the furnaces. -- nehemiah 3:11 +. +And next to him repaired Shallum the son of Halohesh, the ruler of the half part of Jerusalem, he and his daughters. -- nehemiah 3:12 +. +The valley gate repaired Hanun, and the inhabitants of Zanoah; they built it, and set up the doors thereof, the locks thereof, and the bars thereof, and a thousand cubits on the wall to the dung gate. -- nehemiah 3:13 +. +But the dung gate repaired Malchiah the son of Rechab, the ruler of part of Bethhaccerem; he built it, and set up the doors thereof, the locks thereof, and the bars thereof. -- nehemiah 3:14 +. +But the gate of the fountain repaired Shallun the son of Colhozeh, the ruler of part of Mizpah; he built it, and covered it, and set up the doors thereof, the locks thereof, and the bars thereof, and the wall of the pool of Siloah by the king' garden, and to the stairs that go down from the city of David. -- nehemiah 3:15 +. +After him repaired Nehemiah the son of Azbuk, the ruler of the half part of Bethzur, to the place over against the sepulchers of David, and to the pool that was made, and to the house of the mighty. -- nehemiah 3:16 +. +After him repaired the Levites, Rehum the son of Bani. Next to him repaired Hashabiah, the ruler of the half part of Keilah, in his part. -- nehemiah 3:17 +. +After him repaired their brothers, Bavai the son of Henadad, the ruler of the half part of Keilah. -- nehemiah 3:18 +. +And next to him repaired Ezer the son of Jeshua, the ruler of Mizpah, another piece over against the going up to the armory at the turning of the wall. -- nehemiah 3:19 +. +After him Baruch the son of Zabbai earnestly repaired the other piece, from the turning of the wall to the door of the house of Eliashib the high priest. -- nehemiah 3:20 +. +After him repaired Meremoth the son of Urijah the son of Koz another piece, from the door of the house of Eliashib even to the end of the house of Eliashib. -- nehemiah 3:21 +. +And after him repaired the priests, the men of the plain. -- nehemiah 3:22 +. +After him repaired Benjamin and Hashub over against their house. After him repaired Azariah the son of Maaseiah the son of Ananiah by his house. -- nehemiah 3:23 +. +After him repaired Binnui the son of Henadad another piece, from the house of Azariah to the turning of the wall, even to the corner. -- nehemiah 3:24 +. +Palal the son of Uzai, over against the turning of the wall, and the tower which lies out from the king' high house, that was by the court of the prison. After him Pedaiah the son of Parosh. -- nehemiah 3:25 +. +Moreover the Nethinims dwelled in Ophel, to the place over against the water gate toward the east, and the tower that lies out. -- nehemiah 3:26 +. +After them the Tekoites repaired another piece, over against the great tower that lies out, even to the wall of Ophel. -- nehemiah 3:27 +. +From above the horse gate repaired the priests, every one over against his house. -- nehemiah 3:28 +. +After them repaired Zadok the son of Immer over against his house. After him repaired also Shemaiah the son of Shechaniah, the keeper of the east gate. -- nehemiah 3:29 +. +After him repaired Hananiah the son of Shelemiah, and Hanun the sixth son of Zalaph, another piece. After him repaired Meshullam the son of Berechiah over against his chamber. -- nehemiah 3:30 +. +After him repaired Malchiah the goldsmith' son to the place of the Nethinims, and of the merchants, over against the gate Miphkad, and to the going up of the corner. -- nehemiah 3:31 +. +And between the going up of the corner to the sheep gate repaired the goldsmiths and the merchants. -- nehemiah 3:32 +. +But it came to pass, that when Sanballat heard that we built the wall, he was wroth, and took great indignation, and mocked the Jews. -- nehemiah 4:1 +. +And he spoke before his brothers and the army of Samaria, and said, What do these feeble Jews? will they fortify themselves? will they sacrifice? will they make an end in a day? will they revive the stones out of the heaps of the rubbish which are burned? -- nehemiah 4:2 +. +Now Tobiah the Ammonite was by him, and he said, Even that which they build, if a fox go up, he shall even break down their stone wall. -- nehemiah 4:3 +. +Hear, O our God; for we are despised: and turn their reproach on their own head, and give them for a prey in the land of captivity: -- nehemiah 4:4 +. +And cover not their iniquity, and let not their sin be blotted out from before you: for they have provoked you to anger before the builders. -- nehemiah 4:5 +. +So built we the wall; and all the wall was joined together to the half thereof: for the people had a mind to work. -- nehemiah 4:6 +. +But it came to pass, that when Sanballat, and Tobiah, and the Arabians, and the Ammonites, and the Ashdodites, heard that the walls of Jerusalem were made up, and that the breaches began to be stopped, then they were very wroth, -- nehemiah 4:7 +. +And conspired all of them together to come and to fight against Jerusalem, and to hinder it. -- nehemiah 4:8 +. +Nevertheless we made our prayer to our God, and set a watch against them day and night, because of them. -- nehemiah 4:9 +. +And Judah said, The strength of the bearers of burdens is decayed, and there is much rubbish; so that we are not able to build the wall. -- nehemiah 4:10 +. +And our adversaries said, They shall not know, neither see, till we come in the middle among them, and slay them, and cause the work to cease. -- nehemiah 4:11 +. +And it came to pass, that when the Jews which dwelled by them came, they said to us ten times, From all places from where you shall return to us they will be on you. -- nehemiah 4:12 +. +Therefore set I in the lower places behind the wall, and on the higher places, I even set the people after their families with their swords, their spears, and their bows. -- nehemiah 4:13 +. +And I looked, and rose up, and said to the nobles, and to the rulers, and to the rest of the people, Be not you afraid of them: remember the LORD, which is great and terrible, and fight for your brothers, your sons, and your daughters, your wives, and your houses. -- nehemiah 4:14 +. +And it came to pass, when our enemies heard that it was known to us, and God had brought their counsel to nothing, that we returned all of us to the wall, every one to his work. -- nehemiah 4:15 +. +And it came to pass from that time forth, that the half of my servants worked in the work, and the other half of them held both the spears, the shields, and the bows, and the habergeons; and the rulers were behind all the house of Judah. -- nehemiah 4:16 +. +They which built on the wall, and they that bore burdens, with those that laded, every one with one of his hands worked in the work, and with the other hand held a weapon. -- nehemiah 4:17 +. +For the builders, every one had his sword girded by his side, and so built. And he that sounded the trumpet was by me. -- nehemiah 4:18 +. +And I said to the nobles, and to the rulers, and to the rest of the people, The work is great and large, and we are separated on the wall, one far from another. -- nehemiah 4:19 +. +In what place therefore you hear the sound of the trumpet, resort you thither to us: our God shall fight for us. -- nehemiah 4:20 +. +So we labored in the work: and half of them held the spears from the rising of the morning till the stars appeared. -- nehemiah 4:21 +. +Likewise at the same time said I to the people, Let every one with his servant lodge within Jerusalem, that in the night they may be a guard to us, and labor on the day. -- nehemiah 4:22 +. +So neither I, nor my brothers, nor my servants, nor the men of the guard which followed me, none of us put off our clothes, saving that every one put them off for washing. -- nehemiah 4:23 +. +And there was a great cry of the people and of their wives against their brothers the Jews. -- nehemiah 5:1 +. +For there were that said, We, our sons, and our daughters, are many: therefore we take up corn for them, that we may eat, and live. -- nehemiah 5:2 +. +Some also there were that said, We have mortgaged our lands, vineyards, and houses, that we might buy corn, because of the dearth. -- nehemiah 5:3 +. +There were also that said, We have borrowed money for the king' tribute, and that on our lands and vineyards. -- nehemiah 5:4 +. +Yet now our flesh is as the flesh of our brothers, our children as their children: and, see, we bring into bondage our sons and our daughters to be servants, and some of our daughters are brought to bondage already: neither is it in our power to redeem them; for other men have our lands and vineyards. -- nehemiah 5:5 +. +And I was very angry when I heard their cry and these words. -- nehemiah 5:6 +. +Then I consulted with myself, and I rebuked the nobles, and the rulers, and said to them, You exact usury, every one of his brother. And I set a great assembly against them. -- nehemiah 5:7 +. +And I said to them, We after our ability have redeemed our brothers the Jews, which were sold to the heathen; and will you even sell your brothers? or shall they be sold to us? Then held they their peace, and found nothing to answer. -- nehemiah 5:8 +. +Also I said, It is not good that you do: ought you not to walk in the fear of our God because of the reproach of the heathen our enemies? -- nehemiah 5:9 +. +I likewise, and my brothers, and my servants, might exact of them money and corn: I pray you, let us leave off this usury. -- nehemiah 5:10 +. +Restore, I pray you, to them, even this day, their lands, their vineyards, their olive groves, and their houses, also the hundredth part of the money, and of the corn, the wine, and the oil, that you exact of them. -- nehemiah 5:11 +. +Then said they, We will restore them, and will require nothing of them; so will we do as you say. Then I called the priests, and took an oath of them, that they should do according to this promise. -- nehemiah 5:12 +. +Also I shook my lap, and said, So God shake out every man from his house, and from his labor, that performes not this promise, even thus be he shaken out, and emptied. And all the congregation said, Amen, and praised the LORD. And the people did according to this promise. -- nehemiah 5:13 +. +Moreover from the time that I was appointed to be their governor in the land of Judah, from the twentieth year even to the two and thirtieth year of Artaxerxes the king, that is, twelve years, I and my brothers have not eaten the bread of the governor. -- nehemiah 5:14 +. +But the former governors that had been before me were chargeable to the people, and had taken of them bread and wine, beside forty shekels of silver; yes, even their servants bore rule over the people: but so did not I, because of the fear of God. -- nehemiah 5:15 +. +Yes, also I continued in the work of this wall, neither bought we any land: and all my servants were gathered thither to the work. -- nehemiah 5:16 +. +Moreover there were at my table an hundred and fifty of the Jews and rulers, beside those that came to us from among the heathen that are about us. -- nehemiah 5:17 +. +Now that which was prepared for me daily was one ox and six choice sheep; also fowls were prepared for me, and once in ten days store of all sorts of wine: yet for all this required not I the bread of the governor, because the bondage was heavy on this people. -- nehemiah 5:18 +. +Think on me, my God, for good, according to all that I have done for this people. -- nehemiah 5:19 +. +Now it came to pass when Sanballat, and Tobiah, and Geshem the Arabian, and the rest of our enemies, heard that I had built the wall, and that there was no breach left therein; (though at that time I had not set up the doors on the gates;) -- nehemiah 6:1 +. +That Sanballat and Geshem sent to me, saying, Come, let us meet together in some one of the villages in the plain of Ono. But they thought to do me mischief. -- nehemiah 6:2 +. +And I sent messengers to them, saying, I am doing a great work, so that I cannot come down: why should the work cease, whilst I leave it, and come down to you? -- nehemiah 6:3 +. +Yet they sent to me four times after this sort; and I answered them after the same manner. -- nehemiah 6:4 +. +Then sent Sanballat his servant to me in like manner the fifth time with an open letter in his hand; -- nehemiah 6:5 +. +Wherein was written, It is reported among the heathen, and Gashmu said it, that you and the Jews think to rebel: for which cause you build the wall, that you may be their king, according to these words. -- nehemiah 6:6 +. +And you have also appointed prophets to preach of you at Jerusalem, saying, There is a king in Judah: and now shall it be reported to the king according to these words. Come now therefore, and let us take counsel together. -- nehemiah 6:7 +. +Then I sent to him, saying, There are no such things done as you say, but you feign them out of your own heart. -- nehemiah 6:8 +. +For they all made us afraid, saying, Their hands shall be weakened from the work, that it be not done. Now therefore, O God, strengthen my hands. -- nehemiah 6:9 +. +Afterward I came to the house of Shemaiah the son of Delaiah the son of Mehetabeel, who was shut up; and he said, Let us meet together in the house of God, within the temple, and let us shut the doors of the temple: for they will come to slay you; yes, in the night will they come to slay you. -- nehemiah 6:10 +. +And I said, Should such a man as I flee? and who is there, that, being as I am, would go into the temple to save his life? I will not go in. -- nehemiah 6:11 +. +And, see, I perceived that God had not sent him; but that he pronounced this prophecy against me: for Tobiah and Sanballat had hired him. -- nehemiah 6:12 +. +Therefore was he hired, that I should be afraid, and do so, and sin, and that they might have matter for an evil report, that they might reproach me. -- nehemiah 6:13 +. +My God, think you on Tobiah and Sanballat according to these their works, and on the prophetess Noadiah, and the rest of the prophets, that would have put me in fear. -- nehemiah 6:14 +. +So the wall was finished in the twenty and fifth day of the month Elul, in fifty and two days. -- nehemiah 6:15 +. +And it came to pass, that when all our enemies heard thereof, and all the heathen that were about us saw these things, they were much cast down in their own eyes: for they perceived that this work was worked of our God. -- nehemiah 6:16 +. +Moreover in those days the nobles of Judah sent many letters to Tobiah, and the letters of Tobiah came to them. -- nehemiah 6:17 +. +For there were many in Judah sworn to him, because he was the son in law of Shechaniah the son of Arah; and his son Johanan had taken the daughter of Meshullam the son of Berechiah. -- nehemiah 6:18 +. +Also they reported his good deeds before me, and uttered my words to him. And Tobiah sent letters to put me in fear. -- nehemiah 6:19 +. +Now it came to pass, when the wall was built, and I had set up the doors, and the porters and the singers and the Levites were appointed, -- nehemiah 7:1 +. +That I gave my brother Hanani, and Hananiah the ruler of the palace, charge over Jerusalem: for he was a faithful man, and feared God above many. -- nehemiah 7:2 +. +And I said to them, Let not the gates of Jerusalem be opened until the sun be hot; and while they stand by, let them shut the doors, and bar them: and appoint watches of the inhabitants of Jerusalem, every one in his watch, and every one to be over against his house. -- nehemiah 7:3 +. +Now the city was large and great: but the people were few therein, and the houses were not built. -- nehemiah 7:4 +. +And my God put into my heart to gather together the nobles, and the rulers, and the people, that they might be reckoned by genealogy. And I found a register of the genealogy of them which came up at the first, and found written therein, -- nehemiah 7:5 +. +These are the children of the province, that went up out of the captivity, of those that had been carried away, whom Nebuchadnezzar the king of Babylon had carried away, and came again to Jerusalem and to Judah, every one to his city; -- nehemiah 7:6 +. +Who came with Zerubbabel, Jeshua, Nehemiah, Azariah, Raamiah, Nahamani, Mordecai, Bilshan, Mispereth, Bigvai, Nehum, Baanah. The number, I say, of the men of the people of Israel was this; -- nehemiah 7:7 +. +The children of Parosh, two thousand an hundred seventy and two. -- nehemiah 7:8 +. +The children of Shephatiah, three hundred seventy and two. -- nehemiah 7:9 +. +The children of Arah, six hundred fifty and two. -- nehemiah 7:10 +. +The children of Pahathmoab, of the children of Jeshua and Joab, two thousand and eight hundred and eighteen. -- nehemiah 7:11 +. +The children of Elam, a thousand two hundred fifty and four. -- nehemiah 7:12 +. +The children of Zattu, eight hundred forty and five. -- nehemiah 7:13 +. +The children of Zaccai, seven hundred and three score. -- nehemiah 7:14 +. +The children of Binnui, six hundred forty and eight. -- nehemiah 7:15 +. +The children of Bebai, six hundred twenty and eight. -- nehemiah 7:16 +. +The children of Azgad, two thousand three hundred twenty and two. -- nehemiah 7:17 +. +The children of Adonikam, six hundred three score and seven. -- nehemiah 7:18 +. +The children of Bigvai, two thousand three score and seven. -- nehemiah 7:19 +. +The children of Adin, six hundred fifty and five. -- nehemiah 7:20 +. +The children of Ater of Hezekiah, ninety and eight. -- nehemiah 7:21 +. +The children of Hashum, three hundred twenty and eight. -- nehemiah 7:22 +. +The children of Bezai, three hundred twenty and four. -- nehemiah 7:23 +. +The children of Hariph, an hundred and twelve. -- nehemiah 7:24 +. +The children of Gibeon, ninety and five. -- nehemiah 7:25 +. +The men of Bethlehem and Netophah, an hundred fourscore and eight. -- nehemiah 7:26 +. +The men of Anathoth, an hundred twenty and eight. -- nehemiah 7:27 +. +The men of Bethazmaveth, forty and two. -- nehemiah 7:28 +. +The men of Kirjathjearim, Chephirah, and Beeroth, seven hundred forty and three. -- nehemiah 7:29 +. +The men of Ramah and Gaba, six hundred twenty and one. -- nehemiah 7:30 +. +The men of Michmas, an hundred and twenty and two. -- nehemiah 7:31 +. +The men of Bethel and Ai, an hundred twenty and three. -- nehemiah 7:32 +. +The men of the other Nebo, fifty and two. -- nehemiah 7:33 +. +The children of the other Elam, a thousand two hundred fifty and four. -- nehemiah 7:34 +. +The children of Harim, three hundred and twenty. -- nehemiah 7:35 +. +The children of Jericho, three hundred forty and five. -- nehemiah 7:36 +. +The children of Lod, Hadid, and Ono, seven hundred twenty and one. -- nehemiah 7:37 +. +The children of Senaah, three thousand nine hundred and thirty. -- nehemiah 7:38 +. +The priests: the children of Jedaiah, of the house of Jeshua, nine hundred seventy and three. -- nehemiah 7:39 +. +The children of Immer, a thousand fifty and two. -- nehemiah 7:40 +. +The children of Pashur, a thousand two hundred forty and seven. -- nehemiah 7:41 +. +The children of Harim, a thousand and seventeen. -- nehemiah 7:42 +. +The Levites: the children of Jeshua, of Kadmiel, and of the children of Hodevah, seventy and four. -- nehemiah 7:43 +. +The singers: the children of Asaph, an hundred forty and eight. -- nehemiah 7:44 +. +The porters: the children of Shallum, the children of Ater, the children of Talmon, the children of Akkub, the children of Hatita, the children of Shobai, an hundred thirty and eight. -- nehemiah 7:45 +. +The Nethinims: the children of Ziha, the children of Hashupha, the children of Tabbaoth, -- nehemiah 7:46 +. +The children of Keros, the children of Sia, the children of Padon, -- nehemiah 7:47 +. +The children of Lebana, the children of Hagaba, the children of Shalmai, -- nehemiah 7:48 +. +The children of Hanan, the children of Giddel, the children of Gahar, -- nehemiah 7:49 +. +The children of Reaiah, the children of Rezin, the children of Nekoda, -- nehemiah 7:50 +. +The children of Gazzam, the children of Uzza, the children of Phaseah, -- nehemiah 7:51 +. +The children of Besai, the children of Meunim, the children of Nephishesim, -- nehemiah 7:52 +. +The children of Bakbuk, the children of Hakupha, the children of Harhur, -- nehemiah 7:53 +. +The children of Bazlith, the children of Mehida, the children of Harsha, -- nehemiah 7:54 +. +The children of Barkos, the children of Sisera, the children of Tamah, -- nehemiah 7:55 +. +The children of Neziah, the children of Hatipha. -- nehemiah 7:56 +. +The children of Solomon' servants: the children of Sotai, the children of Sophereth, the children of Perida, -- nehemiah 7:57 +. +The children of Jaala, the children of Darkon, the children of Giddel, -- nehemiah 7:58 +. +The children of Shephatiah, the children of Hattil, the children of Pochereth of Zebaim, the children of Amon. -- nehemiah 7:59 +. +All the Nethinims, and the children of Solomon' servants, were three hundred ninety and two. -- nehemiah 7:60 +. +And these were they which went up also from Telmelah, Telharesha, Cherub, Addon, and Immer: but they could not show their father' house, nor their seed, whether they were of Israel. -- nehemiah 7:61 +. +The children of Delaiah, the children of Tobiah, the children of Nekoda, six hundred forty and two. -- nehemiah 7:62 +. +And of the priests: the children of Habaiah, the children of Koz, the children of Barzillai, which took one of the daughters of Barzillai the Gileadite to wife, and was called after their name. -- nehemiah 7:63 +. +These sought their register among those that were reckoned by genealogy, but it was not found: therefore were they, as polluted, put from the priesthood. -- nehemiah 7:64 +. +And the Tirshatha said to them, that they should not eat of the most holy things, till there stood up a priest with Urim and Thummim. -- nehemiah 7:65 +. +The whole congregation together was forty and two thousand three hundred and three score, -- nehemiah 7:66 +. +Beside their manservants and their maidservants, of whom there were seven thousand three hundred thirty and seven: and they had two hundred forty and five singing men and singing women. -- nehemiah 7:67 +. +Their horses, seven hundred thirty and six: their mules, two hundred forty and five: -- nehemiah 7:68 +. +Their camels, four hundred thirty and five: six thousand seven hundred and twenty asses. -- nehemiah 7:69 +. +And some of the chief of the fathers gave to the work. The Tirshatha gave to the treasure a thousand drams of gold, fifty basins, five hundred and thirty priests'garments. -- nehemiah 7:70 +. +And some of the chief of the fathers gave to the treasure of the work twenty thousand drams of gold, and two thousand and two hundred pound of silver. -- nehemiah 7:71 +. +And that which the rest of the people gave was twenty thousand drams of gold, and two thousand pound of silver, and three score and seven priests'garments. -- nehemiah 7:72 +. +So the priests, and the Levites, and the porters, and the singers, and some of the people, and the Nethinims, and all Israel, dwelled in their cities; and when the seventh month came, the children of Israel were in their cities. -- nehemiah 7:73 +. +And all the people gathered themselves together as one man into the street that was before the water gate; and they spoke to Ezra the scribe to bring the book of the law of Moses, which the LORD had commanded to Israel. -- nehemiah 8:1 +. +And Ezra the priest brought the law before the congregation both of men and women, and all that could hear with understanding, on the first day of the seventh month. -- nehemiah 8:2 +. +And he read therein before the street that was before the water gate from the morning until midday, before the men and the women, and those that could understand; and the ears of all the people were attentive to the book of the law. -- nehemiah 8:3 +. +And Ezra the scribe stood on a pulpit of wood, which they had made for the purpose; and beside him stood Mattithiah, and Shema, and Anaiah, and Urijah, and Hilkiah, and Maaseiah, on his right hand; and on his left hand, Pedaiah, and Mishael, and Malchiah, and Hashum, and Hashbadana, Zechariah, and Meshullam. -- nehemiah 8:4 +. +And Ezra opened the book in the sight of all the people; (for he was above all the people;) and when he opened it, all the people stood up: -- nehemiah 8:5 +. +And Ezra blessed the LORD, the great God. And all the people answered, Amen, Amen, with lifting up their hands: and they bowed their heads, and worshipped the LORD with their faces to the ground. -- nehemiah 8:6 +. +Also Jeshua, and Bani, and Sherebiah, Jamin, Akkub, Shabbethai, Hodijah, Maaseiah, Kelita, Azariah, Jozabad, Hanan, Pelaiah, and the Levites, caused the people to understand the law: and the people stood in their place. -- nehemiah 8:7 +. +So they read in the book in the law of God distinctly, and gave the sense, and caused them to understand the reading. -- nehemiah 8:8 +. +And Nehemiah, which is the Tirshatha, and Ezra the priest the scribe, and the Levites that taught the people, said to all the people, This day is holy to the LORD your God; mourn not, nor weep. For all the people wept, when they heard the words of the law. -- nehemiah 8:9 +. +Then he said to them, Go your way, eat the fat, and drink the sweet, and send portions to them for whom nothing is prepared: for this day is holy to our LORD: neither be you sorry; for the joy of the LORD is your strength. -- nehemiah 8:10 +. +So the Levites stilled all the people, saying, Hold your peace, for the day is holy; neither be you grieved. -- nehemiah 8:11 +. +And all the people went their way to eat, and to drink, and to send portions, and to make great mirth, because they had understood the words that were declared to them. -- nehemiah 8:12 +. +And on the second day were gathered together the chief of the fathers of all the people, the priests, and the Levites, to Ezra the scribe, even to understand the words of the law. -- nehemiah 8:13 +. +And they found written in the law which the LORD had commanded by Moses, that the children of Israel should dwell in booths in the feast of the seventh month: -- nehemiah 8:14 +. +And that they should publish and proclaim in all their cities, and in Jerusalem, saying, Go forth to the mount, and fetch olive branches, and pine branches, and myrtle branches, and palm branches, and branches of thick trees, to make booths, as it is written. -- nehemiah 8:15 +. +So the people went forth, and brought them, and made themselves booths, every one on the roof of his house, and in their courts, and in the courts of the house of God, and in the street of the water gate, and in the street of the gate of Ephraim. -- nehemiah 8:16 +. +And all the congregation of them that were come again out of the captivity made booths, and sat under the booths: for since the days of Jeshua the son of Nun to that day had not the children of Israel done so. And there was very great gladness. -- nehemiah 8:17 +. +Also day by day, from the first day to the last day, he read in the book of the law of God. And they kept the feast seven days; and on the eighth day was a solemn assembly, according to the manner. -- nehemiah 8:18 +. +Now in the twenty and fourth day of this month the children of Israel were assembled with fasting, and with sackcloths, and earth on them. -- nehemiah 9:1 +. +And the seed of Israel separated themselves from all strangers, and stood and confessed their sins, and the iniquities of their fathers. -- nehemiah 9:2 +. +And they stood up in their place, and read in the book of the law of the LORD their God one fourth part of the day; and another fourth part they confessed, and worshipped the LORD their God. -- nehemiah 9:3 +. +Then stood up on the stairs, of the Levites, Jeshua, and Bani, Kadmiel, Shebaniah, Bunni, Sherebiah, Bani, and Chenani, and cried with a loud voice to the LORD their God. -- nehemiah 9:4 +. +Then the Levites, Jeshua, and Kadmiel, Bani, Hashabniah, Sherebiah, Hodijah, Shebaniah, and Pethahiah, said, Stand up and bless the LORD your God for ever and ever: and blessed be your glorious name, which is exalted above all blessing and praise. -- nehemiah 9:5 +. +You, even you, are LORD alone; you have made heaven, the heaven of heavens, with all their host, the earth, and all things that are therein, the seas, and all that is therein, and you preserve them all; and the host of heaven worships you. -- nehemiah 9:6 +. +You are the LORD the God, who did choose Abram, and brought him forth out of Ur of the Chaldees, and gave him the name of Abraham; -- nehemiah 9:7 +. +And found his heart faithful before you, and made a covenant with him to give the land of the Canaanites, the Hittites, the Amorites, and the Perizzites, and the Jebusites, and the Girgashites, to give it, I say, to his seed, and have performed your words; for you are righteous: -- nehemiah 9:8 +. +And did see the affliction of our fathers in Egypt, and heard their cry by the Red sea; -- nehemiah 9:9 +. +And showed signs and wonders on Pharaoh, and on all his servants, and on all the people of his land: for you knew that they dealt proudly against them. So did you get you a name, as it is this day. -- nehemiah 9:10 +. +And you did divide the sea before them, so that they went through the middle of the sea on the dry land; and their persecutors you threw into the deeps, as a stone into the mighty waters. -- nehemiah 9:11 +. +Moreover you led them in the day by a cloudy pillar; and in the night by a pillar of fire, to give them light in the way wherein they should go. -- nehemiah 9:12 +. +You came down also on mount Sinai, and spoke with them from heaven, and gave them right judgments, and true laws, good statutes and commandments: -- nehemiah 9:13 +. +And made known to them your holy sabbath, and commanded them precepts, statutes, and laws, by the hand of Moses your servant: -- nehemiah 9:14 +. +And gave them bread from heaven for their hunger, and brought forth water for them out of the rock for their thirst, and promised them that they should go in to possess the land which you had sworn to give them. -- nehemiah 9:15 +. +But they and our fathers dealt proudly, and hardened their necks, and listened not to your commandments, -- nehemiah 9:16 +. +And refused to obey, neither were mindful of your wonders that you did among them; but hardened their necks, and in their rebellion appointed a captain to return to their bondage: but you are a God ready to pardon, gracious and merciful, slow to anger, and of great kindness, and forsook them not. -- nehemiah 9:17 +. +Yes, when they had made them a molten calf, and said, This is your God that brought you up out of Egypt, and had worked great provocations; -- nehemiah 9:18 +. +Yet you in your manifold mercies forsook them not in the wilderness: the pillar of the cloud departed not from them by day, to lead them in the way; neither the pillar of fire by night, to show them light, and the way wherein they should go. -- nehemiah 9:19 +. +You gave also your good spirit to instruct them, and withheld not your manna from their mouth, and gave them water for their thirst. -- nehemiah 9:20 +. +Yes, forty years did you sustain them in the wilderness, so that they lacked nothing; their clothes waxed not old, and their feet swelled not. -- nehemiah 9:21 +. +Moreover you gave them kingdoms and nations, and did divide them into corners: so they possessed the land of Sihon, and the land of the king of Heshbon, and the land of Og king of Bashan. -- nehemiah 9:22 +. +Their children also multiplied you as the stars of heaven, and brought them into the land, concerning which you had promised to their fathers, that they should go in to possess it. -- nehemiah 9:23 +. +So the children went in and possessed the land, and you subdued before them the inhabitants of the land, the Canaanites, and gave them into their hands, with their kings, and the people of the land, that they might do with them as they would. -- nehemiah 9:24 +. +And they took strong cities, and a fat land, and possessed houses full of all goods, wells dig, vineyards, and olive groves, and fruit trees in abundance: so they did eat, and were filled, and became fat, and delighted themselves in your great goodness. -- nehemiah 9:25 +. +Nevertheless they were disobedient, and rebelled against you, and cast your law behind their backs, and slew your prophets which testified against them to turn them to you, and they worked great provocations. -- nehemiah 9:26 +. +Therefore you delivered them into the hand of their enemies, who vexed them: and in the time of their trouble, when they cried to you, you heard them from heaven; and according to your manifold mercies you gave them saviors, who saved them out of the hand of their enemies. -- nehemiah 9:27 +. +But after they had rest, they did evil again before you: therefore left you them in the land of their enemies, so that they had the dominion over them: yet when they returned, and cried to you, you heard them from heaven; and many times did you deliver them according to your mercies; -- nehemiah 9:28 +. +And testified against them, that you might bring them again to your law: yet they dealt proudly, and listened not to your commandments, but sinned against your judgments, (which if a man do, he shall live in them;) and withdrew the shoulder, and hardened their neck, and would not hear. -- nehemiah 9:29 +. +Yet many years did you forbear them, and testified against them by your spirit in your prophets: yet would they not give ear: therefore gave you them into the hand of the people of the lands. -- nehemiah 9:30 +. +Nevertheless for your great mercies'sake you did not utterly consume them, nor forsake them; for you are a gracious and merciful God. -- nehemiah 9:31 +. +Now therefore, our God, the great, the mighty, and the terrible God, who keep covenant and mercy, let not all the trouble seem little before you, that has come on us, on our kings, on our princes, and on our priests, and on our prophets, and on our fathers, and on all your people, since the time of the kings of Assyria to this day. -- nehemiah 9:32 +. +However, you are just in all that is brought on us; for you have done right, but we have done wickedly: -- nehemiah 9:33 +. +Neither have our kings, our princes, our priests, nor our fathers, kept your law, nor listened to your commandments and your testimonies, with which you did testify against them. -- nehemiah 9:34 +. +For they have not served you in their kingdom, and in your great goodness that you gave them, and in the large and fat land which you gave before them, neither turned they from their wicked works. -- nehemiah 9:35 +. +Behold, we are servants this day, and for the land that you gave to our fathers to eat the fruit thereof and the good thereof, behold, we are servants in it: -- nehemiah 9:36 +. +And it yields much increase to the kings whom you have set over us because of our sins: also they have dominion over our bodies, and over our cattle, at their pleasure, and we are in great distress. -- nehemiah 9:37 +. +And because of all this we make a sure covenant, and write it; and our princes, Levites, and priests, seal to it. -- nehemiah 9:38 +. +Now those that sealed were, Nehemiah, the Tirshatha, the son of Hachaliah, and Zidkijah, -- nehemiah 10:1 +. +Seraiah, Azariah, Jeremiah, -- nehemiah 10:2 +. +Pashur, Amariah, Malchijah, -- nehemiah 10:3 +. +Hattush, Shebaniah, Malluch, -- nehemiah 10:4 +. +Harim, Meremoth, Obadiah, -- nehemiah 10:5 +. +Daniel, Ginnethon, Baruch, -- nehemiah 10:6 +. +Meshullam, Abijah, Mijamin, -- nehemiah 10:7 +. +Maaziah, Bilgai, Shemaiah: these were the priests. -- nehemiah 10:8 +. +And the Levites: both Jeshua the son of Azaniah, Binnui of the sons of Henadad, Kadmiel; -- nehemiah 10:9 +. +And their brothers, Shebaniah, Hodijah, Kelita, Pelaiah, Hanan, -- nehemiah 10:10 +. +Micha, Rehob, Hashabiah, -- nehemiah 10:11 +. +Zaccur, Sherebiah, Shebaniah, -- nehemiah 10:12 +. +Hodijah, Bani, Beninu. -- nehemiah 10:13 +. +The chief of the people; Parosh, Pahathmoab, Elam, Zatthu, Bani, -- nehemiah 10:14 +. +Bunni, Azgad, Bebai, -- nehemiah 10:15 +. +Adonijah, Bigvai, Adin, -- nehemiah 10:16 +. +Ater, Hizkijah, Azzur, -- nehemiah 10:17 +. +Hodijah, Hashum, Bezai, -- nehemiah 10:18 +. +Hariph, Anathoth, Nebai, -- nehemiah 10:19 +. +Magpiash, Meshullam, Hezir, -- nehemiah 10:20 +. +Meshezabeel, Zadok, Jaddua, -- nehemiah 10:21 +. +Pelatiah, Hanan, Anaiah, -- nehemiah 10:22 +. +Hoshea, Hananiah, Hashub, -- nehemiah 10:23 +. +Hallohesh, Pileha, Shobek, -- nehemiah 10:24 +. +Rehum, Hashabnah, Maaseiah, -- nehemiah 10:25 +. +And Ahijah, Hanan, Anan, -- nehemiah 10:26 +. +Malluch, Harim, Baanah. -- nehemiah 10:27 +. +And the rest of the people, the priests, the Levites, the porters, the singers, the Nethinims, and all they that had separated themselves from the people of the lands to the law of God, their wives, their sons, and their daughters, every one having knowledge, and having understanding; -- nehemiah 10:28 +. +They joined to their brothers, their nobles, and entered into a curse, and into an oath, to walk in God' law, which was given by Moses the servant of God, and to observe and do all the commandments of the LORD our Lord, and his judgments and his statutes; -- nehemiah 10:29 +. +And that we would not give our daughters to the people of the land, not take their daughters for our sons: -- nehemiah 10:30 +. +And if the people of the land bring ware or any victuals on the sabbath day to sell, that we would not buy it of them on the sabbath, or on the holy day: and that we would leave the seventh year, and the exaction of every debt. -- nehemiah 10:31 +. +Also we made ordinances for us, to charge ourselves yearly with the third part of a shekel for the service of the house of our God; -- nehemiah 10:32 +. +For the show bread, and for the continual meat offering, and for the continual burnt offering, of the sabbaths, of the new moons, for the set feasts, and for the holy things, and for the sin offerings to make an atonement for Israel, and for all the work of the house of our God. -- nehemiah 10:33 +. +And we cast the lots among the priests, the Levites, and the people, for the wood offering, to bring it into the house of our God, after the houses of our fathers, at times appointed year by year, to burn on the altar of the LORD our God, as it is written in the law: -- nehemiah 10:34 +. +And to bring the first fruits of our ground, and the first fruits of all fruit of all trees, year by year, to the house of the LORD: -- nehemiah 10:35 +. +Also the firstborn of our sons, and of our cattle, as it is written in the law, and the firstborn of our herds and of our flocks, to bring to the house of our God, to the priests that minister in the house of our God: -- nehemiah 10:36 +. +And that we should bring the first fruits of our dough, and our offerings, and the fruit of all manner of trees, of wine and of oil, to the priests, to the chambers of the house of our God; and the tithes of our ground to the Levites, that the same Levites might have the tithes in all the cities of our tillage. -- nehemiah 10:37 +. +And the priest the son of Aaron shall be with the Levites, when the Levites take tithes: and the Levites shall bring up the tithe of the tithes to the house of our God, to the chambers, into the treasure house. -- nehemiah 10:38 +. +For the children of Israel and the children of Levi shall bring the offering of the corn, of the new wine, and the oil, to the chambers, where are the vessels of the sanctuary, and the priests that minister, and the porters, and the singers: and we will not forsake the house of our God. -- nehemiah 10:39 +. +And the rulers of the people dwelled at Jerusalem: the rest of the people also cast lots, to bring one of ten to dwell in Jerusalem the holy city, and nine parts to dwell in other cities. -- nehemiah 11:1 +. +And the people blessed all the men, that willingly offered themselves to dwell at Jerusalem. -- nehemiah 11:2 +. +Now these are the chief of the province that dwelled in Jerusalem: but in the cities of Judah dwelled every one in his possession in their cities, to wit, Israel, the priests, and the Levites, and the Nethinims, and the children of Solomon' servants. -- nehemiah 11:3 +. +And at Jerusalem dwelled certain of the children of Judah, and of the children of Benjamin. Of the children of Judah; Athaiah the son of Uzziah, the son of Zechariah, the son of Amariah, the son of Shephatiah, the son of Mahalaleel, of the children of Perez; -- nehemiah 11:4 +. +And Maaseiah the son of Baruch, the son of Colhozeh, the son of Hazaiah, the son of Adaiah, the son of Joiarib, the son of Zechariah, the son of Shiloni. -- nehemiah 11:5 +. +All the sons of Perez that dwelled at Jerusalem were four hundred three score and eight valiant men. -- nehemiah 11:6 +. +And these are the sons of Benjamin; Sallu the son of Meshullam, the son of Joed, the son of Pedaiah, the son of Kolaiah, the son of Maaseiah, the son of Ithiel, the son of Jesaiah. -- nehemiah 11:7 +. +And after him Gabbai, Sallai, nine hundred twenty and eight. -- nehemiah 11:8 +. +And Joel the son of Zichri was their overseer: and Judah the son of Senuah was second over the city. -- nehemiah 11:9 +. +Of the priests: Jedaiah the son of Joiarib, Jachin. -- nehemiah 11:10 +. +Seraiah the son of Hilkiah, the son of Meshullam, the son of Zadok, the son of Meraioth, the son of Ahitub, was the ruler of the house of God. -- nehemiah 11:11 +. +And their brothers that did the work of the house were eight hundred twenty and two: and Adaiah the son of Jeroham, the son of Pelaliah, the son of Amzi, the son of Zechariah, the son of Pashur, the son of Malchiah. -- nehemiah 11:12 +. +And his brothers, chief of the fathers, two hundred forty and two: and Amashai the son of Azareel, the son of Ahasai, the son of Meshillemoth, the son of Immer, -- nehemiah 11:13 +. +And their brothers, mighty men of valor, an hundred twenty and eight: and their overseer was Zabdiel, the son of one of the great men. -- nehemiah 11:14 +. +Also of the Levites: Shemaiah the son of Hashub, the son of Azrikam, the son of Hashabiah, the son of Bunni; -- nehemiah 11:15 +. +And Shabbethai and Jozabad, of the chief of the Levites, had the oversight of the outward business of the house of God. -- nehemiah 11:16 +. +And Mattaniah the son of Micha, the son of Zabdi, the son of Asaph, was the principal to begin the thanksgiving in prayer: and Bakbukiah the second among his brothers, and Abda the son of Shammua, the son of Galal, the son of Jeduthun. -- nehemiah 11:17 +. +All the Levites in the holy city were two hundred fourscore and four. -- nehemiah 11:18 +. +Moreover the porters, Akkub, Talmon, and their brothers that kept the gates, were an hundred seventy and two. -- nehemiah 11:19 +. +And the residue of Israel, of the priests, and the Levites, were in all the cities of Judah, every one in his inheritance. -- nehemiah 11:20 +. +But the Nethinims dwelled in Ophel: and Ziha and Gispa were over the Nethinims. -- nehemiah 11:21 +. +The overseer also of the Levites at Jerusalem was Uzzi the son of Bani, the son of Hashabiah, the son of Mattaniah, the son of Micha. Of the sons of Asaph, the singers were over the business of the house of God. -- nehemiah 11:22 +. +For it was the king' commandment concerning them, that a certain portion should be for the singers, due for every day. -- nehemiah 11:23 +. +And Pethahiah the son of Meshezabeel, of the children of Zerah the son of Judah, was at the king' hand in all matters concerning the people. -- nehemiah 11:24 +. +And for the villages, with their fields, some of the children of Judah dwelled at Kirjatharba, and in the villages thereof, and at Dibon, and in the villages thereof, and at Jekabzeel, and in the villages thereof, -- nehemiah 11:25 +. +And at Jeshua, and at Moladah, and at Bethphelet, -- nehemiah 11:26 +. +And at Hazarshual, and at Beersheba, and in the villages thereof, -- nehemiah 11:27 +. +And at Ziklag, and at Mekonah, and in the villages thereof, -- nehemiah 11:28 +. +And at Enrimmon, and at Zareah, and at Jarmuth, -- nehemiah 11:29 +. +Zanoah, Adullam, and in their villages, at Lachish, and the fields thereof, at Azekah, and in the villages thereof. And they dwelled from Beersheba to the valley of Hinnom. -- nehemiah 11:30 +. +The children also of Benjamin from Geba dwelled at Michmash, and Aija, and Bethel, and in their villages. -- nehemiah 11:31 +. +And at Anathoth, Nob, Ananiah, -- nehemiah 11:32 +. +Hazor, Ramah, Gittaim, -- nehemiah 11:33 +. +Hadid, Zeboim, Neballat, -- nehemiah 11:34 +. +Lod, and Ono, the valley of craftsmen. -- nehemiah 11:35 +. +And of the Levites were divisions in Judah, and in Benjamin. -- nehemiah 11:36 +. +Now these are the priests and the Levites that went up with Zerubbabel the son of Shealtiel, and Jeshua: Seraiah, Jeremiah, Ezra, -- nehemiah 12:1 +. +Amariah, Malluch, Hattush, -- nehemiah 12:2 +. +Shechaniah, Rehum, Meremoth, -- nehemiah 12:3 +. +Iddo, Ginnetho, Abijah, -- nehemiah 12:4 +. +Miamin, Maadiah, Bilgah, -- nehemiah 12:5 +. +Shemaiah, and Joiarib, Jedaiah, -- nehemiah 12:6 +. +Sallu, Amok, Hilkiah, Jedaiah. These were the chief of the priests and of their brothers in the days of Jeshua. -- nehemiah 12:7 +. +Moreover the Levites: Jeshua, Binnui, Kadmiel, Sherebiah, Judah, and Mattaniah, which was over the thanksgiving, he and his brothers. -- nehemiah 12:8 +. +Also Bakbukiah and Unni, their brothers, were over against them in the watches. -- nehemiah 12:9 +. +And Jeshua begat Joiakim, Joiakim also begat Eliashib, and Eliashib begat Joiada, -- nehemiah 12:10 +. +And Joiada begat Jonathan, and Jonathan begat Jaddua. -- nehemiah 12:11 +. +And in the days of Joiakim were priests, the chief of the fathers: of Seraiah, Meraiah; of Jeremiah, Hananiah; -- nehemiah 12:12 +. +Of Ezra, Meshullam; of Amariah, Jehohanan; -- nehemiah 12:13 +. +Of Melicu, Jonathan; of Shebaniah, Joseph; -- nehemiah 12:14 +. +Of Harim, Adna; of Meraioth, Helkai; -- nehemiah 12:15 +. +Of Iddo, Zechariah; of Ginnethon, Meshullam; -- nehemiah 12:16 +. +Of Abijah, Zichri; of Miniamin, of Moadiah, Piltai: -- nehemiah 12:17 +. +Of Bilgah, Shammua; of Shemaiah, Jehonathan; -- nehemiah 12:18 +. +And of Joiarib, Mattenai; of Jedaiah, Uzzi; -- nehemiah 12:19 +. +Of Sallai, Kallai; of Amok, Eber; -- nehemiah 12:20 +. +Of Hilkiah, Hashabiah; of Jedaiah, Nethaneel. -- nehemiah 12:21 +. +The Levites in the days of Eliashib, Joiada, and Johanan, and Jaddua, were recorded chief of the fathers: also the priests, to the reign of Darius the Persian. -- nehemiah 12:22 +. +The sons of Levi, the chief of the fathers, were written in the book of the chronicles, even until the days of Johanan the son of Eliashib. -- nehemiah 12:23 +. +And the chief of the Levites: Hashabiah, Sherebiah, and Jeshua the son of Kadmiel, with their brothers over against them, to praise and to give thanks, according to the commandment of David the man of God, ward over against ward. -- nehemiah 12:24 +. +Mattaniah, and Bakbukiah, Obadiah, Meshullam, Talmon, Akkub, were porters keeping the ward at the thresholds of the gates. -- nehemiah 12:25 +. +These were in the days of Joiakim the son of Jeshua, the son of Jozadak, and in the days of Nehemiah the governor, and of Ezra the priest, the scribe. -- nehemiah 12:26 +. +And at the dedication of the wall of Jerusalem they sought the Levites out of all their places, to bring them to Jerusalem, to keep the dedication with gladness, both with thanksgivings, and with singing, with cymbals, psalteries, and with harps. -- nehemiah 12:27 +. +And the sons of the singers gathered themselves together, both out of the plain country round about Jerusalem, and from the villages of Netophathi; -- nehemiah 12:28 +. +Also from the house of Gilgal, and out of the fields of Geba and Azmaveth: for the singers had built them villages round about Jerusalem. -- nehemiah 12:29 +. +And the priests and the Levites purified themselves, and purified the people, and the gates, and the wall. -- nehemiah 12:30 +. +Then I brought up the princes of Judah on the wall, and appointed two great companies of them that gave thanks, whereof one went on the right hand on the wall toward the dung gate: -- nehemiah 12:31 +. +And after them went Hoshaiah, and half of the princes of Judah, -- nehemiah 12:32 +. +And Azariah, Ezra, and Meshullam, -- nehemiah 12:33 +. +Judah, and Benjamin, and Shemaiah, and Jeremiah, -- nehemiah 12:34 +. +And certain of the priests'sons with trumpets; namely, Zechariah the son of Jonathan, the son of Shemaiah, the son of Mattaniah, the son of Michaiah, the son of Zaccur, the son of Asaph: -- nehemiah 12:35 +. +And his brothers, Shemaiah, and Azarael, Milalai, Gilalai, Maai, Nethaneel, and Judah, Hanani, with the musical instruments of David the man of God, and Ezra the scribe before them. -- nehemiah 12:36 +. +And at the fountain gate, which was over against them, they went up by the stairs of the city of David, at the going up of the wall, above the house of David, even to the water gate eastward. -- nehemiah 12:37 +. +And the other company of them that gave thanks went over against them, and I after them, and the half of the people on the wall, from beyond the tower of the furnaces even to the broad wall; -- nehemiah 12:38 +. +And from above the gate of Ephraim, and above the old gate, and above the fish gate, and the tower of Hananeel, and the tower of Meah, even to the sheep gate: and they stood still in the prison gate. -- nehemiah 12:39 +. +So stood the two companies of them that gave thanks in the house of God, and I, and the half of the rulers with me: -- nehemiah 12:40 +. +And the priests; Eliakim, Maaseiah, Miniamin, Michaiah, Elioenai, Zechariah, and Hananiah, with trumpets; -- nehemiah 12:41 +. +And Maaseiah, and Shemaiah, and Eleazar, and Uzzi, and Jehohanan, and Malchijah, and Elam, and Ezer. And the singers sang loud, with Jezrahiah their overseer. -- nehemiah 12:42 +. +Also that day they offered great sacrifices, and rejoiced: for God had made them rejoice with great joy: the wives also and the children rejoiced: so that the joy of Jerusalem was heard even afar off. -- nehemiah 12:43 +. +And at that time were some appointed over the chambers for the treasures, for the offerings, for the first fruits, and for the tithes, to gather into them out of the fields of the cities the portions of the law for the priests and Levites: for Judah rejoiced for the priests and for the Levites that waited. -- nehemiah 12:44 +. +And both the singers and the porters kept the ward of their God, and the ward of the purification, according to the commandment of David, and of Solomon his son. -- nehemiah 12:45 +. +For in the days of David and Asaph of old there were chief of the singers, and songs of praise and thanksgiving to God. -- nehemiah 12:46 +. +And all Israel in the days of Zerubbabel, and in the days of Nehemiah, gave the portions of the singers and the porters, every day his portion: and they sanctified holy things to the Levites; and the Levites sanctified them to the children of Aaron. -- nehemiah 12:47 +. +On that day they read in the book of Moses in the audience of the people; and therein was found written, that the Ammonite and the Moabite should not come into the congregation of God for ever; -- nehemiah 13:1 +. +Because they met not the children of Israel with bread and with water, but hired Balaam against them, that he should curse them: however, our God turned the curse into a blessing. -- nehemiah 13:2 +. +Now it came to pass, when they had heard the law, that they separated from Israel all the mixed multitude. -- nehemiah 13:3 +. +And before this, Eliashib the priest, having the oversight of the chamber of the house of our God, was allied to Tobiah: -- nehemiah 13:4 +. +And he had prepared for him a great chamber, where aforetime they laid the meat offerings, the frankincense, and the vessels, and the tithes of the corn, the new wine, and the oil, which was commanded to be given to the Levites, and the singers, and the porters; and the offerings of the priests. -- nehemiah 13:5 +. +But in all this time was not I at Jerusalem: for in the two and thirtieth year of Artaxerxes king of Babylon came I to the king, and after certain days obtained I leave of the king: -- nehemiah 13:6 +. +And I came to Jerusalem, and understood of the evil that Eliashib did for Tobiah, in preparing him a chamber in the courts of the house of God. -- nehemiah 13:7 +. +And it grieved me sore: therefore I cast forth all the household stuff to Tobiah out of the chamber. -- nehemiah 13:8 +. +Then I commanded, and they cleansed the chambers: and thither brought I again the vessels of the house of God, with the meat offering and the frankincense. -- nehemiah 13:9 +. +And I perceived that the portions of the Levites had not been given them: for the Levites and the singers, that did the work, were fled every one to his field. -- nehemiah 13:10 +. +Then contended I with the rulers, and said, Why is the house of God forsaken? And I gathered them together, and set them in their place. -- nehemiah 13:11 +. +Then brought all Judah the tithe of the corn and the new wine and the oil to the treasuries. -- nehemiah 13:12 +. +And I made treasurers over the treasuries, Shelemiah the priest, and Zadok the scribe, and of the Levites, Pedaiah: and next to them was Hanan the son of Zaccur, the son of Mattaniah: for they were counted faithful, and their office was to distribute to their brothers. -- nehemiah 13:13 +. +Remember me, O my God, concerning this, and wipe not out my good deeds that I have done for the house of my God, and for the offices thereof. -- nehemiah 13:14 +. +In those days saw I in Judah some treading wine presses on the sabbath, and bringing in sheaves, and lading asses; as also wine, grapes, and figs, and all manner of burdens, which they brought into Jerusalem on the sabbath day: and I testified against them in the day wherein they sold victuals. -- nehemiah 13:15 +. +There dwelled men of Tyre also therein, which brought fish, and all manner of ware, and sold on the sabbath to the children of Judah, and in Jerusalem. -- nehemiah 13:16 +. +Then I contended with the nobles of Judah, and said to them, What evil thing is this that you do, and profane the sabbath day? -- nehemiah 13:17 +. +Did not your fathers thus, and did not our God bring all this evil on us, and on this city? yet you bring more wrath on Israel by profaning the sabbath. -- nehemiah 13:18 +. +And it came to pass, that when the gates of Jerusalem began to be dark before the sabbath, I commanded that the gates should be shut, and charged that they should not be opened till after the sabbath: and some of my servants set I at the gates, that there should no burden be brought in on the sabbath day. -- nehemiah 13:19 +. +So the merchants and sellers of all kind of ware lodged without Jerusalem once or twice. -- nehemiah 13:20 +. +Then I testified against them, and said to them, Why lodge you about the wall? if you do so again, I will lay hands on you. From that time forth came they no more on the sabbath. -- nehemiah 13:21 +. +And I commanded the Levites that they should cleanse themselves, and that they should come and keep the gates, to sanctify the sabbath day. Remember me, O my God, concerning this also, and spare me according to the greatness of your mercy. -- nehemiah 13:22 +. +In those days also saw I Jews that had married wives of Ashdod, of Ammon, and of Moab: -- nehemiah 13:23 +. +And their children spoke half in the speech of Ashdod, and could not speak in the Jews'language, but according to the language of each people. -- nehemiah 13:24 +. +And I contended with them, and cursed them, and smote certain of them, and plucked off their hair, and made them swear by God, saying, You shall not give your daughters to their sons, nor take their daughters to your sons, or for yourselves. -- nehemiah 13:25 +. +Did not Solomon king of Israel sin by these things? yet among many nations was there no king like him, who was beloved of his God, and God made him king over all Israel: nevertheless even him did outlandish women cause to sin. -- nehemiah 13:26 +. +Shall we then listen to you to do all this great evil, to transgress against our God in marrying strange wives? -- nehemiah 13:27 +. +And one of the sons of Joiada, the son of Eliashib the high priest, was son in law to Sanballat the Horonite: therefore I chased him from me. -- nehemiah 13:28 +. +Remember them, O my God, because they have defiled the priesthood, and the covenant of the priesthood, and of the Levites. -- nehemiah 13:29 +. +Thus cleansed I them from all strangers, and appointed the wards of the priests and the Levites, every one in his business; -- nehemiah 13:30 +. +And for the wood offering, at times appointed, and for the first fruits. Remember me, O my God, for good. -- nehemiah 13:31 +. +Now it came to pass in the days of Ahasuerus, (this is Ahasuerus which reigned, from India even to Ethiopia, over an hundred and seven and twenty provinces:) -- esther 1:1 +. +That in those days, when the king Ahasuerus sat on the throne of his kingdom, which was in Shushan the palace, -- esther 1:2 +. +In the third year of his reign, he made a feast to all his princes and his servants; the power of Persia and Media, the nobles and princes of the provinces, being before him: -- esther 1:3 +. +When he showed the riches of his glorious kingdom and the honor of his excellent majesty many days, even an hundred and fourscore days. -- esther 1:4 +. +And when these days were expired, the king made a feast to all the people that were present in Shushan the palace, both to great and small, seven days, in the court of the garden of the king' palace; -- esther 1:5 +. +Where were white, green, and blue, hangings, fastened with cords of fine linen and purple to silver rings and pillars of marble: the beds were of gold and silver, on a pavement of red, and blue, and white, and black, marble. -- esther 1:6 +. +And they gave them drink in vessels of gold, (the vessels being diverse one from another,) and royal wine in abundance, according to the state of the king. -- esther 1:7 +. +And the drinking was according to the law; none did compel: for so the king had appointed to all the officers of his house, that they should do according to every man' pleasure. -- esther 1:8 +. +Also Vashti the queen made a feast for the women in the royal house which belonged to king Ahasuerus. -- esther 1:9 +. +On the seventh day, when the heart of the king was merry with wine, he commanded Mehuman, Biztha, Harbona, Bigtha, and Abagtha, Zethar, and Carcas, the seven chamberlains that served in the presence of Ahasuerus the king, -- esther 1:10 +. +To bring Vashti the queen before the king with the crown royal, to show the people and the princes her beauty: for she was fair to look on. -- esther 1:11 +. +But the queen Vashti refused to come at the king' commandment by his chamberlains: therefore was the king very wroth, and his anger burned in him. -- esther 1:12 +. +Then the king said to the wise men, which knew the times, (for so was the king' manner toward all that knew law and judgment: -- esther 1:13 +. +And the next to him was Carshena, Shethar, Admatha, Tarshish, Meres, Marsena, and Memucan, the seven princes of Persia and Media, which saw the king' face, and which sat the first in the kingdom;) -- esther 1:14 +. +What shall we do to the queen Vashti according to law, because she has not performed the commandment of the king Ahasuerus by the chamberlains? -- esther 1:15 +. +And Memucan answered before the king and the princes, Vashti the queen has not done wrong to the king only, but also to all the princes, and to all the people that are in all the provinces of the king Ahasuerus. -- esther 1:16 +. +For this deed of the queen shall come abroad to all women, so that they shall despise their husbands in their eyes, when it shall be reported, The king Ahasuerus commanded Vashti the queen to be brought in before him, but she came not. -- esther 1:17 +. +Likewise shall the ladies of Persia and Media say this day to all the king' princes, which have heard of the deed of the queen. Thus shall there arise too much contempt and wrath. -- esther 1:18 +. +If it please the king, let there go a royal commandment from him, and let it be written among the laws of the Persians and the Medes, that it be not altered, That Vashti come no more before king Ahasuerus; and let the king give her royal estate to another that is better than she. -- esther 1:19 +. +And when the king' decree which he shall make shall be published throughout all his empire, (for it is great,) all the wives shall give to their husbands honor, both to great and small. -- esther 1:20 +. +And the saying pleased the king and the princes; and the king did according to the word of Memucan: -- esther 1:21 +. +For he sent letters into all the king' provinces, into every province according to the writing thereof, and to every people after their language, that every man should bear rule in his own house, and that it should be published according to the language of every people. -- esther 1:22 +. +After these things, when the wrath of king Ahasuerus was appeased, he remembered Vashti, and what she had done, and what was decreed against her. -- esther 2:1 +. +Then said the king' servants that ministered to him, Let there be fair young virgins sought for the king: -- esther 2:2 +. +And let the king appoint officers in all the provinces of his kingdom, that they may gather together all the fair young virgins to Shushan the palace, to the house of the women, to the custody of Hege the king' chamberlain, keeper of the women; and let their things for purification be given them: -- esther 2:3 +. +And let the maiden which pleases the king be queen instead of Vashti. And the thing pleased the king; and he did so. -- esther 2:4 +. +Now in Shushan the palace there was a certain Jew, whose name was Mordecai, the son of Jair, the son of Shimei, the son of Kish, a Benjamite; -- esther 2:5 +. +Who had been carried away from Jerusalem with the captivity which had been carried away with Jeconiah king of Judah, whom Nebuchadnezzar the king of Babylon had carried away. -- esther 2:6 +. +And he brought up Hadassah, that is, Esther, his uncle' daughter: for she had neither father nor mother, and the maid was fair and beautiful; whom Mordecai, when her father and mother were dead, took for his own daughter. -- esther 2:7 +. +So it came to pass, when the king' commandment and his decree was heard, and when many maidens were gathered together to Shushan the palace, to the custody of Hegai, that Esther was brought also to the king' house, to the custody of Hegai, keeper of the women. -- esther 2:8 +. +And the maiden pleased him, and she obtained kindness of him; and he speedily gave her her things for purification, with such things as belonged to her, and seven maidens, which were meet to be given her, out of the king' house: and he preferred her and her maids to the best place of the house of the women. -- esther 2:9 +. +Esther had not showed her people nor her kindred: for Mordecai had charged her that she should not show it. -- esther 2:10 +. +And Mordecai walked every day before the court of the women' house, to know how Esther did, and what should become of her. -- esther 2:11 +. +Now when every maid' turn was come to go in to king Ahasuerus, after that she had been twelve months, according to the manner of the women, (for so were the days of their purifications accomplished, to wit, six months with oil of myrrh, and six months with sweet odors, and with other things for the purifying of the women;) -- esther 2:12 +. +Then thus came every maiden to the king; whatever she desired was given her to go with her out of the house of the women to the king' house. -- esther 2:13 +. +In the evening she went, and on the morrow she returned into the second house of the women, to the custody of Shaashgaz, the king' chamberlain, which kept the concubines: she came in to the king no more, except the king delighted in her, and that she were called by name. -- esther 2:14 +. +Now when the turn of Esther, the daughter of Abihail the uncle of Mordecai, who had taken her for his daughter, was come to go in to the king, she required nothing but what Hegai the king' chamberlain, the keeper of the women, appointed. And Esther obtained favor in the sight of all them that looked on her. -- esther 2:15 +. +So Esther was taken to king Ahasuerus into his house royal in the tenth month, which is the month Tebeth, in the seventh year of his reign. -- esther 2:16 +. +And the king loved Esther above all the women, and she obtained grace and favor in his sight more than all the virgins; so that he set the royal crown on her head, and made her queen instead of Vashti. -- esther 2:17 +. +Then the king made a great feast to all his princes and his servants, even Esther' feast; and he made a release to the provinces, and gave gifts, according to the state of the king. -- esther 2:18 +. +And when the virgins were gathered together the second time, then Mordecai sat in the king' gate. -- esther 2:19 +. +Esther had not yet showed her kindred nor her people; as Mordecai had charged her: for Esther did the commandment of Mordecai, like as when she was brought up with him. -- esther 2:20 +. +In those days, while Mordecai sat in the king' gate, two of the king' chamberlains, Bigthan and Teresh, of those which kept the door, were wroth, and sought to lay hands on the king Ahasuerus. -- esther 2:21 +. +And the thing was known to Mordecai, who told it to Esther the queen; and Esther certified the king thereof in Mordecai' name. -- esther 2:22 +. +And when inquisition was made of the matter, it was found out; therefore they were both hanged on a tree: and it was written in the book of the chronicles before the king. -- esther 2:23 +. +After these things did king Ahasuerus promote Haman the son of Hammedatha the Agagite, and advanced him, and set his seat above all the princes that were with him. -- esther 3:1 +. +And all the king' servants, that were in the king' gate, bowed, and reverenced Haman: for the king had so commanded concerning him. But Mordecai bowed not, nor did him reverence. -- esther 3:2 +. +Then the king' servants, which were in the king' gate, said to Mordecai, Why transgress you the king' commandment? -- esther 3:3 +. +Now it came to pass, when they spoke daily to him, and he listened not to them, that they told Haman, to see whether Mordecai' matters would stand: for he had told them that he was a Jew. -- esther 3:4 +. +And when Haman saw that Mordecai bowed not, nor did him reverence, then was Haman full of wrath. -- esther 3:5 +. +And he thought scorn to lay hands on Mordecai alone; for they had showed him the people of Mordecai: why Haman sought to destroy all the Jews that were throughout the whole kingdom of Ahasuerus, even the people of Mordecai. -- esther 3:6 +. +In the first month, that is, the month Nisan, in the twelfth year of king Ahasuerus, they cast Pur, that is, the lot, before Haman from day to day, and from month to month, to the twelfth month, that is, the month Adar. -- esther 3:7 +. +And Haman said to king Ahasuerus, There is a certain people scattered abroad and dispersed among the people in all the provinces of your kingdom; and their laws are diverse from all people; neither keep they the king' laws: therefore it is not for the king' profit to suffer them. -- esther 3:8 +. +If it please the king, let it be written that they may be destroyed: and I will pay ten thousand talents of silver to the hands of those that have the charge of the business, to bring it into the king' treasuries. -- esther 3:9 +. +And the king took his ring from his hand, and gave it to Haman the son of Hammedatha the Agagite, the Jews'enemy. -- esther 3:10 +. +And the king said to Haman, The silver is given to you, the people also, to do with them as it seems good to you. -- esther 3:11 +. +Then were the king' scribes called on the thirteenth day of the first month, and there was written according to all that Haman had commanded to the king' lieutenants, and to the governors that were over every province, and to the rulers of every people of every province according to the writing thereof, and to every people after their language; in the name of king Ahasuerus was it written, and sealed with the king' ring. -- esther 3:12 +. +And the letters were sent by posts into all the king' provinces, to destroy, to kill, and to cause to perish, all Jews, both young and old, little children and women, in one day, even on the thirteenth day of the twelfth month, which is the month Adar, and to take the spoil of them for a prey. -- esther 3:13 +. +The copy of the writing for a commandment to be given in every province was published to all people, that they should be ready against that day. -- esther 3:14 +. +The posts went out, being hastened by the king' commandment, and the decree was given in Shushan the palace. And the king and Haman sat down to drink; but the city Shushan was perplexed. -- esther 3:15 +. +When Mordecai perceived all that was done, Mordecai rent his clothes, and put on sackcloth with ashes, and went out into the middle of the city, and cried with a loud and a bitter cry; -- esther 4:1 +. +And came even before the king' gate: for none might enter into the king' gate clothed with sackcloth. -- esther 4:2 +. +And in every province, wherever the king' commandment and his decree came, there was great mourning among the Jews, and fasting, and weeping, and wailing; and many lay in sackcloth and ashes. -- esther 4:3 +. +So Esther' maids and her chamberlains came and told it her. Then was the queen exceedingly grieved; and she sent raiment to clothe Mordecai, and to take away his sackcloth from him: but he received it not. -- esther 4:4 +. +Then called Esther for Hatach, one of the king' chamberlains, whom he had appointed to attend on her, and gave him a commandment to Mordecai, to know what it was, and why it was. -- esther 4:5 +. +So Hatach went forth to Mordecai to the street of the city, which was before the king' gate. -- esther 4:6 +. +And Mordecai told him of all that had happened to him, and of the sum of the money that Haman had promised to pay to the king' treasuries for the Jews, to destroy them. -- esther 4:7 +. +Also he gave him the copy of the writing of the decree that was given at Shushan to destroy them, to show it to Esther, and to declare it to her, and to charge her that she should go in to the king, to make supplication to him, and to make request before him for her people. -- esther 4:8 +. +And Hatach came and told Esther the words of Mordecai. -- esther 4:9 +. +Again Esther spoke to Hatach, and gave him commandment to Mordecai; -- esther 4:10 +. +All the king' servants, and the people of the king' provinces, do know, that whoever, whether man or women, shall come to the king into the inner court, who is not called, there is one law of his to put him to death, except such to whom the king shall hold out the golden scepter, that he may live: but I have not been called to come in to the king these thirty days. -- esther 4:11 +. +And they told to Mordecai Esther' words. -- esther 4:12 +. +Then Mordecai commanded to answer Esther, Think not with yourself that you shall escape in the king' house, more than all the Jews. -- esther 4:13 +. +For if you altogether hold your peace at this time, then shall there enlargement and deliverance arise to the Jews from another place; but you and your father' house shall be destroyed: and who knows whether you are come to the kingdom for such a time as this? -- esther 4:14 +. +Then Esther bade them return Mordecai this answer, -- esther 4:15 +. +Go, gather together all the Jews that are present in Shushan, and fast you for me, and neither eat nor drink three days, night or day: I also and my maidens will fast likewise; and so will I go in to the king, which is not according to the law: and if I perish, I perish. -- esther 4:16 +. +So Mordecai went his way, and did according to all that Esther had commanded him. -- esther 4:17 +. +Now it came to pass on the third day, that Esther put on her royal apparel, and stood in the inner court of the king' house, over against the king' house: and the king sat on his royal throne in the royal house, over against the gate of the house. -- esther 5:1 +. +And it was so, when the king saw Esther the queen standing in the court, that she obtained favor in his sight: and the king held out to Esther the golden scepter that was in his hand. So Esther drew near, and touched the top of the scepter. -- esther 5:2 +. +Then said the king to her, What will you, queen Esther? and what is your request? it shall be even given you to the half of the kingdom. -- esther 5:3 +. +And Esther answered, If it seem good to the king, let the king and Haman come this day to the banquet that I have prepared for him. -- esther 5:4 +. +Then the king said, Cause Haman to make haste, that he may do as Esther has said. So the king and Haman came to the banquet that Esther had prepared. -- esther 5:5 +. +And the king said to Esther at the banquet of wine, What is your petition? and it shall be granted you: and what is your request? even to the half of the kingdom it shall be performed. -- esther 5:6 +. +Then answered Esther, and said, My petition and my request is; -- esther 5:7 +. +If I have found favor in the sight of the king, and if it please the king to grant my petition, and to perform my request, let the king and Haman come to the banquet that I shall prepare for them, and I will do to morrow as the king has said. -- esther 5:8 +. +Then went Haman forth that day joyful and with a glad heart: but when Haman saw Mordecai in the king' gate, that he stood not up, nor moved for him, he was full of indignation against Mordecai. -- esther 5:9 +. +Nevertheless Haman refrained himself: and when he came home, he sent and called for his friends, and Zeresh his wife. -- esther 5:10 +. +And Haman told them of the glory of his riches, and the multitude of his children, and all the things wherein the king had promoted him, and how he had advanced him above the princes and servants of the king. -- esther 5:11 +. +Haman said moreover, Yes, Esther the queen did let no man come in with the king to the banquet that she had prepared but myself; and to morrow am I invited to her also with the king. -- esther 5:12 +. +Yet all this avails me nothing, so long as I see Mordecai the Jew sitting at the king' gate. -- esther 5:13 +. +Then said Zeresh his wife and all his friends to him, Let a gallows be made of fifty cubits high, and to morrow speak you to the king that Mordecai may be hanged thereon: then go you in merrily with the king to the banquet. And the thing pleased Haman; and he caused the gallows to be made. -- esther 5:14 +. +On that night could not the king sleep, and he commanded to bring the book of records of the chronicles; and they were read before the king. -- esther 6:1 +. +And it was found written, that Mordecai had told of Bigthana and Teresh, two of the king' chamberlains, the keepers of the door, who sought to lay hand on the king Ahasuerus. -- esther 6:2 +. +And the king said, What honor and dignity has been done to Mordecai for this? Then said the king' servants that ministered to him, There is nothing done for him. -- esther 6:3 +. +And the king said, Who is in the court? Now Haman was come into the outward court of the king' house, to speak to the king to hang Mordecai on the gallows that he had prepared for him. -- esther 6:4 +. +And the king' servants said to him, Behold, Haman stands in the court. And the king said, Let him come in. -- esther 6:5 +. +So Haman came in. And the king said to him, What shall be done to the man whom the king delights to honor? Now Haman thought in his heart, To whom would the king delight to do honor more than to myself? -- esther 6:6 +. +And Haman answered the king, For the man whom the king delights to honor, -- esther 6:7 +. +Let the royal apparel be brought which the king uses to wear, and the horse that the king rides on, and the crown royal which is set on his head: -- esther 6:8 +. +And let this apparel and horse be delivered to the hand of one of the king' most noble princes, that they may array the man with whom the king delights to honor, and bring him on horseback through the street of the city, and proclaim before him, Thus shall it be done to the man whom the king delights to honor. -- esther 6:9 +. +Then the king said to Haman, Make haste, and take the apparel and the horse, as you have said, and do even so to Mordecai the Jew, that sits at the king' gate: let nothing fail of all that you have spoken. -- esther 6:10 +. +Then took Haman the apparel and the horse, and arrayed Mordecai, and brought him on horseback through the street of the city, and proclaimed before him, Thus shall it be done to the man whom the king delights to honor. -- esther 6:11 +. +And Mordecai came again to the king' gate. But Haman hurried to his house mourning, and having his head covered. -- esther 6:12 +. +And Haman told Zeresh his wife and all his friends every thing that had befallen him. Then said his wise men and Zeresh his wife to him, If Mordecai be of the seed of the Jews, before whom you have begun to fall, you shall not prevail against him, but shall surely fall before him. -- esther 6:13 +. +And while they were yet talking with him, came the king' chamberlains, and hurried to bring Haman to the banquet that Esther had prepared. -- esther 6:14 +. +So the king and Haman came to banquet with Esther the queen. -- esther 7:1 +. +And the king said again to Esther on the second day at the banquet of wine, What is your petition, queen Esther? and it shall be granted you: and what is your request? and it shall be performed, even to the half of the kingdom. -- esther 7:2 +. +Then Esther the queen answered and said, If I have found favor in your sight, O king, and if it please the king, let my life be given me at my petition, and my people at my request: -- esther 7:3 +. +For we are sold, I and my people, to be destroyed, to be slain, and to perish. But if we had been sold for slaves and bondwomen, I had held my tongue, although the enemy could not countervail the king' damage. -- esther 7:4 +. +Then the king Ahasuerus answered and said to Esther the queen, Who is he, and where is he, that dared presume in his heart to do so? -- esther 7:5 +. +And Esther said, The adversary and enemy is this wicked Haman. Then Haman was afraid before the king and the queen. -- esther 7:6 +. +And the king arising from the banquet of wine in his wrath went into the palace garden: and Haman stood up to make request for his life to Esther the queen; for he saw that there was evil determined against him by the king. -- esther 7:7 +. +Then the king returned out of the palace garden into the place of the banquet of wine; and Haman was fallen on the bed where on Esther was. Then said the king, Will he force the queen also before me in the house? As the word went out of king' mouth, they covered Haman' face. -- esther 7:8 +. +And Harbonah, one of the chamberlains, said before the king, Behold also, the gallows fifty cubits high, which Haman had made for Mordecai, who spoken good for the king, stands in the house of Haman. Then the king said, Hang him thereon. -- esther 7:9 +. +So they hanged Haman on the gallows that he had prepared for Mordecai. Then was the king' wrath pacified. -- esther 7:10 +. +On that day did the king Ahasuerus give the house of Haman the Jews'enemy to Esther the queen. And Mordecai came before the king; for Esther had told what he was to her. -- esther 8:1 +. +And the king took off his ring, which he had taken from Haman, and gave it to Mordecai. And Esther set Mordecai over the house of Haman. -- esther 8:2 +. +And Esther spoke yet again before the king, and fell down at his feet, and sought him with tears to put away the mischief of Haman the Agagite, and his device that he had devised against the Jews. -- esther 8:3 +. +Then the king held out the golden scepter toward Esther. So Esther arose, and stood before the king, -- esther 8:4 +. +And said, If it please the king, and if I have favor in his sight, and the thing seem right before the king, and I be pleasing in his eyes, let it be written to reverse the letters devised by Haman the son of Hammedatha the Agagite, which he wrote to destroy the Jews which are in all the king' provinces: -- esther 8:5 +. +For how can I endure to see the evil that shall come to my people? or how can I endure to see the destruction of my kindred? -- esther 8:6 +. +Then the king Ahasuerus said to Esther the queen and to Mordecai the Jew, Behold, I have given Esther the house of Haman, and him they have hanged on the gallows, because he laid his hand on the Jews. -- esther 8:7 +. +Write you also for the Jews, as it likes you, in the king' name, and seal it with the king' ring: for the writing which is written in the king' name, and sealed with the king' ring, may no man reverse. -- esther 8:8 +. +Then were the king' scribes called at that time in the third month, that is, the month Sivan, on the three and twentieth day thereof; and it was written according to all that Mordecai commanded to the Jews, and to the lieutenants, and the deputies and rulers of the provinces which are from India to Ethiopia, an hundred twenty and seven provinces, to every province according to the writing thereof, and to every people after their language, and to the Jews according to their writing, and according to their language. -- esther 8:9 +. +And he wrote in the king Ahasuerus'name, and sealed it with the king' ring, and sent letters by posts on horseback, and riders on mules, camels, and young dromedaries: -- esther 8:10 +. +Wherein the king granted the Jews which were in every city to gather themselves together, and to stand for their life, to destroy, to slay and to cause to perish, all the power of the people and province that would assault them, both little ones and women, and to take the spoil of them for a prey, -- esther 8:11 +. +On one day in all the provinces of king Ahasuerus, namely, on the thirteenth day of the twelfth month, which is the month Adar. -- esther 8:12 +. +The copy of the writing for a commandment to be given in every province was published to all people, and that the Jews should be ready against that day to avenge themselves on their enemies. -- esther 8:13 +. +So the posts that rode on mules and camels went out, being hastened and pressed on by the king' commandment. And the decree was given at Shushan the palace. -- esther 8:14 +. +And Mordecai went out from the presence of the king in royal apparel of blue and white, and with a great crown of gold, and with a garment of fine linen and purple: and the city of Shushan rejoiced and was glad. -- esther 8:15 +. +The Jews had light, and gladness, and joy, and honor. -- esther 8:16 +. +And in every province, and in every city, wherever the king' commandment and his decree came, the Jews had joy and gladness, a feast and a good day. And many of the people of the land became Jews; for the fear of the Jews fell on them. -- esther 8:17 +. +Now in the twelfth month, that is, the month Adar, on the thirteenth day of the same, when the king' commandment and his decree drew near to be put in execution, in the day that the enemies of the Jews hoped to have power over them, (though it was turned to the contrary, that the Jews had rule over them that hated them;) -- esther 9:1 +. +The Jews gathered themselves together in their cities throughout all the provinces of the king Ahasuerus, to lay hand on such as sought their hurt: and no man could withstand them; for the fear of them fell on all people. -- esther 9:2 +. +And all the rulers of the provinces, and the lieutenants, and the deputies, and officers of the king, helped the Jews; because the fear of Mordecai fell on them. -- esther 9:3 +. +For Mordecai was great in the king' house, and his fame went out throughout all the provinces: for this man Mordecai waxed greater and greater. -- esther 9:4 +. +Thus the Jews smote all their enemies with the stroke of the sword, and slaughter, and destruction, and did what they would to those that hated them. -- esther 9:5 +. +And in Shushan the palace the Jews slew and destroyed five hundred men. -- esther 9:6 +. +And Parshandatha, and Dalphon, and Aspatha, -- esther 9:7 +. +And Poratha, and Adalia, and Aridatha, -- esther 9:8 +. +And Parmashta, and Arisai, and Aridai, and Vajezatha, -- esther 9:9 +. +The ten sons of Haman the son of Hammedatha, the enemy of the Jews, slew they; but on the spoil laid they not their hand. -- esther 9:10 +. +On that day the number of those that were slain in Shushan the palace was brought before the king. -- esther 9:11 +. +And the king said to Esther the queen, The Jews have slain and destroyed five hundred men in Shushan the palace, and the ten sons of Haman; what have they done in the rest of the king' provinces? now what is your petition? and it shall be granted you: or what is your request further? and it shall be done. -- esther 9:12 +. +Then said Esther, If it please the king, let it be granted to the Jews which are in Shushan to do to morrow also according to this day' decree, and let Haman' ten sons be hanged on the gallows. -- esther 9:13 +. +And the king commanded it so to be done: and the decree was given at Shushan; and they hanged Haman' ten sons. -- esther 9:14 +. +For the Jews that were in Shushan gathered themselves together on the fourteenth day also of the month Adar, and slew three hundred men at Shushan; but on the prey they laid not their hand. -- esther 9:15 +. +But the other Jews that were in the king' provinces gathered themselves together, and stood for their lives, and had rest from their enemies, and slew of their foes seventy and five thousand, but they laid not their hands on the prey, -- esther 9:16 +. +On the thirteenth day of the month Adar; and on the fourteenth day of the same rested they, and made it a day of feasting and gladness. -- esther 9:17 +. +But the Jews that were at Shushan assembled together on the thirteenth day thereof, and on the fourteenth thereof; and on the fifteenth day of the same they rested, and made it a day of feasting and gladness. -- esther 9:18 +. +Therefore the Jews of the villages, that dwelled in the unwalled towns, made the fourteenth day of the month Adar a day of gladness and feasting, and a good day, and of sending portions one to another. -- esther 9:19 +. +And Mordecai wrote these things, and sent letters to all the Jews that were in all the provinces of the king Ahasuerus, both near and far, -- esther 9:20 +. +To establish this among them, that they should keep the fourteenth day of the month Adar, and the fifteenth day of the same, yearly, -- esther 9:21 +. +As the days wherein the Jews rested from their enemies, and the month which was turned to them from sorrow to joy, and from mourning into a good day: that they should make them days of feasting and joy, and of sending portions one to another, and gifts to the poor. -- esther 9:22 +. +And the Jews undertook to do as they had begun, and as Mordecai had written to them; -- esther 9:23 +. +Because Haman the son of Hammedatha, the Agagite, the enemy of all the Jews, had devised against the Jews to destroy them, and had cast Pur, that is, the lot, to consume them, and to destroy them; -- esther 9:24 +. +But when Esther came before the king, he commanded by letters that his wicked device, which he devised against the Jews, should return on his own head, and that he and his sons should be hanged on the gallows. -- esther 9:25 +. +Why they called these days Purim after the name of Pur. Therefore for all the words of this letter, and of that which they had seen concerning this matter, and which had come to them, -- esther 9:26 +. +The Jews ordained, and took on them, and on their seed, and on all such as joined themselves to them, so as it should not fail, that they would keep these two days according to their writing, and according to their appointed time every year; -- esther 9:27 +. +And that these days should be remembered and kept throughout every generation, every family, every province, and every city; and that these days of Purim should not fail from among the Jews, nor the memorial of them perish from their seed. -- esther 9:28 +. +Then Esther the queen, the daughter of Abihail, and Mordecai the Jew, wrote with all authority, to confirm this second letter of Purim. -- esther 9:29 +. +And he sent the letters to all the Jews, to the hundred twenty and seven provinces of the kingdom of Ahasuerus, with words of peace and truth, -- esther 9:30 +. +To confirm these days of Purim in their times appointed, according as Mordecai the Jew and Esther the queen had enjoined them, and as they had decreed for themselves and for their seed, the matters of the fastings and their cry. -- esther 9:31 +. +And the decree of Esther confirmed these matters of Purim; and it was written in the book. -- esther 9:32 +. +And the king Ahasuerus laid a tribute on the land, and on the isles of the sea. -- esther 10:1 +. +And all the acts of his power and of his might, and the declaration of the greatness of Mordecai, whereunto the king advanced him, are they not written in the book of the chronicles of the kings of Media and Persia? -- esther 10:2 +. +For Mordecai the Jew was next to king Ahasuerus, and great among the Jews, and accepted of the multitude of his brothers, seeking the wealth of his people, and speaking peace to all his seed. -- esther 10:3 +. +There was a man in the land of Uz, whose name was Job; and that man was perfect and upright, and one that feared God, and eschewed evil. -- job 1:1 +. +And there were born to him seven sons and three daughters. -- job 1:2 +. +His substance also was seven thousand sheep, and three thousand camels, and five hundred yoke of oxen, and five hundred she asses, and a very great household; so that this man was the greatest of all the men of the east. -- job 1:3 +. +And his sons went and feasted in their houses, every one his day; and sent and called for their three sisters to eat and to drink with them. -- job 1:4 +. +And it was so, when the days of their feasting were gone about, that Job sent and sanctified them, and rose up early in the morning, and offered burnt offerings according to the number of them all: for Job said, It may be that my sons have sinned, and cursed God in their hearts. Thus did Job continually. -- job 1:5 +. +Now there was a day when the sons of God came to present themselves before the LORD, and Satan came also among them. -- job 1:6 +. +And the LORD said to Satan, From where come you? Then Satan answered the LORD, and said, From going to and fro in the earth, and from walking up and down in it. -- job 1:7 +. +And the LORD said to Satan, Have you considered my servant Job, that there is none like him in the earth, a perfect and an upright man, one that fears God, and eschews evil? -- job 1:8 +. +Then Satan answered the LORD, and said, Does Job fear God for nothing? -- job 1:9 +. +Have not you made an hedge about him, and about his house, and about all that he has on every side? you have blessed the work of his hands, and his substance is increased in the land. -- job 1:10 +. +But put forth your hand now, and touch all that he has, and he will curse you to your face. -- job 1:11 +. +And the LORD said to Satan, Behold, all that he has is in your power; only on himself put not forth your hand. So Satan went forth from the presence of the LORD. -- job 1:12 +. +And there was a day when his sons and his daughters were eating and drinking wine in their oldest brother' house: -- job 1:13 +. +And there came a messenger to Job, and said, The oxen were plowing, and the asses feeding beside them: -- job 1:14 +. +And the Sabeans fell on them, and took them away; yes, they have slain the servants with the edge of the sword; and I only am escaped alone to tell you. -- job 1:15 +. +While he was yet speaking, there came also another, and said, The fire of God is fallen from heaven, and has burned up the sheep, and the servants, and consumed them; and I only am escaped alone to tell you. -- job 1:16 +. +While he was yet speaking, there came also another, and said, The Chaldeans made out three bands, and fell on the camels, and have carried them away, yes, and slain the servants with the edge of the sword; and I only am escaped alone to tell you. -- job 1:17 +. +While he was yet speaking, there came also another, and said, Your sons and your daughters were eating and drinking wine in their oldest brother' house: -- job 1:18 +. +And, behold, there came a great wind from the wilderness, and smote the four corners of the house, and it fell on the young men, and they are dead; and I only am escaped alone to tell you. -- job 1:19 +. +Then Job arose, and rent his mantle, and shaved his head, and fell down on the ground, and worshipped, -- job 1:20 +. +And said, Naked came I out of my mother' womb, and naked shall I return thither: the LORD gave, and the LORD has taken away; blessed be the name of the LORD. -- job 1:21 +. +In all this Job sinned not, nor charged God foolishly. -- job 1:22 +. +Again there was a day when the sons of God came to present themselves before the LORD, and Satan came also among them to present himself before the LORD. -- job 2:1 +. +And the LORD said to Satan, From where come you? And Satan answered the LORD, and said, From going to and fro in the earth, and from walking up and down in it. -- job 2:2 +. +And the LORD said to Satan, Have you considered my servant Job, that there is none like him in the earth, a perfect and an upright man, one that fears God, and eschews evil? and still he holds fast his integrity, although you moved me against him, to destroy him without cause. -- job 2:3 +. +And Satan answered the LORD, and said, Skin for skin, yes, all that a man has will he give for his life. -- job 2:4 +. +But put forth your hand now, and touch his bone and his flesh, and he will curse you to your face. -- job 2:5 +. +And the LORD said to Satan, Behold, he is in your hand; but save his life. -- job 2:6 +. +So went Satan forth from the presence of the LORD, and smote Job with sore boils from the sole of his foot to his crown. -- job 2:7 +. +And he took him a potsherd to scrape himself with; and he sat down among the ashes. -- job 2:8 +. +Then said his wife to him, Do you still retain your integrity? curse God, and die. -- job 2:9 +. +But he said to her, You speak as one of the foolish women speaks. What? shall we receive good at the hand of God, and shall we not receive evil? In all this did not Job sin with his lips. -- job 2:10 +. +Now when Job' three friends heard of all this evil that was come on him, they came every one from his own place; Eliphaz the Temanite, and Bildad the Shuhite, and Zophar the Naamathite: for they had made an appointment together to come to mourn with him and to comfort him. -- job 2:11 +. +And when they lifted up their eyes afar off, and knew him not, they lifted up their voice, and wept; and they rent every one his mantle, and sprinkled dust on their heads toward heaven. -- job 2:12 +. +So they sat down with him on the ground seven days and seven nights, and none spoke a word to him: for they saw that his grief was very great. -- job 2:13 +. +After this opened Job his mouth, and cursed his day. -- job 3:1 +. +And Job spoke, and said, -- job 3:2 +. +Let the day perish wherein I was born, and the night in which it was said, There is a man child conceived. -- job 3:3 +. +Let that day be darkness; let not God regard it from above, neither let the light shine on it. -- job 3:4 +. +Let darkness and the shadow of death stain it; let a cloud dwell on it; let the blackness of the day terrify it. -- job 3:5 +. +As for that night, let darkness seize on it; let it not be joined to the days of the year, let it not come into the number of the months. -- job 3:6 +. +See, let that night be solitary, let no joyful voice come therein. -- job 3:7 +. +Let them curse it that curse the day, who are ready to raise up their mourning. -- job 3:8 +. +Let the stars of the twilight thereof be dark; let it look for light, but have none; neither let it see the dawning of the day: -- job 3:9 +. +Because it shut not up the doors of my mother' womb, nor hid sorrow from my eyes. -- job 3:10 +. +Why died I not from the womb? why did I not give up the ghost when I came out of the belly? -- job 3:11 +. +Why did the knees prevent me? or why the breasts that I should suck? -- job 3:12 +. +For now should I have lain still and been quiet, I should have slept: then had I been at rest, -- job 3:13 +. +With kings and counsellors of the earth, which build desolate places for themselves; -- job 3:14 +. +Or with princes that had gold, who filled their houses with silver: -- job 3:15 +. +Or as an hidden untimely birth I had not been; as infants which never saw light. -- job 3:16 +. +There the wicked cease from troubling; and there the weary be at rest. -- job 3:17 +. +There the prisoners rest together; they hear not the voice of the oppressor. -- job 3:18 +. +The small and great are there; and the servant is free from his master. -- job 3:19 +. +Why is light given to him that is in misery, and life to the bitter in soul; -- job 3:20 +. +Which long for death, but it comes not; and dig for it more than for hid treasures; -- job 3:21 +. +Which rejoice exceedingly, and are glad, when they can find the grave? -- job 3:22 +. +Why is light given to a man whose way is hid, and whom God has hedged in? -- job 3:23 +. +For my sighing comes before I eat, and my roarings are poured out like the waters. -- job 3:24 +. +For the thing which I greatly feared is come on me, and that which I was afraid of is come to me. -- job 3:25 +. +I was not in safety, neither had I rest, neither was I quiet; yet trouble came. -- job 3:26 +. +Then Eliphaz the Temanite answered and said, -- job 4:1 +. +If we assay to commune with you, will you be grieved? but who can withhold himself from speaking? -- job 4:2 +. +Behold, you have instructed many, and you have strengthened the weak hands. -- job 4:3 +. +Your words have upheld him that was falling, and you have strengthened the feeble knees. -- job 4:4 +. +But now it is come on you, and you faint; it touches you, and you are troubled. -- job 4:5 +. +Is not this your fear, your confidence, your hope, and the uprightness of your ways? -- job 4:6 +. +Remember, I pray you, who ever perished, being innocent? or where were the righteous cut off? -- job 4:7 +. +Even as I have seen, they that plow iniquity, and sow wickedness, reap the same. -- job 4:8 +. +By the blast of God they perish, and by the breath of his nostrils are they consumed. -- job 4:9 +. +The roaring of the lion, and the voice of the fierce lion, and the teeth of the young lions, are broken. -- job 4:10 +. +The old lion perishes for lack of prey, and the stout lion' whelps are scattered abroad. -- job 4:11 +. +Now a thing was secretly brought to me, and my ear received a little thereof. -- job 4:12 +. +In thoughts from the visions of the night, when deep sleep falls on men, -- job 4:13 +. +Fear came on me, and trembling, which made all my bones to shake. -- job 4:14 +. +Then a spirit passed before my face; the hair of my flesh stood up: -- job 4:15 +. +It stood still, but I could not discern the form thereof: an image was before my eyes, there was silence, and I heard a voice, saying, -- job 4:16 +. +Shall mortal man be more just than God? shall a man be more pure than his maker? -- job 4:17 +. +Behold, he put no trust in his servants; and his angels he charged with folly: -- job 4:18 +. +How much less in them that dwell in houses of clay, whose foundation is in the dust, which are crushed before the moth? -- job 4:19 +. +They are destroyed from morning to evening: they perish for ever without any regarding it. -- job 4:20 +. +Does not their excellency which is in them go away? they die, even without wisdom. -- job 4:21 +. +Call now, if there be any that will answer you; and to which of the saints will you turn? -- job 5:1 +. +For wrath kills the foolish man, and envy slays the silly one. -- job 5:2 +. +I have seen the foolish taking root: but suddenly I cursed his habitation. -- job 5:3 +. +His children are far from safety, and they are crushed in the gate, neither is there any to deliver them. -- job 5:4 +. +Whose harvest the hungry eats up, and takes it even out of the thorns, and the robber swallows up their substance. -- job 5:5 +. +Although affliction comes not forth of the dust, neither does trouble spring out of the ground; -- job 5:6 +. +Yet man is born to trouble, as the sparks fly upward. -- job 5:7 +. +I would seek to God, and to God would I commit my cause: -- job 5:8 +. +Which does great things and unsearchable; marvelous things without number: -- job 5:9 +. +Who gives rain on the earth, and sends waters on the fields: -- job 5:10 +. +To set up on high those that be low; that those which mourn may be exalted to safety. -- job 5:11 +. +He disappoints the devices of the crafty, so that their hands cannot perform their enterprise. -- job 5:12 +. +He takes the wise in their own craftiness: and the counsel of the fraudulent is carried headlong. -- job 5:13 +. +They meet with darkness in the day time, and grope in the noonday as in the night. -- job 5:14 +. +But he saves the poor from the sword, from their mouth, and from the hand of the mighty. -- job 5:15 +. +So the poor has hope, and iniquity stops her mouth. -- job 5:16 +. +Behold, happy is the man whom God corrects: therefore despise not you the chastening of the Almighty: -- job 5:17 +. +For he makes sore, and binds up: he wounds, and his hands make whole. -- job 5:18 +. +He shall deliver you in six troubles: yes, in seven there shall no evil touch you. -- job 5:19 +. +In famine he shall redeem you from death: and in war from the power of the sword. -- job 5:20 +. +You shall be hid from the whip of the tongue: neither shall you be afraid of destruction when it comes. -- job 5:21 +. +At destruction and famine you shall laugh: neither shall you be afraid of the beasts of the earth. -- job 5:22 +. +For you shall be in league with the stones of the field: and the beasts of the field shall be at peace with you. -- job 5:23 +. +And you shall know that your tabernacle shall be in peace; and you shall visit your habitation, and shall not sin. -- job 5:24 +. +You shall know also that your seed shall be great, and your offspring as the grass of the earth. -- job 5:25 +. +You shall come to your grave in a full age, like as a shock of corn comes in in his season. -- job 5:26 +. +See this, we have searched it, so it is; hear it, and know you it for your good. -- job 5:27 +. +But Job answered and said, -- job 6:1 +. +Oh that my grief were thoroughly weighed, and my calamity laid in the balances together! -- job 6:2 +. +For now it would be heavier than the sand of the sea: therefore my words are swallowed up. -- job 6:3 +. +For the arrows of the Almighty are within me, the poison whereof drinks up my spirit: the terrors of God do set themselves in array against me. -- job 6:4 +. +Does the wild ass bray when he has grass? or lows the ox over his fodder? -- job 6:5 +. +Can that which is unsavory be eaten without salt? or is there any taste in the white of an egg? -- job 6:6 +. +The things that my soul refused to touch are as my sorrowful meat. -- job 6:7 +. +Oh that I might have my request; and that God would grant me the thing that I long for! -- job 6:8 +. +Even that it would please God to destroy me; that he would let loose his hand, and cut me off! -- job 6:9 +. +Then should I yet have comfort; yes, I would harden myself in sorrow: let him not spare; for I have not concealed the words of the Holy One. -- job 6:10 +. +What is my strength, that I should hope? and what is my end, that I should prolong my life? -- job 6:11 +. +Is my strength the strength of stones? or is my flesh of brass? -- job 6:12 +. +Is not my help in me? and is wisdom driven quite from me? -- job 6:13 +. +To him that is afflicted pity should be showed from his friend; but he forsakes the fear of the Almighty. -- job 6:14 +. +My brothers have dealt deceitfully as a brook, and as the stream of brooks they pass away; -- job 6:15 +. +Which are blackish by reason of the ice, and wherein the snow is hid: -- job 6:16 +. +What time they wax warm, they vanish: when it is hot, they are consumed out of their place. -- job 6:17 +. +The paths of their way are turned aside; they go to nothing, and perish. -- job 6:18 +. +The troops of Tema looked, the companies of Sheba waited for them. -- job 6:19 +. +They were confounded because they had hoped; they came thither, and were ashamed. -- job 6:20 +. +For now you are nothing; you see my casting down, and are afraid. -- job 6:21 +. +Did I say, Bring to me? or, Give a reward for me of your substance? -- job 6:22 +. +Or, Deliver me from the enemy' hand? or, Redeem me from the hand of the mighty? -- job 6:23 +. +Teach me, and I will hold my tongue: and cause me to understand wherein I have erred. -- job 6:24 +. +How forcible are right words! but what does your arguing reprove? -- job 6:25 +. +Do you imagine to reprove words, and the speeches of one that is desperate, which are as wind? -- job 6:26 +. +Yes, you overwhelm the fatherless, and you dig a pit for your friend. -- job 6:27 +. +Now therefore be content, look on me; for it is evident to you if I lie. -- job 6:28 +. +Return, I pray you, let it not be iniquity; yes, return again, my righteousness is in it. -- job 6:29 +. +Is there iniquity in my tongue? cannot my taste discern perverse things? -- job 6:30 +. +Is there not an appointed time to man on earth? are not his days also like the days of an hireling? -- job 7:1 +. +As a servant earnestly desires the shadow, and as an hireling looks for the reward of his work: -- job 7:2 +. +So am I made to possess months of vanity, and wearisome nights are appointed to me. -- job 7:3 +. +When I lie down, I say, When shall I arise, and the night be gone? and I am full of tossings to and fro to the dawning of the day. -- job 7:4 +. +My flesh is clothed with worms and clods of dust; my skin is broken, and become loathsome. -- job 7:5 +. +My days are swifter than a weaver' shuttle, and are spent without hope. -- job 7:6 +. +O remember that my life is wind: my eye shall no more see good. -- job 7:7 +. +The eye of him that has seen me shall see me no more: your eyes are on me, and I am not. -- job 7:8 +. +As the cloud is consumed and vanishes away: so he that goes down to the grave shall come up no more. -- job 7:9 +. +He shall return no more to his house, neither shall his place know him any more. -- job 7:10 +. +Therefore I will not refrain my mouth; I will speak in the anguish of my spirit; I will complain in the bitterness of my soul. -- job 7:11 +. +Am I a sea, or a whale, that you set a watch over me? -- job 7:12 +. +When I say, My bed shall comfort me, my couch shall ease my complaints; -- job 7:13 +. +Then you scare me with dreams, and terrify me through visions: -- job 7:14 +. +So that my soul chooses strangling, and death rather than my life. -- job 7:15 +. +I loathe it; I would not live always: let me alone; for my days are vanity. -- job 7:16 +. +What is man, that you should magnify him? and that you should set your heart on him? -- job 7:17 +. +And that you should visit him every morning, and try him every moment? -- job 7:18 +. +How long will you not depart from me, nor let me alone till I swallow down my spittle? -- job 7:19 +. +I have sinned; what shall I do to you, O you preserver of men? why have you set me as a mark against you, so that I am a burden to myself? -- job 7:20 +. +And why do you not pardon my transgression, and take away my iniquity? for now shall I sleep in the dust; and you shall seek me in the morning, but I shall not be. -- job 7:21 +. +Then answered Bildad the Shuhite, and said, -- job 8:1 +. +How long will you speak these things? and how long shall the words of your mouth be like a strong wind? -- job 8:2 +. +Does God pervert judgment? or does the Almighty pervert justice? -- job 8:3 +. +If your children have sinned against him, and he have cast them away for their transgression; -- job 8:4 +. +If you would seek to God betimes, and make your supplication to the Almighty; -- job 8:5 +. +If you were pure and upright; surely now he would awake for you, and make the habitation of your righteousness prosperous. -- job 8:6 +. +Though your beginning was small, yet your latter end should greatly increase. -- job 8:7 +. +For inquire, I pray you, of the former age, and prepare yourself to the search of their fathers: -- job 8:8 +. +(For we are but of yesterday, and know nothing, because our days on earth are a shadow:) -- job 8:9 +. +Shall not they teach you, and tell you, and utter words out of their heart? -- job 8:10 +. +Can the rush grow up without mire? can the flag grow without water? -- job 8:11 +. +Whilst it is yet in his greenness, and not cut down, it wither before any other herb. -- job 8:12 +. +So are the paths of all that forget God; and the hypocrite' hope shall perish: -- job 8:13 +. +Whose hope shall be cut off, and whose trust shall be a spider' web. -- job 8:14 +. +He shall lean on his house, but it shall not stand: he shall hold it fast, but it shall not endure. -- job 8:15 +. +He is green before the sun, and his branch shoots forth in his garden. -- job 8:16 +. +His roots are wrapped about the heap, and sees the place of stones. -- job 8:17 +. +If he destroy him from his place, then it shall deny him, saying, I have not seen you. -- job 8:18 +. +Behold, this is the joy of his way, and out of the earth shall others grow. -- job 8:19 +. +Behold, God will not cast away a perfect man, neither will he help the evil doers: -- job 8:20 +. +Till he fill your mouth with laughing, and your lips with rejoicing. -- job 8:21 +. +They that hate you shall be clothed with shame; and the dwelling place of the wicked shall come to nothing. -- job 8:22 +. +Then Job answered and said, -- job 9:1 +. +I know it is so of a truth: but how should man be just with God? -- job 9:2 +. +If he will contend with him, he cannot answer him one of a thousand. -- job 9:3 +. +He is wise in heart, and mighty in strength: who has hardened himself against him, and has prospered? -- job 9:4 +. +Which removes the mountains, and they know not: which overturns them in his anger. -- job 9:5 +. +Which shakes the earth out of her place, and the pillars thereof tremble. -- job 9:6 +. +Which commands the sun, and it rises not; and seals up the stars. -- job 9:7 +. +Which alone spreads out the heavens, and treads on the waves of the sea. -- job 9:8 +. +Which makes Arcturus, Orion, and Pleiades, and the chambers of the south. -- job 9:9 +. +Which does great things past finding out; yes, and wonders without number. -- job 9:10 +. +See, he goes by me, and I see him not: he passes on also, but I perceive him not. -- job 9:11 +. +Behold, he takes away, who can hinder him? who will say to him, What do you? -- job 9:12 +. +If God will not withdraw his anger, the proud helpers do stoop under him. -- job 9:13 +. +How much less shall I answer him, and choose out my words to reason with him? -- job 9:14 +. +Whom, though I were righteous, yet would I not answer, but I would make supplication to my judge. -- job 9:15 +. +If I had called, and he had answered me; yet would I not believe that he had listened to my voice. -- job 9:16 +. +For he breaks me with a tempest, and multiplies my wounds without cause. -- job 9:17 +. +He will not suffer me to take my breath, but fills me with bitterness. -- job 9:18 +. +If I speak of strength, see, he is strong: and if of judgment, who shall set me a time to plead? -- job 9:19 +. +If I justify myself, my own mouth shall condemn me: if I say, I am perfect, it shall also prove me perverse. -- job 9:20 +. +Though I were perfect, yet would I not know my soul: I would despise my life. -- job 9:21 +. +This is one thing, therefore I said it, He destroys the perfect and the wicked. -- job 9:22 +. +If the whip slay suddenly, he will laugh at the trial of the innocent. -- job 9:23 +. +The earth is given into the hand of the wicked: he covers the faces of the judges thereof; if not, where, and who is he? -- job 9:24 +. +Now my days are swifter than a post: they flee away, they see no good. -- job 9:25 +. +They are passed away as the swift ships: as the eagle that hastens to the prey. -- job 9:26 +. +If I say, I will forget my complaint, I will leave off my heaviness, and comfort myself: -- job 9:27 +. +I am afraid of all my sorrows, I know that you will not hold me innocent. -- job 9:28 +. +If I be wicked, why then labor I in vain? -- job 9:29 +. +If I wash myself with snow water, and make my hands never so clean; -- job 9:30 +. +Yet shall you plunge me in the ditch, and my own clothes shall abhor me. -- job 9:31 +. +For he is not a man, as I am, that I should answer him, and we should come together in judgment. -- job 9:32 +. +Neither is there any judge between us, that might lay his hand on us both. -- job 9:33 +. +Let him take his rod away from me, and let not his fear terrify me: -- job 9:34 +. +Then would I speak, and not fear him; but it is not so with me. -- job 9:35 +. +My soul is weary of my life; I will leave my complaint on myself; I will speak in the bitterness of my soul. -- job 10:1 +. +I will say to God, Do not condemn me; show me why you contend with me. -- job 10:2 +. +Is it good to you that you should oppress, that you should despise the work of your hands, and shine on the counsel of the wicked? -- job 10:3 +. +Have you eyes of flesh? or see you as man sees? -- job 10:4 +. +Are your days as the days of man? are your years as man' days, -- job 10:5 +. +That you enquire after my iniquity, and search after my sin? -- job 10:6 +. +You know that I am not wicked; and there is none that can deliver out of your hand. -- job 10:7 +. +Your hands have made me and fashioned me together round about; yet you do destroy me. -- job 10:8 +. +Remember, I beseech you, that you have made me as the clay; and will you bring me into dust again? -- job 10:9 +. +Have you not poured me out as milk, and curdled me like cheese? -- job 10:10 +. +You have clothed me with skin and flesh, and have fenced me with bones and sinews. -- job 10:11 +. +You have granted me life and favor, and your visitation has preserved my spirit. -- job 10:12 +. +And these things have you hid in your heart: I know that this is with you. -- job 10:13 +. +If I sin, then you mark me, and you will not acquit me from my iniquity. -- job 10:14 +. +If I be wicked, woe to me; and if I be righteous, yet will I not lift up my head. I am full of confusion; therefore see you my affliction; -- job 10:15 +. +For it increases. You hunt me as a fierce lion: and again you show yourself marvelous on me. -- job 10:16 +. +You renew your witnesses against me, and increase your indignation on me; changes and war are against me. -- job 10:17 +. +Why then have you brought me forth out of the womb? Oh that I had given up the ghost, and no eye had seen me! -- job 10:18 +. +I should have been as though I had not been; I should have been carried from the womb to the grave. -- job 10:19 +. +Are not my days few? cease then, and let me alone, that I may take comfort a little, -- job 10:20 +. +Before I go from where I shall not return, even to the land of darkness and the shadow of death; -- job 10:21 +. +A land of darkness, as darkness itself; and of the shadow of death, without any order, and where the light is as darkness. -- job 10:22 +. +Then answered Zophar the Naamathite, and said, -- job 11:1 +. +Should not the multitude of words be answered? and should a man full of talk be justified? -- job 11:2 +. +Should your lies make men hold their peace? and when you mock, shall no man make you ashamed? -- job 11:3 +. +For you have said, My doctrine is pure, and I am clean in your eyes. -- job 11:4 +. +But oh that God would speak, and open his lips against you; -- job 11:5 +. +And that he would show you the secrets of wisdom, that they are double to that which is! Know therefore that God exacts of you less than your iniquity deserves. -- job 11:6 +. +Can you by searching find out God? can you find out the Almighty to perfection? -- job 11:7 +. +It is as high as heaven; what can you do? deeper than hell; what can you know? -- job 11:8 +. +The measure thereof is longer than the earth, and broader than the sea. -- job 11:9 +. +If he cut off, and shut up, or gather together, then who can hinder him? -- job 11:10 +. +For he knows vain men: he sees wickedness also; will he not then consider it? -- job 11:11 +. +For vain men would be wise, though man be born like a wild ass' colt. -- job 11:12 +. +If you prepare your heart, and stretch out your hands toward him; -- job 11:13 +. +If iniquity be in your hand, put it far away, and let not wickedness dwell in your tabernacles. -- job 11:14 +. +For then shall you lift up your face without spot; yes, you shall be steadfast, and shall not fear: -- job 11:15 +. +Because you shall forget your misery, and remember it as waters that pass away: -- job 11:16 +. +And your age shall be clearer than the noonday: you shall shine forth, you shall be as the morning. -- job 11:17 +. +And you shall be secure, because there is hope; yes, you shall dig about you, and you shall take your rest in safety. -- job 11:18 +. +Also you shall lie down, and none shall make you afraid; yes, many shall make suit to you. -- job 11:19 +. +But the eyes of the wicked shall fail, and they shall not escape, and their hope shall be as the giving up of the ghost. -- job 11:20 +. +And Job answered and said, -- job 12:1 +. +No doubt but you are the people, and wisdom shall die with you. -- job 12:2 +. +But I have understanding as well as you; I am not inferior to you: yes, who knows not such things as these? -- job 12:3 +. +I am as one mocked of his neighbor, who calls on God, and he answers him: the just upright man is laughed to scorn. -- job 12:4 +. +He that is ready to slip with his feet is as a lamp despised in the thought of him that is at ease. -- job 12:5 +. +The tabernacles of robbers prosper, and they that provoke God are secure; into whose hand God brings abundantly. -- job 12:6 +. +But ask now the beasts, and they shall teach you; and the fowls of the air, and they shall tell you: -- job 12:7 +. +Or speak to the earth, and it shall teach you: and the fishes of the sea shall declare to you. -- job 12:8 +. +Who knows not in all these that the hand of the LORD has worked this? -- job 12:9 +. +In whose hand is the soul of every living thing, and the breath of all mankind. -- job 12:10 +. +Does not the ear try words? and the mouth taste his meat? -- job 12:11 +. +With the ancient is wisdom; and in length of days understanding. -- job 12:12 +. +With him is wisdom and strength, he has counsel and understanding. -- job 12:13 +. +Behold, he breaks down, and it cannot be built again: he shuts up a man, and there can be no opening. -- job 12:14 +. +Behold, he withholds the waters, and they dry up: also he sends them out, and they overturn the earth. -- job 12:15 +. +With him is strength and wisdom: the deceived and the deceiver are his. -- job 12:16 +. +He leads counsellors away spoiled, and makes the judges fools. -- job 12:17 +. +He looses the bond of kings, and girds their loins with a girdle. -- job 12:18 +. +He leads princes away spoiled, and overthrows the mighty. -- job 12:19 +. +He removes away the speech of the trusty, and takes away the understanding of the aged. -- job 12:20 +. +He pours contempt on princes, and weakens the strength of the mighty. -- job 12:21 +. +He discovers deep things out of darkness, and brings out to light the shadow of death. -- job 12:22 +. +He increases the nations, and destroys them: he enlarges the nations, and straitens them again. -- job 12:23 +. +He takes away the heart of the chief of the people of the earth, and causes them to wander in a wilderness where there is no way. -- job 12:24 +. +They grope in the dark without light, and he makes them to stagger like a drunken man. -- job 12:25 +. +See, my eye has seen all this, my ear has heard and understood it. -- job 13:1 +. +What you know, the same do I know also: I am not inferior to you. -- job 13:2 +. +Surely I would speak to the Almighty, and I desire to reason with God. -- job 13:3 +. +But you are forgers of lies, you are all physicians of no value. -- job 13:4 +. +O that you would altogether hold your peace! and it should be your wisdom. -- job 13:5 +. +Hear now my reasoning, and listen to the pleadings of my lips. -- job 13:6 +. +Will you speak wickedly for God? and talk deceitfully for him? -- job 13:7 +. +Will you accept his person? will you contend for God? -- job 13:8 +. +Is it good that he should search you out? or as one man mocks another, do you so mock him? -- job 13:9 +. +He will surely reprove you, if you do secretly accept persons. -- job 13:10 +. +Shall not his excellency make you afraid? and his dread fall on you? -- job 13:11 +. +Your remembrances are like to ashes, your bodies to bodies of clay. -- job 13:12 +. +Hold your peace, let me alone, that I may speak, and let come on me what will. -- job 13:13 +. +Why do I take my flesh in my teeth, and put my life in my hand? -- job 13:14 +. +Though he slay me, yet will I trust in him: but I will maintain my own ways before him. -- job 13:15 +. +He also shall be my salvation: for an hypocrite shall not come before him. -- job 13:16 +. +Hear diligently my speech, and my declaration with your ears. -- job 13:17 +. +Behold now, I have ordered my cause; I know that I shall be justified. -- job 13:18 +. +Who is he that will plead with me? for now, if I hold my tongue, I shall give up the ghost. -- job 13:19 +. +Only do not two things to me: then will I not hide myself from you. -- job 13:20 +. +Withdraw your hand far from me: and let not your dread make me afraid. -- job 13:21 +. +Then call you, and I will answer: or let me speak, and answer you me. -- job 13:22 +. +How many are my iniquities and sins? make me to know my transgression and my sin. -- job 13:23 +. +Why hide you your face, and hold me for your enemy? -- job 13:24 +. +Will you break a leaf driven to and fro? and will you pursue the dry stubble? -- job 13:25 +. +For you write bitter things against me, and make me to possess the iniquities of my youth. -- job 13:26 +. +You put my feet also in the stocks, and look narrowly to all my paths; you set a print on the heels of my feet. -- job 13:27 +. +And he, as a rotten thing, consumes, as a garment that is moth eaten. -- job 13:28 +. +Man that is born of a woman is of few days and full of trouble. -- job 14:1 +. +He comes forth like a flower, and is cut down: he flees also as a shadow, and continues not. -- job 14:2 +. +And does you open your eyes on such an one, and bring me into judgment with you? -- job 14:3 +. +Who can bring a clean thing out of an unclean? not one. -- job 14:4 +. +Seeing his days are determined, the number of his months are with you, you have appointed his bounds that he cannot pass; -- job 14:5 +. +Turn from him, that he may rest, till he shall accomplish, as an hireling, his day. -- job 14:6 +. +For there is hope of a tree, if it be cut down, that it will sprout again, and that the tender branch thereof will not cease. -- job 14:7 +. +Though the root thereof wax old in the earth, and the stock thereof die in the ground; -- job 14:8 +. +Yet through the scent of water it will bud, and bring forth boughs like a plant. -- job 14:9 +. +But man dies, and wastes away: yes, man gives up the ghost, and where is he? -- job 14:10 +. +As the waters fail from the sea, and the flood decays and dries up: -- job 14:11 +. +So man lies down, and rises not: till the heavens be no more, they shall not awake, nor be raised out of their sleep. -- job 14:12 +. +O that you would hide me in the grave, that you would keep me secret, until your wrath be past, that you would appoint me a set time, and remember me! -- job 14:13 +. +If a man die, shall he live again? all the days of my appointed time will I wait, till my change come. -- job 14:14 +. +You shall call, and I will answer you: you will have a desire to the work of your hands. -- job 14:15 +. +For now you number my steps: do you not watch over my sin? -- job 14:16 +. +My transgression is sealed up in a bag, and you sew up my iniquity. -- job 14:17 +. +And surely the mountains falling comes to nothing, and the rock is removed out of his place. -- job 14:18 +. +The waters wear the stones: you wash away the things which grow out of the dust of the earth; and you destroy the hope of man. -- job 14:19 +. +You prevail for ever against him, and he passes: you change his countenance, and send him away. -- job 14:20 +. +His sons come to honor, and he knows it not; and they are brought low, but he perceives it not of them. -- job 14:21 +. +But his flesh on him shall have pain, and his soul within him shall mourn. -- job 14:22 +. +Then answered Eliphaz the Temanite, and said, -- job 15:1 +. +Should a wise man utter vain knowledge, and fill his belly with the east wind? -- job 15:2 +. +Should he reason with unprofitable talk? or with speeches with which he can do no good? -- job 15:3 +. +Yes, you cast off fear, and restrain prayer before God. -- job 15:4 +. +For your mouth utters your iniquity, and you choose the tongue of the crafty. -- job 15:5 +. +Your own mouth comdemns you, and not I: yes, your own lips testify against you. -- job 15:6 +. +Are you the first man that was born? or were you made before the hills? -- job 15:7 +. +Have you heard the secret of God? and do you restrain wisdom to yourself? -- job 15:8 +. +What know you, that we know not? what understand you, which is not in us? -- job 15:9 +. +With us are both the gray headed and very aged men, much elder than your father. -- job 15:10 +. +Are the consolations of God small with you? is there any secret thing with you? -- job 15:11 +. +Why does your heart carry you away? and what do your eyes wink at, -- job 15:12 +. +That you turn your spirit against God, and let such words go out of your mouth? -- job 15:13 +. +What is man, that he should be clean? and he which is born of a woman, that he should be righteous? -- job 15:14 +. +Behold, he puts no trust in his saints; yes, the heavens are not clean in his sight. -- job 15:15 +. +How much more abominable and filthy is man, which drinks iniquity like water? -- job 15:16 +. +I will show you, hear me; and that which I have seen I will declare; -- job 15:17 +. +Which wise men have told from their fathers, and have not hid it: -- job 15:18 +. +To whom alone the earth was given, and no stranger passed among them. -- job 15:19 +. +The wicked man travails with pain all his days, and the number of years is hidden to the oppressor. -- job 15:20 +. +A dreadful sound is in his ears: in prosperity the destroyer shall come on him. -- job 15:21 +. +He believes not that he shall return out of darkness, and he is waited for of the sword. -- job 15:22 +. +He wanders abroad for bread, saying, Where is it? he knows that the day of darkness is ready at his hand. -- job 15:23 +. +Trouble and anguish shall make him afraid; they shall prevail against him, as a king ready to the battle. -- job 15:24 +. +For he stretches out his hand against God, and strengthens himself against the Almighty. -- job 15:25 +. +He runs on him, even on his neck, on the thick bosses of his bucklers: -- job 15:26 +. +Because he covers his face with his fatness, and makes bulges of fat on his flanks. -- job 15:27 +. +And he dwells in desolate cities, and in houses which no man inhabits, which are ready to become heaps. -- job 15:28 +. +He shall not be rich, neither shall his substance continue, neither shall he prolong the perfection thereof on the earth. -- job 15:29 +. +He shall not depart out of darkness; the flame shall dry up his branches, and by the breath of his mouth shall he go away. -- job 15:30 +. +Let not him that is deceived trust in vanity: for vanity shall be his recompense. -- job 15:31 +. +It shall be accomplished before his time, and his branch shall not be green. -- job 15:32 +. +He shall shake off his unripe grape as the vine, and shall cast off his flower as the olive. -- job 15:33 +. +For the congregation of hypocrites shall be desolate, and fire shall consume the tabernacles of bribery. -- job 15:34 +. +They conceive mischief, and bring forth vanity, and their belly prepares deceit. -- job 15:35 +. +Then Job answered and said, -- job 16:1 +. +I have heard many such things: miserable comforters are you all. -- job 16:2 +. +Shall vain words have an end? or what emboldens you that you answer? -- job 16:3 +. +I also could speak as you do: if your soul were in my soul' stead, I could heap up words against you, and shake my head at you. -- job 16:4 +. +But I would strengthen you with my mouth, and the moving of my lips should assuage your grief. -- job 16:5 +. +Though I speak, my grief is not assuaged: and though I forbear, what am I eased? -- job 16:6 +. +But now he has made me weary: you have made desolate all my company. -- job 16:7 +. +And you have filled me with wrinkles, which is a witness against me: and my leanness rising up in me bears witness to my face. -- job 16:8 +. +He tears me in his wrath, who hates me: he gnashes on me with his teeth; my enemy sharpens his eyes on me. -- job 16:9 +. +They have gaped on me with their mouth; they have smitten me on the cheek reproachfully; they have gathered themselves together against me. -- job 16:10 +. +God has delivered me to the ungodly, and turned me over into the hands of the wicked. -- job 16:11 +. +I was at ease, but he has broken me asunder: he has also taken me by my neck, and shaken me to pieces, and set me up for his mark. -- job 16:12 +. +His archers compass me round about, he splits my reins asunder, and does not spare; he pours out my gall on the ground. -- job 16:13 +. +He breaks me with breach on breach, he runs on me like a giant. -- job 16:14 +. +I have sewed sackcloth on my skin, and defiled my horn in the dust. -- job 16:15 +. +My face is foul with weeping, and on my eyelids is the shadow of death; -- job 16:16 +. +Not for any injustice in my hands: also my prayer is pure. -- job 16:17 +. +O earth, cover not you my blood, and let my cry have no place. -- job 16:18 +. +Also now, behold, my witness is in heaven, and my record is on high. -- job 16:19 +. +My friends scorn me: but my eye pours out tears to God. -- job 16:20 +. +O that one might plead for a man with God, as a man pleads for his neighbor! -- job 16:21 +. +When a few years are come, then I shall go the way from where I shall not return. -- job 16:22 +. +My breath is corrupt, my days are extinct, the graves are ready for me. -- job 17:1 +. +Are there not mockers with me? and does not my eye continue in their provocation? -- job 17:2 +. +Lay down now, put me in a surety with you; who is he that will strike hands with me? -- job 17:3 +. +For you have hid their heart from understanding: therefore shall you not exalt them. -- job 17:4 +. +He that speaks flattery to his friends, even the eyes of his children shall fail. -- job 17:5 +. +He has made me also a byword of the people; and aforetime I was as a tabret. -- job 17:6 +. +My eye also is dim by reason of sorrow, and all my members are as a shadow. -- job 17:7 +. +Upright men shall be astonished at this, and the innocent shall stir up himself against the hypocrite. -- job 17:8 +. +The righteous also shall hold on his way, and he that has clean hands shall be stronger and stronger. -- job 17:9 +. +But as for you all, do you return, and come now: for I cannot find one wise man among you. -- job 17:10 +. +My days are past, my purposes are broken off, even the thoughts of my heart. -- job 17:11 +. +They change the night into day: the light is short because of darkness. -- job 17:12 +. +If I wait, the grave is my house: I have made my bed in the darkness. -- job 17:13 +. +I have said to corruption, You are my father: to the worm, You are my mother, and my sister. -- job 17:14 +. +And where is now my hope? as for my hope, who shall see it? -- job 17:15 +. +They shall go down to the bars of the pit, when our rest together is in the dust. -- job 17:16 +. +Then answered Bildad the Shuhite, and said, -- job 18:1 +. +How long will it be ere you make an end of words? mark, and afterwards we will speak. -- job 18:2 +. +Why are we counted as beasts, and reputed vile in your sight? -- job 18:3 +. +He tears himself in his anger: shall the earth be forsaken for you? and shall the rock be removed out of his place? -- job 18:4 +. +Yes, the light of the wicked shall be put out, and the spark of his fire shall not shine. -- job 18:5 +. +The light shall be dark in his tabernacle, and his candle shall be put out with him. -- job 18:6 +. +The steps of his strength shall be straitened, and his own counsel shall cast him down. -- job 18:7 +. +For he is cast into a net by his own feet, and he walks on a snare. -- job 18:8 +. +The gin shall take him by the heel, and the robber shall prevail against him. -- job 18:9 +. +The snare is laid for him in the ground, and a trap for him in the way. -- job 18:10 +. +Terrors shall make him afraid on every side, and shall drive him to his feet. -- job 18:11 +. +His strength shall be extremely hungry, and destruction shall be ready at his side. -- job 18:12 +. +It shall devour the strength of his skin: even the firstborn of death shall devour his strength. -- job 18:13 +. +His confidence shall be rooted out of his tabernacle, and it shall bring him to the king of terrors. -- job 18:14 +. +It shall dwell in his tabernacle, because it is none of his: brimstone shall be scattered on his habitation. -- job 18:15 +. +His roots shall be dried up beneath, and above shall his branch be cut off. -- job 18:16 +. +His remembrance shall perish from the earth, and he shall have no name in the street. -- job 18:17 +. +He shall be driven from light into darkness, and chased out of the world. -- job 18:18 +. +He shall neither have son nor nephew among his people, nor any remaining in his dwellings. -- job 18:19 +. +They that come after him shall be astonished at his day, as they that went before were affrighted. -- job 18:20 +. +Surely such are the dwellings of the wicked, and this is the place of him that knows not God. -- job 18:21 +. +Then Job answered and said, -- job 19:1 +. +How long will you vex my soul, and break me in pieces with words? -- job 19:2 +. +These ten times have you reproached me: you are not ashamed that you make yourselves strange to me. -- job 19:3 +. +And be it indeed that I have erred, my error remains with myself. -- job 19:4 +. +If indeed you will magnify yourselves against me, and plead against me my reproach: -- job 19:5 +. +Know now that God has overthrown me, and has compassed me with his net. -- job 19:6 +. +Behold, I cry out of wrong, but I am not heard: I cry aloud, but there is no judgment. -- job 19:7 +. +He has fenced up my way that I cannot pass, and he has set darkness in my paths. -- job 19:8 +. +He has stripped me of my glory, and taken the crown from my head. -- job 19:9 +. +He has destroyed me on every side, and I am gone: and my hope has he removed like a tree. -- job 19:10 +. +He has also kindled his wrath against me, and he counts me to him as one of his enemies. -- job 19:11 +. +His troops come together, and raise up their way against me, and encamp round about my tabernacle. -- job 19:12 +. +He has put my brothers far from me, and my acquaintance are truly estranged from me. -- job 19:13 +. +My kinsfolk have failed, and my familiar friends have forgotten me. -- job 19:14 +. +They that dwell in my house, and my maids, count me for a stranger: I am an alien in their sight. -- job 19:15 +. +I called my servant, and he gave me no answer; I entreated him with my mouth. -- job 19:16 +. +My breath is strange to my wife, though I entreated for the children' sake of my own body. -- job 19:17 +. +Yes, young children despised me; I arose, and they spoke against me. -- job 19:18 +. +All my inward friends abhorred me: and they whom I loved are turned against me. -- job 19:19 +. +My bone sticks to my skin and to my flesh, and I am escaped with the skin of my teeth. -- job 19:20 +. +Have pity on me, have pity on me, O you my friends; for the hand of God has touched me. -- job 19:21 +. +Why do you persecute me as God, and are not satisfied with my flesh? -- job 19:22 +. +Oh that my words were now written! oh that they were printed in a book! -- job 19:23 +. +That they were graven with an iron pen and lead in the rock for ever! -- job 19:24 +. +For I know that my redeemer lives, and that he shall stand at the latter day on the earth: -- job 19:25 +. +And though after my skin worms destroy this body, yet in my flesh shall I see God: -- job 19:26 +. +Whom I shall see for myself, and my eyes shall behold, and not another; though my reins be consumed within me. -- job 19:27 +. +But you should say, Why persecute we him, seeing the root of the matter is found in me? -- job 19:28 +. +Be you afraid of the sword: for wrath brings the punishments of the sword, that you may know there is a judgment. -- job 19:29 +. +Then answered Zophar the Naamathite, and said, -- job 20:1 +. +Therefore do my thoughts cause me to answer, and for this I make haste. -- job 20:2 +. +I have heard the check of my reproach, and the spirit of my understanding causes me to answer. -- job 20:3 +. +Know you not this of old, since man was placed on earth, -- job 20:4 +. +That the triumphing of the wicked is short, and the joy of the hypocrite but for a moment? -- job 20:5 +. +Though his excellency mount up to the heavens, and his head reach to the clouds; -- job 20:6 +. +Yet he shall perish for ever like his own dung: they which have seen him shall say, Where is he? -- job 20:7 +. +He shall fly away as a dream, and shall not be found: yes, he shall be chased away as a vision of the night. -- job 20:8 +. +The eye also which saw him shall see him no more; neither shall his place any more behold him. -- job 20:9 +. +His children shall seek to please the poor, and his hands shall restore their goods. -- job 20:10 +. +His bones are full of the sin of his youth, which shall lie down with him in the dust. -- job 20:11 +. +Though wickedness be sweet in his mouth, though he hide it under his tongue; -- job 20:12 +. +Though he spare it, and forsake it not; but keep it still within his mouth: -- job 20:13 +. +Yet his meat in his bowels is turned, it is the gall of asps within him. -- job 20:14 +. +He has swallowed down riches, and he shall vomit them up again: God shall cast them out of his belly. -- job 20:15 +. +He shall suck the poison of asps: the viper' tongue shall slay him. -- job 20:16 +. +He shall not see the rivers, the floods, the brooks of honey and butter. -- job 20:17 +. +That which he labored for shall he restore, and shall not swallow it down: according to his substance shall the restitution be, and he shall not rejoice therein. -- job 20:18 +. +Because he has oppressed and has forsaken the poor; because he has violently taken away an house which he built not; -- job 20:19 +. +Surely he shall not feel quietness in his belly, he shall not save of that which he desired. -- job 20:20 +. +There shall none of his meat be left; therefore shall no man look for his goods. -- job 20:21 +. +In the fullness of his sufficiency he shall be in straits: every hand of the wicked shall come on him. -- job 20:22 +. +When he is about to fill his belly, God shall cast the fury of his wrath on him, and shall rain it on him while he is eating. -- job 20:23 +. +He shall flee from the iron weapon, and the bow of steel shall strike him through. -- job 20:24 +. +It is drawn, and comes out of the body; yes, the glittering sword comes out of his gall: terrors are on him. -- job 20:25 +. +All darkness shall be hid in his secret places: a fire not blown shall consume him; it shall go ill with him that is left in his tabernacle. -- job 20:26 +. +The heaven shall reveal his iniquity; and the earth shall rise up against him. -- job 20:27 +. +The increase of his house shall depart, and his goods shall flow away in the day of his wrath. -- job 20:28 +. +This is the portion of a wicked man from God, and the heritage appointed to him by God. -- job 20:29 +. +But Job answered and said, -- job 21:1 +. +Hear diligently my speech, and let this be your consolations. -- job 21:2 +. +Suffer me that I may speak; and after that I have spoken, mock on. -- job 21:3 +. +As for me, is my complaint to man? and if it were so, why should not my spirit be troubled? -- job 21:4 +. +Mark me, and be astonished, and lay your hand on your mouth. -- job 21:5 +. +Even when I remember I am afraid, and trembling takes hold on my flesh. -- job 21:6 +. +Why do the wicked live, become old, yes, are mighty in power? -- job 21:7 +. +Their seed is established in their sight with them, and their offspring before their eyes. -- job 21:8 +. +Their houses are safe from fear, neither is the rod of God on them. -- job 21:9 +. +Their bull engenders, and fails not; their cow calves, and casts not her calf. -- job 21:10 +. +They send forth their little ones like a flock, and their children dance. -- job 21:11 +. +They take the tambourine and harp, and rejoice at the sound of the organ. -- job 21:12 +. +They spend their days in wealth, and in a moment go down to the grave. -- job 21:13 +. +Therefore they say to God, Depart from us; for we desire not the knowledge of your ways. -- job 21:14 +. +What is the Almighty, that we should serve him? and what profit should we have, if we pray to him? -- job 21:15 +. +See, their good is not in their hand: the counsel of the wicked is far from me. -- job 21:16 +. +How oft is the candle of the wicked put out! and how oft comes their destruction on them! God distributes sorrows in his anger. -- job 21:17 +. +They are as stubble before the wind, and as chaff that the storm carries away. -- job 21:18 +. +God lays up his iniquity for his children: he rewards him, and he shall know it. -- job 21:19 +. +His eyes shall see his destruction, and he shall drink of the wrath of the Almighty. -- job 21:20 +. +For what pleasure has he in his house after him, when the number of his months is cut off in the middle? -- job 21:21 +. +Shall any teach God knowledge? seeing he judges those that are high. -- job 21:22 +. +One dies in his full strength, being wholly at ease and quiet. -- job 21:23 +. +His breasts are full of milk, and his bones are moistened with marrow. -- job 21:24 +. +And another dies in the bitterness of his soul, and never eats with pleasure. -- job 21:25 +. +They shall lie down alike in the dust, and the worms shall cover them. -- job 21:26 +. +Behold, I know your thoughts, and the devices which you wrongfully imagine against me. -- job 21:27 +. +For you say, Where is the house of the prince? and where are the dwelling places of the wicked? -- job 21:28 +. +Have you not asked them that go by the way? and do you not know their tokens, -- job 21:29 +. +That the wicked is reserved to the day of destruction? they shall be brought forth to the day of wrath. -- job 21:30 +. +Who shall declare his way to his face? and who shall repay him what he has done? -- job 21:31 +. +Yet shall he be brought to the grave, and shall remain in the tomb. -- job 21:32 +. +The clods of the valley shall be sweet to him, and every man shall draw after him, as there are innumerable before him. -- job 21:33 +. +How then comfort you me in vain, seeing in your answers there remains falsehood? -- job 21:34 +. +Then Eliphaz the Temanite answered and said, -- job 22:1 +. +Can a man be profitable to God, as he that is wise may be profitable to himself? -- job 22:2 +. +Is it any pleasure to the Almighty, that you are righteous? or is it gain to him, that you make your ways perfect? -- job 22:3 +. +Will he reprove you for fear of you? will he enter with you into judgment? -- job 22:4 +. +Is not your wickedness great? and your iniquities infinite? -- job 22:5 +. +For you have taken a pledge from your brother for nothing, and stripped the naked of their clothing. -- job 22:6 +. +You have not given water to the weary to drink, and you have withheld bread from the hungry. -- job 22:7 +. +But as for the mighty man, he had the earth; and the honorable man dwelled in it. -- job 22:8 +. +You have sent widows away empty, and the arms of the fatherless have been broken. -- job 22:9 +. +Therefore snares are round about you, and sudden fear troubles you; -- job 22:10 +. +Or darkness, that you can not see; and abundance of waters cover you. -- job 22:11 +. +Is not God in the height of heaven? and behold the height of the stars, how high they are! -- job 22:12 +. +And you say, How does God know? can he judge through the dark cloud? -- job 22:13 +. +Thick clouds are a covering to him, that he sees not; and he walks in the circuit of heaven. -- job 22:14 +. +Have you marked the old way which wicked men have trodden? -- job 22:15 +. +Which were cut down out of time, whose foundation was overflowed with a flood: -- job 22:16 +. +Which said to God, Depart from us: and what can the Almighty do for them? -- job 22:17 +. +Yet he filled their houses with good things: but the counsel of the wicked is far from me. -- job 22:18 +. +The righteous see it, and are glad: and the innocent laugh them to scorn. -- job 22:19 +. +Whereas our substance is not cut down, but the remnant of them the fire consumes. -- job 22:20 +. +Acquaint now yourself with him, and be at peace: thereby good shall come to you. -- job 22:21 +. +Receive, I pray you, the law from his mouth, and lay up his words in your heart. -- job 22:22 +. +If you return to the Almighty, you shall be built up, you shall put away iniquity far from your tabernacles. -- job 22:23 +. +Then shall you lay up gold as dust, and the gold of Ophir as the stones of the brooks. -- job 22:24 +. +Yes, the Almighty shall be your defense, and you shall have plenty of silver. -- job 22:25 +. +For then shall you have your delight in the Almighty, and shall lift up your face to God. -- job 22:26 +. +You shall make your prayer to him, and he shall hear you, and you shall pay your vows. -- job 22:27 +. +You shall also decree a thing, and it shall be established to you: and the light shall shine on your ways. -- job 22:28 +. +When men are cast down, then you shall say, There is lifting up; and he shall save the humble person. -- job 22:29 +. +He shall deliver the island of the innocent: and it is delivered by the pureness of your hands. -- job 22:30 +. +Then Job answered and said, -- job 23:1 +. +Even to day is my complaint bitter: my stroke is heavier than my groaning. -- job 23:2 +. +Oh that I knew where I might find him! that I might come even to his seat! -- job 23:3 +. +I would order my cause before him, and fill my mouth with arguments. -- job 23:4 +. +I would know the words which he would answer me, and understand what he would say to me. -- job 23:5 +. +Will he plead against me with his great power? No; but he would put strength in me. -- job 23:6 +. +There the righteous might dispute with him; so should I be delivered for ever from my judge. -- job 23:7 +. +Behold, I go forward, but he is not there; and backward, but I cannot perceive him: -- job 23:8 +. +On the left hand, where he does work, but I cannot behold him: he hides himself on the right hand, that I cannot see him: -- job 23:9 +. +But he knows the way that I take: when he has tried me, I shall come forth as gold. -- job 23:10 +. +My foot has held his steps, his way have I kept, and not declined. -- job 23:11 +. +Neither have I gone back from the commandment of his lips; I have esteemed the words of his mouth more than my necessary food. -- job 23:12 +. +But he is in one mind, and who can turn him? and what his soul desires, even that he does. -- job 23:13 +. +For he performes the thing that is appointed for me: and many such things are with him. -- job 23:14 +. +Therefore am I troubled at his presence: when I consider, I am afraid of him. -- job 23:15 +. +For God makes my heart soft, and the Almighty troubles me: -- job 23:16 +. +Because I was not cut off before the darkness, neither has he covered the darkness from my face. -- job 23:17 +. +Why, seeing times are not hidden from the Almighty, do they that know him not see his days? -- job 24:1 +. +Some remove the landmarks; they violently take away flocks, and feed thereof. -- job 24:2 +. +They drive away the ass of the fatherless, they take the widow' ox for a pledge. -- job 24:3 +. +They turn the needy out of the way: the poor of the earth hide themselves together. -- job 24:4 +. +Behold, as wild asses in the desert, go they forth to their work; rising betimes for a prey: the wilderness yields food for them and for their children. -- job 24:5 +. +They reap every one his corn in the field: and they gather the vintage of the wicked. -- job 24:6 +. +They cause the naked to lodge without clothing, that they have no covering in the cold. -- job 24:7 +. +They are wet with the showers of the mountains, and embrace the rock for want of a shelter. -- job 24:8 +. +They pluck the fatherless from the breast, and take a pledge of the poor. -- job 24:9 +. +They cause him to go naked without clothing, and they take away the sheaf from the hungry; -- job 24:10 +. +Which make oil within their walls, and tread their winepresses, and suffer thirst. -- job 24:11 +. +Men groan from out of the city, and the soul of the wounded cries out: yet God lays not folly to them. -- job 24:12 +. +They are of those that rebel against the light; they know not the ways thereof, nor abide in the paths thereof. -- job 24:13 +. +The murderer rising with the light kills the poor and needy, and in the night is as a thief. -- job 24:14 +. +The eye also of the adulterer waits for the twilight, saying, No eye shall see me: and disguises his face. -- job 24:15 +. +In the dark they dig through houses, which they had marked for themselves in the daytime: they know not the light. -- job 24:16 +. +For the morning is to them even as the shadow of death: if one know them, they are in the terrors of the shadow of death. -- job 24:17 +. +He is swift as the waters; their portion is cursed in the earth: he beholds not the way of the vineyards. -- job 24:18 +. +Drought and heat consume the snow waters: so does the grave those which have sinned. -- job 24:19 +. +The womb shall forget him; the worm shall feed sweetly on him; he shall be no more remembered; and wickedness shall be broken as a tree. -- job 24:20 +. +He evil entreats the barren that bears not: and does not good to the widow. -- job 24:21 +. +He draws also the mighty with his power: he rises up, and no man is sure of life. -- job 24:22 +. +Though it be given him to be in safety, where on he rests; yet his eyes are on their ways. -- job 24:23 +. +They are exalted for a little while, but are gone and brought low; they are taken out of the way as all other, and cut off as the tops of the ears of corn. -- job 24:24 +. +And if it be not so now, who will make me a liar, and make my speech nothing worth? -- job 24:25 +. +Then answered Bildad the Shuhite, and said, -- job 25:1 +. +Dominion and fear are with him, he makes peace in his high places. -- job 25:2 +. +Is there any number of his armies? and on whom does not his light arise? -- job 25:3 +. +How then can man be justified with God? or how can he be clean that is born of a woman? -- job 25:4 +. +Behold even to the moon, and it shines not; yes, the stars are not pure in his sight. -- job 25:5 +. +How much less man, that is a worm? and the son of man, which is a worm? -- job 25:6 +. +But Job answered and said, -- job 26:1 +. +How have you helped him that is without power? how save you the arm that has no strength? -- job 26:2 +. +How have you counceled him that has no wisdom? and how have you plentifully declared the thing as it is? -- job 26:3 +. +To whom have you uttered words? and whose spirit came from you? -- job 26:4 +. +Dead things are formed from under the waters, and the inhabitants thereof. -- job 26:5 +. +Hell is naked before him, and destruction has no covering. -- job 26:6 +. +He stretches out the north over the empty place, and hangs the earth on nothing. -- job 26:7 +. +He binds up the waters in his thick clouds; and the cloud is not rent under them. -- job 26:8 +. +He holds back the face of his throne, and spreads his cloud on it. -- job 26:9 +. +He has compassed the waters with bounds, until the day and night come to an end. -- job 26:10 +. +The pillars of heaven tremble and are astonished at his reproof. -- job 26:11 +. +He divides the sea with his power, and by his understanding he smites through the proud. -- job 26:12 +. +By his spirit he has garnished the heavens; his hand has formed the crooked serpent. -- job 26:13 +. +See, these are parts of his ways: but how little a portion is heard of him? but the thunder of his power who can understand? -- job 26:14 +. +Moreover Job continued his parable, and said, -- job 27:1 +. +As God lives, who has taken away my judgment; and the Almighty, who has vexed my soul; -- job 27:2 +. +All the while my breath is in me, and the spirit of God is in my nostrils; -- job 27:3 +. +My lips shall not speak wickedness, nor my tongue utter deceit. -- job 27:4 +. +God forbid that I should justify you: till I die I will not remove my integrity from me. -- job 27:5 +. +My righteousness I hold fast, and will not let it go: my heart shall not reproach me so long as I live. -- job 27:6 +. +Let my enemy be as the wicked, and he that rises up against me as the unrighteous. -- job 27:7 +. +For what is the hope of the hypocrite, though he has gained, when God takes away his soul? -- job 27:8 +. +Will God hear his cry when trouble comes on him? -- job 27:9 +. +Will he delight himself in the Almighty? will he always call on God? -- job 27:10 +. +I will teach you by the hand of God: that which is with the Almighty will I not conceal. -- job 27:11 +. +Behold, all you yourselves have seen it; why then are you thus altogether vain? -- job 27:12 +. +This is the portion of a wicked man with God, and the heritage of oppressors, which they shall receive of the Almighty. -- job 27:13 +. +If his children be multiplied, it is for the sword: and his offspring shall not be satisfied with bread. -- job 27:14 +. +Those that remain of him shall be buried in death: and his widows shall not weep. -- job 27:15 +. +Though he heap up silver as the dust, and prepare raiment as the clay; -- job 27:16 +. +He may prepare it, but the just shall put it on, and the innocent shall divide the silver. -- job 27:17 +. +He builds his house as a moth, and as a booth that the keeper makes. -- job 27:18 +. +The rich man shall lie down, but he shall not be gathered: he opens his eyes, and he is not. -- job 27:19 +. +Terrors take hold on him as waters, a tempest steals him away in the night. -- job 27:20 +. +The east wind carries him away, and he departs: and as a storm hurles him out of his place. -- job 27:21 +. +For God shall cast on him, and not spare: he would fain flee out of his hand. -- job 27:22 +. +Men shall clap their hands at him, and shall hiss him out of his place. -- job 27:23 +. +Surely there is a vein for the silver, and a place for gold where they fine it. -- job 28:1 +. +Iron is taken out of the earth, and brass is molten out of the stone. -- job 28:2 +. +He sets an end to darkness, and searches out all perfection: the stones of darkness, and the shadow of death. -- job 28:3 +. +The flood breaks out from the inhabitant; even the waters forgotten of the foot: they are dried up, they are gone away from men. -- job 28:4 +. +As for the earth, out of it comes bread: and under it is turned up as it were fire. -- job 28:5 +. +The stones of it are the place of sapphires: and it has dust of gold. -- job 28:6 +. +There is a path which no fowl knows, and which the vulture' eye has not seen: -- job 28:7 +. +The lion' whelps have not trodden it, nor the fierce lion passed by it. -- job 28:8 +. +He puts forth his hand on the rock; he overturns the mountains by the roots. -- job 28:9 +. +He cuts out rivers among the rocks; and his eye sees every precious thing. -- job 28:10 +. +He binds the floods from overflowing; and the thing that is hid brings he forth to light. -- job 28:11 +. +But where shall wisdom be found? and where is the place of understanding? -- job 28:12 +. +Man knows not the price thereof; neither is it found in the land of the living. -- job 28:13 +. +The depth said, It is not in me: and the sea said, It is not with me. -- job 28:14 +. +It cannot be gotten for gold, neither shall silver be weighed for the price thereof. -- job 28:15 +. +It cannot be valued with the gold of Ophir, with the precious onyx, or the sapphire. -- job 28:16 +. +The gold and the crystal cannot equal it: and the exchange of it shall not be for jewels of fine gold. -- job 28:17 +. +No mention shall be made of coral, or of pearls: for the price of wisdom is above rubies. -- job 28:18 +. +The topaz of Ethiopia shall not equal it, neither shall it be valued with pure gold. -- job 28:19 +. +From where then comes wisdom? and where is the place of understanding? -- job 28:20 +. +Seeing it is hid from the eyes of all living, and kept close from the fowls of the air. -- job 28:21 +. +Destruction and death say, We have heard the fame thereof with our ears. -- job 28:22 +. +God understands the way thereof, and he knows the place thereof. -- job 28:23 +. +For he looks to the ends of the earth, and sees under the whole heaven; -- job 28:24 +. +To make the weight for the winds; and he weighs the waters by measure. -- job 28:25 +. +When he made a decree for the rain, and a way for the lightning of the thunder: -- job 28:26 +. +Then did he see it, and declare it; he prepared it, yes, and searched it out. -- job 28:27 +. +And to man he said, Behold, the fear of the LORD, that is wisdom; and to depart from evil is understanding. -- job 28:28 +. +Moreover Job continued his parable, and said, -- job 29:1 +. +Oh that I were as in months past, as in the days when God preserved me; -- job 29:2 +. +When his candle shined on my head, and when by his light I walked through darkness; -- job 29:3 +. +As I was in the days of my youth, when the secret of God was on my tabernacle; -- job 29:4 +. +When the Almighty was yet with me, when my children were about me; -- job 29:5 +. +When I washed my steps with butter, and the rock poured me out rivers of oil; -- job 29:6 +. +When I went out to the gate through the city, when I prepared my seat in the street! -- job 29:7 +. +The young men saw me, and hid themselves: and the aged arose, and stood up. -- job 29:8 +. +The princes refrained talking, and laid their hand on their mouth. -- job 29:9 +. +The nobles held their peace, and their tongue stuck to the roof of their mouth. -- job 29:10 +. +When the ear heard me, then it blessed me; and when the eye saw me, it gave witness to me: -- job 29:11 +. +Because I delivered the poor that cried, and the fatherless, and him that had none to help him. -- job 29:12 +. +The blessing of him that was ready to perish came on me: and I caused the widow' heart to sing for joy. -- job 29:13 +. +I put on righteousness, and it clothed me: my judgment was as a robe and a diadem. -- job 29:14 +. +I was eyes to the blind, and feet was I to the lame. -- job 29:15 +. +I was a father to the poor: and the cause which I knew not I searched out. -- job 29:16 +. +And I broke the jaws of the wicked, and plucked the spoil out of his teeth. -- job 29:17 +. +Then I said, I shall die in my nest, and I shall multiply my days as the sand. -- job 29:18 +. +My root was spread out by the waters, and the dew lay all night on my branch. -- job 29:19 +. +My glory was fresh in me, and my bow was renewed in my hand. -- job 29:20 +. +To me men gave ear, and waited, and kept silence at my counsel. -- job 29:21 +. +After my words they spoke not again; and my speech dropped on them. -- job 29:22 +. +And they waited for me as for the rain; and they opened their mouth wide as for the latter rain. -- job 29:23 +. +If I laughed on them, they believed it not; and the light of my countenance they cast not down. -- job 29:24 +. +I chose out their way, and sat chief, and dwelled as a king in the army, as one that comforts the mourners. -- job 29:25 +. +But now they that are younger than I have me in derision, whose fathers I would have disdained to have set with the dogs of my flock. -- job 30:1 +. +Yes, whereto might the strength of their hands profit me, in whom old age was perished? -- job 30:2 +. +For want and famine they were solitary; fleeing into the wilderness in former time desolate and waste. -- job 30:3 +. +Who cut up mallows by the bushes, and juniper roots for their meat. -- job 30:4 +. +They were driven forth from among men, (they cried after them as after a thief;) -- job 30:5 +. +To dwell in the cliffs of the valleys, in caves of the earth, and in the rocks. -- job 30:6 +. +Among the bushes they brayed; under the nettles they were gathered together. -- job 30:7 +. +They were children of fools, yes, children of base men: they were viler than the earth. -- job 30:8 +. +And now am I their song, yes, I am their byword. -- job 30:9 +. +They abhor me, they flee far from me, and spare not to spit in my face. -- job 30:10 +. +Because he has loosed my cord, and afflicted me, they have also let loose the bridle before me. -- job 30:11 +. +On my right hand rise the youth; they push away my feet, and they raise up against me the ways of their destruction. -- job 30:12 +. +They mar my path, they set forward my calamity, they have no helper. -- job 30:13 +. +They came on me as a wide breaking in of waters: in the desolation they rolled themselves on me. -- job 30:14 +. +Terrors are turned on me: they pursue my soul as the wind: and my welfare passes away as a cloud. -- job 30:15 +. +And now my soul is poured out on me; the days of affliction have taken hold on me. -- job 30:16 +. +My bones are pierced in me in the night season: and my sinews take no rest. -- job 30:17 +. +By the great force of my disease is my garment changed: it binds me about as the collar of my coat. -- job 30:18 +. +He has cast me into the mire, and I am become like dust and ashes. -- job 30:19 +. +I cry to you, and you do not hear me: I stand up, and you regard me not. -- job 30:20 +. +You are become cruel to me: with your strong hand you oppose yourself against me. -- job 30:21 +. +You lift me up to the wind; you cause me to ride on it, and dissolve my substance. -- job 30:22 +. +For I know that you will bring me to death, and to the house appointed for all living. -- job 30:23 +. +However, he will not stretch out his hand to the grave, though they cry in his destruction. -- job 30:24 +. +Did not I weep for him that was in trouble? was not my soul grieved for the poor? -- job 30:25 +. +When I looked for good, then evil came to me: and when I waited for light, there came darkness. -- job 30:26 +. +My bowels boiled, and rested not: the days of affliction prevented me. -- job 30:27 +. +I went mourning without the sun: I stood up, and I cried in the congregation. -- job 30:28 +. +I am a brother to dragons, and a companion to owls. -- job 30:29 +. +My skin is black on me, and my bones are burned with heat. -- job 30:30 +. +My harp also is turned to mourning, and my organ into the voice of them that weep. -- job 30:31 +. +I made a covenant with my eyes; why then should I think on a maid? -- job 31:1 +. +For what portion of God is there from above? and what inheritance of the Almighty from on high? -- job 31:2 +. +Is not destruction to the wicked? and a strange punishment to the workers of iniquity? -- job 31:3 +. +Does not he see my ways, and count all my steps? -- job 31:4 +. +If I have walked with vanity, or if my foot has hurried to deceit; -- job 31:5 +. +Let me be weighed in an even balance that God may know my integrity. -- job 31:6 +. +If my step has turned out of the way, and my heart walked after my eyes, and if any blot has stuck to my hands; -- job 31:7 +. +Then let me sow, and let another eat; yes, let my offspring be rooted out. -- job 31:8 +. +If my heart have been deceived by a woman, or if I have laid wait at my neighbor' door; -- job 31:9 +. +Then let my wife grind to another, and let others bow down on her. -- job 31:10 +. +For this is an heinous crime; yes, it is an iniquity to be punished by the judges. -- job 31:11 +. +For it is a fire that consumes to destruction, and would root out all my increase. -- job 31:12 +. +If I did despise the cause of my manservant or of my maidservant, when they contended with me; -- job 31:13 +. +What then shall I do when God rises up? and when he visits, what shall I answer him? -- job 31:14 +. +Did not he that made me in the womb make him? and did not one fashion us in the womb? -- job 31:15 +. +If I have withheld the poor from their desire, or have caused the eyes of the widow to fail; -- job 31:16 +. +Or have eaten my morsel myself alone, and the fatherless has not eaten thereof; -- job 31:17 +. +(For from my youth he was brought up with me, as with a father, and I have guided her from my mother' womb;) -- job 31:18 +. +If I have seen any perish for want of clothing, or any poor without covering; -- job 31:19 +. +If his loins have not blessed me, and if he were not warmed with the fleece of my sheep; -- job 31:20 +. +If I have lifted up my hand against the fatherless, when I saw my help in the gate: -- job 31:21 +. +Then let my arm fall from my shoulder blade, and my arm be broken from the bone. -- job 31:22 +. +For destruction from God was a terror to me, and by reason of his highness I could not endure. -- job 31:23 +. +If I have made gold my hope, or have said to the fine gold, You are my confidence; -- job 31:24 +. +If I rejoice because my wealth was great, and because my hand had gotten much; -- job 31:25 +. +If I beheld the sun when it shined, or the moon walking in brightness; -- job 31:26 +. +And my heart has been secretly enticed, or my mouth has kissed my hand: -- job 31:27 +. +This also were an iniquity to be punished by the judge: for I should have denied the God that is above. -- job 31:28 +. +If I rejoice at the destruction of him that hated me, or lifted up myself when evil found him: -- job 31:29 +. +Neither have I suffered my mouth to sin by wishing a curse to his soul. -- job 31:30 +. +If the men of my tabernacle said not, Oh that we had of his flesh! we cannot be satisfied. -- job 31:31 +. +The stranger did not lodge in the street: but I opened my doors to the travelers. -- job 31:32 +. +If I covered my transgressions as Adam, by hiding my iniquity in my bosom: -- job 31:33 +. +Did I fear a great multitude, or did the contempt of families terrify me, that I kept silence, and went not out of the door? -- job 31:34 +. +Oh that one would hear me! behold, my desire is, that the Almighty would answer me, and that my adversary had written a book. -- job 31:35 +. +Surely I would take it on my shoulder, and bind it as a crown to me. -- job 31:36 +. +I would declare to him the number of my steps; as a prince would I go near to him. -- job 31:37 +. +If my land cry against me, or that the furrows likewise thereof complain; -- job 31:38 +. +If I have eaten the fruits thereof without money, or have caused the owners thereof to lose their life: -- job 31:39 +. +Let thistles grow instead of wheat, and cockle instead of barley. The words of Job are ended. -- job 31:40 +. +So these three men ceased to answer Job, because he was righteous in his own eyes. -- job 32:1 +. +Then was kindled the wrath of Elihu the son of Barachel the Buzite, of the kindred of Ram: against Job was his wrath kindled, because he justified himself rather than God. -- job 32:2 +. +Also against his three friends was his wrath kindled, because they had found no answer, and yet had condemned Job. -- job 32:3 +. +Now Elihu had waited till Job had spoken, because they were elder than he. -- job 32:4 +. +When Elihu saw that there was no answer in the mouth of these three men, then his wrath was kindled. -- job 32:5 +. +And Elihu the son of Barachel the Buzite answered and said, I am young, and you are very old; why I was afraid, and dared not show you my opinion. -- job 32:6 +. +I said, Days should speak, and multitude of years should teach wisdom. -- job 32:7 +. +But there is a spirit in man: and the inspiration of the Almighty gives them understanding. -- job 32:8 +. +Great men are not always wise: neither do the aged understand judgment. -- job 32:9 +. +Therefore I said, Listen to me; I also will show my opinion. -- job 32:10 +. +Behold, I waited for your words; I gave ear to your reasons, whilst you searched out what to say. -- job 32:11 +. +Yes, I attended to you, and, behold, there was none of you that convinced Job, or that answered his words: -- job 32:12 +. +Lest you should say, We have found out wisdom: God thrusts him down, not man. -- job 32:13 +. +Now he has not directed his words against me: neither will I answer him with your speeches. -- job 32:14 +. +They were amazed, they answered no more: they left off speaking. -- job 32:15 +. +When I had waited, (for they spoke not, but stood still, and answered no more;) -- job 32:16 +. +I said, I will answer also my part, I also will show my opinion. -- job 32:17 +. +For I am full of matter, the spirit within me constrains me. -- job 32:18 +. +Behold, my belly is as wine which has no vent; it is ready to burst like new bottles. -- job 32:19 +. +I will speak, that I may be refreshed: I will open my lips and answer. -- job 32:20 +. +Let me not, I pray you, accept any man' person, neither let me give flattering titles to man. -- job 32:21 +. +For I know not to give flattering titles; in so doing my maker would soon take me away. -- job 32:22 +. +Why, Job, I pray you, hear my speeches, and listen to all my words. -- job 33:1 +. +Behold, now I have opened my mouth, my tongue has spoken in my mouth. -- job 33:2 +. +My words shall be of the uprightness of my heart: and my lips shall utter knowledge clearly. -- job 33:3 +. +The spirit of God has made me, and the breath of the Almighty has given me life. -- job 33:4 +. +If you can answer me, set your words in order before me, stand up. -- job 33:5 +. +Behold, I am according to your wish in God' stead: I also am formed out of the clay. -- job 33:6 +. +Behold, my terror shall not make you afraid, neither shall my hand be heavy on you. -- job 33:7 +. +Surely you have spoken in my hearing, and I have heard the voice of your words, saying, -- job 33:8 +. +I am clean without transgression, I am innocent; neither is there iniquity in me. -- job 33:9 +. +Behold, he finds occasions against me, he counts me for his enemy, -- job 33:10 +. +He puts my feet in the stocks, he marks all my paths. -- job 33:11 +. +Behold, in this you are not just: I will answer you, that God is greater than man. -- job 33:12 +. +Why do you strive against him? for he gives not account of any of his matters. -- job 33:13 +. +For God speaks once, yes twice, yet man perceives it not. -- job 33:14 +. +In a dream, in a vision of the night, when deep sleep falls on men, in slumberings on the bed; -- job 33:15 +. +Then he opens the ears of men, and seals their instruction, -- job 33:16 +. +That he may withdraw man from his purpose, and hide pride from man. -- job 33:17 +. +He keeps back his soul from the pit, and his life from perishing by the sword. -- job 33:18 +. +He is chastened also with pain on his bed, and the multitude of his bones with strong pain: -- job 33:19 +. +So that his life abhors bread, and his soul dainty meat. -- job 33:20 +. +His flesh is consumed away, that it cannot be seen; and his bones that were not seen stick out. -- job 33:21 +. +Yes, his soul draws near to the grave, and his life to the destroyers. -- job 33:22 +. +If there be a messenger with him, an interpreter, one among a thousand, to show to man his uprightness: -- job 33:23 +. +Then he is gracious to him, and said, Deliver him from going down to the pit: I have found a ransom. -- job 33:24 +. +His flesh shall be fresher than a child': he shall return to the days of his youth: -- job 33:25 +. +He shall pray to God, and he will be favorable to him: and he shall see his face with joy: for he will render to man his righteousness. -- job 33:26 +. +He looks on men, and if any say, I have sinned, and perverted that which was right, and it profited me not; -- job 33:27 +. +He will deliver his soul from going into the pit, and his life shall see the light. -- job 33:28 +. +See, all these things works God oftentimes with man, -- job 33:29 +. +To bring back his soul from the pit, to be enlightened with the light of the living. -- job 33:30 +. +Mark well, O Job, listen to me: hold your peace, and I will speak. -- job 33:31 +. +If you have anything to say, answer me: speak, for I desire to justify you. -- job 33:32 +. +If not, listen to me: hold your peace, and I shall teach you wisdom. -- job 33:33 +. +Furthermore Elihu answered and said, -- job 34:1 +. +Hear my words, O you wise men; and give ear to me, you that have knowledge. -- job 34:2 +. +For the ear tries words, as the mouth tastes meat. -- job 34:3 +. +Let us choose to us judgment: let us know among ourselves what is good. -- job 34:4 +. +For Job has said, I am righteous: and God has taken away my judgment. -- job 34:5 +. +Should I lie against my right? my wound is incurable without transgression. -- job 34:6 +. +What man is like Job, who drinks up scorning like water? -- job 34:7 +. +Which goes in company with the workers of iniquity, and walks with wicked men. -- job 34:8 +. +For he has said, It profits a man nothing that he should delight himself with God. -- job 34:9 +. +Therefore listen to me you men of understanding: far be it from God, that he should do wickedness; and from the Almighty, that he should commit iniquity. -- job 34:10 +. +For the work of a man shall he render to him, and cause every man to find according to his ways. -- job 34:11 +. +Yes, surely God will not do wickedly, neither will the Almighty pervert judgment. -- job 34:12 +. +Who has given him a charge over the earth? or who has disposed the whole world? -- job 34:13 +. +If he set his heart on man, if he gather to himself his spirit and his breath; -- job 34:14 +. +All flesh shall perish together, and man shall turn again to dust. -- job 34:15 +. +If now you have understanding, hear this: listen to the voice of my words. -- job 34:16 +. +Shall even he that hates right govern? and will you condemn him that is most just? -- job 34:17 +. +Is it fit to say to a king, You are wicked? and to princes, You are ungodly? -- job 34:18 +. +How much less to him that accepts not the persons of princes, nor regards the rich more than the poor? for they all are the work of his hands. -- job 34:19 +. +In a moment shall they die, and the people shall be troubled at midnight, and pass away: and the mighty shall be taken away without hand. -- job 34:20 +. +For his eyes are on the ways of man, and he sees all his goings. -- job 34:21 +. +There is no darkness, nor shadow of death, where the workers of iniquity may hide themselves. -- job 34:22 +. +For he will not lay on man more than right; that he should enter into judgment with God. -- job 34:23 +. +He shall break in pieces mighty men without number, and set others in their stead. -- job 34:24 +. +Therefore he knows their works, and he overturns them in the night, so that they are destroyed. -- job 34:25 +. +He strikes them as wicked men in the open sight of others; -- job 34:26 +. +Because they turned back from him, and would not consider any of his ways: -- job 34:27 +. +So that they cause the cry of the poor to come to him, and he hears the cry of the afflicted. -- job 34:28 +. +When he gives quietness, who then can make trouble? and when he hides his face, who then can behold him? whether it be done against a nation, or against a man only: -- job 34:29 +. +That the hypocrite reign not, lest the people be ensnared. -- job 34:30 +. +Surely it is meet to be said to God, I have borne chastisement, I will not offend any more: -- job 34:31 +. +That which I see not teach you me: if I have done iniquity, I will do no more. -- job 34:32 +. +Should it be according to your mind? he will recompense it, whether you refuse, or whether you choose; and not I: therefore speak what you know. -- job 34:33 +. +Let men of understanding tell me, and let a wise man listen to me. -- job 34:34 +. +Job has spoken without knowledge, and his words were without wisdom. -- job 34:35 +. +My desire is that Job may be tried to the end because of his answers for wicked men. -- job 34:36 +. +For he adds rebellion to his sin, he clapps his hands among us, and multiplies his words against God. -- job 34:37 +. +Elihu spoke moreover, and said, -- job 35:1 +. +Think you this to be right, that you said, My righteousness is more than God'? -- job 35:2 +. +For you said, What advantage will it be to you? and, What profit shall I have, if I be cleansed from my sin? -- job 35:3 +. +I will answer you, and your companions with you. -- job 35:4 +. +Look to the heavens, and see; and behold the clouds which are higher than you. -- job 35:5 +. +If you sin, what do you against him? or if your transgressions be multiplied, what do you to him? -- job 35:6 +. +If you be righteous, what give you him? or what receives he of your hand? -- job 35:7 +. +Your wickedness may hurt a man as you are; and your righteousness may profit the son of man. -- job 35:8 +. +By reason of the multitude of oppressions they make the oppressed to cry: they cry out by reason of the arm of the mighty. -- job 35:9 +. +But none said, Where is God my maker, who gives songs in the night; -- job 35:10 +. +Who teaches us more than the beasts of the earth, and makes us wiser than the fowls of heaven? -- job 35:11 +. +There they cry, but none gives answer, because of the pride of evil men. -- job 35:12 +. +Surely God will not hear vanity, neither will the Almighty regard it. -- job 35:13 +. +Although you say you shall not see him, yet judgment is before him; therefore trust you in him. -- job 35:14 +. +But now, because it is not so, he has visited in his anger; yet he knows it not in great extremity: -- job 35:15 +. +Therefore does Job open his mouth in vain; he multiplies words without knowledge. -- job 35:16 +. +Elihu also proceeded, and said, -- job 36:1 +. +Suffer me a little, and I will show you that I have yet to speak on God' behalf. -- job 36:2 +. +I will fetch my knowledge from afar, and will ascribe righteousness to my Maker. -- job 36:3 +. +For truly my words shall not be false: he that is perfect in knowledge is with you. -- job 36:4 +. +Behold, God is mighty, and despises not any: he is mighty in strength and wisdom. -- job 36:5 +. +He preserves not the life of the wicked: but gives right to the poor. -- job 36:6 +. +He withdraws not his eyes from the righteous: but with kings are they on the throne; yes, he does establish them for ever, and they are exalted. -- job 36:7 +. +And if they be bound in fetters, and be held in cords of affliction; -- job 36:8 +. +Then he shows them their work, and their transgressions that they have exceeded. -- job 36:9 +. +He opens also their ear to discipline, and commands that they return from iniquity. -- job 36:10 +. +If they obey and serve him, they shall spend their days in prosperity, and their years in pleasures. -- job 36:11 +. +But if they obey not, they shall perish by the sword, and they shall die without knowledge. -- job 36:12 +. +But the hypocrites in heart heap up wrath: they cry not when he binds them. -- job 36:13 +. +They die in youth, and their life is among the unclean. -- job 36:14 +. +He delivers the poor in his affliction, and opens their ears in oppression. -- job 36:15 +. +Even so would he have removed you out of the strait into a broad place, where there is no narrow place; and that which should be set on your table should be full of fatness. -- job 36:16 +. +But you have fulfilled the judgment of the wicked: judgment and justice take hold on you. -- job 36:17 +. +Because there is wrath, beware lest he take you away with his stroke: then a great ransom cannot deliver you. -- job 36:18 +. +Will he esteem your riches? no, not gold, nor all the forces of strength. -- job 36:19 +. +Desire not the night, when people are cut off in their place. -- job 36:20 +. +Take heed, regard not iniquity: for this have you chosen rather than affliction. -- job 36:21 +. +Behold, God exalts by his power: who teaches like him? -- job 36:22 +. +Who has enjoined him his way? or who can say, You have worked iniquity? -- job 36:23 +. +Remember that you magnify his work, which men behold. -- job 36:24 +. +Every man may see it; man may behold it afar off. -- job 36:25 +. +Behold, God is great, and we know him not, neither can the number of his years be searched out. -- job 36:26 +. +For he makes small the drops of water: they pour down rain according to the vapor thereof: -- job 36:27 +. +Which the clouds do drop and distil on man abundantly. -- job 36:28 +. +Also can any understand the spreading of the clouds, or the noise of his tabernacle? -- job 36:29 +. +Behold, he spreads his light on it, and covers the bottom of the sea. -- job 36:30 +. +For by them judges he the people; he gives meat in abundance. -- job 36:31 +. +With clouds he covers the light; and commands it not to shine by the cloud that comes between. -- job 36:32 +. +The noise thereof shows concerning it, the cattle also concerning the vapor. -- job 36:33 +. +At this also my heart trembles, and is moved out of his place. -- job 37:1 +. +Hear attentively the noise of his voice, and the sound that goes out of his mouth. -- job 37:2 +. +He directs it under the whole heaven, and his lightning to the ends of the earth. -- job 37:3 +. +After it a voice roars: he thunders with the voice of his excellency; and he will not stay them when his voice is heard. -- job 37:4 +. +God thunders marvelously with his voice; great things does he, which we cannot comprehend. -- job 37:5 +. +For he said to the snow, Be you on the earth; likewise to the small rain, and to the great rain of his strength. -- job 37:6 +. +He seals up the hand of every man; that all men may know his work. -- job 37:7 +. +Then the beasts go into dens, and remain in their places. -- job 37:8 +. +Out of the south comes the whirlwind: and cold out of the north. -- job 37:9 +. +By the breath of God frost is given: and the breadth of the waters is straitened. -- job 37:10 +. +Also by watering he wearies the thick cloud: he scatters his bright cloud: -- job 37:11 +. +And it is turned round about by his counsels: that they may do whatever he commands them on the face of the world in the earth. -- job 37:12 +. +He causes it to come, whether for correction, or for his land, or for mercy. -- job 37:13 +. +Listen to this, O Job: stand still, and consider the wondrous works of God. -- job 37:14 +. +Do you know when God disposed them, and caused the light of his cloud to shine? -- job 37:15 +. +Do you know the balancing of the clouds, the wondrous works of him which is perfect in knowledge? -- job 37:16 +. +How your garments are warm, when he quiets the earth by the south wind? -- job 37:17 +. +Have you with him spread out the sky, which is strong, and as a molten looking glass? -- job 37:18 +. +Teach us what we shall say to him; for we cannot order our speech by reason of darkness. -- job 37:19 +. +Shall it be told him that I speak? if a man speak, surely he shall be swallowed up. -- job 37:20 +. +And now men see not the bright light which is in the clouds: but the wind passes, and cleans them. -- job 37:21 +. +Fair weather comes out of the north: with God is terrible majesty. -- job 37:22 +. +Touching the Almighty, we cannot find him out: he is excellent in power, and in judgment, and in plenty of justice: he will not afflict. -- job 37:23 +. +Men do therefore fear him: he respects not any that are wise of heart. -- job 37:24 +. +Then the LORD answered Job out of the whirlwind, and said, -- job 38:1 +. +Who is this that darkens counsel by words without knowledge? -- job 38:2 +. +Gird up now your loins like a man; for I will demand of you, and answer you me. -- job 38:3 +. +Where were you when I laid the foundations of the earth? declare, if you have understanding. -- job 38:4 +. +Who has laid the measures thereof, if you know? or who has stretched the line on it? -- job 38:5 +. +Whereupon are the foundations thereof fastened? or who laid the corner stone thereof; -- job 38:6 +. +When the morning stars sang together, and all the sons of God shouted for joy? -- job 38:7 +. +Or who shut up the sea with doors, when it broke forth, as if it had issued out of the womb? -- job 38:8 +. +When I made the cloud the garment thereof, and thick darkness a swaddling cloth for it, -- job 38:9 +. +And broke up for it my decreed place, and set bars and doors, -- job 38:10 +. +And said, Till now shall you come, but no further: and here shall your proud waves be stayed? -- job 38:11 +. +Have you commanded the morning since your days; and caused the dayspring to know his place; -- job 38:12 +. +That it might take hold of the ends of the earth, that the wicked might be shaken out of it? -- job 38:13 +. +It is turned as clay to the seal; and they stand as a garment. -- job 38:14 +. +And from the wicked their light is withheld, and the high arm shall be broken. -- job 38:15 +. +Have you entered into the springs of the sea? or have you walked in the search of the depth? -- job 38:16 +. +Have the gates of death been opened to you? or have you seen the doors of the shadow of death? -- job 38:17 +. +Have you perceived the breadth of the earth? declare if you know it all. -- job 38:18 +. +Where is the way where light dwells? and as for darkness, where is the place thereof, -- job 38:19 +. +That you should take it to the bound thereof, and that you should know the paths to the house thereof? -- job 38:20 +. +Know you it, because you were then born? or because the number of your days is great? -- job 38:21 +. +Have you entered into the treasures of the snow? or have you seen the treasures of the hail, -- job 38:22 +. +Which I have reserved against the time of trouble, against the day of battle and war? -- job 38:23 +. +By what way is the light parted, which scatters the east wind on the earth? -- job 38:24 +. +Who has divided a watercourse for the overflowing of waters, or a way for the lightning of thunder; -- job 38:25 +. +To cause it to rain on the earth, where no man is; on the wilderness, wherein there is no man; -- job 38:26 +. +To satisfy the desolate and waste ground; and to cause the bud of the tender herb to spring forth? -- job 38:27 +. +Has the rain a father? or who has begotten the drops of dew? -- job 38:28 +. +Out of whose womb came the ice? and the hoary frost of heaven, who has gendered it? -- job 38:29 +. +The waters are hid as with a stone, and the face of the deep is frozen. -- job 38:30 +. +Can you bind the sweet influences of Pleiades, or loose the bands of Orion? -- job 38:31 +. +Can you bring forth Mazzaroth in his season? or can you guide Arcturus with his sons? -- job 38:32 +. +Know you the ordinances of heaven? can you set the dominion thereof in the earth? -- job 38:33 +. +Can you lift up your voice to the clouds, that abundance of waters may cover you? -- job 38:34 +. +Can you send lightning, that they may go and say to you, Here we are? -- job 38:35 +. +Who has put wisdom in the inward parts? or who has given understanding to the heart? -- job 38:36 +. +Who can number the clouds in wisdom? or who can stay the bottles of heaven, -- job 38:37 +. +When the dust grows into hardness, and the clods stuck fast together? -- job 38:38 +. +Will you hunt the prey for the lion? or fill the appetite of the young lions, -- job 38:39 +. +When they couch in their dens, and abide in the covert to lie in wait? -- job 38:40 +. +Who provides for the raven his food? when his young ones cry to God, they wander for lack of meat. -- job 38:41 +. +Know you the time when the wild goats of the rock bring forth? or can you mark when the hinds do calve? -- job 39:1 +. +Can you number the months that they fulfill? or know you the time when they bring forth? -- job 39:2 +. +They bow themselves, they bring forth their young ones, they cast out their sorrows. -- job 39:3 +. +Their young ones are in good liking, they grow up with corn; they go forth, and return not to them. -- job 39:4 +. +Who has sent out the wild ass free? or who has loosed the bands of the wild ass? -- job 39:5 +. +Whose house I have made the wilderness, and the barren land his dwellings. -- job 39:6 +. +He scorns the multitude of the city, neither regards he the crying of the driver. -- job 39:7 +. +The range of the mountains is his pasture, and he searches after every green thing. -- job 39:8 +. +Will the unicorn be willing to serve you, or abide by your crib? -- job 39:9 +. +Can you bind the unicorn with his band in the furrow? or will he harrow the valleys after you? -- job 39:10 +. +Will you trust him, because his strength is great? or will you leave your labor to him? -- job 39:11 +. +Will you believe him, that he will bring home your seed, and gather it into your barn? -- job 39:12 +. +Gave you the goodly wings to the peacocks? or wings and feathers to the ostrich? -- job 39:13 +. +Which leaves her eggs in the earth, and warms them in dust, -- job 39:14 +. +And forgets that the foot may crush them, or that the wild beast may break them. -- job 39:15 +. +She is hardened against her young ones, as though they were not her': her labor is in vain without fear; -- job 39:16 +. +Because God has deprived her of wisdom, neither has he imparted to her understanding. -- job 39:17 +. +What time she lifts up herself on high, she scorns the horse and his rider. -- job 39:18 +. +Have you given the horse strength? have you clothed his neck with thunder? -- job 39:19 +. +Can you make him afraid as a grasshopper? the glory of his nostrils is terrible. -- job 39:20 +. +He paws in the valley, and rejoices in his strength: he goes on to meet the armed men. -- job 39:21 +. +He mocks at fear, and is not affrighted; neither turns he back from the sword. -- job 39:22 +. +The quiver rattles against him, the glittering spear and the shield. -- job 39:23 +. +He swallows the ground with fierceness and rage: neither believes he that it is the sound of the trumpet. -- job 39:24 +. +He said among the trumpets, Ha, ha; and he smells the battle afar off, the thunder of the captains, and the shouting. -- job 39:25 +. +Does the hawk fly by your wisdom, and stretch her wings toward the south? -- job 39:26 +. +Does the eagle mount up at your command, and make her nest on high? -- job 39:27 +. +She dwells and stays on the rock, on the crag of the rock, and the strong place. -- job 39:28 +. +From there she seeks the prey, and her eyes behold afar off. -- job 39:29 +. +Her young ones also suck up blood: and where the slain are, there is she. -- job 39:30 +. +Moreover the LORD answered Job, and said, -- job 40:1 +. +Shall he that contends with the Almighty instruct him? he that reproves God, let him answer it. -- job 40:2 +. +Then Job answered the LORD, and said, -- job 40:3 +. +Behold, I am vile; what shall I answer you? I will lay my hand on my mouth. -- job 40:4 +. +Once have I spoken; but I will not answer: yes, twice; but I will proceed no further. -- job 40:5 +. +Then answered the LORD to Job out of the whirlwind, and said, -- job 40:6 +. +Gird up your loins now like a man: I will demand of you, and declare you to me. -- job 40:7 +. +Will you also cancel my judgment? will you condemn me, that you may be righteous? -- job 40:8 +. +Have you an arm like God? or can you thunder with a voice like him? -- job 40:9 +. +Deck yourself now with majesty and excellency; and array yourself with glory and beauty. -- job 40:10 +. +Cast abroad the rage of your wrath: and behold every one that is proud, and abase him. -- job 40:11 +. +Look on every one that is proud, and bring him low; and tread down the wicked in their place. -- job 40:12 +. +Hide them in the dust together; and bind their faces in secret. -- job 40:13 +. +Then will I also confess to you that your own right hand can save you. -- job 40:14 +. +Behold now behemoth, which I made with you; he eats grass as an ox. -- job 40:15 +. +See now, his strength is in his loins, and his force is in the navel of his belly. -- job 40:16 +. +He moves his tail like a cedar: the sinews of his stones are wrapped together. -- job 40:17 +. +His bones are as strong pieces of brass; his bones are like bars of iron. -- job 40:18 +. +He is the chief of the ways of God: he that made him can make his sword to approach to him. -- job 40:19 +. +Surely the mountains bring him forth food, where all the beasts of the field play. -- job 40:20 +. +He lies under the shady trees, in the covert of the reed, and fens. -- job 40:21 +. +The shady trees cover him with their shadow; the willows of the brook compass him about. -- job 40:22 +. +Behold, he drinks up a river, and hastens not: he trusts that he can draw up Jordan into his mouth. -- job 40:23 +. +He takes it with his eyes: his nose pierces through snares. -- job 40:24 +. +Can you draw out leviathan with an hook? or his tongue with a cord which you let down? -- job 41:1 +. +Can you put an hook into his nose? or bore his jaw through with a thorn? -- job 41:2 +. +Will he make many supplications to you? will he speak soft words to you? -- job 41:3 +. +Will he make a covenant with you? will you take him for a servant for ever? -- job 41:4 +. +Will you play with him as with a bird? or will you bind him for your maidens? -- job 41:5 +. +Shall the companions make a banquet of him? shall they part him among the merchants? -- job 41:6 +. +Can you fill his skin with barbed irons? or his head with fish spears? -- job 41:7 +. +Lay your hand on him, remember the battle, do no more. -- job 41:8 +. +Behold, the hope of him is in vain: shall not one be cast down even at the sight of him? -- job 41:9 +. +None is so fierce that dare stir him up: who then is able to stand before me? -- job 41:10 +. +Who has prevented me, that I should repay him? whatever is under the whole heaven is mine. -- job 41:11 +. +I will not conceal his parts, nor his power, nor his comely proportion. -- job 41:12 +. +Who can discover the face of his garment? or who can come to him with his double bridle? -- job 41:13 +. +Who can open the doors of his face? his teeth are terrible round about. -- job 41:14 +. +His scales are his pride, shut up together as with a close seal. -- job 41:15 +. +One is so near to another, that no air can come between them. -- job 41:16 +. +They are joined one to another, they stick together, that they cannot be sundered. -- job 41:17 +. +By his neesings a light does shine, and his eyes are like the eyelids of the morning. -- job 41:18 +. +Out of his mouth go burning lamps, and sparks of fire leap out. -- job 41:19 +. +Out of his nostrils goes smoke, as out of a seething pot or caldron. -- job 41:20 +. +His breath kindles coals, and a flame goes out of his mouth. -- job 41:21 +. +In his neck remains strength, and sorrow is turned into joy before him. -- job 41:22 +. +The flakes of his flesh are joined together: they are firm in themselves; they cannot be moved. -- job 41:23 +. +His heart is as firm as a stone; yes, as hard as a piece of the nether millstone. -- job 41:24 +. +When he raises up himself, the mighty are afraid: by reason of breakings they purify themselves. -- job 41:25 +. +The sword of him that lays at him cannot hold: the spear, the dart, nor the habergeon. -- job 41:26 +. +He esteems iron as straw, and brass as rotten wood. -- job 41:27 +. +The arrow cannot make him flee: sling stones are turned with him into stubble. -- job 41:28 +. +Darts are counted as stubble: he laughs at the shaking of a spear. -- job 41:29 +. +Sharp stones are under him: he spreads sharp pointed things on the mire. -- job 41:30 +. +He makes the deep to boil like a pot: he makes the sea like a pot of ointment. -- job 41:31 +. +He makes a path to shine after him; one would think the deep to be hoary. -- job 41:32 +. +On earth there is not his like, who is made without fear. -- job 41:33 +. +He beholds all high things: he is a king over all the children of pride. -- job 41:34 +. +Then Job answered the LORD, and said, -- job 42:1 +. +I know that you can do every thing, and that no thought can be withheld from you. -- job 42:2 +. +Who is he that hides counsel without knowledge? therefore have I uttered that I understood not; things too wonderful for me, which I knew not. -- job 42:3 +. +Hear, I beseech you, and I will speak: I will demand of you, and declare you to me. -- job 42:4 +. +I have heard of you by the hearing of the ear: but now my eye sees you. -- job 42:5 +. +Why I abhor myself, and repent in dust and ashes. -- job 42:6 +. +And it was so, that after the LORD had spoken these words to Job, the LORD said to Eliphaz the Temanite, My wrath is kindled against you, and against your two friends: for you have not spoken of me the thing that is right, as my servant Job has. -- job 42:7 +. +Therefore take to you now seven bullocks and seven rams, and go to my servant Job, and offer up for yourselves a burnt offering; and my servant Job shall pray for you: for him will I accept: lest I deal with you after your folly, in that you have not spoken of me the thing which is right, like my servant Job. -- job 42:8 +. +So Eliphaz the Temanite and Bildad the Shuhite and Zophar the Naamathite went, and did according as the LORD commanded them: the LORD also accepted Job. -- job 42:9 +. +And the LORD turned the captivity of Job, when he prayed for his friends: also the LORD gave Job twice as much as he had before. -- job 42:10 +. +Then came there to him all his brothers, and all his sisters, and all they that had been of his acquaintance before, and did eat bread with him in his house: and they bemoaned him, and comforted him over all the evil that the LORD had brought on him: every man also gave him a piece of money, and every one an earring of gold. -- job 42:11 +. +So the LORD blessed the latter end of Job more than his beginning: for he had fourteen thousand sheep, and six thousand camels, and a thousand yoke of oxen, and a thousand she asses. -- job 42:12 +. +He had also seven sons and three daughters. -- job 42:13 +. +And he called the name of the first, Jemima; and the name of the second, Kezia; and the name of the third, Kerenhappuch. -- job 42:14 +. +And in all the land were no women found so fair as the daughters of Job: and their father gave them inheritance among their brothers. -- job 42:15 +. +After this lived Job an hundred and forty years, and saw his sons, and his sons'sons, even four generations. -- job 42:16 +. +So Job died, being old and full of days. -- job 42:17 +. +Blessed is the man that walks not in the counsel of the ungodly, nor stands in the way of sinners, nor sits in the seat of the scornful. -- psalms 1:1 +. +But his delight is in the law of the LORD; and in his law does he meditate day and night. -- psalms 1:2 +. +And he shall be like a tree planted by the rivers of water, that brings forth his fruit in his season; his leaf also shall not wither; and whatever he does shall prosper. -- psalms 1:3 +. +The ungodly are not so: but are like the chaff which the wind drives away. -- psalms 1:4 +. +Therefore the ungodly shall not stand in the judgment, nor sinners in the congregation of the righteous. -- psalms 1:5 +. +For the LORD knows the way of the righteous: but the way of the ungodly shall perish. -- psalms 1:6 +. +Why do the heathen rage, and the people imagine a vain thing? -- psalms 2:1 +. +The kings of the earth set themselves, and the rulers take counsel together, against the LORD, and against his anointed, saying, -- psalms 2:2 +. +Let us break their bands asunder, and cast away their cords from us. -- psalms 2:3 +. +He that sits in the heavens shall laugh: the LORD shall have them in derision. -- psalms 2:4 +. +Then shall he speak to them in his wrath, and vex them in his sore displeasure. -- psalms 2:5 +. +Yet have I set my king on my holy hill of Zion. -- psalms 2:6 +. +I will declare the decree: the LORD has said to me, You are my Son; this day have I begotten you. -- psalms 2:7 +. +Ask of me, and I shall give you the heathen for your inheritance, and the uttermost parts of the earth for your possession. -- psalms 2:8 +. +You shall break them with a rod of iron; you shall dash them in pieces like a potter' vessel. -- psalms 2:9 +. +Be wise now therefore, O you kings: be instructed, you judges of the earth. -- psalms 2:10 +. +Serve the LORD with fear, and rejoice with trembling. -- psalms 2:11 +. +Kiss the Son, lest he be angry, and you perish from the way, when his wrath is kindled but a little. Blessed are all they that put their trust in him. -- psalms 2:12 +. +Lord, how are they increased that trouble me! many are they that rise up against me. -- psalms 3:1 +. +Many there be which say of my soul, There is no help for him in God. Selah. -- psalms 3:2 +. +But you, O LORD, are a shield for me; my glory, and the lifter up of my head. -- psalms 3:3 +. +I cried to the LORD with my voice, and he heard me out of his holy hill. Selah. -- psalms 3:4 +. +I laid me down and slept; I awaked; for the LORD sustained me. -- psalms 3:5 +. +I will not be afraid of ten thousands of people, that have set themselves against me round about. -- psalms 3:6 +. +Arise, O LORD; save me, O my God: for you have smitten all my enemies on the cheek bone; you have broken the teeth of the ungodly. -- psalms 3:7 +. +Salvation belongs to the LORD: your blessing is on your people. Selah. -- psalms 3:8 +. +Hear me when I call, O God of my righteousness: you have enlarged me when I was in distress; have mercy on me, and hear my prayer. -- psalms 4:1 +. +O you sons of men, how long will you turn my glory into shame? how long will you love vanity, and seek after leasing? Selah. -- psalms 4:2 +. +But know that the LORD has set apart him that is godly for himself: the LORD will hear when I call to him. -- psalms 4:3 +. +Stand in awe, and sin not: commune with your own heart on your bed, and be still. Selah. -- psalms 4:4 +. +Offer the sacrifices of righteousness, and put your trust in the LORD. -- psalms 4:5 +. +There be many that say, Who will show us any good? LORD, lift you up the light of your countenance on us. -- psalms 4:6 +. +You have put gladness in my heart, more than in the time that their corn and their wine increased. -- psalms 4:7 +. +I will both lay me down in peace, and sleep: for you, LORD, only make me dwell in safety. -- psalms 4:8 +. +Give ear to my words, O LORD, consider my meditation. -- psalms 5:1 +. +Listen to the voice of my cry, my King, and my God: for to you will I pray. -- psalms 5:2 +. +My voice shall you hear in the morning, O LORD; in the morning will I direct my prayer to you, and will look up. -- psalms 5:3 +. +For you are not a God that has pleasure in wickedness: neither shall evil dwell with you. -- psalms 5:4 +. +The foolish shall not stand in your sight: you hate all workers of iniquity. -- psalms 5:5 +. +You shall destroy them that speak leasing: the LORD will abhor the bloody and deceitful man. -- psalms 5:6 +. +But as for me, I will come into your house in the multitude of your mercy: and in your fear will I worship toward your holy temple. -- psalms 5:7 +. +Lead me, O LORD, in your righteousness because of my enemies; make your way straight before my face. -- psalms 5:8 +. +For there is no faithfulness in their mouth; their inward part is very wickedness; their throat is an open sepulcher; they flatter with their tongue. -- psalms 5:9 +. +Destroy you them, O God; let them fall by their own counsels; cast them out in the multitude of their transgressions; for they have rebelled against you. -- psalms 5:10 +. +But let all those that put their trust in you rejoice: let them ever shout for joy, because you defend them: let them also that love your name be joyful in you. -- psalms 5:11 +. +For you, LORD, will bless the righteous; with favor will you compass him as with a shield. -- psalms 5:12 +. +O LORD, rebuke me not in your anger, neither chasten me in your hot displeasure. -- psalms 6:1 +. +Have mercy on me, O LORD; for I am weak: O LORD, heal me; for my bones are vexed. -- psalms 6:2 +. +My soul is also sore vexed: but you, O LORD, how long? -- psalms 6:3 +. +Return, O LORD, deliver my soul: oh save me for your mercies'sake. -- psalms 6:4 +. +For in death there is no remembrance of you: in the grave who shall give you thanks? -- psalms 6:5 +. +I am weary with my groaning; all the night make I my bed to swim; I water my couch with my tears. -- psalms 6:6 +. +My eye is consumed because of grief; it waxes old because of all my enemies. -- psalms 6:7 +. +Depart from me, all you workers of iniquity; for the LORD has heard the voice of my weeping. -- psalms 6:8 +. +The LORD has heard my supplication; the LORD will receive my prayer. -- psalms 6:9 +. +Let all my enemies be ashamed and sore vexed: let them return and be ashamed suddenly. -- psalms 6:10 +. +O LORD my God, in you do I put my trust: save me from all them that persecute me, and deliver me: -- psalms 7:1 +. +Lest he tear my soul like a lion, rending it in pieces, while there is none to deliver. -- psalms 7:2 +. +O LORD my God, If I have done this; if there be iniquity in my hands; -- psalms 7:3 +. +If I have rewarded evil to him that was at peace with me; (yes, I have delivered him that without cause is my enemy:) -- psalms 7:4 +. +Let the enemy persecute my soul, and take it; yes, let him tread down my life on the earth, and lay my honor in the dust. Selah. -- psalms 7:5 +. +Arise, O LORD, in your anger, lift up yourself because of the rage of my enemies: and awake for me to the judgment that you have commanded. -- psalms 7:6 +. +So shall the congregation of the people compass you about: for their sakes therefore return you on high. -- psalms 7:7 +. +The LORD shall judge the people: judge me, O LORD, according to my righteousness, and according to my integrity that is in me. -- psalms 7:8 +. +Oh let the wickedness of the wicked come to an end; but establish the just: for the righteous God tries the hearts and reins. -- psalms 7:9 +. +My defense is of God, which saves the upright in heart. -- psalms 7:10 +. +God judges the righteous, and God is angry with the wicked every day. -- psalms 7:11 +. +If he turn not, he will whet his sword; he has bent his bow, and made it ready. -- psalms 7:12 +. +He has also prepared for him the instruments of death; he ordains his arrows against the persecutors. -- psalms 7:13 +. +Behold, he travails with iniquity, and has conceived mischief, and brought forth falsehood. -- psalms 7:14 +. +He made a pit, and dig it, and is fallen into the ditch which he made. -- psalms 7:15 +. +His mischief shall return on his own head, and his violent dealing shall come down on his own pate. -- psalms 7:16 +. +I will praise the LORD according to his righteousness: and will sing praise to the name of the LORD most high. -- psalms 7:17 +. +O LORD, our Lord, how excellent is your name in all the earth! who have set your glory above the heavens. -- psalms 8:1 +. +Out of the mouth of babes and sucklings have you ordained strength because of your enemies, that you might still the enemy and the avenger. -- psalms 8:2 +. +When I consider your heavens, the work of your fingers, the moon and the stars, which you have ordained; -- psalms 8:3 +. +What is man, that you are mindful of him? and the son of man, that you visit him? -- psalms 8:4 +. +For you have made him a little lower than the angels, and have crowned him with glory and honor. -- psalms 8:5 +. +You made him to have dominion over the works of your hands; you have put all things under his feet: -- psalms 8:6 +. +All sheep and oxen, yes, and the beasts of the field; -- psalms 8:7 +. +The fowl of the air, and the fish of the sea, and whatever passes through the paths of the seas. -- psalms 8:8 +. +O LORD our Lord, how excellent is your name in all the earth! -- psalms 8:9 +. +I will praise you, O LORD, with my whole heart; I will show forth all your marvelous works. -- psalms 9:1 +. +I will be glad and rejoice in you: I will sing praise to your name, O you most High. -- psalms 9:2 +. +When my enemies are turned back, they shall fall and perish at your presence. -- psalms 9:3 +. +For you have maintained my right and my cause; you sat in the throne judging right. -- psalms 9:4 +. +You have rebuked the heathen, you have destroyed the wicked, you have put out their name for ever and ever. -- psalms 9:5 +. +O you enemy, destructions are come to a perpetual end: and you have destroyed cities; their memorial is perished with them. -- psalms 9:6 +. +But the LORD shall endure for ever: he has prepared his throne for judgment. -- psalms 9:7 +. +And he shall judge the world in righteousness, he shall minister judgment to the people in uprightness. -- psalms 9:8 +. +The LORD also will be a refuge for the oppressed, a refuge in times of trouble. -- psalms 9:9 +. +And they that know your name will put their trust in you: for you, LORD, have not forsaken them that seek you. -- psalms 9:10 +. +Sing praises to the LORD, which dwells in Zion: declare among the people his doings. -- psalms 9:11 +. +When he makes inquisition for blood, he remembers them: he forgets not the cry of the humble. -- psalms 9:12 +. +Have mercy on me, O LORD; consider my trouble which I suffer of them that hate me, you that lift me up from the gates of death: -- psalms 9:13 +. +That I may show forth all your praise in the gates of the daughter of Zion: I will rejoice in your salvation. -- psalms 9:14 +. +The heathen are sunk down in the pit that they made: in the net which they hid is their own foot taken. -- psalms 9:15 +. +The LORD is known by the judgment which he executes: the wicked is snared in the work of his own hands. Higgaion. Selah. -- psalms 9:16 +. +The wicked shall be turned into hell, and all the nations that forget God. -- psalms 9:17 +. +For the needy shall not always be forgotten: the expectation of the poor shall not perish for ever. -- psalms 9:18 +. +Arise, O LORD; let not man prevail: let the heathen be judged in your sight. -- psalms 9:19 +. +Put them in fear, O LORD: that the nations may know themselves to be but men. Selah. -- psalms 9:20 +. +Why stand you afar off, O LORD? why hide you yourself in times of trouble? -- psalms 10:1 +. +The wicked in his pride does persecute the poor: let them be taken in the devices that they have imagined. -- psalms 10:2 +. +For the wicked boasts of his heart' desire, and blesses the covetous, whom the LORD abhors. -- psalms 10:3 +. +The wicked, through the pride of his countenance, will not seek after God: God is not in all his thoughts. -- psalms 10:4 +. +His ways are always grievous; your judgments are far above out of his sight: as for all his enemies, he puffs at them. -- psalms 10:5 +. +He has said in his heart, I shall not be moved: for I shall never be in adversity. -- psalms 10:6 +. +His mouth is full of cursing and deceit and fraud: under his tongue is mischief and vanity. -- psalms 10:7 +. +He sits in the lurking places of the villages: in the secret places does he murder the innocent: his eyes are privately set against the poor. -- psalms 10:8 +. +He lies in wait secretly as a lion in his den: he lies in wait to catch the poor: he does catch the poor, when he draws him into his net. -- psalms 10:9 +. +He crouches, and humbles himself, that the poor may fall by his strong ones. -- psalms 10:10 +. +He has said in his heart, God has forgotten: he hides his face; he will never see it. -- psalms 10:11 +. +Arise, O LORD; O God, lift up your hand: forget not the humble. -- psalms 10:12 +. +Why does the wicked scorn God? he has said in his heart, You will not require it. -- psalms 10:13 +. +You have seen it; for you behold mischief and spite, to requite it with your hand: the poor commits himself to you; you are the helper of the fatherless. -- psalms 10:14 +. +Break you the arm of the wicked and the evil man: seek out his wickedness till you find none. -- psalms 10:15 +. +The LORD is King for ever and ever: the heathen are perished out of his land. -- psalms 10:16 +. +LORD, you have heard the desire of the humble: you will prepare their heart, you will cause your ear to hear: -- psalms 10:17 +. +To judge the fatherless and the oppressed, that the man of the earth may no more oppress. -- psalms 10:18 +. +In the LORD put I my trust: how say you to my soul, Flee as a bird to your mountain? -- psalms 11:1 +. +For, see, the wicked bend their bow, they make ready their arrow on the string, that they may privately shoot at the upright in heart. -- psalms 11:2 +. +If the foundations be destroyed, what can the righteous do? -- psalms 11:3 +. +The LORD is in his holy temple, the LORD' throne is in heaven: his eyes behold, his eyelids try, the children of men. -- psalms 11:4 +. +The LORD tries the righteous: but the wicked and him that loves violence his soul hates. -- psalms 11:5 +. +On the wicked he shall rain snares, fire and brimstone, and an horrible tempest: this shall be the portion of their cup. -- psalms 11:6 +. +For the righteous LORD loves righteousness; his countenance does behold the upright. -- psalms 11:7 +. +Help, LORD; for the godly man ceases; for the faithful fail from among the children of men. -- psalms 12:1 +. +They speak vanity every one with his neighbor: with flattering lips and with a double heart do they speak. -- psalms 12:2 +. +The LORD shall cut off all flattering lips, and the tongue that speaks proud things: -- psalms 12:3 +. +Who have said, With our tongue will we prevail; our lips are our own: who is lord over us? -- psalms 12:4 +. +For the oppression of the poor, for the sighing of the needy, now will I arise, said the LORD; I will set him in safety from him that puffs at him. -- psalms 12:5 +. +The words of the LORD are pure words: as silver tried in a furnace of earth, purified seven times. -- psalms 12:6 +. +You shall keep them, O LORD, you shall preserve them from this generation for ever. -- psalms 12:7 +. +The wicked walk on every side, when the vilest men are exalted. -- psalms 12:8 +. +How long will you forget me, O LORD? for ever? how long will you hide your face from me? -- psalms 13:1 +. +How long shall I take counsel in my soul, having sorrow in my heart daily? how long shall my enemy be exalted over me? -- psalms 13:2 +. +Consider and hear me, O LORD my God: lighten my eyes, lest I sleep the sleep of death; -- psalms 13:3 +. +Lest my enemy say, I have prevailed against him; and those that trouble me rejoice when I am moved. -- psalms 13:4 +. +But I have trusted in your mercy; my heart shall rejoice in your salvation. -- psalms 13:5 +. +I will sing to the LORD, because he has dealt bountifully with me. -- psalms 13:6 +. +The fool has said in his heart, There is no God. They are corrupt, they have done abominable works, there is none that does good. -- psalms 14:1 +. +The LORD looked down from heaven on the children of men, to see if there were any that did understand, and seek God. -- psalms 14:2 +. +They are all gone aside, they are all together become filthy: there is none that does good, no, not one. -- psalms 14:3 +. +Have all the workers of iniquity no knowledge? who eat up my people as they eat bread, and call not on the LORD. -- psalms 14:4 +. +There were they in great fear: for God is in the generation of the righteous. -- psalms 14:5 +. +You have shamed the counsel of the poor, because the LORD is his refuge. -- psalms 14:6 +. +Oh that the salvation of Israel were come out of Zion! when the LORD brings back the captivity of his people, Jacob shall rejoice, and Israel shall be glad. -- psalms 14:7 +. +Lord, who shall abide in your tabernacle? who shall dwell in your holy hill? -- psalms 15:1 +. +He that walks uprightly, and works righteousness, and speaks the truth in his heart. -- psalms 15:2 +. +He that backbites not with his tongue, nor does evil to his neighbor, nor takes up a reproach against his neighbor. -- psalms 15:3 +. +In whose eyes a vile person is contemned; but he honors them that fear the LORD. He that swears to his own hurt, and changes not. -- psalms 15:4 +. +He that puts not out his money to usury, nor takes reward against the innocent. He that does these things shall never be moved. -- psalms 15:5 +. +Preserve me, O God: for in you do I put my trust. -- psalms 16:1 +. +O my soul, you have said to the LORD, You are my Lord: my goodness extends not to you; -- psalms 16:2 +. +But to the saints that are in the earth, and to the excellent, in whom is all my delight. -- psalms 16:3 +. +Their sorrows shall be multiplied that hasten after another god: their drink offerings of blood will I not offer, nor take up their names into my lips. -- psalms 16:4 +. +The LORD is the portion of my inheritance and of my cup: you maintain my lot. -- psalms 16:5 +. +The lines are fallen to me in pleasant places; yes, I have a goodly heritage. -- psalms 16:6 +. +I will bless the LORD, who has given me counsel: my reins also instruct me in the night seasons. -- psalms 16:7 +. +I have set the LORD always before me: because he is at my right hand, I shall not be moved. -- psalms 16:8 +. +Therefore my heart is glad, and my glory rejoices: my flesh also shall rest in hope. -- psalms 16:9 +. +For you will not leave my soul in hell; neither will you suffer your Holy One to see corruption. -- psalms 16:10 +. +You will show me the path of life: in your presence is fullness of joy; at your right hand there are pleasures for ever more. -- psalms 16:11 +. +Hear the right, O LORD, attend to my cry, give ear to my prayer, that goes not out of feigned lips. -- psalms 17:1 +. +Let my sentence come forth from your presence; let your eyes behold the things that are equal. -- psalms 17:2 +. +You have proved my heart; you have visited me in the night; you have tried me, and shall find nothing; I am purposed that my mouth shall not transgress. -- psalms 17:3 +. +Concerning the works of men, by the word of your lips I have kept me from the paths of the destroyer. -- psalms 17:4 +. +Hold up my goings in your paths, that my footsteps slip not. -- psalms 17:5 +. +I have called on you, for you will hear me, O God: incline your ear to me, and hear my speech. -- psalms 17:6 +. +Show your marvelous loving kindness, O you that save by your right hand them which put their trust in you from those that rise up against them. -- psalms 17:7 +. +Keep me as the apple of the eye, hide me under the shadow of your wings, -- psalms 17:8 +. +From the wicked that oppress me, from my deadly enemies, who compass me about. -- psalms 17:9 +. +They are enclosed in their own fat: with their mouth they speak proudly. -- psalms 17:10 +. +They have now compassed us in our steps: they have set their eyes bowing down to the earth; -- psalms 17:11 +. +Like as a lion that is greedy of his prey, and as it were a young lion lurking in secret places. -- psalms 17:12 +. +Arise, O LORD, disappoint him, cast him down: deliver my soul from the wicked, which is your sword: -- psalms 17:13 +. +From men which are your hand, O LORD, from men of the world, which have their portion in this life, and whose belly you fill with your hid treasure: they are full of children, and leave the rest of their substance to their babes. -- psalms 17:14 +. +As for me, I will behold your face in righteousness: I shall be satisfied, when I awake, with your likeness. -- psalms 17:15 +. +I will love you, O LORD, my strength. -- psalms 18:1 +. +The LORD is my rock, and my fortress, and my deliverer; my God, my strength, in whom I will trust; my buckler, and the horn of my salvation, and my high tower. -- psalms 18:2 +. +I will call on the LORD, who is worthy to be praised: so shall I be saved from my enemies. -- psalms 18:3 +. +The sorrows of death compassed me, and the floods of ungodly men made me afraid. -- psalms 18:4 +. +The sorrows of hell compassed me about: the snares of death prevented me. -- psalms 18:5 +. +In my distress I called on the LORD, and cried to my God: he heard my voice out of his temple, and my cry came before him, even into his ears. -- psalms 18:6 +. +Then the earth shook and trembled; the foundations also of the hills moved and were shaken, because he was wroth. -- psalms 18:7 +. +There went up a smoke out of his nostrils, and fire out of his mouth devoured: coals were kindled by it. -- psalms 18:8 +. +He bowed the heavens also, and came down: and darkness was under his feet. -- psalms 18:9 +. +And he rode on a cherub, and did fly: yes, he did fly on the wings of the wind. -- psalms 18:10 +. +He made darkness his secret place; his pavilion round about him were dark waters and thick clouds of the skies. -- psalms 18:11 +. +At the brightness that was before him his thick clouds passed, hail stones and coals of fire. -- psalms 18:12 +. +The LORD also thundered in the heavens, and the Highest gave his voice; hail stones and coals of fire. -- psalms 18:13 +. +Yes, he sent out his arrows, and scattered them; and he shot out lightning, and discomfited them. -- psalms 18:14 +. +Then the channels of waters were seen, and the foundations of the world were discovered at your rebuke, O LORD, at the blast of the breath of your nostrils. -- psalms 18:15 +. +He sent from above, he took me, he drew me out of many waters. -- psalms 18:16 +. +He delivered me from my strong enemy, and from them which hated me: for they were too strong for me. -- psalms 18:17 +. +They prevented me in the day of my calamity: but the LORD was my stay. -- psalms 18:18 +. +He brought me forth also into a large place; he delivered me, because he delighted in me. -- psalms 18:19 +. +The LORD rewarded me according to my righteousness; according to the cleanness of my hands has he recompensed me. -- psalms 18:20 +. +For I have kept the ways of the LORD, and have not wickedly departed from my God. -- psalms 18:21 +. +For all his judgments were before me, and I did not put away his statutes from me. -- psalms 18:22 +. +I was also upright before him, and I kept myself from my iniquity. -- psalms 18:23 +. +Therefore has the LORD recompensed me according to my righteousness, according to the cleanness of my hands in his eyesight. -- psalms 18:24 +. +With the merciful you will show yourself merciful; with an upright man you will show yourself upright; -- psalms 18:25 +. +With the pure you will show yourself pure; and with the fraudulent you will show yourself devious. -- psalms 18:26 +. +For you will save the afflicted people; but will bring down high looks. -- psalms 18:27 +. +For you will light my candle: the LORD my God will enlighten my darkness. -- psalms 18:28 +. +For by you I have run through a troop; and by my God have I leaped over a wall. -- psalms 18:29 +. +As for God, his way is perfect: the word of the LORD is tried: he is a buckler to all those that trust in him. -- psalms 18:30 +. +For who is God save the LORD? or who is a rock save our God? -- psalms 18:31 +. +It is God that girds me with strength, and makes my way perfect. -- psalms 18:32 +. +He makes my feet like hinds'feet, and sets me on my high places. -- psalms 18:33 +. +He teaches my hands to war, so that a bow of steel is broken by my arms. -- psalms 18:34 +. +You have also given me the shield of your salvation: and your right hand has held me up, and your gentleness has made me great. -- psalms 18:35 +. +You have enlarged my steps under me, that my feet did not slip. -- psalms 18:36 +. +I have pursued my enemies, and overtaken them: neither did I turn again till they were consumed. -- psalms 18:37 +. +I have wounded them that they were not able to rise: they are fallen under my feet. -- psalms 18:38 +. +For you have girded me with strength to the battle: you have subdued under me those that rose up against me. -- psalms 18:39 +. +You have also given me the necks of my enemies; that I might destroy them that hate me. -- psalms 18:40 +. +They cried, but there was none to save them: even to the LORD, but he answered them not. -- psalms 18:41 +. +Then did I beat them small as the dust before the wind: I did cast them out as the dirt in the streets. -- psalms 18:42 +. +You have delivered me from the strivings of the people; and you have made me the head of the heathen: a people whom I have not known shall serve me. -- psalms 18:43 +. +As soon as they hear of me, they shall obey me: the strangers shall submit themselves to me. -- psalms 18:44 +. +The strangers shall fade away, and be afraid out of their close places. -- psalms 18:45 +. +The LORD lives; and blessed be my rock; and let the God of my salvation be exalted. -- psalms 18:46 +. +It is God that avenges me, and subdues the people under me. -- psalms 18:47 +. +He delivers me from my enemies: yes, you lift me up above those that rise up against me: you have delivered me from the violent man. -- psalms 18:48 +. +Therefore will I give thanks to you, O LORD, among the heathen, and sing praises to your name. -- psalms 18:49 +. +Great deliverance gives he to his king; and shows mercy to his anointed, to David, and to his seed for ever more. -- psalms 18:50 +. +The heavens declare the glory of God; and the firmament shows his handiwork. -- psalms 19:1 +. +Day to day utters speech, and night to night shows knowledge. -- psalms 19:2 +. +There is no speech nor language, where their voice is not heard. -- psalms 19:3 +. +Their line is gone out through all the earth, and their words to the end of the world. In them has he set a tabernacle for the sun, -- psalms 19:4 +. +Which is as a bridegroom coming out of his chamber, and rejoices as a strong man to run a race. -- psalms 19:5 +. +His going forth is from the end of the heaven, and his circuit to the ends of it: and there is nothing hid from the heat thereof. -- psalms 19:6 +. +The law of the LORD is perfect, converting the soul: the testimony of the LORD is sure, making wise the simple. -- psalms 19:7 +. +The statutes of the LORD are right, rejoicing the heart: the commandment of the LORD is pure, enlightening the eyes. -- psalms 19:8 +. +The fear of the LORD is clean, enduring for ever: the judgments of the LORD are true and righteous altogether. -- psalms 19:9 +. +More to be desired are they than gold, yes, than much fine gold: sweeter also than honey and the honeycomb. -- psalms 19:10 +. +Moreover by them is your servant warned: and in keeping of them there is great reward. -- psalms 19:11 +. +Who can understand his errors? cleanse you me from secret faults. -- psalms 19:12 +. +Keep back your servant also from presumptuous sins; let them not have dominion over me: then shall I be upright, and I shall be innocent from the great transgression. -- psalms 19:13 +. +Let the words of my mouth, and the meditation of my heart, be acceptable in your sight, O LORD, my strength, and my redeemer. -- psalms 19:14 +. +The LORD hear you in the day of trouble; the name of the God of Jacob defend you; -- psalms 20:1 +. +Send you help from the sanctuary, and strengthen you out of Zion; -- psalms 20:2 +. +Remember all your offerings, and accept your burnt sacrifice; Selah. -- psalms 20:3 +. +Grant you according to your own heart, and fulfill all your counsel. -- psalms 20:4 +. +We will rejoice in your salvation, and in the name of our God we will set up our banners: the LORD fulfill all your petitions. -- psalms 20:5 +. +Now know I that the LORD saves his anointed; he will hear him from his holy heaven with the saving strength of his right hand. -- psalms 20:6 +. +Some trust in chariots, and some in horses: but we will remember the name of the LORD our God. -- psalms 20:7 +. +They are brought down and fallen: but we are risen, and stand upright. -- psalms 20:8 +. +Save, LORD: let the king hear us when we call. -- psalms 20:9 +. +The king shall joy in your strength, O LORD; and in your salvation how greatly shall he rejoice! -- psalms 21:1 +. +You have given him his heart' desire, and have not withheld the request of his lips. Selah. -- psalms 21:2 +. +For you prevent him with the blessings of goodness: you set a crown of pure gold on his head. -- psalms 21:3 +. +He asked life of you, and you gave it him, even length of days for ever and ever. -- psalms 21:4 +. +His glory is great in your salvation: honor and majesty have you laid on him. -- psalms 21:5 +. +For you have made him most blessed for ever: you have made him exceeding glad with your countenance. -- psalms 21:6 +. +For the king trusts in the LORD, and through the mercy of the most High he shall not be moved. -- psalms 21:7 +. +Your hand shall find out all your enemies: your right hand shall find out those that hate you. -- psalms 21:8 +. +You shall make them as a fiery oven in the time of your anger: the LORD shall swallow them up in his wrath, and the fire shall devour them. -- psalms 21:9 +. +Their fruit shall you destroy from the earth, and their seed from among the children of men. -- psalms 21:10 +. +For they intended evil against you: they imagined a mischievous device, which they are not able to perform. -- psalms 21:11 +. +Therefore shall you make them turn their back, when you shall make ready your arrows on your strings against the face of them. -- psalms 21:12 +. +Be you exalted, LORD, in your own strength: so will we sing and praise your power. -- psalms 21:13 +. +My God, my God, why have you forsaken me? why are you so far from helping me, and from the words of my roaring? -- psalms 22:1 +. +O my God, I cry in the day time, but you hear not; and in the night season, and am not silent. -- psalms 22:2 +. +But you are holy, O you that inhabit the praises of Israel. -- psalms 22:3 +. +Our fathers trusted in you: they trusted, and you did deliver them. -- psalms 22:4 +. +They cried to you, and were delivered: they trusted in you, and were not confounded. -- psalms 22:5 +. +But I am a worm, and no man; a reproach of men, and despised of the people. -- psalms 22:6 +. +All they that see me laugh me to scorn: they shoot out the lip, they shake the head, saying, -- psalms 22:7 +. +He trusted on the LORD that he would deliver him: let him deliver him, seeing he delighted in him. -- psalms 22:8 +. +But you are he that took me out of the womb: you did make me hope when I was on my mother' breasts. -- psalms 22:9 +. +I was cast on you from the womb: you are my God from my mother' belly. -- psalms 22:10 +. +Be not far from me; for trouble is near; for there is none to help. -- psalms 22:11 +. +Many bulls have compassed me: strong bulls of Bashan have beset me round. -- psalms 22:12 +. +They gaped on me with their mouths, as a ravening and a roaring lion. -- psalms 22:13 +. +I am poured out like water, and all my bones are out of joint: my heart is like wax; it is melted in the middle of my bowels. -- psalms 22:14 +. +My strength is dried up like a potsherd; and my tongue sticks to my jaws; and you have brought me into the dust of death. -- psalms 22:15 +. +For dogs have compassed me: the assembly of the wicked have enclosed me: they pierced my hands and my feet. -- psalms 22:16 +. +I may tell all my bones: they look and stare on me. -- psalms 22:17 +. +They part my garments among them, and cast lots on my clothing. -- psalms 22:18 +. +But be not you far from me, O LORD: O my strength, haste you to help me. -- psalms 22:19 +. +Deliver my soul from the sword; my darling from the power of the dog. -- psalms 22:20 +. +Save me from the lion' mouth: for you have heard me from the horns of the unicorns. -- psalms 22:21 +. +I will declare your name to my brothers: in the middle of the congregation will I praise you. -- psalms 22:22 +. +You that fear the LORD, praise him; all you the seed of Jacob, glorify him; and fear him, all you the seed of Israel. -- psalms 22:23 +. +For he has not despised nor abhorred the affliction of the afflicted; neither has he hid his face from him; but when he cried to him, he heard. -- psalms 22:24 +. +My praise shall be of you in the great congregation: I will pay my vows before them that fear him. -- psalms 22:25 +. +The meek shall eat and be satisfied: they shall praise the LORD that seek him: your heart shall live for ever. -- psalms 22:26 +. +All the ends of the world shall remember and turn to the LORD: and all the kindreds of the nations shall worship before you. -- psalms 22:27 +. +For the kingdom is the LORD': and he is the governor among the nations. -- psalms 22:28 +. +All they that be fat on earth shall eat and worship: all they that go down to the dust shall bow before him: and none can keep alive his own soul. -- psalms 22:29 +. +A seed shall serve him; it shall be accounted to the Lord for a generation. -- psalms 22:30 +. +They shall come, and shall declare his righteousness to a people that shall be born, that he has done this. -- psalms 22:31 +. +The LORD is my shepherd; I shall not want. -- psalms 23:1 +. +He makes me to lie down in green pastures: he leads me beside the still waters. -- psalms 23:2 +. +He restores my soul: he leads me in the paths of righteousness for his name' sake. -- psalms 23:3 +. +Yes, though I walk through the valley of the shadow of death, I will fear no evil: for you are with me; your rod and your staff they comfort me. -- psalms 23:4 +. +You prepare a table before me in the presence of my enemies: you anoint my head with oil; my cup runs over. -- psalms 23:5 +. +Surely goodness and mercy shall follow me all the days of my life: and I will dwell in the house of the LORD for ever. -- psalms 23:6 +. +The earth is the LORD', and the fullness thereof; the world, and they that dwell therein. -- psalms 24:1 +. +For he has founded it on the seas, and established it on the floods. -- psalms 24:2 +. +Who shall ascend into the hill of the LORD? or who shall stand in his holy place? -- psalms 24:3 +. +He that has clean hands, and a pure heart; who has not lifted up his soul to vanity, nor sworn deceitfully. -- psalms 24:4 +. +He shall receive the blessing from the LORD, and righteousness from the God of his salvation. -- psalms 24:5 +. +This is the generation of them that seek him, that seek your face, O Jacob. Selah. -- psalms 24:6 +. +Lift up your heads, O you gates; and be you lift up, you everlasting doors; and the King of glory shall come in. -- psalms 24:7 +. +Who is this King of glory? The LORD strong and mighty, the LORD mighty in battle. -- psalms 24:8 +. +Lift up your heads, O you gates; even lift them up, you everlasting doors; and the King of glory shall come in. -- psalms 24:9 +. +Who is this King of glory? The LORD of hosts, he is the King of glory. Selah. -- psalms 24:10 +. +To you, O LORD, do I lift up my soul. -- psalms 25:1 +. +O my God, I trust in you: let me not be ashamed, let not my enemies triumph over me. -- psalms 25:2 +. +Yes, let none that wait on you be ashamed: let them be ashamed which transgress without cause. -- psalms 25:3 +. +Show me your ways, O LORD; teach me your paths. -- psalms 25:4 +. +Lead me in your truth, and teach me: for you are the God of my salvation; on you do I wait all the day. -- psalms 25:5 +. +Remember, O LORD, your tender mercies and your loving kindnesses; for they have been ever of old. -- psalms 25:6 +. +Remember not the sins of my youth, nor my transgressions: according to your mercy remember you me for your goodness'sake, O LORD. -- psalms 25:7 +. +Good and upright is the LORD: therefore will he teach sinners in the way. -- psalms 25:8 +. +The meek will he guide in judgment: and the meek will he teach his way. -- psalms 25:9 +. +All the paths of the LORD are mercy and truth to such as keep his covenant and his testimonies. -- psalms 25:10 +. +For your name' sake, O LORD, pardon my iniquity; for it is great. -- psalms 25:11 +. +What man is he that fears the LORD? him shall he teach in the way that he shall choose. -- psalms 25:12 +. +His soul shall dwell at ease; and his seed shall inherit the earth. -- psalms 25:13 +. +The secret of the LORD is with them that fear him; and he will show them his covenant. -- psalms 25:14 +. +My eyes are ever toward the LORD; for he shall pluck my feet out of the net. -- psalms 25:15 +. +Turn you to me, and have mercy on me; for I am desolate and afflicted. -- psalms 25:16 +. +The troubles of my heart are enlarged: O bring you me out of my distresses. -- psalms 25:17 +. +Look on my affliction and my pain; and forgive all my sins. -- psalms 25:18 +. +Consider my enemies; for they are many; and they hate me with cruel hatred. -- psalms 25:19 +. +O keep my soul, and deliver me: let me not be ashamed; for I put my trust in you. -- psalms 25:20 +. +Let integrity and uprightness preserve me; for I wait on you. -- psalms 25:21 +. +Redeem Israel, O God, out of all his troubles. -- psalms 25:22 +. +Judge me, O LORD; for I have walked in my integrity: I have trusted also in the LORD; therefore I shall not slide. -- psalms 26:1 +. +Examine me, O LORD, and prove me; try my reins and my heart. -- psalms 26:2 +. +For your loving kindness is before my eyes: and I have walked in your truth. -- psalms 26:3 +. +I have not sat with vain persons, neither will I go in with dissemblers. -- psalms 26:4 +. +I have hated the congregation of evil doers; and will not sit with the wicked. -- psalms 26:5 +. +I will wash my hands in innocence: so will I compass your altar, O LORD: -- psalms 26:6 +. +That I may publish with the voice of thanksgiving, and tell of all your wondrous works. -- psalms 26:7 +. +LORD, I have loved the habitation of your house, and the place where your honor dwells. -- psalms 26:8 +. +Gather not my soul with sinners, nor my life with bloody men: -- psalms 26:9 +. +In whose hands is mischief, and their right hand is full of bribes. -- psalms 26:10 +. +But as for me, I will walk in my integrity: redeem me, and be merciful to me. -- psalms 26:11 +. +My foot stands in an even place: in the congregations will I bless the LORD. -- psalms 26:12 +. +The LORD is my light and my salvation; whom shall I fear? the LORD is the strength of my life; of whom shall I be afraid? -- psalms 27:1 +. +When the wicked, even my enemies and my foes, came on me to eat up my flesh, they stumbled and fell. -- psalms 27:2 +. +Though an host should encamp against me, my heart shall not fear: though war should rise against me, in this will I be confident. -- psalms 27:3 +. +One thing have I desired of the LORD, that will I seek after; that I may dwell in the house of the LORD all the days of my life, to behold the beauty of the LORD, and to inquire in his temple. -- psalms 27:4 +. +For in the time of trouble he shall hide me in his pavilion: in the secret of his tabernacle shall he hide me; he shall set me up on a rock. -- psalms 27:5 +. +And now shall my head be lifted up above my enemies round about me: therefore will I offer in his tabernacle sacrifices of joy; I will sing, yes, I will sing praises to the LORD. -- psalms 27:6 +. +Hear, O LORD, when I cry with my voice: have mercy also on me, and answer me. -- psalms 27:7 +. +When you said, Seek you my face; my heart said to you, Your face, LORD, will I seek. -- psalms 27:8 +. +Hide not your face far from me; put not your servant away in anger: you have been my help; leave me not, neither forsake me, O God of my salvation. -- psalms 27:9 +. +When my father and my mother forsake me, then the LORD will take me up. -- psalms 27:10 +. +Teach me your way, O LORD, and lead me in a plain path, because of my enemies. -- psalms 27:11 +. +Deliver me not over to the will of my enemies: for false witnesses are risen up against me, and such as breathe out cruelty. -- psalms 27:12 +. +I had fainted, unless I had believed to see the goodness of the LORD in the land of the living. -- psalms 27:13 +. +Wait on the LORD: be of good courage, and he shall strengthen your heart: wait, I say, on the LORD. -- psalms 27:14 +. +To you will I cry, O LORD my rock; be not silent to me: lest, if you be silent to me, I become like them that go down into the pit. -- psalms 28:1 +. +Hear the voice of my supplications, when I cry to you, when I lift up my hands toward your holy oracle. -- psalms 28:2 +. +Draw me not away with the wicked, and with the workers of iniquity, which speak peace to their neighbors, but mischief is in their hearts. -- psalms 28:3 +. +Give them according to their deeds, and according to the wickedness of their endeavors: give them after the work of their hands; render to them their desert. -- psalms 28:4 +. +Because they regard not the works of the LORD, nor the operation of his hands, he shall destroy them, and not build them up. -- psalms 28:5 +. +Blessed be the LORD, because he has heard the voice of my supplications. -- psalms 28:6 +. +The LORD is my strength and my shield; my heart trusted in him, and I am helped: therefore my heart greatly rejoices; and with my song will I praise him. -- psalms 28:7 +. +The LORD is their strength, and he is the saving strength of his anointed. -- psalms 28:8 +. +Save your people, and bless your inheritance: feed them also, and lift them up for ever. -- psalms 28:9 +. +Give to the LORD, O you mighty, give to the LORD glory and strength. -- psalms 29:1 +. +Give to the LORD the glory due to his name; worship the LORD in the beauty of holiness. -- psalms 29:2 +. +The voice of the LORD is on the waters: the God of glory thunders: the LORD is on many waters. -- psalms 29:3 +. +The voice of the LORD is powerful; the voice of the LORD is full of majesty. -- psalms 29:4 +. +The voice of the LORD breaks the cedars; yes, the LORD breaks the cedars of Lebanon. -- psalms 29:5 +. +He makes them also to skip like a calf; Lebanon and Sirion like a young unicorn. -- psalms 29:6 +. +The voice of the LORD divides the flames of fire. -- psalms 29:7 +. +The voice of the LORD shakes the wilderness; the LORD shakes the wilderness of Kadesh. -- psalms 29:8 +. +The voice of the LORD makes the hinds to calve, and discovers the forests: and in his temple does every one speak of his glory. -- psalms 29:9 +. +The LORD sits on the flood; yes, the LORD sits King for ever. -- psalms 29:10 +. +The LORD will give strength to his people; the LORD will bless his people with peace. -- psalms 29:11 +. +I will extol you, O LORD; for you have lifted me up, and have not made my foes to rejoice over me. -- psalms 30:1 +. +O LORD my God, I cried to you, and you have healed me. -- psalms 30:2 +. +O LORD, you have brought up my soul from the grave: you have kept me alive, that I should not go down to the pit. -- psalms 30:3 +. +Sing to the LORD, O you saints of his, and give thanks at the remembrance of his holiness. -- psalms 30:4 +. +For his anger endures but a moment; in his favor is life: weeping may endure for a night, but joy comes in the morning. -- psalms 30:5 +. +And in my prosperity I said, I shall never be moved. -- psalms 30:6 +. +LORD, by your favor you have made my mountain to stand strong: you did hide your face, and I was troubled. -- psalms 30:7 +. +I cried to you, O LORD; and to the LORD I made supplication. -- psalms 30:8 +. +What profit is there in my blood, when I go down to the pit? Shall the dust praise you? shall it declare your truth? -- psalms 30:9 +. +Hear, O LORD, and have mercy on me: LORD, be you my helper. -- psalms 30:10 +. +You have turned for me my mourning into dancing: you have put off my sackcloth, and girded me with gladness; -- psalms 30:11 +. +To the end that my glory may sing praise to you, and not be silent. O LORD my God, I will give thanks to you for ever. -- psalms 30:12 +. +In you, O LORD, do I put my trust; let me never be ashamed: deliver me in your righteousness. -- psalms 31:1 +. +Bow down your ear to me; deliver me speedily: be you my strong rock, for an house of defense to save me. -- psalms 31:2 +. +For you are my rock and my fortress; therefore for your name' sake lead me, and guide me. -- psalms 31:3 +. +Pull me out of the net that they have laid privately for me: for you are my strength. -- psalms 31:4 +. +Into your hand I commit my spirit: you have redeemed me, O LORD God of truth. -- psalms 31:5 +. +I have hated them that regard lying vanities: but I trust in the LORD. -- psalms 31:6 +. +I will be glad and rejoice in your mercy: for you have considered my trouble; you have known my soul in adversities; -- psalms 31:7 +. +And have not shut me up into the hand of the enemy: you have set my feet in a large room. -- psalms 31:8 +. +Have mercy on me, O LORD, for I am in trouble: my eye is consumed with grief, yes, my soul and my belly. -- psalms 31:9 +. +For my life is spent with grief, and my years with sighing: my strength fails because of my iniquity, and my bones are consumed. -- psalms 31:10 +. +I was a reproach among all my enemies, but especially among my neighbors, and a fear to my acquaintance: they that did see me without fled from me. -- psalms 31:11 +. +I am forgotten as a dead man out of mind: I am like a broken vessel. -- psalms 31:12 +. +For I have heard the slander of many: fear was on every side: while they took counsel together against me, they devised to take away my life. -- psalms 31:13 +. +But I trusted in you, O LORD: I said, You are my God. -- psalms 31:14 +. +My times are in your hand: deliver me from the hand of my enemies, and from them that persecute me. -- psalms 31:15 +. +Make your face to shine on your servant: save me for your mercies'sake. -- psalms 31:16 +. +Let me not be ashamed, O LORD; for I have called on you: let the wicked be ashamed, and let them be silent in the grave. -- psalms 31:17 +. +Let the lying lips be put to silence; which speak grievous things proudly and contemptuously against the righteous. -- psalms 31:18 +. +Oh how great is your goodness, which you have laid up for them that fear you; which you have worked for them that trust in you before the sons of men! -- psalms 31:19 +. +You shall hide them in the secret of your presence from the pride of man: you shall keep them secretly in a pavilion from the strife of tongues. -- psalms 31:20 +. +Blessed be the LORD: for he has showed me his marvelous kindness in a strong city. -- psalms 31:21 +. +For I said in my haste, I am cut off from before your eyes: nevertheless you heard the voice of my supplications when I cried to you. -- psalms 31:22 +. +O love the LORD, all you his saints: for the LORD preserves the faithful, and plentifully rewards the proud doer. -- psalms 31:23 +. +Be of good courage, and he shall strengthen your heart, all you that hope in the LORD. -- psalms 31:24 +. +Blessed is he whose transgression is forgiven, whose sin is covered. -- psalms 32:1 +. +Blessed is the man to whom the LORD imputes not iniquity, and in whose spirit there is no guile. -- psalms 32:2 +. +When I kept silence, my bones waxed old through my roaring all the day long. -- psalms 32:3 +. +For day and night your hand was heavy on me: my moisture is turned into the drought of summer. Selah. -- psalms 32:4 +. +I acknowledge my sin to you, and my iniquity have I not hid. I said, I will confess my transgressions to the LORD; and you forgave the iniquity of my sin. Selah. -- psalms 32:5 +. +For this shall every one that is godly pray to you in a time when you may be found: surely in the floods of great waters they shall not come near to him. -- psalms 32:6 +. +You are my hiding place; you shall preserve me from trouble; you shall compass me about with songs of deliverance. Selah. -- psalms 32:7 +. +I will instruct you and teach you in the way which you shall go: I will guide you with my eye. -- psalms 32:8 +. +Be you not as the horse, or as the mule, which have no understanding: whose mouth must be held in with bit and bridle, lest they come near to you. -- psalms 32:9 +. +Many sorrows shall be to the wicked: but he that trusts in the LORD, mercy shall compass him about. -- psalms 32:10 +. +Be glad in the LORD, and rejoice, you righteous: and shout for joy, all you that are upright in heart. -- psalms 32:11 +. +Rejoice in the LORD, O you righteous: for praise is comely for the upright. -- psalms 33:1 +. +Praise the LORD with harp: sing to him with the psaltery and an instrument of ten strings. -- psalms 33:2 +. +Sing to him a new song; play skillfully with a loud noise. -- psalms 33:3 +. +For the word of the LORD is right; and all his works are done in truth. -- psalms 33:4 +. +He loves righteousness and judgment: the earth is full of the goodness of the LORD. -- psalms 33:5 +. +By the word of the LORD were the heavens made; and all the host of them by the breath of his mouth. -- psalms 33:6 +. +He gathers the waters of the sea together as an heap: he lays up the depth in storehouses. -- psalms 33:7 +. +Let all the earth fear the LORD: let all the inhabitants of the world stand in awe of him. -- psalms 33:8 +. +For he spoke, and it was done; he commanded, and it stood fast. -- psalms 33:9 +. +The LORD brings the counsel of the heathen to nothing: he makes the devices of the people of none effect. -- psalms 33:10 +. +The counsel of the LORD stands for ever, the thoughts of his heart to all generations. -- psalms 33:11 +. +Blessed is the nation whose God is the LORD; and the people whom he has chosen for his own inheritance. -- psalms 33:12 +. +The LORD looks from heaven; he beholds all the sons of men. -- psalms 33:13 +. +From the place of his habitation he looks on all the inhabitants of the earth. -- psalms 33:14 +. +He fashions their hearts alike; he considers all their works. -- psalms 33:15 +. +There is no king saved by the multitude of an host: a mighty man is not delivered by much strength. -- psalms 33:16 +. +An horse is a vain thing for safety: neither shall he deliver any by his great strength. -- psalms 33:17 +. +Behold, the eye of the LORD is on them that fear him, on them that hope in his mercy; -- psalms 33:18 +. +To deliver their soul from death, and to keep them alive in famine. -- psalms 33:19 +. +Our soul waits for the LORD: he is our help and our shield. -- psalms 33:20 +. +For our heart shall rejoice in him, because we have trusted in his holy name. -- psalms 33:21 +. +Let your mercy, O LORD, be on us, according as we hope in you. -- psalms 33:22 +. +I will bless the LORD at all times: his praise shall continually be in my mouth. -- psalms 34:1 +. +My soul shall make her boast in the LORD: the humble shall hear thereof, and be glad. -- psalms 34:2 +. +O magnify the LORD with me, and let us exalt his name together. -- psalms 34:3 +. +I sought the LORD, and he heard me, and delivered me from all my fears. -- psalms 34:4 +. +They looked to him, and were lightened: and their faces were not ashamed. -- psalms 34:5 +. +This poor man cried, and the LORD heard him, and saved him out of all his troubles. -- psalms 34:6 +. +The angel of the LORD encamps round about them that fear him, and delivers them. -- psalms 34:7 +. +O taste and see that the LORD is good: blessed is the man that trusts in him. -- psalms 34:8 +. +O fear the LORD, you his saints: for there is no want to them that fear him. -- psalms 34:9 +. +The young lions do lack, and suffer hunger: but they that seek the LORD shall not want any good thing. -- psalms 34:10 +. +Come, you children, listen to me: I will teach you the fear of the LORD. -- psalms 34:11 +. +What man is he that desires life, and loves many days, that he may see good? -- psalms 34:12 +. +Keep your tongue from evil, and your lips from speaking guile. -- psalms 34:13 +. +Depart from evil, and do good; seek peace, and pursue it. -- psalms 34:14 +. +The eyes of the LORD are on the righteous, and his ears are open to their cry. -- psalms 34:15 +. +The face of the LORD is against them that do evil, to cut off the remembrance of them from the earth. -- psalms 34:16 +. +The righteous cry, and the LORD hears, and delivers them out of all their troubles. -- psalms 34:17 +. +The LORD is near to them that are of a broken heart; and saves such as be of a contrite spirit. -- psalms 34:18 +. +Many are the afflictions of the righteous: but the LORD delivers him out of them all. -- psalms 34:19 +. +He keeps all his bones: not one of them is broken. -- psalms 34:20 +. +Evil shall slay the wicked: and they that hate the righteous shall be desolate. -- psalms 34:21 +. +The LORD redeems the soul of his servants: and none of them that trust in him shall be desolate. -- psalms 34:22 +. +Plead my cause, O LORD, with them that strive with me: fight against them that fight against me. -- psalms 35:1 +. +Take hold of shield and buckler, and stand up for my help. -- psalms 35:2 +. +Draw out also the spear, and stop the way against them that persecute me: say to my soul, I am your salvation. -- psalms 35:3 +. +Let them be confounded and put to shame that seek after my soul: let them be turned back and brought to confusion that devise my hurt. -- psalms 35:4 +. +Let them be as chaff before the wind: and let the angel of the LORD chase them. -- psalms 35:5 +. +Let their way be dark and slippery: and let the angel of the LORD persecute them. -- psalms 35:6 +. +For without cause have they hid for me their net in a pit, which without cause they have dig for my soul. -- psalms 35:7 +. +Let destruction come on him at unawares; and let his net that he has hid catch himself: into that very destruction let him fall. -- psalms 35:8 +. +And my soul shall be joyful in the LORD: it shall rejoice in his salvation. -- psalms 35:9 +. +All my bones shall say, LORD, who is like to you, which deliver the poor from him that is too strong for him, yes, the poor and the needy from him that spoils him? -- psalms 35:10 +. +False witnesses did rise up; they laid to my charge things that I knew not. -- psalms 35:11 +. +They rewarded me evil for good to the spoiling of my soul. -- psalms 35:12 +. +But as for me, when they were sick, my clothing was sackcloth: I humbled my soul with fasting; and my prayer returned into my own bosom. -- psalms 35:13 +. +I behaved myself as though he had been my friend or brother: I bowed down heavily, as one that mourns for his mother. -- psalms 35:14 +. +But in my adversity they rejoiced, and gathered themselves together: yes, the attackers gathered themselves together against me, and I knew it not; they did tear me, and ceased not: -- psalms 35:15 +. +With hypocritical mockers in feasts, they gnashed on me with their teeth. -- psalms 35:16 +. +Lord, how long will you look on? rescue my soul from their destructions, my darling from the lions. -- psalms 35:17 +. +I will give you thanks in the great congregation: I will praise you among much people. -- psalms 35:18 +. +Let not them that are my enemies wrongfully rejoice over me: neither let them wink with the eye that hate me without a cause. -- psalms 35:19 +. +For they speak not peace: but they devise deceitful matters against them that are quiet in the land. -- psalms 35:20 +. +Yes, they opened their mouth wide against me, and said, Aha, aha, our eye has seen it. -- psalms 35:21 +. +This you have seen, O LORD: keep not silence: O Lord, be not far from me. -- psalms 35:22 +. +Stir up yourself, and awake to my judgment, even to my cause, my God and my Lord. -- psalms 35:23 +. +Judge me, O LORD my God, according to your righteousness; and let them not rejoice over me. -- psalms 35:24 +. +Let them not say in their hearts, Ah, so would we have it: let them not say, We have swallowed him up. -- psalms 35:25 +. +Let them be ashamed and brought to confusion together that rejoice at my hurt: let them be clothed with shame and dishonor that magnify themselves against me. -- psalms 35:26 +. +Let them shout for joy, and be glad, that favor my righteous cause: yes, let them say continually, Let the LORD be magnified, which has pleasure in the prosperity of his servant. -- psalms 35:27 +. +And my tongue shall speak of your righteousness and of your praise all the day long. -- psalms 35:28 +. +The transgression of the wicked said within my heart, that there is no fear of God before his eyes. -- psalms 36:1 +. +For he flatters himself in his own eyes, until his iniquity be found to be hateful. -- psalms 36:2 +. +The words of his mouth are iniquity and deceit: he has left off to be wise, and to do good. -- psalms 36:3 +. +He devises mischief on his bed; he sets himself in a way that is not good; he abhors not evil. -- psalms 36:4 +. +Your mercy, O LORD, is in the heavens; and your faithfulness reaches to the clouds. -- psalms 36:5 +. +Your righteousness is like the great mountains; your judgments are a great deep: O LORD, you preserve man and beast. -- psalms 36:6 +. +How excellent is your loving kindness, O God! therefore the children of men put their trust under the shadow of your wings. -- psalms 36:7 +. +They shall be abundantly satisfied with the fatness of your house; and you shall make them drink of the river of your pleasures. -- psalms 36:8 +. +For with you is the fountain of life: in your light shall we see light. -- psalms 36:9 +. +O continue your loving kindness to them that know you; and your righteousness to the upright in heart. -- psalms 36:10 +. +Let not the foot of pride come against me, and let not the hand of the wicked remove me. -- psalms 36:11 +. +There are the workers of iniquity fallen: they are cast down, and shall not be able to rise. -- psalms 36:12 +. +Fret not yourself because of evildoers, neither be you envious against the workers of iniquity. -- psalms 37:1 +. +For they shall soon be cut down like the grass, and wither as the green herb. -- psalms 37:2 +. +Trust in the LORD, and do good; so shall you dwell in the land, and truly you shall be fed. -- psalms 37:3 +. +Delight yourself also in the LORD: and he shall give you the desires of your heart. -- psalms 37:4 +. +Commit your way to the LORD; trust also in him; and he shall bring it to pass. -- psalms 37:5 +. +And he shall bring forth your righteousness as the light, and your judgment as the noonday. -- psalms 37:6 +. +Rest in the LORD, and wait patiently for him: fret not yourself because of him who prospers in his way, because of the man who brings wicked devices to pass. -- psalms 37:7 +. +Cease from anger, and forsake wrath: fret not yourself in any wise to do evil. -- psalms 37:8 +. +For evildoers shall be cut off: but those that wait on the LORD, they shall inherit the earth. -- psalms 37:9 +. +For yet a little while, and the wicked shall not be: yes, you shall diligently consider his place, and it shall not be. -- psalms 37:10 +. +But the meek shall inherit the earth; and shall delight themselves in the abundance of peace. -- psalms 37:11 +. +The wicked plots against the just, and gnashes on him with his teeth. -- psalms 37:12 +. +The LORD shall laugh at him: for he sees that his day is coming. -- psalms 37:13 +. +The wicked have drawn out the sword, and have bent their bow, to cast down the poor and needy, and to slay such as be of upright conversation. -- psalms 37:14 +. +Their sword shall enter into their own heart, and their bows shall be broken. -- psalms 37:15 +. +A little that a righteous man has is better than the riches of many wicked. -- psalms 37:16 +. +For the arms of the wicked shall be broken: but the LORD upholds the righteous. -- psalms 37:17 +. +The LORD knows the days of the upright: and their inheritance shall be for ever. -- psalms 37:18 +. +They shall not be ashamed in the evil time: and in the days of famine they shall be satisfied. -- psalms 37:19 +. +But the wicked shall perish, and the enemies of the LORD shall be as the fat of lambs: they shall consume; into smoke shall they consume away. -- psalms 37:20 +. +The wicked borrows, and pays not again: but the righteous shows mercy, and gives. -- psalms 37:21 +. +For such as be blessed of him shall inherit the earth; and they that be cursed of him shall be cut off. -- psalms 37:22 +. +The steps of a good man are ordered by the LORD: and he delights in his way. -- psalms 37:23 +. +Though he fall, he shall not be utterly cast down: for the LORD upholds him with his hand. -- psalms 37:24 +. +I have been young, and now am old; yet have I not seen the righteous forsaken, nor his seed begging bread. -- psalms 37:25 +. +He is ever merciful, and lends; and his seed is blessed. -- psalms 37:26 +. +Depart from evil, and do good; and dwell for ever more. -- psalms 37:27 +. +For the LORD loves judgment, and forsakes not his saints; they are preserved for ever: but the seed of the wicked shall be cut off. -- psalms 37:28 +. +The righteous shall inherit the land, and dwell therein for ever. -- psalms 37:29 +. +The mouth of the righteous speaks wisdom, and his tongue talks of judgment. -- psalms 37:30 +. +The law of his God is in his heart; none of his steps shall slide. -- psalms 37:31 +. +The wicked watches the righteous, and seeks to slay him. -- psalms 37:32 +. +The LORD will not leave him in his hand, nor condemn him when he is judged. -- psalms 37:33 +. +Wait on the LORD, and keep his way, and he shall exalt you to inherit the land: when the wicked are cut off, you shall see it. -- psalms 37:34 +. +I have seen the wicked in great power, and spreading himself like a green bay tree. -- psalms 37:35 +. +Yet he passed away, and, see, he was not: yes, I sought him, but he could not be found. -- psalms 37:36 +. +Mark the perfect man, and behold the upright: for the end of that man is peace. -- psalms 37:37 +. +But the transgressors shall be destroyed together: the end of the wicked shall be cut off. -- psalms 37:38 +. +But the salvation of the righteous is of the LORD: he is their strength in the time of trouble. -- psalms 37:39 +. +And the LORD shall help them, and deliver them: he shall deliver them from the wicked, and save them, because they trust in him. -- psalms 37:40 +. +O lord, rebuke me not in your wrath: neither chasten me in your hot displeasure. -- psalms 38:1 +. +For your arrows stick fast in me, and your hand presses me sore. -- psalms 38:2 +. +There is no soundness in my flesh because of your anger; neither is there any rest in my bones because of my sin. -- psalms 38:3 +. +For my iniquities are gone over my head: as an heavy burden they are too heavy for me. -- psalms 38:4 +. +My wounds stink and are corrupt because of my foolishness. -- psalms 38:5 +. +I am troubled; I am bowed down greatly; I go mourning all the day long. -- psalms 38:6 +. +For my loins are filled with a loathsome disease: and there is no soundness in my flesh. -- psalms 38:7 +. +I am feeble and sore broken: I have roared by reason of the disquietness of my heart. -- psalms 38:8 +. +Lord, all my desire is before you; and my groaning is not hid from you. -- psalms 38:9 +. +My heart pants, my strength fails me: as for the light of my eyes, it also is gone from me. -- psalms 38:10 +. +My lovers and my friends stand aloof from my sore; and my kinsmen stand afar off. -- psalms 38:11 +. +They also that seek after my life lay snares for me: and they that seek my hurt speak mischievous things, and imagine deceits all the day long. -- psalms 38:12 +. +But I, as a deaf man, heard not; and I was as a dumb man that opens not his mouth. -- psalms 38:13 +. +Thus I was as a man that hears not, and in whose mouth are no reproofs. -- psalms 38:14 +. +For in you, O LORD, do I hope: you will hear, O Lord my God. -- psalms 38:15 +. +For I said, Hear me, lest otherwise they should rejoice over me: when my foot slips, they magnify themselves against me. -- psalms 38:16 +. +For I am ready to halt, and my sorrow is continually before me. -- psalms 38:17 +. +For I will declare my iniquity; I will be sorry for my sin. -- psalms 38:18 +. +But my enemies are lively, and they are strong: and they that hate me wrongfully are multiplied. -- psalms 38:19 +. +They also that render evil for good are my adversaries; because I follow the thing that good is. -- psalms 38:20 +. +Forsake me not, O LORD: O my God, be not far from me. -- psalms 38:21 +. +Make haste to help me, O Lord my salvation. -- psalms 38:22 +. +I said, I will take heed to my ways, that I sin not with my tongue: I will keep my mouth with a bridle, while the wicked is before me. -- psalms 39:1 +. +I was dumb with silence, I held my peace, even from good; and my sorrow was stirred. -- psalms 39:2 +. +My heart was hot within me, while I was musing the fire burned: then spoke I with my tongue, -- psalms 39:3 +. +LORD, make me to know my end, and the measure of my days, what it is: that I may know how frail I am. -- psalms 39:4 +. +Behold, you have made my days as an handbreadth; and my age is as nothing before you: truly every man at his best state is altogether vanity. Selah. -- psalms 39:5 +. +Surely every man walks in a vain show: surely they are disquieted in vain: he heaps up riches, and knows not who shall gather them. -- psalms 39:6 +. +And now, Lord, what wait I for? my hope is in you. -- psalms 39:7 +. +Deliver me from all my transgressions: make me not the reproach of the foolish. -- psalms 39:8 +. +I was dumb, I opened not my mouth; because you did it. -- psalms 39:9 +. +Remove your stroke away from me: I am consumed by the blow of your hand. -- psalms 39:10 +. +When you with rebukes do correct man for iniquity, you make his beauty to consume away like a moth: surely every man is vanity. Selah. -- psalms 39:11 +. +Hear my prayer, O LORD, and give ear to my cry; hold not your peace at my tears: for I am a stranger with you, and a sojourner, as all my fathers were. -- psalms 39:12 +. +O spare me, that I may recover strength, before I go hence, and be no more. -- psalms 39:13 +. +I waited patiently for the LORD; and he inclined to me, and heard my cry. -- psalms 40:1 +. +He brought me up also out of an horrible pit, out of the miry clay, and set my feet on a rock, and established my goings. -- psalms 40:2 +. +And he has put a new song in my mouth, even praise to our God: many shall see it, and fear, and shall trust in the LORD. -- psalms 40:3 +. +Blessed is that man that makes the LORD his trust, and respects not the proud, nor such as turn aside to lies. -- psalms 40:4 +. +Many, O LORD my God, are your wonderful works which you have done, and your thoughts which are to us-ward: they cannot be reckoned up in order to you: if I would declare and speak of them, they are more than can be numbered. -- psalms 40:5 +. +Sacrifice and offering you did not desire; my ears have you opened: burnt offering and sin offering have you not required. -- psalms 40:6 +. +Then said I, See, I come: in the volume of the book it is written of me, -- psalms 40:7 +. +I delight to do your will, O my God: yes, your law is within my heart. -- psalms 40:8 +. +I have preached righteousness in the great congregation: see, I have not refrained my lips, O LORD, you know. -- psalms 40:9 +. +I have not hid your righteousness within my heart; I have declared your faithfulness and your salvation: I have not concealed your loving kindness and your truth from the great congregation. -- psalms 40:10 +. +Withhold not you your tender mercies from me, O LORD: let your loving kindness and your truth continually preserve me. -- psalms 40:11 +. +For innumerable evils have compassed me about: my iniquities have taken hold on me, so that I am not able to look up; they are more than the hairs of my head: therefore my heart fails me. -- psalms 40:12 +. +Be pleased, O LORD, to deliver me: O LORD, make haste to help me. -- psalms 40:13 +. +Let them be ashamed and confounded together that seek after my soul to destroy it; let them be driven backward and put to shame that wish me evil. -- psalms 40:14 +. +Let them be desolate for a reward of their shame that say to me, Aha, aha. -- psalms 40:15 +. +Let all those that seek you rejoice and be glad in you: let such as love your salvation say continually, The LORD be magnified. -- psalms 40:16 +. +But I am poor and needy; yet the Lord thinks on me: you are my help and my deliverer; make no tarrying, O my God. -- psalms 40:17 +. +Blessed is he that considers the poor: the LORD will deliver him in time of trouble. -- psalms 41:1 +. +The LORD will preserve him, and keep him alive; and he shall be blessed on the earth: and you will not deliver him to the will of his enemies. -- psalms 41:2 +. +The LORD will strengthen him on the bed of languishing: you will make all his bed in his sickness. -- psalms 41:3 +. +I said, LORD, be merciful to me: heal my soul; for I have sinned against you. -- psalms 41:4 +. +My enemies speak evil of me, When shall he die, and his name perish? -- psalms 41:5 +. +And if he come to see me, he speaks vanity: his heart gathers iniquity to itself; when he goes abroad, he tells it. -- psalms 41:6 +. +All that hate me whisper together against me: against me do they devise my hurt. -- psalms 41:7 +. +An evil disease, say they, sticks fast to him: and now that he lies he shall rise up no more. -- psalms 41:8 +. +Yes, my own familiar friend, in whom I trusted, which did eat of my bread, has lifted up his heel against me. -- psalms 41:9 +. +But you, O LORD, be merciful to me, and raise me up, that I may requite them. -- psalms 41:10 +. +By this I know that you favor me, because my enemy does not triumph over me. -- psalms 41:11 +. +And as for me, you uphold me in my integrity, and set me before your face for ever. -- psalms 41:12 +. +Blessed be the LORD God of Israel from everlasting, and to everlasting. Amen, and Amen. -- psalms 41:13 +. +As the hart pants after the water brooks, so pants my soul after you, O God. -- psalms 42:1 +. +My soul thirsts for God, for the living God: when shall I come and appear before God? -- psalms 42:2 +. +My tears have been my meat day and night, while they continually say to me, Where is your God? -- psalms 42:3 +. +When I remember these things, I pour out my soul in me: for I had gone with the multitude, I went with them to the house of God, with the voice of joy and praise, with a multitude that kept holy day. -- psalms 42:4 +. +Why are you cast down, O my soul? and why are you disquieted in me? hope you in God: for I shall yet praise him for the help of his countenance. -- psalms 42:5 +. +O my God, my soul is cast down within me: therefore will I remember you from the land of Jordan, and of the Hermonites, from the hill Mizar. -- psalms 42:6 +. +Deep calls to deep at the noise of your waterspouts: all your waves and your billows are gone over me. -- psalms 42:7 +. +Yet the LORD will command his loving kindness in the day time, and in the night his song shall be with me, and my prayer to the God of my life. -- psalms 42:8 +. +I will say to God my rock, Why have you forgotten me? why go I mourning because of the oppression of the enemy? -- psalms 42:9 +. +As with a sword in my bones, my enemies reproach me; while they say daily to me, Where is your God? -- psalms 42:10 +. +Why are you cast down, O my soul? and why are you disquieted within me? hope you in God: for I shall yet praise him, who is the health of my countenance, and my God. -- psalms 42:11 +. +Judge me, O God, and plead my cause against an ungodly nation: O deliver me from the deceitful and unjust man. -- psalms 43:1 +. +For you are the God of my strength: why do you cast me off? why go I mourning because of the oppression of the enemy? -- psalms 43:2 +. +O send out your light and your truth: let them lead me; let them bring me to your holy hill, and to your tabernacles. -- psalms 43:3 +. +Then will I go to the altar of God, to God my exceeding joy: yes, on the harp will I praise you, O God my God. -- psalms 43:4 +. +Why are you cast down, O my soul? and why are you disquieted within me? hope in God: for I shall yet praise him, who is the health of my countenance, and my God. -- psalms 43:5 +. +We have heard with our ears, O God, our fathers have told us, what work you did in their days, in the times of old. -- psalms 44:1 +. +How you did drive out the heathen with your hand, and planted them; how you did afflict the people, and cast them out. -- psalms 44:2 +. +For they got not the land in possession by their own sword, neither did their own arm save them: but your right hand, and your arm, and the light of your countenance, because you had a favor to them. -- psalms 44:3 +. +You are my King, O God: command deliverances for Jacob. -- psalms 44:4 +. +Through you will we push down our enemies: through your name will we tread them under that rise up against us. -- psalms 44:5 +. +For I will not trust in my bow, neither shall my sword save me. -- psalms 44:6 +. +But you have saved us from our enemies, and have put them to shame that hated us. -- psalms 44:7 +. +In God we boast all the day long, and praise your name for ever. Selah. -- psalms 44:8 +. +But you have cast off, and put us to shame; and go not forth with our armies. -- psalms 44:9 +. +You make us to turn back from the enemy: and they which hate us spoil for themselves. -- psalms 44:10 +. +You have given us like sheep appointed for meat; and have scattered us among the heathen. -- psalms 44:11 +. +You sell your people for nothing, and do not increase your wealth by their price. -- psalms 44:12 +. +You make us a reproach to our neighbors, a scorn and a derision to them that are round about us. -- psalms 44:13 +. +You make us a byword among the heathen, a shaking of the head among the people. -- psalms 44:14 +. +My confusion is continually before me, and the shame of my face has covered me, -- psalms 44:15 +. +For the voice of him that reproaches and blasphemes; by reason of the enemy and avenger. -- psalms 44:16 +. +All this is come on us; yet have we not forgotten you, neither have we dealt falsely in your covenant. -- psalms 44:17 +. +Our heart is not turned back, neither have our steps declined from your way; -- psalms 44:18 +. +Though you have sore broken us in the place of dragons, and covered us with the shadow of death. -- psalms 44:19 +. +If we have forgotten the name of our God, or stretched out our hands to a strange god; -- psalms 44:20 +. +Shall not God search this out? for he knows the secrets of the heart. -- psalms 44:21 +. +Yes, for your sake are we killed all the day long; we are counted as sheep for the slaughter. -- psalms 44:22 +. +Awake, why sleep you, O Lord? arise, cast us not off for ever. -- psalms 44:23 +. +Why hide you your face, and forget our affliction and our oppression? -- psalms 44:24 +. +For our soul is bowed down to the dust: our belly sticks to the earth. -- psalms 44:25 +. +Arise for our help, and redeem us for your mercies'sake. -- psalms 44:26 +. +My heart is gushing a good matter: I speak of the things which I have made touching the king: my tongue is the pen of a ready writer. -- psalms 45:1 +. +You are fairer than the children of men: grace is poured into your lips: therefore God has blessed you for ever. -- psalms 45:2 +. +Gird your sword on your thigh, O most mighty, with your glory and your majesty. -- psalms 45:3 +. +And in your majesty ride prosperously because of truth and meekness and righteousness; and your right hand shall teach you terrible things. -- psalms 45:4 +. +Your arrows are sharp in the heart of the king' enemies; whereby the people fall under you. -- psalms 45:5 +. +Your throne, O God, is for ever and ever: the scepter of your kingdom is a right scepter. -- psalms 45:6 +. +You love righteousness, and hate wickedness: therefore God, your God, has anointed you with the oil of gladness above your fellows. -- psalms 45:7 +. +All your garments smell of myrrh, and aloes, and cassia, out of the ivory palaces, whereby they have made you glad. -- psalms 45:8 +. +Kings'daughters were among your honorable women: on your right hand did stand the queen in gold of Ophir. -- psalms 45:9 +. +Listen, O daughter, and consider, and incline your ear; forget also your own people, and your father' house; -- psalms 45:10 +. +So shall the king greatly desire your beauty: for he is your Lord; and worship you him. -- psalms 45:11 +. +And the daughter of Tyre shall be there with a gift; even the rich among the people shall entreat your favor. -- psalms 45:12 +. +The king' daughter is all glorious within: her clothing is of worked gold. -- psalms 45:13 +. +She shall be brought to the king in raiment of needlework: the virgins her companions that follow her shall be brought to you. -- psalms 45:14 +. +With gladness and rejoicing shall they be brought: they shall enter into the king' palace. -- psalms 45:15 +. +Instead of your fathers shall be your children, whom you may make princes in all the earth. -- psalms 45:16 +. +I will make your name to be remembered in all generations: therefore shall the people praise you for ever and ever. -- psalms 45:17 +. +God is our refuge and strength, a very present help in trouble. -- psalms 46:1 +. +Therefore will not we fear, though the earth be removed, and though the mountains be carried into the middle of the sea; -- psalms 46:2 +. +Though the waters thereof roar and be troubled, though the mountains shake with the swelling thereof. Selah. -- psalms 46:3 +. +There is a river, the streams whereof shall make glad the city of God, the holy place of the tabernacles of the most High. -- psalms 46:4 +. +God is in the middle of her; she shall not be moved: God shall help her, and that right early. -- psalms 46:5 +. +The heathen raged, the kingdoms were moved: he uttered his voice, the earth melted. -- psalms 46:6 +. +The LORD of hosts is with us; the God of Jacob is our refuge. Selah. -- psalms 46:7 +. +Come, behold the works of the LORD, what desolations he has made in the earth. -- psalms 46:8 +. +He makes wars to cease to the end of the earth; he breaks the bow, and cuts the spear in sunder; he burns the chariot in the fire. -- psalms 46:9 +. +Be still, and know that I am God: I will be exalted among the heathen, I will be exalted in the earth. -- psalms 46:10 +. +The LORD of hosts is with us; the God of Jacob is our refuge. Selah. -- psalms 46:11 +. +O clap your hands, all you people; shout to God with the voice of triumph. -- psalms 47:1 +. +For the LORD most high is terrible; he is a great King over all the earth. -- psalms 47:2 +. +He shall subdue the people under us, and the nations under our feet. -- psalms 47:3 +. +He shall choose our inheritance for us, the excellency of Jacob whom he loved. Selah. -- psalms 47:4 +. +God is gone up with a shout, the LORD with the sound of a trumpet. -- psalms 47:5 +. +Sing praises to God, sing praises: sing praises to our King, sing praises. -- psalms 47:6 +. +For God is the King of all the earth: sing you praises with understanding. -- psalms 47:7 +. +God reigns over the heathen: God sits on the throne of his holiness. -- psalms 47:8 +. +The princes of the people are gathered together, even the people of the God of Abraham: for the shields of the earth belong to God: he is greatly exalted. -- psalms 47:9 +. +Great is the LORD, and greatly to be praised in the city of our God, in the mountain of his holiness. -- psalms 48:1 +. +Beautiful for situation, the joy of the whole earth, is mount Zion, on the sides of the north, the city of the great King. -- psalms 48:2 +. +God is known in her palaces for a refuge. -- psalms 48:3 +. +For, see, the kings were assembled, they passed by together. -- psalms 48:4 +. +They saw it, and so they marveled; they were troubled, and hurried away. -- psalms 48:5 +. +Fear took hold on them there, and pain, as of a woman in travail. -- psalms 48:6 +. +You break the ships of Tarshish with an east wind. -- psalms 48:7 +. +As we have heard, so have we seen in the city of the LORD of hosts, in the city of our God: God will establish it for ever. Selah. -- psalms 48:8 +. +We have thought of your loving kindness, O God, in the middle of your temple. -- psalms 48:9 +. +According to your name, O God, so is your praise to the ends of the earth: your right hand is full of righteousness. -- psalms 48:10 +. +Let mount Zion rejoice, let the daughters of Judah be glad, because of your judgments. -- psalms 48:11 +. +Walk about Zion, and go round about her: tell the towers thereof. -- psalms 48:12 +. +Mark you well her bulwarks, consider her palaces; that you may tell it to the generation following. -- psalms 48:13 +. +For this God is our God for ever and ever: he will be our guide even to death. -- psalms 48:14 +. +Hear this, all you people; give ear, all you inhabitants of the world: -- psalms 49:1 +. +Both low and high, rich and poor, together. -- psalms 49:2 +. +My mouth shall speak of wisdom; and the meditation of my heart shall be of understanding. -- psalms 49:3 +. +I will incline my ear to a parable: I will open my dark saying on the harp. -- psalms 49:4 +. +Why should I fear in the days of evil, when the iniquity of my heels shall compass me about? -- psalms 49:5 +. +They that trust in their wealth, and boast themselves in the multitude of their riches; -- psalms 49:6 +. +None of them can by any means redeem his brother, nor give to God a ransom for him: -- psalms 49:7 +. +(For the redemption of their soul is precious, and it ceases for ever:) -- psalms 49:8 +. +That he should still live for ever, and not see corruption. -- psalms 49:9 +. +For he sees that wise men die, likewise the fool and the brutish person perish, and leave their wealth to others. -- psalms 49:10 +. +Their inward thought is, that their houses shall continue for ever, and their dwelling places to all generations; they call their lands after their own names. -- psalms 49:11 +. +Nevertheless man being in honor stays not: he is like the beasts that perish. -- psalms 49:12 +. +This their way is their folly: yet their posterity approve their sayings. Selah. -- psalms 49:13 +. +Like sheep they are laid in the grave; death shall feed on them; and the upright shall have dominion over them in the morning; and their beauty shall consume in the grave from their dwelling. -- psalms 49:14 +. +But God will redeem my soul from the power of the grave: for he shall receive me. Selah. -- psalms 49:15 +. +Be not you afraid when one is made rich, when the glory of his house is increased; -- psalms 49:16 +. +For when he dies he shall carry nothing away: his glory shall not descend after him. -- psalms 49:17 +. +Though while he lived he blessed his soul: and men will praise you, when you do well to yourself. -- psalms 49:18 +. +He shall go to the generation of his fathers; they shall never see light. -- psalms 49:19 +. +Man that is in honor, and understands not, is like the beasts that perish. -- psalms 49:20 +. +The mighty God, even the LORD, has spoken, and called the earth from the rising of the sun to the going down thereof. -- psalms 50:1 +. +Out of Zion, the perfection of beauty, God has shined. -- psalms 50:2 +. +Our God shall come, and shall not keep silence: a fire shall devour before him, and it shall be very tempestuous round about him. -- psalms 50:3 +. +He shall call to the heavens from above, and to the earth, that he may judge his people. -- psalms 50:4 +. +Gather my saints together to me; those that have made a covenant with me by sacrifice. -- psalms 50:5 +. +And the heavens shall declare his righteousness: for God is judge himself. Selah. -- psalms 50:6 +. +Hear, O my people, and I will speak; O Israel, and I will testify against you: I am God, even your God. -- psalms 50:7 +. +I will not reprove you for your sacrifices or your burnt offerings, to have been continually before me. -- psalms 50:8 +. +I will take no bullock out of your house, nor he goats out of your folds. -- psalms 50:9 +. +For every beast of the forest is mine, and the cattle on a thousand hills. -- psalms 50:10 +. +I know all the fowls of the mountains: and the wild beasts of the field are mine. -- psalms 50:11 +. +If I were hungry, I would not tell you: for the world is mine, and the fullness thereof. -- psalms 50:12 +. +Will I eat the flesh of bulls, or drink the blood of goats? -- psalms 50:13 +. +Offer to God thanksgiving; and pay your vows to the most High: -- psalms 50:14 +. +And call on me in the day of trouble: I will deliver you, and you shall glorify me. -- psalms 50:15 +. +But to the wicked God said, What have you to do to declare my statutes, or that you should take my covenant in your mouth? -- psalms 50:16 +. +Seeing you hate instruction, and casts my words behind you. -- psalms 50:17 +. +When you saw a thief, then you consented with him, and have been partaker with adulterers. -- psalms 50:18 +. +You give your mouth to evil, and your tongue frames deceit. -- psalms 50:19 +. +You sit and speak against your brother; you slander your own mother' son. -- psalms 50:20 +. +These things have you done, and I kept silence; you thought that I was altogether such an one as yourself: but I will reprove you, and set them in order before your eyes. -- psalms 50:21 +. +Now consider this, you that forget God, lest I tear you in pieces, and there be none to deliver. -- psalms 50:22 +. +Whoever offers praise glorifies me: and to him that orders his conversation aright will I show the salvation of God. -- psalms 50:23 +. +Have mercy on me, O God, according to your loving kindness: according to the multitude of your tender mercies blot out my transgressions. -- psalms 51:1 +. +Wash me thoroughly from my iniquity, and cleanse me from my sin. -- psalms 51:2 +. +For I acknowledge my transgressions: and my sin is ever before me. -- psalms 51:3 +. +Against you, you only, have I sinned, and done this evil in your sight: that you might be justified when you speak, and be clear when you judge. -- psalms 51:4 +. +Behold, I was shaped in iniquity; and in sin did my mother conceive me. -- psalms 51:5 +. +Behold, you desire truth in the inward parts: and in the hidden part you shall make me to know wisdom. -- psalms 51:6 +. +Purge me with hyssop, and I shall be clean: wash me, and I shall be whiter than snow. -- psalms 51:7 +. +Make me to hear joy and gladness; that the bones which you have broken may rejoice. -- psalms 51:8 +. +Hide your face from my sins, and blot out all my iniquities. -- psalms 51:9 +. +Create in me a clean heart, O God; and renew a right spirit within me. -- psalms 51:10 +. +Cast me not away from your presence; and take not your holy spirit from me. -- psalms 51:11 +. +Restore to me the joy of your salvation; and uphold me with your free spirit. -- psalms 51:12 +. +Then will I teach transgressors your ways; and sinners shall be converted to you. -- psalms 51:13 +. +Deliver me from bloodguiltiness, O God, you God of my salvation: and my tongue shall sing aloud of your righteousness. -- psalms 51:14 +. +O Lord, open you my lips; and my mouth shall show forth your praise. -- psalms 51:15 +. +For you desire not sacrifice; else would I give it: you delight not in burnt offering. -- psalms 51:16 +. +The sacrifices of God are a broken spirit: a broken and a contrite heart, O God, you will not despise. -- psalms 51:17 +. +Do good in your good pleasure to Zion: build you the walls of Jerusalem. -- psalms 51:18 +. +Then shall you be pleased with the sacrifices of righteousness, with burnt offering and whole burnt offering: then shall they offer bullocks on your altar. -- psalms 51:19 +. +Why boast you yourself in mischief, O mighty man? the goodness of God endures continually. -- psalms 52:1 +. +The tongue devises mischiefs; like a sharp razor, working deceitfully. -- psalms 52:2 +. +You love evil more than good; and lying rather than to speak righteousness. Selah. -- psalms 52:3 +. +You love all devouring words, O you deceitful tongue. -- psalms 52:4 +. +God shall likewise destroy you for ever, he shall take you away, and pluck you out of your dwelling place, and root you out of the land of the living. Selah. -- psalms 52:5 +. +The righteous also shall see, and fear, and shall laugh at him: -- psalms 52:6 +. +See, this is the man that made not God his strength; but trusted in the abundance of his riches, and strengthened himself in his wickedness. -- psalms 52:7 +. +But I am like a green olive tree in the house of God: I trust in the mercy of God for ever and ever. -- psalms 52:8 +. +I will praise you for ever, because you have done it: and I will wait on your name; for it is good before your saints. -- psalms 52:9 +. +The fool has said in his heart, There is no God. Corrupt are they, and have done abominable iniquity: there is none that does good. -- psalms 53:1 +. +God looked down from heaven on the children of men, to see if there were any that did understand, that did seek God. -- psalms 53:2 +. +Every one of them is gone back: they are altogether become filthy; there is none that does good, no, not one. -- psalms 53:3 +. +Have the workers of iniquity no knowledge? who eat up my people as they eat bread: they have not called on God. -- psalms 53:4 +. +There were they in great fear, where no fear was: for God has scattered the bones of him that encamps against you: you have put them to shame, because God has despised them. -- psalms 53:5 +. +Oh that the salvation of Israel were come out of Zion! When God brings back the captivity of his people, Jacob shall rejoice, and Israel shall be glad. -- psalms 53:6 +. +Save me, O God, by your name, and judge me by your strength. -- psalms 54:1 +. +Hear my prayer, O God; give ear to the words of my mouth. -- psalms 54:2 +. +For strangers are risen up against me, and oppressors seek after my soul: they have not set God before them. Selah. -- psalms 54:3 +. +Behold, God is my helper: the Lord is with them that uphold my soul. -- psalms 54:4 +. +He shall reward evil to my enemies: cut them off in your truth. -- psalms 54:5 +. +I will freely sacrifice to you: I will praise your name, O LORD; for it is good. -- psalms 54:6 +. +For he has delivered me out of all trouble: and my eye has seen his desire on my enemies. -- psalms 54:7 +. +Give ear to my prayer, O God; and hide not yourself from my supplication. -- psalms 55:1 +. +Attend to me, and hear me: I mourn in my complaint, and make a noise; -- psalms 55:2 +. +Because of the voice of the enemy, because of the oppression of the wicked: for they cast iniquity on me, and in wrath they hate me. -- psalms 55:3 +. +My heart is sore pained within me: and the terrors of death are fallen on me. -- psalms 55:4 +. +Fearfulness and trembling are come on me, and horror has overwhelmed me. -- psalms 55:5 +. +And I said, Oh that I had wings like a dove! for then would I fly away, and be at rest. -- psalms 55:6 +. +See, then would I wander far off, and remain in the wilderness. Selah. -- psalms 55:7 +. +I would hasten my escape from the windy storm and tempest. -- psalms 55:8 +. +Destroy, O Lord, and divide their tongues: for I have seen violence and strife in the city. -- psalms 55:9 +. +Day and night they go about it on the walls thereof: mischief also and sorrow are in the middle of it. -- psalms 55:10 +. +Wickedness is in the middle thereof: deceit and guile depart not from her streets. -- psalms 55:11 +. +For it was not an enemy that reproached me; then I could have borne it: neither was it he that hated me that did magnify himself against me; then I would have hid myself from him: -- psalms 55:12 +. +But it was you, a man my equal, my guide, and my acquaintance. -- psalms 55:13 +. +We took sweet counsel together, and walked to the house of God in company. -- psalms 55:14 +. +Let death seize on them, and let them go down quick into hell: for wickedness is in their dwellings, and among them. -- psalms 55:15 +. +As for me, I will call on God; and the LORD shall save me. -- psalms 55:16 +. +Evening, and morning, and at noon, will I pray, and cry aloud: and he shall hear my voice. -- psalms 55:17 +. +He has delivered my soul in peace from the battle that was against me: for there were many with me. -- psalms 55:18 +. +God shall hear, and afflict them, even he that stays of old. Selah. Because they have no changes, therefore they fear not God. -- psalms 55:19 +. +He has put forth his hands against such as be at peace with him: he has broken his covenant. -- psalms 55:20 +. +The words of his mouth were smoother than butter, but war was in his heart: his words were softer than oil, yet were they drawn swords. -- psalms 55:21 +. +Cast your burden on the LORD, and he shall sustain you: he shall never suffer the righteous to be moved. -- psalms 55:22 +. +But you, O God, shall bring them down into the pit of destruction: bloody and deceitful men shall not live out half their days; but I will trust in you. -- psalms 55:23 +. +Be merciful to me, O God: for man would swallow me up; he fighting daily oppresses me. -- psalms 56:1 +. +My enemies would daily swallow me up: for they be many that fight against me, O you most High. -- psalms 56:2 +. +What time I am afraid, I will trust in you. -- psalms 56:3 +. +In God I will praise his word, in God I have put my trust; I will not fear what flesh can do to me. -- psalms 56:4 +. +Every day they wrest my words: all their thoughts are against me for evil. -- psalms 56:5 +. +They gather themselves together, they hide themselves, they mark my steps, when they wait for my soul. -- psalms 56:6 +. +Shall they escape by iniquity? in your anger cast down the people, O God. -- psalms 56:7 +. +You tell my wanderings: put you my tears into your bottle: are they not in your book? -- psalms 56:8 +. +When I cry to you, then shall my enemies turn back: this I know; for God is for me. -- psalms 56:9 +. +In God will I praise his word: in the LORD will I praise his word. -- psalms 56:10 +. +In God have I put my trust: I will not be afraid what man can do to me. -- psalms 56:11 +. +Your vows are on me, O God: I will render praises to you. -- psalms 56:12 +. +For you have delivered my soul from death: will not you deliver my feet from falling, that I may walk before God in the light of the living? -- psalms 56:13 +. +Be merciful to me, O God, be merciful to me: for my soul trusts in you: yes, in the shadow of your wings will I make my refuge, until these calamities be over. -- psalms 57:1 +. +I will cry to God most high; to God that performes all things for me. -- psalms 57:2 +. +He shall send from heaven, and save me from the reproach of him that would swallow me up. Selah. God shall send forth his mercy and his truth. -- psalms 57:3 +. +My soul is among lions: and I lie even among them that are set on fire, even the sons of men, whose teeth are spears and arrows, and their tongue a sharp sword. -- psalms 57:4 +. +Be you exalted, O God, above the heavens; let your glory be above all the earth. -- psalms 57:5 +. +They have prepared a net for my steps; my soul is bowed down: they have dig a pit before me, into the middle whereof they are fallen themselves. Selah. -- psalms 57:6 +. +My heart is fixed, O God, my heart is fixed: I will sing and give praise. -- psalms 57:7 +. +Awake up, my glory; awake, psaltery and harp: I myself will awake early. -- psalms 57:8 +. +I will praise you, O Lord, among the people: I will sing to you among the nations. -- psalms 57:9 +. +For your mercy is great to the heavens, and your truth to the clouds. -- psalms 57:10 +. +Be you exalted, O God, above the heavens: let your glory be above all the earth. -- psalms 57:11 +. +Do you indeed speak righteousness, O congregation? do you judge uprightly, O you sons of men? -- psalms 58:1 +. +Yes, in heart you work wickedness; you weigh the violence of your hands in the earth. -- psalms 58:2 +. +The wicked are estranged from the womb: they go astray as soon as they be born, speaking lies. -- psalms 58:3 +. +Their poison is like the poison of a serpent: they are like the deaf adder that stops her ear; -- psalms 58:4 +. +Which will not listen to the voice of charmers, charming never so wisely. -- psalms 58:5 +. +Break their teeth, O God, in their mouth: break out the great teeth of the young lions, O LORD. -- psalms 58:6 +. +Let them melt away as waters which run continually: when he bends his bow to shoot his arrows, let them be as cut in pieces. -- psalms 58:7 +. +As a snail which melts, let every one of them pass away: like the untimely birth of a woman, that they may not see the sun. -- psalms 58:8 +. +Before your pots can feel the thorns, he shall take them away as with a whirlwind, both living, and in his wrath. -- psalms 58:9 +. +The righteous shall rejoice when he sees the vengeance: he shall wash his feet in the blood of the wicked. -- psalms 58:10 +. +So that a man shall say, Truly there is a reward for the righteous: truly he is a God that judges in the earth. -- psalms 58:11 +. +Deliver me from my enemies, O my God: defend me from them that rise up against me. -- psalms 59:1 +. +Deliver me from the workers of iniquity, and save me from bloody men. -- psalms 59:2 +. +For, see, they lie in wait for my soul: the mighty are gathered against me; not for my transgression, nor for my sin, O LORD. -- psalms 59:3 +. +They run and prepare themselves without my fault: awake to help me, and behold. -- psalms 59:4 +. +You therefore, O LORD God of hosts, the God of Israel, awake to visit all the heathen: be not merciful to any wicked transgressors. Selah. -- psalms 59:5 +. +They return at evening: they make a noise like a dog, and go round about the city. -- psalms 59:6 +. +Behold, they belch out with their mouth: swords are in their lips: for who, say they, does hear? -- psalms 59:7 +. +But you, O LORD, shall laugh at them; you shall have all the heathen in derision. -- psalms 59:8 +. +Because of his strength will I wait on you: for God is my defense. -- psalms 59:9 +. +The God of my mercy shall prevent me: God shall let me see my desire on my enemies. -- psalms 59:10 +. +Slay them not, lest my people forget: scatter them by your power; and bring them down, O Lord our shield. -- psalms 59:11 +. +For the sin of their mouth and the words of their lips let them even be taken in their pride: and for cursing and lying which they speak. -- psalms 59:12 +. +Consume them in wrath, consume them, that they may not be: and let them know that God rules in Jacob to the ends of the earth. Selah. -- psalms 59:13 +. +And at evening let them return; and let them make a noise like a dog, and go round about the city. -- psalms 59:14 +. +Let them wander up and down for meat, and grudge if they be not satisfied. -- psalms 59:15 +. +But I will sing of your power; yes, I will sing aloud of your mercy in the morning: for you have been my defense and refuge in the day of my trouble. -- psalms 59:16 +. +To you, O my strength, will I sing: for God is my defense, and the God of my mercy. -- psalms 59:17 +. +O God, you have cast us off, you have scattered us, you have been displeased; O turn yourself to us again. -- psalms 60:1 +. +You have made the earth to tremble; you have broken it: heal the breaches thereof; for it shakes. -- psalms 60:2 +. +You have showed your people hard things: you have made us to drink the wine of astonishment. -- psalms 60:3 +. +You have given a banner to them that fear you, that it may be displayed because of the truth. Selah. -- psalms 60:4 +. +That your beloved may be delivered; save with your right hand, and hear me. -- psalms 60:5 +. +God has spoken in his holiness; I will rejoice, I will divide Shechem, and mete out the valley of Succoth. -- psalms 60:6 +. +Gilead is mine, and Manasseh is mine; Ephraim also is the strength of my head; Judah is my lawgiver; -- psalms 60:7 +. +Moab is my wash pot; over Edom will I cast out my shoe: Philistia, triumph you because of me. -- psalms 60:8 +. +Who will bring me into the strong city? who will lead me into Edom? -- psalms 60:9 +. +Will not you, O God, which had cast us off? and you, O God, which did not go out with our armies? -- psalms 60:10 +. +Give us help from trouble: for vain is the help of man. -- psalms 60:11 +. +Through God we shall do valiantly: for he it is that shall tread down our enemies. -- psalms 60:12 +. +Hear my cry, O God; attend to my prayer. -- psalms 61:1 +. +From the end of the earth will I cry to you, when my heart is overwhelmed: lead me to the rock that is higher than I. -- psalms 61:2 +. +For you have been a shelter for me, and a strong tower from the enemy. -- psalms 61:3 +. +I will abide in your tabernacle for ever: I will trust in the covert of your wings. Selah. -- psalms 61:4 +. +For you, O God, have heard my vows: you have given me the heritage of those that fear your name. -- psalms 61:5 +. +You will prolong the king' life: and his years as many generations. -- psalms 61:6 +. +He shall abide before God for ever: O prepare mercy and truth, which may preserve him. -- psalms 61:7 +. +So will I sing praise to your name for ever, that I may daily perform my vows. -- psalms 61:8 +. +Truly my soul waits on God: from him comes my salvation. -- psalms 62:1 +. +He only is my rock and my salvation; he is my defense; I shall not be greatly moved. -- psalms 62:2 +. +How long will you imagine mischief against a man? you shall be slain all of you: as a bowing wall shall you be, and as a tottering fence. -- psalms 62:3 +. +They only consult to cast him down from his excellency: they delight in lies: they bless with their mouth, but they curse inwardly. Selah. -- psalms 62:4 +. +My soul, wait you only on God; for my expectation is from him. -- psalms 62:5 +. +He only is my rock and my salvation: he is my defense; I shall not be moved. -- psalms 62:6 +. +In God is my salvation and my glory: the rock of my strength, and my refuge, is in God. -- psalms 62:7 +. +Trust in him at all times; you people, pour out your heart before him: God is a refuge for us. Selah. -- psalms 62:8 +. +Surely men of low degree are vanity, and men of high degree are a lie: to be laid in the balance, they are altogether lighter than vanity. -- psalms 62:9 +. +Trust not in oppression, and become not vain in robbery: if riches increase, set not your heart on them. -- psalms 62:10 +. +God has spoken once; twice have I heard this; that power belongs to God. -- psalms 62:11 +. +Also to you, O Lord, belongs mercy: for you render to every man according to his work. -- psalms 62:12 +. +O God, you are my God; early will I seek you: my soul thirsts for you, my flesh longs for you in a dry and thirsty land, where no water is; -- psalms 63:1 +. +To see your power and your glory, so as I have seen you in the sanctuary. -- psalms 63:2 +. +Because your loving kindness is better than life, my lips shall praise you. -- psalms 63:3 +. +Thus will I bless you while I live: I will lift up my hands in your name. -- psalms 63:4 +. +My soul shall be satisfied as with marrow and fatness; and my mouth shall praise you with joyful lips: -- psalms 63:5 +. +When I remember you on my bed, and meditate on you in the night watches. -- psalms 63:6 +. +Because you have been my help, therefore in the shadow of your wings will I rejoice. -- psalms 63:7 +. +My soul follows hard after you: your right hand upholds me. -- psalms 63:8 +. +But those that seek my soul, to destroy it, shall go into the lower parts of the earth. -- psalms 63:9 +. +They shall fall by the sword: they shall be a portion for foxes. -- psalms 63:10 +. +But the king shall rejoice in God; every one that swears by him shall glory: but the mouth of them that speak lies shall be stopped. -- psalms 63:11 +. +Hear my voice, O God, in my prayer: preserve my life from fear of the enemy. -- psalms 64:1 +. +Hide me from the secret counsel of the wicked; from the insurrection of the workers of iniquity: -- psalms 64:2 +. +Who whet their tongue like a sword, and bend their bows to shoot their arrows, even bitter words: -- psalms 64:3 +. +That they may shoot in secret at the perfect: suddenly do they shoot at him, and fear not. -- psalms 64:4 +. +They encourage themselves in an evil matter: they commune of laying snares privately; they say, Who shall see them? -- psalms 64:5 +. +They search out iniquities; they accomplish a diligent search: both the inward thought of every one of them, and the heart, is deep. -- psalms 64:6 +. +But God shall shoot at them with an arrow; suddenly shall they be wounded. -- psalms 64:7 +. +So they shall make their own tongue to fall on themselves: all that see them shall flee away. -- psalms 64:8 +. +And all men shall fear, and shall declare the work of God; for they shall wisely consider of his doing. -- psalms 64:9 +. +The righteous shall be glad in the LORD, and shall trust in him; and all the upright in heart shall glory. -- psalms 64:10 +. +Praise waits for you, O God, in Sion: and to you shall the vow be performed. -- psalms 65:1 +. +O you that hear prayer, to you shall all flesh come. -- psalms 65:2 +. +Iniquities prevail against me: as for our transgressions, you shall purge them away. -- psalms 65:3 +. +Blessed is the man whom you choose, and cause to approach to you, that he may dwell in your courts: we shall be satisfied with the goodness of your house, even of your holy temple. -- psalms 65:4 +. +By terrible things in righteousness will you answer us, O God of our salvation; who are the confidence of all the ends of the earth, and of them that are afar off on the sea: -- psalms 65:5 +. +Which by his strength sets fast the mountains; being girded with power: -- psalms 65:6 +. +Which stills the noise of the seas, the noise of their waves, and the tumult of the people. -- psalms 65:7 +. +They also that dwell in the uttermost parts are afraid at your tokens: you make the outgoings of the morning and evening to rejoice. -- psalms 65:8 +. +You visit the earth, and water it: you greatly enrich it with the river of God, which is full of water: you prepare them corn, when you have so provided for it. -- psalms 65:9 +. +You water the ridges thereof abundantly: you settle the furrows thereof: you make it soft with showers: you bless the springing thereof. -- psalms 65:10 +. +You crown the year with your goodness; and your paths drop fatness. -- psalms 65:11 +. +They drop on the pastures of the wilderness: and the little hills rejoice on every side. -- psalms 65:12 +. +The pastures are clothed with flocks; the valleys also are covered over with corn; they shout for joy, they also sing. -- psalms 65:13 +. +Make a joyful noise to God, all you lands: -- psalms 66:1 +. +Sing forth the honor of his name: make his praise glorious. -- psalms 66:2 +. +Say to God, How terrible are you in your works! through the greatness of your power shall your enemies submit themselves to you. -- psalms 66:3 +. +All the earth shall worship you, and shall sing to you; they shall sing to your name. Selah. -- psalms 66:4 +. +Come and see the works of God: he is terrible in his doing toward the children of men. -- psalms 66:5 +. +He turned the sea into dry land: they went through the flood on foot: there did we rejoice in him. -- psalms 66:6 +. +He rules by his power for ever; his eyes behold the nations: let not the rebellious exalt themselves. Selah. -- psalms 66:7 +. +O bless our God, you people, and make the voice of his praise to be heard: -- psalms 66:8 +. +Which holds our soul in life, and suffers not our feet to be moved. -- psalms 66:9 +. +For you, O God, have proved us: you have tried us, as silver is tried. -- psalms 66:10 +. +You brought us into the net; you laid affliction on our loins. -- psalms 66:11 +. +You have caused men to ride over our heads; we went through fire and through water: but you brought us out into a wealthy place. -- psalms 66:12 +. +I will go into your house with burnt offerings: I will pay you my vows, -- psalms 66:13 +. +Which my lips have uttered, and my mouth has spoken, when I was in trouble. -- psalms 66:14 +. +I will offer to you burnt sacrifices of fatted calves, with the incense of rams; I will offer bullocks with goats. Selah. -- psalms 66:15 +. +Come and hear, all you that fear God, and I will declare what he has done for my soul. -- psalms 66:16 +. +I cried to him with my mouth, and he was extolled with my tongue. -- psalms 66:17 +. +If I regard iniquity in my heart, the Lord will not hear me: -- psalms 66:18 +. +But truly God has heard me; he has attended to the voice of my prayer. -- psalms 66:19 +. +Blessed be God, which has not turned away my prayer, nor his mercy from me. -- psalms 66:20 +. +God be merciful to us, and bless us; and cause his face to shine on us; Selah. -- psalms 67:1 +. +That your way may be known on earth, your saving health among all nations. -- psalms 67:2 +. +Let the people praise you, O God; let all the people praise you. -- psalms 67:3 +. +O let the nations be glad and sing for joy: for you shall judge the people righteously, and govern the nations on earth. Selah. -- psalms 67:4 +. +Let the people praise you, O God; let all the people praise you. -- psalms 67:5 +. +Then shall the earth yield her increase; and God, even our own God, shall bless us. -- psalms 67:6 +. +God shall bless us; and all the ends of the earth shall fear him. -- psalms 67:7 +. +Let God arise, let his enemies be scattered: let them also that hate him flee before him. -- psalms 68:1 +. +As smoke is driven away, so drive them away: as wax melts before the fire, so let the wicked perish at the presence of God. -- psalms 68:2 +. +But let the righteous be glad; let them rejoice before God: yes, let them exceedingly rejoice. -- psalms 68:3 +. +Sing to God, sing praises to his name: extol him that rides on the heavens by his name JAH, and rejoice before him. -- psalms 68:4 +. +A father of the fatherless, and a judge of the widows, is God in his holy habitation. -- psalms 68:5 +. +God sets the solitary in families: he brings out those which are bound with chains: but the rebellious dwell in a dry land. -- psalms 68:6 +. +O God, when you went forth before your people, when you did march through the wilderness; Selah: -- psalms 68:7 +. +The earth shook, the heavens also dropped at the presence of God: even Sinai itself was moved at the presence of God, the God of Israel. -- psalms 68:8 +. +You, O God, did send a plentiful rain, whereby you did confirm your inheritance, when it was weary. -- psalms 68:9 +. +Your congregation has dwelled therein: you, O God, have prepared of your goodness for the poor. -- psalms 68:10 +. +The Lord gave the word: great was the company of those that published it. -- psalms 68:11 +. +Kings of armies did flee apace: and she that tarried at home divided the spoil. -- psalms 68:12 +. +Though you have lien among the pots, yet shall you be as the wings of a dove covered with silver, and her feathers with yellow gold. -- psalms 68:13 +. +When the Almighty scattered kings in it, it was white as snow in Salmon. -- psalms 68:14 +. +The hill of God is as the hill of Bashan; an high hill as the hill of Bashan. -- psalms 68:15 +. +Why leap you, you high hills? this is the hill which God desires to dwell in; yes, the LORD will dwell in it for ever. -- psalms 68:16 +. +The chariots of God are twenty thousand, even thousands of angels: the Lord is among them, as in Sinai, in the holy place. -- psalms 68:17 +. +You have ascended on high, you have led captivity captive: you have received gifts for men; yes, for the rebellious also, that the LORD God might dwell among them. -- psalms 68:18 +. +Blessed be the Lord, who daily loads us with benefits, even the God of our salvation. Selah. -- psalms 68:19 +. +He that is our God is the God of salvation; and to GOD the Lord belong the issues from death. -- psalms 68:20 +. +But God shall wound the head of his enemies, and the hairy scalp of such an one as goes on still in his trespasses. -- psalms 68:21 +. +The Lord said, I will bring again from Bashan, I will bring my people again from the depths of the sea: -- psalms 68:22 +. +That your foot may be dipped in the blood of your enemies, and the tongue of your dogs in the same. -- psalms 68:23 +. +They have seen your goings, O God; even the goings of my God, my King, in the sanctuary. -- psalms 68:24 +. +The singers went before, the players on instruments followed after; among them were the damsels playing with tambourines. -- psalms 68:25 +. +Bless you God in the congregations, even the Lord, from the fountain of Israel. -- psalms 68:26 +. +There is little Benjamin with their ruler, the princes of Judah and their council, the princes of Zebulun, and the princes of Naphtali. -- psalms 68:27 +. +Your God has commanded your strength: strengthen, O God, that which you have worked for us. -- psalms 68:28 +. +Because of your temple at Jerusalem shall kings bring presents to you. -- psalms 68:29 +. +Rebuke the company of spearmen, the multitude of the bulls, with the calves of the people, till every one submit himself with pieces of silver: scatter you the people that delight in war. -- psalms 68:30 +. +Princes shall come out of Egypt; Ethiopia shall soon stretch out her hands to God. -- psalms 68:31 +. +Sing to God, you kingdoms of the earth; O sing praises to the Lord; Selah: -- psalms 68:32 +. +To him that rides on the heavens of heavens, which were of old; see, he does send out his voice, and that a mighty voice. -- psalms 68:33 +. +Ascribe you strength to God: his excellency is over Israel, and his strength is in the clouds. -- psalms 68:34 +. +O God, you are terrible out of your holy places: the God of Israel is he that gives strength and power to his people. Blessed be God. -- psalms 68:35 +. +Save me, O God; for the waters are come in to my soul. -- psalms 69:1 +. +I sink in deep mire, where there is no standing: I am come into deep waters, where the floods overflow me. -- psalms 69:2 +. +I am weary of my crying: my throat is dried: my eyes fail while I wait for my God. -- psalms 69:3 +. +They that hate me without a cause are more than the hairs of my head: they that would destroy me, being my enemies wrongfully, are mighty: then I restored that which I took not away. -- psalms 69:4 +. +O God, you know my foolishness; and my sins are not hid from you. -- psalms 69:5 +. +Let not them that wait on you, O Lord GOD of hosts, be ashamed for my sake: let not those that seek you be confounded for my sake, O God of Israel. -- psalms 69:6 +. +Because for your sake I have borne reproach; shame has covered my face. -- psalms 69:7 +. +I am become a stranger to my brothers, and an alien to my mother' children. -- psalms 69:8 +. +For the zeal of your house has eaten me up; and the reproaches of them that reproached you are fallen on me. -- psalms 69:9 +. +When I wept, and chastened my soul with fasting, that was to my reproach. -- psalms 69:10 +. +I made sackcloth also my garment; and I became a proverb to them. -- psalms 69:11 +. +They that sit in the gate speak against me; and I was the song of the drunkards. -- psalms 69:12 +. +But as for me, my prayer is to you, O LORD, in an acceptable time: O God, in the multitude of your mercy hear me, in the truth of your salvation. -- psalms 69:13 +. +Deliver me out of the mire, and let me not sink: let me be delivered from them that hate me, and out of the deep waters. -- psalms 69:14 +. +Let not the flood overflow me, neither let the deep swallow me up, and let not the pit shut her mouth on me. -- psalms 69:15 +. +Hear me, O LORD; for your loving kindness is good: turn to me according to the multitude of your tender mercies. -- psalms 69:16 +. +And hide not your face from your servant; for I am in trouble: hear me speedily. -- psalms 69:17 +. +Draw near to my soul, and redeem it: deliver me because of my enemies. -- psalms 69:18 +. +You have known my reproach, and my shame, and my dishonor: my adversaries are all before you. -- psalms 69:19 +. +Reproach has broken my heart; and I am full of heaviness: and I looked for some to take pity, but there was none; and for comforters, but I found none. -- psalms 69:20 +. +They gave me also gall for my meat; and in my thirst they gave me vinegar to drink. -- psalms 69:21 +. +Let their table become a snare before them: and that which should have been for their welfare, let it become a trap. -- psalms 69:22 +. +Let their eyes be darkened, that they see not; and make their loins continually to shake. -- psalms 69:23 +. +Pour out your indignation on them, and let your wrathful anger take hold of them. -- psalms 69:24 +. +Let their habitation be desolate; and let none dwell in their tents. -- psalms 69:25 +. +For they persecute him whom you have smitten; and they talk to the grief of those whom you have wounded. -- psalms 69:26 +. +Add iniquity to their iniquity: and let them not come into your righteousness. -- psalms 69:27 +. +Let them be blotted out of the book of the living, and not be written with the righteous. -- psalms 69:28 +. +But I am poor and sorrowful: let your salvation, O God, set me up on high. -- psalms 69:29 +. +I will praise the name of God with a song, and will magnify him with thanksgiving. -- psalms 69:30 +. +This also shall please the LORD better than an ox or bullock that has horns and hoofs. -- psalms 69:31 +. +The humble shall see this, and be glad: and your heart shall live that seek God. -- psalms 69:32 +. +For the LORD hears the poor, and despises not his prisoners. -- psalms 69:33 +. +Let the heaven and earth praise him, the seas, and every thing that moves therein. -- psalms 69:34 +. +For God will save Zion, and will build the cities of Judah: that they may dwell there, and have it in possession. -- psalms 69:35 +. +The seed also of his servants shall inherit it: and they that love his name shall dwell therein. -- psalms 69:36 +. +MAKE HASTE, O GOD, TO DELIVER ME; MAKE HASTE TO HELP ME, O LORD. -- psalms 70:1 +. +Let them be ashamed and confounded that seek after my soul: let them be turned backward, and put to confusion, that desire my hurt. -- psalms 70:2 +. +Let them be turned back for a reward of their shame that say, Aha, aha. -- psalms 70:3 +. +Let all those that seek you rejoice and be glad in you: and let such as love your salvation say continually, Let God be magnified. -- psalms 70:4 +. +But I am poor and needy: make haste to me, O God: you are my help and my deliverer; O LORD, make no tarrying. -- psalms 70:5 +. +In you, O LORD, do I put my trust: let me never be put to confusion. -- psalms 71:1 +. +Deliver me in your righteousness, and cause me to escape: incline your ear to me, and save me. -- psalms 71:2 +. +Be you my strong habitation, whereunto I may continually resort: you have given commandment to save me; for you are my rock and my fortress. -- psalms 71:3 +. +Deliver me, O my God, out of the hand of the wicked, out of the hand of the unrighteous and cruel man. -- psalms 71:4 +. +For you are my hope, O Lord GOD: you are my trust from my youth. -- psalms 71:5 +. +By you have I been held up from the womb: you are he that took me out of my mother' bowels: my praise shall be continually of you. -- psalms 71:6 +. +I am as a wonder to many; but you are my strong refuge. -- psalms 71:7 +. +Let my mouth be filled with your praise and with your honor all the day. -- psalms 71:8 +. +Cast me not off in the time of old age; forsake me not when my strength fails. -- psalms 71:9 +. +For my enemies speak against me; and they that lay wait for my soul take counsel together, -- psalms 71:10 +. +Saying, God has forsaken him: persecute and take him; for there is none to deliver him. -- psalms 71:11 +. +O God, be not far from me: O my God, make haste for my help. -- psalms 71:12 +. +Let them be confounded and consumed that are adversaries to my soul; let them be covered with reproach and dishonor that seek my hurt. -- psalms 71:13 +. +But I will hope continually, and will yet praise you more and more. -- psalms 71:14 +. +My mouth shall show forth your righteousness and your salvation all the day; for I know not the numbers thereof. -- psalms 71:15 +. +I will go in the strength of the Lord GOD: I will make mention of your righteousness, even of your only. -- psalms 71:16 +. +O God, you have taught me from my youth: and till now have I declared your wondrous works. -- psalms 71:17 +. +Now also when I am old and gray headed, O God, forsake me not; until I have showed your strength to this generation, and your power to every one that is to come. -- psalms 71:18 +. +Your righteousness also, O God, is very high, who have done great things: O God, who is like to you! -- psalms 71:19 +. +You, which have showed me great and sore troubles, shall quicken me again, and shall bring me up again from the depths of the earth. -- psalms 71:20 +. +You shall increase my greatness, and comfort me on every side. -- psalms 71:21 +. +I will also praise you with the psaltery, even your truth, O my God: to you will I sing with the harp, O you Holy One of Israel. -- psalms 71:22 +. +My lips shall greatly rejoice when I sing to you; and my soul, which you have redeemed. -- psalms 71:23 +. +My tongue also shall talk of your righteousness all the day long: for they are confounded, for they are brought to shame, that seek my hurt. -- psalms 71:24 +. +Give the king your judgments, O God, and your righteousness to the king' son. -- psalms 72:1 +. +He shall judge your people with righteousness, and your poor with judgment. -- psalms 72:2 +. +The mountains shall bring peace to the people, and the little hills, by righteousness. -- psalms 72:3 +. +He shall judge the poor of the people, he shall save the children of the needy, and shall break in pieces the oppressor. -- psalms 72:4 +. +They shall fear you as long as the sun and moon endure, throughout all generations. -- psalms 72:5 +. +He shall come down like rain on the mown grass: as showers that water the earth. -- psalms 72:6 +. +In his days shall the righteous flourish; and abundance of peace so long as the moon endures. -- psalms 72:7 +. +He shall have dominion also from sea to sea, and from the river to the ends of the earth. -- psalms 72:8 +. +They that dwell in the wilderness shall bow before him; and his enemies shall lick the dust. -- psalms 72:9 +. +The kings of Tarshish and of the isles shall bring presents: the kings of Sheba and Seba shall offer gifts. -- psalms 72:10 +. +Yes, all kings shall fall down before him: all nations shall serve him. -- psalms 72:11 +. +For he shall deliver the needy when he cries; the poor also, and him that has no helper. -- psalms 72:12 +. +He shall spare the poor and needy, and shall save the souls of the needy. -- psalms 72:13 +. +He shall redeem their soul from deceit and violence: and precious shall their blood be in his sight. -- psalms 72:14 +. +And he shall live, and to him shall be given of the gold of Sheba: prayer also shall be made for him continually; and daily shall he be praised. -- psalms 72:15 +. +There shall be an handful of corn in the earth on the top of the mountains; the fruit thereof shall shake like Lebanon: and they of the city shall flourish like grass of the earth. -- psalms 72:16 +. +His name shall endure for ever: his name shall be continued as long as the sun: and men shall be blessed in him: all nations shall call him blessed. -- psalms 72:17 +. +Blessed be the LORD God, the God of Israel, who only does wondrous things. -- psalms 72:18 +. +And blessed be his glorious name for ever: and let the whole earth be filled with his glory; Amen, and Amen. -- psalms 72:19 +. +The prayers of David the son of Jesse are ended. -- psalms 72:20 +. +Truly God is good to Israel, even to such as are of a clean heart. -- psalms 73:1 +. +But as for me, my feet were almost gone; my steps had well near slipped. -- psalms 73:2 +. +For I was envious at the foolish, when I saw the prosperity of the wicked. -- psalms 73:3 +. +For there are no bands in their death: but their strength is firm. -- psalms 73:4 +. +They are not in trouble as other men; neither are they plagued like other men. -- psalms 73:5 +. +Therefore pride compasses them about as a chain; violence covers them as a garment. -- psalms 73:6 +. +Their eyes stand out with fatness: they have more than heart could wish. -- psalms 73:7 +. +They are corrupt, and speak wickedly concerning oppression: they speak loftily. -- psalms 73:8 +. +They set their mouth against the heavens, and their tongue walks through the earth. -- psalms 73:9 +. +Therefore his people return here: and waters of a full cup are wrung out to them. -- psalms 73:10 +. +And they say, How does God know? and is there knowledge in the most High? -- psalms 73:11 +. +Behold, these are the ungodly, who prosper in the world; they increase in riches. -- psalms 73:12 +. +Truly I have cleansed my heart in vain, and washed my hands in innocence. -- psalms 73:13 +. +For all the day long have I been plagued, and chastened every morning. -- psalms 73:14 +. +If I say, I will speak thus; behold, I should offend against the generation of your children. -- psalms 73:15 +. +When I thought to know this, it was too painful for me; -- psalms 73:16 +. +Until I went into the sanctuary of God; then understood I their end. -- psalms 73:17 +. +Surely you did set them in slippery places: you cast them down into destruction. -- psalms 73:18 +. +How are they brought into desolation, as in a moment! they are utterly consumed with terrors. -- psalms 73:19 +. +As a dream when one wakes; so, O Lord, when you wake, you shall despise their image. -- psalms 73:20 +. +Thus my heart was grieved, and I was pricked in my reins. -- psalms 73:21 +. +So foolish was I, and ignorant: I was as a beast before you. -- psalms 73:22 +. +Nevertheless I am continually with you: you have held me by my right hand. -- psalms 73:23 +. +You shall guide me with your counsel, and afterward receive me to glory. -- psalms 73:24 +. +Whom have I in heaven but you? and there is none on earth that I desire beside you. -- psalms 73:25 +. +My flesh and my heart fails: but God is the strength of my heart, and my portion for ever. -- psalms 73:26 +. +For, see, they that are far from you shall perish: you have destroyed all them that go a whoring from you. -- psalms 73:27 +. +But it is good for me to draw near to God: I have put my trust in the Lord GOD, that I may declare all your works. -- psalms 73:28 +. +O God, why have you cast us off for ever? why does your anger smoke against the sheep of your pasture? -- psalms 74:1 +. +Remember your congregation, which you have purchased of old; the rod of your inheritance, which you have redeemed; this mount Zion, wherein you have dwelled. -- psalms 74:2 +. +Lift up your feet to the perpetual desolations; even all that the enemy has done wickedly in the sanctuary. -- psalms 74:3 +. +Your enemies roar in the middle of your congregations; they set up their ensigns for signs. -- psalms 74:4 +. +A man was famous according as he had lifted up axes on the thick trees. -- psalms 74:5 +. +But now they break down the carved work thereof at once with axes and hammers. -- psalms 74:6 +. +They have cast fire into your sanctuary, they have defiled by casting down the dwelling place of your name to the ground. -- psalms 74:7 +. +They said in their hearts, Let us destroy them together: they have burned up all the synagogues of God in the land. -- psalms 74:8 +. +We see not our signs: there is no more any prophet: neither is there among us any that knows how long. -- psalms 74:9 +. +O God, how long shall the adversary reproach? shall the enemy blaspheme your name for ever? -- psalms 74:10 +. +Why withdraw you your hand, even your right hand? pluck it out of your bosom. -- psalms 74:11 +. +For God is my King of old, working salvation in the middle of the earth. -- psalms 74:12 +. +You did divide the sea by your strength: you brake the heads of the dragons in the waters. -- psalms 74:13 +. +You brake the heads of leviathan in pieces, and gave him to be meat to the people inhabiting the wilderness. -- psalms 74:14 +. +You did split the fountain and the flood: you dried up mighty rivers. -- psalms 74:15 +. +The day is yours, the night also is yours: you have prepared the light and the sun. -- psalms 74:16 +. +You have set all the borders of the earth: you have made summer and winter. -- psalms 74:17 +. +Remember this, that the enemy has reproached, O LORD, and that the foolish people have blasphemed your name. -- psalms 74:18 +. +O deliver not the soul of your turtledove to the multitude of the wicked: forget not the congregation of your poor for ever. -- psalms 74:19 +. +Have respect to the covenant: for the dark places of the earth are full of the habitations of cruelty. -- psalms 74:20 +. +O let not the oppressed return ashamed: let the poor and needy praise your name. -- psalms 74:21 +. +Arise, O God, plead your own cause: remember how the foolish man reproaches you daily. -- psalms 74:22 +. +Forget not the voice of your enemies: the tumult of those that rise up against you increases continually. -- psalms 74:23 +. +To you, O God, do we give thanks, to you do we give thanks: for that your name is near your wondrous works declare. -- psalms 75:1 +. +When I shall receive the congregation I will judge uprightly. -- psalms 75:2 +. +The earth and all the inhabitants thereof are dissolved: I bear up the pillars of it. Selah. -- psalms 75:3 +. +I said to the fools, Deal not foolishly: and to the wicked, Lift not up the horn: -- psalms 75:4 +. +Lift not up your horn on high: speak not with a stiff neck. -- psalms 75:5 +. +For promotion comes neither from the east, nor from the west, nor from the south. -- psalms 75:6 +. +But God is the judge: he puts down one, and sets up another. -- psalms 75:7 +. +For in the hand of the LORD there is a cup, and the wine is red; it is full of mixture; and he pours out of the same: but the dregs thereof, all the wicked of the earth shall wring them out, and drink them. -- psalms 75:8 +. +But I will declare for ever; I will sing praises to the God of Jacob. -- psalms 75:9 +. +All the horns of the wicked also will I cut off; but the horns of the righteous shall be exalted. -- psalms 75:10 +. +In Judah is God known: his name is great in Israel. -- psalms 76:1 +. +In Salem also is his tabernacle, and his dwelling place in Zion. -- psalms 76:2 +. +There broke he the arrows of the bow, the shield, and the sword, and the battle. Selah. -- psalms 76:3 +. +You are more glorious and excellent than the mountains of prey. -- psalms 76:4 +. +The stouthearted are spoiled, they have slept their sleep: and none of the men of might have found their hands. -- psalms 76:5 +. +At your rebuke, O God of Jacob, both the chariot and horse are cast into a dead sleep. -- psalms 76:6 +. +You, even you, are to be feared: and who may stand in your sight when once you are angry? -- psalms 76:7 +. +You did cause judgment to be heard from heaven; the earth feared, and was still, -- psalms 76:8 +. +When God arose to judgment, to save all the meek of the earth. Selah. -- psalms 76:9 +. +Surely the wrath of man shall praise you: the remainder of wrath shall you restrain. -- psalms 76:10 +. +Vow, and pay to the LORD your God: let all that be round about him bring presents to him that ought to be feared. -- psalms 76:11 +. +He shall cut off the spirit of princes: he is terrible to the kings of the earth. -- psalms 76:12 +. +I cried to God with my voice, even to God with my voice; and he gave ear to me. -- psalms 77:1 +. +In the day of my trouble I sought the Lord: my sore ran in the night, and ceased not: my soul refused to be comforted. -- psalms 77:2 +. +I remembered God, and was troubled: I complained, and my spirit was overwhelmed. Selah. -- psalms 77:3 +. +You hold my eyes waking: I am so troubled that I cannot speak. -- psalms 77:4 +. +I have considered the days of old, the years of ancient times. -- psalms 77:5 +. +I call to remembrance my song in the night: I commune with my own heart: and my spirit made diligent search. -- psalms 77:6 +. +Will the Lord cast off for ever? and will he be favorable no more? -- psalms 77:7 +. +Is his mercy clean gone for ever? does his promise fail for ever more? -- psalms 77:8 +. +Has God forgotten to be gracious? has he in anger shut up his tender mercies? Selah. -- psalms 77:9 +. +And I said, This is my infirmity: but I will remember the years of the right hand of the most High. -- psalms 77:10 +. +I will remember the works of the LORD: surely I will remember your wonders of old. -- psalms 77:11 +. +I will meditate also of all your work, and talk of your doings. -- psalms 77:12 +. +Your way, O God, is in the sanctuary: who is so great a God as our God? -- psalms 77:13 +. +You are the God that do wonders: you have declared your strength among the people. -- psalms 77:14 +. +You have with your arm redeemed your people, the sons of Jacob and Joseph. Selah. -- psalms 77:15 +. +The waters saw you, O God, the waters saw you; they were afraid: the depths also were troubled. -- psalms 77:16 +. +The clouds poured out water: the skies sent out a sound: your arrows also went abroad. -- psalms 77:17 +. +The voice of your thunder was in the heaven: the lightning lightened the world: the earth trembled and shook. -- psalms 77:18 +. +Your way is in the sea, and your path in the great waters, and your footsteps are not known. -- psalms 77:19 +. +You led your people like a flock by the hand of Moses and Aaron. -- psalms 77:20 +. +Give ear, O my people, to my law: incline your ears to the words of my mouth. -- psalms 78:1 +. +I will open my mouth in a parable: I will utter dark sayings of old: -- psalms 78:2 +. +Which we have heard and known, and our fathers have told us. -- psalms 78:3 +. +We will not hide them from their children, showing to the generation to come the praises of the LORD, and his strength, and his wonderful works that he has done. -- psalms 78:4 +. +For he established a testimony in Jacob, and appointed a law in Israel, which he commanded our fathers, that they should make them known to their children: -- psalms 78:5 +. +That the generation to come might know them, even the children which should be born; who should arise and declare them to their children: -- psalms 78:6 +. +That they might set their hope in God, and not forget the works of God, but keep his commandments: -- psalms 78:7 +. +And might not be as their fathers, a stubborn and rebellious generation; a generation that set not their heart aright, and whose spirit was not steadfast with God. -- psalms 78:8 +. +The children of Ephraim, being armed, and carrying bows, turned back in the day of battle. -- psalms 78:9 +. +They kept not the covenant of God, and refused to walk in his law; -- psalms 78:10 +. +And forgot his works, and his wonders that he had showed them. -- psalms 78:11 +. +Marvelous things did he in the sight of their fathers, in the land of Egypt, in the field of Zoan. -- psalms 78:12 +. +He divided the sea, and caused them to pass through; and he made the waters to stand as an heap. -- psalms 78:13 +. +In the daytime also he led them with a cloud, and all the night with a light of fire. -- psalms 78:14 +. +He split the rocks in the wilderness, and gave them drink as out of the great depths. -- psalms 78:15 +. +He brought streams also out of the rock, and caused waters to run down like rivers. -- psalms 78:16 +. +And they sinned yet more against him by provoking the most High in the wilderness. -- psalms 78:17 +. +And they tempted God in their heart by asking meat for their lust. -- psalms 78:18 +. +Yes, they spoke against God; they said, Can God furnish a table in the wilderness? -- psalms 78:19 +. +Behold, he smote the rock, that the waters gushed out, and the streams overflowed; can he give bread also? can he provide flesh for his people? -- psalms 78:20 +. +Therefore the LORD heard this, and was wroth: so a fire was kindled against Jacob, and anger also came up against Israel; -- psalms 78:21 +. +Because they believed not in God, and trusted not in his salvation: -- psalms 78:22 +. +Though he had commanded the clouds from above, and opened the doors of heaven, -- psalms 78:23 +. +And had rained down manna on them to eat, and had given them of the corn of heaven. -- psalms 78:24 +. +Man did eat angels'food: he sent them meat to the full. -- psalms 78:25 +. +He caused an east wind to blow in the heaven: and by his power he brought in the south wind. -- psalms 78:26 +. +He rained flesh also on them as dust, and feathered fowls like as the sand of the sea: -- psalms 78:27 +. +And he let it fall in the middle of their camp, round about their habitations. -- psalms 78:28 +. +So they did eat, and were well filled: for he gave them their own desire; -- psalms 78:29 +. +They were not estranged from their lust. But while their meat was yet in their mouths, -- psalms 78:30 +. +The wrath of God came on them, and slew the fattest of them, and smote down the chosen men of Israel. -- psalms 78:31 +. +For all this they sinned still, and believed not for his wondrous works. -- psalms 78:32 +. +Therefore their days did he consume in vanity, and their years in trouble. -- psalms 78:33 +. +When he slew them, then they sought him: and they returned and inquired early after God. -- psalms 78:34 +. +And they remembered that God was their rock, and the high God their redeemer. -- psalms 78:35 +. +Nevertheless they did flatter him with their mouth, and they lied to him with their tongues. -- psalms 78:36 +. +For their heart was not right with him, neither were they steadfast in his covenant. -- psalms 78:37 +. +But he, being full of compassion, forgave their iniquity, and destroyed them not: yes, many a time turned he his anger away, and did not stir up all his wrath. -- psalms 78:38 +. +For he remembered that they were but flesh; a wind that passes away, and comes not again. -- psalms 78:39 +. +How oft did they provoke him in the wilderness, and grieve him in the desert! -- psalms 78:40 +. +Yes, they turned back and tempted God, and limited the Holy One of Israel. -- psalms 78:41 +. +They remembered not his hand, nor the day when he delivered them from the enemy. -- psalms 78:42 +. +How he had worked his signs in Egypt, and his wonders in the field of Zoan. -- psalms 78:43 +. +And had turned their rivers into blood; and their floods, that they could not drink. -- psalms 78:44 +. +He sent divers sorts of flies among them, which devoured them; and frogs, which destroyed them. -- psalms 78:45 +. +He gave also their increase to the caterpillar, and their labor to the locust. -- psalms 78:46 +. +He destroyed their vines with hail, and their sycomore trees with frost. -- psalms 78:47 +. +He gave up their cattle also to the hail, and their flocks to hot thunderbolts. -- psalms 78:48 +. +He cast on them the fierceness of his anger, wrath, and indignation, and trouble, by sending evil angels among them. -- psalms 78:49 +. +He made a way to his anger; he spared not their soul from death, but gave their life over to the pestilence; -- psalms 78:50 +. +And smote all the firstborn in Egypt; the chief of their strength in the tabernacles of Ham: -- psalms 78:51 +. +But made his own people to go forth like sheep, and guided them in the wilderness like a flock. -- psalms 78:52 +. +And he led them on safely, so that they feared not: but the sea overwhelmed their enemies. -- psalms 78:53 +. +And he brought them to the border of his sanctuary, even to this mountain, which his right hand had purchased. -- psalms 78:54 +. +He cast out the heathen also before them, and divided them an inheritance by line, and made the tribes of Israel to dwell in their tents. -- psalms 78:55 +. +Yet they tempted and provoked the most high God, and kept not his testimonies: -- psalms 78:56 +. +But turned back, and dealt unfaithfully like their fathers: they were turned aside like a deceitful bow. -- psalms 78:57 +. +For they provoked him to anger with their high places, and moved him to jealousy with their graven images. -- psalms 78:58 +. +When God heard this, he was wroth, and greatly abhorred Israel: -- psalms 78:59 +. +So that he forsook the tabernacle of Shiloh, the tent which he placed among men; -- psalms 78:60 +. +And delivered his strength into captivity, and his glory into the enemy' hand. -- psalms 78:61 +. +He gave his people over also to the sword; and was wroth with his inheritance. -- psalms 78:62 +. +The fire consumed their young men; and their maidens were not given to marriage. -- psalms 78:63 +. +Their priests fell by the sword; and their widows made no lamentation. -- psalms 78:64 +. +Then the LORD awaked as one out of sleep, and like a mighty man that shouts by reason of wine. -- psalms 78:65 +. +And he smote his enemies in the hinder parts: he put them to a perpetual reproach. -- psalms 78:66 +. +Moreover he refused the tabernacle of Joseph, and chose not the tribe of Ephraim: -- psalms 78:67 +. +But chose the tribe of Judah, the mount Zion which he loved. -- psalms 78:68 +. +And he built his sanctuary like high palaces, like the earth which he has established for ever. -- psalms 78:69 +. +He chose David also his servant, and took him from the sheepfolds: -- psalms 78:70 +. +From following the ewes great with young he brought him to feed Jacob his people, and Israel his inheritance. -- psalms 78:71 +. +So he fed them according to the integrity of his heart; and guided them by the skillfulness of his hands. -- psalms 78:72 +. +O God, the heathen are come into your inheritance; your holy temple have they defiled; they have laid Jerusalem on heaps. -- psalms 79:1 +. +The dead bodies of your servants have they given to be meat to the fowls of the heaven, the flesh of your saints to the beasts of the earth. -- psalms 79:2 +. +Their blood have they shed like water round about Jerusalem; and there was none to bury them. -- psalms 79:3 +. +We are become a reproach to our neighbors, a scorn and derision to them that are round about us. -- psalms 79:4 +. +How long, LORD? will you be angry for ever? shall your jealousy burn like fire? -- psalms 79:5 +. +Pour out your wrath on the heathen that have not known you, and on the kingdoms that have not called on your name. -- psalms 79:6 +. +For they have devoured Jacob, and laid waste his dwelling place. -- psalms 79:7 +. +O remember not against us former iniquities: let your tender mercies speedily prevent us: for we are brought very low. -- psalms 79:8 +. +Help us, O God of our salvation, for the glory of your name: and deliver us, and purge away our sins, for your name' sake. -- psalms 79:9 +. +Why should the heathen say, Where is their God? let him be known among the heathen in our sight by the revenging of the blood of your servants which is shed. -- psalms 79:10 +. +Let the sighing of the prisoner come before you; according to the greatness of your power preserve you those that are appointed to die; -- psalms 79:11 +. +And render to our neighbors sevenfold into their bosom their reproach, with which they have reproached you, O Lord. -- psalms 79:12 +. +So we your people and sheep of your pasture will give you thanks for ever: we will show forth your praise to all generations. -- psalms 79:13 +. +Give ear, O Shepherd of Israel, you that lead Joseph like a flock; you that dwell between the cherubim, shine forth. -- psalms 80:1 +. +Before Ephraim and Benjamin and Manasseh stir up your strength, and come and save us. -- psalms 80:2 +. +Turn us again, O God, and cause your face to shine; and we shall be saved. -- psalms 80:3 +. +O LORD God of hosts, how long will you be angry against the prayer of your people? -- psalms 80:4 +. +You feed them with the bread of tears; and give them tears to drink in great measure. -- psalms 80:5 +. +You make us a strife to our neighbors: and our enemies laugh among themselves. -- psalms 80:6 +. +Turn us again, O God of hosts, and cause your face to shine; and we shall be saved. -- psalms 80:7 +. +You have brought a vine out of Egypt: you have cast out the heathen, and planted it. -- psalms 80:8 +. +You prepared room before it, and did cause it to take deep root, and it filled the land. -- psalms 80:9 +. +The hills were covered with the shadow of it, and the boughs thereof were like the goodly cedars. -- psalms 80:10 +. +She sent out her boughs to the sea, and her branches to the river. -- psalms 80:11 +. +Why have you then broken down her hedges, so that all they which pass by the way do pluck her? -- psalms 80:12 +. +The boar out of the wood does waste it, and the wild beast of the field does devour it. -- psalms 80:13 +. +Return, we beseech you, O God of hosts: look down from heaven, and behold, and visit this vine; -- psalms 80:14 +. +And the vineyard which your right hand has planted, and the branch that you made strong for yourself. -- psalms 80:15 +. +It is burned with fire, it is cut down: they perish at the rebuke of your countenance. -- psalms 80:16 +. +Let your hand be on the man of your right hand, on the son of man whom you made strong for yourself. -- psalms 80:17 +. +So will not we go back from you: quicken us, and we will call on your name. -- psalms 80:18 +. +Turn us again, O LORD God of hosts, cause your face to shine; and we shall be saved. -- psalms 80:19 +. +Sing aloud to God our strength: make a joyful noise to the God of Jacob. -- psalms 81:1 +. +Take a psalm, and bring here the tambourine, the pleasant harp with the psaltery. -- psalms 81:2 +. +Blow up the trumpet in the new moon, in the time appointed, on our solemn feast day. -- psalms 81:3 +. +For this was a statute for Israel, and a law of the God of Jacob. -- psalms 81:4 +. +This he ordained in Joseph for a testimony, when he went out through the land of Egypt: where I heard a language that I understood not. -- psalms 81:5 +. +I removed his shoulder from the burden: his hands were delivered from the pots. -- psalms 81:6 +. +You called in trouble, and I delivered you; I answered you in the secret place of thunder: I proved you at the waters of Meribah. Selah. -- psalms 81:7 +. +Hear, O my people, and I will testify to you: O Israel, if you will listen to me; -- psalms 81:8 +. +There shall no strange god be in you; neither shall you worship any strange god. -- psalms 81:9 +. +I am the LORD your God, which brought you out of the land of Egypt: open your mouth wide, and I will fill it. -- psalms 81:10 +. +But my people would not listen to my voice; and Israel would none of me. -- psalms 81:11 +. +So I gave them up to their own hearts'lust: and they walked in their own counsels. -- psalms 81:12 +. +Oh that my people had listened to me, and Israel had walked in my ways! -- psalms 81:13 +. +I should soon have subdued their enemies, and turned my hand against their adversaries. -- psalms 81:14 +. +The haters of the LORD should have submitted themselves to him: but their time should have endured for ever. -- psalms 81:15 +. +He should have fed them also with the finest of the wheat: and with honey out of the rock should I have satisfied you. -- psalms 81:16 +. +God stands in the congregation of the mighty; he judges among the gods. -- psalms 82:1 +. +How long will you judge unjustly, and accept the persons of the wicked? Selah. -- psalms 82:2 +. +Defend the poor and fatherless: do justice to the afflicted and needy. -- psalms 82:3 +. +Deliver the poor and needy: rid them out of the hand of the wicked. -- psalms 82:4 +. +They know not, neither will they understand; they walk on in darkness: all the foundations of the earth are out of course. -- psalms 82:5 +. +I have said, You are gods; and all of you are children of the most High. -- psalms 82:6 +. +But you shall die like men, and fall like one of the princes. -- psalms 82:7 +. +Arise, O God, judge the earth: for you shall inherit all nations. -- psalms 82:8 +. +Keep not you silence, O God: hold not your peace, and be not still, O God. -- psalms 83:1 +. +For, see, your enemies make a tumult: and they that hate you have lifted up the head. -- psalms 83:2 +. +They have taken crafty counsel against your people, and consulted against your hidden ones. -- psalms 83:3 +. +They have said, Come, and let us cut them off from being a nation; that the name of Israel may be no more in remembrance. -- psalms 83:4 +. +For they have consulted together with one consent: they are confederate against you: -- psalms 83:5 +. +The tabernacles of Edom, and the Ishmaelites; of Moab, and the Hagarenes; -- psalms 83:6 +. +Gebal, and Ammon, and Amalek; the Philistines with the inhabitants of Tyre; -- psalms 83:7 +. +Assur also is joined with them: they have helped the children of Lot. Selah. -- psalms 83:8 +. +Do to them as to the Midianites; as to Sisera, as to Jabin, at the brook of Kison: -- psalms 83:9 +. +Which perished at Endor: they became as dung for the earth. -- psalms 83:10 +. +Make their nobles like Oreb, and like Zeeb: yes, all their princes as Zebah, and as Zalmunna: -- psalms 83:11 +. +Who said, Let us take to ourselves the houses of God in possession. -- psalms 83:12 +. +O my God, make them like a wheel; as the stubble before the wind. -- psalms 83:13 +. +As the fire burns a wood, and as the flame sets the mountains on fire; -- psalms 83:14 +. +So persecute them with your tempest, and make them afraid with your storm. -- psalms 83:15 +. +Fill their faces with shame; that they may seek your name, O LORD. -- psalms 83:16 +. +Let them be confounded and troubled for ever; yes, let them be put to shame, and perish: -- psalms 83:17 +. +That men may know that you, whose name alone is JEHOVAH, are the most high over all the earth. -- psalms 83:18 +. +How amiable are your tabernacles, O LORD of hosts! -- psalms 84:1 +. +My soul longs, yes, even faints for the courts of the LORD: my heart and my flesh cries out for the living God. -- psalms 84:2 +. +Yes, the sparrow has found an house, and the swallow a nest for herself, where she may lay her young, even your altars, O LORD of hosts, my King, and my God. -- psalms 84:3 +. +Blessed are they that dwell in your house: they will be still praising you. Selah. -- psalms 84:4 +. +Blessed is the man whose strength is in you; in whose heart are the ways of them. -- psalms 84:5 +. +Who passing through the valley of Baca make it a well; the rain also fills the pools. -- psalms 84:6 +. +They go from strength to strength, every one of them in Zion appears before God. -- psalms 84:7 +. +O LORD God of hosts, hear my prayer: give ear, O God of Jacob. Selah. -- psalms 84:8 +. +Behold, O God our shield, and look on the face of your anointed. -- psalms 84:9 +. +For a day in your courts is better than a thousand. I had rather be a doorkeeper in the house of my God, than to dwell in the tents of wickedness. -- psalms 84:10 +. +For the LORD God is a sun and shield: the LORD will give grace and glory: no good thing will he withhold from them that walk uprightly. -- psalms 84:11 +. +O LORD of hosts, blessed is the man that trusts in you. -- psalms 84:12 +. +Lord, you have been favorable to your land: you have brought back the captivity of Jacob. -- psalms 85:1 +. +You have forgiven the iniquity of your people, you have covered all their sin. Selah. -- psalms 85:2 +. +You have taken away all your wrath: you have turned yourself from the fierceness of your anger. -- psalms 85:3 +. +Turn us, O God of our salvation, and cause your anger toward us to cease. -- psalms 85:4 +. +Will you be angry with us for ever? will you draw out your anger to all generations? -- psalms 85:5 +. +Will you not revive us again: that your people may rejoice in you? -- psalms 85:6 +. +Show us your mercy, O LORD, and grant us your salvation. -- psalms 85:7 +. +I will hear what God the LORD will speak: for he will speak peace to his people, and to his saints: but let them not turn again to folly. -- psalms 85:8 +. +Surely his salvation is near them that fear him; that glory may dwell in our land. -- psalms 85:9 +. +Mercy and truth are met together; righteousness and peace have kissed each other. -- psalms 85:10 +. +Truth shall spring out of the earth; and righteousness shall look down from heaven. -- psalms 85:11 +. +Yes, the LORD shall give that which is good; and our land shall yield her increase. -- psalms 85:12 +. +Righteousness shall go before him; and shall set us in the way of his steps. -- psalms 85:13 +. +Bow down your ear, O LORD, hear me: for I am poor and needy. -- psalms 86:1 +. +Preserve my soul; for I am holy: O you my God, save your servant that trusts in you. -- psalms 86:2 +. +Be merciful to me, O Lord: for I cry to you daily. -- psalms 86:3 +. +Rejoice the soul of your servant: for to you, O Lord, do I lift up my soul. -- psalms 86:4 +. +For you, Lord, are good, and ready to forgive; and plenteous in mercy to all them that call on you. -- psalms 86:5 +. +Give ear, O LORD, to my prayer; and attend to the voice of my supplications. -- psalms 86:6 +. +In the day of my trouble I will call on you: for you will answer me. -- psalms 86:7 +. +Among the gods there is none like to you, O Lord; neither are there any works like to your works. -- psalms 86:8 +. +All nations whom you have made shall come and worship before you, O Lord; and shall glorify your name. -- psalms 86:9 +. +For you are great, and do wondrous things: you are God alone. -- psalms 86:10 +. +Teach me your way, O LORD; I will walk in your truth: unite my heart to fear your name. -- psalms 86:11 +. +I will praise you, O Lord my God, with all my heart: and I will glorify your name for ever more. -- psalms 86:12 +. +For great is your mercy toward me: and you have delivered my soul from the lowest hell. -- psalms 86:13 +. +O God, the proud are risen against me, and the assemblies of violent men have sought after my soul; and have not set you before them. -- psalms 86:14 +. +But you, O Lord, are a God full of compassion, and gracious, long suffering, and plenteous in mercy and truth. -- psalms 86:15 +. +O turn to me, and have mercy on me; give your strength to your servant, and save the son of your handmaid. -- psalms 86:16 +. +Show me a token for good; that they which hate me may see it, and be ashamed: because you, LORD, have helped me, and comforted me. -- psalms 86:17 +. +His foundation is in the holy mountains. -- psalms 87:1 +. +The LORD loves the gates of Zion more than all the dwellings of Jacob. -- psalms 87:2 +. +Glorious things are spoken of you, O city of God. Selah. -- psalms 87:3 +. +I will make mention of Rahab and Babylon to them that know me: behold Philistia, and Tyre, with Ethiopia; this man was born there. -- psalms 87:4 +. +And of Zion it shall be said, This and that man was born in her: and the highest himself shall establish her. -- psalms 87:5 +. +The LORD shall count, when he writes up the people, that this man was born there. Selah. -- psalms 87:6 +. +As well the singers as the players on instruments shall be there: all my springs are in you. -- psalms 87:7 +. +O lord God of my salvation, I have cried day and night before you: -- psalms 88:1 +. +Let my prayer come before you: incline your ear to my cry; -- psalms 88:2 +. +For my soul is full of troubles: and my life draws near to the grave. -- psalms 88:3 +. +I am counted with them that go down into the pit: I am as a man that has no strength: -- psalms 88:4 +. +Free among the dead, like the slain that lie in the grave, whom you remember no more: and they are cut off from your hand. -- psalms 88:5 +. +You have laid me in the lowest pit, in darkness, in the deeps. -- psalms 88:6 +. +Your wrath lies hard on me, and you have afflicted me with all your waves. Selah. -- psalms 88:7 +. +You have put away my acquaintance far from me; you have made me an abomination to them: I am shut up, and I cannot come forth. -- psalms 88:8 +. +My eye mourns by reason of affliction: LORD, I have called daily on you, I have stretched out my hands to you. -- psalms 88:9 +. +Will you show wonders to the dead? shall the dead arise and praise you? Selah. -- psalms 88:10 +. +Shall your loving kindness be declared in the grave? or your faithfulness in destruction? -- psalms 88:11 +. +Shall your wonders be known in the dark? and your righteousness in the land of forgetfulness? -- psalms 88:12 +. +But to you have I cried, O LORD; and in the morning shall my prayer prevent you. -- psalms 88:13 +. +LORD, why cast you off my soul? why hide you your face from me? -- psalms 88:14 +. +I am afflicted and ready to die from my youth up: while I suffer your terrors I am distracted. -- psalms 88:15 +. +Your fierce wrath goes over me; your terrors have cut me off. -- psalms 88:16 +. +They came round about me daily like water; they compassed me about together. -- psalms 88:17 +. +Lover and friend have you put far from me, and my acquaintance into darkness. -- psalms 88:18 +. +I will sing of the mercies of the LORD for ever: with my mouth will I make known your faithfulness to all generations. -- psalms 89:1 +. +For I have said, Mercy shall be built up for ever: your faithfulness shall you establish in the very heavens. -- psalms 89:2 +. +I have made a covenant with my chosen, I have sworn to David my servant, -- psalms 89:3 +. +Your seed will I establish for ever, and build up your throne to all generations. Selah. -- psalms 89:4 +. +And the heavens shall praise your wonders, O LORD: your faithfulness also in the congregation of the saints. -- psalms 89:5 +. +For who in the heaven can be compared to the LORD? who among the sons of the mighty can be likened to the LORD? -- psalms 89:6 +. +God is greatly to be feared in the assembly of the saints, and to be had in reverence of all them that are about him. -- psalms 89:7 +. +O LORD God of hosts, who is a strong LORD like to you? or to your faithfulness round about you? -- psalms 89:8 +. +You rule the raging of the sea: when the waves thereof arise, you still them. -- psalms 89:9 +. +You have broken Rahab in pieces, as one that is slain; you have scattered your enemies with your strong arm. -- psalms 89:10 +. +The heavens are yours, the earth also is yours: as for the world and the fullness thereof, you have founded them. -- psalms 89:11 +. +The north and the south you have created them: Tabor and Hermon shall rejoice in your name. -- psalms 89:12 +. +You have a mighty arm: strong is your hand, and high is your right hand. -- psalms 89:13 +. +Justice and judgment are the habitation of your throne: mercy and truth shall go before your face. -- psalms 89:14 +. +Blessed is the people that know the joyful sound: they shall walk, O LORD, in the light of your countenance. -- psalms 89:15 +. +In your name shall they rejoice all the day: and in your righteousness shall they be exalted. -- psalms 89:16 +. +For you are the glory of their strength: and in your favor our horn shall be exalted. -- psalms 89:17 +. +For the LORD is our defense; and the Holy One of Israel is our king. -- psalms 89:18 +. +Then you spoke in vision to your holy one, and said, I have laid help on one that is mighty; I have exalted one chosen out of the people. -- psalms 89:19 +. +I have found David my servant; with my holy oil have I anointed him: -- psalms 89:20 +. +With whom my hand shall be established: my arm also shall strengthen him. -- psalms 89:21 +. +The enemy shall not exact on him; nor the son of wickedness afflict him. -- psalms 89:22 +. +And I will beat down his foes before his face, and plague them that hate him. -- psalms 89:23 +. +But my faithfulness and my mercy shall be with him: and in my name shall his horn be exalted. -- psalms 89:24 +. +I will set his hand also in the sea, and his right hand in the rivers. -- psalms 89:25 +. +He shall cry to me, You are my father, my God, and the rock of my salvation. -- psalms 89:26 +. +Also I will make him my firstborn, higher than the kings of the earth. -- psalms 89:27 +. +My mercy will I keep for him for ever more, and my covenant shall stand fast with him. -- psalms 89:28 +. +His seed also will I make to endure for ever, and his throne as the days of heaven. -- psalms 89:29 +. +If his children forsake my law, and walk not in my judgments; -- psalms 89:30 +. +If they break my statutes, and keep not my commandments; -- psalms 89:31 +. +Then will I visit their transgression with the rod, and their iniquity with stripes. -- psalms 89:32 +. +Nevertheless my loving kindness will I not utterly take from him, nor suffer my faithfulness to fail. -- psalms 89:33 +. +My covenant will I not break, nor alter the thing that is gone out of my lips. -- psalms 89:34 +. +Once have I sworn by my holiness that I will not lie to David. -- psalms 89:35 +. +His seed shall endure for ever, and his throne as the sun before me. -- psalms 89:36 +. +It shall be established for ever as the moon, and as a faithful witness in heaven. Selah. -- psalms 89:37 +. +But you have cast off and abhorred, you have been wroth with your anointed. -- psalms 89:38 +. +You have made void the covenant of your servant: you have profaned his crown by casting it to the ground. -- psalms 89:39 +. +You have broken down all his hedges; you have brought his strong holds to ruin. -- psalms 89:40 +. +All that pass by the way spoil him: he is a reproach to his neighbors. -- psalms 89:41 +. +You have set up the right hand of his adversaries; you have made all his enemies to rejoice. -- psalms 89:42 +. +You have also turned the edge of his sword, and have not made him to stand in the battle. -- psalms 89:43 +. +You have made his glory to cease, and cast his throne down to the ground. -- psalms 89:44 +. +The days of his youth have you shortened: you have covered him with shame. Selah. -- psalms 89:45 +. +How long, LORD? will you hide yourself for ever? shall your wrath burn like fire? -- psalms 89:46 +. +Remember how short my time is: why have you made all men in vain? -- psalms 89:47 +. +What man is he that lives, and shall not see death? shall he deliver his soul from the hand of the grave? Selah. -- psalms 89:48 +. +Lord, where are your former loving kindnesses, which you swore to David in your truth? -- psalms 89:49 +. +Remember, Lord, the reproach of your servants; how I do bear in my bosom the reproach of all the mighty people; -- psalms 89:50 +. +With which your enemies have reproached, O LORD; with which they have reproached the footsteps of your anointed. -- psalms 89:51 +. +Blessed be the LORD for ever more. Amen, and Amen. -- psalms 89:52 +. +Lord, you have been our dwelling place in all generations. -- psalms 90:1 +. +Before the mountains were brought forth, or ever you had formed the earth and the world, even from everlasting to everlasting, you are God. -- psalms 90:2 +. +You turn man to destruction; and say, Return, you children of men. -- psalms 90:3 +. +For a thousand years in your sight are but as yesterday when it is past, and as a watch in the night. -- psalms 90:4 +. +You carry them away as with a flood; they are as a sleep: in the morning they are like grass which grows up. -- psalms 90:5 +. +In the morning it flourishes, and grows up; in the evening it is cut down, and wither. -- psalms 90:6 +. +For we are consumed by your anger, and by your wrath are we troubled. -- psalms 90:7 +. +You have set our iniquities before you, our secret sins in the light of your countenance. -- psalms 90:8 +. +For all our days are passed away in your wrath: we spend our years as a tale that is told. -- psalms 90:9 +. +The days of our years are three score years and ten; and if by reason of strength they be fourscore years, yet is their strength labor and sorrow; for it is soon cut off, and we fly away. -- psalms 90:10 +. +Who knows the power of your anger? even according to your fear, so is your wrath. -- psalms 90:11 +. +So teach us to number our days, that we may apply our hearts to wisdom. -- psalms 90:12 +. +Return, O LORD, how long? and let it repent you concerning your servants. -- psalms 90:13 +. +O satisfy us early with your mercy; that we may rejoice and be glad all our days. -- psalms 90:14 +. +Make us glad according to the days wherein you have afflicted us, and the years wherein we have seen evil. -- psalms 90:15 +. +Let your work appear to your servants, and your glory to their children. -- psalms 90:16 +. +And let the beauty of the LORD our God be on us: and establish you the work of our hands on us; yes, the work of our hands establish you it. -- psalms 90:17 +. +He that dwells in the secret place of the most High shall abide under the shadow of the Almighty. -- psalms 91:1 +. +I will say of the LORD, He is my refuge and my fortress: my God; in him will I trust. -- psalms 91:2 +. +Surely he shall deliver you from the snare of the fowler, and from the noisome pestilence. -- psalms 91:3 +. +He shall cover you with his feathers, and under his wings shall you trust: his truth shall be your shield and buckler. -- psalms 91:4 +. +You shall not be afraid for the terror by night; nor for the arrow that flies by day; -- psalms 91:5 +. +Nor for the pestilence that walks in darkness; nor for the destruction that wastes at noonday. -- psalms 91:6 +. +A thousand shall fall at your side, and ten thousand at your right hand; but it shall not come near you. -- psalms 91:7 +. +Only with your eyes shall you behold and see the reward of the wicked. -- psalms 91:8 +. +Because you have made the LORD, which is my refuge, even the most High, your habitation; -- psalms 91:9 +. +There shall no evil befall you, neither shall any plague come near your dwelling. -- psalms 91:10 +. +For he shall give his angels charge over you, to keep you in all your ways. -- psalms 91:11 +. +They shall bear you up in their hands, lest you dash your foot against a stone. -- psalms 91:12 +. +You shall tread on the lion and adder: the young lion and the dragon shall you trample under feet. -- psalms 91:13 +. +Because he has set his love on me, therefore will I deliver him: I will set him on high, because he has known my name. -- psalms 91:14 +. +He shall call on me, and I will answer him: I will be with him in trouble; I will deliver him, and honor him. -- psalms 91:15 +. +With long life will I satisfy him, and show him my salvation. -- psalms 91:16 +. +IT IS A GOOD THING TO GIVE THANKS UNTO THE LORD, AND TO SING PRAISES UNTO THY NAME, O MOST HIGH: -- psalms 92:1 +. +To show forth your loving kindness in the morning, and your faithfulness every night, -- psalms 92:2 +. +On an instrument of ten strings, and on the psaltery; on the harp with a solemn sound. -- psalms 92:3 +. +For you, LORD, have made me glad through your work: I will triumph in the works of your hands. -- psalms 92:4 +. +O LORD, how great are your works! and your thoughts are very deep. -- psalms 92:5 +. +A brutish man knows not; neither does a fool understand this. -- psalms 92:6 +. +When the wicked spring as the grass, and when all the workers of iniquity do flourish; it is that they shall be destroyed for ever: -- psalms 92:7 +. +But you, LORD, are most high for ever more. -- psalms 92:8 +. +For, see, your enemies, O LORD, for, see, your enemies shall perish; all the workers of iniquity shall be scattered. -- psalms 92:9 +. +But my horn shall you exalt like the horn of an unicorn: I shall be anointed with fresh oil. -- psalms 92:10 +. +My eye also shall see my desire on my enemies, and my ears shall hear my desire of the wicked that rise up against me. -- psalms 92:11 +. +The righteous shall flourish like the palm tree: he shall grow like a cedar in Lebanon. -- psalms 92:12 +. +Those that be planted in the house of the LORD shall flourish in the courts of our God. -- psalms 92:13 +. +They shall still bring forth fruit in old age; they shall be fat and flourishing; -- psalms 92:14 +. +To show that the LORD is upright: he is my rock, and there is no unrighteousness in him. -- psalms 92:15 +. +The LORD reigns, he is clothed with majesty; the LORD is clothed with strength, with which he has girded himself: the world also is established, that it cannot be moved. -- psalms 93:1 +. +Your throne is established of old: you are from everlasting. -- psalms 93:2 +. +The floods have lifted up, O LORD, the floods have lifted up their voice; the floods lift up their waves. -- psalms 93:3 +. +The LORD on high is mightier than the noise of many waters, yes, than the mighty waves of the sea. -- psalms 93:4 +. +Your testimonies are very sure: holiness becomes your house, O LORD, for ever. -- psalms 93:5 +. +O Lord God, to whom vengeance belongs; O God, to whom vengeance belongs, show yourself. -- psalms 94:1 +. +Lift up yourself, you judge of the earth: render a reward to the proud. -- psalms 94:2 +. +LORD, how long shall the wicked, how long shall the wicked triumph? -- psalms 94:3 +. +How long shall they utter and speak hard things? and all the workers of iniquity boast themselves? -- psalms 94:4 +. +They break in pieces your people, O LORD, and afflict your heritage. -- psalms 94:5 +. +They slay the widow and the stranger, and murder the fatherless. -- psalms 94:6 +. +Yet they say, The LORD shall not see, neither shall the God of Jacob regard it. -- psalms 94:7 +. +Understand, you brutish among the people: and you fools, when will you be wise? -- psalms 94:8 +. +He that planted the ear, shall he not hear? he that formed the eye, shall he not see? -- psalms 94:9 +. +He that chastises the heathen, shall not he correct? he that teaches man knowledge, shall not he know? -- psalms 94:10 +. +The LORD knows the thoughts of man, that they are vanity. -- psalms 94:11 +. +Blessed is the man whom you chasten, O LORD, and teach him out of your law; -- psalms 94:12 +. +That you may give him rest from the days of adversity, until the pit be dig for the wicked. -- psalms 94:13 +. +For the LORD will not cast off his people, neither will he forsake his inheritance. -- psalms 94:14 +. +But judgment shall return to righteousness: and all the upright in heart shall follow it. -- psalms 94:15 +. +Who will rise up for me against the evildoers? or who will stand up for me against the workers of iniquity? -- psalms 94:16 +. +Unless the LORD had been my help, my soul had almost dwelled in silence. -- psalms 94:17 +. +When I said, My foot slips; your mercy, O LORD, held me up. -- psalms 94:18 +. +In the multitude of my thoughts within me your comforts delight my soul. -- psalms 94:19 +. +Shall the throne of iniquity have fellowship with you, which frames mischief by a law? -- psalms 94:20 +. +They gather themselves together against the soul of the righteous, and condemn the innocent blood. -- psalms 94:21 +. +But the LORD is my defense; and my God is the rock of my refuge. -- psalms 94:22 +. +And he shall bring on them their own iniquity, and shall cut them off in their own wickedness; yes, the LORD our God shall cut them off. -- psalms 94:23 +. +O come, let us sing to the LORD: let us make a joyful noise to the rock of our salvation. -- psalms 95:1 +. +Let us come before his presence with thanksgiving, and make a joyful noise to him with psalms. -- psalms 95:2 +. +For the LORD is a great God, and a great King above all gods. -- psalms 95:3 +. +In his hand are the deep places of the earth: the strength of the hills is his also. -- psalms 95:4 +. +The sea is his, and he made it: and his hands formed the dry land. -- psalms 95:5 +. +O come, let us worship and bow down: let us kneel before the LORD our maker. -- psalms 95:6 +. +For he is our God; and we are the people of his pasture, and the sheep of his hand. To day if you will hear his voice, -- psalms 95:7 +. +Harden not your heart, as in the provocation, and as in the day of temptation in the wilderness: -- psalms 95:8 +. +When your fathers tempted me, proved me, and saw my work. -- psalms 95:9 +. +Forty years long was I grieved with this generation, and said, It is a people that do err in their heart, and they have not known my ways: -- psalms 95:10 +. +To whom I swore in my wrath that they should not enter into my rest. -- psalms 95:11 +. +O sing to the LORD a new song: sing to the LORD, all the earth. -- psalms 96:1 +. +Sing to the LORD, bless his name; show forth his salvation from day to day. -- psalms 96:2 +. +Declare his glory among the heathen, his wonders among all people. -- psalms 96:3 +. +For the LORD is great, and greatly to be praised: he is to be feared above all gods. -- psalms 96:4 +. +For all the gods of the nations are idols: but the LORD made the heavens. -- psalms 96:5 +. +Honor and majesty are before him: strength and beauty are in his sanctuary. -- psalms 96:6 +. +Give to the LORD, O you kindreds of the people, give to the LORD glory and strength. -- psalms 96:7 +. +Give to the LORD the glory due to his name: bring an offering, and come into his courts. -- psalms 96:8 +. +O worship the LORD in the beauty of holiness: fear before him, all the earth. -- psalms 96:9 +. +Say among the heathen that the LORD reigns: the world also shall be established that it shall not be moved: he shall judge the people righteously. -- psalms 96:10 +. +Let the heavens rejoice, and let the earth be glad; let the sea roar, and the fullness thereof. -- psalms 96:11 +. +Let the field be joyful, and all that is therein: then shall all the trees of the wood rejoice -- psalms 96:12 +. +Before the LORD: for he comes, for he comes to judge the earth: he shall judge the world with righteousness, and the people with his truth. -- psalms 96:13 +. +The LORD reigns; let the earth rejoice; let the multitude of isles be glad thereof. -- psalms 97:1 +. +Clouds and darkness are round about him: righteousness and judgment are the habitation of his throne. -- psalms 97:2 +. +A fire goes before him, and burns up his enemies round about. -- psalms 97:3 +. +His lightning enlightened the world: the earth saw, and trembled. -- psalms 97:4 +. +The hills melted like wax at the presence of the LORD, at the presence of the Lord of the whole earth. -- psalms 97:5 +. +The heavens declare his righteousness, and all the people see his glory. -- psalms 97:6 +. +Confounded be all they that serve graven images, that boast themselves of idols: worship him, all you gods. -- psalms 97:7 +. +Zion heard, and was glad; and the daughters of Judah rejoiced because of your judgments, O LORD. -- psalms 97:8 +. +For you, LORD, are high above all the earth: you are exalted far above all gods. -- psalms 97:9 +. +You that love the LORD, hate evil: he preserves the souls of his saints; he delivers them out of the hand of the wicked. -- psalms 97:10 +. +Light is sown for the righteous, and gladness for the upright in heart. -- psalms 97:11 +. +Rejoice in the LORD, you righteous; and give thanks at the remembrance of his holiness. -- psalms 97:12 +. +O sing to the LORD a new song; for he has done marvelous things: his right hand, and his holy arm, has gotten him the victory. -- psalms 98:1 +. +The LORD has made known his salvation: his righteousness has he openly showed in the sight of the heathen. -- psalms 98:2 +. +He has remembered his mercy and his truth toward the house of Israel: all the ends of the earth have seen the salvation of our God. -- psalms 98:3 +. +Make a joyful noise to the LORD, all the earth: make a loud noise, and rejoice, and sing praise. -- psalms 98:4 +. +Sing to the LORD with the harp; with the harp, and the voice of a psalm. -- psalms 98:5 +. +With trumpets and sound of cornet make a joyful noise before the LORD, the King. -- psalms 98:6 +. +Let the sea roar, and the fullness thereof; the world, and they that dwell therein. -- psalms 98:7 +. +Let the floods clap their hands: let the hills be joyful together -- psalms 98:8 +. +Before the LORD; for he comes to judge the earth: with righteousness shall he judge the world, and the people with equity. -- psalms 98:9 +. +The LORD reigns; let the people tremble: he sits between the cherubim; let the earth be moved. -- psalms 99:1 +. +The LORD is great in Zion; and he is high above all the people. -- psalms 99:2 +. +Let them praise your great and terrible name; for it is holy. -- psalms 99:3 +. +The king' strength also loves judgment; you do establish equity, you execute judgment and righteousness in Jacob. -- psalms 99:4 +. +Exalt you the LORD our God, and worship at his footstool; for he is holy. -- psalms 99:5 +. +Moses and Aaron among his priests, and Samuel among them that call on his name; they called on the LORD, and he answered them. -- psalms 99:6 +. +He spoke to them in the cloudy pillar: they kept his testimonies, and the ordinance that he gave them. -- psalms 99:7 +. +You answered them, O LORD our God: you were a God that forgave them, though you took vengeance of their inventions. -- psalms 99:8 +. +Exalt the LORD our God, and worship at his holy hill; for the LORD our God is holy. -- psalms 99:9 +. +Make a joyful noise to the LORD, all you lands. -- psalms 100:1 +. +Serve the LORD with gladness: come before his presence with singing. -- psalms 100:2 +. +Know you that the LORD he is God: it is he that has made us, and not we ourselves; we are his people, and the sheep of his pasture. -- psalms 100:3 +. +Enter into his gates with thanksgiving, and into his courts with praise: be thankful to him, and bless his name. -- psalms 100:4 +. +For the LORD is good; his mercy is everlasting; and his truth endures to all generations. -- psalms 100:5 +. +I will sing of mercy and judgment: to you, O LORD, will I sing. -- psalms 101:1 +. +I will behave myself wisely in a perfect way. O when will you come to me? I will walk within my house with a perfect heart. -- psalms 101:2 +. +I will set no wicked thing before my eyes: I hate the work of them that turn aside; it shall not stick to me. -- psalms 101:3 +. +A fraudulent heart shall depart from me: I will not know a wicked person. -- psalms 101:4 +. +Whoever privately slanders his neighbor, him will I cut off: him that has an high look and a proud heart will not I suffer. -- psalms 101:5 +. +My eyes shall be on the faithful of the land, that they may dwell with me: he that walks in a perfect way, he shall serve me. -- psalms 101:6 +. +He that works deceit shall not dwell within my house: he that tells lies shall not tarry in my sight. -- psalms 101:7 +. +I will early destroy all the wicked of the land; that I may cut off all wicked doers from the city of the LORD. -- psalms 101:8 +. +Hear my prayer, O LORD, and let my cry come to you. -- psalms 102:1 +. +Hide not your face from me in the day when I am in trouble; incline your ear to me: in the day when I call answer me speedily. -- psalms 102:2 +. +For my days are consumed like smoke, and my bones are burned as an hearth. -- psalms 102:3 +. +My heart is smitten, and withered like grass; so that I forget to eat my bread. -- psalms 102:4 +. +By reason of the voice of my groaning my bones stick to my skin. -- psalms 102:5 +. +I am like a pelican of the wilderness: I am like an owl of the desert. -- psalms 102:6 +. +I watch, and am as a sparrow alone on the house top. -- psalms 102:7 +. +My enemies reproach me all the day; and they that are mad against me are sworn against me. -- psalms 102:8 +. +For I have eaten ashes like bread, and mingled my drink with weeping. -- psalms 102:9 +. +Because of your indignation and your wrath: for you have lifted me up, and cast me down. -- psalms 102:10 +. +My days are like a shadow that declines; and I am withered like grass. -- psalms 102:11 +. +But you, O LORD, shall endure for ever; and your remembrance to all generations. -- psalms 102:12 +. +You shall arise, and have mercy on Zion: for the time to favor her, yes, the set time, is come. -- psalms 102:13 +. +For your servants take pleasure in her stones, and favor the dust thereof. -- psalms 102:14 +. +So the heathen shall fear the name of the LORD, and all the kings of the earth your glory. -- psalms 102:15 +. +When the LORD shall build up Zion, he shall appear in his glory. -- psalms 102:16 +. +He will regard the prayer of the destitute, and not despise their prayer. -- psalms 102:17 +. +This shall be written for the generation to come: and the people which shall be created shall praise the LORD. -- psalms 102:18 +. +For he has looked down from the height of his sanctuary; from heaven did the LORD behold the earth; -- psalms 102:19 +. +To hear the groaning of the prisoner; to loose those that are appointed to death; -- psalms 102:20 +. +To declare the name of the LORD in Zion, and his praise in Jerusalem; -- psalms 102:21 +. +When the people are gathered together, and the kingdoms, to serve the LORD. -- psalms 102:22 +. +He weakened my strength in the way; he shortened my days. -- psalms 102:23 +. +I said, O my God, take me not away in the middle of my days: your years are throughout all generations. -- psalms 102:24 +. +Of old have you laid the foundation of the earth: and the heavens are the work of your hands. -- psalms 102:25 +. +They shall perish, but you shall endure: yes, all of them shall wax old like a garment; as a clothing shall you change them, and they shall be changed: -- psalms 102:26 +. +But you are the same, and your years shall have no end. -- psalms 102:27 +. +The children of your servants shall continue, and their seed shall be established before you. -- psalms 102:28 +. +Bless the LORD, O my soul: and all that is within me, bless his holy name. -- psalms 103:1 +. +Bless the LORD, O my soul, and forget not all his benefits: -- psalms 103:2 +. +Who forgives all your iniquities; who heals all your diseases; -- psalms 103:3 +. +Who redeems your life from destruction; who crowns you with loving kindness and tender mercies; -- psalms 103:4 +. +Who satisfies your mouth with good things; so that your youth is renewed like the eagle'. -- psalms 103:5 +. +The LORD executes righteousness and judgment for all that are oppressed. -- psalms 103:6 +. +He made known his ways to Moses, his acts to the children of Israel. -- psalms 103:7 +. +The LORD is merciful and gracious, slow to anger, and plenteous in mercy. -- psalms 103:8 +. +He will not always chide: neither will he keep his anger for ever. -- psalms 103:9 +. +He has not dealt with us after our sins; nor rewarded us according to our iniquities. -- psalms 103:10 +. +For as the heaven is high above the earth, so great is his mercy toward them that fear him. -- psalms 103:11 +. +As far as the east is from the west, so far has he removed our transgressions from us. -- psalms 103:12 +. +Like as a father pities his children, so the LORD pities them that fear him. -- psalms 103:13 +. +For he knows our frame; he remembers that we are dust. -- psalms 103:14 +. +As for man, his days are as grass: as a flower of the field, so he flourishes. -- psalms 103:15 +. +For the wind passes over it, and it is gone; and the place thereof shall know it no more. -- psalms 103:16 +. +But the mercy of the LORD is from everlasting to everlasting on them that fear him, and his righteousness to children' children; -- psalms 103:17 +. +To such as keep his covenant, and to those that remember his commandments to do them. -- psalms 103:18 +. +The LORD has prepared his throne in the heavens; and his kingdom rules over all. -- psalms 103:19 +. +Bless the LORD, you his angels, that excel in strength, that do his commandments, hearkening to the voice of his word. -- psalms 103:20 +. +Bless you the LORD, all you his hosts; you ministers of his, that do his pleasure. -- psalms 103:21 +. +Bless the LORD, all his works in all places of his dominion: bless the LORD, O my soul. -- psalms 103:22 +. +Bless the LORD, O my soul. O LORD my God, you are very great; you are clothed with honor and majesty. -- psalms 104:1 +. +Who cover yourself with light as with a garment: who stretch out the heavens like a curtain: -- psalms 104:2 +. +Who lays the beams of his chambers in the waters: who makes the clouds his chariot: who walks on the wings of the wind: -- psalms 104:3 +. +Who makes his angels spirits; his ministers a flaming fire: -- psalms 104:4 +. +Who laid the foundations of the earth, that it should not be removed for ever. -- psalms 104:5 +. +You covered it with the deep as with a garment: the waters stood above the mountains. -- psalms 104:6 +. +At your rebuke they fled; at the voice of your thunder they hurried away. -- psalms 104:7 +. +They go up by the mountains; they go down by the valleys to the place which you have founded for them. -- psalms 104:8 +. +You have set a bound that they may not pass over; that they turn not again to cover the earth. -- psalms 104:9 +. +He sends the springs into the valleys, which run among the hills. -- psalms 104:10 +. +They give drink to every beast of the field: the wild asses quench their thirst. -- psalms 104:11 +. +By them shall the fowls of the heaven have their habitation, which sing among the branches. -- psalms 104:12 +. +He waters the hills from his chambers: the earth is satisfied with the fruit of your works. -- psalms 104:13 +. +He causes the grass to grow for the cattle, and herb for the service of man: that he may bring forth food out of the earth; -- psalms 104:14 +. +And wine that makes glad the heart of man, and oil to make his face to shine, and bread which strengthens man' heart. -- psalms 104:15 +. +The trees of the LORD are full of sap; the cedars of Lebanon, which he has planted; -- psalms 104:16 +. +Where the birds make their nests: as for the stork, the fir trees are her house. -- psalms 104:17 +. +The high hills are a refuge for the wild goats; and the rocks for the conies. -- psalms 104:18 +. +He appointed the moon for seasons: the sun knows his going down. -- psalms 104:19 +. +You make darkness, and it is night: wherein all the beasts of the forest do creep forth. -- psalms 104:20 +. +The young lions roar after their prey, and seek their meat from God. -- psalms 104:21 +. +The sun rises, they gather themselves together, and lay them down in their dens. -- psalms 104:22 +. +Man goes forth to his work and to his labor until the evening. -- psalms 104:23 +. +O LORD, how manifold are your works! in wisdom have you made them all: the earth is full of your riches. -- psalms 104:24 +. +So is this great and wide sea, wherein are things creeping innumerable, both small and great beasts. -- psalms 104:25 +. +There go the ships: there is that leviathan, whom you have made to play therein. -- psalms 104:26 +. +These wait all on you; that you may give them their meat in due season. -- psalms 104:27 +. +That you give them they gather: you open your hand, they are filled with good. -- psalms 104:28 +. +You hide your face, they are troubled: you take away their breath, they die, and return to their dust. -- psalms 104:29 +. +You send forth your spirit, they are created: and you renew the face of the earth. -- psalms 104:30 +. +The glory of the LORD shall endure for ever: the LORD shall rejoice in his works. -- psalms 104:31 +. +He looks on the earth, and it trembles: he touches the hills, and they smoke. -- psalms 104:32 +. +I will sing to the LORD as long as I live: I will sing praise to my God while I have my being. -- psalms 104:33 +. +My meditation of him shall be sweet: I will be glad in the LORD. -- psalms 104:34 +. +Let the sinners be consumed out of the earth, and let the wicked be no more. Bless you the LORD, O my soul. Praise you the LORD. -- psalms 104:35 +. +O give thanks to the LORD; call on his name: make known his deeds among the people. -- psalms 105:1 +. +Sing to him, sing psalms to him: talk you of all his wondrous works. -- psalms 105:2 +. +Glory you in his holy name: let the heart of them rejoice that seek the LORD. -- psalms 105:3 +. +Seek the LORD, and his strength: seek his face ever more. -- psalms 105:4 +. +Remember his marvelous works that he has done; his wonders, and the judgments of his mouth; -- psalms 105:5 +. +O you seed of Abraham his servant, you children of Jacob his chosen. -- psalms 105:6 +. +He is the LORD our God: his judgments are in all the earth. -- psalms 105:7 +. +He has remembered his covenant for ever, the word which he commanded to a thousand generations. -- psalms 105:8 +. +Which covenant he made with Abraham, and his oath to Isaac; -- psalms 105:9 +. +And confirmed the same to Jacob for a law, and to Israel for an everlasting covenant: -- psalms 105:10 +. +Saying, To you will I give the land of Canaan, the lot of your inheritance: -- psalms 105:11 +. +When they were but a few men in number; yes, very few, and strangers in it. -- psalms 105:12 +. +When they went from one nation to another, from one kingdom to another people; -- psalms 105:13 +. +He suffered no man to do them wrong: yes, he reproved kings for their sakes; -- psalms 105:14 +. +Saying, Touch not my anointed, and do my prophets no harm. -- psalms 105:15 +. +Moreover he called for a famine on the land: he broke the whole staff of bread. -- psalms 105:16 +. +He sent a man before them, even Joseph, who was sold for a servant: -- psalms 105:17 +. +Whose feet they hurt with fetters: he was laid in iron: -- psalms 105:18 +. +Until the time that his word came: the word of the LORD tried him. -- psalms 105:19 +. +The king sent and loosed him; even the ruler of the people, and let him go free. -- psalms 105:20 +. +He made him lord of his house, and ruler of all his substance: -- psalms 105:21 +. +To bind his princes at his pleasure; and teach his senators wisdom. -- psalms 105:22 +. +Israel also came into Egypt; and Jacob sojourned in the land of Ham. -- psalms 105:23 +. +And he increased his people greatly; and made them stronger than their enemies. -- psalms 105:24 +. +He turned their heart to hate his people, to deal subtly with his servants. -- psalms 105:25 +. +He sent Moses his servant; and Aaron whom he had chosen. -- psalms 105:26 +. +They showed his signs among them, and wonders in the land of Ham. -- psalms 105:27 +. +He sent darkness, and made it dark; and they rebelled not against his word. -- psalms 105:28 +. +He turned their waters into blood, and slew their fish. -- psalms 105:29 +. +Their land brought forth frogs in abundance, in the chambers of their kings. -- psalms 105:30 +. +He spoke, and there came divers sorts of flies, and lice in all their coasts. -- psalms 105:31 +. +He gave them hail for rain, and flaming fire in their land. -- psalms 105:32 +. +He smote their vines also and their fig trees; and broke the trees of their coasts. -- psalms 105:33 +. +He spoke, and the locusts came, and caterpillars, and that without number, -- psalms 105:34 +. +And did eat up all the herbs in their land, and devoured the fruit of their ground. -- psalms 105:35 +. +He smote also all the firstborn in their land, the chief of all their strength. -- psalms 105:36 +. +He brought them forth also with silver and gold: and there was not one feeble person among their tribes. -- psalms 105:37 +. +Egypt was glad when they departed: for the fear of them fell on them. -- psalms 105:38 +. +He spread a cloud for a covering; and fire to give light in the night. -- psalms 105:39 +. +The people asked, and he brought quails, and satisfied them with the bread of heaven. -- psalms 105:40 +. +He opened the rock, and the waters gushed out; they ran in the dry places like a river. -- psalms 105:41 +. +For he remembered his holy promise, and Abraham his servant. -- psalms 105:42 +. +And he brought forth his people with joy, and his chosen with gladness: -- psalms 105:43 +. +And gave them the lands of the heathen: and they inherited the labor of the people; -- psalms 105:44 +. +That they might observe his statutes, and keep his laws. Praise you the LORD. -- psalms 105:45 +. +Praise you the LORD. O give thanks to the LORD; for he is good: for his mercy endures for ever. -- psalms 106:1 +. +Who can utter the mighty acts of the LORD? who can show forth all his praise? -- psalms 106:2 +. +Blessed are they that keep judgment, and he that does righteousness at all times. -- psalms 106:3 +. +Remember me, O LORD, with the favor that you bore to your people: O visit me with your salvation; -- psalms 106:4 +. +That I may see the good of your chosen, that I may rejoice in the gladness of your nation, that I may glory with your inheritance. -- psalms 106:5 +. +We have sinned with our fathers, we have committed iniquity, we have done wickedly. -- psalms 106:6 +. +Our fathers understood not your wonders in Egypt; they remembered not the multitude of your mercies; but provoked him at the sea, even at the Red sea. -- psalms 106:7 +. +Nevertheless he saved them for his name' sake, that he might make his mighty power to be known. -- psalms 106:8 +. +He rebuked the Red sea also, and it was dried up: so he led them through the depths, as through the wilderness. -- psalms 106:9 +. +And he saved them from the hand of him that hated them, and redeemed them from the hand of the enemy. -- psalms 106:10 +. +And the waters covered their enemies: there was not one of them left. -- psalms 106:11 +. +Then believed they his words; they sang his praise. -- psalms 106:12 +. +They soon forgot his works; they waited not for his counsel: -- psalms 106:13 +. +But lusted exceedingly in the wilderness, and tempted God in the desert. -- psalms 106:14 +. +And he gave them their request; but sent leanness into their soul. -- psalms 106:15 +. +They envied Moses also in the camp, and Aaron the saint of the LORD. -- psalms 106:16 +. +The earth opened and swallowed up Dathan and covered the company of Abiram. -- psalms 106:17 +. +And a fire was kindled in their company; the flame burned up the wicked. -- psalms 106:18 +. +They made a calf in Horeb, and worshipped the molten image. -- psalms 106:19 +. +Thus they changed their glory into the similitude of an ox that eats grass. -- psalms 106:20 +. +They forgot God their savior, which had done great things in Egypt; -- psalms 106:21 +. +Wondrous works in the land of Ham, and terrible things by the Red sea. -- psalms 106:22 +. +Therefore he said that he would destroy them, had not Moses his chosen stood before him in the breach, to turn away his wrath, lest he should destroy them. -- psalms 106:23 +. +Yes, they despised the pleasant land, they believed not his word: -- psalms 106:24 +. +But murmured in their tents, and listened not to the voice of the LORD. -- psalms 106:25 +. +Therefore he lifted up his hand against them, to overthrow them in the wilderness: -- psalms 106:26 +. +To overthrow their seed also among the nations, and to scatter them in the lands. -- psalms 106:27 +. +They joined themselves also to Baalpeor, and ate the sacrifices of the dead. -- psalms 106:28 +. +Thus they provoked him to anger with their inventions: and the plague broke in on them. -- psalms 106:29 +. +Then stood up Phinehas, and executed judgment: and so the plague was stayed. -- psalms 106:30 +. +And that was counted to him for righteousness to all generations for ever more. -- psalms 106:31 +. +They angered him also at the waters of strife, so that it went ill with Moses for their sakes: -- psalms 106:32 +. +Because they provoked his spirit, so that he spoke unadvisedly with his lips. -- psalms 106:33 +. +They did not destroy the nations, concerning whom the LORD commanded them: -- psalms 106:34 +. +But were mingled among the heathen, and learned their works. -- psalms 106:35 +. +And they served their idols: which were a snare to them. -- psalms 106:36 +. +Yes, they sacrificed their sons and their daughters to devils, -- psalms 106:37 +. +And shed innocent blood, even the blood of their sons and of their daughters, whom they sacrificed to the idols of Canaan: and the land was polluted with blood. -- psalms 106:38 +. +Thus were they defiled with their own works, and went a whoring with their own inventions. -- psalms 106:39 +. +Therefore was the wrath of the LORD kindled against his people, so that he abhorred his own inheritance. -- psalms 106:40 +. +And he gave them into the hand of the heathen; and they that hated them ruled over them. -- psalms 106:41 +. +Their enemies also oppressed them, and they were brought into subjection under their hand. -- psalms 106:42 +. +Many times did he deliver them; but they provoked him with their counsel, and were brought low for their iniquity. -- psalms 106:43 +. +Nevertheless he regarded their affliction, when he heard their cry: -- psalms 106:44 +. +And he remembered for them his covenant, and repented according to the multitude of his mercies. -- psalms 106:45 +. +He made them also to be pitied of all those that carried them captives. -- psalms 106:46 +. +Save us, O LORD our God, and gather us from among the heathen, to give thanks to your holy name, and to triumph in your praise. -- psalms 106:47 +. +Blessed be the LORD God of Israel from everlasting to everlasting: and let all the people say, Amen. Praise you the LORD. -- psalms 106:48 +. +O give thanks to the LORD, for he is good: for his mercy endures for ever. -- psalms 107:1 +. +Let the redeemed of the LORD say so, whom he has redeemed from the hand of the enemy; -- psalms 107:2 +. +And gathered them out of the lands, from the east, and from the west, from the north, and from the south. -- psalms 107:3 +. +They wandered in the wilderness in a solitary way; they found no city to dwell in. -- psalms 107:4 +. +Hungry and thirsty, their soul fainted in them. -- psalms 107:5 +. +Then they cried to the LORD in their trouble, and he delivered them out of their distresses. -- psalms 107:6 +. +And he led them forth by the right way, that they might go to a city of habitation. -- psalms 107:7 +. +Oh that men would praise the LORD for his goodness, and for his wonderful works to the children of men! -- psalms 107:8 +. +For he satisfies the longing soul, and fills the hungry soul with goodness. -- psalms 107:9 +. +Such as sit in darkness and in the shadow of death, being bound in affliction and iron; -- psalms 107:10 +. +Because they rebelled against the words of God, and contemned the counsel of the most High: -- psalms 107:11 +. +Therefore he brought down their heart with labor; they fell down, and there was none to help. -- psalms 107:12 +. +Then they cried to the LORD in their trouble, and he saved them out of their distresses. -- psalms 107:13 +. +He brought them out of darkness and the shadow of death, and broke their bands in sunder. -- psalms 107:14 +. +Oh that men would praise the LORD for his goodness, and for his wonderful works to the children of men! -- psalms 107:15 +. +For he has broken the gates of brass, and cut the bars of iron in sunder. -- psalms 107:16 +. +Fools because of their transgression, and because of their iniquities, are afflicted. -- psalms 107:17 +. +Their soul abhors all manner of meat; and they draw near to the gates of death. -- psalms 107:18 +. +Then they cry to the LORD in their trouble, and he saves them out of their distresses. -- psalms 107:19 +. +He sent his word, and healed them, and delivered them from their destructions. -- psalms 107:20 +. +Oh that men would praise the LORD for his goodness, and for his wonderful works to the children of men! -- psalms 107:21 +. +And let them sacrifice the sacrifices of thanksgiving, and declare his works with rejoicing. -- psalms 107:22 +. +They that go down to the sea in ships, that do business in great waters; -- psalms 107:23 +. +These see the works of the LORD, and his wonders in the deep. -- psalms 107:24 +. +For he commands, and raises the stormy wind, which lifts up the waves thereof. -- psalms 107:25 +. +They mount up to the heaven, they go down again to the depths: their soul is melted because of trouble. -- psalms 107:26 +. +They reel to and fro, and stagger like a drunken man, and are at their wit' end. -- psalms 107:27 +. +Then they cry to the LORD in their trouble, and he brings them out of their distresses. -- psalms 107:28 +. +He makes the storm a calm, so that the waves thereof are still. -- psalms 107:29 +. +Then are they glad because they be quiet; so he brings them to their desired haven. -- psalms 107:30 +. +Oh that men would praise the LORD for his goodness, and for his wonderful works to the children of men! -- psalms 107:31 +. +Let them exalt him also in the congregation of the people, and praise him in the assembly of the elders. -- psalms 107:32 +. +He turns rivers into a wilderness, and the springs into dry ground; -- psalms 107:33 +. +A fruitful land into barrenness, for the wickedness of them that dwell therein. -- psalms 107:34 +. +He turns the wilderness into a standing water, and dry ground into springs. -- psalms 107:35 +. +And there he makes the hungry to dwell, that they may prepare a city for habitation; -- psalms 107:36 +. +And sow the fields, and plant vineyards, which may yield fruits of increase. -- psalms 107:37 +. +He blesses them also, so that they are multiplied greatly; and suffers not their cattle to decrease. -- psalms 107:38 +. +Again, they are diminished and brought low through oppression, affliction, and sorrow. -- psalms 107:39 +. +He pours contempt on princes, and causes them to wander in the wilderness, where there is no way. -- psalms 107:40 +. +Yet sets he the poor on high from affliction, and makes him families like a flock. -- psalms 107:41 +. +The righteous shall see it, and rejoice: and all iniquity shall stop her mouth. -- psalms 107:42 +. +Whoever is wise, and will observe these things, even they shall understand the loving kindness of the LORD. -- psalms 107:43 +. +O god, my heart is fixed; I will sing and give praise, even with my glory. -- psalms 108:1 +. +Awake, psaltery and harp: I myself will awake early. -- psalms 108:2 +. +I will praise you, O LORD, among the people: and I will sing praises to you among the nations. -- psalms 108:3 +. +For your mercy is great above the heavens: and your truth reaches to the clouds. -- psalms 108:4 +. +Be you exalted, O God, above the heavens: and your glory above all the earth; -- psalms 108:5 +. +That your beloved may be delivered: save with your right hand, and answer me. -- psalms 108:6 +. +God has spoken in his holiness; I will rejoice, I will divide Shechem, and mete out the valley of Succoth. -- psalms 108:7 +. +Gilead is mine; Manasseh is mine; Ephraim also is the strength of my head; Judah is my lawgiver; -- psalms 108:8 +. +Moab is my wash pot; over Edom will I cast out my shoe; over Philistia will I triumph. -- psalms 108:9 +. +Who will bring me into the strong city? who will lead me into Edom? -- psalms 108:10 +. +Will not you, O God, who have cast us off? and will not you, O God, go forth with our hosts? -- psalms 108:11 +. +Give us help from trouble: for vain is the help of man. -- psalms 108:12 +. +Through God we shall do valiantly: for he it is that shall tread down our enemies. -- psalms 108:13 +. +Hold not your peace, O God of my praise; -- psalms 109:1 +. +For the mouth of the wicked and the mouth of the deceitful are opened against me: they have spoken against me with a lying tongue. -- psalms 109:2 +. +They compassed me about also with words of hatred; and fought against me without a cause. -- psalms 109:3 +. +For my love they are my adversaries: but I give myself to prayer. -- psalms 109:4 +. +And they have rewarded me evil for good, and hatred for my love. -- psalms 109:5 +. +Set you a wicked man over him: and let Satan stand at his right hand. -- psalms 109:6 +. +When he shall be judged, let him be condemned: and let his prayer become sin. -- psalms 109:7 +. +Let his days be few; and let another take his office. -- psalms 109:8 +. +Let his children be fatherless, and his wife a widow. -- psalms 109:9 +. +Let his children be continually vagabonds, and beg: let them seek their bread also out of their desolate places. -- psalms 109:10 +. +Let the extortionist catch all that he has; and let the strangers spoil his labor. -- psalms 109:11 +. +Let there be none to extend mercy to him: neither let there be any to favor his fatherless children. -- psalms 109:12 +. +Let his posterity be cut off; and in the generation following let their name be blotted out. -- psalms 109:13 +. +Let the iniquity of his fathers be remembered with the LORD; and let not the sin of his mother be blotted out. -- psalms 109:14 +. +Let them be before the LORD continually, that he may cut off the memory of them from the earth. -- psalms 109:15 +. +Because that he remembered not to show mercy, but persecuted the poor and needy man, that he might even slay the broken in heart. -- psalms 109:16 +. +As he loved cursing, so let it come to him: as he delighted not in blessing, so let it be far from him. -- psalms 109:17 +. +As he clothed himself with cursing like as with his garment, so let it come into his bowels like water, and like oil into his bones. -- psalms 109:18 +. +Let it be to him as the garment which covers him, and for a girdle with which he is girded continually. -- psalms 109:19 +. +Let this be the reward of my adversaries from the LORD, and of them that speak evil against my soul. -- psalms 109:20 +. +But do you for me, O GOD the Lord, for your name' sake: because your mercy is good, deliver you me. -- psalms 109:21 +. +For I am poor and needy, and my heart is wounded within me. -- psalms 109:22 +. +I am gone like the shadow when it declines: I am tossed up and down as the locust. -- psalms 109:23 +. +My knees are weak through fasting; and my flesh fails of fatness. -- psalms 109:24 +. +I became also a reproach to them: when they looked on me they shook their heads. -- psalms 109:25 +. +Help me, O LORD my God: O save me according to your mercy: -- psalms 109:26 +. +That they may know that this is your hand; that you, LORD, have done it. -- psalms 109:27 +. +Let them curse, but bless you: when they arise, let them be ashamed; but let your servant rejoice. -- psalms 109:28 +. +Let my adversaries be clothed with shame, and let them cover themselves with their own confusion, as with a mantle. -- psalms 109:29 +. +I will greatly praise the LORD with my mouth; yes, I will praise him among the multitude. -- psalms 109:30 +. +For he shall stand at the right hand of the poor, to save him from those that condemn his soul. -- psalms 109:31 +. +The LORD said to my Lord, Sit you at my right hand, until I make your enemies your footstool. -- psalms 110:1 +. +The LORD shall send the rod of your strength out of Zion: rule you in the middle of your enemies. -- psalms 110:2 +. +Your people shall be willing in the day of your power, in the beauties of holiness from the womb of the morning: you have the dew of your youth. -- psalms 110:3 +. +The LORD has sworn, and will not repent, You are a priest for ever after the order of Melchizedek. -- psalms 110:4 +. +The Lord at your right hand shall strike through kings in the day of his wrath. -- psalms 110:5 +. +He shall judge among the heathen, he shall fill the places with the dead bodies; he shall wound the heads over many countries. -- psalms 110:6 +. +He shall drink of the brook in the way: therefore shall he lift up the head. -- psalms 110:7 +. +Praise you the LORD. I will praise the LORD with my whole heart, in the assembly of the upright, and in the congregation. -- psalms 111:1 +. +The works of the LORD are great, sought out of all them that have pleasure therein. -- psalms 111:2 +. +His work is honorable and glorious: and his righteousness endures for ever. -- psalms 111:3 +. +He has made his wonderful works to be remembered: the LORD is gracious and full of compassion. -- psalms 111:4 +. +He has given meat to them that fear him: he will ever be mindful of his covenant. -- psalms 111:5 +. +He has showed his people the power of his works, that he may give them the heritage of the heathen. -- psalms 111:6 +. +The works of his hands are verity and judgment; all his commandments are sure. -- psalms 111:7 +. +They stand fast for ever and ever, and are done in truth and uprightness. -- psalms 111:8 +. +He sent redemption to his people: he has commanded his covenant for ever: holy and reverend is his name. -- psalms 111:9 +. +The fear of the LORD is the beginning of wisdom: a good understanding have all they that do his commandments: his praise endures for ever. -- psalms 111:10 +. +Praise you the LORD. Blessed is the man that fears the LORD, that delights greatly in his commandments. -- psalms 112:1 +. +His seed shall be mighty on earth: the generation of the upright shall be blessed. -- psalms 112:2 +. +Wealth and riches shall be in his house: and his righteousness endures for ever. -- psalms 112:3 +. +To the upright there rises light in the darkness: he is gracious, and full of compassion, and righteous. -- psalms 112:4 +. +A good man shows favor, and lends: he will guide his affairs with discretion. -- psalms 112:5 +. +Surely he shall not be moved for ever: the righteous shall be in everlasting remembrance. -- psalms 112:6 +. +He shall not be afraid of evil tidings: his heart is fixed, trusting in the LORD. -- psalms 112:7 +. +His heart is established, he shall not be afraid, until he see his desire on his enemies. -- psalms 112:8 +. +He has dispersed, he has given to the poor; his righteousness endures for ever; his horn shall be exalted with honor. -- psalms 112:9 +. +The wicked shall see it, and be grieved; he shall gnash with his teeth, and melt away: the desire of the wicked shall perish. -- psalms 112:10 +. +Praise you the LORD. Praise, O you servants of the LORD, praise the name of the LORD. -- psalms 113:1 +. +Blessed be the name of the LORD from this time forth and for ever more. -- psalms 113:2 +. +From the rising of the sun to the going down of the same the LORD' name is to be praised. -- psalms 113:3 +. +The LORD is high above all nations, and his glory above the heavens. -- psalms 113:4 +. +Who is like to the LORD our God, who dwells on high, -- psalms 113:5 +. +Who humbles himself to behold the things that are in heaven, and in the earth! -- psalms 113:6 +. +He raises up the poor out of the dust, and lifts the needy out of the dunghill; -- psalms 113:7 +. +That he may set him with princes, even with the princes of his people. -- psalms 113:8 +. +He makes the barren woman to keep house, and to be a joyful mother of children. Praise you the LORD. -- psalms 113:9 +. +When Israel went out of Egypt, the house of Jacob from a people of strange language; -- psalms 114:1 +. +Judah was his sanctuary, and Israel his dominion. -- psalms 114:2 +. +The sea saw it, and fled: Jordan was driven back. -- psalms 114:3 +. +The mountains skipped like rams, and the little hills like lambs. -- psalms 114:4 +. +What ailed you, O you sea, that you fled? you Jordan, that you were driven back? -- psalms 114:5 +. +You mountains, that you skipped like rams; and you little hills, like lambs? -- psalms 114:6 +. +Tremble, you earth, at the presence of the Lord, at the presence of the God of Jacob; -- psalms 114:7 +. +Which turned the rock into a standing water, the flint into a fountain of waters. -- psalms 114:8 +. +Not to us, O LORD, not to us, but to your name give glory, for your mercy, and for your truth' sake. -- psalms 115:1 +. +Why should the heathen say, Where is now their God? -- psalms 115:2 +. +But our God is in the heavens: he has done whatever he has pleased. -- psalms 115:3 +. +Their idols are silver and gold, the work of men' hands. -- psalms 115:4 +. +They have mouths, but they speak not: eyes have they, but they see not: -- psalms 115:5 +. +They have ears, but they hear not: noses have they, but they smell not: -- psalms 115:6 +. +They have hands, but they handle not: feet have they, but they walk not: neither speak they through their throat. -- psalms 115:7 +. +They that make them are like to them; so is every one that trusts in them. -- psalms 115:8 +. +O Israel, trust you in the LORD: he is their help and their shield. -- psalms 115:9 +. +O house of Aaron, trust in the LORD: he is their help and their shield. -- psalms 115:10 +. +You that fear the LORD, trust in the LORD: he is their help and their shield. -- psalms 115:11 +. +The LORD has been mindful of us: he will bless us; he will bless the house of Israel; he will bless the house of Aaron. -- psalms 115:12 +. +He will bless them that fear the LORD, both small and great. -- psalms 115:13 +. +The LORD shall increase you more and more, you and your children. -- psalms 115:14 +. +You are blessed of the LORD which made heaven and earth. -- psalms 115:15 +. +The heaven, even the heavens, are the LORD': but the earth has he given to the children of men. -- psalms 115:16 +. +The dead praise not the LORD, neither any that go down into silence. -- psalms 115:17 +. +But we will bless the LORD from this time forth and for ever more. Praise the LORD. -- psalms 115:18 +. +I love the LORD, because he has heard my voice and my supplications. -- psalms 116:1 +. +Because he has inclined his ear to me, therefore will I call on him as long as I live. -- psalms 116:2 +. +The sorrows of death compassed me, and the pains of hell got hold on me: I found trouble and sorrow. -- psalms 116:3 +. +Then called I on the name of the LORD; O LORD, I beseech you, deliver my soul. -- psalms 116:4 +. +Gracious is the LORD, and righteous; yes, our God is merciful. -- psalms 116:5 +. +The LORD preserves the simple: I was brought low, and he helped me. -- psalms 116:6 +. +Return to your rest, O my soul; for the LORD has dealt bountifully with you. -- psalms 116:7 +. +For you have delivered my soul from death, my eyes from tears, and my feet from falling. -- psalms 116:8 +. +I will walk before the LORD in the land of the living. -- psalms 116:9 +. +I believed, therefore have I spoken: I was greatly afflicted: -- psalms 116:10 +. +I said in my haste, All men are liars. -- psalms 116:11 +. +What shall I render to the LORD for all his benefits toward me? -- psalms 116:12 +. +I will take the cup of salvation, and call on the name of the LORD. -- psalms 116:13 +. +I will pay my vows to the LORD now in the presence of all his people. -- psalms 116:14 +. +Precious in the sight of the LORD is the death of his saints. -- psalms 116:15 +. +O LORD, truly I am your servant; I am your servant, and the son of your handmaid: you have loosed my bonds. -- psalms 116:16 +. +I will offer to you the sacrifice of thanksgiving, and will call on the name of the LORD. -- psalms 116:17 +. +I will pay my vows to the LORD now in the presence of all his people. -- psalms 116:18 +. +In the courts of the LORD' house, in the middle of you, O Jerusalem. Praise you the LORD. -- psalms 116:19 +. +O praise the LORD, all you nations: praise him, all you people. -- psalms 117:1 +. +For his merciful kindness is great toward us: and the truth of the LORD endures for ever. Praise you the LORD. -- psalms 117:2 +. +O give thanks to the LORD; for he is good: because his mercy endures for ever. -- psalms 118:1 +. +Let Israel now say, that his mercy endures for ever. -- psalms 118:2 +. +Let the house of Aaron now say, that his mercy endures for ever. -- psalms 118:3 +. +Let them now that fear the LORD say, that his mercy endures for ever. -- psalms 118:4 +. +I called on the LORD in distress: the LORD answered me, and set me in a large place. -- psalms 118:5 +. +The LORD is on my side; I will not fear: what can man do to me? -- psalms 118:6 +. +The LORD takes my part with them that help me: therefore shall I see my desire on them that hate me. -- psalms 118:7 +. +It is better to trust in the LORD than to put confidence in man. -- psalms 118:8 +. +It is better to trust in the LORD than to put confidence in princes. -- psalms 118:9 +. +All nations compassed me about: but in the name of the LORD will I destroy them. -- psalms 118:10 +. +They compassed me about; yes, they compassed me about: but in the name of the LORD I will destroy them. -- psalms 118:11 +. +They compassed me about like bees: they are quenched as the fire of thorns: for in the name of the LORD I will destroy them. -- psalms 118:12 +. +You have thrust sore at me that I might fall: but the LORD helped me. -- psalms 118:13 +. +The LORD is my strength and song, and is become my salvation. -- psalms 118:14 +. +The voice of rejoicing and salvation is in the tabernacles of the righteous: the right hand of the LORD does valiantly. -- psalms 118:15 +. +The right hand of the LORD is exalted: the right hand of the LORD does valiantly. -- psalms 118:16 +. +I shall not die, but live, and declare the works of the LORD. -- psalms 118:17 +. +The LORD has chastened me sore: but he has not given me over to death. -- psalms 118:18 +. +Open to me the gates of righteousness: I will go into them, and I will praise the LORD: -- psalms 118:19 +. +This gate of the LORD, into which the righteous shall enter. -- psalms 118:20 +. +I will praise you: for you have heard me, and are become my salvation. -- psalms 118:21 +. +The stone which the builders refused is become the head stone of the corner. -- psalms 118:22 +. +This is the LORD' doing; it is marvelous in our eyes. -- psalms 118:23 +. +This is the day which the LORD has made; we will rejoice and be glad in it. -- psalms 118:24 +. +Save now, I beseech you, O LORD: O LORD, I beseech you, send now prosperity. -- psalms 118:25 +. +Blessed be he that comes in the name of the LORD: we have blessed you out of the house of the LORD. -- psalms 118:26 +. +God is the LORD, which has showed us light: bind the sacrifice with cords, even to the horns of the altar. -- psalms 118:27 +. +You are my God, and I will praise you: you are my God, I will exalt you. -- psalms 118:28 +. +O give thanks to the LORD; for he is good: for his mercy endures for ever. -- psalms 118:29 +. +Blessed are the undefiled in the way, who walk in the law of the LORD. -- psalms 119:1 +. +Blessed are they that keep his testimonies, and that seek him with the whole heart. -- psalms 119:2 +. +They also do no iniquity: they walk in his ways. -- psalms 119:3 +. +You have commanded us to keep your precepts diligently. -- psalms 119:4 +. +O that my ways were directed to keep your statutes! -- psalms 119:5 +. +Then shall I not be ashamed, when I have respect to all your commandments. -- psalms 119:6 +. +I will praise you with uprightness of heart, when I shall have learned your righteous judgments. -- psalms 119:7 +. +I will keep your statutes: O forsake me not utterly. -- psalms 119:8 +. +Wherewithal shall a young man cleanse his way? by taking heed thereto according to your word. -- psalms 119:9 +. +With my whole heart have I sought you: O let me not wander from your commandments. -- psalms 119:10 +. +Your word have I hid in my heart, that I might not sin against you. -- psalms 119:11 +. +Blessed are you, O LORD: teach me your statutes. -- psalms 119:12 +. +With my lips have I declared all the judgments of your mouth. -- psalms 119:13 +. +I have rejoiced in the way of your testimonies, as much as in all riches. -- psalms 119:14 +. +I will meditate in your precepts, and have respect to your ways. -- psalms 119:15 +. +I will delight myself in your statutes: I will not forget your word. -- psalms 119:16 +. +Deal bountifully with your servant, that I may live, and keep your word. -- psalms 119:17 +. +Open you my eyes, that I may behold wondrous things out of your law. -- psalms 119:18 +. +I am a stranger in the earth: hide not your commandments from me. -- psalms 119:19 +. +My soul breaks for the longing that it has to your judgments at all times. -- psalms 119:20 +. +You have rebuked the proud that are cursed, which do err from your commandments. -- psalms 119:21 +. +Remove from me reproach and contempt; for I have kept your testimonies. -- psalms 119:22 +. +Princes also did sit and speak against me: but your servant did meditate in your statutes. -- psalms 119:23 +. +Your testimonies also are my delight and my counsellors. -- psalms 119:24 +. +My soul sticks to the dust: quicken you me according to your word. -- psalms 119:25 +. +I have declared my ways, and you heard me: teach me your statutes. -- psalms 119:26 +. +Make me to understand the way of your precepts: so shall I talk of your wondrous works. -- psalms 119:27 +. +My soul melts for heaviness: strengthen you me according to your word. -- psalms 119:28 +. +Remove from me the way of lying: and grant me your law graciously. -- psalms 119:29 +. +I have chosen the way of truth: your judgments have I laid before me. -- psalms 119:30 +. +I have stuck to your testimonies: O LORD, put me not to shame. -- psalms 119:31 +. +I will run the way of your commandments, when you shall enlarge my heart. -- psalms 119:32 +. +Teach me, O LORD, the way of your statutes; and I shall keep it to the end. -- psalms 119:33 +. +Give me understanding, and I shall keep your law; yes, I shall observe it with my whole heart. -- psalms 119:34 +. +Make me to go in the path of your commandments; for therein do I delight. -- psalms 119:35 +. +Incline my heart to your testimonies, and not to covetousness. -- psalms 119:36 +. +Turn away my eyes from beholding vanity; and quicken you me in your way. -- psalms 119:37 +. +Establish your word to your servant, who is devoted to your fear. -- psalms 119:38 +. +Turn away my reproach which I fear: for your judgments are good. -- psalms 119:39 +. +Behold, I have longed after your precepts: quicken me in your righteousness. -- psalms 119:40 +. +Let your mercies come also to me, O LORD, even your salvation, according to your word. -- psalms 119:41 +. +So shall I have with which to answer him that reproaches me: for I trust in your word. -- psalms 119:42 +. +And take not the word of truth utterly out of my mouth; for I have hoped in your judgments. -- psalms 119:43 +. +So shall I keep your law continually for ever and ever. -- psalms 119:44 +. +And I will walk at liberty: for I seek your precepts. -- psalms 119:45 +. +I will speak of your testimonies also before kings, and will not be ashamed. -- psalms 119:46 +. +And I will delight myself in your commandments, which I have loved. -- psalms 119:47 +. +My hands also will I lift up to your commandments, which I have loved; and I will meditate in your statutes. -- psalms 119:48 +. +Remember the word to your servant, on which you have caused me to hope. -- psalms 119:49 +. +This is my comfort in my affliction: for your word has quickened me. -- psalms 119:50 +. +The proud have had me greatly in derision: yet have I not declined from your law. -- psalms 119:51 +. +I remembered your judgments of old, O LORD; and have comforted myself. -- psalms 119:52 +. +Horror has taken hold on me because of the wicked that forsake your law. -- psalms 119:53 +. +Your statutes have been my songs in the house of my pilgrimage. -- psalms 119:54 +. +I have remembered your name, O LORD, in the night, and have kept your law. -- psalms 119:55 +. +This I had, because I kept your precepts. -- psalms 119:56 +. +You are my portion, O LORD: I have said that I would keep your words. -- psalms 119:57 +. +I entreated your favor with my whole heart: be merciful to me according to your word. -- psalms 119:58 +. +I thought on my ways, and turned my feet to your testimonies. -- psalms 119:59 +. +I made haste, and delayed not to keep your commandments. -- psalms 119:60 +. +The bands of the wicked have robbed me: but I have not forgotten your law. -- psalms 119:61 +. +At midnight I will rise to give thanks to you because of your righteous judgments. -- psalms 119:62 +. +I am a companion of all them that fear you, and of them that keep your precepts. -- psalms 119:63 +. +The earth, O LORD, is full of your mercy: teach me your statutes. -- psalms 119:64 +. +You have dealt well with your servant, O LORD, according to your word. -- psalms 119:65 +. +Teach me good judgment and knowledge: for I have believed your commandments. -- psalms 119:66 +. +Before I was afflicted I went astray: but now have I kept your word. -- psalms 119:67 +. +You are good, and do good; teach me your statutes. -- psalms 119:68 +. +The proud have forged a lie against me: but I will keep your precepts with my whole heart. -- psalms 119:69 +. +Their heart is as fat as grease; but I delight in your law. -- psalms 119:70 +. +It is good for me that I have been afflicted; that I might learn your statutes. -- psalms 119:71 +. +The law of your mouth is better to me than thousands of gold and silver. -- psalms 119:72 +. +Your hands have made me and fashioned me: give me understanding, that I may learn your commandments. -- psalms 119:73 +. +They that fear you will be glad when they see me; because I have hoped in your word. -- psalms 119:74 +. +I know, O LORD, that your judgments are right, and that you in faithfulness have afflicted me. -- psalms 119:75 +. +Let, I pray you, your merciful kindness be for my comfort, according to your word to your servant. -- psalms 119:76 +. +Let your tender mercies come to me, that I may live: for your law is my delight. -- psalms 119:77 +. +Let the proud be ashamed; for they dealt perversely with me without a cause: but I will meditate in your precepts. -- psalms 119:78 +. +Let those that fear you turn to me, and those that have known your testimonies. -- psalms 119:79 +. +Let my heart be sound in your statutes; that I be not ashamed. -- psalms 119:80 +. +My soul faints for your salvation: but I hope in your word. -- psalms 119:81 +. +My eyes fail for your word, saying, When will you comfort me? -- psalms 119:82 +. +For I am become like a bottle in the smoke; yet do I not forget your statutes. -- psalms 119:83 +. +How many are the days of your servant? when will you execute judgment on them that persecute me? -- psalms 119:84 +. +The proud have dig pits for me, which are not after your law. -- psalms 119:85 +. +All your commandments are faithful: they persecute me wrongfully; help you me. -- psalms 119:86 +. +They had almost consumed me on earth; but I forsook not your precepts. -- psalms 119:87 +. +Quicken me after your loving kindness; so shall I keep the testimony of your mouth. -- psalms 119:88 +. +For ever, O LORD, your word is settled in heaven. -- psalms 119:89 +. +Your faithfulness is to all generations: you have established the earth, and it stays. -- psalms 119:90 +. +They continue this day according to your ordinances: for all are your servants. -- psalms 119:91 +. +Unless your law had been my delights, I should then have perished in my affliction. -- psalms 119:92 +. +I will never forget your precepts: for with them you have quickened me. -- psalms 119:93 +. +I am yours, save me: for I have sought your precepts. -- psalms 119:94 +. +The wicked have waited for me to destroy me: but I will consider your testimonies. -- psalms 119:95 +. +I have seen an end of all perfection: but your commandment is exceeding broad. -- psalms 119:96 +. +O how I love your law! it is my meditation all the day. -- psalms 119:97 +. +You through your commandments have made me wiser than my enemies: for they are ever with me. -- psalms 119:98 +. +I have more understanding than all my teachers: for your testimonies are my meditation. -- psalms 119:99 +. +I understand more than the ancients, because I keep your precepts. -- psalms 119:100 +. +I have refrained my feet from every evil way, that I might keep your word. -- psalms 119:101 +. +I have not departed from your judgments: for you have taught me. -- psalms 119:102 +. +How sweet are your words to my taste! yes, sweeter than honey to my mouth! -- psalms 119:103 +. +Through your precepts I get understanding: therefore I hate every false way. -- psalms 119:104 +. +Your word is a lamp to my feet, and a light to my path. -- psalms 119:105 +. +I have sworn, and I will perform it, that I will keep your righteous judgments. -- psalms 119:106 +. +I am afflicted very much: quicken me, O LORD, according to your word. -- psalms 119:107 +. +Accept, I beseech you, the freewill offerings of my mouth, O LORD, and teach me your judgments. -- psalms 119:108 +. +My soul is continually in my hand: yet do I not forget your law. -- psalms 119:109 +. +The wicked have laid a snare for me: yet I erred not from your precepts. -- psalms 119:110 +. +Your testimonies have I taken as an heritage for ever: for they are the rejoicing of my heart. -- psalms 119:111 +. +I have inclined my heart to perform your statutes always, even to the end. -- psalms 119:112 +. +I hate vain thoughts: but your law do I love. -- psalms 119:113 +. +You are my hiding place and my shield: I hope in your word. -- psalms 119:114 +. +Depart from me, you evildoers: for I will keep the commandments of my God. -- psalms 119:115 +. +Uphold me according to your word, that I may live: and let me not be ashamed of my hope. -- psalms 119:116 +. +Hold you me up, and I shall be safe: and I will have respect to your statutes continually. -- psalms 119:117 +. +You have trodden down all them that err from your statutes: for their deceit is falsehood. -- psalms 119:118 +. +You put away all the wicked of the earth like dross: therefore I love your testimonies. -- psalms 119:119 +. +My flesh trembles for fear of you; and I am afraid of your judgments. -- psalms 119:120 +. +I have done judgment and justice: leave me not to my oppressors. -- psalms 119:121 +. +Be surety for your servant for good: let not the proud oppress me. -- psalms 119:122 +. +My eyes fail for your salvation, and for the word of your righteousness. -- psalms 119:123 +. +Deal with your servant according to your mercy, and teach me your statutes. -- psalms 119:124 +. +I am your servant; give me understanding, that I may know your testimonies. -- psalms 119:125 +. +It is time for you, LORD, to work: for they have made void your law. -- psalms 119:126 +. +Therefore I love your commandments above gold; yes, above fine gold. -- psalms 119:127 +. +Therefore I esteem all your precepts concerning all things to be right; and I hate every false way. -- psalms 119:128 +. +Your testimonies are wonderful: therefore does my soul keep them. -- psalms 119:129 +. +The entrance of your words gives light; it gives understanding to the simple. -- psalms 119:130 +. +I opened my mouth, and panted: for I longed for your commandments. -- psalms 119:131 +. +Look you on me, and be merciful to me, as you use to do to those that love your name. -- psalms 119:132 +. +Order my steps in your word: and let not any iniquity have dominion over me. -- psalms 119:133 +. +Deliver me from the oppression of man: so will I keep your precepts. -- psalms 119:134 +. +Make your face to shine on your servant; and teach me your statutes. -- psalms 119:135 +. +Rivers of waters run down my eyes, because they keep not your law. -- psalms 119:136 +. +Righteous are you, O LORD, and upright are your judgments. -- psalms 119:137 +. +Your testimonies that you have commanded are righteous and very faithful. -- psalms 119:138 +. +My zeal has consumed me, because my enemies have forgotten your words. -- psalms 119:139 +. +Your word is very pure: therefore your servant loves it. -- psalms 119:140 +. +I am small and despised: yet do not I forget your precepts. -- psalms 119:141 +. +Your righteousness is an everlasting righteousness, and your law is the truth. -- psalms 119:142 +. +Trouble and anguish have taken hold on me: yet your commandments are my delights. -- psalms 119:143 +. +The righteousness of your testimonies is everlasting: give me understanding, and I shall live. -- psalms 119:144 +. +I cried with my whole heart; hear me, O LORD: I will keep your statutes. -- psalms 119:145 +. +I cried to you; save me, and I shall keep your testimonies. -- psalms 119:146 +. +I prevented the dawning of the morning, and cried: I hoped in your word. -- psalms 119:147 +. +My eyes prevent the night watches, that I might meditate in your word. -- psalms 119:148 +. +Hear my voice according to your loving kindness: O LORD, quicken me according to your judgment. -- psalms 119:149 +. +They draw near that follow after mischief: they are far from your law. -- psalms 119:150 +. +You are near, O LORD; and all your commandments are truth. -- psalms 119:151 +. +Concerning your testimonies, I have known of old that you have founded them for ever. -- psalms 119:152 +. +Consider my affliction, and deliver me: for I do not forget your law. -- psalms 119:153 +. +Plead my cause, and deliver me: quicken me according to your word. -- psalms 119:154 +. +Salvation is far from the wicked: for they seek not your statutes. -- psalms 119:155 +. +Great are your tender mercies, O LORD: quicken me according to your judgments. -- psalms 119:156 +. +Many are my persecutors and my enemies; yet do I not decline from your testimonies. -- psalms 119:157 +. +I beheld the transgressors, and was grieved; because they kept not your word. -- psalms 119:158 +. +Consider how I love your precepts: quicken me, O LORD, according to your loving kindness. -- psalms 119:159 +. +Your word is true from the beginning: and every one of your righteous judgments endures for ever. -- psalms 119:160 +. +Princes have persecuted me without a cause: but my heart stands in awe of your word. -- psalms 119:161 +. +I rejoice at your word, as one that finds great spoil. -- psalms 119:162 +. +I hate and abhor lying: but your law do I love. -- psalms 119:163 +. +Seven times a day do I praise you because of your righteous judgments. -- psalms 119:164 +. +Great peace have they which love your law: and nothing shall offend them. -- psalms 119:165 +. +LORD, I have hoped for your salvation, and done your commandments. -- psalms 119:166 +. +My soul has kept your testimonies; and I love them exceedingly. -- psalms 119:167 +. +I have kept your precepts and your testimonies: for all my ways are before you. -- psalms 119:168 +. +Let my cry come near before you, O LORD: give me understanding according to your word. -- psalms 119:169 +. +Let my supplication come before you: deliver me according to your word. -- psalms 119:170 +. +My lips shall utter praise, when you have taught me your statutes. -- psalms 119:171 +. +My tongue shall speak of your word: for all your commandments are righteousness. -- psalms 119:172 +. +Let your hand help me; for I have chosen your precepts. -- psalms 119:173 +. +I have longed for your salvation, O LORD; and your law is my delight. -- psalms 119:174 +. +Let my soul live, and it shall praise you; and let your judgments help me. -- psalms 119:175 +. +I have gone astray like a lost sheep; seek your servant; for I do not forget your commandments. -- psalms 119:176 +. +In my distress I cried to the LORD, and he heard me. -- psalms 120:1 +. +Deliver my soul, O LORD, from lying lips, and from a deceitful tongue. -- psalms 120:2 +. +What shall be given to you? or what shall be done to you, you false tongue? -- psalms 120:3 +. +Sharp arrows of the mighty, with coals of juniper. -- psalms 120:4 +. +Woe is me, that I sojourn in Mesech, that I dwell in the tents of Kedar! -- psalms 120:5 +. +My soul has long dwelled with him that hates peace. -- psalms 120:6 +. +I am for peace: but when I speak, they are for war. -- psalms 120:7 +. +I will lift up my eyes to the hills, from where comes my help. -- psalms 121:1 +. +My help comes from the LORD, which made heaven and earth. -- psalms 121:2 +. +He will not suffer your foot to be moved: he that keeps you will not slumber. -- psalms 121:3 +. +Behold, he that keeps Israel shall neither slumber nor sleep. -- psalms 121:4 +. +The LORD is your keeper: the LORD is your shade on your right hand. -- psalms 121:5 +. +The sun shall not smite you by day, nor the moon by night. -- psalms 121:6 +. +The LORD shall preserve you from all evil: he shall preserve your soul. -- psalms 121:7 +. +The LORD shall preserve your going out and your coming in from this time forth, and even for ever more. -- psalms 121:8 +. +I was glad when they said to me, Let us go into the house of the LORD. -- psalms 122:1 +. +Our feet shall stand within your gates, O Jerusalem. -- psalms 122:2 +. +Jerusalem is built as a city that is compact together: -- psalms 122:3 +. +Where the tribes go up, the tribes of the LORD, to the testimony of Israel, to give thanks to the name of the LORD. -- psalms 122:4 +. +For there are set thrones of judgment, the thrones of the house of David. -- psalms 122:5 +. +Pray for the peace of Jerusalem: they shall prosper that love you. -- psalms 122:6 +. +Peace be within your walls, and prosperity within your palaces. -- psalms 122:7 +. +For my brothers and companions'sakes, I will now say, Peace be within you. -- psalms 122:8 +. +Because of the house of the LORD our God I will seek your good. -- psalms 122:9 +. +To you lift I up my eyes, O you that dwell in the heavens. -- psalms 123:1 +. +Behold, as the eyes of servants look to the hand of their masters, and as the eyes of a maiden to the hand of her mistress; so our eyes wait on the LORD our God, until that he have mercy on us. -- psalms 123:2 +. +Have mercy on us, O LORD, have mercy on us: for we are exceedingly filled with contempt. -- psalms 123:3 +. +Our soul is exceedingly filled with the scorning of those that are at ease, and with the contempt of the proud. -- psalms 123:4 +. +If it had not been the LORD who was on our side, now may Israel say; -- psalms 124:1 +. +If it had not been the LORD who was on our side, when men rose up against us: -- psalms 124:2 +. +Then they had swallowed us up quick, when their wrath was kindled against us: -- psalms 124:3 +. +Then the waters had overwhelmed us, the stream had gone over our soul: -- psalms 124:4 +. +Then the proud waters had gone over our soul. -- psalms 124:5 +. +Blessed be the LORD, who has not given us as a prey to their teeth. -- psalms 124:6 +. +Our soul is escaped as a bird out of the snare of the fowlers: the snare is broken, and we are escaped. -- psalms 124:7 +. +Our help is in the name of the LORD, who made heaven and earth. -- psalms 124:8 +. +They that trust in the LORD shall be as mount Zion, which cannot be removed, but stays for ever. -- psalms 125:1 +. +As the mountains are round about Jerusalem, so the LORD is round about his people from now on even for ever. -- psalms 125:2 +. +For the rod of the wicked shall not rest on the lot of the righteous; lest the righteous put forth their hands to iniquity. -- psalms 125:3 +. +Do good, O LORD, to those that be good, and to them that are upright in their hearts. -- psalms 125:4 +. +As for such as turn aside to their crooked ways, the LORD shall lead them forth with the workers of iniquity: but peace shall be on Israel. -- psalms 125:5 +. +When the LORD turned again the captivity of Zion, we were like them that dream. -- psalms 126:1 +. +Then was our mouth filled with laughter, and our tongue with singing: then said they among the heathen, The LORD has done great things for them. -- psalms 126:2 +. +The LORD has done great things for us; whereof we are glad. -- psalms 126:3 +. +Turn again our captivity, O LORD, as the streams in the south. -- psalms 126:4 +. +They that sow in tears shall reap in joy. -- psalms 126:5 +. +He that goes forth and weeps, bearing precious seed, shall doubtless come again with rejoicing, bringing his sheaves with him. -- psalms 126:6 +. +Except the LORD build the house, they labor in vain that build it: except the LORD keep the city, the watchman wakes but in vain. -- psalms 127:1 +. +It is vain for you to rise up early, to sit up late, to eat the bread of sorrows: for so he gives his beloved sleep. -- psalms 127:2 +. +See, children are an heritage of the LORD: and the fruit of the womb is his reward. -- psalms 127:3 +. +As arrows are in the hand of a mighty man; so are children of the youth. -- psalms 127:4 +. +Happy is the man that has his quiver full of them: they shall not be ashamed, but they shall speak with the enemies in the gate. -- psalms 127:5 +. +Blessed is every one that fears the LORD; that walks in his ways. -- psalms 128:1 +. +For you shall eat the labor of your hands: happy shall you be, and it shall be well with you. -- psalms 128:2 +. +Your wife shall be as a fruitful vine by the sides of your house: your children like olive plants round about your table. -- psalms 128:3 +. +Behold, that thus shall the man be blessed that fears the LORD. -- psalms 128:4 +. +The LORD shall bless you out of Zion: and you shall see the good of Jerusalem all the days of your life. -- psalms 128:5 +. +Yes, you shall see your children' children, and peace on Israel. -- psalms 128:6 +. +Many a time have they afflicted me from my youth, may Israel now say: -- psalms 129:1 +. +Many a time have they afflicted me from my youth: yet they have not prevailed against me. -- psalms 129:2 +. +The plowers plowed on my back: they made long their furrows. -- psalms 129:3 +. +The LORD is righteous: he has cut asunder the cords of the wicked. -- psalms 129:4 +. +Let them all be confounded and turned back that hate Zion. -- psalms 129:5 +. +Let them be as the grass on the housetops, which wither before it grows up: -- psalms 129:6 +. +With which the mower fills not his hand; nor he that binds sheaves his bosom. -- psalms 129:7 +. +Neither do they which go by say, The blessing of the LORD be on you: we bless you in the name of the LORD. -- psalms 129:8 +. +Out of the depths have I cried to you, O LORD. -- psalms 130:1 +. +Lord, hear my voice: let your ears be attentive to the voice of my supplications. -- psalms 130:2 +. +If you, LORD, should mark iniquities, O Lord, who shall stand? -- psalms 130:3 +. +But there is forgiveness with you, that you may be feared. -- psalms 130:4 +. +I wait for the LORD, my soul does wait, and in his word do I hope. -- psalms 130:5 +. +My soul waits for the Lord more than they that watch for the morning: I say, more than they that watch for the morning. -- psalms 130:6 +. +Let Israel hope in the LORD: for with the LORD there is mercy, and with him is plenteous redemption. -- psalms 130:7 +. +And he shall redeem Israel from all his iniquities. -- psalms 130:8 +. +Lord, my heart is not haughty, nor my eyes lofty: neither do I exercise myself in great matters, or in things too high for me. -- psalms 131:1 +. +Surely I have behaved and quieted myself, as a child that is weaned of his mother: my soul is even as a weaned child. -- psalms 131:2 +. +Let Israel hope in the LORD from now on and for ever. -- psalms 131:3 +. +Lord, remember David, and all his afflictions: -- psalms 132:1 +. +How he swore to the LORD, and vowed to the mighty God of Jacob; -- psalms 132:2 +. +Surely I will not come into the tabernacle of my house, nor go up into my bed; -- psalms 132:3 +. +I will not give sleep to my eyes, or slumber to my eyelids, -- psalms 132:4 +. +Until I find out a place for the LORD, an habitation for the mighty God of Jacob. -- psalms 132:5 +. +See, we heard of it at Ephratah: we found it in the fields of the wood. -- psalms 132:6 +. +We will go into his tabernacles: we will worship at his footstool. -- psalms 132:7 +. +Arise, O LORD, into your rest; you, and the ark of your strength. -- psalms 132:8 +. +Let your priests be clothed with righteousness; and let your saints shout for joy. -- psalms 132:9 +. +For your servant David' sake turn not away the face of your anointed. -- psalms 132:10 +. +The LORD has sworn in truth to David; he will not turn from it; Of the fruit of your body will I set on your throne. -- psalms 132:11 +. +If your children will keep my covenant and my testimony that I shall teach them, their children shall also sit on your throne for ever more. -- psalms 132:12 +. +For the LORD has chosen Zion; he has desired it for his habitation. -- psalms 132:13 +. +This is my rest for ever: here will I dwell; for I have desired it. -- psalms 132:14 +. +I will abundantly bless her provision: I will satisfy her poor with bread. -- psalms 132:15 +. +I will also clothe her priests with salvation: and her saints shall shout aloud for joy. -- psalms 132:16 +. +There will I make the horn of David to bud: I have ordained a lamp for my anointed. -- psalms 132:17 +. +His enemies will I clothe with shame: but on himself shall his crown flourish. -- psalms 132:18 +. +Behold, how good and how pleasant it is for brothers to dwell together in unity! -- psalms 133:1 +. +It is like the precious ointment on the head, that ran down on the beard, even Aaron' beard: that went down to the skirts of his garments; -- psalms 133:2 +. +As the dew of Hermon, and as the dew that descended on the mountains of Zion: for there the LORD commanded the blessing, even life for ever more. -- psalms 133:3 +. +Behold, bless you the LORD, all you servants of the LORD, which by night stand in the house of the LORD. -- psalms 134:1 +. +Lift up your hands in the sanctuary, and bless the LORD. -- psalms 134:2 +. +The LORD that made heaven and earth bless you out of Zion. -- psalms 134:3 +. +Praise you the LORD. Praise you the name of the LORD; praise him, O you servants of the LORD. -- psalms 135:1 +. +You that stand in the house of the LORD, in the courts of the house of our God. -- psalms 135:2 +. +Praise the LORD; for the LORD is good: sing praises to his name; for it is pleasant. -- psalms 135:3 +. +For the LORD has chosen Jacob to himself, and Israel for his peculiar treasure. -- psalms 135:4 +. +For I know that the LORD is great, and that our Lord is above all gods. -- psalms 135:5 +. +Whatever the LORD pleased, that did he in heaven, and in earth, in the seas, and all deep places. -- psalms 135:6 +. +He causes the vapors to ascend from the ends of the earth; he makes lightning for the rain; he brings the wind out of his treasuries. -- psalms 135:7 +. +Who smote the firstborn of Egypt, both of man and beast. -- psalms 135:8 +. +Who sent tokens and wonders into the middle of you, O Egypt, on Pharaoh, and on all his servants. -- psalms 135:9 +. +Who smote great nations, and slew mighty kings; -- psalms 135:10 +. +Sihon king of the Amorites, and Og king of Bashan, and all the kingdoms of Canaan: -- psalms 135:11 +. +And gave their land for an heritage, an heritage to Israel his people. -- psalms 135:12 +. +Your name, O LORD, endures for ever; and your memorial, O LORD, throughout all generations. -- psalms 135:13 +. +For the LORD will judge his people, and he will repent himself concerning his servants. -- psalms 135:14 +. +The idols of the heathen are silver and gold, the work of men' hands. -- psalms 135:15 +. +They have mouths, but they speak not; eyes have they, but they see not; -- psalms 135:16 +. +They have ears, but they hear not; neither is there any breath in their mouths. -- psalms 135:17 +. +They that make them are like to them: so is every one that trusts in them. -- psalms 135:18 +. +Bless the LORD, O house of Israel: bless the LORD, O house of Aaron: -- psalms 135:19 +. +Bless the LORD, O house of Levi: you that fear the LORD, bless the LORD. -- psalms 135:20 +. +Blessed be the LORD out of Zion, which dwells at Jerusalem. Praise you the LORD. -- psalms 135:21 +. +O give thanks to the LORD; for he is good: for his mercy endures for ever. -- psalms 136:1 +. +O give thanks to the God of gods: for his mercy endures for ever. -- psalms 136:2 +. +O give thanks to the Lord of lords: for his mercy endures for ever. -- psalms 136:3 +. +To him who alone does great wonders: for his mercy endures for ever. -- psalms 136:4 +. +To him that by wisdom made the heavens: for his mercy endures for ever. -- psalms 136:5 +. +To him that stretched out the earth above the waters: for his mercy endures for ever. -- psalms 136:6 +. +To him that made great lights: for his mercy endures for ever: -- psalms 136:7 +. +The sun to rule by day: for his mercy endures for ever: -- psalms 136:8 +. +The moon and stars to rule by night: for his mercy endures for ever. -- psalms 136:9 +. +To him that smote Egypt in their firstborn: for his mercy endures for ever: -- psalms 136:10 +. +And brought out Israel from among them: for his mercy endures for ever: -- psalms 136:11 +. +With a strong hand, and with a stretched out arm: for his mercy endures for ever. -- psalms 136:12 +. +To him which divided the Red sea into parts: for his mercy endures for ever: -- psalms 136:13 +. +And made Israel to pass through the middle of it: for his mercy endures for ever: -- psalms 136:14 +. +But overthrew Pharaoh and his host in the Red sea: for his mercy endures for ever. -- psalms 136:15 +. +To him which led his people through the wilderness: for his mercy endures for ever. -- psalms 136:16 +. +To him which smote great kings: for his mercy endures for ever: -- psalms 136:17 +. +And slew famous kings: for his mercy endures for ever: -- psalms 136:18 +. +Sihon king of the Amorites: for his mercy endures for ever: -- psalms 136:19 +. +And Og the king of Bashan: for his mercy endures for ever: -- psalms 136:20 +. +And gave their land for an heritage: for his mercy endures for ever: -- psalms 136:21 +. +Even an heritage to Israel his servant: for his mercy endures for ever. -- psalms 136:22 +. +Who remembered us in our low estate: for his mercy endures for ever: -- psalms 136:23 +. +And has redeemed us from our enemies: for his mercy endures for ever. -- psalms 136:24 +. +Who gives food to all flesh: for his mercy endures for ever. -- psalms 136:25 +. +O give thanks to the God of heaven: for his mercy endures for ever. -- psalms 136:26 +. +By the rivers of Babylon, there we sat down, yes, we wept, when we remembered Zion. -- psalms 137:1 +. +We hanged our harps on the willows in the middle thereof. -- psalms 137:2 +. +For there they that carried us away captive required of us a song; and they that wasted us required of us mirth, saying, Sing us one of the songs of Zion. -- psalms 137:3 +. +How shall we sing the LORD' song in a strange land? -- psalms 137:4 +. +If I forget you, O Jerusalem, let my right hand forget her cunning. -- psalms 137:5 +. +If I do not remember you, let my tongue stick to the roof of my mouth; if I prefer not Jerusalem above my chief joy. -- psalms 137:6 +. +Remember, O LORD, the children of Edom in the day of Jerusalem; who said, Raze it, raze it, even to the foundation thereof. -- psalms 137:7 +. +O daughter of Babylon, who are to be destroyed; happy shall he be, that rewards you as you have served us. -- psalms 137:8 +. +Happy shall he be, that takes and dashes your little ones against the stones. -- psalms 137:9 +. +I will praise you with my whole heart: before the gods will I sing praise to you. -- psalms 138:1 +. +I will worship toward your holy temple, and praise your name for your loving kindness and for your truth: for you have magnified your word above all your name. -- psalms 138:2 +. +In the day when I cried you answered me, and strengthened me with strength in my soul. -- psalms 138:3 +. +All the kings of the earth shall praise you, O LORD, when they hear the words of your mouth. -- psalms 138:4 +. +Yes, they shall sing in the ways of the LORD: for great is the glory of the LORD. -- psalms 138:5 +. +Though the LORD be high, yet has he respect to the lowly: but the proud he knows afar off. -- psalms 138:6 +. +Though I walk in the middle of trouble, you will revive me: you shall stretch forth your hand against the wrath of my enemies, and your right hand shall save me. -- psalms 138:7 +. +The LORD will perfect that which concerns me: your mercy, O LORD, endures for ever: forsake not the works of your own hands. -- psalms 138:8 +. +O lord, you have searched me, and known me. -- psalms 139:1 +. +You know my sitting down and my rising up, you understand my thought afar off. -- psalms 139:2 +. +You compass my path and my lying down, and are acquainted with all my ways. -- psalms 139:3 +. +For there is not a word in my tongue, but, see, O LORD, you know it altogether. -- psalms 139:4 +. +You have beset me behind and before, and laid your hand on me. -- psalms 139:5 +. +Such knowledge is too wonderful for me; it is high, I cannot attain to it. -- psalms 139:6 +. +Where shall I go from your spirit? or where shall I flee from your presence? -- psalms 139:7 +. +If I ascend up into heaven, you are there: if I make my bed in hell, behold, you are there. -- psalms 139:8 +. +If I take the wings of the morning, and dwell in the uttermost parts of the sea; -- psalms 139:9 +. +Even there shall your hand lead me, and your right hand shall hold me. -- psalms 139:10 +. +If I say, Surely the darkness shall cover me; even the night shall be light about me. -- psalms 139:11 +. +Yes, the darkness hides not from you; but the night shines as the day: the darkness and the light are both alike to you. -- psalms 139:12 +. +For you have possessed my reins: you have covered me in my mother' womb. -- psalms 139:13 +. +I will praise you; for I am fearfully and wonderfully made: marvelous are your works; and that my soul knows right well. -- psalms 139:14 +. +My substance was not hid from you, when I was made in secret, and curiously worked in the lowest parts of the earth. -- psalms 139:15 +. +Your eyes did see my substance, yet being imperfect; and in your book all my members were written, which in continuance were fashioned, when as yet there was none of them. -- psalms 139:16 +. +How precious also are your thoughts to me, O God! how great is the sum of them! -- psalms 139:17 +. +If I should count them, they are more in number than the sand: when I awake, I am still with you. -- psalms 139:18 +. +Surely you will slay the wicked, O God: depart from me therefore, you bloody men. -- psalms 139:19 +. +For they speak against you wickedly, and your enemies take your name in vain. -- psalms 139:20 +. +Do not I hate them, O LORD, that hate you? and am not I grieved with those that rise up against you? -- psalms 139:21 +. +I hate them with perfect hatred: I count them my enemies. -- psalms 139:22 +. +Search me, O God, and know my heart: try me, and know my thoughts: -- psalms 139:23 +. +And see if there be any wicked way in me, and lead me in the way everlasting. -- psalms 139:24 +. +Deliver me, O LORD, from the evil man: preserve me from the violent man; -- psalms 140:1 +. +Which imagine mischiefs in their heart; continually are they gathered together for war. -- psalms 140:2 +. +They have sharpened their tongues like a serpent; adders'poison is under their lips. Selah. -- psalms 140:3 +. +Keep me, O LORD, from the hands of the wicked; preserve me from the violent man; who have purposed to overthrow my goings. -- psalms 140:4 +. +The proud have hid a snare for me, and cords; they have spread a net by the wayside; they have set gins for me. Selah. -- psalms 140:5 +. +I said to the LORD, You are my God: hear the voice of my supplications, O LORD. -- psalms 140:6 +. +O GOD the Lord, the strength of my salvation, you have covered my head in the day of battle. -- psalms 140:7 +. +Grant not, O LORD, the desires of the wicked: further not his wicked device; lest they exalt themselves. Selah. -- psalms 140:8 +. +As for the head of those that compass me about, let the mischief of their own lips cover them. -- psalms 140:9 +. +Let burning coals fall on them: let them be cast into the fire; into deep pits, that they rise not up again. -- psalms 140:10 +. +Let not an evil speaker be established in the earth: evil shall hunt the violent man to overthrow him. -- psalms 140:11 +. +I know that the LORD will maintain the cause of the afflicted, and the right of the poor. -- psalms 140:12 +. +Surely the righteous shall give thanks to your name: the upright shall dwell in your presence. -- psalms 140:13 +. +Lord, I cry to you: make haste to me; give ear to my voice, when I cry to you. -- psalms 141:1 +. +Let my prayer be set forth before you as incense; and the lifting up of my hands as the evening sacrifice. -- psalms 141:2 +. +Set a watch, O LORD, before my mouth; keep the door of my lips. -- psalms 141:3 +. +Incline not my heart to any evil thing, to practice wicked works with men that work iniquity: and let me not eat of their dainties. -- psalms 141:4 +. +Let the righteous smite me; it shall be a kindness: and let him reprove me; it shall be an excellent oil, which shall not break my head: for yet my prayer also shall be in their calamities. -- psalms 141:5 +. +When their judges are overthrown in stony places, they shall hear my words; for they are sweet. -- psalms 141:6 +. +Our bones are scattered at the grave' mouth, as when one cuts and splits wood on the earth. -- psalms 141:7 +. +But my eyes are to you, O GOD the Lord: in you is my trust; leave not my soul destitute. -- psalms 141:8 +. +Keep me from the snares which they have laid for me, and the gins of the workers of iniquity. -- psalms 141:9 +. +Let the wicked fall into their own nets, whilst that I with escape. -- psalms 141:10 +. +I cried to the LORD with my voice; with my voice to the LORD did I make my supplication. -- psalms 142:1 +. +I poured out my complaint before him; I showed before him my trouble. -- psalms 142:2 +. +When my spirit was overwhelmed within me, then you knew my path. In the way wherein I walked have they privately laid a snare for me. -- psalms 142:3 +. +I looked on my right hand, and beheld, but there was no man that would know me: refuge failed me; no man cared for my soul. -- psalms 142:4 +. +I cried to you, O LORD: I said, You are my refuge and my portion in the land of the living. -- psalms 142:5 +. +Attend to my cry; for I am brought very low: deliver me from my persecutors; for they are stronger than I. -- psalms 142:6 +. +Bring my soul out of prison, that I may praise your name: the righteous shall compass me about; for you shall deal bountifully with me. -- psalms 142:7 +. +Hear my prayer, O LORD, give ear to my supplications: in your faithfulness answer me, and in your righteousness. -- psalms 143:1 +. +And enter not into judgment with your servant: for in your sight shall no man living be justified. -- psalms 143:2 +. +For the enemy has persecuted my soul; he has smitten my life down to the ground; he has made me to dwell in darkness, as those that have been long dead. -- psalms 143:3 +. +Therefore is my spirit overwhelmed within me; my heart within me is desolate. -- psalms 143:4 +. +I remember the days of old; I meditate on all your works; I muse on the work of your hands. -- psalms 143:5 +. +I stretch forth my hands to you: my soul thirsts after you, as a thirsty land. Selah. -- psalms 143:6 +. +Hear me speedily, O LORD: my spirit fails: hide not your face from me, lest I be like to them that go down into the pit. -- psalms 143:7 +. +Cause me to hear your loving kindness in the morning; for in you do I trust: cause me to know the way wherein I should walk; for I lift up my soul to you. -- psalms 143:8 +. +Deliver me, O LORD, from my enemies: I flee to you to hide me. -- psalms 143:9 +. +Teach me to do your will; for you are my God: your spirit is good; lead me into the land of uprightness. -- psalms 143:10 +. +Quicken me, O LORD, for your name' sake: for your righteousness'sake bring my soul out of trouble. -- psalms 143:11 +. +And of your mercy cut off my enemies, and destroy all them that afflict my soul: for I am your servant. -- psalms 143:12 +. +Blessed be the LORD my strength which teaches my hands to war, and my fingers to fight: -- psalms 144:1 +. +My goodness, and my fortress; my high tower, and my deliverer; my shield, and he in whom I trust; who subdues my people under me. -- psalms 144:2 +. +LORD, what is man, that you take knowledge of him! or the son of man, that you make account of him! -- psalms 144:3 +. +Man is like to vanity: his days are as a shadow that passes away. -- psalms 144:4 +. +Bow your heavens, O LORD, and come down: touch the mountains, and they shall smoke. -- psalms 144:5 +. +Cast forth lightning, and scatter them: shoot out your arrows, and destroy them. -- psalms 144:6 +. +Send your hand from above; rid me, and deliver me out of great waters, from the hand of strange children; -- psalms 144:7 +. +Whose mouth speaks vanity, and their right hand is a right hand of falsehood. -- psalms 144:8 +. +I will sing a new song to you, O God: on a psaltery and an instrument of ten strings will I sing praises to you. -- psalms 144:9 +. +It is he that gives salvation to kings: who delivers David his servant from the hurtful sword. -- psalms 144:10 +. +Rid me, and deliver me from the hand of strange children, whose mouth speaks vanity, and their right hand is a right hand of falsehood: -- psalms 144:11 +. +That our sons may be as plants grown up in their youth; that our daughters may be as corner stones, polished after the similitude of a palace: -- psalms 144:12 +. +That our garners may be full, affording all manner of store: that our sheep may bring forth thousands and ten thousands in our streets: -- psalms 144:13 +. +That our oxen may be strong to labor; that there be no breaking in, nor going out; that there be no complaining in our streets. -- psalms 144:14 +. +Happy is that people, that is in such a case: yes, happy is that people, whose God is the LORD. -- psalms 144:15 +. +I will extol you, my God, O king; and I will bless your name for ever and ever. -- psalms 145:1 +. +Every day will I bless you; and I will praise your name for ever and ever. -- psalms 145:2 +. +Great is the LORD, and greatly to be praised; and his greatness is unsearchable. -- psalms 145:3 +. +One generation shall praise your works to another, and shall declare your mighty acts. -- psalms 145:4 +. +I will speak of the glorious honor of your majesty, and of your wondrous works. -- psalms 145:5 +. +And men shall speak of the might of your terrible acts: and I will declare your greatness. -- psalms 145:6 +. +They shall abundantly utter the memory of your great goodness, and shall sing of your righteousness. -- psalms 145:7 +. +The LORD is gracious, and full of compassion; slow to anger, and of great mercy. -- psalms 145:8 +. +The LORD is good to all: and his tender mercies are over all his works. -- psalms 145:9 +. +All your works shall praise you, O LORD; and your saints shall bless you. -- psalms 145:10 +. +They shall speak of the glory of your kingdom, and talk of your power; -- psalms 145:11 +. +To make known to the sons of men his mighty acts, and the glorious majesty of his kingdom. -- psalms 145:12 +. +Your kingdom is an everlasting kingdom, and your dominion endures throughout all generations. -- psalms 145:13 +. +The LORD upholds all that fall, and raises up all those that be bowed down. -- psalms 145:14 +. +The eyes of all wait on you; and you give them their meat in due season. -- psalms 145:15 +. +You open your hand, and satisfy the desire of every living thing. -- psalms 145:16 +. +The LORD is righteous in all his ways, and holy in all his works. -- psalms 145:17 +. +The LORD is near to all them that call on him, to all that call on him in truth. -- psalms 145:18 +. +He will fulfill the desire of them that fear him: he also will hear their cry, and will save them. -- psalms 145:19 +. +The LORD preserves all them that love him: but all the wicked will he destroy. -- psalms 145:20 +. +My mouth shall speak the praise of the LORD: and let all flesh bless his holy name for ever and ever. -- psalms 145:21 +. +Praise you the LORD. Praise the LORD, O my soul. -- psalms 146:1 +. +While I live will I praise the LORD: I will sing praises to my God while I have any being. -- psalms 146:2 +. +Put not your trust in princes, nor in the son of man, in whom there is no help. -- psalms 146:3 +. +His breath goes forth, he returns to his earth; in that very day his thoughts perish. -- psalms 146:4 +. +Happy is he that has the God of Jacob for his help, whose hope is in the LORD his God: -- psalms 146:5 +. +Which made heaven, and earth, the sea, and all that therein is: which keeps truth for ever: -- psalms 146:6 +. +Which executes judgment for the oppressed: which gives food to the hungry. The LORD looses the prisoners: -- psalms 146:7 +. +The LORD opens the eyes of the blind: the LORD raises them that are bowed down: the LORD loves the righteous: -- psalms 146:8 +. +The LORD preserves the strangers; he relieves the fatherless and widow: but the way of the wicked he turns upside down. -- psalms 146:9 +. +The LORD shall reign for ever, even your God, O Zion, to all generations. Praise you the LORD. -- psalms 146:10 +. +Praise you the LORD: for it is good to sing praises to our God; for it is pleasant; and praise is comely. -- psalms 147:1 +. +The LORD does build up Jerusalem: he gathers together the outcasts of Israel. -- psalms 147:2 +. +He heals the broken in heart, and binds up their wounds. -- psalms 147:3 +. +He tells the number of the stars; he calls them all by their names. -- psalms 147:4 +. +Great is our Lord, and of great power: his understanding is infinite. -- psalms 147:5 +. +The LORD lifts up the meek: he casts the wicked down to the ground. -- psalms 147:6 +. +Sing to the LORD with thanksgiving; sing praise on the harp to our God: -- psalms 147:7 +. +Who covers the heaven with clouds, who prepares rain for the earth, who makes grass to grow on the mountains. -- psalms 147:8 +. +He gives to the beast his food, and to the young ravens which cry. -- psalms 147:9 +. +He delights not in the strength of the horse: he takes not pleasure in the legs of a man. -- psalms 147:10 +. +The LORD takes pleasure in them that fear him, in those that hope in his mercy. -- psalms 147:11 +. +Praise the LORD, O Jerusalem; praise your God, O Zion. -- psalms 147:12 +. +For he has strengthened the bars of your gates; he has blessed your children within you. -- psalms 147:13 +. +He makes peace in your borders, and fills you with the finest of the wheat. -- psalms 147:14 +. +He sends forth his commandment on earth: his word runs very swiftly. -- psalms 147:15 +. +He gives snow like wool: he scatters the hoarfrost like ashes. -- psalms 147:16 +. +He casts forth his ice like morsels: who can stand before his cold? -- psalms 147:17 +. +He sends out his word, and melts them: he causes his wind to blow, and the waters flow. -- psalms 147:18 +. +He shows his word to Jacob, his statutes and his judgments to Israel. -- psalms 147:19 +. +He has not dealt so with any nation: and as for his judgments, they have not known them. Praise you the LORD. -- psalms 147:20 +. +Praise you the LORD. Praise you the LORD from the heavens: praise him in the heights. -- psalms 148:1 +. +Praise you him, all his angels: praise you him, all his hosts. -- psalms 148:2 +. +Praise you him, sun and moon: praise him, all you stars of light. -- psalms 148:3 +. +Praise him, you heavens of heavens, and you waters that be above the heavens. -- psalms 148:4 +. +Let them praise the name of the LORD: for he commanded, and they were created. -- psalms 148:5 +. +He has also established them for ever and ever: he has made a decree which shall not pass. -- psalms 148:6 +. +Praise the LORD from the earth, you dragons, and all deeps: -- psalms 148:7 +. +Fire, and hail; snow, and vapors; stormy wind fulfilling his word: -- psalms 148:8 +. +Mountains, and all hills; fruitful trees, and all cedars: -- psalms 148:9 +. +Beasts, and all cattle; creeping things, and flying fowl: -- psalms 148:10 +. +Kings of the earth, and all people; princes, and all judges of the earth: -- psalms 148:11 +. +Both young men, and maidens; old men, and children: -- psalms 148:12 +. +Let them praise the name of the LORD: for his name alone is excellent; his glory is above the earth and heaven. -- psalms 148:13 +. +He also exalts the horn of his people, the praise of all his saints; even of the children of Israel, a people near to him. Praise you the LORD. -- psalms 148:14 +. +Praise you the LORD. Sing to the LORD a new song, and his praise in the congregation of saints. -- psalms 149:1 +. +Let Israel rejoice in him that made him: let the children of Zion be joyful in their King. -- psalms 149:2 +. +Let them praise his name in the dance: let them sing praises to him with the tambourine and harp. -- psalms 149:3 +. +For the LORD takes pleasure in his people: he will beautify the meek with salvation. -- psalms 149:4 +. +Let the saints be joyful in glory: let them sing aloud on their beds. -- psalms 149:5 +. +Let the high praises of God be in their mouth, and a two-edged sword in their hand; -- psalms 149:6 +. +To execute vengeance on the heathen, and punishments on the people; -- psalms 149:7 +. +To bind their kings with chains, and their nobles with fetters of iron; -- psalms 149:8 +. +To execute on them the judgment written: this honor have all his saints. Praise you the LORD. -- psalms 149:9 +. +Praise you the LORD. Praise God in his sanctuary: praise him in the firmament of his power. -- psalms 150:1 +. +Praise him for his mighty acts: praise him according to his excellent greatness. -- psalms 150:2 +. +Praise him with the sound of the trumpet: praise him with the psaltery and harp. -- psalms 150:3 +. +Praise him with the tambourine and dance: praise him with stringed instruments and organs. -- psalms 150:4 +. +Praise him on the loud cymbals: praise him on the high sounding cymbals. -- psalms 150:5 +. +Let every thing that has breath praise the LORD. Praise you the LORD. -- psalms 150:6 +. +The proverbs of Solomon the son of David, king of Israel; -- proverbs 1:1 +. +To know wisdom and instruction; to perceive the words of understanding; -- proverbs 1:2 +. +To receive the instruction of wisdom, justice, and judgment, and equity; -- proverbs 1:3 +. +To give subtlety to the simple, to the young man knowledge and discretion. -- proverbs 1:4 +. +A wise man will hear, and will increase learning; and a man of understanding shall attain to wise counsels: -- proverbs 1:5 +. +To understand a proverb, and the interpretation; the words of the wise, and their dark sayings. -- proverbs 1:6 +. +The fear of the LORD is the beginning of knowledge: but fools despise wisdom and instruction. -- proverbs 1:7 +. +My son, hear the instruction of your father, and forsake not the law of your mother: -- proverbs 1:8 +. +For they shall be an ornament of grace to your head, and chains about your neck. -- proverbs 1:9 +. +My son, if sinners entice you, consent you not. -- proverbs 1:10 +. +If they say, Come with us, let us lay wait for blood, let us lurk privately for the innocent without cause: -- proverbs 1:11 +. +Let us swallow them up alive as the grave; and whole, as those that go down into the pit: -- proverbs 1:12 +. +We shall find all precious substance, we shall fill our houses with spoil: -- proverbs 1:13 +. +Cast in your lot among us; let us all have one purse: -- proverbs 1:14 +. +My son, walk not you in the way with them; refrain your foot from their path: -- proverbs 1:15 +. +For their feet run to evil, and make haste to shed blood. -- proverbs 1:16 +. +Surely in vain the net is spread in the sight of any bird. -- proverbs 1:17 +. +And they lay wait for their own blood; they lurk privately for their own lives. -- proverbs 1:18 +. +So are the ways of every one that is greedy of gain; which takes away the life of the owners thereof. -- proverbs 1:19 +. +Wisdom cries without; she utters her voice in the streets: -- proverbs 1:20 +. +She cries in the chief place of concourse, in the openings of the gates: in the city she utters her words, saying, -- proverbs 1:21 +. +How long, you simple ones, will you love simplicity? and the scorners delight in their scorning, and fools hate knowledge? -- proverbs 1:22 +. +Turn you at my reproof: behold, I will pour out my spirit to you, I will make known my words to you. -- proverbs 1:23 +. +Because I have called, and you refused; I have stretched out my hand, and no man regarded; -- proverbs 1:24 +. +But you have set at nothing all my counsel, and would none of my reproof: -- proverbs 1:25 +. +I also will laugh at your calamity; I will mock when your fear comes; -- proverbs 1:26 +. +When your fear comes as desolation, and your destruction comes as a whirlwind; when distress and anguish comes on you. -- proverbs 1:27 +. +Then shall they call on me, but I will not answer; they shall seek me early, but they shall not find me: -- proverbs 1:28 +. +For that they hated knowledge, and did not choose the fear of the LORD: -- proverbs 1:29 +. +They would none of my counsel: they despised all my reproof. -- proverbs 1:30 +. +Therefore shall they eat of the fruit of their own way, and be filled with their own devices. -- proverbs 1:31 +. +For the turning away of the simple shall slay them, and the prosperity of fools shall destroy them. -- proverbs 1:32 +. +But whoever listens to me shall dwell safely, and shall be quiet from fear of evil. -- proverbs 1:33 +. +My son, if you will receive my words, and hide my commandments with you; -- proverbs 2:1 +. +So that you incline your ear to wisdom, and apply your heart to understanding; -- proverbs 2:2 +. +Yes, if you cry after knowledge, and lift up your voice for understanding; -- proverbs 2:3 +. +If you seek her as silver, and search for her as for hid treasures; -- proverbs 2:4 +. +Then shall you understand the fear of the LORD, and find the knowledge of God. -- proverbs 2:5 +. +For the LORD gives wisdom: out of his mouth comes knowledge and understanding. -- proverbs 2:6 +. +He lays up sound wisdom for the righteous: he is a buckler to them that walk uprightly. -- proverbs 2:7 +. +He keeps the paths of judgment, and preserves the way of his saints. -- proverbs 2:8 +. +Then shall you understand righteousness, and judgment, and equity; yes, every good path. -- proverbs 2:9 +. +When wisdom enters into your heart, and knowledge is pleasant to your soul; -- proverbs 2:10 +. +Discretion shall preserve you, understanding shall keep you: -- proverbs 2:11 +. +To deliver you from the way of the evil man, from the man that speaks fraudulent things; -- proverbs 2:12 +. +Who leave the paths of uprightness, to walk in the ways of darkness; -- proverbs 2:13 +. +Who rejoice to do evil, and delight in the frowardness of the wicked; -- proverbs 2:14 +. +Whose ways are crooked, and they fraudulent in their paths: -- proverbs 2:15 +. +To deliver you from the strange woman, even from the stranger which flatters with her words; -- proverbs 2:16 +. +Which forsakes the guide of her youth, and forgets the covenant of her God. -- proverbs 2:17 +. +For her house inclines to death, and her paths to the dead. -- proverbs 2:18 +. +None that go to her return again, neither take they hold of the paths of life. -- proverbs 2:19 +. +That you may walk in the way of good men, and keep the paths of the righteous. -- proverbs 2:20 +. +For the upright shall dwell in the land, and the perfect shall remain in it. -- proverbs 2:21 +. +But the wicked shall be cut off from the earth, and the transgressors shall be rooted out of it. -- proverbs 2:22 +. +My son, forget not my law; but let your heart keep my commandments: -- proverbs 3:1 +. +For length of days, and long life, and peace, shall they add to you. -- proverbs 3:2 +. +Let not mercy and truth forsake you: bind them about your neck; write them on the table of your heart: -- proverbs 3:3 +. +So shall you find favor and good understanding in the sight of God and man. -- proverbs 3:4 +. +Trust in the LORD with all your heart; and lean not to your own understanding. -- proverbs 3:5 +. +In all your ways acknowledge him, and he shall direct your paths. -- proverbs 3:6 +. +Be not wise in your own eyes: fear the LORD, and depart from evil. -- proverbs 3:7 +. +It shall be health to your navel, and marrow to your bones. -- proverbs 3:8 +. +Honor the LORD with your substance, and with the first fruits of all your increase: -- proverbs 3:9 +. +So shall your barns be filled with plenty, and your presses shall burst out with new wine. -- proverbs 3:10 +. +My son, despise not the chastening of the LORD; neither be weary of his correction: -- proverbs 3:11 +. +For whom the LORD loves he corrects; even as a father the son in whom he delights. -- proverbs 3:12 +. +Happy is the man that finds wisdom, and the man that gets understanding. -- proverbs 3:13 +. +For the merchandise of it is better than the merchandise of silver, and the gain thereof than fine gold. -- proverbs 3:14 +. +She is more precious than rubies: and all the things you can desire are not to be compared to her. -- proverbs 3:15 +. +Length of days is in her right hand; and in her left hand riches and honor. -- proverbs 3:16 +. +Her ways are ways of pleasantness, and all her paths are peace. -- proverbs 3:17 +. +She is a tree of life to them that lay hold on her: and happy is every one that retains her. -- proverbs 3:18 +. +The LORD by wisdom has founded the earth; by understanding has he established the heavens. -- proverbs 3:19 +. +By his knowledge the depths are broken up, and the clouds drop down the dew. -- proverbs 3:20 +. +My son, let not them depart from your eyes: keep sound wisdom and discretion: -- proverbs 3:21 +. +So shall they be life to your soul, and grace to your neck. -- proverbs 3:22 +. +Then shall you walk in your way safely, and your foot shall not stumble. -- proverbs 3:23 +. +When you lie down, you shall not be afraid: yes, you shall lie down, and your sleep shall be sweet. -- proverbs 3:24 +. +Be not afraid of sudden fear, neither of the desolation of the wicked, when it comes. -- proverbs 3:25 +. +For the LORD shall be your confidence, and shall keep your foot from being taken. -- proverbs 3:26 +. +Withhold not good from them to whom it is due, when it is in the power of your hand to do it. -- proverbs 3:27 +. +Say not to your neighbor, Go, and come again, and to morrow I will give; when you have it by you. -- proverbs 3:28 +. +Devise not evil against your neighbor, seeing he dwells securely by you. -- proverbs 3:29 +. +Strive not with a man without cause, if he have done you no harm. -- proverbs 3:30 +. +Envy you not the oppressor, and choose none of his ways. -- proverbs 3:31 +. +For the fraudulent is abomination to the LORD: but his secret is with the righteous. -- proverbs 3:32 +. +The curse of the LORD is in the house of the wicked: but he blesses the habitation of the just. -- proverbs 3:33 +. +Surely he scorns the scorners: but he gives grace to the lowly. -- proverbs 3:34 +. +The wise shall inherit glory: but shame shall be the promotion of fools. -- proverbs 3:35 +. +Hear, you children, the instruction of a father, and attend to know understanding. -- proverbs 4:1 +. +For I give you good doctrine, forsake you not my law. -- proverbs 4:2 +. +For I was my father' son, tender and only beloved in the sight of my mother. -- proverbs 4:3 +. +He taught me also, and said to me, Let your heart retain my words: keep my commandments, and live. -- proverbs 4:4 +. +Get wisdom, get understanding: forget it not; neither decline from the words of my mouth. -- proverbs 4:5 +. +Forsake her not, and she shall preserve you: love her, and she shall keep you. -- proverbs 4:6 +. +Wisdom is the principal thing; therefore get wisdom: and with all your getting get understanding. -- proverbs 4:7 +. +Exalt her, and she shall promote you: she shall bring you to honor, when you do embrace her. -- proverbs 4:8 +. +She shall give to your head an ornament of grace: a crown of glory shall she deliver to you. -- proverbs 4:9 +. +Hear, O my son, and receive my sayings; and the years of your life shall be many. -- proverbs 4:10 +. +I have taught you in the way of wisdom; I have led you in right paths. -- proverbs 4:11 +. +When you go, your steps shall not be straitened; and when you run, you shall not stumble. -- proverbs 4:12 +. +Take fast hold of instruction; let her not go: keep her; for she is your life. -- proverbs 4:13 +. +Enter not into the path of the wicked, and go not in the way of evil men. -- proverbs 4:14 +. +Avoid it, pass not by it, turn from it, and pass away. -- proverbs 4:15 +. +For they sleep not, except they have done mischief; and their sleep is taken away, unless they cause some to fall. -- proverbs 4:16 +. +For they eat the bread of wickedness, and drink the wine of violence. -- proverbs 4:17 +. +But the path of the just is as the shining light, that shines more and more to the perfect day. -- proverbs 4:18 +. +The way of the wicked is as darkness: they know not at what they stumble. -- proverbs 4:19 +. +My son, attend to my words; incline your ear to my sayings. -- proverbs 4:20 +. +Let them not depart from your eyes; keep them in the middle of your heart. -- proverbs 4:21 +. +For they are life to those that find them, and health to all their flesh. -- proverbs 4:22 +. +Keep your heart with all diligence; for out of it are the issues of life. -- proverbs 4:23 +. +Put away from you a fraudulent mouth, and perverse lips put far from you. -- proverbs 4:24 +. +Let your eyes look right on, and let your eyelids look straight before you. -- proverbs 4:25 +. +Ponder the path of your feet, and let all your ways be established. -- proverbs 4:26 +. +Turn not to the right hand nor to the left: remove your foot from evil. -- proverbs 4:27 +. +My son, attend to my wisdom, and bow your ear to my understanding: -- proverbs 5:1 +. +That you may regard discretion, and that your lips may keep knowledge. -- proverbs 5:2 +. +For the lips of a strange woman drop as an honeycomb, and her mouth is smoother than oil: -- proverbs 5:3 +. +But her end is bitter as wormwood, sharp as a two-edged sword. -- proverbs 5:4 +. +Her feet go down to death; her steps take hold on hell. -- proverbs 5:5 +. +Lest you should ponder the path of life, her ways are moveable, that you can not know them. -- proverbs 5:6 +. +Hear me now therefore, O you children, and depart not from the words of my mouth. -- proverbs 5:7 +. +Remove your way far from her, and come not near the door of her house: -- proverbs 5:8 +. +Lest you give your honor to others, and your years to the cruel: -- proverbs 5:9 +. +Lest strangers be filled with your wealth; and your labors be in the house of a stranger; -- proverbs 5:10 +. +And you mourn at the last, when your flesh and your body are consumed, -- proverbs 5:11 +. +And say, How have I hated instruction, and my heart despised reproof; -- proverbs 5:12 +. +And have not obeyed the voice of my teachers, nor inclined my ear to them that instructed me! -- proverbs 5:13 +. +I was almost in all evil in the middle of the congregation and assembly. -- proverbs 5:14 +. +Drink waters out of your own cistern, and running waters out of your own well. -- proverbs 5:15 +. +Let your fountains be dispersed abroad, and rivers of waters in the streets. -- proverbs 5:16 +. +Let them be only your own, and not strangers'with you. -- proverbs 5:17 +. +Let your fountain be blessed: and rejoice with the wife of your youth. -- proverbs 5:18 +. +Let her be as the loving hind and pleasant roe; let her breasts satisfy you at all times; and be you ravished always with her love. -- proverbs 5:19 +. +And why will you, my son, be ravished with a strange woman, and embrace the bosom of a stranger? -- proverbs 5:20 +. +For the ways of man are before the eyes of the LORD, and he ponders all his goings. -- proverbs 5:21 +. +His own iniquities shall take the wicked himself, and he shall be held with the cords of his sins. -- proverbs 5:22 +. +He shall die without instruction; and in the greatness of his folly he shall go astray. -- proverbs 5:23 +. +My son, if you be surety for your friend, if you have stricken your hand with a stranger, -- proverbs 6:1 +. +You are snared with the words of your mouth, you are taken with the words of your mouth. -- proverbs 6:2 +. +Do this now, my son, and deliver yourself, when you are come into the hand of your friend; go, humble yourself, and make sure your friend. -- proverbs 6:3 +. +Give not sleep to your eyes, nor slumber to your eyelids. -- proverbs 6:4 +. +Deliver yourself as a roe from the hand of the hunter, and as a bird from the hand of the fowler. -- proverbs 6:5 +. +Go to the ant, you sluggard; consider her ways, and be wise: -- proverbs 6:6 +. +Which having no guide, overseer, or ruler, -- proverbs 6:7 +. +Provides her meat in the summer, and gathers her food in the harvest. -- proverbs 6:8 +. +How long will you sleep, O sluggard? when will you arise out of your sleep? -- proverbs 6:9 +. +Yet a little sleep, a little slumber, a little folding of the hands to sleep: -- proverbs 6:10 +. +So shall your poverty come as one that travels, and your want as an armed man. -- proverbs 6:11 +. +A naughty person, a wicked man, walks with a fraudulent mouth. -- proverbs 6:12 +. +He winks with his eyes, he speaks with his feet, he teaches with his fingers; -- proverbs 6:13 +. +Frowardness is in his heart, he devises mischief continually; he sows discord. -- proverbs 6:14 +. +Therefore shall his calamity come suddenly; suddenly shall he be broken without remedy. -- proverbs 6:15 +. +These six things does the LORD hate: yes, seven are an abomination to him: -- proverbs 6:16 +. +A proud look, a lying tongue, and hands that shed innocent blood, -- proverbs 6:17 +. +An heart that devises wicked imaginations, feet that be swift in running to mischief, -- proverbs 6:18 +. +A false witness that speaks lies, and he that sows discord among brothers. -- proverbs 6:19 +. +My son, keep your father' commandment, and forsake not the law of your mother: -- proverbs 6:20 +. +Bind them continually on your heart, and tie them about your neck. -- proverbs 6:21 +. +When you go, it shall lead you; when you sleep, it shall keep you; and when you wake, it shall talk with you. -- proverbs 6:22 +. +For the commandment is a lamp; and the law is light; and reproofs of instruction are the way of life: -- proverbs 6:23 +. +To keep you from the evil woman, from the flattery of the tongue of a strange woman. -- proverbs 6:24 +. +Lust not after her beauty in your heart; neither let her take you with her eyelids. -- proverbs 6:25 +. +For by means of a whorish woman a man is brought to a piece of bread: and the adulteress will hunt for the precious life. -- proverbs 6:26 +. +Can a man take fire in his bosom, and his clothes not be burned? -- proverbs 6:27 +. +Can one go on hot coals, and his feet not be burned? -- proverbs 6:28 +. +So he that goes in to his neighbor' wife; whoever touches her shall not be innocent. -- proverbs 6:29 +. +Men do not despise a thief, if he steal to satisfy his soul when he is hungry; -- proverbs 6:30 +. +But if he be found, he shall restore sevenfold; he shall give all the substance of his house. -- proverbs 6:31 +. +But whoever commits adultery with a woman lacks understanding: he that does it destroys his own soul. -- proverbs 6:32 +. +A wound and dishonor shall he get; and his reproach shall not be wiped away. -- proverbs 6:33 +. +For jealousy is the rage of a man: therefore he will not spare in the day of vengeance. -- proverbs 6:34 +. +He will not regard any ransom; neither will he rest content, though you give many gifts. -- proverbs 6:35 +. +My son, keep my words, and lay up my commandments with you. -- proverbs 7:1 +. +Keep my commandments, and live; and my law as the apple of your eye. -- proverbs 7:2 +. +Bind them on your fingers, write them on the table of your heart. -- proverbs 7:3 +. +Say to wisdom, You are my sister; and call understanding your kinswoman: -- proverbs 7:4 +. +That they may keep you from the strange woman, from the stranger which flatters with her words. -- proverbs 7:5 +. +For at the window of my house I looked through my casement, -- proverbs 7:6 +. +And beheld among the simple ones, I discerned among the youths, a young man void of understanding, -- proverbs 7:7 +. +Passing through the street near her corner; and he went the way to her house, -- proverbs 7:8 +. +In the twilight, in the evening, in the black and dark night: -- proverbs 7:9 +. +And, behold, there met him a woman with the attire of an harlot, and subtle of heart. -- proverbs 7:10 +. +(She is loud and stubborn; her feet abide not in her house: -- proverbs 7:11 +. +Now is she without, now in the streets, and lies in wait at every corner.) -- proverbs 7:12 +. +So she caught him, and kissed him, and with an impudent face said to him, -- proverbs 7:13 +. +I have peace offerings with me; this day have I paid my vows. -- proverbs 7:14 +. +Therefore came I forth to meet you, diligently to seek your face, and I have found you. -- proverbs 7:15 +. +I have decked my bed with coverings of tapestry, with carved works, with fine linen of Egypt. -- proverbs 7:16 +. +I have perfumed my bed with myrrh, aloes, and cinnamon. -- proverbs 7:17 +. +Come, let us take our fill of love until the morning: let us solace ourselves with loves. -- proverbs 7:18 +. +For the manager is not at home, he is gone a long journey: -- proverbs 7:19 +. +He has taken a bag of money with him, and will come home at the day appointed. -- proverbs 7:20 +. +With her much fair speech she caused him to yield, with the flattering of her lips she forced him. -- proverbs 7:21 +. +He goes after her straightway, as an ox goes to the slaughter, or as a fool to the correction of the stocks; -- proverbs 7:22 +. +Till a dart strike through his liver; as a bird hastens to the snare, and knows not that it is for his life. -- proverbs 7:23 +. +Listen to me now therefore, O you children, and attend to the words of my mouth. -- proverbs 7:24 +. +Let not your heart decline to her ways, go not astray in her paths. -- proverbs 7:25 +. +For she has cast down many wounded: yes, many strong men have been slain by her. -- proverbs 7:26 +. +Her house is the way to hell, going down to the chambers of death. -- proverbs 7:27 +. +Does not wisdom cry? and understanding put forth her voice? -- proverbs 8:1 +. +She stands in the top of high places, by the way in the places of the paths. -- proverbs 8:2 +. +She cries at the gates, at the entry of the city, at the coming in at the doors. -- proverbs 8:3 +. +To you, O men, I call; and my voice is to the sons of man. -- proverbs 8:4 +. +O you simple, understand wisdom: and, you fools, be you of an understanding heart. -- proverbs 8:5 +. +Hear; for I will speak of excellent things; and the opening of my lips shall be right things. -- proverbs 8:6 +. +For my mouth shall speak truth; and wickedness is an abomination to my lips. -- proverbs 8:7 +. +All the words of my mouth are in righteousness; there is nothing fraudulent or perverse in them. -- proverbs 8:8 +. +They are all plain to him that understands, and right to them that find knowledge. -- proverbs 8:9 +. +Receive my instruction, and not silver; and knowledge rather than choice gold. -- proverbs 8:10 +. +For wisdom is better than rubies; and all the things that may be desired are not to be compared to it. -- proverbs 8:11 +. +I wisdom dwell with prudence, and find out knowledge of witty inventions. -- proverbs 8:12 +. +The fear of the LORD is to hate evil: pride, and arrogance, and the evil way, and the fraudulent mouth, do I hate. -- proverbs 8:13 +. +Counsel is mine, and sound wisdom: I am understanding; I have strength. -- proverbs 8:14 +. +By me kings reign, and princes decree justice. -- proverbs 8:15 +. +By me princes rule, and nobles, even all the judges of the earth. -- proverbs 8:16 +. +I love them that love me; and those that seek me early shall find me. -- proverbs 8:17 +. +Riches and honor are with me; yes, durable riches and righteousness. -- proverbs 8:18 +. +My fruit is better than gold, yes, than fine gold; and my revenue than choice silver. -- proverbs 8:19 +. +I lead in the way of righteousness, in the middle of the paths of judgment: -- proverbs 8:20 +. +That I may cause those that love me to inherit substance; and I will fill their treasures. -- proverbs 8:21 +. +The LORD possessed me in the beginning of his way, before his works of old. -- proverbs 8:22 +. +I was set up from everlasting, from the beginning, or ever the earth was. -- proverbs 8:23 +. +When there were no depths, I was brought forth; when there were no fountains abounding with water. -- proverbs 8:24 +. +Before the mountains were settled, before the hills was I brought forth: -- proverbs 8:25 +. +While as yet he had not made the earth, nor the fields, nor the highest part of the dust of the world. -- proverbs 8:26 +. +When he prepared the heavens, I was there: when he set a compass on the face of the depth: -- proverbs 8:27 +. +When he established the clouds above: when he strengthened the fountains of the deep: -- proverbs 8:28 +. +When he gave to the sea his decree, that the waters should not pass his commandment: when he appointed the foundations of the earth: -- proverbs 8:29 +. +Then I was by him, as one brought up with him: and I was daily his delight, rejoicing always before him; -- proverbs 8:30 +. +Rejoicing in the habitable part of his earth; and my delights were with the sons of men. -- proverbs 8:31 +. +Now therefore listen to me, O you children: for blessed are they that keep my ways. -- proverbs 8:32 +. +Hear instruction, and be wise, and refuse it not. -- proverbs 8:33 +. +Blessed is the man that hears me, watching daily at my gates, waiting at the posts of my doors. -- proverbs 8:34 +. +For whoever finds me finds life, and shall obtain favor of the LORD. -- proverbs 8:35 +. +But he that sins against me wrongs his own soul: all they that hate me love death. -- proverbs 8:36 +. +Wisdom has built her house, she has hewn out her seven pillars: -- proverbs 9:1 +. +She has killed her beasts; she has mingled her wine; she has also furnished her table. -- proverbs 9:2 +. +She has sent forth her maidens: she cries on the highest places of the city, -- proverbs 9:3 +. +Whoever is simple, let him turn in here: as for him that wants understanding, she said to him, -- proverbs 9:4 +. +Come, eat of my bread, and drink of the wine which I have mingled. -- proverbs 9:5 +. +Forsake the foolish, and live; and go in the way of understanding. -- proverbs 9:6 +. +He that reproves a scorner gets to himself shame: and he that rebukes a wicked man gets himself a blot. -- proverbs 9:7 +. +Reprove not a scorner, lest he hate you: rebuke a wise man, and he will love you. -- proverbs 9:8 +. +Give instruction to a wise man, and he will be yet wiser: teach a just man, and he will increase in learning. -- proverbs 9:9 +. +The fear of the LORD is the beginning of wisdom: and the knowledge of the holy is understanding. -- proverbs 9:10 +. +For by me your days shall be multiplied, and the years of your life shall be increased. -- proverbs 9:11 +. +If you be wise, you shall be wise for yourself: but if you scorn, you alone shall bear it. -- proverbs 9:12 +. +A foolish woman is clamorous: she is simple, and knows nothing. -- proverbs 9:13 +. +For she sits at the door of her house, on a seat in the high places of the city, -- proverbs 9:14 +. +To call passengers who go right on their ways: -- proverbs 9:15 +. +Whoever is simple, let him turn in here: and as for him that wants understanding, she said to him, -- proverbs 9:16 +. +Stolen waters are sweet, and bread eaten in secret is pleasant. -- proverbs 9:17 +. +But he knows not that the dead are there; and that her guests are in the depths of hell. -- proverbs 9:18 +. +The proverbs of Solomon. A wise son makes a glad father: but a foolish son is the heaviness of his mother. -- proverbs 10:1 +. +Treasures of wickedness profit nothing: but righteousness delivers from death. -- proverbs 10:2 +. +The LORD will not suffer the soul of the righteous to famish: but he casts away the substance of the wicked. -- proverbs 10:3 +. +He becomes poor that deals with a slack hand: but the hand of the diligent makes rich. -- proverbs 10:4 +. +He that gathers in summer is a wise son: but he that sleeps in harvest is a son that causes shame. -- proverbs 10:5 +. +Blessings are on the head of the just: but violence covers the mouth of the wicked. -- proverbs 10:6 +. +The memory of the just is blessed: but the name of the wicked shall rot. -- proverbs 10:7 +. +The wise in heart will receive commandments: but a prating fool shall fall. -- proverbs 10:8 +. +He that walks uprightly walks surely: but he that perverts his ways shall be known. -- proverbs 10:9 +. +He that winks with the eye causes sorrow: but a prating fool shall fall. -- proverbs 10:10 +. +The mouth of a righteous man is a well of life: but violence covers the mouth of the wicked. -- proverbs 10:11 +. +Hatred stirs up strifes: but love covers all sins. -- proverbs 10:12 +. +In the lips of him that has understanding wisdom is found: but a rod is for the back of him that is void of understanding. -- proverbs 10:13 +. +Wise men lay up knowledge: but the mouth of the foolish is near destruction. -- proverbs 10:14 +. +The rich man' wealth is his strong city: the destruction of the poor is their poverty. -- proverbs 10:15 +. +The labor of the righteous tends to life: the fruit of the wicked to sin. -- proverbs 10:16 +. +He is in the way of life that keeps instruction: but he that refuses reproof errs. -- proverbs 10:17 +. +He that hides hatred with lying lips, and he that utters a slander, is a fool. -- proverbs 10:18 +. +In the multitude of words there wants not sin: but he that refrains his lips is wise. -- proverbs 10:19 +. +The tongue of the just is as choice silver: the heart of the wicked is little worth. -- proverbs 10:20 +. +The lips of the righteous feed many: but fools die for want of wisdom. -- proverbs 10:21 +. +The blessing of the LORD, it makes rich, and he adds no sorrow with it. -- proverbs 10:22 +. +It is as sport to a fool to do mischief: but a man of understanding has wisdom. -- proverbs 10:23 +. +The fear of the wicked, it shall come on him: but the desire of the righteous shall be granted. -- proverbs 10:24 +. +As the whirlwind passes, so is the wicked no more: but the righteous is an everlasting foundation. -- proverbs 10:25 +. +As vinegar to the teeth, and as smoke to the eyes, so is the sluggard to them that send him. -- proverbs 10:26 +. +The fear of the LORD prolongs days: but the years of the wicked shall be shortened. -- proverbs 10:27 +. +The hope of the righteous shall be gladness: but the expectation of the wicked shall perish. -- proverbs 10:28 +. +The way of the LORD is strength to the upright: but destruction shall be to the workers of iniquity. -- proverbs 10:29 +. +The righteous shall never be removed: but the wicked shall not inhabit the earth. -- proverbs 10:30 +. +The mouth of the just brings forth wisdom: but the fraudulent tongue shall be cut out. -- proverbs 10:31 +. +The lips of the righteous know what is acceptable: but the mouth of the wicked speaks frowardness. -- proverbs 10:32 +. +A false balance is abomination to the LORD: but a just weight is his delight. -- proverbs 11:1 +. +When pride comes, then comes shame: but with the lowly is wisdom. -- proverbs 11:2 +. +The integrity of the upright shall guide them: but the perverseness of transgressors shall destroy them. -- proverbs 11:3 +. +Riches profit not in the day of wrath: but righteousness delivers from death. -- proverbs 11:4 +. +The righteousness of the perfect shall direct his way: but the wicked shall fall by his own wickedness. -- proverbs 11:5 +. +The righteousness of the upright shall deliver them: but transgressors shall be taken in their own naughtiness. -- proverbs 11:6 +. +When a wicked man dies, his expectation shall perish: and the hope of unjust men perishes. -- proverbs 11:7 +. +The righteous is delivered out of trouble, and the wicked comes in his stead. -- proverbs 11:8 +. +An hypocrite with his mouth destroys his neighbor: but through knowledge shall the just be delivered. -- proverbs 11:9 +. +When it goes well with the righteous, the city rejoices: and when the wicked perish, there is shouting. -- proverbs 11:10 +. +By the blessing of the upright the city is exalted: but it is overthrown by the mouth of the wicked. -- proverbs 11:11 +. +He that is void of wisdom despises his neighbor: but a man of understanding holds his peace. -- proverbs 11:12 +. +A talebearer reveals secrets: but he that is of a faithful spirit conceals the matter. -- proverbs 11:13 +. +Where no counsel is, the people fall: but in the multitude of counsellors there is safety. -- proverbs 11:14 +. +He that is surety for a stranger shall smart for it: and he that hates indebtedness is sure. -- proverbs 11:15 +. +A gracious woman retains honor: and strong men retain riches. -- proverbs 11:16 +. +The merciful man does good to his own soul: but he that is cruel troubles his own flesh. -- proverbs 11:17 +. +The wicked works a deceitful work: but to him that sows righteousness shall be a sure reward. -- proverbs 11:18 +. +As righteousness tends to life: so he that pursues evil pursues it to his own death. -- proverbs 11:19 +. +They that are of a fraudulent heart are abomination to the LORD: but such as are upright in their way are his delight. -- proverbs 11:20 +. +Though hand join in hand, the wicked shall not be unpunished: but the seed of the righteous shall be delivered. -- proverbs 11:21 +. +As a jewel of gold in a swine' snout, so is a fair woman which is without discretion. -- proverbs 11:22 +. +The desire of the righteous is only good: but the expectation of the wicked is wrath. -- proverbs 11:23 +. +There is that scatters, and yet increases; and there is that withholds more than is meet, but it tends to poverty. -- proverbs 11:24 +. +The liberal soul shall be made fat: and he that waters shall be watered also himself. -- proverbs 11:25 +. +He that withholds corn, the people shall curse him: but blessing shall be on the head of him that sells it. -- proverbs 11:26 +. +He that diligently seeks good procures favor: but he that seeks mischief, it shall come to him. -- proverbs 11:27 +. +He that trusts in his riches shall fall; but the righteous shall flourish as a branch. -- proverbs 11:28 +. +He that troubles his own house shall inherit the wind: and the fool shall be servant to the wise of heart. -- proverbs 11:29 +. +The fruit of the righteous is a tree of life; and he that wins souls is wise. -- proverbs 11:30 +. +Behold, the righteous shall be recompensed in the earth: much more the wicked and the sinner. -- proverbs 11:31 +. +Whoever loves instruction loves knowledge: but he that hates reproof is brutish. -- proverbs 12:1 +. +A good man obtains favor of the LORD: but a man of wicked devices will he condemn. -- proverbs 12:2 +. +A man shall not be established by wickedness: but the root of the righteous shall not be moved. -- proverbs 12:3 +. +A virtuous woman is a crown to her husband: but she that makes ashamed is as rottenness in his bones. -- proverbs 12:4 +. +The thoughts of the righteous are right: but the counsels of the wicked are deceit. -- proverbs 12:5 +. +The words of the wicked are to lie in wait for blood: but the mouth of the upright shall deliver them. -- proverbs 12:6 +. +The wicked are overthrown, and are not: but the house of the righteous shall stand. -- proverbs 12:7 +. +A man shall be commended according to his wisdom: but he that is of a perverse heart shall be despised. -- proverbs 12:8 +. +He that is despised, and has a servant, is better than he that honors himself, and lacks bread. -- proverbs 12:9 +. +A righteous man regards the life of his beast: but the tender mercies of the wicked are cruel. -- proverbs 12:10 +. +He that tills his land shall be satisfied with bread: but he that follows vain persons is void of understanding. -- proverbs 12:11 +. +The wicked desires the net of evil men: but the root of the righteous yields fruit. -- proverbs 12:12 +. +The wicked is snared by the transgression of his lips: but the just shall come out of trouble. -- proverbs 12:13 +. +A man shall be satisfied with good by the fruit of his mouth: and the recompense of a man' hands shall be rendered to him. -- proverbs 12:14 +. +The way of a fool is right in his own eyes: but he that listens to counsel is wise. -- proverbs 12:15 +. +A fool' wrath is presently known: but a prudent man covers shame. -- proverbs 12:16 +. +He that speaks truth shows forth righteousness: but a false witness deceit. -- proverbs 12:17 +. +There is that speaks like the piercings of a sword: but the tongue of the wise is health. -- proverbs 12:18 +. +The lip of truth shall be established for ever: but a lying tongue is but for a moment. -- proverbs 12:19 +. +Deceit is in the heart of them that imagine evil: but to the counsellors of peace is joy. -- proverbs 12:20 +. +There shall no evil happen to the just: but the wicked shall be filled with mischief. -- proverbs 12:21 +. +Lying lips are abomination to the LORD: but they that deal truly are his delight. -- proverbs 12:22 +. +A prudent man conceals knowledge: but the heart of fools proclaims foolishness. -- proverbs 12:23 +. +The hand of the diligent shall bear rule: but the slothful shall be under tribute. -- proverbs 12:24 +. +Heaviness in the heart of man makes it stoop: but a good word makes it glad. -- proverbs 12:25 +. +The righteous is more excellent than his neighbor: but the way of the wicked seduces them. -- proverbs 12:26 +. +The slothful man roasts not that which he took in hunting: but the substance of a diligent man is precious. -- proverbs 12:27 +. +In the way of righteousness is life: and in the pathway thereof there is no death. -- proverbs 12:28 +. +A wise son hears his father' instruction: but a scorner hears not rebuke. -- proverbs 13:1 +. +A man shall eat good by the fruit of his mouth: but the soul of the transgressors shall eat violence. -- proverbs 13:2 +. +He that keeps his mouth keeps his life: but he that opens wide his lips shall have destruction. -- proverbs 13:3 +. +The soul of the sluggard desires, and has nothing: but the soul of the diligent shall be made fat. -- proverbs 13:4 +. +A righteous man hates lying: but a wicked man is loathsome, and comes to shame. -- proverbs 13:5 +. +Righteousness keeps him that is upright in the way: but wickedness overthrows the sinner. -- proverbs 13:6 +. +There is that makes himself rich, yet has nothing: there is that makes himself poor, yet has great riches. -- proverbs 13:7 +. +The ransom of a man' life are his riches: but the poor hears not rebuke. -- proverbs 13:8 +. +The light of the righteous rejoices: but the lamp of the wicked shall be put out. -- proverbs 13:9 +. +Only by pride comes contention: but with the well advised is wisdom. -- proverbs 13:10 +. +Wealth gotten by vanity shall be diminished: but he that gathers by labor shall increase. -- proverbs 13:11 +. +Hope deferred makes the heart sick: but when the desire comes, it is a tree of life. -- proverbs 13:12 +. +Whoever despises the word shall be destroyed: but he that fears the commandment shall be rewarded. -- proverbs 13:13 +. +The law of the wise is a fountain of life, to depart from the snares of death. -- proverbs 13:14 +. +Good understanding gives favor: but the way of transgressors is hard. -- proverbs 13:15 +. +Every prudent man deals with knowledge: but a fool lays open his folly. -- proverbs 13:16 +. +A wicked messenger falls into mischief: but a faithful ambassador is health. -- proverbs 13:17 +. +Poverty and shame shall be to him that refuses instruction: but he that regards reproof shall be honored. -- proverbs 13:18 +. +The desire accomplished is sweet to the soul: but it is abomination to fools to depart from evil. -- proverbs 13:19 +. +He that walks with wise men shall be wise: but a companion of fools shall be destroyed. -- proverbs 13:20 +. +Evil pursues sinners: but to the righteous good shall be repaid. -- proverbs 13:21 +. +A good man leaves an inheritance to his children' children: and the wealth of the sinner is laid up for the just. -- proverbs 13:22 +. +Much food is in the tillage of the poor: but there is that is destroyed for want of judgment. -- proverbs 13:23 +. +He that spares his rod hates his son: but he that loves him chastens him betimes. -- proverbs 13:24 +. +The righteous eats to the satisfying of his soul: but the belly of the wicked shall want. -- proverbs 13:25 +. +Every wise woman builds her house: but the foolish plucks it down with her hands. -- proverbs 14:1 +. +He that walks in his uprightness fears the LORD: but he that is perverse in his ways despises him. -- proverbs 14:2 +. +In the mouth of the foolish is a rod of pride: but the lips of the wise shall preserve them. -- proverbs 14:3 +. +Where no oxen are, the crib is clean: but much increase is by the strength of the ox. -- proverbs 14:4 +. +A faithful witness will not lie: but a false witness will utter lies. -- proverbs 14:5 +. +A scorner seeks wisdom, and finds it not: but knowledge is easy to him that understands. -- proverbs 14:6 +. +Go from the presence of a foolish man, when you perceive not in him the lips of knowledge. -- proverbs 14:7 +. +The wisdom of the prudent is to understand his way: but the folly of fools is deceit. -- proverbs 14:8 +. +Fools make a mock at sin: but among the righteous there is favor. -- proverbs 14:9 +. +The heart knows his own bitterness; and a stranger does not intermeddle with his joy. -- proverbs 14:10 +. +The house of the wicked shall be overthrown: but the tabernacle of the upright shall flourish. -- proverbs 14:11 +. +There is a way which seems right to a man, but the end thereof are the ways of death. -- proverbs 14:12 +. +Even in laughter the heart is sorrowful; and the end of that mirth is heaviness. -- proverbs 14:13 +. +The backslider in heart shall be filled with his own ways: and a good man shall be satisfied from himself. -- proverbs 14:14 +. +The simple believes every word: but the prudent man looks well to his going. -- proverbs 14:15 +. +A wise man fears, and departs from evil: but the fool rages, and is confident. -- proverbs 14:16 +. +He that is soon angry deals foolishly: and a man of wicked devices is hated. -- proverbs 14:17 +. +The simple inherit folly: but the prudent are crowned with knowledge. -- proverbs 14:18 +. +The evil bow before the good; and the wicked at the gates of the righteous. -- proverbs 14:19 +. +The poor is hated even of his own neighbor: but the rich has many friends. -- proverbs 14:20 +. +He that despises his neighbor sins: but he that has mercy on the poor, happy is he. -- proverbs 14:21 +. +Do they not err that devise evil? but mercy and truth shall be to them that devise good. -- proverbs 14:22 +. +In all labor there is profit: but the talk of the lips tends only to penury. -- proverbs 14:23 +. +The crown of the wise is their riches: but the foolishness of fools is folly. -- proverbs 14:24 +. +A true witness delivers souls: but a deceitful witness speaks lies. -- proverbs 14:25 +. +In the fear of the LORD is strong confidence: and his children shall have a place of refuge. -- proverbs 14:26 +. +The fear of the LORD is a fountain of life, to depart from the snares of death. -- proverbs 14:27 +. +In the multitude of people is the king' honor: but in the want of people is the destruction of the prince. -- proverbs 14:28 +. +He that is slow to wrath is of great understanding: but he that is hasty of spirit exalts folly. -- proverbs 14:29 +. +A sound heart is the life of the flesh: but envy the rottenness of the bones. -- proverbs 14:30 +. +He that oppresses the poor reproaches his Maker: but he that honors him has mercy on the poor. -- proverbs 14:31 +. +The wicked is driven away in his wickedness: but the righteous has hope in his death. -- proverbs 14:32 +. +Wisdom rests in the heart of him that has understanding: but that which is in the middle of fools is made known. -- proverbs 14:33 +. +Righteousness exalts a nation: but sin is a reproach to any people. -- proverbs 14:34 +. +The king' favor is toward a wise servant: but his wrath is against him that causes shame. -- proverbs 14:35 +. +A soft answer turns away wrath: but grievous words stir up anger. -- proverbs 15:1 +. +The tongue of the wise uses knowledge aright: but the mouth of fools pours out foolishness. -- proverbs 15:2 +. +The eyes of the LORD are in every place, beholding the evil and the good. -- proverbs 15:3 +. +A wholesome tongue is a tree of life: but perverseness therein is a breach in the spirit. -- proverbs 15:4 +. +A fool despises his father' instruction: but he that regards reproof is prudent. -- proverbs 15:5 +. +In the house of the righteous is much treasure: but in the revenues of the wicked is trouble. -- proverbs 15:6 +. +The lips of the wise disperse knowledge: but the heart of the foolish does not so. -- proverbs 15:7 +. +The sacrifice of the wicked is an abomination to the LORD: but the prayer of the upright is his delight. -- proverbs 15:8 +. +The way of the wicked is an abomination to the LORD: but he loves him that follows after righteousness. -- proverbs 15:9 +. +Correction is grievous to him that forsakes the way: and he that hates reproof shall die. -- proverbs 15:10 +. +Hell and destruction are before the LORD: how much more then the hearts of the children of men? -- proverbs 15:11 +. +A scorner loves not one that reproves him: neither will he go to the wise. -- proverbs 15:12 +. +A merry heart makes a cheerful countenance: but by sorrow of the heart the spirit is broken. -- proverbs 15:13 +. +The heart of him that has understanding seeks knowledge: but the mouth of fools feeds on foolishness. -- proverbs 15:14 +. +All the days of the afflicted are evil: but he that is of a merry heart has a continual feast. -- proverbs 15:15 +. +Better is little with the fear of the LORD than great treasure and trouble therewith. -- proverbs 15:16 +. +Better is a dinner of herbs where love is, than a stalled ox and hatred therewith. -- proverbs 15:17 +. +A wrathful man stirs up strife: but he that is slow to anger appeases strife. -- proverbs 15:18 +. +The way of the slothful man is as an hedge of thorns: but the way of the righteous is made plain. -- proverbs 15:19 +. +A wise son makes a glad father: but a foolish man despises his mother. -- proverbs 15:20 +. +Folly is joy to him that is destitute of wisdom: but a man of understanding walks uprightly. -- proverbs 15:21 +. +Without counsel purposes are disappointed: but in the multitude of counsellors they are established. -- proverbs 15:22 +. +A man has joy by the answer of his mouth: and a word spoken in due season, how good is it! -- proverbs 15:23 +. +The way of life is above to the wise, that he may depart from hell beneath. -- proverbs 15:24 +. +The LORD will destroy the house of the proud: but he will establish the border of the widow. -- proverbs 15:25 +. +The thoughts of the wicked are an abomination to the LORD: but the words of the pure are pleasant words. -- proverbs 15:26 +. +He that is greedy of gain troubles his own house; but he that hates gifts shall live. -- proverbs 15:27 +. +The heart of the righteous studies to answer: but the mouth of the wicked pours out evil things. -- proverbs 15:28 +. +The LORD is far from the wicked: but he hears the prayer of the righteous. -- proverbs 15:29 +. +The light of the eyes rejoices the heart: and a good report makes the bones fat. -- proverbs 15:30 +. +The ear that hears the reproof of life stays among the wise. -- proverbs 15:31 +. +He that refuses instruction despises his own soul: but he that hears reproof gets understanding. -- proverbs 15:32 +. +The fear of the LORD is the instruction of wisdom; and before honor is humility. -- proverbs 15:33 +. +The preparations of the heart in man, and the answer of the tongue, is from the LORD. -- proverbs 16:1 +. +All the ways of a man are clean in his own eyes; but the LORD weighs the spirits. -- proverbs 16:2 +. +Commit your works to the LORD, and your thoughts shall be established. -- proverbs 16:3 +. +The LORD has made all things for himself: yes, even the wicked for the day of evil. -- proverbs 16:4 +. +Every one that is proud in heart is an abomination to the LORD: though hand join in hand, he shall not be unpunished. -- proverbs 16:5 +. +By mercy and truth iniquity is purged: and by the fear of the LORD men depart from evil. -- proverbs 16:6 +. +When a man' ways please the LORD, he makes even his enemies to be at peace with him. -- proverbs 16:7 +. +Better is a little with righteousness than great revenues without right. -- proverbs 16:8 +. +A man' heart devises his way: but the LORD directs his steps. -- proverbs 16:9 +. +A divine sentence is in the lips of the king: his mouth transgresses not in judgment. -- proverbs 16:10 +. +A just weight and balance are the LORD': all the weights of the bag are his work. -- proverbs 16:11 +. +It is an abomination to kings to commit wickedness: for the throne is established by righteousness. -- proverbs 16:12 +. +Righteous lips are the delight of kings; and they love him that speaks right. -- proverbs 16:13 +. +The wrath of a king is as messengers of death: but a wise man will pacify it. -- proverbs 16:14 +. +In the light of the king' countenance is life; and his favor is as a cloud of the latter rain. -- proverbs 16:15 +. +How much better is it to get wisdom than gold! and to get understanding rather to be chosen than silver! -- proverbs 16:16 +. +The highway of the upright is to depart from evil: he that keeps his way preserves his soul. -- proverbs 16:17 +. +Pride goes before destruction, and an haughty spirit before a fall. -- proverbs 16:18 +. +Better it is to be of an humble spirit with the lowly, than to divide the spoil with the proud. -- proverbs 16:19 +. +He that handles a matter wisely shall find good: and whoever trusts in the LORD, happy is he. -- proverbs 16:20 +. +The wise in heart shall be called prudent: and the sweetness of the lips increases learning. -- proverbs 16:21 +. +Understanding is a wellspring of life to him that has it: but the instruction of fools is folly. -- proverbs 16:22 +. +The heart of the wise teaches his mouth, and adds learning to his lips. -- proverbs 16:23 +. +Pleasant words are as an honeycomb, sweet to the soul, and health to the bones. -- proverbs 16:24 +. +There is a way that seems right to a man, but the end thereof are the ways of death. -- proverbs 16:25 +. +He that labors labors for himself; for his mouth craves it of him. -- proverbs 16:26 +. +An ungodly man digs up evil: and in his lips there is as a burning fire. -- proverbs 16:27 +. +A fraudulent man sows strife: and a whisperer separates chief friends. -- proverbs 16:28 +. +A violent man entices his neighbor, and leads him into the way that is not good. -- proverbs 16:29 +. +He shuts his eyes to devise fraudulent things: moving his lips he brings evil to pass. -- proverbs 16:30 +. +The hoary head is a crown of glory, if it be found in the way of righteousness. -- proverbs 16:31 +. +He that is slow to anger is better than the mighty; and he that rules his spirit than he that takes a city. -- proverbs 16:32 +. +The lot is cast into the lap; but the whole disposing thereof is of the LORD. -- proverbs 16:33 +. +Better is a dry morsel, and quietness therewith, than an house full of sacrifices with strife. -- proverbs 17:1 +. +A wise servant shall have rule over a son that causes shame, and shall have part of the inheritance among the brothers. -- proverbs 17:2 +. +The fining pot is for silver, and the furnace for gold: but the LORD tries the hearts. -- proverbs 17:3 +. +A wicked doer gives heed to false lips; and a liar gives ear to a naughty tongue. -- proverbs 17:4 +. +Whoever mocks the poor reproaches his Maker: and he that is glad at calamities shall not be unpunished. -- proverbs 17:5 +. +Children' children are the crown of old men; and the glory of children are their fathers. -- proverbs 17:6 +. +Excellent speech becomes not a fool: much less do lying lips a prince. -- proverbs 17:7 +. +A gift is as a precious stone in the eyes of him that has it: wherever it turns, it prospers. -- proverbs 17:8 +. +He that covers a transgression seeks love; but he that repeats a matter separates very friends. -- proverbs 17:9 +. +A reproof enters more into a wise man than an hundred stripes into a fool. -- proverbs 17:10 +. +An evil man seeks only rebellion: therefore a cruel messenger shall be sent against him. -- proverbs 17:11 +. +Let a bear robbed of her whelps meet a man, rather than a fool in his folly. -- proverbs 17:12 +. +Whoever rewards evil for good, evil shall not depart from his house. -- proverbs 17:13 +. +The beginning of strife is as when one lets out water: therefore leave off contention, before it be meddled with. -- proverbs 17:14 +. +He that justifies the wicked, and he that comdemns the just, even they both are abomination to the LORD. -- proverbs 17:15 +. +Why is there a price in the hand of a fool to get wisdom, seeing he has no heart to it? -- proverbs 17:16 +. +A friend loves at all times, and a brother is born for adversity. -- proverbs 17:17 +. +A man void of understanding strikes hands, and becomes surety in the presence of his friend. -- proverbs 17:18 +. +He loves transgression that loves strife: and he that exalts his gate seeks destruction. -- proverbs 17:19 +. +He that has a fraudulent heart finds no good: and he that has a perverse tongue falls into mischief. -- proverbs 17:20 +. +He that begets a fool does it to his sorrow: and the father of a fool has no joy. -- proverbs 17:21 +. +A merry heart does good like a medicine: but a broken spirit dries the bones. -- proverbs 17:22 +. +A wicked man takes a gift out of the bosom to pervert the ways of judgment. -- proverbs 17:23 +. +Wisdom is before him that has understanding; but the eyes of a fool are in the ends of the earth. -- proverbs 17:24 +. +A foolish son is a grief to his father, and bitterness to her that bore him. -- proverbs 17:25 +. +Also to punish the just is not good, nor to strike princes for equity. -- proverbs 17:26 +. +He that has knowledge spares his words: and a man of understanding is of an excellent spirit. -- proverbs 17:27 +. +Even a fool, when he holds his peace, is counted wise: and he that shuts his lips is esteemed a man of understanding. -- proverbs 17:28 +. +Through desire a man, having separated himself, seeks and intermeddles with all wisdom. -- proverbs 18:1 +. +A fool has no delight in understanding, but that his heart may discover itself. -- proverbs 18:2 +. +When the wicked comes, then comes also contempt, and with ignominy reproach. -- proverbs 18:3 +. +The words of a man' mouth are as deep waters, and the wellspring of wisdom as a flowing brook. -- proverbs 18:4 +. +It is not good to accept the person of the wicked, to overthrow the righteous in judgment. -- proverbs 18:5 +. +A fool' lips enter into contention, and his mouth calls for strokes. -- proverbs 18:6 +. +A fool' mouth is his destruction, and his lips are the snare of his soul. -- proverbs 18:7 +. +The words of a talebearer are as wounds, and they go down into the innermost parts of the belly. -- proverbs 18:8 +. +He also that is slothful in his work is brother to him that is a great waster. -- proverbs 18:9 +. +The name of the LORD is a strong tower: the righteous runs into it, and is safe. -- proverbs 18:10 +. +The rich man' wealth is his strong city, and as an high wall in his own conceit. -- proverbs 18:11 +. +Before destruction the heart of man is haughty, and before honor is humility. -- proverbs 18:12 +. +He that answers a matter before he hears it, it is folly and shame to him. -- proverbs 18:13 +. +The spirit of a man will sustain his infirmity; but a wounded spirit who can bear? -- proverbs 18:14 +. +The heart of the prudent gets knowledge; and the ear of the wise seeks knowledge. -- proverbs 18:15 +. +A man' gift makes room for him, and brings him before great men. -- proverbs 18:16 +. +He that is first in his own cause seems just; but his neighbor comes and searches him. -- proverbs 18:17 +. +The lot causes contentions to cease, and parts between the mighty. -- proverbs 18:18 +. +A brother offended is harder to be won than a strong city: and their contentions are like the bars of a castle. -- proverbs 18:19 +. +A man' belly shall be satisfied with the fruit of his mouth; and with the increase of his lips shall he be filled. -- proverbs 18:20 +. +Death and life are in the power of the tongue: and they that love it shall eat the fruit thereof. -- proverbs 18:21 +. +Whoever finds a wife finds a good thing, and obtains favor of the LORD. -- proverbs 18:22 +. +The poor uses entreaties; but the rich answers roughly. -- proverbs 18:23 +. +A man that has friends must show himself friendly: and there is a friend that sticks closer than a brother. -- proverbs 18:24 +. +Better is the poor that walks in his integrity, than he that is perverse in his lips, and is a fool. -- proverbs 19:1 +. +Also, that the soul be without knowledge, it is not good; and he that hastens with his feet sins. -- proverbs 19:2 +. +The foolishness of man perverts his way: and his heart frets against the LORD. -- proverbs 19:3 +. +Wealth makes many friends; but the poor is separated from his neighbor. -- proverbs 19:4 +. +A false witness shall not be unpunished, and he that speaks lies shall not escape. -- proverbs 19:5 +. +Many will entreat the favor of the prince: and every man is a friend to him that gives gifts. -- proverbs 19:6 +. +All the brothers of the poor do hate him: how much more do his friends go far from him? he pursues them with words, yet they are wanting to him. -- proverbs 19:7 +. +He that gets wisdom loves his own soul: he that keeps understanding shall find good. -- proverbs 19:8 +. +A false witness shall not be unpunished, and he that speaks lies shall perish. -- proverbs 19:9 +. +Delight is not seemly for a fool; much less for a servant to have rule over princes. -- proverbs 19:10 +. +The discretion of a man defers his anger; and it is his glory to pass over a transgression. -- proverbs 19:11 +. +The king' wrath is as the roaring of a lion; but his favor is as dew on the grass. -- proverbs 19:12 +. +A foolish son is the calamity of his father: and the contentions of a wife are a continual dropping. -- proverbs 19:13 +. +House and riches are the inheritance of fathers: and a prudent wife is from the LORD. -- proverbs 19:14 +. +Slothfulness casts into a deep sleep; and an idle soul shall suffer hunger. -- proverbs 19:15 +. +He that keeps the commandment keeps his own soul; but he that despises his ways shall die. -- proverbs 19:16 +. +He that has pity on the poor lends to the LORD; and that which he has given will he pay him again. -- proverbs 19:17 +. +Chasten your son while there is hope, and let not your soul spare for his crying. -- proverbs 19:18 +. +A man of great wrath shall suffer punishment: for if you deliver him, yet you must do it again. -- proverbs 19:19 +. +Hear counsel, and receive instruction, that you may be wise in your latter end. -- proverbs 19:20 +. +There are many devices in a man' heart; nevertheless the counsel of the LORD, that shall stand. -- proverbs 19:21 +. +The desire of a man is his kindness: and a poor man is better than a liar. -- proverbs 19:22 +. +The fear of the LORD tends to life: and he that has it shall abide satisfied; he shall not be visited with evil. -- proverbs 19:23 +. +A slothful man hides his hand in his bosom, and will not so much as bring it to his mouth again. -- proverbs 19:24 +. +Smite a scorner, and the simple will beware: and reprove one that has understanding, and he will understand knowledge. -- proverbs 19:25 +. +He that wastes his father, and chases away his mother, is a son that causes shame, and brings reproach. -- proverbs 19:26 +. +Cease, my son, to hear the instruction that causes to err from the words of knowledge. -- proverbs 19:27 +. +An ungodly witness scorns judgment: and the mouth of the wicked devours iniquity. -- proverbs 19:28 +. +Judgments are prepared for scorners, and stripes for the back of fools. -- proverbs 19:29 +. +Wine is a mocker, strong drink is raging: and whoever is deceived thereby is not wise. -- proverbs 20:1 +. +The fear of a king is as the roaring of a lion: whoever provokes him to anger sins against his own soul. -- proverbs 20:2 +. +It is an honor for a man to cease from strife: but every fool will be meddling. -- proverbs 20:3 +. +The sluggard will not plow by reason of the cold; therefore shall he beg in harvest, and have nothing. -- proverbs 20:4 +. +Counsel in the heart of man is like deep water; but a man of understanding will draw it out. -- proverbs 20:5 +. +Most men will proclaim every one his own goodness: but a faithful man who can find? -- proverbs 20:6 +. +The just man walks in his integrity: his children are blessed after him. -- proverbs 20:7 +. +A king that sits in the throne of judgment scatters away all evil with his eyes. -- proverbs 20:8 +. +Who can say, I have made my heart clean, I am pure from my sin? -- proverbs 20:9 +. +Divers weights, and divers measures, both of them are alike abomination to the LORD. -- proverbs 20:10 +. +Even a child is known by his doings, whether his work be pure, and whether it be right. -- proverbs 20:11 +. +The hearing ear, and the seeing eye, the LORD has made even both of them. -- proverbs 20:12 +. +Love not sleep, lest you come to poverty; open your eyes, and you shall be satisfied with bread. -- proverbs 20:13 +. +It is naught, it is naught, said the buyer: but when he is gone his way, then he boasts. -- proverbs 20:14 +. +There is gold, and a multitude of rubies: but the lips of knowledge are a precious jewel. -- proverbs 20:15 +. +Take his garment that is surety for a stranger: and take a pledge of him for a strange woman. -- proverbs 20:16 +. +Bread of deceit is sweet to a man; but afterwards his mouth shall be filled with gravel. -- proverbs 20:17 +. +Every purpose is established by counsel: and with good advice make war. -- proverbs 20:18 +. +He that goes about as a talebearer reveals secrets: therefore meddle not with him that flatters with his lips. -- proverbs 20:19 +. +Whoever curses his father or his mother, his lamp shall be put out in obscure darkness. -- proverbs 20:20 +. +An inheritance may be gotten hastily at the beginning; but the end thereof shall not be blessed. -- proverbs 20:21 +. +Say not you, I will recompense evil; but wait on the LORD, and he shall save you. -- proverbs 20:22 +. +Divers weights are an abomination to the LORD; and a false balance is not good. -- proverbs 20:23 +. +Man' goings are of the LORD; how can a man then understand his own way? -- proverbs 20:24 +. +It is a snare to the man who devours that which is holy, and after vows to make enquiry. -- proverbs 20:25 +. +A wise king scatters the wicked, and brings the wheel over them. -- proverbs 20:26 +. +The spirit of man is the candle of the LORD, searching all the inward parts of the belly. -- proverbs 20:27 +. +Mercy and truth preserve the king: and his throne is upheld by mercy. -- proverbs 20:28 +. +The glory of young men is their strength: and the beauty of old men is the grey head. -- proverbs 20:29 +. +The blueness of a wound cleans away evil: so do stripes the inward parts of the belly. -- proverbs 20:30 +. +The king' heart is in the hand of the LORD, as the rivers of water: he turns it wherever he will. -- proverbs 21:1 +. +Every way of a man is right in his own eyes: but the LORD ponders the hearts. -- proverbs 21:2 +. +To do justice and judgment is more acceptable to the LORD than sacrifice. -- proverbs 21:3 +. +An high look, and a proud heart, and the plowing of the wicked, is sin. -- proverbs 21:4 +. +The thoughts of the diligent tend only to plenty; but of every one that is hasty only to want. -- proverbs 21:5 +. +The getting of treasures by a lying tongue is a vanity tossed to and fro of them that seek death. -- proverbs 21:6 +. +The robbery of the wicked shall destroy them; because they refuse to do judgment. -- proverbs 21:7 +. +The way of man is fraudulent and strange: but as for the pure, his work is right. -- proverbs 21:8 +. +It is better to dwell in a corner of the housetop, than with a brawling woman in a wide house. -- proverbs 21:9 +. +The soul of the wicked desires evil: his neighbor finds no favor in his eyes. -- proverbs 21:10 +. +When the scorner is punished, the simple is made wise: and when the wise is instructed, he receives knowledge. -- proverbs 21:11 +. +The righteous man wisely considers the house of the wicked: but God overthrows the wicked for their wickedness. -- proverbs 21:12 +. +Whoever stops his ears at the cry of the poor, he also shall cry himself, but shall not be heard. -- proverbs 21:13 +. +A gift in secret pacifies anger: and a reward in the bosom strong wrath. -- proverbs 21:14 +. +It is joy to the just to do judgment: but destruction shall be to the workers of iniquity. -- proverbs 21:15 +. +The man that wanders out of the way of understanding shall remain in the congregation of the dead. -- proverbs 21:16 +. +He that loves pleasure shall be a poor man: he that loves wine and oil shall not be rich. -- proverbs 21:17 +. +The wicked shall be a ransom for the righteous, and the transgressor for the upright. -- proverbs 21:18 +. +It is better to dwell in the wilderness, than with a contentious and an angry woman. -- proverbs 21:19 +. +There is treasure to be desired and oil in the dwelling of the wise; but a foolish man spends it up. -- proverbs 21:20 +. +He that follows after righteousness and mercy finds life, righteousness, and honor. -- proverbs 21:21 +. +A wise man scales the city of the mighty, and casts down the strength of the confidence thereof. -- proverbs 21:22 +. +Whoever keeps his mouth and his tongue keeps his soul from troubles. -- proverbs 21:23 +. +Proud and haughty scorner is his name, who deals in proud wrath. -- proverbs 21:24 +. +The desire of the slothful kills him; for his hands refuse to labor. -- proverbs 21:25 +. +He covets greedily all the day long: but the righteous gives and spares not. -- proverbs 21:26 +. +The sacrifice of the wicked is abomination: how much more, when he brings it with a wicked mind? -- proverbs 21:27 +. +A false witness shall perish: but the man that hears speaks constantly. -- proverbs 21:28 +. +A wicked man hardens his face: but as for the upright, he directs his way. -- proverbs 21:29 +. +There is no wisdom nor understanding nor counsel against the LORD. -- proverbs 21:30 +. +The horse is prepared against the day of battle: but safety is of the LORD. -- proverbs 21:31 +. +A GOOD name is rather to be chosen than great riches, and loving favor rather than silver and gold. -- proverbs 22:1 +. +The rich and poor meet together: the LORD is the maker of them all. -- proverbs 22:2 +. +A prudent man foresees the evil, and hides himself: but the simple pass on, and are punished. -- proverbs 22:3 +. +By humility and the fear of the LORD are riches, and honor, and life. -- proverbs 22:4 +. +Thorns and snares are in the way of the fraudulent: he that does keep his soul shall be far from them. -- proverbs 22:5 +. +Train up a child in the way he should go: and when he is old, he will not depart from it. -- proverbs 22:6 +. +The rich rules over the poor, and the borrower is servant to the lender. -- proverbs 22:7 +. +He that sows iniquity shall reap vanity: and the rod of his anger shall fail. -- proverbs 22:8 +. +He that has a bountiful eye shall be blessed; for he gives of his bread to the poor. -- proverbs 22:9 +. +Cast out the scorner, and contention shall go out; yes, strife and reproach shall cease. -- proverbs 22:10 +. +He that loves pureness of heart, for the grace of his lips the king shall be his friend. -- proverbs 22:11 +. +The eyes of the LORD preserve knowledge, and he overthrows the words of the transgressor. -- proverbs 22:12 +. +The slothful man said, There is a lion without, I shall be slain in the streets. -- proverbs 22:13 +. +The mouth of strange women is a deep pit: he that is abhorred of the LORD shall fall therein. -- proverbs 22:14 +. +Foolishness is bound in the heart of a child; but the rod of correction shall drive it far from him. -- proverbs 22:15 +. +He that oppresses the poor to increase his riches, and he that gives to the rich, shall surely come to want. -- proverbs 22:16 +. +Bow down your ear, and hear the words of the wise, and apply your heart to my knowledge. -- proverbs 22:17 +. +For it is a pleasant thing if you keep them within you; they shall with be fitted in your lips. -- proverbs 22:18 +. +That your trust may be in the LORD, I have made known to you this day, even to you. -- proverbs 22:19 +. +Have not I written to you excellent things in counsels and knowledge, -- proverbs 22:20 +. +That I might make you know the certainty of the words of truth; that you might answer the words of truth to them that send to you? -- proverbs 22:21 +. +Rob not the poor, because he is poor: neither oppress the afflicted in the gate: -- proverbs 22:22 +. +For the LORD will plead their cause, and spoil the soul of those that spoiled them. -- proverbs 22:23 +. +Make no friendship with an angry man; and with a furious man you shall not go: -- proverbs 22:24 +. +Lest you learn his ways, and get a snare to your soul. -- proverbs 22:25 +. +Be not you one of them that strike hands, or of them that are sureties for debts. -- proverbs 22:26 +. +If you have nothing to pay, why should he take away your bed from under you? -- proverbs 22:27 +. +Remove not the ancient landmark, which your fathers have set. -- proverbs 22:28 +. +See you a man diligent in his business? he shall stand before kings; he shall not stand before mean men. -- proverbs 22:29 +. +When you sit to eat with a ruler, consider diligently what is before you: -- proverbs 23:1 +. +And put a knife to your throat, if you be a man given to appetite. -- proverbs 23:2 +. +Be not desirous of his dainties: for they are deceitful meat. -- proverbs 23:3 +. +Labor not to be rich: cease from your own wisdom. -- proverbs 23:4 +. +Will you set your eyes on that which is not? for riches certainly make themselves wings; they fly away as an eagle toward heaven. -- proverbs 23:5 +. +Eat you not the bread of him that has an evil eye, neither desire you his dainty meats: -- proverbs 23:6 +. +For as he thinks in his heart, so is he: Eat and drink, said he to you; but his heart is not with you. -- proverbs 23:7 +. +The morsel which you have eaten shall you vomit up, and lose your sweet words. -- proverbs 23:8 +. +Speak not in the ears of a fool: for he will despise the wisdom of your words. -- proverbs 23:9 +. +Remove not the old landmark; and enter not into the fields of the fatherless: -- proverbs 23:10 +. +For their redeemer is mighty; he shall plead their cause with you. -- proverbs 23:11 +. +Apply your heart to instruction, and your ears to the words of knowledge. -- proverbs 23:12 +. +Withhold not correction from the child: for if you beat him with the rod, he shall not die. -- proverbs 23:13 +. +You shall beat him with the rod, and shall deliver his soul from hell. -- proverbs 23:14 +. +My son, if your heart be wise, my heart shall rejoice, even mine. -- proverbs 23:15 +. +Yes, my reins shall rejoice, when your lips speak right things. -- proverbs 23:16 +. +Let not your heart envy sinners: but be you in the fear of the LORD all the day long. -- proverbs 23:17 +. +For surely there is an end; and your expectation shall not be cut off. -- proverbs 23:18 +. +Hear you, my son, and be wise, and guide your heart in the way. -- proverbs 23:19 +. +Be not among winebibbers; among riotous eaters of flesh: -- proverbs 23:20 +. +For the drunkard and the glutton shall come to poverty: and drowsiness shall clothe a man with rags. -- proverbs 23:21 +. +Listen to your father that begat you, and despise not your mother when she is old. -- proverbs 23:22 +. +Buy the truth, and sell it not; also wisdom, and instruction, and understanding. -- proverbs 23:23 +. +The father of the righteous shall greatly rejoice: and he that begets a wise child shall have joy of him. -- proverbs 23:24 +. +Your father and your mother shall be glad, and she that bore you shall rejoice. -- proverbs 23:25 +. +My son, give me your heart, and let your eyes observe my ways. -- proverbs 23:26 +. +For a whore is a deep ditch; and a strange woman is a narrow pit. -- proverbs 23:27 +. +She also lies in wait as for a prey, and increases the transgressors among men. -- proverbs 23:28 +. +Who has woe? who has sorrow? who has contentions? who has babbling? who has wounds without cause? who has redness of eyes? -- proverbs 23:29 +. +They that tarry long at the wine; they that go to seek mixed wine. -- proverbs 23:30 +. +Look not you on the wine when it is red, when it gives his color in the cup, when it moves itself aright. -- proverbs 23:31 +. +At the last it bites like a serpent, and stings like an adder. -- proverbs 23:32 +. +Your eyes shall behold strange women, and your heart shall utter perverse things. -- proverbs 23:33 +. +Yes, you shall be as he that lies down in the middle of the sea, or as he that lies on the top of a mast. -- proverbs 23:34 +. +They have stricken me, shall you say, and I was not sick; they have beaten me, and I felt it not: when shall I awake? I will seek it yet again. -- proverbs 23:35 +. +Be not you envious against evil men, neither desire to be with them. -- proverbs 24:1 +. +For their heart studies destruction, and their lips talk of mischief. -- proverbs 24:2 +. +Through wisdom is an house built; and by understanding it is established: -- proverbs 24:3 +. +And by knowledge shall the chambers be filled with all precious and pleasant riches. -- proverbs 24:4 +. +A wise man is strong; yes, a man of knowledge increases strength. -- proverbs 24:5 +. +For by wise counsel you shall make your war: and in multitude of counsellors there is safety. -- proverbs 24:6 +. +Wisdom is too high for a fool: he opens not his mouth in the gate. -- proverbs 24:7 +. +He that devises to do evil shall be called a mischievous person. -- proverbs 24:8 +. +The thought of foolishness is sin: and the scorner is an abomination to men. -- proverbs 24:9 +. +If you faint in the day of adversity, your strength is small. -- proverbs 24:10 +. +If you forbear to deliver them that are drawn to death, and those that are ready to be slain; -- proverbs 24:11 +. +If you say, Behold, we knew it not; does not he that ponders the heart consider it? and he that keeps your soul, does not he know it? and shall not he render to every man according to his works? -- proverbs 24:12 +. +My son, eat you honey, because it is good; and the honeycomb, which is sweet to your taste: -- proverbs 24:13 +. +So shall the knowledge of wisdom be to your soul: when you have found it, then there shall be a reward, and your expectation shall not be cut off. -- proverbs 24:14 +. +Lay not wait, O wicked man, against the dwelling of the righteous; spoil not his resting place: -- proverbs 24:15 +. +For a just man falls seven times, and rises up again: but the wicked shall fall into mischief. -- proverbs 24:16 +. +Rejoice not when your enemy falls, and let not your heart be glad when he stumbles: -- proverbs 24:17 +. +Lest the LORD see it, and it displease him, and he turn away his wrath from him. -- proverbs 24:18 +. +Fret not yourself because of evil men, neither be you envious at the wicked: -- proverbs 24:19 +. +For there shall be no reward to the evil man; the candle of the wicked shall be put out. -- proverbs 24:20 +. +My son, fear you the LORD and the king: and meddle not with them that are given to change: -- proverbs 24:21 +. +For their calamity shall rise suddenly; and who knows the ruin of them both? -- proverbs 24:22 +. +These things also belong to the wise. It is not good to have respect of persons in judgment. -- proverbs 24:23 +. +He that said to the wicked, You are righteous; him shall the people curse, nations shall abhor him: -- proverbs 24:24 +. +But to them that rebuke him shall be delight, and a good blessing shall come on them. -- proverbs 24:25 +. +Every man shall kiss his lips that gives a right answer. -- proverbs 24:26 +. +Prepare your work without, and make it fit for yourself in the field; and afterwards build your house. -- proverbs 24:27 +. +Be not a witness against your neighbor without cause; and deceive not with your lips. -- proverbs 24:28 +. +Say not, I will do so to him as he has done to me: I will render to the man according to his work. -- proverbs 24:29 +. +I went by the field of the slothful, and by the vineyard of the man void of understanding; -- proverbs 24:30 +. +And, see, it was all grown over with thorns, and nettles had covered the face thereof, and the stone wall thereof was broken down. -- proverbs 24:31 +. +Then I saw, and considered it well: I looked on it, and received instruction. -- proverbs 24:32 +. +Yet a little sleep, a little slumber, a little folding of the hands to sleep: -- proverbs 24:33 +. +So shall your poverty come as one that travels; and your want as an armed man. -- proverbs 24:34 +. +These are also proverbs of Solomon, which the men of Hezekiah king of Judah copied out. -- proverbs 25:1 +. +It is the glory of God to conceal a thing: but the honor of kings is to search out a matter. -- proverbs 25:2 +. +The heaven for height, and the earth for depth, and the heart of kings is unsearchable. -- proverbs 25:3 +. +Take away the dross from the silver, and there shall come forth a vessel for the finer. -- proverbs 25:4 +. +Take away the wicked from before the king, and his throne shall be established in righteousness. -- proverbs 25:5 +. +Put not forth yourself in the presence of the king, and stand not in the place of great men: -- proverbs 25:6 +. +For better it is that it be said to you, Come up here; than that you should be put lower in the presence of the prince whom your eyes have seen. -- proverbs 25:7 +. +Go not forth hastily to strive, lest you know not what to do in the end thereof, when your neighbor has put you to shame. -- proverbs 25:8 +. +Debate your cause with your neighbor himself; and discover not a secret to another: -- proverbs 25:9 +. +Lest he that hears it put you to shame, and your infamy turn not away. -- proverbs 25:10 +. +A word fitly spoken is like apples of gold in pictures of silver. -- proverbs 25:11 +. +As an earring of gold, and an ornament of fine gold, so is a wise reprover on an obedient ear. -- proverbs 25:12 +. +As the cold of snow in the time of harvest, so is a faithful messenger to them that send him: for he refreshes the soul of his masters. -- proverbs 25:13 +. +Whoever boasts himself of a false gift is like clouds and wind without rain. -- proverbs 25:14 +. +By long forbearing is a prince persuaded, and a soft tongue breaks the bone. -- proverbs 25:15 +. +Have you found honey? eat so much as is sufficient for you, lest you be filled therewith, and vomit it. -- proverbs 25:16 +. +Withdraw your foot from your neighbor' house; lest he be weary of you, and so hate you. -- proverbs 25:17 +. +A man that bears false witness against his neighbor is a maul, and a sword, and a sharp arrow. -- proverbs 25:18 +. +Confidence in an unfaithful man in time of trouble is like a broken tooth, and a foot out of joint. -- proverbs 25:19 +. +As he that takes away a garment in cold weather, and as vinegar on nitre, so is he that singes songs to an heavy heart. -- proverbs 25:20 +. +If your enemy be hungry, give him bread to eat; and if he be thirsty, give him water to drink: -- proverbs 25:21 +. +For you shall heap coals of fire on his head, and the LORD shall reward you. -- proverbs 25:22 +. +The north wind drives away rain: so does an angry countenance a backbiting tongue. -- proverbs 25:23 +. +It is better to dwell in the corner of the housetop, than with a brawling woman and in a wide house. -- proverbs 25:24 +. +As cold waters to a thirsty soul, so is good news from a far country. -- proverbs 25:25 +. +A righteous man falling down before the wicked is as a troubled fountain, and a corrupt spring. -- proverbs 25:26 +. +It is not good to eat much honey: so for men to search their own glory is not glory. -- proverbs 25:27 +. +He that has no rule over his own spirit is like a city that is broken down, and without walls. -- proverbs 25:28 +. +As snow in summer, and as rain in harvest, so honor is not seemly for a fool. -- proverbs 26:1 +. +As the bird by wandering, as the swallow by flying, so the curse causeless shall not come. -- proverbs 26:2 +. +A whip for the horse, a bridle for the ass, and a rod for the fool' back. -- proverbs 26:3 +. +Answer not a fool according to his folly, lest you also be like to him. -- proverbs 26:4 +. +Answer a fool according to his folly, lest he be wise in his own conceit. -- proverbs 26:5 +. +He that sends a message by the hand of a fool cuts off the feet, and drinks damage. -- proverbs 26:6 +. +The legs of the lame are not equal: so is a parable in the mouth of fools. -- proverbs 26:7 +. +As he that binds a stone in a sling, so is he that gives honor to a fool. -- proverbs 26:8 +. +As a thorn goes up into the hand of a drunkard, so is a parable in the mouths of fools. -- proverbs 26:9 +. +The great God that formed all things both rewards the fool, and rewards transgressors. -- proverbs 26:10 +. +As a dog returns to his vomit, so a fool returns to his folly. -- proverbs 26:11 +. +See you a man wise in his own conceit? there is more hope of a fool than of him. -- proverbs 26:12 +. +The slothful man said, There is a lion in the way; a lion is in the streets. -- proverbs 26:13 +. +As the door turns on his hinges, so does the slothful on his bed. -- proverbs 26:14 +. +The slothful hides his hand in his bosom; it grieves him to bring it again to his mouth. -- proverbs 26:15 +. +The sluggard is wiser in his own conceit than seven men that can render a reason. -- proverbs 26:16 +. +He that passes by, and meddles with strife belonging not to him, is like one that takes a dog by the ears. -- proverbs 26:17 +. +As a mad man who casts firebrands, arrows, and death, -- proverbs 26:18 +. +So is the man that deceives his neighbor, and said, Am not I in sport? -- proverbs 26:19 +. +Where no wood is, there the fire goes out: so where there is no talebearer, the strife ceases. -- proverbs 26:20 +. +As coals are to burning coals, and wood to fire; so is a contentious man to kindle strife. -- proverbs 26:21 +. +The words of a talebearer are as wounds, and they go down into the innermost parts of the belly. -- proverbs 26:22 +. +Burning lips and a wicked heart are like a potsherd covered with silver dross. -- proverbs 26:23 +. +He that hates dissembles with his lips, and lays up deceit within him; -- proverbs 26:24 +. +When he speaks fair, believe him not: for there are seven abominations in his heart. -- proverbs 26:25 +. +Whose hatred is covered by deceit, his wickedness shall be showed before the whole congregation. -- proverbs 26:26 +. +Whoever digs a pit shall fall therein: and he that rolls a stone, it will return on him. -- proverbs 26:27 +. +A lying tongue hates those that are afflicted by it; and a flattering mouth works ruin. -- proverbs 26:28 +. +Boast not yourself of to morrow; for you know not what a day may bring forth. -- proverbs 27:1 +. +Let another man praise you, and not your own mouth; a stranger, and not your own lips. -- proverbs 27:2 +. +A stone is heavy, and the sand weighty; but a fool' wrath is heavier than them both. -- proverbs 27:3 +. +Wrath is cruel, and anger is outrageous; but who is able to stand before envy? -- proverbs 27:4 +. +Open rebuke is better than secret love. -- proverbs 27:5 +. +Faithful are the wounds of a friend; but the kisses of an enemy are deceitful. -- proverbs 27:6 +. +The full soul loathes an honeycomb; but to the hungry soul every bitter thing is sweet. -- proverbs 27:7 +. +As a bird that wanders from her nest, so is a man that wanders from his place. -- proverbs 27:8 +. +Ointment and perfume rejoice the heart: so does the sweetness of a man' friend by hearty counsel. -- proverbs 27:9 +. +Your own friend, and your father' friend, forsake not; neither go into your brother' house in the day of your calamity: for better is a neighbor that is near than a brother far off. -- proverbs 27:10 +. +My son, be wise, and make my heart glad, that I may answer him that reproaches me. -- proverbs 27:11 +. +A prudent man foresees the evil, and hides himself; but the simple pass on, and are punished. -- proverbs 27:12 +. +Take his garment that is surety for a stranger, and take a pledge of him for a strange woman. -- proverbs 27:13 +. +He that blesses his friend with a loud voice, rising early in the morning, it shall be counted a curse to him. -- proverbs 27:14 +. +A continual dropping in a very rainy day and a contentious woman are alike. -- proverbs 27:15 +. +Whoever hides her hides the wind, and the ointment of his right hand, which denudes itself. -- proverbs 27:16 +. +Iron sharpens iron; so a man sharpens the countenance of his friend. -- proverbs 27:17 +. +Whoever keeps the fig tree shall eat the fruit thereof: so he that waits on his master shall be honored. -- proverbs 27:18 +. +As in water face answers to face, so the heart of man to man. -- proverbs 27:19 +. +Hell and destruction are never full; so the eyes of man are never satisfied. -- proverbs 27:20 +. +As the fining pot for silver, and the furnace for gold; so is a man to his praise. -- proverbs 27:21 +. +Though you should bray a fool in a mortar among wheat with a pestle, yet will not his foolishness depart from him. -- proverbs 27:22 +. +Be you diligent to know the state of your flocks, and look well to your herds. -- proverbs 27:23 +. +For riches are not for ever: and does the crown endure to every generation? -- proverbs 27:24 +. +The hay appears, and the tender grass shows itself, and herbs of the mountains are gathered. -- proverbs 27:25 +. +The lambs are for your clothing, and the goats are the price of the field. -- proverbs 27:26 +. +And you shall have goats'milk enough for your food, for the food of your household, and for the maintenance for your maidens. -- proverbs 27:27 +. +The wicked flee when no man pursues: but the righteous are bold as a lion. -- proverbs 28:1 +. +For the transgression of a land many are the princes thereof: but by a man of understanding and knowledge the state thereof shall be prolonged. -- proverbs 28:2 +. +A poor man that oppresses the poor is like a sweeping rain which leaves no food. -- proverbs 28:3 +. +They that forsake the law praise the wicked: but such as keep the law contend with them. -- proverbs 28:4 +. +Evil men understand not judgment: but they that seek the LORD understand all things. -- proverbs 28:5 +. +Better is the poor that walks in his uprightness, than he that is perverse in his ways, though he be rich. -- proverbs 28:6 +. +Whoever keeps the law is a wise son: but he that is a companion of riotous men shames his father. -- proverbs 28:7 +. +He that by usury and unjust gain increases his substance, he shall gather it for him that will pity the poor. -- proverbs 28:8 +. +He that turns away his ear from hearing the law, even his prayer shall be abomination. -- proverbs 28:9 +. +Whoever causes the righteous to go astray in an evil way, he shall fall himself into his own pit: but the upright shall have good things in possession. -- proverbs 28:10 +. +The rich man is wise in his own conceit; but the poor that has understanding searches him out. -- proverbs 28:11 +. +When righteous men do rejoice, there is great glory: but when the wicked rise, a man is hidden. -- proverbs 28:12 +. +He that covers his sins shall not prosper: but whoever confesses and forsakes them shall have mercy. -- proverbs 28:13 +. +Happy is the man that fears always: but he that hardens his heart shall fall into mischief. -- proverbs 28:14 +. +As a roaring lion, and a ranging bear; so is a wicked ruler over the poor people. -- proverbs 28:15 +. +The prince that wants understanding is also a great oppressor: but he that hates covetousness shall prolong his days. -- proverbs 28:16 +. +A man that does violence to the blood of any person shall flee to the pit; let no man stay him. -- proverbs 28:17 +. +Whoever walks uprightly shall be saved: but he that is perverse in his ways shall fall at once. -- proverbs 28:18 +. +He that tills his land shall have plenty of bread: but he that follows after vain persons shall have poverty enough. -- proverbs 28:19 +. +A faithful man shall abound with blessings: but he that makes haste to be rich shall not be innocent. -- proverbs 28:20 +. +To have respect of persons is not good: for for a piece of bread that man will transgress. -- proverbs 28:21 +. +He that hastens to be rich has an evil eye, and considers not that poverty shall come on him. -- proverbs 28:22 +. +He that rebukes a man afterwards shall find more favor than he that flatters with the tongue. -- proverbs 28:23 +. +Whoever robs his father or his mother, and said, It is no transgression; the same is the companion of a destroyer. -- proverbs 28:24 +. +He that is of a proud heart stirs up strife: but he that puts his trust in the LORD shall be made fat. -- proverbs 28:25 +. +He that trusts in his own heart is a fool: but whoever walks wisely, he shall be delivered. -- proverbs 28:26 +. +He that gives to the poor shall not lack: but he that hides his eyes shall have many a curse. -- proverbs 28:27 +. +When the wicked rise, men hide themselves: but when they perish, the righteous increase. -- proverbs 28:28 +. +He, that being often reproved hardens his neck, shall suddenly be destroyed, and that without remedy. -- proverbs 29:1 +. +When the righteous are in authority, the people rejoice: but when the wicked bears rule, the people mourn. -- proverbs 29:2 +. +Whoever loves wisdom rejoices his father: but he that keeps company with harlots spends his substance. -- proverbs 29:3 +. +The king by judgment establishes the land: but he that receives gifts overthrows it. -- proverbs 29:4 +. +A man that flatters his neighbor spreads a net for his feet. -- proverbs 29:5 +. +In the transgression of an evil man there is a snare: but the righteous does sing and rejoice. -- proverbs 29:6 +. +The righteous considers the cause of the poor: but the wicked regards not to know it. -- proverbs 29:7 +. +Scornful men bring a city into a snare: but wise men turn away wrath. -- proverbs 29:8 +. +If a wise man contends with a foolish man, whether he rage or laugh, there is no rest. -- proverbs 29:9 +. +The bloodthirsty hate the upright: but the just seek his soul. -- proverbs 29:10 +. +A fool utters all his mind: but a wise man keeps it in till afterwards. -- proverbs 29:11 +. +If a ruler listen to lies, all his servants are wicked. -- proverbs 29:12 +. +The poor and the deceitful man meet together: the LORD lightens both their eyes. -- proverbs 29:13 +. +The king that faithfully judges the poor, his throne shall be established for ever. -- proverbs 29:14 +. +The rod and reproof give wisdom: but a child left to himself brings his mother to shame. -- proverbs 29:15 +. +When the wicked are multiplied, transgression increases: but the righteous shall see their fall. -- proverbs 29:16 +. +Correct your son, and he shall give you rest; yes, he shall give delight to your soul. -- proverbs 29:17 +. +Where there is no vision, the people perish: but he that keeps the law, happy is he. -- proverbs 29:18 +. +A servant will not be corrected by words: for though he understand he will not answer. -- proverbs 29:19 +. +See you a man that is hasty in his words? there is more hope of a fool than of him. -- proverbs 29:20 +. +He that delicately brings up his servant from a child shall have him become his son at the length. -- proverbs 29:21 +. +An angry man stirs up strife, and a furious man abounds in transgression. -- proverbs 29:22 +. +A man' pride shall bring him low: but honor shall uphold the humble in spirit. -- proverbs 29:23 +. +Whoever is partner with a thief hates his own soul: he hears cursing, and denudes it not. -- proverbs 29:24 +. +The fear of man brings a snare: but whoever puts his trust in the LORD shall be safe. -- proverbs 29:25 +. +Many seek the ruler' favor; but every man' judgment comes from the LORD. -- proverbs 29:26 +. +An unjust man is an abomination to the just: and he that is upright in the way is abomination to the wicked. -- proverbs 29:27 +. +The words of Agur the son of Jakeh, even the prophecy: the man spoke to Ithiel, even to Ithiel and Ucal, -- proverbs 30:1 +. +Surely I am more brutish than any man, and have not the understanding of a man. -- proverbs 30:2 +. +I neither learned wisdom, nor have the knowledge of the holy. -- proverbs 30:3 +. +Who has ascended up into heaven, or descended? who has gathered the wind in his fists? who has bound the waters in a garment? who has established all the ends of the earth? what is his name, and what is his son' name, if you can tell? -- proverbs 30:4 +. +Every word of God is pure: he is a shield to them that put their trust in him. -- proverbs 30:5 +. +Add you not to his words, lest he reprove you, and you be found a liar. -- proverbs 30:6 +. +Two things have I required of you; deny me them not before I die: -- proverbs 30:7 +. +Remove far from me vanity and lies: give me neither poverty nor riches; feed me with food convenient for me: -- proverbs 30:8 +. +Lest I be full, and deny you, and say, Who is the LORD? or lest I be poor, and steal, and take the name of my God in vain. -- proverbs 30:9 +. +Accuse not a servant to his master, lest he curse you, and you be found guilty. -- proverbs 30:10 +. +There is a generation that curses their father, and does not bless their mother. -- proverbs 30:11 +. +There is a generation that are pure in their own eyes, and yet is not washed from their filthiness. -- proverbs 30:12 +. +There is a generation, O how lofty are their eyes! and their eyelids are lifted up. -- proverbs 30:13 +. +There is a generation, whose teeth are as swords, and their jaw teeth as knives, to devour the poor from off the earth, and the needy from among men. -- proverbs 30:14 +. +The horse leach has two daughters, crying, Give, give. There are three things that are never satisfied, yes, four things say not, It is enough: -- proverbs 30:15 +. +The grave; and the barren womb; the earth that is not filled with water; and the fire that said not, It is enough. -- proverbs 30:16 +. +The eye that mocks at his father, and despises to obey his mother, the ravens of the valley shall pick it out, and the young eagles shall eat it. -- proverbs 30:17 +. +There be three things which are too wonderful for me, yes, four which I know not: -- proverbs 30:18 +. +The way of an eagle in the air; the way of a serpent on a rock; the way of a ship in the middle of the sea; and the way of a man with a maid. -- proverbs 30:19 +. +Such is the way of an adulterous woman; she eats, and wipes her mouth, and said, I have done no wickedness. -- proverbs 30:20 +. +For three things the earth is disquieted, and for four which it cannot bear: -- proverbs 30:21 +. +For a servant when he reigns; and a fool when he is filled with meat; -- proverbs 30:22 +. +For an odious woman when she is married; and an handmaid that is heir to her mistress. -- proverbs 30:23 +. +There be four things which are little on the earth, but they are exceeding wise: -- proverbs 30:24 +. +The ants are a people not strong, yet they prepare their meat in the summer; -- proverbs 30:25 +. +The conies are but a feeble folk, yet make they their houses in the rocks; -- proverbs 30:26 +. +The locusts have no king, yet go they forth all of them by bands; -- proverbs 30:27 +. +The spider takes hold with her hands, and is in kings'palaces. -- proverbs 30:28 +. +There be three things which go well, yes, four are comely in going: -- proverbs 30:29 +. +A lion which is strongest among beasts, and turns not away for any; -- proverbs 30:30 +. +A greyhound; an he goat also; and a king, against whom there is no rising up. -- proverbs 30:31 +. +If you have done foolishly in lifting up yourself, or if you have thought evil, lay your hand on your mouth. -- proverbs 30:32 +. +Surely the churning of milk brings forth butter, and the wringing of the nose brings forth blood: so the forcing of wrath brings forth strife. -- proverbs 30:33 +. +The words of king Lemuel, the prophecy that his mother taught him. -- proverbs 31:1 +. +What, my son? and what, the son of my womb? and what, the son of my vows? -- proverbs 31:2 +. +Give not your strength to women, nor your ways to that which destroys kings. -- proverbs 31:3 +. +It is not for kings, O Lemuel, it is not for kings to drink wine; nor for princes strong drink: -- proverbs 31:4 +. +Lest they drink, and forget the law, and pervert the judgment of any of the afflicted. -- proverbs 31:5 +. +Give strong drink to him that is ready to perish, and wine to those that be of heavy hearts. -- proverbs 31:6 +. +Let him drink, and forget his poverty, and remember his misery no more. -- proverbs 31:7 +. +Open your mouth for the dumb in the cause of all such as are appointed to destruction. -- proverbs 31:8 +. +Open your mouth, judge righteously, and plead the cause of the poor and needy. -- proverbs 31:9 +. +Who can find a virtuous woman? for her price is far above rubies. -- proverbs 31:10 +. +The heart of her husband does safely trust in her, so that he shall have no need of spoil. -- proverbs 31:11 +. +She will do him good and not evil all the days of her life. -- proverbs 31:12 +. +She seeks wool, and flax, and works willingly with her hands. -- proverbs 31:13 +. +She is like the merchants'ships; she brings her food from afar. -- proverbs 31:14 +. +She rises also while it is yet night, and gives meat to her household, and a portion to her maidens. -- proverbs 31:15 +. +She considers a field, and buys it: with the fruit of her hands she plants a vineyard. -- proverbs 31:16 +. +She girds her loins with strength, and strengthens her arms. -- proverbs 31:17 +. +She perceives that her merchandise is good: her candle goes not out by night. -- proverbs 31:18 +. +She lays her hands to the spindle, and her hands hold the distaff. -- proverbs 31:19 +. +She stretches out her hand to the poor; yes, she reaches forth her hands to the needy. -- proverbs 31:20 +. +She is not afraid of the snow for her household: for all her household are clothed with scarlet. -- proverbs 31:21 +. +She makes herself coverings of tapestry; her clothing is silk and purple. -- proverbs 31:22 +. +Her husband is known in the gates, when he sits among the elders of the land. -- proverbs 31:23 +. +She makes fine linen, and sells it; and delivers girdles to the merchant. -- proverbs 31:24 +. +Strength and honor are her clothing; and she shall rejoice in time to come. -- proverbs 31:25 +. +She opens her mouth with wisdom; and in her tongue is the law of kindness. -- proverbs 31:26 +. +She looks well to the ways of her household, and eats not the bread of idleness. -- proverbs 31:27 +. +Her children arise up, and call her blessed; her husband also, and he praises her. -- proverbs 31:28 +. +Many daughters have done virtuously, but you excel them all. -- proverbs 31:29 +. +Favor is deceitful, and beauty is vain: but a woman that fears the LORD, she shall be praised. -- proverbs 31:30 +. +Give her of the fruit of her hands; and let her own works praise her in the gates. -- proverbs 31:31 +. +The words of the Preacher, the son of David, king in Jerusalem. -- ecclesiastes 1:1 +. +Vanity of vanities, said the Preacher, vanity of vanities; all is vanity. -- ecclesiastes 1:2 +. +What profit has a man of all his labor which he takes under the sun? -- ecclesiastes 1:3 +. +One generation passes away, and another generation comes: but the earth stays for ever. -- ecclesiastes 1:4 +. +The sun also rises, and the sun goes down, and hastens to his place where he arose. -- ecclesiastes 1:5 +. +The wind goes toward the south, and turns about to the north; it whirls about continually, and the wind returns again according to his circuits. -- ecclesiastes 1:6 +. +All the rivers run into the sea; yet the sea is not full; to the place from where the rivers come, thither they return again. -- ecclesiastes 1:7 +. +All things are full of labor; man cannot utter it: the eye is not satisfied with seeing, nor the ear filled with hearing. -- ecclesiastes 1:8 +. +The thing that has been, it is that which shall be; and that which is done is that which shall be done: and there is no new thing under the sun. -- ecclesiastes 1:9 +. +Is there any thing whereof it may be said, See, this is new? it has been already of old time, which was before us. -- ecclesiastes 1:10 +. +There is no remembrance of former things; neither shall there be any remembrance of things that are to come with those that shall come after. -- ecclesiastes 1:11 +. +I the Preacher was king over Israel in Jerusalem. -- ecclesiastes 1:12 +. +And I gave my heart to seek and search out by wisdom concerning all things that are done under heaven: this sore travail has God given to the sons of man to be exercised therewith. -- ecclesiastes 1:13 +. +I have seen all the works that are done under the sun; and, behold, all is vanity and vexation of spirit. -- ecclesiastes 1:14 +. +That which is crooked cannot be made straight: and that which is wanting cannot be numbered. -- ecclesiastes 1:15 +. +I communed with my own heart, saying, See, I am come to great estate, and have gotten more wisdom than all they that have been before me in Jerusalem: yes, my heart had great experience of wisdom and knowledge. -- ecclesiastes 1:16 +. +And I gave my heart to know wisdom, and to know madness and folly: I perceived that this also is vexation of spirit. -- ecclesiastes 1:17 +. +For in much wisdom is much grief: and he that increases knowledge increases sorrow. -- ecclesiastes 1:18 +. +I said in my heart, Go to now, I will prove you with mirth, therefore enjoy pleasure: and, behold, this also is vanity. -- ecclesiastes 2:1 +. +I said of laughter, It is mad: and of mirth, What does it? -- ecclesiastes 2:2 +. +I sought in my heart to give myself to wine, yet acquainting my heart with wisdom; and to lay hold on folly, till I might see what was that good for the sons of men, which they should do under the heaven all the days of their life. -- ecclesiastes 2:3 +. +I made me great works; I built me houses; I planted me vineyards: -- ecclesiastes 2:4 +. +I made me gardens and orchards, and I planted trees in them of all kind of fruits: -- ecclesiastes 2:5 +. +I made me pools of water, to water therewith the wood that brings forth trees: -- ecclesiastes 2:6 +. +I got me servants and maidens, and had servants born in my house; also I had great possessions of great and small cattle above all that were in Jerusalem before me: -- ecclesiastes 2:7 +. +I gathered me also silver and gold, and the peculiar treasure of kings and of the provinces: I got me men singers and women singers, and the delights of the sons of men, as musical instruments, and that of all sorts. -- ecclesiastes 2:8 +. +So I was great, and increased more than all that were before me in Jerusalem: also my wisdom remained with me. -- ecclesiastes 2:9 +. +And whatever my eyes desired I kept not from them, I withheld not my heart from any joy; for my heart rejoiced in all my labor: and this was my portion of all my labor. -- ecclesiastes 2:10 +. +Then I looked on all the works that my hands had worked, and on the labor that I had labored to do: and, behold, all was vanity and vexation of spirit, and there was no profit under the sun. -- ecclesiastes 2:11 +. +And I turned myself to behold wisdom, and madness, and folly: for what can the man do that comes after the king? even that which has been already done. -- ecclesiastes 2:12 +. +Then I saw that wisdom excels folly, as far as light excels darkness. -- ecclesiastes 2:13 +. +The wise man' eyes are in his head; but the fool walks in darkness: and I myself perceived also that one event happens to them all. -- ecclesiastes 2:14 +. +Then said I in my heart, As it happens to the fool, so it happens even to me; and why was I then more wise? Then I said in my heart, that this also is vanity. -- ecclesiastes 2:15 +. +For there is no remembrance of the wise more than of the fool for ever; seeing that which now is in the days to come shall all be forgotten. And how dies the wise man? as the fool. -- ecclesiastes 2:16 +. +Therefore I hated life; because the work that is worked under the sun is grievous to me: for all is vanity and vexation of spirit. -- ecclesiastes 2:17 +. +Yes, I hated all my labor which I had taken under the sun: because I should leave it to the man that shall be after me. -- ecclesiastes 2:18 +. +And who knows whether he shall be a wise man or a fool? yet shall he have rule over all my labor wherein I have labored, and wherein I have showed myself wise under the sun. This is also vanity. -- ecclesiastes 2:19 +. +Therefore I went about to cause my heart to despair of all the labor which I took under the sun. -- ecclesiastes 2:20 +. +For there is a man whose labor is in wisdom, and in knowledge, and in equity; yet to a man that has not labored therein shall he leave it for his portion. This also is vanity and a great evil. -- ecclesiastes 2:21 +. +For what has man of all his labor, and of the vexation of his heart, wherein he has labored under the sun? -- ecclesiastes 2:22 +. +For all his days are sorrows, and his travail grief; yes, his heart takes not rest in the night. This is also vanity. -- ecclesiastes 2:23 +. +There is nothing better for a man, than that he should eat and drink, and that he should make his soul enjoy good in his labor. This also I saw, that it was from the hand of God. -- ecclesiastes 2:24 +. +For who can eat, or who else can hasten hereunto, more than I? -- ecclesiastes 2:25 +. +For God gives to a man that is good in his sight wisdom, and knowledge, and joy: but to the sinner he gives travail, to gather and to heap up, that he may give to him that is good before God. This also is vanity and vexation of spirit. -- ecclesiastes 2:26 +. +To every thing there is a season, and a time to every purpose under the heaven: -- ecclesiastes 3:1 +. +A time to be born, and a time to die; a time to plant, and a time to pluck up that which is planted; -- ecclesiastes 3:2 +. +A time to kill, and a time to heal; a time to break down, and a time to build up; -- ecclesiastes 3:3 +. +A time to weep, and a time to laugh; a time to mourn, and a time to dance; -- ecclesiastes 3:4 +. +A time to cast away stones, and a time to gather stones together; a time to embrace, and a time to refrain from embracing; -- ecclesiastes 3:5 +. +A time to get, and a time to lose; a time to keep, and a time to cast away; -- ecclesiastes 3:6 +. +A time to rend, and a time to sew; a time to keep silence, and a time to speak; -- ecclesiastes 3:7 +. +A time to love, and a time to hate; a time of war, and a time of peace. -- ecclesiastes 3:8 +. +What profit has he that works in that wherein he labors? -- ecclesiastes 3:9 +. +I have seen the travail, which God has given to the sons of men to be exercised in it. -- ecclesiastes 3:10 +. +He has made every thing beautiful in his time: also he has set the world in their heart, so that no man can find out the work that God makes from the beginning to the end. -- ecclesiastes 3:11 +. +I know that there is no good in them, but for a man to rejoice, and to do good in his life. -- ecclesiastes 3:12 +. +And also that every man should eat and drink, and enjoy the good of all his labor, it is the gift of God. -- ecclesiastes 3:13 +. +I know that, whatever God does, it shall be for ever: nothing can be put to it, nor any thing taken from it: and God does it, that men should fear before him. -- ecclesiastes 3:14 +. +That which has been is now; and that which is to be has already been; and God requires that which is past. -- ecclesiastes 3:15 +. +And moreover I saw under the sun the place of judgment, that wickedness was there; and the place of righteousness, that iniquity was there. -- ecclesiastes 3:16 +. +I said in my heart, God shall judge the righteous and the wicked: for there is a time there for every purpose and for every work. -- ecclesiastes 3:17 +. +I said in my heart concerning the estate of the sons of men, that God might manifest them, and that they might see that they themselves are beasts. -- ecclesiastes 3:18 +. +For that which befalls the sons of men befalls beasts; even one thing befalls them: as the one dies, so dies the other; yes, they have all one breath; so that a man has no preeminence above a beast: for all is vanity. -- ecclesiastes 3:19 +. +All go to one place; all are of the dust, and all turn to dust again. -- ecclesiastes 3:20 +. +Who knows the spirit of man that goes upward, and the spirit of the beast that goes downward to the earth? -- ecclesiastes 3:21 +. +Why I perceive that there is nothing better, than that a man should rejoice in his own works; for that is his portion: for who shall bring him to see what shall be after him? -- ecclesiastes 3:22 +. +So I returned, and considered all the oppressions that are done under the sun: and behold the tears of such as were oppressed, and they had no comforter; and on the side of their oppressors there was power; but they had no comforter. -- ecclesiastes 4:1 +. +Why I praised the dead which are already dead more than the living which are yet alive. -- ecclesiastes 4:2 +. +Yes, better is he than both they, which has not yet been, who has not seen the evil work that is done under the sun. -- ecclesiastes 4:3 +. +Again, I considered all travail, and every right work, that for this a man is envied of his neighbor. This is also vanity and vexation of spirit. -- ecclesiastes 4:4 +. +The fool folds his hands together, and eats his own flesh. -- ecclesiastes 4:5 +. +Better is an handful with quietness, than both the hands full with travail and vexation of spirit. -- ecclesiastes 4:6 +. +Then I returned, and I saw vanity under the sun. -- ecclesiastes 4:7 +. +There is one alone, and there is not a second; yes, he has neither child nor brother: yet is there no end of all his labor; neither is his eye satisfied with riches; neither said he, For whom do I labor, and bereave my soul of good? This is also vanity, yes, it is a sore travail. -- ecclesiastes 4:8 +. +Two are better than one; because they have a good reward for their labor. -- ecclesiastes 4:9 +. +For if they fall, the one will lift up his fellow: but woe to him that is alone when he falls; for he has not another to help him up. -- ecclesiastes 4:10 +. +Again, if two lie together, then they have heat: but how can one be warm alone? -- ecclesiastes 4:11 +. +And if one prevail against him, two shall withstand him; and a threefold cord is not quickly broken. -- ecclesiastes 4:12 +. +Better is a poor and a wise child than an old and foolish king, who will no more be admonished. -- ecclesiastes 4:13 +. +For out of prison he comes to reign; whereas also he that is born in his kingdom becomes poor. -- ecclesiastes 4:14 +. +I considered all the living which walk under the sun, with the second child that shall stand up in his stead. -- ecclesiastes 4:15 +. +There is no end of all the people, even of all that have been before them: they also that come after shall not rejoice in him. Surely this also is vanity and vexation of spirit. -- ecclesiastes 4:16 +. +Keep your foot when you go to the house of God, and be more ready to hear, than to give the sacrifice of fools: for they consider not that they do evil. -- ecclesiastes 5:1 +. +Be not rash with your mouth, and let not your heart be hasty to utter any thing before God: for God is in heaven, and you on earth: therefore let your words be few. -- ecclesiastes 5:2 +. +For a dream comes through the multitude of business; and a fool' voice is known by multitude of words. -- ecclesiastes 5:3 +. +When you vow a vow to God, defer not to pay it; for he has no pleasure in fools: pay that which you have vowed. -- ecclesiastes 5:4 +. +Better is it that you should not vow, than that you should vow and not pay. -- ecclesiastes 5:5 +. +Suffer not your mouth to cause your flesh to sin; neither say you before the angel, that it was an error: why should God be angry at your voice, and destroy the work of your hands? -- ecclesiastes 5:6 +. +For in the multitude of dreams and many words there are also divers vanities: but fear you God. -- ecclesiastes 5:7 +. +If you see the oppression of the poor, and violent perverting of judgment and justice in a province, marvel not at the matter: for he that is higher than the highest regards; and there be higher than they. -- ecclesiastes 5:8 +. +Moreover the profit of the earth is for all: the king himself is served by the field. -- ecclesiastes 5:9 +. +He that loves silver shall not be satisfied with silver; nor he that loves abundance with increase: this is also vanity. -- ecclesiastes 5:10 +. +When goods increase, they are increased that eat them: and what good is there to the owners thereof, saving the beholding of them with their eyes? -- ecclesiastes 5:11 +. +The sleep of a laboring man is sweet, whether he eat little or much: but the abundance of the rich will not suffer him to sleep. -- ecclesiastes 5:12 +. +There is a sore evil which I have seen under the sun, namely, riches kept for the owners thereof to their hurt. -- ecclesiastes 5:13 +. +But those riches perish by evil travail: and he begets a son, and there is nothing in his hand. -- ecclesiastes 5:14 +. +As he came forth of his mother' womb, naked shall he return to go as he came, and shall take nothing of his labor, which he may carry away in his hand. -- ecclesiastes 5:15 +. +And this also is a sore evil, that in all points as he came, so shall he go: and what profit has he that has labored for the wind? -- ecclesiastes 5:16 +. +All his days also he eats in darkness, and he has much sorrow and wrath with his sickness. -- ecclesiastes 5:17 +. +Behold that which I have seen: it is good and comely for one to eat and to drink, and to enjoy the good of all his labor that he takes under the sun all the days of his life, which God gives him: for it is his portion. -- ecclesiastes 5:18 +. +Every man also to whom God has given riches and wealth, and has given him power to eat thereof, and to take his portion, and to rejoice in his labor; this is the gift of God. -- ecclesiastes 5:19 +. +For he shall not much remember the days of his life; because God answers him in the joy of his heart. -- ecclesiastes 5:20 +. +There is an evil which I have seen under the sun, and it is common among men: -- ecclesiastes 6:1 +. +A man to whom God has given riches, wealth, and honor, so that he wants nothing for his soul of all that he desires, yet God gives him not power to eat thereof, but a stranger eats it: this is vanity, and it is an evil disease. -- ecclesiastes 6:2 +. +If a man beget an hundred children, and live many years, so that the days of his years be many, and his soul be not filled with good, and also that he have no burial; I say, that an untimely birth is better than he. -- ecclesiastes 6:3 +. +For he comes in with vanity, and departs in darkness, and his name shall be covered with darkness. -- ecclesiastes 6:4 +. +Moreover he has not seen the sun, nor known any thing: this has more rest than the other. -- ecclesiastes 6:5 +. +Yes, though he live a thousand years twice told, yet has he seen no good: do not all go to one place? -- ecclesiastes 6:6 +. +All the labor of man is for his mouth, and yet the appetite is not filled. -- ecclesiastes 6:7 +. +For what has the wise more than the fool? what has the poor, that knows to walk before the living? -- ecclesiastes 6:8 +. +Better is the sight of the eyes than the wandering of the desire: this is also vanity and vexation of spirit. -- ecclesiastes 6:9 +. +That which has been is named already, and it is known that it is man: neither may he contend with him that is mightier than he. -- ecclesiastes 6:10 +. +Seeing there be many things that increase vanity, what is man the better? -- ecclesiastes 6:11 +. +For who knows what is good for man in this life, all the days of his vain life which he spends as a shadow? for who can tell a man what shall be after him under the sun? -- ecclesiastes 6:12 +. +A good name is better than precious ointment; and the day of death than the day of one' birth. -- ecclesiastes 7:1 +. +It is better to go to the house of mourning, than to go to the house of feasting: for that is the end of all men; and the living will lay it to his heart. -- ecclesiastes 7:2 +. +Sorrow is better than laughter: for by the sadness of the countenance the heart is made better. -- ecclesiastes 7:3 +. +The heart of the wise is in the house of mourning; but the heart of fools is in the house of mirth. -- ecclesiastes 7:4 +. +It is better to hear the rebuke of the wise, than for a man to hear the song of fools. -- ecclesiastes 7:5 +. +For as the crackling of thorns under a pot, so is the laughter of the fool: this also is vanity. -- ecclesiastes 7:6 +. +Surely oppression makes a wise man mad; and a gift destroys the heart. -- ecclesiastes 7:7 +. +Better is the end of a thing than the beginning thereof: and the patient in spirit is better than the proud in spirit. -- ecclesiastes 7:8 +. +Be not hasty in your spirit to be angry: for anger rests in the bosom of fools. -- ecclesiastes 7:9 +. +Say not you, What is the cause that the former days were better than these? for you do not inquire wisely concerning this. -- ecclesiastes 7:10 +. +Wisdom is good with an inheritance: and by it there is profit to them that see the sun. -- ecclesiastes 7:11 +. +For wisdom is a defense, and money is a defense: but the excellency of knowledge is, that wisdom gives life to them that have it. -- ecclesiastes 7:12 +. +Consider the work of God: for who can make that straight, which he has made crooked? -- ecclesiastes 7:13 +. +In the day of prosperity be joyful, but in the day of adversity consider: God also has set the one over against the other, to the end that man should find nothing after him. -- ecclesiastes 7:14 +. +All things have I seen in the days of my vanity: there is a just man that perishes in his righteousness, and there is a wicked man that prolongs his life in his wickedness. -- ecclesiastes 7:15 +. +Be not righteous over much; neither make yourself over wise: why should you destroy yourself ? -- ecclesiastes 7:16 +. +Be not over much wicked, neither be you foolish: why should you die before your time? -- ecclesiastes 7:17 +. +It is good that you should take hold of this; yes, also from this withdraw not your hand: for he that fears God shall come forth of them all. -- ecclesiastes 7:18 +. +Wisdom strengthens the wise more than ten mighty men which are in the city. -- ecclesiastes 7:19 +. +For there is not a just man on earth, that does good, and sins not. -- ecclesiastes 7:20 +. +Also take no heed to all words that are spoken; lest you hear your servant curse you: -- ecclesiastes 7:21 +. +For oftentimes also your own heart knows that you yourself likewise have cursed others. -- ecclesiastes 7:22 +. +All this have I proved by wisdom: I said, I will be wise; but it was far from me. -- ecclesiastes 7:23 +. +That which is far off, and exceeding deep, who can find it out? -- ecclesiastes 7:24 +. +I applied my heart to know, and to search, and to seek out wisdom, and the reason of things, and to know the wickedness of folly, even of foolishness and madness: -- ecclesiastes 7:25 +. +And I find more bitter than death the woman, whose heart is snares and nets, and her hands as bands: whoever pleases God shall escape from her; but the sinner shall be taken by her. -- ecclesiastes 7:26 +. +Behold, this have I found, said the preacher, counting one by one, to find out the account: -- ecclesiastes 7:27 +. +Which yet my soul seeks, but I find not: one man among a thousand have I found; but a woman among all those have I not found. -- ecclesiastes 7:28 +. +See, this only have I found, that God has made man upright; but they have sought out many inventions. -- ecclesiastes 7:29 +. +Who is as the wise man? and who knows the interpretation of a thing? a man' wisdom makes his face to shine, and the boldness of his face shall be changed. -- ecclesiastes 8:1 +. +I counsel you to keep the king' commandment, and that in regard of the oath of God. -- ecclesiastes 8:2 +. +Be not hasty to go out of his sight: stand not in an evil thing; for he does whatever pleases him. -- ecclesiastes 8:3 +. +Where the word of a king is, there is power: and who may say to him, What do you? -- ecclesiastes 8:4 +. +Whoever keeps the commandment shall feel no evil thing: and a wise man' heart discerns both time and judgment. -- ecclesiastes 8:5 +. +Because to every purpose there is time and judgment, therefore the misery of man is great on him. -- ecclesiastes 8:6 +. +For he knows not that which shall be: for who can tell him when it shall be? -- ecclesiastes 8:7 +. +There is no man that has power over the spirit to retain the spirit; neither has he power in the day of death: and there is no discharge in that war; neither shall wickedness deliver those that are given to it. -- ecclesiastes 8:8 +. +All this have I seen, and applied my heart to every work that is done under the sun: there is a time wherein one man rules over another to his own hurt. -- ecclesiastes 8:9 +. +And so I saw the wicked buried, who had come and gone from the place of the holy, and they were forgotten in the city where they had so done: this is also vanity. -- ecclesiastes 8:10 +. +Because sentence against an evil work is not executed speedily, therefore the heart of the sons of men is fully set in them to do evil. -- ecclesiastes 8:11 +. +Though a sinner do evil an hundred times, and his days be prolonged, yet surely I know that it shall be well with them that fear God, which fear before him: -- ecclesiastes 8:12 +. +But it shall not be well with the wicked, neither shall he prolong his days, which are as a shadow; because he fears not before God. -- ecclesiastes 8:13 +. +There is a vanity which is done on the earth; that there be just men, to whom it happens according to the work of the wicked; again, there be wicked men, to whom it happens according to the work of the righteous: I said that this also is vanity. -- ecclesiastes 8:14 +. +Then I commended mirth, because a man has no better thing under the sun, than to eat, and to drink, and to be merry: for that shall abide with him of his labor the days of his life, which God gives him under the sun. -- ecclesiastes 8:15 +. +When I applied my heart to know wisdom, and to see the business that is done on the earth: (for also there is that neither day nor night sees sleep with his eyes:) -- ecclesiastes 8:16 +. +Then I beheld all the work of God, that a man cannot find out the work that is done under the sun: because though a man labor to seek it out, yet he shall not find it; yes farther; though a wise man think to know it, yet shall he not be able to find it. -- ecclesiastes 8:17 +. +For all this I considered in my heart even to declare all this, that the righteous, and the wise, and their works, are in the hand of God: no man knows either love or hatred by all that is before them. -- ecclesiastes 9:1 +. +All things come alike to all: there is one event to the righteous, and to the wicked; to the good and to the clean, and to the unclean; to him that sacrifices, and to him that sacrifices not: as is the good, so is the sinner; and he that swears, as he that fears an oath. -- ecclesiastes 9:2 +. +This is an evil among all things that are done under the sun, that there is one event to all: yes, also the heart of the sons of men is full of evil, and madness is in their heart while they live, and after that they go to the dead. -- ecclesiastes 9:3 +. +For to him that is joined to all the living there is hope: for a living dog is better than a dead lion. -- ecclesiastes 9:4 +. +For the living know that they shall die: but the dead know not any thing, neither have they any more a reward; for the memory of them is forgotten. -- ecclesiastes 9:5 +. +Also their love, and their hatred, and their envy, is now perished; neither have they any more a portion for ever in any thing that is done under the sun. -- ecclesiastes 9:6 +. +Go your way, eat your bread with joy, and drink your wine with a merry heart; for God now accepts your works. -- ecclesiastes 9:7 +. +Let your garments be always white; and let your head lack no ointment. -- ecclesiastes 9:8 +. +Live joyfully with the wife whom you love all the days of the life of your vanity, which he has given you under the sun, all the days of your vanity: for that is your portion in this life, and in your labor which you take under the sun. -- ecclesiastes 9:9 +. +Whatever your hand finds to do, do it with your might; for there is no work, nor device, nor knowledge, nor wisdom, in the grave, where you go. -- ecclesiastes 9:10 +. +I returned, and saw under the sun, that the race is not to the swift, nor the battle to the strong, neither yet bread to the wise, nor yet riches to men of understanding, nor yet favor to men of skill; but time and chance happens to them all. -- ecclesiastes 9:11 +. +For man also knows not his time: as the fishes that are taken in an evil net, and as the birds that are caught in the snare; so are the sons of men snared in an evil time, when it falls suddenly on them. -- ecclesiastes 9:12 +. +This wisdom have I seen also under the sun, and it seemed great to me: -- ecclesiastes 9:13 +. +There was a little city, and few men within it; and there came a great king against it, and besieged it, and built great bulwarks against it: -- ecclesiastes 9:14 +. +Now there was found in it a poor wise man, and he by his wisdom delivered the city; yet no man remembered that same poor man. -- ecclesiastes 9:15 +. +Then said I, Wisdom is better than strength: nevertheless the poor man' wisdom is despised, and his words are not heard. -- ecclesiastes 9:16 +. +The words of wise men are heard in quiet more than the cry of him that rules among fools. -- ecclesiastes 9:17 +. +Wisdom is better than weapons of war: but one sinner destroys much good. -- ecclesiastes 9:18 +. +Dead flies cause the ointment of the apothecary to send forth a stinking smell: so does a little folly him that is in reputation for wisdom and honor. -- ecclesiastes 10:1 +. +A wise man' heart is at his right hand; but a fool' heart at his left. -- ecclesiastes 10:2 +. +Yes also, when he that is a fool walks by the way, his wisdom fails him, and he said to every one that he is a fool. -- ecclesiastes 10:3 +. +If the spirit of the ruler rise up against you, leave not your place; for yielding pacifies great offenses. -- ecclesiastes 10:4 +. +There is an evil which I have seen under the sun, as an error which proceeds from the ruler: -- ecclesiastes 10:5 +. +Folly is set in great dignity, and the rich sit in low place. -- ecclesiastes 10:6 +. +I have seen servants on horses, and princes walking as servants on the earth. -- ecclesiastes 10:7 +. +He that digs a pit shall fall into it; and whoever breaks an hedge, a serpent shall bite him. -- ecclesiastes 10:8 +. +Whoever removes stones shall be hurt therewith; and he that splits wood shall be endangered thereby. -- ecclesiastes 10:9 +. +If the iron be blunt, and he do not whet the edge, then must he put to more strength: but wisdom is profitable to direct. -- ecclesiastes 10:10 +. +Surely the serpent will bite without enchantment; and a babbler is no better. -- ecclesiastes 10:11 +. +The words of a wise man' mouth are gracious; but the lips of a fool will swallow up himself. -- ecclesiastes 10:12 +. +The beginning of the words of his mouth is foolishness: and the end of his talk is mischievous madness. -- ecclesiastes 10:13 +. +A fool also is full of words: a man cannot tell what shall be; and what shall be after him, who can tell him? -- ecclesiastes 10:14 +. +The labor of the foolish wearies every one of them, because he knows not how to go to the city. -- ecclesiastes 10:15 +. +Woe to you, O land, when your king is a child, and your princes eat in the morning! -- ecclesiastes 10:16 +. +Blessed are you, O land, when your king is the son of nobles, and your princes eat in due season, for strength, and not for drunkenness! -- ecclesiastes 10:17 +. +By much slothfulness the building decays; and through idleness of the hands the house drops through. -- ecclesiastes 10:18 +. +A feast is made for laughter, and wine makes merry: but money answers all things. -- ecclesiastes 10:19 +. +Curse not the king, no not in your thought; and curse not the rich in your bedchamber: for a bird of the air shall carry the voice, and that which has wings shall tell the matter. -- ecclesiastes 10:20 +. +Cast your bread on the waters: for you shall find it after many days. -- ecclesiastes 11:1 +. +Give a portion to seven, and also to eight; for you know not what evil shall be on the earth. -- ecclesiastes 11:2 +. +If the clouds be full of rain, they empty themselves on the earth: and if the tree fall toward the south, or toward the north, in the place where the tree falls, there it shall be. -- ecclesiastes 11:3 +. +He that observes the wind shall not sow; and he that regards the clouds shall not reap. -- ecclesiastes 11:4 +. +As you know not what is the way of the spirit, nor how the bones do grow in the womb of her that is with child: even so you know not the works of God who makes all. -- ecclesiastes 11:5 +. +In the morning sow your seed, and in the evening withhold not your hand: for you know not whether shall prosper, either this or that, or whether they both shall be alike good. -- ecclesiastes 11:6 +. +Truly the light is sweet, and a pleasant thing it is for the eyes to behold the sun: -- ecclesiastes 11:7 +. +But if a man live many years, and rejoice in them all; yet let him remember the days of darkness; for they shall be many. All that comes is vanity. -- ecclesiastes 11:8 +. +Rejoice, O young man, in your youth; and let your heart cheer you in the days of your youth, and walk in the ways of your heart, and in the sight of your eyes: but know you, that for all these things God will bring you into judgment. -- ecclesiastes 11:9 +. +Therefore remove sorrow from your heart, and put away evil from your flesh: for childhood and youth are vanity. -- ecclesiastes 11:10 +. +Remember now your Creator in the days of your youth, while the evil days come not, nor the years draw near, when you shall say, I have no pleasure in them; -- ecclesiastes 12:1 +. +While the sun, or the light, or the moon, or the stars, be not darkened, nor the clouds return after the rain: -- ecclesiastes 12:2 +. +In the day when the keepers of the house shall tremble, and the strong men shall bow themselves, and the grinders cease because they are few, and those that look out of the windows be darkened, -- ecclesiastes 12:3 +. +And the doors shall be shut in the streets, when the sound of the grinding is low, and he shall rise up at the voice of the bird, and all the daughters of music shall be brought low; -- ecclesiastes 12:4 +. +Also when they shall be afraid of that which is high, and fears shall be in the way, and the almond tree shall flourish, and the grasshopper shall be a burden, and desire shall fail: because man goes to his long home, and the mourners go about the streets: -- ecclesiastes 12:5 +. +Or ever the silver cord be loosed, or the golden bowl be broken, or the pitcher be broken at the fountain, or the wheel broken at the cistern. -- ecclesiastes 12:6 +. +Then shall the dust return to the earth as it was: and the spirit shall return to God who gave it. -- ecclesiastes 12:7 +. +Vanity of vanities, said the preacher; all is vanity. -- ecclesiastes 12:8 +. +And moreover, because the preacher was wise, he still taught the people knowledge; yes, he gave good heed, and sought out, and set in order many proverbs. -- ecclesiastes 12:9 +. +The preacher sought to find out acceptable words: and that which was written was upright, even words of truth. -- ecclesiastes 12:10 +. +The words of the wise are as goads, and as nails fastened by the masters of assemblies, which are given from one shepherd. -- ecclesiastes 12:11 +. +And further, by these, my son, be admonished: of making many books there is no end; and much study is a weariness of the flesh. -- ecclesiastes 12:12 +. +Let us hear the conclusion of the whole matter: Fear God, and keep his commandments: for this is the whole duty of man. -- ecclesiastes 12:13 +. +For God shall bring every work into judgment, with every secret thing, whether it be good, or whether it be evil. -- ecclesiastes 12:14 +. +The song of songs, which is Solomon'. -- song of solomon 1:1 +. +Let him kiss me with the kisses of his mouth: for your love is better than wine. -- song of solomon 1:2 +. +Because of the smell of your good ointments your name is as ointment poured forth, therefore do the virgins love you. -- song of solomon 1:3 +. +Draw me, we will run after you: the king has brought me into his chambers: we will be glad and rejoice in you, we will remember your love more than wine: the upright love you. -- song of solomon 1:4 +. +I am black, but comely, O you daughters of Jerusalem, as the tents of Kedar, as the curtains of Solomon. -- song of solomon 1:5 +. +Look not on me, because I am black, because the sun has looked on me: my mother' children were angry with me; they made me the keeper of the vineyards; but my own vineyard have I not kept. -- song of solomon 1:6 +. +Tell me, O you whom my soul loves, where you feed, where you make your flock to rest at noon: for why should I be as one that turns aside by the flocks of your companions? -- song of solomon 1:7 +. +If you know not, O you fairest among women, go your way forth by the footsteps of the flock, and feed your kids beside the shepherds'tents. -- song of solomon 1:8 +. +I have compared you, O my love, to a company of horses in Pharaoh' chariots. -- song of solomon 1:9 +. +Your cheeks are comely with rows of jewels, your neck with chains of gold. -- song of solomon 1:10 +. +We will make you borders of gold with studs of silver. -- song of solomon 1:11 +. +While the king sits at his table, my spikenard sends forth the smell thereof. -- song of solomon 1:12 +. +A bundle of myrrh is my well-beloved to me; he shall lie all night between my breasts. -- song of solomon 1:13 +. +My beloved is to me as a cluster of camphire in the vineyards of Engedi. -- song of solomon 1:14 +. +Behold, you are fair, my love; behold, you are fair; you have doves'eyes. -- song of solomon 1:15 +. +Behold, you are fair, my beloved, yes, pleasant: also our bed is green. -- song of solomon 1:16 +. +The beams of our house are cedar, and our rafters of fir. -- song of solomon 1:17 +. +I am the rose of Sharon, and the lily of the valleys. -- song of solomon 2:1 +. +As the lily among thorns, so is my love among the daughters. -- song of solomon 2:2 +. +As the apple tree among the trees of the wood, so is my beloved among the sons. I sat down under his shadow with great delight, and his fruit was sweet to my taste. -- song of solomon 2:3 +. +He brought me to the banqueting house, and his banner over me was love. -- song of solomon 2:4 +. +Stay me with flagons, comfort me with apples: for I am sick of love. -- song of solomon 2:5 +. +His left hand is under my head, and his right hand does embrace me. -- song of solomon 2:6 +. +I charge you, O you daughters of Jerusalem, by the roes, and by the hinds of the field, that you stir not up, nor awake my love, till he please. -- song of solomon 2:7 +. +The voice of my beloved! behold, he comes leaping on the mountains, skipping on the hills. -- song of solomon 2:8 +. +My beloved is like a roe or a young hart: behold, he stands behind our wall, he looks forth at the windows, showing himself through the lattice. -- song of solomon 2:9 +. +My beloved spoke, and said to me, Rise up, my love, my fair one, and come away. -- song of solomon 2:10 +. +For, see, the winter is past, the rain is over and gone; -- song of solomon 2:11 +. +The flowers appear on the earth; the time of the singing of birds is come, and the voice of the turtle is heard in our land; -- song of solomon 2:12 +. +The fig tree puts forth her green figs, and the vines with the tender grape give a good smell. Arise, my love, my fair one, and come away. -- song of solomon 2:13 +. +O my dove, that are in the clefts of the rock, in the secret places of the stairs, let me see your countenance, let me hear your voice; for sweet is your voice, and your countenance is comely. -- song of solomon 2:14 +. +Take us the foxes, the little foxes, that spoil the vines: for our vines have tender grapes. -- song of solomon 2:15 +. +My beloved is mine, and I am his: he feeds among the lilies. -- song of solomon 2:16 +. +Until the day break, and the shadows flee away, turn, my beloved, and be you like a roe or a young hart on the mountains of Bether. -- song of solomon 2:17 +. +By night on my bed I sought him whom my soul loves: I sought him, but I found him not. -- song of solomon 3:1 +. +I will rise now, and go about the city in the streets, and in the broad ways I will seek him whom my soul loves: I sought him, but I found him not. -- song of solomon 3:2 +. +The watchmen that go about the city found me: to whom I said, Saw you him whom my soul loves? -- song of solomon 3:3 +. +It was but a little that I passed from them, but I found him whom my soul loves: I held him, and would not let him go, until I had brought him into my mother' house, and into the chamber of her that conceived me. -- song of solomon 3:4 +. +I charge you, O you daughters of Jerusalem, by the roes, and by the hinds of the field, that you stir not up, nor awake my love, till he please. -- song of solomon 3:5 +. +Who is this that comes out of the wilderness like pillars of smoke, perfumed with myrrh and frankincense, with all powders of the merchant? -- song of solomon 3:6 +. +Behold his bed, which is Solomon'; three score valiant men are about it, of the valiant of Israel. -- song of solomon 3:7 +. +They all hold swords, being expert in war: every man has his sword on his thigh because of fear in the night. -- song of solomon 3:8 +. +King Solomon made himself a chariot of the wood of Lebanon. -- song of solomon 3:9 +. +He made the pillars thereof of silver, the bottom thereof of gold, the covering of it of purple, the middle thereof being paved with love, for the daughters of Jerusalem. -- song of solomon 3:10 +. +Go forth, O you daughters of Zion, and behold king Solomon with the crown with which his mother crowned him in the day of his espousals, and in the day of the gladness of his heart. -- song of solomon 3:11 +. +Behold, you are fair, my love; behold, you are fair; you have doves'eyes within your locks: your hair is as a flock of goats, that appear from mount Gilead. -- song of solomon 4:1 +. +Your teeth are like a flock of sheep that are even shorn, which came up from the washing; whereof every one bear twins, and none is barren among them. -- song of solomon 4:2 +. +Your lips are like a thread of scarlet, and your speech is comely: your temples are like a piece of a pomegranate within your locks. -- song of solomon 4:3 +. +Your neck is like the tower of David built for an armory, where on there hang a thousand bucklers, all shields of mighty men. -- song of solomon 4:4 +. +Your two breasts are like two young roes that are twins, which feed among the lilies. -- song of solomon 4:5 +. +Until the day break, and the shadows flee away, I will get me to the mountain of myrrh, and to the hill of frankincense. -- song of solomon 4:6 +. +You are all fair, my love; there is no spot in you. -- song of solomon 4:7 +. +Come with me from Lebanon, my spouse, with me from Lebanon: look from the top of Amana, from the top of Shenir and Hermon, from the lions'dens, from the mountains of the leopards. -- song of solomon 4:8 +. +You have ravished my heart, my sister, my spouse; you have ravished my heart with one of your eyes, with one chain of your neck. -- song of solomon 4:9 +. +How fair is your love, my sister, my spouse! how much better is your love than wine! and the smell of your ointments than all spices! -- song of solomon 4:10 +. +Your lips, O my spouse, drop as the honeycomb: honey and milk are under your tongue; and the smell of your garments is like the smell of Lebanon. -- song of solomon 4:11 +. +A garden enclosed is my sister, my spouse; a spring shut up, a fountain sealed. -- song of solomon 4:12 +. +Your plants are an orchard of pomegranates, with pleasant fruits; camphire, with spikenard, -- song of solomon 4:13 +. +Spikenard and saffron; calamus and cinnamon, with all trees of frankincense; myrrh and aloes, with all the chief spices: -- song of solomon 4:14 +. +A fountain of gardens, a well of living waters, and streams from Lebanon. -- song of solomon 4:15 +. +Awake, O north wind; and come, you south; blow on my garden, that the spices thereof may flow out. Let my beloved come into his garden, and eat his pleasant fruits. -- song of solomon 4:16 +. +I am come into my garden, my sister, my spouse: I have gathered my myrrh with my spice; I have eaten my honeycomb with my honey; I have drunk my wine with my milk: eat, O friends; drink, yes, drink abundantly, O beloved. -- song of solomon 5:1 +. +I sleep, but my heart wakes: it is the voice of my beloved that knocks, saying, Open to me, my sister, my love, my dove, my undefiled: for my head is filled with dew, and my locks with the drops of the night. -- song of solomon 5:2 +. +I have put off my coat; how shall I put it on? I have washed my feet; how shall I defile them? -- song of solomon 5:3 +. +My beloved put in his hand by the hole of the door, and my bowels were moved for him. -- song of solomon 5:4 +. +I rose up to open to my beloved; and my hands dropped with myrrh, and my fingers with sweet smelling myrrh, on the handles of the lock. -- song of solomon 5:5 +. +I opened to my beloved; but my beloved had withdrawn himself, and was gone: my soul failed when he spoke: I sought him, but I could not find him; I called him, but he gave me no answer. -- song of solomon 5:6 +. +The watchmen that went about the city found me, they smote me, they wounded me; the keepers of the walls took away my veil from me. -- song of solomon 5:7 +. +I charge you, O daughters of Jerusalem, if you find my beloved, that you tell him, that I am sick of love. -- song of solomon 5:8 +. +What is your beloved more than another beloved, O you fairest among women? what is your beloved more than another beloved, that you do so charge us? -- song of solomon 5:9 +. +My beloved is white and ruddy, the most chief among ten thousand. -- song of solomon 5:10 +. +His head is as the most fine gold, his locks are bushy, and black as a raven. -- song of solomon 5:11 +. +His eyes are as the eyes of doves by the rivers of waters, washed with milk, and fitly set. -- song of solomon 5:12 +. +His cheeks are as a bed of spices, as sweet flowers: his lips like lilies, dropping sweet smelling myrrh. -- song of solomon 5:13 +. +His hands are as gold rings set with the beryl: his belly is as bright ivory overlaid with sapphires. -- song of solomon 5:14 +. +His legs are as pillars of marble, set on sockets of fine gold: his countenance is as Lebanon, excellent as the cedars. -- song of solomon 5:15 +. +His mouth is most sweet: yes, he is altogether lovely. This is my beloved, and this is my friend, O daughters of Jerusalem. -- song of solomon 5:16 +. +Where is your beloved gone, O you fairest among women? where is your beloved turned aside? that we may seek him with you. -- song of solomon 6:1 +. +My beloved is gone down into his garden, to the beds of spices, to feed in the gardens, and to gather lilies. -- song of solomon 6:2 +. +I am my beloved', and my beloved is mine: he feeds among the lilies. -- song of solomon 6:3 +. +You are beautiful, O my love, as Tirzah, comely as Jerusalem, terrible as an army with banners. -- song of solomon 6:4 +. +Turn away your eyes from me, for they have overcome me: your hair is as a flock of goats that appear from Gilead. -- song of solomon 6:5 +. +Your teeth are as a flock of sheep which go up from the washing, whereof every one bears twins, and there is not one barren among them. -- song of solomon 6:6 +. +As a piece of a pomegranate are your temples within your locks. -- song of solomon 6:7 +. +There are three score queens, and fourscore concubines, and virgins without number. -- song of solomon 6:8 +. +My dove, my undefiled is but one; she is the only one of her mother, she is the choice one of her that bore her. The daughters saw her, and blessed her; yes, the queens and the concubines, and they praised her. -- song of solomon 6:9 +. +Who is she that looks forth as the morning, fair as the moon, clear as the sun, and terrible as an army with banners? -- song of solomon 6:10 +. +I went down into the garden of nuts to see the fruits of the valley, and to see whether the vine flourished and the pomegranates budded. -- song of solomon 6:11 +. +Or ever I was aware, my soul made me like the chariots of Amminadib. -- song of solomon 6:12 +. +Return, return, O Shulamite; return, return, that we may look on you. What will you see in the Shulamite? As it were the company of two armies. -- song of solomon 6:13 +. +How beautiful are your feet with shoes, O prince' daughter! the joints of your thighs are like jewels, the work of the hands of a cunning workman. -- song of solomon 7:1 +. +Your navel is like a round goblet, which wants not liquor: your belly is like an heap of wheat set about with lilies. -- song of solomon 7:2 +. +Your two breasts are like two young roes that are twins. -- song of solomon 7:3 +. +Your neck is as a tower of ivory; your eyes like the fish pools in Heshbon, by the gate of Bathrabbim: your nose is as the tower of Lebanon which looks toward Damascus. -- song of solomon 7:4 +. +Your head on you is like Carmel, and the hair of your head like purple; the king is held in the galleries. -- song of solomon 7:5 +. +How fair and how pleasant are you, O love, for delights! -- song of solomon 7:6 +. +This your stature is like to a palm tree, and your breasts to clusters of grapes. -- song of solomon 7:7 +. +I said, I will go up to the palm tree, I will take hold of the boughs thereof: now also your breasts shall be as clusters of the vine, and the smell of your nose like apples; -- song of solomon 7:8 +. +And the roof of your mouth like the best wine for my beloved, that goes down sweetly, causing the lips of those that are asleep to speak. -- song of solomon 7:9 +. +I am my beloved', and his desire is toward me. -- song of solomon 7:10 +. +Come, my beloved, let us go forth into the field; let us lodge in the villages. -- song of solomon 7:11 +. +Let us get up early to the vineyards; let us see if the vine flourish, whether the tender grape appear, and the pomegranates bud forth: there will I give you my loves. -- song of solomon 7:12 +. +The mandrakes give a smell, and at our gates are all manner of pleasant fruits, new and old, which I have laid up for you, O my beloved. -- song of solomon 7:13 +. +O that you were as my brother, that sucked the breasts of my mother! when I should find you without, I would kiss you; yes, I should not be despised. -- song of solomon 8:1 +. +I would lead you, and bring you into my mother' house, who would instruct me: I would cause you to drink of spiced wine of the juice of my pomegranate. -- song of solomon 8:2 +. +His left hand should be under my head, and his right hand should embrace me. -- song of solomon 8:3 +. +I charge you, O daughters of Jerusalem, that you stir not up, nor awake my love, until he please. -- song of solomon 8:4 +. +Who is this that comes up from the wilderness, leaning on her beloved? I raised you up under the apple tree: there your mother brought you forth: there she brought you forth that bore you. -- song of solomon 8:5 +. +Set me as a seal on your heart, as a seal on your arm: for love is strong as death; jealousy is cruel as the grave: the coals thereof are coals of fire, which has a most vehement flame. -- song of solomon 8:6 +. +Many waters cannot quench love, neither can the floods drown it: if a man would give all the substance of his house for love, it would utterly be contemned. -- song of solomon 8:7 +. +We have a little sister, and she has no breasts: what shall we do for our sister in the day when she shall be spoken for? -- song of solomon 8:8 +. +If she be a wall, we will build on her a palace of silver: and if she be a door, we will enclose her with boards of cedar. -- song of solomon 8:9 +. +I am a wall, and my breasts like towers: then was I in his eyes as one that found favor. -- song of solomon 8:10 +. +Solomon had a vineyard at Baalhamon; he let out the vineyard to keepers; every one for the fruit thereof was to bring a thousand pieces of silver. -- song of solomon 8:11 +. +My vineyard, which is mine, is before me: you, O Solomon, must have a thousand, and those that keep the fruit thereof two hundred. -- song of solomon 8:12 +. +You that dwell in the gardens, the companions listen to your voice: cause me to hear it. -- song of solomon 8:13 +. +Make haste, my beloved, and be you like to a roe or to a young hart on the mountains of spices. -- song of solomon 8:14 +. +The vision of Isaiah the son of Amoz, which he saw concerning Judah and Jerusalem in the days of Uzziah, Jotham, Ahaz, and Hezekiah, kings of Judah. -- isaiah 1:1 +. +Hear, O heavens, and give ear, O earth: for the LORD has spoken, I have nourished and brought up children, and they have rebelled against me. -- isaiah 1:2 +. +The ox knows his owner, and the ass his master' crib: but Israel does not know, my people does not consider. -- isaiah 1:3 +. +Ah sinful nation, a people laden with iniquity, a seed of evildoers, children that are corrupters: they have forsaken the LORD, they have provoked the Holy One of Israel to anger, they are gone away backward. -- isaiah 1:4 +. +Why should you be stricken any more? you will revolt more and more: the whole head is sick, and the whole heart faint. -- isaiah 1:5 +. +From the sole of the foot even to the head there is no soundness in it; but wounds, and bruises, and putrefying sores: they have not been closed, neither bound up, neither mollified with ointment. -- isaiah 1:6 +. +Your country is desolate, your cities are burned with fire: your land, strangers devour it in your presence, and it is desolate, as overthrown by strangers. -- isaiah 1:7 +. +And the daughter of Zion is left as a cottage in a vineyard, as a lodge in a garden of cucumbers, as a besieged city. -- isaiah 1:8 +. +Except the LORD of hosts had left to us a very small remnant, we should have been as Sodom, and we should have been like to Gomorrah. -- isaiah 1:9 +. +Hear the word of the LORD, you rulers of Sodom; give ear to the law of our God, you people of Gomorrah. -- isaiah 1:10 +. +To what purpose is the multitude of your sacrifices to me? said the LORD: I am full of the burnt offerings of rams, and the fat of fed beasts; and I delight not in the blood of bullocks, or of lambs, or of he goats. -- isaiah 1:11 +. +When you come to appear before me, who has required this at your hand, to tread my courts? -- isaiah 1:12 +. +Bring no more vain oblations; incense is an abomination to me; the new moons and sabbaths, the calling of assemblies, I cannot away with; it is iniquity, even the solemn meeting. -- isaiah 1:13 +. +Your new moons and your appointed feasts my soul hates: they are a trouble to me; I am weary to bear them. -- isaiah 1:14 +. +And when you spread forth your hands, I will hide my eyes from you: yes, when you make many prayers, I will not hear: your hands are full of blood. -- isaiah 1:15 +. +Wash you, make you clean; put away the evil of your doings from before my eyes; cease to do evil; -- isaiah 1:16 +. +Learn to do well; seek judgment, relieve the oppressed, judge the fatherless, plead for the widow. -- isaiah 1:17 +. +Come now, and let us reason together, said the LORD: though your sins be as scarlet, they shall be as white as snow; though they be red like crimson, they shall be as wool. -- isaiah 1:18 +. +If you be willing and obedient, you shall eat the good of the land: -- isaiah 1:19 +. +But if you refuse and rebel, you shall be devoured with the sword: for the mouth of the LORD has spoken it. -- isaiah 1:20 +. +How is the faithful city become an harlot! it was full of judgment; righteousness lodged in it; but now murderers. -- isaiah 1:21 +. +Your silver is become dross, your wine mixed with water: -- isaiah 1:22 +. +Your princes are rebellious, and companions of thieves: every one loves gifts, and follows after rewards: they judge not the fatherless, neither does the cause of the widow come to them. -- isaiah 1:23 +. +Therefore said the LORD, the LORD of hosts, the mighty One of Israel, Ah, I will ease me of my adversaries, and avenge me of my enemies: -- isaiah 1:24 +. +And I will turn my hand on you, and purely purge away your dross, and take away all your tin: -- isaiah 1:25 +. +And I will restore your judges as at the first, and your counsellors as at the beginning: afterward you shall be called, The city of righteousness, the faithful city. -- isaiah 1:26 +. +Zion shall be redeemed with judgment, and her converts with righteousness. -- isaiah 1:27 +. +And the destruction of the transgressors and of the sinners shall be together, and they that forsake the LORD shall be consumed. -- isaiah 1:28 +. +For they shall be ashamed of the oaks which you have desired, and you shall be confounded for the gardens that you have chosen. -- isaiah 1:29 +. +For you shall be as an oak whose leaf fades, and as a garden that has no water. -- isaiah 1:30 +. +And the strong shall be as wick, and the maker of it as a spark, and they shall both burn together, and none shall quench them. -- isaiah 1:31 +. +The word that Isaiah the son of Amoz saw concerning Judah and Jerusalem. -- isaiah 2:1 +. +And it shall come to pass in the last days, that the mountain of the LORD' house shall be established in the top of the mountains, and shall be exalted above the hills; and all nations shall flow to it. -- isaiah 2:2 +. +And many people shall go and say, Come you, and let us go up to the mountain of the LORD, to the house of the God of Jacob; and he will teach us of his ways, and we will walk in his paths: for out of Zion shall go forth the law, and the word of the LORD from Jerusalem. -- isaiah 2:3 +. +And he shall judge among the nations, and shall rebuke many people: and they shall beat their swords into plowshares, and their spears into pruning hooks: nation shall not lift up sword against nation, neither shall they learn war any more. -- isaiah 2:4 +. +O house of Jacob, come you, and let us walk in the light of the LORD. -- isaiah 2:5 +. +Therefore you have forsaken your people the house of Jacob, because they be replenished from the east, and are soothsayers like the Philistines, and they please themselves in the children of strangers. -- isaiah 2:6 +. +Their land also is full of silver and gold, neither is there any end of their treasures; their land is also full of horses, neither is there any end of their chariots: -- isaiah 2:7 +. +Their land also is full of idols; they worship the work of their own hands, that which their own fingers have made: -- isaiah 2:8 +. +And the mean man bows down, and the great man humbles himself: therefore forgive them not. -- isaiah 2:9 +. +Enter into the rock, and hide you in the dust, for fear of the LORD, and for the glory of his majesty. -- isaiah 2:10 +. +The lofty looks of man shall be humbled, and the haughtiness of men shall be bowed down, and the LORD alone shall be exalted in that day. -- isaiah 2:11 +. +For the day of the LORD of hosts shall be on every one that is proud and lofty, and on every one that is lifted up; and he shall be brought low: -- isaiah 2:12 +. +And on all the cedars of Lebanon, that are high and lifted up, and on all the oaks of Bashan, -- isaiah 2:13 +. +And on all the high mountains, and on all the hills that are lifted up, -- isaiah 2:14 +. +And on every high tower, and on every fenced wall, -- isaiah 2:15 +. +And on all the ships of Tarshish, and on all pleasant pictures. -- isaiah 2:16 +. +And the loftiness of man shall be bowed down, and the haughtiness of men shall be made low: and the LORD alone shall be exalted in that day. -- isaiah 2:17 +. +And the idols he shall utterly abolish. -- isaiah 2:18 +. +And they shall go into the holes of the rocks, and into the caves of the earth, for fear of the LORD, and for the glory of his majesty, when he rises to shake terribly the earth. -- isaiah 2:19 +. +In that day a man shall cast his idols of silver, and his idols of gold, which they made each one for himself to worship, to the moles and to the bats; -- isaiah 2:20 +. +To go into the clefts of the rocks, and into the tops of the ragged rocks, for fear of the LORD, and for the glory of his majesty, when he rises to shake terribly the earth. -- isaiah 2:21 +. +Cease you from man, whose breath is in his nostrils: for wherein is he to be accounted of ? -- isaiah 2:22 +. +For, behold, the Lord, the LORD of hosts, does take away from Jerusalem and from Judah the stay and the staff, the whole stay of bread, and the whole stay of water. -- isaiah 3:1 +. +The mighty man, and the man of war, the judge, and the prophet, and the prudent, and the ancient, -- isaiah 3:2 +. +The captain of fifty, and the honorable man, and the counselor, and the cunning artificer, and the eloquent orator. -- isaiah 3:3 +. +And I will give children to be their princes, and babes shall rule over them. -- isaiah 3:4 +. +And the people shall be oppressed, every one by another, and every one by his neighbor: the child shall behave himself proudly against the ancient, and the base against the honorable. -- isaiah 3:5 +. +When a man shall take hold of his brother of the house of his father, saying, You have clothing, be you our ruler, and let this ruin be under your hand: -- isaiah 3:6 +. +In that day shall he swear, saying, I will not be an healer; for in my house is neither bread nor clothing: make me not a ruler of the people. -- isaiah 3:7 +. +For Jerusalem is ruined, and Judah is fallen: because their tongue and their doings are against the LORD, to provoke the eyes of his glory. -- isaiah 3:8 +. +The show of their countenance does witness against them; and they declare their sin as Sodom, they hide it not. Woe to their soul! for they have rewarded evil to themselves. -- isaiah 3:9 +. +Say you to the righteous, that it shall be well with him: for they shall eat the fruit of their doings. -- isaiah 3:10 +. +Woe to the wicked! it shall be ill with him: for the reward of his hands shall be given him. -- isaiah 3:11 +. +As for my people, children are their oppressors, and women rule over them. O my people, they which lead you cause you to err, and destroy the way of your paths. -- isaiah 3:12 +. +The LORD stands up to plead, and stands to judge the people. -- isaiah 3:13 +. +The LORD will enter into judgment with the ancients of his people, and the princes thereof: for you have eaten up the vineyard; the spoil of the poor is in your houses. -- isaiah 3:14 +. +What mean you that you beat my people to pieces, and grind the faces of the poor? said the Lord GOD of hosts. -- isaiah 3:15 +. +Moreover the LORD said, Because the daughters of Zion are haughty, and walk with stretched forth necks and wanton eyes, walking and mincing as they go, and making a tinkling with their feet: -- isaiah 3:16 +. +Therefore the LORD will smite with a scab the crown of the head of the daughters of Zion, and the LORD will discover their secret parts. -- isaiah 3:17 +. +In that day the Lord will take away the bravery of their tinkling ornaments about their feet, and their cauls, and their round tires like the moon, -- isaiah 3:18 +. +The chains, and the bracelets, and the mufflers, -- isaiah 3:19 +. +The bonnets, and the ornaments of the legs, and the headbands, and the tablets, and the earrings, -- isaiah 3:20 +. +The rings, and nose jewels, -- isaiah 3:21 +. +The changeable suits of apparel, and the mantles, and the wimples, and the crisping pins, -- isaiah 3:22 +. +The glasses, and the fine linen, and the hoods, and the veils. -- isaiah 3:23 +. +And it shall come to pass, that instead of sweet smell there shall be stink; and instead of a girdle a rent; and instead of well set hair baldness; and instead of a stomacher a girding of sackcloth; and burning instead of beauty. -- isaiah 3:24 +. +Your men shall fall by the sword, and your mighty in the war. -- isaiah 3:25 +. +And her gates shall lament and mourn; and she being desolate shall sit on the ground. -- isaiah 3:26 +. +And in that day seven women shall take hold of one man, saying, We will eat our own bread, and wear our own apparel: only let us be called by your name, to take away our reproach. -- isaiah 4:1 +. +In that day shall the branch of the LORD be beautiful and glorious, and the fruit of the earth shall be excellent and comely for them that are escaped of Israel. -- isaiah 4:2 +. +And it shall come to pass, that he that is left in Zion, and he that remains in Jerusalem, shall be called holy, even every one that is written among the living in Jerusalem: -- isaiah 4:3 +. +When the Lord shall have washed away the filth of the daughters of Zion, and shall have purged the blood of Jerusalem from the middle thereof by the spirit of judgment, and by the spirit of burning. -- isaiah 4:4 +. +And the LORD will create on every dwelling place of mount Zion, and on her assemblies, a cloud and smoke by day, and the shining of a flaming fire by night: for on all the glory shall be a defense. -- isaiah 4:5 +. +And there shall be a tabernacle for a shadow in the day time from the heat, and for a place of refuge, and for a covert from storm and from rain. -- isaiah 4:6 +. +Now will I sing to my well beloved a song of my beloved touching his vineyard. My well beloved has a vineyard in a very fruitful hill: -- isaiah 5:1 +. +And he fenced it, and gathered out the stones thereof, and planted it with the choicest vine, and built a tower in the middle of it, and also made a wine press therein: and he looked that it should bring forth grapes, and it brought forth wild grapes. -- isaiah 5:2 +. +And now, O inhabitants of Jerusalem, and men of Judah, judge, I pray you, between me and my vineyard. -- isaiah 5:3 +. +What could have been done more to my vineyard, that I have not done in it? why, when I looked that it should bring forth grapes, brought it forth wild grapes? -- isaiah 5:4 +. +And now go to; I will tell you what I will do to my vineyard: I will take away the hedge thereof, and it shall be eaten up; and break down the wall thereof, and it shall be trodden down: -- isaiah 5:5 +. +And I will lay it waste: it shall not be pruned, nor dig; but there shall come up briers and thorns: I will also command the clouds that they rain no rain on it. -- isaiah 5:6 +. +For the vineyard of the LORD of hosts is the house of Israel, and the men of Judah his pleasant plant: and he looked for judgment, but behold oppression; for righteousness, but behold a cry. -- isaiah 5:7 +. +Woe to them that join house to house, that lay field to field, till there be no place, that they may be placed alone in the middle of the earth! -- isaiah 5:8 +. +In my ears said the LORD of hosts, Of a truth many houses shall be desolate, even great and fair, without inhabitant. -- isaiah 5:9 +. +Yes, ten acres of vineyard shall yield one bath, and the seed of an homer shall yield an ephah. -- isaiah 5:10 +. +Woe to them that rise up early in the morning, that they may follow strong drink; that continue until night, till wine inflame them! -- isaiah 5:11 +. +And the harp, and the viol, the tabret, and pipe, and wine, are in their feasts: but they regard not the work of the LORD, neither consider the operation of his hands. -- isaiah 5:12 +. +Therefore my people are gone into captivity, because they have no knowledge: and their honorable men are famished, and their multitude dried up with thirst. -- isaiah 5:13 +. +Therefore hell has enlarged herself, and opened her mouth without measure: and their glory, and their multitude, and their pomp, and he that rejoices, shall descend into it. -- isaiah 5:14 +. +And the mean man shall be brought down, and the mighty man shall be humbled, and the eyes of the lofty shall be humbled: -- isaiah 5:15 +. +But the LORD of hosts shall be exalted in judgment, and God that is holy shall be sanctified in righteousness. -- isaiah 5:16 +. +Then shall the lambs feed after their manner, and the waste places of the fat ones shall strangers eat. -- isaiah 5:17 +. +Woe to them that draw iniquity with cords of vanity, and sin as it were with a cart rope: -- isaiah 5:18 +. +That say, Let him make speed, and hasten his work, that we may see it: and let the counsel of the Holy One of Israel draw near and come, that we may know it! -- isaiah 5:19 +. +Woe to them that call evil good, and good evil; that put darkness for light, and light for darkness; that put bitter for sweet, and sweet for bitter! -- isaiah 5:20 +. +Woe to them that are wise in their own eyes, and prudent in their own sight! -- isaiah 5:21 +. +Woe to them that are mighty to drink wine, and men of strength to mingle strong drink: -- isaiah 5:22 +. +Which justify the wicked for reward, and take away the righteousness of the righteous from him! -- isaiah 5:23 +. +Therefore as the fire devours the stubble, and the flame consumes the chaff, so their root shall be as rottenness, and their blossom shall go up as dust: because they have cast away the law of the LORD of hosts, and despised the word of the Holy One of Israel. -- isaiah 5:24 +. +Therefore is the anger of the LORD kindled against his people, and he has stretched forth his hand against them, and has smitten them: and the hills did tremble, and their carcasses were torn in the middle of the streets. For all this his anger is not turned away, but his hand is stretched out still. -- isaiah 5:25 +. +And he will lift up an ensign to the nations from far, and will hiss to them from the end of the earth: and, behold, they shall come with speed swiftly: -- isaiah 5:26 +. +None shall be weary nor stumble among them; none shall slumber nor sleep; neither shall the girdle of their loins be loosed, nor the lace of their shoes be broken: -- isaiah 5:27 +. +Whose arrows are sharp, and all their bows bent, their horses'hoofs shall be counted like flint, and their wheels like a whirlwind: -- isaiah 5:28 +. +Their roaring shall be like a lion, they shall roar like young lions: yes, they shall roar, and lay hold of the prey, and shall carry it away safe, and none shall deliver it. -- isaiah 5:29 +. +And in that day they shall roar against them like the roaring of the sea: and if one look to the land, behold darkness and sorrow, and the light is darkened in the heavens thereof. -- isaiah 5:30 +. +In the year that king Uzziah died I saw also the LORD sitting on a throne, high and lifted up, and his train filled the temple. -- isaiah 6:1 +. +Above it stood the seraphim: each one had six wings; with two he covered his face, and with two he covered his feet, and with two he did fly. -- isaiah 6:2 +. +And one cried to another, and said, Holy, holy, holy, is the LORD of hosts: the whole earth is full of his glory. -- isaiah 6:3 +. +And the posts of the door moved at the voice of him that cried, and the house was filled with smoke. -- isaiah 6:4 +. +Then said I, Woe is me! for I am undone; because I am a man of unclean lips, and I dwell in the middle of a people of unclean lips: for my eyes have seen the King, the LORD of hosts. -- isaiah 6:5 +. +Then flew one of the seraphim to me, having a live coal in his hand, which he had taken with the tongs from off the altar: -- isaiah 6:6 +. +And he laid it on my mouth, and said, See, this has touched your lips; and your iniquity is taken away, and your sin purged. -- isaiah 6:7 +. +Also I heard the voice of the Lord, saying, Whom shall I send, and who will go for us? Then said I, Here am I; send me. -- isaiah 6:8 +. +And he said, Go, and tell this people, Hear you indeed, but understand not; and see you indeed, but perceive not. -- isaiah 6:9 +. +Make the heart of this people fat, and make their ears heavy, and shut their eyes; lest they see with their eyes, and hear with their ears, and understand with their heart, and convert, and be healed. -- isaiah 6:10 +. +Then said I, Lord, how long? And he answered, Until the cities be wasted without inhabitant, and the houses without man, and the land be utterly desolate, -- isaiah 6:11 +. +And the LORD have removed men far away, and there be a great forsaking in the middle of the land. -- isaiah 6:12 +. +But yet in it shall be a tenth, and it shall return, and shall be eaten: as a teil tree, and as an oak, whose substance is in them, when they cast their leaves: so the holy seed shall be the substance thereof. -- isaiah 6:13 +. +And it came to pass in the days of Ahaz the son of Jotham, the son of Uzziah, king of Judah, that Rezin the king of Syria, and Pekah the son of Remaliah, king of Israel, went up toward Jerusalem to war against it, but could not prevail against it. -- isaiah 7:1 +. +And it was told the house of David, saying, Syria is confederate with Ephraim. And his heart was moved, and the heart of his people, as the trees of the wood are moved with the wind. -- isaiah 7:2 +. +Then said the LORD to Isaiah, Go forth now to meet Ahaz, you, and Shearjashub your son, at the end of the conduit of the upper pool in the highway of the fuller' field; -- isaiah 7:3 +. +And say to him, Take heed, and be quiet; fear not, neither be fainthearted for the two tails of these smoking firebrands, for the fierce anger of Rezin with Syria, and of the son of Remaliah. -- isaiah 7:4 +. +Because Syria, Ephraim, and the son of Remaliah, have taken evil counsel against you, saying, -- isaiah 7:5 +. +Let us go up against Judah, and vex it, and let us make a breach therein for us, and set a king in the middle of it, even the son of Tabeal: -- isaiah 7:6 +. +Thus said the Lord GOD, It shall not stand, neither shall it come to pass. -- isaiah 7:7 +. +For the head of Syria is Damascus, and the head of Damascus is Rezin; and within three score and five years shall Ephraim be broken, that it be not a people. -- isaiah 7:8 +. +And the head of Ephraim is Samaria, and the head of Samaria is Remaliah' son. If you will not believe, surely you shall not be established. -- isaiah 7:9 +. +Moreover the LORD spoke again to Ahaz, saying, -- isaiah 7:10 +. +Ask you a sign of the LORD your God; ask it either in the depth, or in the height above. -- isaiah 7:11 +. +But Ahaz said, I will not ask, neither will I tempt the LORD. -- isaiah 7:12 +. +And he said, Hear you now, O house of David; Is it a small thing for you to weary men, but will you weary my God also? -- isaiah 7:13 +. +Therefore the Lord himself shall give you a sign; Behold, a virgin shall conceive, and bear a son, and shall call his name Immanuel. -- isaiah 7:14 +. +Butter and honey shall he eat, that he may know to refuse the evil, and choose the good. -- isaiah 7:15 +. +For before the child shall know to refuse the evil, and choose the good, the land that you abhor shall be forsaken of both her kings. -- isaiah 7:16 +. +The LORD shall bring on you, and on your people, and on your father' house, days that have not come, from the day that Ephraim departed from Judah; even the king of Assyria. -- isaiah 7:17 +. +And it shall come to pass in that day, that the LORD shall hiss for the fly that is in the uttermost part of the rivers of Egypt, and for the bee that is in the land of Assyria. -- isaiah 7:18 +. +And they shall come, and shall rest all of them in the desolate valleys, and in the holes of the rocks, and on all thorns, and on all bushes. -- isaiah 7:19 +. +In the same day shall the Lord shave with a razor that is hired, namely, by them beyond the river, by the king of Assyria, the head, and the hair of the feet: and it shall also consume the beard. -- isaiah 7:20 +. +And it shall come to pass in that day, that a man shall nourish a young cow, and two sheep; -- isaiah 7:21 +. +And it shall come to pass, for the abundance of milk that they shall give he shall eat butter: for butter and honey shall every one eat that is left in the land. -- isaiah 7:22 +. +And it shall come to pass in that day, that every place shall be, where there were a thousand vines at a thousand sliver coins, it shall even be for briers and thorns. -- isaiah 7:23 +. +With arrows and with bows shall men come thither; because all the land shall become briers and thorns. -- isaiah 7:24 +. +And on all hills that shall be dig with the mattock, there shall not come thither the fear of briers and thorns: but it shall be for the sending forth of oxen, and for the treading of lesser cattle. -- isaiah 7:25 +. +Moreover the LORD said to me, Take you a great roll, and write in it with a man' pen concerning Mahershalalhashbaz. -- isaiah 8:1 +. +And I took to me faithful witnesses to record, Uriah the priest, and Zechariah the son of Jeberechiah. -- isaiah 8:2 +. +And I went to the prophetess; and she conceived, and bore a son. Then said the LORD to me, Call his name Mahershalalhashbaz. -- isaiah 8:3 +. +For before the child shall have knowledge to cry, My father, and my mother, the riches of Damascus and the spoil of Samaria shall be taken away before the king of Assyria. -- isaiah 8:4 +. +The LORD spoke also to me again, saying, -- isaiah 8:5 +. +For as much as this people refuses the waters of Shiloah that go softly, and rejoice in Rezin and Remaliah' son; -- isaiah 8:6 +. +Now therefore, behold, the Lord brings up on them the waters of the river, strong and many, even the king of Assyria, and all his glory: and he shall come up over all his channels, and go over all his banks: -- isaiah 8:7 +. +And he shall pass through Judah; he shall overflow and go over, he shall reach even to the neck; and the stretching out of his wings shall fill the breadth of your land, O Immanuel. -- isaiah 8:8 +. +Associate yourselves, O you people, and you shall be broken in pieces; and give ear, all you of far countries: gird yourselves, and you shall be broken in pieces; gird yourselves, and you shall be broken in pieces. -- isaiah 8:9 +. +Take counsel together, and it shall come to nothing; speak the word, and it shall not stand: for God is with us. -- isaiah 8:10 +. +For the LORD spoke thus to me with a strong hand, and instructed me that I should not walk in the way of this people, saying, -- isaiah 8:11 +. +Say you not, A confederacy, to all them to whom this people shall say, A confederacy; neither fear you their fear, nor be afraid. -- isaiah 8:12 +. +Sanctify the LORD of hosts himself; and let him be your fear, and let him be your dread. -- isaiah 8:13 +. +And he shall be for a sanctuary; but for a stone of stumbling and for a rock of offense to both the houses of Israel, for a gin and for a snare to the inhabitants of Jerusalem. -- isaiah 8:14 +. +And many among them shall stumble, and fall, and be broken, and be snared, and be taken. -- isaiah 8:15 +. +Bind up the testimony, seal the law among my disciples. -- isaiah 8:16 +. +And I will wait on the LORD, that hides his face from the house of Jacob, and I will look for him. -- isaiah 8:17 +. +Behold, I and the children whom the LORD has given me are for signs and for wonders in Israel from the LORD of hosts, which dwells in mount Zion. -- isaiah 8:18 +. +And when they shall say to you, Seek to them that have familiar spirits, and to wizards that peep, and that mutter: should not a people seek to their God? for the living to the dead? -- isaiah 8:19 +. +To the law and to the testimony: if they speak not according to this word, it is because there is no light in them. -- isaiah 8:20 +. +And they shall pass through it, hardly bestead and hungry: and it shall come to pass, that when they shall be hungry, they shall fret themselves, and curse their king and their God, and look upward. -- isaiah 8:21 +. +And they shall look to the earth; and behold trouble and darkness, dimness of anguish; and they shall be driven to darkness. -- isaiah 8:22 +. +Nevertheless the dimness shall not be such as was in her vexation, when at the first he lightly afflicted the land of Zebulun and the land of Naphtali, and afterward did more grievously afflict her by the way of the sea, beyond Jordan, in Galilee of the nations. -- isaiah 9:1 +. +The people that walked in darkness have seen a great light: they that dwell in the land of the shadow of death, on them has the light shined. -- isaiah 9:2 +. +You have multiplied the nation, and not increased the joy: they joy before you according to the joy in harvest, and as men rejoice when they divide the spoil. -- isaiah 9:3 +. +For you have broken the yoke of his burden, and the staff of his shoulder, the rod of his oppressor, as in the day of Midian. -- isaiah 9:4 +. +For every battle of the warrior is with confused noise, and garments rolled in blood; but this shall be with burning and fuel of fire. -- isaiah 9:5 +. +For to us a child is born, to us a son is given: and the government shall be on his shoulder: and his name shall be called Wonderful, Counselor, The mighty God, The everlasting Father, The Prince of Peace. -- isaiah 9:6 +. +Of the increase of his government and peace there shall be no end, on the throne of David, and on his kingdom, to order it, and to establish it with judgment and with justice from now on even for ever. The zeal of the LORD of hosts will perform this. -- isaiah 9:7 +. +The Lord sent a word into Jacob, and it has lighted on Israel. -- isaiah 9:8 +. +And all the people shall know, even Ephraim and the inhabitant of Samaria, that say in the pride and stoutness of heart, -- isaiah 9:9 +. +The bricks are fallen down, but we will build with hewn stones: the sycomores are cut down, but we will change them into cedars. -- isaiah 9:10 +. +Therefore the LORD shall set up the adversaries of Rezin against him, and join his enemies together; -- isaiah 9:11 +. +The Syrians before, and the Philistines behind; and they shall devour Israel with open mouth. For all this his anger is not turned away, but his hand is stretched out still. -- isaiah 9:12 +. +For the people turns not to him that smites them, neither do they seek the LORD of hosts. -- isaiah 9:13 +. +Therefore the LORD will cut off from Israel head and tail, branch and rush, in one day. -- isaiah 9:14 +. +The ancient and honorable, he is the head; and the prophet that teaches lies, he is the tail. -- isaiah 9:15 +. +For the leaders of this people cause them to err; and they that are led of them are destroyed. -- isaiah 9:16 +. +Therefore the LORD shall have no joy in their young men, neither shall have mercy on their fatherless and widows: for every one is an hypocrite and an evildoer, and every mouth speaks folly. For all this his anger is not turned away, but his hand is stretched out still. -- isaiah 9:17 +. +For wickedness burns as the fire: it shall devour the briers and thorns, and shall kindle in the thickets of the forest, and they shall mount up like the lifting up of smoke. -- isaiah 9:18 +. +Through the wrath of the LORD of hosts is the land darkened, and the people shall be as the fuel of the fire: no man shall spare his brother. -- isaiah 9:19 +. +And he shall snatch on the right hand, and be hungry; and he shall eat on the left hand, and they shall not be satisfied: they shall eat every man the flesh of his own arm: -- isaiah 9:20 +. +Manasseh, Ephraim; and Ephraim, Manasseh: and they together shall be against Judah. For all this his anger is not turned away, but his hand is stretched out still. -- isaiah 9:21 +. +Woe to them that decree unrighteous decrees, and that write grievousness which they have prescribed; -- isaiah 10:1 +. +To turn aside the needy from judgment, and to take away the right from the poor of my people, that widows may be their prey, and that they may rob the fatherless! -- isaiah 10:2 +. +And what will you do in the day of visitation, and in the desolation which shall come from far? to whom will you flee for help? and where will you leave your glory? -- isaiah 10:3 +. +Without me they shall bow down under the prisoners, and they shall fall under the slain. For all this his anger is not turned away, but his hand is stretched out still. -- isaiah 10:4 +. +O Assyrian, the rod of my anger, and the staff in their hand is my indignation. -- isaiah 10:5 +. +I will send him against an hypocritical nation, and against the people of my wrath will I give him a charge, to take the spoil, and to take the prey, and to tread them down like the mire of the streets. -- isaiah 10:6 +. +However, he means not so, neither does his heart think so; but it is in his heart to destroy and cut off nations not a few. -- isaiah 10:7 +. +For he said, Are not my princes altogether kings? -- isaiah 10:8 +. +Is not Calno as Carchemish? is not Hamath as Arpad? is not Samaria as Damascus? -- isaiah 10:9 +. +As my hand has found the kingdoms of the idols, and whose graven images did excel them of Jerusalem and of Samaria; -- isaiah 10:10 +. +Shall I not, as I have done to Samaria and her idols, so do to Jerusalem and her idols? -- isaiah 10:11 +. +Why it shall come to pass, that when the Lord has performed his whole work on mount Zion and on Jerusalem, I will punish the fruit of the stout heart of the king of Assyria, and the glory of his high looks. -- isaiah 10:12 +. +For he said, By the strength of my hand I have done it, and by my wisdom; for I am prudent: and I have removed the bounds of the people, and have robbed their treasures, and I have put down the inhabitants like a valiant man: -- isaiah 10:13 +. +And my hand has found as a nest the riches of the people: and as one gathers eggs that are left, have I gathered all the earth; and there was none that moved the wing, or opened the mouth, or peeped. -- isaiah 10:14 +. +Shall the ax boast itself against him that hews therewith? or shall the saw magnify itself against him that shakes it? as if the rod should shake itself against them that lift it up, or as if the staff should lift up itself, as if it were no wood. -- isaiah 10:15 +. +Therefore shall the Lord, the Lord of hosts, send among his fat ones leanness; and under his glory he shall kindle a burning like the burning of a fire. -- isaiah 10:16 +. +And the light of Israel shall be for a fire, and his Holy One for a flame: and it shall burn and devour his thorns and his briers in one day; -- isaiah 10:17 +. +And shall consume the glory of his forest, and of his fruitful field, both soul and body: and they shall be as when a standard-bearer faints. -- isaiah 10:18 +. +And the rest of the trees of his forest shall be few, that a child may write them. -- isaiah 10:19 +. +And it shall come to pass in that day, that the remnant of Israel, and such as are escaped of the house of Jacob, shall no more again stay on him that smote them; but shall stay on the LORD, the Holy One of Israel, in truth. -- isaiah 10:20 +. +The remnant shall return, even the remnant of Jacob, to the mighty God. -- isaiah 10:21 +. +For though your people Israel be as the sand of the sea, yet a remnant of them shall return: the consumption decreed shall overflow with righteousness. -- isaiah 10:22 +. +For the Lord GOD of hosts shall make a consumption, even determined, in the middle of all the land. -- isaiah 10:23 +. +Therefore thus said the Lord GOD of hosts, O my people that dwell in Zion, be not afraid of the Assyrian: he shall smite you with a rod, and shall lift up his staff against you, after the manner of Egypt. -- isaiah 10:24 +. +For yet a very little while, and the indignation shall cease, and my anger in their destruction. -- isaiah 10:25 +. +And the LORD of hosts shall stir up a whip for him according to the slaughter of Midian at the rock of Oreb: and as his rod was on the sea, so shall he lift it up after the manner of Egypt. -- isaiah 10:26 +. +And it shall come to pass in that day, that his burden shall be taken away from off your shoulder, and his yoke from off your neck, and the yoke shall be destroyed because of the anointing. -- isaiah 10:27 +. +He is come to Aiath, he is passed to Migron; at Michmash he has laid up his carriages: -- isaiah 10:28 +. +They are gone over the passage: they have taken up their lodging at Geba; Ramah is afraid; Gibeah of Saul is fled. -- isaiah 10:29 +. +Lift up your voice, O daughter of Gallim: cause it to be heard to Laish, O poor Anathoth. -- isaiah 10:30 +. +Madmenah is removed; the inhabitants of Gebim gather themselves to flee. -- isaiah 10:31 +. +As yet shall he remain at Nob that day: he shall shake his hand against the mount of the daughter of Zion, the hill of Jerusalem. -- isaiah 10:32 +. +Behold, the Lord, the LORD of hosts, shall lop the bough with terror: and the high ones of stature shall be hewn down, and the haughty shall be humbled. -- isaiah 10:33 +. +And he shall cut down the thickets of the forest with iron, and Lebanon shall fall by a mighty one. -- isaiah 10:34 +. +And there shall come forth a rod out of the stem of Jesse, and a Branch shall grow out of his roots: -- isaiah 11:1 +. +And the spirit of the LORD shall rest on him, the spirit of wisdom and understanding, the spirit of counsel and might, the spirit of knowledge and of the fear of the LORD; -- isaiah 11:2 +. +And shall make him of quick understanding in the fear of the LORD: and he shall not judge after the sight of his eyes, neither reprove after the hearing of his ears: -- isaiah 11:3 +. +But with righteousness shall he judge the poor, and reprove with equity for the meek of the earth: and he shall smite the earth: with the rod of his mouth, and with the breath of his lips shall he slay the wicked. -- isaiah 11:4 +. +And righteousness shall be the girdle of his loins, and faithfulness the girdle of his reins. -- isaiah 11:5 +. +The wolf also shall dwell with the lamb, and the leopard shall lie down with the kid; and the calf and the young lion and the fatted calf together; and a little child shall lead them. -- isaiah 11:6 +. +And the cow and the bear shall feed; their young ones shall lie down together: and the lion shall eat straw like the ox. -- isaiah 11:7 +. +And the sucking child shall play on the hole of the asp, and the weaned child shall put his hand on the cockatrice'den. -- isaiah 11:8 +. +They shall not hurt nor destroy in all my holy mountain: for the earth shall be full of the knowledge of the LORD, as the waters cover the sea. -- isaiah 11:9 +. +And in that day there shall be a root of Jesse, which shall stand for an ensign of the people; to it shall the Gentiles seek: and his rest shall be glorious. -- isaiah 11:10 +. +And it shall come to pass in that day, that the Lord shall set his hand again the second time to recover the remnant of his people, which shall be left, from Assyria, and from Egypt, and from Pathros, and from Cush, and from Elam, and from Shinar, and from Hamath, and from the islands of the sea. -- isaiah 11:11 +. +And he shall set up an ensign for the nations, and shall assemble the outcasts of Israel, and gather together the dispersed of Judah from the four corners of the earth. -- isaiah 11:12 +. +The envy also of Ephraim shall depart, and the adversaries of Judah shall be cut off: Ephraim shall not envy Judah, and Judah shall not vex Ephraim. -- isaiah 11:13 +. +But they shall fly on the shoulders of the Philistines toward the west; they shall spoil them of the east together: they shall lay their hand on Edom and Moab; and the children of Ammon shall obey them. -- isaiah 11:14 +. +And the LORD shall utterly destroy the tongue of the Egyptian sea; and with his mighty wind shall he shake his hand over the river, and shall smite it in the seven streams, and make men go over with dry sandals. -- isaiah 11:15 +. +And there shall be an highway for the remnant of his people, which shall be left, from Assyria; like as it was to Israel in the day that he came up out of the land of Egypt. -- isaiah 11:16 +. +And in that day you shall say, O LORD, I will praise you: though you were angry with me, your anger is turned away, and you comforted me. -- isaiah 12:1 +. +Behold, God is my salvation; I will trust, and not be afraid: for the LORD JEHOVAH is my strength and my song; he also is become my salvation. -- isaiah 12:2 +. +Therefore with joy shall you draw water out of the wells of salvation. -- isaiah 12:3 +. +And in that day shall you say, Praise the LORD, call on his name, declare his doings among the people, make mention that his name is exalted. -- isaiah 12:4 +. +Sing to the LORD; for he has done excellent things: this is known in all the earth. -- isaiah 12:5 +. +Cry out and shout, you inhabitant of Zion: for great is the Holy One of Israel in the middle of you. -- isaiah 12:6 +. +The burden of Babylon, which Isaiah the son of Amoz did see. -- isaiah 13:1 +. +Lift you up a banner on the high mountain, exalt the voice to them, shake the hand, that they may go into the gates of the nobles. -- isaiah 13:2 +. +I have commanded my sanctified ones, I have also called my mighty ones for my anger, even them that rejoice in my highness. -- isaiah 13:3 +. +The noise of a multitude in the mountains, like as of a great people; a tumultuous noise of the kingdoms of nations gathered together: the LORD of hosts musters the host of the battle. -- isaiah 13:4 +. +They come from a far country, from the end of heaven, even the LORD, and the weapons of his indignation, to destroy the whole land. -- isaiah 13:5 +. +Howl you; for the day of the LORD is at hand; it shall come as a destruction from the Almighty. -- isaiah 13:6 +. +Therefore shall all hands be faint, and every man' heart shall melt: -- isaiah 13:7 +. +And they shall be afraid: pangs and sorrows shall take hold of them; they shall be in pain as a woman that travails: they shall be amazed one at another; their faces shall be as flames. -- isaiah 13:8 +. +Behold, the day of the LORD comes, cruel both with wrath and fierce anger, to lay the land desolate: and he shall destroy the sinners thereof out of it. -- isaiah 13:9 +. +For the stars of heaven and the constellations thereof shall not give their light: the sun shall be darkened in his going forth, and the moon shall not cause her light to shine. -- isaiah 13:10 +. +And I will punish the world for their evil, and the wicked for their iniquity; and I will cause the arrogance of the proud to cease, and will lay low the haughtiness of the terrible. -- isaiah 13:11 +. +I will make a man more precious than fine gold; even a man than the golden wedge of Ophir. -- isaiah 13:12 +. +Therefore I will shake the heavens, and the earth shall remove out of her place, in the wrath of the LORD of hosts, and in the day of his fierce anger. -- isaiah 13:13 +. +And it shall be as the chased roe, and as a sheep that no man takes up: they shall every man turn to his own people, and flee every one into his own land. -- isaiah 13:14 +. +Every one that is found shall be thrust through; and every one that is joined to them shall fall by the sword. -- isaiah 13:15 +. +Their children also shall be dashed to pieces before their eyes; their houses shall be spoiled, and their wives ravished. -- isaiah 13:16 +. +Behold, I will stir up the Medes against them, which shall not regard silver; and as for gold, they shall not delight in it. -- isaiah 13:17 +. +Their bows also shall dash the young men to pieces; and they shall have no pity on the fruit of the womb; their eyes shall not spare children. -- isaiah 13:18 +. +And Babylon, the glory of kingdoms, the beauty of the Chaldees'excellency, shall be as when God overthrew Sodom and Gomorrah. -- isaiah 13:19 +. +It shall never be inhabited, neither shall it be dwelled in from generation to generation: neither shall the Arabian pitch tent there; neither shall the shepherds make their fold there. -- isaiah 13:20 +. +But wild beasts of the desert shall lie there; and their houses shall be full of doleful creatures; and owls shall dwell there, and satyrs shall dance there. -- isaiah 13:21 +. +And the wild beasts of the islands shall cry in their desolate houses, and dragons in their pleasant palaces: and her time is near to come, and her days shall not be prolonged. -- isaiah 13:22 +. +For the LORD will have mercy on Jacob, and will yet choose Israel, and set them in their own land: and the strangers shall be joined with them, and they shall join to the house of Jacob. -- isaiah 14:1 +. +And the people shall take them, and bring them to their place: and the house of Israel shall possess them in the land of the LORD for servants and handmaids: and they shall take them captives, whose captives they were; and they shall rule over their oppressors. -- isaiah 14:2 +. +And it shall come to pass in the day that the LORD shall give you rest from your sorrow, and from your fear, and from the hard bondage wherein you were made to serve, -- isaiah 14:3 +. +That you shall take up this proverb against the king of Babylon, and say, How has the oppressor ceased! the golden city ceased! -- isaiah 14:4 +. +The LORD has broken the staff of the wicked, and the scepter of the rulers. -- isaiah 14:5 +. +He who smote the people in wrath with a continual stroke, he that ruled the nations in anger, is persecuted, and none hinders. -- isaiah 14:6 +. +The whole earth is at rest, and is quiet: they break forth into singing. -- isaiah 14:7 +. +Yes, the fir trees rejoice at you, and the cedars of Lebanon, saying, Since you are laid down, no feller is come up against us. -- isaiah 14:8 +. +Hell from beneath is moved for you to meet you at your coming: it stirs up the dead for you, even all the chief ones of the earth; it has raised up from their thrones all the kings of the nations. -- isaiah 14:9 +. +All they shall speak and say to you, Are you also become weak as we? are you become like to us? -- isaiah 14:10 +. +Your pomp is brought down to the grave, and the noise of your viols: the worm is spread under you, and the worms cover you. -- isaiah 14:11 +. +How are you fallen from heaven, O Lucifer, son of the morning! how are you cut down to the ground, which did weaken the nations! -- isaiah 14:12 +. +For you have said in your heart, I will ascend into heaven, I will exalt my throne above the stars of God: I will sit also on the mount of the congregation, in the sides of the north: -- isaiah 14:13 +. +I will ascend above the heights of the clouds; I will be like the most High. -- isaiah 14:14 +. +Yet you shall be brought down to hell, to the sides of the pit. -- isaiah 14:15 +. +They that see you shall narrowly look on you, and consider you, saying, Is this the man that made the earth to tremble, that did shake kingdoms; -- isaiah 14:16 +. +That made the world as a wilderness, and destroyed the cities thereof; that opened not the house of his prisoners? -- isaiah 14:17 +. +All the kings of the nations, even all of them, lie in glory, every one in his own house. -- isaiah 14:18 +. +But you are cast out of your grave like an abominable branch, and as the raiment of those that are slain, thrust through with a sword, that go down to the stones of the pit; as a carcass trodden under feet. -- isaiah 14:19 +. +You shall not be joined with them in burial, because you have destroyed your land, and slain your people: the seed of evildoers shall never be renowned. -- isaiah 14:20 +. +Prepare slaughter for his children for the iniquity of their fathers; that they do not rise, nor possess the land, nor fill the face of the world with cities. -- isaiah 14:21 +. +For I will rise up against them, said the LORD of hosts, and cut off from Babylon the name, and remnant, and son, and nephew, said the LORD. -- isaiah 14:22 +. +I will also make it a possession for the bittern, and pools of water: and I will sweep it with the besom of destruction, said the LORD of hosts. -- isaiah 14:23 +. +The LORD of hosts has sworn, saying, Surely as I have thought, so shall it come to pass; and as I have purposed, so shall it stand: -- isaiah 14:24 +. +That I will break the Assyrian in my land, and on my mountains tread him under foot: then shall his yoke depart from off them, and his burden depart from off their shoulders. -- isaiah 14:25 +. +This is the purpose that is purposed on the whole earth: and this is the hand that is stretched out on all the nations. -- isaiah 14:26 +. +For the LORD of hosts has purposed, and who shall cancel it? and his hand is stretched out, and who shall turn it back? -- isaiah 14:27 +. +In the year that king Ahaz died was this burden. -- isaiah 14:28 +. +Rejoice not you, whole Palestina, because the rod of him that smote you is broken: for out of the serpent' root shall come forth a cockatrice, and his fruit shall be a fiery flying serpent. -- isaiah 14:29 +. +And the firstborn of the poor shall feed, and the needy shall lie down in safety: and I will kill your root with famine, and he shall slay your remnant. -- isaiah 14:30 +. +Howl, O gate; cry, O city; you, whole Palestina, are dissolved: for there shall come from the north a smoke, and none shall be alone in his appointed times. -- isaiah 14:31 +. +What shall one then answer the messengers of the nation? That the LORD has founded Zion, and the poor of his people shall trust in it. -- isaiah 14:32 +. +The burden of Moab. Because in the night Ar of Moab is laid waste, and brought to silence; because in the night Kir of Moab is laid waste, and brought to silence; -- isaiah 15:1 +. +He is gone up to Bajith, and to Dibon, the high places, to weep: Moab shall howl over Nebo, and over Medeba: on all their heads shall be baldness, and every beard cut off. -- isaiah 15:2 +. +In their streets they shall gird themselves with sackcloth: on the tops of their houses, and in their streets, every one shall howl, weeping abundantly. -- isaiah 15:3 +. +And Heshbon shall cry, and Elealeh: their voice shall be heard even to Jahaz: therefore the armed soldiers of Moab shall cry out; his life shall be grievous to him. -- isaiah 15:4 +. +My heart shall cry out for Moab; his fugitives shall flee to Zoar, an heifer of three years old: for by the mounting up of Luhith with weeping shall they go it up; for in the way of Horonaim they shall raise up a cry of destruction. -- isaiah 15:5 +. +For the waters of Nimrim shall be desolate: for the hay is withered away, the grass fails, there is no green thing. -- isaiah 15:6 +. +Therefore the abundance they have gotten, and that which they have laid up, shall they carry away to the brook of the willows. -- isaiah 15:7 +. +For the cry is gone round about the borders of Moab; the howling thereof to Eglaim, and the howling thereof to Beerelim. -- isaiah 15:8 +. +For the waters of Dimon shall be full of blood: for I will bring more on Dimon, lions on him that escapes of Moab, and on the remnant of the land. -- isaiah 15:9 +. +Send you the lamb to the ruler of the land from Sela to the wilderness, to the mount of the daughter of Zion. -- isaiah 16:1 +. +For it shall be, that, as a wandering bird cast out of the nest, so the daughters of Moab shall be at the fords of Arnon. -- isaiah 16:2 +. +Take counsel, execute judgment; make your shadow as the night in the middle of the noonday; hide the outcasts; denude not him that wanders. -- isaiah 16:3 +. +Let my outcasts dwell with you, Moab; be you a covert to them from the face of the spoiler: for the extortionist is at an end, the spoiler ceases, the oppressors are consumed out of the land. -- isaiah 16:4 +. +And in mercy shall the throne be established: and he shall sit on it in truth in the tabernacle of David, judging, and seeking judgment, and hastening righteousness. -- isaiah 16:5 +. +We have heard of the pride of Moab; he is very proud: even of his haughtiness, and his pride, and his wrath: but his lies shall not be so. -- isaiah 16:6 +. +Therefore shall Moab howl for Moab, every one shall howl: for the foundations of Kirhareseth shall you mourn; surely they are stricken. -- isaiah 16:7 +. +For the fields of Heshbon languish, and the vine of Sibmah: the lords of the heathen have broken down the principal plants thereof, they are come even to Jazer, they wandered through the wilderness: her branches are stretched out, they are gone over the sea. -- isaiah 16:8 +. +Therefore I will mourn with the weeping of Jazer the vine of Sibmah: I will water you with my tears, O Heshbon, and Elealeh: for the shouting for your summer fruits and for your harvest is fallen. -- isaiah 16:9 +. +And gladness is taken away, and joy out of the plentiful field; and in the vineyards there shall be no singing, neither shall there be shouting: the treaders shall tread out no wine in their presses; I have made their vintage shouting to cease. -- isaiah 16:10 +. +Why my bowels shall sound like an harp for Moab, and my inward parts for Kirharesh. -- isaiah 16:11 +. +And it shall come to pass, when it is seen that Moab is weary on the high place, that he shall come to his sanctuary to pray; but he shall not prevail. -- isaiah 16:12 +. +This is the word that the LORD has spoken concerning Moab since that time. -- isaiah 16:13 +. +But now the LORD has spoken, saying, Within three years, as the years of an hireling, and the glory of Moab shall be contemned, with all that great multitude; and the remnant shall be very small and feeble. -- isaiah 16:14 +. +The burden of Damascus. Behold, Damascus is taken away from being a city, and it shall be a ruinous heap. -- isaiah 17:1 +. +The cities of Aroer are forsaken: they shall be for flocks, which shall lie down, and none shall make them afraid. -- isaiah 17:2 +. +The fortress also shall cease from Ephraim, and the kingdom from Damascus, and the remnant of Syria: they shall be as the glory of the children of Israel, said the LORD of hosts. -- isaiah 17:3 +. +And in that day it shall come to pass, that the glory of Jacob shall be made thin, and the fatness of his flesh shall wax lean. -- isaiah 17:4 +. +And it shall be as when the harvestman gathers the corn, and reaps the ears with his arm; and it shall be as he that gathers ears in the valley of Rephaim. -- isaiah 17:5 +. +Yet gleaning grapes shall be left in it, as the shaking of an olive tree, two or three berries in the top of the uppermost bough, four or five in the outmost fruitful branches thereof, said the LORD God of Israel. -- isaiah 17:6 +. +At that day shall a man look to his Maker, and his eyes shall have respect to the Holy One of Israel. -- isaiah 17:7 +. +And he shall not look to the altars, the work of his hands, neither shall respect that which his fingers have made, either the groves, or the images. -- isaiah 17:8 +. +In that day shall his strong cities be as a forsaken bough, and an uppermost branch, which they left because of the children of Israel: and there shall be desolation. -- isaiah 17:9 +. +Because you have forgotten the God of your salvation, and have not been mindful of the rock of your strength, therefore shall you plant pleasant plants, and shall set it with strange slips: -- isaiah 17:10 +. +In the day shall you make your plant to grow, and in the morning shall you make your seed to flourish: but the harvest shall be a heap in the day of grief and of desperate sorrow. -- isaiah 17:11 +. +Woe to the multitude of many people, which make a noise like the noise of the seas; and to the rushing of nations, that make a rushing like the rushing of mighty waters! -- isaiah 17:12 +. +The nations shall rush like the rushing of many waters: but God shall rebuke them, and they shall flee far off, and shall be chased as the chaff of the mountains before the wind, and like a rolling thing before the whirlwind. -- isaiah 17:13 +. +And behold at evening trouble; and before the morning he is not. This is the portion of them that spoil us, and the lot of them that rob us. -- isaiah 17:14 +. +Woe to the land shadowing with wings, which is beyond the rivers of Ethiopia: -- isaiah 18:1 +. +That sends ambassadors by the sea, even in vessels of bulrushes on the waters, saying, Go, you swift messengers, to a nation scattered and peeled, to a people terrible from their beginning till now; a nation meted out and trodden down, whose land the rivers have spoiled! -- isaiah 18:2 +. +All you inhabitants of the world, and dwellers on the earth, see you, when he lifts up an ensign on the mountains; and when he blows a trumpet, hear you. -- isaiah 18:3 +. +For so the LORD said to me, I will take my rest, and I will consider in my dwelling place like a clear heat on herbs, and like a cloud of dew in the heat of harvest. -- isaiah 18:4 +. +For before the harvest, when the bud is perfect, and the sour grape is ripening in the flower, he shall both cut off the sprigs with pruning hooks, and take away and cut down the branches. -- isaiah 18:5 +. +They shall be left together to the fowls of the mountains, and to the beasts of the earth: and the fowls shall summer on them, and all the beasts of the earth shall winter on them. -- isaiah 18:6 +. +In that time shall the present be brought to the LORD of hosts of a people scattered and peeled, and from a people terrible from their beginning till now; a nation meted out and trodden under foot, whose land the rivers have spoiled, to the place of the name of the LORD of hosts, the mount Zion. -- isaiah 18:7 +. +The burden of Egypt. Behold, the LORD rides on a swift cloud, and shall come into Egypt: and the idols of Egypt shall be moved at his presence, and the heart of Egypt shall melt in the middle of it. -- isaiah 19:1 +. +And I will set the Egyptians against the Egyptians: and they shall fight every one against his brother, and every one against his neighbor; city against city, and kingdom against kingdom. -- isaiah 19:2 +. +And the spirit of Egypt shall fail in the middle thereof; and I will destroy the counsel thereof: and they shall seek to the idols, and to the charmers, and to them that have familiar spirits, and to the wizards. -- isaiah 19:3 +. +And the Egyptians will I give over into the hand of a cruel lord; and a fierce king shall rule over them, said the Lord, the LORD of hosts. -- isaiah 19:4 +. +And the waters shall fail from the sea, and the river shall be wasted and dried up. -- isaiah 19:5 +. +And they shall turn the rivers far away; and the brooks of defense shall be emptied and dried up: the reeds and flags shall wither. -- isaiah 19:6 +. +The paper reeds by the brooks, by the mouth of the brooks, and every thing sown by the brooks, shall wither, be driven away, and be no more. -- isaiah 19:7 +. +The fishers also shall mourn, and all they that cast angle into the brooks shall lament, and they that spread nets on the waters shall languish. -- isaiah 19:8 +. +Moreover they that work in fine flax, and they that weave networks, shall be confounded. -- isaiah 19:9 +. +And they shall be broken in the purposes thereof, all that make sluices and ponds for fish. -- isaiah 19:10 +. +Surely the princes of Zoan are fools, the counsel of the wise counsellors of Pharaoh is become brutish: how say you to Pharaoh, I am the son of the wise, the son of ancient kings? -- isaiah 19:11 +. +Where are they? where are your wise men? and let them tell you now, and let them know what the LORD of hosts has purposed on Egypt. -- isaiah 19:12 +. +The princes of Zoan are become fools, the princes of Noph are deceived; they have also seduced Egypt, even they that are the stay of the tribes thereof. -- isaiah 19:13 +. +The LORD has mingled a perverse spirit in the middle thereof: and they have caused Egypt to err in every work thereof, as a drunken man staggers in his vomit. -- isaiah 19:14 +. +Neither shall there be any work for Egypt, which the head or tail, branch or rush, may do. -- isaiah 19:15 +. +In that day shall Egypt be like to women: and it shall be afraid and fear because of the shaking of the hand of the LORD of hosts, which he shakes over it. -- isaiah 19:16 +. +And the land of Judah shall be a terror to Egypt, every one that makes mention thereof shall be afraid in himself, because of the counsel of the LORD of hosts, which he has determined against it. -- isaiah 19:17 +. +In that day shall five cities in the land of Egypt speak the language of Canaan, and swear to the LORD of hosts; one shall be called, The city of destruction. -- isaiah 19:18 +. +In that day shall there be an altar to the LORD in the middle of the land of Egypt, and a pillar at the border thereof to the LORD. -- isaiah 19:19 +. +And it shall be for a sign and for a witness to the LORD of hosts in the land of Egypt: for they shall cry to the LORD because of the oppressors, and he shall send them a savior, and a great one, and he shall deliver them. -- isaiah 19:20 +. +And the LORD shall be known to Egypt, and the Egyptians shall know the LORD in that day, and shall do sacrifice and oblation; yes, they shall vow a vow to the LORD, and perform it. -- isaiah 19:21 +. +And the LORD shall smite Egypt: he shall smite and heal it: and they shall return even to the LORD, and he shall be entreated of them, and shall heal them. -- isaiah 19:22 +. +In that day shall there be a highway out of Egypt to Assyria, and the Assyrian shall come into Egypt, and the Egyptian into Assyria, and the Egyptians shall serve with the Assyrians. -- isaiah 19:23 +. +In that day shall Israel be the third with Egypt and with Assyria, even a blessing in the middle of the land: -- isaiah 19:24 +. +Whom the LORD of hosts shall bless, saying, Blessed be Egypt my people, and Assyria the work of my hands, and Israel my inheritance. -- isaiah 19:25 +. +In the year that Tartan came to Ashdod, (when Sargon the king of Assyria sent him,) and fought against Ashdod, and took it; -- isaiah 20:1 +. +At the same time spoke the LORD by Isaiah the son of Amoz, saying, Go and loose the sackcloth from off your loins, and put off your shoe from your foot. And he did so, walking naked and barefoot. -- isaiah 20:2 +. +And the LORD said, Like as my servant Isaiah has walked naked and barefoot three years for a sign and wonder on Egypt and on Ethiopia; -- isaiah 20:3 +. +So shall the king of Assyria lead away the Egyptians prisoners, and the Ethiopians captives, young and old, naked and barefoot, even with their buttocks uncovered, to the shame of Egypt. -- isaiah 20:4 +. +And they shall be afraid and ashamed of Ethiopia their expectation, and of Egypt their glory. -- isaiah 20:5 +. +And the inhabitant of this isle shall say in that day, Behold, such is our expectation, where we flee for help to be delivered from the king of Assyria: and how shall we escape? -- isaiah 20:6 +. +The burden of the desert of the sea. As whirlwinds in the south pass through; so it comes from the desert, from a terrible land. -- isaiah 21:1 +. +A grievous vision is declared to me; the treacherous dealer deals treacherously, and the spoiler spoils. Go up, O Elam: besiege, O Media; all the sighing thereof have I made to cease. -- isaiah 21:2 +. +Therefore are my loins filled with pain: pangs have taken hold on me, as the pangs of a woman that travails: I was bowed down at the hearing of it; I was dismayed at the seeing of it. -- isaiah 21:3 +. +My heart panted, fearfulness affrighted me: the night of my pleasure has he turned into fear to me. -- isaiah 21:4 +. +Prepare the table, watch in the watchtower, eat, drink: arise, you princes, and anoint the shield. -- isaiah 21:5 +. +For thus has the LORD said to me, Go, set a watchman, let him declare what he sees. -- isaiah 21:6 +. +And he saw a chariot with a couple of horsemen, a chariot of asses, and a chariot of camels; and he listened diligently with much heed: -- isaiah 21:7 +. +And he cried, A lion: My lord, I stand continually on the watchtower in the daytime, and I am set in my ward whole nights: -- isaiah 21:8 +. +And, behold, here comes a chariot of men, with a couple of horsemen. And he answered and said, Babylon is fallen, is fallen; and all the graven images of her gods he has broken to the ground. -- isaiah 21:9 +. +O my threshing, and the corn of my floor: that which I have heard of the LORD of hosts, the God of Israel, have I declared to you. -- isaiah 21:10 +. +The burden of Dumah. He calls to me out of Seir, Watchman, what of the night? Watchman, what of the night? -- isaiah 21:11 +. +The watchman said, The morning comes, and also the night: if you will inquire, inquire you: return, come. -- isaiah 21:12 +. +The burden on Arabia. In the forest in Arabia shall you lodge, O you traveling companies of Dedanim. -- isaiah 21:13 +. +The inhabitants of the land of Tema brought water to him that was thirsty, they prevented with their bread him that fled. -- isaiah 21:14 +. +For they fled from the swords, from the drawn sword, and from the bent bow, and from the grievousness of war. -- isaiah 21:15 +. +For thus has the LORD said to me, Within a year, according to the years of an hireling, and all the glory of Kedar shall fail: -- isaiah 21:16 +. +And the residue of the number of archers, the mighty men of the children of Kedar, shall be diminished: for the LORD God of Israel has spoken it. -- isaiah 21:17 +. +The burden of the valley of vision. What ails you now, that you are wholly gone up to the housetops? -- isaiah 22:1 +. +You that are full of stirs, a tumultuous city, joyous city: your slain men are not slain with the sword, nor dead in battle. -- isaiah 22:2 +. +All your rulers are fled together, they are bound by the archers: all that are found in you are bound together, which have fled from far. -- isaiah 22:3 +. +Therefore said I, Look away from me; I will weep bitterly, labor not to comfort me, because of the spoiling of the daughter of my people. -- isaiah 22:4 +. +For it is a day of trouble, and of treading down, and of perplexity by the Lord GOD of hosts in the valley of vision, breaking down the walls, and of crying to the mountains. -- isaiah 22:5 +. +And Elam bore the quiver with chariots of men and horsemen, and Kir uncovered the shield. -- isaiah 22:6 +. +And it shall come to pass, that your choicest valleys shall be full of chariots, and the horsemen shall set themselves in array at the gate. -- isaiah 22:7 +. +And he discovered the covering of Judah, and you did look in that day to the armor of the house of the forest. -- isaiah 22:8 +. +You have seen also the breaches of the city of David, that they are many: and you gathered together the waters of the lower pool. -- isaiah 22:9 +. +And you have numbered the houses of Jerusalem, and the houses have you broken down to fortify the wall. -- isaiah 22:10 +. +You made also a ditch between the two walls for the water of the old pool: but you have not looked to the maker thereof, neither had respect to him that fashioned it long ago. -- isaiah 22:11 +. +And in that day did the Lord GOD of hosts call to weeping, and to mourning, and to baldness, and to girding with sackcloth: -- isaiah 22:12 +. +And behold joy and gladness, slaying oxen, and killing sheep, eating flesh, and drinking wine: let us eat and drink; for to morrow we shall die. -- isaiah 22:13 +. +And it was revealed in my ears by the LORD of hosts, Surely this iniquity shall not be purged from you till you die, said the Lord GOD of hosts. -- isaiah 22:14 +. +Thus said the Lord GOD of hosts, Go, get you to this treasurer, even to Shebna, which is over the house, and say, -- isaiah 22:15 +. +What have you here? and whom have you here, that you have hewed you out a sepulcher here, as he that hews him out a sepulcher on high, and that engraves an habitation for himself in a rock? -- isaiah 22:16 +. +Behold, the LORD will carry you away with a mighty captivity, and will surely cover you. -- isaiah 22:17 +. +He will surely violently turn and toss you like a ball into a large country: there shall you die, and there the chariots of your glory shall be the shame of your lord' house. -- isaiah 22:18 +. +And I will drive you from your station, and from your state shall he pull you down. -- isaiah 22:19 +. +And it shall come to pass in that day, that I will call my servant Eliakim the son of Hilkiah: -- isaiah 22:20 +. +And I will clothe him with your robe, and strengthen him with your girdle, and I will commit your government into his hand: and he shall be a father to the inhabitants of Jerusalem, and to the house of Judah. -- isaiah 22:21 +. +And the key of the house of David will I lay on his shoulder; so he shall open, and none shall shut; and he shall shut, and none shall open. -- isaiah 22:22 +. +And I will fasten him as a nail in a sure place; and he shall be for a glorious throne to his father' house. -- isaiah 22:23 +. +And they shall hang on him all the glory of his father' house, the offspring and the issue, all vessels of small quantity, from the vessels of cups, even to all the vessels of flagons. -- isaiah 22:24 +. +In that day, said the LORD of hosts, shall the nail that is fastened in the sure place be removed, and be cut down, and fall; and the burden that was on it shall be cut off: for the LORD has spoken it. -- isaiah 22:25 +. +The burden of Tyre. Howl, you ships of Tarshish; for it is laid waste, so that there is no house, no entering in: from the land of Chittim it is revealed to them. -- isaiah 23:1 +. +Be still, you inhabitants of the isle; you whom the merchants of Zidon, that pass over the sea, have replenished. -- isaiah 23:2 +. +And by great waters the seed of Sihor, the harvest of the river, is her revenue; and she is a mart of nations. -- isaiah 23:3 +. +Be you ashamed, O Zidon: for the sea has spoken, even the strength of the sea, saying, I travail not, nor bring forth children, neither do I nourish up young men, nor bring up virgins. -- isaiah 23:4 +. +As at the report concerning Egypt, so shall they be sorely pained at the report of Tyre. -- isaiah 23:5 +. +Pass you over to Tarshish; howl, you inhabitants of the isle. -- isaiah 23:6 +. +Is this your joyous city, whose antiquity is of ancient days? her own feet shall carry her afar off to sojourn. -- isaiah 23:7 +. +Who has taken this counsel against Tyre, the crowning city, whose merchants are princes, whose traffickers are the honorable of the earth? -- isaiah 23:8 +. +The LORD of hosts has purposed it, to stain the pride of all glory, and to bring into contempt all the honorable of the earth. -- isaiah 23:9 +. +Pass through your land as a river, O daughter of Tarshish: there is no more strength. -- isaiah 23:10 +. +He stretched out his hand over the sea, he shook the kingdoms: the LORD has given a commandment against the merchant city, to destroy the strong holds thereof. -- isaiah 23:11 +. +And he said, You shall no more rejoice, O you oppressed virgin, daughter of Zidon: arise, pass over to Chittim; there also shall you have no rest. -- isaiah 23:12 +. +Behold the land of the Chaldeans; this people was not, till the Assyrian founded it for them that dwell in the wilderness: they set up the towers thereof, they raised up the palaces thereof; and he brought it to ruin. -- isaiah 23:13 +. +Howl, you ships of Tarshish: for your strength is laid waste. -- isaiah 23:14 +. +And it shall come to pass in that day, that Tyre shall be forgotten seventy years, according to the days of one king: after the end of seventy years shall Tyre sing as an harlot. -- isaiah 23:15 +. +Take an harp, go about the city, you harlot that have been forgotten; make sweet melody, sing many songs, that you may be remembered. -- isaiah 23:16 +. +And it shall come to pass after the end of seventy years, that the LORD will visit Tyre, and she shall turn to her hire, and shall commit fornication with all the kingdoms of the world on the face of the earth. -- isaiah 23:17 +. +And her merchandise and her hire shall be holiness to the LORD: it shall not be treasured nor laid up; for her merchandise shall be for them that dwell before the LORD, to eat sufficiently, and for durable clothing. -- isaiah 23:18 +. +Behold, the LORD makes the earth empty, and makes it waste, and turns it upside down, and scatters abroad the inhabitants thereof. -- isaiah 24:1 +. +And it shall be, as with the people, so with the priest; as with the servant, so with his master; as with the maid, so with her mistress; as with the buyer, so with the seller; as with the lender, so with the borrower; as with the taker of usury, so with the giver of usury to him. -- isaiah 24:2 +. +The land shall be utterly emptied, and utterly spoiled: for the LORD has spoken this word. -- isaiah 24:3 +. +The earth mourns and fades away, the world languishes and fades away, the haughty people of the earth do languish. -- isaiah 24:4 +. +The earth also is defiled under the inhabitants thereof; because they have transgressed the laws, changed the ordinance, broken the everlasting covenant. -- isaiah 24:5 +. +Therefore has the curse devoured the earth, and they that dwell therein are desolate: therefore the inhabitants of the earth are burned, and few men left. -- isaiah 24:6 +. +The new wine mourns, the vine languishes, all the merry hearted do sigh. -- isaiah 24:7 +. +The mirth of tabrets ceases, the noise of them that rejoice ends, the joy of the harp ceases. -- isaiah 24:8 +. +They shall not drink wine with a song; strong drink shall be bitter to them that drink it. -- isaiah 24:9 +. +The city of confusion is broken down: every house is shut up, that no man may come in. -- isaiah 24:10 +. +There is a crying for wine in the streets; all joy is darkened, the mirth of the land is gone. -- isaiah 24:11 +. +In the city is left desolation, and the gate is smitten with destruction. -- isaiah 24:12 +. +When thus it shall be in the middle of the land among the people, there shall be as the shaking of an olive tree, and as the gleaning grapes when the vintage is done. -- isaiah 24:13 +. +They shall lift up their voice, they shall sing for the majesty of the LORD, they shall cry aloud from the sea. -- isaiah 24:14 +. +Why glorify you the LORD in the fires, even the name of the LORD God of Israel in the isles of the sea. -- isaiah 24:15 +. +From the uttermost part of the earth have we heard songs, even glory to the righteous. But I said, My leanness, my leanness, woe to me! the treacherous dealers have dealt treacherously; yes, the treacherous dealers have dealt very treacherously. -- isaiah 24:16 +. +Fear, and the pit, and the snare, are on you, O inhabitant of the earth. -- isaiah 24:17 +. +And it shall come to pass, that he who flees from the noise of the fear shall fall into the pit; and he that comes up out of the middle of the pit shall be taken in the snare: for the windows from on high are open, and the foundations of the earth do shake. -- isaiah 24:18 +. +The earth is utterly broken down, the earth is clean dissolved, the earth is moved exceedingly. -- isaiah 24:19 +. +The earth shall reel to and fro like a drunkard, and shall be removed like a cottage; and the transgression thereof shall be heavy on it; and it shall fall, and not rise again. -- isaiah 24:20 +. +And it shall come to pass in that day, that the LORD shall punish the host of the high ones that are on high, and the kings of the earth on the earth. -- isaiah 24:21 +. +And they shall be gathered together, as prisoners are gathered in the pit, and shall be shut up in the prison, and after many days shall they be visited. -- isaiah 24:22 +. +Then the moon shall be confounded, and the sun ashamed, when the LORD of hosts shall reign in mount Zion, and in Jerusalem, and before his ancients gloriously. -- isaiah 24:23 +. +O Lord, you are my God; I will exalt you, I will praise your name; for you have done wonderful things; your counsels of old are faithfulness and truth. -- isaiah 25:1 +. +For you have made of a city an heap; of a defended city a ruin: a palace of strangers to be no city; it shall never be built. -- isaiah 25:2 +. +Therefore shall the strong people glorify you, the city of the terrible nations shall fear you. -- isaiah 25:3 +. +For you have been a strength to the poor, a strength to the needy in his distress, a refuge from the storm, a shadow from the heat, when the blast of the terrible ones is as a storm against the wall. -- isaiah 25:4 +. +You shall bring down the noise of strangers, as the heat in a dry place; even the heat with the shadow of a cloud: the branch of the terrible ones shall be brought low. -- isaiah 25:5 +. +And in this mountain shall the LORD of hosts make to all people a feast of fat things, a feast of wines on the lees, of fat things full of marrow, of wines on the lees well refined. -- isaiah 25:6 +. +And he will destroy in this mountain the face of the covering cast over all people, and the veil that is spread over all nations. -- isaiah 25:7 +. +He will swallow up death in victory; and the Lord GOD will wipe away tears from off all faces; and the rebuke of his people shall he take away from off all the earth: for the LORD has spoken it. -- isaiah 25:8 +. +And it shall be said in that day, See, this is our God; we have waited for him, and he will save us: this is the LORD; we have waited for him, we will be glad and rejoice in his salvation. -- isaiah 25:9 +. +For in this mountain shall the hand of the LORD rest, and Moab shall be trodden down under him, even as straw is trodden down for the dunghill. -- isaiah 25:10 +. +And he shall spread forth his hands in the middle of them, as he that swims spreads forth his hands to swim: and he shall bring down their pride together with the spoils of their hands. -- isaiah 25:11 +. +And the fortress of the high fort of your walls shall he bring down, lay low, and bring to the ground, even to the dust. -- isaiah 25:12 +. +In that day shall this song be sung in the land of Judah; We have a strong city; salvation will God appoint for walls and bulwarks. -- isaiah 26:1 +. +Open you the gates, that the righteous nation which keeps the truth may enter in. -- isaiah 26:2 +. +You will keep him in perfect peace, whose mind is stayed on you: because he trusts in you. -- isaiah 26:3 +. +Trust you in the LORD for ever: for in the LORD JEHOVAH is everlasting strength: -- isaiah 26:4 +. +For he brings down them that dwell on high; the lofty city, he lays it low; he lays it low, even to the ground; he brings it even to the dust. -- isaiah 26:5 +. +The foot shall tread it down, even the feet of the poor, and the steps of the needy. -- isaiah 26:6 +. +The way of the just is uprightness: you, most upright, do weigh the path of the just. -- isaiah 26:7 +. +Yes, in the way of your judgments, O LORD, have we waited for you; the desire of our soul is to your name, and to the remembrance of you. -- isaiah 26:8 +. +With my soul have I desired you in the night; yes, with my spirit within me will I seek you early: for when your judgments are in the earth, the inhabitants of the world will learn righteousness. -- isaiah 26:9 +. +Let favor be showed to the wicked, yet will he not learn righteousness: in the land of uprightness will he deal unjustly, and will not behold the majesty of the LORD. -- isaiah 26:10 +. +LORD, when your hand is lifted up, they will not see: but they shall see, and be ashamed for their envy at the people; yes, the fire of your enemies shall devour them. -- isaiah 26:11 +. +LORD, you will ordain peace for us: for you also have worked all our works in us. -- isaiah 26:12 +. +O LORD our God, other lords beside you have had dominion over us: but by you only will we make mention of your name. -- isaiah 26:13 +. +They are dead, they shall not live; they are deceased, they shall not rise: therefore have you visited and destroyed them, and made all their memory to perish. -- isaiah 26:14 +. +You have increased the nation, O LORD, you have increased the nation: you are glorified: you had removed it far to all the ends of the earth. -- isaiah 26:15 +. +LORD, in trouble have they visited you, they poured out a prayer when your chastening was on them. -- isaiah 26:16 +. +Like as a woman with child, that draws near the time of her delivery, is in pain, and cries out in her pangs; so have we been in your sight, O LORD. -- isaiah 26:17 +. +We have been with child, we have been in pain, we have as it were brought forth wind; we have not worked any deliverance in the earth; neither have the inhabitants of the world fallen. -- isaiah 26:18 +. +Your dead men shall live, together with my dead body shall they arise. Awake and sing, you that dwell in dust: for your dew is as the dew of herbs, and the earth shall cast out the dead. -- isaiah 26:19 +. +Come, my people, enter you into your chambers, and shut your doors about you: hide yourself as it were for a little moment, until the indignation be over. -- isaiah 26:20 +. +For, behold, the LORD comes out of his place to punish the inhabitants of the earth for their iniquity: the earth also shall disclose her blood, and shall no more cover her slain. -- isaiah 26:21 +. +In that day the LORD with his sore and great and strong sword shall punish leviathan the piercing serpent, even leviathan that crooked serpent; and he shall slay the dragon that is in the sea. -- isaiah 27:1 +. +In that day sing you to her, A vineyard of red wine. -- isaiah 27:2 +. +I the LORD do keep it; I will water it every moment: lest any hurt it, I will keep it night and day. -- isaiah 27:3 +. +Fury is not in me: who would set the briers and thorns against me in battle? I would go through them, I would burn them together. -- isaiah 27:4 +. +Or let him take hold of my strength, that he may make peace with me; and he shall make peace with me. -- isaiah 27:5 +. +He shall cause them that come of Jacob to take root: Israel shall blossom and bud, and fill the face of the world with fruit. -- isaiah 27:6 +. +Has he smitten him, as he smote those that smote him? or is he slain according to the slaughter of them that are slain by him? -- isaiah 27:7 +. +In measure, when it shoots forth, you will debate with it: he stays his rough wind in the day of the east wind. -- isaiah 27:8 +. +By this therefore shall the iniquity of Jacob be purged; and this is all the fruit to take away his sin; when he makes all the stones of the altar as chalkstones that are beaten in sunder, the groves and images shall not stand up. -- isaiah 27:9 +. +Yet the defended city shall be desolate, and the habitation forsaken, and left like a wilderness: there shall the calf feed, and there shall he lie down, and consume the branches thereof. -- isaiah 27:10 +. +When the boughs thereof are withered, they shall be broken off: the women come, and set them on fire: for it is a people of no understanding: therefore he that made them will not have mercy on them, and he that formed them will show them no favor. -- isaiah 27:11 +. +And it shall come to pass in that day, that the LORD shall beat off from the channel of the river to the stream of Egypt, and you shall be gathered one by one, O you children of Israel. -- isaiah 27:12 +. +And it shall come to pass in that day, that the great trumpet shall be blown, and they shall come which were ready to perish in the land of Assyria, and the outcasts in the land of Egypt, and shall worship the LORD in the holy mount at Jerusalem. -- isaiah 27:13 +. +Woe to the crown of pride, to the drunkards of Ephraim, whose glorious beauty is a fading flower, which are on the head of the fat valleys of them that are overcome with wine! -- isaiah 28:1 +. +Behold, the Lord has a mighty and strong one, which as a tempest of hail and a destroying storm, as a flood of mighty waters overflowing, shall cast down to the earth with the hand. -- isaiah 28:2 +. +The crown of pride, the drunkards of Ephraim, shall be trodden under feet: -- isaiah 28:3 +. +And the glorious beauty, which is on the head of the fat valley, shall be a fading flower, and as the hasty fruit before the summer; which when he that looks on it sees, while it is yet in his hand he eats it up. -- isaiah 28:4 +. +In that day shall the LORD of hosts be for a crown of glory, and for a diadem of beauty, to the residue of his people, -- isaiah 28:5 +. +And for a spirit of judgment to him that sits in judgment, and for strength to them that turn the battle to the gate. -- isaiah 28:6 +. +But they also have erred through wine, and through strong drink are out of the way; the priest and the prophet have erred through strong drink, they are swallowed up of wine, they are out of the way through strong drink; they err in vision, they stumble in judgment. -- isaiah 28:7 +. +For all tables are full of vomit and filthiness, so that there is no place clean. -- isaiah 28:8 +. +Whom shall he teach knowledge? and whom shall he make to understand doctrine? them that are weaned from the milk, and drawn from the breasts. -- isaiah 28:9 +. +For precept must be on precept, precept on precept; line on line, line on line; here a little, and there a little: -- isaiah 28:10 +. +For with stammering lips and another tongue will he speak to this people. -- isaiah 28:11 +. +To whom he said, This is the rest with which you may cause the weary to rest; and this is the refreshing: yet they would not hear. -- isaiah 28:12 +. +But the word of the LORD was to them precept on precept, precept on precept; line on line, line on line; here a little, and there a little; that they might go, and fall backward, and be broken, and snared, and taken. -- isaiah 28:13 +. +Why hear the word of the LORD, you scornful men, that rule this people which is in Jerusalem. -- isaiah 28:14 +. +Because you have said, We have made a covenant with death, and with hell are we at agreement; when the overflowing whip shall pass through, it shall not come to us: for we have made lies our refuge, and under falsehood have we hid ourselves: -- isaiah 28:15 +. +Therefore thus said the Lord GOD, Behold, I lay in Zion for a foundation a stone, a tried stone, a precious corner stone, a sure foundation: he that believes shall not make haste. -- isaiah 28:16 +. +Judgment also will I lay to the line, and righteousness to the plummet: and the hail shall sweep away the refuge of lies, and the waters shall overflow the hiding place. -- isaiah 28:17 +. +And your covenant with death shall be disannulled, and your agreement with hell shall not stand; when the overflowing whip shall pass through, then you shall be trodden down by it. -- isaiah 28:18 +. +From the time that it goes forth it shall take you: for morning by morning shall it pass over, by day and by night: and it shall be a vexation only to understand the report. -- isaiah 28:19 +. +For the bed is shorter than that a man can stretch himself on it: and the covering narrower than that he can wrap himself in it. -- isaiah 28:20 +. +For the LORD shall rise up as in mount Perazim, he shall be wroth as in the valley of Gibeon, that he may do his work, his strange work; and bring to pass his act, his strange act. -- isaiah 28:21 +. +Now therefore be you not mockers, lest your bands be made strong: for I have heard from the Lord GOD of hosts a consumption, even determined on the whole earth. -- isaiah 28:22 +. +Give you ear, and hear my voice; listen, and hear my speech. -- isaiah 28:23 +. +Does the plowman plow all day to sow? does he open and break the clods of his ground? -- isaiah 28:24 +. +When he has made plain the face thereof, does he not cast abroad the fitches, and scatter the cummin, and cast in the principal wheat and the appointed barley and the rye in their place? -- isaiah 28:25 +. +For his God does instruct him to discretion, and does teach him. -- isaiah 28:26 +. +For the fitches are not threshed with a threshing instrument, neither is a cart wheel turned about on the cummin; but the fitches are beaten out with a staff, and the cummin with a rod. -- isaiah 28:27 +. +Bread corn is bruised; because he will not ever be threshing it, nor break it with the wheel of his cart, nor bruise it with his horsemen. -- isaiah 28:28 +. +This also comes forth from the LORD of hosts, which is wonderful in counsel, and excellent in working. -- isaiah 28:29 +. +Woe to Ariel, to Ariel, the city where David dwelled! add you year to year; let them kill sacrifices. -- isaiah 29:1 +. +Yet I will distress Ariel, and there shall be heaviness and sorrow: and it shall be to me as Ariel. -- isaiah 29:2 +. +And I will camp against you round about, and will lay siege against you with a mount, and I will raise forts against you. -- isaiah 29:3 +. +And you shall be brought down, and shall speak out of the ground, and your speech shall be low out of the dust, and your voice shall be, as of one that has a familiar spirit, out of the ground, and your speech shall whisper out of the dust. -- isaiah 29:4 +. +Moreover the multitude of your strangers shall be like small dust, and the multitude of the terrible ones shall be as chaff that passes away: yes, it shall be at an instant suddenly. -- isaiah 29:5 +. +You shall be visited of the LORD of hosts with thunder, and with earthquake, and great noise, with storm and tempest, and the flame of devouring fire. -- isaiah 29:6 +. +And the multitude of all the nations that fight against Ariel, even all that fight against her and her fortification, and that distress her, shall be as a dream of a night vision. -- isaiah 29:7 +. +It shall even be as when an hungry man dreams, and, behold, he eats; but he wakes, and his soul is empty: or as when a thirsty man dreams, and, behold, he drinks; but he wakes, and, behold, he is faint, and his soul has appetite: so shall the multitude of all the nations be, that fight against mount Zion. -- isaiah 29:8 +. +Stay yourselves, and wonder; cry you out, and cry: they are drunken, but not with wine; they stagger, but not with strong drink. -- isaiah 29:9 +. +For the LORD has poured out on you the spirit of deep sleep, and has closed your eyes: the prophets and your rulers, the seers has he covered. -- isaiah 29:10 +. +And the vision of all is become to you as the words of a book that is sealed, which men deliver to one that is learned, saying, Read this, I pray you: and he said, I cannot; for it is sealed: -- isaiah 29:11 +. +And the book is delivered to him that is not learned, saying, Read this, I pray you: and he said, I am not learned. -- isaiah 29:12 +. +Why the Lord said, For as much as this people draw near me with their mouth, and with their lips do honor me, but have removed their heart far from me, and their fear toward me is taught by the precept of men: -- isaiah 29:13 +. +Therefore, behold, I will proceed to do a marvelous work among this people, even a marvelous work and a wonder: for the wisdom of their wise men shall perish, and the understanding of their prudent men shall be hid. -- isaiah 29:14 +. +Woe to them that seek deep to hide their counsel from the LORD, and their works are in the dark, and they say, Who sees us? and who knows us? -- isaiah 29:15 +. +Surely your turning of things upside down shall be esteemed as the potter' clay: for shall the work say of him that made it, He made me not? or shall the thing framed say of him that framed it, He had no understanding? -- isaiah 29:16 +. +Is it not yet a very little while, and Lebanon shall be turned into a fruitful field, and the fruitful field shall be esteemed as a forest? -- isaiah 29:17 +. +And in that day shall the deaf hear the words of the book, and the eyes of the blind shall see out of obscurity, and out of darkness. -- isaiah 29:18 +. +The meek also shall increase their joy in the LORD, and the poor among men shall rejoice in the Holy One of Israel. -- isaiah 29:19 +. +For the terrible one is brought to nothing, and the scorner is consumed, and all that watch for iniquity are cut off: -- isaiah 29:20 +. +That make a man an offender for a word, and lay a snare for him that reproves in the gate, and turn aside the just for a thing of nothing. -- isaiah 29:21 +. +Therefore thus said the LORD, who redeemed Abraham, concerning the house of Jacob, Jacob shall not now be ashamed, neither shall his face now wax pale. -- isaiah 29:22 +. +But when he sees his children, the work of my hands, in the middle of him, they shall sanctify my name, and sanctify the Holy One of Jacob, and shall fear the God of Israel. -- isaiah 29:23 +. +They also that erred in spirit shall come to understanding, and they that murmured shall learn doctrine. -- isaiah 29:24 +. +Woe to the rebellious children, said the LORD, that take counsel, but not of me; and that cover with a covering, but not of my spirit, that they may add sin to sin: -- isaiah 30:1 +. +That walk to go down into Egypt, and have not asked at my mouth; to strengthen themselves in the strength of Pharaoh, and to trust in the shadow of Egypt! -- isaiah 30:2 +. +Therefore shall the strength of Pharaoh be your shame, and the trust in the shadow of Egypt your confusion. -- isaiah 30:3 +. +For his princes were at Zoan, and his ambassadors came to Hanes. -- isaiah 30:4 +. +They were all ashamed of a people that could not profit them, nor be an help nor profit, but a shame, and also a reproach. -- isaiah 30:5 +. +The burden of the beasts of the south: into the land of trouble and anguish, from where come the young and old lion, the viper and fiery flying serpent, they will carry their riches on the shoulders of young asses, and their treasures on the bunches of camels, to a people that shall not profit them. -- isaiah 30:6 +. +For the Egyptians shall help in vain, and to no purpose: therefore have I cried concerning this, Their strength is to sit still. -- isaiah 30:7 +. +Now go, write it before them in a table, and note it in a book, that it may be for the time to come for ever and ever: -- isaiah 30:8 +. +That this is a rebellious people, lying children, children that will not hear the law of the LORD: -- isaiah 30:9 +. +Which say to the seers, See not; and to the prophets, Prophesy not to us right things, speak to us smooth things, prophesy deceits: -- isaiah 30:10 +. +Get you out of the way, turn aside out of the path, cause the Holy One of Israel to cease from before us. -- isaiah 30:11 +. +Why thus said the Holy One of Israel, Because you despise this word, and trust in oppression and perverseness, and stay thereon: -- isaiah 30:12 +. +Therefore this iniquity shall be to you as a breach ready to fall, swelling out in a high wall, whose breaking comes suddenly at an instant. -- isaiah 30:13 +. +And he shall break it as the breaking of the potters'vessel that is broken in pieces; he shall not spare: so that there shall not be found in the bursting of it a shard to take fire from the hearth, or to take water with out of the pit. -- isaiah 30:14 +. +For thus said the Lord GOD, the Holy One of Israel; In returning and rest shall you be saved; in quietness and in confidence shall be your strength: and you would not. -- isaiah 30:15 +. +But you said, No; for we will flee on horses; therefore shall you flee: and, We will ride on the swift; therefore shall they that pursue you be swift. -- isaiah 30:16 +. +One thousand shall flee at the rebuke of one; at the rebuke of five shall you flee: till you be left as a beacon on the top of a mountain, and as an ensign on an hill. -- isaiah 30:17 +. +And therefore will the LORD wait, that he may be gracious to you, and therefore will he be exalted, that he may have mercy on you: for the LORD is a God of judgment: blessed are all they that wait for him. -- isaiah 30:18 +. +For the people shall dwell in Zion at Jerusalem: you shall weep no more: he will be very gracious to you at the voice of your cry; when he shall hear it, he will answer you. -- isaiah 30:19 +. +And though the Lord give you the bread of adversity, and the water of affliction, yet shall not your teachers be removed into a corner any more, but your eyes shall see your teachers: -- isaiah 30:20 +. +And your ears shall hear a word behind you, saying, This is the way, walk you in it, when you turn to the right hand, and when you turn to the left. -- isaiah 30:21 +. +You shall defile also the covering of your graven images of silver, and the ornament of your molten images of gold: you shall cast them away as a menstruous cloth; you shall say to it, Get you hence. -- isaiah 30:22 +. +Then shall he give the rain of your seed, that you shall sow the ground with; and bread of the increase of the earth, and it shall be fat and plenteous: in that day shall your cattle feed in large pastures. -- isaiah 30:23 +. +The oxen likewise and the young asses that ear the ground shall eat clean provender, which has been winnowed with the shovel and with the fan. -- isaiah 30:24 +. +And there shall be on every high mountain, and on every high hill, rivers and streams of waters in the day of the great slaughter, when the towers fall. -- isaiah 30:25 +. +Moreover the light of the moon shall be as the light of the sun, and the light of the sun shall be sevenfold, as the light of seven days, in the day that the LORD binds up the breach of his people, and heals the stroke of their wound. -- isaiah 30:26 +. +Behold, the name of the LORD comes from far, burning with his anger, and the burden thereof is heavy: his lips are full of indignation, and his tongue as a devouring fire: -- isaiah 30:27 +. +And his breath, as an overflowing stream, shall reach to the middle of the neck, to sift the nations with the sieve of vanity: and there shall be a bridle in the jaws of the people, causing them to err. -- isaiah 30:28 +. +You shall have a song, as in the night when a holy solemnity is kept; and gladness of heart, as when one goes with a pipe to come into the mountain of the LORD, to the mighty One of Israel. -- isaiah 30:29 +. +And the LORD shall cause his glorious voice to be heard, and shall show the lighting down of his arm, with the indignation of his anger, and with the flame of a devouring fire, with scattering, and tempest, and hailstones. -- isaiah 30:30 +. +For through the voice of the LORD shall the Assyrian be beaten down, which smote with a rod. -- isaiah 30:31 +. +And in every place where the grounded staff shall pass, which the LORD shall lay on him, it shall be with tabrets and harps: and in battles of shaking will he fight with it. -- isaiah 30:32 +. +For Tophet is ordained of old; yes, for the king it is prepared; he has made it deep and large: the pile thereof is fire and much wood; the breath of the LORD, like a stream of brimstone, does kindle it. -- isaiah 30:33 +. +Woe to them that go down to Egypt for help; and stay on horses, and trust in chariots, because they are many; and in horsemen, because they are very strong; but they look not to the Holy One of Israel, neither seek the LORD! -- isaiah 31:1 +. +Yet he also is wise, and will bring evil, and will not call back his words: but will arise against the house of the evildoers, and against the help of them that work iniquity. -- isaiah 31:2 +. +Now the Egyptians are men, and not God; and their horses flesh, and not spirit. When the LORD shall stretch out his hand, both he that helps shall fall, and he that is helped shall fall down, and they all shall fail together. -- isaiah 31:3 +. +For thus has the LORD spoken to me, Like as the lion and the young lion roaring on his prey, when a multitude of shepherds is called forth against him, he will not be afraid of their voice, nor abase himself for the noise of them: so shall the LORD of hosts come down to fight for mount Zion, and for the hill thereof. -- isaiah 31:4 +. +As birds flying, so will the LORD of hosts defend Jerusalem; defending also he will deliver it; and passing over he will preserve it. -- isaiah 31:5 +. +Turn you to him from whom the children of Israel have deeply revolted. -- isaiah 31:6 +. +For in that day every man shall cast away his idols of silver, and his idols of gold, which your own hands have made to you for a sin. -- isaiah 31:7 +. +Then shall the Assyrian fall with the sword, not of a mighty man; and the sword, not of a mean man, shall devour him: but he shall flee from the sword, and his young men shall be discomfited. -- isaiah 31:8 +. +And he shall pass over to his strong hold for fear, and his princes shall be afraid of the ensign, said the LORD, whose fire is in Zion, and his furnace in Jerusalem. -- isaiah 31:9 +. +Behold, a king shall reign in righteousness, and princes shall rule in judgment. -- isaiah 32:1 +. +And a man shall be as an hiding place from the wind, and a covert from the tempest; as rivers of water in a dry place, as the shadow of a great rock in a weary land. -- isaiah 32:2 +. +And the eyes of them that see shall not be dim, and the ears of them that hear shall listen. -- isaiah 32:3 +. +The heart also of the rash shall understand knowledge, and the tongue of the stammerers shall be ready to speak plainly. -- isaiah 32:4 +. +The vile person shall be no more called liberal, nor the churl said to be bountiful. -- isaiah 32:5 +. +For the vile person will speak villainy, and his heart will work iniquity, to practice hypocrisy, and to utter error against the LORD, to make empty the soul of the hungry, and he will cause the drink of the thirsty to fail. -- isaiah 32:6 +. +The instruments also of the churl are evil: he devises wicked devices to destroy the poor with lying words, even when the needy speaks right. -- isaiah 32:7 +. +But the liberal devises liberal things; and by liberal things shall he stand. -- isaiah 32:8 +. +Rise up, you women that are at ease; hear my voice, you careless daughters; give ear to my speech. -- isaiah 32:9 +. +Many days and years shall you be troubled, you careless women: for the vintage shall fail, the gathering shall not come. -- isaiah 32:10 +. +Tremble, you women that are at ease; be troubled, you careless ones: strip you, and make you bore, and gird sackcloth on your loins. -- isaiah 32:11 +. +They shall lament for the teats, for the pleasant fields, for the fruitful vine. -- isaiah 32:12 +. +On the land of my people shall come up thorns and briers; yes, on all the houses of joy in the joyous city: -- isaiah 32:13 +. +Because the palaces shall be forsaken; the multitude of the city shall be left; the forts and towers shall be for dens for ever, a joy of wild asses, a pasture of flocks; -- isaiah 32:14 +. +Until the spirit be poured on us from on high, and the wilderness be a fruitful field, and the fruitful field be counted for a forest. -- isaiah 32:15 +. +Then judgment shall dwell in the wilderness, and righteousness remain in the fruitful field. -- isaiah 32:16 +. +And the work of righteousness shall be peace; and the effect of righteousness quietness and assurance for ever. -- isaiah 32:17 +. +And my people shall dwell in a peaceable habitation, and in sure dwellings, and in quiet resting places; -- isaiah 32:18 +. +When it shall hail, coming down on the forest; and the city shall be low in a low place. -- isaiah 32:19 +. +Blessed are you that sow beside all waters, that send forth thither the feet of the ox and the ass. -- isaiah 32:20 +. +Woe to you that spoil, and you were not spoiled; and deal treacherously, and they dealt not treacherously with you! when you shall cease to spoil, you shall be spoiled; and when you shall make an end to deal treacherously, they shall deal treacherously with you. -- isaiah 33:1 +. +O LORD, be gracious to us; we have waited for you: be you their arm every morning, our salvation also in the time of trouble. -- isaiah 33:2 +. +At the noise of the tumult the people fled; at the lifting up of yourself the nations were scattered. -- isaiah 33:3 +. +And your spoil shall be gathered like the gathering of the caterpillar: as the running to and fro of locusts shall he run on them. -- isaiah 33:4 +. +The LORD is exalted; for he dwells on high: he has filled Zion with judgment and righteousness. -- isaiah 33:5 +. +And wisdom and knowledge shall be the stability of your times, and strength of salvation: the fear of the LORD is his treasure. -- isaiah 33:6 +. +Behold, their valiant ones shall cry without: the ambassadors of peace shall weep bitterly. -- isaiah 33:7 +. +The highways lie waste, the wayfaring man ceases: he has broken the covenant, he has despised the cities, he regards no man. -- isaiah 33:8 +. +The earth mourns and languishes: Lebanon is ashamed and hewn down: Sharon is like a wilderness; and Bashan and Carmel shake off their fruits. -- isaiah 33:9 +. +Now will I rise, said the LORD; now will I be exalted; now will I lift up myself. -- isaiah 33:10 +. +You shall conceive chaff, you shall bring forth stubble: your breath, as fire, shall devour you. -- isaiah 33:11 +. +And the people shall be as the burnings of lime: as thorns cut up shall they be burned in the fire. -- isaiah 33:12 +. +Hear, you that are far off, what I have done; and, you that are near, acknowledge my might. -- isaiah 33:13 +. +The sinners in Zion are afraid; fearfulness has surprised the hypocrites. Who among us shall dwell with the devouring fire? who among us shall dwell with everlasting burnings? -- isaiah 33:14 +. +He that walks righteously, and speaks uprightly; he that despises the gain of oppressions, that shakes his hands from holding of bribes, that stops his ears from hearing of blood, and shuts his eyes from seeing evil; -- isaiah 33:15 +. +He shall dwell on high: his place of defense shall be the munitions of rocks: bread shall be given him; his waters shall be sure. -- isaiah 33:16 +. +Your eyes shall see the king in his beauty: they shall behold the land that is very far off. -- isaiah 33:17 +. +Your heart shall meditate terror. Where is the scribe? where is the receiver? where is he that counted the towers? -- isaiah 33:18 +. +You shall not see a fierce people, a people of a deeper speech than you can perceive; of a stammering tongue, that you can not understand. -- isaiah 33:19 +. +Look on Zion, the city of our solemnities: your eyes shall see Jerusalem a quiet habitation, a tabernacle that shall not be taken down; not one of the stakes thereof shall ever be removed, neither shall any of the cords thereof be broken. -- isaiah 33:20 +. +But there the glorious LORD will be to us a place of broad rivers and streams; wherein shall go no galley with oars, neither shall gallant ship pass thereby. -- isaiah 33:21 +. +For the LORD is our judge, the LORD is our lawgiver, the LORD is our king; he will save us. -- isaiah 33:22 +. +Your tacklings are loosed; they could not well strengthen their mast, they could not spread the sail: then is the prey of a great spoil divided; the lame take the prey. -- isaiah 33:23 +. +And the inhabitant shall not say, I am sick: the people that dwell therein shall be forgiven their iniquity. -- isaiah 33:24 +. +Come near, you nations, to hear; and listen, you people: let the earth hear, and all that is therein; the world, and all things that come forth of it. -- isaiah 34:1 +. +For the indignation of the LORD is on all nations, and his fury on all their armies: he has utterly destroyed them, he has delivered them to the slaughter. -- isaiah 34:2 +. +Their slain also shall be cast out, and their stink shall come up out of their carcasses, and the mountains shall be melted with their blood. -- isaiah 34:3 +. +And all the host of heaven shall be dissolved, and the heavens shall be rolled together as a scroll: and all their host shall fall down, as the leaf falls off from the vine, and as a falling fig from the fig tree. -- isaiah 34:4 +. +For my sword shall be bathed in heaven: behold, it shall come down on Idumea, and on the people of my curse, to judgment. -- isaiah 34:5 +. +The sword of the LORD is filled with blood, it is made fat with fatness, and with the blood of lambs and goats, with the fat of the kidneys of rams: for the LORD has a sacrifice in Bozrah, and a great slaughter in the land of Idumea. -- isaiah 34:6 +. +And the unicorns shall come down with them, and the bullocks with the bulls; and their land shall be soaked with blood, and their dust made fat with fatness. -- isaiah 34:7 +. +For it is the day of the LORD' vengeance, and the year of recompenses for the controversy of Zion. -- isaiah 34:8 +. +And the streams thereof shall be turned into pitch, and the dust thereof into brimstone, and the land thereof shall become burning pitch. -- isaiah 34:9 +. +It shall not be quenched night nor day; the smoke thereof shall go up for ever: from generation to generation it shall lie waste; none shall pass through it for ever and ever. -- isaiah 34:10 +. +But the cormorant and the bittern shall possess it; the owl also and the raven shall dwell in it: and he shall stretch out on it the line of confusion, and the stones of emptiness. -- isaiah 34:11 +. +They shall call the nobles thereof to the kingdom, but none shall be there, and all her princes shall be nothing. -- isaiah 34:12 +. +And thorns shall come up in her palaces, nettles and brambles in the fortresses thereof: and it shall be an habitation of dragons, and a court for owls. -- isaiah 34:13 +. +The wild beasts of the desert shall also meet with the wild beasts of the island, and the satyr shall cry to his fellow; the screech owl also shall rest there, and find for herself a place of rest. -- isaiah 34:14 +. +There shall the great owl make her nest, and lay, and hatch, and gather under her shadow: there shall the vultures also be gathered, every one with her mate. -- isaiah 34:15 +. +Seek you out of the book of the LORD, and read: no one of these shall fail, none shall want her mate: for my mouth it has commanded, and his spirit it has gathered them. -- isaiah 34:16 +. +And he has cast the lot for them, and his hand has divided it to them by line: they shall possess it for ever, from generation to generation shall they dwell therein. -- isaiah 34:17 +. +The wilderness and the solitary place shall be glad for them; and the desert shall rejoice, and blossom as the rose. -- isaiah 35:1 +. +It shall blossom abundantly, and rejoice even with joy and singing: the glory of Lebanon shall be given to it, the excellency of Carmel and Sharon, they shall see the glory of the LORD, and the excellency of our God. -- isaiah 35:2 +. +Strengthen you the weak hands, and confirm the feeble knees. -- isaiah 35:3 +. +Say to them that are of a fearful heart, Be strong, fear not: behold, your God will come with vengeance, even God with a recompense; he will come and save you. -- isaiah 35:4 +. +Then the eyes of the blind shall be opened, and the ears of the deaf shall be unstopped. -- isaiah 35:5 +. +Then shall the lame man leap as an hart, and the tongue of the dumb sing: for in the wilderness shall waters break out, and streams in the desert. -- isaiah 35:6 +. +And the parched ground shall become a pool, and the thirsty land springs of water: in the habitation of dragons, where each lay, shall be grass with reeds and rushes. -- isaiah 35:7 +. +And an highway shall be there, and a way, and it shall be called The way of holiness; the unclean shall not pass over it; but it shall be for those: the wayfaring men, though fools, shall not err therein. -- isaiah 35:8 +. +No lion shall be there, nor any ravenous beast shall go up thereon, it shall not be found there; but the redeemed shall walk there: -- isaiah 35:9 +. +And the ransomed of the LORD shall return, and come to Zion with songs and everlasting joy on their heads: they shall obtain joy and gladness, and sorrow and sighing shall flee away. -- isaiah 35:10 +. +Now it came to pass in the fourteenth year of king Hezekiah, that Sennacherib king of Assyria came up against all the defended cities of Judah, and took them. -- isaiah 36:1 +. +And the king of Assyria sent Rabshakeh from Lachish to Jerusalem to king Hezekiah with a great army. And he stood by the conduit of the upper pool in the highway of the fuller' field. -- isaiah 36:2 +. +Then came forth to him Eliakim, Hilkiah' son, which was over the house, and Shebna the scribe, and Joah, Asaph' son, the recorder. -- isaiah 36:3 +. +And Rabshakeh said to them, Say you now to Hezekiah, Thus said the great king, the king of Assyria, What confidence is this wherein you trust? -- isaiah 36:4 +. +I say, say you, (but they are but vain words) I have counsel and strength for war: now on whom do you trust, that you rebel against me? -- isaiah 36:5 +. +See, you trust in the staff of this broken reed, on Egypt; where on if a man lean, it will go into his hand, and pierce it: so is Pharaoh king of Egypt to all that trust in him. -- isaiah 36:6 +. +But if you say to me, We trust in the LORD our God: is it not he, whose high places and whose altars Hezekiah has taken away, and said to Judah and to Jerusalem, You shall worship before this altar? -- isaiah 36:7 +. +Now therefore give pledges, I pray you, to my master the king of Assyria, and I will give you two thousand horses, if you be able on your part to set riders on them. -- isaiah 36:8 +. +How then will you turn away the face of one captain of the least of my master' servants, and put your trust on Egypt for chariots and for horsemen? -- isaiah 36:9 +. +And am I now come up without the LORD against this land to destroy it? the LORD said to me, Go up against this land, and destroy it. -- isaiah 36:10 +. +Then said Eliakim and Shebna and Joah to Rabshakeh, Speak, I pray you, to your servants in the Syrian language; for we understand it: and speak not to us in the Jews'language, in the ears of the people that are on the wall. -- isaiah 36:11 +. +But Rabshakeh said, Has my master sent me to your master and to you to speak these words? has he not sent me to the men that sit on the wall, that they may eat their own dung, and drink their own urine with you? -- isaiah 36:12 +. +Then Rabshakeh stood, and cried with a loud voice in the Jews'language, and said, Hear you the words of the great king, the king of Assyria. -- isaiah 36:13 +. +Thus said the king, Let not Hezekiah deceive you: for he shall not be able to deliver you. -- isaiah 36:14 +. +Neither let Hezekiah make you trust in the LORD, saying, The LORD will surely deliver us: this city shall not be delivered into the hand of the king of Assyria. -- isaiah 36:15 +. +Listen not to Hezekiah: for thus said the king of Assyria, Make an agreement with me by a present, and come out to me: and eat you every one of his vine, and every one of his fig tree, and drink you every one the waters of his own cistern; -- isaiah 36:16 +. +Until I come and take you away to a land like your own land, a land of corn and wine, a land of bread and vineyards. -- isaiah 36:17 +. +Beware lest Hezekiah persuade you, saying, the LORD will deliver us. Has any of the gods of the nations delivered his land out of the hand of the king of Assyria? -- isaiah 36:18 +. +Where are the gods of Hamath and Arphad? where are the gods of Sepharvaim? and have they delivered Samaria out of my hand? -- isaiah 36:19 +. +Who are they among all the gods of these lands, that have delivered their land out of my hand, that the LORD should deliver Jerusalem out of my hand? -- isaiah 36:20 +. +But they held their peace, and answered him not a word: for the king' commandment was, saying, Answer him not. -- isaiah 36:21 +. +Then came Eliakim, the son of Hilkiah, that was over the household, and Shebna the scribe, and Joah, the son of Asaph, the recorder, to Hezekiah with their clothes rent, and told him the words of Rabshakeh. -- isaiah 36:22 +. +And it came to pass, when king Hezekiah heard it, that he rent his clothes, and covered himself with sackcloth, and went into the house of the LORD. -- isaiah 37:1 +. +And he sent Eliakim, who was over the household, and Shebna the scribe, and the elders of the priests covered with sackcloth, to Isaiah the prophet the son of Amoz. -- isaiah 37:2 +. +And they said to him, Thus said Hezekiah, This day is a day of trouble, and of rebuke, and of blasphemy: for the children are come to the birth, and there is not strength to bring forth. -- isaiah 37:3 +. +It may be the LORD your God will hear the words of Rabshakeh, whom the king of Assyria his master has sent to reproach the living God, and will reprove the words which the LORD your God has heard: why lift up your prayer for the remnant that is left. -- isaiah 37:4 +. +So the servants of king Hezekiah came to Isaiah. -- isaiah 37:5 +. +And Isaiah said to them, Thus shall you say to your master, Thus said the LORD, Be not afraid of the words that you have heard, with which the servants of the king of Assyria have blasphemed me. -- isaiah 37:6 +. +Behold, I will send a blast on him, and he shall hear a rumor, and return to his own land; and I will cause him to fall by the sword in his own land. -- isaiah 37:7 +. +So Rabshakeh returned, and found the king of Assyria warring against Libnah: for he had heard that he was departed from Lachish. -- isaiah 37:8 +. +And he heard say concerning Tirhakah king of Ethiopia, He is come forth to make war with you. And when he heard it, he sent messengers to Hezekiah, saying, -- isaiah 37:9 +. +Thus shall you speak to Hezekiah king of Judah, saying, Let not your God, in whom you trust, deceive you, saying, Jerusalem shall not be given into the hand of the king of Assyria. -- isaiah 37:10 +. +Behold, you have heard what the kings of Assyria have done to all lands by destroying them utterly; and shall you be delivered? -- isaiah 37:11 +. +Have the gods of the nations delivered them which my fathers have destroyed, as Gozan, and Haran, and Rezeph, and the children of Eden which were in Telassar? -- isaiah 37:12 +. +Where is the king of Hamath, and the king of Arphad, and the king of the city of Sepharvaim, Hena, and Ivah? -- isaiah 37:13 +. +And Hezekiah received the letter from the hand of the messengers, and read it: and Hezekiah went up to the house of the LORD, and spread it before the LORD. -- isaiah 37:14 +. +And Hezekiah prayed to the LORD, saying, -- isaiah 37:15 +. +O LORD of hosts, God of Israel, that dwell between the cherubim, you are the God, even you alone, of all the kingdoms of the earth: you have made heaven and earth. -- isaiah 37:16 +. +Incline your ear, O LORD, and hear; open your eyes, O LORD, and see: and hear all the words of Sennacherib, which has sent to reproach the living God. -- isaiah 37:17 +. +Of a truth, LORD, the kings of Assyria have laid waste all the nations, and their countries, -- isaiah 37:18 +. +And have cast their gods into the fire: for they were no gods, but the work of men' hands, wood and stone: therefore they have destroyed them. -- isaiah 37:19 +. +Now therefore, O LORD our God, save us from his hand, that all the kingdoms of the earth may know that you are the LORD, even you only. -- isaiah 37:20 +. +Then Isaiah the son of Amoz sent to Hezekiah, saying, Thus said the LORD God of Israel, Whereas you have prayed to me against Sennacherib king of Assyria: -- isaiah 37:21 +. +This is the word which the LORD has spoken concerning him; The virgin, the daughter of Zion, has despised you, and laughed you to scorn; the daughter of Jerusalem has shaken her head at you. -- isaiah 37:22 +. +Whom have you reproached and blasphemed? and against whom have you exalted your voice, and lifted up your eyes on high? even against the Holy One of Israel. -- isaiah 37:23 +. +By your servants have you reproached the Lord, and have said, By the multitude of my chariots am I come up to the height of the mountains, to the sides of Lebanon; and I will cut down the tall cedars thereof, and the choice fir trees thereof: and I will enter into the height of his border, and the forest of his Carmel. -- isaiah 37:24 +. +I have dig, and drunk water; and with the sole of my feet have I dried up all the rivers of the besieged places. -- isaiah 37:25 +. +Have you not heard long ago, how I have done it; and of ancient times, that I have formed it? now have I brought it to pass, that you should be to lay waste defended cities into ruinous heaps. -- isaiah 37:26 +. +Therefore their inhabitants were of small power, they were dismayed and confounded: they were as the grass of the field, and as the green herb, as the grass on the housetops, and as corn blasted before it be grown up. -- isaiah 37:27 +. +But I know your stayed, and your going out, and your coming in, and your rage against me. -- isaiah 37:28 +. +Because your rage against me, and your tumult, is come up into my ears, therefore will I put my hook in your nose, and my bridle in your lips, and I will turn you back by the way by which you came. -- isaiah 37:29 +. +And this shall be a sign to you, You shall eat this year such as grows of itself; and the second year that which springs of the same: and in the third year sow you, and reap, and plant vineyards, and eat the fruit thereof. -- isaiah 37:30 +. +And the remnant that is escaped of the house of Judah shall again take root downward, and bear fruit upward: -- isaiah 37:31 +. +For out of Jerusalem shall go forth a remnant, and they that escape out of mount Zion: the zeal of the LORD of hosts shall do this. -- isaiah 37:32 +. +Therefore thus said the LORD concerning the king of Assyria, He shall not come into this city, nor shoot an arrow there, nor come before it with shields, nor cast a bank against it. -- isaiah 37:33 +. +By the way that he came, by the same shall he return, and shall not come into this city, said the LORD. -- isaiah 37:34 +. +For I will defend this city to save it for my own sake, and for my servant David' sake. -- isaiah 37:35 +. +Then the angel of the LORD went forth, and smote in the camp of the Assyrians a hundred and fourscore and five thousand: and when they arose early in the morning, behold, they were all dead corpses. -- isaiah 37:36 +. +So Sennacherib king of Assyria departed, and went and returned, and dwelled at Nineveh. -- isaiah 37:37 +. +And it came to pass, as he was worshipping in the house of Nisroch his god, that Adrammelech and Sharezer his sons smote him with the sword; and they escaped into the land of Armenia: and Esarhaddon his son reigned in his stead. -- isaiah 37:38 +. +In those days was Hezekiah sick to death. And Isaiah the prophet the son of Amoz came to him, and said to him, Thus said the LORD, Set your house in order: for you shall die, and not live. -- isaiah 38:1 +. +Then Hezekiah turned his face toward the wall, and prayed to the LORD, -- isaiah 38:2 +. +And said, Remember now, O LORD, I beseech you, how I have walked before you in truth and with a perfect heart, and have done that which is good in your sight. And Hezekiah wept sore. -- isaiah 38:3 +. +Then came the word of the LORD to Isaiah, saying, -- isaiah 38:4 +. +Go, and say to Hezekiah, Thus said the LORD, the God of David your father, I have heard your prayer, I have seen your tears: behold, I will add to your days fifteen years. -- isaiah 38:5 +. +And I will deliver you and this city out of the hand of the king of Assyria: and I will defend this city. -- isaiah 38:6 +. +And this shall be a sign to you from the LORD, that the LORD will do this thing that he has spoken; -- isaiah 38:7 +. +Behold, I will bring again the shadow of the degrees, which is gone down in the sun dial of Ahaz, ten degrees backward. So the sun returned ten degrees, by which degrees it was gone down. -- isaiah 38:8 +. +The writing of Hezekiah king of Judah, when he had been sick, and was recovered of his sickness: -- isaiah 38:9 +. +I said in the cutting off of my days, I shall go to the gates of the grave: I am deprived of the residue of my years. -- isaiah 38:10 +. +I said, I shall not see the LORD, even the LORD, in the land of the living: I shall behold man no more with the inhabitants of the world. -- isaiah 38:11 +. +My age is departed, and is removed from me as a shepherd' tent: I have cut off like a weaver my life: he will cut me off with pining sickness: from day even to night will you make an end of me. -- isaiah 38:12 +. +I reckoned till morning, that, as a lion, so will he break all my bones: from day even to night will you make an end of me. -- isaiah 38:13 +. +Like a crane or a swallow, so did I chatter: I did mourn as a dove: my eyes fail with looking upward: O LORD, I am oppressed; undertake for me. -- isaiah 38:14 +. +What shall I say? he has both spoken to me, and himself has done it: I shall go softly all my years in the bitterness of my soul. -- isaiah 38:15 +. +O LORD, by these things men live, and in all these things is the life of my spirit: so will you recover me, and make me to live. -- isaiah 38:16 +. +Behold, for peace I had great bitterness: but you have in love to my soul delivered it from the pit of corruption: for you have cast all my sins behind your back. -- isaiah 38:17 +. +For the grave cannot praise you, death can not celebrate you: they that go down into the pit cannot hope for your truth. -- isaiah 38:18 +. +The living, the living, he shall praise you, as I do this day: the father to the children shall make known your truth. -- isaiah 38:19 +. +The LORD was ready to save me: therefore we will sing my songs to the stringed instruments all the days of our life in the house of the LORD. -- isaiah 38:20 +. +For Isaiah had said, Let them take a lump of figs, and lay it for a plaster on the boil, and he shall recover. -- isaiah 38:21 +. +Hezekiah also had said, What is the sign that I shall go up to the house of the LORD? -- isaiah 38:22 +. +At that time Merodachbaladan, the son of Baladan, king of Babylon, sent letters and a present to Hezekiah: for he had heard that he had been sick, and was recovered. -- isaiah 39:1 +. +And Hezekiah was glad of them, and showed them the house of his precious things, the silver, and the gold, and the spices, and the precious ointment, and all the house of his armor, and all that was found in his treasures: there was nothing in his house, nor in all his dominion, that Hezekiah showed them not. -- isaiah 39:2 +. +Then came Isaiah the prophet to king Hezekiah, and said to him, What said these men? and from where came they to you? And Hezekiah said, They are come from a far country to me, even from Babylon. -- isaiah 39:3 +. +Then said he, What have they seen in your house? And Hezekiah answered, All that is in my house have they seen: there is nothing among my treasures that I have not showed them. -- isaiah 39:4 +. +Then said Isaiah to Hezekiah, Hear the word of the LORD of hosts: -- isaiah 39:5 +. +Behold, the days come, that all that is in your house, and that which your fathers have laid up in store until this day, shall be carried to Babylon: nothing shall be left, said the LORD. -- isaiah 39:6 +. +And of your sons that shall issue from you, which you shall beget, shall they take away; and they shall be eunuchs in the palace of the king of Babylon. -- isaiah 39:7 +. +Then said Hezekiah to Isaiah, Good is the word of the LORD which you have spoken. He said moreover, For there shall be peace and truth in my days. -- isaiah 39:8 +. +Comfort you, comfort you my people, said your God. -- isaiah 40:1 +. +Speak you comfortably to Jerusalem, and cry to her, that her warfare is accomplished, that her iniquity is pardoned: for she has received of the LORD' hand double for all her sins. -- isaiah 40:2 +. +The voice of him that cries in the wilderness, Prepare you the way of the LORD, make straight in the desert a highway for our God. -- isaiah 40:3 +. +Every valley shall be exalted, and every mountain and hill shall be made low: and the crooked shall be made straight, and the rough places plain: -- isaiah 40:4 +. +And the glory of the LORD shall be revealed, and all flesh shall see it together: for the mouth of the LORD has spoken it. -- isaiah 40:5 +. +The voice said, Cry. And he said, What shall I cry? All flesh is grass, and all the goodliness thereof is as the flower of the field: -- isaiah 40:6 +. +The grass wither, the flower fades: because the spirit of the LORD blows on it: surely the people is grass. -- isaiah 40:7 +. +The grass wither, the flower fades: but the word of our God shall stand for ever. -- isaiah 40:8 +. +O Zion, that bring good tidings, get you up into the high mountain; O Jerusalem, that bring good tidings, lift up your voice with strength; lift it up, be not afraid; say to the cities of Judah, Behold your God! -- isaiah 40:9 +. +Behold, the Lord GOD will come with strong hand, and his arm shall rule for him: behold, his reward is with him, and his work before him. -- isaiah 40:10 +. +He shall feed his flock like a shepherd: he shall gather the lambs with his arm, and carry them in his bosom, and shall gently lead those that are with young. -- isaiah 40:11 +. +Who has measured the waters in the hollow of his hand, and meted out heaven with the span, and comprehended the dust of the earth in a measure, and weighed the mountains in scales, and the hills in a balance? -- isaiah 40:12 +. +Who has directed the Spirit of the LORD, or being his counselor has taught him? -- isaiah 40:13 +. +With whom took he counsel, and who instructed him, and taught him in the path of judgment, and taught him knowledge, and showed to him the way of understanding? -- isaiah 40:14 +. +Behold, the nations are as a drop of a bucket, and are counted as the small dust of the balance: behold, he takes up the isles as a very little thing. -- isaiah 40:15 +. +And Lebanon is not sufficient to burn, nor the beasts thereof sufficient for a burnt offering. -- isaiah 40:16 +. +All nations before him are as nothing; and they are counted to him less than nothing, and vanity. -- isaiah 40:17 +. +To whom then will you liken God? or what likeness will you compare to him? -- isaiah 40:18 +. +The workman melts a graven image, and the goldsmith spreads it over with gold, and casts silver chains. -- isaiah 40:19 +. +He that is so impoverished that he has no oblation chooses a tree that will not rot; he seeks to him a cunning workman to prepare a graven image, that shall not be moved. -- isaiah 40:20 +. +Have you not known? have you not heard? has it not been told you from the beginning? have you not understood from the foundations of the earth? -- isaiah 40:21 +. +It is he that sits on the circle of the earth, and the inhabitants thereof are as grasshoppers; that stretches out the heavens as a curtain, and spreads them out as a tent to dwell in: -- isaiah 40:22 +. +That brings the princes to nothing; he makes the judges of the earth as vanity. -- isaiah 40:23 +. +Yes, they shall not be planted; yes, they shall not be sown: yes, their stock shall not take root in the earth: and he shall also blow on them, and they shall wither, and the whirlwind shall take them away as stubble. -- isaiah 40:24 +. +To whom then will you liken me, or shall I be equal? said the Holy One. -- isaiah 40:25 +. +Lift up your eyes on high, and behold who has created these things, that brings out their host by number: he calls them all by names by the greatness of his might, for that he is strong in power; not one fails. -- isaiah 40:26 +. +Why say you, O Jacob, and speak, O Israel, My way is hid from the LORD, and my judgment is passed over from my God? -- isaiah 40:27 +. +Have you not known? have you not heard, that the everlasting God, the LORD, the Creator of the ends of the earth, faints not, neither is weary? there is no searching of his understanding. -- isaiah 40:28 +. +He gives power to the faint; and to them that have no might he increases strength. -- isaiah 40:29 +. +Even the youths shall faint and be weary, and the young men shall utterly fall: -- isaiah 40:30 +. +But they that wait on the LORD shall renew their strength; they shall mount up with wings as eagles; they shall run, and not be weary; and they shall walk, and not faint. -- isaiah 40:31 +. +Keep silence before me, O islands; and let the people renew their strength: let them come near; then let them speak: let us come near together to judgment. -- isaiah 41:1 +. +Who raised up the righteous man from the east, called him to his foot, gave the nations before him, and made him rule over kings? he gave them as the dust to his sword, and as driven stubble to his bow. -- isaiah 41:2 +. +He pursued them, and passed safely; even by the way that he had not gone with his feet. -- isaiah 41:3 +. +Who has worked and done it, calling the generations from the beginning? I the LORD, the first, and with the last; I am he. -- isaiah 41:4 +. +The isles saw it, and feared; the ends of the earth were afraid, drew near, and came. -- isaiah 41:5 +. +They helped every one his neighbor; and every one said to his brother, Be of good courage. -- isaiah 41:6 +. +So the carpenter encouraged the goldsmith, and he that smoothes with the hammer him that smote the anvil, saying, It is ready for the soldering: and he fastened it with nails, that it should not be moved. -- isaiah 41:7 +. +But you, Israel, are my servant, Jacob whom I have chosen, the seed of Abraham my friend. -- isaiah 41:8 +. +You whom I have taken from the ends of the earth, and called you from the chief men thereof, and said to you, You are my servant; I have chosen you, and not cast you away. -- isaiah 41:9 +. +Fear you not; for I am with you: be not dismayed; for I am your God: I will strengthen you; yes, I will help you; yes, I will uphold you with the right hand of my righteousness. -- isaiah 41:10 +. +Behold, all they that were incensed against you shall be ashamed and confounded: they shall be as nothing; and they that strive with you shall perish. -- isaiah 41:11 +. +You shall seek them, and shall not find them, even them that contended with you: they that war against you shall be as nothing, and as a thing of nothing. -- isaiah 41:12 +. +For I the LORD your God will hold your right hand, saying to you, Fear not; I will help you. -- isaiah 41:13 +. +Fear not, you worm Jacob, and you men of Israel; I will help you, said the LORD, and your redeemer, the Holy One of Israel. -- isaiah 41:14 +. +Behold, I will make you a new sharp threshing instrument having teeth: you shall thresh the mountains, and beat them small, and shall make the hills as chaff. -- isaiah 41:15 +. +You shall fan them, and the wind shall carry them away, and the whirlwind shall scatter them: and you shall rejoice in the LORD, and shall glory in the Holy One of Israel. -- isaiah 41:16 +. +When the poor and needy seek water, and there is none, and their tongue fails for thirst, I the LORD will hear them, I the God of Israel will not forsake them. -- isaiah 41:17 +. +I will open rivers in high places, and fountains in the middle of the valleys: I will make the wilderness a pool of water, and the dry land springs of water. -- isaiah 41:18 +. +I will plant in the wilderness the cedar, the shittah tree, and the myrtle, and the oil tree; I will set in the desert the fir tree, and the pine, and the box tree together: -- isaiah 41:19 +. +That they may see, and know, and consider, and understand together, that the hand of the LORD has done this, and the Holy One of Israel has created it. -- isaiah 41:20 +. +Produce your cause, said the LORD; bring forth your strong reasons, said the King of Jacob. -- isaiah 41:21 +. +Let them bring them forth, and show us what shall happen: let them show the former things, what they be, that we may consider them, and know the latter end of them; or declare us things for to come. -- isaiah 41:22 +. +Show the things that are to come hereafter, that we may know that you are gods: yes, do good, or do evil, that we may be dismayed, and behold it together. -- isaiah 41:23 +. +Behold, you are of nothing, and your work of nothing: an abomination is he that chooses you. -- isaiah 41:24 +. +I have raised up one from the north, and he shall come: from the rising of the sun shall he call on my name: and he shall come on princes as on mortar, and as the potter treads clay. -- isaiah 41:25 +. +Who has declared from the beginning, that we may know? and beforetime, that we may say, He is righteous? yes, there is none that shows, yes, there is none that declares, yes, there is none that hears your words. -- isaiah 41:26 +. +The first shall say to Zion, Behold, behold them: and I will give to Jerusalem one that brings good tidings. -- isaiah 41:27 +. +For I beheld, and there was no man; even among them, and there was no counselor, that, when I asked of them, could answer a word. -- isaiah 41:28 +. +Behold, they are all vanity; their works are nothing: their molten images are wind and confusion. -- isaiah 41:29 +. +Behold my servant, whom I uphold; my elect, in whom my soul delights; I have put my spirit on him: he shall bring forth judgment to the Gentiles. -- isaiah 42:1 +. +He shall not cry, nor lift up, nor cause his voice to be heard in the street. -- isaiah 42:2 +. +A bruised reed shall he not break, and the smoking flax shall he not quench: he shall bring forth judgment to truth. -- isaiah 42:3 +. +He shall not fail nor be discouraged, till he have set judgment in the earth: and the isles shall wait for his law. -- isaiah 42:4 +. +Thus said God the LORD, he that created the heavens, and stretched them out; he that spread forth the earth, and that which comes out of it; he that gives breath to the people on it, and spirit to them that walk therein: -- isaiah 42:5 +. +I the LORD have called you in righteousness, and will hold your hand, and will keep you, and give you for a covenant of the people, for a light of the Gentiles; -- isaiah 42:6 +. +To open the blind eyes, to bring out the prisoners from the prison, and them that sit in darkness out of the prison house. -- isaiah 42:7 +. +I am the LORD: that is my name: and my glory will I not give to another, neither my praise to graven images. -- isaiah 42:8 +. +Behold, the former things are come to pass, and new things do I declare: before they spring forth I tell you of them. -- isaiah 42:9 +. +Sing to the LORD a new song, and his praise from the end of the earth, you that go down to the sea, and all that is therein; the isles, and the inhabitants thereof. -- isaiah 42:10 +. +Let the wilderness and the cities thereof lift up their voice, the villages that Kedar does inhabit: let the inhabitants of the rock sing, let them shout from the top of the mountains. -- isaiah 42:11 +. +Let them give glory to the LORD, and declare his praise in the islands. -- isaiah 42:12 +. +The LORD shall go forth as a mighty man, he shall stir up jealousy like a man of war: he shall cry, yes, roar; he shall prevail against his enemies. -- isaiah 42:13 +. +I have long time held my peace; I have been still, and refrained myself: now will I cry like a travailing woman; I will destroy and devour at once. -- isaiah 42:14 +. +I will make waste mountains and hills, and dry up all their herbs; and I will make the rivers islands, and I will dry up the pools. -- isaiah 42:15 +. +And I will bring the blind by a way that they knew not; I will lead them in paths that they have not known: I will make darkness light before them, and crooked things straight. These things will I do to them, and not forsake them. -- isaiah 42:16 +. +They shall be turned back, they shall be greatly ashamed, that trust in graven images, that say to the molten images, You are our gods. -- isaiah 42:17 +. +Hear, you deaf; and look, you blind, that you may see. -- isaiah 42:18 +. +Who is blind, but my servant? or deaf, as my messenger that I sent? who is blind as he that is perfect, and blind as the LORD' servant? -- isaiah 42:19 +. +Seeing many things, but you observe not; opening the ears, but he hears not. -- isaiah 42:20 +. +The LORD is well pleased for his righteousness'sake; he will magnify the law, and make it honorable. -- isaiah 42:21 +. +But this is a people robbed and spoiled; they are all of them snared in holes, and they are hid in prison houses: they are for a prey, and none delivers; for a spoil, and none said, Restore. -- isaiah 42:22 +. +Who among you will give ear to this? who will listen and hear for the time to come? -- isaiah 42:23 +. +Who gave Jacob for a spoil, and Israel to the robbers? did not the LORD, he against whom we have sinned? for they would not walk in his ways, neither were they obedient to his law. -- isaiah 42:24 +. +Therefore he has poured on him the fury of his anger, and the strength of battle: and it has set him on fire round about, yet he knew not; and it burned him, yet he laid it not to heart. -- isaiah 42:25 +. +But now thus said the LORD that created you, O Jacob, and he that formed you, O Israel, Fear not: for I have redeemed you, I have called you by your name; you are mine. -- isaiah 43:1 +. +When you pass through the waters, I will be with you; and through the rivers, they shall not overflow you: when you walk through the fire, you shall not be burned; neither shall the flame kindle on you. -- isaiah 43:2 +. +For I am the LORD your God, the Holy One of Israel, your Savior: I gave Egypt for your ransom, Ethiopia and Seba for you. -- isaiah 43:3 +. +Since you were precious in my sight, you have been honorable, and I have loved you: therefore will I give men for you, and people for your life. -- isaiah 43:4 +. +Fear not: for I am with you: I will bring your seed from the east, and gather you from the west; -- isaiah 43:5 +. +I will say to the north, Give up; and to the south, Keep not back: bring my sons from far, and my daughters from the ends of the earth; -- isaiah 43:6 +. +Even every one that is called by my name: for I have created him for my glory, I have formed him; yes, I have made him. -- isaiah 43:7 +. +Bring forth the blind people that have eyes, and the deaf that have ears. -- isaiah 43:8 +. +Let all the nations be gathered together, and let the people be assembled: who among them can declare this, and show us former things? let them bring forth their witnesses, that they may be justified: or let them hear, and say, It is truth. -- isaiah 43:9 +. +You are my witnesses, said the LORD, and my servant whom I have chosen: that you may know and believe me, and understand that I am he: before me there was no God formed, neither shall there be after me. -- isaiah 43:10 +. +I, even I, am the LORD; and beside me there is no savior. -- isaiah 43:11 +. +I have declared, and have saved, and I have showed, when there was no strange god among you: therefore you are my witnesses, said the LORD, that I am God. -- isaiah 43:12 +. +Yes, before the day was I am he; and there is none that can deliver out of my hand: I will work, and who shall let it? -- isaiah 43:13 +. +Thus said the LORD, your redeemer, the Holy One of Israel; For your sake I have sent to Babylon, and have brought down all their nobles, and the Chaldeans, whose cry is in the ships. -- isaiah 43:14 +. +I am the LORD, your Holy One, the creator of Israel, your King. -- isaiah 43:15 +. +Thus said the LORD, which makes a way in the sea, and a path in the mighty waters; -- isaiah 43:16 +. +Which brings forth the chariot and horse, the army and the power; they shall lie down together, they shall not rise: they are extinct, they are quenched as wick. -- isaiah 43:17 +. +Remember you not the former things, neither consider the things of old. -- isaiah 43:18 +. +Behold, I will do a new thing; now it shall spring forth; shall you not know it? I will even make a way in the wilderness, and rivers in the desert. -- isaiah 43:19 +. +The beast of the field shall honor me, the dragons and the owls: because I give waters in the wilderness, and rivers in the desert, to give drink to my people, my chosen. -- isaiah 43:20 +. +This people have I formed for myself; they shall show forth my praise. -- isaiah 43:21 +. +But you have not called on me, O Jacob; but you have been weary of me, O Israel. -- isaiah 43:22 +. +You have not brought me the small cattle of your burnt offerings; neither have you honored me with your sacrifices. I have not caused you to serve with an offering, nor wearied you with incense. -- isaiah 43:23 +. +You have bought me no sweet cane with money, neither have you filled me with the fat of your sacrifices: but you have made me to serve with your sins, you have wearied me with your iniquities. -- isaiah 43:24 +. +I, even I, am he that blots out your transgressions for my own sake, and will not remember your sins. -- isaiah 43:25 +. +Put me in remembrance: let us plead together: declare you, that you may be justified. -- isaiah 43:26 +. +Your first father has sinned, and your teachers have transgressed against me. -- isaiah 43:27 +. +Therefore I have profaned the princes of the sanctuary, and have given Jacob to the curse, and Israel to reproaches. -- isaiah 43:28 +. +Yet now hear, O Jacob my servant; and Israel, whom I have chosen: -- isaiah 44:1 +. +Thus said the LORD that made you, and formed you from the womb, which will help you; Fear not, O Jacob, my servant; and you, Jesurun, whom I have chosen. -- isaiah 44:2 +. +For I will pour water on him that is thirsty, and floods on the dry ground: I will pour my spirit on your seed, and my blessing on your offspring: -- isaiah 44:3 +. +And they shall spring up as among the grass, as willows by the water courses. -- isaiah 44:4 +. +One shall say, I am the LORD'; and another shall call himself by the name of Jacob; and another shall subscribe with his hand to the LORD, and surname himself by the name of Israel. -- isaiah 44:5 +. +Thus said the LORD the King of Israel, and his redeemer the LORD of hosts; I am the first, and I am the last; and beside me there is no God. -- isaiah 44:6 +. +And who, as I, shall call, and shall declare it, and set it in order for me, since I appointed the ancient people? and the things that are coming, and shall come, let them show to them. -- isaiah 44:7 +. +Fear you not, neither be afraid: have not I told you from that time, and have declared it? you are even my witnesses. Is there a God beside me? yes, there is no God; I know not any. -- isaiah 44:8 +. +They that make a graven image are all of them vanity; and their delectable things shall not profit; and they are their own witnesses; they see not, nor know; that they may be ashamed. -- isaiah 44:9 +. +Who has formed a god, or molten a graven image that is profitable for nothing? -- isaiah 44:10 +. +Behold, all his fellows shall be ashamed: and the workmen, they are of men: let them all be gathered together, let them stand up; yet they shall fear, and they shall be ashamed together. -- isaiah 44:11 +. +The smith with the tongs both works in the coals, and fashions it with hammers, and works it with the strength of his arms: yes, he is hungry, and his strength fails: he drinks no water, and is faint. -- isaiah 44:12 +. +The carpenter stretches out his rule; he marks it out with a line; he fits it with planes, and he marks it out with the compass, and makes it after the figure of a man, according to the beauty of a man; that it may remain in the house. -- isaiah 44:13 +. +He hews him down cedars, and takes the cypress and the oak, which he strengthens for himself among the trees of the forest: he plants an ash, and the rain does nourish it. -- isaiah 44:14 +. +Then shall it be for a man to burn: for he will take thereof, and warm himself; yes, he kindles it, and bakes bread; yes, he makes a god, and worships it; he makes it a graven image, and falls down thereto. -- isaiah 44:15 +. +He burns part thereof in the fire; with part thereof he eats flesh; he roasts roast, and is satisfied: yes, he warms himself, and said, Aha, I am warm, I have seen the fire: -- isaiah 44:16 +. +And the residue thereof he makes a god, even his graven image: he falls down to it, and worships it, and prays to it, and said, Deliver me; for you are my god. -- isaiah 44:17 +. +They have not known nor understood: for he has shut their eyes, that they cannot see; and their hearts, that they cannot understand. -- isaiah 44:18 +. +And none considers in his heart, neither is there knowledge nor understanding to say, I have burned part of it in the fire; yes, also I have baked bread on the coals thereof; I have roasted flesh, and eaten it: and shall I make the residue thereof an abomination? shall I fall down to the stock of a tree? -- isaiah 44:19 +. +He feeds on ashes: a deceived heart has turned him aside, that he cannot deliver his soul, nor say, Is there not a lie in my right hand? -- isaiah 44:20 +. +Remember these, O Jacob and Israel; for you are my servant: I have formed you; you are my servant: O Israel, you shall not be forgotten of me. -- isaiah 44:21 +. +I have blotted out, as a thick cloud, your transgressions, and, as a cloud, your sins: return to me; for I have redeemed you. -- isaiah 44:22 +. +Sing, O you heavens; for the LORD has done it: shout, you lower parts of the earth: break forth into singing, you mountains, O forest, and every tree therein: for the LORD has redeemed Jacob, and glorified himself in Israel. -- isaiah 44:23 +. +Thus said the LORD, your redeemer, and he that formed you from the womb, I am the LORD that makes all things; that stretches forth the heavens alone; that spreads abroad the earth by myself; -- isaiah 44:24 +. +That frustrates the tokens of the liars, and makes diviners mad; that turns wise men backward, and makes their knowledge foolish; -- isaiah 44:25 +. +That confirms the word of his servant, and performes the counsel of his messengers; that said to Jerusalem, You shall be inhabited; and to the cities of Judah, You shall be built, and I will raise up the decayed places thereof: -- isaiah 44:26 +. +That said to the deep, Be dry, and I will dry up your rivers: -- isaiah 44:27 +. +That said of Cyrus, He is my shepherd, and shall perform all my pleasure: even saying to Jerusalem, You shall be built; and to the temple, Your foundation shall be laid. -- isaiah 44:28 +. +Thus said the LORD to his anointed, to Cyrus, whose right hand I have held, to subdue nations before him; and I will loose the loins of kings, to open before him the two leaved gates; and the gates shall not be shut; -- isaiah 45:1 +. +I will go before you, and make the crooked places straight: I will break in pieces the gates of brass, and cut in sunder the bars of iron: -- isaiah 45:2 +. +And I will give you the treasures of darkness, and hidden riches of secret places, that you may know that I, the LORD, which call you by your name, am the God of Israel. -- isaiah 45:3 +. +For Jacob my servant' sake, and Israel my elect, I have even called you by your name: I have surnamed you, though you have not known me. -- isaiah 45:4 +. +I am the LORD, and there is none else, there is no God beside me: I girded you, though you have not known me: -- isaiah 45:5 +. +That they may know from the rising of the sun, and from the west, that there is none beside me. I am the LORD, and there is none else. -- isaiah 45:6 +. +I form the light, and create darkness: I make peace, and create evil: I the LORD do all these things. -- isaiah 45:7 +. +Drop down, you heavens, from above, and let the skies pour down righteousness: let the earth open, and let them bring forth salvation, and let righteousness spring up together; I the LORD have created it. -- isaiah 45:8 +. +Woe to him that strives with his Maker! Let the potsherd strive with the potsherds of the earth. Shall the clay say to him that fashions it, What make you? or your work, He has no hands? -- isaiah 45:9 +. +Woe to him that said to his father, What beget you? or to the woman, What have you brought forth? -- isaiah 45:10 +. +Thus said the LORD, the Holy One of Israel, and his Maker, Ask me of things to come concerning my sons, and concerning the work of my hands command you me. -- isaiah 45:11 +. +I have made the earth, and created man on it: I, even my hands, have stretched out the heavens, and all their host have I commanded. -- isaiah 45:12 +. +I have raised him up in righteousness, and I will direct all his ways: he shall build my city, and he shall let go my captives, not for price nor reward, said the LORD of hosts. -- isaiah 45:13 +. +Thus said the LORD, The labor of Egypt, and merchandise of Ethiopia and of the Sabeans, men of stature, shall come over to you, and they shall be yours: they shall come after you; in chains they shall come over, and they shall fall down to you, they shall make supplication to you, saying, Surely God is in you; and there is none else, there is no God. -- isaiah 45:14 +. +Truly you are a God that hide yourself, O God of Israel, the Savior. -- isaiah 45:15 +. +They shall be ashamed, and also confounded, all of them: they shall go to confusion together that are makers of idols. -- isaiah 45:16 +. +But Israel shall be saved in the LORD with an everlasting salvation: you shall not be ashamed nor confounded world without end. -- isaiah 45:17 +. +For thus said the LORD that created the heavens; God himself that formed the earth and made it; he has established it, he created it not in vain, he formed it to be inhabited: I am the LORD; and there is none else. -- isaiah 45:18 +. +I have not spoken in secret, in a dark place of the earth: I said not to the seed of Jacob, Seek you me in vain: I the LORD speak righteousness, I declare things that are right. -- isaiah 45:19 +. +Assemble yourselves and come; draw near together, you that are escaped of the nations: they have no knowledge that set up the wood of their graven image, and pray to a god that cannot save. -- isaiah 45:20 +. +Tell you, and bring them near; yes, let them take counsel together: who has declared this from ancient time? who has told it from that time? have not I the LORD? and there is no God else beside me; a just God and a Savior; there is none beside me. -- isaiah 45:21 +. +Look to me, and be you saved, all the ends of the earth: for I am God, and there is none else. -- isaiah 45:22 +. +I have sworn by myself, the word is gone out of my mouth in righteousness, and shall not return, That to me every knee shall bow, every tongue shall swear. -- isaiah 45:23 +. +Surely, shall one say, in the LORD have I righteousness and strength: even to him shall men come; and all that are incensed against him shall be ashamed. -- isaiah 45:24 +. +In the LORD shall all the seed of Israel be justified, and shall glory. -- isaiah 45:25 +. +Bel bows down, Nebo stoops, their idols were on the beasts, and on the cattle: your carriages were heavy laden; they are a burden to the weary beast. -- isaiah 46:1 +. +They stoop, they bow down together; they could not deliver the burden, but themselves are gone into captivity. -- isaiah 46:2 +. +Listen to me, O house of Jacob, and all the remnant of the house of Israel, which are borne by me from the belly, which are carried from the womb: -- isaiah 46:3 +. +And even to your old age I am he; and even to hoar hairs will I carry you: I have made, and I will bear; even I will carry, and will deliver you. -- isaiah 46:4 +. +To whom will you liken me, and make me equal, and compare me, that we may be like? -- isaiah 46:5 +. +They lavish gold out of the bag, and weigh silver in the balance, and hire a goldsmith; and he makes it a god: they fall down, yes, they worship. -- isaiah 46:6 +. +They bear him on the shoulder, they carry him, and set him in his place, and he stands; from his place shall he not remove: yes, one shall cry to him, yet can he not answer, nor save him out of his trouble. -- isaiah 46:7 +. +Remember this, and show yourselves men: bring it again to mind, O you transgressors. -- isaiah 46:8 +. +Remember the former things of old: for I am God, and there is none else; I am God, and there is none like me, -- isaiah 46:9 +. +Declaring the end from the beginning, and from ancient times the things that are not yet done, saying, My counsel shall stand, and I will do all my pleasure: -- isaiah 46:10 +. +Calling a ravenous bird from the east, the man that executes my counsel from a far country: yes, I have spoken it, I will also bring it to pass; I have purposed it, I will also do it. -- isaiah 46:11 +. +Listen to me, you stouthearted, that are far from righteousness: -- isaiah 46:12 +. +I bring near my righteousness; it shall not be far off, and my salvation shall not tarry: and I will place salvation in Zion for Israel my glory. -- isaiah 46:13 +. +Come down, and sit in the dust, O virgin daughter of Babylon, sit on the ground: there is no throne, O daughter of the Chaldeans: for you shall no more be called tender and delicate. -- isaiah 47:1 +. +Take the millstones, and grind meal: uncover your locks, make bore the leg, uncover the thigh, pass over the rivers. -- isaiah 47:2 +. +Your nakedness shall be uncovered, yes, your shame shall be seen: I will take vengeance, and I will not meet you as a man. -- isaiah 47:3 +. +As for our redeemer, the LORD of hosts is his name, the Holy One of Israel. -- isaiah 47:4 +. +Sit you silent, and get you into darkness, O daughter of the Chaldeans: for you shall no more be called, The lady of kingdoms. -- isaiah 47:5 +. +I was wroth with my people, I have polluted my inheritance, and given them into your hand: you did show them no mercy; on the ancient have you very heavily laid your yoke. -- isaiah 47:6 +. +And you said, I shall be a lady for ever: so that you did not lay these things to your heart, neither did remember the latter end of it. -- isaiah 47:7 +. +Therefore hear now this, you that are given to pleasures, that dwell carelessly, that say in your heart, I am, and none else beside me; I shall not sit as a widow, neither shall I know the loss of children: -- isaiah 47:8 +. +But these two things shall come to you in a moment in one day, the loss of children, and widowhood: they shall come on you in their perfection for the multitude of your sorceries, and for the great abundance of your enchantments. -- isaiah 47:9 +. +For you have trusted in your wickedness: you have said, None sees me. Your wisdom and your knowledge, it has perverted you; and you have said in your heart, I am, and none else beside me. -- isaiah 47:10 +. +Therefore shall evil come on you; you shall not know from where it rises: and mischief shall fall on you; you shall not be able to put it off: and desolation shall come on you suddenly, which you shall not know. -- isaiah 47:11 +. +Stand now with your enchantments, and with the multitude of your sorceries, wherein you have labored from your youth; if so be you shall be able to profit, if so be you may prevail. -- isaiah 47:12 +. +You are wearied in the multitude of your counsels. Let now the astrologers, the stargazers, the monthly prognosticators, stand up, and save you from these things that shall come on you. -- isaiah 47:13 +. +Behold, they shall be as stubble; the fire shall burn them; they shall not deliver themselves from the power of the flame: there shall not be a coal to warm at, nor fire to sit before it. -- isaiah 47:14 +. +Thus shall they be to you with whom you have labored, even your merchants, from your youth: they shall wander every one to his quarter; none shall save you. -- isaiah 47:15 +. +Hear you this, O house of Jacob, which are called by the name of Israel, and are come forth out of the waters of Judah, which swear by the name of the LORD, and make mention of the God of Israel, but not in truth, nor in righteousness. -- isaiah 48:1 +. +For they call themselves of the holy city, and stay themselves on the God of Israel; The LORD of hosts is his name. -- isaiah 48:2 +. +I have declared the former things from the beginning; and they went forth out of my mouth, and I showed them; I did them suddenly, and they came to pass. -- isaiah 48:3 +. +Because I knew that you are obstinate, and your neck is an iron sinew, and your brow brass; -- isaiah 48:4 +. +I have even from the beginning declared it to you; before it came to pass I showed it you: lest you should say, My idol has done them, and my graven image, and my molten image, has commanded them. -- isaiah 48:5 +. +You have heard, see all this; and will not you declare it? I have showed you new things from this time, even hidden things, and you did not know them. -- isaiah 48:6 +. +They are created now, and not from the beginning; even before the day when you heard them not; lest you should say, Behold, I knew them. -- isaiah 48:7 +. +Yes, you heard not; yes, you knew not; yes, from that time that your ear was not opened: for I knew that you would deal very treacherously, and were called a transgressor from the womb. -- isaiah 48:8 +. +For my name' sake will I defer my anger, and for my praise will I refrain for you, that I cut you not off. -- isaiah 48:9 +. +Behold, I have refined you, but not with silver; I have chosen you in the furnace of affliction. -- isaiah 48:10 +. +For my own sake, even for my own sake, will I do it: for how should my name be polluted? and I will not give my glory to another. -- isaiah 48:11 +. +Listen to me, O Jacob and Israel, my called; I am he; I am the first, I also am the last. -- isaiah 48:12 +. +My hand also has laid the foundation of the earth, and my right hand has spanned the heavens: when I call to them, they stand up together. -- isaiah 48:13 +. +All you, assemble yourselves, and hear; which among them has declared these things? The LORD has loved him: he will do his pleasure on Babylon, and his arm shall be on the Chaldeans. -- isaiah 48:14 +. +I, even I, have spoken; yes, I have called him: I have brought him, and he shall make his way prosperous. -- isaiah 48:15 +. +Come you near to me, hear you this; I have not spoken in secret from the beginning; from the time that it was, there am I: and now the Lord GOD, and his Spirit, has sent me. -- isaiah 48:16 +. +Thus said the LORD, your Redeemer, the Holy One of Israel; I am the LORD your God which teaches you to profit, which leads you by the way that you should go. -- isaiah 48:17 +. +O that you had listened to my commandments! then had your peace been as a river, and your righteousness as the waves of the sea: -- isaiah 48:18 +. +Your seed also had been as the sand, and the offspring of your bowels like the gravel thereof; his name should not have been cut off nor destroyed from before me. -- isaiah 48:19 +. +Go you forth of Babylon, flee you from the Chaldeans, with a voice of singing declare you, tell this, utter it even to the end of the earth; say you, The LORD has redeemed his servant Jacob. -- isaiah 48:20 +. +And they thirsted not when he led them through the deserts: he caused the waters to flow out of the rock for them: he split the rock also, and the waters gushed out. -- isaiah 48:21 +. +There is no peace, said the LORD, to the wicked. -- isaiah 48:22 +. +Listen, O isles, to me; and listen, you people, from far; The LORD has called me from the womb; from the bowels of my mother has he made mention of my name. -- isaiah 49:1 +. +And he has made my mouth like a sharp sword; in the shadow of his hand has he hid me, and made me a polished shaft; in his quiver has he hid me; -- isaiah 49:2 +. +And said to me, You are my servant, O Israel, in whom I will be glorified. -- isaiah 49:3 +. +Then I said, I have labored in vain, I have spent my strength for nothing, and in vain: yet surely my judgment is with the LORD, and my work with my God. -- isaiah 49:4 +. +And now, said the LORD that formed me from the womb to be his servant, to bring Jacob again to him, Though Israel be not gathered, yet shall I be glorious in the eyes of the LORD, and my God shall be my strength. -- isaiah 49:5 +. +And he said, It is a light thing that you should be my servant to raise up the tribes of Jacob, and to restore the preserved of Israel: I will also give you for a light to the Gentiles, that you may be my salvation to the end of the earth. -- isaiah 49:6 +. +Thus said the LORD, the Redeemer of Israel, and his Holy One, to him whom man despises, to him whom the nation abhors, to a servant of rulers, Kings shall see and arise, princes also shall worship, because of the LORD that is faithful, and the Holy One of Israel, and he shall choose you. -- isaiah 49:7 +. +Thus said the LORD, In an acceptable time have I heard you, and in a day of salvation have I helped you: and I will preserve you, and give you for a covenant of the people, to establish the earth, to cause to inherit the desolate heritages; -- isaiah 49:8 +. +That you may say to the prisoners, Go forth; to them that are in darkness, Show yourselves. They shall feed in the ways, and their pastures shall be in all high places. -- isaiah 49:9 +. +They shall not hunger nor thirst; neither shall the heat nor sun smite them: for he that has mercy on them shall lead them, even by the springs of water shall he guide them. -- isaiah 49:10 +. +And I will make all my mountains a way, and my highways shall be exalted. -- isaiah 49:11 +. +Behold, these shall come from far: and, see, these from the north and from the west; and these from the land of Sinim. -- isaiah 49:12 +. +Sing, O heavens; and be joyful, O earth; and break forth into singing, O mountains: for the LORD has comforted his people, and will have mercy on his afflicted. -- isaiah 49:13 +. +But Zion said, The LORD has forsaken me, and my Lord has forgotten me. -- isaiah 49:14 +. +Can a woman forget her sucking child, that she should not have compassion on the son of her womb? yes, they may forget, yet will I not forget you. -- isaiah 49:15 +. +Behold, I have graven you on the palms of my hands; your walls are continually before me. -- isaiah 49:16 +. +Your children shall make haste; your destroyers and they that made you waste shall go forth of you. -- isaiah 49:17 +. +Lift up your eyes round about, and behold: all these gather themselves together, and come to you. As I live, said the LORD, you shall surely clothe you with them all, as with an ornament, and bind them on you, as a bride does. -- isaiah 49:18 +. +For your waste and your desolate places, and the land of your destruction, shall even now be too narrow by reason of the inhabitants, and they that swallowed you up shall be far away. -- isaiah 49:19 +. +The children which you shall have, after you have lost the other, shall say again in your ears, The place is too strait for me: give place to me that I may dwell. -- isaiah 49:20 +. +Then shall you say in your heart, Who has begotten me these, seeing I have lost my children, and am desolate, a captive, and removing to and fro? and who has brought up these? Behold, I was left alone; these, where had they been? -- isaiah 49:21 +. +Thus said the Lord GOD, Behold, I will lift up my hand to the Gentiles, and set up my standard to the people: and they shall bring your sons in their arms, and your daughters shall be carried on their shoulders. -- isaiah 49:22 +. +And kings shall be your nursing fathers, and their queens your nursing mothers: they shall bow down to you with their face toward the earth, and lick up the dust of your feet; and you shall know that I am the LORD: for they shall not be ashamed that wait for me. -- isaiah 49:23 +. +Shall the prey be taken from the mighty, or the lawful captive delivered? -- isaiah 49:24 +. +But thus said the LORD, Even the captives of the mighty shall be taken away, and the prey of the terrible shall be delivered: for I will contend with him that contends with you, and I will save your children. -- isaiah 49:25 +. +And I will feed them that oppress you with their own flesh; and they shall be drunken with their own blood, as with sweet wine: and all flesh shall know that I the LORD am your Savior and your Redeemer, the mighty One of Jacob. -- isaiah 49:26 +. +Thus said the LORD, Where is the bill of your mother' divorce, whom I have put away? or which of my creditors is it to whom I have sold you? Behold, for your iniquities have you sold yourselves, and for your transgressions is your mother put away. -- isaiah 50:1 +. +Why, when I came, was there no man? when I called, was there none to answer? Is my hand shortened at all, that it cannot redeem? or have I no power to deliver? behold, at my rebuke I dry up the sea, I make the rivers a wilderness: their fish stinks, because there is no water, and dies for thirst. -- isaiah 50:2 +. +I clothe the heavens with blackness, and I make sackcloth their covering. -- isaiah 50:3 +. +The Lord GOD has given me the tongue of the learned, that I should know how to speak a word in season to him that is weary: he wakens morning by morning, he wakens my ear to hear as the learned. -- isaiah 50:4 +. +The Lord GOD has opened my ear, and I was not rebellious, neither turned away back. -- isaiah 50:5 +. +I gave my back to the smiters, and my cheeks to them that plucked off the hair: I hid not my face from shame and spitting. -- isaiah 50:6 +. +For the Lord GOD will help me; therefore shall I not be confounded: therefore have I set my face like a flint, and I know that I shall not be ashamed. -- isaiah 50:7 +. +He is near that justifies me; who will contend with me? let us stand together: who is my adversary? let him come near to me. -- isaiah 50:8 +. +Behold, the Lord GOD will help me; who is he that shall condemn me? see, they all shall wax old as a garment; the moth shall eat them up. -- isaiah 50:9 +. +Who is among you that fears the LORD, that obeys the voice of his servant, that walks in darkness, and has no light? let him trust in the name of the LORD, and stay on his God. -- isaiah 50:10 +. +Behold, all you that kindle a fire, that compass yourselves about with sparks: walk in the light of your fire, and in the sparks that you have kindled. This shall you have of my hand; you shall lie down in sorrow. -- isaiah 50:11 +. +Listen to me, you that follow after righteousness, you that seek the LORD: look to the rock from where you are hewn, and to the hole of the pit from where you are dig. -- isaiah 51:1 +. +Look to Abraham your father, and to Sarah that bore you: for I called him alone, and blessed him, and increased him. -- isaiah 51:2 +. +For the LORD shall comfort Zion: he will comfort all her waste places; and he will make her wilderness like Eden, and her desert like the garden of the LORD; joy and gladness shall be found therein, thanksgiving, and the voice of melody. -- isaiah 51:3 +. +Listen to me, my people; and give ear to me, O my nation: for a law shall proceed from me, and I will make my judgment to rest for a light of the people. -- isaiah 51:4 +. +My righteousness is near; my salvation is gone forth, and my arms shall judge the people; the isles shall wait on me, and on my arm shall they trust. -- isaiah 51:5 +. +Lift up your eyes to the heavens, and look on the earth beneath: for the heavens shall vanish away like smoke, and the earth shall wax old like a garment, and they that dwell therein shall die in like manner: but my salvation shall be for ever, and my righteousness shall not be abolished. -- isaiah 51:6 +. +Listen to me, you that know righteousness, the people in whose heart is my law; fear you not the reproach of men, neither be you afraid of their revilings. -- isaiah 51:7 +. +For the moth shall eat them up like a garment, and the worm shall eat them like wool: but my righteousness shall be for ever, and my salvation from generation to generation. -- isaiah 51:8 +. +Awake, awake, put on strength, O arm of the LORD; awake, as in the ancient days, in the generations of old. Are you not it that has cut Rahab, and wounded the dragon? -- isaiah 51:9 +. +Are you not it which has dried the sea, the waters of the great deep; that has made the depths of the sea a way for the ransomed to pass over? -- isaiah 51:10 +. +Therefore the redeemed of the LORD shall return, and come with singing to Zion; and everlasting joy shall be on their head: they shall obtain gladness and joy; and sorrow and mourning shall flee away. -- isaiah 51:11 +. +I, even I, am he that comforts you: who are you, that you should be afraid of a man that shall die, and of the son of man which shall be made as grass; -- isaiah 51:12 +. +And forget the LORD your maker, that has stretched forth the heavens, and laid the foundations of the earth; and have feared continually every day because of the fury of the oppressor, as if he were ready to destroy? and where is the fury of the oppressor? -- isaiah 51:13 +. +The captive exile hastens that he may be loosed, and that he should not die in the pit, nor that his bread should fail. -- isaiah 51:14 +. +But I am the LORD your God, that divided the sea, whose waves roared: The LORD of hosts is his name. -- isaiah 51:15 +. +And I have put my words in your mouth, and I have covered you in the shadow of my hand, that I may plant the heavens, and lay the foundations of the earth, and say to Zion, You are my people. -- isaiah 51:16 +. +Awake, awake, stand up, O Jerusalem, which have drunk at the hand of the LORD the cup of his fury; you have drunken the dregs of the cup of trembling, and wrung them out. -- isaiah 51:17 +. +There is none to guide her among all the sons whom she has brought forth; neither is there any that takes her by the hand of all the sons that she has brought up. -- isaiah 51:18 +. +These two things are come to you; who shall be sorry for you? desolation, and destruction, and the famine, and the sword: by whom shall I comfort you? -- isaiah 51:19 +. +Your sons have fainted, they lie at the head of all the streets, as a wild bull in a net: they are full of the fury of the LORD, the rebuke of your God. -- isaiah 51:20 +. +Therefore hear now this, you afflicted, and drunken, but not with wine: -- isaiah 51:21 +. +Thus said your Lord the LORD, and your God that pleads the cause of his people, Behold, I have taken out of your hand the cup of trembling, even the dregs of the cup of my fury; you shall no more drink it again: -- isaiah 51:22 +. +But I will put it into the hand of them that afflict you; which have said to your soul, Bow down, that we may go over: and you have laid your body as the ground, and as the street, to them that went over. -- isaiah 51:23 +. +Awake, awake; put on your strength, O Zion; put on your beautiful garments, O Jerusalem, the holy city: for from now on there shall no more come into you the uncircumcised and the unclean. -- isaiah 52:1 +. +Shake yourself from the dust; arise, and sit down, O Jerusalem: loose yourself from the bands of your neck, O captive daughter of Zion. -- isaiah 52:2 +. +For thus said the LORD, You have sold yourselves for nothing; and you shall be redeemed without money. -- isaiah 52:3 +. +For thus said the Lord GOD, My people went down aforetime into Egypt to sojourn there; and the Assyrian oppressed them without cause. -- isaiah 52:4 +. +Now therefore, what have I here, said the LORD, that my people is taken away for nothing? they that rule over them make them to howl, said the LORD; and my name continually every day is blasphemed. -- isaiah 52:5 +. +Therefore my people shall know my name: therefore they shall know in that day that I am he that does speak: behold, it is I. -- isaiah 52:6 +. +How beautiful on the mountains are the feet of him that brings good tidings, that publishes peace; that brings good tidings of good, that publishes salvation; that said to Zion, Your God reigns! -- isaiah 52:7 +. +Your watchmen shall lift up the voice; with the voice together shall they sing: for they shall see eye to eye, when the LORD shall bring again Zion. -- isaiah 52:8 +. +Break forth into joy, sing together, you waste places of Jerusalem: for the LORD has comforted his people, he has redeemed Jerusalem. -- isaiah 52:9 +. +The LORD has made bore his holy arm in the eyes of all the nations; and all the ends of the earth shall see the salvation of our God. -- isaiah 52:10 +. +Depart you, depart you, go you out from there, touch no unclean thing; go you out of the middle of her; be you clean, that bear the vessels of the LORD. -- isaiah 52:11 +. +For you shall not go out with haste, nor go by flight: for the LORD will go before you; and the God of Israel will be your rear guard. -- isaiah 52:12 +. +Behold, my servant shall deal prudently, he shall be exalted and extolled, and be very high. -- isaiah 52:13 +. +As many were astonished at you; his visage was so marred more than any man, and his form more than the sons of men: -- isaiah 52:14 +. +So shall he sprinkle many nations; the kings shall shut their mouths at him: for that which had not been told them shall they see; and that which they had not heard shall they consider. -- isaiah 52:15 +. +Who has believed our report? and to whom is the arm of the LORD revealed? -- isaiah 53:1 +. +For he shall grow up before him as a tender plant, and as a root out of a dry ground: he has no form nor comeliness; and when we shall see him, there is no beauty that we should desire him. -- isaiah 53:2 +. +He is despised and rejected of men; a man of sorrows, and acquainted with grief: and we hid as it were our faces from him; he was despised, and we esteemed him not. -- isaiah 53:3 +. +Surely he has borne our griefs, and carried our sorrows: yet we did esteem him stricken, smitten of God, and afflicted. -- isaiah 53:4 +. +But he was wounded for our transgressions, he was bruised for our iniquities: the chastisement of our peace was on him; and with his stripes we are healed. -- isaiah 53:5 +. +All we like sheep have gone astray; we have turned every one to his own way; and the LORD has laid on him the iniquity of us all. -- isaiah 53:6 +. +He was oppressed, and he was afflicted, yet he opened not his mouth: he is brought as a lamb to the slaughter, and as a sheep before her shearers is dumb, so he opens not his mouth. -- isaiah 53:7 +. +He was taken from prison and from judgment: and who shall declare his generation? for he was cut off out of the land of the living: for the transgression of my people was he stricken. -- isaiah 53:8 +. +And he made his grave with the wicked, and with the rich in his death; because he had done no violence, neither was any deceit in his mouth. -- isaiah 53:9 +. +Yet it pleased the LORD to bruise him; he has put him to grief: when you shall make his soul an offering for sin, he shall see his seed, he shall prolong his days, and the pleasure of the LORD shall prosper in his hand. -- isaiah 53:10 +. +He shall see of the travail of his soul, and shall be satisfied: by his knowledge shall my righteous servant justify many; for he shall bear their iniquities. -- isaiah 53:11 +. +Therefore will I divide him a portion with the great, and he shall divide the spoil with the strong; because he has poured out his soul to death: and he was numbered with the transgressors; and he bore the sin of many, and made intercession for the transgressors. -- isaiah 53:12 +. +Sing, O barren, you that did not bear; break forth into singing, and cry aloud, you that did not travail with child: for more are the children of the desolate than the children of the married wife, said the LORD. -- isaiah 54:1 +. +Enlarge the place of your tent, and let them stretch forth the curtains of your habitations: spare not, lengthen your cords, and strengthen your stakes; -- isaiah 54:2 +. +For you shall break forth on the right hand and on the left; and your seed shall inherit the Gentiles, and make the desolate cities to be inhabited. -- isaiah 54:3 +. +Fear not; for you shall not be ashamed: neither be you confounded; for you shall not be put to shame: for you shall forget the shame of your youth, and shall not remember the reproach of your widowhood any more. -- isaiah 54:4 +. +For your Maker is your husband; the LORD of hosts is his name; and your Redeemer the Holy One of Israel; The God of the whole earth shall he be called. -- isaiah 54:5 +. +For the LORD has called you as a woman forsaken and grieved in spirit, and a wife of youth, when you were refused, said your God. -- isaiah 54:6 +. +For a small moment have I forsaken you; but with great mercies will I gather you. -- isaiah 54:7 +. +In a little wrath I hid my face from you for a moment; but with everlasting kindness will I have mercy on you, said the LORD your Redeemer. -- isaiah 54:8 +. +For this is as the waters of Noah to me: for as I have sworn that the waters of Noah should no more go over the earth; so have I sworn that I would not be wroth with you, nor rebuke you. -- isaiah 54:9 +. +For the mountains shall depart, and the hills be removed; but my kindness shall not depart from you, neither shall the covenant of my peace be removed, said the LORD that has mercy on you. -- isaiah 54:10 +. +O you afflicted, tossed with tempest, and not comforted, behold, I will lay your stones with fair colors, and lay your foundations with sapphires. -- isaiah 54:11 +. +And I will make your windows of agates, and your gates of carbuncles, and all your borders of pleasant stones. -- isaiah 54:12 +. +And all your children shall be taught of the LORD; and great shall be the peace of your children. -- isaiah 54:13 +. +In righteousness shall you be established: you shall be far from oppression; for you shall not fear: and from terror; for it shall not come near you. -- isaiah 54:14 +. +Behold, they shall surely gather together, but not by me: whoever shall gather together against you shall fall for your sake. -- isaiah 54:15 +. +Behold, I have created the smith that blows the coals in the fire, and that brings forth an instrument for his work; and I have created the waster to destroy. -- isaiah 54:16 +. +No weapon that is formed against you shall prosper; and every tongue that shall rise against you in judgment you shall condemn. This is the heritage of the servants of the LORD, and their righteousness is of me, said the LORD. -- isaiah 54:17 +. +Ho, every one that thirsts, come you to the waters, and he that has no money; come you, buy, and eat; yes, come, buy wine and milk without money and without price. -- isaiah 55:1 +. +Why do you spend money for that which is not bread? and your labor for that which satisfies not? listen diligently to me, and eat you that which is good, and let your soul delight itself in fatness. -- isaiah 55:2 +. +Incline your ear, and come to me: hear, and your soul shall live; and I will make an everlasting covenant with you, even the sure mercies of David. -- isaiah 55:3 +. +Behold, I have given him for a witness to the people, a leader and commander to the people. -- isaiah 55:4 +. +Behold, you shall call a nation that you know not, and nations that knew not you shall run to you because of the LORD your God, and for the Holy One of Israel; for he has glorified you. -- isaiah 55:5 +. +Seek you the LORD while he may be found, call you on him while he is near: -- isaiah 55:6 +. +Let the wicked forsake his way, and the unrighteous man his thoughts: and let him return to the LORD, and he will have mercy on him; and to our God, for he will abundantly pardon. -- isaiah 55:7 +. +For my thoughts are not your thoughts, neither are your ways my ways, said the LORD. -- isaiah 55:8 +. +For as the heavens are higher than the earth, so are my ways higher than your ways, and my thoughts than your thoughts. -- isaiah 55:9 +. +For as the rain comes down, and the snow from heaven, and returns not thither, but waters the earth, and makes it bring forth and bud, that it may give seed to the sower, and bread to the eater: -- isaiah 55:10 +. +So shall my word be that goes forth out of my mouth: it shall not return to me void, but it shall accomplish that which I please, and it shall prosper in the thing whereto I sent it. -- isaiah 55:11 +. +For you shall go out with joy, and be led forth with peace: the mountains and the hills shall break forth before you into singing, and all the trees of the field shall clap their hands. -- isaiah 55:12 +. +Instead of the thorn shall come up the fir tree, and instead of the brier shall come up the myrtle tree: and it shall be to the LORD for a name, for an everlasting sign that shall not be cut off. -- isaiah 55:13 +. +Thus said the LORD, Keep you judgment, and do justice: for my salvation is near to come, and my righteousness to be revealed. -- isaiah 56:1 +. +Blessed is the man that does this, and the son of man that lays hold on it; that keeps the sabbath from polluting it, and keeps his hand from doing any evil. -- isaiah 56:2 +. +Neither let the son of the stranger, that has joined himself to the LORD, speak, saying, The LORD has utterly separated me from his people: neither let the eunuch say, Behold, I am a dry tree. -- isaiah 56:3 +. +For thus said the LORD to the eunuchs that keep my sabbaths, and choose the things that please me, and take hold of my covenant; -- isaiah 56:4 +. +Even to them will I give in my house and within my walls a place and a name better than of sons and of daughters: I will give them an everlasting name, that shall not be cut off. -- isaiah 56:5 +. +Also the sons of the stranger, that join themselves to the LORD, to serve him, and to love the name of the LORD, to be his servants, every one that keeps the sabbath from polluting it, and takes hold of my covenant; -- isaiah 56:6 +. +Even them will I bring to my holy mountain, and make them joyful in my house of prayer: their burnt offerings and their sacrifices shall be accepted on my altar; for my house shall be called an house of prayer for all people. -- isaiah 56:7 +. +The Lord GOD, which gathers the outcasts of Israel said, Yet will I gather others to him, beside those that are gathered to him. -- isaiah 56:8 +. +All you beasts of the field, come to devour, yes, all you beasts in the forest. -- isaiah 56:9 +. +His watchmen are blind: they are all ignorant, they are all dumb dogs, they cannot bark; sleeping, lying down, loving to slumber. -- isaiah 56:10 +. +Yes, they are greedy dogs which can never have enough, and they are shepherds that cannot understand: they all look to their own way, every one for his gain, from his quarter. -- isaiah 56:11 +. +Come you, say they, I will fetch wine, and we will fill ourselves with strong drink; and to morrow shall be as this day, and much more abundant. -- isaiah 56:12 +. +The righteous perishes, and no man lays it to heart: and merciful men are taken away, none considering that the righteous is taken away from the evil to come. -- isaiah 57:1 +. +He shall enter into peace: they shall rest in their beds, each one walking in his uprightness. -- isaiah 57:2 +. +But draw near here, you sons of the sorceress, the seed of the adulterer and the whore. -- isaiah 57:3 +. +Against whom do you sport yourselves? against whom make you a wide mouth, and draw out the tongue? are you not children of transgression, a seed of falsehood. -- isaiah 57:4 +. +Enflaming yourselves with idols under every green tree, slaying the children in the valleys under the clefts of the rocks? -- isaiah 57:5 +. +Among the smooth stones of the stream is your portion; they, they are your lot: even to them have you poured a drink offering, you have offered a meat offering. Should I receive comfort in these? -- isaiah 57:6 +. +On a lofty and high mountain have you set your bed: even thither went you up to offer sacrifice. -- isaiah 57:7 +. +Behind the doors also and the posts have you set up your remembrance: for you have discovered yourself to another than me, and are gone up; you have enlarged your bed, and made you a covenant with them; you loved their bed where you saw it. -- isaiah 57:8 +. +And you went to the king with ointment, and did increase your perfumes, and did send your messengers far off, and did debase yourself even to hell. -- isaiah 57:9 +. +You are wearied in the greatness of your way; yet said you not, There is no hope: you have found the life of your hand; therefore you were not grieved. -- isaiah 57:10 +. +And of whom have you been afraid or feared, that you have lied, and have not remembered me, nor laid it to your heart? have not I held my peace even of old, and you fear me not? -- isaiah 57:11 +. +I will declare your righteousness, and your works; for they shall not profit you. -- isaiah 57:12 +. +When you cry, let your companies deliver you; but the wind shall carry them all away; vanity shall take them: but he that puts his trust in me shall possess the land, and shall inherit my holy mountain; -- isaiah 57:13 +. +And shall say, Cast you up, cast you up, prepare the way, take up the stumbling block out of the way of my people. -- isaiah 57:14 +. +For thus said the high and lofty One that inhabits eternity, whose name is Holy; I dwell in the high and holy place, with him also that is of a contrite and humble spirit, to revive the spirit of the humble, and to revive the heart of the contrite ones. -- isaiah 57:15 +. +For I will not contend for ever, neither will I be always wroth: for the spirit should fail before me, and the souls which I have made. -- isaiah 57:16 +. +For the iniquity of his covetousness was I wroth, and smote him: I hid me, and was wroth, and he went on frowardly in the way of his heart. -- isaiah 57:17 +. +I have seen his ways, and will heal him: I will lead him also, and restore comforts to him and to his mourners. -- isaiah 57:18 +. +I create the fruit of the lips; Peace, peace to him that is far off, and to him that is near, said the LORD; and I will heal him. -- isaiah 57:19 +. +But the wicked are like the troubled sea, when it cannot rest, whose waters cast up mire and dirt. -- isaiah 57:20 +. +There is no peace, said my God, to the wicked. -- isaiah 57:21 +. +Cry aloud, spare not, lift up your voice like a trumpet, and show my people their transgression, and the house of Jacob their sins. -- isaiah 58:1 +. +Yet they seek me daily, and delight to know my ways, as a nation that did righteousness, and forsook not the ordinance of their God: they ask of me the ordinances of justice; they take delight in approaching to God. -- isaiah 58:2 +. +Why have we fasted, say they, and you see not? why have we afflicted our soul, and you take no knowledge? Behold, in the day of your fast you find pleasure, and exact all your labors. -- isaiah 58:3 +. +Behold, you fast for strife and debate, and to smite with the fist of wickedness: you shall not fast as you do this day, to make your voice to be heard on high. -- isaiah 58:4 +. +Is it such a fast that I have chosen? a day for a man to afflict his soul? is it to bow down his head as a bulrush, and to spread sackcloth and ashes under him? will you call this a fast, and an acceptable day to the LORD? -- isaiah 58:5 +. +Is not this the fast that I have chosen? to loose the bands of wickedness, to undo the heavy burdens, and to let the oppressed go free, and that you break every yoke? -- isaiah 58:6 +. +Is it not to deal your bread to the hungry, and that you bring the poor that are cast out to your house? when you see the naked, that you cover him; and that you hide not yourself from your own flesh? -- isaiah 58:7 +. +Then shall your light break forth as the morning, and your health shall spring forth speedily: and your righteousness shall go before you; the glory of the LORD shall be your rear guard. -- isaiah 58:8 +. +Then shall you call, and the LORD shall answer; you shall cry, and he shall say, Here I am. If you take away from the middle of you the yoke, the putting forth of the finger, and speaking vanity; -- isaiah 58:9 +. +And if you draw out your soul to the hungry, and satisfy the afflicted soul; then shall your light rise in obscurity, and your darkness be as the noon day: -- isaiah 58:10 +. +And the LORD shall guide you continually, and satisfy your soul in drought, and make fat your bones: and you shall be like a watered garden, and like a spring of water, whose waters fail not. -- isaiah 58:11 +. +And they that shall be of you shall build the old waste places: you shall raise up the foundations of many generations; and you shall be called, The repairer of the breach, The restorer of paths to dwell in. -- isaiah 58:12 +. +If you turn away your foot from the sabbath, from doing your pleasure on my holy day; and call the sabbath a delight, the holy of the LORD, honorable; and shall honor him, not doing your own ways, nor finding your own pleasure, nor speaking your own words: -- isaiah 58:13 +. +Then shall you delight yourself in the LORD; and I will cause you to ride on the high places of the earth, and feed you with the heritage of Jacob your father: for the mouth of the LORD has spoken it. -- isaiah 58:14 +. +Behold, the LORD' hand is not shortened, that it cannot save; neither his ear heavy, that it cannot hear: -- isaiah 59:1 +. +But your iniquities have separated between you and your God, and your sins have hid his face from you, that he will not hear. -- isaiah 59:2 +. +For your hands are defiled with blood, and your fingers with iniquity; your lips have spoken lies, your tongue has muttered perverseness. -- isaiah 59:3 +. +None calls for justice, nor any pleads for truth: they trust in vanity, and speak lies; they conceive mischief, and bring forth iniquity. -- isaiah 59:4 +. +They hatch cockatrice'eggs, and weave the spider' web: he that eats of their eggs dies, and that which is crushed breaks out into a viper. -- isaiah 59:5 +. +Their webs shall not become garments, neither shall they cover themselves with their works: their works are works of iniquity, and the act of violence is in their hands. -- isaiah 59:6 +. +Their feet run to evil, and they make haste to shed innocent blood: their thoughts are thoughts of iniquity; wasting and destruction are in their paths. -- isaiah 59:7 +. +The way of peace they know not; and there is no judgment in their goings: they have made them crooked paths: whoever goes therein shall not know peace. -- isaiah 59:8 +. +Therefore is judgment far from us, neither does justice overtake us: we wait for light, but behold obscurity; for brightness, but we walk in darkness. -- isaiah 59:9 +. +We grope for the wall like the blind, and we grope as if we had no eyes: we stumble at noon day as in the night; we are in desolate places as dead men. -- isaiah 59:10 +. +We roar all like bears, and mourn sore like doves: we look for judgment, but there is none; for salvation, but it is far off from us. -- isaiah 59:11 +. +For our transgressions are multiplied before you, and our sins testify against us: for our transgressions are with us; and as for our iniquities, we know them; -- isaiah 59:12 +. +In transgressing and lying against the LORD, and departing away from our God, speaking oppression and revolt, conceiving and uttering from the heart words of falsehood. -- isaiah 59:13 +. +And judgment is turned away backward, and justice stands afar off: for truth is fallen in the street, and equity cannot enter. -- isaiah 59:14 +. +Yes, truth fails; and he that departs from evil makes himself a prey: and the LORD saw it, and it displeased him that there was no judgment. -- isaiah 59:15 +. +And he saw that there was no man, and wondered that there was no intercessor: therefore his arm brought salvation to him; and his righteousness, it sustained him. -- isaiah 59:16 +. +For he put on righteousness as a breastplate, and an helmet of salvation on his head; and he put on the garments of vengeance for clothing, and was clad with zeal as a cloak. -- isaiah 59:17 +. +According to their deeds, accordingly he will repay, fury to his adversaries, recompense to his enemies; to the islands he will repay recompense. -- isaiah 59:18 +. +So shall they fear the name of the LORD from the west, and his glory from the rising of the sun. When the enemy shall come in like a flood, the Spirit of the LORD shall lift up a standard against him. -- isaiah 59:19 +. +And the Redeemer shall come to Zion, and to them that turn from transgression in Jacob, said the LORD. -- isaiah 59:20 +. +As for me, this is my covenant with them, said the LORD; My spirit that is on you, and my words which I have put in your mouth, shall not depart out of your mouth, nor out of the mouth of your seed, nor out of the mouth of your seed' seed, said the LORD, from now on and for ever. -- isaiah 59:21 +. +Arise, shine; for your light is come, and the glory of the LORD is risen on you. -- isaiah 60:1 +. +For, behold, the darkness shall cover the earth, and gross darkness the people: but the LORD shall arise on you, and his glory shall be seen on you. -- isaiah 60:2 +. +And the Gentiles shall come to your light, and kings to the brightness of your rising. -- isaiah 60:3 +. +Lift up your eyes round about, and see: all they gather themselves together, they come to you: your sons shall come from far, and your daughters shall be nursed at your side. -- isaiah 60:4 +. +Then you shall see, and flow together, and your heart shall fear, and be enlarged; because the abundance of the sea shall be converted to you, the forces of the Gentiles shall come to you. -- isaiah 60:5 +. +The multitude of camels shall cover you, the dromedaries of Midian and Ephah; all they from Sheba shall come: they shall bring gold and incense; and they shall show forth the praises of the LORD. -- isaiah 60:6 +. +All the flocks of Kedar shall be gathered together to you, the rams of Nebaioth shall minister to you: they shall come up with acceptance on my altar, and I will glorify the house of my glory. -- isaiah 60:7 +. +Who are these that fly as a cloud, and as the doves to their windows? -- isaiah 60:8 +. +Surely the isles shall wait for me, and the ships of Tarshish first, to bring your sons from far, their silver and their gold with them, to the name of the LORD your God, and to the Holy One of Israel, because he has glorified you. -- isaiah 60:9 +. +And the sons of strangers shall build up your walls, and their kings shall minister to you: for in my wrath I smote you, but in my favor have I had mercy on you. -- isaiah 60:10 +. +Therefore your gates shall be open continually; they shall not be shut day nor night; that men may bring to you the forces of the Gentiles, and that their kings may be brought. -- isaiah 60:11 +. +For the nation and kingdom that will not serve you shall perish; yes, those nations shall be utterly wasted. -- isaiah 60:12 +. +The glory of Lebanon shall come to you, the fir tree, the pine tree, and the box together, to beautify the place of my sanctuary; and I will make the place of my feet glorious. -- isaiah 60:13 +. +The sons also of them that afflicted you shall come bending to you; and all they that despised you shall bow themselves down at the soles of your feet; and they shall call you; The city of the LORD, The Zion of the Holy One of Israel. -- isaiah 60:14 +. +Whereas you has been forsaken and hated, so that no man went through you, I will make you an eternal excellency, a joy of many generations. -- isaiah 60:15 +. +You shall also suck the milk of the Gentiles, and shall suck the breast of kings: and you shall know that I the LORD am your Savior and your Redeemer, the mighty One of Jacob. -- isaiah 60:16 +. +For brass I will bring gold, and for iron I will bring silver, and for wood brass, and for stones iron: I will also make your officers peace, and your exactors righteousness. -- isaiah 60:17 +. +Violence shall no more be heard in your land, wasting nor destruction within your borders; but you shall call your walls Salvation, and your gates Praise. -- isaiah 60:18 +. +The sun shall be no more your light by day; neither for brightness shall the moon give light to you: but the LORD shall be to you an everlasting light, and your God your glory. -- isaiah 60:19 +. +Your sun shall no more go down; neither shall your moon withdraw itself: for the LORD shall be your everlasting light, and the days of your mourning shall be ended. -- isaiah 60:20 +. +Your people also shall be all righteous: they shall inherit the land for ever, the branch of my planting, the work of my hands, that I may be glorified. -- isaiah 60:21 +. +A little one shall become a thousand, and a small one a strong nation: I the LORD will hasten it in his time. -- isaiah 60:22 +. +The Spirit of the Lord GOD is on me; because the LORD has anointed me to preach good tidings to the meek; he has sent me to bind up the brokenhearted, to proclaim liberty to the captives, and the opening of the prison to them that are bound; -- isaiah 61:1 +. +To proclaim the acceptable year of the LORD, and the day of vengeance of our God; to comfort all that mourn; -- isaiah 61:2 +. +To appoint to them that mourn in Zion, to give to them beauty for ashes, the oil of joy for mourning, the garment of praise for the spirit of heaviness; that they might be called trees of righteousness, the planting of the LORD, that he might be glorified. -- isaiah 61:3 +. +And they shall build the old wastes, they shall raise up the former desolations, and they shall repair the waste cities, the desolations of many generations. -- isaiah 61:4 +. +And strangers shall stand and feed your flocks, and the sons of the alien shall be your plowmen and your vinedressers. -- isaiah 61:5 +. +But you shall be named the Priests of the LORD: men shall call you the Ministers of our God: you shall eat the riches of the Gentiles, and in their glory shall you boast yourselves. -- isaiah 61:6 +. +For your shame you shall have double; and for confusion they shall rejoice in their portion: therefore in their land they shall possess the double: everlasting joy shall be to them. -- isaiah 61:7 +. +For I the LORD love judgment, I hate robbery for burnt offering; and I will direct their work in truth, and I will make an everlasting covenant with them. -- isaiah 61:8 +. +And their seed shall be known among the Gentiles, and their offspring among the people: all that see them shall acknowledge them, that they are the seed which the LORD has blessed. -- isaiah 61:9 +. +I will greatly rejoice in the LORD, my soul shall be joyful in my God; for he has clothed me with the garments of salvation, he has covered me with the robe of righteousness, as a bridegroom decks himself with ornaments, and as a bride adorns herself with her jewels. -- isaiah 61:10 +. +For as the earth brings forth her bud, and as the garden causes the things that are sown in it to spring forth; so the Lord GOD will cause righteousness and praise to spring forth before all the nations. -- isaiah 61:11 +. +For Zion' sake will I not hold my peace, and for Jerusalem' sake I will not rest, until the righteousness thereof go forth as brightness, and the salvation thereof as a lamp that burns. -- isaiah 62:1 +. +And the Gentiles shall see your righteousness, and all kings your glory: and you shall be called by a new name, which the mouth of the LORD shall name. -- isaiah 62:2 +. +You shall also be a crown of glory in the hand of the LORD, and a royal diadem in the hand of your God. -- isaiah 62:3 +. +You shall no more be termed Forsaken; neither shall your land any more be termed Desolate: but you shall be called Hephzibah, and your land Beulah: for the LORD delights in you, and your land shall be married. -- isaiah 62:4 +. +For as a young man marries a virgin, so shall your sons marry you: and as the bridegroom rejoices over the bride, so shall your God rejoice over you. -- isaiah 62:5 +. +I have set watchmen on your walls, O Jerusalem, which shall never hold their peace day nor night: you that make mention of the LORD, keep not silence, -- isaiah 62:6 +. +And give him no rest, till he establish, and till he make Jerusalem a praise in the earth. -- isaiah 62:7 +. +The LORD has sworn by his right hand, and by the arm of his strength, Surely I will no more give your corn to be meat for your enemies; and the sons of the stranger shall not drink your wine, for the which you have labored: -- isaiah 62:8 +. +But they that have gathered it shall eat it, and praise the LORD; and they that have brought it together shall drink it in the courts of my holiness. -- isaiah 62:9 +. +Go through, go through the gates; prepare you the way of the people; cast up, cast up the highway; gather out the stones; lift up a standard for the people. -- isaiah 62:10 +. +Behold, the LORD has proclaimed to the end of the world, Say you to the daughter of Zion, Behold, your salvation comes; behold, his reward is with him, and his work before him. -- isaiah 62:11 +. +And they shall call them, The holy people, The redeemed of the LORD: and you shall be called, Sought out, A city not forsaken. -- isaiah 62:12 +. +Who is this that comes from Edom, with dyed garments from Bozrah? this that is glorious in his apparel, traveling in the greatness of his strength? I that speak in righteousness, mighty to save. -- isaiah 63:1 +. +Why are you red in your apparel, and your garments like him that treads in the winefat? -- isaiah 63:2 +. +I have trodden the wine press alone; and of the people there was none with me: for I will tread them in my anger, and trample them in my fury; and their blood shall be sprinkled on my garments, and I will stain all my raiment. -- isaiah 63:3 +. +For the day of vengeance is in my heart, and the year of my redeemed is come. -- isaiah 63:4 +. +And I looked, and there was none to help; and I wondered that there was none to uphold: therefore my own arm brought salvation to me; and my fury, it upheld me. -- isaiah 63:5 +. +And I will tread down the people in my anger, and make them drunk in my fury, and I will bring down their strength to the earth. -- isaiah 63:6 +. +I will mention the loving kindnesses of the LORD, and the praises of the LORD, according to all that the LORD has bestowed on us, and the great goodness toward the house of Israel, which he has bestowed on them according to his mercies, and according to the multitude of his loving kindnesses. -- isaiah 63:7 +. +For he said, Surely they are my people, children that will not lie: so he was their Savior. -- isaiah 63:8 +. +In all their affliction he was afflicted, and the angel of his presence saved them: in his love and in his pity he redeemed them; and he bore them, and carried them all the days of old. -- isaiah 63:9 +. +But they rebelled, and vexed his holy Spirit: therefore he was turned to be their enemy, and he fought against them. -- isaiah 63:10 +. +Then he remembered the days of old, Moses, and his people, saying, Where is he that brought them up out of the sea with the shepherd of his flock? where is he that put his holy Spirit within him? -- isaiah 63:11 +. +That led them by the right hand of Moses with his glorious arm, dividing the water before them, to make himself an everlasting name? -- isaiah 63:12 +. +That led them through the deep, as an horse in the wilderness, that they should not stumble? -- isaiah 63:13 +. +As a beast goes down into the valley, the Spirit of the LORD caused him to rest: so did you lead your people, to make yourself a glorious name. -- isaiah 63:14 +. +Look down from heaven, and behold from the habitation of your holiness and of your glory: where is your zeal and your strength, the sounding of your bowels and of your mercies toward me? are they restrained? -- isaiah 63:15 +. +Doubtless you are our father, though Abraham be ignorant of us, and Israel acknowledge us not: you, O LORD, are our father, our redeemer; your name is from everlasting. -- isaiah 63:16 +. +O LORD, why have you made us to err from your ways, and hardened our heart from your fear? Return for your servants'sake, the tribes of your inheritance. -- isaiah 63:17 +. +The people of your holiness have possessed it but a little while: our adversaries have trodden down your sanctuary. -- isaiah 63:18 +. +We are yours: you never bore rule over them; they were not called by your name. -- isaiah 63:19 +. +Oh that you would rend the heavens, that you would come down, that the mountains might flow down at your presence, -- isaiah 64:1 +. +As when the melting fire burns, the fire causes the waters to boil, to make your name known to your adversaries, that the nations may tremble at your presence! -- isaiah 64:2 +. +When you did terrible things which we looked not for, you came down, the mountains flowed down at your presence. -- isaiah 64:3 +. +For since the beginning of the world men have not heard, nor perceived by the ear, neither has the eye seen, O God, beside you, what he has prepared for him that waits for him. -- isaiah 64:4 +. +You meet him that rejoices and works righteousness, those that remember you in your ways: behold, you are wroth; for we have sinned: in those is continuance, and we shall be saved. -- isaiah 64:5 +. +But we are all as an unclean thing, and all our righteousnesses are as filthy rags; and we all do fade as a leaf; and our iniquities, like the wind, have taken us away. -- isaiah 64:6 +. +And there is none that calls on your name, that stirs up himself to take hold of you: for you have hid your face from us, and have consumed us, because of our iniquities. -- isaiah 64:7 +. +But now, O LORD, you are our father; we are the clay, and you our potter; and we all are the work of your hand. -- isaiah 64:8 +. +Be not wroth very sore, O LORD, neither remember iniquity for ever: behold, see, we beseech you, we are all your people. -- isaiah 64:9 +. +Your holy cities are a wilderness, Zion is a wilderness, Jerusalem a desolation. -- isaiah 64:10 +. +Our holy and our beautiful house, where our fathers praised you, is burned up with fire: and all our pleasant things are laid waste. -- isaiah 64:11 +. +Will you refrain yourself for these things, O LORD? will you hold your peace, and afflict us very sore? -- isaiah 64:12 +. +I am sought of them that asked not for me; I am found of them that sought me not: I said, Behold me, behold me, to a nation that was not called by my name. -- isaiah 65:1 +. +I have spread out my hands all the day to a rebellious people, which walks in a way that was not good, after their own thoughts; -- isaiah 65:2 +. +A people that provokes me to anger continually to my face; that sacrifices in gardens, and burns incense on altars of brick; -- isaiah 65:3 +. +Which remain among the graves, and lodge in the monuments, which eat swine' flesh, and broth of abominable things is in their vessels; -- isaiah 65:4 +. +Which say, Stand by yourself, come not near to me; for I am holier than you. These are a smoke in my nose, a fire that burns all the day. -- isaiah 65:5 +. +Behold, it is written before me: I will not keep silence, but will recompense, even recompense into their bosom, -- isaiah 65:6 +. +Your iniquities, and the iniquities of your fathers together, said the LORD, which have burned incense on the mountains, and blasphemed me on the hills: therefore will I measure their former work into their bosom. -- isaiah 65:7 +. +Thus said the LORD, As the new wine is found in the cluster, and one said, Destroy it not; for a blessing is in it: so will I do for my servants'sakes, that I may not destroy them all. -- isaiah 65:8 +. +And I will bring forth a seed out of Jacob, and out of Judah an inheritor of my mountains: and my elect shall inherit it, and my servants shall dwell there. -- isaiah 65:9 +. +And Sharon shall be a fold of flocks, and the valley of Achor a place for the herds to lie down in, for my people that have sought me. -- isaiah 65:10 +. +But you are they that forsake the LORD, that forget my holy mountain, that prepare a table for that troop, and that furnish the drink offering to that number. -- isaiah 65:11 +. +Therefore will I number you to the sword, and you shall all bow down to the slaughter: because when I called, you did not answer; when I spoke, you did not hear; but did evil before my eyes, and did choose that wherein I delighted not. -- isaiah 65:12 +. +Therefore thus said the Lord GOD, Behold, my servants shall eat, but you shall be hungry: behold, my servants shall drink, but you shall be thirsty: behold, my servants shall rejoice, but you shall be ashamed: -- isaiah 65:13 +. +Behold, my servants shall sing for joy of heart, but you shall cry for sorrow of heart, and shall howl for vexation of spirit. -- isaiah 65:14 +. +And you shall leave your name for a curse to my chosen: for the Lord GOD shall slay you, and call his servants by another name: -- isaiah 65:15 +. +That he who blesses himself in the earth shall bless himself in the God of truth; and he that swears in the earth shall swear by the God of truth; because the former troubles are forgotten, and because they are hid from my eyes. -- isaiah 65:16 +. +For, behold, I create new heavens and a new earth: and the former shall not be remembered, nor come into mind. -- isaiah 65:17 +. +But be you glad and rejoice for ever in that which I create: for, behold, I create Jerusalem a rejoicing, and her people a joy. -- isaiah 65:18 +. +And I will rejoice in Jerusalem, and joy in my people: and the voice of weeping shall be no more heard in her, nor the voice of crying. -- isaiah 65:19 +. +There shall be no more there an infant of days, nor an old man that has not filled his days: for the child shall die an hundred years old; but the sinner being an hundred years old shall be accursed. -- isaiah 65:20 +. +And they shall build houses, and inhabit them; and they shall plant vineyards, and eat the fruit of them. -- isaiah 65:21 +. +They shall not build, and another inhabit; they shall not plant, and another eat: for as the days of a tree are the days of my people, and my elect shall long enjoy the work of their hands. -- isaiah 65:22 +. +They shall not labor in vain, nor bring forth for trouble; for they are the seed of the blessed of the LORD, and their offspring with them. -- isaiah 65:23 +. +And it shall come to pass, that before they call, I will answer; and while they are yet speaking, I will hear. -- isaiah 65:24 +. +The wolf and the lamb shall feed together, and the lion shall eat straw like the bullock: and dust shall be the serpent' meat. They shall not hurt nor destroy in all my holy mountain, said the LORD. -- isaiah 65:25 +. +Thus said the LORD, The heaven is my throne, and the earth is my footstool: where is the house that you build to me? and where is the place of my rest? -- isaiah 66:1 +. +For all those things has my hand made, and all those things have been, said the LORD: but to this man will I look, even to him that is poor and of a contrite spirit, and trembles at my word. -- isaiah 66:2 +. +He that kills an ox is as if he slew a man; he that sacrifices a lamb, as if he cut off a dog' neck; he that offers an oblation, as if he offered swine' blood; he that burns incense, as if he blessed an idol. Yes, they have chosen their own ways, and their soul delights in their abominations. -- isaiah 66:3 +. +I also will choose their delusions, and will bring their fears on them; because when I called, none did answer; when I spoke, they did not hear: but they did evil before my eyes, and chose that in which I delighted not. -- isaiah 66:4 +. +Hear the word of the LORD, you that tremble at his word; Your brothers that hated you, that cast you out for my name' sake, said, Let the LORD be glorified: but he shall appear to your joy, and they shall be ashamed. -- isaiah 66:5 +. +A voice of noise from the city, a voice from the temple, a voice of the LORD that renders recompense to his enemies. -- isaiah 66:6 +. +Before she travailed, she brought forth; before her pain came, she was delivered of a man child. -- isaiah 66:7 +. +Who has heard such a thing? who has seen such things? Shall the earth be made to bring forth in one day? or shall a nation be born at once? for as soon as Zion travailed, she brought forth her children. -- isaiah 66:8 +. +Shall I bring to the birth, and not cause to bring forth? said the LORD: shall I cause to bring forth, and shut the womb? said your God. -- isaiah 66:9 +. +Rejoice you with Jerusalem, and be glad with her, all you that love her: rejoice for joy with her, all you that mourn for her: -- isaiah 66:10 +. +That you may suck, and be satisfied with the breasts of her consolations; that you may milk out, and be delighted with the abundance of her glory. -- isaiah 66:11 +. +For thus said the LORD, Behold, I will extend peace to her like a river, and the glory of the Gentiles like a flowing stream: then shall you suck, you shall be borne on her sides, and be dandled on her knees. -- isaiah 66:12 +. +As one whom his mother comforts, so will I comfort you; and you shall be comforted in Jerusalem. -- isaiah 66:13 +. +And when you see this, your heart shall rejoice, and your bones shall flourish like an herb: and the hand of the LORD shall be known toward his servants, and his indignation toward his enemies. -- isaiah 66:14 +. +For, behold, the LORD will come with fire, and with his chariots like a whirlwind, to render his anger with fury, and his rebuke with flames of fire. -- isaiah 66:15 +. +For by fire and by his sword will the LORD plead with all flesh: and the slain of the LORD shall be many. -- isaiah 66:16 +. +They that sanctify themselves, and purify themselves in the gardens behind one tree in the middle, eating swine' flesh, and the abomination, and the mouse, shall be consumed together, said the LORD. -- isaiah 66:17 +. +For I know their works and their thoughts: it shall come, that I will gather all nations and tongues; and they shall come, and see my glory. -- isaiah 66:18 +. +And I will set a sign among them, and I will send those that escape of them to the nations, to Tarshish, Pul, and Lud, that draw the bow, to Tubal, and Javan, to the isles afar off, that have not heard my fame, neither have seen my glory; and they shall declare my glory among the Gentiles. -- isaiah 66:19 +. +And they shall bring all your brothers for an offering to the LORD out of all nations on horses, and in chariots, and in litters, and on mules, and on swift beasts, to my holy mountain Jerusalem, said the LORD, as the children of Israel bring an offering in a clean vessel into the house of the LORD. -- isaiah 66:20 +. +And I will also take of them for priests and for Levites, said the LORD. -- isaiah 66:21 +. +For as the new heavens and the new earth, which I will make, shall remain before me, said the LORD, so shall your seed and your name remain. -- isaiah 66:22 +. +And it shall come to pass, that from one new moon to another, and from one sabbath to another, shall all flesh come to worship before me, said the LORD. -- isaiah 66:23 +. +And they shall go forth, and look on the carcasses of the men that have transgressed against me: for their worm shall not die, neither shall their fire be quenched; and they shall be an abhorring to all flesh. -- isaiah 66:24 +. +The words of Jeremiah the son of Hilkiah, of the priests that were in Anathoth in the land of Benjamin: -- jeremiah 1:1 +. +To whom the word of the LORD came in the days of Josiah the son of Amon king of Judah, in the thirteenth year of his reign. -- jeremiah 1:2 +. +It came also in the days of Jehoiakim the son of Josiah king of Judah, to the end of the eleventh year of Zedekiah the son of Josiah king of Judah, to the carrying away of Jerusalem captive in the fifth month. -- jeremiah 1:3 +. +Then the word of the LORD came to me, saying, -- jeremiah 1:4 +. +Before I formed you in the belly I knew you; and before you came forth out of the womb I sanctified you, and I ordained you a prophet to the nations. -- jeremiah 1:5 +. +Then said I, Ah, Lord GOD! behold, I cannot speak: for I am a child. -- jeremiah 1:6 +. +But the LORD said to me, Say not, I am a child: for you shall go to all that I shall send you, and whatever I command you you shall speak. -- jeremiah 1:7 +. +Be not afraid of their faces: for I am with you to deliver you, said the LORD. -- jeremiah 1:8 +. +Then the LORD put forth his hand, and touched my mouth. And the LORD said to me, Behold, I have put my words in your mouth. -- jeremiah 1:9 +. +See, I have this day set you over the nations and over the kingdoms, to root out, and to pull down, and to destroy, and to throw down, to build, and to plant. -- jeremiah 1:10 +. +Moreover the word of the LORD came to me, saying, Jeremiah, what see you? And I said, I see a rod of an almond tree. -- jeremiah 1:11 +. +Then said the LORD to me, You have well seen: for I will hasten my word to perform it. -- jeremiah 1:12 +. +And the word of the LORD came to me the second time, saying, What see you? And I said, I see a seething pot; and the face thereof is toward the north. -- jeremiah 1:13 +. +Then the LORD said to me, Out of the north an evil shall break forth on all the inhabitants of the land. -- jeremiah 1:14 +. +For, see, I will call all the families of the kingdoms of the north, said the LORD; and they shall come, and they shall set every one his throne at the entering of the gates of Jerusalem, and against all the walls thereof round about, and against all the cities of Judah. -- jeremiah 1:15 +. +And I will utter my judgments against them touching all their wickedness, who have forsaken me, and have burned incense to other gods, and worshipped the works of their own hands. -- jeremiah 1:16 +. +You therefore gird up your loins, and arise, and speak to them all that I command you: be not dismayed at their faces, lest I confound you before them. -- jeremiah 1:17 +. +For, behold, I have made you this day a defended city, and an iron pillar, and brazen walls against the whole land, against the kings of Judah, against the princes thereof, against the priests thereof, and against the people of the land. -- jeremiah 1:18 +. +And they shall fight against you; but they shall not prevail against you; for I am with you, said the LORD, to deliver you. -- jeremiah 1:19 +. +Moreover the word of the LORD came to me, saying, -- jeremiah 2:1 +. +Go and cry in the ears of Jerusalem, saying, Thus said the LORD; I remember you, the kindness of your youth, the love of your espousals, when you went after me in the wilderness, in a land that was not sown. -- jeremiah 2:2 +. +Israel was holiness to the LORD, and the first fruits of his increase: all that devour him shall offend; evil shall come on them, said the LORD. -- jeremiah 2:3 +. +Hear you the word of the LORD, O house of Jacob, and all the families of the house of Israel: -- jeremiah 2:4 +. +Thus said the LORD, What iniquity have your fathers found in me, that they are gone far from me, and have walked after vanity, and are become vain? -- jeremiah 2:5 +. +Neither said they, Where is the LORD that brought us up out of the land of Egypt, that led us through the wilderness, through a land of deserts and of pits, through a land of drought, and of the shadow of death, through a land that no man passed through, and where no man dwelled? -- jeremiah 2:6 +. +And I brought you into a plentiful country, to eat the fruit thereof and the goodness thereof; but when you entered, you defiled my land, and made my heritage an abomination. -- jeremiah 2:7 +. +The priests said not, Where is the LORD? and they that handle the law knew me not: the pastors also transgressed against me, and the prophets prophesied by Baal, and walked after things that do not profit. -- jeremiah 2:8 +. +Why I will yet plead with you, said the LORD, and with your children' children will I plead. -- jeremiah 2:9 +. +For pass over the isles of Chittim, and see; and send to Kedar, and consider diligently, and see if there be such a thing. -- jeremiah 2:10 +. +Has a nation changed their gods, which are yet no gods? but my people have changed their glory for that which does not profit. -- jeremiah 2:11 +. +Be astonished, O you heavens, at this, and be horribly afraid, be you very desolate, said the LORD. -- jeremiah 2:12 +. +For my people have committed two evils; they have forsaken me the fountain of living waters, and hewed them out cisterns, broken cisterns, that can hold no water. -- jeremiah 2:13 +. +Is Israel a servant? is he a home born slave? why is he spoiled? -- jeremiah 2:14 +. +The young lions roared on him, and yelled, and they made his land waste: his cities are burned without inhabitant. -- jeremiah 2:15 +. +Also the children of Noph and Tahapanes have broken the crown of your head. -- jeremiah 2:16 +. +Have you not procured this to yourself, in that you have forsaken the LORD your God, when he led you by the way? -- jeremiah 2:17 +. +And now what have you to do in the way of Egypt, to drink the waters of Sihor? or what have you to do in the way of Assyria, to drink the waters of the river? -- jeremiah 2:18 +. +Your own wickedness shall correct you, and your backslidings shall reprove you: know therefore and see that it is an evil thing and bitter, that you have forsaken the LORD your God, and that my fear is not in you, said the Lord GOD of hosts. -- jeremiah 2:19 +. +For of old time I have broken your yoke, and burst your bands; and you said, I will not transgress; when on every high hill and under every green tree you wander, playing the harlot. -- jeremiah 2:20 +. +Yet I had planted you a noble vine, wholly a right seed: how then are you turned into the degenerate plant of a strange vine to me? -- jeremiah 2:21 +. +For though you wash you with nitre, and take you much soap, yet your iniquity is marked before me, said the Lord GOD. -- jeremiah 2:22 +. +How can you say, I am not polluted, I have not gone after Baalim? see your way in the valley, know what you have done: you are a swift dromedary traversing her ways; -- jeremiah 2:23 +. +A wild ass used to the wilderness, that snuffs up the wind at her pleasure; in her occasion who can turn her away? all they that seek her will not weary themselves; in her month they shall find her. -- jeremiah 2:24 +. +Withhold your foot from being unshod, and your throat from thirst: but you said, There is no hope: no; for I have loved strangers, and after them will I go. -- jeremiah 2:25 +. +As the thief is ashamed when he is found, so is the house of Israel ashamed; they, their kings, their princes, and their priests, and their prophets. -- jeremiah 2:26 +. +Saying to a stock, You are my father; and to a stone, You have brought me forth: for they have turned their back to me, and not their face: but in the time of their trouble they will say, Arise, and save us. -- jeremiah 2:27 +. +But where are your gods that you have made you? let them arise, if they can save you in the time of your trouble: for according to the number of your cities are your gods, O Judah. -- jeremiah 2:28 +. +Why will you plead with me? you all have transgressed against me, said the LORD. -- jeremiah 2:29 +. +In vain have I smitten your children; they received no correction: your own sword has devoured your prophets, like a destroying lion. -- jeremiah 2:30 +. +O generation, see you the word of the LORD. Have I been a wilderness to Israel? a land of darkness? why say my people, We are lords; we will come no more to you? -- jeremiah 2:31 +. +Can a maid forget her ornaments, or a bride her attire? yet my people have forgotten me days without number. -- jeremiah 2:32 +. +Why trim you your way to seek love? therefore have you also taught the wicked ones your ways. -- jeremiah 2:33 +. +Also in your skirts is found the blood of the souls of the poor innocents: I have not found it by secret search, but on all these. -- jeremiah 2:34 +. +Yet you say, Because I am innocent, surely his anger shall turn from me. Behold, I will plead with you, because you say, I have not sinned. -- jeremiah 2:35 +. +Why gad you about so much to change your way? you also shall be ashamed of Egypt, as you were ashamed of Assyria. -- jeremiah 2:36 +. +Yes, you shall go forth from him, and your hands on your head: for the LORD has rejected your confidences, and you shall not prosper in them. -- jeremiah 2:37 +. +They say, If a man put away his wife, and she go from him, and become another man', shall he return to her again? shall not that land be greatly polluted? but you have played the harlot with many lovers; yet return again to me, said the LORD. -- jeremiah 3:1 +. +Lift up your eyes to the high places, and see where you have not been lien with. In the ways have you sat for them, as the Arabian in the wilderness; and you have polluted the land with your prostitutions and with your wickedness. -- jeremiah 3:2 +. +Therefore the showers have been withheld, and there has been no latter rain; and you had a whore' forehead, you refused to be ashamed. -- jeremiah 3:3 +. +Will you not from this time cry to me, My father, you are the guide of my youth? -- jeremiah 3:4 +. +Will he reserve his anger for ever? will he keep it to the end? Behold, you have spoken and done evil things as you could. -- jeremiah 3:5 +. +The LORD said also to me in the days of Josiah the king, Have you seen that which backsliding Israel has done? she is gone up on every high mountain and under every green tree, and there has played the harlot. -- jeremiah 3:6 +. +And I said after she had done all these things, Turn you to me. But she returned not. And her treacherous sister Judah saw it. -- jeremiah 3:7 +. +And I saw, when for all the causes whereby backsliding Israel committed adultery I had put her away, and given her a bill of divorce; yet her treacherous sister Judah feared not, but went and played the harlot also. -- jeremiah 3:8 +. +And it came to pass through the lightness of her prostitution, that she defiled the land, and committed adultery with stones and with stocks. -- jeremiah 3:9 +. +And yet for all this her treacherous sister Judah has not turned to me with her whole heart, but feignedly, said the LORD. -- jeremiah 3:10 +. +And the LORD said to me, The backsliding Israel has justified herself more than treacherous Judah. -- jeremiah 3:11 +. +Go and proclaim these words toward the north, and say, Return, you backsliding Israel, said the LORD; and I will not cause my anger to fall on you: for I am merciful, said the LORD, and I will not keep anger for ever. -- jeremiah 3:12 +. +Only acknowledge your iniquity, that you have transgressed against the LORD your God, and have scattered your ways to the strangers under every green tree, and you have not obeyed my voice, said the LORD. -- jeremiah 3:13 +. +Turn, O backsliding children, said the LORD; for I am married to you: and I will take you one of a city, and two of a family, and I will bring you to Zion: -- jeremiah 3:14 +. +And I will give you pastors according to my heart, which shall feed you with knowledge and understanding. -- jeremiah 3:15 +. +And it shall come to pass, when you be multiplied and increased in the land, in those days, said the LORD, they shall say no more, The ark of the covenant of the LORD: neither shall it come to mind: neither shall they remember it; neither shall they visit it; neither shall that be done any more. -- jeremiah 3:16 +. +At that time they shall call Jerusalem the throne of the LORD; and all the nations shall be gathered to it, to the name of the LORD, to Jerusalem: neither shall they walk any more after the imagination of their evil heart. -- jeremiah 3:17 +. +In those days the house of Judah shall walk with the house of Israel, and they shall come together out of the land of the north to the land that I have given for an inheritance to your fathers. -- jeremiah 3:18 +. +But I said, How shall I put you among the children, and give you a pleasant land, a goodly heritage of the hosts of nations? and I said, You shall call me, My father; and shall not turn away from me. -- jeremiah 3:19 +. +Surely as a wife treacherously departs from her husband, so have you dealt treacherously with me, O house of Israel, said the LORD. -- jeremiah 3:20 +. +A voice was heard on the high places, weeping and supplications of the children of Israel: for they have perverted their way, and they have forgotten the LORD their God. -- jeremiah 3:21 +. +Return, you backsliding children, and I will heal your backslidings. Behold, we come to you; for you are the LORD our God. -- jeremiah 3:22 +. +Truly in vain is salvation hoped for from the hills, and from the multitude of mountains: truly in the LORD our God is the salvation of Israel. -- jeremiah 3:23 +. +For shame has devoured the labor of our fathers from our youth; their flocks and their herds, their sons and their daughters. -- jeremiah 3:24 +. +We lie down in our shame, and our confusion covers us: for we have sinned against the LORD our God, we and our fathers, from our youth even to this day, and have not obeyed the voice of the LORD our God. -- jeremiah 3:25 +. +If you will return, O Israel, said the LORD, return to me: and if you will put away your abominations out of my sight, then shall you not remove. -- jeremiah 4:1 +. +And you shall swear, The LORD lives, in truth, in judgment, and in righteousness; and the nations shall bless themselves in him, and in him shall they glory. -- jeremiah 4:2 +. +For thus said the LORD to the men of Judah and Jerusalem, Break up your fallow ground, and sow not among thorns. -- jeremiah 4:3 +. +Circumcise yourselves to the LORD, and take away the foreskins of your heart, you men of Judah and inhabitants of Jerusalem: lest my fury come forth like fire, and burn that none can quench it, because of the evil of your doings. -- jeremiah 4:4 +. +Declare you in Judah, and publish in Jerusalem; and say, Blow you the trumpet in the land: cry, gather together, and say, Assemble yourselves, and let us go into the defended cities. -- jeremiah 4:5 +. +Set up the standard toward Zion: retire, stay not: for I will bring evil from the north, and a great destruction. -- jeremiah 4:6 +. +The lion is come up from his thicket, and the destroyer of the Gentiles is on his way; he is gone forth from his place to make your land desolate; and your cities shall be laid waste, without an inhabitant. -- jeremiah 4:7 +. +For this gird you with sackcloth, lament and howl: for the fierce anger of the LORD is not turned back from us. -- jeremiah 4:8 +. +And it shall come to pass at that day, said the LORD, that the heart of the king shall perish, and the heart of the princes; and the priests shall be astonished, and the prophets shall wonder. -- jeremiah 4:9 +. +Then said I, Ah, Lord GOD! surely you have greatly deceived this people and Jerusalem, saying, You shall have peace; whereas the sword reaches to the soul. -- jeremiah 4:10 +. +At that time shall it be said to this people and to Jerusalem, A dry wind of the high places in the wilderness toward the daughter of my people, not to fan, nor to cleanse, -- jeremiah 4:11 +. +Even a full wind from those places shall come to me: now also will I give sentence against them. -- jeremiah 4:12 +. +Behold, he shall come up as clouds, and his chariots shall be as a whirlwind: his horses are swifter than eagles. Woe to us! for we are spoiled. -- jeremiah 4:13 +. +O Jerusalem, wash your heart from wickedness, that you may be saved. How long shall your vain thoughts lodge within you? -- jeremiah 4:14 +. +For a voice declares from Dan, and publishes affliction from mount Ephraim. -- jeremiah 4:15 +. +Make you mention to the nations; behold, publish against Jerusalem, that watchers come from a far country, and give out their voice against the cities of Judah. -- jeremiah 4:16 +. +As keepers of a field, are they against her round about; because she has been rebellious against me, said the LORD. -- jeremiah 4:17 +. +Your way and your doings have procured these things to you; this is your wickedness, because it is bitter, because it reaches to your heart. -- jeremiah 4:18 +. +My bowels, my bowels! I am pained at my very heart; my heart makes a noise in me; I cannot hold my peace, because you have heard, O my soul, the sound of the trumpet, the alarm of war. -- jeremiah 4:19 +. +Destruction on destruction is cried; for the whole land is spoiled: suddenly are my tents spoiled, and my curtains in a moment. -- jeremiah 4:20 +. +How long shall I see the standard, and hear the sound of the trumpet? -- jeremiah 4:21 +. +For my people is foolish, they have not known me; they are silly children, and they have none understanding: they are wise to do evil, but to do good they have no knowledge. -- jeremiah 4:22 +. +I beheld the earth, and, see, it was without form, and void; and the heavens, and they had no light. -- jeremiah 4:23 +. +I beheld the mountains, and, see, they trembled, and all the hills moved lightly. -- jeremiah 4:24 +. +I beheld, and, see, there was no man, and all the birds of the heavens were fled. -- jeremiah 4:25 +. +I beheld, and, see, the fruitful place was a wilderness, and all the cities thereof were broken down at the presence of the LORD, and by his fierce anger. -- jeremiah 4:26 +. +For thus has the LORD said, The whole land shall be desolate; yet will I not make a full end. -- jeremiah 4:27 +. +For this shall the earth mourn, and the heavens above be black; because I have spoken it, I have purposed it, and will not repent, neither will I turn back from it. -- jeremiah 4:28 +. +The whole city shall flee for the noise of the horsemen and bowmen; they shall go into thickets, and climb up on the rocks: every city shall be forsaken, and not a man dwell therein. -- jeremiah 4:29 +. +And when you are spoiled, what will you do? Though you clothe yourself with crimson, though you deck you with ornaments of gold, though you rend your face with painting, in vain shall you make yourself fair; your lovers will despise you, they will seek your life. -- jeremiah 4:30 +. +For I have heard a voice as of a woman in travail, and the anguish as of her that brings forth her first child, the voice of the daughter of Zion, that mourns herself, that spreads her hands, saying, Woe is me now! for my soul is wearied because of murderers. -- jeremiah 4:31 +. +Run you to and fro through the streets of Jerusalem, and see now, and know, and seek in the broad places thereof, if you can find a man, if there be any that executes judgment, that seeks the truth; and I will pardon it. -- jeremiah 5:1 +. +And though they say, The LORD lives; surely they swear falsely. -- jeremiah 5:2 +. +O LORD, are not your eyes on the truth? you have stricken them, but they have not grieved; you have consumed them, but they have refused to receive correction: they have made their faces harder than a rock; they have refused to return. -- jeremiah 5:3 +. +Therefore I said, Surely these are poor; they are foolish: for they know not the way of the LORD, nor the judgment of their God. -- jeremiah 5:4 +. +I will get me to the great men, and will speak to them; for they have known the way of the LORD, and the judgment of their God: but these have altogether broken the yoke, and burst the bonds. -- jeremiah 5:5 +. +Why a lion out of the forest shall slay them, and a wolf of the evenings shall spoil them, a leopard shall watch over their cities: every one that goes out there shall be torn in pieces: because their transgressions are many, and their backslidings are increased. -- jeremiah 5:6 +. +How shall I pardon you for this? your children have forsaken me, and sworn by them that are no gods: when I had fed them to the full, they then committed adultery, and assembled themselves by troops in the harlots'houses. -- jeremiah 5:7 +. +They were as fed horses in the morning: every one neighed after his neighbor' wife. -- jeremiah 5:8 +. +Shall I not visit for these things? said the LORD: and shall not my soul be avenged on such a nation as this? -- jeremiah 5:9 +. +Go you up on her walls, and destroy; but make not a full end: take away her battlements; for they are not the LORD'. -- jeremiah 5:10 +. +For the house of Israel and the house of Judah have dealt very treacherously against me, said the LORD. -- jeremiah 5:11 +. +They have belied the LORD, and said, It is not he; neither shall evil come on us; neither shall we see sword nor famine: -- jeremiah 5:12 +. +And the prophets shall become wind, and the word is not in them: thus shall it be done to them. -- jeremiah 5:13 +. +Why thus said the LORD God of hosts, Because you speak this word, behold, I will make my words in your mouth fire, and this people wood, and it shall devour them. -- jeremiah 5:14 +. +See, I will bring a nation on you from far, O house of Israel, said the LORD: it is a mighty nation, it is an ancient nation, a nation whose language you know not, neither understand what they say. -- jeremiah 5:15 +. +Their quiver is as an open sepulcher, they are all mighty men. -- jeremiah 5:16 +. +And they shall eat up your harvest, and your bread, which your sons and your daughters should eat: they shall eat up your flocks and your herds: they shall eat up your vines and your fig trees: they shall impoverish your fenced cities, wherein you trusted, with the sword. -- jeremiah 5:17 +. +Nevertheless in those days, said the LORD, I will not make a full end with you. -- jeremiah 5:18 +. +And it shall come to pass, when you shall say, Why does the LORD our God all these things to us? then shall you answer them, Like as you have forsaken me, and served strange gods in your land, so shall you serve strangers in a land that is not your'. -- jeremiah 5:19 +. +Declare this in the house of Jacob, and publish it in Judah, saying, -- jeremiah 5:20 +. +Hear now this, O foolish people, and without understanding; which have eyes, and see not; which have ears, and hear not: -- jeremiah 5:21 +. +Fear you not me? said the LORD: will you not tremble at my presence, which have placed the sand for the bound of the sea by a perpetual decree, that it cannot pass it: and though the waves thereof toss themselves, yet can they not prevail; though they roar, yet can they not pass over it? -- jeremiah 5:22 +. +But this people has a revolting and a rebellious heart; they are revolted and gone. -- jeremiah 5:23 +. +Neither say they in their heart, Let us now fear the LORD our God, that gives rain, both the former and the latter, in his season: he reserves to us the appointed weeks of the harvest. -- jeremiah 5:24 +. +Your iniquities have turned away these things, and your sins have withheld good things from you. -- jeremiah 5:25 +. +For among my people are found wicked men: they lay wait, as he that sets snares; they set a trap, they catch men. -- jeremiah 5:26 +. +As a cage is full of birds, so are their houses full of deceit: therefore they are become great, and waxen rich. -- jeremiah 5:27 +. +They are waxen fat, they shine: yes, they overpass the deeds of the wicked: they judge not the cause, the cause of the fatherless, yet they prosper; and the right of the needy do they not judge. -- jeremiah 5:28 +. +Shall I not visit for these things? said the LORD: shall not my soul be avenged on such a nation as this? -- jeremiah 5:29 +. +A wonderful and horrible thing is committed in the land; -- jeremiah 5:30 +. +The prophets prophesy falsely, and the priests bear rule by their means; and my people love to have it so: and what will you do in the end thereof? -- jeremiah 5:31 +. +O you children of Benjamin, gather yourselves to flee out of the middle of Jerusalem, and blow the trumpet in Tekoa, and set up a sign of fire in Bethhaccerem: for evil appears out of the north, and great destruction. -- jeremiah 6:1 +. +I have likened the daughter of Zion to a comely and delicate woman. -- jeremiah 6:2 +. +The shepherds with their flocks shall come to her; they shall pitch their tents against her round about; they shall feed every one in his place. -- jeremiah 6:3 +. +Prepare you war against her; arise, and let us go up at noon. Woe to us! for the day goes away, for the shadows of the evening are stretched out. -- jeremiah 6:4 +. +Arise, and let us go by night, and let us destroy her palaces. -- jeremiah 6:5 +. +For thus has the LORD of hosts said, Hew you down trees, and cast a mount against Jerusalem: this is the city to be visited; she is wholly oppression in the middle of her. -- jeremiah 6:6 +. +As a fountain casts out her waters, so she casts out her wickedness: violence and spoil is heard in her; before me continually is grief and wounds. -- jeremiah 6:7 +. +Be you instructed, O Jerusalem, lest my soul depart from you; lest I make you desolate, a land not inhabited. -- jeremiah 6:8 +. +Thus said the LORD of hosts, They shall thoroughly glean the remnant of Israel as a vine: turn back your hand as a grape gatherer into the baskets. -- jeremiah 6:9 +. +To whom shall I speak, and give warning, that they may hear? behold, their ear is uncircumcised, and they cannot listen: behold, the word of the LORD is to them a reproach; they have no delight in it. -- jeremiah 6:10 +. +Therefore I am full of the fury of the LORD; I am weary with holding in: I will pour it out on the children abroad, and on the assembly of young men together: for even the husband with the wife shall be taken, the aged with him that is full of days. -- jeremiah 6:11 +. +And their houses shall be turned to others, with their fields and wives together: for I will stretch out my hand on the inhabitants of the land, said the LORD. -- jeremiah 6:12 +. +For from the least of them even to the greatest of them every one is given to covetousness; and from the prophet even to the priest every one deals falsely. -- jeremiah 6:13 +. +They have healed also the hurt of the daughter of my people slightly, saying, Peace, peace; when there is no peace. -- jeremiah 6:14 +. +Were they ashamed when they had committed abomination? no, they were not at all ashamed, neither could they blush: therefore they shall fall among them that fall: at the time that I visit them they shall be cast down, said the LORD. -- jeremiah 6:15 +. +Thus said the LORD, Stand you in the ways, and see, and ask for the old paths, where is the good way, and walk therein, and you shall find rest for your souls. But they said, We will not walk therein. -- jeremiah 6:16 +. +Also I set watchmen over you, saying, Listen to the sound of the trumpet. But they said, We will not listen. -- jeremiah 6:17 +. +Therefore hear, you nations, and know, O congregation, what is among them. -- jeremiah 6:18 +. +Hear, O earth: behold, I will bring evil on this people, even the fruit of their thoughts, because they have not listened to my words, nor to my law, but rejected it. -- jeremiah 6:19 +. +To what purpose comes there to me incense from Sheba, and the sweet cane from a far country? your burnt offerings are not acceptable, nor your sacrifices sweet to me. -- jeremiah 6:20 +. +Therefore thus said the LORD, Behold, I will lay stumbling blocks before this people, and the fathers and the sons together shall fall on them; the neighbor and his friend shall perish. -- jeremiah 6:21 +. +Thus said the LORD, Behold, a people comes from the north country, and a great nation shall be raised from the sides of the earth. -- jeremiah 6:22 +. +They shall lay hold on bow and spear; they are cruel, and have no mercy; their voice roars like the sea; and they ride on horses, set in array as men for war against you, O daughter of Zion. -- jeremiah 6:23 +. +We have heard the fame thereof: our hands wax feeble: anguish has taken hold of us, and pain, as of a woman in travail. -- jeremiah 6:24 +. +Go not forth into the field, nor walk by the way; for the sword of the enemy and fear is on every side. -- jeremiah 6:25 +. +O daughter of my people, gird you with sackcloth, and wallow yourself in ashes: make you mourning, as for an only son, most bitter lamentation: for the spoiler shall suddenly come on us. -- jeremiah 6:26 +. +I have set you for a tower and a fortress among my people, that you may know and try their way. -- jeremiah 6:27 +. +They are all grievous rebels, walking with slanders: they are brass and iron; they are all corrupters. -- jeremiah 6:28 +. +The bellows are burned, the lead is consumed of the fire; the founder melts in vain: for the wicked are not plucked away. -- jeremiah 6:29 +. +Reprobate silver shall men call them, because the LORD has rejected them. -- jeremiah 6:30 +. +The word that came to Jeremiah from the LORD, saying, -- jeremiah 7:1 +. +Stand in the gate of the LORD' house, and proclaim there this word, and say, Hear the word of the LORD, all you of Judah, that enter in at these gates to worship the LORD. -- jeremiah 7:2 +. +Thus said the LORD of hosts, the God of Israel, Amend your ways and your doings, and I will cause you to dwell in this place. -- jeremiah 7:3 +. +Trust you not in lying words, saying, The temple of the LORD, The temple of the LORD, The temple of the LORD, are these. -- jeremiah 7:4 +. +For if you thoroughly amend your ways and your doings; if you thoroughly execute judgment between a man and his neighbor; -- jeremiah 7:5 +. +If you oppress not the stranger, the fatherless, and the widow, and shed not innocent blood in this place, neither walk after other gods to your hurt: -- jeremiah 7:6 +. +Then will I cause you to dwell in this place, in the land that I gave to your fathers, for ever and ever. -- jeremiah 7:7 +. +Behold, you trust in lying words, that cannot profit. -- jeremiah 7:8 +. +Will you steal, murder, and commit adultery, and swear falsely, and burn incense to Baal, and walk after other gods whom you know not; -- jeremiah 7:9 +. +And come and stand before me in this house, which is called by my name, and say, We are delivered to do all these abominations? -- jeremiah 7:10 +. +Is this house, which is called by my name, become a den of robbers in your eyes? Behold, even I have seen it, said the LORD. -- jeremiah 7:11 +. +But go you now to my place which was in Shiloh, where I set my name at the first, and see what I did to it for the wickedness of my people Israel. -- jeremiah 7:12 +. +And now, because you have done all these works, said the LORD, and I spoke to you, rising up early and speaking, but you heard not; and I called you, but you answered not; -- jeremiah 7:13 +. +Therefore will I do to this house, which is called by my name, wherein you trust, and to the place which I gave to you and to your fathers, as I have done to Shiloh. -- jeremiah 7:14 +. +And I will cast you out of my sight, as I have cast out all your brothers, even the whole seed of Ephraim. -- jeremiah 7:15 +. +Therefore pray not you for this people, neither lift up cry nor prayer for them, neither make intercession to me: for I will not hear you. -- jeremiah 7:16 +. +See you not what they do in the cities of Judah and in the streets of Jerusalem? -- jeremiah 7:17 +. +The children gather wood, and the fathers kindle the fire, and the women knead their dough, to make cakes to the queen of heaven, and to pour out drink offerings to other gods, that they may provoke me to anger. -- jeremiah 7:18 +. +Do they provoke me to anger? said the LORD: do they not provoke themselves to the confusion of their own faces? -- jeremiah 7:19 +. +Therefore thus said the Lord GOD; Behold, my anger and my fury shall be poured out on this place, on man, and on beast, and on the trees of the field, and on the fruit of the ground; and it shall burn, and shall not be quenched. -- jeremiah 7:20 +. +Thus said the LORD of hosts, the God of Israel; Put your burnt offerings to your sacrifices, and eat flesh. -- jeremiah 7:21 +. +For I spoke not to your fathers, nor commanded them in the day that I brought them out of the land of Egypt, concerning burnt offerings or sacrifices: -- jeremiah 7:22 +. +But this thing commanded I them, saying, Obey my voice, and I will be your God, and you shall be my people: and walk you in all the ways that I have commanded you, that it may be well to you. -- jeremiah 7:23 +. +But they listened not, nor inclined their ear, but walked in the counsels and in the imagination of their evil heart, and went backward, and not forward. -- jeremiah 7:24 +. +Since the day that your fathers came forth out of the land of Egypt to this day I have even sent to you all my servants the prophets, daily rising up early and sending them: -- jeremiah 7:25 +. +Yet they listened not to me, nor inclined their ear, but hardened their neck: they did worse than their fathers. -- jeremiah 7:26 +. +Therefore you shall speak all these words to them; but they will not listen to you: you shall also call to them; but they will not answer you. -- jeremiah 7:27 +. +But you shall say to them, This is a nation that obeys not the voice of the LORD their God, nor receives correction: truth is perished, and is cut off from their mouth. -- jeremiah 7:28 +. +Cut off your hair, O Jerusalem, and cast it away, and take up a lamentation on high places; for the LORD has rejected and forsaken the generation of his wrath. -- jeremiah 7:29 +. +For the children of Judah have done evil in my sight, said the LORD: they have set their abominations in the house which is called by my name, to pollute it. -- jeremiah 7:30 +. +And they have built the high places of Tophet, which is in the valley of the son of Hinnom, to burn their sons and their daughters in the fire; which I commanded them not, neither came it into my heart. -- jeremiah 7:31 +. +Therefore, behold, the days come, said the LORD, that it shall no more be called Tophet, nor the valley of the son of Hinnom, but the valley of slaughter: for they shall bury in Tophet, till there be no place. -- jeremiah 7:32 +. +And the carcasses of this people shall be meat for the fowls of the heaven, and for the beasts of the earth; and none shall fray them away. -- jeremiah 7:33 +. +Then will I cause to cease from the cities of Judah, and from the streets of Jerusalem, the voice of mirth, and the voice of gladness, the voice of the bridegroom, and the voice of the bride: for the land shall be desolate. -- jeremiah 7:34 +. +At that time, said the LORD, they shall bring out the bones of the kings of Judah, and the bones of his princes, and the bones of the priests, and the bones of the prophets, and the bones of the inhabitants of Jerusalem, out of their graves: -- jeremiah 8:1 +. +And they shall spread them before the sun, and the moon, and all the host of heaven, whom they have loved, and whom they have served, and after whom they have walked, and whom they have sought, and whom they have worshipped: they shall not be gathered, nor be buried; they shall be for dung on the face of the earth. -- jeremiah 8:2 +. +And death shall be chosen rather than life by all the residue of them that remain of this evil family, which remain in all the places where I have driven them, said the LORD of hosts. -- jeremiah 8:3 +. +Moreover you shall say to them, Thus said the LORD; Shall they fall, and not arise? shall he turn away, and not return? -- jeremiah 8:4 +. +Why then is this people of Jerusalem slid back by a perpetual backsliding? they hold fast deceit, they refuse to return. -- jeremiah 8:5 +. +I listened and heard, but they spoke not aright: no man repented him of his wickedness, saying, What have I done? every one turned to his course, as the horse rushes into the battle. -- jeremiah 8:6 +. +Yes, the stork in the heaven knows her appointed times; and the turtle and the crane and the swallow observe the time of their coming; but my people know not the judgment of the LORD. -- jeremiah 8:7 +. +How do you say, We are wise, and the law of the LORD is with us? See, certainly in vain made he it; the pen of the scribes is in vain. -- jeremiah 8:8 +. +The wise men are ashamed, they are dismayed and taken: see, they have rejected the word of the LORD; and what wisdom is in them? -- jeremiah 8:9 +. +Therefore will I give their wives to others, and their fields to them that shall inherit them: for every one from the least even to the greatest is given to covetousness, from the prophet even to the priest every one deals falsely. -- jeremiah 8:10 +. +For they have healed the hurt of the daughter of my people slightly, saying, Peace, peace; when there is no peace. -- jeremiah 8:11 +. +Were they ashamed when they had committed abomination? no, they were not at all ashamed, neither could they blush: therefore shall they fall among them that fall: in the time of their visitation they shall be cast down, said the LORD. -- jeremiah 8:12 +. +I will surely consume them, said the LORD: there shall be no grapes on the vine, nor figs on the fig tree, and the leaf shall fade; and the things that I have given them shall pass away from them. -- jeremiah 8:13 +. +Why do we sit still? assemble yourselves, and let us enter into the defended cities, and let us be silent there: for the LORD our God has put us to silence, and given us water of gall to drink, because we have sinned against the LORD. -- jeremiah 8:14 +. +We looked for peace, but no good came; and for a time of health, and behold trouble! -- jeremiah 8:15 +. +The snorting of his horses was heard from Dan: the whole land trembled at the sound of the neighing of his strong ones; for they are come, and have devoured the land, and all that is in it; the city, and those that dwell therein. -- jeremiah 8:16 +. +For, behold, I will send serpents, cockatrices, among you, which will not be charmed, and they shall bite you, said the LORD. -- jeremiah 8:17 +. +When I would comfort myself against sorrow, my heart is faint in me. -- jeremiah 8:18 +. +Behold the voice of the cry of the daughter of my people because of them that dwell in a far country: Is not the LORD in Zion? is not her king in her? Why have they provoked me to anger with their graven images, and with strange vanities? -- jeremiah 8:19 +. +The harvest is past, the summer is ended, and we are not saved. -- jeremiah 8:20 +. +For the hurt of the daughter of my people am I hurt; I am black; astonishment has taken hold on me. -- jeremiah 8:21 +. +Is there no balm in Gilead; is there no physician there? why then is not the health of the daughter of my people recovered? -- jeremiah 8:22 +. +Oh that my head were waters, and my eyes a fountain of tears, that I might weep day and night for the slain of the daughter of my people! -- jeremiah 9:1 +. +Oh that I had in the wilderness a lodging place of wayfaring men; that I might leave my people, and go from them! for they be all adulterers, an assembly of treacherous men. -- jeremiah 9:2 +. +And they bend their tongues like their bow for lies: but they are not valiant for the truth on the earth; for they proceed from evil to evil, and they know not me, said the LORD. -- jeremiah 9:3 +. +Take you heed every one of his neighbor, and trust you not in any brother: for every brother will utterly supplant, and every neighbor will walk with slanders. -- jeremiah 9:4 +. +And they will deceive every one his neighbor, and will not speak the truth: they have taught their tongue to speak lies, and weary themselves to commit iniquity. -- jeremiah 9:5 +. +Your habitation is in the middle of deceit; through deceit they refuse to know me, said the LORD. -- jeremiah 9:6 +. +Therefore thus said the LORD of hosts, Behold, I will melt them, and try them; for how shall I do for the daughter of my people? -- jeremiah 9:7 +. +Their tongue is as an arrow shot out; it speaks deceit: one speaks peaceably to his neighbor with his mouth, but in heart he lays his wait. -- jeremiah 9:8 +. +Shall I not visit them for these things? said the LORD: shall not my soul be avenged on such a nation as this? -- jeremiah 9:9 +. +For the mountains will I take up a weeping and wailing, and for the habitations of the wilderness a lamentation, because they are burned up, so that none can pass through them; neither can men hear the voice of the cattle; both the fowl of the heavens and the beast are fled; they are gone. -- jeremiah 9:10 +. +And I will make Jerusalem heaps, and a den of dragons; and I will make the cities of Judah desolate, without an inhabitant. -- jeremiah 9:11 +. +Who is the wise man, that may understand this? and who is he to whom the mouth of the LORD has spoken, that he may declare it, for what the land perishes and is burned up like a wilderness, that none passes through? -- jeremiah 9:12 +. +And the LORD said, Because they have forsaken my law which I set before them, and have not obeyed my voice, neither walked therein; -- jeremiah 9:13 +. +But have walked after the imagination of their own heart, and after Baalim, which their fathers taught them: -- jeremiah 9:14 +. +Therefore thus said the LORD of hosts, the God of Israel; Behold, I will feed them, even this people, with wormwood, and give them water of gall to drink. -- jeremiah 9:15 +. +I will scatter them also among the heathen, whom neither they nor their fathers have known: and I will send a sword after them, till I have consumed them. -- jeremiah 9:16 +. +Thus said the LORD of hosts, Consider you, and call for the mourning women, that they may come; and send for cunning women, that they may come: -- jeremiah 9:17 +. +And let them make haste, and take up a wailing for us, that our eyes may run down with tears, and our eyelids gush out with waters. -- jeremiah 9:18 +. +For a voice of wailing is heard out of Zion, How are we spoiled! we are greatly confounded, because we have forsaken the land, because our dwellings have cast us out. -- jeremiah 9:19 +. +Yet hear the word of the LORD, O you women, and let your ear receive the word of his mouth, and teach your daughters wailing, and every one her neighbor lamentation. -- jeremiah 9:20 +. +For death is come up into our windows, and is entered into our palaces, to cut off the children from without, and the young men from the streets. -- jeremiah 9:21 +. +Speak, Thus said the LORD, Even the carcasses of men shall fall as dung on the open field, and as the handful after the harvestman, and none shall gather them. -- jeremiah 9:22 +. +Thus said the LORD, Let not the wise man glory in his wisdom, neither let the mighty man glory in his might, let not the rich man glory in his riches: -- jeremiah 9:23 +. +But let him that glories glory in this, that he understands and knows me, that I am the LORD which exercise loving kindness, judgment, and righteousness, in the earth: for in these things I delight, said the LORD. -- jeremiah 9:24 +. +Behold, the days come, said the LORD, that I will punish all them which are circumcised with the uncircumcised; -- jeremiah 9:25 +. +Egypt, and Judah, and Edom, and the children of Ammon, and Moab, and all that are in the utmost corners, that dwell in the wilderness: for all these nations are uncircumcised, and all the house of Israel are uncircumcised in the heart. -- jeremiah 9:26 +. +Hear you the word which the LORD speaks to you, O house of Israel: -- jeremiah 10:1 +. +Thus said the LORD, Learn not the way of the heathen, and be not dismayed at the signs of heaven; for the heathen are dismayed at them. -- jeremiah 10:2 +. +For the customs of the people are vain: for one cuts a tree out of the forest, the work of the hands of the workman, with the ax. -- jeremiah 10:3 +. +They deck it with silver and with gold; they fasten it with nails and with hammers, that it move not. -- jeremiah 10:4 +. +They are upright as the palm tree, but speak not: they must needs be borne, because they cannot go. Be not afraid of them; for they cannot do evil, neither also is it in them to do good. -- jeremiah 10:5 +. +For as much as there is none like to you, O LORD; you are great, and your name is great in might. -- jeremiah 10:6 +. +Who would not fear you, O King of nations? for to you does it appertain: for as much as among all the wise men of the nations, and in all their kingdoms, there is none like to you. -- jeremiah 10:7 +. +But they are altogether brutish and foolish: the stock is a doctrine of vanities. -- jeremiah 10:8 +. +Silver spread into plates is brought from Tarshish, and gold from Uphaz, the work of the workman, and of the hands of the founder: blue and purple is their clothing: they are all the work of cunning men. -- jeremiah 10:9 +. +But the LORD is the true God, he is the living God, and an everlasting king: at his wrath the earth shall tremble, and the nations shall not be able to abide his indignation. -- jeremiah 10:10 +. +Thus shall you say to them, The gods that have not made the heavens and the earth, even they shall perish from the earth, and from under these heavens. -- jeremiah 10:11 +. +He has made the earth by his power, he has established the world by his wisdom, and has stretched out the heavens by his discretion. -- jeremiah 10:12 +. +When he utters his voice, there is a multitude of waters in the heavens, and he causes the vapors to ascend from the ends of the earth; he makes lightning with rain, and brings forth the wind out of his treasures. -- jeremiah 10:13 +. +Every man is brutish in his knowledge: every founder is confounded by the graven image: for his molten image is falsehood, and there is no breath in them. -- jeremiah 10:14 +. +They are vanity, and the work of errors: in the time of their visitation they shall perish. -- jeremiah 10:15 +. +The portion of Jacob is not like them: for he is the former of all things; and Israel is the rod of his inheritance: The LORD of hosts is his name. -- jeremiah 10:16 +. +Gather up your wares out of the land, O inhabitant of the fortress. -- jeremiah 10:17 +. +For thus said the LORD, Behold, I will sling out the inhabitants of the land at this once, and will distress them, that they may find it so. -- jeremiah 10:18 +. +Woe is me for my hurt! my wound is grievous; but I said, Truly this is a grief, and I must bear it. -- jeremiah 10:19 +. +My tabernacle is spoiled, and all my cords are broken: my children are gone forth of me, and they are not: there is none to stretch forth my tent any more, and to set up my curtains. -- jeremiah 10:20 +. +For the pastors are become brutish, and have not sought the LORD: therefore they shall not prosper, and all their flocks shall be scattered. -- jeremiah 10:21 +. +Behold, the noise of the bruit is come, and a great commotion out of the north country, to make the cities of Judah desolate, and a den of dragons. -- jeremiah 10:22 +. +O LORD, I know that the way of man is not in himself: it is not in man that walks to direct his steps. -- jeremiah 10:23 +. +O LORD, correct me, but with judgment; not in your anger, lest you bring me to nothing. -- jeremiah 10:24 +. +Pour out your fury on the heathen that know you not, and on the families that call not on your name: for they have eaten up Jacob, and devoured him, and consumed him, and have made his habitation desolate. -- jeremiah 10:25 +. +The word that came to Jeremiah from the LORD saying, -- jeremiah 11:1 +. +Hear you the words of this covenant, and speak to the men of Judah, and to the inhabitants of Jerusalem; -- jeremiah 11:2 +. +And say you to them, Thus said the LORD God of Israel; Cursed be the man that obeys not the words of this covenant, -- jeremiah 11:3 +. +Which I commanded your fathers in the day that I brought them forth out of the land of Egypt, from the iron furnace, saying, Obey my voice, and do them, according to all which I command you: so shall you be my people, and I will be your God: -- jeremiah 11:4 +. +That I may perform the oath which I have sworn to your fathers, to give them a land flowing with milk and honey, as it is this day. Then answered I, and said, So be it, O LORD. -- jeremiah 11:5 +. +Then the LORD said to me, Proclaim all these words in the cities of Judah, and in the streets of Jerusalem, saying, Hear you the words of this covenant, and do them. -- jeremiah 11:6 +. +For I earnestly protested to your fathers in the day that I brought them up out of the land of Egypt, even to this day, rising early and protesting, saying, Obey my voice. -- jeremiah 11:7 +. +Yet they obeyed not, nor inclined their ear, but walked every one in the imagination of their evil heart: therefore I will bring on them all the words of this covenant, which I commanded them to do: but they did them not. -- jeremiah 11:8 +. +And the LORD said to me, A conspiracy is found among the men of Judah, and among the inhabitants of Jerusalem. -- jeremiah 11:9 +. +They are turned back to the iniquities of their forefathers, which refused to hear my words; and they went after other gods to serve them: the house of Israel and the house of Judah have broken my covenant which I made with their fathers. -- jeremiah 11:10 +. +Therefore thus said the LORD, Behold, I will bring evil on them, which they shall not be able to escape; and though they shall cry to me, I will not listen to them. -- jeremiah 11:11 +. +Then shall the cities of Judah and inhabitants of Jerusalem go, and cry to the gods to whom they offer incense: but they shall not save them at all in the time of their trouble. -- jeremiah 11:12 +. +For according to the number of your cities were your gods, O Judah; and according to the number of the streets of Jerusalem have you set up altars to that shameful thing, even altars to burn incense to Baal. -- jeremiah 11:13 +. +Therefore pray not you for this people, neither lift up a cry or prayer for them: for I will not hear them in the time that they cry to me for their trouble. -- jeremiah 11:14 +. +What has my beloved to do in my house, seeing she has worked lewdness with many, and the holy flesh is passed from you? when you do evil, then you rejoice. -- jeremiah 11:15 +. +The LORD called your name, A green olive tree, fair, and of goodly fruit: with the noise of a great tumult he has kindled fire on it, and the branches of it are broken. -- jeremiah 11:16 +. +For the LORD of hosts, that planted you, has pronounced evil against you, for the evil of the house of Israel and of the house of Judah, which they have done against themselves to provoke me to anger in offering incense to Baal. -- jeremiah 11:17 +. +And the LORD has given me knowledge of it, and I know it: then you showed me their doings. -- jeremiah 11:18 +. +But I was like a lamb or an ox that is brought to the slaughter; and I knew not that they had devised devices against me, saying, Let us destroy the tree with the fruit thereof, and let us cut him off from the land of the living, that his name may be no more remembered. -- jeremiah 11:19 +. +But, O LORD of hosts, that judge righteously, that try the reins and the heart, let me see your vengeance on them: for to you have I revealed my cause. -- jeremiah 11:20 +. +Therefore thus said the LORD of the men of Anathoth, that seek your life, saying, Prophesy not in the name of the LORD, that you die not by our hand: -- jeremiah 11:21 +. +Therefore thus said the LORD of hosts, Behold, I will punish them: the young men shall die by the sword; their sons and their daughters shall die by famine: -- jeremiah 11:22 +. +And there shall be no remnant of them: for I will bring evil on the men of Anathoth, even the year of their visitation. -- jeremiah 11:23 +. +Righteous are you, O LORD, when I plead with you: yet let me talk with you of your judgments: Why does the way of the wicked prosper? why are all they happy that deal very treacherously? -- jeremiah 12:1 +. +You have planted them, yes, they have taken root: they grow, yes, they bring forth fruit: you are near in their mouth, and far from their reins. -- jeremiah 12:2 +. +But you, O LORD, know me: you have seen me, and tried my heart toward you: pull them out like sheep for the slaughter, and prepare them for the day of slaughter. -- jeremiah 12:3 +. +How long shall the land mourn, and the herbs of every field wither, for the wickedness of them that dwell therein? the beasts are consumed, and the birds; because they said, He shall not see our last end. -- jeremiah 12:4 +. +If you have run with the footmen, and they have wearied you, then how can you contend with horses? and if in the land of peace, wherein you trusted, they wearied you, then how will you do in the swelling of Jordan? -- jeremiah 12:5 +. +For even your brothers, and the house of your father, even they have dealt treacherously with you; yes, they have called a multitude after you: believe them not, though they speak fair words to you. -- jeremiah 12:6 +. +I have forsaken my house, I have left my heritage; I have given the dearly beloved of my soul into the hand of her enemies. -- jeremiah 12:7 +. +My heritage is to me as a lion in the forest; it cries out against me: therefore have I hated it. -- jeremiah 12:8 +. +My heritage is to me as a speckled bird, the birds round about are against her; come you, assemble all the beasts of the field, come to devour. -- jeremiah 12:9 +. +Many pastors have destroyed my vineyard, they have trodden my portion under foot, they have made my pleasant portion a desolate wilderness. -- jeremiah 12:10 +. +They have made it desolate, and being desolate it mourns to me; the whole land is made desolate, because no man lays it to heart. -- jeremiah 12:11 +. +The spoilers are come on all high places through the wilderness: for the sword of the LORD shall devour from the one end of the land even to the other end of the land: no flesh shall have peace. -- jeremiah 12:12 +. +They have sown wheat, but shall reap thorns: they have put themselves to pain, but shall not profit: and they shall be ashamed of your revenues because of the fierce anger of the LORD. -- jeremiah 12:13 +. +Thus said the LORD against all my evil neighbors, that touch the inheritance which I have caused my people Israel to inherit; Behold, I will pluck them out of their land, and pluck out the house of Judah from among them. -- jeremiah 12:14 +. +And it shall come to pass, after that I have plucked them out I will return, and have compassion on them, and will bring them again, every man to his heritage, and every man to his land. -- jeremiah 12:15 +. +And it shall come to pass, if they will diligently learn the ways of my people, to swear by my name, The LORD lives; as they taught my people to swear by Baal; then shall they be built in the middle of my people. -- jeremiah 12:16 +. +But if they will not obey, I will utterly pluck up and destroy that nation, said the LORD. -- jeremiah 12:17 +. +Thus said the LORD to me, Go and get you a linen girdle, and put it on your loins, and put it not in water. -- jeremiah 13:1 +. +So I got a girdle according to the word of the LORD, and put it on my loins. -- jeremiah 13:2 +. +And the word of the LORD came to me the second time, saying, -- jeremiah 13:3 +. +Take the girdle that you have got, which is on your loins, and arise, go to Euphrates, and hide it there in a hole of the rock. -- jeremiah 13:4 +. +So I went, and hid it by Euphrates, as the LORD commanded me. -- jeremiah 13:5 +. +And it came to pass after many days, that the LORD said to me, Arise, go to Euphrates, and take the girdle from there, which I commanded you to hide there. -- jeremiah 13:6 +. +Then I went to Euphrates, and dig, and took the girdle from the place where I had hid it: and, behold, the girdle was marred, it was profitable for nothing. -- jeremiah 13:7 +. +Then the word of the LORD came to me, saying, -- jeremiah 13:8 +. +Thus said the LORD, After this manner will I mar the pride of Judah, and the great pride of Jerusalem. -- jeremiah 13:9 +. +This evil people, which refuse to hear my words, which walk in the imagination of their heart, and walk after other gods, to serve them, and to worship them, shall even be as this girdle, which is good for nothing. -- jeremiah 13:10 +. +For as the girdle sticks to the loins of a man, so have I caused to stick to me the whole house of Israel and the whole house of Judah, said the LORD; that they might be to me for a people, and for a name, and for a praise, and for a glory: but they would not hear. -- jeremiah 13:11 +. +Therefore you shall speak to them this word; Thus said the LORD God of Israel, Every bottle shall be filled with wine: and they shall say to you, Do we not certainly know that every bottle shall be filled with wine? -- jeremiah 13:12 +. +Then shall you say to them, Thus said the LORD, Behold, I will fill all the inhabitants of this land, even the kings that sit on David' throne, and the priests, and the prophets, and all the inhabitants of Jerusalem, with drunkenness. -- jeremiah 13:13 +. +And I will dash them one against another, even the fathers and the sons together, said the LORD: I will not pity, nor spare, nor have mercy, but destroy them. -- jeremiah 13:14 +. +Hear you, and give ear; be not proud: for the LORD has spoken. -- jeremiah 13:15 +. +Give glory to the LORD your God, before he cause darkness, and before your feet stumble on the dark mountains, and, while you look for light, he turn it into the shadow of death, and make it gross darkness. -- jeremiah 13:16 +. +But if you will not hear it, my soul shall weep in secret places for your pride; and my eye shall weep sore, and run down with tears, because the LORD' flock is carried away captive. -- jeremiah 13:17 +. +Say to the king and to the queen, Humble yourselves, sit down: for your principalities shall come down, even the crown of your glory. -- jeremiah 13:18 +. +The cities of the south shall be shut up, and none shall open them: Judah shall be carried away captive all of it, it shall be wholly carried away captive. -- jeremiah 13:19 +. +Lift up your eyes, and behold them that come from the north: where is the flock that was given you, your beautiful flock? -- jeremiah 13:20 +. +What will you say when he shall punish you? for you have taught them to be captains, and as chief over you: shall not sorrows take you, as a woman in travail? -- jeremiah 13:21 +. +And if you say in your heart, Why come these things on me? For the greatness of your iniquity are your skirts discovered, and your heels made bore. -- jeremiah 13:22 +. +Can the Ethiopian change his skin, or the leopard his spots? then may you also do good, that are accustomed to do evil. -- jeremiah 13:23 +. +Therefore will I scatter them as the stubble that passes away by the wind of the wilderness. -- jeremiah 13:24 +. +This is your lot, the portion of your measures from me, said the LORD; because you have forgotten me, and trusted in falsehood. -- jeremiah 13:25 +. +Therefore will I discover your skirts on your face, that your shame may appear. -- jeremiah 13:26 +. +I have seen your adulteries, and your neighings, the lewdness of your prostitution, and your abominations on the hills in the fields. Woe to you, O Jerusalem! will you not be made clean? when shall it once be? -- jeremiah 13:27 +. +The word of the LORD that came to Jeremiah concerning the dearth. -- jeremiah 14:1 +. +Judah mourns, and the gates thereof languish; they are black to the ground; and the cry of Jerusalem is gone up. -- jeremiah 14:2 +. +And their nobles have sent their little ones to the waters: they came to the pits, and found no water; they returned with their vessels empty; they were ashamed and confounded, and covered their heads. -- jeremiah 14:3 +. +Because the ground is beat down, for there was no rain in the earth, the plowmen were ashamed, they covered their heads. -- jeremiah 14:4 +. +Yes, the hind also calved in the field, and forsook it, because there was no grass. -- jeremiah 14:5 +. +And the wild asses did stand in the high places, they snuffed up the wind like dragons; their eyes did fail, because there was no grass. -- jeremiah 14:6 +. +O LORD, though our iniquities testify against us, do you it for your name' sake: for our backslidings are many; we have sinned against you. -- jeremiah 14:7 +. +O the hope of Israel, the savior thereof in time of trouble, why should you be as a stranger in the land, and as a wayfaring man that turns aside to tarry for a night? -- jeremiah 14:8 +. +Why should you be as a man astonished, as a mighty man that cannot save? yet you, O LORD, are in the middle of us, and we are called by your name; leave us not. -- jeremiah 14:9 +. +Thus said the LORD to this people, Thus have they loved to wander, they have not refrained their feet, therefore the LORD does not accept them; he will now remember their iniquity, and visit their sins. -- jeremiah 14:10 +. +Then said the LORD to me, Pray not for this people for their good. -- jeremiah 14:11 +. +When they fast, I will not hear their cry; and when they offer burnt offering and an oblation, I will not accept them: but I will consume them by the sword, and by the famine, and by the pestilence. -- jeremiah 14:12 +. +Then said I, Ah, Lord GOD! behold, the prophets say to them, You shall not see the sword, neither shall you have famine; but I will give you assured peace in this place. -- jeremiah 14:13 +. +Then the LORD said to me, The prophets prophesy lies in my name: I sent them not, neither have I commanded them, neither spoke to them: they prophesy to you a false vision and divination, and a thing of nothing, and the deceit of their heart. -- jeremiah 14:14 +. +Therefore thus said the LORD concerning the prophets that prophesy in my name, and I sent them not, yet they say, Sword and famine shall not be in this land; By sword and famine shall those prophets be consumed. -- jeremiah 14:15 +. +And the people to whom they prophesy shall be cast out in the streets of Jerusalem because of the famine and the sword; and they shall have none to bury them, them, their wives, nor their sons, nor their daughters: for I will pour their wickedness on them. -- jeremiah 14:16 +. +Therefore you shall say this word to them; Let my eyes run down with tears night and day, and let them not cease: for the virgin daughter of my people is broken with a great breach, with a very grievous blow. -- jeremiah 14:17 +. +If I go forth into the field, then behold the slain with the sword! and if I enter into the city, then behold them that are sick with famine! yes, both the prophet and the priest go about into a land that they know not. -- jeremiah 14:18 +. +Have you utterly rejected Judah? has your soul loathed Zion? why have you smitten us, and there is no healing for us? we looked for peace, and there is no good; and for the time of healing, and behold trouble! -- jeremiah 14:19 +. +We acknowledge, O LORD, our wickedness, and the iniquity of our fathers: for we have sinned against you. -- jeremiah 14:20 +. +Do not abhor us, for your name' sake, do not disgrace the throne of your glory: remember, break not your covenant with us. -- jeremiah 14:21 +. +Are there any among the vanities of the Gentiles that can cause rain? or can the heavens give showers? are not you he, O LORD our God? therefore we will wait on you: for you have made all these things. -- jeremiah 14:22 +. +Then said the LORD to me, Though Moses and Samuel stood before me, yet my mind could not be toward this people: cast them out of my sight, and let them go forth. -- jeremiah 15:1 +. +And it shall come to pass, if they say to you, Where shall we go forth? then you shall tell them, Thus said the LORD; Such as are for death, to death; and such as are for the sword, to the sword; and such as are for the famine, to the famine; and such as are for the captivity, to the captivity. -- jeremiah 15:2 +. +And I will appoint over them four kinds, said the LORD: the sword to slay, and the dogs to tear, and the fowls of the heaven, and the beasts of the earth, to devour and destroy. -- jeremiah 15:3 +. +And I will cause them to be removed into all kingdoms of the earth, because of Manasseh the son of Hezekiah king of Judah, for that which he did in Jerusalem. -- jeremiah 15:4 +. +For who shall have pity on you, O Jerusalem? or who shall bemoan you? or who shall go aside to ask how you do? -- jeremiah 15:5 +. +You have forsaken me, said the LORD, you are gone backward: therefore will I stretch out my hand against you, and destroy you; I am weary with repenting. -- jeremiah 15:6 +. +And I will fan them with a fan in the gates of the land; I will bereave them of children, I will destroy my people since they return not from their ways. -- jeremiah 15:7 +. +Their widows are increased to me above the sand of the seas: I have brought on them against the mother of the young men a spoiler at noonday: I have caused him to fall on it suddenly, and terrors on the city. -- jeremiah 15:8 +. +She that has borne seven languishes: she has given up the ghost; her sun is gone down while it was yet day: she has been ashamed and confounded: and the residue of them will I deliver to the sword before their enemies, said the LORD. -- jeremiah 15:9 +. +Woe is me, my mother, that you have borne me a man of strife and a man of contention to the whole earth! I have neither lent on usury, nor men have lent to me on usury; yet every one of them does curse me. -- jeremiah 15:10 +. +The LORD said, Truly it shall be well with your remnant; truly I will cause the enemy to entreat you well in the time of evil and in the time of affliction. -- jeremiah 15:11 +. +Shall iron break the northern iron and the steel? -- jeremiah 15:12 +. +Your substance and your treasures will I give to the spoil without price, and that for all your sins, even in all your borders. -- jeremiah 15:13 +. +And I will make you to pass with your enemies into a land which you know not: for a fire is kindled in my anger, which shall burn on you. -- jeremiah 15:14 +. +O LORD, you know: remember me, and visit me, and revenge me of my persecutors; take me not away in your long-suffering: know that for your sake I have suffered rebuke. -- jeremiah 15:15 +. +Your words were found, and I did eat them; and your word was to me the joy and rejoicing of my heart: for I am called by your name, O LORD God of hosts. -- jeremiah 15:16 +. +I sat not in the assembly of the mockers, nor rejoiced; I sat alone because of your hand: for you have filled me with indignation. -- jeremiah 15:17 +. +Why is my pain perpetual, and my wound incurable, which refuses to be healed? will you be altogether to me as a liar, and as waters that fail? -- jeremiah 15:18 +. +Therefore thus said the LORD, If you return, then will I bring you again, and you shall stand before me: and if you take forth the precious from the vile, you shall be as my mouth: let them return to you; but return not you to them. -- jeremiah 15:19 +. +And I will make you to this people a fenced brazen wall: and they shall fight against you, but they shall not prevail against you: for I am with you to save you and to deliver you, said the LORD. -- jeremiah 15:20 +. +And I will deliver you out of the hand of the wicked, and I will redeem you out of the hand of the terrible. -- jeremiah 15:21 +. +The word of the LORD came also to me, saying, -- jeremiah 16:1 +. +You shall not take you a wife, neither shall you have sons or daughters in this place. -- jeremiah 16:2 +. +For thus said the LORD concerning the sons and concerning the daughters that are born in this place, and concerning their mothers that bore them, and concerning their fathers that begat them in this land; -- jeremiah 16:3 +. +They shall die of grievous deaths; they shall not be lamented; neither shall they be buried; but they shall be as dung on the face of the earth: and they shall be consumed by the sword, and by famine; and their carcasses shall be meat for the fowls of heaven, and for the beasts of the earth. -- jeremiah 16:4 +. +For thus said the LORD, Enter not into the house of mourning, neither go to lament nor bemoan them: for I have taken away my peace from this people, said the LORD, even loving kindness and mercies. -- jeremiah 16:5 +. +Both the great and the small shall die in this land: they shall not be buried, neither shall men lament for them, nor cut themselves, nor make themselves bald for them: -- jeremiah 16:6 +. +Neither shall men tear themselves for them in mourning, to comfort them for the dead; neither shall men give them the cup of consolation to drink for their father or for their mother. -- jeremiah 16:7 +. +You shall not also go into the house of feasting, to sit with them to eat and to drink. -- jeremiah 16:8 +. +For thus said the LORD of hosts, the God of Israel; Behold, I will cause to cease out of this place in your eyes, and in your days, the voice of mirth, and the voice of gladness, the voice of the bridegroom, and the voice of the bride. -- jeremiah 16:9 +. +And it shall come to pass, when you shall show this people all these words, and they shall say to you, Why has the LORD pronounced all this great evil against us? or what is our iniquity? or what is our sin that we have committed against the LORD our God? -- jeremiah 16:10 +. +Then shall you say to them, Because your fathers have forsaken me, said the LORD, and have walked after other gods, and have served them, and have worshipped them, and have forsaken me, and have not kept my law; -- jeremiah 16:11 +. +And you have done worse than your fathers; for, behold, you walk every one after the imagination of his evil heart, that they may not listen to me: -- jeremiah 16:12 +. +Therefore will I cast you out of this land into a land that you know not, neither you nor your fathers; and there shall you serve other gods day and night; where I will not show you favor. -- jeremiah 16:13 +. +Therefore, behold, the days come, said the LORD, that it shall no more be said, The LORD lives, that brought up the children of Israel out of the land of Egypt; -- jeremiah 16:14 +. +But, The LORD lives, that brought up the children of Israel from the land of the north, and from all the lands where he had driven them: and I will bring them again into their land that I gave to their fathers. -- jeremiah 16:15 +. +Behold, I will send for many fishers, said the LORD, and they shall fish them; and after will I send for many hunters, and they shall hunt them from every mountain, and from every hill, and out of the holes of the rocks. -- jeremiah 16:16 +. +For my eyes are on all their ways: they are not hid from my face, neither is their iniquity hid from my eyes. -- jeremiah 16:17 +. +And first I will recompense their iniquity and their sin double; because they have defiled my land, they have filled my inheritance with the carcasses of their detestable and abominable things. -- jeremiah 16:18 +. +O LORD, my strength, and my fortress, and my refuge in the day of affliction, the Gentiles shall come to you from the ends of the earth, and shall say, Surely our fathers have inherited lies, vanity, and things wherein there is no profit. -- jeremiah 16:19 +. +Shall a man make gods to himself, and they are no gods? -- jeremiah 16:20 +. +Therefore, behold, I will this once cause them to know, I will cause them to know my hand and my might; and they shall know that my name is The LORD. -- jeremiah 16:21 +. +The sin of Judah is written with a pen of iron, and with the point of a diamond: it is graven on the table of their heart, and on the horns of your altars; -- jeremiah 17:1 +. +Whilst their children remember their altars and their groves by the green trees on the high hills. -- jeremiah 17:2 +. +O my mountain in the field, I will give your substance and all your treasures to the spoil, and your high places for sin, throughout all your borders. -- jeremiah 17:3 +. +And you, even yourself, shall discontinue from your heritage that I gave you; and I will cause you to serve your enemies in the land which you know not: for you have kindled a fire in my anger, which shall burn for ever. -- jeremiah 17:4 +. +Thus said the LORD; Cursed be the man that trusts in man, and makes flesh his arm, and whose heart departs from the LORD. -- jeremiah 17:5 +. +For he shall be like the heath in the desert, and shall not see when good comes; but shall inhabit the parched places in the wilderness, in a salt land and not inhabited. -- jeremiah 17:6 +. +Blessed is the man that trusts in the LORD, and whose hope the LORD is. -- jeremiah 17:7 +. +For he shall be as a tree planted by the waters, and that spreads out her roots by the river, and shall not see when heat comes, but her leaf shall be green; and shall not be careful in the year of drought, neither shall cease from yielding fruit. -- jeremiah 17:8 +. +The heart is deceitful above all things, and desperately wicked: who can know it? -- jeremiah 17:9 +. +I the LORD search the heart, I try the reins, even to give every man according to his ways, and according to the fruit of his doings. -- jeremiah 17:10 +. +As the partridge sits on eggs, and hatches them not; so he that gets riches, and not by right, shall leave them in the middle of his days, and at his end shall be a fool. -- jeremiah 17:11 +. +A glorious high throne from the beginning is the place of our sanctuary. -- jeremiah 17:12 +. +O LORD, the hope of Israel, all that forsake you shall be ashamed, and they that depart from me shall be written in the earth, because they have forsaken the LORD, the fountain of living waters. -- jeremiah 17:13 +. +Heal me, O LORD, and I shall be healed; save me, and I shall be saved: for you are my praise. -- jeremiah 17:14 +. +Behold, they say to me, Where is the word of the LORD? let it come now. -- jeremiah 17:15 +. +As for me, I have not hastened from being a pastor to follow you: neither have I desired the woeful day; you know: that which came out of my lips was right before you. -- jeremiah 17:16 +. +Be not a terror to me: you are my hope in the day of evil. -- jeremiah 17:17 +. +Let them be confounded that persecute me, but let not me be confounded: let them be dismayed, but let not me be dismayed: bring on them the day of evil, and destroy them with double destruction. -- jeremiah 17:18 +. +Thus said the LORD to me; Go and stand in the gate of the children of the people, whereby the kings of Judah come in, and by the which they go out, and in all the gates of Jerusalem; -- jeremiah 17:19 +. +And say to them, Hear you the word of the LORD, you kings of Judah, and all Judah, and all the inhabitants of Jerusalem, that enter in by these gates: -- jeremiah 17:20 +. +Thus said the LORD; Take heed to yourselves, and bear no burden on the sabbath day, nor bring it in by the gates of Jerusalem; -- jeremiah 17:21 +. +Neither carry forth a burden out of your houses on the sabbath day, neither do you any work, but hallow you the sabbath day, as I commanded your fathers. -- jeremiah 17:22 +. +But they obeyed not, neither inclined their ear, but made their neck stiff, that they might not hear, nor receive instruction. -- jeremiah 17:23 +. +And it shall come to pass, if you diligently listen to me, said the LORD, to bring in no burden through the gates of this city on the sabbath day, but hallow the sabbath day, to do no work therein; -- jeremiah 17:24 +. +Then shall there enter into the gates of this city kings and princes sitting on the throne of David, riding in chariots and on horses, they, and their princes, the men of Judah, and the inhabitants of Jerusalem: and this city shall remain for ever. -- jeremiah 17:25 +. +And they shall come from the cities of Judah, and from the places about Jerusalem, and from the land of Benjamin, and from the plain, and from the mountains, and from the south, bringing burnt offerings, and sacrifices, and meat offerings, and incense, and bringing sacrifices of praise, to the house of the LORD. -- jeremiah 17:26 +. +But if you will not listen to me to hallow the sabbath day, and not to bear a burden, even entering in at the gates of Jerusalem on the sabbath day; then will I kindle a fire in the gates thereof, and it shall devour the palaces of Jerusalem, and it shall not be quenched. -- jeremiah 17:27 +. +The word which came to Jeremiah from the LORD, saying, -- jeremiah 18:1 +. +Arise, and go down to the potter' house, and there I will cause you to hear my words. -- jeremiah 18:2 +. +Then I went down to the potter' house, and, behold, he worked a work on the wheels. -- jeremiah 18:3 +. +And the vessel that he made of clay was marred in the hand of the potter: so he made it again another vessel, as seemed good to the potter to make it. -- jeremiah 18:4 +. +Then the word of the LORD came to me, saying, -- jeremiah 18:5 +. +O house of Israel, cannot I do with you as this potter? said the LORD. Behold, as the clay is in the potter' hand, so are you in my hand, O house of Israel. -- jeremiah 18:6 +. +At what instant I shall speak concerning a nation, and concerning a kingdom, to pluck up, and to pull down, and to destroy it; -- jeremiah 18:7 +. +If that nation, against whom I have pronounced, turn from their evil, I will repent of the evil that I thought to do to them. -- jeremiah 18:8 +. +And at what instant I shall speak concerning a nation, and concerning a kingdom, to build and to plant it; -- jeremiah 18:9 +. +If it do evil in my sight, that it obey not my voice, then I will repent of the good, with which I said I would benefit them. -- jeremiah 18:10 +. +Now therefore go to, speak to the men of Judah, and to the inhabitants of Jerusalem, saying, Thus said the LORD; Behold, I frame evil against you, and devise a device against you: return you now every one from his evil way, and make your ways and your doings good. -- jeremiah 18:11 +. +And they said, There is no hope: but we will walk after our own devices, and we will every one do the imagination of his evil heart. -- jeremiah 18:12 +. +Therefore thus said the LORD; Ask you now among the heathen, who has heard such things: the virgin of Israel has done a very horrible thing. -- jeremiah 18:13 +. +Will a man leave the snow of Lebanon which comes from the rock of the field? or shall the cold flowing waters that come from another place be forsaken? -- jeremiah 18:14 +. +Because my people has forgotten me, they have burned incense to vanity, and they have caused them to stumble in their ways from the ancient paths, to walk in paths, in a way not cast up; -- jeremiah 18:15 +. +To make their land desolate, and a perpetual hissing; every one that passes thereby shall be astonished, and wag his head. -- jeremiah 18:16 +. +I will scatter them as with an east wind before the enemy; I will show them the back, and not the face, in the day of their calamity. -- jeremiah 18:17 +. +Then said they, Come and let us devise devices against Jeremiah; for the law shall not perish from the priest, nor counsel from the wise, nor the word from the prophet. Come, and let us smite him with the tongue, and let us not give heed to any of his words. -- jeremiah 18:18 +. +Give heed to me, O LORD, and listen to the voice of them that contend with me. -- jeremiah 18:19 +. +Shall evil be recompensed for good? for they have dig a pit for my soul. Remember that I stood before you to speak good for them, and to turn away your wrath from them. -- jeremiah 18:20 +. +Therefore deliver up their children to the famine, and pour out their blood by the force of the sword; and let their wives be bereaved of their children, and be widows; and let their men be put to death; let their young men be slain by the sword in battle. -- jeremiah 18:21 +. +Let a cry be heard from their houses, when you shall bring a troop suddenly on them: for they have dig a pit to take me, and hid snares for my feet. -- jeremiah 18:22 +. +Yet, LORD, you know all their counsel against me to slay me: forgive not their iniquity, neither blot out their sin from your sight, but let them be overthrown before you; deal thus with them in the time of your anger. -- jeremiah 18:23 +. +Thus said the LORD, Go and get a potter' earthen bottle, and take of the ancients of the people, and of the ancients of the priests; -- jeremiah 19:1 +. +And go forth to the valley of the son of Hinnom, which is by the entry of the east gate, and proclaim there the words that I shall tell you, -- jeremiah 19:2 +. +And say, Hear you the word of the LORD, O kings of Judah, and inhabitants of Jerusalem; Thus said the LORD of hosts, the God of Israel; Behold, I will bring evil on this place, the which whoever hears, his ears shall tingle. -- jeremiah 19:3 +. +Because they have forsaken me, and have estranged this place, and have burned incense in it to other gods, whom neither they nor their fathers have known, nor the kings of Judah, and have filled this place with the blood of innocents; -- jeremiah 19:4 +. +They have built also the high places of Baal, to burn their sons with fire for burnt offerings to Baal, which I commanded not, nor spoke it, neither came it into my mind: -- jeremiah 19:5 +. +Therefore, behold, the days come, said the LORD, that this place shall no more be called Tophet, nor The valley of the son of Hinnom, but The valley of slaughter. -- jeremiah 19:6 +. +And I will make void the counsel of Judah and Jerusalem in this place; and I will cause them to fall by the sword before their enemies, and by the hands of them that seek their lives: and their carcasses will I give to be meat for the fowls of the heaven, and for the beasts of the earth. -- jeremiah 19:7 +. +And I will make this city desolate, and an hissing; every one that passes thereby shall be astonished and hiss because of all the plagues thereof. -- jeremiah 19:8 +. +And I will cause them to eat the flesh of their sons and the flesh of their daughters, and they shall eat every one the flesh of his friend in the siege and narrow place, with which their enemies, and they that seek their lives, shall straiten them. -- jeremiah 19:9 +. +Then shall you break the bottle in the sight of the men that go with you, -- jeremiah 19:10 +. +And shall say to them, Thus said the LORD of hosts; Even so will I break this people and this city, as one breaks a potter' vessel, that cannot be made whole again: and they shall bury them in Tophet, till there be no place to bury. -- jeremiah 19:11 +. +Thus will I do to this place, said the LORD, and to the inhabitants thereof, and even make this city as Tophet: -- jeremiah 19:12 +. +And the houses of Jerusalem, and the houses of the kings of Judah, shall be defiled as the place of Tophet, because of all the houses on whose roofs they have burned incense to all the host of heaven, and have poured out drink offerings to other gods. -- jeremiah 19:13 +. +Then came Jeremiah from Tophet, where the LORD had sent him to prophesy; and he stood in the court of the LORD' house; and said to all the people, -- jeremiah 19:14 +. +Thus said the LORD of hosts, the God of Israel; Behold, I will bring on this city and on all her towns all the evil that I have pronounced against it, because they have hardened their necks, that they might not hear my words. -- jeremiah 19:15 +. +Now Pashur the son of Immer the priest, who was also chief governor in the house of the LORD, heard that Jeremiah prophesied these things. -- jeremiah 20:1 +. +Then Pashur smote Jeremiah the prophet, and put him in the stocks that were in the high gate of Benjamin, which was by the house of the LORD. -- jeremiah 20:2 +. +And it came to pass on the morrow, that Pashur brought forth Jeremiah out of the stocks. Then said Jeremiah to him, The LORD has not called your name Pashur, but Magormissabib. -- jeremiah 20:3 +. +For thus said the LORD, Behold, I will make you a terror to yourself, and to all your friends: and they shall fall by the sword of their enemies, and your eyes shall behold it: and I will give all Judah into the hand of the king of Babylon, and he shall carry them captive into Babylon, and shall slay them with the sword. -- jeremiah 20:4 +. +Moreover I will deliver all the strength of this city, and all the labors thereof, and all the precious things thereof, and all the treasures of the kings of Judah will I give into the hand of their enemies, which shall spoil them, and take them, and carry them to Babylon. -- jeremiah 20:5 +. +And you, Pashur, and all that dwell in your house shall go into captivity: and you shall come to Babylon, and there you shall die, and shall be buried there, you, and all your friends, to whom you have prophesied lies. -- jeremiah 20:6 +. +O LORD, you have deceived me, and I was deceived; you are stronger than I, and have prevailed: I am in derision daily, every one mocks me. -- jeremiah 20:7 +. +For since I spoke, I cried out, I cried violence and spoil; because the word of the LORD was made a reproach to me, and a derision, daily. -- jeremiah 20:8 +. +Then I said, I will not make mention of him, nor speak any more in his name. But his word was in my heart as a burning fire shut up in my bones, and I was weary with forbearing, and I could not stay. -- jeremiah 20:9 +. +For I heard the defaming of many, fear on every side. Report, say they, and we will report it. All my familiars watched for my halting, saying, Peradventure he will be enticed, and we shall prevail against him, and we shall take our revenge on him. -- jeremiah 20:10 +. +But the LORD is with me as a mighty terrible one: therefore my persecutors shall stumble, and they shall not prevail: they shall be greatly ashamed; for they shall not prosper: their everlasting confusion shall never be forgotten. -- jeremiah 20:11 +. +But, O LORD of hosts, that try the righteous, and see the reins and the heart, let me see your vengeance on them: for to you have I opened my cause. -- jeremiah 20:12 +. +Sing to the LORD, praise you the LORD: for he has delivered the soul of the poor from the hand of evildoers. -- jeremiah 20:13 +. +Cursed be the day wherein I was born: let not the day wherein my mother bore me be blessed. -- jeremiah 20:14 +. +Cursed be the man who brought tidings to my father, saying, A man child is born to you; making him very glad. -- jeremiah 20:15 +. +And let that man be as the cities which the LORD overthrew, and repented not: and let him hear the cry in the morning, and the shouting at noontide; -- jeremiah 20:16 +. +Because he slew me not from the womb; or that my mother might have been my grave, and her womb to be always great with me. -- jeremiah 20:17 +. +Why came I forth out of the womb to see labor and sorrow, that my days should be consumed with shame? -- jeremiah 20:18 +. +The word which came to Jeremiah from the LORD, when king Zedekiah sent to him Pashur the son of Melchiah, and Zephaniah the son of Maaseiah the priest, saying, -- jeremiah 21:1 +. +Inquire, I pray you, of the LORD for us; for Nebuchadrezzar king of Babylon makes war against us; if so be that the LORD will deal with us according to all his wondrous works, that he may go up from us. -- jeremiah 21:2 +. +Then said Jeremiah to them, Thus shall you say to Zedekiah: -- jeremiah 21:3 +. +Thus said the LORD God of Israel; Behold, I will turn back the weapons of war that are in your hands, with which you fight against the king of Babylon, and against the Chaldeans, which besiege you without the walls, and I will assemble them into the middle of this city. -- jeremiah 21:4 +. +And I myself will fight against you with an outstretched hand and with a strong arm, even in anger, and in fury, and in great wrath. -- jeremiah 21:5 +. +And I will smite the inhabitants of this city, both man and beast: they shall die of a great pestilence. -- jeremiah 21:6 +. +And afterward, said the LORD, I will deliver Zedekiah king of Judah, and his servants, and the people, and such as are left in this city from the pestilence, from the sword, and from the famine, into the hand of Nebuchadrezzar king of Babylon, and into the hand of their enemies, and into the hand of those that seek their life: and he shall smite them with the edge of the sword; he shall not spare them, neither have pity, nor have mercy. -- jeremiah 21:7 +. +And to this people you shall say, Thus said the LORD; Behold, I set before you the way of life, and the way of death. -- jeremiah 21:8 +. +He that stays in this city shall die by the sword, and by the famine, and by the pestilence: but he that goes out, and falls to the Chaldeans that besiege you, he shall live, and his life shall be to him for a prey. -- jeremiah 21:9 +. +For I have set my face against this city for evil, and not for good, said the LORD: it shall be given into the hand of the king of Babylon, and he shall burn it with fire. -- jeremiah 21:10 +. +And touching the house of the king of Judah, say, Hear you the word of the LORD; -- jeremiah 21:11 +. +O house of David, thus said the LORD; Execute judgment in the morning, and deliver him that is spoiled out of the hand of the oppressor, lest my fury go out like fire, and burn that none can quench it, because of the evil of your doings. -- jeremiah 21:12 +. +Behold, I am against you, O inhabitant of the valley, and rock of the plain, said the LORD; which say, Who shall come down against us? or who shall enter into our habitations? -- jeremiah 21:13 +. +But I will punish you according to the fruit of your doings, said the LORD: and I will kindle a fire in the forest thereof, and it shall devour all things round about it. -- jeremiah 21:14 +. +Thus said the LORD; Go down to the house of the king of Judah, and speak there this word, -- jeremiah 22:1 +. +And say, Hear the word of the LORD, O king of Judah, that sit on the throne of David, you, and your servants, and your people that enter in by these gates: -- jeremiah 22:2 +. +Thus said the LORD; Execute you judgment and righteousness, and deliver the spoiled out of the hand of the oppressor: and do no wrong, do no violence to the stranger, the fatherless, nor the widow, neither shed innocent blood in this place. -- jeremiah 22:3 +. +For if you do this thing indeed, then shall there enter in by the gates of this house kings sitting on the throne of David, riding in chariots and on horses, he, and his servants, and his people. -- jeremiah 22:4 +. +But if you will not hear these words, I swear by myself, said the LORD, that this house shall become a desolation. -- jeremiah 22:5 +. +For thus said the LORD to the king' house of Judah; You are Gilead to me, and the head of Lebanon: yet surely I will make you a wilderness, and cities which are not inhabited. -- jeremiah 22:6 +. +And I will prepare destroyers against you, every one with his weapons: and they shall cut down your choice cedars, and cast them into the fire. -- jeremiah 22:7 +. +And many nations shall pass by this city, and they shall say every man to his neighbor, Why has the LORD done thus to this great city? -- jeremiah 22:8 +. +Then they shall answer, Because they have forsaken the covenant of the LORD their God, and worshipped other gods, and served them. -- jeremiah 22:9 +. +Weep you not for the dead, neither bemoan him: but weep sore for him that goes away: for he shall return no more, nor see his native country. -- jeremiah 22:10 +. +For thus said the LORD touching Shallum the son of Josiah king of Judah, which reigned instead of Josiah his father, which went forth out of this place; He shall not return thither any more: -- jeremiah 22:11 +. +But he shall die in the place where they have led him captive, and shall see this land no more. -- jeremiah 22:12 +. +Woe to him that builds his house by unrighteousness, and his chambers by wrong; that uses his neighbor' service without wages, and gives him not for his work; -- jeremiah 22:13 +. +That said, I will build me a wide house and large chambers, and cuts him out windows; and it is paneled with cedar, and painted with vermilion. -- jeremiah 22:14 +. +Shall you reign, because you close yourself in cedar? did not your father eat and drink, and do judgment and justice, and then it was well with him? -- jeremiah 22:15 +. +He judged the cause of the poor and needy; then it was well with him: was not this to know me? said the LORD. -- jeremiah 22:16 +. +But your eyes and your heart are not but for your covetousness, and for to shed innocent blood, and for oppression, and for violence, to do it. -- jeremiah 22:17 +. +Therefore thus said the LORD concerning Jehoiakim the son of Josiah king of Judah; They shall not lament for him, saying, Ah my brother! or, Ah sister! they shall not lament for him, saying, Ah lord! or, Ah his glory! -- jeremiah 22:18 +. +He shall be buried with the burial of an ass, drawn and cast forth beyond the gates of Jerusalem. -- jeremiah 22:19 +. +Go up to Lebanon, and cry; and lift up your voice in Bashan, and cry from the passages: for all your lovers are destroyed. -- jeremiah 22:20 +. +I spoke to you in your prosperity; but you said, I will not hear. This has been your manner from your youth, that you obeyed not my voice. -- jeremiah 22:21 +. +The wind shall eat up all your pastors, and your lovers shall go into captivity: surely then shall you be ashamed and confounded for all your wickedness. -- jeremiah 22:22 +. +O inhabitant of Lebanon, that make your nest in the cedars, how gracious shall you be when pangs come on you, the pain as of a woman in travail! -- jeremiah 22:23 +. +As I live, said the LORD, though Coniah the son of Jehoiakim king of Judah were the signet on my right hand, yet would I pluck you there; -- jeremiah 22:24 +. +And I will give you into the hand of them that seek your life, and into the hand of them whose face you fear, even into the hand of Nebuchadrezzar king of Babylon, and into the hand of the Chaldeans. -- jeremiah 22:25 +. +And I will cast you out, and your mother that bore you, into another country, where you were not born; and there shall you die. -- jeremiah 22:26 +. +But to the land whereunto they desire to return, thither shall they not return. -- jeremiah 22:27 +. +Is this man Coniah a despised broken idol? is he a vessel wherein is no pleasure? why are they cast out, he and his seed, and are cast into a land which they know not? -- jeremiah 22:28 +. +O earth, earth, earth, hear the word of the LORD. -- jeremiah 22:29 +. +Thus said the LORD, Write you this man childless, a man that shall not prosper in his days: for no man of his seed shall prosper, sitting on the throne of David, and ruling any more in Judah. -- jeremiah 22:30 +. +Woe be to the pastors that destroy and scatter the sheep of my pasture! said the LORD. -- jeremiah 23:1 +. +Therefore thus said the LORD God of Israel against the pastors that feed my people; You have scattered my flock, and driven them away, and have not visited them: behold, I will visit on you the evil of your doings, said the LORD. -- jeremiah 23:2 +. +And I will gather the remnant of my flock out of all countries where I have driven them, and will bring them again to their folds; and they shall be fruitful and increase. -- jeremiah 23:3 +. +And I will set up shepherds over them which shall feed them: and they shall fear no more, nor be dismayed, neither shall they be lacking, said the LORD. -- jeremiah 23:4 +. +Behold, the days come, said the LORD, that I will raise to David a righteous Branch, and a King shall reign and prosper, and shall execute judgment and justice in the earth. -- jeremiah 23:5 +. +In his days Judah shall be saved, and Israel shall dwell safely: and this is his name whereby he shall be called, THE LORD OUR RIGHTEOUSNESS. -- jeremiah 23:6 +. +Therefore, behold, the days come, said the LORD, that they shall no more say, The LORD lives, which brought up the children of Israel out of the land of Egypt; -- jeremiah 23:7 +. +But, The LORD lives, which brought up and which led the seed of the house of Israel out of the north country, and from all countries where I had driven them; and they shall dwell in their own land. -- jeremiah 23:8 +. +My heart within me is broken because of the prophets; all my bones shake; I am like a drunken man, and like a man whom wine has overcome, because of the LORD, and because of the words of his holiness. -- jeremiah 23:9 +. +For the land is full of adulterers; for because of swearing the land mourns; the pleasant places of the wilderness are dried up, and their course is evil, and their force is not right. -- jeremiah 23:10 +. +For both prophet and priest are profane; yes, in my house have I found their wickedness, said the LORD. -- jeremiah 23:11 +. +Why their way shall be to them as slippery ways in the darkness: they shall be driven on, and fall therein: for I will bring evil on them, even the year of their visitation, said the LORD. -- jeremiah 23:12 +. +And I have seen folly in the prophets of Samaria; they prophesied in Baal, and caused my people Israel to err. -- jeremiah 23:13 +. +I have seen also in the prophets of Jerusalem an horrible thing: they commit adultery, and walk in lies: they strengthen also the hands of evildoers, that none does return from his wickedness; they are all of them to me as Sodom, and the inhabitants thereof as Gomorrah. -- jeremiah 23:14 +. +Therefore thus said the LORD of hosts concerning the prophets; Behold, I will feed them with wormwood, and make them drink the water of gall: for from the prophets of Jerusalem is profaneness gone forth into all the land. -- jeremiah 23:15 +. +Thus said the LORD of hosts, Listen not to the words of the prophets that prophesy to you: they make you vain: they speak a vision of their own heart, and not out of the mouth of the LORD. -- jeremiah 23:16 +. +They say still to them that despise me, The LORD has said, You shall have peace; and they say to every one that walks after the imagination of his own heart, No evil shall come on you. -- jeremiah 23:17 +. +For who has stood in the counsel of the LORD, and has perceived and heard his word? who has marked his word, and heard it? -- jeremiah 23:18 +. +Behold, a whirlwind of the LORD is gone forth in fury, even a grievous whirlwind: it shall fall grievously on the head of the wicked. -- jeremiah 23:19 +. +The anger of the LORD shall not return, until he have executed, and till he have performed the thoughts of his heart: in the latter days you shall consider it perfectly. -- jeremiah 23:20 +. +I have not sent these prophets, yet they ran: I have not spoken to them, yet they prophesied. -- jeremiah 23:21 +. +But if they had stood in my counsel, and had caused my people to hear my words, then they should have turned them from their evil way, and from the evil of their doings. -- jeremiah 23:22 +. +Am I a God at hand, said the LORD, and not a God afar off? -- jeremiah 23:23 +. +Can any hide himself in secret places that I shall not see him? said the LORD. Do not I fill heaven and earth? said the LORD. -- jeremiah 23:24 +. +I have heard what the prophets said, that prophesy lies in my name, saying, I have dreamed, I have dreamed. -- jeremiah 23:25 +. +How long shall this be in the heart of the prophets that prophesy lies? yes, they are prophets of the deceit of their own heart; -- jeremiah 23:26 +. +Which think to cause my people to forget my name by their dreams which they tell every man to his neighbor, as their fathers have forgotten my name for Baal. -- jeremiah 23:27 +. +The prophet that has a dream, let him tell a dream; and he that has my word, let him speak my word faithfully. What is the chaff to the wheat? said the LORD. -- jeremiah 23:28 +. +Is not my word like as a fire? said the LORD; and like a hammer that breaks the rock in pieces? -- jeremiah 23:29 +. +Therefore, behold, I am against the prophets, said the LORD, that steal my words every one from his neighbor. -- jeremiah 23:30 +. +Behold, I am against the prophets, said the LORD, that use their tongues, and say, He said. -- jeremiah 23:31 +. +Behold, I am against them that prophesy false dreams, said the LORD, and do tell them, and cause my people to err by their lies, and by their lightness; yet I sent them not, nor commanded them: therefore they shall not profit this people at all, said the LORD. -- jeremiah 23:32 +. +And when this people, or the prophet, or a priest, shall ask you, saying, What is the burden of the LORD? you shall then say to them, What burden? I will even forsake you, said the LORD. -- jeremiah 23:33 +. +And as for the prophet, and the priest, and the people, that shall say, The burden of the LORD, I will even punish that man and his house. -- jeremiah 23:34 +. +Thus shall you say every one to his neighbor, and every one to his brother, What has the LORD answered? and, What has the LORD spoken? -- jeremiah 23:35 +. +And the burden of the LORD shall you mention no more: for every man' word shall be his burden; for you have perverted the words of the living God, of the LORD of hosts our God. -- jeremiah 23:36 +. +Thus shall you say to the prophet, What has the LORD answered you? and, What has the LORD spoken? -- jeremiah 23:37 +. +But since you say, The burden of the LORD; therefore thus said the LORD; Because you say this word, The burden of the LORD, and I have sent to you, saying, You shall not say, The burden of the LORD; -- jeremiah 23:38 +. +Therefore, behold, I, even I, will utterly forget you, and I will forsake you, and the city that I gave you and your fathers, and cast you out of my presence: -- jeremiah 23:39 +. +And I will bring an everlasting reproach on you, and a perpetual shame, which shall not be forgotten. -- jeremiah 23:40 +. +The LORD showed me, and, behold, two baskets of figs were set before the temple of the LORD, after that Nebuchadrezzar king of Babylon had carried away captive Jeconiah the son of Jehoiakim king of Judah, and the princes of Judah, with the carpenters and smiths, from Jerusalem, and had brought them to Babylon. -- jeremiah 24:1 +. +One basket had very good figs, even like the figs that are first ripe: and the other basket had very naughty figs, which could not be eaten, they were so bad. -- jeremiah 24:2 +. +Then said the LORD to me, What see you, Jeremiah? And I said, Figs; the good figs, very good; and the evil, very evil, that cannot be eaten, they are so evil. -- jeremiah 24:3 +. +Again the word of the LORD came to me, saying, -- jeremiah 24:4 +. +Thus said the LORD, the God of Israel; Like these good figs, so will I acknowledge them that are carried away captive of Judah, whom I have sent out of this place into the land of the Chaldeans for their good. -- jeremiah 24:5 +. +For I will set my eyes on them for good, and I will bring them again to this land: and I will build them, and not pull them down; and I will plant them, and not pluck them up. -- jeremiah 24:6 +. +And I will give them an heart to know me, that I am the LORD: and they shall be my people, and I will be their God: for they shall return to me with their whole heart. -- jeremiah 24:7 +. +And as the evil figs, which cannot be eaten, they are so evil; surely thus said the LORD, So will I give Zedekiah the king of Judah, and his princes, and the residue of Jerusalem, that remain in this land, and them that dwell in the land of Egypt: -- jeremiah 24:8 +. +And I will deliver them to be removed into all the kingdoms of the earth for their hurt, to be a reproach and a proverb, a taunt and a curse, in all places where I shall drive them. -- jeremiah 24:9 +. +And I will send the sword, the famine, and the pestilence, among them, till they be consumed from off the land that I gave to them and to their fathers. -- jeremiah 24:10 +. +The word that came to Jeremiah concerning all the people of Judah in the fourth year of Jehoiakim the son of Josiah king of Judah, that was the first year of Nebuchadrezzar king of Babylon; -- jeremiah 25:1 +. +The which Jeremiah the prophet spoke to all the people of Judah, and to all the inhabitants of Jerusalem, saying, -- jeremiah 25:2 +. +From the thirteenth year of Josiah the son of Amon king of Judah, even to this day, that is the three and twentieth year, the word of the LORD has come to me, and I have spoken to you, rising early and speaking; but you have not listened. -- jeremiah 25:3 +. +And the LORD has sent to you all his servants the prophets, rising early and sending them; but you have not listened, nor inclined your ear to hear. -- jeremiah 25:4 +. +They said, Turn you again now every one from his evil way, and from the evil of your doings, and dwell in the land that the LORD has given to you and to your fathers for ever and ever: -- jeremiah 25:5 +. +And go not after other gods to serve them, and to worship them, and provoke me not to anger with the works of your hands; and I will do you no hurt. -- jeremiah 25:6 +. +Yet you have not listened to me, said the LORD; that you might provoke me to anger with the works of your hands to your own hurt. -- jeremiah 25:7 +. +Therefore thus said the LORD of hosts; Because you have not heard my words, -- jeremiah 25:8 +. +Behold, I will send and take all the families of the north, said the LORD, and Nebuchadrezzar the king of Babylon, my servant, and will bring them against this land, and against the inhabitants thereof, and against all these nations round about, and will utterly destroy them, and make them an astonishment, and an hissing, and perpetual desolations. -- jeremiah 25:9 +. +Moreover I will take from them the voice of mirth, and the voice of gladness, the voice of the bridegroom, and the voice of the bride, the sound of the millstones, and the light of the candle. -- jeremiah 25:10 +. +And this whole land shall be a desolation, and an astonishment; and these nations shall serve the king of Babylon seventy years. -- jeremiah 25:11 +. +And it shall come to pass, when seventy years are accomplished, that I will punish the king of Babylon, and that nation, said the LORD, for their iniquity, and the land of the Chaldeans, and will make it perpetual desolations. -- jeremiah 25:12 +. +And I will bring on that land all my words which I have pronounced against it, even all that is written in this book, which Jeremiah has prophesied against all the nations. -- jeremiah 25:13 +. +For many nations and great kings shall serve themselves of them also: and I will recompense them according to their deeds, and according to the works of their own hands. -- jeremiah 25:14 +. +For thus said the LORD God of Israel to me; Take the wine cup of this fury at my hand, and cause all the nations, to whom I send you, to drink it. -- jeremiah 25:15 +. +And they shall drink, and be moved, and be mad, because of the sword that I will send among them. -- jeremiah 25:16 +. +Then took I the cup at the LORD' hand, and made all the nations to drink, to whom the LORD had sent me: -- jeremiah 25:17 +. +To wit, Jerusalem, and the cities of Judah, and the kings thereof, and the princes thereof, to make them a desolation, an astonishment, an hissing, and a curse; as it is this day; -- jeremiah 25:18 +. +Pharaoh king of Egypt, and his servants, and his princes, and all his people; -- jeremiah 25:19 +. +And all the mingled people, and all the kings of the land of Uz, and all the kings of the land of the Philistines, and Ashkelon, and Azzah, and Ekron, and the remnant of Ashdod, -- jeremiah 25:20 +. +Edom, and Moab, and the children of Ammon, -- jeremiah 25:21 +. +And all the kings of Tyrus, and all the kings of Zidon, and the kings of the isles which are beyond the sea, -- jeremiah 25:22 +. +Dedan, and Tema, and Buz, and all that are in the utmost corners, -- jeremiah 25:23 +. +And all the kings of Arabia, and all the kings of the mingled people that dwell in the desert, -- jeremiah 25:24 +. +And all the kings of Zimri, and all the kings of Elam, and all the kings of the Medes, -- jeremiah 25:25 +. +And all the kings of the north, far and near, one with another, and all the kingdoms of the world, which are on the face of the earth: and the king of Sheshach shall drink after them. -- jeremiah 25:26 +. +Therefore you shall say to them, Thus said the LORD of hosts, the God of Israel; Drink you, and be drunken, and spew, and fall, and rise no more, because of the sword which I will send among you. -- jeremiah 25:27 +. +And it shall be, if they refuse to take the cup at your hand to drink, then shall you say to them, Thus said the LORD of hosts; You shall certainly drink. -- jeremiah 25:28 +. +For, see, I begin to bring evil on the city which is called by my name, and should you be utterly unpunished? You shall not be unpunished: for I will call for a sword on all the inhabitants of the earth, said the LORD of hosts. -- jeremiah 25:29 +. +Therefore prophesy you against them all these words, and say to them, The LORD shall roar from on high, and utter his voice from his holy habitation; he shall mightily roar on his habitation; he shall give a shout, as they that tread the grapes, against all the inhabitants of the earth. -- jeremiah 25:30 +. +A noise shall come even to the ends of the earth; for the LORD has a controversy with the nations, he will plead with all flesh; he will give them that are wicked to the sword, said the LORD. -- jeremiah 25:31 +. +Thus said the LORD of hosts, Behold, evil shall go forth from nation to nation, and a great whirlwind shall be raised up from the coasts of the earth. -- jeremiah 25:32 +. +And the slain of the LORD shall be at that day from one end of the earth even to the other end of the earth: they shall not be lamented, neither gathered, nor buried; they shall be dung on the ground. -- jeremiah 25:33 +. +Howl, you shepherds, and cry; and wallow yourselves in the ashes, you principal of the flock: for the days of your slaughter and of your dispersions are accomplished; and you shall fall like a pleasant vessel. -- jeremiah 25:34 +. +And the shepherds shall have no way to flee, nor the principal of the flock to escape. -- jeremiah 25:35 +. +A voice of the cry of the shepherds, and an howling of the principal of the flock, shall be heard: for the LORD has spoiled their pasture. -- jeremiah 25:36 +. +And the peaceable habitations are cut down because of the fierce anger of the LORD. -- jeremiah 25:37 +. +He has forsaken his covert, as the lion: for their land is desolate because of the fierceness of the oppressor, and because of his fierce anger. -- jeremiah 25:38 +. +In the beginning of the reign of Jehoiakim the son of Josiah king of Judah came this word from the LORD, saying, -- jeremiah 26:1 +. +Thus said the LORD; Stand in the court of the LORD' house, and speak to all the cities of Judah, which come to worship in the LORD' house, all the words that I command you to speak to them; diminish not a word: -- jeremiah 26:2 +. +If so be they will listen, and turn every man from his evil way, that I may repent me of the evil, which I purpose to do to them because of the evil of their doings. -- jeremiah 26:3 +. +And you shall say to them, Thus said the LORD; If you will not listen to me, to walk in my law, which I have set before you, -- jeremiah 26:4 +. +To listen to the words of my servants the prophets, whom I sent to you, both rising up early, and sending them, but you have not listened; -- jeremiah 26:5 +. +Then will I make this house like Shiloh, and will make this city a curse to all the nations of the earth. -- jeremiah 26:6 +. +So the priests and the prophets and all the people heard Jeremiah speaking these words in the house of the LORD. -- jeremiah 26:7 +. +Now it came to pass, when Jeremiah had made an end of speaking all that the LORD had commanded him to speak to all the people, that the priests and the prophets and all the people took him, saying, You shall surely die. -- jeremiah 26:8 +. +Why have you prophesied in the name of the LORD, saying, This house shall be like Shiloh, and this city shall be desolate without an inhabitant? And all the people were gathered against Jeremiah in the house of the LORD. -- jeremiah 26:9 +. +When the princes of Judah heard these things, then they came up from the king' house to the house of the LORD, and sat down in the entry of the new gate of the LORD' house. -- jeremiah 26:10 +. +Then spoke the priests and the prophets to the princes and to all the people, saying, This man is worthy to die; for he has prophesied against this city, as you have heard with your ears. -- jeremiah 26:11 +. +Then spoke Jeremiah to all the princes and to all the people, saying, The LORD sent me to prophesy against this house and against this city all the words that you have heard. -- jeremiah 26:12 +. +Therefore now amend your ways and your doings, and obey the voice of the LORD your God; and the LORD will repent him of the evil that he has pronounced against you. -- jeremiah 26:13 +. +As for me, behold, I am in your hand: do with me as seems good and meet to you. -- jeremiah 26:14 +. +But know you for certain, that if you put me to death, you shall surely bring innocent blood on yourselves, and on this city, and on the inhabitants thereof: for of a truth the LORD has sent me to you to speak all these words in your ears. -- jeremiah 26:15 +. +Then said the princes and all the people to the priests and to the prophets; This man is not worthy to die: for he has spoken to us in the name of the LORD our God. -- jeremiah 26:16 +. +Then rose up certain of the elders of the land, and spoke to all the assembly of the people, saying, -- jeremiah 26:17 +. +Micah the Morasthite prophesied in the days of Hezekiah king of Judah, and spoke to all the people of Judah, saying, Thus said the LORD of hosts; Zion shall be plowed like a field, and Jerusalem shall become heaps, and the mountain of the house as the high places of a forest. -- jeremiah 26:18 +. +Did Hezekiah king of Judah and all Judah put him at all to death? did he not fear the LORD, and sought the LORD, and the LORD repented him of the evil which he had pronounced against them? Thus might we procure great evil against our souls. -- jeremiah 26:19 +. +And there was also a man that prophesied in the name of the LORD, Urijah the son of Shemaiah of Kirjathjearim, who prophesied against this city and against this land according to all the words of Jeremiah. -- jeremiah 26:20 +. +And when Jehoiakim the king, with all his mighty men, and all the princes, heard his words, the king sought to put him to death: but when Urijah heard it, he was afraid, and fled, and went into Egypt; -- jeremiah 26:21 +. +And Jehoiakim the king sent men into Egypt, namely, Elnathan the son of Achbor, and certain men with him into Egypt. -- jeremiah 26:22 +. +And they fetched forth Urijah out of Egypt, and brought him to Jehoiakim the king; who slew him with the sword, and cast his dead body into the graves of the common people. -- jeremiah 26:23 +. +Nevertheless the hand of Ahikam the son of Shaphan was with Jeremiah, that they should not give him into the hand of the people to put him to death. -- jeremiah 26:24 +. +In the beginning of the reign of Jehoiakim the son of Josiah king of Judah came this word to Jeremiah from the LORD, saying, -- jeremiah 27:1 +. +Thus said the LORD to me; Make you bonds and yokes, and put them on your neck, -- jeremiah 27:2 +. +And send them to the king of Edom, and to the king of Moab, and to the king of the Ammonites, and to the king of Tyrus, and to the king of Zidon, by the hand of the messengers which come to Jerusalem to Zedekiah king of Judah; -- jeremiah 27:3 +. +And command them to say to their masters, Thus said the LORD of hosts, the God of Israel; Thus shall you say to your masters; -- jeremiah 27:4 +. +I have made the earth, the man and the beast that are on the ground, by my great power and by my outstretched arm, and have given it to whom it seemed meet to me. -- jeremiah 27:5 +. +And now have I given all these lands into the hand of Nebuchadnezzar the king of Babylon, my servant; and the beasts of the field have I given him also to serve him. -- jeremiah 27:6 +. +And all nations shall serve him, and his son, and his son' son, until the very time of his land come: and then many nations and great kings shall serve themselves of him. -- jeremiah 27:7 +. +And it shall come to pass, that the nation and kingdom which will not serve the same Nebuchadnezzar the king of Babylon, and that will not put their neck under the yoke of the king of Babylon, that nation will I punish, said the LORD, with the sword, and with the famine, and with the pestilence, until I have consumed them by his hand. -- jeremiah 27:8 +. +Therefore listen not you to your prophets, nor to your diviners, nor to your dreamers, nor to your enchanters, nor to your sorcerers, which speak to you, saying, You shall not serve the king of Babylon: -- jeremiah 27:9 +. +For they prophesy a lie to you, to remove you far from your land; and that I should drive you out, and you should perish. -- jeremiah 27:10 +. +But the nations that bring their neck under the yoke of the king of Babylon, and serve him, those will I let remain still in their own land, said the LORD; and they shall till it, and dwell therein. -- jeremiah 27:11 +. +I spoke also to Zedekiah king of Judah according to all these words, saying, Bring your necks under the yoke of the king of Babylon, and serve him and his people, and live. -- jeremiah 27:12 +. +Why will you die, you and your people, by the sword, by the famine, and by the pestilence, as the LORD has spoken against the nation that will not serve the king of Babylon? -- jeremiah 27:13 +. +Therefore listen not to the words of the prophets that speak to you, saying, You shall not serve the king of Babylon: for they prophesy a lie to you. -- jeremiah 27:14 +. +For I have not sent them, said the LORD, yet they prophesy a lie in my name; that I might drive you out, and that you might perish, you, and the prophets that prophesy to you. -- jeremiah 27:15 +. +Also I spoke to the priests and to all this people, saying, Thus said the LORD; Listen not to the words of your prophets that prophesy to you, saying, Behold, the vessels of the LORD' house shall now shortly be brought again from Babylon: for they prophesy a lie to you. -- jeremiah 27:16 +. +Listen not to them; serve the king of Babylon, and live: why should this city be laid waste? -- jeremiah 27:17 +. +But if they be prophets, and if the word of the LORD be with them, let them now make intercession to the LORD of hosts, that the vessels which are left in the house of the LORD, and in the house of the king of Judah, and at Jerusalem, go not to Babylon. -- jeremiah 27:18 +. +For thus said the LORD of hosts concerning the pillars, and concerning the sea, and concerning the bases, and concerning the residue of the vessels that remain in this city. -- jeremiah 27:19 +. +Which Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon took not, when he carried away captive Jeconiah the son of Jehoiakim king of Judah from Jerusalem to Babylon, and all the nobles of Judah and Jerusalem; -- jeremiah 27:20 +. +Yes, thus said the LORD of hosts, the God of Israel, concerning the vessels that remain in the house of the LORD, and in the house of the king of Judah and of Jerusalem; -- jeremiah 27:21 +. +They shall be carried to Babylon, and there shall they be until the day that I visit them, said the LORD; then will I bring them up, and restore them to this place. -- jeremiah 27:22 +. +And it came to pass the same year, in the beginning of the reign of Zedekiah king of Judah, in the fourth year, and in the fifth month, that Hananiah the son of Azur the prophet, which was of Gibeon, spoke to me in the house of the LORD, in the presence of the priests and of all the people, saying, -- jeremiah 28:1 +. +Thus speaks the LORD of hosts, the God of Israel, saying, I have broken the yoke of the king of Babylon. -- jeremiah 28:2 +. +Within two full years will I bring again into this place all the vessels of the LORD' house, that Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon took away from this place, and carried them to Babylon: -- jeremiah 28:3 +. +And I will bring again to this place Jeconiah the son of Jehoiakim king of Judah, with all the captives of Judah, that went into Babylon, said the LORD: for I will break the yoke of the king of Babylon. -- jeremiah 28:4 +. +Then the prophet Jeremiah said to the prophet Hananiah in the presence of the priests, and in the presence of all the people that stood in the house of the LORD, -- jeremiah 28:5 +. +Even the prophet Jeremiah said, Amen: the LORD do so: the LORD perform your words which you have prophesied, to bring again the vessels of the LORD' house, and all that is carried away captive, from Babylon into this place. -- jeremiah 28:6 +. +Nevertheless hear you now this word that I speak in your ears, and in the ears of all the people; -- jeremiah 28:7 +. +The prophets that have been before me and before you of old prophesied both against many countries, and against great kingdoms, of war, and of evil, and of pestilence. -- jeremiah 28:8 +. +The prophet which prophesies of peace, when the word of the prophet shall come to pass, then shall the prophet be known, that the LORD has truly sent him. -- jeremiah 28:9 +. +Then Hananiah the prophet took the yoke from off the prophet Jeremiah' neck, and broke it. -- jeremiah 28:10 +. +And Hananiah spoke in the presence of all the people, saying, Thus said the LORD; Even so will I break the yoke of Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon from the neck of all nations within the space of two full years. And the prophet Jeremiah went his way. -- jeremiah 28:11 +. +Then the word of the LORD came to Jeremiah the prophet, after that Hananiah the prophet had broken the yoke from off the neck of the prophet Jeremiah, saying, -- jeremiah 28:12 +. +Go and tell Hananiah, saying, Thus said the LORD; You have broken the yokes of wood; but you shall make for them yokes of iron. -- jeremiah 28:13 +. +For thus said the LORD of hosts, the God of Israel; I have put a yoke of iron on the neck of all these nations, that they may serve Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon; and they shall serve him: and I have given him the beasts of the field also. -- jeremiah 28:14 +. +Then said the prophet Jeremiah to Hananiah the prophet, Hear now, Hananiah; The LORD has not sent you; but you make this people to trust in a lie. -- jeremiah 28:15 +. +Therefore thus said the LORD; Behold, I will cast you from off the face of the earth: this year you shall die, because you have taught rebellion against the LORD. -- jeremiah 28:16 +. +So Hananiah the prophet died the same year in the seventh month. -- jeremiah 28:17 +. +Now these are the words of the letter that Jeremiah the prophet sent from Jerusalem to the residue of the elders which were carried away captives, and to the priests, and to the prophets, and to all the people whom Nebuchadnezzar had carried away captive from Jerusalem to Babylon; -- jeremiah 29:1 +. +(After that Jeconiah the king, and the queen, and the eunuchs, the princes of Judah and Jerusalem, and the carpenters, and the smiths, were departed from Jerusalem;) -- jeremiah 29:2 +. +By the hand of Elasah the son of Shaphan, and Gemariah the son of Hilkiah, (whom Zedekiah king of Judah sent to Babylon to Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon) saying, -- jeremiah 29:3 +. +Thus said the LORD of hosts, the God of Israel, to all that are carried away captives, whom I have caused to be carried away from Jerusalem to Babylon; -- jeremiah 29:4 +. +Build you houses, and dwell in them; and plant gardens, and eat the fruit of them; -- jeremiah 29:5 +. +Take you wives, and beget sons and daughters; and take wives for your sons, and give your daughters to husbands, that they may bear sons and daughters; that you may be increased there, and not diminished. -- jeremiah 29:6 +. +And seek the peace of the city where I have caused you to be carried away captives, and pray to the LORD for it: for in the peace thereof shall you have peace. -- jeremiah 29:7 +. +For thus said the LORD of hosts, the God of Israel; Let not your prophets and your diviners, that be in the middle of you, deceive you, neither listen to your dreams which you cause to be dreamed. -- jeremiah 29:8 +. +For they prophesy falsely to you in my name: I have not sent them, said the LORD. -- jeremiah 29:9 +. +For thus said the LORD, That after seventy years be accomplished at Babylon I will visit you, and perform my good word toward you, in causing you to return to this place. -- jeremiah 29:10 +. +For I know the thoughts that I think toward you, said the LORD, thoughts of peace, and not of evil, to give you an expected end. -- jeremiah 29:11 +. +Then shall you call on me, and you shall go and pray to me, and I will listen to you. -- jeremiah 29:12 +. +And you shall seek me, and find me, when you shall search for me with all your heart. -- jeremiah 29:13 +. +And I will be found of you, said the LORD: and I will turn away your captivity, and I will gather you from all the nations, and from all the places where I have driven you, said the LORD; and I will bring you again into the place from where I caused you to be carried away captive. -- jeremiah 29:14 +. +Because you have said, The LORD has raised us up prophets in Babylon; -- jeremiah 29:15 +. +Know that thus said the LORD of the king that sits on the throne of David, and of all the people that dwells in this city, and of your brothers that are not gone forth with you into captivity; -- jeremiah 29:16 +. +Thus said the LORD of hosts; Behold, I will send on them the sword, the famine, and the pestilence, and will make them like vile figs, that cannot be eaten, they are so evil. -- jeremiah 29:17 +. +And I will persecute them with the sword, with the famine, and with the pestilence, and will deliver them to be removed to all the kingdoms of the earth, to be a curse, and an astonishment, and an hissing, and a reproach, among all the nations where I have driven them: -- jeremiah 29:18 +. +Because they have not listened to my words, said the LORD, which I sent to them by my servants the prophets, rising up early and sending them; but you would not hear, said the LORD. -- jeremiah 29:19 +. +Hear you therefore the word of the LORD, all you of the captivity, whom I have sent from Jerusalem to Babylon: -- jeremiah 29:20 +. +Thus said the LORD of hosts, the God of Israel, of Ahab the son of Kolaiah, and of Zedekiah the son of Maaseiah, which prophesy a lie to you in my name; Behold, I will deliver them into the hand of Nebuchadrezzar king of Babylon; and he shall slay them before your eyes; -- jeremiah 29:21 +. +And of them shall be taken up a curse by all the captivity of Judah which are in Babylon, saying, The LORD make you like Zedekiah and like Ahab, whom the king of Babylon roasted in the fire; -- jeremiah 29:22 +. +Because they have committed villainy in Israel, and have committed adultery with their neighbors'wives, and have spoken lying words in my name, which I have not commanded them; even I know, and am a witness, said the LORD. -- jeremiah 29:23 +. +Thus shall you also speak to Shemaiah the Nehelamite, saying, -- jeremiah 29:24 +. +Thus speaks the LORD of hosts, the God of Israel, saying, Because you have sent letters in your name to all the people that are at Jerusalem, and to Zephaniah the son of Maaseiah the priest, and to all the priests, saying, -- jeremiah 29:25 +. +The LORD has made you priest in the stead of Jehoiada the priest, that you should be officers in the house of the LORD, for every man that is mad, and makes himself a prophet, that you should put him in prison, and in the stocks. -- jeremiah 29:26 +. +Now therefore why have you not reproved Jeremiah of Anathoth, which makes himself a prophet to you? -- jeremiah 29:27 +. +For therefore he sent to us in Babylon, saying, This captivity is long: build you houses, and dwell in them; and plant gardens, and eat the fruit of them. -- jeremiah 29:28 +. +And Zephaniah the priest read this letter in the ears of Jeremiah the prophet. -- jeremiah 29:29 +. +Then came the word of the LORD to Jeremiah, saying, -- jeremiah 29:30 +. +Send to all them of the captivity, saying, Thus said the LORD concerning Shemaiah the Nehelamite; Because that Shemaiah has prophesied to you, and I sent him not, and he caused you to trust in a lie: -- jeremiah 29:31 +. +Therefore thus said the LORD; Behold, I will punish Shemaiah the Nehelamite, and his seed: he shall not have a man to dwell among this people; neither shall he behold the good that I will do for my people, said the LORD; because he has taught rebellion against the LORD. -- jeremiah 29:32 +. +The word that came to Jeremiah from the LORD, saying, -- jeremiah 30:1 +. +Thus speaks the LORD God of Israel, saying, Write you all the words that I have spoken to you in a book. -- jeremiah 30:2 +. +For, see, the days come, said the LORD, that I will bring again the captivity of my people Israel and Judah, said the LORD: and I will cause them to return to the land that I gave to their fathers, and they shall possess it. -- jeremiah 30:3 +. +And these are the words that the LORD spoke concerning Israel and concerning Judah. -- jeremiah 30:4 +. +For thus said the LORD; We have heard a voice of trembling, of fear, and not of peace. -- jeremiah 30:5 +. +Ask you now, and see whether a man does travail with child? why do I see every man with his hands on his loins, as a woman in travail, and all faces are turned into paleness? -- jeremiah 30:6 +. +Alas! for that day is great, so that none is like it: it is even the time of Jacob' trouble, but he shall be saved out of it. -- jeremiah 30:7 +. +For it shall come to pass in that day, said the LORD of hosts, that I will break his yoke from off your neck, and will burst your bonds, and strangers shall no more serve themselves of him: -- jeremiah 30:8 +. +But they shall serve the LORD their God, and David their king, whom I will raise up to them. -- jeremiah 30:9 +. +Therefore fear you not, O my servant Jacob, said the LORD; neither be dismayed, O Israel: for, see, I will save you from afar, and your seed from the land of their captivity; and Jacob shall return, and shall be in rest, and be quiet, and none shall make him afraid. -- jeremiah 30:10 +. +For I am with you, said the LORD, to save you: though I make a full end of all nations where I have scattered you, yet I will not make a full end of you: but I will correct you in measure, and will not leave you altogether unpunished. -- jeremiah 30:11 +. +For thus said the LORD, Your bruise is incurable, and your wound is grievous. -- jeremiah 30:12 +. +There is none to plead your cause, that you may be bound up: you have no healing medicines. -- jeremiah 30:13 +. +All your lovers have forgotten you; they seek you not; for I have wounded you with the wound of an enemy, with the chastisement of a cruel one, for the multitude of your iniquity; because your sins were increased. -- jeremiah 30:14 +. +Why cry you for your affliction? your sorrow is incurable for the multitude of your iniquity: because your sins were increased, I have done these things to you. -- jeremiah 30:15 +. +Therefore all they that devour you shall be devoured; and all your adversaries, every one of them, shall go into captivity; and they that spoil you shall be a spoil, and all that prey on you will I give for a prey. -- jeremiah 30:16 +. +For I will restore health to you, and I will heal you of your wounds, said the LORD; because they called you an Outcast, saying, This is Zion, whom no man seeks after. -- jeremiah 30:17 +. +Thus said the LORD; Behold, I will bring again the captivity of Jacob' tents, and have mercy on his dwelling places; and the city shall be built on her own heap, and the palace shall remain after the manner thereof. -- jeremiah 30:18 +. +And out of them shall proceed thanksgiving and the voice of them that make merry: and I will multiply them, and they shall not be few; I will also glorify them, and they shall not be small. -- jeremiah 30:19 +. +Their children also shall be as aforetime, and their congregation shall be established before me, and I will punish all that oppress them. -- jeremiah 30:20 +. +And their nobles shall be of themselves, and their governor shall proceed from the middle of them; and I will cause him to draw near, and he shall approach to me: for who is this that engaged his heart to approach to me? said the LORD. -- jeremiah 30:21 +. +And you shall be my people, and I will be your God. -- jeremiah 30:22 +. +Behold, the whirlwind of the LORD goes forth with fury, a continuing whirlwind: it shall fall with pain on the head of the wicked. -- jeremiah 30:23 +. +The fierce anger of the LORD shall not return, until he has done it, and until he have performed the intents of his heart: in the latter days you shall consider it. -- jeremiah 30:24 +. +At the same time, said the LORD, will I be the God of all the families of Israel, and they shall be my people. -- jeremiah 31:1 +. +Thus said the LORD, The people which were left of the sword found grace in the wilderness; even Israel, when I went to cause him to rest. -- jeremiah 31:2 +. +The LORD has appeared of old to me, saying, Yes, I have loved you with an everlasting love: therefore with loving kindness have I drawn you. -- jeremiah 31:3 +. +Again I will build you, and you shall be built, O virgin of Israel: you shall again be adorned with your tabrets, and shall go forth in the dances of them that make merry. -- jeremiah 31:4 +. +You shall yet plant vines on the mountains of Samaria: the planters shall plant, and shall eat them as common things. -- jeremiah 31:5 +. +For there shall be a day, that the watchmen on the mount Ephraim shall cry, Arise you, and let us go up to Zion to the LORD our God. -- jeremiah 31:6 +. +For thus said the LORD; Sing with gladness for Jacob, and shout among the chief of the nations: publish you, praise you, and say, O LORD, save your people, the remnant of Israel. -- jeremiah 31:7 +. +Behold, I will bring them from the north country, and gather them from the coasts of the earth, and with them the blind and the lame, the woman with child and her that travails with child together: a great company shall return thither. -- jeremiah 31:8 +. +They shall come with weeping, and with supplications will I lead them: I will cause them to walk by the rivers of waters in a straight way, wherein they shall not stumble: for I am a father to Israel, and Ephraim is my firstborn. -- jeremiah 31:9 +. +Hear the word of the LORD, O you nations, and declare it in the isles afar off, and say, He that scattered Israel will gather him, and keep him, as a shepherd does his flock. -- jeremiah 31:10 +. +For the LORD has redeemed Jacob, and ransomed him from the hand of him that was stronger than he. -- jeremiah 31:11 +. +Therefore they shall come and sing in the height of Zion, and shall flow together to the goodness of the LORD, for wheat, and for wine, and for oil, and for the young of the flock and of the herd: and their soul shall be as a watered garden; and they shall not sorrow any more at all. -- jeremiah 31:12 +. +Then shall the virgin rejoice in the dance, both young men and old together: for I will turn their mourning into joy, and will comfort them, and make them rejoice from their sorrow. -- jeremiah 31:13 +. +And I will satiate the soul of the priests with fatness, and my people shall be satisfied with my goodness, said the LORD. -- jeremiah 31:14 +. +Thus said the LORD; A voice was heard in Ramah, lamentation, and bitter weeping; Rahel weeping for her children refused to be comforted for her children, because they were not. -- jeremiah 31:15 +. +Thus said the LORD; Refrain your voice from weeping, and your eyes from tears: for your work shall be rewarded, said the LORD; and they shall come again from the land of the enemy. -- jeremiah 31:16 +. +And there is hope in your end, said the LORD, that your children shall come again to their own border. -- jeremiah 31:17 +. +I have surely heard Ephraim bemoaning himself thus; You have chastised me, and I was chastised, as a bullock unaccustomed to the yoke: turn you me, and I shall be turned; for you are the LORD my God. -- jeremiah 31:18 +. +Surely after that I was turned, I repented; and after that I was instructed, I smote on my thigh: I was ashamed, yes, even confounded, because I did bear the reproach of my youth. -- jeremiah 31:19 +. +Is Ephraim my dear son? is he a pleasant child? for since I spoke against him, I do earnestly remember him still: therefore my bowels are troubled for him; I will surely have mercy on him, said the LORD. -- jeremiah 31:20 +. +Set you up markers, make you high heaps: set your heart toward the highway, even the way which you went: turn again, O virgin of Israel, turn again to these your cities. -- jeremiah 31:21 +. +How long will you go about, O you backsliding daughter? for the LORD has created a new thing in the earth, A woman shall compass a man. -- jeremiah 31:22 +. +Thus said the LORD of hosts, the God of Israel; As yet they shall use this speech in the land of Judah and in the cities thereof, when I shall bring again their captivity; The LORD bless you, O habitation of justice, and mountain of holiness. -- jeremiah 31:23 +. +And there shall dwell in Judah itself, and in all the cities thereof together, farmers, and they that go forth with flocks. -- jeremiah 31:24 +. +For I have satiated the weary soul, and I have replenished every sorrowful soul. -- jeremiah 31:25 +. +On this I awaked, and beheld; and my sleep was sweet to me. -- jeremiah 31:26 +. +Behold, the days come, said the LORD, that I will sow the house of Israel and the house of Judah with the seed of man, and with the seed of beast. -- jeremiah 31:27 +. +And it shall come to pass, that like as I have watched over them, to pluck up, and to break down, and to throw down, and to destroy, and to afflict; so will I watch over them, to build, and to plant, said the LORD. -- jeremiah 31:28 +. +In those days they shall say no more, The fathers have eaten a sour grape, and the children' teeth are set on edge. -- jeremiah 31:29 +. +But every one shall die for his own iniquity: every man that eats the sour grape, his teeth shall be set on edge. -- jeremiah 31:30 +. +Behold, the days come, said the LORD, that I will make a new covenant with the house of Israel, and with the house of Judah: -- jeremiah 31:31 +. +Not according to the covenant that I made with their fathers in the day that I took them by the hand to bring them out of the land of Egypt; which my covenant they broke, although I was an husband to them, said the LORD: -- jeremiah 31:32 +. +But this shall be the covenant that I will make with the house of Israel; After those days, said the LORD, I will put my law in their inward parts, and write it in their hearts; and will be their God, and they shall be my people. -- jeremiah 31:33 +. +And they shall teach no more every man his neighbor, and every man his brother, saying, Know the LORD: for they shall all know me, from the least of them to the greatest of them, said the LORD: for I will forgive their iniquity, and I will remember their sin no more. -- jeremiah 31:34 +. +Thus said the LORD, which gives the sun for a light by day, and the ordinances of the moon and of the stars for a light by night, which divides the sea when the waves thereof roar; The LORD of hosts is his name: -- jeremiah 31:35 +. +If those ordinances depart from before me, said the LORD, then the seed of Israel also shall cease from being a nation before me for ever. -- jeremiah 31:36 +. +Thus said the LORD; If heaven above can be measured, and the foundations of the earth searched out beneath, I will also cast off all the seed of Israel for all that they have done, said the LORD. -- jeremiah 31:37 +. +Behold, the days come, said the LORD, that the city shall be built to the LORD from the tower of Hananeel to the gate of the corner. -- jeremiah 31:38 +. +And the measuring line shall yet go forth over against it on the hill Gareb, and shall compass about to Goath. -- jeremiah 31:39 +. +And the whole valley of the dead bodies, and of the ashes, and all the fields to the brook of Kidron, to the corner of the horse gate toward the east, shall be holy to the LORD; it shall not be plucked up, nor thrown down any more for ever. -- jeremiah 31:40 +. +The word that came to Jeremiah from the LORD in the tenth year of Zedekiah king of Judah, which was the eighteenth year of Nebuchadrezzar. -- jeremiah 32:1 +. +For then the king of Babylon' army besieged Jerusalem: and Jeremiah the prophet was shut up in the court of the prison, which was in the king of Judah' house. -- jeremiah 32:2 +. +For Zedekiah king of Judah had shut him up, saying, Why do you prophesy, and say, Thus said the LORD, Behold, I will give this city into the hand of the king of Babylon, and he shall take it; -- jeremiah 32:3 +. +And Zedekiah king of Judah shall not escape out of the hand of the Chaldeans, but shall surely be delivered into the hand of the king of Babylon, and shall speak with him mouth to mouth, and his eyes shall behold his eyes; -- jeremiah 32:4 +. +And he shall lead Zedekiah to Babylon, and there shall he be until I visit him, said the LORD: though you fight with the Chaldeans, you shall not prosper. -- jeremiah 32:5 +. +And Jeremiah said, The word of the LORD came to me, saying, -- jeremiah 32:6 +. +Behold, Hanameel the son of Shallum your uncle shall come to you saying, Buy you my field that is in Anathoth: for the right of redemption is your to buy it. -- jeremiah 32:7 +. +So Hanameel my uncle' son came to me in the court of the prison according to the word of the LORD, and said to me, Buy my field, I pray you, that is in Anathoth, which is in the country of Benjamin: for the right of inheritance is yours, and the redemption is yours; buy it for yourself. Then I knew that this was the word of the LORD. -- jeremiah 32:8 +. +And I bought the field of Hanameel my uncle' son, that was in Anathoth, and weighed him the money, even seventeen shekels of silver. -- jeremiah 32:9 +. +And I subscribed the evidence, and sealed it, and took witnesses, and weighed him the money in the balances. -- jeremiah 32:10 +. +So I took the evidence of the purchase, both that which was sealed according to the law and custom, and that which was open: -- jeremiah 32:11 +. +And I gave the evidence of the purchase to Baruch the son of Neriah, the son of Maaseiah, in the sight of Hanameel my uncle' son, and in the presence of the witnesses that subscribed the book of the purchase, before all the Jews that sat in the court of the prison. -- jeremiah 32:12 +. +And I charged Baruch before them, saying, -- jeremiah 32:13 +. +Thus said the LORD of hosts, the God of Israel; Take these evidences, this evidence of the purchase, both which is sealed, and this evidence which is open; and put them in an earthen vessel, that they may continue many days. -- jeremiah 32:14 +. +For thus said the LORD of hosts, the God of Israel; Houses and fields and vineyards shall be possessed again in this land. -- jeremiah 32:15 +. +Now when I had delivered the evidence of the purchase to Baruch the son of Neriah, I prayed to the LORD, saying, -- jeremiah 32:16 +. +Ah Lord GOD! behold, you have made the heaven and the earth by your great power and stretched out arm, and there is nothing too hard for you: -- jeremiah 32:17 +. +You show loving kindness to thousands, and recompense the iniquity of the fathers into the bosom of their children after them: the Great, the Mighty God, the LORD of hosts, is his name, -- jeremiah 32:18 +. +Great in counsel, and mighty in work: for your eyes are open on all the ways of the sons of men: to give every one according to his ways, and according to the fruit of his doings: -- jeremiah 32:19 +. +Which have set signs and wonders in the land of Egypt, even to this day, and in Israel, and among other men; and have made you a name, as at this day; -- jeremiah 32:20 +. +And have brought forth your people Israel out of the land of Egypt with signs, and with wonders, and with a strong hand, and with a stretched out arm, and with great terror; -- jeremiah 32:21 +. +And have given them this land, which you did swear to their fathers to give them, a land flowing with milk and honey; -- jeremiah 32:22 +. +And they came in, and possessed it; but they obeyed not your voice, neither walked in your law; they have done nothing of all that you commanded them to do: therefore you have caused all this evil to come on them: -- jeremiah 32:23 +. +Behold the mounts, they are come to the city to take it; and the city is given into the hand of the Chaldeans, that fight against it, because of the sword, and of the famine, and of the pestilence: and what you have spoken is come to pass; and, behold, you see it. -- jeremiah 32:24 +. +And you have said to me, O Lord GOD, Buy you the field for money, and take witnesses; for the city is given into the hand of the Chaldeans. -- jeremiah 32:25 +. +Then came the word of the LORD to Jeremiah, saying, -- jeremiah 32:26 +. +Behold, I am the LORD, the God of all flesh: is there any thing too hard for me? -- jeremiah 32:27 +. +Therefore thus said the LORD; Behold, I will give this city into the hand of the Chaldeans, and into the hand of Nebuchadrezzar king of Babylon, and he shall take it: -- jeremiah 32:28 +. +And the Chaldeans, that fight against this city, shall come and set fire on this city, and burn it with the houses, on whose roofs they have offered incense to Baal, and poured out drink offerings to other gods, to provoke me to anger. -- jeremiah 32:29 +. +For the children of Israel and the children of Judah have only done evil before me from their youth: for the children of Israel have only provoked me to anger with the work of their hands, said the LORD. -- jeremiah 32:30 +. +For this city has been to me as a provocation of my anger and of my fury from the day that they built it even to this day; that I should remove it from before my face, -- jeremiah 32:31 +. +Because of all the evil of the children of Israel and of the children of Judah, which they have done to provoke me to anger, they, their kings, their princes, their priests, and their prophets, and the men of Judah, and the inhabitants of Jerusalem. -- jeremiah 32:32 +. +And they have turned to me the back, and not the face: though I taught them, rising up early and teaching them, yet they have not listened to receive instruction. -- jeremiah 32:33 +. +But they set their abominations in the house, which is called by my name, to defile it. -- jeremiah 32:34 +. +And they built the high places of Baal, which are in the valley of the son of Hinnom, to cause their sons and their daughters to pass through the fire to Molech; which I commanded them not, neither came it into my mind, that they should do this abomination, to cause Judah to sin. -- jeremiah 32:35 +. +And now therefore thus said the LORD, the God of Israel, concerning this city, whereof you say, It shall be delivered into the hand of the king of Babylon by the sword, and by the famine, and by the pestilence; -- jeremiah 32:36 +. +Behold, I will gather them out of all countries, where I have driven them in my anger, and in my fury, and in great wrath; and I will bring them again to this place, and I will cause them to dwell safely: -- jeremiah 32:37 +. +And they shall be my people, and I will be their God: -- jeremiah 32:38 +. +And I will give them one heart, and one way, that they may fear me for ever, for the good of them, and of their children after them: -- jeremiah 32:39 +. +And I will make an everlasting covenant with them, that I will not turn away from them, to do them good; but I will put my fear in their hearts, that they shall not depart from me. -- jeremiah 32:40 +. +Yes, I will rejoice over them to do them good, and I will plant them in this land assuredly with my whole heart and with my whole soul. -- jeremiah 32:41 +. +For thus said the LORD; Like as I have brought all this great evil on this people, so will I bring on them all the good that I have promised them. -- jeremiah 32:42 +. +And fields shall be bought in this land, whereof you say, It is desolate without man or beast; it is given into the hand of the Chaldeans. -- jeremiah 32:43 +. +Men shall buy fields for money, and subscribe evidences, and seal them, and take witnesses in the land of Benjamin, and in the places about Jerusalem, and in the cities of Judah, and in the cities of the mountains, and in the cities of the valley, and in the cities of the south: for I will cause their captivity to return, said the LORD. -- jeremiah 32:44 +. +Moreover the word of the LORD came to Jeremiah the second time, while he was yet shut up in the court of the prison, saying, -- jeremiah 33:1 +. +Thus said the LORD the maker thereof, the LORD that formed it, to establish it; the LORD is his name; -- jeremiah 33:2 +. +Call to me, and I will answer you, and show you great and mighty things, which you know not. -- jeremiah 33:3 +. +For thus said the LORD, the God of Israel, concerning the houses of this city, and concerning the houses of the kings of Judah, which are thrown down by the mounts, and by the sword; -- jeremiah 33:4 +. +They come to fight with the Chaldeans, but it is to fill them with the dead bodies of men, whom I have slain in my anger and in my fury, and for all whose wickedness I have hid my face from this city. -- jeremiah 33:5 +. +Behold, I will bring it health and cure, and I will cure them, and will reveal to them the abundance of peace and truth. -- jeremiah 33:6 +. +And I will cause the captivity of Judah and the captivity of Israel to return, and will build them, as at the first. -- jeremiah 33:7 +. +And I will cleanse them from all their iniquity, whereby they have sinned against me; and I will pardon all their iniquities, whereby they have sinned, and whereby they have transgressed against me. -- jeremiah 33:8 +. +And it shall be to me a name of joy, a praise and an honor before all the nations of the earth, which shall hear all the good that I do to them: and they shall fear and tremble for all the goodness and for all the prosperity that I procure to it. -- jeremiah 33:9 +. +Thus said the LORD; Again there shall be heard in this place, which you say shall be desolate without man and without beast, even in the cities of Judah, and in the streets of Jerusalem, that are desolate, without man, and without inhabitant, and without beast, -- jeremiah 33:10 +. +The voice of joy, and the voice of gladness, the voice of the bridegroom, and the voice of the bride, the voice of them that shall say, Praise the LORD of hosts: for the LORD is good; for his mercy endures for ever: and of them that shall bring the sacrifice of praise into the house of the LORD. For I will cause to return the captivity of the land, as at the first, said the LORD. -- jeremiah 33:11 +. +Thus said the LORD of hosts; Again in this place, which is desolate without man and without beast, and in all the cities thereof, shall be an habitation of shepherds causing their flocks to lie down. -- jeremiah 33:12 +. +In the cities of the mountains, in the cities of the vale, and in the cities of the south, and in the land of Benjamin, and in the places about Jerusalem, and in the cities of Judah, shall the flocks pass again under the hands of him that tells them, said the LORD. -- jeremiah 33:13 +. +Behold, the days come, said the LORD, that I will perform that good thing which I have promised to the house of Israel and to the house of Judah. -- jeremiah 33:14 +. +In those days, and at that time, will I cause the Branch of righteousness to grow up to David; and he shall execute judgment and righteousness in the land. -- jeremiah 33:15 +. +In those days shall Judah be saved, and Jerusalem shall dwell safely: and this is the name with which she shall be called, The LORD our righteousness. -- jeremiah 33:16 +. +For thus said the LORD; David shall never want a man to sit on the throne of the house of Israel; -- jeremiah 33:17 +. +Neither shall the priests the Levites want a man before me to offer burnt offerings, and to kindle meat offerings, and to do sacrifice continually. -- jeremiah 33:18 +. +And the word of the LORD came to Jeremiah, saying, -- jeremiah 33:19 +. +Thus said the LORD; If you can break my covenant of the day, and my covenant of the night, and that there should not be day and night in their season; -- jeremiah 33:20 +. +Then may also my covenant be broken with David my servant, that he should not have a son to reign on his throne; and with the Levites the priests, my ministers. -- jeremiah 33:21 +. +As the host of heaven cannot be numbered, neither the sand of the sea measured: so will I multiply the seed of David my servant, and the Levites that minister to me. -- jeremiah 33:22 +. +Moreover the word of the LORD came to Jeremiah, saying, -- jeremiah 33:23 +. +Consider you not what this people have spoken, saying, The two families which the LORD has chosen, he has even cast them off? thus they have despised my people, that they should be no more a nation before them. -- jeremiah 33:24 +. +Thus said the LORD; If my covenant be not with day and night, and if I have not appointed the ordinances of heaven and earth; -- jeremiah 33:25 +. +Then will I cast away the seed of Jacob and David my servant, so that I will not take any of his seed to be rulers over the seed of Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob: for I will cause their captivity to return, and have mercy on them. -- jeremiah 33:26 +. +The word which came to Jeremiah from the LORD, when Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon, and all his army, and all the kingdoms of the earth of his dominion, and all the people, fought against Jerusalem, and against all the cities thereof, saying, -- jeremiah 34:1 +. +Thus said the LORD, the God of Israel; Go and speak to Zedekiah king of Judah, and tell him, Thus said the LORD; Behold, I will give this city into the hand of the king of Babylon, and he shall burn it with fire: -- jeremiah 34:2 +. +And you shall not escape out of his hand, but shall surely be taken, and delivered into his hand; and your eyes shall behold the eyes of the king of Babylon, and he shall speak with you mouth to mouth, and you shall go to Babylon. -- jeremiah 34:3 +. +Yet hear the word of the LORD, O Zedekiah king of Judah; Thus said the LORD of you, You shall not die by the sword: -- jeremiah 34:4 +. +But you shall die in peace: and with the burnings of your fathers, the former kings which were before you, so shall they burn odors for you; and they will lament you, saying, Ah lord! for I have pronounced the word, said the LORD. -- jeremiah 34:5 +. +Then Jeremiah the prophet spoke all these words to Zedekiah king of Judah in Jerusalem, -- jeremiah 34:6 +. +When the king of Babylon' army fought against Jerusalem, and against all the cities of Judah that were left, against Lachish, and against Azekah: for these defended cities remained of the cities of Judah. -- jeremiah 34:7 +. +This is the word that came to Jeremiah from the LORD, after that the king Zedekiah had made a covenant with all the people which were at Jerusalem, to proclaim liberty to them; -- jeremiah 34:8 +. +That every man should let his manservant, and every man his maidservant, being an Hebrew or an Hebrewess, go free; that none should serve himself of them, to wit, of a Jew his brother. -- jeremiah 34:9 +. +Now when all the princes, and all the people, which had entered into the covenant, heard that every one should let his manservant, and every one his maidservant, go free, that none should serve themselves of them any more, then they obeyed, and let them go. -- jeremiah 34:10 +. +But afterward they turned, and caused the servants and the handmaids, whom they had let go free, to return, and brought them into subjection for servants and for handmaids. -- jeremiah 34:11 +. +Therefore the word of the LORD came to Jeremiah from the LORD, saying, -- jeremiah 34:12 +. +Thus said the LORD, the God of Israel; I made a covenant with your fathers in the day that I brought them forth out of the land of Egypt, out of the house of slaves, saying, -- jeremiah 34:13 +. +At the end of seven years let you go every man his brother an Hebrew, which has been sold to you; and when he has served you six years, you shall let him go free from you: but your fathers listened not to me, neither inclined their ear. -- jeremiah 34:14 +. +And you were now turned, and had done right in my sight, in proclaiming liberty every man to his neighbor; and you had made a covenant before me in the house which is called by my name: -- jeremiah 34:15 +. +But you turned and polluted my name, and caused every man his servant, and every man his handmaid, whom he had set at liberty at their pleasure, to return, and brought them into subjection, to be to you for servants and for handmaids. -- jeremiah 34:16 +. +Therefore thus said the LORD; You have not listened to me, in proclaiming liberty, every one to his brother, and every man to his neighbor: behold, I proclaim a liberty for you, said the LORD, to the sword, to the pestilence, and to the famine; and I will make you to be removed into all the kingdoms of the earth. -- jeremiah 34:17 +. +And I will give the men that have transgressed my covenant, which have not performed the words of the covenant which they had made before me, when they cut the calf in two, and passed between the parts thereof, -- jeremiah 34:18 +. +The princes of Judah, and the princes of Jerusalem, the eunuchs, and the priests, and all the people of the land, which passed between the parts of the calf; -- jeremiah 34:19 +. +I will even give them into the hand of their enemies, and into the hand of them that seek their life: and their dead bodies shall be for meat to the fowls of the heaven, and to the beasts of the earth. -- jeremiah 34:20 +. +And Zedekiah king of Judah and his princes will I give into the hand of their enemies, and into the hand of them that seek their life, and into the hand of the king of Babylon' army, which are gone up from you. -- jeremiah 34:21 +. +Behold, I will command, said the LORD, and cause them to return to this city; and they shall fight against it, and take it, and burn it with fire: and I will make the cities of Judah a desolation without an inhabitant. -- jeremiah 34:22 +. +The word which came to Jeremiah from the LORD in the days of Jehoiakim the son of Josiah king of Judah, saying, -- jeremiah 35:1 +. +Go to the house of the Rechabites, and speak to them, and bring them into the house of the LORD, into one of the chambers, and give them wine to drink. -- jeremiah 35:2 +. +Then I took Jaazaniah the son of Jeremiah, the son of Habaziniah, and his brothers, and all his sons, and the whole house of the Rechabites; -- jeremiah 35:3 +. +And I brought them into the house of the LORD, into the chamber of the sons of Hanan, the son of Igdaliah, a man of God, which was by the chamber of the princes, which was above the chamber of Maaseiah the son of Shallum, the keeper of the door: -- jeremiah 35:4 +. +And I set before the sons of the house of the Rechabites pots full of wine, and cups, and I said to them, Drink you wine. -- jeremiah 35:5 +. +But they said, We will drink no wine: for Jonadab the son of Rechab our father commanded us, saying, You shall drink no wine, neither you, nor your sons for ever: -- jeremiah 35:6 +. +Neither shall you build house, nor sow seed, nor plant vineyard, nor have any: but all your days you shall dwell in tents; that you may live many days in the land where you be strangers. -- jeremiah 35:7 +. +Thus have we obeyed the voice of Jonadab the son of Rechab our father in all that he has charged us, to drink no wine all our days, we, our wives, our sons, nor our daughters; -- jeremiah 35:8 +. +Nor to build houses for us to dwell in: neither have we vineyard, nor field, nor seed: -- jeremiah 35:9 +. +But we have dwelled in tents, and have obeyed, and done according to all that Jonadab our father commanded us. -- jeremiah 35:10 +. +But it came to pass, when Nebuchadrezzar king of Babylon came up into the land, that we said, Come, and let us go to Jerusalem for fear of the army of the Chaldeans, and for fear of the army of the Syrians: so we dwell at Jerusalem. -- jeremiah 35:11 +. +Then came the word of the LORD to Jeremiah, saying, -- jeremiah 35:12 +. +Thus said the LORD of hosts, the God of Israel; Go and tell the men of Judah and the inhabitants of Jerusalem, Will you not receive instruction to listen to my words? said the LORD. -- jeremiah 35:13 +. +The words of Jonadab the son of Rechab, that he commanded his sons not to drink wine, are performed; for to this day they drink none, but obey their father' commandment: notwithstanding I have spoken to you, rising early and speaking; but you listened not to me. -- jeremiah 35:14 +. +I have sent also to you all my servants the prophets, rising up early and sending them, saying, Return you now every man from his evil way, and amend your doings, and go not after other gods to serve them, and you shall dwell in the land which I have given to you and to your fathers: but you have not inclined your ear, nor listened to me. -- jeremiah 35:15 +. +Because the sons of Jonadab the son of Rechab have performed the commandment of their father, which he commanded them; but this people has not listened to me: -- jeremiah 35:16 +. +Therefore thus said the LORD God of hosts, the God of Israel; Behold, I will bring on Judah and on all the inhabitants of Jerusalem all the evil that I have pronounced against them: because I have spoken to them, but they have not heard; and I have called to them, but they have not answered. -- jeremiah 35:17 +. +And Jeremiah said to the house of the Rechabites, Thus said the LORD of hosts, the God of Israel; Because you have obeyed the commandment of Jonadab your father, and kept all his precepts, and done according to all that he has commanded you: -- jeremiah 35:18 +. +Therefore thus said the LORD of hosts, the God of Israel; Jonadab the son of Rechab shall not want a man to stand before me for ever. -- jeremiah 35:19 +. +And it came to pass in the fourth year of Jehoiakim the son of Josiah king of Judah, that this word came to Jeremiah from the LORD, saying, -- jeremiah 36:1 +. +Take you a roll of a book, and write therein all the words that I have spoken to you against Israel, and against Judah, and against all the nations, from the day I spoke to you, from the days of Josiah, even to this day. -- jeremiah 36:2 +. +It may be that the house of Judah will hear all the evil which I purpose to do to them; that they may return every man from his evil way; that I may forgive their iniquity and their sin. -- jeremiah 36:3 +. +Then Jeremiah called Baruch the son of Neriah: and Baruch wrote from the mouth of Jeremiah all the words of the LORD, which he had spoken to him, on a roll of a book. -- jeremiah 36:4 +. +And Jeremiah commanded Baruch, saying, I am shut up; I cannot go into the house of the LORD: -- jeremiah 36:5 +. +Therefore go you, and read in the roll, which you have written from my mouth, the words of the LORD in the ears of the people in the LORD' house on the fasting day: and also you shall read them in the ears of all Judah that come out of their cities. -- jeremiah 36:6 +. +It may be they will present their supplication before the LORD, and will return every one from his evil way: for great is the anger and the fury that the LORD has pronounced against this people. -- jeremiah 36:7 +. +And Baruch the son of Neriah did according to all that Jeremiah the prophet commanded him, reading in the book the words of the LORD in the LORD' house. -- jeremiah 36:8 +. +And it came to pass in the fifth year of Jehoiakim the son of Josiah king of Judah, in the ninth month, that they proclaimed a fast before the LORD to all the people in Jerusalem, and to all the people that came from the cities of Judah to Jerusalem. -- jeremiah 36:9 +. +Then read Baruch in the book the words of Jeremiah in the house of the LORD, in the chamber of Gemariah the son of Shaphan the scribe, in the higher court, at the entry of the new gate of the LORD' house, in the ears of all the people. -- jeremiah 36:10 +. +When Michaiah the son of Gemariah, the son of Shaphan, had heard out of the book all the words of the LORD, -- jeremiah 36:11 +. +Then he went down into the king' house, into the scribe' chamber: and, see, all the princes sat there, even Elishama the scribe, and Delaiah the son of Shemaiah, and Elnathan the son of Achbor, and Gemariah the son of Shaphan, and Zedekiah the son of Hananiah, and all the princes. -- jeremiah 36:12 +. +Then Michaiah declared to them all the words that he had heard, when Baruch read the book in the ears of the people. -- jeremiah 36:13 +. +Therefore all the princes sent Jehudi the son of Nethaniah, the son of Shelemiah, the son of Cushi, to Baruch, saying, Take in your hand the roll wherein you have read in the ears of the people, and come. So Baruch the son of Neriah took the roll in his hand, and came to them. -- jeremiah 36:14 +. +And they said to him, Sit down now, and read it in our ears. So Baruch read it in their ears. -- jeremiah 36:15 +. +Now it came to pass, when they had heard all the words, they were afraid both one and other, and said to Baruch, We will surely tell the king of all these words. -- jeremiah 36:16 +. +And they asked Baruch, saying, Tell us now, How did you write all these words at his mouth? -- jeremiah 36:17 +. +Then Baruch answered them, He pronounced all these words to me with his mouth, and I wrote them with ink in the book. -- jeremiah 36:18 +. +Then said the princes to Baruch, Go, hide you, you and Jeremiah; and let no man know where you be. -- jeremiah 36:19 +. +And they went in to the king into the court, but they laid up the roll in the chamber of Elishama the scribe, and told all the words in the ears of the king. -- jeremiah 36:20 +. +So the king sent Jehudi to fetch the roll: and he took it out of Elishama the scribe' chamber. And Jehudi read it in the ears of the king, and in the ears of all the princes which stood beside the king. -- jeremiah 36:21 +. +Now the king sat in the winter house in the ninth month: and there was a fire on the hearth burning before him. -- jeremiah 36:22 +. +And it came to pass, that when Jehudi had read three or four leaves, he cut it with the penknife, and cast it into the fire that was on the hearth, until all the roll was consumed in the fire that was on the hearth. -- jeremiah 36:23 +. +Yet they were not afraid, nor rent their garments, neither the king, nor any of his servants that heard all these words. -- jeremiah 36:24 +. +Nevertheless Elnathan and Delaiah and Gemariah had made intercession to the king that he would not burn the roll: but he would not hear them. -- jeremiah 36:25 +. +But the king commanded Jerahmeel the son of Hammelech, and Seraiah the son of Azriel, and Shelemiah the son of Abdeel, to take Baruch the scribe and Jeremiah the prophet: but the LORD hid them. -- jeremiah 36:26 +. +Then the word of the LORD came to Jeremiah, after that the king had burned the roll, and the words which Baruch wrote at the mouth of Jeremiah, saying, -- jeremiah 36:27 +. +Take you again another roll, and write in it all the former words that were in the first roll, which Jehoiakim the king of Judah has burned. -- jeremiah 36:28 +. +And you shall say to Jehoiakim king of Judah, Thus said the LORD; You have burned this roll, saying, Why have you written therein, saying, The king of Babylon shall certainly come and destroy this land, and shall cause to cease from there man and beast? -- jeremiah 36:29 +. +Therefore thus said the LORD of Jehoiakim king of Judah; He shall have none to sit on the throne of David: and his dead body shall be cast out in the day to the heat, and in the night to the frost. -- jeremiah 36:30 +. +And I will punish him and his seed and his servants for their iniquity; and I will bring on them, and on the inhabitants of Jerusalem, and on the men of Judah, all the evil that I have pronounced against them; but they listened not. -- jeremiah 36:31 +. +Then took Jeremiah another roll, and gave it to Baruch the scribe, the son of Neriah; who wrote therein from the mouth of Jeremiah all the words of the book which Jehoiakim king of Judah had burned in the fire: and there were added besides to them many like words. -- jeremiah 36:32 +. +And king Zedekiah the son of Josiah reigned instead of Coniah the son of Jehoiakim, whom Nebuchadrezzar king of Babylon made king in the land of Judah. -- jeremiah 37:1 +. +But neither he, nor his servants, nor the people of the land, did listen to the words of the LORD, which he spoke by the prophet Jeremiah. -- jeremiah 37:2 +. +And Zedekiah the king sent Jehucal the son of Shelemiah and Zephaniah the son of Maaseiah the priest to the prophet Jeremiah, saying, Pray now to the LORD our God for us. -- jeremiah 37:3 +. +Now Jeremiah came in and went out among the people: for they had not put him into prison. -- jeremiah 37:4 +. +Then Pharaoh' army was come forth out of Egypt: and when the Chaldeans that besieged Jerusalem heard tidings of them, they departed from Jerusalem. -- jeremiah 37:5 +. +Then came the word of the LORD to the prophet Jeremiah saying, -- jeremiah 37:6 +. +Thus said the LORD, the God of Israel; Thus shall you say to the king of Judah, that sent you to me to inquire of me; Behold, Pharaoh' army, which is come forth to help you, shall return to Egypt into their own land. -- jeremiah 37:7 +. +And the Chaldeans shall come again, and fight against this city, and take it, and burn it with fire. -- jeremiah 37:8 +. +Thus said the LORD; Deceive not yourselves, saying, The Chaldeans shall surely depart from us: for they shall not depart. -- jeremiah 37:9 +. +For though you had smitten the whole army of the Chaldeans that fight against you, and there remained but wounded men among them, yet should they rise up every man in his tent, and burn this city with fire. -- jeremiah 37:10 +. +And it came to pass, that when the army of the Chaldeans was broken up from Jerusalem for fear of Pharaoh' army, -- jeremiah 37:11 +. +Then Jeremiah went forth out of Jerusalem to go into the land of Benjamin, to separate himself there in the middle of the people. -- jeremiah 37:12 +. +And when he was in the gate of Benjamin, a captain of the ward was there, whose name was Irijah, the son of Shelemiah, the son of Hananiah; and he took Jeremiah the prophet, saying, You fall away to the Chaldeans. -- jeremiah 37:13 +. +Then said Jeremiah, It is false; I fall not away to the Chaldeans. But he listened not to him: so Irijah took Jeremiah, and brought him to the princes. -- jeremiah 37:14 +. +Why the princes were wroth with Jeremiah, and smote him, and put him in prison in the house of Jonathan the scribe: for they had made that the prison. -- jeremiah 37:15 +. +When Jeremiah was entered into the dungeon, and into the cabins, and Jeremiah had remained there many days; -- jeremiah 37:16 +. +Then Zedekiah the king sent, and took him out: and the king asked him secretly in his house, and said, Is there any word from the LORD? And Jeremiah said, There is: for, said he, you shall be delivered into the hand of the king of Babylon. -- jeremiah 37:17 +. +Moreover Jeremiah said to king Zedekiah, What have I offended against you, or against your servants, or against this people, that you have put me in prison? -- jeremiah 37:18 +. +Where are now your prophets which prophesied to you, saying, The king of Babylon shall not come against you, nor against this land? -- jeremiah 37:19 +. +Therefore hear now, I pray you, O my lord the king: let my supplication, I pray you, be accepted before you; that you cause me not to return to the house of Jonathan the scribe, lest I die there. -- jeremiah 37:20 +. +Then Zedekiah the king commanded that they should commit Jeremiah into the court of the prison, and that they should give him daily a piece of bread out of the bakers'street, until all the bread in the city were spent. Thus Jeremiah remained in the court of the prison. -- jeremiah 37:21 +. +Then Shephatiah the son of Mattan, and Gedaliah the son of Pashur, and Jucal the son of Shelemiah, and Pashur the son of Malchiah, heard the words that Jeremiah had spoken to all the people, saying, -- jeremiah 38:1 +. +Thus said the LORD, He that remains in this city shall die by the sword, by the famine, and by the pestilence: but he that goes forth to the Chaldeans shall live; for he shall have his life for a prey, and shall live. -- jeremiah 38:2 +. +Thus said the LORD, This city shall surely be given into the hand of the king of Babylon' army, which shall take it. -- jeremiah 38:3 +. +Therefore the princes said to the king, We beseech you, let this man be put to death: for thus he weakens the hands of the men of war that remain in this city, and the hands of all the people, in speaking such words to them: for this man seeks not the welfare of this people, but the hurt. -- jeremiah 38:4 +. +Then Zedekiah the king said, Behold, he is in your hand: for the king is not he that can do any thing against you. -- jeremiah 38:5 +. +Then took they Jeremiah, and cast him into the dungeon of Malchiah the son of Hammelech, that was in the court of the prison: and they let down Jeremiah with cords. And in the dungeon there was no water, but mire: so Jeremiah sunk in the mire. -- jeremiah 38:6 +. +Now when Ebedmelech the Ethiopian, one of the eunuchs which was in the king' house, heard that they had put Jeremiah in the dungeon; the king then sitting in the gate of Benjamin; -- jeremiah 38:7 +. +Ebedmelech went forth out of the king' house, and spoke to the king saying, -- jeremiah 38:8 +. +My lord the king, these men have done evil in all that they have done to Jeremiah the prophet, whom they have cast into the dungeon; and he is like to die for hunger in the place where he is: for there is no more bread in the city. -- jeremiah 38:9 +. +Then the king commanded Ebedmelech the Ethiopian, saying, Take from hence thirty men with you, and take up Jeremiah the prophet out of the dungeon, before he die. -- jeremiah 38:10 +. +So Ebedmelech took the men with him, and went into the house of the king under the treasury, and took there old cast clouts and old rotten rags, and let them down by cords into the dungeon to Jeremiah. -- jeremiah 38:11 +. +And Ebedmelech the Ethiopian said to Jeremiah, Put now these old cast clouts and rotten rags under your armholes under the cords. And Jeremiah did so. -- jeremiah 38:12 +. +So they drew up Jeremiah with cords, and took him up out of the dungeon: and Jeremiah remained in the court of the prison. -- jeremiah 38:13 +. +Then Zedekiah the king sent, and took Jeremiah the prophet to him into the third entry that is in the house of the LORD: and the king said to Jeremiah, I will ask you a thing; hide nothing from me. -- jeremiah 38:14 +. +Then Jeremiah said to Zedekiah, If I declare it to you, will you not surely put me to death? and if I give you counsel, will you not listen to me? -- jeremiah 38:15 +. +So Zedekiah the king swore secretly to Jeremiah, saying, As the LORD lives, that made us this soul, I will not put you to death, neither will I give you into the hand of these men that seek your life. -- jeremiah 38:16 +. +Then said Jeremiah to Zedekiah, Thus said the LORD, the God of hosts, the God of Israel; If you will assuredly go forth to the king of Babylon' princes, then your soul shall live, and this city shall not be burned with fire; and you shall live, and your house: -- jeremiah 38:17 +. +But if you will not go forth to the king of Babylon' princes, then shall this city be given into the hand of the Chaldeans, and they shall burn it with fire, and you shall not escape out of their hand. -- jeremiah 38:18 +. +And Zedekiah the king said to Jeremiah, I am afraid of the Jews that are fallen to the Chaldeans, lest they deliver me into their hand, and they mock me. -- jeremiah 38:19 +. +But Jeremiah said, They shall not deliver you. Obey, I beseech you, the voice of the LORD, which I speak to you: so it shall be well to you, and your soul shall live. -- jeremiah 38:20 +. +But if you refuse to go forth, this is the word that the LORD has showed me: -- jeremiah 38:21 +. +And, behold, all the women that are left in the king of Judah' house shall be brought forth to the king of Babylon' princes, and those women shall say, Your friends have set you on, and have prevailed against you: your feet are sunk in the mire, and they are turned away back. -- jeremiah 38:22 +. +So they shall bring out all your wives and your children to the Chaldeans: and you shall not escape out of their hand, but shall be taken by the hand of the king of Babylon: and you shall cause this city to be burned with fire. -- jeremiah 38:23 +. +Then said Zedekiah to Jeremiah, Let no man know of these words, and you shall not die. -- jeremiah 38:24 +. +But if the princes hear that I have talked with you, and they come to you, and say to you, Declare to us now what you have said to the king, hide it not from us, and we will not put you to death; also what the king said to you: -- jeremiah 38:25 +. +Then you shall say to them, I presented my supplication before the king, that he would not cause me to return to Jonathan' house, to die there. -- jeremiah 38:26 +. +Then came all the princes to Jeremiah, and asked him: and he told them according to all these words that the king had commanded. So they left off speaking with him; for the matter was not perceived. -- jeremiah 38:27 +. +So Jeremiah stayed in the court of the prison until the day that Jerusalem was taken: and he was there when Jerusalem was taken. -- jeremiah 38:28 +. +In the ninth year of Zedekiah king of Judah, in the tenth month, came Nebuchadrezzar king of Babylon and all his army against Jerusalem, and they besieged it. -- jeremiah 39:1 +. +And in the eleventh year of Zedekiah, in the fourth month, the ninth day of the month, the city was broken up. -- jeremiah 39:2 +. +And all the princes of the king of Babylon came in, and sat in the middle gate, even Nergalsharezer, Samgarnebo, Sarsechim, Rabsaris, Nergalsharezer, Rabmag, with all the residue of the princes of the king of Babylon. -- jeremiah 39:3 +. +And it came to pass, that when Zedekiah the king of Judah saw them, and all the men of war, then they fled, and went forth out of the city by night, by the way of the king' garden, by the gate between the two walls: and he went out the way of the plain. -- jeremiah 39:4 +. +But the Chaldeans'army pursued after them, and overtook Zedekiah in the plains of Jericho: and when they had taken him, they brought him up to Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon to Riblah in the land of Hamath, where he gave judgment on him. -- jeremiah 39:5 +. +Then the king of Babylon slew the sons of Zedekiah in Riblah before his eyes: also the king of Babylon slew all the nobles of Judah. -- jeremiah 39:6 +. +Moreover he put out Zedekiah' eyes, and bound him with chains, to carry him to Babylon. -- jeremiah 39:7 +. +And the Chaldeans burned the king' house, and the houses of the people, with fire, and broke down the walls of Jerusalem. -- jeremiah 39:8 +. +Then Nebuzaradan the captain of the guard carried away captive into Babylon the remnant of the people that remained in the city, and those that fell away, that fell to him, with the rest of the people that remained. -- jeremiah 39:9 +. +But Nebuzaradan the captain of the guard left of the poor of the people, which had nothing, in the land of Judah, and gave them vineyards and fields at the same time. -- jeremiah 39:10 +. +Now Nebuchadrezzar king of Babylon gave charge concerning Jeremiah to Nebuzaradan the captain of the guard, saying, -- jeremiah 39:11 +. +Take him, and look well to him, and do him no harm; but do to him even as he shall say to you. -- jeremiah 39:12 +. +So Nebuzaradan the captain of the guard sent, and Nebushasban, Rabsaris, and Nergalsharezer, Rabmag, and all the king of Babylon' princes; -- jeremiah 39:13 +. +Even they sent, and took Jeremiah out of the court of the prison, and committed him to Gedaliah the son of Ahikam the son of Shaphan, that he should carry him home: so he dwelled among the people. -- jeremiah 39:14 +. +Now the word of the LORD came to Jeremiah, while he was shut up in the court of the prison, saying, -- jeremiah 39:15 +. +Go and speak to Ebedmelech the Ethiopian, saying, Thus said the LORD of hosts, the God of Israel; Behold, I will bring my words on this city for evil, and not for good; and they shall be accomplished in that day before you. -- jeremiah 39:16 +. +But I will deliver you in that day, said the LORD: and you shall not be given into the hand of the men of whom you are afraid. -- jeremiah 39:17 +. +For I will surely deliver you, and you shall not fall by the sword, but your life shall be for a prey to you: because you have put your trust in me, said the LORD. -- jeremiah 39:18 +. +The word that came to Jeremiah from the LORD, after that Nebuzaradan the captain of the guard had let him go from Ramah, when he had taken him being bound in chains among all that were carried away captive of Jerusalem and Judah, which were carried away captive to Babylon. -- jeremiah 40:1 +. +And the captain of the guard took Jeremiah, and said to him, The LORD your God has pronounced this evil on this place. -- jeremiah 40:2 +. +Now the LORD has brought it, and done according as he has said: because you have sinned against the LORD, and have not obeyed his voice, therefore this thing is come on you. -- jeremiah 40:3 +. +And now, behold, I loose you this day from the chains which were on your hand. If it seem good to you to come with me into Babylon, come; and I will look well to you: but if it seem ill to you to come with me into Babylon, forbear: behold, all the land is before you: where it seems good and convenient for you to go, thither go. -- jeremiah 40:4 +. +Now while he was not yet gone back, he said, Go back also to Gedaliah the son of Ahikam the son of Shaphan, whom the king of Babylon has made governor over the cities of Judah, and dwell with him among the people: or go wherever it seems convenient to you to go. So the captain of the guard gave him victuals and a reward, and let him go. -- jeremiah 40:5 +. +Then went Jeremiah to Gedaliah the son of Ahikam to Mizpah; and dwelled with him among the people that were left in the land. -- jeremiah 40:6 +. +Now when all the captains of the forces which were in the fields, even they and their men, heard that the king of Babylon had made Gedaliah the son of Ahikam governor in the land, and had committed to him men, and women, and children, and of the poor of the land, of them that were not carried away captive to Babylon; -- jeremiah 40:7 +. +Then they came to Gedaliah to Mizpah, even Ishmael the son of Nethaniah, and Johanan and Jonathan the sons of Kareah, and Seraiah the son of Tanhumeth, and the sons of Ephai the Netophathite, and Jezaniah the son of a Maachathite, they and their men. -- jeremiah 40:8 +. +And Gedaliah the son of Ahikam the son of Shaphan swore to them and to their men, saying, Fear not to serve the Chaldeans: dwell in the land, and serve the king of Babylon, and it shall be well with you. -- jeremiah 40:9 +. +As for me, behold, I will dwell at Mizpah, to serve the Chaldeans, which will come to us: but you, gather you wine, and summer fruits, and oil, and put them in your vessels, and dwell in your cities that you have taken. -- jeremiah 40:10 +. +Likewise when all the Jews that were in Moab, and among the Ammonites, and in Edom, and that were in all the countries, heard that the king of Babylon had left a remnant of Judah, and that he had set over them Gedaliah the son of Ahikam the son of Shaphan; -- jeremiah 40:11 +. +Even all the Jews returned out of all places where they were driven, and came to the land of Judah, to Gedaliah, to Mizpah, and gathered wine and summer fruits very much. -- jeremiah 40:12 +. +Moreover Johanan the son of Kareah, and all the captains of the forces that were in the fields, came to Gedaliah to Mizpah, -- jeremiah 40:13 +. +And said to him, Do you certainly know that Baalis the king of the Ammonites has sent Ishmael the son of Nethaniah to slay you? But Gedaliah the son of Ahikam believed them not. -- jeremiah 40:14 +. +Then Johanan the son of Kareah spoke to Gedaliah in Mizpah secretly saying, Let me go, I pray you, and I will slay Ishmael the son of Nethaniah, and no man shall know it: why should he slay you, that all the Jews which are gathered to you should be scattered, and the remnant in Judah perish? -- jeremiah 40:15 +. +But Gedaliah the son of Ahikam said to Johanan the son of Kareah, You shall not do this thing: for you speak falsely of Ishmael. -- jeremiah 40:16 +. +Now it came to pass in the seventh month, that Ishmael the son of Nethaniah the son of Elishama, of the seed royal, and the princes of the king, even ten men with him, came to Gedaliah the son of Ahikam to Mizpah; and there they did eat bread together in Mizpah. -- jeremiah 41:1 +. +Then arose Ishmael the son of Nethaniah, and the ten men that were with him, and smote Gedaliah the son of Ahikam the son of Shaphan with the sword, and slew him, whom the king of Babylon had made governor over the land. -- jeremiah 41:2 +. +Ishmael also slew all the Jews that were with him, even with Gedaliah, at Mizpah, and the Chaldeans that were found there, and the men of war. -- jeremiah 41:3 +. +And it came to pass the second day after he had slain Gedaliah, and no man knew it, -- jeremiah 41:4 +. +That there came certain from Shechem, from Shiloh, and from Samaria, even fourscore men, having their beards shaven, and their clothes rent, and having cut themselves, with offerings and incense in their hand, to bring them to the house of the LORD. -- jeremiah 41:5 +. +And Ishmael the son of Nethaniah went forth from Mizpah to meet them, weeping all along as he went: and it came to pass, as he met them, he said to them, Come to Gedaliah the son of Ahikam. -- jeremiah 41:6 +. +And it was so, when they came into the middle of the city, that Ishmael the son of Nethaniah slew them, and cast them into the middle of the pit, he, and the men that were with him. -- jeremiah 41:7 +. +But ten men were found among them that said to Ishmael, Slay us not: for we have treasures in the field, of wheat, and of barley, and of oil, and of honey. So he declined, and slew them not among their brothers. -- jeremiah 41:8 +. +Now the pit wherein Ishmael had cast all the dead bodies of the men, whom he had slain because of Gedaliah, was it which Asa the king had made for fear of Baasha king of Israel: and Ishmael the son of Nethaniah filled it with them that were slain. -- jeremiah 41:9 +. +Then Ishmael carried away captive all the residue of the people that were in Mizpah, even the king' daughters, and all the people that remained in Mizpah, whom Nebuzaradan the captain of the guard had committed to Gedaliah the son of Ahikam: and Ishmael the son of Nethaniah carried them away captive, and departed to go over to the Ammonites. -- jeremiah 41:10 +. +But when Johanan the son of Kareah, and all the captains of the forces that were with him, heard of all the evil that Ishmael the son of Nethaniah had done, -- jeremiah 41:11 +. +Then they took all the men, and went to fight with Ishmael the son of Nethaniah, and found him by the great waters that are in Gibeon. -- jeremiah 41:12 +. +Now it came to pass, that when all the people which were with Ishmael saw Johanan the son of Kareah, and all the captains of the forces that were with him, then they were glad. -- jeremiah 41:13 +. +So all the people that Ishmael had carried away captive from Mizpah cast about and returned, and went to Johanan the son of Kareah. -- jeremiah 41:14 +. +But Ishmael the son of Nethaniah escaped from Johanan with eight men, and went to the Ammonites. -- jeremiah 41:15 +. +Then took Johanan the son of Kareah, and all the captains of the forces that were with him, all the remnant of the people whom he had recovered from Ishmael the son of Nethaniah, from Mizpah, after that he had slain Gedaliah the son of Ahikam, even mighty men of war, and the women, and the children, and the eunuchs, whom he had brought again from Gibeon: -- jeremiah 41:16 +. +And they departed, and dwelled in the habitation of Chimham, which is by Bethlehem, to go to enter into Egypt, -- jeremiah 41:17 +. +Because of the Chaldeans: for they were afraid of them, because Ishmael the son of Nethaniah had slain Gedaliah the son of Ahikam, whom the king of Babylon made governor in the land. -- jeremiah 41:18 +. +Then all the captains of the forces, and Johanan the son of Kareah, and Jezaniah the son of Hoshaiah, and all the people from the least even to the greatest, came near, -- jeremiah 42:1 +. +And said to Jeremiah the prophet, Let, we beseech you, our supplication be accepted before you, and pray for us to the LORD your God, even for all this remnant; (for we are left but a few of many, as your eyes do behold us:) -- jeremiah 42:2 +. +That the LORD your God may show us the way wherein we may walk, and the thing that we may do. -- jeremiah 42:3 +. +Then Jeremiah the prophet said to them, I have heard you; behold, I will pray to the LORD your God according to your words; and it shall come to pass, that whatever thing the LORD shall answer you, I will declare it to you; I will keep nothing back from you. -- jeremiah 42:4 +. +Then they said to Jeremiah, The LORD be a true and faithful witness between us, if we do not even according to all things for the which the LORD your God shall send you to us. -- jeremiah 42:5 +. +Whether it be good, or whether it be evil, we will obey the voice of the LORD our God, to whom we send you; that it may be well with us, when we obey the voice of the LORD our God. -- jeremiah 42:6 +. +And it came to pass after ten days, that the word of the LORD came to Jeremiah. -- jeremiah 42:7 +. +Then called he Johanan the son of Kareah, and all the captains of the forces which were with him, and all the people from the least even to the greatest, -- jeremiah 42:8 +. +And said to them, Thus said the LORD, the God of Israel, to whom you sent me to present your supplication before him; -- jeremiah 42:9 +. +If you will still abide in this land, then will I build you, and not pull you down, and I will plant you, and not pluck you up: for I repent me of the evil that I have done to you. -- jeremiah 42:10 +. +Be not afraid of the king of Babylon, of whom you are afraid; be not afraid of him, said the LORD: for I am with you to save you, and to deliver you from his hand. -- jeremiah 42:11 +. +And I will show mercies to you, that he may have mercy on you, and cause you to return to your own land. -- jeremiah 42:12 +. +But if you say, We will not dwell in this land, neither obey the voice of the LORD your God, -- jeremiah 42:13 +. +Saying, No; but we will go into the land of Egypt, where we shall see no war, nor hear the sound of the trumpet, nor have hunger of bread; and there will we dwell: -- jeremiah 42:14 +. +And now therefore hear the word of the LORD, you remnant of Judah; Thus said the LORD of hosts, the God of Israel; If you wholly set your faces to enter into Egypt, and go to sojourn there; -- jeremiah 42:15 +. +Then it shall come to pass, that the sword, which you feared, shall overtake you there in the land of Egypt, and the famine, whereof you were afraid, shall follow close after you there in Egypt; and there you shall die. -- jeremiah 42:16 +. +So shall it be with all the men that set their faces to go into Egypt to sojourn there; they shall die by the sword, by the famine, and by the pestilence: and none of them shall remain or escape from the evil that I will bring on them. -- jeremiah 42:17 +. +For thus said the LORD of hosts, the God of Israel; As my anger and my fury has been poured forth on the inhabitants of Jerusalem; so shall my fury be poured forth on you, when you shall enter into Egypt: and you shall be an execration, and an astonishment, and a curse, and a reproach; and you shall see this place no more. -- jeremiah 42:18 +. +The LORD has said concerning you, O you remnant of Judah; Go you not into Egypt: know certainly that I have admonished you this day. -- jeremiah 42:19 +. +For you dissembled in your hearts, when you sent me to the LORD your God, saying, Pray for us to the LORD our God; and according to all that the LORD our God shall say, so declare to us, and we will do it. -- jeremiah 42:20 +. +And now I have this day declared it to you; but you have not obeyed the voice of the LORD your God, nor any thing for the which he has sent me to you. -- jeremiah 42:21 +. +Now therefore know certainly that you shall die by the sword, by the famine, and by the pestilence, in the place where you desire to go and to sojourn. -- jeremiah 42:22 +. +And it came to pass, that when Jeremiah had made an end of speaking to all the people all the words of the LORD their God, for which the LORD their God had sent him to them, even all these words, -- jeremiah 43:1 +. +Then spoke Azariah the son of Hoshaiah, and Johanan the son of Kareah, and all the proud men, saying to Jeremiah, You speak falsely: the LORD our God has not sent you to say, Go not into Egypt to sojourn there: -- jeremiah 43:2 +. +But Baruch the son of Neriah sets you on against us, for to deliver us into the hand of the Chaldeans, that they might put us to death, and carry us away captives into Babylon. -- jeremiah 43:3 +. +So Johanan the son of Kareah, and all the captains of the forces, and all the people, obeyed not the voice of the LORD, to dwell in the land of Judah. -- jeremiah 43:4 +. +But Johanan the son of Kareah, and all the captains of the forces, took all the remnant of Judah, that were returned from all nations, where they had been driven, to dwell in the land of Judah; -- jeremiah 43:5 +. +Even men, and women, and children, and the king' daughters, and every person that Nebuzaradan the captain of the guard had left with Gedaliah the son of Ahikam the son of Shaphan, and Jeremiah the prophet, and Baruch the son of Neriah. -- jeremiah 43:6 +. +So they came into the land of Egypt: for they obeyed not the voice of the LORD: thus came they even to Tahpanhes. -- jeremiah 43:7 +. +Then came the word of the LORD to Jeremiah in Tahpanhes, saying, -- jeremiah 43:8 +. +Take great stones in your hand, and hide them in the clay in the brick kiln, which is at the entry of Pharaoh' house in Tahpanhes, in the sight of the men of Judah; -- jeremiah 43:9 +. +And say to them, Thus said the LORD of hosts, the God of Israel; Behold, I will send and take Nebuchadrezzar the king of Babylon, my servant, and will set his throne on these stones that I have hid; and he shall spread his royal pavilion over them. -- jeremiah 43:10 +. +And when he comes, he shall smite the land of Egypt, and deliver such as are for death to death; and such as are for captivity to captivity; and such as are for the sword to the sword. -- jeremiah 43:11 +. +And I will kindle a fire in the houses of the gods of Egypt; and he shall burn them, and carry them away captives: and he shall array himself with the land of Egypt, as a shepherd puts on his garment; and he shall go forth from there in peace. -- jeremiah 43:12 +. +He shall break also the images of Bethshemesh, that is in the land of Egypt; and the houses of the gods of the Egyptians shall he burn with fire. -- jeremiah 43:13 +. +The word that came to Jeremiah concerning all the Jews which dwell in the land of Egypt, which dwell at Migdol, and at Tahpanhes, and at Noph, and in the country of Pathros, saying, -- jeremiah 44:1 +. +Thus said the LORD of hosts, the God of Israel; You have seen all the evil that I have brought on Jerusalem, and on all the cities of Judah; and, behold, this day they are a desolation, and no man dwells therein, -- jeremiah 44:2 +. +Because of their wickedness which they have committed to provoke me to anger, in that they went to burn incense, and to serve other gods, whom they knew not, neither they, you, nor your fathers. -- jeremiah 44:3 +. +However, I sent to you all my servants the prophets, rising early and sending them, saying, Oh, do not this abominable thing that I hate. -- jeremiah 44:4 +. +But they listened not, nor inclined their ear to turn from their wickedness, to burn no incense to other gods. -- jeremiah 44:5 +. +Why my fury and my anger was poured forth, and was kindled in the cities of Judah and in the streets of Jerusalem; and they are wasted and desolate, as at this day. -- jeremiah 44:6 +. +Therefore now thus said the LORD, the God of hosts, the God of Israel; Why commit you this great evil against your souls, to cut off from you man and woman, child and suckling, out of Judah, to leave you none to remain; -- jeremiah 44:7 +. +In that you provoke me to wrath with the works of your hands, burning incense to other gods in the land of Egypt, where you be gone to dwell, that you might cut yourselves off, and that you might be a curse and a reproach among all the nations of the earth? -- jeremiah 44:8 +. +Have you forgotten the wickedness of your fathers, and the wickedness of the kings of Judah, and the wickedness of their wives, and your own wickedness, and the wickedness of your wives, which they have committed in the land of Judah, and in the streets of Jerusalem? -- jeremiah 44:9 +. +They are not humbled even to this day, neither have they feared, nor walked in my law, nor in my statutes, that I set before you and before your fathers. -- jeremiah 44:10 +. +Therefore thus said the LORD of hosts, the God of Israel; Behold, I will set my face against you for evil, and to cut off all Judah. -- jeremiah 44:11 +. +And I will take the remnant of Judah, that have set their faces to go into the land of Egypt to sojourn there, and they shall all be consumed, and fall in the land of Egypt; they shall even be consumed by the sword and by the famine: they shall die, from the least even to the greatest, by the sword and by the famine: and they shall be an execration, and an astonishment, and a curse, and a reproach. -- jeremiah 44:12 +. +For I will punish them that dwell in the land of Egypt, as I have punished Jerusalem, by the sword, by the famine, and by the pestilence: -- jeremiah 44:13 +. +So that none of the remnant of Judah, which are gone into the land of Egypt to sojourn there, shall escape or remain, that they should return into the land of Judah, to the which they have a desire to return to dwell there: for none shall return but such as shall escape. -- jeremiah 44:14 +. +Then all the men which knew that their wives had burned incense to other gods, and all the women that stood by, a great multitude, even all the people that dwelled in the land of Egypt, in Pathros, answered Jeremiah, saying, -- jeremiah 44:15 +. +As for the word that you have spoken to us in the name of the LORD, we will not listen to you. -- jeremiah 44:16 +. +But we will certainly do whatever thing goes forth out of our own mouth, to burn incense to the queen of heaven, and to pour out drink offerings to her, as we have done, we, and our fathers, our kings, and our princes, in the cities of Judah, and in the streets of Jerusalem: for then had we plenty of victuals, and were well, and saw no evil. -- jeremiah 44:17 +. +But since we left off to burn incense to the queen of heaven, and to pour out drink offerings to her, we have wanted all things, and have been consumed by the sword and by the famine. -- jeremiah 44:18 +. +And when we burned incense to the queen of heaven, and poured out drink offerings to her, did we make her cakes to worship her, and pour out drink offerings to her, without our men? -- jeremiah 44:19 +. +Then Jeremiah said to all the people, to the men, and to the women, and to all the people which had given him that answer, saying, -- jeremiah 44:20 +. +The incense that you burned in the cities of Judah, and in the streets of Jerusalem, you, and your fathers, your kings, and your princes, and the people of the land, did not the LORD remember them, and came it not into his mind? -- jeremiah 44:21 +. +So that the LORD could no longer bear, because of the evil of your doings, and because of the abominations which you have committed; therefore is your land a desolation, and an astonishment, and a curse, without an inhabitant, as at this day. -- jeremiah 44:22 +. +Because you have burned incense, and because you have sinned against the LORD, and have not obeyed the voice of the LORD, nor walked in his law, nor in his statutes, nor in his testimonies; therefore this evil is happened to you, as at this day. -- jeremiah 44:23 +. +Moreover Jeremiah said to all the people, and to all the women, Hear the word of the LORD, all Judah that are in the land of Egypt: -- jeremiah 44:24 +. +Thus said the LORD of hosts, the God of Israel, saying; You and your wives have both spoken with your mouths, and fulfilled with your hand, saying, We will surely perform our vows that we have vowed, to burn incense to the queen of heaven, and to pour out drink offerings to her: you will surely accomplish your vows, and surely perform your vows. -- jeremiah 44:25 +. +Therefore hear you the word of the LORD, all Judah that dwell in the land of Egypt; Behold, I have sworn by my great name, said the LORD, that my name shall no more be named in the mouth of any man of Judah in all the land of Egypt, saying, The Lord GOD lives. -- jeremiah 44:26 +. +Behold, I will watch over them for evil, and not for good: and all the men of Judah that are in the land of Egypt shall be consumed by the sword and by the famine, until there be an end of them. -- jeremiah 44:27 +. +Yet a small number that escape the sword shall return out of the land of Egypt into the land of Judah, and all the remnant of Judah, that are gone into the land of Egypt to sojourn there, shall know whose words shall stand, mine, or their'. -- jeremiah 44:28 +. +And this shall be a sign to you, said the LORD, that I will punish you in this place, that you may know that my words shall surely stand against you for evil: -- jeremiah 44:29 +. +Thus said the LORD; Behold, I will give Pharaohhophra king of Egypt into the hand of his enemies, and into the hand of them that seek his life; as I gave Zedekiah king of Judah into the hand of Nebuchadrezzar king of Babylon, his enemy, and that sought his life. -- jeremiah 44:30 +. +The word that Jeremiah the prophet spoke to Baruch the son of Neriah, when he had written these words in a book at the mouth of Jeremiah, in the fourth year of Jehoiakim the son of Josiah king of Judah, saying, -- jeremiah 45:1 +. +Thus said the LORD, the God of Israel, to you, O Baruch: -- jeremiah 45:2 +. +You did say, Woe is me now! for the LORD has added grief to my sorrow; I fainted in my sighing, and I find no rest. -- jeremiah 45:3 +. +Thus shall you say to him, The LORD said thus; Behold, that which I have built will I break down, and that which I have planted I will pluck up, even this whole land. -- jeremiah 45:4 +. +And seek you great things for yourself? seek them not: for, behold, I will bring evil on all flesh, said the LORD: but your life will I give to you for a prey in all places where you go. -- jeremiah 45:5 +. +The word of the LORD which came to Jeremiah the prophet against the Gentiles; -- jeremiah 46:1 +. +Against Egypt, against the army of Pharaohnecho king of Egypt, which was by the river Euphrates in Carchemish, which Nebuchadrezzar king of Babylon smote in the fourth year of Jehoiakim the son of Josiah king of Judah. -- jeremiah 46:2 +. +Order you the buckler and shield, and draw near to battle. -- jeremiah 46:3 +. +Harness the horses; and get up, you horsemen, and stand forth with your helmets; furbish the spears, and put on the brigandines. -- jeremiah 46:4 +. +Why have I seen them dismayed and turned away back? and their mighty ones are beaten down, and are fled apace, and look not back: for fear was round about, said the LORD. -- jeremiah 46:5 +. +Let not the swift flee away, nor the mighty man escape; they shall stumble, and fall toward the north by the river Euphrates. -- jeremiah 46:6 +. +Who is this that comes up as a flood, whose waters are moved as the rivers? -- jeremiah 46:7 +. +Egypt rises up like a flood, and his waters are moved like the rivers; and he said, I will go up, and will cover the earth; I will destroy the city and the inhabitants thereof. -- jeremiah 46:8 +. +Come up, you horses; and rage, you chariots; and let the mighty men come forth; the Ethiopians and the Libyans, that handle the shield; and the Lydians, that handle and bend the bow. -- jeremiah 46:9 +. +For this is the day of the Lord GOD of hosts, a day of vengeance, that he may avenge him of his adversaries: and the sword shall devour, and it shall be satiate and made drunk with their blood: for the Lord GOD of hosts has a sacrifice in the north country by the river Euphrates. -- jeremiah 46:10 +. +Go up into Gilead, and take balm, O virgin, the daughter of Egypt: in vain shall you use many medicines; for you shall not be cured. -- jeremiah 46:11 +. +The nations have heard of your shame, and your cry has filled the land: for the mighty man has stumbled against the mighty, and they are fallen both together. -- jeremiah 46:12 +. +The word that the LORD spoke to Jeremiah the prophet, how Nebuchadrezzar king of Babylon should come and smite the land of Egypt. -- jeremiah 46:13 +. +Declare you in Egypt, and publish in Migdol, and publish in Noph and in Tahpanhes: say you, Stand fast, and prepare you; for the sword shall devour round about you. -- jeremiah 46:14 +. +Why are your valiant men swept away? they stood not, because the LORD did drive them. -- jeremiah 46:15 +. +He made many to fall, yes, one fell on another: and they said, Arise, and let us go again to our own people, and to the land of our nativity, from the oppressing sword. -- jeremiah 46:16 +. +They did cry there, Pharaoh king of Egypt is but a noise; he has passed the time appointed. -- jeremiah 46:17 +. +As I live, said the King, whose name is the LORD of hosts, Surely as Tabor is among the mountains, and as Carmel by the sea, so shall he come. -- jeremiah 46:18 +. +O you daughter dwelling in Egypt, furnish yourself to go into captivity: for Noph shall be waste and desolate without an inhabitant. -- jeremiah 46:19 +. +Egypt is like a very fair heifer, but destruction comes; it comes out of the north. -- jeremiah 46:20 +. +Also her hired men are in the middle of her like fatted bullocks; for they also are turned back, and are fled away together: they did not stand, because the day of their calamity was come on them, and the time of their visitation. -- jeremiah 46:21 +. +The voice thereof shall go like a serpent; for they shall march with an army, and come against her with axes, as hewers of wood. -- jeremiah 46:22 +. +They shall cut down her forest, said the LORD, though it cannot be searched; because they are more than the grasshoppers, and are innumerable. -- jeremiah 46:23 +. +The daughter of Egypt shall be confounded; she shall be delivered into the hand of the people of the north. -- jeremiah 46:24 +. +The LORD of hosts, the God of Israel, said; Behold, I will punish the multitude of No, and Pharaoh, and Egypt, with their gods, and their kings; even Pharaoh, and all them that trust in him: -- jeremiah 46:25 +. +And I will deliver them into the hand of those that seek their lives, and into the hand of Nebuchadrezzar king of Babylon, and into the hand of his servants: and afterward it shall be inhabited, as in the days of old, said the LORD. -- jeremiah 46:26 +. +But fear not you, O my servant Jacob, and be not dismayed, O Israel: for, behold, I will save you from afar off, and your seed from the land of their captivity; and Jacob shall return, and be in rest and at ease, and none shall make him afraid. -- jeremiah 46:27 +. +Fear you not, O Jacob my servant, said the LORD: for I am with you; for I will make a full end of all the nations where I have driven you: but I will not make a full end of you, but correct you in measure; yet will I not leave you wholly unpunished. -- jeremiah 46:28 +. +The word of the LORD that came to Jeremiah the prophet against the Philistines, before that Pharaoh smote Gaza. -- jeremiah 47:1 +. +Thus said the LORD; Behold, waters rise up out of the north, and shall be an overflowing flood, and shall overflow the land, and all that is therein; the city, and them that dwell therein: then the men shall cry, and all the inhabitants of the land shall howl. -- jeremiah 47:2 +. +At the noise of the stamping of the hoofs of his strong horses, at the rushing of his chariots, and at the rumbling of his wheels, the fathers shall not look back to their children for feebleness of hands; -- jeremiah 47:3 +. +Because of the day that comes to spoil all the Philistines, and to cut off from Tyrus and Zidon every helper that remains: for the LORD will spoil the Philistines, the remnant of the country of Caphtor. -- jeremiah 47:4 +. +Baldness is come on Gaza; Ashkelon is cut off with the remnant of their valley: how long will you cut yourself? -- jeremiah 47:5 +. +O you sword of the LORD, how long will it be ere you be quiet? put up yourself into your scabbard, rest, and be still. -- jeremiah 47:6 +. +How can it be quiet, seeing the LORD has given it a charge against Ashkelon, and against the sea shore? there has he appointed it. -- jeremiah 47:7 +. +Against Moab thus said the LORD of hosts, the God of Israel; Woe to Nebo! for it is spoiled: Kiriathaim is confounded and taken: Misgab is confounded and dismayed. -- jeremiah 48:1 +. +There shall be no more praise of Moab: in Heshbon they have devised evil against it; come, and let us cut it off from being a nation. Also you shall be cut down, O Madmen; the sword shall pursue you. -- jeremiah 48:2 +. +A voice of crying shall be from Horonaim, spoiling and great destruction. -- jeremiah 48:3 +. +Moab is destroyed; her little ones have caused a cry to be heard. -- jeremiah 48:4 +. +For in the going up of Luhith continual weeping shall go up; for in the going down of Horonaim the enemies have heard a cry of destruction. -- jeremiah 48:5 +. +Flee, save your lives, and be like the heath in the wilderness. -- jeremiah 48:6 +. +For because you have trusted in your works and in your treasures, you shall also be taken: and Chemosh shall go forth into captivity with his priests and his princes together. -- jeremiah 48:7 +. +And the spoiler shall come on every city, and no city shall escape: the valley also shall perish, and the plain shall be destroyed, as the LORD has spoken. -- jeremiah 48:8 +. +Give wings to Moab, that it may flee and get away: for the cities thereof shall be desolate, without any to dwell therein. -- jeremiah 48:9 +. +Cursed be he that does the work of the LORD deceitfully, and cursed be he that keeps back his sword from blood. -- jeremiah 48:10 +. +Moab has been at ease from his youth, and he has settled on his lees, and has not been emptied from vessel to vessel, neither has he gone into captivity: therefore his taste remained in him, and his scent is not changed. -- jeremiah 48:11 +. +Therefore, behold, the days come, said the LORD, that I will send to him wanderers, that shall cause him to wander, and shall empty his vessels, and break their bottles. -- jeremiah 48:12 +. +And Moab shall be ashamed of Chemosh, as the house of Israel was ashamed of Bethel their confidence. -- jeremiah 48:13 +. +How say you, We are mighty and strong men for the war? -- jeremiah 48:14 +. +Moab is spoiled, and gone up out of her cities, and his chosen young men are gone down to the slaughter, said the King, whose name is the LORD of hosts. -- jeremiah 48:15 +. +The calamity of Moab is near to come, and his affliction hastens fast. -- jeremiah 48:16 +. +All you that are about him, bemoan him; and all you that know his name, say, How is the strong staff broken, and the beautiful rod! -- jeremiah 48:17 +. +You daughter that do inhabit Dibon, come down from your glory, and sit in thirst; for the spoiler of Moab shall come on you, and he shall destroy your strong holds. -- jeremiah 48:18 +. +O inhabitant of Aroer, stand by the way, and espy; ask him that flees, and her that escapes, and say, What is done? -- jeremiah 48:19 +. +Moab is confounded; for it is broken down: howl and cry; tell you it in Arnon, that Moab is spoiled, -- jeremiah 48:20 +. +And judgment is come on the plain country; on Holon, and on Jahazah, and on Mephaath, -- jeremiah 48:21 +. +And on Dibon, and on Nebo, and on Bethdiblathaim, -- jeremiah 48:22 +. +And on Kiriathaim, and on Bethgamul, and on Bethmeon, -- jeremiah 48:23 +. +And on Kerioth, and on Bozrah, and on all the cities of the land of Moab, far or near. -- jeremiah 48:24 +. +The horn of Moab is cut off, and his arm is broken, said the LORD. -- jeremiah 48:25 +. +Make you him drunken: for he magnified himself against the LORD: Moab also shall wallow in his vomit, and he also shall be in derision. -- jeremiah 48:26 +. +For was not Israel a derision to you? was he found among thieves? for since you spoke of him, you skipped for joy. -- jeremiah 48:27 +. +O you that dwell in Moab, leave the cities, and dwell in the rock, and be like the dove that makes her nest in the sides of the hole' mouth. -- jeremiah 48:28 +. +We have heard the pride of Moab, (he is exceeding proud) his loftiness, and his arrogance, and his pride, and the haughtiness of his heart. -- jeremiah 48:29 +. +I know his wrath, said the LORD; but it shall not be so; his lies shall not so effect it. -- jeremiah 48:30 +. +Therefore will I howl for Moab, and I will cry out for all Moab; my heart shall mourn for the men of Kirheres. -- jeremiah 48:31 +. +O vine of Sibmah, I will weep for you with the weeping of Jazer: your plants are gone over the sea, they reach even to the sea of Jazer: the spoiler is fallen on your summer fruits and on your vintage. -- jeremiah 48:32 +. +And joy and gladness is taken from the plentiful field, and from the land of Moab, and I have caused wine to fail from the winepresses: none shall tread with shouting; their shouting shall be no shouting. -- jeremiah 48:33 +. +From the cry of Heshbon even to Elealeh, and even to Jahaz, have they uttered their voice, from Zoar even to Horonaim, as an heifer of three years old: for the waters also of Nimrim shall be desolate. -- jeremiah 48:34 +. +Moreover I will cause to cease in Moab, said the LORD, him that offers in the high places, and him that burns incense to his gods. -- jeremiah 48:35 +. +Therefore my heart shall sound for Moab like pipes, and my heart shall sound like pipes for the men of Kirheres: because the riches that he has gotten are perished. -- jeremiah 48:36 +. +For every head shall be bald, and every beard clipped: on all the hands shall be cuttings, and on the loins sackcloth. -- jeremiah 48:37 +. +There shall be lamentation generally on all the housetops of Moab, and in the streets thereof: for I have broken Moab like a vessel wherein is no pleasure, said the LORD. -- jeremiah 48:38 +. +They shall howl, saying, How is it broken down! how has Moab turned the back with shame! so shall Moab be a derision and a dismaying to all them about him. -- jeremiah 48:39 +. +For thus said the LORD; Behold, he shall fly as an eagle, and shall spread his wings over Moab. -- jeremiah 48:40 +. +Kerioth is taken, and the strong holds are surprised, and the mighty men' hearts in Moab at that day shall be as the heart of a woman in her pangs. -- jeremiah 48:41 +. +And Moab shall be destroyed from being a people, because he has magnified himself against the LORD. -- jeremiah 48:42 +. +Fear, and the pit, and the snare, shall be on you, O inhabitant of Moab, said the LORD. -- jeremiah 48:43 +. +He that flees from the fear shall fall into the pit; and he that gets up out of the pit shall be taken in the snare: for I will bring on it, even on Moab, the year of their visitation, said the LORD. -- jeremiah 48:44 +. +They that fled stood under the shadow of Heshbon because of the force: but a fire shall come forth out of Heshbon, and a flame from the middle of Sihon, and shall devour the corner of Moab, and the crown of the head of the tumultuous ones. -- jeremiah 48:45 +. +Woe be to you, O Moab! the people of Chemosh perishes: for your sons are taken captives, and your daughters captives. -- jeremiah 48:46 +. +Yet will I bring again the captivity of Moab in the latter days, said the LORD. Thus far is the judgment of Moab. -- jeremiah 48:47 +. +Concerning the Ammonites, thus said the LORD; Has Israel no sons? has he no heir? why then does their king inherit Gad, and his people dwell in his cities? -- jeremiah 49:1 +. +Therefore, behold, the days come, said the LORD, that I will cause an alarm of war to be heard in Rabbah of the Ammonites; and it shall be a desolate heap, and her daughters shall be burned with fire: then shall Israel be heir to them that were his heirs, said the LORD. -- jeremiah 49:2 +. +Howl, O Heshbon, for Ai is spoiled: cry, you daughters of Rabbah, gird you with sackcloth; lament, and run to and fro by the hedges; for their king shall go into captivity, and his priests and his princes together. -- jeremiah 49:3 +. +Why glory you in the valleys, your flowing valley, O backsliding daughter? that trusted in her treasures, saying, Who shall come to me? -- jeremiah 49:4 +. +Behold, I will bring a fear on you, said the Lord GOD of hosts, from all those that be about you; and you shall be driven out every man right forth; and none shall gather up him that wanders. -- jeremiah 49:5 +. +And afterward I will bring again the captivity of the children of Ammon, said the LORD. -- jeremiah 49:6 +. +Concerning Edom, thus said the LORD of hosts; Is wisdom no more in Teman? is counsel perished from the prudent? is their wisdom vanished? -- jeremiah 49:7 +. +Flee you, turn back, dwell deep, O inhabitants of Dedan; for I will bring the calamity of Esau on him, the time that I will visit him. -- jeremiah 49:8 +. +If grape gatherers come to you, would they not leave some gleaning grapes? if thieves by night, they will destroy till they have enough. -- jeremiah 49:9 +. +But I have made Esau bore, I have uncovered his secret places, and he shall not be able to hide himself: his seed is spoiled, and his brothers, and his neighbors, and he is not. -- jeremiah 49:10 +. +Leave your fatherless children, I will preserve them alive; and let your widows trust in me. -- jeremiah 49:11 +. +For thus said the LORD; Behold, they whose judgment was not to drink of the cup have assuredly drunken; and are you he that shall altogether go unpunished? you shall not go unpunished, but you shall surely drink of it. -- jeremiah 49:12 +. +For I have sworn by myself, said the LORD, that Bozrah shall become a desolation, a reproach, a waste, and a curse; and all the cities thereof shall be perpetual wastes. -- jeremiah 49:13 +. +I have heard a rumor from the LORD, and an ambassador is sent to the heathen, saying, Gather you together, and come against her, and rise up to the battle. -- jeremiah 49:14 +. +For, see, I will make you small among the heathen, and despised among men. -- jeremiah 49:15 +. +Your terribleness has deceived you, and the pride of your heart, O you that dwell in the clefts of the rock, that hold the height of the hill: though you should make your nest as high as the eagle, I will bring you down from there, said the LORD. -- jeremiah 49:16 +. +Also Edom shall be a desolation: every one that goes by it shall be astonished, and shall hiss at all the plagues thereof. -- jeremiah 49:17 +. +As in the overthrow of Sodom and Gomorrah and the neighbor cities thereof, said the LORD, no man shall abide there, neither shall a son of man dwell in it. -- jeremiah 49:18 +. +Behold, he shall come up like a lion from the swelling of Jordan against the habitation of the strong: but I will suddenly make him run away from her: and who is a chosen man, that I may appoint over her? for who is like me? and who will appoint me the time? and who is that shepherd that will stand before me? -- jeremiah 49:19 +. +Therefore hear the counsel of the LORD, that he has taken against Edom; and his purposes, that he has purposed against the inhabitants of Teman: Surely the least of the flock shall draw them out: surely he shall make their habitations desolate with them. -- jeremiah 49:20 +. +The earth is moved at the noise of their fall, at the cry the noise thereof was heard in the Red sea. -- jeremiah 49:21 +. +Behold, he shall come up and fly as the eagle, and spread his wings over Bozrah: and at that day shall the heart of the mighty men of Edom be as the heart of a woman in her pangs. -- jeremiah 49:22 +. +Concerning Damascus. Hamath is confounded, and Arpad: for they have heard evil tidings: they are fainthearted; there is sorrow on the sea; it cannot be quiet. -- jeremiah 49:23 +. +Damascus is waxed feeble, and turns herself to flee, and fear has seized on her: anguish and sorrows have taken her, as a woman in travail. -- jeremiah 49:24 +. +How is the city of praise not left, the city of my joy! -- jeremiah 49:25 +. +Therefore her young men shall fall in her streets, and all the men of war shall be cut off in that day, said the LORD of hosts. -- jeremiah 49:26 +. +And I will kindle a fire in the wall of Damascus, and it shall consume the palaces of Benhadad. -- jeremiah 49:27 +. +Concerning Kedar, and concerning the kingdoms of Hazor, which Nebuchadrezzar king of Babylon shall smite, thus said the LORD; Arise you, go up to Kedar, and spoil the men of the east. -- jeremiah 49:28 +. +Their tents and their flocks shall they take away: they shall take to themselves their curtains, and all their vessels, and their camels; and they shall cry to them, Fear is on every side. -- jeremiah 49:29 +. +Flee, get you far off, dwell deep, O you inhabitants of Hazor, said the LORD; for Nebuchadrezzar king of Babylon has taken counsel against you, and has conceived a purpose against you. -- jeremiah 49:30 +. +Arise, get you up to the wealthy nation, that dwells without care, said the LORD, which have neither gates nor bars, which dwell alone. -- jeremiah 49:31 +. +And their camels shall be a booty, and the multitude of their cattle a spoil: and I will scatter into all winds them that are in the utmost corners; and I will bring their calamity from all sides thereof, said the LORD. -- jeremiah 49:32 +. +And Hazor shall be a dwelling for dragons, and a desolation for ever: there shall no man abide there, nor any son of man dwell in it. -- jeremiah 49:33 +. +The word of the LORD that came to Jeremiah the prophet against Elam in the beginning of the reign of Zedekiah king of Judah, saying, -- jeremiah 49:34 +. +Thus said the LORD of hosts; Behold, I will break the bow of Elam, the chief of their might. -- jeremiah 49:35 +. +And on Elam will I bring the four winds from the four quarters of heaven, and will scatter them toward all those winds; and there shall be no nation where the outcasts of Elam shall not come. -- jeremiah 49:36 +. +For I will cause Elam to be dismayed before their enemies, and before them that seek their life: and I will bring evil on them, even my fierce anger, said the LORD; and I will send the sword after them, till I have consumed them: -- jeremiah 49:37 +. +And I will set my throne in Elam, and will destroy from there the king and the princes, said the LORD. -- jeremiah 49:38 +. +But it shall come to pass in the latter days, that I will bring again the captivity of Elam, said the LORD. -- jeremiah 49:39 +. +The word that the LORD spoke against Babylon and against the land of the Chaldeans by Jeremiah the prophet. -- jeremiah 50:1 +. +Declare you among the nations, and publish, and set up a standard; publish, and conceal not: say, Babylon is taken, Bel is confounded, Merodach is broken in pieces; her idols are confounded, her images are broken in pieces. -- jeremiah 50:2 +. +For out of the north there comes up a nation against her, which shall make her land desolate, and none shall dwell therein: they shall remove, they shall depart, both man and beast. -- jeremiah 50:3 +. +In those days, and in that time, said the LORD, the children of Israel shall come, they and the children of Judah together, going and weeping: they shall go, and seek the LORD their God. -- jeremiah 50:4 +. +They shall ask the way to Zion with their faces thitherward, saying, Come, and let us join ourselves to the LORD in a perpetual covenant that shall not be forgotten. -- jeremiah 50:5 +. +My people has been lost sheep: their shepherds have caused them to go astray, they have turned them away on the mountains: they have gone from mountain to hill, they have forgotten their resting place. -- jeremiah 50:6 +. +All that found them have devoured them: and their adversaries said, We offend not, because they have sinned against the LORD, the habitation of justice, even the LORD, the hope of their fathers. -- jeremiah 50:7 +. +Remove out of the middle of Babylon, and go forth out of the land of the Chaldeans, and be as the he goats before the flocks. -- jeremiah 50:8 +. +For, see, I will raise and cause to come up against Babylon an assembly of great nations from the north country: and they shall set themselves in array against her; from there she shall be taken: their arrows shall be as of a mighty expert man; none shall return in vain. -- jeremiah 50:9 +. +And Chaldea shall be a spoil: all that spoil her shall be satisfied, said the LORD. -- jeremiah 50:10 +. +Because you were glad, because you rejoiced, O you destroyers of my heritage, because you are grown fat as the heifer at grass, and bellow as bulls; -- jeremiah 50:11 +. +Your mother shall be sore confounded; she that bore you shall be ashamed: behold, the last of the nations shall be a wilderness, a dry land, and a desert. -- jeremiah 50:12 +. +Because of the wrath of the LORD it shall not be inhabited, but it shall be wholly desolate: every one that goes by Babylon shall be astonished, and hiss at all her plagues. -- jeremiah 50:13 +. +Put yourselves in array against Babylon round about: all you that bend the bow, shoot at her, spare no arrows: for she has sinned against the LORD. -- jeremiah 50:14 +. +Shout against her round about: she has given her hand: her foundations are fallen, her walls are thrown down: for it is the vengeance of the LORD: take vengeance on her; as she has done, do to her. -- jeremiah 50:15 +. +Cut off the sower from Babylon, and him that handles the sickle in the time of harvest: for fear of the oppressing sword they shall turn every one to his people, and they shall flee every one to his own land. -- jeremiah 50:16 +. +Israel is a scattered sheep; the lions have driven him away: first the king of Assyria has devoured him; and last this Nebuchadrezzar king of Babylon has broken his bones. -- jeremiah 50:17 +. +Therefore thus said the LORD of hosts, the God of Israel; Behold, I will punish the king of Babylon and his land, as I have punished the king of Assyria. -- jeremiah 50:18 +. +And I will bring Israel again to his habitation, and he shall feed on Carmel and Bashan, and his soul shall be satisfied on mount Ephraim and Gilead. -- jeremiah 50:19 +. +In those days, and in that time, said the LORD, the iniquity of Israel shall be sought for, and there shall be none; and the sins of Judah, and they shall not be found: for I will pardon them whom I reserve. -- jeremiah 50:20 +. +Go up against the land of Merathaim, even against it, and against the inhabitants of Pekod: waste and utterly destroy after them, said the LORD, and do according to all that I have commanded you. -- jeremiah 50:21 +. +A sound of battle is in the land, and of great destruction. -- jeremiah 50:22 +. +How is the hammer of the whole earth cut asunder and broken! how is Babylon become a desolation among the nations! -- jeremiah 50:23 +. +I have laid a snare for you, and you are also taken, O Babylon, and you were not aware: you are found, and also caught, because you have striven against the LORD. -- jeremiah 50:24 +. +The LORD has opened his armory, and has brought forth the weapons of his indignation: for this is the work of the Lord GOD of hosts in the land of the Chaldeans. -- jeremiah 50:25 +. +Come against her from the utmost border, open her storehouses: cast her up as heaps, and destroy her utterly: let nothing of her be left. -- jeremiah 50:26 +. +Slay all her bullocks; let them go down to the slaughter: woe to them! for their day is come, the time of their visitation. -- jeremiah 50:27 +. +The voice of them that flee and escape out of the land of Babylon, to declare in Zion the vengeance of the LORD our God, the vengeance of his temple. -- jeremiah 50:28 +. +Call together the archers against Babylon: all you that bend the bow, camp against it round about; let none thereof escape: recompense her according to her work; according to all that she has done, do to her: for she has been proud against the LORD, against the Holy One of Israel. -- jeremiah 50:29 +. +Therefore shall her young men fall in the streets, and all her men of war shall be cut off in that day, said the LORD. -- jeremiah 50:30 +. +Behold, I am against you, O you most proud, said the Lord GOD of hosts: for your day is come, the time that I will visit you. -- jeremiah 50:31 +. +And the most proud shall stumble and fall, and none shall raise him up: and I will kindle a fire in his cities, and it shall devour all round about him. -- jeremiah 50:32 +. +Thus said the LORD of hosts; The children of Israel and the children of Judah were oppressed together: and all that took them captives held them fast; they refused to let them go. -- jeremiah 50:33 +. +Their Redeemer is strong; the LORD of hosts is his name: he shall thoroughly plead their cause, that he may give rest to the land, and disquiet the inhabitants of Babylon. -- jeremiah 50:34 +. +A sword is on the Chaldeans, said the LORD, and on the inhabitants of Babylon, and on her princes, and on her wise men. -- jeremiah 50:35 +. +A sword is on the liars; and they shall dote: a sword is on her mighty men; and they shall be dismayed. -- jeremiah 50:36 +. +A sword is on their horses, and on their chariots, and on all the mingled people that are in the middle of her; and they shall become as women: a sword is on her treasures; and they shall be robbed. -- jeremiah 50:37 +. +A drought is on her waters; and they shall be dried up: for it is the land of graven images, and they are mad on their idols. -- jeremiah 50:38 +. +Therefore the wild beasts of the desert with the wild beasts of the islands shall dwell there, and the owls shall dwell therein: and it shall be no more inhabited for ever; neither shall it be dwelled in from generation to generation. -- jeremiah 50:39 +. +As God overthrew Sodom and Gomorrah and the neighbor cities thereof, said the LORD; so shall no man abide there, neither shall any son of man dwell therein. -- jeremiah 50:40 +. +Behold, a people shall come from the north, and a great nation, and many kings shall be raised up from the coasts of the earth. -- jeremiah 50:41 +. +They shall hold the bow and the lance: they are cruel, and will not show mercy: their voice shall roar like the sea, and they shall ride on horses, every one put in array, like a man to the battle, against you, O daughter of Babylon. -- jeremiah 50:42 +. +The king of Babylon has heard the report of them, and his hands waxed feeble: anguish took hold of him, and pangs as of a woman in travail. -- jeremiah 50:43 +. +Behold, he shall come up like a lion from the swelling of Jordan to the habitation of the strong: but I will make them suddenly run away from her: and who is a chosen man, that I may appoint over her? for who is like me? and who will appoint me the time? and who is that shepherd that will stand before me? -- jeremiah 50:44 +. +Therefore hear you the counsel of the LORD, that he has taken against Babylon; and his purposes, that he has purposed against the land of the Chaldeans: Surely the least of the flock shall draw them out: surely he shall make their habitation desolate with them. -- jeremiah 50:45 +. +At the noise of the taking of Babylon the earth is moved, and the cry is heard among the nations. -- jeremiah 50:46 +. +Thus said the LORD; Behold, I will raise up against Babylon, and against them that dwell in the middle of them that rise up against me, a destroying wind; -- jeremiah 51:1 +. +And will send to Babylon fanners, that shall fan her, and shall empty her land: for in the day of trouble they shall be against her round about. -- jeremiah 51:2 +. +Against him that bends let the archer bend his bow, and against him that lifts himself up in his brigandine: and spare you not her young men; destroy you utterly all her host. -- jeremiah 51:3 +. +Thus the slain shall fall in the land of the Chaldeans, and they that are thrust through in her streets. -- jeremiah 51:4 +. +For Israel has not been forsaken, nor Judah of his God, of the LORD of hosts; though their land was filled with sin against the Holy One of Israel. -- jeremiah 51:5 +. +Flee out of the middle of Babylon, and deliver every man his soul: be not cut off in her iniquity; for this is the time of the LORD' vengeance; he will render to her a recompense. -- jeremiah 51:6 +. +Babylon has been a golden cup in the LORD' hand, that made all the earth drunken: the nations have drunken of her wine; therefore the nations are mad. -- jeremiah 51:7 +. +Babylon is suddenly fallen and destroyed: howl for her; take balm for her pain, if so be she may be healed. -- jeremiah 51:8 +. +We would have healed Babylon, but she is not healed: forsake her, and let us go every one into his own country: for her judgment reaches to heaven, and is lifted up even to the skies. -- jeremiah 51:9 +. +The LORD has brought forth our righteousness: come, and let us declare in Zion the work of the LORD our God. -- jeremiah 51:10 +. +Make bright the arrows; gather the shields: the LORD has raised up the spirit of the kings of the Medes: for his device is against Babylon, to destroy it; because it is the vengeance of the LORD, the vengeance of his temple. -- jeremiah 51:11 +. +Set up the standard on the walls of Babylon, make the watch strong, set up the watchmen, prepare the ambushes: for the LORD has both devised and done that which he spoke against the inhabitants of Babylon. -- jeremiah 51:12 +. +O you that dwell on many waters, abundant in treasures, your end is come, and the measure of your covetousness. -- jeremiah 51:13 +. +The LORD of hosts has sworn by himself, saying, Surely I will fill you with men, as with caterpillars; and they shall lift up a shout against you. -- jeremiah 51:14 +. +He has made the earth by his power, he has established the world by his wisdom, and has stretched out the heaven by his understanding. -- jeremiah 51:15 +. +When he utters his voice, there is a multitude of waters in the heavens; and he causes the vapors to ascend from the ends of the earth: he makes lightning with rain, and brings forth the wind out of his treasures. -- jeremiah 51:16 +. +Every man is brutish by his knowledge; every founder is confounded by the graven image: for his molten image is falsehood, and there is no breath in them. -- jeremiah 51:17 +. +They are vanity, the work of errors: in the time of their visitation they shall perish. -- jeremiah 51:18 +. +The portion of Jacob is not like them; for he is the former of all things: and Israel is the rod of his inheritance: the LORD of hosts is his name. -- jeremiah 51:19 +. +You are my battle ax and weapons of war: for with you will I break in pieces the nations, and with you will I destroy kingdoms; -- jeremiah 51:20 +. +And with you will I break in pieces the horse and his rider; and with you will I break in pieces the chariot and his rider; -- jeremiah 51:21 +. +With you also will I break in pieces man and woman; and with you will I break in pieces old and young; and with you will I break in pieces the young man and the maid; -- jeremiah 51:22 +. +I will also break in pieces with you the shepherd and his flock; and with you will I break in pieces the farmer and his yoke of oxen; and with you will I break in pieces captains and rulers. -- jeremiah 51:23 +. +And I will render to Babylon and to all the inhabitants of Chaldea all their evil that they have done in Zion in your sight, said the LORD. -- jeremiah 51:24 +. +Behold, I am against you, O destroying mountain, said the LORD, which destroy all the earth: and I will stretch out my hand on you, and roll you down from the rocks, and will make you a burnt mountain. -- jeremiah 51:25 +. +And they shall not take of you a stone for a corner, nor a stone for foundations; but you shall be desolate for ever, said the LORD. -- jeremiah 51:26 +. +Set you up a standard in the land, blow the trumpet among the nations, prepare the nations against her, call together against her the kingdoms of Ararat, Minni, and Ashchenaz; appoint a captain against her; cause the horses to come up as the rough caterpillars. -- jeremiah 51:27 +. +Prepare against her the nations with the kings of the Medes, the captains thereof, and all the rulers thereof, and all the land of his dominion. -- jeremiah 51:28 +. +And the land shall tremble and sorrow: for every purpose of the LORD shall be performed against Babylon, to make the land of Babylon a desolation without an inhabitant. -- jeremiah 51:29 +. +The mighty men of Babylon have declined to fight, they have remained in their holds: their might has failed; they became as women: they have burned her dwelling places; her bars are broken. -- jeremiah 51:30 +. +One post shall run to meet another, and one messenger to meet another, to show the king of Babylon that his city is taken at one end, -- jeremiah 51:31 +. +And that the passages are stopped, and the reeds they have burned with fire, and the men of war are affrighted. -- jeremiah 51:32 +. +For thus said the LORD of hosts, the God of Israel; The daughter of Babylon is like a threshing floor, it is time to thresh her: yet a little while, and the time of her harvest shall come. -- jeremiah 51:33 +. +Nebuchadrezzar the king of Babylon has devoured me, he has crushed me, he has made me an empty vessel, he has swallowed me up like a dragon, he has filled his belly with my delicates, he has cast me out. -- jeremiah 51:34 +. +The violence done to me and to my flesh be on Babylon, shall the inhabitant of Zion say; and my blood on the inhabitants of Chaldea, shall Jerusalem say. -- jeremiah 51:35 +. +Therefore thus said the LORD; Behold, I will plead your cause, and take vengeance for you; and I will dry up her sea, and make her springs dry. -- jeremiah 51:36 +. +And Babylon shall become heaps, a dwelling place for dragons, an astonishment, and an hissing, without an inhabitant. -- jeremiah 51:37 +. +They shall roar together like lions: they shall yell as lions'whelps. -- jeremiah 51:38 +. +In their heat I will make their feasts, and I will make them drunken, that they may rejoice, and sleep a perpetual sleep, and not wake, said the LORD. -- jeremiah 51:39 +. +I will bring them down like lambs to the slaughter, like rams with he goats. -- jeremiah 51:40 +. +How is Sheshach taken! and how is the praise of the whole earth surprised! how is Babylon become an astonishment among the nations! -- jeremiah 51:41 +. +The sea is come up on Babylon: she is covered with the multitude of the waves thereof. -- jeremiah 51:42 +. +Her cities are a desolation, a dry land, and a wilderness, a land wherein no man dwells, neither does any son of man pass thereby. -- jeremiah 51:43 +. +And I will punish Bel in Babylon, and I will bring forth out of his mouth that which he has swallowed up: and the nations shall not flow together any more to him: yes, the wall of Babylon shall fall. -- jeremiah 51:44 +. +My people, go you out of the middle of her, and deliver you every man his soul from the fierce anger of the LORD. -- jeremiah 51:45 +. +And lest your heart faint, and you fear for the rumor that shall be heard in the land; a rumor shall both come one year, and after that in another year shall come a rumor, and violence in the land, ruler against ruler. -- jeremiah 51:46 +. +Therefore, behold, the days come, that I will do judgment on the graven images of Babylon: and her whole land shall be confounded, and all her slain shall fall in the middle of her. -- jeremiah 51:47 +. +Then the heaven and the earth, and all that is therein, shall sing for Babylon: for the spoilers shall come to her from the north, said the LORD. -- jeremiah 51:48 +. +As Babylon has caused the slain of Israel to fall, so at Babylon shall fall the slain of all the earth. -- jeremiah 51:49 +. +You that have escaped the sword, go away, stand not still: remember the LORD afar off, and let Jerusalem come into your mind. -- jeremiah 51:50 +. +We are confounded, because we have heard reproach: shame has covered our faces: for strangers are come into the sanctuaries of the LORD' house. -- jeremiah 51:51 +. +Why, behold, the days come, said the LORD, that I will do judgment on her graven images: and through all her land the wounded shall groan. -- jeremiah 51:52 +. +Though Babylon should mount up to heaven, and though she should fortify the height of her strength, yet from me shall spoilers come to her, said the LORD. -- jeremiah 51:53 +. +A sound of a cry comes from Babylon, and great destruction from the land of the Chaldeans: -- jeremiah 51:54 +. +Because the LORD has spoiled Babylon, and destroyed out of her the great voice; when her waves do roar like great waters, a noise of their voice is uttered: -- jeremiah 51:55 +. +Because the spoiler is come on her, even on Babylon, and her mighty men are taken, every one of their bows is broken: for the LORD God of recompenses shall surely requite. -- jeremiah 51:56 +. +And I will make drunk her princes, and her wise men, her captains, and her rulers, and her mighty men: and they shall sleep a perpetual sleep, and not wake, said the King, whose name is the LORD of hosts. -- jeremiah 51:57 +. +Thus said the LORD of hosts; The broad walls of Babylon shall be utterly broken, and her high gates shall be burned with fire; and the people shall labor in vain, and the folk in the fire, and they shall be weary. -- jeremiah 51:58 +. +The word which Jeremiah the prophet commanded Seraiah the son of Neriah, the son of Maaseiah, when he went with Zedekiah the king of Judah into Babylon in the fourth year of his reign. And this Seraiah was a quiet prince. -- jeremiah 51:59 +. +So Jeremiah wrote in a book all the evil that should come on Babylon, even all these words that are written against Babylon. -- jeremiah 51:60 +. +And Jeremiah said to Seraiah, When you come to Babylon, and shall see, and shall read all these words; -- jeremiah 51:61 +. +Then shall you say, O LORD, you have spoken against this place, to cut it off, that none shall remain in it, neither man nor beast, but that it shall be desolate for ever. -- jeremiah 51:62 +. +And it shall be, when you have made an end of reading this book, that you shall bind a stone to it, and cast it into the middle of Euphrates: -- jeremiah 51:63 +. +And you shall say, Thus shall Babylon sink, and shall not rise from the evil that I will bring on her: and they shall be weary. Thus far are the words of Jeremiah. -- jeremiah 51:64 +. +Zedekiah was one and twenty years old when he began to reign, and he reigned eleven years in Jerusalem. And his mother' name was Hamutal the daughter of Jeremiah of Libnah. -- jeremiah 52:1 +. +And he did that which was evil in the eyes of the LORD, according to all that Jehoiakim had done. -- jeremiah 52:2 +. +For through the anger of the LORD it came to pass in Jerusalem and Judah, till he had cast them out from his presence, that Zedekiah rebelled against the king of Babylon. -- jeremiah 52:3 +. +And it came to pass in the ninth year of his reign, in the tenth month, in the tenth day of the month, that Nebuchadrezzar king of Babylon came, he and all his army, against Jerusalem, and pitched against it, and built forts against it round about. -- jeremiah 52:4 +. +So the city was besieged to the eleventh year of king Zedekiah. -- jeremiah 52:5 +. +And in the fourth month, in the ninth day of the month, the famine was sore in the city, so that there was no bread for the people of the land. -- jeremiah 52:6 +. +Then the city was broken up, and all the men of war fled, and went forth out of the city by night by the way of the gate between the two walls, which was by the king' garden; (now the Chaldeans were by the city round about:) and they went by the way of the plain. -- jeremiah 52:7 +. +But the army of the Chaldeans pursued after the king, and overtook Zedekiah in the plains of Jericho; and all his army was scattered from him. -- jeremiah 52:8 +. +Then they took the king, and carried him up to the king of Babylon to Riblah in the land of Hamath; where he gave judgment on him. -- jeremiah 52:9 +. +And the king of Babylon slew the sons of Zedekiah before his eyes: he slew also all the princes of Judah in Riblah. -- jeremiah 52:10 +. +Then he put out the eyes of Zedekiah; and the king of Babylon bound him in chains, and carried him to Babylon, and put him in prison till the day of his death. -- jeremiah 52:11 +. +Now in the fifth month, in the tenth day of the month, which was the nineteenth year of Nebuchadrezzar king of Babylon, came Nebuzaradan, captain of the guard, which served the king of Babylon, into Jerusalem, -- jeremiah 52:12 +. +And burned the house of the LORD, and the king' house; and all the houses of Jerusalem, and all the houses of the great men, burned he with fire: -- jeremiah 52:13 +. +And all the army of the Chaldeans, that were with the captain of the guard, broke down all the walls of Jerusalem round about. -- jeremiah 52:14 +. +Then Nebuzaradan the captain of the guard carried away captive certain of the poor of the people, and the residue of the people that remained in the city, and those that fell away, that fell to the king of Babylon, and the rest of the multitude. -- jeremiah 52:15 +. +But Nebuzaradan the captain of the guard left certain of the poor of the land for vinedressers and for farmers. -- jeremiah 52:16 +. +Also the pillars of brass that were in the house of the LORD, and the bases, and the brazen sea that was in the house of the LORD, the Chaldeans broke, and carried all the brass of them to Babylon. -- jeremiah 52:17 +. +The caldrons also, and the shovels, and the snuffers, and the bowls, and the spoons, and all the vessels of brass with which they ministered, took they away. -- jeremiah 52:18 +. +And the basins, and the fire pans, and the bowls, and the caldrons, and the candlesticks, and the spoons, and the cups; that which was of gold in gold, and that which was of silver in silver, took the captain of the guard away. -- jeremiah 52:19 +. +The two pillars, one sea, and twelve brazen bulls that were under the bases, which king Solomon had made in the house of the LORD: the brass of all these vessels was without weight. -- jeremiah 52:20 +. +And concerning the pillars, the height of one pillar was eighteen cubits; and a fillet of twelve cubits did compass it; and the thickness thereof was four fingers: it was hollow. -- jeremiah 52:21 +. +And a capital of brass was on it; and the height of one capital was five cubits, with network and pomegranates on the capitals round about, all of brass. The second pillar also and the pomegranates were like to these. -- jeremiah 52:22 +. +And there were ninety and six pomegranates on a side; and all the pomegranates on the network were an hundred round about. -- jeremiah 52:23 +. +And the captain of the guard took Seraiah the chief priest, and Zephaniah the second priest, and the three keepers of the door: -- jeremiah 52:24 +. +He took also out of the city an eunuch, which had the charge of the men of war; and seven men of them that were near the king' person, which were found in the city; and the principal scribe of the host, who mustered the people of the land; and three score men of the people of the land, that were found in the middle of the city. -- jeremiah 52:25 +. +So Nebuzaradan the captain of the guard took them, and brought them to the king of Babylon to Riblah. -- jeremiah 52:26 +. +And the king of Babylon smote them, and put them to death in Riblah in the land of Hamath. Thus Judah was carried away captive out of his own land. -- jeremiah 52:27 +. +This is the people whom Nebuchadrezzar carried away captive: in the seventh year three thousand Jews and three and twenty: -- jeremiah 52:28 +. +In the eighteenth year of Nebuchadrezzar he carried away captive from Jerusalem eight hundred thirty and two persons: -- jeremiah 52:29 +. +In the three and twentieth year of Nebuchadrezzar Nebuzaradan the captain of the guard carried away captive of the Jews seven hundred forty and five persons: all the persons were four thousand and six hundred. -- jeremiah 52:30 +. +And it came to pass in the seven and thirtieth year of the captivity of Jehoiachin king of Judah, in the twelfth month, in the five and twentieth day of the month, that Evilmerodach king of Babylon in the first year of his reign lifted up the head of Jehoiachin king of Judah, and brought him forth out of prison. -- jeremiah 52:31 +. +And spoke kindly to him, and set his throne above the throne of the kings that were with him in Babylon, -- jeremiah 52:32 +. +And changed his prison garments: and he did continually eat bread before him all the days of his life. -- jeremiah 52:33 +. +And for his diet, there was a continual diet given him of the king of Babylon, every day a portion until the day of his death, all the days of his life. -- jeremiah 52:34 +. +How does the city sit solitary, that was full of people! how is she become as a widow! she that was great among the nations, and princess among the provinces, how is she become tributary! -- lamentations 1:1 +. +She weeps sore in the night, and her tears are on her cheeks: among all her lovers she has none to comfort her: all her friends have dealt treacherously with her, they are become her enemies. -- lamentations 1:2 +. +Judah is gone into captivity because of affliction, and because of great servitude: she dwells among the heathen, she finds no rest: all her persecutors overtook her between the straits. -- lamentations 1:3 +. +The ways of Zion do mourn, because none come to the solemn feasts: all her gates are desolate: her priests sigh, her virgins are afflicted, and she is in bitterness. -- lamentations 1:4 +. +Her adversaries are the chief, her enemies prosper; for the LORD has afflicted her for the multitude of her transgressions: her children are gone into captivity before the enemy. -- lamentations 1:5 +. +And from the daughter of Zion all her beauty is departed: her princes are become like harts that find no pasture, and they are gone without strength before the pursuer. -- lamentations 1:6 +. +Jerusalem remembered in the days of her affliction and of her miseries all her pleasant things that she had in the days of old, when her people fell into the hand of the enemy, and none did help her: the adversaries saw her, and did mock at her sabbaths. -- lamentations 1:7 +. +Jerusalem has grievously sinned; therefore she is removed: all that honored her despise her, because they have seen her nakedness: yes, she sighs, and turns backward. -- lamentations 1:8 +. +Her filthiness is in her skirts; she remembers not her last end; therefore she came down wonderfully: she had no comforter. O LORD, behold my affliction: for the enemy has magnified himself. -- lamentations 1:9 +. +The adversary has spread out his hand on all her pleasant things: for she has seen that the heathen entered into her sanctuary, whom you did command that they should not enter into your congregation. -- lamentations 1:10 +. +All her people sigh, they seek bread; they have given their pleasant things for meat to relieve the soul: see, O LORD, and consider; for I am become vile. -- lamentations 1:11 +. +Is it nothing to you, all you that pass by? behold, and see if there be any sorrow like to my sorrow, which is done to me, with which the LORD has afflicted me in the day of his fierce anger. -- lamentations 1:12 +. +From above has he sent fire into my bones, and it prevails against them: he has spread a net for my feet, he has turned me back: he has made me desolate and faint all the day. -- lamentations 1:13 +. +The yoke of my transgressions is bound by his hand: they are wreathed, and come up on my neck: he has made my strength to fall, the LORD has delivered me into their hands, from whom I am not able to rise up. -- lamentations 1:14 +. +The LORD has trodden under foot all my mighty men in the middle of me: he has called an assembly against me to crush my young men: the LORD has trodden the virgin, the daughter of Judah, as in a wine press. -- lamentations 1:15 +. +For these things I weep; my eye, my eye runs down with water, because the comforter that should relieve my soul is far from me: my children are desolate, because the enemy prevailed. -- lamentations 1:16 +. +Zion spreads forth her hands, and there is none to comfort her: the LORD has commanded concerning Jacob, that his adversaries should be round about him: Jerusalem is as a menstruous woman among them. -- lamentations 1:17 +. +The LORD is righteous; for I have rebelled against his commandment: hear, I pray you, all people, and behold my sorrow: my virgins and my young men are gone into captivity. -- lamentations 1:18 +. +I called for my lovers, but they deceived me: my priests and my elders gave up the ghost in the city, while they sought their meat to relieve their souls. -- lamentations 1:19 +. +Behold, O LORD; for I am in distress: my bowels are troubled; my heart is turned within me; for I have grievously rebelled: abroad the sword bereaves, at home there is as death. -- lamentations 1:20 +. +They have heard that I sigh: there is none to comfort me: all my enemies have heard of my trouble; they are glad that you have done it: you will bring the day that you have called, and they shall be like to me. -- lamentations 1:21 +. +Let all their wickedness come before you; and do to them, as you have done to me for all my transgressions: for my sighs are many, and my heart is faint. -- lamentations 1:22 +. +How has the LORD covered the daughter of Zion with a cloud in his anger, and cast down from heaven to the earth the beauty of Israel, and remembered not his footstool in the day of his anger! -- lamentations 2:1 +. +The LORD has swallowed up all the habitations of Jacob, and has not pitied: he has thrown down in his wrath the strong holds of the daughter of Judah; he has brought them down to the ground: he has polluted the kingdom and the princes thereof. -- lamentations 2:2 +. +He has cut off in his fierce anger all the horn of Israel: he has drawn back his right hand from before the enemy, and he burned against Jacob like a flaming fire, which devours round about. -- lamentations 2:3 +. +He has bent his bow like an enemy: he stood with his right hand as an adversary, and slew all that were pleasant to the eye in the tabernacle of the daughter of Zion: he poured out his fury like fire. -- lamentations 2:4 +. +The LORD was as an enemy: he has swallowed up Israel, he has swallowed up all her palaces: he has destroyed his strong holds, and has increased in the daughter of Judah mourning and lamentation. -- lamentations 2:5 +. +And he has violently taken away his tabernacle, as if it were of a garden: he has destroyed his places of the assembly: the LORD has caused the solemn feasts and sabbaths to be forgotten in Zion, and has despised in the indignation of his anger the king and the priest. -- lamentations 2:6 +. +The LORD has cast off his altar, he has abhorred his sanctuary, he has given up into the hand of the enemy the walls of her palaces; they have made a noise in the house of the LORD, as in the day of a solemn feast. -- lamentations 2:7 +. +The LORD has purposed to destroy the wall of the daughter of Zion: he has stretched out a line, he has not withdrawn his hand from destroying: therefore he made the rampart and the wall to lament; they languished together. -- lamentations 2:8 +. +Her gates are sunk into the ground; he has destroyed and broken her bars: her king and her princes are among the Gentiles: the law is no more; her prophets also find no vision from the LORD. -- lamentations 2:9 +. +The elders of the daughter of Zion sit on the ground, and keep silence: they have cast up dust on their heads; they have girded themselves with sackcloth: the virgins of Jerusalem hang down their heads to the ground. -- lamentations 2:10 +. +My eyes do fail with tears, my bowels are troubled, my liver is poured on the earth, for the destruction of the daughter of my people; because the children and the sucklings swoon in the streets of the city. -- lamentations 2:11 +. +They say to their mothers, Where is corn and wine? when they swooned as the wounded in the streets of the city, when their soul was poured out into their mothers'bosom. -- lamentations 2:12 +. +What thing shall I take to witness for you? what thing shall I liken to you, O daughter of Jerusalem? what shall I equal to you, that I may comfort you, O virgin daughter of Zion? for your breach is great like the sea: who can heal you? -- lamentations 2:13 +. +Your prophets have seen vain and foolish things for you: and they have not discovered your iniquity, to turn away your captivity; but have seen for you false burdens and causes of banishment. -- lamentations 2:14 +. +All that pass by clap their hands at you; they hiss and wag their head at the daughter of Jerusalem, saying, Is this the city that men call The perfection of beauty, The joy of the whole earth? -- lamentations 2:15 +. +All your enemies have opened their mouth against you: they hiss and gnash the teeth: they say, We have swallowed her up: certainly this is the day that we looked for; we have found, we have seen it. -- lamentations 2:16 +. +The LORD has done that which he had devised; he has fulfilled his word that he had commanded in the days of old: he has thrown down, and has not pitied: and he has caused your enemy to rejoice over you, he has set up the horn of your adversaries. -- lamentations 2:17 +. +Their heart cried to the LORD, O wall of the daughter of Zion, let tears run down like a river day and night: give yourself no rest; let not the apple of your eye cease. -- lamentations 2:18 +. +Arise, cry out in the night: in the beginning of the watches pour out your heart like water before the face of the LORD: lift up your hands toward him for the life of your young children, that faint for hunger in the top of every street. -- lamentations 2:19 +. +Behold, O LORD, and consider to whom you have done this. Shall the women eat their fruit, and children of a span long? shall the priest and the prophet be slain in the sanctuary of the Lord? -- lamentations 2:20 +. +The young and the old lie on the ground in the streets: my virgins and my young men are fallen by the sword; you have slain them in the day of your anger; you have killed, and not pitied. -- lamentations 2:21 +. +You have called as in a solemn day my terrors round about, so that in the day of the LORD' anger none escaped nor remained: those that I have swaddled and brought up has my enemy consumed. -- lamentations 2:22 +. +I AM the man that has seen affliction by the rod of his wrath. -- lamentations 3:1 +. +He has led me, and brought me into darkness, but not into light. -- lamentations 3:2 +. +Surely against me is he turned; he turns his hand against me all the day. -- lamentations 3:3 +. +My flesh and my skin has he made old; he has broken my bones. -- lamentations 3:4 +. +He has built against me, and compassed me with gall and travail. -- lamentations 3:5 +. +He has set me in dark places, as they that be dead of old. -- lamentations 3:6 +. +He has hedged me about, that I cannot get out: he has made my chain heavy. -- lamentations 3:7 +. +Also when I cry and shout, he shuts out my prayer. -- lamentations 3:8 +. +He has enclosed my ways with hewn stone, he has made my paths crooked. -- lamentations 3:9 +. +He was to me as a bear lying in wait, and as a lion in secret places. -- lamentations 3:10 +. +He has turned aside my ways, and pulled me in pieces: he has made me desolate. -- lamentations 3:11 +. +He has bent his bow, and set me as a mark for the arrow. -- lamentations 3:12 +. +He has caused the arrows of his quiver to enter into my reins. -- lamentations 3:13 +. +I was a derision to all my people; and their song all the day. -- lamentations 3:14 +. +He has filled me with bitterness, he has made me drunken with wormwood. -- lamentations 3:15 +. +He has also broken my teeth with gravel stones, he has covered me with ashes. -- lamentations 3:16 +. +And you have removed my soul far off from peace: I forgot prosperity. -- lamentations 3:17 +. +And I said, My strength and my hope is perished from the LORD: -- lamentations 3:18 +. +Remembering my affliction and my misery, the wormwood and the gall. -- lamentations 3:19 +. +My soul has them still in remembrance, and is humbled in me. -- lamentations 3:20 +. +This I recall to my mind, therefore have I hope. -- lamentations 3:21 +. +It is of the LORD' mercies that we are not consumed, because his compassions fail not. -- lamentations 3:22 +. +They are new every morning: great is your faithfulness. -- lamentations 3:23 +. +The LORD is my portion, said my soul; therefore will I hope in him. -- lamentations 3:24 +. +The LORD is good to them that wait for him, to the soul that seeks him. -- lamentations 3:25 +. +It is good that a man should both hope and quietly wait for the salvation of the LORD. -- lamentations 3:26 +. +It is good for a man that he bear the yoke of his youth. -- lamentations 3:27 +. +He sits alone and keeps silence, because he has borne it on him. -- lamentations 3:28 +. +He puts his mouth in the dust; if so be there may be hope. -- lamentations 3:29 +. +He gives his cheek to him that smites him: he is filled full with reproach. -- lamentations 3:30 +. +For the LORD will not cast off for ever: -- lamentations 3:31 +. +But though he cause grief, yet will he have compassion according to the multitude of his mercies. -- lamentations 3:32 +. +For he does not afflict willingly nor grieve the children of men. -- lamentations 3:33 +. +To crush under his feet all the prisoners of the earth. -- lamentations 3:34 +. +To turn aside the right of a man before the face of the most High, -- lamentations 3:35 +. +To subvert a man in his cause, the LORD approves not. -- lamentations 3:36 +. +Who is he that said, and it comes to pass, when the Lord commands it not? -- lamentations 3:37 +. +Out of the mouth of the most High proceeds not evil and good? -- lamentations 3:38 +. +Why does a living man complain, a man for the punishment of his sins? -- lamentations 3:39 +. +Let us search and try our ways, and turn again to the LORD. -- lamentations 3:40 +. +Let us lift up our heart with our hands to God in the heavens. -- lamentations 3:41 +. +We have transgressed and have rebelled: you have not pardoned. -- lamentations 3:42 +. +You have covered with anger, and persecuted us: you have slain, you have not pitied. -- lamentations 3:43 +. +You have covered yourself with a cloud, that our prayer should not pass through. -- lamentations 3:44 +. +You have made us as the offscouring and refuse in the middle of the people. -- lamentations 3:45 +. +All our enemies have opened their mouths against us. -- lamentations 3:46 +. +Fear and a snare is come on us, desolation and destruction. -- lamentations 3:47 +. +My eye runs down with rivers of water for the destruction of the daughter of my people. -- lamentations 3:48 +. +My eye trickles down, and ceases not, without any intermission. -- lamentations 3:49 +. +Till the LORD look down, and behold from heaven. -- lamentations 3:50 +. +My eye affects my heart because of all the daughters of my city. -- lamentations 3:51 +. +My enemies chased me sore, like a bird, without cause. -- lamentations 3:52 +. +They have cut off my life in the dungeon, and cast a stone on me. -- lamentations 3:53 +. +Waters flowed over my head; then I said, I am cut off. -- lamentations 3:54 +. +I called on your name, O LORD, out of the low dungeon. -- lamentations 3:55 +. +You have heard my voice: hide not your ear at my breathing, at my cry. -- lamentations 3:56 +. +You drew near in the day that I called on you: you said, Fear not. -- lamentations 3:57 +. +O LORD, you have pleaded the causes of my soul; you have redeemed my life. -- lamentations 3:58 +. +O LORD, you have seen my wrong: judge you my cause. -- lamentations 3:59 +. +You have seen all their vengeance and all their imaginations against me. -- lamentations 3:60 +. +You have heard their reproach, O LORD, and all their imaginations against me; -- lamentations 3:61 +. +The lips of those that rose up against me, and their device against me all the day. -- lamentations 3:62 +. +Behold their sitting down, and their rising up; I am their music. -- lamentations 3:63 +. +Render to them a recompense, O LORD, according to the work of their hands. -- lamentations 3:64 +. +Give them sorrow of heart, your curse to them. -- lamentations 3:65 +. +Persecute and destroy them in anger from under the heavens of the LORD. -- lamentations 3:66 +. +How is the gold become dim! how is the most fine gold changed! the stones of the sanctuary are poured out in the top of every street. -- lamentations 4:1 +. +The precious sons of Zion, comparable to fine gold, how are they esteemed as earthen pitchers, the work of the hands of the potter! -- lamentations 4:2 +. +Even the sea monsters draw out the breast, they give suck to their young ones: the daughter of my people is become cruel, like the ostriches in the wilderness. -- lamentations 4:3 +. +The tongue of the sucking child sticks to the roof of his mouth for thirst: the young children ask bread, and no man breaks it to them. -- lamentations 4:4 +. +They that did feed delicately are desolate in the streets: they that were brought up in scarlet embrace dunghills. -- lamentations 4:5 +. +For the punishment of the iniquity of the daughter of my people is greater than the punishment of the sin of Sodom, that was overthrown as in a moment, and no hands stayed on her. -- lamentations 4:6 +. +Her Nazarites were purer than snow, they were whiter than milk, they were more ruddy in body than rubies, their polishing was of sapphire: -- lamentations 4:7 +. +Their visage is blacker than a coal; they are not known in the streets: their skin sticks to their bones; it is withered, it is become like a stick. -- lamentations 4:8 +. +They that be slain with the sword are better than they that be slain with hunger: for these pine away, stricken through for want of the fruits of the field. -- lamentations 4:9 +. +The hands of the pitiful women have sodden their own children: they were their meat in the destruction of the daughter of my people. -- lamentations 4:10 +. +The LORD has accomplished his fury; he has poured out his fierce anger, and has kindled a fire in Zion, and it has devoured the foundations thereof. -- lamentations 4:11 +. +The kings of the earth, and all the inhabitants of the world, would not have believed that the adversary and the enemy should have entered into the gates of Jerusalem. -- lamentations 4:12 +. +For the sins of her prophets, and the iniquities of her priests, that have shed the blood of the just in the middle of her, -- lamentations 4:13 +. +They have wandered as blind men in the streets, they have polluted themselves with blood, so that men could not touch their garments. -- lamentations 4:14 +. +They cried to them, Depart you; it is unclean; depart, depart, touch not: when they fled away and wandered, they said among the heathen, They shall no more sojourn there. -- lamentations 4:15 +. +The anger of the LORD has divided them; he will no more regard them: they respected not the persons of the priests, they favored not the elders. -- lamentations 4:16 +. +As for us, our eyes as yet failed for our vain help: in our watching we have watched for a nation that could not save us. -- lamentations 4:17 +. +They hunt our steps, that we cannot go in our streets: our end is near, our days are fulfilled; for our end is come. -- lamentations 4:18 +. +Our persecutors are swifter than the eagles of the heaven: they pursued us on the mountains, they laid wait for us in the wilderness. -- lamentations 4:19 +. +The breath of our nostrils, the anointed of the LORD, was taken in their pits, of whom we said, Under his shadow we shall live among the heathen. -- lamentations 4:20 +. +Rejoice and be glad, O daughter of Edom, that dwell in the land of Uz; the cup also shall pass through to you: you shall be drunken, and shall make yourself naked. -- lamentations 4:21 +. +The punishment of your iniquity is accomplished, O daughter of Zion; he will no more carry you away into captivity: he will visit your iniquity, O daughter of Edom; he will discover your sins. -- lamentations 4:22 +. +Remember, O LORD, what is come on us: consider, and behold our reproach. -- lamentations 5:1 +. +Our inheritance is turned to strangers, our houses to aliens. -- lamentations 5:2 +. +We are orphans and fatherless, our mothers are as widows. -- lamentations 5:3 +. +We have drunken our water for money; our wood is sold to us. -- lamentations 5:4 +. +Our necks are under persecution: we labor, and have no rest. -- lamentations 5:5 +. +We have given the hand to the Egyptians, and to the Assyrians, to be satisfied with bread. -- lamentations 5:6 +. +Our fathers have sinned, and are not; and we have borne their iniquities. -- lamentations 5:7 +. +Servants have ruled over us: there is none that does deliver us out of their hand. -- lamentations 5:8 +. +We got our bread with the peril of our lives because of the sword of the wilderness. -- lamentations 5:9 +. +Our skin was black like an oven because of the terrible famine. -- lamentations 5:10 +. +They ravished the women in Zion, and the maids in the cities of Judah. -- lamentations 5:11 +. +Princes are hanged up by their hand: the faces of elders were not honored. -- lamentations 5:12 +. +They took the young men to grind, and the children fell under the wood. -- lamentations 5:13 +. +The elders have ceased from the gate, the young men from their music. -- lamentations 5:14 +. +The joy of our heart is ceased; our dance is turned into mourning. -- lamentations 5:15 +. +The crown is fallen from our head: woe to us, that we have sinned! -- lamentations 5:16 +. +For this our heart is faint; for these things our eyes are dim. -- lamentations 5:17 +. +Because of the mountain of Zion, which is desolate, the foxes walk on it. -- lamentations 5:18 +. +You, O LORD, remain for ever; your throne from generation to generation. -- lamentations 5:19 +. +Why do you forget us for ever, and forsake us so long time? -- lamentations 5:20 +. +Turn you us to you, O LORD, and we shall be turned; renew our days as of old. -- lamentations 5:21 +. +But you have utterly rejected us; you are very wroth against us. -- lamentations 5:22 +. +Now it came to pass in the thirtieth year, in the fourth month, in the fifth day of the month, as I was among the captives by the river of Chebar, that the heavens were opened, and I saw visions of God. -- ezekiel 1:1 +. +In the fifth day of the month, which was the fifth year of king Jehoiachin' captivity, -- ezekiel 1:2 +. +The word of the LORD came expressly to Ezekiel the priest, the son of Buzi, in the land of the Chaldeans by the river Chebar; and the hand of the LORD was there on him. -- ezekiel 1:3 +. +And I looked, and, behold, a whirlwind came out of the north, a great cloud, and a fire enfolding itself, and a brightness was about it, and out of the middle thereof as the color of amber, out of the middle of the fire. -- ezekiel 1:4 +. +Also out of the middle thereof came the likeness of four living creatures. And this was their appearance; they had the likeness of a man. -- ezekiel 1:5 +. +And every one had four faces, and every one had four wings. -- ezekiel 1:6 +. +And their feet were straight feet; and the sole of their feet was like the sole of a calf' foot: and they sparkled like the color of burnished brass. -- ezekiel 1:7 +. +And they had the hands of a man under their wings on their four sides; and they four had their faces and their wings. -- ezekiel 1:8 +. +Their wings were joined one to another; they turned not when they went; they went every one straight forward. -- ezekiel 1:9 +. +As for the likeness of their faces, they four had the face of a man, and the face of a lion, on the right side: and they four had the face of an ox on the left side; they four also had the face of an eagle. -- ezekiel 1:10 +. +Thus were their faces: and their wings were stretched upward; two wings of every one were joined one to another, and two covered their bodies. -- ezekiel 1:11 +. +And they went every one straight forward: where the spirit was to go, they went; and they turned not when they went. -- ezekiel 1:12 +. +As for the likeness of the living creatures, their appearance was like burning coals of fire, and like the appearance of lamps: it went up and down among the living creatures; and the fire was bright, and out of the fire went forth lightning. -- ezekiel 1:13 +. +And the living creatures ran and returned as the appearance of a flash of lightning. -- ezekiel 1:14 +. +Now as I beheld the living creatures, behold one wheel on the earth by the living creatures, with his four faces. -- ezekiel 1:15 +. +The appearance of the wheels and their work was like to the color of a beryl: and they four had one likeness: and their appearance and their work was as it were a wheel in the middle of a wheel. -- ezekiel 1:16 +. +When they went, they went on their four sides: and they turned not when they went. -- ezekiel 1:17 +. +As for their rings, they were so high that they were dreadful; and their rings were full of eyes round about them four. -- ezekiel 1:18 +. +And when the living creatures went, the wheels went by them: and when the living creatures were lifted up from the earth, the wheels were lifted up. -- ezekiel 1:19 +. +Wherever the spirit was to go, they went, thither was their spirit to go; and the wheels were lifted up over against them: for the spirit of the living creature was in the wheels. -- ezekiel 1:20 +. +When those went, these went; and when those stood, these stood; and when those were lifted up from the earth, the wheels were lifted up over against them: for the spirit of the living creature was in the wheels. -- ezekiel 1:21 +. +And the likeness of the firmament on the heads of the living creature was as the color of the terrible crystal, stretched forth over their heads above. -- ezekiel 1:22 +. +And under the firmament were their wings straight, the one toward the other: every one had two, which covered on this side, and every one had two, which covered on that side, their bodies. -- ezekiel 1:23 +. +And when they went, I heard the noise of their wings, like the noise of great waters, as the voice of the Almighty, the voice of speech, as the noise of an host: when they stood, they let down their wings. -- ezekiel 1:24 +. +And there was a voice from the firmament that was over their heads, when they stood, and had let down their wings. -- ezekiel 1:25 +. +And above the firmament that was over their heads was the likeness of a throne, as the appearance of a sapphire stone: and on the likeness of the throne was the likeness as the appearance of a man above on it. -- ezekiel 1:26 +. +And I saw as the color of amber, as the appearance of fire round about within it, from the appearance of his loins even upward, and from the appearance of his loins even downward, I saw as it were the appearance of fire, and it had brightness round about. -- ezekiel 1:27 +. +As the appearance of the bow that is in the cloud in the day of rain, so was the appearance of the brightness round about. This was the appearance of the likeness of the glory of the LORD. And when I saw it, I fell on my face, and I heard a voice of one that spoke. -- ezekiel 1:28 +. +And he said to me, Son of man, stand on your feet, and I will speak to you. -- ezekiel 2:1 +. +And the spirit entered into me when he spoke to me, and set me on my feet, that I heard him that spoke to me. -- ezekiel 2:2 +. +And he said to me, Son of man, I send you to the children of Israel, to a rebellious nation that has rebelled against me: they and their fathers have transgressed against me, even to this very day. -- ezekiel 2:3 +. +For they are impudent children and stiff hearted. I do send you to them; and you shall say to them, Thus said the Lord GOD. -- ezekiel 2:4 +. +And they, whether they will hear, or whether they will forbear, (for they are a rebellious house,) yet shall know that there has been a prophet among them. -- ezekiel 2:5 +. +And you, son of man, be not afraid of them, neither be afraid of their words, though briers and thorns be with you, and you do dwell among scorpions: be not afraid of their words, nor be dismayed at their looks, though they be a rebellious house. -- ezekiel 2:6 +. +And you shall speak my words to them, whether they will hear, or whether they will forbear: for they are most rebellious. -- ezekiel 2:7 +. +But you, son of man, hear what I say to you; Be not you rebellious like that rebellious house: open your mouth, and eat that I give you. -- ezekiel 2:8 +. +And when I looked, behold, an hand was sent to me; and, see, a roll of a book was therein; -- ezekiel 2:9 +. +And he spread it before me; and it was written within and without: and there was written therein lamentations, and mourning, and woe. -- ezekiel 2:10 +. +Moreover he said to me, Son of man, eat that you find; eat this roll, and go speak to the house of Israel. -- ezekiel 3:1 +. +So I opened my mouth, and he caused me to eat that roll. -- ezekiel 3:2 +. +And he said to me, Son of man, cause your belly to eat, and fill your bowels with this roll that I give you. Then did I eat it; and it was in my mouth as honey for sweetness. -- ezekiel 3:3 +. +And he said to me, Son of man, go, get you to the house of Israel, and speak with my words to them. -- ezekiel 3:4 +. +For you are not sent to a people of a strange speech and of an hard language, but to the house of Israel; -- ezekiel 3:5 +. +Not to many people of a strange speech and of an hard language, whose words you can not understand. Surely, had I sent you to them, they would have listened to you. -- ezekiel 3:6 +. +But the house of Israel will not listen to you; for they will not listen to me: for all the house of Israel are impudent and hardhearted. -- ezekiel 3:7 +. +Behold, I have made your face strong against their faces, and your forehead strong against their foreheads. -- ezekiel 3:8 +. +As an adamant harder than flint have I made your forehead: fear them not, neither be dismayed at their looks, though they be a rebellious house. -- ezekiel 3:9 +. +Moreover he said to me, Son of man, all my words that I shall speak to you receive in your heart, and hear with your ears. -- ezekiel 3:10 +. +And go, get you to them of the captivity, to the children of your people, and speak to them, and tell them, Thus said the Lord GOD; whether they will hear, or whether they will forbear. -- ezekiel 3:11 +. +Then the spirit took me up, and I heard behind me a voice of a great rushing, saying, Blessed be the glory of the LORD from his place. -- ezekiel 3:12 +. +I heard also the noise of the wings of the living creatures that touched one another, and the noise of the wheels over against them, and a noise of a great rushing. -- ezekiel 3:13 +. +So the spirit lifted me up, and took me away, and I went in bitterness, in the heat of my spirit; but the hand of the LORD was strong on me. -- ezekiel 3:14 +. +Then I came to them of the captivity at Telabib, that dwelled by the river of Chebar, and I sat where they sat, and remained there astonished among them seven days. -- ezekiel 3:15 +. +And it came to pass at the end of seven days, that the word of the LORD came to me, saying, -- ezekiel 3:16 +. +Son of man, I have made you a watchman to the house of Israel: therefore hear the word at my mouth, and give them warning from me. -- ezekiel 3:17 +. +When I say to the wicked, You shall surely die; and you give him not warning, nor speak to warn the wicked from his wicked way, to save his life; the same wicked man shall die in his iniquity; but his blood will I require at your hand. -- ezekiel 3:18 +. +Yet if you warn the wicked, and he turn not from his wickedness, nor from his wicked way, he shall die in his iniquity; but you have delivered your soul. -- ezekiel 3:19 +. +Again, When a righteous man does turn from his righteousness, and commit iniquity, and I lay a stumbling-block before him, he shall die: because you have not given him warning, he shall die in his sin, and his righteousness which he has done shall not be remembered; but his blood will I require at your hand. -- ezekiel 3:20 +. +Nevertheless if you warn the righteous man, that the righteous sin not, and he does not sin, he shall surely live, because he is warned; also you have delivered your soul. -- ezekiel 3:21 +. +And the hand of the LORD was there on me; and he said to me, Arise, go forth into the plain, and I will there talk with you. -- ezekiel 3:22 +. +Then I arose, and went forth into the plain: and, behold, the glory of the LORD stood there, as the glory which I saw by the river of Chebar: and I fell on my face. -- ezekiel 3:23 +. +Then the spirit entered into me, and set me on my feet, and spoke with me, and said to me, Go, shut yourself within your house. -- ezekiel 3:24 +. +But you, O son of man, behold, they shall put bands on you, and shall bind you with them, and you shall not go out among them: -- ezekiel 3:25 +. +And I will make your tongue sticks to the roof of your mouth, that you shall be dumb, and shall not be to them a reprover: for they are a rebellious house. -- ezekiel 3:26 +. +But when I speak with you, I will open your mouth, and you shall say to them, Thus said the Lord GOD; He that hears, let him hear; and he that declines, let him forbear: for they are a rebellious house. -- ezekiel 3:27 +. +You also, son of man, take you a tile, and lay it before you, and portray on it the city, even Jerusalem: -- ezekiel 4:1 +. +And lay siege against it, and build a fort against it, and cast a mount against it; set the camp also against it, and set battering rams against it round about. -- ezekiel 4:2 +. +Moreover take you to you an iron pan, and set it for a wall of iron between you and the city: and set your face against it, and it shall be besieged, and you shall lay siege against it. This shall be a sign to the house of Israel. -- ezekiel 4:3 +. +Lie you also on your left side, and lay the iniquity of the house of Israel on it: according to the number of the days that you shall lie on it you shall bear their iniquity. -- ezekiel 4:4 +. +For I have laid on you the years of their iniquity, according to the number of the days, three hundred and ninety days: so shall you bear the iniquity of the house of Israel. -- ezekiel 4:5 +. +And when you have accomplished them, lie again on your right side, and you shall bear the iniquity of the house of Judah forty days: I have appointed you each day for a year. -- ezekiel 4:6 +. +Therefore you shall set your face toward the siege of Jerusalem, and your arm shall be uncovered, and you shall prophesy against it. -- ezekiel 4:7 +. +And, behold, I will lay bands on you, and you shall not turn you from one side to another, till you have ended the days of your siege. -- ezekiel 4:8 +. +Take you also to you wheat, and barley, and beans, and lentils, and millet, and fitches, and put them in one vessel, and make you bread thereof, according to the number of the days that you shall lie on your side, three hundred and ninety days shall you eat thereof. -- ezekiel 4:9 +. +And your meat which you shall eat shall be by weight, twenty shekels a day: from time to time shall you eat it. -- ezekiel 4:10 +. +You shall drink also water by measure, the sixth part of an hin: from time to time shall you drink. -- ezekiel 4:11 +. +And you shall eat it as barley cakes, and you shall bake it with dung that comes out of man, in their sight. -- ezekiel 4:12 +. +And the LORD said, Even thus shall the children of Israel eat their defiled bread among the Gentiles, where I will drive them. -- ezekiel 4:13 +. +Then said I, Ah Lord GOD! behold, my soul has not been polluted: for from my youth up even till now have I not eaten of that which dies of itself, or is torn in pieces; neither came there abominable flesh into my mouth. -- ezekiel 4:14 +. +Then he said to me, See, I have given you cow' dung for man' dung, and you shall prepare your bread therewith. -- ezekiel 4:15 +. +Moreover he said to me, Son of man, behold, I will break the staff of bread in Jerusalem: and they shall eat bread by weight, and with care; and they shall drink water by measure, and with astonishment: -- ezekiel 4:16 +. +That they may want bread and water, and be astonished one with another, and consume away for their iniquity. -- ezekiel 4:17 +. +And you, son of man, take you a sharp knife, take you a barber' razor, and cause it to pass on your head and on your beard: then take you balances to weigh, and divide the hair. -- ezekiel 5:1 +. +You shall burn with fire a third part in the middle of the city, when the days of the siege are fulfilled: and you shall take a third part, and smite about it with a knife: and a third part you shall scatter in the wind; and I will draw out a sword after them. -- ezekiel 5:2 +. +You shall also take thereof a few in number, and bind them in your skirts. -- ezekiel 5:3 +. +Then take of them again, and cast them into the middle of the fire, and burn them in the fire; for thereof shall a fire come forth into all the house of Israel. -- ezekiel 5:4 +. +Thus said the Lord GOD; This is Jerusalem: I have set it in the middle of the nations and countries that are round about her. -- ezekiel 5:5 +. +And she has changed my judgments into wickedness more than the nations, and my statutes more than the countries that are round about her: for they have refused my judgments and my statutes, they have not walked in them. -- ezekiel 5:6 +. +Therefore thus said the Lord GOD; Because you multiplied more than the nations that are round about 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 round about you; -- ezekiel 5:7 +. +Therefore thus said the Lord GOD; Behold, I, even I, am against you, and will execute judgments in the middle of you in the sight of the nations. -- ezekiel 5:8 +. +And I will do in you that which I have not done, and whereunto I will not do any more the like, because of all your abominations. -- ezekiel 5:9 +. +Therefore the fathers shall eat the sons in the middle of you, and the sons shall eat their fathers; and I will execute judgments in you, and the whole remnant of you will I scatter into all the winds. -- ezekiel 5:10 +. +Why, as I live, said the Lord GOD; Surely, because you have defiled my sanctuary with all your detestable things, and with all your abominations, therefore will I also diminish you; neither shall my eye spare, neither will I have any pity. -- ezekiel 5:11 +. +A third part of you shall die with the pestilence, and with famine shall they be consumed in the middle of you: and a third part shall fall by the sword round about you; and I will scatter a third part into all the winds, and I will draw out a sword after them. -- ezekiel 5:12 +. +Thus shall my anger be accomplished, and I will cause my fury to rest on them, and I will be comforted: and they shall know that I the LORD have spoken it in my zeal, when I have accomplished my fury in them. -- ezekiel 5:13 +. +Moreover I will make you waste, and a reproach among the nations that are round about you, in the sight of all that pass by. -- ezekiel 5:14 +. +So it shall be a reproach and a taunt, an instruction and an astonishment to the nations that are round about you, when I shall execute judgments in you in anger and in fury and in furious rebukes. I the LORD have spoken it. -- ezekiel 5:15 +. +When I shall send on them the evil arrows of famine, which shall be for their destruction, and which I will send to destroy you: and I will increase the famine on you, and will break your staff of bread: -- ezekiel 5:16 +. +So will I send on you famine and evil beasts, and they shall bereave you: and pestilence and blood shall pass through you; and I will bring the sword on you. I the LORD have spoken it. -- ezekiel 5:17 +. +And the word of the LORD came to me, saying, -- ezekiel 6:1 +. +Son of man, set your face toward the mountains of Israel, and prophesy against them, -- ezekiel 6:2 +. +And say, You mountains of Israel, hear the word of the Lord GOD; Thus said the Lord GOD to the mountains, and to the hills, to the rivers, and to the valleys; Behold, I, even I, will bring a sword on you, and I will destroy your high places. -- ezekiel 6:3 +. +And your altars shall be desolate, and your images shall be broken: and I will cast down your slain men before your idols. -- ezekiel 6:4 +. +And I will lay the dead carcasses of the children of Israel before their idols; and I will scatter your bones round about your altars. -- ezekiel 6:5 +. +In all your dwelling places the cities shall be laid waste, and the high places shall be desolate; that your altars may be laid waste and made desolate, and your idols may be broken and cease, and your images may be cut down, and your works may be abolished. -- ezekiel 6:6 +. +And the slain shall fall in the middle of you, and you shall know that I am the LORD. -- ezekiel 6:7 +. +Yet will I leave a remnant, that you may have some that shall escape the sword among the nations, when you shall be scattered through the countries. -- ezekiel 6:8 +. +And they that escape of you shall remember me among the nations where they shall be carried captives, because I am broken with their whorish heart, which has departed from me, and with their eyes, which go a whoring after their idols: and they shall loathe themselves for the evils which they have committed in all their abominations. -- ezekiel 6:9 +. +And they shall know that I am the LORD, and that I have not said in vain that I would do this evil to them. -- ezekiel 6:10 +. +Thus said the Lord GOD; Smite with your hand, and stamp with your foot, and say, Alas for all the evil abominations of the house of Israel! for they shall fall by the sword, by the famine, and by the pestilence. -- ezekiel 6:11 +. +He that is far off shall die of the pestilence; and he that is near shall fall by the sword; and he that remains and is besieged shall die by the famine: thus will I accomplish my fury on them. -- ezekiel 6:12 +. +Then shall you know that I am the LORD, when their slain men shall be among their idols round about their altars, on every high hill, in all the tops of the mountains, and under every green tree, and under every thick oak, the place where they did offer sweet smell to all their idols. -- ezekiel 6:13 +. +So will I stretch out my hand on them, and make the land desolate, yes, more desolate than the wilderness toward Diblath, in all their habitations: and they shall know that I am the LORD. -- ezekiel 6:14 +. +Moreover the word of the LORD came to me, saying, -- ezekiel 7:1 +. +Also, you son of man, thus said the Lord GOD to the land of Israel; An end, the end is come on the four corners of the land. -- ezekiel 7:2 +. +Now is the end come on you, and I will send my anger on you, and will judge you according to your ways, and will recompense on you all your abominations. -- ezekiel 7:3 +. +And my eye shall not spare you, neither will I have pity: but I will recompense your ways on you, and your abominations shall be in the middle of you: and you shall know that I am the LORD. -- ezekiel 7:4 +. +Thus said the Lord GOD; An evil, an only evil, behold, is come. -- ezekiel 7:5 +. +An end is come, the end is come: it watches for you; behold, it is come. -- ezekiel 7:6 +. +The morning is come to you, O you that dwell in the land: the time is come, the day of trouble is near, and not the sounding again of the mountains. -- ezekiel 7:7 +. +Now will I shortly pour out my fury on you, and accomplish my anger on you: and I will judge you according to your ways, and will recompense you for all your abominations. -- ezekiel 7:8 +. +And my eye shall not spare, neither will I have pity: I will recompense you according to your ways and your abominations that are in the middle of you; and you shall know that I am the LORD that smites. -- ezekiel 7:9 +. +Behold the day, behold, it is come: the morning is gone forth; the rod has blossomed, pride has budded. -- ezekiel 7:10 +. +Violence is risen up into a rod of wickedness: none of them shall remain, nor of their multitude, nor of any of their': neither shall there be wailing for them. -- ezekiel 7:11 +. +The time is come, the day draws near: let not the buyer rejoice, nor the seller mourn: for wrath is on all the multitude thereof. -- ezekiel 7:12 +. +For the seller shall not return to that which is sold, although they were yet alive: for the vision is touching the whole multitude thereof, which shall not return; neither shall any strengthen himself in the iniquity of his life. -- ezekiel 7:13 +. +They have blown the trumpet, even to make all ready; but none goes to the battle: for my wrath is on all the multitude thereof. -- ezekiel 7:14 +. +The sword is without, and the pestilence and the famine within: he that is in the field shall die with the sword; and he that is in the city, famine and pestilence shall devour him. -- ezekiel 7:15 +. +But they that escape of them shall escape, and shall be on the mountains like doves of the valleys, all of them mourning, every one for his iniquity. -- ezekiel 7:16 +. +All hands shall be feeble, and all knees shall be weak as water. -- ezekiel 7:17 +. +They shall also gird themselves with sackcloth, and horror shall cover them; and shame shall be on all faces, and baldness on all their heads. -- ezekiel 7:18 +. +They shall cast their silver in the streets, and their gold shall be removed: their silver and their gold shall not be able to deliver them in the day of the wrath of the LORD: they shall not satisfy their souls, neither fill their bowels: because it is the stumbling block of their iniquity. -- ezekiel 7:19 +. +As for the beauty of his ornament, he set it in majesty: but they made the images of their abominations and of their detestable things therein: therefore have I set it far from them. -- ezekiel 7:20 +. +And I will give it into the hands of the strangers for a prey, and to the wicked of the earth for a spoil; and they shall pollute it. -- ezekiel 7:21 +. +My face will I turn also from them, and they shall pollute my secret place: for the robbers shall enter into it, and defile it. -- ezekiel 7:22 +. +Make a chain: for the land is full of bloody crimes, and the city is full of violence. -- ezekiel 7:23 +. +Why I will bring the worst of the heathen, and they shall possess their houses: I will also make the pomp of the strong to cease; and their holy places shall be defiled. -- ezekiel 7:24 +. +Destruction comes; and they shall seek peace, and there shall be none. -- ezekiel 7:25 +. +Mischief shall come on mischief, and rumor shall be on rumor; then shall they seek a vision of the prophet; but the law shall perish from the priest, and counsel from the ancients. -- ezekiel 7:26 +. +The king shall mourn, and the prince shall be clothed with desolation, and the hands of the people of the land shall be troubled: I will do to them after their way, and according to their deserts will I judge them; and they shall know that I am the LORD. -- ezekiel 7:27 +. +And it came to pass in the sixth year, in the sixth month, in the fifth day of the month, as I sat in my house, and the elders of Judah sat before me, that the hand of the Lord GOD fell there on me. -- ezekiel 8:1 +. +Then I beheld, and see a likeness as the appearance of fire: from the appearance of his loins even downward, fire; and from his loins even upward, as the appearance of brightness, as the color of amber. -- ezekiel 8:2 +. +And he put forth the form of an hand, and took me by a lock of my head; and the spirit lifted me up between the earth and the heaven, and brought me in the visions of God to Jerusalem, to the door of the inner gate that looks toward the north; where was the seat of the image of jealousy, which provokes to jealousy. -- ezekiel 8:3 +. +And, behold, the glory of the God of Israel was there, according to the vision that I saw in the plain. -- ezekiel 8:4 +. +Then said he to me, Son of man, lift up your eyes now the way toward the north. So I lifted up my eyes the way toward the north, and behold northward at the gate of the altar this image of jealousy in the entry. -- ezekiel 8:5 +. +He said furthermore to me, Son of man, see you what they do? even the great abominations that the house of Israel commits here, that I should go far off from my sanctuary? but turn you yet again, and you shall see greater abominations. -- ezekiel 8:6 +. +And he brought me to the door of the court; and when I looked, behold a hole in the wall. -- ezekiel 8:7 +. +Then said he to me, Son of man, dig now in the wall: and when I had dig in the wall, behold a door. -- ezekiel 8:8 +. +And he said to me, Go in, and behold the wicked abominations that they do here. -- ezekiel 8:9 +. +So I went in and saw; and behold every form of creeping things, and abominable beasts, and all the idols of the house of Israel, portrayed on the wall round about. -- ezekiel 8:10 +. +And there stood before them seventy men of the ancients of the house of Israel, and in the middle of them stood Jaazaniah the son of Shaphan, with every man his censer in his hand; and a thick cloud of incense went up. -- ezekiel 8:11 +. +Then said he to me, Son of man, have you seen what the ancients of the house of Israel do in the dark, every man in the chambers of his imagery? for they say, the LORD sees us not; the LORD has forsaken the earth. -- ezekiel 8:12 +. +He said also to me, Turn you yet again, and you shall see greater abominations that they do. -- ezekiel 8:13 +. +Then he brought me to the door of the gate of the LORD' house which was toward the north; and, behold, there sat women weeping for Tammuz. -- ezekiel 8:14 +. +Then said he to me, Have you seen this, O son of man? turn you yet again, and you shall see greater abominations than these. -- ezekiel 8:15 +. +And he brought me into the inner court of the LORD' house, and, behold, at the door of the temple of the LORD, between the porch and the altar, were about five and twenty men, with their backs toward the temple of the LORD, and their faces toward the east; and they worshipped the sun toward the east. -- ezekiel 8:16 +. +Then he said to me, Have you seen this, O son of man? Is it a light thing to the house of Judah that they commit the abominations which they commit here? for they have filled the land with violence, and have returned to provoke me to anger: and, see, they put the branch to their nose. -- ezekiel 8:17 +. +Therefore will I also deal in fury: my eye shall not spare, neither will I have pity: and though they cry in my ears with a loud voice, yet will I not hear them. -- ezekiel 8:18 +. +He cried also in my ears with a loud voice, saying, Cause them that have charge over the city to draw near, even every man with his destroying weapon in his hand. -- ezekiel 9:1 +. +And, behold, six men came from the way of the higher gate, which lies toward the north, and every man a slaughter weapon in his hand; and one man among them was clothed with linen, with a writer' inkhorn by his side: and they went in, and stood beside the brazen altar. -- ezekiel 9:2 +. +And the glory of the God of Israel was gone up from the cherub, whereupon he was, to the threshold of the house. And he called to the man clothed with linen, which had the writer' inkhorn by his side; -- ezekiel 9:3 +. +And the LORD said to him, Go through the middle of the city, through the middle of Jerusalem, and set a mark on the foreheads of the men that sigh and that cry for all the abominations that be done in the middle thereof. -- ezekiel 9:4 +. +And to the others he said in my hearing, Go you after him through the city, and smite: let not your eye spare, neither have you pity: -- ezekiel 9:5 +. +Slay utterly old and young, both maids, and little children, and women: but come not near any man on whom is the mark; and begin at my sanctuary. Then they began at the ancient men which were before the house. -- ezekiel 9:6 +. +And he said to them, Defile the house, and fill the courts with the slain: go you forth. And they went forth, and slew in the city. -- ezekiel 9:7 +. +And it came to pass, while they were slaying them, and I was left, that I fell on my face, and cried, and said, Ah Lord GOD! will you destroy all the residue of Israel in your pouring out of your fury on Jerusalem? -- ezekiel 9:8 +. +Then said he to me, The iniquity of the house of Israel and Judah is exceeding great, and the land is full of blood, and the city full of perverseness: for they say, The LORD has forsaken the earth, and the LORD sees not. -- ezekiel 9:9 +. +And as for me also, my eye shall not spare, neither will I have pity, but I will recompense their way on their head. -- ezekiel 9:10 +. +And, behold, the man clothed with linen, which had the inkhorn by his side, reported the matter, saying, I have done as you have commanded me. -- ezekiel 9:11 +. +Then I looked, and, behold, in the firmament that was above the head of the cherubim there appeared over them as it were a sapphire stone, as the appearance of the likeness of a throne. -- ezekiel 10:1 +. +And he spoke to the man clothed with linen, and said, Go in between the wheels, even under the cherub, and fill your hand with coals of fire from between the cherubim, and scatter them over the city. And he went in in my sight. -- ezekiel 10:2 +. +Now the cherubim stood on the right side of the house, when the man went in; and the cloud filled the inner court. -- ezekiel 10:3 +. +Then the glory of the LORD went up from the cherub, and stood over the threshold of the house; and the house was filled with the cloud, and the court was full of the brightness of the LORD' glory. -- ezekiel 10:4 +. +And the sound of the cherubims'wings was heard even to the outer court, as the voice of the Almighty God when he speaks. -- ezekiel 10:5 +. +And it came to pass, that when he had commanded the man clothed with linen, saying, Take fire from between the wheels, from between the cherubim; then he went in, and stood beside the wheels. -- ezekiel 10:6 +. +And one cherub stretched forth his hand from between the cherubim to the fire that was between the cherubim, and took thereof, and put it into the hands of him that was clothed with linen: who took it, and went out. -- ezekiel 10:7 +. +And there appeared in the cherubim the form of a man' hand under their wings. -- ezekiel 10:8 +. +And when I looked, behold the four wheels by the cherubim, one wheel by one cherub, and another wheel by another cherub: and the appearance of the wheels was as the color of a beryl stone. -- ezekiel 10:9 +. +And as for their appearances, they four had one likeness, as if a wheel had been in the middle of a wheel. -- ezekiel 10:10 +. +When they went, they went on their four sides; they turned not as they went, but to the place where the head looked they followed it; they turned not as they went. -- ezekiel 10:11 +. +And their whole body, and their backs, and their hands, and their wings, and the wheels, were full of eyes round about, even the wheels that they four had. -- ezekiel 10:12 +. +As for the wheels, it was cried to them in my hearing, O wheel. -- ezekiel 10:13 +. +And every one had four faces: the first face was the face of a cherub, and the second face was the face of a man, and the third the face of a lion, and the fourth the face of an eagle. -- ezekiel 10:14 +. +And the cherubim were lifted up. This is the living creature that I saw by the river of Chebar. -- ezekiel 10:15 +. +And when the cherubim went, the wheels went by them: and when the cherubim lifted up their wings to mount up from the earth, the same wheels also turned not from beside them. -- ezekiel 10:16 +. +When they stood, these stood; and when they were lifted up, these lifted up themselves also: for the spirit of the living creature was in them. -- ezekiel 10:17 +. +Then the glory of the LORD departed from off the threshold of the house, and stood over the cherubim. -- ezekiel 10:18 +. +And the cherubim lifted up their wings, and mounted up from the earth in my sight: when they went out, the wheels also were beside them, and every one stood at the door of the east gate of the LORD' house; and the glory of the God of Israel was over them above. -- ezekiel 10:19 +. +This is the living creature that I saw under the God of Israel by the river of Chebar; and I knew that they were the cherubim. -- ezekiel 10:20 +. +Every one had four faces apiece, and every one four wings; and the likeness of the hands of a man was under their wings. -- ezekiel 10:21 +. +And the likeness of their faces was the same faces which I saw by the river of Chebar, their appearances and themselves: they went every one straight forward. -- ezekiel 10:22 +. +Moreover the spirit lifted me up, and brought me to the east gate of the LORD' house, which looks eastward: and behold at the door of the gate five and twenty men; among whom I saw Jaazaniah the son of Azur, and Pelatiah the son of Benaiah, princes of the people. -- ezekiel 11:1 +. +Then said he to me, Son of man, these are the men that devise mischief, and give wicked counsel in this city: -- ezekiel 11:2 +. +Which say, It is not near; let us build houses: this city is the caldron, and we be the flesh. -- ezekiel 11:3 +. +Therefore prophesy against them, prophesy, O son of man. -- ezekiel 11:4 +. +And the Spirit of the LORD fell on me, and said to me, Speak; Thus said the LORD; Thus have you said, O house of Israel: for I know the things that come into your mind, every one of them. -- ezekiel 11:5 +. +You have multiplied your slain in this city, and you have filled the streets thereof with the slain. -- ezekiel 11:6 +. +Therefore thus said the Lord GOD; Your slain whom you have laid in the middle of it, they are the flesh, and this city is the caldron: but I will bring you forth out of the middle of it. -- ezekiel 11:7 +. +You have feared the sword; and I will bring a sword on you, said the Lord GOD. -- ezekiel 11:8 +. +And I will bring you out of the middle thereof, and deliver you into the hands of strangers, and will execute judgments among you. -- ezekiel 11:9 +. +You shall fall by the sword; I will judge you in the border of Israel; and you shall know that I am the LORD. -- ezekiel 11:10 +. +This city shall not be your caldron, neither shall you be the flesh in the middle thereof; but I will judge you in the border of Israel: -- ezekiel 11:11 +. +And you shall know that I am the LORD: for you have not walked in my statutes, neither executed my judgments, but have done after the manners of the heathen that are round about you. -- ezekiel 11:12 +. +And it came to pass, when I prophesied, that Pelatiah the son of Benaiah died. Then fell I down on my face, and cried with a loud voice, and said, Ah Lord GOD! will you make a full end of the remnant of Israel? -- ezekiel 11:13 +. +Again the word of the LORD came to me, saying, -- ezekiel 11:14 +. +Son of man, your brothers, even your brothers, the men of your kindred, and all the house of Israel wholly, are they to whom the inhabitants of Jerusalem have said, Get you far from the LORD: to us is this land given in possession. -- ezekiel 11:15 +. +Therefore say, Thus said the Lord GOD; Although I have cast them far off among the heathen, and although I have scattered them among the countries, yet will I be to them as a little sanctuary in the countries where they shall come. -- ezekiel 11:16 +. +Therefore say, Thus said the Lord GOD; I will even gather you from the people, and assemble you out of the countries where you have been scattered, and I will give you the land of Israel. -- ezekiel 11:17 +. +And they shall come thither, and they shall take away all the detestable things thereof and all the abominations thereof from there. -- ezekiel 11:18 +. +And I will give them one heart, and I will put a new spirit within you; and I will take the stony heart out of their flesh, and will give them an heart of flesh: -- ezekiel 11:19 +. +That they may walk in my statutes, and keep my ordinances, and do them: and they shall be my people, and I will be their God. -- ezekiel 11:20 +. +But as for them whose heart walks after the heart of their detestable things and their abominations, I will recompense their way on their own heads, said the Lord GOD. -- ezekiel 11:21 +. +Then did the cherubim lift up their wings, and the wheels beside them; and the glory of the God of Israel was over them above. -- ezekiel 11:22 +. +And the glory of the LORD went up from the middle of the city, and stood on the mountain which is on the east side of the city. -- ezekiel 11:23 +. +Afterwards the spirit took me up, and brought me in a vision by the Spirit of God into Chaldea, to them of the captivity. So the vision that I had seen went up from me. -- ezekiel 11:24 +. +Then I spoke to them of the captivity all the things that the LORD had showed me. -- ezekiel 11:25 +. +The word of the LORD also came to me, saying, -- ezekiel 12:1 +. +Son of man, you dwell in the middle of a rebellious house, which have eyes to see, and see not; they have ears to hear, and hear not: for they are a rebellious house. -- ezekiel 12:2 +. +Therefore, you son of man, prepare you stuff for removing, and remove by day in their sight; and you shall remove from your place to another place in their sight: it may be they will consider, though they be a rebellious house. -- ezekiel 12:3 +. +Then shall you bring forth your stuff by day in their sight, as stuff for removing: and you shall go forth at even in their sight, as they that go forth into captivity. -- ezekiel 12:4 +. +Dig you through the wall in their sight, and carry out thereby. -- ezekiel 12:5 +. +In their sight shall you bear it on your shoulders, and carry it forth in the twilight: you shall cover your face, that you see not the ground: for I have set you for a sign to the house of Israel. -- ezekiel 12:6 +. +And I did so as I was commanded: I brought forth my stuff by day, as stuff for captivity, and in the even I dig through the wall with my hand; I brought it forth in the twilight, and I bore it on my shoulder in their sight. -- ezekiel 12:7 +. +And in the morning came the word of the LORD to me, saying, -- ezekiel 12:8 +. +Son of man, has not the house of Israel, the rebellious house, said to you, What do you? -- ezekiel 12:9 +. +Say you to them, Thus said the Lord GOD; This burden concerns the prince in Jerusalem, and all the house of Israel that are among them. -- ezekiel 12:10 +. +Say, I am your sign: like as I have done, so shall it be done to them: they shall remove and go into captivity. -- ezekiel 12:11 +. +And the prince that is among them shall bear on his shoulder in the twilight, and shall go forth: they shall dig through the wall to carry out thereby: he shall cover his face, that he see not the ground with his eyes. -- ezekiel 12:12 +. +My net also will I spread on him, and he shall be taken in my snare: and I will bring him to Babylon to the land of the Chaldeans; yet shall he not see it, though he shall die there. -- ezekiel 12:13 +. +And I will scatter toward every wind all that are about him to help him, and all his bands; and I will draw out the sword after them. -- ezekiel 12:14 +. +And they shall know that I am the LORD, when I shall scatter them among the nations, and disperse them in the countries. -- ezekiel 12:15 +. +But I will leave a few men of them from the sword, from the famine, and from the pestilence; that they may declare all their abominations among the heathen where they come; and they shall know that I am the LORD. -- ezekiel 12:16 +. +Moreover the word of the LORD came to me, saying, -- ezekiel 12:17 +. +Son of man, eat your bread with quaking, and drink your water with trembling and with carefulness; -- ezekiel 12:18 +. +And say to the people of the land, Thus said the Lord GOD of the inhabitants of Jerusalem, and of the land of Israel; They shall eat their bread with carefulness, and drink their water with astonishment, that her land may be desolate from all that is therein, because of the violence of all them that dwell therein. -- ezekiel 12:19 +. +And the cities that are inhabited shall be laid waste, and the land shall be desolate; and you shall know that I am the LORD. -- ezekiel 12:20 +. +And the word of the LORD came to me, saying, -- ezekiel 12:21 +. +Son of man, what is that proverb that you have in the land of Israel, saying, The days are prolonged, and every vision fails? -- ezekiel 12:22 +. +Tell them therefore, Thus said the Lord GOD; I will make this proverb to cease, and they shall no more use it as a proverb in Israel; but say to them, The days are at hand, and the effect of every vision. -- ezekiel 12:23 +. +For there shall be no more any vain vision nor flattering divination within the house of Israel. -- ezekiel 12:24 +. +For I am the LORD: I will speak, and the word that I shall speak shall come to pass; it shall be no more prolonged: for in your days, O rebellious house, will I say the word, and will perform it, said the Lord GOD. -- ezekiel 12:25 +. +Again the word of the LORD came to me, saying. -- ezekiel 12:26 +. +Son of man, behold, they of the house of Israel say, The vision that he sees is for many days to come, and he prophesies of the times that are far off. -- ezekiel 12:27 +. +Therefore say to them, Thus said the Lord GOD; There shall none of my words be prolonged any more, but the word which I have spoken shall be done, said the Lord GOD. -- ezekiel 12:28 +. +And the word of the LORD came to me, saying, -- ezekiel 13:1 +. +Son of man, prophesy against the prophets of Israel that prophesy, and say you to them that prophesy out of their own hearts, Hear you the word of the LORD; -- ezekiel 13:2 +. +Thus said the Lord GOD; Woe to the foolish prophets, that follow their own spirit, and have seen nothing! -- ezekiel 13:3 +. +O Israel, your prophets are like the foxes in the deserts. -- ezekiel 13:4 +. +You have not gone up into the gaps, neither made up the hedge for the house of Israel to stand in the battle in the day of the LORD. -- ezekiel 13:5 +. +They have seen vanity and lying divination, saying, The LORD said: and the LORD has not sent them: and they have made others to hope that they would confirm the word. -- ezekiel 13:6 +. +Have you not seen a vain vision, and have you not spoken a lying divination, whereas you say, The LORD said it; albeit I have not spoken? -- ezekiel 13:7 +. +Therefore thus said the Lord GOD; Because you have spoken vanity, and seen lies, therefore, behold, I am against you, said the Lord GOD. -- ezekiel 13:8 +. +And my hand shall be on the prophets that see vanity, and that divine lies: they shall not be in the assembly of my people, neither shall they be written in the writing of the house of Israel, neither shall they enter into the land of Israel; and you shall know that I am the Lord GOD. -- ezekiel 13:9 +. +Because, even because they have seduced my people, saying, Peace; and there was no peace; and one built up a wall, and, see, others daubed it with untempered mortar: -- ezekiel 13:10 +. +Say to them which daub it with untempered mortar, that it shall fall: there shall be an overflowing shower; and you, O great hailstones, shall fall; and a stormy wind shall rend it. -- ezekiel 13:11 +. +See, when the wall is fallen, shall it not be said to you, Where is the daubing with which you have daubed it? -- ezekiel 13:12 +. +Therefore thus said the Lord GOD; I will even rend it with a stormy wind in my fury; and there shall be an overflowing shower in my anger, and great hailstones in my fury to consume it. -- ezekiel 13:13 +. +So will I break down the wall that you have daubed with untempered mortar, and bring it down to the ground, so that the foundation thereof shall be discovered, and it shall fall, and you shall be consumed in the middle thereof: and you shall know that I am the LORD. -- ezekiel 13:14 +. +Thus will I accomplish my wrath on the wall, and on them that have daubed it with untempered mortar, and will say to you, The wall is no more, neither they that daubed it; -- ezekiel 13:15 +. +To wit, the prophets of Israel which prophesy concerning Jerusalem, and which see visions of peace for her, and there is no peace, said the Lord GOD. -- ezekiel 13:16 +. +Likewise, you son of man, set your face against the daughters of your people, which prophesy out of their own heart; and prophesy you against them, -- ezekiel 13:17 +. +And say, Thus said the Lord GOD; Woe to the women that sew pillows to all armholes, and make kerchiefs on the head of every stature to hunt souls! Will you hunt the souls of my people, and will you save the souls alive that come to you? -- ezekiel 13:18 +. +And will you pollute me among my people for handfuls of barley and for pieces of bread, to slay the souls that should not die, and to save the souls alive that should not live, by your lying to my people that hear your lies? -- ezekiel 13:19 +. +Why thus said the Lord GOD; Behold, I am against your pillows, with which you there hunt the souls to make them fly, and I will tear them from your arms, and will let the souls go, even the souls that you hunt to make them fly. -- ezekiel 13:20 +. +Your kerchiefs also will I tear, and deliver my people out of your hand, and they shall be no more in your hand to be hunted; and you shall know that I am the LORD. -- ezekiel 13:21 +. +Because with lies you have made the heart of the righteous sad, whom I have not made sad; and strengthened the hands of the wicked, that he should not return from his wicked way, by promising him life: -- ezekiel 13:22 +. +Therefore you shall see no more vanity, nor divine divinations: for I will deliver my people out of your hand: and you shall know that I am the LORD. -- ezekiel 13:23 +. +Then came certain of the elders of Israel to me, and sat before me. -- ezekiel 14:1 +. +And the word of the LORD came to me, saying, -- ezekiel 14:2 +. +Son of man, these men have set up their idols in their heart, and put the stumbling block of their iniquity before their face: should I be inquired of at all by them? -- ezekiel 14:3 +. +Therefore speak to them, and say to them, Thus said the Lord GOD; Every man of the house of Israel that sets up his idols in his heart, and puts the stumbling block of his iniquity before his face, and comes to the prophet; I the LORD will answer him that comes according to the multitude of his idols; -- ezekiel 14:4 +. +That I may take the house of Israel in their own heart, because they are all estranged from me through their idols. -- ezekiel 14:5 +. +Therefore say to the house of Israel, Thus said the Lord GOD; Repent, and turn yourselves from your idols; and turn away your faces from all your abominations. -- ezekiel 14:6 +. +For every one of the house of Israel, or of the stranger that sojournes in Israel, which separates himself from me, and sets up his idols in his heart, and puts the stumbling block of his iniquity before his face, and comes to a prophet to inquire of him concerning me; I the LORD will answer him by myself: -- ezekiel 14:7 +. +And I will set my face against that man, and will make him a sign and a proverb, and I will cut him off from the middle of my people; and you shall know that I am the LORD. -- ezekiel 14:8 +. +And if the prophet be deceived when he has spoken a thing, I the LORD have deceived that prophet, and I will stretch out my hand on him, and will destroy him from the middle of my people Israel. -- ezekiel 14:9 +. +And they shall bear the punishment of their iniquity: the punishment of the prophet shall be even as the punishment of him that seeks to him; -- ezekiel 14:10 +. +That the house of Israel may go no more astray from me, neither be polluted any more with all their transgressions; but that they may be my people, and I may be their God, said the Lord GOD. -- ezekiel 14:11 +. +The word of the LORD came again to me, saying, -- ezekiel 14:12 +. +Son of man, when the land sins against me by trespassing grievously, then will I stretch out my hand on it, and will break the staff of the bread thereof, and will send famine on it, and will cut off man and beast from it: -- ezekiel 14:13 +. +Though these three men, Noah, Daniel, and Job, were in it, they should deliver but their own souls by their righteousness, said the Lord GOD. -- ezekiel 14:14 +. +If I cause noisome beasts to pass through the land, and they spoil it, so that it be desolate, that no man may pass through because of the beasts: -- ezekiel 14:15 +. +Though these three men were in it, as I live, said the Lord GOD, they shall deliver neither sons nor daughters; they only shall be delivered, but the land shall be desolate. -- ezekiel 14:16 +. +Or if I bring a sword on that land, and say, Sword, go through the land; so that I cut off man and beast from it: -- ezekiel 14:17 +. +Though these three men were in it, as I live, said the Lord GOD, they shall deliver neither sons nor daughters, but they only shall be delivered themselves. -- ezekiel 14:18 +. +Or if I send a pestilence into that land, and pour out my fury on it in blood, to cut off from it man and beast: -- ezekiel 14:19 +. +Though Noah, Daniel, and Job were in it, as I live, said the Lord GOD, they shall deliver neither son nor daughter; they shall but deliver their own souls by their righteousness. -- ezekiel 14:20 +. +For thus said the Lord GOD; How much more when I send my four sore judgments on Jerusalem, the sword, and the famine, and the noisome beast, and the pestilence, to cut off from it man and beast? -- ezekiel 14:21 +. +Yet, behold, therein shall be left a remnant that shall be brought forth, both sons and daughters: behold, they shall come forth to you, and you shall see their way and their doings: and you shall be comforted concerning the evil that I have brought on Jerusalem, even concerning all that I have brought on it. -- ezekiel 14:22 +. +And they shall comfort you, when you see their ways and their doings: and you shall know that I have not done without cause all that I have done in it, said the Lord GOD. -- ezekiel 14:23 +. +And the word of the LORD came to me, saying, -- ezekiel 15:1 +. +Son of man, what is the vine tree more than any tree, or than a branch which is among the trees of the forest? -- ezekiel 15:2 +. +Shall wood be taken thereof to do any work? or will men take a pin of it to hang any vessel thereon? -- ezekiel 15:3 +. +Behold, it is cast into the fire for fuel; the fire devours both the ends of it, and the middle of it is burned. Is it meet for any work? -- ezekiel 15:4 +. +Behold, when it was whole, it was meet for no work: how much less shall it be meet yet for any work, when the fire has devoured it, and it is burned? -- ezekiel 15:5 +. +Therefore thus said the Lord GOD; As the vine tree among the trees of the forest, which I have given to the fire for fuel, so will I give the inhabitants of Jerusalem. -- ezekiel 15:6 +. +And I will set my face against them; they shall go out from one fire, and another fire shall devour them; and you shall know that I am the LORD, when I set my face against them. -- ezekiel 15:7 +. +And I will make the land desolate, because they have committed a trespass, said the Lord GOD. -- ezekiel 15:8 +. +Again the word of the LORD came to me, saying, -- ezekiel 16:1 +. +Son of man, cause Jerusalem to know her abominations, -- ezekiel 16:2 +. +And say, Thus said the Lord GOD to Jerusalem; Your birth and your nativity is of the land of Canaan; your father was an Amorite, and your mother an Hittite. -- ezekiel 16:3 +. +And as for your nativity, in the day you were born your navel was not cut, neither were you washed in water to supple you; you were not salted at all, nor swaddled at all. -- ezekiel 16:4 +. +None eye pitied you, to do any of these to you, to have compassion on you; but you were cast out in the open field, to the loathing of your person, in the day that you were born. -- ezekiel 16:5 +. +And when I passed by you, and saw you polluted in your own blood, I said to you when you were in your blood, Live; yes, I said to you when you were in your blood, Live. -- ezekiel 16:6 +. +I have caused you to multiply as the bud of the field, and you have increased and waxen great, and you are come to excellent ornaments: your breasts are fashioned, and your hair is grown, whereas you were naked and bore. -- ezekiel 16:7 +. +Now when I passed by you, and looked on you, behold, your time was the time of love; and I spread my skirt over you, and covered your nakedness: yes, I swore to you, and entered into a covenant with you, said the Lord GOD, and you became mine. -- ezekiel 16:8 +. +Then washed I you with water; yes, I thoroughly washed away your blood from you, and I anointed you with oil. -- ezekiel 16:9 +. +I clothed you also with broidered work, and shod you with badgers'skin, and I girded you about with fine linen, and I covered you with silk. -- ezekiel 16:10 +. +I decked you also with ornaments, and I put bracelets on your hands, and a chain on your neck. -- ezekiel 16:11 +. +And I put a jewel on your forehead, and earrings in your ears, and a beautiful crown on your head. -- ezekiel 16:12 +. +Thus were you decked with gold and silver; and your raiment was of fine linen, and silk, and broidered work; you did eat fine flour, and honey, and oil: and you were exceeding beautiful, and you did prosper into a kingdom. -- ezekiel 16:13 +. +And your renown went forth among the heathen for your beauty: for it was perfect through my comeliness, which I had put on you, said the Lord GOD. -- ezekiel 16:14 +. +But you did trust in your own beauty, and played the harlot because of your renown, and poured out your fornications on every one that passed by; his it was. -- ezekiel 16:15 +. +And of your garments you did take, and decked your high places with divers colors, and played the harlot thereupon: the like things shall not come, neither shall it be so. -- ezekiel 16:16 +. +You have also taken your fair jewels of my gold and of my silver, which I had given you, and made to yourself images of men, and did commit prostitution with them, -- ezekiel 16:17 +. +And took your broidered garments, and covered them: and you have set my oil and my incense before them. -- ezekiel 16:18 +. +My meat also which I gave you, fine flour, and oil, and honey, with which I fed you, you have even set it before them for a sweet smell: and thus it was, said the Lord GOD. -- ezekiel 16:19 +. +Moreover you have taken your sons and your daughters, whom you have borne to me, and these have you sacrificed to them to be devoured. Is this of your prostitutions a small matter, -- ezekiel 16:20 +. +That you have slain my children, and delivered them to cause them to pass through the fire for them? -- ezekiel 16:21 +. +And in all your abominations and your prostitutions you have not remembered the days of your youth, when you were naked and bore, and were polluted in your blood. -- ezekiel 16:22 +. +And it came to pass after all your wickedness, (woe, woe to you! said the LORD GOD;) -- ezekiel 16:23 +. +That you have also built to you an eminent place, and have made you an high place in every street. -- ezekiel 16:24 +. +You have built your high place at every head of the way, and have made your beauty to be abhorred, and have opened your feet to every one that passed by, and multiplied your prostitutions. -- ezekiel 16:25 +. +You have also committed fornication with the Egyptians your neighbors, great of flesh; and have increased your prostitutions, to provoke me to anger. -- ezekiel 16:26 +. +Behold, therefore I have stretched out my hand over you, and have diminished your ordinary food, and delivered you to the will of them that hate you, the daughters of the Philistines, which are ashamed of your lewd way. -- ezekiel 16:27 +. +You have played the whore also with the Assyrians, because you were insatiable; yes, you have played the harlot with them, and yet could not be satisfied. -- ezekiel 16:28 +. +You have moreover multiplied your fornication in the land of Canaan to Chaldea; and yet you were not satisfied therewith. -- ezekiel 16:29 +. +How weak is your heart, said the LORD GOD, seeing you do all these things, the work of an imperious whorish woman; -- ezekiel 16:30 +. +In that you build your eminent place in the head of every way, and make your high place in every street; and have not been as an harlot, in that you scorn hire; -- ezekiel 16:31 +. +But as a wife that commits adultery, which takes strangers instead of her husband! -- ezekiel 16:32 +. +They give gifts to all whores: but you give your gifts to all your lovers, and hire them, that they may come to you on every side for your prostitution. -- ezekiel 16:33 +. +And the contrary is in you from other women in your prostitutions, whereas none follows you to commit prostitutions: and in that you give a reward, and no reward is given to you, therefore you are contrary. -- ezekiel 16:34 +. +Why, O harlot, hear the word of the LORD: -- ezekiel 16:35 +. +Thus said the Lord GOD; Because your filthiness was poured out, and your nakedness discovered through your prostitutions with your lovers, and with all the idols of your abominations, and by the blood of your children, which you did give to them; -- ezekiel 16:36 +. +Behold, therefore I will gather all your lovers, with whom you have taken pleasure, and all them that you have loved, with all them that you have hated; I will even gather them round about against you, and will discover your nakedness to them, that they may see all your nakedness. -- ezekiel 16:37 +. +And I will judge you, as women that break wedlock and shed blood are judged; and I will give you blood in fury and jealousy. -- ezekiel 16:38 +. +And I will also give you into their hand, and they shall throw down your eminent place, and shall break down your high places: they shall strip you also of your clothes, and shall take your fair jewels, and leave you naked and bore. -- ezekiel 16:39 +. +They shall also bring up a company against you, and they shall stone you with stones, and thrust you through with their swords. -- ezekiel 16:40 +. +And they shall burn your houses with fire, and execute judgments on you in the sight of many women: and I will cause you to cease from playing the harlot, and you also shall give no hire any more. -- ezekiel 16:41 +. +So will I make my fury toward you to rest, and my jealousy shall depart from you, and I will be quiet, and will be no more angry. -- ezekiel 16:42 +. +Because you have not remembered the days of your youth, but have fretted me in all these things; behold, therefore I also will recompense your way on your head, said the Lord GOD: and you shall not commit this lewdness above all your abominations. -- ezekiel 16:43 +. +Behold, every one that uses proverbs shall use this proverb against you, saying, As is the mother, so is her daughter. -- ezekiel 16:44 +. +You are your mother' daughter, that lothes her husband and her children; and you are the sister of your sisters, which loathed their husbands and their children: your mother was an Hittite, and your father an Amorite. -- ezekiel 16:45 +. +And your elder sister is Samaria, she and her daughters that dwell at your left hand: and your younger sister, that dwells at your right hand, is Sodom and her daughters. -- ezekiel 16:46 +. +Yet have you not walked after their ways, nor done after their abominations: but, as if that were a very little thing, you were corrupted more than they in all your ways. -- ezekiel 16:47 +. +As I live, said the Lord GOD, Sodom your sister has not done, she nor her daughters, as you have done, you and your daughters. -- ezekiel 16:48 +. +Behold, this was the iniquity of your sister Sodom, pride, fullness of bread, and abundance of idleness was in her and in her daughters, neither did she strengthen the hand of the poor and needy. -- ezekiel 16:49 +. +And they were haughty, and committed abomination before me: therefore I took them away as I saw good. -- ezekiel 16:50 +. +Neither has Samaria committed half of your sins; but you have multiplied your abominations more than they, and have justified your sisters in all your abominations which you have done. -- ezekiel 16:51 +. +You also, which have judged your sisters, bear your own shame for your sins that you have committed more abominable than they: they are more righteous than you: yes, be you confounded also, and bear your shame, in that you have justified your sisters. -- ezekiel 16:52 +. +When I shall bring again their captivity, the captivity of Sodom and her daughters, and the captivity of Samaria and her daughters, then will I bring again the captivity of your captives in the middle of them: -- ezekiel 16:53 +. +That you may bear your own shame, and may be confounded in all that you have done, in that you are a comfort to them. -- ezekiel 16:54 +. +When your sisters, Sodom and her daughters, shall return to their former estate, and Samaria and her daughters shall return to their former estate, then you and your daughters shall return to your former estate. -- ezekiel 16:55 +. +For your sister Sodom was not mentioned by your mouth in the day of your pride, -- ezekiel 16:56 +. +Before your wickedness was discovered, as at the time of your reproach of the daughters of Syria, and all that are round about her, the daughters of the Philistines, which despise you round about. -- ezekiel 16:57 +. +You have borne your lewdness and your abominations, said the LORD. -- ezekiel 16:58 +. +For thus said the Lord GOD; I will even deal with you as you have done, which have despised the oath in breaking the covenant. -- ezekiel 16:59 +. +Nevertheless I will remember my covenant with you in the days of your youth, and I will establish to you an everlasting covenant. -- ezekiel 16:60 +. +Then you shall remember your ways, and be ashamed, when you shall receive your sisters, your elder and your younger: and I will give them to you for daughters, but not by your covenant. -- ezekiel 16:61 +. +And I will establish my covenant with you; and you shall know that I am the LORD: -- ezekiel 16:62 +. +That you may remember, and be confounded, and never open your mouth any more because of your shame, when I am pacified toward you for all that you have done, said the Lord GOD. -- ezekiel 16:63 +. +And the word of the LORD came to me, saying, -- ezekiel 17:1 +. +Son of man, put forth a riddle, and speak a parable to the house of Israel; -- ezekiel 17:2 +. +And say, Thus said the Lord GOD; A great eagle with great wings, long winged, full of feathers, which had divers colors, came to Lebanon, and took the highest branch of the cedar: -- ezekiel 17:3 +. +He cropped off the top of his young twigs, and carried it into a land of traffic; he set it in a city of merchants. -- ezekiel 17:4 +. +He took also of the seed of the land, and planted it in a fruitful field; he placed it by great waters, and set it as a willow tree. -- ezekiel 17:5 +. +And it grew, and became a spreading vine of low stature, whose branches turned toward him, and the roots thereof were under him: so it became a vine, and brought forth branches, and shot forth sprigs. -- ezekiel 17:6 +. +There was also another great eagle with great wings and many feathers: and, behold, this vine did bend her roots toward him, and shot forth her branches toward him, that he might water it by the furrows of her plantation. -- ezekiel 17:7 +. +It was planted in a good soil by great waters, that it might bring forth branches, and that it might bear fruit, that it might be a goodly vine. -- ezekiel 17:8 +. +Say you, Thus said the Lord GOD; Shall it prosper? shall he not pull up the roots thereof, and cut off the fruit thereof, that it wither? it shall wither in all the leaves of her spring, even without great power or many people to pluck it up by the roots thereof. -- ezekiel 17:9 +. +Yes, behold, being planted, shall it prosper? shall it not utterly wither, when the east wind touches it? it shall wither in the furrows where it grew. -- ezekiel 17:10 +. +Moreover the word of the LORD came to me, saying, -- ezekiel 17:11 +. +Say now to the rebellious house, Know you not what these things mean? tell them, Behold, the king of Babylon is come to Jerusalem, and has taken the king thereof, and the princes thereof, and led them with him to Babylon; -- ezekiel 17:12 +. +And has taken of the king' seed, and made a covenant with him, and has taken an oath of him: he has also taken the mighty of the land: -- ezekiel 17:13 +. +That the kingdom might be base, that it might not lift itself up, but that by keeping of his covenant it might stand. -- ezekiel 17:14 +. +But he rebelled against him in sending his ambassadors into Egypt, that they might give him horses and much people. Shall he prosper? shall he escape that does such things? or shall he break the covenant, and be delivered? -- ezekiel 17:15 +. +As I live, said the Lord GOD, surely in the place where the king dwells that made him king, whose oath he despised, and whose covenant he broke, even with him in the middle of Babylon he shall die. -- ezekiel 17:16 +. +Neither shall Pharaoh with his mighty army and great company make for him in the war, by casting up mounts, and building forts, to cut off many persons: -- ezekiel 17:17 +. +Seeing he despised the oath by breaking the covenant, when, see, he had given his hand, and has done all these things, he shall not escape. -- ezekiel 17:18 +. +Therefore thus said the Lord GOD; As I live, surely my oath that he has despised, and my covenant that he has broken, even it will I recompense on his own head. -- ezekiel 17:19 +. +And I will spread my net on him, and he shall be taken in my snare, and I will bring him to Babylon, and will plead with him there for his trespass that he has trespassed against me. -- ezekiel 17:20 +. +And all his fugitives with all his bands shall fall by the sword, and they that remain shall be scattered toward all winds: and you shall know that I the LORD have spoken it. -- ezekiel 17:21 +. +Thus said the Lord GOD; I will also take of the highest branch of the high cedar, and will set it; I will crop off from the top of his young twigs a tender one, and will plant it on an high mountain and eminent: -- ezekiel 17:22 +. +In the mountain of the height of Israel will I plant it: and it shall bring forth boughs, and bear fruit, and be a goodly cedar: and under it shall dwell all fowl of every wing; in the shadow of the branches thereof shall they dwell. -- ezekiel 17:23 +. +And all the trees of the field shall know that I the LORD have brought down the high tree, have exalted the low tree, have dried up the green tree, and have made the dry tree to flourish: I the LORD have spoken and have done it. -- ezekiel 17:24 +. +The word of the LORD came to me again, saying, -- ezekiel 18:1 +. +What mean you, that you use this proverb concerning the land of Israel, saying, The fathers have eaten sour grapes, and the children' teeth are set on edge? -- ezekiel 18:2 +. +As I live, said the Lord GOD, you shall not have occasion any more to use this proverb in Israel. -- ezekiel 18:3 +. +Behold, all souls are mine; as the soul of the father, so also the soul of the son is mine: the soul that sins, it shall die. -- ezekiel 18:4 +. +But if a man be just, and do that which is lawful and right, -- ezekiel 18:5 +. +And has not eaten on the mountains, neither has lifted up his eyes to the idols of the house of Israel, neither has defiled his neighbor' wife, neither has come near to a menstruous woman, -- ezekiel 18:6 +. +And has not oppressed any, but has restored to the debtor his pledge, has spoiled none by violence, has given his bread to the hungry, and has covered the naked with a garment; -- ezekiel 18:7 +. +He that has not given forth on usury, neither has taken any increase, that has withdrawn his hand from iniquity, has executed true judgment between man and man, -- ezekiel 18:8 +. +Has walked in my statutes, and has kept my judgments, to deal truly; he is just, he shall surely live, said the Lord GOD. -- ezekiel 18:9 +. +If he beget a son that is a robber, a shedder of blood, and that does the like to any one of these things, -- ezekiel 18:10 +. +And that does not any of those duties, but even has eaten on the mountains, and defiled his neighbor' wife, -- ezekiel 18:11 +. +Has oppressed the poor and needy, has spoiled by violence, has not restored the pledge, and has lifted up his eyes to the idols, has committed abomination, -- ezekiel 18:12 +. +Has given forth on usury, and has taken increase: shall he then live? he shall not live: he has done all these abominations; he shall surely die; his blood shall be on him. -- ezekiel 18:13 +. +Now, see, if he beget a son, that sees all his father' sins which he has done, and considers, and does not such like, -- ezekiel 18:14 +. +That has not eaten on the mountains, neither has lifted up his eyes to the idols of the house of Israel, has not defiled his neighbor' wife, -- ezekiel 18:15 +. +Neither has oppressed any, has not withheld the pledge, neither has spoiled by violence, but has given his bread to the hungry, and has covered the naked with a garment, -- ezekiel 18:16 +. +That has taken off his hand from the poor, that has not received usury nor increase, has executed my judgments, has walked in my statutes; he shall not die for the iniquity of his father, he shall surely live. -- ezekiel 18:17 +. +As for his father, because he cruelly oppressed, spoiled his brother by violence, and did that which is not good among his people, see, even he shall die in his iniquity. -- ezekiel 18:18 +. +Yet say you, Why? does not the son bear the iniquity of the father? When the son has done that which is lawful and right, and has kept all my statutes, and has done them, he shall surely live. -- ezekiel 18:19 +. +The soul that sins, it shall die. The son shall not bear the iniquity of the father, neither shall the father bear the iniquity of the son: the righteousness of the righteous shall be on him, and the wickedness of the wicked shall be on him. -- ezekiel 18:20 +. +But if the wicked will turn from all his sins that he has committed, and keep all my statutes, and do that which is lawful and right, he shall surely live, he shall not die. -- ezekiel 18:21 +. +All his transgressions that he has committed, they shall not be mentioned to him: in his righteousness that he has done he shall live. -- ezekiel 18:22 +. +Have I any pleasure at all that the wicked should die? said the Lord GOD: and not that he should return from his ways, and live? -- ezekiel 18:23 +. +But when the righteous turns away from his righteousness, and commits iniquity, and does according to all the abominations that the wicked man does, shall he live? All his righteousness that he has done shall not be mentioned: in his trespass that he has trespassed, and in his sin that he has sinned, in them shall he die. -- ezekiel 18:24 +. +Yet you say, The way of the LORD is not equal. Hear now, O house of Israel; Is not my way equal? are not your ways unequal? -- ezekiel 18:25 +. +When a righteous man turns away from his righteousness, and commits iniquity, and dies in them; for his iniquity that he has done shall he die. -- ezekiel 18:26 +. +Again, when the wicked man turns away from his wickedness that he has committed, and does that which is lawful and right, he shall save his soul alive. -- ezekiel 18:27 +. +Because he considers, and turns away from all his transgressions that he has committed, he shall surely live, he shall not die. -- ezekiel 18:28 +. +Yet said the house of Israel, The way of the LORD is not equal. O house of Israel, are not my ways equal? are not your ways unequal? -- ezekiel 18:29 +. +Therefore I will judge you, O house of Israel, every one according to his ways, said the Lord GOD. Repent, and turn yourselves from all your transgressions; so iniquity shall not be your ruin. -- ezekiel 18:30 +. +Cast away from you all your transgressions, whereby you have transgressed; and make you a new heart and a new spirit: for why will you die, O house of Israel? -- ezekiel 18:31 +. +For I have no pleasure in the death of him that dies, said the Lord GOD: why turn yourselves, and live you. -- ezekiel 18:32 +. +Moreover take you up a lamentation for the princes of Israel, -- ezekiel 19:1 +. +And say, What is your mother? A lioness: she lay down among lions, she nourished her whelps among young lions. -- ezekiel 19:2 +. +And she brought up one of her whelps: it became a young lion, and it learned to catch the prey; it devoured men. -- ezekiel 19:3 +. +The nations also heard of him; he was taken in their pit, and they brought him with chains to the land of Egypt. -- ezekiel 19:4 +. +Now when she saw that she had waited, and her hope was lost, then she took another of her whelps, and made him a young lion. -- ezekiel 19:5 +. +And he went up and down among the lions, he became a young lion, and learned to catch the prey, and devoured men. -- ezekiel 19:6 +. +And he knew their desolate palaces, and he laid waste their cities; and the land was desolate, and the fullness thereof, by the noise of his roaring. -- ezekiel 19:7 +. +Then the nations set against him on every side from the provinces, and spread their net over him: he was taken in their pit. -- ezekiel 19:8 +. +And they put him in ward in chains, and brought him to the king of Babylon: they brought him into holds, that his voice should no more be heard on the mountains of Israel. -- ezekiel 19:9 +. +Your mother is like a vine in your blood, planted by the waters: she was fruitful and full of branches by reason of many waters. -- ezekiel 19:10 +. +And she had strong rods for the scepters of them that bore rule, and her stature was exalted among the thick branches, and she appeared in her height with the multitude of her branches. -- ezekiel 19:11 +. +But she was plucked up in fury, she was cast down to the ground, and the east wind dried up her fruit: her strong rods were broken and withered; the fire consumed them. -- ezekiel 19:12 +. +And now she is planted in the wilderness, in a dry and thirsty ground. -- ezekiel 19:13 +. +And fire is gone out of a rod of her branches, which has devoured her fruit, so that she has no strong rod to be a scepter to rule. This is a lamentation, and shall be for a lamentation. -- ezekiel 19:14 +. +And it came to pass in the seventh year, in the fifth month, the tenth day of the month, that certain of the elders of Israel came to inquire of the LORD, and sat before me. -- ezekiel 20:1 +. +Then came the word of the LORD to me, saying, -- ezekiel 20:2 +. +Son of man, speak to the elders of Israel, and say to them, Thus said the Lord GOD; Are you come to inquire of me? As I live, said the Lord GOD, I will not be inquired of by you. -- ezekiel 20:3 +. +Will you judge them, son of man, will you judge them? cause them to know the abominations of their fathers: -- ezekiel 20:4 +. +And say to them, Thus said the Lord GOD; In the day when I chose Israel, and lifted up my hand to the seed of the house of Jacob, and made myself known to them in the land of Egypt, when I lifted up my hand to them, saying, I am the LORD your God; -- ezekiel 20:5 +. +In the day that I lifted up my hand to them, to bring them forth of the land of Egypt into a land that I had espied for them, flowing with milk and honey, which is the glory of all lands: -- ezekiel 20:6 +. +Then said I to them, Cast you away every man the abominations of his eyes, and defile not yourselves with the idols of Egypt: I am the LORD your God. -- ezekiel 20:7 +. +But they rebelled against me, and would not listen to me: they did not every man cast away the abominations of their eyes, neither did they forsake the idols of Egypt: then I said, I will pour out my fury on them, to accomplish my anger against them in the middle of the land of Egypt. -- ezekiel 20:8 +. +But I worked for my name' sake, that it should not be polluted before the heathen, among whom they were, in whose sight I made myself known to them, in bringing them forth out of the land of Egypt. -- ezekiel 20:9 +. +Why I caused them to go forth out of the land of Egypt, and brought them into the wilderness. -- ezekiel 20:10 +. +And I gave them my statutes, and showed them my judgments, which if a man do, he shall even live in them. -- ezekiel 20:11 +. +Moreover also I gave them my sabbaths, to be a sign between me and them, that they might know that I am the LORD that sanctify them. -- ezekiel 20:12 +. +But the house of Israel rebelled against me in the wilderness: they walked not in my statutes, and they despised my judgments, which if a man do, he shall even live in them; and my sabbaths they greatly polluted: then I said, I would pour out my fury on them in the wilderness, to consume them. -- ezekiel 20:13 +. +But I worked for my name' sake, that it should not be polluted before the heathen, in whose sight I brought them out. -- ezekiel 20:14 +. +Yet also I lifted up my hand to them in the wilderness, that I would not bring them into the land which I had given them, flowing with milk and honey, which is the glory of all lands; -- ezekiel 20:15 +. +Because they despised my judgments, and walked not in my statutes, but polluted my sabbaths: for their heart went after their idols. -- ezekiel 20:16 +. +Nevertheless my eye spared them from destroying them, neither did I make an end of them in the wilderness. -- ezekiel 20:17 +. +But I said to their children in the wilderness, Walk you not in the statutes of your fathers, neither observe their judgments, nor defile yourselves with their idols: -- ezekiel 20:18 +. +I am the LORD your God; walk in my statutes, and keep my judgments, and do them; -- ezekiel 20:19 +. +And hallow my sabbaths; and they shall be a sign between me and you, that you may know that I am the LORD your God. -- ezekiel 20:20 +. +Notwithstanding the children rebelled against me: they walked not in my statutes, neither kept my judgments to do them, which if a man do, he shall even live in them; they polluted my sabbaths: then I said, I would pour out my fury on them, to accomplish my anger against them in the wilderness. -- ezekiel 20:21 +. +Nevertheless I withdrew my hand, and worked for my name' sake, that it should not be polluted in the sight of the heathen, in whose sight I brought them forth. -- ezekiel 20:22 +. +I lifted up my hand to them also in the wilderness, that I would scatter them among the heathen, and disperse them through the countries; -- ezekiel 20:23 +. +Because they had not executed my judgments, but had despised my statutes, and had polluted my sabbaths, and their eyes were after their fathers'idols. -- ezekiel 20:24 +. +Why I gave them also statutes that were not good, and judgments whereby they should not live; -- ezekiel 20:25 +. +And I polluted them in their own gifts, in that they caused to pass through the fire all that opens the womb, that I might make them desolate, to the end that they might know that I am the LORD. -- ezekiel 20:26 +. +Therefore, son of man, speak to the house of Israel, and say to them, Thus said the Lord GOD; Yet in this your fathers have blasphemed me, in that they have committed a trespass against me. -- ezekiel 20:27 +. +For when I had brought them into the land, for the which I lifted up my hand to give it to them, then they saw every high hill, and all the thick trees, and they offered there their sacrifices, and there they presented the provocation of their offering: there also they made their sweet smell, and poured out there their drink offerings. -- ezekiel 20:28 +. +Then I said to them, What is the high place whereunto you go? And the name whereof is called Bamah to this day. -- ezekiel 20:29 +. +Why say to the house of Israel, Thus said the Lord GOD; Are you polluted after the manner of your fathers? and commit you prostitution after their abominations? -- ezekiel 20:30 +. +For when you offer your gifts, when you make your sons to pass through the fire, you pollute yourselves with all your idols, even to this day: and shall I be inquired of by you, O house of Israel? As I live, said the Lord GOD, I will not be inquired of by you. -- ezekiel 20:31 +. +And that which comes into your mind shall not be at all, that you say, We will be as the heathen, as the families of the countries, to serve wood and stone. -- ezekiel 20:32 +. +As I live, said the Lord GOD, surely with a mighty hand, and with a stretched out arm, and with fury poured out, will I rule over you: -- ezekiel 20:33 +. +And I will bring you out from the people, and will gather you out of the countries wherein you are scattered, with a mighty hand, and with a stretched out arm, and with fury poured out. -- ezekiel 20:34 +. +And I will bring you into the wilderness of the people, and there will I plead with you face to face. -- ezekiel 20:35 +. +Like as I pleaded with your fathers in the wilderness of the land of Egypt, so will I plead with you, said the Lord GOD. -- ezekiel 20:36 +. +And I will cause you to pass under the rod, and I will bring you into the bond of the covenant: -- ezekiel 20:37 +. +And I will purge out from among you the rebels, and them that transgress against me: I will bring them forth out of the country where they sojourn, and they shall not enter into the land of Israel: and you shall know that I am the LORD. -- ezekiel 20:38 +. +As for you, O house of Israel, thus said the Lord GOD; Go you, serve you every one his idols, and hereafter also, if you will not listen to me: but pollute you my holy name no more with your gifts, and with your idols. -- ezekiel 20:39 +. +For in my holy mountain, in the mountain of the height of Israel, said the Lord GOD, there shall all the house of Israel, all of them in the land, serve me: there will I accept them, and there will I require your offerings, and the first fruits of your oblations, with all your holy things. -- ezekiel 20:40 +. +I will accept you with your sweet smell, when I bring you out from the people, and gather you out of the countries wherein you have been scattered; and I will be sanctified in you before the heathen. -- ezekiel 20:41 +. +And you shall know that I am the LORD, when I shall bring you into the land of Israel, into the country for the which I lifted up my hand to give it to your fathers. -- ezekiel 20:42 +. +And there shall you remember your ways, and all your doings, wherein you have been defiled; and you shall loathe yourselves in your own sight for all your evils that you have committed. -- ezekiel 20:43 +. +And you shall know that I am the LORD when I have worked with you for my name' sake, not according to your wicked ways, nor according to your corrupt doings, O you house of Israel, said the Lord GOD. -- ezekiel 20:44 +. +Moreover the word of the LORD came to me, saying, -- ezekiel 20:45 +. +Son of man, set your face toward the south, and drop your word toward the south, and prophesy against the forest of the south field; -- ezekiel 20:46 +. +And say to the forest of the south, Hear the word of the LORD; Thus said the Lord GOD; Behold, I will kindle a fire in you, and it shall devour every green tree in you, and every dry tree: the flaming flame shall not be quenched, and all faces from the south to the north shall be burned therein. -- ezekiel 20:47 +. +And all flesh shall see that I the LORD have kindled it: it shall not be quenched. -- ezekiel 20:48 +. +Then said I, Ah Lord GOD! they say of me, Does he not speak parables? -- ezekiel 20:49 +. +And the word of the LORD came to me, saying, -- ezekiel 21:1 +. +Son of man, set your face toward Jerusalem, and drop your word toward the holy places, and prophesy against the land of Israel, -- ezekiel 21:2 +. +And say to the land of Israel, Thus said the LORD; Behold, I am against you, and will draw forth my sword out of his sheath, and will cut off from you the righteous and the wicked. -- ezekiel 21:3 +. +Seeing then that I will cut off from you the righteous and the wicked, therefore shall my sword go forth out of his sheath against all flesh from the south to the north: -- ezekiel 21:4 +. +That all flesh may know that I the LORD have drawn forth my sword out of his sheath: it shall not return any more. -- ezekiel 21:5 +. +Sigh therefore, you son of man, with the breaking of your loins; and with bitterness sigh before their eyes. -- ezekiel 21:6 +. +And it shall be, when they say to you, Why sigh you? that you shall answer, For the tidings; because it comes: and every heart shall melt, and all hands shall be feeble, and every spirit shall faint, and all knees shall be weak as water: behold, it comes, and shall be brought to pass, said the Lord GOD. -- ezekiel 21:7 +. +Again the word of the LORD came to me, saying, -- ezekiel 21:8 +. +Son of man, prophesy, and say, Thus said the LORD; Say, A sword, a sword is sharpened, and also furbished: -- ezekiel 21:9 +. +It is sharpened to make a sore slaughter; it is furbished that it may glitter: should we then make mirth? it scorns the rod of my son, as every tree. -- ezekiel 21:10 +. +And he has given it to be furbished, that it may be handled: this sword is sharpened, and it is furbished, to give it into the hand of the slayer. -- ezekiel 21:11 +. +Cry and howl, son of man: for it shall be on my people, it shall be on all the princes of Israel: terrors by reason of the sword shall be on my people: smite therefore on your thigh. -- ezekiel 21:12 +. +Because it is a trial, and what if the sword scorn even the rod? it shall be no more, said the Lord GOD. -- ezekiel 21:13 +. +You therefore, son of man, prophesy, and smite your hands together. and let the sword be doubled the third time, the sword of the slain: it is the sword of the great men that are slain, which enters into their privy chambers. -- ezekiel 21:14 +. +I have set the point of the sword against all their gates, that their heart may faint, and their ruins be multiplied: ah! it is made bright, it is wrapped up for the slaughter. -- ezekiel 21:15 +. +Go you one way or other, either on the right hand, or on the left, wherever your face is set. -- ezekiel 21:16 +. +I will also smite my hands together, and I will cause my fury to rest: I the LORD have said it. -- ezekiel 21:17 +. +The word of the LORD came to me again, saying, -- ezekiel 21:18 +. +Also, you son of man, appoint you two ways, that the sword of the king of Babylon may come: both two shall come forth out of one land: and choose you a place, choose it at the head of the way to the city. -- ezekiel 21:19 +. +Appoint a way, that the sword may come to Rabbath of the Ammonites, and to Judah in Jerusalem the defended. -- ezekiel 21:20 +. +For the king of Babylon stood at the parting of the way, at the head of the two ways, to use divination: he made his arrows bright, he consulted with images, he looked in the liver. -- ezekiel 21:21 +. +At his right hand was the divination for Jerusalem, to appoint captains, to open the mouth in the slaughter, to lift up the voice with shouting, to appoint battering rams against the gates, to cast a mount, and to build a fort. -- ezekiel 21:22 +. +And it shall be to them as a false divination in their sight, to them that have sworn oaths: but he will call to remembrance the iniquity, that they may be taken. -- ezekiel 21:23 +. +Therefore thus said the Lord GOD; Because you have made your iniquity to be remembered, in that your transgressions are discovered, so that in all your doings your sins do appear; because, I say, that you are come to remembrance, you shall be taken with the hand. -- ezekiel 21:24 +. +And you, profane wicked prince of Israel, whose day is come, when iniquity shall have an end, -- ezekiel 21:25 +. +Thus said the Lord GOD; Remove the diadem, and take off the crown: this shall not be the same: exalt him that is low, and abase him that is high. -- ezekiel 21:26 +. +I will overturn, overturn, overturn, it: and it shall be no more, until he come whose right it is; and I will give it him. -- ezekiel 21:27 +. +And you, son of man, prophesy and say, Thus said the Lord GOD concerning the Ammonites, and concerning their reproach; even say you, The sword, the sword is drawn: for the slaughter it is furbished, to consume because of the glittering: -- ezekiel 21:28 +. +Whiles they see vanity to you, whiles they divine a lie to you, to bring you on the necks of them that are slain, of the wicked, whose day is come, when their iniquity shall have an end. -- ezekiel 21:29 +. +Shall I cause it to return into his sheath? I will judge you in the place where you were created, in the land of your nativity. -- ezekiel 21:30 +. +And I will pour out my indignation on you, I will blow against you in the fire of my wrath, and deliver you into the hand of brutish men, and skillful to destroy. -- ezekiel 21:31 +. +You shall be for fuel to the fire; your blood shall be in the middle of the land; you shall be no more remembered: for I the LORD have spoken it. -- ezekiel 21:32 +. +Moreover the word of the LORD came to me, saying, -- ezekiel 22:1 +. +Now, you son of man, will you judge, will you judge the bloody city? yes, you shall show her all her abominations. -- ezekiel 22:2 +. +Then say you, Thus said the Lord GOD, The city sheds blood in the middle of it, that her time may come, and makes idols against herself to defile herself. -- ezekiel 22:3 +. +You are become guilty in your blood that you have shed; and have defiled yourself in your idols which you have made; and you have caused your days to draw near, and are come even to your years: therefore have I made you a reproach to the heathen, and a mocking to all countries. -- ezekiel 22:4 +. +Those that be near, and those that be far from you, shall mock you, which are infamous and much vexed. -- ezekiel 22:5 +. +Behold, the princes of Israel, every one were in you to their power to shed blood. -- ezekiel 22:6 +. +In you have they set light by father and mother: in the middle of you have they dealt by oppression with the stranger: in you have they vexed the fatherless and the widow. -- ezekiel 22:7 +. +You have despised my holy things, and have profaned my sabbaths. -- ezekiel 22:8 +. +In you are men that carry tales to shed blood: and in you they eat on the mountains: in the middle of you they commit lewdness. -- ezekiel 22:9 +. +In you have they discovered their fathers'nakedness: in you have they humbled her that was set apart for pollution. -- ezekiel 22:10 +. +And one has committed abomination with his neighbor' wife; and another has lewdly defiled his daughter in law; and another in you has humbled his sister, his father' daughter. -- ezekiel 22:11 +. +In you have they taken gifts to shed blood; you have taken usury and increase, and you have greedily gained of your neighbors by extortion, and have forgotten me, said the Lord GOD. -- ezekiel 22:12 +. +Behold, therefore I have smitten my hand at your dishonest gain which you have made, and at your blood which has been in the middle of you. -- ezekiel 22:13 +. +Can your heart endure, or can your hands be strong, in the days that I shall deal with you? I the LORD have spoken it, and will do it. -- ezekiel 22:14 +. +And I will scatter you among the heathen, and disperse you in the countries, and will consume your filthiness out of you. -- ezekiel 22:15 +. +And you shall take your inheritance in yourself in the sight of the heathen, and you shall know that I am the LORD. -- ezekiel 22:16 +. +And the word of the LORD came to me, saying, -- ezekiel 22:17 +. +Son of man, the house of Israel is to me become dross: all they are brass, and tin, and iron, and lead, in the middle of the furnace; they are even the dross of silver. -- ezekiel 22:18 +. +Therefore thus said the Lord GOD; Because you are all become dross, behold, therefore I will gather you into the middle of Jerusalem. -- ezekiel 22:19 +. +As they gather silver, and brass, and iron, and lead, and tin, into the middle of the furnace, to blow the fire on it, to melt it; so will I gather you in my anger and in my fury, and I will leave you there, and melt you. -- ezekiel 22:20 +. +Yes, I will gather you, and blow on you in the fire of my wrath, and you shall be melted in the middle therof. -- ezekiel 22:21 +. +As silver is melted in the middle of the furnace, so shall you be melted in the middle thereof; and you shall know that I the LORD have poured out my fury on you. -- ezekiel 22:22 +. +And the word of the LORD came to me, saying, -- ezekiel 22:23 +. +Son of man, say to her, You are the land that is not cleansed, nor rained on in the day of indignation. -- ezekiel 22:24 +. +There is a conspiracy of her prophets in the middle thereof, like a roaring lion ravening the prey; they have devoured souls; they have taken the treasure and precious things; they have made her many widows in the middle thereof. -- ezekiel 22:25 +. +Her priests have violated my law, and have profaned my holy things: they have put no difference between the holy and profane, neither have they showed difference between the unclean and the clean, and have hid their eyes from my sabbaths, and I am profaned among them. -- ezekiel 22:26 +. +Her princes in the middle thereof are like wolves ravening the prey, to shed blood, and to destroy souls, to get dishonest gain. -- ezekiel 22:27 +. +And her prophets have daubed them with untempered mortar, seeing vanity, and divining lies to them, saying, Thus said the Lord GOD, when the LORD has not spoken. -- ezekiel 22:28 +. +The people of the land have used oppression, and exercised robbery, and have vexed the poor and needy: yes, they have oppressed the stranger wrongfully. -- ezekiel 22:29 +. +And I sought for a man among them, that should make up the hedge, and stand in the gap before me for the land, that I should not destroy it: but I found none. -- ezekiel 22:30 +. +Therefore have I poured out my indignation on them; I have consumed them with the fire of my wrath: their own way have I recompensed on their heads, said the Lord GOD. -- ezekiel 22:31 +. +The word of the LORD came again to me, saying, -- ezekiel 23:1 +. +Son of man, there were two women, the daughters of one mother: -- ezekiel 23:2 +. +And they committed prostitutions in Egypt; they committed prostitutions in their youth: there were their breasts pressed, and there they bruised the teats of their virginity. -- ezekiel 23:3 +. +And the names of them were Aholah the elder, and Aholibah her sister: and they were mine, and they bore sons and daughters. Thus were their names; Samaria is Aholah, and Jerusalem Aholibah. -- ezekiel 23:4 +. +And Aholah played the harlot when she was mine; and she doted on her lovers, on the Assyrians her neighbors, -- ezekiel 23:5 +. +Which were clothed with blue, captains and rulers, all of them desirable young men, horsemen riding on horses. -- ezekiel 23:6 +. +Thus she committed her prostitutions with them, with all them that were the chosen men of Assyria, and with all on whom she doted: with all their idols she defiled herself. -- ezekiel 23:7 +. +Neither left she her prostitutions brought from Egypt: for in her youth they lay with her, and they bruised the breasts of her virginity, and poured their prostitution on her. -- ezekiel 23:8 +. +Why I have delivered her into the hand of her lovers, into the hand of the Assyrians, on whom she doted. -- ezekiel 23:9 +. +These discovered her nakedness: they took her sons and her daughters, and slew her with the sword: and she became famous among women; for they had executed judgment on her. -- ezekiel 23:10 +. +And when her sister Aholibah saw this, she was more corrupt in her inordinate love than she, and in her prostitutions more than her sister in her prostitutions. -- ezekiel 23:11 +. +She doted on the Assyrians her neighbors, captains and rulers clothed most gorgeously, horsemen riding on horses, all of them desirable young men. -- ezekiel 23:12 +. +Then I saw that she was defiled, that they took both one way, -- ezekiel 23:13 +. +And that she increased her prostitutions: for when she saw men portrayed on the wall, the images of the Chaldeans portrayed with vermilion, -- ezekiel 23:14 +. +Girded with girdles on their loins, exceeding in dyed attire on their heads, all of them princes to look to, after the manner of the Babylonians of Chaldea, the land of their nativity: -- ezekiel 23:15 +. +And as soon as she saw them with her eyes, she doted on them, and sent messengers to them into Chaldea. -- ezekiel 23:16 +. +And the Babylonians came to her into the bed of love, and they defiled her with their prostitution, and she was polluted with them, and her mind was alienated from them. -- ezekiel 23:17 +. +So she discovered her prostitutions, and discovered her nakedness: then my mind was alienated from her, like as my mind was alienated from her sister. -- ezekiel 23:18 +. +Yet she multiplied her prostitutions, in calling to remembrance the days of her youth, wherein she had played the harlot in the land of Egypt. -- ezekiel 23:19 +. +For she doted on their paramours, whose flesh is as the flesh of asses, and whose issue is like the issue of horses. -- ezekiel 23:20 +. +Thus you called to remembrance the lewdness of your youth, in bruising your teats by the Egyptians for the breasts of your youth. -- ezekiel 23:21 +. +Therefore, O Aholibah, thus said the Lord GOD; Behold, I will raise up your lovers against you, from whom your mind is alienated, and I will bring them against you on every side; -- ezekiel 23:22 +. +The Babylonians, and all the Chaldeans, Pekod, and Shoa, and Koa, and all the Assyrians with them: all of them desirable young men, captains and rulers, great lords and renowned, all of them riding on horses. -- ezekiel 23:23 +. +And they shall come against you with chariots, wagons, and wheels, and with an assembly of people, which shall set against you buckler and shield and helmet round about: and I will set judgment before them, and they shall judge you according to their judgments. -- ezekiel 23:24 +. +And I will set my jealousy against you, and they shall deal furiously with you: they shall take away your nose and your ears; and your remnant shall fall by the sword: they shall take your sons and your daughters; and your residue shall be devoured by the fire. -- ezekiel 23:25 +. +They shall also strip you out of your clothes, and take away your fair jewels. -- ezekiel 23:26 +. +Thus will I make your lewdness to cease from you, and your prostitution brought from the land of Egypt: so that you shall not lift up your eyes to them, nor remember Egypt any more. -- ezekiel 23:27 +. +For thus said the Lord GOD; Behold, I will deliver you into the hand of them whom you hate, into the hand of them from whom your mind is alienated: -- ezekiel 23:28 +. +And they shall deal with you hatefully, and shall take away all your labor, and shall leave you naked and bore: and the nakedness of your prostitutions shall be discovered, both your lewdness and your prostitutions. -- ezekiel 23:29 +. +I will do these things to you, because you have gone a whoring after the heathen, and because you are polluted with their idols. -- ezekiel 23:30 +. +You have walked in the way of your sister; therefore will I give her cup into your hand. -- ezekiel 23:31 +. +Thus said the Lord GOD; You shall drink of your sister' cup deep and large: you shall be laughed to scorn and had in derision; it contains much. -- ezekiel 23:32 +. +You shall be filled with drunkenness and sorrow, with the cup of astonishment and desolation, with the cup of your sister Samaria. -- ezekiel 23:33 +. +You shall even drink it and suck it out, and you shall break the shards thereof, and pluck off your own breasts: for I have spoken it, said the Lord GOD. -- ezekiel 23:34 +. +Therefore thus said the Lord GOD; Because you have forgotten me, and cast me behind your back, therefore bear you also your lewdness and your prostitutions. -- ezekiel 23:35 +. +The LORD said moreover to me; Son of man, will you judge Aholah and Aholibah? yes, declare to them their abominations; -- ezekiel 23:36 +. +That they have committed adultery, and blood is in their hands, and with their idols have they committed adultery, and have also caused their sons, whom they bore to me, to pass for them through the fire, to devour them. -- ezekiel 23:37 +. +Moreover this they have done to me: they have defiled my sanctuary in the same day, and have profaned my sabbaths. -- ezekiel 23:38 +. +For when they had slain their children to their idols, then they came the same day into my sanctuary to profane it; and, see, thus have they done in the middle of my house. -- ezekiel 23:39 +. +And furthermore, that you have sent for men to come from far, to whom a messenger was sent; and, see, they came: for whom you did wash yourself, painted your eyes, and decked yourself with ornaments, -- ezekiel 23:40 +. +And sat on a stately bed, and a table prepared before it, whereupon you have set my incense and my oil. -- ezekiel 23:41 +. +And a voice of a multitude being at ease was with her: and with the men of the common sort were brought Sabeans from the wilderness, which put bracelets on their hands, and beautiful crowns on their heads. -- ezekiel 23:42 +. +Then said I to her that was old in adulteries, Will they now commit prostitutions with her, and she with them? -- ezekiel 23:43 +. +Yet they went in to her, as they go in to a woman that plays the harlot: so went they in to Aholah and to Aholibah, the lewd women. -- ezekiel 23:44 +. +And the righteous men, they shall judge them after the manner of adulteresses, and after the manner of women that shed blood; because they are adulteresses, and blood is in their hands. -- ezekiel 23:45 +. +For thus said the Lord GOD; I will bring up a company on them, and will give them to be removed and spoiled. -- ezekiel 23:46 +. +And the company shall stone them with stones, and dispatch them with their swords; they shall slay their sons and their daughters, and burn up their houses with fire. -- ezekiel 23:47 +. +Thus will I cause lewdness to cease out of the land, that all women may be taught not to do after your lewdness. -- ezekiel 23:48 +. +And they shall recompense your lewdness on you, and you shall bear the sins of your idols: and you shall know that I am the Lord GOD. -- ezekiel 23:49 +. +Again in the ninth year, in the tenth month, in the tenth day of the month, the word of the LORD came to me, saying, -- ezekiel 24:1 +. +Son of man, write you the name of the day, even of this same day: the king of Babylon set himself against Jerusalem this same day. -- ezekiel 24:2 +. +And utter a parable to the rebellious house, and say to them, Thus said the Lord GOD; Set on a pot, set it on, and also pour water into it: -- ezekiel 24:3 +. +Gather the pieces thereof into it, even every good piece, the thigh, and the shoulder; fill it with the choice bones. -- ezekiel 24:4 +. +Take the choice of the flock, and burn also the bones under it, and make it boil well, and let them seethe the bones of it therein. -- ezekiel 24:5 +. +Why thus said the Lord GOD; Woe to the bloody city, to the pot whose scum is therein, and whose scum is not gone out of it! bring it out piece by piece; let no lot fall on it. -- ezekiel 24:6 +. +For her blood is in the middle of her; she set it on the top of a rock; she poured it not on the ground, to cover it with dust; -- ezekiel 24:7 +. +That it might cause fury to come up to take vengeance; I have set her blood on the top of a rock, that it should not be covered. -- ezekiel 24:8 +. +Therefore thus said the Lord GOD; Woe to the bloody city! I will even make the pile for fire great. -- ezekiel 24:9 +. +Heap on wood, kindle the fire, consume the flesh, and spice it well, and let the bones be burned. -- ezekiel 24:10 +. +Then set it empty on the coals thereof, that the brass of it may be hot, and may burn, and that the filthiness of it may be molten in it, that the scum of it may be consumed. -- ezekiel 24:11 +. +She has wearied herself with lies, and her great scum went not forth out of her: her scum shall be in the fire. -- ezekiel 24:12 +. +In your filthiness is lewdness: because I have purged you, and you were not purged, you shall not be purged from your filthiness any more, till I have caused my fury to rest on you. -- ezekiel 24:13 +. +I the LORD have spoken it: it shall come to pass, and I will do it; I will not go back, neither will I spare, neither will I repent; according to your ways, and according to your doings, shall they judge you, said the Lord GOD. -- ezekiel 24:14 +. +Also the word of the LORD came to me, saying, -- ezekiel 24:15 +. +Son of man, behold, I take away from you the desire of your eyes with a stroke: yet neither shall you mourn nor weep, neither shall your tears run down. -- ezekiel 24:16 +. +Forbear to cry, make no mourning for the dead, bind the tire of your head on you, and put on your shoes on your feet, and cover not your lips, and eat not the bread of men. -- ezekiel 24:17 +. +So I spoke to the people in the morning: and at even my wife died; and I did in the morning as I was commanded. -- ezekiel 24:18 +. +And the people said to me, Will you not tell us what these things are to us, that you do so? -- ezekiel 24:19 +. +Then I answered them, The word of the LORD came to me, saying, -- ezekiel 24:20 +. +Speak to the house of Israel, Thus said the Lord GOD; Behold, I will profane my sanctuary, the excellency of your strength, the desire of your eyes, and that which your soul pities; and your sons and your daughters whom you have left shall fall by the sword. -- ezekiel 24:21 +. +And you shall do as I have done: you shall not cover your lips, nor eat the bread of men. -- ezekiel 24:22 +. +And your tires shall be on your heads, and your shoes on your feet: you shall not mourn nor weep; but you shall pine away for your iniquities, and mourn one toward another. -- ezekiel 24:23 +. +Thus Ezekiel is to you a sign: according to all that he has done shall you do: and when this comes, you shall know that I am the Lord GOD. -- ezekiel 24:24 +. +Also, you son of man, shall it not be in the day when I take from them their strength, the joy of their glory, the desire of their eyes, and that whereupon they set their minds, their sons and their daughters, -- ezekiel 24:25 +. +That he that escapes in that day shall come to you, to cause you to hear it with your ears? -- ezekiel 24:26 +. +In that day shall your mouth be opened to him which is escaped, and you shall speak, and be no more dumb: and you shall be a sign to them; and they shall know that I am the LORD. -- ezekiel 24:27 +. +The word of the LORD came again to me, saying, -- ezekiel 25:1 +. +Son of man, set your face against the Ammonites, and prophesy against them; -- ezekiel 25:2 +. +And say to the Ammonites, Hear the word of the Lord GOD; Thus said the Lord GOD; Because you said, Aha, against my sanctuary, when it was profaned; and against the land of Israel, when it was desolate; and against the house of Judah, when they went into captivity; -- ezekiel 25:3 +. +Behold, therefore I will deliver you to the men of the east for a possession, and they shall set their palaces in you, and make their dwellings in you: they shall eat your fruit, and they shall drink your milk. -- ezekiel 25:4 +. +And I will make Rabbah a stable for camels, and the Ammonites a couching place for flocks: and you shall know that I am the LORD. -- ezekiel 25:5 +. +For thus said the Lord GOD; Because you have clapped your hands, and stamped with the feet, and rejoiced in heart with all your despite against the land of Israel; -- ezekiel 25:6 +. +Behold, therefore I will stretch out my hand on you, and will deliver you for a spoil to the heathen; and I will cut you off from the people, and I will cause you to perish out of the countries: I will destroy you; and you shall know that I am the LORD. -- ezekiel 25:7 +. +Thus said the Lord GOD; Because that Moab and Seir do say, Behold, the house of Judah is like to all the heathen; -- ezekiel 25:8 +. +Therefore, behold, I will open the side of Moab from the cities, from his cities which are on his frontiers, the glory of the country, Bethjeshimoth, Baalmeon, and Kiriathaim, -- ezekiel 25:9 +. +To the men of the east with the Ammonites, and will give them in possession, that the Ammonites may not be remembered among the nations. -- ezekiel 25:10 +. +And I will execute judgments on Moab; and they shall know that I am the LORD. -- ezekiel 25:11 +. +Thus said the Lord GOD; Because that Edom has dealt against the house of Judah by taking vengeance, and has greatly offended, and revenged himself on them; -- ezekiel 25:12 +. +Therefore thus said the Lord GOD; I will also stretch out my hand on Edom, and will cut off man and beast from it; and I will make it desolate from Teman; and they of Dedan shall fall by the sword. -- ezekiel 25:13 +. +And I will lay my vengeance on Edom by the hand of my people Israel: and they shall do in Edom according to my anger and according to my fury; and they shall know my vengeance, said the Lord GOD. -- ezekiel 25:14 +. +Thus said the Lord GOD; Because the Philistines have dealt by revenge, and have taken vengeance with a despiteful heart, to destroy it for the old hatred; -- ezekiel 25:15 +. +Therefore thus said the Lord GOD; Behold, I will stretch out my hand on the Philistines, and I will cut off the Cherethims, and destroy the remnant of the sea coast. -- ezekiel 25:16 +. +And I will execute great vengeance on them with furious rebukes; and they shall know that I am the LORD, when I shall lay my vengeance on them. -- ezekiel 25:17 +. +And it came to pass in the eleventh year, in the first day of the month, that the word of the LORD came to me, saying, -- ezekiel 26:1 +. +Son of man, because that Tyrus has said against Jerusalem, Aha, she is broken that was the gates of the people: she is turned to me: I shall be replenished, now she is laid waste: -- ezekiel 26:2 +. +Therefore thus said the Lord GOD; Behold, I am against you, O Tyrus, and will cause many nations to come up against you, as the sea causes his waves to come up. -- ezekiel 26:3 +. +And they shall destroy the walls of Tyrus, and break down her towers: I will also scrape her dust from her, and make her like the top of a rock. -- ezekiel 26:4 +. +It shall be a place for the spreading of nets in the middle of the sea: for I have spoken it, said the Lord GOD: and it shall become a spoil to the nations. -- ezekiel 26:5 +. +And her daughters which are in the field shall be slain by the sword; and they shall know that I am the LORD. -- ezekiel 26:6 +. +For thus said the Lord GOD; Behold, I will bring on Tyrus Nebuchadrezzar king of Babylon, a king of kings, from the north, with horses, and with chariots, and with horsemen, and companies, and much people. -- ezekiel 26:7 +. +He shall slay with the sword your daughters in the field: and he shall make a fort against you, and cast a mount against you, and lift up the buckler against you. -- ezekiel 26:8 +. +And he shall set engines of war against your walls, and with his axes he shall break down your towers. -- ezekiel 26:9 +. +By reason of the abundance of his horses their dust shall cover you: your walls shall shake at the noise of the horsemen, and of the wheels, and of the chariots, when he shall enter into your gates, as men enter into a city wherein is made a breach. -- ezekiel 26:10 +. +With the hoofs of his horses shall he tread down all your streets: he shall slay your people by the sword, and your strong garrisons shall go down to the ground. -- ezekiel 26:11 +. +And they shall make a spoil of your riches, and make a prey of your merchandise: and they shall break down your walls, and destroy your pleasant houses: and they shall lay your stones and your timber and your dust in the middle of the water. -- ezekiel 26:12 +. +And I will cause the noise of your songs to cease; and the sound of your harps shall be no more heard. -- ezekiel 26:13 +. +And I will make you like the top of a rock: you shall be a place to spread nets on; you shall be built no more: for I the LORD have spoken it, said the Lord GOD. -- ezekiel 26:14 +. +Thus said the Lord GOD to Tyrus; Shall not the isles shake at the sound of your fall, when the wounded cry, when the slaughter is made in the middle of you? -- ezekiel 26:15 +. +Then all the princes of the sea shall come down from their thrones, and lay away their robes, and put off their broidered garments: they shall clothe themselves with trembling; they shall sit on the ground, and shall tremble at every moment, and be astonished at you. -- ezekiel 26:16 +. +And they shall take up a lamentation for you, and say to you, How are you destroyed, that were inhabited of seafaring men, the renowned city, which were strong in the sea, she and her inhabitants, which cause their terror to be on all that haunt it! -- ezekiel 26:17 +. +Now shall the isles tremble in the day of your fall; yes, the isles that are in the sea shall be troubled at your departure. -- ezekiel 26:18 +. +For thus said the Lord GOD; When I shall make you a desolate city, like the cities that are not inhabited; when I shall bring up the deep on you, and great waters shall cover you; -- ezekiel 26:19 +. +When I shall bring you down with them that descend into the pit, with the people of old time, and shall set you in the low parts of the earth, in places desolate of old, with them that go down to the pit, that you be not inhabited; and I shall set glory in the land of the living; -- ezekiel 26:20 +. +I will make you a terror, and you shall be no more: though you be sought for, yet shall you never be found again, said the Lord GOD. -- ezekiel 26:21 +. +The word of the LORD came again to me, saying, -- ezekiel 27:1 +. +Now, you son of man, take up a lamentation for Tyrus; -- ezekiel 27:2 +. +And say to Tyrus, O you that are situate at the entry of the sea, which are a merchant of the people for many isles, Thus said the Lord GOD; O Tyrus, you have said, I am of perfect beauty. -- ezekiel 27:3 +. +Your borders are in the middle of the seas, your builders have perfected your beauty. -- ezekiel 27:4 +. +They have made all your ship boards of fir trees of Senir: they have taken cedars from Lebanon to make masts for you. -- ezekiel 27:5 +. +Of the oaks of Bashan have they made your oars; the company of the Ashurites have made your benches of ivory, brought out of the isles of Chittim. -- ezekiel 27:6 +. +Fine linen with broidered work from Egypt was that which you spread forth to be your sail; blue and purple from the isles of Elishah was that which covered you. -- ezekiel 27:7 +. +The inhabitants of Zidon and Arvad were your mariners: your wise men, O Tyrus, that were in you, were your pilots. -- ezekiel 27:8 +. +The ancients of Gebal and the wise men thereof were in you your caulkers: all the ships of the sea with their mariners were in you to occupy your merchandise. -- ezekiel 27:9 +. +They of Persia and of Lud and of Phut were in your army, your men of war: they hanged the shield and helmet in you; they set forth your comeliness. -- ezekiel 27:10 +. +The men of Arvad with your army were on your walls round about, and the Gammadims were in your towers: they hanged their shields on your walls round about; they have made your beauty perfect. -- ezekiel 27:11 +. +Tarshish was your merchant by reason of the multitude of all kind of riches; with silver, iron, tin, and lead, they traded in your fairs. -- ezekiel 27:12 +. +Javan, Tubal, and Meshech, they were your merchants: they traded the persons of men and vessels of brass in your market. -- ezekiel 27:13 +. +They of the house of Togarmah traded in your fairs with horses and horsemen and mules. -- ezekiel 27:14 +. +The men of Dedan were your merchants; many isles were the merchandise of your hand: they brought you for a present horns of ivory and ebony. -- ezekiel 27:15 +. +Syria was your merchant by reason of the multitude of the wares of your making: they occupied in your fairs with emeralds, purple, and broidered work, and fine linen, and coral, and agate. -- ezekiel 27:16 +. +Judah, and the land of Israel, they were your merchants: they traded in your market wheat of Minnith, and Pannag, and honey, and oil, and balm. -- ezekiel 27:17 +. +Damascus was your merchant in the multitude of the wares of your making, for the multitude of all riches; in the wine of Helbon, and white wool. -- ezekiel 27:18 +. +Dan also and Javan going to and fro occupied in your fairs: bright iron, cassia, and calamus, were in your market. -- ezekiel 27:19 +. +Dedan was your merchant in precious clothes for chariots. -- ezekiel 27:20 +. +Arabia, and all the princes of Kedar, they occupied with you in lambs, and rams, and goats: in these were they your merchants. -- ezekiel 27:21 +. +The merchants of Sheba and Raamah, they were your merchants: they occupied in your fairs with chief of all spices, and with all precious stones, and gold. -- ezekiel 27:22 +. +Haran, and Canneh, and Eden, the merchants of Sheba, Asshur, and Chilmad, were your merchants. -- ezekiel 27:23 +. +These were your merchants in all sorts of things, in blue clothes, and broidered work, and in chests of rich apparel, bound with cords, and made of cedar, among your merchandise. -- ezekiel 27:24 +. +The ships of Tarshish did sing of you in your market: and you were replenished, and made very glorious in the middle of the seas. -- ezekiel 27:25 +. +Your rowers have brought you into great waters: the east wind has broken you in the middle of the seas. -- ezekiel 27:26 +. +Your riches, and your fairs, your merchandise, your mariners, and your pilots, your caulkers, and the occupiers of your merchandise, and all your men of war, that are in you, and in all your company which is in the middle of you, shall fall into the middle of the seas in the day of your ruin. -- ezekiel 27:27 +. +The suburbs shall shake at the sound of the cry of your pilots. -- ezekiel 27:28 +. +And all that handle the oar, the mariners, and all the pilots of the sea, shall come down from their ships, they shall stand on the land; -- ezekiel 27:29 +. +And shall cause their voice to be heard against you, and shall cry bitterly, and shall cast up dust on their heads, they shall wallow themselves in the ashes: -- ezekiel 27:30 +. +And they shall make themselves utterly bald for you, and gird them with sackcloth, and they shall weep for you with bitterness of heart and bitter wailing. -- ezekiel 27:31 +. +And in their wailing they shall take up a lamentation for you, and lament over you, saying, What city is like Tyrus, like the destroyed in the middle of the sea? -- ezekiel 27:32 +. +When your wares went forth out of the seas, you filled many people; you did enrich the kings of the earth with the multitude of your riches and of your merchandise. -- ezekiel 27:33 +. +In the time when you shall be broken by the seas in the depths of the waters your merchandise and all your company in the middle of you shall fall. -- ezekiel 27:34 +. +All the inhabitants of the isles shall be astonished at you, and their kings shall be sore afraid, they shall be troubled in their countenance. -- ezekiel 27:35 +. +The merchants among the people shall hiss at you; you shall be a terror, and never shall be any more. -- ezekiel 27:36 +. +The word of the LORD came again to me, saying, -- ezekiel 28:1 +. +Son of man, say to the prince of Tyrus, Thus said the Lord GOD; Because your heart is lifted up, and you have said, I am a God, I sit in the seat of God, in the middle of the seas; yet you are a man, and not God, though you set your heart as the heart of God: -- ezekiel 28:2 +. +Behold, you are wiser than Daniel; there is no secret that they can hide from you: -- ezekiel 28:3 +. +With your wisdom and with your understanding you have gotten you riches, and have gotten gold and silver into your treasures: -- ezekiel 28:4 +. +By your great wisdom and by your traffic have you increased your riches, and your heart is lifted up because of your riches: -- ezekiel 28:5 +. +Therefore thus said the Lord GOD; Because you have set your heart as the heart of God; -- ezekiel 28:6 +. +Behold, therefore I will bring strangers on you, the terrible of the nations: and they shall draw their swords against the beauty of your wisdom, and they shall defile your brightness. -- ezekiel 28:7 +. +They shall bring you down to the pit, and you shall die the deaths of them that are slain in the middle of the seas. -- ezekiel 28:8 +. +Will you yet say before him that slays you, I am God? but you shall be a man, and no God, in the hand of him that slays you. -- ezekiel 28:9 +. +You shall die the deaths of the uncircumcised by the hand of strangers: for I have spoken it, said the Lord GOD. -- ezekiel 28:10 +. +Moreover the word of the LORD came to me, saying, -- ezekiel 28:11 +. +Son of man, take up a lamentation on the king of Tyrus, and say to him, Thus said the Lord GOD; You seal up the sum, full of wisdom, and perfect in beauty. -- ezekiel 28:12 +. +You have been in Eden the garden of God; every precious stone was your covering, the sardius, topaz, and the diamond, the beryl, the onyx, and the jasper, the sapphire, the emerald, and the carbuncle, and gold: the workmanship of your tabrets and of your pipes was prepared in you in the day that you were created. -- ezekiel 28:13 +. +You are the anointed cherub that covers; and I have set you so: you were on the holy mountain of God; you have walked up and down in the middle of the stones of fire. -- ezekiel 28:14 +. +You were perfect in your ways from the day that you were created, till iniquity was found in you. -- ezekiel 28:15 +. +By the multitude of your merchandise they have filled the middle of you with violence, and you have sinned: therefore I will cast you as profane out of the mountain of God: and I will destroy you, O covering cherub, from the middle of the stones of fire. -- ezekiel 28:16 +. +Your heart was lifted up because of your beauty, you have corrupted your wisdom by reason of your brightness: I will cast you to the ground, I will lay you before kings, that they may behold you. -- ezekiel 28:17 +. +You have defiled your sanctuaries by the multitude of your iniquities, by the iniquity of your traffic; therefore will I bring forth a fire from the middle of you, it shall devour you, and I will bring you to ashes on the earth in the sight of all them that behold you. -- ezekiel 28:18 +. +All they that know you among the people shall be astonished at you: you shall be a terror, and never shall you be any more. -- ezekiel 28:19 +. +Again the word of the LORD came to me, saying, -- ezekiel 28:20 +. +Son of man, set your face against Zidon, and prophesy against it, -- ezekiel 28:21 +. +And say, Thus said the Lord GOD; Behold, I am against you, O Zidon; and I will be glorified in the middle of you: and they shall know that I am the LORD, when I shall have executed judgments in her, and shall be sanctified in her. -- ezekiel 28:22 +. +For I will send into her pestilence, and blood into her streets; and the wounded shall be judged in the middle of her by the sword on her on every side; and they shall know that I am the LORD. -- ezekiel 28:23 +. +And there shall be no more a pricking brier to the house of Israel, nor any grieving thorn of all that are round about them, that despised them; and they shall know that I am the Lord GOD. -- ezekiel 28:24 +. +Thus said the Lord GOD; When I shall have gathered the house of Israel from the people among whom they are scattered, and shall be sanctified in them in the sight of the heathen, then shall they dwell in their land that I have given to my servant Jacob. -- ezekiel 28:25 +. +And they shall dwell safely therein, and shall build houses, and plant vineyards; yes, they shall dwell with confidence, when I have executed judgments on all those that despise them round about them; and they shall know that I am the LORD their God. -- ezekiel 28:26 +. +In the tenth year, in the tenth month, in the twelfth day of the month, the word of the LORD came to me, saying, -- ezekiel 29:1 +. +Son of man, set your face against Pharaoh king of Egypt, and prophesy against him, and against all Egypt: -- ezekiel 29:2 +. +Speak, and say, Thus said the Lord GOD; Behold, I am against you, Pharaoh king of Egypt, the great dragon that lies in the middle of his rivers, which has said, My river is my own, and I have made it for myself. -- ezekiel 29:3 +. +But I will put hooks in your jaws, and I will cause the fish of your rivers to stick to your scales, and I will bring you up out of the middle of your rivers, and all the fish of your rivers shall stick to your scales. -- ezekiel 29:4 +. +And I will leave you thrown into the wilderness, you and all the fish of your rivers: you shall fall on the open fields; you shall not be brought together, nor gathered: I have given you for meat to the beasts of the field and to the fowls of the heaven. -- ezekiel 29:5 +. +And all the inhabitants of Egypt shall know that I am the LORD, because they have been a staff of reed to the house of Israel. -- ezekiel 29:6 +. +When they took hold of you by your hand, you did break, and rend all their shoulder: and when they leaned on you, you brake, and made all their loins to be at a stand. -- ezekiel 29:7 +. +Therefore thus said the Lord GOD; Behold, I will bring a sword on you, and cut off man and beast out of you. -- ezekiel 29:8 +. +And the land of Egypt shall be desolate and waste; and they shall know that I am the LORD: because he has said, The river is mine, and I have made it. -- ezekiel 29:9 +. +Behold, therefore I am against you, and against your rivers, and I will make the land of Egypt utterly waste and desolate, from the tower of Syene even to the border of Ethiopia. -- ezekiel 29:10 +. +No foot of man shall pass through it, nor foot of beast shall pass through it, neither shall it be inhabited forty years. -- ezekiel 29:11 +. +And I will make the land of Egypt desolate in the middle of the countries that are desolate, and her cities among the cities that are laid waste shall be desolate forty years: and I will scatter the Egyptians among the nations, and will disperse them through the countries. -- ezekiel 29:12 +. +Yet thus said the Lord GOD; At the end of forty years will I gather the Egyptians from the people where they were scattered: -- ezekiel 29:13 +. +And I will bring again the captivity of Egypt, and will cause them to return into the land of Pathros, into the land of their habitation; and they shall be there a base kingdom. -- ezekiel 29:14 +. +It shall be the basest of the kingdoms; neither shall it exalt itself any more above the nations: for I will diminish them, that they shall no more rule over the nations. -- ezekiel 29:15 +. +And it shall be no more the confidence of the house of Israel, which brings their iniquity to remembrance, when they shall look after them: but they shall know that I am the Lord GOD. -- ezekiel 29:16 +. +And it came to pass in the seven and twentieth year, in the first month, in the first day of the month, the word of the LORD came to me, saying, -- ezekiel 29:17 +. +Son of man, Nebuchadrezzar king of Babylon caused his army to serve a great service against Tyrus: every head was made bald, and every shoulder was peeled: yet had he no wages, nor his army, for Tyrus, for the service that he had served against it: -- ezekiel 29:18 +. +Therefore thus said the Lord GOD; Behold, I will give the land of Egypt to Nebuchadrezzar king of Babylon; and he shall take her multitude, and take her spoil, and take her prey; and it shall be the wages for his army. -- ezekiel 29:19 +. +I have given him the land of Egypt for his labor with which he served against it, because they worked for me, said the Lord GOD. -- ezekiel 29:20 +. +In that day will I cause the horn of the house of Israel to bud forth, and I will give you the opening of the mouth in the middle of them; and they shall know that I am the LORD. -- ezekiel 29:21 +. +The word of the LORD came again to me, saying, -- ezekiel 30:1 +. +Son of man, prophesy and say, Thus said the Lord GOD; Howl you, Woe worth the day! -- ezekiel 30:2 +. +For the day is near, even the day of the LORD is near, a cloudy day; it shall be the time of the heathen. -- ezekiel 30:3 +. +And the sword shall come on Egypt, and great pain shall be in Ethiopia, when the slain shall fall in Egypt, and they shall take away her multitude, and her foundations shall be broken down. -- ezekiel 30:4 +. +Ethiopia, and Libya, and Lydia, and all the mingled people, and Chub, and the men of the land that is in league, shall fall with them by the sword. -- ezekiel 30:5 +. +Thus said the LORD; They also that uphold Egypt shall fall; and the pride of her power shall come down: from the tower of Syene shall they fall in it by the sword, said the Lord GOD. -- ezekiel 30:6 +. +And they shall be desolate in the middle of the countries that are desolate, and her cities shall be in the middle of the cities that are wasted. -- ezekiel 30:7 +. +And they shall know that I am the LORD, when I have set a fire in Egypt, and when all her helpers shall be destroyed. -- ezekiel 30:8 +. +In that day shall messengers go forth from me in ships to make the careless Ethiopians afraid, and great pain shall come on them, as in the day of Egypt: for, see, it comes. -- ezekiel 30:9 +. +Thus said the Lord GOD; I will also make the multitude of Egypt to cease by the hand of Nebuchadrezzar king of Babylon. -- ezekiel 30:10 +. +He and his people with him, the terrible of the nations, shall be brought to destroy the land: and they shall draw their swords against Egypt, and fill the land with the slain. -- ezekiel 30:11 +. +And I will make the rivers dry, and sell the land into the hand of the wicked: and I will make the land waste, and all that is therein, by the hand of strangers: I the LORD have spoken it. -- ezekiel 30:12 +. +Thus said the Lord GOD; I will also destroy the idols, and I will cause their images to cease out of Noph; and there shall be no more a prince of the land of Egypt: and I will put a fear in the land of Egypt. -- ezekiel 30:13 +. +And I will make Pathros desolate, and will set fire in Zoan, and will execute judgments in No. -- ezekiel 30:14 +. +And I will pour my fury on Sin, the strength of Egypt; and I will cut off the multitude of No. -- ezekiel 30:15 +. +And I will set fire in Egypt: Sin shall have great pain, and No shall be rent asunder, and Noph shall have distresses daily. -- ezekiel 30:16 +. +The young men of Aven and of Pibeseth shall fall by the sword: and these cities shall go into captivity. -- ezekiel 30:17 +. +At Tehaphnehes also the day shall be darkened, when I shall break there the yokes of Egypt: and the pomp of her strength shall cease in her: as for her, a cloud shall cover her, and her daughters shall go into captivity. -- ezekiel 30:18 +. +Thus will I execute judgments in Egypt: and they shall know that I am the LORD. -- ezekiel 30:19 +. +And it came to pass in the eleventh year, in the first month, in the seventh day of the month, that the word of the LORD came to me, saying, -- ezekiel 30:20 +. +Son of man, I have broken the arm of Pharaoh king of Egypt; and, see, it shall not be bound up to be healed, to put a roller to bind it, to make it strong to hold the sword. -- ezekiel 30:21 +. +Therefore thus said the Lord GOD; Behold, I am against Pharaoh king of Egypt, and will break his arms, the strong, and that which was broken; and I will cause the sword to fall out of his hand. -- ezekiel 30:22 +. +And I will scatter the Egyptians among the nations, and will disperse them through the countries. -- ezekiel 30:23 +. +And I will strengthen the arms of the king of Babylon, and put my sword in his hand: but I will break Pharaoh' arms, and he shall groan before him with the groanings of a deadly wounded man. -- ezekiel 30:24 +. +But I will strengthen the arms of the king of Babylon, and the arms of Pharaoh shall fall down; and they shall know that I am the LORD, when I shall put my sword into the hand of the king of Babylon, and he shall stretch it out on the land of Egypt. -- ezekiel 30:25 +. +And I will scatter the Egyptians among the nations, and disperse them among the countries; and they shall know that I am the LORD. -- ezekiel 30:26 +. +And it came to pass in the eleventh year, in the third month, in the first day of the month, that the word of the LORD came to me, saying, -- ezekiel 31:1 +. +Son of man, speak to Pharaoh king of Egypt, and to his multitude; Whom are you like in your greatness? -- ezekiel 31:2 +. +Behold, the Assyrian was a cedar in Lebanon with fair branches, and with a shadowing shroud, and of an high stature; and his top was among the thick boughs. -- ezekiel 31:3 +. +The waters made him great, the deep set him up on high with her rivers running round about his plants, and sent her little rivers to all the trees of the field. -- ezekiel 31:4 +. +Therefore his height was exalted above all the trees of the field, and his boughs were multiplied, and his branches became long because of the multitude of waters, when he shot forth. -- ezekiel 31:5 +. +All the fowls of heaven made their nests in his boughs, and under his branches did all the beasts of the field bring forth their young, and under his shadow dwelled all great nations. -- ezekiel 31:6 +. +Thus was he fair in his greatness, in the length of his branches: for his root was by great waters. -- ezekiel 31:7 +. +The cedars in the garden of God could not hide him: the fir trees were not like his boughs, and the chestnut trees were not like his branches; nor any tree in the garden of God was like to him in his beauty. -- ezekiel 31:8 +. +I have made him fair by the multitude of his branches: so that all the trees of Eden, that were in the garden of God, envied him. -- ezekiel 31:9 +. +Therefore thus said the Lord GOD; Because you have lifted up yourself in height, and he has shot up his top among the thick boughs, and his heart is lifted up in his height; -- ezekiel 31:10 +. +I have therefore delivered him into the hand of the mighty one of the heathen; he shall surely deal with him: I have driven him out for his wickedness. -- ezekiel 31:11 +. +And strangers, the terrible of the nations, have cut him off, and have left him: on the mountains and in all the valleys his branches are fallen, and his boughs are broken by all the rivers of the land; and all the people of the earth are gone down from his shadow, and have left him. -- ezekiel 31:12 +. +On his ruin shall all the fowls of the heaven remain, and all the beasts of the field shall be on his branches: -- ezekiel 31:13 +. +To the end that none of all the trees by the waters exalt themselves for their height, neither shoot up their top among the thick boughs, neither their trees stand up in their height, all that drink water: for they are all delivered to death, to the nether parts of the earth, in the middle of the children of men, with them that go down to the pit. -- ezekiel 31:14 +. +Thus said the Lord GOD; In the day when he went down to the grave I caused a mourning: I covered the deep for him, and I restrained the floods thereof, and the great waters were stayed: and I caused Lebanon to mourn for him, and all the trees of the field fainted for him. -- ezekiel 31:15 +. +I made the nations to shake at the sound of his fall, when I cast him down to hell with them that descend into the pit: and all the trees of Eden, the choice and best of Lebanon, all that drink water, shall be comforted in the nether parts of the earth. -- ezekiel 31:16 +. +They also went down into hell with him to them that be slain with the sword; and they that were his arm, that dwelled under his shadow in the middle of the heathen. -- ezekiel 31:17 +. +To whom are you thus like in glory and in greatness among the trees of Eden? yet shall you be brought down with the trees of Eden to the nether parts of the earth: you shall lie in the middle of the uncircumcised with them that be slain by the sword. This is Pharaoh and all his multitude, said the Lord GOD. -- ezekiel 31:18 +. +And it came to pass in the twelfth year, in the twelfth month, in the first day of the month, that the word of the LORD came to me, saying, -- ezekiel 32:1 +. +Son of man, take up a lamentation for Pharaoh king of Egypt, and say to him, You are like a young lion of the nations, and you are as a whale in the seas: and you came forth with your rivers, and troubled the waters with your feet, and fouled their rivers. -- ezekiel 32:2 +. +Thus said the Lord GOD; I will therefore spread out my net over you with a company of many people; and they shall bring you up in my net. -- ezekiel 32:3 +. +Then will I leave you on the land, I will cast you forth on the open field, and will cause all the fowls of the heaven to remain on you, and I will fill the beasts of the whole earth with you. -- ezekiel 32:4 +. +And I will lay your flesh on the mountains, and fill the valleys with your height. -- ezekiel 32:5 +. +I will also water with your blood the land wherein you swim, even to the mountains; and the rivers shall be full of you. -- ezekiel 32:6 +. +And when I shall put you out, I will cover the heaven, and make the stars thereof dark; I will cover the sun with a cloud, and the moon shall not give her light. -- ezekiel 32:7 +. +All the bright lights of heaven will I make dark over you, and set darkness on your land, said the Lord GOD. -- ezekiel 32:8 +. +I will also vex the hearts of many people, when I shall bring your destruction among the nations, into the countries which you have not known. -- ezekiel 32:9 +. +Yes, I will make many people amazed at you, and their kings shall be horribly afraid for you, when I shall brandish my sword before them; and they shall tremble at every moment, every man for his own life, in the day of your fall. -- ezekiel 32:10 +. +For thus said the Lord GOD; The sword of the king of Babylon shall come on you. -- ezekiel 32:11 +. +By the swords of the mighty will I cause your multitude to fall, the terrible of the nations, all of them: and they shall spoil the pomp of Egypt, and all the multitude thereof shall be destroyed. -- ezekiel 32:12 +. +I will destroy also all the beasts thereof from beside the great waters; neither shall the foot of man trouble them any more, nor the hoofs of beasts trouble them. -- ezekiel 32:13 +. +Then will I make their waters deep, and cause their rivers to run like oil, said the Lord GOD. -- ezekiel 32:14 +. +When I shall make the land of Egypt desolate, and the country shall be destitute of that whereof it was full, when I shall smite all them that dwell therein, then shall they know that I am the LORD. -- ezekiel 32:15 +. +This is the lamentation with which they shall lament her: the daughters of the nations shall lament her: they shall lament for her, even for Egypt, and for all her multitude, said the Lord GOD. -- ezekiel 32:16 +. +It came to pass also in the twelfth year, in the fifteenth day of the month, that the word of the LORD came to me, saying, -- ezekiel 32:17 +. +Son of man, wail for the multitude of Egypt, and cast them down, even her, and the daughters of the famous nations, to the nether parts of the earth, with them that go down into the pit. -- ezekiel 32:18 +. +Whom do you pass in beauty? go down, and be you laid with the uncircumcised. -- ezekiel 32:19 +. +They shall fall in the middle of them that are slain by the sword: she is delivered to the sword: draw her and all her multitudes. -- ezekiel 32:20 +. +The strong among the mighty shall speak to him out of the middle of hell with them that help him: they are gone down, they lie uncircumcised, slain by the sword. -- ezekiel 32:21 +. +Asshur is there and all her company: his graves are about him: all of them slain, fallen by the sword: -- ezekiel 32:22 +. +Whose graves are set in the sides of the pit, and her company is round about her grave: all of them slain, fallen by the sword, which caused terror in the land of the living. -- ezekiel 32:23 +. +There is Elam and all her multitude round about her grave, all of them slain, fallen by the sword, which are gone down uncircumcised into the nether parts of the earth, which caused their terror in the land of the living; yet have they borne their shame with them that go down to the pit. -- ezekiel 32:24 +. +They have set her a bed in the middle of the slain with all her multitude: her graves are round about him: all of them uncircumcised, slain by the sword: though their terror was caused in the land of the living, yet have they borne their shame with them that go down to the pit: he is put in the middle of them that be slain. -- ezekiel 32:25 +. +There is Meshech, Tubal, and all her multitude: her graves are round about him: all of them uncircumcised, slain by the sword, though they caused their terror in the land of the living. -- ezekiel 32:26 +. +And they shall not lie with the mighty that are fallen of the uncircumcised, which are gone down to hell with their weapons of war: and they have laid their swords under their heads, but their iniquities shall be on their bones, though they were the terror of the mighty in the land of the living. -- ezekiel 32:27 +. +Yes, you shall be broken in the middle of the uncircumcised, and shall lie with them that are slain with the sword. -- ezekiel 32:28 +. +There is Edom, her kings, and all her princes, which with their might are laid by them that were slain by the sword: they shall lie with the uncircumcised, and with them that go down to the pit. -- ezekiel 32:29 +. +There be the princes of the north, all of them, and all the Zidonians, which are gone down with the slain; with their terror they are ashamed of their might; and they lie uncircumcised with them that be slain by the sword, and bear their shame with them that go down to the pit. -- ezekiel 32:30 +. +Pharaoh shall see them, and shall be comforted over all his multitude, even Pharaoh and all his army slain by the sword, said the Lord GOD. -- ezekiel 32:31 +. +For I have caused my terror in the land of the living: and he shall be laid in the middle of the uncircumcised with them that are slain with the sword, even Pharaoh and all his multitude, said the Lord GOD. -- ezekiel 32:32 +. +Again the word of the LORD came to me, saying, -- ezekiel 33:1 +. +Son of man, speak to the children of your people, and say to them, When I bring the sword on a land, if the people of the land take a man of their coasts, and set him for their watchman: -- ezekiel 33:2 +. +If when he sees the sword come on the land, he blow the trumpet, and warn the people; -- ezekiel 33:3 +. +Then whoever hears the sound of the trumpet, and takes not warning; if the sword come, and take him away, his blood shall be on his own head. -- ezekiel 33:4 +. +He heard the sound of the trumpet, and took not warning; his blood shall be on him. But he that takes warning shall deliver his soul. -- ezekiel 33:5 +. +But if the watchman see the sword come, and blow not the trumpet, and the people be not warned; if the sword come, and take any person from among them, he is taken away in his iniquity; but his blood will I require at the watchman' hand. -- ezekiel 33:6 +. +So you, O son of man, I have set you a watchman to the house of Israel; therefore you shall hear the word at my mouth, and warn them from me. -- ezekiel 33:7 +. +When I say to the wicked, O wicked man, you shall surely die; if you do not speak to warn the wicked from his way, that wicked man shall die in his iniquity; but his blood will I require at your hand. -- ezekiel 33:8 +. +Nevertheless, if you warn the wicked of his way to turn from it; if he do not turn from his way, he shall die in his iniquity; but you have delivered your soul. -- ezekiel 33:9 +. +Therefore, O you son of man, speak to the house of Israel; Thus you speak, saying, If our transgressions and our sins be on us, and we pine away in them, how should we then live? -- ezekiel 33:10 +. +Say to them, As I live, said the Lord GOD, I have no pleasure in the death of the wicked; but that the wicked turn from his way and live: turn you, turn you from your evil ways; for why will you die, O house of Israel? -- ezekiel 33:11 +. +Therefore, you son of man, say to the children of your people, The righteousness of the righteous shall not deliver him in the day of his transgression: as for the wickedness of the wicked, he shall not fall thereby in the day that he turns from his wickedness; neither shall the righteous be able to live for his righteousness in the day that he sins. -- ezekiel 33:12 +. +When I shall say to the righteous, that he shall surely live; if he trust to his own righteousness, and commit iniquity, all his righteousnesses shall not be remembered; but for his iniquity that he has committed, he shall die for it. -- ezekiel 33:13 +. +Again, when I say to the wicked, You shall surely die; if he turn from his sin, and do that which is lawful and right; -- ezekiel 33:14 +. +If the wicked restore the pledge, give again that he had robbed, walk in the statutes of life, without committing iniquity; he shall surely live, he shall not die. -- ezekiel 33:15 +. +None of his sins that he has committed shall be mentioned to him: he has done that which is lawful and right; he shall surely live. -- ezekiel 33:16 +. +Yet the children of your people say, The way of the Lord is not equal: but as for them, their way is not equal. -- ezekiel 33:17 +. +When the righteous turns from his righteousness, and commits iniquity, he shall even die thereby. -- ezekiel 33:18 +. +But if the wicked turn from his wickedness, and do that which is lawful and right, he shall live thereby. -- ezekiel 33:19 +. +Yet you say, The way of the Lord is not equal. O you house of Israel, I will judge you every one after his ways. -- ezekiel 33:20 +. +And it came to pass in the twelfth year of our captivity, in the tenth month, in the fifth day of the month, that one that had escaped out of Jerusalem came to me, saying, The city is smitten. -- ezekiel 33:21 +. +Now the hand of the LORD was on me in the evening, before he that was escaped came; and had opened my mouth, until he came to me in the morning; and my mouth was opened, and I was no more dumb. -- ezekiel 33:22 +. +Then the word of the LORD came to me, saying, -- ezekiel 33:23 +. +Son of man, they that inhabit those wastes of the land of Israel speak, saying, Abraham was one, and he inherited the land: but we are many; the land is given us for inheritance. -- ezekiel 33:24 +. +Why say to them, Thus said the Lord GOD; You eat with the blood, and lift up your eyes toward your idols, and shed blood: and shall you possess the land? -- ezekiel 33:25 +. +You stand on your sword, you work abomination, and you defile every one his neighbor' wife: and shall you possess the land? -- ezekiel 33:26 +. +Say you thus to them, Thus said the Lord GOD; As I live, surely they that are in the wastes shall fall by the sword, and him that is in the open field will I give to the beasts to be devoured, and they that be in the forts and in the caves shall die of the pestilence. -- ezekiel 33:27 +. +For I will lay the land most desolate, and the pomp of her strength shall cease; and the mountains of Israel shall be desolate, that none shall pass through. -- ezekiel 33:28 +. +Then shall they know that I am the LORD, when I have laid the land most desolate because of all their abominations which they have committed. -- ezekiel 33:29 +. +Also, you son of man, the children of your people still are talking against you by the walls and in the doors of the houses, and speak one to another, every one to his brother, saying, Come, I pray you, and hear what is the word that comes forth from the LORD. -- ezekiel 33:30 +. +And they come to you as the people comes, and they sit before you as my people, and they hear your words, but they will not do them: for with their mouth they show much love, but their heart goes after their covetousness. -- ezekiel 33:31 +. +And, see, you are to them as a very lovely song of one that has a pleasant voice, and can play well on an instrument: for they hear your words, but they do them not. -- ezekiel 33:32 +. +And when this comes to pass, (see, it will come,) then shall they know that a prophet has been among them. -- ezekiel 33:33 +. +And the word of the LORD came to me, saying, -- ezekiel 34:1 +. +Son of man, prophesy against the shepherds of Israel, prophesy, and say to them, Thus said the Lord GOD to the shepherds; Woe be to the shepherds of Israel that do feed themselves! should not the shepherds feed the flocks? -- ezekiel 34:2 +. +You eat the fat, and you clothe you with the wool, you kill them that are fed: but you feed not the flock. -- ezekiel 34:3 +. +The diseased have you not strengthened, neither have you healed that which was sick, neither have you bound up that which was broken, neither have you brought again that which was driven away, neither have you sought that which was lost; but with force and with cruelty have you ruled them. -- ezekiel 34:4 +. +And they were scattered, because there is no shepherd: and they became meat to all the beasts of the field, when they were scattered. -- ezekiel 34:5 +. +My sheep wandered through all the mountains, and on every high hill: yes, my flock was scattered on all the face of the earth, and none did search or seek after them. -- ezekiel 34:6 +. +Therefore, you shepherds, hear the word of the LORD; -- ezekiel 34:7 +. +As I live, said the Lord GOD, surely because my flock became a prey, and my flock became meat to every beast of the field, because there was no shepherd, neither did my shepherds search for my flock, but the shepherds fed themselves, and fed not my flock; -- ezekiel 34:8 +. +Therefore, O you shepherds, hear the word of the LORD; -- ezekiel 34:9 +. +Thus said the Lord GOD; Behold, I am against the shepherds; and I will require my flock at their hand, and cause them to cease from feeding the flock; neither shall the shepherds feed themselves any more; for I will deliver my flock from their mouth, that they may not be meat for them. -- ezekiel 34:10 +. +For thus said the Lord GOD; Behold, I, even I, will both search my sheep, and seek them out. -- ezekiel 34:11 +. +As a shepherd seeks out his flock in the day that he is among his sheep that are scattered; so will I seek out my sheep, and will deliver them out of all places where they have been scattered in the cloudy and dark day. -- ezekiel 34:12 +. +And I will bring them out from the people, and gather them from the countries, and will bring them to their own land, and feed them on the mountains of Israel by the rivers, and in all the inhabited places of the country. -- ezekiel 34:13 +. +I will feed them in a good pasture, and on the high mountains of Israel shall their fold be: there shall they lie in a good fold, and in a fat pasture shall they feed on the mountains of Israel. -- ezekiel 34:14 +. +I will feed my flock, and I will cause them to lie down, said the Lord GOD. -- ezekiel 34:15 +. +I will seek that which was lost, and bring again that which was driven away, and will bind up that which was broken, and will strengthen that which was sick: but I will destroy the fat and the strong; I will feed them with judgment. -- ezekiel 34:16 +. +And as for you, O my flock, thus said the Lord GOD; Behold, I judge between cattle and cattle, between the rams and the he goats. -- ezekiel 34:17 +. +Seems it a small thing to you to have eaten up the good pasture, but you must tread down with your feet the residue of your pastures? and to have drunk of the deep waters, but you must foul the residue with your feet? -- ezekiel 34:18 +. +And as for my flock, they eat that which you have trodden with your feet; and they drink that which you have fouled with your feet. -- ezekiel 34:19 +. +Therefore thus said the Lord GOD to them; Behold, I, even I, will judge between the fat cattle and between the lean cattle. -- ezekiel 34:20 +. +Because you have thrust with side and with shoulder, and pushed all the diseased with your horns, till you have scattered them abroad; -- ezekiel 34:21 +. +Therefore will I save my flock, and they shall no more be a prey; and I will judge between cattle and cattle. -- ezekiel 34:22 +. +And I will set up one shepherd over them, and he shall feed them, even my servant David; he shall feed them, and he shall be their shepherd. -- ezekiel 34:23 +. +And I the LORD will be their God, and my servant David a prince among them; I the LORD have spoken it. -- ezekiel 34:24 +. +And I will make with them a covenant of peace, and will cause the evil beasts to cease out of the land: and they shall dwell safely in the wilderness, and sleep in the woods. -- ezekiel 34:25 +. +And I will make them and the places round about my hill a blessing; and I will cause the shower to come down in his season; there shall be showers of blessing. -- ezekiel 34:26 +. +And the tree of the field shall yield her fruit, and the earth shall yield her increase, and they shall be safe in their land, and shall know that I am the LORD, when I have broken the bands of their yoke, and delivered them out of the hand of those that served themselves of them. -- ezekiel 34:27 +. +And they shall no more be a prey to the heathen, neither shall the beast of the land devour them; but they shall dwell safely, and none shall make them afraid. -- ezekiel 34:28 +. +And I will raise up for them a plant of renown, and they shall be no more consumed with hunger in the land, neither bear the shame of the heathen any more. -- ezekiel 34:29 +. +Thus shall they know that I the LORD their God am with them, and that they, even the house of Israel, are my people, said the Lord GOD. -- ezekiel 34:30 +. +And you my flock, the flock of my pasture, are men, and I am your God, said the Lord GOD. -- ezekiel 34:31 +. +Moreover the word of the LORD came to me, saying, -- ezekiel 35:1 +. +Son of man, set your face against mount Seir, and prophesy against it, -- ezekiel 35:2 +. +And say to it, Thus said the Lord GOD; Behold, O mount Seir, I am against you, and I will stretch out my hand against you, and I will make you most desolate. -- ezekiel 35:3 +. +I will lay your cities waste, and you shall be desolate, and you shall know that I am the LORD. -- ezekiel 35:4 +. +Because you have had a perpetual hatred, and have shed the blood of the children of Israel by the force of the sword in the time of their calamity, in the time that their iniquity had an end: -- ezekiel 35:5 +. +Therefore, as I live, said the Lord GOD, I will prepare you to blood, and blood shall pursue you: since you have not hated blood, even blood shall pursue you. -- ezekiel 35:6 +. +Thus will I make mount Seir most desolate, and cut off from it him that passes out and him that returns. -- ezekiel 35:7 +. +And I will fill his mountains with his slain men: in your hills, and in your valleys, and in all your rivers, shall they fall that are slain with the sword. -- ezekiel 35:8 +. +I will make you perpetual desolations, and your cities shall not return: and you shall know that I am the LORD. -- ezekiel 35:9 +. +Because you have said, These two nations and these two countries shall be mine, and we will possess it; whereas the LORD was there: -- ezekiel 35:10 +. +Therefore, as I live, said the Lord GOD, I will even do according to your anger, and according to your envy which you have used out of your hatred against them; and I will make myself known among them, when I have judged you. -- ezekiel 35:11 +. +And you shall know that I am the LORD, and that I have heard all your blasphemies which you have spoken against the mountains of Israel, saying, They are laid desolate, they are given us to consume. -- ezekiel 35:12 +. +Thus with your mouth you have boasted against me, and have multiplied your words against me: I have heard them. -- ezekiel 35:13 +. +Thus said the Lord GOD; When the whole earth rejoices, I will make you desolate. -- ezekiel 35:14 +. +As you did rejoice at the inheritance of the house of Israel, because it was desolate, so will I do to you: you shall be desolate, O mount Seir, and all Idumea, even all of it: and they shall know that I am the LORD. -- ezekiel 35:15 +. +Also, you son of man, prophesy to the mountains of Israel, and say, You mountains of Israel, hear the word of the LORD: -- ezekiel 36:1 +. +Thus said the Lord GOD; Because the enemy has said against you, Aha, even the ancient high places are ours in possession: -- ezekiel 36:2 +. +Therefore prophesy and say, Thus said the Lord GOD; Because they have made you desolate, and swallowed you up on every side, that you might be a possession to the residue of the heathen, and you are taken up in the lips of talkers, and are an infamy of the people: -- ezekiel 36:3 +. +Therefore, you mountains of Israel, hear the word of the Lord GOD; Thus said the Lord GOD to the mountains, and to the hills, to the rivers, and to the valleys, to the desolate wastes, and to the cities that are forsaken, which became a prey and derision to the residue of the heathen that are round about; -- ezekiel 36:4 +. +Therefore thus said the Lord GOD; Surely in the fire of my jealousy have I spoken against the residue of the heathen, and against all Idumea, which have appointed my land into their possession with the joy of all their heart, with despiteful minds, to cast it out for a prey. -- ezekiel 36:5 +. +Prophesy therefore concerning the land of Israel, and say to the mountains, and to the hills, to the rivers, and to the valleys, Thus said the Lord GOD; Behold, I have spoken in my jealousy and in my fury, because you have borne the shame of the heathen: -- ezekiel 36:6 +. +Therefore thus said the Lord GOD; I have lifted up my hand, Surely the heathen that are about you, they shall bear their shame. -- ezekiel 36:7 +. +But you, O mountains of Israel, you shall shoot forth your branches, and yield your fruit to my people of Israel; for they are at hand to come. -- ezekiel 36:8 +. +For, behold, I am for you, and I will turn to you, and you shall be tilled and sown: -- ezekiel 36:9 +. +And I will multiply men on you, all the house of Israel, even all of it: and the cities shall be inhabited, and the wastes shall be built: -- ezekiel 36:10 +. +And I will multiply on you man and beast; and they shall increase and bring fruit: and I will settle you after your old estates, and will do better to you than at your beginnings: and you shall know that I am the LORD. -- ezekiel 36:11 +. +Yes, I will cause men to walk on you, even my people Israel; and they shall possess you, and you shall be their inheritance, and you shall no more from now on bereave them of men. -- ezekiel 36:12 +. +Thus said the Lord GOD; Because they say to you, You land devour up men, and have bereaved your nations: -- ezekiel 36:13 +. +Therefore you shall devour men no more, neither bereave your nations any more, said the Lord GOD. -- ezekiel 36:14 +. +Neither will I cause men to hear in you the shame of the heathen any more, neither shall you bear the reproach of the people any more, neither shall you cause your nations to fall any more, said the Lord GOD. -- ezekiel 36:15 +. +Moreover the word of the LORD came to me, saying, -- ezekiel 36:16 +. +Son of man, when the house of Israel dwelled in their own land, they defiled it by their own way and by their doings: their way was before me as the uncleanness of a removed woman. -- ezekiel 36:17 +. +Why I poured my fury on them for the blood that they had shed on the land, and for their idols with which they had polluted it: -- ezekiel 36:18 +. +And I scattered them among the heathen, and they were dispersed through the countries: according to their way and according to their doings I judged them. -- ezekiel 36:19 +. +And when they entered to the heathen, where they went, they profaned my holy name, when they said to them, These are the people of the LORD, and are gone forth out of his land. -- ezekiel 36:20 +. +But I had pity for my holy name, which the house of Israel had profaned among the heathen, where they went. -- ezekiel 36:21 +. +Therefore say to the house of Israel, thus said the Lord GOD; I do not this for your sakes, O house of Israel, but for my holy name' sake, which you have profaned among the heathen, where you went. -- ezekiel 36:22 +. +And I will sanctify my great name, which was profaned among the heathen, which you have profaned in the middle of them; and the heathen shall know that I am the LORD, said the Lord GOD, when I shall be sanctified in you before their eyes. -- ezekiel 36:23 +. +For I will take you from among the heathen, and gather you out of all countries, and will bring you into your own land. -- ezekiel 36:24 +. +Then will I sprinkle clean water on you, and you shall be clean: from all your filthiness, and from all your idols, will I cleanse you. -- ezekiel 36:25 +. +A new heart also will I give you, and a new spirit will I put within you: and I will take away the stony heart out of your flesh, and I will give you an heart of flesh. -- ezekiel 36:26 +. +And I will put my spirit within you, and cause you to walk in my statutes, and you shall keep my judgments, and do them. -- ezekiel 36:27 +. +And you shall dwell in the land that I gave to your fathers; and you shall be my people, and I will be your God. -- ezekiel 36:28 +. +I will also save you from all your uncleannesses: and I will call for the corn, and will increase it, and lay no famine on you. -- ezekiel 36:29 +. +And I will multiply the fruit of the tree, and the increase of the field, that you shall receive no more reproach of famine among the heathen. -- ezekiel 36:30 +. +Then shall you remember your own evil ways, and your doings that were not good, and shall loathe yourselves in your own sight for your iniquities and for your abominations. -- ezekiel 36:31 +. +Not for your sakes do I this, said the Lord GOD, be it known to you: be ashamed and confounded for your own ways, O house of Israel. -- ezekiel 36:32 +. +Thus said the Lord GOD; In the day that I shall have cleansed you from all your iniquities I will also cause you to dwell in the cities, and the wastes shall be built. -- ezekiel 36:33 +. +And the desolate land shall be tilled, whereas it lay desolate in the sight of all that passed by. -- ezekiel 36:34 +. +And they shall say, This land that was desolate is become like the garden of Eden; and the waste and desolate and ruined cities are become fenced, and are inhabited. -- ezekiel 36:35 +. +Then the heathen that are left round about you shall know that I the LORD build the ruined places, and plant that that was desolate: I the LORD have spoken it, and I will do it. -- ezekiel 36:36 +. +Thus said the Lord GOD; I will yet for this be inquired of by the house of Israel, to do it for them; I will increase them with men like a flock. -- ezekiel 36:37 +. +As the holy flock, as the flock of Jerusalem in her solemn feasts; so shall the waste cities be filled with flocks of men: and they shall know that I am the LORD. -- ezekiel 36:38 +. +The hand of the LORD was on me, and carried me out in the spirit of the LORD, and set me down in the middle of the valley which was full of bones, -- ezekiel 37:1 +. +And caused me to pass by them round about: and, behold, there were very many in the open valley; and, see, they were very dry. -- ezekiel 37:2 +. +And he said to me, Son of man, can these bones live? And I answered, O Lord GOD, you know. -- ezekiel 37:3 +. +Again he said to me, Prophesy on these bones, and say to them, O you dry bones, hear the word of the LORD. -- ezekiel 37:4 +. +Thus said the Lord GOD to these bones; Behold, I will cause breath to enter into you, and you shall live: -- ezekiel 37:5 +. +And I will lay sinews on you, and will bring up flesh on you, and cover you with skin, and put breath in you, and you shall live; and you shall know that I am the LORD. -- ezekiel 37:6 +. +So I prophesied as I was commanded: and as I prophesied, there was a noise, and behold a shaking, and the bones came together, bone to his bone. -- ezekiel 37:7 +. +And when I beheld, see, the sinews and the flesh came up on them, and the skin covered them above: but there was no breath in them. -- ezekiel 37:8 +. +Then said he to me, Prophesy to the wind, prophesy, son of man, and say to the wind, Thus said the Lord GOD; Come from the four winds, O breath, and breathe on these slain, that they may live. -- ezekiel 37:9 +. +So I prophesied as he commanded me, and the breath came into them, and they lived, and stood up on their feet, an exceeding great army. -- ezekiel 37:10 +. +Then he said to me, Son of man, these bones are the whole house of Israel: behold, they say, Our bones are dried, and our hope is lost: we are cut off for our parts. -- ezekiel 37:11 +. +Therefore prophesy and say to them, Thus said the Lord GOD; Behold, O my people, I will open your graves, and cause you to come up out of your graves, and bring you into the land of Israel. -- ezekiel 37:12 +. +And you shall know that I am the LORD, when I have opened your graves, O my people, and brought you up out of your graves, -- ezekiel 37:13 +. +And shall put my spirit in you, and you shall live, and I shall place you in your own land: then shall you know that I the LORD have spoken it, and performed it, said the LORD. -- ezekiel 37:14 +. +The word of the LORD came again to me, saying, -- ezekiel 37:15 +. +Moreover, you son of man, take you one stick, and write on it, For Judah, and for the children of Israel his companions: then take another stick, and write on it, For Joseph, the stick of Ephraim and for all the house of Israel his companions: -- ezekiel 37:16 +. +And join them one to another into one stick; and they shall become one in your hand. -- ezekiel 37:17 +. +And when the children of your people shall speak to you, saying, Will you not show us what you mean by these? -- ezekiel 37:18 +. +Say to them, Thus said the Lord GOD; Behold, I will take the stick of Joseph, which is in the hand of Ephraim, and the tribes of Israel his fellows, and will put them with him, even with the stick of Judah, and make them one stick, and they shall be one in my hand. -- ezekiel 37:19 +. +And the sticks where on you write shall be in your hand before their eyes. -- ezekiel 37:20 +. +And say to them, Thus said the Lord GOD; Behold, I will take the children of Israel from among the heathen, where they be gone, and will gather them on every side, and bring them into their own land: -- ezekiel 37:21 +. +And I will make them one nation in the land on the mountains of Israel; and one king shall be king to them all: and they shall be no more two nations, neither shall they be divided into two kingdoms any more at all. -- ezekiel 37:22 +. +Neither shall they defile themselves any more with their idols, nor with their detestable things, nor with any of their transgressions: but I will save them out of all their dwelling places, wherein they have sinned, and will cleanse them: so shall they be my people, and I will be their God. -- ezekiel 37:23 +. +And David my servant shall be king over them; and they all shall have one shepherd: they shall also walk in my judgments, and observe my statutes, and do them. -- ezekiel 37:24 +. +And they shall dwell in the land that I have given to Jacob my servant, wherein your fathers have dwelled; and they shall dwell therein, even they, and their children, and their children' children for ever: and my servant David shall be their prince for ever. -- ezekiel 37:25 +. +Moreover I will make a covenant of peace with them; it shall be an everlasting covenant with them: and I will place them, and multiply them, and will set my sanctuary in the middle of them for ever more. -- ezekiel 37:26 +. +My tabernacle also shall be with them: yes, I will be their God, and they shall be my people. -- ezekiel 37:27 +. +And the heathen shall know that I the LORD do sanctify Israel, when my sanctuary shall be in the middle of them for ever more. -- ezekiel 37:28 +. +And the word of the LORD came to me, saying, -- ezekiel 38:1 +. +Son of man, set your face against Gog, the land of Magog, the chief prince of Meshech and Tubal, and prophesy against him, -- ezekiel 38:2 +. +And say, Thus said the Lord GOD; Behold, I am against you, O Gog, the chief prince of Meshech and Tubal: -- ezekiel 38:3 +. +And I will turn you back, and put hooks into your jaws, and I will bring you forth, and all your army, horses and horsemen, all of them clothed with all sorts of armor, even a great company with bucklers and shields, all of them handling swords: -- ezekiel 38:4 +. +Persia, Ethiopia, and Libya with them; all of them with shield and helmet: -- ezekiel 38:5 +. +Gomer, and all his bands; the house of Togarmah of the north quarters, and all his bands: and many people with you. -- ezekiel 38:6 +. +Be you prepared, and prepare for yourself, you, and all your company that are assembled to you, and be you a guard to them. -- ezekiel 38:7 +. +After many days you shall be visited: in the latter years you shall come into the land that is brought back from the sword, and is gathered out of many people, against the mountains of Israel, which have been always waste: but it is brought forth out of the nations, and they shall dwell safely all of them. -- ezekiel 38:8 +. +You shall ascend and come like a storm, you shall be like a cloud to cover the land, you, and all your bands, and many people with you. -- ezekiel 38:9 +. +Thus said the Lord GOD; It shall also come to pass, that at the same time shall things come into your mind, and you shall think an evil thought: -- ezekiel 38:10 +. +And you shall say, I will go up to the land of unwalled villages; I will go to them that are at rest, that dwell safely, all of them dwelling without walls, and having neither bars nor gates, -- ezekiel 38:11 +. +To take a spoil, and to take a prey; to turn your hand on the desolate places that are now inhabited, and on the people that are gathered out of the nations, which have gotten cattle and goods, that dwell in the middle of the land. -- ezekiel 38:12 +. +Sheba, and Dedan, and the merchants of Tarshish, with all the young lions thereof, shall say to you, Are you come to take a spoil? have you gathered your company to take a prey? to carry away silver and gold, to take away cattle and goods, to take a great spoil? -- ezekiel 38:13 +. +Therefore, son of man, prophesy and say to Gog, Thus said the Lord GOD; In that day when my people of Israel dwells safely, shall you not know it? -- ezekiel 38:14 +. +And you shall come from your place out of the north parts, you, and many people with you, all of them riding on horses, a great company, and a mighty army: -- ezekiel 38:15 +. +And you shall come up against my people of Israel, as a cloud to cover the land; it shall be in the latter days, and I will bring you against my land, that the heathen may know me, when I shall be sanctified in you, O Gog, before their eyes. -- ezekiel 38:16 +. +Thus said the Lord GOD; Are you he of whom I have spoken in old time by my servants the prophets of Israel, which prophesied in those days many years that I would bring you against them? -- ezekiel 38:17 +. +And it shall come to pass at the same time when Gog shall come against the land of Israel, said the Lord GOD, that my fury shall come up in my face. -- ezekiel 38:18 +. +For in my jealousy and in the fire of my wrath have I spoken, Surely in that day there shall be a great shaking in the land of Israel; -- ezekiel 38:19 +. +So that the fishes of the sea, and the fowls of the heaven, and the beasts of the field, and all creeping things that creep on the earth, and all the men that are on the face of the earth, shall shake at my presence, and the mountains shall be thrown down, and the steep places shall fall, and every wall shall fall to the ground. -- ezekiel 38:20 +. +And I will call for a sword against him throughout all my mountains, said the Lord GOD: every man' sword shall be against his brother. -- ezekiel 38:21 +. +And I will plead against him with pestilence and with blood; and I will rain on him, and on his bands, and on the many people that are with him, an overflowing rain, and great hailstones, fire, and brimstone. -- ezekiel 38:22 +. +Thus will I magnify myself, and sanctify myself; and I will be known in the eyes of many nations, and they shall know that I am the LORD. -- ezekiel 38:23 +. +Therefore, you son of man, prophesy against Gog, and say, Thus said the Lord GOD; Behold, I am against you, O Gog, the chief prince of Meshech and Tubal: -- ezekiel 39:1 +. +And I will turn you back, and leave but the sixth part of you, and will cause you to come up from the north parts, and will bring you on the mountains of Israel: -- ezekiel 39:2 +. +And I will smite your bow out of your left hand, and will cause your arrows to fall out of your right hand. -- ezekiel 39:3 +. +You shall fall on the mountains of Israel, you, and all your bands, and the people that is with you: I will give you to the ravenous birds of every sort, and to the beasts of the field to be devoured. -- ezekiel 39:4 +. +You shall fall on the open field: for I have spoken it, said the Lord GOD. -- ezekiel 39:5 +. +And I will send a fire on Magog, and among them that dwell carelessly in the isles: and they shall know that I am the LORD. -- ezekiel 39:6 +. +So will I make my holy name known in the middle of my people Israel; and I will not let them pollute my holy name any more: and the heathen shall know that I am the LORD, the Holy One in Israel. -- ezekiel 39:7 +. +Behold, it is come, and it is done, said the Lord GOD; this is the day whereof I have spoken. -- ezekiel 39:8 +. +And they that dwell in the cities of Israel shall go forth, and shall set on fire and burn the weapons, both the shields and the bucklers, the bows and the arrows, and the hand staves, and the spears, and they shall burn them with fire seven years: -- ezekiel 39:9 +. +So that they shall take no wood out of the field, neither cut down any out of the forests; for they shall burn the weapons with fire: and they shall spoil those that spoiled them, and rob those that robbed them, said the Lord GOD. -- ezekiel 39:10 +. +And it shall come to pass in that day, that I will give to Gog a place there of graves in Israel, the valley of the passengers on the east of the sea: and it shall stop the noses of the passengers: and there shall they bury Gog and all his multitude: and they shall call it The valley of Hamongog. -- ezekiel 39:11 +. +And seven months shall the house of Israel be burying of them, that they may cleanse the land. -- ezekiel 39:12 +. +Yes, all the people of the land shall bury them; and it shall be to them a renown the day that I shall be glorified, said the Lord GOD. -- ezekiel 39:13 +. +And they shall sever out men of continual employment, passing through the land to bury with the passengers those that remain on the face of the earth, to cleanse it: after the end of seven months shall they search. -- ezekiel 39:14 +. +And the passengers that pass through the land, when any sees a man' bone, then shall he set up a sign by it, till the buriers have buried it in the valley of Hamongog. -- ezekiel 39:15 +. +And also the name of the city shall be Hamonah. Thus shall they cleanse the land. -- ezekiel 39:16 +. +And, you son of man, thus said the Lord GOD; Speak to every feathered fowl, and to every beast of the field, Assemble yourselves, and come; gather yourselves on every side to my sacrifice that I do sacrifice for you, even a great sacrifice on the mountains of Israel, that you may eat flesh, and drink blood. -- ezekiel 39:17 +. +You shall eat the flesh of the mighty, and drink the blood of the princes of the earth, of rams, of lambs, and of goats, of bullocks, all of them fatted calves of Bashan. -- ezekiel 39:18 +. +And you shall eat fat till you be full, and drink blood till you be drunken, of my sacrifice which I have sacrificed for you. -- ezekiel 39:19 +. +Thus you shall be filled at my table with horses and chariots, with mighty men, and with all men of war, said the Lord GOD. -- ezekiel 39:20 +. +And I will set my glory among the heathen, and all the heathen shall see my judgment that I have executed, and my hand that I have laid on them. -- ezekiel 39:21 +. +So the house of Israel shall know that I am the LORD their God from that day and forward. -- ezekiel 39:22 +. +And the heathen shall know that the house of Israel went into captivity for their iniquity: because they trespassed against me, therefore hid I my face from them, and gave them into the hand of their enemies: so fell they all by the sword. -- ezekiel 39:23 +. +According to their uncleanness and according to their transgressions have I done to them, and hid my face from them. -- ezekiel 39:24 +. +Therefore thus said the Lord GOD; Now will I bring again the captivity of Jacob, and have mercy on the whole house of Israel, and will be jealous for my holy name; -- ezekiel 39:25 +. +After that they have borne their shame, and all their trespasses whereby they have trespassed against me, when they dwelled safely in their land, and none made them afraid. -- ezekiel 39:26 +. +When I have brought them again from the people, and gathered them out of their enemies'lands, and am sanctified in them in the sight of many nations; -- ezekiel 39:27 +. +Then shall they know that I am the LORD their God, which caused them to be led into captivity among the heathen: but I have gathered them to their own land, and have left none of them any more there. -- ezekiel 39:28 +. +Neither will I hide my face any more from them: for I have poured out my spirit on the house of Israel, said the Lord GOD. -- ezekiel 39:29 +. +In the five and twentieth year of our captivity, in the beginning of the year, in the tenth day of the month, in the fourteenth year after that the city was smitten, in the selfsame day the hand of the LORD was on me, and brought me thither. -- ezekiel 40:1 +. +In the visions of God brought he me into the land of Israel, and set me on a very high mountain, by which was as the frame of a city on the south. -- ezekiel 40:2 +. +And he brought me thither, and, behold, there was a man, whose appearance was like the appearance of brass, with a line of flax in his hand, and a measuring reed; and he stood in the gate. -- ezekiel 40:3 +. +And the man said to me, Son of man, behold with your eyes, and hear with your ears, and set your heart on all that I shall show you; for to the intent that I might show them to you are you brought here: declare all that you see to the house of Israel. -- ezekiel 40:4 +. +And behold a wall on the outside of the house round about, and in the man' hand a measuring reed of six cubits long by the cubit and an hand breadth: so he measured the breadth of the building, one reed; and the height, one reed. -- ezekiel 40:5 +. +Then came he to the gate which looks toward the east, and went up the stairs thereof, and measured the threshold of the gate, which was one reed broad; and the other threshold of the gate, which was one reed broad. -- ezekiel 40:6 +. +And every little chamber was one reed long, and one reed broad; and between the little chambers were five cubits; and the threshold of the gate by the porch of the gate within was one reed. -- ezekiel 40:7 +. +He measured also the porch of the gate within, one reed. -- ezekiel 40:8 +. +Then measured he the porch of the gate, eight cubits; and the posts thereof, two cubits; and the porch of the gate was inward. -- ezekiel 40:9 +. +And the little chambers of the gate eastward were three on this side, and three on that side; they three were of one measure: and the posts had one measure on this side and on that side. -- ezekiel 40:10 +. +And he measured the breadth of the entry of the gate, ten cubits; and the length of the gate, thirteen cubits. -- ezekiel 40:11 +. +The space also before the little chambers was one cubit on this side, and the space was one cubit on that side: and the little chambers were six cubits on this side, and six cubits on that side. -- ezekiel 40:12 +. +He measured then the gate from the roof of one little chamber to the roof of another: the breadth was five and twenty cubits, door against door. -- ezekiel 40:13 +. +He made also posts of three score cubits, even to the post of the court round about the gate. -- ezekiel 40:14 +. +And from the face of the gate of the entrance to the face of the porch of the inner gate were fifty cubits. -- ezekiel 40:15 +. +And there were narrow windows to the little chambers, and to their posts within the gate round about, and likewise to the arches: and windows were round about inward: and on each post were palm trees. -- ezekiel 40:16 +. +Then brought he me into the outward court, and, see, there were chambers, and a pavement made for the court round about: thirty chambers were on the pavement. -- ezekiel 40:17 +. +And the pavement by the side of the gates over against the length of the gates was the lower pavement. -- ezekiel 40:18 +. +Then he measured the breadth from the forefront of the lower gate to the forefront of the inner court without, an hundred cubits eastward and northward. -- ezekiel 40:19 +. +And the gate of the outward court that looked toward the north, he measured the length thereof, and the breadth thereof. -- ezekiel 40:20 +. +And the little chambers thereof were three on this side and three on that side; and the posts thereof and the arches thereof were after the measure of the first gate: the length thereof was fifty cubits, and the breadth five and twenty cubits. -- ezekiel 40:21 +. +And their windows, and their arches, and their palm trees, were after the measure of the gate that looks toward the east; and they went up to it by seven steps; and the arches thereof were before them. -- ezekiel 40:22 +. +And the gate of the inner court was over against the gate toward the north, and toward the east; and he measured from gate to gate an hundred cubits. -- ezekiel 40:23 +. +After that he brought me toward the south, and behold a gate toward the south: and he measured the posts thereof and the arches thereof according to these measures. -- ezekiel 40:24 +. +And there were windows in it and in the arches thereof round about, like those windows: the length was fifty cubits, and the breadth five and twenty cubits. -- ezekiel 40:25 +. +And there were seven steps to go up to it, and the arches thereof were before them: and it had palm trees, one on this side, and another on that side, on the posts thereof. -- ezekiel 40:26 +. +And there was a gate in the inner court toward the south: and he measured from gate to gate toward the south an hundred cubits. -- ezekiel 40:27 +. +And he brought me to the inner court by the south gate: and he measured the south gate according to these measures; -- ezekiel 40:28 +. +And the little chambers thereof, and the posts thereof, and the arches thereof, according to these measures: and there were windows in it and in the arches thereof round about: it was fifty cubits long, and five and twenty cubits broad. -- ezekiel 40:29 +. +And the arches round about were five and twenty cubits long, and five cubits broad. -- ezekiel 40:30 +. +And the arches thereof were toward the utter court; and palm trees were on the posts thereof: and the going up to it had eight steps. -- ezekiel 40:31 +. +And he brought me into the inner court toward the east: and he measured the gate according to these measures. -- ezekiel 40:32 +. +And the little chambers thereof, and the posts thereof, and the arches thereof, were according to these measures: and there were windows therein and in the arches thereof round about: it was fifty cubits long, and five and twenty cubits broad. -- ezekiel 40:33 +. +And the arches thereof were toward the outward court; and palm trees were on the posts thereof, on this side, and on that side: and the going up to it had eight steps. -- ezekiel 40:34 +. +And he brought me to the north gate, and measured it according to these measures; -- ezekiel 40:35 +. +The little chambers thereof, the posts thereof, and the arches thereof, and the windows to it round about: the length was fifty cubits, and the breadth five and twenty cubits. -- ezekiel 40:36 +. +And the posts thereof were toward the utter court; and palm trees were on the posts thereof, on this side, and on that side: and the going up to it had eight steps. -- ezekiel 40:37 +. +And the chambers and the entries thereof were by the posts of the gates, where they washed the burnt offering. -- ezekiel 40:38 +. +And in the porch of the gate were two tables on this side, and two tables on that side, to slay thereon the burnt offering and the sin offering and the trespass offering. -- ezekiel 40:39 +. +And at the side without, as one goes up to the entry of the north gate, were two tables; and on the other side, which was at the porch of the gate, were two tables. -- ezekiel 40:40 +. +Four tables were on this side, and four tables on that side, by the side of the gate; eight tables, whereupon they slew their sacrifices. -- ezekiel 40:41 +. +And the four tables were of hewn stone for the burnt offering, of a cubit and an half long, and a cubit and an half broad, and one cubit high: whereupon also they laid the instruments with which they slew the burnt offering and the sacrifice. -- ezekiel 40:42 +. +And within were hooks, an hand broad, fastened round about: and on the tables was the flesh of the offering. -- ezekiel 40:43 +. +And without the inner gate were the chambers of the singers in the inner court, which was at the side of the north gate; and their prospect was toward the south: one at the side of the east gate having the prospect toward the north. -- ezekiel 40:44 +. +And he said to me, This chamber, whose prospect is toward the south, is for the priests, the keepers of the charge of the house. -- ezekiel 40:45 +. +And the chamber whose prospect is toward the north is for the priests, the keepers of the charge of the altar: these are the sons of Zadok among the sons of Levi, which come near to the LORD to minister to him. -- ezekiel 40:46 +. +So he measured the court, an hundred cubits long, and an hundred cubits broad, foursquare; and the altar that was before the house. -- ezekiel 40:47 +. +And he brought me to the porch of the house, and measured each post of the porch, five cubits on this side, and five cubits on that side: and the breadth of the gate was three cubits on this side, and three cubits on that side. -- ezekiel 40:48 +. +The length of the porch was twenty cubits, and the breadth eleven cubits, and he brought me by the steps whereby they went up to it: and there were pillars by the posts, one on this side, and another on that side. -- ezekiel 40:49 +. +Afterward he brought me to the temple, and measured the posts, six cubits broad on the one side, and six cubits broad on the other side, which was the breadth of the tabernacle. -- ezekiel 41:1 +. +And the breadth of the door was ten cubits; and the sides of the door were five cubits on the one side, and five cubits on the other side: and he measured the length thereof, forty cubits: and the breadth, twenty cubits. -- ezekiel 41:2 +. +Then went he inward, and measured the post of the door, two cubits; and the door, six cubits; and the breadth of the door, seven cubits. -- ezekiel 41:3 +. +So he measured the length thereof, twenty cubits; and the breadth, twenty cubits, before the temple: and he said to me, This is the most holy place. -- ezekiel 41:4 +. +After he measured the wall of the house, six cubits; and the breadth of every side chamber, four cubits, round about the house on every side. -- ezekiel 41:5 +. +And the side chambers were three, one over another, and thirty in order; and they entered into the wall which was of the house for the side chambers round about, that they might have hold, but they had not hold in the wall of the house. -- ezekiel 41:6 +. +And there was an enlarging, and a winding about still upward to the side chambers: for the winding about of the house went still upward round about the house: therefore the breadth of the house was still upward, and so increased from the lowest chamber to the highest by the middle. -- ezekiel 41:7 +. +I saw also the height of the house round about: the foundations of the side chambers were a full reed of six great cubits. -- ezekiel 41:8 +. +The thickness of the wall, which was for the side chamber without, was five cubits: and that which was left was the place of the side chambers that were within. -- ezekiel 41:9 +. +And between the chambers was the wideness of twenty cubits round about the house on every side. -- ezekiel 41:10 +. +And the doors of the side chambers were toward the place that was left, one door toward the north, and another door toward the south: and the breadth of the place that was left was five cubits round about. -- ezekiel 41:11 +. +Now the building that was before the separate place at the end toward the west was seventy cubits broad; and the wall of the building was five cubits thick round about, and the length thereof ninety cubits. -- ezekiel 41:12 +. +So he measured the house, an hundred cubits long; and the separate place, and the building, with the walls thereof, an hundred cubits long; -- ezekiel 41:13 +. +Also the breadth of the face of the house, and of the separate place toward the east, an hundred cubits. -- ezekiel 41:14 +. +And he measured the length of the building over against the separate place which was behind it, and the galleries thereof on the one side and on the other side, an hundred cubits, with the inner temple, and the porches of the court; -- ezekiel 41:15 +. +The door posts, and the narrow windows, and the galleries round about on their three stories, over against the door, paneled with wood round about, and from the ground up to the windows, and the windows were covered; -- ezekiel 41:16 +. +To that above the door, even to the inner house, and without, and by all the wall round about within and without, by measure. -- ezekiel 41:17 +. +And it was made with cherubim and palm trees, so that a palm tree was between a cherub and a cherub; and every cherub had two faces; -- ezekiel 41:18 +. +So that the face of a man was toward the palm tree on the one side, and the face of a young lion toward the palm tree on the other side: it was made through all the house round about. -- ezekiel 41:19 +. +From the ground to above the door were cherubim and palm trees made, and on the wall of the temple. -- ezekiel 41:20 +. +The posts of the temple were squared, and the face of the sanctuary; the appearance of the one as the appearance of the other. -- ezekiel 41:21 +. +The altar of wood was three cubits high, and the length thereof two cubits; and the corners thereof, and the length thereof, and the walls thereof, were of wood: and he said to me, This is the table that is before the LORD. -- ezekiel 41:22 +. +And the temple and the sanctuary had two doors. -- ezekiel 41:23 +. +And the doors had two leaves apiece, two turning leaves; two leaves for the one door, and two leaves for the other door. -- ezekiel 41:24 +. +And there were made on them, on the doors of the temple, cherubim and palm trees, like as were made on the walls; and there were thick planks on the face of the porch without. -- ezekiel 41:25 +. +And there were narrow windows and palm trees on the one side and on the other side, on the sides of the porch, and on the side chambers of the house, and thick planks. -- ezekiel 41:26 +. +Then he brought me forth into the utter court, the way toward the north: and he brought me into the chamber that was over against the separate place, and which was before the building toward the north. -- ezekiel 42:1 +. +Before the length of an hundred cubits was the north door, and the breadth was fifty cubits. -- ezekiel 42:2 +. +Over against the twenty cubits which were for the inner court, and over against the pavement which was for the utter court, was gallery against gallery in three stories. -- ezekiel 42:3 +. +And before the chambers was a walk to ten cubits breadth inward, a way of one cubit; and their doors toward the north. -- ezekiel 42:4 +. +Now the upper chambers were shorter: for the galleries were higher than these, than the lower, and than the middlemost of the building. -- ezekiel 42:5 +. +For they were in three stories, but had not pillars as the pillars of the courts: therefore the building was straitened more than the lowest and the middlemost from the ground. -- ezekiel 42:6 +. +And the wall that was without over against the chambers, toward the utter court on the forepart of the chambers, the length thereof was fifty cubits. -- ezekiel 42:7 +. +For the length of the chambers that were in the utter court was fifty cubits: and, see, before the temple were an hundred cubits. -- ezekiel 42:8 +. +And from under these chambers was the entry on the east side, as one goes into them from the utter court. -- ezekiel 42:9 +. +The chambers were in the thickness of the wall of the court toward the east, over against the separate place, and over against the building. -- ezekiel 42:10 +. +And the way before them was like the appearance of the chambers which were toward the north, as long as they, and as broad as they: and all their goings out were both according to their fashions, and according to their doors. -- ezekiel 42:11 +. +And according to the doors of the chambers that were toward the south was a door in the head of the way, even the way directly before the wall toward the east, as one enters into them. -- ezekiel 42:12 +. +Then said he to me, The north chambers and the south chambers, which are before the separate place, they be holy chambers, where the priests that approach to the LORD shall eat the most holy things: there shall they lay the most holy things, and the meat offering, and the sin offering, and the trespass offering; for the place is holy. -- ezekiel 42:13 +. +When the priests enter therein, then shall they not go out of the holy place into the utter court, but there they shall lay their garments wherein they minister; for they are holy; and shall put on other garments, and shall approach to those things which are for the people. -- ezekiel 42:14 +. +Now when he had made an end of measuring the inner house, he brought me forth toward the gate whose prospect is toward the east, and measured it round about. -- ezekiel 42:15 +. +He measured the east side with the measuring reed, five hundred reeds, with the measuring reed round about. -- ezekiel 42:16 +. +He measured the north side, five hundred reeds, with the measuring reed round about. -- ezekiel 42:17 +. +He measured the south side, five hundred reeds, with the measuring reed. -- ezekiel 42:18 +. +He turned about to the west side, and measured five hundred reeds with the measuring reed. -- ezekiel 42:19 +. +He measured it by the four sides: it had a wall round about, five hundred reeds long, and five hundred broad, to make a separation between the sanctuary and the profane place. -- ezekiel 42:20 +. +Afterward he brought me to the gate, even the gate that looks toward the east: -- ezekiel 43:1 +. +And, behold, the glory of the God of Israel came from the way of the east: and his voice was like a noise of many waters: and the earth shined with his glory. -- ezekiel 43:2 +. +And it was according to the appearance of the vision which I saw, even according to the vision that I saw when I came to destroy the city: and the visions were like the vision that I saw by the river Chebar; and I fell on my face. -- ezekiel 43:3 +. +And the glory of the LORD came into the house by the way of the gate whose prospect is toward the east. -- ezekiel 43:4 +. +So the spirit took me up, and brought me into the inner court; and, behold, the glory of the LORD filled the house. -- ezekiel 43:5 +. +And I heard him speaking to me out of the house; and the man stood by me. -- ezekiel 43:6 +. +And he said to me, Son of man, the place of my throne, and the place of the soles of my feet, where I will dwell in the middle of the children of Israel for ever, and my holy name, shall the house of Israel no more defile, neither they, nor their kings, by their prostitution, nor by the carcasses of their kings in their high places. -- ezekiel 43:7 +. +In their setting of their threshold by my thresholds, and their post by my posts, and the wall between me and them, they have even defiled my holy name by their abominations that they have committed: why I have consumed them in my anger. -- ezekiel 43:8 +. +Now let them put away their prostitution, and the carcasses of their kings, far from me, and I will dwell in the middle of them for ever. -- ezekiel 43:9 +. +You son of man, show the house to the house of Israel, that they may be ashamed of their iniquities: and let them measure the pattern. -- ezekiel 43:10 +. +And if they be ashamed of all that they have done, show them the form of the house, and the fashion thereof, and the goings out thereof, and the comings in thereof, and all the forms thereof, and all the ordinances thereof, and all the forms thereof, and all the laws thereof: and write it in their sight, that they may keep the whole form thereof, and all the ordinances thereof, and do them. -- ezekiel 43:11 +. +This is the law of the house; On the top of the mountain the whole limit thereof round about shall be most holy. Behold, this is the law of the house. -- ezekiel 43:12 +. +And these are the measures of the altar after the cubits: The cubit is a cubit and an hand breadth; even the bottom shall be a cubit, and the breadth a cubit, and the border thereof by the edge thereof round about shall be a span: and this shall be the higher place of the altar. -- ezekiel 43:13 +. +And from the bottom on the ground even to the lower settle shall be two cubits, and the breadth one cubit; and from the lesser settle even to the greater settle shall be four cubits, and the breadth one cubit. -- ezekiel 43:14 +. +So the altar shall be four cubits; and from the altar and upward shall be four horns. -- ezekiel 43:15 +. +And the altar shall be twelve cubits long, twelve broad, square in the four squares thereof. -- ezekiel 43:16 +. +And the settle shall be fourteen cubits long and fourteen broad in the four squares thereof; and the border about it shall be half a cubit; and the bottom thereof shall be a cubit about; and his stairs shall look toward the east. -- ezekiel 43:17 +. +And he said to me, Son of man, thus said the Lord GOD; These are the ordinances of the altar in the day when they shall make it, to offer burnt offerings thereon, and to sprinkle blood thereon. -- ezekiel 43:18 +. +And you shall give to the priests the Levites that be of the seed of Zadok, which approach to me, to minister to me, said the Lord GOD, a young bullock for a sin offering. -- ezekiel 43:19 +. +And you shall take of the blood thereof, and put it on the four horns of it, and on the four corners of the settle, and on the border round about: thus shall you cleanse and purge it. -- ezekiel 43:20 +. +You shall take the bullock also of the sin offering, and he shall burn it in the appointed place of the house, without the sanctuary. -- ezekiel 43:21 +. +And on the second day you shall offer a kid of the goats without blemish for a sin offering; and they shall cleanse the altar, as they did cleanse it with the bullock. -- ezekiel 43:22 +. +When you have made an end of cleansing it, you shall offer a young bullock without blemish, and a ram out of the flock without blemish. -- ezekiel 43:23 +. +And you shall offer them before the LORD, and the priests shall cast salt on them, and they shall offer them up for a burnt offering to the LORD. -- ezekiel 43:24 +. +Seven days shall you prepare every day a goat for a sin offering: they shall also prepare a young bullock, and a ram out of the flock, without blemish. -- ezekiel 43:25 +. +Seven days shall they purge the altar and purify it; and they shall consecrate themselves. -- ezekiel 43:26 +. +And when these days are expired, it shall be, that on the eighth day, and so forward, the priests shall make your burnt offerings on the altar, and your peace offerings; and I will accept you, said the Lord GOD. -- ezekiel 43:27 +. +Then he brought me back the way of the gate of the outward sanctuary which looks toward the east; and it was shut. -- ezekiel 44:1 +. +Then said the LORD to me; This gate shall be shut, it shall not be opened, and no man shall enter in by it; because the LORD, the God of Israel, has entered in by it, therefore it shall be shut. -- ezekiel 44:2 +. +It is for the prince; the prince, he shall sit in it to eat bread before the LORD; he shall enter by the way of the porch of that gate, and shall go out by the way of the same. -- ezekiel 44:3 +. +Then brought he me the way of the north gate before the house: and I looked, and, behold, the glory of the LORD filled the house of the LORD: and I fell on my face. -- ezekiel 44:4 +. +And the LORD said to me, Son of man, mark well, and behold with your eyes, and hear with your ears all that I say to you concerning all the ordinances of the house of the LORD, and all the laws thereof; and mark well the entering in of the house, with every going forth of the sanctuary. -- ezekiel 44:5 +. +And you shall say to the rebellious, even to the house of Israel, Thus said the Lord GOD; O you house of Israel, let it suffice you of all your abominations, -- ezekiel 44:6 +. +In that you have brought into my sanctuary strangers, uncircumcised in heart, and uncircumcised in flesh, to be in my sanctuary, to pollute it, even my house, when you offer my bread, the fat and the blood, and they have broken my covenant because of all your abominations. -- ezekiel 44:7 +. +And you have not kept the charge of my holy things: but you have set keepers of my charge in my sanctuary for yourselves. -- ezekiel 44:8 +. +Thus said the Lord GOD; No stranger, uncircumcised in heart, nor uncircumcised in flesh, shall enter into my sanctuary, of any stranger that is among the children of Israel. -- ezekiel 44:9 +. +And the Levites that are gone away far from me, when Israel went astray, which went astray away from me after their idols; they shall even bear their iniquity. -- ezekiel 44:10 +. +Yet they shall be ministers in my sanctuary, having charge at the gates of the house, and ministering to the house: they shall slay the burnt offering and the sacrifice for the people, and they shall stand before them to minister to them. -- ezekiel 44:11 +. +Because they ministered to them before their idols, and caused the house of Israel to fall into iniquity; therefore have I lifted up my hand against them, said the Lord GOD, and they shall bear their iniquity. -- ezekiel 44:12 +. +And they shall not come near to me, to do the office of a priest to me, nor to come near to any of my holy things, in the most holy place: but they shall bear their shame, and their abominations which they have committed. -- ezekiel 44:13 +. +But I will make them keepers of the charge of the house, for all the service thereof, and for all that shall be done therein. -- ezekiel 44:14 +. +But the priests the Levites, the sons of Zadok, that kept the charge of my sanctuary when the children of Israel went astray from me, they shall come near to me to minister to me, and they shall stand before me to offer to me the fat and the blood, said the Lord GOD: -- ezekiel 44:15 +. +They shall enter into my sanctuary, and they shall come near to my table, to minister to me, and they shall keep my charge. -- ezekiel 44:16 +. +And it shall come to pass, that when they enter in at the gates of the inner court, they shall be clothed with linen garments; and no wool shall come on them, whiles they minister in the gates of the inner court, and within. -- ezekiel 44:17 +. +They shall have linen bonnets on their heads, and shall have linen breeches on their loins; they shall not gird themselves with any thing that causes sweat. -- ezekiel 44:18 +. +And when they go forth into the utter court, even into the utter court to the people, they shall put off their garments wherein they ministered, and lay them in the holy chambers, and they shall put on other garments; and they shall not sanctify the people with their garments. -- ezekiel 44:19 +. +Neither shall they shave their heads, nor suffer their locks to grow long; they shall only poll their heads. -- ezekiel 44:20 +. +Neither shall any priest drink wine, when they enter into the inner court. -- ezekiel 44:21 +. +Neither shall they take for their wives a widow, nor her that is put away: but they shall take maidens of the seed of the house of Israel, or a widow that had a priest before. -- ezekiel 44:22 +. +And they shall teach my people the difference between the holy and profane, and cause them to discern between the unclean and the clean. -- ezekiel 44:23 +. +And in controversy they shall stand in judgment; and they shall judge it according to my judgments: and they shall keep my laws and my statutes in all my assemblies; and they shall hallow my sabbaths. -- ezekiel 44:24 +. +And they shall come at no dead person to defile themselves: but for father, or for mother, or for son, or for daughter, for brother, or for sister that has had no husband, they may defile themselves. -- ezekiel 44:25 +. +And after he is cleansed, they shall reckon to him seven days. -- ezekiel 44:26 +. +And in the day that he goes into the sanctuary, to the inner court, to minister in the sanctuary, he shall offer his sin offering, said the Lord GOD. -- ezekiel 44:27 +. +And it shall be to them for an inheritance: I am their inheritance: and you shall give them no possession in Israel: I am their possession. -- ezekiel 44:28 +. +They shall eat the meat offering, and the sin offering, and the trespass offering: and every dedicated thing in Israel shall be theirs. -- ezekiel 44:29 +. +And the first of all the first fruits of all things, and every oblation of all, of every sort of your oblations, shall be the priest': you shall also give to the priest the first of your dough, that he may cause the blessing to rest in your house. -- ezekiel 44:30 +. +The priests shall not eat of any thing that is dead of itself, or torn, whether it be fowl or beast. -- ezekiel 44:31 +. +Moreover, when you shall divide by lot the land for inheritance, you shall offer an oblation to the LORD, an holy portion of the land: the length shall be the length of five and twenty thousand reeds, and the breadth shall be ten thousand. This shall be holy in all the borders thereof round about. -- ezekiel 45:1 +. +Of this there shall be for the sanctuary five hundred in length, with five hundred in breadth, square round about; and fifty cubits round about for the suburbs thereof. -- ezekiel 45:2 +. +And of this measure shall you measure the length of five and twenty thousand, and the breadth of ten thousand: and in it shall be the sanctuary and the most holy place. -- ezekiel 45:3 +. +The holy portion of the land shall be for the priests the ministers of the sanctuary, which shall come near to minister to the LORD: and it shall be a place for their houses, and an holy place for the sanctuary. -- ezekiel 45:4 +. +And the five and twenty thousand of length, and the ten thousand of breadth shall also the Levites, the ministers of the house, have for themselves, for a possession for twenty chambers. -- ezekiel 45:5 +. +And you shall appoint the possession of the city five thousand broad, and five and twenty thousand long, over against the oblation of the holy portion: it shall be for the whole house of Israel. -- ezekiel 45:6 +. +And a portion shall be for the prince on the one side and on the other side of the oblation of the holy portion, and of the possession of the city, before the oblation of the holy portion, and before the possession of the city, from the west side westward, and from the east side eastward: and the length shall be over against one of the portions, from the west border to the east border. -- ezekiel 45:7 +. +In the land shall be his possession in Israel: and my princes shall no more oppress my people; and the rest of the land shall they give to the house of Israel according to their tribes. -- ezekiel 45:8 +. +Thus said the Lord GOD; Let it suffice you, O princes of Israel: remove violence and spoil, and execute judgment and justice, take away your exactions from my people, said the Lord GOD. -- ezekiel 45:9 +. +You shall have just balances, and a just ephah, and a just bath. -- ezekiel 45:10 +. +The ephah and the bath shall be of one measure, that the bath may contain the tenth part of an homer, and the ephah the tenth part of an homer: the measure thereof shall be after the homer. -- ezekiel 45:11 +. +And the shekel shall be twenty gerahs: twenty shekels, five and twenty shekels, fifteen shekels, shall be your maneh. -- ezekiel 45:12 +. +This is the oblation that you shall offer; the sixth part of an ephah of an homer of wheat, and you shall give the sixth part of an ephah of an homer of barley: -- ezekiel 45:13 +. +Concerning the ordinance of oil, the bath of oil, you shall offer the tenth part of a bath out of the cor, which is an homer of ten baths; for ten baths are an homer: -- ezekiel 45:14 +. +And one lamb out of the flock, out of two hundred, out of the fat pastures of Israel; for a meat offering, and for a burnt offering, and for peace offerings, to make reconciliation for them, said the Lord GOD. -- ezekiel 45:15 +. +All the people of the land shall give this oblation for the prince in Israel. -- ezekiel 45:16 +. +And it shall be the prince' part to give burnt offerings, and meat offerings, and drink offerings, in the feasts, and in the new moons, and in the sabbaths, in all solemnities of the house of Israel: he shall prepare the sin offering, and the meat offering, and the burnt offering, and the peace offerings, to make reconciliation for the house of Israel. -- ezekiel 45:17 +. +Thus said the Lord GOD; In the first month, in the first day of the month, you shall take a young bullock without blemish, and cleanse the sanctuary: -- ezekiel 45:18 +. +And the priest shall take of the blood of the sin offering, and put it on the posts of the house, and on the four corners of the settle of the altar, and on the posts of the gate of the inner court. -- ezekiel 45:19 +. +And so you shall do the seventh day of the month for every one that errs, and for him that is simple: so shall you reconcile the house. -- ezekiel 45:20 +. +In the first month, in the fourteenth day of the month, you shall have the passover, a feast of seven days; unleavened bread shall be eaten. -- ezekiel 45:21 +. +And on that day shall the prince prepare for himself and for all the people of the land a bullock for a sin offering. -- ezekiel 45:22 +. +And seven days of the feast he shall prepare a burnt offering to the LORD, seven bullocks and seven rams without blemish daily the seven days; and a kid of the goats daily for a sin offering. -- ezekiel 45:23 +. +And he shall prepare a meat offering of an ephah for a bullock, and an ephah for a ram, and an hin of oil for an ephah. -- ezekiel 45:24 +. +In the seventh month, in the fifteenth day of the month, shall he do the like in the feast of the seven days, according to the sin offering, according to the burnt offering, and according to the meat offering, and according to the oil. -- ezekiel 45:25 +. +Thus said the Lord GOD; The gate of the inner court that looks toward the east shall be shut the six working days; but on the sabbath it shall be opened, and in the day of the new moon it shall be opened. -- ezekiel 46:1 +. +And the prince shall enter by the way of the porch of that gate without, and shall stand by the post of the gate, and the priests shall prepare his burnt offering and his peace offerings, and he shall worship at the threshold of the gate: then he shall go forth; but the gate shall not be shut until the evening. -- ezekiel 46:2 +. +Likewise the people of the land shall worship at the door of this gate before the LORD in the sabbaths and in the new moons. -- ezekiel 46:3 +. +And the burnt offering that the prince shall offer to the LORD in the sabbath day shall be six lambs without blemish, and a ram without blemish. -- ezekiel 46:4 +. +And the meat offering shall be an ephah for a ram, and the meat offering for the lambs as he shall be able to give, and an hin of oil to an ephah. -- ezekiel 46:5 +. +And in the day of the new moon it shall be a young bullock without blemish, and six lambs, and a ram: they shall be without blemish. -- ezekiel 46:6 +. +And he shall prepare a meat offering, an ephah for a bullock, and an ephah for a ram, and for the lambs according as his hand shall attain to, and an hin of oil to an ephah. -- ezekiel 46:7 +. +And when the prince shall enter, he shall go in by the way of the porch of that gate, and he shall go forth by the way thereof. -- ezekiel 46:8 +. +But when the people of the land shall come before the LORD in the solemn feasts, he that enters in by the way of the north gate to worship shall go out by the way of the south gate; and he that enters by the way of the south gate shall go forth by the way of the north gate: he shall not return by the way of the gate whereby he came in, but shall go forth over against it. -- ezekiel 46:9 +. +And the prince in the middle of them, when they go in, shall go in; and when they go forth, shall go forth. -- ezekiel 46:10 +. +And in the feasts and in the solemnities the meat offering shall be an ephah to a bullock, and an ephah to a ram, and to the lambs as he is able to give, and an hin of oil to an ephah. -- ezekiel 46:11 +. +Now when the prince shall prepare a voluntary burnt offering or peace offerings voluntarily to the LORD, one shall then open him the gate that looks toward the east, and he shall prepare his burnt offering and his peace offerings, as he did on the sabbath day: then he shall go forth; and after his going forth one shall shut the gate. -- ezekiel 46:12 +. +You shall daily prepare a burnt offering to the LORD of a lamb of the first year without blemish: you shall prepare it every morning. -- ezekiel 46:13 +. +And you shall prepare a meat offering for it every morning, the sixth part of an ephah, and the third part of an hin of oil, to temper with the fine flour; a meat offering continually by a perpetual ordinance to the LORD. -- ezekiel 46:14 +. +Thus shall they prepare the lamb, and the meat offering, and the oil, every morning for a continual burnt offering. -- ezekiel 46:15 +. +Thus said the Lord GOD; If the prince give a gift to any of his sons, the inheritance thereof shall be his sons' it shall be their possession by inheritance. -- ezekiel 46:16 +. +But if he give a gift of his inheritance to one of his servants, then it shall be his to the year of liberty; after it shall return to the prince: but his inheritance shall be his sons'for them. -- ezekiel 46:17 +. +Moreover the prince shall not take of the people' inheritance by oppression, to thrust them out of their possession; but he shall give his sons inheritance out of his own possession: that my people be not scattered every man from his possession. -- ezekiel 46:18 +. +After he brought me through the entry, which was at the side of the gate, into the holy chambers of the priests, which looked toward the north: and, behold, there was a place on the two sides westward. -- ezekiel 46:19 +. +Then said he to me, This is the place where the priests shall boil the trespass offering and the sin offering, where they shall bake the meat offering; that they bear them not out into the utter court, to sanctify the people. -- ezekiel 46:20 +. +Then he brought me forth into the utter court, and caused me to pass by the four corners of the court; and, behold, in every corner of the court there was a court. -- ezekiel 46:21 +. +In the four corners of the court there were courts joined of forty cubits long and thirty broad: these four corners were of one measure. -- ezekiel 46:22 +. +And there was a row of building round about in them, round about them four, and it was made with boiling places under the rows round about. -- ezekiel 46:23 +. +Then said he to me, These are the places of them that boil, where the ministers of the house shall boil the sacrifice of the people. -- ezekiel 46:24 +. +Afterward he brought me again to the door of the house; and, behold, waters issued out from under the threshold of the house eastward: for the forefront of the house stood toward the east, and the waters came down from under from the right side of the house, at the south side of the altar. -- ezekiel 47:1 +. +Then brought he me out of the way of the gate northward, and led me about the way without to the utter gate by the way that looks eastward; and, behold, there ran out waters on the right side. -- ezekiel 47:2 +. +And when the man that had the line in his hand went forth eastward, he measured a thousand cubits, and he brought me through the waters; the waters were to the ankles. -- ezekiel 47:3 +. +Again he measured a thousand, and brought me through the waters; the waters were to the knees. Again he measured a thousand, and brought me through; the waters were to the loins. -- ezekiel 47:4 +. +Afterward he measured a thousand; and it was a river that I could not pass over: for the waters were risen, waters to swim in, a river that could not be passed over. -- ezekiel 47:5 +. +And he said to me, Son of man, have you seen this? Then he brought me, and caused me to return to the brink of the river. -- ezekiel 47:6 +. +Now when I had returned, behold, at the bank of the river were very many trees on the one side and on the other. -- ezekiel 47:7 +. +Then said he to me, These waters issue out toward the east country, and go down into the desert, and go into the sea: which being brought forth into the sea, the waters shall be healed. -- ezekiel 47:8 +. +And it shall come to pass, that every thing that lives, which moves, wherever the rivers shall come, shall live: and there shall be a very great multitude of fish, because these waters shall come thither: for they shall be healed; and every thing shall live where the river comes. -- ezekiel 47:9 +. +And it shall come to pass, that the fishers shall stand on it from Engedi even to Eneglaim; they shall be a place to spread forth nets; their fish shall be according to their kinds, as the fish of the great sea, exceeding many. -- ezekiel 47:10 +. +But the miry places thereof and the marshes thereof shall not be healed; they shall be given to salt. -- ezekiel 47:11 +. +And by the river on the bank thereof, on this side and on that side, shall grow all trees for meat, whose leaf shall not fade, neither shall the fruit thereof be consumed: it shall bring forth new fruit according to his months, because their waters they issued out of the sanctuary: and the fruit thereof shall be for meat, and the leaf thereof for medicine. -- ezekiel 47:12 +. +Thus said the Lord GOD; This shall be the border, whereby you shall inherit the land according to the twelve tribes of Israel: Joseph shall have two portions. -- ezekiel 47:13 +. +And you shall inherit it, one as well as another: concerning the which I lifted up my hand to give it to your fathers: and this land shall fall to you for inheritance. -- ezekiel 47:14 +. +And this shall be the border of the land toward the north side, from the great sea, the way of Hethlon, as men go to Zedad; -- ezekiel 47:15 +. +Hamath, Berothah, Sibraim, which is between the border of Damascus and the border of Hamath; Hazarhatticon, which is by the coast of Hauran. -- ezekiel 47:16 +. +And the border from the sea shall be Hazarenan, the border of Damascus, and the north northward, and the border of Hamath. And this is the north side. -- ezekiel 47:17 +. +And the east side you shall measure from Hauran, and from Damascus, and from Gilead, and from the land of Israel by Jordan, from the border to the east sea. And this is the east side. -- ezekiel 47:18 +. +And the south side southward, from Tamar even to the waters of strife in Kadesh, the river to the great sea. And this is the south side southward. -- ezekiel 47:19 +. +The west side also shall be the great sea from the border, till a man come over against Hamath. This is the west side. -- ezekiel 47:20 +. +So shall you divide this land to you according to the tribes of Israel. -- ezekiel 47:21 +. +And it shall come to pass, that you shall divide it by lot for an inheritance to you, and to the strangers that sojourn among you, which shall beget children among you: and they shall be to you as born in the country among the children of Israel; they shall have inheritance with you among the tribes of Israel. -- ezekiel 47:22 +. +And it shall come to pass, that in what tribe the stranger sojournes, there shall you give him his inheritance, said the Lord GOD. -- ezekiel 47:23 +. +Now these are the names of the tribes. From the north end to the coast of the way of Hethlon, as one goes to Hamath, Hazarenan, the border of Damascus northward, to the coast of Hamath; for these are his sides east and west; a portion for Dan. -- ezekiel 48:1 +. +And by the border of Dan, from the east side to the west side, a portion for Asher. -- ezekiel 48:2 +. +And by the border of Asher, from the east side even to the west side, a portion for Naphtali. -- ezekiel 48:3 +. +And by the border of Naphtali, from the east side to the west side, a portion for Manasseh. -- ezekiel 48:4 +. +And by the border of Manasseh, from the east side to the west side, a portion for Ephraim. -- ezekiel 48:5 +. +And by the border of Ephraim, from the east side even to the west side, a portion for Reuben. -- ezekiel 48:6 +. +And by the border of Reuben, from the east side to the west side, a portion for Judah. -- ezekiel 48:7 +. +And by the border of Judah, from the east side to the west side, shall be the offering which you shall offer of five and twenty thousand reeds in breadth, and in length as one of the other parts, from the east side to the west side: and the sanctuary shall be in the middle of it. -- ezekiel 48:8 +. +The oblation that you shall offer to the LORD shall be of five and twenty thousand in length, and of ten thousand in breadth. -- ezekiel 48:9 +. +And for them, even for the priests, shall be this holy oblation; toward the north five and twenty thousand in length, and toward the west ten thousand in breadth, and toward the east ten thousand in breadth, and toward the south five and twenty thousand in length: and the sanctuary of the LORD shall be in the middle thereof. -- ezekiel 48:10 +. +It shall be for the priests that are sanctified of the sons of Zadok; which have kept my charge, which went not astray when the children of Israel went astray, as the Levites went astray. -- ezekiel 48:11 +. +And this oblation of the land that is offered shall be to them a thing most holy by the border of the Levites. -- ezekiel 48:12 +. +And over against the border of the priests the Levites shall have five and twenty thousand in length, and ten thousand in breadth: all the length shall be five and twenty thousand, and the breadth ten thousand. -- ezekiel 48:13 +. +And they shall not sell of it, neither exchange, nor alienate the first fruits of the land: for it is holy to the LORD. -- ezekiel 48:14 +. +And the five thousand, that are left in the breadth over against the five and twenty thousand, shall be a profane place for the city, for dwelling, and for suburbs: and the city shall be in the middle thereof. -- ezekiel 48:15 +. +And these shall be the measures thereof; the north side four thousand and five hundred, and the south side four thousand and five hundred, and on the east side four thousand and five hundred, and the west side four thousand and five hundred. -- ezekiel 48:16 +. +And the suburbs of the city shall be toward the north two hundred and fifty, and toward the south two hundred and fifty, and toward the east two hundred and fifty, and toward the west two hundred and fifty. -- ezekiel 48:17 +. +And the residue in length over against the oblation of the holy portion shall be ten thousand eastward, and ten thousand westward: and it shall be over against the oblation of the holy portion; and the increase thereof shall be for food to them that serve the city. -- ezekiel 48:18 +. +And they that serve the city shall serve it out of all the tribes of Israel. -- ezekiel 48:19 +. +All the oblation shall be five and twenty thousand by five and twenty thousand: you shall offer the holy oblation foursquare, with the possession of the city. -- ezekiel 48:20 +. +And the residue shall be for the prince, on the one side and on the other of the holy oblation, and of the possession of the city, over against the five and twenty thousand of the oblation toward the east border, and westward over against the five and twenty thousand toward the west border, over against the portions for the prince: and it shall be the holy oblation; and the sanctuary of the house shall be in the middle thereof. -- ezekiel 48:21 +. +Moreover from the possession of the Levites, and from the possession of the city, being in the middle of that which is the prince', between the border of Judah and the border of Benjamin, shall be for the prince. -- ezekiel 48:22 +. +As for the rest of the tribes, from the east side to the west side, Benjamin shall have a portion. -- ezekiel 48:23 +. +And by the border of Benjamin, from the east side to the west side, Simeon shall have a portion. -- ezekiel 48:24 +. +And by the border of Simeon, from the east side to the west side, Issachar a portion. -- ezekiel 48:25 +. +And by the border of Issachar, from the east side to the west side, Zebulun a portion. -- ezekiel 48:26 +. +And by the border of Zebulun, from the east side to the west side, Gad a portion. -- ezekiel 48:27 +. +And by the border of Gad, at the south side southward, the border shall be even from Tamar to the waters of strife in Kadesh, and to the river toward the great sea. -- ezekiel 48:28 +. +This is the land which you shall divide by lot to the tribes of Israel for inheritance, and these are their portions, said the Lord GOD. -- ezekiel 48:29 +. +And these are the goings out of the city on the north side, four thousand and five hundred measures. -- ezekiel 48:30 +. +And the gates of the city shall be after the names of the tribes of Israel: three gates northward; one gate of Reuben, one gate of Judah, one gate of Levi. -- ezekiel 48:31 +. +And at the east side four thousand and five hundred: and three gates; and one gate of Joseph, one gate of Benjamin, one gate of Dan. -- ezekiel 48:32 +. +And at the south side four thousand and five hundred measures: and three gates; one gate of Simeon, one gate of Issachar, one gate of Zebulun. -- ezekiel 48:33 +. +At the west side four thousand and five hundred, with their three gates; one gate of Gad, one gate of Asher, one gate of Naphtali. -- ezekiel 48:34 +. +It was round about eighteen thousand measures: and the name of the city from that day shall be, The LORD is there. -- ezekiel 48:35 +. +In the third year of the reign of Jehoiakim king of Judah came Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon to Jerusalem, and besieged it. -- daniel 1:1 +. +And the Lord gave Jehoiakim king of Judah into his hand, with part of the vessels of the house of God: which he carried into the land of Shinar to the house of his god; and he brought the vessels into the treasure house of his god. -- daniel 1:2 +. +And the king spoke to Ashpenaz the master of his eunuchs, that he should bring certain of the children of Israel, and of the king' seed, and of the princes; -- daniel 1:3 +. +Children in whom was no blemish, but well favored, and skillful in all wisdom, and cunning in knowledge, and understanding science, and such as had ability in them to stand in the king' palace, and whom they might teach the learning and the tongue of the Chaldeans. -- daniel 1:4 +. +And the king appointed them a daily provision of the king' meat, and of the wine which he drank: so nourishing them three years, that at the end thereof they might stand before the king. -- daniel 1:5 +. +Now among these were of the children of Judah, Daniel, Hananiah, Mishael, and Azariah: -- daniel 1:6 +. +To whom the prince of the eunuchs gave names: for he gave to Daniel the name of Belteshazzar; and to Hananiah, of Shadrach; and to Mishael, of Meshach; and to Azariah, of Abednego. -- daniel 1:7 +. +But Daniel purposed in his heart that he would not defile himself with the portion of the king' meat, nor with the wine which he drank: therefore he requested of the prince of the eunuchs that he might not defile himself. -- daniel 1:8 +. +Now God had brought Daniel into favor and tender love with the prince of the eunuchs. -- daniel 1:9 +. +And the prince of the eunuchs said to Daniel, I fear my lord the king, who has appointed your meat and your drink: for why should he see your faces worse liking than the children which are of your sort? then shall you make me endanger my head to the king. -- daniel 1:10 +. +Then said Daniel to Melzar, whom the prince of the eunuchs had set over Daniel, Hananiah, Mishael, and Azariah, -- daniel 1:11 +. +Prove your servants, I beseech you, ten days; and let them give us vegetables to eat, and water to drink. -- daniel 1:12 +. +Then let our countenances be looked on before you, and the countenance of the children that eat of the portion of the king' meat: and as you see, deal with your servants. -- daniel 1:13 +. +So he consented to them in this matter, and proved them ten days. -- daniel 1:14 +. +And at the end of ten days their countenances appeared fairer and fatter in flesh than all the children which did eat the portion of the king' meat. -- daniel 1:15 +. +Thus Melzar took away the portion of their meat, and the wine that they should drink; and gave them vegetables. -- daniel 1:16 +. +As for these four children, God gave them knowledge and skill in all learning and wisdom: and Daniel had understanding in all visions and dreams. -- daniel 1:17 +. +Now at the end of the days that the king had said he should bring them in, then the prince of the eunuchs brought them in before Nebuchadnezzar. -- daniel 1:18 +. +And the king communed with them; and among them all was found none like Daniel, Hananiah, Mishael, and Azariah: therefore stood they before the king. -- daniel 1:19 +. +And in all matters of wisdom and understanding, that the king inquired of them, he found them ten times better than all the magicians and astrologers that were in all his realm. -- daniel 1:20 +. +And Daniel continued even to the first year of king Cyrus. -- daniel 1:21 +. +And in the second year of the reign of Nebuchadnezzar Nebuchadnezzar dreamed dreams, with which his spirit was troubled, and his sleep broke from him. -- daniel 2:1 +. +Then the king commanded to call the magicians, and the astrologers, and the sorcerers, and the Chaldeans, for to show the king his dreams. So they came and stood before the king. -- daniel 2:2 +. +And the king said to them, I have dreamed a dream, and my spirit was troubled to know the dream. -- daniel 2:3 +. +Then spoke the Chaldeans to the king in Syriack, O king, live for ever: tell your servants the dream, and we will show the interpretation. -- daniel 2:4 +. +The king answered and said to the Chaldeans, The thing is gone from me: if you will not make known to me the dream, with the interpretation thereof, you shall be cut in pieces, and your houses shall be made a dunghill. -- daniel 2:5 +. +But if you show the dream, and the interpretation thereof, you shall receive of me gifts and rewards and great honor: therefore show me the dream, and the interpretation thereof. -- daniel 2:6 +. +They answered again and said, Let the king tell his servants the dream, and we will show the interpretation of it. -- daniel 2:7 +. +The king answered and said, I know of certainty that you would gain the time, because you see the thing is gone from me. -- daniel 2:8 +. +But if you will not make known to me the dream, there is but one decree for you: for you have prepared lying and corrupt words to speak before me, till the time be changed: therefore tell me the dream, and I shall know that you can show me the interpretation thereof. -- daniel 2:9 +. +The Chaldeans answered before the king, and said, There is not a man on the earth that can show the king' matter: therefore there is no king, lord, nor ruler, that asked such things at any magician, or astrologer, or Chaldean. -- daniel 2:10 +. +And it is a rare thing that the king requires, and there is none other that can show it before the king, except the gods, whose dwelling is not with flesh. -- daniel 2:11 +. +For this cause the king was angry and very furious, and commanded to destroy all the wise men of Babylon. -- daniel 2:12 +. +And the decree went forth that the wise men should be slain; and they sought Daniel and his fellows to be slain. -- daniel 2:13 +. +Then Daniel answered with counsel and wisdom to Arioch the captain of the king' guard, which was gone forth to slay the wise men of Babylon: -- daniel 2:14 +. +He answered and said to Arioch the king' captain, Why is the decree so hasty from the king? Then Arioch made the thing known to Daniel. -- daniel 2:15 +. +Then Daniel went in, and desired of the king that he would give him time, and that he would show the king the interpretation. -- daniel 2:16 +. +Then Daniel went to his house, and made the thing known to Hananiah, Mishael, and Azariah, his companions: -- daniel 2:17 +. +That they would desire mercies of the God of heaven concerning this secret; that Daniel and his fellows should not perish with the rest of the wise men of Babylon. -- daniel 2:18 +. +Then was the secret revealed to Daniel in a night vision. Then Daniel blessed the God of heaven. -- daniel 2:19 +. +Daniel answered and said, Blessed be the name of God for ever and ever: for wisdom and might are his: -- daniel 2:20 +. +And he changes the times and the seasons: he removes kings, and sets up kings: he gives wisdom to the wise, and knowledge to them that know understanding: -- daniel 2:21 +. +He reveals the deep and secret things: he knows what is in the darkness, and the light dwells with him. -- daniel 2:22 +. +I thank you, and praise you, O you God of my fathers, who have given me wisdom and might, and have made known to me now what we desired of you: for you have now made known to us the king' matter. -- daniel 2:23 +. +Therefore Daniel went in to Arioch, whom the king had ordained to destroy the wise men of Babylon: he went and said thus to him; Destroy not the wise men of Babylon: bring me in before the king, and I will show to the king the interpretation. -- daniel 2:24 +. +Then Arioch brought in Daniel before the king in haste, and said thus to him, I have found a man of the captives of Judah, that will make known to the king the interpretation. -- daniel 2:25 +. +The king answered and said to Daniel, whose name was Belteshazzar, Are you able to make known to me the dream which I have seen, and the interpretation thereof? -- daniel 2:26 +. +Daniel answered in the presence of the king, and said, The secret which the king has demanded cannot the wise men, the astrologers, the magicians, the soothsayers, show to the king; -- daniel 2:27 +. +But there is a God in heaven that reveals secrets, and makes known to the king Nebuchadnezzar what shall be in the latter days. Your dream, and the visions of your head on your bed, are these; -- daniel 2:28 +. +As for you, O king, your thoughts came into your mind on your bed, what should come to pass hereafter: and he that reveals secrets makes known to you what shall come to pass. -- daniel 2:29 +. +But as for me, this secret is not revealed to me for any wisdom that I have more than any living, but for their sakes that shall make known the interpretation to the king, and that you might know the thoughts of your heart. -- daniel 2:30 +. +You, O king, saw, and behold a great image. This great image, whose brightness was excellent, stood before you; and the form thereof was terrible. -- daniel 2:31 +. +This image' head was of fine gold, his breast and his arms of silver, his belly and his thighs of brass, -- daniel 2:32 +. +His legs of iron, his feet part of iron and part of clay. -- daniel 2:33 +. +You saw till that a stone was cut out without hands, which smote the image on his feet that were of iron and clay, and broke them to pieces. -- daniel 2:34 +. +Then was the iron, the clay, the brass, the silver, and the gold, broken to pieces together, and became like the chaff of the summer threshing floors; and the wind carried them away, that no place was found for them: and the stone that smote the image became a great mountain, and filled the whole earth. -- daniel 2:35 +. +This is the dream; and we will tell the interpretation thereof before the king. -- daniel 2:36 +. +You, O king, are a king of kings: for the God of heaven has given you a kingdom, power, and strength, and glory. -- daniel 2:37 +. +And wherever the children of men dwell, the beasts of the field and the fowls of the heaven has he given into your hand, and has made you ruler over them all. You are this head of gold. -- daniel 2:38 +. +And after you shall arise another kingdom inferior to you, and another third kingdom of brass, which shall bear rule over all the earth. -- daniel 2:39 +. +And the fourth kingdom shall be strong as iron: for as much as iron breaks in pieces and subdues all things: and as iron that breaks all these, shall it break in pieces and bruise. -- daniel 2:40 +. +And whereas you saw the feet and toes, part of potters'clay, and part of iron, the kingdom shall be divided; but there shall be in it of the strength of the iron, for as much as you saw the iron mixed with miry clay. -- daniel 2:41 +. +And as the toes of the feet were part of iron, and part of clay, so the kingdom shall be partly strong, and partly broken. -- daniel 2:42 +. +And whereas you saw iron mixed with miry clay, they shall mingle themselves with the seed of men: but they shall not join one to another, even as iron is not mixed with clay. -- daniel 2:43 +. +And in the days of these kings shall the God of heaven set up a kingdom, which shall never be destroyed: and the kingdom shall not be left to other people, but it shall break in pieces and consume all these kingdoms, and it shall stand for ever. -- daniel 2:44 +. +For as much as you saw that the stone was cut out of the mountain without hands, and that it broke in pieces the iron, the brass, the clay, the silver, and the gold; the great God has made known to the king what shall come to pass hereafter: and the dream is certain, and the interpretation thereof sure. -- daniel 2:45 +. +Then the king Nebuchadnezzar fell on his face, and worshipped Daniel, and commanded that they should offer an oblation and sweet odors to him. -- daniel 2:46 +. +The king answered to Daniel, and said, Of a truth it is, that your God is a God of gods, and a Lord of kings, and a revealer of secrets, seeing you could reveal this secret. -- daniel 2:47 +. +Then the king made Daniel a great man, and gave him many great gifts, and made him ruler over the whole province of Babylon, and chief of the governors over all the wise men of Babylon. -- daniel 2:48 +. +Then Daniel requested of the king, and he set Shadrach, Meshach, and Abednego, over the affairs of the province of Babylon: but Daniel sat in the gate of the king. -- daniel 2:49 +. +Nebuchadnezzar the king made an image of gold, whose height was three score cubits, and the breadth thereof six cubits: he set it up in the plain of Dura, in the province of Babylon. -- daniel 3:1 +. +Then Nebuchadnezzar the king sent to gather together the princes, the governors, and the captains, the judges, the treasurers, the counsellors, the sheriffs, and all the rulers of the provinces, to come to the dedication of the image which Nebuchadnezzar the king had set up. -- daniel 3:2 +. +Then the princes, the governors, and captains, the judges, the treasurers, the counsellors, the sheriffs, and all the rulers of the provinces, were gathered together to the dedication of the image that Nebuchadnezzar the king had set up; and they stood before the image that Nebuchadnezzar had set up. -- daniel 3:3 +. +Then an herald cried aloud, To you it is commanded, O people, nations, and languages, -- daniel 3:4 +. +That at what time you hear the sound of the cornet, flute, harp, sackbut, psaltery, dulcimer, and all kinds of music, you fall down and worship the golden image that Nebuchadnezzar the king has set up: -- daniel 3:5 +. +And whoever falls not down and worships shall the same hour be cast into the middle of a burning fiery furnace. -- daniel 3:6 +. +Therefore at that time, when all the people heard the sound of the cornet, flute, harp, sackbut, psaltery, and all kinds of music, all the people, the nations, and the languages, fell down and worshipped the golden image that Nebuchadnezzar the king had set up. -- daniel 3:7 +. +Why at that time certain Chaldeans came near, and accused the Jews. -- daniel 3:8 +. +They spoke and said to the king Nebuchadnezzar, O king, live for ever. -- daniel 3:9 +. +You, O king, have made a decree, that every man that shall hear the sound of the cornet, flute, harp, sackbut, psaltery, and dulcimer, and all kinds of music, shall fall down and worship the golden image: -- daniel 3:10 +. +And whoever falls not down and worships, that he should be cast into the middle of a burning fiery furnace. -- daniel 3:11 +. +There are certain Jews whom you have set over the affairs of the province of Babylon, Shadrach, Meshach, and Abednego; these men, O king, have not regarded you: they serve not your gods, nor worship the golden image which you have set up. -- daniel 3:12 +. +Then Nebuchadnezzar in his rage and fury commanded to bring Shadrach, Meshach, and Abednego. Then they brought these men before the king. -- daniel 3:13 +. +Nebuchadnezzar spoke and said to them, Is it true, O Shadrach, Meshach, and Abednego, do not you serve my gods, nor worship the golden image which I have set up? -- daniel 3:14 +. +Now if you be ready that at what time you hear the sound of the cornet, flute, harp, sackbut, psaltery, and dulcimer, and all kinds of music, you fall down and worship the image which I have made; well: but if you worship not, you shall be cast the same hour into the middle of a burning fiery furnace; and who is that God that shall deliver you out of my hands? -- daniel 3:15 +. +Shadrach, Meshach, and Abednego, answered and said to the king, O Nebuchadnezzar, we are not careful to answer you in this matter. -- daniel 3:16 +. +If it be so, our God whom we serve is able to deliver us from the burning fiery furnace, and he will deliver us out of your hand, O king. -- daniel 3:17 +. +But if not, be it known to you, O king, that we will not serve your gods, nor worship the golden image which you have set up. -- daniel 3:18 +. +Then was Nebuchadnezzar full of fury, and the form of his visage was changed against Shadrach, Meshach, and Abednego: therefore he spoke, and commanded that they should heat the furnace one seven times more than it was wont to be heated. -- daniel 3:19 +. +And he commanded the most mighty men that were in his army to bind Shadrach, Meshach, and Abednego, and to cast them into the burning fiery furnace. -- daniel 3:20 +. +Then these men were bound in their coats, their hosen, and their hats, and their other garments, and were cast into the middle of the burning fiery furnace. -- daniel 3:21 +. +Therefore because the king' commandment was urgent, and the furnace exceeding hot, the flames of the fire slew those men that took up Shadrach, Meshach, and Abednego. -- daniel 3:22 +. +And these three men, Shadrach, Meshach, and Abednego, fell down bound into the middle of the burning fiery furnace. -- daniel 3:23 +. +Then Nebuchadnezzar the king was astonished, and rose up in haste, and spoke, and said to his counsellors, Did not we cast three men bound into the middle of the fire? They answered and said to the king, True, O king. -- daniel 3:24 +. +He answered and said, See, I see four men loose, walking in the middle of the fire, and they have no hurt; and the form of the fourth is like the Son of God. -- daniel 3:25 +. +Then Nebuchadnezzar came near to the mouth of the burning fiery furnace, and spoke, and said, Shadrach, Meshach, and Abednego, you servants of the most high God, come forth, and come here. Then Shadrach, Meshach, and Abednego, came forth of the middle of the fire. -- daniel 3:26 +. +And the princes, governors, and captains, and the king' counsellors, being gathered together, saw these men, on whose bodies the fire had no power, nor was an hair of their head singed, neither were their coats changed, nor the smell of fire had passed on them. -- daniel 3:27 +. +Then Nebuchadnezzar spoke, and said, Blessed be the God of Shadrach, Meshach, and Abednego, who has sent his angel, and delivered his servants that trusted in him, and have changed the king' word, and yielded their bodies, that they might not serve nor worship any god, except their own God. -- daniel 3:28 +. +Therefore I make a decree, That every people, nation, and language, which speak any thing amiss against the God of Shadrach, Meshach, and Abednego, shall be cut in pieces, and their houses shall be made a dunghill: because there is no other God that can deliver after this sort. -- daniel 3:29 +. +Then the king promoted Shadrach, Meshach, and Abednego, in the province of Babylon. -- daniel 3:30 +. +Nebuchadnezzar the king, to all people, nations, and languages, that dwell in all the earth; Peace be multiplied to you. -- daniel 4:1 +. +I thought it good to show the signs and wonders that the high God has worked toward me. -- daniel 4:2 +. +How great are his signs! and how mighty are his wonders! his kingdom is an everlasting kingdom, and his dominion is from generation to generation. -- daniel 4:3 +. +I Nebuchadnezzar was at rest in my house, and flourishing in my palace: -- daniel 4:4 +. +I saw a dream which made me afraid, and the thoughts on my bed and the visions of my head troubled me. -- daniel 4:5 +. +Therefore made I a decree to bring in all the wise men of Babylon before me, that they might make known to me the interpretation of the dream. -- daniel 4:6 +. +Then came in the magicians, the astrologers, the Chaldeans, and the soothsayers: and I told the dream before them; but they did not make known to me the interpretation thereof. -- daniel 4:7 +. +But at the last Daniel came in before me, whose name was Belteshazzar, according to the name of my God, and in whom is the spirit of the holy gods: and before him I told the dream, saying, -- daniel 4:8 +. +O Belteshazzar, master of the magicians, because I know that the spirit of the holy gods is in you, and no secret troubles you, tell me the visions of my dream that I have seen, and the interpretation thereof. -- daniel 4:9 +. +Thus were the visions of my head in my bed; I saw, and behold a tree in the middle of the earth, and the height thereof was great. -- daniel 4:10 +. +The tree grew, and was strong, and the height thereof reached to heaven, and the sight thereof to the end of all the earth: -- daniel 4:11 +. +The leaves thereof were fair, and the fruit thereof much, and in it was meat for all: the beasts of the field had shadow under it, and the fowls of the heaven dwelled in the boughs thereof, and all flesh was fed of it. -- daniel 4:12 +. +I saw in the visions of my head on my bed, and, behold, a watcher and an holy one came down from heaven; -- daniel 4:13 +. +He cried aloud, and said thus, Hew down the tree, and cut off his branches, shake off his leaves, and scatter his fruit: let the beasts get away from under it, and the fowls from his branches: -- daniel 4:14 +. +Nevertheless leave the stump of his roots in the earth, even with a band of iron and brass, in the tender grass of the field; and let it be wet with the dew of heaven, and let his portion be with the beasts in the grass of the earth: -- daniel 4:15 +. +Let his heart be changed from man', and let a beast' heart be given to him; and let seven times pass over him. -- daniel 4:16 +. +This matter is by the decree of the watchers, and the demand by the word of the holy ones: to the intent that the living may know that the most High rules in the kingdom of men, and gives it to whomsoever he will, and sets up over it the basest of men. -- daniel 4:17 +. +This dream I king Nebuchadnezzar have seen. Now you, O Belteshazzar, declare the interpretation thereof, for as much as all the wise men of my kingdom are not able to make known to me the interpretation: but you are able; for the spirit of the holy gods is in you. -- daniel 4:18 +. +Then Daniel, whose name was Belteshazzar, was astonished for one hour, and his thoughts troubled him. The king spoke, and said, Belteshazzar, let not the dream, or the interpretation thereof, trouble you. Belteshazzar answered and said, My lord, the dream be to them that hate you, and the interpretation thereof to your enemies. -- daniel 4:19 +. +The tree that you saw, which grew, and was strong, whose height reached to the heaven, and the sight thereof to all the earth; -- daniel 4:20 +. +Whose leaves were fair, and the fruit thereof much, and in it was meat for all; under which the beasts of the field dwelled, and on whose branches the fowls of the heaven had their habitation: -- daniel 4:21 +. +It is you, O king, that are grown and become strong: for your greatness is grown, and reaches to heaven, and your dominion to the end of the earth. -- daniel 4:22 +. +And whereas the king saw a watcher and an holy one coming down from heaven, and saying, Hew the tree down, and destroy it; yet leave the stump of the roots thereof in the earth, even with a band of iron and brass, in the tender grass of the field; and let it be wet with the dew of heaven, and let his portion be with the beasts of the field, till seven times pass over him; -- daniel 4:23 +. +This is the interpretation, O king, and this is the decree of the most High, which is come on my lord the king: -- daniel 4:24 +. +That they shall drive you from men, and your dwelling shall be with the beasts of the field, and they shall make you to eat grass as oxen, and they shall wet you with the dew of heaven, and seven times shall pass over you, till you know that the most High rules in the kingdom of men, and gives it to whomsoever he will. -- daniel 4:25 +. +And whereas they commanded to leave the stump of the tree roots; your kingdom shall be sure to you, after that you shall have known that the heavens do rule. -- daniel 4:26 +. +Why, O king, let my counsel be acceptable to you, and break off your sins by righteousness, and your iniquities by showing mercy to the poor; if it may be a lengthening of your tranquility. -- daniel 4:27 +. +All this came on the king Nebuchadnezzar. -- daniel 4:28 +. +At the end of twelve months he walked in the palace of the kingdom of Babylon. -- daniel 4:29 +. +The king spoke, and said, Is not this great Babylon, that I have built for the house of the kingdom by the might of my power, and for the honor of my majesty? -- daniel 4:30 +. +While the word was in the king' mouth, there fell a voice from heaven, saying, O king Nebuchadnezzar, to you it is spoken; The kingdom is departed from you. -- daniel 4:31 +. +And they shall drive you from men, and your dwelling shall be with the beasts of the field: they shall make you to eat grass as oxen, and seven times shall pass over you, until you know that the most High rules in the kingdom of men, and gives it to whomsoever he will. -- daniel 4:32 +. +The same hour was the thing fulfilled on Nebuchadnezzar: and he was driven from men, and did eat grass as oxen, and his body was wet with the dew of heaven, till his hairs were grown like eagles'feathers, and his nails like birds'claws. -- daniel 4:33 +. +And at the end of the days I Nebuchadnezzar lifted up my eyes to heaven, and my understanding returned to me, and I blessed the most High, and I praised and honored him that lives for ever, whose dominion is an everlasting dominion, and his kingdom is from generation to generation: -- daniel 4:34 +. +And all the inhabitants of the earth are reputed as nothing: and he does according to his will in the army of heaven, and among the inhabitants of the earth: and none can stay his hand, or say to him, What do you? -- daniel 4:35 +. +At the same time my reason returned to me; and for the glory of my kingdom, my honor and brightness returned to me; and my counsellors and my lords sought to me; and I was established in my kingdom, and excellent majesty was added to me. -- daniel 4:36 +. +Now I Nebuchadnezzar praise and extol and honor the King of heaven, all whose works are truth, and his ways judgment: and those that walk in pride he is able to abase. -- daniel 4:37 +. +Belshazzar the king made a great feast to a thousand of his lords, and drank wine before the thousand. -- daniel 5:1 +. +Belshazzar, whiles he tasted the wine, commanded to bring the golden and silver vessels which his father Nebuchadnezzar had taken out of the temple which was in Jerusalem; that the king, and his princes, his wives, and his concubines, might drink therein. -- daniel 5:2 +. +Then they brought the golden vessels that were taken out of the temple of the house of God which was at Jerusalem; and the king, and his princes, his wives, and his concubines, drank in them. -- daniel 5:3 +. +They drank wine, and praised the gods of gold, and of silver, of brass, of iron, of wood, and of stone. -- daniel 5:4 +. +In the same hour came forth fingers of a man' hand, and wrote over against the candlestick on the plaster of the wall of the king' palace: and the king saw the part of the hand that wrote. -- daniel 5:5 +. +Then the king' countenance was changed, and his thoughts troubled him, so that the joints of his loins were loosed, and his knees smote one against another. -- daniel 5:6 +. +The king cried aloud to bring in the astrologers, the Chaldeans, and the soothsayers. And the king spoke, and said to the wise men of Babylon, Whoever shall read this writing, and show me the interpretation thereof, shall be clothed with scarlet, and have a chain of gold about his neck, and shall be the third ruler in the kingdom. -- daniel 5:7 +. +Then came in all the king' wise men: but they could not read the writing, nor make known to the king the interpretation thereof. -- daniel 5:8 +. +Then was king Belshazzar greatly troubled, and his countenance was changed in him, and his lords were astonished. -- daniel 5:9 +. +Now the queen by reason of the words of the king and his lords came into the banquet house: and the queen spoke and said, O king, live for ever: let not your thoughts trouble you, nor let your countenance be changed: -- daniel 5:10 +. +There is a man in your kingdom, in whom is the spirit of the holy gods; and in the days of your father light and understanding and wisdom, like the wisdom of the gods, was found in him; whom the king Nebuchadnezzar your father, the king, I say, your father, made master of the magicians, astrologers, Chaldeans, and soothsayers; -- daniel 5:11 +. +For as much as an excellent spirit, and knowledge, and understanding, interpreting of dreams, and showing of hard sentences, and dissolving of doubts, were found in the same Daniel, whom the king named Belteshazzar: now let Daniel be called, and he will show the interpretation. -- daniel 5:12 +. +Then was Daniel brought in before the king. And the king spoke and said to Daniel, Are you that Daniel, which are of the children of the captivity of Judah, whom the king my father brought out of Jewry? -- daniel 5:13 +. +I have even heard of you, that the spirit of the gods is in you, and that light and understanding and excellent wisdom is found in you. -- daniel 5:14 +. +And now the wise men, the astrologers, have been brought in before me, that they should read this writing, and make known to me the interpretation thereof: but they could not show the interpretation of the thing: -- daniel 5:15 +. +And I have heard of you, that you can make interpretations, and dissolve doubts: now if you can read the writing, and make known to me the interpretation thereof, you shall be clothed with scarlet, and have a chain of gold about your neck, and shall be the third ruler in the kingdom. -- daniel 5:16 +. +Then Daniel answered and said before the king, Let your gifts be to yourself, and give your rewards to another; yet I will read the writing to the king, and make known to him the interpretation. -- daniel 5:17 +. +O you king, the most high God gave Nebuchadnezzar your father a kingdom, and majesty, and glory, and honor: -- daniel 5:18 +. +And for the majesty that he gave him, all people, nations, and languages, trembled and feared before him: whom he would he slew; and whom he would he kept alive; and whom he would he set up; and whom he would he put down. -- daniel 5:19 +. +But when his heart was lifted up, and his mind hardened in pride, he was deposed from his kingly throne, and they took his glory from him: -- daniel 5:20 +. +And he was driven from the sons of men; and his heart was made like the beasts, and his dwelling was with the wild asses: they fed him with grass like oxen, and his body was wet with the dew of heaven; till he knew that the most high God ruled in the kingdom of men, and that he appoints over it whomsoever he will. -- daniel 5:21 +. +And you his son, O Belshazzar, have not humbled your heart, though you knew all this; -- daniel 5:22 +. +But have lifted up yourself against the Lord of heaven; and they have brought the vessels of his house before you, and you, and your lords, your wives, and your concubines, have drunk wine in them; and you have praised the gods of silver, and gold, of brass, iron, wood, and stone, which see not, nor hear, nor know: and the God in whose hand your breath is, and whose are all your ways, have you not glorified: -- daniel 5:23 +. +Then was the part of the hand sent from him; and this writing was written. -- daniel 5:24 +. +And this is the writing that was written, MENE, MENE, TEKEL, UPHARSIN. -- daniel 5:25 +. +This is the interpretation of the thing: MENE; God has numbered your kingdom, and finished it. -- daniel 5:26 +. +TEKEL; You are weighed in the balances, and are found wanting. -- daniel 5:27 +. +PERES; Your kingdom is divided, and given to the Medes and Persians. -- daniel 5:28 +. +Then commanded Belshazzar, and they clothed Daniel with scarlet, and put a chain of gold about his neck, and made a proclamation concerning him, that he should be the third ruler in the kingdom. -- daniel 5:29 +. +In that night was Belshazzar the king of the Chaldeans slain. -- daniel 5:30 +. +And Darius the Median took the kingdom, being about three score and two years old. -- daniel 5:31 +. +It pleased Darius to set over the kingdom an hundred and twenty princes, which should be over the whole kingdom; -- daniel 6:1 +. +And over these three presidents; of whom Daniel was first: that the princes might give accounts to them, and the king should have no damage. -- daniel 6:2 +. +Then this Daniel was preferred above the presidents and princes, because an excellent spirit was in him; and the king thought to set him over the whole realm. -- daniel 6:3 +. +Then the presidents and princes sought to find occasion against Daniel concerning the kingdom; but they could find none occasion nor fault; for as much as he was faithful, neither was there any error or fault found in him. -- daniel 6:4 +. +Then said these men, We shall not find any occasion against this Daniel, except we find it against him concerning the law of his God. -- daniel 6:5 +. +Then these presidents and princes assembled together to the king, and said thus to him, King Darius, live for ever. -- daniel 6:6 +. +All the presidents of the kingdom, the governors, and the princes, the counsellors, and the captains, have consulted together to establish a royal statute, and to make a firm decree, that whoever shall ask a petition of any God or man for thirty days, save of you, O king, he shall be cast into the den of lions. -- daniel 6:7 +. +Now, O king, establish the decree, and sign the writing, that it be not changed, according to the law of the Medes and Persians, which alters not. -- daniel 6:8 +. +Why king Darius signed the writing and the decree. -- daniel 6:9 +. +Now when Daniel knew that the writing was signed, he went into his house; and his windows being open in his chamber toward Jerusalem, he kneeled on his knees three times a day, and prayed, and gave thanks before his God, as he did aforetime. -- daniel 6:10 +. +Then these men assembled, and found Daniel praying and making supplication before his God. -- daniel 6:11 +. +Then they came near, and spoke before the king concerning the king' decree; Have you not signed a decree, that every man that shall ask a petition of any God or man within thirty days, save of you, O king, shall be cast into the den of lions? The king answered and said, The thing is true, according to the law of the Medes and Persians, which alters not. -- daniel 6:12 +. +Then answered they and said before the king, That Daniel, which is of the children of the captivity of Judah, regards not you, O king, nor the decree that you have signed, but makes his petition three times a day. -- daniel 6:13 +. +Then the king, when he heard these words, was sore displeased with himself, and set his heart on Daniel to deliver him: and he labored till the going down of the sun to deliver him. -- daniel 6:14 +. +Then these men assembled to the king, and said to the king, Know, O king, that the law of the Medes and Persians is, That no decree nor statute which the king establishes may be changed. -- daniel 6:15 +. +Then the king commanded, and they brought Daniel, and cast him into the den of lions. Now the king spoke and said to Daniel, Your God whom you serve continually, he will deliver you. -- daniel 6:16 +. +And a stone was brought, and laid on the mouth of the den; and the king sealed it with his own signet, and with the signet of his lords; that the purpose might not be changed concerning Daniel. -- daniel 6:17 +. +Then the king went to his palace, and passed the night fasting: neither were instruments of music brought before him: and his sleep went from him. -- daniel 6:18 +. +Then the king arose very early in the morning, and went in haste to the den of lions. -- daniel 6:19 +. +And when he came to the den, he cried with a lamentable voice to Daniel: and the king spoke and said to Daniel, O Daniel, servant of the living God, is your God, whom you serve continually, able to deliver you from the lions? -- daniel 6:20 +. +Then said Daniel to the king, O king, live for ever. -- daniel 6:21 +. +My God has sent his angel, and has shut the lions'mouths, that they have not hurt me: for as much as before him innocence was found in me; and also before you, O king, have I done no hurt. -- daniel 6:22 +. +Then was the king exceedingly glad for him, and commanded that they should take Daniel up out of the den. So Daniel was taken up out of the den, and no manner of hurt was found on him, because he believed in his God. -- daniel 6:23 +. +And the king commanded, and they brought those men which had accused Daniel, and they cast them into the den of lions, them, their children, and their wives; and the lions had the mastery of them, and broke all their bones in pieces or ever they came at the bottom of the den. -- daniel 6:24 +. +Then king Darius wrote to all people, nations, and languages, that dwell in all the earth; Peace be multiplied to you. -- daniel 6:25 +. +I make a decree, That in every dominion of my kingdom men tremble and fear before the God of Daniel: for he is the living God, and steadfast for ever, and his kingdom that which shall not be destroyed, and his dominion shall be even to the end. -- daniel 6:26 +. +He delivers and rescues, and he works signs and wonders in heaven and in earth, who has delivered Daniel from the power of the lions. -- daniel 6:27 +. +So this Daniel prospered in the reign of Darius, and in the reign of Cyrus the Persian. -- daniel 6:28 +. +In the first year of Belshazzar king of Babylon Daniel had a dream and visions of his head on his bed: then he wrote the dream, and told the sum of the matters. -- daniel 7:1 +. +Daniel spoke and said, I saw in my vision by night, and, behold, the four winds of the heaven strove on the great sea. -- daniel 7:2 +. +And four great beasts came up from the sea, diverse one from another. -- daniel 7:3 +. +The first was like a lion, and had eagle' wings: I beheld till the wings thereof were plucked, and it was lifted up from the earth, and made stand on the feet as a man, and a man' heart was given to it. -- daniel 7:4 +. +And behold another beast, a second, like to a bear, and it raised up itself on one side, and it had three ribs in the mouth of it between the teeth of it: and they said thus to it, Arise, devour much flesh. -- daniel 7:5 +. +After this I beheld, and see another, like a leopard, which had on the back of it four wings of a fowl; the beast had also four heads; and dominion was given to it. -- daniel 7:6 +. +After this I saw in the night visions, and behold a fourth beast, dreadful and terrible, and strong exceedingly; and it had great iron teeth: it devoured and broke in pieces, and stamped the residue with the feet of it: and it was diverse from all the beasts that were before it; and it had ten horns. -- daniel 7:7 +. +I considered the horns, and, behold, there came up among them another little horn, before whom there were three of the first horns plucked up by the roots: and, behold, in this horn were eyes like the eyes of man, and a mouth speaking great things. -- daniel 7:8 +. +I beheld till the thrones were cast down, and the Ancient of days did sit, whose garment was white as snow, and the hair of his head like the pure wool: his throne was like the fiery flame, and his wheels as burning fire. -- daniel 7:9 +. +A fiery stream issued and came forth from before him: thousand thousands ministered to him, and ten thousand times ten thousand stood before him: the judgment was set, and the books were opened. -- daniel 7:10 +. +I beheld then because of the voice of the great words which the horn spoke: I beheld even till the beast was slain, and his body destroyed, and given to the burning flame. -- daniel 7:11 +. +As concerning the rest of the beasts, they had their dominion taken away: yet their lives were prolonged for a season and time. -- daniel 7:12 +. +I saw in the night visions, and, behold, one like the Son of man came with the clouds of heaven, and came to the Ancient of days, and they brought him near before him. -- daniel 7:13 +. +And there was given him dominion, and glory, and a kingdom, that all people, nations, and languages, should serve him: his dominion is an everlasting dominion, which shall not pass away, and his kingdom that which shall not be destroyed. -- daniel 7:14 +. +I Daniel was grieved in my spirit in the middle of my body, and the visions of my head troubled me. -- daniel 7:15 +. +I came near to one of them that stood by, and asked him the truth of all this. So he told me, and made me know the interpretation of the things. -- daniel 7:16 +. +These great beasts, which are four, are four kings, which shall arise out of the earth. -- daniel 7:17 +. +But the saints of the most High shall take the kingdom, and possess the kingdom for ever, even for ever and ever. -- daniel 7:18 +. +Then I would know the truth of the fourth beast, which was diverse from all the others, exceeding dreadful, whose teeth were of iron, and his nails of brass; which devoured, broke in pieces, and stamped the residue with his feet; -- daniel 7:19 +. +And of the ten horns that were in his head, and of the other which came up, and before whom three fell; even of that horn that had eyes, and a mouth that spoke very great things, whose look was more stout than his fellows. -- daniel 7:20 +. +I beheld, and the same horn made war with the saints, and prevailed against them; -- daniel 7:21 +. +Until the Ancient of days came, and judgment was given to the saints of the most High; and the time came that the saints possessed the kingdom. -- daniel 7:22 +. +Thus he said, The fourth beast shall be the fourth kingdom on earth, which shall be diverse from all kingdoms, and shall devour the whole earth, and shall tread it down, and break it in pieces. -- daniel 7:23 +. +And the ten horns out of this kingdom are ten kings that shall arise: and another shall rise after them; and he shall be diverse from the first, and he shall subdue three kings. -- daniel 7:24 +. +And he shall speak great words against the most High, and shall wear out the saints of the most High, and think to change times and laws: and they shall be given into his hand until a time and times and the dividing of time. -- daniel 7:25 +. +But the judgment shall sit, and they shall take away his dominion, to consume and to destroy it to the end. -- daniel 7:26 +. +And the kingdom and dominion, and the greatness of the kingdom under the whole heaven, shall be given to the people of the saints of the most High, whose kingdom is an everlasting kingdom, and all dominions shall serve and obey him. -- daniel 7:27 +. +Till now is the end of the matter. As for me Daniel, my cogitations much troubled me, and my countenance changed in me: but I kept the matter in my heart. -- daniel 7:28 +. +In the third year of the reign of king Belshazzar a vision appeared to me, even to me Daniel, after that which appeared to me at the first. -- daniel 8:1 +. +And I saw in a vision; and it came to pass, when I saw, that I was at Shushan in the palace, which is in the province of Elam; and I saw in a vision, and I was by the river of Ulai. -- daniel 8:2 +. +Then I lifted up my eyes, and saw, and, behold, there stood before the river a ram which had two horns: and the two horns were high; but one was higher than the other, and the higher came up last. -- daniel 8:3 +. +I saw the ram pushing westward, and northward, and southward; so that no beasts might stand before him, neither was there any that could deliver out of his hand; but he did according to his will, and became great. -- daniel 8:4 +. +And as I was considering, behold, an he goat came from the west on the face of the whole earth, and touched not the ground: and the goat had a notable horn between his eyes. -- daniel 8:5 +. +And he came to the ram that had two horns, which I had seen standing before the river, and ran to him in the fury of his power. -- daniel 8:6 +. +And I saw him come close to the ram, and he was moved with choler against him, and smote the ram, and broke his two horns: and there was no power in the ram to stand before him, but he cast him down to the ground, and stamped on him: and there was none that could deliver the ram out of his hand. -- daniel 8:7 +. +Therefore the he goat waxed very great: and when he was strong, the great horn was broken; and for it came up four notable ones toward the four winds of heaven. -- daniel 8:8 +. +And out of one of them came forth a little horn, which waxed exceeding great, toward the south, and toward the east, and toward the pleasant land. -- daniel 8:9 +. +And it waxed great, even to the host of heaven; and it cast down some of the host and of the stars to the ground, and stamped on them. -- daniel 8:10 +. +Yes, he magnified himself even to the prince of the host, and by him the daily sacrifice was taken away, and the place of the sanctuary was cast down. -- daniel 8:11 +. +And an host was given him against the daily sacrifice by reason of transgression, and it cast down the truth to the ground; and it practiced, and prospered. -- daniel 8:12 +. +Then I heard one saint speaking, and another saint said to that certain saint which spoke, How long shall be the vision concerning the daily sacrifice, and the transgression of desolation, to give both the sanctuary and the host to be trodden under foot? -- daniel 8:13 +. +And he said to me, To two thousand and three hundred days; then shall the sanctuary be cleansed. -- daniel 8:14 +. +And it came to pass, when I, even I Daniel, had seen the vision, and sought for the meaning, then, behold, there stood before me as the appearance of a man. -- daniel 8:15 +. +And I heard a man' voice between the banks of Ulai, which called, and said, Gabriel, make this man to understand the vision. -- daniel 8:16 +. +So he came near where I stood: and when he came, I was afraid, and fell on my face: but he said to me, Understand, O son of man: for at the time of the end shall be the vision. -- daniel 8:17 +. +Now as he was speaking with me, I was in a deep sleep on my face toward the ground: but he touched me, and set me upright. -- daniel 8:18 +. +And he said, Behold, I will make you know what shall be in the last end of the indignation: for at the time appointed the end shall be. -- daniel 8:19 +. +The ram which you saw having two horns are the kings of Media and Persia. -- daniel 8:20 +. +And the rough goat is the king of Grecia: and the great horn that is between his eyes is the first king. -- daniel 8:21 +. +Now that being broken, whereas four stood up for it, four kingdoms shall stand up out of the nation, but not in his power. -- daniel 8:22 +. +And in the latter time of their kingdom, when the transgressors are come to the full, a king of fierce countenance, and understanding dark sentences, shall stand up. -- daniel 8:23 +. +And his power shall be mighty, but not by his own power: and he shall destroy wonderfully, and shall prosper, and practice, and shall destroy the mighty and the holy people. -- daniel 8:24 +. +And through his policy also he shall cause craft to prosper in his hand; and he shall magnify himself in his heart, and by peace shall destroy many: he shall also stand up against the Prince of princes; but he shall be broken without hand. -- daniel 8:25 +. +And the vision of the evening and the morning which was told is true: why shut you up the vision; for it shall be for many days. -- daniel 8:26 +. +And I Daniel fainted, and was sick certain days; afterward I rose up, and did the king' business; and I was astonished at the vision, but none understood it. -- daniel 8:27 +. +In the first year of Darius the son of Ahasuerus, of the seed of the Medes, which was made king over the realm of the Chaldeans; -- daniel 9:1 +. +In the first year of his reign I Daniel understood by books the number of the years, whereof the word of the LORD came to Jeremiah the prophet, that he would accomplish seventy years in the desolations of Jerusalem. -- daniel 9:2 +. +And I set my face to the Lord God, to seek by prayer and supplications, with fasting, and sackcloth, and ashes: -- daniel 9:3 +. +And I prayed to the LORD my God, and made my confession, and said, O Lord, the great and dreadful God, keeping the covenant and mercy to them that love him, and to them that keep his commandments; -- daniel 9:4 +. +We have sinned, and have committed iniquity, and have done wickedly, and have rebelled, even by departing from your precepts and from your judgments: -- daniel 9:5 +. +Neither have we listened to your servants the prophets, which spoke in your name to our kings, our princes, and our fathers, and to all the people of the land. -- daniel 9:6 +. +O LORD, righteousness belongs to you, but to us confusion of faces, as at this day; to the men of Judah, and to the inhabitants of Jerusalem, and to all Israel, that are near, and that are far off, through all the countries where you have driven them, because of their trespass that they have trespassed against you. -- daniel 9:7 +. +O Lord, to us belongs confusion of face, to our kings, to our princes, and to our fathers, because we have sinned against you. -- daniel 9:8 +. +To the Lord our God belong mercies and forgivenesses, though we have rebelled against him; -- daniel 9:9 +. +Neither have we obeyed the voice of the LORD our God, to walk in his laws, which he set before us by his servants the prophets. -- daniel 9:10 +. +Yes, all Israel have transgressed your law, even by departing, that they might not obey your voice; therefore the curse is poured on us, and the oath that is written in the law of Moses the servant of God, because we have sinned against him. -- daniel 9:11 +. +And he has confirmed his words, which he spoke against us, and against our judges that judged us, by bringing on us a great evil: for under the whole heaven has not been done as has been done on Jerusalem. -- daniel 9:12 +. +As it is written in the law of Moses, all this evil is come on us: yet made we not our prayer before the LORD our God, that we might turn from our iniquities, and understand your truth. -- daniel 9:13 +. +Therefore has the LORD watched on the evil, and brought it on us: for the LORD our God is righteous in all his works which he does: for we obeyed not his voice. -- daniel 9:14 +. +And now, O Lord our God, that have brought your people forth out of the land of Egypt with a mighty hand, and have gotten you renown, as at this day; we have sinned, we have done wickedly. -- daniel 9:15 +. +O LORD, according to all your righteousness, I beseech you, let your anger and your fury be turned away from your city Jerusalem, your holy mountain: because for our sins, and for the iniquities of our fathers, Jerusalem and your people are become a reproach to all that are about us. -- daniel 9:16 +. +Now therefore, O our God, hear the prayer of your servant, and his supplications, and cause your face to shine on your sanctuary that is desolate, for the Lord' sake. -- daniel 9:17 +. +O my God, incline your ear, and hear; open your eyes, and behold our desolations, and the city which is called by your name: for we do not present our supplications before you for our righteousnesses, but for your great mercies. -- daniel 9:18 +. +O Lord, hear; O Lord, forgive; O Lord, listen and do; defer not, for your own sake, O my God: for your city and your people are called by your name. -- daniel 9:19 +. +And whiles I was speaking, and praying, and confessing my sin and the sin of my people Israel, and presenting my supplication before the LORD my God for the holy mountain of my God; -- daniel 9:20 +. +Yes, whiles I was speaking in prayer, even the man Gabriel, whom I had seen in the vision at the beginning, being caused to fly swiftly, touched me about the time of the evening oblation. -- daniel 9:21 +. +And he informed me, and talked with me, and said, O Daniel, I am now come forth to give you skill and understanding. -- daniel 9:22 +. +At the beginning of your supplications the commandment came forth, and I am come to show you; for you are greatly beloved: therefore understand the matter, and consider the vision. -- daniel 9:23 +. +Seventy weeks are determined on your people and on your holy city, to finish the transgression, and to make an end of sins, and to make reconciliation for iniquity, and to bring in everlasting righteousness, and to seal up the vision and prophecy, and to anoint the most Holy. -- daniel 9:24 +. +Know therefore and understand, that from the going forth of the commandment to restore and to build Jerusalem to the Messiah the Prince shall be seven weeks, and three score and two weeks: the street shall be built again, and the wall, even in troublous times. -- daniel 9:25 +. +And after three score and two weeks shall Messiah be cut off, but not for himself: and the people of the prince that shall come shall destroy the city and the sanctuary; and the end thereof shall be with a flood, and to the end of the war desolations are determined. -- daniel 9:26 +. +And he shall confirm the covenant with many for one week: and in the middle of the week he shall cause the sacrifice and the oblation to cease, and for the overspreading of abominations he shall make it desolate, even until the consummation, and that determined shall be poured on the desolate. -- daniel 9:27 +. +In the third year of Cyrus king of Persia a thing was revealed to Daniel, whose name was called Belteshazzar; and the thing was true, but the time appointed was long: and he understood the thing, and had understanding of the vision. -- daniel 10:1 +. +In those days I Daniel was mourning three full weeks. -- daniel 10:2 +. +I ate no pleasant bread, neither came flesh nor wine in my mouth, neither did I anoint myself at all, till three whole weeks were fulfilled. -- daniel 10:3 +. +And in the four and twentieth day of the first month, as I was by the side of the great river, which is Hiddekel; -- daniel 10:4 +. +Then I lifted up my eyes, and looked, and behold a certain man clothed in linen, whose loins were girded with fine gold of Uphaz: -- daniel 10:5 +. +His body also was like the beryl, and his face as the appearance of lightning, and his eyes as lamps of fire, and his arms and his feet like in color to polished brass, and the voice of his words like the voice of a multitude. -- daniel 10:6 +. +And I Daniel alone saw the vision: for the men that were with me saw not the vision; but a great quaking fell on them, so that they fled to hide themselves. -- daniel 10:7 +. +Therefore I was left alone, and saw this great vision, and there remained no strength in me: for my comeliness was turned in me into corruption, and I retained no strength. -- daniel 10:8 +. +Yet heard I the voice of his words: and when I heard the voice of his words, then was I in a deep sleep on my face, and my face toward the ground. -- daniel 10:9 +. +And, behold, an hand touched me, which set me on my knees and on the palms of my hands. -- daniel 10:10 +. +And he said to me, O Daniel, a man greatly beloved, understand the words that I speak to you, and stand upright: for to you am I now sent. And when he had spoken this word to me, I stood trembling. -- daniel 10:11 +. +Then said he to me, Fear not, Daniel: for from the first day that you did set your heart to understand, and to chasten yourself before your God, your words were heard, and I am come for your words. -- daniel 10:12 +. +But the prince of the kingdom of Persia withstood me one and twenty days: but, see, Michael, one of the chief princes, came to help me; and I remained there with the kings of Persia. -- daniel 10:13 +. +Now I am come to make you understand what shall befall your people in the latter days: for yet the vision is for many days. -- daniel 10:14 +. +And when he had spoken such words to me, I set my face toward the ground, and I became dumb. -- daniel 10:15 +. +And, behold, one like the similitude of the sons of men touched my lips: then I opened my mouth, and spoke, and said to him that stood before me, O my lord, by the vision my sorrows are turned on me, and I have retained no strength. -- daniel 10:16 +. +For how can the servant of this my lord talk with this my lord? for as for me, straightway there remained no strength in me, neither is there breath left in me. -- daniel 10:17 +. +Then there came again and touched me one like the appearance of a man, and he strengthened me, -- daniel 10:18 +. +And said, O man greatly beloved, fear not: peace be to you, be strong, yes, be strong. And when he had spoken to me, I was strengthened, and said, Let my lord speak; for you have strengthened me. -- daniel 10:19 +. +Then said he, Know you why I come to you? and now will I return to fight with the prince of Persia: and when I am gone forth, see, the prince of Grecia shall come. -- daniel 10:20 +. +But I will show you that which is noted in the scripture of truth: and there is none that holds with me in these things, but Michael your prince. -- daniel 10:21 +. +Also I in the first year of Darius the Mede, even I, stood to confirm and to strengthen him. -- daniel 11:1 +. +And now will I show you the truth. Behold, there shall stand up yet three kings in Persia; and the fourth shall be far richer than they all: and by his strength through his riches he shall stir up all against the realm of Grecia. -- daniel 11:2 +. +And a mighty king shall stand up, that shall rule with great dominion, and do according to his will. -- daniel 11:3 +. +And when he shall stand up, his kingdom shall be broken, and shall be divided toward the four winds of heaven; and not to his posterity, nor according to his dominion which he ruled: for his kingdom shall be plucked up, even for others beside those. -- daniel 11:4 +. +And the king of the south shall be strong, and one of his princes; and he shall be strong above him, and have dominion; his dominion shall be a great dominion. -- daniel 11:5 +. +And in the end of years they shall join themselves together; for the king' daughter of the south shall come to the king of the north to make an agreement: but she shall not retain the power of the arm; neither shall he stand, nor his arm: but she shall be given up, and they that brought her, and he that begat her, and he that strengthened her in these times. -- daniel 11:6 +. +But out of a branch of her roots shall one stand up in his estate, which shall come with an army, and shall enter into the fortress of the king of the north, and shall deal against them, and shall prevail: -- daniel 11:7 +. +And shall also carry captives into Egypt their gods, with their princes, and with their precious vessels of silver and of gold; and he shall continue more years than the king of the north. -- daniel 11:8 +. +So the king of the south shall come into his kingdom, and shall return into his own land. -- daniel 11:9 +. +But his sons shall be stirred up, and shall assemble a multitude of great forces: and one shall certainly come, and overflow, and pass through: then shall he return, and be stirred up, even to his fortress. -- daniel 11:10 +. +And the king of the south shall be moved with choler, and shall come forth and fight with him, even with the king of the north: and he shall set forth a great multitude; but the multitude shall be given into his hand. -- daniel 11:11 +. +And when he has taken away the multitude, his heart shall be lifted up; and he shall cast down many ten thousands: but he shall not be strengthened by it. -- daniel 11:12 +. +For the king of the north shall return, and shall set forth a multitude greater than the former, and shall certainly come after certain years with a great army and with much riches. -- daniel 11:13 +. +And in those times there shall many stand up against the king of the south: also the robbers of your people shall exalt themselves to establish the vision; but they shall fall. -- daniel 11:14 +. +So the king of the north shall come, and cast up a mount, and take the most fenced cities: and the arms of the south shall not withstand, neither his chosen people, neither shall there be any strength to withstand. -- daniel 11:15 +. +But he that comes against him shall do according to his own will, and none shall stand before him: and he shall stand in the glorious land, which by his hand shall be consumed. -- daniel 11:16 +. +He shall also set his face to enter with the strength of his whole kingdom, and upright ones with him; thus shall he do: and he shall give him the daughter of women, corrupting her: but she shall not stand on his side, neither be for him. -- daniel 11:17 +. +After this shall he turn his face to the isles, and shall take many: but a prince for his own behalf shall cause the reproach offered by him to cease; without his own reproach he shall cause it to turn on him. -- daniel 11:18 +. +Then he shall turn his face toward the fort of his own land: but he shall stumble and fall, and not be found. -- daniel 11:19 +. +Then shall stand up in his estate a raiser of taxes in the glory of the kingdom: but within few days he shall be destroyed, neither in anger, nor in battle. -- daniel 11:20 +. +And in his estate shall stand up a vile person, to whom they shall not give the honor of the kingdom: but he shall come in peaceably, and obtain the kingdom by flatteries. -- daniel 11:21 +. +And with the arms of a flood shall they be overflowed from before him, and shall be broken; yes, also the prince of the covenant. -- daniel 11:22 +. +And after the league made with him he shall work deceitfully: for he shall come up, and shall become strong with a small people. -- daniel 11:23 +. +He shall enter peaceably even on the fattest places of the province; and he shall do that which his fathers have not done, nor his fathers'fathers; he shall scatter among them the prey, and spoil, and riches: yes, and he shall forecast his devices against the strong holds, even for a time. -- daniel 11:24 +. +And he shall stir up his power and his courage against the king of the south with a great army; and the king of the south shall be stirred up to battle with a very great and mighty army; but he shall not stand: for they shall forecast devices against him. -- daniel 11:25 +. +Yes, they that feed of the portion of his meat shall destroy him, and his army shall overflow: and many shall fall down slain. -- daniel 11:26 +. +And both of these kings'hearts shall be to do mischief, and they shall speak lies at one table; but it shall not prosper: for yet the end shall be at the time appointed. -- daniel 11:27 +. +Then shall he return into his land with great riches; and his heart shall be against the holy covenant; and he shall do exploits, and return to his own land. -- daniel 11:28 +. +At the time appointed he shall return, and come toward the south; but it shall not be as the former, or as the latter. -- daniel 11:29 +. +For the ships of Chittim shall come against him: therefore he shall be grieved, and return, and have indignation against the holy covenant: so shall he do; he shall even return, and have intelligence with them that forsake the holy covenant. -- daniel 11:30 +. +And arms shall stand on his part, and they shall pollute the sanctuary of strength, and shall take away the daily sacrifice, and they shall place the abomination that makes desolate. -- daniel 11:31 +. +And such as do wickedly against the covenant shall he corrupt by flatteries: but the people that do know their God shall be strong, and do exploits. -- daniel 11:32 +. +And they that understand among the people shall instruct many: yet they shall fall by the sword, and by flame, by captivity, and by spoil, many days. -- daniel 11:33 +. +Now when they shall fall, they shall be helped with a little help: but many shall join to them with flatteries. -- daniel 11:34 +. +And some of them of understanding shall fall, to try them, and to purge, and to make them white, even to the time of the end: because it is yet for a time appointed. -- daniel 11:35 +. +And the king shall do according to his will; and he shall exalt himself, and magnify himself above every god, and shall speak marvelous things against the God of gods, and shall prosper till the indignation be accomplished: for that that is determined shall be done. -- daniel 11:36 +. +Neither shall he regard the God of his fathers, nor the desire of women, nor regard any god: for he shall magnify himself above all. -- daniel 11:37 +. +But in his estate shall he honor the God of forces: and a god whom his fathers knew not shall he honor with gold, and silver, and with precious stones, and pleasant things. -- daniel 11:38 +. +Thus shall he do in the most strong holds with a strange god, whom he shall acknowledge and increase with glory: and he shall cause them to rule over many, and shall divide the land for gain. -- daniel 11:39 +. +And at the time of the end shall the king of the south push at him: and the king of the north shall come against him like a whirlwind, with chariots, and with horsemen, and with many ships; and he shall enter into the countries, and shall overflow and pass over. -- daniel 11:40 +. +He shall enter also into the glorious land, and many countries shall be overthrown: but these shall escape out of his hand, even Edom, and Moab, and the chief of the children of Ammon. -- daniel 11:41 +. +He shall stretch forth his hand also on the countries: and the land of Egypt shall not escape. -- daniel 11:42 +. +But he shall have power over the treasures of gold and of silver, and over all the precious things of Egypt: and the Libyans and the Ethiopians shall be at his steps. -- daniel 11:43 +. +But tidings out of the east and out of the north shall trouble him: therefore he shall go forth with great fury to destroy, and utterly to make away many. -- daniel 11:44 +. +And he shall plant the tabernacles of his palace between the seas in the glorious holy mountain; yet he shall come to his end, and none shall help him. -- daniel 11:45 +. +And at that time shall Michael stand up, the great prince which stands for the children of your people: and there shall be a time of trouble, such as never was since there was a nation even to that same time: and at that time your people shall be delivered, every one that shall be found written in the book. -- daniel 12:1 +. +And many of them that sleep in the dust of the earth shall awake, some to everlasting life, and some to shame and everlasting contempt. -- daniel 12:2 +. +And they that be wise shall shine as the brightness of the firmament; and they that turn many to righteousness as the stars for ever and ever. -- daniel 12:3 +. +But you, O Daniel, shut up the words, and seal the book, even to the time of the end: many shall run to and fro, and knowledge shall be increased. -- daniel 12:4 +. +Then I Daniel looked, and, behold, there stood other two, the one on this side of the bank of the river, and the other on that side of the bank of the river. -- daniel 12:5 +. +And one said to the man clothed in linen, which was on the waters of the river, How long shall it be to the end of these wonders? -- daniel 12:6 +. +And I heard the man clothed in linen, which was on the waters of the river, when he held up his right hand and his left hand to heaven, and swore by him that lives for ever that it shall be for a time, times, and an half; and when he shall have accomplished to scatter the power of the holy people, all these things shall be finished. -- daniel 12:7 +. +And I heard, but I understood not: then said I, O my Lord, what shall be the end of these things? -- daniel 12:8 +. +And he said, Go your way, Daniel: for the words are closed up and sealed till the time of the end. -- daniel 12:9 +. +Many shall be purified, and made white, and tried; but the wicked shall do wickedly: and none of the wicked shall understand; but the wise shall understand. -- daniel 12:10 +. +And from the time that the daily sacrifice shall be taken away, and the abomination that makes desolate set up, there shall be a thousand two hundred and ninety days. -- daniel 12:11 +. +Blessed is he that waits, and comes to the thousand three hundred and five and thirty days. -- daniel 12:12 +. +But go you your way till the end be: for you shall rest, and stand in your lot at the end of the days. -- daniel 12:13 +. +The word of the LORD that came to Hosea, the son of Beeri, in the days of Uzziah, Jotham, Ahaz, and Hezekiah, kings of Judah, and in the days of Jeroboam the son of Joash, king of Israel. -- hosea 1:1 +. +The beginning of the word of the LORD by Hosea. And the LORD said to Hosea, Go, take to you a wife of prostitutions and children of prostitutions: for the land has committed great prostitution, departing from the LORD. -- hosea 1:2 +. +So he went and took Gomer the daughter of Diblaim; which conceived, and bore him a son. -- hosea 1:3 +. +And the LORD said to him, Call his name Jezreel; for yet a little while, and I will avenge the blood of Jezreel on the house of Jehu, and will cause to cease the kingdom of the house of Israel. -- hosea 1:4 +. +And it shall come to pass at that day, that I will break the bow of Israel, in the valley of Jezreel. -- hosea 1:5 +. +And she conceived again, and bore a daughter. And God said to him, Call her name Loruhamah: for I will no more have mercy on the house of Israel; but I will utterly take them away. -- hosea 1:6 +. +But I will have mercy on the house of Judah, and will save them by the LORD their God, and will not save them by bow, nor by sword, nor by battle, by horses, nor by horsemen. -- hosea 1:7 +. +Now when she had weaned Loruhamah, she conceived, and bore a son. -- hosea 1:8 +. +Then said God, Call his name Loammi: for you are not my people, and I will not be your God. -- hosea 1:9 +. +Yet the number of the children of Israel shall be as the sand of the sea, which cannot be measured nor numbered; and it shall come to pass, that in the place where it was said to them, You are not my people, there it shall be said to them, You are the sons of the living God. -- hosea 1:10 +. +Then shall the children of Judah and the children of Israel be gathered together, and appoint themselves one head, and they shall come up out of the land: for great shall be the day of Jezreel. -- hosea 1:11 +. +Say you to your brothers, Ammi; and to your sisters, Ruhamah. -- hosea 2:1 +. +Plead with your mother, plead: for she is not my wife, neither am I her husband: let her therefore put away her prostitutions out of her sight, and her adulteries from between her breasts; -- hosea 2:2 +. +Lest I strip her naked, and set her as in the day that she was born, and make her as a wilderness, and set her like a dry land, and slay her with thirst. -- hosea 2:3 +. +And I will not have mercy on her children; for they be the children of prostitutions. -- hosea 2:4 +. +For their mother has played the harlot: she that conceived them has done shamefully: for she said, I will go after my lovers, that give me my bread and my water, my wool and my flax, my oil and my drink. -- hosea 2:5 +. +Therefore, behold, I will hedge up your way with thorns, and make a wall, that she shall not find her paths. -- hosea 2:6 +. +And she shall follow after her lovers, but she shall not overtake them; and she shall seek them, but shall not find them: then shall she say, I will go and return to my first husband; for then was it better with me than now. -- hosea 2:7 +. +For she did not know that I gave her corn, and wine, and oil, and multiplied her silver and gold, which they prepared for Baal. -- hosea 2:8 +. +Therefore will I return, and take away my corn in the time thereof, and my wine in the season thereof, and will recover my wool and my flax given to cover her nakedness. -- hosea 2:9 +. +And now will I discover her lewdness in the sight of her lovers, and none shall deliver her out of my hand. -- hosea 2:10 +. +I will also cause all her mirth to cease, her feast days, her new moons, and her sabbaths, and all her solemn feasts. -- hosea 2:11 +. +And I will destroy her vines and her fig trees, whereof she has said, These are my rewards that my lovers have given me: and I will make them a forest, and the beasts of the field shall eat them. -- hosea 2:12 +. +And I will visit on her the days of Baalim, wherein she burned incense to them, and she decked herself with her earrings and her jewels, and she went after her lovers, and forgot me, said the LORD. -- hosea 2:13 +. +Therefore, behold, I will allure her, and bring her into the wilderness, and speak comfortably to her. -- hosea 2:14 +. +And I will give her her vineyards from there, and the valley of Achor for a door of hope: and she shall sing there, as in the days of her youth, and as in the day when she came up out of the land of Egypt. -- hosea 2:15 +. +And it shall be at that day, said the LORD, that you shall call me Ishi; and shall call me no more Baali. -- hosea 2:16 +. +For I will take away the names of Baalim out of her mouth, and they shall no more be remembered by their name. -- hosea 2:17 +. +And in that day will I make a covenant for them with the beasts of the field and with the fowls of heaven, and with the creeping things of the ground: and I will break the bow and the sword and the battle out of the earth, and will make them to lie down safely. -- hosea 2:18 +. +And I will betroth you to me for ever; yes, I will betroth you to me in righteousness, and in judgment, and in loving kindness, and in mercies. -- hosea 2:19 +. +I will even betroth you to me in faithfulness: and you shall know the LORD. -- hosea 2:20 +. +And it shall come to pass in that day, I will hear, said the LORD, I will hear the heavens, and they shall hear the earth; -- hosea 2:21 +. +And the earth shall hear the corn, and the wine, and the oil; and they shall hear Jezreel. -- hosea 2:22 +. +And I will sow her to me in the earth; and I will have mercy on her that had not obtained mercy; and I will say to them which were not my people, You are my people; and they shall say, You are my God. -- hosea 2:23 +. +Then said the LORD to me, Go yet, love a woman beloved of her friend, yet an adulteress, according to the love of the LORD toward the children of Israel, who look to other gods, and love flagons of wine. -- hosea 3:1 +. +So I bought her to me for fifteen pieces of silver, and for an homer of barley, and an half homer of barley: -- hosea 3:2 +. +And I said to her, You shall abide for me many days; you shall not play the harlot, and you shall not be for another man: so will I also be for you. -- hosea 3:3 +. +For the children of Israel shall abide many days without a king, and without a prince, and without a sacrifice, and without an image, and without an ephod, and without teraphim: -- hosea 3:4 +. +Afterward shall the children of Israel return, and seek the LORD their God, and David their king; and shall fear the LORD and his goodness in the latter days. -- hosea 3:5 +. +Hear the word of the LORD, you children of Israel: for the LORD has a controversy with the inhabitants of the land, because there is no truth, nor mercy, nor knowledge of God in the land. -- hosea 4:1 +. +By swearing, and lying, and killing, and stealing, and committing adultery, they break out, and blood touches blood. -- hosea 4:2 +. +Therefore shall the land mourn, and every one that dwells therein shall languish, with the beasts of the field, and with the fowls of heaven; yes, the fishes of the sea also shall be taken away. -- hosea 4:3 +. +Yet let no man strive, nor reprove another: for your people are as they that strive with the priest. -- hosea 4:4 +. +Therefore shall you fall in the day, and the prophet also shall fall with you in the night, and I will destroy your mother. -- hosea 4:5 +. +My people are destroyed for lack of knowledge: because you have rejected knowledge, I will also reject you, that you shall be no priest to me: seeing you have forgotten the law of your God, I will also forget your children. -- hosea 4:6 +. +As they were increased, so they sinned against me: therefore will I change their glory into shame. -- hosea 4:7 +. +They eat up the sin of my people, and they set their heart on their iniquity. -- hosea 4:8 +. +And there shall be, like people, like priest: and I will punish them for their ways, and reward them their doings. -- hosea 4:9 +. +For they shall eat, and not have enough: they shall commit prostitution, and shall not increase: because they have left off to take heed to the LORD. -- hosea 4:10 +. +Prostitution and wine and new wine take away the heart. -- hosea 4:11 +. +My people ask counsel at their stocks, and their staff declares to them: for the spirit of prostitutions has caused them to err, and they have gone a whoring from under their God. -- hosea 4:12 +. +They sacrifice on the tops of the mountains, and burn incense on the hills, under oaks and poplars and elms, because the shadow thereof is good: therefore your daughters shall commit prostitution, and your spouses shall commit adultery. -- hosea 4:13 +. +I will not punish your daughters when they commit prostitution, nor your spouses when they commit adultery: for themselves are separated with whores, and they sacrifice with harlots: therefore the people that does not understand shall fall. -- hosea 4:14 +. +Though you, Israel, play the harlot, yet let not Judah offend; and come not you to Gilgal, neither go you up to Bethaven, nor swear, The LORD lives. -- hosea 4:15 +. +For Israel slides back as a backsliding heifer: now the LORD will feed them as a lamb in a large place. -- hosea 4:16 +. +Ephraim is joined to idols: let him alone. -- hosea 4:17 +. +Their drink is sour: they have committed prostitution continually: her rulers with shame do love, Give you. -- hosea 4:18 +. +The wind has bound her up in her wings, and they shall be ashamed because of their sacrifices. -- hosea 4:19 +. +Hear you this, O priests; and listen, you house of Israel; and give you ear, O house of the king; for judgment is toward you, because you have been a snare on Mizpah, and a net spread on Tabor. -- hosea 5:1 +. +And the rebels are profound to make slaughter, though I have been a rebuker of them all. -- hosea 5:2 +. +I know Ephraim, and Israel is not hid from me: for now, O Ephraim, you commit prostitution, and Israel is defiled. -- hosea 5:3 +. +They will not frame their doings to turn to their God: for the spirit of prostitutions is in the middle of them, and they have not known the LORD. -- hosea 5:4 +. +And the pride of Israel does testify to his face: therefore shall Israel and Ephraim fall in their iniquity: Judah also shall fall with them. -- hosea 5:5 +. +They shall go with their flocks and with their herds to seek the LORD; but they shall not find him; he has withdrawn himself from them. -- hosea 5:6 +. +They have dealt treacherously against the LORD: for they have begotten strange children: now shall a month devour them with their portions. -- hosea 5:7 +. +Blow you the cornet in Gibeah, and the trumpet in Ramah: cry aloud at Bethaven, after you, O Benjamin. -- hosea 5:8 +. +Ephraim shall be desolate in the day of rebuke: among the tribes of Israel have I made known that which shall surely be. -- hosea 5:9 +. +The princes of Judah were like them that remove the bound: therefore I will pour out my wrath on them like water. -- hosea 5:10 +. +Ephraim is oppressed and broken in judgment, because he willingly walked after the commandment. -- hosea 5:11 +. +Therefore will I be to Ephraim as a moth, and to the house of Judah as rottenness. -- hosea 5:12 +. +When Ephraim saw his sickness, and Judah saw his wound, then went Ephraim to the Assyrian, and sent to king Jareb: yet could he not heal you, nor cure you of your wound. -- hosea 5:13 +. +For I will be to Ephraim as a lion, and as a young lion to the house of Judah: I, even I, will tear and go away; I will take away, and none shall rescue him. -- hosea 5:14 +. +I will go and return to my place, till they acknowledge their offense, and seek my face: in their affliction they will seek me early. -- hosea 5:15 +. +Come, and let us return to the LORD: for he has torn, and he will heal us; he has smitten, and he will bind us up. -- hosea 6:1 +. +After two days will he revive us: in the third day he will raise us up, and we shall live in his sight. -- hosea 6:2 +. +Then shall we know, if we follow on to know the LORD: his going forth is prepared as the morning; and he shall come to us as the rain, as the latter and former rain to the earth. -- hosea 6:3 +. +O Ephraim, what shall I do to you? O Judah, what shall I do to you? for your goodness is as a morning cloud, and as the early dew it goes away. -- hosea 6:4 +. +Therefore have I hewed them by the prophets; I have slain them by the words of my mouth: and your judgments are as the light that goes forth. -- hosea 6:5 +. +For I desired mercy, and not sacrifice; and the knowledge of God more than burnt offerings. -- hosea 6:6 +. +But they like men have transgressed the covenant: there have they dealt treacherously against me. -- hosea 6:7 +. +Gilead is a city of them that work iniquity, and is polluted with blood. -- hosea 6:8 +. +And as troops of robbers wait for a man, so the company of priests murder in the way by consent: for they commit lewdness. -- hosea 6:9 +. +I have seen an horrible thing in the house of Israel: there is the prostitution of Ephraim, Israel is defiled. -- hosea 6:10 +. +Also, O Judah, he has set an harvest for you, when I returned the captivity of my people. -- hosea 6:11 +. +When I would have healed Israel, then the iniquity of Ephraim was discovered, and the wickedness of Samaria: for they commit falsehood; and the thief comes in, and the troop of robbers spoils without. -- hosea 7:1 +. +And they consider not in their hearts that I remember all their wickedness: now their own doings have beset them about; they are before my face. -- hosea 7:2 +. +They make the king glad with their wickedness, and the princes with their lies. -- hosea 7:3 +. +They are all adulterers, as an oven heated by the baker, who ceases from raising after he has kneaded the dough, until it be leavened. -- hosea 7:4 +. +In the day of our king the princes have made him sick with bottles of wine; he stretched out his hand with scorners. -- hosea 7:5 +. +For they have made ready their heart like an oven, whiles they lie in wait: their baker sleeps all the night; in the morning it burns as a flaming fire. -- hosea 7:6 +. +They are all hot as an oven, and have devoured their judges; all their kings are fallen: there is none among them that calls to me. -- hosea 7:7 +. +Ephraim, he has mixed himself among the people; Ephraim is a cake not turned. -- hosea 7:8 +. +Strangers have devoured his strength, and he knows it not: yes, gray hairs are here and there on him, yet he knows not. -- hosea 7:9 +. +And the pride of Israel testifies to his face: and they do not return to the LORD their God, nor seek him for all this. -- hosea 7:10 +. +Ephraim also is like a silly dove without heart: they call to Egypt, they go to Assyria. -- hosea 7:11 +. +When they shall go, I will spread my net on them; I will bring them down as the fowls of the heaven; I will chastise them, as their congregation has heard. -- hosea 7:12 +. +Woe to them! for they have fled from me: destruction to them! because they have transgressed against me: though I have redeemed them, yet they have spoken lies against me. -- hosea 7:13 +. +And they have not cried to me with their heart, when they howled on their beds: they assemble themselves for corn and wine, and they rebel against me. -- hosea 7:14 +. +Though I have bound and strengthened their arms, yet do they imagine mischief against me. -- hosea 7:15 +. +They return, but not to the most High: they are like a deceitful bow: their princes shall fall by the sword for the rage of their tongue: this shall be their derision in the land of Egypt. -- hosea 7:16 +. +Set the trumpet to your mouth. He shall come as an eagle against the house of the LORD, because they have transgressed my covenant, and trespassed against my law. -- hosea 8:1 +. +Israel shall cry to me, My God, we know you. -- hosea 8:2 +. +Israel has cast off the thing that is good: the enemy shall pursue him. -- hosea 8:3 +. +They have set up kings, but not by me: they have made princes, and I knew it not: of their silver and their gold have they made them idols, that they may be cut off. -- hosea 8:4 +. +Your calf, O Samaria, has cast you off; my anger is kindled against them: how long will it be ere they attain to innocence? -- hosea 8:5 +. +For from Israel was it also: the workman made it; therefore it is not God: but the calf of Samaria shall be broken in pieces. -- hosea 8:6 +. +For they have sown the wind, and they shall reap the whirlwind: it has no stalk; the bud shall yield no meal: if so be it yield, the strangers shall swallow it up. -- hosea 8:7 +. +Israel is swallowed up: now shall they be among the Gentiles as a vessel wherein is no pleasure. -- hosea 8:8 +. +For they are gone up to Assyria, a wild ass alone by himself: Ephraim has hired lovers. -- hosea 8:9 +. +Yes, though they have hired among the nations, now will I gather them, and they shall sorrow a little for the burden of the king of princes. -- hosea 8:10 +. +Because Ephraim has made many altars to sin, altars shall be to him to sin. -- hosea 8:11 +. +I have written to him the great things of my law, but they were counted as a strange thing. -- hosea 8:12 +. +They sacrifice flesh for the sacrifices of my offerings, and eat it; but the LORD accepts them not; now will he remember their iniquity, and visit their sins: they shall return to Egypt. -- hosea 8:13 +. +For Israel has forgotten his Maker, and builds temples; and Judah has multiplied fenced cities: but I will send a fire on his cities, and it shall devour the palaces thereof. -- hosea 8:14 +. +Rejoice not, O Israel, for joy, as other people: for you have gone a whoring from your God, you have loved a reward on every corn floor. -- hosea 9:1 +. +The floor and the wine press shall not feed them, and the new wine shall fail in her. -- hosea 9:2 +. +They shall not dwell in the LORD' land; but Ephraim shall return to Egypt, and they shall eat unclean things in Assyria. -- hosea 9:3 +. +They shall not offer wine offerings to the LORD, neither shall they be pleasing to him: their sacrifices shall be to them as the bread of mourners; all that eat thereof shall be polluted: for their bread for their soul shall not come into the house of the LORD. -- hosea 9:4 +. +What will you do in the solemn day, and in the day of the feast of the LORD? -- hosea 9:5 +. +For, see, they are gone because of destruction: Egypt shall gather them up, Memphis shall bury them: the pleasant places for their silver, nettles shall possess them: thorns shall be in their tabernacles. -- hosea 9:6 +. +The days of visitation are come, the days of recompense are come; Israel shall know it: the prophet is a fool, the spiritual man is mad, for the multitude of your iniquity, and the great hatred. -- hosea 9:7 +. +The watchman of Ephraim was with my God: but the prophet is a snare of a fowler in all his ways, and hatred in the house of his God. -- hosea 9:8 +. +They have deeply corrupted themselves, as in the days of Gibeah: therefore he will remember their iniquity, he will visit their sins. -- hosea 9:9 +. +I found Israel like grapes in the wilderness; I saw your fathers as the first ripe in the fig tree at her first time: but they went to Baalpeor, and separated themselves to that shame; and their abominations were according as they loved. -- hosea 9:10 +. +As for Ephraim, their glory shall fly away like a bird, from the birth, and from the womb, and from the conception. -- hosea 9:11 +. +Though they bring up their children, yet will I bereave them, that there shall not be a man left: yes, woe also to them when I depart from them! -- hosea 9:12 +. +Ephraim, as I saw Tyrus, is planted in a pleasant place: but Ephraim shall bring forth his children to the murderer. -- hosea 9:13 +. +Give them, O LORD: what will you give? give them a miscarrying womb and dry breasts. -- hosea 9:14 +. +All their wickedness is in Gilgal: for there I hated them: for the wickedness of their doings I will drive them out of my house, I will love them no more: all their princes are rebels. -- hosea 9:15 +. +Ephraim is smitten, their root is dried up, they shall bear no fruit: yes, though they bring forth, yet will I slay even the beloved fruit of their womb. -- hosea 9:16 +. +My God will cast them away, because they did not listen to him: and they shall be wanderers among the nations. -- hosea 9:17 +. +Israel is an empty vine, he brings forth fruit to himself: according to the multitude of his fruit he has increased the altars; according to the goodness of his land they have made goodly images. -- hosea 10:1 +. +Their heart is divided; now shall they be found faulty: he shall break down their altars, he shall spoil their images. -- hosea 10:2 +. +For now they shall say, We have no king, because we feared not the LORD; what then should a king do to us? -- hosea 10:3 +. +They have spoken words, swearing falsely in making a covenant: thus judgment springs up as hemlock in the furrows of the field. -- hosea 10:4 +. +The inhabitants of Samaria shall fear because of the calves of Bethaven: for the people thereof shall mourn over it, and the priests thereof that rejoiced on it, for the glory thereof, because it is departed from it. -- hosea 10:5 +. +It shall be also carried to Assyria for a present to king Jareb: Ephraim shall receive shame, and Israel shall be ashamed of his own counsel. -- hosea 10:6 +. +As for Samaria, her king is cut off as the foam on the water. -- hosea 10:7 +. +The high places also of Aven, the sin of Israel, shall be destroyed: the thorn and the thistle shall come up on their altars; and they shall say to the mountains, Cover us; and to the hills, Fall on us. -- hosea 10:8 +. +O Israel, you have sinned from the days of Gibeah: there they stood: the battle in Gibeah against the children of iniquity did not overtake them. -- hosea 10:9 +. +It is in my desire that I should chastise them; and the people shall be gathered against them, when they shall bind themselves in their two furrows. -- hosea 10:10 +. +And Ephraim is as an heifer that is taught, and loves to tread out the corn; but I passed over on her fair neck: I will make Ephraim to ride; Judah shall plow, and Jacob shall break his clods. -- hosea 10:11 +. +Sow to yourselves in righteousness, reap in mercy; break up your fallow ground: for it is time to seek the LORD, till he come and rain righteousness on you. -- hosea 10:12 +. +You have plowed wickedness, you have reaped iniquity; you have eaten the fruit of lies: because you did trust in your way, in the multitude of your mighty men. -- hosea 10:13 +. +Therefore shall a tumult arise among your people, and all your fortresses shall be spoiled, as Shalman spoiled Betharbel in the day of battle: the mother was dashed in pieces on her children. -- hosea 10:14 +. +So shall Bethel do to you because of your great wickedness: in a morning shall the king of Israel utterly be cut off. -- hosea 10:15 +. +When Israel was a child, then I loved him, and called my son out of Egypt. -- hosea 11:1 +. +As they called them, so they went from them: they sacrificed to Baalim, and burned incense to graven images. -- hosea 11:2 +. +I taught Ephraim also to go, taking them by their arms; but they knew not that I healed them. -- hosea 11:3 +. +I drew them with cords of a man, with bands of love: and I was to them as they that take off the yoke on their jaws, and I laid meat to them. -- hosea 11:4 +. +He shall not return into the land of Egypt, and the Assyrian shall be his king, because they refused to return. -- hosea 11:5 +. +And the sword shall abide on his cities, and shall consume his branches, and devour them, because of their own counsels. -- hosea 11:6 +. +And my people are bent to backsliding from me: though they called them to the most High, none at all would exalt him. -- hosea 11:7 +. +How shall I give you up, Ephraim? how shall I deliver you, Israel? how shall I make you as Admah? how shall I set you as Zeboim? my heart is turned within me, my repentings are kindled together. -- hosea 11:8 +. +I will not execute the fierceness of my anger, I will not return to destroy Ephraim: for I am God, and not man; the Holy One in the middle of you: and I will not enter into the city. -- hosea 11:9 +. +They shall walk after the LORD: he shall roar like a lion: when he shall roar, then the children shall tremble from the west. -- hosea 11:10 +. +They shall tremble as a bird out of Egypt, and as a dove out of the land of Assyria: and I will place them in their houses, said the LORD. -- hosea 11:11 +. +Ephraim compasses me about with lies, and the house of Israel with deceit: but Judah yet rules with God, and is faithful with the saints. -- hosea 11:12 +. +Ephraim feeds on wind, and follows after the east wind: he daily increases lies and desolation; and they do make a covenant with the Assyrians, and oil is carried into Egypt. -- hosea 12:1 +. +The LORD has also a controversy with Judah, and will punish Jacob according to his ways; according to his doings will he recompense him. -- hosea 12:2 +. +He took his brother by the heel in the womb, and by his strength he had power with God: -- hosea 12:3 +. +Yes, he had power over the angel, and prevailed: he wept, and made supplication to him: he found him in Bethel, and there he spoke with us; -- hosea 12:4 +. +Even the LORD God of hosts; the LORD is his memorial. -- hosea 12:5 +. +Therefore turn you to your God: keep mercy and judgment and wait on your God continually. -- hosea 12:6 +. +He is a merchant, the balances of deceit are in his hand: he loves to oppress. -- hosea 12:7 +. +And Ephraim said, Yet I am become rich, I have found me out substance: in all my labors they shall find none iniquity in me that were sin. -- hosea 12:8 +. +And I that am the LORD your God from the land of Egypt will yet make you to dwell in tabernacles, as in the days of the solemn feast. -- hosea 12:9 +. +I have also spoken by the prophets, and I have multiplied visions, and used similitudes, by the ministry of the prophets. -- hosea 12:10 +. +Is there iniquity in Gilead? surely they are vanity: they sacrifice bullocks in Gilgal; yes, their altars are as heaps in the furrows of the fields. -- hosea 12:11 +. +And Jacob fled into the country of Syria, and Israel served for a wife, and for a wife he kept sheep. -- hosea 12:12 +. +And by a prophet the LORD brought Israel out of Egypt, and by a prophet was he preserved. -- hosea 12:13 +. +Ephraim provoked him to anger most bitterly: therefore shall he leave his blood on him, and his reproach shall his LORD return to him. -- hosea 12:14 +. +When Ephraim spoke trembling, he exalted himself in Israel; but when he offended in Baal, he died. -- hosea 13:1 +. +And now they sin more and more, and have made them molten images of their silver, and idols according to their own understanding, all of it the work of the craftsmen: they say of them, Let the men that sacrifice kiss the calves. -- hosea 13:2 +. +Therefore they shall be as the morning cloud and as the early dew that passes away, as the chaff that is driven with the whirlwind out of the floor, and as the smoke out of the chimney. -- hosea 13:3 +. +Yet I am the LORD your God from the land of Egypt, and you shall know no god but me: for there is no savior beside me. -- hosea 13:4 +. +I did know you in the wilderness, in the land of great drought. -- hosea 13:5 +. +According to their pasture, so were they filled; they were filled, and their heart was exalted; therefore have they forgotten me. -- hosea 13:6 +. +Therefore I will be to them as a lion: as a leopard by the way will I observe them: -- hosea 13:7 +. +I will meet them as a bear that is bereaved of her whelps, and will rend the lobe of their heart, and there will I devour them like a lion: the wild beast shall tear them. -- hosea 13:8 +. +O Israel, you have destroyed yourself; but in me is your help. -- hosea 13:9 +. +I will be your king: where is any other that may save you in all your cities? and your judges of whom you said, Give me a king and princes? -- hosea 13:10 +. +I gave you a king in my anger, and took him away in my wrath. -- hosea 13:11 +. +The iniquity of Ephraim is bound up; his sin is hid. -- hosea 13:12 +. +The sorrows of a travailing woman shall come on him: he is an unwise son; for he should not stay long in the place of the breaking forth of children. -- hosea 13:13 +. +I will ransom them from the power of the grave; I will redeem them from death: O death, I will be your plagues; O grave, I will be your destruction: repentance shall be hid from my eyes. -- hosea 13:14 +. +Though he be fruitful among his brothers, an east wind shall come, the wind of the LORD shall come up from the wilderness, and his spring shall become dry, and his fountain shall be dried up: he shall spoil the treasure of all pleasant vessels. -- hosea 13:15 +. +Samaria shall become desolate; for she has rebelled against her God: they shall fall by the sword: their infants shall be dashed in pieces, and their women with child shall be ripped up. -- hosea 13:16 +. +O Israel, return to the LORD your God; for you have fallen by your iniquity. -- hosea 14:1 +. +Take with you words, and turn to the LORD: say to him, Take away all iniquity, and receive us graciously: so will we render the calves of our lips. -- hosea 14:2 +. +Asshur shall not save us; we will not ride on horses: neither will we say any more to the work of our hands, You are our gods: for in you the fatherless finds mercy. -- hosea 14:3 +. +I will heal their backsliding, I will love them freely: for my anger is turned away from him. -- hosea 14:4 +. +I will be as the dew to Israel: he shall grow as the lily, and cast forth his roots as Lebanon. -- hosea 14:5 +. +His branches shall spread, and his beauty shall be as the olive tree, and his smell as Lebanon. -- hosea 14:6 +. +They that dwell under his shadow shall return; they shall revive as the corn, and grow as the vine: the scent thereof shall be as the wine of Lebanon. -- hosea 14:7 +. +Ephraim shall say, What have I to do any more with idols? I have heard him, and observed him: I am like a green fir tree. From me is your fruit found. -- hosea 14:8 +. +Who is wise, and he shall understand these things? prudent, and he shall know them? for the ways of the LORD are right, and the just shall walk in them: but the transgressors shall fall therein. -- hosea 14:9 +. +The word of the LORD that came to Joel the son of Pethuel. -- joel 1:1 +. +Hear this, you old men, and give ear, all you inhabitants of the land. Has this been in your days, or even in the days of your fathers? -- joel 1:2 +. +Tell you your children of it, and let your children tell their children, and their children another generation. -- joel 1:3 +. +That which the palmerworm has left has the locust eaten; and that which the locust has left has the cankerworm eaten; and that which the cankerworm has left has the caterpillar eaten. -- joel 1:4 +. +Awake, you drunkards, and weep; and howl, all you drinkers of wine, because of the new wine; for it is cut off from your mouth. -- joel 1:5 +. +For a nation is come up on my land, strong, and without number, whose teeth are the teeth of a lion, and he has the cheek teeth of a great lion. -- joel 1:6 +. +He has laid my vine waste, and barked my fig tree: he has made it clean bore, and cast it away; the branches thereof are made white. -- joel 1:7 +. +Lament like a virgin girded with sackcloth for the husband of her youth. -- joel 1:8 +. +The meat offering and the drink offering is cut off from the house of the LORD; the priests, the LORD' ministers, mourn. -- joel 1:9 +. +The field is wasted, the land mourns; for the corn is wasted: the new wine is dried up, the oil languishes. -- joel 1:10 +. +Be you ashamed, O you farmers; howl, O you vinedressers, for the wheat and for the barley; because the harvest of the field is perished. -- joel 1:11 +. +The vine is dried up, and the fig tree languishes; the pomegranate tree, the palm tree also, and the apple tree, even all the trees of the field, are withered: because joy is withered away from the sons of men. -- joel 1:12 +. +Gird yourselves, and lament, you priests: howl, you ministers of the altar: come, lie all night in sackcloth, you ministers of my God: for the meat offering and the drink offering is withheld from the house of your God. -- joel 1:13 +. +Sanctify you a fast, call a solemn assembly, gather the elders and all the inhabitants of the land into the house of the LORD your God, and cry to the LORD, -- joel 1:14 +. +Alas for the day! for the day of the LORD is at hand, and as a destruction from the Almighty shall it come. -- joel 1:15 +. +Is not the meat cut off before our eyes, yes, joy and gladness from the house of our God? -- joel 1:16 +. +The seed is rotten under their clods, the garners are laid desolate, the barns are broken down; for the corn is withered. -- joel 1:17 +. +How do the beasts groan! the herds of cattle are perplexed, because they have no pasture; yes, the flocks of sheep are made desolate. -- joel 1:18 +. +O LORD, to you will I cry: for the fire has devoured the pastures of the wilderness, and the flame has burned all the trees of the field. -- joel 1:19 +. +The beasts of the field cry also to you: for the rivers of waters are dried up, and the fire has devoured the pastures of the wilderness. -- joel 1:20 +. +Blow you the trumpet in Zion, and sound an alarm in my holy mountain: let all the inhabitants of the land tremble: for the day of the LORD comes, for it is near at hand; -- joel 2:1 +. +A day of darkness and of gloominess, a day of clouds and of thick darkness, as the morning spread on the mountains: a great people and a strong; there has not been ever the like, neither shall be any more after it, even to the years of many generations. -- joel 2:2 +. +A fire devours before them; and behind them a flame burns: the land is as the garden of Eden before them, and behind them a desolate wilderness; yes, and nothing shall escape them. -- joel 2:3 +. +The appearance of them is as the appearance of horses; and as horsemen, so shall they run. -- joel 2:4 +. +Like the noise of chariots on the tops of mountains shall they leap, like the noise of a flame of fire that devours the stubble, as a strong people set in battle array. -- joel 2:5 +. +Before their face the people shall be much pained: all faces shall gather blackness. -- joel 2:6 +. +They shall run like mighty men; they shall climb the wall like men of war; and they shall march every one on his ways, and they shall not break their ranks: -- joel 2:7 +. +Neither shall one thrust another; they shall walk every one in his path: and when they fall on the sword, they shall not be wounded. -- joel 2:8 +. +They shall run to and fro in the city; they shall run on the wall, they shall climb up on the houses; they shall enter in at the windows like a thief. -- joel 2:9 +. +The earth shall quake before them; the heavens shall tremble: the sun and the moon shall be dark, and the stars shall withdraw their shining: -- joel 2:10 +. +And the LORD shall utter his voice before his army: for his camp is very great: for he is strong that executes his word: for the day of the LORD is great and very terrible; and who can abide it? -- joel 2:11 +. +Therefore also now, said the LORD, turn you even to me with all your heart, and with fasting, and with weeping, and with mourning: -- joel 2:12 +. +And rend your heart, and not your garments, and turn to the LORD your God: for he is gracious and merciful, slow to anger, and of great kindness, and repents him of the evil. -- joel 2:13 +. +Who knows if he will return and repent, and leave a blessing behind him; even a meat offering and a drink offering to the LORD your God? -- joel 2:14 +. +Blow the trumpet in Zion, sanctify a fast, call a solemn assembly: -- joel 2:15 +. +Gather the people, sanctify the congregation, assemble the elders, gather the children, and those that suck the breasts: let the bridegroom go forth of his chamber, and the bride out of her closet. -- joel 2:16 +. +Let the priests, the ministers of the LORD, weep between the porch and the altar, and let them say, Spare your people, O LORD, and give not your heritage to reproach, that the heathen should rule over them: why should they say among the people, Where is their God? -- joel 2:17 +. +Then will the LORD be jealous for his land, and pity his people. -- joel 2:18 +. +Yes, the LORD will answer and say to his people, Behold, I will send you corn, and wine, and oil, and you shall be satisfied therewith: and I will no more make you a reproach among the heathen: -- joel 2:19 +. +But I will remove far off from you the northern army, and will drive him into a land barren and desolate, with his face toward the east sea, and his hinder part toward the utmost sea, and his stink shall come up, and his ill smell shall come up, because he has done great things. -- joel 2:20 +. +Fear not, O land; be glad and rejoice: for the LORD will do great things. -- joel 2:21 +. +Be not afraid, you beasts of the field: for the pastures of the wilderness do spring, for the tree bears her fruit, the fig tree and the vine do yield their strength. -- joel 2:22 +. +Be glad then, you children of Zion, and rejoice in the LORD your God: for he has given you the former rain moderately, and he will cause to come down for you the rain, the former rain, and the latter rain in the first month. -- joel 2:23 +. +And the floors shall be full of wheat, and the vats shall overflow with wine and oil. -- joel 2:24 +. +And I will restore to you the years that the locust has eaten, the cankerworm, and the caterpillar, and the palmerworm, my great army which I sent among you. -- joel 2:25 +. +And you shall eat in plenty, and be satisfied, and praise the name of the LORD your God, that has dealt wondrously with you: and my people shall never be ashamed. -- joel 2:26 +. +And you shall know that I am in the middle of Israel, and that I am the LORD your God, and none else: and my people shall never be ashamed. -- joel 2:27 +. +And it shall come to pass afterward, that I will pour out my spirit on all flesh; and your sons and your daughters shall prophesy, your old men shall dream dreams, your young men shall see visions: -- joel 2:28 +. +And also on the servants and on the handmaids in those days will I pour out my spirit. -- joel 2:29 +. +And I will show wonders in the heavens and in the earth, blood, and fire, and pillars of smoke. -- joel 2:30 +. +The sun shall be turned into darkness, and the moon into blood, before the great and terrible day of the LORD come. -- joel 2:31 +. +And it shall come to pass, that whoever shall call on the name of the LORD shall be delivered: for in mount Zion and in Jerusalem shall be deliverance, as the LORD has said, and in the remnant whom the LORD shall call. -- joel 2:32 +. +For, behold, in those days, and in that time, when I shall bring again the captivity of Judah and Jerusalem, -- joel 3:1 +. +I will also gather all nations, and will bring them down into the valley of Jehoshaphat, and will plead with them there for my people and for my heritage Israel, whom they have scattered among the nations, and parted my land. -- joel 3:2 +. +And they have cast lots for my people; and have given a boy for an harlot, and sold a girl for wine, that they might drink. -- joel 3:3 +. +Yes, and what have you to do with me, O Tyre, and Zidon, and all the coasts of Palestine? will you render me a recompense? and if you recompense me, swiftly and speedily will I return your recompense on your own head; -- joel 3:4 +. +Because you have taken my silver and my gold, and have carried into your temples my goodly pleasant things: -- joel 3:5 +. +The children also of Judah and the children of Jerusalem have you sold to the Grecians, that you might remove them far from their border. -- joel 3:6 +. +Behold, I will raise them out of the place where you have sold them, and will return your recompense on your own head: -- joel 3:7 +. +And I will sell your sons and your daughters into the hand of the children of Judah, and they shall sell them to the Sabeans, to a people far off: for the LORD has spoken it. -- joel 3:8 +. +Proclaim you this among the Gentiles; Prepare war, wake up the mighty men, let all the men of war draw near; let them come up: -- joel 3:9 +. +Beat your plowshares into swords and your pruning hooks into spears: let the weak say, I am strong. -- joel 3:10 +. +Assemble yourselves, and come, all you heathen, and gather yourselves together round about: thither cause your mighty ones to come down, O LORD. -- joel 3:11 +. +Let the heathen be wakened, and come up to the valley of Jehoshaphat: for there will I sit to judge all the heathen round about. -- joel 3:12 +. +Put you in the sickle, for the harvest is ripe: come, get you down; for the press is full, the fats overflow; for their wickedness is great. -- joel 3:13 +. +Multitudes, multitudes in the valley of decision: for the day of the LORD is near in the valley of decision. -- joel 3:14 +. +The sun and the moon shall be darkened, and the stars shall withdraw their shining. -- joel 3:15 +. +The LORD also shall roar out of Zion, and utter his voice from Jerusalem; and the heavens and the earth shall shake: but the LORD will be the hope of his people, and the strength of the children of Israel. -- joel 3:16 +. +So shall you know that I am the LORD your God dwelling in Zion, my holy mountain: then shall Jerusalem be holy, and there shall no strangers pass through her any more. -- joel 3:17 +. +And it shall come to pass in that day, that the mountains shall drop down new wine, and the hills shall flow with milk, and all the rivers of Judah shall flow with waters, and a fountain shall come forth out of the house of the LORD, and shall water the valley of Shittim. -- joel 3:18 +. +Egypt shall be a desolation, and Edom shall be a desolate wilderness, for the violence against the children of Judah, because they have shed innocent blood in their land. -- joel 3:19 +. +But Judah shall dwell for ever, and Jerusalem from generation to generation. -- joel 3:20 +. +For I will cleanse their blood that I have not cleansed: for the LORD dwells in Zion. -- joel 3:21 +. +The words of Amos, who was among the herdsmen of Tekoa, which he saw concerning Israel in the days of Uzziah king of Judah, and in the days of Jeroboam the son of Joash king of Israel, two years before the earthquake. -- amos 1:1 +. +And he said, The LORD will roar from Zion, and utter his voice from Jerusalem; and the habitations of the shepherds shall mourn, and the top of Carmel shall wither. -- amos 1:2 +. +Thus said the LORD; For three transgressions of Damascus, and for four, I will not turn away the punishment thereof; because they have threshed Gilead with threshing instruments of iron: -- amos 1:3 +. +But I will send a fire into the house of Hazael, which shall devour the palaces of Benhadad. -- amos 1:4 +. +I will break also the bar of Damascus, and cut off the inhabitant from the plain of Aven, and him that holds the scepter from the house of Eden: and the people of Syria shall go into captivity to Kir, said the LORD. -- amos 1:5 +. +Thus said the LORD; For three transgressions of Gaza, and for four, I will not turn away the punishment thereof; because they carried away captive the whole captivity, to deliver them up to Edom: -- amos 1:6 +. +But I will send a fire on the wall of Gaza, which shall devour the palaces thereof: -- amos 1:7 +. +And I will cut off the inhabitant from Ashdod, and him that holds the scepter from Ashkelon, and I will turn my hand against Ekron: and the remnant of the Philistines shall perish, said the Lord GOD. -- amos 1:8 +. +Thus said the LORD; For three transgressions of Tyrus, and for four, I will not turn away the punishment thereof; because they delivered up the whole captivity to Edom, and remembered not the brotherly covenant: -- amos 1:9 +. +But I will send a fire on the wall of Tyrus, which shall devour the palaces thereof. -- amos 1:10 +. +Thus said the LORD; For three transgressions of Edom, and for four, I will not turn away the punishment thereof; because he did pursue his brother with the sword, and did cast off all pity, and his anger did tear perpetually, and he kept his wrath for ever: -- amos 1:11 +. +But I will send a fire on Teman, which shall devour the palaces of Bozrah. -- amos 1:12 +. +Thus said the LORD; For three transgressions of the children of Ammon, and for four, I will not turn away the punishment thereof; because they have ripped up the women with child of Gilead, that they might enlarge their border: -- amos 1:13 +. +But I will kindle a fire in the wall of Rabbah, and it shall devour the palaces thereof, with shouting in the day of battle, with a tempest in the day of the whirlwind: -- amos 1:14 +. +And their king shall go into captivity, he and his princes together, said the LORD. -- amos 1:15 +. +Thus said the LORD; For three transgressions of Moab, and for four, I will not turn away the punishment thereof; because he burned the bones of the king of Edom into lime: -- amos 2:1 +. +But I will send a fire on Moab, and it shall devour the palaces of Kirioth: and Moab shall die with tumult, with shouting, and with the sound of the trumpet: -- amos 2:2 +. +And I will cut off the judge from the middle thereof, and will slay all the princes thereof with him, said the LORD. -- amos 2:3 +. +Thus said the LORD; For three transgressions of Judah, and for four, I will not turn away the punishment thereof; because they have despised the law of the LORD, and have not kept his commandments, and their lies caused them to err, after the which their fathers have walked: -- amos 2:4 +. +But I will send a fire on Judah, and it shall devour the palaces of Jerusalem. -- amos 2:5 +. +Thus said the LORD; For three transgressions of Israel, and for four, I will not turn away the punishment thereof; because they sold the righteous for silver, and the poor for a pair of shoes; -- amos 2:6 +. +That pant after the dust of the earth on the head of the poor, and turn aside the way of the meek: and a man and his father will go in to the same maid, to profane my holy name: -- amos 2:7 +. +And they lay themselves down on clothes laid to pledge by every altar, and they drink the wine of the condemned in the house of their god. -- amos 2:8 +. +Yet destroyed I the Amorite before them, whose height was like the height of the cedars, and he was strong as the oaks; yet I destroyed his fruit from above, and his roots from beneath. -- amos 2:9 +. +Also I brought you up from the land of Egypt, and led you forty years through the wilderness, to possess the land of the Amorite. -- amos 2:10 +. +And I raised up of your sons for prophets, and of your young men for Nazarites. Is it not even thus, O you children of Israel? said the LORD. -- amos 2:11 +. +But you gave the Nazarites wine to drink; and commanded the prophets, saying, Prophesy not. -- amos 2:12 +. +Behold, I am pressed under you, as a cart is pressed that is full of sheaves. -- amos 2:13 +. +Therefore the flight shall perish from the swift, and the strong shall not strengthen his force, neither shall the mighty deliver himself: -- amos 2:14 +. +Neither shall he stand that handles the bow; and he that is swift of foot shall not deliver himself: neither shall he that rides the horse deliver himself. -- amos 2:15 +. +And he that is courageous among the mighty shall flee away naked in that day, said the LORD. -- amos 2:16 +. +Hear this word that the LORD has spoken against you, O children of Israel, against the whole family which I brought up from the land of Egypt, saying, -- amos 3:1 +. +You only have I known of all the families of the earth: therefore I will punish you for all your iniquities. -- amos 3:2 +. +Can two walk together, except they be agreed? -- amos 3:3 +. +Will a lion roar in the forest, when he has no prey? will a young lion cry out of his den, if he have taken nothing? -- amos 3:4 +. +Can a bird fall in a snare on the earth, where no gin is for him? shall one take up a snare from the earth, and have taken nothing at all? -- amos 3:5 +. +Shall a trumpet be blown in the city, and the people not be afraid? shall there be evil in a city, and the LORD has not done it? -- amos 3:6 +. +Surely the Lord GOD will do nothing, but he reveals his secret to his servants the prophets. -- amos 3:7 +. +The lion has roared, who will not fear? the Lord GOD has spoken, who can but prophesy? -- amos 3:8 +. +Publish in the palaces at Ashdod, and in the palaces in the land of Egypt, and say, Assemble yourselves on the mountains of Samaria, and behold the great tumults in the middle thereof, and the oppressed in the middle thereof. -- amos 3:9 +. +For they know not to do right, said the LORD, who store up violence and robbery in their palaces. -- amos 3:10 +. +Therefore thus said the Lord GOD; An adversary there shall be even round about the land; and he shall bring down your strength from you, and your palaces shall be spoiled. -- amos 3:11 +. +Thus said the LORD; As the shepherd takes out of the mouth of the lion two legs, or a piece of an ear; so shall the children of Israel be taken out that dwell in Samaria in the corner of a bed, and in Damascus in a couch. -- amos 3:12 +. +Hear you, and testify in the house of Jacob, said the Lord GOD, the God of hosts, -- amos 3:13 +. +That in the day that I shall visit the transgressions of Israel on him I will also visit the altars of Bethel: and the horns of the altar shall be cut off, and fall to the ground. -- amos 3:14 +. +And I will smite the winter house with the summer house; and the houses of ivory shall perish, and the great houses shall have an end, said the LORD. -- amos 3:15 +. +Hear this word, you cows of Bashan, that are in the mountain of Samaria, which oppress the poor, which crush the needy, which say to their masters, Bring, and let us drink. -- amos 4:1 +. +The Lord GOD has sworn by his holiness, that, see, the days shall come on you, that he will take you away with hooks, and your posterity with fishhooks. -- amos 4:2 +. +And you shall go out at the breaches, every cow at that which is before her; and you shall cast them into the palace, said the LORD. -- amos 4:3 +. +Come to Bethel, and transgress; at Gilgal multiply transgression; and bring your sacrifices every morning, and your tithes after three years: -- amos 4:4 +. +And offer a sacrifice of thanksgiving with leaven, and proclaim and publish the free offerings: for this likes you, O you children of Israel, said the Lord GOD. -- amos 4:5 +. +And I also have given you cleanness of teeth in all your cities, and want of bread in all your places: yet have you not returned to me, said the LORD. -- amos 4:6 +. +And also I have withheld the rain from you, when there were yet three months to the harvest: and I caused it to rain on one city, and caused it not to rain on another city: one piece was rained on, and the piece whereupon it rained not withered. -- amos 4:7 +. +So two or three cities wandered to one city, to drink water; but they were not satisfied: yet have you not returned to me, said the LORD. -- amos 4:8 +. +I have smitten you with blasting and mildew: when your gardens and your vineyards and your fig trees and your olive trees increased, the palmerworm devoured them: yet have you not returned to me, said the LORD. -- amos 4:9 +. +I have sent among you the pestilence after the manner of Egypt: your young men have I slain with the sword, and have taken away your horses; and I have made the stink of your camps to come up to your nostrils: yet have you not returned to me, said the LORD. -- amos 4:10 +. +I have overthrown some of you, as God overthrew Sodom and Gomorrah, and you were as a firebrand plucked out of the burning: yet have you not returned to me, said the LORD. -- amos 4:11 +. +Therefore thus will I do to you, O Israel: and because I will do this to you, prepare to meet your God, O Israel. -- amos 4:12 +. +For, see, he that forms the mountains, and creates the wind, and declares to man what is his thought, that makes the morning darkness, and treads on the high places of the earth, The LORD, The God of hosts, is his name. -- amos 4:13 +. +Hear you this word which I take up against you, even a lamentation, O house of Israel. -- amos 5:1 +. +The virgin of Israel is fallen; she shall no more rise: she is forsaken on her land; there is none to raise her up. -- amos 5:2 +. +For thus said the Lord GOD; The city that went out by a thousand shall leave an hundred, and that which went forth by an hundred shall leave ten, to the house of Israel. -- amos 5:3 +. +For thus said the LORD to the house of Israel, Seek you me, and you shall live: -- amos 5:4 +. +But seek not Bethel, nor enter into Gilgal, and pass not to Beersheba: for Gilgal shall surely go into captivity, and Bethel shall come to nothing. -- amos 5:5 +. +Seek the LORD, and you shall live; lest he break out like fire in the house of Joseph, and devour it, and there be none to quench it in Bethel. -- amos 5:6 +. +You who turn judgment to wormwood, and leave off righteousness in the earth, -- amos 5:7 +. +Seek him that makes the seven stars and Orion, and turns the shadow of death into the morning, and makes the day dark with night: that calls for the waters of the sea, and pours them out on the face of the earth: The LORD is his name: -- amos 5:8 +. +That strengthens the spoiled against the strong, so that the spoiled shall come against the fortress. -- amos 5:9 +. +They hate him that rebukes in the gate, and they abhor him that speaks uprightly. -- amos 5:10 +. +For as much therefore as your treading is on the poor, and you take from him burdens of wheat: you have built houses of hewn stone, but you shall not dwell in them; you have planted pleasant vineyards, but you shall not drink wine of them. -- amos 5:11 +. +For I know your manifold transgressions and your mighty sins: they afflict the just, they take a bribe, and they turn aside the poor in the gate from their right. -- amos 5:12 +. +Therefore the prudent shall keep silence in that time; for it is an evil time. -- amos 5:13 +. +Seek good, and not evil, that you may live: and so the LORD, the God of hosts, shall be with you, as you have spoken. -- amos 5:14 +. +Hate the evil, and love the good, and establish judgment in the gate: it may be that the LORD God of hosts will be gracious to the remnant of Joseph. -- amos 5:15 +. +Therefore the LORD, the God of hosts, the LORD, said thus; Wailing shall be in all streets; and they shall say in all the highways, Alas! alas! and they shall call the farmer to mourning, and such as are skillful of lamentation to wailing. -- amos 5:16 +. +And in all vineyards shall be wailing: for I will pass through you, said the LORD. -- amos 5:17 +. +Woe to you that desire the day of the LORD! to what end is it for you? the day of the LORD is darkness, and not light. -- amos 5:18 +. +As if a man did flee from a lion, and a bear met him; or went into the house, and leaned his hand on the wall, and a serpent bit him. -- amos 5:19 +. +Shall not the day of the LORD be darkness, and not light? even very dark, and no brightness in it? -- amos 5:20 +. +I hate, I despise your feast days, and I will not smell in your solemn assemblies. -- amos 5:21 +. +Though you offer me burnt offerings and your meat offerings, I will not accept them: neither will I regard the peace offerings of your fat beasts. -- amos 5:22 +. +Take you away from me the noise of your songs; for I will not hear the melody of your viols. -- amos 5:23 +. +But let judgment run down as waters, and righteousness as a mighty stream. -- amos 5:24 +. +Have you offered to me sacrifices and offerings in the wilderness forty years, O house of Israel? -- amos 5:25 +. +But you have borne the tabernacle of your Moloch and Chiun your images, the star of your god, which you made to yourselves. -- amos 5:26 +. +Therefore will I cause you to go into captivity beyond Damascus, said the LORD, whose name is The God of hosts. -- amos 5:27 +. +Woe to them that are at ease in Zion, and trust in the mountain of Samaria, which are named chief of the nations, to whom the house of Israel came! -- amos 6:1 +. +Pass you to Calneh, and see; and from there go you to Hamath the great: then go down to Gath of the Philistines: be they better than these kingdoms? or their border greater than your border? -- amos 6:2 +. +You that put far away the evil day, and cause the seat of violence to come near; -- amos 6:3 +. +That lie on beds of ivory, and stretch themselves on their couches, and eat the lambs out of the flock, and the calves out of the middle of the stall; -- amos 6:4 +. +That chant to the sound of the viol, and invent to themselves instruments of music, like David; -- amos 6:5 +. +That drink wine in bowls, and anoint themselves with the chief ointments: but they are not grieved for the affliction of Joseph. -- amos 6:6 +. +Therefore now shall they go captive with the first that go captive, and the banquet of them that stretched themselves shall be removed. -- amos 6:7 +. +The Lord GOD has sworn by himself, said the LORD the God of hosts, I abhor the excellency of Jacob, and hate his palaces: therefore will I deliver up the city with all that is therein. -- amos 6:8 +. +And it shall come to pass, if there remain ten men in one house, that they shall die. -- amos 6:9 +. +And a man' uncle shall take him up, and he that burns him, to bring out the bones out of the house, and shall say to him that is by the sides of the house, Is there yet any with you? and he shall say, No. Then shall he say, Hold your tongue: for we may not make mention of the name of the LORD. -- amos 6:10 +. +For, behold, the LORD commands, and he will smite the great house with breaches, and the little house with clefts. -- amos 6:11 +. +Shall horses run on the rock? will one plow there with oxen? for you have turned judgment into gall, and the fruit of righteousness into hemlock: -- amos 6:12 +. +You which rejoice in a thing of nothing, which say, Have we not taken to us horns by our own strength? -- amos 6:13 +. +But, behold, I will raise up against you a nation, O house of Israel, said the LORD the God of hosts; and they shall afflict you from the entering in of Hemath to the river of the wilderness. -- amos 6:14 +. +Thus has the Lord GOD showed to me; and, behold, he formed grasshoppers in the beginning of the shooting up of the latter growth; and, see, it was the latter growth after the king' mowings. -- amos 7:1 +. +And it came to pass, that when they had made an end of eating the grass of the land, then I said, O Lord GOD, forgive, I beseech you: by whom shall Jacob arise? for he is small. -- amos 7:2 +. +The LORD repented for this: It shall not be, said the LORD. -- amos 7:3 +. +Thus has the Lord GOD showed to me: and, behold, the Lord GOD called to contend by fire, and it devoured the great deep, and did eat up a part. -- amos 7:4 +. +Then said I, O Lord GOD, cease, I beseech you: by whom shall Jacob arise? for he is small. -- amos 7:5 +. +The LORD repented for this: This also shall not be, said the Lord GOD. -- amos 7:6 +. +Thus he showed me: and, behold, the LORD stood on a wall made by a plumb line, with a plumb line in his hand. -- amos 7:7 +. +And the LORD said to me, Amos, what see you? And I said, A plumb line. Then said the LORD, Behold, I will set a plumb line in the middle of my people Israel: I will not again pass by them any more: -- amos 7:8 +. +And the high places of Isaac shall be desolate, and the sanctuaries of Israel shall be laid waste; and I will rise against the house of Jeroboam with the sword. -- amos 7:9 +. +Then Amaziah the priest of Bethel sent to Jeroboam king of Israel, saying, Amos has conspired against you in the middle of the house of Israel: the land is not able to bear all his words. -- amos 7:10 +. +For thus Amos said, Jeroboam shall die by the sword, and Israel shall surely be led away captive out of their own land. -- amos 7:11 +. +Also Amaziah said to Amos, O you seer, go, flee you away into the land of Judah, and there eat bread, and prophesy there: -- amos 7:12 +. +But prophesy not again any more at Bethel: for it is the king' chapel, and it is the king' court. -- amos 7:13 +. +Then answered Amos, and said to Amaziah, I was no prophet, neither was I a prophet' son; but I was an herdsman, and a gatherer of sycomore fruit: -- amos 7:14 +. +And the LORD took me as I followed the flock, and the LORD said to me, Go, prophesy to my people Israel. -- amos 7:15 +. +Now therefore hear you the word of the LORD: You say, Prophesy not against Israel, and drop not your word against the house of Isaac. -- amos 7:16 +. +Therefore thus said the LORD; Your wife shall be an harlot in the city, and your sons and your daughters shall fall by the sword, and your land shall be divided by line; and you shall die in a polluted land: and Israel shall surely go into captivity forth of his land. -- amos 7:17 +. +Thus has the Lord GOD showed to me: and behold a basket of summer fruit. -- amos 8:1 +. +And he said, Amos, what see you? And I said, A basket of summer fruit. Then said the LORD to me, The end is come on my people of Israel; I will not again pass by them any more. -- amos 8:2 +. +And the songs of the temple shall be howlings in that day, said the Lord GOD: there shall be many dead bodies in every place; they shall cast them forth with silence. -- amos 8:3 +. +Hear this, O you that swallow up the needy, even to make the poor of the land to fail, -- amos 8:4 +. +Saying, When will the new moon be gone, that we may sell corn? and the sabbath, that we may set forth wheat, making the ephah small, and the shekel great, and falsifying the balances by deceit? -- amos 8:5 +. +That we may buy the poor for silver, and the needy for a pair of shoes; yes, and sell the refuse of the wheat? -- amos 8:6 +. +The LORD has sworn by the excellency of Jacob, Surely I will never forget any of their works. -- amos 8:7 +. +Shall not the land tremble for this, and every one mourn that dwells therein? and it shall rise up wholly as a flood; and it shall be cast out and drowned, as by the flood of Egypt. -- amos 8:8 +. +And it shall come to pass in that day, said the Lord GOD, that I will cause the sun to go down at noon, and I will darken the earth in the clear day: -- amos 8:9 +. +And I will turn your feasts into mourning, and all your songs into lamentation; and I will bring up sackcloth on all loins, and baldness on every head; and I will make it as the mourning of an only son, and the end thereof as a bitter day. -- amos 8:10 +. +Behold, the days come, said the Lord GOD, that I will send a famine in the land, not a famine of bread, nor a thirst for water, but of hearing the words of the LORD: -- amos 8:11 +. +And they shall wander from sea to sea, and from the north even to the east, they shall run to and fro to seek the word of the LORD, and shall not find it. -- amos 8:12 +. +In that day shall the fair virgins and young men faint for thirst. -- amos 8:13 +. +They that swear by the sin of Samaria, and say, Your god, O Dan, lives; and, The manner of Beersheba lives; even they shall fall, and never rise up again. -- amos 8:14 +. +I saw the LORD standing on the altar: and he said, Smite the lintel of the door, that the posts may shake: and cut them in the head, all of them; and I will slay the last of them with the sword: he that flees of them shall not flee away, and he that escapes of them shall not be delivered. -- amos 9:1 +. +Though they dig into hell, there shall my hand take them; though they climb up to heaven, there will I bring them down: -- amos 9:2 +. +And though they hide themselves in the top of Carmel, I will search and take them out there; and though they be hid from my sight in the bottom of the sea, there will I command the serpent, and he shall bite them: -- amos 9:3 +. +And though they go into captivity before their enemies, there will I command the sword, and it shall slay them: and I will set my eyes on them for evil, and not for good. -- amos 9:4 +. +And the Lord GOD of hosts is he that touches the land, and it shall melt, and all that dwell therein shall mourn: and it shall rise up wholly like a flood; and shall be drowned, as by the flood of Egypt. -- amos 9:5 +. +It is he that builds his stories in the heaven, and has founded his troop in the earth; he that calls for the waters of the sea, and pours them out on the face of the earth: The LORD is his name. -- amos 9:6 +. +Are you not as children of the Ethiopians to me, O children of Israel? said the LORD. Have not I brought up Israel out of the land of Egypt? and the Philistines from Caphtor, and the Syrians from Kir? -- amos 9:7 +. +Behold, the eyes of the Lord GOD are on the sinful kingdom, and I will destroy it from off the face of the earth; saving that I will not utterly destroy the house of Jacob, said the LORD. -- amos 9:8 +. +For, see, I will command, and I will sift the house of Israel among all nations, like as corn is sifted in a sieve, yet shall not the least grain fall on the earth. -- amos 9:9 +. +All the sinners of my people shall die by the sword, which say, The evil shall not overtake nor prevent us. -- amos 9:10 +. +In that day will I raise up the tabernacle of David that is fallen, and close up the breaches thereof; and I will raise up his ruins, and I will build it as in the days of old: -- amos 9:11 +. +That they may possess the remnant of Edom, and of all the heathen, which are called by my name, said the LORD that does this. -- amos 9:12 +. +Behold, the days come, said the LORD, that the plowman shall overtake the reaper, and the treader of grapes him that sows seed; and the mountains shall drop sweet wine, and all the hills shall melt. -- amos 9:13 +. +And I will bring again the captivity of my people of Israel, and they shall build the waste cities, and inhabit them; and they shall plant vineyards, and drink the wine thereof; they shall also make gardens, and eat the fruit of them. -- amos 9:14 +. +And I will plant them on their land, and they shall no more be pulled up out of their land which I have given them, said the LORD your God. -- amos 9:15 +. +The vision of Obadiah. Thus said the Lord GOD concerning Edom; We have heard a rumor from the LORD, and an ambassador is sent among the heathen, Arise you, and let us rise up against her in battle. -- obadiah 1:1 +. +Behold, I have made you small among the heathen: you are greatly despised. -- obadiah 1:2 +. +The pride of your heart has deceived you, you that dwell in the clefts of the rock, whose habitation is high; that said in his heart, Who shall bring me down to the ground? -- obadiah 1:3 +. +Though you exalt yourself as the eagle, and though you set your nest among the stars, there will I bring you down, said the LORD. -- obadiah 1:4 +. +If thieves came to you, if robbers by night, (how are you cut off!) would they not have stolen till they had enough? if the grape gatherers came to you, would they not leave some grapes? -- obadiah 1:5 +. +How are the things of Esau searched out! how are his hidden things sought up! -- obadiah 1:6 +. +All the men of your confederacy have brought you even to the border: the men that were at peace with you have deceived you, and prevailed against you; that they eat your bread have laid a wound under you: there is none understanding in him. -- obadiah 1:7 +. +Shall I not in that day, said the LORD, even destroy the wise men out of Edom, and understanding out of the mount of Esau? -- obadiah 1:8 +. +And your mighty men, O Teman, shall be dismayed, to the end that every one of the mount of Esau may be cut off by slaughter. -- obadiah 1:9 +. +For your violence against your brother Jacob shame shall cover you, and you shall be cut off for ever. -- obadiah 1:10 +. +In the day that you stood on the other side, in the day that the strangers carried away captive his forces, and foreigners entered into his gates, and cast lots on Jerusalem, even you were as one of them. -- obadiah 1:11 +. +But you should not have looked on the day of your brother in the day that he became a stranger; neither should you have rejoiced over the children of Judah in the day of their destruction; neither should you have spoken proudly in the day of distress. -- obadiah 1:12 +. +You should not have entered into the gate of my people in the day of their calamity; yes, you should not have looked on their affliction in the day of their calamity, nor have laid hands on their substance in the day of their calamity; -- obadiah 1:13 +. +Neither should you have stood in the crossway, to cut off those of his that did escape; neither should you have delivered up those of his that did remain in the day of distress. -- obadiah 1:14 +. +For the day of the LORD is near on all the heathen: as you have done, it shall be done to you: your reward shall return on your own head. -- obadiah 1:15 +. +For as you have drunk on my holy mountain, so shall all the heathen drink continually, yes, they shall drink, and they shall swallow down, and they shall be as though they had not been. -- obadiah 1:16 +. +But on mount Zion shall be deliverance, and there shall be holiness; and the house of Jacob shall possess their possessions. -- obadiah 1:17 +. +And the house of Jacob shall be a fire, and the house of Joseph a flame, and the house of Esau for stubble, and they shall kindle in them, and devour them; and there shall not be any remaining of the house of Esau; for the LORD has spoken it. -- obadiah 1:18 +. +And they of the south shall possess the mount of Esau; and they of the plain the Philistines: and they shall possess the fields of Ephraim, and the fields of Samaria: and Benjamin shall possess Gilead. -- obadiah 1:19 +. +And the captivity of this host of the children of Israel shall possess that of the Canaanites, even to Zarephath; and the captivity of Jerusalem, which is in Sepharad, shall possess the cities of the south. -- obadiah 1:20 +. +And saviors shall come up on mount Zion to judge the mount of Esau; and the kingdom shall be the LORD'. -- obadiah 1:21 +. +Now the word of the LORD came to Jonah the son of Amittai, saying, -- jonah 1:1 +. +Arise, go to Nineveh, that great city, and cry against it; for their wickedness is come up before me. -- jonah 1:2 +. +But Jonah rose up to flee to Tarshish from the presence of the LORD, and went down to Joppa; and he found a ship going to Tarshish: so he paid the fare thereof, and went down into it, to go with them to Tarshish from the presence of the LORD. -- jonah 1:3 +. +But the LORD sent out a great wind into the sea, and there was a mighty tempest in the sea, so that the ship was like to be broken. -- jonah 1:4 +. +Then the mariners were afraid, and cried every man to his god, and cast forth the wares that were in the ship into the sea, to lighten it of them. But Jonah was gone down into the sides of the ship; and he lay, and was fast asleep. -- jonah 1:5 +. +So the shipmaster came to him, and said to him, What mean you, O sleeper? arise, call on your God, if so be that God will think on us, that we perish not. -- jonah 1:6 +. +And they said every one to his fellow, Come, and let us cast lots, that we may know for whose cause this evil is on us. So they cast lots, and the lot fell on Jonah. -- jonah 1:7 +. +Then said they to him, Tell us, we pray you, for whose cause this evil is on us; What is your occupation? and from where come you? what is your country? and of what people are you? -- jonah 1:8 +. +And he said to them, I am an Hebrew; and I fear the LORD, the God of heaven, which has made the sea and the dry land. -- jonah 1:9 +. +Then were the men exceedingly afraid, and said to him. Why have you done this? For the men knew that he fled from the presence of the LORD, because he had told them. -- jonah 1:10 +. +Then said they to him, What shall we do to you, that the sea may be calm to us? for the sea worked, and was tempestuous. -- jonah 1:11 +. +And he said to them, Take me up, and cast me forth into the sea; so shall the sea be calm to you: for I know that for my sake this great tempest is on you. -- jonah 1:12 +. +Nevertheless the men rowed hard to bring it to the land; but they could not: for the sea worked, and was tempestuous against them. -- jonah 1:13 +. +Why they cried to the LORD, and said, We beseech you, O LORD, we beseech you, let us not perish for this man' life, and lay not on us innocent blood: for you, O LORD, have done as it pleased you. -- jonah 1:14 +. +So they look up Jonah, and cast him forth into the sea: and the sea ceased from her raging. -- jonah 1:15 +. +Then the men feared the LORD exceedingly, and offered a sacrifice to the LORD, and made vows. -- jonah 1:16 +. +Now the LORD had prepared a great fish to swallow up Jonah. And Jonah was in the belly of the fish three days and three nights. -- jonah 1:17 +. +Then Jonah prayed to the LORD his God out of the fish' belly, -- jonah 2:1 +. +And said, I cried by reason of my affliction to the LORD, and he heard me; out of the belly of hell cried I, and you heard my voice. -- jonah 2:2 +. +For you had cast me into the deep, in the middle of the seas; and the floods compassed me about: all your billows and your waves passed over me. -- jonah 2:3 +. +Then I said, I am cast out of your sight; yet I will look again toward your holy temple. -- jonah 2:4 +. +The waters compassed me about, even to the soul: the depth closed me round about, the weeds were wrapped about my head. -- jonah 2:5 +. +I went down to the bottoms of the mountains; the earth with her bars was about me for ever: yet have you brought up my life from corruption, O LORD my God. -- jonah 2:6 +. +When my soul fainted within me I remembered the LORD: and my prayer came in to you, into your holy temple. -- jonah 2:7 +. +They that observe lying vanities forsake their own mercy. -- jonah 2:8 +. +But I will sacrifice to you with the voice of thanksgiving; I will pay that that I have vowed. Salvation is of the LORD. -- jonah 2:9 +. +And the LORD spoke to the fish, and it vomited out Jonah on the dry land. -- jonah 2:10 +. +And the word of the LORD came to Jonah the second time, saying, -- jonah 3:1 +. +Arise, go to Nineveh, that great city, and preach to it the preaching that I bid you. -- jonah 3:2 +. +So Jonah arose, and went to Nineveh, according to the word of the LORD. Now Nineveh was an exceeding great city of three days'journey. -- jonah 3:3 +. +And Jonah began to enter into the city a day' journey, and he cried, and said, Yet forty days, and Nineveh shall be overthrown. -- jonah 3:4 +. +So the people of Nineveh believed God, and proclaimed a fast, and put on sackcloth, from the greatest of them even to the least of them. -- jonah 3:5 +. +For word came to the king of Nineveh, and he arose from his throne, and he laid his robe from him, and covered him with sackcloth, and sat in ashes. -- jonah 3:6 +. +And he caused it to be proclaimed and published through Nineveh by the decree of the king and his nobles, saying, Let neither man nor beast, herd nor flock, taste any thing: let them not feed, nor drink water: -- jonah 3:7 +. +But let man and beast be covered with sackcloth, and cry mightily to God: yes, let them turn every one from his evil way, and from the violence that is in their hands. -- jonah 3:8 +. +Who can tell if God will turn and repent, and turn away from his fierce anger, that we perish not? -- jonah 3:9 +. +And God saw their works, that they turned from their evil way; and God repented of the evil, that he had said that he would do to them; and he did it not. -- jonah 3:10 +. +But it displeased Jonah exceedingly, and he was very angry. -- jonah 4:1 +. +And he prayed to the LORD, and said, I pray you, O LORD, was not this my saying, when I was yet in my country? Therefore I fled before to Tarshish: for I knew that you are a gracious God, and merciful, slow to anger, and of great kindness, and repent you of the evil. -- jonah 4:2 +. +Therefore now, O LORD, take, I beseech you, my life from me; for it is better for me to die than to live. -- jonah 4:3 +. +Then said the LORD, Do you well to be angry? -- jonah 4:4 +. +So Jonah went out of the city, and sat on the east side of the city, and there made him a booth, and sat under it in the shadow, till he might see what would become of the city. -- jonah 4:5 +. +And the LORD God prepared a gourd, and made it to come up over Jonah, that it might be a shadow over his head, to deliver him from his grief. So Jonah was exceeding glad of the gourd. -- jonah 4:6 +. +But God prepared a worm when the morning rose the next day, and it smote the gourd that it withered. -- jonah 4:7 +. +And it came to pass, when the sun did arise, that God prepared a vehement east wind; and the sun beat on the head of Jonah, that he fainted, and wished in himself to die, and said, It is better for me to die than to live. -- jonah 4:8 +. +And God said to Jonah, Do you well to be angry for the gourd? And he said, I do well to be angry, even to death. -- jonah 4:9 +. +Then said the LORD, You have had pity on the gourd, for the which you have not labored, neither made it grow; which came up in a night, and perished in a night: -- jonah 4:10 +. +And should not I spare Nineveh, that great city, wherein are more then six score thousand persons that cannot discern between their right hand and their left hand; and also much cattle? -- jonah 4:11 +. +The word of the LORD that came to Micah the Morasthite in the days of Jotham, Ahaz, and Hezekiah, kings of Judah, which he saw concerning Samaria and Jerusalem. -- micah 1:1 +. +Hear, all you people; listen, O earth, and all that therein is: and let the Lord GOD be witness against you, the LORD from his holy temple. -- micah 1:2 +. +For, behold, the LORD comes forth out of his place, and will come down, and tread on the high places of the earth. -- micah 1:3 +. +And the mountains shall be molten under him, and the valleys shall be cleft, as wax before the fire, and as the waters that are poured down a steep place. -- micah 1:4 +. +For the transgression of Jacob is all this, and for the sins of the house of Israel. What is the transgression of Jacob? is it not Samaria? and what are the high places of Judah? are they not Jerusalem? -- micah 1:5 +. +Therefore I will make Samaria as an heap of the field, and as plantings of a vineyard: and I will pour down the stones thereof into the valley, and I will discover the foundations thereof. -- micah 1:6 +. +And all the graven images thereof shall be beaten to pieces, and all the hires thereof shall be burned with the fire, and all the idols thereof will I lay desolate: for she gathered it of the hire of an harlot, and they shall return to the hire of an harlot. -- micah 1:7 +. +Therefore I will wail and howl, I will go stripped and naked: I will make a wailing like the dragons, and mourning as the owls. -- micah 1:8 +. +For her wound is incurable; for it is come to Judah; he is come to the gate of my people, even to Jerusalem. -- micah 1:9 +. +Declare you it not at Gath, weep you not at all: in the house of Aphrah roll yourself in the dust. -- micah 1:10 +. +Pass you away, you inhabitant of Saphir, having your shame naked: the inhabitant of Zaanan came not forth in the mourning of Bethezel; he shall receive of you his standing. -- micah 1:11 +. +For the inhabitant of Maroth waited carefully for good: but evil came down from the LORD to the gate of Jerusalem. -- micah 1:12 +. +O you inhabitant of Lachish, bind the chariot to the swift beast: she is the beginning of the sin to the daughter of Zion: for the transgressions of Israel were found in you. -- micah 1:13 +. +Therefore shall you give presents to Moreshethgath: the houses of Achzib shall be a lie to the kings of Israel. -- micah 1:14 +. +Yet will I bring an heir to you, O inhabitant of Mareshah: he shall come to Adullam the glory of Israel. -- micah 1:15 +. +Make you bald, and poll you for your delicate children; enlarge your baldness as the eagle; for they are gone into captivity from you. -- micah 1:16 +. +Woe to them that devise iniquity, and work evil on their beds! when the morning is light, they practice it, because it is in the power of their hand. -- micah 2:1 +. +And they covet fields, and take them by violence; and houses, and take them away: so they oppress a man and his house, even a man and his heritage. -- micah 2:2 +. +Therefore thus said the LORD; Behold, against this family do I devise an evil, from which you shall not remove your necks; neither shall you go haughtily: for this time is evil. -- micah 2:3 +. +In that day shall one take up a parable against you, and lament with a doleful lamentation, and say, We be utterly spoiled: he has changed the portion of my people: how has he removed it from me! turning away he has divided our fields. -- micah 2:4 +. +Therefore you shall have none that shall cast a cord by lot in the congregation of the LORD. -- micah 2:5 +. +Prophesy you not, say they to them that prophesy: they shall not prophesy to them, that they shall not take shame. -- micah 2:6 +. +O you that are named the house of Jacob, is the spirit of the LORD straitened? are these his doings? do not my words do good to him that walks uprightly? -- micah 2:7 +. +Even of late my people is risen up as an enemy: you pull off the robe with the garment from them that pass by securely as men averse from war. -- micah 2:8 +. +The women of my people have you cast out from their pleasant houses; from their children have you taken away my glory for ever. -- micah 2:9 +. +Arise you, and depart; for this is not your rest: because it is polluted, it shall destroy you, even with a sore destruction. -- micah 2:10 +. +If a man walking in the spirit and falsehood do lie, saying, I will prophesy to you of wine and of strong drink; he shall even be the prophet of this people. -- micah 2:11 +. +I will surely assemble, O Jacob, all of you; I will surely gather the remnant of Israel; I will put them together as the sheep of Bozrah, as the flock in the middle of their fold: they shall make great noise by reason of the multitude of men. -- micah 2:12 +. +The breaker is come up before them: they have broken up, and have passed through the gate, and are gone out by it: and their king shall pass before them, and the LORD on the head of them. -- micah 2:13 +. +And I said, Hear, I pray you, O heads of Jacob, and you princes of the house of Israel; Is it not for you to know judgment? -- micah 3:1 +. +Who hate the good, and love the evil; who pluck off their skin from off them, and their flesh from off their bones; -- micah 3:2 +. +Who also eat the flesh of my people, and flay their skin from off them; and they break their bones, and chop them in pieces, as for the pot, and as flesh within the caldron. -- micah 3:3 +. +Then shall they cry to the LORD, but he will not hear them: he will even hide his face from them at that time, as they have behaved themselves ill in their doings. -- micah 3:4 +. +Thus said the LORD concerning the prophets that make my people err, that bite with their teeth, and cry, Peace; and he that puts not into their mouths, they even prepare war against him. -- micah 3:5 +. +Therefore night shall be to you, that you shall not have a vision; and it shall be dark to you, that you shall not divine; and the sun shall go down over the prophets, and the day shall be dark over them. -- micah 3:6 +. +Then shall the seers be ashamed, and the diviners confounded: yes, they shall all cover their lips; for there is no answer of God. -- micah 3:7 +. +But truly I am full of power by the spirit of the LORD, and of judgment, and of might, to declare to Jacob his transgression, and to Israel his sin. -- micah 3:8 +. +Hear this, I pray you, you heads of the house of Jacob, and princes of the house of Israel, that abhor judgment, and pervert all equity. -- micah 3:9 +. +They build up Zion with blood, and Jerusalem with iniquity. -- micah 3:10 +. +The heads thereof judge for reward, and the priests thereof teach for hire, and the prophets thereof divine for money: yet will they lean on the LORD, and say, Is not the LORD among us? none evil can come on us. -- micah 3:11 +. +Therefore shall Zion for your sake be plowed as a field, and Jerusalem shall become heaps, and the mountain of the house as the high places of the forest. -- micah 3:12 +. +But in the last days it shall come to pass, that the mountain of the house of the LORD shall be established in the top of the mountains, and it shall be exalted above the hills; and people shall flow to it. -- micah 4:1 +. +And many nations shall come, and say, Come, and let us go up to the mountain of the LORD, and to the house of the God of Jacob; and he will teach us of his ways, and we will walk in his paths: for the law shall go forth of Zion, and the word of the LORD from Jerusalem. -- micah 4:2 +. +And he shall judge among many people, and rebuke strong nations afar off; and they shall beat their swords into plowshares, and their spears into pruning hooks: nation shall not lift up a sword against nation, neither shall they learn war any more. -- micah 4:3 +. +But they shall sit every man under his vine and under his fig tree; and none shall make them afraid: for the mouth of the LORD of hosts has spoken it. -- micah 4:4 +. +For all people will walk every one in the name of his god, and we will walk in the name of the LORD our God for ever and ever. -- micah 4:5 +. +In that day, said the LORD, will I assemble her that halts, and I will gather her that is driven out, and her that I have afflicted; -- micah 4:6 +. +And I will make her that halted a remnant, and her that was cast far off a strong nation: and the LORD shall reign over them in mount Zion from now on, even for ever. -- micah 4:7 +. +And you, O tower of the flock, the strong hold of the daughter of Zion, to you shall it come, even the first dominion; the kingdom shall come to the daughter of Jerusalem. -- micah 4:8 +. +Now why do you cry out aloud? is there no king in you? is your counselor perished? for pangs have taken you as a woman in travail. -- micah 4:9 +. +Be in pain, and labor to bring forth, O daughter of Zion, like a woman in travail: for now shall you go forth out of the city, and you shall dwell in the field, and you shall go even to Babylon; there shall you be delivered; there the LORD shall redeem you from the hand of your enemies. -- micah 4:10 +. +Now also many nations are gathered against you, that say, Let her be defiled, and let our eye look on Zion. -- micah 4:11 +. +But they know not the thoughts of the LORD, neither understand they his counsel: for he shall gather them as the sheaves into the floor. -- micah 4:12 +. +Arise and thresh, O daughter of Zion: for I will make your horn iron, and I will make your hoofs brass: and you shall beat in pieces many people: and I will consecrate their gain to the LORD, and their substance to the Lord of the whole earth. -- micah 4:13 +. +Now gather yourself in troops, O daughter of troops: he has laid siege against us: they shall smite the judge of Israel with a rod on the cheek. -- micah 5:1 +. +But you, Bethlehem Ephratah, though you be little among the thousands of Judah, yet out of you shall he come forth to me that is to be ruler in Israel; whose goings forth have been from of old, from everlasting. -- micah 5:2 +. +Therefore will he give them up, until the time that she which travails has brought forth: then the remnant of his brothers shall return to the children of Israel. -- micah 5:3 +. +And he shall stand and feed in the strength of the LORD, in the majesty of the name of the LORD his God; and they shall abide: for now shall he be great to the ends of the earth. -- micah 5:4 +. +And this man shall be the peace, when the Assyrian shall come into our land: and when he shall tread in our palaces, then shall we raise against him seven shepherds, and eight principal men. -- micah 5:5 +. +And they shall waste the land of Assyria with the sword, and the land of Nimrod in the entrances thereof: thus shall he deliver us from the Assyrian, when he comes into our land, and when he treads within our borders. -- micah 5:6 +. +And the remnant of Jacob shall be in the middle of many people as a dew from the LORD, as the showers on the grass, that tarries not for man, nor waits for the sons of men. -- micah 5:7 +. +And the remnant of Jacob shall be among the Gentiles in the middle of many people as a lion among the beasts of the forest, as a young lion among the flocks of sheep: who, if he go through, both treads down, and tears in pieces, and none can deliver. -- micah 5:8 +. +Your hand shall be lifted up on your adversaries, and all your enemies shall be cut off. -- micah 5:9 +. +And it shall come to pass in that day, said the LORD, that I will cut off your horses out of the middle of you, and I will destroy your chariots: -- micah 5:10 +. +And I will cut off the cities of your land, and throw down all your strong holds: -- micah 5:11 +. +And I will cut off witchcrafts out of your hand; and you shall have no more soothsayers: -- micah 5:12 +. +Your graven images also will I cut off, and your standing images out of the middle of you; and you shall no more worship the work of your hands. -- micah 5:13 +. +And I will pluck up your groves out of the middle of you: so will I destroy your cities. -- micah 5:14 +. +And I will execute vengeance in anger and fury on the heathen, such as they have not heard. -- micah 5:15 +. +Hear you now what the LORD said; Arise, contend you before the mountains, and let the hills hear your voice. -- micah 6:1 +. +Hear you, O mountains, the LORD' controversy, and you strong foundations of the earth: for the LORD has a controversy with his people, and he will plead with Israel. -- micah 6:2 +. +O my people, what have I done to you? and wherein have I wearied you? testify against me. -- micah 6:3 +. +For I brought you up out of the land of Egypt, and redeemed you out of the house of servants; and I sent before you Moses, Aaron, and Miriam. -- micah 6:4 +. +O my people, remember now what Balak king of Moab consulted, and what Balaam the son of Beor answered him from Shittim to Gilgal; that you may know the righteousness of the LORD. -- micah 6:5 +. +With which shall I come before the LORD, and bow myself before the high God? shall I come before him with burnt offerings, with calves of a year old? -- micah 6:6 +. +Will the LORD be pleased with thousands of rams, or with ten thousands of rivers of oil? shall I give my firstborn for my transgression, the fruit of my body for the sin of my soul? -- micah 6:7 +. +He has showed you, O man, what is good; and what does the LORD require of you, but to do justly, and to love mercy, and to walk humbly with your God? -- micah 6:8 +. +The LORD' voice cries to the city, and the man of wisdom shall see your name: hear you the rod, and who has appointed it. -- micah 6:9 +. +Are there yet the treasures of wickedness in the house of the wicked, and the scant measure that is abominable? -- micah 6:10 +. +Shall I count them pure with the wicked balances, and with the bag of deceitful weights? -- micah 6:11 +. +For the rich men thereof are full of violence, and the inhabitants thereof have spoken lies, and their tongue is deceitful in their mouth. -- micah 6:12 +. +Therefore also will I make you sick in smiting you, in making you desolate because of your sins. -- micah 6:13 +. +You shall eat, but not be satisfied; and your casting down shall be in the middle of you; and you shall take hold, but shall not deliver; and that which you deliver will I give up to the sword. -- micah 6:14 +. +You shall sow, but you shall not reap; you shall tread the olives, but you shall not anoint you with oil; and sweet wine, but shall not drink wine. -- micah 6:15 +. +For the statutes of Omri are kept, and all the works of the house of Ahab, and you walk in their counsels; that I should make you a desolation, and the inhabitants thereof an hissing: therefore you shall bear the reproach of my people. -- micah 6:16 +. +Woe is me! for I am as when they have gathered the summer fruits, as the grape gleanings of the vintage: there is no cluster to eat: my soul desired the first ripe fruit. -- micah 7:1 +. +The good man is perished out of the earth: and there is none upright among men: they all lie in wait for blood; they hunt every man his brother with a net. -- micah 7:2 +. +That they may do evil with both hands earnestly, the prince asks, and the judge asks for a reward; and the great man, he utters his mischievous desire: so they wrap it up. -- micah 7:3 +. +The best of them is as a brier: the most upright is sharper than a thorn hedge: the day of your watchmen and your visitation comes; now shall be their perplexity. -- micah 7:4 +. +Trust you not in a friend, put you not confidence in a guide: keep the doors of your mouth from her that lies in your bosom. -- micah 7:5 +. +For the son dishonors the father, the daughter rises up against her mother, the daughter in law against her mother in law; a man' enemies are the men of his own house. -- micah 7:6 +. +Therefore I will look to the LORD; I will wait for the God of my salvation: my God will hear me. -- micah 7:7 +. +Rejoice not against me, O my enemy: when I fall, I shall arise; when I sit in darkness, the LORD shall be a light to me. -- micah 7:8 +. +I will bear the indignation of the LORD, because I have sinned against him, until he plead my cause, and execute judgment for me: he will bring me forth to the light, and I shall behold his righteousness. -- micah 7:9 +. +Then she that is my enemy shall see it, and shame shall cover her which said to me, Where is the LORD your God? my eyes shall behold her: now shall she be trodden down as the mire of the streets. -- micah 7:10 +. +In the day that your walls are to be built, in that day shall the decree be far removed. -- micah 7:11 +. +In that day also he shall come even to you from Assyria, and from the fortified cities, and from the fortress even to the river, and from sea to sea, and from mountain to mountain. -- micah 7:12 +. +Notwithstanding the land shall be desolate because of them that dwell therein, for the fruit of their doings. -- micah 7:13 +. +Feed your people with your rod, the flock of your heritage, which dwell solitarily in the wood, in the middle of Carmel: let them feed in Bashan and Gilead, as in the days of old. -- micah 7:14 +. +According to the days of your coming out of the land of Egypt will I show to him marvelous things. -- micah 7:15 +. +The nations shall see and be confounded at all their might: they shall lay their hand on their mouth, their ears shall be deaf. -- micah 7:16 +. +They shall lick the dust like a serpent, they shall move out of their holes like worms of the earth: they shall be afraid of the LORD our God, and shall fear because of you. -- micah 7:17 +. +Who is a God like to you, that pardons iniquity, and passes by the transgression of the remnant of his heritage? he retains not his anger for ever, because he delights in mercy. -- micah 7:18 +. +He will turn again, he will have compassion on us; he will subdue our iniquities; and you will cast all their sins into the depths of the sea. -- micah 7:19 +. +You will perform the truth to Jacob, and the mercy to Abraham, which you have sworn to our fathers from the days of old. -- micah 7:20 +. +The burden of Nineveh. The book of the vision of Nahum the Elkoshite. -- nahum 1:1 +. +God is jealous, and the LORD revenges; the LORD revenges, and is furious; the LORD will take vengeance on his adversaries, and he reserves wrath for his enemies. -- nahum 1:2 +. +The LORD is slow to anger, and great in power, and will not at all acquit the wicked: the LORD has his way in the whirlwind and in the storm, and the clouds are the dust of his feet. -- nahum 1:3 +. +He rebukes the sea, and makes it dry, and dries up all the rivers: Bashan languishes, and Carmel, and the flower of Lebanon languishes. -- nahum 1:4 +. +The mountains quake at him, and the hills melt, and the earth is burned at his presence, yes, the world, and all that dwell therein. -- nahum 1:5 +. +Who can stand before his indignation? and who can abide in the fierceness of his anger? his fury is poured out like fire, and the rocks are thrown down by him. -- nahum 1:6 +. +The LORD is good, a strong hold in the day of trouble; and he knows them that trust in him. -- nahum 1:7 +. +But with an overrunning flood he will make an utter end of the place thereof, and darkness shall pursue his enemies. -- nahum 1:8 +. +What do you imagine against the LORD? he will make an utter end: affliction shall not rise up the second time. -- nahum 1:9 +. +For while they be entwined together as thorns, and while they are drunken as drunkards, they shall be devoured as stubble fully dry. -- nahum 1:10 +. +There is one come out of you, that imagines evil against the LORD, a wicked counselor. -- nahum 1:11 +. +Thus said the LORD; Though they be quiet, and likewise many, yet thus shall they be cut down, when he shall pass through. Though I have afflicted you, I will afflict you no more. -- nahum 1:12 +. +For now will I break his yoke from off you, and will burst your bonds in sunder. -- nahum 1:13 +. +And the LORD has given a commandment concerning you, that no more of your name be sown: out of the house of your gods will I cut off the graven image and the molten image: I will make your grave; for you are vile. -- nahum 1:14 +. +Behold on the mountains the feet of him that brings good tidings, that publishes peace! O Judah, keep your solemn feasts, perform your vows: for the wicked shall no more pass through you; he is utterly cut off. -- nahum 1:15 +. +He that dashes in pieces is come up before your face: keep the fortification, watch the way, make your loins strong, fortify your power mightily. -- nahum 2:1 +. +For the LORD has turned away the excellency of Jacob, as the excellency of Israel: for the emptiers have emptied them out, and marred their vine branches. -- nahum 2:2 +. +The shield of his mighty men is made red, the valiant men are in scarlet: the chariots shall be with flaming torches in the day of his preparation, and the fir trees shall be terribly shaken. -- nahum 2:3 +. +The chariots shall rage in the streets, they shall jostle one against another in the broad ways: they shall seem like torches, they shall run like the lightning. -- nahum 2:4 +. +He shall recount his worthies: they shall stumble in their walk; they shall make haste to the wall thereof, and the defense shall be prepared. -- nahum 2:5 +. +The gates of the rivers shall be opened, and the palace shall be dissolved. -- nahum 2:6 +. +And Huzzab shall be led away captive, she shall be brought up, and her maids shall lead her as with the voice of doves, beating on their breasts. -- nahum 2:7 +. +But Nineveh is of old like a pool of water: yet they shall flee away. Stand, stand, shall they cry; but none shall look back. -- nahum 2:8 +. +Take you the spoil of silver, take the spoil of gold: for there is none end of the store and glory out of all the pleasant furniture. -- nahum 2:9 +. +She is empty, and void, and waste: and the heart melts, and the knees smite together, and much pain is in all loins, and the faces of them all gather blackness. -- nahum 2:10 +. +Where is the dwelling of the lions, and the feeding place of the young lions, where the lion, even the old lion, walked, and the lion' whelp, and none made them afraid? -- nahum 2:11 +. +The lion did tear in pieces enough for his whelps, and strangled for his lionesses, and filled his holes with prey, and his dens with shred. -- nahum 2:12 +. +Behold, I am against you, said the LORD of hosts, and I will burn her chariots in the smoke, and the sword shall devour your young lions: and I will cut off your prey from the earth, and the voice of your messengers shall no more be heard. -- nahum 2:13 +. +Woe to the bloody city! it is all full of lies and robbery; the prey departs not; -- nahum 3:1 +. +The noise of a whip, and the noise of the rattling of the wheels, and of the prancing horses, and of the jumping chariots. -- nahum 3:2 +. +The horseman lifts up both the bright sword and the glittering spear: and there is a multitude of slain, and a great number of carcasses; and there is none end of their corpses; they stumble on their corpses: -- nahum 3:3 +. +Because of the multitude of the prostitutions of the well favored harlot, the mistress of witchcrafts, that sells nations through her prostitutions, and families through her witchcrafts. -- nahum 3:4 +. +Behold, I am against you, said the LORD of hosts; and I will discover your skirts on your face, and I will show the nations your nakedness, and the kingdoms your shame. -- nahum 3:5 +. +And I will cast abominable filth on you, and make you vile, and will set you as a spectacle. -- nahum 3:6 +. +And it shall come to pass, that all they that look on you shall flee from you, and say, Nineveh is laid waste: who will bemoan her? from where shall I seek comforters for you? -- nahum 3:7 +. +Are you better than populous No, that was situate among the rivers, that had the waters round about it, whose rampart was the sea, and her wall was from the sea? -- nahum 3:8 +. +Ethiopia and Egypt were her strength, and it was infinite; Put and Lubim were your helpers. -- nahum 3:9 +. +Yet was she carried away, she went into captivity: her young children also were dashed in pieces at the top of all the streets: and they cast lots for her honorable men, and all her great men were bound in chains. -- nahum 3:10 +. +You also shall be drunken: you shall be hid, you also shall seek strength because of the enemy. -- nahum 3:11 +. +All your strong holds shall be like fig trees with the first ripe figs: if they be shaken, they shall even fall into the mouth of the eater. -- nahum 3:12 +. +Behold, your people in the middle of you are women: the gates of your land shall be set wide open to your enemies: the fire shall devour your bars. -- nahum 3:13 +. +Draw you waters for the siege, fortify your strong holds: go into clay, and tread the mortar, make strong the brick kiln. -- nahum 3:14 +. +There shall the fire devour you; the sword shall cut you off, it shall eat you up like the cankerworm: make yourself many as the cankerworm, make yourself many as the locusts. -- nahum 3:15 +. +You have multiplied your merchants above the stars of heaven: the cankerworm spoils, and flees away. -- nahum 3:16 +. +Your crowned are as the locusts, and your captains as the great grasshoppers, which camp in the hedges in the cold day, but when the sun rises they flee away, and their place is not known where they are. -- nahum 3:17 +. +Your shepherds slumber, O king of Assyria: your nobles shall dwell in the dust: your people is scattered on the mountains, and no man gathers them. -- nahum 3:18 +. +There is no healing of your bruise; your wound is grievous: all that hear the bruit of you shall clap the hands over you: for on whom has not your wickedness passed continually? -- nahum 3:19 +. +The burden which Habakkuk the prophet did see. -- habakkuk 1:1 +. +O LORD, how long shall I cry, and you will not hear! even cry out to you of violence, and you will not save! -- habakkuk 1:2 +. +Why do you show me iniquity, and cause me to behold grievance? for spoiling and violence are before me: and there are that raise up strife and contention. -- habakkuk 1:3 +. +Therefore the law is slacked, and judgment does never go forth: for the wicked does compass about the righteous; therefore wrong judgment proceeds. -- habakkuk 1:4 +. +Behold you among the heathen, and regard, and wonder marvelously: for I will work a work in your days which you will not believe, though it be told you. -- habakkuk 1:5 +. +For, see, I raise up the Chaldeans, that bitter and hasty nation, which shall march through the breadth of the land, to possess the dwelling places that are not their'. -- habakkuk 1:6 +. +They are terrible and dreadful: their judgment and their dignity shall proceed of themselves. -- habakkuk 1:7 +. +Their horses also are swifter than the leopards, and are more fierce than the evening wolves: and their horsemen shall spread themselves, and their horsemen shall come from far; they shall fly as the eagle that hastens to eat. -- habakkuk 1:8 +. +They shall come all for violence: their faces shall sup up as the east wind, and they shall gather the captivity as the sand. -- habakkuk 1:9 +. +And they shall scoff at the kings, and the princes shall be a scorn to them: they shall deride every strong hold; for they shall heap dust, and take it. -- habakkuk 1:10 +. +Then shall his mind change, and he shall pass over, and offend, imputing this his power to his god. -- habakkuk 1:11 +. +Are you not from everlasting, O LORD my God, my Holy One? we shall not die. O LORD, you have ordained them for judgment; and, O mighty God, you have established them for correction. -- habakkuk 1:12 +. +You are of purer eyes than to behold evil, and can not look on iniquity: why look you on them that deal treacherously, and hold your tongue when the wicked devours the man that is more righteous than he? -- habakkuk 1:13 +. +And make men as the fishes of the sea, as the creeping things, that have no ruler over them? -- habakkuk 1:14 +. +They take up all of them with the angle, they catch them in their net, and gather them in their drag: therefore they rejoice and are glad. -- habakkuk 1:15 +. +Therefore they sacrifice to their net, and burn incense to their drag; because by them their portion is fat, and their meat plenteous. -- habakkuk 1:16 +. +Shall they therefore empty their net, and not spare continually to slay the nations? -- habakkuk 1:17 +. +I will stand on my watch, and set me on the tower, and will watch to see what he will say to me, and what I shall answer when I am reproved. -- habakkuk 2:1 +. +And the LORD answered me, and said, Write the vision, and make it plain on tables, that he may run that reads it. -- habakkuk 2:2 +. +For the vision is yet for an appointed time, but at the end it shall speak, and not lie: though it tarry, wait for it; because it will surely come, it will not tarry. -- habakkuk 2:3 +. +Behold, his soul which is lifted up is not upright in him: but the just shall live by his faith. -- habakkuk 2:4 +. +Yes also, because he transgresses by wine, he is a proud man, neither keeps at home, who enlarges his desire as hell, and is as death, and cannot be satisfied, but gathers to him all nations, and heaps to him all people: -- habakkuk 2:5 +. +Shall not all these take up a parable against him, and a taunting proverb against him, and say, Woe to him that increases that which is not his! how long? and to him that lades himself with thick clay! -- habakkuk 2:6 +. +Shall they not rise up suddenly that shall bite you, and awake that shall vex you, and you shall be for booties to them? -- habakkuk 2:7 +. +Because you have spoiled many nations, all the remnant of the people shall spoil you; because of men' blood, and for the violence of the land, of the city, and of all that dwell therein. -- habakkuk 2:8 +. +Woe to him that covets an evil covetousness to his house, that he may set his nest on high, that he may be delivered from the power of evil! -- habakkuk 2:9 +. +You have consulted shame to your house by cutting off many people, and have sinned against your soul. -- habakkuk 2:10 +. +For the stone shall cry out of the wall, and the beam out of the timber shall answer it. -- habakkuk 2:11 +. +Woe to him that builds a town with blood, and establishes a city by iniquity! -- habakkuk 2:12 +. +Behold, is it not of the LORD of hosts that the people shall labor in the very fire, and the people shall weary themselves for very vanity? -- habakkuk 2:13 +. +For the earth shall be filled with the knowledge of the glory of the LORD, as the waters cover the sea. -- habakkuk 2:14 +. +Woe to him that gives his neighbor drink, that put your bottle to him, and make him drunken also, that you may look on their nakedness! -- habakkuk 2:15 +. +You are filled with shame for glory: drink you also, and let your foreskin be uncovered: the cup of the LORD' right hand shall be turned to you, and shameful spewing shall be on your glory. -- habakkuk 2:16 +. +For the violence of Lebanon shall cover you, and the spoil of beasts, which made them afraid, because of men' blood, and for the violence of the land, of the city, and of all that dwell therein. -- habakkuk 2:17 +. +What profits the graven image that the maker thereof has graven it; the molten image, and a teacher of lies, that the maker of his work trusts therein, to make dumb idols? -- habakkuk 2:18 +. +Woe to him that said to the wood, Awake; to the dumb stone, Arise, it shall teach! Behold, it is laid over with gold and silver, and there is no breath at all in the middle of it. -- habakkuk 2:19 +. +But the LORD is in his holy temple: let all the earth keep silence before him. -- habakkuk 2:20 +. +A prayer of Habakkuk the prophet on Shigionoth. -- habakkuk 3:1 +. +O LORD, I have heard your speech, and was afraid: O LORD, revive your work in the middle of the years, in the middle of the years make known; in wrath remember mercy. -- habakkuk 3:2 +. +God came from Teman, and the Holy One from mount Paran. Selah. His glory covered the heavens, and the earth was full of his praise. -- habakkuk 3:3 +. +And his brightness was as the light; he had horns coming out of his hand: and there was the hiding of his power. -- habakkuk 3:4 +. +Before him went the pestilence, and burning coals went forth at his feet. -- habakkuk 3:5 +. +He stood, and measured the earth: he beheld, and drove asunder the nations; and the everlasting mountains were scattered, the perpetual hills did bow: his ways are everlasting. -- habakkuk 3:6 +. +I saw the tents of Cushan in affliction: and the curtains of the land of Midian did tremble. -- habakkuk 3:7 +. +Was the LORD displeased against the rivers? was your anger against the rivers? was your wrath against the sea, that you did ride on your horses and your chariots of salvation? -- habakkuk 3:8 +. +Your bow was made quite naked, according to the oaths of the tribes, even your word. Selah. You did split the earth with rivers. -- habakkuk 3:9 +. +The mountains saw you, and they trembled: the overflowing of the water passed by: the deep uttered his voice, and lifted up his hands on high. -- habakkuk 3:10 +. +The sun and moon stood still in their habitation: at the light of your arrows they went, and at the shining of your glittering spear. -- habakkuk 3:11 +. +You did march through the land in indignation, you did thresh the heathen in anger. -- habakkuk 3:12 +. +You went forth for the salvation of your people, even for salvation with your anointed; you wounded the head out of the house of the wicked, by discovering the foundation to the neck. Selah. -- habakkuk 3:13 +. +You did strike through with his staves the head of his villages: they came out as a whirlwind to scatter me: their rejoicing was as to devour the poor secretly. -- habakkuk 3:14 +. +You did walk through the sea with your horses, through the heap of great waters. -- habakkuk 3:15 +. +When I heard, my belly trembled; my lips quivered at the voice: rottenness entered into my bones, and I trembled in myself, that I might rest in the day of trouble: when he comes up to the people, he will invade them with his troops. -- habakkuk 3:16 +. +Although the fig tree shall not blossom, neither shall fruit be in the vines; the labor of the olive shall fail, and the fields shall yield no meat; the flock shall be cut off from the fold, and there shall be no herd in the stalls: -- habakkuk 3:17 +. +Yet I will rejoice in the LORD, I will joy in the God of my salvation. -- habakkuk 3:18 +. +The LORD God is my strength, and he will make my feet like hinds'feet, and he will make me to walk on my high places. To the chief singer on my stringed instruments. -- habakkuk 3:19 +. +The word of the LORD which came to Zephaniah the son of Cushi, the son of Gedaliah, the son of Amariah, the son of Hizkiah, in the days of Josiah the son of Amon, king of Judah. -- zephaniah 1:1 +. +I will utterly consume all things from off the land, said the LORD. -- zephaniah 1:2 +. +I will consume man and beast; I will consume the fowls of the heaven, and the fishes of the sea, and the stumbling blocks with the wicked: and I will cut off man from off the land, said the LORD. -- zephaniah 1:3 +. +I will also stretch out my hand on Judah, and on all the inhabitants of Jerusalem; and I will cut off the remnant of Baal from this place, and the name of the Chemarims with the priests; -- zephaniah 1:4 +. +And them that worship the host of heaven on the housetops; and them that worship and that swear by the LORD, and that swear by Malcham; -- zephaniah 1:5 +. +And them that are turned back from the LORD; and those that have not sought the LORD, nor inquired for him. -- zephaniah 1:6 +. +Hold your peace at the presence of the Lord GOD: for the day of the LORD is at hand: for the LORD has prepared a sacrifice, he has bid his guests. -- zephaniah 1:7 +. +And it shall come to pass in the day of the LORD' sacrifice, that I will punish the princes, and the king' children, and all such as are clothed with strange apparel. -- zephaniah 1:8 +. +In the same day also will I punish all those that leap on the threshold, which fill their masters'houses with violence and deceit. -- zephaniah 1:9 +. +And it shall come to pass in that day, said the LORD, that there shall be the noise of a cry from the fish gate, and an howling from the second, and a great crashing from the hills. -- zephaniah 1:10 +. +Howl, you inhabitants of Maktesh, for all the merchant people are cut down; all they that bear silver are cut off. -- zephaniah 1:11 +. +And it shall come to pass at that time, that I will search Jerusalem with candles, and punish the men that are settled on their lees: that say in their heart, The LORD will not do good, neither will he do evil. -- zephaniah 1:12 +. +Therefore their goods shall become a booty, and their houses a desolation: they shall also build houses, but not inhabit them; and they shall plant vineyards, but not drink the wine thereof. -- zephaniah 1:13 +. +The great day of the LORD is near, it is near, and hastens greatly, even the voice of the day of the LORD: the mighty man shall cry there bitterly. -- zephaniah 1:14 +. +That day is a day of wrath, a day of trouble and distress, a day of devastation and desolation, a day of darkness and gloominess, a day of clouds and thick darkness, -- zephaniah 1:15 +. +A day of the trumpet and alarm against the fenced cities, and against the high towers. -- zephaniah 1:16 +. +And I will bring distress on men, that they shall walk like blind men, because they have sinned against the LORD: and their blood shall be poured out as dust, and their flesh as the dung. -- zephaniah 1:17 +. +Neither their silver nor their gold shall be able to deliver them in the day of the LORD' wrath; but the whole land shall be devoured by the fire of his jealousy: for he shall make even a speedy riddance of all them that dwell in the land. -- zephaniah 1:18 +. +Gather yourselves together, yes, gather together, O nation not desired; -- zephaniah 2:1 +. +Before the decree bring forth, before the day pass as the chaff, before the fierce anger of the LORD come on you, before the day of the LORD' anger come on you. -- zephaniah 2:2 +. +Seek you the LORD, all you meek of the earth, which have worked his judgment; seek righteousness, seek meekness: it may be you shall be hid in the day of the LORD' anger. -- zephaniah 2:3 +. +For Gaza shall be forsaken, and Ashkelon a desolation: they shall drive out Ashdod at the noon day, and Ekron shall be rooted up. -- zephaniah 2:4 +. +Woe to the inhabitants of the sea coast, the nation of the Cherethites! the word of the LORD is against you; O Canaan, the land of the Philistines, I will even destroy you, that there shall be no inhabitant. -- zephaniah 2:5 +. +And the sea coast shall be dwellings and cottages for shepherds, and folds for flocks. -- zephaniah 2:6 +. +And the coast shall be for the remnant of the house of Judah; they shall feed thereupon: in the houses of Ashkelon shall they lie down in the evening: for the LORD their God shall visit them, and turn away their captivity. -- zephaniah 2:7 +. +I have heard the reproach of Moab, and the revilings of the children of Ammon, whereby they have reproached my people, and magnified themselves against their border. -- zephaniah 2:8 +. +Therefore as I live, said the LORD of hosts, the God of Israel, Surely Moab shall be as Sodom, and the children of Ammon as Gomorrah, even the breeding of nettles, and salt pits, and a perpetual desolation: the residue of my people shall spoil them, and the remnant of my people shall possess them. -- zephaniah 2:9 +. +This shall they have for their pride, because they have reproached and magnified themselves against the people of the LORD of hosts. -- zephaniah 2:10 +. +The LORD will be terrible to them: for he will famish all the gods of the earth; and men shall worship him, every one from his place, even all the isles of the heathen. -- zephaniah 2:11 +. +You Ethiopians also, you shall be slain by my sword. -- zephaniah 2:12 +. +And he will stretch out his hand against the north, and destroy Assyria; and will make Nineveh a desolation, and dry like a wilderness. -- zephaniah 2:13 +. +And flocks shall lie down in the middle of her, all the beasts of the nations: both the cormorant and the bittern shall lodge in the upper lintels of it; their voice shall sing in the windows; desolation shall be in the thresholds; for he shall uncover the cedar work. -- zephaniah 2:14 +. +This is the rejoicing city that dwelled carelessly, that said in her heart, I am, and there is none beside me: how is she become a desolation, a place for beasts to lie down in! every one that passes by her shall hiss, and wag his hand. -- zephaniah 2:15 +. +Woe to her that is filthy and polluted, to the oppressing city! -- zephaniah 3:1 +. +She obeyed not the voice; she received not correction; she trusted not in the LORD; she drew not near to her God. -- zephaniah 3:2 +. +Her princes within her are roaring lions; her judges are evening wolves; they gnaw not the bones till the morrow. -- zephaniah 3:3 +. +Her prophets are light and treacherous persons: her priests have polluted the sanctuary, they have done violence to the law. -- zephaniah 3:4 +. +The just LORD is in the middle thereof; he will not do iniquity: every morning does he bring his judgment to light, he fails not; but the unjust knows no shame. -- zephaniah 3:5 +. +I have cut off the nations: their towers are desolate; I made their streets waste, that none passes by: their cities are destroyed, so that there is no man, that there is none inhabitant. -- zephaniah 3:6 +. +I said, Surely you will fear me, you will receive instruction; so their dwelling should not be cut off, howsoever I punished them: but they rose early, and corrupted all their doings. -- zephaniah 3:7 +. +Therefore wait you on me, said the LORD, until the day that I rise up to the prey: for my determination is to gather the nations, that I may assemble the kingdoms, to pour on them my indignation, even all my fierce anger: for all the earth shall be devoured with the fire of my jealousy. -- zephaniah 3:8 +. +For then will I turn to the people a pure language, that they may all call on the name of the LORD, to serve him with one consent. -- zephaniah 3:9 +. +From beyond the rivers of Ethiopia my suppliants, even the daughter of my dispersed, shall bring my offering. -- zephaniah 3:10 +. +In that day shall you not be ashamed for all your doings, wherein you have transgressed against me: for then I will take away out of the middle of you them that rejoice in your pride, and you shall no more be haughty because of my holy mountain. -- zephaniah 3:11 +. +I will also leave in the middle of you an afflicted and poor people, and they shall trust in the name of the LORD. -- zephaniah 3:12 +. +The remnant of Israel shall not do iniquity, nor speak lies; neither shall a deceitful tongue be found in their mouth: for they shall feed and lie down, and none shall make them afraid. -- zephaniah 3:13 +. +Sing, O daughter of Zion; shout, O Israel; be glad and rejoice with all the heart, O daughter of Jerusalem. -- zephaniah 3:14 +. +The LORD has taken away your judgments, he has cast out your enemy: the king of Israel, even the LORD, is in the middle of you: you shall not see evil any more. -- zephaniah 3:15 +. +In that day it shall be said to Jerusalem, Fear you not: and to Zion, Let not your hands be slack. -- zephaniah 3:16 +. +The LORD your God in the middle of you is mighty; he will save, he will rejoice over you with joy; he will rest in his love, he will joy over you with singing. -- zephaniah 3:17 +. +I will gather them that are sorrowful for the solemn assembly, who are of you, to whom the reproach of it was a burden. -- zephaniah 3:18 +. +Behold, at that time I will undo all that afflict you: and I will save her that halts, and gather her that was driven out; and I will get them praise and fame in every land where they have been put to shame. -- zephaniah 3:19 +. +At that time will I bring you again, even in the time that I gather you: for I will make you a name and a praise among all people of the earth, when I turn back your captivity before your eyes, said the LORD. -- zephaniah 3:20 +. +In the second year of Darius the king, in the sixth month, in the first day of the month, came the word of the LORD by Haggai the prophet to Zerubbabel the son of Shealtiel, governor of Judah, and to Joshua the son of Josedech, the high priest, saying, -- haggai 1:1 +. +Thus speaks the LORD of hosts, saying, This people say, The time is not come, the time that the LORD' house should be built. -- haggai 1:2 +. +Then came the word of the LORD by Haggai the prophet, saying, -- haggai 1:3 +. +Is it time for you, O you, to dwell in your paneled houses, and this house lie waste? -- haggai 1:4 +. +Now therefore thus said the LORD of hosts; Consider your ways. -- haggai 1:5 +. +You have sown much, and bring in little; you eat, but you have not enough; you drink, but you are not filled with drink; you clothe you, but there is none warm; and he that earns wages earns wages to put it into a bag with holes. -- haggai 1:6 +. +Thus said the LORD of hosts; Consider your ways. -- haggai 1:7 +. +Go up to the mountain, and bring wood, and build the house; and I will take pleasure in it, and I will be glorified, said the LORD. -- haggai 1:8 +. +You looked for much, and, see it came to little; and when you brought it home, I did blow on it. Why? said the LORD of hosts. Because of my house that is waste, and you run every man to his own house. -- haggai 1:9 +. +Therefore the heaven over you is stayed from dew, and the earth is stayed from her fruit. -- haggai 1:10 +. +And I called for a drought on the land, and on the mountains, and on the corn, and on the new wine, and on the oil, and on that which the ground brings forth, and on men, and on cattle, and on all the labor of the hands. -- haggai 1:11 +. +Then Zerubbabel the son of Shealtiel, and Joshua the son of Josedech, the high priest, with all the remnant of the people, obeyed the voice of the LORD their God, and the words of Haggai the prophet, as the LORD their God had sent him, and the people did fear before the LORD. -- haggai 1:12 +. +Then spoke Haggai the LORD' messenger in the LORD' message to the people, saying, I am with you, said the LORD. -- haggai 1:13 +. +And the LORD stirred up the spirit of Zerubbabel the son of Shealtiel, governor of Judah, and the spirit of Joshua the son of Josedech, the high priest, and the spirit of all the remnant of the people; and they came and did work in the house of the LORD of hosts, their God, -- haggai 1:14 +. +In the four and twentieth day of the sixth month, in the second year of Darius the king. -- haggai 1:15 +. +In the seventh month, in the one and twentieth day of the month, came the word of the LORD by the prophet Haggai, saying, -- haggai 2:1 +. +Speak now to Zerubbabel the son of Shealtiel, governor of Judah, and to Joshua the son of Josedech, the high priest, and to the residue of the people, saying, -- haggai 2:2 +. +Who is left among you that saw this house in her first glory? and how do you see it now? is it not in your eyes in comparison of it as nothing? -- haggai 2:3 +. +Yet now be strong, O Zerubbabel, said the LORD; and be strong, O Joshua, son of Josedech, the high priest; and be strong, all you people of the land, said the LORD, and work: for I am with you, said the LORD of hosts: -- haggai 2:4 +. +According to the word that I covenanted with you when you came out of Egypt, so my spirit remains among you: fear you not. -- haggai 2:5 +. +For thus said the LORD of hosts; Yet once, it is a little while, and I will shake the heavens, and the earth, and the sea, and the dry land; -- haggai 2:6 +. +And I will shake all nations, and the desire of all nations shall come: and I will fill this house with glory, said the LORD of hosts. -- haggai 2:7 +. +The silver is mine, and the gold is mine, said the LORD of hosts. -- haggai 2:8 +. +The glory of this latter house shall be greater than of the former, said the LORD of hosts: and in this place will I give peace, said the LORD of hosts. -- haggai 2:9 +. +In the four and twentieth day of the ninth month, in the second year of Darius, came the word of the LORD by Haggai the prophet, saying, -- haggai 2:10 +. +Thus said the LORD of hosts; Ask now the priests concerning the law, saying, -- haggai 2:11 +. +If one bear holy flesh in the skirt of his garment, and with his skirt do touch bread, or pottage, or wine, or oil, or any meat, shall it be holy? And the priests answered and said, No. -- haggai 2:12 +. +Then said Haggai, If one that is unclean by a dead body touch any of these, shall it be unclean? And the priests answered and said, It shall be unclean. -- haggai 2:13 +. +Then answered Haggai, and said, So is this people, and so is this nation before me, said the LORD; and so is every work of their hands; and that which they offer there is unclean. -- haggai 2:14 +. +And now, I pray you, consider from this day and upward, from before a stone was laid on a stone in the temple of the LORD: -- haggai 2:15 +. +Since those days were, when one came to an heap of twenty measures, there were but ten: when one came to the fat press for to draw out fifty vessels out of the press, there were but twenty. -- haggai 2:16 +. +I smote you with blasting and with mildew and with hail in all the labors of your hands; yet you turned not to me, said the LORD. -- haggai 2:17 +. +Consider now from this day and upward, from the four and twentieth day of the ninth month, even from the day that the foundation of the LORD' temple was laid, consider it. -- haggai 2:18 +. +Is the seed yet in the barn? yes, as yet the vine, and the fig tree, and the pomegranate, and the olive tree, has not brought forth: from this day will I bless you. -- haggai 2:19 +. +And again the word of the LORD came to Haggai in the four and twentieth day of the month, saying, -- haggai 2:20 +. +Speak to Zerubbabel, governor of Judah, saying, I will shake the heavens and the earth; -- haggai 2:21 +. +And I will overthrow the throne of kingdoms, and I will destroy the strength of the kingdoms of the heathen; and I will overthrow the chariots, and those that ride in them; and the horses and their riders shall come down, every one by the sword of his brother. -- haggai 2:22 +. +In that day, said the LORD of hosts, will I take you, O Zerubbabel, my servant, the son of Shealtiel, said the LORD, and will make you as a signet: for I have chosen you, said the LORD of hosts. -- haggai 2:23 +. +In the eighth month, in the second year of Darius, came the word of the LORD to Zechariah, the son of Berechiah, the son of Iddo the prophet, saying, -- zechariah 1:1 +. +The LORD has been sore displeased with your fathers. -- zechariah 1:2 +. +Therefore say you to them, Thus said the LORD of hosts; Turn you to me, said the LORD of hosts, and I will turn to you, said the LORD of hosts. -- zechariah 1:3 +. +Be you not as your fathers, to whom the former prophets have cried, saying, Thus said the LORD of hosts; Turn you now from your evil ways, and from your evil doings: but they did not hear, nor listen to me, said the LORD. -- zechariah 1:4 +. +Your fathers, where are they? and the prophets, do they live for ever? -- zechariah 1:5 +. +But my words and my statutes, which I commanded my servants the prophets, did they not take hold of your fathers? and they returned and said, Like as the LORD of hosts thought to do to us, according to our ways, and according to our doings, so has he dealt with us. -- zechariah 1:6 +. +On the four and twentieth day of the eleventh month, which is the month Sebat, in the second year of Darius, came the word of the LORD to Zechariah, the son of Berechiah, the son of Iddo the prophet, saying, -- zechariah 1:7 +. +I saw by night, and behold a man riding on a red horse, and he stood among the myrtle trees that were in the bottom; and behind him were there red horses, speckled, and white. -- zechariah 1:8 +. +Then said I, O my lord, what are these? And the angel that talked with me said to me, I will show you what these be. -- zechariah 1:9 +. +And the man that stood among the myrtle trees answered and said, These are they whom the LORD has sent to walk to and fro through the earth. -- zechariah 1:10 +. +And they answered the angel of the LORD that stood among the myrtle trees, and said, We have walked to and fro through the earth, and, behold, all the earth sits still, and is at rest. -- zechariah 1:11 +. +Then the angel of the LORD answered and said, O LORD of hosts, how long will you not have mercy on Jerusalem and on the cities of Judah, against which you have had indignation these three score and ten years? -- zechariah 1:12 +. +And the LORD answered the angel that talked with me with good words and comfortable words. -- zechariah 1:13 +. +So the angel that communed with me said to me, Cry you, saying, Thus said the LORD of hosts; I am jealous for Jerusalem and for Zion with a great jealousy. -- zechariah 1:14 +. +And I am very sore displeased with the heathen that are at ease: for I was but a little displeased, and they helped forward the affliction. -- zechariah 1:15 +. +Therefore thus said the LORD; I am returned to Jerusalem with mercies: my house shall be built in it, said the LORD of hosts, and a line shall be stretched forth on Jerusalem. -- zechariah 1:16 +. +Cry yet, saying, Thus said the LORD of hosts; My cities through prosperity shall yet be spread abroad; and the LORD shall yet comfort Zion, and shall yet choose Jerusalem. -- zechariah 1:17 +. +Then lifted I up my eyes, and saw, and behold four horns. -- zechariah 1:18 +. +And I said to the angel that talked with me, What be these? And he answered me, These are the horns which have scattered Judah, Israel, and Jerusalem. -- zechariah 1:19 +. +And the LORD showed me four carpenters. -- zechariah 1:20 +. +Then said I, What come these to do? And he spoke, saying, These are the horns which have scattered Judah, so that no man did lift up his head: but these are come to fray them, to cast out the horns of the Gentiles, which lifted up their horn over the land of Judah to scatter it. -- zechariah 1:21 +. +I lifted up my eyes again, and looked, and behold a man with a measuring line in his hand. -- zechariah 2:1 +. +Then said I, Where go you? And he said to me, To measure Jerusalem, to see what is the breadth thereof, and what is the length thereof. -- zechariah 2:2 +. +And, behold, the angel that talked with me went forth, and another angel went out to meet him, -- zechariah 2:3 +. +And said to him, Run, speak to this young man, saying, Jerusalem shall be inhabited as towns without walls for the multitude of men and cattle therein: -- zechariah 2:4 +. +For I, said the LORD, will be to her a wall of fire round about, and will be the glory in the middle of her. -- zechariah 2:5 +. +Ho, ho, come forth, and flee from the land of the north, said the LORD: for I have spread you abroad as the four winds of the heaven, said the LORD. -- zechariah 2:6 +. +Deliver yourself, O Zion, that dwell with the daughter of Babylon. -- zechariah 2:7 +. +For thus said the LORD of hosts; After the glory has he sent me to the nations which spoiled you: for he that touches you touches the apple of his eye. -- zechariah 2:8 +. +For, behold, I will shake my hand on them, and they shall be a spoil to their servants: and you shall know that the LORD of hosts has sent me. -- zechariah 2:9 +. +Sing and rejoice, O daughter of Zion: for, see, I come, and I will dwell in the middle of you, said the LORD. -- zechariah 2:10 +. +And many nations shall be joined to the LORD in that day, and shall be my people: and I will dwell in the middle of you, and you shall know that the LORD of hosts has sent me to you. -- zechariah 2:11 +. +And the LORD shall inherit Judah his portion in the holy land, and shall choose Jerusalem again. -- zechariah 2:12 +. +Be silent, O all flesh, before the LORD: for he is raised up out of his holy habitation. -- zechariah 2:13 +. +And he showed me Joshua the high priest standing before the angel of the LORD, and Satan standing at his right hand to resist him. -- zechariah 3:1 +. +And the LORD said to Satan, The LORD rebuke you, O Satan; even the LORD that has chosen Jerusalem rebuke you: is not this a brand plucked out of the fire? -- zechariah 3:2 +. +Now Joshua was clothed with filthy garments, and stood before the angel. -- zechariah 3:3 +. +And he answered and spoke to those that stood before him, saying, Take away the filthy garments from him. And to him he said, Behold, I have caused your iniquity to pass from you, and I will clothe you with change of raiment. -- zechariah 3:4 +. +And I said, Let them set a fair turban on his head. So they set a fair turban on his head, and clothed him with garments. And the angel of the LORD stood by. -- zechariah 3:5 +. +And the angel of the LORD protested to Joshua, saying, -- zechariah 3:6 +. +Thus said the LORD of hosts; If you will walk in my ways, and if you will keep my charge, then you shall also judge my house, and shall also keep my courts, and I will give you places to walk among these that stand by. -- zechariah 3:7 +. +Hear now, O Joshua the high priest, you, and your fellows that sit before you: for they are men wondered at: for, behold, I will bring forth my servant the BRANCH. -- zechariah 3:8 +. +For behold the stone that I have laid before Joshua; on one stone shall be seven eyes: behold, I will engrave the engraving thereof, said the LORD of hosts, and I will remove the iniquity of that land in one day. -- zechariah 3:9 +. +In that day, said the LORD of hosts, shall you call every man his neighbor under the vine and under the fig tree. -- zechariah 3:10 +. +And the angel that talked with me came again, and waked me, as a man that is wakened out of his sleep. -- zechariah 4:1 +. +And said to me, What see you? And I said, I have looked, and behold a candlestick all of gold, with a bowl on the top of it, and his seven lamps thereon, and seven pipes to the seven lamps, which are on the top thereof: -- zechariah 4:2 +. +And two olive trees by it, one on the right side of the bowl, and the other on the left side thereof. -- zechariah 4:3 +. +So I answered and spoke to the angel that talked with me, saying, What are these, my lord? -- zechariah 4:4 +. +Then the angel that talked with me answered and said to me, Know you not what these be? And I said, No, my lord. -- zechariah 4:5 +. +Then he answered and spoke to me, saying, This is the word of the LORD to Zerubbabel, saying, Not by might, nor by power, but by my spirit, said the LORD of hosts. -- zechariah 4:6 +. +Who are you, O great mountain? before Zerubbabel you shall become a plain: and he shall bring forth the headstone thereof with shoutings, crying, Grace, grace to it. -- zechariah 4:7 +. +Moreover the word of the LORD came to me, saying, -- zechariah 4:8 +. +The hands of Zerubbabel have laid the foundation of this house; his hands shall also finish it; and you shall know that the LORD of hosts has sent me to you. -- zechariah 4:9 +. +For who has despised the day of small things? for they shall rejoice, and shall see the plummet in the hand of Zerubbabel with those seven; they are the eyes of the LORD, which run to and fro through the whole earth. -- zechariah 4:10 +. +Then answered I, and said to him, What are these two olive trees on the right side of the candlestick and on the left side thereof? -- zechariah 4:11 +. +And I answered again, and said to him, What be these two olive branches which through the two golden pipes empty the golden oil out of themselves? -- zechariah 4:12 +. +And he answered me and said, Know you not what these be? And I said, No, my lord. -- zechariah 4:13 +. +Then said he, These are the two anointed ones, that stand by the LORD of the whole earth. -- zechariah 4:14 +. +Then I turned, and lifted up my eyes, and looked, and behold a flying roll. -- zechariah 5:1 +. +And he said to me, What see you? And I answered, I see a flying roll; the length thereof is twenty cubits, and the breadth thereof ten cubits. -- zechariah 5:2 +. +Then said he to me, This is the curse that goes forth over the face of the whole earth: for every one that steals shall be cut off as on this side according to it; and every one that swears shall be cut off as on that side according to it. -- zechariah 5:3 +. +I will bring it forth, said the LORD of hosts, and it shall enter into the house of the thief, and into the house of him that swears falsely by my name: and it shall remain in the middle of his house, and shall consume it with the timber thereof and the stones thereof. -- zechariah 5:4 +. +Then the angel that talked with me went forth, and said to me, Lift up now your eyes, and see what is this that goes forth. -- zechariah 5:5 +. +And I said, What is it? And he said, This is an ephah that goes forth. He said moreover, This is their resemblance through all the earth. -- zechariah 5:6 +. +And, behold, there was lifted up a talent of lead: and this is a woman that sits in the middle of the ephah. -- zechariah 5:7 +. +And he said, This is wickedness. And he cast it into the middle of the ephah; and he cast the weight of lead on the mouth thereof. -- zechariah 5:8 +. +Then lifted I up my eyes, and looked, and, behold, there came out two women, and the wind was in their wings; for they had wings like the wings of a stork: and they lifted up the ephah between the earth and the heaven. -- zechariah 5:9 +. +Then said I to the angel that talked with me, Where do these bear the ephah? -- zechariah 5:10 +. +And he said to me, To build it an house in the land of Shinar: and it shall be established, and set there on her own base. -- zechariah 5:11 +. +And I turned, and lifted up my eyes, and looked, and, behold, there came four chariots out from between two mountains; and the mountains were mountains of brass. -- zechariah 6:1 +. +In the first chariot were red horses; and in the second chariot black horses; -- zechariah 6:2 +. +And in the third chariot white horses; and in the fourth chariot spotted and bay horses. -- zechariah 6:3 +. +Then I answered and said to the angel that talked with me, What are these, my lord? -- zechariah 6:4 +. +And the angel answered and said to me, These are the four spirits of the heavens, which go forth from standing before the LORD of all the earth. -- zechariah 6:5 +. +The black horses which are therein go forth into the north country; and the white go forth after them; and the spotted go forth toward the south country. -- zechariah 6:6 +. +And the bay went forth, and sought to go that they might walk to and fro through the earth: and he said, Get you hence, walk to and fro through the earth. So they walked to and fro through the earth. -- zechariah 6:7 +. +Then cried he on me, and spoke to me, saying, Behold, these that go toward the north country have quieted my spirit in the north country. -- zechariah 6:8 +. +And the word of the LORD came to me, saying, -- zechariah 6:9 +. +Take of them of the captivity, even of Heldai, of Tobijah, and of Jedaiah, which are come from Babylon, and come you the same day, and go into the house of Josiah the son of Zephaniah; -- zechariah 6:10 +. +Then take silver and gold, and make crowns, and set them on the head of Joshua the son of Josedech, the high priest; -- zechariah 6:11 +. +And speak to him, saying, Thus speaks the LORD of hosts, saying, Behold the man whose name is The BRANCH; and he shall grow up out of his place, and he shall build the temple of the LORD: -- zechariah 6:12 +. +Even he shall build the temple of the LORD; and he shall bear the glory, and shall sit and rule on his throne; and he shall be a priest on his throne: and the counsel of peace shall be between them both. -- zechariah 6:13 +. +And the crowns shall be to Helem, and to Tobijah, and to Jedaiah, and to Hen the son of Zephaniah, for a memorial in the temple of the LORD. -- zechariah 6:14 +. +And they that are far off shall come and build in the temple of the LORD, and you shall know that the LORD of hosts has sent me to you. And this shall come to pass, if you will diligently obey the voice of the LORD your God. -- zechariah 6:15 +. +And it came to pass in the fourth year of king Darius, that the word of the LORD came to Zechariah in the fourth day of the ninth month, even in Chisleu; -- zechariah 7:1 +. +When they had sent to the house of God Sherezer and Regemmelech, and their men, to pray before the LORD, -- zechariah 7:2 +. +And to speak to the priests which were in the house of the LORD of hosts, and to the prophets, saying, Should I weep in the fifth month, separating myself, as I have done these so many years? -- zechariah 7:3 +. +Then came the word of the LORD of hosts to me, saying, -- zechariah 7:4 +. +Speak to all the people of the land, and to the priests, saying, When you fasted and mourned in the fifth and seventh month, even those seventy years, did you at all fast to me, even to me? -- zechariah 7:5 +. +And when you did eat, and when you did drink, did not you eat for yourselves, and drink for yourselves? -- zechariah 7:6 +. +Should you not hear the words which the LORD has cried by the former prophets, when Jerusalem was inhabited and in prosperity, and the cities thereof round about her, when men inhabited the south and the plain? -- zechariah 7:7 +. +And the word of the LORD came to Zechariah, saying, -- zechariah 7:8 +. +Thus speaks the LORD of hosts, saying, Execute true judgment, and show mercy and compassions every man to his brother: -- zechariah 7:9 +. +And oppress not the widow, nor the fatherless, the stranger, nor the poor; and let none of you imagine evil against his brother in your heart. -- zechariah 7:10 +. +But they refused to listen, and pulled away the shoulder, and stopped their ears, that they should not hear. -- zechariah 7:11 +. +Yes, they made their hearts as an adamant stone, lest they should hear the law, and the words which the LORD of hosts has sent in his spirit by the former prophets: therefore came a great wrath from the LORD of hosts. -- zechariah 7:12 +. +Therefore it is come to pass, that as he cried, and they would not hear; so they cried, and I would not hear, said the LORD of hosts: -- zechariah 7:13 +. +But I scattered them with a whirlwind among all the nations whom they knew not. Thus the land was desolate after them, that no man passed through nor returned: for they laid the pleasant land desolate. -- zechariah 7:14 +. +Again the word of the LORD of hosts came to me, saying, -- zechariah 8:1 +. +Thus said the LORD of hosts; I was jealous for Zion with great jealousy, and I was jealous for her with great fury. -- zechariah 8:2 +. +Thus said the LORD; I am returned to Zion, and will dwell in the middle of Jerusalem: and Jerusalem shall be called a city of truth; and the mountain of the LORD of hosts the holy mountain. -- zechariah 8:3 +. +Thus said the LORD of hosts; There shall yet old men and old women dwell in the streets of Jerusalem, and every man with his staff in his hand for very age. -- zechariah 8:4 +. +And the streets of the city shall be full of boys and girls playing in the streets thereof. -- zechariah 8:5 +. +Thus said the LORD of hosts; If it be marvelous in the eyes of the remnant of this people in these days, should it also be marvelous in my eyes? said the LORD of hosts. -- zechariah 8:6 +. +Thus said the LORD of hosts; Behold, I will save my people from the east country, and from the west country; -- zechariah 8:7 +. +And I will bring them, and they shall dwell in the middle of Jerusalem: and they shall be my people, and I will be their God, in truth and in righteousness. -- zechariah 8:8 +. +Thus said the LORD of hosts; Let your hands be strong, you that hear in these days these words by the mouth of the prophets, which were in the day that the foundation of the house of the LORD of hosts was laid, that the temple might be built. -- zechariah 8:9 +. +For before these days there was no hire for man, nor any hire for beast; neither was there any peace to him that went out or came in because of the affliction: for I set all men every one against his neighbor. -- zechariah 8:10 +. +But now I will not be to the residue of this people as in the former days, said the LORD of hosts. -- zechariah 8:11 +. +For the seed shall be prosperous; the vine shall give her fruit, and the ground shall give her increase, and the heavens shall give their dew; and I will cause the remnant of this people to possess all these things. -- zechariah 8:12 +. +And it shall come to pass, that as you were a curse among the heathen, O house of Judah, and house of Israel; so will I save you, and you shall be a blessing: fear not, but let your hands be strong. -- zechariah 8:13 +. +For thus said the LORD of hosts; As I thought to punish you, when your fathers provoked me to wrath, said the LORD of hosts, and I repented not: -- zechariah 8:14 +. +So again have I thought in these days to do well to Jerusalem and to the house of Judah: fear you not. -- zechariah 8:15 +. +These are the things that you shall do; Speak you every man the truth to his neighbor; execute the judgment of truth and peace in your gates: -- zechariah 8:16 +. +And let none of you imagine evil in your hearts against his neighbor; and love no false oath: for all these are things that I hate, said the LORD. -- zechariah 8:17 +. +And the word of the LORD of hosts came to me, saying, -- zechariah 8:18 +. +Thus said the LORD of hosts; The fast of the fourth month, and the fast of the fifth, and the fast of the seventh, and the fast of the tenth, shall be to the house of Judah joy and gladness, and cheerful feasts; therefore love the truth and peace. -- zechariah 8:19 +. +Thus said the LORD of hosts; It shall yet come to pass, that there shall come people, and the inhabitants of many cities: -- zechariah 8:20 +. +And the inhabitants of one city shall go to another, saying, Let us go speedily to pray before the LORD, and to seek the LORD of hosts: I will go also. -- zechariah 8:21 +. +Yes, many people and strong nations shall come to seek the LORD of hosts in Jerusalem, and to pray before the LORD. -- zechariah 8:22 +. +Thus said the LORD of hosts; In those days it shall come to pass, that ten men shall take hold out of all languages of the nations, even shall take hold of the skirt of him that is a Jew, saying, We will go with you: for we have heard that God is with you. -- zechariah 8:23 +. +The burden of the word of the LORD in the land of Hadrach, and Damascus shall be the rest thereof: when the eyes of man, as of all the tribes of Israel, shall be toward the LORD. -- zechariah 9:1 +. +And Hamath also shall border thereby; Tyrus, and Zidon, though it be very wise. -- zechariah 9:2 +. +And Tyrus did build herself a strong hold, and heaped up silver as the dust, and fine gold as the mire of the streets. -- zechariah 9:3 +. +Behold, the LORD will cast her out, and he will smite her power in the sea; and she shall be devoured with fire. -- zechariah 9:4 +. +Ashkelon shall see it, and fear; Gaza also shall see it, and be very sorrowful, and Ekron; for her expectation shall be ashamed; and the king shall perish from Gaza, and Ashkelon shall not be inhabited. -- zechariah 9:5 +. +And a bastard shall dwell in Ashdod, and I will cut off the pride of the Philistines. -- zechariah 9:6 +. +And I will take away his blood out of his mouth, and his abominations from between his teeth: but he that remains, even he, shall be for our God, and he shall be as a governor in Judah, and Ekron as a Jebusite. -- zechariah 9:7 +. +And I will encamp about my house because of the army, because of him that passes by, and because of him that returns: and no oppressor shall pass through them any more: for now have I seen with my eyes. -- zechariah 9:8 +. +Rejoice greatly, O daughter of Zion; shout, O daughter of Jerusalem: behold, your King comes to you: he is just, and having salvation; lowly, and riding on an ass, and on a colt the foal of an ass. -- zechariah 9:9 +. +And I will cut off the chariot from Ephraim, and the horse from Jerusalem, and the battle bow shall be cut off: and he shall speak peace to the heathen: and his dominion shall be from sea even to sea, and from the river even to the ends of the earth. -- zechariah 9:10 +. +As for you also, by the blood of your covenant I have sent forth your prisoners out of the pit wherein is no water. -- zechariah 9:11 +. +Turn you to the strong hold, you prisoners of hope: even to day do I declare that I will render double to you; -- zechariah 9:12 +. +When I have bent Judah for me, filled the bow with Ephraim, and raised up your sons, O Zion, against your sons, O Greece, and made you as the sword of a mighty man. -- zechariah 9:13 +. +And the LORD shall be seen over them, and his arrow shall go forth as the lightning: and the LORD God shall blow the trumpet, and shall go with whirlwinds of the south. -- zechariah 9:14 +. +The LORD of hosts shall defend them; and they shall devour, and subdue with sling stones; and they shall drink, and make a noise as through wine; and they shall be filled like bowls, and as the corners of the altar. -- zechariah 9:15 +. +And the LORD their God shall save them in that day as the flock of his people: for they shall be as the stones of a crown, lifted up as an ensign on his land. -- zechariah 9:16 +. +For how great is his goodness, and how great is his beauty! corn shall make the young men cheerful, and new wine the maids. -- zechariah 9:17 +. +Ask you of the LORD rain in the time of the latter rain; so the LORD shall make bright clouds, and give them showers of rain, to every one grass in the field. -- zechariah 10:1 +. +For the idols have spoken vanity, and the diviners have seen a lie, and have told false dreams; they comfort in vain: therefore they went their way as a flock, they were troubled, because there was no shepherd. -- zechariah 10:2 +. +My anger was kindled against the shepherds, and I punished the goats: for the LORD of hosts has visited his flock the house of Judah, and has made them as his goodly horse in the battle. -- zechariah 10:3 +. +Out of him came forth the corner, out of him the nail, out of him the battle bow, out of him every oppressor together. -- zechariah 10:4 +. +And they shall be as mighty men, which tread down their enemies in the mire of the streets in the battle: and they shall fight, because the LORD is with them, and the riders on horses shall be confounded. -- zechariah 10:5 +. +And I will strengthen the house of Judah, and I will save the house of Joseph, and I will bring them again to place them; for I have mercy on them: and they shall be as though I had not cast them off: for I am the LORD their God, and will hear them. -- zechariah 10:6 +. +And they of Ephraim shall be like a mighty man, and their heart shall rejoice as through wine: yes, their children shall see it, and be glad; their heart shall rejoice in the LORD. -- zechariah 10:7 +. +I will hiss for them, and gather them; for I have redeemed them: and they shall increase as they have increased. -- zechariah 10:8 +. +And I will sow them among the people: and they shall remember me in far countries; and they shall live with their children, and turn again. -- zechariah 10:9 +. +I will bring them again also out of the land of Egypt, and gather them out of Assyria; and I will bring them into the land of Gilead and Lebanon; and place shall not be found for them. -- zechariah 10:10 +. +And he shall pass through the sea with affliction, and shall smite the waves in the sea, and all the deeps of the river shall dry up: and the pride of Assyria shall be brought down, and the scepter of Egypt shall depart away. -- zechariah 10:11 +. +And I will strengthen them in the LORD; and they shall walk up and down in his name, said the LORD. -- zechariah 10:12 +. +Open your doors, O Lebanon, that the fire may devour your cedars. -- zechariah 11:1 +. +Howl, fir tree; for the cedar is fallen; because the mighty are spoiled: howl, O you oaks of Bashan; for the forest of the vintage is come down. -- zechariah 11:2 +. +There is a voice of the howling of the shepherds; for their glory is spoiled: a voice of the roaring of young lions; for the pride of Jordan is spoiled. -- zechariah 11:3 +. +Thus said the LORD my God; Feed the flock of the slaughter; -- zechariah 11:4 +. +Whose possessors slay them, and hold themselves not guilty: and they that sell them say, Blessed be the LORD; for I am rich: and their own shepherds pity them not. -- zechariah 11:5 +. +For I will no more pity the inhabitants of the land, said the LORD: but, see, I will deliver the men every one into his neighbor' hand, and into the hand of his king: and they shall smite the land, and out of their hand I will not deliver them. -- zechariah 11:6 +. +And I will feed the flock of slaughter, even you, O poor of the flock. And I took to me two staves; the one I called Beauty, and the other I called Bands; and I fed the flock. -- zechariah 11:7 +. +Three shepherds also I cut off in one month; and my soul loathed them, and their soul also abhorred me. -- zechariah 11:8 +. +Then said I, I will not feed you: that that dies, let it die; and that that is to be cut off, let it be cut off; and let the rest eat every one the flesh of another. -- zechariah 11:9 +. +And I took my staff, even Beauty, and cut it asunder, that I might break my covenant which I had made with all the people. -- zechariah 11:10 +. +And it was broken in that day: and so the poor of the flock that waited on me knew that it was the word of the LORD. -- zechariah 11:11 +. +And I said to them, If you think good, give me my price; and if not, forbear. So they weighed for my price thirty pieces of silver. -- zechariah 11:12 +. +And the LORD said to me, Cast it to the potter: a goodly price that I was priced at of them. And I took the thirty pieces of silver, and cast them to the potter in the house of the LORD. -- zechariah 11:13 +. +Then I cut asunder my other staff, even Bands, that I might break the brotherhood between Judah and Israel. -- zechariah 11:14 +. +And the LORD said to me, Take to you yet the instruments of a foolish shepherd. -- zechariah 11:15 +. +For, see, I will raise up a shepherd in the land, which shall not visit those that be cut off, neither shall seek the young one, nor heal that that is broken, nor feed that that stands still: but he shall eat the flesh of the fat, and tear their claws in pieces. -- zechariah 11:16 +. +Woe to the idol shepherd that leaves the flock! the sword shall be on his arm, and on his right eye: his arm shall be clean dried up, and his right eye shall be utterly darkened. -- zechariah 11:17 +. +The burden of the word of the LORD for Israel, said the LORD, which stretches forth the heavens, and lays the foundation of the earth, and forms the spirit of man within him. -- zechariah 12:1 +. +Behold, I will make Jerusalem a cup of trembling to all the people round about, when they shall be in the siege both against Judah and against Jerusalem. -- zechariah 12:2 +. +And in that day will I make Jerusalem a burdensome stone for all people: all that burden themselves with it shall be cut in pieces, though all the people of the earth be gathered together against it. -- zechariah 12:3 +. +In that day, said the LORD, I will smite every horse with astonishment, and his rider with madness: and I will open my eyes on the house of Judah, and will smite every horse of the people with blindness. -- zechariah 12:4 +. +And the governors of Judah shall say in their heart, The inhabitants of Jerusalem shall be my strength in the LORD of hosts their God. -- zechariah 12:5 +. +In that day will I make the governors of Judah like an hearth of fire among the wood, and like a torch of fire in a sheaf; and they shall devour all the people round about, on the right hand and on the left: and Jerusalem shall be inhabited again in her own place, even in Jerusalem. -- zechariah 12:6 +. +The LORD also shall save the tents of Judah first, that the glory of the house of David and the glory of the inhabitants of Jerusalem do not magnify themselves against Judah. -- zechariah 12:7 +. +In that day shall the LORD defend the inhabitants of Jerusalem; and he that is feeble among them at that day shall be as David; and the house of David shall be as God, as the angel of the LORD before them. -- zechariah 12:8 +. +And it shall come to pass in that day, that I will seek to destroy all the nations that come against Jerusalem. -- zechariah 12:9 +. +And I will pour on the house of David, and on the inhabitants of Jerusalem, the spirit of grace and of supplications: and they shall look on me whom they have pierced, and they shall mourn for him, as one mourns for his only son, and shall be in bitterness for him, as one that is in bitterness for his firstborn. -- zechariah 12:10 +. +In that day shall there be a great mourning in Jerusalem, as the mourning of Hadadrimmon in the valley of Megiddon. -- zechariah 12:11 +. +And the land shall mourn, every family apart; the family of the house of David apart, and their wives apart; the family of the house of Nathan apart, and their wives apart; -- zechariah 12:12 +. +The family of the house of Levi apart, and their wives apart; the family of Shimei apart, and their wives apart; -- zechariah 12:13 +. +All the families that remain, every family apart, and their wives apart. -- zechariah 12:14 +. +In that day there shall be a fountain opened to the house of David and to the inhabitants of Jerusalem for sin and for uncleanness. -- zechariah 13:1 +. +And it shall come to pass in that day, said the LORD of hosts, that I will cut off the names of the idols out of the land, and they shall no more be remembered: and also I will cause the prophets and the unclean spirit to pass out of the land. -- zechariah 13:2 +. +And it shall come to pass, that when any shall yet prophesy, then his father and his mother that begat him shall say to him, You shall not live; for you speak lies in the name of the LORD: and his father and his mother that begat him shall thrust him through when he prophesies. -- zechariah 13:3 +. +And it shall come to pass in that day, that the prophets shall be ashamed every one of his vision, when he has prophesied; neither shall they wear a rough garment to deceive: -- zechariah 13:4 +. +But he shall say, I am no prophet, I am an farmer; for man taught me to keep cattle from my youth. -- zechariah 13:5 +. +And one shall say to him, What are these wounds in your hands? Then he shall answer, Those with which I was wounded in the house of my friends. -- zechariah 13:6 +. +Awake, O sword, against my shepherd, and against the man that is my fellow, said the LORD of hosts: smite the shepherd, and the sheep shall be scattered: and I will turn my hand on the little ones. -- zechariah 13:7 +. +And it shall come to pass, that in all the land, said the LORD, two parts therein shall be cut off and die; but the third shall be left therein. -- zechariah 13:8 +. +And I will bring the third part through the fire, and will refine them as silver is refined, and will try them as gold is tried: they shall call on my name, and I will hear them: I will say, It is my people: and they shall say, The LORD is my God. -- zechariah 13:9 +. +Behold, the day of the LORD comes, and your spoil shall be divided in the middle of you. -- zechariah 14:1 +. +For I will gather all nations against Jerusalem to battle; and the city shall be taken, and the houses rifled, and the women ravished; and half of the city shall go forth into captivity, and the residue of the people shall not be cut off from the city. -- zechariah 14:2 +. +Then shall the LORD go forth, and fight against those nations, as when he fought in the day of battle. -- zechariah 14:3 +. +And his feet shall stand in that day on the mount of Olives, which is before Jerusalem on the east, and the mount of Olives shall split in the middle thereof toward the east and toward the west, and there shall be a very great valley; and half of the mountain shall remove toward the north, and half of it toward the south. -- zechariah 14:4 +. +And you shall flee to the valley of the mountains; for the valley of the mountains shall reach to Azal: yes, you shall flee, like as you fled from before the earthquake in the days of Uzziah king of Judah: and the LORD my God shall come, and all the saints with you. -- zechariah 14:5 +. +And it shall come to pass in that day, that the light shall not be clear, nor dark: -- zechariah 14:6 +. +But it shall be one day which shall be known to the LORD, not day, nor night: but it shall come to pass, that at evening time it shall be light. -- zechariah 14:7 +. +And it shall be in that day, that living waters shall go out from Jerusalem; half of them toward the former sea, and half of them toward the hinder sea: in summer and in winter shall it be. -- zechariah 14:8 +. +And the LORD shall be king over all the earth: in that day shall there be one LORD, and his name one. -- zechariah 14:9 +. +All the land shall be turned as a plain from Geba to Rimmon south of Jerusalem: and it shall be lifted up, and inhabited in her place, from Benjamin' gate to the place of the first gate, to the corner gate, and from the tower of Hananeel to the king' winepresses. -- zechariah 14:10 +. +And men shall dwell in it, and there shall be no more utter destruction; but Jerusalem shall be safely inhabited. -- zechariah 14:11 +. +And this shall be the plague with which the LORD will smite all the people that have fought against Jerusalem; Their flesh shall consume away while they stand on their feet, and their eyes shall consume away in their holes, and their tongue shall consume away in their mouth. -- zechariah 14:12 +. +And it shall come to pass in that day, that a great tumult from the LORD shall be among them; and they shall lay hold every one on the hand of his neighbor, and his hand shall rise up against the hand of his neighbor. -- zechariah 14:13 +. +And Judah also shall fight at Jerusalem; and the wealth of all the heathen round about shall be gathered together, gold, and silver, and apparel, in great abundance. -- zechariah 14:14 +. +And so shall be the plague of the horse, of the mule, of the camel, and of the ass, and of all the beasts that shall be in these tents, as this plague. -- zechariah 14:15 +. +And it shall come to pass, that every one that is left of all the nations which came against Jerusalem shall even go up from year to year to worship the King, the LORD of hosts, and to keep the feast of tabernacles. -- zechariah 14:16 +. +And it shall be, that whoever will not come up of all the families of the earth to Jerusalem to worship the King, the LORD of hosts, even on them shall be no rain. -- zechariah 14:17 +. +And if the family of Egypt go not up, and come not, that have no rain; there shall be the plague, with which the LORD will smite the heathen that come not up to keep the feast of tabernacles. -- zechariah 14:18 +. +This shall be the punishment of Egypt, and the punishment of all nations that come not up to keep the feast of tabernacles. -- zechariah 14:19 +. +In that day shall there be on the bells of the horses, HOLINESS UNTO THE LORD; and the pots in the LORD' house shall be like the bowls before the altar. -- zechariah 14:20 +. +Yes, every pot in Jerusalem and in Judah shall be holiness to the LORD of hosts: and all they that sacrifice shall come and take of them, and seethe therein: and in that day there shall be no more the Canaanite in the house of the LORD of hosts. -- zechariah 14:21 +. +The burden of the word of the LORD to Israel by Malachi. -- malachi 1:1 +. +I have loved you, said the LORD. Yet you say, Wherein have you loved us? Was not Esau Jacob' brother? said the LORD: yet I loved Jacob, -- malachi 1:2 +. +And I hated Esau, and laid his mountains and his heritage waste for the dragons of the wilderness. -- malachi 1:3 +. +Whereas Edom said, We are impoverished, but we will return and build the desolate places; thus said the LORD of hosts, They shall build, but I will throw down; and they shall call them, The border of wickedness, and, The people against whom the LORD has indignation for ever. -- malachi 1:4 +. +And your eyes shall see, and you shall say, The LORD will be magnified from the border of Israel. -- malachi 1:5 +. +A son honors his father, and a servant his master: if then I be a father, where is my honor? and if I be a master, where is my fear? said the LORD of hosts to you, O priests, that despise my name. And you say, Wherein have we despised your name? -- malachi 1:6 +. +You offer polluted bread on my altar; and you say, Wherein have we polluted you? In that you say, The table of the LORD is contemptible. -- malachi 1:7 +. +And if you offer the blind for sacrifice, is it not evil? and if you offer the lame and sick, is it not evil? offer it now to your governor; will he be pleased with you, or accept your person? said the LORD of hosts. -- malachi 1:8 +. +And now, I pray you, beseech God that he will be gracious to us: this has been by your means: will he regard your persons? said the LORD of hosts. -- malachi 1:9 +. +Who is there even among you that would shut the doors for nothing? neither do you kindle fire on my altar for nothing. I have no pleasure in you, said the LORD of hosts, neither will I accept an offering at your hand. -- malachi 1:10 +. +For from the rising of the sun even to the going down of the same my name shall be great among the Gentiles; and in every place incense shall be offered to my name, and a pure offering: for my name shall be great among the heathen, said the LORD of hosts. -- malachi 1:11 +. +But you have profaned it, in that you say, The table of the LORD is polluted; and the fruit thereof, even his meat, is contemptible. -- malachi 1:12 +. +You said also, Behold, what a weariness is it! and you have snuffed at it, said the LORD of hosts; and you brought that which was torn, and the lame, and the sick; thus you brought an offering: should I accept this of your hand? said the LORD. -- malachi 1:13 +. +But cursed be the deceiver, which has in his flock a male, and vows, and sacrifices to the LORD a corrupt thing: for I am a great King, said the LORD of hosts, and my name is dreadful among the heathen. -- malachi 1:14 +. +And now, O you priests, this commandment is for you. -- malachi 2:1 +. +If you will not hear, and if you will not lay it to heart, to give glory to my name, said the LORD of hosts, I will even send a curse on you, and I will curse your blessings: yes, I have cursed them already, because you do not lay it to heart. -- malachi 2:2 +. +Behold, I will corrupt your seed, and spread dung on your faces, even the dung of your solemn feasts; and one shall take you away with it. -- malachi 2:3 +. +And you shall know that I have sent this commandment to you, that my covenant might be with Levi, said the LORD of hosts. -- malachi 2:4 +. +My covenant was with him of life and peace; and I gave them to him for the fear with which he feared me, and was afraid before my name. -- malachi 2:5 +. +The law of truth was in his mouth, and iniquity was not found in his lips: he walked with me in peace and equity, and did turn many away from iniquity. -- malachi 2:6 +. +For the priest' lips should keep knowledge, and they should seek the law at his mouth: for he is the messenger of the LORD of hosts. -- malachi 2:7 +. +But you are departed out of the way; you have caused many to stumble at the law; you have corrupted the covenant of Levi, said the LORD of hosts. -- malachi 2:8 +. +Therefore have I also made you contemptible and base before all the people, according as you have not kept my ways, but have been partial in the law. -- malachi 2:9 +. +Have we not all one father? has not one God created us? why do we deal treacherously every man against his brother, by profaning the covenant of our fathers? -- malachi 2:10 +. +Judah has dealt treacherously, and an abomination is committed in Israel and in Jerusalem; for Judah has profaned the holiness of the LORD which he loved, and has married the daughter of a strange god. -- malachi 2:11 +. +The LORD will cut off the man that does this, the master and the scholar, out of the tabernacles of Jacob, and him that offers an offering to the LORD of hosts. -- malachi 2:12 +. +And this have you done again, covering the altar of the LORD with tears, with weeping, and with crying out, so that he regards not the offering any more, or receives it with good will at your hand. -- malachi 2:13 +. +Yet you say, Why? Because the LORD has been witness between you and the wife of your youth, against whom you have dealt treacherously: yet is she your companion, and the wife of your covenant. -- malachi 2:14 +. +And did not he make one? Yet had he the residue of the spirit. And why one? That he might seek a godly seed. Therefore take heed to your spirit, and let none deal treacherously against the wife of his youth. -- malachi 2:15 +. +For the LORD, the God of Israel, said that he hates putting away: for one covers violence with his garment, said the LORD of hosts: therefore take heed to your spirit, that you deal not treacherously. -- malachi 2:16 +. +You have wearied the LORD with your words. Yet you say, Wherein have we wearied him? When you say, Every one that does evil is good in the sight of the LORD, and he delights in them; or, Where is the God of judgment? -- malachi 2:17 +. +Behold, I will send my messenger, and he shall prepare the way before me: and the LORD, whom you seek, shall suddenly come to his temple, even the messenger of the covenant, whom you delight in: behold, he shall come, said the LORD of hosts. -- malachi 3:1 +. +But who may abide the day of his coming? and who shall stand when he appears? for he is like a refiner' fire, and like fullers'soap: -- malachi 3:2 +. +And he shall sit as a refiner and purifier of silver: and he shall purify the sons of Levi, and purge them as gold and silver, that they may offer to the LORD an offering in righteousness. -- malachi 3:3 +. +Then shall the offering of Judah and Jerusalem be pleasant to the LORD, as in the days of old, and as in former years. -- malachi 3:4 +. +And I will come near to you to judgment; and I will be a swift witness against the sorcerers, and against the adulterers, and against false swearers, and against those that oppress the hireling in his wages, the widow, and the fatherless, and that turn aside the stranger from his right, and fear not me, said the LORD of hosts. -- malachi 3:5 +. +For I am the LORD, I change not; therefore you sons of Jacob are not consumed. -- malachi 3:6 +. +Even from the days of your fathers you are gone away from my ordinances, and have not kept them. Return to me, and I will return to you, said the LORD of hosts. But you said, Wherein shall we return? -- malachi 3:7 +. +Will a man rob God? Yet you have robbed me. But you say, Wherein have we robbed you? In tithes and offerings. -- malachi 3:8 +. +You are cursed with a curse: for you have robbed me, even this whole nation. -- malachi 3:9 +. +Bring you all the tithes into the storehouse, that there may be meat in my house, and prove me now herewith, said the LORD of hosts, if I will not open you the windows of heaven, and pour you out a blessing, that there shall not be room enough to receive it. -- malachi 3:10 +. +And I will rebuke the devourer for your sakes, and he shall not destroy the fruits of your ground; neither shall your vine cast her fruit before the time in the field, said the LORD of hosts. -- malachi 3:11 +. +And all nations shall call you blessed: for you shall be a delightsome land, said the LORD of hosts. -- malachi 3:12 +. +Your words have been stout against me, said the LORD. Yet you say, What have we spoken so much against you? -- malachi 3:13 +. +You have said, It is vain to serve God: and what profit is it that we have kept his ordinance, and that we have walked mournfully before the LORD of hosts? -- malachi 3:14 +. +And now we call the proud happy; yes, they that work wickedness are set up; yes, they that tempt God are even delivered. -- malachi 3:15 +. +Then they that feared the LORD spoke often one to another: and the LORD listened, and heard it, and a book of remembrance was written before him for them that feared the LORD, and that thought on his name. -- malachi 3:16 +. +And they shall be mine, said the LORD of hosts, in that day when I make up my jewels; and I will spare them, as a man spares his own son that serves him. -- malachi 3:17 +. +Then shall you return, and discern between the righteous and the wicked, between him that serves God and him that serves him not. -- malachi 3:18 +. +For, behold, the day comes, that shall burn as an oven; and all the proud, yes, and all that do wickedly, shall be stubble: and the day that comes shall burn them up, said the LORD of hosts, that it shall leave them neither root nor branch. -- malachi 4:1 +. +But to you that fear my name shall the Sun of righteousness arise with healing in his wings; and you shall go forth, and grow up as calves of the stall. -- malachi 4:2 +. +And you shall tread down the wicked; for they shall be ashes under the soles of your feet in the day that I shall do this, said the LORD of hosts. -- malachi 4:3 +. +Remember you the law of Moses my servant, which I commanded to him in Horeb for all Israel, with the statutes and judgments. -- malachi 4:4 +. +Behold, I will send you Elijah the prophet before the coming of the great and dreadful day of the LORD: -- malachi 4:5 +. +And he shall turn the heart of the fathers to the children, and the heart of the children to their fathers, lest I come and smite the earth with a curse. -- malachi 4:6 +. +The book of the generation of Jesus Christ, the son of David, the son of Abraham. -- matthew 1:1 +. +Abraham begat Isaac; and Isaac begat Jacob; and Jacob begat Judas and his brothers; -- matthew 1:2 +. +And Judas begat Phares and Zara of Thamar; and Phares begat Esrom; and Esrom begat Aram; -- matthew 1:3 +. +And Aram begat Aminadab; and Aminadab begat Naasson; and Naasson begat Salmon; -- matthew 1:4 +. +And Salmon begat Booz of Rachab; and Booz begat Obed of Ruth; and Obed begat Jesse; -- matthew 1:5 +. +And Jesse begat David the king; and David the king begat Solomon of her that had been the wife of Urias; -- matthew 1:6 +. +And Solomon begat Roboam; and Roboam begat Abia; and Abia begat Asa; -- matthew 1:7 +. +And Asa begat Josaphat; and Josaphat begat Joram; and Joram begat Ozias; -- matthew 1:8 +. +And Ozias begat Joatham; and Joatham begat Achaz; and Achaz begat Ezekias; -- matthew 1:9 +. +And Ezekias begat Manasses; and Manasses begat Amon; and Amon begat Josias; -- matthew 1:10 +. +And Josias begat Jechonias and his brothers, about the time they were carried away to Babylon: -- matthew 1:11 +. +And after they were brought to Babylon, Jechonias begat Salathiel; and Salathiel begat Zorobabel; -- matthew 1:12 +. +And Zorobabel begat Abiud; and Abiud begat Eliakim; and Eliakim begat Azor; -- matthew 1:13 +. +And Azor begat Sadoc; and Sadoc begat Achim; and Achim begat Eliud; -- matthew 1:14 +. +And Eliud begat Eleazar; and Eleazar begat Matthan; and Matthan begat Jacob; -- matthew 1:15 +. +And Jacob begat Joseph the husband of Mary, of whom was born Jesus, who is called Christ. -- matthew 1:16 +. +So all the generations from Abraham to David are fourteen generations; and from David until the carrying away into Babylon are fourteen generations; and from the carrying away into Babylon to Christ are fourteen generations. -- matthew 1:17 +. +Now the birth of Jesus Christ was on this wise: When as his mother Mary was espoused to Joseph, before they came together, she was found with child of the Holy Ghost. -- matthew 1:18 +. +Then Joseph her husband, being a just man, and not willing to make her a public example, was minded to put her away privately. -- matthew 1:19 +. +But while he thought on these things, behold, the angel of the LORD appeared to him in a dream, saying, Joseph, you son of David, fear not to take to you Mary your wife: for that which is conceived in her is of the Holy Ghost. -- matthew 1:20 +. +And she shall bring forth a son, and you shall call his name JESUS: for he shall save his people from their sins. -- matthew 1:21 +. +Now all this was done, that it might be fulfilled which was spoken of the Lord by the prophet, saying, -- matthew 1:22 +. +Behold, a virgin shall be with child, and shall bring forth a son, and they shall call his name Emmanuel, which being interpreted is, God with us. -- matthew 1:23 +. +Then Joseph being raised from sleep did as the angel of the Lord had bidden him, and took to him his wife: -- matthew 1:24 +. +And knew her not till she had brought forth her firstborn son: and he called his name JESUS. -- matthew 1:25 +. +Now when Jesus was born in Bethlehem of Judaea in the days of Herod the king, behold, there came wise men from the east to Jerusalem, -- matthew 2:1 +. +Saying, Where is he that is born King of the Jews? for we have seen his star in the east, and are come to worship him. -- matthew 2:2 +. +When Herod the king had heard these things, he was troubled, and all Jerusalem with him. -- matthew 2:3 +. +And when he had gathered all the chief priests and scribes of the people together, he demanded of them where Christ should be born. -- matthew 2:4 +. +And they said to him, In Bethlehem of Judaea: for thus it is written by the prophet, -- matthew 2:5 +. +And you Bethlehem, in the land of Juda, are not the least among the princes of Juda: for out of you shall come a Governor, that shall rule my people Israel. -- matthew 2:6 +. +Then Herod, when he had privately called the wise men, inquired of them diligently what time the star appeared. -- matthew 2:7 +. +And he sent them to Bethlehem, and said, Go and search diligently for the young child; and when you have found him, bring me word again, that I may come and worship him also. -- matthew 2:8 +. +When they had heard the king, they departed; and, see, the star, which they saw in the east, went before them, till it came and stood over where the young child was. -- matthew 2:9 +. +When they saw the star, they rejoiced with exceeding great joy. -- matthew 2:10 +. +And when they were come into the house, they saw the young child with Mary his mother, and fell down, and worshipped him: and when they had opened their treasures, they presented to him gifts; gold, and frankincense and myrrh. -- matthew 2:11 +. +And being warned of God in a dream that they should not return to Herod, they departed into their own country another way. -- matthew 2:12 +. +And when they were departed, behold, the angel of the Lord appears to Joseph in a dream, saying, Arise, and take the young child and his mother, and flee into Egypt, and be you there until I bring you word: for Herod will seek the young child to destroy him. -- matthew 2:13 +. +When he arose, he took the young child and his mother by night, and departed into Egypt: -- matthew 2:14 +. +And was there until the death of Herod: that it might be fulfilled which was spoken of the Lord by the prophet, saying, Out of Egypt have I called my son. -- matthew 2:15 +. +Then Herod, when he saw that he was mocked of the wise men, was exceeding wroth, and sent forth, and slew all the children that were in Bethlehem, and in all the coasts thereof, from two years old and under, according to the time which he had diligently inquired of the wise men. -- matthew 2:16 +. +Then was fulfilled that which was spoken by Jeremy the prophet, saying, -- matthew 2:17 +. +In Rama was there a voice heard, lamentation, and weeping, and great mourning, Rachel weeping for her children, and would not be comforted, because they are not. -- matthew 2:18 +. +But when Herod was dead, behold, an angel of the Lord appears in a dream to Joseph in Egypt, -- matthew 2:19 +. +Saying, Arise, and take the young child and his mother, and go into the land of Israel: for they are dead which sought the young child' life. -- matthew 2:20 +. +And he arose, and took the young child and his mother, and came into the land of Israel. -- matthew 2:21 +. +But when he heard that Archelaus did reign in Judaea in the room of his father Herod, he was afraid to go thither: notwithstanding, being warned of God in a dream, he turned aside into the parts of Galilee: -- matthew 2:22 +. +And he came and dwelled in a city called Nazareth: that it might be fulfilled which was spoken by the prophets, He shall be called a Nazarene. -- matthew 2:23 +. +In those days came John the Baptist, preaching in the wilderness of Judaea, -- matthew 3:1 +. +And saying, Repent you: for the kingdom of heaven is at hand. -- matthew 3:2 +. +For this is he that was spoken of by the prophet Esaias, saying, The voice of one crying in the wilderness, Prepare you the way of the Lord, make his paths straight. -- matthew 3:3 +. +And the same John had his raiment of camel' hair, and a leather girdle about his loins; and his meat was locusts and wild honey. -- matthew 3:4 +. +Then went out to him Jerusalem, and all Judaea, and all the region round about Jordan, -- matthew 3:5 +. +And were baptized of him in Jordan, confessing their sins. -- matthew 3:6 +. +But when he saw many of the Pharisees and Sadducees come to his baptism, he said to them, O generation of vipers, who has warned you to flee from the wrath to come? -- matthew 3:7 +. +Bring forth therefore fruits meet for repentance: -- matthew 3:8 +. +And think not to say within yourselves, We have Abraham to our father: for I say to you, that God is able of these stones to raise up children to Abraham. -- matthew 3:9 +. +And now also the ax is laid to the root of the trees: therefore every tree which brings not forth good fruit is hewn down, and cast into the fire. -- matthew 3:10 +. +I indeed baptize you with water to repentance. but he that comes after me is mightier than I, whose shoes I am not worthy to bear: he shall baptize you with the Holy Ghost, and with fire: -- matthew 3:11 +. +Whose fan is in his hand, and he will thoroughly purge his floor, and gather his wheat into the garner; but he will burn up the chaff with unquenchable fire. -- matthew 3:12 +. +Then comes Jesus from Galilee to Jordan to John, to be baptized of him. -- matthew 3:13 +. +But John forbade him, saying, I have need to be baptized of you, and come you to me? -- matthew 3:14 +. +And Jesus answering said to him, Suffer it to be so now: for thus it becomes us to fulfill all righteousness. Then he suffered him. -- matthew 3:15 +. +And Jesus, when he was baptized, went up straightway out of the water: and, see, the heavens were opened to him, and he saw the Spirit of God descending like a dove, and lighting on him: -- matthew 3:16 +. +And see a voice from heaven, saying, This is my beloved Son, in whom I am well pleased. -- matthew 3:17 +. +Then was Jesus led up of the spirit into the wilderness to be tempted of the devil. -- matthew 4:1 +. +And when he had fasted forty days and forty nights, he was afterward an hungered. -- matthew 4:2 +. +And when the tempter came to him, he said, If you be the Son of God, command that these stones be made bread. -- matthew 4:3 +. +But he answered and said, It is written, Man shall not live by bread alone, but by every word that proceeds out of the mouth of God. -- matthew 4:4 +. +Then the devil takes him up into the holy city, and sets him on a pinnacle of the temple, -- matthew 4:5 +. +And said to him, If you be the Son of God, cast yourself down: for it is written, He shall give his angels charge concerning you: and in their hands they shall bear you up, lest at any time you dash your foot against a stone. -- matthew 4:6 +. +Jesus said to him, It is written again, You shall not tempt the Lord your God. -- matthew 4:7 +. +Again, the devil takes him up into an exceeding high mountain, and shows him all the kingdoms of the world, and the glory of them; -- matthew 4:8 +. +And said to him, All these things will I give you, if you will fall down and worship me. -- matthew 4:9 +. +Then said Jesus to him, Get you hence, Satan: for it is written, You shall worship the Lord your God, and him only shall you serve. -- matthew 4:10 +. +Then the devil leaves him, and, behold, angels came and ministered to him. -- matthew 4:11 +. +Now when Jesus had heard that John was cast into prison, he departed into Galilee; -- matthew 4:12 +. +And leaving Nazareth, he came and dwelled in Capernaum, which is on the sea coast, in the borders of Zabulon and Nephthalim: -- matthew 4:13 +. +That it might be fulfilled which was spoken by Esaias the prophet, saying, -- matthew 4:14 +. +The land of Zabulon, and the land of Nephthalim, by the way of the sea, beyond Jordan, Galilee of the Gentiles; -- matthew 4:15 +. +The people which sat in darkness saw great light; and to them which sat in the region and shadow of death light is sprung up. -- matthew 4:16 +. +From that time Jesus began to preach, and to say, Repent: for the kingdom of heaven is at hand. -- matthew 4:17 +. +And Jesus, walking by the sea of Galilee, saw two brothers, Simon called Peter, and Andrew his brother, casting a net into the sea: for they were fishers. -- matthew 4:18 +. +And he said to them, Follow me, and I will make you fishers of men. -- matthew 4:19 +. +And they straightway left their nets, and followed him. -- matthew 4:20 +. +And going on from there, he saw other two brothers, James the son of Zebedee, and John his brother, in a ship with Zebedee their father, mending their nets; and he called them. -- matthew 4:21 +. +And they immediately left the ship and their father, and followed him. -- matthew 4:22 +. +And Jesus went about all Galilee, teaching in their synagogues, and preaching the gospel of the kingdom, and healing all manner of sickness and all manner of disease among the people. -- matthew 4:23 +. +And his fame went throughout all Syria: and they brought to him all sick people that were taken with divers diseases and torments, and those which were possessed with devils, and those which were lunatic, and those that had the palsy; and he healed them. -- matthew 4:24 +. +And there followed him great multitudes of people from Galilee, and from Decapolis, and from Jerusalem, and from Judaea, and from beyond Jordan. -- matthew 4:25 +. +And seeing the multitudes, he went up into a mountain: and when he was set, his disciples came to him: -- matthew 5:1 +. +And he opened his mouth, and taught them, saying, -- matthew 5:2 +. +Blessed are the poor in spirit: for theirs is the kingdom of heaven. -- matthew 5:3 +. +Blessed are they that mourn: for they shall be comforted. -- matthew 5:4 +. +Blessed are the meek: for they shall inherit the earth. -- matthew 5:5 +. +Blessed are they which do hunger and thirst after righteousness: for they shall be filled. -- matthew 5:6 +. +Blessed are the merciful: for they shall obtain mercy. -- matthew 5:7 +. +Blessed are the pure in heart: for they shall see God. -- matthew 5:8 +. +Blessed are the peacemakers: for they shall be called the children of God. -- matthew 5:9 +. +Blessed are they which are persecuted for righteousness'sake: for theirs is the kingdom of heaven. -- matthew 5:10 +. +Blessed are you, when men shall revile you, and persecute you, and shall say all manner of evil against you falsely, for my sake. -- matthew 5:11 +. +Rejoice, and be exceeding glad: for great is your reward in heaven: for so persecuted they the prophets which were before you. -- matthew 5:12 +. +You are the salt of the earth: but if the salt have lost his flavor, with which shall it be salted? it is thereafter good for nothing, but to be cast out, and to be trodden under foot of men. -- matthew 5:13 +. +You are the light of the world. A city that is set on an hill cannot be hid. -- matthew 5:14 +. +Neither do men light a candle, and put it under a bushel, but on a candlestick; and it gives light to all that are in the house. -- matthew 5:15 +. +Let your light so shine before men, that they may see your good works, and glorify your Father which is in heaven. -- matthew 5:16 +. +Think not that I am come to destroy the law, or the prophets: I am not come to destroy, but to fulfill. -- matthew 5:17 +. +For truly I say to you, Till heaven and earth pass, one stroke or one pronunciation mark shall in no wise pass from the law, till all be fulfilled. -- matthew 5:18 +. +Whoever therefore shall break one of these least commandments, and shall teach men so, he shall be called the least in the kingdom of heaven: but whoever shall do and teach them, the same shall be called great in the kingdom of heaven. -- matthew 5:19 +. +For I say to you, That except your righteousness shall exceed the righteousness of the scribes and Pharisees, you shall in no case enter into the kingdom of heaven. -- matthew 5:20 +. +You have heard that it was said of them of old time, You shall not kill; and whoever shall kill shall be in danger of the judgment: -- matthew 5:21 +. +But I say to you, That whoever is angry with his brother without a cause shall be in danger of the judgment: and whoever shall say to his brother, Raca, shall be in danger of the council: but whoever shall say, You fool, shall be in danger of hell fire. -- matthew 5:22 +. +Therefore if you bring your gift to the altar, and there remember that your brother has ought against you; -- matthew 5:23 +. +Leave there your gift before the altar, and go your way; first be reconciled to your brother, and then come and offer your gift. -- matthew 5:24 +. +Agree with your adversary quickly, whiles you are in the way with him; lest at any time the adversary deliver you to the judge, and the judge deliver you to the officer, and you be cast into prison. -- matthew 5:25 +. +Truly I say to you, You shall by no means come out there, till you have paid the uttermost farthing. -- matthew 5:26 +. +You have heard that it was said by them of old time, You shall not commit adultery: -- matthew 5:27 +. +But I say to you, That whoever looks on a woman to lust after her has committed adultery with her already in his heart. -- matthew 5:28 +. +And if your right eye offend you, pluck it out, and cast it from you: for it is profitable for you that one of your members should perish, and not that your whole body should be cast into hell. -- matthew 5:29 +. +And if your right hand offend you, cut it off, and cast it from you: for it is profitable for you that one of your members should perish, and not that your whole body should be cast into hell. -- matthew 5:30 +. +It has been said, Whoever shall put away his wife, let him give her a writing of divorce: -- matthew 5:31 +. +But I say to you, That whoever shall put away his wife, saving for the cause of fornication, causes her to commit adultery: and whoever shall marry her that is divorced commits adultery. -- matthew 5:32 +. +Again, you have heard that it has been said by them of old time, You shall not forswear yourself, but shall perform to the Lord your oaths: -- matthew 5:33 +. +But I say to you, Swear not at all; neither by heaven; for it is God' throne: -- matthew 5:34 +. +Nor by the earth; for it is his footstool: neither by Jerusalem; for it is the city of the great King. -- matthew 5:35 +. +Neither shall you swear by your head, because you can not make one hair white or black. -- matthew 5:36 +. +But let your communication be, Yes, yes; No, no: for whatever is more than these comes of evil. -- matthew 5:37 +. +You have heard that it has been said, An eye for an eye, and a tooth for a tooth: -- matthew 5:38 +. +But I say to you, That you resist not evil: but whoever shall smite you on your right cheek, turn to him the other also. -- matthew 5:39 +. +And if any man will sue you at the law, and take away your coat, let him have your cloak also. -- matthew 5:40 +. +And whoever shall compel you to go a mile, go with him two. -- matthew 5:41 +. +Give to him that asks you, and from him that would borrow of you turn not you away. -- matthew 5:42 +. +You have heard that it has been said, You shall love your neighbor, and hate your enemy. -- matthew 5:43 +. +But I say to you, Love your enemies, bless them that curse you, do good to them that hate you, and pray for them which spitefully use you, and persecute you; -- matthew 5:44 +. +That you may be the children of your Father which is in heaven: for he makes his sun to rise on the evil and on the good, and sends rain on the just and on the unjust. -- matthew 5:45 +. +For if you love them which love you, what reward have you? do not even the publicans the same? -- matthew 5:46 +. +And if you salute your brothers only, what do you more than others? do not even the publicans so? -- matthew 5:47 +. +Be you therefore perfect, even as your Father which is in heaven is perfect. -- matthew 5:48 +. +Take heed that you do not your alms before men, to be seen of them: otherwise you have no reward of your Father which is in heaven. -- matthew 6:1 +. +Therefore when you do your alms, do not sound a trumpet before you, as the hypocrites do in the synagogues and in the streets, that they may have glory of men. Truly I say to you, They have their reward. -- matthew 6:2 +. +But when you do alms, let not your left hand know what your right hand does: -- matthew 6:3 +. +That your alms may be in secret: and your Father which sees in secret himself shall reward you openly. -- matthew 6:4 +. +And when you pray, you shall not be as the hypocrites are: for they love to pray standing in the synagogues and in the corners of the streets, that they may be seen of men. Truly I say to you, They have their reward. -- matthew 6:5 +. +But you, when you pray, enter into your closet, and when you have shut your door, pray to your Father which is in secret; and your Father which sees in secret shall reward you openly. -- matthew 6:6 +. +But when you pray, use not vain repetitions, as the heathen do: for they think that they shall be heard for their much speaking. -- matthew 6:7 +. +Be not you therefore like to them: for your Father knows what things you have need of, before you ask him. -- matthew 6:8 +. +After this manner therefore pray you: Our Father which are in heaven, Hallowed be your name. -- matthew 6:9 +. +Your kingdom come, Your will be done in earth, as it is in heaven. -- matthew 6:10 +. +Give us this day our daily bread. -- matthew 6:11 +. +And forgive us our debts, as we forgive our debtors. -- matthew 6:12 +. +And lead us not into temptation, but deliver us from evil: For your is the kingdom, and the power, and the glory, for ever. Amen. -- matthew 6:13 +. +For if you forgive men their trespasses, your heavenly Father will also forgive you: -- matthew 6:14 +. +But if you forgive not men their trespasses, neither will your Father forgive your trespasses. -- matthew 6:15 +. +Moreover when you fast, be not, as the hypocrites, of a sad countenance: for they disfigure their faces, that they may appear to men to fast. Truly I say to you, They have their reward. -- matthew 6:16 +. +But you, when you fast, anoint your head, and wash your face; -- matthew 6:17 +. +That you appear not to men to fast, but to your Father which is in secret: and your Father, which sees in secret, shall reward you openly. -- matthew 6:18 +. +Lay not up for yourselves treasures on earth, where moth and rust does corrupt, and where thieves break through and steal: -- matthew 6:19 +. +But lay up for yourselves treasures in heaven, where neither moth nor rust does corrupt, and where thieves do not break through nor steal: -- matthew 6:20 +. +For where your treasure is, there will your heart be also. -- matthew 6:21 +. +The light of the body is the eye: if therefore your eye be single, your whole body shall be full of light. -- matthew 6:22 +. +But if your eye be evil, your whole body shall be full of darkness. If therefore the light that is in you be darkness, how great is that darkness! -- matthew 6:23 +. +No man can serve two masters: for either he will hate the one, and love the other; or else he will hold to the one, and despise the other. You cannot serve God and mammon. -- matthew 6:24 +. +Therefore I say to you, Take no thought for your life, what you shall eat, or what you shall drink; nor yet for your body, what you shall put on. Is not the life more than meat, and the body than raiment? -- matthew 6:25 +. +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 you not much better than they? -- matthew 6:26 +. +Which of you by taking thought can add one cubit to his stature? -- matthew 6:27 +. +And why take you thought for raiment? Consider the lilies of the field, how they grow; they toil not, neither do they spin: -- matthew 6:28 +. +And yet I say to you, That even Solomon in all his glory was not arrayed like one of these. -- matthew 6:29 +. +Why, if God so clothe the grass of the field, which to day is, and to morrow is cast into the oven, shall he not much more clothe you, O you of little faith? -- matthew 6:30 +. +Therefore take no thought, saying, What shall we eat? or, What shall we drink? or, Wherewithal shall we be clothed? -- matthew 6:31 +. +(For after all these things do the Gentiles seek:) for your heavenly Father knows that you have need of all these things. -- matthew 6:32 +. +But seek you first the kingdom of God, and his righteousness; and all these things shall be added to you. -- matthew 6:33 +. +Take therefore no thought for the morrow: for the morrow shall take thought for the things of itself. Sufficient to the day is the evil thereof. -- matthew 6:34 +. +Judge not, that you be not judged. -- matthew 7:1 +. +For with what judgment you judge, you shall be judged: and with what measure you mete, it shall be measured to you again. -- matthew 7:2 +. +And why behold you the mote that is in your brother' eye, but consider not the beam that is in your own eye? -- matthew 7:3 +. +Or how will you say to your brother, Let me pull out the mote out of your eye; and, behold, a beam is in your own eye? -- matthew 7:4 +. +You hypocrite, first cast out the beam out of your own eye; and then shall you see clearly to cast out the mote out of your brother' eye. -- matthew 7:5 +. +Give not that which is holy to the dogs, neither cast you your pearls before swine, lest they trample them under their feet, and turn again and rend you. -- matthew 7:6 +. +Ask, and it shall be given you; seek, and you shall find; knock, and it shall be opened to you: -- matthew 7:7 +. +For every one that asks receives; and he that seeks finds; and to him that knocks it shall be opened. -- matthew 7:8 +. +Or what man is there of you, whom if his son ask bread, will he give him a stone? -- matthew 7:9 +. +Or if he ask a fish, will he give him a serpent? -- matthew 7:10 +. +If you then, being evil, know how to give good gifts to your children, how much more shall your Father which is in heaven give good things to them that ask him? -- matthew 7:11 +. +Therefore all things whatever you would that men should do to you, do you even so to them: for this is the law and the prophets. -- matthew 7:12 +. +Enter you in at the strait gate: for wide is the gate, and broad is the way, that leads to destruction, and many there be which go in thereat: -- matthew 7:13 +. +Because strait is the gate, and narrow is the way, which leads to life, and few there be that find it. -- matthew 7:14 +. +Beware of false prophets, which come to you in sheep' clothing, but inwardly they are ravening wolves. -- matthew 7:15 +. +You shall know them by their fruits. Do men gather grapes of thorns, or figs of thistles? -- matthew 7:16 +. +Even so every good tree brings forth good fruit; but a corrupt tree brings forth evil fruit. -- matthew 7:17 +. +A good tree cannot bring forth evil fruit, neither can a corrupt tree bring forth good fruit. -- matthew 7:18 +. +Every tree that brings not forth good fruit is hewn down, and cast into the fire. -- matthew 7:19 +. +Why by their fruits you shall know them. -- matthew 7:20 +. +Not every one that said to me, Lord, Lord, shall enter into the kingdom of heaven; but he that does the will of my Father which is in heaven. -- matthew 7:21 +. +Many will say to me in that day, Lord, Lord, have we not prophesied in your name? and in your name have cast out devils? and in your name done many wonderful works? -- matthew 7:22 +. +And then will I profess to them, I never knew you: depart from me, you that work iniquity. -- matthew 7:23 +. +Therefore whoever hears these sayings of mine, and does them, I will liken him to a wise man, which built his house on a rock: -- matthew 7:24 +. +And the rain descended, and the floods came, and the winds blew, and beat on that house; and it fell not: for it was founded on a rock. -- matthew 7:25 +. +And every one that hears these sayings of mine, and does them not, shall be likened to a foolish man, which built his house on the sand: -- matthew 7:26 +. +And the rain descended, and the floods came, and the winds blew, and beat on that house; and it fell: and great was the fall of it. -- matthew 7:27 +. +And it came to pass, when Jesus had ended these sayings, the people were astonished at his doctrine: -- matthew 7:28 +. +For he taught them as one having authority, and not as the scribes. -- matthew 7:29 +. +When he was come down from the mountain, great multitudes followed him. -- matthew 8:1 +. +And, behold, there came a leper and worshipped him, saying, Lord, if you will, you can make me clean. -- matthew 8:2 +. +And Jesus put forth his hand, and touched him, saying, I will; be you clean. And immediately his leprosy was cleansed. -- matthew 8:3 +. +And Jesus said to him, See you tell no man; but go your way, show yourself to the priest, and offer the gift that Moses commanded, for a testimony to them. -- matthew 8:4 +. +And when Jesus was entered into Capernaum, there came to him a centurion, beseeching him, -- matthew 8:5 +. +And saying, Lord, my servant lies at home sick of the palsy, grievously tormented. -- matthew 8:6 +. +And Jesus said to him, I will come and heal him. -- matthew 8:7 +. +The centurion answered and said, Lord, I am not worthy that you should come under my roof: but speak the word only, and my servant shall be healed. -- matthew 8:8 +. +For I am a man under authority, having soldiers under me: and I say to this man, Go, and he goes; and to another, Come, and he comes; and to my servant, Do this, and he does it. -- matthew 8:9 +. +When Jesus heard it, he marveled, and said to them that followed, Truly I say to you, I have not found so great faith, no, not in Israel. -- matthew 8:10 +. +And I say to you, That many shall come from the east and west, and shall sit down with Abraham, and Isaac, and Jacob, in the kingdom of heaven. -- matthew 8:11 +. +But the children of the kingdom shall be cast out into outer darkness: there shall be weeping and gnashing of teeth. -- matthew 8:12 +. +And Jesus said to the centurion, Go your way; and as you have believed, so be it done to you. And his servant was healed in the selfsame hour. -- matthew 8:13 +. +And when Jesus was come into Peter' house, he saw his wife' mother laid, and sick of a fever. -- matthew 8:14 +. +And he touched her hand, and the fever left her: and she arose, and ministered to them. -- matthew 8:15 +. +When the even was come, they brought to him many that were possessed with devils: and he cast out the spirits with his word, and healed all that were sick: -- matthew 8:16 +. +That it might be fulfilled which was spoken by Esaias the prophet, saying, Himself took our infirmities, and bore our sicknesses. -- matthew 8:17 +. +Now when Jesus saw great multitudes about him, he gave commandment to depart to the other side. -- matthew 8:18 +. +And a certain scribe came, and said to him, Master, I will follow you wherever you go. -- matthew 8:19 +. +And Jesus said to him, The foxes have holes, and the birds of the air have nests; but the Son of man has not where to lay his head. -- matthew 8:20 +. +And another of his disciples said to him, Lord, suffer me first to go and bury my father. -- matthew 8:21 +. +But Jesus said to him, Follow me; and let the dead bury their dead. -- matthew 8:22 +. +And when he was entered into a ship, his disciples followed him. -- matthew 8:23 +. +And, behold, there arose a great tempest in the sea, so that the ship was covered with the waves: but he was asleep. -- matthew 8:24 +. +And his disciples came to him, and awoke him, saying, Lord, save us: we perish. -- matthew 8:25 +. +And he said to them, Why are you fearful, O you of little faith? Then he arose, and rebuked the winds and the sea; and there was a great calm. -- matthew 8:26 +. +But the men marveled, saying, What manner of man is this, that even the winds and the sea obey him! -- matthew 8:27 +. +And when he was come to the other side into the country of the Gergesenes, there met him two possessed with devils, coming out of the tombs, exceeding fierce, so that no man might pass by that way. -- matthew 8:28 +. +And, behold, they cried out, saying, What have we to do with you, Jesus, you Son of God? are you come here to torment us before the time? -- matthew 8:29 +. +And there was a good way off from them an herd of many swine feeding. -- matthew 8:30 +. +So the devils sought him, saying, If you cast us out, suffer us to go away into the herd of swine. -- matthew 8:31 +. +And he said to them, Go. And when they were come out, they went into the herd of swine: and, behold, the whole herd of swine ran violently down a steep place into the sea, and perished in the waters. -- matthew 8:32 +. +And they that kept them fled, and went their ways into the city, and told every thing, and what was befallen to the possessed of the devils. -- matthew 8:33 +. +And, behold, the whole city came out to meet Jesus: and when they saw him, they sought him that he would depart out of their coasts. -- matthew 8:34 +. +And he entered into a ship, and passed over, and came into his own city. -- matthew 9:1 +. +And, behold, they brought to him a man sick of the palsy, lying on a bed: and Jesus seeing their faith said to the sick of the palsy; Son, be of good cheer; your sins be forgiven you. -- matthew 9:2 +. +And, behold, certain of the scribes said within themselves, This man blasphemes. -- matthew 9:3 +. +And Jesus knowing their thoughts said, Why think you evil in your hearts? -- matthew 9:4 +. +For whether is easier, to say, Your sins be forgiven you; or to say, Arise, and walk? -- matthew 9:5 +. +But that you may know that the Son of man has power on earth to forgive sins, (then said he to the sick of the palsy,) Arise, take up your bed, and go to your house. -- matthew 9:6 +. +And he arose, and departed to his house. -- matthew 9:7 +. +But when the multitudes saw it, they marveled, and glorified God, which had given such power to men. -- matthew 9:8 +. +And as Jesus passed forth from there, he saw a man, named Matthew, sitting at the receipt of custom: and he said to him, Follow me. And he arose, and followed him. -- matthew 9:9 +. +And it came to pass, as Jesus sat at meat in the house, behold, many publicans and sinners came and sat down with him and his disciples. -- matthew 9:10 +. +And when the Pharisees saw it, they said to his disciples, Why eats your Master with publicans and sinners? -- matthew 9:11 +. +But when Jesus heard that, he said to them, They that be whole need not a physician, but they that are sick. -- matthew 9:12 +. +But go you and learn what that means, I will have mercy, and not sacrifice: for I am not come to call the righteous, but sinners to repentance. -- matthew 9:13 +. +Then came to him the disciples of John, saying, Why do we and the Pharisees fast oft, but your disciples fast not? -- matthew 9:14 +. +And Jesus said to them, Can the children of the bridal chamber mourn, as long as the bridegroom is with them? but the days will come, when the bridegroom shall be taken from them, and then shall they fast. -- matthew 9:15 +. +No man puts a piece of new cloth to an old garment, for that which is put in to fill it up takes from the garment, and the rent is made worse. -- matthew 9:16 +. +Neither do men put new wine into old bottles: else the bottles break, and the wine runs out, and the bottles perish: but they put new wine into new bottles, and both are preserved. -- matthew 9:17 +. +While he spoke these things to them, behold, there came a certain ruler, and worshipped him, saying, My daughter is even now dead: but come and lay your hand on her, and she shall live. -- matthew 9:18 +. +And Jesus arose, and followed him, and so did his disciples. -- matthew 9:19 +. +And, behold, a woman, which was diseased with an issue of blood twelve years, came behind him, and touched the hem of his garment: -- matthew 9:20 +. +For she said within herself, If I may but touch his garment, I shall be whole. -- matthew 9:21 +. +But Jesus turned him about, and when he saw her, he said, Daughter, be of good comfort; your faith has made you whole. And the woman was made whole from that hour. -- matthew 9:22 +. +And when Jesus came into the ruler' house, and saw the minstrels and the people making a noise, -- matthew 9:23 +. +He said to them, Give place: for the maid is not dead, but sleeps. And they laughed him to scorn. -- matthew 9:24 +. +But when the people were put forth, he went in, and took her by the hand, and the maid arose. -- matthew 9:25 +. +And the fame hereof went abroad into all that land. -- matthew 9:26 +. +And when Jesus departed there, two blind men followed him, crying, and saying, You son of David, have mercy on us. -- matthew 9:27 +. +And when he was come into the house, the blind men came to him: and Jesus said to them, Believe you that I am able to do this? They said to him, Yes, Lord. -- matthew 9:28 +. +Then touched he their eyes, saying, According to your faith be it to you. -- matthew 9:29 +. +And their eyes were opened; and Jesus straightly charged them, saying, See that no man know it. -- matthew 9:30 +. +But they, when they were departed, spread abroad his fame in all that country. -- matthew 9:31 +. +As they went out, behold, they brought to him a dumb man possessed with a devil. -- matthew 9:32 +. +And when the devil was cast out, the dumb spoke: and the multitudes marveled, saying, It was never so seen in Israel. -- matthew 9:33 +. +But the Pharisees said, He casts out devils through the prince of the devils. -- matthew 9:34 +. +And Jesus went about all the cities and villages, teaching in their synagogues, and preaching the gospel of the kingdom, and healing every sickness and every disease among the people. -- matthew 9:35 +. +But when he saw the multitudes, he was moved with compassion on them, because they fainted, and were scattered abroad, as sheep having no shepherd. -- matthew 9:36 +. +Then said he to his disciples, The harvest truly is plenteous, but the laborers are few; -- matthew 9:37 +. +Pray you therefore the Lord of the harvest, that he will send forth laborers into his harvest. -- matthew 9:38 +. +And when he had called to him his twelve disciples, he gave them power against unclean spirits, to cast them out, and to heal all manner of sickness and all manner of disease. -- matthew 10:1 +. +Now the names of the twelve apostles are these; The first, Simon, who is called Peter, and Andrew his brother; James the son of Zebedee, and John his brother; -- matthew 10:2 +. +Philip, and Bartholomew; Thomas, and Matthew the publican; James the son of Alphaeus, and Lebbaeus, whose surname was Thaddaeus; -- matthew 10:3 +. +Simon the Canaanite, and Judas Iscariot, who also betrayed him. -- matthew 10:4 +. +These twelve Jesus sent forth, and commanded them, saying, Go not into the way of the Gentiles, and into any city of the Samaritans enter you not: -- matthew 10:5 +. +But go rather to the lost sheep of the house of Israel. -- matthew 10:6 +. +And as you go, preach, saying, The kingdom of heaven is at hand. -- matthew 10:7 +. +Heal the sick, cleanse the lepers, raise the dead, cast out devils: freely you have received, freely give. -- matthew 10:8 +. +Provide neither gold, nor silver, nor brass in your purses, -- matthew 10:9 +. +Nor money for your journey, neither two coats, neither shoes, nor yet staves: for the workman is worthy of his meat. -- matthew 10:10 +. +And into whatever city or town you shall enter, inquire who in it is worthy; and there abide till you go there. -- matthew 10:11 +. +And when you come into an house, salute it. -- matthew 10:12 +. +And if the house be worthy, let your peace come on it: but if it be not worthy, let your peace return to you. -- matthew 10:13 +. +And whoever shall not receive you, nor hear your words, when you depart out of that house or city, shake off the dust of your feet. -- matthew 10:14 +. +Truly I say to you, It shall be more tolerable for the land of Sodom and Gomorrha in the day of judgment, than for that city. -- matthew 10:15 +. +Behold, I send you forth as sheep in the middle of wolves: be you therefore wise as serpents, and harmless as doves. -- matthew 10:16 +. +But beware of men: for they will deliver you up to the councils, and they will whip you in their synagogues; -- matthew 10:17 +. +And you shall be brought before governors and kings for my sake, for a testimony against them and the Gentiles. -- matthew 10:18 +. +But when they deliver you up, take no thought how or what you shall speak: for it shall be given you in that same hour what you shall speak. -- matthew 10:19 +. +For it is not you that speak, but the Spirit of your Father which speaks in you. -- matthew 10:20 +. +And the brother shall deliver up the brother to death, and the father the child: and the children shall rise up against their parents, and cause them to be put to death. -- matthew 10:21 +. +And you shall be hated of all men for my name' sake: but he that endures to the end shall be saved. -- matthew 10:22 +. +But when they persecute you in this city, flee you into another: for truly I say to you, You shall not have gone over the cities of Israel, till the Son of man be come. -- matthew 10:23 +. +The disciple is not above his master, nor the servant above his lord. -- matthew 10:24 +. +It is enough for the disciple that he be as his master, and the servant as his lord. If they have called the master of the house Beelzebub, how much more shall they call them of his household? -- matthew 10:25 +. +Fear them not therefore: for there is nothing covered, that shall not be revealed; and hid, that shall not be known. -- matthew 10:26 +. +What I tell you in darkness, that speak you in light: and what you hear in the ear, that preach you on the housetops. -- matthew 10:27 +. +And fear not them which kill the body, but are not able to kill the soul: but rather fear him which is able to destroy both soul and body in hell. -- matthew 10:28 +. +Are not two sparrows sold for a farthing? and one of them shall not fall on the ground without your Father. -- matthew 10:29 +. +But the very hairs of your head are all numbered. -- matthew 10:30 +. +Fear you not therefore, you are of more value than many sparrows. -- matthew 10:31 +. +Whoever therefore shall confess me before men, him will I confess also before my Father which is in heaven. -- matthew 10:32 +. +But whoever shall deny me before men, him will I also deny before my Father which is in heaven. -- matthew 10:33 +. +Think not that I am come to send peace on earth: I came not to send peace, but a sword. -- matthew 10:34 +. +For I am come to set a man at variance against his father, and the daughter against her mother, and the daughter in law against her mother in law. -- matthew 10:35 +. +And a man' foes shall be they of his own household. -- matthew 10:36 +. +He that loves father or mother more than me is not worthy of me: and he that loves son or daughter more than me is not worthy of me. -- matthew 10:37 +. +And he that takes not his cross, and follows after me, is not worthy of me. -- matthew 10:38 +. +He that finds his life shall lose it: and he that loses his life for my sake shall find it. -- matthew 10:39 +. +He that receives you receives me, and he that receives me receives him that sent me. -- matthew 10:40 +. +He that receives a prophet in the name of a prophet shall receive a prophet' reward; and he that receives a righteous man in the name of a righteous man shall receive a righteous man' reward. -- matthew 10:41 +. +And whoever shall give to drink to one of these little ones a cup of cold water only in the name of a disciple, truly I say to you, he shall in no wise lose his reward. -- matthew 10:42 +. +And it came to pass, when Jesus had made an end of commanding his twelve disciples, he departed there to teach and to preach in their cities. -- matthew 11:1 +. +Now when John had heard in the prison the works of Christ, he sent two of his disciples, -- matthew 11:2 +. +And said to him, Are you he that should come, or do we look for another? -- matthew 11:3 +. +Jesus answered and said to them, Go and show John again those things which you do hear and see: -- matthew 11:4 +. +The blind receive their sight, and the lame walk, the lepers are cleansed, and the deaf hear, the dead are raised up, and the poor have the gospel preached to them. -- matthew 11:5 +. +And blessed is he, whoever shall not be offended in me. -- matthew 11:6 +. +And as they departed, Jesus began to say to the multitudes concerning John, What went you out into the wilderness to see? A reed shaken with the wind? -- matthew 11:7 +. +But what went you out for to see? A man clothed in soft raiment? behold, they that wear soft clothing are in kings'houses. -- matthew 11:8 +. +But what went you out for to see? A prophet? yes, I say to you, and more than a prophet. -- matthew 11:9 +. +For this is he, of whom it is written, Behold, I send my messenger before your face, which shall prepare your way before you. -- matthew 11:10 +. +Truly I say to you, Among them that are born of women there has not risen a greater than John the Baptist: notwithstanding he that is least in the kingdom of heaven is greater than he. -- matthew 11:11 +. +And from the days of John the Baptist until now the kingdom of heaven suffers violence, and the violent take it by force. -- matthew 11:12 +. +For all the prophets and the law prophesied until John. -- matthew 11:13 +. +And if you will receive it, this is Elias, which was for to come. -- matthew 11:14 +. +He that has ears to hear, let him hear. -- matthew 11:15 +. +But whereunto shall I liken this generation? It is like to children sitting in the markets, and calling to their fellows, -- matthew 11:16 +. +And saying, We have piped to you, and you have not danced; we have mourned to you, and you have not lamented. -- matthew 11:17 +. +For John came neither eating nor drinking, and they say, He has a devil. -- matthew 11:18 +. +The Son of man came eating and drinking, and they say, Behold a man gluttonous, and a drunkard, a friend of publicans and sinners. But wisdom is justified of her children. -- matthew 11:19 +. +Then began he to upbraid the cities wherein most of his mighty works were done, because they repented not: -- matthew 11:20 +. +Woe to you, Chorazin! woe to you, Bethsaida! for if the mighty works, which were done in you, had been done in Tyre and Sidon, they would have repented long ago in sackcloth and ashes. -- matthew 11:21 +. +But I say to you, It shall be more tolerable for Tyre and Sidon at the day of judgment, than for you. -- matthew 11:22 +. +And you, Capernaum, which are exalted to heaven, shall be brought down to hell: for if the mighty works, which have been done in you, had been done in Sodom, it would have remained until this day. -- matthew 11:23 +. +But I say to you, That it shall be more tolerable for the land of Sodom in the day of judgment, than for you. -- matthew 11:24 +. +At that time Jesus answered and said, I thank you, O Father, Lord of heaven and earth, because you have hid these things from the wise and prudent, and have revealed them to babes. -- matthew 11:25 +. +Even so, Father: for so it seemed good in your sight. -- matthew 11:26 +. +All things are delivered to me of my Father: and no man knows the Son, but the Father; neither knows any man the Father, save the Son, and he to whomsoever the Son will reveal him. -- matthew 11:27 +. +Come to me, all you that labor and are heavy laden, and I will give you rest. -- matthew 11:28 +. +Take my yoke on you, and learn of me; for I am meek and lowly in heart: and you shall find rest to your souls. -- matthew 11:29 +. +For my yoke is easy, and my burden is light. -- matthew 11:30 +. +At that time Jesus went on the sabbath day through the corn; and his disciples were an hungered, and began to pluck the ears of corn and to eat. -- matthew 12:1 +. +But when the Pharisees saw it, they said to him, Behold, your disciples do that which is not lawful to do on the sabbath day. -- matthew 12:2 +. +But he said to them, Have you not read what David did, when he was an hungered, and they that were with him; -- matthew 12:3 +. +How he entered into the house of God, and did eat the show bread, which was not lawful for him to eat, neither for them which were with him, but only for the priests? -- matthew 12:4 +. +Or have you not read in the law, how that on the sabbath days the priests in the temple profane the sabbath, and are blameless? -- matthew 12:5 +. +But I say to you, That in this place is one greater than the temple. -- matthew 12:6 +. +But if you had known what this means, I will have mercy, and not sacrifice, you would not have condemned the guiltless. -- matthew 12:7 +. +For the Son of man is Lord even of the sabbath day. -- matthew 12:8 +. +And when he was departed there, he went into their synagogue: -- matthew 12:9 +. +And, behold, there was a man which had his hand withered. And they asked him, saying, Is it lawful to heal on the sabbath days? that they might accuse him. -- matthew 12:10 +. +And he said to them, What man shall there be among you, that shall have one sheep, and if it fall into a pit on the sabbath day, will he not lay hold on it, and lift it out? -- matthew 12:11 +. +How much then is a man better than a sheep? Why it is lawful to do well on the sabbath days. -- matthew 12:12 +. +Then said he to the man, Stretch forth your hand. And he stretched it forth; and it was restored whole, like as the other. -- matthew 12:13 +. +Then the Pharisees went out, and held a council against him, how they might destroy him. -- matthew 12:14 +. +But when Jesus knew it, he withdrew himself from there: and great multitudes followed him, and he healed them all; -- matthew 12:15 +. +And charged them that they should not make him known: -- matthew 12:16 +. +That it might be fulfilled which was spoken by Esaias the prophet, saying, -- matthew 12:17 +. +Behold my servant, whom I have chosen; my beloved, in whom my soul is well pleased: I will put my spirit on him, and he shall show judgment to the Gentiles. -- matthew 12:18 +. +He shall not strive, nor cry; neither shall any man hear his voice in the streets. -- matthew 12:19 +. +A bruised reed shall he not break, and smoking flax shall he not quench, till he send forth judgment to victory. -- matthew 12:20 +. +And in his name shall the Gentiles trust. -- matthew 12:21 +. +Then was brought to him one possessed with a devil, blind, and dumb: and he healed him, so that the blind and dumb both spoke and saw. -- matthew 12:22 +. +And all the people were amazed, and said, Is not this the son of David? -- matthew 12:23 +. +But when the Pharisees heard it, they said, This fellow does not cast out devils, but by Beelzebub the prince of the devils. -- matthew 12:24 +. +And Jesus knew their thoughts, and said to them, Every kingdom divided against itself is brought to desolation; and every city or house divided against itself shall not stand: -- matthew 12:25 +. +And if Satan cast out Satan, he is divided against himself; how shall then his kingdom stand? -- matthew 12:26 +. +And if I by Beelzebub cast out devils, by whom do your children cast them out? therefore they shall be your judges. -- matthew 12:27 +. +But if I cast out devils by the Spirit of God, then the kingdom of God is come to you. -- matthew 12:28 +. +Or else how can one enter into a strong man' house, and spoil his goods, except he first bind the strong man? and then he will spoil his house. -- matthew 12:29 +. +He that is not with me is against me; and he that gathers not with me scatters abroad. -- matthew 12:30 +. +Why I say to you, All manner of sin and blasphemy shall be forgiven to men: but the blasphemy against the Holy Ghost shall not be forgiven to men. -- matthew 12:31 +. +And whoever speaks a word against the Son of man, it shall be forgiven him: but whoever speaks against the Holy Ghost, it shall not be forgiven him, neither in this world, neither in the world to come. -- matthew 12:32 +. +Either make the tree good, and his fruit good; or else make the tree corrupt, and his fruit corrupt: for the tree is known by his fruit. -- matthew 12:33 +. +O generation of vipers, how can you, being evil, speak good things? for out of the abundance of the heart the mouth speaks. -- matthew 12:34 +. +A good man out of the good treasure of the heart brings forth good things: and an evil man out of the evil treasure brings forth evil things. -- matthew 12:35 +. +But I say to you, That every idle word that men shall speak, they shall give account thereof in the day of judgment. -- matthew 12:36 +. +For by your words you shall be justified, and by your words you shall be condemned. -- matthew 12:37 +. +Then certain of the scribes and of the Pharisees answered, saying, Master, we would see a sign from you. -- matthew 12:38 +. +But he answered and said to them, An evil and adulterous generation seeks after a sign; and there shall no sign be given to it, but the sign of the prophet Jonas: -- matthew 12:39 +. +For as Jonas was three days and three nights in the whale' belly; so shall the Son of man be three days and three nights in the heart of the earth. -- matthew 12:40 +. +The men of Nineveh shall rise in judgment with this generation, and shall condemn it: because they repented at the preaching of Jonas; and, behold, a greater than Jonas is here. -- matthew 12:41 +. +The queen of the south shall rise up in the judgment with this generation, and shall condemn it: for she came from the uttermost parts of the earth to hear the wisdom of Solomon; and, behold, a greater than Solomon is here. -- matthew 12:42 +. +When the unclean spirit is gone out of a man, he walks through dry places, seeking rest, and finds none. -- matthew 12:43 +. +Then he said, I will return into my house from where I came out; and when he is come, he finds it empty, swept, and garnished. -- matthew 12:44 +. +Then goes he, and takes with himself seven other spirits more wicked than himself, and they enter in and dwell there: and the last state of that man is worse than the first. Even so shall it be also to this wicked generation. -- matthew 12:45 +. +While he yet talked to the people, behold, his mother and his brothers stood without, desiring to speak with him. -- matthew 12:46 +. +Then one said to him, Behold, your mother and your brothers stand without, desiring to speak with you. -- matthew 12:47 +. +But he answered and said to him that told him, Who is my mother? and who are my brothers? -- matthew 12:48 +. +And he stretched forth his hand toward his disciples, and said, Behold my mother and my brothers! -- matthew 12:49 +. +For whoever shall do the will of my Father which is in heaven, the same is my brother, and sister, and mother. -- matthew 12:50 +. +The same day went Jesus out of the house, and sat by the sea side. -- matthew 13:1 +. +And great multitudes were gathered together to him, so that he went into a ship, and sat; and the whole multitude stood on the shore. -- matthew 13:2 +. +And he spoke many things to them in parables, saying, Behold, a sower went forth to sow; -- matthew 13:3 +. +And when he sowed, some seeds fell by the way side, and the fowls came and devoured them up: -- matthew 13:4 +. +Some fell on stony places, where they had not much earth: and immediately they sprung up, because they had no deepness of earth: -- matthew 13:5 +. +And when the sun was up, they were scorched; and because they had no root, they withered away. -- matthew 13:6 +. +And some fell among thorns; and the thorns sprung up, and choked them: -- matthew 13:7 +. +But other fell into good ground, and brought forth fruit, some an hundred times, some sixty times, some thirty times. -- matthew 13:8 +. +Who has ears to hear, let him hear. -- matthew 13:9 +. +And the disciples came, and said to him, Why speak you to them in parables? -- matthew 13:10 +. +He answered and said to them, Because it is given to you to know the mysteries of the kingdom of heaven, but to them it is not given. -- matthew 13:11 +. +For whoever has, to him shall be given, and he shall have more abundance: but whoever has not, from him shall be taken away even that he has. -- matthew 13:12 +. +Therefore speak I to them in parables: because they seeing see not; and hearing they hear not, neither do they understand. -- matthew 13:13 +. +And in them is fulfilled the prophecy of Esaias, which said, By hearing you shall hear, and shall not understand; and seeing you shall see, and shall not perceive: -- matthew 13:14 +. +For this people' heart is waxed gross, and their ears are dull of hearing, and their eyes they have closed; lest at any time they should see with their eyes and hear with their ears, and should understand with their heart, and should be converted, and I should heal them. -- matthew 13:15 +. +But blessed are your eyes, for they see: and your ears, for they hear. -- matthew 13:16 +. +For truly I say to you, That many prophets and righteous men have desired to see those things which you see, and have not seen them; and to hear those things which you hear, and have not heard them. -- matthew 13:17 +. +Hear you therefore the parable of the sower. -- matthew 13:18 +. +When any one hears the word of the kingdom, and understands it not, then comes the wicked one, and catches away that which was sown in his heart. This is he which received seed by the way side. -- matthew 13:19 +. +But he that received the seed into stony places, the same is he that hears the word, and immediately with joy receives it; -- matthew 13:20 +. +Yet has he not root in himself, but endures for a while: for when tribulation or persecution rises because of the word, by and by he is offended. -- matthew 13:21 +. +He also that received seed among the thorns is he that hears the word; and the care of this world, and the deceitfulness of riches, choke the word, and he becomes unfruitful. -- matthew 13:22 +. +But he that received seed into the good ground is he that hears the word, and understands it; which also bears fruit, and brings forth, some an hundred times, some sixty, some thirty. -- matthew 13:23 +. +Another parable put he forth to them, saying, The kingdom of heaven is likened to a man which sowed good seed in his field: -- matthew 13:24 +. +But while men slept, his enemy came and sowed tares among the wheat, and went his way. -- matthew 13:25 +. +But when the blade was sprung up, and brought forth fruit, then appeared the tares also. -- matthew 13:26 +. +So the servants of the householder came and said to him, Sir, did not you sow good seed in your field? from where then has it tares? -- matthew 13:27 +. +He said to them, An enemy has done this. The servants said to him, Will you then that we go and gather them up? -- matthew 13:28 +. +But he said, No; lest while you gather up the tares, you root up also the wheat with them. -- matthew 13:29 +. +Let both grow together until the harvest: and in the time of harvest I will say to the reapers, Gather you together first the tares, and bind them in bundles to burn them: but gather the wheat into my barn. -- matthew 13:30 +. +Another parable put he forth to them, saying, The kingdom of heaven is like to a grain of mustard seed, which a man took, and sowed in his field: -- matthew 13:31 +. +Which indeed is the least of all seeds: but when it is grown, it is the greatest among herbs, and becomes a tree, so that the birds of the air come and lodge in the branches thereof. -- matthew 13:32 +. +Another parable spoke he to them; The kingdom of heaven is like to leaven, which a woman took, and hid in three measures of meal, till the whole was leavened. -- matthew 13:33 +. +All these things spoke Jesus to the multitude in parables; and without a parable spoke he not to them: -- matthew 13:34 +. +That it might be fulfilled which was spoken by the prophet, saying, I will open my mouth in parables; I will utter things which have been kept secret from the foundation of the world. -- matthew 13:35 +. +Then Jesus sent the multitude away, and went into the house: and his disciples came to him, saying, Declare to us the parable of the tares of the field. -- matthew 13:36 +. +He answered and said to them, He that sows the good seed is the Son of man; -- matthew 13:37 +. +The field is the world; the good seed are the children of the kingdom; but the tares are the children of the wicked one; -- matthew 13:38 +. +The enemy that sowed them is the devil; the harvest is the end of the world; and the reapers are the angels. -- matthew 13:39 +. +As therefore the tares are gathered and burned in the fire; so shall it be in the end of this world. -- matthew 13:40 +. +The Son of man shall send forth his angels, and they shall gather out of his kingdom all things that offend, and them which do iniquity; -- matthew 13:41 +. +And shall cast them into a furnace of fire: there shall be wailing and gnashing of teeth. -- matthew 13:42 +. +Then shall the righteous shine forth as the sun in the kingdom of their Father. Who has ears to hear, let him hear. -- matthew 13:43 +. +Again, the kingdom of heaven is like to treasure hid in a field; the which when a man has found, he hides, and for joy thereof goes and sells all that he has, and buys that field. -- matthew 13:44 +. +Again, the kingdom of heaven is like to a merchant man, seeking goodly pearls: -- matthew 13:45 +. +Who, when he had found one pearl of great price, went and sold all that he had, and bought it. -- matthew 13:46 +. +Again, the kingdom of heaven is like to a net, that was cast into the sea, and gathered of every kind: -- matthew 13:47 +. +Which, when it was full, they drew to shore, and sat down, and gathered the good into vessels, but cast the bad away. -- matthew 13:48 +. +So shall it be at the end of the world: the angels shall come forth, and sever the wicked from among the just, -- matthew 13:49 +. +And shall cast them into the furnace of fire: there shall be wailing and gnashing of teeth. -- matthew 13:50 +. +Jesus said to them, Have you understood all these things? They say to him, Yes, Lord. -- matthew 13:51 +. +Then said he to them, Therefore every scribe which is instructed to the kingdom of heaven is like to a man that is an householder, which brings forth out of his treasure things new and old. -- matthew 13:52 +. +And it came to pass, that when Jesus had finished these parables, he departed there. -- matthew 13:53 +. +And when he was come into his own country, he taught them in their synagogue, so that they were astonished, and said, From where has this man this wisdom, and these mighty works? -- matthew 13:54 +. +Is not this the carpenter' son? is not his mother called Mary? and his brothers, James, and Joses, and Simon, and Judas? -- matthew 13:55 +. +And his sisters, are they not all with us? From where then has this man all these things? -- matthew 13:56 +. +And they were offended in him. But Jesus said to them, A prophet is not without honor, save in his own country, and in his own house. -- matthew 13:57 +. +And he did not many mighty works there because of their unbelief. -- matthew 13:58 +. +At that time Herod the tetrarch heard of the fame of Jesus, -- matthew 14:1 +. +And said to his servants, This is John the Baptist; he is risen from the dead; and therefore mighty works do show forth themselves in him. -- matthew 14:2 +. +For Herod had laid hold on John, and bound him, and put him in prison for Herodias'sake, his brother Philip' wife. -- matthew 14:3 +. +For John said to him, It is not lawful for you to have her. -- matthew 14:4 +. +And when he would have put him to death, he feared the multitude, because they counted him as a prophet. -- matthew 14:5 +. +But when Herod' birthday was kept, the daughter of Herodias danced before them, and pleased Herod. -- matthew 14:6 +. +Whereupon he promised with an oath to give her whatever she would ask. -- matthew 14:7 +. +And she, being before instructed of her mother, said, Give me here John Baptist' head in a charger. -- matthew 14:8 +. +And the king was sorry: nevertheless for the oath' sake, and them which sat with him at meat, he commanded it to be given her. -- matthew 14:9 +. +And he sent, and beheaded John in the prison. -- matthew 14:10 +. +And his head was brought in a charger, and given to the damsel: and she brought it to her mother. -- matthew 14:11 +. +And his disciples came, and took up the body, and buried it, and went and told Jesus. -- matthew 14:12 +. +When Jesus heard of it, he departed there by ship into a desert place apart: and when the people had heard thereof, they followed him on foot out of the cities. -- matthew 14:13 +. +And Jesus went forth, and saw a great multitude, and was moved with compassion toward them, and he healed their sick. -- matthew 14:14 +. +And when it was evening, his disciples came to him, saying, This is a desert place, and the time is now past; send the multitude away, that they may go into the villages, and buy themselves victuals. -- matthew 14:15 +. +But Jesus said to them, They need not depart; give you them to eat. -- matthew 14:16 +. +And they say to him, We have here but five loaves, and two fishes. -- matthew 14:17 +. +He said, Bring them here to me. -- matthew 14:18 +. +And he commanded the multitude to sit down on the grass, and took the five loaves, and the two fishes, and looking up to heaven, he blessed, and broke, and gave the loaves to his disciples, and the disciples to the multitude. -- matthew 14:19 +. +And they did all eat, and were filled: and they took up of the fragments that remained twelve baskets full. -- matthew 14:20 +. +And they that had eaten were about five thousand men, beside women and children. -- matthew 14:21 +. +And straightway Jesus constrained his disciples to get into a ship, and to go before him to the other side, while he sent the multitudes away. -- matthew 14:22 +. +And when he had sent the multitudes away, he went up into a mountain apart to pray: and when the evening was come, he was there alone. -- matthew 14:23 +. +But the ship was now in the middle of the sea, tossed with waves: for the wind was contrary. -- matthew 14:24 +. +And in the fourth watch of the night Jesus went to them, walking on the sea. -- matthew 14:25 +. +And when the disciples saw him walking on the sea, they were troubled, saying, It is a spirit; and they cried out for fear. -- matthew 14:26 +. +But straightway Jesus spoke to them, saying, Be of good cheer; it is I; be not afraid. -- matthew 14:27 +. +And Peter answered him and said, Lord, if it be you, bid me come to you on the water. -- matthew 14:28 +. +And he said, Come. And when Peter was come down out of the ship, he walked on the water, to go to Jesus. -- matthew 14:29 +. +But when he saw the wind boisterous, he was afraid; and beginning to sink, he cried, saying, Lord, save me. -- matthew 14:30 +. +And immediately Jesus stretched forth his hand, and caught him, and said to him, O you of little faith, why did you doubt? -- matthew 14:31 +. +And when they were come into the ship, the wind ceased. -- matthew 14:32 +. +Then they that were in the ship came and worshipped him, saying, Of a truth you are the Son of God. -- matthew 14:33 +. +And when they were gone over, they came into the land of Gennesaret. -- matthew 14:34 +. +And when the men of that place had knowledge of him, they sent out into all that country round about, and brought to him all that were diseased; -- matthew 14:35 +. +And sought him that they might only touch the hem of his garment: and as many as touched were made perfectly whole. -- matthew 14:36 +. +Then came to Jesus scribes and Pharisees, which were of Jerusalem, saying, -- matthew 15:1 +. +Why do your disciples transgress the tradition of the elders? for they wash not their hands when they eat bread. -- matthew 15:2 +. +But he answered and said to them, Why do you also transgress the commandment of God by your tradition? -- matthew 15:3 +. +For God commanded, saying, Honor your father and mother: and, He that curses father or mother, let him die the death. -- matthew 15:4 +. +But you say, Whoever shall say to his father or his mother, It is a gift, by whatever you might be profited by me; -- matthew 15:5 +. +And honor not his father or his mother, he shall be free. Thus have you made the commandment of God of none effect by your tradition. -- matthew 15:6 +. +You hypocrites, well did Esaias prophesy of you, saying, -- matthew 15:7 +. +This people draws near to me with their mouth, and honors me with their lips; but their heart is far from me. -- matthew 15:8 +. +But in vain they do worship me, teaching for doctrines the commandments of men. -- matthew 15:9 +. +And he called the multitude, and said to them, Hear, and understand: -- matthew 15:10 +. +Not that which goes into the mouth defiles a man; but that which comes out of the mouth, this defiles a man. -- matthew 15:11 +. +Then came his disciples, and said to him, Know you that the Pharisees were offended, after they heard this saying? -- matthew 15:12 +. +But he answered and said, Every plant, which my heavenly Father has not planted, shall be rooted up. -- matthew 15:13 +. +Let them alone: they be blind leaders of the blind. And if the blind lead the blind, both shall fall into the ditch. -- matthew 15:14 +. +Then answered Peter and said to him, Declare to us this parable. -- matthew 15:15 +. +And Jesus said, Are you also yet without understanding? -- matthew 15:16 +. +Do not you yet understand, that whatever enters in at the mouth goes into the belly, and is cast out into the draught? -- matthew 15:17 +. +But those things which proceed out of the mouth come forth from the heart; and they defile the man. -- matthew 15:18 +. +For out of the heart proceed evil thoughts, murders, adulteries, fornications, thefts, false witness, blasphemies: -- matthew 15:19 +. +These are the things which defile a man: but to eat with unwashed hands defiles not a man. -- matthew 15:20 +. +Then Jesus went there, and departed into the coasts of Tyre and Sidon. -- matthew 15:21 +. +And, behold, a woman of Canaan came out of the same coasts, and cried to him, saying, Have mercy on me, O Lord, you son of David; my daughter is grievously vexed with a devil. -- matthew 15:22 +. +But he answered her not a word. And his disciples came and sought him, saying, Send her away; for she cries after us. -- matthew 15:23 +. +But he answered and said, I am not sent but to the lost sheep of the house of Israel. -- matthew 15:24 +. +Then came she and worshipped him, saying, Lord, help me. -- matthew 15:25 +. +But he answered and said, It is not meet to take the children' bread, and to cast it to dogs. -- matthew 15:26 +. +And she said, Truth, Lord: yet the dogs eat of the crumbs which fall from their masters'table. -- matthew 15:27 +. +Then Jesus answered and said to her, O woman, great is your faith: be it to you even as you will. And her daughter was made whole from that very hour. -- matthew 15:28 +. +And Jesus departed from there, and came near to the sea of Galilee; and went up into a mountain, and sat down there. -- matthew 15:29 +. +And great multitudes came to him, having with them those that were lame, blind, dumb, maimed, and many others, and cast them down at Jesus'feet; and he healed them: -- matthew 15:30 +. +So that the multitude wondered, when they saw the dumb to speak, the maimed to be whole, the lame to walk, and the blind to see: and they glorified the God of Israel. -- matthew 15:31 +. +Then Jesus called his disciples to him, and said, I have compassion on the multitude, because they continue with me now three days, and have nothing to eat: and I will not send them away fasting, lest they faint in the way. -- matthew 15:32 +. +And his disciples say to him, From where should we have so much bread in the wilderness, as to fill so great a multitude? -- matthew 15:33 +. +And Jesus said to them, How many loaves have you? And they said, Seven, and a few little fishes. -- matthew 15:34 +. +And he commanded the multitude to sit down on the ground. -- matthew 15:35 +. +And he took the seven loaves and the fishes, and gave thanks, and broke them, and gave to his disciples, and the disciples to the multitude. -- matthew 15:36 +. +And they did all eat, and were filled: and they took up of the broken meat that was left seven baskets full. -- matthew 15:37 +. +And they that did eat were four thousand men, beside women and children. -- matthew 15:38 +. +And he sent away the multitude, and took ship, and came into the coasts of Magdala. -- matthew 15:39 +. +The Pharisees also with the Sadducees came, and tempting desired him that he would show them a sign from heaven. -- matthew 16:1 +. +He answered and said to them, When it is evening, you say, It will be fair weather: for the sky is red. -- matthew 16:2 +. +And in the morning, It will be foul weather to day: for the sky is red and lowering. O you hypocrites, you can discern the face of the sky; but can you not discern the signs of the times? -- matthew 16:3 +. +A wicked and adulterous generation seeks after a sign; and there shall no sign be given to it, but the sign of the prophet Jonas. And he left them, and departed. -- matthew 16:4 +. +And when his disciples were come to the other side, they had forgotten to take bread. -- matthew 16:5 +. +Then Jesus said to them, Take heed and beware of the leaven of the Pharisees and of the Sadducees. -- matthew 16:6 +. +And they reasoned among themselves, saying, It is because we have taken no bread. -- matthew 16:7 +. +Which when Jesus perceived, he said to them, O you of little faith, why reason you among yourselves, because you have brought no bread? -- matthew 16:8 +. +Do you not yet understand, neither remember the five loaves of the five thousand, and how many baskets you took up? -- matthew 16:9 +. +Neither the seven loaves of the four thousand, and how many baskets you took up? -- matthew 16:10 +. +How is it that you do not understand that I spoke it not to you concerning bread, that you should beware of the leaven of the Pharisees and of the Sadducees? -- matthew 16:11 +. +Then understood they how that he bade them not beware of the leaven of bread, but of the doctrine of the Pharisees and of the Sadducees. -- matthew 16:12 +. +When Jesus came into the coasts of Caesarea Philippi, he asked his disciples, saying, Whom do men say that I the Son of man am? -- matthew 16:13 +. +And they said, Some say that you are John the Baptist: some, Elias; and others, Jeremias, or one of the prophets. -- matthew 16:14 +. +He said to them, But whom say you that I am? -- matthew 16:15 +. +And Simon Peter answered and said, You are the Christ, the Son of the living God. -- matthew 16:16 +. +And Jesus answered and said to him, Blessed are you, Simon Barjona: for flesh and blood has not revealed it to you, but my Father which is in heaven. -- matthew 16:17 +. +And I say also to you, That you are Peter, and on this rock I will build my church; and the gates of hell shall not prevail against it. -- matthew 16:18 +. +And I will give to you the keys of the kingdom of heaven: and whatever you shall bind on earth shall be bound in heaven: and whatever you shall loose on earth shall be loosed in heaven. -- matthew 16:19 +. +Then charged he his disciples that they should tell no man that he was Jesus the Christ. -- matthew 16:20 +. +From that time forth began Jesus to show to his disciples, how that he must go to Jerusalem, and suffer many things of the elders and chief priests and scribes, and be killed, and be raised again the third day. -- matthew 16:21 +. +Then Peter took him, and began to rebuke him, saying, Be it far from you, Lord: this shall not be to you. -- matthew 16:22 +. +But he turned, and said to Peter, Get you behind me, Satan: you are an offense to me: for you mind not the things that be of God, but those that be of men. -- matthew 16:23 +. +Then said Jesus to his disciples, If any man will come after me, let him deny himself, and take up his cross, and follow me. -- matthew 16:24 +. +For whoever will save his life shall lose it: and whoever will lose his life for my sake shall find it. -- matthew 16:25 +. +For what is a man profited, if he shall gain the whole world, and lose his own soul? or what shall a man give in exchange for his soul? -- matthew 16:26 +. +For the Son of man shall come in the glory of his Father with his angels; and then he shall reward every man according to his works. -- matthew 16:27 +. +Truly I say to you, There be some standing here, which shall not taste of death, till they see the Son of man coming in his kingdom. -- matthew 16:28 +. +And after six days Jesus takes Peter, James, and John his brother, and brings them up into an high mountain apart, -- matthew 17:1 +. +And was transfigured before them: and his face did shine as the sun, and his raiment was white as the light. -- matthew 17:2 +. +And, behold, there appeared to them Moses and Elias talking with him. -- matthew 17:3 +. +Then answered Peter, and said to Jesus, Lord, it is good for us to be here: if you will, let us make here three tabernacles; one for you, and one for Moses, and one for Elias. -- matthew 17:4 +. +While he yet spoke, behold, a bright cloud overshadowed them: and behold a voice out of the cloud, which said, This is my beloved Son, in whom I am well pleased; hear you him. -- matthew 17:5 +. +And when the disciples heard it, they fell on their face, and were sore afraid. -- matthew 17:6 +. +And Jesus came and touched them, and said, Arise, and be not afraid. -- matthew 17:7 +. +And when they had lifted up their eyes, they saw no man, save Jesus only. -- matthew 17:8 +. +And as they came down from the mountain, Jesus charged them, saying, Tell the vision to no man, until the Son of man be risen again from the dead. -- matthew 17:9 +. +And his disciples asked him, saying, Why then say the scribes that Elias must first come? -- matthew 17:10 +. +And Jesus answered and said to them, Elias truly shall first come, and restore all things. -- matthew 17:11 +. +But I say to you, That Elias is come already, and they knew him not, but have done to him whatever they listed. Likewise shall also the Son of man suffer of them. -- matthew 17:12 +. +Then the disciples understood that he spoke to them of John the Baptist. -- matthew 17:13 +. +And when they were come to the multitude, there came to him a certain man, kneeling down to him, and saying, -- matthew 17:14 +. +Lord, have mercy on my son: for he is lunatic, and sore vexed: for often he falls into the fire, and oft into the water. -- matthew 17:15 +. +And I brought him to your disciples, and they could not cure him. -- matthew 17:16 +. +Then Jesus answered and said, O faithless and perverse generation, how long shall I be with you? how long shall I suffer you? bring him here to me. -- matthew 17:17 +. +And Jesus rebuked the devil; and he departed out of him: and the child was cured from that very hour. -- matthew 17:18 +. +Then came the disciples to Jesus apart, and said, Why could not we cast him out? -- matthew 17:19 +. +And Jesus said to them, Because of your unbelief: for truly I say to you, If you have faith as a grain of mustard seed, you shall say to this mountain, Remove hence to yonder place; and it shall remove; and nothing shall be impossible to you. -- matthew 17:20 +. +However, this kind goes not out but by prayer and fasting. -- matthew 17:21 +. +And while they stayed in Galilee, Jesus said to them, The Son of man shall be betrayed into the hands of men: -- matthew 17:22 +. +And they shall kill him, and the third day he shall be raised again. And they were exceeding sorry. -- matthew 17:23 +. +And when they were come to Capernaum, they that received tribute money came to Peter, and said, Does not your master pay tribute? -- matthew 17:24 +. +He said, Yes. And when he was come into the house, Jesus prevented him, saying, What think you, Simon? of whom do the kings of the earth take custom or tribute? of their own children, or of strangers? -- matthew 17:25 +. +Peter said to him, Of strangers. Jesus said to him, Then are the children free. -- matthew 17:26 +. +Notwithstanding, lest we should offend them, go you to the sea, and cast an hook, and take up the fish that first comes up; and when you have opened his mouth, you shall find a piece of money: that take, and give to them for me and you. -- matthew 17:27 +. +At the same time came the disciples to Jesus, saying, Who is the greatest in the kingdom of heaven? -- matthew 18:1 +. +And Jesus called a little child to him, and set him in the middle of them, -- matthew 18:2 +. +And said, Truly I say to you, Except you be converted, and become as little children, you shall not enter into the kingdom of heaven. -- matthew 18:3 +. +Whoever therefore shall humble himself as this little child, the same is greatest in the kingdom of heaven. -- matthew 18:4 +. +And whoever shall receive one such little child in my name receives me. -- matthew 18:5 +. +But whoever shall offend one of these little ones which believe in me, it were better for him that a millstone were hanged about his neck, and that he were drowned in the depth of the sea. -- matthew 18:6 +. +Woe to the world because of offenses! for it must needs be that offenses come; but woe to that man by whom the offense comes! -- matthew 18:7 +. +Why if your hand or your foot offend you, cut them off, and cast them from you: it is better for you to enter into life halt or maimed, rather than having two hands or two feet to be cast into everlasting fire. -- matthew 18:8 +. +And if your eye offend you, pluck it out, and cast it from you: it is better for you to enter into life with one eye, rather than having two eyes to be cast into hell fire. -- matthew 18:9 +. +Take heed that you despise not one of these little ones; for I say to you, That in heaven their angels do always behold the face of my Father which is in heaven. -- matthew 18:10 +. +For the Son of man is come to save that which was lost. -- matthew 18:11 +. +How think you? if a man have an hundred sheep, and one of them be gone astray, does he not leave the ninety and nine, and goes into the mountains, and seeks that which is gone astray? -- matthew 18:12 +. +And if so be that he find it, truly I say to you, he rejoices more of that sheep, than of the ninety and nine which went not astray. -- matthew 18:13 +. +Even so it is not the will of your Father which is in heaven, that one of these little ones should perish. -- matthew 18:14 +. +Moreover if your brother shall trespass against you, go and tell him his fault between you and him alone: if he shall hear you, you have gained your brother. -- matthew 18:15 +. +But if he will not hear you, then take with you one or two more, that in the mouth of two or three witnesses every word may be established. -- matthew 18:16 +. +And if he shall neglect to hear them, tell it to the church: but if he neglect to hear the church, let him be to you as an heathen man and a publican. -- matthew 18:17 +. +Truly I say to you, Whatever you shall bind on earth shall be bound in heaven: and whatever you shall loose on earth shall be loosed in heaven. -- matthew 18:18 +. +Again I say to you, That if two of you shall agree on earth as touching any thing that they shall ask, it shall be done for them of my Father which is in heaven. -- matthew 18:19 +. +For where two or three are gathered together in my name, there am I in the middle of them. -- matthew 18:20 +. +Then came Peter to him, and said, Lord, how oft shall my brother sin against me, and I forgive him? till seven times? -- matthew 18:21 +. +Jesus said to him, I say not to you, Until seven times: but, Until seventy times seven. -- matthew 18:22 +. +Therefore is the kingdom of heaven likened to a certain king, which would take account of his servants. -- matthew 18:23 +. +And when he had begun to reckon, one was brought to him, which owed him ten thousand talents. -- matthew 18:24 +. +But for as much as he had not to pay, his lord commanded him to be sold, and his wife, and children, and all that he had, and payment to be made. -- matthew 18:25 +. +The servant therefore fell down, and worshipped him, saying, Lord, have patience with me, and I will pay you all. -- matthew 18:26 +. +Then the lord of that servant was moved with compassion, and loosed him, and forgave him the debt. -- matthew 18:27 +. +But the same servant went out, and found one of his fellow servants, which owed him an hundred pence: and he laid hands on him, and took him by the throat, saying, Pay me that you owe. -- matthew 18:28 +. +And his fellow servant fell down at his feet, and sought him, saying, Have patience with me, and I will pay you all. -- matthew 18:29 +. +And he would not: but went and cast him into prison, till he should pay the debt. -- matthew 18:30 +. +So when his fellow servants saw what was done, they were very sorry, and came and told to their lord all that was done. -- matthew 18:31 +. +Then his lord, after that he had called him, said to him, O you wicked servant, I forgave you all that debt, because you desired me: -- matthew 18:32 +. +Should not you also have had compassion on your fellow servant, even as I had pity on you? -- matthew 18:33 +. +And his lord was wroth, and delivered him to the tormentors, till he should pay all that was due to him. -- matthew 18:34 +. +So likewise shall my heavenly Father do also to you, if you from your hearts forgive not every one his brother their trespasses. -- matthew 18:35 +. +And it came to pass, that when Jesus had finished these sayings, he departed from Galilee, and came into the coasts of Judaea beyond Jordan; -- matthew 19:1 +. +And great multitudes followed him; and he healed them there. -- matthew 19:2 +. +The Pharisees also came to him, tempting him, and saying to him, Is it lawful for a man to put away his wife for every cause? -- matthew 19:3 +. +And he answered and said to them, Have you not read, that he which made them at the beginning made them male and female, -- matthew 19:4 +. +And said, For this cause shall a man leave father and mother, and shall join to his wife: and they two shall be one flesh? -- matthew 19:5 +. +Why they are no more two, but one flesh. What therefore God has joined together, let not man put asunder. -- matthew 19:6 +. +They say to him, Why did Moses then command to give a writing of divorce, and to put her away? -- matthew 19:7 +. +He said to them, Moses because of the hardness of your hearts suffered you to put away your wives: but from the beginning it was not so. -- matthew 19:8 +. +And I say to you, Whoever shall put away his wife, except it be for fornication, and shall marry another, commits adultery: and whoever marries her which is put away does commit adultery. -- matthew 19:9 +. +His disciples say to him, If the case of the man be so with his wife, it is not good to marry. -- matthew 19:10 +. +But he said to them, All men cannot receive this saying, save they to whom it is given. -- matthew 19:11 +. +For there are some eunuchs, which were so born from their mother' womb: and there are some eunuchs, which were made eunuchs of men: and there be eunuchs, which have made themselves eunuchs for the kingdom of heaven' sake. He that is able to receive it, let him receive it. -- matthew 19:12 +. +Then were there brought to him little children, that he should put his hands on them, and pray: and the disciples rebuked them. -- matthew 19:13 +. +But Jesus said, Suffer little children, and forbid them not, to come to me: for of such is the kingdom of heaven. -- matthew 19:14 +. +And he laid his hands on them, and departed there. -- matthew 19:15 +. +And, behold, one came and said to him, Good Master, what good thing shall I do, that I may have eternal life? -- matthew 19:16 +. +And he said to him, Why call you me good? there is none good but one, that is, God: but if you will enter into life, keep the commandments. -- matthew 19:17 +. +He said to him, Which? Jesus said, You shall do no murder, You shall not commit adultery, You shall not steal, You shall not bear false witness, -- matthew 19:18 +. +Honor your father and your mother: and, You shall love your neighbor as yourself. -- matthew 19:19 +. +The young man said to him, All these things have I kept from my youth up: what lack I yet? -- matthew 19:20 +. +Jesus said to him, If you will be perfect, go and sell that you have, and give to the poor, and you shall have treasure in heaven: and come and follow me. -- matthew 19:21 +. +But when the young man heard that saying, he went away sorrowful: for he had great possessions. -- matthew 19:22 +. +Then said Jesus to his disciples, Truly I say to you, That a rich man shall hardly enter into the kingdom of heaven. -- matthew 19:23 +. +And again I say to you, It is easier for a camel to go through the eye of a needle, than for a rich man to enter into the kingdom of God. -- matthew 19:24 +. +When his disciples heard it, they were exceedingly amazed, saying, Who then can be saved? -- matthew 19:25 +. +But Jesus beheld them, and said to them, With men this is impossible; but with God all things are possible. -- matthew 19:26 +. +Then answered Peter and said to him, Behold, we have forsaken all, and followed you; what shall we have therefore? -- matthew 19:27 +. +And Jesus said to them, Truly I say to you, That you which have followed me, in the regeneration when the Son of man shall sit in the throne of his glory, you also shall sit on twelve thrones, judging the twelve tribes of Israel. -- matthew 19:28 +. +And every one that has forsaken houses, or brothers, or sisters, or father, or mother, or wife, or children, or lands, for my name' sake, shall receive an hundred times, and shall inherit everlasting life. -- matthew 19:29 +. +But many that are first shall be last; and the last shall be first. -- matthew 19:30 +. +For the kingdom of heaven is like to a man that is an householder, which went out early in the morning to hire laborers into his vineyard. -- matthew 20:1 +. +And when he had agreed with the laborers for a penny a day, he sent them into his vineyard. -- matthew 20:2 +. +And he went out about the third hour, and saw others standing idle in the marketplace, -- matthew 20:3 +. +And said to them; Go you also into the vineyard, and whatever is right I will give you. And they went their way. -- matthew 20:4 +. +Again he went out about the sixth and ninth hour, and did likewise. -- matthew 20:5 +. +And about the eleventh hour he went out, and found others standing idle, and said to them, Why stand you here all the day idle? -- matthew 20:6 +. +They say to him, Because no man has hired us. He said to them, Go you also into the vineyard; and whatever is right, that shall you receive. -- matthew 20:7 +. +So when even was come, the lord of the vineyard said to his steward, Call the laborers, and give them their hire, beginning from the last to the first. -- matthew 20:8 +. +And when they came that were hired about the eleventh hour, they received every man a penny. -- matthew 20:9 +. +But when the first came, they supposed that they should have received more; and they likewise received every man a penny. -- matthew 20:10 +. +And when they had received it, they murmured against the manager of the house, -- matthew 20:11 +. +Saying, These last have worked but one hour, and you have made them equal to us, which have borne the burden and heat of the day. -- matthew 20:12 +. +But he answered one of them, and said, Friend, I do you no wrong: did not you agree with me for a penny? -- matthew 20:13 +. +Take that your is, and go your way: I will give to this last, even as to you. -- matthew 20:14 +. +Is it not lawful for me to do what I will with my own? Is your eye evil, because I am good? -- matthew 20:15 +. +So the last shall be first, and the first last: for many be called, but few chosen. -- matthew 20:16 +. +And Jesus going up to Jerusalem took the twelve disciples apart in the way, and said to them, -- matthew 20:17 +. +Behold, we go up to Jerusalem; and the Son of man shall be betrayed to the chief priests and to the scribes, and they shall condemn him to death, -- matthew 20:18 +. +And shall deliver him to the Gentiles to mock, and to whip, and to crucify him: and the third day he shall rise again. -- matthew 20:19 +. +Then came to him the mother of Zebedees children with her sons, worshipping him, and desiring a certain thing of him. -- matthew 20:20 +. +And he said to her, What will you? She said to him, Grant that these my two sons may sit, the one on your right hand, and the other on the left, in your kingdom. -- matthew 20:21 +. +But Jesus answered and said, You know not what you ask. Are you able to drink of the cup that I shall drink of, and to be baptized with the baptism that I am baptized with? They say to him, We are able. -- matthew 20:22 +. +And he said to them, You shall drink indeed of my cup, and be baptized with the baptism that I am baptized with: but to sit on my right hand, and on my left, is not my to give, but it shall be given to them for whom it is prepared of my Father. -- matthew 20:23 +. +And when the ten heard it, they were moved with indignation against the two brothers. -- matthew 20:24 +. +But Jesus called them to him, and said, You know that the princes of the Gentiles exercise dominion over them, and they that are great exercise authority on them. -- matthew 20:25 +. +But it shall not be so among you: but whoever will be great among you, let him be your minister; -- matthew 20:26 +. +And whoever will be chief among you, let him be your servant: -- matthew 20:27 +. +Even as the Son of man came not to be ministered to, but to minister, and to give his life a ransom for many. -- matthew 20:28 +. +And as they departed from Jericho, a great multitude followed him. -- matthew 20:29 +. +And, behold, two blind men sitting by the way side, when they heard that Jesus passed by, cried out, saying, Have mercy on us, O Lord, you son of David. -- matthew 20:30 +. +And the multitude rebuked them, because they should hold their peace: but they cried the more, saying, Have mercy on us, O Lord, you son of David. -- matthew 20:31 +. +And Jesus stood still, and called them, and said, What will you that I shall do to you? -- matthew 20:32 +. +They say to him, Lord, that our eyes may be opened. -- matthew 20:33 +. +So Jesus had compassion on them, and touched their eyes: and immediately their eyes received sight, and they followed him. -- matthew 20:34 +. +And when they drew near to Jerusalem, and were come to Bethphage, to the mount of Olives, then sent Jesus two disciples, -- matthew 21:1 +. +Saying to them, Go into the village over against you, and straightway you shall find an ass tied, and a colt with her: loose them, and bring them to me. -- matthew 21:2 +. +And if any man say ought to you, you shall say, The Lord has need of them; and straightway he will send them. -- matthew 21:3 +. +All this was done, that it might be fulfilled which was spoken by the prophet, saying, -- matthew 21:4 +. +Tell you the daughter of Sion, Behold, your King comes to you, meek, and sitting on an ass, and a colt the foal of an ass. -- matthew 21:5 +. +And the disciples went, and did as Jesus commanded them, -- matthew 21:6 +. +And brought the ass, and the colt, and put on them their clothes, and they set him thereon. -- matthew 21:7 +. +And a very great multitude spread their garments in the way; others cut down branches from the trees, and strewed them in the way. -- matthew 21:8 +. +And the multitudes that went before, and that followed, cried, saying, Hosanna to the son of David: Blessed is he that comes in the name of the Lord; Hosanna in the highest. -- matthew 21:9 +. +And when he was come into Jerusalem, all the city was moved, saying, Who is this? -- matthew 21:10 +. +And the multitude said, This is Jesus the prophet of Nazareth of Galilee. -- matthew 21:11 +. +And Jesus went into the temple of God, and cast out all them that sold and bought in the temple, and overthrew the tables of the moneychangers, and the seats of them that sold doves, -- matthew 21:12 +. +And said to them, It is written, My house shall be called the house of prayer; but you have made it a den of thieves. -- matthew 21:13 +. +And the blind and the lame came to him in the temple; and he healed them. -- matthew 21:14 +. +And when the chief priests and scribes saw the wonderful things that he did, and the children crying in the temple, and saying, Hosanna to the son of David; they were sore displeased, -- matthew 21:15 +. +And said to him, Hear you what these say? And Jesus said to them, Yes; have you never read, Out of the mouth of babes and sucklings you have perfected praise? -- matthew 21:16 +. +And he left them, and went out of the city into Bethany; and he lodged there. -- matthew 21:17 +. +Now in the morning as he returned into the city, he hungry. -- matthew 21:18 +. +And when he saw a fig tree in the way, he came to it, and found nothing thereon, but leaves only, and said to it, Let no fruit grow on you henceforward for ever. And presently the fig tree withered away. -- matthew 21:19 +. +And when the disciples saw it, they marveled, saying, How soon is the fig tree withered away! -- matthew 21:20 +. +Jesus answered and said to them, Truly I say to you, If you have faith, and doubt not, you shall not only do this which is done to the fig tree, but also if you shall say to this mountain, Be you removed, and be you cast into the sea; it shall be done. -- matthew 21:21 +. +And all things, whatever you shall ask in prayer, believing, you shall receive. -- matthew 21:22 +. +And when he was come into the temple, the chief priests and the elders of the people came to him as he was teaching, and said, By what authority do you these things? and who gave you this authority? -- matthew 21:23 +. +And Jesus answered and said to them, I also will ask you one thing, which if you tell me, I in like wise will tell you by what authority I do these things. -- matthew 21:24 +. +The baptism of John, from where was it? from heaven, or of men? And they reasoned with themselves, saying, If we shall say, From heaven; he will say to us, Why did you not then believe him? -- matthew 21:25 +. +But if we shall say, Of men; we fear the people; for all hold John as a prophet. -- matthew 21:26 +. +And they answered Jesus, and said, We cannot tell. And he said to them, Neither tell I you by what authority I do these things. -- matthew 21:27 +. +But what think you? A certain man had two sons; and he came to the first, and said, Son, go work to day in my vineyard. -- matthew 21:28 +. +He answered and said, I will not: but afterward he repented, and went. -- matthew 21:29 +. +And he came to the second, and said likewise. And he answered and said, I go, sir: and went not. -- matthew 21:30 +. +Whether of them two did the will of his father? They say to him, The first. Jesus said to them, Truly I say to you, That the publicans and the harlots go into the kingdom of God before you. -- matthew 21:31 +. +For John came to you in the way of righteousness, and you believed him not: but the publicans and the harlots believed him: and you, when you had seen it, repented not afterward, that you might believe him. -- matthew 21:32 +. +Hear another parable: There was a certain householder, which planted a vineyard, and hedged it round about, and dig a wine press in it, and built a tower, and let it out to farmers, and went into a far country: -- matthew 21:33 +. +And when the time of the fruit drew near, he sent his servants to the farmers, that they might receive the fruits of it. -- matthew 21:34 +. +And the farmers took his servants, and beat one, and killed another, and stoned another. -- matthew 21:35 +. +Again, he sent other servants more than the first: and they did to them likewise. -- matthew 21:36 +. +But last of all he sent to them his son, saying, They will reverence my son. -- matthew 21:37 +. +But when the farmers saw the son, they said among themselves, This is the heir; come, let us kill him, and let us seize on his inheritance. -- matthew 21:38 +. +And they caught him, and cast him out of the vineyard, and slew him. -- matthew 21:39 +. +When the lord therefore of the vineyard comes, what will he do to those farmers? -- matthew 21:40 +. +They say to him, He will miserably destroy those wicked men, and will let out his vineyard to other farmers, which shall render him the fruits in their seasons. -- matthew 21:41 +. +Jesus said to them, Did you never read in the scriptures, The stone which the builders rejected, the same is become the head of the corner: this is the Lord' doing, and it is marvelous in our eyes? -- matthew 21:42 +. +Therefore say I to you, The kingdom of God shall be taken from you, and given to a nation bringing forth the fruits thereof. -- matthew 21:43 +. +And whoever shall fall on this stone shall be broken: but on whomsoever it shall fall, it will grind him to powder. -- matthew 21:44 +. +And when the chief priests and Pharisees had heard his parables, they perceived that he spoke of them. -- matthew 21:45 +. +But when they sought to lay hands on him, they feared the multitude, because they took him for a prophet. -- matthew 21:46 +. +And Jesus answered and spoke to them again by parables, and said, -- matthew 22:1 +. +The kingdom of heaven is like to a certain king, which made a marriage for his son, -- matthew 22:2 +. +And sent forth his servants to call them that were bidden to the wedding: and they would not come. -- matthew 22:3 +. +Again, he sent forth other servants, saying, Tell them which are bidden, Behold, I have prepared my dinner: my oxen and my fatted calves are killed, and all things are ready: come to the marriage. -- matthew 22:4 +. +But they made light of it, and went their ways, one to his farm, another to his merchandise: -- matthew 22:5 +. +And the remnant took his servants, and entreated them spitefully, and slew them. -- matthew 22:6 +. +But when the king heard thereof, he was wroth: and he sent forth his armies, and destroyed those murderers, and burned up their city. -- matthew 22:7 +. +Then said he to his servants, The wedding is ready, but they which were bidden were not worthy. -- matthew 22:8 +. +Go you therefore into the highways, and as many as you shall find, bid to the marriage. -- matthew 22:9 +. +So those servants went out into the highways, and gathered together all as many as they found, both bad and good: and the wedding was furnished with guests. -- matthew 22:10 +. +And when the king came in to see the guests, he saw there a man which had not on a wedding garment: -- matthew 22:11 +. +And he said to him, Friend, how came you in here not having a wedding garment? And he was speechless. -- matthew 22:12 +. +Then said the king to the servants, Bind him hand and foot, and take him away, and cast him into outer darkness, there shall be weeping and gnashing of teeth. -- matthew 22:13 +. +For many are called, but few are chosen. -- matthew 22:14 +. +Then went the Pharisees, and took counsel how they might entangle him in his talk. -- matthew 22:15 +. +And they sent out to him their disciples with the Herodians, saying, Master, we know that you are true, and teach the way of God in truth, neither care you for any man: for you regard not the person of men. -- matthew 22:16 +. +Tell us therefore, What think you? Is it lawful to give tribute to Caesar, or not? -- matthew 22:17 +. +But Jesus perceived their wickedness, and said, Why tempt you me, you hypocrites? -- matthew 22:18 +. +Show me the tribute money. And they brought to him a penny. -- matthew 22:19 +. +And he said to them, Whose is this image and superscription? -- matthew 22:20 +. +They say to him, Caesar'. Then said he to them, Render therefore to Caesar the things which are Caesar'; and to God the things that are God'. -- matthew 22:21 +. +When they had heard these words, they marveled, and left him, and went their way. -- matthew 22:22 +. +The same day came to him the Sadducees, which say that there is no resurrection, and asked him, -- matthew 22:23 +. +Saying, Master, Moses said, If a man die, having no children, his brother shall marry his wife, and raise up seed to his brother. -- matthew 22:24 +. +Now there were with us seven brothers: and the first, when he had married a wife, deceased, and, having no issue, left his wife to his brother: -- matthew 22:25 +. +Likewise the second also, and the third, to the seventh. -- matthew 22:26 +. +And last of all the woman died also. -- matthew 22:27 +. +Therefore in the resurrection whose wife shall she be of the seven? for they all had her. -- matthew 22:28 +. +Jesus answered and said to them, You do err, not knowing the scriptures, nor the power of God. -- matthew 22:29 +. +For in the resurrection they neither marry, nor are given in marriage, but are as the angels of God in heaven. -- matthew 22:30 +. +But as touching the resurrection of the dead, have you not read that which was spoken to you by God, saying, -- matthew 22:31 +. +I am the God of Abraham, and the God of Isaac, and the God of Jacob? God is not the God of the dead, but of the living. -- matthew 22:32 +. +And when the multitude heard this, they were astonished at his doctrine. -- matthew 22:33 +. +But when the Pharisees had heard that he had put the Sadducees to silence, they were gathered together. -- matthew 22:34 +. +Then one of them, which was a lawyer, asked him a question, tempting him, and saying, -- matthew 22:35 +. +Master, which is the great commandment in the law? -- matthew 22:36 +. +Jesus said to him, You shall love the Lord your God with all your heart, and with all your soul, and with all your mind. -- matthew 22:37 +. +This is the first and great commandment. -- matthew 22:38 +. +And the second is like to it, You shall love your neighbor as yourself. -- matthew 22:39 +. +On these two commandments hang all the law and the prophets. -- matthew 22:40 +. +While the Pharisees were gathered together, Jesus asked them, -- matthew 22:41 +. +Saying, What think you of Christ? whose son is he? They say to him, The son of David. -- matthew 22:42 +. +He said to them, How then does David in spirit call him Lord, saying, -- matthew 22:43 +. +The LORD said to my Lord, Sit you on my right hand, till I make your enemies your footstool? -- matthew 22:44 +. +If David then call him Lord, how is he his son? -- matthew 22:45 +. +And no man was able to answer him a word, neither dared any man from that day forth ask him any more questions. -- matthew 22:46 +. +Then spoke Jesus to the multitude, and to his disciples, -- matthew 23:1 +. +Saying The scribes and the Pharisees sit in Moses'seat: -- matthew 23:2 +. +All therefore whatever they bid you observe, that observe and do; but do not you after their works: for they say, and do not. -- matthew 23:3 +. +For they bind heavy burdens and grievous to be borne, and lay them on men' shoulders; but they themselves will not move them with one of their fingers. -- matthew 23:4 +. +But all their works they do for to be seen of men: they make broad their phylacteries, and enlarge the borders of their garments, -- matthew 23:5 +. +And love the uppermost rooms at feasts, and the chief seats in the synagogues, -- matthew 23:6 +. +And greetings in the markets, and to be called of men, Rabbi, Rabbi. -- matthew 23:7 +. +But be not you called Rabbi: for one is your Master, even Christ; and all you are brothers. -- matthew 23:8 +. +And call no man your father on the earth: for one is your Father, which is in heaven. -- matthew 23:9 +. +Neither be you called masters: for one is your Master, even Christ. -- matthew 23:10 +. +But he that is greatest among you shall be your servant. -- matthew 23:11 +. +And whoever shall exalt himself shall be abased; and he that shall humble himself shall be exalted. -- matthew 23:12 +. +But woe to you, scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites! for you shut up the kingdom of heaven against men: for you neither go in yourselves, neither suffer you them that are entering to go in. -- matthew 23:13 +. +Woe to you, scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites! for you devour widows'houses, and for a pretense make long prayer: therefore you shall receive the greater damnation. -- matthew 23:14 +. +Woe to you, scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites! for you compass sea and land to make one proselyte, and when he is made, you make him twofold more the child of hell than yourselves. -- matthew 23:15 +. +Woe to you, you blind guides, which say, Whoever shall swear by the temple, it is nothing; but whoever shall swear by the gold of the temple, he is a debtor! -- matthew 23:16 +. +You fools and blind: for whether is greater, the gold, or the temple that sanctifies the gold? -- matthew 23:17 +. +And, Whoever shall swear by the altar, it is nothing; but whoever swears by the gift that is on it, he is guilty. -- matthew 23:18 +. +You fools and blind: for whether is greater, the gift, or the altar that sanctifies the gift? -- matthew 23:19 +. +Whoever therefore shall swear by the altar, swears by it, and by all things thereon. -- matthew 23:20 +. +And whoever shall swear by the temple, swears by it, and by him that dwells therein. -- matthew 23:21 +. +And he that shall swear by heaven, swears by the throne of God, and by him that sits thereon. -- matthew 23:22 +. +Woe to you, scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites! for you pay tithe of mint and anise and cummin, and have omitted the weightier matters of the law, judgment, mercy, and faith: these ought you to have done, and not to leave the other undone. -- matthew 23:23 +. +You blind guides, which strain at a gnat, and swallow a camel. -- matthew 23:24 +. +Woe to you, scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites! for you make clean the outside of the cup and of the platter, but within they are full of extortion and excess. -- matthew 23:25 +. +You blind Pharisee, cleanse first that which is within the cup and platter, that the outside of them may be clean also. -- matthew 23:26 +. +Woe to you, scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites! for you are like to white washed sepulchers, which indeed appear beautiful outward, but are within full of dead men' bones, and of all uncleanness. -- matthew 23:27 +. +Even so you also outwardly appear righteous to men, but within you are full of hypocrisy and iniquity. -- matthew 23:28 +. +Woe to you, scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites! because you build the tombs of the prophets, and garnish the sepulchers of the righteous, -- matthew 23:29 +. +And say, If we had been in the days of our fathers, we would not have been partakers with them in the blood of the prophets. -- matthew 23:30 +. +Why you be witnesses to yourselves, that you are the children of them which killed the prophets. -- matthew 23:31 +. +Fill you up then the measure of your fathers. -- matthew 23:32 +. +You serpents, you generation of vipers, how can you escape the damnation of hell? -- matthew 23:33 +. +Why, behold, I send to you prophets, and wise men, and scribes: and some of them you shall kill and crucify; and some of them shall you whip in your synagogues, and persecute them from city to city: -- matthew 23:34 +. +That on you may come all the righteous blood shed on the earth, from the blood of righteous Abel to the blood of Zacharias son of Barachias, whom you slew between the temple and the altar. -- matthew 23:35 +. +Truly I say to you, All these things shall come on this generation. -- matthew 23:36 +. +O Jerusalem, Jerusalem, you that kill the prophets, and stone them which are sent to you, how often would I have gathered your children together, even as a hen gathers her chickens under her wings, and you would not! -- matthew 23:37 +. +Behold, your house is left to you desolate. -- matthew 23:38 +. +For I say to you, You shall not see me from now on, till you shall say, Blessed is he that comes in the name of the Lord. -- matthew 23:39 +. +And Jesus went out, and departed from the temple: and his disciples came to him for to show him the buildings of the temple. -- matthew 24:1 +. +And Jesus said to them, See you not all these things? truly I say to you, There shall not be left here one stone on another, that shall not be thrown down. -- matthew 24:2 +. +And as he sat on the mount of Olives, the disciples came to him privately, saying, Tell us, when shall these things be? and what shall be the sign of your coming, and of the end of the world? -- matthew 24:3 +. +And Jesus answered and said to them, Take heed that no man deceive you. -- matthew 24:4 +. +For many shall come in my name, saying, I am Christ; and shall deceive many. -- matthew 24:5 +. +And you shall hear of wars and rumors of wars: see that you be not troubled: for all these things must come to pass, but the end is not yet. -- matthew 24:6 +. +For nation shall rise against nation, and kingdom against kingdom: and there shall be famines, and pestilences, and earthquakes, in divers places. -- matthew 24:7 +. +All these are the beginning of sorrows. -- matthew 24:8 +. +Then shall they deliver you up to be afflicted, and shall kill you: and you shall be hated of all nations for my name' sake. -- matthew 24:9 +. +And then shall many be offended, and shall betray one another, and shall hate one another. -- matthew 24:10 +. +And many false prophets shall rise, and shall deceive many. -- matthew 24:11 +. +And because iniquity shall abound, the love of many shall wax cold. -- matthew 24:12 +. +But he that shall endure to the end, the same shall be saved. -- matthew 24:13 +. +And this gospel of the kingdom shall be preached in all the world for a witness to all nations; and then shall the end come. -- matthew 24:14 +. +When you therefore shall see the abomination of desolation, spoken of by Daniel the prophet, stand in the holy place, (whoever reads, let him understand:) -- matthew 24:15 +. +Then let them which be in Judaea flee into the mountains: -- matthew 24:16 +. +Let him which is on the housetop not come down to take any thing out of his house: -- matthew 24:17 +. +Neither let him which is in the field return back to take his clothes. -- matthew 24:18 +. +And woe to them that are with child, and to them that give suck in those days! -- matthew 24:19 +. +But pray you that your flight be not in the winter, neither on the sabbath day: -- matthew 24:20 +. +For then shall be great tribulation, such as was not since the beginning of the world to this time, no, nor ever shall be. -- matthew 24:21 +. +And except those days should be shortened, there should no flesh be saved: but for the elect' sake those days shall be shortened. -- matthew 24:22 +. +Then if any man shall say to you, See, here is Christ, or there; believe it not. -- matthew 24:23 +. +For there shall arise false Christs, and false prophets, and shall show great signs and wonders; so that, if it were possible, they shall deceive the very elect. -- matthew 24:24 +. +Behold, I have told you before. -- matthew 24:25 +. +Why if they shall say to you, Behold, he is in the desert; go not forth: behold, he is in the secret chambers; believe it not. -- matthew 24:26 +. +For as the lightning comes out of the east, and shines even to the west; so shall also the coming of the Son of man be. -- matthew 24:27 +. +For wherever the carcass is, there will the eagles be gathered together. -- matthew 24:28 +. +Immediately after the tribulation of those days shall the sun be darkened, and the moon shall not give her light, and the stars shall fall from heaven, and the powers of the heavens shall be shaken: -- matthew 24:29 +. +And then shall appear the sign of the Son of man in heaven: and then shall all the tribes of the earth mourn, and they shall see the Son of man coming in the clouds of heaven with power and great glory. -- matthew 24:30 +. +And he shall send his angels with a great sound of a trumpet, and they shall gather together his elect from the four winds, from one end of heaven to the other. -- matthew 24:31 +. +Now learn a parable of the fig tree; When his branch is yet tender, and puts forth leaves, you know that summer is near: -- matthew 24:32 +. +So likewise you, when you shall see all these things, know that it is near, even at the doors. -- matthew 24:33 +. +Truly I say to you, This generation shall not pass, till all these things be fulfilled. -- matthew 24:34 +. +Heaven and earth shall pass away, but my words shall not pass away. -- matthew 24:35 +. +But of that day and hour knows no man, no, not the angels of heaven, but my Father only. -- matthew 24:36 +. +But as the days of Noe were, so shall also the coming of the Son of man be. -- matthew 24:37 +. +For as in the days that were before the flood they were eating and drinking, marrying and giving in marriage, until the day that Noe entered into the ark, -- matthew 24:38 +. +And knew not until the flood came, and took them all away; so shall also the coming of the Son of man be. -- matthew 24:39 +. +Then shall two be in the field; the one shall be taken, and the other left. -- matthew 24:40 +. +Two women shall be grinding at the mill; the one shall be taken, and the other left. -- matthew 24:41 +. +Watch therefore: for you know not what hour your Lord does come. -- matthew 24:42 +. +But know this, that if the manager of the house had known in what watch the thief would come, he would have watched, and would not have suffered his house to be broken up. -- matthew 24:43 +. +Therefore be you also ready: for in such an hour as you think not the Son of man comes. -- matthew 24:44 +. +Who then is a faithful and wise servant, whom his lord has made ruler over his household, to give them meat in due season? -- matthew 24:45 +. +Blessed is that servant, whom his lord when he comes shall find so doing. -- matthew 24:46 +. +Truly I say to you, That he shall make him ruler over all his goods. -- matthew 24:47 +. +But and if that evil servant shall say in his heart, My lord delays his coming; -- matthew 24:48 +. +And shall begin to smite his fellow servants, and to eat and drink with the drunken; -- matthew 24:49 +. +The lord of that servant shall come in a day when he looks not for him, and in an hour that he is not aware of, -- matthew 24:50 +. +And shall cut him asunder, and appoint him his portion with the hypocrites: there shall be weeping and gnashing of teeth. -- matthew 24:51 +. +Then shall the kingdom of heaven be likened to ten virgins, which took their lamps, and went forth to meet the bridegroom. -- matthew 25:1 +. +And five of them were wise, and five were foolish. -- matthew 25:2 +. +They that were foolish took their lamps, and took no oil with them: -- matthew 25:3 +. +But the wise took oil in their vessels with their lamps. -- matthew 25:4 +. +While the bridegroom tarried, they all slumbered and slept. -- matthew 25:5 +. +And at midnight there was a cry made, Behold, the bridegroom comes; go you out to meet him. -- matthew 25:6 +. +Then all those virgins arose, and trimmed their lamps. -- matthew 25:7 +. +And the foolish said to the wise, Give us of your oil; for our lamps are gone out. -- matthew 25:8 +. +But the wise answered, saying, Not so; lest there be not enough for us and you: but go you rather to them that sell, and buy for yourselves. -- matthew 25:9 +. +And while they went to buy, the bridegroom came; and they that were ready went in with him to the marriage: and the door was shut. -- matthew 25:10 +. +Afterward came also the other virgins, saying, Lord, Lord, open to us. -- matthew 25:11 +. +But he answered and said, Truly I say to you, I know you not. -- matthew 25:12 +. +Watch therefore, for you know neither the day nor the hour wherein the Son of man comes. -- matthew 25:13 +. +For the kingdom of heaven is as a man traveling into a far country, who called his own servants, and delivered to them his goods. -- matthew 25:14 +. +And to one he gave five talents, to another two, and to another one; to every man according to his several ability; and straightway took his journey. -- matthew 25:15 +. +Then he that had received the five talents went and traded with the same, and made them other five talents. -- matthew 25:16 +. +And likewise he that had received two, he also gained other two. -- matthew 25:17 +. +But he that had received one went and dig in the earth, and hid his lord' money. -- matthew 25:18 +. +After a long time the lord of those servants comes, and reckons with them. -- matthew 25:19 +. +And so he that had received five talents came and brought other five talents, saying, Lord, you delivered to me five talents: behold, I have gained beside them five talents more. -- matthew 25:20 +. +His lord said to him, Well done, you good and faithful servant: you have been faithful over a few things, I will make you ruler over many things: enter you into the joy of your lord. -- matthew 25:21 +. +He also that had received two talents came and said, Lord, you delivered to me two talents: behold, I have gained two other talents beside them. -- matthew 25:22 +. +His lord said to him, Well done, good and faithful servant; you have been faithful over a few things, I will make you ruler over many things: enter you into the joy of your lord. -- matthew 25:23 +. +Then he which had received the one talent came and said, Lord, I knew you that you are an hard man, reaping where you have not sown, and gathering where you have not strewed: -- matthew 25:24 +. +And I was afraid, and went and hid your talent in the earth: see, there you have that is yours. -- matthew 25:25 +. +His lord answered and said to him, You wicked and slothful servant, you knew that I reap where I sowed not, and gather where I have not strewed: -- matthew 25:26 +. +You ought therefore to have put my money to the exchangers, and then at my coming I should have received my own with usury. -- matthew 25:27 +. +Take therefore the talent from him, and give it to him which has ten talents. -- matthew 25:28 +. +For to every one that has shall be given, and he shall have abundance: but from him that has not shall be taken away even that which he has. -- matthew 25:29 +. +And cast you the unprofitable servant into outer darkness: there shall be weeping and gnashing of teeth. -- matthew 25:30 +. +When the Son of man shall come in his glory, and all the holy angels with him, then shall he sit on the throne of his glory: -- matthew 25:31 +. +And before him shall be gathered all nations: and he shall separate them one from another, as a shepherd divides his sheep from the goats: -- matthew 25:32 +. +And he shall set the sheep on his right hand, but the goats on the left. -- matthew 25:33 +. +Then shall the King say to them on his right hand, Come, you blessed of my Father, inherit the kingdom prepared for you from the foundation of the world: -- matthew 25:34 +. +For I was an hungered, and you gave me meat: I was thirsty, and you gave me drink: I was a stranger, and you took me in: -- matthew 25:35 +. +Naked, and you clothed me: I was sick, and you visited me: I was in prison, and you came to me. -- matthew 25:36 +. +Then shall the righteous answer him, saying, Lord, when saw we you an hungered, and fed you? or thirsty, and gave you drink? -- matthew 25:37 +. +When saw we you a stranger, and took you in? or naked, and clothed you? -- matthew 25:38 +. +Or when saw we you sick, or in prison, and came to you? -- matthew 25:39 +. +And the King shall answer and say to them, Truly I say to you, Inasmuch as you have done it to one of the least of these my brothers, you have done it to me. -- matthew 25:40 +. +Then shall he say also to them on the left hand, Depart from me, you cursed, into everlasting fire, prepared for the devil and his angels: -- matthew 25:41 +. +For I was an hungered, and you gave me no meat: I was thirsty, and you gave me no drink: -- matthew 25:42 +. +I was a stranger, and you took me not in: naked, and you clothed me not: sick, and in prison, and you visited me not. -- matthew 25:43 +. +Then shall they also answer him, saying, Lord, when saw we you an hungered, or thirsty, or a stranger, or naked, or sick, or in prison, and did not minister to you? -- matthew 25:44 +. +Then shall he answer them, saying, Truly I say to you, Inasmuch as you did it not to one of the least of these, you did it not to me. -- matthew 25:45 +. +And these shall go away into everlasting punishment: but the righteous into life eternal. -- matthew 25:46 +. +And it came to pass, when Jesus had finished all these sayings, he said to his disciples, -- matthew 26:1 +. +You know that after two days is the feast of the passover, and the Son of man is betrayed to be crucified. -- matthew 26:2 +. +Then assembled together the chief priests, and the scribes, and the elders of the people, to the palace of the high priest, who was called Caiaphas, -- matthew 26:3 +. +And consulted that they might take Jesus by subtlety, and kill him. -- matthew 26:4 +. +But they said, Not on the feast day, lest there be an uproar among the people. -- matthew 26:5 +. +Now when Jesus was in Bethany, in the house of Simon the leper, -- matthew 26:6 +. +There came to him a woman having an alabaster box of very precious ointment, and poured it on his head, as he sat at meat. -- matthew 26:7 +. +But when his disciples saw it, they had indignation, saying, To what purpose is this waste? -- matthew 26:8 +. +For this ointment might have been sold for much, and given to the poor. -- matthew 26:9 +. +When Jesus understood it, he said to them, Why trouble you the woman? for she has worked a good work on me. -- matthew 26:10 +. +For you have the poor always with you; but me you have not always. -- matthew 26:11 +. +For in that she has poured this ointment on my body, she did it for my burial. -- matthew 26:12 +. +Truly I say to you, Wherever this gospel shall be preached in the whole world, there shall also this, that this woman has done, be told for a memorial of her. -- matthew 26:13 +. +Then one of the twelve, called Judas Iscariot, went to the chief priests, -- matthew 26:14 +. +And said to them, What will you give me, and I will deliver him to you? And they covenanted with him for thirty pieces of silver. -- matthew 26:15 +. +And from that time he sought opportunity to betray him. -- matthew 26:16 +. +Now the first day of the feast of unleavened bread the disciples came to Jesus, saying to him, Where will you that we prepare for you to eat the passover? -- matthew 26:17 +. +And he said, Go into the city to such a man, and say to him, The Master said, My time is at hand; I will keep the passover at your house with my disciples. -- matthew 26:18 +. +And the disciples did as Jesus had appointed them; and they made ready the passover. -- matthew 26:19 +. +Now when the even was come, he sat down with the twelve. -- matthew 26:20 +. +And as they did eat, he said, Truly I say to you, that one of you shall betray me. -- matthew 26:21 +. +And they were exceeding sorrowful, and began every one of them to say to him, Lord, is it I? -- matthew 26:22 +. +And he answered and said, He that dips his hand with me in the dish, the same shall betray me. -- matthew 26:23 +. +The Son of man goes as it is written of him: but woe to that man by whom the Son of man is betrayed! it had been good for that man if he had not been born. -- matthew 26:24 +. +Then Judas, which betrayed him, answered and said, Master, is it I? He said to him, You have said. -- matthew 26:25 +. +And as they were eating, Jesus took bread, and blessed it, and broke it, and gave it to the disciples, and said, Take, eat; this is my body. -- matthew 26:26 +. +And he took the cup, and gave thanks, and gave it to them, saying, Drink you all of it; -- matthew 26:27 +. +For this is my blood of the new testament, which is shed for many for the remission of sins. -- matthew 26:28 +. +But I say to you, I will not drink from now on of this fruit of the vine, until that day when I drink it new with you in my Father' kingdom. -- matthew 26:29 +. +And when they had sung an hymn, they went out into the mount of Olives. -- matthew 26:30 +. +Then said Jesus to them, All you shall be offended because of me this night: for it is written, I will smite the shepherd, and the sheep of the flock shall be scattered abroad. -- matthew 26:31 +. +But after I am risen again, I will go before you into Galilee. -- matthew 26:32 +. +Peter answered and said to him, Though all men shall be offended because of you, yet will I never be offended. -- matthew 26:33 +. +Jesus said to him, Truly I say to you, That this night, before the cock crow, you shall deny me thrice. -- matthew 26:34 +. +Peter said to him, Though I should die with you, yet will I not deny you. Likewise also said all the disciples. -- matthew 26:35 +. +Then comes Jesus with them to a place called Gethsemane, and said to the disciples, Sit you here, while I go and pray yonder. -- matthew 26:36 +. +And he took with him Peter and the two sons of Zebedee, and began to be sorrowful and very heavy. -- matthew 26:37 +. +Then said he to them, My soul is exceeding sorrowful, even to death: tarry you here, and watch with me. -- matthew 26:38 +. +And he went a little farther, and fell on his face, and prayed, saying, O my Father, if it be possible, let this cup pass from me: nevertheless not as I will, but as you will. -- matthew 26:39 +. +And he comes to the disciples, and finds them asleep, and said to Peter, What, could you not watch with me one hour? -- matthew 26:40 +. +Watch and pray, that you enter not into temptation: the spirit indeed is willing, but the flesh is weak. -- matthew 26:41 +. +He went away again the second time, and prayed, saying, O my Father, if this cup may not pass away from me, except I drink it, your will be done. -- matthew 26:42 +. +And he came and found them asleep again: for their eyes were heavy. -- matthew 26:43 +. +And he left them, and went away again, and prayed the third time, saying the same words. -- matthew 26:44 +. +Then comes he to his disciples, and said to them, Sleep on now, and take your rest: behold, the hour is at hand, and the Son of man is betrayed into the hands of sinners. -- matthew 26:45 +. +Rise, let us be going: behold, he is at hand that does betray me. -- matthew 26:46 +. +And while he yet spoke, see, Judas, one of the twelve, came, and with him a great multitude with swords and staves, from the chief priests and elders of the people. -- matthew 26:47 +. +Now he that betrayed him gave them a sign, saying, Whomsoever I shall kiss, that same is he: hold him fast. -- matthew 26:48 +. +And immediately he came to Jesus, and said, Hail, master; and kissed him. -- matthew 26:49 +. +And Jesus said to him, Friend, why are you come? Then came they, and laid hands on Jesus and took him. -- matthew 26:50 +. +And, behold, one of them which were with Jesus stretched out his hand, and drew his sword, and struck a servant of the high priest', and smote off his ear. -- matthew 26:51 +. +Then said Jesus to him, Put up again your sword into his place: for all they that take the sword shall perish with the sword. -- matthew 26:52 +. +Think you that I cannot now pray to my Father, and he shall presently give me more than twelve legions of angels? -- matthew 26:53 +. +But how then shall the scriptures be fulfilled, that thus it must be? -- matthew 26:54 +. +In that same hour said Jesus to the multitudes, Are you come out as against a thief with swords and staves for to take me? I sat daily with you teaching in the temple, and you laid no hold on me. -- matthew 26:55 +. +But all this was done, that the scriptures of the prophets might be fulfilled. Then all the disciples forsook him, and fled. -- matthew 26:56 +. +And they that had laid hold on Jesus led him away to Caiaphas the high priest, where the scribes and the elders were assembled. -- matthew 26:57 +. +But Peter followed him afar off to the high priest' palace, and went in, and sat with the servants, to see the end. -- matthew 26:58 +. +Now the chief priests, and elders, and all the council, sought false witness against Jesus, to put him to death; -- matthew 26:59 +. +But found none: yes, though many false witnesses came, yet found they none. At the last came two false witnesses, -- matthew 26:60 +. +And said, This fellow said, I am able to destroy the temple of God, and to build it in three days. -- matthew 26:61 +. +And the high priest arose, and said to him, Answer you nothing? what is it which these witness against you? -- matthew 26:62 +. +But Jesus held his peace, And the high priest answered and said to him, I adjure you by the living God, that you tell us whether you be the Christ, the Son of God. -- matthew 26:63 +. +Jesus said to him, You have said: nevertheless I say to you, Hereafter shall you see the Son of man sitting on the right hand of power, and coming in the clouds of heaven. -- matthew 26:64 +. +Then the high priest rent his clothes, saying, He has spoken blasphemy; what further need have we of witnesses? behold, now you have heard his blasphemy. -- matthew 26:65 +. +What think you? They answered and said, He is guilty of death. -- matthew 26:66 +. +Then did they spit in his face, and buffeted him; and others smote him with the palms of their hands, -- matthew 26:67 +. +Saying, Prophesy to us, you Christ, Who is he that smote you? -- matthew 26:68 +. +Now Peter sat without in the palace: and a damsel came to him, saying, You also were with Jesus of Galilee. -- matthew 26:69 +. +But he denied before them all, saying, I know not what you say. -- matthew 26:70 +. +And when he was gone out into the porch, another maid saw him, and said to them that were there, This fellow was also with Jesus of Nazareth. -- matthew 26:71 +. +And again he denied with an oath, I do not know the man. -- matthew 26:72 +. +And after a while came to him they that stood by, and said to Peter, Surely you also are one of them; for your speech denudes you. -- matthew 26:73 +. +Then began he to curse and to swear, saying, I know not the man. And immediately the cock crew. -- matthew 26:74 +. +And Peter remembered the word of Jesus, which said to him, Before the cock crow, you shall deny me thrice. And he went out, and wept bitterly. -- matthew 26:75 +. +When the morning was come, all the chief priests and elders of the people took counsel against Jesus to put him to death: -- matthew 27:1 +. +And when they had bound him, they led him away, and delivered him to Pontius Pilate the governor. -- matthew 27:2 +. +Then Judas, which had betrayed him, when he saw that he was condemned, repented himself, and brought again the thirty pieces of silver to the chief priests and elders, -- matthew 27:3 +. +Saying, I have sinned in that I have betrayed the innocent blood. And they said, What is that to us? see you to that. -- matthew 27:4 +. +And he cast down the pieces of silver in the temple, and departed, and went and hanged himself. -- matthew 27:5 +. +And the chief priests took the silver pieces, and said, It is not lawful for to put them into the treasury, because it is the price of blood. -- matthew 27:6 +. +And they took counsel, and bought with them the potter' field, to bury strangers in. -- matthew 27:7 +. +Why that field was called, The field of blood, to this day. -- matthew 27:8 +. +Then was fulfilled that which was spoken by Jeremy the prophet, saying, And they took the thirty pieces of silver, the price of him that was valued, whom they of the children of Israel did value; -- matthew 27:9 +. +And gave them for the potter' field, as the Lord appointed me. -- matthew 27:10 +. +And Jesus stood before the governor: and the governor asked him, saying, Are you the King of the Jews? And Jesus said to him, You say. -- matthew 27:11 +. +And when he was accused of the chief priests and elders, he answered nothing. -- matthew 27:12 +. +Then said Pilate to him, Hear you not how many things they witness against you? -- matthew 27:13 +. +And he answered him to never a word; so that the governor marveled greatly. -- matthew 27:14 +. +Now at that feast the governor was wont to release to the people a prisoner, whom they would. -- matthew 27:15 +. +And they had then a notable prisoner, called Barabbas. -- matthew 27:16 +. +Therefore when they were gathered together, Pilate said to them, Whom will you that I release to you? Barabbas, or Jesus which is called Christ? -- matthew 27:17 +. +For he knew that for envy they had delivered him. -- matthew 27:18 +. +When he was set down on the judgment seat, his wife sent to him, saying, Have you nothing to do with that just man: for I have suffered many things this day in a dream because of him. -- matthew 27:19 +. +But the chief priests and elders persuaded the multitude that they should ask Barabbas, and destroy Jesus. -- matthew 27:20 +. +The governor answered and said to them, Whether of the two will you that I release to you? They said, Barabbas. -- matthew 27:21 +. +Pilate said to them, What shall I do then with Jesus which is called Christ? They all say to him, Let him be crucified. -- matthew 27:22 +. +And the governor said, Why, what evil has he done? But they cried out the more, saying, Let him be crucified. -- matthew 27:23 +. +When Pilate saw that he could prevail nothing, but that rather a tumult was made, he took water, and washed his hands before the multitude, saying, I am innocent of the blood of this just person: see you to it. -- matthew 27:24 +. +Then answered all the people, and said, His blood be on us, and on our children. -- matthew 27:25 +. +Then released he Barabbas to them: and when he had scourged Jesus, he delivered him to be crucified. -- matthew 27:26 +. +Then the soldiers of the governor took Jesus into the common hall, and gathered to him the whole band of soldiers. -- matthew 27:27 +. +And they stripped him, and put on him a scarlet robe. -- matthew 27:28 +. +And when they had platted a crown of thorns, they put it on his head, and a reed in his right hand: and they bowed the knee before him, and mocked him, saying, Hail, King of the Jews! -- matthew 27:29 +. +And they spit on him, and took the reed, and smote him on the head. -- matthew 27:30 +. +And after that they had mocked him, they took the robe off from him, and put his own raiment on him, and led him away to crucify him. -- matthew 27:31 +. +And as they came out, they found a man of Cyrene, Simon by name: him they compelled to bear his cross. -- matthew 27:32 +. +And when they were come to a place called Golgotha, that is to say, a place of a skull, -- matthew 27:33 +. +They gave him vinegar to drink mingled with gall: and when he had tasted thereof, he would not drink. -- matthew 27:34 +. +And they crucified him, and parted his garments, casting lots: that it might be fulfilled which was spoken by the prophet, They parted my garments among them, and on my clothing did they cast lots. -- matthew 27:35 +. +And sitting down they watched him there; -- matthew 27:36 +. +And set up over his head his accusation written, THIS IS JESUS THE KING OF THE JEWS. -- matthew 27:37 +. +Then were there two thieves crucified with him, one on the right hand, and another on the left. -- matthew 27:38 +. +And they that passed by reviled him, wagging their heads, -- matthew 27:39 +. +And saying, You that destroy the temple, and build it in three days, save yourself. If you be the Son of God, come down from the cross. -- matthew 27:40 +. +Likewise also the chief priests mocking him, with the scribes and elders, said, -- matthew 27:41 +. +He saved others; himself he cannot save. If he be the King of Israel, let him now come down from the cross, and we will believe him. -- matthew 27:42 +. +He trusted in God; let him deliver him now, if he will have him: for he said, I am the Son of God. -- matthew 27:43 +. +The thieves also, which were crucified with him, cast the same in his teeth. -- matthew 27:44 +. +Now from the sixth hour there was darkness over all the land to the ninth hour. -- matthew 27:45 +. +And about the ninth hour Jesus cried with a loud voice, saying, Eli, Eli, lama sabachthani? that is to say, My God, my God, why have you forsaken me? -- matthew 27:46 +. +Some of them that stood there, when they heard that, said, This man calls for Elias. -- matthew 27:47 +. +And straightway one of them ran, and took a sponge, and filled it with vinegar, and put it on a reed, and gave him to drink. -- matthew 27:48 +. +The rest said, Let be, let us see whether Elias will come to save him. -- matthew 27:49 +. +Jesus, when he had cried again with a loud voice, yielded up the ghost. -- matthew 27:50 +. +And, behold, the veil of the temple was rent in two from the top to the bottom; and the earth did quake, and the rocks rent; -- matthew 27:51 +. +And the graves were opened; and many bodies of the saints which slept arose, -- matthew 27:52 +. +And came out of the graves after his resurrection, and went into the holy city, and appeared to many. -- matthew 27:53 +. +Now when the centurion, and they that were with him, watching Jesus, saw the earthquake, and those things that were done, they feared greatly, saying, Truly this was the Son of God. -- matthew 27:54 +. +And many women were there beholding afar off, which followed Jesus from Galilee, ministering to him: -- matthew 27:55 +. +Among which was Mary Magdalene, and Mary the mother of James and Joses, and the mother of Zebedees children. -- matthew 27:56 +. +When the even was come, there came a rich man of Arimathaea, named Joseph, who also himself was Jesus'disciple: -- matthew 27:57 +. +He went to Pilate, and begged the body of Jesus. Then Pilate commanded the body to be delivered. -- matthew 27:58 +. +And when Joseph had taken the body, he wrapped it in a clean linen cloth, -- matthew 27:59 +. +And laid it in his own new tomb, which he had hewn out in the rock: and he rolled a great stone to the door of the sepulcher, and departed. -- matthew 27:60 +. +And there was Mary Magdalene, and the other Mary, sitting over against the sepulcher. -- matthew 27:61 +. +Now the next day, that followed the day of the preparation, the chief priests and Pharisees came together to Pilate, -- matthew 27:62 +. +Saying, Sir, we remember that that deceiver said, while he was yet alive, After three days I will rise again. -- matthew 27:63 +. +Command therefore that the sepulcher be made sure until the third day, lest his disciples come by night, and steal him away, and say to the people, He is risen from the dead: so the last error shall be worse than the first. -- matthew 27:64 +. +Pilate said to them, You have a watch: go your way, make it as sure as you can. -- matthew 27:65 +. +So they went, and made the sepulcher sure, sealing the stone, and setting a watch. -- matthew 27:66 +. +In the end of the sabbath, as it began to dawn toward the first day of the week, came Mary Magdalene and the other Mary to see the sepulcher. -- matthew 28:1 +. +And, behold, there was a great earthquake: for the angel of the Lord descended from heaven, and came and rolled back the stone from the door, and sat on it. -- matthew 28:2 +. +His countenance was like lightning, and his raiment white as snow: -- matthew 28:3 +. +And for fear of him the keepers did shake, and became as dead men. -- matthew 28:4 +. +And the angel answered and said to the women, Fear not you: for I know that you seek Jesus, which was crucified. -- matthew 28:5 +. +He is not here: for he is risen, as he said. Come, see the place where the Lord lay. -- matthew 28:6 +. +And go quickly, and tell his disciples that he is risen from the dead; and, behold, he goes before you into Galilee; there shall you see him: see, I have told you. -- matthew 28:7 +. +And they departed quickly from the sepulcher with fear and great joy; and did run to bring his disciples word. -- matthew 28:8 +. +And as they went to tell his disciples, behold, Jesus met them, saying, All hail. And they came and held him by the feet, and worshipped him. -- matthew 28:9 +. +Then said Jesus to them, Be not afraid: go tell my brothers that they go into Galilee, and there shall they see me. -- matthew 28:10 +. +Now when they were going, behold, some of the watch came into the city, and showed to the chief priests all the things that were done. -- matthew 28:11 +. +And when they were assembled with the elders, and had taken counsel, they gave large money to the soldiers, -- matthew 28:12 +. +Saying, Say you, His disciples came by night, and stole him away while we slept. -- matthew 28:13 +. +And if this come to the governor' ears, we will persuade him, and secure you. -- matthew 28:14 +. +So they took the money, and did as they were taught: and this saying is commonly reported among the Jews until this day. -- matthew 28:15 +. +Then the eleven disciples went away into Galilee, into a mountain where Jesus had appointed them. -- matthew 28:16 +. +And when they saw him, they worshipped him: but some doubted. -- matthew 28:17 +. +And Jesus came and spoke to them, saying, All power is given to me in heaven and in earth. -- matthew 28:18 +. +Go you therefore, and teach all nations, baptizing them in the name of the Father, and of the Son, and of the Holy Ghost: -- matthew 28:19 +. +Teaching them to observe all things whatever I have commanded you: and, see, I am with you always, even to the end of the world. Amen. -- matthew 28:20 +. +The beginning of the gospel of Jesus Christ, the Son of God; -- mark 1:1 +. +As it is written in the prophets, Behold, I send my messenger before your face, which shall prepare your way before you. -- mark 1:2 +. +The voice of one crying in the wilderness, Prepare you the way of the Lord, make his paths straight. -- mark 1:3 +. +John did baptize in the wilderness, and preach the baptism of repentance for the remission of sins. -- mark 1:4 +. +And there went out to him all the land of Judaea, and they of Jerusalem, and were all baptized of him in the river of Jordan, confessing their sins. -- mark 1:5 +. +And John was clothed with camel' hair, and with a girdle of a skin about his loins; and he did eat locusts and wild honey; -- mark 1:6 +. +And preached, saying, There comes one mightier than I after me, the lace of whose shoes I am not worthy to stoop down and unloose. -- mark 1:7 +. +I indeed have baptized you with water: but he shall baptize you with the Holy Ghost. -- mark 1:8 +. +And it came to pass in those days, that Jesus came from Nazareth of Galilee, and was baptized of John in Jordan. -- mark 1:9 +. +And straightway coming up out of the water, he saw the heavens opened, and the Spirit like a dove descending on him: -- mark 1:10 +. +And there came a voice from heaven, saying, You are my beloved Son, in whom I am well pleased. -- mark 1:11 +. +And immediately the spirit drives him into the wilderness. -- mark 1:12 +. +And he was there in the wilderness forty days, tempted of Satan; and was with the wild beasts; and the angels ministered to him. -- mark 1:13 +. +Now after that John was put in prison, Jesus came into Galilee, preaching the gospel of the kingdom of God, -- mark 1:14 +. +And saying, The time is fulfilled, and the kingdom of God is at hand: repent you, and believe the gospel. -- mark 1:15 +. +Now as he walked by the sea of Galilee, he saw Simon and Andrew his brother casting a net into the sea: for they were fishers. -- mark 1:16 +. +And Jesus said to them, Come you after me, and I will make you to become fishers of men. -- mark 1:17 +. +And straightway they forsook their nets, and followed him. -- mark 1:18 +. +And when he had gone a little farther there, he saw James the son of Zebedee, and John his brother, who also were in the ship mending their nets. -- mark 1:19 +. +And straightway he called them: and they left their father Zebedee in the ship with the hired servants, and went after him. -- mark 1:20 +. +And they went into Capernaum; and straightway on the sabbath day he entered into the synagogue, and taught. -- mark 1:21 +. +And they were astonished at his doctrine: for he taught them as one that had authority, and not as the scribes. -- mark 1:22 +. +And there was in their synagogue a man with an unclean spirit; and he cried out, -- mark 1:23 +. +Saying, Let us alone; what have we to do with you, you Jesus of Nazareth? are you come to destroy us? I know you who you are, the Holy One of God. -- mark 1:24 +. +And Jesus rebuked him, saying, Hold your peace, and come out of him. -- mark 1:25 +. +And when the unclean spirit had torn him, and cried with a loud voice, he came out of him. -- mark 1:26 +. +And they were all amazed, so that they questioned among themselves, saying, What thing is this? what new doctrine is this? for with authority commands he even the unclean spirits, and they do obey him. -- mark 1:27 +. +And immediately his fame spread abroad throughout all the region round about Galilee. -- mark 1:28 +. +And immediately, when they were come out of the synagogue, they entered into the house of Simon and Andrew, with James and John. -- mark 1:29 +. +But Simon' wife' mother lay sick of a fever, and immediately they tell him of her. -- mark 1:30 +. +And he came and took her by the hand, and lifted her up; and immediately the fever left her, and she ministered to them. -- mark 1:31 +. +And at even, when the sun did set, they brought to him all that were diseased, and them that were possessed with devils. -- mark 1:32 +. +And all the city was gathered together at the door. -- mark 1:33 +. +And he healed many that were sick of divers diseases, and cast out many devils; and suffered not the devils to speak, because they knew him. -- mark 1:34 +. +And in the morning, rising up a great while before day, he went out, and departed into a solitary place, and there prayed. -- mark 1:35 +. +And Simon and they that were with him followed after him. -- mark 1:36 +. +And when they had found him, they said to him, All men seek for you. -- mark 1:37 +. +And he said to them, Let us go into the next towns, that I may preach there also: for therefore came I forth. -- mark 1:38 +. +And he preached in their synagogues throughout all Galilee, and cast out devils. -- mark 1:39 +. +And there came a leper to him, beseeching him, and kneeling down to him, and saying to him, If you will, you can make me clean. -- mark 1:40 +. +And Jesus, moved with compassion, put forth his hand, and touched him, and said to him, I will; be you clean. -- mark 1:41 +. +And as soon as he had spoken, immediately the leprosy departed from him, and he was cleansed. -- mark 1:42 +. +And he straightly charged him, and immediately sent him away; -- mark 1:43 +. +And said to him, See you say nothing to any man: but go your way, show yourself to the priest, and offer for your cleansing those things which Moses commanded, for a testimony to them. -- mark 1:44 +. +But he went out, and began to publish it much, and to blaze abroad the matter, so that Jesus could no more openly enter into the city, but was without in desert places: and they came to him from every quarter. -- mark 1:45 +. +And again he entered into Capernaum after some days; and it was noised that he was in the house. -- mark 2:1 +. +And straightway many were gathered together, so that there was no room to receive them, no, not so much as about the door: and he preached the word to them. -- mark 2:2 +. +And they come to him, bringing one sick of the palsy, which was borne of four. -- mark 2:3 +. +And when they could not come near to him for the press, they uncovered the roof where he was: and when they had broken it up, they let down the bed wherein the sick of the palsy lay. -- mark 2:4 +. +When Jesus saw their faith, he said to the sick of the palsy, Son, your sins be forgiven you. -- mark 2:5 +. +But there was certain of the scribes sitting there, and reasoning in their hearts, -- mark 2:6 +. +Why does this man thus speak blasphemies? who can forgive sins but God only? -- mark 2:7 +. +And immediately when Jesus perceived in his spirit that they so reasoned within themselves, he said to them, Why reason you these things in your hearts? -- mark 2:8 +. +Whether is it easier to say to the sick of the palsy, Your sins be forgiven you; or to say, Arise, and take up your bed, and walk? -- mark 2:9 +. +But that you may know that the Son of man has power on earth to forgive sins, (he said to the sick of the palsy,) -- mark 2:10 +. +I say to you, Arise, and take up your bed, and go your way into your house. -- mark 2:11 +. +And immediately he arose, took up the bed, and went forth before them all; so that they were all amazed, and glorified God, saying, We never saw it on this fashion. -- mark 2:12 +. +And he went forth again by the sea side; and all the multitude resorted to him, and he taught them. -- mark 2:13 +. +And as he passed by, he saw Levi the son of Alphaeus sitting at the receipt of custom, and said to him, Follow me. And he arose and followed him. -- mark 2:14 +. +And it came to pass, that, as Jesus sat at meat in his house, many publicans and sinners sat also together with Jesus and his disciples: for there were many, and they followed him. -- mark 2:15 +. +And when the scribes and Pharisees saw him eat with publicans and sinners, they said to his disciples, How is it that he eats and drinks with publicans and sinners? -- mark 2:16 +. +When Jesus heard it, he said to them, They that are whole have no need of the physician, but they that are sick: I came not to call the righteous, but sinners to repentance. -- mark 2:17 +. +And the disciples of John and of the Pharisees used to fast: and they come and say to him, Why do the disciples of John and of the Pharisees fast, but your disciples fast not? -- mark 2:18 +. +And Jesus said to them, Can the children of the bridal chamber fast, while the bridegroom is with them? as long as they have the bridegroom with them, they cannot fast. -- mark 2:19 +. +But the days will come, when the bridegroom shall be taken away from them, and then shall they fast in those days. -- mark 2:20 +. +No man also sews a piece of new cloth on an old garment: else the new piece that filled it up takes away from the old, and the rent is made worse. -- mark 2:21 +. +And no man puts new wine into old bottles: else the new wine does burst the bottles, and the wine is spilled, and the bottles will be marred: but new wine must be put into new bottles. -- mark 2:22 +. +And it came to pass, that he went through the corn fields on the sabbath day; and his disciples began, as they went, to pluck the ears of corn. -- mark 2:23 +. +And the Pharisees said to him, Behold, why do they on the sabbath day that which is not lawful? -- mark 2:24 +. +And he said to them, Have you never read what David did, when he had need, and was an hungered, he, and they that were with him? -- mark 2:25 +. +How he went into the house of God in the days of Abiathar the high priest, and did eat the show bread, which is not lawful to eat but for the priests, and gave also to them which were with him? -- mark 2:26 +. +And he said to them, The sabbath was made for man, and not man for the sabbath: -- mark 2:27 +. +Therefore the Son of man is Lord also of the sabbath. -- mark 2:28 +. +And he entered again into the synagogue; and there was a man there which had a withered hand. -- mark 3:1 +. +And they watched him, whether he would heal him on the sabbath day; that they might accuse him. -- mark 3:2 +. +And he said to the man which had the withered hand, Stand forth. -- mark 3:3 +. +And he said to them, Is it lawful to do good on the sabbath days, or to do evil? to save life, or to kill? But they held their peace. -- mark 3:4 +. +And when he had looked round about on them with anger, being grieved for the hardness of their hearts, he said to the man, Stretch forth your hand. And he stretched it out: and his hand was restored whole as the other. -- mark 3:5 +. +And the Pharisees went forth, and straightway took counsel with the Herodians against him, how they might destroy him. -- mark 3:6 +. +But Jesus withdrew himself with his disciples to the sea: and a great multitude from Galilee followed him, and from Judaea, -- mark 3:7 +. +And from Jerusalem, and from Idumaea, and from beyond Jordan; and they about Tyre and Sidon, a great multitude, when they had heard what great things he did, came to him. -- mark 3:8 +. +And he spoke to his disciples, that a small ship should wait on him because of the multitude, lest they should throng him. -- mark 3:9 +. +For he had healed many; so that they pressed on him for to touch him, as many as had plagues. -- mark 3:10 +. +And unclean spirits, when they saw him, fell down before him, and cried, saying, You are the Son of God. -- mark 3:11 +. +And he straightly charged them that they should not make him known. -- mark 3:12 +. +And he goes up into a mountain, and calls to him whom he would: and they came to him. -- mark 3:13 +. +And he ordained twelve, that they should be with him, and that he might send them forth to preach, -- mark 3:14 +. +And to have power to heal sicknesses, and to cast out devils: -- mark 3:15 +. +And Simon he surnamed Peter; -- mark 3:16 +. +And James the son of Zebedee, and John the brother of James; and he surnamed them Boanerges, which is, The sons of thunder: -- mark 3:17 +. +And Andrew, and Philip, and Bartholomew, and Matthew, and Thomas, and James the son of Alphaeus, and Thaddaeus, and Simon the Canaanite, -- mark 3:18 +. +And Judas Iscariot, which also betrayed him: and they went into an house. -- mark 3:19 +. +And the multitude comes together again, so that they could not so much as eat bread. -- mark 3:20 +. +And when his friends heard of it, they went out to lay hold on him: for they said, He is beside himself. -- mark 3:21 +. +And the scribes which came down from Jerusalem said, He has Beelzebub, and by the prince of the devils casts he out devils. -- mark 3:22 +. +And he called them to him, and said to them in parables, How can Satan cast out Satan? -- mark 3:23 +. +And if a kingdom be divided against itself, that kingdom cannot stand. -- mark 3:24 +. +And if a house be divided against itself, that house cannot stand. -- mark 3:25 +. +And if Satan rise up against himself, and be divided, he cannot stand, but has an end. -- mark 3:26 +. +No man can enter into a strong man' house, and spoil his goods, except he will first bind the strong man; and then he will spoil his house. -- mark 3:27 +. +Truly I say to you, All sins shall be forgiven to the sons of men, and blasphemies with which soever they shall blaspheme: -- mark 3:28 +. +But he that shall blaspheme against the Holy Ghost has never forgiveness, but is in danger of eternal damnation. -- mark 3:29 +. +Because they said, He has an unclean spirit. -- mark 3:30 +. +There came then his brothers and his mother, and, standing without, sent to him, calling him. -- mark 3:31 +. +And the multitude sat about him, and they said to him, Behold, your mother and your brothers without seek for you. -- mark 3:32 +. +And he answered them, saying, Who is my mother, or my brothers? -- mark 3:33 +. +And he looked round about on them which sat about him, and said, Behold my mother and my brothers! -- mark 3:34 +. +For whoever shall do the will of God, the same is my brother, and my sister, and mother. -- mark 3:35 +. +And he began again to teach by the sea side: and there was gathered to him a great multitude, so that he entered into a ship, and sat in the sea; and the whole multitude was by the sea on the land. -- mark 4:1 +. +And he taught them many things by parables, and said to them in his doctrine, -- mark 4:2 +. +Listen; Behold, there went out a sower to sow: -- mark 4:3 +. +And it came to pass, as he sowed, some fell by the way side, and the fowls of the air came and devoured it up. -- mark 4:4 +. +And some fell on stony ground, where it had not much earth; and immediately it sprang up, because it had no depth of earth: -- mark 4:5 +. +But when the sun was up, it was scorched; and because it had no root, it withered away. -- mark 4:6 +. +And some fell among thorns, and the thorns grew up, and choked it, and it yielded no fruit. -- mark 4:7 +. +And other fell on good ground, and did yield fruit that sprang up and increased; and brought forth, some thirty, and some sixty, and some an hundred. -- mark 4:8 +. +And he said to them, He that has ears to hear, let him hear. -- mark 4:9 +. +And when he was alone, they that were about him with the twelve asked of him the parable. -- mark 4:10 +. +And he said to them, To you it is given to know the mystery of the kingdom of God: but to them that are without, all these things are done in parables: -- mark 4:11 +. +That seeing they may see, and not perceive; and hearing they may hear, and not understand; lest at any time they should be converted, and their sins should be forgiven them. -- mark 4:12 +. +And he said to them, Know you not this parable? and how then will you know all parables? -- mark 4:13 +. +The sower sows the word. -- mark 4:14 +. +And these are they by the way side, where the word is sown; but when they have heard, Satan comes immediately, and takes away the word that was sown in their hearts. -- mark 4:15 +. +And these are they likewise which are sown on stony ground; who, when they have heard the word, immediately receive it with gladness; -- mark 4:16 +. +And have no root in themselves, and so endure but for a time: afterward, when affliction or persecution rises for the word' sake, immediately they are offended. -- mark 4:17 +. +And these are they which are sown among thorns; such as hear the word, -- mark 4:18 +. +And the cares of this world, and the deceitfulness of riches, and the lusts of other things entering in, choke the word, and it becomes unfruitful. -- mark 4:19 +. +And these are they which are sown on good ground; such as hear the word, and receive it, and bring forth fruit, some thirty times, some sixty, and some an hundred. -- mark 4:20 +. +And he said to them, Is a candle brought to be put under a bushel, or under a bed? and not to be set on a candlestick? -- mark 4:21 +. +For there is nothing hid, which shall not be manifested; neither was any thing kept secret, but that it should come abroad. -- mark 4:22 +. +If any man have ears to hear, let him hear. -- mark 4:23 +. +And he said to them, Take heed what you hear: with what measure you mete, it shall be measured to you: and to you that hear shall more be given. -- mark 4:24 +. +For he that has, to him shall be given: and he that has not, from him shall be taken even that which he has. -- mark 4:25 +. +And he said, So is the kingdom of God, as if a man should cast seed into the ground; -- mark 4:26 +. +And should sleep, and rise night and day, and the seed should spring and grow up, he knows not how. -- mark 4:27 +. +For the earth brings forth fruit of herself; first the blade, then the ear, after that the full corn in the ear. -- mark 4:28 +. +But when the fruit is brought forth, immediately he puts in the sickle, because the harvest is come. -- mark 4:29 +. +And he said, Whereunto shall we liken the kingdom of God? or with what comparison shall we compare it? -- mark 4:30 +. +It is like a grain of mustard seed, which, when it is sown in the earth, is less than all the seeds that be in the earth: -- mark 4:31 +. +But when it is sown, it grows up, and becomes greater than all herbs, and shoots out great branches; so that the fowls of the air may lodge under the shadow of it. -- mark 4:32 +. +And with many such parables spoke he the word to them, as they were able to hear it. -- mark 4:33 +. +But without a parable spoke he not to them: and when they were alone, he expounded all things to his disciples. -- mark 4:34 +. +And the same day, when the even was come, he said to them, Let us pass over to the other side. -- mark 4:35 +. +And when they had sent away the multitude, they took him even as he was in the ship. And there were also with him other little ships. -- mark 4:36 +. +And there arose a great storm of wind, and the waves beat into the ship, so that it was now full. -- mark 4:37 +. +And he was in the hinder part of the ship, asleep on a pillow: and they awake him, and say to him, Master, care you not that we perish? -- mark 4:38 +. +And he arose, and rebuked the wind, and said to the sea, Peace, be still. And the wind ceased, and there was a great calm. -- mark 4:39 +. +And he said to them, Why are you so fearful? how is it that you have no faith? -- mark 4:40 +. +And they feared exceedingly, and said one to another, What manner of man is this, that even the wind and the sea obey him? -- mark 4:41 +. +And they came over to the other side of the sea, into the country of the Gadarenes. -- mark 5:1 +. +And when he was come out of the ship, immediately there met him out of the tombs a man with an unclean spirit, -- mark 5:2 +. +Who had his dwelling among the tombs; and no man could bind him, no, not with chains: -- mark 5:3 +. +Because that he had been often bound with fetters and chains, and the chains had been plucked asunder by him, and the fetters broken in pieces: neither could any man tame him. -- mark 5:4 +. +And always, night and day, he was in the mountains, and in the tombs, crying, and cutting himself with stones. -- mark 5:5 +. +But when he saw Jesus afar off, he ran and worshipped him, -- mark 5:6 +. +And cried with a loud voice, and said, What have I to do with you, Jesus, you Son of the most high God? I adjure you by God, that you torment me not. -- mark 5:7 +. +For he said to him, Come out of the man, you unclean spirit. -- mark 5:8 +. +And he asked him, What is your name? And he answered, saying, My name is Legion: for we are many. -- mark 5:9 +. +And he sought him much that he would not send them away out of the country. -- mark 5:10 +. +Now there was there near to the mountains a great herd of swine feeding. -- mark 5:11 +. +And all the devils sought him, saying, Send us into the swine, that we may enter into them. -- mark 5:12 +. +And immediately Jesus gave them leave. And the unclean spirits went out, and entered into the swine: and the herd ran violently down a steep place into the sea, (they were about two thousand;) and were choked in the sea. -- mark 5:13 +. +And they that fed the swine fled, and told it in the city, and in the country. And they went out to see what it was that was done. -- mark 5:14 +. +And they come to Jesus, and see him that was possessed with the devil, and had the legion, sitting, and clothed, and in his right mind: and they were afraid. -- mark 5:15 +. +And they that saw it told them how it befell to him that was possessed with the devil, and also concerning the swine. -- mark 5:16 +. +And they began to pray him to depart out of their coasts. -- mark 5:17 +. +And when he was come into the ship, he that had been possessed with the devil prayed him that he might be with him. -- mark 5:18 +. +However, Jesus suffered him not, but said to him, Go home to your friends, and tell them how great things the Lord has done for you, and has had compassion on you. -- mark 5:19 +. +And he departed, and began to publish in Decapolis how great things Jesus had done for him: and all men did marvel. -- mark 5:20 +. +And when Jesus was passed over again by ship to the other side, much people gathered to him: and he was near to the sea. -- mark 5:21 +. +And, behold, there comes one of the rulers of the synagogue, Jairus by name; and when he saw him, he fell at his feet, -- mark 5:22 +. +And sought him greatly, saying, My little daughter lies at the point of death: I pray you, come and lay your hands on her, that she may be healed; and she shall live. -- mark 5:23 +. +And Jesus went with him; and much people followed him, and thronged him. -- mark 5:24 +. +And a certain woman, which had an issue of blood twelve years, -- mark 5:25 +. +And had suffered many things of many physicians, and had spent all that she had, and was nothing bettered, but rather grew worse, -- mark 5:26 +. +When she had heard of Jesus, came in the press behind, and touched his garment. -- mark 5:27 +. +For she said, If I may touch but his clothes, I shall be whole. -- mark 5:28 +. +And straightway the fountain of her blood was dried up; and she felt in her body that she was healed of that plague. -- mark 5:29 +. +And Jesus, immediately knowing in himself that virtue had gone out of him, turned him about in the press, and said, Who touched my clothes? -- mark 5:30 +. +And his disciples said to him, You see the multitude thronging you, and say you, Who touched me? -- mark 5:31 +. +And he looked round about to see her that had done this thing. -- mark 5:32 +. +But the woman fearing and trembling, knowing what was done in her, came and fell down before him, and told him all the truth. -- mark 5:33 +. +And he said to her, Daughter, your faith has made you whole; go in peace, and be whole of your plague. -- mark 5:34 +. +While he yet spoke, there came from the ruler of the synagogue' house certain which said, Your daughter is dead: why trouble you the Master any further? -- mark 5:35 +. +As soon as Jesus heard the word that was spoken, he said to the ruler of the synagogue, Be not afraid, only believe. -- mark 5:36 +. +And he suffered no man to follow him, save Peter, and James, and John the brother of James. -- mark 5:37 +. +And he comes to the house of the ruler of the synagogue, and sees the tumult, and them that wept and wailed greatly. -- mark 5:38 +. +And when he was come in, he said to them, Why make you this ado, and weep? the damsel is not dead, but sleeps. -- mark 5:39 +. +And they laughed him to scorn. But when he had put them all out, he takes the father and the mother of the damsel, and them that were with him, and enters in where the damsel was lying. -- mark 5:40 +. +And he took the damsel by the hand, and said to her, Talitha cumi; which is, being interpreted, Damsel, I say to you, arise. -- mark 5:41 +. +And straightway the damsel arose, and walked; for she was of the age of twelve years. And they were astonished with a great astonishment. -- mark 5:42 +. +And he charged them straightly that no man should know it; and commanded that something should be given her to eat. -- mark 5:43 +. +And he went out from there, and came into his own country; and his disciples follow him. -- mark 6:1 +. +And when the sabbath day was come, he began to teach in the synagogue: and many hearing him were astonished, saying, From where has this man these things? and what wisdom is this which is given to him, that even such mighty works are worked by his hands? -- mark 6:2 +. +Is not this the carpenter, the son of Mary, the brother of James, and Joses, and of Juda, and Simon? and are not his sisters here with us? And they were offended at him. -- mark 6:3 +. +But Jesus, said to them, A prophet is not without honor, but in his own country, and among his own kin, and in his own house. -- mark 6:4 +. +And he could there do no mighty work, save that he laid his hands on a few sick folk, and healed them. -- mark 6:5 +. +And he marveled because of their unbelief. And he went round about the villages, teaching. -- mark 6:6 +. +And he called to him the twelve, and began to send them forth by two and two; and gave them power over unclean spirits; -- mark 6:7 +. +And commanded them that they should take nothing for their journey, save a staff only; no money, no bread, no money in their purse: -- mark 6:8 +. +But be shod with sandals; and not put on two coats. -- mark 6:9 +. +And he said to them, In what place soever you enter into an house, there abide till you depart from that place. -- mark 6:10 +. +And whoever shall not receive you, nor hear you, when you depart there, shake off the dust under your feet for a testimony against them. Truly I say to you, It shall be more tolerable for Sodom and Gomorrha in the day of judgment, than for that city. -- mark 6:11 +. +And they went out, and preached that men should repent. -- mark 6:12 +. +And they cast out many devils, and anointed with oil many that were sick, and healed them. -- mark 6:13 +. +And king Herod heard of him; (for his name was spread abroad:) and he said, That John the Baptist was risen from the dead, and therefore mighty works do show forth themselves in him. -- mark 6:14 +. +Others said, That it is Elias. And others said, That it is a prophet, or as one of the prophets. -- mark 6:15 +. +But when Herod heard thereof, he said, It is John, whom I beheaded: he is risen from the dead. -- mark 6:16 +. +For Herod himself had sent forth and laid hold on John, and bound him in prison for Herodias'sake, his brother Philip' wife: for he had married her. -- mark 6:17 +. +For John had said to Herod, It is not lawful for you to have your brother' wife. -- mark 6:18 +. +Therefore Herodias had a quarrel against him, and would have killed him; but she could not: -- mark 6:19 +. +For Herod feared John, knowing that he was a just man and an holy, and observed him; and when he heard him, he did many things, and heard him gladly. -- mark 6:20 +. +And when a convenient day was come, that Herod on his birthday made a supper to his lords, high captains, and chief estates of Galilee; -- mark 6:21 +. +And when the daughter of the said Herodias came in, and danced, and pleased Herod and them that sat with him, the king said to the damsel, Ask of me whatever you will, and I will give it you. -- mark 6:22 +. +And he swore to her, Whatever you shall ask of me, I will give it you, to the half of my kingdom. -- mark 6:23 +. +And she went forth, and said to her mother, What shall I ask? And she said, The head of John the Baptist. -- mark 6:24 +. +And she came in straightway with haste to the king, and asked, saying, I will that you give me by and by in a charger the head of John the Baptist. -- mark 6:25 +. +And the king was exceeding sorry; yet for his oath' sake, and for their sakes which sat with him, he would not reject her. -- mark 6:26 +. +And immediately the king sent an executioner, and commanded his head to be brought: and he went and beheaded him in the prison, -- mark 6:27 +. +And brought his head in a charger, and gave it to the damsel: and the damsel gave it to her mother. -- mark 6:28 +. +And when his disciples heard of it, they came and took up his corpse, and laid it in a tomb. -- mark 6:29 +. +And the apostles gathered themselves together to Jesus, and told him all things, both what they had done, and what they had taught. -- mark 6:30 +. +And he said to them, Come you yourselves apart into a desert place, and rest a while: for there were many coming and going, and they had no leisure so much as to eat. -- mark 6:31 +. +And they departed into a desert place by ship privately. -- mark 6:32 +. +And the people saw them departing, and many knew him, and ran afoot thither out of all cities, and preceded them, and came together to him. -- mark 6:33 +. +And Jesus, when he came out, saw much people, and was moved with compassion toward them, because they were as sheep not having a shepherd: and he began to teach them many things. -- mark 6:34 +. +And when the day was now far spent, his disciples came to him, and said, This is a desert place, and now the time is far passed: -- mark 6:35 +. +Send them away, that they may go into the country round about, and into the villages, and buy themselves bread: for they have nothing to eat. -- mark 6:36 +. +He answered and said to them, Give you them to eat. And they say to him, Shall we go and buy two hundred pennyworth of bread, and give them to eat? -- mark 6:37 +. +He said to them, How many loaves have you? go and see. And when they knew, they say, Five, and two fishes. -- mark 6:38 +. +And he commanded them to make all sit down by companies on the green grass. -- mark 6:39 +. +And they sat down in ranks, by hundreds, and by fifties. -- mark 6:40 +. +And when he had taken the five loaves and the two fishes, he looked up to heaven, and blessed, and broke the loaves, and gave them to his disciples to set before them; and the two fishes divided he among them all. -- mark 6:41 +. +And they did all eat, and were filled. -- mark 6:42 +. +And they took up twelve baskets full of the fragments, and of the fishes. -- mark 6:43 +. +And they that did eat of the loaves were about five thousand men. -- mark 6:44 +. +And straightway he constrained his disciples to get into the ship, and to go to the other side before to Bethsaida, while he sent away the people. -- mark 6:45 +. +And when he had sent them away, he departed into a mountain to pray. -- mark 6:46 +. +And when even was come, the ship was in the middle of the sea, and he alone on the land. -- mark 6:47 +. +And he saw them toiling in rowing; for the wind was contrary to them: and about the fourth watch of the night he comes to them, walking on the sea, and would have passed by them. -- mark 6:48 +. +But when they saw him walking on the sea, they supposed it had been a spirit, and cried out: -- mark 6:49 +. +For they all saw him, and were troubled. And immediately he talked with them, and said to them, Be of good cheer: it is I; be not afraid. -- mark 6:50 +. +And he went up to them into the ship; and the wind ceased: and they were sore amazed in themselves beyond measure, and wondered. -- mark 6:51 +. +For they considered not the miracle of the loaves: for their heart was hardened. -- mark 6:52 +. +And when they had passed over, they came into the land of Gennesaret, and drew to the shore. -- mark 6:53 +. +And when they were come out of the ship, straightway they knew him, -- mark 6:54 +. +And ran through that whole region round about, and began to carry about in beds those that were sick, where they heard he was. -- mark 6:55 +. +And wherever he entered, into villages, or cities, or country, they laid the sick in the streets, and sought him that they might touch if it were but the border of his garment: and as many as touched him were made whole. -- mark 6:56 +. +Then came together to him the Pharisees, and certain of the scribes, which came from Jerusalem. -- mark 7:1 +. +And when they saw some of his disciples eat bread with defiled, that is to say, with unwashed, hands, they found fault. -- mark 7:2 +. +For the Pharisees, and all the Jews, except they wash their hands oft, eat not, holding the tradition of the elders. -- mark 7:3 +. +And when they come from the market, except they wash, they eat not. And many other things there be, which they have received to hold, as the washing of cups, and pots, brazen vessels, and of tables. -- mark 7:4 +. +Then the Pharisees and scribes asked him, Why walk not your disciples according to the tradition of the elders, but eat bread with unwashed hands? -- mark 7:5 +. +He answered and said to them, Well has Esaias prophesied of you hypocrites, as it is written, This people honors me with their lips, but their heart is far from me. -- mark 7:6 +. +However, in vain do they worship me, teaching for doctrines the commandments of men. -- mark 7:7 +. +For laying aside the commandment of God, you hold the tradition of men, as the washing of pots and cups: and many other such like things you do. -- mark 7:8 +. +And he said to them, Full well you reject the commandment of God, that you may keep your own tradition. -- mark 7:9 +. +For Moses said, Honor your father and your mother; and, Whoever curses father or mother, let him die the death: -- mark 7:10 +. +But you say, If a man shall say to his father or mother, It is Corban, that is to say, a gift, by whatever you might be profited by me; he shall be free. -- mark 7:11 +. +And you suffer him no more to do ought for his father or his mother; -- mark 7:12 +. +Making the word of God of none effect through your tradition, which you have delivered: and many such like things do you. -- mark 7:13 +. +And when he had called all the people to him, he said to them, Listen to me every one of you, and understand: -- mark 7:14 +. +There is nothing from without a man, that entering into him can defile him: but the things which come out of him, those are they that defile the man. -- mark 7:15 +. +If any man have ears to hear, let him hear. -- mark 7:16 +. +And when he was entered into the house from the people, his disciples asked him concerning the parable. -- mark 7:17 +. +And he said to them, Are you so without understanding also? Do you not perceive, that whatever thing from without enters into the man, it cannot defile him; -- mark 7:18 +. +Because it enters not into his heart, but into the belly, and goes out into the draught, purging all meats? -- mark 7:19 +. +And he said, That which comes out of the man, that defiles the man. -- mark 7:20 +. +For from within, out of the heart of men, proceed evil thoughts, adulteries, fornications, murders, -- mark 7:21 +. +Thefts, covetousness, wickedness, deceit, lasciviousness, an evil eye, blasphemy, pride, foolishness: -- mark 7:22 +. +All these evil things come from within, and defile the man. -- mark 7:23 +. +And from there he arose, and went into the borders of Tyre and Sidon, and entered into an house, and would have no man know it: but he could not be hid. -- mark 7:24 +. +For a certain woman, whose young daughter had an unclean spirit, heard of him, and came and fell at his feet: -- mark 7:25 +. +The woman was a Greek, a Syrophenician by nation; and she sought him that he would cast forth the devil out of her daughter. -- mark 7:26 +. +But Jesus said to her, Let the children first be filled: for it is not meet to take the children' bread, and to cast it to the dogs. -- mark 7:27 +. +And she answered and said to him, Yes, Lord: yet the dogs under the table eat of the children' crumbs. -- mark 7:28 +. +And he said to her, For this saying go your way; the devil is gone out of your daughter. -- mark 7:29 +. +And when she was come to her house, she found the devil gone out, and her daughter laid on the bed. -- mark 7:30 +. +And again, departing from the coasts of Tyre and Sidon, he came to the sea of Galilee, through the middle of the coasts of Decapolis. -- mark 7:31 +. +And they bring to him one that was deaf, and had an impediment in his speech; and they beseech him to put his hand on him. -- mark 7:32 +. +And he took him aside from the multitude, and put his fingers into his ears, and he spit, and touched his tongue; -- mark 7:33 +. +And looking up to heaven, he sighed, and said to him, Ephphatha, that is, Be opened. -- mark 7:34 +. +And straightway his ears were opened, and the string of his tongue was loosed, and he spoke plain. -- mark 7:35 +. +And he charged them that they should tell no man: but the more he charged them, so much the more a great deal they published it; -- mark 7:36 +. +And were beyond measure astonished, saying, He has done all things well: he makes both the deaf to hear, and the dumb to speak. -- mark 7:37 +. +In those days the multitude being very great, and having nothing to eat, Jesus called his disciples to him, and said to them, -- mark 8:1 +. +I have compassion on the multitude, because they have now been with me three days, and have nothing to eat: -- mark 8:2 +. +And if I send them away fasting to their own houses, they will faint by the way: for divers of them came from far. -- mark 8:3 +. +And his disciples answered him, From where can a man satisfy these men with bread here in the wilderness? -- mark 8:4 +. +And he asked them, How many loaves have you? And they said, Seven. -- mark 8:5 +. +And he commanded the people to sit down on the ground: and he took the seven loaves, and gave thanks, and broke, and gave to his disciples to set before them; and they did set them before the people. -- mark 8:6 +. +And they had a few small fishes: and he blessed, and commanded to set them also before them. -- mark 8:7 +. +So they did eat, and were filled: and they took up of the broken meat that was left seven baskets. -- mark 8:8 +. +And they that had eaten were about four thousand: and he sent them away. -- mark 8:9 +. +And straightway he entered into a ship with his disciples, and came into the parts of Dalmanutha. -- mark 8:10 +. +And the Pharisees came forth, and began to question with him, seeking of him a sign from heaven, tempting him. -- mark 8:11 +. +And he sighed deeply in his spirit, and said, Why does this generation seek after a sign? truly I say to you, There shall no sign be given to this generation. -- mark 8:12 +. +And he left them, and entering into the ship again departed to the other side. -- mark 8:13 +. +Now the disciples had forgotten to take bread, neither had they in the ship with them more than one loaf. -- mark 8:14 +. +And he charged them, saying, Take heed, beware of the leaven of the Pharisees, and of the leaven of Herod. -- mark 8:15 +. +And they reasoned among themselves, saying, It is because we have no bread. -- mark 8:16 +. +And when Jesus knew it, he said to them, Why reason you, because you have no bread? perceive you not yet, neither understand? have you your heart yet hardened? -- mark 8:17 +. +Having eyes, see you not? and having ears, hear you not? and do you not remember? -- mark 8:18 +. +When I broke the five loaves among five thousand, how many baskets full of fragments took you up? They say to him, Twelve. -- mark 8:19 +. +And when the seven among four thousand, how many baskets full of fragments took you up? And they said, Seven. -- mark 8:20 +. +And he said to them, How is it that you do not understand? -- mark 8:21 +. +And he comes to Bethsaida; and they bring a blind man to him, and sought him to touch him. -- mark 8:22 +. +And he took the blind man by the hand, and led him out of the town; and when he had spit on his eyes, and put his hands on him, he asked him if he saw ought. -- mark 8:23 +. +And he looked up, and said, I see men as trees, walking. -- mark 8:24 +. +After that he put his hands again on his eyes, and made him look up: and he was restored, and saw every man clearly. -- mark 8:25 +. +And he sent him away to his house, saying, Neither go into the town, nor tell it to any in the town. -- mark 8:26 +. +And Jesus went out, and his disciples, into the towns of Caesarea Philippi: and by the way he asked his disciples, saying to them, Whom do men say that I am? -- mark 8:27 +. +And they answered, John the Baptist; but some say, Elias; and others, One of the prophets. -- mark 8:28 +. +And he said to them, But whom say you that I am? And Peter answers and said to him, You are the Christ. -- mark 8:29 +. +And he charged them that they should tell no man of him. -- mark 8:30 +. +And he began to teach them, that the Son of man must suffer many things, and be rejected of the elders, and of the chief priests, and scribes, and be killed, and after three days rise again. -- mark 8:31 +. +And he spoke that saying openly. And Peter took him, and began to rebuke him. -- mark 8:32 +. +But when he had turned about and looked on his disciples, he rebuked Peter, saying, Get you behind me, Satan: for you mind not the things that be of God, but the things that be of men. -- mark 8:33 +. +And when he had called the people to him with his disciples also, he said to them, Whoever will come after me, let him deny himself, and take up his cross, and follow me. -- mark 8:34 +. +For whoever will save his life shall lose it; but whoever shall lose his life for my sake and the gospel', the same shall save it. -- mark 8:35 +. +For what shall it profit a man, if he shall gain the whole world, and lose his own soul? -- mark 8:36 +. +Or what shall a man give in exchange for his soul? -- mark 8:37 +. +Whoever therefore shall be ashamed of me and of my words in this adulterous and sinful generation; of him also shall the Son of man be ashamed, when he comes in the glory of his Father with the holy angels. -- mark 8:38 +. +And he said to them, Truly I say to you, That there be some of them that stand here, which shall not taste of death, till they have seen the kingdom of God come with power. -- mark 9:1 +. +And after six days Jesus takes with him Peter, and James, and John, and leads them up into an high mountain apart by themselves: and he was transfigured before them. -- mark 9:2 +. +And his raiment became shining, exceeding white as snow; so as no fuller on earth can white them. -- mark 9:3 +. +And there appeared to them Elias with Moses: and they were talking with Jesus. -- mark 9:4 +. +And Peter answered and said to Jesus, Master, it is good for us to be here: and let us make three tabernacles; one for you, and one for Moses, and one for Elias. -- mark 9:5 +. +For he knew not what to say; for they were sore afraid. -- mark 9:6 +. +And there was a cloud that overshadowed them: and a voice came out of the cloud, saying, This is my beloved Son: hear him. -- mark 9:7 +. +And suddenly, when they had looked round about, they saw no man any more, save Jesus only with themselves. -- mark 9:8 +. +And as they came down from the mountain, he charged them that they should tell no man what things they had seen, till the Son of man were risen from the dead. -- mark 9:9 +. +And they kept that saying with themselves, questioning one with another what the rising from the dead should mean. -- mark 9:10 +. +And they asked him, saying, Why say the scribes that Elias must first come? -- mark 9:11 +. +And he answered and told them, Elias truly comes first, and restores all things; and how it is written of the Son of man, that he must suffer many things, and be set at nothing. -- mark 9:12 +. +But I say to you, That Elias is indeed come, and they have done to him whatever they listed, as it is written of him. -- mark 9:13 +. +And when he came to his disciples, he saw a great multitude about them, and the scribes questioning with them. -- mark 9:14 +. +And straightway all the people, when they beheld him, were greatly amazed, and running to him saluted him. -- mark 9:15 +. +And he asked the scribes, What question you with them? -- mark 9:16 +. +And one of the multitude answered and said, Master, I have brought to you my son, which has a dumb spirit; -- mark 9:17 +. +And wherever he takes him, he tears him: and he foams, and gnashes with his teeth, and pines away: and I spoke to your disciples that they should cast him out; and they could not. -- mark 9:18 +. +He answers him, and said, O faithless generation, how long shall I be with you? how long shall I suffer you? bring him to me. -- mark 9:19 +. +And they brought him to him: and when he saw him, straightway the spirit tare him; and he fell on the ground, and wallowed foaming. -- mark 9:20 +. +And he asked his father, How long is it ago since this came to him? And he said, Of a child. -- mark 9:21 +. +And often it has cast him into the fire, and into the waters, to destroy him: but if you can do any thing, have compassion on us, and help us. -- mark 9:22 +. +Jesus said to him, If you can believe, all things are possible to him that believes. -- mark 9:23 +. +And straightway the father of the child cried out, and said with tears, Lord, I believe; help you my unbelief. -- mark 9:24 +. +When Jesus saw that the people came running together, he rebuked the foul spirit, saying to him, You dumb and deaf spirit, I charge you, come out of him, and enter no more into him. -- mark 9:25 +. +And the spirit cried, and rent him sore, and came out of him: and he was as one dead; so that many said, He is dead. -- mark 9:26 +. +But Jesus took him by the hand, and lifted him up; and he arose. -- mark 9:27 +. +And when he was come into the house, his disciples asked him privately, Why could not we cast him out? -- mark 9:28 +. +And he said to them, This kind can come forth by nothing, but by prayer and fasting. -- mark 9:29 +. +And they departed there, and passed through Galilee; and he would not that any man should know it. -- mark 9:30 +. +For he taught his disciples, and said to them, The Son of man is delivered into the hands of men, and they shall kill him; and after that he is killed, he shall rise the third day. -- mark 9:31 +. +But they understood not that saying, and were afraid to ask him. -- mark 9:32 +. +And he came to Capernaum: and being in the house he asked them, What was it that you disputed among yourselves by the way? -- mark 9:33 +. +But they held their peace: for by the way they had disputed among themselves, who should be the greatest. -- mark 9:34 +. +And he sat down, and called the twelve, and said to them, If any man desire to be first, the same shall be last of all, and servant of all. -- mark 9:35 +. +And he took a child, and set him in the middle of them: and when he had taken him in his arms, he said to them, -- mark 9:36 +. +Whoever shall receive one of such children in my name, receives me: and whoever shall receive me, receives not me, but him that sent me. -- mark 9:37 +. +And John answered him, saying, Master, we saw one casting out devils in your name, and he follows not us: and we forbade him, because he follows not us. -- mark 9:38 +. +But Jesus said, Forbid him not: for there is no man which shall do a miracle in my name, that can lightly speak evil of me. -- mark 9:39 +. +For he that is not against us is on our part. -- mark 9:40 +. +For whoever shall give you a cup of water to drink in my name, because you belong to Christ, truly I say to you, he shall not lose his reward. -- mark 9:41 +. +And whoever shall offend one of these little ones that believe in me, it is better for him that a millstone were hanged about his neck, and he were cast into the sea. -- mark 9:42 +. +And if your hand offend you, cut it off: it is better for you to enter into life maimed, than having two hands to go into hell, into the fire that never shall be quenched: -- mark 9:43 +. +Where their worm dies not, and the fire is not quenched. -- mark 9:44 +. +And if your foot offend you, cut it off: it is better for you to enter halt into life, than having two feet to be cast into hell, into the fire that never shall be quenched: -- mark 9:45 +. +Where their worm dies not, and the fire is not quenched. -- mark 9:46 +. +And if your eye offend you, pluck it out: it is better for you to enter into the kingdom of God with one eye, than having two eyes to be cast into hell fire: -- mark 9:47 +. +Where their worm dies not, and the fire is not quenched. -- mark 9:48 +. +For every one shall be salted with fire, and every sacrifice shall be salted with salt. -- mark 9:49 +. +Salt is good: but if the salt have lost his saltiness, with which will you season it? Have salt in yourselves, and have peace one with another. -- mark 9:50 +. +And he arose from there, and comes into the coasts of Judaea by the farther side of Jordan: and the people resort to him again; and, as he was wont, he taught them again. -- mark 10:1 +. +And the Pharisees came to him, and asked him, Is it lawful for a man to put away his wife? tempting him. -- mark 10:2 +. +And he answered and said to them, What did Moses command you? -- mark 10:3 +. +And they said, Moses suffered to write a bill of divorce, and to put her away. -- mark 10:4 +. +And Jesus answered and said to them, For the hardness of your heart he wrote you this precept. -- mark 10:5 +. +But from the beginning of the creation God made them male and female. -- mark 10:6 +. +For this cause shall a man leave his father and mother, and join to his wife; -- mark 10:7 +. +And they two shall be one flesh: so then they are no more two, but one flesh. -- mark 10:8 +. +What therefore God has joined together, let not man put asunder. -- mark 10:9 +. +And in the house his disciples asked him again of the same matter. -- mark 10:10 +. +And he said to them, Whoever shall put away his wife, and marry another, commits adultery against her. -- mark 10:11 +. +And if a woman shall put away her husband, and be married to another, she commits adultery. -- mark 10:12 +. +And they brought young children to him, that he should touch them: and his disciples rebuked those that brought them. -- mark 10:13 +. +But when Jesus saw it, he was much displeased, and said to them, Suffer the little children to come to me, and forbid them not: for of such is the kingdom of God. -- mark 10:14 +. +Truly I say to you, Whoever shall not receive the kingdom of God as a little child, he shall not enter therein. -- mark 10:15 +. +And he took them up in his arms, put his hands on them, and blessed them. -- mark 10:16 +. +And when he was gone forth into the way, there came one running, and kneeled to him, and asked him, Good Master, what shall I do that I may inherit eternal life? -- mark 10:17 +. +And Jesus said to him, Why call you me good? there is none good but one, that is, God. -- mark 10:18 +. +You know the commandments, Do not commit adultery, Do not kill, Do not steal, Do not bear false witness, Defraud not, Honor your father and mother. -- mark 10:19 +. +And he answered and said to him, Master, all these have I observed from my youth. -- mark 10:20 +. +Then Jesus beholding him loved him, and said to him, One thing you lack: go your way, sell whatever you have, and give to the poor, and you shall have treasure in heaven: and come, take up the cross, and follow me. -- mark 10:21 +. +And he was sad at that saying, and went away grieved: for he had great possessions. -- mark 10:22 +. +And Jesus looked round about, and said to his disciples, How hardly shall they that have riches enter into the kingdom of God! -- mark 10:23 +. +And the disciples were astonished at his words. But Jesus answers again, and said to them, Children, how hard is it for them that trust in riches to enter into the kingdom of God! -- mark 10:24 +. +It is easier for a camel to go through the eye of a needle, than for a rich man to enter into the kingdom of God. -- mark 10:25 +. +And they were astonished out of measure, saying among themselves, Who then can be saved? -- mark 10:26 +. +And Jesus looking on them said, With men it is impossible, but not with God: for with God all things are possible. -- mark 10:27 +. +Then Peter began to say to him, See, we have left all, and have followed you. -- mark 10:28 +. +And Jesus answered and said, Truly I say to you, There is no man that has left house, or brothers, or sisters, or father, or mother, or wife, or children, or lands, for my sake, and the gospel', -- mark 10:29 +. +But he shall receive an hundred times now in this time, houses, and brothers, and sisters, and mothers, and children, and lands, with persecutions; and in the world to come eternal life. -- mark 10:30 +. +But many that are first shall be last; and the last first. -- mark 10:31 +. +And they were in the way going up to Jerusalem; and Jesus went before them: and they were amazed; and as they followed, they were afraid. And he took again the twelve, and began to tell them what things should happen to him, -- mark 10:32 +. +Saying, Behold, we go up to Jerusalem; and the Son of man shall be delivered to the chief priests, and to the scribes; and they shall condemn him to death, and shall deliver him to the Gentiles: -- mark 10:33 +. +And they shall mock him, and shall whip him, and shall spit on him, and shall kill him: and the third day he shall rise again. -- mark 10:34 +. +And James and John, the sons of Zebedee, come to him, saying, Master, we would that you should do for us whatever we shall desire. -- mark 10:35 +. +And he said to them, What would you that I should do for you? -- mark 10:36 +. +They said to him, Grant to us that we may sit, one on your right hand, and the other on your left hand, in your glory. -- mark 10:37 +. +But Jesus said to them, You know not what you ask: can you drink of the cup that I drink of? and be baptized with the baptism that I am baptized with? -- mark 10:38 +. +And they said to him, We can. And Jesus said to them, You shall indeed drink of the cup that I drink of; and with the baptism that I am baptized with shall you be baptized: -- mark 10:39 +. +But to sit on my right hand and on my left hand is not my to give; but it shall be given to them for whom it is prepared. -- mark 10:40 +. +And when the ten heard it, they began to be much displeased with James and John. -- mark 10:41 +. +But Jesus called them to him, and said to them, You know that they which are accounted to rule over the Gentiles exercise lordship over them; and their great ones exercise authority on them. -- mark 10:42 +. +But so shall it not be among you: but whoever will be great among you, shall be your minister: -- mark 10:43 +. +And whoever of you will be the most chief, shall be servant of all. -- mark 10:44 +. +For even the Son of man came not to be ministered to, but to minister, and to give his life a ransom for many. -- mark 10:45 +. +And they came to Jericho: and as he went out of Jericho with his disciples and a great number of people, blind Bartimaeus, the son of Timaeus, sat by the highway side begging. -- mark 10:46 +. +And when he heard that it was Jesus of Nazareth, he began to cry out, and say, Jesus, you son of David, have mercy on me. -- mark 10:47 +. +And many charged him that he should hold his peace: but he cried the more a great deal, You son of David, have mercy on me. -- mark 10:48 +. +And Jesus stood still, and commanded him to be called. And they call the blind man, saying to him, Be of good comfort, rise; he calls you. -- mark 10:49 +. +And he, casting away his garment, rose, and came to Jesus. -- mark 10:50 +. +And Jesus answered and said to him, What will you that I should do to you? The blind man said to him, Lord, that I might receive my sight. -- mark 10:51 +. +And Jesus said to him, Go your way; your faith has made you whole. And immediately he received his sight, and followed Jesus in the way. -- mark 10:52 +. +And when they came near to Jerusalem, to Bethphage and Bethany, at the mount of Olives, he sends forth two of his disciples, -- mark 11:1 +. +And said to them, Go your way into the village over against you: and as soon as you be entered into it, you shall find a colt tied, where on never man sat; loose him, and bring him. -- mark 11:2 +. +And if any man say to you, Why do you this? say you that the Lord has need of him; and straightway he will send him here. -- mark 11:3 +. +And they went their way, and found the colt tied by the door without in a place where two ways met; and they loose him. -- mark 11:4 +. +And certain of them that stood there said to them, What do you, loosing the colt? -- mark 11:5 +. +And they said to them even as Jesus had commanded: and they let them go. -- mark 11:6 +. +And they brought the colt to Jesus, and cast their garments on him; and he sat on him. -- mark 11:7 +. +And many spread their garments in the way: and others cut down branches off the trees, and strewed them in the way. -- mark 11:8 +. +And they that went before, and they that followed, cried, saying, Hosanna; Blessed is he that comes in the name of the Lord: -- mark 11:9 +. +Blessed be the kingdom of our father David, that comes in the name of the Lord: Hosanna in the highest. -- mark 11:10 +. +And Jesus entered into Jerusalem, and into the temple: and when he had looked round about on all things, and now the eventide was come, he went out to Bethany with the twelve. -- mark 11:11 +. +And on the morrow, when they were come from Bethany, he was hungry: -- mark 11:12 +. +And seeing a fig tree afar off having leaves, he came, if haply he might find any thing thereon: and when he came to it, he found nothing but leaves; for the time of figs was not yet. -- mark 11:13 +. +And Jesus answered and said to it, No man eat fruit of you hereafter for ever. And his disciples heard it. -- mark 11:14 +. +And they come to Jerusalem: and Jesus went into the temple, and began to cast out them that sold and bought in the temple, and overthrew the tables of the moneychangers, and the seats of them that sold doves; -- mark 11:15 +. +And would not suffer that any man should carry any vessel through the temple. -- mark 11:16 +. +And he taught, saying to them, Is it not written, My house shall be called of all nations the house of prayer? but you have made it a den of thieves. -- mark 11:17 +. +And the scribes and chief priests heard it, and sought how they might destroy him: for they feared him, because all the people was astonished at his doctrine. -- mark 11:18 +. +And when even was come, he went out of the city. -- mark 11:19 +. +And in the morning, as they passed by, they saw the fig tree dried up from the roots. -- mark 11:20 +. +And Peter calling to remembrance said to him, Master, behold, the fig tree which you cursed is withered away. -- mark 11:21 +. +And Jesus answering said to them, Have faith in God. -- mark 11:22 +. +For truly I say to you, That whoever shall say to this mountain, Be you removed, and be you cast into the sea; and shall not doubt in his heart, but shall believe that those things which he said shall come to pass; he shall have whatever he said. -- mark 11:23 +. +Therefore I say to you, What things soever you desire, when you pray, believe that you receive them, and you shall have them. -- mark 11:24 +. +And when you stand praying, forgive, if you have ought against any: that your Father also which is in heaven may forgive you your trespasses. -- mark 11:25 +. +But if you do not forgive, neither will your Father which is in heaven forgive your trespasses. -- mark 11:26 +. +And they come again to Jerusalem: and as he was walking in the temple, there come to him the chief priests, and the scribes, and the elders, -- mark 11:27 +. +And say to him, By what authority do you these things? and who gave you this authority to do these things? -- mark 11:28 +. +And Jesus answered and said to them, I will also ask of you one question, and answer me, and I will tell you by what authority I do these things. -- mark 11:29 +. +The baptism of John, was it from heaven, or of men? answer me. -- mark 11:30 +. +And they reasoned with themselves, saying, If we shall say, From heaven; he will say, Why then did you not believe him? -- mark 11:31 +. +But if we shall say, Of men; they feared the people: for all men counted John, that he was a prophet indeed. -- mark 11:32 +. +And they answered and said to Jesus, We cannot tell. And Jesus answering said to them, Neither do I tell you by what authority I do these things. -- mark 11:33 +. +And he began to speak to them by parables. A certain man planted a vineyard, and set an hedge about it, and dig a place for the winefat, and built a tower, and let it out to farmers, and went into a far country. -- mark 12:1 +. +And at the season he sent to the farmers a servant, that he might receive from the farmers of the fruit of the vineyard. -- mark 12:2 +. +And they caught him, and beat him, and sent him away empty. -- mark 12:3 +. +And again he sent to them another servant; and at him they cast stones, and wounded him in the head, and sent him away shamefully handled. -- mark 12:4 +. +And again he sent another; and him they killed, and many others; beating some, and killing some. -- mark 12:5 +. +Having yet therefore one son, his well beloved, he sent him also last to them, saying, They will reverence my son. -- mark 12:6 +. +But those farmers said among themselves, This is the heir; come, let us kill him, and the inheritance shall be our'. -- mark 12:7 +. +And they took him, and killed him, and cast him out of the vineyard. -- mark 12:8 +. +What shall therefore the lord of the vineyard do? he will come and destroy the farmers, and will give the vineyard to others. -- mark 12:9 +. +And have you not read this scripture; The stone which the builders rejected is become the head of the corner: -- mark 12:10 +. +This was the Lord' doing, and it is marvelous in our eyes? -- mark 12:11 +. +And they sought to lay hold on him, but feared the people: for they knew that he had spoken the parable against them: and they left him, and went their way. -- mark 12:12 +. +And they send to him certain of the Pharisees and of the Herodians, to catch him in his words. -- mark 12:13 +. +And when they were come, they say to him, Master, we know that you are true, and care for no man: for you regard not the person of men, but teach the way of God in truth: Is it lawful to give tribute to Caesar, or not? -- mark 12:14 +. +Shall we give, or shall we not give? But he, knowing their hypocrisy, said to them, Why tempt you me? bring me a penny, that I may see it. -- mark 12:15 +. +And they brought it. And he said to them, Whose is this image and superscription? And they said to him, Caesar'. -- mark 12:16 +. +And Jesus answering said to them, Render to Caesar the things that are Caesar', and to God the things that are God'. And they marveled at him. -- mark 12:17 +. +Then come to him the Sadducees, which say there is no resurrection; and they asked him, saying, -- mark 12:18 +. +Master, Moses wrote to us, If a man' brother die, and leave his wife behind him, and leave no children, that his brother should take his wife, and raise up seed to his brother. -- mark 12:19 +. +Now there were seven brothers: and the first took a wife, and dying left no seed. -- mark 12:20 +. +And the second took her, and died, neither left he any seed: and the third likewise. -- mark 12:21 +. +And the seven had her, and left no seed: last of all the woman died also. -- mark 12:22 +. +In the resurrection therefore, when they shall rise, whose wife shall she be of them? for the seven had her to wife. -- mark 12:23 +. +And Jesus answering said to them, Do you not therefore err, because you know not the scriptures, neither the power of God? -- mark 12:24 +. +For when they shall rise from the dead, they neither marry, nor are given in marriage; but are as the angels which are in heaven. -- mark 12:25 +. +And as touching the dead, that they rise: have you not read in the book of Moses, how in the bush God spoke to him, saying, I am the God of Abraham, and the God of Isaac, and the God of Jacob? -- mark 12:26 +. +He is not the God of the dead, but the God of the living: you therefore do greatly err. -- mark 12:27 +. +And one of the scribes came, and having heard them reasoning together, and perceiving that he had answered them well, asked him, Which is the first commandment of all? -- mark 12:28 +. +And Jesus answered him, The first of all the commandments is, Hear, O Israel; The Lord our God is one Lord: -- mark 12:29 +. +And you shall love the Lord your God with all your heart, and with all your soul, and with all your mind, and with all your strength: this is the first commandment. -- mark 12:30 +. +And the second is like, namely this, You shall love your neighbor as yourself. There is none other commandment greater than these. -- mark 12:31 +. +And the scribe said to him, Well, Master, you have said the truth: for there is one God; and there is none other but he: -- mark 12:32 +. +And to love him with all the heart, and with all the understanding, and with all the soul, and with all the strength, and to love his neighbor as himself, is more than all whole burnt offerings and sacrifices. -- mark 12:33 +. +And when Jesus saw that he answered discreetly, he said to him, You are not far from the kingdom of God. And no man after that dared ask him any question. -- mark 12:34 +. +And Jesus answered and said, while he taught in the temple, How say the scribes that Christ is the son of David? -- mark 12:35 +. +For David himself said by the Holy Ghost, The LORD said to my Lord, Sit you on my right hand, till I make your enemies your footstool. -- mark 12:36 +. +David therefore himself calls him Lord; and from where is he then his son? And the common people heard him gladly. -- mark 12:37 +. +And he said to them in his doctrine, Beware of the scribes, which love to go in long clothing, and love salutations in the marketplaces, -- mark 12:38 +. +And the chief seats in the synagogues, and the uppermost rooms at feasts: -- mark 12:39 +. +Which devour widows'houses, and for a pretense make long prayers: these shall receive greater damnation. -- mark 12:40 +. +And Jesus sat over against the treasury, and beheld how the people cast money into the treasury: and many that were rich cast in much. -- mark 12:41 +. +And there came a certain poor widow, and she threw in two mites, which make a farthing. -- mark 12:42 +. +And he called to him his disciples, and said to them, Truly I say to you, That this poor widow has cast more in, than all they which have cast into the treasury: -- mark 12:43 +. +For all they did cast in of their abundance; but she of her want did cast in all that she had, even all her living. -- mark 12:44 +. +And as he went out of the temple, one of his disciples said to him, Master, see what manner of stones and what buildings are here! -- mark 13:1 +. +And Jesus answering said to him, See you these great buildings? there shall not be left one stone on another, that shall not be thrown down. -- mark 13:2 +. +And as he sat on the mount of Olives over against the temple, Peter and James and John and Andrew asked him privately, -- mark 13:3 +. +Tell us, when shall these things be? and what shall be the sign when all these things shall be fulfilled? -- mark 13:4 +. +And Jesus answering them began to say, Take heed lest any man deceive you: -- mark 13:5 +. +For many shall come in my name, saying, I am Christ; and shall deceive many. -- mark 13:6 +. +And when you shall hear of wars and rumors of wars, be you not troubled: for such things must needs be; but the end shall not be yet. -- mark 13:7 +. +For nation shall rise against nation, and kingdom against kingdom: and there shall be earthquakes in divers places, and there shall be famines and troubles: these are the beginnings of sorrows. -- mark 13:8 +. +But take heed to yourselves: for they shall deliver you up to councils; and in the synagogues you shall be beaten: and you shall be brought before rulers and kings for my sake, for a testimony against them. -- mark 13:9 +. +And the gospel must first be published among all nations. -- mark 13:10 +. +But when they shall lead you, and deliver you up, take no thought beforehand what you shall speak, neither do you premeditate: but whatever shall be given you in that hour, that speak you: for it is not you that speak, but the Holy Ghost. -- mark 13:11 +. +Now the brother shall betray the brother to death, and the father the son; and children shall rise up against their parents, and shall cause them to be put to death. -- mark 13:12 +. +And you shall be hated of all men for my name' sake: but he that shall endure to the end, the same shall be saved. -- mark 13:13 +. +But when you shall see the abomination of desolation, spoken of by Daniel the prophet, standing where it ought not, (let him that reads understand,) then let them that be in Judaea flee to the mountains: -- mark 13:14 +. +And let him that is on the housetop not go down into the house, neither enter therein, to take any thing out of his house: -- mark 13:15 +. +And let him that is in the field not turn back again for to take up his garment. -- mark 13:16 +. +But woe to them that are with child, and to them that give suck in those days! -- mark 13:17 +. +And pray you that your flight be not in the winter. -- mark 13:18 +. +For in those days shall be affliction, such as was not from the beginning of the creation which God created to this time, neither shall be. -- mark 13:19 +. +And except that the Lord had shortened those days, no flesh should be saved: but for the elect' sake, whom he has chosen, he has shortened the days. -- mark 13:20 +. +And then if any man shall say to you, See, here is Christ; or, see, he is there; believe him not: -- mark 13:21 +. +For false Christs and false prophets shall rise, and shall show signs and wonders, to seduce, if it were possible, even the elect. -- mark 13:22 +. +But take you heed: behold, I have foretold you all things. -- mark 13:23 +. +But in those days, after that tribulation, the sun shall be darkened, and the moon shall not give her light, -- mark 13:24 +. +And the stars of heaven shall fall, and the powers that are in heaven shall be shaken. -- mark 13:25 +. +And then shall they see the Son of man coming in the clouds with great power and glory. -- mark 13:26 +. +And then shall he send his angels, and shall gather together his elect from the four winds, from the uttermost part of the earth to the uttermost part of heaven. -- mark 13:27 +. +Now learn a parable of the fig tree; When her branch is yet tender, and puts forth leaves, you know that summer is near: -- mark 13:28 +. +So you in like manner, when you shall see these things come to pass, know that it is near, even at the doors. -- mark 13:29 +. +Truly I say to you, that this generation shall not pass, till all these things be done. -- mark 13:30 +. +Heaven and earth shall pass away: but my words shall not pass away. -- mark 13:31 +. +But of that day and that hour knows no man, no, not the angels which are in heaven, neither the Son, but the Father. -- mark 13:32 +. +Take you heed, watch and pray: for you know not when the time is. -- mark 13:33 +. +For the Son of Man is as a man taking a far journey, who left his house, and gave authority to his servants, and to every man his work, and commanded the porter to watch. -- mark 13:34 +. +Watch you therefore: for you know not when the master of the house comes, at even, or at midnight, or at the cock-crowing, or in the morning: -- mark 13:35 +. +Lest coming suddenly he find you sleeping. -- mark 13:36 +. +And what I say to you I say to all, Watch. -- mark 13:37 +. +After two days was the feast of the passover, and of unleavened bread: and the chief priests and the scribes sought how they might take him by craft, and put him to death. -- mark 14:1 +. +But they said, Not on the feast day, lest there be an uproar of the people. -- mark 14:2 +. +And being in Bethany in the house of Simon the leper, as he sat at meat, there came a woman having an alabaster box of ointment of spikenard very precious; and she broke the box, and poured it on his head. -- mark 14:3 +. +And there were some that had indignation within themselves, and said, Why was this waste of the ointment made? -- mark 14:4 +. +For it might have been sold for more than three hundred pence, and have been given to the poor. And they murmured against her. -- mark 14:5 +. +And Jesus said, Let her alone; why trouble you her? she has worked a good work on me. -- mark 14:6 +. +For you have the poor with you always, and whenever you will you may do them good: but me you have not always. -- mark 14:7 +. +She has done what she could: she is come beforehand to anoint my body to the burying. -- mark 14:8 +. +Truly I say to you, Wherever this gospel shall be preached throughout the whole world, this also that she has done shall be spoken of for a memorial of her. -- mark 14:9 +. +And Judas Iscariot, one of the twelve, went to the chief priests, to betray him to them. -- mark 14:10 +. +And when they heard it, they were glad, and promised to give him money. And he sought how he might conveniently betray him. -- mark 14:11 +. +And the first day of unleavened bread, when they killed the passover, his disciples said to him, Where will you that we go and prepare that you may eat the passover? -- mark 14:12 +. +And he sends forth two of his disciples, and said to them, Go you into the city, and there shall meet you a man bearing a pitcher of water: follow him. -- mark 14:13 +. +And wherever he shall go in, say you to the manager of the house, The Master said, Where is the guest room, where I shall eat the passover with my disciples? -- mark 14:14 +. +And he will show you a large upper room furnished and prepared: there make ready for us. -- mark 14:15 +. +And his disciples went forth, and came into the city, and found as he had said to them: and they made ready the passover. -- mark 14:16 +. +And in the evening he comes with the twelve. -- mark 14:17 +. +And as they sat and did eat, Jesus said, Truly I say to you, One of you which eats with me shall betray me. -- mark 14:18 +. +And they began to be sorrowful, and to say to him one by one, Is it I? and another said, Is it I? -- mark 14:19 +. +And he answered and said to them, It is one of the twelve, that dips with me in the dish. -- mark 14:20 +. +The Son of man indeed goes, as it is written of him: but woe to that man by whom the Son of man is betrayed! good were it for that man if he had never been born. -- mark 14:21 +. +And as they did eat, Jesus took bread, and blessed, and broke it, and gave to them, and said, Take, eat: this is my body. -- mark 14:22 +. +And he took the cup, and when he had given thanks, he gave it to them: and they all drank of it. -- mark 14:23 +. +And he said to them, This is my blood of the new testament, which is shed for many. -- mark 14:24 +. +Truly I say to you, I will drink no more of the fruit of the vine, until that day that I drink it new in the kingdom of God. -- mark 14:25 +. +And when they had sung an hymn, they went out into the mount of Olives. -- mark 14:26 +. +And Jesus said to them, All you shall be offended because of me this night: for it is written, I will smite the shepherd, and the sheep shall be scattered. -- mark 14:27 +. +But after that I am risen, I will go before you into Galilee. -- mark 14:28 +. +But Peter said to him, Although all shall be offended, yet will not I. -- mark 14:29 +. +And Jesus said to him, Truly I say to you, That this day, even in this night, before the cock crow twice, you shall deny me thrice. -- mark 14:30 +. +But he spoke the more vehemently, If I should die with you, I will not deny you in any wise. Likewise also said they all. -- mark 14:31 +. +And they came to a place which was named Gethsemane: and he said to his disciples, Sit you here, while I shall pray. -- mark 14:32 +. +And he takes with him Peter and James and John, and began to be sore amazed, and to be very heavy; -- mark 14:33 +. +And said to them, My soul is exceeding sorrowful to death: tarry you here, and watch. -- mark 14:34 +. +And he went forward a little, and fell on the ground, and prayed that, if it were possible, the hour might pass from him. -- mark 14:35 +. +And he said, Abba, Father, all things are possible to you; take away this cup from me: nevertheless not what I will, but what you will. -- mark 14:36 +. +And he comes, and finds them sleeping, and said to Peter, Simon, sleep you? could not you watch one hour? -- mark 14:37 +. +Watch you and pray, lest you enter into temptation. The spirit truly is ready, but the flesh is weak. -- mark 14:38 +. +And again he went away, and prayed, and spoke the same words. -- mark 14:39 +. +And when he returned, he found them asleep again, (for their eyes were heavy,) neither knew they what to answer him. -- mark 14:40 +. +And he comes the third time, and said to them, Sleep on now, and take your rest: it is enough, the hour is come; behold, the Son of man is betrayed into the hands of sinners. -- mark 14:41 +. +Rise up, let us go; see, he that betrays me is at hand. -- mark 14:42 +. +And immediately, while he yet spoke, comes Judas, one of the twelve, and with him a great multitude with swords and staves, from the chief priests and the scribes and the elders. -- mark 14:43 +. +And he that betrayed him had given them a token, saying, Whomsoever I shall kiss, that same is he; take him, and lead him away safely. -- mark 14:44 +. +And as soon as he was come, he goes straightway to him, and said, Master, master; and kissed him. -- mark 14:45 +. +And they laid their hands on him, and took him. -- mark 14:46 +. +And one of them that stood by drew a sword, and smote a servant of the high priest, and cut off his ear. -- mark 14:47 +. +And Jesus answered and said to them, Are you come out, as against a thief, with swords and with staves to take me? -- mark 14:48 +. +I was daily with you in the temple teaching, and you took me not: but the scriptures must be fulfilled. -- mark 14:49 +. +And they all forsook him, and fled. -- mark 14:50 +. +And there followed him a certain young man, having a linen cloth cast about his naked body; and the young men laid hold on him: -- mark 14:51 +. +And he left the linen cloth, and fled from them naked. -- mark 14:52 +. +And they led Jesus away to the high priest: and with him were assembled all the chief priests and the elders and the scribes. -- mark 14:53 +. +And Peter followed him afar off, even into the palace of the high priest: and he sat with the servants, and warmed himself at the fire. -- mark 14:54 +. +And the chief priests and all the council sought for witness against Jesus to put him to death; and found none. -- mark 14:55 +. +For many bore false witness against him, but their witness agreed not together. -- mark 14:56 +. +And there arose certain, and bore false witness against him, saying, -- mark 14:57 +. +We heard him say, I will destroy this temple that is made with hands, and within three days I will build another made without hands. -- mark 14:58 +. +But neither so did their witness agree together. -- mark 14:59 +. +And the high priest stood up in the middle, and asked Jesus, saying, Answer you nothing? what is it which these witness against you? -- mark 14:60 +. +But he held his peace, and answered nothing. Again the high priest asked him, and said to him, Are you the Christ, the Son of the Blessed? -- mark 14:61 +. +And Jesus said, I am: and you shall see the Son of man sitting on the right hand of power, and coming in the clouds of heaven. -- mark 14:62 +. +Then the high priest rent his clothes, and said, What need we any further witnesses? -- mark 14:63 +. +You have heard the blasphemy: what think you? And they all condemned him to be guilty of death. -- mark 14:64 +. +And some began to spit on him, and to cover his face, and to buffet him, and to say to him, Prophesy: and the servants did strike him with the palms of their hands. -- mark 14:65 +. +And as Peter was beneath in the palace, there comes one of the maids of the high priest: -- mark 14:66 +. +And when she saw Peter warming himself, she looked on him, and said, And you also were with Jesus of Nazareth. -- mark 14:67 +. +But he denied, saying, I know not, neither understand I what you say. And he went out into the porch; and the cock crew. -- mark 14:68 +. +And a maid saw him again, and began to say to them that stood by, This is one of them. -- mark 14:69 +. +And he denied it again. And a little after, they that stood by said again to Peter, Surely you are one of them: for you are a Galilaean, and your speech agrees thereto. -- mark 14:70 +. +But he began to curse and to swear, saying, I know not this man of whom you speak. -- mark 14:71 +. +And the second time the cock crew. And Peter called to mind the word that Jesus said to him, Before the cock crow twice, you shall deny me thrice. And when he thought thereon, he wept. -- mark 14:72 +. +And straightway in the morning the chief priests held a consultation with the elders and scribes and the whole council, and bound Jesus, and carried him away, and delivered him to Pilate. -- mark 15:1 +. +And Pilate asked him, Are you the King of the Jews? And he answering said to them, You say it. -- mark 15:2 +. +And the chief priests accused him of many things: but he answered nothing. -- mark 15:3 +. +And Pilate asked him again, saying, Answer you nothing? behold how many things they witness against you. -- mark 15:4 +. +But Jesus yet answered nothing; so that Pilate marveled. -- mark 15:5 +. +Now at that feast he released to them one prisoner, whomsoever they desired. -- mark 15:6 +. +And there was one named Barabbas, which lay bound with them that had made insurrection with him, who had committed murder in the insurrection. -- mark 15:7 +. +And the multitude crying aloud began to desire him to do as he had ever done to them. -- mark 15:8 +. +But Pilate answered them, saying, Will you that I release to you the King of the Jews? -- mark 15:9 +. +For he knew that the chief priests had delivered him for envy. -- mark 15:10 +. +But the chief priests moved the people, that he should rather release Barabbas to them. -- mark 15:11 +. +And Pilate answered and said again to them, What will you then that I shall do to him whom you call the King of the Jews? -- mark 15:12 +. +And they cried out again, Crucify him. -- mark 15:13 +. +Then Pilate said to them, Why, what evil has he done? And they cried out the more exceedingly, Crucify him. -- mark 15:14 +. +And so Pilate, willing to content the people, released Barabbas to them, and delivered Jesus, when he had scourged him, to be crucified. -- mark 15:15 +. +And the soldiers led him away into the hall, called Praetorium; and they call together the whole band. -- mark 15:16 +. +And they clothed him with purple, and platted a crown of thorns, and put it about his head, -- mark 15:17 +. +And began to salute him, Hail, King of the Jews! -- mark 15:18 +. +And they smote him on the head with a reed, and did spit on him, and bowing their knees worshipped him. -- mark 15:19 +. +And when they had mocked him, they took off the purple from him, and put his own clothes on him, and led him out to crucify him. -- mark 15:20 +. +And they compel one Simon a Cyrenian, who passed by, coming out of the country, the father of Alexander and Rufus, to bear his cross. -- mark 15:21 +. +And they bring him to the place Golgotha, which is, being interpreted, The place of a skull. -- mark 15:22 +. +And they gave him to drink wine mingled with myrrh: but he received it not. -- mark 15:23 +. +And when they had crucified him, they parted his garments, casting lots on them, what every man should take. -- mark 15:24 +. +And it was the third hour, and they crucified him. -- mark 15:25 +. +And the superscription of his accusation was written over, THE KING OF THE JEWS. -- mark 15:26 +. +And with him they crucify two thieves; the one on his right hand, and the other on his left. -- mark 15:27 +. +And the scripture was fulfilled, which said, And he was numbered with the transgressors. -- mark 15:28 +. +And they that passed by railed on him, wagging their heads, and saying, Ah, you that destroy the temple, and build it in three days, -- mark 15:29 +. +Save yourself, and come down from the cross. -- mark 15:30 +. +Likewise also the chief priests mocking said among themselves with the scribes, He saved others; himself he cannot save. -- mark 15:31 +. +Let Christ the King of Israel descend now from the cross, that we may see and believe. And they that were crucified with him reviled him. -- mark 15:32 +. +And when the sixth hour was come, there was darkness over the whole land until the ninth hour. -- mark 15:33 +. +And at the ninth hour Jesus cried with a loud voice, saying, Eloi, Eloi, lama sabachthani? which is, being interpreted, My God, my God, why have you forsaken me? -- mark 15:34 +. +And some of them that stood by, when they heard it, said, Behold, he calls Elias. -- mark 15:35 +. +And one ran and filled a sponge full of vinegar, and put it on a reed, and gave him to drink, saying, Let alone; let us see whether Elias will come to take him down. -- mark 15:36 +. +And Jesus cried with a loud voice, and gave up the ghost. -- mark 15:37 +. +And the veil of the temple was rent in two from the top to the bottom. -- mark 15:38 +. +And when the centurion, which stood over against him, saw that he so cried out, and gave up the ghost, he said, Truly this man was the Son of God. -- mark 15:39 +. +There were also women looking on afar off: among whom was Mary Magdalene, and Mary the mother of James the less and of Joses, and Salome; -- mark 15:40 +. +(Who also, when he was in Galilee, followed him, and ministered to him;) and many other women which came up with him to Jerusalem. -- mark 15:41 +. +And now when the even was come, because it was the preparation, that is, the day before the sabbath, -- mark 15:42 +. +Joseph of Arimathaea, an honorable counselor, which also waited for the kingdom of God, came, and went in boldly to Pilate, and craved the body of Jesus. -- mark 15:43 +. +And Pilate marveled if he were already dead: and calling to him the centurion, he asked him whether he had been any while dead. -- mark 15:44 +. +And when he knew it of the centurion, he gave the body to Joseph. -- mark 15:45 +. +And he bought fine linen, and took him down, and wrapped him in the linen, and laid him in a sepulcher which was hewn out of a rock, and rolled a stone to the door of the sepulcher. -- mark 15:46 +. +And Mary Magdalene and Mary the mother of Joses beheld where he was laid. -- mark 15:47 +. +And when the sabbath was past, Mary Magdalene, and Mary the mother of James, and Salome, had bought sweet spices, that they might come and anoint him. -- mark 16:1 +. +And very early in the morning the first day of the week, they came to the sepulcher at the rising of the sun. -- mark 16:2 +. +And they said among themselves, Who shall roll us away the stone from the door of the sepulcher? -- mark 16:3 +. +And when they looked, they saw that the stone was rolled away: for it was very great. -- mark 16:4 +. +And entering into the sepulcher, they saw a young man sitting on the right side, clothed in a long white garment; and they were affrighted. -- mark 16:5 +. +And he said to them, Be not affrighted: You seek Jesus of Nazareth, which was crucified: he is risen; he is not here: behold the place where they laid him. -- mark 16:6 +. +But go your way, tell his disciples and Peter that he goes before you into Galilee: there shall you see him, as he said to you. -- mark 16:7 +. +And they went out quickly, and fled from the sepulcher; for they trembled and were amazed: neither said they any thing to any man; for they were afraid. -- mark 16:8 +. +Now when Jesus was risen early the first day of the week, he appeared first to Mary Magdalene, out of whom he had cast seven devils. -- mark 16:9 +. +And she went and told them that had been with him, as they mourned and wept. -- mark 16:10 +. +And they, when they had heard that he was alive, and had been seen of her, believed not. -- mark 16:11 +. +After that he appeared in another form to two of them, as they walked, and went into the country. -- mark 16:12 +. +And they went and told it to the residue: neither believed they them. -- mark 16:13 +. +Afterward he appeared to the eleven as they sat at meat, and upbraided them with their unbelief and hardness of heart, because they believed not them which had seen him after he was risen. -- mark 16:14 +. +And he said to them, Go you into all the world, and preach the gospel to every creature. -- mark 16:15 +. +He that believes and is baptized shall be saved; but he that believes not shall be damned. -- mark 16:16 +. +And these signs shall follow them that believe; In my name shall they cast out devils; they shall speak with new tongues; -- mark 16:17 +. +They shall take up serpents; and if they drink any deadly thing, it shall not hurt them; they shall lay hands on the sick, and they shall recover. -- mark 16:18 +. +So then after the Lord had spoken to them, he was received up into heaven, and sat on the right hand of God. -- mark 16:19 +. +And they went forth, and preached every where, the Lord working with them, and confirming the word with signs following. Amen. -- mark 16:20 +. +For as much as many have taken in hand to set forth in order a declaration of those things which are most surely believed among us, -- luke 1:1 +. +Even as they delivered them to us, which from the beginning were eyewitnesses, and ministers of the word; -- luke 1:2 +. +It seemed good to me also, having had perfect understanding of all things from the very first, to write to you in order, most excellent Theophilus, -- luke 1:3 +. +That you might know the certainty of those things, wherein you have been instructed. -- luke 1:4 +. +THERE was in the days of Herod, the king of Judaea, a certain priest named Zacharias, of the course of Abia: and his wife was of the daughters of Aaron, and her name was Elisabeth. -- luke 1:5 +. +And they were both righteous before God, walking in all the commandments and ordinances of the Lord blameless. -- luke 1:6 +. +And they had no child, because that Elisabeth was barren, and they both were now well stricken in years. -- luke 1:7 +. +And it came to pass, that while he executed the priest' office before God in the order of his course, -- luke 1:8 +. +According to the custom of the priest' office, his lot was to burn incense when he went into the temple of the Lord. -- luke 1:9 +. +And the whole multitude of the people were praying without at the time of incense. -- luke 1:10 +. +And there appeared to him an angel of the Lord standing on the right side of the altar of incense. -- luke 1:11 +. +And when Zacharias saw him, he was troubled, and fear fell on him. -- luke 1:12 +. +But the angel said to him, Fear not, Zacharias: for your prayer is heard; and your wife Elisabeth shall bear you a son, and you shall call his name John. -- luke 1:13 +. +And you shall have joy and gladness; and many shall rejoice at his birth. -- luke 1:14 +. +For he shall be great in the sight of the Lord, and shall drink neither wine nor strong drink; and he shall be filled with the Holy Ghost, even from his mother' womb. -- luke 1:15 +. +And many of the children of Israel shall he turn to the Lord their God. -- luke 1:16 +. +And he shall go before him in the spirit and power of Elias, to turn the hearts of the fathers to the children, and the disobedient to the wisdom of the just; to make ready a people prepared for the Lord. -- luke 1:17 +. +And Zacharias said to the angel, Whereby shall I know this? for I am an old man, and my wife well stricken in years. -- luke 1:18 +. +And the angel answering said to him, I am Gabriel, that stand in the presence of God; and am sent to speak to you, and to show you these glad tidings. -- luke 1:19 +. +And, behold, you shall be dumb, and not able to speak, until the day that these things shall be performed, because you believe not my words, which shall be fulfilled in their season. -- luke 1:20 +. +And the people waited for Zacharias, and marveled that he tarried so long in the temple. -- luke 1:21 +. +And when he came out, he could not speak to them: and they perceived that he had seen a vision in the temple: for he beckoned to them, and remained speechless. -- luke 1:22 +. +And it came to pass, that, as soon as the days of his ministration were accomplished, he departed to his own house. -- luke 1:23 +. +And after those days his wife Elisabeth conceived, and hid herself five months, saying, -- luke 1:24 +. +Thus has the Lord dealt with me in the days wherein he looked on me, to take away my reproach among men. -- luke 1:25 +. +And in the sixth month the angel Gabriel was sent from God to a city of Galilee, named Nazareth, -- luke 1:26 +. +To a virgin espoused to a man whose name was Joseph, of the house of David; and the virgin' name was Mary. -- luke 1:27 +. +And the angel came in to her, and said, Hail, you that are highly favored, the Lord is with you: blessed are you among women. -- luke 1:28 +. +And when she saw him, she was troubled at his saying, and cast in her mind what manner of salutation this should be. -- luke 1:29 +. +And the angel said to her, Fear not, Mary: for you have found favor with God. -- luke 1:30 +. +And, behold, you shall conceive in your womb, and bring forth a son, and shall call his name JESUS. -- luke 1:31 +. +He shall be great, and shall be called the Son of the Highest: and the Lord God shall give to him the throne of his father David: -- luke 1:32 +. +And he shall reign over the house of Jacob for ever; and of his kingdom there shall be no end. -- luke 1:33 +. +Then said Mary to the angel, How shall this be, seeing I know not a man? -- luke 1:34 +. +And the angel answered and said to her, The Holy Ghost shall come on you, and the power of the Highest shall overshadow you: therefore also that holy thing which shall be born of you shall be called the Son of God. -- luke 1:35 +. +And, behold, your cousin Elisabeth, she has also conceived a son in her old age: and this is the sixth month with her, who was called barren. -- luke 1:36 +. +For with God nothing shall be impossible. -- luke 1:37 +. +And Mary said, Behold the handmaid of the Lord; be it to me according to your word. And the angel departed from her. -- luke 1:38 +. +And Mary arose in those days, and went into the hill country with haste, into a city of Juda; -- luke 1:39 +. +And entered into the house of Zacharias, and saluted Elisabeth. -- luke 1:40 +. +And it came to pass, that, when Elisabeth heard the salutation of Mary, the babe leaped in her womb; and Elisabeth was filled with the Holy Ghost: -- luke 1:41 +. +And she spoke out with a loud voice, and said, Blessed are you among women, and blessed is the fruit of your womb. -- luke 1:42 +. +And what is this to me, that the mother of my Lord should come to me? -- luke 1:43 +. +For, see, as soon as the voice of your salutation sounded in my ears, the babe leaped in my womb for joy. -- luke 1:44 +. +And blessed is she that believed: for there shall be a performance of those things which were told her from the Lord. -- luke 1:45 +. +And Mary said, My soul does magnify the Lord, -- luke 1:46 +. +And my spirit has rejoiced in God my Savior. -- luke 1:47 +. +For he has regarded the low estate of his handmaiden: for, behold, from now on all generations shall call me blessed. -- luke 1:48 +. +For he that is mighty has done to me great things; and holy is his name. -- luke 1:49 +. +And his mercy is on them that fear him from generation to generation. -- luke 1:50 +. +He has showed strength with his arm; he has scattered the proud in the imagination of their hearts. -- luke 1:51 +. +He has put down the mighty from their seats, and exalted them of low degree. -- luke 1:52 +. +He has filled the hungry with good things; and the rich he has sent empty away. -- luke 1:53 +. +He has helped his servant Israel, in remembrance of his mercy; -- luke 1:54 +. +As he spoke to our fathers, to Abraham, and to his seed for ever. -- luke 1:55 +. +And Mary stayed with her about three months, and returned to her own house. -- luke 1:56 +. +Now Elisabeth' full time came that she should be delivered; and she brought forth a son. -- luke 1:57 +. +And her neighbors and her cousins heard how the Lord had showed great mercy on her; and they rejoiced with her. -- luke 1:58 +. +And it came to pass, that on the eighth day they came to circumcise the child; and they called him Zacharias, after the name of his father. -- luke 1:59 +. +And his mother answered and said, Not so; but he shall be called John. -- luke 1:60 +. +And they said to her, There is none of your kindred that is called by this name. -- luke 1:61 +. +And they made signs to his father, how he would have him called. -- luke 1:62 +. +And he asked for a writing table, and wrote, saying, His name is John. And they marveled all. -- luke 1:63 +. +And his mouth was opened immediately, and his tongue loosed, and he spoke, and praised God. -- luke 1:64 +. +And fear came on all that dwelled round about them: and all these sayings were noised abroad throughout all the hill country of Judaea. -- luke 1:65 +. +And all they that heard them laid them up in their hearts, saying, What manner of child shall this be! And the hand of the Lord was with him. -- luke 1:66 +. +And his father Zacharias was filled with the Holy Ghost, and prophesied, saying, -- luke 1:67 +. +Blessed be the Lord God of Israel; for he has visited and redeemed his people, -- luke 1:68 +. +And has raised up an horn of salvation for us in the house of his servant David; -- luke 1:69 +. +As he spoke by the mouth of his holy prophets, which have been since the world began: -- luke 1:70 +. +That we should be saved from our enemies, and from the hand of all that hate us; -- luke 1:71 +. +To perform the mercy promised to our fathers, and to remember his holy covenant; -- luke 1:72 +. +The oath which he swore to our father Abraham, -- luke 1:73 +. +That he would grant to us, that we being delivered out of the hand of our enemies might serve him without fear, -- luke 1:74 +. +In holiness and righteousness before him, all the days of our life. -- luke 1:75 +. +And you, child, shall be called the prophet of the Highest: for you shall go before the face of the Lord to prepare his ways; -- luke 1:76 +. +To give knowledge of salvation to his people by the remission of their sins, -- luke 1:77 +. +Through the tender mercy of our God; whereby the dayspring from on high has visited us, -- luke 1:78 +. +To give light to them that sit in darkness and in the shadow of death, to guide our feet into the way of peace. -- luke 1:79 +. +And the child grew, and waxed strong in spirit, and was in the deserts till the day of his showing to Israel. -- luke 1:80 +. +And it came to pass in those days, that there went out a decree from Caesar Augustus that all the world should be taxed. -- luke 2:1 +. +(And this taxing was first made when Cyrenius was governor of Syria.) -- luke 2:2 +. +And all went to be taxed, every one into his own city. -- luke 2:3 +. +And Joseph also went up from Galilee, out of the city of Nazareth, into Judaea, to the city of David, which is called Bethlehem; (because he was of the house and lineage of David:) -- luke 2:4 +. +To be taxed with Mary his espoused wife, being great with child. -- luke 2:5 +. +And so it was, that, while they were there, the days were accomplished that she should be delivered. -- luke 2:6 +. +And she brought forth her firstborn son, and wrapped him in swaddling clothes, and laid him in a manger; because there was no room for them in the inn. -- luke 2:7 +. +And there were in the same country shepherds abiding in the field, keeping watch over their flock by night. -- luke 2:8 +. +And, see, the angel of the Lord came on them, and the glory of the Lord shone round about them: and they were sore afraid. -- luke 2:9 +. +And the angel said to them, Fear not: for, behold, I bring you good tidings of great joy, which shall be to all people. -- luke 2:10 +. +For to you is born this day in the city of David a Savior, which is Christ the Lord. -- luke 2:11 +. +And this shall be a sign to you; You shall find the babe wrapped in swaddling clothes, lying in a manger. -- luke 2:12 +. +And suddenly there was with the angel a multitude of the heavenly host praising God, and saying, -- luke 2:13 +. +Glory to God in the highest, and on earth peace, good will toward men. -- luke 2:14 +. +And it came to pass, as the angels were gone away from them into heaven, the shepherds said one to another, Let us now go even to Bethlehem, and see this thing which is come to pass, which the Lord has made known to us. -- luke 2:15 +. +And they came with haste, and found Mary, and Joseph, and the babe lying in a manger. -- luke 2:16 +. +And when they had seen it, they made known abroad the saying which was told them concerning this child. -- luke 2:17 +. +And all they that heard it wondered at those things which were told them by the shepherds. -- luke 2:18 +. +But Mary kept all these things, and pondered them in her heart. -- luke 2:19 +. +And the shepherds returned, glorifying and praising God for all the things that they had heard and seen, as it was told to them. -- luke 2:20 +. +And when eight days were accomplished for the circumcising of the child, his name was called JESUS, which was so named of the angel before he was conceived in the womb. -- luke 2:21 +. +And when the days of her purification according to the law of Moses were accomplished, they brought him to Jerusalem, to present him to the Lord; -- luke 2:22 +. +(As it is written in the law of the LORD, Every male that opens the womb shall be called holy to the Lord;) -- luke 2:23 +. +And to offer a sacrifice according to that which is said in the law of the Lord, A pair of turtledoves, or two young pigeons. -- luke 2:24 +. +And, behold, there was a man in Jerusalem, whose name was Simeon; and the same man was just and devout, waiting for the consolation of Israel: and the Holy Ghost was on him. -- luke 2:25 +. +And it was revealed to him by the Holy Ghost, that he should not see death, before he had seen the Lord' Christ. -- luke 2:26 +. +And he came by the Spirit into the temple: and when the parents brought in the child Jesus, to do for him after the custom of the law, -- luke 2:27 +. +Then took he him up in his arms, and blessed God, and said, -- luke 2:28 +. +Lord, now let you your servant depart in peace, according to your word: -- luke 2:29 +. +For my eyes have seen your salvation, -- luke 2:30 +. +Which you have prepared before the face of all people; -- luke 2:31 +. +A light to lighten the Gentiles, and the glory of your people Israel. -- luke 2:32 +. +And Joseph and his mother marveled at those things which were spoken of him. -- luke 2:33 +. +And Simeon blessed them, and said to Mary his mother, Behold, this child is set for the fall and rising again of many in Israel; and for a sign which shall be spoken against; -- luke 2:34 +. +(Yes, a sword shall pierce through your own soul also,) that the thoughts of many hearts may be revealed. -- luke 2:35 +. +And there was one Anna, a prophetess, the daughter of Phanuel, of the tribe of Aser: she was of a great age, and had lived with an husband seven years from her virginity; -- luke 2:36 +. +And she was a widow of about fourscore and four years, which departed not from the temple, but served God with fastings and prayers night and day. -- luke 2:37 +. +And she coming in that instant gave thanks likewise to the Lord, and spoke of him to all them that looked for redemption in Jerusalem. -- luke 2:38 +. +And when they had performed all things according to the law of the Lord, they returned into Galilee, to their own city Nazareth. -- luke 2:39 +. +And the child grew, and waxed strong in spirit, filled with wisdom: and the grace of God was on him. -- luke 2:40 +. +Now his parents went to Jerusalem every year at the feast of the passover. -- luke 2:41 +. +And when he was twelve years old, they went up to Jerusalem after the custom of the feast. -- luke 2:42 +. +And when they had fulfilled the days, as they returned, the child Jesus tarried behind in Jerusalem; and Joseph and his mother knew not of it. -- luke 2:43 +. +But they, supposing him to have been in the company, went a day' journey; and they sought him among their kinsfolk and acquaintance. -- luke 2:44 +. +And when they found him not, they turned back again to Jerusalem, seeking him. -- luke 2:45 +. +And it came to pass, that after three days they found him in the temple, sitting in the middle of the doctors, both hearing them, and asking them questions. -- luke 2:46 +. +And all that heard him were astonished at his understanding and answers. -- luke 2:47 +. +And when they saw him, they were amazed: and his mother said to him, Son, why have you thus dealt with us? behold, your father and I have sought you sorrowing. -- luke 2:48 +. +And he said to them, How is it that you sought me? knew you not that I must be about my Father' business? -- luke 2:49 +. +And they understood not the saying which he spoke to them. -- luke 2:50 +. +And he went down with them, and came to Nazareth, and was subject to them: but his mother kept all these sayings in her heart. -- luke 2:51 +. +And Jesus increased in wisdom and stature, and in favor with God and man. -- luke 2:52 +. +Now in the fifteenth year of the reign of Tiberius Caesar, Pontius Pilate being governor of Judaea, and Herod being tetrarch of Galilee, and his brother Philip tetrarch of Ituraea and of the region of Trachonitis, and Lysanias the tetrarch of Abilene, -- luke 3:1 +. +Annas and Caiaphas being the high priests, the word of God came to John the son of Zacharias in the wilderness. -- luke 3:2 +. +And he came into all the country about Jordan, preaching the baptism of repentance for the remission of sins; -- luke 3:3 +. +As it is written in the book of the words of Esaias the prophet, saying, The voice of one crying in the wilderness, Prepare you the way of the Lord, make his paths straight. -- luke 3:4 +. +Every valley shall be filled, and every mountain and hill shall be brought low; and the crooked shall be made straight, and the rough ways shall be made smooth; -- luke 3:5 +. +And all flesh shall see the salvation of God. -- luke 3:6 +. +Then said he to the multitude that came forth to be baptized of him, O generation of vipers, who has warned you to flee from the wrath to come? -- luke 3:7 +. +Bring forth therefore fruits worthy of repentance, and begin not to say within yourselves, We have Abraham to our father: for I say to you, That God is able of these stones to raise up children to Abraham. -- luke 3:8 +. +And now also the ax is laid to the root of the trees: every tree therefore which brings not forth good fruit is hewn down, and cast into the fire. -- luke 3:9 +. +And the people asked him, saying, What shall we do then? -- luke 3:10 +. +He answers and said to them, He that has two coats, let him impart to him that has none; and he that has meat, let him do likewise. -- luke 3:11 +. +Then came also publicans to be baptized, and said to him, Master, what shall we do? -- luke 3:12 +. +And he said to them, Exact no more than that which is appointed you. -- luke 3:13 +. +And the soldiers likewise demanded of him, saying, And what shall we do? And he said to them, Do violence to no man, neither accuse any falsely; and be content with your wages. -- luke 3:14 +. +And as the people were in expectation, and all men mused in their hearts of John, whether he were the Christ, or not; -- luke 3:15 +. +John answered, saying to them all, I indeed baptize you with water; but one mightier than I comes, the lace of whose shoes I am not worthy to unloose: he shall baptize you with the Holy Ghost and with fire: -- luke 3:16 +. +Whose fan is in his hand, and he will thoroughly purge his floor, and will gather the wheat into his garner; but the chaff he will burn with fire unquenchable. -- luke 3:17 +. +And many other things in his exhortation preached he to the people. -- luke 3:18 +. +But Herod the tetrarch, being reproved by him for Herodias his brother Philip' wife, and for all the evils which Herod had done, -- luke 3:19 +. +Added yet this above all, that he shut up John in prison. -- luke 3:20 +. +Now when all the people were baptized, it came to pass, that Jesus also being baptized, and praying, the heaven was opened, -- luke 3:21 +. +And the Holy Ghost descended in a bodily shape like a dove on him, and a voice came from heaven, which said, You are my beloved Son; in you I am well pleased. -- luke 3:22 +. +And Jesus himself began to be about thirty years of age, being (as was supposed) the son of Joseph, which was the son of Heli, -- luke 3:23 +. +Which was the son of Matthat, which was the son of Levi, which was the son of Melchi, which was the son of Janna, which was the son of Joseph, -- luke 3:24 +. +Which was the son of Mattathias, which was the son of Amos, which was the son of Naum, which was the son of Esli, which was the son of Nagge, -- luke 3:25 +. +Which was the son of Maath, which was the son of Mattathias, which was the son of Semei, which was the son of Joseph, which was the son of Juda, -- luke 3:26 +. +Which was the son of Joanna, which was the son of Rhesa, which was the son of Zorobabel, which was the son of Salathiel, which was the son of Neri, -- luke 3:27 +. +Which was the son of Melchi, which was the son of Addi, which was the son of Cosam, which was the son of Elmodam, which was the son of Er, -- luke 3:28 +. +Which was the son of Jose, which was the son of Eliezer, which was the son of Jorim, which was the son of Matthat, which was the son of Levi, -- luke 3:29 +. +Which was the son of Simeon, which was the son of Juda, which was the son of Joseph, which was the son of Jonan, which was the son of Eliakim, -- luke 3:30 +. +Which was the son of Melea, which was the son of Menan, which was the son of Mattatha, which was the son of Nathan, which was the son of David, -- luke 3:31 +. +Which was the son of Jesse, which was the son of Obed, which was the son of Booz, which was the son of Salmon, which was the son of Naasson, -- luke 3:32 +. +Which was the son of Aminadab, which was the son of Aram, which was the son of Esrom, which was the son of Phares, which was the son of Juda, -- luke 3:33 +. +Which was the son of Jacob, which was the son of Isaac, which was the son of Abraham, which was the son of Thara, which was the son of Nachor, -- luke 3:34 +. +Which was the son of Saruch, which was the son of Ragau, which was the son of Phalec, which was the son of Heber, which was the son of Sala, -- luke 3:35 +. +Which was the son of Cainan, which was the son of Arphaxad, which was the son of Sem, which was the son of Noe, which was the son of Lamech, -- luke 3:36 +. +Which was the son of Mathusala, which was the son of Enoch, which was the son of Jared, which was the son of Maleleel, which was the son of Cainan, -- luke 3:37 +. +Which was the son of Enos, which was the son of Seth, which was the son of Adam, which was the son of God. -- luke 3:38 +. +And Jesus being full of the Holy Ghost returned from Jordan, and was led by the Spirit into the wilderness, -- luke 4:1 +. +Being forty days tempted of the devil. And in those days he did eat nothing: and when they were ended, he afterward hungry. -- luke 4:2 +. +And the devil said to him, If you be the Son of God, command this stone that it be made bread. -- luke 4:3 +. +And Jesus answered him, saying, It is written, That man shall not live by bread alone, but by every word of God. -- luke 4:4 +. +And the devil, taking him up into an high mountain, showed to him all the kingdoms of the world in a moment of time. -- luke 4:5 +. +And the devil said to him, All this power will I give you, and the glory of them: for that is delivered to me; and to whomsoever I will I give it. -- luke 4:6 +. +If you therefore will worship me, all shall be yours. -- luke 4:7 +. +And Jesus answered and said to him, Get you behind me, Satan: for it is written, You shall worship the Lord your God, and him only shall you serve. -- luke 4:8 +. +And he brought him to Jerusalem, and set him on a pinnacle of the temple, and said to him, If you be the Son of God, cast yourself down from hence: -- luke 4:9 +. +For it is written, He shall give his angels charge over you, to keep you: -- luke 4:10 +. +And in their hands they shall bear you up, lest at any time you dash your foot against a stone. -- luke 4:11 +. +And Jesus answering said to him, It is said, You shall not tempt the Lord your God. -- luke 4:12 +. +And when the devil had ended all the temptation, he departed from him for a season. -- luke 4:13 +. +And Jesus returned in the power of the Spirit into Galilee: and there went out a fame of him through all the region round about. -- luke 4:14 +. +And he taught in their synagogues, being glorified of all. -- luke 4:15 +. +And he came to Nazareth, where he had been brought up: and, as his custom was, he went into the synagogue on the sabbath day, and stood up for to read. -- luke 4:16 +. +And there was delivered to him the book of the prophet Esaias. And when he had opened the book, he found the place where it was written, -- luke 4:17 +. +The Spirit of the Lord is on me, because he has anointed me to preach the gospel to the poor; he has sent me to heal the brokenhearted, to preach deliverance to the captives, and recovering of sight to the blind, to set at liberty them that are bruised, -- luke 4:18 +. +To preach the acceptable year of the Lord. -- luke 4:19 +. +And he closed the book, and he gave it again to the minister, and sat down. And the eyes of all them that were in the synagogue were fastened on him. -- luke 4:20 +. +And he began to say to them, This day is this scripture fulfilled in your ears. -- luke 4:21 +. +And all bore him witness, and wondered at the gracious words which proceeded out of his mouth. And they said, Is not this Joseph' son? -- luke 4:22 +. +And he said to them, You will surely say to me this proverb, Physician, heal yourself: whatever we have heard done in Capernaum, do also here in your country. -- luke 4:23 +. +And he said, Truly I say to you, No prophet is accepted in his own country. -- luke 4:24 +. +But I tell you of a truth, many widows were in Israel in the days of Elias, when the heaven was shut up three years and six months, when great famine was throughout all the land; -- luke 4:25 +. +But to none of them was Elias sent, save to Sarepta, a city of Sidon, to a woman that was a widow. -- luke 4:26 +. +And many lepers were in Israel in the time of Eliseus the prophet; and none of them was cleansed, saving Naaman the Syrian. -- luke 4:27 +. +And all they in the synagogue, when they heard these things, were filled with wrath, -- luke 4:28 +. +And rose up, and thrust him out of the city, and led him to the brow of the hill where on their city was built, that they might cast him down headlong. -- luke 4:29 +. +But he passing through the middle of them went his way, -- luke 4:30 +. +And came down to Capernaum, a city of Galilee, and taught them on the sabbath days. -- luke 4:31 +. +And they were astonished at his doctrine: for his word was with power. -- luke 4:32 +. +And in the synagogue there was a man, which had a spirit of an unclean devil, and cried out with a loud voice, -- luke 4:33 +. +Saying, Let us alone; what have we to do with you, you Jesus of Nazareth? are you come to destroy us? I know you who you are; the Holy One of God. -- luke 4:34 +. +And Jesus rebuked him, saying, Hold your peace, and come out of him. And when the devil had thrown him in the middle, he came out of him, and hurt him not. -- luke 4:35 +. +And they were all amazed, and spoke among themselves, saying, What a word is this! for with authority and power he commands the unclean spirits, and they come out. -- luke 4:36 +. +And the fame of him went out into every place of the country round about. -- luke 4:37 +. +And he arose out of the synagogue, and entered into Simon' house. And Simon' wife' mother was taken with a great fever; and they sought him for her. -- luke 4:38 +. +And he stood over her, and rebuked the fever; and it left her: and immediately she arose and ministered to them. -- luke 4:39 +. +Now when the sun was setting, all they that had any sick with divers diseases brought them to him; and he laid his hands on every one of them, and healed them. -- luke 4:40 +. +And devils also came out of many, crying out, and saying, You are Christ the Son of God. And he rebuking them suffered them not to speak: for they knew that he was Christ. -- luke 4:41 +. +And when it was day, he departed and went into a desert place: and the people sought him, and came to him, and stayed him, that he should not depart from them. -- luke 4:42 +. +And he said to them, I must preach the kingdom of God to other cities also: for therefore am I sent. -- luke 4:43 +. +And he preached in the synagogues of Galilee. -- luke 4:44 +. +And it came to pass, that, as the people pressed on him to hear the word of God, he stood by the lake of Gennesaret, -- luke 5:1 +. +And saw two ships standing by the lake: but the fishermen were gone out of them, and were washing their nets. -- luke 5:2 +. +And he entered into one of the ships, which was Simon', and prayed him that he would thrust out a little from the land. And he sat down, and taught the people out of the ship. -- luke 5:3 +. +Now when he had left speaking, he said to Simon, Launch out into the deep, and let down your nets for a draught. -- luke 5:4 +. +And Simon answering said to him, Master, we have toiled all the night, and have taken nothing: nevertheless at your word I will let down the net. -- luke 5:5 +. +And when they had this done, they enclosed a great multitude of fishes: and their net broke. -- luke 5:6 +. +And they beckoned to their partners, which were in the other ship, that they should come and help them. And they came, and filled both the ships, so that they began to sink. -- luke 5:7 +. +When Simon Peter saw it, he fell down at Jesus'knees, saying, Depart from me; for I am a sinful man, O Lord. -- luke 5:8 +. +For he was astonished, and all that were with him, at the draught of the fishes which they had taken: -- luke 5:9 +. +And so was also James, and John, the sons of Zebedee, which were partners with Simon. And Jesus said to Simon, Fear not; from now on you shall catch men. -- luke 5:10 +. +And when they had brought their ships to land, they forsook all, and followed him. -- luke 5:11 +. +And it came to pass, when he was in a certain city, behold a man full of leprosy: who seeing Jesus fell on his face, and sought him, saying, Lord, if you will, you can make me clean. -- luke 5:12 +. +And he put forth his hand, and touched him, saying, I will: be you clean. And immediately the leprosy departed from him. -- luke 5:13 +. +And he charged him to tell no man: but go, and show yourself to the priest, and offer for your cleansing, according as Moses commanded, for a testimony to them. -- luke 5:14 +. +But so much the more went there a fame abroad of him: and great multitudes came together to hear, and to be healed by him of their infirmities. -- luke 5:15 +. +And he withdrew himself into the wilderness, and prayed. -- luke 5:16 +. +And it came to pass on a certain day, as he was teaching, that there were Pharisees and doctors of the law sitting by, which were come out of every town of Galilee, and Judaea, and Jerusalem: and the power of the Lord was present to heal them. -- luke 5:17 +. +And, behold, men brought in a bed a man which was taken with a palsy: and they sought means to bring him in, and to lay him before him. -- luke 5:18 +. +And when they could not find by what way they might bring him in because of the multitude, they went on the housetop, and let him down through the tiling with his couch into the middle before Jesus. -- luke 5:19 +. +And when he saw their faith, he said to him, Man, your sins are forgiven you. -- luke 5:20 +. +And the scribes and the Pharisees began to reason, saying, Who is this which speaks blasphemies? Who can forgive sins, but God alone? -- luke 5:21 +. +But when Jesus perceived their thoughts, he answering said to them, What reason you in your hearts? -- luke 5:22 +. +Whether is easier, to say, Your sins be forgiven you; or to say, Rise up and walk? -- luke 5:23 +. +But that you may know that the Son of man has power on earth to forgive sins, (he said to the sick of the palsy,) I say to you, Arise, and take up your couch, and go into your house. -- luke 5:24 +. +And immediately he rose up before them, and took up that where on he lay, and departed to his own house, glorifying God. -- luke 5:25 +. +And they were all amazed, and they glorified God, and were filled with fear, saying, We have seen strange things to day. -- luke 5:26 +. +And after these things he went forth, and saw a publican, named Levi, sitting at the receipt of custom: and he said to him, Follow me. -- luke 5:27 +. +And he left all, rose up, and followed him. -- luke 5:28 +. +And Levi made him a great feast in his own house: and there was a great company of publicans and of others that sat down with them. -- luke 5:29 +. +But their scribes and Pharisees murmured against his disciples, saying, Why do you eat and drink with publicans and sinners? -- luke 5:30 +. +And Jesus answering said to them, They that are whole need not a physician; but they that are sick. -- luke 5:31 +. +I came not to call the righteous, but sinners to repentance. -- luke 5:32 +. +And they said to him, Why do the disciples of John fast often, and make prayers, and likewise the disciples of the Pharisees; but your eat and drink? -- luke 5:33 +. +And he said to them, Can you make the children of the bridal chamber fast, while the bridegroom is with them? -- luke 5:34 +. +But the days will come, when the bridegroom shall be taken away from them, and then shall they fast in those days. -- luke 5:35 +. +And he spoke also a parable to them; No man puts a piece of a new garment on an old; if otherwise, then both the new makes a rent, and the piece that was taken out of the new agrees not with the old. -- luke 5:36 +. +And no man puts new wine into old bottles; else the new wine will burst the bottles, and be spilled, and the bottles shall perish. -- luke 5:37 +. +But new wine must be put into new bottles; and both are preserved. -- luke 5:38 +. +No man also having drunk old wine straightway desires new: for he said, The old is better. -- luke 5:39 +. +And it came to pass on the second sabbath after the first, that he went through the corn fields; and his disciples plucked the ears of corn, and did eat, rubbing them in their hands. -- luke 6:1 +. +And certain of the Pharisees said to them, Why do you that which is not lawful to do on the sabbath days? -- luke 6:2 +. +And Jesus answering them said, Have you not read so much as this, what David did, when himself was an hungered, and they which were with him; -- luke 6:3 +. +How he went into the house of God, and did take and eat the show bread, and gave also to them that were with him; which it is not lawful to eat but for the priests alone? -- luke 6:4 +. +And he said to them, That the Son of man is Lord also of the sabbath. -- luke 6:5 +. +And it came to pass also on another sabbath, that he entered into the synagogue and taught: and there was a man whose right hand was withered. -- luke 6:6 +. +And the scribes and Pharisees watched him, whether he would heal on the sabbath day; that they might find an accusation against him. -- luke 6:7 +. +But he knew their thoughts, and said to the man which had the withered hand, Rise up, and stand forth in the middle. And he arose and stood forth. -- luke 6:8 +. +Then said Jesus to them, I will ask you one thing; Is it lawful on the sabbath days to do good, or to do evil? to save life, or to destroy it? -- luke 6:9 +. +And looking round about on them all, he said to the man, Stretch forth your hand. And he did so: and his hand was restored whole as the other. -- luke 6:10 +. +And they were filled with madness; and communed one with another what they might do to Jesus. -- luke 6:11 +. +And it came to pass in those days, that he went out into a mountain to pray, and continued all night in prayer to God. -- luke 6:12 +. +And when it was day, he called to him his disciples: and of them he chose twelve, whom also he named apostles; -- luke 6:13 +. +Simon, (whom he also named Peter,) and Andrew his brother, James and John, Philip and Bartholomew, -- luke 6:14 +. +Matthew and Thomas, James the son of Alphaeus, and Simon called Zelotes, -- luke 6:15 +. +And Judas the brother of James, and Judas Iscariot, which also was the traitor. -- luke 6:16 +. +And he came down with them, and stood in the plain, and the company of his disciples, and a great multitude of people out of all Judaea and Jerusalem, and from the sea coast of Tyre and Sidon, which came to hear him, and to be healed of their diseases; -- luke 6:17 +. +And they that were vexed with unclean spirits: and they were healed. -- luke 6:18 +. +And the whole multitude sought to touch him: for there went virtue out of him, and healed them all. -- luke 6:19 +. +And he lifted up his eyes on his disciples, and said, Blessed be you poor: for yours is the kingdom of God. -- luke 6:20 +. +Blessed are you that hunger now: for you shall be filled. Blessed are you that weep now: for you shall laugh. -- luke 6:21 +. +Blessed are you, when men shall hate you, and when they shall separate you from their company, and shall reproach you, and cast out your name as evil, for the Son of man' sake. -- luke 6:22 +. +Rejoice you in that day, and leap for joy: for, behold, your reward is great in heaven: for in the like manner did their fathers to the prophets. -- luke 6:23 +. +But woe to you that are rich! for you have received your consolation. -- luke 6:24 +. +Woe to you that are full! for you shall hunger. Woe to you that laugh now! for you shall mourn and weep. -- luke 6:25 +. +Woe to you, when all men shall speak well of you! for so did their fathers to the false prophets. -- luke 6:26 +. +But I say to you which hear, Love your enemies, do good to them which hate you, -- luke 6:27 +. +Bless them that curse you, and pray for them which spitefully use you. -- luke 6:28 +. +And to him that smites you on the one cheek offer also the other; and him that takes away your cloak forbid not to take your coat also. -- luke 6:29 +. +Give to every man that asks of you; and of him that takes away your goods ask them not again. -- luke 6:30 +. +And as you would that men should do to you, do you also to them likewise. -- luke 6:31 +. +For if you love them which love you, what thank have you? for sinners also love those that love them. -- luke 6:32 +. +And if you do good to them which do good to you, what thank have you? for sinners also do even the same. -- luke 6:33 +. +And if you lend to them of whom you hope to receive, what thank have you? for sinners also lend to sinners, to receive as much again. -- luke 6:34 +. +But love you your enemies, and do good, and lend, hoping for nothing again; and your reward shall be great, and you shall be the children of the Highest: for he is kind to the unthankful and to the evil. -- luke 6:35 +. +Be you therefore merciful, as your Father also is merciful. -- luke 6:36 +. +Judge not, and you shall not be judged: condemn not, and you shall not be condemned: forgive, and you shall be forgiven: -- luke 6:37 +. +Give, and it shall be given to you; good measure, pressed down, and shaken together, and running over, shall men give into your bosom. For with the same measure that you mete with it shall be measured to you again. -- luke 6:38 +. +And he spoke a parable to them, Can the blind lead the blind? shall they not both fall into the ditch? -- luke 6:39 +. +The disciple is not above his master: but every one that is perfect shall be as his master. -- luke 6:40 +. +And why behold you the mote that is in your brother' eye, but perceive not the beam that is in your own eye? -- luke 6:41 +. +Either how can you say to your brother, Brother, let me pull out the mote that is in your eye, when you yourself behold not the beam that is in your own eye? You hypocrite, cast out first the beam out of your own eye, and then shall you see clearly to pull out the mote that is in your brother' eye. -- luke 6:42 +. +For a good tree brings not forth corrupt fruit; neither does a corrupt tree bring forth good fruit. -- luke 6:43 +. +For every tree is known by his own fruit. For of thorns men do not gather figs, nor of a bramble bush gather they grapes. -- luke 6:44 +. +A good man out of the good treasure of his heart brings forth that which is good; and an evil man out of the evil treasure of his heart brings forth that which is evil: for of the abundance of the heart his mouth speaks. -- luke 6:45 +. +And why call you me, Lord, Lord, and do not the things which I say? -- luke 6:46 +. +Whoever comes to me, and hears my sayings, and does them, I will show you to whom he is like: -- luke 6:47 +. +He is like a man which built an house, and dig deep, and laid the foundation on a rock: and when the flood arose, the stream beat vehemently on that house, and could not shake it: for it was founded on a rock. -- luke 6:48 +. +But he that hears, and does not, is like a man that without a foundation built an house on the earth; against which the stream did beat vehemently, and immediately it fell; and the ruin of that house was great. -- luke 6:49 +. +Now when he had ended all his sayings in the audience of the people, he entered into Capernaum. -- luke 7:1 +. +And a certain centurion' servant, who was dear to him, was sick, and ready to die. -- luke 7:2 +. +And when he heard of Jesus, he sent to him the elders of the Jews, beseeching him that he would come and heal his servant. -- luke 7:3 +. +And when they came to Jesus, they sought him instantly, saying, That he was worthy for whom he should do this: -- luke 7:4 +. +For he loves our nation, and he has built us a synagogue. -- luke 7:5 +. +Then Jesus went with them. And when he was now not far from the house, the centurion sent friends to him, saying to him, Lord, trouble not yourself: for I am not worthy that you should enter under my roof: -- luke 7:6 +. +Why neither thought I myself worthy to come to you: but say in a word, and my servant shall be healed. -- luke 7:7 +. +For I also am a man set under authority, having under me soldiers, and I say to one, Go, and he goes; and to another, Come, and he comes; and to my servant, Do this, and he does it. -- luke 7:8 +. +When Jesus heard these things, he marveled at him, and turned him about, and said to the people that followed him, I say to you, I have not found so great faith, no, not in Israel. -- luke 7:9 +. +And they that were sent, returning to the house, found the servant whole that had been sick. -- luke 7:10 +. +And it came to pass the day after, that he went into a city called Nain; and many of his disciples went with him, and much people. -- luke 7:11 +. +Now when he came near to the gate of the city, behold, there was a dead man carried out, the only son of his mother, and she was a widow: and much people of the city was with her. -- luke 7:12 +. +And when the Lord saw her, he had compassion on her, and said to her, Weep not. -- luke 7:13 +. +And he came and touched the bier: and they that bore him stood still. And he said, Young man, I say to you, Arise. -- luke 7:14 +. +And he that was dead sat up, and began to speak. And he delivered him to his mother. -- luke 7:15 +. +And there came a fear on all: and they glorified God, saying, That a great prophet is risen up among us; and, That God has visited his people. -- luke 7:16 +. +And this rumor of him went forth throughout all Judaea, and throughout all the region round about. -- luke 7:17 +. +And the disciples of John showed him of all these things. -- luke 7:18 +. +And John calling to him two of his disciples sent them to Jesus, saying, Are you he that should come? or look we for another? -- luke 7:19 +. +When the men were come to him, they said, John Baptist has sent us to you, saying, Are you he that should come? or look we for another? -- luke 7:20 +. +And in that same hour he cured many of their infirmities and plagues, and of evil spirits; and to many that were blind he gave sight. -- luke 7:21 +. +Then Jesus answering said to them, Go your way, and tell John what things you have seen and heard; how that the blind see, the lame walk, the lepers are cleansed, the deaf hear, the dead are raised, to the poor the gospel is preached. -- luke 7:22 +. +And blessed is he, whoever shall not be offended in me. -- luke 7:23 +. +And when the messengers of John were departed, he began to speak to the people concerning John, What went you out into the wilderness for to see? A reed shaken with the wind? -- luke 7:24 +. +But what went you out for to see? A man clothed in soft raiment? Behold, they which are gorgeously appareled, and live delicately, are in kings'courts. -- luke 7:25 +. +But what went you out for to see? A prophet? Yes, I say to you, and much more than a prophet. -- luke 7:26 +. +This is he, of whom it is written, Behold, I send my messenger before your face, which shall prepare your way before you. -- luke 7:27 +. +For I say to you, Among those that are born of women there is not a greater prophet than John the Baptist: but he that is least in the kingdom of God is greater than he. -- luke 7:28 +. +And all the people that heard him, and the publicans, justified God, being baptized with the baptism of John. -- luke 7:29 +. +But the Pharisees and lawyers rejected the counsel of God against themselves, being not baptized of him. -- luke 7:30 +. +And the Lord said, Whereunto then shall I liken the men of this generation? and to what are they like? -- luke 7:31 +. +They are like to children sitting in the marketplace, and calling one to another, and saying, We have piped to you, and you have not danced; we have mourned to you, and you have not wept. -- luke 7:32 +. +For John the Baptist came neither eating bread nor drinking wine; and you say, He has a devil. -- luke 7:33 +. +The Son of man is come eating and drinking; and you say, Behold a gluttonous man, and a drunkard, a friend of publicans and sinners! -- luke 7:34 +. +But wisdom is justified of all her children. -- luke 7:35 +. +And one of the Pharisees desired him that he would eat with him. And he went into the Pharisee' house, and sat down to meat. -- luke 7:36 +. +And, behold, a woman in the city, which was a sinner, when she knew that Jesus sat at meat in the Pharisee' house, brought an alabaster box of ointment, -- luke 7:37 +. +And stood at his feet behind him weeping, and began to wash his feet with tears, and did wipe them with the hairs of her head, and kissed his feet, and anointed them with the ointment. -- luke 7:38 +. +Now when the Pharisee which had bidden him saw it, he spoke within himself, saying, This man, if he were a prophet, would have known who and what manner of woman this is that touches him: for she is a sinner. -- luke 7:39 +. +And Jesus answering said to him, Simon, I have somewhat to say to you. And he said, Master, say on. -- luke 7:40 +. +There was a certain creditor which had two debtors: the one owed five hundred pence, and the other fifty. -- luke 7:41 +. +And when they had nothing to pay, he frankly forgave them both. Tell me therefore, which of them will love him most? -- luke 7:42 +. +Simon answered and said, I suppose that he, to whom he forgave most. And he said to him, You have rightly judged. -- luke 7:43 +. +And he turned to the woman, and said to Simon, See you this woman? I entered into your house, you gave me no water for my feet: but she has washed my feet with tears, and wiped them with the hairs of her head. -- luke 7:44 +. +You gave me no kiss: but this woman since the time I came in has not ceased to kiss my feet. -- luke 7:45 +. +My head with oil you did not anoint: but this woman has anointed my feet with ointment. -- luke 7:46 +. +Why I say to you, Her sins, which are many, are forgiven; for she loved much: but to whom little is forgiven, the same loves little. -- luke 7:47 +. +And he said to her, Your sins are forgiven. -- luke 7:48 +. +And they that sat at meat with him began to say within themselves, Who is this that forgives sins also? -- luke 7:49 +. +And he said to the woman, Your faith has saved you; go in peace. -- luke 7:50 +. +And it came to pass afterward, that he went throughout every city and village, preaching and showing the glad tidings of the kingdom of God: and the twelve were with him, -- luke 8:1 +. +And certain women, which had been healed of evil spirits and infirmities, Mary called Magdalene, out of whom went seven devils, -- luke 8:2 +. +And Joanna the wife of Chuza Herod' steward, and Susanna, and many others, which ministered to him of their substance. -- luke 8:3 +. +And when much people were gathered together, and were come to him out of every city, he spoke by a parable: -- luke 8:4 +. +A sower went out to sow his seed: and as he sowed, some fell by the way side; and it was trodden down, and the fowls of the air devoured it. -- luke 8:5 +. +And some fell on a rock; and as soon as it was sprung up, it withered away, because it lacked moisture. -- luke 8:6 +. +And some fell among thorns; and the thorns sprang up with it, and choked it. -- luke 8:7 +. +And other fell on good ground, and sprang up, and bore fruit an hundred times. And when he had said these things, he cried, He that has ears to hear, let him hear. -- luke 8:8 +. +And his disciples asked him, saying, What might this parable be? -- luke 8:9 +. +And he said, To you it is given to know the mysteries of the kingdom of God: but to others in parables; that seeing they might not see, and hearing they might not understand. -- luke 8:10 +. +Now the parable is this: The seed is the word of God. -- luke 8:11 +. +Those by the way side are they that hear; then comes the devil, and takes away the word out of their hearts, lest they should believe and be saved. -- luke 8:12 +. +They on the rock are they, which, when they hear, receive the word with joy; and these have no root, which for a while believe, and in time of temptation fall away. -- luke 8:13 +. +And that which fell among thorns are they, which, when they have heard, go forth, and are choked with cares and riches and pleasures of this life, and bring no fruit to perfection. -- luke 8:14 +. +But that on the good ground are they, which in an honest and good heart, having heard the word, keep it, and bring forth fruit with patience. -- luke 8:15 +. +No man, when he has lighted a candle, covers it with a vessel, or puts it under a bed; but sets it on a candlestick, that they which enter in may see the light. -- luke 8:16 +. +For nothing is secret, that shall not be made manifest; neither any thing hid, that shall not be known and come abroad. -- luke 8:17 +. +Take heed therefore how you hear: for whoever has, to him shall be given; and whoever has not, from him shall be taken even that which he seems to have. -- luke 8:18 +. +Then came to him his mother and his brothers, and could not come at him for the press. -- luke 8:19 +. +And it was told him by certain which said, Your mother and your brothers stand without, desiring to see you. -- luke 8:20 +. +And he answered and said to them, My mother and my brothers are these which hear the word of God, and do it. -- luke 8:21 +. +Now it came to pass on a certain day, that he went into a ship with his disciples: and he said to them, Let us go over to the other side of the lake. And they launched forth. -- luke 8:22 +. +But as they sailed he fell asleep: and there came down a storm of wind on the lake; and they were filled with water, and were in jeopardy. -- luke 8:23 +. +And they came to him, and awoke him, saying, Master, master, we perish. Then he arose, and rebuked the wind and the raging of the water: and they ceased, and there was a calm. -- luke 8:24 +. +And he said to them, Where is your faith? And they being afraid wondered, saying one to another, What manner of man is this! for he commands even the winds and water, and they obey him. -- luke 8:25 +. +And they arrived at the country of the Gadarenes, which is over against Galilee. -- luke 8:26 +. +And when he went forth to land, there met him out of the city a certain man, which had devils long time, and ware no clothes, neither stayed in any house, but in the tombs. -- luke 8:27 +. +When he saw Jesus, he cried out, and fell down before him, and with a loud voice said, What have I to do with you, Jesus, you Son of God most high? I beseech you, torment me not. -- luke 8:28 +. +(For he had commanded the unclean spirit to come out of the man. For oftentimes it had caught him: and he was kept bound with chains and in fetters; and he broke the bands, and was driven of the devil into the wilderness.) -- luke 8:29 +. +And Jesus asked him, saying, What is your name? And he said, Legion: because many devils were entered into him. -- luke 8:30 +. +And they sought him that he would not command them to go out into the deep. -- luke 8:31 +. +And there was there an herd of many swine feeding on the mountain: and they sought him that he would suffer them to enter into them. And he suffered them. -- luke 8:32 +. +Then went the devils out of the man, and entered into the swine: and the herd ran violently down a steep place into the lake, and were choked. -- luke 8:33 +. +When they that fed them saw what was done, they fled, and went and told it in the city and in the country. -- luke 8:34 +. +Then they went out to see what was done; and came to Jesus, and found the man, out of whom the devils were departed, sitting at the feet of Jesus, clothed, and in his right mind: and they were afraid. -- luke 8:35 +. +They also which saw it told them by what means he that was possessed of the devils was healed. -- luke 8:36 +. +Then the whole multitude of the country of the Gadarenes round about sought him to depart from them; for they were taken with great fear: and he went up into the ship, and returned back again. -- luke 8:37 +. +Now the man out of whom the devils were departed sought him that he might be with him: but Jesus sent him away, saying, -- luke 8:38 +. +Return to your own house, and show how great things God has done to you. And he went his way, and published throughout the whole city how great things Jesus had done to him. -- luke 8:39 +. +And it came to pass, that, when Jesus was returned, the people gladly received him: for they were all waiting for him. -- luke 8:40 +. +And, behold, there came a man named Jairus, and he was a ruler of the synagogue: and he fell down at Jesus'feet, and sought him that he would come into his house: -- luke 8:41 +. +For he had one only daughter, about twelve years of age, and she lay a dying. But as he went the people thronged him. -- luke 8:42 +. +And a woman having an issue of blood twelve years, which had spent all her living on physicians, neither could be healed of any, -- luke 8:43 +. +Came behind him, and touched the border of his garment: and immediately her issue of blood stanched. -- luke 8:44 +. +And Jesus said, Who touched me? When all denied, Peter and they that were with him said, Master, the multitude throng you and press you, and say you, Who touched me? -- luke 8:45 +. +And Jesus said, Somebody has touched me: for I perceive that virtue is gone out of me. -- luke 8:46 +. +And when the woman saw that she was not hid, she came trembling, and falling down before him, she declared to him before all the people for what cause she had touched him, and how she was healed immediately. -- luke 8:47 +. +And he said to her, Daughter, be of good comfort: your faith has made you whole; go in peace. -- luke 8:48 +. +While he yet spoke, there comes one from the ruler of the synagogue' house, saying to him, Your daughter is dead; trouble not the Master. -- luke 8:49 +. +But when Jesus heard it, he answered him, saying, Fear not: believe only, and she shall be made whole. -- luke 8:50 +. +And when he came into the house, he suffered no man to go in, save Peter, and James, and John, and the father and the mother of the maiden. -- luke 8:51 +. +And all wept, and bewailed her: but he said, Weep not; she is not dead, but sleeps. -- luke 8:52 +. +And they laughed him to scorn, knowing that she was dead. -- luke 8:53 +. +And he put them all out, and took her by the hand, and called, saying, Maid, arise. -- luke 8:54 +. +And her spirit came again, and she arose straightway: and he commanded to give her meat. -- luke 8:55 +. +And her parents were astonished: but he charged them that they should tell no man what was done. -- luke 8:56 +. +Then he called his twelve disciples together, and gave them power and authority over all devils, and to cure diseases. -- luke 9:1 +. +And he sent them to preach the kingdom of God, and to heal the sick. -- luke 9:2 +. +And he said to them, Take nothing for your journey, neither staves, nor money, neither bread, neither money; neither have two coats apiece. -- luke 9:3 +. +And whatever house you enter into, there abide, and there depart. -- luke 9:4 +. +And whoever will not receive you, when you go out of that city, shake off the very dust from your feet for a testimony against them. -- luke 9:5 +. +And they departed, and went through the towns, preaching the gospel, and healing every where. -- luke 9:6 +. +Now Herod the tetrarch heard of all that was done by him: and he was perplexed, because that it was said of some, that John was risen from the dead; -- luke 9:7 +. +And of some, that Elias had appeared; and of others, that one of the old prophets was risen again. -- luke 9:8 +. +And Herod said, John have I beheaded: but who is this, of whom I hear such things? And he desired to see him. -- luke 9:9 +. +And the apostles, when they were returned, told him all that they had done. And he took them, and went aside privately into a desert place belonging to the city called Bethsaida. -- luke 9:10 +. +And the people, when they knew it, followed him: and he received them, and spoke to them of the kingdom of God, and healed them that had need of healing. -- luke 9:11 +. +And when the day began to wear away, then came the twelve, and said to him, Send the multitude away, that they may go into the towns and country round about, and lodge, and get victuals: for we are here in a desert place. -- luke 9:12 +. +But he said to them, Give you them to eat. And they said, We have no more but five loaves and two fishes; except we should go and buy meat for all this people. -- luke 9:13 +. +For they were about five thousand men. And he said to his disciples, Make them sit down by fifties in a company. -- luke 9:14 +. +And they did so, and made them all sit down. -- luke 9:15 +. +Then he took the five loaves and the two fishes, and looking up to heaven, he blessed them, and broke, and gave to the disciples to set before the multitude. -- luke 9:16 +. +And they did eat, and were all filled: and there was taken up of fragments that remained to them twelve baskets. -- luke 9:17 +. +And it came to pass, as he was alone praying, his disciples were with him: and he asked them, saying, Whom say the people that I am? -- luke 9:18 +. +They answering said, John the Baptist; but some say, Elias; and others say, that one of the old prophets is risen again. -- luke 9:19 +. +He said to them, But whom say you that I am? Peter answering said, The Christ of God. -- luke 9:20 +. +And he straightly charged them, and commanded them to tell no man that thing; -- luke 9:21 +. +Saying, The Son of man must suffer many things, and be rejected of the elders and chief priests and scribes, and be slain, and be raised the third day. -- luke 9:22 +. +And he said to them all, If any man will come after me, let him deny himself, and take up his cross daily, and follow me. -- luke 9:23 +. +For whoever will save his life shall lose it: but whoever will lose his life for my sake, the same shall save it. -- luke 9:24 +. +For what is a man advantaged, if he gain the whole world, and lose himself, or be cast away? -- luke 9:25 +. +For whoever shall be ashamed of me and of my words, of him shall the Son of man be ashamed, when he shall come in his own glory, and in his Father', and of the holy angels. -- luke 9:26 +. +But I tell you of a truth, there be some standing here, which shall not taste of death, till they see the kingdom of God. -- luke 9:27 +. +And it came to pass about an eight days after these sayings, he took Peter and John and James, and went up into a mountain to pray. -- luke 9:28 +. +And as he prayed, the fashion of his countenance was altered, and his raiment was white and glistering. -- luke 9:29 +. +And, behold, there talked with him two men, which were Moses and Elias: -- luke 9:30 +. +Who appeared in glory, and spoke of his decease which he should accomplish at Jerusalem. -- luke 9:31 +. +But Peter and they that were with him were heavy with sleep: and when they were awake, they saw his glory, and the two men that stood with him. -- luke 9:32 +. +And it came to pass, as they departed from him, Peter said to Jesus, Master, it is good for us to be here: and let us make three tabernacles; one for you, and one for Moses, and one for Elias: not knowing what he said. -- luke 9:33 +. +While he thus spoke, there came a cloud, and overshadowed them: and they feared as they entered into the cloud. -- luke 9:34 +. +And there came a voice out of the cloud, saying, This is my beloved Son: hear him. -- luke 9:35 +. +And when the voice was past, Jesus was found alone. And they kept it close, and told no man in those days any of those things which they had seen. -- luke 9:36 +. +And it came to pass, that on the next day, when they were come down from the hill, much people met him. -- luke 9:37 +. +And, behold, a man of the company cried out, saying, Master, I beseech you, look on my son: for he is my only child. -- luke 9:38 +. +And, see, a spirit takes him, and he suddenly cries out; and it tears him that he foams again, and bruising him hardly departs from him. -- luke 9:39 +. +And I sought your disciples to cast him out; and they could not. -- luke 9:40 +. +And Jesus answering said, O faithless and perverse generation, how long shall I be with you, and suffer you? Bring your son here. -- luke 9:41 +. +And as he was yet a coming, the devil threw him down, and tare him. And Jesus rebuked the unclean spirit, and healed the child, and delivered him again to his father. -- luke 9:42 +. +And they were all amazed at the mighty power of God. But while they wondered every one at all things which Jesus did, he said to his disciples, -- luke 9:43 +. +Let these sayings sink down into your ears: for the Son of man shall be delivered into the hands of men. -- luke 9:44 +. +But they understood not this saying, and it was hid from them, that they perceived it not: and they feared to ask him of that saying. -- luke 9:45 +. +Then there arose a reasoning among them, which of them should be greatest. -- luke 9:46 +. +And Jesus, perceiving the thought of their heart, took a child, and set him by him, -- luke 9:47 +. +And said to them, Whoever shall receive this child in my name receives me: and whoever shall receive me receives him that sent me: for he that is least among you all, the same shall be great. -- luke 9:48 +. +And John answered and said, Master, we saw one casting out devils in your name; and we forbade him, because he follows not with us. -- luke 9:49 +. +And Jesus said to him, Forbid him not: for he that is not against us is for us. -- luke 9:50 +. +And it came to pass, when the time was come that he should be received up, he steadfastly set his face to go to Jerusalem, -- luke 9:51 +. +And sent messengers before his face: and they went, and entered into a village of the Samaritans, to make ready for him. -- luke 9:52 +. +And they did not receive him, because his face was as though he would go to Jerusalem. -- luke 9:53 +. +And when his disciples James and John saw this, they said, Lord, will you that we command fire to come down from heaven, and consume them, even as Elias did? -- luke 9:54 +. +But he turned, and rebuked them, and said, You know not what manner of spirit you are of. -- luke 9:55 +. +For the Son of man is not come to destroy men' lives, but to save them. And they went to another village. -- luke 9:56 +. +And it came to pass, that, as they went in the way, a certain man said to him, Lord, I will follow you wherever you go. -- luke 9:57 +. +And Jesus said to him, Foxes have holes, and birds of the air have nests; but the Son of man has not where to lay his head. -- luke 9:58 +. +And he said to another, Follow me. But he said, Lord, suffer me first to go and bury my father. -- luke 9:59 +. +Jesus said to him, Let the dead bury their dead: but go you and preach the kingdom of God. -- luke 9:60 +. +And another also said, Lord, I will follow you; but let me first go bid them farewell, which are at home at my house. -- luke 9:61 +. +And Jesus said to him, No man, having put his hand to the plough, and looking back, is fit for the kingdom of God. -- luke 9:62 +. +After these things the LORD appointed other seventy also, and sent them two and two before his face into every city and place, where he himself would come. -- luke 10:1 +. +Therefore said he to them, The harvest truly is great, but the laborers are few: pray you therefore the Lord of the harvest, that he would send forth laborers into his harvest. -- luke 10:2 +. +Go your ways: behold, I send you forth as lambs among wolves. -- luke 10:3 +. +Carry neither purse, nor money, nor shoes: and salute no man by the way. -- luke 10:4 +. +And into whatever house you enter, first say, Peace be to this house. -- luke 10:5 +. +And if the son of peace be there, your peace shall rest on it: if not, it shall turn to you again. -- luke 10:6 +. +And in the same house remain, eating and drinking such things as they give: for the laborer is worthy of his hire. Go not from house to house. -- luke 10:7 +. +And into whatever city you enter, and they receive you, eat such things as are set before you: -- luke 10:8 +. +And heal the sick that are therein, and say to them, The kingdom of God is come near to you. -- luke 10:9 +. +But into whatever city you enter, and they receive you not, go your ways out into the streets of the same, and say, -- luke 10:10 +. +Even the very dust of your city, which sticks on us, we do wipe off against you: notwithstanding be you sure of this, that the kingdom of God is come near to you. -- luke 10:11 +. +But I say to you, that it shall be more tolerable in that day for Sodom, than for that city. -- luke 10:12 +. +Woe to you, Chorazin! woe to you, Bethsaida! for if the mighty works had been done in Tyre and Sidon, which have been done in you, they had a great while ago repented, sitting in sackcloth and ashes. -- luke 10:13 +. +But it shall be more tolerable for Tyre and Sidon at the judgment, than for you. -- luke 10:14 +. +And you, Capernaum, which are exalted to heaven, shall be thrust down to hell. -- luke 10:15 +. +He that hears you hears me; and he that despises you despises me; and he that despises me despises him that sent me. -- luke 10:16 +. +And the seventy returned again with joy, saying, Lord, even the devils are subject to us through your name. -- luke 10:17 +. +And he said to them, I beheld Satan as lightning fall from heaven. -- luke 10:18 +. +Behold, I give to you power to tread on serpents and scorpions, and over all the power of the enemy: and nothing shall by any means hurt you. -- luke 10:19 +. +Notwithstanding in this rejoice not, that the spirits are subject to you; but rather rejoice, because your names are written in heaven. -- luke 10:20 +. +In that hour Jesus rejoiced in spirit, and said, I thank you, O Father, Lord of heaven and earth, that you have hid these things from the wise and prudent, and have revealed them to babes: even so, Father; for so it seemed good in your sight. -- luke 10:21 +. +All things are delivered to me of my Father: and no man knows who the Son is, but the Father; and who the Father is, but the Son, and he to whom the Son will reveal him. -- luke 10:22 +. +And he turned him to his disciples, and said privately, Blessed are the eyes which see the things that you see: -- luke 10:23 +. +For I tell you, that many prophets and kings have desired to see those things which you see, and have not seen them; and to hear those things which you hear, and have not heard them. -- luke 10:24 +. +And, behold, a certain lawyer stood up, and tempted him, saying, Master, what shall I do to inherit eternal life? -- luke 10:25 +. +He said to him, What is written in the law? how read you? -- luke 10:26 +. +And he answering said, You shall love the Lord your God with all your heart, and with all your soul, and with all your strength, and with all your mind; and your neighbor as yourself. -- luke 10:27 +. +And he said to him, You have answered right: this do, and you shall live. -- luke 10:28 +. +But he, willing to justify himself, said to Jesus, And who is my neighbor? -- luke 10:29 +. +And Jesus answering said, A certain man went down from Jerusalem to Jericho, and fell among thieves, which stripped him of his raiment, and wounded him, and departed, leaving him half dead. -- luke 10:30 +. +And by chance there came down a certain priest that way: and when he saw him, he passed by on the other side. -- luke 10:31 +. +And likewise a Levite, when he was at the place, came and looked on him, and passed by on the other side. -- luke 10:32 +. +But a certain Samaritan, as he journeyed, came where he was: and when he saw him, he had compassion on him, -- luke 10:33 +. +And went to him, and bound up his wounds, pouring in oil and wine, and set him on his own beast, and brought him to an inn, and took care of him. -- luke 10:34 +. +And on the morrow when he departed, he took out two pence, and gave them to the host, and said to him, Take care of him; and whatever you spend more, when I come again, I will repay you. -- luke 10:35 +. +Which now of these three, think you, was neighbor to him that fell among the thieves? -- luke 10:36 +. +And he said, He that showed mercy on him. Then said Jesus to him, Go, and do you likewise. -- luke 10:37 +. +Now it came to pass, as they went, that he entered into a certain village: and a certain woman named Martha received him into her house. -- luke 10:38 +. +And she had a sister called Mary, which also sat at Jesus'feet, and heard his word. -- luke 10:39 +. +But Martha was encumbered about much serving, and came to him, and said, Lord, do you not care that my sister has left me to serve alone? bid her therefore that she help me. -- luke 10:40 +. +And Jesus answered and said to her, Martha, Martha, you are careful and troubled about many things: -- luke 10:41 +. +But one thing is needful: and Mary has chosen that good part, which shall not be taken away from her. -- luke 10:42 +. +And it came to pass, that, as he was praying in a certain place, when he ceased, one of his disciples said to him, Lord, teach us to pray, as John also taught his disciples. -- luke 11:1 +. +And he said to them, When you pray, say, Our Father which are in heaven, Hallowed be your name. Your kingdom come. Your will be done, as in heaven, so in earth. -- luke 11:2 +. +Give us day by day our daily bread. -- luke 11:3 +. +And forgive us our sins; for we also forgive every one that is indebted to us. And lead us not into temptation; but deliver us from evil. -- luke 11:4 +. +And he said to them, Which of you shall have a friend, and shall go to him at midnight, and say to him, Friend, lend me three loaves; -- luke 11:5 +. +For a friend of my in his journey is come to me, and I have nothing to set before him? -- luke 11:6 +. +And he from within shall answer and say, Trouble me not: the door is now shut, and my children are with me in bed; I cannot rise and give you. -- luke 11:7 +. +I say to you, Though he will not rise and give him, because he is his friend, yet because of his importunity he will rise and give him as many as he needs. -- luke 11:8 +. +And I say to you, Ask, and it shall be given you; seek, and you shall find; knock, and it shall be opened to you. -- luke 11:9 +. +For every one that asks receives; and he that seeks finds; and to him that knocks it shall be opened. -- luke 11:10 +. +If a son shall ask bread of any of you that is a father, will he give him a stone? or if he ask a fish, will he for a fish give him a serpent? -- luke 11:11 +. +Or if he shall ask an egg, will he offer him a scorpion? -- luke 11:12 +. +If you then, being evil, know how to give good gifts to your children: how much more shall your heavenly Father give the Holy Spirit to them that ask him? -- luke 11:13 +. +And he was casting out a devil, and it was dumb. And it came to pass, when the devil was gone out, the dumb spoke; and the people wondered. -- luke 11:14 +. +But some of them said, He casts out devils through Beelzebub the chief of the devils. -- luke 11:15 +. +And others, tempting him, sought of him a sign from heaven. -- luke 11:16 +. +But he, knowing their thoughts, said to them, Every kingdom divided against itself is brought to desolation; and a house divided against a house falls. -- luke 11:17 +. +If Satan also be divided against himself, how shall his kingdom stand? because you say that I cast out devils through Beelzebub. -- luke 11:18 +. +And if I by Beelzebub cast out devils, by whom do your sons cast them out? therefore shall they be your judges. -- luke 11:19 +. +But if I with the finger of God cast out devils, no doubt the kingdom of God is come on you. -- luke 11:20 +. +When a strong man armed keeps his palace, his goods are in peace: -- luke 11:21 +. +But when a stronger than he shall come on him, and overcome him, he takes from him all his armor wherein he trusted, and divides his spoils. -- luke 11:22 +. +He that is not with me is against me: and he that gathers not with me scatters. -- luke 11:23 +. +When the unclean spirit is gone out of a man, he walks through dry places, seeking rest; and finding none, he said, I will return to my house from where I came out. -- luke 11:24 +. +And when he comes, he finds it swept and garnished. -- luke 11:25 +. +Then goes he, and takes to him seven other spirits more wicked than himself; and they enter in, and dwell there: and the last state of that man is worse than the first. -- luke 11:26 +. +And it came to pass, as he spoke these things, a certain woman of the company lifted up her voice, and said to him, Blessed is the womb that bore you, and the breasts which you have sucked. -- luke 11:27 +. +But he said, Yes rather, blessed are they that hear the word of God, and keep it. -- luke 11:28 +. +And when the people were gathered thick together, he began to say, This is an evil generation: they seek a sign; and there shall no sign be given it, but the sign of Jonas the prophet. -- luke 11:29 +. +For as Jonas was a sign to the Ninevites, so shall also the Son of man be to this generation. -- luke 11:30 +. +The queen of the south shall rise up in the judgment with the men of this generation, and condemn them: for she came from the utmost parts of the earth to hear the wisdom of Solomon; and, behold, a greater than Solomon is here. -- luke 11:31 +. +The men of Nineve shall rise up in the judgment with this generation, and shall condemn it: for they repented at the preaching of Jonas; and, behold, a greater than Jonas is here. -- luke 11:32 +. +No man, when he has lighted a candle, puts it in a secret place, neither under a bushel, but on a candlestick, that they which come in may see the light. -- luke 11:33 +. +The light of the body is the eye: therefore when your eye is single, your whole body also is full of light; but when your eye is evil, your body also is full of darkness. -- luke 11:34 +. +Take heed therefore that the light which is in you be not darkness. -- luke 11:35 +. +If your whole body therefore be full of light, having no part dark, the whole shall be full of light, as when the bright shining of a candle does give you light. -- luke 11:36 +. +And as he spoke, a certain Pharisee sought him to dine with him: and he went in, and sat down to meat. -- luke 11:37 +. +And when the Pharisee saw it, he marveled that he had not first washed before dinner. -- luke 11:38 +. +And the Lord said to him, Now do you Pharisees make clean the outside of the cup and the platter; but your inward part is full of ravening and wickedness. -- luke 11:39 +. +You fools, did not he that made that which is without make that which is within also? -- luke 11:40 +. +But rather give alms of such things as you have; and, behold, all things are clean to you. -- luke 11:41 +. +But woe to you, Pharisees! for you tithe mint and rue and all manner of herbs, and pass over judgment and the love of God: these ought you to have done, and not to leave the other undone. -- luke 11:42 +. +Woe to you, Pharisees! for you love the uppermost seats in the synagogues, and greetings in the markets. -- luke 11:43 +. +Woe to you, scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites! for you are as graves which appear not, and the men that walk over them are not aware of them. -- luke 11:44 +. +Then answered one of the lawyers, and said to him, Master, thus saying you reproach us also. -- luke 11:45 +. +And he said, Woe to you also, you lawyers! for you lade men with burdens grievous to be borne, and you yourselves touch not the burdens with one of your fingers. -- luke 11:46 +. +Woe to you! for you build the sepulchers of the prophets, and your fathers killed them. -- luke 11:47 +. +Truly you bear witness that you allow the deeds of your fathers: for they indeed killed them, and you build their sepulchers. -- luke 11:48 +. +Therefore also said the wisdom of God, I will send them prophets and apostles, and some of them they shall slay and persecute: -- luke 11:49 +. +That the blood of all the prophets, which was shed from the foundation of the world, may be required of this generation; -- luke 11:50 +. +From the blood of Abel to the blood of Zacharias which perished between the altar and the temple: truly I say to you, It shall be required of this generation. -- luke 11:51 +. +Woe to you, lawyers! for you have taken away the key of knowledge: you entered not in yourselves, and them that were entering in you hindered. -- luke 11:52 +. +And as he said these things to them, the scribes and the Pharisees began to urge him vehemently, and to provoke him to speak of many things: -- luke 11:53 +. +Laying wait for him, and seeking to catch something out of his mouth, that they might accuse him. -- luke 11:54 +. +In the mean time, when there were gathered together an innumerable multitude of people, so that they stepped one on another, he began to say to his disciples first of all, Beware you of the leaven of the Pharisees, which is hypocrisy. -- luke 12:1 +. +For there is nothing covered, that shall not be revealed; neither hid, that shall not be known. -- luke 12:2 +. +Therefore whatever you have spoken in darkness shall be heard in the light; and that which you have spoken in the ear in closets shall be proclaimed on the housetops. -- luke 12:3 +. +And I say to you my friends, Be not afraid of them that kill the body, and after that have no more that they can do. -- luke 12:4 +. +But I will forewarn you whom you shall fear: Fear him, which after he has killed has power to cast into hell; yes, I say to you, Fear him. -- luke 12:5 +. +Are not five sparrows sold for two farthings, and not one of them is forgotten before God? -- luke 12:6 +. +But even the very hairs of your head are all numbered. Fear not therefore: you are of more value than many sparrows. -- luke 12:7 +. +Also I say to you, Whoever shall confess me before men, him shall the Son of man also confess before the angels of God: -- luke 12:8 +. +But he that denies me before men shall be denied before the angels of God. -- luke 12:9 +. +And whoever shall speak a word against the Son of man, it shall be forgiven him: but to him that blasphemes against the Holy Ghost it shall not be forgiven. -- luke 12:10 +. +And when they bring you to the synagogues, and to magistrates, and powers, take you no thought how or what thing you shall answer, or what you shall say: -- luke 12:11 +. +For the Holy Ghost shall teach you in the same hour what you ought to say. -- luke 12:12 +. +And one of the company said to him, Master, speak to my brother, that he divide the inheritance with me. -- luke 12:13 +. +And he said to him, Man, who made me a judge or a divider over you? -- luke 12:14 +. +And he said to them, Take heed, and beware of covetousness: for a man' life consists not in the abundance of the things which he possesses. -- luke 12:15 +. +And he spoke a parable to them, saying, The ground of a certain rich man brought forth plentifully: -- luke 12:16 +. +And he thought within himself, saying, What shall I do, because I have no room where to bestow my fruits? -- luke 12:17 +. +And he said, This will I do: I will pull down my barns, and build greater; and there will I bestow all my fruits and my goods. -- luke 12:18 +. +And I will say to my soul, Soul, you have much goods laid up for many years; take your ease, eat, drink, and be merry. -- luke 12:19 +. +But God said to him, You fool, this night your soul shall be required of you: then whose shall those things be, which you have provided? -- luke 12:20 +. +So is he that lays up treasure for himself, and is not rich toward God. -- luke 12:21 +. +And he said to his disciples, Therefore I say to you, Take no thought for your life, what you shall eat; neither for the body, what you shall put on. -- luke 12:22 +. +The life is more than meat, and the body is more than raiment. -- luke 12:23 +. +Consider the ravens: for they neither sow nor reap; which neither have storehouse nor barn; and God feeds them: how much more are you better than the fowls? -- luke 12:24 +. +And which of you with taking thought can add to his stature one cubit? -- luke 12:25 +. +If you then be not able to do that thing which is least, why take you thought for the rest? -- luke 12:26 +. +Consider the lilies how they grow: they toil not, they spin not; and yet I say to you, that Solomon in all his glory was not arrayed like one of these. -- luke 12:27 +. +If then God so clothe the grass, which is to day in the field, and to morrow is cast into the oven; how much more will he clothe you, O you of little faith? -- luke 12:28 +. +And seek not you what you shall eat, or what you shall drink, neither be you of doubtful mind. -- luke 12:29 +. +For all these things do the nations of the world seek after: and your Father knows that you have need of these things. -- luke 12:30 +. +But rather seek you the kingdom of God; and all these things shall be added to you. -- luke 12:31 +. +Fear not, little flock; for it is your Father' good pleasure to give you the kingdom. -- luke 12:32 +. +Sell that you have, and give alms; provide yourselves bags which wax not old, a treasure in the heavens that fails not, where no thief approaches, neither moth corrupts. -- luke 12:33 +. +For where your treasure is, there will your heart be also. -- luke 12:34 +. +Let your loins be girded about, and your lights burning; -- luke 12:35 +. +And you yourselves like to men that wait for their lord, when he will return from the wedding; that when he comes and knocks, they may open to him immediately. -- luke 12:36 +. +Blessed are those servants, whom the lord when he comes shall find watching: truly I say to you, that he shall gird himself, and make them to sit down to meat, and will come forth and serve them. -- luke 12:37 +. +And if he shall come in the second watch, or come in the third watch, and find them so, blessed are those servants. -- luke 12:38 +. +And this know, that if the manager of the house had known what hour the thief would come, he would have watched, and not have suffered his house to be broken through. -- luke 12:39 +. +Be you therefore ready also: for the Son of man comes at an hour when you think not. -- luke 12:40 +. +Then Peter said to him, Lord, speak you this parable to us, or even to all? -- luke 12:41 +. +And the Lord said, Who then is that faithful and wise steward, whom his lord shall make ruler over his household, to give them their portion of meat in due season? -- luke 12:42 +. +Blessed is that servant, whom his lord when he comes shall find so doing. -- luke 12:43 +. +Of a truth I say to you, that he will make him ruler over all that he has. -- luke 12:44 +. +But and if that servant say in his heart, My lord delays his coming; and shall begin to beat the menservants and maidens, and to eat and drink, and to be drunken; -- luke 12:45 +. +The lord of that servant will come in a day when he looks not for him, and at an hour when he is not aware, and will cut him in sunder, and will appoint him his portion with the unbelievers. -- luke 12:46 +. +And that servant, which knew his lord' will, and prepared not himself, neither did according to his will, shall be beaten with many stripes. -- luke 12:47 +. +But he that knew not, and did commit things worthy of stripes, shall be beaten with few stripes. For to whomsoever much is given, of him shall be much required: and to whom men have committed much, of him they will ask the more. -- luke 12:48 +. +I am come to send fire on the earth; and what will I, if it be already kindled? -- luke 12:49 +. +But I have a baptism to be baptized with; and how am I straitened till it be accomplished! -- luke 12:50 +. +Suppose you that I am come to give peace on earth? I tell you, No; but rather division: -- luke 12:51 +. +For from now on there shall be five in one house divided, three against two, and two against three. -- luke 12:52 +. +The father shall be divided against the son, and the son against the father; the mother against the daughter, and the daughter against the mother; the mother in law against her daughter in law, and the daughter in law against her mother in law. -- luke 12:53 +. +And he said also to the people, When you see a cloud rise out of the west, straightway you say, There comes a shower; and so it is. -- luke 12:54 +. +And when you see the south wind blow, you say, There will be heat; and it comes to pass. -- luke 12:55 +. +You hypocrites, you can discern the face of the sky and of the earth; but how is it that you do not discern this time? -- luke 12:56 +. +Yes, and why even of yourselves judge you not what is right? -- luke 12:57 +. +When you go with your adversary to the magistrate, as you are in the way, give diligence that you may be delivered from him; lest he hale you to the judge, and the judge deliver you to the officer, and the officer cast you into prison. -- luke 12:58 +. +I tell you, you shall not depart there, till you have paid the very last mite. -- luke 12:59 +. +There were present at that season some that told him of the Galilaeans, whose blood Pilate had mingled with their sacrifices. -- luke 13:1 +. +And Jesus answering said to them, Suppose you that these Galilaeans were sinners above all the Galilaeans, because they suffered such things? -- luke 13:2 +. +I tell you, No: but, except you repent, you shall all likewise perish. -- luke 13:3 +. +Or those eighteen, on whom the tower in Siloam fell, and slew them, think you that they were sinners above all men that dwelled in Jerusalem? -- luke 13:4 +. +I tell you, No: but, except you repent, you shall all likewise perish. -- luke 13:5 +. +He spoke also this parable; A certain man had a fig tree planted in his vineyard; and he came and sought fruit thereon, and found none. -- luke 13:6 +. +Then said he to the dresser of his vineyard, Behold, these three years I come seeking fruit on this fig tree, and find none: cut it down; why encumbers it the ground? -- luke 13:7 +. +And he answering said to him, Lord, let it alone this year also, till I shall dig about it, and dung it: -- luke 13:8 +. +And if it bear fruit, well: and if not, then after that you shall cut it down. -- luke 13:9 +. +And he was teaching in one of the synagogues on the sabbath. -- luke 13:10 +. +And, behold, there was a woman which had a spirit of infirmity eighteen years, and was bowed together, and could in no wise lift up herself. -- luke 13:11 +. +And when Jesus saw her, he called her to him, and said to her, Woman, you are loosed from your infirmity. -- luke 13:12 +. +And he laid his hands on her: and immediately she was made straight, and glorified God. -- luke 13:13 +. +And the ruler of the synagogue answered with indignation, because that Jesus had healed on the sabbath day, and said to the people, There are six days in which men ought to work: in them therefore come and be healed, and not on the sabbath day. -- luke 13:14 +. +The Lord then answered him, and said, You hypocrite, does not each one of you on the sabbath loose his ox or his ass from the stall, and lead him away to watering? -- luke 13:15 +. +And ought not this woman, being a daughter of Abraham, whom Satan has bound, see, these eighteen years, be loosed from this bond on the sabbath day? -- luke 13:16 +. +And when he had said these things, all his adversaries were ashamed: and all the people rejoiced for all the glorious things that were done by him. -- luke 13:17 +. +Then said he, To what is the kingdom of God like? and whereunto shall I resemble it? -- luke 13:18 +. +It is like a grain of mustard seed, which a man took, and cast into his garden; and it grew, and waxed a great tree; and the fowls of the air lodged in the branches of it. -- luke 13:19 +. +And again he said, Whereunto shall I liken the kingdom of God? -- luke 13:20 +. +It is like leaven, which a woman took and hid in three measures of meal, till the whole was leavened. -- luke 13:21 +. +And he went through the cities and villages, teaching, and journeying toward Jerusalem. -- luke 13:22 +. +Then said one to him, Lord, are there few that be saved? And he said to them, -- luke 13:23 +. +Strive to enter in at the strait gate: for many, I say to you, will seek to enter in, and shall not be able. -- luke 13:24 +. +When once the master of the house is risen up, and has shut to the door, and you begin to stand without, and to knock at the door, saying, Lord, Lord, open to us; and he shall answer and say to you, I know you not from where you are: -- luke 13:25 +. +Then shall you begin to say, We have eaten and drunk in your presence, and you have taught in our streets. -- luke 13:26 +. +But he shall say, I tell you, I know you not from where you are; depart from me, all you workers of iniquity. -- luke 13:27 +. +There shall be weeping and gnashing of teeth, when you shall see Abraham, and Isaac, and Jacob, and all the prophets, in the kingdom of God, and you yourselves thrust out. -- luke 13:28 +. +And they shall come from the east, and from the west, and from the north, and from the south, and shall sit down in the kingdom of God. -- luke 13:29 +. +And, behold, there are last which shall be first, and there are first which shall be last. -- luke 13:30 +. +The same day there came certain of the Pharisees, saying to him, Get you out, and depart hence: for Herod will kill you. -- luke 13:31 +. +And he said to them, Go you, and tell that fox, Behold, I cast out devils, and I do cures to day and to morrow, and the third day I shall be perfected. -- luke 13:32 +. +Nevertheless I must walk to day, and to morrow, and the day following: for it cannot be that a prophet perish out of Jerusalem. -- luke 13:33 +. +O Jerusalem, Jerusalem, which kill the prophets, and stone them that are sent to you; how often would I have gathered your children together, as a hen does gather her brood under her wings, and you would not! -- luke 13:34 +. +Behold, your house is left to you desolate: and truly I say to you, You shall not see me, until the time come when you shall say, Blessed is he that comes in the name of the Lord. -- luke 13:35 +. +And it came to pass, as he went into the house of one of the chief Pharisees to eat bread on the sabbath day, that they watched him. -- luke 14:1 +. +And, behold, there was a certain man before him which had the dropsy. -- luke 14:2 +. +And Jesus answering spoke to the lawyers and Pharisees, saying, Is it lawful to heal on the sabbath day? -- luke 14:3 +. +And they held their peace. And he took him, and healed him, and let him go; -- luke 14:4 +. +And answered them, saying, Which of you shall have an ass or an ox fallen into a pit, and will not straightway pull him out on the sabbath day? -- luke 14:5 +. +And they could not answer him again to these things. -- luke 14:6 +. +And he put forth a parable to those which were bidden, when he marked how they chose out the chief rooms; saying to them. -- luke 14:7 +. +When you are bidden of any man to a wedding, sit not down in the highest room; lest a more honorable man than you be bidden of him; -- luke 14:8 +. +And he that bade you and him come and say to you, Give this man place; and you begin with shame to take the lowest room. -- luke 14:9 +. +But when you are bidden, go and sit down in the lowest room; that when he that bade you comes, he may say to you, Friend, go up higher: then shall you have worship in the presence of them that sit at meat with you. -- luke 14:10 +. +For whoever exalts himself shall be abased; and he that humbles himself shall be exalted. -- luke 14:11 +. +Then said he also to him that bade him, When you make a dinner or a supper, call not your friends, nor your brothers, neither your kinsmen, nor your rich neighbors; lest they also bid you again, and a recompense be made you. -- luke 14:12 +. +But when you make a feast, call the poor, the maimed, the lame, the blind: -- luke 14:13 +. +And you shall be blessed; for they cannot recompense you: for you shall be recompensed at the resurrection of the just. -- luke 14:14 +. +And when one of them that sat at meat with him heard these things, he said to him, Blessed is he that shall eat bread in the kingdom of God. -- luke 14:15 +. +Then said he to him, A certain man made a great supper, and bade many: -- luke 14:16 +. +And sent his servant at supper time to say to them that were bidden, Come; for all things are now ready. -- luke 14:17 +. +And they all with one consent began to make excuse. The first said to him, I have bought a piece of ground, and I must needs go and see it: I pray you have me excused. -- luke 14:18 +. +And another said, I have bought five yoke of oxen, and I go to prove them: I pray you have me excused. -- luke 14:19 +. +And another said, I have married a wife, and therefore I cannot come. -- luke 14:20 +. +So that servant came, and showed his lord these things. Then the master of the house being angry said to his servant, Go out quickly into the streets and lanes of the city, and bring in here the poor, and the maimed, and the halt, and the blind. -- luke 14:21 +. +And the servant said, Lord, it is done as you have commanded, and yet there is room. -- luke 14:22 +. +And the lord said to the servant, Go out into the highways and hedges, and compel them to come in, that my house may be filled. -- luke 14:23 +. +For I say to you, That none of those men which were bidden shall taste of my supper. -- luke 14:24 +. +And there went great multitudes with him: and he turned, and said to them, -- luke 14:25 +. +If any man come to me, and hate not his father, and mother, and wife, and children, and brothers, and sisters, yes, and his own life also, he cannot be my disciple. -- luke 14:26 +. +And whoever does not bear his cross, and come after me, cannot be my disciple. -- luke 14:27 +. +For which of you, intending to build a tower, sits not down first, and counts the cost, whether he have sufficient to finish it? -- luke 14:28 +. +Lest haply, after he has laid the foundation, and is not able to finish it, all that behold it begin to mock him, -- luke 14:29 +. +Saying, This man began to build, and was not able to finish. -- luke 14:30 +. +Or what king, going to make war against another king, sits not down first, and consults whether he be able with ten thousand to meet him that comes against him with twenty thousand? -- luke 14:31 +. +Or else, while the other is yet a great way off, he sends an ambassador, and desires conditions of peace. -- luke 14:32 +. +So likewise, whoever he be of you that forsakes not all that he has, he cannot be my disciple. -- luke 14:33 +. +Salt is good: but if the salt have lost his flavor, with which shall it be seasoned? -- luke 14:34 +. +It is neither fit for the land, nor yet for the dunghill; but men cast it out. He that has ears to hear, let him hear. -- luke 14:35 +. +Then drew near to him all the publicans and sinners for to hear him. -- luke 15:1 +. +And the Pharisees and scribes murmured, saying, This man receives sinners, and eats with them. -- luke 15:2 +. +And he spoke this parable to them, saying, -- luke 15:3 +. +What man of you, having an hundred sheep, if he lose one of them, does not leave the ninety and nine in the wilderness, and go after that which is lost, until he find it? -- luke 15:4 +. +And when he has found it, he lays it on his shoulders, rejoicing. -- luke 15:5 +. +And when he comes home, he calls together his friends and neighbors, saying to them, Rejoice with me; for I have found my sheep which was lost. -- luke 15:6 +. +I say to you, that likewise joy shall be in heaven over one sinner that repents, more than over ninety and nine just persons, which need no repentance. -- luke 15:7 +. +Either what woman having ten pieces of silver, if she lose one piece, does not light a candle, and sweep the house, and seek diligently till she find it? -- luke 15:8 +. +And when she has found it, she calls her friends and her neighbors together, saying, Rejoice with me; for I have found the piece which I had lost. -- luke 15:9 +. +Likewise, I say to you, there is joy in the presence of the angels of God over one sinner that repents. -- luke 15:10 +. +And he said, A certain man had two sons: -- luke 15:11 +. +And the younger of them said to his father, Father, give me the portion of goods that falls to me. And he divided to them his living. -- luke 15:12 +. +And not many days after the younger son gathered all together, and took his journey into a far country, and there wasted his substance with riotous living. -- luke 15:13 +. +And when he had spent all, there arose a mighty famine in that land; and he began to be in want. -- luke 15:14 +. +And he went and joined himself to a citizen of that country; and he sent him into his fields to feed swine. -- luke 15:15 +. +And he would fain have filled his belly with the husks that the swine did eat: and no man gave to him. -- luke 15:16 +. +And when he came to himself, he said, How many hired servants of my father' have bread enough and to spare, and I perish with hunger! -- luke 15:17 +. +I will arise and go to my father, and will say to him, Father, I have sinned against heaven, and before you, -- luke 15:18 +. +And am no more worthy to be called your son: make me as one of your hired servants. -- luke 15:19 +. +And he arose, and came to his father. But when he was yet a great way off, his father saw him, and had compassion, and ran, and fell on his neck, and kissed him. -- luke 15:20 +. +And the son said to him, Father, I have sinned against heaven, and in your sight, and am no more worthy to be called your son. -- luke 15:21 +. +But the father said to his servants, Bring forth the best robe, and put it on him; and put a ring on his hand, and shoes on his feet: -- luke 15:22 +. +And bring here the fatted calf, and kill it; and let us eat, and be merry: -- luke 15:23 +. +For this my son was dead, and is alive again; he was lost, and is found. And they began to be merry. -- luke 15:24 +. +Now his elder son was in the field: and as he came and drew near to the house, he heard music and dancing. -- luke 15:25 +. +And he called one of the servants, and asked what these things meant. -- luke 15:26 +. +And he said to him, Your brother is come; and your father has killed the fatted calf, because he has received him safe and sound. -- luke 15:27 +. +And he was angry, and would not go in: therefore came his father out, and entreated him. -- luke 15:28 +. +And he answering said to his father, See, these many years do I serve you, neither transgressed I at any time your commandment: and yet you never gave me a kid, that I might make merry with my friends: -- luke 15:29 +. +But as soon as this your son was come, which has devoured your living with harlots, you have killed for him the fatted calf. -- luke 15:30 +. +And he said to him, Son, you are ever with me, and all that I have is yours. -- luke 15:31 +. +It was meet that we should make merry, and be glad: for this your brother was dead, and is alive again; and was lost, and is found. -- luke 15:32 +. +And he said also to his disciples, There was a certain rich man, which had a steward; and the same was accused to him that he had wasted his goods. -- luke 16:1 +. +And he called him, and said to him, How is it that I hear this of you? give an account of your stewardship; for you may be no longer steward. -- luke 16:2 +. +Then the steward said within himself, What shall I do? for my lord takes away from me the stewardship: I cannot dig; to beg I am ashamed. -- luke 16:3 +. +I am resolved what to do, that, when I am put out of the stewardship, they may receive me into their houses. -- luke 16:4 +. +So he called every one of his lord' debtors to him, and said to the first, How much owe you to my lord? -- luke 16:5 +. +And he said, An hundred measures of oil. And he said to him, Take your bill, and sit down quickly, and write fifty. -- luke 16:6 +. +Then said he to another, And how much owe you? And he said, An hundred measures of wheat. And he said to him, Take your bill, and write fourscore. -- luke 16:7 +. +And the lord commended the unjust steward, because he had done wisely: for the children of this world are in their generation wiser than the children of light. -- luke 16:8 +. +And I say to you, Make to yourselves friends of the mammon of unrighteousness; that, when you fail, they may receive you into everlasting habitations. -- luke 16:9 +. +He that is faithful in that which is least is faithful also in much: and he that is unjust in the least is unjust also in much. -- luke 16:10 +. +If therefore you have not been faithful in the unrighteous mammon, who will commit to your trust the true riches? -- luke 16:11 +. +And if you have not been faithful in that which is another man', who shall give you that which is your own? -- luke 16:12 +. +No servant can serve two masters: for either he will hate the one, and love the other; or else he will hold to the one, and despise the other. You cannot serve God and mammon. -- luke 16:13 +. +And the Pharisees also, who were covetous, heard all these things: and they derided him. -- luke 16:14 +. +And he said to them, You are they which justify yourselves before men; but God knows your hearts: for that which is highly esteemed among men is abomination in the sight of God. -- luke 16:15 +. +The law and the prophets were until John: since that time the kingdom of God is preached, and every man presses into it. -- luke 16:16 +. +And it is easier for heaven and earth to pass, than one pronunciation mark of the law to fail. -- luke 16:17 +. +Whoever puts away his wife, and marries another, commits adultery: and whoever marries her that is put away from her husband commits adultery. -- luke 16:18 +. +There was a certain rich man, which was clothed in purple and fine linen, and fared sumptuously every day: -- luke 16:19 +. +And there was a certain beggar named Lazarus, which was laid at his gate, full of sores, -- luke 16:20 +. +And desiring to be fed with the crumbs which fell from the rich man' table: moreover the dogs came and licked his sores. -- luke 16:21 +. +And it came to pass, that the beggar died, and was carried by the angels into Abraham' bosom: the rich man also died, and was buried; -- luke 16:22 +. +And in hell he lift up his eyes, being in torments, and sees Abraham afar off, and Lazarus in his bosom. -- luke 16:23 +. +And he cried and said, Father Abraham, have mercy on me, and send Lazarus, that he may dip the tip of his finger in water, and cool my tongue; for I am tormented in this flame. -- luke 16:24 +. +But Abraham said, Son, remember that you in your lifetime received your good things, and likewise Lazarus evil things: but now he is comforted, and you are tormented. -- luke 16:25 +. +And beside all this, between us and you there is a great gulf fixed: so that they which would pass from hence to you cannot; neither can they pass to us, that would come from there. -- luke 16:26 +. +Then he said, I pray you therefore, father, that you would send him to my father' house: -- luke 16:27 +. +For I have five brothers; that he may testify to them, lest they also come into this place of torment. -- luke 16:28 +. +Abraham said to him, They have Moses and the prophets; let them hear them. -- luke 16:29 +. +And he said, No, father Abraham: but if one went to them from the dead, they will repent. -- luke 16:30 +. +And he said to him, If they hear not Moses and the prophets, neither will they be persuaded, though one rose from the dead. -- luke 16:31 +. +Then said he to the disciples, It is impossible but that offenses will come: but woe to him, through whom they come! -- luke 17:1 +. +It were better for him that a millstone were hanged about his neck, and he cast into the sea, than that he should offend one of these little ones. -- luke 17:2 +. +Take heed to yourselves: If your brother trespass against you, rebuke him; and if he repent, forgive him. -- luke 17:3 +. +And if he trespass against you seven times in a day, and seven times in a day turn again to you, saying, I repent; you shall forgive him. -- luke 17:4 +. +And the apostles said to the Lord, Increase our faith. -- luke 17:5 +. +And the Lord said, If you had faith as a grain of mustard seed, you might say to this sycamine tree, Be you plucked up by the root, and be you planted in the sea; and it should obey you. -- luke 17:6 +. +But which of you, having a servant plowing or feeding cattle, will say to him by and by, when he is come from the field, Go and sit down to meat? -- luke 17:7 +. +And will not rather say to him, Make ready with which I may sup, and gird yourself, and serve me, till I have eaten and drunken; and afterward you shall eat and drink? -- luke 17:8 +. +Does he thank that servant because he did the things that were commanded him? I trow not. -- luke 17:9 +. +So likewise you, when you shall have done all those things which are commanded you, say, We are unprofitable servants: we have done that which was our duty to do. -- luke 17:10 +. +And it came to pass, as he went to Jerusalem, that he passed through the middle of Samaria and Galilee. -- luke 17:11 +. +And as he entered into a certain village, there met him ten men that were lepers, which stood afar off: -- luke 17:12 +. +And they lifted up their voices, and said, Jesus, Master, have mercy on us. -- luke 17:13 +. +And when he saw them, he said to them, Go show yourselves to the priests. And it came to pass, that, as they went, they were cleansed. -- luke 17:14 +. +And one of them, when he saw that he was healed, turned back, and with a loud voice glorified God, -- luke 17:15 +. +And fell down on his face at his feet, giving him thanks: and he was a Samaritan. -- luke 17:16 +. +And Jesus answering said, Were there not ten cleansed? but where are the nine? -- luke 17:17 +. +There are not found that returned to give glory to God, save this stranger. -- luke 17:18 +. +And he said to him, Arise, go your way: your faith has made you whole. -- luke 17:19 +. +And when he was demanded of the Pharisees, when the kingdom of God should come, he answered them and said, The kingdom of God comes not with observation: -- luke 17:20 +. +Neither shall they say, See here! or, see there! for, behold, the kingdom of God is within you. -- luke 17:21 +. +And he said to the disciples, The days will come, when you shall desire to see one of the days of the Son of man, and you shall not see it. -- luke 17:22 +. +And they shall say to you, See here; or, see there: go not after them, nor follow them. -- luke 17:23 +. +For as the lightning, that lightens out of the one part under heaven, shines to the other part under heaven; so shall also the Son of man be in his day. -- luke 17:24 +. +But first must he suffer many things, and be rejected of this generation. -- luke 17:25 +. +And as it was in the days of Noe, so shall it be also in the days of the Son of man. -- luke 17:26 +. +They did eat, they drank, they married wives, they were given in marriage, until the day that Noe entered into the ark, and the flood came, and destroyed them all. -- luke 17:27 +. +Likewise also as it was in the days of Lot; they did eat, they drank, they bought, they sold, they planted, they built; -- luke 17:28 +. +But the same day that Lot went out of Sodom it rained fire and brimstone from heaven, and destroyed them all. -- luke 17:29 +. +Even thus shall it be in the day when the Son of man is revealed. -- luke 17:30 +. +In that day, he which shall be on the housetop, and his stuff in the house, let him not come down to take it away: and he that is in the field, let him likewise not return back. -- luke 17:31 +. +Remember Lot' wife. -- luke 17:32 +. +Whoever shall seek to save his life shall lose it; and whoever shall lose his life shall preserve it. -- luke 17:33 +. +I tell you, in that night there shall be two men in one bed; the one shall be taken, and the other shall be left. -- luke 17:34 +. +Two women shall be grinding together; the one shall be taken, and the other left. -- luke 17:35 +. +Two men shall be in the field; the one shall be taken, and the other left. -- luke 17:36 +. +And they answered and said to him, Where, Lord? And he said to them, Wherever the body is, thither will the eagles be gathered together. -- luke 17:37 +. +And he spoke a parable to them to this end, that men ought always to pray, and not to faint; -- luke 18:1 +. +Saying, There was in a city a judge, which feared not God, neither regarded man: -- luke 18:2 +. +And there was a widow in that city; and she came to him, saying, Avenge me of my adversary. -- luke 18:3 +. +And he would not for a while: but afterward he said within himself, Though I fear not God, nor regard man; -- luke 18:4 +. +Yet because this widow troubles me, I will avenge her, lest by her continual coming she weary me. -- luke 18:5 +. +And the Lord said, Hear what the unjust judge said. -- luke 18:6 +. +And shall not God avenge his own elect, which cry day and night to him, though he bear long with them? -- luke 18:7 +. +I tell you that he will avenge them speedily. Nevertheless when the Son of man comes, shall he find faith on the earth? -- luke 18:8 +. +And he spoke this parable to certain which trusted in themselves that they were righteous, and despised others: -- luke 18:9 +. +Two men went up into the temple to pray; the one a Pharisee, and the other a publican. -- luke 18:10 +. +The Pharisee stood and prayed thus with himself, God, I thank you, that I am not as other men are, extortionists, unjust, adulterers, or even as this publican. -- luke 18:11 +. +I fast twice in the week, I give tithes of all that I possess. -- luke 18:12 +. +And the publican, standing afar off, would not lift up so much as his eyes to heaven, but smote on his breast, saying, God be merciful to me a sinner. -- luke 18:13 +. +I tell you, this man went down to his house justified rather than the other: for every one that exalts himself shall be abased; and he that humbles himself shall be exalted. -- luke 18:14 +. +And they brought to him also infants, that he would touch them: but when his disciples saw it, they rebuked them. -- luke 18:15 +. +But Jesus called them to him, and said, Suffer little children to come to me, and forbid them not: for of such is the kingdom of God. -- luke 18:16 +. +Truly I say to you, Whoever shall not receive the kingdom of God as a little child shall in no wise enter therein. -- luke 18:17 +. +And a certain ruler asked him, saying, Good Master, what shall I do to inherit eternal life? -- luke 18:18 +. +And Jesus said to him, Why call you me good? none is good, save one, that is, God. -- luke 18:19 +. +You know the commandments, Do not commit adultery, Do not kill, Do not steal, Do not bear false witness, Honor your father and your mother. -- luke 18:20 +. +And he said, All these have I kept from my youth up. -- luke 18:21 +. +Now when Jesus heard these things, he said to him, Yet lack you one thing: sell all that you have, and distribute to the poor, and you shall have treasure in heaven: and come, follow me. -- luke 18:22 +. +And when he heard this, he was very sorrowful: for he was very rich. -- luke 18:23 +. +And when Jesus saw that he was very sorrowful, he said, How hardly shall they that have riches enter into the kingdom of God! -- luke 18:24 +. +For it is easier for a camel to go through a needle' eye, than for a rich man to enter into the kingdom of God. -- luke 18:25 +. +And they that heard it said, Who then can be saved? -- luke 18:26 +. +And he said, The things which are impossible with men are possible with God. -- luke 18:27 +. +Then Peter said, See, we have left all, and followed you. -- luke 18:28 +. +And he said to them, Truly I say to you, There is no man that has left house, or parents, or brothers, or wife, or children, for the kingdom of God' sake, -- luke 18:29 +. +Who shall not receive manifold more in this present time, and in the world to come life everlasting. -- luke 18:30 +. +Then he took to him the twelve, and said to them, Behold, we go up to Jerusalem, and all things that are written by the prophets concerning the Son of man shall be accomplished. -- luke 18:31 +. +For he shall be delivered to the Gentiles, and shall be mocked, and spitefully entreated, and spitted on: -- luke 18:32 +. +And they shall whip him, and put him to death: and the third day he shall rise again. -- luke 18:33 +. +And they understood none of these things: and this saying was hid from them, neither knew they the things which were spoken. -- luke 18:34 +. +And it came to pass, that as he was come near to Jericho, a certain blind man sat by the way side begging: -- luke 18:35 +. +And hearing the multitude pass by, he asked what it meant. -- luke 18:36 +. +And they told him, that Jesus of Nazareth passes by. -- luke 18:37 +. +And he cried, saying, Jesus, you son of David, have mercy on me. -- luke 18:38 +. +And they which went before rebuked him, that he should hold his peace: but he cried so much the more, You son of David, have mercy on me. -- luke 18:39 +. +And Jesus stood, and commanded him to be brought to him: and when he was come near, he asked him, -- luke 18:40 +. +Saying, What will you that I shall do to you? And he said, Lord, that I may receive my sight. -- luke 18:41 +. +And Jesus said to him, Receive your sight: your faith has saved you. -- luke 18:42 +. +And immediately he received his sight, and followed him, glorifying God: and all the people, when they saw it, gave praise to God. -- luke 18:43 +. +And Jesus entered and passed through Jericho. -- luke 19:1 +. +And, behold, there was a man named Zacchaeus, which was the chief among the publicans, and he was rich. -- luke 19:2 +. +And he sought to see Jesus who he was; and could not for the press, because he was little of stature. -- luke 19:3 +. +And he ran before, and climbed up into a sycomore tree to see him: for he was to pass that way. -- luke 19:4 +. +And when Jesus came to the place, he looked up, and saw him, and said to him, Zacchaeus, make haste, and come down; for to day I must abide at your house. -- luke 19:5 +. +And he made haste, and came down, and received him joyfully. -- luke 19:6 +. +And when they saw it, they all murmured, saying, That he was gone to be guest with a man that is a sinner. -- luke 19:7 +. +And Zacchaeus stood, and said to the Lord: Behold, Lord, the half of my goods I give to the poor; and if I have taken any thing from any man by false accusation, I restore him fourfold. -- luke 19:8 +. +And Jesus said to him, This day is salvation come to this house, as much as he also is a son of Abraham. -- luke 19:9 +. +For the Son of man is come to seek and to save that which was lost. -- luke 19:10 +. +And as they heard these things, he added and spoke a parable, because he was near to Jerusalem, and because they thought that the kingdom of God should immediately appear. -- luke 19:11 +. +He said therefore, A certain nobleman went into a far country to receive for himself a kingdom, and to return. -- luke 19:12 +. +And he called his ten servants, and delivered them ten pounds, and said to them, Occupy till I come. -- luke 19:13 +. +But his citizens hated him, and sent a message after him, saying, We will not have this man to reign over us. -- luke 19:14 +. +And it came to pass, that when he was returned, having received the kingdom, then he commanded these servants to be called to him, to whom he had given the money, that he might know how much every man had gained by trading. -- luke 19:15 +. +Then came the first, saying, Lord, your pound has gained ten pounds. -- luke 19:16 +. +And he said to him, Well, you good servant: because you have been faithful in a very little, have you authority over ten cities. -- luke 19:17 +. +And the second came, saying, Lord, your pound has gained five pounds. -- luke 19:18 +. +And he said likewise to him, Be you also over five cities. -- luke 19:19 +. +And another came, saying, Lord, behold, here is your pound, which I have kept laid up in a napkin: -- luke 19:20 +. +For I feared you, because you are an austere man: you take up that you layed not down, and reap that you did not sow. -- luke 19:21 +. +And he said to him, Out of your own mouth will I judge you, you wicked servant. You knew that I was an austere man, taking up that I laid not down, and reaping that I did not sow: -- luke 19:22 +. +Why then gave not you my money into the bank, that at my coming I might have required my own with usury? -- luke 19:23 +. +And he said to them that stood by, Take from him the pound, and give it to him that has ten pounds. -- luke 19:24 +. +(And they said to him, Lord, he has ten pounds.) -- luke 19:25 +. +For I say to you, That to every one which has shall be given; and from him that has not, even that he has shall be taken away from him. -- luke 19:26 +. +But those my enemies, which would not that I should reign over them, bring here, and slay them before me. -- luke 19:27 +. +And when he had thus spoken, he went before, ascending up to Jerusalem. -- luke 19:28 +. +And it came to pass, when he was come near to Bethphage and Bethany, at the mount called the mount of Olives, he sent two of his disciples, -- luke 19:29 +. +Saying, Go you into the village over against you; in the which at your entering you shall find a colt tied, where on yet never man sat: loose him, and bring him here. -- luke 19:30 +. +And if any man ask you, Why do you loose him? thus shall you say to him, Because the Lord has need of him. -- luke 19:31 +. +And they that were sent went their way, and found even as he had said to them. -- luke 19:32 +. +And as they were loosing the colt, the owners thereof said to them, Why loose you the colt? -- luke 19:33 +. +And they said, The Lord has need of him. -- luke 19:34 +. +And they brought him to Jesus: and they cast their garments on the colt, and they set Jesus thereon. -- luke 19:35 +. +And as he went, they spread their clothes in the way. -- luke 19:36 +. +And when he was come near, even now at the descent of the mount of Olives, the whole multitude of the disciples began to rejoice and praise God with a loud voice for all the mighty works that they had seen; -- luke 19:37 +. +Saying, Blessed be the King that comes in the name of the Lord: peace in heaven, and glory in the highest. -- luke 19:38 +. +And some of the Pharisees from among the multitude said to him, Master, rebuke your disciples. -- luke 19:39 +. +And he answered and said to them, I tell you that, if these should hold their peace, the stones would immediately cry out. -- luke 19:40 +. +And when he was come near, he beheld the city, and wept over it, -- luke 19:41 +. +Saying, If you had known, even you, at least in this your day, the things which belong to your peace! but now they are hid from your eyes. -- luke 19:42 +. +For the days shall come on you, that your enemies shall cast a trench about you, and compass you round, and keep you in on every side, -- luke 19:43 +. +And shall lay you even with the ground, and your children within you; and they shall not leave in you one stone on another; because you knew not the time of your visitation. -- luke 19:44 +. +And he went into the temple, and began to cast out them that sold therein, and them that bought; -- luke 19:45 +. +Saying to them, It is written, My house is the house of prayer: but you have made it a den of thieves. -- luke 19:46 +. +And he taught daily in the temple. But the chief priests and the scribes and the chief of the people sought to destroy him, -- luke 19:47 +. +And could not find what they might do: for all the people were very attentive to hear him. -- luke 19:48 +. +And it came to pass, that on one of those days, as he taught the people in the temple, and preached the gospel, the chief priests and the scribes came on him with the elders, -- luke 20:1 +. +And spoke to him, saying, Tell us, by what authority do you these things? or who is he that gave you this authority? -- luke 20:2 +. +And he answered and said to them, I will also ask you one thing; and answer me: -- luke 20:3 +. +The baptism of John, was it from heaven, or of men? -- luke 20:4 +. +And they reasoned with themselves, saying, If we shall say, From heaven; he will say, Why then believed you him not? -- luke 20:5 +. +But and if we say, Of men; all the people will stone us: for they be persuaded that John was a prophet. -- luke 20:6 +. +And they answered, that they could not tell from where it was. -- luke 20:7 +. +And Jesus said to them, Neither tell I you by what authority I do these things. -- luke 20:8 +. +Then began he to speak to the people this parable; A certain man planted a vineyard, and let it forth to farmers, and went into a far country for a long time. -- luke 20:9 +. +And at the season he sent a servant to the farmers, that they should give him of the fruit of the vineyard: but the farmers beat him, and sent him away empty. -- luke 20:10 +. +And again he sent another servant: and they beat him also, and entreated him shamefully, and sent him away empty. -- luke 20:11 +. +And again he sent a third: and they wounded him also, and cast him out. -- luke 20:12 +. +Then said the lord of the vineyard, What shall I do? I will send my beloved son: it may be they will reverence him when they see him. -- luke 20:13 +. +But when the farmers saw him, they reasoned among themselves, saying, This is the heir: come, let us kill him, that the inheritance may be ours. -- luke 20:14 +. +So they cast him out of the vineyard, and killed him. What therefore shall the lord of the vineyard do to them? -- luke 20:15 +. +He shall come and destroy these farmers, and shall give the vineyard to others. And when they heard it, they said, God forbid. -- luke 20:16 +. +And he beheld them, and said, What is this then that is written, The stone which the builders rejected, the same is become the head of the corner? -- luke 20:17 +. +Whoever shall fall on that stone shall be broken; but on whomsoever it shall fall, it will grind him to powder. -- luke 20:18 +. +And the chief priests and the scribes the same hour sought to lay hands on him; and they feared the people: for they perceived that he had spoken this parable against them. -- luke 20:19 +. +And they watched him, and sent forth spies, which should feign themselves just men, that they might take hold of his words, that so they might deliver him to the power and authority of the governor. -- luke 20:20 +. +And they asked him, saying, Master, we know that you say and teach rightly, neither accept you the person of any, but teach the way of God truly: -- luke 20:21 +. +Is it lawful for us to give tribute to Caesar, or no? -- luke 20:22 +. +But he perceived their craftiness, and said to them, Why tempt you me? -- luke 20:23 +. +Show me a penny. Whose image and superscription has it? They answered and said, Caesar'. -- luke 20:24 +. +And he said to them, Render therefore to Caesar the things which be Caesar', and to God the things which be God'. -- luke 20:25 +. +And they could not take hold of his words before the people: and they marveled at his answer, and held their peace. -- luke 20:26 +. +Then came to him certain of the Sadducees, which deny that there is any resurrection; and they asked him, -- luke 20:27 +. +Saying, Master, Moses wrote to us, If any man' brother die, having a wife, and he die without children, that his brother should take his wife, and raise up seed to his brother. -- luke 20:28 +. +There were therefore seven brothers: and the first took a wife, and died without children. -- luke 20:29 +. +And the second took her to wife, and he died childless. -- luke 20:30 +. +And the third took her; and in like manner the seven also: and they left no children, and died. -- luke 20:31 +. +Last of all the woman died also. -- luke 20:32 +. +Therefore in the resurrection whose wife of them is she? for seven had her to wife. -- luke 20:33 +. +And Jesus answering said to them, The children of this world marry, and are given in marriage: -- luke 20:34 +. +But they which shall be accounted worthy to obtain that world, and the resurrection from the dead, neither marry, nor are given in marriage: -- luke 20:35 +. +Neither can they die any more: for they are equal to the angels; and are the children of God, being the children of the resurrection. -- luke 20:36 +. +Now that the dead are raised, even Moses showed at the bush, when he calls the Lord the God of Abraham, and the God of Isaac, and the God of Jacob. -- luke 20:37 +. +For he is not a God of the dead, but of the living: for all live to him. -- luke 20:38 +. +Then certain of the scribes answering said, Master, you have well said. -- luke 20:39 +. +And after that they dared not ask him any question at all. -- luke 20:40 +. +And he said to them, How say they that Christ is David' son? -- luke 20:41 +. +And David himself said in the book of Psalms, The LORD said to my Lord, Sit you on my right hand, -- luke 20:42 +. +Till I make your enemies your footstool. -- luke 20:43 +. +David therefore calls him Lord, how is he then his son? -- luke 20:44 +. +Then in the audience of all the people he said to his disciples, -- luke 20:45 +. +Beware of the scribes, which desire to walk in long robes, and love greetings in the markets, and the highest seats in the synagogues, and the chief rooms at feasts; -- luke 20:46 +. +Which devour widows'houses, and for a show make long prayers: the same shall receive greater damnation. -- luke 20:47 +. +And he looked up, and saw the rich men casting their gifts into the treasury. -- luke 21:1 +. +And he saw also a certain poor widow casting in thither two mites. -- luke 21:2 +. +And he said, Of a truth I say to you, that this poor widow has cast in more than they all: -- luke 21:3 +. +For all these have of their abundance cast in to the offerings of God: but she of her penury has cast in all the living that she had. -- luke 21:4 +. +And as some spoke of the temple, how it was adorned with goodly stones and gifts, he said, -- luke 21:5 +. +As for these things which you behold, the days will come, in the which there shall not be left one stone on another, that shall not be thrown down. -- luke 21:6 +. +And they asked him, saying, Master, but when shall these things be? and what sign will there be when these things shall come to pass? -- luke 21:7 +. +And he said, Take heed that you be not deceived: for many shall come in my name, saying, I am Christ; and the time draws near: go you not therefore after them. -- luke 21:8 +. +But when you shall hear of wars and commotions, be not terrified: for these things must first come to pass; but the end is not by and by. -- luke 21:9 +. +Then said he to them, Nation shall rise against nation, and kingdom against kingdom: -- luke 21:10 +. +And great earthquakes shall be in divers places, and famines, and pestilences; and fearful sights and great signs shall there be from heaven. -- luke 21:11 +. +But before all these, they shall lay their hands on you, and persecute you, delivering you up to the synagogues, and into prisons, being brought before kings and rulers for my name' sake. -- luke 21:12 +. +And it shall turn to you for a testimony. -- luke 21:13 +. +Settle it therefore in your hearts, not to meditate before what you shall answer: -- luke 21:14 +. +For I will give you a mouth and wisdom, which all your adversaries shall not be able to gainsay nor resist. -- luke 21:15 +. +And you shall be betrayed both by parents, and brothers, and kinfolks, and friends; and some of you shall they cause to be put to death. -- luke 21:16 +. +And you shall be hated of all men for my name' sake. -- luke 21:17 +. +But there shall not an hair of your head perish. -- luke 21:18 +. +In your patience possess you your souls. -- luke 21:19 +. +And when you shall see Jerusalem compassed with armies, then know that the desolation thereof is near. -- luke 21:20 +. +Then let them which are in Judaea flee to the mountains; and let them which are in the middle of it depart out; and let not them that are in the countries enter thereinto. -- luke 21:21 +. +For these be the days of vengeance, that all things which are written may be fulfilled. -- luke 21:22 +. +But woe to them that are with child, and to them that give suck, in those days! for there shall be great distress in the land, and wrath on this people. -- luke 21:23 +. +And they shall fall by the edge of the sword, and shall be led away captive into all nations: and Jerusalem shall be trodden down of the Gentiles, until the times of the Gentiles be fulfilled. -- luke 21:24 +. +And there shall be signs in the sun, and in the moon, and in the stars; and on the earth distress of nations, with perplexity; the sea and the waves roaring; -- luke 21:25 +. +Men' hearts failing them for fear, and for looking after those things which are coming on the earth: for the powers of heaven shall be shaken. -- luke 21:26 +. +And then shall they see the Son of man coming in a cloud with power and great glory. -- luke 21:27 +. +And when these things begin to come to pass, then look up, and lift up your heads; for your redemption draws near. -- luke 21:28 +. +And he spoke to them a parable; Behold the fig tree, and all the trees; -- luke 21:29 +. +When they now shoot forth, you see and know of your own selves that summer is now near at hand. -- luke 21:30 +. +So likewise you, when you see these things come to pass, know you that the kingdom of God is near at hand. -- luke 21:31 +. +Truly I say to you, This generation shall not pass away, till all be fulfilled. -- luke 21:32 +. +Heaven and earth shall pass away: but my words shall not pass away. -- luke 21:33 +. +And take heed to yourselves, lest at any time your hearts be overcharged with surfeiting, and drunkenness, and cares of this life, and so that day come on you unawares. -- luke 21:34 +. +For as a snare shall it come on all them that dwell on the face of the whole earth. -- luke 21:35 +. +Watch you therefore, and pray always, that you may be accounted worthy to escape all these things that shall come to pass, and to stand before the Son of man. -- luke 21:36 +. +And in the day time he was teaching in the temple; and at night he went out, and stayed in the mount that is called the mount of Olives. -- luke 21:37 +. +And all the people came early in the morning to him in the temple, for to hear him. -- luke 21:38 +. +Now the feast of unleavened bread drew near, which is called the Passover. -- luke 22:1 +. +And the chief priests and scribes sought how they might kill him; for they feared the people. -- luke 22:2 +. +Then entered Satan into Judas surnamed Iscariot, being of the number of the twelve. -- luke 22:3 +. +And he went his way, and communed with the chief priests and captains, how he might betray him to them. -- luke 22:4 +. +And they were glad, and covenanted to give him money. -- luke 22:5 +. +And he promised, and sought opportunity to betray him to them in the absence of the multitude. -- luke 22:6 +. +Then came the day of unleavened bread, when the passover must be killed. -- luke 22:7 +. +And he sent Peter and John, saying, Go and prepare us the passover, that we may eat. -- luke 22:8 +. +And they said to him, Where will you that we prepare? -- luke 22:9 +. +And he said to them, Behold, when you are entered into the city, there shall a man meet you, bearing a pitcher of water; follow him into the house where he enters in. -- luke 22:10 +. +And you shall say to the manager of the house, The Master said to you, Where is the guest room, where I shall eat the passover with my disciples? -- luke 22:11 +. +And he shall show you a large upper room furnished: there make ready. -- luke 22:12 +. +And they went, and found as he had said to them: and they made ready the passover. -- luke 22:13 +. +And when the hour was come, he sat down, and the twelve apostles with him. -- luke 22:14 +. +And he said to them, With desire I have desired to eat this passover with you before I suffer: -- luke 22:15 +. +For I say to you, I will not any more eat thereof, until it be fulfilled in the kingdom of God. -- luke 22:16 +. +And he took the cup, and gave thanks, and said, Take this, and divide it among yourselves: -- luke 22:17 +. +For I say to you, I will not drink of the fruit of the vine, until the kingdom of God shall come. -- luke 22:18 +. +And he took bread, and gave thanks, and broke it, and gave to them, saying, This is my body which is given for you: this do in remembrance of me. -- luke 22:19 +. +Likewise also the cup after supper, saying, This cup is the new testament in my blood, which is shed for you. -- luke 22:20 +. +But, behold, the hand of him that betrays me is with me on the table. -- luke 22:21 +. +And truly the Son of man goes, as it was determined: but woe to that man by whom he is betrayed! -- luke 22:22 +. +And they began to inquire among themselves, which of them it was that should do this thing. -- luke 22:23 +. +And there was also a strife among them, which of them should be accounted the greatest. -- luke 22:24 +. +And he said to them, The kings of the Gentiles exercise lordship over them; and they that exercise authority on them are called benefactors. -- luke 22:25 +. +But you shall not be so: but he that is greatest among you, let him be as the younger; and he that is chief, as he that does serve. -- luke 22:26 +. +For whether is greater, he that sits at meat, or he that serves? is not he that sits at meat? but I am among you as he that serves. -- luke 22:27 +. +You are they which have continued with me in my temptations. -- luke 22:28 +. +And I appoint to you a kingdom, as my Father has appointed to me; -- luke 22:29 +. +That you may eat and drink at my table in my kingdom, and sit on thrones judging the twelve tribes of Israel. -- luke 22:30 +. +And the Lord said, Simon, Simon, behold, Satan has desired to have you, that he may sift you as wheat: -- luke 22:31 +. +But I have prayed for you, that your faith fail not: and when you are converted, strengthen your brothers. -- luke 22:32 +. +And he said to him, Lord, I am ready to go with you, both into prison, and to death. -- luke 22:33 +. +And he said, I tell you, Peter, the cock shall not crow this day, before that you shall thrice deny that you know me. -- luke 22:34 +. +And he said to them, When I sent you without purse, and money, and shoes, lacked you any thing? And they said, Nothing. -- luke 22:35 +. +Then said he to them, But now, he that has a purse, let him take it, and likewise his money: and he that has no sword, let him sell his garment, and buy one. -- luke 22:36 +. +For I say to you, that this that is written must yet be accomplished in me, And he was reckoned among the transgressors: for the things concerning me have an end. -- luke 22:37 +. +And they said, Lord, behold, here are two swords. And he said to them, It is enough. -- luke 22:38 +. +And he came out, and went, as he was wont, to the mount of Olives; and his disciples also followed him. -- luke 22:39 +. +And when he was at the place, he said to them, Pray that you enter not into temptation. -- luke 22:40 +. +And he was withdrawn from them about a stone' cast, and kneeled down, and prayed, -- luke 22:41 +. +Saying, Father, if you be willing, remove this cup from me: nevertheless not my will, but yours, be done. -- luke 22:42 +. +And there appeared an angel to him from heaven, strengthening him. -- luke 22:43 +. +And being in an agony he prayed more earnestly: and his sweat was as it were great drops of blood falling down to the ground. -- luke 22:44 +. +And when he rose up from prayer, and was come to his disciples, he found them sleeping for sorrow, -- luke 22:45 +. +And said to them, Why sleep you? rise and pray, lest you enter into temptation. -- luke 22:46 +. +And while he yet spoke, behold a multitude, and he that was called Judas, one of the twelve, went before them, and drew near to Jesus to kiss him. -- luke 22:47 +. +But Jesus said to him, Judas, betray you the Son of man with a kiss? -- luke 22:48 +. +When they which were about him saw what would follow, they said to him, Lord, shall we smite with the sword? -- luke 22:49 +. +And one of them smote the servant of the high priest, and cut off his right ear. -- luke 22:50 +. +And Jesus answered and said, Suffer you thus far. And he touched his ear, and healed him. -- luke 22:51 +. +Then Jesus said to the chief priests, and captains of the temple, and the elders, which were come to him, Be you come out, as against a thief, with swords and staves? -- luke 22:52 +. +When I was daily with you in the temple, you stretched forth no hands against me: but this is your hour, and the power of darkness. -- luke 22:53 +. +Then took they him, and led him, and brought him into the high priest' house. And Peter followed afar off. -- luke 22:54 +. +And when they had kindled a fire in the middle of the hall, and were set down together, Peter sat down among them. -- luke 22:55 +. +But a certain maid beheld him as he sat by the fire, and earnestly looked on him, and said, This man was also with him. -- luke 22:56 +. +And he denied him, saying, Woman, I know him not. -- luke 22:57 +. +And after a little while another saw him, and said, You are also of them. And Peter said, Man, I am not. -- luke 22:58 +. +And about the space of one hour after another confidently affirmed, saying, Of a truth this fellow also was with him: for he is a Galilaean. -- luke 22:59 +. +And Peter said, Man, I know not what you say. And immediately, while he yet spoke, the cock crew. -- luke 22:60 +. +And the Lord turned, and looked on Peter. And Peter remembered the word of the Lord, how he had said to him, Before the cock crow, you shall deny me thrice. -- luke 22:61 +. +And Peter went out, and wept bitterly. -- luke 22:62 +. +And the men that held Jesus mocked him, and smote him. -- luke 22:63 +. +And when they had blindfolded him, they struck him on the face, and asked him, saying, Prophesy, who is it that smote you? -- luke 22:64 +. +And many other things blasphemously spoke they against him. -- luke 22:65 +. +And as soon as it was day, the elders of the people and the chief priests and the scribes came together, and led him into their council, saying, -- luke 22:66 +. +Are you the Christ? tell us. And he said to them, If I tell you, you will not believe: -- luke 22:67 +. +And if I also ask you, you will not answer me, nor let me go. -- luke 22:68 +. +Hereafter shall the Son of man sit on the right hand of the power of God. -- luke 22:69 +. +Then said they all, Are you then the Son of God? And he said to them, You say that I am. -- luke 22:70 +. +And they said, What need we any further witness? for we ourselves have heard of his own mouth. -- luke 22:71 +. +And the whole multitude of them arose, and led him to Pilate. -- luke 23:1 +. +And they began to accuse him, saying, We found this fellow perverting the nation, and forbidding to give tribute to Caesar, saying that he himself is Christ a King. -- luke 23:2 +. +And Pilate asked him, saying, Are you the King of the Jews? And he answered him and said, You say it. -- luke 23:3 +. +Then said Pilate to the chief priests and to the people, I find no fault in this man. -- luke 23:4 +. +And they were the more fierce, saying, He stirs up the people, teaching throughout all Jewry, beginning from Galilee to this place. -- luke 23:5 +. +When Pilate heard of Galilee, he asked whether the man were a Galilaean. -- luke 23:6 +. +And as soon as he knew that he belonged to Herod' jurisdiction, he sent him to Herod, who himself also was at Jerusalem at that time. -- luke 23:7 +. +And when Herod saw Jesus, he was exceeding glad: for he was desirous to see him of a long season, because he had heard many things of him; and he hoped to have seen some miracle done by him. -- luke 23:8 +. +Then he questioned with him in many words; but he answered him nothing. -- luke 23:9 +. +And the chief priests and scribes stood and vehemently accused him. -- luke 23:10 +. +And Herod with his men of war set him at nothing, and mocked him, and arrayed him in a gorgeous robe, and sent him again to Pilate. -- luke 23:11 +. +And the same day Pilate and Herod were made friends together: for before they were at enmity between themselves. -- luke 23:12 +. +And Pilate, when he had called together the chief priests and the rulers and the people, -- luke 23:13 +. +Said to them, You have brought this man to me, as one that perverts the people: and, behold, I, having examined him before you, have found no fault in this man touching those things whereof you accuse him: -- luke 23:14 +. +No, nor yet Herod: for I sent you to him; and, see, nothing worthy of death is done to him. -- luke 23:15 +. +I will therefore chastise him, and release him. -- luke 23:16 +. +(For of necessity he must release one to them at the feast.) -- luke 23:17 +. +And they cried out all at once, saying, Away with this man, and release to us Barabbas: -- luke 23:18 +. +(Who for a certain sedition made in the city, and for murder, was cast into prison.) -- luke 23:19 +. +Pilate therefore, willing to release Jesus, spoke again to them. -- luke 23:20 +. +But they cried, saying, Crucify him, crucify him. -- luke 23:21 +. +And he said to them the third time, Why, what evil has he done? I have found no cause of death in him: I will therefore chastise him, and let him go. -- luke 23:22 +. +And they were instant with loud voices, requiring that he might be crucified. And the voices of them and of the chief priests prevailed. -- luke 23:23 +. +And Pilate gave sentence that it should be as they required. -- luke 23:24 +. +And he released to them him that for sedition and murder was cast into prison, whom they had desired; but he delivered Jesus to their will. -- luke 23:25 +. +And as they led him away, they laid hold on one Simon, a Cyrenian, coming out of the country, and on him they laid the cross, that he might bear it after Jesus. -- luke 23:26 +. +And there followed him a great company of people, and of women, which also bewailed and lamented him. -- luke 23:27 +. +But Jesus turning to them said, Daughters of Jerusalem, weep not for me, but weep for yourselves, and for your children. -- luke 23:28 +. +For, behold, the days are coming, in the which they shall say, Blessed are the barren, and the wombs that never bore, and the breasts which never gave suck. -- luke 23:29 +. +Then shall they begin to say to the mountains, Fall on us; and to the hills, Cover us. -- luke 23:30 +. +For if they do these things in a green tree, what shall be done in the dry? -- luke 23:31 +. +And there were also two other, malefactors, led with him to be put to death. -- luke 23:32 +. +And when they were come to the place, which is called Calvary, there they crucified him, and the malefactors, one on the right hand, and the other on the left. -- luke 23:33 +. +Then said Jesus, Father, forgive them; for they know not what they do. And they parted his raiment, and cast lots. -- luke 23:34 +. +And the people stood beholding. And the rulers also with them derided him, saying, He saved others; let him save himself, if he be Christ, the chosen of God. -- luke 23:35 +. +And the soldiers also mocked him, coming to him, and offering him vinegar, -- luke 23:36 +. +And saying, If you be the king of the Jews, save yourself. -- luke 23:37 +. +And a superscription also was written over him in letters of Greek, and Latin, and Hebrew, THIS IS THE KING OF THE JEWS. -- luke 23:38 +. +And one of the malefactors which were hanged railed on him, saying, If you be Christ, save yourself and us. -- luke 23:39 +. +But the other answering rebuked him, saying, Do not you fear God, seeing you are in the same condemnation? -- luke 23:40 +. +And we indeed justly; for we receive the due reward of our deeds: but this man has done nothing amiss. -- luke 23:41 +. +And he said to Jesus, Lord, remember me when you come into your kingdom. -- luke 23:42 +. +And Jesus said to him, Truly I say to you, To day shall you be with me in paradise. -- luke 23:43 +. +And it was about the sixth hour, and there was a darkness over all the earth until the ninth hour. -- luke 23:44 +. +And the sun was darkened, and the veil of the temple was rent in the middle. -- luke 23:45 +. +And when Jesus had cried with a loud voice, he said, Father, into your hands I commend my spirit: and having said thus, he gave up the ghost. -- luke 23:46 +. +Now when the centurion saw what was done, he glorified God, saying, Certainly this was a righteous man. -- luke 23:47 +. +And all the people that came together to that sight, beholding the things which were done, smote their breasts, and returned. -- luke 23:48 +. +And all his acquaintance, and the women that followed him from Galilee, stood afar off, beholding these things. -- luke 23:49 +. +And, behold, there was a man named Joseph, a counselor; and he was a good man, and a just: -- luke 23:50 +. +(The same had not consented to the counsel and deed of them;) he was of Arimathaea, a city of the Jews: who also himself waited for the kingdom of God. -- luke 23:51 +. +This man went to Pilate, and begged the body of Jesus. -- luke 23:52 +. +And he took it down, and wrapped it in linen, and laid it in a sepulcher that was hewn in stone, wherein never man before was laid. -- luke 23:53 +. +And that day was the preparation, and the sabbath drew on. -- luke 23:54 +. +And the women also, which came with him from Galilee, followed after, and beheld the sepulcher, and how his body was laid. -- luke 23:55 +. +And they returned, and prepared spices and ointments; and rested the sabbath day according to the commandment. -- luke 23:56 +. +Now on the first day of the week, very early in the morning, they came to the sepulcher, bringing the spices which they had prepared, and certain others with them. -- luke 24:1 +. +And they found the stone rolled away from the sepulcher. -- luke 24:2 +. +And they entered in, and found not the body of the Lord Jesus. -- luke 24:3 +. +And it came to pass, as they were much perplexed thereabout, behold, two men stood by them in shining garments: -- luke 24:4 +. +And as they were afraid, and bowed down their faces to the earth, they said to them, Why seek you the living among the dead? -- luke 24:5 +. +He is not here, but is risen: remember how he spoke to you when he was yet in Galilee, -- luke 24:6 +. +Saying, The Son of man must be delivered into the hands of sinful men, and be crucified, and the third day rise again. -- luke 24:7 +. +And they remembered his words, -- luke 24:8 +. +And returned from the sepulcher, and told all these things to the eleven, and to all the rest. -- luke 24:9 +. +It was Mary Magdalene and Joanna, and Mary the mother of James, and other women that were with them, which told these things to the apostles. -- luke 24:10 +. +And their words seemed to them as idle tales, and they believed them not. -- luke 24:11 +. +Then arose Peter, and ran to the sepulcher; and stooping down, he beheld the linen clothes laid by themselves, and departed, wondering in himself at that which was come to pass. -- luke 24:12 +. +And, behold, two of them went that same day to a village called Emmaus, which was from Jerusalem about three score furlongs. -- luke 24:13 +. +And they talked together of all these things which had happened. -- luke 24:14 +. +And it came to pass, that, while they communed together and reasoned, Jesus himself drew near, and went with them. -- luke 24:15 +. +But their eyes were held that they should not know him. -- luke 24:16 +. +And he said to them, What manner of communications are these that you have one to another, as you walk, and are sad? -- luke 24:17 +. +And the one of them, whose name was Cleopas, answering said to him, Are you only a stranger in Jerusalem, and have not known the things which are come to pass there in these days? -- luke 24:18 +. +And he said to them, What things? And they said to him, Concerning Jesus of Nazareth, which was a prophet mighty in deed and word before God and all the people: -- luke 24:19 +. +And how the chief priests and our rulers delivered him to be condemned to death, and have crucified him. -- luke 24:20 +. +But we trusted that it had been he which should have redeemed Israel: and beside all this, to day is the third day since these things were done. -- luke 24:21 +. +Yes, and certain women also of our company made us astonished, which were early at the sepulcher; -- luke 24:22 +. +And when they found not his body, they came, saying, that they had also seen a vision of angels, which said that he was alive. -- luke 24:23 +. +And certain of them which were with us went to the sepulcher, and found it even so as the women had said: but him they saw not. -- luke 24:24 +. +Then he said to them, O fools, and slow of heart to believe all that the prophets have spoken: -- luke 24:25 +. +Ought not Christ to have suffered these things, and to enter into his glory? -- luke 24:26 +. +And beginning at Moses and all the prophets, he expounded to them in all the scriptures the things concerning himself. -- luke 24:27 +. +And they drew near to the village, where they went: and he made as though he would have gone further. -- luke 24:28 +. +But they constrained him, saying, Abide with us: for it is toward evening, and the day is far spent. And he went in to tarry with them. -- luke 24:29 +. +And it came to pass, as he sat at meat with them, he took bread, and blessed it, and broke, and gave to them. -- luke 24:30 +. +And their eyes were opened, and they knew him; and he vanished out of their sight. -- luke 24:31 +. +And they said one to another, Did not our heart burn within us, while he talked with us by the way, and while he opened to us the scriptures? -- luke 24:32 +. +And they rose up the same hour, and returned to Jerusalem, and found the eleven gathered together, and them that were with them, -- luke 24:33 +. +Saying, The Lord is risen indeed, and has appeared to Simon. -- luke 24:34 +. +And they told what things were done in the way, and how he was known of them in breaking of bread. -- luke 24:35 +. +And as they thus spoke, Jesus himself stood in the middle of them, and said to them, Peace be to you. -- luke 24:36 +. +But they were terrified and affrighted, and supposed that they had seen a spirit. -- luke 24:37 +. +And he said to them, Why are you troubled? and why do thoughts arise in your hearts? -- luke 24:38 +. +Behold my hands and my feet, that it is I myself: handle me, and see; for a spirit has not flesh and bones, as you see me have. -- luke 24:39 +. +And when he had thus spoken, he showed them his hands and his feet. -- luke 24:40 +. +And while they yet believed not for joy, and wondered, he said to them, Have you here any meat? -- luke 24:41 +. +And they gave him a piece of a broiled fish, and of an honeycomb. -- luke 24:42 +. +And he took it, and did eat before them. -- luke 24:43 +. +And he said to them, These are the words which I spoke to you, while I was yet with you, that all things must be fulfilled, which were written in the law of Moses, and in the prophets, and in the psalms, concerning me. -- luke 24:44 +. +Then opened he their understanding, that they might understand the scriptures, -- luke 24:45 +. +And said to them, Thus it is written, and thus it behooved Christ to suffer, and to rise from the dead the third day: -- luke 24:46 +. +And that repentance and remission of sins should be preached in his name among all nations, beginning at Jerusalem. -- luke 24:47 +. +And you are witnesses of these things. -- luke 24:48 +. +And, behold, I send the promise of my Father on you: but tarry you in the city of Jerusalem, until you be endued with power from on high. -- luke 24:49 +. +And he led them out as far as to Bethany, and he lifted up his hands, and blessed them. -- luke 24:50 +. +And it came to pass, while he blessed them, he was parted from them, and carried up into heaven. -- luke 24:51 +. +And they worshipped him, and returned to Jerusalem with great joy: -- luke 24:52 +. +And were continually in the temple, praising and blessing God. Amen. -- luke 24:53 +. +In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God, and the Word was God. -- john 1:1 +. +The same was in the beginning with God. -- john 1:2 +. +All things were made by him; and without him was not any thing made that was made. -- john 1:3 +. +In him was life; and the life was the light of men. -- john 1:4 +. +And the light shines in darkness; and the darkness comprehended it not. -- john 1:5 +. +There was a man sent from God, whose name was John. -- john 1:6 +. +The same came for a witness, to bear witness of the Light, that all men through him might believe. -- john 1:7 +. +He was not that Light, but was sent to bear witness of that Light. -- john 1:8 +. +That was the true Light, which lights every man that comes into the world. -- john 1:9 +. +He was in the world, and the world was made by him, and the world knew him not. -- john 1:10 +. +He came to his own, and his own received him not. -- john 1:11 +. +But as many as received him, to them gave he power to become the sons of God, even to them that believe on his name: -- john 1:12 +. +Which were born, not of blood, nor of the will of the flesh, nor of the will of man, but of God. -- john 1:13 +. +And the Word was made flesh, and dwelled among us, (and we beheld his glory, the glory as of the only begotten of the Father,) full of grace and truth. -- john 1:14 +. +John bore witness of him, and cried, saying, This was he of whom I spoke, He that comes after me is preferred before me: for he was before me. -- john 1:15 +. +And of his fullness have all we received, and grace for grace. -- john 1:16 +. +For the law was given by Moses, but grace and truth came by Jesus Christ. -- john 1:17 +. +No man has seen God at any time, the only begotten Son, which is in the bosom of the Father, he has declared him. -- john 1:18 +. +And this is the record of John, when the Jews sent priests and Levites from Jerusalem to ask him, Who are you? -- john 1:19 +. +And he confessed, and denied not; but confessed, I am not the Christ. -- john 1:20 +. +And they asked him, What then? Are you Elias? And he said, I am not. Are you that prophet? And he answered, No. -- john 1:21 +. +Then said they to him, Who are you? that we may give an answer to them that sent us. What say you of yourself? -- john 1:22 +. +He said, I am the voice of one crying in the wilderness, Make straight the way of the Lord, as said the prophet Esaias. -- john 1:23 +. +And they which were sent were of the Pharisees. -- john 1:24 +. +And they asked him, and said to him, Why baptize you then, if you be not that Christ, nor Elias, neither that prophet? -- john 1:25 +. +John answered them, saying, I baptize with water: but there stands one among you, whom you know not; -- john 1:26 +. +He it is, who coming after me is preferred before me, whose shoe' lace I am not worthy to unloose. -- john 1:27 +. +These things were done in Bethabara beyond Jordan, where John was baptizing. -- john 1:28 +. +The next day John sees Jesus coming to him, and said, Behold the Lamb of God, which takes away the sin of the world. -- john 1:29 +. +This is he of whom I said, After me comes a man which is preferred before me: for he was before me. -- john 1:30 +. +And I knew him not: but that he should be made manifest to Israel, therefore am I come baptizing with water. -- john 1:31 +. +And John bore record, saying, I saw the Spirit descending from heaven like a dove, and it stayed on him. -- john 1:32 +. +And I knew him not: but he that sent me to baptize with water, the same said to me, On whom you shall see the Spirit descending, and remaining on him, the same is he which baptizes with the Holy Ghost. -- john 1:33 +. +And I saw, and bore record that this is the Son of God. -- john 1:34 +. +Again the next day after John stood, and two of his disciples; -- john 1:35 +. +And looking on Jesus as he walked, he said, Behold the Lamb of God! -- john 1:36 +. +And the two disciples heard him speak, and they followed Jesus. -- john 1:37 +. +Then Jesus turned, and saw them following, and said to them, What seek you? They said to him, Rabbi, (which is to say, being interpreted, Master,) where dwell you? -- john 1:38 +. +He said to them, Come and see. They came and saw where he dwelled, and stayed with him that day: for it was about the tenth hour. -- john 1:39 +. +One of the two which heard John speak, and followed him, was Andrew, Simon Peter' brother. -- john 1:40 +. +He first finds his own brother Simon, and said to him, We have found the Messias, which is, being interpreted, the Christ. -- john 1:41 +. +And he brought him to Jesus. And when Jesus beheld him, he said, You are Simon the son of Jona: you shall be called Cephas, which is by interpretation, A stone. -- john 1:42 +. +The day following Jesus would go forth into Galilee, and finds Philip, and said to him, Follow me. -- john 1:43 +. +Now Philip was of Bethsaida, the city of Andrew and Peter. -- john 1:44 +. +Philip finds Nathanael, and said to him, We have found him, of whom Moses in the law, and the prophets, did write, Jesus of Nazareth, the son of Joseph. -- john 1:45 +. +And Nathanael said to him, Can there any good thing come out of Nazareth? Philip said to him, Come and see. -- john 1:46 +. +Jesus saw Nathanael coming to him, and said of him, Behold an Israelite indeed, in whom is no guile! -- john 1:47 +. +Nathanael said to him, From where know you me? Jesus answered and said to him, Before that Philip called you, when you were under the fig tree, I saw you. -- john 1:48 +. +Nathanael answered and said to him, Rabbi, you are the Son of God; you are the King of Israel. -- john 1:49 +. +Jesus answered and said to him, Because I said to you, I saw you under the fig tree, believe you? you shall see greater things than these. -- john 1:50 +. +And he said to him, Truly, truly, I say to you, Hereafter you shall see heaven open, and the angels of God ascending and descending on the Son of man. -- john 1:51 +. +And the third day there was a marriage in Cana of Galilee; and the mother of Jesus was there: -- john 2:1 +. +And both Jesus was called, and his disciples, to the marriage. -- john 2:2 +. +And when they wanted wine, the mother of Jesus said to him, They have no wine. -- john 2:3 +. +Jesus said to her, Woman, what have I to do with you? my hour is not yet come. -- john 2:4 +. +His mother said to the servants, Whatever he said to you, do it. -- john 2:5 +. +And there were set there six water pots of stone, after the manner of the purifying of the Jews, containing two or three firkins apiece. -- john 2:6 +. +Jesus said to them, Fill the water pots with water. And they filled them up to the brim. -- john 2:7 +. +And he said to them, Draw out now, and bear to the governor of the feast. And they bore it. -- john 2:8 +. +When the ruler of the feast had tasted the water that was made wine, and knew not from where it was: (but the servants which drew the water knew;) the governor of the feast called the bridegroom, -- john 2:9 +. +And said to him, Every man at the beginning does set forth good wine; and when men have well drunk, then that which is worse: but you have kept the good wine until now. -- john 2:10 +. +This beginning of miracles did Jesus in Cana of Galilee, and manifested forth his glory; and his disciples believed on him. -- john 2:11 +. +After this he went down to Capernaum, he, and his mother, and his brothers, and his disciples: and they continued there not many days. -- john 2:12 +. +And the Jews'passover was at hand, and Jesus went up to Jerusalem. -- john 2:13 +. +And found in the temple those that sold oxen and sheep and doves, and the changers of money sitting: -- john 2:14 +. +And when he had made a whip of small cords, he drove them all out of the temple, and the sheep, and the oxen; and poured out the changers'money, and overthrew the tables; -- john 2:15 +. +And said to them that sold doves, Take these things hence; make not my Father' house an house of merchandise. -- john 2:16 +. +And his disciples remembered that it was written, The zeal of your house has eaten me up. -- john 2:17 +. +Then answered the Jews and said to him, What sign show you to us, seeing that you do these things? -- john 2:18 +. +Jesus answered and said to them, Destroy this temple, and in three days I will raise it up. -- john 2:19 +. +Then said the Jews, Forty and six years was this temple in building, and will you raise it up in three days? -- john 2:20 +. +But he spoke of the temple of his body. -- john 2:21 +. +When therefore he was risen from the dead, his disciples remembered that he had said this to them; and they believed the scripture, and the word which Jesus had said. -- john 2:22 +. +Now when he was in Jerusalem at the passover, in the feast day, many believed in his name, when they saw the miracles which he did. -- john 2:23 +. +But Jesus did not commit himself to them, because he knew all men, -- john 2:24 +. +And needed not that any should testify of man: for he knew what was in man. -- john 2:25 +. +There was a man of the Pharisees, named Nicodemus, a ruler of the Jews: -- john 3:1 +. +The same came to Jesus by night, and said to him, Rabbi, we know that you are a teacher come from God: for no man can do these miracles that you do, except God be with him. -- john 3:2 +. +Jesus answered and said to him, Truly, truly, I say to you, Except a man be born again, he cannot see the kingdom of God. -- john 3:3 +. +Nicodemus said to him, How can a man be born when he is old? can he enter the second time into his mother' womb, and be born? -- john 3:4 +. +Jesus answered, Truly, truly, I say to you, Except a man be born of water and of the Spirit, he cannot enter into the kingdom of God. -- john 3:5 +. +That which is born of the flesh is flesh; and that which is born of the Spirit is spirit. -- john 3:6 +. +Marvel not that I said to you, You must be born again. -- john 3:7 +. +The wind blows where it wants, and you hear the sound thereof, but can not tell from where it comes, and where it goes: so is every one that is born of the Spirit. -- john 3:8 +. +Nicodemus answered and said to him, How can these things be? -- john 3:9 +. +Jesus answered and said to him, Are you a master of Israel, and know not these things? -- john 3:10 +. +Truly, truly, I say to you, We speak that we do know, and testify that we have seen; and you receive not our witness. -- john 3:11 +. +If I have told you earthly things, and you believe not, how shall you believe, if I tell you of heavenly things? -- john 3:12 +. +And no man has ascended up to heaven, but he that came down from heaven, even the Son of man which is in heaven. -- john 3:13 +. +And as Moses lifted up the serpent in the wilderness, even so must the Son of man be lifted up: -- john 3:14 +. +That whoever believes in him should not perish, but have eternal life. -- john 3:15 +. +For God so loved the world, that he gave his only begotten Son, that whoever believes in him should not perish, but have everlasting life. -- john 3:16 +. +For God sent not his Son into the world to condemn the world; but that the world through him might be saved. -- john 3:17 +. +He that believes on him is not condemned: but he that believes not is condemned already, because he has not believed in the name of the only begotten Son of God. -- john 3:18 +. +And this is the condemnation, that light is come into the world, and men loved darkness rather than light, because their deeds were evil. -- john 3:19 +. +For every one that does evil hates the light, neither comes to the light, lest his deeds should be reproved. -- john 3:20 +. +But he that does truth comes to the light, that his deeds may be made manifest, that they are worked in God. -- john 3:21 +. +After these things came Jesus and his disciples into the land of Judaea; and there he tarried with them, and baptized. -- john 3:22 +. +And John also was baptizing in Aenon near to Salim, because there was much water there: and they came, and were baptized. -- john 3:23 +. +For John was not yet cast into prison. -- john 3:24 +. +Then there arose a question between some of John' disciples and the Jews about purifying. -- john 3:25 +. +And they came to John, and said to him, Rabbi, he that was with you beyond Jordan, to whom you bore witness, behold, the same baptizes, and all men come to him. -- john 3:26 +. +John answered and said, A man can receive nothing, except it be given him from heaven. -- john 3:27 +. +You yourselves bear me witness, that I said, I am not the Christ, but that I am sent before him. -- john 3:28 +. +He that has the bride is the bridegroom: but the friend of the bridegroom, which stands and hears him, rejoices greatly because of the bridegroom' voice: this my joy therefore is fulfilled. -- john 3:29 +. +He must increase, but I must decrease. -- john 3:30 +. +He that comes from above is above all: he that is of the earth is earthly, and speaks of the earth: he that comes from heaven is above all. -- john 3:31 +. +And what he has seen and heard, that he testifies; and no man receives his testimony. -- john 3:32 +. +He that has received his testimony has set to his seal that God is true. -- john 3:33 +. +For he whom God has sent speaks the words of God: for God gives not the Spirit by measure to him. -- john 3:34 +. +The Father loves the Son, and has given all things into his hand. -- john 3:35 +. +He that believes on the Son has everlasting life: and he that believes not the Son shall not see life; but the wrath of God stays on him. -- john 3:36 +. +When therefore the LORD knew how the Pharisees had heard that Jesus made and baptized more disciples than John, -- john 4:1 +. +(Though Jesus himself baptized not, but his disciples,) -- john 4:2 +. +He left Judaea, and departed again into Galilee. -- john 4:3 +. +And he must needs go through Samaria. -- john 4:4 +. +Then comes he to a city of Samaria, which is called Sychar, near to the parcel of ground that Jacob gave to his son Joseph. -- john 4:5 +. +Now Jacob' well was there. Jesus therefore, being wearied with his journey, sat thus on the well: and it was about the sixth hour. -- john 4:6 +. +There comes a woman of Samaria to draw water: Jesus said to her, Give me to drink. -- john 4:7 +. +(For his disciples were gone away to the city to buy meat.) -- john 4:8 +. +Then said the woman of Samaria to him, How is it that you, being a Jew, ask drink of me, which am a woman of Samaria? for the Jews have no dealings with the Samaritans. -- john 4:9 +. +Jesus answered and said to her, If you knew the gift of God, and who it is that said to you, Give me to drink; you would have asked of him, and he would have given you living water. -- john 4:10 +. +The woman said to him, Sir, you have nothing to draw with, and the well is deep: from where then have you that living water? -- john 4:11 +. +Are you greater than our father Jacob, which gave us the well, and drank thereof himself, and his children, and his cattle? -- john 4:12 +. +Jesus answered and said to her, Whoever drinks of this water shall thirst again: -- john 4:13 +. +But whoever drinks of the water that I shall give him shall never thirst; but the water that I shall give him shall be in him a well of water springing up into everlasting life. -- john 4:14 +. +The woman said to him, Sir, give me this water, that I thirst not, neither come here to draw. -- john 4:15 +. +Jesus said to her, Go, call your husband, and come here. -- john 4:16 +. +The woman answered and said, I have no husband. Jesus said to her, You have well said, I have no husband: -- john 4:17 +. +For you have had five husbands; and he whom you now have is not your husband: in that said you truly. -- john 4:18 +. +The woman said to him, Sir, I perceive that you are a prophet. -- john 4:19 +. +Our fathers worshipped in this mountain; and you say, that in Jerusalem is the place where men ought to worship. -- john 4:20 +. +Jesus said to her, Woman, believe me, the hour comes, when you shall neither in this mountain, nor yet at Jerusalem, worship the Father. -- john 4:21 +. +You worship you know not what: we know what we worship: for salvation is of the Jews. -- john 4:22 +. +But the hour comes, and now is, when the true worshippers shall worship the Father in spirit and in truth: for the Father seeks such to worship him. -- john 4:23 +. +God is a Spirit: and they that worship him must worship him in spirit and in truth. -- john 4:24 +. +The woman said to him, I know that Messias comes, which is called Christ: when he is come, he will tell us all things. -- john 4:25 +. +Jesus said to her, I that speak to you am he. -- john 4:26 +. +And on this came his disciples, and marveled that he talked with the woman: yet no man said, What seek you? or, Why talk you with her? -- john 4:27 +. +The woman then left her water pot, and went her way into the city, and said to the men, -- john 4:28 +. +Come, see a man, which told me all things that ever I did: is not this the Christ? -- john 4:29 +. +Then they went out of the city, and came to him. -- john 4:30 +. +In the mean while his disciples prayed him, saying, Master, eat. -- john 4:31 +. +But he said to them, I have meat to eat that you know not of. -- john 4:32 +. +Therefore said the disciples one to another, Has any man brought him ought to eat? -- john 4:33 +. +Jesus said to them, My meat is to do the will of him that sent me, and to finish his work. -- john 4:34 +. +Say not you, There are yet four months, and then comes harvest? behold, I say to you, Lift up your eyes, and look on the fields; for they are white already to harvest. -- john 4:35 +. +And he that reaps receives wages, and gathers fruit to life eternal: that both he that sows and he that reaps may rejoice together. -- john 4:36 +. +And herein is that saying true, One sows, and another reaps. -- john 4:37 +. +I sent you to reap that where on you bestowed no labor: other men labored, and you are entered into their labors. -- john 4:38 +. +And many of the Samaritans of that city believed on him for the saying of the woman, which testified, He told me all that ever I did. -- john 4:39 +. +So when the Samaritans were come to him, they sought him that he would tarry with them: and he stayed there two days. -- john 4:40 +. +And many more believed because of his own word; -- john 4:41 +. +And said to the woman, Now we believe, not because of your saying: for we have heard him ourselves, and know that this is indeed the Christ, the Savior of the world. -- john 4:42 +. +Now after two days he departed there, and went into Galilee. -- john 4:43 +. +For Jesus himself testified, that a prophet has no honor in his own country. -- john 4:44 +. +Then when he was come into Galilee, the Galilaeans received him, having seen all the things that he did at Jerusalem at the feast: for they also went to the feast. -- john 4:45 +. +So Jesus came again into Cana of Galilee, where he made the water wine. And there was a certain nobleman, whose son was sick at Capernaum. -- john 4:46 +. +When he heard that Jesus was come out of Judaea into Galilee, he went to him, and sought him that he would come down, and heal his son: for he was at the point of death. -- john 4:47 +. +Then said Jesus to him, Except you see signs and wonders, you will not believe. -- john 4:48 +. +The nobleman said to him, Sir, come down ere my child die. -- john 4:49 +. +Jesus said to him, Go your way; your son lives. And the man believed the word that Jesus had spoken to him, and he went his way. -- john 4:50 +. +And as he was now going down, his servants met him, and told him, saying, Your son lives. -- john 4:51 +. +Then inquired he of them the hour when he began to amend. And they said to him, Yesterday at the seventh hour the fever left him. -- john 4:52 +. +So the father knew that it was at the same hour, in the which Jesus said to him, Your son lives: and himself believed, and his whole house. -- john 4:53 +. +This is again the second miracle that Jesus did, when he was come out of Judaea into Galilee. -- john 4:54 +. +After this there was a feast of the Jews; and Jesus went up to Jerusalem. -- john 5:1 +. +Now there is at Jerusalem by the sheep market a pool, which is called in the Hebrew tongue Bethesda, having five porches. -- john 5:2 +. +In these lay a great multitude of weak folk, of blind, halt, withered, waiting for the moving of the water. -- john 5:3 +. +For an angel went down at a certain season into the pool, and troubled the water: whoever then first after the troubling of the water stepped in was made whole of whatever disease he had. -- john 5:4 +. +And a certain man was there, which had an infirmity thirty and eight years. -- john 5:5 +. +When Jesus saw him lie, and knew that he had been now a long time in that case, he said to him, Will you be made whole? -- john 5:6 +. +The weak man answered him, Sir, I have no man, when the water is troubled, to put me into the pool: but while I am coming, another steps down before me. -- john 5:7 +. +Jesus said to him, Rise, take up your bed, and walk. -- john 5:8 +. +And immediately the man was made whole, and took up his bed, and walked: and on the same day was the sabbath. -- john 5:9 +. +The Jews therefore said to him that was cured, It is the sabbath day: it is not lawful for you to carry your bed. -- john 5:10 +. +He answered them, He that made me whole, the same said to me, Take up your bed, and walk. -- john 5:11 +. +Then asked they him, What man is that which said to you, Take up your bed, and walk? -- john 5:12 +. +And he that was healed knew not who it was: for Jesus had conveyed himself away, a multitude being in that place. -- john 5:13 +. +Afterward Jesus finds him in the temple, and said to him, Behold, you are made whole: sin no more, lest a worse thing come to you. -- john 5:14 +. +The man departed, and told the Jews that it was Jesus, which had made him whole. -- john 5:15 +. +And therefore did the Jews persecute Jesus, and sought to slay him, because he had done these things on the sabbath day. -- john 5:16 +. +But Jesus answered them, My Father works till now, and I work. -- john 5:17 +. +Therefore the Jews sought the more to kill him, because he not only had broken the sabbath, but said also that God was his Father, making himself equal with God. -- john 5:18 +. +Then answered Jesus and said to them, Truly, truly, I say to you, The Son can do nothing of himself, but what he sees the Father do: for what things soever he does, these also does the Son likewise. -- john 5:19 +. +For the Father loves the Son, and shows him all things that himself does: and he will show him greater works than these, that you may marvel. -- john 5:20 +. +For as the Father raises up the dead, and vivifies them; even so the Son vivifies whom he will. -- john 5:21 +. +For the Father judges no man, but has committed all judgment to the Son: -- john 5:22 +. +That all men should honor the Son, even as they honor the Father. He that honors not the Son honors not the Father which has sent him. -- john 5:23 +. +Truly, truly, I say to you, He that hears my word, and believes on him that sent me, has everlasting life, and shall not come into condemnation; but is passed from death to life. -- john 5:24 +. +Truly, truly, I say to you, The hour is coming, and now is, when the dead shall hear the voice of the Son of God: and they that hear shall live. -- john 5:25 +. +For as the Father has life in himself; so has he given to the Son to have life in himself; -- john 5:26 +. +And has given him authority to execute judgment also, because he is the Son of man. -- john 5:27 +. +Marvel not at this: for the hour is coming, in the which all that are in the graves shall hear his voice, -- john 5:28 +. +And shall come forth; they that have done good, to the resurrection of life; and they that have done evil, to the resurrection of damnation. -- john 5:29 +. +I can of my own self do nothing: as I hear, I judge: and my judgment is just; because I seek not my own will, but the will of the Father which has sent me. -- john 5:30 +. +If I bear witness of myself, my witness is not true. -- john 5:31 +. +There is another that bears witness of me; and I know that the witness which he witnesses of me is true. -- john 5:32 +. +You sent to John, and he bore witness to the truth. -- john 5:33 +. +But I receive not testimony from man: but these things I say, that you might be saved. -- john 5:34 +. +He was a burning and a shining light: and you were willing for a season to rejoice in his light. -- john 5:35 +. +But I have greater witness than that of John: for the works which the Father has given me to finish, the same works that I do, bear witness of me, that the Father has sent me. -- john 5:36 +. +And the Father himself, which has sent me, has borne witness of me. You have neither heard his voice at any time, nor seen his shape. -- john 5:37 +. +And you have not his word abiding in you: for whom he has sent, him you believe not. -- john 5:38 +. +Search the scriptures; for in them you think you have eternal life: and they are they which testify of me. -- john 5:39 +. +And you will not come to me, that you might have life. -- john 5:40 +. +I receive not honor from men. -- john 5:41 +. +But I know you, that you have not the love of God in you. -- john 5:42 +. +I am come in my Father' name, and you receive me not: if another shall come in his own name, him you will receive. -- john 5:43 +. +How can you believe, which receive honor one of another, and seek not the honor that comes from God only? -- john 5:44 +. +Do not think that I will accuse you to the Father: there is one that accuses you, even Moses, in whom you trust. -- john 5:45 +. +For had you believed Moses, you would have believed me; for he wrote of me. -- john 5:46 +. +But if you believe not his writings, how shall you believe my words? -- john 5:47 +. +After these things Jesus went over the sea of Galilee, which is the sea of Tiberias. -- john 6:1 +. +And a great multitude followed him, because they saw his miracles which he did on them that were diseased. -- john 6:2 +. +And Jesus went up into a mountain, and there he sat with his disciples. -- john 6:3 +. +And the passover, a feast of the Jews, was near. -- john 6:4 +. +When Jesus then lifted up his eyes, and saw a great company come to him, he said to Philip, From where shall we buy bread, that these may eat? -- john 6:5 +. +And this he said to prove him: for he himself knew what he would do. -- john 6:6 +. +Philip answered him, Two hundred pennyworth of bread is not sufficient for them, that every one of them may take a little. -- john 6:7 +. +One of his disciples, Andrew, Simon Peter' brother, said to him, -- john 6:8 +. +There is a lad here, which has five barley loaves, and two small fishes: but what are they among so many? -- john 6:9 +. +And Jesus said, Make the men sit down. Now there was much grass in the place. So the men sat down, in number about five thousand. -- john 6:10 +. +And Jesus took the loaves; and when he had given thanks, he distributed to the disciples, and the disciples to them that were set down; and likewise of the fishes as much as they would. -- john 6:11 +. +When they were filled, he said to his disciples, Gather up the fragments that remain, that nothing be lost. -- john 6:12 +. +Therefore they gathered them together, and filled twelve baskets with the fragments of the five barley loaves, which remained over and above to them that had eaten. -- john 6:13 +. +Then those men, when they had seen the miracle that Jesus did, said, This is of a truth that prophet that should come into the world. -- john 6:14 +. +When Jesus therefore perceived that they would come and take him by force, to make him a king, he departed again into a mountain himself alone. -- john 6:15 +. +And when even was now come, his disciples went down to the sea, -- john 6:16 +. +And entered into a ship, and went over the sea toward Capernaum. And it was now dark, and Jesus was not come to them. -- john 6:17 +. +And the sea arose by reason of a great wind that blew. -- john 6:18 +. +So when they had rowed about five and twenty or thirty furlongs, they see Jesus walking on the sea, and drawing near to the ship: and they were afraid. -- john 6:19 +. +But he said to them, It is I; be not afraid. -- john 6:20 +. +Then they willingly received him into the ship: and immediately the ship was at the land where they went. -- john 6:21 +. +The day following, when the people which stood on the other side of the sea saw that there was none other boat there, save that one into where his disciples were entered, and that Jesus went not with his disciples into the boat, but that his disciples were gone away alone; -- john 6:22 +. +(However, there came other boats from Tiberias near to the place where they did eat bread, after that the Lord had given thanks:) -- john 6:23 +. +When the people therefore saw that Jesus was not there, neither his disciples, they also took shipping, and came to Capernaum, seeking for Jesus. -- john 6:24 +. +And when they had found him on the other side of the sea, they said to him, Rabbi, when came you here? -- john 6:25 +. +Jesus answered them and said, Truly, truly, I say to you, You seek me, not because you saw the miracles, but because you did eat of the loaves, and were filled. -- john 6:26 +. +Labor not for the meat which perishes, but for that meat which endures to everlasting life, which the Son of man shall give to you: for him has God the Father sealed. -- john 6:27 +. +Then said they to him, What shall we do, that we might work the works of God? -- john 6:28 +. +Jesus answered and said to them, This is the work of God, that you believe on him whom he has sent. -- john 6:29 +. +They said therefore to him, What sign show you then, that we may see, and believe you? what do you work? -- john 6:30 +. +Our fathers did eat manna in the desert; as it is written, He gave them bread from heaven to eat. -- john 6:31 +. +Then Jesus said to them, Truly, truly, I say to you, Moses gave you not that bread from heaven; but my Father gives you the true bread from heaven. -- john 6:32 +. +For the bread of God is he which comes down from heaven, and gives life to the world. -- john 6:33 +. +Then said they to him, Lord, ever more give us this bread. -- john 6:34 +. +And Jesus said to them, I am the bread of life: he that comes to me shall never hunger; and he that believes on me shall never thirst. -- john 6:35 +. +But I said to you, That you also have seen me, and believe not. -- john 6:36 +. +All that the Father gives me shall come to me; and him that comes to me I will in no wise cast out. -- john 6:37 +. +For I came down from heaven, not to do my own will, but the will of him that sent me. -- john 6:38 +. +And this is the Father' will which has sent me, that of all which he has given me I should lose nothing, but should raise it up again at the last day. -- john 6:39 +. +And this is the will of him that sent me, that every one which sees the Son, and believes on him, may have everlasting life: and I will raise him up at the last day. -- john 6:40 +. +The Jews then murmured at him, because he said, I am the bread which came down from heaven. -- john 6:41 +. +And they said, Is not this Jesus, the son of Joseph, whose father and mother we know? how is it then that he said, I came down from heaven? -- john 6:42 +. +Jesus therefore answered and said to them, Murmur not among yourselves. -- john 6:43 +. +No man can come to me, except the Father which has sent me draw him: and I will raise him up at the last day. -- john 6:44 +. +It is written in the prophets, And they shall be all taught of God. Every man therefore that has heard, and has learned of the Father, comes to me. -- john 6:45 +. +Not that any man has seen the Father, save he which is of God, he has seen the Father. -- john 6:46 +. +Truly, truly, I say to you, He that believes on me has everlasting life. -- john 6:47 +. +I am that bread of life. -- john 6:48 +. +Your fathers did eat manna in the wilderness, and are dead. -- john 6:49 +. +This is the bread which comes down from heaven, that a man may eat thereof, and not die. -- john 6:50 +. +I am the living bread which came down from heaven: if any man eat of this bread, he shall live for ever: and the bread that I will give is my flesh, which I will give for the life of the world. -- john 6:51 +. +The Jews therefore strove among themselves, saying, How can this man give us his flesh to eat? -- john 6:52 +. +Then Jesus said to them, Truly, truly, I say to you, Except you eat the flesh of the Son of man, and drink his blood, you have no life in you. -- john 6:53 +. +Whoever eats my flesh, and drinks my blood, has eternal life; and I will raise him up at the last day. -- john 6:54 +. +For my flesh is meat indeed, and my blood is drink indeed. -- john 6:55 +. +He that eats my flesh, and drinks my blood, dwells in me, and I in him. -- john 6:56 +. +As the living Father has sent me, and I live by the Father: so he that eats me, even he shall live by me. -- john 6:57 +. +This is that bread which came down from heaven: not as your fathers did eat manna, and are dead: he that eats of this bread shall live for ever. -- john 6:58 +. +These things said he in the synagogue, as he taught in Capernaum. -- john 6:59 +. +Many therefore of his disciples, when they had heard this, said, This is an hard saying; who can hear it? -- john 6:60 +. +When Jesus knew in himself that his disciples murmured at it, he said to them, Does this offend you? -- john 6:61 +. +What and if you shall see the Son of man ascend up where he was before? -- john 6:62 +. +It is the spirit that vivifies; the flesh profits nothing: the words that I speak to you, they are spirit, and they are life. -- john 6:63 +. +But there are some of you that believe not. For Jesus knew from the beginning who they were that believed not, and who should betray him. -- john 6:64 +. +And he said, Therefore said I to you, that no man can come to me, except it were given to him of my Father. -- john 6:65 +. +From that time many of his disciples went back, and walked no more with him. -- john 6:66 +. +Then said Jesus to the twelve, Will you also go away? -- john 6:67 +. +Then Simon Peter answered him, Lord, to whom shall we go? you have the words of eternal life. -- john 6:68 +. +And we believe and are sure that you are that Christ, the Son of the living God. -- john 6:69 +. +Jesus answered them, Have not I chosen you twelve, and one of you is a devil? -- john 6:70 +. +He spoke of Judas Iscariot the son of Simon: for he it was that should betray him, being one of the twelve. -- john 6:71 +. +After these things Jesus walked in Galilee: for he would not walk in Jewry, because the Jews sought to kill him. -- john 7:1 +. +Now the Jew' feast of tabernacles was at hand. -- john 7:2 +. +His brothers therefore said to him, Depart hence, and go into Judaea, that your disciples also may see the works that you do. -- john 7:3 +. +For there is no man that does any thing in secret, and he himself seeks to be known openly. If you do these things, show yourself to the world. -- john 7:4 +. +For neither did his brothers believe in him. -- john 7:5 +. +Then Jesus said to them, My time is not yet come: but your time is always ready. -- john 7:6 +. +The world cannot hate you; but me it hates, because I testify of it, that the works thereof are evil. -- john 7:7 +. +Go you up to this feast: I go not up yet to this feast: for my time is not yet full come. -- john 7:8 +. +When he had said these words to them, he stayed still in Galilee. -- john 7:9 +. +But when his brothers were gone up, then went he also up to the feast, not openly, but as it were in secret. -- john 7:10 +. +Then the Jews sought him at the feast, and said, Where is he? -- john 7:11 +. +And there was much murmuring among the people concerning him: for some said, He is a good man: others said, No; but he deceives the people. -- john 7:12 +. +However, no man spoke openly of him for fear of the Jews. -- john 7:13 +. +Now about the middle of the feast Jesus went up into the temple, and taught. -- john 7:14 +. +And the Jews marveled, saying, How knows this man letters, having never learned? -- john 7:15 +. +Jesus answered them, and said, My doctrine is not mine, but his that sent me. -- john 7:16 +. +If any man will do his will, he shall know of the doctrine, whether it be of God, or whether I speak of myself. -- john 7:17 +. +He that speaks of himself seeks his own glory: but he that seeks his glory that sent him, the same is true, and no unrighteousness is in him. -- john 7:18 +. +Did not Moses give you the law, and yet none of you keeps the law? Why go you about to kill me? -- john 7:19 +. +The people answered and said, You have a devil: who goes about to kill you? -- john 7:20 +. +Jesus answered and said to them, I have done one work, and you all marvel. -- john 7:21 +. +Moses therefore gave to you circumcision; (not because it is of Moses, but of the fathers;) and you on the sabbath day circumcise a man. -- john 7:22 +. +If a man on the sabbath day receive circumcision, that the law of Moses should not be broken; are you angry at me, because I have made a man every whit whole on the sabbath day? -- john 7:23 +. +Judge not according to the appearance, but judge righteous judgment. -- john 7:24 +. +Then said some of them of Jerusalem, Is not this he, whom they seek to kill? -- john 7:25 +. +But, see, he speaks boldly, and they say nothing to him. Do the rulers know indeed that this is the very Christ? -- john 7:26 +. +However, we know this man from where he is: but when Christ comes, no man knows from where he is. -- john 7:27 +. +Then cried Jesus in the temple as he taught, saying, You both know me, and you know from where I am: and I am not come of myself, but he that sent me is true, whom you know not. -- john 7:28 +. +But I know him: for I am from him, and he has sent me. -- john 7:29 +. +Then they sought to take him: but no man laid hands on him, because his hour was not yet come. -- john 7:30 +. +And many of the people believed on him, and said, When Christ comes, will he do more miracles than these which this man has done? -- john 7:31 +. +The Pharisees heard that the people murmured such things concerning him; and the Pharisees and the chief priests sent officers to take him. -- john 7:32 +. +Then said Jesus to them, Yet a little while am I with you, and then I go to him that sent me. -- john 7:33 +. +You shall seek me, and shall not find me: and where I am, thither you cannot come. -- john 7:34 +. +Then said the Jews among themselves, Where will he go, that we shall not find him? will he go to the dispersed among the Gentiles, and teach the Gentiles? -- john 7:35 +. +What manner of saying is this that he said, You shall seek me, and shall not find me: and where I am, thither you cannot come? -- john 7:36 +. +In the last day, that great day of the feast, Jesus stood and cried, saying, If any man thirst, let him come to me, and drink. -- john 7:37 +. +He that believes on me, as the scripture has said, out of his belly shall flow rivers of living water. -- john 7:38 +. +(But this spoke he of the Spirit, which they that believe on him should receive: for the Holy Ghost was not yet given; because that Jesus was not yet glorified.) -- john 7:39 +. +Many of the people therefore, when they heard this saying, said, Of a truth this is the Prophet. -- john 7:40 +. +Others said, This is the Christ. But some said, Shall Christ come out of Galilee? -- john 7:41 +. +Has not the scripture said, That Christ comes of the seed of David, and out of the town of Bethlehem, where David was? -- john 7:42 +. +So there was a division among the people because of him. -- john 7:43 +. +And some of them would have taken him; but no man laid hands on him. -- john 7:44 +. +Then came the officers to the chief priests and Pharisees; and they said to them, Why have you not brought him? -- john 7:45 +. +The officers answered, Never man spoke like this man. -- john 7:46 +. +Then answered them the Pharisees, Are you also deceived? -- john 7:47 +. +Have any of the rulers or of the Pharisees believed on him? -- john 7:48 +. +But this people who knows not the law are cursed. -- john 7:49 +. +Nicodemus said to them, (he that came to Jesus by night, being one of them,) -- john 7:50 +. +Does our law judge any man, before it hear him, and know what he does? -- john 7:51 +. +They answered and said to him, Are you also of Galilee? Search, and look: for out of Galilee rises no prophet. -- john 7:52 +. +And every man went to his own house. -- john 7:53 +. +Jesus went to the mount of Olives. -- john 8:1 +. +And early in the morning he came again into the temple, and all the people came to him; and he sat down, and taught them. -- john 8:2 +. +And the scribes and Pharisees brought to him a woman taken in adultery; and when they had set her in the middle, -- john 8:3 +. +They say to him, Master, this woman was taken in adultery, in the very act. -- john 8:4 +. +Now Moses in the law commanded us, that such should be stoned: but what say you? -- john 8:5 +. +This they said, tempting him, that they might have to accuse him. But Jesus stooped down, and with his finger wrote on the ground, as though he heard them not. -- john 8:6 +. +So when they continued asking him, he lifted up himself, and said to them, He that is without sin among you, let him first cast a stone at her. -- john 8:7 +. +And again he stooped down, and wrote on the ground. -- john 8:8 +. +And they which heard it, being convicted by their own conscience, went out one by one, beginning at the oldest, even to the last: and Jesus was left alone, and the woman standing in the middle. -- john 8:9 +. +When Jesus had lifted up himself, and saw none but the woman, he said to her, Woman, where are those your accusers? has no man condemned you? -- john 8:10 +. +She said, No man, Lord. And Jesus said to her, Neither do I condemn you: go, and sin no more. -- john 8:11 +. +Then spoke Jesus again to them, saying, I am the light of the world: he that follows me shall not walk in darkness, but shall have the light of life. -- john 8:12 +. +The Pharisees therefore said to him, You bore record of yourself; your record is not true. -- john 8:13 +. +Jesus answered and said to them, Though I bear record of myself, yet my record is true: for I know from where I came, and where I go; but you cannot tell from where I come, and where I go. -- john 8:14 +. +You judge after the flesh; I judge no man. -- john 8:15 +. +And yet if I judge, my judgment is true: for I am not alone, but I and the Father that sent me. -- john 8:16 +. +It is also written in your law, that the testimony of two men is true. -- john 8:17 +. +I am one that bear witness of myself, and the Father that sent me bears witness of me. -- john 8:18 +. +Then said they to him, Where is your Father? Jesus answered, You neither know me, nor my Father: if you had known me, you should have known my Father also. -- john 8:19 +. +These words spoke Jesus in the treasury, as he taught in the temple: and no man laid hands on him; for his hour was not yet come. -- john 8:20 +. +Then said Jesus again to them, I go my way, and you shall seek me, and shall die in your sins: where I go, you cannot come. -- john 8:21 +. +Then said the Jews, Will he kill himself? because he said, Where I go, you cannot come. -- john 8:22 +. +And he said to them, You are from beneath; I am from above: you are of this world; I am not of this world. -- john 8:23 +. +I said therefore to you, that you shall die in your sins: for if you believe not that I am he, you shall die in your sins. -- john 8:24 +. +Then said they to him, Who are you? And Jesus said to them, Even the same that I said to you from the beginning. -- john 8:25 +. +I have many things to say and to judge of you: but he that sent me is true; and I speak to the world those things which I have heard of him. -- john 8:26 +. +They understood not that he spoke to them of the Father. -- john 8:27 +. +Then said Jesus to them, When you have lifted up the Son of man, then shall you know that I am he, and that I do nothing of myself; but as my Father has taught me, I speak these things. -- john 8:28 +. +And he that sent me is with me: the Father has not left me alone; for I do always those things that please him. -- john 8:29 +. +As he spoke these words, many believed on him. -- john 8:30 +. +Then said Jesus to those Jews which believed on him, If you continue in my word, then are you my disciples indeed; -- john 8:31 +. +And you shall know the truth, and the truth shall make you free. -- john 8:32 +. +They answered him, We be Abraham' seed, and were never in bondage to any man: how say you, You shall be made free? -- john 8:33 +. +Jesus answered them, Truly, truly, I say to you, Whoever commits sin is the servant of sin. -- john 8:34 +. +And the servant stays not in the house for ever: but the Son stays ever. -- john 8:35 +. +If the Son therefore shall make you free, you shall be free indeed. -- john 8:36 +. +I know that you are Abraham' seed; but you seek to kill me, because my word has no place in you. -- john 8:37 +. +I speak that which I have seen with my Father: and you do that which you have seen with your father. -- john 8:38 +. +They answered and said to him, Abraham is our father. Jesus said to them, If you were Abraham' children, you would do the works of Abraham. -- john 8:39 +. +But now you seek to kill me, a man that has told you the truth, which I have heard of God: this did not Abraham. -- john 8:40 +. +You do the deeds of your father. Then said they to him, We be not born of fornication; we have one Father, even God. -- john 8:41 +. +Jesus said to them, If God were your Father, you would love me: for I proceeded forth and came from God; neither came I of myself, but he sent me. -- john 8:42 +. +Why do you not understand my speech? even because you cannot hear my word. -- john 8:43 +. +You are of your father the devil, and the lusts of your father you will do. He was a murderer from the beginning, and stayed not in the truth, because there is no truth in him. When he speaks a lie, he speaks of his own: for he is a liar, and the father of it. -- john 8:44 +. +And because I tell you the truth, you believe me not. -- john 8:45 +. +Which of you convinces me of sin? And if I say the truth, why do you not believe me? -- john 8:46 +. +He that is of God hears God' words: you therefore hear them not, because you are not of God. -- john 8:47 +. +Then answered the Jews, and said to him, Say we not well that you are a Samaritan, and have a devil? -- john 8:48 +. +Jesus answered, I have not a devil; but I honor my Father, and you do dishonor me. -- john 8:49 +. +And I seek not my own glory: there is one that seeks and judges. -- john 8:50 +. +Truly, truly, I say to you, If a man keep my saying, he shall never see death. -- john 8:51 +. +Then said the Jews to him, Now we know that you have a devil. Abraham is dead, and the prophets; and you say, If a man keep my saying, he shall never taste of death. -- john 8:52 +. +Are you greater than our father Abraham, which is dead? and the prophets are dead: whom make you yourself? -- john 8:53 +. +Jesus answered, If I honor myself, my honor is nothing: it is my Father that honors me; of whom you say, that he is your God: -- john 8:54 +. +Yet you have not known him; but I know him: and if I should say, I know him not, I shall be a liar like to you: but I know him, and keep his saying. -- john 8:55 +. +Your father Abraham rejoiced to see my day: and he saw it, and was glad. -- john 8:56 +. +Then said the Jews to him, You are not yet fifty years old, and have you seen Abraham? -- john 8:57 +. +Jesus said to them, Truly, truly, I say to you, Before Abraham was, I am. -- john 8:58 +. +Then took they up stones to cast at him: but Jesus hid himself, and went out of the temple, going through the middle of them, and so passed by. -- john 8:59 +. +And as Jesus passed by, he saw a man which was blind from his birth. -- john 9:1 +. +And his disciples asked him, saying, Master, who did sin, this man, or his parents, that he was born blind? -- john 9:2 +. +Jesus answered, Neither has this man sinned, nor his parents: but that the works of God should be made manifest in him. -- john 9:3 +. +I must work the works of him that sent me, while it is day: the night comes, when no man can work. -- john 9:4 +. +As long as I am in the world, I am the light of the world. -- john 9:5 +. +When he had thus spoken, he spat on the ground, and made clay of the spittle, and he anointed the eyes of the blind man with the clay, -- john 9:6 +. +And said to him, Go, wash in the pool of Siloam, (which is by interpretation, Sent.) He went his way therefore, and washed, and came seeing. -- john 9:7 +. +The neighbors therefore, and they which before had seen him that he was blind, said, Is not this he that sat and begged? -- john 9:8 +. +Some said, This is he: others said, He is like him: but he said, I am he. -- john 9:9 +. +Therefore said they to him, How were your eyes opened? -- john 9:10 +. +He answered and said, A man that is called Jesus made clay, and anointed my eyes, and said to me, Go to the pool of Siloam, and wash: and I went and washed, and I received sight. -- john 9:11 +. +Then said they to him, Where is he? He said, I know not. -- john 9:12 +. +They brought to the Pharisees him that aforetime was blind. -- john 9:13 +. +And it was the sabbath day when Jesus made the clay, and opened his eyes. -- john 9:14 +. +Then again the Pharisees also asked him how he had received his sight. He said to them, He put clay on my eyes, and I washed, and do see. -- john 9:15 +. +Therefore said some of the Pharisees, This man is not of God, because he keeps not the sabbath day. Others said, How can a man that is a sinner do such miracles? And there was a division among them. -- john 9:16 +. +They say to the blind man again, What say you of him, that he has opened your eyes? He said, He is a prophet. -- john 9:17 +. +But the Jews did not believe concerning him, that he had been blind, and received his sight, until they called the parents of him that had received his sight. -- john 9:18 +. +And they asked them, saying, Is this your son, who you say was born blind? how then does he now see? -- john 9:19 +. +His parents answered them and said, We know that this is our son, and that he was born blind: -- john 9:20 +. +But by what means he now sees, we know not; or who has opened his eyes, we know not: he is of age; ask him: he shall speak for himself. -- john 9:21 +. +These words spoke his parents, because they feared the Jews: for the Jews had agreed already, that if any man did confess that he was Christ, he should be put out of the synagogue. -- john 9:22 +. +Therefore said his parents, He is of age; ask him. -- john 9:23 +. +Then again called they the man that was blind, and said to him, Give God the praise: we know that this man is a sinner. -- john 9:24 +. +He answered and said, Whether he be a sinner or no, I know not: one thing I know, that, whereas I was blind, now I see. -- john 9:25 +. +Then said they to him again, What did he to you? how opened he your eyes? -- john 9:26 +. +He answered them, I have told you already, and you did not hear: why would you hear it again? will you also be his disciples? -- john 9:27 +. +Then they reviled him, and said, You are his disciple; but we are Moses'disciples. -- john 9:28 +. +We know that God spoke to Moses: as for this fellow, we know not from where he is. -- john 9:29 +. +The man answered and said to them, Why herein is a marvelous thing, that you know not from where he is, and yet he has opened my eyes. -- john 9:30 +. +Now we know that God hears not sinners: but if any man be a worshipper of God, and does his will, him he hears. -- john 9:31 +. +Since the world began was it not heard that any man opened the eyes of one that was born blind. -- john 9:32 +. +If this man were not of God, he could do nothing. -- john 9:33 +. +They answered and said to him, You were altogether born in sins, and do you teach us? And they cast him out. -- john 9:34 +. +Jesus heard that they had cast him out; and when he had found him, he said to him, Do you believe on the Son of God? -- john 9:35 +. +He answered and said, Who is he, Lord, that I might believe on him? -- john 9:36 +. +And Jesus said to him, You have both seen him, and it is he that talks with you. -- john 9:37 +. +And he said, Lord, I believe. And he worshipped him. -- john 9:38 +. +And Jesus said, For judgment I am come into this world, that they which see not might see; and that they which see might be made blind. -- john 9:39 +. +And some of the Pharisees which were with him heard these words, and said to him, Are we blind also? -- john 9:40 +. +Jesus said to them, If you were blind, you should have no sin: but now you say, We see; therefore your sin remains. -- john 9:41 +. +Truly, truly, I say to you, He that enters not by the door into the sheepfold, but climbs up some other way, the same is a thief and a robber. -- john 10:1 +. +But he that enters in by the door is the shepherd of the sheep. -- john 10:2 +. +To him the porter opens; and the sheep hear his voice: and he calls his own sheep by name, and leads them out. -- john 10:3 +. +And when he puts forth his own sheep, he goes before them, and the sheep follow him: for they know his voice. -- john 10:4 +. +And a stranger will they not follow, but will flee from him: for they know not the voice of strangers. -- john 10:5 +. +This parable spoke Jesus to them: but they understood not what things they were which he spoke to them. -- john 10:6 +. +Then said Jesus to them again, Truly, truly, I say to you, I am the door of the sheep. -- john 10:7 +. +All that ever came before me are thieves and robbers: but the sheep did not hear them. -- john 10:8 +. +I am the door: by me if any man enter in, he shall be saved, and shall go in and out, and find pasture. -- john 10:9 +. +The thief comes not, but for to steal, and to kill, and to destroy: I am come that they might have life, and that they might have it more abundantly. -- john 10:10 +. +I am the good shepherd: the good shepherd gives his life for the sheep. -- john 10:11 +. +But he that is an hireling, and not the shepherd, whose own the sheep are not, sees the wolf coming, and leaves the sheep, and flees: and the wolf catches them, and scatters the sheep. -- john 10:12 +. +The hireling flees, because he is an hireling, and cares not for the sheep. -- john 10:13 +. +I am the good shepherd, and know my sheep, and am known of mine. -- john 10:14 +. +As the Father knows me, even so know I the Father: and I lay down my life for the sheep. -- john 10:15 +. +And other sheep I have, which are not of this fold: them also I must bring, and they shall hear my voice; and there shall be one fold, and one shepherd. -- john 10:16 +. +Therefore does my Father love me, because I lay down my life, that I might take it again. -- john 10:17 +. +No man takes it from me, but I lay it down of myself. I have power to lay it down, and I have power to take it again. This commandment have I received of my Father. -- john 10:18 +. +There was a division therefore again among the Jews for these sayings. -- john 10:19 +. +And many of them said, He has a devil, and is mad; why hear you him? -- john 10:20 +. +Others said, These are not the words of him that has a devil. Can a devil open the eyes of the blind? -- john 10:21 +. +And it was at Jerusalem the feast of the dedication, and it was winter. -- john 10:22 +. +And Jesus walked in the temple in Solomon' porch. -- john 10:23 +. +Then came the Jews round about him, and said to him, How long do you make us to doubt? If you be the Christ, tell us plainly. -- john 10:24 +. +Jesus answered them, I told you, and you believed not: the works that I do in my Father' name, they bear witness of me. -- john 10:25 +. +But you believe not, because you are not of my sheep, as I said to you. -- john 10:26 +. +My sheep hear my voice, and I know them, and they follow me: -- john 10:27 +. +And I give to them eternal life; and they shall never perish, neither shall any man pluck them out of my hand. -- john 10:28 +. +My Father, which gave them me, is greater than all; and no man is able to pluck them out of my Father' hand. -- john 10:29 +. +I and my Father are one. -- john 10:30 +. +Then the Jews took up stones again to stone him. -- john 10:31 +. +Jesus answered them, Many good works have I showed you from my Father; for which of those works do you stone me? -- john 10:32 +. +The Jews answered him, saying, For a good work we stone you not; but for blasphemy; and because that you, being a man, make yourself God. -- john 10:33 +. +Jesus answered them, Is it not written in your law, I said, You are gods? -- john 10:34 +. +If he called them gods, to whom the word of God came, and the scripture cannot be broken; -- john 10:35 +. +Say you of him, whom the Father has sanctified, and sent into the world, You blaspheme; because I said, I am the Son of God? -- john 10:36 +. +If I do not the works of my Father, believe me not. -- john 10:37 +. +But if I do, though you believe not me, believe the works: that you may know, and believe, that the Father is in me, and I in him. -- john 10:38 +. +Therefore they sought again to take him: but he escaped out of their hand, -- john 10:39 +. +And went away again beyond Jordan into the place where John at first baptized; and there he stayed. -- john 10:40 +. +And many resorted to him, and said, John did no miracle: but all things that John spoke of this man were true. -- john 10:41 +. +And many believed on him there. -- john 10:42 +. +Now a certain man was sick, named Lazarus, of Bethany, the town of Mary and her sister Martha. -- john 11:1 +. +(It was that Mary which anointed the Lord with ointment, and wiped his feet with her hair, whose brother Lazarus was sick.) -- john 11:2 +. +Therefore his sisters sent to him, saying, Lord, behold, he whom you love is sick. -- john 11:3 +. +When Jesus heard that, he said, This sickness is not to death, but for the glory of God, that the Son of God might be glorified thereby. -- john 11:4 +. +Now Jesus loved Martha, and her sister, and Lazarus. -- john 11:5 +. +When he had heard therefore that he was sick, he stayed two days still in the same place where he was. -- john 11:6 +. +Then after that said he to his disciples, Let us go into Judaea again. -- john 11:7 +. +His disciples say to him, Master, the Jews of late sought to stone you; and go you thither again? -- john 11:8 +. +Jesus answered, Are there not twelve hours in the day? If any man walk in the day, he stumbles not, because he sees the light of this world. -- john 11:9 +. +But if a man walk in the night, he stumbles, because there is no light in him. -- john 11:10 +. +These things said he: and after that he said to them, Our friend Lazarus sleeps; but I go, that I may awake him out of sleep. -- john 11:11 +. +Then said his disciples, Lord, if he sleep, he shall do well. -- john 11:12 +. +However, Jesus spoke of his death: but they thought that he had spoken of taking of rest in sleep. -- john 11:13 +. +Then said Jesus to them plainly, Lazarus is dead. -- john 11:14 +. +And I am glad for your sakes that I was not there, to the intent you may believe; nevertheless let us go to him. -- john 11:15 +. +Then said Thomas, which is called Didymus, to his fellow disciples, Let us also go, that we may die with him. -- john 11:16 +. +Then when Jesus came, he found that he had lain in the grave four days already. -- john 11:17 +. +Now Bethany was near to Jerusalem, about fifteen furlongs off: -- john 11:18 +. +And many of the Jews came to Martha and Mary, to comfort them concerning their brother. -- john 11:19 +. +Then Martha, as soon as she heard that Jesus was coming, went and met him: but Mary sat still in the house. -- john 11:20 +. +Then said Martha to Jesus, Lord, if you had been here, my brother had not died. -- john 11:21 +. +But I know, that even now, whatever you will ask of God, God will give it you. -- john 11:22 +. +Jesus said to her, Your brother shall rise again. -- john 11:23 +. +Martha said to him, I know that he shall rise again in the resurrection at the last day. -- john 11:24 +. +Jesus said to her, I am the resurrection, and the life: he that believes in me, though he were dead, yet shall he live: -- john 11:25 +. +And whoever lives and believes in me shall never die. Believe you this? -- john 11:26 +. +She said to him, Yes, Lord: I believe that you are the Christ, the Son of God, which should come into the world. -- john 11:27 +. +And when she had so said, she went her way, and called Mary her sister secretly, saying, The Master is come, and calls for you. -- john 11:28 +. +As soon as she heard that, she arose quickly, and came to him. -- john 11:29 +. +Now Jesus was not yet come into the town, but was in that place where Martha met him. -- john 11:30 +. +The Jews then which were with her in the house, and comforted her, when they saw Mary, that she rose up hastily and went out, followed her, saying, She goes to the grave to weep there. -- john 11:31 +. +Then when Mary was come where Jesus was, and saw him, she fell down at his feet, saying to him, Lord, if you had been here, my brother had not died. -- john 11:32 +. +When Jesus therefore saw her weeping, and the Jews also weeping which came with her, he groaned in the spirit, and was troubled. -- john 11:33 +. +And said, Where have you laid him? They said to him, Lord, come and see. -- john 11:34 +. +Jesus wept. -- john 11:35 +. +Then said the Jews, Behold how he loved him! -- john 11:36 +. +And some of them said, Could not this man, which opened the eyes of the blind, have caused that even this man should not have died? -- john 11:37 +. +Jesus therefore again groaning in himself comes to the grave. It was a cave, and a stone lay on it. -- john 11:38 +. +Jesus said, Take you away the stone. Martha, the sister of him that was dead, said to him, Lord, by this time he stinks: for he has been dead four days. -- john 11:39 +. +Jesus said to her, Said I not to you, that, if you would believe, you should see the glory of God? -- john 11:40 +. +Then they took away the stone from the place where the dead was laid. And Jesus lifted up his eyes, and said, Father, I thank you that you have heard me. -- john 11:41 +. +And I knew that you hear me always: but because of the people which stand by I said it, that they may believe that you have sent me. -- john 11:42 +. +And when he thus had spoken, he cried with a loud voice, Lazarus, come forth. -- john 11:43 +. +And he that was dead came forth, bound hand and foot with grave clothes: and his face was bound about with a napkin. Jesus said to them, Loose him, and let him go. -- john 11:44 +. +Then many of the Jews which came to Mary, and had seen the things which Jesus did, believed on him. -- john 11:45 +. +But some of them went their ways to the Pharisees, and told them what things Jesus had done. -- john 11:46 +. +Then gathered the chief priests and the Pharisees a council, and said, What do we? for this man does many miracles. -- john 11:47 +. +If we let him thus alone, all men will believe on him: and the Romans shall come and take away both our place and nation. -- john 11:48 +. +And one of them, named Caiaphas, being the high priest that same year, said to them, You know nothing at all, -- john 11:49 +. +Nor consider that it is expedient for us, that one man should die for the people, and that the whole nation perish not. -- john 11:50 +. +And this spoke he not of himself: but being high priest that year, he prophesied that Jesus should die for that nation; -- john 11:51 +. +And not for that nation only, but that also he should gather together in one the children of God that were scattered abroad. -- john 11:52 +. +Then from that day forth they took counsel together for to put him to death. -- john 11:53 +. +Jesus therefore walked no more openly among the Jews; but went there to a country near to the wilderness, into a city called Ephraim, and there continued with his disciples. -- john 11:54 +. +And the Jews'passover was near at hand: and many went out of the country up to Jerusalem before the passover, to purify themselves. -- john 11:55 +. +Then sought they for Jesus, and spoke among themselves, as they stood in the temple, What think you, that he will not come to the feast? -- john 11:56 +. +Now both the chief priests and the Pharisees had given a commandment, that, if any man knew where he were, he should show it, that they might take him. -- john 11:57 +. +Then Jesus six days before the passover came to Bethany, where Lazarus was, which had been dead, whom he raised from the dead. -- john 12:1 +. +There they made him a supper; and Martha served: but Lazarus was one of them that sat at the table with him. -- john 12:2 +. +Then took Mary a pound of ointment of spikenard, very costly, and anointed the feet of Jesus, and wiped his feet with her hair: and the house was filled with the odor of the ointment. -- john 12:3 +. +Then said one of his disciples, Judas Iscariot, Simon' son, which should betray him, -- john 12:4 +. +Why was not this ointment sold for three hundred pence, and given to the poor? -- john 12:5 +. +This he said, not that he cared for the poor; but because he was a thief, and had the bag, and bore what was put therein. -- john 12:6 +. +Then said Jesus, Let her alone: against the day of my burying has she kept this. -- john 12:7 +. +For the poor always you have with you; but me you have not always. -- john 12:8 +. +Much people of the Jews therefore knew that he was there: and they came not for Jesus'sake only, but that they might see Lazarus also, whom he had raised from the dead. -- john 12:9 +. +But the chief priests consulted that they might put Lazarus also to death; -- john 12:10 +. +Because that by reason of him many of the Jews went away, and believed on Jesus. -- john 12:11 +. +On the next day much people that were come to the feast, when they heard that Jesus was coming to Jerusalem, -- john 12:12 +. +Took branches of palm trees, and went forth to meet him, and cried, Hosanna: Blessed is the King of Israel that comes in the name of the Lord. -- john 12:13 +. +And Jesus, when he had found a young ass, sat thereon; as it is written, -- john 12:14 +. +Fear not, daughter of Sion: behold, your King comes, sitting on an ass' colt. -- john 12:15 +. +These things understood not his disciples at the first: but when Jesus was glorified, then remembered they that these things were written of him, and that they had done these things to him. -- john 12:16 +. +The people therefore that was with him when he called Lazarus out of his grave, and raised him from the dead, bore record. -- john 12:17 +. +For this cause the people also met him, for that they heard that he had done this miracle. -- john 12:18 +. +The Pharisees therefore said among themselves, Perceive you how you prevail nothing? behold, the world is gone after him. -- john 12:19 +. +And there were certain Greeks among them that came up to worship at the feast: -- john 12:20 +. +The same came therefore to Philip, which was of Bethsaida of Galilee, and desired him, saying, Sir, we would see Jesus. -- john 12:21 +. +Philip comes and tells Andrew: and again Andrew and Philip tell Jesus. -- john 12:22 +. +And Jesus answered them, saying, The hour is come, that the Son of man should be glorified. -- john 12:23 +. +Truly, truly, I say to you, Except a corn of wheat fall into the ground and die, it stays alone: but if it die, it brings forth much fruit. -- john 12:24 +. +He that loves his life shall lose it; and he that hates his life in this world shall keep it to life eternal. -- john 12:25 +. +If any man serve me, let him follow me; and where I am, there shall also my servant be: if any man serve me, him will my Father honor. -- john 12:26 +. +Now is my soul troubled; and what shall I say? Father, save me from this hour: but for this cause came I to this hour. -- john 12:27 +. +Father, glorify your name. Then came there a voice from heaven, saying, I have both glorified it, and will glorify it again. -- john 12:28 +. +The people therefore, that stood by, and heard it, said that it thundered: others said, An angel spoke to him. -- john 12:29 +. +Jesus answered and said, This voice came not because of me, but for your sakes. -- john 12:30 +. +Now is the judgment of this world: now shall the prince of this world be cast out. -- john 12:31 +. +And I, if I be lifted up from the earth, will draw all men to me. -- john 12:32 +. +This he said, signifying what death he should die. -- john 12:33 +. +The people answered him, We have heard out of the law that Christ stays for ever: and how say you, The Son of man must be lifted up? who is this Son of man? -- john 12:34 +. +Then Jesus said to them, Yet a little while is the light with you. Walk while you have the light, lest darkness come on you: for he that walks in darkness knows not where he goes. -- john 12:35 +. +While you have light, believe in the light, that you may be the children of light. These things spoke Jesus, and departed, and did hide himself from them. -- john 12:36 +. +But though he had done so many miracles before them, yet they believed not on him: -- john 12:37 +. +That the saying of Esaias the prophet might be fulfilled, which he spoke, Lord, who has believed our report? and to whom has the arm of the Lord been revealed? -- john 12:38 +. +Therefore they could not believe, because that Esaias said again, -- john 12:39 +. +He has blinded their eyes, and hardened their heart; that they should not see with their eyes, nor understand with their heart, and be converted, and I should heal them. -- john 12:40 +. +These things said Esaias, when he saw his glory, and spoke of him. -- john 12:41 +. +Nevertheless among the chief rulers also many believed on him; but because of the Pharisees they did not confess him, lest they should be put out of the synagogue: -- john 12:42 +. +For they loved the praise of men more than the praise of God. -- john 12:43 +. +Jesus cried and said, He that believes on me, believes not on me, but on him that sent me. -- john 12:44 +. +And he that sees me sees him that sent me. -- john 12:45 +. +I am come a light into the world, that whoever believes on me should not abide in darkness. -- john 12:46 +. +And if any man hear my words, and believe not, I judge him not: for I came not to judge the world, but to save the world. -- john 12:47 +. +He that rejects me, and receives not my words, has one that judges him: the word that I have spoken, the same shall judge him in the last day. -- john 12:48 +. +For I have not spoken of myself; but the Father which sent me, he gave me a commandment, what I should say, and what I should speak. -- john 12:49 +. +And I know that his commandment is life everlasting: whatever I speak therefore, even as the Father said to me, so I speak. -- john 12:50 +. +Now before the feast of the passover, when Jesus knew that his hour was come that he should depart out of this world to the Father, having loved his own which were in the world, he loved them to the end. -- john 13:1 +. +And supper being ended, the devil having now put into the heart of Judas Iscariot, Simon' son, to betray him; -- john 13:2 +. +Jesus knowing that the Father had given all things into his hands, and that he was come from God, and went to God; -- john 13:3 +. +He rises from supper, and laid aside his garments; and took a towel, and girded himself. -- john 13:4 +. +After that he pours water into a basin, and began to wash the disciples'feet, and to wipe them with the towel with which he was girded. -- john 13:5 +. +Then comes he to Simon Peter: and Peter said to him, Lord, do you wash my feet? -- john 13:6 +. +Jesus answered and said to him, What I do you know not now; but you shall know hereafter. -- john 13:7 +. +Peter said to him, You shall never wash my feet. Jesus answered him, If I wash you not, you have no part with me. -- john 13:8 +. +Simon Peter said to him, Lord, not my feet only, but also my hands and my head. -- john 13:9 +. +Jesus said to him, He that is washed needs not save to wash his feet, but is clean every whit: and you are clean, but not all. -- john 13:10 +. +For he knew who should betray him; therefore said he, You are not all clean. -- john 13:11 +. +So after he had washed their feet, and had taken his garments, and was set down again, he said to them, Know you what I have done to you? -- john 13:12 +. +You call me Master and Lord: and you say well; for so I am. -- john 13:13 +. +If I then, your Lord and Master, have washed your feet; you also ought to wash one another' feet. -- john 13:14 +. +For I have given you an example, that you should do as I have done to you. -- john 13:15 +. +Truly, truly, I say to you, The servant is not greater than his lord; neither he that is sent greater than he that sent him. -- john 13:16 +. +If you know these things, happy are you if you do them. -- john 13:17 +. +I speak not of you all: I know whom I have chosen: but that the scripture may be fulfilled, He that eats bread with me has lifted up his heel against me. -- john 13:18 +. +Now I tell you before it come, that, when it is come to pass, you may believe that I am he. -- john 13:19 +. +Truly, truly, I say to you, He that receives whomsoever I send receives me; and he that receives me receives him that sent me. -- john 13:20 +. +When Jesus had thus said, he was troubled in spirit, and testified, and said, Truly, truly, I say to you, that one of you shall betray me. -- john 13:21 +. +Then the disciples looked one on another, doubting of whom he spoke. -- john 13:22 +. +Now there was leaning on Jesus'bosom one of his disciples, whom Jesus loved. -- john 13:23 +. +Simon Peter therefore beckoned to him, that he should ask who it should be of whom he spoke. -- john 13:24 +. +He then lying on Jesus'breast said to him, Lord, who is it? -- john 13:25 +. +Jesus answered, He it is, to whom I shall give a sop, when I have dipped it. And when he had dipped the sop, he gave it to Judas Iscariot, the son of Simon. -- john 13:26 +. +And after the sop Satan entered into him. Then said Jesus to him, That you do, do quickly. -- john 13:27 +. +Now no man at the table knew for what intent he spoke this to him. -- john 13:28 +. +For some of them thought, because Judas had the bag, that Jesus had said to him, Buy those things that we have need of against the feast; or, that he should give something to the poor. -- john 13:29 +. +He then having received the sop went immediately out: and it was night. -- john 13:30 +. +Therefore, when he was gone out, Jesus said, Now is the Son of man glorified, and God is glorified in him. -- john 13:31 +. +If God be glorified in him, God shall also glorify him in himself, and shall straightway glorify him. -- john 13:32 +. +Little children, yet a little while I am with you. You shall seek me: and as I said to the Jews, Where I go, you cannot come; so now I say to you. -- john 13:33 +. +A new commandment I give to you, That you love one another; as I have loved you, that you also love one another. -- john 13:34 +. +By this shall all men know that you are my disciples, if you have love one to another. -- john 13:35 +. +Simon Peter said to him, Lord, where go you? Jesus answered him, Where I go, you can not follow me now; but you shall follow me afterwards. -- john 13:36 +. +Peter said to him, Lord, why cannot I follow you now? I will lay down my life for your sake. -- john 13:37 +. +Jesus answered him, Will you lay down your life for my sake? Truly, truly, I say to you, The cock shall not crow, till you have denied me thrice. -- john 13:38 +. +Let not your heart be troubled: you believe in God, believe also in me. -- john 14:1 +. +In my Father' house are many mansions: if it were not so, I would have told you. I go to prepare a place for you. -- john 14:2 +. +And if I go and prepare a place for you, I will come again, and receive you to myself; that where I am, there you may be also. -- john 14:3 +. +And where I go you know, and the way you know. -- john 14:4 +. +Thomas said to him, Lord, we know not where you go; and how can we know the way? -- john 14:5 +. +Jesus said to him, I am the way, the truth, and the life: no man comes to the Father, but by me. -- john 14:6 +. +If you had known me, you should have known my Father also: and from now on you know him, and have seen him. -- john 14:7 +. +Philip said to him, Lord, show us the Father, and it suffises us. -- john 14:8 +. +Jesus said to him, Have I been so long time with you, and yet have you not known me, Philip? he that has seen me has seen the Father; and how say you then, Show us the Father? -- john 14:9 +. +Believe you not that I am in the Father, and the Father in me? the words that I speak to you I speak not of myself: but the Father that dwells in me, he does the works. -- john 14:10 +. +Believe me that I am in the Father, and the Father in me: or else believe me for the very works'sake. -- john 14:11 +. +Truly, truly, I say to you, He that believes on me, the works that I do shall he do also; and greater works than these shall he do; because I go to my Father. -- john 14:12 +. +And whatever you shall ask in my name, that will I do, that the Father may be glorified in the Son. -- john 14:13 +. +If you shall ask any thing in my name, I will do it. -- john 14:14 +. +If you love me, keep my commandments. -- john 14:15 +. +And I will pray the Father, and he shall give you another Comforter, that he may abide with you for ever; -- john 14:16 +. +Even the Spirit of truth; whom the world cannot receive, because it sees him not, neither knows him: but you know him; for he dwells with you, and shall be in you. -- john 14:17 +. +I will not leave you comfortless: I will come to you. -- john 14:18 +. +Yet a little while, and the world sees me no more; but you see me: because I live, you shall live also. -- john 14:19 +. +At that day you shall know that I am in my Father, and you in me, and I in you. -- john 14:20 +. +He that has my commandments, and keeps them, he it is that loves me: and he that loves me shall be loved of my Father, and I will love him, and will manifest myself to him. -- john 14:21 +. +Judas said to him, not Iscariot, Lord, how is it that you will manifest yourself to us, and not to the world? -- john 14:22 +. +Jesus answered and said to him, If a man love me, he will keep my words: and my Father will love him, and we will come to him, and make our stayed with him. -- john 14:23 +. +He that loves me not keeps not my sayings: and the word which you hear is not mine, but the Father' which sent me. -- john 14:24 +. +These things have I spoken to you, being yet present with you. -- john 14:25 +. +But the Comforter, which is the Holy Ghost, whom the Father will send in my name, he shall teach you all things, and bring all things to your remembrance, whatever I have said to you. -- john 14:26 +. +Peace I leave with you, my peace I give to you: not as the world gives, give I to you. Let not your heart be troubled, neither let it be afraid. -- john 14:27 +. +You have heard how I said to you, I go away, and come again to you. If you loved me, you would rejoice, because I said, I go to the Father: for my Father is greater than I. -- john 14:28 +. +And now I have told you before it come to pass, that, when it is come to pass, you might believe. -- john 14:29 +. +Hereafter I will not talk much with you: for the prince of this world comes, and has nothing in me. -- john 14:30 +. +But that the world may know that I love the Father; and as the Father gave me commandment, even so I do. Arise, let us go hence. -- john 14:31 +. +I am the true vine, and my Father is the farmer. -- john 15:1 +. +Every branch in me that bears not fruit he takes away: and every branch that bears fruit, he purges it, that it may bring forth more fruit. -- john 15:2 +. +Now you are clean through the word which I have spoken to you. -- john 15:3 +. +Abide in me, and I in you. As the branch cannot bear fruit of itself, except it abide in the vine; no more can you, except you abide in me. -- john 15:4 +. +I am the vine, you are the branches: He that stays in me, and I in him, the same brings forth much fruit: for without me you can do nothing. -- john 15:5 +. +If a man abide not in me, he is cast forth as a branch, and is withered; and men gather them, and cast them into the fire, and they are burned. -- john 15:6 +. +If you abide in me, and my words abide in you, you shall ask what you will, and it shall be done to you. -- john 15:7 +. +Herein is my Father glorified, that you bear much fruit; so shall you be my disciples. -- john 15:8 +. +As the Father has loved me, so have I loved you: continue you in my love. -- john 15:9 +. +If you keep my commandments, you shall abide in my love; even as I have kept my Father' commandments, and abide in his love. -- john 15:10 +. +These things have I spoken to you, that my joy might remain in you, and that your joy might be full. -- john 15:11 +. +This is my commandment, That you love one another, as I have loved you. -- john 15:12 +. +Greater love has no man than this, that a man lay down his life for his friends. -- john 15:13 +. +You are my friends, if you do whatever I command you. -- john 15:14 +. +From now on I call you not servants; for the servant knows not what his lord does: but I have called you friends; for all things that I have heard of my Father I have made known to you. -- john 15:15 +. +You have not chosen me, but I have chosen you, and ordained you, that you should go and bring forth fruit, and that your fruit should remain: that whatever you shall ask of the Father in my name, he may give it you. -- john 15:16 +. +These things I command you, that you love one another. -- john 15:17 +. +If the world hate you, you know that it hated me before it hated you. -- john 15:18 +. +If you were of the world, the world would love his own: but because you are not of the world, but I have chosen you out of the world, therefore the world hates you. -- john 15:19 +. +Remember the word that I said to you, The servant is not greater than his lord. If they have persecuted me, they will also persecute you; if they have kept my saying, they will keep yours also. -- john 15:20 +. +But all these things will they do to you for my name' sake, because they know not him that sent me. -- john 15:21 +. +If I had not come and spoken to them, they had not had sin: but now they have no cloak for their sin. -- john 15:22 +. +He that hates me hates my Father also. -- john 15:23 +. +If I had not done among them the works which none other man did, they had not had sin: but now have they both seen and hated both me and my Father. -- john 15:24 +. +But this comes to pass, that the word might be fulfilled that is written in their law, They hated me without a cause. -- john 15:25 +. +But when the Comforter is come, whom I will send to you from the Father, even the Spirit of truth, which proceeds from the Father, he shall testify of me: -- john 15:26 +. +And you also shall bear witness, because you have been with me from the beginning. -- john 15:27 +. +These things have I spoken to you, that you should not be offended. -- john 16:1 +. +They shall put you out of the synagogues: yes, the time comes, that whoever kills you will think that he does God service. -- john 16:2 +. +And these things will they do to you, because they have not known the Father, nor me. -- john 16:3 +. +But these things have I told you, that when the time shall come, you may remember that I told you of them. And these things I said not to you at the beginning, because I was with you. -- john 16:4 +. +But now I go my way to him that sent me; and none of you asks me, Where go you? -- john 16:5 +. +But because I have said these things to you, sorrow has filled your heart. -- john 16:6 +. +Nevertheless I tell you the truth; It is expedient for you that I go away: for if I go not away, the Comforter will not come to you; but if I depart, I will send him to you. -- john 16:7 +. +And when he is come, he will reprove the world of sin, and of righteousness, and of judgment: -- john 16:8 +. +Of sin, because they believe not on me; -- john 16:9 +. +Of righteousness, because I go to my Father, and you see me no more; -- john 16:10 +. +Of judgment, because the prince of this world is judged. -- john 16:11 +. +I have yet many things to say to you, but you cannot bear them now. -- john 16:12 +. +However, when he, the Spirit of truth, is come, he will guide you into all truth: for he shall not speak of himself; but whatever he shall hear, that shall he speak: and he will show you things to come. -- john 16:13 +. +He shall glorify me: for he shall receive of mine, and shall show it to you. -- john 16:14 +. +All things that the Father has are mine: therefore said I, that he shall take of mine, and shall show it to you. -- john 16:15 +. +A little while, and you shall not see me: and again, a little while, and you shall see me, because I go to the Father. -- john 16:16 +. +Then said some of his disciples among themselves, What is this that he said to us, A little while, and you shall not see me: and again, a little while, and you shall see me: and, Because I go to the Father? -- john 16:17 +. +They said therefore, What is this that he said, A little while? we cannot tell what he said. -- john 16:18 +. +Now Jesus knew that they were desirous to ask him, and said to them, Do you inquire among yourselves of that I said, A little while, and you shall not see me: and again, a little while, and you shall see me? -- john 16:19 +. +Truly, truly, I say to you, That you shall weep and lament, but the world shall rejoice: and you shall be sorrowful, but your sorrow shall be turned into joy. -- john 16:20 +. +A woman when she is in travail has sorrow, because her hour is come: but as soon as she is delivered of the child, she remembers no more the anguish, for joy that a man is born into the world. -- john 16:21 +. +And you now therefore have sorrow: but I will see you again, and your heart shall rejoice, and your joy no man takes from you. -- john 16:22 +. +And in that day you shall ask me nothing. Truly, truly, I say to you, Whatever you shall ask the Father in my name, he will give it you. -- john 16:23 +. +Till now have you asked nothing in my name: ask, and you shall receive, that your joy may be full. -- john 16:24 +. +These things have I spoken to you in proverbs: but the time comes, when I shall no more speak to you in proverbs, but I shall show you plainly of the Father. -- john 16:25 +. +At that day you shall ask in my name: and I say not to you, that I will pray the Father for you: -- john 16:26 +. +For the Father himself loves you, because you have loved me, and have believed that I came out from God. -- john 16:27 +. +I came forth from the Father, and am come into the world: again, I leave the world, and go to the Father. -- john 16:28 +. +His disciples said to him, See, now speak you plainly, and speak no proverb. -- john 16:29 +. +Now are we sure that you know all things, and need not that any man should ask you: by this we believe that you came forth from God. -- john 16:30 +. +Jesus answered them, Do you now believe? -- john 16:31 +. +Behold, the hour comes, yes, is now come, that you shall be scattered, every man to his own, and shall leave me alone: and yet I am not alone, because the Father is with me. -- john 16:32 +. +These things I have spoken to you, that in me you might have peace. In the world you shall have tribulation: but be of good cheer; I have overcome the world. -- john 16:33 +. +These words spoke Jesus, and lifted up his eyes to heaven, and said, Father, the hour is come; glorify your Son, that your Son also may glorify you: -- john 17:1 +. +As you have given him power over all flesh, that he should give eternal life to as many as you have given him. -- john 17:2 +. +And this is life eternal, that they might know you the only true God, and Jesus Christ, whom you have sent. -- john 17:3 +. +I have glorified you on the earth: I have finished the work which you gave me to do. -- john 17:4 +. +And now, O Father, glorify you me with your own self with the glory which I had with you before the world was. -- john 17:5 +. +I have manifested your name to the men which you gave me out of the world: your they were, and you gave them me; and they have kept your word. -- john 17:6 +. +Now they have known that all things whatever you have given me are of you. -- john 17:7 +. +For I have given to them the words which you gave me; and they have received them, and have known surely that I came out from you, and they have believed that you did send me. -- john 17:8 +. +I pray for them: I pray not for the world, but for them which you have given me; for they are yours. -- john 17:9 +. +And all my are yours, and your are mine; and I am glorified in them. -- john 17:10 +. +And now I am no more in the world, but these are in the world, and I come to you. Holy Father, keep through your own name those whom you have given me, that they may be one, as we are. -- john 17:11 +. +While I was with them in the world, I kept them in your name: those that you gave me I have kept, and none of them is lost, but the son of perdition; that the scripture might be fulfilled. -- john 17:12 +. +And now come I to you; and these things I speak in the world, that they might have my joy fulfilled in themselves. -- john 17:13 +. +I have given them your word; and the world has hated them, because they are not of the world, even as I am not of the world. -- john 17:14 +. +I pray not that you should take them out of the world, but that you should keep them from the evil. -- john 17:15 +. +They are not of the world, even as I am not of the world. -- john 17:16 +. +Sanctify them through your truth: your word is truth. -- john 17:17 +. +As you have sent me into the world, even so have I also sent them into the world. -- john 17:18 +. +And for their sakes I sanctify myself, that they also might be sanctified through the truth. -- john 17:19 +. +Neither pray I for these alone, but for them also which shall believe on me through their word; -- john 17:20 +. +That they all may be one; as you, Father, are in me, and I in you, that they also may be one in us: that the world may believe that you have sent me. -- john 17:21 +. +And the glory which you gave me I have given them; that they may be one, even as we are one: -- john 17:22 +. +I in them, and you in me, that they may be made perfect in one; and that the world may know that you have sent me, and have loved them, as you have loved me. -- john 17:23 +. +Father, I will that they also, whom you have given me, be with me where I am; that they may behold my glory, which you have given me: for you loved me before the foundation of the world. -- john 17:24 +. +O righteous Father, the world has not known you: but I have known you, and these have known that you have sent me. -- john 17:25 +. +And I have declared to them your name, and will declare it: that the love with which you have loved me may be in them, and I in them. -- john 17:26 +. +When Jesus had spoken these words, he went forth with his disciples over the brook Cedron, where was a garden, into the which he entered, and his disciples. -- john 18:1 +. +And Judas also, which betrayed him, knew the place: for Jesus often resorted thither with his disciples. -- john 18:2 +. +Judas then, having received a band of men and officers from the chief priests and Pharisees, comes thither with lanterns and torches and weapons. -- john 18:3 +. +Jesus therefore, knowing all things that should come on him, went forth, and said to them, Whom seek you? -- john 18:4 +. +They answered him, Jesus of Nazareth. Jesus said to them, I am he. And Judas also, which betrayed him, stood with them. -- john 18:5 +. +As soon then as he had said to them, I am he, they went backward, and fell to the ground. -- john 18:6 +. +Then asked he them again, Whom seek you? And they said, Jesus of Nazareth. -- john 18:7 +. +Jesus answered, I have told you that I am he: if therefore you seek me, let these go their way: -- john 18:8 +. +That the saying might be fulfilled, which he spoke, Of them which you gave me have I lost none. -- john 18:9 +. +Then Simon Peter having a sword drew it, and smote the high priest' servant, and cut off his right ear. The servant' name was Malchus. -- john 18:10 +. +Then said Jesus to Peter, Put up your sword into the sheath: the cup which my Father has given me, shall I not drink it? -- john 18:11 +. +Then the band and the captain and officers of the Jews took Jesus, and bound him, -- john 18:12 +. +And led him away to Annas first; for he was father in law to Caiaphas, which was the high priest that same year. -- john 18:13 +. +Now Caiaphas was he, which gave counsel to the Jews, that it was expedient that one man should die for the people. -- john 18:14 +. +And Simon Peter followed Jesus, and so did another disciple: that disciple was known to the high priest, and went in with Jesus into the palace of the high priest. -- john 18:15 +. +But Peter stood at the door without. Then went out that other disciple, which was known to the high priest, and spoke to her that kept the door, and brought in Peter. -- john 18:16 +. +Then said the damsel that kept the door to Peter, Are not you also one of this man' disciples? He said, I am not. -- john 18:17 +. +And the servants and officers stood there, who had made a fire of coals; for it was cold: and they warmed themselves: and Peter stood with them, and warmed himself. -- john 18:18 +. +The high priest then asked Jesus of his disciples, and of his doctrine. -- john 18:19 +. +Jesus answered him, I spoke openly to the world; I ever taught in the synagogue, and in the temple, where the Jews always resort; and in secret have I said nothing. -- john 18:20 +. +Why ask you me? ask them which heard me, what I have said to them: behold, they know what I said. -- john 18:21 +. +And when he had thus spoken, one of the officers which stood by struck Jesus with the palm of his hand, saying, Answer you the high priest so? -- john 18:22 +. +Jesus answered him, If I have spoken evil, bear witness of the evil: but if well, why smite you me? -- john 18:23 +. +Now Annas had sent him bound to Caiaphas the high priest. -- john 18:24 +. +And Simon Peter stood and warmed himself. They said therefore to him, Are not you also one of his disciples? He denied it, and said, I am not. -- john 18:25 +. +One of the servants of the high priest, being his kinsman whose ear Peter cut off, said, Did not I see you in the garden with him? -- john 18:26 +. +Peter then denied again: and immediately the cock crew. -- john 18:27 +. +Then led they Jesus from Caiaphas to the hall of judgment: and it was early; and they themselves went not into the judgment hall, lest they should be defiled; but that they might eat the passover. -- john 18:28 +. +Pilate then went out to them, and said, What accusation bring you against this man? -- john 18:29 +. +They answered and said to him, If he were not a malefactor, we would not have delivered him up to you. -- john 18:30 +. +Then said Pilate to them, Take you him, and judge him according to your law. The Jews therefore said to him, It is not lawful for us to put any man to death: -- john 18:31 +. +That the saying of Jesus might be fulfilled, which he spoke, signifying what death he should die. -- john 18:32 +. +Then Pilate entered into the judgment hall again, and called Jesus, and said to him, Are you the King of the Jews? -- john 18:33 +. +Jesus answered him, Say you this thing of yourself, or did others tell it you of me? -- john 18:34 +. +Pilate answered, Am I a Jew? Your own nation and the chief priests have delivered you to me: what have you done? -- john 18:35 +. +Jesus answered, My kingdom is not of this world: if my kingdom were of this world, then would my servants fight, that I should not be delivered to the Jews: but now is my kingdom not from hence. -- john 18:36 +. +Pilate therefore said to him, Are you a king then? Jesus answered, You say that I am a king. To this end was I born, and for this cause came I into the world, that I should bear witness to the truth. Every one that is of the truth hears my voice. -- john 18:37 +. +Pilate said to him, What is truth? And when he had said this, he went out again to the Jews, and said to them, I find in him no fault at all. -- john 18:38 +. +But you have a custom, that I should release to you one at the passover: will you therefore that I release to you the King of the Jews? -- john 18:39 +. +Then cried they all again, saying, Not this man, but Barabbas. Now Barabbas was a robber. -- john 18:40 +. +Then Pilate therefore took Jesus, and scourged him. -- john 19:1 +. +And the soldiers platted a crown of thorns, and put it on his head, and they put on him a purple robe, -- john 19:2 +. +And said, Hail, King of the Jews! and they smote him with their hands. -- john 19:3 +. +Pilate therefore went forth again, and said to them, Behold, I bring him forth to you, that you may know that I find no fault in him. -- john 19:4 +. +Then came Jesus forth, wearing the crown of thorns, and the purple robe. And Pilate said to them, Behold the man! -- john 19:5 +. +When the chief priests therefore and officers saw him, they cried out, saying, Crucify him, crucify him. Pilate said to them, Take you him, and crucify him: for I find no fault in him. -- john 19:6 +. +The Jews answered him, We have a law, and by our law he ought to die, because he made himself the Son of God. -- john 19:7 +. +When Pilate therefore heard that saying, he was the more afraid; -- john 19:8 +. +And went again into the judgment hall, and said to Jesus, From where are you? But Jesus gave him no answer. -- john 19:9 +. +Then said Pilate to him, Speak you not to me? know you not that I have power to crucify you, and have power to release you? -- john 19:10 +. +Jesus answered, You could have no power at all against me, except it were given you from above: therefore he that delivered me to you has the greater sin. -- john 19:11 +. +And from thereafter Pilate sought to release him: but the Jews cried out, saying, If you let this man go, you are not Caesar' friend: whoever makes himself a king speaks against Caesar. -- john 19:12 +. +When Pilate therefore heard that saying, he brought Jesus forth, and sat down in the judgment seat in a place that is called the Pavement, but in the Hebrew, Gabbatha. -- john 19:13 +. +And it was the preparation of the passover, and about the sixth hour: and he said to the Jews, Behold your King! -- john 19:14 +. +But they cried out, Away with him, away with him, crucify him. Pilate said to them, Shall I crucify your King? The chief priests answered, We have no king but Caesar. -- john 19:15 +. +Then delivered he him therefore to them to be crucified. And they took Jesus, and led him away. -- john 19:16 +. +And he bearing his cross went forth into a place called the place of a skull, which is called in the Hebrew Golgotha: -- john 19:17 +. +Where they crucified him, and two other with him, on either side one, and Jesus in the middle. -- john 19:18 +. +And Pilate wrote a title, and put it on the cross. And the writing was JESUS OF NAZARETH THE KING OF THE JEWS. -- john 19:19 +. +This title then read many of the Jews: for the place where Jesus was crucified was near to the city: and it was written in Hebrew, and Greek, and Latin. -- john 19:20 +. +Then said the chief priests of the Jews to Pilate, Write not, The King of the Jews; but that he said, I am King of the Jews. -- john 19:21 +. +Pilate answered, What I have written I have written. -- john 19:22 +. +Then the soldiers, when they had crucified Jesus, took his garments, and made four parts, to every soldier a part; and also his coat: now the coat was without seam, woven from the top throughout. -- john 19:23 +. +They said therefore among themselves, Let us not rend it, but cast lots for it, whose it shall be: that the scripture might be fulfilled, which said, They parted my raiment among them, and for my clothing they did cast lots. These things therefore the soldiers did. -- john 19:24 +. +Now there stood by the cross of Jesus his mother, and his mother' sister, Mary the wife of Cleophas, and Mary Magdalene. -- john 19:25 +. +When Jesus therefore saw his mother, and the disciple standing by, whom he loved, he said to his mother, Woman, behold your son! -- john 19:26 +. +Then said he to the disciple, Behold your mother! And from that hour that disciple took her to his own home. -- john 19:27 +. +After this, Jesus knowing that all things were now accomplished, that the scripture might be fulfilled, said, I thirst. -- john 19:28 +. +Now there was set a vessel full of vinegar: and they filled a sponge with vinegar, and put it on hyssop, and put it to his mouth. -- john 19:29 +. +When Jesus therefore had received the vinegar, he said, It is finished: and he bowed his head, and gave up the ghost. -- john 19:30 +. +The Jews therefore, because it was the preparation, that the bodies should not remain on the cross on the sabbath day, (for that sabbath day was an high day,) sought Pilate that their legs might be broken, and that they might be taken away. -- john 19:31 +. +Then came the soldiers, and broke the legs of the first, and of the other which was crucified with him. -- john 19:32 +. +But when they came to Jesus, and saw that he was dead already, they broke not his legs: -- john 19:33 +. +But one of the soldiers with a spear pierced his side, and immediately came there out blood and water. -- john 19:34 +. +And he that saw it bore record, and his record is true: and he knows that he said true, that you might believe. -- john 19:35 +. +For these things were done, that the scripture should be fulfilled, A bone of him shall not be broken. -- john 19:36 +. +And again another scripture said, They shall look on him whom they pierced. -- john 19:37 +. +And after this Joseph of Arimathaea, being a disciple of Jesus, but secretly for fear of the Jews, sought Pilate that he might take away the body of Jesus: and Pilate gave him leave. He came therefore, and took the body of Jesus. -- john 19:38 +. +And there came also Nicodemus, which at the first came to Jesus by night, and brought a mixture of myrrh and aloes, about an hundred pound weight. -- john 19:39 +. +Then took they the body of Jesus, and wound it in linen clothes with the spices, as the manner of the Jews is to bury. -- john 19:40 +. +Now in the place where he was crucified there was a garden; and in the garden a new sepulcher, wherein was never man yet laid. -- john 19:41 +. +There laid they Jesus therefore because of the Jews'preparation day; for the sepulcher was near at hand. -- john 19:42 +. +The first day of the week comes Mary Magdalene early, when it was yet dark, to the sepulcher, and sees the stone taken away from the sepulcher. -- john 20:1 +. +Then she runs, and comes to Simon Peter, and to the other disciple, whom Jesus loved, and said to them, They have taken away the LORD out of the sepulcher, and we know not where they have laid him. -- john 20:2 +. +Peter therefore went forth, and that other disciple, and came to the sepulcher. -- john 20:3 +. +So they ran both together: and the other disciple did outrun Peter, and came first to the sepulcher. -- john 20:4 +. +And he stooping down, and looking in, saw the linen clothes lying; yet went he not in. -- john 20:5 +. +Then comes Simon Peter following him, and went into the sepulcher, and sees the linen clothes lie, -- john 20:6 +. +And the napkin, that was about his head, not lying with the linen clothes, but wrapped together in a place by itself. -- john 20:7 +. +Then went in also that other disciple, which came first to the sepulcher, and he saw, and believed. -- john 20:8 +. +For as yet they knew not the scripture, that he must rise again from the dead. -- john 20:9 +. +Then the disciples went away again to their own home. -- john 20:10 +. +But Mary stood without at the sepulcher weeping: and as she wept, she stooped down, and looked into the sepulcher, -- john 20:11 +. +And sees two angels in white sitting, the one at the head, and the other at the feet, where the body of Jesus had lain. -- john 20:12 +. +And they say to her, Woman, why weep you? She said to them, Because they have taken away my LORD, and I know not where they have laid him. -- john 20:13 +. +And when she had thus said, she turned herself back, and saw Jesus standing, and knew not that it was Jesus. -- john 20:14 +. +Jesus said to her, Woman, why weep you? whom seek you? She, supposing him to be the gardener, said to him, Sir, if you have borne him hence, tell me where you have laid him, and I will take him away. -- john 20:15 +. +Jesus said to her, Mary. She turned herself, and said to him, Rabboni; which is to say, Master. -- john 20:16 +. +Jesus said to her, Touch me not; for I am not yet ascended to my Father: but go to my brothers, and say to them, I ascend to my Father, and your Father; and to my God, and your God. -- john 20:17 +. +Mary Magdalene came and told the disciples that she had seen the LORD, and that he had spoken these things to her. -- john 20:18 +. +Then the same day at evening, being the first day of the week, when the doors were shut where the disciples were assembled for fear of the Jews, came Jesus and stood in the middle, and said to them, Peace be to you. -- john 20:19 +. +And when he had so said, he showed to them his hands and his side. Then were the disciples glad, when they saw the LORD. -- john 20:20 +. +Then said Jesus to them again, Peace be to you: as my Father has sent me, even so send I you. -- john 20:21 +. +And when he had said this, he breathed on them, and said to them, Receive you the Holy Ghost: -- john 20:22 +. +Whose soever sins you remit, they are remitted to them; and whose soever sins you retain, they are retained. -- john 20:23 +. +But Thomas, one of the twelve, called Didymus, was not with them when Jesus came. -- john 20:24 +. +The other disciples therefore said to him, We have seen the LORD. But he said to them, Except I shall see in his hands the print of the nails, and put my finger into the print of the nails, and thrust my hand into his side, I will not believe. -- john 20:25 +. +And after eight days again his disciples were within, and Thomas with them: then came Jesus, the doors being shut, and stood in the middle, and said, Peace be to you. -- john 20:26 +. +Then said he to Thomas, Reach here your finger, and behold my hands; and reach here your hand, and thrust it into my side: and be not faithless, but believing. -- john 20:27 +. +And Thomas answered and said to him, My LORD and my God. -- john 20:28 +. +Jesus said to him, Thomas, because you have seen me, you have believed: blessed are they that have not seen, and yet have believed. -- john 20:29 +. +And many other signs truly did Jesus in the presence of his disciples, which are not written in this book: -- john 20:30 +. +But these are written, that you might believe that Jesus is the Christ, the Son of God; and that believing you might have life through his name. -- john 20:31 +. +After these things Jesus showed himself again to the disciples at the sea of Tiberias; and on this wise showed he himself. -- john 21:1 +. +There were together Simon Peter, and Thomas called Didymus, and Nathanael of Cana in Galilee, and the sons of Zebedee, and two other of his disciples. -- john 21:2 +. +Simon Peter said to them, I go a fishing. They say to him, We also go with you. They went forth, and entered into a ship immediately; and that night they caught nothing. -- john 21:3 +. +But when the morning was now come, Jesus stood on the shore: but the disciples knew not that it was Jesus. -- john 21:4 +. +Then Jesus said to them, Children, have you any meat? They answered him, No. -- john 21:5 +. +And he said to them, Cast the net on the right side of the ship, and you shall find. They cast therefore, and now they were not able to draw it for the multitude of fishes. -- john 21:6 +. +Therefore that disciple whom Jesus loved said to Peter, It is the Lord. Now when Simon Peter heard that it was the Lord, he girt his fisher' coat to him, (for he was naked,) and did cast himself into the sea. -- john 21:7 +. +And the other disciples came in a little ship; (for they were not far from land, but as it were two hundred cubits,) dragging the net with fishes. -- john 21:8 +. +As soon then as they were come to land, they saw a fire of coals there, and fish laid thereon, and bread. -- john 21:9 +. +Jesus said to them, Bring of the fish which you have now caught. -- john 21:10 +. +Simon Peter went up, and drew the net to land full of great fishes, an hundred and fifty and three: and for all there were so many, yet was not the net broken. -- john 21:11 +. +Jesus said to them, Come and dine. And none of the disciples dared ask him, Who are you? knowing that it was the Lord. -- john 21:12 +. +Jesus then comes, and takes bread, and gives them, and fish likewise. -- john 21:13 +. +This is now the third time that Jesus showed himself to his disciples, after that he was risen from the dead. -- john 21:14 +. +So when they had dined, Jesus said to Simon Peter, Simon, son of Jonas, love you me more than these? He said to him, Yes, Lord; you know that I love you. He said to him, Feed my lambs. -- john 21:15 +. +He said to him again the second time, Simon, son of Jonas, love you me? He said to him, Yes, Lord; you know that I love you. He said to him, Feed my sheep. -- john 21:16 +. +He said to him the third time, Simon, son of Jonas, love you me? Peter was grieved because he said to him the third time, Love you me? And he said to him, Lord, you know all things; you know that I love you. Jesus said to him, Feed my sheep. -- john 21:17 +. +Truly, truly, I say to you, When you were young, you gird yourself, and walked where you would: but when you shall be old, you shall stretch forth your hands, and another shall gird you, and carry you where you would not. -- john 21:18 +. +This spoke he, signifying by what death he should glorify God. And when he had spoken this, he said to him, Follow me. -- john 21:19 +. +Then Peter, turning about, sees the disciple whom Jesus loved following; which also leaned on his breast at supper, and said, Lord, which is he that betrays you? -- john 21:20 +. +Peter seeing him said to Jesus, Lord, and what shall this man do? -- john 21:21 +. +Jesus said to him, If I will that he tarry till I come, what is that to you? follow you me. -- john 21:22 +. +Then went this saying abroad among the brothers, that that disciple should not die: yet Jesus said not to him, He shall not die; but, If I will that he tarry till I come, what is that to you? -- john 21:23 +. +This is the disciple which testifies of these things, and wrote these things: and we know that his testimony is true. -- john 21:24 +. +And there are also many other things which Jesus did, the which, if they should be written every one, I suppose that even the world itself could not contain the books that should be written. Amen. -- john 21:25 +. +The former treatise have I made, O Theophilus, of all that Jesus began both to do and teach, -- acts 1:1 +. +Until the day in which he was taken up, after that he through the Holy Ghost had given commandments to the apostles whom he had chosen: -- acts 1:2 +. +To whom also he showed himself alive after his passion by many infallible proofs, being seen of them forty days, and speaking of the things pertaining to the kingdom of God: -- acts 1:3 +. +And, being assembled together with them, commanded them that they should not depart from Jerusalem, but wait for the promise of the Father, which, said he, you have heard of me. -- acts 1:4 +. +For John truly baptized with water; but you shall be baptized with the Holy Ghost not many days hence. -- acts 1:5 +. +When they therefore were come together, they asked of him, saying, Lord, will you at this time restore again the kingdom to Israel? -- acts 1:6 +. +And he said to them, It is not for you to know the times or the seasons, which the Father has put in his own power. -- acts 1:7 +. +But you shall receive power, after that the Holy Ghost is come on you: and you shall be witnesses to me both in Jerusalem, and in all Judaea, and in Samaria, and to the uttermost part of the earth. -- acts 1:8 +. +And when he had spoken these things, while they beheld, he was taken up; and a cloud received him out of their sight. -- acts 1:9 +. +And while they looked steadfastly toward heaven as he went up, behold, two men stood by them in white apparel; -- acts 1:10 +. +Which also said, You men of Galilee, why stand you gazing up into heaven? this same Jesus, which is taken up from you into heaven, shall so come in like manner as you have seen him go into heaven. -- acts 1:11 +. +Then returned they to Jerusalem from the mount called Olivet, which is from Jerusalem a sabbath day' journey. -- acts 1:12 +. +And when they were come in, they went up into an upper room, where stayed both Peter, and James, and John, and Andrew, Philip, and Thomas, Bartholomew, and Matthew, James the son of Alphaeus, and Simon Zelotes, and Judas the brother of James. -- acts 1:13 +. +These all continued with one accord in prayer and supplication, with the women, and Mary the mother of Jesus, and with his brothers. -- acts 1:14 +. +And in those days Peter stood up in the middle of the disciples, and said, (the number of names together were about an hundred and twenty,) -- acts 1:15 +. +Men and brothers, this scripture must needs have been fulfilled, which the Holy Ghost by the mouth of David spoke before concerning Judas, which was guide to them that took Jesus. -- acts 1:16 +. +For he was numbered with us, and had obtained part of this ministry. -- acts 1:17 +. +Now this man purchased a field with the reward of iniquity; and falling headlong, he burst asunder in the middle, and all his bowels gushed out. -- acts 1:18 +. +And it was known to all the dwellers at Jerusalem; so as that field is called in their proper tongue, Aceldama, that is to say, The field of blood. -- acts 1:19 +. +For it is written in the book of Psalms, Let his habitation be desolate, and let no man dwell therein: and his position as bishop let another take. -- acts 1:20 +. +Why of these men which have companied with us all the time that the Lord Jesus went in and out among us, -- acts 1:21 +. +Beginning from the baptism of John, to that same day that he was taken up from us, must one be ordained to be a witness with us of his resurrection. -- acts 1:22 +. +And they appointed two, Joseph called Barsabas, who was surnamed Justus, and Matthias. -- acts 1:23 +. +And they prayed, and said, You, Lord, which know the hearts of all men, show whether of these two you have chosen, -- acts 1:24 +. +That he may take part of this ministry and apostleship, from which Judas by transgression fell, that he might go to his own place. -- acts 1:25 +. +And they gave forth their lots; and the lot fell on Matthias; and he was numbered with the eleven apostles. -- acts 1:26 +. +And when the day of Pentecost was fully come, they were all with one accord in one place. -- acts 2:1 +. +And suddenly there came a sound from heaven as of a rushing mighty wind, and it filled all the house where they were sitting. -- acts 2:2 +. +And there appeared to them cloven tongues like as of fire, and it sat on each of them. -- acts 2:3 +. +And they were all filled with the Holy Ghost, and began to speak with other tongues, as the Spirit gave them utterance. -- acts 2:4 +. +And there were dwelling at Jerusalem Jews, devout men, out of every nation under heaven. -- acts 2:5 +. +Now when this was noised abroad, the multitude came together, and were confounded, because that every man heard them speak in his own language. -- acts 2:6 +. +And they were all amazed and marveled, saying one to another, Behold, are not all these which speak Galilaeans? -- acts 2:7 +. +And how hear we every man in our own tongue, wherein we were born? -- acts 2:8 +. +Parthians, and Medes, and Elamites, and the dwellers in Mesopotamia, and in Judaea, and Cappadocia, in Pontus, and Asia, -- acts 2:9 +. +Phrygia, and Pamphylia, in Egypt, and in the parts of Libya about Cyrene, and strangers of Rome, Jews and proselytes, -- acts 2:10 +. +Cretes and Arabians, we do hear them speak in our tongues the wonderful works of God. -- acts 2:11 +. +And they were all amazed, and were in doubt, saying one to another, What means this? -- acts 2:12 +. +Others mocking said, These men are full of new wine. -- acts 2:13 +. +But Peter, standing up with the eleven, lifted up his voice, and said to them, You men of Judaea, and all you that dwell at Jerusalem, be this known to you, and listen to my words: -- acts 2:14 +. +For these are not drunken, as you suppose, seeing it is but the third hour of the day. -- acts 2:15 +. +But this is that which was spoken by the prophet Joel; -- acts 2:16 +. +And it shall come to pass in the last days, said God, I will pour out of my Spirit on all flesh: and your sons and your daughters shall prophesy, and your young men shall see visions, and your old men shall dream dreams: -- acts 2:17 +. +And on my servants and on my handmaidens I will pour out in those days of my Spirit; and they shall prophesy: -- acts 2:18 +. +And I will show wonders in heaven above, and signs in the earth beneath; blood, and fire, and vapor of smoke: -- acts 2:19 +. +The sun shall be turned into darkness, and the moon into blood, before the great and notable day of the Lord come: -- acts 2:20 +. +And it shall come to pass, that whoever shall call on the name of the Lord shall be saved. -- acts 2:21 +. +You men of Israel, hear these words; Jesus of Nazareth, a man approved of God among you by miracles and wonders and signs, which God did by him in the middle of you, as you yourselves also know: -- acts 2:22 +. +Him, being delivered by the determinate counsel and foreknowledge of God, you have taken, and by wicked hands have crucified and slain: -- acts 2:23 +. +Whom God has raised up, having loosed the pains of death: because it was not possible that he should be held of it. -- acts 2:24 +. +For David speaks concerning him, I foresaw the Lord always before my face, for he is on my right hand, that I should not be moved: -- acts 2:25 +. +Therefore did my heart rejoice, and my tongue was glad; moreover also my flesh shall rest in hope: -- acts 2:26 +. +Because you will not leave my soul in hell, neither will you suffer your Holy One to see corruption. -- acts 2:27 +. +You have made known to me the ways of life; you shall make me full of joy with your countenance. -- acts 2:28 +. +Men and brothers, let me freely speak to you of the patriarch David, that he is both dead and buried, and his sepulcher is with us to this day. -- acts 2:29 +. +Therefore being a prophet, and knowing that God had sworn with an oath to him, that of the fruit of his loins, according to the flesh, he would raise up Christ to sit on his throne; -- acts 2:30 +. +He seeing this before spoke of the resurrection of Christ, that his soul was not left in hell, neither his flesh did see corruption. -- acts 2:31 +. +This Jesus has God raised up, whereof we all are witnesses. -- acts 2:32 +. +Therefore being by the right hand of God exalted, and having received of the Father the promise of the Holy Ghost, he has shed forth this, which you now see and hear. -- acts 2:33 +. +For David is not ascended into the heavens: but he said himself, The Lord said to my Lord, Sit you on my right hand, -- acts 2:34 +. +Until I make your foes your footstool. -- acts 2:35 +. +Therefore let all the house of Israel know assuredly, that God has made the same Jesus, whom you have crucified, both Lord and Christ. -- acts 2:36 +. +Now when they heard this, they were pricked in their heart, and said to Peter and to the rest of the apostles, Men and brothers, what shall we do? -- acts 2:37 +. +Then Peter said to them, Repent, and be baptized every one of you in the name of Jesus Christ for the remission of sins, and you shall receive the gift of the Holy Ghost. -- acts 2:38 +. +For the promise is to you, and to your children, and to all that are afar off, even as many as the LORD our God shall call. -- acts 2:39 +. +And with many other words did he testify and exhort, saying, Save yourselves from this untoward generation. -- acts 2:40 +. +Then they that gladly received his word were baptized: and the same day there were added to them about three thousand souls. -- acts 2:41 +. +And they continued steadfastly in the apostles'doctrine and fellowship, and in breaking of bread, and in prayers. -- acts 2:42 +. +And fear came on every soul: and many wonders and signs were done by the apostles. -- acts 2:43 +. +And all that believed were together, and had all things common; -- acts 2:44 +. +And sold their possessions and goods, and parted them to all men, as every man had need. -- acts 2:45 +. +And they, continuing daily with one accord in the temple, and breaking bread from house to house, did eat their meat with gladness and singleness of heart, -- acts 2:46 +. +Praising God, and having favor with all the people. And the Lord added to the church daily such as should be saved. -- acts 2:47 +. +Now Peter and John went up together into the temple at the hour of prayer, being the ninth hour. -- acts 3:1 +. +And a certain man lame from his mother' womb was carried, whom they laid daily at the gate of the temple which is called Beautiful, to ask alms of them that entered into the temple; -- acts 3:2 +. +Who seeing Peter and John about to go into the temple asked an alms. -- acts 3:3 +. +And Peter, fastening his eyes on him with John, said, Look on us. -- acts 3:4 +. +And he gave heed to them, expecting to receive something of them. -- acts 3:5 +. +Then Peter said, Silver and gold have I none; but such as I have give I you: In the name of Jesus Christ of Nazareth rise up and walk. -- acts 3:6 +. +And he took him by the right hand, and lifted him up: and immediately his feet and ankle bones received strength. -- acts 3:7 +. +And he leaping up stood, and walked, and entered with them into the temple, walking, and leaping, and praising God. -- acts 3:8 +. +And all the people saw him walking and praising God: -- acts 3:9 +. +And they knew that it was he which sat for alms at the Beautiful gate of the temple: and they were filled with wonder and amazement at that which had happened to him. -- acts 3:10 +. +And as the lame man which was healed held Peter and John, all the people ran together to them in the porch that is called Solomon', greatly wondering. -- acts 3:11 +. +And when Peter saw it, he answered to the people, You men of Israel, why marvel you at this? or why look you so earnestly on us, as though by our own power or holiness we had made this man to walk? -- acts 3:12 +. +The God of Abraham, and of Isaac, and of Jacob, the God of our fathers, has glorified his Son Jesus; whom you delivered up, and denied him in the presence of Pilate, when he was determined to let him go. -- acts 3:13 +. +But you denied the Holy One and the Just, and desired a murderer to be granted to you; -- acts 3:14 +. +And killed the Prince of life, whom God has raised from the dead; whereof we are witnesses. -- acts 3:15 +. +And his name through faith in his name has made this man strong, whom you see and know: yes, the faith which is by him has given him this perfect soundness in the presence of you all. -- acts 3:16 +. +And now, brothers, I know that through ignorance you did it, as did also your rulers. -- acts 3:17 +. +But those things, which God before had showed by the mouth of all his prophets, that Christ should suffer, he has so fulfilled. -- acts 3:18 +. +Repent you therefore, and be converted, that your sins may be blotted out, when the times of refreshing shall come from the presence of the Lord. -- acts 3:19 +. +And he shall send Jesus Christ, which before was preached to you: -- acts 3:20 +. +Whom the heaven must receive until the times of restitution of all things, which God has spoken by the mouth of all his holy prophets since the world began. -- acts 3:21 +. +For Moses truly said to the fathers, A prophet shall the Lord your God raise up to you of your brothers, like to me; him shall you hear in all things whatever he shall say to you. -- acts 3:22 +. +And it shall come to pass, that every soul, which will not hear that prophet, shall be destroyed from among the people. -- acts 3:23 +. +Yes, and all the prophets from Samuel and those that follow after, as many as have spoken, have likewise foretold of these days. -- acts 3:24 +. +You are the children of the prophets, and of the covenant which God made with our fathers, saying to Abraham, And in your seed shall all the kindreds of the earth be blessed. -- acts 3:25 +. +To you first God, having raised up his Son Jesus, sent him to bless you, in turning away every one of you from his iniquities. -- acts 3:26 +. +And as they spoke to the people, the priests, and the captain of the temple, and the Sadducees, came on them, -- acts 4:1 +. +Being grieved that they taught the people, and preached through Jesus the resurrection from the dead. -- acts 4:2 +. +And they laid hands on them, and put them in hold to the next day: for it was now eventide. -- acts 4:3 +. +However, many of them which heard the word believed; and the number of the men was about five thousand. -- acts 4:4 +. +And it came to pass on the morrow, that their rulers, and elders, and scribes, -- acts 4:5 +. +And Annas the high priest, and Caiaphas, and John, and Alexander, and as many as were of the kindred of the high priest, were gathered together at Jerusalem. -- acts 4:6 +. +And when they had set them in the middle, they asked, By what power, or by what name, have you done this? -- acts 4:7 +. +Then Peter, filled with the Holy Ghost, said to them, You rulers of the people, and elders of Israel, -- acts 4:8 +. +If we this day be examined of the good deed done to the weak man, by what means he is made whole; -- acts 4:9 +. +Be it known to you all, and to all the people of Israel, that by the name of Jesus Christ of Nazareth, whom you crucified, whom God raised from the dead, even by him does this man stand here before you whole. -- acts 4:10 +. +This is the stone which was set at nothing of you builders, which is become the head of the corner. -- acts 4:11 +. +Neither is there salvation in any other: for there is none other name under heaven given among men, whereby we must be saved. -- acts 4:12 +. +Now when they saw the boldness of Peter and John, and perceived that they were unlearned and ignorant men, they marveled; and they took knowledge of them, that they had been with Jesus. -- acts 4:13 +. +And beholding the man which was healed standing with them, they could say nothing against it. -- acts 4:14 +. +But when they had commanded them to go aside out of the council, they conferred among themselves, -- acts 4:15 +. +Saying, What shall we do to these men? for that indeed a notable miracle has been done by them is manifest to all them that dwell in Jerusalem; and we cannot deny it. -- acts 4:16 +. +But that it spread no further among the people, let us straightly threaten them, that they speak from now on to no man in this name. -- acts 4:17 +. +And they called them, and commanded them not to speak at all nor teach in the name of Jesus. -- acts 4:18 +. +But Peter and John answered and said to them, Whether it be right in the sight of God to listen to you more than to God, judge you. -- acts 4:19 +. +For we cannot but speak the things which we have seen and heard. -- acts 4:20 +. +So when they had further threatened them, they let them go, finding nothing how they might punish them, because of the people: for all men glorified God for that which was done. -- acts 4:21 +. +For the man was above forty years old, on whom this miracle of healing was showed. -- acts 4:22 +. +And being let go, they went to their own company, and reported all that the chief priests and elders had said to them. -- acts 4:23 +. +And when they heard that, they lifted up their voice to God with one accord, and said, Lord, you are God, which have made heaven, and earth, and the sea, and all that in them is: -- acts 4:24 +. +Who by the mouth of your servant David have said, Why did the heathen rage, and the people imagine vain things? -- acts 4:25 +. +The kings of the earth stood up, and the rulers were gathered together against the Lord, and against his Christ. -- acts 4:26 +. +For of a truth against your holy child Jesus, whom you have anointed, both Herod, and Pontius Pilate, with the Gentiles, and the people of Israel, were gathered together, -- acts 4:27 +. +For to do whatever your hand and your counsel determined before to be done. -- acts 4:28 +. +And now, Lord, behold their threatenings: and grant to your servants, that with all boldness they may speak your word, -- acts 4:29 +. +By stretching forth your hand to heal; and that signs and wonders may be done by the name of your holy child Jesus. -- acts 4:30 +. +And when they had prayed, the place was shaken where they were assembled together; and they were all filled with the Holy Ghost, and they spoke the word of God with boldness. -- acts 4:31 +. +And the multitude of them that believed were of one heart and of one soul: neither said any of them that ought of the things which he possessed was his own; but they had all things common. -- acts 4:32 +. +And with great power gave the apostles witness of the resurrection of the Lord Jesus: and great grace was on them all. -- acts 4:33 +. +Neither was there any among them that lacked: for as many as were possessors of lands or houses sold them, and brought the prices of the things that were sold, -- acts 4:34 +. +And laid them down at the apostles'feet: and distribution was made to every man according as he had need. -- acts 4:35 +. +And Joses, who by the apostles was surnamed Barnabas, (which is, being interpreted, The son of consolation,) a Levite, and of the country of Cyprus, -- acts 4:36 +. +Having land, sold it, and brought the money, and laid it at the apostles'feet. -- acts 4:37 +. +But a certain man named Ananias, with Sapphira his wife, sold a possession, -- acts 5:1 +. +And kept back part of the price, his wife also being privy to it, and brought a certain part, and laid it at the apostles'feet. -- acts 5:2 +. +But Peter said, Ananias, why has Satan filled your heart to lie to the Holy Ghost, and to keep back part of the price of the land? -- acts 5:3 +. +Whiles it remained, was it not your own? and after it was sold, was it not in your own power? why have you conceived this thing in your heart? you have not lied to men, but to God. -- acts 5:4 +. +And Ananias hearing these words fell down, and gave up the ghost: and great fear came on all them that heard these things. -- acts 5:5 +. +And the young men arose, wound him up, and carried him out, and buried him. -- acts 5:6 +. +And it was about the space of three hours after, when his wife, not knowing what was done, came in. -- acts 5:7 +. +And Peter answered to her, Tell me whether you sold the land for so much? And she said, Yes, for so much. -- acts 5:8 +. +Then Peter said to her, How is it that you have agreed together to tempt the Spirit of the Lord? behold, the feet of them which have buried your husband are at the door, and shall carry you out. -- acts 5:9 +. +Then fell she down straightway at his feet, and yielded up the ghost: and the young men came in, and found her dead, and, carrying her forth, buried her by her husband. -- acts 5:10 +. +And great fear came on all the church, and on as many as heard these things. -- acts 5:11 +. +And by the hands of the apostles were many signs and wonders worked among the people; (and they were all with one accord in Solomon' porch. -- acts 5:12 +. +And of the rest dared no man join himself to them: but the people magnified them. -- acts 5:13 +. +And believers were the more added to the Lord, multitudes both of men and women.) -- acts 5:14 +. +So that they brought forth the sick into the streets, and laid them on beds and couches, that at the least the shadow of Peter passing by might overshadow some of them. -- acts 5:15 +. +There came also a multitude out of the cities round about to Jerusalem, bringing sick folks, and them which were vexed with unclean spirits: and they were healed every one. -- acts 5:16 +. +Then the high priest rose up, and all they that were with him, (which is the sect of the Sadducees,) and were filled with indignation, -- acts 5:17 +. +And laid their hands on the apostles, and put them in the common prison. -- acts 5:18 +. +But the angel of the Lord by night opened the prison doors, and brought them forth, and said, -- acts 5:19 +. +Go, stand and speak in the temple to the people all the words of this life. -- acts 5:20 +. +And when they heard that, they entered into the temple early in the morning, and taught. But the high priest came, and they that were with him, and called the council together, and all the senate of the children of Israel, and sent to the prison to have them brought. -- acts 5:21 +. +But when the officers came, and found them not in the prison, they returned and told, -- acts 5:22 +. +Saying, The prison truly found we shut with all safety, and the keepers standing without before the doors: but when we had opened, we found no man within. -- acts 5:23 +. +Now when the high priest and the captain of the temple and the chief priests heard these things, they doubted of them whereunto this would grow. -- acts 5:24 +. +Then came one and told them, saying, Behold, the men whom you put in prison are standing in the temple, and teaching the people. -- acts 5:25 +. +Then went the captain with the officers, and brought them without violence: for they feared the people, lest they should have been stoned. -- acts 5:26 +. +And when they had brought them, they set them before the council: and the high priest asked them, -- acts 5:27 +. +Saying, Did not we straightly command you that you should not teach in this name? and, behold, you have filled Jerusalem with your doctrine, and intend to bring this man' blood on us. -- acts 5:28 +. +Then Peter and the other apostles answered and said, We ought to obey God rather than men. -- acts 5:29 +. +The God of our fathers raised up Jesus, whom you slew and hanged on a tree. -- acts 5:30 +. +Him has God exalted with his right hand to be a Prince and a Savior, for to give repentance to Israel, and forgiveness of sins. -- acts 5:31 +. +And we are his witnesses of these things; and so is also the Holy Ghost, whom God has given to them that obey him. -- acts 5:32 +. +When they heard that, they were cut to the heart, and took counsel to slay them. -- acts 5:33 +. +Then stood there up one in the council, a Pharisee, named Gamaliel, a doctor of the law, had in reputation among all the people, and commanded to put the apostles forth a little space; -- acts 5:34 +. +And said to them, You men of Israel, take heed to yourselves what you intend to do as touching these men. -- acts 5:35 +. +For before these days rose up Theudas, boasting himself to be somebody; to whom a number of men, about four hundred, joined themselves: who was slain; and all, as many as obeyed him, were scattered, and brought to nothing. -- acts 5:36 +. +After this man rose up Judas of Galilee in the days of the taxing, and drew away much people after him: he also perished; and all, even as many as obeyed him, were dispersed. -- acts 5:37 +. +And now I say to you, Refrain from these men, and let them alone: for if this counsel or this work be of men, it will come to nothing: -- acts 5:38 +. +But if it be of God, you cannot overthrow it; lest haply you be found even to fight against God. -- acts 5:39 +. +And to him they agreed: and when they had called the apostles, and beaten them, they commanded that they should not speak in the name of Jesus, and let them go. -- acts 5:40 +. +And they departed from the presence of the council, rejoicing that they were counted worthy to suffer shame for his name. -- acts 5:41 +. +And daily in the temple, and in every house, they ceased not to teach and preach Jesus Christ. -- acts 5:42 +. +And in those days, when the number of the disciples was multiplied, there arose a murmuring of the Grecians against the Hebrews, because their widows were neglected in the daily ministration. -- acts 6:1 +. +Then the twelve called the multitude of the disciples to them, and said, It is not reason that we should leave the word of God, and serve tables. -- acts 6:2 +. +Why, brothers, look you out among you seven men of honest report, full of the Holy Ghost and wisdom, whom we may appoint over this business. -- acts 6:3 +. +But we will give ourselves continually to prayer, and to the ministry of the word. -- acts 6:4 +. +And the saying pleased the whole multitude: and they chose Stephen, a man full of faith and of the Holy Ghost, and Philip, and Prochorus, and Nicanor, and Timon, and Parmenas, and Nicolas a proselyte of Antioch: -- acts 6:5 +. +Whom they set before the apostles: and when they had prayed, they laid their hands on them. -- acts 6:6 +. +And the word of God increased; and the number of the disciples multiplied in Jerusalem greatly; and a great company of the priests were obedient to the faith. -- acts 6:7 +. +And Stephen, full of faith and power, did great wonders and miracles among the people. -- acts 6:8 +. +Then there arose certain of the synagogue, which is called the synagogue of the Libertines, and Cyrenians, and Alexandrians, and of them of Cilicia and of Asia, disputing with Stephen. -- acts 6:9 +. +And they were not able to resist the wisdom and the spirit by which he spoke. -- acts 6:10 +. +Then they suborned men, which said, We have heard him speak blasphemous words against Moses, and against God. -- acts 6:11 +. +And they stirred up the people, and the elders, and the scribes, and came on him, and caught him, and brought him to the council, -- acts 6:12 +. +And set up false witnesses, which said, This man ceases not to speak blasphemous words against this holy place, and the law: -- acts 6:13 +. +For we have heard him say, that this Jesus of Nazareth shall destroy this place, and shall change the customs which Moses delivered us. -- acts 6:14 +. +And all that sat in the council, looking steadfastly on him, saw his face as it had been the face of an angel. -- acts 6:15 +. +Then said the high priest, Are these things so? -- acts 7:1 +. +And he said, Men, brothers, and fathers, listen; The God of glory appeared to our father Abraham, when he was in Mesopotamia, before he dwelled in Charran, -- acts 7:2 +. +And said to him, Get you out of your country, and from your kindred, and come into the land which I shall show you. -- acts 7:3 +. +Then came he out of the land of the Chaldaeans, and dwelled in Charran: and from there, when his father was dead, he removed him into this land, wherein you now dwell. -- acts 7:4 +. +And he gave him none inheritance in it, no, not so much as to set his foot on: yet he promised that he would give it to him for a possession, and to his seed after him, when as yet he had no child. -- acts 7:5 +. +And God spoke on this wise, That his seed should sojourn in a strange land; and that they should bring them into bondage, and entreat them evil four hundred years. -- acts 7:6 +. +And the nation to whom they shall be in bondage will I judge, said God: and after that shall they come forth, and serve me in this place. -- acts 7:7 +. +And he gave him the covenant of circumcision: and so Abraham begat Isaac, and circumcised him the eighth day; and Isaac begat Jacob; and Jacob begat the twelve patriarchs. -- acts 7:8 +. +And the patriarchs, moved with envy, sold Joseph into Egypt: but God was with him, -- acts 7:9 +. +And delivered him out of all his afflictions, and gave him favor and wisdom in the sight of Pharaoh king of Egypt; and he made him governor over Egypt and all his house. -- acts 7:10 +. +Now there came a dearth over all the land of Egypt and Chanaan, and great affliction: and our fathers found no sustenance. -- acts 7:11 +. +But when Jacob heard that there was corn in Egypt, he sent out our fathers first. -- acts 7:12 +. +And at the second time Joseph was made known to his brothers; and Joseph' kindred was made known to Pharaoh. -- acts 7:13 +. +Then sent Joseph, and called his father Jacob to him, and all his kindred, three score and fifteen souls. -- acts 7:14 +. +So Jacob went down into Egypt, and died, he, and our fathers, -- acts 7:15 +. +And were carried over into Sychem, and laid in the sepulcher that Abraham bought for a sum of money of the sons of Emmor the father of Sychem. -- acts 7:16 +. +But when the time of the promise drew near, which God had sworn to Abraham, the people grew and multiplied in Egypt, -- acts 7:17 +. +Till another king arose, which knew not Joseph. -- acts 7:18 +. +The same dealt subtly with our kindred, and evil entreated our fathers, so that they cast out their young children, to the end they might not live. -- acts 7:19 +. +In which time Moses was born, and was exceeding fair, and nourished up in his father' house three months: -- acts 7:20 +. +And when he was cast out, Pharaoh' daughter took him up, and nourished him for her own son. -- acts 7:21 +. +And Moses was learned in all the wisdom of the Egyptians, and was mighty in words and in deeds. -- acts 7:22 +. +And when he was full forty years old, it came into his heart to visit his brothers the children of Israel. -- acts 7:23 +. +And seeing one of them suffer wrong, he defended him, and avenged him that was oppressed, and smote the Egyptian: -- acts 7:24 +. +For he supposed his brothers would have understood how that God by his hand would deliver them: but they understood not. -- acts 7:25 +. +And the next day he showed himself to them as they strove, and would have set them at one again, saying, Sirs, you are brothers; why do you wrong one to another? -- acts 7:26 +. +But he that did his neighbor wrong thrust him away, saying, Who made you a ruler and a judge over us? -- acts 7:27 +. +Will you kill me, as you did the Egyptian yesterday? -- acts 7:28 +. +Then fled Moses at this saying, and was a stranger in the land of Madian, where he begat two sons. -- acts 7:29 +. +And when forty years were expired, there appeared to him in the wilderness of mount Sina an angel of the Lord in a flame of fire in a bush. -- acts 7:30 +. +When Moses saw it, he wondered at the sight: and as he drew near to behold it, the voice of the LORD came to him, -- acts 7:31 +. +Saying, I am the God of your fathers, the God of Abraham, and the God of Isaac, and the God of Jacob. Then Moses trembled, and dared not behold. -- acts 7:32 +. +Then said the Lord to him, Put off your shoes from your feet: for the place where you stand is holy ground. -- acts 7:33 +. +I have seen, I have seen the affliction of my people which is in Egypt, and I have heard their groaning, and am come down to deliver them. And now come, I will send you into Egypt. -- acts 7:34 +. +This Moses whom they refused, saying, Who made you a ruler and a judge? the same did God send to be a ruler and a deliverer by the hand of the angel which appeared to him in the bush. -- acts 7:35 +. +He brought them out, after that he had showed wonders and signs in the land of Egypt, and in the Red sea, and in the wilderness forty years. -- acts 7:36 +. +This is that Moses, which said to the children of Israel, A prophet shall the Lord your God raise up to you of your brothers, like to me; him shall you hear. -- acts 7:37 +. +This is he, that was in the church in the wilderness with the angel which spoke to him in the mount Sina, and with our fathers: who received the lively oracles to give to us: -- acts 7:38 +. +To whom our fathers would not obey, but thrust him from them, and in their hearts turned back again into Egypt, -- acts 7:39 +. +Saying to Aaron, Make us gods to go before us: for as for this Moses, which brought us out of the land of Egypt, we know not what is become of him. -- acts 7:40 +. +And they made a calf in those days, and offered sacrifice to the idol, and rejoiced in the works of their own hands. -- acts 7:41 +. +Then God turned, and gave them up to worship the host of heaven; as it is written in the book of the prophets, O you house of Israel, have you offered to me slain beasts and sacrifices by the space of forty years in the wilderness? -- acts 7:42 +. +Yes, you took up the tabernacle of Moloch, and the star of your god Remphan, figures which you made to worship them: and I will carry you away beyond Babylon. -- acts 7:43 +. +Our fathers had the tabernacle of witness in the wilderness, as he had appointed, speaking to Moses, that he should make it according to the fashion that he had seen. -- acts 7:44 +. +Which also our fathers that came after brought in with Jesus into the possession of the Gentiles, whom God drove out before the face of our fathers, to the days of David; -- acts 7:45 +. +Who found favor before God, and desired to find a tabernacle for the God of Jacob. -- acts 7:46 +. +But Solomon built him an house. -- acts 7:47 +. +However, the most High dwells not in temples made with hands; as said the prophet, -- acts 7:48 +. +Heaven is my throne, and earth is my footstool: what house will you build me? said the Lord: or what is the place of my rest? -- acts 7:49 +. +Has not my hand made all these things? -- acts 7:50 +. +You stiff necked and uncircumcised in heart and ears, you do always resist the Holy Ghost: as your fathers did, so do you. -- acts 7:51 +. +Which of the prophets have not your fathers persecuted? and they have slain them which showed before of the coming of the Just One; of whom you have been now the betrayers and murderers: -- acts 7:52 +. +Who have received the law by the disposition of angels, and have not kept it. -- acts 7:53 +. +When they heard these things, they were cut to the heart, and they gnashed on him with their teeth. -- acts 7:54 +. +But he, being full of the Holy Ghost, looked up steadfastly into heaven, and saw the glory of God, and Jesus standing on the right hand of God, -- acts 7:55 +. +And said, Behold, I see the heavens opened, and the Son of man standing on the right hand of God. -- acts 7:56 +. +Then they cried out with a loud voice, and stopped their ears, and ran on him with one accord, -- acts 7:57 +. +And cast him out of the city, and stoned him: and the witnesses laid down their clothes at a young man' feet, whose name was Saul. -- acts 7:58 +. +And they stoned Stephen, calling on God, and saying, Lord Jesus, receive my spirit. -- acts 7:59 +. +And he kneeled down, and cried with a loud voice, Lord, lay not this sin to their charge. And when he had said this, he fell asleep. -- acts 7:60 +. +And Saul was consenting to his death. And at that time there was a great persecution against the church which was at Jerusalem; and they were all scattered abroad throughout the regions of Judaea and Samaria, except the apostles. -- acts 8:1 +. +And devout men carried Stephen to his burial, and made great lamentation over him. -- acts 8:2 +. +As for Saul, he made havoc of the church, entering into every house, and haling men and women committed them to prison. -- acts 8:3 +. +Therefore they that were scattered abroad went every where preaching the word. -- acts 8:4 +. +Then Philip went down to the city of Samaria, and preached Christ to them. -- acts 8:5 +. +And the people with one accord gave heed to those things which Philip spoke, hearing and seeing the miracles which he did. -- acts 8:6 +. +For unclean spirits, crying with loud voice, came out of many that were possessed with them: and many taken with palsies, and that were lame, were healed. -- acts 8:7 +. +And there was great joy in that city. -- acts 8:8 +. +But there was a certain man, called Simon, which beforetime in the same city used sorcery, and bewitched the people of Samaria, giving out that himself was some great one: -- acts 8:9 +. +To whom they all gave heed, from the least to the greatest, saying, This man is the great power of God. -- acts 8:10 +. +And to him they had regard, because that of long time he had bewitched them with sorceries. -- acts 8:11 +. +But when they believed Philip preaching the things concerning the kingdom of God, and the name of Jesus Christ, they were baptized, both men and women. -- acts 8:12 +. +Then Simon himself believed also: and when he was baptized, he continued with Philip, and wondered, beholding the miracles and signs which were done. -- acts 8:13 +. +Now when the apostles which were at Jerusalem heard that Samaria had received the word of God, they sent to them Peter and John: -- acts 8:14 +. +Who, when they were come down, prayed for them, that they might receive the Holy Ghost: -- acts 8:15 +. +(For as yet he was fallen on none of them: only they were baptized in the name of the Lord Jesus.) -- acts 8:16 +. +Then laid they their hands on them, and they received the Holy Ghost. -- acts 8:17 +. +And when Simon saw that through laying on of the apostles'hands the Holy Ghost was given, he offered them money, -- acts 8:18 +. +Saying, Give me also this power, that on whomsoever I lay hands, he may receive the Holy Ghost. -- acts 8:19 +. +But Peter said to him, Your money perish with you, because you have thought that the gift of God may be purchased with money. -- acts 8:20 +. +You have neither part nor lot in this matter: for your heart is not right in the sight of God. -- acts 8:21 +. +Repent therefore of this your wickedness, and pray God, if perhaps the thought of your heart may be forgiven you. -- acts 8:22 +. +For I perceive that you are in the gall of bitterness, and in the bond of iniquity. -- acts 8:23 +. +Then answered Simon, and said, Pray you to the LORD for me, that none of these things which you have spoken come on me. -- acts 8:24 +. +And they, when they had testified and preached the word of the Lord, returned to Jerusalem, and preached the gospel in many villages of the Samaritans. -- acts 8:25 +. +And the angel of the Lord spoke to Philip, saying, Arise, and go toward the south to the way that goes down from Jerusalem to Gaza, which is desert. -- acts 8:26 +. +And he arose and went: and, behold, a man of Ethiopia, an eunuch of great authority under Candace queen of the Ethiopians, who had the charge of all her treasure, and had come to Jerusalem for to worship, -- acts 8:27 +. +Was returning, and sitting in his chariot read Esaias the prophet. -- acts 8:28 +. +Then the Spirit said to Philip, Go near, and join yourself to this chariot. -- acts 8:29 +. +And Philip ran thither to him, and heard him read the prophet Esaias, and said, Understand you what you read? -- acts 8:30 +. +And he said, How can I, except some man should guide me? And he desired Philip that he would come up and sit with him. -- acts 8:31 +. +The place of the scripture which he read was this, He was led as a sheep to the slaughter; and like a lamb dumb before his shearer, so opened he not his mouth: -- acts 8:32 +. +In his humiliation his judgment was taken away: and who shall declare his generation? for his life is taken from the earth. -- acts 8:33 +. +And the eunuch answered Philip, and said, I pray you, of whom speaks the prophet this? of himself, or of some other man? -- acts 8:34 +. +Then Philip opened his mouth, and began at the same scripture, and preached to him Jesus. -- acts 8:35 +. +And as they went on their way, they came to a certain water: and the eunuch said, See, here is water; what does hinder me to be baptized? -- acts 8:36 +. +And Philip said, If you believe with all your heart, you may. And he answered and said, I believe that Jesus Christ is the Son of God. -- acts 8:37 +. +And he commanded the chariot to stand still: and they went down both into the water, both Philip and the eunuch; and he baptized him. -- acts 8:38 +. +And when they were come up out of the water, the Spirit of the Lord caught away Philip, that the eunuch saw him no more: and he went on his way rejoicing. -- acts 8:39 +. +But Philip was found at Azotus: and passing through he preached in all the cities, till he came to Caesarea. -- acts 8:40 +. +And Saul, yet breathing out threatenings and slaughter against the disciples of the Lord, went to the high priest, -- acts 9:1 +. +And desired of him letters to Damascus to the synagogues, that if he found any of this way, whether they were men or women, he might bring them bound to Jerusalem. -- acts 9:2 +. +And as he journeyed, he came near Damascus: and suddenly there shined round about him a light from heaven: -- acts 9:3 +. +And he fell to the earth, and heard a voice saying to him, Saul, Saul, why persecute you me? -- acts 9:4 +. +And he said, Who are you, Lord? And the Lord said, I am Jesus whom you persecute: it is hard for you to kick against the pricks. -- acts 9:5 +. +And he trembling and astonished said, Lord, what will you have me to do? And the Lord said to him, Arise, and go into the city, and it shall be told you what you must do. -- acts 9:6 +. +And the men which journeyed with him stood speechless, hearing a voice, but seeing no man. -- acts 9:7 +. +And Saul arose from the earth; and when his eyes were opened, he saw no man: but they led him by the hand, and brought him into Damascus. -- acts 9:8 +. +And he was three days without sight, and neither did eat nor drink. -- acts 9:9 +. +And there was a certain disciple at Damascus, named Ananias; and to him said the Lord in a vision, Ananias. And he said, Behold, I am here, Lord. -- acts 9:10 +. +And the Lord said to him, Arise, and go into the street which is called Straight, and inquire in the house of Judas for one called Saul, of Tarsus: for, behold, he prays, -- acts 9:11 +. +And has seen in a vision a man named Ananias coming in, and putting his hand on him, that he might receive his sight. -- acts 9:12 +. +Then Ananias answered, Lord, I have heard by many of this man, how much evil he has done to your saints at Jerusalem: -- acts 9:13 +. +And here he has authority from the chief priests to bind all that call on your name. -- acts 9:14 +. +But the Lord said to him, Go your way: for he is a chosen vessel to me, to bear my name before the Gentiles, and kings, and the children of Israel: -- acts 9:15 +. +For I will show him how great things he must suffer for my name' sake. -- acts 9:16 +. +And Ananias went his way, and entered into the house; and putting his hands on him said, Brother Saul, the Lord, even Jesus, that appeared to you in the way as you came, has sent me, that you might receive your sight, and be filled with the Holy Ghost. -- acts 9:17 +. +And immediately there fell from his eyes as it had been scales: and he received sight immediately, and arose, and was baptized. -- acts 9:18 +. +And when he had received meat, he was strengthened. Then was Saul certain days with the disciples which were at Damascus. -- acts 9:19 +. +And straightway he preached Christ in the synagogues, that he is the Son of God. -- acts 9:20 +. +But all that heard him were amazed, and said; Is not this he that destroyed them which called on this name in Jerusalem, and came here for that intent, that he might bring them bound to the chief priests? -- acts 9:21 +. +But Saul increased the more in strength, and confounded the Jews which dwelled at Damascus, proving that this is very Christ. -- acts 9:22 +. +And after that many days were fulfilled, the Jews took counsel to kill him: -- acts 9:23 +. +But their laying await was known of Saul. And they watched the gates day and night to kill him. -- acts 9:24 +. +Then the disciples took him by night, and let him down by the wall in a basket. -- acts 9:25 +. +And when Saul was come to Jerusalem, he assayed to join himself to the disciples: but they were all afraid of him, and believed not that he was a disciple. -- acts 9:26 +. +But Barnabas took him, and brought him to the apostles, and declared to them how he had seen the Lord in the way, and that he had spoken to him, and how he had preached boldly at Damascus in the name of Jesus. -- acts 9:27 +. +And he was with them coming in and going out at Jerusalem. -- acts 9:28 +. +And he spoke boldly in the name of the Lord Jesus, and disputed against the Grecians: but they went about to slay him. -- acts 9:29 +. +Which when the brothers knew, they brought him down to Caesarea, and sent him forth to Tarsus. -- acts 9:30 +. +Then had the churches rest throughout all Judaea and Galilee and Samaria, and were edified; and walking in the fear of the Lord, and in the comfort of the Holy Ghost, were multiplied. -- acts 9:31 +. +And it came to pass, as Peter passed throughout all quarters, he came down also to the saints which dwelled at Lydda. -- acts 9:32 +. +And there he found a certain man named Aeneas, which had kept his bed eight years, and was sick of the palsy. -- acts 9:33 +. +And Peter said to him, Aeneas, Jesus Christ makes you whole: arise, and make your bed. And he arose immediately. -- acts 9:34 +. +And all that dwelled at Lydda and Saron saw him, and turned to the Lord. -- acts 9:35 +. +Now there was at Joppa a certain disciple named Tabitha, which by interpretation is called Dorcas: this woman was full of good works and giving of alms which she did. -- acts 9:36 +. +And it came to pass in those days, that she was sick, and died: whom when they had washed, they laid her in an upper chamber. -- acts 9:37 +. +And for as much as Lydda was near to Joppa, and the disciples had heard that Peter was there, they sent to him two men, desiring him that he would not delay to come to them. -- acts 9:38 +. +Then Peter arose and went with them. When he was come, they brought him into the upper chamber: and all the widows stood by him weeping, and showing the coats and garments which Dorcas made, while she was with them. -- acts 9:39 +. +But Peter put them all forth, and kneeled down, and prayed; and turning him to the body said, Tabitha, arise. And she opened her eyes: and when she saw Peter, she sat up. -- acts 9:40 +. +And he gave her his hand, and lifted her up, and when he had called the saints and widows, presented her alive. -- acts 9:41 +. +And it was known throughout all Joppa; and many believed in the Lord. -- acts 9:42 +. +And it came to pass, that he tarried many days in Joppa with one Simon a tanner. -- acts 9:43 +. +There was a certain man in Caesarea called Cornelius, a centurion of the band called the Italian band, -- acts 10:1 +. +A devout man, and one that feared God with all his house, which gave much alms to the people, and prayed to God always. -- acts 10:2 +. +He saw in a vision evidently about the ninth hour of the day an angel of God coming in to him, and saying to him, Cornelius. -- acts 10:3 +. +And when he looked on him, he was afraid, and said, What is it, Lord? And he said to him, Your prayers and your alms are come up for a memorial before God. -- acts 10:4 +. +And now send men to Joppa, and call for one Simon, whose surname is Peter: -- acts 10:5 +. +He lodges with one Simon a tanner, whose house is by the sea side: he shall tell you what you ought to do. -- acts 10:6 +. +And when the angel which spoke to Cornelius was departed, he called two of his household servants, and a devout soldier of them that waited on him continually; -- acts 10:7 +. +And when he had declared all these things to them, he sent them to Joppa. -- acts 10:8 +. +On the morrow, as they went on their journey, and drew near to the city, Peter went up on the housetop to pray about the sixth hour: -- acts 10:9 +. +And he became very hungry, and would have eaten: but while they made ready, he fell into a trance, -- acts 10:10 +. +And saw heaven opened, and a certain vessel descending on him, as it had been a great sheet knit at the four corners, and let down to the earth: -- acts 10:11 +. +Wherein were all manner of four footed beasts of the earth, and wild beasts, and creeping things, and fowls of the air. -- acts 10:12 +. +And there came a voice to him, Rise, Peter; kill, and eat. -- acts 10:13 +. +But Peter said, Not so, Lord; for I have never eaten any thing that is common or unclean. -- acts 10:14 +. +And the voice spoke to him again the second time, What God has cleansed, that call not you common. -- acts 10:15 +. +This was done thrice: and the vessel was received up again into heaven. -- acts 10:16 +. +Now while Peter doubted in himself what this vision which he had seen should mean, behold, the men which were sent from Cornelius had made enquiry for Simon' house, and stood before the gate, -- acts 10:17 +. +And called, and asked whether Simon, which was surnamed Peter, were lodged there. -- acts 10:18 +. +While Peter thought on the vision, the Spirit said to him, Behold, three men seek you. -- acts 10:19 +. +Arise therefore, and get you down, and go with them, doubting nothing: for I have sent them. -- acts 10:20 +. +Then Peter went down to the men which were sent to him from Cornelius; and said, Behold, I am he whom you seek: what is the cause why you are come? -- acts 10:21 +. +And they said, Cornelius the centurion, a just man, and one that fears God, and of good report among all the nation of the Jews, was warned from God by an holy angel to send for you into his house, and to hear words of you. -- acts 10:22 +. +Then called he them in, and lodged them. And on the morrow Peter went away with them, and certain brothers from Joppa accompanied him. -- acts 10:23 +. +And the morrow after they entered into Caesarea. And Cornelius waited for them, and he had called together his kinsmen and near friends. -- acts 10:24 +. +And as Peter was coming in, Cornelius met him, and fell down at his feet, and worshipped him. -- acts 10:25 +. +But Peter took him up, saying, Stand up; I myself also am a man. -- acts 10:26 +. +And as he talked with him, he went in, and found many that were come together. -- acts 10:27 +. +And he said to them, You know how that it is an unlawful thing for a man that is a Jew to keep company, or come to one of another nation; but God has showed me that I should not call any man common or unclean. -- acts 10:28 +. +Therefore came I to you without gainsaying, as soon as I was sent for: I ask therefore for what intent you have sent for me? -- acts 10:29 +. +And Cornelius said, Four days ago I was fasting until this hour; and at the ninth hour I prayed in my house, and, behold, a man stood before me in bright clothing, -- acts 10:30 +. +And said, Cornelius, your prayer is heard, and your alms are had in remembrance in the sight of God. -- acts 10:31 +. +Send therefore to Joppa, and call here Simon, whose surname is Peter; he is lodged in the house of one Simon a tanner by the sea side: who, when he comes, shall speak to you. -- acts 10:32 +. +Immediately therefore I sent to you; and you have well done that you are come. Now therefore are we all here present before God, to hear all things that are commanded you of God. -- acts 10:33 +. +Then Peter opened his mouth, and said, Of a truth I perceive that God is no respecter of persons: -- acts 10:34 +. +But in every nation he that fears him, and works righteousness, is accepted with him. -- acts 10:35 +. +The word which God sent to the children of Israel, preaching peace by Jesus Christ: (he is Lord of all:) -- acts 10:36 +. +That word, I say, you know, which was published throughout all Judaea, and began from Galilee, after the baptism which John preached; -- acts 10:37 +. +How God anointed Jesus of Nazareth with the Holy Ghost and with power: who went about doing good, and healing all that were oppressed of the devil; for God was with him. -- acts 10:38 +. +And we are witnesses of all things which he did both in the land of the Jews, and in Jerusalem; whom they slew and hanged on a tree: -- acts 10:39 +. +Him God raised up the third day, and showed him openly; -- acts 10:40 +. +Not to all the people, but to witnesses chosen before God, even to us, who did eat and drink with him after he rose from the dead. -- acts 10:41 +. +And he commanded us to preach to the people, and to testify that it is he which was ordained of God to be the Judge of quick and dead. -- acts 10:42 +. +To him give all the prophets witness, that through his name whoever believes in him shall receive remission of sins. -- acts 10:43 +. +While Peter yet spoke these words, the Holy Ghost fell on all them which heard the word. -- acts 10:44 +. +And they of the circumcision which believed were astonished, as many as came with Peter, because that on the Gentiles also was poured out the gift of the Holy Ghost. -- acts 10:45 +. +For they heard them speak with tongues, and magnify God. Then answered Peter, -- acts 10:46 +. +Can any man forbid water, that these should not be baptized, which have received the Holy Ghost as well as we? -- acts 10:47 +. +And he commanded them to be baptized in the name of the Lord. Then prayed they him to tarry certain days. -- acts 10:48 +. +And the apostles and brothers that were in Judaea heard that the Gentiles had also received the word of God. -- acts 11:1 +. +And when Peter was come up to Jerusalem, they that were of the circumcision contended with him, -- acts 11:2 +. +Saying, You went in to men uncircumcised, and did eat with them. -- acts 11:3 +. +But Peter rehearsed the matter from the beginning, and expounded it by order to them, saying, -- acts 11:4 +. +I was in the city of Joppa praying: and in a trance I saw a vision, A certain vessel descend, as it had been a great sheet, let down from heaven by four corners; and it came even to me: -- acts 11:5 +. +On the which when I had fastened my eyes, I considered, and saw four footed beasts of the earth, and wild beasts, and creeping things, and fowls of the air. -- acts 11:6 +. +And I heard a voice saying to me, Arise, Peter; slay and eat. -- acts 11:7 +. +But I said, Not so, Lord: for nothing common or unclean has at any time entered into my mouth. -- acts 11:8 +. +But the voice answered me again from heaven, What God has cleansed, that call not you common. -- acts 11:9 +. +And this was done three times: and all were drawn up again into heaven. -- acts 11:10 +. +And, behold, immediately there were three men already come to the house where I was, sent from Caesarea to me. -- acts 11:11 +. +And the Spirit bade me go with them, nothing doubting. Moreover these six brothers accompanied me, and we entered into the man' house: -- acts 11:12 +. +And he showed us how he had seen an angel in his house, which stood and said to him, Send men to Joppa, and call for Simon, whose surname is Peter; -- acts 11:13 +. +Who shall tell you words, whereby you and all your house shall be saved. -- acts 11:14 +. +And as I began to speak, the Holy Ghost fell on them, as on us at the beginning. -- acts 11:15 +. +Then remembered I the word of the Lord, how that he said, John indeed baptized with water; but you shall be baptized with the Holy Ghost. -- acts 11:16 +. +For as much then as God gave them the like gift as he did to us, who believed on the Lord Jesus Christ; what was I, that I could withstand God? -- acts 11:17 +. +When they heard these things, they held their peace, and glorified God, saying, Then has God also to the Gentiles granted repentance to life. -- acts 11:18 +. +Now they which were scattered abroad on the persecution that arose about Stephen traveled as far as Phenice, and Cyprus, and Antioch, preaching the word to none but to the Jews only. -- acts 11:19 +. +And some of them were men of Cyprus and Cyrene, which, when they were come to Antioch, spoke to the Grecians, preaching the LORD Jesus. -- acts 11:20 +. +And the hand of the Lord was with them: and a great number believed, and turned to the Lord. -- acts 11:21 +. +Then tidings of these things came to the ears of the church which was in Jerusalem: and they sent forth Barnabas, that he should go as far as Antioch. -- acts 11:22 +. +Who, when he came, and had seen the grace of God, was glad, and exhorted them all, that with purpose of heart they would hold to the Lord. -- acts 11:23 +. +For he was a good man, and full of the Holy Ghost and of faith: and much people was added to the Lord. -- acts 11:24 +. +Then departed Barnabas to Tarsus, for to seek Saul: -- acts 11:25 +. +And when he had found him, he brought him to Antioch. And it came to pass, that a whole year they assembled themselves with the church, and taught much people. And the disciples were called Christians first in Antioch. -- acts 11:26 +. +And in these days came prophets from Jerusalem to Antioch. -- acts 11:27 +. +And there stood up one of them named Agabus, and signified by the Spirit that there should be great dearth throughout all the world: which came to pass in the days of Claudius Caesar. -- acts 11:28 +. +Then the disciples, every man according to his ability, determined to send relief to the brothers which dwelled in Judaea: -- acts 11:29 +. +Which also they did, and sent it to the elders by the hands of Barnabas and Saul. -- acts 11:30 +. +Now about that time Herod the king stretched forth his hands to vex certain of the church. -- acts 12:1 +. +And he killed James the brother of John with the sword. -- acts 12:2 +. +And because he saw it pleased the Jews, he proceeded further to take Peter also. (Then were the days of unleavened bread.) -- acts 12:3 +. +And when he had apprehended him, he put him in prison, and delivered him to four squads of soldiers to keep him; intending after Easter to bring him forth to the people. -- acts 12:4 +. +Peter therefore was kept in prison: but prayer was made without ceasing of the church to God for him. -- acts 12:5 +. +And when Herod would have brought him forth, the same night Peter was sleeping between two soldiers, bound with two chains: and the keepers before the door kept the prison. -- acts 12:6 +. +And, behold, the angel of the Lord came on him, and a light shined in the prison: and he smote Peter on the side, and raised him up, saying, Arise up quickly. And his chains fell off from his hands. -- acts 12:7 +. +And the angel said to him, Gird yourself, and bind on your sandals. And so he did. And he said to him, Cast your garment about you, and follow me. -- acts 12:8 +. +And he went out, and followed him; and knew not that it was true which was done by the angel; but thought he saw a vision. -- acts 12:9 +. +When they were past the first and the second ward, they came to the iron gate that leads to the city; which opened to them of his own accord: and they went out, and passed on through one street; and immediately the angel departed from him. -- acts 12:10 +. +And when Peter was come to himself, he said, Now I know of a surety, that the LORD has sent his angel, and has delivered me out of the hand of Herod, and from all the expectation of the people of the Jews. -- acts 12:11 +. +And when he had considered the thing, he came to the house of Mary the mother of John, whose surname was Mark; where many were gathered together praying. -- acts 12:12 +. +And as Peter knocked at the door of the gate, a damsel came to listen, named Rhoda. -- acts 12:13 +. +And when she knew Peter' voice, she opened not the gate for gladness, but ran in, and told how Peter stood before the gate. -- acts 12:14 +. +And they said to her, You are mad. But she constantly affirmed that it was even so. Then said they, It is his angel. -- acts 12:15 +. +But Peter continued knocking: and when they had opened the door, and saw him, they were astonished. -- acts 12:16 +. +But he, beckoning to them with the hand to hold their peace, declared to them how the Lord had brought him out of the prison. And he said, Go show these things to James, and to the brothers. And he departed, and went into another place. -- acts 12:17 +. +Now as soon as it was day, there was no small stir among the soldiers, what was become of Peter. -- acts 12:18 +. +And when Herod had sought for him, and found him not, he examined the keepers, and commanded that they should be put to death. And he went down from Judaea to Caesarea, and there stayed. -- acts 12:19 +. +And Herod was highly displeased with them of Tyre and Sidon: but they came with one accord to him, and, having made Blastus the king' chamberlain their friend, desired peace; because their country was nourished by the king' country. -- acts 12:20 +. +And on a set day Herod, arrayed in royal apparel, sat on his throne, and made an oration to them. -- acts 12:21 +. +And the people gave a shout, saying, It is the voice of a god, and not of a man. -- acts 12:22 +. +And immediately the angel of the Lord smote him, because he gave not God the glory: and he was eaten of worms, and gave up the ghost. -- acts 12:23 +. +But the word of God grew and multiplied. -- acts 12:24 +. +And Barnabas and Saul returned from Jerusalem, when they had fulfilled their ministry, and took with them John, whose surname was Mark. -- acts 12:25 +. +Now there were in the church that was at Antioch certain prophets and teachers; as Barnabas, and Simeon that was called Niger, and Lucius of Cyrene, and Manaen, which had been brought up with Herod the tetrarch, and Saul. -- acts 13:1 +. +As they ministered to the Lord, and fasted, the Holy Ghost said, Separate me Barnabas and Saul for the work whereunto I have called them. -- acts 13:2 +. +And when they had fasted and prayed, and laid their hands on them, they sent them away. -- acts 13:3 +. +So they, being sent forth by the Holy Ghost, departed to Seleucia; and from there they sailed to Cyprus. -- acts 13:4 +. +And when they were at Salamis, they preached the word of God in the synagogues of the Jews: and they had also John to their minister. -- acts 13:5 +. +And when they had gone through the isle to Paphos, they found a certain sorcerer, a false prophet, a Jew, whose name was Barjesus: -- acts 13:6 +. +Which was with the deputy of the country, Sergius Paulus, a prudent man; who called for Barnabas and Saul, and desired to hear the word of God. -- acts 13:7 +. +But Elymas the sorcerer (for so is his name by interpretation) withstood them, seeking to turn away the deputy from the faith. -- acts 13:8 +. +Then Saul, (who also is called Paul,) filled with the Holy Ghost, set his eyes on him. -- acts 13:9 +. +And said, O full of all subtlety and all mischief, you child of the devil, you enemy of all righteousness, will you not cease to pervert the right ways of the Lord? -- acts 13:10 +. +And now, behold, the hand of the Lord is on you, and you shall be blind, not seeing the sun for a season. And immediately there fell on him a mist and a darkness; and he went about seeking some to lead him by the hand. -- acts 13:11 +. +Then the deputy, when he saw what was done, believed, being astonished at the doctrine of the Lord. -- acts 13:12 +. +Now when Paul and his company loosed from Paphos, they came to Perga in Pamphylia: and John departing from them returned to Jerusalem. -- acts 13:13 +. +But when they departed from Perga, they came to Antioch in Pisidia, and went into the synagogue on the sabbath day, and sat down. -- acts 13:14 +. +And after the reading of the law and the prophets the rulers of the synagogue sent to them, saying, You men and brothers, if you have any word of exhortation for the people, say on. -- acts 13:15 +. +Then Paul stood up, and beckoning with his hand said, Men of Israel, and you that fear God, give audience. -- acts 13:16 +. +The God of this people of Israel chose our fathers, and exalted the people when they dwelled as strangers in the land of Egypt, and with an high arm brought he them out of it. -- acts 13:17 +. +And about the time of forty years suffered he their manners in the wilderness. -- acts 13:18 +. +And when he had destroyed seven nations in the land of Chanaan, he divided their land to them by lot. -- acts 13:19 +. +And after that he gave to them judges about the space of four hundred and fifty years, until Samuel the prophet. -- acts 13:20 +. +And afterward they desired a king: and God gave to them Saul the son of Cis, a man of the tribe of Benjamin, by the space of forty years. -- acts 13:21 +. +And when he had removed him, he raised up to them David to be their king; to whom also he gave their testimony, and said, I have found David the son of Jesse, a man after my own heart, which shall fulfill all my will. -- acts 13:22 +. +Of this man' seed has God according to his promise raised to Israel a Savior, Jesus: -- acts 13:23 +. +When John had first preached before his coming the baptism of repentance to all the people of Israel. -- acts 13:24 +. +And as John fulfilled his course, he said, Whom think you that I am? I am not he. But, behold, there comes one after me, whose shoes of his feet I am not worthy to loose. -- acts 13:25 +. +Men and brothers, children of the stock of Abraham, and whoever among you fears God, to you is the word of this salvation sent. -- acts 13:26 +. +For they that dwell at Jerusalem, and their rulers, because they knew him not, nor yet the voices of the prophets which are read every sabbath day, they have fulfilled them in condemning him. -- acts 13:27 +. +And though they found no cause of death in him, yet desired they Pilate that he should be slain. -- acts 13:28 +. +And when they had fulfilled all that was written of him, they took him down from the tree, and laid him in a sepulcher. -- acts 13:29 +. +But God raised him from the dead: -- acts 13:30 +. +And he was seen many days of them which came up with him from Galilee to Jerusalem, who are his witnesses to the people. -- acts 13:31 +. +And we declare to you glad tidings, how that the promise which was made to the fathers, -- acts 13:32 +. +God has fulfilled the same to us their children, in that he has raised up Jesus again; as it is also written in the second psalm, You are my Son, this day have I begotten you. -- acts 13:33 +. +And as concerning that he raised him up from the dead, now no more to return to corruption, he said on this wise, I will give you the sure mercies of David. -- acts 13:34 +. +Why he said also in another psalm, You shall not suffer your Holy One to see corruption. -- acts 13:35 +. +For David, after he had served his own generation by the will of God, fell on sleep, and was laid to his fathers, and saw corruption: -- acts 13:36 +. +But he, whom God raised again, saw no corruption. -- acts 13:37 +. +Be it known to you therefore, men and brothers, that through this man is preached to you the forgiveness of sins: -- acts 13:38 +. +And by him all that believe are justified from all things, from which you could not be justified by the law of Moses. -- acts 13:39 +. +Beware therefore, lest that come on you, which is spoken of in the prophets; -- acts 13:40 +. +Behold, you despisers, and wonder, and perish: for I work a work in your days, a work which you shall in no wise believe, though a man declare it to you. -- acts 13:41 +. +And when the Jews were gone out of the synagogue, the Gentiles sought that these words might be preached to them the next sabbath. -- acts 13:42 +. +Now when the congregation was broken up, many of the Jews and religious proselytes followed Paul and Barnabas: who, speaking to them, persuaded them to continue in the grace of God. -- acts 13:43 +. +And the next sabbath day came almost the whole city together to hear the word of God. -- acts 13:44 +. +But when the Jews saw the multitudes, they were filled with envy, and spoke against those things which were spoken by Paul, contradicting and blaspheming. -- acts 13:45 +. +Then Paul and Barnabas waxed bold, and said, It was necessary that the word of God should first have been spoken to you: but seeing you put it from you, and judge yourselves unworthy of everlasting life, see, we turn to the Gentiles. -- acts 13:46 +. +For so has the Lord commanded us, saying, I have set you to be a light of the Gentiles, that you should be for salvation to the ends of the earth. -- acts 13:47 +. +And when the Gentiles heard this, they were glad, and glorified the word of the Lord: and as many as were ordained to eternal life believed. -- acts 13:48 +. +And the word of the Lord was published throughout all the region. -- acts 13:49 +. +But the Jews stirred up the devout and honorable women, and the chief men of the city, and raised persecution against Paul and Barnabas, and expelled them out of their coasts. -- acts 13:50 +. +But they shook off the dust of their feet against them, and came to Iconium. -- acts 13:51 +. +And the disciples were filled with joy, and with the Holy Ghost. -- acts 13:52 +. +And it came to pass in Iconium, that they went both together into the synagogue of the Jews, and so spoke, that a great multitude both of the Jews and also of the Greeks believed. -- acts 14:1 +. +But the unbelieving Jews stirred up the Gentiles, and made their minds evil affected against the brothers. -- acts 14:2 +. +Long time therefore stayed they speaking boldly in the Lord, which gave testimony to the word of his grace, and granted signs and wonders to be done by their hands. -- acts 14:3 +. +But the multitude of the city was divided: and part held with the Jews, and part with the apostles. -- acts 14:4 +. +And when there was an assault made both of the Gentiles, and also of the Jews with their rulers, to use them spitefully, and to stone them, -- acts 14:5 +. +They were ware of it, and fled to Lystra and Derbe, cities of Lycaonia, and to the region that lies round about: -- acts 14:6 +. +And there they preached the gospel. -- acts 14:7 +. +And there sat a certain man at Lystra, weak in his feet, being a cripple from his mother' womb, who never had walked: -- acts 14:8 +. +The same heard Paul speak: who steadfastly beholding him, and perceiving that he had faith to be healed, -- acts 14:9 +. +Said with a loud voice, Stand upright on your feet. And he leaped and walked. -- acts 14:10 +. +And when the people saw what Paul had done, they lifted up their voices, saying in the speech of Lycaonia, The gods are come down to us in the likeness of men. -- acts 14:11 +. +And they called Barnabas, Jupiter; and Paul, Mercurius, because he was the chief speaker. -- acts 14:12 +. +Then the priest of Jupiter, which was before their city, brought oxen and garlands to the gates, and would have done sacrifice with the people. -- acts 14:13 +. +Which when the apostles, Barnabas and Paul, heard of, they rent their clothes, and ran in among the people, crying out, -- acts 14:14 +. +And saying, Sirs, why do you these things? We also are men of like passions with you, and preach to you that you should turn from these vanities to the living God, which made heaven, and earth, and the sea, and all things that are therein: -- acts 14:15 +. +Who in times past suffered all nations to walk in their own ways. -- acts 14:16 +. +Nevertheless he left not himself without witness, in that he did good, and gave us rain from heaven, and fruitful seasons, filling our hearts with food and gladness. -- acts 14:17 +. +And with these sayings scarce restrained they the people, that they had not done sacrifice to them. -- acts 14:18 +. +And there came thither certain Jews from Antioch and Iconium, who persuaded the people, and having stoned Paul, drew him out of the city, supposing he had been dead. -- acts 14:19 +. +However,, as the disciples stood round about him, he rose up, and came into the city: and the next day he departed with Barnabas to Derbe. -- acts 14:20 +. +And when they had preached the gospel to that city, and had taught many, they returned again to Lystra, and to Iconium, and Antioch, -- acts 14:21 +. +Confirming the souls of the disciples, and exhorting them to continue in the faith, and that we must through much tribulation enter into the kingdom of God. -- acts 14:22 +. +And when they had ordained them elders in every church, and had prayed with fasting, they commended them to the Lord, on whom they believed. -- acts 14:23 +. +And after they had passed throughout Pisidia, they came to Pamphylia. -- acts 14:24 +. +And when they had preached the word in Perga, they went down into Attalia: -- acts 14:25 +. +And there sailed to Antioch, from where they had been recommended to the grace of God for the work which they fulfilled. -- acts 14:26 +. +And when they were come, and had gathered the church together, they rehearsed all that God had done with them, and how he had opened the door of faith to the Gentiles. -- acts 14:27 +. +And there they stayed long time with the disciples. -- acts 14:28 +. +And certain men which came down from Judaea taught the brothers, and said, Except you be circumcised after the manner of Moses, you cannot be saved. -- acts 15:1 +. +When therefore Paul and Barnabas had no small dissension and disputation with them, they determined that Paul and Barnabas, and certain other of them, should go up to Jerusalem to the apostles and elders about this question. -- acts 15:2 +. +And being brought on their way by the church, they passed through Phenice and Samaria, declaring the conversion of the Gentiles: and they caused great joy to all the brothers. -- acts 15:3 +. +And when they were come to Jerusalem, they were received of the church, and of the apostles and elders, and they declared all things that God had done with them. -- acts 15:4 +. +But there rose up certain of the sect of the Pharisees which believed, saying, That it was needful to circumcise them, and to command them to keep the law of Moses. -- acts 15:5 +. +And the apostles and elders came together for to consider of this matter. -- acts 15:6 +. +And when there had been much disputing, Peter rose up, and said to them, Men and brothers, you know how that a good while ago God made choice among us, that the Gentiles by my mouth should hear the word of the gospel, and believe. -- acts 15:7 +. +And God, which knows the hearts, bore them witness, giving them the Holy Ghost, even as he did to us; -- acts 15:8 +. +And put no difference between us and them, purifying their hearts by faith. -- acts 15:9 +. +Now therefore why tempt you God, to put a yoke on the neck of the disciples, which neither our fathers nor we were able to bear? -- acts 15:10 +. +But we believe that through the grace of the LORD Jesus Christ we shall be saved, even as they. -- acts 15:11 +. +Then all the multitude kept silence, and gave audience to Barnabas and Paul, declaring what miracles and wonders God had worked among the Gentiles by them. -- acts 15:12 +. +And after they had held their peace, James answered, saying, Men and brothers, listen to me: -- acts 15:13 +. +Simeon has declared how God at the first did visit the Gentiles, to take out of them a people for his name. -- acts 15:14 +. +And to this agree the words of the prophets; as it is written, -- acts 15:15 +. +After this I will return, and will build again the tabernacle of David, which is fallen down; and I will build again the ruins thereof, and I will set it up: -- acts 15:16 +. +That the residue of men might seek after the Lord, and all the Gentiles, on whom my name is called, said the Lord, who does all these things. -- acts 15:17 +. +Known to God are all his works from the beginning of the world. -- acts 15:18 +. +Why my sentence is, that we trouble not them, which from among the Gentiles are turned to God: -- acts 15:19 +. +But that we write to them, that they abstain from pollutions of idols, and from fornication, and from things strangled, and from blood. -- acts 15:20 +. +For Moses of old time has in every city them that preach him, being read in the synagogues every sabbath day. -- acts 15:21 +. +Then pleased it the apostles and elders with the whole church, to send chosen men of their own company to Antioch with Paul and Barnabas; namely, Judas surnamed Barsabas and Silas, chief men among the brothers: -- acts 15:22 +. +And they wrote letters by them after this manner; The apostles and elders and brothers send greeting to the brothers which are of the Gentiles in Antioch and Syria and Cilicia. -- acts 15:23 +. +For as much as we have heard, that certain which went out from us have troubled you with words, subverting your souls, saying, You must be circumcised, and keep the law: to whom we gave no such commandment: -- acts 15:24 +. +It seemed good to us, being assembled with one accord, to send chosen men to you with our beloved Barnabas and Paul, -- acts 15:25 +. +Men that have hazarded their lives for the name of our Lord Jesus Christ. -- acts 15:26 +. +We have sent therefore Judas and Silas, who shall also tell you the same things by mouth. -- acts 15:27 +. +For it seemed good to the Holy Ghost, and to us, to lay on you no greater burden than these necessary things; -- acts 15:28 +. +That you abstain from meats offered to idols, and from blood, and from things strangled, and from fornication: from which if you keep yourselves, you shall do well. Fare you well. -- acts 15:29 +. +So when they were dismissed, they came to Antioch: and when they had gathered the multitude together, they delivered the letter: -- acts 15:30 +. +Which when they had read, they rejoiced for the consolation. -- acts 15:31 +. +And Judas and Silas, being prophets also themselves, exhorted the brothers with many words, and confirmed them. -- acts 15:32 +. +And after they had tarried there a space, they were let go in peace from the brothers to the apostles. -- acts 15:33 +. +Notwithstanding it pleased Silas to abide there still. -- acts 15:34 +. +Paul also and Barnabas continued in Antioch, teaching and preaching the word of the Lord, with many others also. -- acts 15:35 +. +And some days after Paul said to Barnabas, Let us go again and visit our brothers in every city where we have preached the word of the LORD, and see how they do. -- acts 15:36 +. +And Barnabas determined to take with them John, whose surname was Mark. -- acts 15:37 +. +But Paul thought not good to take him with them, who departed from them from Pamphylia, and went not with them to the work. -- acts 15:38 +. +And the contention was so sharp between them, that they departed asunder one from the other: and so Barnabas took Mark, and sailed to Cyprus; -- acts 15:39 +. +And Paul chose Silas, and departed, being recommended by the brothers to the grace of God. -- acts 15:40 +. +And he went through Syria and Cilicia, confirming the churches. -- acts 15:41 +. +Then came he to Derbe and Lystra: and, behold, a certain disciple was there, named Timotheus, the son of a certain woman, which was a Jewess, and believed; but his father was a Greek: -- acts 16:1 +. +Which was well reported of by the brothers that were at Lystra and Iconium. -- acts 16:2 +. +Him would Paul have to go forth with him; and took and circumcised him because of the Jews which were in those quarters: for they knew all that his father was a Greek. -- acts 16:3 +. +And as they went through the cities, they delivered them the decrees for to keep, that were ordained of the apostles and elders which were at Jerusalem. -- acts 16:4 +. +And so were the churches established in the faith, and increased in number daily. -- acts 16:5 +. +Now when they had gone throughout Phrygia and the region of Galatia, and were forbidden of the Holy Ghost to preach the word in Asia, -- acts 16:6 +. +After they were come to Mysia, they assayed to go into Bithynia: but the Spirit suffered them not. -- acts 16:7 +. +And they passing by Mysia came down to Troas. -- acts 16:8 +. +And a vision appeared to Paul in the night; There stood a man of Macedonia, and prayed him, saying, Come over into Macedonia, and help us. -- acts 16:9 +. +And after he had seen the vision, immediately we endeavored to go into Macedonia, assuredly gathering that the Lord had called us for to preach the gospel to them. -- acts 16:10 +. +Therefore loosing from Troas, we came with a straight course to Samothracia, and the next day to Neapolis; -- acts 16:11 +. +And from there to Philippi, which is the chief city of that part of Macedonia, and a colony: and we were in that city abiding certain days. -- acts 16:12 +. +And on the sabbath we went out of the city by a river side, where prayer was wont to be made; and we sat down, and spoke to the women which resorted thither. -- acts 16:13 +. +And a certain woman named Lydia, a seller of purple, of the city of Thyatira, which worshipped God, heard us: whose heart the Lord opened, that she attended to the things which were spoken of Paul. -- acts 16:14 +. +And when she was baptized, and her household, she sought us, saying, If you have judged me to be faithful to the Lord, come into my house, and abide there. And she constrained us. -- acts 16:15 +. +And it came to pass, as we went to prayer, a certain damsel possessed with a spirit of divination met us, which brought her masters much gain by soothsaying: -- acts 16:16 +. +The same followed Paul and us, and cried, saying, These men are the servants of the most high God, which show to us the way of salvation. -- acts 16:17 +. +And this did she many days. But Paul, being grieved, turned and said to the spirit, I command you in the name of Jesus Christ to come out of her. And he came out the same hour. -- acts 16:18 +. +And when her masters saw that the hope of their gains was gone, they caught Paul and Silas, and drew them into the marketplace to the rulers, -- acts 16:19 +. +And brought them to the magistrates, saying, These men, being Jews, do exceedingly trouble our city, -- acts 16:20 +. +And teach customs, which are not lawful for us to receive, neither to observe, being Romans. -- acts 16:21 +. +And the multitude rose up together against them: and the magistrates rent off their clothes, and commanded to beat them. -- acts 16:22 +. +And when they had laid many stripes on them, they cast them into prison, charging the jailor to keep them safely: -- acts 16:23 +. +Who, having received such a charge, thrust them into the inner prison, and made their feet fast in the stocks. -- acts 16:24 +. +And at midnight Paul and Silas prayed, and sang praises to God: and the prisoners heard them. -- acts 16:25 +. +And suddenly there was a great earthquake, so that the foundations of the prison were shaken: and immediately all the doors were opened, and every one' bands were loosed. -- acts 16:26 +. +And the keeper of the prison awaking out of his sleep, and seeing the prison doors open, he drew out his sword, and would have killed himself, supposing that the prisoners had been fled. -- acts 16:27 +. +But Paul cried with a loud voice, saying, Do yourself no harm: for we are all here. -- acts 16:28 +. +Then he called for a light, and sprang in, and came trembling, and fell down before Paul and Silas, -- acts 16:29 +. +And brought them out, and said, Sirs, what must I do to be saved? -- acts 16:30 +. +And they said, Believe on the Lord Jesus Christ, and you shall be saved, and your house. -- acts 16:31 +. +And they spoke to him the word of the Lord, and to all that were in his house. -- acts 16:32 +. +And he took them the same hour of the night, and washed their stripes; and was baptized, he and all his, straightway. -- acts 16:33 +. +And when he had brought them into his house, he set meat before them, and rejoiced, believing in God with all his house. -- acts 16:34 +. +And when it was day, the magistrates sent the sergeants, saying, Let those men go. -- acts 16:35 +. +And the keeper of the prison told this saying to Paul, The magistrates have sent to let you go: now therefore depart, and go in peace. -- acts 16:36 +. +But Paul said to them, They have beaten us openly uncondemned, being Romans, and have cast us into prison; and now do they thrust us out privately? no truly; but let them come themselves and fetch us out. -- acts 16:37 +. +And the sergeants told these words to the magistrates: and they feared, when they heard that they were Romans. -- acts 16:38 +. +And they came and sought them, and brought them out, and desired them to depart out of the city. -- acts 16:39 +. +And they went out of the prison, and entered into the house of Lydia: and when they had seen the brothers, they comforted them, and departed. -- acts 16:40 +. +Now when they had passed through Amphipolis and Apollonia, they came to Thessalonica, where was a synagogue of the Jews: -- acts 17:1 +. +And Paul, as his manner was, went in to them, and three sabbath days reasoned with them out of the scriptures, -- acts 17:2 +. +Opening and alleging, that Christ must needs have suffered, and risen again from the dead; and that this Jesus, whom I preach to you, is Christ. -- acts 17:3 +. +And some of them believed, and consorted with Paul and Silas; and of the devout Greeks a great multitude, and of the chief women not a few. -- acts 17:4 +. +But the Jews which believed not, moved with envy, took to them certain lewd fellows of the baser sort, and gathered a company, and set all the city on an uproar, and assaulted the house of Jason, and sought to bring them out to the people. -- acts 17:5 +. +And when they found them not, they drew Jason and certain brothers to the rulers of the city, crying, These that have turned the world upside down are come here also; -- acts 17:6 +. +Whom Jason has received: and these all do contrary to the decrees of Caesar, saying that there is another king, one Jesus. -- acts 17:7 +. +And they troubled the people and the rulers of the city, when they heard these things. -- acts 17:8 +. +And when they had taken security of Jason, and of the other, they let them go. -- acts 17:9 +. +And the brothers immediately sent away Paul and Silas by night to Berea: who coming thither went into the synagogue of the Jews. -- acts 17:10 +. +These were more noble than those in Thessalonica, in that they received the word with all readiness of mind, and searched the scriptures daily, whether those things were so. -- acts 17:11 +. +Therefore many of them believed; also of honorable women which were Greeks, and of men, not a few. -- acts 17:12 +. +But when the Jews of Thessalonica had knowledge that the word of God was preached of Paul at Berea, they came thither also, and stirred up the people. -- acts 17:13 +. +And then immediately the brothers sent away Paul to go as it were to the sea: but Silas and Timotheus stayed there still. -- acts 17:14 +. +And they that conducted Paul brought him to Athens: and receiving a commandment to Silas and Timotheus for to come to him with all speed, they departed. -- acts 17:15 +. +Now while Paul waited for them at Athens, his spirit was stirred in him, when he saw the city wholly given to idolatry. -- acts 17:16 +. +Therefore disputed he in the synagogue with the Jews, and with the devout persons, and in the market daily with them that met with him. -- acts 17:17 +. +Then certain philosophers of the Epicureans, and of the Stoicks, encountered him. And some said, What will this babbler say? other some, He seems to be a setter forth of strange gods: because he preached to them Jesus, and the resurrection. -- acts 17:18 +. +And they took him, and brought him to Areopagus, saying, May we know what this new doctrine, whereof you speak, is? -- acts 17:19 +. +For you bring certain strange things to our ears: we would know therefore what these things mean. -- acts 17:20 +. +(For all the Athenians and strangers which were there spent their time in nothing else, but either to tell, or to hear some new thing.) -- acts 17:21 +. +Then Paul stood in the middle of Mars'hill, and said, You men of Athens, I perceive that in all things you are too superstitious. -- acts 17:22 +. +For as I passed by, and beheld your devotions, I found an altar with this inscription, TO THE UNKNOWN GOD. Whom therefore you ignorantly worship, him declare I to you. -- acts 17:23 +. +God that made the world and all things therein, seeing that he is Lord of heaven and earth, dwells not in temples made with hands; -- acts 17:24 +. +Neither is worshipped with men' hands, as though he needed any thing, seeing he gives to all life, and breath, and all things; -- acts 17:25 +. +And has made of one blood all nations of men for to dwell on all the face of the earth, and has determined the times before appointed, and the bounds of their habitation; -- acts 17:26 +. +That they should seek the Lord, if haply they might feel after him, and find him, though he be not far from every one of us: -- acts 17:27 +. +For in him we live, and move, and have our being; as certain also of your own poets have said, For we are also his offspring. -- acts 17:28 +. +For as much then as we are the offspring of God, we ought not to think that the Godhead is like to gold, or silver, or stone, graven by are and man' device. -- acts 17:29 +. +And the times of this ignorance God winked at; but now commands all men every where to repent: -- acts 17:30 +. +Because he has appointed a day, in the which he will judge the world in righteousness by that man whom he has ordained; whereof he has given assurance to all men, in that he has raised him from the dead. -- acts 17:31 +. +And when they heard of the resurrection of the dead, some mocked: and others said, We will hear you again of this matter. -- acts 17:32 +. +So Paul departed from among them. -- acts 17:33 +. +However, certain men joined to him, and believed: among the which was Dionysius the Areopagite, and a woman named Damaris, and others with them. -- acts 17:34 +. +After these things Paul departed from Athens, and came to Corinth; -- acts 18:1 +. +And found a certain Jew named Aquila, born in Pontus, lately come from Italy, with his wife Priscilla; (because that Claudius had commanded all Jews to depart from Rome:) and came to them. -- acts 18:2 +. +And because he was of the same craft, he stayed with them, and worked: for by their occupation they were tentmakers. -- acts 18:3 +. +And he reasoned in the synagogue every sabbath, and persuaded the Jews and the Greeks. -- acts 18:4 +. +And when Silas and Timotheus were come from Macedonia, Paul was pressed in the spirit, and testified to the Jews that Jesus was Christ. -- acts 18:5 +. +And when they opposed themselves, and blasphemed, he shook his raiment, and said to them, Your blood be on your own heads; I am clean; from now on I will go to the Gentiles. -- acts 18:6 +. +And he departed there, and entered into a certain man' house, named Justus, one that worshipped God, whose house joined hard to the synagogue. -- acts 18:7 +. +And Crispus, the chief ruler of the synagogue, believed on the Lord with all his house; and many of the Corinthians hearing believed, and were baptized. -- acts 18:8 +. +Then spoke the Lord to Paul in the night by a vision, Be not afraid, but speak, and hold not your peace: -- acts 18:9 +. +For I am with you, and no man shall set on you to hurt you: for I have much people in this city. -- acts 18:10 +. +And he continued there a year and six months, teaching the word of God among them. -- acts 18:11 +. +And when Gallio was the deputy of Achaia, the Jews made insurrection with one accord against Paul, and brought him to the judgment seat, -- acts 18:12 +. +Saying, This fellow persuades men to worship God contrary to the law. -- acts 18:13 +. +And when Paul was now about to open his mouth, Gallio said to the Jews, If it were a matter of wrong or wicked lewdness, O you Jews, reason would that I should bear with you: -- acts 18:14 +. +But if it be a question of words and names, and of your law, look you to it; for I will be no judge of such matters. -- acts 18:15 +. +And he drove them from the judgment seat. -- acts 18:16 +. +Then all the Greeks took Sosthenes, the chief ruler of the synagogue, and beat him before the judgment seat. And Gallio cared for none of those things. -- acts 18:17 +. +And Paul after this tarried there yet a good while, and then took his leave of the brothers, and sailed there into Syria, and with him Priscilla and Aquila; having shorn his head in Cenchrea: for he had a vow. -- acts 18:18 +. +And he came to Ephesus, and left them there: but he himself entered into the synagogue, and reasoned with the Jews. -- acts 18:19 +. +When they desired him to tarry longer time with them, he consented not; -- acts 18:20 +. +But bade them farewell, saying, I must by all means keep this feast that comes in Jerusalem: but I will return again to you, if God will. And he sailed from Ephesus. -- acts 18:21 +. +And when he had landed at Caesarea, and gone up, and saluted the church, he went down to Antioch. -- acts 18:22 +. +And after he had spent some time there, he departed, and went over all the country of Galatia and Phrygia in order, strengthening all the disciples. -- acts 18:23 +. +And a certain Jew named Apollos, born at Alexandria, an eloquent man, and mighty in the scriptures, came to Ephesus. -- acts 18:24 +. +This man was instructed in the way of the Lord; and being fervent in the spirit, he spoke and taught diligently the things of the Lord, knowing only the baptism of John. -- acts 18:25 +. +And he began to speak boldly in the synagogue: whom when Aquila and Priscilla had heard, they took him to them, and expounded to him the way of God more perfectly. -- acts 18:26 +. +And when he was disposed to pass into Achaia, the brothers wrote, exhorting the disciples to receive him: who, when he was come, helped them much which had believed through grace: -- acts 18:27 +. +For he mightily convinced the Jews, and that publicly, showing by the scriptures that Jesus was Christ. -- acts 18:28 +. +And it came to pass, that, while Apollos was at Corinth, Paul having passed through the upper coasts came to Ephesus: and finding certain disciples, -- acts 19:1 +. +He said to them, Have you received the Holy Ghost since you believed? And they said to him, We have not so much as heard whether there be any Holy Ghost. -- acts 19:2 +. +And he said to them, To what then were you baptized? And they said, To John' baptism. -- acts 19:3 +. +Then said Paul, John truly baptized with the baptism of repentance, saying to the people, that they should believe on him which should come after him, that is, on Christ Jesus. -- acts 19:4 +. +When they heard this, they were baptized in the name of the Lord Jesus. -- acts 19:5 +. +And when Paul had laid his hands on them, the Holy Ghost came on them; and they spoke with tongues, and prophesied. -- acts 19:6 +. +And all the men were about twelve. -- acts 19:7 +. +And he went into the synagogue, and spoke boldly for the space of three months, disputing and persuading the things concerning the kingdom of God. -- acts 19:8 +. +But when divers were hardened, and believed not, but spoke evil of that way before the multitude, he departed from them, and separated the disciples, disputing daily in the school of one Tyrannus. -- acts 19:9 +. +And this continued by the space of two years; so that all they which dwelled in Asia heard the word of the Lord Jesus, both Jews and Greeks. -- acts 19:10 +. +And God worked special miracles by the hands of Paul: -- acts 19:11 +. +So that from his body were brought to the sick handkerchiefs or aprons, and the diseases departed from them, and the evil spirits went out of them. -- acts 19:12 +. +Then certain of the vagabond Jews, exorcists, took on them to call over them which had evil spirits the name of the LORD Jesus, saying, We adjure you by Jesus whom Paul preaches. -- acts 19:13 +. +And there were seven sons of one Sceva, a Jew, and chief of the priests, which did so. -- acts 19:14 +. +And the evil spirit answered and said, Jesus I know, and Paul I know; but who are you? -- acts 19:15 +. +And the man in whom the evil spirit was leaped on them, and overcame them, and prevailed against them, so that they fled out of that house naked and wounded. -- acts 19:16 +. +And this was known to all the Jews and Greeks also dwelling at Ephesus; and fear fell on them all, and the name of the Lord Jesus was magnified. -- acts 19:17 +. +And many that believed came, and confessed, and showed their deeds. -- acts 19:18 +. +Many of them also which used curious arts brought their books together, and burned them before all men: and they counted the price of them, and found it fifty thousand pieces of silver. -- acts 19:19 +. +So mightily grew the word of God and prevailed. -- acts 19:20 +. +After these things were ended, Paul purposed in the spirit, when he had passed through Macedonia and Achaia, to go to Jerusalem, saying, After I have been there, I must also see Rome. -- acts 19:21 +. +So he sent into Macedonia two of them that ministered to him, Timotheus and Erastus; but he himself stayed in Asia for a season. -- acts 19:22 +. +And the same time there arose no small stir about that way. -- acts 19:23 +. +For a certain man named Demetrius, a silversmith, which made silver shrines for Diana, brought no small gain to the craftsmen; -- acts 19:24 +. +Whom he called together with the workmen of like occupation, and said, Sirs, you know that by this craft we have our wealth. -- acts 19:25 +. +Moreover you see and hear, that not alone at Ephesus, but almost throughout all Asia, this Paul has persuaded and turned away much people, saying that they be no gods, which are made with hands: -- acts 19:26 +. +So that not only this our craft is in danger to be set at nothing; but also that the temple of the great goddess Diana should be despised, and her magnificence should be destroyed, whom all Asia and the world worships. -- acts 19:27 +. +And when they heard these sayings, they were full of wrath, and cried out, saying, Great is Diana of the Ephesians. -- acts 19:28 +. +And the whole city was filled with confusion: and having caught Gaius and Aristarchus, men of Macedonia, Paul' companions in travel, they rushed with one accord into the theatre. -- acts 19:29 +. +And when Paul would have entered in to the people, the disciples suffered him not. -- acts 19:30 +. +And certain of the chief of Asia, which were his friends, sent to him, desiring him that he would not adventure himself into the theatre. -- acts 19:31 +. +Some therefore cried one thing, and some another: for the assembly was confused: and the more part knew not why they were come together. -- acts 19:32 +. +And they drew Alexander out of the multitude, the Jews putting him forward. And Alexander beckoned with the hand, and would have made his defense to the people. -- acts 19:33 +. +But when they knew that he was a Jew, all with one voice about the space of two hours cried out, Great is Diana of the Ephesians. -- acts 19:34 +. +And when the town cleark had appeased the people, he said, You men of Ephesus, what man is there that knows not how that the city of the Ephesians is a worshipper of the great goddess Diana, and of the image which fell down from Jupiter? -- acts 19:35 +. +Seeing then that these things cannot be spoken against, you ought to be quiet, and to do nothing rashly. -- acts 19:36 +. +For you have brought here these men, which are neither robbers of churches, nor yet blasphemers of your goddess. -- acts 19:37 +. +Why if Demetrius, and the craftsmen which are with him, have a matter against any man, the law is open, and there are deputies: let them accuse one another. -- acts 19:38 +. +But if you inquire any thing concerning other matters, it shall be determined in a lawful assembly. -- acts 19:39 +. +For we are in danger to be called in question for this day' uproar, there being no cause whereby we may give an account of this concourse. -- acts 19:40 +. +And when he had thus spoken, he dismissed the assembly. -- acts 19:41 +. +And after the uproar was ceased, Paul called to him the disciples, and embraced them, and departed for to go into Macedonia. -- acts 20:1 +. +And when he had gone over those parts, and had given them much exhortation, he came into Greece, -- acts 20:2 +. +And there stayed three months. And when the Jews laid wait for him, as he was about to sail into Syria, he purposed to return through Macedonia. -- acts 20:3 +. +And there accompanied him into Asia Sopater of Berea; and of the Thessalonians, Aristarchus and Secundus; and Gaius of Derbe, and Timotheus; and of Asia, Tychicus and Trophimus. -- acts 20:4 +. +These going before tarried for us at Troas. -- acts 20:5 +. +And we sailed away from Philippi after the days of unleavened bread, and came to them to Troas in five days; where we stayed seven days. -- acts 20:6 +. +And on the first day of the week, when the disciples came together to break bread, Paul preached to them, ready to depart on the morrow; and continued his speech until midnight. -- acts 20:7 +. +And there were many lights in the upper chamber, where they were gathered together. -- acts 20:8 +. +And there sat in a window a certain young man named Eutychus, being fallen into a deep sleep: and as Paul was long preaching, he sunk down with sleep, and fell down from the third loft, and was taken up dead. -- acts 20:9 +. +And Paul went down, and fell on him, and embracing him said, Trouble not yourselves; for his life is in him. -- acts 20:10 +. +When he therefore was come up again, and had broken bread, and eaten, and talked a long while, even till break of day, so he departed. -- acts 20:11 +. +And they brought the young man alive, and were not a little comforted. -- acts 20:12 +. +And we went before to ship, and sailed to Assos, there intending to take in Paul: for so had he appointed, minding himself to go afoot. -- acts 20:13 +. +And when he met with us at Assos, we took him in, and came to Mitylene. -- acts 20:14 +. +And we sailed there, and came the next day over against Chios; and the next day we arrived at Samos, and tarried at Trogyllium; and the next day we came to Miletus. -- acts 20:15 +. +For Paul had determined to sail by Ephesus, because he would not spend the time in Asia: for he hurried, if it were possible for him, to be at Jerusalem the day of Pentecost. -- acts 20:16 +. +And from Miletus he sent to Ephesus, and called the elders of the church. -- acts 20:17 +. +And when they were come to him, he said to them, You know, from the first day that I came into Asia, after what manner I have been with you at all seasons, -- acts 20:18 +. +Serving the LORD with all humility of mind, and with many tears, and temptations, which befell me by the lying in wait of the Jews: -- acts 20:19 +. +And how I kept back nothing that was profitable to you, but have showed you, and have taught you publicly, and from house to house, -- acts 20:20 +. +Testifying both to the Jews, and also to the Greeks, repentance toward God, and faith toward our Lord Jesus Christ. -- acts 20:21 +. +And now, behold, I go bound in the spirit to Jerusalem, not knowing the things that shall befall me there: -- acts 20:22 +. +Save that the Holy Ghost witnesses in every city, saying that bonds and afflictions abide me. -- acts 20:23 +. +But none of these things move me, neither count I my life dear to myself, so that I might finish my course with joy, and the ministry, which I have received of the Lord Jesus, to testify the gospel of the grace of God. -- acts 20:24 +. +And now, behold, I know that you all, among whom I have gone preaching the kingdom of God, shall see my face no more. -- acts 20:25 +. +Why I take you to record this day, that I am pure from the blood of all men. -- acts 20:26 +. +For I have not shunned to declare to you all the counsel of God. -- acts 20:27 +. +Take heed therefore to yourselves, and to all the flock, over the which the Holy Ghost has made you overseers, to feed the church of God, which he has purchased with his own blood. -- acts 20:28 +. +For I know this, that after my departing shall grievous wolves enter in among you, not sparing the flock. -- acts 20:29 +. +Also of your own selves shall men arise, speaking perverse things, to draw away disciples after them. -- acts 20:30 +. +Therefore watch, and remember, that by the space of three years I ceased not to warn every one night and day with tears. -- acts 20:31 +. +And now, brothers, I commend you to God, and to the word of his grace, which is able to build you up, and to give you an inheritance among all them which are sanctified. -- acts 20:32 +. +I have coveted no man' silver, or gold, or apparel. -- acts 20:33 +. +Yes, you yourselves know, that these hands have ministered to my necessities, and to them that were with me. -- acts 20:34 +. +I have showed you all things, how that so laboring you ought to support the weak, and to remember the words of the Lord Jesus, how he said, It is more blessed to give than to receive. -- acts 20:35 +. +And when he had thus spoken, he kneeled down, and prayed with them all. -- acts 20:36 +. +And they all wept sore, and fell on Paul' neck, and kissed him, -- acts 20:37 +. +Sorrowing most of all for the words which he spoke, that they should see his face no more. And they accompanied him to the ship. -- acts 20:38 +. +And it came to pass, that after we were gotten from them, and had launched, we came with a straight course to Coos, and the day following to Rhodes, and from there to Patara: -- acts 21:1 +. +And finding a ship sailing over to Phenicia, we went aboard, and set forth. -- acts 21:2 +. +Now when we had discovered Cyprus, we left it on the left hand, and sailed into Syria, and landed at Tyre: for there the ship was to unlade her burden. -- acts 21:3 +. +And finding disciples, we tarried there seven days: who said to Paul through the Spirit, that he should not go up to Jerusalem. -- acts 21:4 +. +And when we had accomplished those days, we departed and went our way; and they all brought us on our way, with wives and children, till we were out of the city: and we kneeled down on the shore, and prayed. -- acts 21:5 +. +And when we had taken our leave one of another, we took ship; and they returned home again. -- acts 21:6 +. +And when we had finished our course from Tyre, we came to Ptolemais, and saluted the brothers, and stayed with them one day. -- acts 21:7 +. +And the next day we that were of Paul' company departed, and came to Caesarea: and we entered into the house of Philip the evangelist, which was one of the seven; and stayed with him. -- acts 21:8 +. +And the same man had four daughters, virgins, which did prophesy. -- acts 21:9 +. +And as we tarried there many days, there came down from Judaea a certain prophet, named Agabus. -- acts 21:10 +. +And when he was come to us, he took Paul' girdle, and bound his own hands and feet, and said, Thus said the Holy Ghost, So shall the Jews at Jerusalem bind the man that ownes this girdle, and shall deliver him into the hands of the Gentiles. -- acts 21:11 +. +And when we heard these things, both we, and they of that place, sought him not to go up to Jerusalem. -- acts 21:12 +. +Then Paul answered, What mean you to weep and to break my heart? for I am ready not to be bound only, but also to die at Jerusalem for the name of the Lord Jesus. -- acts 21:13 +. +And when he would not be persuaded, we ceased, saying, The will of the Lord be done. -- acts 21:14 +. +And after those days we took up our carriages, and went up to Jerusalem. -- acts 21:15 +. +There went with us also certain of the disciples of Caesarea, and brought with them one Mnason of Cyprus, an old disciple, with whom we should lodge. -- acts 21:16 +. +And when we were come to Jerusalem, the brothers received us gladly. -- acts 21:17 +. +And the day following Paul went in with us to James; and all the elders were present. -- acts 21:18 +. +And when he had saluted them, he declared particularly what things God had worked among the Gentiles by his ministry. -- acts 21:19 +. +And when they heard it, they glorified the Lord, and said to him, You see, brother, how many thousands of Jews there are which believe; and they are all zealous of the law: -- acts 21:20 +. +And they are informed of you, that you teach all the Jews which are among the Gentiles to forsake Moses, saying that they ought not to circumcise their children, neither to walk after the customs. -- acts 21:21 +. +What is it therefore? the multitude must needs come together: for they will hear that you are come. -- acts 21:22 +. +Do therefore this that we say to you: We have four men which have a vow on them; -- acts 21:23 +. +Them take, and purify yourself with them, and be at charges with them, that they may shave their heads: and all may know that those things, whereof they were informed concerning you, are nothing; but that you yourself also walk orderly, and keep the law. -- acts 21:24 +. +As touching the Gentiles which believe, we have written and concluded that they observe no such thing, save only that they keep themselves from things offered to idols, and from blood, and from strangled, and from fornication. -- acts 21:25 +. +Then Paul took the men, and the next day purifying himself with them entered into the temple, to signify the accomplishment of the days of purification, until that an offering should be offered for every one of them. -- acts 21:26 +. +And when the seven days were almost ended, the Jews which were of Asia, when they saw him in the temple, stirred up all the people, and laid hands on him, -- acts 21:27 +. +Crying out, Men of Israel, help: This is the man, that teaches all men every where against the people, and the law, and this place: and further brought Greeks also into the temple, and has polluted this holy place. -- acts 21:28 +. +(For they had seen before with him in the city Trophimus an Ephesian, whom they supposed that Paul had brought into the temple.) -- acts 21:29 +. +And all the city was moved, and the people ran together: and they took Paul, and drew him out of the temple: and immediately the doors were shut. -- acts 21:30 +. +And as they went about to kill him, tidings came to the chief captain of the band, that all Jerusalem was in an uproar. -- acts 21:31 +. +Who immediately took soldiers and centurions, and ran down to them: and when they saw the chief captain and the soldiers, they left beating of Paul. -- acts 21:32 +. +Then the chief captain came near, and took him, and commanded him to be bound with two chains; and demanded who he was, and what he had done. -- acts 21:33 +. +And some cried one thing, some another, among the multitude: and when he could not know the certainty for the tumult, he commanded him to be carried into the castle. -- acts 21:34 +. +And when he came on the stairs, so it was, that he was borne of the soldiers for the violence of the people. -- acts 21:35 +. +For the multitude of the people followed after, crying, Away with him. -- acts 21:36 +. +And as Paul was to be led into the castle, he said to the chief captain, May I speak to you? Who said, Can you speak Greek? -- acts 21:37 +. +Are not you that Egyptian, which before these days made an uproar, and led out into the wilderness four thousand men that were murderers? -- acts 21:38 +. +But Paul said, I am a man which am a Jew of Tarsus, a city in Cilicia, a citizen of no mean city: and, I beseech you, suffer me to speak to the people. -- acts 21:39 +. +And when he had given him license, Paul stood on the stairs, and beckoned with the hand to the people. And when there was made a great silence, he spoke to them in the Hebrew tongue, saying, -- acts 21:40 +. +Men, brothers, and fathers, hear you my defense which I make now to you. -- acts 22:1 +. +(And when they heard that he spoke in the Hebrew tongue to them, they kept the more silence: and he said,) -- acts 22:2 +. +I am truly a man which am a Jew, born in Tarsus, a city in Cilicia, yet brought up in this city at the feet of Gamaliel, and taught according to the perfect manner of the law of the fathers, and was zealous toward God, as you all are this day. -- acts 22:3 +. +And I persecuted this way to the death, binding and delivering into prisons both men and women. -- acts 22:4 +. +As also the high priest does bear me witness, and all the estate of the elders: from whom also I received letters to the brothers, and went to Damascus, to bring them which were there bound to Jerusalem, for to be punished. -- acts 22:5 +. +And it came to pass, that, as I made my journey, and was come near to Damascus about noon, suddenly there shone from heaven a great light round about me. -- acts 22:6 +. +And I fell to the ground, and heard a voice saying to me, Saul, Saul, why persecute you me? -- acts 22:7 +. +And I answered, Who are you, Lord? And he said to me, I am Jesus of Nazareth, whom you persecute. -- acts 22:8 +. +And they that were with me saw indeed the light, and were afraid; but they heard not the voice of him that spoke to me. -- acts 22:9 +. +And I said, What shall I do, LORD? And the Lord said to me, Arise, and go into Damascus; and there it shall be told you of all things which are appointed for you to do. -- acts 22:10 +. +And when I could not see for the glory of that light, being led by the hand of them that were with me, I came into Damascus. -- acts 22:11 +. +And one Ananias, a devout man according to the law, having a good report of all the Jews which dwelled there, -- acts 22:12 +. +Came to me, and stood, and said to me, Brother Saul, receive your sight. And the same hour I looked up on him. -- acts 22:13 +. +And he said, The God of our fathers has chosen you, that you should know his will, and see that Just One, and should hear the voice of his mouth. -- acts 22:14 +. +For you shall be his witness to all men of what you have seen and heard. -- acts 22:15 +. +And now why tarry you? arise, and be baptized, and wash away your sins, calling on the name of the Lord. -- acts 22:16 +. +And it came to pass, that, when I was come again to Jerusalem, even while I prayed in the temple, I was in a trance; -- acts 22:17 +. +And saw him saying to me, Make haste, and get you quickly out of Jerusalem: for they will not receive your testimony concerning me. -- acts 22:18 +. +And I said, Lord, they know that I imprisoned and beat in every synagogue them that believed on you: -- acts 22:19 +. +And when the blood of your martyr Stephen was shed, I also was standing by, and consenting to his death, and kept the raiment of them that slew him. -- acts 22:20 +. +And he said to me, Depart: for I will send you far hence to the Gentiles. -- acts 22:21 +. +And they gave him audience to this word, and then lifted up their voices, and said, Away with such a fellow from the earth: for it is not fit that he should live. -- acts 22:22 +. +And as they cried out, and cast off their clothes, and threw dust into the air, -- acts 22:23 +. +The chief captain commanded him to be brought into the castle, and bade that he should be examined by scourging; that he might know why they cried so against him. -- acts 22:24 +. +And as they bound him with thongs, Paul said to the centurion that stood by, Is it lawful for you to whip a man that is a Roman, and uncondemned? -- acts 22:25 +. +When the centurion heard that, he went and told the chief captain, saying, Take heed what you do: for this man is a Roman. -- acts 22:26 +. +Then the chief captain came, and said to him, Tell me, are you a Roman? He said, Yes. -- acts 22:27 +. +And the chief captain answered, With a great sum obtained I this freedom. And Paul said, But I was free born. -- acts 22:28 +. +Then straightway they departed from him which should have examined him: and the chief captain also was afraid, after he knew that he was a Roman, and because he had bound him. -- acts 22:29 +. +On the morrow, because he would have known the certainty why he was accused of the Jews, he loosed him from his bands, and commanded the chief priests and all their council to appear, and brought Paul down, and set him before them. -- acts 22:30 +. +And Paul, earnestly beholding the council, said, Men and brothers, I have lived in all good conscience before God until this day. -- acts 23:1 +. +And the high priest Ananias commanded them that stood by him to smite him on the mouth. -- acts 23:2 +. +Then said Paul to him, God shall smite you, you white washed wall: for sit you to judge me after the law, and command me to be smitten contrary to the law? -- acts 23:3 +. +And they that stood by said, Revile you God' high priest? -- acts 23:4 +. +Then said Paul, I knew not, brothers, that he was the high priest: for it is written, You shall not speak evil of the ruler of your people. -- acts 23:5 +. +But when Paul perceived that the one part were Sadducees, and the other Pharisees, he cried out in the council, Men and brothers, I am a Pharisee, the son of a Pharisee: of the hope and resurrection of the dead I am called in question. -- acts 23:6 +. +And when he had so said, there arose a dissension between the Pharisees and the Sadducees: and the multitude was divided. -- acts 23:7 +. +For the Sadducees say that there is no resurrection, neither angel, nor spirit: but the Pharisees confess both. -- acts 23:8 +. +And there arose a great cry: and the scribes that were of the Pharisees'part arose, and strove, saying, We find no evil in this man: but if a spirit or an angel has spoken to him, let us not fight against God. -- acts 23:9 +. +And when there arose a great dissension, the chief captain, fearing lest Paul should have been pulled in pieces of them, commanded the soldiers to go down, and to take him by force from among them, and to bring him into the castle. -- acts 23:10 +. +And the night following the Lord stood by him, and said, Be of good cheer, Paul: for as you have testified of me in Jerusalem, so must you bear witness also at Rome. -- acts 23:11 +. +And when it was day, certain of the Jews banded together, and bound themselves under a curse, saying that they would neither eat nor drink till they had killed Paul. -- acts 23:12 +. +And they were more than forty which had made this conspiracy. -- acts 23:13 +. +And they came to the chief priests and elders, and said, We have bound ourselves under a great curse, that we will eat nothing until we have slain Paul. -- acts 23:14 +. +Now therefore you with the council signify to the chief captain that he bring him down to you to morrow, as though you would inquire something more perfectly concerning him: and we, or ever he come near, are ready to kill him. -- acts 23:15 +. +And when Paul' sister' son heard of their lying in wait, he went and entered into the castle, and told Paul. -- acts 23:16 +. +Then Paul called one of the centurions to him, and said, Bring this young man to the chief captain: for he has a certain thing to tell him. -- acts 23:17 +. +So he took him, and brought him to the chief captain, and said, Paul the prisoner called me to him, and prayed me to bring this young man to you, who has something to say to you. -- acts 23:18 +. +Then the chief captain took him by the hand, and went with him aside privately, and asked him, What is that you have to tell me? -- acts 23:19 +. +And he said, The Jews have agreed to desire you that you would bring down Paul to morrow into the council, as though they would inquire somewhat of him more perfectly. -- acts 23:20 +. +But do not you yield to them: for there lie in wait for him of them more than forty men, which have bound themselves with an oath, that they will neither eat nor drink till they have killed him: and now are they ready, looking for a promise from you. -- acts 23:21 +. +So the chief captain then let the young man depart, and charged him, See you tell no man that you have showed these things to me. -- acts 23:22 +. +And he called to him two centurions, saying, Make ready two hundred soldiers to go to Caesarea, and horsemen three score and ten, and spearmen two hundred, at the third hour of the night; -- acts 23:23 +. +And provide them beasts, that they may set Paul on, and bring him safe to Felix the governor. -- acts 23:24 +. +And he wrote a letter after this manner: -- acts 23:25 +. +Claudius Lysias to the most excellent governor Felix sends greeting. -- acts 23:26 +. +This man was taken of the Jews, and should have been killed of them: then came I with an army, and rescued him, having understood that he was a Roman. -- acts 23:27 +. +And when I would have known the cause why they accused him, I brought him forth into their council: -- acts 23:28 +. +Whom I perceived to be accused of questions of their law, but to have nothing laid to his charge worthy of death or of bonds. -- acts 23:29 +. +And when it was told me how that the Jews laid wait for the man, I sent straightway to you, and gave commandment to his accusers also to say before you what they had against him. Farewell. -- acts 23:30 +. +Then the soldiers, as it was commanded them, took Paul, and brought him by night to Antipatris. -- acts 23:31 +. +On the morrow they left the horsemen to go with him, and returned to the castle: -- acts 23:32 +. +Who, when they came to Caesarea and delivered the letter to the governor, presented Paul also before him. -- acts 23:33 +. +And when the governor had read the letter, he asked of what province he was. And when he understood that he was of Cilicia; -- acts 23:34 +. +I will hear you, said he, when your accusers are also come. And he commanded him to be kept in Herod' judgment hall. -- acts 23:35 +. +And after five days Ananias the high priest descended with the elders, and with a certain orator named Tertullus, who informed the governor against Paul. -- acts 24:1 +. +And when he was called forth, Tertullus began to accuse him, saying, Seeing that by you we enjoy great quietness, and that very worthy deeds are done to this nation by your providence, -- acts 24:2 +. +We accept it always, and in all places, most noble Felix, with all thankfulness. -- acts 24:3 +. +Notwithstanding, that I be not further tedious to you, I pray you that you would hear us of your clemency a few words. -- acts 24:4 +. +For we have found this man a pestilent fellow, and a mover of sedition among all the Jews throughout the world, and a ringleader of the sect of the Nazarenes: -- acts 24:5 +. +Who also has gone about to profane the temple: whom we took, and would have judged according to our law. -- acts 24:6 +. +But the chief captain Lysias came on us, and with great violence took him away out of our hands, -- acts 24:7 +. +Commanding his accusers to come to you: by examining of whom yourself may take knowledge of all these things, whereof we accuse him. -- acts 24:8 +. +And the Jews also assented, saying that these things were so. -- acts 24:9 +. +Then Paul, after that the governor had beckoned to him to speak, answered, For as much as I know that you have been of many years a judge to this nation, I do the more cheerfully answer for myself: -- acts 24:10 +. +Because that you may understand, that there are yet but twelve days since I went up to Jerusalem for to worship. -- acts 24:11 +. +And they neither found me in the temple disputing with any man, neither raising up the people, neither in the synagogues, nor in the city: -- acts 24:12 +. +Neither can they prove the things whereof they now accuse me. -- acts 24:13 +. +But this I confess to you, that after the way which they call heresy, so worship I the God of my fathers, believing all things which are written in the law and in the prophets: -- acts 24:14 +. +And have hope toward God, which they themselves also allow, that there shall be a resurrection of the dead, both of the just and unjust. -- acts 24:15 +. +And herein do I exercise myself, to have always a conscience void to offense toward God, and toward men. -- acts 24:16 +. +Now after many years I came to bring alms to my nation, and offerings. -- acts 24:17 +. +Whereupon certain Jews from Asia found me purified in the temple, neither with multitude, nor with tumult. -- acts 24:18 +. +Who ought to have been here before you, and object, if they had ought against me. -- acts 24:19 +. +Or else let these same here say, if they have found any evil doing in me, while I stood before the council, -- acts 24:20 +. +Except it be for this one voice, that I cried standing among them, Touching the resurrection of the dead I am called in question by you this day. -- acts 24:21 +. +And when Felix heard these things, having more perfect knowledge of that way, he deferred them, and said, When Lysias the chief captain shall come down, I will know the uttermost of your matter. -- acts 24:22 +. +And he commanded a centurion to keep Paul, and to let him have liberty, and that he should forbid none of his acquaintance to minister or come to him. -- acts 24:23 +. +And after certain days, when Felix came with his wife Drusilla, which was a Jewess, he sent for Paul, and heard him concerning the faith in Christ. -- acts 24:24 +. +And as he reasoned of righteousness, temperance, and judgment to come, Felix trembled, and answered, Go your way for this time; when I have a convenient season, I will call for you. -- acts 24:25 +. +He hoped also that money should have been given him of Paul, that he might loose him: why he sent for him the oftener, and communed with him. -- acts 24:26 +. +But after two years Porcius Festus came into Felix'room: and Felix, willing to show the Jews a pleasure, left Paul bound. -- acts 24:27 +. +Now when Festus was come into the province, after three days he ascended from Caesarea to Jerusalem. -- acts 25:1 +. +Then the high priest and the chief of the Jews informed him against Paul, and sought him, -- acts 25:2 +. +And desired favor against him, that he would send for him to Jerusalem, laying wait in the way to kill him. -- acts 25:3 +. +But Festus answered, that Paul should be kept at Caesarea, and that he himself would depart shortly thither. -- acts 25:4 +. +Let them therefore, said he, which among you are able, go down with me, and accuse this man, if there be any wickedness in him. -- acts 25:5 +. +And when he had tarried among them more than ten days, he went down to Caesarea; and the next day sitting on the judgment seat commanded Paul to be brought. -- acts 25:6 +. +And when he was come, the Jews which came down from Jerusalem stood round about, and laid many and grievous complaints against Paul, which they could not prove. -- acts 25:7 +. +While he answered for himself, Neither against the law of the Jews, neither against the temple, nor yet against Caesar, have I offended any thing at all. -- acts 25:8 +. +But Festus, willing to do the Jews a pleasure, answered Paul, and said, Will you go up to Jerusalem, and there be judged of these things before me? -- acts 25:9 +. +Then said Paul, I stand at Caesar' judgment seat, where I ought to be judged: to the Jews have I done no wrong, as you very well know. -- acts 25:10 +. +For if I be an offender, or have committed any thing worthy of death, I refuse not to die: but if there be none of these things whereof these accuse me, no man may deliver me to them. I appeal to Caesar. -- acts 25:11 +. +Then Festus, when he had conferred with the council, answered, Have you appealed to Caesar? to Caesar shall you go. -- acts 25:12 +. +And after certain days king Agrippa and Bernice came to Caesarea to salute Festus. -- acts 25:13 +. +And when they had been there many days, Festus declared Paul' cause to the king, saying, There is a certain man left in bonds by Felix: -- acts 25:14 +. +About whom, when I was at Jerusalem, the chief priests and the elders of the Jews informed me, desiring to have judgment against him. -- acts 25:15 +. +To whom I answered, It is not the manner of the Romans to deliver any man to die, before that he which is accused have the accusers face to face, and have license to answer for himself concerning the crime laid against him. -- acts 25:16 +. +Therefore, when they were come here, without any delay on the morrow I sat on the judgment seat, and commanded the man to be brought forth. -- acts 25:17 +. +Against whom when the accusers stood up, they brought none accusation of such things as I supposed: -- acts 25:18 +. +But had certain questions against him of their own superstition, and of one Jesus, which was dead, whom Paul affirmed to be alive. -- acts 25:19 +. +And because I doubted of such manner of questions, I asked him whether he would go to Jerusalem, and there be judged of these matters. -- acts 25:20 +. +But when Paul had appealed to be reserved to the hearing of Augustus, I commanded him to be kept till I might send him to Caesar. -- acts 25:21 +. +Then Agrippa said to Festus, I would also hear the man myself. To morrow, said he, you shall hear him. -- acts 25:22 +. +And on the morrow, when Agrippa was come, and Bernice, with great pomp, and was entered into the place of hearing, with the chief captains, and principal men of the city, at Festus'commandment Paul was brought forth. -- acts 25:23 +. +And Festus said, King Agrippa, and all men which are here present with us, you see this man, about whom all the multitude of the Jews have dealt with me, both at Jerusalem, and also here, crying that he ought not to live any longer. -- acts 25:24 +. +But when I found that he had committed nothing worthy of death, and that he himself has appealed to Augustus, I have determined to send him. -- acts 25:25 +. +Of whom I have no certain thing to write to my lord. Why I have brought him forth before you, and specially before you, O king Agrippa, that, after examination had, I might have somewhat to write. -- acts 25:26 +. +For it seems to me unreasonable to send a prisoner, and not with to signify the crimes laid against him. -- acts 25:27 +. +Then Agrippa said to Paul, You are permitted to speak for yourself. Then Paul stretched forth the hand, and answered for himself: -- acts 26:1 +. +I think myself happy, king Agrippa, because I shall answer for myself this day before you touching all the things whereof I am accused of the Jews: -- acts 26:2 +. +Especially because I know you to be expert in all customs and questions which are among the Jews: why I beseech you to hear me patiently. -- acts 26:3 +. +My manner of life from my youth, which was at the first among my own nation at Jerusalem, know all the Jews; -- acts 26:4 +. +Which knew me from the beginning, if they would testify, that after the most strait sect of our religion I lived a Pharisee. -- acts 26:5 +. +And now I stand and am judged for the hope of the promise made of God, to our fathers: -- acts 26:6 +. +To which promise our twelve tribes, instantly serving God day and night, hope to come. For which hope' sake, king Agrippa, I am accused of the Jews. -- acts 26:7 +. +Why should it be thought a thing incredible with you, that God should raise the dead? -- acts 26:8 +. +I truly thought with myself, that I ought to do many things contrary to the name of Jesus of Nazareth. -- acts 26:9 +. +Which thing I also did in Jerusalem: and many of the saints did I shut up in prison, having received authority from the chief priests; and when they were put to death, I gave my voice against them. -- acts 26:10 +. +And I punished them oft in every synagogue, and compelled them to blaspheme; and being exceedingly mad against them, I persecuted them even to strange cities. -- acts 26:11 +. +Whereupon as I went to Damascus with authority and commission from the chief priests, -- acts 26:12 +. +At midday, O king, I saw in the way a light from heaven, above the brightness of the sun, shining round about me and them which journeyed with me. -- acts 26:13 +. +And when we were all fallen to the earth, I heard a voice speaking to me, and saying in the Hebrew tongue, Saul, Saul, why persecute you me? it is hard for you to kick against the pricks. -- acts 26:14 +. +And I said, Who are you, Lord? And he said, I am Jesus whom you persecute. -- acts 26:15 +. +But rise, and stand on your feet: for I have appeared to you for this purpose, to make you a minister and a witness both of these things which you have seen, and of those things in the which I will appear to you; -- acts 26:16 +. +Delivering you from the people, and from the Gentiles, to whom now I send you, -- acts 26:17 +. +To open their eyes, and to turn them from darkness to light, and from the power of Satan to God, that they may receive forgiveness of sins, and inheritance among them which are sanctified by faith that is in me. -- acts 26:18 +. +Whereupon, O king Agrippa, I was not disobedient to the heavenly vision: -- acts 26:19 +. +But showed first to them of Damascus, and at Jerusalem, and throughout all the coasts of Judaea, and then to the Gentiles, that they should repent and turn to God, and do works meet for repentance. -- acts 26:20 +. +For these causes the Jews caught me in the temple, and went about to kill me. -- acts 26:21 +. +Having therefore obtained help of God, I continue to this day, witnessing both to small and great, saying none other things than those which the prophets and Moses did say should come: -- acts 26:22 +. +That Christ should suffer, and that he should be the first that should rise from the dead, and should show light to the people, and to the Gentiles. -- acts 26:23 +. +And as he thus spoke for himself, Festus said with a loud voice, Paul, you are beside yourself; much learning does make you mad. -- acts 26:24 +. +But he said, I am not mad, most noble Festus; but speak forth the words of truth and soberness. -- acts 26:25 +. +For the king knows of these things, before whom also I speak freely: for I am persuaded that none of these things are hidden from him; for this thing was not done in a corner. -- acts 26:26 +. +King Agrippa, believe you the prophets? I know that you believe. -- acts 26:27 +. +Then Agrippa said to Paul, Almost you persuade me to be a Christian. -- acts 26:28 +. +And Paul said, I would to God, that not only you, but also all that hear me this day, were both almost, and altogether such as I am, except these bonds. -- acts 26:29 +. +And when he had thus spoken, the king rose up, and the governor, and Bernice, and they that sat with them: -- acts 26:30 +. +And when they were gone aside, they talked between themselves, saying, This man does nothing worthy of death or of bonds. -- acts 26:31 +. +Then said Agrippa to Festus, This man might have been set at liberty, if he had not appealed to Caesar. -- acts 26:32 +. +And when it was determined that we should sail into Italy, they delivered Paul and certain other prisoners to one named Julius, a centurion of Augustus'band. -- acts 27:1 +. +And entering into a ship of Adramyttium, we launched, meaning to sail by the coasts of Asia; one Aristarchus, a Macedonian of Thessalonica, being with us. -- acts 27:2 +. +And the next day we touched at Sidon. And Julius courteously entreated Paul, and gave him liberty to go to his friends to refresh himself. -- acts 27:3 +. +And when we had launched from there, we sailed under Cyprus, because the winds were contrary. -- acts 27:4 +. +And when we had sailed over the sea of Cilicia and Pamphylia, we came to Myra, a city of Lycia. -- acts 27:5 +. +And there the centurion found a ship of Alexandria sailing into Italy; and he put us therein. -- acts 27:6 +. +And when we had sailed slowly many days, and scarce were come over against Cnidus, the wind not suffering us, we sailed under Crete, over against Salmone; -- acts 27:7 +. +And, hardly passing it, came to a place which is called The fair havens; near whereunto was the city of Lasea. -- acts 27:8 +. +Now when much time was spent, and when sailing was now dangerous, because the fast was now already past, Paul admonished them, -- acts 27:9 +. +And said to them, Sirs, I perceive that this voyage will be with hurt and much damage, not only of the lading and ship, but also of our lives. -- acts 27:10 +. +Nevertheless the centurion believed the master and the owner of the ship, more than those things which were spoken by Paul. -- acts 27:11 +. +And because the haven was not commodious to winter in, the more part advised to depart there also, if by any means they might attain to Phenice, and there to winter; which is an haven of Crete, and lies toward the south west and north west. -- acts 27:12 +. +And when the south wind blew softly, supposing that they had obtained their purpose, loosing there, they sailed close by Crete. -- acts 27:13 +. +But not long after there arose against it a tempestuous wind, called Euroclydon. -- acts 27:14 +. +And when the ship was caught, and could not bear up into the wind, we let her drive. -- acts 27:15 +. +And running under a certain island which is called Clauda, we had much work to come by the boat: -- acts 27:16 +. +Which when they had taken up, they used helps, under girding the ship; and, fearing lest they should fall into the quicksands, struck sail, and so were driven. -- acts 27:17 +. +And we being exceedingly tossed with a tempest, the next day they lightened the ship; -- acts 27:18 +. +And the third day we cast out with our own hands the tackling of the ship. -- acts 27:19 +. +And when neither sun nor stars in many days appeared, and no small tempest lay on us, all hope that we should be saved was then taken away. -- acts 27:20 +. +But after long abstinence Paul stood forth in the middle of them, and said, Sirs, you should have listened to me, and not have loosed from Crete, and to have gained this harm and loss. -- acts 27:21 +. +And now I exhort you to be of good cheer: for there shall be no loss of any man' life among you, but of the ship. -- acts 27:22 +. +For there stood by me this night the angel of God, whose I am, and whom I serve, -- acts 27:23 +. +Saying, Fear not, Paul; you must be brought before Caesar: and, see, God has given you all them that sail with you. -- acts 27:24 +. +Why, sirs, be of good cheer: for I believe God, that it shall be even as it was told me. -- acts 27:25 +. +However, we must be cast on a certain island. -- acts 27:26 +. +But when the fourteenth night was come, as we were driven up and down in Adria, about midnight the shipmen deemed that they drew near to some country; -- acts 27:27 +. +And sounded, and found it twenty fathoms: and when they had gone a little further, they sounded again, and found it fifteen fathoms. -- acts 27:28 +. +Then fearing lest we should have fallen on rocks, they cast four anchors out of the stern, and wished for the day. -- acts 27:29 +. +And as the shipmen were about to flee out of the ship, when they had let down the boat into the sea, under color as though they would have cast anchors out of the bow, -- acts 27:30 +. +Paul said to the centurion and to the soldiers, Except these abide in the ship, you cannot be saved. -- acts 27:31 +. +Then the soldiers cut off the ropes of the boat, and let her fall off. -- acts 27:32 +. +And while the day was coming on, Paul sought them all to take meat, saying, This day is the fourteenth day that you have tarried and continued fasting, having taken nothing. -- acts 27:33 +. +Why I pray you to take some meat: for this is for your health: for there shall not an hair fall from the head of any of you. -- acts 27:34 +. +And when he had thus spoken, he took bread, and gave thanks to God in presence of them all: and when he had broken it, he began to eat. -- acts 27:35 +. +Then were they all of good cheer, and they also took some meat. -- acts 27:36 +. +And we were in all in the ship two hundred three score and sixteen souls. -- acts 27:37 +. +And when they had eaten enough, they lightened the ship, and cast out the wheat into the sea. -- acts 27:38 +. +And when it was day, they knew not the land: but they discovered a certain creek with a shore, into the which they were minded, if it were possible, to thrust in the ship. -- acts 27:39 +. +And when they had taken up the anchors, they committed themselves to the sea, and loosed the rudder bands, and hoisted up the mainsail to the wind, and made toward shore. -- acts 27:40 +. +And falling into a place where two seas met, they ran the ship aground; and the forepart stuck fast, and remained unmovable, but the hinder part was broken with the violence of the waves. -- acts 27:41 +. +And the soldiers'counsel was to kill the prisoners, lest any of them should swim out, and escape. -- acts 27:42 +. +But the centurion, willing to save Paul, kept them from their purpose; and commanded that they which could swim should cast themselves first into the sea, and get to land: -- acts 27:43 +. +And the rest, some on boards, and some on broken pieces of the ship. And so it came to pass, that they escaped all safe to land. -- acts 27:44 +. +And when they were escaped, then they knew that the island was called Melita. -- acts 28:1 +. +And the barbarous people showed us no little kindness: for they kindled a fire, and received us every one, because of the present rain, and because of the cold. -- acts 28:2 +. +And when Paul had gathered a bundle of sticks, and laid them on the fire, there came a viper out of the heat, and fastened on his hand. -- acts 28:3 +. +And when the barbarians saw the venomous beast hang on his hand, they said among themselves, No doubt this man is a murderer, whom, though he has escaped the sea, yet vengeance suffers not to live. -- acts 28:4 +. +And he shook off the beast into the fire, and felt no harm. -- acts 28:5 +. +However, they looked when he should have swollen, or fallen down dead suddenly: but after they had looked a great while, and saw no harm come to him, they changed their minds, and said that he was a god. -- acts 28:6 +. +In the same quarters were possessions of the chief man of the island, whose name was Publius; who received us, and lodged us three days courteously. -- acts 28:7 +. +And it came to pass, that the father of Publius lay sick of a fever and of a bloody flux: to whom Paul entered in, and prayed, and laid his hands on him, and healed him. -- acts 28:8 +. +So when this was done, others also, which had diseases in the island, came, and were healed: -- acts 28:9 +. +Who also honored us with many honors; and when we departed, they laded us with such things as were necessary. -- acts 28:10 +. +And after three months we departed in a ship of Alexandria, which had wintered in the isle, whose sign was Castor and Pollux. -- acts 28:11 +. +And landing at Syracuse, we tarried there three days. -- acts 28:12 +. +And from there we fetched a compass, and came to Rhegium: and after one day the south wind blew, and we came the next day to Puteoli: -- acts 28:13 +. +Where we found brothers, and were desired to tarry with them seven days: and so we went toward Rome. -- acts 28:14 +. +And from there, when the brothers heard of us, they came to meet us as far as Appii forum, and The three taverns: whom when Paul saw, he thanked God, and took courage. -- acts 28:15 +. +And when we came to Rome, the centurion delivered the prisoners to the captain of the guard: but Paul was suffered to dwell by himself with a soldier that kept him. -- acts 28:16 +. +And it came to pass, that after three days Paul called the chief of the Jews together: and when they were come together, he said to them, Men and brothers, though I have committed nothing against the people, or customs of our fathers, yet was I delivered prisoner from Jerusalem into the hands of the Romans. -- acts 28:17 +. +Who, when they had examined me, would have let me go, because there was no cause of death in me. -- acts 28:18 +. +But when the Jews spoke against it, I was constrained to appeal to Caesar; not that I had ought to accuse my nation of. -- acts 28:19 +. +For this cause therefore have I called for you, to see you, and to speak with you: because that for the hope of Israel I am bound with this chain. -- acts 28:20 +. +And they said to him, We neither received letters out of Judaea concerning you, neither any of the brothers that came showed or spoke any harm of you. -- acts 28:21 +. +But we desire to hear of you what you think: for as concerning this sect, we know that every where it is spoken against. -- acts 28:22 +. +And when they had appointed him a day, there came many to him into his lodging; to whom he expounded and testified the kingdom of God, persuading them concerning Jesus, both out of the law of Moses, and out of the prophets, from morning till evening. -- acts 28:23 +. +And some believed the things which were spoken, and some believed not. -- acts 28:24 +. +And when they agreed not among themselves, they departed, after that Paul had spoken one word, Well spoke the Holy Ghost by Esaias the prophet to our fathers, -- acts 28:25 +. +Saying, Go to this people, and say, Hearing you shall hear, and shall not understand; and seeing you shall see, and not perceive: -- acts 28:26 +. +For the heart of this people is waxed gross, and their ears are dull of hearing, and their eyes have they closed; lest they should see with their eyes, and hear with their ears, and understand with their heart, and should be converted, and I should heal them. -- acts 28:27 +. +Be it known therefore to you, that the salvation of God is sent to the Gentiles, and that they will hear it. -- acts 28:28 +. +And when he had said these words, the Jews departed, and had great reasoning among themselves. -- acts 28:29 +. +And Paul dwelled two whole years in his own hired house, and received all that came in to him, -- acts 28:30 +. +Preaching the kingdom of God, and teaching those things which concern the Lord Jesus Christ, with all confidence, no man forbidding him. -- acts 28:31 +. +Paul, a servant of Jesus Christ, called to be an apostle, separated to the gospel of God, -- romans 1:1 +. +(Which he had promised before by his prophets in the holy scriptures,) -- romans 1:2 +. +Concerning his Son Jesus Christ our Lord, which was made of the seed of David according to the flesh; -- romans 1:3 +. +And declared to be the Son of God with power, according to the spirit of holiness, by the resurrection from the dead: -- romans 1:4 +. +By whom we have received grace and apostleship, for obedience to the faith among all nations, for his name: -- romans 1:5 +. +Among whom are you also the called of Jesus Christ: -- romans 1:6 +. +To all that be in Rome, beloved of God, called to be saints: Grace to you and peace from God our Father, and the Lord Jesus Christ. -- romans 1:7 +. +First, I thank my God through Jesus Christ for you all, that your faith is spoken of throughout the whole world. -- romans 1:8 +. +For God is my witness, whom I serve with my spirit in the gospel of his Son, that without ceasing I make mention of you always in my prayers; -- romans 1:9 +. +Making request, if by any means now at length I might have a prosperous journey by the will of God to come to you. -- romans 1:10 +. +For I long to see you, that I may impart to you some spiritual gift, to the end you may be established; -- romans 1:11 +. +That is, that I may be comforted together with you by the mutual faith both of you and me. -- romans 1:12 +. +Now I would not have you ignorant, brothers, that oftentimes I purposed to come to you, (but was let till now,) that I might have some fruit among you also, even as among other Gentiles. -- romans 1:13 +. +I am debtor both to the Greeks, and to the Barbarians; both to the wise, and to the unwise. -- romans 1:14 +. +So, as much as in me is, I am ready to preach the gospel to you that are at Rome also. -- romans 1:15 +. +For I am not ashamed of the gospel of Christ: for it is the power of God to salvation to every one that believes; to the Jew first, and also to the Greek. -- romans 1:16 +. +For therein is the righteousness of God revealed from faith to faith: as it is written, The just shall live by faith. -- romans 1:17 +. +For the wrath of God is revealed from heaven against all ungodliness and unrighteousness of men, who hold the truth in unrighteousness; -- romans 1:18 +. +Because that which may be known of God is manifest in them; for God has showed it to them. -- romans 1:19 +. +For the invisible things of him from the creation of the world are clearly seen, being understood by the things that are made, even his eternal power and Godhead; so that they are without excuse: -- romans 1:20 +. +Because that, when they knew God, they glorified him not as God, neither were thankful; but became vain in their imaginations, and their foolish heart was darkened. -- romans 1:21 +. +Professing themselves to be wise, they became fools, -- romans 1:22 +. +And changed the glory of the incorruptible God into an image made like to corruptible man, and to birds, and four footed beasts, and creeping things. -- romans 1:23 +. +Why God also gave them up to uncleanness through the lusts of their own hearts, to dishonor their own bodies between themselves: -- romans 1:24 +. +Who changed the truth of God into a lie, and worshipped and served the creature more than the Creator, who is blessed for ever. Amen. -- romans 1:25 +. +For this cause God gave them up to vile affections: for even their women did change the natural use into that which is against nature: -- romans 1:26 +. +And likewise also the men, leaving the natural use of the woman, burned in their lust one toward another; men with men working that which is unseemly, and receiving in themselves that recompense of their error which was meet. -- romans 1:27 +. +And even as they did not like to retain God in their knowledge, God gave them over to a reprobate mind, to do those things which are not convenient; -- romans 1:28 +. +Being filled with all unrighteousness, fornication, wickedness, covetousness, maliciousness; full of envy, murder, debate, deceit, malignity; whisperers, -- romans 1:29 +. +Backbiters, haters of God, despiteful, proud, boasters, inventors of evil things, disobedient to parents, -- romans 1:30 +. +Without understanding, covenant breakers, without natural affection, implacable, unmerciful: -- romans 1:31 +. +Who knowing the judgment of God, that they which commit such things are worthy of death, not only do the same, but have pleasure in them that do them. -- romans 1:32 +. +Therefore you are inexcusable, O man, whoever you are that judge: for wherein you judge another, you condemn yourself; for you that judge do the same things. -- romans 2:1 +. +But we are sure that the judgment of God is according to truth against them which commit such things. -- romans 2:2 +. +And think you this, O man, that judge them which do such things, and do the same, that you shall escape the judgment of God? -- romans 2:3 +. +Or despise you the riches of his goodness and forbearance and long-suffering; not knowing that the goodness of God leads you to repentance? -- romans 2:4 +. +But after your hardness and impenitent heart treasure up to yourself wrath against the day of wrath and revelation of the righteous judgment of God; -- romans 2:5 +. +Who will render to every man according to his deeds: -- romans 2:6 +. +To them who by patient continuance in well doing seek for glory and honor and immortality, eternal life: -- romans 2:7 +. +But to them that are contentious, and do not obey the truth, but obey unrighteousness, indignation and wrath, -- romans 2:8 +. +Tribulation and anguish, on every soul of man that does evil, of the Jew first, and also of the Gentile; -- romans 2:9 +. +But glory, honor, and peace, to every man that works good, to the Jew first, and also to the Gentile: -- romans 2:10 +. +For there is no respect of persons with God. -- romans 2:11 +. +For as many as have sinned without law shall also perish without law: and as many as have sinned in the law shall be judged by the law; -- romans 2:12 +. +(For not the hearers of the law are just before God, but the doers of the law shall be justified. -- romans 2:13 +. +For when the Gentiles, which have not the law, do by nature the things contained in the law, these, having not the law, are a law to themselves: -- romans 2:14 +. +Which show the work of the law written in their hearts, their conscience also bearing witness, and their thoughts the mean while accusing or else excusing one another;) -- romans 2:15 +. +In the day when God shall judge the secrets of men by Jesus Christ according to my gospel. -- romans 2:16 +. +Behold, you are called a Jew, and rest in the law, and make your boast of God, -- romans 2:17 +. +And know his will, and approve the things that are more excellent, being instructed out of the law; -- romans 2:18 +. +And are confident that you yourself are a guide of the blind, a light of them which are in darkness, -- romans 2:19 +. +An instructor of the foolish, a teacher of babes, which have the form of knowledge and of the truth in the law. -- romans 2:20 +. +You therefore which teach another, teach you not yourself? you that preach a man should not steal, do you steal? -- romans 2:21 +. +You that say a man should not commit adultery, do you commit adultery? you that abhor idols, do you commit sacrilege? -- romans 2:22 +. +You that make your boast of the law, through breaking the law dishonor you God? -- romans 2:23 +. +For the name of God is blasphemed among the Gentiles through you, as it is written. -- romans 2:24 +. +For circumcision truly profits, if you keep the law: but if you be a breaker of the law, your circumcision is made uncircumcision. -- romans 2:25 +. +Therefore if the uncircumcision keep the righteousness of the law, shall not his uncircumcision be counted for circumcision? -- romans 2:26 +. +And shall not uncircumcision which is by nature, if it fulfill the law, judge you, who by the letter and circumcision do transgress the law? -- romans 2:27 +. +For he is not a Jew, which is one outwardly; neither is that circumcision, which is outward in the flesh: -- romans 2:28 +. +But he is a Jew, which is one inwardly; and circumcision is that of the heart, in the spirit, and not in the letter; whose praise is not of men, but of God. -- romans 2:29 +. +What advantage then has the Jew? or what profit is there of circumcision? -- romans 3:1 +. +Much every way: chiefly, because that to them were committed the oracles of God. -- romans 3:2 +. +For what if some did not believe? shall their unbelief make the faith of God without effect? -- romans 3:3 +. +God forbid: yes, let God be true, but every man a liar; as it is written, That you might be justified in your sayings, and might overcome when you are judged. -- romans 3:4 +. +But if our unrighteousness commend the righteousness of God, what shall we say? Is God unrighteous who takes vengeance? (I speak as a man) -- romans 3:5 +. +God forbid: for then how shall God judge the world? -- romans 3:6 +. +For if the truth of God has more abounded through my lie to his glory; why yet am I also judged as a sinner? -- romans 3:7 +. +And not rather, (as we be slanderously reported, and as some affirm that we say,) Let us do evil, that good may come? whose damnation is just. -- romans 3:8 +. +What then? are we better than they? No, in no wise: for we have before proved both Jews and Gentiles, that they are all under sin; -- romans 3:9 +. +As it is written, There is none righteous, no, not one: -- romans 3:10 +. +There is none that understands, there is none that seeks after God. -- romans 3:11 +. +They are all gone out of the way, they are together become unprofitable; there is none that does good, no, not one. -- romans 3:12 +. +Their throat is an open sepulcher; with their tongues they have used deceit; the poison of asps is under their lips: -- romans 3:13 +. +Whose mouth is full of cursing and bitterness: -- romans 3:14 +. +Their feet are swift to shed blood: -- romans 3:15 +. +Destruction and misery are in their ways: -- romans 3:16 +. +And the way of peace have they not known: -- romans 3:17 +. +There is no fear of God before their eyes. -- romans 3:18 +. +Now we know that what things soever the law said, it said to them who are under the law: that every mouth may be stopped, and all the world may become guilty before God. -- romans 3:19 +. +Therefore by the deeds of the law there shall no flesh be justified in his sight: for by the law is the knowledge of sin. -- romans 3:20 +. +But now the righteousness of God without the law is manifested, being witnessed by the law and the prophets; -- romans 3:21 +. +Even the righteousness of God which is by faith of Jesus Christ to all and on all them that believe: for there is no difference: -- romans 3:22 +. +For all have sinned, and come short of the glory of God; -- romans 3:23 +. +Being justified freely by his grace through the redemption that is in Christ Jesus: -- romans 3:24 +. +Whom God has set forth to be a propitiation through faith in his blood, to declare his righteousness for the remission of sins that are past, through the forbearance of God; -- romans 3:25 +. +To declare, I say, at this time his righteousness: that he might be just, and the justifier of him which believes in Jesus. -- romans 3:26 +. +Where is boasting then? It is excluded. By what law? of works? No: but by the law of faith. -- romans 3:27 +. +Therefore we conclude that a man is justified by faith without the deeds of the law. -- romans 3:28 +. +Is he the God of the Jews only? is he not also of the Gentiles? Yes, of the Gentiles also: -- romans 3:29 +. +Seeing it is one God, which shall justify the circumcision by faith, and uncircumcision through faith. -- romans 3:30 +. +Do we then make void the law through faith? God forbid: yes, we establish the law. -- romans 3:31 +. +What shall we say then that Abraham our father, as pertaining to the flesh, has found? -- romans 4:1 +. +For if Abraham were justified by works, he has whereof to glory; but not before God. -- romans 4:2 +. +For what said the scripture? Abraham believed God, and it was counted to him for righteousness. -- romans 4:3 +. +Now to him that works is the reward not reckoned of grace, but of debt. -- romans 4:4 +. +But to him that works not, but believes on him that justifies the ungodly, his faith is counted for righteousness. -- romans 4:5 +. +Even as David also describes the blessedness of the man, to whom God imputes righteousness without works, -- romans 4:6 +. +Saying, Blessed are they whose iniquities are forgiven, and whose sins are covered. -- romans 4:7 +. +Blessed is the man to whom the Lord will not impute sin. -- romans 4:8 +. +Comes this blessedness then on the circumcision only, or on the uncircumcision also? for we say that faith was reckoned to Abraham for righteousness. -- romans 4:9 +. +How was it then reckoned? when he was in circumcision, or in uncircumcision? Not in circumcision, but in uncircumcision. -- romans 4:10 +. +And he received the sign of circumcision, a seal of the righteousness of the faith which he had yet being uncircumcised: that he might be the father of all them that believe, though they be not circumcised; that righteousness might be imputed to them also: -- romans 4:11 +. +And the father of circumcision to them who are not of the circumcision only, but who also walk in the steps of that faith of our father Abraham, which he had being yet uncircumcised. -- romans 4:12 +. +For the promise, that he should be the heir of the world, was not to Abraham, or to his seed, through the law, but through the righteousness of faith. -- romans 4:13 +. +For if they which are of the law be heirs, faith is made void, and the promise made of none effect: -- romans 4:14 +. +Because the law works wrath: for where no law is, there is no transgression. -- romans 4:15 +. +Therefore it is of faith, that it might be by grace; to the end the promise might be sure to all the seed; not to that only which is of the law, but to that also which is of the faith of Abraham; who is the father of us all, -- romans 4:16 +. +(As it is written, I have made you a father of many nations,) before him whom he believed, even God, who vivifies the dead, and calls those things which be not as though they were. -- romans 4:17 +. +Who against hope believed in hope, that he might become the father of many nations, according to that which was spoken, So shall your seed be. -- romans 4:18 +. +And being not weak in faith, he considered not his own body now dead, when he was about an hundred years old, neither yet the deadness of Sarah' womb: -- romans 4:19 +. +He staggered not at the promise of God through unbelief; but was strong in faith, giving glory to God; -- romans 4:20 +. +And being fully persuaded that, what he had promised, he was able also to perform. -- romans 4:21 +. +And therefore it was imputed to him for righteousness. -- romans 4:22 +. +Now it was not written for his sake alone, that it was imputed to him; -- romans 4:23 +. +But for us also, to whom it shall be imputed, if we believe on him that raised up Jesus our Lord from the dead; -- romans 4:24 +. +Who was delivered for our offenses, and was raised again for our justification. -- romans 4:25 +. +Therefore being justified by faith, we have peace with God through our Lord Jesus Christ: -- romans 5:1 +. +By whom also we have access by faith into this grace wherein we stand, and rejoice in hope of the glory of God. -- romans 5:2 +. +And not only so, but we glory in tribulations also: knowing that tribulation works patience; -- romans 5:3 +. +And patience, experience; and experience, hope: -- romans 5:4 +. +And hope makes not ashamed; because the love of God is shed abroad in our hearts by the Holy Ghost which is given to us. -- romans 5:5 +. +For when we were yet without strength, in due time Christ died for the ungodly. -- romans 5:6 +. +For scarcely for a righteous man will one die: yet peradventure for a good man some would even dare to die. -- romans 5:7 +. +But God commends his love toward us, in that, while we were yet sinners, Christ died for us. -- romans 5:8 +. +Much more then, being now justified by his blood, we shall be saved from wrath through him. -- romans 5:9 +. +For if, when we were enemies, we were reconciled to God by the death of his Son, much more, being reconciled, we shall be saved by his life. -- romans 5:10 +. +And not only so, but we also joy in God through our Lord Jesus Christ, by whom we have now received the atonement. -- romans 5:11 +. +Why, as by one man sin entered into the world, and death by sin; and so death passed on all men, for that all have sinned: -- romans 5:12 +. +(For until the law sin was in the world: but sin is not imputed when there is no law. -- romans 5:13 +. +Nevertheless death reigned from Adam to Moses, even over them that had not sinned after the similitude of Adam' transgression, who is the figure of him that was to come. -- romans 5:14 +. +But not as the offense, so also is the free gift. For if through the offense of one many be dead, much more the grace of God, and the gift by grace, which is by one man, Jesus Christ, has abounded to many. -- romans 5:15 +. +And not as it was by one that sinned, so is the gift: for the judgment was by one to condemnation, but the free gift is of many offenses to justification. -- romans 5:16 +. +For if by one man' offense death reigned by one; much more they which receive abundance of grace and of the gift of righteousness shall reign in life by one, Jesus Christ.) -- romans 5:17 +. +Therefore as by the offense of one judgment came on all men to condemnation; even so by the righteousness of one the free gift came on all men to justification of life. -- romans 5:18 +. +For as by one man' disobedience many were made sinners, so by the obedience of one shall many be made righteous. -- romans 5:19 +. +Moreover the law entered, that the offense might abound. But where sin abounded, grace did much more abound: -- romans 5:20 +. +That as sin has reigned to death, even so might grace reign through righteousness to eternal life by Jesus Christ our Lord. -- romans 5:21 +. +What shall we say then? Shall we continue in sin, that grace may abound? -- romans 6:1 +. +God forbid. How shall we, that are dead to sin, live any longer therein? -- romans 6:2 +. +Know you not, that so many of us as were baptized into Jesus Christ were baptized into his death? -- romans 6:3 +. +Therefore we are buried with him by baptism into death: that like as Christ was raised up from the dead by the glory of the Father, even so we also should walk in newness of life. -- romans 6:4 +. +For if we have been planted together in the likeness of his death, we shall be also in the likeness of his resurrection: -- romans 6:5 +. +Knowing this, that our old man is crucified with him, that the body of sin might be destroyed, that from now on we should not serve sin. -- romans 6:6 +. +For he that is dead is freed from sin. -- romans 6:7 +. +Now if we be dead with Christ, we believe that we shall also live with him: -- romans 6:8 +. +Knowing that Christ being raised from the dead dies no more; death has no more dominion over him. -- romans 6:9 +. +For in that he died, he died to sin once: but in that he lives, he lives to God. -- romans 6:10 +. +Likewise reckon you also yourselves to be dead indeed to sin, but alive to God through Jesus Christ our Lord. -- romans 6:11 +. +Let not sin therefore reign in your mortal body, that you should obey it in the lusts thereof. -- romans 6:12 +. +Neither yield you your members as instruments of unrighteousness to sin: but yield yourselves to God, as those that are alive from the dead, and your members as instruments of righteousness to God. -- romans 6:13 +. +For sin shall not have dominion over you: for you are not under the law, but under grace. -- romans 6:14 +. +What then? shall we sin, because we are not under the law, but under grace? God forbid. -- romans 6:15 +. +Know you not, that to whom you yield yourselves servants to obey, his servants you are to whom you obey; whether of sin to death, or of obedience to righteousness? -- romans 6:16 +. +But God be thanked, that you were the servants of sin, but you have obeyed from the heart that form of doctrine which was delivered you. -- romans 6:17 +. +Being then made free from sin, you became the servants of righteousness. -- romans 6:18 +. +I speak after the manner of men because of the infirmity of your flesh: for as you have yielded your members servants to uncleanness and to iniquity to iniquity; even so now yield your members servants to righteousness to holiness. -- romans 6:19 +. +For when you were the servants of sin, you were free from righteousness. -- romans 6:20 +. +What fruit had you then in those things whereof you are now ashamed? for the end of those things is death. -- romans 6:21 +. +But now being made free from sin, and become servants to God, you have your fruit to holiness, and the end everlasting life. -- romans 6:22 +. +For the wages of sin is death; but the gift of God is eternal life through Jesus Christ our Lord. -- romans 6:23 +. +Know you not, brothers, (for I speak to them that know the law,) how that the law has dominion over a man as long as he lives? -- romans 7:1 +. +For the woman which has an husband is bound by the law to her husband so long as he lives; but if the husband be dead, she is loosed from the law of her husband. -- romans 7:2 +. +So then if, while her husband lives, she be married to another man, she shall be called an adulteress: but if her husband be dead, she is free from that law; so that she is no adulteress, though she be married to another man. -- romans 7:3 +. +Why, my brothers, you also are become dead to the law by the body of Christ; that you should be married to another, even to him who is raised from the dead, that we should bring forth fruit to God. -- romans 7:4 +. +For when we were in the flesh, the motions of sins, which were by the law, did work in our members to bring forth fruit to death. -- romans 7:5 +. +But now we are delivered from the law, that being dead wherein we were held; that we should serve in newness of spirit, and not in the oldness of the letter. -- romans 7:6 +. +What shall we say then? Is the law sin? God forbid. No, I had not known sin, but by the law: for I had not known lust, except the law had said, You shall not covet. -- romans 7:7 +. +But sin, taking occasion by the commandment, worked in me all manner of concupiscence. For without the law sin was dead. -- romans 7:8 +. +For I was alive without the law once: but when the commandment came, sin revived, and I died. -- romans 7:9 +. +And the commandment, which was ordained to life, I found to be to death. -- romans 7:10 +. +For sin, taking occasion by the commandment, deceived me, and by it slew me. -- romans 7:11 +. +Why the law is holy, and the commandment holy, and just, and good. -- romans 7:12 +. +Was then that which is good made death to me? God forbid. But sin, that it might appear sin, working death in me by that which is good; that sin by the commandment might become exceeding sinful. -- romans 7:13 +. +For we know that the law is spiritual: but I am carnal, sold under sin. -- romans 7:14 +. +For that which I do I allow not: for what I would, that do I not; but what I hate, that do I. -- romans 7:15 +. +If then I do that which I would not, I consent to the law that it is good. -- romans 7:16 +. +Now then it is no more I that do it, but sin that dwells in me. -- romans 7:17 +. +For I know that in me (that is, in my flesh,) dwells no good thing: for to will is present with me; but how to perform that which is good I find not. -- romans 7:18 +. +For the good that I would I do not: but the evil which I would not, that I do. -- romans 7:19 +. +Now if I do that I would not, it is no more I that do it, but sin that dwells in me. -- romans 7:20 +. +I find then a law, that, when I would do good, evil is present with me. -- romans 7:21 +. +For I delight in the law of God after the inward man: -- romans 7:22 +. +But I see another law in my members, warring against the law of my mind, and bringing me into captivity to the law of sin which is in my members. -- romans 7:23 +. +O wretched man that I am! who shall deliver me from the body of this death? -- romans 7:24 +. +I thank God through Jesus Christ our Lord. So then with the mind I myself serve the law of God; but with the flesh the law of sin. -- romans 7:25 +. +There is therefore now no condemnation to them which are in Christ Jesus, who walk not after the flesh, but after the Spirit. -- romans 8:1 +. +For the law of the Spirit of life in Christ Jesus has made me free from the law of sin and death. -- romans 8:2 +. +For what the law could not do, in that it was weak through the flesh, God sending his own Son in the likeness of sinful flesh, and for sin, condemned sin in the flesh: -- romans 8:3 +. +That the righteousness of the law might be fulfilled in us, who walk not after the flesh, but after the Spirit. -- romans 8:4 +. +For they that are after the flesh do mind the things of the flesh; but they that are after the Spirit the things of the Spirit. -- romans 8:5 +. +For to be carnally minded is death; but to be spiritually minded is life and peace. -- romans 8:6 +. +Because the carnal mind is enmity against God: for it is not subject to the law of God, neither indeed can be. -- romans 8:7 +. +So then they that are in the flesh cannot please God. -- romans 8:8 +. +But you are not in the flesh, but in the Spirit, if so be that the Spirit of God dwell in you. Now if any man have not the Spirit of Christ, he is none of his. -- romans 8:9 +. +And if Christ be in you, the body is dead because of sin; but the Spirit is life because of righteousness. -- romans 8:10 +. +But if the Spirit of him that raised up Jesus from the dead dwell in you, he that raised up Christ from the dead shall also quicken your mortal bodies by his Spirit that dwells in you. -- romans 8:11 +. +Therefore, brothers, we are debtors, not to the flesh, to live after the flesh. -- romans 8:12 +. +For if you live after the flesh, you shall die: but if you through the Spirit do mortify the deeds of the body, you shall live. -- romans 8:13 +. +For as many as are led by the Spirit of God, they are the sons of God. -- romans 8:14 +. +For you have not received the spirit of bondage again to fear; but you have received the Spirit of adoption, whereby we cry, Abba, Father. -- romans 8:15 +. +The Spirit itself bears witness with our spirit, that we are the children of God: -- romans 8:16 +. +And if children, then heirs; heirs of God, and joint-heirs with Christ; if so be that we suffer with him, that we may be also glorified together. -- romans 8:17 +. +For I reckon that the sufferings of this present time are not worthy to be compared with the glory which shall be revealed in us. -- romans 8:18 +. +For the earnest expectation of the creature waits for the manifestation of the sons of God. -- romans 8:19 +. +For the creature was made subject to vanity, not willingly, but by reason of him who has subjected the same in hope, -- romans 8:20 +. +Because the creature itself also shall be delivered from the bondage of corruption into the glorious liberty of the children of God. -- romans 8:21 +. +For we know that the whole creation groans and travails in pain together until now. -- romans 8:22 +. +And not only they, but ourselves also, which have the first fruits of the Spirit, even we ourselves groan within ourselves, waiting for the adoption, to wit, the redemption of our body. -- romans 8:23 +. +For we are saved by hope: but hope that is seen is not hope: for what a man sees, why does he yet hope for? -- romans 8:24 +. +But if we hope for that we see not, then do we with patience wait for it. -- romans 8:25 +. +Likewise the Spirit also helps our infirmities: for we know not what we should pray for as we ought: but the Spirit itself makes intercession for us with groanings which cannot be uttered. -- romans 8:26 +. +And he that searches the hearts knows what is the mind of the Spirit, because he makes intercession for the saints according to the will of God. -- romans 8:27 +. +And we know that all things work together for good to them that love God, to them who are the called according to his purpose. -- romans 8:28 +. +For whom he did foreknow, he also did predestinate to be conformed to the image of his Son, that he might be the firstborn among many brothers. -- romans 8:29 +. +Moreover whom he did predestinate, them he also called: and whom he called, them he also justified: and whom he justified, them he also glorified. -- romans 8:30 +. +What shall we then say to these things? If God be for us, who can be against us? -- romans 8:31 +. +He that spared not his own Son, but delivered him up for us all, how shall he not with him also freely give us all things? -- romans 8:32 +. +Who shall lay any thing to the charge of God' elect? It is God that justifies. -- romans 8:33 +. +Who is he that comdemns? It is Christ that died, yes rather, that is risen again, who is even at the right hand of God, who also makes intercession for us. -- romans 8:34 +. +Who shall separate us from the love of Christ? shall tribulation, or distress, or persecution, or famine, or nakedness, or peril, or sword? -- romans 8:35 +. +As it is written, For your sake we are killed all the day long; we are accounted as sheep for the slaughter. -- romans 8:36 +. +No, in all these things we are more than conquerors through him that loved us. -- romans 8:37 +. +For I am persuaded, that neither death, nor life, nor angels, nor principalities, nor powers, nor things present, nor things to come, -- romans 8:38 +. +Nor height, nor depth, nor any other creature, shall be able to separate us from the love of God, which is in Christ Jesus our Lord. -- romans 8:39 +. +I say the truth in Christ, I lie not, my conscience also bearing me witness in the Holy Ghost, -- romans 9:1 +. +That I have great heaviness and continual sorrow in my heart. -- romans 9:2 +. +For I could wish that myself were accursed from Christ for my brothers, my kinsmen according to the flesh: -- romans 9:3 +. +Who are Israelites; to whom pertains the adoption, and the glory, and the covenants, and the giving of the law, and the service of God, and the promises; -- romans 9:4 +. +Whose are the fathers, and of whom as concerning the flesh Christ came, who is over all, God blessed for ever. Amen. -- romans 9:5 +. +Not as though the word of God has taken none effect. For they are not all Israel, which are of Israel: -- romans 9:6 +. +Neither, because they are the seed of Abraham, are they all children: but, In Isaac shall your seed be called. -- romans 9:7 +. +That is, They which are the children of the flesh, these are not the children of God: but the children of the promise are counted for the seed. -- romans 9:8 +. +For this is the word of promise, At this time will I come, and Sarah shall have a son. -- romans 9:9 +. +And not only this; but when Rebecca also had conceived by one, even by our father Isaac; -- romans 9:10 +. +(For the children being not yet born, neither having done any good or evil, that the purpose of God according to election might stand, not of works, but of him that calls;) -- romans 9:11 +. +It was said to her, The elder shall serve the younger. -- romans 9:12 +. +As it is written, Jacob have I loved, but Esau have I hated. -- romans 9:13 +. +What shall we say then? Is there unrighteousness with God? God forbid. -- romans 9:14 +. +For he said to Moses, I will have mercy on whom I will have mercy, and I will have compassion on whom I will have compassion. -- romans 9:15 +. +So then it is not of him that wills, nor of him that runs, but of God that shows mercy. -- romans 9:16 +. +For the scripture said to Pharaoh, Even for this same purpose have I raised you up, that I might show my power in you, and that my name might be declared throughout all the earth. -- romans 9:17 +. +Therefore has he mercy on whom he will have mercy, and whom he will he hardens. -- romans 9:18 +. +You will say then to me, Why does he yet find fault? For who has resisted his will? -- romans 9:19 +. +No but, O man, who are you that reply against God? Shall the thing formed say to him that formed it, Why have you made me thus? -- romans 9:20 +. +Has not the potter power over the clay, of the same lump to make one vessel to honor, and another to dishonor? -- romans 9:21 +. +What if God, willing to show his wrath, and to make his power known, endured with much long-suffering the vessels of wrath fitted to destruction: -- romans 9:22 +. +And that he might make known the riches of his glory on the vessels of mercy, which he had before prepared to glory, -- romans 9:23 +. +Even us, whom he has called, not of the Jews only, but also of the Gentiles? -- romans 9:24 +. +As he said also in Osee, I will call them my people, which were not my people; and her beloved, which was not beloved. -- romans 9:25 +. +And it shall come to pass, that in the place where it was said to them, You are not my people; there shall they be called the children of the living God. -- romans 9:26 +. +Esaias also cries concerning Israel, Though the number of the children of Israel be as the sand of the sea, a remnant shall be saved: -- romans 9:27 +. +For he will finish the work, and cut it short in righteousness: because a short work will the Lord make on the earth. -- romans 9:28 +. +And as Esaias said before, Except the Lord of Sabaoth had left us a seed, we had been as Sodoma, and been made like to Gomorrha. -- romans 9:29 +. +What shall we say then? That the Gentiles, which followed not after righteousness, have attained to righteousness, even the righteousness which is of faith. -- romans 9:30 +. +But Israel, which followed after the law of righteousness, has not attained to the law of righteousness. -- romans 9:31 +. +Why? Because they sought it not by faith, but as it were by the works of the law. For they stumbled at that stumbling stone; -- romans 9:32 +. +As it is written, Behold, I lay in Sion a stumbling stone and rock of offense: and whoever believes on him shall not be ashamed. -- romans 9:33 +. +Brothers, my heart' desire and prayer to God for Israel is, that they might be saved. -- romans 10:1 +. +For I bear them record that they have a zeal of God, but not according to knowledge. -- romans 10:2 +. +For they being ignorant of God' righteousness, and going about to establish their own righteousness, have not submitted themselves to the righteousness of God. -- romans 10:3 +. +For Christ is the end of the law for righteousness to every one that believes. -- romans 10:4 +. +For Moses describes the righteousness which is of the law, That the man which does those things shall live by them. -- romans 10:5 +. +But the righteousness which is of faith speaks on this wise, Say not in your heart, Who shall ascend into heaven? (that is, to bring Christ down from above:) -- romans 10:6 +. +Or, Who shall descend into the deep? (that is, to bring up Christ again from the dead.) -- romans 10:7 +. +But what said it? The word is near you, even in your mouth, and in your heart: that is, the word of faith, which we preach; -- romans 10:8 +. +That if you shall confess with your mouth the Lord Jesus, and shall believe in your heart that God has raised him from the dead, you shall be saved. -- romans 10:9 +. +For with the heart man believes to righteousness; and with the mouth confession is made to salvation. -- romans 10:10 +. +For the scripture said, Whoever believes on him shall not be ashamed. -- romans 10:11 +. +For there is no difference between the Jew and the Greek: for the same Lord over all is rich to all that call on him. -- romans 10:12 +. +For whoever shall call on the name of the Lord shall be saved. -- romans 10:13 +. +How then shall they call on him in whom they have not believed? and how shall they believe in him of whom they have not heard? and how shall they hear without a preacher? -- romans 10:14 +. +And how shall they preach, except they be sent? as it is written, How beautiful are the feet of them that preach the gospel of peace, and bring glad tidings of good things! -- romans 10:15 +. +But they have not all obeyed the gospel. For Esaias said, Lord, who has believed our report? -- romans 10:16 +. +So then faith comes by hearing, and hearing by the word of God. -- romans 10:17 +. +But I say, Have they not heard? Yes truly, their sound went into all the earth, and their words to the ends of the world. -- romans 10:18 +. +But I say, Did not Israel know? First Moses said, I will provoke you to jealousy by them that are no people, and by a foolish nation I will anger you. -- romans 10:19 +. +But Esaias is very bold, and said, I was found of them that sought me not; I was made manifest to them that asked not after me. -- romans 10:20 +. +But to Israel he said, All day long I have stretched forth my hands to a disobedient and gainsaying people. -- romans 10:21 +. +I say then, Has God cast away his people? God forbid. For I also am an Israelite, of the seed of Abraham, of the tribe of Benjamin. -- romans 11:1 +. +God has not cast away his people which he foreknew. Know you not what the scripture said of Elias? how he makes intercession to God against Israel saying, -- romans 11:2 +. +Lord, they have killed your prophets, and dig down your altars; and I am left alone, and they seek my life. -- romans 11:3 +. +But what said the answer of God to him? I have reserved to myself seven thousand men, who have not bowed the knee to the image of Baal. -- romans 11:4 +. +Even so then at this present time also there is a remnant according to the election of grace. -- romans 11:5 +. +And if by grace, then is it no more of works: otherwise grace is no more grace. But if it be of works, then it is no more grace: otherwise work is no more work. -- romans 11:6 +. +What then? Israel has not obtained that which he seeks for; but the election has obtained it, and the rest were blinded. -- romans 11:7 +. +(According as it is written, God has given them the spirit of slumber, eyes that they should not see, and ears that they should not hear;) to this day. -- romans 11:8 +. +And David said, Let their table be made a snare, and a trap, and a stumbling block, and a recompense to them: -- romans 11:9 +. +Let their eyes be darkened, that they may not see, and bow down their back always. -- romans 11:10 +. +I say then, Have they stumbled that they should fall? God forbid: but rather through their fall salvation is come to the Gentiles, for to provoke them to jealousy. -- romans 11:11 +. +Now if the fall of them be the riches of the world, and the diminishing of them the riches of the Gentiles; how much more their fullness? -- romans 11:12 +. +For I speak to you Gentiles, inasmuch as I am the apostle of the Gentiles, I magnify my office: -- romans 11:13 +. +If by any means I may provoke to emulation them which are my flesh, and might save some of them. -- romans 11:14 +. +For if the casting away of them be the reconciling of the world, what shall the receiving of them be, but life from the dead? -- romans 11:15 +. +For if the first fruit be holy, the lump is also holy: and if the root be holy, so are the branches. -- romans 11:16 +. +And if some of the branches be broken off, and you, being a wild olive tree, were grafted in among them, and with them partake of the root and fatness of the olive tree; -- romans 11:17 +. +Boast not against the branches. But if you boast, you bore not the root, but the root you. -- romans 11:18 +. +You will say then, The branches were broken off, that I might be grafted in. -- romans 11:19 +. +Well; because of unbelief they were broken off, and you stand by faith. Be not high minded, but fear: -- romans 11:20 +. +For if God spared not the natural branches, take heed lest he also spare not you. -- romans 11:21 +. +Behold therefore the goodness and severity of God: on them which fell, severity; but toward you, goodness, if you continue in his goodness: otherwise you also shall be cut off. -- romans 11:22 +. +And they also, if they abide not still in unbelief, shall be grafted in: for God is able to graft them in again. -- romans 11:23 +. +For if you were cut out of the olive tree which is wild by nature, and were grafted contrary to nature into a good olive tree: how much more shall these, which be the natural branches, be grafted into their own olive tree? -- romans 11:24 +. +For I would not, brothers, that you should be ignorant of this mystery, lest you should be wise in your own conceits; that blindness in part is happened to Israel, until the fullness of the Gentiles be come in. -- romans 11:25 +. +And so all Israel shall be saved: as it is written, There shall come out of Sion the Deliverer, and shall turn away ungodliness from Jacob: -- romans 11:26 +. +For this is my covenant to them, when I shall take away their sins. -- romans 11:27 +. +As concerning the gospel, they are enemies for your sakes: but as touching the election, they are beloved for the father' sakes. -- romans 11:28 +. +For the gifts and calling of God are without repentance. -- romans 11:29 +. +For as you in times past have not believed God, yet have now obtained mercy through their unbelief: -- romans 11:30 +. +Even so have these also now not believed, that through your mercy they also may obtain mercy. -- romans 11:31 +. +For God has concluded them all in unbelief, that he might have mercy on all. -- romans 11:32 +. +O the depth of the riches both of the wisdom and knowledge of God! how unsearchable are his judgments, and his ways past finding out! -- romans 11:33 +. +For who has known the mind of the Lord? or who has been his counselor? -- romans 11:34 +. +Or who has first given to him, and it shall be recompensed to him again? -- romans 11:35 +. +For of him, and through him, and to him, are all things: to whom be glory for ever. Amen. -- romans 11:36 +. +I beseech you therefore, brothers, by the mercies of God, that you present your bodies a living sacrifice, holy, acceptable to God, which is your reasonable service. -- romans 12:1 +. +And be not conformed to this world: but be you transformed by the renewing of your mind, that you may prove what is that good, and acceptable, and perfect, will of God. -- romans 12:2 +. +For I say, through the grace given to me, to every man that is among you, not to think of himself more highly than he ought to think; but to think soberly, according as God has dealt to every man the measure of faith. -- romans 12:3 +. +For as we have many members in one body, and all members have not the same office: -- romans 12:4 +. +So we, being many, are one body in Christ, and every one members one of another. -- romans 12:5 +. +Having then gifts differing according to the grace that is given to us, whether prophecy, let us prophesy according to the proportion of faith; -- romans 12:6 +. +Or ministry, let us wait on our ministering: or he that teaches, on teaching; -- romans 12:7 +. +Or he that exhorts, on exhortation: he that gives, let him do it with simplicity; he that rules, with diligence; he that shows mercy, with cheerfulness. -- romans 12:8 +. +Let love be without dissimulation. Abhor that which is evil; hold to that which is good. -- romans 12:9 +. +Be kindly affectionate one to another with brotherly love; in honor preferring one another; -- romans 12:10 +. +Not slothful in business; fervent in spirit; serving the Lord; -- romans 12:11 +. +Rejoicing in hope; patient in tribulation; continuing instant in prayer; -- romans 12:12 +. +Distributing to the necessity of saints; given to hospitality. -- romans 12:13 +. +Bless them which persecute you: bless, and curse not. -- romans 12:14 +. +Rejoice with them that do rejoice, and weep with them that weep. -- romans 12:15 +. +Be of the same mind one toward another. Mind not high things, but condescend to men of low estate. Be not wise in your own conceits. -- romans 12:16 +. +Recompense to no man evil for evil. Provide things honest in the sight of all men. -- romans 12:17 +. +If it be possible, as much as lies in you, live peaceably with all men. -- romans 12:18 +. +Dearly beloved, avenge not yourselves, but rather give place to wrath: for it is written, Vengeance is mine; I will repay, said the Lord. -- romans 12:19 +. +Therefore if your enemy hunger, feed him; if he thirst, give him drink: for in so doing you shall heap coals of fire on his head. -- romans 12:20 +. +Be not overcome of evil, but overcome evil with good. -- romans 12:21 +. +Let every soul be subject to the higher powers. For there is no power but of God: the powers that be are ordained of God. -- romans 13:1 +. +Whoever therefore resists the power, resists the ordinance of God: and they that resist shall receive to themselves damnation. -- romans 13:2 +. +For rulers are not a terror to good works, but to the evil. Will you then not be afraid of the power? do that which is good, and you shall have praise of the same: -- romans 13:3 +. +For he is the minister of God to you for good. But if you do that which is evil, be afraid; for he bears not the sword in vain: for he is the minister of God, a revenger to execute wrath on him that does evil. -- romans 13:4 +. +Why you must needs be subject, not only for wrath, but also for conscience sake. -- romans 13:5 +. +For for this cause pay you tribute also: for they are God' ministers, attending continually on this very thing. -- romans 13:6 +. +Render therefore to all their dues: tribute to whom tribute is due; custom to whom custom; fear to whom fear; honor to whom honor. -- romans 13:7 +. +Owe no man any thing, but to love one another: for he that loves another has fulfilled the law. -- romans 13:8 +. +For this, You shall not commit adultery, You shall not kill, You shall not steal, You shall not bear false witness, You shall not covet; and if there be any other commandment, it is briefly comprehended in this saying, namely, You shall love your neighbor as yourself. -- romans 13:9 +. +Love works no ill to his neighbor: therefore love is the fulfilling of the law. -- romans 13:10 +. +And that, knowing the time, that now it is high time to awake out of sleep: for now is our salvation nearer than when we believed. -- romans 13:11 +. +The night is far spent, the day is at hand: let us therefore cast off the works of darkness, and let us put on the armor of light. -- romans 13:12 +. +Let us walk honestly, as in the day; not in rioting and drunkenness, not in chambering and wantonness, not in strife and envying. -- romans 13:13 +. +But put you on the Lord Jesus Christ, and make not provision for the flesh, to fulfill the lusts thereof. -- romans 13:14 +. +Him that is weak in the faith receive you, but not to doubtful disputations. -- romans 14:1 +. +For one believes that he may eat all things: another, who is weak, eats herbs. -- romans 14:2 +. +Let not him that eats despise him that eats not; and let not him which eats not judge him that eats: for God has received him. -- romans 14:3 +. +Who are you that judge another man' servant? to his own master he stands or falls. Yes, he shall be held up: for God is able to make him stand. -- romans 14:4 +. +One man esteems one day above another: another esteems every day alike. Let every man be fully persuaded in his own mind. -- romans 14:5 +. +He that regards the day, regards it to the Lord; and he that regards not the day, to the Lord he does not regard it. He that eats, eats to the Lord, for he gives God thanks; and he that eats not, to the Lord he eats not, and gives God thanks. -- romans 14:6 +. +For none of us lives to himself, and no man dies to himself. -- romans 14:7 +. +For whether we live, we live to the Lord; and whether we die, we die to the Lord: whether we live therefore, or die, we are the Lord'. -- romans 14:8 +. +For to this end Christ both died, and rose, and revived, that he might be Lord both of the dead and living. -- romans 14:9 +. +But why do you judge your brother? or why do you set at nothing your brother? for we shall all stand before the judgment seat of Christ. -- romans 14:10 +. +For it is written, As I live, said the Lord, every knee shall bow to me, and every tongue shall confess to God. -- romans 14:11 +. +So then every one of us shall give account of himself to God. -- romans 14:12 +. +Let us not therefore judge one another any more: but judge this rather, that no man put a stumbling block or an occasion to fall in his brother' way. -- romans 14:13 +. +I know, and am persuaded by the Lord Jesus, that there is nothing unclean of itself: but to him that esteems any thing to be unclean, to him it is unclean. -- romans 14:14 +. +But if your brother be grieved with your meat, now walk you not charitably. Destroy not him with your meat, for whom Christ died. -- romans 14:15 +. +Let not then your good be evil spoken of: -- romans 14:16 +. +For the kingdom of God is not meat and drink; but righteousness, and peace, and joy in the Holy Ghost. -- romans 14:17 +. +For he that in these things serves Christ is acceptable to God, and approved of men. -- romans 14:18 +. +Let us therefore follow after the things which make for peace, and things with which one may edify another. -- romans 14:19 +. +For meat destroy not the work of God. All things indeed are pure; but it is evil for that man who eats with offense. -- romans 14:20 +. +It is good neither to eat flesh, nor to drink wine, nor any thing whereby your brother stumbles, or is offended, or is made weak. -- romans 14:21 +. +Have you faith? have it to yourself before God. Happy is he that comdemns not himself in that thing which he allows. -- romans 14:22 +. +And he that doubts is damned if he eat, because he eats not of faith: for whatever is not of faith is sin. -- romans 14:23 +. +We then that are strong ought to bear the infirmities of the weak, and not to please ourselves. -- romans 15:1 +. +Let every one of us please his neighbor for his good to edification. -- romans 15:2 +. +For even Christ pleased not himself; but, as it is written, The reproaches of them that reproached you fell on me. -- romans 15:3 +. +For whatever things were written aforetime were written for our learning, that we through patience and comfort of the scriptures might have hope. -- romans 15:4 +. +Now the God of patience and consolation grant you to be like minded one toward another according to Christ Jesus: -- romans 15:5 +. +That you may with one mind and one mouth glorify God, even the Father of our Lord Jesus Christ. -- romans 15:6 +. +Why receive you one another, as Christ also received us to the glory of God. -- romans 15:7 +. +Now I say that Jesus Christ was a minister of the circumcision for the truth of God, to confirm the promises made to the fathers: -- romans 15:8 +. +And that the Gentiles might glorify God for his mercy; as it is written, For this cause I will confess to you among the Gentiles, and sing to your name. -- romans 15:9 +. +And again he said, Rejoice, you Gentiles, with his people. -- romans 15:10 +. +And again, Praise the Lord, all you Gentiles; and laud him, all you people. -- romans 15:11 +. +And again, Esaias said, There shall be a root of Jesse, and he that shall rise to reign over the Gentiles; in him shall the Gentiles trust. -- romans 15:12 +. +Now the God of hope fill you with all joy and peace in believing, that you may abound in hope, through the power of the Holy Ghost. -- romans 15:13 +. +And I myself also am persuaded of you, my brothers, that you also are full of goodness, filled with all knowledge, able also to admonish one another. -- romans 15:14 +. +Nevertheless, brothers, I have written the more boldly to you in some sort, as putting you in mind, because of the grace that is given to me of God, -- romans 15:15 +. +That I should be the minister of Jesus Christ to the Gentiles, ministering the gospel of God, that the offering up of the Gentiles might be acceptable, being sanctified by the Holy Ghost. -- romans 15:16 +. +I have therefore whereof I may glory through Jesus Christ in those things which pertain to God. -- romans 15:17 +. +For I will not dare to speak of any of those things which Christ has not worked by me, to make the Gentiles obedient, by word and deed, -- romans 15:18 +. +Through mighty signs and wonders, by the power of the Spirit of God; so that from Jerusalem, and round about to Illyricum, I have fully preached the gospel of Christ. -- romans 15:19 +. +Yes, so have I strived to preach the gospel, not where Christ was named, lest I should build on another man' foundation: -- romans 15:20 +. +But as it is written, To whom he was not spoken of, they shall see: and they that have not heard shall understand. -- romans 15:21 +. +For which cause also I have been much hindered from coming to you. -- romans 15:22 +. +But now having no more place in these parts, and having a great desire these many years to come to you; -- romans 15:23 +. +Whenever I take my journey into Spain, I will come to you: for I trust to see you in my journey, and to be brought on my way thitherward by you, if first I be somewhat filled with your company. -- romans 15:24 +. +But now I go to Jerusalem to minister to the saints. -- romans 15:25 +. +For it has pleased them of Macedonia and Achaia to make a certain contribution for the poor saints which are at Jerusalem. -- romans 15:26 +. +It has pleased them truly; and their debtors they are. For if the Gentiles have been made partakers of their spiritual things, their duty is also to minister to them in carnal things. -- romans 15:27 +. +When therefore I have performed this, and have sealed to them this fruit, I will come by you into Spain. -- romans 15:28 +. +And I am sure that, when I come to you, I shall come in the fullness of the blessing of the gospel of Christ. -- romans 15:29 +. +Now I beseech you, brothers, for the Lord Jesus Christ' sake, and for the love of the Spirit, that you strive together with me in your prayers to God for me; -- romans 15:30 +. +That I may be delivered from them that do not believe in Judaea; and that my service which I have for Jerusalem may be accepted of the saints; -- romans 15:31 +. +That I may come to you with joy by the will of God, and may with you be refreshed. -- romans 15:32 +. +Now the God of peace be with you all. Amen. -- romans 15:33 +. +I commend to you Phebe our sister, which is a servant of the church which is at Cenchrea: -- romans 16:1 +. +That you receive her in the Lord, as becomes saints, and that you assist her in whatever business she has need of you: for she has been a succorer of many, and of myself also. -- romans 16:2 +. +Greet Priscilla and Aquila my helpers in Christ Jesus: -- romans 16:3 +. +Who have for my life laid down their own necks: to whom not only I give thanks, but also all the churches of the Gentiles. -- romans 16:4 +. +Likewise greet the church that is in their house. Salute my well-beloved Epaenetus, who is the first fruits of Achaia to Christ. -- romans 16:5 +. +Greet Mary, who bestowed much labor on us. -- romans 16:6 +. +Salute Andronicus and Junia, my kinsmen, and my fellow-prisoners, who are of note among the apostles, who also were in Christ before me. -- romans 16:7 +. +Greet Amplias my beloved in the Lord. -- romans 16:8 +. +Salute Urbane, our helper in Christ, and Stachys my beloved. -- romans 16:9 +. +Salute Apelles approved in Christ. Salute them which are of Aristobulus'household. -- romans 16:10 +. +Salute Herodion my kinsman. Greet them that be of the household of Narcissus, which are in the Lord. -- romans 16:11 +. +Salute Tryphena and Tryphosa, who labor in the Lord. Salute the beloved Persis, which labored much in the Lord. -- romans 16:12 +. +Salute Rufus chosen in the Lord, and his mother and mine. -- romans 16:13 +. +Salute Asyncritus, Phlegon, Hermas, Patrobas, Hermes, and the brothers which are with them. -- romans 16:14 +. +Salute Philologus, and Julia, Nereus, and his sister, and Olympas, and all the saints which are with them. -- romans 16:15 +. +Salute one another with an holy kiss. The churches of Christ salute you. -- romans 16:16 +. +Now I beseech you, brothers, mark them which cause divisions and offenses contrary to the doctrine which you have learned; and avoid them. -- romans 16:17 +. +For they that are such serve not our Lord Jesus Christ, but their own belly; and by good words and fair speeches deceive the hearts of the simple. -- romans 16:18 +. +For your obedience is come abroad to all men. I am glad therefore on your behalf: but yet I would have you wise to that which is good, and simple concerning evil. -- romans 16:19 +. +And the God of peace shall bruise Satan under your feet shortly. The grace of our Lord Jesus Christ be with you. Amen. -- romans 16:20 +. +Timotheus my workfellow, and Lucius, and Jason, and Sosipater, my kinsmen, salute you. -- romans 16:21 +. +I Tertius, who wrote this letter, salute you in the Lord. -- romans 16:22 +. +Gaius my host, and of the whole church, salutes you. Erastus the chamberlain of the city salutes you, and Quartus a brother. -- romans 16:23 +. +The grace of our Lord Jesus Christ be with you all. Amen. -- romans 16:24 +. +Now to him that is of power to establish you according to my gospel, and the preaching of Jesus Christ, according to the revelation of the mystery, which was kept secret since the world began, -- romans 16:25 +. +But now is made manifest, and by the scriptures of the prophets, according to the commandment of the everlasting God, made known to all nations for the obedience of faith: -- romans 16:26 +. +To God only wise, be glory through Jesus Christ for ever. Amen. -- romans 16:27 +. +Paul called to be an apostle of Jesus Christ through the will of God, and Sosthenes our brother, -- 1 corinthians 1:1 +. +To the church of God which is at Corinth, to them that are sanctified in Christ Jesus, called to be saints, with all that in every place call on the name of Jesus Christ our Lord, both their' and our': -- 1 corinthians 1:2 +. +Grace be to you, and peace, from God our Father, and from the Lord Jesus Christ. -- 1 corinthians 1:3 +. +I thank my God always on your behalf, for the grace of God which is given you by Jesus Christ; -- 1 corinthians 1:4 +. +That in every thing you are enriched by him, in all utterance, and in all knowledge; -- 1 corinthians 1:5 +. +Even as the testimony of Christ was confirmed in you: -- 1 corinthians 1:6 +. +So that you come behind in no gift; waiting for the coming of our Lord Jesus Christ: -- 1 corinthians 1:7 +. +Who shall also confirm you to the end, that you may be blameless in the day of our Lord Jesus Christ. -- 1 corinthians 1:8 +. +God is faithful, by whom you were called to the fellowship of his Son Jesus Christ our Lord. -- 1 corinthians 1:9 +. +Now I beseech you, brothers, by the name of our Lord Jesus Christ, that you all speak the same thing, and that there be no divisions among you; but that you be perfectly joined together in the same mind and in the same judgment. -- 1 corinthians 1:10 +. +For it has been declared to me of you, my brothers, by them which are of the house of Chloe, that there are contentions among you. -- 1 corinthians 1:11 +. +Now this I say, that every one of you said, I am of Paul; and I of Apollos; and I of Cephas; and I of Christ. -- 1 corinthians 1:12 +. +Is Christ divided? was Paul crucified for you? or were you baptized in the name of Paul? -- 1 corinthians 1:13 +. +I thank God that I baptized none of you, but Crispus and Gaius; -- 1 corinthians 1:14 +. +Lest any should say that I had baptized in my own name. -- 1 corinthians 1:15 +. +And I baptized also the household of Stephanas: besides, I know not whether I baptized any other. -- 1 corinthians 1:16 +. +For Christ sent me not to baptize, but to preach the gospel: not with wisdom of words, lest the cross of Christ should be made of none effect. -- 1 corinthians 1:17 +. +For the preaching of the cross is to them that perish foolishness; but to us which are saved it is the power of God. -- 1 corinthians 1:18 +. +For it is written, I will destroy the wisdom of the wise, and will bring to nothing the understanding of the prudent. -- 1 corinthians 1:19 +. +Where is the wise? where is the scribe? where is the disputer of this world? has not God made foolish the wisdom of this world? -- 1 corinthians 1:20 +. +For after that in the wisdom of God the world by wisdom knew not God, it pleased God by the foolishness of preaching to save them that believe. -- 1 corinthians 1:21 +. +For the Jews require a sign, and the Greeks seek after wisdom: -- 1 corinthians 1:22 +. +But we preach Christ crucified, to the Jews a stumbling block, and to the Greeks foolishness; -- 1 corinthians 1:23 +. +But to them which are called, both Jews and Greeks, Christ the power of God, and the wisdom of God. -- 1 corinthians 1:24 +. +Because the foolishness of God is wiser than men; and the weakness of God is stronger than men. -- 1 corinthians 1:25 +. +For you see your calling, brothers, how that not many wise men after the flesh, not many mighty, not many noble, are called: -- 1 corinthians 1:26 +. +But God has chosen the foolish things of the world to confound the wise; and God has chosen the weak things of the world to confound the things which are mighty; -- 1 corinthians 1:27 +. +And base things of the world, and things which are despised, has God chosen, yes, and things which are not, to bring to nothing things that are: -- 1 corinthians 1:28 +. +That no flesh should glory in his presence. -- 1 corinthians 1:29 +. +But of him are you in Christ Jesus, who of God is made to us wisdom, and righteousness, and sanctification, and redemption: -- 1 corinthians 1:30 +. +That, according as it is written, He that glories, let him glory in the Lord. -- 1 corinthians 1:31 +. +And I, brothers, when I came to you, came not with excellency of speech or of wisdom, declaring to you the testimony of God. -- 1 corinthians 2:1 +. +For I determined not to know any thing among you, save Jesus Christ, and him crucified. -- 1 corinthians 2:2 +. +And I was with you in weakness, and in fear, and in much trembling. -- 1 corinthians 2:3 +. +And my speech and my preaching was not with enticing words of man' wisdom, but in demonstration of the Spirit and of power: -- 1 corinthians 2:4 +. +That your faith should not stand in the wisdom of men, but in the power of God. -- 1 corinthians 2:5 +. +However, we speak wisdom among them that are perfect: yet not the wisdom of this world, nor of the princes of this world, that come to nothing: -- 1 corinthians 2:6 +. +But we speak the wisdom of God in a mystery, even the hidden wisdom, which God ordained before the world to our glory: -- 1 corinthians 2:7 +. +Which none of the princes of this world knew: for had they known it, they would not have crucified the Lord of glory. -- 1 corinthians 2:8 +. +But as it is written, Eye has not seen, nor ear heard, neither have entered into the heart of man, the things which God has prepared for them that love him. -- 1 corinthians 2:9 +. +But God has revealed them to us by his Spirit: for the Spirit searches all things, yes, the deep things of God. -- 1 corinthians 2:10 +. +For what man knows the things of a man, save the spirit of man which is in him? even so the things of God knows no man, but the Spirit of God. -- 1 corinthians 2:11 +. +Now we have received, not the spirit of the world, but the spirit which is of God; that we might know the things that are freely given to us of God. -- 1 corinthians 2:12 +. +Which things also we speak, not in the words which man' wisdom teaches, but which the Holy Ghost teaches; comparing spiritual things with spiritual. -- 1 corinthians 2:13 +. +But the natural man receives not the things of the Spirit of God: for they are foolishness to him: neither can he know them, because they are spiritually discerned. -- 1 corinthians 2:14 +. +But he that is spiritual judges all things, yet he himself is judged of no man. -- 1 corinthians 2:15 +. +For who has known the mind of the Lord, that he may instruct him? But we have the mind of Christ. -- 1 corinthians 2:16 +. +And I, brothers, could not speak to you as to spiritual, but as to carnal, even as to babes in Christ. -- 1 corinthians 3:1 +. +I have fed you with milk, and not with meat: for till now you were not able to bear it, neither yet now are you able. -- 1 corinthians 3:2 +. +For you are yet carnal: for whereas there is among you envying, and strife, and divisions, are you not carnal, and walk as men? -- 1 corinthians 3:3 +. +For while one said, I am of Paul; and another, I am of Apollos; are you not carnal? -- 1 corinthians 3:4 +. +Who then is Paul, and who is Apollos, but ministers by whom you believed, even as the Lord gave to every man? -- 1 corinthians 3:5 +. +I have planted, Apollos watered; but God gave the increase. -- 1 corinthians 3:6 +. +So then neither is he that plants any thing, neither he that waters; but God that gives the increase. -- 1 corinthians 3:7 +. +Now he that plants and he that waters are one: and every man shall receive his own reward according to his own labor. -- 1 corinthians 3:8 +. +For we are laborers together with God: you are God' husbandry, you are God' building. -- 1 corinthians 3:9 +. +According to the grace of God which is given to me, as a wise master builder, I have laid the foundation, and another builds thereon. But let every man take heed how he builds thereupon. -- 1 corinthians 3:10 +. +For other foundation can no man lay than that is laid, which is Jesus Christ. -- 1 corinthians 3:11 +. +Now if any man build on this foundation gold, silver, precious stones, wood, hay, stubble; -- 1 corinthians 3:12 +. +Every man' work shall be made manifest: for the day shall declare it, because it shall be revealed by fire; and the fire shall try every man' work of what sort it is. -- 1 corinthians 3:13 +. +If any man' work abide which he has built thereupon, he shall receive a reward. -- 1 corinthians 3:14 +. +If any man' work shall be burned, he shall suffer loss: but he himself shall be saved; yet so as by fire. -- 1 corinthians 3:15 +. +Know you not that you are the temple of God, and that the Spirit of God dwells in you? -- 1 corinthians 3:16 +. +If any man defile the temple of God, him shall God destroy; for the temple of God is holy, which temple you are. -- 1 corinthians 3:17 +. +Let no man deceive himself. If any man among you seems to be wise in this world, let him become a fool, that he may be wise. -- 1 corinthians 3:18 +. +For the wisdom of this world is foolishness with God. For it is written, He takes the wise in their own craftiness. -- 1 corinthians 3:19 +. +And again, The Lord knows the thoughts of the wise, that they are vain. -- 1 corinthians 3:20 +. +Therefore let no man glory in men. For all things are your'; -- 1 corinthians 3:21 +. +Whether Paul, or Apollos, or Cephas, or the world, or life, or death, or things present, or things to come; all are your'; -- 1 corinthians 3:22 +. +And you are Christ'; and Christ is God'. -- 1 corinthians 3:23 +. +Let a man so account of us, as of the ministers of Christ, and stewards of the mysteries of God. -- 1 corinthians 4:1 +. +Moreover it is required in stewards, that a man be found faithful. -- 1 corinthians 4:2 +. +But with me it is a very small thing that I should be judged of you, or of man' judgment: yes, I judge not my own self. -- 1 corinthians 4:3 +. +For I know nothing by myself; yet am I not hereby justified: but he that judges me is the Lord. -- 1 corinthians 4:4 +. +Therefore judge nothing before the time, until the Lord come, who both will bring to light the hidden things of darkness, and will make manifest the counsels of the hearts: and then shall every man have praise of God. -- 1 corinthians 4:5 +. +And these things, brothers, I have in a figure transferred to myself and to Apollos for your sakes; that you might learn in us not to think of men above that which is written, that no one of you be puffed up for one against another. -- 1 corinthians 4:6 +. +For who makes you to differ from another? and what have you that you did not receive? now if you did receive it, why do you glory, as if you had not received it? -- 1 corinthians 4:7 +. +Now you are full, now you are rich, you have reigned as kings without us: and I would to God you did reign, that we also might reign with you. -- 1 corinthians 4:8 +. +For I think that God has set forth us the apostles last, as it were appointed to death: for we are made a spectacle to the world, and to angels, and to men. -- 1 corinthians 4:9 +. +We are fools for Christ' sake, but you are wise in Christ; we are weak, but you are strong; you are honorable, but we are despised. -- 1 corinthians 4:10 +. +Even to this present hour we both hunger, and thirst, and are naked, and are buffeted, and have no certain dwelling place; -- 1 corinthians 4:11 +. +And labor, working with our own hands: being reviled, we bless; being persecuted, we suffer it: -- 1 corinthians 4:12 +. +Being defamed, we entreat: we are made as the filth of the world, and are the offscouring of all things to this day. -- 1 corinthians 4:13 +. +I write not these things to shame you, but as my beloved sons I warn you. -- 1 corinthians 4:14 +. +For though you have ten thousand instructors in Christ, yet have you not many fathers: for in Christ Jesus I have begotten you through the gospel. -- 1 corinthians 4:15 +. +Why I beseech you, be you followers of me. -- 1 corinthians 4:16 +. +For this cause have I sent to you Timotheus, who is my beloved son, and faithful in the Lord, who shall bring you into remembrance of my ways which be in Christ, as I teach every where in every church. -- 1 corinthians 4:17 +. +Now some are puffed up, as though I would not come to you. -- 1 corinthians 4:18 +. +But I will come to you shortly, if the Lord will, and will know, not the speech of them which are puffed up, but the power. -- 1 corinthians 4:19 +. +For the kingdom of God is not in word, but in power. -- 1 corinthians 4:20 +. +What will you? shall I come to you with a rod, or in love, and in the spirit of meekness? -- 1 corinthians 4:21 +. +It is reported commonly that there is fornication among you, and such fornication as is not so much as named among the Gentiles, that one should have his father' wife. -- 1 corinthians 5:1 +. +And you are puffed up, and have not rather mourned, that he that has done this deed might be taken away from among you. -- 1 corinthians 5:2 +. +For I truly, as absent in body, but present in spirit, have judged already, as though I were present, concerning him that has so done this deed, -- 1 corinthians 5:3 +. +In the name of our Lord Jesus Christ, when you are gathered together, and my spirit, with the power of our Lord Jesus Christ, -- 1 corinthians 5:4 +. +To deliver such an one to Satan for the destruction of the flesh, that the spirit may be saved in the day of the Lord Jesus. -- 1 corinthians 5:5 +. +Your glorying is not good. Know you not that a little leaven leavens the whole lump? -- 1 corinthians 5:6 +. +Purge out therefore the old leaven, that you may be a new lump, as you are unleavened. For even Christ our passover is sacrificed for us: -- 1 corinthians 5:7 +. +Therefore let us keep the feast, not with old leaven, neither with the leaven of malice and wickedness; but with the unleavened bread of sincerity and truth. -- 1 corinthians 5:8 +. +I wrote to you in an letter not to company with fornicators: -- 1 corinthians 5:9 +. +Yet not altogether with the fornicators of this world, or with the covetous, or extortionists, or with idolaters; for then must you needs go out of the world. -- 1 corinthians 5:10 +. +But now I have written to you not to keep company, if any man that is called a brother be a fornicator, or covetous, or an idolater, or a reviler, or a drunkard, or an extortionist; with such an one no not to eat. -- 1 corinthians 5:11 +. +For what have I to do to judge them also that are without? do not you judge them that are within? -- 1 corinthians 5:12 +. +But them that are without God judges. Therefore put away from among yourselves that wicked person. -- 1 corinthians 5:13 +. +Dare any of you, having a matter against another, go to law before the unjust, and not before the saints? -- 1 corinthians 6:1 +. +Do you not know that the saints shall judge the world? and if the world shall be judged by you, are you unworthy to judge the smallest matters? -- 1 corinthians 6:2 +. +Know you not that we shall judge angels? how much more things that pertain to this life? -- 1 corinthians 6:3 +. +If then you have judgments of things pertaining to this life, set them to judge who are least esteemed in the church. -- 1 corinthians 6:4 +. +I speak to your shame. Is it so, that there is not a wise man among you? no, not one that shall be able to judge between his brothers? -- 1 corinthians 6:5 +. +But brother goes to law with brother, and that before the unbelievers. -- 1 corinthians 6:6 +. +Now therefore there is utterly a fault among you, because you go to law one with another. Why do you not rather take wrong? why do you not rather suffer yourselves to be defrauded? -- 1 corinthians 6:7 +. +No, you do wrong, and defraud, and that your brothers. -- 1 corinthians 6:8 +. +Know you not that the unrighteous shall not inherit the kingdom of God? Be not deceived: neither fornicators, nor idolaters, nor adulterers, nor effeminate, nor abusers of themselves with mankind, -- 1 corinthians 6:9 +. +Nor thieves, nor covetous, nor drunkards, nor revilers, nor extortionists, shall inherit the kingdom of God. -- 1 corinthians 6:10 +. +And such were some of you: but you are washed, but you are sanctified, but you are justified in the name of the Lord Jesus, and by the Spirit of our God. -- 1 corinthians 6:11 +. +All things are lawful to me, but all things are not expedient: all things are lawful for me, but I will not be brought under the power of any. -- 1 corinthians 6:12 +. +Meats for the belly, and the belly for meats: but God shall destroy both it and them. Now the body is not for fornication, but for the Lord; and the Lord for the body. -- 1 corinthians 6:13 +. +And God has both raised up the Lord, and will also raise up us by his own power. -- 1 corinthians 6:14 +. +Know you not that your bodies are the members of Christ? shall I then take the members of Christ, and make them the members of an harlot? God forbid. -- 1 corinthians 6:15 +. +What? know you not that he which is joined to an harlot is one body? for two, said he, shall be one flesh. -- 1 corinthians 6:16 +. +But he that is joined to the Lord is one spirit. -- 1 corinthians 6:17 +. +Flee fornication. Every sin that a man does is without the body; but he that commits fornication sins against his own body. -- 1 corinthians 6:18 +. +What? know you not that your body is the temple of the Holy Ghost which is in you, which you have of God, and you are not your own? -- 1 corinthians 6:19 +. +For you are bought with a price: therefore glorify God in your body, and in your spirit, which are God'. -- 1 corinthians 6:20 +. +Now concerning the things whereof you wrote to me: It is good for a man not to touch a woman. -- 1 corinthians 7:1 +. +Nevertheless, to avoid fornication, let every man have his own wife, and let every woman have her own husband. -- 1 corinthians 7:2 +. +Let the husband render to the wife due benevolence: and likewise also the wife to the husband. -- 1 corinthians 7:3 +. +The wife has not power of her own body, but the husband: and likewise also the husband has not power of his own body, but the wife. -- 1 corinthians 7:4 +. +Defraud you not one the other, except it be with consent for a time, that you may give yourselves to fasting and prayer; and come together again, that Satan tempt you not for your incontinency. -- 1 corinthians 7:5 +. +But I speak this by permission, and not of commandment. -- 1 corinthians 7:6 +. +For I would that all men were even as I myself. But every man has his proper gift of God, one after this manner, and another after that. -- 1 corinthians 7:7 +. +I say therefore to the unmarried and widows, It is good for them if they abide even as I. -- 1 corinthians 7:8 +. +But if they cannot contain, let them marry: for it is better to marry than to burn. -- 1 corinthians 7:9 +. +And to the married I command, yet not I, but the Lord, Let not the wife depart from her husband: -- 1 corinthians 7:10 +. +But and if she depart, let her remain unmarried or be reconciled to her husband: and let not the husband put away his wife. -- 1 corinthians 7:11 +. +But to the rest speak I, not the Lord: If any brother has a wife that believes not, and she be pleased to dwell with him, let him not put her away. -- 1 corinthians 7:12 +. +And the woman which has an husband that believes not, and if he be pleased to dwell with her, let her not leave him. -- 1 corinthians 7:13 +. +For the unbelieving husband is sanctified by the wife, and the unbelieving wife is sanctified by the husband: else were your children unclean; but now are they holy. -- 1 corinthians 7:14 +. +But if the unbelieving depart, let him depart. A brother or a sister is not under bondage in such cases: but God has called us to peace. -- 1 corinthians 7:15 +. +For what know you, O wife, whether you shall save your husband? or how know you, O man, whether you shall save your wife? -- 1 corinthians 7:16 +. +But as God has distributed to every man, as the Lord has called every one, so let him walk. And so ordain I in all churches. -- 1 corinthians 7:17 +. +Is any man called being circumcised? let him not become uncircumcised. Is any called in uncircumcision? let him not be circumcised. -- 1 corinthians 7:18 +. +Circumcision is nothing, and uncircumcision is nothing, but the keeping of the commandments of God. -- 1 corinthians 7:19 +. +Let every man abide in the same calling wherein he was called. -- 1 corinthians 7:20 +. +Are you called being a servant? care not for it: but if you may be made free, use it rather. -- 1 corinthians 7:21 +. +For he that is called in the Lord, being a servant, is the Lord' freeman: likewise also he that is called, being free, is Christ' servant. -- 1 corinthians 7:22 +. +You are bought with a price; be not you the servants of men. -- 1 corinthians 7:23 +. +Brothers, let every man, wherein he is called, therein abide with God. -- 1 corinthians 7:24 +. +Now concerning virgins I have no commandment of the Lord: yet I give my judgment, as one that has obtained mercy of the Lord to be faithful. -- 1 corinthians 7:25 +. +I suppose therefore that this is good for the present distress, I say, that it is good for a man so to be. -- 1 corinthians 7:26 +. +Are you bound to a wife? seek not to be loosed. Are you loosed from a wife? seek not a wife. -- 1 corinthians 7:27 +. +But and if you marry, you have not sinned; and if a virgin marry, she has not sinned. Nevertheless such shall have trouble in the flesh: but I spare you. -- 1 corinthians 7:28 +. +But this I say, brothers, the time is short: it remains, that both they that have wives be as though they had none; -- 1 corinthians 7:29 +. +And they that weep, as though they wept not; and they that rejoice, as though they rejoiced not; and they that buy, as though they possessed not; -- 1 corinthians 7:30 +. +And they that use this world, as not abusing it: for the fashion of this world passes away. -- 1 corinthians 7:31 +. +But I would have you without carefulness. He that is unmarried cares for the things that belong to the Lord, how he may please the Lord: -- 1 corinthians 7:32 +. +But he that is married cares for the things that are of the world, how he may please his wife. -- 1 corinthians 7:33 +. +There is difference also between a wife and a virgin. The unmarried woman cares for the things of the Lord, that she may be holy both in body and in spirit: but she that is married cares for the things of the world, how she may please her husband. -- 1 corinthians 7:34 +. +And this I speak for your own profit; not that I may cast a snare on you, but for that which is comely, and that you may attend on the Lord without distraction. -- 1 corinthians 7:35 +. +But if any man think that he behaves himself uncomely toward his virgin, if she pass the flower of her age, and need so require, let him do what he will, he sins not: let them marry. -- 1 corinthians 7:36 +. +Nevertheless he that stands steadfast in his heart, having no necessity, but has power over his own will, and has so decreed in his heart that he will keep his virgin, does well. -- 1 corinthians 7:37 +. +So then he that gives her in marriage does well; but he that gives her not in marriage does better. -- 1 corinthians 7:38 +. +The wife is bound by the law as long as her husband lives; but if her husband be dead, she is at liberty to be married to whom she will; only in the Lord. -- 1 corinthians 7:39 +. +But she is happier if she so abide, after my judgment: and I think also that I have the Spirit of God. -- 1 corinthians 7:40 +. +Now as touching things offered to idols, we know that we all have knowledge. Knowledge puffs up, but charity edifies. -- 1 corinthians 8:1 +. +And if any man think that he knows any thing, he knows nothing yet as he ought to know. -- 1 corinthians 8:2 +. +But if any man love God, the same is known of him. -- 1 corinthians 8:3 +. +As concerning therefore the eating of those things that are offered in sacrifice to idols, we know that an idol is nothing in the world, and that there is none other God but one. -- 1 corinthians 8:4 +. +For though there be that are called gods, whether in heaven or in earth, (as there be gods many, and lords many,) -- 1 corinthians 8:5 +. +But to us there is but one God, the Father, of whom are all things, and we in him; and one Lord Jesus Christ, by whom are all things, and we by him. -- 1 corinthians 8:6 +. +However, there is not in every man that knowledge: for some with conscience of the idol to this hour eat it as a thing offered to an idol; and their conscience being weak is defiled. -- 1 corinthians 8:7 +. +But meat commends us not to God: for neither, if we eat, are we the better; neither, if we eat not, are we the worse. -- 1 corinthians 8:8 +. +But take heed lest by any means this liberty of your' become a stumbling block to them that are weak. -- 1 corinthians 8:9 +. +For if any man see you which have knowledge sit at meat in the idol' temple, shall not the conscience of him which is weak be emboldened to eat those things which are offered to idols; -- 1 corinthians 8:10 +. +And through your knowledge shall the weak brother perish, for whom Christ died? -- 1 corinthians 8:11 +. +But when you sin so against the brothers, and wound their weak conscience, you sin against Christ. -- 1 corinthians 8:12 +. +Why, if meat make my brother to offend, I will eat no flesh while the world stands, lest I make my brother to offend. -- 1 corinthians 8:13 +. +Am I not an apostle? am I not free? have I not seen Jesus Christ our Lord? are not you my work in the Lord? -- 1 corinthians 9:1 +. +If I be not an apostle to others, yet doubtless I am to you: for the seal of my apostleship are you in the Lord. -- 1 corinthians 9:2 +. +My answer to them that do examine me is this, -- 1 corinthians 9:3 +. +Have we not power to eat and to drink? -- 1 corinthians 9:4 +. +Have we not power to lead about a sister, a wife, as well as other apostles, and as the brothers of the Lord, and Cephas? -- 1 corinthians 9:5 +. +Or I only and Barnabas, have not we power to forbear working? -- 1 corinthians 9:6 +. +Who goes a warfare any time at his own charges? who plants a vineyard, and eats not of the fruit thereof? or who feeds a flock, and eats not of the milk of the flock? -- 1 corinthians 9:7 +. +Say I these things as a man? or said not the law the same also? -- 1 corinthians 9:8 +. +For it is written in the law of Moses, You shall not muzzle the mouth of the ox that treads out the corn. Does God take care for oxen? -- 1 corinthians 9:9 +. +Or said he it altogether for our sakes? For our sakes, no doubt, this is written: that he that plows should plow in hope; and that he that threshes in hope should be partaker of his hope. -- 1 corinthians 9:10 +. +If we have sown to you spiritual things, is it a great thing if we shall reap your carnal things? -- 1 corinthians 9:11 +. +If others be partakers of this power over you, are not we rather? Nevertheless we have not used this power; but suffer all things, lest we should hinder the gospel of Christ. -- 1 corinthians 9:12 +. +Do you not know that they which minister about holy things live of the things of the temple? and they which wait at the altar are partakers with the altar? -- 1 corinthians 9:13 +. +Even so has the Lord ordained that they which preach the gospel should live of the gospel. -- 1 corinthians 9:14 +. +But I have used none of these things: neither have I written these things, that it should be so done to me: for it were better for me to die, than that any man should make my glorying void. -- 1 corinthians 9:15 +. +For though I preach the gospel, I have nothing to glory of: for necessity is laid on me; yes, woe is to me, if I preach not the gospel! -- 1 corinthians 9:16 +. +For if I do this thing willingly, I have a reward: but if against my will, a dispensation of the gospel is committed to me. -- 1 corinthians 9:17 +. +What is my reward then? Truly that, when I preach the gospel, I may make the gospel of Christ without charge, that I abuse not my power in the gospel. -- 1 corinthians 9:18 +. +For though I be free from all men, yet have I made myself servant to all, that I might gain the more. -- 1 corinthians 9:19 +. +And to the Jews I became as a Jew, that I might gain the Jews; to them that are under the law, as under the law, that I might gain them that are under the law; -- 1 corinthians 9:20 +. +To them that are without law, as without law, (being not without law to God, but under the law to Christ,) that I might gain them that are without law. -- 1 corinthians 9:21 +. +To the weak became I as weak, that I might gain the weak: I am made all things to all men, that I might by all means save some. -- 1 corinthians 9:22 +. +And this I do for the gospel' sake, that I might be partaker thereof with you. -- 1 corinthians 9:23 +. +Know you not that they which run in a race run all, but one receives the prize? So run, that you may obtain. -- 1 corinthians 9:24 +. +And every man that strives for the mastery is temperate in all things. Now they do it to obtain a corruptible crown; but we an incorruptible. -- 1 corinthians 9:25 +. +I therefore so run, not as uncertainly; so fight I, not as one that beats the air: -- 1 corinthians 9:26 +. +But I keep under my body, and bring it into subjection: lest that by any means, when I have preached to others, I myself should be a castaway. -- 1 corinthians 9:27 +. +Moreover, brothers, I would not that you should be ignorant, how that all our fathers were under the cloud, and all passed through the sea; -- 1 corinthians 10:1 +. +And were all baptized to Moses in the cloud and in the sea; -- 1 corinthians 10:2 +. +And did all eat the same spiritual meat; -- 1 corinthians 10:3 +. +And did all drink the same spiritual drink: for they drank of that spiritual Rock that followed them: and that Rock was Christ. -- 1 corinthians 10:4 +. +But with many of them God was not well pleased: for they were overthrown in the wilderness. -- 1 corinthians 10:5 +. +Now these things were our examples, to the intent we should not lust after evil things, as they also lusted. -- 1 corinthians 10:6 +. +Neither be you idolaters, as were some of them; as it is written, The people sat down to eat and drink, and rose up to play. -- 1 corinthians 10:7 +. +Neither let us commit fornication, as some of them committed, and fell in one day three and twenty thousand. -- 1 corinthians 10:8 +. +Neither let us tempt Christ, as some of them also tempted, and were destroyed of serpents. -- 1 corinthians 10:9 +. +Neither murmur you, as some of them also murmured, and were destroyed of the destroyer. -- 1 corinthians 10:10 +. +Now all these things happened to them for ensamples: and they are written for our admonition, on whom the ends of the world are come. -- 1 corinthians 10:11 +. +Why let him that thinks he stands take heed lest he fall. -- 1 corinthians 10:12 +. +There has no temptation taken you but such as is common to man: but God is faithful, who will not suffer you to be tempted above that you are able; but will with the temptation also make a way to escape, that you may be able to bear it. -- 1 corinthians 10:13 +. +Why, my dearly beloved, flee from idolatry. -- 1 corinthians 10:14 +. +I speak as to wise men; judge you what I say. -- 1 corinthians 10:15 +. +The cup of blessing which we bless, is it not the communion of the blood of Christ? The bread which we break, is it not the communion of the body of Christ? -- 1 corinthians 10:16 +. +For we being many are one bread, and one body: for we are all partakers of that one bread. -- 1 corinthians 10:17 +. +Behold Israel after the flesh: are not they which eat of the sacrifices partakers of the altar? -- 1 corinthians 10:18 +. +What say I then? that the idol is any thing, or that which is offered in sacrifice to idols is any thing? -- 1 corinthians 10:19 +. +But I say, that the things which the Gentiles sacrifice, they sacrifice to devils, and not to God: and I would not that you should have fellowship with devils. -- 1 corinthians 10:20 +. +You cannot drink the cup of the Lord, and the cup of devils: you cannot be partakers of the Lord' table, and of the table of devils. -- 1 corinthians 10:21 +. +Do we provoke the Lord to jealousy? are we stronger than he? -- 1 corinthians 10:22 +. +All things are lawful for me, but all things are not expedient: all things are lawful for me, but all things edify not. -- 1 corinthians 10:23 +. +Let no man seek his own, but every man another' wealth. -- 1 corinthians 10:24 +. +Whatever is sold in the shambles, that eat, asking no question for conscience sake: -- 1 corinthians 10:25 +. +For the earth is the Lord', and the fullness thereof. -- 1 corinthians 10:26 +. +If any of them that believe not bid you to a feast, and you be disposed to go; whatever is set before you, eat, asking no question for conscience sake. -- 1 corinthians 10:27 +. +But if any man say to you, This is offered in sacrifice to idols, eat not for his sake that showed it, and for conscience sake: for the earth is the Lord', and the fullness thereof: -- 1 corinthians 10:28 +. +Conscience, I say, not your own, but of the other: for why is my liberty judged of another man' conscience? -- 1 corinthians 10:29 +. +For if I by grace be a partaker, why am I evil spoken of for that for which I give thanks? -- 1 corinthians 10:30 +. +Whether therefore you eat, or drink, or whatever you do, do all to the glory of God. -- 1 corinthians 10:31 +. +Give none offense, neither to the Jews, nor to the Gentiles, nor to the church of God: -- 1 corinthians 10:32 +. +Even as I please all men in all things, not seeking my own profit, but the profit of many, that they may be saved. -- 1 corinthians 10:33 +. +Be you followers of me, even as I also am of Christ. -- 1 corinthians 11:1 +. +Now I praise you, brothers, that you remember me in all things, and keep the ordinances, as I delivered them to you. -- 1 corinthians 11:2 +. +But I would have you know, that the head of every man is Christ; and the head of the woman is the man; and the head of Christ is God. -- 1 corinthians 11:3 +. +Every man praying or prophesying, having his head covered, dishonors his head. -- 1 corinthians 11:4 +. +But every woman that prays or prophesies with her head uncovered dishonors her head: for that is even all one as if she were shaven. -- 1 corinthians 11:5 +. +For if the woman be not covered, let her also be shorn: but if it be a shame for a woman to be shorn or shaven, let her be covered. -- 1 corinthians 11:6 +. +For a man indeed ought not to cover his head, for as much as he is the image and glory of God: but the woman is the glory of the man. -- 1 corinthians 11:7 +. +For the man is not of the woman: but the woman of the man. -- 1 corinthians 11:8 +. +Neither was the man created for the woman; but the woman for the man. -- 1 corinthians 11:9 +. +For this cause ought the woman to have power on her head because of the angels. -- 1 corinthians 11:10 +. +Nevertheless neither is the man without the woman, neither the woman without the man, in the Lord. -- 1 corinthians 11:11 +. +For as the woman is of the man, even so is the man also by the woman; but all things of God. -- 1 corinthians 11:12 +. +Judge in yourselves: is it comely that a woman pray to God uncovered? -- 1 corinthians 11:13 +. +Does not even nature itself teach you, that, if a man have long hair, it is a shame to him? -- 1 corinthians 11:14 +. +But if a woman have long hair, it is a glory to her: for her hair is given her for a covering. -- 1 corinthians 11:15 +. +But if any man seem to be contentious, we have no such custom, neither the churches of God. -- 1 corinthians 11:16 +. +Now in this that I declare to you I praise you not, that you come together not for the better, but for the worse. -- 1 corinthians 11:17 +. +For first of all, when you come together in the church, I hear that there be divisions among you; and I partly believe it. -- 1 corinthians 11:18 +. +For there must be also heresies among you, that they which are approved may be made manifest among you. -- 1 corinthians 11:19 +. +When you come together therefore into one place, this is not to eat the Lord' supper. -- 1 corinthians 11:20 +. +For in eating every one takes before other his own supper: and one is hungry, and another is drunken. -- 1 corinthians 11:21 +. +What? have you not houses to eat and to drink in? or despise you the church of God, and shame them that have not? What shall I say to you? shall I praise you in this? I praise you not. -- 1 corinthians 11:22 +. +For I have received of the Lord that which also I delivered to you, That the Lord Jesus the same night in which he was betrayed took bread: -- 1 corinthians 11:23 +. +And when he had given thanks, he broke it, and said, Take, eat: this is my body, which is broken for you: this do in remembrance of me. -- 1 corinthians 11:24 +. +After the same manner also he took the cup, when he had supped, saying, This cup is the new testament in my blood: this do you, as oft as you drink it, in remembrance of me. -- 1 corinthians 11:25 +. +For as often as you eat this bread, and drink this cup, you do show the Lord' death till he come. -- 1 corinthians 11:26 +. +Why whoever shall eat this bread, and drink this cup of the Lord, unworthily, shall be guilty of the body and blood of the Lord. -- 1 corinthians 11:27 +. +But let a man examine himself, and so let him eat of that bread, and drink of that cup. -- 1 corinthians 11:28 +. +For he that eats and drinks unworthily, eats and drinks damnation to himself, not discerning the Lord' body. -- 1 corinthians 11:29 +. +For this cause many are weak and sickly among you, and many sleep. -- 1 corinthians 11:30 +. +For if we would judge ourselves, we should not be judged. -- 1 corinthians 11:31 +. +But when we are judged, we are chastened of the Lord, that we should not be condemned with the world. -- 1 corinthians 11:32 +. +Why, my brothers, when you come together to eat, tarry one for another. -- 1 corinthians 11:33 +. +And if any man hunger, let him eat at home; that you come not together to condemnation. And the rest will I set in order when I come. -- 1 corinthians 11:34 +. +Now concerning spiritual gifts, brothers, I would not have you ignorant. -- 1 corinthians 12:1 +. +You know that you were Gentiles, carried away to these dumb idols, even as you were led. -- 1 corinthians 12:2 +. +Why I give you to understand, that no man speaking by the Spirit of God calls Jesus accursed: and that no man can say that Jesus is the Lord, but by the Holy Ghost. -- 1 corinthians 12:3 +. +Now there are diversities of gifts, but the same Spirit. -- 1 corinthians 12:4 +. +And there are differences of administrations, but the same Lord. -- 1 corinthians 12:5 +. +And there are diversities of operations, but it is the same God which works all in all. -- 1 corinthians 12:6 +. +But the manifestation of the Spirit is given to every man to profit with. -- 1 corinthians 12:7 +. +For to one is given by the Spirit the word of wisdom; to another the word of knowledge by the same Spirit; -- 1 corinthians 12:8 +. +To another faith by the same Spirit; to another the gifts of healing by the same Spirit; -- 1 corinthians 12:9 +. +To another the working of miracles; to another prophecy; to another discerning of spirits; to another divers kinds of tongues; to another the interpretation of tongues: -- 1 corinthians 12:10 +. +But all these works that one and the selfsame Spirit, dividing to every man severally as he will. -- 1 corinthians 12:11 +. +For as the body is one, and has many members, and all the members of that one body, being many, are one body: so also is Christ. -- 1 corinthians 12:12 +. +For by one Spirit are we all baptized into one body, whether we be Jews or Gentiles, whether we be bond or free; and have been all made to drink into one Spirit. -- 1 corinthians 12:13 +. +For the body is not one member, but many. -- 1 corinthians 12:14 +. +If the foot shall say, Because I am not the hand, I am not of the body; is it therefore not of the body? -- 1 corinthians 12:15 +. +And if the ear shall say, Because I am not the eye, I am not of the body; is it therefore not of the body? -- 1 corinthians 12:16 +. +If the whole body were an eye, where were the hearing? If the whole were hearing, where were the smelling? -- 1 corinthians 12:17 +. +But now has God set the members every one of them in the body, as it has pleased him. -- 1 corinthians 12:18 +. +And if they were all one member, where were the body? -- 1 corinthians 12:19 +. +But now are they many members, yet but one body. -- 1 corinthians 12:20 +. +And the eye cannot say to the hand, I have no need of you: nor again the head to the feet, I have no need of you. -- 1 corinthians 12:21 +. +No, much more those members of the body, which seem to be more feeble, are necessary: -- 1 corinthians 12:22 +. +And those members of the body, which we think to be less honorable, on these we bestow more abundant honor; and our uncomely parts have more abundant comeliness. -- 1 corinthians 12:23 +. +For our comely parts have no need: but God has tempered the body together, having given more abundant honor to that part which lacked. -- 1 corinthians 12:24 +. +That there should be no schism in the body; but that the members should have the same care one for another. -- 1 corinthians 12:25 +. +And whether one member suffer, all the members suffer with it; or one member be honored, all the members rejoice with it. -- 1 corinthians 12:26 +. +Now you are the body of Christ, and members in particular. -- 1 corinthians 12:27 +. +And God has set some in the church, first apostles, secondarily prophets, thirdly teachers, after that miracles, then gifts of healings, helps, governments, diversities of tongues. -- 1 corinthians 12:28 +. +Are all apostles? are all prophets? are all teachers? are all workers of miracles? -- 1 corinthians 12:29 +. +Have all the gifts of healing? do all speak with tongues? do all interpret? -- 1 corinthians 12:30 +. +But covet earnestly the best gifts: and yet show I to you a more excellent way. -- 1 corinthians 12:31 +. +Though I speak with the tongues of men and of angels, and have not charity, I am become as sounding brass, or a tinkling cymbal. -- 1 corinthians 13:1 +. +And though I have the gift of prophecy, and understand all mysteries, and all knowledge; and though I have all faith, so that I could remove mountains, and have not charity, I am nothing. -- 1 corinthians 13:2 +. +And though I bestow all my goods to feed the poor, and though I give my body to be burned, and have not charity, it profits me nothing. -- 1 corinthians 13:3 +. +Charity suffers long, and is kind; charity envies not; charity braggs not itself, is not puffed up, -- 1 corinthians 13:4 +. +Does not behave itself unseemly, seeks not her own, is not easily provoked, thinks no evil; -- 1 corinthians 13:5 +. +Rejoices not in iniquity, but rejoices in the truth; -- 1 corinthians 13:6 +. +Bears all things, believes all things, hopes all things, endures all things. -- 1 corinthians 13:7 +. +Charity never fails: but whether there be prophecies, they shall fail; whether there be tongues, they shall cease; whether there be knowledge, it shall vanish away. -- 1 corinthians 13:8 +. +For we know in part, and we prophesy in part. -- 1 corinthians 13:9 +. +But when that which is perfect is come, then that which is in part shall be done away. -- 1 corinthians 13:10 +. +When I was a child, I spoke as a child, I understood as a child, I thought as a child: but when I became a man, I put away childish things. -- 1 corinthians 13:11 +. +For now we see through a glass, darkly; but then face to face: now I know in part; but then shall I know even as also I am known. -- 1 corinthians 13:12 +. +And now stays faith, hope, charity, these three; but the greatest of these is charity. -- 1 corinthians 13:13 +. +Follow after charity, and desire spiritual gifts, but rather that you may prophesy. -- 1 corinthians 14:1 +. +For he that speaks in an unknown tongue speaks not to men, but to God: for no man understands him; however, in the spirit he speaks mysteries. -- 1 corinthians 14:2 +. +But he that prophesies speaks to men to edification, and exhortation, and comfort. -- 1 corinthians 14:3 +. +He that speaks in an unknown tongue edifies himself; but he that prophesies edifies the church. -- 1 corinthians 14:4 +. +I would that you all spoke with tongues but rather that you prophesied: for greater is he that prophesies than he that speaks with tongues, except he interpret, that the church may receive edifying. -- 1 corinthians 14:5 +. +Now, brothers, if I come to you speaking with tongues, what shall I profit you, except I shall speak to you either by revelation, or by knowledge, or by prophesying, or by doctrine? -- 1 corinthians 14:6 +. +And even things without life giving sound, whether pipe or harp, except they give a distinction in the sounds, how shall it be known what is piped or harped? -- 1 corinthians 14:7 +. +For if the trumpet give an uncertain sound, who shall prepare himself to the battle? -- 1 corinthians 14:8 +. +So likewise you, except you utter by the tongue words easy to be understood, how shall it be known what is spoken? for you shall speak into the air. -- 1 corinthians 14:9 +. +There are, it may be, so many kinds of voices in the world, and none of them is without signification. -- 1 corinthians 14:10 +. +Therefore if I know not the meaning of the voice, I shall be to him that speaks a barbarian, and he that speaks shall be a barbarian to me. -- 1 corinthians 14:11 +. +Even so you, for as much as you are zealous of spiritual gifts, seek that you may excel to the edifying of the church. -- 1 corinthians 14:12 +. +Why let him that speaks in an unknown tongue pray that he may interpret. -- 1 corinthians 14:13 +. +For if I pray in an unknown tongue, my spirit prays, but my understanding is unfruitful. -- 1 corinthians 14:14 +. +What is it then? I will pray with the spirit, and I will pray with the understanding also: I will sing with the spirit, and I will sing with the understanding also. -- 1 corinthians 14:15 +. +Else when you shall bless with the spirit, how shall he that occupies the room of the unlearned say Amen at your giving of thanks, seeing he understands not what you say? -- 1 corinthians 14:16 +. +For you truly give thanks well, but the other is not edified. -- 1 corinthians 14:17 +. +I thank my God, I speak with tongues more than you all: -- 1 corinthians 14:18 +. +Yet in the church I had rather speak five words with my understanding, that by my voice I might teach others also, than ten thousand words in an unknown tongue. -- 1 corinthians 14:19 +. +Brothers, be not children in understanding: however, in malice be you children, but in understanding be men. -- 1 corinthians 14:20 +. +In the law it is written, With men of other tongues and other lips will I speak to this people; and yet for all that will they not hear me, said the LORD. -- 1 corinthians 14:21 +. +Why tongues are for a sign, not to them that believe, but to them that believe not: but prophesying serves not for them that believe not, but for them which believe. -- 1 corinthians 14:22 +. +If therefore the whole church be come together into one place, and all speak with tongues, and there come in those that are unlearned, or unbelievers, will they not say that you are mad? -- 1 corinthians 14:23 +. +But if all prophesy, and there come in one that believes not, or one unlearned, he is convinced of all, he is judged of all: -- 1 corinthians 14:24 +. +And thus are the secrets of his heart made manifest; and so falling down on his face he will worship God, and report that God is in you of a truth. -- 1 corinthians 14:25 +. +How is it then, brothers? when you come together, every one of you has a psalm, has a doctrine, has a tongue, has a revelation, has an interpretation. Let all things be done to edifying. -- 1 corinthians 14:26 +. +If any man speak in an unknown tongue, let it be by two, or at the most by three, and that by course; and let one interpret. -- 1 corinthians 14:27 +. +But if there be no interpreter, let him keep silence in the church; and let him speak to himself, and to God. -- 1 corinthians 14:28 +. +Let the prophets speak two or three, and let the other judge. -- 1 corinthians 14:29 +. +If any thing be revealed to another that sits by, let the first hold his peace. -- 1 corinthians 14:30 +. +For you may all prophesy one by one, that all may learn, and all may be comforted. -- 1 corinthians 14:31 +. +And the spirits of the prophets are subject to the prophets. -- 1 corinthians 14:32 +. +For God is not the author of confusion, but of peace, as in all churches of the saints. -- 1 corinthians 14:33 +. +Let your women keep silence in the churches: for it is not permitted to them to speak; but they are commanded to be under obedience as also said the law. -- 1 corinthians 14:34 +. +And if they will learn any thing, let them ask their husbands at home: for it is a shame for women to speak in the church. -- 1 corinthians 14:35 +. +What? came the word of God out from you? or came it to you only? -- 1 corinthians 14:36 +. +If any man think himself to be a prophet, or spiritual, let him acknowledge that the things that I write to you are the commandments of the Lord. -- 1 corinthians 14:37 +. +But if any man be ignorant, let him be ignorant. -- 1 corinthians 14:38 +. +Why, brothers, covet to prophesy, and forbid not to speak with tongues. -- 1 corinthians 14:39 +. +Let all things be done decently and in order. -- 1 corinthians 14:40 +. +Moreover, brothers, I declare to you the gospel which I preached to you, which also you have received, and wherein you stand; -- 1 corinthians 15:1 +. +By which also you are saved, if you keep in memory what I preached to you, unless you have believed in vain. -- 1 corinthians 15:2 +. +For I delivered to you first of all that which I also received, how that Christ died for our sins according to the scriptures; -- 1 corinthians 15:3 +. +And that he was buried, and that he rose again the third day according to the scriptures: -- 1 corinthians 15:4 +. +And that he was seen of Cephas, then of the twelve: -- 1 corinthians 15:5 +. +After that, he was seen of above five hundred brothers at once; of whom the greater part remain to this present, but some are fallen asleep. -- 1 corinthians 15:6 +. +After that, he was seen of James; then of all the apostles. -- 1 corinthians 15:7 +. +And last of all he was seen of me also, as of one born out of due time. -- 1 corinthians 15:8 +. +For I am the least of the apostles, that am not meet to be called an apostle, because I persecuted the church of God. -- 1 corinthians 15:9 +. +But by the grace of God I am what I am: and his grace which was bestowed on me was not in vain; but I labored more abundantly than they all: yet not I, but the grace of God which was with me. -- 1 corinthians 15:10 +. +Therefore whether it were I or they, so we preach, and so you believed. -- 1 corinthians 15:11 +. +Now if Christ be preached that he rose from the dead, how say some among you that there is no resurrection of the dead? -- 1 corinthians 15:12 +. +But if there be no resurrection of the dead, then is Christ not risen: -- 1 corinthians 15:13 +. +And if Christ be not risen, then is our preaching vain, and your faith is also vain. -- 1 corinthians 15:14 +. +Yes, and we are found false witnesses of God; because we have testified of God that he raised up Christ: whom he raised not up, if so be that the dead rise not. -- 1 corinthians 15:15 +. +For if the dead rise not, then is not Christ raised: -- 1 corinthians 15:16 +. +And if Christ be not raised, your faith is vain; you are yet in your sins. -- 1 corinthians 15:17 +. +Then they also which are fallen asleep in Christ are perished. -- 1 corinthians 15:18 +. +If in this life only we have hope in Christ, we are of all men most miserable. -- 1 corinthians 15:19 +. +But now is Christ risen from the dead, and become the first fruits of them that slept. -- 1 corinthians 15:20 +. +For since by man came death, by man came also the resurrection of the dead. -- 1 corinthians 15:21 +. +For as in Adam all die, even so in Christ shall all be made alive. -- 1 corinthians 15:22 +. +But every man in his own order: Christ the first fruits; afterward they that are Christ' at his coming. -- 1 corinthians 15:23 +. +Then comes the end, when he shall have delivered up the kingdom to God, even the Father; when he shall have put down all rule and all authority and power. -- 1 corinthians 15:24 +. +For he must reign, till he has put all enemies under his feet. -- 1 corinthians 15:25 +. +The last enemy that shall be destroyed is death. -- 1 corinthians 15:26 +. +For he has put all things under his feet. But when he said all things are put under him, it is manifest that he is excepted, which did put all things under him. -- 1 corinthians 15:27 +. +And when all things shall be subdued to him, then shall the Son also himself be subject to him that put all things under him, that God may be all in all. -- 1 corinthians 15:28 +. +Else what shall they do which are baptized for the dead, if the dead rise not at all? why are they then baptized for the dead? -- 1 corinthians 15:29 +. +And why stand we in jeopardy every hour? -- 1 corinthians 15:30 +. +I protest by your rejoicing which I have in Christ Jesus our LORD, I die daily. -- 1 corinthians 15:31 +. +If after the manner of men I have fought with beasts at Ephesus, what advantages it me, if the dead rise not? let us eat and drink; for to morrow we die. -- 1 corinthians 15:32 +. +Be not deceived: evil communications corrupt good manners. -- 1 corinthians 15:33 +. +Awake to righteousness, and sin not; for some have not the knowledge of God: I speak this to your shame. -- 1 corinthians 15:34 +. +But some man will say, How are the dead raised up? and with what body do they come? -- 1 corinthians 15:35 +. +You fool, that which you sow is not quickened, except it die: -- 1 corinthians 15:36 +. +And that which you sow, you sow not that body that shall be, but bore grain, it may chance of wheat, or of some other grain: -- 1 corinthians 15:37 +. +But God gives it a body as it has pleased him, and to every seed his own body. -- 1 corinthians 15:38 +. +All flesh is not the same flesh: but there is one kind of flesh of men, another flesh of beasts, another of fishes, and another of birds. -- 1 corinthians 15:39 +. +There are also celestial bodies, and bodies terrestrial: but the glory of the celestial is one, and the glory of the terrestrial is another. -- 1 corinthians 15:40 +. +There is one glory of the sun, and another glory of the moon, and another glory of the stars: for one star differs from another star in glory. -- 1 corinthians 15:41 +. +So also is the resurrection of the dead. It is sown in corruption; it is raised in incorruption: -- 1 corinthians 15:42 +. +It is sown in dishonor; it is raised in glory: it is sown in weakness; it is raised in power: -- 1 corinthians 15:43 +. +It is sown a natural body; it is raised a spiritual body. There is a natural body, and there is a spiritual body. -- 1 corinthians 15:44 +. +And so it is written, The first man Adam was made a living soul; the last Adam was made a quickening spirit. -- 1 corinthians 15:45 +. +However, that was not first which is spiritual, but that which is natural; and afterward that which is spiritual. -- 1 corinthians 15:46 +. +The first man is of the earth, earthy; the second man is the Lord from heaven. -- 1 corinthians 15:47 +. +As is the earthy, such are they also that are earthy: and as is the heavenly, such are they also that are heavenly. -- 1 corinthians 15:48 +. +And as we have borne the image of the earthy, we shall also bear the image of the heavenly. -- 1 corinthians 15:49 +. +Now this I say, brothers, that flesh and blood cannot inherit the kingdom of God; neither does corruption inherit incorruption. -- 1 corinthians 15:50 +. +Behold, I show you a mystery; We shall not all sleep, but we shall all be changed, -- 1 corinthians 15:51 +. +In a moment, in the twinkling of an eye, at the last trump: for the trumpet shall sound, and the dead shall be raised incorruptible, and we shall be changed. -- 1 corinthians 15:52 +. +For this corruptible must put on incorruption, and this mortal must put on immortality. -- 1 corinthians 15:53 +. +So when this corruptible shall have put on incorruption, and this mortal shall have put on immortality, then shall be brought to pass the saying that is written, Death is swallowed up in victory. -- 1 corinthians 15:54 +. +O death, where is your sting? O grave, where is your victory? -- 1 corinthians 15:55 +. +The sting of death is sin; and the strength of sin is the law. -- 1 corinthians 15:56 +. +But thanks be to God, which gives us the victory through our Lord Jesus Christ. -- 1 corinthians 15:57 +. +Therefore, my beloved brothers, be you steadfast, unmovable, always abounding in the work of the Lord, for as much as you know that your labor is not in vain in the Lord. -- 1 corinthians 15:58 +. +Now concerning the collection for the saints, as I have given order to the churches of Galatia, even so do you. -- 1 corinthians 16:1 +. +On the first day of the week let every one of you lay by him in store, as God has prospered him, that there be no gatherings when I come. -- 1 corinthians 16:2 +. +And when I come, whomsoever you shall approve by your letters, them will I send to bring your liberality to Jerusalem. -- 1 corinthians 16:3 +. +And if it be meet that I go also, they shall go with me. -- 1 corinthians 16:4 +. +Now I will come to you, when I shall pass through Macedonia: for I do pass through Macedonia. -- 1 corinthians 16:5 +. +And it may be that I will abide, yes, and winter with you, that you may bring me on my journey wherever I go. -- 1 corinthians 16:6 +. +For I will not see you now by the way; but I trust to tarry a while with you, if the Lord permit. -- 1 corinthians 16:7 +. +But I will tarry at Ephesus until Pentecost. -- 1 corinthians 16:8 +. +For a great door and effectual is opened to me, and there are many adversaries. -- 1 corinthians 16:9 +. +Now if Timotheus come, see that he may be with you without fear: for he works the work of the Lord, as I also do. -- 1 corinthians 16:10 +. +Let no man therefore despise him: but conduct him forth in peace, that he may come to me: for I look for him with the brothers. -- 1 corinthians 16:11 +. +As touching our brother Apollos, I greatly desired him to come to you with the brothers: but his will was not at all to come at this time; but he will come when he shall have convenient time. -- 1 corinthians 16:12 +. +Watch you, stand fast in the faith, quit you like men, be strong. -- 1 corinthians 16:13 +. +Let all your things be done with charity. -- 1 corinthians 16:14 +. +I beseech you, brothers, (you know the house of Stephanas, that it is the first fruits of Achaia, and that they have addicted themselves to the ministry of the saints,) -- 1 corinthians 16:15 +. +That you submit yourselves to such, and to every one that helps with us, and labors. -- 1 corinthians 16:16 +. +I am glad of the coming of Stephanas and Fortunatus and Achaicus: for that which was lacking on your part they have supplied. -- 1 corinthians 16:17 +. +For they have refreshed my spirit and your': therefore acknowledge you them that are such. -- 1 corinthians 16:18 +. +The churches of Asia salute you. Aquila and Priscilla salute you much in the Lord, with the church that is in their house. -- 1 corinthians 16:19 +. +All the brothers greet you. Greet you one another with an holy kiss. -- 1 corinthians 16:20 +. +The salutation of me Paul with my own hand. -- 1 corinthians 16:21 +. +If any man love not the Lord Jesus Christ, let him be Anathema Maranatha. -- 1 corinthians 16:22 +. +The grace of our Lord Jesus Christ be with you. -- 1 corinthians 16:23 +. +My love be with you all in Christ Jesus. Amen. -- 1 corinthians 16:24 +. +Paul, an apostle of Jesus Christ by the will of God, and Timothy our brother, to the church of God which is at Corinth, with all the saints which are in all Achaia: -- 2 corinthians 1:1 +. +Grace be to you and peace from God our Father, and from the Lord Jesus Christ. -- 2 corinthians 1:2 +. +Blessed be God, even the Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, the Father of mercies, and the God of all comfort; -- 2 corinthians 1:3 +. +Who comforts us in all our tribulation, that we may be able to comfort them which are in any trouble, by the comfort with which we ourselves are comforted of God. -- 2 corinthians 1:4 +. +For as the sufferings of Christ abound in us, so our consolation also abounds by Christ. -- 2 corinthians 1:5 +. +And whether we be afflicted, it is for your consolation and salvation, which is effectual in the enduring of the same sufferings which we also suffer: or whether we be comforted, it is for your consolation and salvation. -- 2 corinthians 1:6 +. +And our hope of you is steadfast, knowing, that as you are partakers of the sufferings, so shall you be also of the consolation. -- 2 corinthians 1:7 +. +For we would not, brothers, have you ignorant of our trouble which came to us in Asia, that we were pressed out of measure, above strength, so that we despaired even of life: -- 2 corinthians 1:8 +. +But we had the sentence of death in ourselves, that we should not trust in ourselves, but in God which raises the dead: -- 2 corinthians 1:9 +. +Who delivered us from so great a death, and does deliver: in whom we trust that he will yet deliver us; -- 2 corinthians 1:10 +. +You also helping together by prayer for us, that for the gift bestowed on us by the means of many persons thanks may be given by many on our behalf. -- 2 corinthians 1:11 +. +For our rejoicing is this, the testimony of our conscience, that in simplicity and godly sincerity, not with fleshly wisdom, but by the grace of God, we have had our conversation in the world, and more abundantly to you-ward. -- 2 corinthians 1:12 +. +For we write none other things to you, than what you read or acknowledge; and I trust you shall acknowledge even to the end; -- 2 corinthians 1:13 +. +As also you have acknowledged us in part, that we are your rejoicing, even as you also are our' in the day of the Lord Jesus. -- 2 corinthians 1:14 +. +And in this confidence I was minded to come to you before, that you might have a second benefit; -- 2 corinthians 1:15 +. +And to pass by you into Macedonia, and to come again out of Macedonia to you, and of you to be brought on my way toward Judaea. -- 2 corinthians 1:16 +. +When I therefore was thus minded, did I use lightness? or the things that I purpose, do I purpose according to the flesh, that with me there should be yes yes, and no no? -- 2 corinthians 1:17 +. +But as God is true, our word toward you was not yes and no. -- 2 corinthians 1:18 +. +For the Son of God, Jesus Christ, who was preached among you by us, even by me and Silvanus and Timotheus, was not yes and no, but in him was yes. -- 2 corinthians 1:19 +. +For all the promises of God in him are yes, and in him Amen, to the glory of God by us. -- 2 corinthians 1:20 +. +Now he which establishes us with you in Christ, and has anointed us, is God; -- 2 corinthians 1:21 +. +Who has also sealed us, and given the earnest of the Spirit in our hearts. -- 2 corinthians 1:22 +. +Moreover I call God for a record on my soul, that to spare you I came not as yet to Corinth. -- 2 corinthians 1:23 +. +Not for that we have dominion over your faith, but are helpers of your joy: for by faith you stand. -- 2 corinthians 1:24 +. +But I determined this with myself, that I would not come again to you in heaviness. -- 2 corinthians 2:1 +. +For if I make you sorry, who is he then that makes me glad, but the same which is made sorry by me? -- 2 corinthians 2:2 +. +And I wrote this same to you, lest, when I came, I should have sorrow from them of whom I ought to rejoice; having confidence in you all, that my joy is the joy of you all. -- 2 corinthians 2:3 +. +For out of much affliction and anguish of heart I wrote to you with many tears; not that you should be grieved, but that you might know the love which I have more abundantly to you. -- 2 corinthians 2:4 +. +But if any have caused grief, he has not grieved me, but in part: that I may not overcharge you all. -- 2 corinthians 2:5 +. +Sufficient to such a man is this punishment, which was inflicted of many. -- 2 corinthians 2:6 +. +So that contrariwise you ought rather to forgive him, and comfort him, lest perhaps such a one should be swallowed up with overmuch sorrow. -- 2 corinthians 2:7 +. +Why I beseech you that you would confirm your love toward him. -- 2 corinthians 2:8 +. +For to this end also did I write, that I might know the proof of you, whether you be obedient in all things. -- 2 corinthians 2:9 +. +To whom you forgive any thing, I forgive also: for if I forgave any thing, to whom I forgave it, for your sakes forgave I it in the person of Christ; -- 2 corinthians 2:10 +. +Lest Satan should get an advantage of us: for we are not ignorant of his devices. -- 2 corinthians 2:11 +. +Furthermore, when I came to Troas to preach Christ' gospel, and a door was opened to me of the Lord, -- 2 corinthians 2:12 +. +I had no rest in my spirit, because I found not Titus my brother: but taking my leave of them, I went from there into Macedonia. -- 2 corinthians 2:13 +. +Now thanks be to God, which always causes us to triumph in Christ, and makes manifest the aroma of his knowledge by us in every place. -- 2 corinthians 2:14 +. +For we are to God a sweet smell of Christ, in them that are saved, and in them that perish: -- 2 corinthians 2:15 +. +To the one we are the smell of death to death; and to the other the smell of life to life. And who is sufficient for these things? -- 2 corinthians 2:16 +. +For we are not as many, which corrupt the word of God: but as of sincerity, but as of God, in the sight of God speak we in Christ. -- 2 corinthians 2:17 +. +Do we begin again to commend ourselves? or need we, as some others, letters of commendation to you, or letters of commendation from you? -- 2 corinthians 3:1 +. +You are our letter written in our hearts, known and read of all men: -- 2 corinthians 3:2 +. +For as much as you are manifestly declared to be the letter of Christ ministered by us, written not with ink, but with the Spirit of the living God; not in tables of stone, but in fleshy tables of the heart. -- 2 corinthians 3:3 +. +And such trust have we through Christ to God-ward: -- 2 corinthians 3:4 +. +Not that we are sufficient of ourselves to think any thing as of ourselves; but our sufficiency is of God; -- 2 corinthians 3:5 +. +Who also has made us able ministers of the new testament; not of the letter, but of the spirit: for the letter kills, but the spirit gives life. -- 2 corinthians 3:6 +. +But if the ministration of death, written and engraved in stones, was glorious, so that the children of Israel could not steadfastly behold the face of Moses for the glory of his countenance; which glory was to be done away: -- 2 corinthians 3:7 +. +How shall not the ministration of the spirit be rather glorious? -- 2 corinthians 3:8 +. +For if the ministration of condemnation be glory, much more does the ministration of righteousness exceed in glory. -- 2 corinthians 3:9 +. +For even that which was made glorious had no glory in this respect, by reason of the glory that excels. -- 2 corinthians 3:10 +. +For if that which is done away was glorious, much more that which remains is glorious. -- 2 corinthians 3:11 +. +Seeing then that we have such hope, we use great plainness of speech: -- 2 corinthians 3:12 +. +And not as Moses, which put a veil over his face, that the children of Israel could not steadfastly look to the end of that which is abolished: -- 2 corinthians 3:13 +. +But their minds were blinded: for until this day remains the same veil not taken away in the reading of the old testament; which veil is done away in Christ. -- 2 corinthians 3:14 +. +But even to this day, when Moses is read, the veil is on their heart. -- 2 corinthians 3:15 +. +Nevertheless when it shall turn to the Lord, the veil shall be taken away. -- 2 corinthians 3:16 +. +Now the Lord is that Spirit: and where the Spirit of the Lord is, there is liberty. -- 2 corinthians 3:17 +. +But we all, with open face beholding as in a glass the glory of the Lord, are changed into the same image from glory to glory, even as by the Spirit of the LORD. -- 2 corinthians 3:18 +. +Therefore seeing we have this ministry, as we have received mercy, we faint not; -- 2 corinthians 4:1 +. +But have renounced the hidden things of dishonesty, not walking in craftiness, nor handling the word of God deceitfully; but by manifestation of the truth commending ourselves to every man' conscience in the sight of God. -- 2 corinthians 4:2 +. +But if our gospel be hid, it is hid to them that are lost: -- 2 corinthians 4:3 +. +In whom the god of this world has blinded the minds of them which believe not, lest the light of the glorious gospel of Christ, who is the image of God, should shine to them. -- 2 corinthians 4:4 +. +For we preach not ourselves, but Christ Jesus the Lord; and ourselves your servants for Jesus'sake. -- 2 corinthians 4:5 +. +For God, who commanded the light to shine out of darkness, has shined in our hearts, to give the light of the knowledge of the glory of God in the face of Jesus Christ. -- 2 corinthians 4:6 +. +But we have this treasure in earthen vessels, that the excellency of the power may be of God, and not of us. -- 2 corinthians 4:7 +. +We are troubled on every side, yet not distressed; we are perplexed, but not in despair; -- 2 corinthians 4:8 +. +Persecuted, but not forsaken; cast down, but not destroyed; -- 2 corinthians 4:9 +. +Always bearing about in the body the dying of the Lord Jesus, that the life also of Jesus might be made manifest in our body. -- 2 corinthians 4:10 +. +For we which live are always delivered to death for Jesus'sake, that the life also of Jesus might be made manifest in our mortal flesh. -- 2 corinthians 4:11 +. +So then death works in us, but life in you. -- 2 corinthians 4:12 +. +We having the same spirit of faith, according as it is written, I believed, and therefore have I spoken; we also believe, and therefore speak; -- 2 corinthians 4:13 +. +Knowing that he which raised up the Lord Jesus shall raise up us also by Jesus, and shall present us with you. -- 2 corinthians 4:14 +. +For all things are for your sakes, that the abundant grace might through the thanksgiving of many redound to the glory of God. -- 2 corinthians 4:15 +. +For which cause we faint not; but though our outward man perish, yet the inward man is renewed day by day. -- 2 corinthians 4:16 +. +For our light affliction, which is but for a moment, works for us a far more exceeding and eternal weight of glory; -- 2 corinthians 4:17 +. +While we look not at the things which are seen, but at the things which are not seen: for the things which are seen are temporal; but the things which are not seen are eternal. -- 2 corinthians 4:18 +. +For we know that if our earthly house of this tabernacle were dissolved, we have a building of God, an house not made with hands, eternal in the heavens. -- 2 corinthians 5:1 +. +For in this we groan, earnestly desiring to be clothed on with our house which is from heaven: -- 2 corinthians 5:2 +. +If so be that being clothed we shall not be found naked. -- 2 corinthians 5:3 +. +For we that are in this tabernacle do groan, being burdened: not for that we would be unclothed, but clothed on, that mortality might be swallowed up of life. -- 2 corinthians 5:4 +. +Now he that has worked us for the selfsame thing is God, who also has given to us the earnest of the Spirit. -- 2 corinthians 5:5 +. +Therefore we are always confident, knowing that, whilst we are at home in the body, we are absent from the Lord: -- 2 corinthians 5:6 +. +(For we walk by faith, not by sight:) -- 2 corinthians 5:7 +. +We are confident, I say, and willing rather to be absent from the body, and to be present with the Lord. -- 2 corinthians 5:8 +. +Why we labor, that, whether present or absent, we may be accepted of him. -- 2 corinthians 5:9 +. +For we must all appear before the judgment seat of Christ; that every one may receive the things done in his body, according to that he has done, whether it be good or bad. -- 2 corinthians 5:10 +. +Knowing therefore the terror of the Lord, we persuade men; but we are made manifest to God; and I trust also are made manifest in your consciences. -- 2 corinthians 5:11 +. +For we commend not ourselves again to you, but give you occasion to glory on our behalf, that you may have somewhat to answer them which glory in appearance, and not in heart. -- 2 corinthians 5:12 +. +For whether we be beside ourselves, it is to God: or whether we be sober, it is for your cause. -- 2 corinthians 5:13 +. +For the love of Christ constrains us; because we thus judge, that if one died for all, then were all dead: -- 2 corinthians 5:14 +. +And that he died for all, that they which live should not from now on live to themselves, but to him which died for them, and rose again. -- 2 corinthians 5:15 +. +Why from now on know we no man after the flesh: yes, though we have known Christ after the flesh, yet now from now on know we him no more. -- 2 corinthians 5:16 +. +Therefore if any man be in Christ, he is a new creature: old things are passed away; behold, all things are become new. -- 2 corinthians 5:17 +. +And all things are of God, who has reconciled us to himself by Jesus Christ, and has given to us the ministry of reconciliation; -- 2 corinthians 5:18 +. +To wit, that God was in Christ, reconciling the world to himself, not imputing their trespasses to them; and has committed to us the word of reconciliation. -- 2 corinthians 5:19 +. +Now then we are ambassadors for Christ, as though God did beseech you by us: we pray you in Christ' stead, be you reconciled to God. -- 2 corinthians 5:20 +. +For he has made him to be sin for us, who knew no sin; that we might be made the righteousness of God in him. -- 2 corinthians 5:21 +. +We then, as workers together with him, beseech you also that you receive not the grace of God in vain. -- 2 corinthians 6:1 +. +(For he said, I have heard you in a time accepted, and in the day of salvation have I succored you: behold, now is the accepted time; behold, now is the day of salvation.) -- 2 corinthians 6:2 +. +Giving no offense in any thing, that the ministry be not blamed: -- 2 corinthians 6:3 +. +But in all things approving ourselves as the ministers of God, in much patience, in afflictions, in necessities, in distresses, -- 2 corinthians 6:4 +. +In stripes, in imprisonments, in tumults, in labors, in watchings, in fastings; -- 2 corinthians 6:5 +. +By pureness, by knowledge, by long-suffering, by kindness, by the Holy Ghost, by love unfeigned, -- 2 corinthians 6:6 +. +By the word of truth, by the power of God, by the armor of righteousness on the right hand and on the left, -- 2 corinthians 6:7 +. +By honor and dishonor, by evil report and good report: as deceivers, and yet true; -- 2 corinthians 6:8 +. +As unknown, and yet well known; as dying, and, behold, we live; as chastened, and not killed; -- 2 corinthians 6:9 +. +As sorrowful, yet always rejoicing; as poor, yet making many rich; as having nothing, and yet possessing all things. -- 2 corinthians 6:10 +. +O you Corinthians, our mouth is open to you, our heart is enlarged. -- 2 corinthians 6:11 +. +You are not straitened in us, but you are straitened in your own bowels. -- 2 corinthians 6:12 +. +Now for a recompense in the same, (I speak as to my children,) be you also enlarged. -- 2 corinthians 6:13 +. +Be you not unequally yoked together with unbelievers: for what fellowship has righteousness with unrighteousness? and what communion has light with darkness? -- 2 corinthians 6:14 +. +And what concord has Christ with Belial? or what part has he that believes with an infidel? -- 2 corinthians 6:15 +. +And what agreement has the temple of God with idols? for you are the temple of the living God; as God has said, I will dwell in them, and walk in them; and I will be their God, and they shall be my people. -- 2 corinthians 6:16 +. +Why come out from among them, and be you separate, said the Lord, and touch not the unclean thing; and I will receive you. -- 2 corinthians 6:17 +. +And will be a Father to you, and you shall be my sons and daughters, said the Lord Almighty. -- 2 corinthians 6:18 +. +Having therefore these promises, dearly beloved, let us cleanse ourselves from all filthiness of the flesh and spirit, perfecting holiness in the fear of God. -- 2 corinthians 7:1 +. +Receive us; we have wronged no man, we have corrupted no man, we have defrauded no man. -- 2 corinthians 7:2 +. +I speak not this to condemn you: for I have said before, that you are in our hearts to die and live with you. -- 2 corinthians 7:3 +. +Great is my boldness of speech toward you, great is my glorying of you: I am filled with comfort, I am exceeding joyful in all our tribulation. -- 2 corinthians 7:4 +. +For, when we were come into Macedonia, our flesh had no rest, but we were troubled on every side; without were fights, within were fears. -- 2 corinthians 7:5 +. +Nevertheless God, that comforts those that are cast down, comforted us by the coming of Titus; -- 2 corinthians 7:6 +. +And not by his coming only, but by the consolation with which he was comforted in you, when he told us your earnest desire, your mourning, your fervent mind toward me; so that I rejoiced the more. -- 2 corinthians 7:7 +. +For though I made you sorry with a letter, I do not repent, though I did repent: for I perceive that the same letter has made you sorry, though it were but for a season. -- 2 corinthians 7:8 +. +Now I rejoice, not that you were made sorry, but that you sorrowed to repentance: for you were made sorry after a godly manner, that you might receive damage by us in nothing. -- 2 corinthians 7:9 +. +For godly sorrow works repentance to salvation not to be repented of: but the sorrow of the world works death. -- 2 corinthians 7:10 +. +For behold this selfsame thing, that you sorrowed after a godly sort, what carefulness it worked in you, yes, what clearing of yourselves, yes, what indignation, yes, what fear, yes, what vehement desire, yes, what zeal, yes, what revenge! In all things you have approved yourselves to be clear in this matter. -- 2 corinthians 7:11 +. +Why, though I wrote to you, I did it not for his cause that had done the wrong, nor for his cause that suffered wrong, but that our care for you in the sight of God might appear to you. -- 2 corinthians 7:12 +. +Therefore we were comforted in your comfort: yes, and exceedingly the more joyed we for the joy of Titus, because his spirit was refreshed by you all. -- 2 corinthians 7:13 +. +For if I have boasted any thing to him of you, I am not ashamed; but as we spoke all things to you in truth, even so our boasting, which I made before Titus, is found a truth. -- 2 corinthians 7:14 +. +And his inward affection is more abundant toward you, whilst he remembers the obedience of you all, how with fear and trembling you received him. -- 2 corinthians 7:15 +. +I rejoice therefore that I have confidence in you in all things. -- 2 corinthians 7:16 +. +Moreover, brothers, we do you to wit of the grace of God bestowed on the churches of Macedonia; -- 2 corinthians 8:1 +. +How that in a great trial of affliction the abundance of their joy and their deep poverty abounded to the riches of their liberality. -- 2 corinthians 8:2 +. +For to their power, I bear record, yes, and beyond their power they were willing of themselves; -- 2 corinthians 8:3 +. +Praying us with much entreaty that we would receive the gift, and take on us the fellowship of the ministering to the saints. -- 2 corinthians 8:4 +. +And this they did, not as we hoped, but first gave their own selves to the Lord, and to us by the will of God. -- 2 corinthians 8:5 +. +So that we desired Titus, that as he had begun, so he would also finish in you the same grace also. -- 2 corinthians 8:6 +. +Therefore, as you abound in every thing, in faith, and utterance, and knowledge, and in all diligence, and in your love to us, see that you abound in this grace also. -- 2 corinthians 8:7 +. +I speak not by commandment, but by occasion of the forwardness of others, and to prove the sincerity of your love. -- 2 corinthians 8:8 +. +For you know the grace of our Lord Jesus Christ, that, though he was rich, yet for your sakes he became poor, that you through his poverty might be rich. -- 2 corinthians 8:9 +. +And herein I give my advice: for this is expedient for you, who have begun before, not only to do, but also to be forward a year ago. -- 2 corinthians 8:10 +. +Now therefore perform the doing of it; that as there was a readiness to will, so there may be a performance also out of that which you have. -- 2 corinthians 8:11 +. +For if there be first a willing mind, it is accepted according to that a man has, and not according to that he has not. -- 2 corinthians 8:12 +. +For I mean not that other men be eased, and you burdened: -- 2 corinthians 8:13 +. +But by an equality, that now at this time your abundance may be a supply for their want, that their abundance also may be a supply for your want: that there may be equality: -- 2 corinthians 8:14 +. +As it is written, He that had gathered much had nothing over; and he that had gathered little had no lack. -- 2 corinthians 8:15 +. +But thanks be to God, which put the same earnest care into the heart of Titus for you. -- 2 corinthians 8:16 +. +For indeed he accepted the exhortation; but being more forward, of his own accord he went to you. -- 2 corinthians 8:17 +. +And we have sent with him the brother, whose praise is in the gospel throughout all the churches; -- 2 corinthians 8:18 +. +And not that only, but who was also chosen of the churches to travel with us with this grace, which is administered by us to the glory of the same Lord, and declaration of your ready mind: -- 2 corinthians 8:19 +. +Avoiding this, that no man should blame us in this abundance which is administered by us: -- 2 corinthians 8:20 +. +Providing for honest things, not only in the sight of the Lord, but also in the sight of men. -- 2 corinthians 8:21 +. +And we have sent with them our brother, whom we have oftentimes proved diligent in many things, but now much more diligent, on the great confidence which I have in you. -- 2 corinthians 8:22 +. +Whether any do inquire of Titus, he is my partner and fellow helper concerning you: or our brothers be inquired of, they are the messengers of the churches, and the glory of Christ. -- 2 corinthians 8:23 +. +Why show you to them, and before the churches, the proof of your love, and of our boasting on your behalf. -- 2 corinthians 8:24 +. +For as touching the ministering to the saints, it is superfluous for me to write to you: -- 2 corinthians 9:1 +. +For I know the forwardness of your mind, for which I boast of you to them of Macedonia, that Achaia was ready a year ago; and your zeal has provoked very many. -- 2 corinthians 9:2 +. +Yet have I sent the brothers, lest our boasting of you should be in vain in this behalf; that, as I said, you may be ready: -- 2 corinthians 9:3 +. +Lest haply if they of Macedonia come with me, and find you unprepared, we (that we say not, you) should be ashamed in this same confident boasting. -- 2 corinthians 9:4 +. +Therefore I thought it necessary to exhort the brothers, that they would go before to you, and make up beforehand your bounty, whereof you had notice before, that the same might be ready, as a matter of bounty, and not as of covetousness. -- 2 corinthians 9:5 +. +But this I say, He which sows sparingly shall reap also sparingly; and he which sows bountifully shall reap also bountifully. -- 2 corinthians 9:6 +. +Every man according as he purposes in his heart, so let him give; not grudgingly, or of necessity: for God loves a cheerful giver. -- 2 corinthians 9:7 +. +And God is able to make all grace abound toward you; that you, always having all sufficiency in all things, may abound to every good work: -- 2 corinthians 9:8 +. +(As it is written, He has dispersed abroad; he has given to the poor: his righteousness remains for ever. -- 2 corinthians 9:9 +. +Now he that ministers seed to the sower both minister bread for your food, and multiply your seed sown, and increase the fruits of your righteousness;) -- 2 corinthians 9:10 +. +Being enriched in every thing to all bountifulness, which causes through us thanksgiving to God. -- 2 corinthians 9:11 +. +For the administration of this service not only supplies the want of the saints, but is abundant also by many thanksgivings to God; -- 2 corinthians 9:12 +. +Whiles by the experiment of this ministration they glorify God for your professed subjection to the gospel of Christ, and for your liberal distribution to them, and to all men; -- 2 corinthians 9:13 +. +And by their prayer for you, which long after you for the exceeding grace of God in you. -- 2 corinthians 9:14 +. +Thanks be to God for his unspeakable gift. -- 2 corinthians 9:15 +. +Now I Paul myself beseech you by the meekness and gentleness of Christ, who in presence am base among you, but being absent am bold toward you: -- 2 corinthians 10:1 +. +But I beseech you, that I may not be bold when I am present with that confidence, with which I think to be bold against some, which think of us as if we walked according to the flesh. -- 2 corinthians 10:2 +. +For though we walk in the flesh, we do not war after the flesh: -- 2 corinthians 10:3 +. +(For the weapons of our warfare are not carnal, but mighty through God to the pulling down of strong holds;) -- 2 corinthians 10:4 +. +Casting down imaginations, and every high thing that exalts itself against the knowledge of God, and bringing into captivity every thought to the obedience of Christ; -- 2 corinthians 10:5 +. +And having in a readiness to revenge all disobedience, when your obedience is fulfilled. -- 2 corinthians 10:6 +. +Do you look on things after the outward appearance? If any man trust to himself that he is Christ', let him of himself think this again, that, as he is Christ', even so are we Christ'. -- 2 corinthians 10:7 +. +For though I should boast somewhat more of our authority, which the Lord has given us for edification, and not for your destruction, I should not be ashamed: -- 2 corinthians 10:8 +. +That I may not seem as if I would terrify you by letters. -- 2 corinthians 10:9 +. +For his letters, say they, are weighty and powerful; but his bodily presence is weak, and his speech contemptible. -- 2 corinthians 10:10 +. +Let such an one think this, that, such as we are in word by letters when we are absent, such will we be also in deed when we are present. -- 2 corinthians 10:11 +. +For we dare not make ourselves of the number, or compare ourselves with some that commend themselves: but they measuring themselves by themselves, and comparing themselves among themselves, are not wise. -- 2 corinthians 10:12 +. +But we will not boast of things without our measure, but according to the measure of the rule which God has distributed to us, a measure to reach even to you. -- 2 corinthians 10:13 +. +For we stretch not ourselves beyond our measure, as though we reached not to you: for we are come as far as to you also in preaching the gospel of Christ: -- 2 corinthians 10:14 +. +Not boasting of things without our measure, that is, of other men' labors; but having hope, when your faith is increased, that we shall be enlarged by you according to our rule abundantly, -- 2 corinthians 10:15 +. +To preach the gospel in the regions beyond you, and not to boast in another man' line of things made ready to our hand. -- 2 corinthians 10:16 +. +But he that glories, let him glory in the Lord. -- 2 corinthians 10:17 +. +For not he that commends himself is approved, but whom the Lord commends. -- 2 corinthians 10:18 +. +Would to God you could bear with me a little in my folly: and indeed bear with me. -- 2 corinthians 11:1 +. +For I am jealous over you with godly jealousy: for I have espoused you to one husband, that I may present you as a chaste virgin to Christ. -- 2 corinthians 11:2 +. +But I fear, lest by any means, as the serpent beguiled Eve through his subtlety, so your minds should be corrupted from the simplicity that is in Christ. -- 2 corinthians 11:3 +. +For if he that comes preaches another Jesus, whom we have not preached, or if you receive another spirit, which you have not received, or another gospel, which you have not accepted, you might well bear with him. -- 2 corinthians 11:4 +. +For I suppose I was not a whit behind the very most chief apostles. -- 2 corinthians 11:5 +. +But though I be rude in speech, yet not in knowledge; but we have been thoroughly made manifest among you in all things. -- 2 corinthians 11:6 +. +Have I committed an offense in abasing myself that you might be exalted, because I have preached to you the gospel of God freely? -- 2 corinthians 11:7 +. +I robbed other churches, taking wages of them, to do you service. -- 2 corinthians 11:8 +. +And when I was present with you, and wanted, I was chargeable to no man: for that which was lacking to me the brothers which came from Macedonia supplied: and in all things I have kept myself from being burdensome to you, and so will I keep myself. -- 2 corinthians 11:9 +. +As the truth of Christ is in me, no man shall stop me of this boasting in the regions of Achaia. -- 2 corinthians 11:10 +. +Why? because I love you not? God knows. -- 2 corinthians 11:11 +. +But what I do, that I will do, that I may cut off occasion from them which desire occasion; that wherein they glory, they may be found even as we. -- 2 corinthians 11:12 +. +For such are false apostles, deceitful workers, transforming themselves into the apostles of Christ. -- 2 corinthians 11:13 +. +And no marvel; for Satan himself is transformed into an angel of light. -- 2 corinthians 11:14 +. +Therefore it is no great thing if his ministers also be transformed as the ministers of righteousness; whose end shall be according to their works. -- 2 corinthians 11:15 +. +I say again, Let no man think me a fool; if otherwise, yet as a fool receive me, that I may boast myself a little. -- 2 corinthians 11:16 +. +That which I speak, I speak it not after the Lord, but as it were foolishly, in this confidence of boasting. -- 2 corinthians 11:17 +. +Seeing that many glory after the flesh, I will glory also. -- 2 corinthians 11:18 +. +For you suffer fools gladly, seeing you yourselves are wise. -- 2 corinthians 11:19 +. +For you suffer, if a man bring you into bondage, if a man devour you, if a man take of you, if a man exalt himself, if a man smite you on the face. -- 2 corinthians 11:20 +. +I speak as concerning reproach, as though we had been weak. However, when ever any is bold, (I speak foolishly,) I am bold also. -- 2 corinthians 11:21 +. +Are they Hebrews? so am I. Are they Israelites? so am I. Are they the seed of Abraham? so am I. -- 2 corinthians 11:22 +. +Are they ministers of Christ? (I speak as a fool) I am more; in labors more abundant, in stripes above measure, in prisons more frequent, in deaths oft. -- 2 corinthians 11:23 +. +Of the Jews five times received I forty stripes save one. -- 2 corinthians 11:24 +. +Thrice was I beaten with rods, once was I stoned, thrice I suffered shipwreck, a night and a day I have been in the deep; -- 2 corinthians 11:25 +. +In journeys often, in perils of waters, in perils of robbers, in perils by my own countrymen, in perils by the heathen, in perils in the city, in perils in the wilderness, in perils in the sea, in perils among false brothers; -- 2 corinthians 11:26 +. +In weariness and painfulness, in watchings often, in hunger and thirst, in fastings often, in cold and nakedness. -- 2 corinthians 11:27 +. +Beside those things that are without, that which comes on me daily, the care of all the churches. -- 2 corinthians 11:28 +. +Who is weak, and I am not weak? who is offended, and I burn not? -- 2 corinthians 11:29 +. +If I must needs glory, I will glory of the things which concern my infirmities. -- 2 corinthians 11:30 +. +The God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, which is blessed for ever more, knows that I lie not. -- 2 corinthians 11:31 +. +In Damascus the governor under Aretas the king kept the city of the Damascenes with a garrison, desirous to apprehend me: -- 2 corinthians 11:32 +. +And through a window in a basket was I let down by the wall, and escaped his hands. -- 2 corinthians 11:33 +. +It is not expedient for me doubtless to glory. I will come to visions and revelations of the Lord. -- 2 corinthians 12:1 +. +I knew a man in Christ above fourteen years ago, (whether in the body, I cannot tell; or whether out of the body, I cannot tell: God knows;) such an one caught up to the third heaven. -- 2 corinthians 12:2 +. +And I knew such a man, (whether in the body, or out of the body, I cannot tell: God knows;) -- 2 corinthians 12:3 +. +How that he was caught up into paradise, and heard unspeakable words, which it is not lawful for a man to utter. -- 2 corinthians 12:4 +. +Of such an one will I glory: yet of myself I will not glory, but in my infirmities. -- 2 corinthians 12:5 +. +For though I would desire to glory, I shall not be a fool; for I will say the truth: but now I forbear, lest any man should think of me above that which he sees me to be, or that he hears of me. -- 2 corinthians 12:6 +. +And lest I should be exalted above measure through the abundance of the revelations, there was given to me a thorn in the flesh, the messenger of Satan to buffet me, lest I should be exalted above measure. -- 2 corinthians 12:7 +. +For this thing I sought the Lord thrice, that it might depart from me. -- 2 corinthians 12:8 +. +And he said to me, My grace is sufficient for you: for my strength is made perfect in weakness. Most gladly therefore will I rather glory in my infirmities, that the power of Christ may rest on me. -- 2 corinthians 12:9 +. +Therefore I take pleasure in infirmities, in reproaches, in necessities, in persecutions, in distresses for Christ' sake: for when I am weak, then am I strong. -- 2 corinthians 12:10 +. +I am become a fool in glorying; you have compelled me: for I ought to have been commended of you: for in nothing am I behind the very most chief apostles, though I be nothing. -- 2 corinthians 12:11 +. +Truly the signs of an apostle were worked among you in all patience, in signs, and wonders, and mighty deeds. -- 2 corinthians 12:12 +. +For what is it wherein you were inferior to other churches, except it be that I myself was not burdensome to you? forgive me this wrong. -- 2 corinthians 12:13 +. +Behold, the third time I am ready to come to you; and I will not be burdensome to you: for I seek not your' but you: for the children ought not to lay up for the parents, but the parents for the children. -- 2 corinthians 12:14 +. +And I will very gladly spend and be spent for you; though the more abundantly I love you, the less I be loved. -- 2 corinthians 12:15 +. +But be it so, I did not burden you: nevertheless, being crafty, I caught you with guile. -- 2 corinthians 12:16 +. +Did I make a gain of you by any of them whom I sent to you? -- 2 corinthians 12:17 +. +I desired Titus, and with him I sent a brother. Did Titus make a gain of you? walked we not in the same spirit? walked we not in the same steps? -- 2 corinthians 12:18 +. +Again, think you that we excuse ourselves to you? we speak before God in Christ: but we do all things, dearly beloved, for your edifying. -- 2 corinthians 12:19 +. +For I fear, lest, when I come, I shall not find you such as I would, and that I shall be found to you such as you would not: lest there be debates, contentions, wraths, strifes, backbitings, whisperings, arrogance, tumults: -- 2 corinthians 12:20 +. +And lest, when I come again, my God will humble me among you, and that I shall mourn many which have sinned already, and have not repented of the uncleanness and fornication and lasciviousness which they have committed. -- 2 corinthians 12:21 +. +This is the third time I am coming to you. In the mouth of two or three witnesses shall every word be established. -- 2 corinthians 13:1 +. +I told you before, and foretell you, as if I were present, the second time; and being absent now I write to them which heretofore have sinned, and to all other, that, if I come again, I will not spare: -- 2 corinthians 13:2 +. +Since you seek a proof of Christ speaking in me, which to you-ward is not weak, but is mighty in you. -- 2 corinthians 13:3 +. +For though he was crucified through weakness, yet he lives by the power of God. For we also are weak in him, but we shall live with him by the power of God toward you. -- 2 corinthians 13:4 +. +Examine yourselves, whether you be in the faith; prove your own selves. Know you not your own selves, how that Jesus Christ is in you, except you be reprobates? -- 2 corinthians 13:5 +. +But I trust that you shall know that we are not reprobates. -- 2 corinthians 13:6 +. +Now I pray to God that you do no evil; not that we should appear approved, but that you should do that which is honest, though we be as reprobates. -- 2 corinthians 13:7 +. +For we can do nothing against the truth, but for the truth. -- 2 corinthians 13:8 +. +For we are glad, when we are weak, and you are strong: and this also we wish, even your perfection. -- 2 corinthians 13:9 +. +Therefore I write these things being absent, lest being present I should use sharpness, according to the power which the Lord has given me to edification, and not to destruction. -- 2 corinthians 13:10 +. +Finally, brothers, farewell. Be perfect, be of good comfort, be of one mind, live in peace; and the God of love and peace shall be with you. -- 2 corinthians 13:11 +. +Greet one another with an holy kiss. -- 2 corinthians 13:12 +. +All the saints salute you. -- 2 corinthians 13:13 +. +The grace of the Lord Jesus Christ, and the love of God, and the communion of the Holy Ghost, be with you all. Amen. -- 2 corinthians 13:14 +. +Paul, an apostle, (not of men, neither by man, but by Jesus Christ, and God the Father, who raised him from the dead;) -- galatians 1:1 +. +And all the brothers which are with me, to the churches of Galatia: -- galatians 1:2 +. +Grace be to you and peace from God the Father, and from our Lord Jesus Christ, -- galatians 1:3 +. +Who gave himself for our sins, that he might deliver us from this present evil world, according to the will of God and our Father: -- galatians 1:4 +. +To whom be glory for ever and ever. Amen. -- galatians 1:5 +. +I marvel that you are so soon removed from him that called you into the grace of Christ to another gospel: -- galatians 1:6 +. +Which is not another; but there be some that trouble you, and would pervert the gospel of Christ. -- galatians 1:7 +. +But though we, or an angel from heaven, preach any other gospel to you than that which we have preached to you, let him be accursed. -- galatians 1:8 +. +As we said before, so say I now again, if any man preach any other gospel to you than that you have received, let him be accursed. -- galatians 1:9 +. +For do I now persuade men, or God? or do I seek to please men? for if I yet pleased men, I should not be the servant of Christ. -- galatians 1:10 +. +But I certify you, brothers, that the gospel which was preached of me is not after man. -- galatians 1:11 +. +For I neither received it of man, neither was I taught it, but by the revelation of Jesus Christ. -- galatians 1:12 +. +For you have heard of my conversation in time past in the Jews'religion, how that beyond measure I persecuted the church of God, and wasted it: -- galatians 1:13 +. +And profited in the Jews'religion above many my equals in my own nation, being more exceedingly zealous of the traditions of my fathers. -- galatians 1:14 +. +But when it pleased God, who separated me from my mother' womb, and called me by his grace, -- galatians 1:15 +. +To reveal his Son in me, that I might preach him among the heathen; immediately I conferred not with flesh and blood: -- galatians 1:16 +. +Neither went I up to Jerusalem to them which were apostles before me; but I went into Arabia, and returned again to Damascus. -- galatians 1:17 +. +Then after three years I went up to Jerusalem to see Peter, and stayed with him fifteen days. -- galatians 1:18 +. +But other of the apostles saw I none, save James the Lord' brother. -- galatians 1:19 +. +Now the things which I write to you, behold, before God, I lie not. -- galatians 1:20 +. +Afterwards I came into the regions of Syria and Cilicia; -- galatians 1:21 +. +And was unknown by face to the churches of Judaea which were in Christ: -- galatians 1:22 +. +But they had heard only, That he which persecuted us in times past now preaches the faith which once he destroyed. -- galatians 1:23 +. +And they glorified God in me. -- galatians 1:24 +. +Then fourteen years after I went up again to Jerusalem with Barnabas, and took Titus with me also. -- galatians 2:1 +. +And I went up by revelation, and communicated to them that gospel which I preach among the Gentiles, but privately to them which were of reputation, lest by any means I should run, or had run, in vain. -- galatians 2:2 +. +But neither Titus, who was with me, being a Greek, was compelled to be circumcised: -- galatians 2:3 +. +And that because of false brothers unawares brought in, who came in privately to spy out our liberty which we have in Christ Jesus, that they might bring us into bondage: -- galatians 2:4 +. +To whom we gave place by subjection, no, not for an hour; that the truth of the gospel might continue with you. -- galatians 2:5 +. +But of these who seemed to be somewhat, (whatever they were, it makes no matter to me: God accepts no man' person:) for they who seemed to be somewhat in conference added nothing to me: -- galatians 2:6 +. +But contrariwise, when they saw that the gospel of the uncircumcision was committed to me, as the gospel of the circumcision was to Peter; -- galatians 2:7 +. +(For he that worked effectually in Peter to the apostleship of the circumcision, the same was mighty in me toward the Gentiles:) -- galatians 2:8 +. +And when James, Cephas, and John, who seemed to be pillars, perceived the grace that was given to me, they gave to me and Barnabas the right hands of fellowship; that we should go to the heathen, and they to the circumcision. -- galatians 2:9 +. +Only they would that we should remember the poor; the same which I also was forward to do. -- galatians 2:10 +. +But when Peter was come to Antioch, I withstood him to the face, because he was to be blamed. -- galatians 2:11 +. +For before that certain came from James, he did eat with the Gentiles: but when they were come, he withdrew and separated himself, fearing them which were of the circumcision. -- galatians 2:12 +. +And the other Jews dissembled likewise with him; so that Barnabas also was carried away with their dissimulation. -- galatians 2:13 +. +But when I saw that they walked not uprightly according to the truth of the gospel, I said to Peter before them all, If you, being a Jew, live after the manner of Gentiles, and not as do the Jews, why compel you the Gentiles to live as do the Jews? -- galatians 2:14 +. +We who are Jews by nature, and not sinners of the Gentiles, -- galatians 2:15 +. +Knowing that a man is not justified by the works of the law, but by the faith of Jesus Christ, even we have believed in Jesus Christ, that we might be justified by the faith of Christ, and not by the works of the law: for by the works of the law shall no flesh be justified. -- galatians 2:16 +. +But if, while we seek to be justified by Christ, we ourselves also are found sinners, is therefore Christ the minister of sin? God forbid. -- galatians 2:17 +. +For if I build again the things which I destroyed, I make myself a transgressor. -- galatians 2:18 +. +For I through the law am dead to the law, that I might live to God. -- galatians 2:19 +. +I am crucified with Christ: nevertheless I live; yet not I, but Christ lives in me: and the life which I now live in the flesh I live by the faith of the Son of God, who loved me, and gave himself for me. -- galatians 2:20 +. +I do not frustrate the grace of God: for if righteousness come by the law, then Christ is dead in vain. -- galatians 2:21 +. +O foolish Galatians, who has bewitched you, that you should not obey the truth, before whose eyes Jesus Christ has been evidently set forth, crucified among you? -- galatians 3:1 +. +This only would I learn of you, Received you the Spirit by the works of the law, or by the hearing of faith? -- galatians 3:2 +. +Are you so foolish? having begun in the Spirit, are you now made perfect by the flesh? -- galatians 3:3 +. +Have you suffered so many things in vain? if it be yet in vain. -- galatians 3:4 +. +He therefore that ministers to you the Spirit, and works miracles among you, does he it by the works of the law, or by the hearing of faith? -- galatians 3:5 +. +Even as Abraham believed God, and it was accounted to him for righteousness. -- galatians 3:6 +. +Know you therefore that they which are of faith, the same are the children of Abraham. -- galatians 3:7 +. +And the scripture, foreseeing that God would justify the heathen through faith, preached before the gospel to Abraham, saying, In you shall all nations be blessed. -- galatians 3:8 +. +So then they which be of faith are blessed with faithful Abraham. -- galatians 3:9 +. +For as many as are of the works of the law are under the curse: for it is written, Cursed is every one that continues not in all things which are written in the book of the law to do them. -- galatians 3:10 +. +But that no man is justified by the law in the sight of God, it is evident: for, The just shall live by faith. -- galatians 3:11 +. +And the law is not of faith: but, The man that does them shall live in them. -- galatians 3:12 +. +Christ has redeemed us from the curse of the law, being made a curse for us: for it is written, Cursed is every one that hangs on a tree: -- galatians 3:13 +. +That the blessing of Abraham might come on the Gentiles through Jesus Christ; that we might receive the promise of the Spirit through faith. -- galatians 3:14 +. +Brothers, I speak after the manner of men; Though it be but a man' covenant, yet if it be confirmed, no man cancels, or adds thereto. -- galatians 3:15 +. +Now to Abraham and his seed were the promises made. He said not, And to seeds, as of many; but as of one, And to your seed, which is Christ. -- galatians 3:16 +. +And this I say, that the covenant, that was confirmed before of God in Christ, the law, which was four hundred and thirty years after, cannot cancel, that it should make the promise of none effect. -- galatians 3:17 +. +For if the inheritance be of the law, it is no more of promise: but God gave it to Abraham by promise. -- galatians 3:18 +. +Why then serves the law? It was added because of transgressions, till the seed should come to whom the promise was made; and it was ordained by angels in the hand of a mediator. -- galatians 3:19 +. +Now a mediator is not a mediator of one, but God is one. -- galatians 3:20 +. +Is the law then against the promises of God? God forbid: for if there had been a law given which could have given life, truly righteousness should have been by the law. -- galatians 3:21 +. +But the scripture has concluded all under sin, that the promise by faith of Jesus Christ might be given to them that believe. -- galatians 3:22 +. +But before faith came, we were kept under the law, shut up to the faith which should afterwards be revealed. -- galatians 3:23 +. +Why the law was our schoolmaster to bring us to Christ, that we might be justified by faith. -- galatians 3:24 +. +But after that faith is come, we are no longer under a schoolmaster. -- galatians 3:25 +. +For you are all the children of God by faith in Christ Jesus. -- galatians 3:26 +. +For as many of you as have been baptized into Christ have put on Christ. -- galatians 3:27 +. +There is neither Jew nor Greek, there is neither bond nor free, there is neither male nor female: for you are all one in Christ Jesus. -- galatians 3:28 +. +And if you be Christ', then are you Abraham' seed, and heirs according to the promise. -- galatians 3:29 +. +Now I say, That the heir, as long as he is a child, differs nothing from a servant, though he be lord of all; -- galatians 4:1 +. +But is under tutors and governors until the time appointed of the father. -- galatians 4:2 +. +Even so we, when we were children, were in bondage under the elements of the world: -- galatians 4:3 +. +But when the fullness of the time was come, God sent forth his Son, made of a woman, made under the law, -- galatians 4:4 +. +To redeem them that were under the law, that we might receive the adoption of sons. -- galatians 4:5 +. +And because you are sons, God has sent forth the Spirit of his Son into your hearts, crying, Abba, Father. -- galatians 4:6 +. +Why you are no more a servant, but a son; and if a son, then an heir of God through Christ. -- galatians 4:7 +. +However, then, when you knew not God, you did service to them which by nature are no gods. -- galatians 4:8 +. +But now, after that you have known God, or rather are known of God, how turn you again to the weak and beggarly elements, whereunto you desire again to be in bondage? -- galatians 4:9 +. +You observe days, and months, and times, and years. -- galatians 4:10 +. +I am afraid of you, lest I have bestowed on you labor in vain. -- galatians 4:11 +. +Brothers, I beseech you, be as I am; for I am as you are: you have not injured me at all. -- galatians 4:12 +. +You know how through infirmity of the flesh I preached the gospel to you at the first. -- galatians 4:13 +. +And my temptation which was in my flesh you despised not, nor rejected; but received me as an angel of God, even as Christ Jesus. -- galatians 4:14 +. +Where is then the blessedness you spoke of? for I bear you record, that, if it had been possible, you would have plucked out your own eyes, and have given them to me. -- galatians 4:15 +. +Am I therefore become your enemy, because I tell you the truth? -- galatians 4:16 +. +They zealously affect you, but not well; yes, they would exclude you, that you might affect them. -- galatians 4:17 +. +But it is good to be zealously affected always in a good thing, and not only when I am present with you. -- galatians 4:18 +. +My little children, of whom I travail in birth again until Christ be formed in you, -- galatians 4:19 +. +I desire to be present with you now, and to change my voice; for I stand in doubt of you. -- galatians 4:20 +. +Tell me, you that desire to be under the law, do you not hear the law? -- galatians 4:21 +. +For it is written, that Abraham had two sons, the one by a female slave, the other by a free woman. -- galatians 4:22 +. +But he who was of the female slave was born after the flesh; but he of the free woman was by promise. -- galatians 4:23 +. +Which things are an allegory: for these are the two covenants; the one from the mount Sinai, which engenders to bondage, which is Agar. -- galatians 4:24 +. +For this Agar is mount Sinai in Arabia, and answers to Jerusalem which now is, and is in bondage with her children. -- galatians 4:25 +. +But Jerusalem which is above is free, which is the mother of us all. -- galatians 4:26 +. +For it is written, Rejoice, you barren that bore not; break forth and cry, you that travail not: for the desolate has many more children than she which has an husband. -- galatians 4:27 +. +Now we, brothers, as Isaac was, are the children of promise. -- galatians 4:28 +. +But as then he that was born after the flesh persecuted him that was born after the Spirit, even so it is now. -- galatians 4:29 +. +Nevertheless what said the scripture? Cast out the female slave and her son: for the son of the female slave shall not be heir with the son of the free woman. -- galatians 4:30 +. +So then, brothers, we are not children of the female slave, but of the free. -- galatians 4:31 +. +Stand fast therefore in the liberty with which Christ has made us free, and be not entangled again with the yoke of bondage. -- galatians 5:1 +. +Behold, I Paul say to you, that if you be circumcised, Christ shall profit you nothing. -- galatians 5:2 +. +For I testify again to every man that is circumcised, that he is a debtor to do the whole law. -- galatians 5:3 +. +Christ is become of no effect to you, whoever of you are justified by the law; you are fallen from grace. -- galatians 5:4 +. +For we through the Spirit wait for the hope of righteousness by faith. -- galatians 5:5 +. +For in Jesus Christ neither circumcision avails any thing, nor uncircumcision; but faith which works by love. -- galatians 5:6 +. +You did run well; who did hinder you that you should not obey the truth? -- galatians 5:7 +. +This persuasion comes not of him that calls you. -- galatians 5:8 +. +A little leaven leavens the whole lump. -- galatians 5:9 +. +I have confidence in you through the Lord, that you will be none otherwise minded: but he that troubles you shall bear his judgment, whoever he be. -- galatians 5:10 +. +And I, brothers, if I yet preach circumcision, why do I yet suffer persecution? then is the offense of the cross ceased. -- galatians 5:11 +. +I would they were even cut off which trouble you. -- galatians 5:12 +. +For, brothers, you have been called to liberty; only use not liberty for an occasion to the flesh, but by love serve one another. -- galatians 5:13 +. +For all the law is fulfilled in one word, even in this; You shall love your neighbor as yourself. -- galatians 5:14 +. +But if you bite and devour one another, take heed that you be not consumed one of another. -- galatians 5:15 +. +This I say then, Walk in the Spirit, and you shall not fulfill the lust of the flesh. -- galatians 5:16 +. +For the flesh lusts against the Spirit, and the Spirit against the flesh: and these are contrary the one to the other: so that you cannot do the things that you would. -- galatians 5:17 +. +But if you be led of the Spirit, you are not under the law. -- galatians 5:18 +. +Now the works of the flesh are manifest, which are these; Adultery, fornication, uncleanness, lasciviousness, -- galatians 5:19 +. +Idolatry, witchcraft, hatred, variance, jealousies, wrath, strife, seditions, heresies, -- galatians 5:20 +. +Contentions, murders, drunkenness, revelings, and such like: of the which I tell you before, as I have also told you in time past, that they which do such things shall not inherit the kingdom of God. -- galatians 5:21 +. +But the fruit of the Spirit is love, joy, peace, long-suffering, gentleness, goodness, faith, -- galatians 5:22 +. +Meekness, temperance: against such there is no law. -- galatians 5:23 +. +And they that are Christ' have crucified the flesh with the affections and lusts. -- galatians 5:24 +. +If we live in the Spirit, let us also walk in the Spirit. -- galatians 5:25 +. +Let us not be desirous of vain glory, provoking one another, envying one another. -- galatians 5:26 +. +Brothers, if a man be overtaken in a fault, you which are spiritual, restore such an one in the spirit of meekness; considering yourself, lest you also be tempted. -- galatians 6:1 +. +Bear you one another' burdens, and so fulfill the law of Christ. -- galatians 6:2 +. +For if a man think himself to be something, when he is nothing, he deceives himself. -- galatians 6:3 +. +But let every man prove his own work, and then shall he have rejoicing in himself alone, and not in another. -- galatians 6:4 +. +For every man shall bear his own burden. -- galatians 6:5 +. +Let him that is taught in the word communicate to him that teaches in all good things. -- galatians 6:6 +. +Be not deceived; God is not mocked: for whatever a man sows, that shall he also reap. -- galatians 6:7 +. +For he that sows to his flesh shall of the flesh reap corruption; but he that sows to the Spirit shall of the Spirit reap life everlasting. -- galatians 6:8 +. +And let us not be weary in well doing: for in due season we shall reap, if we faint not. -- galatians 6:9 +. +As we have therefore opportunity, let us do good to all men, especially to them who are of the household of faith. -- galatians 6:10 +. +You see how large a letter I have written to you with my own hand. -- galatians 6:11 +. +As many as desire to make a fair show in the flesh, they constrain you to be circumcised; only lest they should suffer persecution for the cross of Christ. -- galatians 6:12 +. +For neither they themselves who are circumcised keep the law; but desire to have you circumcised, that they may glory in your flesh. -- galatians 6:13 +. +But God forbid that I should glory, save in the cross of our Lord Jesus Christ, by whom the world is crucified to me, and I to the world. -- galatians 6:14 +. +For in Christ Jesus neither circumcision avails any thing, nor uncircumcision, but a new creature. -- galatians 6:15 +. +And as many as walk according to this rule, peace be on them, and mercy, and on the Israel of God. -- galatians 6:16 +. +From now on let no man trouble me: for I bear in my body the marks of the Lord Jesus. -- galatians 6:17 +. +Brothers, the grace of our Lord Jesus Christ be with your spirit. Amen. -- galatians 6:18 +. +Paul, an apostle of Jesus Christ by the will of God, to the saints which are at Ephesus, and to the faithful in Christ Jesus: -- ephesians 1:1 +. +Grace be to you, and peace, from God our Father, and from the Lord Jesus Christ. -- ephesians 1:2 +. +Blessed be the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, who has blessed us with all spiritual blessings in heavenly places in Christ: -- ephesians 1:3 +. +According as he has chosen us in him before the foundation of the world, that we should be holy and without blame before him in love: -- ephesians 1:4 +. +Having predestinated us to the adoption of children by Jesus Christ to himself, according to the good pleasure of his will, -- ephesians 1:5 +. +To the praise of the glory of his grace, wherein he has made us accepted in the beloved. -- ephesians 1:6 +. +In whom we have redemption through his blood, the forgiveness of sins, according to the riches of his grace; -- ephesians 1:7 +. +Wherein he has abounded toward us in all wisdom and prudence; -- ephesians 1:8 +. +Having made known to us the mystery of his will, according to his good pleasure which he has purposed in himself: -- ephesians 1:9 +. +That in the dispensation of the fullness of times he might gather together in one all things in Christ, both which are in heaven, and which are on earth; even in him: -- ephesians 1:10 +. +In whom also we have obtained an inheritance, being predestinated according to the purpose of him who works all things after the counsel of his own will: -- ephesians 1:11 +. +That we should be to the praise of his glory, who first trusted in Christ. -- ephesians 1:12 +. +In whom you also trusted, after that you heard the word of truth, the gospel of your salvation: in whom also after that you believed, you were sealed with that holy Spirit of promise, -- ephesians 1:13 +. +Which is the earnest of our inheritance until the redemption of the purchased possession, to the praise of his glory. -- ephesians 1:14 +. +Why I also, after I heard of your faith in the Lord Jesus, and love to all the saints, -- ephesians 1:15 +. +Cease not to give thanks for you, making mention of you in my prayers; -- ephesians 1:16 +. +That the God of our Lord Jesus Christ, the Father of glory, may give to you the spirit of wisdom and revelation in the knowledge of him: -- ephesians 1:17 +. +The eyes of your understanding being enlightened; that you may know what is the hope of his calling, and what the riches of the glory of his inheritance in the saints, -- ephesians 1:18 +. +And what is the exceeding greatness of his power to us-ward who believe, according to the working of his mighty power, -- ephesians 1:19 +. +Which he worked in Christ, when he raised him from the dead, and set him at his own right hand in the heavenly places, -- ephesians 1:20 +. +Far above all principality, and power, and might, and dominion, and every name that is named, not only in this world, but also in that which is to come: -- ephesians 1:21 +. +And has put all things under his feet, and gave him to be the head over all things to the church, -- ephesians 1:22 +. +Which is his body, the fullness of him that fills all in all. -- ephesians 1:23 +. +And you has he quickened, who were dead in trespasses and sins; -- ephesians 2:1 +. +Wherein in time past you walked according to the course of this world, according to the prince of the power of the air, the spirit that now works in the children of disobedience: -- ephesians 2:2 +. +Among whom also we all had our conversation in times past in the lusts of our flesh, fulfilling the desires of the flesh and of the mind; and were by nature the children of wrath, even as others. -- ephesians 2:3 +. +But God, who is rich in mercy, for his great love with which he loved us, -- ephesians 2:4 +. +Even when we were dead in sins, has quickened us together with Christ, (by grace you are saved;) -- ephesians 2:5 +. +And has raised us up together, and made us sit together in heavenly places in Christ Jesus: -- ephesians 2:6 +. +That in the ages to come he might show the exceeding riches of his grace in his kindness toward us through Christ Jesus. -- ephesians 2:7 +. +For by grace are you saved through faith; and that not of yourselves: it is the gift of God: -- ephesians 2:8 +. +Not of works, lest any man should boast. -- ephesians 2:9 +. +For we are his workmanship, created in Christ Jesus to good works, which God has before ordained that we should walk in them. -- ephesians 2:10 +. +Why remember, that you being in time past Gentiles in the flesh, who are called Uncircumcision by that which is called the Circumcision in the flesh made by hands; -- ephesians 2:11 +. +That at that time you were without Christ, being aliens from the commonwealth of Israel, and strangers from the covenants of promise, having no hope, and without God in the world: -- ephesians 2:12 +. +But now in Christ Jesus you who sometimes were far off are made near by the blood of Christ. -- ephesians 2:13 +. +For he is our peace, who has made both one, and has broken down the middle wall of partition between us; -- ephesians 2:14 +. +Having abolished in his flesh the enmity, even the law of commandments contained in ordinances; for to make in himself of two one new man, so making peace; -- ephesians 2:15 +. +And that he might reconcile both to God in one body by the cross, having slain the enmity thereby: -- ephesians 2:16 +. +And came and preached peace to you which were afar off, and to them that were near. -- ephesians 2:17 +. +For through him we both have access by one Spirit to the Father. -- ephesians 2:18 +. +Now therefore you are no more strangers and foreigners, but fellow citizens with the saints, and of the household of God; -- ephesians 2:19 +. +And are built on the foundation of the apostles and prophets, Jesus Christ himself being the chief corner stone; -- ephesians 2:20 +. +In whom all the building fitly framed together grows to an holy temple in the Lord: -- ephesians 2:21 +. +In whom you also are built together for an habitation of God through the Spirit. -- ephesians 2:22 +. +For this cause I Paul, the prisoner of Jesus Christ for you Gentiles, -- ephesians 3:1 +. +If you have heard of the dispensation of the grace of God which is given me to you-ward: -- ephesians 3:2 +. +How that by revelation he made known to me the mystery; (as I wrote before in few words, -- ephesians 3:3 +. +Whereby, when you read, you may understand my knowledge in the mystery of Christ) -- ephesians 3:4 +. +Which in other ages was not made known to the sons of men, as it is now revealed to his holy apostles and prophets by the Spirit; -- ephesians 3:5 +. +That the Gentiles should be fellow heirs, and of the same body, and partakers of his promise in Christ by the gospel: -- ephesians 3:6 +. +Whereof I was made a minister, according to the gift of the grace of God given to me by the effectual working of his power. -- ephesians 3:7 +. +To me, who am less than the least of all saints, is this grace given, that I should preach among the Gentiles the unsearchable riches of Christ; -- ephesians 3:8 +. +And to make all men see what is the fellowship of the mystery, which from the beginning of the world has been hid in God, who created all things by Jesus Christ: -- ephesians 3:9 +. +To the intent that now to the principalities and powers in heavenly places might be known by the church the manifold wisdom of God, -- ephesians 3:10 +. +According to the eternal purpose which he purposed in Christ Jesus our Lord: -- ephesians 3:11 +. +In whom we have boldness and access with confidence by the faith of him. -- ephesians 3:12 +. +Why I desire that you faint not at my tribulations for you, which is your glory. -- ephesians 3:13 +. +For this cause I bow my knees to the Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, -- ephesians 3:14 +. +Of whom the whole family in heaven and earth is named, -- ephesians 3:15 +. +That he would grant you, according to the riches of his glory, to be strengthened with might by his Spirit in the inner man; -- ephesians 3:16 +. +That Christ may dwell in your hearts by faith; that you, being rooted and grounded in love, -- ephesians 3:17 +. +May be able to comprehend with all saints what is the breadth, and length, and depth, and height; -- ephesians 3:18 +. +And to know the love of Christ, which passes knowledge, that you might be filled with all the fullness of God. -- ephesians 3:19 +. +Now to him that is able to do exceeding abundantly above all that we ask or think, according to the power that works in us, -- ephesians 3:20 +. +To him be glory in the church by Christ Jesus throughout all ages, world without end. Amen. -- ephesians 3:21 +. +I therefore, the prisoner of the Lord, beseech you that you walk worthy of the vocation with which you are called, -- ephesians 4:1 +. +With all lowliness and meekness, with long-suffering, forbearing one another in love; -- ephesians 4:2 +. +Endeavoring to keep the unity of the Spirit in the bond of peace. -- ephesians 4:3 +. +There is one body, and one Spirit, even as you are called in one hope of your calling; -- ephesians 4:4 +. +One Lord, one faith, one baptism, -- ephesians 4:5 +. +One God and Father of all, who is above all, and through all, and in you all. -- ephesians 4:6 +. +But to every one of us is given grace according to the measure of the gift of Christ. -- ephesians 4:7 +. +Why he said, When he ascended up on high, he led captivity captive, and gave gifts to men. -- ephesians 4:8 +. +(Now that he ascended, what is it but that he also descended first into the lower parts of the earth? -- ephesians 4:9 +. +He that descended is the same also that ascended up far above all heavens, that he might fill all things.) -- ephesians 4:10 +. +And he gave some, apostles; and some, prophets; and some, evangelists; and some, pastors and teachers; -- ephesians 4:11 +. +For the perfecting of the saints, for the work of the ministry, for the edifying of the body of Christ: -- ephesians 4:12 +. +Till we all come in the unity of the faith, and of the knowledge of the Son of God, to a perfect man, to the measure of the stature of the fullness of Christ: -- ephesians 4:13 +. +That we from now on be no more children, tossed to and fro, and carried about with every wind of doctrine, by the sleight of men, and cunning craftiness, whereby they lie in wait to deceive; -- ephesians 4:14 +. +But speaking the truth in love, may grow up into him in all things, which is the head, even Christ: -- ephesians 4:15 +. +From whom the whole body fitly joined together and compacted by that which every joint supplies, according to the effectual working in the measure of every part, makes increase of the body to the edifying of itself in love. -- ephesians 4:16 +. +This I say therefore, and testify in the Lord, that you from now on walk not as other Gentiles walk, in the vanity of their mind, -- ephesians 4:17 +. +Having the understanding darkened, being alienated from the life of God through the ignorance that is in them, because of the blindness of their heart: -- ephesians 4:18 +. +Who being past feeling have given themselves over to lasciviousness, to work all uncleanness with greediness. -- ephesians 4:19 +. +But you have not so learned Christ; -- ephesians 4:20 +. +If so be that you have heard him, and have been taught by him, as the truth is in Jesus: -- ephesians 4:21 +. +That you put off concerning the former conversation the old man, which is corrupt according to the deceitful lusts; -- ephesians 4:22 +. +And be renewed in the spirit of your mind; -- ephesians 4:23 +. +And that you put on the new man, which after God is created in righteousness and true holiness. -- ephesians 4:24 +. +Why putting away lying, speak every man truth with his neighbor: for we are members one of another. -- ephesians 4:25 +. +Be you angry, and sin not: let not the sun go down on your wrath: -- ephesians 4:26 +. +Neither give place to the devil. -- ephesians 4:27 +. +Let him that stole steal no more: but rather let him labor, working with his hands the thing which is good, that he may have to give to him that needs. -- ephesians 4:28 +. +Let no corrupt communication proceed out of your mouth, but that which is good to the use of edifying, that it may minister grace to the hearers. -- ephesians 4:29 +. +And grieve not the holy Spirit of God, whereby you are sealed to the day of redemption. -- ephesians 4:30 +. +Let all bitterness, and wrath, and anger, and clamor, and evil speaking, be put away from you, with all malice: -- ephesians 4:31 +. +And be you kind one to another, tenderhearted, forgiving one another, even as God for Christ' sake has forgiven you. -- ephesians 4:32 +. +Be you therefore followers of God, as dear children; -- ephesians 5:1 +. +And walk in love, as Christ also has loved us, and has given himself for us an offering and a sacrifice to God for a sweet smelling smell. -- ephesians 5:2 +. +But fornication, and all uncleanness, or covetousness, let it not be once named among you, as becomes saints; -- ephesians 5:3 +. +Neither filthiness, nor foolish talking, nor jesting, which are not convenient: but rather giving of thanks. -- ephesians 5:4 +. +For this you know, that no fornicator, nor unclean person, nor covetous man, who is an idolater, has any inheritance in the kingdom of Christ and of God. -- ephesians 5:5 +. +Let no man deceive you with vain words: for because of these things comes the wrath of God on the children of disobedience. -- ephesians 5:6 +. +Be not you therefore partakers with them. -- ephesians 5:7 +. +For you were sometimes darkness, but now are you light in the Lord: walk as children of light: -- ephesians 5:8 +. +(For the fruit of the Spirit is in all goodness and righteousness and truth;) -- ephesians 5:9 +. +Proving what is acceptable to the Lord. -- ephesians 5:10 +. +And have no fellowship with the unfruitful works of darkness, but rather reprove them. -- ephesians 5:11 +. +For it is a shame even to speak of those things which are done of them in secret. -- ephesians 5:12 +. +But all things that are reproved are made manifest by the light: for whatever does make manifest is light. -- ephesians 5:13 +. +Why he said, Awake you that sleep, and arise from the dead, and Christ shall give you light. -- ephesians 5:14 +. +See then that you walk circumspectly, not as fools, but as wise, -- ephesians 5:15 +. +Redeeming the time, because the days are evil. -- ephesians 5:16 +. +Why be you not unwise, but understanding what the will of the Lord is. -- ephesians 5:17 +. +And be not drunk with wine, wherein is excess; but be filled with the Spirit; -- ephesians 5:18 +. +Speaking to yourselves in psalms and hymns and spiritual songs, singing and making melody in your heart to the Lord; -- ephesians 5:19 +. +Giving thanks always for all things to God and the Father in the name of our Lord Jesus Christ; -- ephesians 5:20 +. +Submitting yourselves one to another in the fear of God. -- ephesians 5:21 +. +Wives, submit yourselves to your own husbands, as to the Lord. -- ephesians 5:22 +. +For the husband is the head of the wife, even as Christ is the head of the church: and he is the savior of the body. -- ephesians 5:23 +. +Therefore as the church is subject to Christ, so let the wives be to their own husbands in every thing. -- ephesians 5:24 +. +Husbands, love your wives, even as Christ also loved the church, and gave himself for it; -- ephesians 5:25 +. +That he might sanctify and cleanse it with the washing of water by the word, -- ephesians 5:26 +. +That he might present it to himself a glorious church, not having spot, or wrinkle, or any such thing; but that it should be holy and without blemish. -- ephesians 5:27 +. +So ought men to love their wives as their own bodies. He that loves his wife loves himself. -- ephesians 5:28 +. +For no man ever yet hated his own flesh; but nourishes and cherishes it, even as the Lord the church: -- ephesians 5:29 +. +For we are members of his body, of his flesh, and of his bones. -- ephesians 5:30 +. +For this cause shall a man leave his father and mother, and shall be joined to his wife, and they two shall be one flesh. -- ephesians 5:31 +. +This is a great mystery: but I speak concerning Christ and the church. -- ephesians 5:32 +. +Nevertheless let every one of you in particular so love his wife even as himself; and the wife see that she reverence her husband. -- ephesians 5:33 +. +Children, obey your parents in the Lord: for this is right. -- ephesians 6:1 +. +Honor your father and mother; which is the first commandment with promise; -- ephesians 6:2 +. +That it may be well with you, and you may live long on the earth. -- ephesians 6:3 +. +And, you fathers, provoke not your children to wrath: but bring them up in the nurture and admonition of the Lord. -- ephesians 6:4 +. +Servants, be obedient to them that are your masters according to the flesh, with fear and trembling, in singleness of your heart, as to Christ; -- ephesians 6:5 +. +Not with eye-service, as men pleasers; but as the servants of Christ, doing the will of God from the heart; -- ephesians 6:6 +. +With good will doing service, as to the Lord, and not to men: -- ephesians 6:7 +. +Knowing that whatever good thing any man does, the same shall he receive of the Lord, whether he be bond or free. -- ephesians 6:8 +. +And, you masters, do the same things to them, forbearing threatening: knowing that your Master also is in heaven; neither is there respect of persons with him. -- ephesians 6:9 +. +Finally, my brothers, be strong in the Lord, and in the power of his might. -- ephesians 6:10 +. +Put on the whole armor of God, that you may be able to stand against the wiles of the devil. -- ephesians 6:11 +. +For we wrestle not against flesh and blood, but against principalities, against powers, against the rulers of the darkness of this world, against spiritual wickedness in high places. -- ephesians 6:12 +. +Why take to you the whole armor of God, that you may be able to withstand in the evil day, and having done all, to stand. -- ephesians 6:13 +. +Stand therefore, having your loins girt about with truth, and having on the breastplate of righteousness; -- ephesians 6:14 +. +And your feet shod with the preparation of the gospel of peace; -- ephesians 6:15 +. +Above all, taking the shield of faith, with which you shall be able to quench all the fiery darts of the wicked. -- ephesians 6:16 +. +And take the helmet of salvation, and the sword of the Spirit, which is the word of God: -- ephesians 6:17 +. +Praying always with all prayer and supplication in the Spirit, and watching thereunto with all perseverance and supplication for all saints; -- ephesians 6:18 +. +And for me, that utterance may be given to me, that I may open my mouth boldly, to make known the mystery of the gospel, -- ephesians 6:19 +. +For which I am an ambassador in bonds: that therein I may speak boldly, as I ought to speak. -- ephesians 6:20 +. +But that you also may know my affairs, and how I do, Tychicus, a beloved brother and faithful minister in the Lord, shall make known to you all things: -- ephesians 6:21 +. +Whom I have sent to you for the same purpose, that you might know our affairs, and that he might comfort your hearts. -- ephesians 6:22 +. +Peace be to the brothers, and love with faith, from God the Father and the Lord Jesus Christ. -- ephesians 6:23 +. +Grace be with all them that love our Lord Jesus Christ in sincerity. Amen. -- ephesians 6:24 +. +Paul and Timotheus, the servants of Jesus Christ, to all the saints in Christ Jesus which are at Philippi, with the bishops and deacons: -- philippians 1:1 +. +Grace be to you, and peace, from God our Father, and from the Lord Jesus Christ. -- philippians 1:2 +. +I thank my God on every remembrance of you, -- philippians 1:3 +. +Always in every prayer of my for you all making request with joy, -- philippians 1:4 +. +For your fellowship in the gospel from the first day until now; -- philippians 1:5 +. +Being confident of this very thing, that he which has begun a good work in you will perform it until the day of Jesus Christ: -- philippians 1:6 +. +Even as it is meet for me to think this of you all, because I have you in my heart; inasmuch as both in my bonds, and in the defense and confirmation of the gospel, you all are partakers of my grace. -- philippians 1:7 +. +For God is my record, how greatly I long after you all in the bowels of Jesus Christ. -- philippians 1:8 +. +And this I pray, that your love may abound yet more and more in knowledge and in all judgment; -- philippians 1:9 +. +That you may approve things that are excellent; that you may be sincere and without offense till the day of Christ. -- philippians 1:10 +. +Being filled with the fruits of righteousness, which are by Jesus Christ, to the glory and praise of God. -- philippians 1:11 +. +But I would you should understand, brothers, that the things which happened to me have fallen out rather to the furtherance of the gospel; -- philippians 1:12 +. +So that my bonds in Christ are manifest in all the palace, and in all other places; -- philippians 1:13 +. +And many of the brothers in the Lord, waxing confident by my bonds, are much more bold to speak the word without fear. -- philippians 1:14 +. +Some indeed preach Christ even of envy and strife; and some also of good will: -- philippians 1:15 +. +The one preach Christ of contention, not sincerely, supposing to add affliction to my bonds: -- philippians 1:16 +. +But the other of love, knowing that I am set for the defense of the gospel. -- philippians 1:17 +. +What then? notwithstanding, every way, whether in pretense, or in truth, Christ is preached; and I therein do rejoice, yes, and will rejoice. -- philippians 1:18 +. +For I know that this shall turn to my salvation through your prayer, and the supply of the Spirit of Jesus Christ, -- philippians 1:19 +. +According to my earnest expectation and my hope, that in nothing I shall be ashamed, but that with all boldness, as always, so now also Christ shall be magnified in my body, whether it be by life, or by death. -- philippians 1:20 +. +For to me to live is Christ, and to die is gain. -- philippians 1:21 +. +But if I live in the flesh, this is the fruit of my labor: yet what I shall choose I know not. -- philippians 1:22 +. +For I am in a strait between two, having a desire to depart, and to be with Christ; which is far better: -- philippians 1:23 +. +Nevertheless to abide in the flesh is more needful for you. -- philippians 1:24 +. +And having this confidence, I know that I shall abide and continue with you all for your furtherance and joy of faith; -- philippians 1:25 +. +That your rejoicing may be more abundant in Jesus Christ for me by my coming to you again. -- philippians 1:26 +. +Only let your conversation be as it becomes the gospel of Christ: that whether I come and see you, or else be absent, I may hear of your affairs, that you stand fast in one spirit, with one mind striving together for the faith of the gospel; -- philippians 1:27 +. +And in nothing terrified by your adversaries: which is to them an evident token of perdition, but to you of salvation, and that of God. -- philippians 1:28 +. +For to you it is given in the behalf of Christ, not only to believe on him, but also to suffer for his sake; -- philippians 1:29 +. +Having the same conflict which you saw in me, and now hear to be in me. -- philippians 1:30 +. +If there be therefore any consolation in Christ, if any comfort of love, if any fellowship of the Spirit, if any bowels and mercies, -- philippians 2:1 +. +Fulfill you my joy, that you be like minded, having the same love, being of one accord, of one mind. -- philippians 2:2 +. +Let nothing be done through strife or vainglory; but in lowliness of mind let each esteem other better than themselves. -- philippians 2:3 +. +Look not every man on his own things, but every man also on the things of others. -- philippians 2:4 +. +Let this mind be in you, which was also in Christ Jesus: -- philippians 2:5 +. +Who, being in the form of God, thought it not robbery to be equal with God: -- philippians 2:6 +. +But made himself of no reputation, and took on him the form of a servant, and was made in the likeness of men: -- philippians 2:7 +. +And being found in fashion as a man, he humbled himself, and became obedient to death, even the death of the cross. -- philippians 2:8 +. +Why God also has highly exalted him, and given him a name which is above every name: -- philippians 2:9 +. +That at the name of Jesus every knee should bow, of things in heaven, and things in earth, and things under the earth; -- philippians 2:10 +. +And that every tongue should confess that Jesus Christ is Lord, to the glory of God the Father. -- philippians 2:11 +. +Why, my beloved, as you have always obeyed, not as in my presence only, but now much more in my absence, work out your own salvation with fear and trembling. -- philippians 2:12 +. +For it is God which works in you both to will and to do of his good pleasure. -- philippians 2:13 +. +Do all things without murmurings and disputings: -- philippians 2:14 +. +That you may be blameless and harmless, the sons of God, without rebuke, in the middle of a crooked and perverse nation, among whom you shine as lights in the world; -- philippians 2:15 +. +Holding forth the word of life; that I may rejoice in the day of Christ, that I have not run in vain, neither labored in vain. -- philippians 2:16 +. +Yes, and if I be offered on the sacrifice and service of your faith, I joy, and rejoice with you all. -- philippians 2:17 +. +For the same cause also do you joy, and rejoice with me. -- philippians 2:18 +. +But I trust in the Lord Jesus to send Timotheus shortly to you, that I also may be of good comfort, when I know your state. -- philippians 2:19 +. +For I have no man like minded, who will naturally care for your state. -- philippians 2:20 +. +For all seek their own, not the things which are Jesus Christ'. -- philippians 2:21 +. +But you know the proof of him, that, as a son with the father, he has served with me in the gospel. -- philippians 2:22 +. +Him therefore I hope to send presently, so soon as I shall see how it will go with me. -- philippians 2:23 +. +But I trust in the Lord that I also myself shall come shortly. -- philippians 2:24 +. +Yet I supposed it necessary to send to you Epaphroditus, my brother, and companion in labor, and fellow soldier, but your messenger, and he that ministered to my wants. -- philippians 2:25 +. +For he longed after you all, and was full of heaviness, because that you had heard that he had been sick. -- philippians 2:26 +. +For indeed he was sick near to death: but God had mercy on him; and not on him only, but on me also, lest I should have sorrow on sorrow. -- philippians 2:27 +. +I sent him therefore the more carefully, that, when you see him again, you may rejoice, and that I may be the less sorrowful. -- philippians 2:28 +. +Receive him therefore in the Lord with all gladness; and hold such in reputation: -- philippians 2:29 +. +Because for the work of Christ he was near to death, not regarding his life, to supply your lack of service toward me. -- philippians 2:30 +. +Finally, my brothers, rejoice in the Lord. To write the same things to you, to me indeed is not grievous, but for you it is safe. -- philippians 3:1 +. +Beware of dogs, beware of evil workers, beware of the concision. -- philippians 3:2 +. +For we are the circumcision, which worship God in the spirit, and rejoice in Christ Jesus, and have no confidence in the flesh. -- philippians 3:3 +. +Though I might also have confidence in the flesh. If any other man thinks that he has whereof he might trust in the flesh, I more: -- philippians 3:4 +. +Circumcised the eighth day, of the stock of Israel, of the tribe of Benjamin, an Hebrew of the Hebrews; as touching the law, a Pharisee; -- philippians 3:5 +. +Concerning zeal, persecuting the church; touching the righteousness which is in the law, blameless. -- philippians 3:6 +. +But what things were gain to me, those I counted loss for Christ. -- philippians 3:7 +. +Yes doubtless, and I count all things but loss for the excellency of the knowledge of Christ Jesus my Lord: for whom I have suffered the loss of all things, and do count them but dung, that I may win Christ, -- philippians 3:8 +. +And be found in him, not having my own righteousness, which is of the law, but that which is through the faith of Christ, the righteousness which is of God by faith: -- philippians 3:9 +. +That I may know him, and the power of his resurrection, and the fellowship of his sufferings, being made conformable to his death; -- philippians 3:10 +. +If by any means I might attain to the resurrection of the dead. -- philippians 3:11 +. +Not as though I had already attained, either were already perfect: but I follow after, if that I may apprehend that for which also I am apprehended of Christ Jesus. -- philippians 3:12 +. +Brothers, I count not myself to have apprehended: but this one thing I do, forgetting those things which are behind, and reaching forth to those things which are before, -- philippians 3:13 +. +I press toward the mark for the prize of the high calling of God in Christ Jesus. -- philippians 3:14 +. +Let us therefore, as many as be perfect, be thus minded: and if in any thing you be otherwise minded, God shall reveal even this to you. -- philippians 3:15 +. +Nevertheless, whereto we have already attained, let us walk by the same rule, let us mind the same thing. -- philippians 3:16 +. +Brothers, be followers together of me, and mark them which walk so as you have us for an ensample. -- philippians 3:17 +. +(For many walk, of whom I have told you often, and now tell you even weeping, that they are the enemies of the cross of Christ: -- philippians 3:18 +. +Whose end is destruction, whose God is their belly, and whose glory is in their shame, who mind earthly things.) -- philippians 3:19 +. +For our conversation is in heaven; from where also we look for the Savior, the Lord Jesus Christ: -- philippians 3:20 +. +Who shall change our vile body, that it may be fashioned like to his glorious body, according to the working whereby he is able even to subdue all things to himself. -- philippians 3:21 +. +Therefore, my brothers dearly beloved and longed for, my joy and crown, so stand fast in the Lord, my dearly beloved. -- philippians 4:1 +. +I beseech Euodias, and beseech Syntyche, that they be of the same mind in the Lord. -- philippians 4:2 +. +And I entreat you also, true yoke fellow, help those women which labored with me in the gospel, with Clement also, and with other my fellow laborers, whose names are in the book of life. -- philippians 4:3 +. +Rejoice in the Lord always: and again I say, Rejoice. -- philippians 4:4 +. +Let your moderation be known to all men. The Lord is at hand. -- philippians 4:5 +. +Be careful for nothing; but in every thing by prayer and supplication with thanksgiving let your requests be made known to God. -- philippians 4:6 +. +And the peace of God, which passes all understanding, shall keep your hearts and minds through Christ Jesus. -- philippians 4:7 +. +Finally, brothers, whatever things are true, whatever things are honest, whatever things are just, whatever things are pure, whatever things are lovely, whatever things are of good report; if there be any virtue, and if there be any praise, think on these things. -- philippians 4:8 +. +Those things, which you have both learned, and received, and heard, and seen in me, do: and the God of peace shall be with you. -- philippians 4:9 +. +But I rejoiced in the Lord greatly, that now at the last your care of me has flourished again; wherein you were also careful, but you lacked opportunity. -- philippians 4:10 +. +Not that I speak in respect of want: for I have learned, in whatever state I am, therewith to be content. -- philippians 4:11 +. +I know both how to be abased, and I know how to abound: every where and in all things I am instructed both to be full and to be hungry, both to abound and to suffer need. -- philippians 4:12 +. +I can do all things through Christ which strengthens me. -- philippians 4:13 +. +Notwithstanding you have well done, that you did communicate with my affliction. -- philippians 4:14 +. +Now you Philippians know also, that in the beginning of the gospel, when I departed from Macedonia, no church communicated with me as concerning giving and receiving, but you only. -- philippians 4:15 +. +For even in Thessalonica you sent once and again to my necessity. -- philippians 4:16 +. +Not because I desire a gift: but I desire fruit that may abound to your account. -- philippians 4:17 +. +But I have all, and abound: I am full, having received of Epaphroditus the things which were sent from you, an odor of a sweet smell, a sacrifice acceptable, well pleasing to God. -- philippians 4:18 +. +But my God shall supply all your need according to his riches in glory by Christ Jesus. -- philippians 4:19 +. +Now to God and our Father be glory for ever and ever. Amen. -- philippians 4:20 +. +Salute every saint in Christ Jesus. The brothers which are with me greet you. -- philippians 4:21 +. +All the saints salute you, chiefly they that are of Caesar' household. -- philippians 4:22 +. +The grace of our Lord Jesus Christ be with you all. Amen. -- philippians 4:23 +. + Paul, an apostle of Jesus Christ by the will of God, and Timotheus our brother, -- colossians 1:1 +. + To the saints and faithful brothers in Christ which are at Colosse: Grace be to you, and peace, from God our Father and the Lord Jesus Christ. -- colossians 1:2 +. + We give thanks to God and the Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, praying always for you, -- colossians 1:3 +. + Since we heard of your faith in Christ Jesus, and of the love which you have to all the saints, -- colossians 1:4 +. + For the hope which is laid up for you in heaven, whereof you heard before in the word of the truth of the gospel; -- colossians 1:5 +. + Which is come to you, as it is in all the world; and brings forth fruit, as it does also in you, since the day you heard of it, and knew the grace of God in truth: -- colossians 1:6 +. + As you also learned of Epaphras our dear fellow servant, who is for you a faithful minister of Christ; -- colossians 1:7 +. + Who also declared to us your love in the Spirit. -- colossians 1:8 +. + For this cause we also, since the day we heard it, do not cease to pray for you, and to desire that you might be filled with the knowledge of his will in all wisdom and spiritual understanding; -- colossians 1:9 +. + That you might walk worthy of the Lord to all pleasing, being fruitful in every good work, and increasing in the knowledge of God; -- colossians 1:10 +. + Strengthened with all might, according to his glorious power, to all patience and long-suffering with joyfulness; -- colossians 1:11 +. + Giving thanks to the Father, which has made us meet to be partakers of the inheritance of the saints in light: -- colossians 1:12 +. + Who has delivered us from the power of darkness, and has translated us into the kingdom of his dear Son: -- colossians 1:13 +. + In whom we have redemption through his blood, even the forgiveness of sins: -- colossians 1:14 +. + Who is the image of the invisible God, the firstborn of every creature: -- colossians 1:15 +. + For by him were all things created, that are in heaven, and that are in earth, visible and invisible, whether they be thrones, or dominions, or principalities, or powers: all things were created by him, and for him: -- colossians 1:16 +. + And he is before all things, and by him all things consist. -- colossians 1:17 +. + And he is the head of the body, the church: who is the beginning, the firstborn from the dead; that in all things he might have the preeminence. -- colossians 1:18 +. + For it pleased the Father that in him should all fullness dwell; -- colossians 1:19 +. + And, having made peace through the blood of his cross, by him to reconcile all things to himself; by him, I say, whether they be things in earth, or things in heaven. -- colossians 1:20 +. + And you, that were sometime alienated and enemies in your mind by wicked works, yet now has he reconciled -- colossians 1:21 +. + In the body of his flesh through death, to present you holy and blameless and unreproveable in his sight: -- colossians 1:22 +. + If you continue in the faith grounded and settled, and be not moved away from the hope of the gospel, which you have heard, and which was preached to every creature which is under heaven; whereof I Paul am made a minister; -- colossians 1:23 +. + Who now rejoice in my sufferings for you, and fill up that which is behind of the afflictions of Christ in my flesh for his body' sake, which is the church: -- colossians 1:24 +. + Whereof I am made a minister, according to the dispensation of God which is given to me for you, to fulfill the word of God; -- colossians 1:25 +. + Even the mystery which has been hid from ages and from generations, but now is made manifest to his saints: -- colossians 1:26 +. + To whom God would make known what is the riches of the glory of this mystery among the Gentiles; which is Christ in you, the hope of glory: -- colossians 1:27 +. + Whom we preach, warning every man, and teaching every man in all wisdom; that we may present every man perfect in Christ Jesus: -- colossians 1:28 +. + Whereunto I also labor, striving according to his working, which works in me mightily. -- colossians 1:29 +. + For I would that you knew what great conflict I have for you, and for them at Laodicea, and for as many as have not seen my face in the flesh; -- colossians 2:1 +. + That their hearts might be comforted, being knit together in love, and to all riches of the full assurance of understanding, to the acknowledgment of the mystery of God, and of the Father, and of Christ; -- colossians 2:2 +. + In whom are hid all the treasures of wisdom and knowledge. -- colossians 2:3 +. + And this I say, lest any man should beguile you with enticing words. -- colossians 2:4 +. + For though I be absent in the flesh, yet am I with you in the spirit, rejoicing and beholding your order, and the steadfastness of your faith in Christ. -- colossians 2:5 +. + As you have therefore received Christ Jesus the Lord, so walk you in him: -- colossians 2:6 +. + Rooted and built up in him, and established in the faith, as you have been taught, abounding therein with thanksgiving. -- colossians 2:7 +. + Beware lest any man spoil you through philosophy and vain deceit, after the tradition of men, after the rudiments of the world, and not after Christ. -- colossians 2:8 +. + For in him dwells all the fullness of the Godhead bodily. -- colossians 2:9 +. + And you are complete in him, which is the head of all principality and power: -- colossians 2:10 +. + In whom also you are circumcised with the circumcision made without hands, in putting off the body of the sins of the flesh by the circumcision of Christ: -- colossians 2:11 +. + Buried with him in baptism, wherein also you are risen with him through the faith of the operation of God, who has raised him from the dead. -- colossians 2:12 +. + And you, being dead in your sins and the uncircumcision of your flesh, has he quickened together with him, having forgiven you all trespasses; -- colossians 2:13 +. + Blotting out the handwriting of ordinances that was against us, which was contrary to us, and took it out of the way, nailing it to his cross; -- colossians 2:14 +. + And having spoiled principalities and powers, he made a show of them openly, triumphing over them in it. -- colossians 2:15 +. + Let no man therefore judge you in meat, or in drink, or in respect of an holy day, or of the new moon, or of the sabbath days: -- colossians 2:16 +. + Which are a shadow of things to come; but the body is of Christ. -- colossians 2:17 +. + Let no man beguile you of your reward in a voluntary humility and worshipping of angels, intruding into those things which he has not seen, vainly puffed up by his fleshly mind, -- colossians 2:18 +. + And not holding the Head, from which all the body by joints and bands having nourishment ministered, and knit together, increases with the increase of God. -- colossians 2:19 +. + Why if you be dead with Christ from the rudiments of the world, why, as though living in the world, are you subject to ordinances, -- colossians 2:20 +. + (Touch not; taste not; handle not; -- colossians 2:21 +. + Which all are to perish with the using;) after the commandments and doctrines of men? -- colossians 2:22 +. + Which things have indeed a show of wisdom in will worship, and humility, and neglecting of the body: not in any honor to the satisfying of the flesh. -- colossians 2:23 +. + If you then be risen with Christ, seek those things which are above, where Christ sits on the right hand of God. -- colossians 3:1 +. + Set your affection on things above, not on things on the earth. -- colossians 3:2 +. + For you are dead, and your life is hid with Christ in God. -- colossians 3:3 +. + When Christ, who is our life, shall appear, then shall you also appear with him in glory. -- colossians 3:4 +. + Mortify therefore your members which are on the earth; fornication, uncleanness, inordinate affection, evil concupiscence, and covetousness, which is idolatry: -- colossians 3:5 +. + For which things'sake the wrath of God comes on the children of disobedience: -- colossians 3:6 +. + In the which you also walked some time, when you lived in them. -- colossians 3:7 +. + But now you also put off all these; anger, wrath, malice, blasphemy, filthy communication out of your mouth. -- colossians 3:8 +. + Lie not one to another, seeing that you have put off the old man with his deeds; -- colossians 3:9 +. + And have put on the new man, which is renewed in knowledge after the image of him that created him: -- colossians 3:10 +. + Where there is neither Greek nor Jew, circumcision nor uncircumcision, Barbarian, Scythian, bond nor free: but Christ is all, and in all. -- colossians 3:11 +. + Put on therefore, as the elect of God, holy and beloved, bowels of mercies, kindness, humbleness of mind, meekness, long-suffering; -- colossians 3:12 +. + Forbearing one another, and forgiving one another, if any man have a quarrel against any: even as Christ forgave you, so also do you. -- colossians 3:13 +. + And above all these things put on charity, which is the bond of perfection. -- colossians 3:14 +. + And let the peace of God rule in your hearts, to the which also you are called in one body; and be you thankful. -- colossians 3:15 +. + Let the word of Christ dwell in you richly in all wisdom; teaching and admonishing one another in psalms and hymns and spiritual songs, singing with grace in your hearts to the Lord. -- colossians 3:16 +. + And whatever you do in word or deed, do all in the name of the Lord Jesus, giving thanks to God and the Father by him. -- colossians 3:17 +. + Wives, submit yourselves to your own husbands, as it is fit in the Lord. -- colossians 3:18 +. + Husbands, love your wives, and be not bitter against them. -- colossians 3:19 +. + Children, obey your parents in all things: for this is well pleasing to the Lord. -- colossians 3:20 +. + Fathers, provoke not your children to anger, lest they be discouraged. -- colossians 3:21 +. + Servants, obey in all things your masters according to the flesh; not with eye-service, as men pleasers; but in singleness of heart, fearing God; -- colossians 3:22 +. + And whatever you do, do it heartily, as to the Lord, and not to men; -- colossians 3:23 +. + Knowing that of the Lord you shall receive the reward of the inheritance: for you serve the Lord Christ. -- colossians 3:24 +. + But he that does wrong shall receive for the wrong which he has done: and there is no respect of persons. -- colossians 3:25 +. + Masters, give to your servants that which is just and equal; knowing that you also have a Master in heaven. -- colossians 4:1 +. + Continue in prayer, and watch in the same with thanksgiving; -- colossians 4:2 +. + With praying also for us, that God would open to us a door of utterance, to speak the mystery of Christ, for which I am also in bonds: -- colossians 4:3 +. + That I may make it manifest, as I ought to speak. -- colossians 4:4 +. + Walk in wisdom toward them that are without, redeeming the time. -- colossians 4:5 +. + Let your speech be always with grace, seasoned with salt, that you may know how you ought to answer every man. -- colossians 4:6 +. + All my state shall Tychicus declare to you, who is a beloved brother, and a faithful minister and fellow servant in the Lord: -- colossians 4:7 +. + Whom I have sent to you for the same purpose, that he might know your estate, and comfort your hearts; -- colossians 4:8 +. + With Onesimus, a faithful and beloved brother, who is one of you. They shall make known to you all things which are done here. -- colossians 4:9 +. + Aristarchus my fellow prisoner salutes you, and Marcus, sister' son to Barnabas, (touching whom you received commandments: if he come to you, receive him;) -- colossians 4:10 +. + And Jesus, which is called Justus, who are of the circumcision. These only are my fellow workers to the kingdom of God, which have been a comfort to me. -- colossians 4:11 +. + Epaphras, who is one of you, a servant of Christ, salutes you, always laboring fervently for you in prayers, that you may stand perfect and complete in all the will of God. -- colossians 4:12 +. + For I bear him record, that he has a great zeal for you, and them that are in Laodicea, and them in Hierapolis. -- colossians 4:13 +. + Luke, the beloved physician, and Demas, greet you. -- colossians 4:14 +. + Salute the brothers which are in Laodicea, and Nymphas, and the church which is in his house. -- colossians 4:15 +. + And when this letter is read among you, cause that it be read also in the church of the Laodiceans; and that you likewise read the letter from Laodicea. -- colossians 4:16 +. + And say to Archippus, Take heed to the ministry which you have received in the Lord, that you fulfill it. -- colossians 4:17 +. + The salutation by the hand of me Paul. Remember my bonds. Grace be with you. Amen. -- colossians 4:18 +. +Paul, and Silvanus, and Timotheus, to the church of the Thessalonians which is in God the Father and in the Lord Jesus Christ: Grace be to you, and peace, from God our Father, and the Lord Jesus Christ. -- 1 thessalonians 1:1 +. +We give thanks to God always for you all, making mention of you in our prayers; -- 1 thessalonians 1:2 +. +Remembering without ceasing your work of faith, and labor of love, and patience of hope in our Lord Jesus Christ, in the sight of God and our Father; -- 1 thessalonians 1:3 +. +Knowing, brothers beloved, your election of God. -- 1 thessalonians 1:4 +. +For our gospel came not to you in word only, but also in power, and in the Holy Ghost, and in much assurance; as you know what manner of men we were among you for your sake. -- 1 thessalonians 1:5 +. +And you became followers of us, and of the Lord, having received the word in much affliction, with joy of the Holy Ghost. -- 1 thessalonians 1:6 +. +So that you were ensamples to all that believe in Macedonia and Achaia. -- 1 thessalonians 1:7 +. +For from you sounded out the word of the Lord not only in Macedonia and Achaia, but also in every place your faith to God-ward is spread abroad; so that we need not to speak any thing. -- 1 thessalonians 1:8 +. +For they themselves show of us what manner of entering in we had to you, and how you turned to God from idols to serve the living and true God; -- 1 thessalonians 1:9 +. +And to wait for his Son from heaven, whom he raised from the dead, even Jesus, which delivered us from the wrath to come. -- 1 thessalonians 1:10 +. +For yourselves, brothers, know our entrance in to you, that it was not in vain: -- 1 thessalonians 2:1 +. +But even after that we had suffered before, and were shamefully entreated, as you know, at Philippi, we were bold in our God to speak to you the gospel of God with much contention. -- 1 thessalonians 2:2 +. +For our exhortation was not of deceit, nor of uncleanness, nor in guile: -- 1 thessalonians 2:3 +. +But as we were allowed of God to be put in trust with the gospel, even so we speak; not as pleasing men, but God, which tries our hearts. -- 1 thessalonians 2:4 +. +For neither at any time used we flattering words, as you know, nor a cloak of covetousness; God is witness: -- 1 thessalonians 2:5 +. +Nor of men sought we glory, neither of you, nor yet of others, when we might have been burdensome, as the apostles of Christ. -- 1 thessalonians 2:6 +. +But we were gentle among you, even as a nurse cherishes her children: -- 1 thessalonians 2:7 +. +So being affectionately desirous of you, we were willing to have imparted to you, not the gospel of God only, but also our own souls, because you were dear to us. -- 1 thessalonians 2:8 +. +For you remember, brothers, our labor and travail: for laboring night and day, because we would not be chargeable to any of you, we preached to you the gospel of God. -- 1 thessalonians 2:9 +. +You are witnesses, and God also, how piously and justly and blamelessly we behaved ourselves among you that believe: -- 1 thessalonians 2:10 +. +As you know how we exhorted and comforted and charged every one of you, as a father does his children, -- 1 thessalonians 2:11 +. +That you would walk worthy of God, who has called you to his kingdom and glory. -- 1 thessalonians 2:12 +. +For this cause also thank we God without ceasing, because, when you received the word of God which you heard of us, you received it not as the word of men, but as it is in truth, the word of God, which effectually works also in you that believe. -- 1 thessalonians 2:13 +. +For you, brothers, became followers of the churches of God which in Judaea are in Christ Jesus: for you also have suffered like things of your own countrymen, even as they have of the Jews: -- 1 thessalonians 2:14 +. +Who both killed the Lord Jesus, and their own prophets, and have persecuted us; and they please not God, and are contrary to all men: -- 1 thessalonians 2:15 +. +Forbidding us to speak to the Gentiles that they might be saved, to fill up their sins always: for the wrath is come on them to the uttermost. -- 1 thessalonians 2:16 +. +But we, brothers, being taken from you for a short time in presence, not in heart, endeavored the more abundantly to see your face with great desire. -- 1 thessalonians 2:17 +. +Why we would have come to you, even I Paul, once and again; but Satan hindered us. -- 1 thessalonians 2:18 +. +For what is our hope, or joy, or crown of rejoicing? Are not even you in the presence of our Lord Jesus Christ at his coming? -- 1 thessalonians 2:19 +. +For you are our glory and joy. -- 1 thessalonians 2:20 +. +Why when we could no longer forbear, we thought it good to be left at Athens alone; -- 1 thessalonians 3:1 +. +And sent Timotheus, our brother, and minister of God, and our fellow laborer in the gospel of Christ, to establish you, and to comfort you concerning your faith: -- 1 thessalonians 3:2 +. +That no man should be moved by these afflictions: for yourselves know that we are appointed thereunto. -- 1 thessalonians 3:3 +. +For truly, when we were with you, we told you before that we should suffer tribulation; even as it came to pass, and you know. -- 1 thessalonians 3:4 +. +For this cause, when I could no longer forbear, I sent to know your faith, lest by some means the tempter have tempted you, and our labor be in vain. -- 1 thessalonians 3:5 +. +But now when Timotheus came from you to us, and brought us good tidings of your faith and charity, and that you have good remembrance of us always, desiring greatly to see us, as we also to see you: -- 1 thessalonians 3:6 +. +Therefore, brothers, we were comforted over you in all our affliction and distress by your faith: -- 1 thessalonians 3:7 +. +For now we live, if you stand fast in the Lord. -- 1 thessalonians 3:8 +. +For what thanks can we render to God again for you, for all the joy with which we joy for your sakes before our God; -- 1 thessalonians 3:9 +. +Night and day praying exceedingly that we might see your face, and might perfect that which is lacking in your faith? -- 1 thessalonians 3:10 +. +Now God himself and our Father, and our Lord Jesus Christ, direct our way to you. -- 1 thessalonians 3:11 +. +And the Lord make you to increase and abound in love one toward another, and toward all men, even as we do toward you: -- 1 thessalonians 3:12 +. +To the end he may establish your hearts blameless in holiness before God, even our Father, at the coming of our Lord Jesus Christ with all his saints. -- 1 thessalonians 3:13 +. +Furthermore then we beseech you, brothers, and exhort you by the Lord Jesus, that as you have received of us how you ought to walk and to please God, so you would abound more and more. -- 1 thessalonians 4:1 +. +For you know what commandments we gave you by the Lord Jesus. -- 1 thessalonians 4:2 +. +For this is the will of God, even your sanctification, that you should abstain from fornication: -- 1 thessalonians 4:3 +. +That every one of you should know how to possess his vessel in sanctification and honor; -- 1 thessalonians 4:4 +. +Not in the lust of concupiscence, even as the Gentiles which know not God: -- 1 thessalonians 4:5 +. +That no man go beyond and defraud his brother in any matter: because that the Lord is the avenger of all such, as we also have forewarned you and testified. -- 1 thessalonians 4:6 +. +For God has not called us to uncleanness, but to holiness. -- 1 thessalonians 4:7 +. +He therefore that despises, despises not man, but God, who has also given to us his holy Spirit. -- 1 thessalonians 4:8 +. +But as touching brotherly love you need not that I write to you: for you yourselves are taught of God to love one another. -- 1 thessalonians 4:9 +. +And indeed you do it toward all the brothers which are in all Macedonia: but we beseech you, brothers, that you increase more and more; -- 1 thessalonians 4:10 +. +And that you study to be quiet, and to do your own business, and to work with your own hands, as we commanded you; -- 1 thessalonians 4:11 +. +That you may walk honestly toward them that are without, and that you may have lack of nothing. -- 1 thessalonians 4:12 +. +But I would not have you to be ignorant, brothers, concerning them which are asleep, that you sorrow not, even as others which have no hope. -- 1 thessalonians 4:13 +. +For if we believe that Jesus died and rose again, even so them also which sleep in Jesus will God bring with him. -- 1 thessalonians 4:14 +. +For this we say to you by the word of the Lord, that we which are alive and remain to the coming of the Lord shall not prevent them which are asleep. -- 1 thessalonians 4:15 +. +For the Lord himself shall descend from heaven with a shout, with the voice of the archangel, and with the trump of God: and the dead in Christ shall rise first: -- 1 thessalonians 4:16 +. +Then we which are alive and remain shall be caught up together with them in the clouds, to meet the Lord in the air: and so shall we ever be with the Lord. -- 1 thessalonians 4:17 +. +Why comfort one another with these words. -- 1 thessalonians 4:18 +. +But of the times and the seasons, brothers, you have no need that I write to you. -- 1 thessalonians 5:1 +. +For yourselves know perfectly that the day of the Lord so comes as a thief in the night. -- 1 thessalonians 5:2 +. +For when they shall say, Peace and safety; then sudden destruction comes on them, as travail on a woman with child; and they shall not escape. -- 1 thessalonians 5:3 +. +But you, brothers, are not in darkness, that that day should overtake you as a thief. -- 1 thessalonians 5:4 +. +You are all the children of light, and the children of the day: we are not of the night, nor of darkness. -- 1 thessalonians 5:5 +. +Therefore let us not sleep, as do others; but let us watch and be sober. -- 1 thessalonians 5:6 +. +For they that sleep sleep in the night; and they that be drunken are drunken in the night. -- 1 thessalonians 5:7 +. +But let us, who are of the day, be sober, putting on the breastplate of faith and love; and for an helmet, the hope of salvation. -- 1 thessalonians 5:8 +. +For God has not appointed us to wrath, but to obtain salvation by our Lord Jesus Christ, -- 1 thessalonians 5:9 +. +Who died for us, that, whether we wake or sleep, we should live together with him. -- 1 thessalonians 5:10 +. +Why comfort yourselves together, and edify one another, even as also you do. -- 1 thessalonians 5:11 +. +And we beseech you, brothers, to know them which labor among you, and are over you in the Lord, and admonish you; -- 1 thessalonians 5:12 +. +And to esteem them very highly in love for their work' sake. And be at peace among yourselves. -- 1 thessalonians 5:13 +. +Now we exhort you, brothers, warn them that are unruly, comfort the feebleminded, support the weak, be patient toward all men. -- 1 thessalonians 5:14 +. +See that none render evil for evil to any man; but ever follow that which is good, both among yourselves, and to all men. -- 1 thessalonians 5:15 +. +Rejoice ever more. -- 1 thessalonians 5:16 +. +Pray without ceasing. -- 1 thessalonians 5:17 +. +In every thing give thanks: for this is the will of God in Christ Jesus concerning you. -- 1 thessalonians 5:18 +. +Quench not the Spirit. -- 1 thessalonians 5:19 +. +Despise not prophesyings. -- 1 thessalonians 5:20 +. +Prove all things; hold fast that which is good. -- 1 thessalonians 5:21 +. +Abstain from all appearance of evil. -- 1 thessalonians 5:22 +. +And the very God of peace sanctify you wholly; and I pray God your whole spirit and soul and body be preserved blameless to the coming of our Lord Jesus Christ. -- 1 thessalonians 5:23 +. +Faithful is he that calls you, who also will do it. -- 1 thessalonians 5:24 +. +Brothers, pray for us. -- 1 thessalonians 5:25 +. +Greet all the brothers with an holy kiss. -- 1 thessalonians 5:26 +. +I charge you by the Lord that this letter be read to all the holy brothers. -- 1 thessalonians 5:27 +. +The grace of our Lord Jesus Christ be with you. Amen. -- 1 thessalonians 5:28 +. +Paul, and Silvanus, and Timotheus, to the church of the Thessalonians in God our Father and the Lord Jesus Christ: -- 2 thessalonians 1:1 +. +Grace to you, and peace, from God our Father and the Lord Jesus Christ. -- 2 thessalonians 1:2 +. +We are bound to thank God always for you, brothers, as it is meet, because that your faith grows exceedingly, and the charity of every one of you all toward each other abounds; -- 2 thessalonians 1:3 +. +So that we ourselves glory in you in the churches of God for your patience and faith in all your persecutions and tribulations that you endure: -- 2 thessalonians 1:4 +. +Which is a manifest token of the righteous judgment of God, that you may be counted worthy of the kingdom of God, for which you also suffer: -- 2 thessalonians 1:5 +. +Seeing it is a righteous thing with God to recompense tribulation to them that trouble you; -- 2 thessalonians 1:6 +. +And to you who are troubled rest with us, when the Lord Jesus shall be revealed from heaven with his mighty angels, -- 2 thessalonians 1:7 +. +In flaming fire taking vengeance on them that know not God, and that obey not the gospel of our Lord Jesus Christ: -- 2 thessalonians 1:8 +. +Who shall be punished with everlasting destruction from the presence of the Lord, and from the glory of his power; -- 2 thessalonians 1:9 +. +When he shall come to be glorified in his saints, and to be admired in all them that believe (because our testimony among you was believed) in that day. -- 2 thessalonians 1:10 +. +Why also we pray always for you, that our God would count you worthy of this calling, and fulfill all the good pleasure of his goodness, and the work of faith with power: -- 2 thessalonians 1:11 +. +That the name of our Lord Jesus Christ may be glorified in you, and you in him, according to the grace of our God and the Lord Jesus Christ. -- 2 thessalonians 1:12 +. +Now we beseech you, brothers, by the coming of our Lord Jesus Christ, and by our gathering together to him, -- 2 thessalonians 2:1 +. +That you be not soon shaken in mind, or be troubled, neither by spirit, nor by word, nor by letter as from us, as that the day of Christ is at hand. -- 2 thessalonians 2:2 +. +Let no man deceive you by any means: for that day shall not come, except there come a falling away first, and that man of sin be revealed, the son of perdition; -- 2 thessalonians 2:3 +. +Who opposes and exalts himself above all that is called God, or that is worshipped; so that he as God sits in the temple of God, showing himself that he is God. -- 2 thessalonians 2:4 +. +Remember you not, that, when I was yet with you, I told you these things? -- 2 thessalonians 2:5 +. +And now you know what withholds that he might be revealed in his time. -- 2 thessalonians 2:6 +. +For the mystery of iniquity does already work: only he who now lets will let, until he be taken out of the way. -- 2 thessalonians 2:7 +. +And then shall that Wicked be revealed, whom the Lord shall consume with the spirit of his mouth, and shall destroy with the brightness of his coming: -- 2 thessalonians 2:8 +. +Even him, whose coming is after the working of Satan with all power and signs and lying wonders, -- 2 thessalonians 2:9 +. +And with all delusion of unrighteousness in them that perish; because they received not the love of the truth, that they might be saved. -- 2 thessalonians 2:10 +. +And for this cause God shall send them strong delusion, that they should believe a lie: -- 2 thessalonians 2:11 +. +That they all might be damned who believed not the truth, but had pleasure in unrighteousness. -- 2 thessalonians 2:12 +. +But we are bound to give thanks always to God for you, brothers beloved of the Lord, because God has from the beginning chosen you to salvation through sanctification of the Spirit and belief of the truth: -- 2 thessalonians 2:13 +. +Whereunto he called you by our gospel, to the obtaining of the glory of our Lord Jesus Christ. -- 2 thessalonians 2:14 +. +Therefore, brothers, stand fast, and hold the traditions which you have been taught, whether by word, or our letter. -- 2 thessalonians 2:15 +. +Now our Lord Jesus Christ himself, and God, even our Father, which has loved us, and has given us everlasting consolation and good hope through grace, -- 2 thessalonians 2:16 +. +Comfort your hearts, and establish you in every good word and work. -- 2 thessalonians 2:17 +. +Finally, brothers, pray for us, that the word of the Lord may have free course, and be glorified, even as it is with you: -- 2 thessalonians 3:1 +. +And that we may be delivered from unreasonable and wicked men: for all men have not faith. -- 2 thessalonians 3:2 +. +But the Lord is faithful, who shall establish you, and keep you from evil. -- 2 thessalonians 3:3 +. +And we have confidence in the Lord touching you, that you both do and will do the things which we command you. -- 2 thessalonians 3:4 +. +And the Lord direct your hearts into the love of God, and into the patient waiting for Christ. -- 2 thessalonians 3:5 +. +Now we command you, brothers, in the name of our Lord Jesus Christ, that you withdraw yourselves from every brother that walks disorderly, and not after the tradition which he received of us. -- 2 thessalonians 3:6 +. +For yourselves know how you ought to follow us: for we behaved not ourselves disorderly among you; -- 2 thessalonians 3:7 +. +Neither did we eat any man' bread for nothing; but worked with labor and travail night and day, that we might not be chargeable to any of you: -- 2 thessalonians 3:8 +. +Not because we have not power, but to make ourselves an ensample to you to follow us. -- 2 thessalonians 3:9 +. +For even when we were with you, this we commanded you, that if any would not work, neither should he eat. -- 2 thessalonians 3:10 +. +For we hear that there are some which walk among you disorderly, working not at all, but are busybodies. -- 2 thessalonians 3:11 +. +Now them that are such we command and exhort by our Lord Jesus Christ, that with quietness they work, and eat their own bread. -- 2 thessalonians 3:12 +. +But you, brothers, be not weary in well doing. -- 2 thessalonians 3:13 +. +And if any man obey not our word by this letter, note that man, and have no company with him, that he may be ashamed. -- 2 thessalonians 3:14 +. +Yet count him not as an enemy, but admonish him as a brother. -- 2 thessalonians 3:15 +. +Now the Lord of peace himself give you peace always by all means. The Lord be with you all. -- 2 thessalonians 3:16 +. +The salutation of Paul with my own hand, which is the token in every letter: so I write. -- 2 thessalonians 3:17 +. +The grace of our Lord Jesus Christ be with you all. Amen. -- 2 thessalonians 3:18 +. +Paul, an apostle of Jesus Christ by the commandment of God our Savior, and Lord Jesus Christ, which is our hope; -- 1 timothy 1:1 +. +To Timothy, my own son in the faith: Grace, mercy, and peace, from God our Father and Jesus Christ our Lord. -- 1 timothy 1:2 +. +As I sought you to abide still at Ephesus, when I went into Macedonia, that you might charge some that they teach no other doctrine, -- 1 timothy 1:3 +. +Neither give heed to fables and endless genealogies, which minister questions, rather than godly edifying which is in faith: so do. -- 1 timothy 1:4 +. +Now the end of the commandment is charity out of a pure heart, and of a good conscience, and of faith unfeigned: -- 1 timothy 1:5 +. +From which some having swerved have turned aside to vain jangling; -- 1 timothy 1:6 +. +Desiring to be teachers of the law; understanding neither what they say, nor whereof they affirm. -- 1 timothy 1:7 +. +But we know that the law is good, if a man use it lawfully; -- 1 timothy 1:8 +. +Knowing this, that the law is not made for a righteous man, but for the lawless and disobedient, for the ungodly and for sinners, for unholy and profane, for murderers of fathers and murderers of mothers, for murderers, -- 1 timothy 1:9 +. +For fornicators, for them that defile themselves with mankind, for enslavers, for liars, for perjured persons, and if there be any other thing that is contrary to sound doctrine; -- 1 timothy 1:10 +. +According to the glorious gospel of the blessed God, which was committed to my trust. -- 1 timothy 1:11 +. +And I thank Christ Jesus our Lord, who has enabled me, for that he counted me faithful, putting me into the ministry; -- 1 timothy 1:12 +. +Who was before a blasphemer, and a persecutor, and injurious: but I obtained mercy, because I did it ignorantly in unbelief. -- 1 timothy 1:13 +. +And the grace of our Lord was exceeding abundant with faith and love which is in Christ Jesus. -- 1 timothy 1:14 +. +This is a faithful saying, and worthy of all acceptation, that Christ Jesus came into the world to save sinners; of whom I am chief. -- 1 timothy 1:15 +. +However, for this cause I obtained mercy, that in me first Jesus Christ might show forth all long-suffering, for a pattern to them which should hereafter believe on him to life everlasting. -- 1 timothy 1:16 +. +Now to the King eternal, immortal, invisible, the only wise God, be honor and glory for ever and ever. Amen. -- 1 timothy 1:17 +. +This charge I commit to you, son Timothy, according to the prophecies which went before on you, that you by them might war a good warfare; -- 1 timothy 1:18 +. +Holding faith, and a good conscience; which some having put away concerning faith have made shipwreck: -- 1 timothy 1:19 +. +Of whom is Hymenaeus and Alexander; whom I have delivered to Satan, that they may learn not to blaspheme. -- 1 timothy 1:20 +. +I exhort therefore, that, first of all, supplications, prayers, intercessions, and giving of thanks, be made for all men; -- 1 timothy 2:1 +. +For kings, and for all that are in authority; that we may lead a quiet and peaceable life in all godliness and honesty. -- 1 timothy 2:2 +. +For this is good and acceptable in the sight of God our Savior; -- 1 timothy 2:3 +. +Who will have all men to be saved, and to come to the knowledge of the truth. -- 1 timothy 2:4 +. +For there is one God, and one mediator between God and men, the man Christ Jesus; -- 1 timothy 2:5 +. +Who gave himself a ransom for all, to be testified in due time. -- 1 timothy 2:6 +. +Whereunto I am ordained a preacher, and an apostle, (I speak the truth in Christ, and lie not;) a teacher of the Gentiles in faith and verity. -- 1 timothy 2:7 +. +I will therefore that men pray every where, lifting up holy hands, without wrath and doubting. -- 1 timothy 2:8 +. +In like manner also, that women adorn themselves in modest apparel, with modesty and sobriety; not with braided hair, or gold, or pearls, or costly array; -- 1 timothy 2:9 +. +But (which becomes women professing godliness) with good works. -- 1 timothy 2:10 +. +Let the woman learn in silence with all subjection. -- 1 timothy 2:11 +. +But I suffer not a woman to teach, nor to usurp authority over the man, but to be in silence. -- 1 timothy 2:12 +. +For Adam was first formed, then Eve. -- 1 timothy 2:13 +. +And Adam was not deceived, but the woman being deceived was in the transgression. -- 1 timothy 2:14 +. +Notwithstanding she shall be saved in childbearing, if they continue in faith and charity and holiness with sobriety. -- 1 timothy 2:15 +. +This is a true saying, If a man desire the office of a bishop, he desires a good work. -- 1 timothy 3:1 +. +A bishop then must be blameless, the husband of one wife, vigilant, sober, of good behavior, given to hospitality, apt to teach; -- 1 timothy 3:2 +. +Not given to wine, no striker, not greedy of filthy lucre; but patient, not a brawler, not covetous; -- 1 timothy 3:3 +. +One that rules well his own house, having his children in subjection with all gravity; -- 1 timothy 3:4 +. +(For if a man know not how to rule his own house, how shall he take care of the church of God?) -- 1 timothy 3:5 +. +Not a novice, lest being lifted up with pride he fall into the condemnation of the devil. -- 1 timothy 3:6 +. +Moreover he must have a good report of them which are without; lest he fall into reproach and the snare of the devil. -- 1 timothy 3:7 +. +Likewise must the deacons be grave, not double-tongued, not given to much wine, not greedy of filthy lucre; -- 1 timothy 3:8 +. +Holding the mystery of the faith in a pure conscience. -- 1 timothy 3:9 +. +And let these also first be proved; then let them use the office of a deacon, being found blameless. -- 1 timothy 3:10 +. +Even so must their wives be grave, not slanderers, sober, faithful in all things. -- 1 timothy 3:11 +. +Let the deacons be the husbands of one wife, ruling their children and their own houses well. -- 1 timothy 3:12 +. +For they that have used the office of a deacon well purchase to themselves a good degree, and great boldness in the faith which is in Christ Jesus. -- 1 timothy 3:13 +. +These things write I to you, hoping to come to you shortly: -- 1 timothy 3:14 +. +But if I tarry long, that you may know how you ought to behave yourself in the house of God, which is the church of the living God, the pillar and ground of the truth. -- 1 timothy 3:15 +. +And without controversy great is the mystery of godliness: God was manifest in the flesh, justified in the Spirit, seen of angels, preached to the Gentiles, believed on in the world, received up into glory. -- 1 timothy 3:16 +. +Now the Spirit speaks expressly, that in the latter times some shall depart from the faith, giving heed to seducing spirits, and doctrines of devils; -- 1 timothy 4:1 +. +Speaking lies in hypocrisy; having their conscience seared with a hot iron; -- 1 timothy 4:2 +. +Forbidding to marry, and commanding to abstain from meats, which God has created to be received with thanksgiving of them which believe and know the truth. -- 1 timothy 4:3 +. +For every creature of God is good, and nothing to be refused, if it be received with thanksgiving: -- 1 timothy 4:4 +. +For it is sanctified by the word of God and prayer. -- 1 timothy 4:5 +. +If you put the brothers in remembrance of these things, you shall be a good minister of Jesus Christ, nourished up in the words of faith and of good doctrine, whereunto you have attained. -- 1 timothy 4:6 +. +But refuse profane and old wives'fables, and exercise yourself rather to godliness. -- 1 timothy 4:7 +. +For bodily exercise profits little: but godliness is profitable to all things, having promise of the life that now is, and of that which is to come. -- 1 timothy 4:8 +. +This is a faithful saying and worthy of all acceptation. -- 1 timothy 4:9 +. +For therefore we both labor and suffer reproach, because we trust in the living God, who is the Savior of all men, specially of those that believe. -- 1 timothy 4:10 +. +These things command and teach. -- 1 timothy 4:11 +. +Let no man despise your youth; but be you an example of the believers, in word, in conversation, in charity, in spirit, in faith, in purity. -- 1 timothy 4:12 +. +Till I come, give attendance to reading, to exhortation, to doctrine. -- 1 timothy 4:13 +. +Neglect not the gift that is in you, which was given you by prophecy, with the laying on of the hands of the presbytery. -- 1 timothy 4:14 +. +Meditate on these things; give yourself wholly to them; that your profiting may appear to all. -- 1 timothy 4:15 +. +Take heed to yourself, and to the doctrine; continue in them: for in doing this you shall both save yourself, and them that hear you. -- 1 timothy 4:16 +. +Rebuke not an elder, but entreat him as a father; and the younger men as brothers; -- 1 timothy 5:1 +. +The elder women as mothers; the younger as sisters, with all purity. -- 1 timothy 5:2 +. +Honor widows that are widows indeed. -- 1 timothy 5:3 +. +But if any widow have children or nephews, let them learn first to show piety at home, and to requite their parents: for that is good and acceptable before God. -- 1 timothy 5:4 +. +Now she that is a widow indeed, and desolate, trusts in God, and continues in supplications and prayers night and day. -- 1 timothy 5:5 +. +But she that lives in pleasure is dead while she lives. -- 1 timothy 5:6 +. +And these things give in charge, that they may be blameless. -- 1 timothy 5:7 +. +But if any provide not for his own, and specially for those of his own house, he has denied the faith, and is worse than an infidel. -- 1 timothy 5:8 +. +Let not a widow be taken into the number under three score years old, having been the wife of one man. -- 1 timothy 5:9 +. +Well reported of for good works; if she have brought up children, if she have lodged strangers, if she have washed the saints'feet, if she have relieved the afflicted, if she have diligently followed every good work. -- 1 timothy 5:10 +. +But the younger widows refuse: for when they have begun to wax wanton against Christ, they will marry; -- 1 timothy 5:11 +. +Having damnation, because they have cast off their first faith. -- 1 timothy 5:12 +. +And with they learn to be idle, wandering about from house to house; and not only idle, but tattlers also and busybodies, speaking things which they ought not. -- 1 timothy 5:13 +. +I will therefore that the younger women marry, bear children, guide the house, give none occasion to the adversary to speak reproachfully. -- 1 timothy 5:14 +. +For some are already turned aside after Satan. -- 1 timothy 5:15 +. +If any man or woman that believes have widows, let them relieve them, and let not the church be charged; that it may relieve them that are widows indeed. -- 1 timothy 5:16 +. +Let the elders that rule well be counted worthy of double honor, especially they who labor in the word and doctrine. -- 1 timothy 5:17 +. +For the scripture said, You shall not muzzle the ox that treads out the corn. And, The laborer is worthy of his reward. -- 1 timothy 5:18 +. +Against an elder receive not an accusation, but before two or three witnesses. -- 1 timothy 5:19 +. +Them that sin rebuke before all, that others also may fear. -- 1 timothy 5:20 +. +I charge you before God, and the Lord Jesus Christ, and the elect angels, that you observe these things without preferring one before another, doing nothing by partiality. -- 1 timothy 5:21 +. +Lay hands suddenly on no man, neither be partaker of other men' sins: keep yourself pure. -- 1 timothy 5:22 +. +Drink no longer water, but use a little wine for your stomach' sake and your often infirmities. -- 1 timothy 5:23 +. +Some men' sins are open beforehand, going before to judgment; and some men they follow after. -- 1 timothy 5:24 +. +Likewise also the good works of some are manifest beforehand; and they that are otherwise cannot be hid. -- 1 timothy 5:25 +. +Let as many servants as are under the yoke count their own masters worthy of all honor, that the name of God and his doctrine be not blasphemed. -- 1 timothy 6:1 +. +And they that have believing masters, let them not despise them, because they are brothers; but rather do them service, because they are faithful and beloved, partakers of the benefit. These things teach and exhort. -- 1 timothy 6:2 +. +If any man teach otherwise, and consent not to wholesome words, even the words of our Lord Jesus Christ, and to the doctrine which is according to godliness; -- 1 timothy 6:3 +. +He is proud, knowing nothing, but doting about questions and strifes of words, whereof comes envy, strife, railings, evil surmisings, -- 1 timothy 6:4 +. +Perverse disputings of men of corrupt minds, and destitute of the truth, supposing that gain is godliness: from such withdraw yourself. -- 1 timothy 6:5 +. +But godliness with contentment is great gain. -- 1 timothy 6:6 +. +For we brought nothing into this world, and it is certain we can carry nothing out. -- 1 timothy 6:7 +. +And having food and raiment let us be therewith content. -- 1 timothy 6:8 +. +But they that will be rich fall into temptation and a snare, and into many foolish and hurtful lusts, which drown men in destruction and perdition. -- 1 timothy 6:9 +. +For the love of money is the root of all evil: which while some coveted after, they have erred from the faith, and pierced themselves through with many sorrows. -- 1 timothy 6:10 +. +But you, O man of God, flee these things; and follow after righteousness, godliness, faith, love, patience, meekness. -- 1 timothy 6:11 +. +Fight the good fight of faith, lay hold on eternal life, whereunto you are also called, and have professed a good profession before many witnesses. -- 1 timothy 6:12 +. +I give you charge in the sight of God, who vivifies all things, and before Christ Jesus, who before Pontius Pilate witnessed a good confession; -- 1 timothy 6:13 +. +That you keep this commandment without spot, unrebukable, until the appearing of our Lord Jesus Christ: -- 1 timothy 6:14 +. +Which in his times he shall show, who is the blessed and only Potentate, the King of kings, and Lord of lords; -- 1 timothy 6:15 +. +Who only has immortality, dwelling in the light which no man can approach to; whom no man has seen, nor can see: to whom be honor and power everlasting. Amen. -- 1 timothy 6:16 +. +Charge them that are rich in this world, that they be not high minded, nor trust in uncertain riches, but in the living God, who gives us richly all things to enjoy; -- 1 timothy 6:17 +. +That they do good, that they be rich in good works, ready to distribute, willing to communicate; -- 1 timothy 6:18 +. +Laying up in store for themselves a good foundation against the time to come, that they may lay hold on eternal life. -- 1 timothy 6:19 +. +O Timothy, keep that which is committed to your trust, avoiding profane and vain babblings, and oppositions of science falsely so called: -- 1 timothy 6:20 +. +Which some professing have erred concerning the faith. Grace be with you. Amen. -- 1 timothy 6:21 +. +Paul, an apostle of Jesus Christ by the will of God, according to the promise of life which is in Christ Jesus, -- 2 timothy 1:1 +. +To Timothy, my dearly beloved son: Grace, mercy, and peace, from God the Father and Christ Jesus our Lord. -- 2 timothy 1:2 +. +I thank God, whom I serve from my forefathers with pure conscience, that without ceasing I have remembrance of you in my prayers night and day; -- 2 timothy 1:3 +. +Greatly desiring to see you, being mindful of your tears, that I may be filled with joy; -- 2 timothy 1:4 +. +When I call to remembrance the unfeigned faith that is in you, which dwelled first in your grandmother Lois, and your mother Eunice; and I am persuaded that in you also. -- 2 timothy 1:5 +. +Why I put you in remembrance that you stir up the gift of God, which is in you by the putting on of my hands. -- 2 timothy 1:6 +. +For God has not given us the spirit of fear; but of power, and of love, and of a sound mind. -- 2 timothy 1:7 +. +Be not you therefore ashamed of the testimony of our Lord, nor of me his prisoner: but be you partaker of the afflictions of the gospel according to the power of God; -- 2 timothy 1:8 +. +Who has saved us, and called us with an holy calling, not according to our works, but according to his own purpose and grace, which was given us in Christ Jesus before the world began, -- 2 timothy 1:9 +. +But is now made manifest by the appearing of our Savior Jesus Christ, who has abolished death, and has brought life and immortality to light through the gospel: -- 2 timothy 1:10 +. +Whereunto I am appointed a preacher, and an apostle, and a teacher of the Gentiles. -- 2 timothy 1:11 +. +For the which cause I also suffer these things: nevertheless I am not ashamed: for I know whom I have believed, and am persuaded that he is able to keep that which I have committed to him against that day. -- 2 timothy 1:12 +. +Hold fast the form of sound words, which you have heard of me, in faith and love which is in Christ Jesus. -- 2 timothy 1:13 +. +That good thing which was committed to you keep by the Holy Ghost which dwells in us. -- 2 timothy 1:14 +. +This you know, that all they which are in Asia be turned away from me; of whom are Phygellus and Hermogenes. -- 2 timothy 1:15 +. +The Lord give mercy to the house of Onesiphorus; for he oft refreshed me, and was not ashamed of my chain: -- 2 timothy 1:16 +. +But, when he was in Rome, he sought me out very diligently, and found me. -- 2 timothy 1:17 +. +The Lord grant to him that he may find mercy of the Lord in that day: and in how many things he ministered to me at Ephesus, you know very well. -- 2 timothy 1:18 +. +You therefore, my son, be strong in the grace that is in Christ Jesus. -- 2 timothy 2:1 +. +And the things that you have heard of me among many witnesses, the same commit you to faithful men, who shall be able to teach others also. -- 2 timothy 2:2 +. +You therefore endure hardness, as a good soldier of Jesus Christ. -- 2 timothy 2:3 +. +No man that wars entangles himself with the affairs of this life; that he may please him who has chosen him to be a soldier. -- 2 timothy 2:4 +. +And if a man also strive for masteries, yet is he not crowned, except he strive lawfully. -- 2 timothy 2:5 +. +The farmer that labors must be first partaker of the fruits. -- 2 timothy 2:6 +. +Consider what I say; and the Lord give you understanding in all things. -- 2 timothy 2:7 +. +Remember that Jesus Christ of the seed of David was raised from the dead according to my gospel: -- 2 timothy 2:8 +. +Wherein I suffer trouble, as an evil doer, even to bonds; but the word of God is not bound. -- 2 timothy 2:9 +. +Therefore I endure all things for the elect' sakes, that they may also obtain the salvation which is in Christ Jesus with eternal glory. -- 2 timothy 2:10 +. +It is a faithful saying: For if we be dead with him, we shall also live with him: -- 2 timothy 2:11 +. +If we suffer, we shall also reign with him: if we deny him, he also will deny us: -- 2 timothy 2:12 +. +If we believe not, yet he stays faithful: he cannot deny himself. -- 2 timothy 2:13 +. +Of these things put them in remembrance, charging them before the Lord that they strive not about words to no profit, but to the subverting of the hearers. -- 2 timothy 2:14 +. +Study to show yourself approved to God, a workman that needs not to be ashamed, rightly dividing the word of truth. -- 2 timothy 2:15 +. +But shun profane and vain babblings: for they will increase to more ungodliness. -- 2 timothy 2:16 +. +And their word will eat as does a canker: of whom is Hymenaeus and Philetus; -- 2 timothy 2:17 +. +Who concerning the truth have erred, saying that the resurrection is past already; and overthrow the faith of some. -- 2 timothy 2:18 +. +Nevertheless the foundation of God stands sure, having this seal, The Lord knows them that are his. And, Let every one that names the name of Christ depart from iniquity. -- 2 timothy 2:19 +. +But in a great house there are not only vessels of gold and of silver, but also of wood and of earth; and some to honor, and some to dishonor. -- 2 timothy 2:20 +. +If a man therefore purge himself from these, he shall be a vessel to honor, sanctified, and meet for the master' use, and prepared to every good work. -- 2 timothy 2:21 +. +Flee also youthful lusts: but follow righteousness, faith, charity, peace, with them that call on the Lord out of a pure heart. -- 2 timothy 2:22 +. +But foolish and unlearned questions avoid, knowing that they do engender strifes. -- 2 timothy 2:23 +. +And the servant of the Lord must not strive; but be gentle to all men, apt to teach, patient, -- 2 timothy 2:24 +. +In meekness instructing those that oppose themselves; if God peradventure will give them repentance to the acknowledging of the truth; -- 2 timothy 2:25 +. +And that they may recover themselves out of the snare of the devil, who are taken captive by him at his will. -- 2 timothy 2:26 +. +This know also, that in the last days perilous times shall come. -- 2 timothy 3:1 +. +For men shall be lovers of their own selves, covetous, boasters, proud, blasphemers, disobedient to parents, unthankful, unholy, -- 2 timothy 3:2 +. +Without natural affection, truce breakers, false accusers, incontinent, fierce, despisers of those that are good, -- 2 timothy 3:3 +. +Traitors, heady, high minded, lovers of pleasures more than lovers of God; -- 2 timothy 3:4 +. +Having a form of godliness, but denying the power thereof: from such turn away. -- 2 timothy 3:5 +. +For of this sort are they which creep into houses, and lead captive silly women laden with sins, led away with divers lusts, -- 2 timothy 3:6 +. +Ever learning, and never able to come to the knowledge of the truth. -- 2 timothy 3:7 +. +Now as Jannes and Jambres withstood Moses, so do these also resist the truth: men of corrupt minds, reprobate concerning the faith. -- 2 timothy 3:8 +. +But they shall proceed no further: for their folly shall be manifest to all men, as their' also was. -- 2 timothy 3:9 +. +But you have fully known my doctrine, manner of life, purpose, faith, long-suffering, charity, patience, -- 2 timothy 3:10 +. +Persecutions, afflictions, which came to me at Antioch, at Iconium, at Lystra; what persecutions I endured: but out of them all the Lord delivered me. -- 2 timothy 3:11 +. +Yes, and all that will live godly in Christ Jesus shall suffer persecution. -- 2 timothy 3:12 +. +But evil men and seducers shall wax worse and worse, deceiving, and being deceived. -- 2 timothy 3:13 +. +But continue you in the things which you have learned and have been assured of, knowing of whom you have learned them; -- 2 timothy 3:14 +. +And that from a child you have known the holy scriptures, which are able to make you wise to salvation through faith which is in Christ Jesus. -- 2 timothy 3:15 +. +All scripture is given by inspiration of God, and is profitable for doctrine, for reproof, for correction, for instruction in righteousness: -- 2 timothy 3:16 +. +That the man of God may be perfect, thoroughly furnished to all good works. -- 2 timothy 3:17 +. +I charge you therefore before God, and the Lord Jesus Christ, who shall judge the quick and the dead at his appearing and his kingdom; -- 2 timothy 4:1 +. +Preach the word; be instant in season, out of season; reprove, rebuke, exhort with all long-suffering and doctrine. -- 2 timothy 4:2 +. +For the time will come when they will not endure sound doctrine; but after their own lusts shall they heap to themselves teachers, having itching ears; -- 2 timothy 4:3 +. +And they shall turn away their ears from the truth, and shall be turned to fables. -- 2 timothy 4:4 +. +But watch you in all things, endure afflictions, do the work of an evangelist, make full proof of your ministry. -- 2 timothy 4:5 +. +For I am now ready to be offered, and the time of my departure is at hand. -- 2 timothy 4:6 +. +I have fought a good fight, I have finished my course, I have kept the faith: -- 2 timothy 4:7 +. +From now on there is laid up for me a crown of righteousness, which the Lord, the righteous judge, shall give me at that day: and not to me only, but to all them also that love his appearing. -- 2 timothy 4:8 +. +Do your diligence to come shortly to me: -- 2 timothy 4:9 +. +For Demas has forsaken me, having loved this present world, and is departed to Thessalonica; Crescens to Galatia, Titus to Dalmatia. -- 2 timothy 4:10 +. +Only Luke is with me. Take Mark, and bring him with you: for he is profitable to me for the ministry. -- 2 timothy 4:11 +. +And Tychicus have I sent to Ephesus. -- 2 timothy 4:12 +. +The cloak that I left at Troas with Carpus, when you come, bring with you, and the books, but especially the parchments. -- 2 timothy 4:13 +. +Alexander the coppersmith did me much evil: the Lord reward him according to his works: -- 2 timothy 4:14 +. +Of whom be you ware also; for he has greatly withstood our words. -- 2 timothy 4:15 +. +At my first answer no man stood with me, but all men forsook me: I pray God that it may not be laid to their charge. -- 2 timothy 4:16 +. +Notwithstanding the Lord stood with me, and strengthened me; that by me the preaching might be fully known, and that all the Gentiles might hear: and I was delivered out of the mouth of the lion. -- 2 timothy 4:17 +. +And the Lord shall deliver me from every evil work, and will preserve me to his heavenly kingdom: to whom be glory for ever and ever. Amen. -- 2 timothy 4:18 +. +Salute Prisca and Aquila, and the household of Onesiphorus. -- 2 timothy 4:19 +. +Erastus stayed at Corinth: but Trophimus have I left at Miletum sick. -- 2 timothy 4:20 +. +Do your diligence to come before winter. Eubulus greets you, and Pudens, and Linus, and Claudia, and all the brothers. -- 2 timothy 4:21 +. +The Lord Jesus Christ be with your spirit. Grace be with you. Amen. -- 2 timothy 4:22 +. +Paul, a servant of God, and an apostle of Jesus Christ, according to the faith of God' elect, and the acknowledging of the truth which is after godliness; -- titus 1:1 +. +In hope of eternal life, which God, that cannot lie, promised before the world began; -- titus 1:2 +. +But has in due times manifested his word through preaching, which is committed to me according to the commandment of God our Savior; -- titus 1:3 +. +To Titus, my own son after the common faith: Grace, mercy, and peace, from God the Father and the Lord Jesus Christ our Savior. -- titus 1:4 +. +For this cause left I you in Crete, that you should set in order the things that are wanting, and ordain elders in every city, as I had appointed you: -- titus 1:5 +. +If any be blameless, the husband of one wife, having faithful children not accused of riot or unruly. -- titus 1:6 +. +For a bishop must be blameless, as the steward of God; not self-willed, not soon angry, not given to wine, no striker, not given to filthy lucre; -- titus 1:7 +. +But a lover of hospitality, a lover of good men, sober, just, holy, temperate; -- titus 1:8 +. +Holding fast the faithful word as he has been taught, that he may be able by sound doctrine both to exhort and to convince the disputers. -- titus 1:9 +. +For there are many unruly and vain talkers and deceivers, specially they of the circumcision: -- titus 1:10 +. +Whose mouths must be stopped, who subvert whole houses, teaching things which they ought not, for filthy lucre' sake. -- titus 1:11 +. +One of themselves, even a prophet of their own, said, The Cretians are always liars, evil beasts, slow bellies. -- titus 1:12 +. +This witness is true. Why rebuke them sharply, that they may be sound in the faith; -- titus 1:13 +. +Not giving heed to Jewish fables, and commandments of men, that turn from the truth. -- titus 1:14 +. +To the pure all things are pure: but to them that are defiled and unbelieving is nothing pure; but even their mind and conscience is defiled. -- titus 1:15 +. +They profess that they know God; but in works they deny him, being abominable, and disobedient, and to every good work reprobate. -- titus 1:16 +. +But speak you the things which become sound doctrine: -- titus 2:1 +. +That the aged men be sober, grave, temperate, sound in faith, in charity, in patience. -- titus 2:2 +. +The aged women likewise, that they be in behavior as becomes holiness, not false accusers, not given to much wine, teachers of good things; -- titus 2:3 +. +That they may teach the young women to be sober, to love their husbands, to love their children, -- titus 2:4 +. +To be discreet, chaste, keepers at home, good, obedient to their own husbands, that the word of God be not blasphemed. -- titus 2:5 +. +Young men likewise exhort to be sober minded. -- titus 2:6 +. +In all things showing yourself a pattern of good works: in doctrine showing soundness, gravity, sincerity, -- titus 2:7 +. +Sound speech, that cannot be condemned; that he that is of the contrary part may be ashamed, having no evil thing to say of you. -- titus 2:8 +. +Exhort servants to be obedient to their own masters, and to please them well in all things; not answering again; -- titus 2:9 +. +Not purloining, but showing all good fidelity; that they may adorn the doctrine of God our Savior in all things. -- titus 2:10 +. +For the grace of God that brings salvation has appeared to all men, -- titus 2:11 +. +Teaching us that, denying ungodliness and worldly lusts, we should live soberly, righteously, and godly, in this present world; -- titus 2:12 +. +Looking for that blessed hope, and the glorious appearing of the great God and our Savior Jesus Christ; -- titus 2:13 +. +Who gave himself for us, that he might redeem us from all iniquity, and purify to himself a peculiar people, zealous of good works. -- titus 2:14 +. +These things speak, and exhort, and rebuke with all authority. Let no man despise you. -- titus 2:15 +. +Put them in mind to be subject to principalities and powers, to obey magistrates, to be ready to every good work, -- titus 3:1 +. +To speak evil of no man, to be no brawlers, but gentle, showing all meekness to all men. -- titus 3:2 +. +For we ourselves also were sometimes foolish, disobedient, deceived, serving divers lusts and pleasures, living in malice and envy, hateful, and hating one another. -- titus 3:3 +. +But after that the kindness and love of God our Savior toward man appeared, -- titus 3:4 +. +Not by works of righteousness which we have done, but according to his mercy he saved us, by the washing of regeneration, and renewing of the Holy Ghost; -- titus 3:5 +. +Which he shed on us abundantly through Jesus Christ our Savior; -- titus 3:6 +. +That being justified by his grace, we should be made heirs according to the hope of eternal life. -- titus 3:7 +. +This is a faithful saying, and these things I will that you affirm constantly, that they which have believed in God might be careful to maintain good works. These things are good and profitable to men. -- titus 3:8 +. +But avoid foolish questions, and genealogies, and contentions, and strivings about the law; for they are unprofitable and vain. -- titus 3:9 +. +A man that is an heretic after the first and second admonition reject; -- titus 3:10 +. +Knowing that he that is such is subverted, and sins, being condemned of himself. -- titus 3:11 +. +When I shall send Artemas to you, or Tychicus, be diligent to come to me to Nicopolis: for I have determined there to winter. -- titus 3:12 +. +Bring Zenas the lawyer and Apollos on their journey diligently, that nothing be wanting to them. -- titus 3:13 +. +And let our' also learn to maintain good works for necessary uses, that they be not unfruitful. -- titus 3:14 +. +All that are with me salute you. Greet them that love us in the faith. Grace be with you all. Amen. -- titus 3:15 +. +Paul, a prisoner of Jesus Christ, and Timothy our brother, to Philemon our dearly beloved, and fellow laborer, -- philemon 1:1 +. +And to our beloved Apphia, and Archippus our fellow soldier, and to the church in your house: -- philemon 1:2 +. +Grace to you, and peace, from God our Father and the Lord Jesus Christ. -- philemon 1:3 +. +I thank my God, making mention of you always in my prayers, -- philemon 1:4 +. +Hearing of your love and faith, which you have toward the Lord Jesus, and toward all saints; -- philemon 1:5 +. +That the communication of your faith may become effectual by the acknowledging of every good thing which is in you in Christ Jesus. -- philemon 1:6 +. +For we have great joy and consolation in your love, because the bowels of the saints are refreshed by you, brother. -- philemon 1:7 +. +Why, though I might be much bold in Christ to enjoin you that which is convenient, -- philemon 1:8 +. +Yet for love' sake I rather beseech you, being such an one as Paul the aged, and now also a prisoner of Jesus Christ. -- philemon 1:9 +. +I beseech you for my son Onesimus, whom I have begotten in my bonds: -- philemon 1:10 +. +Which in time past was to you unprofitable, but now profitable to you and to me: -- philemon 1:11 +. +Whom I have sent again: you therefore receive him, that is, my own bowels: -- philemon 1:12 +. +Whom I would have retained with me, that in your stead he might have ministered to me in the bonds of the gospel: -- philemon 1:13 +. +But without your mind would I do nothing; that your benefit should not be as it were of necessity, but willingly. -- philemon 1:14 +. +For perhaps he therefore departed for a season, that you should receive him for ever; -- philemon 1:15 +. +Not now as a servant, but above a servant, a brother beloved, specially to me, but how much more to you, both in the flesh, and in the Lord? -- philemon 1:16 +. +If you count me therefore a partner, receive him as myself. -- philemon 1:17 +. +If he has wronged you, or owes you ought, put that on my account; -- philemon 1:18 +. +I Paul have written it with my own hand, I will repay it: albeit I do not say to you how you owe to me even your own self besides. -- philemon 1:19 +. +Yes, brother, let me have joy of you in the Lord: refresh my bowels in the Lord. -- philemon 1:20 +. +Having confidence in your obedience I wrote to you, knowing that you will also do more than I say. -- philemon 1:21 +. +But with prepare me also a lodging: for I trust that through your prayers I shall be given to you. -- philemon 1:22 +. +There salute you Epaphras, my fellow prisoner in Christ Jesus; -- philemon 1:23 +. +Marcus, Aristarchus, Demas, Lucas, my fellow laborers. -- philemon 1:24 +. +The grace of our Lord Jesus Christ be with your spirit. Amen. -- philemon 1:25 +. +God, who at sundry times and in divers manners spoke in time past to the fathers by the prophets, -- hebrews 1:1 +. +Has in these last days spoken to us by his Son, whom he has appointed heir of all things, by whom also he made the worlds; -- hebrews 1:2 +. +Who being the brightness of his glory, and the express image of his person, 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: -- hebrews 1:3 +. +Being made so much better than the angels, as he has by inheritance obtained a more excellent name than they. -- hebrews 1:4 +. +For to which of the angels said he at any time, You are my Son, this day have I begotten you? And again, I will be to him a Father, and he shall be to me a Son? -- hebrews 1:5 +. +And again, when he brings in the first-begotten into the world, he said, And let all the angels of God worship him. -- hebrews 1:6 +. +And of the angels he said, Who makes his angels spirits, and his ministers a flame of fire. -- hebrews 1:7 +. +But to the Son he said, Your throne, O God, is for ever and ever: a scepter of righteousness is the scepter of your kingdom. -- hebrews 1:8 +. +You have loved righteousness, and hated iniquity; therefore God, even your God, has anointed you with the oil of gladness above your fellows. -- hebrews 1:9 +. +And, You, Lord, in the beginning have laid the foundation of the earth; and the heavens are the works of your hands: -- hebrews 1:10 +. +They shall perish; but you remain; and they all shall wax old as does a garment; -- hebrews 1:11 +. +And as a clothing shall you fold them up, and they shall be changed: but you are the same, and your years shall not fail. -- hebrews 1:12 +. +But to which of the angels said he at any time, Sit on my right hand, until I make your enemies your footstool? -- hebrews 1:13 +. +Are they not all ministering spirits, sent forth to minister for them who shall be heirs of salvation? -- hebrews 1:14 +. +Therefore we ought to give the more earnest heed to the things which we have heard, lest at any time we should let them slip. -- hebrews 2:1 +. +For if the word spoken by angels was steadfast, and every transgression and disobedience received a just recompense of reward; -- hebrews 2:2 +. +How shall we escape, if we neglect so great salvation; which at the first began to be spoken by the Lord, and was confirmed to us by them that heard him; -- hebrews 2:3 +. +God also bearing them witness, both with signs and wonders, and with divers miracles, and gifts of the Holy Ghost, according to his own will? -- hebrews 2:4 +. +For to the angels has he not put in subjection the world to come, whereof we speak. -- hebrews 2:5 +. +But one in a certain place testified, saying, What is man, that you are mindful of him? or the son of man that you visit him? -- hebrews 2:6 +. +You made him a little lower than the angels; you crowned him with glory and honor, and did set him over the works of your hands: -- hebrews 2:7 +. +You have put all things in subjection under his feet. For in that he put all in subjection under him, he left nothing that is not put under him. But now we see not yet all things put under him. -- hebrews 2:8 +. +But we see Jesus, who was made a little lower than the angels for the suffering of death, crowned with glory and honor; that he by the grace of God should taste death for every man. -- hebrews 2:9 +. +For it became him, for whom are all things, and by whom are all things, in bringing many sons to glory, to make the captain of their salvation perfect through sufferings. -- hebrews 2:10 +. +For both he that sanctifies and they who are sanctified are all of one: for which cause he is not ashamed to call them brothers, -- hebrews 2:11 +. +Saying, I will declare your name to my brothers, in the middle of the church will I sing praise to you. -- hebrews 2:12 +. +And again, I will put my trust in him. And again, Behold I and the children which God has given me. -- hebrews 2:13 +. +For as much then as the children are partakers of flesh and blood, he also himself likewise took part of the same; that through death he might destroy him that had the power of death, that is, the devil; -- hebrews 2:14 +. +And deliver them who through fear of death were all their lifetime subject to bondage. -- hebrews 2:15 +. +For truly he took not on him the nature of angels; but he took on him the seed of Abraham. -- hebrews 2:16 +. +Why in all things it behooved him to be made like to his brothers, that he might be a merciful and faithful high priest in things pertaining to God, to make reconciliation for the sins of the people. -- hebrews 2:17 +. +For in that he himself has suffered being tempted, he is able to succor them that are tempted. -- hebrews 2:18 +. +Why, holy brothers, partakers of the heavenly calling, consider the Apostle and High Priest of our profession, Christ Jesus; -- hebrews 3:1 +. +Who was faithful to him that appointed him, as also Moses was faithful in all his house. -- hebrews 3:2 +. +For this man was counted worthy of more glory than Moses, inasmuch as he who has built the house has more honor than the house. -- hebrews 3:3 +. +For every house is built by some man; but he that built all things is God. -- hebrews 3:4 +. +And Moses truly was faithful in all his house, as a servant, for a testimony of those things which were to be spoken after; -- hebrews 3:5 +. +But Christ as a son over his own house; whose house are we, if we hold fast the confidence and the rejoicing of the hope firm to the end. -- hebrews 3:6 +. +Why (as the Holy Ghost said, To day if you will hear his voice, -- hebrews 3:7 +. +Harden not your hearts, as in the provocation, in the day of temptation in the wilderness: -- hebrews 3:8 +. +When your fathers tempted me, proved me, and saw my works forty years. -- hebrews 3:9 +. +Why I was grieved with that generation, and said, They do always err in their heart; and they have not known my ways. -- hebrews 3:10 +. +So I swore in my wrath, They shall not enter into my rest.) -- hebrews 3:11 +. +Take heed, brothers, lest there be in any of you an evil heart of unbelief, in departing from the living God. -- hebrews 3:12 +. +But exhort one another daily, while it is called To day; lest any of you be hardened through the deceitfulness of sin. -- hebrews 3:13 +. +For we are made partakers of Christ, if we hold the beginning of our confidence steadfast to the end; -- hebrews 3:14 +. +While it is said, To day if you will hear his voice, harden not your hearts, as in the provocation. -- hebrews 3:15 +. +For some, when they had heard, did provoke: however, not all that came out of Egypt by Moses. -- hebrews 3:16 +. +But with whom was he grieved forty years? was it not with them that had sinned, whose carcasses fell in the wilderness? -- hebrews 3:17 +. +And to whom swore he that they should not enter into his rest, but to them that believed not? -- hebrews 3:18 +. +So we see that they could not enter in because of unbelief. -- hebrews 3:19 +. +Let us therefore fear, lest, a promise being left us of entering into his rest, any of you should seem to come short of it. -- hebrews 4:1 +. +For to us was the gospel preached, as well as to them: but the word preached did not profit them, not being mixed with faith in them that heard it. -- hebrews 4:2 +. +For we which have believed do enter into rest, as he said, As I have sworn in my wrath, if they shall enter into my rest: although the works were finished from the foundation of the world. -- hebrews 4:3 +. +For he spoke in a certain place of the seventh day on this wise, And God did rest the seventh day from all his works. -- hebrews 4:4 +. +And in this place again, If they shall enter into my rest. -- hebrews 4:5 +. +Seeing therefore it remains that some must enter therein, and they to whom it was first preached entered not in because of unbelief: -- hebrews 4:6 +. +Again, he limits a certain day, saying in David, To day, after so long a time; as it is said, To day if you will hear his voice, harden not your hearts. -- hebrews 4:7 +. +For if Jesus had given them rest, then would he not afterward have spoken of another day. -- hebrews 4:8 +. +There remains therefore a rest to the people of God. -- hebrews 4:9 +. +For he that is entered into his rest, he also has ceased from his own works, as God did from his. -- hebrews 4:10 +. +Let us labor therefore to enter into that rest, lest any man fall after the same example of unbelief. -- hebrews 4:11 +. +For the word of God is quick, and powerful, and sharper than any two edged sword, piercing even to the dividing asunder of soul and spirit, and of the joints and marrow, and is a discerner of the thoughts and intents of the heart. -- hebrews 4:12 +. +Neither is there any creature that is not manifest in his sight: but all things are naked and opened to the eyes of him with whom we have to do. -- hebrews 4:13 +. +Seeing then that we have a great high priest, that is passed into the heavens, Jesus the Son of God, let us hold fast our profession. -- hebrews 4:14 +. +For we have not an high priest which cannot be touched with the feeling of our infirmities; but was in all points tempted like as we are, yet without sin. -- hebrews 4:15 +. +Let us therefore come boldly to the throne of grace, that we may obtain mercy, and find grace to help in time of need. -- hebrews 4:16 +. +For every high priest taken from among men is ordained for men in things pertaining to God, that he may offer both gifts and sacrifices for sins: -- hebrews 5:1 +. +Who can have compassion on the ignorant, and on them that are out of the way; for that he himself also is compassed with infirmity. -- hebrews 5:2 +. +And by reason hereof he ought, as for the people, so also for himself, to offer for sins. -- hebrews 5:3 +. +And no man takes this honor to himself, but he that is called of God, as was Aaron. -- hebrews 5:4 +. +So also Christ glorified not himself to be made an high priest; but he that said to him, You are my Son, to day have I begotten you. -- hebrews 5:5 +. +As he said also in another place, You are a priest for ever after the order of Melchisedec. -- hebrews 5:6 +. +Who in the days of his flesh, when he had offered up prayers and supplications with strong crying and tears to him that was able to save him from death, and was heard in that he feared; -- hebrews 5:7 +. +Though he were a Son, yet learned he obedience by the things which he suffered; -- hebrews 5:8 +. +And being made perfect, he became the author of eternal salvation to all them that obey him; -- hebrews 5:9 +. +Called of God an high priest after the order of Melchisedec. -- hebrews 5:10 +. +Of whom we have many things to say, and hard to be uttered, seeing you are dull of hearing. -- hebrews 5:11 +. +For when for the time you ought to be teachers, you have need that one teach you again which be the first principles of the oracles of God; and are become such as have need of milk, and not of strong meat. -- hebrews 5:12 +. +For every one that uses milk is unskillful in the word of righteousness: for he is a babe. -- hebrews 5:13 +. +But strong meat belongs to them that are of full age, even those who by reason of use have their senses exercised to discern both good and evil. -- hebrews 5:14 +. +Therefore leaving the principles of the doctrine of Christ, let us go on to perfection; not laying again the foundation of repentance from dead works, and of faith toward God, -- hebrews 6:1 +. +Of the doctrine of baptisms, and of laying on of hands, and of resurrection of the dead, and of eternal judgment. -- hebrews 6:2 +. +And this will we do, if God permit. -- hebrews 6:3 +. +For it is impossible for those who were once enlightened, and have tasted of the heavenly gift, and were made partakers of the Holy Ghost, -- hebrews 6:4 +. +And have tasted the good word of God, and the powers of the world to come, -- hebrews 6:5 +. +If they shall fall away, to renew them again to repentance; seeing they crucify to themselves the Son of God afresh, and put him to an open shame. -- hebrews 6:6 +. +For the earth which drinks in the rain that comes oft on it, and brings forth herbs meet for them by whom it is dressed, receives blessing from God: -- hebrews 6:7 +. +But that which bears thorns and briers is rejected, and is near to cursing; whose end is to be burned. -- hebrews 6:8 +. +But, beloved, we are persuaded better things of you, and things that accompany salvation, though we thus speak. -- hebrews 6:9 +. +For God is not unrighteous to forget your work and labor of love, which you have showed toward his name, in that you have ministered to the saints, and do minister. -- hebrews 6:10 +. +And we desire that every one of you do show the same diligence to the full assurance of hope to the end: -- hebrews 6:11 +. +That you be not slothful, but followers of them who through faith and patience inherit the promises. -- hebrews 6:12 +. +For when God made promise to Abraham, because he could swear by no greater, he swore by himself, -- hebrews 6:13 +. +Saying, Surely blessing I will bless you, and multiplying I will multiply you. -- hebrews 6:14 +. +And so, after he had patiently endured, he obtained the promise. -- hebrews 6:15 +. +For men truly swear by the greater: and an oath for confirmation is to them an end of all strife. -- hebrews 6:16 +. +Wherein God, willing more abundantly to show to the heirs of promise the immutability of his counsel, confirmed it by an oath: -- hebrews 6:17 +. +That by two immutable things, in which it was impossible for God to lie, we might have a strong consolation, who have fled for refuge to lay hold on the hope set before us: -- hebrews 6:18 +. +Which hope we have as an anchor of the soul, both sure and steadfast, and which enters into that within the veil; -- hebrews 6:19 +. +Where the forerunner is for us entered, even Jesus, made an high priest for ever after the order of Melchisedec. -- hebrews 6:20 +. +For this Melchisedec, king of Salem, priest of the most high God, who met Abraham returning from the slaughter of the kings, and blessed him; -- hebrews 7:1 +. +To whom also Abraham gave a tenth part of all; first being by interpretation King of righteousness, and after that also King of Salem, which is, King of peace; -- hebrews 7:2 +. +Without father, without mother, without descent, having neither beginning of days, nor end of life; but made like to the Son of God; stays a priest continually. -- hebrews 7:3 +. +Now consider how great this man was, to whom even the patriarch Abraham gave the tenth of the spoils. -- hebrews 7:4 +. +And truly they that are of the sons of Levi, who receive the office of the priesthood, have a commandment to take tithes of the people according to the law, that is, of their brothers, though they come out of the loins of Abraham: -- hebrews 7:5 +. +But he whose descent is not counted from them received tithes of Abraham, and blessed him that had the promises. -- hebrews 7:6 +. +And without all contradiction the less is blessed of the better. -- hebrews 7:7 +. +And here men that die receive tithes; but there he receives them, of whom it is witnessed that he lives. -- hebrews 7:8 +. +And as I may so say, Levi also, who receives tithes, paid tithes in Abraham. -- hebrews 7:9 +. +For he was yet in the loins of his father, when Melchisedec met him. -- hebrews 7:10 +. +If therefore perfection were by the Levitical priesthood, (for under it the people received the law,) what further need was there that another priest should rise after the order of Melchisedec, and not be called after the order of Aaron? -- hebrews 7:11 +. +For the priesthood being changed, there is made of necessity a change also of the law. -- hebrews 7:12 +. +For he of whom these things are spoken pertains to another tribe, of which no man gave attendance at the altar. -- hebrews 7:13 +. +For it is evident that our Lord sprang out of Juda; of which tribe Moses spoke nothing concerning priesthood. -- hebrews 7:14 +. +And it is yet far more evident: for that after the similitude of Melchisedec there rises another priest, -- hebrews 7:15 +. +Who is made, not after the law of a carnal commandment, but after the power of an endless life. -- hebrews 7:16 +. +For he testifies, You are a priest for ever after the order of Melchisedec. -- hebrews 7:17 +. +For there is truly a cancellation of the commandment going before for the weakness and unprofitableness thereof. -- hebrews 7:18 +. +For the law made nothing perfect, but the bringing in of a better hope did; by the which we draw near to God. -- hebrews 7:19 +. +And inasmuch as not without an oath he was made priest: -- hebrews 7:20 +. +(For those priests were made without an oath; but this with an oath by him that said to him, The Lord swore and will not repent, You are a priest for ever after the order of Melchisedec:) -- hebrews 7:21 +. +By so much was Jesus made a surety of a better testament. -- hebrews 7:22 +. +And they truly were many priests, because they were not suffered to continue by reason of death: -- hebrews 7:23 +. +But this man, because he continues ever, has an unchangeable priesthood. -- hebrews 7:24 +. +Why he is able also to save them to the uttermost that come to God by him, seeing he ever lives to make intercession for them. -- hebrews 7:25 +. +For such an high priest became us, who is holy, harmless, undefiled, separate from sinners, and made higher than the heavens; -- hebrews 7:26 +. +Who needs not daily, as those high priests, to offer up sacrifice, first for his own sins, and then for the people': for this he did once, when he offered up himself. -- hebrews 7:27 +. +For the law makes men high priests which have infirmity; but the word of the oath, which was since the law, makes the Son, who is consecrated for ever more. -- hebrews 7:28 +. +Now of the things which we have spoken this is the sum: We have such an high priest, who is set on the right hand of the throne of the Majesty in the heavens; -- hebrews 8:1 +. +A minister of the sanctuary, and of the true tabernacle, which the Lord pitched, and not man. -- hebrews 8:2 +. +For every high priest is ordained to offer gifts and sacrifices: why it is of necessity that this man have somewhat also to offer. -- hebrews 8:3 +. +For if he were on earth, he should not be a priest, seeing that there are priests that offer gifts according to the law: -- hebrews 8:4 +. +Who serve to the example and shadow of heavenly things, as Moses was admonished of God when he was about to make the tabernacle: for, See, said he, that you make all things according to the pattern showed to you in the mount. -- hebrews 8:5 +. +But now has he obtained a more excellent ministry, by how much also he is the mediator of a better covenant, which was established on better promises. -- hebrews 8:6 +. +For if that first covenant had been faultless, then should no place have been sought for the second. -- hebrews 8:7 +. +For finding fault with them, he said, Behold, the days come, said the Lord, when I will make a new covenant with the house of Israel and with the house of Judah: -- hebrews 8:8 +. +Not according to the covenant that I made with their fathers in the day when I took them by the hand to lead them out of the land of Egypt; because they continued not in my covenant, and I regarded them not, said the Lord. -- hebrews 8:9 +. +For this is the covenant that I will make with the house of Israel after those days, said the Lord; I will put my laws into their mind, and write them in their hearts: and I will be to them a God, and they shall be to me a people: -- hebrews 8:10 +. +And they shall not teach every man his neighbor, and every man his brother, saying, Know the Lord: for all shall know me, from the least to the greatest. -- hebrews 8:11 +. +For I will be merciful to their unrighteousness, and their sins and their iniquities will I remember no more. -- hebrews 8:12 +. +In that he said, A new covenant, he has made the first old. Now that which decays and waxes old is ready to vanish away. -- hebrews 8:13 +. +Then truly the first covenant had also ordinances of divine service, and a worldly sanctuary. -- hebrews 9:1 +. +For there was a tabernacle made; the first, wherein was the candlestick, and the table, and the show bread; which is called the sanctuary. -- hebrews 9:2 +. +And after the second veil, the tabernacle which is called the Holiest of all; -- hebrews 9:3 +. +Which had the golden censer, and the ark of the covenant overlaid round about with gold, wherein was the golden pot that had manna, and Aaron' rod that budded, and the tables of the covenant; -- hebrews 9:4 +. +And over it the cherubim of glory shadowing the mercy seat; of which we cannot now speak particularly. -- hebrews 9:5 +. +Now when these things were thus ordained, the priests went always into the first tabernacle, accomplishing the service of God. -- hebrews 9:6 +. +But into the second went the high priest alone once every year, not without blood, which he offered for himself, and for the errors of the people: -- hebrews 9:7 +. +The Holy Ghost this signifying, that the way into the holiest of all was not yet made manifest, while as the first tabernacle was yet standing: -- hebrews 9:8 +. +Which was a figure for the time then present, in which were offered both gifts and sacrifices, that could not make him that did the service perfect, as pertaining to the conscience; -- hebrews 9:9 +. +Which stood only in meats and drinks, and divers washings, and carnal ordinances, imposed on them until the time of reformation. -- hebrews 9:10 +. +But Christ being come an high priest of good things to come, by a greater and more perfect tabernacle, not made with hands, that is to say, not of this building; -- hebrews 9:11 +. +Neither by the blood of goats and calves, but by his own blood he entered in once into the holy place, having obtained eternal redemption for us. -- hebrews 9:12 +. +For if the blood of bulls and of goats, and the ashes of an heifer sprinkling the unclean, sanctifies to the purifying of the flesh: -- hebrews 9:13 +. +How much more shall the blood of Christ, who through the eternal Spirit offered himself without spot to God, purge your conscience from dead works to serve the living God? -- hebrews 9:14 +. +And for this cause he is the mediator of the new testament, that by means of death, for the redemption of the transgressions that were under the first testament, they which are called might receive the promise of eternal inheritance. -- hebrews 9:15 +. +For where a testament is, there must also of necessity be the death of the testator. -- hebrews 9:16 +. +For a testament is of force after men are dead: otherwise it is of no strength at all while the testator lives. -- hebrews 9:17 +. +Whereupon neither the first testament was dedicated without blood. -- hebrews 9:18 +. +For when Moses had spoken every precept to all the people according to the law, he took the blood of calves and of goats, with water, and scarlet wool, and hyssop, and sprinkled both the book, and all the people, -- hebrews 9:19 +. +Saying, This is the blood of the testament which God has enjoined to you. -- hebrews 9:20 +. +Moreover he sprinkled with blood both the tabernacle, and all the vessels of the ministry. -- hebrews 9:21 +. +And almost all things are by the law purged with blood; and without shedding of blood is no remission. -- hebrews 9:22 +. +It was therefore necessary that the patterns of things in the heavens should be purified with these; but the heavenly things themselves with better sacrifices than these. -- hebrews 9:23 +. +For Christ is not entered into the holy places made with hands, which are the figures of the true; but into heaven itself, now to appear in the presence of God for us: -- hebrews 9:24 +. +Nor yet that he should offer himself often, as the high priest enters into the holy place every year with blood of others; -- hebrews 9:25 +. +For then must he often have suffered since the foundation of the world: but now once in the end of the world has he appeared to put away sin by the sacrifice of himself. -- hebrews 9:26 +. +And as it is appointed to men once to die, but after this the judgment: -- hebrews 9:27 +. +So Christ was once offered to bear the sins of many; and to them that look for him shall he appear the second time without sin to salvation. -- hebrews 9:28 +. +For the law having a shadow of good things to come, and not the very image of the things, can never with those sacrifices which they offered year by year continually make the comers thereunto perfect. -- hebrews 10:1 +. +For then would they not have ceased to be offered? because that the worshippers once purged should have had no more conscience of sins. -- hebrews 10:2 +. +But in those sacrifices there is a remembrance again made of sins every year. -- hebrews 10:3 +. +For it is not possible that the blood of bulls and of goats should take away sins. -- hebrews 10:4 +. +Why when he comes into the world, he said, Sacrifice and offering you would not, but a body have you prepared me: -- hebrews 10:5 +. +In burnt offerings and sacrifices for sin you have had no pleasure. -- hebrews 10:6 +. +Then said I, See, I come (in the volume of the book it is written of me,) to do your will, O God. -- hebrews 10:7 +. +Above when he said, Sacrifice and offering and burnt offerings and offering for sin you would not, neither had pleasure therein; which are offered by the law; -- hebrews 10:8 +. +Then said he, See, I come to do your will, O God. He takes away the first, that he may establish the second. -- hebrews 10:9 +. +By the which will we are sanctified through the offering of the body of Jesus Christ once for all. -- hebrews 10:10 +. +And every priest stands daily ministering and offering oftentimes the same sacrifices, which can never take away sins: -- hebrews 10:11 +. +But this man, after he had offered one sacrifice for sins for ever, sat down on the right hand of God; -- hebrews 10:12 +. +From now on expecting till his enemies be made his footstool. -- hebrews 10:13 +. +For by one offering he has perfected for ever them that are sanctified. -- hebrews 10:14 +. +Whereof the Holy Ghost also is a witness to us: for after that he had said before, -- hebrews 10:15 +. +This is the covenant that I will make with them after those days, said the Lord, I will put my laws into their hearts, and in their minds will I write them; -- hebrews 10:16 +. +And their sins and iniquities will I remember no more. -- hebrews 10:17 +. +Now where remission of these is, there is no more offering for sin. -- hebrews 10:18 +. +Having therefore, brothers, boldness to enter into the holiest by the blood of Jesus, -- hebrews 10:19 +. +By a new and living way, which he has consecrated for us, through the veil, that is to say, his flesh; -- hebrews 10:20 +. +And having an high priest over the house of God; -- hebrews 10:21 +. +Let us draw near with a true heart in full assurance of faith, having our hearts sprinkled from an evil conscience, and our bodies washed with pure water. -- hebrews 10:22 +. +Let us hold fast the profession of our faith without wavering; (for he is faithful that promised;) -- hebrews 10:23 +. +And let us consider one another to provoke to love and to good works: -- hebrews 10:24 +. +Not forsaking the assembling of ourselves together, as the manner of some is; but exhorting one another: and so much the more, as you see the day approaching. -- hebrews 10:25 +. +For if we sin willfully after that we have received the knowledge of the truth, there remains no more sacrifice for sins, -- hebrews 10:26 +. +But a certain fearful looking for of judgment and fiery indignation, which shall devour the adversaries. -- hebrews 10:27 +. +He that despised Moses'law died without mercy under two or three witnesses: -- hebrews 10:28 +. +Of how much sorer punishment, suppose you, shall he be thought worthy, who has trodden under foot the Son of God, and has counted the blood of the covenant, with which he was sanctified, an unholy thing, and has done despite to the Spirit of grace? -- hebrews 10:29 +. +For we know him that has said, Vengeance belongs to me, I will recompense, said the Lord. And again, The Lord shall judge his people. -- hebrews 10:30 +. +It is a fearful thing to fall into the hands of the living God. -- hebrews 10:31 +. +But call to remembrance the former days, in which, after you were illuminated, you endured a great fight of afflictions; -- hebrews 10:32 +. +Partly, whilst you were made a spectacle both by reproaches and afflictions; and partly, whilst you became companions of them that were so used. -- hebrews 10:33 +. +For you had compassion of me in my bonds, and took joyfully the spoiling of your goods, knowing in yourselves that you have in heaven a better and an enduring substance. -- hebrews 10:34 +. +Cast not away therefore your confidence, which has great recompense of reward. -- hebrews 10:35 +. +For you have need of patience, that, after you have done the will of God, you might receive the promise. -- hebrews 10:36 +. +For yet a little while, and he that shall come will come, and will not tarry. -- hebrews 10:37 +. +Now the just shall live by faith: but if any man draw back, my soul shall have no pleasure in him. -- hebrews 10:38 +. +But we are not of them who draw back to perdition; but of them that believe to the saving of the soul. -- hebrews 10:39 +. +Now faith is the substance of things hoped for, the evidence of things not seen. -- hebrews 11:1 +. +For by it the elders obtained a good report. -- hebrews 11:2 +. +Through faith we understand that the worlds were framed by the word of God, so that things which are seen were not made of things which do appear. -- hebrews 11:3 +. +By faith Abel offered to God a more excellent sacrifice than Cain, by which he obtained witness that he was righteous, God testifying of his gifts: and by it he being dead yet speaks. -- hebrews 11:4 +. +By faith Enoch was translated that he should not see death; and was not found, because God had translated him: for before his translation he had this testimony, that he pleased God. -- hebrews 11:5 +. +But without faith it is impossible to please him: for he that comes to God must believe that he is, and that he is a rewarder of them that diligently seek him. -- hebrews 11:6 +. +By faith Noah, being warned of God of things not seen as yet, moved with fear, prepared an ark to the saving of his house; by the which he condemned the world, and became heir of the righteousness which is by faith. -- hebrews 11:7 +. +By faith Abraham, when he was called to go out into a place which he should after receive for an inheritance, obeyed; and he went out, not knowing where he went. -- hebrews 11:8 +. +By faith he sojourned in the land of promise, as in a strange country, dwelling in tabernacles with Isaac and Jacob, the heirs with him of the same promise: -- hebrews 11:9 +. +For he looked for a city which has foundations, whose builder and maker is God. -- hebrews 11:10 +. +Through faith also Sara herself received strength to conceive seed, and was delivered of a child when she was past age, because she judged him faithful who had promised. -- hebrews 11:11 +. +Therefore sprang there even of one, and him as good as dead, so many as the stars of the sky in multitude, and as the sand which is by the sea shore innumerable. -- hebrews 11:12 +. +These all died in faith, not having received the promises, but having seen them afar off, and were persuaded of them, and embraced them, and confessed that they were strangers and pilgrims on the earth. -- hebrews 11:13 +. +For they that say such things declare plainly that they seek a country. -- hebrews 11:14 +. +And truly, if they had been mindful of that country from where they came out, they might have had opportunity to have returned. -- hebrews 11:15 +. +But now they desire a better country, that is, an heavenly: why God is not ashamed to be called their God: for he has prepared for them a city. -- hebrews 11:16 +. +By faith Abraham, when he was tried, offered up Isaac: and he that had received the promises offered up his only begotten son, -- hebrews 11:17 +. +Of whom it was said, That in Isaac shall your seed be called: -- hebrews 11:18 +. +Accounting that God was able to raise him up, even from the dead; from where also he received him in a figure. -- hebrews 11:19 +. +By faith Isaac blessed Jacob and Esau concerning things to come. -- hebrews 11:20 +. +By faith Jacob, when he was a dying, blessed both the sons of Joseph; and worshipped, leaning on the top of his staff. -- hebrews 11:21 +. +By faith Joseph, when he died, made mention of the departing of the children of Israel; and gave commandment concerning his bones. -- hebrews 11:22 +. +By faith Moses, when he was born, was hid three months of his parents, because they saw he was a proper child; and they were not afraid of the king' commandment. -- hebrews 11:23 +. +By faith Moses, when he was come to years, refused to be called the son of Pharaoh' daughter; -- hebrews 11:24 +. +Choosing rather to suffer affliction with the people of God, than to enjoy the pleasures of sin for a season; -- hebrews 11:25 +. +Esteeming the reproach of Christ greater riches than the treasures in Egypt: for he had respect to the recompense of the reward. -- hebrews 11:26 +. +By faith he forsook Egypt, not fearing the wrath of the king: for he endured, as seeing him who is invisible. -- hebrews 11:27 +. +Through faith he kept the passover, and the sprinkling of blood, lest he that destroyed the firstborn should touch them. -- hebrews 11:28 +. +By faith they passed through the Red sea as by dry land: which the Egyptians assaying to do were drowned. -- hebrews 11:29 +. +By faith the walls of Jericho fell down, after they were compassed about seven days. -- hebrews 11:30 +. +By faith the harlot Rahab perished not with them that believed not, when she had received the spies with peace. -- hebrews 11:31 +. +And what shall I more say? for the time would fail me to tell of Gedeon, and of Barak, and of Samson, and of Jephthae; of David also, and Samuel, and of the prophets: -- hebrews 11:32 +. +Who through faith subdued kingdoms, worked righteousness, obtained promises, stopped the mouths of lions. -- hebrews 11:33 +. +Quenched the violence of fire, escaped the edge of the sword, out of weakness were made strong, waxed valiant in fight, turned to flight the armies of the aliens. -- hebrews 11:34 +. +Women received their dead raised to life again: and others were tortured, not accepting deliverance; that they might obtain a better resurrection: -- hebrews 11:35 +. +And others had trial of cruel mockings and scourgings, yes, moreover of bonds and imprisonment: -- hebrews 11:36 +. +They were stoned, they were sawn asunder, were tempted, were slain with the sword: they wandered about in sheepskins and goatskins; being destitute, afflicted, tormented; -- hebrews 11:37 +. +(Of whom the world was not worthy:) they wandered in deserts, and in mountains, and in dens and caves of the earth. -- hebrews 11:38 +. +And these all, having obtained a good report through faith, received not the promise: -- hebrews 11:39 +. +God having provided some better thing for us, that they without us should not be made perfect. -- hebrews 11:40 +. +Why seeing we also are compassed about with so great a cloud of witnesses, let us lay aside every weight, and the sin which does so easily beset us, and let us run with patience the race that is set before us, -- hebrews 12:1 +. +Looking to Jesus the author and finisher of our faith; who for the joy that was set before him endured the cross, despising the shame, and is set down at the right hand of the throne of God. -- hebrews 12:2 +. +For consider him that endured such contradiction of sinners against himself, lest you be wearied and faint in your minds. -- hebrews 12:3 +. +You have not yet resisted to blood, striving against sin. -- hebrews 12:4 +. +And you have forgotten the exhortation which speaks to you as to children, My son, despise not you the chastening of the Lord, nor faint when you are rebuked of him: -- hebrews 12:5 +. +For whom the Lord loves he chastens, and whips every son whom he receives. -- hebrews 12:6 +. +If you endure chastening, God deals with you as with sons; for what son is he whom the father chastens not? -- hebrews 12:7 +. +But if you be without chastisement, whereof all are partakers, then are you bastards, and not sons. -- hebrews 12:8 +. +Furthermore we have had fathers of our flesh which corrected us, and we gave them reverence: shall we not much rather be in subjection to the Father of spirits, and live? -- hebrews 12:9 +. +For they truly for a few days chastened us after their own pleasure; but he for our profit, that we might be partakers of his holiness. -- hebrews 12:10 +. +Now no chastening for the present seems to be joyous, but grievous: nevertheless afterward it yields the peaceable fruit of righteousness to them which are exercised thereby. -- hebrews 12:11 +. +Why lift up the hands which hang down, and the feeble knees; -- hebrews 12:12 +. +And make straight paths for your feet, lest that which is lame be turned out of the way; but let it rather be healed. -- hebrews 12:13 +. +Follow peace with all men, and holiness, without which no man shall see the Lord: -- hebrews 12:14 +. +Looking diligently lest any man fail of the grace of God; lest any root of bitterness springing up trouble you, and thereby many be defiled; -- hebrews 12:15 +. +Lest there be any fornicator, or profane person, as Esau, who for one morsel of meat sold his birthright. -- hebrews 12:16 +. +For you know how that afterward, when he would have inherited the blessing, he was rejected: for he found no place of repentance, though he sought it carefully with tears. -- hebrews 12:17 +. +For you are not come to the mount that might be touched, and that burned with fire, nor to blackness, and darkness, and tempest, -- hebrews 12:18 +. +And the sound of a trumpet, and the voice of words; which voice they that heard entreated that the word should not be spoken to them any more: -- hebrews 12:19 +. +(For they could not endure that which was commanded, And if so much as a beast touch the mountain, it shall be stoned, or thrust through with a dart: -- hebrews 12:20 +. +And so terrible was the sight, that Moses said, I exceedingly fear and quake:) -- hebrews 12:21 +. +But you are come to mount Sion, and to the city of the living God, the heavenly Jerusalem, and to an innumerable company of angels, -- hebrews 12:22 +. +To the general assembly and church of the firstborn, which are written in heaven, and to God the Judge of all, and to the spirits of just men made perfect, -- hebrews 12:23 +. +And to Jesus the mediator of the new covenant, and to the blood of sprinkling, that speaks better things that that of Abel. -- hebrews 12:24 +. +See that you refuse not him that speaks. For if they escaped not who refused him that spoke on earth, much more shall not we escape, if we turn away from him that speaks from heaven: -- hebrews 12:25 +. +Whose voice then shook the earth: but now he has promised, saying, Yet once more I shake not the earth only, but also heaven. -- hebrews 12:26 +. +And this word, Yet once more, signifies the removing of those things that are shaken, as of things that are made, that those things which cannot be shaken may remain. -- hebrews 12:27 +. +Why we receiving a kingdom which cannot be moved, let us have grace, whereby we may serve God acceptably with reverence and godly fear: -- hebrews 12:28 +. +For our God is a consuming fire. -- hebrews 12:29 +. +Let brotherly love continue. -- hebrews 13:1 +. +Be not forgetful to entertain strangers: for thereby some have entertained angels unawares. -- hebrews 13:2 +. +Remember them that are in bonds, as bound with them; and them which suffer adversity, as being yourselves also in the body. -- hebrews 13:3 +. +Marriage is honorable in all, and the bed undefiled: but fornicators and adulterers God will judge. -- hebrews 13:4 +. +Let your conversation be without covetousness; and be content with such things as you have: for he has said, I will never leave you, nor forsake you. -- hebrews 13:5 +. +So that we may boldly say, The Lord is my helper, and I will not fear what man shall do to me. -- hebrews 13:6 +. +Remember them which have the rule over you, who have spoken to you the word of God: whose faith follow, considering the end of their conversation. -- hebrews 13:7 +. +Jesus Christ the same yesterday, and to day, and for ever. -- hebrews 13:8 +. +Be not carried about with divers and strange doctrines. For it is a good thing that the heart be established with grace; not with meats, which have not profited them that have been occupied therein. -- hebrews 13:9 +. +We have an altar, whereof they have no right to eat which serve the tabernacle. -- hebrews 13:10 +. +For the bodies of those beasts, whose blood is brought into the sanctuary by the high priest for sin, are burned without the camp. -- hebrews 13:11 +. +Why Jesus also, that he might sanctify the people with his own blood, suffered without the gate. -- hebrews 13:12 +. +Let us go forth therefore to him without the camp, bearing his reproach. -- hebrews 13:13 +. +For here have we no continuing city, but we seek one to come. -- hebrews 13:14 +. +By him therefore let us offer the sacrifice of praise to God continually, that is, the fruit of our lips giving thanks to his name. -- hebrews 13:15 +. +But to do good and to communicate forget not: for with such sacrifices God is well pleased. -- hebrews 13:16 +. +Obey them that have the rule over you, and submit yourselves: for they watch for your souls, as they that must give account, that they may do it with joy, and not with grief: for that is unprofitable for you. -- hebrews 13:17 +. +Pray for us: for we trust we have a good conscience, in all things willing to live honestly. -- hebrews 13:18 +. +But I beseech you the rather to do this, that I may be restored to you the sooner. -- hebrews 13:19 +. +Now the God of peace, that brought again from the dead our Lord Jesus, that great shepherd of the sheep, through the blood of the everlasting covenant, -- hebrews 13:20 +. +Make you perfect in every good work to do his will, working in you that which is well pleasing in his sight, through Jesus Christ; to whom be glory for ever and ever. Amen. -- hebrews 13:21 +. +And I beseech you, brothers, suffer the word of exhortation: for I have written a letter to you in few words. -- hebrews 13:22 +. +Know you that our brother Timothy is set at liberty; with whom, if he come shortly, I will see you. -- hebrews 13:23 +. +Salute all them that have the rule over you, and all the saints. They of Italy salute you. -- hebrews 13:24 +. +Grace be with you all. Amen. -- hebrews 13:25 +. +James, a servant of God and of the Lord Jesus Christ, to the twelve tribes which are scattered abroad, greeting. -- james 1:1 +. +My brothers, count it all joy when you fall into divers temptations; -- james 1:2 +. +Knowing this, that the trying of your faith works patience. -- james 1:3 +. +But let patience have her perfect work, that you may be perfect and entire, wanting nothing. -- james 1:4 +. +If any of you lack wisdom, let him ask of God, that gives to all men liberally, and upbraides not; and it shall be given him. -- james 1:5 +. +But let him ask in faith, nothing wavering. For he that wavers is like a wave of the sea driven with the wind and tossed. -- james 1:6 +. +For let not that man think that he shall receive any thing of the Lord. -- james 1:7 +. +A double minded man is unstable in all his ways. -- james 1:8 +. +Let the brother of low degree rejoice in that he is exalted: -- james 1:9 +. +But the rich, in that he is made low: because as the flower of the grass he shall pass away. -- james 1:10 +. +For the sun is no sooner risen with a burning heat, but it wither the grass, and the flower thereof falls, and the grace of the fashion of it perishes: so also shall the rich man fade away in his ways. -- james 1:11 +. +Blessed is the man that endures temptation: for when he is tried, he shall receive the crown of life, which the Lord has promised to them that love him. -- james 1:12 +. +Let no man say when he is tempted, I am tempted of God: for God cannot be tempted with evil, neither tempts he any man: -- james 1:13 +. +But every man is tempted, when he is drawn away of his own lust, and enticed. -- james 1:14 +. +Then when lust has conceived, it brings forth sin: and sin, when it is finished, brings forth death. -- james 1:15 +. +Do not err, my beloved brothers. -- james 1:16 +. +Every good gift and every perfect gift is from above, and comes down from the Father of lights, with whom is no ficklenss, neither shadow of turning. -- james 1:17 +. +Of his own will begat he us with the word of truth, that we should be a kind of first fruits of his creatures. -- james 1:18 +. +Why, my beloved brothers, let every man be swift to hear, slow to speak, slow to wrath: -- james 1:19 +. +For the wrath of man works not the righteousness of God. -- james 1:20 +. +Why lay apart all filthiness and superfluity of naughtiness, and receive with meekness the engrafted word, which is able to save your souls. -- james 1:21 +. +But be you doers of the word, and not hearers only, deceiving your own selves. -- james 1:22 +. +For if any be a hearer of the word, and not a doer, he is like to a man beholding his natural face in a glass: -- james 1:23 +. +For he beholds himself, and goes his way, and straightway forgets what manner of man he was. -- james 1:24 +. +But whoever looks into the perfect law of liberty, and continues therein, he being not a forgetful hearer, but a doer of the work, this man shall be blessed in his deed. -- james 1:25 +. +If any man among you seem to be religious, and bridles not his tongue, but deceives his own heart, this man' religion is vain. -- james 1:26 +. +Pure religion and undefiled before God and the Father is this, To visit the fatherless and widows in their affliction, and to keep himself unspotted from the world. -- james 1:27 +. +My brothers, have not the faith of our Lord Jesus Christ, the Lord of glory, with respect of persons. -- james 2:1 +. +For if there come to your assembly a man with a gold ring, in goodly apparel, and there come in also a poor man in vile raiment; -- james 2:2 +. +And you have respect to him that wears the gay clothing, and say to him, Sit you here in a good place; and say to the poor, Stand you there, or sit here under my footstool: -- james 2:3 +. +Are you not then partial in yourselves, and are become judges of evil thoughts? -- james 2:4 +. +Listen, my beloved brothers, Has not God chosen the poor of this world rich in faith, and heirs of the kingdom which he has promised to them that love him? -- james 2:5 +. +But you have despised the poor. Do not rich men oppress you, and draw you before the judgment seats? -- james 2:6 +. +Do not they blaspheme that worthy name by the which you are called? -- james 2:7 +. +If you fulfill the royal law according to the scripture, You shall love your neighbor as yourself, you do well: -- james 2:8 +. +But if you have respect to persons, you commit sin, and are convinced of the law as transgressors. -- james 2:9 +. +For whoever shall keep the whole law, and yet offend in one point, he is guilty of all. -- james 2:10 +. +For he that said, Do not commit adultery, said also, Do not kill. Now if you commit no adultery, yet if you kill, you are become a transgressor of the law. -- james 2:11 +. +So speak you, and so do, as they that shall be judged by the law of liberty. -- james 2:12 +. +For he shall have judgment without mercy, that has showed no mercy; and mercy rejoices against judgment. -- james 2:13 +. +What does it profit, my brothers, though a man say he has faith, and have not works? can faith save him? -- james 2:14 +. +If a brother or sister be naked, and destitute of daily food, -- james 2:15 +. +And one of you say to them, Depart in peace, be you warmed and filled; notwithstanding you give them not those things which are needful to the body; what does it profit? -- james 2:16 +. +Even so faith, if it has not works, is dead, being alone. -- james 2:17 +. +Yes, a man may say, You have faith, and I have works: show me your faith without your works, and I will show you my faith by my works. -- james 2:18 +. +You believe that there is one God; you do well: the devils also believe, and tremble. -- james 2:19 +. +But will you know, O vain man, that faith without works is dead? -- james 2:20 +. +Was not Abraham our father justified by works, when he had offered Isaac his son on the altar? -- james 2:21 +. +See you how faith worked with his works, and by works was faith made perfect? -- james 2:22 +. +And the scripture was fulfilled which said, Abraham believed God, and it was imputed to him for righteousness: and he was called the Friend of God. -- james 2:23 +. +You see then how that by works a man is justified, and not by faith only. -- james 2:24 +. +Likewise also was not Rahab the harlot justified by works, when she had received the messengers, and had sent them out another way? -- james 2:25 +. +For as the body without the spirit is dead, so faith without works is dead also. -- james 2:26 +. +My brothers, be not many masters, knowing that we shall receive the greater condemnation. -- james 3:1 +. +For in many things we offend all. If any man offend not in word, the same is a perfect man, and able also to bridle the whole body. -- james 3:2 +. +Behold, we put bits in the horses'mouths, that they may obey us; and we turn about their whole body. -- james 3:3 +. +Behold also the ships, which though they be so great, and are driven of fierce winds, yet are they turned about with a very small helm, wherever the governor wants. -- james 3:4 +. +Even so the tongue is a little member, and boasts great things. Behold, how great a matter a little fire kindles! -- james 3:5 +. +And the tongue is a fire, a world of iniquity: so is the tongue among our members, that it defiles the whole body, and sets on fire the course of nature; and it is set on fire of hell. -- james 3:6 +. +For every kind of beasts, and of birds, and of serpents, and of things in the sea, is tamed, and has been tamed of mankind: -- james 3:7 +. +But the tongue can no man tame; it is an unruly evil, full of deadly poison. -- james 3:8 +. +Therewith bless we God, even the Father; and therewith curse we men, which are made after the similitude of God. -- james 3:9 +. +Out of the same mouth proceeds blessing and cursing. My brothers, these things ought not so to be. -- james 3:10 +. +Does a fountain send forth at the same place sweet water and bitter? -- james 3:11 +. +Can the fig tree, my brothers, bear olive berries? either a vine, figs? so can no fountain both yield salt water and fresh. -- james 3:12 +. +Who is a wise man and endued with knowledge among you? let him show out of a good conversation his works with meekness of wisdom. -- james 3:13 +. +But if you have bitter envying and strife in your hearts, glory not, and lie not against the truth. -- james 3:14 +. +This wisdom descends not from above, but is earthly, sensual, devilish. -- james 3:15 +. +For where envying and strife is, there is confusion and every evil work. -- james 3:16 +. +But the wisdom that is from above is first pure, then peaceable, gentle, and easy to be entreated, full of mercy and good fruits, without partiality, and without hypocrisy. -- james 3:17 +. +And the fruit of righteousness is sown in peace of them that make peace. -- james 3:18 +. +From where come wars and fights among you? come they not hence, even of your lusts that war in your members? -- james 4:1 +. +You lust, and have not: you kill, and desire to have, and cannot obtain: you fight and war, yet you have not, because you ask not. -- james 4:2 +. +You ask, and receive not, because you ask amiss, that you may consume it on your lusts. -- james 4:3 +. +You adulterers and adulteresses, know you not that the friendship of the world is enmity with God? whoever therefore will be a friend of the world is the enemy of God. -- james 4:4 +. +Do you think that the scripture said in vain, The spirit that dwells in us lusts to envy? -- james 4:5 +. +But he gives more grace. Why he said, God resists the proud, but gives grace to the humble. -- james 4:6 +. +Submit yourselves therefore to God. Resist the devil, and he will flee from you. -- james 4:7 +. +Draw near to God, and he will draw near to you. Cleanse your hands, you sinners; and purify your hearts, you double minded. -- james 4:8 +. +Be afflicted, and mourn, and weep: let your laughter be turned to mourning, and your joy to heaviness. -- james 4:9 +. +Humble yourselves in the sight of the Lord, and he shall lift you up. -- james 4:10 +. +Speak not evil one of another, brothers. He that speaks evil of his brother, and judges his brother, speaks evil of the law, and judges the law: but if you judge the law, you are not a doer of the law, but a judge. -- james 4:11 +. +There is one lawgiver, who is able to save and to destroy: who are you that judge another? -- james 4:12 +. +Go to now, you that say, To day or to morrow we will go into such a city, and continue there a year, and buy and sell, and get gain: -- james 4:13 +. +Whereas you know not what shall be on the morrow. For what is your life? It is even a vapor, that appears for a little time, and then vanishes away. -- james 4:14 +. +For that you ought to say, If the Lord will, we shall live, and do this, or that. -- james 4:15 +. +But now you rejoice in your boastings: all such rejoicing is evil. -- james 4:16 +. +Therefore to him that knows to do good, and does it not, to him it is sin. -- james 4:17 +. +Go to now, you rich men, weep and howl for your miseries that shall come on you. -- james 5:1 +. +Your riches are corrupted, and your garments are moth-eaten. -- james 5:2 +. +Your gold and silver is corroded; and the rust of them shall be a witness against you, and shall eat your flesh as it were fire. You have heaped treasure together for the last days. -- james 5:3 +. +Behold, the hire of the laborers who have reaped down your fields, which is of you kept back by fraud, cries: and the cries of them which have reaped are entered into the ears of the Lord of sabaoth. -- james 5:4 +. +You have lived in pleasure on the earth, and been wanton; you have nourished your hearts, as in a day of slaughter. -- james 5:5 +. +You have condemned and killed the just; and he does not resist you. -- james 5:6 +. +Be patient therefore, brothers, to the coming of the Lord. Behold, the farmer waits for the precious fruit of the earth, and has long patience for it, until he receive the early and latter rain. -- james 5:7 +. +Be you also patient; establish your hearts: for the coming of the Lord draws near. -- james 5:8 +. +Grudge not one against another, brothers, lest you be condemned: behold, the judge stands before the door. -- james 5:9 +. +Take, my brothers, the prophets, who have spoken in the name of the Lord, for an example of suffering affliction, and of patience. -- james 5:10 +. +Behold, we count them happy which endure. You have heard of the patience of Job, and have seen the end of the Lord; that the Lord is very pitiful, and of tender mercy. -- james 5:11 +. +But above all things, my brothers, swear not, neither by heaven, neither by the earth, neither by any other oath: but let your yes be yes; and your no, no; lest you fall into condemnation. -- james 5:12 +. +Is any among you afflicted? let him pray. Is any merry? let him sing psalms. -- james 5:13 +. +Is any sick among you? let him call for the elders of the church; and let them pray over him, anointing him with oil in the name of the Lord: -- james 5:14 +. +And the prayer of faith shall save the sick, and the Lord shall raise him up; and if he have committed sins, they shall be forgiven him. -- james 5:15 +. +Confess your faults one to another, and pray one for another, that you may be healed. The effectual fervent prayer of a righteous man avails much. -- james 5:16 +. +Elias was a man subject to like passions as we are, and he prayed earnestly that it might not rain: and it rained not on the earth by the space of three years and six months. -- james 5:17 +. +And he prayed again, and the heaven gave rain, and the earth brought forth her fruit. -- james 5:18 +. +Brothers, if any of you do err from the truth, and one convert him; -- james 5:19 +. +Let him know, that he which converts the sinner from the error of his way shall save a soul from death, and shall hide a multitude of sins. -- james 5:20 +. +Peter, an apostle of Jesus Christ, to the strangers scattered throughout Pontus, Galatia, Cappadocia, Asia, and Bithynia, -- 1 peter 1:1 +. +Elect according to the foreknowledge of God the Father, through sanctification of the Spirit, to obedience and sprinkling of the blood of Jesus Christ: Grace to you, and peace, be multiplied. -- 1 peter 1:2 +. +Blessed be the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, which according to his abundant mercy has begotten us again to a lively hope by the resurrection of Jesus Christ from the dead, -- 1 peter 1:3 +. +To an inheritance incorruptible, and undefiled, and that fades not away, reserved in heaven for you, -- 1 peter 1:4 +. +Who are kept by the power of God through faith to salvation ready to be revealed in the last time. -- 1 peter 1:5 +. +Wherein you greatly rejoice, though now for a season, if need be, you are in heaviness through manifold temptations: -- 1 peter 1:6 +. +That the trial of your faith, being much more precious than of gold that perishes, though it be tried with fire, might be found to praise and honor and glory at the appearing of Jesus Christ: -- 1 peter 1:7 +. +Whom having not seen, you love; in whom, though now you see him not, yet believing, you rejoice with joy unspeakable and full of glory: -- 1 peter 1:8 +. +Receiving the end of your faith, even the salvation of your souls. -- 1 peter 1:9 +. +Of which salvation the prophets have inquired and searched diligently, who prophesied of the grace that should come to you: -- 1 peter 1:10 +. +Searching what, or what manner of time the Spirit of Christ which was in them did signify, when it testified beforehand the sufferings of Christ, and the glory that should follow. -- 1 peter 1:11 +. +To whom it was revealed, that not to themselves, but to us they did minister the things, which are now reported to you by them that have preached the gospel to you with the Holy Ghost sent down from heaven; which things the angels desire to look into. -- 1 peter 1:12 +. +Why gird up the loins of your mind, be sober, and hope to the end for the grace that is to be brought to you at the revelation of Jesus Christ; -- 1 peter 1:13 +. +As obedient children, not fashioning yourselves according to the former lusts in your ignorance: -- 1 peter 1:14 +. +But as he which has called you is holy, so be you holy in all manner of conversation; -- 1 peter 1:15 +. +Because it is written, Be you holy; for I am holy. -- 1 peter 1:16 +. +And if you call on the Father, who without respect of persons judges according to every man' work, pass the time of your sojourning here in fear: -- 1 peter 1:17 +. +For as much as you know that you were not redeemed with corruptible things, as silver and gold, from your vain conversation received by tradition from your fathers; -- 1 peter 1:18 +. +But with the precious blood of Christ, as of a lamb without blemish and without spot: -- 1 peter 1:19 +. +Who truly was foreordained before the foundation of the world, but was manifest in these last times for you, -- 1 peter 1:20 +. +Who by him do believe in God, that raised him up from the dead, and gave him glory; that your faith and hope might be in God. -- 1 peter 1:21 +. +Seeing you have purified your souls in obeying the truth through the Spirit to unfeigned love of the brothers, see that you love one another with a pure heart fervently: -- 1 peter 1:22 +. +Being born again, not of corruptible seed, but of incorruptible, by the word of God, which lives and stays for ever. -- 1 peter 1:23 +. +For all flesh is as grass, and all the glory of man as the flower of grass. The grass wither, and the flower thereof falls away: -- 1 peter 1:24 +. +But the word of the Lord endures for ever. And this is the word which by the gospel is preached to you. -- 1 peter 1:25 +. +Why laying aside all malice, and all guile, and hypocrisies, and envies, all evil speakings, -- 1 peter 2:1 +. +As newborn babes, desire the sincere milk of the word, that you may grow thereby: -- 1 peter 2:2 +. +If so be you have tasted that the Lord is gracious. -- 1 peter 2:3 +. +To whom coming, as to a living stone, disallowed indeed of men, but chosen of God, and precious, -- 1 peter 2:4 +. +You also, as lively stones, are built up a spiritual house, an holy priesthood, to offer up spiritual sacrifices, acceptable to God by Jesus Christ. -- 1 peter 2:5 +. +Why also it is contained in the scripture, Behold, I lay in Sion a chief corner stone, elect, precious: and he that believes on him shall not be confounded. -- 1 peter 2:6 +. +To you therefore which believe he is precious: but to them which be disobedient, the stone which the builders disallowed, the same is made the head of the corner, -- 1 peter 2:7 +. +And a stone of stumbling, and a rock of offense, even to them which stumble at the word, being disobedient: whereunto also they were appointed. -- 1 peter 2:8 +. +But you are a chosen generation, a royal priesthood, an holy nation, a peculiar people; that you should show forth the praises of him who has called you out of darkness into his marvelous light; -- 1 peter 2:9 +. +Which in time past were not a people, but are now the people of God: which had not obtained mercy, but now have obtained mercy. -- 1 peter 2:10 +. +Dearly beloved, I beseech you as strangers and pilgrims, abstain from fleshly lusts, which war against the soul; -- 1 peter 2:11 +. +Having your conversation honest among the Gentiles: that, whereas they speak against you as evildoers, they may by your good works, which they shall behold, glorify God in the day of visitation. -- 1 peter 2:12 +. +Submit yourselves to every ordinance of man for the Lord' sake: whether it be to the king, as supreme; -- 1 peter 2:13 +. +Or to governors, as to them that are sent by him for the punishment of evildoers, and for the praise of them that do well. -- 1 peter 2:14 +. +For so is the will of God, that with well doing you may put to silence the ignorance of foolish men: -- 1 peter 2:15 +. +As free, and not using your liberty for a cloak of maliciousness, but as the servants of God. -- 1 peter 2:16 +. +Honor all men. Love the brotherhood. Fear God. Honor the king. -- 1 peter 2:17 +. +Servants, be subject to your masters with all fear; not only to the good and gentle, but also to the fraudulent. -- 1 peter 2:18 +. +For this is thank worthy, if a man for conscience toward God endure grief, suffering wrongfully. -- 1 peter 2:19 +. +For what glory is it, if, when you be buffeted for your faults, you shall take it patiently? but if, when you do well, and suffer for it, you take it patiently, this is acceptable with God. -- 1 peter 2:20 +. +For even hereunto were you called: because Christ also suffered for us, leaving us an example, that you should follow his steps: -- 1 peter 2:21 +. +Who did no sin, neither was guile found in his mouth: -- 1 peter 2:22 +. +Who, when he was reviled, reviled not again; when he suffered, he threatened not; but committed himself to him that judges righteously: -- 1 peter 2:23 +. +Who his own self bore our sins in his own body on the tree, that we, being dead to sins, should live to righteousness: by whose stripes you were healed. -- 1 peter 2:24 +. +For you were as sheep going astray; but are now returned to the Shepherd and Bishop of your souls. -- 1 peter 2:25 +. +Likewise, you wives, be in subjection to your own husbands; that, if any obey not the word, they also may without the word be won by the conversation of the wives; -- 1 peter 3:1 +. +While they behold your chaste conversation coupled with fear. -- 1 peter 3:2 +. +Whose adorning let it not be that outward adorning of plaiting the hair, and of wearing of gold, or of putting on of apparel; -- 1 peter 3:3 +. +But let it be the hidden man of the heart, in that which is not corruptible, even the ornament of a meek and quiet spirit, which is in the sight of God of great price. -- 1 peter 3:4 +. +For after this manner in the old time the holy women also, who trusted in God, adorned themselves, being in subjection to their own husbands: -- 1 peter 3:5 +. +Even as Sara obeyed Abraham, calling him lord: whose daughters you are, as long as you do well, and are not afraid with any amazement. -- 1 peter 3:6 +. +Likewise, you husbands, dwell with them according to knowledge, giving honor to the wife, as to the weaker vessel, and as being heirs together of the grace of life; that your prayers be not hindered. -- 1 peter 3:7 +. +Finally, be you all of one mind, having compassion one of another, love as brothers, be pitiful, be courteous: -- 1 peter 3:8 +. +Not rendering evil for evil, or railing for railing: but contrariwise blessing; knowing that you are thereunto called, that you should inherit a blessing. -- 1 peter 3:9 +. +For he that will love life, and see good days, let him refrain his tongue from evil, and his lips that they speak no guile: -- 1 peter 3:10 +. +Let him eschew evil, and do good; let him seek peace, and ensue it. -- 1 peter 3:11 +. +For the eyes of the Lord are over the righteous, and his ears are open to their prayers: but the face of the Lord is against them that do evil. -- 1 peter 3:12 +. +And who is he that will harm you, if you be followers of that which is good? -- 1 peter 3:13 +. +But and if you suffer for righteousness'sake, happy are you: and be not afraid of their terror, neither be troubled; -- 1 peter 3:14 +. +But sanctify the Lord God in your hearts: and be ready always to give an answer to every man that asks you a reason of the hope that is in you with meekness and fear: -- 1 peter 3:15 +. +Having a good conscience; that, whereas they speak evil of you, as of evildoers, they may be ashamed that falsely accuse your good conversation in Christ. -- 1 peter 3:16 +. +For it is better, if the will of God be so, that you suffer for well doing, than for evil doing. -- 1 peter 3:17 +. +For Christ also has once suffered for sins, the just for the unjust, that he might bring us to God, being put to death in the flesh, but quickened by the Spirit: -- 1 peter 3:18 +. +By which also he went and preached to the spirits in prison; -- 1 peter 3:19 +. +Which sometime were disobedient, when once the long-suffering of God waited in the days of Noah, while the ark was a preparing, wherein few, that is, eight souls were saved by water. -- 1 peter 3:20 +. +The like figure whereunto even baptism does also now save us (not the putting away of the filth of the flesh, but the answer of a good conscience toward God,) by the resurrection of Jesus Christ: -- 1 peter 3:21 +. +Who is gone into heaven, and is on the right hand of God; angels and authorities and powers being made subject to him. -- 1 peter 3:22 +. +For as much then as Christ has suffered for us in the flesh, arm yourselves likewise with the same mind: for he that has suffered in the flesh has ceased from sin; -- 1 peter 4:1 +. +That he no longer should live the rest of his time in the flesh to the lusts of men, but to the will of God. -- 1 peter 4:2 +. +For the time past of our life may suffice us to have worked the will of the Gentiles, when we walked in lasciviousness, lusts, excess of wine, revelings, parties, and abominable idolatries: -- 1 peter 4:3 +. +Wherein they think it strange that you run not with them to the same excess of riot, speaking evil of you: -- 1 peter 4:4 +. +Who shall give account to him that is ready to judge the quick and the dead. -- 1 peter 4:5 +. +For for this cause was the gospel preached also to them that are dead, that they might be judged according to men in the flesh, but live according to God in the spirit. -- 1 peter 4:6 +. +But the end of all things is at hand: be you therefore sober, and watch to prayer. -- 1 peter 4:7 +. +And above all things have fervent charity among yourselves: for charity shall cover the multitude of sins. -- 1 peter 4:8 +. +Use hospitality one to another without grudging. -- 1 peter 4:9 +. +As every man has received the gift, even so minister the same one to another, as good stewards of the manifold grace of God. -- 1 peter 4:10 +. +If any man speak, let him speak as the oracles of God; if any man minister, let him do it as of the ability which God gives: that God in all things may be glorified through Jesus Christ, to whom be praise and dominion for ever and ever. Amen. -- 1 peter 4:11 +. +Beloved, think it not strange concerning the fiery trial which is to try you, as though some strange thing happened to you: -- 1 peter 4:12 +. +But rejoice, inasmuch as you are partakers of Christ' sufferings; that, when his glory shall be revealed, you may be glad also with exceeding joy. -- 1 peter 4:13 +. +If you be reproached for the name of Christ, happy are you; for the spirit of glory and of God rests on you: on their part he is evil spoken of, but on your part he is glorified. -- 1 peter 4:14 +. +But let none of you suffer as a murderer, or as a thief, or as an evildoer, or as a busybody in other men' matters. -- 1 peter 4:15 +. +Yet if any man suffer as a Christian, let him not be ashamed; but let him glorify God on this behalf. -- 1 peter 4:16 +. +For the time is come that judgment must begin at the house of God: and if it first begin at us, what shall the end be of them that obey not the gospel of God? -- 1 peter 4:17 +. +And if the righteous scarcely be saved, where shall the ungodly and the sinner appear? -- 1 peter 4:18 +. +Why let them that suffer according to the will of God commit the keeping of their souls to him in well doing, as to a faithful Creator. -- 1 peter 4:19 +. +The elders which are among you I exhort, who am also an elder, and a witness of the sufferings of Christ, and also a partaker of the glory that shall be revealed: -- 1 peter 5:1 +. +Feed the flock of God which is among you, taking the oversight thereof, not by constraint, but willingly; not for filthy lucre, but of a ready mind; -- 1 peter 5:2 +. +Neither as being lords over God' heritage, but being ensamples to the flock. -- 1 peter 5:3 +. +And when the chief Shepherd shall appear, you shall receive a crown of glory that fades not away. -- 1 peter 5:4 +. +Likewise, you younger, submit yourselves to the elder. Yes, all of you be subject one to another, and be clothed with humility: for God resists the proud, and gives grace to the humble. -- 1 peter 5:5 +. +Humble yourselves therefore under the mighty hand of God, that he may exalt you in due time: -- 1 peter 5:6 +. +Casting all your care on him; for he cares for you. -- 1 peter 5:7 +. +Be sober, be vigilant; because your adversary the devil, as a roaring lion, walks about, seeking whom he may devour: -- 1 peter 5:8 +. +Whom resist steadfast in the faith, knowing that the same afflictions are accomplished in your brothers that are in the world. -- 1 peter 5:9 +. +But the God of all grace, who has called us to his eternal glory by Christ Jesus, after that you have suffered a while, make you perfect, establish, strengthen, settle you. -- 1 peter 5:10 +. +To him be glory and dominion for ever and ever. Amen. -- 1 peter 5:11 +. +By Silvanus, a faithful brother to you, as I suppose, I have written briefly, exhorting, and testifying that this is the true grace of God wherein you stand. -- 1 peter 5:12 +. +The church that is at Babylon, elected together with you, salutes you; and so does Marcus my son. -- 1 peter 5:13 +. +Greet you one another with a kiss of charity. Peace be with you all that are in Christ Jesus. Amen. -- 1 peter 5:14 +. +Simon Peter, a servant and an apostle of Jesus Christ, to them that have obtained like precious faith with us through the righteousness of God and our Savior Jesus Christ: -- 2 peter 1:1 +. +Grace and peace be multiplied to you through the knowledge of God, and of Jesus our Lord, -- 2 peter 1:2 +. +According as his divine power has given to us all things that pertain to life and godliness, through the knowledge of him that has called us to glory and virtue: -- 2 peter 1:3 +. +Whereby are given to us exceeding great and precious promises: that by these you might be partakers of the divine nature, having escaped the corruption that is in the world through lust. -- 2 peter 1:4 +. +And beside this, giving all diligence, add to your faith virtue; and to virtue knowledge; -- 2 peter 1:5 +. +And to knowledge temperance; and to temperance patience; and to patience godliness; -- 2 peter 1:6 +. +And to godliness brotherly kindness; and to brotherly kindness charity. -- 2 peter 1:7 +. +For if these things be in you, and abound, they make you that you shall neither be barren nor unfruitful in the knowledge of our Lord Jesus Christ. -- 2 peter 1:8 +. +But he that lacks these things is blind, and cannot see afar off, and has forgotten that he was purged from his old sins. -- 2 peter 1:9 +. +Why the rather, brothers, give diligence to make your calling and election sure: for if you do these things, you shall never fall: -- 2 peter 1:10 +. +For so an entrance shall be ministered to you abundantly into the everlasting kingdom of our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ. -- 2 peter 1:11 +. +Why I will not be negligent to put you always in remembrance of these things, though you know them, and be established in the present truth. -- 2 peter 1:12 +. +Yes, I think it meet, as long as I am in this tabernacle, to stir you up by putting you in remembrance; -- 2 peter 1:13 +. +Knowing that shortly I must put off this my tabernacle, even as our Lord Jesus Christ has showed me. -- 2 peter 1:14 +. +Moreover I will endeavor that you may be able after my decease to have these things always in remembrance. -- 2 peter 1:15 +. +For we have not followed cunningly devised fables, when we made known to you the power and coming of our Lord Jesus Christ, but were eyewitnesses of his majesty. -- 2 peter 1:16 +. +For he received from God the Father honor and glory, when there came such a voice to him from the excellent glory, This is my beloved Son, in whom I am well pleased. -- 2 peter 1:17 +. +And this voice which came from heaven we heard, when we were with him in the holy mount. -- 2 peter 1:18 +. +We have also a more sure word of prophecy; whereunto you do well that you take heed, as to a light that shines in a dark place, until the day dawn, and the day star arise in your hearts: -- 2 peter 1:19 +. +Knowing this first, that no prophecy of the scripture is of any private interpretation. -- 2 peter 1:20 +. +For the prophecy came not in old time by the will of man: but holy men of God spoke as they were moved by the Holy Ghost. -- 2 peter 1:21 +. +But there were false prophets also among the people, even as there shall be false teachers among you, who privately shall bring in damnable heresies, even denying the Lord that bought them, and bring on themselves swift destruction. -- 2 peter 2:1 +. +And many shall follow their pernicious ways; by reason of whom the way of truth shall be evil spoken of. -- 2 peter 2:2 +. +And through covetousness shall they with feigned words make merchandise of you: whose judgment now of a long time lingers not, and their damnation slumbers not. -- 2 peter 2:3 +. +For if God spared not the angels that sinned, but cast them down to hell, and delivered them into chains of darkness, to be reserved to judgment; -- 2 peter 2:4 +. +And spared not the old world, but saved Noah the eighth person, a preacher of righteousness, bringing in the flood on the world of the ungodly; -- 2 peter 2:5 +. +And turning the cities of Sodom and Gomorrha into ashes condemned them with an overthrow, making them an ensample to those that after should live ungodly; -- 2 peter 2:6 +. +And delivered just Lot, vexed with the filthy conversation of the wicked: -- 2 peter 2:7 +. +(For that righteous man dwelling among them, in seeing and hearing, vexed his righteous soul from day to day with their unlawful deeds;) -- 2 peter 2:8 +. +The Lord knows how to deliver the godly out of temptations, and to reserve the unjust to the day of judgment to be punished: -- 2 peter 2:9 +. +But chiefly them that walk after the flesh in the lust of uncleanness, and despise government. Presumptuous are they, self-willed, they are not afraid to speak evil of dignities. -- 2 peter 2:10 +. +Whereas angels, which are greater in power and might, bring not railing accusation against them before the Lord. -- 2 peter 2:11 +. +But these, as natural brute beasts, made to be taken and destroyed, speak evil of the things that they understand not; and shall utterly perish in their own corruption; -- 2 peter 2:12 +. +And shall receive the reward of unrighteousness, as they that count it pleasure to riot in the day time. Spots they are and blemishes, sporting themselves with their own deceivings while they feast with you; -- 2 peter 2:13 +. +Having eyes full of adultery, and that cannot cease from sin; beguiling unstable souls: an heart they have exercised with covetous practices; cursed children: -- 2 peter 2:14 +. +Which have forsaken the right way, and are gone astray, following the way of Balaam the son of Bosor, who loved the wages of unrighteousness; -- 2 peter 2:15 +. +But was rebuked for his iniquity: the dumb ass speaking with man' voice forbade the madness of the prophet. -- 2 peter 2:16 +. +These are wells without water, clouds that are carried with a tempest; to whom the mist of darkness is reserved for ever. -- 2 peter 2:17 +. +For when they speak great swelling words of vanity, they allure through the lusts of the flesh, through much wantonness, those that were clean escaped from them who live in error. -- 2 peter 2:18 +. +While they promise them liberty, they themselves are the servants of corruption: for of whom a man is overcome, of the same is he brought in bondage. -- 2 peter 2:19 +. +For if after they have escaped the pollutions of the world through the knowledge of the Lord and Savior Jesus Christ, they are again entangled therein, and overcome, the latter end is worse with them than the beginning. -- 2 peter 2:20 +. +For it had been better for them not to have known the way of righteousness, than, after they have known it, to turn from the holy commandment delivered to them. -- 2 peter 2:21 +. +But it is happened to them according to the true proverb, The dog is turned to his own vomit again; and the sow that was washed to her wallowing in the mire. -- 2 peter 2:22 +. +This second letter, beloved, I now write to you; in both which I stir up your pure minds by way of remembrance: -- 2 peter 3:1 +. +That you may be mindful of the words which were spoken before by the holy prophets, and of the commandment of us the apostles of the Lord and Savior: -- 2 peter 3:2 +. +Knowing this first, that there shall come in the last days scoffers, walking after their own lusts, -- 2 peter 3:3 +. +And saying, Where is the promise of his coming? for since the fathers fell asleep, all things continue as they were from the beginning of the creation. -- 2 peter 3:4 +. +For this they willingly are ignorant of, that by the word of God the heavens were of old, and the earth standing out of the water and in the water: -- 2 peter 3:5 +. +Whereby the world that then was, being overflowed with water, perished: -- 2 peter 3:6 +. +But the heavens and the earth, which are now, by the same word are kept in store, reserved to fire against the day of judgment and perdition of ungodly men. -- 2 peter 3:7 +. +But, beloved, be not ignorant of this one thing, that one day is with the Lord as a thousand years, and a thousand years as one day. -- 2 peter 3:8 +. +The Lord is not slack concerning his promise, as some men count slackness; but is long-suffering to us-ward, not willing that any should perish, but that all should come to repentance. -- 2 peter 3:9 +. +But the day of the Lord will come as a thief in the night; in the which the heavens shall pass away with a great noise, and the elements shall melt with fervent heat, the earth also and the works that are therein shall be burned up. -- 2 peter 3:10 +. +Seeing then that all these things shall be dissolved, what manner of persons ought you to be in all holy conversation and godliness, -- 2 peter 3:11 +. +Looking for and hastening to the coming of the day of God, wherein the heavens being on fire shall be dissolved, and the elements shall melt with fervent heat? -- 2 peter 3:12 +. +Nevertheless we, according to his promise, look for new heavens and a new earth, wherein dwells righteousness. -- 2 peter 3:13 +. +Why, beloved, seeing that you look for such things, be diligent that you may be found of him in peace, without spot, and blameless. -- 2 peter 3:14 +. +And account that the long-suffering of our Lord is salvation; even as our beloved brother Paul also according to the wisdom given to him has written to you; -- 2 peter 3:15 +. +As also in all his letters, speaking in them of these things; in which are some things hard to be understood, which they that are unlearned and unstable wrest, as they do also the other scriptures, to their own destruction. -- 2 peter 3:16 +. +You therefore, beloved, seeing you know these things before, beware lest you also, being led away with the error of the wicked, fall from your own steadfastness. -- 2 peter 3:17 +. +But grow in grace, and in the knowledge of our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ. To him be glory both now and for ever. Amen. -- 2 peter 3:18 +. +That which was from the beginning, which we have heard, which we have seen with our eyes, which we have looked on, and our hands have handled, of the Word of life; -- 1 john 1:1 +. +(For the life was manifested, and we have seen it, and bear witness, and show to you that eternal life, which was with the Father, and was manifested to us;) -- 1 john 1:2 +. +That which we have seen and heard declare we to you, that you also may have fellowship with us: and truly our fellowship is with the Father, and with his Son Jesus Christ. -- 1 john 1:3 +. +And these things write we to you, that your joy may be full. -- 1 john 1:4 +. +This then is the message which we have heard of him, and declare to you, that God is light, and in him is no darkness at all. -- 1 john 1:5 +. +If we say that we have fellowship with him, and walk in darkness, we lie, and do not the truth: -- 1 john 1:6 +. +But if we walk in the light, as he is in the light, we have fellowship one with another, and the blood of Jesus Christ his Son cleans us from all sin. -- 1 john 1:7 +. +If we say that we have no sin, we deceive ourselves, and the truth is not in us. -- 1 john 1:8 +. +If we confess our sins, he is faithful and just to forgive us our sins, and to cleanse us from all unrighteousness. -- 1 john 1:9 +. +If we say that we have not sinned, we make him a liar, and his word is not in us. -- 1 john 1:10 +. +My little children, these things write I to you, that you sin not. And if any man sin, we have an advocate with the Father, Jesus Christ the righteous: -- 1 john 2:1 +. +And he is the propitiation for our sins: and not for our' only, but also for the sins of the whole world. -- 1 john 2:2 +. +And hereby we do know that we know him, if we keep his commandments. -- 1 john 2:3 +. +He that said, I know him, and keeps not his commandments, is a liar, and the truth is not in him. -- 1 john 2:4 +. +But whoever keeps his word, in him truly is the love of God perfected: hereby know we that we are in him. -- 1 john 2:5 +. +He that said he stays in him ought himself also so to walk, even as he walked. -- 1 john 2:6 +. +Brothers, I write no new commandment to you, but an old commandment which you had from the beginning. The old commandment is the word which you have heard from the beginning. -- 1 john 2:7 +. +Again, a new commandment I write to you, which thing is true in him and in you: because the darkness is past, and the true light now shines. -- 1 john 2:8 +. +He that said he is in the light, and hates his brother, is in darkness even until now. -- 1 john 2:9 +. +He that loves his brother stays in the light, and there is none occasion of stumbling in him. -- 1 john 2:10 +. +But he that hates his brother is in darkness, and walks in darkness, and knows not where he goes, because that darkness has blinded his eyes. -- 1 john 2:11 +. +I write to you, little children, because your sins are forgiven you for his name' sake. -- 1 john 2:12 +. +I write to you, fathers, because you have known him that is from the beginning. I write to you, young men, because you have overcome the wicked one. I write to you, little children, because you have known the Father. -- 1 john 2:13 +. +I have written to you, fathers, because you have known him that is from the beginning. I have written to you, young men, because you are strong, and the word of God stays in you, and you have overcome the wicked one. -- 1 john 2:14 +. +Love not the world, neither the things that are in the world. If any man love the world, the love of the Father is not in him. -- 1 john 2:15 +. +For all that is in the world, the lust of the flesh, and the lust of the eyes, and the pride of life, is not of the Father, but is of the world. -- 1 john 2:16 +. +And the world passes away, and the lust thereof: but he that does the will of God stays for ever. -- 1 john 2:17 +. +Little children, it is the last time: and as you have heard that antichrist shall come, even now are there many antichrists; whereby we know that it is the last time. -- 1 john 2:18 +. +They went out from us, but they were not of us; for if they had been of us, they would no doubt have continued with us: but they went out, that they might be made manifest that they were not all of us. -- 1 john 2:19 +. +But you have an unction from the Holy One, and you know all things. -- 1 john 2:20 +. +I have not written to you because you know not the truth, but because you know it, and that no lie is of the truth. -- 1 john 2:21 +. +Who is a liar but he that denies that Jesus is the Christ? He is antichrist, that denies the Father and the Son. -- 1 john 2:22 +. +Whoever denies the Son, the same has not the Father: he that acknowledges the Son has the Father also. -- 1 john 2:23 +. +Let that therefore abide in you, which you have heard from the beginning. If that which you have heard from the beginning shall remain in you, you also shall continue in the Son, and in the Father. -- 1 john 2:24 +. +And this is the promise that he has promised us, even eternal life. -- 1 john 2:25 +. +These things have I written to you concerning them that seduce you. -- 1 john 2:26 +. +But the anointing which you have received of him stays in you, and you need not that any man teach you: but as the same anointing teaches you of all things, and is truth, and is no lie, and even as it has taught you, you shall abide in him. -- 1 john 2:27 +. +And now, little children, abide in him; that, when he shall appear, we may have confidence, and not be ashamed before him at his coming. -- 1 john 2:28 +. +If you know that he is righteous, you know that every one that does righteousness is born of him. -- 1 john 2:29 +. +Behold, what manner of love the Father has bestowed on us, that we should be called the sons of God: therefore the world knows us not, because it knew him not. -- 1 john 3:1 +. +Beloved, now are we the sons of God, and it does not yet appear what we shall be: but we know that, when he shall appear, we shall be like him; for we shall see him as he is. -- 1 john 3:2 +. +And every man that has this hope in him purifies himself, even as he is pure. -- 1 john 3:3 +. +Whoever commits sin transgresses also the law: for sin is the transgression of the law. -- 1 john 3:4 +. +And you know that he was manifested to take away our sins; and in him is no sin. -- 1 john 3:5 +. +Whoever stays in him sins not: whoever sins has not seen him, neither known him. -- 1 john 3:6 +. +Little children, let no man deceive you: he that does righteousness is righteous, even as he is righteous. -- 1 john 3:7 +. +He that commits sin is of the devil; for the devil sins from the beginning. For this purpose the Son of God was manifested, that he might destroy the works of the devil. -- 1 john 3:8 +. +Whoever is born of God does not commit sin; for his seed remains in him: and he cannot sin, because he is born of God. -- 1 john 3:9 +. +In this the children of God are manifest, and the children of the devil: whoever does not righteousness is not of God, neither he that loves not his brother. -- 1 john 3:10 +. +For this is the message that you heard from the beginning, that we should love one another. -- 1 john 3:11 +. +Not as Cain, who was of that wicked one, and slew his brother. And why slew he him? Because his own works were evil, and his brother' righteous. -- 1 john 3:12 +. +Marvel not, my brothers, if the world hate you. -- 1 john 3:13 +. +We know that we have passed from death to life, because we love the brothers. He that loves not his brother stays in death. -- 1 john 3:14 +. +Whoever hates his brother is a murderer: and you know that no murderer has eternal life abiding in him. -- 1 john 3:15 +. +Hereby perceive we the love of God, because he laid down his life for us: and we ought to lay down our lives for the brothers. -- 1 john 3:16 +. +But whoever has this world' good, and sees his brother have need, and shuts up his bowels of compassion from him, how dwells the love of God in him? -- 1 john 3:17 +. +My little children, let us not love in word, neither in tongue; but in deed and in truth. -- 1 john 3:18 +. +And hereby we know that we are of the truth, and shall assure our hearts before him. -- 1 john 3:19 +. +For if our heart condemn us, God is greater than our heart, and knows all things. -- 1 john 3:20 +. +Beloved, if our heart condemn us not, then have we confidence toward God. -- 1 john 3:21 +. +And whatever we ask, we receive of him, because we keep his commandments, and do those things that are pleasing in his sight. -- 1 john 3:22 +. +And this is his commandment, That we should believe on the name of his Son Jesus Christ, and love one another, as he gave us commandment. -- 1 john 3:23 +. +And he that keeps his commandments dwells in him, and he in him. And hereby we know that he stays in us, by the Spirit which he has given us. -- 1 john 3:24 +. +Beloved, believe not every spirit, but try the spirits whether they are of God: because many false prophets are gone out into the world. -- 1 john 4:1 +. +Hereby know you the Spirit of God: Every spirit that confesses that Jesus Christ is come in the flesh is of God: -- 1 john 4:2 +. +And every spirit that confesses not that Jesus Christ is come in the flesh is not of God: and this is that spirit of antichrist, whereof you have heard that it should come; and even now already is it in the world. -- 1 john 4:3 +. +You are of God, little children, and have overcome them: because greater is he that is in you, than he that is in the world. -- 1 john 4:4 +. +They are of the world: therefore speak they of the world, and the world hears them. -- 1 john 4:5 +. +We are of God: he that knows God hears us; he that is not of God hears not us. Hereby know we the spirit of truth, and the spirit of error. -- 1 john 4:6 +. +Beloved, let us love one another: for love is of God; and every one that loves is born of God, and knows God. -- 1 john 4:7 +. +He that loves not knows not God; for God is love. -- 1 john 4:8 +. +In this was manifested the love of God toward us, because that God sent his only begotten Son into the world, that we might live through him. -- 1 john 4:9 +. +Herein is love, not that we loved God, but that he loved us, and sent his Son to be the propitiation for our sins. -- 1 john 4:10 +. +Beloved, if God so loved us, we ought also to love one another. -- 1 john 4:11 +. +No man has seen God at any time. If we love one another, God dwells in us, and his love is perfected in us. -- 1 john 4:12 +. +Hereby know we that we dwell in him, and he in us, because he has given us of his Spirit. -- 1 john 4:13 +. +And we have seen and do testify that the Father sent the Son to be the Savior of the world. -- 1 john 4:14 +. +Whoever shall confess that Jesus is the Son of God, God dwells in him, and he in God. -- 1 john 4:15 +. +And we have known and believed the love that God has to us. God is love; and he that dwells in love dwells in God, and God in him. -- 1 john 4:16 +. +Herein is our love made perfect, that we may have boldness in the day of judgment: because as he is, so are we in this world. -- 1 john 4:17 +. +There is no fear in love; but perfect love casts out fear: because fear has torment. He that fears is not made perfect in love. -- 1 john 4:18 +. +We love him, because he first loved us. -- 1 john 4:19 +. +If a man say, I love God, and hates his brother, he is a liar: for he that loves not his brother whom he has seen, how can he love God whom he has not seen? -- 1 john 4:20 +. +And this commandment have we from him, That he who loves God love his brother also. -- 1 john 4:21 +. +Whoever believes that Jesus is the Christ is born of God: and every one that loves him that begat loves him also that is begotten of him. -- 1 john 5:1 +. +By this we know that we love the children of God, when we love God, and keep his commandments. -- 1 john 5:2 +. +For this is the love of God, that we keep his commandments: and his commandments are not grievous. -- 1 john 5:3 +. +For whatever is born of God overcomes the world: and this is the victory that overcomes the world, even our faith. -- 1 john 5:4 +. +Who is he that overcomes the world, but he that believes that Jesus is the Son of God? -- 1 john 5:5 +. +This is he that came by water and blood, even Jesus Christ; not by water only, but by water and blood. And it is the Spirit that bears witness, because the Spirit is truth. -- 1 john 5:6 +. +For there are three that bear record in heaven, the Father, the Word, and the Holy Ghost: and these three are one. -- 1 john 5:7 +. +And there are three that bear witness in earth, the Spirit, and the water, and the blood: and these three agree in one. -- 1 john 5:8 +. +If we receive the witness of men, the witness of God is greater: for this is the witness of God which he has testified of his Son. -- 1 john 5:9 +. +He that believes on the Son of God has the witness in himself: he that believes not God has made him a liar; because he believes not the record that God gave of his Son. -- 1 john 5:10 +. +And this is the record, that God has given to us eternal life, and this life is in his Son. -- 1 john 5:11 +. +He that has the Son has life; and he that has not the Son of God has not life. -- 1 john 5:12 +. +These things have I written to you that believe on the name of the Son of God; that you may know that you have eternal life, and that you may believe on the name of the Son of God. -- 1 john 5:13 +. +And this is the confidence that we have in him, that, if we ask any thing according to his will, he hears us: -- 1 john 5:14 +. +And if we know that he hear us, whatever we ask, we know that we have the petitions that we desired of him. -- 1 john 5:15 +. +If any man see his brother sin a sin which is not to death, he shall ask, and he shall give him life for them that sin not to death. There is a sin to death: I do not say that he shall pray for it. -- 1 john 5:16 +. +All unrighteousness is sin: and there is a sin not to death. -- 1 john 5:17 +. +We know that whoever is born of God sins not; but he that is begotten of God keeps himself, and that wicked one touches him not. -- 1 john 5:18 +. +And we know that we are of God, and the whole world lies in wickedness. -- 1 john 5:19 +. +And we know that the Son of God is come, and has given us an understanding, that we may know him that is true, and we are in him that is true, even in his Son Jesus Christ. This is the true God, and eternal life. -- 1 john 5:20 +. +Little children, keep yourselves from idols. Amen. -- 1 john 5:21 +. +The elder to the elect lady and her children, whom I love in the truth; and not I only, but also all they that have known the truth; -- 2 john 1:1 +. +For the truth' sake, which dwells in us, and shall be with us for ever. -- 2 john 1:2 +. +Grace be with you, mercy, and peace, from God the Father, and from the Lord Jesus Christ, the Son of the Father, in truth and love. -- 2 john 1:3 +. +I rejoiced greatly that I found of your children walking in truth, as we have received a commandment from the Father. -- 2 john 1:4 +. +And now I beseech you, lady, not as though I wrote a new commandment to you, but that which we had from the beginning, that we love one another. -- 2 john 1:5 +. +And this is love, that we walk after his commandments. This is the commandment, That, as you have heard from the beginning, you should walk in it. -- 2 john 1:6 +. +For many deceivers are entered into the world, who confess not that Jesus Christ is come in the flesh. This is a deceiver and an antichrist. -- 2 john 1:7 +. +Look to yourselves, that we lose not those things which we have worked, but that we receive a full reward. -- 2 john 1:8 +. +Whoever transgresses, and stays not in the doctrine of Christ, has not God. He that stays in the doctrine of Christ, he has both the Father and the Son. -- 2 john 1:9 +. +If there come any to you, and bring not this doctrine, receive him not into your house, neither bid him God speed: -- 2 john 1:10 +. +For he that bids him God speed is partaker of his evil deeds. -- 2 john 1:11 +. +Having many things to write to you, I would not write with paper and ink: but I trust to come to you, and speak face to face, that our joy may be full. -- 2 john 1:12 +. +The children of your elect sister greet you. Amen. -- 2 john 1:13 +. +The elder to the well beloved Gaius, whom I love in the truth. -- 3 john 1:1 +. +Beloved, I wish above all things that you may prosper and be in health, even as your soul prospers. -- 3 john 1:2 +. +For I rejoiced greatly, when the brothers came and testified of the truth that is in you, even as you walk in the truth. -- 3 john 1:3 +. +I have no greater joy than to hear that my children walk in truth. -- 3 john 1:4 +. +Beloved, you do faithfully whatever you do to the brothers, and to strangers; -- 3 john 1:5 +. +Which have borne witness of your charity before the church: whom if you bring forward on their journey after a godly sort, you shall do well: -- 3 john 1:6 +. +Because that for his name' sake they went forth, taking nothing of the Gentiles. -- 3 john 1:7 +. +We therefore ought to receive such, that we might be fellow helpers to the truth. -- 3 john 1:8 +. +I wrote to the church: but Diotrephes, who loves to have the preeminence among them, receives us not. -- 3 john 1:9 +. +Why, if I come, I will remember his deeds which he does, prating against us with malicious words: and not content therewith, neither does he himself receive the brothers, and forbids them that would, and casts them out of the church. -- 3 john 1:10 +. +Beloved, follow not that which is evil, but that which is good. He that does good is of God: but he that does evil has not seen God. -- 3 john 1:11 +. +Demetrius has good report of all men, and of the truth itself: yes, and we also bear record; and you know that our record is true. -- 3 john 1:12 +. +I had many things to write, but I will not with ink and pen write to you: -- 3 john 1:13 +. +But I trust I shall shortly see you, and we shall speak face to face. Peace be to you. Our friends salute you. Greet the friends by name. -- 3 john 1:14 +. +Jude, the servant of Jesus Christ, and brother of James, to them that are sanctified by God the Father, and preserved in Jesus Christ, and called: -- jude 1:1 +. +Mercy to you, and peace, and love, be multiplied. -- jude 1:2 +. +Beloved, when I gave all diligence to write to you of the common salvation, it was needful for me to write to you, and exhort you that you should earnestly contend for the faith which was once delivered to the saints. -- jude 1:3 +. +For there are certain men crept in unawares, who were before of old ordained to this condemnation, ungodly men, turning the grace of our God into lasciviousness, and denying the only Lord God, and our Lord Jesus Christ. -- jude 1:4 +. +I will therefore put you in remembrance, though you once knew this, how that the Lord, having saved the people out of the land of Egypt, afterward destroyed them that believed not. -- jude 1:5 +. +And the angels which kept not their first estate, but left their own habitation, he has reserved in everlasting chains under darkness to the judgment of the great day. -- jude 1:6 +. +Even as Sodom and Gomorrha, and the cities about them in like manner, giving themselves over to fornication, and going after strange flesh, are set forth for an example, suffering the vengeance of eternal fire. -- jude 1:7 +. +Likewise also these filthy dreamers defile the flesh, despise dominion, and speak evil of dignities. -- jude 1:8 +. +Yet Michael the archangel, when contending with the devil he disputed about the body of Moses, dared not bring against him a railing accusation, but said, The Lord rebuke you. -- jude 1:9 +. +But these speak evil of those things which they know not: but what they know naturally, as brute beasts, in those things they corrupt themselves. -- jude 1:10 +. +Woe to them! for they have gone in the way of Cain, and ran greedily after the error of Balaam for reward, and perished in the gainsaying of Core. -- jude 1:11 +. +These are spots in your feasts of charity, when they feast with you, feeding themselves without fear: clouds they are without water, carried about of winds; trees whose fruit wither, without fruit, twice dead, plucked up by the roots; -- jude 1:12 +. +Raging waves of the sea, foaming out their own shame; wandering stars, to whom is reserved the blackness of darkness for ever. -- jude 1:13 +. +And Enoch also, the seventh from Adam, prophesied of these, saying, Behold, the Lord comes with ten thousands of his saints, -- jude 1:14 +. +To execute judgment on all, and to convince all that are ungodly among them of all their ungodly deeds which they have ungodly committed, and of all their hard speeches which ungodly sinners have spoken against him. -- jude 1:15 +. +These are murmurers, complainers, walking after their own lusts; and their mouth speaks great swelling words, having men' persons in admiration because of advantage. -- jude 1:16 +. +But, beloved, remember you the words which were spoken before of the apostles of our Lord Jesus Christ; -- jude 1:17 +. +How that they told you there should be mockers in the last time, who should walk after their own ungodly lusts. -- jude 1:18 +. +These be they who separate themselves, sensual, having not the Spirit. -- jude 1:19 +. +But you, beloved, building up yourselves on your most holy faith, praying in the Holy Ghost, -- jude 1:20 +. +Keep yourselves in the love of God, looking for the mercy of our Lord Jesus Christ to eternal life. -- jude 1:21 +. +And of some have compassion, making a difference: -- jude 1:22 +. +And others save with fear, pulling them out of the fire; hating even the garment spotted by the flesh. -- jude 1:23 +. +Now to him that is able to keep you from falling, and to present you faultless before the presence of his glory with exceeding joy, -- jude 1:24 +. +To the only wise God our Savior, be glory and majesty, dominion and power, both now and ever. Amen. -- jude 1:25 +. +The Revelation of Jesus Christ, which God gave to him, to show to his servants things which must shortly come to pass; and he sent and signified it by his angel to his servant John: -- revelation 1:1 +. +Who bore record of the word of God, and of the testimony of Jesus Christ, and of all things that he saw. -- revelation 1:2 +. +Blessed is he that reads, and they that hear the words of this prophecy, and keep those things which are written therein: for the time is at hand. -- revelation 1:3 +. +John to the seven churches which are in Asia: Grace be to you, and peace, from him which is, and which was, and which is to come; and from the seven Spirits which are before his throne; -- revelation 1:4 +. +And from Jesus Christ, who is the faithful witness, and the first begotten of the dead, and the prince of the kings of the earth. To him that loved us, and washed us from our sins in his own blood, -- revelation 1:5 +. +And has made us kings and priests to God and his Father; to him be glory and dominion for ever and ever. Amen. -- revelation 1:6 +. +Behold, he comes with clouds; and every eye shall see him, and they also which pierced him: and all kindreds of the earth shall wail because of him. Even so, Amen. -- revelation 1:7 +. +I am Alpha and Omega, the beginning and the ending, said the Lord, which is, and which was, and which is to come, the Almighty. -- revelation 1:8 +. +I John, who also am your brother, and companion in tribulation, and in the kingdom and patience of Jesus Christ, was in the isle that is called Patmos, for the word of God, and for the testimony of Jesus Christ. -- revelation 1:9 +. +I was in the Spirit on the Lord' day, and heard behind me a great voice, as of a trumpet, -- revelation 1:10 +. +Saying, I am Alpha and Omega, the first and the last: and, What you see, write in a book, and send it to the seven churches which are in Asia; to Ephesus, and to Smyrna, and to Pergamos, and to Thyatira, and to Sardis, and to Philadelphia, and to Laodicea. -- revelation 1:11 +. +And I turned to see the voice that spoke with me. And being turned, I saw seven golden candlesticks; -- revelation 1:12 +. +And in the middle of the seven candlesticks one like to the Son of man, clothed with a garment down to the foot, and girt about the breasts with a golden girdle. -- revelation 1:13 +. +His head and his hairs were white like wool, as white as snow; and his eyes were as a flame of fire; -- revelation 1:14 +. +And his feet like to fine brass, as if they burned in a furnace; and his voice as the sound of many waters. -- revelation 1:15 +. +And he had in his right hand seven stars: and out of his mouth went a sharp two edged sword: and his countenance was as the sun shines in his strength. -- revelation 1:16 +. +And when I saw him, I fell at his feet as dead. And he laid his right hand on me, saying to me, Fear not; I am the first and the last: -- revelation 1:17 +. +I am he that lives, and was dead; and, behold, I am alive for ever more, Amen; and have the keys of hell and of death. -- revelation 1:18 +. +Write the things which you have seen, and the things which are, and the things which shall be hereafter; -- revelation 1:19 +. +The mystery of the seven stars which you saw in my right hand, and the seven golden candlesticks. The seven stars are the angels of the seven churches: and the seven candlesticks which you saw are the seven churches. -- revelation 1:20 +. +To the angel of the church of Ephesus write; These things said he that holds the seven stars in his right hand, who walks in the middle of the seven golden candlesticks; -- revelation 2:1 +. +I know your works, and your labor, and your patience, and how you can not bear them which are evil: and you have tried them which say they are apostles, and are not, and have found them liars: -- revelation 2:2 +. +And have borne, and have patience, and for my name' sake have labored, and have not fainted. -- revelation 2:3 +. +Nevertheless I have somewhat against you, because you have left your first love. -- revelation 2:4 +. +Remember therefore from where you are fallen, and repent, and do the first works; or else I will come to you quickly, and will remove your candlestick out of his place, except you repent. -- revelation 2:5 +. +But this you have, that you hate the deeds of the Nicolaitanes, which I also hate. -- revelation 2:6 +. +He that has an ear, let him hear what the Spirit said to the churches; To him that overcomes will I give to eat of the tree of life, which is in the middle of the paradise of God. -- revelation 2:7 +. +And to the angel of the church in Smyrna write; These things said the first and the last, which was dead, and is alive; -- revelation 2:8 +. +I know your works, and tribulation, and poverty, (but you are rich) and I know the blasphemy of them which say they are Jews, and are not, but are the synagogue of Satan. -- revelation 2:9 +. +Fear none of those things which you shall suffer: behold, the devil shall cast some of you into prison, that you may be tried; and you shall have tribulation ten days: be you faithful to death, and I will give you a crown of life. -- revelation 2:10 +. +He that has an ear, let him hear what the Spirit said to the churches; He that overcomes shall not be hurt of the second death. -- revelation 2:11 +. +And to the angel of the church in Pergamos write; These things said he which has the sharp sword with two edges; -- revelation 2:12 +. +I know your works, and where you dwell, even where Satan' seat is: and you hold fast my name, and have not denied my faith, even in those days wherein Antipas was my faithful martyr, who was slain among you, where Satan dwells. -- revelation 2:13 +. +But I have a few things against you, because you have there them that hold the doctrine of Balaam, who taught Balac to cast a stumbling block before the children of Israel, to eat things sacrificed to idols, and to commit fornication. -- revelation 2:14 +. +So have you also them that hold the doctrine of the Nicolaitanes, which thing I hate. -- revelation 2:15 +. +Repent; or else I will come to you quickly, and will fight against them with the sword of my mouth. -- revelation 2:16 +. +He that has an ear, let him hear what the Spirit said to the churches; To him that overcomes will I give to eat of the hidden manna, and will give him a white stone, and in the stone a new name written, which no man knows saving he that receives it. -- revelation 2:17 +. +And to the angel of the church in Thyatira write; These things said the Son of God, who has his eyes like to a flame of fire, and his feet are like fine brass; -- revelation 2:18 +. +I know your works, and charity, and service, and faith, and your patience, and your works; and the last to be more than the first. -- revelation 2:19 +. +Notwithstanding I have a few things against you, because you suffer that woman Jezebel, which calls herself a prophetess, to teach and to seduce my servants to commit fornication, and to eat things sacrificed to idols. -- revelation 2:20 +. +And I gave her space to repent of her fornication; and she repented not. -- revelation 2:21 +. +Behold, I will cast her into a bed, and them that commit adultery with her into great tribulation, except they repent of their deeds. -- revelation 2:22 +. +And I will kill her children with death; and all the churches shall know that I am he which searches the reins and hearts: and I will give to every one of you according to your works. -- revelation 2:23 +. +But to you I say, and to the rest in Thyatira, as many as have not this doctrine, and which have not known the depths of Satan, as they speak; I will put on you none other burden. -- revelation 2:24 +. +But that which you have already hold fast till I come. -- revelation 2:25 +. +And he that overcomes, and keeps my works to the end, to him will I give power over the nations: -- revelation 2:26 +. +And he shall rule them with a rod of iron; as the vessels of a potter shall they be broken to shivers: even as I received of my Father. -- revelation 2:27 +. +And I will give him the morning star. -- revelation 2:28 +. +He that has an ear, let him hear what the Spirit said to the churches. -- revelation 2:29 +. +And to the angel of the church in Sardis write; These things said he that has the seven Spirits of God, and the seven stars; I know your works, that you have a name that you live, and are dead. -- revelation 3:1 +. +Be watchful, and strengthen the things which remain, that are ready to die: for I have not found your works perfect before God. -- revelation 3:2 +. +Remember therefore how you have received and heard, and hold fast, and repent. If therefore you shall not watch, I will come on you as a thief, and you shall not know what hour I will come on you. -- revelation 3:3 +. +You have a few names even in Sardis which have not defiled their garments; and they shall walk with me in white: for they are worthy. -- revelation 3:4 +. +He that overcomes, the same shall be clothed in white raiment; and I will not blot out his name out of the book of life, but I will confess his name before my Father, and before his angels. -- revelation 3:5 +. +He that has an ear, let him hear what the Spirit said to the churches. -- revelation 3:6 +. +And to the angel of the church in Philadelphia write; These things said he that is holy, he that is true, he that has the key of David, he that opens, and no man shuts; and shuts, and no man opens; -- revelation 3:7 +. +I know your works: behold, I have set before you an open door, and no man can shut it: for you have a little strength, and have kept my word, and have not denied my name. -- revelation 3:8 +. +Behold, I will make them of the synagogue of Satan, which say they are Jews, and are not, but do lie; behold, I will make them to come and worship before your feet, and to know that I have loved you. -- revelation 3:9 +. +Because you have kept the word of my patience, I also will keep you from the hour of temptation, which shall come on all the world, to try them that dwell on the earth. -- revelation 3:10 +. +Behold, I come quickly: hold that fast which you have, that no man take your crown. -- revelation 3:11 +. +Him that overcomes will I make a pillar in the temple of my God, and he shall go no more out: and I will write on him the name of my God, and the name of the city of my God, which is new Jerusalem, which comes down out of heaven from my God: and I will write on him my new name. -- revelation 3:12 +. +He that has an ear, let him hear what the Spirit said to the churches. -- revelation 3:13 +. +And to the angel of the church of the Laodiceans write; These things said the Amen, the faithful and true witness, the beginning of the creation of God; -- revelation 3:14 +. +I know your works, that you are neither cold nor hot: I would you were cold or hot. -- revelation 3:15 +. +So then because you are lukewarm, and neither cold nor hot, I will spew you out of my mouth. -- revelation 3:16 +. +Because you say, I am rich, and increased with goods, and have need of nothing; and know not that you are wretched, and miserable, and poor, and blind, and naked: -- revelation 3:17 +. +I counsel you to buy of me gold tried in the fire, that you may be rich; and white raiment, that you may be clothed, and that the shame of your nakedness do not appear; and anoint your eyes with eye salve, that you may see. -- revelation 3:18 +. +As many as I love, I rebuke and chasten: be zealous therefore, and repent. -- revelation 3:19 +. +Behold, I stand at the door, and knock: if any man hear my voice, and open the door, I will come in to him, and will sup with him, and he with me. -- revelation 3:20 +. +To him that overcomes will I grant to sit with me in my throne, even as I also overcame, and am set down with my Father in his throne. -- revelation 3:21 +. +He that has an ear, let him hear what the Spirit said to the churches. -- revelation 3:22 +. +After this I looked, and, behold, a door was opened in heaven: and the first voice which I heard was as it were of a trumpet talking with me; which said, Come up here, and I will show you things which must be hereafter. -- revelation 4:1 +. +And immediately I was in the spirit: and, behold, a throne was set in heaven, and one sat on the throne. -- revelation 4:2 +. +And he that sat was to look on like a jasper and a sardine stone: and there was a rainbow round about the throne, in sight like to an emerald. -- revelation 4:3 +. +And round about the throne were four and twenty seats: and on the seats I saw four and twenty elders sitting, clothed in white raiment; and they had on their heads crowns of gold. -- revelation 4:4 +. +And out of the throne proceeded lightning and thunder and voices: and there were seven lamps of fire burning before the throne, which are the seven Spirits of God. -- revelation 4:5 +. +And before the throne there was a sea of glass like to crystal: and in the middle of the throne, and round about the throne, were four beasts full of eyes before and behind. -- revelation 4:6 +. +And the first beast was like a lion, and the second beast like a calf, and the third beast had a face as a man, and the fourth beast was like a flying eagle. -- revelation 4:7 +. +And the four beasts had each of them six wings about him; and they were full of eyes within: and they rest not day and night, saying, Holy, holy, holy, LORD God Almighty, which was, and is, and is to come. -- revelation 4:8 +. +And when those beasts give glory and honor and thanks to him that sat on the throne, who lives for ever and ever, -- revelation 4:9 +. +The four and twenty elders fall down before him that sat on the throne, and worship him that lives for ever and ever, and cast their crowns before the throne, saying, -- revelation 4:10 +. +You are worthy, O Lord, to receive glory and honor and power: for you have created all things, and for your pleasure they are and were created. -- revelation 4:11 +. +And I saw in the right hand of him that sat on the throne a book written within and on the backside, sealed with seven seals. -- revelation 5:1 +. +And I saw a strong angel proclaiming with a loud voice, Who is worthy to open the book, and to loose the seals thereof? -- revelation 5:2 +. +And no man in heaven, nor in earth, neither under the earth, was able to open the book, neither to look thereon. -- revelation 5:3 +. +And I wept much, because no man was found worthy to open and to read the book, neither to look thereon. -- revelation 5:4 +. +And one of the elders said to me, Weep not: behold, the Lion of the tribe of Juda, the Root of David, has prevailed to open the book, and to loose the seven seals thereof. -- revelation 5:5 +. +And I beheld, and, see, in the middle of the throne and of the four beasts, and in the middle of the elders, stood a Lamb as it had been slain, having seven horns and seven eyes, which are the seven Spirits of God sent forth into all the earth. -- revelation 5:6 +. +And he came and took the book out of the right hand of him that sat on the throne. -- revelation 5:7 +. +And when he had taken the book, the four beasts and four and twenty elders fell down before the Lamb, having every one of them harps, and golden vials full of odors, which are the prayers of saints. -- revelation 5:8 +. +And they sung a new song, saying, You are worthy to take the book, and to open the seals thereof: for you were slain, and have redeemed us to God by your blood out of every kindred, and tongue, and people, and nation; -- revelation 5:9 +. +And have made us to our God kings and priests: and we shall reign on the earth. -- revelation 5:10 +. +And I beheld, and I heard the voice of many angels round about the throne and the beasts and the elders: and the number of them was ten thousand times ten thousand, and thousands of thousands; -- revelation 5:11 +. +Saying with a loud voice, Worthy is the Lamb that was slain to receive power, and riches, and wisdom, and strength, and honor, and glory, and blessing. -- revelation 5:12 +. +And every creature which is in heaven, and on the earth, and under the earth, and such as are in the sea, and all that are in them, heard I saying, Blessing, and honor, and glory, and power, be to him that sits on the throne, and to the Lamb for ever and ever. -- revelation 5:13 +. +And the four beasts said, Amen. And the four and twenty elders fell down and worshipped him that lives for ever and ever. -- revelation 5:14 +. +And I saw when the Lamb opened one of the seals, and I heard, as it were the noise of thunder, one of the four beasts saying, Come and see. -- revelation 6:1 +. +And I saw, and behold a white horse: and he that sat on him had a bow; and a crown was given to him: and he went forth conquering, and to conquer. -- revelation 6:2 +. +And when he had opened the second seal, I heard the second beast say, Come and see. -- revelation 6:3 +. +And there went out another horse that was red: and power was given to him that sat thereon to take peace from the earth, and that they should kill one another: and there was given to him a great sword. -- revelation 6:4 +. +And when he had opened the third seal, I heard the third beast say, Come and see. And I beheld, and see a black horse; and he that sat on him had a pair of balances in his hand. -- revelation 6:5 +. +And I heard a voice in the middle of the four beasts say, A measure of wheat for a penny, and three measures of barley for a penny; and see you hurt not the oil and the wine. -- revelation 6:6 +. +And when he had opened the fourth seal, I heard the voice of the fourth beast say, Come and see. -- revelation 6:7 +. +And I looked, and behold a pale horse: and his name that sat on him was Death, and Hell followed with him. And power was given to them over the fourth part of the earth, to kill with sword, and with hunger, and with death, and with the beasts of the earth. -- revelation 6:8 +. +And when he had opened the fifth seal, I saw under the altar the souls of them that were slain for the word of God, and for the testimony which they held: -- revelation 6:9 +. +And they cried with a loud voice, saying, How long, O Lord, holy and true, do you not judge and avenge our blood on them that dwell on the earth? -- revelation 6:10 +. +And white robes were given to every one of them; and it was said to them, that they should rest yet for a little season, until their fellow servants also and their brothers, that should be killed as they were, should be fulfilled. -- revelation 6:11 +. +And I beheld when he had opened the sixth seal, and, see, there was a great earthquake; and the sun became black as sackcloth of hair, and the moon became as blood; -- revelation 6:12 +. +And the stars of heaven fell to the earth, even as a fig tree casts her untimely figs, when she is shaken of a mighty wind. -- revelation 6:13 +. +And the heaven departed as a scroll when it is rolled together; and every mountain and island were moved out of their places. -- revelation 6:14 +. +And the kings of the earth, and the great men, and the rich men, and the chief captains, and the mighty men, and every slave, and every free man, hid themselves in the dens and in the rocks of the mountains; -- revelation 6:15 +. +And said to the mountains and rocks, Fall on us, and hide us from the face of him that sits on the throne, and from the wrath of the Lamb: -- revelation 6:16 +. +For the great day of his wrath is come; and who shall be able to stand? -- revelation 6:17 +. +And after these things I saw four angels standing on the four corners of the earth, holding the four winds of the earth, that the wind should not blow on the earth, nor on the sea, nor on any tree. -- revelation 7:1 +. +And I saw another angel ascending from the east, having the seal of the living God: and he cried with a loud voice to the four angels, to whom it was given to hurt the earth and the sea, -- revelation 7:2 +. +Saying, Hurt not the earth, neither the sea, nor the trees, till we have sealed the servants of our God in their foreheads. -- revelation 7:3 +. +And I heard the number of them which were sealed: and there were sealed an hundred and forty and four thousand of all the tribes of the children of Israel. -- revelation 7:4 +. +Of the tribe of Juda were sealed twelve thousand. Of the tribe of Reuben were sealed twelve thousand. Of the tribe of Gad were sealed twelve thousand. -- revelation 7:5 +. +Of the tribe of Aser were sealed twelve thousand. Of the tribe of Nephthalim were sealed twelve thousand. Of the tribe of Manasses were sealed twelve thousand. -- revelation 7:6 +. +Of the tribe of Simeon were sealed twelve thousand. Of the tribe of Levi were sealed twelve thousand. Of the tribe of Issachar were sealed twelve thousand. -- revelation 7:7 +. +Of the tribe of Zabulon were sealed twelve thousand. Of the tribe of Joseph were sealed twelve thousand. Of the tribe of Benjamin were sealed twelve thousand. -- revelation 7:8 +. +After this I beheld, and, see, a great multitude, which no man could number, of all nations, and kindreds, and people, and tongues, stood before the throne, and before the Lamb, clothed with white robes, and palms in their hands; -- revelation 7:9 +. +And cried with a loud voice, saying, Salvation to our God which sits on the throne, and to the Lamb. -- revelation 7:10 +. +And all the angels stood round about the throne, and about the elders and the four beasts, and fell before the throne on their faces, and worshipped God, -- revelation 7:11 +. +Saying, Amen: Blessing, and glory, and wisdom, and thanksgiving, and honor, and power, and might, be to our God for ever and ever. Amen. -- revelation 7:12 +. +And one of the elders answered, saying to me, What are these which are arrayed in white robes? and from where came they? -- revelation 7:13 +. +And I said to him, Sir, you know. And he said to me, These are they which came out of great tribulation, and have washed their robes, and made them white in the blood of the Lamb. -- revelation 7:14 +. +Therefore are they before the throne of God, and serve him day and night in his temple: and he that sits on the throne shall dwell among them. -- revelation 7:15 +. +They shall hunger no more, neither thirst any more; neither shall the sun light on them, nor any heat. -- revelation 7:16 +. +For the Lamb which is in the middle of the throne shall feed them, and shall lead them to living fountains of waters: and God shall wipe away all tears from their eyes. -- revelation 7:17 +. +And when he had opened the seventh seal, there was silence in heaven about the space of half an hour. -- revelation 8:1 +. +And I saw the seven angels which stood before God; and to them were given seven trumpets. -- revelation 8:2 +. +And another angel came and stood at the altar, having a golden censer; and there was given to him much incense, that he should offer it with the prayers of all saints on the golden altar which was before the throne. -- revelation 8:3 +. +And the smoke of the incense, which came with the prayers of the saints, ascended up before God out of the angel' hand. -- revelation 8:4 +. +And the angel took the censer, and filled it with fire of the altar, and cast it into the earth: and there were voices, and thunder, and lightning, and an earthquake. -- revelation 8:5 +. +And the seven angels which had the seven trumpets prepared themselves to sound. -- revelation 8:6 +. +The first angel sounded, and there followed hail and fire mingled with blood, and they were cast on the earth: and the third part of trees was burnt up, and all green grass was burnt up. -- revelation 8:7 +. +And the second angel sounded, and as it were a great mountain burning with fire was cast into the sea: and the third part of the sea became blood; -- revelation 8:8 +. +And the third part of the creatures which were in the sea, and had life, died; and the third part of the ships were destroyed. -- revelation 8:9 +. +And the third angel sounded, and there fell a great star from heaven, burning as it were a lamp, and it fell on the third part of the rivers, and on the fountains of waters; -- revelation 8:10 +. +And the name of the star is called Wormwood: and the third part of the waters became wormwood; and many men died of the waters, because they were made bitter. -- revelation 8:11 +. +And the fourth angel sounded, and the third part of the sun was smitten, and the third part of the moon, and the third part of the stars; so as the third part of them was darkened, and the day shone not for a third part of it, and the night likewise. -- revelation 8:12 +. +And I beheld, and heard an angel flying through the middle of heaven, saying with a loud voice, Woe, woe, woe, to the inhabitants of the earth by reason of the other voices of the trumpet of the three angels, which are yet to sound! -- revelation 8:13 +. +And the fifth angel sounded, and I saw a star fall from heaven to the earth: and to him was given the key of the bottomless pit. -- revelation 9:1 +. +And he opened the bottomless pit; and there arose a smoke out of the pit, as the smoke of a great furnace; and the sun and the air were darkened by reason of the smoke of the pit. -- revelation 9:2 +. +And there came out of the smoke locusts on the earth: and to them was given power, as the scorpions of the earth have power. -- revelation 9:3 +. +And it was commanded them that they should not hurt the grass of the earth, neither any green thing, neither any tree; but only those men which have not the seal of God in their foreheads. -- revelation 9:4 +. +And to them it was given that they should not kill them, but that they should be tormented five months: and their torment was as the torment of a scorpion, when he strikes a man. -- revelation 9:5 +. +And in those days shall men seek death, and shall not find it; and shall desire to die, and death shall flee from them. -- revelation 9:6 +. +And the shapes of the locusts were like to horses prepared to battle; and on their heads were as it were crowns like gold, and their faces were as the faces of men. -- revelation 9:7 +. +And they had hair as the hair of women, and their teeth were as the teeth of lions. -- revelation 9:8 +. +And they had breastplates, as it were breastplates of iron; and the sound of their wings was as the sound of chariots of many horses running to battle. -- revelation 9:9 +. +And they had tails like to scorpions, and there were stings in their tails: and their power was to hurt men five months. -- revelation 9:10 +. +And they had a king over them, which is the angel of the bottomless pit, whose name in the Hebrew tongue is Abaddon, but in the Greek tongue has his name Apollyon. -- revelation 9:11 +. +One woe is past; and, behold, there come two woes more hereafter. -- revelation 9:12 +. +And the sixth angel sounded, and I heard a voice from the four horns of the golden altar which is before God, -- revelation 9:13 +. +Saying to the sixth angel which had the trumpet, Loose the four angels which are bound in the great river Euphrates. -- revelation 9:14 +. +And the four angels were loosed, which were prepared for an hour, and a day, and a month, and a year, for to slay the third part of men. -- revelation 9:15 +. +And the number of the army of the horsemen were two hundred thousand thousand: and I heard the number of them. -- revelation 9:16 +. +And thus I saw the horses in the vision, and them that sat on them, having breastplates of fire, and of jacinth, and brimstone: and the heads of the horses were as the heads of lions; and out of their mouths issued fire and smoke and brimstone. -- revelation 9:17 +. +By these three was the third part of men killed, by the fire, and by the smoke, and by the brimstone, which issued out of their mouths. -- revelation 9:18 +. +For their power is in their mouth, and in their tails: for their tails were like to serpents, and had heads, and with them they do hurt. -- revelation 9:19 +. +And the rest of the men which were not killed by these plagues yet repented not of the works of their hands, that they should not worship devils, and idols of gold, and silver, and brass, and stone, and of wood: which neither can see, nor hear, nor walk: -- revelation 9:20 +. +Neither repented they of their murders, nor of their sorceries, nor of their fornication, nor of their thefts. -- revelation 9:21 +. +And I saw another mighty angel come down from heaven, clothed with a cloud: and a rainbow was on his head, and his face was as it were the sun, and his feet as pillars of fire: -- revelation 10:1 +. +And he had in his hand a little book open: and he set his right foot on the sea, and his left foot on the earth, -- revelation 10:2 +. +And cried with a loud voice, as when a lion roars: and when he had cried, seven thunders uttered their voices. -- revelation 10:3 +. +And when the seven thunders had uttered their voices, I was about to write: and I heard a voice from heaven saying to me, Seal up those things which the seven thunders uttered, and write them not. -- revelation 10:4 +. +And the angel which I saw stand on the sea and on the earth lifted up his hand to heaven, -- revelation 10:5 +. +And swore by him that lives for ever and ever, who created heaven, and the things that therein are, and the earth, and the things that therein are, and the sea, and the things which are therein, that there should be time no longer: -- revelation 10:6 +. +But in the days of the voice of the seventh angel, when he shall begin to sound, the mystery of God should be finished, as he has declared to his servants the prophets. -- revelation 10:7 +. +And the voice which I heard from heaven spoke to me again, and said, Go and take the little book which is open in the hand of the angel which stands on the sea and on the earth. -- revelation 10:8 +. +And I went to the angel, and said to him, Give me the little book. And he said to me, Take it, and eat it up; and it shall make your belly bitter, but it shall be in your mouth sweet as honey. -- revelation 10:9 +. +And I took the little book out of the angel' hand, and ate it up; and it was in my mouth sweet as honey: and as soon as I had eaten it, my belly was bitter. -- revelation 10:10 +. +And he said to me, You must prophesy again before many peoples, and nations, and tongues, and kings. -- revelation 10:11 +. +And there was given me a reed like to a rod: and the angel stood, saying, Rise, and measure the temple of God, and the altar, and them that worship therein. -- revelation 11:1 +. +But the court which is without the temple leave out, and measure it not; for it is given to the Gentiles: and the holy city shall they tread under foot forty and two months. -- revelation 11:2 +. +And I will give power to my two witnesses, and they shall prophesy a thousand two hundred and three score days, clothed in sackcloth. -- revelation 11:3 +. +These are the two olive trees, and the two candlesticks standing before the God of the earth. -- revelation 11:4 +. +And if any man will hurt them, fire proceeds out of their mouth, and devours their enemies: and if any man will hurt them, he must in this manner be killed. -- revelation 11:5 +. +These have power to shut heaven, that it rain not in the days of their prophecy: and have power over waters to turn them to blood, and to smite the earth with all plagues, as often as they will. -- revelation 11:6 +. +And when they shall have finished their testimony, the beast that ascends out of the bottomless pit shall make war against them, and shall overcome them, and kill them. -- revelation 11:7 +. +And their dead bodies shall lie in the street of the great city, which spiritually is called Sodom and Egypt, where also our Lord was crucified. -- revelation 11:8 +. +And they of the people and kindreds and tongues and nations shall see their dead bodies three days and an half, and shall not suffer their dead bodies to be put in graves. -- revelation 11:9 +. +And they that dwell on the earth shall rejoice over them, and make merry, and shall send gifts one to another; because these two prophets tormented them that dwelled on the earth. -- revelation 11:10 +. +And after three days and an half the spirit of life from God entered into them, and they stood on their feet; and great fear fell on them which saw them. -- revelation 11:11 +. +And they heard a great voice from heaven saying to them, Come up here. And they ascended up to heaven in a cloud; and their enemies beheld them. -- revelation 11:12 +. +And the same hour was there a great earthquake, and the tenth part of the city fell, and in the earthquake were slain of men seven thousand: and the remnant were affrighted, and gave glory to the God of heaven. -- revelation 11:13 +. +The second woe is past; and, behold, the third woe comes quickly. -- revelation 11:14 +. +And the seventh angel sounded; and there were great voices in heaven, saying, The kingdoms of this world are become the kingdoms of our Lord, and of his Christ; and he shall reign for ever and ever. -- revelation 11:15 +. +And the four and twenty elders, which sat before God on their seats, fell on their faces, and worshipped God, -- revelation 11:16 +. +Saying, We give you thanks, O LORD God Almighty, which are, and were, and are to come; because you have taken to you your great power, and have reigned. -- revelation 11:17 +. +And the nations were angry, and your wrath is come, and the time of the dead, that they should be judged, and that you should give reward to your servants the prophets, and to the saints, and them that fear your name, small and great; and should destroy them which destroy the earth. -- revelation 11:18 +. +And the temple of God was opened in heaven, and there was seen in his temple the ark of his testament: and there were lightning, and voices, and thunder, and an earthquake, and great hail. -- revelation 11:19 +. +And there appeared a great wonder in heaven; a woman clothed with the sun, and the moon under her feet, and on her head a crown of twelve stars: -- revelation 12:1 +. +And she being with child cried, travailing in birth, and pained to be delivered. -- revelation 12:2 +. +And there appeared another wonder in heaven; and behold a great red dragon, having seven heads and ten horns, and seven crowns on his heads. -- revelation 12:3 +. +And his tail drew the third part of the stars of heaven, and did cast them to the earth: and the dragon stood before the woman which was ready to be delivered, for to devour her child as soon as it was born. -- revelation 12:4 +. +And she brought forth a man child, who was to rule all nations with a rod of iron: and her child was caught up to God, and to his throne. -- revelation 12:5 +. +And the woman fled into the wilderness, where she has a place prepared of God, that they should feed her there a thousand two hundred and three score days. -- revelation 12:6 +. +And there was war in heaven: Michael and his angels fought against the dragon; and the dragon fought and his angels, -- revelation 12:7 +. +And prevailed not; neither was their place found any more in heaven. -- revelation 12:8 +. +And the great dragon was cast out, that old serpent, called the Devil, and Satan, which deceives the whole world: he was cast out into the earth, and his angels were cast out with him. -- revelation 12:9 +. +And I heard a loud voice saying in heaven, Now is come salvation, and strength, and the kingdom of our God, and the power of his Christ: for the accuser of our brothers is cast down, which accused them before our God day and night. -- revelation 12:10 +. +And they overcame him by the blood of the Lamb, and by the word of their testimony; and they loved not their lives to the death. -- revelation 12:11 +. +Therefore rejoice, you heavens, and you that dwell in them. Woe to the inhabitants of the earth and of the sea! for the devil is come down to you, having great wrath, because he knows that he has but a short time. -- revelation 12:12 +. +And when the dragon saw that he was cast to the earth, he persecuted the woman which brought forth the man child. -- revelation 12:13 +. +And to the woman were given two wings of a great eagle, that she might fly into the wilderness, into her place, where she is nourished for a time, and times, and half a time, from the face of the serpent. -- revelation 12:14 +. +And the serpent cast out of his mouth water as a flood after the woman, that he might cause her to be carried away of the flood. -- revelation 12:15 +. +And the earth helped the woman, and the earth opened her mouth, and swallowed up the flood which the dragon cast out of his mouth. -- revelation 12:16 +. +And the dragon was wroth with the woman, and went to make war with the remnant of her seed, which keep the commandments of God, and have the testimony of Jesus Christ. -- revelation 12:17 +. +And I stood on the sand of the sea, and saw a beast rise up out of the sea, having seven heads and ten horns, and on his horns ten crowns, and on his heads the name of blasphemy. -- revelation 13:1 +. +And the beast which I saw was like to a leopard, and his feet were as the feet of a bear, and his mouth as the mouth of a lion: and the dragon gave him his power, and his seat, and great authority. -- revelation 13:2 +. +And I saw one of his heads as it were wounded to death; and his deadly wound was healed: and all the world wondered after the beast. -- revelation 13:3 +. +And they worshipped the dragon which gave power to the beast: and they worshipped the beast, saying, Who is like to the beast? who is able to make war with him? -- revelation 13:4 +. +And there was given to him a mouth speaking great things and blasphemies; and power was given to him to continue forty and two months. -- revelation 13:5 +. +And he opened his mouth in blasphemy against God, to blaspheme his name, and his tabernacle, and them that dwell in heaven. -- revelation 13:6 +. +And it was given to him to make war with the saints, and to overcome them: and power was given him over all kindreds, and tongues, and nations. -- revelation 13:7 +. +And all that dwell on the earth shall worship him, whose names are not written in the book of life of the Lamb slain from the foundation of the world. -- revelation 13:8 +. +If any man have an ear, let him hear. -- revelation 13:9 +. +He that leads into captivity shall go into captivity: he that kills with the sword must be killed with the sword. Here is the patience and the faith of the saints. -- revelation 13:10 +. +And I beheld another beast coming up out of the earth; and he had two horns like a lamb, and he spoke as a dragon. -- revelation 13:11 +. +And he excercises all the power of the first beast before him, and causes the earth and them which dwell therein to worship the first beast, whose deadly wound was healed. -- revelation 13:12 +. +And he does great wonders, so that he makes fire come down from heaven on the earth in the sight of men, -- revelation 13:13 +. +And deceives them that dwell on the earth by the means of those miracles which he had power to do in the sight of the beast; saying to them that dwell on the earth, that they should make an image to the beast, which had the wound by a sword, and did live. -- revelation 13:14 +. +And he had power to give life to the image of the beast, that the image of the beast should both speak, and cause that as many as would not worship the image of the beast should be killed. -- revelation 13:15 +. +And he causes all, both small and great, rich and poor, free and bond, to receive a mark in their right hand, or in their foreheads: -- revelation 13:16 +. +And that no man might buy or sell, save he that had the mark, or the name of the beast, or the number of his name. -- revelation 13:17 +. +Here is wisdom. Let him that has understanding count the number of the beast: for it is the number of a man; and his number is Six hundred three score and six. -- revelation 13:18 +. +And I looked, and, see, a Lamb stood on the mount Sion, and with him an hundred forty and four thousand, having his Father' name written in their foreheads. -- revelation 14:1 +. +And I heard a voice from heaven, as the voice of many waters, and as the voice of a great thunder: and I heard the voice of harpers harping with their harps: -- revelation 14:2 +. +And they sung as it were a new song before the throne, and before the four beasts, and the elders: and no man could learn that song but the hundred and forty and four thousand, which were redeemed from the earth. -- revelation 14:3 +. +These are they which were not defiled with women; for they are virgins. These are they which follow the Lamb wherever he goes. These were redeemed from among men, being the first fruits to God and to the Lamb. -- revelation 14:4 +. +And in their mouth was found no guile: for they are without fault before the throne of God. -- revelation 14:5 +. +And I saw another angel fly in the middle of heaven, having the everlasting gospel to preach to them that dwell on the earth, and to every nation, and kindred, and tongue, and people, -- revelation 14:6 +. +Saying with a loud voice, Fear God, and give glory to him; for the hour of his judgment is come: and worship him that made heaven, and earth, and the sea, and the fountains of waters. -- revelation 14:7 +. +And there followed another angel, saying, Babylon is fallen, is fallen, that great city, because she made all nations drink of the wine of the wrath of her fornication. -- revelation 14:8 +. +And the third angel followed them, saying with a loud voice, If any man worship the beast and his image, and receive his mark in his forehead, or in his hand, -- revelation 14:9 +. +The same shall drink of the wine of the wrath of God, which is poured out without mixture into the cup of his indignation; and he shall be tormented with fire and brimstone in the presence of the holy angels, and in the presence of the Lamb: -- revelation 14:10 +. +And the smoke of their torment ascends up for ever and ever: and they have no rest day nor night, who worship the beast and his image, and whoever receives the mark of his name. -- revelation 14:11 +. +Here is the patience of the saints: here are they that keep the commandments of God, and the faith of Jesus. -- revelation 14:12 +. +And I heard a voice from heaven saying to me, Write, Blessed are the dead which die in the Lord from now on: Yes, said the Spirit, that they may rest from their labors; and their works do follow them. -- revelation 14:13 +. +And I looked, and behold a white cloud, and on the cloud one sat like to the Son of man, having on his head a golden crown, and in his hand a sharp sickle. -- revelation 14:14 +. +And another angel came out of the temple, crying with a loud voice to him that sat on the cloud, Thrust in your sickle, and reap: for the time is come for you to reap; for the harvest of the earth is ripe. -- revelation 14:15 +. +And he that sat on the cloud thrust in his sickle on the earth; and the earth was reaped. -- revelation 14:16 +. +And another angel came out of the temple which is in heaven, he also having a sharp sickle. -- revelation 14:17 +. +And another angel came out from the altar, which had power over fire; and cried with a loud cry to him that had the sharp sickle, saying, Thrust in your sharp sickle, and gather the clusters of the vine of the earth; for her grapes are fully ripe. -- revelation 14:18 +. +And the angel thrust in his sickle into the earth, and gathered the vine of the earth, and cast it into the great wine press of the wrath of God. -- revelation 14:19 +. +And the wine press was trodden without the city, and blood came out of the wine press, even to the horse bridles, by the space of a thousand and six hundred furlongs. -- revelation 14:20 +. +And I saw another sign in heaven, great and marvelous, seven angels having the seven last plagues; for in them is filled up the wrath of God. -- revelation 15:1 +. +And I saw as it were a sea of glass mingled with fire: and them that had gotten the victory over the beast, and over his image, and over his mark, and over the number of his name, stand on the sea of glass, having the harps of God. -- revelation 15:2 +. +And they sing the song of Moses the servant of God, and the song of the Lamb, saying, Great and marvelous are your works, Lord God Almighty; just and true are your ways, you King of saints. -- revelation 15:3 +. +Who shall not fear you, O Lord, and glorify your name? for you only are holy: for all nations shall come and worship before you; for your judgments are made manifest. -- revelation 15:4 +. +And after that I looked, and, behold, the temple of the tabernacle of the testimony in heaven was opened: -- revelation 15:5 +. +And the seven angels came out of the temple, having the seven plagues, clothed in pure and white linen, and having their breasts girded with golden girdles. -- revelation 15:6 +. +And one of the four beasts gave to the seven angels seven golden vials full of the wrath of God, who lives for ever and ever. -- revelation 15:7 +. +And the temple was filled with smoke from the glory of God, and from his power; and no man was able to enter into the temple, till the seven plagues of the seven angels were fulfilled. -- revelation 15:8 +. +And I heard a great voice out of the temple saying to the seven angels, Go your ways, and pour out the vials of the wrath of God on the earth. -- revelation 16:1 +. +And the first went, and poured out his vial on the earth; and there fell a noisome and grievous sore on the men which had the mark of the beast, and on them which worshipped his image. -- revelation 16:2 +. +And the second angel poured out his vial on the sea; and it became as the blood of a dead man: and every living soul died in the sea. -- revelation 16:3 +. +And the third angel poured out his vial on the rivers and fountains of waters; and they became blood. -- revelation 16:4 +. +And I heard the angel of the waters say, You are righteous, O Lord, which are, and were, and shall be, because you have judged thus. -- revelation 16:5 +. +For they have shed the blood of saints and prophets, and you have given them blood to drink; for they are worthy. -- revelation 16:6 +. +And I heard another out of the altar say, Even so, Lord God Almighty, true and righteous are your judgments. -- revelation 16:7 +. +And the fourth angel poured out his vial on the sun; and power was given to him to scorch men with fire. -- revelation 16:8 +. +And men were scorched with great heat, and blasphemed the name of God, which has power over these plagues: and they repented not to give him glory. -- revelation 16:9 +. +And the fifth angel poured out his vial on the seat of the beast; and his kingdom was full of darkness; and they gnawed their tongues for pain, -- revelation 16:10 +. +And blasphemed the God of heaven because of their pains and their sores, and repented not of their deeds. -- revelation 16:11 +. +And the sixth angel poured out his vial on the great river Euphrates; and the water thereof was dried up, that the way of the kings of the east might be prepared. -- revelation 16:12 +. +And I saw three unclean spirits like frogs come out of the mouth of the dragon, and out of the mouth of the beast, and out of the mouth of the false prophet. -- revelation 16:13 +. +For they are the spirits of devils, working miracles, which go forth to the kings of the earth and of the whole world, to gather them to the battle of that great day of God Almighty. -- revelation 16:14 +. +Behold, I come as a thief. Blessed is he that watches, and keeps his garments, lest he walk naked, and they see his shame. -- revelation 16:15 +. +And he gathered them together into a place called in the Hebrew tongue Armageddon. -- revelation 16:16 +. +And the seventh angel poured out his vial into the air; and there came a great voice out of the temple of heaven, from the throne, saying, It is done. -- revelation 16:17 +. +And there were voices, and thunders, and lightning; and there was a great earthquake, such as was not since men were on the earth, so mighty an earthquake, and so great. -- revelation 16:18 +. +And the great city was divided into three parts, and the cities of the nations fell: and great Babylon came in remembrance before God, to give to her the cup of the wine of the fierceness of his wrath. -- revelation 16:19 +. +And every island fled away, and the mountains were not found. -- revelation 16:20 +. +And there fell on men a great hail out of heaven, every stone about the weight of a talent: and men blasphemed God because of the plague of the hail; for the plague thereof was exceeding great. -- revelation 16:21 +. +And there came one of the seven angels which had the seven vials, and talked with me, saying to me, Come here; I will show to you the judgment of the great whore that sits on many waters: -- revelation 17:1 +. +With whom the kings of the earth have committed fornication, and the inhabitants of the earth have been made drunk with the wine of her fornication. -- revelation 17:2 +. +So he carried me away in the spirit into the wilderness: and I saw a woman sit on a scarlet colored beast, full of names of blasphemy, having seven heads and ten horns. -- revelation 17:3 +. +And the woman was arrayed in purple and scarlet color, and decked with gold and precious stones and pearls, having a golden cup in her hand full of abominations and filthiness of her fornication: -- revelation 17:4 +. +And on her forehead was a name written, MYSTERY, BABYLON THE GREAT, THE MOTHER OF HARLOTS AND ABOMINATIONS OF THE EARTH. -- revelation 17:5 +. +And I saw the woman drunken with the blood of the saints, and with the blood of the martyrs of Jesus: and when I saw her, I wondered with great admiration. -- revelation 17:6 +. +And the angel said to me, Why did you marvel? I will tell you the mystery of the woman, and of the beast that carries her, which has the seven heads and ten horns. -- revelation 17:7 +. +The beast that you saw was, and is not; and shall ascend out of the bottomless pit, and go into perdition: and they that dwell on the earth shall wonder, whose names were not written in the book of life from the foundation of the world, when they behold the beast that was, and is not, and yet is. -- revelation 17:8 +. +And here is the mind which has wisdom. The seven heads are seven mountains, on which the woman sits. -- revelation 17:9 +. +And there are seven kings: five are fallen, and one is, and the other is not yet come; and when he comes, he must continue a short space. -- revelation 17:10 +. +And the beast that was, and is not, even he is the eighth, and is of the seven, and goes into perdition. -- revelation 17:11 +. +And the ten horns which you saw are ten kings, which have received no kingdom as yet; but receive power as kings one hour with the beast. -- revelation 17:12 +. +These have one mind, and shall give their power and strength to the beast. -- revelation 17:13 +. +These shall make war with the Lamb, and the Lamb shall overcome them: for he is Lord of lords, and King of kings: and they that are with him are called, and chosen, and faithful. -- revelation 17:14 +. +And he said to me, The waters which you saw, where the whore sits, are peoples, and multitudes, and nations, and tongues. -- revelation 17:15 +. +And the ten horns which you saw on the beast, these shall hate the whore, and shall make her desolate and naked, and shall eat her flesh, and burn her with fire. -- revelation 17:16 +. +For God has put in their hearts to fulfill his will, and to agree, and give their kingdom to the beast, until the words of God shall be fulfilled. -- revelation 17:17 +. +And the woman which you saw is that great city, which reigns over the kings of the earth. -- revelation 17:18 +. +And after these things I saw another angel come down from heaven, having great power; and the earth was lightened with his glory. -- revelation 18:1 +. +And he cried mightily with a strong voice, saying, Babylon the great is fallen, is fallen, and is become the habitation of devils, and the hold of every foul spirit, and a cage of every unclean and hateful bird. -- revelation 18:2 +. +For all nations have drunk of the wine of the wrath of her fornication, and the kings of the earth have committed fornication with her, and the merchants of the earth are waxed rich through the abundance of her delicacies. -- revelation 18:3 +. +And I heard another voice from heaven, saying, Come out of her, my people, that you be not partakers of her sins, and that you receive not of her plagues. -- revelation 18:4 +. +For her sins have reached to heaven, and God has remembered her iniquities. -- revelation 18:5 +. +Reward her even as she rewarded you, and double to her double according to her works: in the cup which she has filled fill to her double. -- revelation 18:6 +. +How much she has glorified herself, and lived deliciously, so much torment and sorrow give her: for she said in her heart, I sit a queen, and am no widow, and shall see no sorrow. -- revelation 18:7 +. +Therefore shall her plagues come in one day, death, and mourning, and famine; and she shall be utterly burned with fire: for strong is the Lord God who judges her. -- revelation 18:8 +. +And the kings of the earth, who have committed fornication and lived deliciously with her, shall mourn her, and lament for her, when they shall see the smoke of her burning, -- revelation 18:9 +. +Standing afar off for the fear of her torment, saying, Alas, alas that great city Babylon, that mighty city! for in one hour is your judgment come. -- revelation 18:10 +. +And the merchants of the earth shall weep and mourn over her; for no man buys their merchandise any more: -- revelation 18:11 +. +The merchandise of gold, and silver, and precious stones, and of pearls, and fine linen, and purple, and silk, and scarlet, and all thyine wood, and all manner vessels of ivory, and all manner vessels of most precious wood, and of brass, and iron, and marble, -- revelation 18:12 +. +And cinnamon, and odors, and ointments, and frankincense, and wine, and oil, and fine flour, and wheat, and beasts, and sheep, and horses, and chariots, and slaves, and souls of men. -- revelation 18:13 +. +And the fruits that your soul lusted after are departed from you, and all things which were dainty and goodly are departed from you, and you shall find them no more at all. -- revelation 18:14 +. +The merchants of these things, which were made rich by her, shall stand afar off for the fear of her torment, weeping and wailing, -- revelation 18:15 +. +And saying, Alas, alas that great city, that was clothed in fine linen, and purple, and scarlet, and decked with gold, and precious stones, and pearls! -- revelation 18:16 +. +For in one hour so great riches is come to nothing. And every shipmaster, and all the company in ships, and sailors, and as many as trade by sea, stood afar off, -- revelation 18:17 +. +And cried when they saw the smoke of her burning, saying, What city is like to this great city! -- revelation 18:18 +. +And they cast dust on their heads, and cried, weeping and wailing, saying, Alas, alas that great city, wherein were made rich all that had ships in the sea by reason of her costliness! for in one hour is she made desolate. -- revelation 18:19 +. +Rejoice over her, you heaven, and you holy apostles and prophets; for God has avenged you on her. -- revelation 18:20 +. +And a mighty angel took up a stone like a great millstone, and cast it into the sea, saying, Thus with violence shall that great city Babylon be thrown down, and shall be found no more at all. -- revelation 18:21 +. +And the voice of harpers, and musicians, and of pipers, and trumpeters, shall be heard no more at all in you; and no craftsman, of whatever craft he be, shall be found any more in you; and the sound of a millstone shall be heard no more at all in you; -- revelation 18:22 +. +And the light of a candle shall shine no more at all in you; and the voice of the bridegroom and of the bride shall be heard no more at all in you: for your merchants were the great men of the earth; for by your sorceries were all nations deceived. -- revelation 18:23 +. +And in her was found the blood of prophets, and of saints, and of all that were slain on the earth. -- revelation 18:24 +. +And after these things I heard a great voice of much people in heaven, saying, Alleluia; Salvation, and glory, and honor, and power, to the Lord our God: -- revelation 19:1 +. +For true and righteous are his judgments: for he has judged the great whore, which did corrupt the earth with her fornication, and has avenged the blood of his servants at her hand. -- revelation 19:2 +. +And again they said, Alleluia And her smoke rose up for ever and ever. -- revelation 19:3 +. +And the four and twenty elders and the four beasts fell down and worshipped God that sat on the throne, saying, Amen; Alleluia. -- revelation 19:4 +. +And a voice came out of the throne, saying, Praise our God, all you his servants, and you that fear him, both small and great. -- revelation 19:5 +. +And I heard as it were the voice of a great multitude, and as the voice of many waters, and as the voice of mighty thunder, saying, Alleluia: for the Lord God omnipotent reigns. -- revelation 19:6 +. +Let us be glad and rejoice, and give honor to him: for the marriage of the Lamb is come, and his wife has made herself ready. -- revelation 19:7 +. +And to her was granted that she should be arrayed in fine linen, clean and white: for the fine linen is the righteousness of saints. -- revelation 19:8 +. +And he said to me, Write, Blessed are they which are called to the marriage supper of the Lamb. And he said to me, These are the true sayings of God. -- revelation 19:9 +. +And I fell at his feet to worship him. And he said to me, See you do it not: I am your fellow servant, and of your brothers that have the testimony of Jesus: worship God: for the testimony of Jesus is the spirit of prophecy. -- revelation 19:10 +. +And I saw heaven opened, and behold a white horse; and he that sat on him was called Faithful and True, and in righteousness he does judge and make war. -- revelation 19:11 +. +His eyes were as a flame of fire, and on his head were many crowns; and he had a name written, that no man knew, but he himself. -- revelation 19:12 +. +And he was clothed with a clothing dipped in blood: and his name is called The Word of God. -- revelation 19:13 +. +And the armies which were in heaven followed him on white horses, clothed in fine linen, white and clean. -- revelation 19:14 +. +And out of his mouth goes a sharp sword, that with it he should smite the nations: and he shall rule them with a rod of iron: and he treads the wine press of the fierceness and wrath of Almighty God. -- revelation 19:15 +. +And he has on his clothing and on his thigh a name written, KING OF KINGS, AND LORD OF LORDS. -- revelation 19:16 +. +And I saw an angel standing in the sun; and he cried with a loud voice, saying to all the fowls that fly in the middle of heaven, Come and gather yourselves together to the supper of the great God; -- revelation 19:17 +. +That you may eat the flesh of kings, and the flesh of captains, and the flesh of mighty men, and the flesh of horses, and of them that sit on them, and the flesh of all men, both free and bond, both small and great. -- revelation 19:18 +. +And I saw the beast, and the kings of the earth, and their armies, gathered together to make war against him that sat on the horse, and against his army. -- revelation 19:19 +. +And the beast was taken, and with him the false prophet that worked miracles before him, with which he deceived them that had received the mark of the beast, and them that worshipped his image. These both were cast alive into a lake of fire burning with brimstone. -- revelation 19:20 +. +And the remnant were slain with the sword of him that sat on the horse, which sword proceeded out of his mouth: and all the fowls were filled with their flesh. -- revelation 19:21 +. +And I saw an angel come down from heaven, having the key of the bottomless pit and a great chain in his hand. -- revelation 20:1 +. +And he laid hold on the dragon, that old serpent, which is the Devil, and Satan, and bound him a thousand years, -- revelation 20:2 +. +And cast him into the bottomless pit, and shut him up, and set a seal on him, that he should deceive the nations no more, till the thousand years should be fulfilled: and after that he must be loosed a little season. -- revelation 20:3 +. +And I saw thrones, and they sat on them, and judgment was given to them: and I saw the souls of them that were beheaded for the witness of Jesus, and for the word of God, and which had not worshipped the beast, neither his image, neither had received his mark on their foreheads, or in their hands; and they lived and reigned with Christ a thousand years. -- revelation 20:4 +. +But the rest of the dead lived not again until the thousand years were finished. This is the first resurrection. -- revelation 20:5 +. +Blessed and holy is he that has part in the first resurrection: on such the second death has no power, but they shall be priests of God and of Christ, and shall reign with him a thousand years. -- revelation 20:6 +. +And when the thousand years are expired, Satan shall be loosed out of his prison, -- revelation 20:7 +. +And shall go out to deceive the nations which are in the four quarters of the earth, Gog, and Magog, to gather them together to battle: the number of whom is as the sand of the sea. -- revelation 20:8 +. +And they went up on the breadth of the earth, and compassed the camp of the saints about, and the beloved city: and fire came down from God out of heaven, and devoured them. -- revelation 20:9 +. +And the devil that deceived them was cast into the lake of fire and brimstone, where the beast and the false prophet are, and shall be tormented day and night for ever and ever. -- revelation 20:10 +. +And I saw a great white throne, and him that sat on it, from whose face the earth and the heaven fled away; and there was found no place for them. -- revelation 20:11 +. +And I saw the dead, small and great, stand before God; and the books were opened: and another book was opened, which is the book of life: and the dead were judged out of those things which were written in the books, according to their works. -- revelation 20:12 +. +And the sea gave up the dead which were in it; and death and hell delivered up the dead which were in them: and they were judged every man according to their works. -- revelation 20:13 +. +And death and hell were cast into the lake of fire. This is the second death. -- revelation 20:14 +. +And whoever was not found written in the book of life was cast into the lake of fire. -- revelation 20:15 +. +And I saw a new heaven and a new earth: for the first heaven and the first earth were passed away; and there was no more sea. -- revelation 21:1 +. +And I John saw the holy city, new Jerusalem, coming down from God out of heaven, prepared as a bride adorned for her husband. -- revelation 21:2 +. +And I heard a great voice out of heaven saying, Behold, the tabernacle of God is with men, and he will dwell with them, and they shall be his people, and God himself shall be with them, and be their God. -- revelation 21:3 +. +And God shall wipe away all tears from their eyes; and there shall be no more death, neither sorrow, nor crying, neither shall there be any more pain: for the former things are passed away. -- revelation 21:4 +. +And he that sat on the throne said, Behold, I make all things new. And he said to me, Write: for these words are true and faithful. -- revelation 21:5 +. +And he said to me, It is done. I am Alpha and Omega, the beginning and the end. I will give to him that is thirsty of the fountain of the water of life freely. -- revelation 21:6 +. +He that overcomes shall inherit all things; and I will be his God, and he shall be my son. -- revelation 21:7 +. +But the fearful, and unbelieving, and the abominable, and murderers, and fornicators, and sorcerers, and idolaters, and all liars, shall have their part in the lake which burns with fire and brimstone: which is the second death. -- revelation 21:8 +. +And there came to me one of the seven angels which had the seven vials full of the seven last plagues, and talked with me, saying, Come here, I will show you the bride, the Lamb' wife. -- revelation 21:9 +. +And he carried me away in the spirit to a great and high mountain, and showed me that great city, the holy Jerusalem, descending out of heaven from God, -- revelation 21:10 +. +Having the glory of God: and her light was like to a stone most precious, even like a jasper stone, clear as crystal; -- revelation 21:11 +. +And had a wall great and high, and had twelve gates, and at the gates twelve angels, and names written thereon, which are the names of the twelve tribes of the children of Israel: -- revelation 21:12 +. +On the east three gates; on the north three gates; on the south three gates; and on the west three gates. -- revelation 21:13 +. +And the wall of the city had twelve foundations, and in them the names of the twelve apostles of the Lamb. -- revelation 21:14 +. +And he that talked with me had a golden reed to measure the city, and the gates thereof, and the wall thereof. -- revelation 21:15 +. +And the city lies foursquare, and the length is as large as the breadth: and he measured the city with the reed, twelve thousand furlongs. The length and the breadth and the height of it are equal. -- revelation 21:16 +. +And he measured the wall thereof, an hundred and forty and four cubits, according to the measure of a man, that is, of the angel. -- revelation 21:17 +. +And the building of the wall of it was of jasper: and the city was pure gold, like to clear glass. -- revelation 21:18 +. +And the foundations of the wall of the city were garnished with all manner of precious stones. The first foundation was jasper; the second, sapphire; the third, a chalcedony; the fourth, an emerald; -- revelation 21:19 +. +The fifth, sardonyx; the sixth, sardius; the seventh, chrysolyte; the eighth, beryl; the ninth, a topaz; the tenth, a chrysoprasus; the eleventh, a jacinth; the twelfth, an amethyst. -- revelation 21:20 +. +And the twelve gates were twelve pearls: every several gate was of one pearl: and the street of the city was pure gold, as it were transparent glass. -- revelation 21:21 +. +And I saw no temple therein: for the Lord God Almighty and the Lamb are the temple of it. -- revelation 21:22 +. +And the city had no need of the sun, neither of the moon, to shine in it: for the glory of God did lighten it, and the Lamb is the light thereof. -- revelation 21:23 +. +And the nations of them which are saved shall walk in the light of it: and the kings of the earth do bring their glory and honor into it. -- revelation 21:24 +. +And the gates of it shall not be shut at all by day: for there shall be no night there. -- revelation 21:25 +. +And they shall bring the glory and honor of the nations into it. -- revelation 21:26 +. +And there shall in no wise enter into it any thing that defiles, neither whatever works abomination, or makes a lie: but they which are written in the Lamb' book of life. -- revelation 21:27 +. +And he showed me a pure river of water of life, clear as crystal, proceeding out of the throne of God and of the Lamb. -- revelation 22:1 +. +In the middle of the street of it, and on either side of the river, was there the tree of life, which bore twelve manner of fruits, and yielded her fruit every month: and the leaves of the tree were for the healing of the nations. -- revelation 22:2 +. +And there shall be no more curse: but the throne of God and of the Lamb shall be in it; and his servants shall serve him: -- revelation 22:3 +. +And they shall see his face; and his name shall be in their foreheads. -- revelation 22:4 +. +And there shall be no night there; and they need no candle, neither light of the sun; for the Lord God gives them light: and they shall reign for ever and ever. -- revelation 22:5 +. +And he said to me, These sayings are faithful and true: and the Lord God of the holy prophets sent his angel to show to his servants the things which must shortly be done. -- revelation 22:6 +. +Behold, I come quickly: blessed is he that keeps the sayings of the prophecy of this book. -- revelation 22:7 +. +And I John saw these things, and heard them. And when I had heard and seen, I fell down to worship before the feet of the angel which showed me these things. -- revelation 22:8 +. +Then said he to me, See you do it not: for I am your fellow servant, and of your brothers the prophets, and of them which keep the sayings of this book: worship God. -- revelation 22:9 +. +And he said to me, Seal not the sayings of the prophecy of this book: for the time is at hand. -- revelation 22:10 +. +He that is unjust, let him be unjust still: and he which is filthy, let him be filthy still: and he that is righteous, let him be righteous still: and he that is holy, let him be holy still. -- revelation 22:11 +. +And, behold, I come quickly; and my reward is with me, to give every man according as his work shall be. -- revelation 22:12 +. +I am Alpha and Omega, the beginning and the end, the first and the last. -- revelation 22:13 +. +Blessed are they that do his commandments, that they may have right to the tree of life, and may enter in through the gates into the city. -- revelation 22:14 +. +For without are dogs, and sorcerers, and fornicators, and murderers, and idolaters, and whoever loves and makes a lie. -- revelation 22:15 +. +I Jesus have sent my angel to testify to you these things in the churches. I am the root and the offspring of David, and the bright and morning star. -- revelation 22:16 +. +And the Spirit and the bride say, Come. And let him that hears say, Come. And let him that is thirsty come. And whoever will, let him take the water of life freely. -- revelation 22:17 +. +For I testify to every man that hears the words of the prophecy of this book, If any man shall add to these things, God shall add to him the plagues that are written in this book: -- revelation 22:18 +. +And if any man shall take away from the words of the book of this prophecy, God shall take away his part out of the book of life, and out of the holy city, and from the things which are written in this book. -- revelation 22:19 +. +He which testifies these things said, Surely I come quickly. Amen. Even so, come, Lord Jesus. -- revelation 22:20 +. +The grace of our Lord Jesus Christ be with you all. Amen. -- revelation 22:21 diff --git a/bibles/amp.txt b/bibles/amp.txt new file mode 100644 index 0000000..6549d9c --- /dev/null +++ b/bibles/amp.txt @@ -0,0 +1,124408 @@ +IN THE beginning God (prepared, formed, fashioned, and) created the heavens and the earth. -- genesis 1:1 +. +The earth was without form and an empty waste, and darkness was upon the face of the very great deep. The Spirit of God was moving (hovering, brooding) over the face of the waters. -- genesis 1:2 +. +And God said, Let there be light; and there was light. -- genesis 1:3 +. +And God saw that the light was good (suitable, pleasant) and He approved it; and God separated the light from the darkness. -- genesis 1:4 +. +And God called the light Day, and the darkness He called Night. And there was evening and there was morning, one day. -- genesis 1:5 +. +And God said, Let there be a firmament [the expanse of the sky] in the midst of the waters, and let it separate the waters [below] from the waters [above]. -- genesis 1:6 +. +And God made the firmament [the expanse] and separated the waters which were under the expanse from the waters which were above the expanse. And it was so. -- genesis 1:7 +. +And God called the firmament Heavens. And there was evening and there was morning, a second day. -- genesis 1:8 +. +And God said, Let the waters under the heavens be collected into one place [of standing], and let the dry land appear. And it was so. -- genesis 1:9 +. +God called the dry land Earth, and the accumulated waters He called Seas. And God saw that this was good (fitting, admirable) and He approved it. -- genesis 1:10 +. +And God said, Let the earth put forth [tender] vegetation: plants yielding seed and fruit trees yielding fruit whose seed is in itself, each according to its kind, upon the earth. And it was so. -- genesis 1:11 +. +The earth brought forth vegetation: plants yielding seed according to their own kinds and trees bearing fruit in which was their seed, each according to its kind. And God saw that it was good (suitable, admirable) and He approved it. -- genesis 1:12 +. +And there was evening and there was morning, a third day. -- genesis 1:13 +. +And God said, Let there be lights in the expanse of the heavens to separate the day from the night, and let them be signs and tokens [of God's provident care], and [to mark] seasons, days, and years, -- genesis 1:14 +. +And let them be lights in the expanse of the sky to give light upon the earth. And it was so. -- genesis 1:15 +. +And God made the two great lights--the greater light (the sun) to rule the day and the lesser light (the moon) to rule the night. He also made the stars. -- genesis 1:16 +. +And God set them in the expanse of the heavens to give light upon the earth, -- genesis 1:17 +. +To rule over the day and over the night, and to separate the light from the darkness. And God saw that it was good (fitting, pleasant) and He approved it. -- genesis 1:18 +. +And there was evening and there was morning, a fourth day. -- genesis 1:19 +. +And God said, Let the waters bring forth abundantly and swarm with living creatures, and let birds fly over the earth in the open expanse of the heavens. -- genesis 1:20 +. +God created the great sea monsters and every living creature that moves, which the waters brought forth abundantly, according to their kinds, and every winged bird according to its kind. And God saw that it was good (suitable, admirable) and He approved it. -- genesis 1:21 +. +And God blessed them, saying, Be fruitful, multiply, and fill the waters in the seas, and let the fowl multiply in the earth. -- genesis 1:22 +. +And there was evening and there was morning, a fifth day. -- genesis 1:23 +. +And God said, Let the earth bring forth living creatures according to their kinds: livestock, creeping things, and [wild] beasts of the earth according to their kinds. And it was so. -- genesis 1:24 +. +And God made the [wild] beasts of the earth according to their kinds, and domestic animals according to their kinds, and everything that creeps upon the earth according to its kind. And God saw that it was good (fitting, pleasant) and He approved it. -- genesis 1:25 +. +God said, Let Us [Father, Son, and Holy Spirit] make mankind in Our image, after Our likeness, and let them have complete authority over the fish of the sea, the birds of the air, the [tame] beasts, and over all of the earth, and over everything that creeps upon the earth. -- genesis 1:26 +. +So God created man in His own image, in the image and likeness of God He created him; male and female He created them. -- genesis 1:27 +. +And God blessed them and said to them, Be fruitful, multiply, and fill the earth, and subdue it [using all its vast resources in the service of God and man]; and have dominion over the fish of the sea, the birds of the air, and over every living creature that moves upon the earth. -- genesis 1:28 +. +And God said, See, I have given you every plant yielding seed that is on the face of all the land and every tree with seed in its fruit; you shall have them for food. -- genesis 1:29 +. +And to all the animals on the earth and to every bird of the air and to everything that creeps on the ground--to everything in which there is the breath of life--I have given every green plant for food. And it was so. -- genesis 1:30 +. +And God saw everything that He had made, and behold, it was very good (suitable, pleasant) and He approved it completely. And there was evening and there was morning, a sixth day. -- genesis 1:31 +. +THUS THE heavens and the earth were finished, and all the host of them. -- genesis 2:1 +. +And on the seventh day God ended His work which He had done; and He rested on the seventh day from all His work which He had done. -- genesis 2:2 +. +And God blessed (spoke good of) the seventh day, set it apart as His own, and hallowed it, because on it God rested from all His work which He had created and done. -- genesis 2:3 +. +This is the history of the heavens and of the earth when they were created. In the day that the Lord God made the earth and the heavens-- -- genesis 2:4 +. +When no plant of the field was yet in the earth and no herb of the field had yet sprung up, for the Lord God had not [yet] caused it to rain upon the earth and there was no man to till the ground, -- genesis 2:5 +. +But there went up a mist (fog, vapor) from the land and watered the whole surface of the ground-- -- genesis 2:6 +. +Then the Lord God formed man from the dust of the ground and breathed into his nostrils the breath or spirit of life, and man became a living being. -- genesis 2:7 +. +And the Lord God planted a garden toward the east, in Eden [delight]; and there He put the man whom He had formed (framed, constituted). -- genesis 2:8 +. +And out of the ground the Lord God made to grow every tree that is pleasant to the sight or to be desired--good (suitable, pleasant) for food; the tree of life also in the center of the garden, and the tree of the knowledge of [the difference between] good and evil and blessing and calamity. -- genesis 2:9 +. +Now a river went out of Eden to water the garden; and from there it divided and became four [river] heads. -- genesis 2:10 +. +The first is named Pishon; it is the one flowing around the whole land of Havilah, where there is gold. -- genesis 2:11 +. +The gold of that land is of high quality; bdellium (pearl?) and onyx stone are there. -- genesis 2:12 +. +The second river is named Gihon; it is the one flowing around the whole land of Cush. -- genesis 2:13 +. +The third river is named Hiddekel [the Tigris]; it is the one flowing east of Assyria. And the fourth river is the Euphrates. -- genesis 2:14 +. +And the Lord God took the man and put him in the Garden of Eden to tend and guard and keep it. -- genesis 2:15 +. +And the Lord God commanded the man, saying, You may freely eat of every tree of the garden; -- genesis 2:16 +. +But of the tree of the knowledge of good and evil and blessing and calamity you shall not eat, for in the day that you eat of it you shall surely die. -- genesis 2:17 +. +Now the Lord God said, It is not good (sufficient, satisfactory) that the man should be alone; I will make him a helper (suitable, adapted, complementary) for him. -- genesis 2:18 +. +And out of the ground the Lord God formed every [wild] beast and living creature of the field and every bird of the air and brought them to Adam to see what he would call them; and whatever Adam called every living creature, that was its name. -- genesis 2:19 +. +And Adam gave names to all the livestock and to the birds of the air and to every [wild] beast of the field; but for Adam there was not found a helper meet (suitable, adapted, complementary) for him. -- genesis 2:20 +. +And the Lord God caused a deep sleep to fall upon Adam; and while he slept, He took one of his ribs or a part of his side and closed up the [place with] flesh. -- genesis 2:21 +. +And the rib or part of his side which the Lord God had taken from the man He built up and made into a woman, and He brought her to the man. -- genesis 2:22 +. +Then Adam said, This [creature] is now bone of my bones and flesh of my flesh; she shall be called Woman, because she was taken out of a man. -- genesis 2:23 +. +Therefore a man shall leave his father and his mother and shall become united and cleave to his wife, and they shall become one flesh. -- genesis 2:24 +. +And the man and his wife were both naked and were not embarrassed or ashamed in each other's presence. -- genesis 2:25 +. +NOW THE serpent was more subtle and crafty than any living creature of the field which the Lord God had made. And he [Satan] said to the woman, Can it really be that God has said, You shall not eat from every tree of the garden? -- genesis 3:1 +. +And the woman said to the serpent, We may eat the fruit from the trees of the garden, -- genesis 3:2 +. +Except the fruit from the tree which is in the middle of the garden. God has said, You shall not eat of it, neither shall you touch it, lest you die. -- genesis 3:3 +. +But the serpent said to the woman, You shall not surely die, -- genesis 3:4 +. +For God knows that in the day you eat of it your eyes will be opened, and you will be like God, knowing the difference between good and evil and blessing and calamity. -- genesis 3:5 +. +And when the woman saw that the tree was good (suitable, pleasant) for food and that it was delightful to look at, and a tree to be desired in order to make one wise, she took of its fruit and ate; and she gave some also to her husband, and he ate. -- genesis 3:6 +. +Then the eyes of them both were opened, and they knew that they were naked; and they sewed fig leaves together and made themselves apronlike girdles. -- genesis 3:7 +. +And they heard the sound of the Lord God walking in the garden in the cool of the day, and Adam and his wife hid themselves from the presence of the Lord God among the trees of the garden. -- genesis 3:8 +. +But the Lord God called to Adam and said to him, Where are you? -- genesis 3:9 +. +He said, I heard the sound of You [walking] in the garden, and I was afraid because I was naked; and I hid myself. -- genesis 3:10 +. +And He said, Who told you that you were naked? Have you eaten of the tree of which I commanded you that you should not eat? -- genesis 3:11 +. +And the man said, The woman whom You gave to be with me--she gave me [fruit] from the tree, and I ate. -- genesis 3:12 +. +And the Lord God said to the woman, What is this you have done? And the woman said, The serpent beguiled (cheated, outwitted, and deceived) me, and I ate. -- genesis 3:13 +. +And the Lord God said to the serpent, Because you have done this, you are cursed above all [domestic] animals and above every [wild] living thing of the field; upon your belly you shall go, and you shall eat dust [and what it contains] all the days of your life. -- genesis 3:14 +. +And I will put enmity between you and the woman, and between your offspring and her Offspring; He will bruise and tread your head underfoot, and you will lie in wait and bruise His heel. -- genesis 3:15 +. +To the woman He said, I will greatly multiply your grief and your suffering in pregnancy and the pangs of childbearing; with spasms of distress you will bring forth children. Yet your desire and craving will be for your husband, and he will rule over you. -- genesis 3:16 +. +And to Adam He said, Because you have listened and given heed to the voice of your wife and have eaten of the tree of which I commanded you, saying, You shall not eat of it, the ground is under a curse because of you; in sorrow and toil shall you eat [of the fruits] of it all the days of your life. -- genesis 3:17 +. +Thorns also and thistles shall it bring forth for you, and you shall eat the plants of the field. -- genesis 3:18 +. +In the sweat of your face shall you eat bread until you return to the ground, for out of it you were taken; for dust you are and to dust you shall return. -- genesis 3:19 +. +The man called his wife's name Eve [life spring], because she was the mother of all the living. -- genesis 3:20 +. +For Adam also and for his wife the Lord God made long coats (tunics) of skins and clothed them. -- genesis 3:21 +. +And the Lord God said, Behold, the man has become like one of Us [the Father, Son, and Holy Spirit], to know [how to distinguish between] good and evil and blessing and calamity; and now, lest he put forth his hand and take also from the tree of life and eat, and live forever-- -- genesis 3:22 +. +Therefore the Lord God sent him forth from the Garden of Eden to till the ground from which he was taken. -- genesis 3:23 +. +So [God] drove out the man; and He placed at the east of the Garden of Eden the cherubim and a flaming sword which turned every way, to keep and guard the way to the tree of life. -- genesis 3:24 +. +AND ADAM knew Eve as his wife, and she became pregnant and bore Cain; and she said, I have gotten and gained a man with the help of the Lord. -- genesis 4:1 +. +And [next] she gave birth to his brother Abel. Now Abel was a keeper of sheep, but Cain was a tiller of the ground. -- genesis 4:2 +. +And in the course of time Cain brought to the Lord an offering of the fruit of the ground. -- genesis 4:3 +. +And Abel brought of the firstborn of his flock and of the fat portions. And the Lord had respect and regard for Abel and for his offering, -- genesis 4:4 +. +But for Cain and his offering He had no respect or regard. So Cain was exceedingly angry and indignant, and he looked sad and depressed. -- genesis 4:5 +. +And the Lord said to Cain, Why are you angry? And why do you look sad and depressed and dejected? -- genesis 4:6 +. +If you do well, will you not be accepted? And if you do not do well, sin crouches at your door; its desire is for you, but you must master it. -- genesis 4:7 +. +And Cain said to his brother, Let us go out to the field. And when they were in the field, Cain rose up against Abel his brother and killed him. -- genesis 4:8 +. +And the Lord said to Cain, Where is Abel your brother? And he said, I do not know. Am I my brother's keeper? -- genesis 4:9 +. +And [the Lord] said, What have you done? The voice of your brother's blood is crying to Me from the ground. -- genesis 4:10 +. +And now you are cursed by reason of the earth, which has opened its mouth to receive your brother's [shed] blood from your hand. -- genesis 4:11 +. +When you till the ground, it shall no longer yield to you its strength; you shall be a fugitive and a vagabond on the earth [in perpetual exile, a degraded outcast]. -- genesis 4:12 +. +Then Cain said to the Lord, My punishment is greater than I can bear. -- genesis 4:13 +. +Behold, You have driven me out this day from the face of the land, and from Your face I will be hidden; and I will be a fugitive and a vagabond and a wanderer on the earth, and whoever finds me will kill me. -- genesis 4:14 +. +And the Lord said to him, Therefore, if anyone kills Cain, vengeance shall be taken on him sevenfold. And the Lord set a mark or sign upon Cain, lest anyone finding him should kill him. -- genesis 4:15 +. +So Cain went away from the presence of the Lord and dwelt in the land of Nod [wandering], east of Eden. -- genesis 4:16 +. +And Cain's wife [one of Adam's offspring] became pregnant and bore Enoch; and Cain built a city and named it after his son Enoch. -- genesis 4:17 +. +To Enoch was born Irad, and Irad was the father of Mehujael, and Mehujael the father of Methusael, and Methusael the father of Lamech. -- genesis 4:18 +. +And Lamech took two wives; the name of the one was Adah and of the other was Zillah. -- genesis 4:19 +. +Adah bore Jabal; he was the father of those who dwell in tents and have cattle and purchase possessions. -- genesis 4:20 +. +His brother's name was Jubal; he was the father of all those who play the lyre and pipe. -- genesis 4:21 +. +Zillah bore Tubal-cain; he was the forger of all [cutting] instruments of bronze and iron. The sister of Tubal-cain was Naamah. -- genesis 4:22 +. +Lamech said to his wives, Adah and Zillah, Hear my voice; you wives of Lamech, listen to what I say; for I have slain a man [merely] for wounding me, and a young man [only] for striking and bruising me. -- genesis 4:23 +. +If Cain is avenged sevenfold, truly Lamech [will be avenged] seventy-sevenfold. -- genesis 4:24 +. +And Adam's wife again became pregnant, and she bore a son and called his name Seth. For God, she said, has appointed for me another child instead of Abel, for Cain slew him. -- genesis 4:25 +. +And to Seth also a son was born, whom he named Enosh. At that time men began to call [upon God] by the name of the Lord. -- genesis 4:26 +. +THIS IS the book (the written record, the history) of the generations of the offspring of Adam. When God created man, He made him in the likeness of God. -- genesis 5:1 +. +He created them male and female and blessed them and named them [both] Adam [Man] at the time they were created. -- genesis 5:2 +. +When Adam had lived years, he had a son in his own likeness, after his image; and he named him Seth. -- genesis 5:3 +. +After he had Seth, Adam lived years and had other sons and daughters. -- genesis 5:4 +. +So altogether Adam lived years, and he died. -- genesis 5:5 +. +When Seth was years old, Enosh was born. -- genesis 5:6 +. +Seth lived after the birth of Enosh years and had other sons and daughters. -- genesis 5:7 +. +So Seth lived years, and he died. -- genesis 5:8 +. +When Enosh was years old, Kenan was born to him. -- genesis 5:9 +. +Enosh lived after the birth of Kenan years and had other sons and daughters. -- genesis 5:10 +. +So Enosh lived years, and he died. -- genesis 5:11 +. +When Kenan was years old, Mahalalel was born. -- genesis 5:12 +. +Kenan lived after the birth of Mahalalel years and had other sons and daughters. -- genesis 5:13 +. +So Kenan lived years, and he died. -- genesis 5:14 +. +When Mahalalel was years old, Jared was born. -- genesis 5:15 +. +Mahalalel lived after the birth of Jared years and had other sons and daughters. -- genesis 5:16 +. +So Mahalalel lived years, and he died. -- genesis 5:17 +. +When Jared was years old, Enoch was born. -- genesis 5:18 +. +Jared lived after the birth of Enoch years and had other sons and daughters. -- genesis 5:19 +. +So Jared lived years, and he died. -- genesis 5:20 +. +When Enoch was years old, Methuselah was born. -- genesis 5:21 +. +Enoch walked [in habitual fellowship] with God after the birth of Methuselah years and had other sons and daughters. -- genesis 5:22 +. +So all the days of Enoch were years. -- genesis 5:23 +. +And Enoch walked [in habitual fellowship] with God; and he was not, for God took him [home with Him]. -- genesis 5:24 +. +When Methuselah was years old, Lamech was born to him. -- genesis 5:25 +. +Methuselah lived after the birth of Lamech years and had other sons and daughters. -- genesis 5:26 +. +So Methuselah lived years, and he died. -- genesis 5:27 +. +When Lamech was years old, a son was born. -- genesis 5:28 +. +He named him Noah, saying, This one shall bring us relief and comfort from our work and the [grievous] toil of our hands due to the ground being cursed by the Lord. -- genesis 5:29 +. +Lamech lived after the birth of Noah years and had other sons and daughters. -- genesis 5:30 +. +So all the days of Lamech were years, and he died. -- genesis 5:31 +. +After Noah was years old, he became the father of Shem, Ham, and Japheth. -- genesis 5:32 +. +WHEN MEN began to multiply on the face of the land and daughters were born to them, -- genesis 6:1 +. +The sons of God saw that the daughters of men were fair, and they took wives of all they desired and chose. -- genesis 6:2 +. +Then the Lord said, My Spirit shall not forever dwell and strive with man, for he also is flesh; but his days shall yet be years. -- genesis 6:3 +. +There were giants on the earth in those days--and also afterward--when the sons of God lived with the daughters of men, and they bore children to them. These were the mighty men who were of old, men of renown. -- genesis 6:4 +. +The Lord saw that the wickedness of man was great in the earth, and that every imagination and intention of all human thinking was only evil continually. -- genesis 6:5 +. +And the Lord regretted that He had made man on the earth, and He was grieved at heart. -- genesis 6:6 +. +So the Lord said, I will destroy, blot out, and wipe away mankind, whom I have created from the face of the ground--not only man, [but] the beasts and the creeping things and the birds of the air--for it grieves Me and makes Me regretful that I have made them. -- genesis 6:7 +. +But Noah found grace (favor) in the eyes of the Lord. -- genesis 6:8 +. +This is the history of the generations of Noah. Noah was a just and righteous man, blameless in his [evil] generation; Noah walked [in habitual fellowship] with God. -- genesis 6:9 +. +And Noah became the father of three sons: Shem, Ham, and Japheth. -- genesis 6:10 +. +The earth was depraved and putrid in God's sight, and the land was filled with violence (desecration, infringement, outrage, assault, and lust for power). -- genesis 6:11 +. +And God looked upon the world and saw how degenerate, debased, and vicious it was, for all humanity had corrupted their way upon the earth and lost their true direction. -- genesis 6:12 +. +God said to Noah, I intend to make an end of all flesh, for through men the land is filled with violence; and behold, I will destroy them and the land. -- genesis 6:13 +. +Make yourself an ark of gopher or cypress wood; make in it rooms (stalls, pens, coops, nests, cages, and compartments) and cover it inside and out with pitch (bitumen). -- genesis 6:14 +. +And this is the way you are to make it: the length of the ark shall be cubits, its breadth 50 cubits, and its height 30 cubits [that is, 450 ft. x 75 ft. x 45 ft.]. -- genesis 6:15 +. +You shall make a roof or window [a place for light] for the ark and finish it to a cubit [at least inches] above--and the door of the ark you shall put in the side of it; and you shall make it with lower, second, and third stories. -- genesis 6:16 +. +For behold, I, even I, will bring a flood of waters upon the earth to destroy and make putrid all flesh under the heavens in which are the breath and spirit of life; everything that is on the land shall die. -- genesis 6:17 +. +But I will establish My covenant (promise, pledge) with you, and you shall come into the ark--you and your sons and your wife and your sons' wives with you. -- genesis 6:18 +. +And of every living thing of all flesh [found on land], you shall bring two of every sort into the ark, to keep them alive with you; they shall be male and female. -- genesis 6:19 +. +Of fowls and birds according to their kinds, of beasts according to their kinds, of every creeping thing of the ground according to its kind--two of every sort shall come in with you, that they may be kept alive. -- genesis 6:20 +. +Also take with you every sort of food that is eaten, and you shall collect and store it up, and it shall serve as food for you and for them. -- genesis 6:21 +. +Noah did this; he did all that God commanded him. -- genesis 6:22 +. +AND THE Lord said to Noah, Come with all your household into the ark, for I have seen you to be righteous (upright and in right standing) before Me in this generation. -- genesis 7:1 +. +Of every clean beast you shall receive and take with you seven pairs, the male and his mate, and of beasts that are not clean a pair of each kind, the male and his mate, -- genesis 7:2 +. +Also of the birds of the air seven pairs, the male and the female, to keep seed [their kind] alive over all the earth or land. -- genesis 7:3 +. +For in seven days I will cause it to rain upon the earth forty days and forty nights, and every living substance and thing that I have made I will destroy, blot out, and wipe away from the face of the earth. -- genesis 7:4 +. +And Noah did all that the Lord commanded him. -- genesis 7:5 +. +Noah was years old when the flood of waters came upon the earth or land. -- genesis 7:6 +. +And Noah and his sons and his wife and his sons' wives with him went into the ark because of the waters of the flood. -- genesis 7:7 +. +Of clean animals and of animals that are not clean, and of birds and fowls, and of everything that creeps on the ground, -- genesis 7:8 +. +There went in two and two with Noah into the ark, the male and the female, as God had commanded Noah. -- genesis 7:9 +. +And after the seven days the floodwaters came upon the earth or land. -- genesis 7:10 +. +In the year of Noah's life, in the seventeenth day of the second month, that same day all the fountains of the great deep were broken up and burst forth, and the windows and floodgates of the heavens were opened. -- genesis 7:11 +. +And it rained upon the earth forty days and forty nights. -- genesis 7:12 +. +On the very same day Noah and Shem, Ham, and Japheth, the sons of Noah, and Noah's wife and the three wives of his sons with them, went into the ark, -- genesis 7:13 +. +They and every [wild] beast according to its kind, all the livestock according to their kinds, every moving thing that creeps on the land according to its kind, and every fowl according to its kind, every winged thing of every sort. -- genesis 7:14 +. +And they went into the ark with Noah, two and two of all flesh in which there were the breath and spirit of life. -- genesis 7:15 +. +And they that entered, male and female of all flesh, went in as God had commanded [Noah]; and the Lord shut him in and closed [the door] round about him. -- genesis 7:16 +. +The flood [that is, the downpour of rain] was forty days upon the earth; and the waters increased and bore up the ark, and it was lifted [high] above the land. -- genesis 7:17 +. +And the waters became mighty and increased greatly upon the land, and the ark went [gently floating] upon the surface of the waters. -- genesis 7:18 +. +And the waters prevailed so exceedingly and were so mighty upon the earth that all the high hills under the whole sky were covered. -- genesis 7:19 +. +[In fact] the waters became fifteen cubits higher, as the high hills were covered. -- genesis 7:20 +. +And all flesh ceased to breathe that moved upon the earth--fowls and birds, [tame] animals, [wild] beasts, all swarming and creeping things that swarm and creep upon the land, and all mankind. -- genesis 7:21 +. +Everything on the dry land in whose nostrils were the breath and spirit of life died. -- genesis 7:22 +. +God destroyed (blotted out) every living thing that was upon the face of the earth; man and animals and the creeping things and the birds of the heavens were destroyed (blotted out) from the land. Only Noah remained alive, and those who were with him in the ark. -- genesis 7:23 +. +And the waters prevailed [mightily] upon the earth or land days (five months). -- genesis 7:24 +. +AND GOD [earnestly] remembered Noah and every living thing and all the animals that were with him in the ark; and God made a wind blow over the land, and the waters sank down and abated. -- genesis 8:1 +. +Also the fountains of the deep and the windows of the heavens were closed, the gushing rain from the sky was checked, -- genesis 8:2 +. +And the waters receded from the land continually. At the end of days the waters had diminished. -- genesis 8:3 +. +On the seventeenth day of the seventh month the ark came to rest on the mountains of Ararat [in Armenia]. -- genesis 8:4 +. +And the waters continued to diminish until the tenth month; on the first day of the tenth month the tops of the high hills were seen. -- genesis 8:5 +. +At the end of [another] forty days Noah opened a window of the ark which he had made -- genesis 8:6 +. +And sent forth a raven, which kept going to and fro until the waters were dried up from the land. -- genesis 8:7 +. +Then he sent forth a dove to see if the waters had decreased from the surface of the ground. -- genesis 8:8 +. +But the dove found no resting-place on which to roost, and she returned to him to the ark, for the waters were [yet] on the face of the whole land. So he put forth his hand and drew her to him into the ark. -- genesis 8:9 +. +He waited another seven days and again sent forth the dove out of the ark. -- genesis 8:10 +. +And the dove came back to him in the evening, and behold, in her mouth was a newly sprouted and freshly plucked olive leaf! So Noah knew that the waters had subsided from the land. -- genesis 8:11 +. +Then he waited another seven days and sent forth the dove, but she did not return to him any more. -- genesis 8:12 +. +In the year [of Noah's life], on the first day of the first month, the waters were drying up from the land. And Noah removed the covering of the ark and looked, and behold, the surface of the ground was drying. -- genesis 8:13 +. +And on the twenty-seventh day of the second month the land was entirely dry. -- genesis 8:14 +. +And God spoke to Noah, saying, -- genesis 8:15 +. +Go forth from the ark, you and your wife and your sons and their wives with you. -- genesis 8:16 +. +Bring forth every living thing that is with you of all flesh--birds and beasts and every creeping thing that creeps on the ground--that they may breed abundantly on the land and be fruitful and multiply upon the earth. -- genesis 8:17 +. +And Noah went forth, and his wife and his sons and their wives with him [after being in the ark one year and ten days]. -- genesis 8:18 +. +Every beast, every creeping thing, every bird--and whatever moves on the land--went forth by families out of the ark. -- genesis 8:19 +. +And Noah built an altar to the Lord and took of every clean [four-footed] animal and of every clean fowl or bird and offered burnt offerings on the altar. -- genesis 8:20 +. +When the Lord smelled the pleasing odor [a scent of satisfaction to His heart], the Lord said to Himself, I will never again curse the ground because of man, for the imagination (the strong desire) of man's heart is evil and wicked from his youth; neither will I ever again smite and destroy every living thing, as I have done. -- genesis 8:21 +. +While the earth remains, seedtime and harvest, cold and heat, summer and winter, and day and night shall not cease. -- genesis 8:22 +. +AND GOD pronounced a blessing upon Noah and his sons and said to them, Be fruitful and multiply and fill the earth. -- genesis 9:1 +. +And the fear of you and the dread and terror of you shall be upon every beast of the land, every bird of the air, all that creeps upon the ground, and upon all the fish of the sea; they are delivered into your hand. -- genesis 9:2 +. +Every moving thing that lives shall be food for you; and as I gave you the green vegetables and plants, I give you everything. -- genesis 9:3 +. +But you shall not eat flesh with the life of it, which is its blood. -- genesis 9:4 +. +And surely for your lifeblood I will require an accounting; from every beast I will require it; and from man, from every man [who spills another's lifeblood] I will require a reckoning. -- genesis 9:5 +. +Whoever sheds man's blood, by man shall his blood be shed; for in the image of God He made man. -- genesis 9:6 +. +And you, be fruitful and multiply; bring forth abundantly on the earth and multiply on it. -- genesis 9:7 +. +Then God spoke to Noah and to his sons with him, saying, -- genesis 9:8 +. +Behold, I establish My covenant or pledge with you and with your descendants after you -- genesis 9:9 +. +And with every living creature that is with you--whether the birds, the livestock, or the wild beasts of the earth along with you, as many as came out of the ark--every animal of the earth. -- genesis 9:10 +. +I will establish My covenant or pledge with you: Never again shall all flesh be cut off by the waters of a flood; neither shall there ever again be a flood to destroy the earth and make it corrupt. -- genesis 9:11 +. +And God said, This is the token of the covenant (solemn pledge) which I am making between Me and you and every living creature that is with you, for all future generations: -- genesis 9:12 +. +I set My bow [rainbow] in the cloud, and it shall be a token or sign of a covenant or solemn pledge between Me and the earth. -- genesis 9:13 +. +And it shall be that when I bring clouds over the earth and the bow [rainbow] is seen in the clouds, -- genesis 9:14 +. +I will [earnestly] remember My covenant or solemn pledge which is between Me and you and every living creature of all flesh; and the waters will no more become a flood to destroy and make all flesh corrupt. -- genesis 9:15 +. +When the bow [rainbow] is in the clouds and I look upon it, I will [earnestly] remember the everlasting covenant or pledge between God and every living creature of all flesh that is upon the earth. -- genesis 9:16 +. +And God said to Noah, This [rainbow] is the token or sign of the covenant or solemn pledge which I have established between Me and all flesh upon the earth. -- genesis 9:17 +. +The sons of Noah who went forth from the ark were Shem, Ham, and Japheth. Ham was the father of Canaan [born later]. -- genesis 9:18 +. +These are the three sons of Noah, and from them the whole earth was overspread and stocked with inhabitants. -- genesis 9:19 +. +And Noah began to cultivate the ground, and he planted a vineyard. -- genesis 9:20 +. +And he drank of the wine and became drunk, and he was uncovered and lay naked in his tent. -- genesis 9:21 +. +And Ham, the father of Canaan, glanced at and saw the nakedness of his father and told his two brothers outside. -- genesis 9:22 +. +So Shem and Japheth took a garment, laid it upon the shoulders of both, and went backward and covered the nakedness of their father; and their faces were backward, and they did not see their father's nakedness. -- genesis 9:23 +. +When Noah awoke from his wine, and knew the thing which his youngest son had done to him, -- genesis 9:24 +. +He exclaimed, Cursed be Canaan! He shall be the servant of servants to his brethren! -- genesis 9:25 +. +He also said, Blessed be the Lord, the God of Shem! And blessed by the Lord my God be Shem! And let Canaan be his servant. -- genesis 9:26 +. +May God enlarge Japheth; and let him dwell in the tents of Shem, and let Canaan be his servant. -- genesis 9:27 +. +And Noah lived after the flood years. -- genesis 9:28 +. +All the days of Noah were years, and he died. -- genesis 9:29 +. +THIS IS the history of the generations (descendants) of the sons of Noah, Shem, Ham, and Japheth. The sons born to them after the flood were: -- genesis 10:1 +. +The sons of Japheth: Gomer, Magog, Madai, Javan, Tubal, Meshech, and Tiras. -- genesis 10:2 +. +The sons of Gomer: Ashkenaz, Riphath, and Togarmah. -- genesis 10:3 +. +The sons of Javan: Elishah, Tarshish, Kittim, and Dodanim. -- genesis 10:4 +. +From these the coastland peoples spread. [These are the sons of Japheth] in their lands, each with his own language, by their families within their nations. -- genesis 10:5 +. +The sons of Ham: Cush, Egypt [Mizraim], Put, and Canaan. -- genesis 10:6 +. +The sons of Cush: Seba, Havilah, Sabtah, Raamah, and Sabteca; and the sons of Raamah: Sheba and Dedan. -- genesis 10:7 +. +Cush became the father of Nimrod; he was the first to be a mighty man on the earth. -- genesis 10:8 +. +He was a mighty hunter before the Lord; therefore it is said, Like Nimrod, a mighty hunter before the Lord. -- genesis 10:9 +. +The beginning of his kingdom was Babel, Erech, Accad, and Calneh, in the land of Shinar [in Babylonia]. -- genesis 10:10 +. +Out of the land he [Nimrod] went forth into Assyria and built Nineveh, Rehoboth-Ir, Calah, -- genesis 10:11 +. +And Resen, which is between Nineveh and Calah; all these [suburbs combined to form] the great city. -- genesis 10:12 +. +And Egypt [Mizraim] became the father of Ludim, Anamim, Lehabim, Naphtuhim, -- genesis 10:13 +. +Pathrusim, Casluhim (from whom came the Philistines), and Caphtorim. -- genesis 10:14 +. +Canaan became the father of Sidon his firstborn, Heth [the Hittites], -- genesis 10:15 +. +The Jebusites, the Amorites, the Girgashites, -- genesis 10:16 +. +The Hivites, the Arkites, the Sinites, -- genesis 10:17 +. +The Arvadites, the Zemarites and the Hamathites. Afterward the families of the Canaanites spread abroad -- genesis 10:18 +. +And the territory of the Canaanites extended from Sidon as one goes to Gerar as far as Gaza, and as one goes to Sodom, Gomorrah, Admah, and Zeboiim, as far as Lasha. -- genesis 10:19 +. +These are the sons of Ham by their families, their languages, their lands, and their nations. -- genesis 10:20 +. +To Shem also, the younger brother of Japheth and the ancestor of all the children of Eber [including the Hebrews], children were born. -- genesis 10:21 +. +The sons of Shem: Elam, Asshur, Arpachshad, Lud, and Aram. -- genesis 10:22 +. +The sons of Aram: Uz, Hul, Gether, and Mash. -- genesis 10:23 +. +Arpachshad became the father of Shelah; and Shelah became the father of Eber. -- genesis 10:24 +. +To Eber were born two sons: the name of one was Peleg [division], because [the inhabitants of] the earth were divided up in his days; and his brother's name was Joktan. -- genesis 10:25 +. +Joktan became the father of Almodad, Sheleph, Hazarmaveth, Jerah, -- genesis 10:26 +. +Hadoram, Uzal, Diklah, -- genesis 10:27 +. +Obal, Abimael, Sheba, -- genesis 10:28 +. +Ophir, Havilah, and Jobab; all these were the sons of Joktan. -- genesis 10:29 +. +The territory in which they lived extended from Mesha as one goes toward Sephar to the hill country of the east. -- genesis 10:30 +. +These are Shem's descendants by their families, their languages, their lands, and their nations. -- genesis 10:31 +. +These are the families of the sons of Noah, according to their generations, within their nations; and from these the nations spread abroad on the earth after the flood. -- genesis 10:32 +. +AND THE whole earth was of one language and of one accent and mode of expression. -- genesis 11:1 +. +And as they journeyed eastward, they found a plain (valley) in the land of Shinar, and they settled and dwelt there. -- genesis 11:2 +. +And they said one to another, Come, let us make bricks and burn them thoroughly. So they had brick for stone, and slime (bitumen) for mortar. -- genesis 11:3 +. +And they said, Come, let us build us a city and a tower whose top reaches into the sky, and let us make a name for ourselves, lest we be scattered over the whole earth. -- genesis 11:4 +. +And the Lord came down to see the city and the tower which the sons of men had built. -- genesis 11:5 +. +And the Lord said, Behold, they are one people and they have all one language; and this is only the beginning of what they will do, and now nothing they have imagined they can do will be impossible for them. -- genesis 11:6 +. +Come, let Us go down and there confound (mix up, confuse) their language, that they may not understand one another's speech. -- genesis 11:7 +. +So the Lord scattered them abroad from that place upon the face of the whole earth, and they gave up building the city. -- genesis 11:8 +. +Therefore the name of it was called Babel--because there the Lord confounded the language of all the earth; and from that place the Lord scattered them abroad upon the face of the whole earth. -- genesis 11:9 +. +This is the history of the generations of Shem. Shem was years old when he became the father of Arpachshad, two years after the flood. -- genesis 11:10 +. +And Shem lived after Arpachshad was born years and had other sons and daughters. -- genesis 11:11 +. +When Arpachshad had lived years, he became the father of Shelah. -- genesis 11:12 +. +Arpachshad lived after Shelah was born years and had other sons and daughters. -- genesis 11:13 +. +When Shelah had lived years, he became the father of Eber. -- genesis 11:14 +. +Shelah lived after Eber was born years and had other sons and daughters. -- genesis 11:15 +. +When Eber had lived years, he became the father of Peleg. -- genesis 11:16 +. +And Eber lived after Peleg was born years and had other sons and daughters. -- genesis 11:17 +. +When Peleg had lived years, he became the father of Reu. -- genesis 11:18 +. +And Peleg lived after Reu was born years and had other sons and daughters. -- genesis 11:19 +. +When Reu had lived years, he became the father of Serug. -- genesis 11:20 +. +And Reu lived after Serug was born years and had other sons and daughters. -- genesis 11:21 +. +When Serug had lived years, he became the father of Nahor. -- genesis 11:22 +. +And Serug lived after Nahor was born years and had other sons and daughters. -- genesis 11:23 +. +When Nahor had lived years, he became the father of Terah. -- genesis 11:24 +. +And Nahor lived after Terah was born years and had other sons and daughters. -- genesis 11:25 +. +After Terah had lived years, he became the father of [at different times], Abram and Nahor and Haran, [his firstborn]. -- genesis 11:26 +. +Now this is the history of the descendants of Terah. Terah was the father of Abram, Nahor, and Haran; and Haran was the father of Lot. -- genesis 11:27 +. +Haran died before his father Terah [died] in the land of his birth, in Ur of the Chaldees. -- genesis 11:28 +. +And Abram and Nahor took wives. The name of Abram's wife was Sarai, and the name of Nahor's wife was Milcah, the daughter of Haran the father of Milcah and Iscah. -- genesis 11:29 +. +But Sarai was barren; she had no child. -- genesis 11:30 +. +And Terah took Abram his son, Lot the son of Haran, his grandson, and Sarai his daughter-in-law, his son Abram's wife, and they went forth together to go from Ur of the Chaldees into the land of Canaan; but when they came to Haran, they settled there. -- genesis 11:31 +. +And Terah lived years; and Terah died in Haran. -- genesis 11:32 +. +NOW [in Haran] the Lord said to Abram, Go for yourself [for your own advantage] away from your country, from your relatives and your father's house, to the land that I will show you. -- genesis 12:1 +. +And I will make of you a great nation, and I will bless you [with abundant increase of favors] and make your name famous and distinguished, and you will be a blessing [dispensing good to others]. -- genesis 12:2 +. +And I will bless those who bless you [who confer prosperity or happiness upon you] and curse him who curses or uses insolent language toward you; in you will all the families and kindred of the earth be blessed [and by you they will bless themselves]. -- genesis 12:3 +. +So Abram departed, as the Lord had directed him; and Lot [his nephew] went with him. Abram was seventy-five years old when he left Haran. -- genesis 12:4 +. +Abram took Sarai his wife, and Lot his brother's son, and all their possessions that they had gathered, and the persons [servants] that they had acquired in Haran, and they went forth to go to the land of Canaan. When they came to the land of Canaan, -- genesis 12:5 +. +Abram passed through the land to the locality of Shechem, to the oak or terebinth tree of Moreh. And the Canaanite was then in the land. -- genesis 12:6 +. +Then the Lord appeared to Abram and said, I will give this land to your posterity. So Abram built an altar there to the Lord, Who had appeared to him. -- genesis 12:7 +. +From there he pulled up [his tent pegs] and departed to the mountain on the east of Bethel and pitched his tent, with Bethel on the west and Ai on the east; and there he built an altar to the Lord and called upon the name of the Lord. -- genesis 12:8 +. +Abram journeyed on, still going toward the South (the Negeb). -- genesis 12:9 +. +Now there was a famine in the land, and Abram went down into Egypt to live temporarily, for the famine in the land was oppressive (intense and grievous). -- genesis 12:10 +. +And when he was about to enter into Egypt, he said to Sarai his wife, I know that you are beautiful to behold. -- genesis 12:11 +. +So when the Egyptians see you, they will say, This is his wife; and they will kill me, but they will let you live. -- genesis 12:12 +. +Say, I beg of you, that you are my sister, so that it may go well with me for your sake and my life will be spared because of you. -- genesis 12:13 +. +And when Abram came into Egypt, the Egyptians saw that the woman was very beautiful. -- genesis 12:14 +. +The princes of Pharaoh also saw her and commended her to Pharaoh, and she was taken into Pharaoh's house [harem]. -- genesis 12:15 +. +And he treated Abram well for her sake; he acquired sheep, oxen, he-donkeys, menservants, maidservants, she-donkeys, and camels. -- genesis 12:16 +. +But the Lord scourged Pharaoh and his household with serious plagues because of Sarai, Abram's wife. -- genesis 12:17 +. +And Pharaoh called Abram and said, What is this that you have done to me? Why did you not tell me that she was your wife? -- genesis 12:18 +. +Why did you say, She is my sister, so that I took her to be my wife? Now then, here is your wife; take her and get away [from here]! -- genesis 12:19 +. +And Pharaoh commanded his men concerning him, and they brought him on his way with his wife and all that he had. -- genesis 12:20 +. +SO ABRAM went up out of Egypt, he and his wife and all that he had, and Lot with him, into the South [country of Judah, the Negeb]. -- genesis 13:1 +. +Now Abram was extremely rich in livestock and in silver and in gold. -- genesis 13:2 +. +And he journeyed on from the South [country of Judah, the Negeb] as far as Bethel, to the place where his tent had been at the beginning, between Bethel and Ai, -- genesis 13:3 +. +Where he had built an altar at first; and there Abram called on the name of the Lord. -- genesis 13:4 +. +But Lot, who went with Abram, also had flocks and herds and tents. -- genesis 13:5 +. +Now the land was not able to nourish and support them so they could dwell together, for their possessions were too great for them to live together. -- genesis 13:6 +. +And there was strife between the herdsmen of Abram's cattle and the herdsmen of Lot's cattle. And the Canaanite and the Perizzite were dwelling then in the land [making fodder more difficult to obtain]. -- genesis 13:7 +. +So Abram said to Lot, Let there be no strife, I beg of you, between you and me, or between your herdsmen and my herdsmen, for we are relatives. -- genesis 13:8 +. +Is not the whole land before you? Separate yourself, I beg of you, from me. If you take the left hand, then I will go to the right; or if you choose the right hand, then I will go to the left. -- genesis 13:9 +. +And Lot looked and saw that everywhere the Jordan Valley was well watered. Before the Lord destroyed Sodom and Gomorrah, [it was all] like the garden of the Lord, like the land of Egypt, as you go to Zoar. -- genesis 13:10 +. +Then Lot chose for himself all the Jordan Valley and [he] traveled east. So they separated. -- genesis 13:11 +. +Abram dwelt in the land of Canaan, and Lot dwelt in the cities of the [Jordan] Valley and moved his tent as far as Sodom and dwelt there. -- genesis 13:12 +. +But the men of Sodom were wicked and exceedingly great sinners against the Lord. -- genesis 13:13 +. +The Lord said to Abram after Lot had left him, Lift up now your eyes and look from the place where you are, northward and southward and eastward and westward; -- genesis 13:14 +. +For all the land which you see I will give to you and to your posterity forever. -- genesis 13:15 +. +And I will make your descendants like the dust of the earth, so that if a man could count the dust of the earth, then could your descendants also be counted. -- genesis 13:16 +. +Arise, walk through the land, the length of it and the breadth of it, for I will give it to you. -- genesis 13:17 +. +Then Abram moved his tent and came and dwelt among the oaks or terebinths of Mamre, which are at Hebron, and built there an altar to the Lord. -- genesis 13:18 +. +IN THE days of the kings Amraphel of Shinar, Arioch of Ellasar, Chedorlaomer of Elam, and Tidal of Goiim, -- genesis 14:1 +. +They made war on the kings Bera of Sodom, Birsha of Gomorrah, Shinab of Admah, Shemeber of Zeboiim, and the king of Bela, that is, Zoar. -- genesis 14:2 +. +The latter kings joined together [as allies] in the Valley of Siddim, which is [now] the [Dead] Sea of Salt. -- genesis 14:3 +. +Twelve years they had served Chedorlaomer, but in the thirteenth year they rebelled. -- genesis 14:4 +. +And in the fourteenth year, Chedorlaomer and the kings who were with him attacked and subdued the Rephaim in Ashteroth-karnaim, the Zuzim in Ham, and the Emim in Shaveh-kiriathaim, -- genesis 14:5 +. +And the Horites in their Mount Seir as far as El-paran, which is on the border of the wilderness. -- genesis 14:6 +. +Then they turned back and came to En-mishpat, which [now] is Kadesh, and subdued all the country of the Amalekites, and also the Amorites who dwelt in Hazazon-tamar. -- genesis 14:7 +. +Then the kings of Sodom, Gomorrah, Admah, Zeboiim, and Bela, that is, Zoar, went out and [together] they joined battle [with those kings] in the Valley of Siddim, -- genesis 14:8 +. +With the kings Chedorlaomer of Elam, Tidal of Goiim, Amraphel of Shinar, and Arioch of Ellasar--four kings against five. -- genesis 14:9 +. +Now the Valley of Siddim was full of slime or bitumen pits, and as the kings of Sodom and Gomorrah fled, they fell (were overthrown) there and the remainder [of the kings] fled to the mountain. -- genesis 14:10 +. +[The victors] took all the wealth of Sodom and Gomorrah and all the supply of provisions and departed. -- genesis 14:11 +. +And they also took Lot, Abram's brother's son, who dwelt in Sodom, and his goods away with them. -- genesis 14:12 +. +Then one who had escaped came and told Abram the Hebrew [one from the other side], who was living by the oaks or terebinths of Mamre the Amorite, a brother of Eshcol and of Aner--these were allies of Abram. -- genesis 14:13 +. +When Abram heard that [his nephew] had been captured, he armed (led forth) the trained servants born in his own house and pursued the enemy as far as Dan. -- genesis 14:14 +. +He divided his forces against them by night, he and his servants, and attacked and routed them, and pursued them as far as Hobah, which is north of Damascus. -- genesis 14:15 +. +And he brought back all the goods and also brought back his kinsman Lot and his possessions, the women also and the people. -- genesis 14:16 +. +After his [Abram's] return from the defeat and slaying of Chedorlaomer and the kings who were with him, the king of Sodom went out to meet him at the Valley of Shaveh, that is, the King's Valley. -- genesis 14:17 +. +Melchizedek king of Salem [later called Jerusalem] brought out bread and wine [for their nourishment]; he was the priest of God Most High, -- genesis 14:18 +. +And he blessed him and said, Blessed (favored with blessings, made blissful, joyful) be Abram by God Most High, Possessor and Maker of heaven and earth, -- genesis 14:19 +. +And blessed, praised, and glorified be God Most High, Who has given your foes into your hand! And [Abram] gave him a tenth of all [he had taken]. -- genesis 14:20 +. +And the king of Sodom said to Abram, Give me the persons and keep the goods for yourself. -- genesis 14:21 +. +But Abram said to the king of Sodom, I have lifted up my hand and sworn to the Lord, God Most High, the Possessor and Maker of heaven and earth, -- genesis 14:22 +. +That I would not take a thread or a shoelace or anything that is yours, lest you should say, I have made Abram rich. -- genesis 14:23 +. +[Take all] except only what my young men have eaten and the share of the men [allies] who went with me--Aner, Eshcol, and Mamre; let them take their portion. -- genesis 14:24 +. +AFTER THESE things, the word of the Lord came to Abram in a vision, saying, Fear not, Abram, I am your Shield, your abundant compensation, and your reward shall be exceedingly great. -- genesis 15:1 +. +And Abram said, Lord God, what can You give me, since I am going on [from this world] childless and he who shall be the owner and heir of my house is this [steward] Eliezer of Damascus? -- genesis 15:2 +. +And Abram continued, Look, You have given me no child; and [a servant] born in my house is my heir. -- genesis 15:3 +. +And behold, the word of the Lord came to him, saying, This man shall not be your heir, but he who shall come from your own body shall be your heir. -- genesis 15:4 +. +And He brought him outside [his tent into the starlight] and said, Look now toward the heavens and count the stars--if you are able to number them. Then He said to him, So shall your descendants be. -- genesis 15:5 +. +And he [Abram] believed in (trusted in, relied on, remained steadfast to) the Lord, and He counted it to him as righteousness (right standing with God). -- genesis 15:6 +. +And He said to him, I am the [same] Lord, Who brought you out of Ur of the Chaldees to give you this land as an inheritance. -- genesis 15:7 +. +But he [Abram] said, Lord God, by what shall I know that I shall inherit it? -- genesis 15:8 +. +And He said to him, Bring to Me a heifer three years old, a she-goat three years old, a ram three years old, a turtledove, and a young pigeon. -- genesis 15:9 +. +And he brought Him all these and cut them down the middle [into halves] and laid each half opposite the other; but the birds he did not divide. -- genesis 15:10 +. +And when the birds of prey swooped down upon the carcasses, Abram drove them away. -- genesis 15:11 +. +When the sun was setting, a deep sleep overcame Abram, and a horror (a terror, a shuddering fear) of great darkness assailed and oppressed him. -- genesis 15:12 +. +And [God] said to Abram, Know positively that your descendants will be strangers dwelling as temporary residents in a land that is not theirs [Egypt], and they will be slaves there and will be afflicted and oppressed for years. [Fulfilled in Exod. 12:40.] -- genesis 15:13 +. +But I will bring judgment on that nation whom they will serve, and afterward they will come out with great possessions. -- genesis 15:14 +. +And you shall go to your fathers in peace; you shall be buried at a good old (hoary) age. -- genesis 15:15 +. +And in the fourth generation they [your descendants] shall come back here [to Canaan] again, for the iniquity of the Amorites is not yet full and complete. -- genesis 15:16 +. +When the sun had gone down and a [thick] darkness had come on, behold, a smoking oven and a flaming torch passed between those pieces. -- genesis 15:17 +. +On the same day the Lord made a covenant (promise, pledge) with Abram, saying, To your descendants I have given this land, from the river of Egypt to the great river Euphrates--the land of -- genesis 15:18 +. +The Kenites, the Kenizzites, the Kadmonites, -- genesis 15:19 +. +The Hittites, the Perizzites, the Rephaim, -- genesis 15:20 +. +The Amorites, the Canaanites, the Girgashites, and the Jebusites. -- genesis 15:21 +. +NOW SARAI, Abram's wife, had borne him no children. She had an Egyptian maid whose name was Hagar. -- genesis 16:1 +. +And Sarai said to Abram, See here, the Lord has restrained me from bearing [children]. I am asking you to have intercourse with my maid; it may be that I can obtain children by her. And Abram listened to and heeded what Sarai said. -- genesis 16:2 +. +So Sarai, Abram's wife, took Hagar her Egyptian maid, after Abram had dwelt ten years in the land of Canaan, and gave her to her husband Abram to be his [secondary] wife. -- genesis 16:3 +. +And he had intercourse with Hagar, and she became pregnant; and when she saw that she was with child, she looked with contempt upon her mistress and despised her. -- genesis 16:4 +. +Then Sarai said to Abram, May [the responsibility for] my wrong and deprivation of rights be upon you! I gave my maid into your bosom, and when she saw that she was with child, I was contemptible and despised in her eyes. May the Lord be the judge between you and me. -- genesis 16:5 +. +But Abram said to Sarai, See here, your maid is in your hands and power; do as you please with her. And when Sarai dealt severely with her, humbling and afflicting her, she [Hagar] fled from her. -- genesis 16:6 +. +But the Angel of the Lord found her by a spring of water in the wilderness on the road to Shur. -- genesis 16:7 +. +And He said, Hagar, Sarai's maid, where did you come from, and where are you intending to go? And she said, I am running away from my mistress Sarai. -- genesis 16:8 +. +The Angel of the Lord said to her, Go back to your mistress and [humbly] submit to her control. -- genesis 16:9 +. +Also the Angel of the Lord said to her, I will multiply your descendants exceedingly, so that they shall not be numbered for multitude. -- genesis 16:10 +. +And the Angel of the Lord continued, See now, you are with child and shall bear a son, and shall call his name Ishmael [God hears], because the Lord has heard and paid attention to your affliction. -- genesis 16:11 +. +And he [Ishmael] will be as a wild ass among men; his hand will be against every man and every man's hand against him, and he will live to the east and on the borders of all his kinsmen. -- genesis 16:12 +. +So she called the name of the Lord Who spoke to her, You are a God of seeing, for she said, Have I [not] even here [in the wilderness] looked upon Him Who sees me [and lived]? Or have I here also seen [the future purposes or designs of] Him Who sees me? -- genesis 16:13 +. +Therefore the well was called Beer-lahai-roi [A well to the Living One Who sees me]; it is between Kadesh and Bered. -- genesis 16:14 +. +And Hagar bore Abram a son, and Abram called the name of his son whom Hagar bore Ishmael. -- genesis 16:15 +. +Abram was eighty-six years old when Hagar bore Ishmael. -- genesis 16:16 +. +WHEN ABRAM was ninety-nine years old, the Lord appeared to him and said, I am the Almighty God; walk and live habitually before Me and be perfect (blameless, wholehearted, complete). -- genesis 17:1 +. +And I will make My covenant (solemn pledge) between Me and you and will multiply you exceedingly. -- genesis 17:2 +. +Then Abram fell on his face, and God said to him, -- genesis 17:3 +. +As for Me, behold, My covenant (solemn pledge) is with you, and you shall be the father of many nations. -- genesis 17:4 +. +Nor shall your name any longer be Abram [high, exalted father]; but your name shall be Abraham [father of a multitude], for I have made you the father of many nations. -- genesis 17:5 +. +And I will make you exceedingly fruitful and I will make nations of you, and kings will come from you. -- genesis 17:6 +. +And I will establish My covenant between Me and you and your descendants after you throughout their generations for an everlasting, solemn pledge, to be a God to you and to your posterity after you. -- genesis 17:7 +. +And I will give to you and to your posterity after you the land in which you are a stranger [going from place to place], all the land of Canaan, for an everlasting possession; and I will be their God. -- genesis 17:8 +. +And God said to Abraham, As for you, you shall therefore keep My covenant, you and your descendants after you throughout their generations. -- genesis 17:9 +. +This is My covenant, which you shall keep, between Me and you and your posterity after you: Every male among you shall be circumcised. -- genesis 17:10 +. +And you shall circumcise the flesh of your foreskin, and it shall be a token or sign of the covenant (the promise or pledge) between Me and you. -- genesis 17:11 +. +He who is eight days old among you shall be circumcised, every male throughout your generations, whether born in [your] house or bought with [your] money from any foreigner not of your offspring. -- genesis 17:12 +. +He that is born in your house and he that is bought with your money must be circumcised; and My covenant shall be in your flesh for an everlasting covenant. -- genesis 17:13 +. +And the male who is not circumcised, that soul shall be cut off from his people; he has broken My covenant. -- genesis 17:14 +. +And God said to Abraham, As for Sarai your wife, you shall not call her name Sarai; but Sarah [Princess] her name shall be. -- genesis 17:15 +. +And I will bless her and give you a son also by her. Yes, I will bless her, and she shall be a mother of nations; kings of peoples shall come from her. -- genesis 17:16 +. +Then Abraham fell on his face and laughed and said in his heart, Shall a child be born to a man who is a hundred years old? And shall Sarah, who is ninety years old, bear a son? -- genesis 17:17 +. +And [he] said to God, Oh, that Ishmael might live before You! -- genesis 17:18 +. +But God said, Sarah your wife shall bear you a son indeed, and you shall call his name Isaac [laughter]; and I will establish My covenant or solemn pledge with him for an everlasting covenant and with his posterity after him. -- genesis 17:19 +. +And as for Ishmael, I have heard and heeded you: behold, I will bless him and will make him fruitful and will multiply him exceedingly; He will be the father of twelve princes, and I will make him a great nation. [Fulfilled in Gen. 25:12-18.] -- genesis 17:20 +. +But My covenant, My promise and pledge, I will establish with Isaac, whom Sarah will bear to you at this season next year. -- genesis 17:21 +. +And God stopped talking with him and went up from Abraham. -- genesis 17:22 +. +And Abraham took Ishmael his son and all who were born in his house and all who were bought with his money, every male among [those] of Abraham's house, and circumcised [them] the very same day, as God had said to him. -- genesis 17:23 +. +And Abraham was ninety-nine years old when he was circumcised. -- genesis 17:24 +. +And Ishmael his son was thirteen years old when he was circumcised. -- genesis 17:25 +. +On the very same day Abraham was circumcised, and Ishmael his son as well. -- genesis 17:26 +. +And all the men of his house, both those born in the house and those bought with money from a foreigner, were circumcised along with him. -- genesis 17:27 +. +NOW THE Lord appeared to Abraham by the oaks or terebinths of Mamre; as he sat at the door of his tent in the heat of the day, -- genesis 18:1 +. +He lifted up his eyes and looked, and behold, three men stood at a little distance from him. He ran from the tent door to meet them and bowed himself to the ground -- genesis 18:2 +. +And said, My lord, if now I have found favor in your sight, do not pass by your servant, I beg of you. -- genesis 18:3 +. +Let a little water be brought, and you may wash your feet and recline and rest yourselves under the tree. -- genesis 18:4 +. +And I will bring a morsel (mouthful) of bread to refresh and sustain your hearts before you go on further--for that is why you have come to your servant. And they replied, Do as you have said. -- genesis 18:5 +. +So Abraham hastened into the tent to Sarah and said, Quickly get ready three measures of fine meal, knead it, and bake cakes. -- genesis 18:6 +. +And Abraham ran to the herd and brought a calf tender and good and gave it to the young man [to butcher]; then he [Abraham] hastened to prepare it. -- genesis 18:7 +. +And he took curds and milk and the calf which he had made ready, and set it before [the men]; and he stood by them under the tree while they ate. -- genesis 18:8 +. +And they said to him, Where is Sarah your wife? And he said, [She is here] in the tent. -- genesis 18:9 +. +[The Lord] said, I will surely return to you when the season comes round, and behold, Sarah your wife will have a son. And Sarah was listening and heard it at the tent door which was behind Him. -- genesis 18:10 +. +Now Abraham and Sarah were old, well advanced in years; it had ceased to be with Sarah as with [young] women. [She was past the age of childbearing]. -- genesis 18:11 +. +Therefore Sarah laughed to herself, saying, After I have become aged shall I have pleasure and delight, my lord (husband), being old also? -- genesis 18:12 +. +And the Lord asked Abraham, Why did Sarah laugh, saying, Shall I really bear a child when I am so old? -- genesis 18:13 +. +Is anything too hard or too wonderful for the Lord? At the appointed time, when the season [for her delivery] comes around, I will return to you and Sarah shall have borne a son. -- genesis 18:14 +. +Then Sarah denied it, saying, I did not laugh; for she was afraid. And He said, No, but you did laugh. -- genesis 18:15 +. +The men rose up from there and faced toward Sodom, and Abraham went with them to bring them on the way. -- genesis 18:16 +. +And the Lord said, Shall I hide from Abraham [My friend and servant] what I am going to do, -- genesis 18:17 +. +Since Abraham shall surely become a great and mighty nation, and all the nations of the earth shall be blessed through him and shall bless themselves by him? -- genesis 18:18 +. +For I have known (chosen, acknowledged) him [as My own], so that he may teach and command his children and the sons of his house after him to keep the way of the Lord and to do what is just and righteous, so that the Lord may bring Abraham what He has promised him. -- genesis 18:19 +. +And the Lord said, Because the shriek [of the sins] of Sodom and Gomorrah is great and their sin is exceedingly grievous, -- genesis 18:20 +. +I will go down now and see whether they have done altogether [as vilely and wickedly] as is the cry of it which has come to Me; and if not, I will know. -- genesis 18:21 +. +Now the [two] men turned from there and went toward Sodom, but Abraham still stood before the Lord. -- genesis 18:22 +. +And Abraham came close and said, Will You destroy the righteous (those upright and in right standing with God) together with the wicked? -- genesis 18:23 +. +Suppose there are in the city fifty righteous; will You destroy the place and not spare it for [the sake of] the fifty righteous in it? -- genesis 18:24 +. +Far be it from You to do such a thing--to slay the righteous with the wicked, so that the righteous fare as do the wicked! Far be it from You! Shall not the Judge of all the earth execute judgment and do righteously? -- genesis 18:25 +. +And the Lord said, If I find in the city of Sodom fifty righteous (upright and in right standing with God), I will spare the whole place for their sake. -- genesis 18:26 +. +Abraham answered, Behold now, I who am but dust and ashes have taken upon myself to speak to the Lord. -- genesis 18:27 +. +If five of the fifty righteous should be lacking--will You destroy the whole city for lack of five? He said, If I find forty-five, I will not destroy it. -- genesis 18:28 +. +And [Abraham] spoke to Him yet again, and said, Suppose [only] forty shall be found there. And He said, I will not do it for forty's sake. -- genesis 18:29 +. +Then [Abraham] said to Him, Oh, let not the Lord be angry, and I will speak [again]. Suppose [only] thirty shall be found there. And He answered, I will not do it if I find thirty there. -- genesis 18:30 +. +And [Abraham] said, Behold now, I have taken upon myself to speak [again] to the Lord. Suppose [only] twenty shall be found there. And [the Lord] replied, I will not destroy it for twenty's sake. -- genesis 18:31 +. +And he said, Oh, let not the Lord be angry, and I will speak again only this once. Suppose ten [righteous people] shall be found there. And [the Lord] said, I will not destroy it for ten's sake. -- genesis 18:32 +. +And the Lord went His way when He had finished speaking with Abraham, and Abraham returned to his place. -- genesis 18:33 +. +IT WAS evening when the two angels came to Sodom. Lot was sitting at Sodom's [city] gate. Seeing them, Lot rose up to meet them and bowed to the ground. -- genesis 19:1 +. +And he said, My lords, turn aside, I beg of you, into your servant's house and spend the night and bathe your feet. Then you can arise early and go on your way. But they said, No, we will spend the night in the square. -- genesis 19:2 +. +[Lot] entreated and urged them greatly until they yielded and [with him] entered his house. And he made them a dinner [with drinking] and had unleavened bread which he baked, and they ate. -- genesis 19:3 +. +But before they lay down, the men of the city of Sodom, both young and old, all the men from every quarter, surrounded the house. -- genesis 19:4 +. +And they called to Lot and said, Where are the men who came to you tonight? Bring them out to us, that we may know (be intimate with) them. -- genesis 19:5 +. +And Lot went out of the door to the men and shut the door after him -- genesis 19:6 +. +And said, I beg of you, my brothers, do not behave so wickedly. -- genesis 19:7 +. +Look now, I have two daughters who are virgins; let me, I beg of you, bring them out to you, and you can do as you please with them. But only do nothing to these men, for they have come under the protection of my roof. -- genesis 19:8 +. +But they said, Stand back! And they said, This fellow came in to live here temporarily, and now he presumes to be [our] judge! Now we will deal worse with you than with them. So they rushed at and pressed violently against Lot and came close to breaking down the door. -- genesis 19:9 +. +But the men [the angels] reached out and pulled Lot into the house to them and shut the door after him. -- genesis 19:10 +. +And they struck the men who were at the door of the house with blindness [which dazzled them], from the youths to the old men, so that they wearied themselves [groping] to find the door. -- genesis 19:11 +. +And the [two] men asked Lot, Have you any others here--sons-in-law or your sons or your daughters? Whomever you have in the city, bring them out of this place, -- genesis 19:12 +. +For we will spoil and destroy [Sodom]; for the outcry and shriek against its people has grown great before the Lord, and He has sent us to destroy it. -- genesis 19:13 +. +And Lot went out and spoke to his sons-in-law, who were to marry his daughters, and said, Up, get out of this place, for the Lord will spoil and destroy this city! But he seemed to his sons-in-law to be [only] joking. -- genesis 19:14 +. +When morning came, the angels urged Lot to hurry, saying, Arise, take your wife and two daughters who are here [and be off], lest you [too] be consumed and swept away in the iniquity and punishment of the city. -- genesis 19:15 +. +But while he lingered, the men seized him and his wife and his two daughters by the hand, for the Lord was merciful to him; and they brought him forth and set him outside the city and left him there. -- genesis 19:16 +. +And when they had brought them forth, they said, Escape for your life! Do not look behind you or stop anywhere in the whole valley; escape to the mountains [of Moab], lest you be consumed. -- genesis 19:17 +. +And Lot said to them, Oh, not that, my lords! -- genesis 19:18 +. +Behold now, your servant has found favor in your sight, and you have magnified your kindness and mercy to me in saving my life; but I cannot escape to the mountains, lest the evil overtake me, and I die. -- genesis 19:19 +. +See now yonder city; it is near enough to flee to, and it is a little one. Oh, let me escape to it! Is it not a little one? And my life will be saved! -- genesis 19:20 +. +And [the angel] said to him, See, I have yielded to your entreaty concerning this thing also; I will not destroy this city of which you have spoken. -- genesis 19:21 +. +Make haste and take refuge there, for I cannot do anything until you arrive there. Therefore the name of the city was called Zoar [little]. -- genesis 19:22 +. +The sun had risen over the earth when Lot entered Zoar. -- genesis 19:23 +. +Then the Lord rained on Sodom and on Gomorrah brimstone and fire from the Lord out of the heavens. -- genesis 19:24 +. +He overthrew, destroyed, and ended those cities, and all the valley and all the inhabitants of the cities, and what grew on the ground. -- genesis 19:25 +. +But [Lot's] wife looked back from behind him, and she became a pillar of salt. -- genesis 19:26 +. +Abraham went up early the next morning to the place where he [only the day before] had stood before the Lord. -- genesis 19:27 +. +And he looked toward Sodom and Gomorrah, and toward all the land of the valley, and saw, and behold, the smoke of the country went up like the smoke of a furnace. -- genesis 19:28 +. +When God ravaged and destroyed the cities of the plain [of Siddim], He [earnestly] remembered Abraham [imprinted and fixed him indelibly on His mind], and He sent Lot out of the midst of the overthrow when He overthrew the cities where Lot lived. -- genesis 19:29 +. +And Lot went up out of Zoar and dwelt in the mountain, and his two daughters with him, for he feared to dwell in Zoar; and he lived in a cave, he and his two daughters. -- genesis 19:30 +. +The elder said to the younger, Our father is aging, and there is not a man on earth to live with us in the customary way. -- genesis 19:31 +. +Come, let us make our father drunk with wine, and we will lie with him, so that we may preserve offspring (our race) through our father. -- genesis 19:32 +. +And they made their father drunk with wine that night, and the older went in and lay with her father; and he was not aware of it when she lay down or when she arose. -- genesis 19:33 +. +Then the next day the firstborn said to the younger, See here, I lay last night with my father; let us make him drunk with wine tonight also, and then you go in and lie with him, so that we may preserve offspring (our race) through our father. -- genesis 19:34 +. +And they made their father drunk with wine again that night, and the younger arose and lay with him; and he was not aware of it when she lay down or when she arose. -- genesis 19:35 +. +Thus both the daughters of Lot were with child by their father. -- genesis 19:36 +. +The older bore a son, and named him Moab [of a father]; he is the father of the Moabites to this day. -- genesis 19:37 +. +The younger also bore a son and named him Ben-ammi [son of my people]; he is the father of the Ammonites to this day. -- genesis 19:38 +. +NOW ABRAHAM journeyed from there toward the South country (the Negeb) and dwelt between Kadesh and Shur; and he lived temporarily in Gerar. -- genesis 20:1 +. +And Abraham said of Sarah his wife, She is my sister. And Abimelech king of Gerar sent and took Sarah [into his harem]. -- genesis 20:2 +. +But God came to Abimelech in a dream by night and said, Behold, you are a dead man because of the woman whom you have taken [as your own], for she is a man's wife. -- genesis 20:3 +. +But Abimelech had not come near her, so he said, Lord, will you slay a people who are just and innocent? -- genesis 20:4 +. +Did not the man tell me, She is my sister? And she herself said, He is my brother. In integrity of heart and innocency of hands I have done this. -- genesis 20:5 +. +Then God said to him in the dream, Yes, I know you did this in the integrity of your heart, for it was I Who kept you back and spared you from sinning against Me; therefore I did not give you occasion to touch her. -- genesis 20:6 +. +So now restore to the man his wife, for he is a prophet, and he will pray for you and you will live. But if you do not restore her [to him], know that you shall surely die, you and all who are yours. -- genesis 20:7 +. +So Abimelech rose early in the morning and called all his servants and told them all these things; and the men were exceedingly filled with reverence and fear. -- genesis 20:8 +. +Then Abimelech called Abraham and said to him, What have you done to us? And how have I offended you that you have brought on me and my kingdom a great sin? You have done to me what ought not to be done [to anyone]. -- genesis 20:9 +. +And Abimelech said to Abraham, What did you see [in us] that [justified] you in doing such a thing as this? -- genesis 20:10 +. +And Abraham said, Because I thought, Surely there is no reverence or fear of God at all in this place, and they will slay me because of my wife. -- genesis 20:11 +. +But truly, she is my sister; she is the daughter of my father but not of my mother; and she became my wife. -- genesis 20:12 +. +When God caused me to wander from my father's house, I said to her, This kindness you can show me: at every place we stop, say of me, He is my brother. -- genesis 20:13 +. +Then Abimelech took sheep and oxen and male and female slaves and gave them to Abraham and restored to him Sarah his wife. -- genesis 20:14 +. +And Abimelech said, Behold, my land is before you; dwell wherever it pleases you. -- genesis 20:15 +. +And to Sarah he said, Behold, I have given this brother of yours a thousand pieces of silver; see, it is to compensate you [for all that has occurred] and to vindicate your honor before all who are with you; before all men you are cleared and compensated. -- genesis 20:16 +. +So Abraham prayed to God, and God healed Abimelech and his wife and his female slaves, and they bore children, -- genesis 20:17 +. +For the Lord had closed fast the wombs of all in Abimelech's household because of Sarah, Abraham's wife. -- genesis 20:18 +. +THE LORD visited Sarah as He had said, and the Lord did for her as He had promised. -- genesis 21:1 +. +For Sarah became pregnant and bore Abraham a son in his old age, at the set time God had told him. -- genesis 21:2 +. +Abraham named his son whom Sarah bore to him Isaac [laughter]. -- genesis 21:3 +. +And Abraham circumcised his son Isaac when he was eight days old, as God had commanded him. -- genesis 21:4 +. +Abraham was a hundred years old when Isaac was born. -- genesis 21:5 +. +And Sarah said, God has made me to laugh; all who hear will laugh with me. -- genesis 21:6 +. +And she said, Who would have said to Abraham that Sarah would nurse children at the breast? For I have borne him a son in his old age! -- genesis 21:7 +. +And the child grew and was weaned, and Abraham made a great feast the same day that Isaac was weaned. -- genesis 21:8 +. +Now Sarah saw the son of Hagar the Egyptian, whom she had borne to Abraham, mocking [Isaac]. -- genesis 21:9 +. +Therefore she said to Abraham, Cast out this bondwoman and her son, for the son of this bondwoman shall not be an heir with my son Isaac. -- genesis 21:10 +. +And the thing was very grievous (serious, evil) in Abraham's sight on account of his son [Ishmael]. -- genesis 21:11 +. +God said to Abraham, Do not let it seem grievous and evil to you because of the youth and your bondwoman; in all that Sarah has said to you, do what she asks, for in Isaac shall your posterity be called. -- genesis 21:12 +. +And I will make a nation of the son of the bondwoman also, because he is your offspring. -- genesis 21:13 +. +So Abraham rose early in the morning and took bread and a bottle of water and gave them to Hagar, putting them on her shoulders, and he sent her and the youth away. And she wandered on [aimlessly] and lost her way in the wilderness of Beersheba. -- genesis 21:14 +. +When the water in the bottle was all gone, Hagar caused the youth to lie down under one of the shrubs. -- genesis 21:15 +. +Then she went and sat down opposite him a good way off, about a bowshot, for she said, Let me not see the death of the lad. And as she sat down opposite him, he lifted up his voice and wept and she raised her voice and wept. -- genesis 21:16 +. +And God heard the voice of the youth, and the angel of God called to Hagar out of heaven and said to her, What troubles you, Hagar? Fear not, for God has heard the voice of the youth where he is. -- genesis 21:17 +. +Arise, raise up the youth and support him with your hand, for I intend to make him a great nation. -- genesis 21:18 +. +Then God opened her eyes and she saw a well of water; and she went and filled the [empty] bottle with water and caused the youth to drink. -- genesis 21:19 +. +And God was with the youth, and he developed; and he dwelt in the wilderness and became an archer. -- genesis 21:20 +. +He dwelt in the Wilderness of Paran; and his mother took a wife for him out of the land of Egypt. -- genesis 21:21 +. +At that time Abimelech and Phicol the commander of his army said to Abraham, God is with you in everything you do. -- genesis 21:22 +. +So now, swear to me here by God that you will not deal falsely with me or with my son or with my posterity; but as I have dealt with you kindly, you will do the same with me and with the land in which you have sojourned. -- genesis 21:23 +. +And Abraham said, I will swear. -- genesis 21:24 +. +When Abraham complained to and reasoned with Abimelech about a well of water [Abimelech's] servants had violently seized, -- genesis 21:25 +. +Abimelech said, I know not who did this thing; you did not tell me, and I did not hear of it until today. -- genesis 21:26 +. +So Abraham took sheep and oxen and gave them to Abimelech, and the two men made a league or covenant. -- genesis 21:27 +. +Abraham set apart seven ewe lambs of the flock, -- genesis 21:28 +. +And Abimelech said to Abraham, What do these seven ewe lambs which you have set apart mean? -- genesis 21:29 +. +He said, You are to accept these seven ewe lambs from me as a witness for me that I dug this well. -- genesis 21:30 +. +Therefore that place was called Beersheba [well of the oath], because there both parties swore an oath. -- genesis 21:31 +. +Thus they made a covenant at Beersheba; then Abimelech and Phicol the commander of his army returned to the land of the Philistines. -- genesis 21:32 +. +Abraham planted a tamarisk tree in Beersheba and called there on the name of the Lord, the Eternal God. -- genesis 21:33 +. +And Abraham sojourned in Philistia many days. -- genesis 21:34 +. +AFTER THESE events, God tested and proved Abraham and said to him, Abraham! And he said, Here I am. -- genesis 22:1 +. +[God] said, Take now your son, your only son Isaac, whom you love, and go to the region of Moriah; and offer him there as a burnt offering upon one of the mountains of which I will tell you. -- genesis 22:2 +. +So Abraham rose early in the morning, saddled his donkey, and took two of his young men with him and his son Isaac; and he split the wood for the burnt offering, and then began the trip to the place of which God had told him. -- genesis 22:3 +. +On the third day Abraham looked up and saw the place in the distance. -- genesis 22:4 +. +And Abraham said to his servants, Settle down and stay here with the donkey, and I and the young man will go yonder and worship and come again to you. -- genesis 22:5 +. +Then Abraham took the wood for the burnt offering and laid it on [the shoulders of] Isaac his son, and he took the fire (the firepot) in his own hand, and a knife; and the two of them went on together. -- genesis 22:6 +. +And Isaac said to Abraham, My father! And he said, Here I am, my son. [Isaac] said, See, here are the fire and the wood, but where is the lamb for the burnt sacrifice? -- genesis 22:7 +. +Abraham said, My son, God Himself will provide a lamb for the burnt offering. So the two went on together. -- genesis 22:8 +. +When they came to the place of which God had told him, Abraham built an altar there; then he laid the wood in order and bound Isaac his son and laid him on the altar on the wood. -- genesis 22:9 +. +And Abraham stretched forth his hand and took hold of the knife to slay his son. -- genesis 22:10 +. +But the Angel of the Lord called to him from heaven and said, Abraham, Abraham! He answered, Here I am. -- genesis 22:11 +. +And He said, Do not lay your hand on the lad or do anything to him; for now I know that you fear and revere God, since you have not held back from Me or begrudged giving Me your son, your only son. -- genesis 22:12 +. +Then Abraham looked up and glanced around, and behold, behind him was a ram caught in a thicket by his horns. And Abraham went and took the ram and offered it up for a burnt offering and an ascending sacrifice instead of his son! -- genesis 22:13 +. +So Abraham called the name of that place The Lord Will Provide. And it is said to this day, On the mount of the Lord it will be provided. -- genesis 22:14 +. +The Angel of the Lord called to Abraham from heaven a second time -- genesis 22:15 +. +And said, I have sworn by Myself, says the Lord, that since you have done this and have not withheld [from Me] or begrudged [giving Me] your son, your only son, -- genesis 22:16 +. +In blessing I will bless you and in multiplying I will multiply your descendants like the stars of the heavens and like the sand on the seashore. And your Seed (Heir) will possess the gate of His enemies, -- genesis 22:17 +. +And in your Seed [Christ] shall all the nations of the earth be blessed and [by Him] bless themselves, because you have heard and obeyed My voice. -- genesis 22:18 +. +So Abraham returned to his servants, and they rose up and went with him to Beersheba; there Abraham lived. -- genesis 22:19 +. +Now after these things, it was told Abraham, Milcah has also borne children to your brother Nahor: -- genesis 22:20 +. +Uz the firstborn, Buz his brother, Kemuel the father of Aram, -- genesis 22:21 +. +Chesed, Hazo, Pildash, Jidlaph, and Bethuel. -- genesis 22:22 +. +Bethuel became the father of Rebekah. These eight Milcah bore to Nahor, Abraham's brother. -- genesis 22:23 +. +And his concubine, whose name was Reumah, bore Tebah, Gaham, Tahash, and Maacah. -- genesis 22:24 +. +SARAH LIVED years; this was the length of the life of Sarah. -- genesis 23:1 +. +And Sarah died in Kiriath-arba, that is, Hebron, in the land of Canaan. And Abraham went to mourn for Sarah and to weep for her. -- genesis 23:2 +. +And Abraham stood up from before his dead and said to the sons of Heth, -- genesis 23:3 +. +I am a stranger and a sojourner with you; give me property for a burial place among you, that I may bury my dead out of my sight. -- genesis 23:4 +. +And the Hittites replied to Abraham, -- genesis 23:5 +. +Listen to us, my lord; you are a mighty prince among us. Bury your dead in any tomb or grave of ours that you choose; none of us will withhold from you his tomb or hinder you from burying your dead. -- genesis 23:6 +. +And Abraham stood up and bowed himself to the people of the land, the Hittites. -- genesis 23:7 +. +And he said to them, If you are willing to grant my dead a burial out of my sight, listen to me and ask Ephron son of Zohar for me, -- genesis 23:8 +. +That he may give me the cave of Machpelah, which he owns--it is at the end of his field. For the full price let him give it to me here in your presence as a burial place to which I may hold fast among you. -- genesis 23:9 +. +Now Ephron was present there among the sons of Heth; so, in the hearing of all who went in at the gate of his city, Ephron the Hittite answered Abraham, saying, -- genesis 23:10 +. +No, my lord, hear me; I give you the field, and the cave that is in it I give you. In the presence of the sons of my people I give it to you. Bury your dead. -- genesis 23:11 +. +Then Abraham bowed himself down before the people of the land. -- genesis 23:12 +. +And he said to Ephron in the presence of the people of the land, But if you will give it, I beg of you, hear me. I will give you the price of the field; accept it from me, and I will bury my dead there. -- genesis 23:13 +. +Ephron replied to Abraham, saying, -- genesis 23:14 +. +My lord, listen to me. The land is worth shekels of silver; what is that between you and me? So bury your dead. -- genesis 23:15 +. +So Abraham listened to what Ephron said and acted upon it. He weighed to Ephron the silver which he had named in the hearing of the Hittites: shekels of silver, according to the weights current among the merchants. -- genesis 23:16 +. +So the field of Ephron in Machpelah, which was to the east of Mamre [Hebron]--the field and the cave which was in it, and all the trees that were in the field and in all its borders round about--was made over -- genesis 23:17 +. +As a possession to Abraham in the presence of the Hittites, before all who went in at his city gate. -- genesis 23:18 +. +After this, Abraham buried Sarah his wife in the cave of the field of Machpelah to the east of Mamre, that is, Hebron, in the land of Canaan. -- genesis 23:19 +. +The field and the cave in it were conveyed to Abraham for a permanent burial place by the sons of Heth. -- genesis 23:20 +. +NOW ABRAHAM was old, well advanced in years, and the Lord had blessed Abraham in all things. -- genesis 24:1 +. +And Abraham said to the eldest servant of his house [Eliezer of Damascus], who ruled over all that he had, I beg of you, put your hand under my thigh; -- genesis 24:2 +. +And you shall swear by the Lord, the God of heaven and earth, that you will not take a wife for my son from the daughters of the Canaanites, among whom I have settled, -- genesis 24:3 +. +But you shall go to my country and to my relatives and take a wife for my son Isaac. -- genesis 24:4 +. +The servant said to him, But perhaps the woman will not be willing to come along after me to this country. Must I take your son to the country from which you came? -- genesis 24:5 +. +Abraham said to him, See to it that you do not take my son back there. -- genesis 24:6 +. +The Lord, the God of heaven, Who took me from my father's house, from the land of my family and my birth, Who spoke to me and swore to me, saying, To your offspring I will give this land--He will send His Angel before you, and you will take a wife from there for my son. -- genesis 24:7 +. +And if the woman should not be willing to go along after you, then you will be clear from this oath; only you must not take my son back there. -- genesis 24:8 +. +So the servant put his hand under the thigh of Abraham his master and swore to him concerning this matter. -- genesis 24:9 +. +And the servant took ten of his master's camels and departed, taking some of all his master's treasures with him; thus he journeyed to Mesopotamia [between the Tigris and the Euphrates], to the city of Nahor [Abraham's brother]. -- genesis 24:10 +. +And he made his camels to kneel down outside the city by a well of water at the time of the evening when women go out to draw water. -- genesis 24:11 +. +And he said, O Lord, God of my master Abraham, I pray You, cause me to meet with good success today, and show kindness to my master Abraham. -- genesis 24:12 +. +See, I stand here by the well of water, and the daughters of the men of the city are coming to draw water. -- genesis 24:13 +. +And let it so be that the girl to whom I say, I pray you, let down your jar that I may drink, and she replies, Drink, and I will give your camels drink also--let her be the one whom You have selected and appointed and indicated for Your servant Isaac [to be a wife to him]; and by it I shall know that You have shown kindness and faithfulness to my master. -- genesis 24:14 +. +Before he had finished speaking, behold, out came Rebekah, who was the daughter of Bethuel son of Milcah, who was the wife of Nahor the brother of Abraham, with her water jar on her shoulder. -- genesis 24:15 +. +And the girl was very beautiful and attractive, chaste and modest, and unmarried. And she went down to the well, filled her water jar, and came up. -- genesis 24:16 +. +And the servant ran to meet her, and said, I pray you, let me drink a little water from your water jar. -- genesis 24:17 +. +And she said, Drink, my lord; and she quickly let down her jar onto her hand and gave him a drink. -- genesis 24:18 +. +When she had given him a drink, she said, I will draw water for your camels also, until they finish drinking. -- genesis 24:19 +. +So she quickly emptied her jar into the trough and ran again to the well and drew water for all his camels. -- genesis 24:20 +. +The man stood gazing at her in silence, waiting to know if the Lord had made his trip prosperous. -- genesis 24:21 +. +And when the camels had finished drinking, the man took a gold earring or nose ring of half a shekel in weight, and for her hands two bracelets of ten shekels in weight in gold, -- genesis 24:22 +. +And said, Whose daughter are you? I pray you, tell me: Is there room in your father's house for us to lodge there? -- genesis 24:23 +. +And she said to him, I am the daughter of Bethuel son of Milcah and [her husband] Nahor. -- genesis 24:24 +. +She said also to him, We have both straw and provender (fodder) enough, and also room in which to lodge. -- genesis 24:25 +. +The man bowed down his head and worshiped the Lord -- genesis 24:26 +. +And said, Blessed be the Lord, the God of my master Abraham, Who has not left my master bereft and destitute of His loving-kindness and steadfastness. As for me, going on the way [of obedience and faith] the Lord led me to the house of my master's kinsmen. -- genesis 24:27 +. +The girl related to her mother's household what had happened. -- genesis 24:28 +. +Now Rebekah had a brother whose name was Laban, and Laban ran out to the man at the well. -- genesis 24:29 +. +For when he saw the earring or nose ring, and the bracelets on his sister's arms, and when he heard Rebekah his sister saying, The man said this to me, he went to the man and found him standing by the camels at the well. -- genesis 24:30 +. +He cried, Come in, you blessed of the Lord! Why do you stand outside? For I have made the house ready and have prepared a place for the camels. -- genesis 24:31 +. +So the man came into the house; and [Laban] ungirded his camels and gave straw and provender for the camels and water to bathe his feet and the feet of the men who were with him. -- genesis 24:32 +. +A meal was set before him, but he said, I will not eat until I have told of my errand. And [Laban] said, Speak on. -- genesis 24:33 +. +And he said, I am Abraham's servant. -- genesis 24:34 +. +And the Lord has blessed my master mightily, and he has become great; and He has given him flocks, herds, silver, gold, menservants, maidservants, camels, and asses. -- genesis 24:35 +. +And Sarah my master's wife bore a son to my master when she was old, and to him he has given all that he has. -- genesis 24:36 +. +And my master made me swear, saying, You must not take a wife for my son from the daughters of the Canaanites, in whose land I dwell, -- genesis 24:37 +. +But you shall go to my father's house and to my family and take a wife for my son. -- genesis 24:38 +. +And I said to my master, But suppose the woman will not follow me. -- genesis 24:39 +. +And he said to me, The Lord, in Whose presence I walk [habitually], will send His Angel with you and prosper your way, and you will take a wife for my son from my kindred and from my father's house. -- genesis 24:40 +. +Then you shall be clear from my oath, when you come to my kindred; and if they do not give her to you, you shall be free and innocent of my oath. -- genesis 24:41 +. +I came today to the well and said, O Lord, God of my master Abraham, if You are now causing me to go on my way prosperously-- -- genesis 24:42 +. +See, I am standing by the well of water; now let it be that when the maiden comes out to draw water and I say to her, I pray you, give me a little water from your [water] jar to drink, -- genesis 24:43 +. +And if she says to me, You drink, and I will draw water for your camels also, let that same woman be the one whom the Lord has selected and indicated for my master's son. -- genesis 24:44 +. +And before I had finished praying in my heart, behold, Rebekah came out with her [water] jar on her shoulder, and she went down to the well and drew water. And I said to her, I pray you, let me have a drink. -- genesis 24:45 +. +And she quickly let down her [water] jar from her shoulder and said, Drink, and I will water your camels also. So I drank, and she gave the camels drink also. -- genesis 24:46 +. +I asked her, Whose daughter are you? She said, The daughter of Bethuel, Nahor's son, whom Milcah bore to him. And I put the earring or nose ring on her face and the bracelets on her arms. -- genesis 24:47 +. +And I bowed down my head and worshiped the Lord and blessed the Lord, the God of my master Abraham, Who had led me in the right way to take my master's brother's daughter to his son. -- genesis 24:48 +. +And now if you will deal kindly and truly with my master [showing faithfulness to him], tell me; and if not, tell me, that I may turn to the right or to the left. -- genesis 24:49 +. +Then Laban and Bethuel answered, The thing comes forth from the Lord; we cannot speak bad or good to you. -- genesis 24:50 +. +Rebekah is before you; take her and go, and let her be the wife of your master's son, as the Lord has said. -- genesis 24:51 +. +And when Abraham's servant heard their words, he bowed himself to the ground before the Lord. -- genesis 24:52 +. +And the servant brought out jewels of silver, jewels of gold, and garments and gave them to Rebekah; he also gave precious things to her brother and her mother. -- genesis 24:53 +. +Then they ate and drank, he and the men who were with him, and stayed there all night. And in the morning they arose, and he said. Send me away to my master. -- genesis 24:54 +. +But [Rebekah's] brother and mother said, Let the girl stay with us a few days--at least ten; then she may go. -- genesis 24:55 +. +But [the servant] said to them, Do not hinder and delay me, seeing that the Lord has caused me to go prosperously on my way. Send me away, that I may go to my master. -- genesis 24:56 +. +And they said, We will call the girl and ask her [what is] her desire. -- genesis 24:57 +. +So they called Rebekah and said to her, Will you go with this man? And she said, I will go. -- genesis 24:58 +. +So they sent away Rebekah their sister and her nurse [Deborah] and Abraham's servant and his men. -- genesis 24:59 +. +And they blessed Rebekah and said to her, You are our sister; may you become the mother of thousands of ten thousands, and let your posterity possess the gate of their enemies. -- genesis 24:60 +. +And Rebekah and her maids arose and followed the man upon their camels. Thus the servant took Rebekah and went on his way. -- genesis 24:61 +. +Now Isaac had returned from going to the well Beer-lahai-roi [A well to the Living One Who sees me], for he [now] dwelt in the South country (the Negeb). -- genesis 24:62 +. +And Isaac went out to meditate and bow down [in prayer] in the open country in the evening; and he looked up and saw that, behold, the camels were coming. -- genesis 24:63 +. +And Rebekah looked up, and when she saw Isaac, she dismounted from the camel. -- genesis 24:64 +. +For she [had] said to the servant, Who is that man walking across the field to meet us? And the servant [had] said, He is my master. So she took a veil and concealed herself with it. -- genesis 24:65 +. +And the servant told Isaac everything that he had done. -- genesis 24:66 +. +And Isaac brought her into his mother Sarah's tent, and he took Rebekah and she became his wife, and he loved her; thus Isaac was comforted after his mother's death. -- genesis 24:67 +. +ABRAHAM TOOK another wife, and her name was Keturah. -- genesis 25:1 +. +And she bore him Zimran, Jokshan, Medan, Midian, Ishbak, and Shuah. -- genesis 25:2 +. +Jokshan was the father of Sheba and Dedan. The sons of Dedan were Asshurim, Letushim, and Leummim. -- genesis 25:3 +. +The sons of Midian were Ephah, Epher, Hanoch, Abida, and Eldaah. All these were the children of Keturah. -- genesis 25:4 +. +And Abraham gave all that he had to Isaac. -- genesis 25:5 +. +But to the sons of his concubines [Hagar and Keturah] Abraham gave gifts, and while he was still living he sent them to the east country, away from Isaac his son [of promise]. -- genesis 25:6 +. +The days of Abraham's life were years. -- genesis 25:7 +. +Then Abraham's spirit was released, and he died at a good (ample, full) old age, an old man, satisfied and satiated, and was gathered to his people. -- genesis 25:8 +. +And his sons Isaac and Ishmael buried him in the cave of Machpelah, in the field of Ephron the son of Zohar the Hittite, which is east of Mamre, -- genesis 25:9 +. +The field which Abraham purchased from the Hittites. There Abraham was buried with Sarah his wife. -- genesis 25:10 +. +After the death of Abraham, God blessed his son Isaac, and Isaac dwelt at Beer-lahai-roi [A well to the Living One Who sees me]. -- genesis 25:11 +. +Now this is the history of the descendants of Ishmael, Abraham's son, whom Hagar the Egyptian, Sarah's handmaid, bore to Abraham. -- genesis 25:12 +. +These are the names of the sons of Ishmael, named in the order of their births: Nebaioth, the firstborn of Ishmael, and Kedar, Adbeel, Mibsam, -- genesis 25:13 +. +Mishma, Dumah, Massa, -- genesis 25:14 +. +Hadad, Tema, Jetur, Naphish, and Kedemah. -- genesis 25:15 +. +These are the sons of Ishmael, and these are their names, by their villages and by their encampments (sheepfolds)--twelve princes according to their tribes. [Foretold in Gen. 17:20.] -- genesis 25:16 +. +And Ishmael lived years; then his spirit left him, and he died and was gathered to his kindred. -- genesis 25:17 +. +And [Ishmael's sons] dwelt from Havilah to Shur, which is before Egypt in the direction of Assyria. [Ishmael] dwelt close [to the lands] of all his brethren. -- genesis 25:18 +. +And this is the history of the descendants of Isaac, Abraham's son: Abraham was the father of Isaac. -- genesis 25:19 +. +Isaac was forty years old when he married Rebekah, the daughter of Bethuel the Aramean of Padan-aram, the sister of Laban the Aramean. -- genesis 25:20 +. +And Isaac prayed much to the Lord for his wife because she was unable to bear children; and the Lord granted his prayer, and Rebekah his wife became pregnant. -- genesis 25:21 +. +[Two] children struggled together within her; and she said, If it is so [that the Lord has heard our prayer], why am I like this? And she went to inquire of the Lord. -- genesis 25:22 +. +The Lord said to her, [The founders of] two nations are in your womb, and the separation of two peoples has begun in your body; the one people shall be stronger than the other, and the elder shall serve the younger. -- genesis 25:23 +. +When her days to be delivered were fulfilled, behold, there were twins in her womb. -- genesis 25:24 +. +The first came out red all over like a hairy garment, and they named him Esau [hairy]. -- genesis 25:25 +. +Afterward his brother came forth, and his hand grasped Esau's heel; so he was named Jacob [supplanter]. Isaac was sixty years old when she gave birth to them. -- genesis 25:26 +. +When the boys grew up, Esau was a cunning and skilled hunter, a man of the outdoors; but Jacob was a plain and quiet man, dwelling in tents. -- genesis 25:27 +. +And Isaac loved [and was partial to] Esau, because he ate of Esau's game; but Rebekah loved Jacob. -- genesis 25:28 +. +Jacob was boiling pottage (lentil stew) one day, when Esau came from the field and was faint [with hunger]. -- genesis 25:29 +. +And Esau said to Jacob, I beg of you, let me have some of that red lentil stew to eat, for I am faint and famished! That is why his name was called Edom [red]. -- genesis 25:30 +. +Jacob answered, Then sell me today your birthright (the rights of a firstborn). -- genesis 25:31 +. +Esau said, See here, I am at the point of death; what good can this birthright do me? -- genesis 25:32 +. +Jacob said, Swear to me today [that you are selling it to me]; and he swore to [Jacob] and sold him his birthright. -- genesis 25:33 +. +Then Jacob gave Esau bread and stew of lentils, and he ate and drank and rose up and went his way. Thus Esau scorned his birthright as beneath his notice. -- genesis 25:34 +. +AND THERE was a famine in the land, other than the former famine that was in the days of Abraham. And Isaac went to Gerar, to Abimelech king of the Philistines. -- genesis 26:1 +. +And the Lord appeared to him and said, Do not go down to Egypt; live in the land of which I will tell you. -- genesis 26:2 +. +Dwell temporarily in this land, and I will be with you and will favor you with blessings; for to you and to your descendants I will give all these lands, and I will perform the oath which I swore to Abraham your father. -- genesis 26:3 +. +And I will make your descendants to multiply as the stars of the heavens, and will give to your posterity all these lands (kingdoms); and by your Offspring shall all the nations of the earth be blessed, or by Him bless themselves, -- genesis 26:4 +. +For Abraham listened to and obeyed My voice and kept My charge, My commands, My statutes, and My laws. -- genesis 26:5 +. +So Isaac stayed in Gerar. -- genesis 26:6 +. +And the men of the place asked him about his wife, and he said, She is my sister; for he was afraid to say, She is my wife--[thinking], Lest the men of the place should kill me for Rebekah, because she is attractive and is beautiful to look upon. -- genesis 26:7 +. +When he had been there a long time, Abimelech king of the Philistines looked out of a window and saw Isaac caressing Rebekah his wife. -- genesis 26:8 +. +And Abimelech called Isaac and said, See here, she is certainly your wife! How did you [dare] say to me, She is my sister? And Isaac said to him, Because I thought, Lest I die on account of her. -- genesis 26:9 +. +And Abimelech said, What is this you have done to us? One of the men might easily have lain with your wife, and you would have brought guilt and sin upon us. -- genesis 26:10 +. +Then Abimelech charged all his people, He who touches this man or his wife shall surely be put to death. -- genesis 26:11 +. +Then Isaac sowed seed in that land and received in the same year a hundred times as much as he had planted, and the Lord favored him with blessings. -- genesis 26:12 +. +And the man became great and gained more and more until he became very wealthy and distinguished; -- genesis 26:13 +. +He owned flocks, herds, and a great supply of servants, and the Philistines envied him. -- genesis 26:14 +. +Now all the wells which his father's servants had dug in the days of Abraham his father, the Philistines had closed and filled with earth. -- genesis 26:15 +. +And Abimelech said to Isaac, Go away from us, for you are much mightier than we are. -- genesis 26:16 +. +So Isaac went away from there and pitched his tent in the Valley of Gerar, and dwelt there. -- genesis 26:17 +. +And Isaac dug again the wells of water which had been dug in the days of Abraham his father, for the Philistines had stopped them after the death of Abraham; and he gave them the names by which his father had called them. -- genesis 26:18 +. +Now Isaac's servants dug in the valley and found there a well of living [spring] water. -- genesis 26:19 +. +And the herdsmen of Gerar quarreled with Isaac's herdsmen, saying, The water is ours. And he named the well Esek [contention] because they quarreled with him. -- genesis 26:20 +. +Then [his servants] dug another well, and they quarreled over that also; so he named it Sitnah [enmity]. -- genesis 26:21 +. +And he moved away from there and dug another well, and for that one they did not quarrel. He named it Rehoboth [room], saying, For now the Lord has made room for us, and we shall be fruitful in the land. -- genesis 26:22 +. +Now he went up from there to Beersheba. -- genesis 26:23 +. +And the Lord appeared to him the same night and said, I am the God of Abraham your father. Fear not, for I am with you and will favor you with blessings and multiply your descendants for the sake of My servant Abraham. -- genesis 26:24 +. +And [Isaac] built an altar there and called on the name of the Lord and pitched his tent there; and there Isaac's servants were digging a well. -- genesis 26:25 +. +Then Abimelech went to him from Gerar with Ahuzzah, one of his friends, and Phicol, his army's commander. -- genesis 26:26 +. +And Isaac said to them, Why have you come to me, seeing that you hate me and have sent me away from you? -- genesis 26:27 +. +They said, We saw that the Lord was certainly with you; so we said, Let there be now an oath between us [carrying a curse with it to befall the one who breaks it], even between you and us, and let us make a covenant with you -- genesis 26:28 +. +That you will do us no harm, inasmuch as we have not touched you and have done to you nothing but good and have sent you away in peace. You are now the blessed or favored of the Lord! -- genesis 26:29 +. +And he made them a [formal] dinner, and they ate and drank. -- genesis 26:30 +. +And they rose up early in the morning and took oaths [with a curse] with one another; and Isaac sent them on their way and they departed from him in peace. -- genesis 26:31 +. +That same day Isaac's servants came and told him about the well they had dug, saying, We have found water! -- genesis 26:32 +. +And he named [the well] Shibah; therefore the name of the city is Beersheba [well of the oath] to this day. -- genesis 26:33 +. +Now Esau was years old when he took as wife Judith the daughter of Beeri the Hittite, and Basemath the daughter of Elon the Hittite. -- genesis 26:34 +. +And they made life bitter and a grief of mind and spirit for Isaac and Rebekah [their parents-in-law]. -- genesis 26:35 +. +WHEN ISAAC was old and his eyes were dim so that he could not see, he called Esau his elder son, and said to him, My son! And he answered him, Here I am. -- genesis 27:1 +. +He said, See here now; I am old, I do not know when I may die. -- genesis 27:2 +. +So now, I pray you, take your weapons, your [arrows in a] quiver and your bow, and go out into the open country and hunt game for me, -- genesis 27:3 +. +And prepare me appetizing meat, such as I love, and bring it to me, that I may eat of it, [preparatory] to giving you my blessing [as my firstborn] before I die. -- genesis 27:4 +. +But Rebekah heard what Isaac said to Esau his son; and when Esau had gone to the open country to hunt for game that he might bring it, -- genesis 27:5 +. +Rebekah said to Jacob her younger son, See here, I heard your father say to Esau your brother, -- genesis 27:6 +. +Bring me game and make me appetizing meat, so that I may eat and declare my blessing upon you before the Lord before my death. -- genesis 27:7 +. +So now, my son, do exactly as I command you. -- genesis 27:8 +. +Go now to the flock, and from it bring me two good and suitable kids; and I will make them into appetizing meat for your father, such as he loves. -- genesis 27:9 +. +And you shall bring it to your father, that he may eat and declare his blessing upon you before his death. -- genesis 27:10 +. +But Jacob said to Rebekah his mother, Listen, Esau my brother is a hairy man and I am a smooth man. -- genesis 27:11 +. +Suppose my father feels me; I will seem to him to be a cheat and an imposter, and I will bring [his] curse on me and not [his] blessing. -- genesis 27:12 +. +But his mother said to him, On me be your curse, my son; only obey my word and go, fetch them to me. -- genesis 27:13 +. +So [Jacob] went, got [the kids], and brought them to his mother; and his mother prepared appetizing meat with a delightful odor, such as his father loved. -- genesis 27:14 +. +Then Rebekah took her elder son Esau's best clothes which were with her in the house, and put them on Jacob her younger son. -- genesis 27:15 +. +And she put the skins of the kids on his hands and on the smooth part of his neck. -- genesis 27:16 +. +And she gave the savory meat and the bread which she had prepared into the hand of her son Jacob. -- genesis 27:17 +. +So he went to his father and said, My father. And he said, Here am I; who are you, my son? -- genesis 27:18 +. +And Jacob said to his father, I am Esau your firstborn; I have done what you told me to do. Now sit up and eat of my game, so that you may proceed to bless me. -- genesis 27:19 +. +And Isaac said to his son, How is it that you have found the game so quickly, my son? And he said, Because the Lord your God caused it to come to me. -- genesis 27:20 +. +But Isaac said to Jacob, Come close to me, I beg of you, that I may feel you, my son, and know whether you really are my son Esau or not. -- genesis 27:21 +. +So Jacob went near to Isaac, and his father felt him and said, The voice is Jacob's voice, but the hands are the hands of Esau. -- genesis 27:22 +. +He could not identify him, because his hands were hairy like his brother Esau's hands; so he blessed him. -- genesis 27:23 +. +But he said, Are you really my son Esau? He answered, I am. -- genesis 27:24 +. +Then [Isaac] said, Bring it to me and I will eat of my son's game, that I may bless you. He brought it to him and he ate; and he brought him wine and he drank. -- genesis 27:25 +. +Then his father Isaac said, Come near and kiss me, my son. -- genesis 27:26 +. +So he came near and kissed him; and [Isaac] smelled his clothing and blessed him and said, The scent of my son is as the odor of a field which the Lord has blessed. -- genesis 27:27 +. +And may God give you of the dew of the heavens and of the fatness of the earth and abundance of grain and [new] wine; -- genesis 27:28 +. +Let peoples serve you and nations bow down to you; be master over your brothers, and let your mother's sons bow down to you. Let everyone be cursed who curses you and favored with blessings who blesses you. -- genesis 27:29 +. +As soon as Isaac had finished blessing Jacob and Jacob was scarcely gone out from the presence of Isaac his father, Esau his brother came in from his hunting. -- genesis 27:30 +. +Esau had also prepared savory food and brought it to his father and said to him, Let my father arise and eat of his son's game, that you may bless me. -- genesis 27:31 +. +And Isaac his father said to him, Who are you? And he replied, I am your son, your firstborn, Esau. -- genesis 27:32 +. +Then Isaac trembled and shook violently, and he said, Who? Where is he who has hunted game and brought it to me, and I ate of it all before you came and I have blessed him? Yes, and he shall be blessed. -- genesis 27:33 +. +When Esau heard the words of his father, he cried out with a great and bitter cry and said to his father, Bless me, even me also, O my father! -- genesis 27:34 +. +[Isaac] said, Your brother came with crafty cunning and treacherous deceit and has taken your blessing. -- genesis 27:35 +. +[Esau] replied, Is he not rightly named Jacob [the supplanter]? For he has supplanted me these two times: he took away my birthright, and now he has taken away my blessing! Have you not still a blessing reserved for me? -- genesis 27:36 +. +And Isaac answered Esau, Behold, I have made [Jacob] your lord and master; I have given all his brethren to him for servants, and with corn and [new] wine have I sustained him. What then can I do for you, my son? -- genesis 27:37 +. +Esau said to his father, Have you only one blessing, my father? Bless me, even me also, O my father! And Esau lifted up [could not control] his voice and wept aloud. -- genesis 27:38 +. +Then Isaac his father answered, Your [blessing and] dwelling shall all come from the fruitfulness of the earth and from the dew of the heavens above; -- genesis 27:39 +. +By your sword you shall live and serve your brother. But [the time shall come] when you will grow restive and break loose, and you shall tear his yoke from off your neck. -- genesis 27:40 +. +And Esau hated Jacob because of the blessing with which his father blessed him; and Esau said in his heart, The days of mourning for my father are very near. When [he is gone] I will kill my brother Jacob. -- genesis 27:41 +. +These words of Esau her elder son were repeated to Rebekah. She sent for Jacob her younger son and said to him, See here, your brother Esau comforts himself concerning you [by intending] to kill you. -- genesis 27:42 +. +So now, my son, do what I tell you; arise, flee to my brother Laban in Haran; -- genesis 27:43 +. +Linger and dwell with him for a while until your brother's fury is spent. -- genesis 27:44 +. +When your brother's anger is diverted from you, he will forget [the wrong] that you have done him. Then I will send and bring you back from there. Why should I be deprived of both of you in one day? -- genesis 27:45 +. +Then Rebekah said to Isaac, I am weary of my life because of the daughters of Heth [these wives of Esau]! If Jacob takes a wife of the daughters of Heth such as these Hittite girls around here, what good will my life be to me? -- genesis 27:46 +. +SO ISAAC called Jacob and blessed him and commanded him, You shall not marry one of the women of Canaan. -- genesis 28:1 +. +Arise, go to Padan-aram, to the house of Bethuel your mother's father, and take from there as a wife one of the daughters of Laban your mother's brother. -- genesis 28:2 +. +May God Almighty bless you and make you fruitful and multiply you until you become a group of peoples. -- genesis 28:3 +. +May He give the blessing [He gave to] Abraham to you and your descendants with you, that you may inherit the land He gave to Abraham, in which you are a sojourner. -- genesis 28:4 +. +Thus Isaac sent Jacob away. He went to Padan-aram, to Laban son of Bethuel the Aramean, the brother of Rebekah, Jacob and Esau's mother. -- genesis 28:5 +. +Now Esau saw that Isaac had blessed Jacob and sent him to Padan-aram to take him a wife from there, and that as he blessed him, he gave him a charge, saying, You shall not take a wife of the daughters of Canaan; -- genesis 28:6 +. +And that Jacob obeyed his father and his mother and had gone to Padan-aram. -- genesis 28:7 +. +Also Esau saw that the daughters of Canaan did not please Isaac his father. -- genesis 28:8 +. +So Esau went to Ishmael and took to be his wife, [in addition] to the wives he [already] had, Mahalath daughter of Ishmael, Abraham's son, the sister of Nebaioth. -- genesis 28:9 +. +And Jacob left Beersheba and went toward Haran. -- genesis 28:10 +. +And he came to a certain place and stayed there overnight, because the sun was set. Taking one of the stones of the place, he put it under his head and lay down there to sleep. -- genesis 28:11 +. +And he dreamed that there was a ladder set up on the earth, and the top of it reached to heaven; and the angels of God were ascending and descending on it! -- genesis 28:12 +. +And behold, the Lord stood over and beside him and said, I am the Lord, the God of Abraham your father [forefather] and the God of Isaac; I will give to you and to your descendants the land on which you are lying. -- genesis 28:13 +. +And your offspring shall be as [countless as] the dust or sand of the ground, and you shall spread abroad to the west and the east and the north and the south; and by you and your Offspring shall all the families of the earth be blessed and bless themselves. -- genesis 28:14 +. +And behold, I am with you and will keep (watch over you with care, take notice of) you wherever you may go, and I will bring you back to this land; for I will not leave you until I have done all of which I have told you. -- genesis 28:15 +. +And Jacob awoke from his sleep and he said, Surely the Lord is in this place and I did not know it. -- genesis 28:16 +. +He was afraid and said, How to be feared and reverenced is this place! This is none other than the house of God, and this is the gateway to heaven! -- genesis 28:17 +. +And Jacob rose early in the morning and took the stone he had put under his head, and he set it up for a pillar (a monument to the vision in his dream), and he poured oil on its top [in dedication]. -- genesis 28:18 +. +And he named that place Bethel [the house of God]; but the name of that city was Luz at first. -- genesis 28:19 +. +Then Jacob made a vow, saying, If God will be with me and will keep me in this way that I go and will give me food to eat and clothing to wear, -- genesis 28:20 +. +So that I may come again to my father's house in peace, then the Lord shall be my God; -- genesis 28:21 +. +And this stone which I have set up as a pillar (monument) shall be God's house [a sacred place to me], and of all [the increase of possessions] that You give me I will give the tenth to You. -- genesis 28:22 +. +THEN JACOB went [briskly and cheerfully] on his way [miles] and came to the land of the people of the East. -- genesis 29:1 +. +As he looked, he saw a well in the field; and behold, there were three flocks of sheep lying by it, for out of that well the flocks were watered. The stone on the well's mouth was a big one, -- genesis 29:2 +. +And when all the flocks were gathered there, [the shepherds] would roll the stone from the well's mouth, water the sheep, and replace the stone on the well's mouth. -- genesis 29:3 +. +And Jacob said to them, My brothers, where are you from? And they said, We are from Haran. -- genesis 29:4 +. +[Jacob] said to them, Do you know Laban the grandson of Nahor? And they said, We know him. -- genesis 29:5 +. +He said to them, Is it well with him? And they said, He is doing well; and behold, here comes his daughter Rachel with [his] sheep! -- genesis 29:6 +. +He said, The sun is still high; it is a long time yet before the flocks need be gathered [in their folds]. [Why not] water the sheep and return them to their pasture? -- genesis 29:7 +. +But they said, We cannot until all the flocks are gathered together; then [the shepherds] roll the stone from the well's mouth and we water the sheep. -- genesis 29:8 +. +While he was still talking with them, Rachel came with her father's sheep, for she shepherded them. -- genesis 29:9 +. +When Jacob saw Rachel daughter of Laban, his mother's brother, and the sheep of Laban his uncle, Jacob went near and rolled the stone from the well's mouth and watered the flock of his uncle Laban. -- genesis 29:10 +. +Then Jacob kissed Rachel and he wept aloud. -- genesis 29:11 +. +Jacob told Rachel he was her father's relative, Rebekah's son; and she ran and told her father. -- genesis 29:12 +. +When Laban heard of the arrival of Jacob his sister's son, he ran to meet him, and embraced and kissed him and brought him to his house. And [Jacob] told Laban all these things. -- genesis 29:13 +. +Then Laban said to him, Surely you are my bone and my flesh. And [Jacob] stayed with him a month. -- genesis 29:14 +. +Then Laban said to Jacob, Just because you are my relative, should you work for me for nothing? Tell me, what shall your wages be? -- genesis 29:15 +. +Now Laban had two daughters; the name of the elder was Leah and the name of the younger was Rachel. -- genesis 29:16 +. +Leah's eyes were weak and dull looking, but Rachel was beautiful and attractive. -- genesis 29:17 +. +And Jacob loved Rachel; so he said, I will work for you for seven years for Rachel your younger daughter. -- genesis 29:18 +. +And Laban said, It is better that I give her to you than to another man. Stay and live with me. -- genesis 29:19 +. +And Jacob served seven years for Rachel; and they seemed to him but a few days because of the love he had for her. -- genesis 29:20 +. +Finally, Jacob said to Laban, Give me my wife, for my time is completed, so that I may take her to me. -- genesis 29:21 +. +And Laban gathered together all the men of the place and made a feast [with drinking]. -- genesis 29:22 +. +But when night came, he took Leah his daughter and brought her to [Jacob], who had intercourse with her. -- genesis 29:23 +. +And Laban gave Zilpah his maid to his daughter Leah to be her maid. -- genesis 29:24 +. +But in the morning [Jacob saw his wife, and] behold, it was Leah! And he said to Laban, What is this you have done to me? Did I not work for you [all those seven years] for Rachel? Why then have you deceived and cheated and thrown me down [like this]? -- genesis 29:25 +. +And Laban said, It is not permitted in our country to give the younger [in marriage] before the elder. -- genesis 29:26 +. +Finish the [wedding feast] week [for Leah]; then we will give you [Rachel] also, and you shall work for me yet seven more years in return. -- genesis 29:27 +. +So Jacob complied and fulfilled [Leah's] week; then [Laban] gave him Rachel his daughter as his wife. -- genesis 29:28 +. +(And Laban gave Bilhah his maid to Rachel his daughter to be her maid.) -- genesis 29:29 +. +And Jacob lived with Rachel also as his wife, and he loved Rachel more than Leah and served [Laban] another seven years [for her]. -- genesis 29:30 +. +And when the Lord saw that Leah was despised, He made her able to bear children, but Rachel was barren. -- genesis 29:31 +. +And Leah became pregnant and bore a son and named him Reuben [See, a son!]; for she said, Because the Lord has seen my humiliation and affliction; now my husband will love me. -- genesis 29:32 +. +[Leah] became pregnant again and bore a son and said, Because the Lord heard that I am despised, He has given me this son also; and she named him Simeon [God hears]. -- genesis 29:33 +. +And she became pregnant again and bore a son and said, Now this time will my husband be a companion to me, for I have borne him three sons. Therefore he was named Levi [companion]. -- genesis 29:34 +. +Again she conceived and bore a son, and she said, Now will I praise the Lord! So she called his name Judah [praise]; then [for a time] she ceased bearing. -- genesis 29:35 +. +WHEN RACHEL saw that she bore Jacob no children, she envied her sister, and said to Jacob, Give me children, or else I will die! -- genesis 30:1 +. +And Jacob became very angry with Rachel and he said, Am I in God's stead, Who has denied you children? -- genesis 30:2 +. +And she said, See here, take my maid Bilhah and have intercourse with her; and [when the baby comes] she shall deliver it upon my knees, that I by her may also have children. -- genesis 30:3 +. +And she gave him Bilhah her maid as a [secondary] wife, and Jacob had intercourse with her. -- genesis 30:4 +. +And Bilhah became pregnant and bore Jacob a son. -- genesis 30:5 +. +And Rachel said, God has judged and vindicated me, and has heard my plea and has given me a son; so she named him Dan [judged]. -- genesis 30:6 +. +And Bilhah, Rachel's maid, conceived again and bore Jacob a second son. -- genesis 30:7 +. +And Rachel said, With mighty wrestlings [in prayer to God] I have struggled with my sister and have prevailed; so she named him [this second son Bilhah bore] Naphtali [struggled]. -- genesis 30:8 +. +When Leah saw that she had ceased to bear, she gave Zilpah her maid to Jacob as a [secondary] wife. -- genesis 30:9 +. +And Zilpah, Leah's maid, bore Jacob a son. -- genesis 30:10 +. +Then Leah said, Victory and good fortune have come; and she named him Gad [fortune]. -- genesis 30:11 +. +Zilpah, Leah's maid, bore Jacob [her] second son. -- genesis 30:12 +. +And Leah said, I am happy, for women will call me blessed (happy, fortunate, to be envied); and she named him Asher [happy]. -- genesis 30:13 +. +Now Reuben went at the time of wheat harvest and found some mandrakes (love apples) in the field and brought them to his mother Leah. Then Rachel said to Leah, Give me, I pray you, some of your son's mandrakes. -- genesis 30:14 +. +But [Leah] answered, Is it not enough that you have taken my husband without your taking away my son's mandrakes also? And Rachel said, Jacob shall sleep with you tonight [in exchange] for your son's mandrakes. -- genesis 30:15 +. +And Jacob came out of the field in the evening, and Leah went out to meet him and said, You must sleep with me [tonight], for I have certainly paid your hire with my son's mandrakes. So he slept with her that night. -- genesis 30:16 +. +And God heeded Leah's [prayer], and she conceived and bore Jacob [her] fifth son. -- genesis 30:17 +. +Leah said, God has given me my hire, because I have given my maid to my husband; and she called his name Issachar [hired]. -- genesis 30:18 +. +And Leah became pregnant again and bore Jacob [her] sixth son. -- genesis 30:19 +. +Then Leah said, God has endowed me with a good marriage gift [for my husband]; now will he dwell with me [and regard me as his wife in reality], because I have borne him six sons; and she named him Zebulun [dwelling]. -- genesis 30:20 +. +Afterwards she bore a daughter and called her Dinah. -- genesis 30:21 +. +Then God remembered Rachel and answered her pleading and made it possible for her to have children. -- genesis 30:22 +. +And [now for the first time] she became pregnant and bore a son; and she said, God has taken away my reproach, disgrace, and humiliation. -- genesis 30:23 +. +And she called his name Joseph [may he add] and said, May the Lord add to me another son. -- genesis 30:24 +. +When Rachel had borne Joseph, Jacob said to Laban, Send me away, that I may go to my own place and country. -- genesis 30:25 +. +Give me my wives and my children, for whom I have served you, and let me go; for you know the work which I have done for you. -- genesis 30:26 +. +And Laban said to him, If I have found favor in your sight, I pray you [do not go]; for I have learned by experience and from the omens in divination that the Lord has favored me with blessings on your account. -- genesis 30:27 +. +He said, State your salary and I will give it. -- genesis 30:28 +. +Jacob answered him, You know how I have served you, and how your possessions, your cattle and sheep and goats, have fared with me. -- genesis 30:29 +. +For you had little before I came, and it has increased and multiplied abundantly; and the Lord has favored you with blessings wherever I turned. But now, when shall I provide for my own house also? -- genesis 30:30 +. +[Laban] said, What shall I give you? And Jacob said, You shall not give me anything, if you will do this one thing for me [of which I am about to tell you], and I will again feed and take care of your flock. -- genesis 30:31 +. +Let me pass through all your flock today, removing from it every speckled and spotted animal and every black one among the sheep, and the spotted and speckled among the goats; and such shall be my wages. -- genesis 30:32 +. +So later when the matter of my wages is brought before you, my fair dealing will be evident and answer for me. Every one that is not speckled and spotted among the goats and black among the sheep, if found with me, shall be counted as stolen. -- genesis 30:33 +. +And Laban said, Good; let it be done as you say. -- genesis 30:34 +. +But that same day [Laban] removed the he-goats that were streaked and spotted and all the she-goats that were speckled and spotted, every one that had white on it, and every black lamb, and put them in charge of his sons. -- genesis 30:35 +. +And he set [a distance of] three days' journey between himself and Jacob; and Jacob was then left in care of the rest of Laban's flock. -- genesis 30:36 +. +But Jacob took fresh rods of poplar and almond and plane trees and peeled white streaks in them, exposing the white in the rods. -- genesis 30:37 +. +Then he set the rods which he had peeled in front of the flocks in the watering troughs where the flocks came to drink. And since they bred and conceived when they came to drink, -- genesis 30:38 +. +The flocks bred and conceived in sight of the rods and brought forth lambs and kids streaked, speckled, and spotted. -- genesis 30:39 +. +Jacob separated the lambs, and [as he had done with the peeled rods] he also set the faces of the flocks toward the streaked and all the dark in the [new] flock of Laban; and he put his own droves by themselves and did not let them breed with Laban's flock. -- genesis 30:40 +. +And whenever the stronger animals were breeding, Jacob laid the rods in the watering troughs before the eyes of the flock, that they might breed and conceive among the rods. -- genesis 30:41 +. +But when the sheep and goats were feeble, he omitted putting the rods there; so the feebler animals were Laban's and the stronger Jacob's. -- genesis 30:42 +. +Thus the man increased and became exceedingly rich, and had many sheep and goats, and maidservants, menservants, camels, and donkeys. -- genesis 30:43 +. +JACOB HEARD Laban's sons complaining, Jacob has taken away all that was our father's; he has acquired all this wealth and honor from what belonged to our father. -- genesis 31:1 +. +And Jacob noticed that Laban looked at him less favorably than before. -- genesis 31:2 +. +Then the Lord said to Jacob, Return to the land of your fathers and to your people, and I will be with you. -- genesis 31:3 +. +So Jacob sent and called Rachel and Leah to the field to his flock, -- genesis 31:4 +. +And he said to them, I see how your father looks at me, that he is not [friendly] toward me as before; but the God of my father has been with me. -- genesis 31:5 +. +You know that I have served your father with all my might and power. -- genesis 31:6 +. +But your father has deceived me and changed my wages ten times, but God did not allow him to hurt me. -- genesis 31:7 +. +If he said, The speckled shall be your wages, then all the flock bore speckled; and if he said, The streaked shall be your hire, then all the flock bore streaked. -- genesis 31:8 +. +Thus God has taken away the flocks of your father and given them to me. -- genesis 31:9 +. +And I had a dream at the time the flock conceived. I looked up and saw that the rams which mated with the she-goats were streaked, speckled, and spotted. -- genesis 31:10 +. +And the Angel of God said to me in the dream, Jacob. And I said, Here am I. -- genesis 31:11 +. +And He said, Look up and see, all the rams which mate with the flock are streaked, speckled, and mottled; for I have seen all that Laban does to you. -- genesis 31:12 +. +I am the God of Bethel, where you anointed the pillar and where you vowed a vow to Me. Now arise, get out from this land and return to your native land. -- genesis 31:13 +. +And Rachel and Leah answered him, Is there any portion or inheritance for us in our father's house? -- genesis 31:14 +. +Are we not counted by him as strangers? For he sold us and has also quite devoured our money [the price you paid for us]. -- genesis 31:15 +. +For all the riches which God has taken from our father are ours and our children's. Now then, whatever God has said to you, do it. -- genesis 31:16 +. +Then Jacob rose up and set his sons and his wives upon the camels; -- genesis 31:17 +. +And he drove away all his livestock and all his gain which he had gotten, the livestock he had obtained and accumulated in Padan-aram, to go to Isaac his father in the land of Canaan. -- genesis 31:18 +. +Now Laban had gone to shear his sheep [possibly to the feast of sheepshearing], and Rachel stole her father's household gods. -- genesis 31:19 +. +And Jacob outwitted Laban the Syrian [Aramean] in that he did not tell him that he [intended] to flee and slip away secretly. -- genesis 31:20 +. +So he fled with all that he had, and arose and crossed the river [Euphrates] and set his face toward the hill country of Gilead. -- genesis 31:21 +. +But on the third day Laban was told that Jacob had fled. -- genesis 31:22 +. +So he took his kinsmen with him and pursued after [Jacob] for seven days, and they overtook him in the hill country of Gilead. -- genesis 31:23 +. +But God came to Laban the Syrian [Aramean] in a dream by night and said to him, Be careful that you do not speak from good to bad to Jacob [peaceably, then violently]. -- genesis 31:24 +. +Then Laban overtook Jacob. Now Jacob had pitched his tent on the hill, and Laban coming with his kinsmen pitched [his tents] on the same hill of Gilead. -- genesis 31:25 +. +And Laban said to Jacob, What do you mean stealing away and leaving like this without my knowing it, and carrying off my daughters as if captives of the sword? -- genesis 31:26 +. +Why did you flee secretly and cheat me and did not tell me, so that I might have sent you away with joy and gladness and with singing, with tambourine and lyre? -- genesis 31:27 +. +And why did you not permit me to kiss my sons [grandchildren] and my daughters good-bye? Now you have done foolishly [in behaving like this]. -- genesis 31:28 +. +It is in my power to do you harm; but the God of your father spoke to me last night, saying, Be careful that you do not speak from good to bad to Jacob [peaceably, then violently]. -- genesis 31:29 +. +And now you felt you must go because you were homesick for your father's house, but why did you steal my [household] gods? -- genesis 31:30 +. +Jacob answered Laban, Because I was afraid; for I thought, Suppose you would take your daughters from me by force. -- genesis 31:31 +. +The one with whom you find those gods of yours, let him not live. Here before our kinsmen [search my possessions and] take whatever you find that belongs to you. For Jacob did not know that Rachel had stolen [the images]. -- genesis 31:32 +. +So Laban went into Jacob's tent and into Leah's tent and the tent of the two maids, but he did not find them. Then he went from Leah's tent into Rachel's tent. -- genesis 31:33 +. +Now Rachel had taken the images (gods) and put them in the camel's saddle and sat on them. Laban searched and felt through all the tent, but did not find them. -- genesis 31:34 +. +And [Rachel] said to her father, Do not be displeased, my lord, that I cannot rise up before you, for the period of women is upon me and I am unwell. And he searched, but did not find the gods. -- genesis 31:35 +. +Then Jacob became angry and reproached and argued with Laban. And Jacob said to Laban, What is my fault? What is my sin, that you so hotly pursued me? -- genesis 31:36 +. +Although you have searched and felt through all my household possessions, what have you found of all your household goods? Put it here before my brethren and yours, that they may judge and decide between us. -- genesis 31:37 +. +These twenty years I have been with you; your ewes and your she-goats have not lost their young, and the rams of your flock have not been eaten by me. -- genesis 31:38 +. +I did not bring you [the carcasses of the animals] torn by wild beasts; I bore the loss of it; you required of me [to make good] all that was stolen, whether it occurred by day or by night. -- genesis 31:39 +. +This was [my lot]; by day the heat consumed me and by night the cold, and I could not sleep. -- genesis 31:40 +. +I have been twenty years in your house. I served you fourteen years for your two daughters and six years for your flocks; and you have changed my wages ten times. -- genesis 31:41 +. +And if the God of my father, the God of Abraham and the Dread [lest he should fall] and Fear [lest he offend] of Isaac, had not been with me, surely you would have sent me away now empty-handed. God has seen my affliction and humiliation and the [wearying] labor of my hands and rebuked you last night. -- genesis 31:42 +. +Laban answered Jacob, These daughters are my daughters, these children are my children, these flocks are my flocks, and all that you see is mine. But what can I do today to these my daughters or to their children whom they have borne? -- genesis 31:43 +. +So come now, let us make a covenant or league, you and I, and let it be for a witness between you and me. -- genesis 31:44 +. +So Jacob set up a stone for a pillar or monument. -- genesis 31:45 +. +And Jacob said to his brethren, Gather stones; and they took stones and made a heap, and they ate [together] there upon the heap. -- genesis 31:46 +. +Laban called it Jegar-sahadutha [witness heap, in Aramaic ], but Jacob called it Galeed [witness heap, in Hebrew. ] -- genesis 31:47 +. +Laban said, This heap is a witness today between you and me. Therefore it was named Galeed. -- genesis 31:48 +. +And [the pillar or monument was called] Mizpah [watchpost], for he [Laban] said, May the Lord watch between you and me when we are absent and hidden one from another. -- genesis 31:49 +. +If you should afflict, humiliate, or lower [divorce] my daughters, or if you should take other wives beside my daughters, although no man is with us [to witness], see (remember), God is witness between you and me. -- genesis 31:50 +. +And Laban said to Jacob, See this heap and this pillar, which I have set up between you and me. -- genesis 31:51 +. +This heap is a witness and this pillar is a witness, that I will not pass by this heap to you, and that you will not pass by this heap and this pillar to me, for harm. -- genesis 31:52 +. +The God of Abraham and the God of Nahor, and the god [the object of worship] of their father [Terah, an idolator], judge between us. But Jacob swore [only] by [the one true God] the Dread and Fear of his father Isaac. -- genesis 31:53 +. +Then Jacob offered a sacrifice on the mountain and called his brethren to eat food; and they ate food and lingered all night on the mountain. -- genesis 31:54 +. +And early in the morning Laban rose up and kissed his grandchildren and his daughters and pronounced a blessing [asking God's favor] on them. Then Laban departed and returned to his home. -- genesis 31:55 +. +THEN JACOB went on his way, and God's angels met him. -- genesis 32:1 +. +When Jacob saw them, he said, This is God's army! So he named that place Mahanaim [two armies]. -- genesis 32:2 +. +And Jacob sent messengers before him to Esau his brother in the land of Seir, the country of Edom. -- genesis 32:3 +. +And he commanded them, Say this to my lord Esau: Your servant Jacob says this: I have been living temporarily with Laban and have stayed there till now. -- genesis 32:4 +. +And I have oxen, donkeys, flocks, menservants, and women servants; and I have sent to tell my lord, that I may find mercy and kindness in your sight. -- genesis 32:5 +. +And the messengers returned to Jacob, saying, We came to your brother Esau; and now he is [on the way] to meet you, and four hundred men are with him. -- genesis 32:6 +. +Then Jacob was greatly afraid and distressed; and he divided the people who were with him, and the flocks and herds and camels, into two groups, -- genesis 32:7 +. +Thinking, If Esau comes to the one group and smites it, then the other group which is left will escape. -- genesis 32:8 +. +Jacob said, O God of my father Abraham and God of my father Isaac, the Lord Who said to me, Return to your country and to your people and I will do you good, -- genesis 32:9 +. +I am not worthy of the least of all the mercy and loving-kindness and all the faithfulness which You have shown to Your servant, for with [only] my staff I passed over this Jordan [long ago], and now I have become two companies. -- genesis 32:10 +. +Deliver me, I pray You, from the hand of my brother, from the hand of Esau; for I fear him, lest he come and smite [us all], the mothers with the children. -- genesis 32:11 +. +And You said, I will surely do you good and make your descendants as the sand of the sea, which cannot be numbered for multitude. -- genesis 32:12 +. +And Jacob lodged there that night and took from what he had with him as a present for his brother Esau: -- genesis 32:13 +. +Two hundred she-goats, he-goats, 200 ewes, 20 rams, -- genesis 32:14 +. +Thirty milk camels with their colts, cows, 10 bulls, 20 she-donkeys, and 10 [donkey] colts. -- genesis 32:15 +. +And he put them into the charge of his servants, every drove by itself, and said to his servants, Pass over before me and put a space between drove and drove. -- genesis 32:16 +. +And he commanded the first, When Esau my brother meets you and asks to whom you belong, where you are going, and whose are the animals before you, -- genesis 32:17 +. +Then you shall say, They are your servant Jacob's; it is a present sent to my lord Esau; and moreover, he is behind us. -- genesis 32:18 +. +And so he commanded the second and the third and all that followed the droves, saying, This is what you are to say to Esau when you meet him. -- genesis 32:19 +. +And say, Moreover, your servant Jacob is behind us. For he said, I will appease him with the present that goes before me, and afterward I will see his face; perhaps he will accept me. -- genesis 32:20 +. +So the present went on before him, and he himself lodged that night in the camp. -- genesis 32:21 +. +But he rose up that [same] night and took his two wives, his two women servants, and his eleven sons and passed over the ford [of the] Jabbok. -- genesis 32:22 +. +And he took them and sent them across the brook; also he sent over all that he had. -- genesis 32:23 +. +And Jacob was left alone, and a Man wrestled with him until daybreak. -- genesis 32:24 +. +And when [the Man] saw that He did not prevail against [Jacob], He touched the hollow of his thigh; and Jacob's thigh was put out of joint as he wrestled with Him. -- genesis 32:25 +. +Then He said, Let Me go, for day is breaking. But [Jacob] said, I will not let You go unless You declare a blessing upon me. -- genesis 32:26 +. +[The Man] asked him, What is your name? And [in shock of realization, whispering] he said, Jacob [supplanter, schemer, trickster, swindler]! -- genesis 32:27 +. +And He said, Your name shall be called no more Jacob [supplanter], but Israel [contender with God]; for you have contended and have power with God and with men and have prevailed. -- genesis 32:28 +. +Then Jacob asked Him, Tell me, I pray You, what [in contrast] is Your name? But He said, Why is it that you ask My name? And [the Angel of God declared] a blessing on [Jacob] there. -- genesis 32:29 +. +And Jacob called the name of the place Peniel [the face of God], saying, For I have seen God face to face, and my life is spared and not snatched away. -- genesis 32:30 +. +And as he passed Penuel [Peniel], the sun rose upon him, and he was limping because of his thigh. -- genesis 32:31 +. +That is why to this day the Israelites do not eat the sinew of the hip which is on the hollow of the thigh, because [the Angel of the Lord] touched the hollow of Jacob's thigh on the sinew of the hip. -- genesis 32:32 +. +AND JACOB raised his eyes and looked, and behold, Esau was coming and with him men. So he divided the children to Leah and to Rachel and to the two maids. -- genesis 33:1 +. +And he put the maids and their children in front, Leah and her children after them, and Rachel and Joseph last of all. -- genesis 33:2 +. +Then Jacob went over [the stream] before them and bowed himself to the ground seven times, until he came near to his brother. -- genesis 33:3 +. +But Esau ran to meet him, and embraced him and fell on his neck and kissed him, and they wept. -- genesis 33:4 +. +[Esau] looked up and saw the women and the children and said, Who are these with you? And [Jacob] replied, They are the children whom God has graciously given your servant. -- genesis 33:5 +. +Then the maids came near, they and their children, and they bowed themselves. -- genesis 33:6 +. +And Leah also with her children came near, and they bowed themselves. After them Joseph and Rachel came near, and they bowed themselves. -- genesis 33:7 +. +Esau said, What do you mean by all this company which I met? And he said, These are that I might find favor in the sight of my lord. -- genesis 33:8 +. +And Esau said, I have plenty, my brother; keep what you have for yourself. -- genesis 33:9 +. +But Jacob replied, No, I beg of you, if now I have found favor in your sight, receive my gift that I am presenting; for truly to see your face is to me as if I had seen the face of God, and you have received me favorably. -- genesis 33:10 +. +Accept, I beg of you, my blessing and gift that I have brought to you; for God has dealt graciously with me and I have everything. And he kept urging him and he accepted it. -- genesis 33:11 +. +Then [Esau] said, Let us get started on our journey, and I will go before you. -- genesis 33:12 +. +But Jacob replied, You know, my lord, that the children are tender and delicate and need gentle care, and the flocks and herds with young are of concern to me; for if the men should overdrive them for a single day, the whole of the flocks would die. -- genesis 33:13 +. +Let my lord, I pray you, pass over before his servant; and I will lead on slowly, governed by [consideration for] the livestock that set the pace before me and the endurance of the children, until I come to my lord in Seir. -- genesis 33:14 +. +Then Esau said, Let me now leave with you some of the people who are with me. But [Jacob] said, What need is there for it? Let me find favor in the sight of my lord. -- genesis 33:15 +. +So Esau turned back that day on his way to Seir. -- genesis 33:16 +. +But Jacob journeyed to Succoth and built himself a house and made booths or places of shelter for his livestock; so the name of the place is called Succoth [booths]. -- genesis 33:17 +. +When Jacob came from Padan-aram, he arrived safely and in peace at the town of Shechem, in the land of Canaan, and pitched his tents before the [enclosed] town. -- genesis 33:18 +. +Then he bought the piece of land on which he had encamped from the sons of Hamor, Shechem's father, for a hundred pieces of money. -- genesis 33:19 +. +There he erected an altar and called it El-Elohe-Israel [God, the God of Israel]. -- genesis 33:20 +. +NOW DINAH daughter of Leah, whom she bore to Jacob, went out [unattended] to see the girls of the place. -- genesis 34:1 +. +And when Shechem son of Hamor the Hivite, prince of the country, saw her, he seized her, lay with her, and humbled, defiled, and disgraced her. -- genesis 34:2 +. +But his soul longed for and clung to Dinah daughter of Jacob, and he loved the girl and spoke comfortingly to her young heart's wishes. -- genesis 34:3 +. +And Shechem said to his father Hamor, Get me this girl to be my wife. -- genesis 34:4 +. +Jacob heard that [Shechem] had defiled Dinah his daughter. Now his sons were with his livestock in the field. So Jacob held his peace until they came. -- genesis 34:5 +. +But Hamor father of Shechem went out to Jacob to have a talk with him. -- genesis 34:6 +. +When Jacob's sons heard it, they came from the field; and they were distressed and grieved and very angry, for [Shechem] had done a vile thing to Israel in lying with Jacob's daughter, which ought not to be done. -- genesis 34:7 +. +And Hamor conferred with them, saying, The soul of my son Shechem craves your daughter [and sister]. I beg of you give her to him to be his wife. -- genesis 34:8 +. +And make marriages with us and give your daughters to us and take our daughters to you. -- genesis 34:9 +. +You shall dwell with us; the country will be open to you; live and trade and get your possessions in it. -- genesis 34:10 +. +And Shechem said to [Dinah's] father and to her brothers, Let me find favor in your eyes, and I will give you whatever you ask of me. -- genesis 34:11 +. +Ask me ever so much dowry and [marriage] gift, and I will give according to what you tell me; only give me the girl to be my wife. -- genesis 34:12 +. +The sons of Jacob answered Shechem and Hamor his father deceitfully, [justifying their intended action by saying, in effect, we are going to do this] because Shechem had defiled and disgraced their sister Dinah. -- genesis 34:13 +. +They said to them, We cannot do this thing and give our sister to one who is not circumcised, for that would be a reproach and disgrace to us. -- genesis 34:14 +. +But we do consent to do this: if you will become as we are and every male among you be circumcised, -- genesis 34:15 +. +Then we will give our daughters to you and we will take your daughters to us, and we will dwell with you and become one people. -- genesis 34:16 +. +But if you will not listen to us and consent to be circumcised, then we will take our daughter and go. -- genesis 34:17 +. +Their words pleased Hamor and his son Shechem. -- genesis 34:18 +. +And the young man did not delay to do the thing, for he delighted in Jacob's daughter. He was honored above all his family [so, ranking first, he acted first]. -- genesis 34:19 +. +Then Hamor and Shechem his son came to the gate of their [enclosed] town and discussed the matter with the citizens, saying, -- genesis 34:20 +. +These men are peaceable with us; so let them dwell in the land and trade in it; for the land is large enough [for us and] for them; let us take their daughters for wives and let us give them our daughters. -- genesis 34:21 +. +But the men will consent to our request that they live among us and be one people only on condition that every male among us be circumcised, as they are. -- genesis 34:22 +. +Shall not their cattle and their possessions and all their beasts be ours? Only let us consent to them, and they will dwell here with us. -- genesis 34:23 +. +And all the people who went out of the town gate listened and heeded what Hamor and Shechem said; and every male was circumcised who was a resident of that town. -- genesis 34:24 +. +But on the third day [after the circumcision] when [all the men] were sore, two of the sons of Jacob, Simeon and Levi, Dinah's [full] brothers, took their swords, boldly entered the city [without danger], and slew all the males. -- genesis 34:25 +. +And they killed Hamor and Shechem his son with the edge of the sword and took Dinah out of Shechem's house [where she had been all this time] and departed. -- genesis 34:26 +. +[Then the rest of] Jacob's [eleven] sons came upon the slain and plundered the town, because there their sister had been defiled and disgraced. -- genesis 34:27 +. +They took their flocks, their herds, their donkeys, and whatever was in the town and in the field; -- genesis 34:28 +. +All their wealth and all their little ones and their wives they took captive, making spoil even of all [they found] in the houses. -- genesis 34:29 +. +And Jacob said to Simeon and Levi, You have ruined me, making me infamous and embroiling me with the inhabitants of the land, the Canaanites and the Perizzites! And we are few in number, and they will gather together against me and attack me; and I shall be destroyed, I and my household. -- genesis 34:30 +. +And they said, Should he [be permitted to] deal with our sister as with a harlot? -- genesis 34:31 +. +AND GOD said to Jacob, Arise, go up to Bethel and dwell there. And make there an altar to God Who appeared to you [in a distinct manifestation] when you fled from the presence of Esau your brother. -- genesis 35:1 +. +Then Jacob said to his household and to all who were with him, Put away the [images of] strange gods that are among you, and purify yourselves and change [into fresh] garments; -- genesis 35:2 +. +Then let us arise and go up to Bethel, and I will make there an altar to God Who answered me in the day of my distress and was with me wherever I went. -- genesis 35:3 +. +So they [both young men and women] gave to Jacob all the strange gods they had and their earrings which were [worn as charms against evil] in their ears; and Jacob buried and hid them under the oak near Shechem. -- genesis 35:4 +. +And they journeyed and a terror from God fell on the towns round about them, and they did not pursue the sons of Jacob. -- genesis 35:5 +. +So Jacob came to Luz, that is, Bethel, which is in the land of Canaan, he and all the people with him. -- genesis 35:6 +. +There he built an altar, and called the place El-bethel [God of Bethel], for there God revealed Himself to him when he fled from the presence of his brother. -- genesis 35:7 +. +But Deborah, Rebekah's nurse, died and was buried below Bethel under an oak; and the name of it was called Allon-bacuth [oak of weeping]. -- genesis 35:8 +. +And God [in a distinctly visible manifestation] appeared to Jacob again when he came out of Padan-aram, and declared a blessing on him. -- genesis 35:9 +. +Again God said to him, Your name is Jacob [supplanter]; you shall not be called Jacob any longer, but Israel shall be your name. So He called him Israel [contender with God]. -- genesis 35:10 +. +And God said to him, I am God Almighty. Be fruitful and multiply; a nation and a company of nations shall come from you and kings shall be born of your stock; -- genesis 35:11 +. +The land which I gave Abraham and Isaac I will give to you, and to your descendants after you I will give the land. -- genesis 35:12 +. +Then God ascended from him in the place where He talked with him. -- genesis 35:13 +. +And Jacob set up a pillar (monument) in the place where he talked with [God], a pillar of stone; and he poured a drink offering on it and he poured oil on it. -- genesis 35:14 +. +And Jacob called the name of the place where God had talked with him Bethel [house of God]. -- genesis 35:15 +. +And they journeyed from Bethel and had but a little way to go to Ephrath [Bethlehem] when Rachel suffered the pangs of childbirth and had hard labor. -- genesis 35:16 +. +When she was in hard labor, the midwife said to her, Do not be afraid; you shall have this son also. -- genesis 35:17 +. +And as her soul was departing, for she died, she called his name Ben-oni [son of my sorrow]; but his father called him Benjamin [son of the right hand]. -- genesis 35:18 +. +So Rachel died and was buried on the way to Ephrath, that is, Bethlehem. -- genesis 35:19 +. +And Jacob set a pillar (monument) on her grave; that is the pillar of Rachel's grave to this day. -- genesis 35:20 +. +Then Israel journeyed on and spread his tent on the other side of the tower of Edar. -- genesis 35:21 +. +When Israel dwelt there, Reuben [his eldest son] went and lay with Bilhah his father's concubine; and Israel heard about it. Now Jacob's sons were twelve. -- genesis 35:22 +. +The sons of Leah: Reuben, Jacob's firstborn, Simeon, Levi, Judah, Issachar, and Zebulun. -- genesis 35:23 +. +The sons of Rachel: Joseph and Benjamin. -- genesis 35:24 +. +The sons of Bilhah, Rachel's maid: Dan and Naphtali. -- genesis 35:25 +. +And the sons of Zilpah, Leah's maid: Gad and Asher. These are the sons of Jacob born to him in Padan-aram. -- genesis 35:26 +. +And Jacob came to Isaac his father at Mamre or Kiriath-arba, that is, Hebron, where Abraham and Isaac had sojourned. -- genesis 35:27 +. +Now the days of Isaac were years. -- genesis 35:28 +. +And Isaac's spirit departed; he died and was gathered to his people, being an old man, satisfied and satiated with days; his sons Esau and Jacob buried him. -- genesis 35:29 +. +NOW THIS is the history of the descendants of Esau, that is, Edom. -- genesis 36:1 +. +Esau took his wives from the women of Canaan: Adah daughter of Elon the Hittite, and Oholibamah daughter of Anah, the son of Zibeon the Hivite, -- genesis 36:2 +. +And Basemath, Ishmael's daughter, sister of Nebaioth. -- genesis 36:3 +. +Adah bore to Esau, Eliphaz; Basemath bore Reuel; -- genesis 36:4 +. +And Oholibamah bore Jeush, Jalam, and Korah. These are the sons of Esau born to him in Canaan. -- genesis 36:5 +. +Now Esau took his wives, his sons, his daughters, and all the members of his household, his cattle, all his beasts, and all his possessions which he had obtained in the land of Canaan, and he went into a land away from his brother Jacob. -- genesis 36:6 +. +For their great flocks and herds and possessions [which they had collected] made it impossible for them to dwell together; the land in which they were strangers could not support them because of their livestock. -- genesis 36:7 +. +So Esau dwelt in the hill country of Seir; Esau is Edom. -- genesis 36:8 +. +And this is the history of the descendants of Esau the father of the Edomites in the hill country of Seir. -- genesis 36:9 +. +These are the names of Esau's sons: Eliphaz, the son of Adah, Esau's wife, and Reuel, the son of Basemath, Esau's wife. -- genesis 36:10 +. +And the sons of Eliphaz were Teman, Omar, Zepho, Gatam, and Kenaz. -- genesis 36:11 +. +And Timna was a concubine of Eliphaz, Esau's son; and she bore Amalek to Eliphaz. These are the sons of Adah, Esau's wife. -- genesis 36:12 +. +These are the sons of Reuel: Nahath, Zerah, Shammah, and Mizzah. These are the sons of Basemath, Esau's wife. -- genesis 36:13 +. +And these are the sons of Oholibamah daughter of Anah, the son of Zibeon, Esau's wife. She bore to Esau: Jeush, Jalam, and Korah. -- genesis 36:14 +. +These are the chiefs of the sons of Esau: The sons of Eliphaz the firstborn of Esau: Chiefs Teman, Omar, Zepho, Kenaz, -- genesis 36:15 +. +Korah, Gatam, and Amalek. These are the chiefs of Eliphaz in the land of Edom; they are the sons of Adah. -- genesis 36:16 +. +These are the sons of Reuel, Esau's son: Chiefs Nahath, Zerah, Shammah, Mizzah. These are the chiefs of Reuel in the land of Edom; they are the sons of Basemath, Esau's wife. -- genesis 36:17 +. +These are the sons of Oholibamah, Esau's wife: Chiefs Jeush, Jalam, and Korah. These are the chiefs born of Oholibamah daughter of Anah, Esau's wife. -- genesis 36:18 +. +These are the sons of Esau, that is, Edom, and these are their chiefs. -- genesis 36:19 +. +These are the sons of Seir the Horite, the inhabitants of the land: Lotan, Shobal, Zibeon, Anah, -- genesis 36:20 +. +Dishon, Ezer, and Dishan. These are the chiefs of the Horites, the sons of Seir in the land of Edom. -- genesis 36:21 +. +The sons of Lotan are Hori and Hemam; and Lotan's sister is Timna. -- genesis 36:22 +. +The sons of Shobal are these: Alvan, Manahath, Ebal, Shepho, and Onam. -- genesis 36:23 +. +These are the sons of Zibeon: Aiah and Anah. This is the Anah who found the hot springs in the wilderness as he pastured the donkeys of Zibeon his father. -- genesis 36:24 +. +The children of Anah are these: Dishon and Oholibamah daughter of Anah [Esau's wife]. -- genesis 36:25 +. +These are the sons of Dishon: Hemdan, Eshban, Ithran, and Cheran. -- genesis 36:26 +. +Ezer's sons are these: Bilhan, Zaavan, and Akan. -- genesis 36:27 +. +The sons of Dishan are these: Uz and Aran. -- genesis 36:28 +. +The Horite chiefs are these: Lotan, Shobal, Zibeon, Anah, -- genesis 36:29 +. +Dishon, Ezer, Dishan. These are the Horite chiefs, according to their clans, in the land of Seir. -- genesis 36:30 +. +And these are the kings who reigned in Edom before any king reigned over the Israelites: -- genesis 36:31 +. +Bela son of Beor reigned in Edom. And the name of his city was Dinhabah. -- genesis 36:32 +. +Now Bela died, and Jobab son of Zerah of Bozrah reigned in his stead. -- genesis 36:33 +. +Then Jobab died, and Husham of the land of the Temanites reigned in his stead. -- genesis 36:34 +. +And Husham died, and Hadad son of Bedad, who defeated Midian in the country of Moab, reigned in his stead. The name of his [enclosed] city was Avith. -- genesis 36:35 +. +Hadad died, and Samlah of Masrekah succeeded him. -- genesis 36:36 +. +Then Samlah died, and Shaul of Rehoboth on the river [Euphrates] reigned in his stead. -- genesis 36:37 +. +And Shaul died, and Baal-hanan son of Achbor reigned in his stead. -- genesis 36:38 +. +Baal-hanan son of Achbor died, and then Hadar reigned. His [enclosed] city was Pau; his wife's name was Mehetabel daughter of Matred, the daughter of Mezahab. -- genesis 36:39 +. +And these are the names of the chiefs of Esau, according to their families and places of residence, by their names: Chiefs Timna, Alvah, Jetheth, -- genesis 36:40 +. +Oholibamah, Elah, Pinon, -- genesis 36:41 +. +Kenaz, Teman, Mibzar, -- genesis 36:42 +. +Magdiel, and Iram. These are the chiefs of Edom [that is, of Esau the father of the Edomites], according to their dwelling places in their land. -- genesis 36:43 +. +SO JACOB dwelt in the land in which his father had been a stranger and sojourner, in the land of Canaan. -- genesis 37:1 +. +This is the history of the descendants of Jacob and this is Jacob's line. Joseph, when he was seventeen years old, was shepherding the flock with his brothers; the lad was with the sons of Bilhah and Zilpah, his father's [secondary] wives; and Joseph brought to his father a bad report of them. -- genesis 37:2 +. +Now Israel loved Joseph more than all his children because he was the son of his old age, and he made him a [distinctive] long tunic with sleeves. -- genesis 37:3 +. +But when his brothers saw that their father loved [Joseph] more than all of his brothers, they hated him and could not say, Peace [in friendly greeting] to him or speak peaceably to him. -- genesis 37:4 +. +Now Joseph had a dream and he told it to his brothers, and they hated him still more. -- genesis 37:5 +. +And he said to them, Listen now and hear, I pray you, this dream that I have dreamed: -- genesis 37:6 +. +We [brothers] were binding sheaves in the field, and behold, my sheaf arose and stood upright, and behold, your sheaves stood round about my sheaf and bowed down! -- genesis 37:7 +. +His brothers said to him, Shall you indeed reign over us? Or are you going to have us as your subjects and dominate us? And they hated him all the more for his dreams and for what he said. -- genesis 37:8 +. +But Joseph dreamed yet another dream and told it to his brothers [also]. He said, See here, I have dreamed again, and behold, [this time not only] eleven stars [but also] the sun and the moon bowed down and did reverence to me! -- genesis 37:9 +. +And he told it to his father [as well as] his brethren. But his father rebuked him and said to him, What is the meaning of this dream that you have dreamed? Shall I and your mother and your brothers actually come to bow down ourselves to the earth and do homage to you? -- genesis 37:10 +. +Joseph's brothers envied him and were jealous of him, but his father observed the saying and pondered over it. -- genesis 37:11 +. +Joseph's brothers went to shepherd and feed their father's flock near Shechem. -- genesis 37:12 +. +[One day] Israel said to Joseph, Do not your brothers shepherd my flock at Shechem? Come, and I will send you to them. And he said, Here I am. -- genesis 37:13 +. +And [Jacob] said to him, Go, I pray you, see whether everything is all right with your brothers and with the flock; then come back and bring me word. So he sent him out of the Hebron Valley, and he came to Shechem. -- genesis 37:14 +. +And a certain man found him, and behold, he had lost his way and was wandering in the open country. The man asked him, What are you trying to find? -- genesis 37:15 +. +And he said, I am looking for my brothers. Tell me, I pray you, where they are pasturing our flocks. -- genesis 37:16 +. +But the man said, [They were here, but] they have gone. I heard them say, Let us go to Dothan. And Joseph went after his brothers and found them at Dothan. -- genesis 37:17 +. +And when they saw him far off, even before he came near to them, they conspired to kill him. -- genesis 37:18 +. +And they said one to another, See, here comes this dreamer and master of dreams. -- genesis 37:19 +. +So come on now, let us kill him and throw his body into some pit; then we will say [to our father], Some wild and ferocious animal has devoured him; and we shall see what will become of his dreams! -- genesis 37:20 +. +Now Reuben heard it and he delivered him out of their hands by saying, Let us not kill him. -- genesis 37:21 +. +And Reuben said to them, Shed no blood, but cast him into this pit or well that is out here in the wilderness and lay no hand on him. He was trying to get Joseph out of their hands in order to rescue him and deliver him again to his father. -- genesis 37:22 +. +When Joseph had come to his brothers, they stripped him of his [distinctive] long garment which he was wearing; -- genesis 37:23 +. +Then they took him and cast him into the [well-like] pit which was empty; there was no water in it. -- genesis 37:24 +. +Then they sat down to eat their lunch. When they looked up, behold, they saw a caravan of Ishmaelites [mixed Arabians] coming from Gilead, with their camels bearing gum [of the styrax tree], balm (balsam), and myrrh or ladanum, going on their way to carry them down to Egypt. -- genesis 37:25 +. +And Judah said to his brothers, What do we gain if we slay our brother and conceal his blood? -- genesis 37:26 +. +Come, let us sell him to the Ishmaelites [and Midianites, these mixed Arabians who are approaching], and let not our hand be upon him, for he is our brother and our flesh. And his brothers consented. -- genesis 37:27 +. +Then as the Midianite [and Ishmaelite] merchants were passing by, the brothers pulled Joseph up and lifted him out of the well. And they sold him for twenty pieces of silver to the Ishmaelites, who took Joseph [captive] into Egypt. -- genesis 37:28 +. +Then Reuben [who had not been there when the brothers plotted to sell the lad] returned to the pit; and behold, Joseph was not in the pit, and he rent his clothes. -- genesis 37:29 +. +He rejoined his brothers and said, The boy is not there! And I, where shall I go [to hide from my father]? -- genesis 37:30 +. +Then they took Joseph's [distinctive] long garment, killed a young goat, and dipped the garment in the blood; -- genesis 37:31 +. +And they sent the garment to their father, saying, We have found this! Examine and decide whether it is your son's tunic or not. -- genesis 37:32 +. +He said, My son's long garment! An evil [wild] beast has devoured him; Joseph is without doubt rent in pieces. -- genesis 37:33 +. +And Jacob tore his clothes, put on sackcloth, and mourned many days for his son. -- genesis 37:34 +. +And all his sons and daughters attempted to console him, but he refused to be comforted and said, I will go down to Sheol (the place of the dead) to my son mourning. And his father wept for him. -- genesis 37:35 +. +And the Midianites [and Ishmaelites] sold [Joseph] in Egypt to Potiphar, an officer of Pharaoh and the captain and chief executioner of the [royal] guard. -- genesis 37:36 +. +AT THAT time Judah withdrew from his brothers and went to [lodge with] a certain Adullamite named Hirah. -- genesis 38:1 +. +There Judah saw and met a daughter of Shuah, a Canaanite; he took her as wife and lived with her. -- genesis 38:2 +. +And she became pregnant and bore a son, and he called him Er. -- genesis 38:3 +. +And she conceived again and bore a son and named him Onan. -- genesis 38:4 +. +Again she conceived and bore a son and named him Shelah. [They were living] at Chezib when she bore him. -- genesis 38:5 +. +Now Judah took a wife for Er, his firstborn; her name was Tamar. -- genesis 38:6 +. +And Er, Judah's firstborn, was wicked in the sight of the Lord, and the Lord slew him. -- genesis 38:7 +. +Then Judah told Onan, Marry your brother's widow; live with her and raise offspring for your brother. -- genesis 38:8 +. +But Onan knew that the family would not be his, so when he cohabited with his brother's widow, he prevented conception, lest he should raise up a child for his brother. -- genesis 38:9 +. +And the thing which he did displeased the Lord; therefore He slew him also. -- genesis 38:10 +. +Then Judah said to Tamar, his daughter-in-law, Remain a widow at your father's house till Shelah my [youngest] son is grown; for he thought, Lest perhaps [if Shelah should marry her] he would die also, as his brothers did. So Tamar went and lived in her father's house. -- genesis 38:11 +. +But later Judah's wife, the daughter of Shuah, died; and when Judah was comforted, he went up to his sheepshearers at Timnath with his friend Hirah the Adullamite. -- genesis 38:12 +. +Then it was told Tamar, Listen, your father-in-law is going up to Timnath to shear his sheep. -- genesis 38:13 +. +So she put off her widow's garments and covered herself with a veil, wrapped herself up [in disguise], and sat in the entrance of Enaim, which is by the road to Timnath; for she saw that Shelah was grown and she was not given to him as his wife. -- genesis 38:14 +. +When Judah saw her, he thought she was a harlot or devoted prostitute [under a vow to her goddess], for she had covered her face [as such women did]. -- genesis 38:15 +. +He turned to her by the road and said, Come, let me have intercourse with you; for he did not know that she was his daughter-in-law. And she said, What will you give me that you may have intercourse with me? -- genesis 38:16 +. +He answered, I will send you a kid from the flock. And she said, Will you give me a pledge (deposit) until you send it? -- genesis 38:17 +. +And he said, What pledge shall I give you? She said, Your signet [seal], your [signet] cord, and your staff that is in your hand. And he gave them to her and came in to her, and she became pregnant by him. -- genesis 38:18 +. +And she arose and went away and laid aside her veil and put on the garments of her widowhood. -- genesis 38:19 +. +And Judah sent the kid by the hand of his friend the Adullamite, to receive his pledge from the woman's hand; but he was unable to find her. -- genesis 38:20 +. +He asked the men of that place, Where is the harlot or cult prostitute who was openly by the roadside? They said, There was no harlot or temple prostitute here. -- genesis 38:21 +. +So he returned to Judah and said, I cannot find her; and also the local men said, There was no harlot or temple prostitute around here. -- genesis 38:22 +. +And Judah said, Let her keep [the pledge articles] for herself, lest we be made ashamed. I sent this kid, but you have not found her. -- genesis 38:23 +. +But about three months later Judah was told, Tamar your daughter-in-law has played the harlot, and also she is with child by her lewdness. And Judah said, Bring her forth and let her be burned! -- genesis 38:24 +. +When she was brought forth, she [took the things he had given her in pledge and] sent [them] to her father-in-law, saying, I am with child by the man to whom these articles belong. Then she added, Make out clearly, I pray you, to whom these belong, the signet [seal], [signet] cord, and staff. -- genesis 38:25 +. +And Judah acknowledged them and said, She has been more righteous and just than I, because I did not give her to Shelah my son. And he did not cohabit with her again. -- genesis 38:26 +. +Now when the time came for her to be delivered, behold, there were twins in her womb. -- genesis 38:27 +. +And when she was in labor, one baby put out his hand; and the midwife took his hand and bound upon it a scarlet thread, saying, This baby was born first. -- genesis 38:28 +. +But he drew back his hand, and behold, his brother was born first. And she said, What a breaking forth you have made for yourself! Therefore his name was called Perez [breaking forth]. -- genesis 38:29 +. +And afterward his brother who had the scarlet thread on his hand was born and was named Zerah [scarlet]. -- genesis 38:30 +. +AND JOSEPH was brought down to Egypt; and Potiphar, an officer of Pharaoh, the captain and chief executioner of the [royal] guard, an Egyptian, bought him from the Ishmaelites who had brought him down there. -- genesis 39:1 +. +But the Lord was with Joseph, and he [though a slave] was a successful and prosperous man; and he was in the house of his master the Egyptian. -- genesis 39:2 +. +And his master saw that the Lord was with him and that the Lord made all that he did to flourish and succeed in his hand. -- genesis 39:3 +. +So Joseph pleased [Potiphar] and found favor in his sight, and he served him. And [his master] made him supervisor over his house and he put all that he had in his charge. -- genesis 39:4 +. +From the time that he made him supervisor in his house and over all that he had, the Lord blessed the Egyptian's house for Joseph's sake; and the Lord's blessing was on all that he had in the house and in the field. -- genesis 39:5 +. +And [Potiphar] left all that he had in Joseph's charge and paid no attention to anything he had except the food he ate. Now Joseph was an attractive person and fine-looking. -- genesis 39:6 +. +Then after a time his master's wife cast her eyes upon Joseph, and she said, Lie with me. -- genesis 39:7 +. +But he refused and said to his master's wife, See here, with me in the house my master has concern about nothing; he has put all that he has in my care. -- genesis 39:8 +. +He is not greater in this house than I am; nor has he kept anything from me except you, for you are his wife. How then can I do this great evil and sin against God? -- genesis 39:9 +. +She spoke to Joseph day after day, but he did not listen to her, to lie with her or to be with her. -- genesis 39:10 +. +Then it happened about this time that Joseph went into the house to attend to his duties, and none of the men of the house were indoors. -- genesis 39:11 +. +And she caught him by his garment, saying, Lie with me! But he left his garment in her hand and fled and got out [of the house]. -- genesis 39:12 +. +And when she saw that he had left his garment in her hand and had fled away, -- genesis 39:13 +. +She called to the men of her household and said to them, Behold, he [your master] has brought in a Hebrew to us to mock and insult us; he came in where I was to lie with me, and I screamed at the top of my voice. -- genesis 39:14 +. +And when he heard me screaming and crying, he left his garment with me and fled and got out of the house. -- genesis 39:15 +. +And she laid up his garment by her until his master came home. -- genesis 39:16 +. +Then she told him the same story, saying, The Hebrew servant whom you brought among us came to me to mock and insult me. -- genesis 39:17 +. +And when I screamed and cried, he left his garment with me and fled out [of the house]. -- genesis 39:18 +. +And when [Joseph's] master heard the words of his wife, saying to him, This is the way your servant treated me, his wrath was kindled. -- genesis 39:19 +. +And Joseph's master took him and put him in the prison, a place where the state prisoners were confined; so he was there in the prison. -- genesis 39:20 +. +But the Lord was with Joseph, and showed him mercy and loving-kindness and gave him favor in the sight of the warden of the prison. -- genesis 39:21 +. +And the warden of the prison committed to Joseph's care all the prisoners who were in the prison; and whatsoever was done there, he was in charge of it. -- genesis 39:22 +. +The prison warden paid no attention to anything that was in [Joseph's] charge, for the Lord was with him and made whatever he did to prosper. -- genesis 39:23 +. +NOW SOME time later the butler and the baker of the king of Egypt offended their lord, Egypt's king. -- genesis 40:1 +. +And Pharaoh was angry with his officers, the chief of the butlers and the chief of the bakers. -- genesis 40:2 +. +He put them in custody in the house of the captain of the guard, in the prison where Joseph was confined. -- genesis 40:3 +. +And the captain of the guard put them in Joseph's charge, and he served them; and they continued in custody for some time. -- genesis 40:4 +. +And they both dreamed a dream in the same night, each man according to [the personal significance of] the interpretation of his dream--the butler and the baker of the king of Egypt, who were confined in the prison. -- genesis 40:5 +. +When Joseph came to them in the morning and looked at them, he saw that they were sad and depressed. -- genesis 40:6 +. +So he asked Pharaoh's officers who were in custody with him in his master's house, Why do you look so dejected and sad today? -- genesis 40:7 +. +And they said to him, We have dreamed dreams, and there is no one to interpret them. And Joseph said to them, Do not interpretations belong to God? Tell me [your dreams], I pray you. -- genesis 40:8 +. +And the chief butler told his dream to Joseph and said to him, In my dream I saw a vine before me, -- genesis 40:9 +. +And on the vine were three branches. Then it was as though it budded; its blossoms burst forth and the clusters of them brought forth ripe grapes [almost all at once]. -- genesis 40:10 +. +And Pharaoh's cup was in my hand, and I took the grapes and pressed them into Pharaoh's cup; then I gave the cup into Pharaoh's hand. -- genesis 40:11 +. +And Joseph said to him, This is the interpretation of it: The three branches are three days. -- genesis 40:12 +. +Within three days Pharaoh will lift up your head and restore you to your position, and you will again put Pharaoh's cup into his hand, as when you were his butler. -- genesis 40:13 +. +But think of me when it shall be well with you and show kindness, I beg of you, to me, and mention me to Pharaoh and get me out of this house. -- genesis 40:14 +. +For truly I was carried away from the land of the Hebrews by unlawful force, and here too I have done nothing for which they should put me into the dungeon. -- genesis 40:15 +. +When the chief baker saw that the interpretation was good, he said to Joseph, I also dreamed, and behold, I had three cake baskets on my head. -- genesis 40:16 +. +And in the uppermost basket were some of all kinds of baked food for Pharaoh, but the birds [of prey] were eating out of the basket on my head. -- genesis 40:17 +. +And Joseph answered, This is the interpretation of it: The three baskets are three days. -- genesis 40:18 +. +Within three days Pharaoh will lift up your head but will have you beheaded and hung on a tree, and [you will not so much as be given burial, but] the birds will eat your flesh. -- genesis 40:19 +. +And on the third day, Pharaoh's birthday, he made a feast for all his servants; and he lifted up the heads of the chief butler and the chief baker [by inviting them also] among his servants. -- genesis 40:20 +. +And he restored the chief butler to his butlership, and the butler gave the cup into Pharaoh's hand; -- genesis 40:21 +. +But [Pharaoh] hanged the chief baker, as Joseph had interpreted to them. -- genesis 40:22 +. +But [even after all that] the chief butler gave no thought to Joseph, but forgot [all about] him. -- genesis 40:23 +. +AFTER TWO full years, Pharaoh dreamed that he stood by the river [Nile]. -- genesis 41:1 +. +And behold, there came up out of the river [Nile] seven well-favored cows, sleek and handsome and fat; and they grazed in the reed grass [in a marshy pasture]. -- genesis 41:2 +. +And behold, seven other cows came up after them out of the river [Nile], ill favored and gaunt and ugly, and stood by the fat cows on the bank of the river [Nile]. -- genesis 41:3 +. +And the ill-favored, gaunt, and ugly cows ate up the seven well-favored and fat cows. Then Pharaoh awoke. -- genesis 41:4 +. +But he slept and dreamed the second time; and behold, seven ears of grain came out on one stalk, plump and good. -- genesis 41:5 +. +And behold, after them seven ears [of grain] sprouted, thin and blighted by the east wind. -- genesis 41:6 +. +And the seven thin ears [of grain] devoured the seven plump and full ears. And Pharaoh awoke, and behold, it was a dream. -- genesis 41:7 +. +So when morning came his spirit was troubled, and he sent and called for all the magicians and all the wise men of Egypt. And Pharaoh told them his dreams, but not one could interpret them to [him]. -- genesis 41:8 +. +Then the chief butler said to Pharaoh, I remember my faults today. -- genesis 41:9 +. +When Pharaoh was angry with his servants and put me in custody in the captain of the guard's house, both me and the chief baker, -- genesis 41:10 +. +We dreamed a dream in the same night, he and I; we dreamed each of us according to [the significance of] the interpretation of his dream. -- genesis 41:11 +. +And there was there with us a young man, a Hebrew, servant to the captain of the guard and chief executioner; and we told him our dreams, and he interpreted them to us, to each man according to the significance of his dream. -- genesis 41:12 +. +And as he interpreted to us, so it came to pass; I was restored to my office [as chief butler], and the baker was hanged. -- genesis 41:13 +. +Then Pharaoh sent and called Joseph, and they brought him hastily out of the dungeon. But Joseph [first] shaved himself, changed his clothes, and made himself presentable; then he came into Pharaoh's presence. -- genesis 41:14 +. +And Pharaoh said to Joseph, I have dreamed a dream, and there is no one who can interpret it; and I have heard it said of you that you can understand a dream and interpret it. -- genesis 41:15 +. +Joseph answered Pharaoh, It is not in me; God [not I] will give Pharaoh a [favorable] answer of peace. -- genesis 41:16 +. +And Pharaoh said to Joseph, In my dream, behold, I stood on the bank of the river [Nile]; -- genesis 41:17 +. +And behold, there came up out of the river [Nile] seven fat, sleek, and handsome cows, and they grazed in the reed grass [of a marshy pasture]. -- genesis 41:18 +. +And behold, seven other cows came up after them, undernourished, gaunt, and ugly [just skin and bones; such emaciated animals] as I have never seen in all of Egypt. -- genesis 41:19 +. +And the lean and ill favored cows ate up the seven fat cows that had come first. -- genesis 41:20 +. +And when they had eaten them up, it could not be detected and known that they had eaten them, for they were still as thin and emaciated as at the beginning. Then I awoke. [But again I fell asleep and dreamed.] -- genesis 41:21 +. +And I saw in my dream, and behold, seven ears [of grain] growing on one stalk, plump and good. -- genesis 41:22 +. +And behold, seven [other] ears, withered, thin, and blighted by the east wind, sprouted after them. -- genesis 41:23 +. +And the thin ears devoured the seven good ears. Now I told this to the magicians, but there was no one who could tell me what it meant. -- genesis 41:24 +. +Then Joseph said to Pharaoh, The [two] dreams are one; God has shown Pharaoh what He is about to do. -- genesis 41:25 +. +The seven good cows are seven years, and the seven good ears [of grain] are seven years; the [two] dreams are one [in their meaning]. -- genesis 41:26 +. +And the seven thin and ill favored cows that came up after them are seven years, and also the seven empty ears [of grain], blighted and shriveled by the east wind; they are seven years of hunger and famine. -- genesis 41:27 +. +This is the message just as I have told Pharaoh: God has shown Pharaoh what He is about to do. -- genesis 41:28 +. +Take note! Seven years of great plenty throughout all the land of Egypt are coming. -- genesis 41:29 +. +Then there will come seven years of hunger and famine, and [there will be so much want that] all the great abundance of the previous years will be forgotten in the land of Egypt; and hunger (destitution, starvation) will exhaust (consume, finish) the land. -- genesis 41:30 +. +And the plenty will become quite unknown in the land because of that following famine, for it will be very woefully severe. -- genesis 41:31 +. +That the dream was sent twice to Pharaoh and in two forms indicates that this thing which God will very soon bring to pass is fully prepared and established by God. -- genesis 41:32 +. +So now let Pharaoh seek out and provide a man discreet, understanding, proficient, and wise and set him over the land of Egypt [as governor]. -- genesis 41:33 +. +Let Pharaoh do this; then let him select and appoint officers over the land, and take one-fifth [of the produce] of the [whole] land of Egypt in the seven plenteous years [year by year]. -- genesis 41:34 +. +And let them gather all the food of these good years that are coming and lay up grain under the direction and authority of Pharaoh, and let them retain food [in fortified granaries] in the cities. -- genesis 41:35 +. +And that food shall be put in store for the country against the seven years of hunger and famine that are to come upon the land of Egypt, so that the land may not be ruined and cut off by the famine. -- genesis 41:36 +. +And the plan seemed good in the eyes of Pharaoh and in the eyes of all his servants. -- genesis 41:37 +. +And Pharaoh said to his servants, Can we find this man's equal, a man in whom is the spirit of God? -- genesis 41:38 +. +And Pharaoh said to Joseph, Forasmuch as [your] God has shown you all this, there is nobody as intelligent and discreet and understanding and wise as you are. -- genesis 41:39 +. +You shall have charge over my house, and all my people shall be governed according to your word [with reverence, submission, and obedience]. Only in matters of the throne will I be greater than you are. -- genesis 41:40 +. +Then Pharaoh said to Joseph, See, I have set you over all the land of Egypt. -- genesis 41:41 +. +And Pharaoh took off his [signet] ring from his hand and put it on Joseph's hand, and arrayed him in [official] vestments of fine linen and put a gold chain about his neck; -- genesis 41:42 +. +He made him to ride in the second chariot which he had, and [officials] cried before him, Bow the knee! And he set him over all the land of Egypt. -- genesis 41:43 +. +And Pharaoh said to Joseph, I am Pharaoh, and without you shall no man lift up his hand or foot in all the land of Egypt. -- genesis 41:44 +. +And Pharaoh called Joseph's name Zaphenath-paneah and he gave him Asenath daughter of Potiphera, priest of On, to be his wife. And Joseph made an [inspection] tour of all the land of Egypt. -- genesis 41:45 +. +Joseph [who had been in Egypt thirteen years] was thirty years old when he stood before Pharaoh king of Egypt. Joseph went out from the presence of Pharaoh and went [about his duties] through all the land of Egypt. -- genesis 41:46 +. +In the seven abundant years the earth brought forth by handfuls [for each seed planted]. -- genesis 41:47 +. +And he gathered up all the [surplus] food of the seven [good] years in the land of Egypt and stored up the food in the cities; he stored away in each city the food from the fields around it. -- genesis 41:48 +. +And Joseph gathered grain as the sand of the sea, very much, until he stopped counting, for it could not be measured. -- genesis 41:49 +. +Now to Joseph were born two sons before the years of famine came, whom Asenath daughter of Potiphera, the priest of On, bore to him. -- genesis 41:50 +. +And Joseph called the firstborn Manasseh [making to forget], For God, said he, has made me forget all my toil and hardship and all my father's house. -- genesis 41:51 +. +And the second he called Ephraim [to be fruitful], For [he said] God has caused me to be fruitful in the land of my affliction. -- genesis 41:52 +. +When the seven years of plenty were ended in the land of Egypt, -- genesis 41:53 +. +The seven years of scarcity and famine began to come, as Joseph had said they would; the famine was in all [the surrounding] lands, but in all of Egypt there was food. -- genesis 41:54 +. +But when all the land of Egypt was weakened with hunger, the people [there] cried to Pharaoh for food; and Pharaoh said to [them] all, Go to Joseph; what he says to you, do. -- genesis 41:55 +. +When the famine was over all the land, Joseph opened all the storehouses and sold to the Egyptians; for the famine grew extremely distressing in the land of Egypt. -- genesis 41:56 +. +And all countries came to Egypt to Joseph to buy grain, because the famine was severe over all [the known] earth. -- genesis 41:57 +. +NOW WHEN Jacob learned that there was grain in Egypt, he said to his sons, Why do you look at one another? -- genesis 42:1 +. +For, he said, I have heard that there is grain in Egypt; get down there and buy [grain] for us, that we may live and not die. -- genesis 42:2 +. +So ten of Joseph's brethren went to buy grain in Egypt. -- genesis 42:3 +. +But Benjamin, Joseph's [full] brother, Jacob did not send with his brothers; for he said, Lest perhaps some harm or injury should befall him. -- genesis 42:4 +. +So the sons of Israel came to buy grain among those who came, for there was hunger and general lack of food in the land of Canaan. -- genesis 42:5 +. +Now Joseph was the governor over the land, and he it was who sold to all the people of the land; and Joseph's [half] brothers came and bowed themselves down before him with their faces to the ground. -- genesis 42:6 +. +Joseph saw his brethren and he recognized them, but he treated them as if he were a stranger to them and spoke roughly to them. He said, Where do you come from? And they replied, From the land of Canaan to buy food. -- genesis 42:7 +. +Joseph knew his brethren, but they did not know him. -- genesis 42:8 +. +And Joseph remembered the dreams he had dreamed about them and said to them, You are spies and with unfriendly purpose you have come to observe [secretly] the nakedness of the land. -- genesis 42:9 +. +But they said to him, No, my lord, but your servants have come [only] to buy food. -- genesis 42:10 +. +We are all one man's sons; we are true men; your servants are not spies. -- genesis 42:11 +. +And he said to them, No, but you have come to see the nakedness of the land. -- genesis 42:12 +. +But they said, Your servants are twelve brothers, the sons of one man in the land of Canaan; the youngest is today with our father, and one is not. -- genesis 42:13 +. +And Joseph said to them, It is as I said to you, You are spies. -- genesis 42:14 +. +You shall be proved by this test: by the life of Pharaoh, you shall not go away from here unless your youngest brother comes here. -- genesis 42:15 +. +Send one of you and let him bring your brother, and you will be kept in prison, that your words may be proved whether there is any truth in you; or else by the life of Pharaoh you certainly are spies. -- genesis 42:16 +. +Then he put them all in custody for three days. -- genesis 42:17 +. +And Joseph said to them on the third day, Do this and live! I reverence and fear God. -- genesis 42:18 +. +If you are true men, let one of your brothers be bound in your prison, but [the rest of] you go and carry grain for those weakened with hunger in your households. -- genesis 42:19 +. +But bring your youngest brother to me, so your words will be verified and you shall live. And they did so. -- genesis 42:20 +. +And they said one to another, We are truly guilty about our brother, for we saw the distress and anguish of his soul when he begged us [to let him go], and we would not hear. So this distress and difficulty has come upon us. -- genesis 42:21 +. +Reuben answered them, Did I not tell you, Do not sin against the boy, and you would not hear? Therefore, behold, his blood is required [of us]. -- genesis 42:22 +. +But they did not know that Joseph understood them, for he spoke to them through an interpreter. -- genesis 42:23 +. +And he turned away from them and wept; then he returned to them and talked with them, and took from them Simeon and bound him before their eyes. -- genesis 42:24 +. +Then [privately] Joseph commanded that their sacks be filled with grain, every man's money be restored to his sack, and provisions be given to them for the journey. And this was done for them. -- genesis 42:25 +. +They loaded their donkeys with grain and left. -- genesis 42:26 +. +And as one of them opened his sack to give his donkey fodder at the lodging place, he caught sight of his money; for behold, it was in his sack's mouth. -- genesis 42:27 +. +And he said to his brothers, My money is restored! Here it is in my sack! And their hearts failed them and they were afraid and turned trembling one to another, saying, What is this that God has done to us? -- genesis 42:28 +. +When they came to Jacob their father in Canaan, they told him all that had befallen them, saying, -- genesis 42:29 +. +The man who is the lord of the land spoke roughly to us and took us for spies of the country. -- genesis 42:30 +. +And we said to him, We are true men, not spies. -- genesis 42:31 +. +We are twelve brothers with the same father; one is no more, and the youngest is today with our father in the land of Canaan. -- genesis 42:32 +. +And the man, the lord of the country, said to us, By this test I will know whether or not you are honest men: leave one of your brothers here with me and take grain for your famishing households and be gone. -- genesis 42:33 +. +Bring your youngest brother to me; then I will know that you are not spies, but that you are honest men. And I will deliver to you your brother [whom I have kept bound in prison], and you may do business in the land. -- genesis 42:34 +. +When they emptied their sacks, behold, every man's parcel of money was in his sack! When both they and their father saw the bundles of money, they were afraid. -- genesis 42:35 +. +And Jacob their father said to them, You have bereaved me! Joseph is not, and Simeon is not, and you would take Benjamin from me. All these things are against me! -- genesis 42:36 +. +And Reuben said to his father, Slay my two sons if I do not bring [Benjamin] back to you. Deliver him into my keeping, and I will bring him back to you. -- genesis 42:37 +. +But [Jacob] said, My son shall not go down with you, for his brother is dead and he alone is left [of his mother's children]; if harm or accident should befall him on the journey you are to take, you would bring my hoary head down to Sheol (the place of the dead) with grief. -- genesis 42:38 +. +BUT THE hunger and destitution and starvation were very severe and extremely distressing in the land [Canaan]. -- genesis 43:1 +. +And when [the families of Jacob's sons] had eaten up the grain which the men had brought from Egypt, their father said to them, Go again; buy us a little food. -- genesis 43:2 +. +But Judah said to him, The man solemnly and sternly warned us, saying, You shall not see my face again unless your brother is with you. -- genesis 43:3 +. +If you will send our brother with us, we will go down [to Egypt] and buy you food; -- genesis 43:4 +. +But if you will not send him, we will not go down; for the man said to us, You shall not see my face unless your brother is with you. -- genesis 43:5 +. +And Israel said, Why did you do me such a wrong and suffer this evil to come upon me by telling the man that you had another brother? -- genesis 43:6 +. +And they said, The man asked us straightforward questions about ourselves and our relatives. He said, Is your father still alive? Have you another brother? And we answered him accordingly. How could we know that he would say, Bring your brother down here? -- genesis 43:7 +. +And Judah said to Israel his father, Send the lad with me and we will arise and go, that we may live and not die, both we and you and also our little ones. -- genesis 43:8 +. +I will be security for him; you shall require him of me [personally]; if I do not bring him back to you and put him before you, then let me bear the blame forever. -- genesis 43:9 +. +For if we had not lingered like this, surely by now we would have returned the second time. -- genesis 43:10 +. +And their father Israel said to them, If it must be so, now do this; take of the choicest products in the land in your sacks and carry down a present to the man, a little balm (balsam) and a little honey, aromatic spices and gum (of rock rose) or ladanum, pistachio nuts, and almonds. -- genesis 43:11 +. +And take double the [grain] money with you; and the money that was put back in the mouth of your sacks, carry it again with you; there is a possibility that [its being in your sacks] was an oversight. -- genesis 43:12 +. +Take your brother and arise and return to the man; -- genesis 43:13 +. +May God Almighty give you mercy and favor before the man, that he may release to you your other brother and Benjamin. If I am bereaved [of my sons], I am bereaved. -- genesis 43:14 +. +Then the men took the present, and they took double the [grain] money with them, and Benjamin; and they arose and went down to Egypt and stood before Joseph. -- genesis 43:15 +. +And when Joseph saw Benjamin with them, he said to the steward of his house, Bring the men into the house and kill an animal and make ready, for the men will dine with me at noon. -- genesis 43:16 +. +And the man did as Joseph ordered and brought the men to Joseph's house. -- genesis 43:17 +. +The men were afraid because they were brought to Joseph's house; and they said, We are brought in because of the money that was returned in our sacks the first time we came, so that he may find occasion to accuse and assail us, take us for slaves, and seize our donkeys. -- genesis 43:18 +. +So they came near to the steward of Joseph's house and talked with him at the door of the house, -- genesis 43:19 +. +And said, O sir, we came down truly the first time to buy food; -- genesis 43:20 +. +And when we came to the inn, we opened our sacks and there was each man's money, full weight, returned in the mouth of his sack. Now we have brought it back again. -- genesis 43:21 +. +And we have brought down with us other money to buy food; we do not know who put our money in our sacks. -- genesis 43:22 +. +But [the steward] said, Peace be to you, fear not; your God and the God of your father has given you treasure in your sacks. I received your money. And he brought Simeon out to them. -- genesis 43:23 +. +And the man brought the men into Joseph's house and gave them water, and they washed their feet; and he gave their donkeys provender. -- genesis 43:24 +. +And they made ready the present they had brought for Joseph before his coming at noon, for they heard that they were to dine there. -- genesis 43:25 +. +And when Joseph came home, they brought into the house to him the present which they had with them, and bowed themselves to him to the ground. -- genesis 43:26 +. +He asked them of their welfare and said, Is your old father well, of whom you spoke? Is he still alive? -- genesis 43:27 +. +And they answered, Your servant our father is in good health; he is still alive. And they bowed down their heads and made obeisance. -- genesis 43:28 +. +And he looked up and saw his [full] brother Benjamin, his mother's [only other] son, and said, Is this your youngest brother, of whom you spoke to me? And he said, God be gracious to you, my son! -- genesis 43:29 +. +And Joseph hurried from the room, for his heart yearned for his brother, and he sought privacy to weep; so he entered his chamber and wept there. -- genesis 43:30 +. +And he washed his face and went out, and, restraining himself, said, Let dinner be served. -- genesis 43:31 +. +And [the servants] set out [the food] for [Joseph] by himself, and for [his brothers] by themselves, and for those Egyptians who ate with him by themselves, according to the Egyptian custom not to eat food with the Hebrews; for that is an abomination to the Egyptians. -- genesis 43:32 +. +And [Joseph's brothers] were given seats before him--the eldest according to his birthright and the youngest according to his youth; and the men looked at one another amazed [that so much was known about them]. -- genesis 43:33 +. +[Joseph] took and sent helpings to them from before him, but Benjamin's portion was five times as much as any of theirs. And they drank freely and were merry with him. -- genesis 43:34 +. +AND HE commanded the steward of his house, saying, Fill the men's sacks with food, as much as they can carry, and put every man's money in his sack's mouth. -- genesis 44:1 +. +And put my cup, the silver cup, in the sack's mouth of the youngest, with his grain money. And [the steward] did according to what Joseph had said. -- genesis 44:2 +. +As soon as the morning was light, the men were sent away, they and their donkeys. -- genesis 44:3 +. +When they had left the city and were not yet far away, Joseph said to his steward, Up, follow after the men; and when you overtake them, say to them, Why have you rewarded evil for good? [Why have you stolen the silver cup?] -- genesis 44:4 +. +Is it not my master's drinking cup with which he divines [the future]? You have done wrong in doing this. -- genesis 44:5 +. +And the steward overtook them, and he said to them these same words. -- genesis 44:6 +. +They said to him, Why does my lord say these things? Far be it from your servants to do such a thing! -- genesis 44:7 +. +Note that the money which we found in the mouths of our sacks we brought back to you from the land of Canaan. Is it likely then that we would steal from your master's house silver or gold? -- genesis 44:8 +. +With whomever of your servants [your master's cup] is found, not only let that one die, but the rest of us will be my lord's slaves. -- genesis 44:9 +. +And the steward said, Now let it be as you say: he with whom [the cup] is found shall be my slave, but [the rest of] you shall be blameless. -- genesis 44:10 +. +Then quickly every man lowered his sack to the ground and every man opened his sack. -- genesis 44:11 +. +And [the steward] searched, beginning with the eldest and stopping with the youngest; and the cup was found in Benjamin's sack. -- genesis 44:12 +. +Then they rent their clothes; and after each man had loaded his donkey again, they returned to the city. -- genesis 44:13 +. +Judah and his brethren came to Joseph's house, for he was still there; and they fell prostrate before him. -- genesis 44:14 +. +Joseph said to them, What is this thing that you have done? Do you not realize that such a man as I can certainly detect and know by divination [everything you do without other knowledge of it]? -- genesis 44:15 +. +And Judah said, What shall we say to my lord? What shall we reply? Or how shall we clear ourselves, since God has found out and exposed the iniquity of your servants? Behold, we are my lord's slaves, the rest of us as well as he with whom the cup is found. -- genesis 44:16 +. +But [Joseph] said, God forbid that I should do that; but the man in whose hand the cup is found, he shall be my servant; and as for [the rest of] you, arise and go in peace to your father. -- genesis 44:17 +. +Then Judah came close to [Joseph] and said, O my lord, let your servant, I pray you, speak a word to you in private, and let not your anger blaze against your servant, for you are as Pharaoh [so I will speak as if directly to him]. -- genesis 44:18 +. +My lord asked his servants, saying, Have you a father or a brother? -- genesis 44:19 +. +And we said to my lord, We have a father--an old man--and a young [brother, the] child of his old age; and his brother is dead, and he alone is left of his mother's [offspring], and his father loves him. -- genesis 44:20 +. +And you said to your servants, Bring him down to me, that I may set my eyes on him. -- genesis 44:21 +. +And we said to my lord, The lad cannot leave his father; for if he should do so, his father would die. -- genesis 44:22 +. +And you told your servants, Unless your youngest brother comes with you, you shall not see my face again. -- genesis 44:23 +. +And when we went back to your servant my father, we told him what my lord had said. -- genesis 44:24 +. +And our father said, Go again and buy us a little food. -- genesis 44:25 +. +But we said, We cannot go down. If our youngest brother is with us, then we will go down; for we may not see the man's face except our youngest brother is with us. -- genesis 44:26 +. +And your servant my father said to us, You know that [Rachel] my wife bore me two sons: -- genesis 44:27 +. +And the one went out from me, and I said, Surely he is torn to pieces, and I have never seen him since. -- genesis 44:28 +. +And if you take this son also from me, and harm or accident should befall him, you will bring down my gray hairs with sorrow and evil to Sheol (the place of the dead). -- genesis 44:29 +. +Now therefore, when I come to your servant my father and the lad is not with us, since his life is bound up in the lad's life and his soul knit with the lad's soul, -- genesis 44:30 +. +When he sees that the lad is not with us, he will die; and your servants will be responsible for his death and will bring down the gray hairs of your servant our father with sorrow to Sheol. -- genesis 44:31 +. +For your servant became security for the lad to my father, saying, If I do not bring him to you, then I will bear the blame to my father forever. -- genesis 44:32 +. +Now therefore, I pray you, let your servant remain instead of the youth [to be] a slave to my lord, and let the young man go home with his [half] brothers. -- genesis 44:33 +. +For how can I go up to my father if the lad is not with me?--lest I witness the woe and the evil that will come upon my father. -- genesis 44:34 +. +THEN JOSEPH could not restrain himself [any longer] before all those who stood by him, and he called out, Cause every man to go out from me! So no one stood there with Joseph while he made himself known to his brothers. -- genesis 45:1 +. +And he wept and sobbed aloud, and the Egyptians [who had just left him] heard it, and the household of Pharaoh heard about it. -- genesis 45:2 +. +And Joseph said to his brothers, I am Joseph! Is my father still alive? And his brothers could not reply, for they were distressingly disturbed and dismayed at [the startling realization that they were in] his presence. -- genesis 45:3 +. +And Joseph said to his brothers, Come near to me, I pray you. And they did so. And he said, I am Joseph your brother, whom you sold into Egypt! -- genesis 45:4 +. +But now, do not be distressed and disheartened or vexed and angry with yourselves because you sold me here, for God sent me ahead of you to preserve life. -- genesis 45:5 +. +For these two years the famine has been in the land, and there are still five years more in which there will be neither plowing nor harvest. -- genesis 45:6 +. +God sent me before you to preserve for you a posterity and to continue a remnant on the earth, to save your lives by a great escape and save for you many survivors. -- genesis 45:7 +. +So now it was not you who sent me here, but God; and He has made me a father to Pharaoh and lord of all his house and ruler over all the land of Egypt. -- genesis 45:8 +. +Hurry and go up to my father and tell him, Your son Joseph says this to you: God has put me in charge of all Egypt. Come down to me; do not delay. -- genesis 45:9 +. +You will live in the land of Goshen, and you will be close to me--you and your children and your grandchildren, your flocks, your herds, and all you have. -- genesis 45:10 +. +And there I will sustain and provide for you, so that you and your household and all that are yours may not come to poverty and want, for there are yet five [more] years of [the scarcity, hunger, and starvation of] famine. -- genesis 45:11 +. +Now notice! Your own eyes and the eyes of my brother Benjamin can see that I am talking to you personally [in your language and not through an interpreter]. -- genesis 45:12 +. +And you shall tell my father of all my glory in Egypt and of all that you have seen; and you shall hurry and bring my father down here. -- genesis 45:13 +. +And he fell on his brother Benjamin's neck and wept, and Benjamin wept on his neck. -- genesis 45:14 +. +Moreover, he kissed all his brothers and wept upon them; and after that his brothers conversed with him. -- genesis 45:15 +. +When the report was heard in Pharaoh's house that Joseph's brothers had come, it pleased Pharaoh and his servants well. -- genesis 45:16 +. +And Pharaoh said to Joseph, Tell your brothers this: Load your animals and return to the land of Canaan, -- genesis 45:17 +. +And get your father and your households and come to me. And I will give you the best in the land of Egypt and you will live on the fat of the land. -- genesis 45:18 +. +You therefore command them, saying, You do this: take wagons from the land of Egypt for your little ones and for your wives, and bring your father and come. -- genesis 45:19 +. +Also do not look with regret or concern upon your goods, for the best of all the land of Egypt is yours. -- genesis 45:20 +. +And the sons of Israel did so; and Joseph gave them wagons, as the order of Pharaoh permitted, and gave them provisions for the journey. -- genesis 45:21 +. +To each of them he gave changes of raiment, but to Benjamin he gave pieces of silver and five changes of raiment. -- genesis 45:22 +. +And to his father he sent as follows: ten donkeys loaded with the good things of Egypt, and ten she-donkeys laden with grain, bread, and nourishing food and provision for his father [to supply all who were with him] on the way. -- genesis 45:23 +. +So he sent his brothers away, and they departed, and he said to them, See that you do not disagree (get excited, quarrel) along the road. -- genesis 45:24 +. +So they went up out of Egypt and came into the land of Canaan to Jacob their father, -- genesis 45:25 +. +And they said to him, Joseph is still alive! And he is governor over all the land of Egypt! And Jacob's heart began to stop beating and [he almost] fainted, for he did not believe them. -- genesis 45:26 +. +But when they told him all the words of Joseph which he had said to them, and when he saw the wagons which Joseph had sent to carry him, the spirit of Jacob their father revived [and warmth and life returned]. -- genesis 45:27 +. +And Israel said, It is enough! Joseph my son is still alive. I will go and see him before I die. -- genesis 45:28 +. +SO ISRAEL made his journey with all that he had and came to Beersheba [a place hallowed by sacred memories] and offered sacrifices to the God of his father Isaac. -- genesis 46:1 +. +And God spoke to Israel in visions of the night, and said, Jacob! Jacob! And he said, Here am I. -- genesis 46:2 +. +And He said, I am God, the God of your father; do not be afraid to go down to Egypt, for I will there make of you a great nation. -- genesis 46:3 +. +I will go down with you to Egypt, and I will also surely bring you [your people Israel] up again; and Joseph will put his hand upon your eyes [when they are about to close in death]. -- genesis 46:4 +. +So Jacob arose and set out from Beersheba, and Israel's sons conveyed their father, their little ones, and their wives in the wagons that Pharaoh had sent to carry him. -- genesis 46:5 +. +And they took their cattle and the gains which they had acquired in the land of Canaan and came into Egypt, Jacob and all his offspring with him: -- genesis 46:6 +. +His sons and his sons' sons with him, his daughters and his sons' daughters--all his offspring he brought with him into Egypt. -- genesis 46:7 +. +And these are the names of the descendants of Israel who came into Egypt, Jacob and his sons: Reuben, Jacob's firstborn. -- genesis 46:8 +. +And the sons of Reuben: Hanoch, Pallu, Hezron, and Carmi. -- genesis 46:9 +. +The sons of Simeon: Jemuel, Jamin, Ohad, Jachin, Zohar, and Shaul the son of a Canaanite woman. -- genesis 46:10 +. +The sons of Levi: Gershon, Kohath, and Merari. -- genesis 46:11 +. +The sons of Judah: Er, Onan, Shelah, Perez, and Zerah; but Er and Onan died in the land of Canaan. And the sons of Perez were Hezron and Hamul. -- genesis 46:12 +. +The sons of Issachar: Tola, Puvah, Iob, and Shimron. -- genesis 46:13 +. +The sons of Zebulun: Sered, Elon, and Jahleel. -- genesis 46:14 +. +These are the sons of Leah, whom she bore to Jacob in Padan-aram, together with his daughter Dinah. All of his sons and his daughters numbered thirty-three. -- genesis 46:15 +. +The sons of Gad: Ziphion, Haggi, Shuni, Ezbon, Eri, Arodi, and Areli. -- genesis 46:16 +. +The sons of Asher: Imnah, Ishvah, Ishvi, Beriah, and Serah their sister. And the sons of Beriah: Heber and Malchiel. -- genesis 46:17 +. +These are the sons of Zilpah, [the maid] whom Laban gave to Leah his daughter. And these she bore to Jacob--sixteen persons all told. -- genesis 46:18 +. +The sons of Rachel, Jacob's wife: Joseph and Benjamin. -- genesis 46:19 +. +And to Joseph in the land of Egypt were born Manasseh and Ephraim, whom Asenath daughter of Potiphera, priest of On, bore to him. -- genesis 46:20 +. +And the sons of Benjamin: Bela, Becher, Ashbel, Gera, Naaman, Ehi, Rosh, Muppim, Huppim, and Ard. -- genesis 46:21 +. +These are the sons of Rachel, who were born to Jacob--fourteen persons in all. -- genesis 46:22 +. +The son of Dan: Hushim. -- genesis 46:23 +. +The sons of Naphtali: Jahzeel, Guni, Jezer, and Shillem. -- genesis 46:24 +. +These are the sons of Bilhah, [the maid] whom Laban gave to Rachel his daughter. And she bore these to Jacob--seven persons in all. -- genesis 46:25 +. +All the persons who came with Jacob into Egypt--who were his own offspring, not counting the wives of Jacob's sons--were sixty-six persons all told. -- genesis 46:26 +. +And the sons of Joseph, who were born to him in Egypt, were two persons. All the persons of the house of Jacob [including Joseph and Jacob himself], who came into Egypt, were seventy. -- genesis 46:27 +. +And he sent Judah before him to Joseph, to direct him to Goshen and meet him there; and they came into the land of Goshen. -- genesis 46:28 +. +Then Joseph made ready his chariot and went up to meet Israel his father in Goshen; and he presented himself and gave distinct evidence of himself to him [that he was Joseph], and [each] fell on the [other's] neck and wept on his neck a good while. -- genesis 46:29 +. +And Israel said to Joseph, Now let me die, since I have seen your face [and know] that you are still alive. -- genesis 46:30 +. +Joseph said to his brothers and to his father's household, I will go up and tell Pharaoh and say to him, My brothers and my father's household, who were in the land of Canaan, have come to me. -- genesis 46:31 +. +And the men are shepherds, for their occupation has been keeping livestock, and they have brought their flocks and their herds and all that they have. -- genesis 46:32 +. +When Pharaoh calls you and says, What is your occupation? -- genesis 46:33 +. +You shall say, Your servants' occupation has been as keepers of livestock from our youth until now, both we and our fathers before us--in order that you may live in the land of Goshen, for every shepherd is an abomination to the Egyptians. -- genesis 46:34 +. +THEN JOSEPH came and told Pharaoh, My father and my brothers, with their flocks and their herds and all that they own, have come from the land of Canaan, and they are in the land of Goshen. -- genesis 47:1 +. +And from among his brothers he took five men and presented them to Pharaoh. -- genesis 47:2 +. +And Pharaoh said to his brothers, What is your occupation? And they said to Pharaoh, Your servants are shepherds, both we and our fathers before us. -- genesis 47:3 +. +Moreover, they said to Pharaoh, We have come to sojourn in the land, for your servants have no pasture for our flocks, for the famine is very severe in Canaan. So now, we pray you, let your servants dwell in the land of Goshen. -- genesis 47:4 +. +And Pharaoh spoke to Joseph, saying, Your father and your brothers have come to you. -- genesis 47:5 +. +The land of Egypt is before you; make your father and your brothers dwell in the best of the land. Let them live in the land of Goshen. And if you know of any men of ability among them, put them in charge of my cattle. -- genesis 47:6 +. +Then Joseph brought in Jacob his father and presented him before Pharaoh; and Jacob blessed Pharaoh. -- genesis 47:7 +. +And Pharaoh asked Jacob, How old are you? -- genesis 47:8 +. +Jacob said to Pharaoh, The days of the years of my pilgrimage are years; few and evil have the days of the years of my life been, and they have not attained to those of the life of my fathers in their pilgrimage. -- genesis 47:9 +. +And Jacob blessed Pharaoh and went out from his presence. -- genesis 47:10 +. +Joseph settled his father and brethren and gave them a possession in Egypt in the best of the land, in the land of Rameses (Goshen), as Pharaoh commanded. -- genesis 47:11 +. +And Joseph supplied his father and his brethren and all his father's household with food, according to [the needs of] their families. -- genesis 47:12 +. +[In the course of time] there was no food in all the land, for the famine was distressingly severe, so that the land of Egypt and all the land of Canaan hung in doubt and wavered by reason of the hunger (destitution, starvation) of the famine. -- genesis 47:13 +. +And Joseph gathered up all the money that was found in the land of Egypt and in the land of Canaan [in payment] for the grain which they bought, and Joseph brought the money into Pharaoh's house. -- genesis 47:14 +. +And when the money was exhausted in the land of Egypt and in the land of Canaan, all the Egyptians came to Joseph and said, Give us food! Why should we die before your very eyes? For we have no money left. -- genesis 47:15 +. +Joseph said, Give up your livestock, and I will give you food in exchange for [them] if your money is gone. -- genesis 47:16 +. +So they brought their livestock to Joseph, and [he] gave them food in exchange for the horses, flocks, cattle of the herds, and the donkeys; and he supplied them with food in exchange for all their livestock that year. -- genesis 47:17 +. +When that year was ended, they came to [Joseph] the second year and said to him, We will not hide from my lord [the fact] that our money is spent; my lord also has our herds of livestock; there is nothing left in the sight of my lord but our bodies and our lands. -- genesis 47:18 +. +Why should we perish before your eyes, both we and our land? Buy us and our land in exchange for food, and we and our land will be servants to Pharaoh. And give us seed [to plant], that we may live and not die, and that the land may not be desolate. -- genesis 47:19 +. +And Joseph bought all the land of Egypt for Pharaoh; for the Egyptians sold every man his field because of the overwhelming severity of the famine upon them. The land became Pharaoh's, -- genesis 47:20 +. +And as for the people, he removed them to cities and practically made slaves of them [at their own request], from one end of the borders of Egypt to the other. -- genesis 47:21 +. +Only the priests' land he did not buy, for the priests had a fixed pension from Pharaoh and lived on the amount Pharaoh gave them. So they did not sell their land. -- genesis 47:22 +. +Then Joseph said to the people, Behold, I have today bought you and your land for Pharaoh. Now here is seed for you, and you shall sow the land. -- genesis 47:23 +. +At [harvest time when you reap] the increase, you shall give one-fifth of it to Pharaoh, and four-fifths shall be your own to use for seed for the field and as food for you and those of your households and for your little ones. -- genesis 47:24 +. +And they said, You have saved our lives! Let us find favor in the sight of my lord; and we will be Pharaoh's servants. -- genesis 47:25 +. +And Joseph made it a law over the land of Egypt--to this day--that Pharaoh should have the fifth part [of the crops]; it was the priests' land only which did not become Pharaoh's. -- genesis 47:26 +. +And Israel dwelt in the land of Egypt, in the country of Goshen; and they gained possessions there and grew and multiplied exceedingly. -- genesis 47:27 +. +And Jacob lived in the land of Egypt seventeen years; so Jacob reached the age of years. -- genesis 47:28 +. +When the time drew near that Israel must die, he called his son Joseph and said to him, If now I have found favor in your sight, put your hand under my thigh and [promise to] deal loyally and faithfully with me. Do not bury me, I beg of you, in Egypt, -- genesis 47:29 +. +But let me lie with my fathers; you shall carry me out of Egypt and bury me in their burying place. And [Joseph] said, I will do as you have directed. -- genesis 47:30 +. +Then Jacob said, Swear to me [that you will do it]. And he swore to him. And Israel bowed himself upon the head of the bed. -- genesis 47:31 +. +SOME TIME after these things occurred, someone told Joseph, Behold, your father is sick. And he took with him his two sons, Manasseh and Ephraim [and went to Goshen]. -- genesis 48:1 +. +When Jacob was told, Your son Joseph has come to you, Israel collected his strength and sat up on the bed. -- genesis 48:2 +. +And Jacob said to Joseph, God Almighty appeared to me at Luz [Bethel] in the land of Canaan and blessed me -- genesis 48:3 +. +And said to me, Behold, I will make you fruitful and multiply you, and I will make you a multitude of people and will give this land to your descendants after you as an everlasting possession. -- genesis 48:4 +. +And now your two sons, [Ephraim and Manasseh], who were born to you in the land of Egypt before I came to you in Egypt, are mine. [I am adopting them, and now] as Reuben and Simeon, [they] shall be mine. -- genesis 48:5 +. +But other sons who may be born after them shall be your own; and they shall be called after the names of these [two] brothers and reckoned as belonging to them [when they come] into their inheritance. -- genesis 48:6 +. +And as for me, when I came from Padan, Rachel died at my side in the land of Canaan on the way, when yet there was but a little way to come to Ephrath; and I buried her there on the way to Ephrath, that is, Bethlehem. -- genesis 48:7 +. +When Israel [almost blind] saw Joseph's sons, he said, Who are these? -- genesis 48:8 +. +And Joseph said to his father, They are my sons, whom God has given me in this place. And he said, Bring them to me, I pray you, that I may bless them. -- genesis 48:9 +. +Now Israel's eyes were dim from age, so that he could not see. And Joseph brought them near to him, and he kissed and embraced them. -- genesis 48:10 +. +Israel said to Joseph, I had not thought that I would see your face, but see, God has shown me your offspring also. -- genesis 48:11 +. +Then Joseph took [the boys] from [his father's embrace] and he bowed [before him] with his face to the earth. -- genesis 48:12 +. +Then Joseph took both [boys], Ephraim with his right hand toward Israel's left, and Manasseh with his left hand toward Israel's right, and brought them close to him. -- genesis 48:13 +. +And Israel reached out his right hand and laid it on the head of Ephraim, who was the younger, and his left hand on Manasseh's head, crossing his hands intentionally, for Manasseh was the firstborn. -- genesis 48:14 +. +Then [Jacob] blessed Joseph and said, God [Himself], before Whom my fathers Abraham and Isaac lived and walked habitually, God [Himself], Who has [been my Shepherd and has led and] fed me from the time I came into being until this day, -- genesis 48:15 +. +The redeeming Angel [that is, the Angel the Redeemer--not a created being but the Lord Himself] Who has redeemed me continually from every evil, bless the lads! And let my name be perpetuated in them [may they be worthy of having their names coupled with mine], and the names of my fathers Abraham and Isaac; and let them become a multitude in the midst of the earth. -- genesis 48:16 +. +When Joseph saw that his father laid his right hand on Ephraim's head, it displeased him; and he held up his father's hand to move it to Manasseh's head. -- genesis 48:17 +. +And Joseph said, Not so, my father, for this is the firstborn; put your right hand upon his head. -- genesis 48:18 +. +But his father refused and said, I know, my son, I know. He also shall become a people and shall be great; but his younger brother shall be greater than he, and his offspring shall become a multitude of nations. -- genesis 48:19 +. +And he blessed them that day, saying, By you shall Israel bless [one another], saying, May God make you like Ephraim and like Manasseh. And he set Ephraim before Manasseh. -- genesis 48:20 +. +And Israel said to Joseph, Behold, I [am about to] die, but God will be with you and bring you again to the land of your fathers. -- genesis 48:21 +. +Moreover, I have given to you [Joseph] one portion [Shechem, one mountain slope] more than any of your brethren, which I took [reclaiming it] out of the hand of the Amorites with my sword and with my bow. -- genesis 48:22 +. +AND JACOB called for his sons and said, Gather yourselves together [around me], that I may tell you what shall befall you in the latter or last days. -- genesis 49:1 +. +Gather yourselves together and hear, you sons of Jacob; and hearken to Israel your father. -- genesis 49:2 +. +Reuben, you are my firstborn, my might, the beginning (the firstfruits) of my manly strength and vigor; [your birthright gave you] the preeminence in dignity and the preeminence in power. -- genesis 49:3 +. +But unstable and boiling over like water, you shall not excel and have the preeminence [of the firstborn], because you went to your father's bed; you defiled it--he went to my couch! -- genesis 49:4 +. +Simeon and Levi are brothers [equally headstrong, deceitful, vindictive, and cruel]; their swords are weapons of violence. -- genesis 49:5 +. +O my soul, come not into their secret council; unto their assembly let not my honor be united [for I knew nothing of their plot], because in their anger they slew men [an honored man, Shechem, and the Shechemites], and in their self-will they disabled oxen. -- genesis 49:6 +. +Cursed be their anger, for it was fierce, and their wrath, for it was cruel. I will divide them in Jacob and scatter them in Israel. -- genesis 49:7 +. +Judah, you are the one whom your brothers shall praise; your hand shall be on the neck of your enemies; your father's sons shall bow down to you. -- genesis 49:8 +. +Judah, a lion's cub! With the prey, my son, you have gone high up [the mountain]. He stooped down, he crouched like a lion, and like a lioness--who dares provoke and rouse him? -- genesis 49:9 +. +The scepter or leadership shall not depart from Judah, nor the ruler's staff from between his feet, until Shiloh [the Messiah, the Peaceful One] comes to Whom it belongs, and to Him shall be the obedience of the people. -- genesis 49:10 +. +Binding His foal to the vine and His donkey's colt to the choice vine, He washes His garments in wine and His clothes in the blood of grapes. -- genesis 49:11 +. +His eyes are darker and more sparkling than wine, and His teeth whiter than milk. -- genesis 49:12 +. +Zebulun shall live toward the seashore, and he shall be a haven and a landing place for ships; and his border shall be toward Sidon. -- genesis 49:13 +. +Issachar is a strong-boned donkey crouching down between the sheepfolds. -- genesis 49:14 +. +And he saw that rest was good and that the land was pleasant; and he bowed his shoulder to bear [his burdens] and became a servant to tribute [subjected to forced labor]. -- genesis 49:15 +. +Dan shall judge his people as one of the tribes of Israel. -- genesis 49:16 +. +Dan shall be a serpent by the way, a horned snake in the path, that bites at the horse's heels, so that his rider falls backward. -- genesis 49:17 +. +I wait for Your salvation, O Lord. -- genesis 49:18 +. +Gad--a raiding troop shall raid him, but he shall raid at their heels and assault them [victoriously]. -- genesis 49:19 +. +Asher's food [supply] shall be rich and fat, and he shall yield and deliver royal delights. -- genesis 49:20 +. +Naphtali is a hind let loose which yields lovely fawns. -- genesis 49:21 +. +Joseph is a fruitful bough, a fruitful bough by a well (spring or fountain), whose branches run over the wall. -- genesis 49:22 +. +Skilled archers have bitterly attacked and sorely worried him; they have shot at him and persecuted him. -- genesis 49:23 +. +But his bow remained strong and steady and rested in the Strength that does not fail him, for the arms of his hands were made strong and active by the hands of the Mighty God of Jacob, by the name of the Shepherd, the Rock of Israel, -- genesis 49:24 +. +By the God of your father, Who will help you, and by the Almighty, Who will bless you with blessings of the heavens above, blessings lying in the deep beneath, blessings of the breasts and of the womb. -- genesis 49:25 +. +The blessings of your father [on you] are greater than the blessings of my forefathers [Abraham and Isaac on me] and are as lasting as the bounties of the eternal hills; they shall be on the head of Joseph, and on the crown of the head of him who was the consecrated one and the one separated from his brethren and [the one who] is prince among them. -- genesis 49:26 +. +Benjamin is a ravenous wolf, in the morning devouring the prey and at night dividing the spoil. -- genesis 49:27 +. +All these are the twelve tribes of Israel, and this is what their father said to them as he blessed them, blessing each one according to the blessing suited to him. -- genesis 49:28 +. +He charged them and said to them, I am to be gathered to my [departed] people; bury me with my fathers in the cave that is in the field of Ephron the Hittite, -- genesis 49:29 +. +In the cave in the field at Machpelah, east of Mamre in the land of Canaan, that Abraham bought, along with the field of Ephron the Hittite, to possess as a cemetery. -- genesis 49:30 +. +There they buried Abraham and Sarah his wife, there they buried Isaac and Rebekah his wife, and there I buried Leah. -- genesis 49:31 +. +The purchase of the field and the cave that is in it was from the sons of Heth. -- genesis 49:32 +. +When Jacob had finished commanding his sons, he drew his feet up into the bed and breathed his last and was gathered to his [departed] people. -- genesis 49:33 +. +THEN JOSEPH fell upon his father's face and wept over him and kissed him. -- genesis 50:1 +. +And Joseph ordered his servants the physicians to embalm his father. So the physicians embalmed Israel. -- genesis 50:2 +. +Then forty days were devoted [to this purpose] for him, for that is the customary number of days required for those who are embalmed. And the Egyptians wept and bemoaned him [as they would for royalty] for seventy days. -- genesis 50:3 +. +And when the days of his weeping and deep grief were past, Joseph said to [the nobles of] the house of Pharaoh, If now I have found grace in your eyes, speak, I pray you, to Pharaoh [for Joseph was dressed in mourning and could not do so himself], saying, -- genesis 50:4 +. +My father made me swear, saying, I am about to die; in my tomb which I hewed out for myself in the land of Canaan, there you shall bury me. So now let me go up, I pray you, and bury my father, and I will come again. -- genesis 50:5 +. +And Pharaoh said, Go up and bury your father, as he made you swear. -- genesis 50:6 +. +And Joseph went up [to Canaan] to bury his father; and with him went all the officials of Pharaoh--the nobles of his court, and the elders of his house and all the nobles and elders of the land of Egypt-- -- genesis 50:7 +. +And all the household of Joseph and his brethren and his father's household. Only their little ones and their flocks and herds they left in the land of Goshen. -- genesis 50:8 +. +And there went with [Joseph] both chariots and horsemen; and it was a very great company. -- genesis 50:9 +. +And they came to the threshing floor of Atad, which is beyond [west of] the Jordan, and there they mourned with a great lamentation and extreme demonstrations of sorrow [according to Egyptian custom]; and [Joseph] made a mourning for his father seven days. -- genesis 50:10 +. +When the inhabitants of the land, the Canaanites, saw the mourning at the floor of Atad, they said, This is a grievous mourning for the Egyptians. Therefore the place was called Abel-mizraim [mourning of Egypt]; it is west of the Jordan. -- genesis 50:11 +. +Thus [Jacob's] sons did for him as he had commanded them. -- genesis 50:12 +. +For his sons carried him to the land of Canaan and buried him in the cave of the field of Machpelah, east of Mamre, which Abraham bought, along with the field, for a possession as a burying place from Ephron the Hittite. -- genesis 50:13 +. +After he had buried his father, Joseph returned to Egypt, he and his brethren and all who had gone up with him. -- genesis 50:14 +. +When Joseph's brethren saw that their father was dead, they said, Perhaps now Joseph will hate us and will pay us back for all the evil we did to him. -- genesis 50:15 +. +And they sent a messenger to Joseph, saying, Your father commanded before he died, saying, -- genesis 50:16 +. +So shall you say to Joseph: Forgive (take up and away all resentment and all claim to requital concerning), I pray you now, the trespass of your brothers and their sin, for they did evil to you. Now, we pray you, forgive the trespass of the servants of your father's God. And Joseph wept when they spoke thus to him. -- genesis 50:17 +. +Then his brothers went and fell down before him, saying, See, we are your servants (your slaves)! -- genesis 50:18 +. +And Joseph said to them, Fear not; for am I in the place of God? [Vengeance is His, not mine.] -- genesis 50:19 +. +As for you, you thought evil against me, but God meant it for good, to bring about that many people should be kept alive, as they are this day. -- genesis 50:20 +. +Now therefore, do not be afraid. I will provide for and support you and your little ones. And he comforted them [imparting cheer, hope, strength] and spoke to their hearts [kindly]. -- genesis 50:21 +. +Joseph dwelt in Egypt, he and his father's household. And Joseph lived years. -- genesis 50:22 +. +And Joseph saw Ephraim's children of the third generation; the children also of Machir son of Manasseh were brought up on Joseph's knees. -- genesis 50:23 +. +And Joseph said to his brethren, I am going to die. But God will surely visit you and bring you out of this land to the land He swore to Abraham, to Isaac, and to Jacob [to give you]. -- genesis 50:24 +. +And Joseph took an oath from the sons of Israel, saying, God will surely visit you, and you will carry up my bones from here. -- genesis 50:25 +. +So Joseph died, being years old; and they embalmed him, and he was put in a coffin in Egypt. -- genesis 50:26 +. +THESE ARE the names of the sons of Israel who came into Egypt with Jacob, each with his household: -- exodus 1:1 +. +Reuben, Simeon, Levi, and Judah, -- exodus 1:2 +. +Issachar, Zebulun, and Benjamin, -- exodus 1:3 +. +Dan and Naphtali, Gad and Asher. -- exodus 1:4 +. +All the offspring of Jacob were seventy persons; Joseph was already in Egypt. -- exodus 1:5 +. +Then Joseph died, and all his brothers and all that generation. -- exodus 1:6 +. +But the descendants of Israel were fruitful and increased abundantly; they multiplied and grew exceedingly strong, and the land was full of them. -- exodus 1:7 +. +Now a new king arose over Egypt who did not know Joseph. -- exodus 1:8 +. +He said to his people, Behold, the Israelites are too many and too mighty for us [and they outnumber us both in people and in strength]. -- exodus 1:9 +. +Come, let us deal shrewdly with them, lest they multiply more and, should war befall us, they join our enemies, fight against us, and escape out of the land. -- exodus 1:10 +. +So they set over [the Israelites] taskmasters to afflict and oppress them with [increased] burdens. And [the Israelites] built Pithom and Rameses as store cities for Pharaoh. -- exodus 1:11 +. +But the more [the Egyptians] oppressed them, the more they multiplied and expanded, so that [the Egyptians] were vexed and alarmed because of the Israelites. -- exodus 1:12 +. +And the Egyptians reduced the Israelites to severe slavery. -- exodus 1:13 +. +They made their lives bitter with hard service in mortar, brick, and all kinds of work in the field. All their service was with harshness and severity. -- exodus 1:14 +. +Then the king of Egypt said to the Hebrew midwives, of whom one was named Shiprah and the other Puah, -- exodus 1:15 +. +When you act as midwives to the Hebrew women and see them on the birthstool, if it is a son, you shall kill him; but if it is a daughter, she shall live. -- exodus 1:16 +. +But the midwives feared God and did not do as the king of Egypt commanded, but let the male babies live. -- exodus 1:17 +. +So the king of Egypt called for the midwives and said to them, Why have you done this thing and allowed the male children to live? -- exodus 1:18 +. +The midwives answered Pharaoh, Because the Hebrew women are not like the Egyptian women; they are vigorous and quickly delivered; their babies are born before the midwife comes to them. -- exodus 1:19 +. +So God dealt well with the midwives and the people multiplied and became very strong. -- exodus 1:20 +. +And because the midwives revered and feared God, He made them households [of their own]. -- exodus 1:21 +. +Then Pharaoh charged all his people, saying, Every son born [to the Hebrews] you shall cast into the river [Nile], but every daughter you shall allow to live. -- exodus 1:22 +. +NOW [Amram] a man of the house of Levi [the priestly tribe] went and took as his wife [Jochebed] a daughter of Levi. -- exodus 2:1 +. +And the woman became pregnant and bore a son; and when she saw that he was [exceedingly] beautiful, she hid him three months. -- exodus 2:2 +. +And when she could no longer hide him, she took for him an ark or basket made of bulrushes or papyrus [making it watertight by] daubing it with bitumen and pitch. Then she put the child in it and laid it among the rushes by the brink of the river [Nile]. -- exodus 2:3 +. +And his sister [Miriam] stood some distance away to learn what would be done to him. -- exodus 2:4 +. +Now the daughter of Pharaoh came down to bathe at the river, and her maidens walked along the bank; she saw the ark among the rushes and sent her maid to fetch it. -- exodus 2:5 +. +When she opened it, she saw the child; and behold, the baby cried. And she took pity on him and said, This is one of the Hebrews' children! -- exodus 2:6 +. +Then his sister said to Pharaoh's daughter, Shall I go and call a nurse of the Hebrew women to nurse the child for you? -- exodus 2:7 +. +Pharaoh's daughter said to her, Go. And the girl went and called the child's mother. -- exodus 2:8 +. +Then Pharaoh's daughter said to her, Take this child away and nurse it for me, and I will give you your wages. So the woman took the child and nursed it. -- exodus 2:9 +. +And the child grew, and she brought him to Pharaoh's daughter and he became her son. And she called him Moses, for she said, Because I drew him out of the water. -- exodus 2:10 +. +One day, after Moses was grown, it happened that he went out to his brethren and looked at their burdens; and he saw an Egyptian beating a Hebrew, one of [Moses'] brethren. -- exodus 2:11 +. +He looked this way and that way, and when he saw no one, he killed the Egyptian and hid him in the sand. -- exodus 2:12 +. +He went out the second day and saw two Hebrew men quarreling and fighting; and he said to the unjust aggressor, Why are you striking your comrade? -- exodus 2:13 +. +And the man said, Who made you a prince and a judge over us? Do you intend to kill me as you killed the Egyptian? Then Moses was afraid and thought, Surely this thing is known. -- exodus 2:14 +. +When Pharaoh heard of it, he sought to slay Moses. But Moses fled from Pharaoh's presence and took refuge in the land of Midian, where he sat down by a well. -- exodus 2:15 +. +Now the priest of Midian had seven daughters, and they came and drew water and filled the troughs to water their father's flock. -- exodus 2:16 +. +The shepherds came and drove them away; but Moses stood up and helped them and watered their flock. -- exodus 2:17 +. +And when they came to Reuel [Jethro] their father, he said, How is it that you have come so soon today? -- exodus 2:18 +. +They said, An Egyptian delivered us from the shepherds; also he drew water for us and watered the flock. -- exodus 2:19 +. +He said to his daughters, Where is he? Why have you left the man? Call him, that he may eat bread. -- exodus 2:20 +. +And Moses was content to dwell with the man; and he gave Moses Zipporah his daughter. -- exodus 2:21 +. +And she bore a son, and he called his name Gershom [expulsion, or a stranger there]; for he said, I have been a stranger and a sojourner in a foreign land. -- exodus 2:22 +. +However, after a long time [nearly forty years] the king of Egypt died; and the Israelites were sighing and groaning because of the bondage. They kept crying, and their cry because of slavery ascended to God. -- exodus 2:23 +. +And God heard their sighing and groaning and [earnestly] remembered His covenant with Abraham, with Isaac, and with Jacob. -- exodus 2:24 +. +God saw the Israelites and took knowledge of them and concerned Himself about them [knowing all, understanding, remembering all]. -- exodus 2:25 +. +NOW MOSES kept the flock of Jethro his father-in-law, the priest of Midian; and he led the flock to the back or west side of the wilderness and came to Horeb or Sinai, the mountain of God. -- exodus 3:1 +. +The Angel of the Lord appeared to him in a flame of fire out of the midst of a bush; and he looked, and behold, the bush burned with fire, yet was not consumed. -- exodus 3:2 +. +And Moses said, I will now turn aside and see this great sight, why the bush is not burned. -- exodus 3:3 +. +And when the Lord saw that he turned aside to see, God called to him out of the midst of the bush and said, Moses, Moses! And he said, Here am I. -- exodus 3:4 +. +God said, Do not come near; put your shoes off your feet, for the place on which you stand is holy ground. -- exodus 3:5 +. +Also He said, I am the God of your father, the God of Abraham, the God of Isaac, and the God of Jacob. And Moses hid his face, for he was afraid to look at God. -- exodus 3:6 +. +And the Lord said, I have surely seen the affliction of My people who are in Egypt, and have heard their cry because of their taskmasters and oppressors; for I know their sorrows and sufferings and trials. -- exodus 3:7 +. +And I have come down to deliver them out of the hand and power of the Egyptians and to bring them up out of that land to a land good and large, a land flowing with milk and honey [a land of plenty]--to the place of the Canaanite, the Hittite, the Amorite, the Perizzite, the Hivite, and the Jebusite. -- exodus 3:8 +. +Now behold, the cry of the Israelites has come to Me, and I have also seen how the Egyptians oppress them. -- exodus 3:9 +. +Come now therefore, and I will send you to Pharaoh, that you may bring forth My people, the Israelites, out of Egypt. -- exodus 3:10 +. +And Moses said to God, Who am I, that I should go to Pharaoh and bring the Israelites out of Egypt? -- exodus 3:11 +. +God said, I will surely be with you; and this shall be the sign to you that I have sent you: when you have brought the people out of Egypt, you shall serve God on this mountain [Horeb, or Sinai]. -- exodus 3:12 +. +And Moses said to God, Behold, when I come to the Israelites and say to them, The God of your fathers has sent me to you, and they say to me, What is His name? What shall I say to them? -- exodus 3:13 +. +And God said to Moses, I AM WHO I AM and WHAT I AM, and I WILL BE WHAT I WILL BE; and He said, You shall say this to the Israelites: I AM has sent me to you! -- exodus 3:14 +. +God said also to Moses, This shall you say to the Israelites: The Lord, the God of your fathers, of Abraham, of Isaac, and of Jacob, has sent me to you! This is My name forever, and by this name I am to be remembered to all generations. -- exodus 3:15 +. +Go, gather the elders of Israel together [the mature teachers and tribal leaders], and say to them, The Lord God of your fathers, the God of Abraham, of Isaac, and of Jacob, appeared to me, saying, I have surely visited you and seen that which is done to you in Egypt; -- exodus 3:16 +. +And I have declared that I will bring you up out of the affliction of Egypt to the land of the Canaanite, the Hittite, the Amorite, the Perizzite, the Hivite, and the Jebusite, to a land flowing with milk and honey. -- exodus 3:17 +. +And [the elders] shall believe and obey your voice; and you shall go, you and the elders of Israel, to the king of Egypt and you shall say to him, The Lord, the God of the Hebrews, has met with us; and now let us go, we beseech you, three days' journey into the wilderness, that we may sacrifice to the Lord our God. -- exodus 3:18 +. +And I know that the king of Egypt will not let you go [unless forced to do so], no, not by a mighty hand. -- exodus 3:19 +. +So I will stretch out My hand and smite Egypt with all My wonders which I will do in it; and after that he will let you go. -- exodus 3:20 +. +And I will give this people favor and respect in the sight of the Egyptians; and it shall be that when you go, you shall not go empty-handed. -- exodus 3:21 +. +But every woman shall [insistently] solicit of her neighbor and of her that may be residing at her house jewels and articles of silver and gold, and garments, which you shall put on your sons and daughters; and you shall strip the Egyptians [of belongings due to you]. -- exodus 3:22 +. +AND MOSES answered, But behold, they will not believe me or listen to and obey my voice; for they will say, The Lord has not appeared to you. -- exodus 4:1 +. +And the Lord said to him, What is that in your hand? And he said, A rod. -- exodus 4:2 +. +And He said, Cast it on the ground. And he did so and it became a serpent [the symbol of royal and divine power worn on the crown of the Pharaohs]; and Moses fled from before it. -- exodus 4:3 +. +And the Lord said to Moses, Put forth your hand and take it by the tail. And he stretched out his hand and caught it, and it became a rod in his hand, -- exodus 4:4 +. +[This you shall do, said the Lord] that the elders may believe that the Lord, the God of their fathers, of Abraham, of Isaac, and of Jacob, has indeed appeared to you. -- exodus 4:5 +. +The Lord said also to him, Put your hand into your bosom. He put his hand into his bosom, and when he took it out, behold, his hand was leprous, as white as snow. -- exodus 4:6 +. +[God] said, Put your hand into your bosom again. So he put his hand back into his bosom, and when he took it out, behold, it was restored as the rest of his flesh. -- exodus 4:7 +. +[Then God said] If they will not believe you or heed the voice or the testimony of the first sign, they may believe the voice or the witness of the second sign. -- exodus 4:8 +. +But if they will also not believe these two signs or heed your voice, you shall take some water of the river [Nile] and pour it upon the dry land; and the water which you take out of the river [Nile] shall become blood on the dry land. -- exodus 4:9 +. +And Moses said to the Lord, O Lord, I am not eloquent or a man of words, neither before nor since You have spoken to Your servant; for I am slow of speech and have a heavy and awkward tongue. -- exodus 4:10 +. +And the Lord said to him, Who has made man's mouth? Or who makes the dumb, or the deaf, or the seeing, or the blind? Is it not I, the Lord? -- exodus 4:11 +. +Now therefore go, and I will be with your mouth and will teach you what you shall say. -- exodus 4:12 +. +And he said, Oh, my Lord, I pray You, send by the hand of [some other] whom You will [send]. -- exodus 4:13 +. +Then the anger of the Lord blazed against Moses; He said, Is there not Aaron your brother, the Levite? I know he can speak well. Also, he is coming out to meet you, and when he sees you, he will be overjoyed. -- exodus 4:14 +. +You must speak to him and put the words in his mouth; and I will be with your mouth and with his mouth and will teach you what you shall do. -- exodus 4:15 +. +He shall speak for you to the people, acting as a mouthpiece for you, and you shall be as God to him. -- exodus 4:16 +. +And you shall take this rod in your hand with which you shall work the signs [that prove I sent you]. -- exodus 4:17 +. +And Moses went away and, returning to Jethro his father-in-law, said to him, Let me go back, I pray you, to my relatives in Egypt to see whether they are still alive. And Jethro said to Moses, Go in peace. -- exodus 4:18 +. +The Lord said to Moses in Midian, Go back to Egypt; for all the men who were seeking your life [for killing the Egyptian] are dead. -- exodus 4:19 +. +And Moses took his wife and his sons and set them on donkeys, and he returned to the land of Egypt; and Moses took the rod of God in his hand. -- exodus 4:20 +. +And the Lord said to Moses, When you return into Egypt, see that you do before Pharaoh all those miracles and wonders which I have put in your hand; but I will make him stubborn and harden his heart, so that he will not let the people go. -- exodus 4:21 +. +And you shall say to Pharaoh, Thus says the Lord, Israel is My son, even My firstborn. -- exodus 4:22 +. +And I say to you, Let My son go, that he may serve Me; and if you refuse to let him go, behold, I will slay your son, your firstborn. -- exodus 4:23 +. +Along the way at a [resting-] place, the Lord met [Moses] and sought to kill him [made him acutely and almost fatally ill]. -- exodus 4:24 +. +[Now apparently he had failed to circumcise one of his sons, his wife being opposed to it; but seeing his life in such danger] Zipporah took a flint knife and cut off the foreskin of her son and cast it to touch [Moses'] feet, and said, Surely a husband of blood you are to me! -- exodus 4:25 +. +When He let [Moses] alone [to recover], Zipporah said, A husband of blood are you because of the circumcision. -- exodus 4:26 +. +The Lord said to Aaron, Go into the wilderness to meet Moses. And he went, and met him in the mountain of God [Horeb, or Sinai] and kissed him. -- exodus 4:27 +. +Moses told Aaron all the words of the Lord with which He had sent him, and all the signs with which He had charged him. -- exodus 4:28 +. +Moses and Aaron went and gathered together [in Egypt] all the elders of the Israelites. -- exodus 4:29 +. +Aaron spoke all the words which the Lord had spoken to Moses, and did the signs in the sight of the people. -- exodus 4:30 +. +And the people believed; and when they heard that the Lord had visited the Israelites, and that He had looked [in compassion] upon their affliction, they bowed their heads and worshiped. -- exodus 4:31 +. +AFTERWARD MOSES and Aaron went in and told Pharaoh, Thus says the Lord, the God of Israel, Let My people go, that they may hold a feast to Me in the wilderness. -- exodus 5:1 +. +But Pharaoh said, Who is the Lord, that I should obey His voice to let Israel go? I know not the Lord, neither will I let Israel go. -- exodus 5:2 +. +And they said, The God of the Hebrews has met with us; let us go, we pray you, three days' journey into the desert and sacrifice to the Lord our God, lest He fall upon us with pestilence or with the sword. -- exodus 5:3 +. +The king of Egypt said to Moses and Aaron, Why do you take the people from their jobs? Get to your burdens! -- exodus 5:4 +. +Pharaoh said, Behold, the people of the land now are many, and you make them rest from their burdens! -- exodus 5:5 +. +The very same day Pharaoh commanded the taskmasters of the people and their officers, -- exodus 5:6 +. +You shall no more give the people straw to make brick; let them go and gather straw for themselves. -- exodus 5:7 +. +But the number of the bricks which they made before you shall still require of them; you shall not diminish it in the least. For they are idle; that is why they cry, Let us go and sacrifice to our God. -- exodus 5:8 +. +Let heavier work be laid upon the men that they may labor at it and pay no attention to lying words. -- exodus 5:9 +. +The taskmasters of the people went out, and their officers, and they said to the people, Thus says Pharaoh, I will not give you straw. -- exodus 5:10 +. +Go, get straw where you can find it; but your work shall not be diminished in the least. -- exodus 5:11 +. +So the people were scattered through all the land of Egypt to gather the short stubble instead of straw. -- exodus 5:12 +. +And the taskmasters were urgent, saying, Finish your work, your daily quotas, as when there was straw. -- exodus 5:13 +. +And the Hebrew foremen, whom Pharaoh's taskmasters had set over them, were beaten and were asked, Why have you not fulfilled all your quota of making bricks yesterday and today, as before? -- exodus 5:14 +. +Then the Hebrew foremen came to Pharaoh and cried, Why do you deal like this with your servants? -- exodus 5:15 +. +No straw is given to your servants, yet they say to us, Make bricks! And behold, your servants are beaten, but the fault is in your own people. -- exodus 5:16 +. +But [Pharaoh] said, You are idle, lazy and idle! That is why you say, Let us go and sacrifice to the Lord. -- exodus 5:17 +. +Get out now and get to work; for no straw shall be given you, yet you shall deliver the full quota of bricks. -- exodus 5:18 +. +And the Hebrew foremen saw that they were in an evil situation when it was said, You shall not diminish in the least your full daily quota of bricks. -- exodus 5:19 +. +And the foremen met Moses and Aaron, who were standing in the way as they came forth from Pharaoh. -- exodus 5:20 +. +And the foremen said to them, The Lord look upon you and judge, because you have made us a rotten stench to be detested by Pharaoh and his servants and have put a sword in their hand to slay us. -- exodus 5:21 +. +Then Moses turned again to the Lord and said, O Lord, why have You dealt evil to this people? Why did You ever send me? -- exodus 5:22 +. +For since I came to Pharaoh to speak in Your name, he has done evil to this people, neither have You delivered Your people at all. -- exodus 5:23 +. +THEN THE Lord said to Moses, Now you shall see what I will do to Pharaoh; for [compelled] by a strong hand he will [not only] let them go, but he will drive them out of his land with a strong hand. -- exodus 6:1 +. +And God said to Moses, I am the Lord. -- exodus 6:2 +. +I appeared to Abraham, to Isaac, and to Jacob as God Almighty [El-Shaddai], but by My name the Lord [Yahweh--the redemptive name of God] I did not make Myself known to them [in acts and great miracles]. -- exodus 6:3 +. +I have also established My covenant with them to give them the land of Canaan, the land of their temporary residence in which they were strangers. -- exodus 6:4 +. +I have also heard the groaning of the Israelites whom the Egyptians have enslaved; and I have [earnestly] remembered My covenant [with Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob]. -- exodus 6:5 +. +Accordingly, say to the Israelites, I am the Lord, and I will bring you out from under the burdens of the Egyptians, and I will free you from their bondage, and I will rescue you with an outstretched arm [with special and vigorous action] and by mighty acts of judgment. -- exodus 6:6 +. +And I will take you to Me for a people, and I will be to you a God; and you shall know that it is I, the Lord your God, Who brings you out from under the burdens of the Egyptians. -- exodus 6:7 +. +And I will bring you into the land concerning which I lifted up My hand and swore that I would give it to Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob; and I will give it to you for a heritage. I am the Lord [you have the pledge of My changeless omnipotence and faithfulness]. -- exodus 6:8 +. +Moses told this to the Israelites, but they refused to listen to Moses because of their impatience and anguish of spirit and because of their cruel bondage. -- exodus 6:9 +. +The Lord said to Moses, -- exodus 6:10 +. +Go in, tell Pharaoh king of Egypt to let the Israelites go out of his land. -- exodus 6:11 +. +But Moses said to the Lord, Behold, [my own people] the Israelites have not listened to me; how then shall Pharaoh give heed to me, who am of deficient and impeded speech? -- exodus 6:12 +. +But the Lord spoke to Moses and Aaron, and gave them a command for the Israelites and for Pharaoh king of Egypt, to bring the Israelites out of the land of Egypt. -- exodus 6:13 +. +These are the heads of their clans. The sons of Reuben, Israel's firstborn: Hanoch, Pallu, Hezron, and Carmi; these are the families of Reuben. -- exodus 6:14 +. +The sons of Simeon: Jemuel, Jamin, Ohad, Jachin, Zohar, and Shaul the son of a Canaanite woman; these are the families of Simeon. -- exodus 6:15 +. +These are the names of the sons of Levi according to their births: Gershon, Kohath, and Merari; and Levi lived years. -- exodus 6:16 +. +The sons of Gershon: Libni and Shimi, by their families. -- exodus 6:17 +. +The sons of Kohath: Amram, Izhar, Hebron, and Uzziel; and Kohath lived years. -- exodus 6:18 +. +The sons of Merari: Mahli and Mushi. These are the families of Levi according to their generations. -- exodus 6:19 +. +Amram took Jochebed his father's sister as wife, and she bore him Aaron and Moses; and Amram lived years. -- exodus 6:20 +. +The sons of Izhar: Korah, Nepheg, and Zichri. -- exodus 6:21 +. +The sons of Uzziel: Mishael, Elzaphan, and Sithri. -- exodus 6:22 +. +Aaron took Elisheba, daughter of Amminadab and sister of Nahshon, as wife; she bore him Nadab, Abihu, Eleazar, and Ithamar. -- exodus 6:23 +. +The sons of Korah: Assir, Elkanah, and Abiasaph. These are the families of the Korahites. -- exodus 6:24 +. +Eleazar, Aaron's son, took one of the daughters of Putiel as wife; and she bore him Phinehas. These are the heads of the fathers' houses of the Levites by their families. -- exodus 6:25 +. +These are the [same] Aaron and Moses to whom the Lord said, Bring out the Israelites from the land of Egypt by their hosts, -- exodus 6:26 +. +And who spoke to [the] Pharaoh king of Egypt about bringing the Israelites out of Egypt; these are that Moses and Aaron. -- exodus 6:27 +. +On the day when the Lord spoke to Moses in Egypt, -- exodus 6:28 +. +The Lord said to Moses, I am the Lord; tell Pharaoh king of Egypt all that I say to you. -- exodus 6:29 +. +But Moses said to the Lord, Behold, I am of deficient and impeded speech; how then shall Pharaoh listen to me? -- exodus 6:30 +. +THE LORD said to Moses, Behold, I make you as God to Pharaoh [to declare My will and purpose to him]; and Aaron your brother shall be your prophet. -- exodus 7:1 +. +You shall speak all that I command you, and Aaron your brother shall tell Pharaoh to let the Israelites go out of his land. -- exodus 7:2 +. +And I will make Pharaoh's heart stubborn and hard, and multiply My signs, My wonders, and miracles in the land of Egypt. -- exodus 7:3 +. +But Pharaoh will not listen to you, and I will lay My hand upon Egypt and bring forth My hosts, My people the Israelites, out of the land of Egypt by great acts of judgment. -- exodus 7:4 +. +The Egyptians shall know that I am the Lord when I stretch forth My hand upon Egypt and bring out the Israelites from among them. -- exodus 7:5 +. +And Moses and Aaron did so, as the Lord commanded them. -- exodus 7:6 +. +Now Moses was years old and Aaron 83 years old when they spoke to Pharaoh. -- exodus 7:7 +. +And the Lord said to Moses and Aaron, -- exodus 7:8 +. +When Pharaoh says to you, Prove [your authority] by a miracle, then tell Aaron, Throw your rod down before Pharaoh, that it may become a serpent. -- exodus 7:9 +. +So Moses and Aaron went to Pharaoh and did as the Lord had commanded; Aaron threw down his rod before Pharaoh and his servants, and it became a serpent. -- exodus 7:10 +. +Then Pharaoh called for the wise men [skilled in magic and divination] and the sorcerers (wizards and jugglers). And they also, these magicians of Egypt, did similar things with their enchantments and secret arts. -- exodus 7:11 +. +For they cast down every man his rod and they became serpents; but Aaron's rod swallowed up their rods. -- exodus 7:12 +. +But Pharaoh's heart was hardened and stubborn and he would not listen to them, just as the Lord had said. -- exodus 7:13 +. +Then the Lord said to Moses, Pharaoh's heart is hard and stubborn; he refuses to let the people go. -- exodus 7:14 +. +Go to Pharaoh in the morning; he will be going out to the water; wait for him by the river's brink; and the rod which was turned to a serpent you shall take in your hand. -- exodus 7:15 +. +And say to him, The Lord, the God of the Hebrews has sent me to you, saying, Let My people go, that they may serve Me in the wilderness; and behold, heretofore you have not listened. -- exodus 7:16 +. +Thus says the Lord, In this you shall know, recognize, and understand that I am the Lord: behold, I will smite with the rod in my hand the waters in the [Nile] River, and they shall be turned to blood. -- exodus 7:17 +. +The fish in the river shall die, the river shall become foul smelling, and the Egyptians shall loathe to drink from it. -- exodus 7:18 +. +And the Lord said to Moses, Say to Aaron, Take your rod and stretch out your hand over the waters of Egypt, over their streams, rivers, pools, and ponds of water, that they may become blood; and there shall be blood throughout all the land of Egypt, in containers both of wood and of stone. -- exodus 7:19 +. +Moses and Aaron did as the Lord commanded; [Aaron] lifted up the rod and smote the waters in the river in the sight of Pharaoh and his servants, and all the waters in the river were turned to blood. -- exodus 7:20 +. +And the fish in the river died; and the river became foul smelling, and the Egyptians could not drink its water, and there was blood throughout all the land of Egypt. -- exodus 7:21 +. +But the magicians of Egypt did the same by their enchantments and secret arts; and Pharaoh's heart was made hard and obstinate, and he did not listen to Moses and Aaron, just as the Lord had said. -- exodus 7:22 +. +And Pharaoh turned and went into his house; neither did he take even this to heart. -- exodus 7:23 +. +And all the Egyptians dug round about the river for water to drink, for they could not drink the water of the [Nile]. -- exodus 7:24 +. +Seven days passed after the Lord had smitten the river. -- exodus 7:25 +. +THEN THE Lord said to Moses, Go to Pharaoh and say to him, Thus says the Lord, Let My people go, that they may serve Me. -- exodus 8:1 +. +And if you refuse to let them go, behold, I will smite your entire land with frogs; -- exodus 8:2 +. +And the river shall swarm with frogs which shall go up and come into your house, into your bedchamber and on your bed, and into the houses of your servants and upon your people, and into your ovens, your kneading bowls, and your dough. -- exodus 8:3 +. +And the frogs shall come up on you and on your people and all your servants. -- exodus 8:4 +. +And the Lord said to Moses, Say to Aaron, Stretch out your hand with your rod over the rivers, the streams and canals, and over the pools, and cause frogs to come up on the land of Egypt. -- exodus 8:5 +. +So Aaron stretched out his hand over the waters of Egypt, and the frogs came up and covered the land. -- exodus 8:6 +. +But the magicians did the same thing with their enchantments and secret arts, and brought up [more] frogs upon the land of Egypt. -- exodus 8:7 +. +Then Pharaoh called for Moses and Aaron, and said, Entreat the Lord, that He may take away the frogs from me and my people; and I will let the people go that they may sacrifice to the Lord. -- exodus 8:8 +. +Moses said to Pharaoh, Glory over me in this: dictate when I shall pray [to the Lord] for you, your servants, and your people, that the frogs may be destroyed from you and your houses and remain only in the river. -- exodus 8:9 +. +And [Pharaoh] said, Tomorrow. [Moses] said, Let it be as you say, that you may know that there is no one like the Lord our God. -- exodus 8:10 +. +And the frogs shall depart from you and your houses and from your servants and your people; they shall remain in the river only. -- exodus 8:11 +. +So Moses and Aaron went out from Pharaoh, and Moses cried to the Lord [as he had agreed with Pharaoh] concerning the frogs which He had brought against him. -- exodus 8:12 +. +And the Lord did according to the word of Moses, and the frogs died out of the houses, out of the courtyards and villages, and out of the fields. -- exodus 8:13 +. +[The people] gathered them together in heaps, and the land was loathsome and stank. -- exodus 8:14 +. +But when Pharaoh saw that there was temporary relief, he made his heart stubborn and hard and would not listen or heed them, just as the Lord had said. -- exodus 8:15 +. +Then the Lord said to Moses, Say to Aaron, Stretch out your rod and strike the dust of the ground, that it may become biting gnats or mosquitoes throughout all the land of Egypt. -- exodus 8:16 +. +And they did so; Aaron stretched out his hand with his rod and struck the dust of the earth, and there came biting gnats or mosquitoes on man and beast; all the dust of the land became biting gnats or mosquitoes throughout all the land of Egypt. -- exodus 8:17 +. +The magicians tried by their enchantments and secret arts to bring forth gnats or mosquitoes, but they could not; and there were gnats or mosquitoes on man and beast. -- exodus 8:18 +. +Then the magicians said to Pharaoh, This is the finger of God! But Pharaoh's heart was hardened and strong and he would not listen to them, just as the Lord had said. -- exodus 8:19 +. +Then the Lord said to Moses, Rise up early in the morning and stand before Pharaoh as he comes forth to the water; and say to him, Thus says the Lord, Let My people go, that they may serve Me. -- exodus 8:20 +. +Else, if you will not let My people go, behold, I will send swarms [of bloodsucking gadflies] upon you, your servants, and your people, and into your houses; and the houses of the Egyptians shall be full of swarms [of bloodsucking gadflies], and also the ground on which they stand. -- exodus 8:21 +. +But on that day I will sever and set apart the land of Goshen in which My people dwell, that no swarms [of gadflies] shall be there, so that you may know that I am the Lord in the midst of the earth. -- exodus 8:22 +. +And I will put a division and a sign of deliverance between My people and your people. By tomorrow shall this sign be in evidence. -- exodus 8:23 +. +And the Lord did so; and there came heavy and oppressive swarms [of bloodsucking gadflies] into the house of Pharaoh and his servants' houses; and in all of Egypt the land was corrupted and ruined by reason of the great invasion [of gadflies]. -- exodus 8:24 +. +And Pharaoh called for Moses and Aaron, and said, Go, sacrifice to your God [here] in the land [of Egypt]. -- exodus 8:25 +. +And Moses said, It is not suitable or right to do that; for the animals the Egyptians hold sacred and will not permit to be slain are those which we are accustomed to sacrifice to the Lord our God; if we did this before the eyes of the Egyptians, would they not stone us? -- exodus 8:26 +. +We will go a three days' journey into the wilderness and sacrifice to the Lord our God, as He will command us. -- exodus 8:27 +. +So Pharaoh said, I will let you go, that you may sacrifice to the Lord your God in the wilderness; only you shall not go very far away. Entreat [your God] for me. -- exodus 8:28 +. +Moses said, I go out from you, and I will entreat the Lord that the swarms [of bloodsucking gadflies] may depart from Pharaoh, his servants, and his people tomorrow; only let not Pharaoh deal deceitfully any more in not letting the people go to sacrifice to the Lord. -- exodus 8:29 +. +So Moses went out from Pharaoh and entreated the Lord. -- exodus 8:30 +. +And the Lord did as Moses had spoken: He removed the swarms [of attacking gadflies] from Pharaoh, from his servants, and his people; there remained not one. -- exodus 8:31 +. +But Pharaoh hardened his heart and made it stubborn this time also, nor would he let the people go. -- exodus 8:32 +. +THEN THE Lord said to Moses, Go to Pharaoh and tell him, Thus says the Lord God of the Hebrews: Let My people go, that they may serve Me. -- exodus 9:1 +. +If you refuse to let them go and still hold them, -- exodus 9:2 +. +Behold, the hand of the Lord [will fall] upon your livestock which are out in the field, upon the horses, the donkeys, the camels, the herds and the flocks; there shall be a very severe plague. -- exodus 9:3 +. +But the Lord shall make a distinction between the livestock of Israel and the livestock of Egypt, and nothing shall die of all that belongs to the Israelites. -- exodus 9:4 +. +And the Lord set a time, saying, Tomorrow the Lord will do this thing in the land. -- exodus 9:5 +. +And the Lord did that the next day, and all [kinds of] the livestock of Egypt died; but of the livestock of the Israelites not one died. -- exodus 9:6 +. +Pharaoh sent to find out, and behold, there was not one of the cattle of the Israelites dead. But the heart of Pharaoh was hardened [his mind was set] and he did not let the people go. -- exodus 9:7 +. +The Lord said to Moses and Aaron, Take handfuls of ashes or soot from the brickkiln and let Moses sprinkle them toward the heavens in the sight of Pharaoh. -- exodus 9:8 +. +And it shall become small dust over all the land of Egypt, and become boils breaking out in sores on man and beast in all the land [occupied by the Egyptians]. -- exodus 9:9 +. +So they took ashes or soot of the kiln and stood before Pharaoh; and Moses threw them toward the sky, and it became boils erupting in sores on man and beast. -- exodus 9:10 +. +And the magicians could not stand before Moses because of their boils; for the boils were on the magicians and all the Egyptians. -- exodus 9:11 +. +But the Lord hardened the heart of Pharaoh, making it strong and obstinate, and he did not listen to them or heed them, just as the Lord had told Moses. -- exodus 9:12 +. +Then the Lord said to Moses, Rise up early in the morning and stand before Pharaoh and say to him, Thus says the Lord, the God of the Hebrews, Let My people go, that they may serve Me. -- exodus 9:13 +. +For this time I will send all My plagues upon your heart and upon your servants and your people, that you may recognize and know that there is none like Me in all the earth. -- exodus 9:14 +. +For by now I could have put forth My hand and have struck you and your people with pestilence, and you would have been cut off from the earth. -- exodus 9:15 +. +But for this very purpose have I let you live, that I might show you My power, and that My name may be declared throughout all the earth. -- exodus 9:16 +. +Since you are still exalting yourself [in haughty defiance] against My people by not letting them go, -- exodus 9:17 +. +Behold, tomorrow about this time I will cause it to rain a very heavy and dreadful fall of hail, such as has not been in Egypt from its founding until now. -- exodus 9:18 +. +Send therefore now and gather your cattle in hastily, and all that you have in the field; for every man and beast that is in the field and is not brought home shall be struck by the hail and shall die. -- exodus 9:19 +. +Then he who feared the word of the Lord among the servants of Pharaoh made his servants and his livestock flee into the houses and shelters. -- exodus 9:20 +. +And he who ignored the word of the Lord left his servants and his livestock in the field. -- exodus 9:21 +. +The Lord said to Moses, Stretch forth your hand toward the heavens, that there may be hail in all the land of Egypt, upon man and beast, and upon all the vegetation of the field, throughout the land of Egypt. -- exodus 9:22 +. +Then Moses stretched forth his rod toward the heavens, and the Lord sent thunder and hail, and fire (lightning) ran down to and along the ground, and the Lord rained hail upon the land of Egypt. -- exodus 9:23 +. +So there was hail and fire flashing continually in the midst of the weighty hail, such as had not been in all the land of Egypt since it became a nation. -- exodus 9:24 +. +The hail struck down throughout all the land of Egypt everything that was in the field, both man and beast; and the hail beat down all the vegetation of the field and shattered every tree of the field. -- exodus 9:25 +. +Only in the land of Goshen, where the Israelites were, was there no hail. -- exodus 9:26 +. +And Pharaoh sent for Moses and Aaron, and said to them, I have sinned this time; the Lord is in the right and I and my people are in the wrong. -- exodus 9:27 +. +Entreat the Lord, for there has been enough of these mighty thunderings and hail [these voices of God]; I will let you go; you shall stay here no longer. -- exodus 9:28 +. +Moses said to him, As soon as I leave the city, I will stretch out my hands to the Lord; the thunder shall cease, neither shall there be any more hail, that you may know that the earth is the Lord's. -- exodus 9:29 +. +But as for you and your servants, I know that you do not yet [reverently] fear the Lord God. -- exodus 9:30 +. +The flax and the barley were smitten and ruined, for the barley was in the ear and the flax in bloom. -- exodus 9:31 +. +But the wheat and spelt [another wheat] were not smitten, for they ripen late and were not grown up yet. -- exodus 9:32 +. +So Moses left the city and Pharaoh, and stretched forth his hands to the Lord; and the thunder and hail ceased, and rain was no longer poured upon the earth. -- exodus 9:33 +. +But when Pharaoh saw that the rain, the hail, and the thunder had ceased, he sinned yet more, and toughened and stiffened his hard heart, he and his servants. -- exodus 9:34 +. +So Pharaoh's heart was strong and obstinate; he would not let the Israelites go, just as the Lord had said by Moses. -- exodus 9:35 +. +THE LORD said to Moses, Go to Pharaoh, for I have made his heart hard, and his servants' hearts, that I might show these My signs [of divine power] before him, -- exodus 10:1 +. +And that you may recount in the ears of your son and of your grandson what I have done in derision of the Egyptians and what things I have [repeatedly] done there--My signs [of divine power] done among them--that you may recognize and know that I am the Lord. -- exodus 10:2 +. +So Moses and Aaron went to Pharaoh, and said to him, Thus says the Lord, the God of the Hebrews, How long will you refuse to humble yourself before Me? Let My people go, that they may serve Me. -- exodus 10:3 +. +For if you refuse to let My people go, behold, tomorrow I will bring locusts into your country. -- exodus 10:4 +. +And they shall cover the land so that one cannot see the ground; and they shall eat the remainder of what escaped and is left to you from the hail, and they shall eat every tree of yours that grows in the field; -- exodus 10:5 +. +The locusts shall fill your houses and those of all your servants and of all the Egyptians, as neither your fathers nor your fathers' fathers have seen from their birth until this day. Then Moses departed from Pharaoh. -- exodus 10:6 +. +And Pharaoh's servants said to him, How long shall this man be a snare to us? Let the men go, that they may serve the Lord their God; do you not yet understand and know that Egypt is destroyed? -- exodus 10:7 +. +So Moses and Aaron were brought again to Pharaoh; and he said to them, Go, serve the Lord your God; but just who are to go? -- exodus 10:8 +. +And Moses said, We will go with our young and our old, with our sons and our daughters, with our flocks and our herds [all of us and all we have], for we must hold a feast to the Lord. -- exodus 10:9 +. +Pharaoh said to them, Let the Lord be with you, if I ever let you go with your little ones! See, you have some evil purpose in mind. -- exodus 10:10 +. +Not so! You that are men, [without your families] go and serve the Lord, for that is what you want. And [Moses and Aaron] were driven from Pharaoh's presence. -- exodus 10:11 +. +Then the Lord said to Moses, Stretch out your hand over the land of Egypt for the locusts, that they may come up on the land of Egypt and eat all the vegetation of the land, all that the hail has left. -- exodus 10:12 +. +And Moses stretched forth his rod over the land of Egypt, and the Lord brought an east wind upon the land all that day and all that night; when it was morning, the east wind brought the locusts. -- exodus 10:13 +. +And the locusts came up over all the land of Egypt and settled down on the whole country of Egypt, a very dreadful mass of them; never before were there such locusts as these, nor will there ever be again. -- exodus 10:14 +. +For they covered the whole land, so that the ground was darkened, and they ate every bit of vegetation of the land and all the fruit of the trees which the hail had left; there remained not a green thing of the trees or the plants of the field in all the land of Egypt. -- exodus 10:15 +. +Then Pharaoh sent for Moses and Aaron in haste. He said, I have sinned against the Lord your God and you. -- exodus 10:16 +. +Now therefore forgive my sin, I pray you, only this once, and entreat the Lord your God only that He may remove from me this [plague of] death. -- exodus 10:17 +. +Then Moses left Pharaoh and entreated the Lord. -- exodus 10:18 +. +And the Lord turned a violent west wind, which lifted the locusts and drove them into the Red Sea; not one locust remained in all the country of Egypt. -- exodus 10:19 +. +But the Lord made Pharaoh's heart more strong and obstinate, and he would not let the Israelites go. -- exodus 10:20 +. +And the Lord said to Moses, Stretch out your hand toward the heavens, that there may be darkness over the land of Egypt, a darkness which may be felt. -- exodus 10:21 +. +So Moses stretched out his hand toward the sky, and for three days a thick darkness was all over the land of Egypt. -- exodus 10:22 +. +The Egyptians could not see one another, nor did anyone rise from his place for three days; but all the Israelites had natural light in their dwellings. -- exodus 10:23 +. +And Pharaoh called to Moses, and said, Go, serve the Lord; let your little ones also go with you; it is only your flocks and your herds that must not go. -- exodus 10:24 +. +But Moses said, You must give into our hand also sacrifices and burnt offerings, that we may sacrifice to the Lord our God. -- exodus 10:25 +. +Our livestock also shall go with us; there shall not a hoof be left behind; for of them must we take to serve the Lord our God, and we know not with what we must serve the Lord until we arrive there. -- exodus 10:26 +. +But the Lord made Pharaoh's heart stronger and more stubborn, and he would not let them go. -- exodus 10:27 +. +And Pharaoh said to Moses, Get away from me! See that you never enter my presence again, for the day you see my face again you shall die! -- exodus 10:28 +. +And Moses said, You have spoken truly; I will never see your face again. -- exodus 10:29 +. +THEN THE Lord said to Moses, Yet will I bring one plague more on Pharaoh and on Egypt; afterwards he will let you go. When he lets you go from here, he will thrust you out altogether. -- exodus 11:1 +. +Speak now in the hearing of the people, and let every man solicit and ask of his neighbor, and every woman of her neighbor, jewels of silver and jewels of gold. -- exodus 11:2 +. +And the Lord gave the people favor in the sight of the Egyptians. Moreover, the man Moses was exceedingly great in the land of Egypt, in the sight of Pharaoh's servants and of the people. -- exodus 11:3 +. +And Moses said, Thus says the Lord, About midnight I will go out into the midst of Egypt; -- exodus 11:4 +. +And all the firstborn in the land [the pride, hope, and joy] of Egypt shall die, from the firstborn of Pharaoh, who sits on his throne, even to the firstborn of the maidservant who is behind the hand mill, and all the firstborn of beasts. -- exodus 11:5 +. +There shall be a great cry in all the land of Egypt, such as has never been nor ever shall be again. -- exodus 11:6 +. +But against any of the Israelites shall not so much as a dog move his tongue against man or beast, that you may know that the Lord makes a distinction between the Egyptians and Israel. -- exodus 11:7 +. +And all these your servants shall come down to me and bow down to me, saying, Get out, and all the people who follow you! And after that I will go out. And he went out from Pharaoh in great anger. -- exodus 11:8 +. +Then the Lord said to Moses, Pharaoh will not listen to you, that My wonders and miracles may be multiplied in the land of Egypt. -- exodus 11:9 +. +Moses and Aaron did all these wonders and miracles before Pharaoh; and the Lord hardened Pharaoh's stubborn heart, and he did not let the Israelites go out of his land. -- exodus 11:10 +. +THE LORD said to Moses and Aaron in the land of Egypt, -- exodus 12:1 +. +This month shall be to you the beginning of months, the first month of the year to you. -- exodus 12:2 +. +Tell all the congregation of Israel, On the tenth day of this month they shall take every man a lamb or kid, according to [the size of] the family of which he is the father, a lamb or kid for each house. -- exodus 12:3 +. +And if the household is too small to consume the lamb, let him and his next door neighbor take it according to the number of persons, every man according to what each can eat shall make your count for the lamb. -- exodus 12:4 +. +Your lamb or kid shall be without blemish, a male of the first year; you shall take it from the sheep or the goats. -- exodus 12:5 +. +And you shall keep it until the fourteenth day of the same month; and the whole assembly of the congregation of Israel shall [each] kill [his] lamb in the evening. -- exodus 12:6 +. +They shall take of the blood and put it on the two side posts and on the lintel [above the door space] of the houses in which they shall eat [the Passover lamb]. -- exodus 12:7 +. +They shall eat the flesh that night roasted; with unleavened bread and bitter herbs they shall eat it. -- exodus 12:8 +. +Eat not of it raw nor boiled at all with water, but roasted--its head, its legs, and its inner parts. -- exodus 12:9 +. +You shall let nothing of the meat remain until the morning; and the bones and unedible bits which remain of it until morning you shall burn with fire. -- exodus 12:10 +. +And you shall eat it thus: [as fully prepared for a journey] your loins girded, your shoes on your feet, and your staff in your hand; and you shall eat it in haste. It is the Lord's Passover. -- exodus 12:11 +. +For I will pass through the land of Egypt this night and will smite all the firstborn in the land of Egypt, both man and beast; and against all the gods of Egypt I will execute judgment [proving their helplessness]. I am the Lord. -- exodus 12:12 +. +The blood shall be for a token or sign to you upon [the doorposts of] the houses where you are, [that] when I see the blood, I will pass over you, and no plague shall be upon you to destroy you when I smite the land of Egypt. -- exodus 12:13 +. +And this day shall be to you for a memorial. You shall keep it as a feast to the Lord throughout your generations, keep it as an ordinance forever. -- exodus 12:14 +. +[In celebration of the Passover in future years] seven days shall you eat unleavened bread; even the first day you shall put away leaven [symbolic of corruption] out of your houses; for whoever eats leavened bread from the first day until the seventh day, that person shall be cut off from Israel. -- exodus 12:15 +. +On the first day you shall hold a solemn and holy assembly, and on the seventh day there shall be a solemn and holy assembly; no kind of work shall be done in them, save [preparation of] that which every person must eat--that only may be done by you. -- exodus 12:16 +. +And you shall observe the Feast of Unleavened Bread, for on this very day have I brought your hosts out of the land of Egypt; therefore shall you observe this day throughout your generations as an ordinance forever. -- exodus 12:17 +. +In the first month, on the fourteenth day of the month at evening, you shall eat unleavened bread [and continue] until the twenty-first day of the month at evening. -- exodus 12:18 +. +Seven days no leaven [symbolic of corruption] shall be found in your houses; whoever eats what is leavened shall be excluded from the congregation of Israel, whether a stranger or native-born. -- exodus 12:19 +. +You shall eat nothing leavened; in all your dwellings you shall eat unleavened bread [during that week]. -- exodus 12:20 +. +Then Moses called for all the elders of Israel, and said to them, Go forth, select and take a lamb according to your families and kill the Passover [lamb]. -- exodus 12:21 +. +And you shall take a bunch of hyssop, dip it in the blood in the basin, and touch the lintel above the door and the two side posts with the blood; and none of you shall go out of his house until morning. -- exodus 12:22 +. +For the Lord will pass through to slay the Egyptians; and when He sees the blood upon the lintel and the two side posts, the Lord will pass over the door and will not allow the destroyer to come into your houses to slay you. -- exodus 12:23 +. +You shall observe this rite for an ordinance to you and to your sons forever. -- exodus 12:24 +. +When you come to the land which the Lord will give you, as He has promised, you shall keep this service. -- exodus 12:25 +. +When your children shall say to you, What do you mean by this service? -- exodus 12:26 +. +You shall say, It is the sacrifice of the Lord's Passover, for He passed over the houses of the Israelites in Egypt when He slew the Egyptians but spared our houses. And the people bowed their heads and worshiped. -- exodus 12:27 +. +The Israelites went and, as the Lord had commanded Moses and Aaron, so they did. -- exodus 12:28 +. +At midnight the Lord slew every firstborn in the land of Egypt, from the firstborn of Pharaoh who sat on his throne to the firstborn of the prisoner in the dungeon, and all the firstborn of the livestock. -- exodus 12:29 +. +Pharaoh rose up in the night, he, all his servants, and all the Egyptians; and there was a great cry in Egypt, for there was not a house where there was not one dead. -- exodus 12:30 +. +He called for Moses and Aaron by night, and said, Rise up, get out from among my people, both you and the Israelites; and go, serve the Lord, as you said. -- exodus 12:31 +. +Also take your flocks and your herds, as you have said, and be gone! And [ask your God to] bless me also. -- exodus 12:32 +. +The Egyptians were urgent with the people to depart, that they might send them out of the land in haste; for they said, We are all dead men. -- exodus 12:33 +. +The people took their dough before it was leavened, their kneading bowls being bound up in their clothes on their shoulders. -- exodus 12:34 +. +The Israelites did according to the word of Moses; and they [urgently] asked of the Egyptians jewels of silver and of gold, and clothing. -- exodus 12:35 +. +The Lord gave the people favor in the sight of the Egyptians, so that they gave them what they asked. And they stripped the Egyptians [of those things]. -- exodus 12:36 +. +The Israelites journeyed from Rameses to Succoth, about 600,men on foot, besides women and children. -- exodus 12:37 +. +And a mixed multitude went also with them, and very much livestock, both flocks and herds. -- exodus 12:38 +. +They baked unleavened cakes of the dough which they brought from Egypt; it was not leavened because they were driven from Egypt and could not delay, nor had they prepared for themselves any food. -- exodus 12:39 +. +Now the time the Israelites dwelt in Egypt was years. -- exodus 12:40 +. +At the end of the years, even that very day, all the hosts of the Lord went out of Egypt. -- exodus 12:41 +. +It was a night of watching unto the Lord and to be much observed for bringing them out of Egypt; this same night of watching unto the Lord is to be observed by all the Israelites throughout their generations. -- exodus 12:42 +. +The Lord said to Moses and Aaron, This is the ordinance of the Passover: No foreigner shall eat of it; -- exodus 12:43 +. +But every man's servant who is bought for money, when you have circumcised him, then may he eat of it. -- exodus 12:44 +. +A foreigner or hired servant shall not eat of it. -- exodus 12:45 +. +In one house shall it be eaten [by one company]; you shall not carry any of the flesh outside the house; neither shall you break a bone of it. -- exodus 12:46 +. +All the congregation of Israel shall keep it. -- exodus 12:47 +. +When a stranger sojourning with you wishes to keep the Passover to the Lord, let all his males be circumcised, and then let him come near and keep it; and he shall be as one that is born in the land. But no uncircumcised person shall eat of it. -- exodus 12:48 +. +There shall be one law for the native-born and for the stranger or foreigner who sojourns among you. -- exodus 12:49 +. +Thus did all the Israelites; as the Lord commanded Moses and Aaron, so did they. -- exodus 12:50 +. +And on that very day the Lord brought the Israelites out of the land of Egypt by their hosts. -- exodus 12:51 +. +THE LORD said to Moses, -- exodus 13:1 +. +Sanctify (consecrate, set apart) to Me all the firstborn [males]; whatever is first to open the womb among the Israelites, both of man and of beast, is Mine. -- exodus 13:2 +. +And Moses said to the people, [Earnestly] remember this day in which you came out from Egypt, out of the house of bondage and bondmen, for by strength of hand the Lord brought you out from this place; no leavened bread shall be eaten. -- exodus 13:3 +. +This day you go forth in the month Abib. -- exodus 13:4 +. +And when the Lord brings you into the land of the Canaanites, Hittites, Amorites, Hivites, and Jebusites, which He promised and swore to your fathers to give you, a land flowing with milk and honey [a land of plenty], you shall keep this service in this month. -- exodus 13:5 +. +Seven days you shall eat unleavened bread and the seventh day shall be a feast to the Lord. -- exodus 13:6 +. +Unleavened bread shall be eaten for seven days; no leavened bread shall be seen with you, neither shall there be leaven in all your territory. -- exodus 13:7 +. +You shall explain to your son on that day, This is done because of what the Lord did for me when I came out of Egypt. -- exodus 13:8 +. +It shall be as a sign to you upon your hand and as a memorial between your eyes, that the law of the Lord may be in your mouth; for with a strong hand the Lord has brought you out of Egypt. -- exodus 13:9 +. +You shall therefore keep this ordinance at this time from year to year. -- exodus 13:10 +. +And when the Lord brings you into the land of the Canaanites, as He promised and swore to you and your fathers, and shall give it to you, -- exodus 13:11 +. +You shall set apart to the Lord all that first opens the womb. All the firstlings of your livestock that are males shall be the Lord's. -- exodus 13:12 +. +Every firstborn of a donkey you shall redeem by [substituting for it] a lamb, or if you will not redeem it, then you shall break its neck; and every firstborn among your sons shall you redeem. -- exodus 13:13 +. +And when, in time to come, your son asks you, What does this mean? You shall say to him, By strength of hand the Lord brought us out from Egypt, from the house of bondage and bondmen. -- exodus 13:14 +. +For when Pharaoh stubbornly refused to let us go, the Lord slew all the firstborn in the land of Egypt, both the firstborn of man and of livestock. Therefore I sacrifice to the Lord all the males that first open the womb; but all the firstborn of my sons I redeem. -- exodus 13:15 +. +And it shall be as a reminder upon your hand or as frontlets between your eyes, for by a strong hand the Lord brought us out of Egypt. -- exodus 13:16 +. +When Pharaoh let the people go, God led them not by way of the land of the Philistines, although that was nearer; for God said, Lest the people change their purpose when they see war and return to Egypt. -- exodus 13:17 +. +But God led the people around by way of the wilderness toward the Red Sea. And the Israelites went up marshaled [in ranks] out of the land of Egypt. -- exodus 13:18 +. +And Moses took the bones of Joseph with him, for [Joseph] had strictly sworn the Israelites, saying, Surely God will be with you, and you must carry my bones away from here with you. -- exodus 13:19 +. +They journeyed from Succoth and encamped at Etham on the edge of the wilderness. -- exodus 13:20 +. +The Lord went before them by day in a pillar of cloud to lead them along the way and by night in a pillar of fire to give them light, that they might travel by day and by night. -- exodus 13:21 +. +The pillar of cloud by day and the pillar of fire by night did not depart from before the people. -- exodus 13:22 +. +AND THE Lord said to Moses, -- exodus 14:1 +. +Tell the Israelites to turn back and encamp before Pi-hahiroth, between Migdol and the [Red] Sea, before Baal-zephon. You shall encamp opposite it by the sea. -- exodus 14:2 +. +For Pharaoh will say of the Israelites, They are entangled in the land; the wilderness has shut them in. -- exodus 14:3 +. +I will harden (make stubborn, strong) Pharaoh's heart, that he will pursue them, and I will gain honor and glory over Pharaoh and all his host, and the Egyptians shall know that I am the Lord. And they did so. -- exodus 14:4 +. +It was told the king of Egypt that the people had fled; and the heart of Pharaoh and of his servants was changed toward the people, and they said, What is this we have done? We have let Israel go from serving us! -- exodus 14:5 +. +And he made ready his chariots and took his army, -- exodus 14:6 +. +And took chosen chariots and all the other chariots of Egypt, with officers over all of them. -- exodus 14:7 +. +The Lord made hard and strong the heart of Pharaoh king of Egypt, and he pursued the Israelites, for [they] left proudly and defiantly. -- exodus 14:8 +. +The Egyptians pursued them, all the horses and chariots of Pharaoh and his horsemen and his army, and overtook them encamped at the [Red] Sea by Pi-hahiroth, in front of Baal-zephon. -- exodus 14:9 +. +When Pharaoh drew near, the Israelites looked up, and behold, the Egyptians were marching after them; and the Israelites were exceedingly frightened and cried out to the Lord. -- exodus 14:10 +. +And they said to Moses, Is it because there are no graves in Egypt that you have taken us away to die in the wilderness? Why have you treated us this way and brought us out of Egypt? -- exodus 14:11 +. +Did we not tell you in Egypt, Let us alone; let us serve the Egyptians? For it would have been better for us to serve the Egyptians than to die in the wilderness. -- exodus 14:12 +. +Moses told the people, Fear not; stand still (firm, confident, undismayed) and see the salvation of the Lord which He will work for you today. For the Egyptians you have seen today you shall never see again. -- exodus 14:13 +. +The Lord will fight for you, and you shall hold your peace and remain at rest. -- exodus 14:14 +. +The Lord said to Moses, Why do you cry to Me? Tell the people of Israel to go forward! -- exodus 14:15 +. +Lift up your rod and stretch out your hand over the sea and divide it, and the Israelites shall go on dry ground through the midst of the sea. -- exodus 14:16 +. +And I, behold, I will harden (make stubborn and strong) the hearts of the Egyptians, and they shall go [into the sea] after them; and I will gain honor over Pharaoh and all his host, his chariots, and horsemen. -- exodus 14:17 +. +The Egyptians shall know and realize that I am the Lord when I have gained honor and glory over Pharaoh, his chariots, and his horsemen. -- exodus 14:18 +. +And the Angel of God Who went before the host of Israel moved and went behind them; and the pillar of the cloud went from before them and stood behind them, -- exodus 14:19 +. +Coming between the host of Egypt and the host of Israel. It was a cloud and darkness to the Egyptians, but it gave light by night to the Israelites; and the one host did not come near the other all night. -- exodus 14:20 +. +Then Moses stretched out his hand over the sea, and the Lord caused the sea to go back by a strong east wind all that night and made the sea dry land; and the waters were divided. -- exodus 14:21 +. +And the Israelites went into the midst of the sea on dry ground, the waters being a wall to them on their right hand and on their left. -- exodus 14:22 +. +The Egyptians pursued and went in after them into the midst of the sea, even all Pharaoh's horses, his chariots, and his horsemen. -- exodus 14:23 +. +And in the morning watch the Lord through the pillar of fire and cloud looked down on the host of the Egyptians and discomfited [them], -- exodus 14:24 +. +And bound (clogged, took off) their chariot wheels, making them drive heavily; and the Egyptians said, Let us flee from the face of Israel, for the Lord fights for them against the Egyptians! -- exodus 14:25 +. +Then the Lord said to Moses, Stretch out your hand over the sea, that the waters may come again upon the Egyptians, upon their chariots and horsemen. -- exodus 14:26 +. +So Moses stretched forth his hand over the sea, and the sea returned to its strength and normal flow when the morning appeared; and the Egyptians fled into it [being met by it]; and the Lord overthrew the Egyptians and shook them off into the midst of the sea. -- exodus 14:27 +. +The waters returned and covered the chariots, the horsemen, and all the host of Pharaoh that pursued them; not even one of them remained. -- exodus 14:28 +. +But the Israelites walked on dry ground in the midst of the sea, the waters being a wall to them on their right hand and on their left. -- exodus 14:29 +. +Thus the Lord saved Israel that day from the hand of the Egyptians, and Israel saw the Egyptians dead upon the seashore. -- exodus 14:30 +. +And Israel saw that great work which the Lord did against the Egyptians, and the people [reverently] feared the Lord and trusted in (relied on, remained steadfast to) the Lord and to His servant Moses. -- exodus 14:31 +. +THEN MOSES and the Israelites sang this song to the Lord, saying, I will sing to the Lord, for He has triumphed gloriously; the horse and his rider or its chariot has He thrown into the sea. -- exodus 15:1 +. +The Lord is my Strength and my Song, and He has become my Salvation; this is my God, and I will praise Him, my father's God, and I will exalt Him. -- exodus 15:2 +. +The Lord is a Man of War; the Lord is His name. -- exodus 15:3 +. +Pharaoh's chariots and his host has He cast into the sea; his chosen captains also are sunk in the Red Sea. -- exodus 15:4 +. +The floods cover them; they sank in the depths [clad in mail] like a stone. -- exodus 15:5 +. +Your right hand, O Lord, is glorious in power; Your right hand, O Lord, shatters the enemy. -- exodus 15:6 +. +In the greatness of Your majesty You overthrow those rising against You. You send forth Your fury; it consumes them like stubble. -- exodus 15:7 +. +With the blast of Your nostrils the waters piled up, the floods stood fixed in a heap, the deeps congealed in the heart of the sea. -- exodus 15:8 +. +The enemy said, I will pursue, I will overtake, I will divide the spoil; my desire shall be satisfied upon them; I will draw my sword, my hand shall destroy them. -- exodus 15:9 +. +You [Lord] blew with Your wind, the sea covered them; [clad in mail] they sank as lead in the mighty waters. -- exodus 15:10 +. +Who is like You, O Lord, among the gods? Who is like You, glorious in holiness, awesome in splendor, doing wonders? -- exodus 15:11 +. +You stretched out Your right hand, the earth's [sea] swallowed them. -- exodus 15:12 +. +You in Your mercy and loving-kindness have led forth the people whom You have redeemed; You have guided them in Your strength to Your holy habitation. -- exodus 15:13 +. +The peoples have heard of it; they tremble; pangs have taken hold on the inhabitants of Philistia. -- exodus 15:14 +. +Now the chiefs of Edom are dismayed; the mighty men of Moab [renowned for strength], trembling takes hold of them; all the inhabitants of Canaan have melted away--little by little. -- exodus 15:15 +. +Terror and dread fall upon them; because of the greatness of Your arm they are as still as a stone--till Your people pass by and over [into Canaan], O Lord, till the people pass by whom You have purchased. -- exodus 15:16 +. +You will bring them in [to the land] and plant them on Your own mountain, the place, O Lord, You have made for Your dwelling, the sanctuary, O Lord, which Your hands have established. -- exodus 15:17 +. +The Lord will reign forever and ever. -- exodus 15:18 +. +For the horses of Pharaoh went with his chariots and horsemen into the sea, and the Lord brought back the waters of the sea upon them, but the Israelites walked on dry ground in the midst of the sea. -- exodus 15:19 +. +Then Miriam the prophetess, the sister of Aaron, took a timbrel in her hand, and all the women went out after her with timbrels and dancing. -- exodus 15:20 +. +And Miriam responded to them, Sing to the Lord, for He has triumphed gloriously and is highly exalted; the horse and his rider He has thrown into the sea. -- exodus 15:21 +. +Then Moses led Israel onward from the Red Sea and they went into the Wilderness of Shur; they went three days [thirty-three miles] in the wilderness and found no water. -- exodus 15:22 +. +When they came to Marah, they could not drink its waters for they were bitter; therefore it was named Marah [bitterness]. -- exodus 15:23 +. +The people murmured against Moses, saying, What shall we drink? -- exodus 15:24 +. +And he cried to the Lord, and the Lord showed him a tree which he cast into the waters, and the waters were made sweet. There [the Lord] made for them a statute and an ordinance, and there He proved them, -- exodus 15:25 +. +Saying, If you will diligently hearken to the voice of the Lord your God and will do what is right in His sight, and will listen to and obey His commandments and keep all His statutes, I will put none of the diseases upon you which I brought upon the Egyptians, for I am the Lord Who heals you. -- exodus 15:26 +. +And they came to Elim, where there were twelve springs of water and seventy palm trees; and they encamped there by the waters. -- exodus 15:27 +. +THEY SET out from Elim, and all the congregation of Israel came to the Wilderness of Sin, which is between Elim and Sinai, on the fifteenth day of the second month after they left the land of Egypt. -- exodus 16:1 +. +And the whole congregation of Israel murmured against Moses and Aaron in the wilderness, -- exodus 16:2 +. +And said to them, Would that we had died by the hand of the Lord in the land of Egypt, when we sat by the fleshpots and ate bread to the full; for you have brought us out into this wilderness to kill this whole assembly with hunger. -- exodus 16:3 +. +Then the Lord said to Moses, Behold, I will rain bread from the heavens for you; and the people shall go out and gather a day's portion every day, that I may prove them, whether they will walk in My law or not. -- exodus 16:4 +. +On the sixth day they shall prepare to bring in twice as much as they gather daily. -- exodus 16:5 +. +So Moses and Aaron said to all Israel, At evening you shall know that the Lord has brought you out from the land of Egypt, -- exodus 16:6 +. +And in the morning you shall see the glory of the Lord, for He hears your murmurings against the Lord. For what are we, that you murmur against us? -- exodus 16:7 +. +And Moses said, [This will happen] when the Lord gives you in the evening flesh to eat and in the morning bread to the full, because the Lord has heard your grumblings which you murmur against Him; what are we? Your murmurings are not against us, but against the Lord. -- exodus 16:8 +. +And Moses said to Aaron, Say to all the congregation of Israel, Come near before the Lord, for He has heard your murmurings. -- exodus 16:9 +. +And as Aaron spoke to the whole congregation of Israel, they looked toward the wilderness, and behold, the glory of the Lord appeared in the cloud! -- exodus 16:10 +. +The Lord said to Moses, -- exodus 16:11 +. +I have heard the murmurings of the Israelites; speak to them, saying, At twilight you shall eat meat, and between the two evenings you shall be filled with bread; and you shall know that I am the Lord your God. -- exodus 16:12 +. +In the evening quails came up and covered the camp; and in the morning the dew lay round about the camp. -- exodus 16:13 +. +And when the dew had gone, behold, upon the face of the wilderness there lay a fine, round and flakelike thing, as fine as hoarfrost on the ground. -- exodus 16:14 +. +When the Israelites saw it, they said one to another, Manna [What is it?]. For they did not know what it was. And Moses said to them, This is the bread which the Lord has given you to eat. -- exodus 16:15 +. +This is what the Lord has commanded: Let every man gather of it as much as he will need, an omer for each person, according to the number of your persons; take it, every man for those in his tent. -- exodus 16:16 +. +The [people] did so, and gathered, some more, some less. -- exodus 16:17 +. +When they measured it with an omer, he who gathered much had nothing over, and he who gathered little had no lack; each gathered according to his need. -- exodus 16:18 +. +Moses said, Let none of it be left until morning. -- exodus 16:19 +. +But they did not listen to Moses; some of them left of it until morning, and it bred worms, became foul, and stank; and Moses was angry with them. -- exodus 16:20 +. +They gathered it every morning, each as much as he needed, for when the sun became hot it melted. -- exodus 16:21 +. +And on the sixth day they gathered twice as much bread, two omers for each person; and all the leaders of the congregation came and told Moses. -- exodus 16:22 +. +He said to them, The Lord has said, Tomorrow is a solemn rest, a holy Sabbath to the Lord; bake and boil what you will bake and boil today; and all that remains over put aside for you to keep until morning. -- exodus 16:23 +. +They laid it aside till morning, as Moses told them; and it did not become foul, neither was it wormy. -- exodus 16:24 +. +Moses said, Eat that today, for today is a Sabbath to the Lord. Today you shall find none in the field. -- exodus 16:25 +. +Six days you shall gather it, but on the seventh day, the Sabbath, there shall be none. -- exodus 16:26 +. +On the seventh day some of the people went out to gather, but they found none. -- exodus 16:27 +. +The Lord said to Moses, How long do you [people] refuse to keep My commandments and My laws? -- exodus 16:28 +. +See, the Lord has given you the Sabbath; therefore He gives you on the sixth day the bread for two days; let every man remain in his place; let no man leave his place on the seventh day. -- exodus 16:29 +. +So the people rested on the seventh day. -- exodus 16:30 +. +The house of Israel called the bread manna; it was like coriander seed, white, and it tasted like wafers made with honey. -- exodus 16:31 +. +Moses said, This is what the Lord commands, Take an omer of it to be kept throughout your generations, that they may see the bread with which I fed you in the wilderness when I brought you out of the land of Egypt. -- exodus 16:32 +. +And Moses said to Aaron, Take a pot and put an omer of manna in it, and lay it up before the Lord, to be kept throughout your generations. -- exodus 16:33 +. +As the Lord commanded Moses, Aaron laid it up before the Testimony to be kept [in the ark]. -- exodus 16:34 +. +And the Israelites ate manna forty years, until they came to a habitable land; they ate the manna until they came to the border of the land of Canaan. -- exodus 16:35 +. +(Now an omer is the tenth of an ephah.) -- exodus 16:36 +. +ALL THE congregation of the Israelites moved on from the Wilderness of Sin by stages, according to the commandment of the Lord, and encamped at Rephidim; but there was no water for the people to drink. -- exodus 17:1 +. +Therefore, the people contended with Moses, and said, Give us water that we may drink. And Moses said to them, Why do you find fault with me? Why do you tempt the Lord and try His patience? -- exodus 17:2 +. +But the people thirsted there for water, and the people murmured against Moses, and said, Why did you bring us up out of Egypt to kill us and our children and livestock with thirst? -- exodus 17:3 +. +So Moses cried to the Lord, What shall I do with this people? They are almost ready to stone me. -- exodus 17:4 +. +And the Lord said to Moses, Pass on before the people, and take with you some of the elders of Israel; and take in your hand the rod with which you smote the river [Nile], and go. -- exodus 17:5 +. +Behold, I will stand before you there on the rock at [Mount] Horeb; and you shall strike the rock, and water shall come out of it, that the people may drink. And Moses did so in the sight of the elders of Israel. -- exodus 17:6 +. +He called the place Massah [proof] and Meribah [contention] because of the faultfinding of the Israelites and because they tempted and tried the patience of the Lord, saying, Is the Lord among us or not? -- exodus 17:7 +. +Then came Amalek [descendants of Esau] and fought with Israel at Rephidim. -- exodus 17:8 +. +And Moses said to Joshua, Choose us out men and go out, fight with Amalek. Tomorrow I will stand on the top of the hill with the rod of God in my hand. -- exodus 17:9 +. +So Joshua did as Moses said and fought with Amalek; and Moses, Aaron, and Hur went up to the hilltop. -- exodus 17:10 +. +When Moses held up his hand, Israel prevailed; and when he lowered his hand, Amalek prevailed. -- exodus 17:11 +. +But Moses' hands were heavy and grew weary. So [the other men] took a stone and put it under him and he sat on it. Then Aaron and Hur held up his hands, one on one side and one on the other side; so his hands were steady until the going down of the sun. -- exodus 17:12 +. +And Joshua mowed down and disabled Amalek and his people with the sword. -- exodus 17:13 +. +And the Lord said to Moses, Write this for a memorial in the book and rehearse it in the ears of Joshua, that I will utterly blot out the remembrance of Amalek from under the heavens. -- exodus 17:14 +. +And Moses built an altar and called the name of it, The Lord is my Banner; -- exodus 17:15 +. +And he said, Because [theirs] is a hand against the throne of the Lord, the Lord will have war with Amalek from generation to generation. -- exodus 17:16 +. +NOW JETHRO [Reuel], the priest of Midian, Moses' father-in-law, heard of all that God had done for Moses and for Israel His people, and that the Lord had brought Israel out of Egypt. -- exodus 18:1 +. +Then Jethro, Moses' father-in-law, took Zipporah, Moses' wife, after Moses had sent her back [to her father], -- exodus 18:2 +. +And her two sons, of whom the name of the one was Gershom [ expulsion, or a stranger there], for Moses said, I have been an alien in a strange land; -- exodus 18:3 +. +And the name of the other was Eliezer [God is help], for the God of my father, said Moses, was my help, and delivered me from the sword of Pharaoh. -- exodus 18:4 +. +And Jethro, Moses' father-in-law, came with Moses' sons and his wife to the wilderness where he was encamped at the mount of God [Horeb, or Sinai]. -- exodus 18:5 +. +And he said [in a message] to Moses, I, your father-in-law Jethro, am come to you and your wife and her two sons with her. -- exodus 18:6 +. +And Moses went out to meet his father-in-law and bowed in homage and kissed him; and each asked the other of his welfare and they came into the tent. -- exodus 18:7 +. +Moses told his father-in-law all the Lord had done to Pharaoh and the Egyptians for Israel's sake and all the hardships that had come upon them by the way and how the Lord delivered them. -- exodus 18:8 +. +Jethro rejoiced for all the goodness the Lord had done to Israel in that He had delivered them out of the hand of the Egyptians. -- exodus 18:9 +. +Jethro said, Blessed be the Lord, Who has delivered you out of the hand of the Egyptians and out of the hand of Pharaoh, Who has delivered the people [Israel] from under the hand of the Egyptians. -- exodus 18:10 +. +Now I know that the Lord is greater than all gods. Yes, in the [very] thing in which they dealt proudly [He showed Himself infinitely superior to all their gods]. -- exodus 18:11 +. +And Jethro, Moses' father-in-law, took a burnt offering and sacrifices [to offer] to God, and Aaron came with all the elders of Israel to eat bread with Moses' father-in-law before God. -- exodus 18:12 +. +Next day Moses sat to judge the people, and the people stood around Moses from morning till evening. -- exodus 18:13 +. +When Moses' father-in-law saw all that he was doing for the people, he said, What is this that you do for the people? Why do you sit alone, and all the people stand around you from morning till evening? -- exodus 18:14 +. +Moses said to his father-in-law, Because the people come to me to inquire of God. -- exodus 18:15 +. +When they have a dispute they come to me, and I judge between a man and his neighbor, and I make them know the statutes of God and His laws. -- exodus 18:16 +. +Moses' father-in-law said to him, The thing that you are doing is not good. -- exodus 18:17 +. +You will surely wear out both yourself and this people with you, for the thing is too heavy for you; you are not able to perform it all by yourself. -- exodus 18:18 +. +Listen now to [me]; I will counsel you, and God will be with you. You shall represent the people before God, bringing their cases and causes to Him, -- exodus 18:19 +. +Teaching them the decrees and laws, showing them the way they must walk and the work they must do. -- exodus 18:20 +. +Moreover, you shall choose able men from all the people--God-fearing men of truth who hate unjust gain--and place them over thousands, hundreds, fifties, and tens, to be their rulers. -- exodus 18:21 +. +And let them judge the people at all times; every great matter they shall bring to you, but every small matter they shall judge. So it will be easier for you, and they will bear the burden with you. -- exodus 18:22 +. +If you will do this, and God so commands you, you will be able to endure [the strain], and all these people also will go to their [tents] in peace. -- exodus 18:23 +. +So Moses listened to and heeded the voice of his father-in-law and did all that he had said. -- exodus 18:24 +. +Moses chose able men out of all Israel and made them heads over the people, rulers of thousands, of hundreds, of fifties, and of tens. -- exodus 18:25 +. +And they judged the people at all times; the hard cases they brought to Moses, but every small matter they decided themselves. -- exodus 18:26 +. +Then Moses let his father-in-law depart, and he went his way into his own land. -- exodus 18:27 +. +IN THE third month after the Israelites left the land of Egypt, the same day, they came into the Wilderness of Sinai. -- exodus 19:1 +. +When they had departed from Rephidim and had come to the Wilderness of Sinai, they encamped there before the mountain. -- exodus 19:2 +. +And Moses went up to God, and the Lord called to him out of the mountain, Say this to the house of Jacob and tell the Israelites: -- exodus 19:3 +. +You have seen what I did to the Egyptians, and how I bore you on eagles' wings and brought you to Myself. -- exodus 19:4 +. +Now therefore, if you will obey My voice in truth and keep My covenant, then you shall be My own peculiar possession and treasure from among and above all peoples; for all the earth is Mine. -- exodus 19:5 +. +And you shall be to Me a kingdom of priests, a holy nation [consecrated, set apart to the worship of God]. These are the words you shall speak to the Israelites. -- exodus 19:6 +. +So Moses called for the elders of the people and told them all these words which the Lord commanded him. -- exodus 19:7 +. +And all the people answered together, and said, All that the Lord has spoken we will do. And Moses reported the words of the people to the Lord. -- exodus 19:8 +. +And the Lord said to Moses, Behold, I come to you in a thick cloud, that the people may hear when I speak with you and believe you and remain steadfast forever. Then Moses told the words of the people to the Lord. -- exodus 19:9 +. +And the Lord said to Moses, Go and sanctify the people [set them apart for God] today and tomorrow, and let them wash their clothes -- exodus 19:10 +. +And be ready by the third day, for the third day the Lord will come down upon Mount Sinai [in the cloud] in the sight of all the people. -- exodus 19:11 +. +And you shall set bounds for the people round about, saying, Take heed that you go not up into the mountain or touch the border of it. Whoever touches the mountain shall surely be put to death. -- exodus 19:12 +. +No hand shall touch it [or the offender], but he shall surely be stoned or shot [with arrows]; whether beast or man, he shall not live. When the trumpet sounds a long blast, they shall come up to the mountain. -- exodus 19:13 +. +So Moses went down from the mountain to the people and sanctified them [set them apart for God], and they washed their clothes. -- exodus 19:14 +. +And he said to the people, Be ready by the day after tomorrow; do not go near a woman. -- exodus 19:15 +. +The third morning there were thunders and lightnings, and a thick cloud upon the mountain, and a very loud trumpet blast, so that all the people in the camp trembled. -- exodus 19:16 +. +Then Moses brought the people from the camp to meet God, and they stood at the foot of the mountain. -- exodus 19:17 +. +Mount Sinai was wrapped in smoke, for the Lord descended upon it in fire; its smoke ascended like that of a furnace, and the whole mountain quaked greatly. -- exodus 19:18 +. +As the trumpet blast grew louder and louder, Moses spoke and God answered him with a voice. -- exodus 19:19 +. +The Lord came down upon Mount Sinai to the top of the mountain, and the Lord called Moses to the top of the mountain, and Moses went up. -- exodus 19:20 +. +The Lord said to Moses, Go down and warn the people, lest they break through to the Lord to gaze and many of them perish. -- exodus 19:21 +. +And also let the priests, who come near to the Lord, sanctify (set apart) themselves [for God], lest the Lord break forth against them. -- exodus 19:22 +. +And Moses said to the Lord, The people cannot come up to Mount Sinai, for You Yourself charged us, saying, Set bounds about the mountain and sanctify it [set it apart for God]. -- exodus 19:23 +. +Then the Lord said to him, Go, get down and you shall come up, you and Aaron with you; but let not the priests and the people break through to come up to the Lord, lest He break forth against them. -- exodus 19:24 +. +So Moses went down to the people and told them. -- exodus 19:25 +. +THEN GOD spoke all these words: -- exodus 20:1 +. +I am the Lord your God, Who has brought you out of the land of Egypt, out of the house of bondage. -- exodus 20:2 +. +You shall have no other gods before or besides Me. -- exodus 20:3 +. +You shall not make yourself any graven image [to worship it] or any likeness of anything that is in the heavens above, or that is in the earth beneath, or that is in the water under the earth; -- exodus 20:4 +. +You shall not bow down yourself to them or serve them; for I the Lord your God am a jealous God, visiting the iniquity of the fathers upon the children to the third and fourth generation of those who hate Me, -- exodus 20:5 +. +But showing mercy and steadfast love to a thousand generations of those who love Me and keep My commandments. -- exodus 20:6 +. +You shall not use or repeat the name of the Lord your God in vain [that is, lightly or frivolously, in false affirmations or profanely]; for the Lord will not hold him guiltless who takes His name in vain. -- exodus 20:7 +. +[Earnestly] remember the Sabbath day, to keep it holy (withdrawn from common employment and dedicated to God). -- exodus 20:8 +. +Six days you shall labor and do all your work, -- exodus 20:9 +. +But the seventh day is a Sabbath to the Lord your God; in it you shall not do any work, you, or your son, your daughter, your manservant, your maidservant, your domestic animals, or the sojourner within your gates. -- exodus 20:10 +. +For in six days the Lord made the heavens and the earth, the sea, and all that is in them, and rested the seventh day. That is why the Lord blessed the Sabbath day and hallowed it [set it apart for His purposes]. -- exodus 20:11 +. +Regard (treat with honor, due obedience, and courtesy) your father and mother, that your days may be long in the land the Lord your God gives you. -- exodus 20:12 +. +You shall not commit murder. -- exodus 20:13 +. +You shall not commit adultery. -- exodus 20:14 +. +You shall not steal. -- exodus 20:15 +. +You shall not witness falsely against your neighbor. -- exodus 20:16 +. +You shall not covet your neighbor's house, your neighbor's wife, or his manservant, or his maidservant, or his ox, or his donkey, or anything that is your neighbor's. -- exodus 20:17 +. +Now all the people perceived the thunderings and the lightnings and the noise of the trumpet and the smoking mountain, and as [they] looked they trembled with fear and fell back and stood afar off. -- exodus 20:18 +. +And they said to Moses, You speak to us and we will listen, but let not God speak to us, lest we die. -- exodus 20:19 +. +And Moses said to the people, Fear not; for God has come to prove you, so that the [reverential] fear of Him may be before you, that you may not sin. -- exodus 20:20 +. +And the people stood afar off, but Moses drew near to the thick darkness where God was. -- exodus 20:21 +. +And the Lord said to Moses, Thus shall you say to the Israelites, You have seen for yourselves that I have talked with you from heaven. -- exodus 20:22 +. +You shall not make [gods to share] with Me [My glory and your worship]; gods of silver or gods of gold you shall not make for yourselves. -- exodus 20:23 +. +An altar of earth you shall make to Me and sacrifice on it your burnt offerings and your peace offerings, your sheep and your oxen. In every place where I record My name and cause it to be remembered I will come to you and bless you. -- exodus 20:24 +. +And if you will make Me an altar of stone, you shall not build it of hewn stone, for if you lift up a tool upon it you have polluted it. -- exodus 20:25 +. +Neither shall you go up by steps to My altar, that your nakedness be not exposed upon it. -- exodus 20:26 +. +NOW THESE are the ordinances you [Moses] shall set before [the Israelites]. -- exodus 21:1 +. +If you buy a Hebrew servant [as the result of debt or theft], he shall serve six years, and in the seventh he shall go out free, paying nothing. -- exodus 21:2 +. +If he came [to you] by himself, he shall go out by himself; if he came married, then his wife shall go out with him. -- exodus 21:3 +. +If his master has given him a wife and she has borne him sons or daughters, the wife and her children shall be her master's, and he shall go out [of your service] alone. -- exodus 21:4 +. +But if the servant shall plainly say, I love my master, my wife, and my children; I will not go free, -- exodus 21:5 +. +Then his master shall bring him to God [the judges as His agents]; he shall bring him to the door or doorpost and shall pierce his ear with an awl; and he shall serve him for life. -- exodus 21:6 +. +If a man sells his daughter to be a maidservant or bondwoman, she shall not go out [in six years] as menservants do. -- exodus 21:7 +. +If she does not please her master who has not espoused her to himself, he shall let her be redeemed. To sell her to a foreign people he shall have no power, for he has dealt faithlessly with her. -- exodus 21:8 +. +And if he espouses her to his son, he shall deal with her as with a daughter. -- exodus 21:9 +. +If he marries again, her food, clothing, and privilege as a wife shall he not diminish. -- exodus 21:10 +. +And if he does not do these three things for her, then shall she go out free, without payment of money. -- exodus 21:11 +. +Whoever strikes a man so that he dies shall surely be put to death. -- exodus 21:12 +. +But if he did not lie in wait for him, but God allowed him to fall into his hand, then I will appoint you a place to which he may flee [for protection until duly tried]. -- exodus 21:13 +. +But if a man comes willfully upon another to slay him craftily, you shall take him from My altar [to which he may have fled for protection], that he may die. -- exodus 21:14 +. +Whoever strikes his father or his mother shall surely be put to death. -- exodus 21:15 +. +Whoever kidnaps a man, whether he sells him or is found with him in his possession, shall surely be put to death. -- exodus 21:16 +. +Whoever curses his father or his mother shall surely be put to death. -- exodus 21:17 +. +If men quarrel and one strikes another with a stone or with his fist and he does not die but keeps his bed, -- exodus 21:18 +. +If he rises again and walks about leaning upon his staff, then he that struck him shall be clear, except he must pay for the loss of his time and shall cause him to be thoroughly healed. -- exodus 21:19 +. +And if a man strikes his servant or his maid with a rod and he [or she] dies under his hand, he shall surely be punished. -- exodus 21:20 +. +But if the servant lives on for a day or two, the offender shall not be punished, for he [has injured] his own property. -- exodus 21:21 +. +If men contend with each other, and a pregnant woman [interfering] is hurt so that she has a miscarriage, yet no further damage follows, [the one who hurt her] shall surely be punished with a fine [paid] to the woman's husband, as much as the judges determine. -- exodus 21:22 +. +But if any damage follows, then you shall give life for life, -- exodus 21:23 +. +Eye for eye, tooth for tooth, hand for hand, foot for foot, -- exodus 21:24 +. +Burn for burn, wound for wound, and lash for lash. -- exodus 21:25 +. +And if a man hits the eye of his servant or the eye of his maid so that it is destroyed, he shall let him go free for his eye's sake. -- exodus 21:26 +. +And if he knocks out his manservant's tooth or his maidservant's tooth, he shall let him go free for his tooth's sake. -- exodus 21:27 +. +If an ox gores a man or a woman to death, then the ox shall surely be stoned, and its flesh shall not be eaten; but the owner of the ox shall be clear. -- exodus 21:28 +. +But if the ox has tried to gore before, and its owner has been warned but has not kept it closed in and it kills a man or a woman, the ox shall be stoned and its owner also put to death. -- exodus 21:29 +. +If a ransom is put on [the man's] life, then he shall give for the redemption of his life whatever is laid upon him. -- exodus 21:30 +. +If the [man's ox] has gored another's son or daughter, he shall be dealt with according to this same rule. -- exodus 21:31 +. +If the ox gores a manservant or a maidservant, the owner shall give to their master thirty shekels of silver, and the ox shall be stoned. -- exodus 21:32 +. +If a man leaves a pit open or digs a pit and does not cover it and an ox or a donkey falls into it, -- exodus 21:33 +. +The owner of the pit shall make it good; he shall give money to the animal's owner, but the dead beast shall be his. -- exodus 21:34 +. +If one man's ox hurts another's so that it dies, they shall sell the live ox and divide the price of it; the dead ox also they shall divide between them. -- exodus 21:35 +. +Or if it is known that the ox has gored in the past, and its owner has not kept it closed in, he shall surely pay ox for ox, and the dead beast shall be his. -- exodus 21:36 +. +IF A man steals an ox or sheep and kills or sells it, he shall pay five oxen for an ox, or four sheep for a sheep. -- exodus 22:1 +. +If a thief is found breaking in and is struck so that he dies, there shall be no blood shed for him. -- exodus 22:2 +. +But if the sun has risen [so he can be seen], blood must be shed for slaying him. The thief [if he lives] must make full restitution; if he has nothing, then he shall be sold for his theft. -- exodus 22:3 +. +If the beast which he stole is found in his possession alive, whether it is ox or ass or sheep, he shall restore double. -- exodus 22:4 +. +If a man causes a field or vineyard to be grazed over or lets his beast loose and it feeds in another man's field, he shall make restitution of the best of his own field or his own vineyard. -- exodus 22:5 +. +If fire breaks out and catches so that the stacked grain or standing grain or the field be consumed, he who kindled the fire shall make full restitution. -- exodus 22:6 +. +If a man delivers to his neighbor money or goods to keep and it is stolen out of the neighbor's house, then, if the thief is found, he shall pay double. -- exodus 22:7 +. +But if the thief is not found, the house owner shall appear before God [the judges as His agents] to find whether he stole his neighbor's goods. -- exodus 22:8 +. +For every unlawful deed, whether it concerns ox, donkey, sheep, clothing, or any lost thing at all, which another identifies as his, the cause of both parties shall come before God [the judges]. Whomever [they] shall condemn shall pay his neighbor double. -- exodus 22:9 +. +If a man delivers to his neighbor a donkey or an ox or a sheep or any beast to keep and it dies or is hurt or driven away, no man seeing it, -- exodus 22:10 +. +Then an oath before the Lord shall be required between the two that the man has not taken his neighbor's property; and the owner of it shall accept his word and not require him to make good the loss. -- exodus 22:11 +. +But if it is stolen when in his care, he shall make restitution to its owner. -- exodus 22:12 +. +If it be torn in pieces [by some wild beast or by accident], let him bring [the mangled carcass] for witness; he shall not make good what was torn. -- exodus 22:13 +. +And if a man borrows anything of his neighbor and it gets hurt or dies without its owner being with it, the borrower shall make full restitution. -- exodus 22:14 +. +But if the owner is with it [when the damage is done], the borrower shall not make it good. If it is a hired thing, the damage is included in its hire. -- exodus 22:15 +. +If a man seduces a virgin not betrothed and lies with her, he shall surely pay a dowry for her to become his wife. -- exodus 22:16 +. +If her father utterly refuses to give her to him, he shall pay money equivalent to the dowry of virgins. -- exodus 22:17 +. +You shall not allow a woman to live who practices sorcery. -- exodus 22:18 +. +Whoever lies carnally with a beast shall surely be put to death. -- exodus 22:19 +. +He who sacrifices to any god but the Lord only shall be utterly destroyed. -- exodus 22:20 +. +You shall not wrong a stranger or oppress him; for you were strangers in the land of Egypt. -- exodus 22:21 +. +You shall not afflict any widow or fatherless child. -- exodus 22:22 +. +If you afflict them in any way and they cry at all to Me, I will surely hear their cry; -- exodus 22:23 +. +And My wrath shall burn; I will kill you with the sword, and your wives shall be widows and your children fatherless. -- exodus 22:24 +. +If you lend money to any of My people with you who is poor, you shall not be to him as a creditor, neither shall you require interest from him. -- exodus 22:25 +. +If you ever take your neighbor's garment in pledge, you shall give it back to him before the sun goes down; -- exodus 22:26 +. +For that is his only covering, his clothing for his body. In what shall he sleep? When he cries to Me, I will hear, for I am gracious and merciful. -- exodus 22:27 +. +You shall not revile God [the judges as His agents] or esteem lightly or curse a ruler of your people. -- exodus 22:28 +. +You shall not delay to bring to Me from the fullness [of your harvested grain] and the outflow [of your grape juice and olive oil]; give Me the firstborn of your sons [or redeem them]. -- exodus 22:29 +. +Likewise shall you do with your oxen and your sheep. Seven days the firstborn [beast] shall be with its mother; on the eighth day you shall give it to Me. -- exodus 22:30 +. +And you shall be holy men [consecrated] to Me; therefore you shall not eat any flesh that is torn by beasts in the field; you shall throw it to the dogs. -- exodus 22:31 +. +YOU SHALL not repeat or raise a false report; you shall not join with the wicked to be an unrighteous witness. -- exodus 23:1 +. +You shall not follow a crowd to do evil; nor shall you bear witness at a trial so as to side with a multitude to pervert justice. -- exodus 23:2 +. +Neither shall you be partial to a poor man in his trial [just because he is poor]. -- exodus 23:3 +. +If you meet your enemy's ox or his donkey going astray, you shall surely bring it back to him again. -- exodus 23:4 +. +If you see the donkey of one who hates you lying [helpless] under his load, you shall refrain from leaving the man to cope with it alone; you shall help him to release the animal. -- exodus 23:5 +. +You shall not pervert the justice due to your poor in his cause. -- exodus 23:6 +. +Keep far from a false matter and [be very careful] not to condemn to death the innocent and the righteous, for I will not justify and acquit the wicked. -- exodus 23:7 +. +You shall take no bribe, for the bribe blinds those who have sight and perverts the testimony and the cause of the righteous. -- exodus 23:8 +. +Also you shall not oppress a temporary resident, for you know the heart of a stranger and sojourner, seeing you were strangers and sojourners in Egypt. -- exodus 23:9 +. +Six years you shall sow your land and reap its yield. -- exodus 23:10 +. +But the seventh year you shall release it and let it rest and lie fallow, that the poor of your people may eat [what the land voluntarily yields], and what they leave the wild beasts shall eat. In like manner you shall deal with your vineyard and olive grove. -- exodus 23:11 +. +Six days you shall do your work, but the seventh day you shall rest and keep Sabbath, that your ox and your donkey may rest, and the son of your bondwoman, and the alien, may be refreshed. -- exodus 23:12 +. +In all I have said to you take heed; do not mention the name of other gods [either in blessing or cursing]; do not let such speech be heard from your mouth. -- exodus 23:13 +. +Three times in the year you shall keep a feast to Me. -- exodus 23:14 +. +You shall keep the Feast of Unleavened Bread; seven days you shall eat unleavened bread as I commanded you, at the time appointed in the month of Abib, for in it you came out of Egypt. None shall appear before Me empty-handed. -- exodus 23:15 +. +Also you shall keep the Feast of Harvest [Pentecost], [acknowledging] the firstfruits of your toil, of what you sow in the field. And [third] you shall keep the Feast of Ingathering [Booths or Tabernacles] at the end of the year, when you gather in the fruit of your labors from the field. -- exodus 23:16 +. +Three times in the year all your males shall appear before the Lord God. -- exodus 23:17 +. +You shall not offer the blood of My sacrifice with leavened bread [but keep it unmixed], neither shall the fat of My feast remain all night until morning. -- exodus 23:18 +. +The first of the firstfruits of your ground you shall bring into the house of the Lord your God. You shall not boil a kid in its mother's milk. -- exodus 23:19 +. +Behold, I send an Angel before you to keep and guard you on the way and to bring you to the place I have prepared. -- exodus 23:20 +. +Give heed to Him, listen to and obey His voice; be not rebellious before Him or provoke Him, for He will not pardon your transgression; for My Name is in Him. -- exodus 23:21 +. +But if you will indeed listen to and obey His voice and all that I speak, then I will be an enemy to your enemies and an adversary to your adversaries. -- exodus 23:22 +. +When My Angel goes before you and brings you to the Amorites, the Hittites, the Perizzites, the Canaanites, the Hivites, and the Jebusites, and I reject them and blot them out, -- exodus 23:23 +. +You shall not bow down to their gods or serve them or do after their works; but you shall utterly overthrow them and break down their pillars and images. -- exodus 23:24 +. +You shall serve the Lord your God; He shall bless your bread and water, and I will take sickness from your midst. -- exodus 23:25 +. +None shall lose her young by miscarriage or be barren in your land; I will fulfill the number of your days. -- exodus 23:26 +. +I will send My terror before you and will throw into confusion all the people to whom you shall come, and I will make all your foes turn from you [in flight]. -- exodus 23:27 +. +And I will send hornets before you which shall drive out the Hivite, Canaanite, and Hittite from before you. -- exodus 23:28 +. +I will not drive them out from before you in one year, lest the land become desolate [for lack of attention] and the wild beasts multiply against you. -- exodus 23:29 +. +Little by little I will drive them out from before you, until you have increased and are numerous enough to take possession of the land. -- exodus 23:30 +. +I will set your borders from the Red Sea to the Sea of the Philistines, and from the wilderness to the river [Euphrates]; for I will deliver the inhabitants of the land into your hand and you shall drive them out before you. -- exodus 23:31 +. +You shall make no covenant with them or with their gods. -- exodus 23:32 +. +They shall not dwell in your land, lest they make you sin against Me; for if you serve their gods, it will surely be a snare to you. -- exodus 23:33 +. +GOD SAID to Moses, Come up to the Lord, you and Aaron, Nadab and Abihu [Aaron's sons], and seventy of Israel's elders, and worship at a distance. -- exodus 24:1 +. +Moses alone shall come near the Lord; the others shall not come near, and neither shall the people come up with him. -- exodus 24:2 +. +Moses came and told the people all that the Lord had said and all the ordinances; and all the people answered with one voice, All that the Lord has spoken we will do. -- exodus 24:3 +. +Moses wrote all the words of the Lord. He rose up early in the morning and built an altar at the foot of the mountain and set up twelve pillars representing Israel's twelve tribes. -- exodus 24:4 +. +And he sent young Israelite men, who offered burnt offerings and sacrificed peace offerings of oxen to the Lord. -- exodus 24:5 +. +And Moses took half of the blood and put it in basins, and half of the blood he dashed against the altar. -- exodus 24:6 +. +Then he took the Book of the Covenant and read in the hearing of the people; and they said, All that the Lord has said we will do, and we will be obedient. -- exodus 24:7 +. +And Moses took the [remaining half of the] blood and sprinkled it on the people, and said, Behold the blood of the covenant which the Lord has made with you in accordance with all these words. -- exodus 24:8 +. +Then Moses, Aaron, Nadab, and Abihu, and seventy of the elders of Israel went up [the mountainside]. -- exodus 24:9 +. +And they saw the God of Israel [that is, a convincing manifestation of His presence], and under His feet it was like pavement of bright sapphire stone, like the very heavens in clearness. -- exodus 24:10 +. +And upon the nobles of the Israelites He laid not His hand [to conceal Himself from them, to rebuke their daring, or to harm them]; but they saw [the manifestation of the presence of] God, and ate and drank. -- exodus 24:11 +. +And the Lord said to Moses, Come up to Me into the mountain and be there, and I will give you tables of stone, with the law and the commandments which I have written that you may teach them. -- exodus 24:12 +. +So Moses rose up with Joshua his attendant; and Moses went up into the mountain of God. -- exodus 24:13 +. +And he said to the elders, Tarry here for us until we come back to you; remember, Aaron and Hur are with you; whoever has a cause, let him go to them. -- exodus 24:14 +. +Then Moses went up into the mountain, and the cloud covered the mountain. -- exodus 24:15 +. +The glory of the Lord rested on Mount Sinai, and the cloud covered it for six days. On the seventh day [God] called to Moses out of the midst of the cloud. -- exodus 24:16 +. +And the glory of the Lord appeared to the Israelites like devouring fire on the top of the mountain. -- exodus 24:17 +. +Moses entered into the midst of the cloud and went up the mountain, and Moses was on the mountain forty days and nights. -- exodus 24:18 +. +AND THE Lord said to Moses, -- exodus 25:1 +. +Speak to the Israelites, that they take for Me an offering. From every man who gives it willingly and ungrudgingly with his heart you shall take My offering. -- exodus 25:2 +. +This is the offering you shall receive from them: gold, silver, and bronze, -- exodus 25:3 +. +Blue, purple, and scarlet [stuff] and fine twined linen and goats' hair, -- exodus 25:4 +. +Rams' skins tanned red, goatskins, dolphin or porpoise skins, acacia wood, -- exodus 25:5 +. +Oil for the light, spices for anointing oil and for sweet incense, -- exodus 25:6 +. +Onyx stones, and stones for setting in the ephod and in the breastplate. -- exodus 25:7 +. +Let them make Me a sanctuary, that I may dwell among them. -- exodus 25:8 +. +And you shall make it according to all that I show you, the pattern of the tabernacle or dwelling and the pattern of all the furniture of it. -- exodus 25:9 +. +They shall make an ark of acacia wood: two and a half cubits long, a cubit and a half wide, and a cubit and a half high. -- exodus 25:10 +. +You shall overlay the ark with pure gold, inside and out, and make a gold crown, a rim or border, around its top. -- exodus 25:11 +. +You shall cast four gold rings and attach them to the four lower corners of it, two rings on either side. -- exodus 25:12 +. +You shall make poles of acacia wood and overlay them with gold, -- exodus 25:13 +. +And put the poles through the rings on the ark's sides, by which to carry it. -- exodus 25:14 +. +The poles shall remain in the rings of the ark; they shall not be removed from it [that the ark be not touched]. -- exodus 25:15 +. +And you shall put inside the ark the Testimony [the Ten Commandments] which I will give you. -- exodus 25:16 +. +And you shall make a mercy seat (a covering) of pure gold, two cubits and a half long and a cubit and a half wide. -- exodus 25:17 +. +And you shall make two cherubim (winged angelic figures) of [solid] hammered gold on the two ends of the mercy seat. -- exodus 25:18 +. +Make one cherub on each end, making the cherubim of one piece with the mercy seat, on the two ends of it. -- exodus 25:19 +. +And the cherubim shall spread out their wings above, covering the mercy seat with their wings, facing each other and looking down toward the mercy seat. -- exodus 25:20 +. +You shall put the mercy seat on the top of the ark, and in the ark you shall put the Testimony [the Ten Commandments] that I will give you. -- exodus 25:21 +. +There I will meet with you and, from above the mercy seat, from between the two cherubim that are upon the ark of the Testimony, I will speak intimately with you of all which I will give you in commandment to the Israelites. -- exodus 25:22 +. +Also, make a table of acacia wood, two cubits long, one cubit wide, and a cubit and a half high [for the showbread]. -- exodus 25:23 +. +You shall overlay it with pure gold and make a crown, a rim or molding, of gold around the top of it; -- exodus 25:24 +. +And make a frame of a handbreadth around and below the top of it and put around it a gold molding as a border. -- exodus 25:25 +. +You shall make for it four rings of gold and fasten them at the four corners that are on the table's four legs. -- exodus 25:26 +. +Close against the frame shall the rings be as places for the poles to pass to carry the table [of showbread]. -- exodus 25:27 +. +You shall make the poles of acacia wood and overlay them with gold, that the table may be carried with them. -- exodus 25:28 +. +And you shall make its plates [for showbread] and cups [for incense], and its flagons and bowls [for liquids in sacrifice]; make them of pure gold. -- exodus 25:29 +. +And you shall set the showbread (the bread of the Presence) on the table before Me always. -- exodus 25:30 +. +You shall make a lampstand of pure gold. Of beaten and turned work shall the lampstand be made, both its base and its shaft; its cups, its knobs, and its flowers shall be of one piece with it. -- exodus 25:31 +. +Six branches shall come out of the sides of it; three branches of the lampstand out of the one side and three branches out of its other side; -- exodus 25:32 +. +Three cups made like almond blossoms, each with a knob and a flower on one branch, and three cups made like almond blossoms on the other branch with a knob and a flower; so for the six branches coming out of the lampstand; -- exodus 25:33 +. +And on the [center shaft] itself you shall [make] four cups like almond blossoms with their knobs and their flowers. -- exodus 25:34 +. +Also make a knob [on the shaft] under each pair of the six branches going out from the lampstand and one piece with it; -- exodus 25:35 +. +Their knobs and their branches shall be of one piece with it; the whole of it one beaten work of pure gold. -- exodus 25:36 +. +And you shall make the lamps of the [lampstand] to include a seventh one [at the top of the shaft]. [The priests] shall set up the [seven] lamps of it so they may give light in front of it. -- exodus 25:37 +. +Its snuffers and its ashtrays shall be of pure gold. -- exodus 25:38 +. +Use a talent of pure gold for it, including all these utensils. -- exodus 25:39 +. +And see to it that you copy [exactly] their pattern which was shown you on the mountain. -- exodus 25:40 +. +MOREOVER, YOU shall make the tabernacle with ten curtains; of fine twined linen, and blue and purple and scarlet [stuff], with cherubim skillfully embroidered shall you make them. -- exodus 26:1 +. +The length of one curtain shall be twenty-eight cubits and the breadth of one curtain four cubits; each of the curtains shall measure the same. -- exodus 26:2 +. +The five curtains shall be coupled to one another, and the other five curtains shall be coupled to one another. -- exodus 26:3 +. +And you shall make loops of blue on the edge of the last curtain in the first set, and likewise in the second set. -- exodus 26:4 +. +Fifty loops you shall make on the one curtain and fifty loops on the edge of the last curtain that is in the second coupling or set, so that the loops on one correspond to the loops on the other. -- exodus 26:5 +. +And you shall make fifty clasps of gold and fasten the curtains together with the clasps; then the tabernacle shall be one whole. -- exodus 26:6 +. +And make curtains of goats' hair to be a [second] covering over the tabernacle; eleven curtains shall you make. -- exodus 26:7 +. +One curtain shall be thirty cubits long and four cubits wide; and the eleven curtains shall all measure the same. -- exodus 26:8 +. +You shall join together five curtains by themselves and six curtains by themselves, and shall double over the sixth curtain in the front of the tabernacle [to make a closed door]. -- exodus 26:9 +. +And make fifty loops on the edge of the outmost curtain in the one set and fifty loops on the edge of the outmost curtain in the second set. -- exodus 26:10 +. +You shall make fifty clasps of bronze and put the clasps into the loops and couple the tent together, that it may be one whole. -- exodus 26:11 +. +The surplus that remains of the tent curtains, the half curtain that remains, shall hang over the back of the tabernacle. -- exodus 26:12 +. +And the cubit on the one side and the cubit on the other side of what remains in the length of the curtains of the tent shall hang over the sides of the tabernacle, on this side and that side, to cover it. -- exodus 26:13 +. +You shall make a [third] covering for the tent of rams' skins tanned red, and a [fourth] covering above that of dolphin or porpoise skins. -- exodus 26:14 +. +And you shall make the upright frame for the tabernacle of boards of acacia wood. -- exodus 26:15 +. +Ten cubits shall be the length of a board and a cubit and a half shall be the breadth of one board. -- exodus 26:16 +. +Make two tenons in each board for dovetailing and fitting together; so shall you do for all the tabernacle boards. -- exodus 26:17 +. +And make the boards for the tabernacle: twenty boards for the south side; -- exodus 26:18 +. +And you shall make forty silver sockets under the twenty boards, two sockets under each board for its two tenons. -- exodus 26:19 +. +And for the north side of the tabernacle there shall be twenty boards -- exodus 26:20 +. +And their forty silver sockets, two sockets under each board. -- exodus 26:21 +. +For the back or west side of the tabernacle you shall make six boards. -- exodus 26:22 +. +Make two boards for the corners of the tabernacle in the rear on both sides. -- exodus 26:23 +. +They shall be coupled down below and coupled together on top with one ring. Thus shall it be for both of them; they shall form the two corners. -- exodus 26:24 +. +And that will be eight boards and their sockets of silver, sixteen sockets, two sockets under each board. -- exodus 26:25 +. +And you shall make bars of acacia wood: five for the boards of one side, -- exodus 26:26 +. +And five bars for the boards of the other side of the tabernacle, and five bars for the boards of the rear end of the tabernacle, for the back wall to the west. -- exodus 26:27 +. +And the middle bar halfway up the boards shall pass through from end to end. -- exodus 26:28 +. +You shall overlay the boards with gold and make their rings of gold to hold the bars and overlay the bars with gold. -- exodus 26:29 +. +You shall erect the tabernacle after the plan of it shown you on the mountain. -- exodus 26:30 +. +And make a veil of blue, purple, and scarlet [stuff] and fine twined linen, skillfully worked with cherubim on it. -- exodus 26:31 +. +You shall hang it on four pillars of acacia wood overlaid with gold, with gold hooks, on four sockets of silver. -- exodus 26:32 +. +And you shall hang the veil from the clasps and bring the ark of the Testimony into place within the veil; and the veil shall separate for you the Holy Place from the Most Holy Place. -- exodus 26:33 +. +And you shall put the mercy seat on the ark of the Testimony in the Most Holy Place. -- exodus 26:34 +. +And you shall set the table [for the showbread] outside the veil [in the Holy Place] on the north side and the lampstand opposite the table on the south side of the tabernacle. -- exodus 26:35 +. +You shall make a hanging [to form a screen] for the door of the tent of blue, purple, and scarlet [stuff] and fine twined linen, embroidered. -- exodus 26:36 +. +You shall make five pillars of acacia wood to support the hanging curtain and overlay them with gold; their hooks shall be of gold, and you shall cast five [base] sockets of bronze for them. -- exodus 26:37 +. +AND MAKE the altar of acacia wood, five cubits square and three cubits high [within reach of all]. -- exodus 27:1 +. +Make horns for it on its four corners; they shall be of one piece with it, and you shall overlay it with bronze. -- exodus 27:2 +. +You shall make pots to take away its ashes, and shovels, basins, forks, and firepans; make all its utensils of bronze. -- exodus 27:3 +. +Also make for it a grate, a network of bronze; and on the net you shall make four bronze rings at its four corners. -- exodus 27:4 +. +And you shall put it under the ledge of the altar, so that the net will extend halfway down the altar. -- exodus 27:5 +. +And make poles for the altar, poles of acacia wood overlaid with bronze. -- exodus 27:6 +. +The poles shall be put through the rings on the two sides of the altar, with which to carry it. -- exodus 27:7 +. +You shall make [the altar] hollow with slabs or planks; as shown you on the mountain, so shall it be made. -- exodus 27:8 +. +And you shall make the court of the tabernacle. On the south side the court shall have hangings of fine twined linen, a hundred cubits long for one side; -- exodus 27:9 +. +Their pillars shall be twenty and their sockets twenty, of bronze, but the hooks of the pillars and their joinings shall be of silver; -- exodus 27:10 +. +Likewise for the north side hangings, a hundred cubits long, and their twenty pillars and their twenty sockets of bronze, but the hooks of the pillars and their joinings shall be of silver. -- exodus 27:11 +. +And for the breadth of the court on the west side there shall be hangings of fifty cubits, with ten pillars and ten sockets. -- exodus 27:12 +. +The breadth of the court to the front, the east side, shall be fifty cubits. -- exodus 27:13 +. +The hangings for one side of the gate shall be fifteen cubits, with three pillars and three sockets. -- exodus 27:14 +. +On the other side the hangings shall be fifteen cubits, with three pillars and three sockets. -- exodus 27:15 +. +And for the gate of the court there shall be a hanging [for a screen] twenty cubits long, of blue, purple, and scarlet [stuff] and fine twined linen, embroidered. It shall have four pillars and four sockets for them. -- exodus 27:16 +. +All the pillars round about the court shall be joined together with silver rods; their hooks shall be of silver and their sockets of bronze. -- exodus 27:17 +. +The length of the court shall be a hundred cubits and the breadth fifty and the height five cubits, [with hangings of] fine twined linen and sockets of bronze. -- exodus 27:18 +. +All the tabernacle's utensils and instruments used in all its service, and all its pegs and all the pegs for the court, shall be of bronze. -- exodus 27:19 +. +You shall command the Israelites to provide you with pure oil of crushed olives for the light, to cause it to burn continually [every night]. -- exodus 27:20 +. +In the Tent of Meeting [of God with His people], outside the veil which sets apart the Testimony, Aaron and his sons shall keep it burning from evening to morning before the Lord. It shall be a statute to be observed on behalf of the Israelites throughout their generations. -- exodus 27:21 +. +FROM AMONG the Israelites take your brother Aaron and his sons with him, that he may minister to Me in the priest's office, even Aaron, Nadab and Abihu, Eleazar and Ithamar, Aaron's sons. -- exodus 28:1 +. +And you shall make for Aaron your brother sacred garments [appointed official dress set apart for special holy services] for honor and for beauty. -- exodus 28:2 +. +Tell all who are expert, whom I have endowed with skill and good judgment, that they shall make Aaron's garments to sanctify him for My priesthood. -- exodus 28:3 +. +They shall make these garments: a breastplate, an ephod [a distinctive vestment to which the breastplate was to be attached], a robe, long and sleeved tunic of checkerwork, a turban, and a sash or band. They shall make sacred garments for Aaron your brother and his sons to minister to Me in the priest's office. -- exodus 28:4 +. +They shall receive [from the people] and use gold, and blue, purple, and scarlet [stuff], and fine linen. -- exodus 28:5 +. +And they shall make the ephod of gold, of blue, purple, and scarlet [stuff], and fine twined linen, skillfully woven and worked. -- exodus 28:6 +. +It shall have two shoulder straps to join the two [back and front] edges, that it may be held together. -- exodus 28:7 +. +The skillfully woven girding band which is on the ephod shall be made of the same, of gold, blue, purple, and scarlet [stuff], and fine twined linen. -- exodus 28:8 +. +And you shall take two onyx or beryl stones and engrave on them the names of the twelve sons of Israel; -- exodus 28:9 +. +Six of their names on one stone and the six names of the rest on the other stone, arranged in order of their birth. -- exodus 28:10 +. +With the work of a stone engraver, like the engravings of a signet, you shall engrave the two stones according to the names of the sons of Israel. You shall have them set in sockets or rosettes of gold. -- exodus 28:11 +. +And you shall put the two stones upon the [two] shoulder straps of the ephod [of the high priest] as memorial stones for Israel; and Aaron shall bear their names upon his two shoulders as a memorial before the Lord. -- exodus 28:12 +. +And you shall make sockets or rosettes of gold for settings, -- exodus 28:13 +. +And two chains of pure gold, like cords shall you twist them, and fasten the corded chains to the settings. -- exodus 28:14 +. +You shall make a breastplate of judgment, in skilled work; like the workmanship of the ephod shall you make it, of gold, blue, purple, and scarlet [stuff], and of fine twined linen. -- exodus 28:15 +. +The breastplate shall be square and doubled; a span [nine inches] shall be its length and a span shall be its breadth. -- exodus 28:16 +. +You shall set in it four rows of stones: a sardius, a topaz, and a carbuncle shall be the first row; -- exodus 28:17 +. +The second row an emerald, a sapphire, and a diamond [so called at that time]; -- exodus 28:18 +. +The third row a jacinth, an agate, and an amethyst; -- exodus 28:19 +. +And the fourth row a beryl, an onyx, and a jasper; they shall be set in gold filigree. -- exodus 28:20 +. +And the stones shall be twelve, according to the names of the sons of Israel, like the engravings of a signet, each with its name for the twelve tribes. -- exodus 28:21 +. +You shall make for the breastplate chains of pure gold twisted like cords. -- exodus 28:22 +. +You shall make on the breastplate two rings of gold and put [them] on the two edges of the breastplate. -- exodus 28:23 +. +And you shall put the two twisted, cordlike chains of gold in the two rings which are on the edges of the breastplate. -- exodus 28:24 +. +The other two ends of the two twisted, cordlike chains you shall fasten in the two sockets or rosettes in front, putting them on the shoulder straps of the ephod; -- exodus 28:25 +. +And make two rings of gold and put them at the two ends of the breastplate on its inside edge next to the ephod. -- exodus 28:26 +. +Two gold rings you shall make and attach them to the lower part of the two shoulder pieces of the ephod in front, close by where they join, above the skillfully woven girdle or band of the ephod. -- exodus 28:27 +. +And they shall bind the breastplate by its rings to the rings of the ephod with a lace of blue, that it may be above the skillfully woven girding band of the ephod, and that the breastplate may not become loose from the ephod. -- exodus 28:28 +. +So Aaron shall bear the names of the sons of Israel in the breastplate of judgment upon his heart when he goes into the Holy Place, to bring them in continual remembrance before the Lord. -- exodus 28:29 +. +In the breastplate of judgment you shall put the Urim and the Thummim [unspecified articles used when the high priest asked God's counsel for all Israel]; they shall be upon Aaron's heart when he goes in before the Lord, and Aaron shall bear the judgment (rights, judicial decisions) of the Israelites upon his heart before the Lord continually. -- exodus 28:30 +. +Make the robe [to be worn beneath] the ephod all of blue. -- exodus 28:31 +. +There shall be a hole in the center of it [to slip over the head], with a binding of woven work around the hole, like the opening in a coat of mail or a garment, that it may not fray or tear. -- exodus 28:32 +. +And you shall make pomegranates of blue, purple, and scarlet [stuff] around about its skirts, with gold bells between them; -- exodus 28:33 +. +A gold bell and a pomegranate, a gold bell and a pomegranate, round about on the skirts of the robe. -- exodus 28:34 +. +Aaron shall wear the robe when he ministers, and its sound shall be heard when he goes [alone] into the Holy of Holies before the Lord and when he comes out, lest he die there. -- exodus 28:35 +. +And you shall make a plate of pure gold and engrave on it, like the engravings of a signet, HOLY TO THE LORD. -- exodus 28:36 +. +You shall fasten it on the front of the turban with a blue cord. -- exodus 28:37 +. +It shall be upon Aaron's forehead, that Aaron may take upon himself and bear [any] iniquity [connected with] the holy things which the Israelites shall give and dedicate; and it shall always be upon his forehead, that they may be accepted before the Lord [in the priest's person]. -- exodus 28:38 +. +And you shall weave the long and sleeved tunic of checkerwork of fine linen or silk and make a turban of fine linen or silk; and you shall make a girdle, the work of the embroiderer. -- exodus 28:39 +. +For Aaron's sons you shall make long and sleeved tunics and belts or sashes and caps, for glory and honor and beauty. -- exodus 28:40 +. +And you shall put them on Aaron your brother and his sons with him, and shall anoint them and ordain and sanctify them [set them apart for God], that they may serve Me as priests. -- exodus 28:41 +. +You shall make for them [white] linen trunks to cover their naked flesh, reaching from the waist to the thighs. -- exodus 28:42 +. +And they shall be on Aaron and his sons when they go into the Tent of Meeting or when they come near to the altar to minister in the Holy Place, lest they bring iniquity upon themselves and die; it shall be a statute forever to Aaron and to his descendants after him. -- exodus 28:43 +. +THIS IS what you shall do to consecrate (set them apart) that they may serve Me as priests. Take one young bull and two rams, all without blemish, -- exodus 29:1 +. +And unleavened bread and unleavened cakes mixed with oil and unleavened wafers spread with oil; of fine flour shall you make them. -- exodus 29:2 +. +You shall put them in one basket and bring them in [it], and bring also the bull and the two rams; -- exodus 29:3 +. +And bring Aaron and his sons to the door of the Tent of Meeting [out where the laver is] and wash them with water. -- exodus 29:4 +. +Then take the garments and put on Aaron the long and sleeved tunic and the robe of the ephod and the ephod and the breastplate, and gird him with the skillfully woven girding band of the ephod. -- exodus 29:5 +. +And you shall put the turban or miter upon his head and put the holy crown upon the turban. -- exodus 29:6 +. +Then take the anointing oil and pour it on his head and anoint him. -- exodus 29:7 +. +And bring his sons and put long and sleeved tunics on them. -- exodus 29:8 +. +And you shall gird them with sashes or belts, Aaron and his sons, and bind caps on them; and the priest's office shall be theirs by a perpetual statute. Thus you shall ordain and consecrate Aaron and his sons. -- exodus 29:9 +. +Then bring the bull before the Tent of Meeting, and Aaron and his sons shall lay their hands upon its head. -- exodus 29:10 +. +And you shall kill the bull before the Lord by the door of the Tent of Meeting. -- exodus 29:11 +. +And you shall take of the blood of the bull and put it on the horns of the altar with your finger, and pour out all the blood at the base of the altar. -- exodus 29:12 +. +And take all the fat that covers the entrails, and the appendage that is on the liver, and the two kidneys, and the fat that is on them, and burn them on the altar. -- exodus 29:13 +. +But the flesh of the bull, its hide, and the contents of its entrails you shall burn with fire outside the camp; it is a sin offering. -- exodus 29:14 +. +You shall also take one of the rams, and Aaron and his sons shall lay their hands upon the head of the ram. -- exodus 29:15 +. +And you shall kill the ram and you shall take its blood and throw it against the altar round about. -- exodus 29:16 +. +And you shall cut the ram in pieces and wash its entrails and legs and put them with its pieces and its head, -- exodus 29:17 +. +And you shall burn the whole ram upon the altar. It is a burnt offering to the Lord; it is a sweet and satisfying fragrance, an offering made by fire to the Lord. -- exodus 29:18 +. +And you shall take the other ram, and Aaron and his sons shall lay their hands upon the head of the ram; -- exodus 29:19 +. +Then you shall kill the ram and take part of its blood and put it on the tip of the right ears of Aaron and his sons and on the thumb of their right hands and on the great toe of their right feet, and dash the rest of the blood against the altar round about. -- exodus 29:20 +. +Then you shall take part of the blood that is on the altar, and of the anointing oil, and sprinkle it upon Aaron and his garments and on his sons and their garments; and he and his garments and his sons and their garments shall be sanctified and made holy. -- exodus 29:21 +. +Also you shall take the fat of the ram, the fat tail, the fat that covers the entrails, the appendage on the liver, the two kidneys with the fat that is on them, and the right thigh; for it is a ram of consecration and ordination. -- exodus 29:22 +. +Take also one loaf of bread, and one cake of oiled bread, and one wafer out of the basket of the unleavened bread that is before the Lord. -- exodus 29:23 +. +And put all these in the hands of Aaron and his sons and they shall wave them for a wave offering before the Lord. -- exodus 29:24 +. +Then you shall take them from their hands, add them to the burnt offering, and burn them on the altar for a sweet and satisfying fragrance before the Lord; it is an offering made by fire to the Lord. -- exodus 29:25 +. +And take the breast of the ram of Aaron's consecration and ordination and wave it for a wave offering before the Lord; and it shall be your portion [Moses]. -- exodus 29:26 +. +And you shall sanctify (set apart for God) the waved breast of the ram used in the ordination and the waved thigh of the priests' portion, since it is for Aaron and his sons. -- exodus 29:27 +. +It shall be for Aaron and his sons as their due portion from the Israelites perpetually, an offering from the Israelites of their peace and thanksgiving sacrifices, their offering to the Lord. -- exodus 29:28 +. +The holy garments of Aaron shall pass to his descendants who succeed him, to be anointed in them and to be consecrated and ordained in them. -- exodus 29:29 +. +And that son who is [high] priest in his stead shall put them on [each day for] seven days when he comes into the Tent of Meeting to minister in the Holy Place. -- exodus 29:30 +. +You shall take the ram of the consecration and ordination and boil its flesh in a holy and set-apart place. -- exodus 29:31 +. +Aaron and his sons shall eat the flesh of the ram and the bread in the basket, at the door of the Tent of Meeting. -- exodus 29:32 +. +They shall eat those things with which atonement was made, to ordain and consecrate them; but a stranger (layman) shall not eat of them because they are holy (set apart to the worship of God). -- exodus 29:33 +. +And if any of the flesh or bread for the ordination remains until morning, you shall burn it with fire; it shall not be eaten, because it is holy (set apart to the worship of God). -- exodus 29:34 +. +Thus shall you do to Aaron and to his sons according to all I have commanded you; during seven days shall you ordain them. -- exodus 29:35 +. +You shall offer every day a bull as a sin offering for atonement. And you shall cleanse the altar by making atonement for it, and anoint it to consecrate it. -- exodus 29:36 +. +Seven days you shall make atonement for the altar and sanctify it [set it apart for God]; and the altar shall be most holy; whoever or whatever touches the altar must be holy (set apart for God's service). -- exodus 29:37 +. +Now this is what you shall offer on the altar: two lambs a year old shall be offered day by day continually. -- exodus 29:38 +. +One lamb you shall offer in the morning and the other lamb in the evening; -- exodus 29:39 +. +And with the one lamb a tenth measure of fine flour mixed with a fourth of a hin of beaten oil, and a fourth of a hin of wine for a drink offering [to be poured out]. -- exodus 29:40 +. +And the other lamb you shall offer at evening, and do with it as with the cereal offering of the morning and with the drink offering, for a sweet and satisfying fragrance, an offering made by fire to the Lord. -- exodus 29:41 +. +This shall be a continual burnt offering throughout your generations at the door of the Tent of Meeting before the Lord, where I will meet with you to speak there to you. -- exodus 29:42 +. +There I will meet with the Israelites, and the Tent of Meeting shall be sanctified by My glory [the Shekinah, God's visible presence]. -- exodus 29:43 +. +And I will sanctify the Tent of Meeting and the altar; I will sanctify also both Aaron and his sons to minister to Me in the priest's office. -- exodus 29:44 +. +And I will dwell among the Israelites and be their God. -- exodus 29:45 +. +And they shall know [from personal experience] that I am the Lord their God, Who brought them forth out of the land of Egypt that I might dwell among them; I am the Lord their God. -- exodus 29:46 +. +AND YOU shall make an altar to burn incense upon; of acacia wood you shall make it. -- exodus 30:1 +. +A cubit shall be its length and a cubit its breadth; its top shall be square and it shall be two cubits high. Its horns shall be of one piece with it. -- exodus 30:2 +. +And you shall overlay it with pure gold, its top and its sides round about and its horns, and you shall make a crown (a rim or molding) of gold around it. -- exodus 30:3 +. +You shall make two golden rings under the rim of it, on the two ribs on the two opposite sides of it; and they shall be holders for the poles with which to carry it. -- exodus 30:4 +. +And you shall make the poles of acacia wood, overlaid with gold. -- exodus 30:5 +. +You shall put the altar [of incense] in front and outside of the veil that screens the ark of the Testimony, before the mercy seat that is over the Testimony (the Law, the tables of stone), where I will meet with you. -- exodus 30:6 +. +And Aaron shall burn on it incense of sweet spices; every morning when he trims and fills the lamps he shall burn it. -- exodus 30:7 +. +And when Aaron lights the lamps in the evening, he shall burn it, a perpetual incense before the Lord throughout your generations. -- exodus 30:8 +. +You shall offer no unholy incense on the altar nor burnt sacrifice nor cereal offering; and you shall pour no libation (drink offering) on it. -- exodus 30:9 +. +Aaron shall make atonement upon the horns of it once a year; with the blood of the sin offering of atonement once in the year shall he make atonement upon and for it throughout your generations. It is most holy to the Lord. -- exodus 30:10 +. +And the Lord said to Moses, -- exodus 30:11 +. +When you take the census of the Israelites, every man shall give a ransom for himself to the Lord when you number them, that no plague may fall upon them when you number them. -- exodus 30:12 +. +This is what everyone shall give as he joins those already numbered: a half shekel, in terms of the sanctuary shekel, a shekel being twenty gerahs; a half shekel as an offering to the Lord. -- exodus 30:13 +. +Everyone from twenty years old and upward, as he joins those already numbered, shall give this offering to the Lord. -- exodus 30:14 +. +The rich shall not give more and the poor shall not give less than half a shekel when [you] give this offering to the Lord to make atonement for yourselves. -- exodus 30:15 +. +And you shall take the atonement money of the Israelites and use it [exclusively] for the service of the Tent of Meeting, that it may bring the Israelites to remembrance before the Lord, to make atonement for yourselves. -- exodus 30:16 +. +And the Lord said to Moses, -- exodus 30:17 +. +You shall also make a laver or large basin of bronze, and its base of bronze, for washing; and you shall put it [outside in the court] between the Tent of Meeting and the altar [of burnt offering], and you shall put water in it; -- exodus 30:18 +. +There Aaron and his sons shall wash their hands and their feet. -- exodus 30:19 +. +When they go into the Tent of Meeting, they shall wash with water, that they die not; or when they come near to the altar to minister, to burn an offering made by fire to the Lord, -- exodus 30:20 +. +So they shall wash their hands and their feet, lest they die; it shall be a perpetual statute for [Aaron] and his descendants throughout their generations. -- exodus 30:21 +. +Moreover, the Lord said to Moses, -- exodus 30:22 +. +Take the best spices: of liquid myrrh shekels, of sweet-scented cinnamon half as much, 250 shekels, of fragrant calamus 250 shekels, -- exodus 30:23 +. +And of cassia shekels, in terms of the sanctuary shekel, and of olive oil a hin. -- exodus 30:24 +. +And you shall make of these a holy anointing oil, a perfume compounded after the art of the perfumer; it shall be a sacred anointing oil. -- exodus 30:25 +. +And you shall anoint the Tent of Meeting with it, and the ark of the Testimony, -- exodus 30:26 +. +And the [showbread] table and all its utensils, and the lampstand and its utensils, and the altar of incense, -- exodus 30:27 +. +And the altar of burnt offering with all its utensils, and the laver [for cleansing] and its base. -- exodus 30:28 +. +You shall sanctify (separate) them, that they may be most holy; whoever and whatever touches them must be holy (set apart to God). -- exodus 30:29 +. +And you shall anoint Aaron and his sons and sanctify (separate) them, that they may minister to Me as priests. -- exodus 30:30 +. +And say to the Israelites, This is a holy anointing oil [symbol of the Holy Spirit], sacred to Me alone throughout your generations. -- exodus 30:31 +. +It shall not be poured upon a layman's body, nor shall you make any other like it in composition; it is holy, and you shall hold it sacred. -- exodus 30:32 +. +Whoever compounds any like it or puts any of it upon an outsider shall be cut off from his people. -- exodus 30:33 +. +Then the Lord said to Moses, Take sweet spices--stacte, onycha, and galbanum, sweet spices with pure frankincense, an equal amount of each-- -- exodus 30:34 +. +And make of them incense, a perfume after the perfumer's art, seasoned with salt and mixed, pure and sacred. -- exodus 30:35 +. +You shall beat some of it very small and put some of it before the Testimony in the Tent of Meeting, where I will meet with you; it shall be to you most holy. -- exodus 30:36 +. +And the incense which you shall make according to its composition you shall not make for yourselves; it shall be to you holy to the Lord. -- exodus 30:37 +. +Whoever makes any like it for perfume shall be cut off from his people. -- exodus 30:38 +. +AND THE Lord said to Moses, -- exodus 31:1 +. +See, I have called by name Bezalel son of Uri, the son of Hur, of the tribe of Judah. -- exodus 31:2 +. +And I have filled him with the Spirit of God, in wisdom and ability, in understanding and intelligence, and in knowledge, and in all kinds of craftsmanship, -- exodus 31:3 +. +To devise skillful works, to work in gold, and in silver, and in bronze, -- exodus 31:4 +. +And in cutting of stones for setting, and in carving of wood, to work in all kinds of craftsmanship. -- exodus 31:5 +. +And behold, I have appointed with him Aholiab son of Ahisamach, of the tribe of Dan; and to all who are wisehearted I have given wisdom and ability to make all that I have commanded you: -- exodus 31:6 +. +The Tent of Meeting, the ark of the Testimony, the mercy seat that is on it, all the furnishings of the tent-- -- exodus 31:7 +. +The table [of the showbread] and its utensils, the pure lampstand with all its utensils, the altar of incense, -- exodus 31:8 +. +The altar of burnt offering with all its utensils, the laver and its base-- -- exodus 31:9 +. +The finely worked garments, the holy garments for Aaron the [high] priest and for his sons to minister as priests, -- exodus 31:10 +. +And the anointing oil and incense of sweet spices for the Holy Place. According to all that I have commanded you shall they do. -- exodus 31:11 +. +And the Lord said to Moses, -- exodus 31:12 +. +Say to the Israelites, Truly you shall keep My Sabbaths, for it is a sign between Me and you throughout your generations, that you may know that I, the Lord, sanctify you [set you apart for Myself]. -- exodus 31:13 +. +You shall keep the Sabbath therefore, for it is holy to you; everyone who profanes it shall surely be put to death; for whoever does work on the Sabbath shall be cut off from among his people. -- exodus 31:14 +. +Six days may work be done, but the seventh is the Sabbath of rest, sacred to the Lord; whoever does work on the Sabbath day shall surely be put to death. -- exodus 31:15 +. +Wherefore the Israelites shall keep the Sabbath to observe it throughout their generations, a perpetual covenant. -- exodus 31:16 +. +It is a sign between Me and the Israelites forever; for in six days the Lord made the heavens and earth, and on the seventh day He ceased and was refreshed. -- exodus 31:17 +. +And He gave to Moses, when He had ceased communing with him on Mount Sinai, the two tables of the Testimony, tables of stone, written with the finger of God. -- exodus 31:18 +. +WHEN THE people saw that Moses delayed to come down from the mountain, [they] gathered together to Aaron, and said to him, Up, make us gods to go before us; as for this Moses, the man who brought us up out of the land of Egypt, we do not know what has become of him. -- exodus 32:1 +. +So Aaron replied, Take the gold rings from the ears of your wives, your sons, and daughters, and bring them to me. -- exodus 32:2 +. +So all the people took the gold rings from their ears and brought them to Aaron. -- exodus 32:3 +. +And he received the gold at their hand and fashioned it with a graving tool and made it a molten calf; and they said, These are your gods, O Israel, which brought you up out of the land of Egypt! -- exodus 32:4 +. +And when Aaron saw the molten calf, he built an altar before it; and Aaron made proclamation, and said, Tomorrow shall be a feast to the Lord. -- exodus 32:5 +. +And they rose up early the next day and offered burnt offerings and brought peace offerings; and the people sat down to eat and drink and rose up to play. -- exodus 32:6 +. +The Lord said to Moses, Go down, for your people, whom you brought out of the land of Egypt, have corrupted themselves; -- exodus 32:7 +. +They have turned aside quickly out of the way which I commanded them; they have made them a molten calf and have worshiped it and sacrificed to it, and said, These are your gods, O Israel, that brought you up out of the land of Egypt! -- exodus 32:8 +. +And the Lord said to Moses, I have seen this people, and behold, it is a stiff-necked people; -- exodus 32:9 +. +Now therefore let Me alone, that My wrath may burn hot against them and that I may destroy them; but I will make of you a great nation. -- exodus 32:10 +. +But Moses besought the Lord his God, and said, Lord, why does Your wrath blaze hot against Your people, whom You have brought forth out of the land of Egypt with great power and a mighty hand? -- exodus 32:11 +. +Why should the Egyptians say, For evil He brought them forth, to slay them in the mountains and consume them from the face of the earth? Turn from Your fierce wrath, and change Your mind concerning this evil against Your people. -- exodus 32:12 +. +[Earnestly] remember Abraham, Isaac, and Israel, Your servants, to whom You swore by Your own self and said to them, I will multiply your seed as the stars of the heavens, and all this land that I have spoken of will I give to your seed, and they shall inherit it forever. -- exodus 32:13 +. +Then the Lord turned from the evil which He had thought to do to His people. -- exodus 32:14 +. +And Moses turned and went down from the mountain with the two tables of the Testimony in his hand, tables or tablets that were written on both sides. -- exodus 32:15 +. +The tables were the work of God; the writing was the writing of God, graven upon the tables. -- exodus 32:16 +. +And when Joshua heard the noise of the people as they shouted, he said to Moses, There is a noise of war in the camp. -- exodus 32:17 +. +But Moses said, It is not the sound of shouting for victory, neither is it the sound of the cry of the defeated, but the sound of singing that I hear. -- exodus 32:18 +. +And as soon as he came near to the camp he saw the calf and the dancing. And Moses' anger blazed hot and he cast the tables out of his hands and broke them at the foot of the mountain. -- exodus 32:19 +. +And he took the calf they had made and burned it in the fire, and ground it to powder and scattered it on the water and made the Israelites drink it. -- exodus 32:20 +. +And Moses said to Aaron, What did this people do to you, that you have brought so great a sin upon them? -- exodus 32:21 +. +And Aaron said, Let not the anger of my lord blaze hot; you know the people, that they are set on evil. -- exodus 32:22 +. +For they said to me, Make us gods which shall go before us; as for this Moses, the man who brought us up out of the land of Egypt, we do not know what has become of him. -- exodus 32:23 +. +I said to them, Those who have any gold, let them take it off. So they gave it to me; then I cast it into the fire, and there came out this calf. -- exodus 32:24 +. +And when Moses saw that the people were unruly and unrestrained (for Aaron had let them get out of control, so that they were a derision and object of shame among their enemies), -- exodus 32:25 +. +Then Moses stood in the gate of the camp, and said, Whoever is on the Lord's side, let him come to me. And all the Levites [the priestly tribe] gathered together to him. -- exodus 32:26 +. +And he said to them, Thus says the Lord God of Israel, Every man put his sword on his side and go in and out from gate to gate throughout the camp and slay every man his brother, and every man his companion, and every man his neighbor. -- exodus 32:27 +. +And the sons of Levi did according to the word of Moses; and there fell of the people that day about men. -- exodus 32:28 +. +And Moses said [to the Levites, By your obedience to God's command] you have consecrated yourselves today [as priests] to the Lord, each man [at the cost of being] against his own son and his own brother, that the Lord may restore and bestow His blessing upon you this day. -- exodus 32:29 +. +The next day Moses said to the people, You have sinned a great sin. And now I will go up to the Lord; perhaps I can make atonement for your sin. -- exodus 32:30 +. +So Moses returned to the Lord, and said, Oh, these people have sinned a great sin and have made themselves gods of gold! -- exodus 32:31 +. +Yet now, if You will forgive their sin--and if not, blot me, I pray You, out of Your book which You have written! -- exodus 32:32 +. +But the Lord said to Moses, Whoever has sinned against Me, I will blot him [not you] out of My book. -- exodus 32:33 +. +But now go, lead the people to the place of which I have told you. Behold, My Angel shall go before you. Nevertheless, in the day when I punish I will visit their sin upon them! -- exodus 32:34 +. +And the Lord sent a plague upon the people because they made the calf which Aaron fashioned for them. -- exodus 32:35 +. +THE LORD said to Moses, Depart, go up from here, you and the people whom you have brought from the land of Egypt, to the land which I swore to Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob, saying, To your descendants I will give it. -- exodus 33:1 +. +I will send an Angel before you, and I will drive out the Canaanite, Amorite, Hittite, Perizzite, Hivite, and Jebusite. -- exodus 33:2 +. +Go up to a land flowing with milk and honey; but I will not go up among you, for you are a stiff-necked people, lest I destroy you on the way. -- exodus 33:3 +. +When the people heard these evil tidings, they mourned and no man put on his ornaments. -- exodus 33:4 +. +For the Lord had said to Moses, Say to the Israelites, You are a stiff-necked people! If I should come among you for one moment, I would consume and destroy you. Now therefore [penitently] leave off your ornaments, that I may know what to do with you. -- exodus 33:5 +. +And the Israelites left off all their ornaments, from Mount Horeb onward. -- exodus 33:6 +. +Now Moses used to take [his own] tent and pitch it outside the camp, far off from the camp, and he called it the tent of meeting [of God with His own people]. And everyone who sought the Lord went out to [that temporary] tent of meeting which was outside the camp. -- exodus 33:7 +. +When Moses went out to the tent of meeting, all the people rose and stood, every man at his tent door, and looked after Moses until he had gone into the tent. -- exodus 33:8 +. +When Moses entered the tent, the pillar of cloud would descend and stand at the door of the tent, and the Lord would talk with Moses. -- exodus 33:9 +. +And all the people saw the pillar of cloud stand at the tent door, and all the people rose up and worshiped, every man at his tent door. -- exodus 33:10 +. +And the Lord spoke to Moses face to face, as a man speaks to his friend. Moses returned to the camp, but his minister Joshua son of Nun, a young man, did not depart from the [temporary prayer] tent. -- exodus 33:11 +. +Moses said to the Lord, See, You say to me, Bring up this people, but You have not let me know whom You will send with me. Yet You said, I know you by name and you have also found favor in My sight. -- exodus 33:12 +. +Now therefore, I pray You, if I have found favor in Your sight, show me now Your way, that I may know You [progressively become more deeply and intimately acquainted with You, perceiving and recognizing and understanding more strongly and clearly] and that I may find favor in Your sight. And [Lord, do] consider that this nation is Your people. -- exodus 33:13 +. +And the Lord said, My Presence shall go with you, and I will give you rest. -- exodus 33:14 +. +And Moses said to the Lord, If Your Presence does not go with me, do not carry us up from here! -- exodus 33:15 +. +For by what shall it be known that I and Your people have found favor in Your sight? Is it not in Your going with us so that we are distinguished, I and Your people, from all the other people upon the face of the earth? -- exodus 33:16 +. +And the Lord said to Moses, I will do this thing also that you have asked, for you have found favor, loving-kindness, and mercy in My sight and I know you personally and by name. -- exodus 33:17 +. +And Moses said, I beseech You, show me Your glory. -- exodus 33:18 +. +And God said, I will make all My goodness pass before you, and I will proclaim My name, THE LORD, before you; for I will be gracious to whom I will be gracious, and will show mercy and loving-kindness on whom I will show mercy and loving-kindness. -- exodus 33:19 +. +But, He said, You can not see My face, for no man shall see Me and live. -- exodus 33:20 +. +And the Lord said, Behold, there is a place beside Me, and you shall stand upon the rock, -- exodus 33:21 +. +And while My glory passes by, I will put you in a cleft of the rock and cover you with My hand until I have passed by. -- exodus 33:22 +. +Then I will take away My hand and you shall see My back; but My face shall not be seen. -- exodus 33:23 +. +THE LORD said to Moses, Cut two tables of stone like the first, and I will write upon these tables the words that were on the first tables, which you broke. -- exodus 34:1 +. +Be ready and come up in the morning to Mount Sinai, and present yourself there to Me on the top of the mountain. -- exodus 34:2 +. +And no man shall come up with you, neither let any man be seen throughout all the mountain; neither let flocks or herds feed before that mountain. -- exodus 34:3 +. +So Moses cut two tables of stone like the first, and he rose up early in the morning and went up on Mount Sinai, as the Lord had commanded him, and took in his hand two tables of stone. -- exodus 34:4 +. +And the Lord descended in the cloud and stood with him there and proclaimed the name of the Lord. -- exodus 34:5 +. +And the Lord passed by before him, and proclaimed, The Lord! the Lord! a God merciful and gracious, slow to anger, and abundant in loving-kindness and truth, -- exodus 34:6 +. +Keeping mercy and loving-kindness for thousands, forgiving iniquity and transgression and sin, but Who will by no means clear the guilty, visiting the iniquity of the fathers upon the children and the children's children, to the third and fourth generation. -- exodus 34:7 +. +And Moses made haste to bow his head toward the earth and worshiped. -- exodus 34:8 +. +And he said, If now I have found favor and loving-kindness in Your sight, O Lord, let the Lord, I pray You, go in the midst of us, although it is a stiff-necked people, and pardon our iniquity and our sin, and take us for Your inheritance. -- exodus 34:9 +. +And the Lord said, Behold, I lay down [afresh the terms of the mutual agreement between Israel and Me] a covenant. Before all your people I will do marvels (wonders, miracles) such as have not been wrought or created in all the earth or in any nation; and all the people among whom you are shall see the work of the Lord; for it is a terrible thing [fearful and full of awe] that I will do with you. -- exodus 34:10 +. +Observe what I command you this day. Behold, I drive out before you the Amorite, Canaanite, Hittite, Perizzite, Hivite, and Jebusite. -- exodus 34:11 +. +Take heed to yourself, lest you make a covenant or mutual agreement with the inhabitants of the land to which you go, lest it become a snare in the midst of you. -- exodus 34:12 +. +But you shall destroy their altars, dash in pieces their pillars (obelisks, images), and cut down their Asherim [symbols of the goddess Asherah]; -- exodus 34:13 +. +For you shall worship no other god; for the Lord, Whose name is Jealous, is a jealous (impassioned) God, -- exodus 34:14 +. +Lest you make a covenant with the inhabitants of the land, and when they play the harlot after their gods and sacrifice to their gods and one invites you, you eat of his food sacrificed to idols, -- exodus 34:15 +. +And you take of their daughters for your sons, and their daughters play the harlot after their gods and make your sons play the harlot after their gods. -- exodus 34:16 +. +You shall make for yourselves no molten gods. -- exodus 34:17 +. +The Feast of Unleavened Bread you shall keep. Seven days you shall eat unleavened bread, as I commanded you, in the time of the month of Abib; for in the month of Abib you came out of Egypt. -- exodus 34:18 +. +All the males that first open the womb among your livestock are Mine, whether ox or sheep. -- exodus 34:19 +. +But the firstling of a donkey [an unclean beast] you shall redeem with a lamb or kid, and if you do not redeem it, then you shall break its neck. All the firstborn of your sons you shall redeem. And none of you shall appear before Me empty-handed. -- exodus 34:20 +. +Six days you shall work, but on the seventh day you shall rest; even in plowing time and in harvest you shall rest [on the Sabbath]. -- exodus 34:21 +. +You shall observe the Feast of Weeks, the firstfruits of the wheat harvest, and the Feast of Ingathering at the year's end. -- exodus 34:22 +. +Three times in the year shall all your males appear before the Lord God, the God of Israel. -- exodus 34:23 +. +For I will cast out the nations before you and enlarge your borders; neither shall any man desire [and molest] your land when you go up to appear before the Lord your God three times in the year. -- exodus 34:24 +. +You shall not offer the blood of My sacrifice with leaven; neither shall the sacrifice of the Feast of the Passover be left until morning. -- exodus 34:25 +. +The first of the firstfruits of your ground you shall bring to the house of the Lord your God. You shall not boil a kid in his mother's milk. -- exodus 34:26 +. +And the Lord said to Moses, Write these words, for after the purpose and character of these words I have made a covenant with you and with Israel. -- exodus 34:27 +. +Moses was there with the Lord forty days and forty nights; he ate no bread and drank no water. And he wrote upon the tables the words of the covenant, the Ten Commandments. -- exodus 34:28 +. +When Moses came down from Mount Sinai with the two tables of the Testimony in his hand, he did not know that the skin of his face shone and sent forth beams by reason of his speaking with the Lord. -- exodus 34:29 +. +When Aaron and all the Israelites saw Moses, behold, the skin of his face shone, and they feared to come near him. -- exodus 34:30 +. +But Moses called to them; and Aaron and all the leaders of the congregation returned to him, and [he] talked with them. -- exodus 34:31 +. +Afterward all the Israelites came near, and he gave them in commandment all the Lord had said to him in Mount Sinai. -- exodus 34:32 +. +And when Moses had finished speaking with them, he put a veil on his face. -- exodus 34:33 +. +But when Moses went in before the Lord to speak with Him, he took the veil off until he came out. And he came out and told the Israelites what he was commanded. -- exodus 34:34 +. +The Israelites saw the face of Moses, how the skin of it shone; and Moses put the veil on his face again until he went in to speak with God. -- exodus 34:35 +. +MOSES GATHERED all the congregation of the Israelites together and said to them, These are the things which the Lord has commanded that you do: -- exodus 35:1 +. +Six days shall work be done, but the seventh day shall be to you a holy day, a Sabbath of rest to the Lord; whoever works [on that day] shall be put to death. -- exodus 35:2 +. +You shall kindle no fire in all your dwellings on the Sabbath day. -- exodus 35:3 +. +And Moses said to all the congregation of the Israelites, This is what the Lord commanded: -- exodus 35:4 +. +Take from among you an offering to the Lord. Whoever is of a willing and generous heart, let him bring the Lord's offering: gold, silver, and bronze; -- exodus 35:5 +. +Blue, purple, and scarlet [stuff], fine linen; goats' hair; -- exodus 35:6 +. +And rams' skins tanned red, and skins of dolphins or porpoises; and acacia wood; -- exodus 35:7 +. +And oil for the light; and spices for anointing oil and for fragrant incense; -- exodus 35:8 +. +And onyx stones and other stones to be set for the ephod and the breastplate. -- exodus 35:9 +. +And let every able and wisehearted man among you come and make all that the Lord has commanded: -- exodus 35:10 +. +The tabernacle, its tent and its covering, its hooks, its boards, its bars, its pillars, and its sockets or bases; -- exodus 35:11 +. +The ark and its poles, with the mercy seat, and the veil of the screen; -- exodus 35:12 +. +The table and its poles and all its utensils, and the showbread (the bread of the Presence); -- exodus 35:13 +. +The lampstand also for the light, and its utensils and its lamps, and the oil for the light; -- exodus 35:14 +. +And the incense altar and its poles, the anointing oil and the fragrant incense, the hanging or screen for the door at the entrance of the tabernacle; -- exodus 35:15 +. +The altar of burnt offering, with its bronze grating, its poles and all its utensils, the laver and its base; -- exodus 35:16 +. +The court's hangings, its pillars and their sockets or bases, and the hanging or screen for the gate of the court; -- exodus 35:17 +. +The pegs of the tabernacle and of the court, and their cords, -- exodus 35:18 +. +The finely wrought garments for ministering in the Holy Place, the holy garments for Aaron the [high] priest and for his sons to minister as priests. -- exodus 35:19 +. +Then all the congregation of the Israelites left Moses' presence. -- exodus 35:20 +. +And they came, each one whose heart stirred him up and whose spirit made him willing, and brought the Lord's offering to be used for the [new] Tent of Meeting, for all its service, and the holy garments. -- exodus 35:21 +. +They came, both men and women, all who were willinghearted, and brought brooches, earrings or nose rings, signet rings, and armlets or necklaces, all jewels of gold, everyone bringing an offering of gold to the Lord. -- exodus 35:22 +. +And everyone with whom was found blue or purple or scarlet [stuff], or fine linen, or goats' hair, or rams' skins made red [in tanning], or dolphin or porpoise skins brought them. -- exodus 35:23 +. +Everyone who could make an offering of silver or bronze brought it as the Lord's offering, and every man with whom was found any acacia wood for any work of the service brought it. -- exodus 35:24 +. +All the women who had ability and were wisehearted spun with their hands and brought what they had spun of blue and purple and scarlet [stuff] and fine linen; -- exodus 35:25 +. +And all the women who had ability and whose hearts stirred them up in wisdom spun the goats' hair. -- exodus 35:26 +. +The leaders brought onyx stones and stones to be set for the ephod and for the breastplate, -- exodus 35:27 +. +And spice, and oil for the light and for the anointing oil and for the fragrant incense. -- exodus 35:28 +. +The Israelites brought a freewill offering to the Lord, all men and women whose hearts made them willing and moved them to bring anything for any of the work which the Lord had commanded by Moses to be done. -- exodus 35:29 +. +And Moses said to the Israelites, See, the Lord called by name Bezalel son of Uri, the son of Hur, of the tribe of Judah; -- exodus 35:30 +. +And He has filled him with the Spirit of God, with ability and wisdom, with intelligence and understanding, and with knowledge and all craftsmanship, -- exodus 35:31 +. +To devise artistic designs, to work in gold, silver, and bronze, -- exodus 35:32 +. +In cutting of stones for setting, and in carving of wood, for work in every skilled craft. -- exodus 35:33 +. +And God has put in Bezalel's heart that he may teach, both he and Aholiab son of Ahisamach, of the tribe of Dan. -- exodus 35:34 +. +He has filled them with wisdom of heart and ability to do all manner of craftsmanship, of the engraver, of the skillful workman, of the embroiderer in blue, purple, and scarlet [stuff] and in fine linen, and of the weaver, even of those who do or design any skilled work. -- exodus 35:35 +. +BEZALEL AND Aholiab and every wisehearted man in whom the Lord has put wisdom and understanding to know how to do all the work for the service of the sanctuary shall work according to all that the Lord has commanded. -- exodus 36:1 +. +And Moses called Bezalel and Aholiab and every able and wisehearted man in whose mind the Lord had put wisdom and ability, everyone whose heart stirred him up to come to do the work; -- exodus 36:2 +. +And they received from Moses all the freewill offerings which the Israelites had brought for doing the work of the sanctuary, to prepare it for service. And they continued to bring him freewill offerings every morning. -- exodus 36:3 +. +And all the wise and able men who were doing the work on the sanctuary came, every man from the work he was doing, -- exodus 36:4 +. +And they said to Moses, The people bring much more than enough for doing the work which the Lord commanded to do. -- exodus 36:5 +. +So Moses commanded and it was proclaimed in all the camp, Let no man or woman do anything more for the sanctuary offering. So the people were restrained from bringing, -- exodus 36:6 +. +For the stuff they had was sufficient to do all the work and more. -- exodus 36:7 +. +And all the able and wisehearted men among them who did the work on the tabernacle made ten curtains of fine twined linen and blue, purple, and scarlet [stuff], with cherubim skillfully worked on them. -- exodus 36:8 +. +The length of each curtain was twenty-eight cubits and its breadth four cubits; all the curtains were one size. -- exodus 36:9 +. +[Bezalel] coupled five curtains one to another and the other five curtains he coupled one to another. -- exodus 36:10 +. +And he made loops of blue on the outer edge of the last curtain in the first set; this he did also on the inner edge of the first curtain in the second set. -- exodus 36:11 +. +Fifty loops he made in the one curtain and fifty loops in the edge of the curtain which was the second set; the loops were opposite one another. -- exodus 36:12 +. +And he made fifty clasps of gold and coupled the curtains together with the clasps so that the tabernacle became one unit. -- exodus 36:13 +. +And he made eleven curtains of goats' hair for a tent over the tabernacle. -- exodus 36:14 +. +The length of one curtain was thirty cubits and four cubits was the breadth; the eleven curtains were of equal size. -- exodus 36:15 +. +And he coupled five curtains by themselves and the other six curtains by themselves. -- exodus 36:16 +. +And he made fifty loops on the outmost edge of the curtain to be coupled and fifty loops he made on the inner edge of the second curtain to be coupled. -- exodus 36:17 +. +He made fifty clasps of bronze to couple the tent together into one whole. -- exodus 36:18 +. +He made a covering for the tent of rams' skins tanned red, and above it a covering of dolphin or porpoise skins. -- exodus 36:19 +. +He made boards of acacia wood for the upright framework of the tabernacle. -- exodus 36:20 +. +The length of a board was ten cubits and the breadth one cubit and a half. -- exodus 36:21 +. +Each board had two tenons (projections) to fit into a mortise to form a clutch; he did this for all the boards of the tabernacle. -- exodus 36:22 +. +And he made thus the boards [for frames] for the tabernacle: twenty boards for the south side, -- exodus 36:23 +. +And he made under the twenty boards forty sockets or bases of silver, two sockets under one board for its two tenons or hands, and two sockets under another board for its two tenons. -- exodus 36:24 +. +For the other side of the tabernacle, the north side, he made twenty boards -- exodus 36:25 +. +And their forty sockets or bases of silver, two sockets under [the end of] each board. -- exodus 36:26 +. +And for the rear or west side of the tabernacle he made six [frame] boards. -- exodus 36:27 +. +And two boards he made for each corner of the tabernacle in the rear. -- exodus 36:28 +. +They were separate below but linked together at the top with one ring; thus he made both of them in both corners. -- exodus 36:29 +. +There were eight boards with sixteen sockets or bases of silver, and under [the end of] each board two sockets. -- exodus 36:30 +. +He made bars of acacia wood, five for the [frame] boards of the one side of the tabernacle, -- exodus 36:31 +. +And five bars for the boards of its other side, and five bars for the boards at the rear or west side. -- exodus 36:32 +. +And he made the middle bar pass through halfway up the boards from one end to the other. -- exodus 36:33 +. +He overlaid the boards and the bars with gold and made their rings of gold as places for the bars. -- exodus 36:34 +. +And he made the veil of blue, purple, and scarlet [stuff] and fine twined linen, with cherubim skillfully worked. -- exodus 36:35 +. +For [the veil] he made four pillars of acacia [wood] and overlaid them with gold; their hooks were of gold, and he cast for them four sockets or bases of silver. -- exodus 36:36 +. +And he made a screen for the tent door of blue, purple, and scarlet [stuff] and fine twined linen, embroidered, -- exodus 36:37 +. +And he made the five pillars of it with their hooks, and overlaid their ornamental tops and joinings with gold, but their five sockets were of bronze. -- exodus 36:38 +. +BEZALEL MADE the ark of acacia wood--two cubits and a half was the length of it, a cubit and a half the breadth of it, and a cubit and a half the height of it. -- exodus 37:1 +. +He overlaid it with pure gold within and without and made a molding or crown of gold to go around the top of it. -- exodus 37:2 +. +He cast four rings of gold for its four corners, two rings on either side. -- exodus 37:3 +. +He made poles of acacia wood and overlaid them with gold. -- exodus 37:4 +. +He put the poles through the rings at the sides of the ark to carry it. -- exodus 37:5 +. +[Bezalel] made the mercy seat of pure gold, two cubits and a half its length and one cubit and a half its breadth. -- exodus 37:6 +. +And he made two cherubim of beaten gold; on the two ends of the mercy seat he made them, -- exodus 37:7 +. +One cherub at one end and one at the other end; of one piece with the mercy seat he made the cherubim at its two ends. -- exodus 37:8 +. +And the cherubim spread out their wings on high, covering the mercy seat with their wings, with their faces to each other, looking down to the mercy seat. -- exodus 37:9 +. +Bezalel made the [showbread] table of acacia wood; it was two cubits long, a cubit wide, and a cubit and a half high. -- exodus 37:10 +. +He overlaid it with pure gold and made a molding of gold around its top. -- exodus 37:11 +. +And he made a border around it [just under the top] a handbreadth wide, and a molding of gold around the border. -- exodus 37:12 +. +And he cast for it four rings of gold and fastened the rings on the four corners that were at its four legs. -- exodus 37:13 +. +Close to the border were the rings, the places for the poles to pass through to carry the [showbread] table. -- exodus 37:14 +. +[Bezalel] made the poles of acacia wood to carry the [showbread] table and overlaid them with gold. -- exodus 37:15 +. +He made of pure gold the vessels which were to be on the table, its plates and dishes [for bread], its bowls and flagons for pouring [liquid sacrifices]. -- exodus 37:16 +. +And he made the lampstand of pure gold; its base and shaft were made of hammered work; its cups, its knobs, and its flowers were of one piece with it. -- exodus 37:17 +. +There were six branches going out of the sides of the lampstand, three branches out of one side of it and three branches out of the other side of it; -- exodus 37:18 +. +Three cups made like almond blossoms in one branch, each with a [calyx] knob and a flower, and three cups made like almond blossoms in the [opposite] branch, each with a [calyx] knob and a flower; and so for the six branches going out of the lampstand. -- exodus 37:19 +. +On [the shaft of] the lampstand were four cups made like almond blossoms, with knobs and flowers [one at the top]. -- exodus 37:20 +. +And a knob under each pair of branches, of one piece with the lampstand, for the six branches going out of it. -- exodus 37:21 +. +Their knobs and their branches were of one piece with it, all of it hammered work of pure gold. -- exodus 37:22 +. +And he made of pure gold its seven lamps, its snuffers, and its ashtrays. -- exodus 37:23 +. +Of a talent of pure gold he made the lampstand and all its utensils. -- exodus 37:24 +. +And [Bezalel] made the incense altar of acacia wood; its top was a cubit square and it was two cubits high; the horns were one piece with it. -- exodus 37:25 +. +He overlaid it with pure gold, its top, its sides round about, and its horns; also he made a rim around it of gold. -- exodus 37:26 +. +And he made two rings of gold for it under its rim, on its two opposite sides, as places for the poles [to pass through] to carry it. -- exodus 37:27 +. +And he made the poles of acacia wood and overlaid them with gold. -- exodus 37:28 +. +He also made the holy anointing oil [symbol of the Holy Spirit] and the pure, fragrant incense, after the perfumer's art. -- exodus 37:29 +. +BEZALEL MADE the burnt offering altar of acacia wood; its top was five cubits square and it was three cubits high. -- exodus 38:1 +. +He made its horns on the four corners of it; the horns were of one piece with it, and he overlaid it with bronze. -- exodus 38:2 +. +He made all the utensils and vessels of the altar, the pots, shovels, basins, forks or fleshhooks, and firepans; all its utensils and vessels he made of bronze. -- exodus 38:3 +. +And he made for the altar a bronze grate of network under its ledge, extending halfway down it. -- exodus 38:4 +. +He cast four rings for the four corners of the bronze grating to be places for the poles [with which to carry it]. -- exodus 38:5 +. +And he made the poles of acacia wood and overlaid them with bronze. -- exodus 38:6 +. +And he put the poles through the rings on the altar's sides with which to carry it; he made it hollow with planks. -- exodus 38:7 +. +He made the laver and its base of bronze from the mirrors of the women who ministered at the door of the Tent of Meeting. -- exodus 38:8 +. +And he made the court: for the south side the hangings of the court were of fine twined linen, a hundred cubits; -- exodus 38:9 +. +Their pillars and their bronze sockets or bases were twenty; the hooks of the pillars and their joinings were silver. -- exodus 38:10 +. +And for the north side the hangings were [also] a hundred cubits; their pillars and their sockets or bases of bronze were twenty; the hooks of the pillars and their joinings were of silver. -- exodus 38:11 +. +But for the west side were hangings of fifty cubits; their pillars and their sockets or bases were ten; the hooks of the pillars and their joinings were of silver. -- exodus 38:12 +. +And for the front, the east side, fifty cubits. -- exodus 38:13 +. +The hangings for one side of the gate were fifteen cubits; their pillars three and their sockets or bases three. -- exodus 38:14 +. +Also for the other side of the court gate, left and right, were hangings of fifteen cubits; their pillars three and their sockets or bases three. -- exodus 38:15 +. +All the hangings around the court were of fine twined linen. -- exodus 38:16 +. +The sockets for the pillars were of bronze, the hooks of the pillars and their joinings of silver, the overlaying of their tops of silver, and all the pillars of the court were joined with silver. -- exodus 38:17 +. +The hanging or screen for the gate of the court was embroidered in blue, purple, and scarlet [stuff], and fine twined linen; the length was twenty cubits and the height in the breadth was five cubits, corresponding to the hangings of the court. -- exodus 38:18 +. +Their pillars were four and their sockets of bronze four; their hooks were of silver, and the overlaying of their tops and their joinings were of silver. -- exodus 38:19 +. +All the pegs for the tabernacle and around the court were of bronze. -- exodus 38:20 +. +This is the sum of the things for the tabernacle of the Testimony, as counted at the command of Moses, for the work of the Levites under the direction of Ithamar son of Aaron, the [high] priest. -- exodus 38:21 +. +Bezalel son of Uri, the son of Hur, of the tribe of Judah, made all that the Lord commanded Moses. -- exodus 38:22 +. +With him was Aholiab son of Ahisamach, of the tribe of Dan, an engraver, a skillful craftsman, and embroiderer in blue, purple, and scarlet [stuff], and in fine linen. -- exodus 38:23 +. +All the gold that was used for the work in all the building and furnishing of the sanctuary, the gold from the offering, was talents and 730 shekels, by the shekel of the sanctuary. -- exodus 38:24 +. +And the silver from those numbered of the congregation was talents and 1,775 shekels, by sanctuary standards: -- exodus 38:25 +. +A beka for each man, that is, half a shekel, by the sanctuary shekel, for everyone who was counted, from twenty years old and upward, for 603,men. -- exodus 38:26 +. +The talents of silver were for casting the sockets or bases of the sanctuary and of the veil; 100 sockets for the 100 talents, a talent for a socket. -- exodus 38:27 +. +Of the 1,shekels he made hooks for the pillars, and overlaid their tops, and made joinings for them. -- exodus 38:28 +. +The bronze of the offering was talents and 2,400 shekels. -- exodus 38:29 +. +With it Bezalel made the sockets for the door of the Tent of Meeting, and the bronze altar and the bronze grate for it, and all the utensils of the altar, -- exodus 38:30 +. +The sockets of the court round about and of the court gate, and all the pegs of the tabernacle and around the court. -- exodus 38:31 +. +AND OF the blue and purple and scarlet [stuff] they made finely wrought garments for serving in the Holy Place; they made the holy garments for Aaron, as the Lord had commanded Moses. -- exodus 39:1 +. +And Bezalel made the ephod of gold, blue, purple, and scarlet [stuff], and fine twined linen. -- exodus 39:2 +. +And they beat the gold into thin sheets and cut it into wires to work into the blue, purple, and scarlet [stuff] and the fine linen, in skilled design. -- exodus 39:3 +. +They made shoulder pieces for the ephod, joined to it at its two edges. -- exodus 39:4 +. +And the skillfully woven band on it, to gird it on, was of the same piece and workmanship with it, of gold, blue, purple, and scarlet [stuff], and fine twined linen, as the Lord had commanded Moses. -- exodus 39:5 +. +And they prepared the onyx stones enclosed in settings of gold filigree and engraved as signets are engraved with the names of the sons of Israel. -- exodus 39:6 +. +And he put them on the shoulder pieces of the ephod to be stones of memorial or remembrance for the Israelites, as the Lord had commanded Moses. -- exodus 39:7 +. +And [Bezalel] made the breastplate skillfully, like the work of the ephod, of gold, blue, purple, and scarlet [stuff], and fine twined linen. -- exodus 39:8 +. +The breastplate was a [hand's] span square when doubled over. -- exodus 39:9 +. +And they set in it four rows of stones; a sardius, a topaz, and a carbuncle made the first row; -- exodus 39:10 +. +The second row an emerald, a sapphire, and a diamond; -- exodus 39:11 +. +The third row a jacinth, an agate, and an amethyst; -- exodus 39:12 +. +And the fourth row a beryl, an onyx, and a jasper; they were enclosed in settings of gold filigree. -- exodus 39:13 +. +There were twelve stones with their names according to those of the sons of Israel, engraved like a signet, each with its name, according to the twelve tribes. -- exodus 39:14 +. +And they made [at the ends] of the breastplate twisted chains like cords, of pure gold. -- exodus 39:15 +. +And they made two settings of gold filigree and two gold rings which they put on the two ends of the breastplate. -- exodus 39:16 +. +And they put the two twisted cords or woven chains of gold in the two rings on the end edges of the breastplate. -- exodus 39:17 +. +And the other two ends of the twisted cords or chains of gold they put on the two settings and put them on the shoulder pieces of the ephod, in front. -- exodus 39:18 +. +They made two rings of gold and put them on the two ends of the breastplate, on the inside edge of it next to the ephod. -- exodus 39:19 +. +And they made two [other] gold rings and attached them to the two shoulder pieces of the ephod underneath, in front, at its joining above the skillfully woven band of the ephod. -- exodus 39:20 +. +They bound the breastplate by its rings to those of the ephod with a blue lace, that it might lie upon the skillfully woven band of the ephod and that the breastplate might not be loosed from the ephod, as the Lord commanded Moses. -- exodus 39:21 +. +And he made the robe of the ephod of woven work all of blue. -- exodus 39:22 +. +And there was an opening [for the head] in the middle of the robe like the hole in a coat of mail, with a binding around it, that it should not be torn. -- exodus 39:23 +. +On the skirts of the robe they made pomegranates of blue and purple and scarlet [stuff] and twined linen. -- exodus 39:24 +. +And they made bells of pure gold and put [them] between the pomegranates around the skirts of the robe; -- exodus 39:25 +. +A bell and a pomegranate, a bell and a pomegranate, round about on the skirts of the robe for ministering, as the Lord commanded Moses. -- exodus 39:26 +. +And they made the long and sleeved tunics woven of fine linen for Aaron and his sons, -- exodus 39:27 +. +And the turban, and the ornamental caps of fine linen, and the breeches of fine twined linen, -- exodus 39:28 +. +The girdle or sash of fine twined linen, and blue, purple, and scarlet embroidery, as the Lord commanded Moses. -- exodus 39:29 +. +And they made the plate of the holy crown of pure gold and wrote upon it an inscription, like the engravings of a signet, HOLY TO THE LORD. -- exodus 39:30 +. +They tied to it a lace of blue to fasten it on the turban above, as the Lord commanded Moses. -- exodus 39:31 +. +Thus all the work of the tabernacle of the Tent of Meeting was finished; according to all that the Lord commanded Moses, so the Israelites had done. -- exodus 39:32 +. +And they brought the tabernacle to Moses: the tent and all its furnishings, its clasps, its [frame] boards, its bars, its pillars, its sockets or bases; -- exodus 39:33 +. +And the covering of rams' skins made red, and the covering of dolphin or porpoise skins, and the veil of the screen; -- exodus 39:34 +. +The ark of the Testimony, its poles, and the mercy seat; -- exodus 39:35 +. +The table and all its utensils, and the showbread (bread of the Presence); -- exodus 39:36 +. +The pure [gold] lampstand and its lamps, with the lamps set in order, all its utensils, and the oil for the light; -- exodus 39:37 +. +The golden altar, the anointing oil, the fragrant incense, and the hanging for the door of the tent; -- exodus 39:38 +. +The bronze altar and its grate of bronze, its poles and all its utensils; the laver and its base; -- exodus 39:39 +. +The hangings of the court, its pillars and sockets or bases, and the screen for the court gate, its cords, and pegs, and all the utensils for the service of the tabernacle, for the Tent of Meeting [of God with His people]; -- exodus 39:40 +. +The finely worked vestments for ministering in the Holy Place, the holy garments for Aaron the priest, and the garments of his sons to minister as priests. -- exodus 39:41 +. +According to all that the Lord had commanded Moses, so the Israelites had done all the work. -- exodus 39:42 +. +And Moses inspected all the work, and behold, they had done it; as the Lord had commanded, so had they done it. And Moses blessed them. -- exodus 39:43 +. +AND THE Lord said to Moses, -- exodus 40:1 +. +On the first day of the first month you shall set up the tabernacle of the Tent of Meeting [of God with you]. -- exodus 40:2 +. +And you shall put in it the ark of the Testimony and screen the ark [of God's Presence] with the veil. -- exodus 40:3 +. +You shall bring in the [showbread] table and set in order the things that are to be upon it; and you shall bring in the lampstand and set up and light its lamps. -- exodus 40:4 +. +You shall set the golden altar for the incense before the ark of the Testimony [outside the veil] and put the hanging or screen at the tabernacle door. -- exodus 40:5 +. +You shall set the altar of the burnt offering before the door of the tabernacle of the Tent of Meeting. -- exodus 40:6 +. +And you shall set the laver between the Tent of Meeting and the altar and put water in it. -- exodus 40:7 +. +And you shall set up the court [curtains] round about and hang up the hanging or screen at the court gate. -- exodus 40:8 +. +You shall take the anointing oil and anoint the tabernacle and all that is in it, and shall consecrate it and all its furniture, and it shall be holy. -- exodus 40:9 +. +You shall anoint the altar of burnt offering and all its utensils; and consecrate (set apart for God) the altar, and the altar shall be most holy. -- exodus 40:10 +. +And you shall anoint the laver and its base and consecrate it. -- exodus 40:11 +. +You shall bring Aaron and his sons to the door of the Tent of Meeting and wash them with water. -- exodus 40:12 +. +You shall put on Aaron the holy garments, and anoint and consecrate him, so he may serve Me as priest. -- exodus 40:13 +. +And you shall bring his sons and put long and sleeved tunics on them, -- exodus 40:14 +. +And you shall anoint them as you anointed their father, that they may minister to Me as priests; for their anointing shall be to them for an everlasting priesthood throughout their generations. -- exodus 40:15 +. +Thus did Moses; according to all that the Lord commanded him, so he did. -- exodus 40:16 +. +And on the first day of the first month in the second year the tabernacle was erected. -- exodus 40:17 +. +Moses set up the tabernacle, laid its sockets, set up its boards, put in its bars, and erected its pillars. -- exodus 40:18 +. +[Moses] spread the tent over the tabernacle and put the covering of the tent over it, as the Lord had commanded him. -- exodus 40:19 +. +He took the Testimony [the Ten Commandments] and put it into the ark, and set the poles [in the rings] on the ark, and put the mercy seat on top of the ark. -- exodus 40:20 +. +[Moses] brought the ark into the tabernacle and set up the veil of the screen and screened the ark of the Testimony, as the Lord had commanded him. -- exodus 40:21 +. +Moses put the table [of showbread] in the Tent of Meeting on the north side of the tabernacle outside the veil; -- exodus 40:22 +. +He set the bread [of the Presence] in order on it before the Lord, as the Lord had commanded him. -- exodus 40:23 +. +And he put the lampstand in the Tent of Meeting opposite the table on the south side of the tabernacle. -- exodus 40:24 +. +Moses set up and lighted the lamps before the Lord, as the Lord commanded him. -- exodus 40:25 +. +He put the golden altar [of incense] in the Tent of Meeting before the veil; -- exodus 40:26 +. +He burned sweet incense [symbol of prayer] upon it, as the Lord commanded him. -- exodus 40:27 +. +And he set up the hanging or screen at the door of the tabernacle. -- exodus 40:28 +. +[Moses] put the altar of burnt offering at the door of the tabernacle of the Tent of Meeting and offered on it the burnt offering and the cereal offering, as the Lord commanded him. -- exodus 40:29 +. +And Moses set the laver between the Tent of Meeting and the altar and put water in it for washing. -- exodus 40:30 +. +And Moses and Aaron and his sons washed their hands and their feet there. -- exodus 40:31 +. +When they went into the Tent of Meeting or came near the altar, they washed, as the Lord commanded Moses. -- exodus 40:32 +. +And he erected the court round about the tabernacle and the altar and set up the hanging or screen at the court gate. So Moses finished the work. -- exodus 40:33 +. +Then the cloud [the Shekinah, God's visible presence] covered the Tent of Meeting, and the glory of the Lord filled the tabernacle! -- exodus 40:34 +. +And Moses was not able to enter the Tent of Meeting because the cloud remained upon it, and the glory of the Lord filled the tabernacle. -- exodus 40:35 +. +In all their journeys, whenever the cloud was taken up from over the tabernacle, the Israelites went onward; -- exodus 40:36 +. +But if the cloud was not taken up, they did not journey on till the day that it was taken up. -- exodus 40:37 +. +For throughout all their journeys the cloud of the Lord was upon the tabernacle by day, and fire was in it by night, in the sight of all the house of Israel. -- exodus 40:38 +. +THE LORD called to Moses out of the Tent of Meeting, and said to him, -- leviticus 1:1 +. +Say to the Israelites, When any man of you brings an offering to the Lord, you shall bring your offering of [domestic] animals from the herd or from the flock. -- leviticus 1:2 +. +If his offering is a burnt offering from the herd, he shall offer a male without blemish; he shall offer it at the door of the Tent of Meeting, that he may be accepted before the Lord. -- leviticus 1:3 +. +And he shall lay [both] his hands upon the head of the burnt offering [transferring symbolically his guilt to the victim], and it shall be an acceptable atonement for him. -- leviticus 1:4 +. +The man shall kill the young bull before the Lord, and the priests, Aaron's sons, shall present the blood and dash [it] round about upon the altar that is at the door of the Tent of Meeting. -- leviticus 1:5 +. +And he shall skin the burnt offering and cut it into pieces. -- leviticus 1:6 +. +And the sons of Aaron the priest shall put fire on the altar and lay wood in order on the fire; -- leviticus 1:7 +. +And Aaron's sons the priests shall lay the pieces, the head and the fat, in order on the wood on the fire on the altar. -- leviticus 1:8 +. +But its entrails and its legs he shall wash with water. And the priest shall burn all of it on the altar for a burnt offering, an offering by fire, a sweet and satisfying odor to the Lord. -- leviticus 1:9 +. +And if the man's offering is of the flock, from the sheep or the goats, for a burnt offering, he shall offer a male without blemish. -- leviticus 1:10 +. +And he shall kill it on the north side of the altar before the Lord, and Aaron's sons the priests shall dash its blood round about against the altar. -- leviticus 1:11 +. +And [the man] shall cut it into pieces, with its head and its fat, and the priest shall lay them in order on the wood that is on the fire on the altar. -- leviticus 1:12 +. +But he shall wash the entrails and legs with water. The priest shall offer all of it and burn it on the altar; it is a burnt offering, an offering made by fire, a sweet and satisfying fragrance to the Lord. -- leviticus 1:13 +. +And if the offering to the Lord is a burnt offering of birds, then [the man] shall bring turtledoves or young pigeons. -- leviticus 1:14 +. +And the priest shall bring it to the altar, and wring off its head, and burn it on the altar; and its blood shall be drained out on the side of the altar. -- leviticus 1:15 +. +And he shall take away its crop with its feathers and cast it beside the altar on the east side, in the place for ashes. -- leviticus 1:16 +. +And he shall split it open [holding it] by its wings, but shall not cut it in two. And the priest shall burn it on the altar, on the wood that is on the fire; it is a burnt offering, an offering made by fire, a sweet and satisfying odor to the Lord. -- leviticus 1:17 +. +WHEN ANYONE offers a cereal offering to the Lord, it shall be of fine flour; and he shall pour oil over it and lay frankincense on it. -- leviticus 2:1 +. +And he shall bring it to Aaron's sons the priests. Out of it he shall take a handful of the fine flour and oil, with all its frankincense, and the priest shall burn this on the altar as the memorial portion of it, an offering made by fire, of a sweet and satisfying fragrance to the Lord. -- leviticus 2:2 +. +What is left of the cereal offering shall be Aaron's and his sons'; it is a most holy part of the offerings made to the Lord by fire. -- leviticus 2:3 +. +When you bring as an offering cereal baked in the oven, it shall be unleavened cakes of fine flour mixed with oil, or unleavened wafers spread with oil. -- leviticus 2:4 +. +If your offering is cereal baked on a griddle, it shall be of fine flour unleavened, mixed with oil. -- leviticus 2:5 +. +You shall break it in pieces and pour oil on it; it is a cereal offering. -- leviticus 2:6 +. +And if your offering is cereal cooked in the frying pan, it shall be made of fine flour with oil. -- leviticus 2:7 +. +And you shall bring the cereal offering that is made of these things to the Lord; it shall be presented to the priest, and he shall bring it to the [bronze] altar. -- leviticus 2:8 +. +The priest shall take from the cereal offering its memorial portion and burn it on the altar, an offering made by fire, a sweet and satisfying fragrance to the Lord. -- leviticus 2:9 +. +What is left of the cereal offering shall be Aaron's and his sons'; it is a most holy part of the offerings made to the Lord by fire. -- leviticus 2:10 +. +No cereal offering that you bring to the Lord shall be made with leaven, for you shall burn no leaven or honey in any offering made by fire to the Lord. -- leviticus 2:11 +. +As an offering of firstfruits you may offer leaven and honey to the Lord, but they shall not be burned on the altar for a sweet odor [to the Lord, for their aid to fermentation is symbolic of corruption in the human heart]. -- leviticus 2:12 +. +Every cereal offering you shall season with salt [symbol of preservation]; neither shall you allow the salt of the covenant of your God to be lacking from your cereal offering; with all your offerings you shall offer salt. -- leviticus 2:13 +. +If you offer a cereal offering of your firstfruits to the Lord, you shall offer for it of your firstfruits grain in the ear parched with fire, bruised and crushed grain out of the fresh and fruitful ear. -- leviticus 2:14 +. +And you shall put oil on it and lay frankincense on it; it is a cereal offering. -- leviticus 2:15 +. +The priest shall burn as its memorial portion part of the bruised and crushed grain of it and part of the oil of it, with all its frankincense; it is an offering made by fire to the Lord. -- leviticus 2:16 +. +IF A man's offering is a sacrifice of peace offering, if he offers an animal from the herd, whether male or female, he shall offer it without blemish before the Lord. -- leviticus 3:1 +. +He shall lay [both] his hands upon the head of his offering and kill it at the door of the Tent of Meeting; and Aaron's sons the priests shall throw the blood against the altar round about. -- leviticus 3:2 +. +And from the sacrifice of the peace offering, an offering made by fire to the Lord, he shall offer the fat that covers and is upon the entrails, -- leviticus 3:3 +. +And the two kidneys with the fat that is on them at the loins, and the appendage of the liver which he shall take away with the kidneys. -- leviticus 3:4 +. +Aaron's sons shall burn it all on the altar upon the burnt offering which is on the wood on the fire, an offering made by fire, of a sweet and satisfying odor to the Lord. -- leviticus 3:5 +. +If his peace offering to the Lord is an animal from the flock, male or female, he shall offer it without blemish. -- leviticus 3:6 +. +If he offers a lamb, then he shall offer it before the Lord. -- leviticus 3:7 +. +He shall lay [both] his hands on the head of his offering and kill it before the Tent of Meeting; and Aaron's sons shall throw its blood around against the altar. -- leviticus 3:8 +. +And he shall offer from the peace offering as an offering made by fire to the Lord: the fat of it, the fat tail as a whole, taking it off close to the backbone, and the fat that covers and is upon the entrails, -- leviticus 3:9 +. +And the two kidneys, and the fat on them at the loins, and the appendage of the liver, which he shall take away with the kidneys. -- leviticus 3:10 +. +The priest shall burn it upon the altar, a food offering made by fire to the Lord. -- leviticus 3:11 +. +If [a man's] offering is a goat, he shall offer it before the Lord, -- leviticus 3:12 +. +And lay his hands upon its head, and kill it before the Tent of Meeting; and the sons of Aaron shall throw its blood against the altar round about. -- leviticus 3:13 +. +Then he shall offer from it as his offering made by fire to the Lord: the fat that covers and is on the entrails, -- leviticus 3:14 +. +And the two kidneys and the fat that is on them at the loins, and the appendage of the liver which he shall take away with the kidneys. -- leviticus 3:15 +. +The priest shall burn them on the altar as food, offered by fire, for a sweet and satisfying fragrance. All the fat is the Lord's. -- leviticus 3:16 +. +It shall be a perpetual statute for your generations in all your dwelling places, that you eat neither fat nor blood. -- leviticus 3:17 +. +AND THE Lord said to Moses, -- leviticus 4:1 +. +Say to the Israelites, If anyone shall sin through error or unwittingly in any of the things which the Lord has commanded not to be done, and shall do any one of them-- -- leviticus 4:2 +. +If it is the anointed priest who sins, thus bringing guilt on the people, then let him offer for his sin which he has committed a young bull without blemish to the Lord as a sin offering. -- leviticus 4:3 +. +He shall bring the bull to the door of the Tent of Meeting before the Lord, and shall lay [both] his hands on the bull's head and kill [it] before the Lord. -- leviticus 4:4 +. +And the anointed priest shall take some of the bull's blood and bring it into the Tent of Meeting; -- leviticus 4:5 +. +And the priest shall dip his finger in the blood and sprinkle some of [it] seven times before the Lord before the veil of the sanctuary. -- leviticus 4:6 +. +And the priest shall put some of the blood on the horns of the altar of sweet incense before the Lord which is in the Tent of Meeting; and all the rest of the blood of the bull shall he pour out at the base of the altar of the burnt offering at the door of the Tent of Meeting. -- leviticus 4:7 +. +And all the fat of the bull for the sin offering he shall take off of it--the fat that covers and is on the entrails, -- leviticus 4:8 +. +And the two kidneys and the fat that is on them at the loins, and the appendage of the liver, which he shall take away with the kidneys-- -- leviticus 4:9 +. +Just as these are taken off of the bull of the sacrifice of the peace offerings; and the priest shall burn them on the altar of burnt offering. -- leviticus 4:10 +. +But the hide of the bull and all its flesh, its head, its legs, its entrails, and its dung, -- leviticus 4:11 +. +Even the whole bull shall he carry forth without the camp to a clean place, where the ashes are poured out, and burn it on a fire of wood, there where the ashes are poured out. -- leviticus 4:12 +. +If the whole congregation of Israel sins unintentionally, and it be hidden from the eyes of the assembly, and they have done what the Lord has commanded not to be done and are guilty, -- leviticus 4:13 +. +When the sin which they have committed becomes known, then the congregation shall offer a young bull for a sin offering and bring it before the Tent of Meeting. -- leviticus 4:14 +. +The elders of the congregation shall lay their hands upon the head of the bull before the Lord, and the bull shall be killed before the Lord. -- leviticus 4:15 +. +The anointed priest shall bring some of the bull's blood to the Tent of Meeting, -- leviticus 4:16 +. +And shall dip his finger in the blood, and sprinkle it seven times before the Lord, before the veil [which screens the ark of the covenant]. -- leviticus 4:17 +. +He shall put some of the blood on the horns of the altar [of incense] which is before the Lord in the Tent of Meeting, and he shall pour out all the blood at the base of the altar of burnt offering near the door of the Tent of Meeting. -- leviticus 4:18 +. +And he shall take all its fat from the bull and burn it on the altar. -- leviticus 4:19 +. +Thus shall he do with the bull; as he did with the bull for a sin offering, so shall he do with this; and the priest shall make atonement for [the people], and they shall be forgiven. -- leviticus 4:20 +. +And he shall carry forth the bull outside the camp and burn it as he burned the first bull; it is the sin offering for the congregation. -- leviticus 4:21 +. +When a ruler or leader sins and unwittingly does any one of the things the Lord his God has forbidden, and is guilty, -- leviticus 4:22 +. +If his sin which he has committed be known to him, he shall bring as his offering a goat, a male without blemish. -- leviticus 4:23 +. +He shall lay his hand on the head of the goat and kill it in the place where they kill the burnt offering before the Lord; it is a sin offering. -- leviticus 4:24 +. +The priest shall take some of the blood of the sin offering with his finger and put it on the horns of the altar of burnt offering and pour the rest of its blood at the base of the altar of burnt offering. -- leviticus 4:25 +. +And he shall burn all its fat upon the altar like the fat of the sacrifice of peace offerings; so the priest shall make atonement for him for his sin, and it shall be forgiven him. -- leviticus 4:26 +. +If any one of the common people sins unwittingly in doing anything the Lord has commanded not to be done, and is guilty, -- leviticus 4:27 +. +When the sin which he has committed is made known to him, he shall bring for his offering a goat, a female without blemish, for his sin which he has committed. -- leviticus 4:28 +. +The offender shall lay his hand on the head of the sin offering and kill [it] at the place of the burnt offering. -- leviticus 4:29 +. +And the priest shall take some of its blood with his finger and put it on the horns of the altar of burnt offering and shall pour out the rest of its blood at the base of the altar. -- leviticus 4:30 +. +And all the fat of it he shall take away, as the fat is taken away from off the sacrifice of peace offerings; and the priest shall burn it on the altar for a sweet and satisfying fragrance to the Lord; and the priest shall make atonement for [the man], and he shall be forgiven. -- leviticus 4:31 +. +If he brings a lamb as his sin offering, he shall bring a female without blemish. -- leviticus 4:32 +. +He shall lay his hand upon the head of the sin offering and kill it in the place where they kill the burnt offering. -- leviticus 4:33 +. +And the priest shall take some of the blood of the sin offering with his finger and put it on the horns of the altar of burnt offering and all the rest of the blood of the lamb he shall pour out at the base of the altar. -- leviticus 4:34 +. +And he shall take away all the fat of it, just as the fat of the lamb is removed from the sacrifice of the peace offerings; and the priest shall burn it on the altar upon the offerings made by fire to the Lord; and the priest shall make atonement for the sin which the man has committed, and he shall be forgiven. -- leviticus 4:35 +. +IF ANYONE sins in that he is sworn to testify and has knowledge of the matter, either by seeing or hearing of it, but fails to report it, then he shall bear his iniquity and willfulness. -- leviticus 5:1 +. +Or if anyone touches an unclean thing, whether the carcass of an unclean wild beast or of an unclean domestic animal or of unclean creeping things that multiply prolifically, even if he is unaware of it, and he has become unclean, he is guilty. -- leviticus 5:2 +. +Or if he touches human uncleanness, of whatever kind the uncleanness may be with which he becomes defiled, and he is unaware of it, when he does know it, then he shall be guilty. -- leviticus 5:3 +. +Or if anyone unthinkingly swears he will do something, whether to do evil or good, whatever it may be that a man shall pronounce rashly taking an oath, then, when he becomes aware of it, he shall be guilty in either of these. -- leviticus 5:4 +. +When a man is guilty in one of these, he shall confess the sin he has committed. -- leviticus 5:5 +. +He shall bring his guilt or trespass offering to the Lord for the sin which he has committed, a female from the flock, a lamb or a goat, for a sin offering; and the priest shall make atonement for his sin. -- leviticus 5:6 +. +But if he cannot afford a lamb, then he shall bring for his guilt offering to the Lord two turtledoves or two young pigeons, one for a sin offering and the other for a burnt offering. -- leviticus 5:7 +. +He shall bring them to the priest, who shall offer the one for the sin offering first, and wring its head from its neck, but shall not sever it; -- leviticus 5:8 +. +And he shall sprinkle some of the blood of the sin offering on the side of the altar, and the rest of the blood shall be drained out at the base of the altar; it is a sin offering. -- leviticus 5:9 +. +And he shall prepare the second bird for a burnt offering, according to the ordinance; and the priest shall make atonement for him for his sin which he has committed, and he shall be forgiven. -- leviticus 5:10 +. +But if the offender cannot afford to bring two turtledoves or two young pigeons, then he shall bring for his offering the tenth part of an ephah of fine flour for a sin offering; he shall put no oil or frankincense on it, for it is a sin offering. -- leviticus 5:11 +. +He shall bring it to the priest, who shall take a handful of it as a memorial portion and burn it on the altar, on the offerings made by fire to the Lord; it is a sin offering. -- leviticus 5:12 +. +Thus the priest shall make atonement for him for the sin that he has committed in any of these things, and he shall be forgiven; and the remainder shall be for the priest, as in the cereal offering. -- leviticus 5:13 +. +And the Lord said to Moses, -- leviticus 5:14 +. +If anyone commits a breach of faith and sins unwittingly in the holy things of the Lord, he shall bring his trespass or guilt offering to the Lord, a ram without blemish out of the flock, valued by you in shekels of silver, that is, the shekel of the sanctuary, for a trespass or guilt offering. -- leviticus 5:15 +. +And he shall make restitution for what he has done amiss in the holy thing, and shall add a fifth to it, and give it to the priest; and the priest shall make atonement for him with the ram of the trespass or guilt offering, and he shall be forgiven. -- leviticus 5:16 +. +If anyone sins and does any of the things the Lord has forbidden, though he was not aware of it, yet he is guilty and shall bear his iniquity. -- leviticus 5:17 +. +He shall bring [to the priest] a ram without blemish out of the flock, estimated by you to the amount [of the trespass], for a guilt or trespass offering; and the priest shall make atonement for him for the error which he committed unknowingly, and he shall be forgiven. -- leviticus 5:18 +. +It is a trespass or guilt offering; he is certainly guilty before the Lord. -- leviticus 5:19 +. +AND THE Lord said to Moses, -- leviticus 6:1 +. +If anyone sins and commits a trespass against the Lord and deals falsely with his neighbor in a matter of deposit given him to keep, or of bargain or pledge, or of robbery, or has oppressed his neighbor, -- leviticus 6:2 +. +Or has found what was lost and lied about it, or swears falsely, in any of all the things which men do and sin in so doing, -- leviticus 6:3 +. +Then if he has sinned and is guilty, he shall restore what he took by robbery, or what he secured by oppression or extortion, or what was delivered him to keep in trust, or the lost thing which he found, -- leviticus 6:4 +. +Or anything about which he has sworn falsely; he shall not only restore it in full, but shall add to it one fifth more and give it to him to whom it belongs on the day of his trespass or guilt offering. -- leviticus 6:5 +. +And he shall bring to the priest his trespass or guilt offering to the Lord, a ram without blemish out of the flock, valued by you to the amount of his trespass; -- leviticus 6:6 +. +And the priest shall make atonement for him before the Lord, and he shall be forgiven for anything of all that he may have done by which he has become guilty. -- leviticus 6:7 +. +And the Lord said to Moses, -- leviticus 6:8 +. +Command Aaron and his sons, saying, This is the law of the burnt offering: The burnt offering shall remain on the altar all night until morning; the fire shall be kept burning on the altar. -- leviticus 6:9 +. +And the priest shall put on his linen garment and put his linen breeches on his body, and take up the ashes of what the fire has consumed with the burnt offering on the altar and put them beside the altar. -- leviticus 6:10 +. +And he shall put off his garments and put on other garments, and carry the ashes outside the camp to a clean place. -- leviticus 6:11 +. +And the fire upon the altar shall be kept burning on it; it shall not be allowed to go out. The priest shall burn wood on it every morning and lay the burnt offering in order upon it and he shall burn on it the fat of the peace offerings. -- leviticus 6:12 +. +The fire shall be burning continually upon the altar; it shall not go out. -- leviticus 6:13 +. +And this is the law of the cereal offering: The sons of Aaron shall offer it before the Lord, in front of the altar. -- leviticus 6:14 +. +One of them shall take his handful of the fine flour of the cereal offering, the oil of it, and all the frankincense which is upon the cereal offering, and burn it on the altar as the memorial of it, a sweet and satisfying fragrance to the Lord. -- leviticus 6:15 +. +And the remainder of it shall Aaron and his sons eat, without leaven in a holy place; in the court of the Tent of Meeting shall they eat it. -- leviticus 6:16 +. +It shall not be baked with leaven. I have given it as their portion of My offerings made by fire; it is most holy, like the sin offering and the guilt offering. -- leviticus 6:17 +. +Every male among the children of Aaron may eat of it, as his portion forever throughout your generations, from the Lord's offerings made by fire; whoever touches them shall [first] be holy (consecrated and ceremonially clean). -- leviticus 6:18 +. +And the Lord said to Moses, -- leviticus 6:19 +. +This is the offering which Aaron and his sons shall offer to the Lord on the day when one is anointed (and consecrated): the tenth of an ephah of fine flour for a regular cereal offering, half of it in the morning and half of it at night. -- leviticus 6:20 +. +On a griddle or baking pan it shall be made with oil; and when it is fried you shall bring it in; in broken and fried pieces shall you offer the cereal offering as a sweet and satisfying odor to the Lord. -- leviticus 6:21 +. +And the priest among Aaron's sons who is consecrated and anointed in his stead shall offer it; by a statute forever it shall be entirely burned to the Lord. -- leviticus 6:22 +. +For every cereal offering of the priest shall be wholly burned, and not be eaten. -- leviticus 6:23 +. +And the Lord said to Moses, -- leviticus 6:24 +. +Say to Aaron and his sons: This is the law of the sin offering: In the place where the burnt offering is killed shall the sin offering be killed before the Lord; it is most holy. -- leviticus 6:25 +. +The priest who offers it for sin shall eat it; in a sacred place shall it be eaten, in the court of the Tent of Meeting. -- leviticus 6:26 +. +Whoever or whatever touches its flesh shall [first] be dedicated and made clean, and when any of its blood is sprinkled on a garment, you shall wash that garment in a place set apart to God's worship. -- leviticus 6:27 +. +But the earthen vessel in which it is boiled shall be broken, and if it is boiled in a bronze vessel, that vessel shall be scoured and rinsed in water. -- leviticus 6:28 +. +Every male among the priests may eat of this offering; it is most holy. -- leviticus 6:29 +. +But no sin offering shall be eaten of which any of the blood is brought into the Tent of Meeting to make atonement in the Holy Place; it shall be [wholly] burned with fire. -- leviticus 6:30 +. +THIS IS the law of the guilt or trespass offering; it is most holy or sacred: -- leviticus 7:1 +. +In the place where they kill the burnt offering shall they kill the guilt or trespass offering; the blood of it shall the priest dash against the altar round about. -- leviticus 7:2 +. +And he shall offer all its fat, the fat tail and the fat that covers the entrails, -- leviticus 7:3 +. +And the two kidneys and the fat that is on them at the loins, and the lobe or appendage of the liver, which he shall take away with the kidneys. -- leviticus 7:4 +. +And the priest shall burn them on the altar for an offering made by fire to the Lord; it is a guilt or trespass offering. -- leviticus 7:5 +. +Every male among the priests may eat of it; it shall be eaten in a sacred place; it is most holy. -- leviticus 7:6 +. +As is the sin offering, so is the guilt or trespass offering; there is one law for them: the priest who makes atonement with it shall have it. -- leviticus 7:7 +. +And the priest who offers any man's burnt offering, that priest shall have for himself the hide of the burnt offering which he has offered. -- leviticus 7:8 +. +And every cereal offering that is baked in the oven and all that is prepared in a pan or on a griddle shall belong to the priest who offered it. -- leviticus 7:9 +. +And every cereal offering, mixed with oil or dry, all the sons of Aaron may have, one as well as another. -- leviticus 7:10 +. +And this is the law of the sacrifice of peace offerings which shall be offered to the Lord: -- leviticus 7:11 +. +If one offers it for a thanksgiving, then he shall offer with the thank offering unleavened cakes mixed with oil, and unleavened wafers spread with oil, and cakes of fine flour mixed with oil. -- leviticus 7:12 +. +With cakes of leavened bread he shall offer his sacrifice of thanksgiving with the sacrifice of his peace offerings. -- leviticus 7:13 +. +And of it he shall offer one cake from each offering as an offering to the Lord; it shall belong to the priest who dashes the blood of the peace offerings. -- leviticus 7:14 +. +The flesh of the sacrifice of thanksgiving presented as a peace offering shall be eaten on the day that it is offered; none of it shall be left until morning. -- leviticus 7:15 +. +But if the sacrifice of the worshiper's offering is a vow or a freewill offering, it shall be eaten the same day that he offers his sacrifice, and on the morrow that which remains of it shall be eaten; -- leviticus 7:16 +. +But the remainder of the flesh of the sacrifice on the third day shall be [wholly] burned with fire. -- leviticus 7:17 +. +If any of the flesh of the sacrifice of his peace offerings be eaten at all on the third day, then the one who brought it shall not be credited with it; it shall not be accepted. It shall be an abomination and an abhorred thing; the one who eats of it shall bear his iniquity and answer for it. -- leviticus 7:18 +. +The flesh that comes in contact with anything that is not clean shall not be eaten; it shall be burned with fire. As for the meat, everyone who is clean [ceremonially] may eat of it. -- leviticus 7:19 +. +But the one who eats of the flesh of the sacrifice of peace offerings that belong to the Lord when he is [ceremonially] unclean, that person shall be cut off from his people [deprived of the privileges of association with them]. -- leviticus 7:20 +. +And if anyone touches any unclean thing--the uncleanness of man or an unclean beast or any unclean abomination--and then eats of the flesh of the sacrifice of the Lord's peace offerings, that person shall be cut off from his people. -- leviticus 7:21 +. +And the Lord said to Moses, -- leviticus 7:22 +. +Say to the Israelites, You shall eat no kind of fat, of ox, or sheep, or goat. -- leviticus 7:23 +. +The fat of the beast that dies of itself and the fat of one that is torn with beasts may be put to any other use, but under no circumstances are you to eat of it. -- leviticus 7:24 +. +For whoever eats the fat of the beast from which men offer an offering made by fire to the Lord, that person shall be cut off from his people. -- leviticus 7:25 +. +Moreover, you shall eat no blood of any kind, whether of bird or of beast, in any of your dwellings. -- leviticus 7:26 +. +Whoever eats any kind of blood, that person shall be cut off from his people. -- leviticus 7:27 +. +And the Lord said to Moses, -- leviticus 7:28 +. +Tell the Israelites, He who offers the sacrifice of his peace offerings to the Lord shall bring his offering to the Lord; from the sacrifice of his peace offerings -- leviticus 7:29 +. +He shall bring with his own hands the offerings made by fire to the Lord; he shall bring the fat with the breast, that the breast may be waved as a wave offering before the Lord. -- leviticus 7:30 +. +The priest shall burn the fat on the altar, but the breast shall be for Aaron and his sons. -- leviticus 7:31 +. +And the right thigh you shall give to the priest for an offering from the sacrifices of your peace offerings. -- leviticus 7:32 +. +The son of Aaron who offers the blood of the peace offerings and the fat shall have the right thigh for his portion. -- leviticus 7:33 +. +For I have taken the breast that was waved and the thigh that was offered from the Israelites, out of the sacrifices of their peace offerings, and have given them to Aaron the priest and to his sons as their perpetual due from the Israelites. -- leviticus 7:34 +. +This is the anointing portion of Aaron and his sons out of the offerings to the Lord made by fire on the day when they were presented to minister to the Lord in the priest's office. -- leviticus 7:35 +. +The Lord commanded this to be given them of the Israelites on the day when they were anointed. It is their portion perpetually throughout their generations. -- leviticus 7:36 +. +This is the law of the burnt offering, the cereal offering, the sin offering, the guilt or trespass offering, the consecration offering, and the sacrifice of peace offerings, -- leviticus 7:37 +. +Which the Lord ordered Moses on Mount Sinai on the day He commanded the Israelites to offer their sacrifices to the Lord, in the Wilderness of Sinai. -- leviticus 7:38 +. +AND THE Lord said to Moses, -- leviticus 8:1 +. +Take Aaron and his sons with him, and the garments [symbols of their office], and the anointing oil, and the bull of the sin offering, and the two rams, and the basket of unleavened bread; -- leviticus 8:2 +. +And assemble all the congregation at the door of the Tent of Meeting. -- leviticus 8:3 +. +Moses did as the Lord commanded him, and the congregation was assembled at the door of the Tent of Meeting. -- leviticus 8:4 +. +Moses told the congregation, This is what the Lord has commanded to be done. -- leviticus 8:5 +. +Moses brought Aaron and his sons and washed them with water. -- leviticus 8:6 +. +He put on Aaron the long undertunic, girded him with the long sash, clothed him with the robe, put the ephod (an upper vestment) upon him, and girded him with the skillfully woven cords attached to the ephod, binding it to him. -- leviticus 8:7 +. +And Moses put upon Aaron the breastplate; also he put in the breastplate the Urim and the Thummim [articles upon which the high priest put his hand when seeking the divine will concerning the nation]. -- leviticus 8:8 +. +And he put the turban or miter on his head; on it, in front, Moses put the shining gold plate, the holy diadem, as the Lord commanded him. -- leviticus 8:9 +. +And Moses took the anointing oil and anointed the tabernacle and all that was in it, and consecrated them. -- leviticus 8:10 +. +And he sprinkled some of the oil on the altar seven times and anointed the altar and all its utensils, and the laver and its base, to consecrate them. -- leviticus 8:11 +. +And he poured some of the anointing oil upon Aaron's head and anointed him to consecrate him. -- leviticus 8:12 +. +And Moses brought Aaron's sons and put undertunics on them and girded them with sashes and wound turbans on them, as the Lord commanded Moses. -- leviticus 8:13 +. +Then he brought the bull of the sin offering, and Aaron and his sons laid their hands on the head of the bull of the sin offering. -- leviticus 8:14 +. +Moses killed it and took the blood and put it on the horns of the altar round about with his finger and poured the blood at the base of the altar and purified and consecrated the altar to make atonement for it. -- leviticus 8:15 +. +He took all the fat that was on the entrails, and the lobe of the liver, and the two kidneys with their fat, and Moses burned them on the altar. -- leviticus 8:16 +. +But the bull [the sin offering] and its hide, its flesh, and its dung he burned with fire outside the camp, as the Lord commanded Moses. -- leviticus 8:17 +. +He brought the ram for the burnt offering, and Aaron and his sons laid their hands on the head of the ram. -- leviticus 8:18 +. +And Moses killed it and dashed the blood upon the altar round about. -- leviticus 8:19 +. +He cut the ram into pieces and Moses burned the head, the pieces, and the fat. -- leviticus 8:20 +. +And he washed the entrails and the legs in water; then Moses burned the whole ram on the altar; it was a burnt sacrifice, for a sweet and satisfying fragrance, an offering made by fire to the Lord, as the Lord commanded Moses. -- leviticus 8:21 +. +And he brought the other ram, the ram of consecration and ordination, and Aaron and his sons laid their hands upon the head of the ram. -- leviticus 8:22 +. +And Moses killed it and took some of its blood and put it on the tip of Aaron's right ear, and on the thumb of his right hand, and on the great toe of his right foot. -- leviticus 8:23 +. +And he brought Aaron's sons and Moses put some of the blood on the tips of their right ears, and the thumbs of their right hands, and the great toes of their right feet; and Moses dashed the blood upon the altar round about. -- leviticus 8:24 +. +And he took the fat, the fat tail, all the fat that was on the entrails, the lobe of the liver, and the two kidneys and their fat, and the right thigh; -- leviticus 8:25 +. +And out of the basket of unleavened bread, that was before the Lord, he took one unleavened cake, a cake of oiled bread, and one wafer and put them on the fat and on the right thigh; -- leviticus 8:26 +. +And he put all these in Aaron's hands and his sons' hands and waved them for a wave offering before the Lord. -- leviticus 8:27 +. +Then Moses took these things from their hands and burned them on the altar with the burnt offering as an ordination offering, for a sweet and satisfying fragrance, an offering made by fire to the Lord. -- leviticus 8:28 +. +And Moses took the breast and waved it for a wave offering before the Lord; for of the ram of consecration and ordination it was Moses' portion, as the Lord commanded Moses. -- leviticus 8:29 +. +And Moses took some of the anointing oil and some of the blood which was on the altar and sprinkled it on Aaron and his garments, and upon his sons and their garments also; so Moses consecrated Aaron and his garments, and his sons and his sons' garments. -- leviticus 8:30 +. +And Moses said to Aaron and his sons, Boil the flesh at the door of the Tent of Meeting and there eat it with the bread that is in the basket of consecration and ordination, as I commanded, saying, Aaron and his sons shall eat it. -- leviticus 8:31 +. +And what remains of the flesh and of the bread you shall burn with fire. -- leviticus 8:32 +. +And you shall not go out of the door of the Tent of Meeting for seven days, until the days of your consecration and ordination are ended; for it will take seven days to consecrate and ordain you. -- leviticus 8:33 +. +As has been done this day, so the Lord has commanded to do for your atonement. -- leviticus 8:34 +. +At the door of the Tent of Meeting you shall remain day and night for seven days, doing what the Lord has charged you to do, that you die not; for so I am commanded. -- leviticus 8:35 +. +So Aaron and his sons did all the things which the Lord commanded through Moses. -- leviticus 8:36 +. +ON THE eighth day Moses called Aaron and his sons and the elders of Israel; -- leviticus 9:1 +. +And he said to Aaron, Take a young calf for a sin offering and a ram for a burnt offering, [each] without blemish, and offer them before the Lord. -- leviticus 9:2 +. +And say to the Israelites, Take a male goat for a sin offering, and a calf and a lamb, both a year old, without blemish, for a burnt offering, -- leviticus 9:3 +. +Also a bull and a ram for peace offerings to sacrifice before the Lord, and a cereal offering mixed with oil, for today the Lord will appear to you. -- leviticus 9:4 +. +They brought before the Tent of Meeting what Moses [had] commanded; all the congregation drew near and stood before the Lord. -- leviticus 9:5 +. +And Moses said, This is the thing which the Lord commanded you to do, and the glory of the Lord will appear to you. -- leviticus 9:6 +. +And Moses said to Aaron, Draw near to the altar and offer your sin offering and your burnt offering and make atonement for yourself and for the people; and offer the offering of the people and make atonement for them, as the Lord commanded. -- leviticus 9:7 +. +So Aaron drew near to the altar and killed the calf of the sin offering, which was designated for himself. -- leviticus 9:8 +. +The sons of Aaron presented the blood to him; he dipped his finger in the blood and put it on the horns of the altar and poured out the blood at the altar's base; -- leviticus 9:9 +. +But the fat, the kidneys, and the lobe of the liver from the sin offering he burned on the altar, as the Lord had commanded Moses. -- leviticus 9:10 +. +And the flesh and the hide Aaron burned with fire outside the camp. -- leviticus 9:11 +. +He killed the burnt offering, and Aaron's sons delivered to him the blood, which he dashed round about upon the altar. -- leviticus 9:12 +. +And they brought the burnt offering to him piece by piece, and the head, and Aaron burned them upon the altar. -- leviticus 9:13 +. +And he washed the entrails and the legs and burned them with the burnt offering on the altar. -- leviticus 9:14 +. +Then Aaron presented the people's offering, and took the goat of the sin offering which was for the people and killed it and offered it for sin as he did the first sin offering. -- leviticus 9:15 +. +And he presented the burnt offering and offered it according to the ordinance. -- leviticus 9:16 +. +And Aaron presented the cereal offering and took a handful of it and burned it on the altar in addition to the burnt offering of the morning. -- leviticus 9:17 +. +He also killed the bull and the ram, the sacrifice of peace offerings, for the people; and Aaron's sons presented to him the blood, which he dashed upon the altar round about, -- leviticus 9:18 +. +And the fat of the bull and of the ram, the fat tail and that which covers the entrails, and the kidneys, and the lobe of the liver. -- leviticus 9:19 +. +And they put the fat upon the breasts, and Aaron burned the fat upon the altar; -- leviticus 9:20 +. +But the breasts and the right thigh Aaron waved for a wave offering before the Lord, as Moses commanded. -- leviticus 9:21 +. +Then Aaron lifted his hands toward the people and blessed them, and came down [from the altar] after offering the sin offering, the burnt offering, and the peace offerings. -- leviticus 9:22 +. +Moses and Aaron went into the Tent of Meeting, and when they came out they blessed the people, and the glory of the Lord [the Shekinah cloud] appeared to all the people [as promised]. -- leviticus 9:23 +. +Then there came a fire out from before the Lord and consumed the burnt offering and the fat on the altar; and when all the people saw it, they shouted and fell on their faces. -- leviticus 9:24 +. +AND NADAB and Abihu, the sons of Aaron, each took his censer and put fire in it, and put incense on it, and offered strange and unholy fire before the Lord, as He had not commanded them. -- leviticus 10:1 +. +And there came forth fire from before the Lord and killed them, and they died before the Lord. -- leviticus 10:2 +. +Then Moses said to Aaron, This is what the Lord meant when He said, I [and My will, not their own] will be acknowledged as hallowed by those who come near Me, and before all the people I will be honored. And Aaron said nothing. -- leviticus 10:3 +. +Moses called Mishael and Elzaphan, sons of Uzziel uncle of Aaron, and said to them, Come near, carry your brethren from before the sanctuary out of the camp. -- leviticus 10:4 +. +So they drew near and carried them in their undertunics [stripped of their priestly vestments] out of the camp, as Moses had said. -- leviticus 10:5 +. +And Moses said to Aaron and Eleazar and Ithamar, his sons [the father and brothers of the two priests whom God had slain for offering false fire], Do not uncover your heads or let your hair go loose or tear your clothes, lest you die [also] and lest God's wrath should come upon all the congregation; but let your brethren, the whole house of Israel, bewail the burning which the Lord has kindled. -- leviticus 10:6 +. +And you shall not go out from the door of the Tent of Meeting, lest you die, for the Lord's anointing oil is upon you. And they did according to Moses' word. -- leviticus 10:7 +. +And the Lord said to Aaron, -- leviticus 10:8 +. +Do not drink wine or strong drink, you or your sons, when you go into the Tent of Meeting, lest you die; it shall be a statute forever in all your generations. -- leviticus 10:9 +. +You shall make a distinction and recognize a difference between the holy and the common or unholy, and between the unclean and the clean; -- leviticus 10:10 +. +And you are to teach the Israelites all the statutes which the Lord has spoken to them by Moses. -- leviticus 10:11 +. +And Moses said to Aaron and to Eleazar and Ithamar, his sons who were left, Take the cereal offering that remains of the offerings of the Lord made by fire and eat it without leaven beside the altar, for it is most holy. -- leviticus 10:12 +. +You shall eat it in a sacred place, because it is your due and your sons' due, from the offerings made by fire to the Lord; for so I am commanded. -- leviticus 10:13 +. +But the breast that is waved and the thigh that is offered you shall eat in a clean place, you and your sons and daughters with you; for they are your due and your sons' due, given out of the sacrifices of the peace offerings of the Israelites. -- leviticus 10:14 +. +The thigh that is offered and the breast that is waved they shall bring with the offerings made by fire of the fat, to wave for a wave offering before the Lord; and it shall be yours and your sons' with you as a portion or due perpetually, as the Lord has commanded. -- leviticus 10:15 +. +And Moses diligently tried to find [what had become of] the goat [that had been offered] for the sin offering, and behold, it was burned up [as waste]! And he was angry with Eleazar and Ithamar, the sons of Aaron who were left alive, and said, -- leviticus 10:16 +. +Why have you not eaten the sin offering in the Holy Place? It is most holy; and God has given it to you to bear and take away the iniquity of the congregation, to make atonement for them before the Lord. -- leviticus 10:17 +. +Behold, the blood of it was not brought within the Holy Place; you should indeed have eaten [the flesh of it] in the Holy Place, as I commanded. -- leviticus 10:18 +. +But Aaron said to Moses, Behold, this very day in which they have [obediently] offered their sin offering and their burnt offering before the Lord, such [terrible calamities] have befallen me [and them]! If I [and they] had eaten the most holy sin offering today [humbled as we have been by the sin of our kinsmen and God's judgment upon them], would it have been acceptable in the sight of the Lord? -- leviticus 10:19 +. +And when Moses heard that, he was pacified. -- leviticus 10:20 +. +AND THE Lord said to Moses and Aaron, -- leviticus 11:1 +. +Say to the Israelites: These are the animals which you may eat among all the beasts that are on the earth. -- leviticus 11:2 +. +Whatever parts the hoof and is cloven-footed and chews the cud, any of these animals you may eat. -- leviticus 11:3 +. +Nevertheless these you shall not eat of those that chew the cud or divide the hoof: the camel, because it chews the cud but does not divide the hoof; it is unclean to you. -- leviticus 11:4 +. +And the coney or rock badger, because it chews the cud but does not divide the hoof; it is unclean to you. -- leviticus 11:5 +. +And the hare, because it chews the cud but does not divide the hoof; it is unclean to you. -- leviticus 11:6 +. +And the swine, because it divides the hoof and is cloven-footed but does not chew the cud; it is unclean to you. -- leviticus 11:7 +. +Of their flesh you shall not eat, and their carcasses you shall not touch; they are unclean to you. -- leviticus 11:8 +. +These you may eat of all that are in the waters: whatever has fins and scales in the waters, in the seas, and in the rivers, these you may eat; -- leviticus 11:9 +. +But all that have not fins and scales in the seas and in the rivers, of all the creeping things in the waters, and of all the living creatures which are in the waters, they are [to be considered] an abomination and abhorrence to you. -- leviticus 11:10 +. +They shall continue to be an abomination to you; you shall not eat of their flesh, but you shall detest their carcasses. -- leviticus 11:11 +. +Everything in the waters that has not fins or scales shall be abhorrent and detestable to you. -- leviticus 11:12 +. +These you shall have in abomination among the birds; they shall not be eaten, for they are detestable: the eagle, the ossifrage, the ospray, -- leviticus 11:13 +. +The kite, the whole species of falcon, -- leviticus 11:14 +. +Every kind of raven, -- leviticus 11:15 +. +The ostrich, the nighthawk, the sea gull, every species of hawk, -- leviticus 11:16 +. +The owl, the cormorant, the ibis, -- leviticus 11:17 +. +The swan, the pelican, the vulture, -- leviticus 11:18 +. +The stork, all kinds of heron, the hoopoe, and the bat. -- leviticus 11:19 +. +All winged insects that go upon all fours are to be an abomination to you; -- leviticus 11:20 +. +Yet of all winged insects that go upon all fours you may eat those which have legs above their feet with which to leap on the ground. -- leviticus 11:21 +. +Of these you may eat: the whole species of locust, of bald locust, of cricket, and of grasshopper. -- leviticus 11:22 +. +But all other winged insects which have four feet shall be detestable to you. -- leviticus 11:23 +. +And by [contact with] these you shall become unclean; whoever touches the carcass of them shall be unclean until the evening, -- leviticus 11:24 +. +And whoever carries any part of their carcass shall wash his clothes and be unclean until the evening. -- leviticus 11:25 +. +Every beast which parts the hoof but is not cloven-footed or does not chew the cud is unclean to you; everyone who touches them shall be unclean. -- leviticus 11:26 +. +And all that go on their paws, among all kinds of four-footed beasts, are unclean to you; whoever touches their carcass shall be unclean until the evening, -- leviticus 11:27 +. +And he who carries their carcass shall wash his clothes and be unclean until the evening; they are unclean to you. -- leviticus 11:28 +. +These also are unclean to you among the creeping things [that multiply greatly] and creep upon the ground: the weasel, the mouse, any kind of great lizard, -- leviticus 11:29 +. +The gecko, the land crocodile, the lizard, the sand lizard, and the chameleon. -- leviticus 11:30 +. +These are unclean to you among all that creep; whoever touches them when they are dead shall be unclean until the evening. -- leviticus 11:31 +. +And upon whatever they may fall when they are dead, it shall be unclean, whether it is an article of wood or clothing or skin (bottle) or sack, any vessel in which work is done; it must be put in water, and it shall be unclean until the evening; so it shall be cleansed. -- leviticus 11:32 +. +And every earthen vessel into which any of these [creeping things] falls, whatever may be in it shall be unclean, and you shall break the vessel. -- leviticus 11:33 +. +Of all the food [in one of these unclean vessels] which may be eaten, that on which such water comes shall be unclean, and all drink that may be drunk from every such vessel shall be unclean. -- leviticus 11:34 +. +And everything upon which any part of their carcass falls shall be unclean; whether an oven, or pan with a lid, or hearth for pots, it shall be broken in pieces; they are unclean, and shall be unclean to you. -- leviticus 11:35 +. +Yet a spring or a cistern or reservoir of water shall be clean; but whoever touches their carcass shall be unclean. -- leviticus 11:36 +. +If a part of their carcass falls on seed which is to be sown, it shall be clean; -- leviticus 11:37 +. +But if any water be put on the seed and any part of their carcass falls on it, it shall be unclean to you. -- leviticus 11:38 +. +If any animal of which you may eat dies [unslaughtered], he who touches its carcass shall be unclean until the evening. -- leviticus 11:39 +. +And he who eats of its carcass [ignorantly] shall wash his clothes, and be unclean until the evening; he also who carries its carcass shall wash his clothes, and be unclean until the evening. -- leviticus 11:40 +. +And everything that creeps on the ground and [multiplies in] swarms shall be an abomination; it shall not be eaten. -- leviticus 11:41 +. +Whatever goes on its belly, and whatever goes on all fours, or whatever has more [than four] feet among all things that creep on the ground and swarm you shall not eat; for they are detestable. -- leviticus 11:42 +. +You shall not make yourselves loathsome and abominable [by eating] any swarming thing that [multiplies by] swarms, neither shall you make yourselves unclean with them, that you should be defiled by them. -- leviticus 11:43 +. +For I am the Lord your God; so consecrate yourselves and be holy, for I am holy; neither defile yourselves with any manner of thing that multiplies in large numbers or swarms. -- leviticus 11:44 +. +For I am the Lord Who brought you up out of the land of Egypt to be your God; therefore you shall be holy, for I am holy. -- leviticus 11:45 +. +This is the law of the beast, and of the bird, and of every living creature that moves in the waters, and creeps on the earth and multiplies in large numbers, -- leviticus 11:46 +. +To make a difference (a distinction) between the unclean and the clean, and between the animal that may be eaten and the animal that may not be eaten. -- leviticus 11:47 +. +AND THE Lord said to Moses, -- leviticus 12:1 +. +Say to the Israelites, If a woman conceives and bears a male child, she shall be unclean seven days, unclean as during her monthly discomfort. -- leviticus 12:2 +. +And on the eighth day the child shall be circumcised. -- leviticus 12:3 +. +Then she shall remain [separated] thirty-three days to be purified [from her loss] of blood; she shall touch no hallowed thing nor come into the [court of the] sanctuary until the days of her purifying are over. -- leviticus 12:4 +. +But if the child she bears is a girl, then she shall be unclean two weeks, as in her periodic impurity, and she shall remain separated sixty-six days to be purified [from her loss] of blood. -- leviticus 12:5 +. +When the days of her purifying are completed, whether for a son or for a daughter, she shall bring a lamb a year old for a burnt offering and a young pigeon or a turtledove for a sin offering to the door of the Tent of Meeting to the priest; -- leviticus 12:6 +. +And he shall offer it before the Lord and make atonement for her, and she shall be cleansed from the flow of her blood. This is the law for her who has borne a male or a female child. -- leviticus 12:7 +. +If she is unable to bring a lamb [for lack of means] then she shall bring two turtledoves or young pigeons, one for a burnt offering, the other for a sin offering; the priest shall make atonement for her, and she shall be clean. -- leviticus 12:8 +. +AND THE Lord said to Moses and Aaron, -- leviticus 13:1 +. +When a man has a swelling on his skin, a scab, or a bright spot, and it becomes the disease of leprosy in his skin, then he shall be brought to the priest, to Aaron or one of his sons. -- leviticus 13:2 +. +The priest shall look at the diseased spot on his skin, and if the hair in it has turned white and the disease appears depressed and deeper than his skin, it is a leprous disease; and the priest shall examine him, and pronounce him unclean. -- leviticus 13:3 +. +If the bright spot is white on his skin, not depressed, and the hair on it not turned white, the priest shall quarantine the person or bind up the spot for seven days. -- leviticus 13:4 +. +And the priest shall examine him on the seventh day, and if the disease in his estimation is at a standstill and has not spread in the skin, then the priest shall quarantine the person or bind up the spot seven more days. -- leviticus 13:5 +. +And the priest shall examine him again the seventh day, and if the diseased part has a more normal color and the disease has not spread in the skin, the priest shall pronounce him clean; it is only an eruption or a scab; and he shall wash his clothes and be clean. -- leviticus 13:6 +. +But if the eruption or scab spreads farther in the skin after he has shown himself to the priest for his cleansing, he shall be seen by the priest again. -- leviticus 13:7 +. +If the priest sees that the eruption or scab is spreading in the skin, then he shall pronounce him unclean; it is leprosy. -- leviticus 13:8 +. +When the disease of leprosy is in a man, he shall be brought to the priest; -- leviticus 13:9 +. +And the priest shall examine him, and if there is a white swelling in the skin and the hair on it has turned white and there is quick raw flesh in the swelling, -- leviticus 13:10 +. +It is a chronic leprosy in the skin of his body, and the priest shall pronounce him unclean; he shall not bind the spot up, for he is unclean. -- leviticus 13:11 +. +But if [supposed] leprosy breaks out in the skin, and it covers all the skin of him who has the disease from head to foot, wherever the priest looks, -- leviticus 13:12 +. +The priest shall examine him; if the [supposed] leprosy covers all his body, he shall pronounce him clean of the disease; it is all turned white, and he is clean. -- leviticus 13:13 +. +But when the raw flesh appears on him, he shall be unclean. -- leviticus 13:14 +. +And the priest shall examine the raw flesh and pronounce him unclean; for the raw flesh is unclean; it is leprosy. -- leviticus 13:15 +. +But if the raw flesh turns again and becomes white, he shall come to the priest, -- leviticus 13:16 +. +And the priest shall examine him, and if the diseased part is turned to white again, then the priest shall pronounce him clean who had the disease; he is clean. -- leviticus 13:17 +. +And when there is in the skin of the body [the scar of] a boil that is healed, -- leviticus 13:18 +. +And in the place of the boil there is a white swelling or a bright spot, reddish white, and it is shown to the priest, -- leviticus 13:19 +. +And if when the priest examines it it looks lower than the skin and the hair on it is turned white, the priest shall pronounce him unclean; it is the disease of leprosy; it has broken out in the boil. -- leviticus 13:20 +. +But if the priest examines it and finds no white hair in it and it is not lower than the skin but appears darker, then the priest shall bind it up for seven days. -- leviticus 13:21 +. +If it spreads in the skin, [he] shall pronounce him unclean; it is diseased. -- leviticus 13:22 +. +But if the bright spot does not spread, it is the scar of the boil, and the priest shall pronounce him clean. -- leviticus 13:23 +. +Or if there is any flesh in the skin of which there is a burn by fire and the quick flesh of the burn becomes a bright spot, reddish white or white, -- leviticus 13:24 +. +Then the priest shall examine it, and if the hair in the bright spot is turned white, and it appears deeper than the skin, it is leprosy broken out in the burn. Therefore the priest shall pronounce him unclean; it is the disease of leprosy. -- leviticus 13:25 +. +But if the priest examines it and there is no white hair in the bright spot and it is not lower than the rest of the skin but is darker, then the priest shall bind it up for seven days. -- leviticus 13:26 +. +And the priest shall examine him on the seventh day; if it is spreading in the skin, then the priest shall pronounce him unclean; it is leprosy. -- leviticus 13:27 +. +But if the bright spot has not spread but is darker, it is a swelling from the burn, and the priest shall pronounce him clean; for it is the scar of the burn. -- leviticus 13:28 +. +When a man or woman has a disease upon the head or in the beard, -- leviticus 13:29 +. +The priest shall examine the diseased place; if it appears to be deeper than the skin, with yellow, thin hair in it, the priest shall pronounce him unclean; it is a mangelike leprosy of the head or beard. -- leviticus 13:30 +. +If the priest examines the spot infected by the mangelike disease, and it does not appear deeper than the skin and there is no black hair in it, the priest shall bind up the spot for seven days. -- leviticus 13:31 +. +On the seventh day the priest shall examine the diseased spot; if the mange has not spread and has no yellow hair in it and does not look deeper than the skin, -- leviticus 13:32 +. +Then the patient shall be shaved, except the mangelike spot; and the priest shall bind up the spot seven days more. -- leviticus 13:33 +. +On the seventh day the priest shall look at the mangelike spot; if the mange has not spread and looks no deeper than the skin, he shall pronounce the patient clean; he shall wash his clothes and be clean. -- leviticus 13:34 +. +But if the mangelike spot spreads in the skin after his cleansing, -- leviticus 13:35 +. +Then the priest shall examine him, and if the mangelike spot is spread in the skin, the priest need not look for the yellow hair; the patient is unclean. -- leviticus 13:36 +. +But if in his estimation the mange is at a standstill and has black hair in it, the mangelike disease is healed; he is clean; the priest shall pronounce him clean. -- leviticus 13:37 +. +When a man or a woman has on the skin bright spots, even white bright spots, -- leviticus 13:38 +. +Then the priest shall look, and if the bright spots in the skin are a dull white, it is a harmless eruption; he is clean. -- leviticus 13:39 +. +If a man's hair has fallen from his head, he is bald, but he is clean. -- leviticus 13:40 +. +And if his hair has fallen out from the front of his head, he has baldness of the forehead, but he is clean. -- leviticus 13:41 +. +But if there is on the bald head or forehead a reddish white diseased spot, it is leprosy breaking out on his baldness. -- leviticus 13:42 +. +Then the priest shall examine him, and if the diseased swelling is reddish white on his bald head or forehead like the appearance of leprosy in the skin of the body, -- leviticus 13:43 +. +He is a leprous man; he is unclean; the priest shall surely pronounce him unclean; his disease is on his head. -- leviticus 13:44 +. +And the leper's clothes shall be rent, and the hair of his head shall hang loose, and he shall cover his upper lip and cry, Unclean, unclean! -- leviticus 13:45 +. +He shall remain unclean as long as the disease is in him; he is unclean; he shall live alone [and] his dwelling shall be outside the camp. -- leviticus 13:46 +. +The garment also that the disease of leprosy [symbolic of sin] is in, whether a wool or a linen garment, -- leviticus 13:47 +. +Whether it be in woven or knitted stuff or in the warp or woof of linen or of wool, or in a skin or anything made of skin, -- leviticus 13:48 +. +If the disease is greenish or reddish in the garment, or in a skin or in the warp or woof or in anything made of skin, it is the plague of leprosy; show it to the priest. -- leviticus 13:49 +. +The priest shall examine the diseased article and shut it up for seven days. -- leviticus 13:50 +. +He shall examine the disease on the seventh day; if [it] is spread in the garment, or in the article, whatever service it may be used for, the disease is a rotting or corroding leprosy; it is unclean. -- leviticus 13:51 +. +He shall burn the garment, whether diseased in warp or woof, in wool or linen, or anything made of skin; for it is a rotting or corroding leprosy, to be burned in the fire. -- leviticus 13:52 +. +But if the priest finds the disease has not spread in the garment, in the warp or the woof, or in anything made of skin, -- leviticus 13:53 +. +Then the priest shall command that they wash the thing in which the plague is, and he shall shut it up seven days more. -- leviticus 13:54 +. +And the priest shall examine the diseased article after it has been washed, and if the diseased portion has not changed color, though the disease has not spread, it is unclean; you shall burn it in the fire; it is a rotting or corroding [disease], whether the leprous spot be inside or outside. -- leviticus 13:55 +. +If the priest looks and the diseased portion is less noticeable after it is washed, he shall tear it out of the garment, or the skin (leather), or out of the warp or woof. -- leviticus 13:56 +. +If it appears still in the garment, either in the warp or in the woof, or in anything made of skin, it is spreading; you shall burn the diseased part with fire. -- leviticus 13:57 +. +But the garment, or the woven or knitted stuff or warp or woof, or anything made of skin from which the disease departs when you have washed it, shall then be washed a second time, and be clean. -- leviticus 13:58 +. +This is the law for a leprous disease in a garment of wool or linen, either in the warp or woof, or in anything made of skin, to pronounce it clean or unclean. -- leviticus 13:59 +. +AND THE Lord said to Moses, -- leviticus 14:1 +. +This shall be the law of the leper on the day when he is to be pronounced clean: he shall be brought to the priest [at a meeting place outside the camp]; -- leviticus 14:2 +. +The priest shall go out of the camp [to meet him]; and [he] shall examine him, and if the disease is healed in the leper, -- leviticus 14:3 +. +Then the priest shall command to take for him who is to be cleansed two living clean birds and cedar wood and scarlet [material] and hyssop. -- leviticus 14:4 +. +And the priest shall command to kill one of the birds in an earthen vessel over fresh, running water. -- leviticus 14:5 +. +As for the living bird, he shall take it, the cedar wood, and the scarlet [material], and the hyssop, and shall dip them and the living bird in the blood of the bird killed over the running water; -- leviticus 14:6 +. +And he shall sprinkle [the blood] on him who is to be cleansed from the leprosy seven times and shall pronounce him clean, and shall let go the living bird into the open field. -- leviticus 14:7 +. +He who is to be cleansed shall wash his clothes, shave off all his hair, and bathe himself in water; and he shall be clean. After that he shall come into the camp, but stay outside his tent seven days. -- leviticus 14:8 +. +But on the seventh day he shall shave all his hair off his head, his beard, his eyebrows, and his [body]; and he shall wash his clothes and bathe his body in water, and be clean. -- leviticus 14:9 +. +On the eighth day he shall take two he-lambs without blemish and one ewe lamb a year old without blemish, and three-tenths of an ephah of fine flour for a cereal offering, mixed with oil, and one log of oil. -- leviticus 14:10 +. +And the priest who cleanses him shall set the man who is to be cleansed and these things before the Lord at the door of the Tent of Meeting; -- leviticus 14:11 +. +The priest shall take one of the male lambs and offer it for a guilt or trespass offering, and the log of oil, and wave them for a wave offering before the Lord. -- leviticus 14:12 +. +He shall kill the lamb in the place where they kill the sin offering and the burnt offering, in the sacred place [the court of the tabernacle]; for as the sin offering is the priest's, so is the guilt or trespass offering; it is most holy; -- leviticus 14:13 +. +And the priest shall take some of the blood of the guilt or trespass offering and put it on the tip of the right ear of him who is to be cleansed, and on the thumb of his right hand, and on the great toe of his right foot. -- leviticus 14:14 +. +And the priest shall take some of the log of oil and pour it into the palm of his own left hand; -- leviticus 14:15 +. +And the priest shall dip his right finger in the oil that is in his left hand and shall sprinkle some of the oil with his finger seven times before the Lord; -- leviticus 14:16 +. +And of the rest of the oil that is in his hand shall the priest put some on the tip of the right ear of him who is to be cleansed, and on the thumb of his right hand, and on the great toe of his right foot, on the blood of the guilt or trespass offering [which he has previously placed in each of these places]. -- leviticus 14:17 +. +And the rest of the oil that is in the priest's hand he shall pour upon the head of him who is to be cleansed and make atonement for him before the Lord. -- leviticus 14:18 +. +And the priest shall offer the sin offering and make atonement for him who is to be cleansed from his uncleanness, and afterward kill the burnt offering [victim]. -- leviticus 14:19 +. +And the priest shall offer the burnt offering and the cereal offering on the altar; and he shall make atonement for him, and he shall be clean. -- leviticus 14:20 +. +If the cleansed leper is poor and cannot afford so much, he shall take one lamb for a guilt or trespass offering to be waved to make atonement for him, and one tenth of an ephah of fine flour mixed with oil for a cereal offering, and a log of oil, -- leviticus 14:21 +. +And two turtledoves or two young pigeons, such as he can afford, one for a sin offering, the other for a burnt offering. -- leviticus 14:22 +. +He shall bring them on the eighth day for his cleansing to the priest at the door of the Tent of Meeting, before the Lord. -- leviticus 14:23 +. +And the priest shall take the lamb of the guilt or trespass offering, and the log of oil, and shall wave them for a wave offering before the Lord. -- leviticus 14:24 +. +And he shall kill the lamb of the guilt or trespass offering, and the priest shall take some of the blood of the offering and put it on the tip of the right ear of him who is to be cleansed, and on the thumb of his right hand, and on the great toe of his right foot. -- leviticus 14:25 +. +And the priest shall pour some of the oil into the palm of his own left hand, -- leviticus 14:26 +. +And shall sprinkle with his right finger some of the oil that is in his left hand seven times before the Lord. -- leviticus 14:27 +. +The priest shall put some of the oil in his hand on the tip of the right ear of the one to be cleansed, and on the thumb of his right hand, and on the great toe of his right foot, on the places where he has put the blood of the guilt offering. -- leviticus 14:28 +. +The rest of the oil that is in the priest's hand he shall put on the head of the one to be cleansed, to make atonement for him before the Lord. -- leviticus 14:29 +. +And he shall offer one of the turtledoves or of the young pigeons, such as he is able to get, -- leviticus 14:30 +. +As he can afford, one for a sin offering and the other for a burnt offering, together with the cereal offering; and the priest shall make atonement for him who is to be cleansed before the Lord. -- leviticus 14:31 +. +This is the law of him in whom is the plague of leprosy, who is not able to get what is required for his cleansing. -- leviticus 14:32 +. +And the Lord said to Moses and Aaron, -- leviticus 14:33 +. +When you have come into the land of Canaan, which I give to you for a possession, and I put the disease of leprosy in a house of the land of your possession, -- leviticus 14:34 +. +Then he who owns the house shall come and tell the priest, It seems to me there is some sort of disease in my house. -- leviticus 14:35 +. +Then the priest shall command that they empty the house before [he] goes in to examine the disease, so that all that is in the house may not be declared unclean; afterward [he] shall go in to see the house. -- leviticus 14:36 +. +He shall examine the disease, and if it is in the walls of the house with depressed spots of dark green or dark red appearing beneath [the surface of] the wall, -- leviticus 14:37 +. +Then the priest shall go out of the door and shut up the house seven days. -- leviticus 14:38 +. +The priest shall come again on the seventh day and shall look; and if the disease has spread in the walls of the house, -- leviticus 14:39 +. +He shall command that they take out the diseased stones and cast them into an unclean place outside the city. -- leviticus 14:40 +. +He shall cause the house to be scraped within round about and the plaster or mortar that is scraped off to be emptied out in an unclean place outside the city. -- leviticus 14:41 +. +And they shall put other stones in the place of those stones, and he shall plaster the house with fresh mortar. -- leviticus 14:42 +. +If the disease returns, breaking out in the house after he has removed the stones and has scraped and plastered the house, -- leviticus 14:43 +. +Then the priest shall come and look, and if the disease is spreading in the house, it is a rotting or corroding leprosy in the house; it is unclean. -- leviticus 14:44 +. +He shall tear down the house--its stones and its timber and all the plaster or mortar of the house--and shall carry them forth out of the city to an unclean place. -- leviticus 14:45 +. +Moreover, he who enters the house during the whole time that it is shut up shall be unclean until the evening. -- leviticus 14:46 +. +And he who lies down or eats in the house shall wash his clothes. -- leviticus 14:47 +. +But if the priest inspects it and the disease has not spread after the house was plastered, he shall pronounce the house clean, because the disease is healed. -- leviticus 14:48 +. +He shall take to cleanse the house two birds, cedar wood, scarlet [material], and hyssop; -- leviticus 14:49 +. +And he shall kill one of the birds in an earthen vessel over running water, -- leviticus 14:50 +. +And he shall take the cedar wood, and the hyssop, and the scarlet [material], and the living bird, and dip them in the blood of the slain bird and in the running water, and sprinkle the house seven times. -- leviticus 14:51 +. +And he shall cleanse the house with the blood of the bird, the running water, the living bird, the cedar wood, the hyssop, and the scarlet [material]. -- leviticus 14:52 +. +But he shall let the living bird go out of the city into the open field; so he shall make atonement for the house, and it shall be clean. -- leviticus 14:53 +. +This is the law for all kinds of leprous diseases, and mangelike conditions, -- leviticus 14:54 +. +For the leprosy of a garment or of a house, -- leviticus 14:55 +. +And for a swelling or an eruption or a scab or a bright spot, -- leviticus 14:56 +. +To teach when it is unclean and when it is clean. This is the law of leprosy. -- leviticus 14:57 +. +AND THE Lord said to Moses and Aaron, -- leviticus 15:1 +. +Say to the Israelites, When any man has a running discharge from his body, because of his discharge he is unclean. -- leviticus 15:2 +. +This shall be [the law concerning] his uncleanness in his discharge: whether his body runs with his discharge or has stopped [running], it is uncleanness in him. -- leviticus 15:3 +. +Every bed on which the one who has the discharge lies is unclean, and everything on which he sits shall be unclean. -- leviticus 15:4 +. +Whoever touches that person's bed shall wash his clothes, and bathe himself in water, and be unclean until the evening. -- leviticus 15:5 +. +And whoever sits on anything on which he who has the discharge has sat shall wash his clothes and bathe himself in water, and be unclean until the evening. -- leviticus 15:6 +. +And he who touches the flesh of him who has the discharge shall wash his clothes and bathe himself in water, and be unclean until the evening. -- leviticus 15:7 +. +And if he who has the discharge spits on him who is clean, then he shall wash his clothes and bathe himself in water, and be unclean until the evening. -- leviticus 15:8 +. +And any saddle on which he who has the discharge rides shall be unclean. -- leviticus 15:9 +. +Whoever touches anything that has been under him shall be unclean until evening; and he who carries those things shall wash his clothes and bathe himself in water, and be unclean until evening. -- leviticus 15:10 +. +Whomever he who has the discharge touches without rinsing his hands in water shall wash his clothes and bathe himself in water, and be unclean until evening. -- leviticus 15:11 +. +The earthen vessel that he with the discharge touches shall be broken, and every vessel of wood shall be rinsed in water. -- leviticus 15:12 +. +When he who has a discharge is cleansed of it, he shall count seven days for his purification, then wash his clothes, bathe in running water, and be clean. -- leviticus 15:13 +. +On the eighth day he shall take two turtledoves or two young pigeons and come before the Lord to the door of the Tent of Meeting and give them to the priest; -- leviticus 15:14 +. +And the priest shall offer them, one for a sin offering and the other for a burnt offering; and [he] shall make atonement for the man before the Lord for his discharge. -- leviticus 15:15 +. +And if any man has a discharge of semen, he shall wash all his body in water, and be unclean until evening. -- leviticus 15:16 +. +And every garment and every skin on which the sperm comes shall be washed with water, and be unclean until evening. -- leviticus 15:17 +. +The woman also with whom a man with emission of semen shall lie, they shall both bathe themselves in water, and be unclean until evening. -- leviticus 15:18 +. +And if a woman has a discharge, her [regular] discharge of blood of her body, she shall be in her impurity or separation for seven days, and whoever touches her shall be unclean until evening. -- leviticus 15:19 +. +And everything that she lies on in her separation shall be unclean; everything also that she sits on shall be unclean. -- leviticus 15:20 +. +And whoever touches her bed shall wash his clothes and bathe himself in water, and be unclean until evening. -- leviticus 15:21 +. +Whoever touches anything she sat on shall wash his clothes and bathe himself in water, and be unclean until evening. -- leviticus 15:22 +. +And if her flow has stained her bed or anything on which she sat, when he touches it, he shall be unclean until evening. -- leviticus 15:23 +. +And if any man lie with her and her impurity be upon him, he shall be unclean seven days; and every bed on which he lies shall be unclean. -- leviticus 15:24 +. +And if a woman has an issue of blood for many days, not during the time of her separation, or if she has a discharge beyond the time of her [regular] impurity, all the days of the issue of her uncleanness she shall be as in the days of her impurity; she shall be unclean. -- leviticus 15:25 +. +Every bed on which she lies all the days of her discharge shall be as the bed of her impurity, and whatever she sits on shall be unclean, as in her impurity. -- leviticus 15:26 +. +And whoever touches those things shall be unclean, and shall wash his clothes and bathe himself in water, and be unclean until evening. -- leviticus 15:27 +. +But if she is cleansed of her discharge, then she shall wait seven days, and after that she shall be clean. -- leviticus 15:28 +. +And on the eighth day she shall take two turtledoves or two young pigeons and bring them to the priest at the door of the Tent of Meeting; -- leviticus 15:29 +. +He shall offer one for a sin offering and the other for a burnt offering; and he shall make atonement for her before the Lord for her unclean discharge. -- leviticus 15:30 +. +Thus you shall separate the Israelites from their uncleanness, lest they die in their uncleanness by defiling My tabernacle that is in the midst of them. -- leviticus 15:31 +. +This is the law for him who has a discharge and for him who has emissions of sperm, being made unclean by it; -- leviticus 15:32 +. +And for her who is sick with her impurity, and for any person who has a discharge, whether man or woman, and for him who lies with her who is unclean. -- leviticus 15:33 +. +AFTER THE death of Aaron's two sons, when they drew near before the Lord [offered false fire] and died, -- leviticus 16:1 +. +The Lord said to Moses, Tell Aaron your brother he must not come at all times into the Holy of Holies within the veil before the mercy seat upon the ark, lest he die; for I will appear in the cloud on the mercy seat. -- leviticus 16:2 +. +But Aaron shall come into the holy enclosure in this way: with a young bull for a sin offering and a ram for a burnt offering. -- leviticus 16:3 +. +He shall put on the holy linen undergarment, and he shall have the linen breeches upon his body, and be girded with the linen girdle or sash, and with the linen turban or miter shall he be attired; these are the holy garments; he shall bathe his body in water and then put them on. -- leviticus 16:4 +. +He shall take [at the expense] of the congregation of the Israelites two male goats for a sin offering and one ram for a burnt offering. -- leviticus 16:5 +. +And Aaron shall present the bull as the sin offering for himself and make atonement for himself and for his house [the other priests]. -- leviticus 16:6 +. +He shall take the two goats and present them before the Lord at the door of the Tent of Meeting. -- leviticus 16:7 +. +Aaron shall cast lots on the two goats--one lot for the Lord, the other lot for Azazel or removal. -- leviticus 16:8 +. +And Aaron shall bring the goat on which the Lord's lot fell and offer him as a sin offering. -- leviticus 16:9 +. +But the goat on which the lot fell for Azazel or removal shall be presented alive before the Lord to make atonement over him, that he may be let go into the wilderness for Azazel (for dismissal). -- leviticus 16:10 +. +Aaron shall present the bull as the sin offering for his own sins and shall make atonement for himself and for his house [the other priests], and shall kill the bull as the sin offering for himself. -- leviticus 16:11 +. +He shall take a censer full of burning coals of fire from off the [bronze] altar before the Lord, and his two hands full of sweet incense beaten small, and bring it within the veil [into the Holy of Holies], -- leviticus 16:12 +. +And put the incense on the fire [in the censer] before the Lord, that the cloud of the incense may cover the mercy seat that is upon [the ark of] the Testimony, lest he die. -- leviticus 16:13 +. +He shall take of the bull's blood and sprinkle it with his finger on the front [the east side] of the mercy seat, and before the mercy seat he shall sprinkle of the blood with his finger seven times. -- leviticus 16:14 +. +Then shall he kill the goat of the sin offering that is for [the sins of] the people and bring its blood within the veil [into the Holy of Holies] and do with that blood as he did with the blood of the bull, and sprinkle it on the mercy seat and before the mercy seat. -- leviticus 16:15 +. +Thus he shall make atonement for the Holy Place because of the uncleanness of the Israelites and because of their transgressions, even all their sins; and so shall he do for the Tent of Meeting, that remains among them in the midst of their uncleanness. -- leviticus 16:16 +. +There shall be no man in the Tent of Meeting when the high priest goes in to make atonement in the Holy of Holies [within the veil] until he comes out and has made atonement for his own sins and those of his house [the other priests] and of all the congregation of Israel. -- leviticus 16:17 +. +And he shall go out to the altar [of burnt offering in the court] which is before the Lord and make atonement for it, and shall take some of the blood of the bull and of the goat and put it on the horns of the altar round about. -- leviticus 16:18 +. +And he shall sprinkle some of the blood on it with his fingers seven times and cleanse it and hallow it from the uncleanness of the Israelites. -- leviticus 16:19 +. +And when he has finished atoning for the Holy of Holies and the Tent of Meeting and the altar [of burnt offering], he shall present the live goat; -- leviticus 16:20 +. +And Aaron shall lay both his hands upon the head of the live goat and confess over him all the iniquities of the Israelites and all their transgressions, all their sins; and he shall put them upon the head of the goat [the sin-bearer], and send him away into the wilderness by the hand of a man who is timely (ready, fit). -- leviticus 16:21 +. +The goat shall bear upon himself all their iniquities, carrying them to a land cut off (a land of forgetfulness and separation, not inhabited)! And the man leading it shall let the goat go in the wilderness. -- leviticus 16:22 +. +Aaron shall come into the Tent of Meeting and put off the linen garments which he put on when he went into the Holy of Holies, and leave them there; -- leviticus 16:23 +. +And he shall bathe his body with water in a sacred place and put on his garments, and come forth and offer his burnt offering and that of the people, and make atonement for himself and for them. -- leviticus 16:24 +. +And the fat of the sin offering he shall burn upon the altar. -- leviticus 16:25 +. +The man who led the sin-bearing goat out and let him go for Azazel or removal shall wash his clothes and bathe his body, and afterward he may come into the camp. -- leviticus 16:26 +. +The bull and the goat for the sin offering, whose blood was brought in to make atonement in the Holy of Holies, shall be carried forth without the camp; their skins, their flesh, and their dung shall be burned with fire. -- leviticus 16:27 +. +And he who burns them shall wash his clothes and bathe his body in water, and afterward he may come into the camp. -- leviticus 16:28 +. +It shall be a statute to you forever that in the seventh month [nearly October] on the tenth day of the month you shall afflict yourselves [by fasting with penitence and humiliation] and do no work at all, either the native-born or the stranger who dwells temporarily among you. -- leviticus 16:29 +. +For on this day atonement shall be made for you, to cleanse you; from all your sins you shall be clean before the Lord. -- leviticus 16:30 +. +It is a sabbath of [solemn] rest to you, and you shall afflict yourselves [by fasting with penitence and humiliation]; it is a statute forever. -- leviticus 16:31 +. +And the priest who shall be anointed and consecrated to minister in the priest's office in his father's stead shall make atonement, wearing the holy linen garments; -- leviticus 16:32 +. +He shall make atonement for the Holy Sanctuary, for the Tent of Meeting, and for the altar [of burnt offering in the court], and shall make atonement for the priests and for all the people of the assembly. -- leviticus 16:33 +. +This shall be an everlasting statute for you, that atonement may be made for the Israelites for all their sins once a year. And Moses did as the Lord commanded him. -- leviticus 16:34 +. +AND THE Lord said to Moses, -- leviticus 17:1 +. +Tell Aaron, his sons, and all the Israelites, This is what the Lord has commanded: -- leviticus 17:2 +. +If any man of the house of Israel kills an ox or lamb or goat in the camp or kills it outside the camp -- leviticus 17:3 +. +And does not bring it to the door of the Tent of Meeting to offer it as an offering to the Lord before the Lord's tabernacle, [guilt for shedding] blood shall be imputed to that man; he has shed blood and shall be cut off from among his people. -- leviticus 17:4 +. +This is so that the Israelites, rather than offer their sacrifices [to idols] in the open field [where they slew them], may bring them to the Lord at the door of the Tent of Meeting, to the priest, to offer them as peace offerings to the Lord. -- leviticus 17:5 +. +And the priest shall dash the blood on the altar of the Lord at the door of the Tent of Meeting and burn the fat for a sweet and satisfying fragrance to the Lord. -- leviticus 17:6 +. +So they shall no more offer their sacrifices to goatlike gods or demons or field spirits after which they have played the harlot. This shall be a statute forever to them throughout their generations. -- leviticus 17:7 +. +And you shall say to them, Whoever of the house of Israel or of the strangers who dwell temporarily among you offers a burnt offering or sacrifice -- leviticus 17:8 +. +And does not bring it to the door of the Tent of Meeting to offer it to the Lord shall be cut off from among his people. -- leviticus 17:9 +. +Any one of the house of Israel or of the strangers who dwell temporarily among them who eats any kind of blood, against that person I will set My face and I will cut him off from among his people [that he may not be included in the atonement made for them]. -- leviticus 17:10 +. +For the life (the animal soul) is in the blood, and I have given it for you upon the altar to make atonement for your souls; for it is the blood that makes atonement, by reason of the life [which it represents]. -- leviticus 17:11 +. +Therefore I have said to the Israelites, No person among you shall eat blood, neither shall any stranger who dwells temporarily among you eat blood. -- leviticus 17:12 +. +And any of the Israelites or of the strangers who sojourn among them who takes in hunting any clean beast or bird shall pour out its blood and cover it with dust. -- leviticus 17:13 +. +As for the life of all flesh, the blood of it represents the life of it; therefore I said to the Israelites, You shall partake of the blood of no kind of flesh, for the life of all flesh is its blood. Whoever eats of it shall be cut off. -- leviticus 17:14 +. +And every person who eats what dies of itself or was torn by beasts, whether he is native-born or a temporary resident, shall wash his clothes and bathe himself in water, and be unclean until evening; then shall he be clean. -- leviticus 17:15 +. +But if he does not wash his clothes or bathe his body, he shall bear his own iniquity [for it shall not be borne by the sacrifice of atonement]. -- leviticus 17:16 +. +AND THE Lord said to Moses, -- leviticus 18:1 +. +Say to the Israelites, I am the Lord your God. -- leviticus 18:2 +. +You shall not do as was done in the land of Egypt in which you dwelt, nor shall you do as is done in the land of Canaan to which I am bringing you; neither shall you walk in their statutes. -- leviticus 18:3 +. +You shall do My ordinances and keep My statutes and walk in them. I am the Lord your God. -- leviticus 18:4 +. +You shall therefore keep My statutes and My ordinances which, if a man does, he shall live by them. I am the Lord. -- leviticus 18:5 +. +None of you shall approach anyone close of kin to him to have sexual relations. I am the Lord. -- leviticus 18:6 +. +The nakedness of your father, which is the nakedness of your mother, you shall not uncover; she is your mother; you shall not have intercourse with her. -- leviticus 18:7 +. +The nakedness of your father's wife you shall not uncover; it is your father's nakedness. -- leviticus 18:8 +. +You shall not have intercourse with or uncover the nakedness of your sister, the daughter of your father or of your mother, whether born at home or born abroad. -- leviticus 18:9 +. +You must not have sexual relations with your son's daughter or your daughter's daughter; their nakedness you shall not uncover, for they are your own flesh. -- leviticus 18:10 +. +You must not have intercourse with your father's wife's daughter; begotten by your father, she is your sister; you shall not uncover her nakedness. -- leviticus 18:11 +. +You shall not have intercourse with your father's sister; she is your father's near kinswoman. -- leviticus 18:12 +. +You shall not have sexual relations with your mother's sister, for she is your mother's near kinswoman. -- leviticus 18:13 +. +You shall not have intercourse with your father's brother's wife; you shall not approach his wife; she is your aunt. -- leviticus 18:14 +. +You shall not uncover the nakedness of your daughter-in-law; she is your son's wife; you shall not have intercourse with her. -- leviticus 18:15 +. +You shall not have intercourse with your brother's wife; she belongs to your brother. -- leviticus 18:16 +. +You shall not marry a woman and her daughter, nor shall you take her son's daughter or her daughter's daughter to have intercourse; they are [her] near kinswomen; it is wickedness and an outrageous offense. -- leviticus 18:17 +. +You must not marry a woman in addition to her sister, to be a rival to her, having sexual relations with the second sister when the first one is alive. -- leviticus 18:18 +. +Also you shall not have intercourse with a woman during her [menstrual period or similar] uncleanness. -- leviticus 18:19 +. +Moreover, you shall not lie carnally with your neighbor's wife, to defile yourself with her. -- leviticus 18:20 +. +You shall not give any of your children to pass through the fire and sacrifice them to Molech [the fire god], nor shall you profane the name of your God [by giving it to false gods]. I am the Lord. -- leviticus 18:21 +. +You shall not lie with a man as with a woman; it is an abomination. -- leviticus 18:22 +. +Neither shall you lie with any beast and defile yourself with it; neither shall any woman yield herself to a beast to lie with it; it is confusion, perversion, and degradedly carnal. -- leviticus 18:23 +. +Do not defile yourselves in any of these ways, for in all these things the nations are defiled which I am casting out before you. -- leviticus 18:24 +. +And the land is defiled; therefore I visit the iniquity of it upon it, and the land itself vomits out her inhabitants. -- leviticus 18:25 +. +So you shall keep My statutes and My ordinances and shall not commit any of these abominations, neither the native-born nor any stranger who sojourns among you, -- leviticus 18:26 +. +For all these abominations have the men of the land done who were before you, and the land is defiled-- -- leviticus 18:27 +. +[Do none of these things] lest the land spew you out when you defile it as it spewed out the nation that was before you. -- leviticus 18:28 +. +Whoever commits any of these abominations shall be cut off from among [his] people. -- leviticus 18:29 +. +So keep My charge: do not practice any of these abominable customs which were practiced before you and defile yourselves by them. I am the Lord your God. -- leviticus 18:30 +. +AND THE Lord said to Moses, -- leviticus 19:1 +. +Say to all the assembly of the Israelites, You shall be holy, for I the Lord your God am holy. -- leviticus 19:2 +. +Each of you shall give due respect to his mother and his father, and keep My Sabbaths holy. I the Lord am your God. -- leviticus 19:3 +. +Do not turn to idols and things of nought or make for yourselves molten gods. I the Lord am your God. -- leviticus 19:4 +. +And when you offer a sacrifice of peace offering to the Lord, you shall offer it so that you may be accepted. -- leviticus 19:5 +. +It shall be eaten the same day you offer it and on the day following; and if anything remains until the third day, it shall be burned in the fire. -- leviticus 19:6 +. +If it is eaten at all the third day, it is loathsome; it will not be accepted. -- leviticus 19:7 +. +But everyone who eats it shall bear his iniquity, for he has profaned a holy thing of the Lord; and that soul shall be cut off from his people [and not be included in the atonement made for them]. -- leviticus 19:8 +. +And when you reap the harvest of your land, you shall not reap your field to its very corners, neither shall you gather the fallen ears or gleanings of your harvest. -- leviticus 19:9 +. +And you shall not glean your vineyard bare, neither shall you gather its fallen grapes; you shall leave them for the poor and the stranger. I am the Lord your God. -- leviticus 19:10 +. +You shall not steal, or deal falsely, or lie one to another. -- leviticus 19:11 +. +And you shall not swear by My name falsely, neither shall you profane the name of your God. I am the Lord. -- leviticus 19:12 +. +You shall not defraud or oppress your neighbor or rob him; the wages of a hired servant shall not remain with you all night until morning. -- leviticus 19:13 +. +You shall not curse the deaf or put a stumbling block before the blind, but you shall [reverently] fear your God. I am the Lord. -- leviticus 19:14 +. +You shall do no injustice in judging a case; you shall not be partial to the poor or show a preference for the mighty, but in righteousness and according to the merits of the case judge your neighbor. -- leviticus 19:15 +. +You shall not go up and down as a dispenser of gossip and scandal among your people, nor shall you [secure yourself by false testimony or by silence and] endanger the life of your neighbor. I am the Lord. -- leviticus 19:16 +. +You shall not hate your brother in your heart; but you shall surely rebuke your neighbor, lest you incur sin because of him. -- leviticus 19:17 +. +You shall not take revenge or bear any grudge against the sons of your people, but you shall love your neighbor as yourself. I am the Lord. -- leviticus 19:18 +. +You shall keep My statutes. You shall not let your domestic animals breed with a different kind [of animal]; you shall not sow your field with mixed seed, neither wear a garment of linen mixed with wool. -- leviticus 19:19 +. +And if a man lies carnally with a woman who is a slave betrothed to a husband and not yet ransomed or given her freedom, they shall be punished [after investigation]; they shall not be put to death, because she was not free; -- leviticus 19:20 +. +But he shall bring his guilt or trespass offering to the Lord to the door of the Tent of Meeting, a ram for a guilt or trespass offering. -- leviticus 19:21 +. +The priest shall make atonement for him with the ram of the guilt or trespass offering before the Lord for his sin, and he shall be forgiven for committing the sin. -- leviticus 19:22 +. +And when you come into the land and have planted all kinds of trees for food, then you shall count the fruit of them as inedible and forbidden to you for three years; it shall not be eaten. -- leviticus 19:23 +. +In the fourth year all their fruit shall be holy for giving praise to the Lord. -- leviticus 19:24 +. +But in the fifth year you may eat of the fruit [of the trees], that their produce may enrich you; I am the Lord your God. -- leviticus 19:25 +. +You shall not eat anything with the blood; neither shall you use magic, omens, or witchcraft [or predict events by horoscope or signs and lucky days]. -- leviticus 19:26 +. +You shall not round the corners of the hair of your heads nor trim the corners of your beard [as some idolaters do]. -- leviticus 19:27 +. +You shall not make any cuttings in your flesh for the dead nor print or tattoo any marks upon you; I am the Lord. -- leviticus 19:28 +. +Do not profane your daughter by causing her to be a harlot, lest the land fall into harlotry and become full of wickedness. -- leviticus 19:29 +. +You shall keep My Sabbaths and reverence My sanctuary. I am the Lord. -- leviticus 19:30 +. +Turn not to those [mediums] who have familiar spirits or to wizards; do not seek them out to be defiled by them. I am the Lord your God. -- leviticus 19:31 +. +You shall rise up before the hoary head and honor the face of the old man and [reverently] fear your God. I am the Lord. -- leviticus 19:32 +. +And if a stranger dwells temporarily with you in your land, you shall not suppress and mistreat him. -- leviticus 19:33 +. +But the stranger who dwells with you shall be to you as one born among you; and you shall love him as yourself, for you were strangers in the land of Egypt. I am the Lord your God. -- leviticus 19:34 +. +You shall do no unrighteousness in judgment, in measures of length or weight or quantity. -- leviticus 19:35 +. +You shall have accurate and just balances, just weights, just ephah and hin measures. I am the Lord your God, Who brought you out of the land of Egypt. -- leviticus 19:36 +. +You shall observe all My statutes and ordinances and do them. I am the Lord. -- leviticus 19:37 +. +AND THE Lord said to Moses, -- leviticus 20:1 +. +Moreover, you shall say to the Israelites, Any one of the Israelites or of the strangers that sojourn in Israel who gives any of his children to Molech [the fire god worshiped with human sacrifices] shall surely be put to death; the people of the land shall stone him with stones. -- leviticus 20:2 +. +I also will set My face against that man [opposing him, withdrawing My protection from him, and excluding him from My covenant] and will cut him off from among his people, because he has given of his children to Molech, defiling My sanctuary and profaning My holy name. -- leviticus 20:3 +. +And if the people of the land do at all hide their eyes from the man when he gives one of his children [as a burnt offering] to Molech [the fire god] and they overlook it or neglect to take legal action to punish him, winking at his sin, and do not kill him [as My law requires], -- leviticus 20:4 +. +Then I will set My face against that man and against his family and will cut him off from among their people, him and all who follow him to [unfaithfulness to Me, and thus] play the harlot after Molech. -- leviticus 20:5 +. +The person who turns to those who have familiar spirits and to wizards, [being unfaithful to Israel's Maker Who is her Husband, and thus] playing the harlot after them, I will set My face against that person and will cut him off from among his people [that he may not be included in the atonement made for them]. -- leviticus 20:6 +. +Consecrate yourselves therefore, and be holy; for I am the Lord your God. -- leviticus 20:7 +. +And you shall keep My statutes and do them. I am the Lord Who sanctifies you. -- leviticus 20:8 +. +Everyone who curses his father or mother shall surely be put to death; he has cursed his father or mother; his bloodguilt is upon him. -- leviticus 20:9 +. +The man who commits adultery with another's wife, even his neighbor's wife, the adulterer and the adulteress shall surely be put to death. -- leviticus 20:10 +. +And the man who lies carnally with his father's wife has uncovered his father's nakedness; both of the guilty ones shall surely be put to death; their blood shall be upon their own heads. -- leviticus 20:11 +. +And if a man lies carnally with his daughter-in-law, both of them shall surely be put to death; they have wrought confusion, perversion, and defilement; their blood shall be upon their own heads. -- leviticus 20:12 +. +If a man lies with a male as if he were a woman, both men have committed an offense (something perverse, unnatural, abhorrent, and detestable); they shall surely be put to death; their blood shall be upon them. -- leviticus 20:13 +. +And if a man takes a wife and her mother, it is wickedness and an outrageous offense; all three shall be burned with fire, both he and they [after being stoned to death], that there be no wickedness among you. -- leviticus 20:14 +. +And if a man lies carnally with a beast, he shall surely be [stoned] to death, and you shall slay the beast. -- leviticus 20:15 +. +If a woman approaches any beast and lies carnally with it, you shall [stone] the woman and the beast; they shall surely be put to death; their blood is upon them. -- leviticus 20:16 +. +If a man takes his sister, his father's or his mother's daughter, and sees her nakedness and she sees his nakedness, it is a wicked and shameful thing; and they shall be cut off in the sight of their people; he has had sexual relations with his sister; he shall bear his iniquity. -- leviticus 20:17 +. +And if a man shall lie with a woman having her menstrual pains and shall uncover her nakedness, he has made naked her fountain, and she has uncovered the fountain of her blood; and both of them shall be cut off from among their people. -- leviticus 20:18 +. +You shall not uncover the nakedness of your mother's sister or of your father's sister, for that is to make naked his close kin; they shall bear their iniquity. -- leviticus 20:19 +. +And if a man shall lie carnally with his uncle's wife, he has uncovered his uncle's nakedness; they shall bear their sin; they shall die childless [not literally, but in a legal sense]. -- leviticus 20:20 +. +And if a man shall take his brother's wife, it is impurity; he has uncovered his brother's nakedness; they shall be childless [not literally, but in a legal sense]. -- leviticus 20:21 +. +You shall therefore keep all My statutes and all My ordinances and do them, that the land where I am bringing you to dwell may not vomit you out [as it did those before you]. -- leviticus 20:22 +. +You shall not walk in the customs of the nation which I am casting out before you; for they did all these things, and therefore I was wearied and grieved by them. -- leviticus 20:23 +. +But I have said to you, You shall inherit their land, and I will give it to you to possess, a land flowing with milk and honey. I am the Lord your God, Who has separated you from the peoples. -- leviticus 20:24 +. +You shall therefore make a distinction between the clean beast and the unclean, and between the unclean fowl and the clean; and you shall not make yourselves detestable with beast or with bird or with anything with which the ground teems or that creeps, which I have set apart from you as unclean. -- leviticus 20:25 +. +And you shall be holy to Me; for I the Lord am holy, and have separated you from the peoples, that you should be Mine. -- leviticus 20:26 +. +A man or woman who is a medium and has a familiar spirit or is a wizard shall surely be put to death, be stoned with stones; their blood shall be upon them. -- leviticus 20:27 +. +THE LORD said to Moses, Speak to the priests [exclusive of the high priest], the sons of Aaron, and say to them that none of them shall defile himself for the dead among his people [by touching a corpse or assisting in preparing it for burial], -- leviticus 21:1 +. +Except for his near [blood] kin, for his mother, father, son, daughter, brother, -- leviticus 21:2 +. +And for his sister, a virgin, who is near to him because she has had no husband; for her he may be defiled. -- leviticus 21:3 +. +He shall not even defile himself, being a [bereaved] husband [his wife not being his blood kin] or being a chief man among his people, and so profane himself. -- leviticus 21:4 +. +The priests [like the other Israelite men] shall not shave the crown of their heads or clip off the corners of their beard or make any cuttings in their flesh. -- leviticus 21:5 +. +They shall be holy to their God and not profane the name of their God; for they offer the offerings made by fire to the Lord, the bread of their God; therefore they shall be holy. -- leviticus 21:6 +. +They shall not take a wife who is a harlot or polluted or profane or divorced, for [the priest] is holy to his God. -- leviticus 21:7 +. +You shall consecrate him therefore, for he offers the bread of your God; he shall be holy to you, for I the Lord Who sanctifies you am holy. -- leviticus 21:8 +. +The daughter of any priest who profanes herself by playing the harlot profanes her father; she shall be burned with fire [after being stoned]. -- leviticus 21:9 +. +But he who is the high priest among his brethren, upon whose head the anointing oil was poured and who is consecrated to put on the [sacred] garments, shall not let the hair of his head hang loose or rend his clothes [in mourning], -- leviticus 21:10 +. +Neither shall he go in where any dead body lies nor defile himself [by doing so, even] for his father or for his mother; -- leviticus 21:11 +. +Neither shall he go out of the sanctuary nor desecrate or make ceremonially unclean the sanctuary of his God, for the crown or consecration of the anointing oil of his God is upon him. I am the Lord. -- leviticus 21:12 +. +He shall take a wife in her virginity. -- leviticus 21:13 +. +A widow or a divorced woman or a woman who is polluted or profane or a harlot, these he shall not marry, but he shall take as his wife a virgin of his own people, -- leviticus 21:14 +. +That he may not profane or dishonor his children among his people; for I the Lord do sanctify the high priest. -- leviticus 21:15 +. +And the Lord said to Moses, -- leviticus 21:16 +. +Say to Aaron, Any one of your sons in their successive generations who has any blemish, let him not come near to offer the bread of his God. -- leviticus 21:17 +. +For no man who has a blemish shall approach [God's altar to serve as priest], a man blind or lame, or he who has a disfigured face or a limb too long, -- leviticus 21:18 +. +Or who has a fractured foot or hand, -- leviticus 21:19 +. +Or is a hunchback, or a dwarf, or has a defect in his eye, or has scurvy or itch, or scabs or skin trouble, or has damaged testicles. -- leviticus 21:20 +. +No man of the offspring of Aaron the priest who has a blemish and is disfigured or deformed shall come near [the altar] to offer the offerings of the Lord made by fire. He has a blemish; he shall not come near to offer the bread of his God. -- leviticus 21:21 +. +He may eat the bread of his God, both of the most holy and of the holy things, -- leviticus 21:22 +. +But he shall not come within the veil or come near the altar [of incense], because he has a blemish, that he may not desecrate and make unclean My sanctuaries and hallowed things; for I the Lord do sanctify them. -- leviticus 21:23 +. +And Moses told it to Aaron and to his sons and to all the Israelites. -- leviticus 21:24 +. +AND THE Lord said to Moses, -- leviticus 22:1 +. +Say to Aaron and his sons that they shall stay away from the holy things which the Israelites dedicate to Me, that they may not profane My holy name; I am the Lord. -- leviticus 22:2 +. +Tell them, Any one of your offspring throughout your generations who goes to the holy things which the Israelites dedicate to the Lord when he is unclean, that [priest] shall be cut off from My presence and excluded from the sanctuary; I am the Lord. -- leviticus 22:3 +. +No man of the offspring of Aaron who is a leper or has a discharge shall eat of the holy things [the offerings and the showbread] until he is clean. And whoever touches any person or thing made unclean by contact with a corpse or a man who has had a discharge of semen, -- leviticus 22:4 +. +Or whoever touches any dead creeping thing by which he may be made unclean, or a man from whom he may acquire uncleanness, whatever it may be, -- leviticus 22:5 +. +The priest who has touched any such thing shall be unclean until evening and shall not eat of the holy things unless he has bathed with water. -- leviticus 22:6 +. +When the sun is down, he shall be clean, and afterward may eat of the holy things, for they are his food. -- leviticus 22:7 +. +That which dies of itself or is torn by beasts he shall not eat, defiling himself with it. I am the Lord. -- leviticus 22:8 +. +The priests therefore shall observe My ordinance, lest they bear sin for it and die thereby if they profane it. I am the Lord, Who sanctifies them. -- leviticus 22:9 +. +No outsider [not of the family of Aaron] shall eat of the holy thing [which has been offered to God]; a sojourner with the priest or a hired servant shall not eat of the holy thing. -- leviticus 22:10 +. +But if a priest buys a slave with his money, the slave may eat of the holy thing, and he also who is born in the priest's house; they may eat of his food. -- leviticus 22:11 +. +If a priest's daughter is married to an outsider [not of the priestly tribe], she shall not eat of the offering of the holy things. -- leviticus 22:12 +. +But if a priest's daughter is a widow or divorced, and has no child, and returns to her father's house as in her youth, she shall eat of her father's food; but no stranger shall eat of it. -- leviticus 22:13 +. +And if a man eats unknowingly of the holy thing [which has been offered to God], then he shall add one-fifth of its value to it and repay that amount to the priest for the holy thing. -- leviticus 22:14 +. +The priests shall not profane the holy things the Israelites offer to the Lord, -- leviticus 22:15 +. +And so cause them [by neglect of any essential observance] to bear the iniquity when they eat their holy things; for I the Lord sanctify them. -- leviticus 22:16 +. +And the Lord said to Moses, -- leviticus 22:17 +. +Say to Aaron and his sons and to all the Israelites, Whoever of the house of Israel and of the foreigners in Israel brings his offering, whether to pay a vow or as a freewill offering which is offered to the Lord for a burnt offering -- leviticus 22:18 +. +That you may be accepted, you shall offer a male without blemish of the young bulls, the sheep, or the goats. -- leviticus 22:19 +. +But you shall not offer anything which has a blemish, for it will not be acceptable for you. -- leviticus 22:20 +. +And whoever offers a sacrifice of peace offering to the Lord to make a special vow to the Lord or for a freewill offering from the herd or from the flock must bring what is perfect to be accepted; there shall be no blemish in it. -- leviticus 22:21 +. +Animals blind or made infirm and weak or maimed, or having sores or a wen or an itch or scabs, you shall not offer to the Lord or make an offering of them by fire upon the altar to the Lord. -- leviticus 22:22 +. +For a freewill offering you may offer either a bull or a lamb which has some part too long or too short, but for [the payment of] a vow it shall not be accepted. -- leviticus 22:23 +. +You shall not offer to the Lord any animal which has its testicles bruised or crushed or broken or cut, neither sacrifice it in your land. -- leviticus 22:24 +. +Neither shall you offer as the bread of your God any such animals obtained from a foreigner [who may wish to pay respect to the true God], because their defects render them unfit; there is a blemish in them; they will not be accepted for you. -- leviticus 22:25 +. +And the Lord said to Moses, -- leviticus 22:26 +. +When a bull or a sheep or a goat is born, it shall remain for seven days with its mother; and from the eighth day on it shall be accepted for an offering made by fire to the Lord. -- leviticus 22:27 +. +And whether [the mother] is a cow or a ewe, you shall not kill her and her young both in one day. -- leviticus 22:28 +. +And when you sacrifice an offering of thanksgiving to the Lord, sacrifice it so that you may be accepted. -- leviticus 22:29 +. +It shall be eaten on the same day; you shall leave none of it until the next day. I am the Lord. -- leviticus 22:30 +. +So shall you heartily accept My commandments and conform your life and conduct to them. I am the Lord. -- leviticus 22:31 +. +Neither shall you profane My holy name [applying it to an idol, or treating it with irreverence or contempt or as a byword]; but I will be hallowed among the Israelites. I am the Lord, Who consecrates and makes you holy, -- leviticus 22:32 +. +Who brought you out of the land of Egypt to be your God. I am the Lord. -- leviticus 22:33 +. +THE LORD said to Moses, -- leviticus 23:1 +. +Say to the Israelites, The set feasts or appointed seasons of the Lord which you shall proclaim as holy convocations, even My set feasts, are these: -- leviticus 23:2 +. +Six days shall work be done, but the seventh day is the Sabbath of rest, a holy convocation or assembly by summons. You shall do no work on that day; it is the Sabbath of the Lord in all your dwellings. -- leviticus 23:3 +. +These are the set feasts or appointed seasons of the Lord, holy convocations you shall proclaim at their stated times: -- leviticus 23:4 +. +On the fourteenth day of the first month at twilight is the Lord's Passover. -- leviticus 23:5 +. +On the fifteenth day of the same month is the Feast of Unleavened Bread to the Lord; for seven days you shall eat unleavened bread. -- leviticus 23:6 +. +On the first day you shall have a holy "calling together;" you shall do no servile or laborious work on that day. -- leviticus 23:7 +. +But you shall offer an offering made by fire to the Lord for seven days; on the seventh day is a holy convocation; you shall do no servile or laborious work on that day. -- leviticus 23:8 +. +And the Lord said to Moses, -- leviticus 23:9 +. +Tell the Israelites, When you have come into the land I give you and reap its harvest, you shall bring the sheaf of the firstfruits of your harvest to the priest. -- leviticus 23:10 +. +And he shall wave the sheaf before the Lord, that you may be accepted; on the next day after the Sabbath the priest shall wave it [before the Lord]. -- leviticus 23:11 +. +You shall offer on the day when you wave the sheaf a male lamb a year old without blemish for a burnt offering to the Lord. -- leviticus 23:12 +. +Its cereal offering shall be two-tenths of an ephah of fine flour mixed with oil, an offering made by fire to the Lord for a sweet, pleasing, and satisfying fragrance; and the drink offering of it [to be poured out] shall be of wine, a fourth of a hin. -- leviticus 23:13 +. +And you shall eat neither bread nor parched grain nor green ears, until this same day when you have brought the offering of your God; it is a statute forever throughout your generations in all your houses. -- leviticus 23:14 +. +And you shall count from the day after the Sabbath, from the day that you brought the sheaf of the wave offering, seven Sabbaths; [seven full weeks] shall they be. -- leviticus 23:15 +. +Count fifty days to the day after the seventh Sabbath; then you shall present a cereal offering of new grain to the Lord. -- leviticus 23:16 +. +You shall bring from your dwellings two loaves of bread to be waved, made from two-tenths of an ephah of fine flour; they shall be baked with leaven, for firstfruits to the Lord. -- leviticus 23:17 +. +And you shall offer with the bread seven lambs, a year old and without blemish, and one young bull and two rams. They shall be a burnt offering to the Lord, with their cereal offering and their drink offerings, an offering made by fire, of a sweet and satisfying fragrance to the Lord. -- leviticus 23:18 +. +Then you shall sacrifice one he-goat for a sin offering and two he-lambs, a year old, for a sacrifice of peace offering. -- leviticus 23:19 +. +The priest shall wave the two lambs, together with the bread of the firstfruits, for a wave offering before the Lord. They shall be holy to the Lord for the priest. -- leviticus 23:20 +. +You shall make proclamation the same day, summoning a holy assembly; you shall do no servile work that day. It shall be a statute forever in all your dwellings throughout your generations. -- leviticus 23:21 +. +And when you reap the harvest of your land, you shall not wholly reap the corners of your field, neither shall you gather the gleanings of your harvest; you shall leave them for the poor and the stranger. I am the Lord your God. -- leviticus 23:22 +. +And the Lord said to Moses, -- leviticus 23:23 +. +Say to the Israelites, On the first day of the seventh month [almost October], you shall observe a day of solemn [sabbatical] rest, a memorial day announced by blowing of trumpets, a holy [called] assembly. -- leviticus 23:24 +. +You shall do no servile work on it, but you shall present an offering made by fire to the Lord. -- leviticus 23:25 +. +And the Lord said to Moses, -- leviticus 23:26 +. +Also the tenth day of this seventh month is the Day of Atonement; it shall be a holy [called] assembly, and you shall afflict yourselves [by fasting in penitence and humility] and present an offering made by fire to the Lord. -- leviticus 23:27 +. +And you shall do no work on this day, for it is the Day of Atonement, to make atonement for you before the Lord your God. -- leviticus 23:28 +. +For whoever is not afflicted [by fasting in penitence and humility] on this day shall be cut off from among his people [that he may not be included in the atonement made for them]. -- leviticus 23:29 +. +And whoever does any work on that same day I will destroy from among his people. -- leviticus 23:30 +. +You shall do no kind of work [on that day]. It is a statute forever throughout your generations in all your dwellings. -- leviticus 23:31 +. +It shall be to you a sabbath of rest, and you shall afflict yourselves [by fasting in penitence and humility]. On the ninth day of the month from evening to evening you shall keep your sabbath. -- leviticus 23:32 +. +And the Lord said to Moses, -- leviticus 23:33 +. +Say to the Israelites, The fifteenth day of this seventh month, and for seven days, is the Feast of Tabernacles or Booths to the Lord. -- leviticus 23:34 +. +On the first day shall be a holy convocation; you shall do no servile work on that day. -- leviticus 23:35 +. +For seven days you shall offer an offering made by fire to the Lord; on the eighth day shall be a holy convocation and you shall present an offering made by fire to the Lord. It is a solemn assembly; you shall do no laborious work on that day. -- leviticus 23:36 +. +These are the set feasts or appointed seasons of the Lord, which you shall proclaim to be holy convocations, to present an offering made by fire to the Lord, a burnt offering and a cereal offering, sacrifices and drink offerings, each on its own day. -- leviticus 23:37 +. +This is in addition to the Sabbaths of the Lord and besides your gifts and all your vowed offerings and all your freewill offerings which you give to the Lord. -- leviticus 23:38 +. +Also on the fifteenth day of the seventh month [nearly October], when you have gathered in the fruit of the land, you shall keep the feast of the Lord for seven days, the first day and the eighth day each a Sabbath. -- leviticus 23:39 +. +And on the first day you shall take the fruit of pleasing trees [and make booths of them], branches of palm trees, and boughs of thick (leafy) trees, and willows of the brook; and you shall rejoice before the Lord your God for seven days. -- leviticus 23:40 +. +You shall keep it as a feast to the Lord for seven days in the year, a statute forever throughout your generations; you shall keep it in the seventh month. -- leviticus 23:41 +. +You shall dwell in booths (shelters) for seven days: All native Israelites shall dwell in booths, -- leviticus 23:42 +. +That your generations may know that I made the Israelites dwell in booths when I brought them out of the land of Egypt. I am the Lord your God. -- leviticus 23:43 +. +Thus Moses declared to the Israelites the set or appointed feasts of the Lord. -- leviticus 23:44 +. +AND THE Lord said to Moses, -- leviticus 24:1 +. +Command the Israelites that they bring to you pure oil from beaten olives for the light [of the golden lampstand] to cause a lamp to burn continually. -- leviticus 24:2 +. +Outside the veil of the Testimony [between the Holy and the Most Holy Places] in the Tent of Meeting, Aaron shall keep it in order from evening to morning before the Lord continually; it shall be a statute forever throughout your generations. -- leviticus 24:3 +. +He shall keep the lamps in order upon the lampstand of pure gold before the Lord continually. -- leviticus 24:4 +. +And you shall take fine flour and bake twelve cakes with it; two-tenths of an ephah shall be in each cake [of the showbread or bread of the Presence]. -- leviticus 24:5 +. +And you shall set them in two rows, six in a row, upon the table of pure gold before the Lord. -- leviticus 24:6 +. +You shall put pure frankincense [in a bowl or spoon] beside each row, that it may be with the bread as a memorial portion, an offering to be made by fire to the Lord. -- leviticus 24:7 +. +Every Sabbath day Aaron shall set the showbread in order before the Lord continually; it is on behalf of the Israelites, an everlasting covenant. -- leviticus 24:8 +. +And the bread shall be for Aaron and his sons, and they shall eat it in a sacred place, for it is for [Aaron] a most holy portion of the offerings to the Lord made by fire, a perpetual due [to the high priest]. -- leviticus 24:9 +. +Now the son of an Israelite woman, whose father was an Egyptian, went out among the Israelites, and he and a man of Israel quarreled and strove together in the camp. -- leviticus 24:10 +. +The Israelite woman's son blasphemed the Name [of the Lord] and cursed. They brought him to Moses--his mother was Shelomith, the daughter of Dibri, of the tribe of Dan. -- leviticus 24:11 +. +And they put him in custody until the will of the Lord might be declared to them. -- leviticus 24:12 +. +And the Lord said to Moses, -- leviticus 24:13 +. +Bring him who has cursed out of the camp, and let all who heard him lay their hands upon his head; then let all the congregation stone him. -- leviticus 24:14 +. +And you shall say to the Israelites, Whoever curses his God shall bear his sin. -- leviticus 24:15 +. +And he who blasphemes the Name of the Lord, he shall surely be put to death, and all the congregation shall certainly stone him; the stranger as well as he who was born in the land shall be put to death when he blasphemes the Name [of the Lord]. -- leviticus 24:16 +. +And he who kills any man shall surely be put to death. -- leviticus 24:17 +. +And he who kills a beast shall make it good, beast for beast. -- leviticus 24:18 +. +And if a man causes a blemish or disfigurement on his neighbor, it shall be done to him as he has done: -- leviticus 24:19 +. +Fracture for fracture, eye for eye, tooth for tooth; as he has caused a blemish or disfigurement on a man, so shall it be done to him. -- leviticus 24:20 +. +He who kills a beast shall replace it; he who kills a man shall be put to death. -- leviticus 24:21 +. +You shall have the same law for the sojourner among you as for one of your own nationality, for I am the Lord your God. -- leviticus 24:22 +. +Moses spoke to the Israelites, and they brought him who had cursed out of the camp and stoned him with stones. Thus the Israelites did as the Lord commanded Moses. -- leviticus 24:23 +. +THE LORD said to Moses on Mount Sinai, -- leviticus 25:1 +. +Say to the Israelites, When you come into the land which I give you, then shall the land keep a sabbath to the Lord. -- leviticus 25:2 +. +For six years you shall sow your field, and for six years you shall prune your vineyard and gather in its fruits. -- leviticus 25:3 +. +But in the seventh year there shall be a sabbath of solemn rest for the land, a sabbath to the Lord; you shall neither sow your field nor prune your vineyard. -- leviticus 25:4 +. +What grows of itself in your harvest you shall not reap and the grapes on your uncultivated vine you shall not gather, for it is a year of rest to the land. -- leviticus 25:5 +. +And the sabbath rest of the [untilled] land shall [in its increase] furnish food for you, for your male and female slaves, your hired servant, and the temporary resident who lives with you, -- leviticus 25:6 +. +For your domestic animals also and for the [wild] beasts in your land; all its yield shall be for food. -- leviticus 25:7 +. +And you shall number seven sabbaths or weeks of years for you, seven times seven years, so the total time of the seven weeks of years shall be forty-nine years. -- leviticus 25:8 +. +Then you shall sound abroad the loud trumpet on the tenth day of the seventh month [almost October]; on the Day of Atonement blow the trumpet in all your land. -- leviticus 25:9 +. +And you shall hallow the fiftieth year and proclaim liberty throughout all the land to all its inhabitants. It shall be a jubilee for you; and each of you shall return to his ancestral possession [which through poverty he was compelled to sell], and each of you shall return to his family [from whom he was separated in bond service]. -- leviticus 25:10 +. +That fiftieth year shall be a jubilee for you; in it you shall not sow, or reap and store what grows of itself, or gather the grapes of the uncultivated vines. -- leviticus 25:11 +. +For it is a jubilee; it shall be holy to you; you shall eat the [sufficient] increase of it out of the field. -- leviticus 25:12 +. +In this Year of Jubilee each of you shall return to his ancestral property. -- leviticus 25:13 +. +And if you sell anything to your neighbor or buy from your neighbor, you shall not wrong one another. -- leviticus 25:14 +. +According to the number of years after the Jubilee, you shall buy from your neighbor. And he shall sell to you according to the number of years [remaining in which you may gather] the crops [before you must restore the property to him]. -- leviticus 25:15 +. +If the years [to the next Jubilee] are many, you may increase the price, and if the years remaining are few, you shall diminish the price, for the number of the crops is what he is selling to you. -- leviticus 25:16 +. +You shall not oppress and wrong one another, but you shall [reverently] fear your God. For I am the Lord your God. -- leviticus 25:17 +. +Therefore you shall do and give effect to My statutes and keep My ordinances and perform them, and you will dwell in the land in safety. -- leviticus 25:18 +. +The land shall yield its fruit; you shall eat your fill and dwell there in safety. -- leviticus 25:19 +. +And if you say, What shall we eat in the seventh year if we are not to sow or gather in our increase? -- leviticus 25:20 +. +Then [this is My answer:] I will command My [special] blessings on you in the sixth year, so that it shall bring forth [sufficient] fruit for three years. -- leviticus 25:21 +. +And you shall sow in the eighth year, but eat of the old store of produce; until the crops of the ninth year come in you shall eat of the old supply. -- leviticus 25:22 +. +The land shall not be sold into perpetual ownership, for the land is Mine; you are [only] strangers and temporary residents with Me. -- leviticus 25:23 +. +And in all the country you possess you shall grant a redemption for the land [in the Year of Jubilee]. -- leviticus 25:24 +. +If your brother has become poor and has sold some of his property, if any of his kin comes to redeem it, he shall [be allowed to] redeem what his brother has sold. -- leviticus 25:25 +. +And if the man has no one to redeem his property, and he himself has become more prosperous and has enough to redeem it, -- leviticus 25:26 +. +Then let him count the years since he sold it and restore the overpayment to the man to whom he sold it, and return to his ancestral possession. -- leviticus 25:27 +. +But if he is unable to redeem it, it shall remain in the buyer's possession until the Year of Jubilee, when it shall be set free and he may return to it. -- leviticus 25:28 +. +If a man sells a dwelling house in a fortified city, he may redeem it within a whole year after it is sold; for a full year he may have the right of redemption. -- leviticus 25:29 +. +And if it is not redeemed within a full year, then the house that is in the fortified city shall be made sure, permanently and without limitations, for him who bought it, throughout his generations. It shall not go free in the Year of Jubilee. -- leviticus 25:30 +. +But the houses of the unwalled villages shall be counted with the fields of the country. They may be redeemed, and they shall go free in the Year of Jubilee. -- leviticus 25:31 +. +Nevertheless, the cities of the Levites, the houses in the cities of their possession, the Levites may redeem at any time. -- leviticus 25:32 +. +But if a house is not redeemed by a Levite, the sold house in the city they possess shall go free in the Year of Jubilee, for the houses in the Levite cities are their ancestral possession among the Israelites. -- leviticus 25:33 +. +But the field of unenclosed or pasture lands of their cities may not be sold; it is their perpetual possession. -- leviticus 25:34 +. +And if your [Israelite] brother has become poor and his hand wavers [from poverty, sickness, or age and he is unable to support himself], then you shall uphold (strengthen, relieve) him, [treating him with the courtesy and consideration that you would] a stranger or a temporary resident with you [without property], so that he may live [along] with you. -- leviticus 25:35 +. +Charge him no interest or [portion of] increase, but fear your God, so your brother may [continue to] live along with you. -- leviticus 25:36 +. +You shall not give him your money at interest nor lend him food at a profit. -- leviticus 25:37 +. +I am the Lord your God, Who brought you forth out of the land of Egypt to give you the land of Canaan and to be your God. -- leviticus 25:38 +. +And if your brother becomes poor beside you and sells himself to you, you shall not compel him to serve as a bondman (a slave not eligible for redemption), -- leviticus 25:39 +. +But as a hired servant and as a temporary resident he shall be with you; he shall serve you till the Year of Jubilee, -- leviticus 25:40 +. +And then he shall depart from you, he and his children with him, and shall go back to his own family and return to the possession of his fathers. -- leviticus 25:41 +. +For the Israelites are My servants; I brought them out of the land of Egypt; they shall not be sold as bondmen. -- leviticus 25:42 +. +You shall not rule over him with harshness (severity, oppression), but you shall [reverently] fear your God. -- leviticus 25:43 +. +As for your bondmen and your bondmaids whom you may have, they shall be from the nations round about you, of whom you may buy bondmen and bondmaids. -- leviticus 25:44 +. +Moreover, of the children of the strangers who sojourn among you, of them you may buy and of their families that are with you which they have begotten in your land, and they shall be your possession. -- leviticus 25:45 +. +And you shall make them an inheritance for your children after you, to hold for a possession; of them shall you take your bondmen always, but over your brethren the Israelites you shall not rule one over another with harshness (severity, oppression). -- leviticus 25:46 +. +And if a sojourner or stranger with you becomes rich and your [Israelite] brother becomes poor beside him and sells himself to the stranger or sojourner with you or to a member of the stranger's family, -- leviticus 25:47 +. +After he is sold he may be redeemed. One of his brethren may redeem him: -- leviticus 25:48 +. +Either his uncle or his uncle's son may redeem him, or a near kinsman may redeem him; or if he has enough and is able, he may redeem himself. -- leviticus 25:49 +. +And [the redeemer] shall reckon with the purchaser of the servant from the year when he sold himself to the purchaser to the Year of Jubilee, and the price of his release shall be adjusted according to the number of years. The time he was with his owner shall be counted as that of a hired servant. -- leviticus 25:50 +. +If there remain many years [before the Year of Jubilee], in proportion to them he must refund [to the purchaser] for his release [the overpayment] for his acquisition. -- leviticus 25:51 +. +And if little time remains until the Year of Jubilee, he shall count it over with him and he shall refund the proportionate amount for his release. -- leviticus 25:52 +. +And as a servant hired year by year shall he deal with him; he shall not rule over him with harshness (severity, oppression) in your sight [make sure of that]. -- leviticus 25:53 +. +And if he is not redeemed during these years and by these means, then he shall go free in the Year of Jubilee, he and his children with him. -- leviticus 25:54 +. +For to Me the Israelites are servants, My servants, whom I brought forth out of the land of Egypt. I am the Lord your God. -- leviticus 25:55 +. +YOU SHALL make for yourselves no idols nor shall you erect a graven image, pillar, or obelisk, nor shall you place any figured stone in your land to which or on which to bow down; for I am the Lord your God. -- leviticus 26:1 +. +You shall keep My Sabbaths and reverence My sanctuary. I am the Lord. -- leviticus 26:2 +. +If you walk in My statutes and keep My commandments and do them, -- leviticus 26:3 +. +I will give you rain in due season, and the land shall yield her increase and the trees of the field yield their fruit. -- leviticus 26:4 +. +And your threshing [time] shall reach to the vintage and the vintage [time] shall reach to the sowing time, and you shall eat your bread to the full and dwell in your land securely. -- leviticus 26:5 +. +I will give peace in the land; you shall lie down and none shall fill you with dread or make you afraid; and I will clear ferocious (wild) beasts out of the land, and no sword shall go through your land. -- leviticus 26:6 +. +And you shall chase your enemies, and they shall fall before you by the sword. -- leviticus 26:7 +. +Five of you shall chase a hundred, and a hundred of you shall put ten thousand to flight; your enemies shall fall before you by the sword. -- leviticus 26:8 +. +For I will be leaning toward you with favor and regard for you, rendering you fruitful, multiplying you, and establishing and ratifying My covenant with you. -- leviticus 26:9 +. +And you shall eat the [abundant] old store of produce long kept, and clear out the old [to make room] for the new. -- leviticus 26:10 +. +I will set My dwelling in and among you, and My soul shall not despise or reject or separate itself from you. -- leviticus 26:11 +. +And I will walk in and with and among you and will be your God, and you shall be My people. -- leviticus 26:12 +. +I am the Lord your God, Who brought you forth out of the land of Egypt, that you should no more be slaves; and I have broken the bars of your yoke and made you walk erect [as free men]. -- leviticus 26:13 +. +But if you will not hearken to Me and will not do all these commandments, -- leviticus 26:14 +. +And if you spurn and despise My statutes, and if your soul despises and rejects My ordinances, so that you will not do all My commandments, but break My covenant, -- leviticus 26:15 +. +I will do this: I will appoint over you [sudden] terror (trembling, trouble), even consumption and fever that consume and waste the eyes and make the [physical] life pine away. You shall sow your seed in vain, for your enemies shall eat it. -- leviticus 26:16 +. +I [the Lord] will set My face against you and you shall be defeated and slain before your enemies; they who hate you shall rule over you; you shall flee when no one pursues you. -- leviticus 26:17 +. +And if in spite of all this you still will not listen and be obedient to Me, then I will chastise and discipline you seven times more for your sins. -- leviticus 26:18 +. +And I will break and humble your pride in your power, and I will make your heavens as iron [yielding no answer, no blessing, no rain] and your earth [as sterile] as brass. -- leviticus 26:19 +. +And your strength shall be spent in vain, for your land shall not yield its increase, neither shall the trees of the land yield their fruit. -- leviticus 26:20 +. +If you walk contrary to Me and will not heed Me, I will bring seven times more plagues upon you, according to your sins. -- leviticus 26:21 +. +I will loose the wild beasts of the field among you, which shall rob you of your children, destroy your livestock, and make you few so that your roads shall be deserted and desolate. -- leviticus 26:22 +. +If by these means you are not turned to Me but determine to walk contrary to Me, -- leviticus 26:23 +. +I also will walk contrary to you, and I will smite you seven times for your sins. -- leviticus 26:24 +. +And I will bring a sword upon you that shall execute the vengeance [for the breaking] of My covenant; and you shall be gathered together within your cities, and I will send the pestilence among you, and you shall be delivered into the hands of the enemy. -- leviticus 26:25 +. +When I break your staff of bread and cut off your supply of food, ten women shall bake your bread in one oven, and they shall ration your bread and deliver it again by weight; and you shall eat, and not be satisfied. -- leviticus 26:26 +. +And if in spite of all this you will not listen and give heed to Me but walk contrary to Me, -- leviticus 26:27 +. +Then I will walk contrary to you in wrath, and I also will chastise you seven times for your sins. -- leviticus 26:28 +. +You shall eat the flesh of your sons and of your daughters. -- leviticus 26:29 +. +And I will destroy your high places [devoted to idolatrous worship], and cut down your sun-images, and throw your dead bodies upon the [wrecked] bodies of your idols, and My soul shall abhor you [with deep and unutterable loathing]. -- leviticus 26:30 +. +I will lay your cities waste, bring your sanctuaries to desolation, and I will not smell the fragrance of your sweet and soothing odors [of offerings made by fire]. -- leviticus 26:31 +. +And I will bring the land into desolation, and your enemies who dwell in it shall be astonished at it. -- leviticus 26:32 +. +I will scatter you among the nations and draw out [your enemies'] sword after you; and your land shall be desolate and your cities a waste. -- leviticus 26:33 +. +Then shall the land [of Israel have the opportunity to] enjoy its sabbaths as long as it lies desolate and you are in your enemies' land; then shall the land rest, to enjoy and receive payments for its sabbaths [divinely ordained for it]. -- leviticus 26:34 +. +As long as it lies desolate and waste, it shall have rest, the rest it did not have in your sabbaths when you dwelt upon it. -- leviticus 26:35 +. +As for those who are left of you, I will send dejection (lack of courage, a faintness) into their hearts in the lands of their enemies; the sound of a driven leaf shall put them to hasty and tumultuous flight, and they shall flee as if from the sword, and fall when no one pursues them. -- leviticus 26:36 +. +They shall stumble over one another as if to escape a sword when no one pursues them; and you shall have no power to stand before your enemies. -- leviticus 26:37 +. +You shall perish among the nations; the land of your enemies shall eat you up. -- leviticus 26:38 +. +And those of you who are left shall pine away in their iniquity in your enemies' lands; also in the iniquities of their fathers shall they pine away like them. -- leviticus 26:39 +. +But if they confess their own and their fathers' iniquity in their treachery which they committed against Me--and also that because they walked contrary to Me -- leviticus 26:40 +. +I also walked contrary to them and brought them into the land of their enemies--if then their uncircumcised hearts are humbled and they then accept the punishment for their iniquity, -- leviticus 26:41 +. +Then will I [earnestly] remember My covenant with Jacob, My covenant with Isaac, and My covenant with Abraham, and [earnestly] remember the land. -- leviticus 26:42 +. +But the land shall be left behind them and shall enjoy its sabbaths while it lies desolate without them; and they shall accept the punishment for their sins and make amends because they despised and rejected My ordinances and their soul scorned and rejected My statutes. -- leviticus 26:43 +. +And yet for all that, when they are in the land of their enemies, I will not spurn and cast them away, neither will I despise and abhor them to destroy them utterly and to break My covenant with them, for I am the Lord their God. -- leviticus 26:44 +. +But I will for their sake [earnestly] remember the covenant with their forefathers whom I brought forth out of the land of Egypt in the sight of the nations, that I might be their God. I am the Lord. -- leviticus 26:45 +. +These are the statutes, ordinances, and laws which the Lord made between Him and the Israelites on Mount Sinai through Moses. -- leviticus 26:46 +. +AND THE Lord said to Moses, -- leviticus 27:1 +. +Say to the Israelites, When a man shall make a special vow of persons to the Lord at your valuation, -- leviticus 27:2 +. +Then your valuation of a male from twenty years old to sixty years old shall be fifty shekels of silver, according to the shekel of the sanctuary. -- leviticus 27:3 +. +And if the person is a female, your valuation shall be thirty shekels. -- leviticus 27:4 +. +And if the person is from five years old up to twenty years old, then your valuation shall be for the male twenty shekels and for the female ten shekels. -- leviticus 27:5 +. +And if a child is from a month up to five years old, then your valuation shall be for the male five shekels of silver and for the female three shekels. -- leviticus 27:6 +. +And if the person is from sixty years old and above, if it be a male, then your valuation shall be fifteen shekels and for the female ten shekels. -- leviticus 27:7 +. +But if the man is too poor to pay your valuation, then he shall be set before the priest, and the priest shall value him; according to the ability of him who vowed shall the priest value him. -- leviticus 27:8 +. +If it is a beast of which men offer an offering to the Lord, all that any man gives of such to the Lord shall be holy. -- leviticus 27:9 +. +He shall not replace it or exchange it, a good for a bad, or a bad for a good; and if he makes any exchange of a beast for a beast, then both the original offering and that exchanged for it shall be holy. -- leviticus 27:10 +. +If it is an unclean animal, such as is not offered as an offering to the Lord, he shall bring the animal before the priest, -- leviticus 27:11 +. +And the priest shall value it, whether it be good or bad; as you, the priest, value it, so shall it be. -- leviticus 27:12 +. +But if he wishes to redeem it, he shall add a fifth to your valuation. -- leviticus 27:13 +. +If a man dedicates his house to be sacred to the Lord, the priest shall appraise it, whether it be good or bad; as the priest appraises it, so shall it stand. -- leviticus 27:14 +. +If he who dedicates his house wants to redeem it, he shall add a fifth of your valuation to it, and it shall be his. -- leviticus 27:15 +. +And if a man shall dedicate to the Lord some part of a field of his possession, then your valuation shall be according to the seed [required] for it; [a sowing of] a homer of barley shall be valued at fifty shekels of silver. -- leviticus 27:16 +. +If he dedicates his field during the Year of Jubilee, it shall stand according to your full valuation. -- leviticus 27:17 +. +But if he dedicates his field after the Jubilee, then the priest shall count the money value in proportion to the years that remain until the Year of Jubilee, and it shall be deducted from your valuation. -- leviticus 27:18 +. +If he who dedicates the field wishes to redeem it, then he shall add a fifth of the money of your appraisal to it, and it shall remain his. -- leviticus 27:19 +. +But if he does not want to redeem the field, or if he has sold it to another man, it shall not be redeemed any more. -- leviticus 27:20 +. +But the field, when it is released in the Jubilee, shall be holy to the Lord, as a field devoted [to God or destruction]; the priest shall have possession of it. -- leviticus 27:21 +. +And if a man dedicates to the Lord a field he has bought, which is not of the fields of his [ancestral] possession, -- leviticus 27:22 +. +The priest shall compute the amount of your valuation for it up to the Year of Jubilee; the man shall give that amount on that day as a holy thing to the Lord. -- leviticus 27:23 +. +In the Year of Jubilee the field shall return to him of whom it was bought, to him to whom the land belonged [as his ancestral inheritance]. -- leviticus 27:24 +. +And all your valuations shall be according to the sanctuary shekel; twenty gerahs shall make a shekel. -- leviticus 27:25 +. +But the firstling of the animals, since a firstling belongs to the Lord, no man may dedicate, whether it be ox or sheep. It is the Lord's [already]. -- leviticus 27:26 +. +If it be of an unclean animal, the owner may redeem it according to your valuation, and shall add a fifth to it; or if it is not redeemed, then it shall be sold according to your valuation. -- leviticus 27:27 +. +But nothing that a man shall devote to the Lord of all that he has, whether of man or beast or of the field of his possession, shall be sold or redeemed; every devoted thing is most holy to the Lord. -- leviticus 27:28 +. +No one doomed to death [under the claim of divine justice], who is to be completely destroyed from among men, shall be ransomed [from suffering the death penalty]; he shall surely be put to death. -- leviticus 27:29 +. +And all the tithe of the land, whether of the seed of the land or of the fruit of the tree, is the Lord's; it is holy to the Lord. -- leviticus 27:30 +. +And if a man wants to redeem any of his tithe, he shall add a fifth to it. -- leviticus 27:31 +. +And all the tithe of the herd or of the flock, whatever passes under the herdsman's staff [by means of which each tenth animal as it passes through a small door is selected and marked], the tenth shall be holy to the Lord. -- leviticus 27:32 +. +The man shall not examine whether the animal is good or bad nor shall he exchange it. If he does exchange it, then both it and the animal substituted for it shall be holy; it shall not be redeemed. -- leviticus 27:33 +. +These are the commandments which the Lord commanded Moses on Mount Sinai for the Israelites. -- leviticus 27:34 +. +THE LORD spoke to Moses in the Wilderness of Sinai in the Tent of Meeting on the first day of the second month in the second year after they came out of the land of Egypt, saying, -- numbers 1:1 +. +Take a census of all the males of the congregation of the Israelites by families, by their fathers' houses, according to the number of names, head by head. -- numbers 1:2 +. +From twenty years old and upward, all in Israel who are able to go forth to war you and Aaron shall number, company by company. -- numbers 1:3 +. +And with you there shall be a man [to assist you] from each tribe, each being the head of his father's house. -- numbers 1:4 +. +And these are the names of the men who shall attend you: Of Reuben, Elizur son of Shedeur; -- numbers 1:5 +. +Of Simeon, Shelumiel son of Zurishaddai; -- numbers 1:6 +. +Of Judah, Nahshon son of Amminadab; -- numbers 1:7 +. +Of Issachar, Nethanel son of Zuar; -- numbers 1:8 +. +Of Zebulun, Eliab son of Helon; -- numbers 1:9 +. +Of the sons of Joseph: of Ephraim, Elishama son of Ammihud; of Manasseh, Gamaliel son of Pedahzur; -- numbers 1:10 +. +Of Benjamin, Abidan son of Gideoni; -- numbers 1:11 +. +Of Dan, Ahiezer son of Ammishaddai; -- numbers 1:12 +. +Of Asher, Pagiel son of Ochran; -- numbers 1:13 +. +Of Gad, Eliasaph son of Deuel; -- numbers 1:14 +. +Of Naphtali, Ahira son of Enan. -- numbers 1:15 +. +These were those chosen from the congregation, the leaders of their ancestral tribes, heads of thousands [the highest class of officers] in Israel. -- numbers 1:16 +. +And Moses and Aaron took these men who have been named, -- numbers 1:17 +. +And assembled all the congregation on the first day of the second month, and they declared their ancestry after their families, by their fathers' houses, according to the number of names from twenty years old and upward, head by head, -- numbers 1:18 +. +As the Lord commanded Moses. So he numbered them in the Wilderness of Sinai. -- numbers 1:19 +. +The sons of Reuben, Israel's firstborn, their generations, by their families, by their fathers' houses, according to the number of names, head by head, every male from twenty years old and upward, all who were able to go to war: -- numbers 1:20 +. +Those of the tribe of Reuben numbered 46,500. -- numbers 1:21 +. +Of the sons of Simeon, their generations, by their families, by their fathers' houses, those numbered of them according to the number of names, head by head, every male from twenty years old and upward, all who were able to go to war: -- numbers 1:22 +. +Those of the tribe of Simeon numbered 59,300. -- numbers 1:23 +. +Of the sons of Gad, their generations, by their families, by their fathers' houses, according to the number of names, from twenty years old and upward, all who were able to go to war: -- numbers 1:24 +. +Those of the tribe of Gad numbered 45,650. -- numbers 1:25 +. +Of the sons of Judah, their generations, by their families, by their fathers' houses, according to the number of names, from twenty years old and upward, all able to go to war: -- numbers 1:26 +. +Those of the tribe of Judah numbered 74,600. -- numbers 1:27 +. +Of the sons of Issachar, their generations, by their families, by their fathers' houses, according to the number of names, from twenty years old and upward, all able to go to war: -- numbers 1:28 +. +Those of the tribe of Issachar numbered 54,400. -- numbers 1:29 +. +Of the sons of Zebulun, their generations, by their families, by their fathers' houses, according to the number of names, from twenty years old and upward, all able to go to war: -- numbers 1:30 +. +Those of the tribe of Zebulun numbered 57,400. -- numbers 1:31 +. +Of the sons of Joseph: the sons of Ephraim, their generations, by their families, by their fathers' houses, according to the number of names, from twenty years old and upward, all able to go to war: -- numbers 1:32 +. +Those of the tribe of Ephraim numbered 40,500. -- numbers 1:33 +. +Of the sons of Manasseh, their generations, by their families, by their fathers' houses, according to the number of names, from twenty years old and upward, all able to go to war: -- numbers 1:34 +. +Those of the tribe of Manasseh numbered 32,200. -- numbers 1:35 +. +Of the sons of Benjamin, their generations, by their families, by their fathers' houses, according to the number of names, from twenty years old and upward, all able to go to war: -- numbers 1:36 +. +Those of the tribe of Benjamin numbered 35,400. -- numbers 1:37 +. +Of the sons of Dan, their generations, by their families, by their fathers' houses, according to the number of names, from twenty years old and upward, all able to go to war: -- numbers 1:38 +. +Those of the tribe of Dan numbered 62,700. -- numbers 1:39 +. +Of the sons of Asher, their generations, by their families, by their fathers' houses, according to the number of names, from twenty years old and upward, all able to go to war: -- numbers 1:40 +. +Those of the tribe of Asher numbered 41,500. -- numbers 1:41 +. +Of the sons of Naphtali, their generations, by their families, by their fathers' houses, according to the number of names, from twenty years old and upward, all able to go to war: -- numbers 1:42 +. +Those of the tribe of Naphtali numbered 53,400. -- numbers 1:43 +. +These were numbered by Moses and Aaron, and the leaders of Israel, twelve men, each representing his father's house. -- numbers 1:44 +. +So all those numbered of the Israelites, by their fathers' houses, from twenty years old and upward, able to go to war in Israel, -- numbers 1:45 +. +All who were numbered were 603,550. -- numbers 1:46 +. +But the Levites by their fathers' tribe were not numbered with them. -- numbers 1:47 +. +For the Lord had said to Moses, -- numbers 1:48 +. +Only the tribe of Levi you shall not number in the census of the Israelites. -- numbers 1:49 +. +But appoint the Levites over the tabernacle of the Testimony, and over all its vessels and furnishings and all things that belong to it. They shall carry the tabernacle [when journeying] and all its furnishings, and they shall minister to it and encamp around it. -- numbers 1:50 +. +When the tabernacle is to go forward, the Levites shall take it down, and when the tabernacle is to be pitched, the Levites shall set it up. And the excluded [any not of the tribe of Levi] who approach the tabernacle shall be put to death. -- numbers 1:51 +. +The Israelites shall pitch their tents by their companies, every man by his own camp and every man by his own [tribal] standard. -- numbers 1:52 +. +But the Levites shall encamp around the tabernacle of the Testimony, that there may be no wrath upon the congregation of the Israelites; and the Levites shall keep charge of the tabernacle of the Testimony. -- numbers 1:53 +. +Thus did the Israelites; according to all that the Lord commanded Moses, so they did. -- numbers 1:54 +. +THE LORD said to Moses and Aaron, -- numbers 2:1 +. +The Israelites shall encamp, each by his own [tribal] standard or banner with the ensign of his father's house, opposite the Tent of Meeting and facing it on every side. -- numbers 2:2 +. +On the east side toward the sunrise shall they of the standard of the camp of Judah encamp by their companies; Nahshon son of Amminadab being the leader of the sons of Judah. -- numbers 2:3 +. +Judah's host as numbered totaled 74,600. -- numbers 2:4 +. +Next to Judah the tribe of Issachar shall encamp, Nethanel son of Zuar being the leader of the sons of Issachar. -- numbers 2:5 +. +Issachar's host as numbered totaled 54,400. -- numbers 2:6 +. +Then the tribe of Zebulun, Eliab son of Helon being the leader of the sons of Zebulun. -- numbers 2:7 +. +Zebulun's host as numbered totaled 57,400. -- numbers 2:8 +. +All these [three tribes] numbered in the camp of Judah totaled 186,400. They shall set forth first [on the march]. -- numbers 2:9 +. +On the south side shall be the standard of the camp of Reuben by their companies, the leader of the sons of Reuben being Elizur son of Shedeur. -- numbers 2:10 +. +Reuben's host as numbered totaled 46,500. -- numbers 2:11 +. +Those who encamp next to Reuben shall be the tribe of Simeon, the leader of the sons of Simeon being Shelumiel son of Zurishaddai. -- numbers 2:12 +. +Simeon's host as numbered totaled 59,300. -- numbers 2:13 +. +Then the tribe of Gad, the leader of the sons of Gad being Eliasaph son of Reuel (Deuel). -- numbers 2:14 +. +Gad's host as numbered totaled 45,650. -- numbers 2:15 +. +The whole number in [the three tribes of] the camp of Reuben was 151,450. They shall take second place [on the march]. -- numbers 2:16 +. +Then the Tent of Meeting shall set out, with the camp of the Levites in the midst of the camps; as they encamp so shall they set forward, every man in his place, standard after standard. -- numbers 2:17 +. +On the west side shall be the standard of the camp of Ephraim by their companies, the leader of the sons of Ephraim being Elishama son of Ammihud. -- numbers 2:18 +. +Ephraim's host as numbered totaled 40,500. -- numbers 2:19 +. +Beside Ephraim shall be the tribe of Manasseh, the leader of the sons of Manasseh being Gamaliel son of Pedahzur. -- numbers 2:20 +. +Manasseh's host as numbered totaled 32,200. -- numbers 2:21 +. +Then the tribe of Benjamin, the leader of the sons of Benjamin being Abidan son of Gideoni. -- numbers 2:22 +. +Benjamin's host as numbered totaled 35,400. -- numbers 2:23 +. +The whole number [of the three tribes] in the camp of Ephraim totaled 108,100. They shall go forward in third place. -- numbers 2:24 +. +The standard of the camp of Dan shall be on the north side [of the tabernacle] by their companies, the leader of the sons of Dan being Ahiezer son of Ammishaddai. -- numbers 2:25 +. +Dan's host as numbered totaled 62,700. -- numbers 2:26 +. +Encamped next to Dan shall be the tribe of Asher, the leader of the sons of Asher being Pagiel son of Ochran. -- numbers 2:27 +. +Asher's host as numbered totaled 41,500. -- numbers 2:28 +. +Then the tribe of Naphtali, the leader of the sons of Naphtali being Ahira son of Enan. -- numbers 2:29 +. +Naphtali's host as numbered totaled 53,400. -- numbers 2:30 +. +The whole number [of the three tribes] in the camp of Dan totaled 157,600. They shall set out last, standard after standard. -- numbers 2:31 +. +These are the Israelites as numbered by their fathers' houses. All in the camps who were numbered by their companies were 603,550. -- numbers 2:32 +. +But the Levites were not numbered with the Israelites, for so the Lord commanded Moses. -- numbers 2:33 +. +Thus the Israelites did according to all the Lord commanded Moses; so they encamped by their standards, and so they set forward, everyone with his [tribal] families, according to his father's house. -- numbers 2:34 +. +NOW THESE are the generations of Aaron and Moses when the Lord spoke with Moses on Mount Sinai. -- numbers 3:1 +. +These are the names of the sons of Aaron: Nadab the firstborn, Abihu, Eleazar, and Ithamar. -- numbers 3:2 +. +These are the names of the sons of Aaron, the priests who were anointed, whom Aaron consecrated and ordained to minister in the priest's office. -- numbers 3:3 +. +But Nadab and Abihu died before the Lord when they offered strange fire before the Lord in the Wilderness of Sinai; and they had no children. So Eleazar and Ithamar ministered in the priest's office in the presence and under the supervision of Aaron their father. -- numbers 3:4 +. +And the Lord said to Moses, -- numbers 3:5 +. +Bring the tribe of Levi near and set them before Aaron the priest, that they may minister to him. -- numbers 3:6 +. +And they shall carry out his instructions and the duties connected with the whole assembly before the Tent of Meeting, doing the service of the tabernacle. -- numbers 3:7 +. +And they shall keep all the instruments and furnishings of the Tent of Meeting and take charge of [attending] the Israelites, to serve in the tabernacle. -- numbers 3:8 +. +And you shall give the Levites [as servants and helpers] to Aaron and his sons; they are wholly given to him from among the Israelites. -- numbers 3:9 +. +And you shall appoint Aaron and his sons, and they shall observe and attend to their priest's office; but the excluded [anyone daring to assume priestly duties or privileges who is not of the house of Aaron and called of God] who comes near [the holy things] shall be put to death. -- numbers 3:10 +. +And the Lord said to Moses, -- numbers 3:11 +. +Behold, I have taken the Levites from among the Israelites instead of every firstborn who opens the womb among the Israelites; and the Levites shall be Mine, -- numbers 3:12 +. +For all the firstborn are Mine. On the day that I slew all the firstborn in the land of Egypt, I consecrated for Myself all the firstborn in Israel, both man and beast; Mine they shall be. I am the Lord. -- numbers 3:13 +. +And the Lord said to Moses in the Wilderness of Sinai, -- numbers 3:14 +. +Number the sons of Levi by their fathers' houses and by families. Every male from a month old and upward you shall number. -- numbers 3:15 +. +So Moses numbered them as he was commanded by the word of the Lord. -- numbers 3:16 +. +These were the sons of Levi by their names: Gershon, Kohath, and Merari. -- numbers 3:17 +. +And these are the names of the sons of Gershon by their families: Libni and Shimei. -- numbers 3:18 +. +The sons of Kohath by their families: Amram, Izhar, Hebron, and Uzziel. -- numbers 3:19 +. +The sons of Merari by their families: Mahli and Mushi. These are the families of the Levites by their fathers' houses. -- numbers 3:20 +. +Of Gershon were the families of the Libnites and of the Shimeites. These are the families of the Gershonites. -- numbers 3:21 +. +The males who were numbered of them from a month old and upward totaled 7,500. -- numbers 3:22 +. +The families of the Gershonites were to encamp behind the tabernacle on the west, -- numbers 3:23 +. +The leader of the fathers' houses of the Gershonites being Eliasaph son of Lael. -- numbers 3:24 +. +And the responsibility of the sons of Gershon in the Tent of Meeting was to be the tabernacle, the tent, its covering, and the hangings for the door of the Tent of Meeting, -- numbers 3:25 +. +And the hangings of the court, the curtain for the door of the court which is around the tabernacle and the altar, its cords, and all the service pertaining to them. -- numbers 3:26 +. +Of Kohath were the families of the Amramites, the Izharites, the Hebronites, and the Uzzielites; these are the families of the Kohathites. -- numbers 3:27 +. +The number of all the males from a month old and upward totaled 8,600, attending to the duties of the sanctuary. -- numbers 3:28 +. +The families of the sons of Kohath were to encamp on the south side of the tabernacle, -- numbers 3:29 +. +The chief of the fathers' houses of the families of the Kohathites being Elizaphan son of Uzziel. -- numbers 3:30 +. +Their charge was to be the ark, the table, the lampstand, the altars, and the utensils of the sanctuary with which the priests minister, and the screen, and all the service having to do with these. -- numbers 3:31 +. +Eleazar son of Aaron the priest was to be chief over the leaders of the Levites, and have the oversight of those who had charge of the sanctuary. -- numbers 3:32 +. +Of Merari were the families of the Mahlites and the Mushites; these are the families of Merari. -- numbers 3:33 +. +Their number of all the males from a month old and upward totaled 6,200. -- numbers 3:34 +. +And the head of the fathers' houses of the families of Merari was Zuriel son of Abihail; the Merarites were to encamp on the north side of the tabernacle. -- numbers 3:35 +. +And the appointed charge of the sons of Merari was the boards or frames of the tabernacle, and its bars, pillars, sockets or bases, and all the accessories or instruments of it, and all the work connected with them, -- numbers 3:36 +. +And the pillars of the surrounding court and their sockets or bases, with their pegs and their cords. -- numbers 3:37 +. +But those to encamp before the tabernacle toward the east, before the Tent of Meeting, toward the sunrise, were to be Moses and Aaron and his sons, keeping the full charge of the rites of the sanctuary in whatever was required for the Israelites; and the excluded [one not a descendant of Aaron and called of God] who came near [the sanctuary] was to be put to death. -- numbers 3:38 +. +All the Levites whom Moses and Aaron numbered at the command of the Lord, by their families, all the males from a month old and upward, were 22,000. -- numbers 3:39 +. +And the Lord said to Moses, Number all the firstborn of the males of the Israelites from a month old and upward, and take the number of their names. -- numbers 3:40 +. +You shall take the Levites for Me instead of all the firstborn among the Israelites. I am the Lord; and you shall take the cattle of the Levites for Me instead of all the firstlings among the cattle of the Israelites. -- numbers 3:41 +. +So Moses numbered, as the Lord commanded him, all the firstborn Israelites. -- numbers 3:42 +. +But all the firstborn males from a month old and upward as numbered were 22,[273 more than the Levites]. -- numbers 3:43 +. +And the Lord said to Moses, -- numbers 3:44 +. +Take the Levites [for Me] instead of all the firstborn Israelites, and the Levites' cattle instead of their cattle; and the Levites shall be Mine. I am the Lord. -- numbers 3:45 +. +And for those who are to be redeemed of the firstborn of the Israelites who outnumber the Levites, -- numbers 3:46 +. +You shall take five shekels apiece, reckoning by the sanctuary shekel of twenty gerahs; you shall collect them, -- numbers 3:47 +. +And you shall give the ransom silver from the excess number [over the Levites] to be redeemed to Aaron and his sons. -- numbers 3:48 +. +So Moses took the redemption money from those who were left over from the number who were redeemed by the Levites. -- numbers 3:49 +. +From the firstborn of the Israelites he took the money, 1,shekels, after the shekel of the sanctuary. -- numbers 3:50 +. +And Moses gave the money from those who were ransomed to Aaron and his sons, as the Lord commanded Moses. -- numbers 3:51 +. +AND THE Lord said to Moses and Aaron, -- numbers 4:1 +. +Take a census of the Kohathite division among the sons of Levi, by their families, by their fathers' houses, -- numbers 4:2 +. +From thirty years old and up to fifty years old, all who can enter the service to do the work in the Tent of Meeting. -- numbers 4:3 +. +This shall be the responsibility of the sons of Kohath in the Tent of Meeting: the most holy things. -- numbers 4:4 +. +When the camp prepares to set forward, Aaron and his sons shall take down the veil [screening the Holy of Holies] and cover the ark of the Testimony with it, -- numbers 4:5 +. +And shall put on it the covering of dolphin or porpoise skin, and shall spread over that a cloth wholly of blue, and shall put in place the poles of the ark. -- numbers 4:6 +. +And upon the table of showbread they shall spread a cloth of blue and put on it the plates, the dishes for incense, the bowls, the flagons for the drink offering, and also the continual showbread. -- numbers 4:7 +. +And they shall spread over them a cloth of scarlet, and put over that a covering of dolphin or porpoise skin, and put in place the poles [for carrying]. -- numbers 4:8 +. +And they shall take a cloth of blue and cover the lampstand for the light and its lamps, its snuffers, its ashtrays, and all the oil vessels from which it is supplied. -- numbers 4:9 +. +And they shall put the lampstand and all its utensils within a covering of dolphin or porpoise skin and shall put it upon the frame [for carrying]. -- numbers 4:10 +. +And upon the golden [incense] altar they shall spread a cloth of blue, and cover it with a covering of dolphin or porpoise skin, and shall put in place its poles [for carrying]. -- numbers 4:11 +. +And they shall take all the utensils of the service with which they minister in the sanctuary, and put them in a cloth of blue, and cover them with a covering of dolphin or porpoise skin, and shall put them on the frame [for carrying]. -- numbers 4:12 +. +And they shall take away the ashes from the altar [of burnt offering] and spread a purple cloth over it. -- numbers 4:13 +. +And they shall put upon it all its vessels and utensils with which they minister there, the firepans, the fleshhooks or forks, the shovels, the basins, and all the vessels and utensils of the altar, and they shall spread over it all a covering of dolphin or porpoise skin, and shall put in its poles [for carrying]. -- numbers 4:14 +. +When Aaron and his sons have finished covering the sanctuary and all its furniture, as the camp sets out, after all that [is done but not before], the sons of Kohath shall come to carry them. But they shall not touch the holy things, lest they die. These are the things of the Tent of Meeting which the sons of Kohath are to carry. -- numbers 4:15 +. +And Eleazar son of Aaron the priest shall have charge of the oil for the light, the fragrant incense, the continual cereal offering, and the anointing oil, with the oversight of all the tabernacle and of all that is in it, of the sanctuary and its utensils. -- numbers 4:16 +. +And the Lord said to Moses and Aaron, -- numbers 4:17 +. +[Since] the tribe of the families of the Kohathites [are only Levites and not priests], do not [by exposing them to the sin of touching the most holy things] cut them off from among the Levites. -- numbers 4:18 +. +But deal thus with them, that they may live and not die when they approach the most holy things: Aaron and his sons shall go in and appoint them each to his work and to his burden [to be carried on the march]. -- numbers 4:19 +. +But [the Kohathites] shall not go in to see the sanctuary [the Holy Place and the Holy of Holies] or its holy things, even for an instant, lest they die. -- numbers 4:20 +. +And the Lord said to Moses, -- numbers 4:21 +. +Take a census of the sons of Gershon, by their fathers' houses, by their families. -- numbers 4:22 +. +From thirty years old and up to fifty years old you shall number them, all who enter for service to do the work in the Tent of Meeting. -- numbers 4:23 +. +This is the service of the families of the Gershonites, in serving and in bearing burdens [when on the march]: -- numbers 4:24 +. +And they shall carry the curtains of the tabernacle, and the Tent of Meeting, its covering, and the covering of dolphin or porpoise skin that is on top of it, and the hanging or screen for the door of the Tent of Meeting, -- numbers 4:25 +. +And the hangings of the court, and the hanging or screen for the entrance of the gate of the court which is around the tabernacle and the altar [of burnt offering], and their cords, and all the equipment for their service; whatever needs to be done with them, that they shall do. -- numbers 4:26 +. +Under the direction of Aaron and his sons shall be all the service of the sons of the Gershonites, in all they have to carry and in all they have to do; and you shall assign to their charge all that they are to carry [on the march]. -- numbers 4:27 +. +This is the service of the families of the sons of Gershon in the Tent of Meeting; and their work shall be under the direction of Ithamar son of Aaron, the [high] priest. -- numbers 4:28 +. +As for the sons of Merari, you shall number them by their families and their fathers' houses; -- numbers 4:29 +. +From thirty years old up to fifty years old you shall number them, everyone who enters the service to do the work of the Tent of Meeting. -- numbers 4:30 +. +And this is what they are assigned to carry and to guard [on the march], according to all their service in the Tent of Meeting: the boards or frames of the tabernacle, and its bars, and its pillars, and its sockets or bases, -- numbers 4:31 +. +And the pillars of the court round about with their sockets or bases, and pegs, and cords, with all their equipment and all their accessories for service; and you shall assign to them by name the articles which they are to carry [on the march]. -- numbers 4:32 +. +This is the work of the families of the sons of Merari, according to all their tasks in the Tent of Meeting, under the direction of Ithamar son of Aaron, the [high] priest. -- numbers 4:33 +. +And Moses and Aaron and the leaders of the congregation numbered the sons of the Kohathites by their families and their fathers' houses, -- numbers 4:34 +. +From thirty years old up to fifty years old, everyone who enters the service to do the work of the Tent of Meeting; -- numbers 4:35 +. +And those who were numbered of them by their families were 2,750. -- numbers 4:36 +. +These were numbered of the families of the Kohathites, all who did service in the Tent of Meeting, whom Moses and Aaron numbered according to the command of the Lord through Moses. -- numbers 4:37 +. +And those that were numbered of the sons of Gershon, by their families, and by their fathers' houses, -- numbers 4:38 +. +From thirty years old up to fifty years old, everyone who entered the service to do the work of the Tent of Meeting, -- numbers 4:39 +. +Those who were enrolled of them, by their families, by their fathers' houses, were 2,630. -- numbers 4:40 +. +These were numbered of the families of the sons of Gershon, all who served in the Tent of Meeting, whom Moses and Aaron numbered as the Lord commanded. -- numbers 4:41 +. +And those numbered of the families of the sons of Merari, by their families, by their fathers' houses, -- numbers 4:42 +. +From thirty years old up to fifty years old, everyone who entered into the service for work in the Tent of Meeting, -- numbers 4:43 +. +Even those who were numbered of them by their families, were 3,200. -- numbers 4:44 +. +These are those who were numbered of the families of the sons of Merari, whom Moses and Aaron numbered according to the command of the Lord by Moses. -- numbers 4:45 +. +All those who were numbered of the Levites, whom Moses and Aaron and the leaders of Israel counted by their families and by their fathers' houses, -- numbers 4:46 +. +From thirty years old up to fifty years old, everyone who could enter to do the work of service and of burden bearing in the Tent of Meeting, -- numbers 4:47 +. +Those that were numbered of them were 8,580. -- numbers 4:48 +. +According to the command of the Lord through Moses, they were assigned each to his work of serving and carrying. Thus they were numbered by him, as the Lord had commanded Moses. -- numbers 4:49 +. +THE LORD said to Moses, -- numbers 5:1 +. +Command the Israelites that they put outside the camp every leper and everyone who has a discharge, and whoever is defiled by [coming in contact with] the dead. -- numbers 5:2 +. +Both male and female you shall put out; without the camp you shall put them, that they may not defile their camp, in the midst of which I dwell. -- numbers 5:3 +. +The Israelites did so, and put them outside the camp; as the Lord said to Moses, so the Israelites did. -- numbers 5:4 +. +And the Lord said to Moses, -- numbers 5:5 +. +Say to the Israelites, When a man or woman commits any sin that men commit by breaking faith with the Lord, and that person is guilty, -- numbers 5:6 +. +Then he shall confess the sin which he has committed, and he shall make restitution for his wrong in full, and add a fifth to it, and give it to him whom he has wronged. -- numbers 5:7 +. +But if the man [wronged] has no kinsman to whom the restitution may be made, let it be given to the Lord for the priest, besides the ram of atonement with which atonement shall be made for the offender. -- numbers 5:8 +. +And every offering of all the holy things of the Israelites which they bring to the priest shall be his. -- numbers 5:9 +. +And every man's hallowed things shall be the priest's; whatever any man gives the priest shall be his. -- numbers 5:10 +. +And the Lord said to Moses, -- numbers 5:11 +. +Say to the Israelites, If any man's wife goes astray and commits an offense of guilt against him, -- numbers 5:12 +. +And a man lies with her carnally, and it is hidden from the eyes of her husband and it is kept secret though she is defiled, and there is no witness against her nor was she taken in the act, -- numbers 5:13 +. +And if the spirit of jealousy comes upon him and he is jealous and suspicious of his wife who has defiled herself--or if the spirit of jealousy comes upon him and he is jealous and suspicious of his wife though she has not defiled herself-- -- numbers 5:14 +. +Then shall the man bring his wife to the priest, and he shall bring the offering required of her, a tenth of an ephah of barley meal; but he shall pour no oil upon it nor put frankincense on it [symbols of favor and joy], for it is a cereal offering of jealousy and suspicion, a memorial offering bringing iniquity to remembrance. -- numbers 5:15 +. +And the priest shall bring her near and set her before the Lord. -- numbers 5:16 +. +And the priest shall take holy water [probably from the sacred laver] in an earthen vessel and take some of the dust that is on the floor of the tabernacle and put it in the water. -- numbers 5:17 +. +And the priest shall set the woman before the Lord, and let the hair of the woman's head hang loose, and put the meal offering of remembrance in her hands, which is the jealousy and suspicion offering. And the priest shall have in his hand the water of bitterness that brings the curse. -- numbers 5:18 +. +Then the priest shall make her take an oath, and say to the woman, If no man has lain with you and if you have not gone astray to uncleanness with another instead of your husband, then be free from any effect of this water of bitterness which brings the curse. -- numbers 5:19 +. +But if you have gone astray and you are defiled, some man having lain with you beside your husband, -- numbers 5:20 +. +Then the priest shall make the woman take the oath of the curse, and say to the woman, The Lord make you a curse and an oath among your people when the Lord makes your thigh fall away and your body swell. -- numbers 5:21 +. +May this water that brings the curse go into your bowels and make your body swell and your thigh fall away. And the woman shall say, So let it be, so let it be. -- numbers 5:22 +. +The priest shall then write these curses in a book and shall wash them off into the water of bitterness; -- numbers 5:23 +. +And he shall cause the woman to drink the water of bitterness that brings the curse, and the water that brings the curse shall enter into her [to try her] bitterly. -- numbers 5:24 +. +Then the priest shall take the cereal offering of jealousy and suspicion out of the woman's hand and shall wave the offering before the Lord and offer it upon the altar. -- numbers 5:25 +. +And the priest shall take a handful of the cereal offering as the memorial portion of it and burn it on the altar, and afterward shall cause the woman to drink the water. -- numbers 5:26 +. +And when he has made her drink the water, then if she is defiled and has committed a trespass against her husband, the curse water which she drank shall be bitterness and cause her body to swell and her thigh to fall away, and the woman shall be a curse among her people. -- numbers 5:27 +. +But if the woman is not defiled and is clean, then she shall be free [from the curse] and be able to have children. -- numbers 5:28 +. +This is the law of jealousy and suspicion when a wife goes aside to another instead of her husband and is defiled, -- numbers 5:29 +. +Or when the spirit of jealousy and suspicion comes upon a man and he is jealous and suspicious of his wife; then shall he set the woman before the Lord, and the priest shall execute on her all this law. -- numbers 5:30 +. +The [husband] shall be free from iniquity and guilt, and that woman [if guilty] shall bear her iniquity. -- numbers 5:31 +. +AND THE Lord said to Moses, -- numbers 6:1 +. +Say to the Israelites, When either a man or a woman shall make a special vow, the vow of a Nazirite, that is, one separated and consecrated to the Lord, -- numbers 6:2 +. +He shall separate himself from wine and strong drink; he shall drink no vinegar of wine or of strong drink, and shall drink no grape juice, or eat grapes, fresh or dried. -- numbers 6:3 +. +All the days of his separation he shall eat nothing produced from the grapevine, not even the seeds or the skins. -- numbers 6:4 +. +All the days of the vow of his separation and abstinence there shall no razor come upon his head. Until the time is completed for which he separates himself to the Lord, he shall be holy, and shall let the locks of the hair of his head grow long. -- numbers 6:5 +. +All the days that he separates himself to the Lord he shall not go near a dead body. -- numbers 6:6 +. +He shall not make himself unclean for his father, mother, brother, or sister, when they die, because his separation and abstinence to his God is upon his head. -- numbers 6:7 +. +All the days of his separation and abstinence he is holy to the Lord. -- numbers 6:8 +. +And if any man dies very suddenly beside him, and he has defiled his consecrated head, then he shall shave his head on the day of his cleansing; on the seventh day shall he shave it. -- numbers 6:9 +. +On the eighth day he shall bring two turtledoves or two young pigeons to the priest to the door of the Tent of Meeting, -- numbers 6:10 +. +And the priest shall offer the one for a sin offering and the other for a burnt offering and make atonement for him because he sinned by reason of the dead body. He shall consecrate his head the same day, -- numbers 6:11 +. +And he shall consecrate and separate himself to the Lord for the days of his separation and shall bring a male lamb a year old for a trespass or guilt offering; but the previous days shall be void and lost, because his separation was defiled. -- numbers 6:12 +. +And this is the law of the Nazirite when the days of his separation and abstinence are fulfilled. He shall be brought to the door of the Tent of Meeting, -- numbers 6:13 +. +And he shall offer his gift to the Lord, one he-lamb a year old without blemish for a burnt offering, and one ewe lamb a year old without blemish for a sin offering, and one ram without blemish for a peace offering, -- numbers 6:14 +. +And a basket of unleavened bread, cakes of fine flour mingled with oil, and wafers of unleavened bread spread with oil, and their cereal offering, and their drink offering. -- numbers 6:15 +. +And the priest shall present them before the Lord and shall offer the person's sin offering and his burnt offering. -- numbers 6:16 +. +And he shall offer the ram for a sacrifice of peace offering to the Lord, with the basket of unleavened bread; the priest shall offer also its cereal offering and its drink offering. -- numbers 6:17 +. +And the Nazirite shall shave his consecrated head at the door of the Tent of Meeting, and shall take the hair and put it on the fire which is under the sacrifice of the peace offerings. -- numbers 6:18 +. +And the priest shall take the boiled shoulder of the ram, and one unleavened cake out of the basket, and one unleavened wafer and shall put them upon the hands of the Nazirite, after he has shaven the hair of his separation and abstinence. -- numbers 6:19 +. +And the priest shall wave them for a wave offering before the Lord; they are a holy portion for the priest, with the breast that is waved and the thigh or shoulder that is offered; and after that the Nazirite may drink wine. -- numbers 6:20 +. +This is the law for the Nazirite who has made a vow. His offering to the Lord, besides what else he is able to afford, shall be according to the vow which he has vowed; so shall he do according to the law for his separation and abstinence [as a Nazirite]. -- numbers 6:21 +. +And the Lord said to Moses, -- numbers 6:22 +. +Say to Aaron and his sons, This is the way you shall bless the Israelites. Say to them, -- numbers 6:23 +. +The Lord bless you and watch, guard, and keep you; -- numbers 6:24 +. +The Lord make His face to shine upon and enlighten you and be gracious (kind, merciful, and giving favor) to you; -- numbers 6:25 +. +The Lord lift up His [approving] countenance upon you and give you peace (tranquility of heart and life continually). -- numbers 6:26 +. +And they shall put My name upon the Israelites, and I will bless them. -- numbers 6:27 +. +ON THE day that Moses had fully completed setting up the tabernacle and had anointed and consecrated it and all its furniture, and the altar and all its utensils, and had anointed and set them apart for holy use, -- numbers 7:1 +. +The princes or leaders of Israel, heads of their fathers' houses, made offerings. These were the leaders of the tribes and were over those who were numbered. -- numbers 7:2 +. +And they brought their offering before the Lord, six covered wagons and twelve oxen; a wagon for each two of the princes or leaders and an ox for each one; and they brought them before the tabernacle. -- numbers 7:3 +. +Then the Lord said to Moses, -- numbers 7:4 +. +Accept the things from them, that they may be used in doing the service of the Tent of Meeting, and give them to the Levites, to each man according to his service. -- numbers 7:5 +. +So Moses took the wagons and the oxen and gave them to the Levites. -- numbers 7:6 +. +Two wagons and four oxen he gave to the sons of Gershon, according to their service; -- numbers 7:7 +. +And four wagons and eight oxen he gave to the sons of Merari, according to their service, under the supervision of Ithamar son of Aaron, the [high] priest. -- numbers 7:8 +. +But to the sons of Kohath he gave none, because they were assigned the care of the sanctuary and the holy things which had to be carried on their shoulders. -- numbers 7:9 +. +And the princes or leaders offered sacrifices for the dedication of the altar [of burnt offering] on the day that it was anointed; and they offered their sacrifice before the altar. -- numbers 7:10 +. +And the Lord said to Moses, They shall offer their offerings, each prince or leader on his day, for the dedication of the altar. -- numbers 7:11 +. +He who offered his offering on the first day was Nahshon son of Amminadab, of the tribe of Judah. -- numbers 7:12 +. +And his offering was one silver platter, the weight of which was shekels, one silver basin of seventy shekels, according to the shekel of the sanctuary, both of them full of fine flour mixed with oil for a cereal offering; -- numbers 7:13 +. +One golden bowl of ten shekels, full of incense; -- numbers 7:14 +. +One young bull, one ram, one male lamb a year old, for a burnt offering; -- numbers 7:15 +. +One male goat for a sin offering; -- numbers 7:16 +. +And for the sacrifice of peace offerings, two oxen, five rams, five male goats, five male lambs a year old. This was the offering of Nahshon son of Amminadab. -- numbers 7:17 +. +The second day Nethanel son of Zuar, leader [of the tribe] of Issachar, offered. -- numbers 7:18 +. +He gave for his offering one silver platter, the weight of which was shekels, one silver basin of seventy shekels, after the shekel of the sanctuary, both of them full of fine flour mixed with oil for a cereal offering; -- numbers 7:19 +. +One golden bowl of ten shekels, full of incense; -- numbers 7:20 +. +One young bull, one ram, one male lamb a year old, for a burnt offering; -- numbers 7:21 +. +One male goat for a sin offering; -- numbers 7:22 +. +And for the sacrifice of peace offerings, two oxen, five rams, five male goats, five male lambs a year old. This was the offering of Nethanel son of Zuar. -- numbers 7:23 +. +The third day Eliab son of Helon, leader of the sons of Zebulun, offered. -- numbers 7:24 +. +His offering was one silver platter, the weight of which was shekels, one silver basin of seventy shekels, after the shekel of the sanctuary, both of them full of fine flour mixed with oil for a cereal offering; -- numbers 7:25 +. +One golden bowl of ten shekels, full of incense; -- numbers 7:26 +. +One young bull, one ram, one male lamb a year old, for a burnt offering; -- numbers 7:27 +. +One male goat for a sin offering; -- numbers 7:28 +. +And for the sacrifice of peace offerings, two oxen, five rams, five male goats, five male lambs a year old. This was the offering of Eliab son of Helon. -- numbers 7:29 +. +The fourth day Elizur son of Shedeur, leader of the sons of Reuben, offered. -- numbers 7:30 +. +His offering was one silver platter of the weight of shekels, one silver basin of seventy shekels, after the shekel of the sanctuary, both of them full of fine flour mixed with oil for a cereal offering; -- numbers 7:31 +. +One golden bowl of ten shekels, full of incense; -- numbers 7:32 +. +One young bull, one ram, one male lamb a year old, for a burnt offering; -- numbers 7:33 +. +One male goat for a sin offering; -- numbers 7:34 +. +And for the sacrifice of peace offerings, two oxen, five rams, five male goats, five male lambs a year old. This was the offering of Elizur son of Shedeur. -- numbers 7:35 +. +The fifth day Shelumiel son of Zurishaddai, leader of the sons of Simeon, offered. -- numbers 7:36 +. +His offering was one silver platter, the weight of which was shekels, one silver basin of seventy shekels, after the shekel of the sanctuary, both of them full of fine flour mixed with oil for a cereal offering; -- numbers 7:37 +. +One golden bowl of ten shekels, full of incense; -- numbers 7:38 +. +One young bull, one ram, one male lamb a year old, for a burnt offering; -- numbers 7:39 +. +One male goat for a sin offering; -- numbers 7:40 +. +And for the sacrifice of peace offerings, two oxen, five rams, five male goats, five male lambs a year old. This was the offering of Shelumiel son of Zurishaddai. -- numbers 7:41 +. +The sixth day Eliasaph son of Deuel, leader of the sons of Gad, offered. -- numbers 7:42 +. +His offering was one silver platter of the weight of shekels, a silver basin of seventy shekels, after the shekel of the sanctuary, both of them full of fine flour mixed with oil for a cereal offering; -- numbers 7:43 +. +One golden bowl of ten shekels, full of incense; -- numbers 7:44 +. +One young bull, one ram, one male lamb a year old, for a burnt offering; -- numbers 7:45 +. +One male goat for a sin offering; -- numbers 7:46 +. +And for the sacrifice of peace offerings, two oxen, five rams, five male goats, [and] five male lambs a year old. This was the offering of Eliasaph son of Deuel. -- numbers 7:47 +. +The seventh day Elishama son of Ammihud, leader of the sons of Ephraim, offered. -- numbers 7:48 +. +His offering was one silver platter, the weight of which was shekels, one silver basin of seventy shekels, after the shekel of the sanctuary, both of them full of fine flour mixed with oil for a cereal offering; -- numbers 7:49 +. +One golden bowl of ten shekels, full of incense; -- numbers 7:50 +. +One young bull, one ram, one male lamb a year old, for a burnt offering; -- numbers 7:51 +. +One male goat for a sin offering; -- numbers 7:52 +. +And for the sacrifice of peace offerings, two oxen, five rams, five male goats, [and] five male lambs a year old. This was the offering of Elishama son of Ammihud. -- numbers 7:53 +. +The eighth day Gamaliel son of Pedahzur, leader of the sons of Manasseh, offered. -- numbers 7:54 +. +His offering was one silver platter of the weight of shekels, one silver basin of seventy shekels, after the shekel of the sanctuary, both of them full of fine flour mixed with oil for a cereal offering; -- numbers 7:55 +. +One golden bowl of ten shekels, full of incense; -- numbers 7:56 +. +One young bull, one ram, one male lamb a year old, for a burnt offering; -- numbers 7:57 +. +One male goat for a sin offering; -- numbers 7:58 +. +And for the sacrifice of peace offerings, two oxen, five rams, five male goats, five male lambs a year old. This was the offering of Gamaliel son of Pedahzur. -- numbers 7:59 +. +The ninth day Abidan son of Gideoni, prince or leader of the sons of Benjamin, offered. -- numbers 7:60 +. +His offering was one silver platter, the weight of which was shekels, one silver basin of seventy shekels, after the shekel of the sanctuary, both of them full of fine flour mixed with oil for a cereal offering; -- numbers 7:61 +. +One golden bowl of ten shekels, full of incense; -- numbers 7:62 +. +One young bull, one ram, one male lamb a year old, for a burnt offering; -- numbers 7:63 +. +One male goat for a sin offering; -- numbers 7:64 +. +And for the sacrifice of peace offerings, two oxen, five rams, five male goats, five male lambs a year old. This was the offering of Abidan son of Gideoni. -- numbers 7:65 +. +The tenth day Ahiezer son of Ammishaddai, leader of the sons of Dan, offered. -- numbers 7:66 +. +His offering was one silver platter, the weight of which was shekels, one silver basin of seventy shekels, after the shekel of the sanctuary, both of them full of fine flour mixed with oil for a cereal offering; -- numbers 7:67 +. +One golden bowl of ten shekels, full of incense; -- numbers 7:68 +. +One young bull, one ram, one male lamb a year old, for a burnt offering; -- numbers 7:69 +. +One male goat for a sin offering; -- numbers 7:70 +. +And for the sacrifice of peace offerings, two oxen, five rams, five male goats, five male lambs a year old. This was the offering of Ahiezer son of Ammishaddai. -- numbers 7:71 +. +The eleventh day Pagiel son of Ochran, leader of the sons of Asher, offered. -- numbers 7:72 +. +His offering was one silver platter, the weight of which was shekels, one silver basin of seventy shekels, after the shekel of the sanctuary, both of them full of fine flour mixed with oil for a cereal offering; -- numbers 7:73 +. +One golden bowl of ten shekels, full of incense; -- numbers 7:74 +. +One young bull, one ram, one male lamb a year old, for a burnt offering; -- numbers 7:75 +. +One male goat for a sin offering; -- numbers 7:76 +. +And for the sacrifice of peace offerings, two oxen, five rams, five male goats, five male lambs a year old. This was the offering of Pagiel son of Ochran. -- numbers 7:77 +. +The twelfth day Ahira son of Enan, leader of the sons of Naphtali, offered. -- numbers 7:78 +. +His offering was one silver platter, the weight of which was shekels, one silver basin of seventy shekels, after the shekel of the sanctuary, both of them full of fine flour mixed with oil for a cereal offering; -- numbers 7:79 +. +One golden bowl of ten shekels, full of incense; -- numbers 7:80 +. +One young bull, one ram, one male lamb a year old, for a burnt offering; -- numbers 7:81 +. +One male goat for a sin offering; -- numbers 7:82 +. +And for the sacrifice of peace offerings, two oxen, five rams, five male goats, five male lambs a year old. This was the offering of Ahira son of Enan. -- numbers 7:83 +. +This was the dedication offering for the altar [of burnt offering] from the leaders of Israel on the day when it was anointed: twelve platters of silver, twelve silver basins, twelve golden bowls; -- numbers 7:84 +. +Each platter of silver weighing shekels, each basin seventy; all the silver vessels weighed 2,400 shekels, after the shekel of the sanctuary. -- numbers 7:85 +. +The twelve golden bowls full of incense, weighing ten shekels apiece, after the shekel of the sanctuary, all the gold of the bowls being shekels. -- numbers 7:86 +. +All the oxen for the burnt offering were twelve bulls, the rams twelve, the male lambs a year old twelve, together with their cereal offering; and the male goats for a sin offering twelve. -- numbers 7:87 +. +And all the oxen for the sacrifice of the peace offerings were twenty-four bulls, the rams sixty, the male goats sixty, the male lambs a year old sixty. This was the dedication of the altar [of burnt offering] after it was anointed. -- numbers 7:88 +. +And when Moses went into the Tent of Meeting to speak with the Lord, he heard the voice speaking to him from above the mercy seat that was upon the ark of the Testimony from between the two cherubim; and He spoke to [Moses]. -- numbers 7:89 +. +AND THE Lord said to Moses, -- numbers 8:1 +. +Say to Aaron, When you set up and light the lamps, the seven lamps shall be made to give light in front of the lampstand. -- numbers 8:2 +. +And Aaron did so; he lighted the lamps of the lampstand to give light in front of it, as the Lord commanded Moses. -- numbers 8:3 +. +And this was the workmanship of the candlestick: beaten or turned gold, beaten work [of gold] from its base to its flowers; according to the pattern which the Lord had shown Moses, so he made the lampstand. -- numbers 8:4 +. +And the Lord said to Moses, -- numbers 8:5 +. +Take the Levites from among the Israelites and cleanse them. -- numbers 8:6 +. +And thus you shall do to them to cleanse them: sprinkle the water of purification [water to be used in case of sin] upon them, and let them pass a razor over all their flesh and wash their clothes and cleanse themselves. -- numbers 8:7 +. +Then let them take a young bull and its cereal offering of fine flour mixed with oil, and another young bull you shall take for a sin offering. -- numbers 8:8 +. +You shall present the Levites before the Tent of Meeting, and you shall assemble the whole Israelite congregation. -- numbers 8:9 +. +And you shall present the Levites before the Lord, and the Israelites shall put their hands upon the Levites, -- numbers 8:10 +. +And Aaron shall offer the Levites before the Lord as a wave offering from the Israelites and on their behalf, that they may do the service of the Lord. -- numbers 8:11 +. +Then the Levites shall lay their hands upon the heads of the bulls, and you shall offer the one for a sin offering and the other for a burnt offering to the Lord, to make atonement for the Levites. -- numbers 8:12 +. +And you shall present the Levites before Aaron and his sons and offer them as a wave offering to the Lord. -- numbers 8:13 +. +Thus you shall separate the Levites from among the Israelites, and the Levites shall be Mine [in a very special sense]. -- numbers 8:14 +. +And after that the Levites shall go in to do service at the Tent of Meeting, when you have cleansed them and offered them as a wave offering. -- numbers 8:15 +. +For they are wholly given to Me from among the Israelites; instead of all who open the womb, the firstborn of all the Israelites, I have taken the Levites for Myself. -- numbers 8:16 +. +For all the firstborn of the Israelites are Mine, both of man and beast; on the day that I smote every firstborn in the land of Egypt [not of Israel], I consecrated them and set them apart for Myself. -- numbers 8:17 +. +And I have taken the Levites instead of all the firstborn of the Israelites. -- numbers 8:18 +. +And I have given the Levites as a gift to Aaron and to his sons from among the Israelites to do the service of the Israelites at the Tent of Meeting and to make atonement for them, that there may be no plague among the Israelites if they should come near the sanctuary. -- numbers 8:19 +. +So Moses and Aaron and all the congregation of the Israelites did thus to the Levites; according to all that the Lord commanded Moses concerning [them], so did the Israelites to them. -- numbers 8:20 +. +The Levites cleansed and purified themselves and they washed their clothes; and Aaron offered them as a wave offering before the Lord and Aaron made atonement for them to cleanse them. -- numbers 8:21 +. +And after that the Levites went in to do their service in the Tent of Meeting with the attendance of Aaron and his sons; as the Lord had commanded Moses concerning the Levites, so did they to them. -- numbers 8:22 +. +And the Lord said to Moses, -- numbers 8:23 +. +This is what applies to the Levites: from twenty-five years old and upward they shall go in to perform the work of the service of the Tent of Meeting, -- numbers 8:24 +. +And at the age of fifty years, they shall retire from the warfare of the service and serve no more, -- numbers 8:25 +. +But shall help their brethren in the Tent of Meeting [attend to protecting the sacred things from being profaned], but shall do no regular or heavy service. Thus shall you direct the Levites in regard to their duties. -- numbers 8:26 +. +THE LORD said to Moses in the Wilderness of Sinai in the first month of the second year after they had come out of the land of Egypt, -- numbers 9:1 +. +Let the Israelites keep the Passover at its appointed time. -- numbers 9:2 +. +On the fourteenth day of this month in the evening, you shall keep it at its appointed time; according to all its statutes and ordinances you shall keep it. -- numbers 9:3 +. +So Moses told the Israelites they should keep the Passover. -- numbers 9:4 +. +And they kept the Passover on the fourteenth day of the first month in the evening in the Wilderness of Sinai; according to all that the Lord commanded Moses, so the Israelites did. -- numbers 9:5 +. +And there were certain men who were defiled by touching the dead body of a man, so they could not keep the Passover on that day; and they came before Moses and Aaron on that day. -- numbers 9:6 +. +Those men said to [Moses], We are defiled by touching the dead body. Why are we prevented from offering the Lord's offering at its appointed time among the Israelites? -- numbers 9:7 +. +And Moses said to them, Stand still, and I will hear what the Lord will command concerning you. -- numbers 9:8 +. +And the Lord said to Moses, -- numbers 9:9 +. +Say to the Israelites, If any man of you or of your posterity shall be unclean by reason of touching a dead body or is far off on a journey, still he shall keep the Passover to the Lord. -- numbers 9:10 +. +On the fourteenth day of the second month in the evening they shall keep it, and eat it with unleavened bread and bitter herbs. -- numbers 9:11 +. +They shall leave none of it until the morning nor break any bone of it; according to all the statutes for the Passover they shall keep it. -- numbers 9:12 +. +But the man who is clean and is not on a journey, yet does not keep the Passover, that person shall be cut off from among his people because he did not bring the Lord's offering at its appointed time; that man shall bear [the penalty of] his sin. -- numbers 9:13 +. +And if a stranger sojourns among you and will keep the Passover to the Lord, according to [its] statutes and its ordinances, so shall he do; you shall have one statute both for the temporary resident and for him who was born in the land. -- numbers 9:14 +. +And on the day that the tabernacle was erected, the cloud [of God's presence] covered the tabernacle, that is, the Tent of the Testimony; and at evening it was over the tabernacle, having the appearance of [a pillar of] fire until the morning. -- numbers 9:15 +. +So it was constantly; the cloud covered it by day, and the appearance of fire by night. -- numbers 9:16 +. +Whenever the cloud was taken up from over the Tent, after that the Israelites journeyed; and in the place where the cloud rested, there the Israelites encamped. -- numbers 9:17 +. +At the Lord's command the Israelites journeyed, and at [His] command they encamped. As long as the cloud rested upon the tabernacle they remained encamped. -- numbers 9:18 +. +Even when the cloud tarried upon the tabernacle many days, the Israelites kept the Lord's charge and did not set out. -- numbers 9:19 +. +And sometimes the cloud was only a few days upon the tabernacle, but according to the command of the Lord they remained encamped, and at His command they journeyed. -- numbers 9:20 +. +And sometimes the cloud remained [over the tabernacle] from evening only until morning, but when the cloud was taken up, they journeyed; whether it was taken up by day or by night, they journeyed. -- numbers 9:21 +. +Whether it was two days or a month or a longer time that the cloud tarried upon the tabernacle, dwelling on it, the Israelites remained encamped; but when it was taken up, they journeyed. -- numbers 9:22 +. +At the command of the Lord they remained encamped, and at [His] command they journeyed; they kept the charge of the Lord, at the command of the Lord through Moses. -- numbers 9:23 +. +AND THE Lord said to Moses, -- numbers 10:1 +. +Make two trumpets of silver; of hammered or turned work you shall make them, that you may use them to call the congregation and for breaking camp. -- numbers 10:2 +. +When they both are blown, all the congregation shall assemble before you at the door of the Tent of Meeting. -- numbers 10:3 +. +And if one blast on a single trumpet is blown, then the princes or leaders, heads of the tribes of Israel, shall gather themselves to you. -- numbers 10:4 +. +When you blow an alarm, the camps on the east side [of the tabernacle] shall set out. -- numbers 10:5 +. +When you blow an alarm the second time, then the camps on the south side shall set out. An alarm shall be blown whenever they are to set out on their journeys. -- numbers 10:6 +. +When the congregation is to be assembled, you shall blow [the trumpets in short, sharp tones], but not the blast of an alarm. -- numbers 10:7 +. +And the sons of Aaron, the priests, shall blow the trumpets, and the trumpets shall be to you for a perpetual statute throughout your generations. -- numbers 10:8 +. +When you go to war in your land against the enemy that oppresses you, then blow an alarm with the trumpets, that you may be remembered before the Lord your God, and you shall be saved from your enemies. -- numbers 10:9 +. +Also in the day of rejoicing, and in your set feasts, and at the beginnings of your months, you shall blow the trumpets over your burnt offerings and your peace offerings; thus they may be a remembrance before your God. I am the Lord your God. -- numbers 10:10 +. +On the twentieth day of the second month in the second year [since leaving Egypt], the cloud [of the Lord's presence] was taken up from over the tabernacle of the Testimony, -- numbers 10:11 +. +And the Israelites took their journey by stages out of the Wilderness of Sinai, and the [guiding] cloud rested in the Wilderness of Paran. -- numbers 10:12 +. +When the journey was to begin, at the command of the Lord through Moses, -- numbers 10:13 +. +In the first place went the standard of the camp of the sons of Judah by their companies; and over their host was Nahshon son of Amminadab. -- numbers 10:14 +. +And over the host of the tribe of the sons of Issachar was Nethanel son of Zuar. -- numbers 10:15 +. +And over the host of the tribe of the sons of Zebulun was Eliab son of Helon. -- numbers 10:16 +. +When the tabernacle was taken down, the sons of Gershon and Merari, bearing [it] on their shoulders, set out. -- numbers 10:17 +. +The standard of the camp of Reuben set forward by their companies; and over Reuben's host was Elizur son of Shedeur. -- numbers 10:18 +. +And over the host of the tribe of the sons of Simeon was Shelumiel son of Zurishaddai. -- numbers 10:19 +. +And over the host of the tribe of the sons of Gad was Eliasaph son of Deuel. -- numbers 10:20 +. +Then the Kohathites set forward, bearing the holy things, and the tabernacle was set up before they arrived. -- numbers 10:21 +. +And the standard of the camp of the sons of Ephraim set forward according to their companies; and over Ephraim's host was Elishama son of Ammihud. -- numbers 10:22 +. +Over the host of the tribe of the sons of Manasseh was Gamaliel son of Pedahzur. -- numbers 10:23 +. +And over the host of the tribe of the sons of Benjamin was Abidan son of Gideoni. -- numbers 10:24 +. +Then the standard of the camp of the sons of Dan, which was the rear guard of all the camps, set forward according to their companies; and over Dan's host was Ahiezer son of Ammishaddai. -- numbers 10:25 +. +And over the host of the tribe of the sons of Asher was Pagiel son of Ochran. -- numbers 10:26 +. +And over the host of the tribe of the sons of Naphtali was Ahira son of Enan. -- numbers 10:27 +. +This was the Israelites' order of march by their hosts when they set out. -- numbers 10:28 +. +And Moses said to Hobab son of Reuel the Midianite, Moses' father-in-law, We are journeying to the place of which the Lord said, I will give it to you. Come with us, and we will do you good, for the Lord has promised good concerning Israel. -- numbers 10:29 +. +And Hobab said to him, I will not go; I will depart to my own land and to my family. -- numbers 10:30 +. +And Moses said, Do not leave us, I pray you; for you know how we are to encamp in the wilderness, and you will serve as eyes for us. -- numbers 10:31 +. +And if you will go with us, it shall be that whatever good the Lord does to us, the same we will do to you. -- numbers 10:32 +. +They departed from the mountain of the Lord [Mount Sinai] three days' journey; and the ark of the covenant of the Lord went before them during the three days' journey to seek out a resting-place for them. -- numbers 10:33 +. +The cloud of the Lord was over them by day when they went forward from the camp. -- numbers 10:34 +. +Whenever the ark set out, Moses said, Rise up, Lord; let Your enemies be scattered; and let those who hate You flee before You. -- numbers 10:35 +. +And when it rested, he said, Return, O Lord, to the ten thousand thousands in Israel. -- numbers 10:36 +. +AND THE people grumbled and deplored their hardships, which was evil in the ears of the Lord, and when the Lord heard it, His anger was kindled; and the fire of the Lord burned among them and devoured those in the outlying parts of the camp. -- numbers 11:1 +. +The people cried to Moses, and when Moses prayed to the Lord, the fire subsided. -- numbers 11:2 +. +He called the name of the place Taberah [burning], because the fire of the Lord burned among them. -- numbers 11:3 +. +And the mixed multitude among them [the rabble who followed Israel from Egypt] began to lust greatly [for familiar and dainty food], and the Israelites wept again and said, Who will give us meat to eat? -- numbers 11:4 +. +We remember the fish we ate freely in Egypt and without cost, the cucumbers, melons, leeks, onions, and garlic. -- numbers 11:5 +. +But now our soul (our strength) is dried up; there is nothing at all [in the way of food] to be seen but this manna. -- numbers 11:6 +. +The manna was like coriander seed and its appearance was like that of bdellium [perhaps a precious stone]. -- numbers 11:7 +. +The people went about and gathered it, and ground it in mills or beat it in mortars, and boiled it in pots, and made cakes of it; and it tasted like cakes baked with fresh oil. -- numbers 11:8 +. +And when the dew fell on the camp in the night, the manna fell with it. -- numbers 11:9 +. +And Moses heard the people weeping throughout their families, every man at the door of his tent; and the anger of the Lord blazed hotly, and in the eyes of Moses it was evil. -- numbers 11:10 +. +And Moses said to the Lord, Why have You dealt ill with Your servants? And why have I not found favor in Your sight, that You lay the burden of all this people on me? -- numbers 11:11 +. +Have I conceived all this people? Have I brought them forth, that You should say to me, Carry them in your bosom, as a nursing father carries the sucking child, to the land which You swore to their fathers [to give them]? -- numbers 11:12 +. +Where should I get meat to give to all these people? For they weep before me and say, Give us meat, that we may eat. -- numbers 11:13 +. +I am not able to carry all these people alone, because the burden is too heavy for me. -- numbers 11:14 +. +And if this is the way You deal with me, kill me, I pray You, at once, and be granting me a favor and let me not see my wretchedness [in the failure of all my efforts]. -- numbers 11:15 +. +And the Lord said to Moses, Gather for Me seventy men of the elders of Israel whom you know to be the elders of the people and officers over them; and bring them to the Tent of Meeting and let them stand there with you. -- numbers 11:16 +. +And I will come down and talk with you there; and I will take of the Spirit which is upon you and will put It upon them; and they shall bear the burden of the people with you, so that you may not have to bear it yourself alone. -- numbers 11:17 +. +And say to the people, Consecrate yourselves for tomorrow, and you shall eat meat; for you have wept in the hearing of the Lord, saying, Who will give us meat to eat? For it was well with us in Egypt. Therefore the Lord will give you meat, and you shall eat. -- numbers 11:18 +. +You shall not eat one day, or two, or five, or ten, or twenty days, -- numbers 11:19 +. +But a whole month--until [you are satiated and vomit it up violently and] it comes out at your nostrils and is disgusting to you--because you have rejected and despised the Lord Who is among you, and have wept before Him, saying, Why did we come out of Egypt? -- numbers 11:20 +. +But Moses said, The people among whom I am are 600,footmen [besides all the women and children], and You have said, I will give them meat, that they may eat a whole month! -- numbers 11:21 +. +Shall flocks and herds be killed to suffice them? Or shall all the fish of the sea be collected to satisfy them? -- numbers 11:22 +. +The Lord said to Moses, Has the Lord's hand (His ability and power) become short (thwarted and inadequate)? You shall see now whether My word shall come to pass for you or not. -- numbers 11:23 +. +So Moses went out and told the people the words of the Lord, and he gathered seventy men of the elders of the people and set them round about the Tent. -- numbers 11:24 +. +And the Lord came down in the cloud and spoke to him, and took of the Spirit that was upon him and put It upon the seventy elders; and when the Spirit rested upon them, they prophesied [sounding forth the praises of God and declaring His will]. Then they did so no more. -- numbers 11:25 +. +But there remained two men in the camp named Eldad and Medad. The Spirit rested upon them, and they were of those who were selected and listed, yet they did not go out to the Tent [as told to do], but they prophesied in the camp. -- numbers 11:26 +. +And a young man ran to Moses and said, Eldad and Medad are prophesying [sounding forth the praises of God and declaring His will] in the camp. -- numbers 11:27 +. +Joshua son of Nun, the minister of Moses, one of his chosen men, said, My lord Moses, forbid them! -- numbers 11:28 +. +But Moses said to him, Are you envious or jealous for my sake? Would that all the Lord's people were prophets and that the Lord would put His Spirit upon them! -- numbers 11:29 +. +And Moses went back into the camp, he and the elders of Israel. -- numbers 11:30 +. +And there went forth a wind from the Lord and brought quails from the sea, and let them fall [so they flew low] beside the camp, about a day's journey on this side and on the other side, all around the camp, about two cubits above the ground. -- numbers 11:31 +. +And the people rose all that day and all night and all the next day and caught and gathered the quails. He who gathered least gathered ten homers; and they spread them out for themselves round about the camp [to cure them by drying]. -- numbers 11:32 +. +While the meat was yet between their teeth, before it was consumed, the anger of the Lord was kindled against the people, and the Lord smote them with a very great plague. -- numbers 11:33 +. +That place was called Kibroth-hattaavah [the graves of sensuous desire], because there they buried the people who lusted, whose physical appetite caused them to sin. -- numbers 11:34 +. +The Israelites journeyed from Kibroth-hattaavah to Hazeroth, where they remained. -- numbers 11:35 +. +NOW MIRIAM and Aaron talked against Moses [their brother] because of his Cushite wife, for he had married a Cushite woman. -- numbers 12:1 +. +And they said, Has the Lord indeed spoken only by Moses? Has He not spoken also by us? And the Lord heard it. -- numbers 12:2 +. +Now the man Moses was very meek (gentle, kind, and humble) or above all the men on the face of the earth. -- numbers 12:3 +. +Suddenly the Lord said to Moses, Aaron, and Miriam, Come out, you three, to the Tent of Meeting. And the three of them came out. -- numbers 12:4 +. +The Lord came down in a pillar of cloud, and stood at the Tent door and called Aaron and Miriam, and they came forward. -- numbers 12:5 +. +And He said, Hear now My words: If there is a prophet among you, I the Lord make Myself known to him in a vision and speak to him in a dream. -- numbers 12:6 +. +But not so with My servant Moses; he is entrusted and faithful in all My house. -- numbers 12:7 +. +With him I speak mouth to mouth [directly], clearly and not in dark speeches; and he beholds the form of the Lord. Why then were you not afraid to speak against My servant Moses? -- numbers 12:8 +. +And the anger of the Lord was kindled against them, and He departed. -- numbers 12:9 +. +And when the cloud departed from over the Tent, behold, Miriam was leprous, as white as snow. And Aaron looked at Miriam, and, behold, she was leprous! -- numbers 12:10 +. +And Aaron said to Moses, Oh, my lord, I plead with you, lay not the sin upon us in which we have done foolishly and in which we have sinned. -- numbers 12:11 +. +Let her not be as one dead, already half decomposed when he comes out of his mother's womb. -- numbers 12:12 +. +And Moses cried to the Lord, saying, Heal her now, O God, I beseech You! -- numbers 12:13 +. +And the Lord said to Moses, If her father had but spit in her face, should she not be ashamed for seven days? Let her be shut up outside the camp for seven days, and after that let her be brought in again. -- numbers 12:14 +. +So Miriam was shut up without the camp for seven days, and the people did not journey on until Miriam was brought in again. -- numbers 12:15 +. +Afterward [they] removed from Hazeroth and encamped in the Wilderness of Paran. -- numbers 12:16 +. +AND THE Lord said to Moses, -- numbers 13:1 +. +Send men to explore and scout out [for yourselves] the land of Canaan, which I give to the Israelites. From each tribe of their fathers you shall send a man, every one a leader or head among them. -- numbers 13:2 +. +So Moses by the command of the Lord sent scouts from the Wilderness of Paran, all of them men who were heads of the Israelites. -- numbers 13:3 +. +These were their names: of the tribe of Reuben, Shammua son of Zaccur; -- numbers 13:4 +. +Of the tribe of Simeon, Shaphat son of Hori; -- numbers 13:5 +. +Of the tribe of Judah, Caleb son of Jephunneh; -- numbers 13:6 +. +Of the tribe of Issachar, Igal son of Joseph; -- numbers 13:7 +. +Of the tribe of Ephraim, Hoshea [that is, Joshua] son of Nun; -- numbers 13:8 +. +Of the tribe of Benjamin, Palti son of Raphu; -- numbers 13:9 +. +Of the tribe of Zebulun, Gaddiel son of Sodi; -- numbers 13:10 +. +Of the tribe of Joseph, that is, of the tribe of Manasseh, Gaddi son of Susi; -- numbers 13:11 +. +Of the tribe of Dan, Ammiel son of Gemalli; -- numbers 13:12 +. +Of the tribe of Asher, Sethur son of Michael; -- numbers 13:13 +. +Of the tribe of Naphtali, Nahbi son of Vophsi; -- numbers 13:14 +. +Of the tribe of Gad, Geuel son of Machi. -- numbers 13:15 +. +These are the names of the men whom Moses sent to explore and scout out the land. And Moses called Hoshea son of Nun, Joshua. -- numbers 13:16 +. +Moses sent them to scout out the land of Canaan, and said to them, Get up this way by the South (the Negeb) and go up into the hill country, -- numbers 13:17 +. +And see what the land is and whether the people who dwell there are strong or weak, few or many, -- numbers 13:18 +. +And whether the land they live in is good or bad, and whether the cities they dwell in are camps or strongholds, -- numbers 13:19 +. +And what the land is, whether it is fat or lean, whether there is timber on it or not. And be of good courage and bring some of the fruit of the land. Now the time was the time of the first ripe grapes. -- numbers 13:20 +. +So they went up and scouted through the land from the Wilderness of Zin to Rehob, to the entrance of Hamath. -- numbers 13:21 +. +And then went up into the South (the Negeb) and came to Hebron; and Ahiman, Sheshai, and Talmai [probably three tribes of] the sons of Anak were there. (Hebron was built seven years before Zoan in Egypt.) -- numbers 13:22 +. +And they came to the Valley of Eshcol, and cut down from there a branch with one cluster of grapes, and they carried it on a pole between two [of them]; they brought also some pomegranates and figs. -- numbers 13:23 +. +That place was called the Valley of Eshcol [cluster] because of the cluster which the Israelites cut down there. -- numbers 13:24 +. +And they returned from scouting out the land after forty days. -- numbers 13:25 +. +They came to Moses and Aaron and to all the Israelite congregation in the Wilderness of Paran at Kadesh, and brought them word, and showed them the land's fruit. -- numbers 13:26 +. +They told Moses, We came to the land to which you sent us; surely it flows with milk and honey. This is its fruit. -- numbers 13:27 +. +But the people who dwell there are strong, and the cities are fortified and very large; moreover, there we saw the sons of Anak [of great stature and courage]. -- numbers 13:28 +. +Amalek dwells in the land of the South (the Negeb); the Hittite, the Jebusite, and the Amorite dwell in the hill country; and the Canaanite dwells by the sea and along by the side of the Jordan [River]. -- numbers 13:29 +. +Caleb quieted the people before Moses, and said, Let us go up at once and possess it; we are well able to conquer it. -- numbers 13:30 +. +But his fellow scouts said, We are not able to go up against the people [of Canaan], for they are stronger than we are. -- numbers 13:31 +. +So they brought the Israelites an evil report of the land which they had scouted out, saying, The land through which we went to spy it out is a land that devours its inhabitants. And all the people that we saw in it are men of great stature. -- numbers 13:32 +. +There we saw the Nephilim [or giants], the sons of Anak, who come from the giants; and we were in our own sight as grasshoppers, and so we were in their sight. -- numbers 13:33 +. +AND ALL the congregation cried out with a loud voice, and [they] wept that night. -- numbers 14:1 +. +All the Israelites grumbled and deplored their situation, accusing Moses and Aaron, to whom the whole congregation said, Would that we had died in Egypt! Or that we had died in this wilderness! -- numbers 14:2 +. +Why does the Lord bring us to this land to fall by the sword? Our wives and little ones will be a prey. Is it not better for us to return to Egypt? -- numbers 14:3 +. +And they said one to another, Let us choose a captain and return to Egypt. -- numbers 14:4 +. +Then Moses and Aaron fell on their faces before all the assembly of Israelites. -- numbers 14:5 +. +And Joshua son of Nun and Caleb son of Jephunneh, who were among the scouts who had searched the land, rent their clothes, -- numbers 14:6 +. +And they said to all the company of Israelites, The land through which we passed as scouts is an exceedingly good land. -- numbers 14:7 +. +If the Lord delights in us, then He will bring us into this land and give it to us, a land flowing with milk and honey. -- numbers 14:8 +. +Only do not rebel against the Lord, neither fear the people of the land, for they are bread for us. Their defense and the shadow [of protection] is removed from over them, but the Lord is with us. Fear them not. -- numbers 14:9 +. +But all the congregation said to stone [Joshua and Caleb] with stones. But the glory of the Lord appeared at the Tent of Meeting before all the Israelites. -- numbers 14:10 +. +And the Lord said to Moses, How long will this people provoke (spurn, despise) Me? And how long will it be before they believe Me [trusting in, relying on, clinging to Me], for all the signs which I have performed among them? -- numbers 14:11 +. +I will smite them with the pestilence and disinherit them, and will make of you [Moses] a nation greater and mightier than they. -- numbers 14:12 +. +But Moses said to the Lord, Then the Egyptians will hear of it, for You brought up this people in Your might from among them. -- numbers 14:13 +. +And they will tell it to the inhabitants of this land. They have heard that You, Lord, are in the midst of this people [of Israel], that You, Lord, are seen face to face, and that Your cloud stands over them, and that You go before them in a pillar of cloud by day and in a pillar of fire by night. -- numbers 14:14 +. +Now if You kill all this people as one man, then the nations that have heard Your fame will say, -- numbers 14:15 +. +Because the Lord was not able to bring this people into the land which He swore to give to them, therefore He has slain them in the wilderness. -- numbers 14:16 +. +And now, I pray You, let the power of my Lord be great, as You have promised, saying, -- numbers 14:17 +. +The Lord is long-suffering and slow to anger, and abundant in mercy and loving-kindness, forgiving iniquity and transgression; but He will by no means clear the guilty, visiting the iniquity of the fathers upon the children, upon the third and fourth generation. -- numbers 14:18 +. +Pardon, I pray You, the iniquity of this people according to the greatness of Your mercy and loving-kindness, just as You have forgiven [them] from Egypt until now. -- numbers 14:19 +. +And the Lord said, I have pardoned according to your word. -- numbers 14:20 +. +But truly as I live and as all the earth shall be filled with the glory of the Lord, -- numbers 14:21 +. +Because all those men who have seen My glory and My [miraculous] signs which I performed in Egypt and in the wilderness, yet have tested and proved Me these ten times and have not heeded My voice, -- numbers 14:22 +. +Surely they shall not see the land which I swore to give to their fathers; nor shall any who provoked (spurned, despised) Me see it. -- numbers 14:23 +. +But My servant Caleb, because he has a different spirit and has followed Me fully, I will bring into the land into which he went, and his descendants shall possess it. -- numbers 14:24 +. +Now because the Amalekites and the Canaanites dwell in the valley, tomorrow turn and go into the wilderness by way of the Red Sea. -- numbers 14:25 +. +And the Lord said to Moses and Aaron, -- numbers 14:26 +. +How long will this evil congregation murmur against Me? I have heard the complaints the Israelites murmur against Me. -- numbers 14:27 +. +Tell them, As I live, says the Lord, what you have said in My hearing I will do to you: -- numbers 14:28 +. +Your dead bodies shall fall in this wilderness--of all who were numbered of you, from twenty years old and upward, who have murmured against Me, -- numbers 14:29 +. +Surely none shall come into the land in which I swore to make you dwell, except Caleb son of Jephunneh and Joshua son of Nun. -- numbers 14:30 +. +But your little ones whom you said would be a prey, them will I bring in and they shall know the land which you have despised and rejected. -- numbers 14:31 +. +But as for you, your dead bodies shall fall in this wilderness. -- numbers 14:32 +. +And your children shall be wanderers and shepherds in the wilderness for forty years and shall suffer for your whoredoms (your infidelity to your espoused God), until your corpses are consumed in the wilderness. -- numbers 14:33 +. +After the number of the days in which you spied out the land [of Canaan], even forty days, for each day a year shall you bear and suffer for your iniquities, even for forty years, and you shall know My displeasure [the revoking of My promise and My estrangement]. -- numbers 14:34 +. +I the Lord have spoken; surely this will I do to all this evil congregation who is gathered together against Me. In this wilderness they shall be consumed [by war, disease, plagues], and here they shall die. -- numbers 14:35 +. +And the men whom Moses sent to search the land, who returned and made all the congregation grumble and complain against him by bringing back a slanderous report of the land, -- numbers 14:36 +. +Even those men who brought the evil report of the land died by a plague before the Lord. -- numbers 14:37 +. +But Joshua son of Nun and Caleb son of Jephunneh, who were among the men who went to search the land, lived still. -- numbers 14:38 +. +Moses told [the Lord's] words to all the Israelites, and [they] mourned greatly. -- numbers 14:39 +. +And they rose early in the morning and went up to the top of the mountain, saying, Behold, we are here, and we intend to go up to the place which the Lord has promised, for we have sinned. -- numbers 14:40 +. +But Moses said, Why now do you transgress the command of the Lord [to turn back by way of the Red Sea], since it will not succeed? -- numbers 14:41 +. +Go not up, for the Lord is not among you, that you be not struck down before your enemies. -- numbers 14:42 +. +For the Amalekites and the Canaanites are there before you, and you shall fall by the sword. Because you have turned away from following after the Lord, therefore the Lord will not be with you. -- numbers 14:43 +. +But they presumed to go up to the heights of the hill country; however, neither the ark of the covenant of the Lord nor Moses departed out of the camp. -- numbers 14:44 +. +Then the Amalekites came down and the Canaanites who dwelt in that hill country and smote the Israelites and beat them back, even as far as Hormah. -- numbers 14:45 +. +AND THE Lord said to Moses, -- numbers 15:1 +. +Say to the Israelites, When you come into the land where you are to live, which I am giving you, -- numbers 15:2 +. +And will make an offering by fire to the Lord from the herd or from the flock, a burnt offering or a sacrifice to fulfill a special vow or as a freewill offering or in your set feasts, to make a pleasant and soothing fragrance to the Lord, -- numbers 15:3 +. +Then shall he who brings his offering to the Lord bring a cereal offering of a tenth of an ephah of fine flour mixed with a fourth of a hin of oil. -- numbers 15:4 +. +And a fourth of a hin of wine for the drink offering you shall prepare with the burnt offering or for the sacrifice, for each lamb. -- numbers 15:5 +. +Or for a ram you shall prepare for a cereal offering two tenths of an ephah of fine flour mixed with a third of a hin of oil. -- numbers 15:6 +. +And for the drink offering you shall offer a third of a hin of wine, for a sweet and pleasing odor to the Lord. -- numbers 15:7 +. +And when you prepare a bull for a burnt offering or for a sacrifice, in fulfilling a special vow or peace offering to the Lord, -- numbers 15:8 +. +Then shall one offer with the bull a cereal offering of three tenths of an ephah of fine flour mixed with half a hin of oil. -- numbers 15:9 +. +And you shall bring for the drink offering half a hin of wine for an offering made by fire, of a pleasant and soothing fragrance to the Lord. -- numbers 15:10 +. +Thus shall it be done for each bull or for each ram, or for each of the male lambs or of the kids. -- numbers 15:11 +. +According to the number that you shall prepare, so shall you do to everyone according to their number. -- numbers 15:12 +. +All who are native-born shall do these things in this way in bringing an offering made by fire of a sweet and pleasant odor to the Lord. -- numbers 15:13 +. +And if a stranger sojourns with you or whoever may be among you throughout your generations, and he wishes to offer an offering made by fire, of a pleasing and soothing fragrance to the Lord, as you do, so shall he do. -- numbers 15:14 +. +There shall be one [and the same] statute [both] for you [of the congregation] and for the stranger who is a temporary resident with you, a statute forever throughout your generations: as you are, so shall the stranger be before the Lord. -- numbers 15:15 +. +One law and one ordinance shall be for you and for the stranger who sojourns with you. -- numbers 15:16 +. +And the Lord said to Moses, -- numbers 15:17 +. +Say to the Israelites, When you come into the land to which I am bringing you, -- numbers 15:18 +. +Then, when you eat of the food of the land, you shall set apart a portion for a gift to the Lord [called a heave or taken-out offering]. -- numbers 15:19 +. +You shall set apart a cake made of the first of your coarse meal as a gift [to the Lord]; as an offering set apart from the threshing floor, so shall you lift it out or heave it. -- numbers 15:20 +. +Of the first of your coarse meal you shall give to the Lord a portion for a gift throughout your generations [your heave or lifted-out offering]. -- numbers 15:21 +. +When you have erred and have not observed all these commandments which the Lord has spoken to Moses, -- numbers 15:22 +. +Even all that the Lord has commanded you through Moses, from the day that the Lord gave commandment and onward throughout your generations, -- numbers 15:23 +. +Then it shall be, if it was done unwittingly or in error without the knowledge of the congregation, that all the congregation shall offer one young bull for a burnt offering, for a pleasant and soothing fragrance to the Lord, with its cereal offering and its drink offering, according to the ordinance, and one male goat for a sin offering. -- numbers 15:24 +. +And the priest shall make atonement for all the congregation of the Israelites, and they shall be forgiven, for it was an error and they have brought their offering, an offering made by fire to the Lord, and their sin offering before the Lord for their error. -- numbers 15:25 +. +And all the congregation of the Israelites shall be forgiven and the stranger who lives temporarily among them, because all the people were involved in the error. -- numbers 15:26 +. +And if any person sins unknowingly or unintentionally, he shall offer a female goat a year old for a sin offering. -- numbers 15:27 +. +And the priest shall make atonement before the Lord for the person who commits an error when he sins unknowingly or unintentionally, to make atonement for him; and he shall be forgiven. -- numbers 15:28 +. +You shall have one law for him who sins unknowingly or unintentionally, whether he is native born among the Israelites or a stranger who is sojourning among them. -- numbers 15:29 +. +But the person who does anything [wrong] willfully and openly, whether he is native-born or a stranger, that one reproaches, reviles, and blasphemes the Lord, and that person shall be cut off from among his people [that the atonement made for them may not include him]. -- numbers 15:30 +. +Because he has despised and rejected the word of the Lord, and has broken His commandment, that person shall be utterly cut off; his iniquity shall be upon him. -- numbers 15:31 +. +While the Israelites were in the wilderness, they found a man who was gathering sticks on the Sabbath day. -- numbers 15:32 +. +Those who found him gathering sticks brought him to Moses and Aaron and to all the congregation. -- numbers 15:33 +. +They put him in custody, because it was not certain or clear what should be done to him. -- numbers 15:34 +. +And the Lord said to Moses, The man shall surely be put to death. All the congregation shall stone him with stones without the camp. -- numbers 15:35 +. +And all the congregation brought him without the camp and stoned him to death with stones, as the Lord commanded Moses. -- numbers 15:36 +. +And the Lord said to Moses, -- numbers 15:37 +. +Speak to the Israelites and bid them make fringes or tassels on the corners in the borders of their garments throughout their generations, and put upon the fringe of the borders or upon the tassel of each corner a cord of blue. -- numbers 15:38 +. +And it shall be to you a fringe or tassel that you may look upon and remember all the commandments of the Lord and do them, that you may not spy out and follow after [the desires of] your own heart and your own eyes, after which you used to follow and play the harlot [spiritually, if not physically], -- numbers 15:39 +. +That you may remember and do all My commandments and be holy to your God. -- numbers 15:40 +. +I am the Lord your God, Who brought you out of the land of Egypt to be your God. I am the Lord your God. -- numbers 15:41 +. +NOW KORAH son of Izhar, the son of Kohath, the son of Levi, with Dathan and Abiram sons of Eliab, and On son of Peleth, sons of Reuben, took men, -- numbers 16:1 +. +And they rose up before Moses, with certain of the Israelites, princes or leaders of the congregation called to the assembly, men well known and of distinction. -- numbers 16:2 +. +And they gathered together against Moses and Aaron, and said to them, [Enough of you!] You take too much upon yourselves, seeing that all the congregation is holy, every one of them, and the Lord is among them. Why then do you lift yourselves up above the assembly of the Lord? -- numbers 16:3 +. +And when Moses heard it, he fell upon his face. -- numbers 16:4 +. +And he said to Korah and all his company, In the morning the Lord will show who are His and who is holy, and will cause him to come near to Him; him whom He has chosen will He cause to come near to Him. -- numbers 16:5 +. +Do this: Take censers, Korah and all your company, -- numbers 16:6 +. +And put fire in them and put incense upon them before the Lord tomorrow; and the man whom the Lord chooses shall be holy. You take too much upon yourselves, you sons of Levi. -- numbers 16:7 +. +And Moses said to Korah, Hear, I pray you, you sons of Levi: -- numbers 16:8 +. +Does it seem but a small thing to you that the God of Israel has separated you from the congregation of Israel, to bring you near to Himself to do the service of the tabernacle of the Lord and to stand before the congregation to minister to them, -- numbers 16:9 +. +And that He has brought you near to Him, and all your brethren the sons of Levi with you? Would you seek the priesthood also? -- numbers 16:10 +. +Therefore you and all your company are gathered together against the Lord. And Aaron, what is he that you murmur against him? -- numbers 16:11 +. +And Moses sent to call Dathan and Abiram, the sons of Eliab, and they said, We will not come up. -- numbers 16:12 +. +Is it a small thing that you have brought us up out of a land flowing with milk and honey to kill us in the wilderness, but you must also make yourself a prince over us? -- numbers 16:13 +. +Moreover, you have not brought us into a land that flows with milk and honey or given us an inheritance of fields and vineyards. Will you bore out the eyes of these men? We will not come up! -- numbers 16:14 +. +And Moses was very angry and said to the Lord, Do not respect their offering! I have not taken one donkey from them, nor have I hurt one of them. -- numbers 16:15 +. +And Moses said to Korah, You and all your company be before the Lord tomorrow, you and they and Aaron. -- numbers 16:16 +. +And let every man take his censer and put incense upon it and bring before the Lord every man his censer, censers; you also and Aaron, each his censer. -- numbers 16:17 +. +So they took every man his censer, and they put fire in them and laid incense upon it, and they stood at the entrance of the Tent of Meeting with Moses and Aaron. -- numbers 16:18 +. +Then Korah assembled all the congregation against Moses and Aaron before the entrance of the Tent of Meeting, and the glory of the Lord appeared to all the congregation. -- numbers 16:19 +. +And the Lord said to Moses and Aaron, -- numbers 16:20 +. +Separate yourselves from among this congregation, that I may consume them in a moment. -- numbers 16:21 +. +And they fell upon their faces, and said, O God, the God of the spirits of all flesh, shall one man sin and will You be angry with all the congregation? -- numbers 16:22 +. +And the Lord said to Moses, -- numbers 16:23 +. +Say to the congregation, Get away from around the tents of Korah, Dathan, and Abiram. -- numbers 16:24 +. +Then Moses rose up and went to Dathan and Abiram, and the elders of Israel followed him. -- numbers 16:25 +. +And he said to the congregation, Depart, I pray you, from the tents of these wicked men, and touch nothing of theirs, lest you be consumed in all their sins. -- numbers 16:26 +. +So they got away from around the tents of Korah, Dathan, and Abiram. And Dathan and Abiram came out and stood in the door of their tents with their wives, and their sons, and their little ones. -- numbers 16:27 +. +And Moses said, By this you shall know that the Lord has sent me to do all these works, for I do not act of my own accord: -- numbers 16:28 +. +If these men die the common death of all men or if [only] what happens to everyone happens to them, then the Lord has not sent me. -- numbers 16:29 +. +But if the Lord causes a new thing [to happen], and the earth opens its mouth and swallows them up, with all that belongs to them, and they go down alive into Sheol (the place of the dead), then you shall understand that these men have provoked (spurned, despised) the Lord! -- numbers 16:30 +. +As soon as he stopped speaking, the ground under the offenders split apart -- numbers 16:31 +. +And the earth opened its mouth and swallowed them and their households and [Korah and] all [his] men and all their possessions. -- numbers 16:32 +. +They and all that belonged to them went down alive into Sheol (the place of the dead); and the earth closed upon them, and they perished from among the assembly. -- numbers 16:33 +. +And all Israel who were round about them fled at their cry, for they said, Lest the earth swallow us up also. -- numbers 16:34 +. +And fire came forth from the Lord and devoured the men who offered the incense. -- numbers 16:35 +. +And the Lord said to Moses, -- numbers 16:36 +. +Speak to Eleazar son of Aaron, the priest, that he take up the censers out of the burning and scatter the fire at a distance. For the censers are hallowed-- -- numbers 16:37 +. +The censers of these men who have sinned against themselves and at the cost of their own lives. Let the censers be made into hammered plates for a covering of the altar [of burnt offering], for they were used in offering before the Lord and therefore they are sacred. They shall be a sign [of warning] to the Israelites. -- numbers 16:38 +. +Eleazar the priest took the bronze censers with which the Levites who were burned had offered incense, and they were hammered into broad sheets for a covering of the [brazen] altar [of burnt offering], -- numbers 16:39 +. +To be a memorial [a warning forever] to the Israelites, so that no outsider, that is, no one not of the descendants of Aaron, should come near to offer incense before the Lord, lest he become as Korah and as his company, as the Lord said to Eleazar through Moses. -- numbers 16:40 +. +But on the morrow all the congregation of the Israelites murmured against Moses and Aaron, saying, You have killed the people of the Lord. -- numbers 16:41 +. +When the congregation was gathered against Moses and Aaron, they looked at the Tent of Meeting, and behold, the cloud covered it and they saw the Lord's glory. -- numbers 16:42 +. +And Moses and Aaron came to the front of the Tent of Meeting. -- numbers 16:43 +. +And the Lord said to Moses, -- numbers 16:44 +. +Get away from among this congregation, that I may consume them in a moment. And Moses and Aaron fell on their faces. -- numbers 16:45 +. +And Moses said to Aaron, Take a censer and put fire in it from off the altar and lay incense on it, and carry it quickly to the congregation and make atonement for them. For there is wrath gone out from the Lord; the plague has begun! -- numbers 16:46 +. +So Aaron took the burning censer as Moses commanded, and ran into the midst of the congregation; and behold, the plague was begun among the people; and he put on the incense and made atonement for the people. -- numbers 16:47 +. +And he stood between the dead and the living, and the plague was stayed. -- numbers 16:48 +. +Now those who died in the plague were 14,700, besides those who died in the matter of Korah. -- numbers 16:49 +. +And Aaron returned to Moses to the door of the Tent of Meeting, since the plague was stayed. -- numbers 16:50 +. +AND THE Lord said to Moses, -- numbers 17:1 +. +Speak to the Israelites and get from them rods or staves, one for each father's house, from all their leaders according to their father's houses, twelve rods. Write every man's name on his rod. -- numbers 17:2 +. +And you shall write Aaron's name on the rod of Levi [his great-grandfather]. For there shall be one rod for the head of each father's house. -- numbers 17:3 +. +You shall lay them up in the Tent of Meeting before [the ark of] the Testimony, where I meet with you. -- numbers 17:4 +. +And the rod of the man whom I choose shall bud, and I will make to cease from Me the murmurings of the Israelites, which they murmur against you. -- numbers 17:5 +. +And Moses spoke to the Israelites, and every one of their leaders gave him a rod or staff, one for each leader according to their fathers' houses, twelve rods, and the rod of Aaron was among their rods. -- numbers 17:6 +. +And Moses deposited the rods before the Lord in the Tent of the Testimony. -- numbers 17:7 +. +And the next day Moses went into the Tent of the Testimony, and behold, the rod of Aaron for the house of Levi had sprouted and brought forth buds and produced blossoms and yielded [ripe] almonds. -- numbers 17:8 +. +Moses brought out all the rods from before the Lord to all the Israelites; and they looked, and each man took his rod. -- numbers 17:9 +. +And the Lord told Moses, Put Aaron's rod back before the Testimony [in the ark], to be kept as a [warning] sign for the rebels; and you shall make an end of their murmurings against Me, lest they die. -- numbers 17:10 +. +And Moses did so; as the Lord commanded him, so he did. -- numbers 17:11 +. +The Israelites said to Moses, Behold, we perish, we are undone, all undone! -- numbers 17:12 +. +Everyone who comes near, who comes near the tabernacle of the Lord, dies or shall die! Are we all to perish? -- numbers 17:13 +. +AND THE Lord said to Aaron, You and your sons and your father's house with you shall bear and remove the iniquity of the sanctuary [that is, the guilt for the offenses which the people unknowingly commit when brought into contact with the manifestations of God's presence]. And you and your sons with you shall bear and remove the iniquity of your priesthood [your own unintentional offenses]. -- numbers 18:1 +. +And your brethren also of the tribe of Levi, the tribe of your [fore]father, bring with you, that they may be joined to you and minister to you; but only you and your sons with you shall come before the Tent of the Testimony [into the Holy Place where only priests may go and into the Most Holy Place which only the high priest dares enter]. -- numbers 18:2 +. +And the Levites shall attend you [as servants] and attend to all the duties of the Tent; only they shall not come near the sacred vessels of the sanctuary or to the brazen altar, that they and also you [Aaron] die not. -- numbers 18:3 +. +And they shall be joined to you and attend to the duties of the Tent of Meeting--all the [menial] service of the Tent--and no stranger [no layman, anyone who is not a Levite] shall come near you [Aaron and your sons]. -- numbers 18:4 +. +And you shall attend to the duties of the sanctuary and attend to the altar [of burnt offering and the altar of incense], that there be no wrath any more upon the Israelites [as in the incident of Korah, Dathan, and Abiram]. -- numbers 18:5 +. +And I, behold, I have taken your brethren the Levites from among the Israelites; to you they are a gift, given to the Lord, to do the [menial] service of the Tent of Meeting. -- numbers 18:6 +. +Therefore you and your sons with you shall attend to your priesthood for everything of the altar [of burnt offering and the altar of incense] and [of the Holy of Holies] within the veil, and you shall serve. I give you your priesthood as a service of gift. And the stranger [anyone other than Moses or your sons, Aaron] who comes near shall be put to death. -- numbers 18:7 +. +And the Lord said to Aaron, And I, behold, I have given you the charge of My heave offerings [whatever is taken out and kept of the offerings made to Me], all the dedicated and consecrated things of the Israelites; to you have I given them [as your portion] and to your sons as a continual allowance forever by reason of your anointing as priests. -- numbers 18:8 +. +This shall be yours of the most holy things, reserved from the fire: every offering of the people, every cereal offering and sin offering and trespass offering of theirs, which they shall render to Me, shall be most holy for you [Aaron] and for your sons. -- numbers 18:9 +. +As the most holy thing and in a sacred place shall you eat of it; every male [of your house] shall eat of it. It shall be holy to you. -- numbers 18:10 +. +And this also is yours: the heave offering of their gift, with all the wave offerings of the Israelites. I have given them to you and to your sons and to your daughters with you as a continual allowance forever; everyone in your house who is [ceremonially] clean may eat of it. -- numbers 18:11 +. +All the best of the oil, and all the best of the [fresh] wine and of the grain, the firstfruits of what they give to the Lord, to you have I given them. -- numbers 18:12 +. +Whatever is first ripe in the land, which they bring to the Lord, shall be yours. Everyone who is [ceremonially] clean in your house may eat of it. -- numbers 18:13 +. +Every devoted thing in Israel [everything that has been vowed to the Lord] shall be yours. -- numbers 18:14 +. +Everything that first opens the womb in all flesh, which they bring to the Lord, whether it be of men or beasts, shall be yours. Nevertheless the firstborn of man you shall surely redeem, and the firstling of unclean beasts you shall redeem. -- numbers 18:15 +. +And those that are to be redeemed of them, from a month old shall you redeem, according to your estimate [of their age], for the fixed price of five shekels in silver, according to the shekel of the sanctuary, which is twenty gerahs. -- numbers 18:16 +. +But the firstling of a cow or of a sheep or of a goat you shall not redeem. They [as the firstborn of clean beasts belong to God and] are holy. You shall sprinkle their blood upon the altar and shall burn their fat for an offering made by fire, for a sweet and soothing odor to the Lord. -- numbers 18:17 +. +And the flesh of them shall be yours, as the wave breast and as the right shoulder are yours. -- numbers 18:18 +. +All the heave offerings [the lifted-out and kept portions] of the holy things which the Israelites give to the Lord I give to you and to your sons and your daughters with you, as a continual debt forever. It is a covenant of salt [that cannot be dissolved or violated] forever before the Lord for you [Aaron] and for your posterity with you. -- numbers 18:19 +. +And the Lord said to Aaron, You shall have no inheritance in the land [of the Israelites], neither shall you have any part among them. I am your portion and your inheritance among the Israelites. -- numbers 18:20 +. +And, behold, I have given the Levites all the tithes in Israel for an inheritance in return for their service which they serve, the [menial] service of the Tent of Meeting. -- numbers 18:21 +. +Henceforth the Israelites shall not come near the Tent of Meeting [the covered sanctuary, the Holy Place, and the Holy of Holies], lest they incur guilt and die. -- numbers 18:22 +. +But the Levites shall do the [menial] service of the Tent of Meeting, and they shall bear and remove the iniquity of the people [that is, be answerable for the legal pollutions of the holy things and offer the necessary atonements for unintentional offenses in these matters]. It shall be a statute forever in all your generations, that among the Israelites the Levites have no inheritance [of land]. -- numbers 18:23 +. +But the tithes of the Israelites, which they present as an offering to the Lord, I have given to the Levites to inherit; therefore I have said to them, Among the Israelites they shall have no inheritance. [They have homes and cities and pasturage to use but not to possess as their personal inheritance.] -- numbers 18:24 +. +And the Lord said to Moses, -- numbers 18:25 +. +Moreover, you shall say to the Levites, When you take from the Israelites the tithe which I have given you from them for your inheritance, then you shall present an offering from it to the Lord, even a tenth of the tithe [paid by the people]. -- numbers 18:26 +. +And what you lift out and keep [your heave offering] shall be credited to you as though it were the grain of the threshing floor or as the fully ripe produce of the vine. -- numbers 18:27 +. +Likewise you shall also present an offering to the Lord of all your tithes which you receive from the Israelites; and therefore you shall give this heave offering [lifted out and kept] for the Lord to Aaron the priest. -- numbers 18:28 +. +Out of all the gifts to you, you shall present every offering due to the Lord, of all the best of it, even the hallowed part lifted out and held back out of it [for the Levites]. -- numbers 18:29 +. +Therefore you shall say to them, When you have lifted out and held back the best from it [and presented it to the Lord by giving it to yourselves, the Levites], then it shall be counted to [you] the Levites just as if it were the increase of the threshing floor or of the winepress. -- numbers 18:30 +. +And you may eat it in every place, you and your households, for it is your reward for your service in the Tent of Meeting. -- numbers 18:31 +. +And you shall be guilty of no sin by reason of it when you have lifted out and held back the best of it; neither shall you have polluted the holy things of the Israelites, neither shall you die [because of it]. -- numbers 18:32 +. +AND THE Lord said to Moses and Aaron, -- numbers 19:1 +. +This is the ritual of the law which the Lord has commanded: Tell the Israelites to bring you a red heifer without spot, in which is no blemish, upon which a yoke has never come. -- numbers 19:2 +. +And you shall give her to Eleazar the priest, and he shall bring her outside the camp, and she shall be slaughtered before him. -- numbers 19:3 +. +Eleazar the priest shall take some of her blood with his finger and sprinkle it toward the front of the Tent of Meeting seven times. -- numbers 19:4 +. +The heifer shall be burned in his sight, her skin, flesh, blood, and dung. -- numbers 19:5 +. +And the priest shall take cedar wood, and hyssop, and scarlet [stuff] and cast them into the midst of the burning heifer. -- numbers 19:6 +. +Then the priest shall wash his clothes and bathe his body in water; afterward he shall come into the camp, but he shall be unclean until evening. -- numbers 19:7 +. +He who burns the heifer shall wash his clothes and bathe his body in water, and shall be unclean until evening. -- numbers 19:8 +. +And a man who is clean shall collect the ashes of the heifer and put them outside the camp in a clean place, and they shall be kept for the congregation of the Israelites for the water for impurity; it is a sin offering. -- numbers 19:9 +. +And he who gathers the ashes of the heifer shall wash his clothes, and be unclean until evening. This shall be to the Israelites and to the stranger who sojourns among them a perpetual statute. -- numbers 19:10 +. +He who touches the dead body of any person shall be unclean for seven days. -- numbers 19:11 +. +He shall purify himself with the water for impurity [made with the ashes of the burned heifer] on the third day, and on the seventh day he shall be clean. But if he does not purify himself the third day, then the seventh day he shall not be clean. -- numbers 19:12 +. +Whoever touches the corpse of any who has died and does not purify himself defiles the tabernacle of the Lord, and that person shall be cut off from Israel. Because the water for impurity was not sprinkled upon him, he shall be unclean; his uncleanness is still upon him. -- numbers 19:13 +. +This is the law when a man dies in a tent: all who come into the tent and all who are in the tent shall be unclean for seven days. -- numbers 19:14 +. +And every open vessel, which has no covering fastened upon it, is unclean. -- numbers 19:15 +. +And whoever in the open field touches one who is slain with a sword, or a dead body, or a bone of a dead man, or a grave, shall be unclean for seven days. -- numbers 19:16 +. +And for the unclean, they shall take of the ashes of the burning of the sin offering, and the running water shall be put with it in a vessel. -- numbers 19:17 +. +And a clean person shall take hyssop and dip it in the water and sprinkle it upon the tent, and upon all the vessels, and upon the persons who were there, and upon him who touched the bone, or the slain, or the naturally dead, or the grave. -- numbers 19:18 +. +And the clean person shall sprinkle [the water for purification] upon the unclean person on the third day and on the seventh day, and on the seventh day the unclean man shall purify himself, and wash his clothes and bathe himself in water, and shall be clean at evening. -- numbers 19:19 +. +But the man who is unclean and does not purify himself, that person shall be cut off from among the congregation, because he has defiled the sanctuary of the Lord. The water for purification has not been sprinkled upon him; he is unclean. -- numbers 19:20 +. +And it shall be a perpetual statute to them. He who sprinkles the water for impurity [upon another] shall wash his clothes, and he who touches the water for impurity shall be unclean until evening. -- numbers 19:21 +. +And whatever the unclean person touches shall be unclean, and anyone who touches it shall be unclean until evening. -- numbers 19:22 +. +AND THE Israelites, the whole congregation, came into the Wilderness of Zin in the first month. And the people dwelt in Kadesh. Miriam died and was buried there. -- numbers 20:1 +. +Now there was no water for the congregation, and they assembled together against Moses and Aaron. -- numbers 20:2 +. +And the people contended with Moses, and said, Would that we had died when our brethren died [in the plague] before the Lord! -- numbers 20:3 +. +And why have you brought up the congregation of the Lord into this wilderness, that we should die here, we and our livestock? -- numbers 20:4 +. +And why have you made us come up out of Egypt to bring us into this evil place? It is no place of grain or of figs or of vines or of pomegranates. And there is no water to drink. -- numbers 20:5 +. +Then Moses and Aaron went from the presence of the assembly to the door of the Tent of Meeting and fell on their faces. Then the glory of the Lord appeared to them. -- numbers 20:6 +. +And the Lord said to Moses, -- numbers 20:7 +. +Take the rod, and assemble the congregation, you and Aaron your brother, and tell the rock before their eyes to give forth its water, and you shall bring forth to them water out of the rock; so you shall give the congregation and their livestock drink. -- numbers 20:8 +. +So Moses took the rod from before the Lord, as He commanded him. -- numbers 20:9 +. +And Moses and Aaron assembled the congregation before the rock and Moses said to them, Hear now, you rebels; must we bring you water out of this rock? -- numbers 20:10 +. +And Moses lifted up his hand and with his rod he smote the rock twice. And the water came out abundantly, and the congregation drank, and their livestock. -- numbers 20:11 +. +And the Lord said to Moses and Aaron, Because you did not believe in (rely on, cling to) Me to sanctify Me in the eyes of the Israelites, you therefore shall not bring this congregation into the land which I have given them. -- numbers 20:12 +. +These are the waters of Meribah [strife], where the Israelites contended with the Lord and He showed Himself holy among them. -- numbers 20:13 +. +And Moses sent messengers from Kadesh to the king of Edom, saying, Thus says your kinsman Israel: You know all the adversity and birth pangs that have come upon us [as a nation]: -- numbers 20:14 +. +How our fathers went down to Egypt; we dwelt there a long time, and the Egyptians dealt evilly with us and our fathers. -- numbers 20:15 +. +But when we cried to the Lord, He heard us and sent an angel and brought us forth out of Egypt. Now behold, we are in Kadesh, a city on your country's edge. -- numbers 20:16 +. +Let us pass, I pray you, through your country. We will not pass through field or vineyard, or drink of the water of the wells. We will go along the king's highway; we will not turn aside to the right hand or to the left until we have passed your borders. -- numbers 20:17 +. +But Edom said to him, You shall not go through, lest I come out against you with the sword. -- numbers 20:18 +. +And the Israelites said to him, We will go by the highway, and if I and my livestock drink of your water, I will pay for it. Only let me pass through on foot, nothing else. -- numbers 20:19 +. +But Edom said, You shall not go through. And Edom came out against Israel with many people and a strong hand. -- numbers 20:20 +. +Thus Edom refused to give Israel passage through his territory, so Israel turned away from him. -- numbers 20:21 +. +They journeyed from Kadesh, and the Israelites, even the whole congregation, came to Mount Hor. -- numbers 20:22 +. +And the Lord said to Moses and Aaron at Mount Hor, on the border of the land of Edom, -- numbers 20:23 +. +Aaron shall be gathered to his people. For he shall not enter the land which I have given to the Israelites, because you both rebelled against My instructions at the waters of Meribah. -- numbers 20:24 +. +Take Aaron and Eleazar his son and bring them up to Mount Hor. -- numbers 20:25 +. +Strip Aaron of his vestments and put them on Eleazar his son, and Aaron shall be gathered to his people, and shall die there. -- numbers 20:26 +. +And Moses did as the Lord commanded; and they went up Mount Hor in the sight of all the congregation. -- numbers 20:27 +. +And Moses stripped Aaron of his [priestly] garments and put them on Eleazar his son. And Aaron died there on the mountain top; and Moses and Eleazar came down from the mountain. -- numbers 20:28 +. +When all the congregation saw that Aaron was dead, they wept and mourned for him thirty days, all the house of Israel. -- numbers 20:29 +. +WHEN THE Canaanite king of Arad, who dwelt in the South (the Negeb), heard that Israel was coming by the way of Atharim [the route traveled by the spies sent out by Moses], he fought against Israel and took some of them captive. -- numbers 21:1 +. +And Israel vowed a vow to the Lord, and said, If You will indeed deliver this people into my hand, then I will utterly destroy their cities. -- numbers 21:2 +. +And the Lord hearkened to Israel and gave over the Canaanites. And they utterly destroyed them and their cities; and the name of the place was called Hormah [a banned or devoted thing]. -- numbers 21:3 +. +And they journeyed from Mount Hor by the way to the Red Sea, to go around the land of Edom, and the people became impatient (depressed, much discouraged), because [of the trials] of the way. -- numbers 21:4 +. +And the people spoke against God and against Moses, Why have you brought us out of Egypt to die in the wilderness? For there is no bread, neither is there any water, and we loathe this light (contemptible, unsubstantial) manna. -- numbers 21:5 +. +Then the Lord sent fiery (burning) serpents among the people; and they bit the people, and many Israelites died. -- numbers 21:6 +. +And the people came to Moses, and said, We have sinned, for we have spoken against the Lord and against you; pray to the Lord, that He may take away the serpents from us. So Moses prayed for the people. -- numbers 21:7 +. +And the Lord said to Moses, Make a fiery serpent [of bronze] and set it on a pole; and everyone who is bitten, when he looks at it, shall live. -- numbers 21:8 +. +And Moses made a serpent of bronze and put it on a pole, and if a serpent had bitten any man, when he looked to the serpent of bronze [attentively, expectantly, with a steady and absorbing gaze], he lived. -- numbers 21:9 +. +And the Israelites journeyed on and encamped at Oboth. -- numbers 21:10 +. +They journeyed from Oboth and encamped at Iye-abarim, in the wilderness opposite Moab, toward the sunrise. -- numbers 21:11 +. +From there they journeyed and encamped in the Valley of Zared. -- numbers 21:12 +. +From there they journeyed and encamped on the other side of [the river] Arnon, which is in the desert or wilderness that extends from the frontier of the Amorites; for [the river] Arnon is the boundary of Moab, between Moab and the Amorites. -- numbers 21:13 +. +That is why it is said in the Book of the Wars of the Lord: Waheb in Suphah, and the valleys of [the branches of] the Arnon [River], -- numbers 21:14 +. +And the slope of the valleys that stretch toward the site of Ar and find support on the border of Moab. -- numbers 21:15 +. +From there the Israelites went on to Beer [a well], the well of which the Lord had said to Moses, Assemble the people together and I will give them water. -- numbers 21:16 +. +Then Israel sang this song, Spring up, O well! Let all sing to it, -- numbers 21:17 +. +The fountain that the princes opened, that the nobles of the people hollowed out from their staves. And from the wilderness or desert [Israel journeyed] to Mattanah, -- numbers 21:18 +. +And from Mattanah to Nahaliel, and from Nahaliel to Bamoth, -- numbers 21:19 +. +And from Bamoth to the valley that is in the field of Moab, to the top of Pisgah which looks down upon Jeshimon and the desert. -- numbers 21:20 +. +And Israel sent messengers to Sihon king of the Amorites, saying, -- numbers 21:21 +. +Let me pass through your land. We will not turn aside into field or vineyard; we will not drink the water of the wells. We will go by the king's highway until we have passed your border. -- numbers 21:22 +. +But Sihon would not allow Israel to pass through his border. Instead Sihon gathered all his people together and went out against Israel into the wilderness, and came to Jahaz, and he fought against Israel. -- numbers 21:23 +. +And Israel smote the king of the Amorites with the edge of the sword and possessed his land from the river Arnon to the river Jabbok, as far as the Ammonites, for the boundary of the Ammonites was strong. -- numbers 21:24 +. +And Israel took all these cities and dwelt in all the cities of the Amorites, in Heshbon and in all its towns. -- numbers 21:25 +. +For Heshbon was the city of Sihon king of the Amorites, who had fought against the former king of Moab and taken all his land out of his hand, as far as [the river] Arnon. -- numbers 21:26 +. +That is why those who sing ballads say, Come to Heshbon, let the city of Sihon be built and established. -- numbers 21:27 +. +For fire has gone out of Heshbon, a flame from the city of Sihon; it has devoured Ar of Moab and the lords of the heights of the Arnon. -- numbers 21:28 +. +Woe to you, Moab! You are undone, O people of [the god] Chemosh! Moab has given his sons as fugitives and his daughters into captivity to Sihon king of the Amorites. -- numbers 21:29 +. +We have shot them down; Heshbon has perished as far as Dibon, and we have laid them waste as far as Nophah, which reaches to Medeba. -- numbers 21:30 +. +Thus Israel dwelt in the land of the Amorites. -- numbers 21:31 +. +And Moses sent to spy out Jazer, and they took its villages and dispossessed the Amorites who were there. -- numbers 21:32 +. +Then they turned and went up by the way of Bashan; and Og the king of Bashan went out against them, he and all his people, to battle at Edrei. -- numbers 21:33 +. +But the Lord said to Moses, Do not fear him, for I have delivered him and all his people and his land into your hand; and you shall do to him as you did to Sihon king of the Amorites, who dwelt at Heshbon. -- numbers 21:34 +. +So the Israelites slew Og and his sons and all his people until there was not one left alive, And they possessed his land. -- numbers 21:35 +. +THE ISRAELITES journeyed and encamped in the plains of Moab, on the east side of the Jordan [River] at Jericho. -- numbers 22:1 +. +And Balak [the king of Moab] son of Zippor saw all that Israel had done to the Amorites. -- numbers 22:2 +. +And Moab was terrified at the people and full of dread, because they were many. Moab was distressed and overcome with fear because of the Israelites. -- numbers 22:3 +. +And Moab said to the elders of Midian, Now will this multitude lick up all that is round about us, as the ox licks up the grass of the field. So Balak son of Zippor, the king of the Moabites at that time, -- numbers 22:4 +. +Sent messengers to Balaam [a foreteller of events] son of Beor at Pethor, which is by the [Euphrates] River, even to the land of the children of his people, to say to him, There is a people come out from Egypt; behold, they cover the face of the earth and they have settled down and dwell opposite me. -- numbers 22:5 +. +Now come, I beg of you, curse this people for me, for they are too powerful for me. Perhaps I may be able to defeat them and drive them out of the land, for I know that he whom you bless is blessed, and he whom you curse is cursed. -- numbers 22:6 +. +And the elders of Moab and of Midian departed with the rewards of foretelling in their hands; and they came to Balaam and told him the words of Balak. -- numbers 22:7 +. +And he said to them, Lodge here tonight and I will bring you word as the Lord may speak to me. And the princes of Moab abode with Balaam [that night]. -- numbers 22:8 +. +And God came to Balaam, and said, What men are these with you? -- numbers 22:9 +. +And Balaam said to God, Balak son of Zippor, king of Moab, has sent to me, saying, -- numbers 22:10 +. +Behold, the people who came out of Egypt cover the face of the earth; come now, curse them for me. Perhaps I shall be able to fight against them and drive them out. -- numbers 22:11 +. +And God said to Balaam, You shall not go with them; you shall not curse the people, for they are blessed. -- numbers 22:12 +. +And Balaam rose up in the morning, and said to the princes of Balak, Go back to your own land, for the Lord refuses to permit me to go with you. -- numbers 22:13 +. +So the princes of Moab rose up and went to Balak, and said, Balaam refuses to come with us. -- numbers 22:14 +. +Then Balak again sent princes, more of them and more honorable than the first ones. -- numbers 22:15 +. +And they came to Balaam, and said to him, Thus says Balak son of Zippor, I beg of you, let nothing hinder you from coming to me. -- numbers 22:16 +. +For I will promote you to very great honor and I will do whatever you tell me; so come, I beg of you, curse this people for me. -- numbers 22:17 +. +And Balaam answered the servants of Balak, If Balak would give me his house full of silver and gold, I cannot go beyond the word of the Lord my God, to do less or more. -- numbers 22:18 +. +Now therefore, I pray you, tarry here again tonight that I may know what more the Lord will say to me. -- numbers 22:19 +. +And God came to Balaam at night, and said to him, If the men come to call you, rise up and go with them, but still only what I tell you may you do. -- numbers 22:20 +. +And Balaam rose up in the morning and saddled his donkey and went with the princes of Moab. -- numbers 22:21 +. +And God's anger was kindled because he went, and the Angel of the Lord stood in the way as an adversary against him. Now he was riding upon his donkey, and his two servants were with him. -- numbers 22:22 +. +And the donkey saw the Angel of the Lord standing in the way and His sword drawn in His hand, and the donkey turned aside out of the way and went into the field. And Balaam struck the donkey to turn her into the way. -- numbers 22:23 +. +But the Angel of the Lord stood in a path of the vineyards, a wall on this side and a wall on that side. -- numbers 22:24 +. +And when the donkey saw the Angel of the Lord, she thrust herself against the wall and crushed Balaam's foot against it, and he struck her again. -- numbers 22:25 +. +And the Angel of the Lord went further and stood in a narrow place where there was no room to turn, either to the right hand or to the left. -- numbers 22:26 +. +And when the donkey saw the Angel of the Lord, she fell down under Balaam, and Balaam's anger was kindled and he struck the donkey with his staff. -- numbers 22:27 +. +And the Lord opened the mouth of the donkey, and she said to Balaam, What have I done to you that you should strike me these three times? -- numbers 22:28 +. +And Balaam said to the donkey, Because you have ridiculed and provoked me! I wish there were a sword in my hand, for now I would kill you! -- numbers 22:29 +. +And the donkey said to Balaam, Am not I your donkey, upon which you have ridden all your life long until this day? Was I ever accustomed to do so to you? And he said, No. -- numbers 22:30 +. +Then the Lord opened Balaam's eyes, and he saw the Angel of the Lord standing in the way with His sword drawn in His hand; and he bowed his head and fell on his face. -- numbers 22:31 +. +And the Angel of the Lord said to him, Why have you struck your donkey these three times? See, I came out to stand against and resist you, for your behavior is willfully obstinate and contrary before Me. -- numbers 22:32 +. +And the ass saw Me and turned from Me these three times. If she had not turned from Me, surely I would have slain you and saved her alive. -- numbers 22:33 +. +Balaam said to the Angel of the Lord, I have sinned, for I did not know You stood in the way against me. But now, if my going displeases You, I will return. -- numbers 22:34 +. +The Angel of the Lord said to Balaam, Go with the men, but you shall speak only what I tell you. So Balaam went with the princes of Balak. -- numbers 22:35 +. +When Balak heard that Balaam had come, he went out to meet him at the city of Moab on the border formed by the Arnon [River], at the farthest end of the boundary. -- numbers 22:36 +. +Balak said to Balaam, Did I not [earnestly] send to you to ask you [to come] to me? Why did you not come? Am not I able to promote you to honor? -- numbers 22:37 +. +And Balaam said to Balak, Indeed I have come to you, but do I now have any power at all to say anything? The word that God puts in my mouth, that shall I speak. -- numbers 22:38 +. +And Balaam went with Balak, and they came to Kiriath-huzoth. -- numbers 22:39 +. +And Balak offered oxen and sheep, and sent [portions] to Balaam and to the princes who were with him. -- numbers 22:40 +. +And on the following day Balak took Balaam and brought him up into the high places of Bamoth-baal; from there he saw the nearest of the Israelites. -- numbers 22:41 +. +AND BALAAM said to Balak, Build me here seven altars, and prepare me here seven oxen and seven rams. -- numbers 23:1 +. +And Balak did as Balaam had spoken, and Balak and Balaam offered on each altar a bull and a ram. -- numbers 23:2 +. +And Balaam said to Balak, Stand by your burnt offering and I will go. Perhaps the Lord will come to meet me; and whatever He shows me I will tell you. And he went to a bare height. -- numbers 23:3 +. +God met Balaam, who said to Him, I have prepared seven altars, and I have offered on each altar a bull and a ram. -- numbers 23:4 +. +And the Lord put a speech in Balaam's mouth, and said, Return to Balak and thus shall you speak. -- numbers 23:5 +. +Balaam returned to Balak, who was standing by his burnt sacrifice, he and all the princes of Moab. -- numbers 23:6 +. +Balaam took up his [figurative] speech and said: Balak, the king of Moab, has brought me from Aram, out of the mountains of the east, saying, Come, curse Jacob for me; and come, violently denounce Israel. -- numbers 23:7 +. +How can I curse those God has not cursed? Or how can I [violently] denounce those the Lord has not denounced? -- numbers 23:8 +. +For from the top of the rocks I see Israel, and from the hills I behold him. Behold, the people [of Israel] shall dwell alone and shall not be reckoned and esteemed among the nations. -- numbers 23:9 +. +Who can count the dust (the descendants) of Jacob and the number of the fourth part of Israel? Let me die the death of the righteous [those who are upright and in right standing with God], and let my last end be like theirs! -- numbers 23:10 +. +And Balak said to Balaam, What have you done to me? I brought you to curse my enemies, and here you have [thoroughly] blessed them instead! -- numbers 23:11 +. +And Balaam answered, Must I not be obedient and speak what the Lord has put in my mouth? -- numbers 23:12 +. +Balak said to him, Come with me, I implore you, to another place from which you can see them, though you will see only the nearest and not all of them; and curse them for me from there. -- numbers 23:13 +. +So he took Balaam into the field of Zophim to the top of [Mount] Pisgah, and built seven altars, and offered a bull and a ram on each altar. -- numbers 23:14 +. +Balaam said to Balak, Stand here by your burnt offering while I go to meet the Lord yonder. -- numbers 23:15 +. +And the Lord met Balaam and put a speech in his mouth, and said, Go again to Balak and speak thus. -- numbers 23:16 +. +And when he returned to Balak, he was standing beside his burnt offering, and the princes of Moab with him. And Balak said to him, What has the Lord said? -- numbers 23:17 +. +Balaam took up his [figurative] discourse and said: Rise up, Balak, and hear; listen [closely] to me, son of Zippor. -- numbers 23:18 +. +God is not a man, that He should tell or act a lie, neither the son of man, that He should feel repentance or compunction [for what He has promised]. Has He said and shall He not do it? Or has He spoken and shall He not make it good? -- numbers 23:19 +. +You see, I have received His command to bless Israel. He has blessed, and I cannot reverse or qualify it. -- numbers 23:20 +. +[God] has not beheld iniquity in Jacob [for he is forgiven], neither has He seen mischief or perverseness in Israel [for the same reason]. The Lord their God is with Israel, and the shout of praise to their King is among the people. -- numbers 23:21 +. +God brought them forth out of Egypt; they have as it were the strength of a wild ox. -- numbers 23:22 +. +Surely there is no enchantment with or against Jacob, neither is there any divination with or against Israel. [In due season and even] now it shall be said of Jacob and of Israel, What has God wrought! -- numbers 23:23 +. +Behold, a people! They rise up as a lioness and lift themselves up as a lion; he shall not lie down until he devours the prey and drinks the blood of the slain. -- numbers 23:24 +. +And Balak said to Balaam, Neither curse them at all nor bless them at all. -- numbers 23:25 +. +But Balaam answered Balak, Did I not say to you, All the Lord speaks, that I must do? -- numbers 23:26 +. +And Balak said to Balaam, Come, I implore you; I will take you to another place. Perhaps it will please God to let you curse them for me from there. -- numbers 23:27 +. +So Balak brought Balaam to the top of [Mount] Peor, that overlooks [the wilderness or desert] Jeshimon. -- numbers 23:28 +. +And Balaam said to Balak, Build me here seven altars, and prepare me here seven bulls and seven rams. -- numbers 23:29 +. +And Balak did as Balaam had said, and offered a bull and a ram on each altar. -- numbers 23:30 +. +WHEN BALAAM saw that it pleased the Lord to bless Israel, he did not go as he had done each time before [superstitiously] to meet with omens and signs in the natural world, but he set his face toward the wilderness or desert. -- numbers 24:1 +. +And Balaam lifted up his eyes and he saw Israel abiding in their tents according to their tribes. And the Spirit of God came upon him -- numbers 24:2 +. +And he took up his [figurative] discourse and said: Balaam son of Beor, the man whose eye is opened [at last, to see clearly the purposes and will of God], -- numbers 24:3 +. +He [Balaam] who hears the words of God, who sees the vision of the Almighty, falling down, but having his eyes open and uncovered, he says: -- numbers 24:4 +. +How attractive and considerable are your tents, O Jacob, and your tabernacles, O Israel! -- numbers 24:5 +. +As valleys are they spread forth, as gardens by the riverside, as [rare spice] of lignaloes which the Lord has planted, and as cedar trees beside the waters. -- numbers 24:6 +. +[Israel] shall pour water out of his own buckets [have his own sources of rich blessing and plenty], and his offspring shall dwell by many waters, and his king shall be higher than Agag, and his kingdom shall be exalted. -- numbers 24:7 +. +God brought [Israel] forth out of Egypt; [Israel] has strength like the wild ox; he shall eat up the nations, his enemies, crushing their bones and piercing them through with his arrows. -- numbers 24:8 +. +He couched, he lay down as a lion; and as a lioness, who shall rouse him? Blessed [of God] is he who blesses you [who prays for and contributes to your welfare] and cursed [of God] is he who curses you [who in word, thought, or deed would bring harm upon you]. -- numbers 24:9 +. +Then Balak's anger was kindled against Balaam, and he smote his hands together; and Balak said to Balaam, I called you to curse my enemies, and, behold, you have done nothing but bless them these three times. -- numbers 24:10 +. +Therefore now go back where you belong and do it in a hurry! I had intended to promote you to great honor, but behold, the Lord has held you back from honor. -- numbers 24:11 +. +Balaam said to Balak, Did I not say to your messengers whom you sent to me, -- numbers 24:12 +. +If Balak would give me his house full of silver and gold, I cannot go beyond the command of the Lord, to do either good or bad of my own will, but what the Lord says, that will I speak? -- numbers 24:13 +. +And now, behold, I am going to my people; come, I will tell you what this people [Israel] will do to your people [Moab] in the latter days. -- numbers 24:14 +. +And he took up his [figurative] discourse, and said: Balaam son of Beor speaks, the man whose eye is opened speaks, -- numbers 24:15 +. +He speaks, who heard the words of God and knew the knowledge of the Most High, who saw the vision of the Almighty, falling down, but having his eyes open and uncovered: -- numbers 24:16 +. +I see Him, but not now; I behold Him, but He is not near. A star (Star) shall come forth out of Jacob, and a scepter (Scepter) shall rise out of Israel and shall crush all the corners of Moab and break down all the sons of Sheth [Moab's sons of tumult]. -- numbers 24:17 +. +And Edom shall be [taken as] a possession, [Mount] Seir also shall be dispossessed, who were Israel's enemies, while Israel does valiantly. -- numbers 24:18 +. +Out of Jacob shall one (One) come having dominion and shall destroy the remnant from the city. -- numbers 24:19 +. +[Balaam] looked at Amalek and took up his [prophetic] utterance, and said: Amalek is the foremost of the [neighboring] nations, but in his latter end he shall come to destruction. -- numbers 24:20 +. +And he looked at the Kenites and took up his [prophetic] utterance, and said: Strong is your dwelling place, and you set your nest in the rock. -- numbers 24:21 +. +Nevertheless the Kenites shall be wasted. How long shall Asshur (Assyria) take you away captive? -- numbers 24:22 +. +And he took up his [prophetic] speech, and said: Alas, who shall live when God does this and establishes [Assyria]? -- numbers 24:23 +. +But ships shall come from Kittim [Cyprus and the greater part of the Mediterranean's east coast] and shall afflict Assyria and Eber [the Hebrews, certain Arabs, and descendants of Nahor], and he [the victor] also shall come to destruction. -- numbers 24:24 +. +And Balaam rose up, returned to his place, and Balak also went his way. -- numbers 24:25 +. +ISRAEL SETTLED down and remained in Shittim, and the people began to play the harlot with the daughters of Moab, -- numbers 25:1 +. +Who invited the [Israelites] to the sacrifices of their gods, and [they] ate and bowed down to Moab's gods. -- numbers 25:2 +. +So Israel joined himself to [the god] Baal of Peor. And the anger of the Lord was kindled against Israel. -- numbers 25:3 +. +And the Lord said to Moses, Take all the leaders or chiefs of the people, and hang them before the Lord in the sun [after killing them], that the fierce anger of the Lord may turn away from Israel. -- numbers 25:4 +. +And Moses said to the judges of Israel, Each one of you slay his men who joined themselves to Baal of Peor. -- numbers 25:5 +. +And behold, one of the Israelites came and brought to his brethren a Midianite woman in the sight of Moses and of all the congregation of Israel while they were weeping at the door of the Tent of Meeting [over the divine judgment and the punishment]. -- numbers 25:6 +. +And when Phinehas son of Eleazar, the son of Aaron the priest, saw it, he rose up from the midst of the congregation and took a spear in his hand -- numbers 25:7 +. +And went after the man of Israel into the inner room and thrust both of them through, the man of Israel and the woman through her body. Then the [smiting] plague was stayed from the Israelites. -- numbers 25:8 +. +Nevertheless those who died in the [smiting] plague were 24,000. -- numbers 25:9 +. +And the Lord said to Moses, -- numbers 25:10 +. +Phinehas son of Eleazar, the son of Aaron the priest, has turned my wrath away from the Israelites, in that he was jealous with My jealousy among them, so that I did not consume the Israelites in My jealousy. -- numbers 25:11 +. +Therefore say, Behold, I give to Phinehas the priest My covenant of peace. -- numbers 25:12 +. +And he shall have it, and his descendants after him, the covenant of an everlasting priesthood, because he was jealous for his God and made atonement for the Israelites. -- numbers 25:13 +. +Now the man of Israel who was slain with the Midianite woman was Zimri son of Salu, a head of a father's house among the Simeonites. -- numbers 25:14 +. +And the Midianite woman who was slain was Cozbi daughter of Zur; he was head of a father's house in Midian. -- numbers 25:15 +. +And the Lord said to Moses, -- numbers 25:16 +. +Provoke hostilities with the Midianites and attack them, -- numbers 25:17 +. +For they harass you with their wiles with which they have beguiled you in the matter of Peor, and of Cozbi, the daughter of the prince of Midian, their sister, who was slain on the day of the plague in the matter of Peor. -- numbers 25:18 +. +AFTER THE plague the Lord said to Moses and Eleazar son of Aaron, the priest, -- numbers 26:1 +. +Take a census of all the [male] congregation of the Israelites from twenty years old and upward, by their fathers' houses, all in Israel able to go to war. -- numbers 26:2 +. +And Moses and Eleazar the priest told [the people] in the plains of Moab by the Jordan at Jericho, -- numbers 26:3 +. +A census of the people shall be taken from twenty years old and upward, as the Lord commanded Moses. And the Israelites who came forth out of the land of Egypt were: -- numbers 26:4 +. +Reuben, the firstborn of Israel, the sons of Reuben: of Hanoch, the family of the Hanochites; of Pallu, the family of the Palluites; -- numbers 26:5 +. +Of Hezron, the family of the Hezronites; of Carmi, the family of the Carmites. -- numbers 26:6 +. +These are the families of the Reubenites; and their number was 43,730. -- numbers 26:7 +. +And the son of Pallu: Eliab. -- numbers 26:8 +. +The sons of Eliab: Nemuel, Dathan, and Abiram. These are the Dathan and Abiram chosen from the congregation who contended against Moses and Aaron in the company of Korah when they contended against the Lord. -- numbers 26:9 +. +And the earth opened its mouth and swallowed them up together with Korah, when that company died and the fire devoured men; and they became a [warning] sign. -- numbers 26:10 +. +But Korah's sons did not die. -- numbers 26:11 +. +The sons of Simeon according to their families: of Nemuel, the family of the Nemuelites; of Jamin, the family of the Jaminites; of Jachin, the family of the Jachinites; -- numbers 26:12 +. +Of Zerah, the family of the Zerahites; of Shaul, the family of the Shaulites. -- numbers 26:13 +. +These are the families of the Simeonites, 22,200. -- numbers 26:14 +. +The sons of Gad after their families: of Zephon, the family of the Zephonites; of Haggi, the family of the Haggites; of Shuni, the family of the Shunites; -- numbers 26:15 +. +Of Ozni, the family of the Oznites; of Eri, the family of the Erites; -- numbers 26:16 +. +Of Arod, the family of the Arodites; of Areli, the family of the Arelites. -- numbers 26:17 +. +These, the families of the sons of Gad according to their numbering, totaled 40,500. -- numbers 26:18 +. +The sons of Judah were Er and Onan, but Er and Onan died in the land of Canaan. -- numbers 26:19 +. +And the sons of Judah according to their families were: of Shelah, the family of the Shelanites; of Perez, the family of the Perezites; of Zerah, the family of the Zerahites. -- numbers 26:20 +. +And the sons of Perez were: of Hezron, the family of the Hezronites; of Hamul, the family of the Hamulites. -- numbers 26:21 +. +These, the families of Judah according to their numbering, totaled 76,500. -- numbers 26:22 +. +The sons of Issachar after their families: of Tola, the family of the Tolaites; of Puvah, the family of the Punites; -- numbers 26:23 +. +Of Jashub, the family of the Jashubites; of Shimron, the family of the Shimronites. -- numbers 26:24 +. +These, the families of Issachar according to their numbering, totaled 64,300. -- numbers 26:25 +. +The sons of Zebulun after their families: of Sered, the family of the Seredites; of Elon, the family of the Elonites; of Jahleel, the family of the Jahleelites. -- numbers 26:26 +. +These, the families of the Zebulunites according to their numbering, totaled 60,500. -- numbers 26:27 +. +The sons of Joseph after their families were Manasseh and Ephraim. -- numbers 26:28 +. +The sons of Manasseh: of Machir, the family of the Machirites (and Machir was the father of Gilead); of Gilead, the family of the Gileadites. -- numbers 26:29 +. +These are the sons of Gilead: of Iezer, the family of the Iezerites; of Helek, the family of the Helekites; -- numbers 26:30 +. +Of Asriel, the family of the Asrielites; of Shechem, the family of the Shechemites; -- numbers 26:31 +. +Of Shemida, the family of the Shemidaites; and of Hepher, the family of the Hepherites. -- numbers 26:32 +. +Zelophehad son of Hepher had no sons, but only daughters, and their names were Mahlah, Noah, Hoglah, Milcah, and Tirzah. -- numbers 26:33 +. +These are the families of Manasseh, and their number was 52,700. -- numbers 26:34 +. +These are the sons of Ephraim according to their families: of Shuthelah, the family of the Shuthelahites; of Becher, the family of the Becherites; of Tahan, the family of the Tahanites. -- numbers 26:35 +. +And these are the sons of Shuthelah: of Eran, the family of the Eranites. -- numbers 26:36 +. +These, the families of the sons of Ephraim according to their number, totaled 32,500. These are the sons of Joseph after their families. -- numbers 26:37 +. +The sons of Benjamin according to their families: of Bela, the family of the Belaites; of Ashbel, the family of the Ashbelites; of Ahiram, the family of the Ahiramites; -- numbers 26:38 +. +Of Shephupham, the family of the Shuphamites; of Hupham, the family of the Huphamites. -- numbers 26:39 +. +And the sons of Bela were Ard and Naaman; of Ard, the family of the Ardites; of Naaman, the family of the Naamites. -- numbers 26:40 +. +These are the sons of Benjamin according to their families; and their number was 45,600. -- numbers 26:41 +. +These are the sons of Dan according to their families: of Shuham, the family of the Shuhamites. These are the families of Dan according to their families. -- numbers 26:42 +. +All the families of the Shuhamites according to their number were 64,400. -- numbers 26:43 +. +Of the sons of Asher according to their families: of Imnah, the family of the Imnites; of Ishvi, the family of the Ishvites; of Beriah, the family of the Beriites. -- numbers 26:44 +. +Of the sons of Beriah: of Heber, the family of the Heberites; of Malchiel, the family of the Malchielites. -- numbers 26:45 +. +And the name of the daughter of Asher was Serah. -- numbers 26:46 +. +These, the families of the sons of Asher according to their number, totaled 53,400. -- numbers 26:47 +. +Of the sons of Naphtali after their families: of Jahzeel, the family of the Jahzeelites; of Guni, the family of the Gunites; -- numbers 26:48 +. +Of Jezer, the family of the Jezerites; of Shillem, the family of the Shillemites. -- numbers 26:49 +. +These are the families of Naphtali according to their families; and their number totaled 45,400. -- numbers 26:50 +. +This was the number of the Israelites, 601,730. -- numbers 26:51 +. +And the Lord said to Moses, -- numbers 26:52 +. +To these the land shall be divided for inheritance according to the number of names. -- numbers 26:53 +. +To a larger tribe you shall give the greater inheritance, and to a small tribe the less inheritance; to each tribe shall its inheritance be given according to its numbers. -- numbers 26:54 +. +But the land shall be divided by lot; according to the names of the tribes of their fathers they shall inherit. -- numbers 26:55 +. +According to the lot shall their inheritance be divided between the larger and the smaller. -- numbers 26:56 +. +And these were numbered of the Levites according to their families: of Gershon, the family of the Gershonites; of Kohath, the family of the Kohathites; of Merari, the family of the Merarites. -- numbers 26:57 +. +These are the families of Levi: the family of the Libnites, the family of the Hebronites, the family of the Mahlites, the family of the Mushites, the family of the Korahites. And Kohath was the father of Amram. -- numbers 26:58 +. +Amram's wife was Jochebed daughter of Levi, who was born to Levi in Egypt; and she bore to Amram Aaron, Moses, and Miriam their sister. -- numbers 26:59 +. +And to Aaron were born Nadab, Abihu, Eleazar, and Ithamar. -- numbers 26:60 +. +But Nadab and Abihu died when they offered strange and unholy fire before the Lord. -- numbers 26:61 +. +And those numbered of them were 23,000, every male from a month old and upward; for they were not numbered among the Israelites, because there was no inheritance given them among the Israelites. -- numbers 26:62 +. +These were those numbered by Moses and Eleazar the priest, who numbered the Israelites in the plains of Moab by the Jordan at Jericho. -- numbers 26:63 +. +But among these there was not a man of those numbered by Moses and Aaron the priest when they numbered the Israelites in the Wilderness of Sinai. -- numbers 26:64 +. +For the Lord had said of them, They shall surely die in the wilderness. There was not left a man of them except Caleb son of Jephunneh and Joshua son of Nun. -- numbers 26:65 +. +THEN CAME the daughters of Zelophehad son of Hepher, the son of Gilead, the son of Machir, the son of Manasseh, from the families of Manasseh son of Joseph. The names of his daughters: Mahlah, Noah, Hoglah, Milcah, and Tirzah. -- numbers 27:1 +. +They stood before Moses, Eleazar the priest, and the leaders, and all the congregation at the door of the Tent of Meeting, saying, -- numbers 27:2 +. +Our father died in the wilderness. He was not among those who assembled together against the Lord in the company of Korah, but died for his own sin [as did all those who rebelled at Kadesh], and he had no sons. -- numbers 27:3 +. +Why should the name of our father be removed from his family because he had no son? Give to us a possession among our father's brethren. -- numbers 27:4 +. +Moses brought their case before the Lord. -- numbers 27:5 +. +And the Lord said to Moses, -- numbers 27:6 +. +The daughters of Zelophehad are justified and speak correctly. You shall surely give them an inheritance among their father's brethren, and you shall cause their father's inheritance to pass to them. -- numbers 27:7 +. +And say to the Israelites, If a man dies and has no son, you shall cause his inheritance to pass to his daughter. -- numbers 27:8 +. +If he has no daughter, you shall give his inheritance to his brethren. -- numbers 27:9 +. +If he has no brethren, give his inheritance to his father's brethren. -- numbers 27:10 +. +And if his father has no brethren, then give his inheritance to his next of kin, and he shall possess it. It shall be to the Israelites a statute and ordinance, as the Lord commanded Moses. -- numbers 27:11 +. +And the Lord said to Moses, Go up into this mountain of Abarim and behold the land I have given to the Israelites. -- numbers 27:12 +. +And when you have seen it, you also shall be gathered to your [departed] people as Aaron your brother was gathered, -- numbers 27:13 +. +For you disobeyed My order in the Wilderness of Zin during the strife of the congregation to uphold My sanctity [by strict obedience to My authority] at the waters before their eyes. [These are the waters of Meribah in Kadesh in the Wilderness of Zin]. -- numbers 27:14 +. +And Moses said to the Lord, -- numbers 27:15 +. +Let the Lord, the God of the spirits of all flesh, set a man over the congregation -- numbers 27:16 +. +Who shall go out and come in before them, leading them out and bringing them in, that the congregation of the Lord may not be as sheep which have no shepherd. -- numbers 27:17 +. +The Lord said to Moses, Take Joshua son of Nun, a man in whom is the Spirit, and lay your hand upon him; -- numbers 27:18 +. +And set him before Eleazar the priest and all the congregation and give him a charge in their sight. -- numbers 27:19 +. +And put some of your honor and authority upon him, that all the congregation of the Israelites may obey him. -- numbers 27:20 +. +He shall stand before Eleazar the priest, who shall inquire for him before the Lord by the judgment of the Urim [one of two articles in the priest's breastplate worn when asking counsel of the Lord for the people]. At Joshua's word the people shall go out and come in, both he and all the Israelite congregation with him. -- numbers 27:21 +. +And Moses did as the Lord commanded him. He took Joshua and set him before Eleazar the priest and all the congregation, -- numbers 27:22 +. +And he laid his hands upon him and commissioned him, as the Lord commanded through Moses. -- numbers 27:23 +. +AND THE Lord said to Moses, -- numbers 28:1 +. +Command the Israelites, saying, My offering, My food for My offerings made by fire, My sweet and soothing odor you shall be careful to offer to Me at its proper time. -- numbers 28:2 +. +And you shall say to the people, This is the offering made by fire which you shall offer to the Lord: two male lambs a year old without spot or blemish, two day by day, for a continual burnt offering. -- numbers 28:3 +. +One lamb you shall offer in the morning and the other in the evening, -- numbers 28:4 +. +Also a tenth of an ephah of flour for a cereal offering, mixed with a fourth of a hin of beaten oil. -- numbers 28:5 +. +It is a continual burnt offering which was ordained in Mount Sinai for a sweet and soothing odor, an offering made by fire to the Lord. -- numbers 28:6 +. +Its drink offering shall be a fourth of a hin for each lamb; in the Holy Place you shall pour out a fermented drink offering to the Lord. -- numbers 28:7 +. +And the other lamb you shall offer in the evening; like the cereal offering of the morning and like its drink offering, you shall offer it, an offering made by fire, a sweet and soothing odor to the Lord. -- numbers 28:8 +. +And on the Sabbath day two male lambs a year old without spot or blemish, and two-tenths of an ephah of flour for a cereal offering, mixed with oil, and its drink offering. -- numbers 28:9 +. +This is the burnt offering of every Sabbath, besides the continual burnt offering and its drink offering. -- numbers 28:10 +. +And at the beginning of your months you shall offer a burnt offering to the Lord: two young bulls, one ram, seven male lambs a year old without spot or blemish; -- numbers 28:11 +. +And three-tenths of an ephah of fine flour for a cereal offering, mixed with oil, for each bull; and two-tenths of an ephah of fine flour for a cereal offering, mixed with oil, for the one ram. -- numbers 28:12 +. +And a tenth part of fine flour mixed with oil as a cereal offering, for each lamb, for a burnt offering of a sweet and pleasant fragrance, an offering made by fire to the Lord. -- numbers 28:13 +. +And their drink offerings shall be half a hin of wine for a bull, and a third of a hin for a ram, and a fourth of a hin for a lamb. This is the burnt offering of each month throughout the months of the year. -- numbers 28:14 +. +And one male goat for a sin offering to the Lord--it shall be offered in addition to the continual burnt offering and its drink offering. -- numbers 28:15 +. +On the fourteenth day of the first month is the Lord's Passover. -- numbers 28:16 +. +On the fifteenth day of this month is a feast; for seven days shall unleavened bread be eaten. -- numbers 28:17 +. +On the first day there shall be a holy [summoned] assembly; you shall do no servile work that day. -- numbers 28:18 +. +But you shall offer an offering made by fire, a burnt offering to the Lord: two young bulls, one ram, and seven male lambs a year old; they shall be without blemish to the best of your knowledge. -- numbers 28:19 +. +And their cereal offering shall be of fine flour mixed with oil; three-tenths of an ephah shall you offer for a bull, and two-tenths for a ram; -- numbers 28:20 +. +A tenth shall you offer for each of the seven male lambs, -- numbers 28:21 +. +Also one male goat for a sin offering to make atonement for you. -- numbers 28:22 +. +You shall offer these in addition to the burnt offering of the morning, which is for a continual burnt offering. -- numbers 28:23 +. +In this way you shall offer daily for seven days the food of an offering made by fire, a sweet and soothing odor to the Lord; it shall be offered in addition to the continual burnt offering and its drink offering. -- numbers 28:24 +. +And on the seventh day you shall have a holy [summoned] assembly; you shall do no work befitting a slave or a servant. -- numbers 28:25 +. +Also in the day of the firstfruits, when you offer a cereal offering of new grain to the Lord at your Feast of Weeks, you shall have a holy [summoned] assembly; you shall do no servile work. -- numbers 28:26 +. +But you shall offer the burnt offering for a sweet, pleasing, and soothing fragrance to the Lord: two young bulls, one ram, seven male lambs a year old, -- numbers 28:27 +. +And their cereal offering of fine flour mixed with oil, three-tenths of an ephah for each bull, two-tenths for one ram, -- numbers 28:28 +. +A tenth for each of the seven male lambs, -- numbers 28:29 +. +And one male goat to make atonement for you. -- numbers 28:30 +. +You shall offer them in addition to the continual burnt offering and its cereal offering and their drink offerings. See that they are without blemish. -- numbers 28:31 +. +ON THE first day of the seventh month [on New Year's Day of the civil year], you shall have a holy [summoned] assembly; you shall do no servile work. It is a day of blowing of trumpets for you [everyone blowing who wishes, proclaiming that the glad New Year has come and that the great Day of Atonement and the Feast of Tabernacles are now approaching]. -- numbers 29:1 +. +And you shall offer a burnt offering for a sweet and pleasing odor to the Lord: one young bull, one ram, and seven male lambs a year old without blemish. -- numbers 29:2 +. +Their cereal offering shall be of fine flour mixed with oil, three-tenths of an ephah for a bull, two-tenths for a ram, -- numbers 29:3 +. +And one-tenth of an ephah for each of the seven lambs, -- numbers 29:4 +. +And one male goat for a sin offering to make atonement for you. -- numbers 29:5 +. +These are in addition to the burnt offering of the new moon and its cereal offering, and the daily burnt offering and its cereal offering, and their drink offerings, according to the ordinance for them, for a pleasant and soothing fragrance, an offering made by fire to the Lord. -- numbers 29:6 +. +And you shall have on the tenth day of this seventh month a holy [summoned] assembly; [it is the great Day of Atonement, a day of humiliation] and you shall humble and abase yourselves; you shall not do any work in it. -- numbers 29:7 +. +But you shall offer a burnt offering to the Lord for a sweet and soothing fragrance: one young bull, one ram, and seven male lambs a year old. See that they are without blemish. -- numbers 29:8 +. +And their cereal offering shall be of fine flour mixed with oil, three-tenths of an ephah for the bull, two-tenths for the one ram, -- numbers 29:9 +. +A tenth for each of the seven male lambs, -- numbers 29:10 +. +One male goat for a sin offering, in addition to the sin offering of atonement, and the continual burnt offering and its cereal offering, and their drink offerings. -- numbers 29:11 +. +And on the fifteenth day of the seventh month you shall have a holy [summoned] assembly; you shall do no servile work, and you shall keep a feast to the Lord for seven days. -- numbers 29:12 +. +And you shall offer a burnt offering, an offering made by fire, of a sweet and pleasing fragrance to the Lord: thirteen young bulls, two rams, and fourteen male lambs a year old; they shall be without blemish. -- numbers 29:13 +. +And their cereal offering shall be of fine flour mixed with oil, three-tenths of an ephah for each of the thirteen bulls, two-tenths for each of the two rams, -- numbers 29:14 +. +And a tenth part for each of the fourteen male lambs, -- numbers 29:15 +. +Also one male goat for a sin offering, in addition to the continual burnt offering, its cereal offering, and its drink offering. -- numbers 29:16 +. +And on the second day you shall offer twelve young bulls, two rams, fourteen male lambs a year old without spot or blemish, -- numbers 29:17 +. +With their cereal offering and the drink offerings for the bulls, the rams, and the lambs, by number according to the ordinance, -- numbers 29:18 +. +Also one male goat for a sin offering, besides the continual burnt offering, its cereal offering, and their drink offerings. -- numbers 29:19 +. +And on the third day eleven bulls, two rams, fourteen male lambs a year old without blemish, -- numbers 29:20 +. +With their cereal offering and drink offerings for the bulls, the rams, and the lambs, by number according to the ordinance, -- numbers 29:21 +. +And one male goat for a sin offering, besides the continual burnt offering, its cereal offering, and its drink offerings. -- numbers 29:22 +. +On the fourth day ten bulls, two rams, and fourteen male lambs a year old without blemish, -- numbers 29:23 +. +Their cereal offering and their drink offerings for the bulls, the rams, and the lambs shall be by number according to the ordinance, -- numbers 29:24 +. +And one male goat for a sin offering, besides the continual burnt offering, its cereal offering, and its drink offerings. -- numbers 29:25 +. +And on the fifth day nine bulls, two rams, and fourteen male lambs a year old without spot or blemish, -- numbers 29:26 +. +And their cereal offering and drink offerings for the bulls, the rams, and the lambs, by number according to the ordinance, -- numbers 29:27 +. +And one goat for a sin offering, besides the continual burnt offering, and its cereal offering, and its drink offerings. -- numbers 29:28 +. +And on the sixth day eight bulls, two rams, and fourteen male lambs a year old without blemish, -- numbers 29:29 +. +And their cereal offering and their drink offerings for the bulls, the rams, and the lambs, by number according to the ordinance, -- numbers 29:30 +. +And one goat for a sin offering, besides the continual burnt offering, its cereal offering, and its drink offerings. -- numbers 29:31 +. +And on the seventh day seven bulls, two rams, and fourteen male lambs a year old without blemish, -- numbers 29:32 +. +And their cereal and drink offerings for the bulls, the rams, and the lambs, by number according to the ordinance. -- numbers 29:33 +. +And one male goat for a sin offering, besides the continual burnt offering, and its cereal offering, and its drink offerings. -- numbers 29:34 +. +On the eighth day you shall have a solemn assembly; you shall do no servile work. -- numbers 29:35 +. +You shall offer a burnt offering, an offering made by fire, of a sweet and pleasing fragrance to the Lord: one bull, one ram, seven male lambs a year old without blemish, -- numbers 29:36 +. +Their cereal offering and drink offerings for the bull, the ram, and the lambs shall be by number according to the ordinance, -- numbers 29:37 +. +And one male goat for a sin offering, besides the continual burnt offering, and its cereal offering, and its drink offerings. -- numbers 29:38 +. +These you shall offer to the Lord at your appointed feasts, besides the offerings you have vowed and your freewill offerings, for your burnt offerings, cereal offerings, drink offerings, and peace offerings. -- numbers 29:39 +. +And Moses told the Israelites all that the Lord commanded him. -- numbers 29:40 +. +AND MOSES said to the heads or leaders of the tribes of Israel, This is the thing which the Lord has commanded: -- numbers 30:1 +. +If a man vows a vow to the Lord or swears an oath to bind himself by a pledge, he shall not break and profane his word; he shall do according to all that proceeds out of his mouth. -- numbers 30:2 +. +Also when a woman vows a vow to the Lord and binds herself by a pledge, being in her father's house in her youth, -- numbers 30:3 +. +And her father hears her vow and her pledge with which she has bound herself and he offers no objection, then all her vows shall stand and every pledge with which she has bound herself shall stand. -- numbers 30:4 +. +But if her father refuses to allow her [to carry out her vow] on the day that he hears about it, not any of her vows or of her pledges with which she has bound herself shall stand. And the Lord will forgive her because her father refused to let her [carry out her purpose]. -- numbers 30:5 +. +And if she is married to a husband while her vows are upon her or she has bound herself by a rash utterance -- numbers 30:6 +. +And her husband hears of it and holds his peace concerning it on the day that he hears it, then her vows shall stand and her pledge with which she bound herself shall stand. -- numbers 30:7 +. +But if her husband refuses to allow her [to keep her vow or pledge] on the day that he hears of it, then he shall make void and annul her vow which is upon her and the rash utterance of her lips by which she bound herself, and the Lord will forgive her. -- numbers 30:8 +. +But the vow of a widow or of a divorced woman, with which she has bound herself, shall stand against her. -- numbers 30:9 +. +And if she vowed in her husband's house or bound herself by a pledge with an oath -- numbers 30:10 +. +And her husband heard it and did not oppose or prohibit her, then all her vows and every pledge with which she bound herself shall stand. -- numbers 30:11 +. +But if her husband positively made them void on the day he heard them, then whatever proceeded out of her lips concerning her vows or concerning her pledge of herself shall not stand. Her husband has annulled them, and the Lord will forgive her. -- numbers 30:12 +. +Every vow and every binding oath to humble or afflict herself, her husband may establish it or her husband may annul it. -- numbers 30:13 +. +But if her husband altogether holds his peace [concerning the matter] with her from day to day, then he establishes and confirms all her vows or all her pledges which are upon her. He establishes them because he said nothing to [restrain] her on the day he heard of them. -- numbers 30:14 +. +But if he shall nullify them after he hears of them, then he shall be responsible for and bear her iniquity. -- numbers 30:15 +. +These are the statutes which the Lord commanded Moses, between a man and his wife, and between a father and his daughter while in her youth in her father's house. -- numbers 30:16 +. +THE LORD said to Moses, -- numbers 31:1 +. +Avenge the Israelites on the Midianites; afterward you shall be gathered to your [departed] people. -- numbers 31:2 +. +And Moses said to the people, Arm men from among you for the war, that they may go against Midian and execute the Lord's vengeance on Midian [for seducing Israel]. -- numbers 31:3 +. +From each of the tribes of Israel you shall send 1,to the war. -- numbers 31:4 +. +So there were provided out of the thousands of Israel 1,from each tribe, 12,000 armed for war. -- numbers 31:5 +. +And Moses sent them to the war, 1,from each tribe, together with Phinehas son of Eleazar, the priest, with the [sacred] vessels of the sanctuary and the trumpets to blow the alarm in his hand. -- numbers 31:6 +. +They fought with Midian, as the Lord commanded Moses, and slew every male, -- numbers 31:7 +. +Including the five kings of Midian: Evi, Rekem, Zur, Hur, and Reba; also Balaam son of Beor they slew with the sword. -- numbers 31:8 +. +And the Israelites took captive the women of Midian and their little ones, and all their cattle, their flocks, and their goods as booty. -- numbers 31:9 +. +They burned all the cities in which they dwelt, and all their encampments. -- numbers 31:10 +. +And they took all the spoil and all the prey, both of man and of beast. -- numbers 31:11 +. +Then they brought the captives, the prey, and the spoil to Moses and Eleazar the priest and to the congregation of the Israelites at the camp on the plains of Moab by Jordan at Jericho. -- numbers 31:12 +. +Moses and Eleazar the priest and all the princes or leaders of the congregation went to meet them outside the camp. -- numbers 31:13 +. +But Moses was angry with the officers of the army, the commanders of thousands and of hundreds, who served in the war. -- numbers 31:14 +. +And Moses said to them, Have you let all the women live? -- numbers 31:15 +. +Behold, these caused the Israelites by the counsel of Balaam to trespass and act treacherously against the Lord in the matter of Peor, and so a [smiting] plague came among the congregation of the Lord. -- numbers 31:16 +. +Now therefore, kill every male among the little ones, and kill every woman who is not a virgin. -- numbers 31:17 +. +But all the young girls who have not known man by lying with him keep alive for yourselves. -- numbers 31:18 +. +Encamp outside the camp seven days; whoever has killed any person and whoever has touched any slain, purify yourselves and your captives on the third day and on the seventh day. -- numbers 31:19 +. +You shall purify every garment, all that is made of skins, all work of goats' hair, and every article of wood. -- numbers 31:20 +. +And Eleazar the priest said to the men of war who had gone to battle, This is the statute of the law which the Lord has commanded Moses: -- numbers 31:21 +. +Only the gold, the silver, the bronze, the iron, the tin, and the lead, -- numbers 31:22 +. +Everything that can stand fire, you shall make go through fire, and it shall be clean. Nevertheless it shall also be purified with the water of impurity; and all that cannot stand fire [such as fabrics] you shall pass through water. -- numbers 31:23 +. +And you shall wash your clothes on the seventh day and you shall be clean; then you shall come into the camp. -- numbers 31:24 +. +And the Lord said to Moses, -- numbers 31:25 +. +Take the count of the prey that was taken, both of man and of beast, you and Eleazar the priest and the heads of the fathers' houses of the congregation. -- numbers 31:26 +. +Divide the booty into two [equal] parts between the warriors who went out to battle and all the congregation. -- numbers 31:27 +. +And levy a tribute to the Lord from the warriors who went to battle, one out of every of the persons, the oxen, the donkeys, and the flocks. -- numbers 31:28 +. +Take [this tribute] from the warriors' half and give it to Eleazar the priest as an offering to the Lord. -- numbers 31:29 +. +And from the Israelites' half [of the booty] you shall take one out of every fifty of the persons, the oxen, the donkeys, the flocks, and of all livestock, and give them to the Levites who have charge of the tabernacle of the Lord. -- numbers 31:30 +. +And Moses and Eleazar the priest did as the Lord commanded Moses. -- numbers 31:31 +. +The prey, besides the booty which the men of war took, was 675,sheep, -- numbers 31:32 +. +And 72,cattle, -- numbers 31:33 +. +And 61,donkeys, -- numbers 31:34 +. +And 32,persons in all, of the women who were virgins. -- numbers 31:35 +. +And the half share, the portion of those who went to war, was: 337,sheep, -- numbers 31:36 +. +And the Lord's tribute of the sheep was 675; -- numbers 31:37 +. +The cattle were 36,000, of which the Lord's tribute was 72; -- numbers 31:38 +. +The donkeys were 30,500, of which the Lord's tribute was 61; -- numbers 31:39 +. +The persons were 16,000, of whom the Lord's tribute was persons. -- numbers 31:40 +. +And Moses gave the tribute which was the Lord's offering to Eleazar the priest, as the Lord commanded Moses. -- numbers 31:41 +. +And the Israelites' half Moses separated from that of the warriors'-- -- numbers 31:42 +. +Now the congregation's half was 337,sheep, -- numbers 31:43 +. +And 36,cattle, -- numbers 31:44 +. +And 30,donkeys, -- numbers 31:45 +. +And 16,persons-- -- numbers 31:46 +. +Even of the Israelites' half, Moses took one of every 50, both of persons and of beasts, and gave them to the Levites, who had charge of the tabernacle of the Lord, as the Lord commanded Moses. -- numbers 31:47 +. +And the officers who were over the thousands of the army, the commanders of thousands and hundreds, came to Moses. -- numbers 31:48 +. +They told [him], Your servants have counted the warriors under our command, and not one man of us is missing. -- numbers 31:49 +. +We have brought as the Lord's offering what each man obtained--articles of gold, armlets, bracelets, signet rings, earrings, neck ornaments--to make atonement for ourselves before the Lord. -- numbers 31:50 +. +Moses and Eleazar the priest took the gold from them, all the wrought articles. -- numbers 31:51 +. +And all the gold of the offering that they offered to the Lord from the commanders of thousands and of hundreds was 16,shekels. -- numbers 31:52 +. +For the men of war had taken booty, every man for himself. -- numbers 31:53 +. +And Moses and Eleazar the priest received the gold from the commanders of thousands and of hundreds and brought it into the Tent of Meeting as a memorial for the Israelites before the Lord. -- numbers 31:54 +. +NOW THE sons of Reuben and of Gad had a very great multitude of cattle, and they saw the land of Jazer and the land of Gilead [on the east side of the Jordan], and behold, the place was suitable for cattle. -- numbers 32:1 +. +So the sons of Gad and of Reuben came and said to Moses, Eleazar the priest, and the leaders of the congregation, -- numbers 32:2 +. +[The country around] Ataroth, Dibon, Jazer, Nimrah, Heshbon, Elealeh, Sebam, Nebo, and Beon, -- numbers 32:3 +. +The land the Lord smote before the congregation of Israel, is a land for cattle, and your servants have cattle. -- numbers 32:4 +. +And they said, If we have found favor in your sight, let this land be given to your servants for a possession. Do not take us over the Jordan. -- numbers 32:5 +. +And Moses said to the sons of Gad and of Reuben, Shall your brethren go to war while you sit here? -- numbers 32:6 +. +Why do you discourage the hearts of the Israelites from going over into the land which the Lord has given them? -- numbers 32:7 +. +Thus your fathers did when I sent them from Kadesh-barnea to see the land! -- numbers 32:8 +. +For when they went up to the Valley of Eshcol and saw the land, they discouraged the hearts of the Israelites from going into the land the Lord had given them. -- numbers 32:9 +. +And the Lord's anger was kindled on that day and He swore, saying, -- numbers 32:10 +. +Surely none of the men who came up out of Egypt, from twenty years old and upward, shall see the land which I swore to Abraham, to Isaac, and to Jacob, because they have not wholly followed Me-- -- numbers 32:11 +. +Except Caleb son of Jephunneh the Kenizzite and Joshua son of Nun, for they have wholly followed the Lord. -- numbers 32:12 +. +And the Lord's anger was kindled against Israel and He made them wander in the wilderness for forty years, until all the generation that had done evil in the sight of the Lord was consumed. -- numbers 32:13 +. +And behold, you are risen up in your fathers' stead, a brood of sinful men, to increase still more the fierce anger of the Lord against Israel. -- numbers 32:14 +. +For if you turn from following Him, He will again abandon them in the wilderness, and you will destroy all this people. -- numbers 32:15 +. +But they came near to him and said, We will build sheepfolds here for our flocks and walled settlements for our little ones. -- numbers 32:16 +. +But we will be armed and ready to go before the Israelites until we have brought them to their place. Our little ones shall dwell in the fortified settlements because of the people of the land. -- numbers 32:17 +. +We will not return to our homes until the Israelites have inherited every man his inheritance. -- numbers 32:18 +. +For we will not inherit with them on the [west] side of the Jordan and beyond, because our inheritance is fallen to us on this side of the Jordan eastward. -- numbers 32:19 +. +Moses replied, If you will do as you say, going armed before the Lord to war, -- numbers 32:20 +. +And every armed man of you will pass over the Jordan before the Lord until He has driven out His enemies before Him -- numbers 32:21 +. +And the land is subdued before the Lord, then afterward you shall return and be guiltless [in this matter] before the Lord and before Israel, and this land shall be your possession before the Lord. -- numbers 32:22 +. +But if you will not do so, behold, you have sinned against the Lord; and be sure your sin will find you out. -- numbers 32:23 +. +Build settlements for your little ones, and folds for your sheep, and do that of which you have spoken. -- numbers 32:24 +. +And the sons of Gad and of Reuben said to Moses, Your servants will do as my lord commands. -- numbers 32:25 +. +Our little ones, our wives, our flocks, and all our cattle shall be there in the cities of Gilead. -- numbers 32:26 +. +But your servants will pass over, every man armed for war, before the Lord to battle, as my lord says. -- numbers 32:27 +. +So Moses gave command concerning them to Eleazar the priest and Joshua son of Nun and the heads of the fathers' houses of the tribes of Israel. -- numbers 32:28 +. +And Moses said to them, If the sons of Gad and Reuben will pass with you over the Jordan, every man armed to battle before the Lord, and the land shall be subdued before you, then you shall give them the land of Gilead for a possession. -- numbers 32:29 +. +But if they will not pass over with you armed, they shall have possessions among you in the land of Canaan. -- numbers 32:30 +. +The sons of Gad and Reuben answered, As the Lord has said to your servants, so will we do. -- numbers 32:31 +. +We will pass over armed before the Lord into the land of Canaan, that the possession of our inheritance on this side of the Jordan may be ours. -- numbers 32:32 +. +Moses gave to them, to the sons of Gad and of Reuben and to half the tribe of Manasseh son of Joseph, the kingdom of Sihon king of the Amorites and the kingdom of Og king of Bashan--the land with its cities and their territories, even the cities round about the country. -- numbers 32:33 +. +And the sons of Gad built Dibon, Ataroth, Aroer, -- numbers 32:34 +. +Atroth-shophan, Jazer, Jogbehah, -- numbers 32:35 +. +Beth-nimrah, and Beth-haran, fortified cities, and folds for sheep. -- numbers 32:36 +. +And the sons of Reuben built Heshbon, Elealeh, Kiriathaim, -- numbers 32:37 +. +Nebo, and Baal-meon--their names were to be changed--and Shibmah; and they gave other names to the cities they built. -- numbers 32:38 +. +And the sons of Machir son of Manasseh went to Gilead and took it and dispossessed the Amorites who were in it. -- numbers 32:39 +. +And Moses gave Gilead to Machir son of Manasseh, and he settled in it. -- numbers 32:40 +. +Jair son of Manasseh took their villages and called them Havvoth-jair. -- numbers 32:41 +. +And Nobah took Kenath and its villages and called it Nobah after his own name. -- numbers 32:42 +. +THESE ARE the stages of the journeys of the Israelites by which they went out of the land of Egypt by their hosts under the leadership of Moses and Aaron. -- numbers 33:1 +. +Moses recorded their starting places, as the Lord commanded, stage by stage; and these are their journeying stages from their starting places: -- numbers 33:2 +. +They set out from Rameses on the fifteenth day of the first month; on the day after the Passover the Israelites went out [of Egypt] with a high hand and triumphantly in the sight of all the Egyptians, -- numbers 33:3 +. +While the Egyptians were burying all their firstborn whom the Lord had struck down among them; upon their gods also the Lord executed judgments. -- numbers 33:4 +. +The Israelites set out from Rameses and encamped in Succoth. -- numbers 33:5 +. +And they departed from Succoth and encamped in Etham, which is at the edge of the wilderness. -- numbers 33:6 +. +They set out from Etham and turned back to Pi-hahiroth, east of Baal-zephon, and they encamped before Migdol. -- numbers 33:7 +. +And they journeyed from before Pi-hahiroth and passed through the midst of the [Red] Sea into the wilderness; and they went a three days' journey in the Wilderness of Etham and encamped at Marah. -- numbers 33:8 +. +They journeyed from Marah and came to Elim; at Elim there were twelve springs of water and seventy palm trees, and they encamped there. -- numbers 33:9 +. +They set out from Elim and encamped by the Red Sea. -- numbers 33:10 +. +They journeyed from the Red Sea and encamped in the Wilderness of Sin. -- numbers 33:11 +. +And they traveled on from the Wilderness of Sin and encamped at Dophkah. -- numbers 33:12 +. +And they departed from Dophkah and encamped at Alush. -- numbers 33:13 +. +And they set out from Alush and encamped at Rephidim, where there was no water for the people to drink. -- numbers 33:14 +. +And they departed from Rephidim and encamped in the Wilderness of Sinai. -- numbers 33:15 +. +And they journeyed from the Wilderness of Sinai and encamped at Kibroth-hattaavah. -- numbers 33:16 +. +And they traveled on from Kibroth-hattaavah and encamped at Hazeroth. -- numbers 33:17 +. +And they journeyed from Hazeroth and encamped at Rithmah. -- numbers 33:18 +. +And they departed from Rithmah and encamped at Rimmon-perez. -- numbers 33:19 +. +And they departed from Rimmon-perez and encamped at Libnah. -- numbers 33:20 +. +And they removed from Libnah and encamped at Rissah. -- numbers 33:21 +. +And they journeyed from Rissah and encamped at Kehelathah. -- numbers 33:22 +. +And they went from Kehelathah and encamped at Mount Shepher. -- numbers 33:23 +. +And they removed from Mount Shepher and encamped at Haradah. -- numbers 33:24 +. +And they set out from Haradah and encamped at Makheloth. -- numbers 33:25 +. +And they removed from Makheloth and encamped at Tahath. -- numbers 33:26 +. +And they departed from Tahath and encamped at Terah. -- numbers 33:27 +. +And they removed from Terah and encamped at Mithkah. -- numbers 33:28 +. +And they set out from Mithkah and encamped at Hashmonah. -- numbers 33:29 +. +And they traveled on from Hashmonah and encamped at Moseroth. -- numbers 33:30 +. +And they journeyed from Moseroth and pitched in Bene-jaakan. -- numbers 33:31 +. +And they set out from Bene-jaakan and encamped at Hor-haggidgad. -- numbers 33:32 +. +And they set out from Hor-haggidgad and encamped at Jotbathah. -- numbers 33:33 +. +And they journeyed from Jotbathah and encamped at Abronah. -- numbers 33:34 +. +And they traveled on from Abronah and encamped at Ezion-geber. -- numbers 33:35 +. +And they removed from Ezion-geber and encamped in the Wilderness of Zin, which is Kadesh. -- numbers 33:36 +. +And they removed from Kadesh and encamped at Mount Hor, on the edge of Edom. -- numbers 33:37 +. +Aaron the priest went up on Mount Hor at the command of the Lord, and died there in the fortieth year after the Israelites came out of Egypt, the first day of the fifth month. -- numbers 33:38 +. +Aaron was years old when he died on Mount Hor. -- numbers 33:39 +. +The Canaanite king of Arad, who lived in the South (the Negeb) in the land of Canaan, heard of the coming of the Israelites. -- numbers 33:40 +. +They set out from Mount Hor and encamped at Zalmonah. -- numbers 33:41 +. +And they set out from Zalmonah and encamped at Punon. -- numbers 33:42 +. +And they set out from Punon and encamped at Oboth. -- numbers 33:43 +. +And they traveled on from Oboth and encamped at Iye-abarim, on the border of Moab. -- numbers 33:44 +. +And they departed from Iyim and encamped at Dibon-gad. -- numbers 33:45 +. +And they set out from Dibon-gad and encamped in Almon-diblathaim. -- numbers 33:46 +. +And they traveled on from Almon-diblathaim and encamped in the mountains of Abarim, before Nebo. -- numbers 33:47 +. +And they departed from the mountains of Abarim and encamped in the plains of Moab by the Jordan at Jericho. -- numbers 33:48 +. +And they encamped by the Jordan from Beth-jeshimoth as far as Abel-shittim in the plains of Moab. -- numbers 33:49 +. +And the Lord said to Moses in the plains of Moab by the Jordan at Jericho, -- numbers 33:50 +. +Tell the Israelites, When you have passed over the Jordan into the land of Canaan, -- numbers 33:51 +. +Then you shall drive out all the inhabitants of the land before you and destroy all their figured stones and all their molten images and completely demolish all their [idolatrous] high places, -- numbers 33:52 +. +And you shall take possession of the land and dwell in it, for to you I have given the land to possess it. -- numbers 33:53 +. +You shall inherit the land by lot according to your families; to the large tribe you shall give a larger inheritance, and to the small tribe you shall give a smaller inheritance. Wherever the lot falls to any man, that shall be his. According to the tribes of your fathers you shall inherit. -- numbers 33:54 +. +But if you will not drive out the inhabitants of the land from before you, then those you let remain of them shall be as pricks in your eyes and as thorns in your sides, and they shall vex you in the land in which you dwell. -- numbers 33:55 +. +And as I thought to do to them, so will I do to you. -- numbers 33:56 +. +AND THE Lord said to Moses, -- numbers 34:1 +. +Command the Israelites, When you come into the land of Canaan (which is the land that shall be yours for an inheritance, the land of Canaan according to its boundaries), -- numbers 34:2 +. +Your south side shall be from the Wilderness of Zin along the side of Edom, and your southern boundary from the end of the Salt [Dead] Sea eastward. -- numbers 34:3 +. +Your boundary shall turn south of the ascent of Akrabbim, and pass on to Zin, and its end shall be south of Kadesh-barnea. Then it shall go on to Hazar-addar and pass on to Azmon. -- numbers 34:4 +. +Then the boundary shall turn from Azmon to the Brook of Egypt, and it shall terminate at the [Mediterranean] Sea. -- numbers 34:5 +. +For the western boundary you shall have the Great Sea and its coast. -- numbers 34:6 +. +And this shall be your north border: from the Great Sea mark out your boundary line to Mount Hor; -- numbers 34:7 +. +From Mount Hor you shall mark out your boundary to the entrance of Hamath, and its end shall be at Zedad; -- numbers 34:8 +. +Then the northern boundary shall go on to Ziphron, and the end of it shall be at Hazar-enan. -- numbers 34:9 +. +You shall mark out your eastern boundary from Hazar-enan to Shepham; -- numbers 34:10 +. +The boundary shall go down from Shepham to Riblah on the east side of Ain and shall descend and reach to the shoulder of the Sea of Chinnereth [the Sea of Galilee] on the east; -- numbers 34:11 +. +And the boundary shall go down to the Jordan, and the end shall be at the Salt Sea. This shall be your land with its boundaries all around. -- numbers 34:12 +. +Moses commanded the Israelites, This is the land you shall inherit by lot, which the Lord has commanded to give to the nine tribes and the half-tribe [of Manasseh], -- numbers 34:13 +. +For the tribes of the sons of Reuben and of Gad by their fathers' houses have received their inheritance, and also the half-tribe of Manasseh. -- numbers 34:14 +. +The two and a half tribes have received their inheritance east of the Jordan at Jericho, toward the sunrise. -- numbers 34:15 +. +And the Lord said to Moses, -- numbers 34:16 +. +These are the men who shall divide the land to you for inheritance: Eleazar the priest and Joshua son of Nun. -- numbers 34:17 +. +And [with them] you shall take one head or prince of each tribe to divide the land for inheritance. -- numbers 34:18 +. +The names of the men are: Of the tribe of Judah, Caleb son of Jephunneh; -- numbers 34:19 +. +Of the tribe of the sons of Simeon, Shemuel son of Ammihud; -- numbers 34:20 +. +Of the tribe of Benjamin, Elidad son of Chislon; -- numbers 34:21 +. +Of the tribe of the sons of Dan a leader, Bukki son of Jogli; -- numbers 34:22 +. +Of the sons of Joseph: of the tribe of the sons of Manasseh a leader, Hanniel son of Ephod; -- numbers 34:23 +. +And of the tribe of the sons of Ephraim a leader, Kemuel son of Shiphtan; -- numbers 34:24 +. +And of the tribe of the sons of Zebulun a leader, Elizaphan son of Parnach; -- numbers 34:25 +. +And of the tribe of the sons of Issachar a leader, Paltiel son of Azzan; -- numbers 34:26 +. +And of the tribe of the sons of Asher a leader, Ahihud son of Shelomi; -- numbers 34:27 +. +And of the tribe of the sons of Naphtali a leader, Pedahel son of Ammihud. -- numbers 34:28 +. +These are the men whom the Lord commanded to divide the inheritance to the Israelites in the land of Canaan. -- numbers 34:29 +. +AND THE Lord said to Moses in the plains of Moab by the Jordan at Jericho, -- numbers 35:1 +. +Command the Israelites that they give to the Levites from the inheritance of their possession cities to dwell in; and [suburb] pasturelands round about the cities' walls you shall give to the Levites also. -- numbers 35:2 +. +They shall have the cities to dwell in and their [suburb] pasturelands shall be for their cattle, for their wealth [in flocks], and for all their beasts. -- numbers 35:3 +. +And the pasturelands of the cities which you shall give to the Levites shall reach from the wall of the city and outward 1,cubits round about. -- numbers 35:4 +. +You shall measure from the wall of the city outward on the east, south, west, and north sides 2,cubits, the city being in the center. This shall belong to [the Levites] as [suburb] pasturelands for their cities. -- numbers 35:5 +. +Of the cities which you shall give to the Levites there shall be the six cities of refuge, which you shall give for the manslayer to flee into; and in addition to them you shall give forty-two cities. -- numbers 35:6 +. +So all the cities which you shall give to the Levites shall be forty-eight; you shall give them with their adjacent [suburb] pasturelands. -- numbers 35:7 +. +As for the cities, you shall give from the possession of the Israelites, from the larger tribes you shall take many and from the smaller tribes few; each tribe shall give of its cities to the Levites in proportion to its inheritance. -- numbers 35:8 +. +And the Lord said to Moses, -- numbers 35:9 +. +Say to the Israelites, When you cross the Jordan into the land of Canaan, -- numbers 35:10 +. +Then you shall select cities to be cities of refuge for you, that the slayer who kills any person unintentionally and unawares may flee there. -- numbers 35:11 +. +And the cities shall be to you for refuge from the avenger, that the manslayer may not die until he has had a fair trial before the congregation. -- numbers 35:12 +. +And of the cities which you give there shall be your six cities for refuge. -- numbers 35:13 +. +You shall give three cities on this [east] side of the Jordan and three cities in the land of Canaan, to be cities of refuge. -- numbers 35:14 +. +These six cities shall be a refuge for the Israelites and for the stranger and the temporary resident among them; that anyone who kills any person unintentionally and unawares may flee there. -- numbers 35:15 +. +But if he struck him down with an instrument of iron so that he died, he is a murderer; the murderer shall surely be put to death. -- numbers 35:16 +. +And if he struck him down by throwing a stone, by which a person may die, and he died, he is a murderer; the murderer shall surely be put to death. -- numbers 35:17 +. +Or if he struck him down with a weapon of wood in his hand, by which one may die, and he died, the offender is a murderer; he shall surely be put to death. -- numbers 35:18 +. +The avenger of blood shall himself slay the murderer; when he meets him, he shall slay him. -- numbers 35:19 +. +But if he stabbed him through hatred or hurled at him by lying in wait so that he died -- numbers 35:20 +. +Or in enmity struck him down with his hand so that he died, he that smote him shall surely be put to death; he is a murderer. The avenger of blood shall slay the murderer when he meets him. -- numbers 35:21 +. +But if he stabbed him suddenly without enmity or threw anything at or upon him without lying in wait -- numbers 35:22 +. +Or with any stone with which a man may be killed, not seeing him, and threw it at him so that he died, and was not his enemy nor sought to harm him, -- numbers 35:23 +. +Then the congregation shall judge between the slayer and the avenger of blood according to these ordinances. -- numbers 35:24 +. +And the congregation shall rescue the manslayer from the hand of the avenger of blood and restore him to his city of refuge to which he had fled; and he shall live in it until the high priest dies, who was anointed with the sacred oil. -- numbers 35:25 +. +But if the slayer shall at any time come outside the limits of his city of refuge to which he had fled -- numbers 35:26 +. +And the avenger of blood finds him outside the limits of his city of refuge and kills the manslayer, he shall not be guilty of blood -- numbers 35:27 +. +Because the manslayer should have remained in his city of refuge until the death of the high priest. But after the high priest's death the manslayer shall return to the land of his possession. -- numbers 35:28 +. +And these things shall be for a statute and ordinance to you throughout your generations in all your dwellings. -- numbers 35:29 +. +Whoever kills any person [intentionally], the murderer shall be put to death on the testimony of witnesses; but no one shall be put to death on the testimony of one witness. -- numbers 35:30 +. +Moreover, you shall take no ransom for the life of a murderer guilty of death; but he shall surely be put to death. -- numbers 35:31 +. +And you shall accept no ransom for him who has fled to his city of refuge, so that he may return to dwell in the land before the death of the high priest. -- numbers 35:32 +. +So you shall not pollute the land in which you live; for blood pollutes the land, and no atonement can be made for the land for the blood shed in it, but by the blood of him who shed it. -- numbers 35:33 +. +And you shall not defile the land in which you live, in the midst of which I dwell, for I, the Lord, dwell in the midst of the people of Israel. -- numbers 35:34 +. +THE HEADS of the fathers' houses of the families of the sons of Gilead son of Machir, the son of Manasseh, of the fathers' houses of the sons of Joseph, came near and spoke before Moses and the leaders, the heads of the fathers' houses of the Israelites. -- numbers 36:1 +. +They said, The Lord commanded [you] my lord to give the land for inheritance by lot to the Israelites; and my lord was commanded by the Lord to give the inheritance of Zelophehad our brother to his daughters. -- numbers 36:2 +. +But if they are married to any of the sons of the other tribes of the Israelites, then their inheritance will be taken from that of our fathers and added to the inheritance of the tribe to which they are received and belong; so it will be taken out of the lot of our inheritance. -- numbers 36:3 +. +And when the Jubilee of the Israelites comes, then their inheritance will be added to that of the tribe to which they are received and belong; so will their inheritance be taken away from that of the tribe of our fathers. -- numbers 36:4 +. +And Moses commanded the Israelites according to the word of the Lord, saying, The tribe of the sons of Joseph is right. -- numbers 36:5 +. +This is what the Lord commands concerning the daughters of Zelophehad: Let them marry whom they think best; only they shall marry within the family of the tribe of their father. -- numbers 36:6 +. +So shall no inheritance of the Israelites be transferred from tribe to tribe, for every one of the Israelites shall cling to the inheritance of the tribe of his fathers. -- numbers 36:7 +. +And every daughter who possesses an inheritance in any tribe of the Israelites shall be wife to one of the family of the tribe of her father, so that the Israelites may each one possess the inheritance of his fathers. -- numbers 36:8 +. +So shall no inheritance be transferred from one tribe to another, but each of the tribes of the Israelites shall cling to its own inheritance. -- numbers 36:9 +. +The daughters of Zelophehad did as the Lord commanded Moses. -- numbers 36:10 +. +For Mahlah, Tirzah, Hoglah, Milcah, and Noah, the daughters of Zelophehad, were married to sons of their father's brothers. -- numbers 36:11 +. +They married into the families of the sons of Manasseh son of Joseph, and their inheritance remained in the tribe of the family of their father. -- numbers 36:12 +. +These are the commandments and ordinances which the Lord commanded the Israelites through Moses in the plains of Moab by the Jordan [River] at Jericho. -- numbers 36:13 +. +THESE ARE the words which Moses spoke to all Israel [still] on the [east] side of the Jordan [River] in the wilderness, in the Arabah [the deep valley running north and south from the eastern arm of the Red Sea to beyond the Dead Sea], over near Suph, between Paran and Tophel, Laban, Hazeroth, and Dizahab. -- deuteronomy 1:1 +. +It is [only] eleven days' journey from Horeb by the way of Mount Seir to Kadesh-barnea [on Canaan's border; yet Israel took forty years to get beyond it]. -- deuteronomy 1:2 +. +And in the fortieth year, on the first day of the eleventh month, Moses spoke to the Israelites according to all that the Lord had given him in commandment to them, -- deuteronomy 1:3 +. +After He had defeated Sihon king of the Amorites, who lived in Heshbon, and Og king of Bashan, who lived in Ashtaroth [and] Edrei. -- deuteronomy 1:4 +. +Beyond (east of) the Jordan in the land of Moab, Moses began to explain this law, saying, -- deuteronomy 1:5 +. +The Lord our God said to us in Horeb, You have dwelt long enough on this mountain. -- deuteronomy 1:6 +. +Turn and take up your journey and go to the hill country of the Amorites, and to all their neighbors in the Arabah, in the hill country, in the lowland, in the South (the Negeb), and on the coast, the land of the Canaanites, and Lebanon, as far as the great river, the river Euphrates. -- deuteronomy 1:7 +. +Behold, I have set the land before you; go in and take possession of the land which the Lord swore to your fathers, to Abraham, to Isaac, and to Jacob, to give to them and to their descendants after them. -- deuteronomy 1:8 +. +I said to you at that time, I am not able to bear you alone. -- deuteronomy 1:9 +. +The Lord your God has multiplied you, and behold, you are this day as the stars of the heavens for multitude. -- deuteronomy 1:10 +. +May the Lord, the God of your fathers, make you a thousand times as many as you are and bless you as He has promised you! -- deuteronomy 1:11 +. +How can I bear alone the weariness and pressure and burden of you and your strife? -- deuteronomy 1:12 +. +Choose wise, understanding, experienced, and respected men according to your tribes, and I will make them heads over you. -- deuteronomy 1:13 +. +And you answered me, The thing which you have spoken is good for us to do. -- deuteronomy 1:14 +. +So I took the heads of your tribes, wise, experienced, and respected men, and made them heads over you, commanders of thousands, and hundreds, and fifties, and tens, and officers according to your tribes. -- deuteronomy 1:15 +. +And I charged your judges at that time: Hear the cases between your brethren and judge righteously between a man and his brother or the stranger or sojourner who is with him. -- deuteronomy 1:16 +. +You shall not be partial in judgment; but you shall hear the small as well as the great. You shall not be afraid of the face of man, for the judgment is God's. And the case that is too hard for you, you shall bring to me, and I will hear it. -- deuteronomy 1:17 +. +And I commanded you at that time all the things that you should do. -- deuteronomy 1:18 +. +And when we departed from Horeb, we went through all that great and terrible wilderness which you saw on the way to the hill country of the Amorites, as the Lord our God commanded us, and we came to Kadesh-barnea. -- deuteronomy 1:19 +. +And I said to you, You have come to the hill country of the Amorites, which the Lord our God gives us. -- deuteronomy 1:20 +. +Behold, the Lord your God has set the land before you; go up and possess it, as the Lord, the God of your fathers, has said to you. Fear not, neither be dismayed. -- deuteronomy 1:21 +. +Then you all came near to me and said, Let us send men before us, that they may search out the land for us and bring us word again by what way we should go up and the cities into which we shall come. -- deuteronomy 1:22 +. +The thing pleased me well, and I took twelve men of you, one for each tribe. -- deuteronomy 1:23 +. +And they turned and went up into the hill country, and came to the Valley of Eshcol and spied it out. -- deuteronomy 1:24 +. +And they took of the fruit of the land in their hands and brought it down to us and brought us word again, and said, It is a good land which the Lord our God gives us. -- deuteronomy 1:25 +. +Yet you would not go up, but rebelled against the commandment of the Lord your God. -- deuteronomy 1:26 +. +You were peevish and discontented in your tents, and said, Because the Lord hated us, He brought us forth out of the land of Egypt to deliver us into the hand of the Amorites to destroy us. -- deuteronomy 1:27 +. +To what are we going up? Our brethren have made our hearts melt, saying, The people are bigger and taller than we are; the cities are great and fortified to the heavens. And moreover we have seen the [giantlike] sons of the Anakim there. -- deuteronomy 1:28 +. +Then I said to you, Dread not, neither be afraid of them. -- deuteronomy 1:29 +. +The Lord your God Who goes before you, He will fight for you just as He did for you in Egypt before your eyes, -- deuteronomy 1:30 +. +And in the wilderness, where you have seen how the Lord your God bore you, as a man carries his son, in all the way that you went until you came to this place. -- deuteronomy 1:31 +. +Yet in spite of this word you did not believe (trust, rely on, and remain steadfast to) the Lord your God, -- deuteronomy 1:32 +. +Who went in the way before you to search out a place to pitch your tents, in fire by night, to show you by what way you should go, and in the cloud by day. -- deuteronomy 1:33 +. +And the Lord heard your words, and was angered and He swore, -- deuteronomy 1:34 +. +Not one of these men of this evil generation shall see that good land which I swore to give to your fathers, -- deuteronomy 1:35 +. +Except [Joshua, of course, and] Caleb son of Jephunneh; he shall see it, and to him and to his children I will give the land upon which he has walked, because he has wholly followed the Lord. -- deuteronomy 1:36 +. +The Lord was angry with me also for your sakes, and said, You also shall not enter Canaan. -- deuteronomy 1:37 +. +But Joshua son of Nun, who stands before you, he shall enter there. Encourage him, for he shall cause Israel to inherit it. -- deuteronomy 1:38 +. +Moreover, your little ones whom you said would become a prey, and your children who at this time cannot discern between good and evil, they shall enter Canaan, and to them I will give it and they shall possess it. -- deuteronomy 1:39 +. +But as for you, turn and journey into the wilderness by way of the Red Sea. -- deuteronomy 1:40 +. +Then you said to me, We have sinned against the Lord. We will go up and fight, as the Lord our God commanded us. And you girded on every man his battle weapons, and thought it a simple matter to go up into the hill country. -- deuteronomy 1:41 +. +And the Lord said to me, Say to them, Do not go up or fight, for I am not among you--lest you be dangerously hurt by your enemies. -- deuteronomy 1:42 +. +So I spoke to you, and you would not hear, but rebelled against the commandment of the Lord, and were presumptuous and went up into the hill country. -- deuteronomy 1:43 +. +Then the Amorites who lived in that hill country came out against you and chased you as bees do and struck you down in Seir as far as Hormah. -- deuteronomy 1:44 +. +And you returned and wept before the Lord, but the Lord would not heed your voice or listen to you. -- deuteronomy 1:45 +. +So you remained in Kadesh; many days you remained there. -- deuteronomy 1:46 +. +THEN WE turned, and took our journey into the wilderness by the way of the Red Sea, as the Lord directed me; and for many days we journeyed around Mount Seir. -- deuteronomy 2:1 +. +And the Lord spoke to me [Moses], saying, -- deuteronomy 2:2 +. +You have roamed around this mountain country long enough; turn northward. -- deuteronomy 2:3 +. +And command the Israelites, You are to pass through the territory of your kinsmen the sons of Esau, who live in Seir; and they will be afraid of you. So watch yourselves carefully. -- deuteronomy 2:4 +. +Do not provoke or stir them up, for I will not give you of their land, no, not enough for the sole of your foot to tread on, for I have given Mount Seir to Esau for a possession. -- deuteronomy 2:5 +. +You shall buy food from them for money, that you may eat, and you shall also buy water from them for money, that you may drink. -- deuteronomy 2:6 +. +For the Lord your God has blessed you in all the work of your hand. He knows your walking through this great wilderness. These forty years the Lord your God has been with you; you have lacked nothing. -- deuteronomy 2:7 +. +So we passed on from our brethren the sons of Esau, who dwelt in Seir, away from the Arabah (wilderness), and from Elath and from Ezion-geber. We turned and went by the way of the wilderness of Moab. -- deuteronomy 2:8 +. +And the Lord said to me, Do not trouble or assault Moab or contend with them in battle, for I will not give you any of their land for a possession, because I have given Ar to the sons of Lot for a possession. -- deuteronomy 2:9 +. +(The Emim dwelt there in times past, a people great and many, and tall as the Anakim. -- deuteronomy 2:10 +. +These also are known as Rephaim [of giant stature], as are the Anakim, but the Moabites call them Emim. -- deuteronomy 2:11 +. +The Horites also formerly lived in Seir, but the sons of Esau dispossessed them and destroyed them from before them and dwelt in their stead, as Israel did to the land of their possession which the Lord gave to them.) -- deuteronomy 2:12 +. +Now rise up and go over the brook Zered. So we went over the brook Zered. -- deuteronomy 2:13 +. +And the time from our leaving Kadesh-barnea until we had come over the brook Zered was thirty-eight years, until the whole generation of the men of war had perished from the camp, as the Lord had sworn to them. -- deuteronomy 2:14 +. +Moreover the hand of the Lord was against them to exterminate them from the midst of the camp, until they were all gone. -- deuteronomy 2:15 +. +So when all the men of war had died from among the people, -- deuteronomy 2:16 +. +The Lord spoke to me [Moses], saying, -- deuteronomy 2:17 +. +You are this day to pass through Ar, the border of Moab. -- deuteronomy 2:18 +. +But when you come near the territory of the sons of Ammon, do not trouble or assault them or provoke or stir them up, for I will not give you any of the land of the Ammonites for a possession, because I have given it to the sons of Lot for a possession. -- deuteronomy 2:19 +. +(That also is known as a land of Rephaim [of giant stature]; Rephaim dwelt there formerly, but the Ammonites call them Zamzummim, -- deuteronomy 2:20 +. +A people great and many, and tall as the Anakim. But the Lord destroyed them before [Ammon], and they dispossessed them and settled in their stead, -- deuteronomy 2:21 +. +As He did for the sons of Esau, who dwell in Seir, when He destroyed the Horites from before them, and they dispossessed them and settled in their stead even to this day. -- deuteronomy 2:22 +. +As for the Avvim who dwelt in villages as far as Gaza, the Caphtorim who came from Caphtor destroyed them and dwelt in their stead.) -- deuteronomy 2:23 +. +Rise up, take your journey, and pass over the Valley of the Arnon. Behold, I have given into your hand Sihon the Amorite, king of Heshbon, and his land; begin to possess it and contend with him in battle. -- deuteronomy 2:24 +. +This day will I begin to put the dread and fear of you upon the peoples who are under the whole heavens, who shall hear the report of you and shall tremble and be in anguish because of you. -- deuteronomy 2:25 +. +So I sent messengers from the wilderness of Kedemoth to Sihon king of Heshbon with words of peace, saying, -- deuteronomy 2:26 +. +Let me pass through your land. I will go only by the road, turning aside neither to the right nor to the left. -- deuteronomy 2:27 +. +You shall sell me food to eat and sell me water to drink; only let me walk through, -- deuteronomy 2:28 +. +As the sons of Esau, who dwell in Seir, and the Moabites, who dwell in Ar, did for me, until I go over the Jordan into the land which the Lord our God gives us. -- deuteronomy 2:29 +. +But Sihon king of Heshbon would not let us pass by him; for the Lord your God hardened his spirit and made his heart obstinate, that He might give him into your hand, as at this day. -- deuteronomy 2:30 +. +And the Lord said to me [Moses], Behold, I have begun to give Sihon and his land over to you. Begin to take possession, that you may succeed him and occupy his land. -- deuteronomy 2:31 +. +Then Sihon came out against us, he and all his people, to fight at Jahaz. -- deuteronomy 2:32 +. +And the Lord our God gave him over to us, and we defeated him and his sons and all his people. -- deuteronomy 2:33 +. +At the same time we took all his cities and utterly destroyed every city--men, women, and children. We left none to remain. -- deuteronomy 2:34 +. +Only the cattle we took as booty for ourselves and the spoil of the cities which we had captured. -- deuteronomy 2:35 +. +From Aroer, which is on the edge of the Arnon Valley, and from the city that is in the valley, as far as Gilead, there was no city too high and strong for us; the Lord our God delivered all to us. -- deuteronomy 2:36 +. +Only you did not go near the land of the Ammonites, that is, to any bank of the river Jabbok and the cities of the hill country, and wherever the Lord our God had forbidden us. -- deuteronomy 2:37 +. +THEN WE turned and went up the road to Bashan, and Og king of Bashan came out against us, he and all his people, to battle at Edrei. -- deuteronomy 3:1 +. +And the Lord said to me, Do not fear him, for I have given him and all his people and his land into your hand; and you shall do to him as you did to Sihon king of the Amorites, who lived at Heshbon. -- deuteronomy 3:2 +. +So the Lord our God also gave into our hands Og king of Bashan and all his people, and we smote him until not one was left to him. -- deuteronomy 3:3 +. +And we took all his cities at that time; there was not a city which we did not take from them, sixty cities, the whole region of Argob, the kingdom of Og in Bashan. -- deuteronomy 3:4 +. +All these cities were fortified with high and haughty walls, gates, and bars, besides a great many unwalled villages. -- deuteronomy 3:5 +. +And we utterly destroyed them, as we did to Sihon king of Heshbon, utterly destroying every city--men, women, and children. -- deuteronomy 3:6 +. +But all the cattle and the spoil of the cities we took for booty for ourselves. -- deuteronomy 3:7 +. +So we took the land at that time out of the hand of the two kings of the Amorites who were beyond the Jordan, from the Valley of the Arnon to Mount Hermon -- deuteronomy 3:8 +. +(The Sidonians call Hermon, Sirion, and the Amorites call it Senir), -- deuteronomy 3:9 +. +All the cities of the plain, and all Gilead, and all Bashan as far as Salecah and Edrei, cities of the kingdom of Og in Bashan. -- deuteronomy 3:10 +. +For only Og king of Bashan remained of the remnant of the [gigantic] Rephaim. Behold, his bedstead was of iron; is it not in Rabbah of the Ammonites? Nine cubits was its length and four cubits its breadth, using the cubit of a man [the forearm to the end of the middle finger]. -- deuteronomy 3:11 +. +When we took possession of this land, I gave to the Reubenites and the Gadites the territory from Aroer, which is on the edge of the Valley of the Arnon, and half the hill country of Gilead and its cities. -- deuteronomy 3:12 +. +The rest of Gilead and all of Bashan, the kingdom of Og, that is, all the region of Argob in Bashan, I gave to the half-tribe of Manasseh. It is called the land of Rephaim [of giant stature]. -- deuteronomy 3:13 +. +Jair son of Manasseh took all the region of Argob, that is, Bashan, as far as the border of the Geshurites and the Maacathites, and called it after his own name, Havvoth-jair, so called to this day. -- deuteronomy 3:14 +. +And I gave Gilead to Machir [son of Manasseh]. -- deuteronomy 3:15 +. +And to the Reubenites and Gadites I gave from Gilead even to the Valley of the Arnon, with the middle of the valley as the boundary of it, as far over as the river Jabbok, the boundary of the Ammonites, -- deuteronomy 3:16 +. +The Arabah also, with the Jordan as its boundary, from Chinnereth as far as the Sea of the Arabah, the Salt [Dead] Sea, under the cliffs [of the headlands] of Pisgah on the east. -- deuteronomy 3:17 +. +And I commanded you at that time, saying, The Lord your God has given you this land to possess it; you [Reuben, Gad, and the half-tribe of Manasseh] shall go over [the Jordan] armed before your brethren the other Israelites, all that are able for war. -- deuteronomy 3:18 +. +But your wives and your little ones and your cattle--I know that you have many cattle--shall remain in your cities which I have given you, -- deuteronomy 3:19 +. +Until the Lord has given rest to your brethren as to you, and until they also possess the land which the Lord your God has given them beyond the Jordan. Then shall you return every man to the possession which I have given you. -- deuteronomy 3:20 +. +And I commanded Joshua at that time, saying, Your own eyes have seen all that the Lord your God has done to these two kings [Sihon and Og]; so shall the Lord do to all the kingdoms into which you are going over [the Jordan]. -- deuteronomy 3:21 +. +You shall not fear them, for the Lord your God shall fight for you. -- deuteronomy 3:22 +. +And I besought the Lord at that time, saying, -- deuteronomy 3:23 +. +O Lord God, You have only begun to show Your servant Your greatness and Your mighty hand; for what god is there in heaven or on earth that can do according to Your works and according to Your might? -- deuteronomy 3:24 +. +I pray You, [will You not just] let me go over and see the good land that is beyond the Jordan, that goodly mountain country [with Hermon] and Lebanon? -- deuteronomy 3:25 +. +But the Lord was angry with me on your account and would not listen to me; and the Lord said to me, That is enough! Say no more to Me about it. -- deuteronomy 3:26 +. +Get up to the top of Pisgah and lift up your eyes westward and northward and southward and eastward, and behold it with your eyes, for you shall not go over this Jordan. -- deuteronomy 3:27 +. +But charge Joshua, and encourage and strengthen him, for he shall go over before this people and he shall cause them to possess the land which you shall see. -- deuteronomy 3:28 +. +So we remained in the valley opposite Beth-peor. -- deuteronomy 3:29 +. +NOW LISTEN and give heed, O Israel, to the statutes and ordinances which I teach you, and do them, that you may live and go in and possess the land which the Lord, the God of your fathers, gives you. -- deuteronomy 4:1 +. +You shall not add to the word which I command you, neither shall you diminish it, that you may keep the commandments of the Lord your God which I command you. -- deuteronomy 4:2 +. +Your eyes still see what the Lord did because of Baal-peor; for all the men who followed the Baal of Peor the Lord your God has destroyed from among you, -- deuteronomy 4:3 +. +But you who clung fast to the Lord your God are alive, every one of you, this day. -- deuteronomy 4:4 +. +Behold, I have taught you statutes and ordinances as the Lord my God commanded me, that you should do them in the land which you are entering to possess. -- deuteronomy 4:5 +. +So keep them and do them, for that is your wisdom and your understanding in the sight of the peoples who, when they hear all these statutes, will say, Surely this great nation is a wise and understanding people. -- deuteronomy 4:6 +. +For what great nation is there who has a god so near to them as the Lord our God is to us in all things for which we call upon Him? -- deuteronomy 4:7 +. +And what large and important nation has statutes and ordinances so upright and just as all this law which I set before you today? -- deuteronomy 4:8 +. +Only take heed, and guard your life diligently, lest you forget the things which your eyes have seen and lest they depart from your [mind and] heart all the days of your life. Teach them to your children and your children's children-- -- deuteronomy 4:9 +. +Especially how on the day that you stood before the Lord your God in Horeb, the Lord said to me, Gather the people together to Me and I will make them hear My words, that they may learn [reverently] to fear Me all the days they live upon the earth and that they may teach their children. -- deuteronomy 4:10 +. +And you came near and stood at the foot of the mountain, and the mountain burned with fire to the heart of heaven, with darkness, cloud, and thick gloom. -- deuteronomy 4:11 +. +And the Lord spoke to you out of the midst of the fire. You heard the voice of the words, but saw no form; there was only a voice. -- deuteronomy 4:12 +. +And He declared to you His covenant, which He commanded you to perform, the Ten Commandments, and He wrote them on two tables of stone. -- deuteronomy 4:13 +. +And the Lord commanded me at that time to teach you the statutes and precepts, that you might do them in the land which you are going over to possess. -- deuteronomy 4:14 +. +Therefore take good heed to yourselves, since you saw no form of Him on the day the Lord spoke to you on Horeb out of the midst of the fire, -- deuteronomy 4:15 +. +Beware lest you become corrupt by making for yourselves [to worship] a graven image in the form of any figure, the likeness of male or female, -- deuteronomy 4:16 +. +The likeness of any beast that is on the earth, or of any winged fowl that flies in the air, -- deuteronomy 4:17 +. +The likeness of anything that creeps on the ground, or of any fish that is in the waters beneath the earth. -- deuteronomy 4:18 +. +And beware lest you lift up your eyes to the heavens, and when you see the sun, moon, and stars, even all the host of the heavens, you be drawn away and worship them and serve them, things which the Lord your God has allotted to all nations under the whole heaven. -- deuteronomy 4:19 +. +But the Lord has taken you and brought you forth out of the iron furnace, out of Egypt, to be to Him a people of His own possession, as you are this day. -- deuteronomy 4:20 +. +Furthermore the Lord was angry with me because of you, and He swore that I should not go over the Jordan and that I should not enter the good land which the Lord your God gives you for an inheritance. -- deuteronomy 4:21 +. +But I must die in this land; I must not cross the Jordan; but you shall go over and possess that good land. -- deuteronomy 4:22 +. +Take heed to yourselves, lest you forget the covenant of the Lord your God which He made with you, and make for yourselves a graven image in the form of anything which the Lord your God has forbidden you. -- deuteronomy 4:23 +. +For the Lord your God is a consuming fire, a jealous God. -- deuteronomy 4:24 +. +When children shall be born to you, and children's children, and you have grown old in the land, if you corrupt yourselves by making a graven image in the form of anything, and do evil in the sight of the Lord your God, provoking Him to anger, -- deuteronomy 4:25 +. +I call heaven and earth to witness against you this day that you shall soon utterly perish from the land which you are going over the Jordan to possess. You will not live long upon it but will be utterly destroyed. -- deuteronomy 4:26 +. +And the Lord will scatter you among the peoples, and you will be left few in number among the nations to which the Lord will drive you. -- deuteronomy 4:27 +. +There you will serve gods, the work of men's hands, wood and stone, which neither see nor hear nor eat nor smell. -- deuteronomy 4:28 +. +But if from there you will seek (inquire for and require as necessity) the Lord your God, you will find Him if you [truly] seek Him with all your heart [and mind] and soul and life. -- deuteronomy 4:29 +. +When you are in tribulation and all these things come upon you, in the latter days you will turn to the Lord your God and be obedient to His voice. -- deuteronomy 4:30 +. +For the Lord your God is a merciful God; He will not fail you or destroy you or forget the covenant of your fathers, which He swore to them. -- deuteronomy 4:31 +. +For ask now of the days that are past, which were before you, since the day that God created man upon the earth, and ask from one end of the heavens to the other, whether such a great thing as this has ever occurred or been heard of anywhere. -- deuteronomy 4:32 +. +Did ever people hear the voice of God speaking out of the midst of the fire, as you heard, and live? -- deuteronomy 4:33 +. +Or has God ever tried to go and take for Himself a nation from the midst of another nation, by trials, by signs, by wonders, by war, by a mighty hand, by an outstretched arm, and by great terrors, as the Lord your God did for you in Egypt before your eyes? -- deuteronomy 4:34 +. +To you it was shown, that you might realize and have personal knowledge that the Lord is God; there is no other besides Him. -- deuteronomy 4:35 +. +Out of heaven He made you hear His voice, that He might correct, discipline, and admonish you; and on earth He made you see His great fire, and you heard His words out of the midst of the fire. -- deuteronomy 4:36 +. +And because He loved your fathers, He chose their descendants after them, and brought you out from Egypt with His own Presence, by His mighty power, -- deuteronomy 4:37 +. +Driving out nations from before you, greater and mightier than yourselves, to bring you in, to give you their land for an inheritance, as it is this day; -- deuteronomy 4:38 +. +Know, recognize, and understand therefore this day and turn your [mind and] heart to it that the Lord is God in the heavens above and upon the earth beneath; there is no other. -- deuteronomy 4:39 +. +Therefore you shall keep His statutes and His commandments, which I command you this day, that it may go well with you and your children after you and that you may prolong your days in the land which the Lord your God gives you forever. -- deuteronomy 4:40 +. +Then Moses set apart three cities [of refuge] beyond the Jordan to the east, -- deuteronomy 4:41 +. +That the manslayer might flee there, who slew his neighbor unintentionally and had not previously been at enmity with him, that fleeing to one of these cities he might save his life: -- deuteronomy 4:42 +. +Bezer in the wilderness on the tableland, for the Reubenites; and Ramoth in Gilead, for the Gadites; and Golan in Bashan, for the Manassites. -- deuteronomy 4:43 +. +This is the law which Moses set before the Israelites. -- deuteronomy 4:44 +. +These are the testimonies and the laws and the precepts which Moses spoke to the Israelites when they came out of Egypt, -- deuteronomy 4:45 +. +Beyond the Jordan in the valley opposite Beth-peor, in the land of Sihon king of the Amorites, who dwelt at Heshbon, whom Moses and the Israelites smote when they came out of Egypt. -- deuteronomy 4:46 +. +And they took possession of his land and the land of Og king of Bashan, the two kings of the Amorites, who lived beyond the Jordan to the east, -- deuteronomy 4:47 +. +From Aroer, which is on the edge of the Valley of the Arnon, as far as Mount Sirion (that is, Hermon), -- deuteronomy 4:48 +. +And all the Arabah (lowlands) beyond the Jordan eastward, as far as the Sea of the Arabah [the Dead Sea], under the slopes and springs of Pisgah. -- deuteronomy 4:49 +. +AND MOSES called all Israel, and said to them, Hear, O Israel, the statutes and ordinances which I speak in your hearing this day, that you may learn them and take heed and do them. -- deuteronomy 5:1 +. +The Lord our God made a covenant with us in Horeb. -- deuteronomy 5:2 +. +The Lord made this covenant not with our fathers, but with us, who are all of us here alive this day. -- deuteronomy 5:3 +. +The Lord spoke with you face to face at the mount out of the midst of the fire. -- deuteronomy 5:4 +. +I stood between the Lord and you at that time to show you the word of the Lord, for you were afraid because of the fire and went not up into the mount. He said, -- deuteronomy 5:5 +. +I am the Lord your God, Who brought you out of the land of Egypt, from the house of bondage. -- deuteronomy 5:6 +. +You shall have no other gods before Me or besides Me. -- deuteronomy 5:7 +. +You shall not make for yourself [to worship] a graven image or any likeness of anything that is in the heavens above or that is in the earth beneath or that is in the water under the earth. -- deuteronomy 5:8 +. +You shall not bow down to them or serve them; for I, the Lord your God, am a jealous God, visiting the iniquity of the fathers upon the children to the third and fourth generations of those who hate Me, -- deuteronomy 5:9 +. +And showing mercy and steadfast love to thousands and to a thousand generations of those who love Me and keep My commandments. -- deuteronomy 5:10 +. +You shall not take the name of the Lord your God in vain, for the Lord will not hold him guiltless who takes His name in falsehood or without purpose. -- deuteronomy 5:11 +. +Observe the Sabbath day to keep it holy, as the Lord your God commanded you. -- deuteronomy 5:12 +. +Six days you shall labor and do all your work, -- deuteronomy 5:13 +. +But the seventh day is a Sabbath to the Lord your God; in it you shall not do any work, you or your son or your daughter, or your manservant or your maidservant, or your ox or your donkey or any of your livestock, or the stranger or sojourner who is within your gates, that your manservant and your maidservant may rest as well as you. -- deuteronomy 5:14 +. +And [earnestly] remember that you were a servant in the land of Egypt and that the Lord your God brought you out from there with a mighty hand and an outstretched arm; therefore the Lord your God commanded you to observe and take heed to the Sabbath day. -- deuteronomy 5:15 +. +Honor your father and your mother, as the Lord your God commanded you, that your days may be prolonged and that it may go well with you in the land which the Lord your God gives you. -- deuteronomy 5:16 +. +You shall not murder. -- deuteronomy 5:17 +. +Neither shall you commit adultery. -- deuteronomy 5:18 +. +Neither shall you act slyly or steal. -- deuteronomy 5:19 +. +Neither shall you witness falsely against your neighbor. -- deuteronomy 5:20 +. +Neither shall you covet your neighbor's wife, nor desire your neighbor's house, his field, his manservant or his maidservant, his ox or his donkey, or anything that is your neighbor's. -- deuteronomy 5:21 +. +These words the Lord spoke to all your assembly at the mountain out of the midst of the fire, the cloud, and the thick darkness, with a loud voice; and He spoke not again [added no more]. He wrote them on two tables of stone and gave them to me [Moses]. -- deuteronomy 5:22 +. +And when you heard the voice out of the midst of the darkness, while the mountain was burning with fire, you came near me, all the heads of your tribes and your elders; -- deuteronomy 5:23 +. +And you said, Behold, the Lord our God has shown us His glory and His greatness, and we have heard His voice out of the midst of the fire; we have this day seen that God speaks with man and man still lives. -- deuteronomy 5:24 +. +Now therefore, why should we die? For this great fire will consume us; if we hear the voice of the Lord our God any longer, we shall die. -- deuteronomy 5:25 +. +For who is there of all flesh who has heard the voice of the living God speaking out of the midst of fire, as we have, and lived? -- deuteronomy 5:26 +. +Go near [Moses] and hear all that the Lord our God will say. And speak to us all that the Lord our God will speak to you; and we will hear and do it. -- deuteronomy 5:27 +. +And the Lord heard your words when you spoke to me and the Lord said to me, I have heard the words of this people which they have spoken to you. They have said well all that they have spoken. -- deuteronomy 5:28 +. +Oh, that they had such a [mind and] heart in them always [reverently] to fear Me and keep all My commandments, that it might go well with them and with their children forever! -- deuteronomy 5:29 +. +Go and say to them, Return to your tents. -- deuteronomy 5:30 +. +But you [Moses], stand here by Me, and I will tell you all the commandments and the statutes and the precepts which you shall teach them, that they may do them in the land which I give them to possess. -- deuteronomy 5:31 +. +Therefore you people shall be watchful to do as the Lord your God has commanded you; you shall not turn aside to the right hand or to the left. -- deuteronomy 5:32 +. +You shall walk in all the ways which the Lord your God has commanded you, that you may live and that it may go well with you and that you may live long in the land which you shall possess. -- deuteronomy 5:33 +. +NOW THIS is the instruction, the laws, and the precepts which the Lord your God commanded me to teach you, that you might do them in the land to which you go to possess it, -- deuteronomy 6:1 +. +That you may [reverently] fear the Lord your God, you and your son and your son's son, and keep all His statutes and His commandments which I command you all the days of your life, and that your days may be prolonged. -- deuteronomy 6:2 +. +Hear therefore, O Israel, and be watchful to do them, that it may be well with you and that you may increase exceedingly, as the Lord, the God of your fathers, has promised you, in a land flowing with milk and honey. -- deuteronomy 6:3 +. +Hear, O Israel: the Lord our God is one Lord [the only Lord]. -- deuteronomy 6:4 +. +And you shall love the Lord your God with all your [mind and] heart and with your entire being and with all your might. -- deuteronomy 6:5 +. +And these words which I am commanding you this day shall be [first] in your [own] minds and hearts; [then] -- deuteronomy 6:6 +. +You shall whet and sharpen them so as to make them penetrate, and teach and impress them diligently upon the [minds and] hearts of your children, and shall talk of them when you sit in your house and when you walk by the way, and when you lie down and when you rise up. -- deuteronomy 6:7 +. +And you shall bind them as a sign upon your hand, and they shall be as frontlets (forehead bands) between your eyes. -- deuteronomy 6:8 +. +And you shall write them upon the doorposts of your house and on your gates. -- deuteronomy 6:9 +. +And when the Lord your God brings you into the land which He swore to your fathers, to Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob, to give you, with great and goodly cities which you did not build, -- deuteronomy 6:10 +. +And houses full of all good things which you did not fill, and cisterns hewn out which you did not hew, and vineyards and olive trees which you did not plant, and when you eat and are full, -- deuteronomy 6:11 +. +Then beware lest you forget the Lord, Who brought you out of the land of Egypt, out of the house of bondage. -- deuteronomy 6:12 +. +You shall [reverently] fear the Lord your God and serve Him and swear by His name [and presence]. -- deuteronomy 6:13 +. +You shall not go after other gods, any of the gods of the peoples who are round about you; -- deuteronomy 6:14 +. +For the Lord your God in the midst of you is a jealous God; lest the anger of the Lord your God be kindled against you, and He destroy you from the face of the earth. -- deuteronomy 6:15 +. +You shall not tempt and try the Lord your God as you tempted and tried Him in Massah. -- deuteronomy 6:16 +. +You shall diligently keep the commandments of the Lord your God and His exhortations and His statutes which He commanded you. -- deuteronomy 6:17 +. +And you shall do what is right and good in the sight of the Lord, that it may go well with you and that you may go in and possess the good land which the Lord swore to give to your fathers, -- deuteronomy 6:18 +. +To cast out all your enemies from before you, as the Lord has promised. -- deuteronomy 6:19 +. +When your son asks you in time to come, What is the meaning of the testimonies and statutes and precepts which the Lord our God has commanded you? -- deuteronomy 6:20 +. +Then you shall say to your son, We were Pharaoh's bondmen in Egypt, and the Lord brought us out of Egypt with a mighty hand. -- deuteronomy 6:21 +. +And the Lord showed signs and wonders, great and evil, against Egypt, against Pharaoh, and all his household, before our eyes; -- deuteronomy 6:22 +. +And He brought us out from there, that He might bring us in to give us the land which He swore to give our fathers. -- deuteronomy 6:23 +. +And the Lord commanded us to do all these statutes, to [reverently] fear the Lord our God for our good always, that He might preserve us alive, as it is this day. -- deuteronomy 6:24 +. +And it will be accounted as righteousness (conformity to God's will in word, thought, and action) for us if we are watchful to do all this commandment before the Lord our God, as He has commanded us. -- deuteronomy 6:25 +. +WHEN THE Lord your God brings you into the land which you are entering to possess and has plucked away many nations before you, the Hittites, the Girgashites, the Amorites, the Canaanites, the Perizzites, the Hivites, and the Jebusites, seven nations greater and mightier than you, -- deuteronomy 7:1 +. +And when the Lord your God gives them over to you and you smite them, then you must utterly destroy them. You shall make no covenant with them, or show mercy to them. -- deuteronomy 7:2 +. +You shall not make marriages with them; your daughter you shall not give to his son nor shall you take his daughter for your son, -- deuteronomy 7:3 +. +For they will turn away your sons from following Me, that they may serve other gods; so will the anger of the Lord be kindled against you and He will destroy you quickly. -- deuteronomy 7:4 +. +But thus shall you deal with them: you shall break down their altars and dash in pieces their pillars and hew down their Asherim [symbols of the goddess Asherah] and burn their graven images with fire. -- deuteronomy 7:5 +. +For you are a holy and set-apart people to the Lord your God; the Lord your God has chosen you to be a special people to Himself out of all the peoples on the face of the earth. -- deuteronomy 7:6 +. +The Lord did not set His love upon you and choose you because you were more in number than any other people, for you were the fewest of all people. -- deuteronomy 7:7 +. +But because the Lord loves you and because He would keep the oath which He had sworn to your fathers, the Lord has brought you out with a mighty hand and redeemed you out of the house of bondage, from the hand of Pharaoh king of Egypt. -- deuteronomy 7:8 +. +Know, recognize, and understand therefore that the Lord your God, He is God, the faithful God, Who keeps covenant and steadfast love and mercy with those who love Him and keep His commandments, to a thousand generations, -- deuteronomy 7:9 +. +And repays those who hate Him to their face, by destroying them; He will not be slack to him who hates Him, but will requite him to his face. -- deuteronomy 7:10 +. +You shall therefore keep and do the instruction, laws, and precepts which I command you this day. -- deuteronomy 7:11 +. +And if you hearken to these precepts and keep and do them, the Lord your God will keep with you the covenant and the steadfast love which He swore to your fathers. -- deuteronomy 7:12 +. +And He will love you, bless you, and multiply you; He will also bless the fruit of your body and the fruit of your land, your grain, your new wine, and your oil, the increase of your cattle and the young of your flock in the land which He swore to your fathers to give you. -- deuteronomy 7:13 +. +You shall be blessed above all peoples; there shall not be male or female barren among you, or among your cattle. -- deuteronomy 7:14 +. +And the Lord will take away from you all sickness, and none of the evil diseases of Egypt which you knew will He put upon you, but will lay them upon all who hate you. -- deuteronomy 7:15 +. +And you shall consume all the peoples whom the Lord your God will give over to you; your eye shall not pity them, neither shall you serve their gods, for that would be a snare to you. -- deuteronomy 7:16 +. +If you say in your [minds and] hearts, These nations are greater than we are; how can we dispossess them? -- deuteronomy 7:17 +. +You shall not be afraid of them, but remember [earnestly] what the Lord your God did to Pharaoh and to all Egypt, -- deuteronomy 7:18 +. +The great trials which your eyes saw, the signs, the wonders, the mighty hand and the outstretched arm by which the Lord your God brought you out. So shall the Lord your God do to all the people of whom you are afraid. -- deuteronomy 7:19 +. +Moreover, the Lord your God will send the hornet among them until those who are left and hide themselves from you are destroyed. -- deuteronomy 7:20 +. +You shall not dread them, for the Lord your God is among you, a mighty and terrible God. -- deuteronomy 7:21 +. +And the Lord your God will clear out those nations before you, little by little; you may not consume them quickly, lest the beasts of the field increase among you. -- deuteronomy 7:22 +. +But the Lord your God will give them over to you and will confuse them with a mighty panic until they are destroyed. -- deuteronomy 7:23 +. +And He will give their kings into your hand, and you shall make their name perish from under the heavens; there shall no man be able to stand before you, until you have destroyed them. -- deuteronomy 7:24 +. +The graven images of their gods you shall burn with fire. You shall not desire the silver or gold that is on them, nor take it for yourselves, lest you be ensnared by it, for it is an abomination to the Lord your God. -- deuteronomy 7:25 +. +Neither shall you bring an abomination (an idol) into your house, lest you become an accursed thing like it; but you shall utterly detest and abhor it, for it is an accursed thing. -- deuteronomy 7:26 +. +ALL THE commandments which I command you this day you shall be watchful to do, that you may live and multiply and go in and possess the land which the Lord swore to give to your fathers. -- deuteronomy 8:1 +. +And you shall [earnestly] remember all the way which the Lord your God led you these forty years in the wilderness, to humble you and to prove you, to know what was in your [mind and] heart, whether you would keep His commandments or not. -- deuteronomy 8:2 +. +And He humbled you and allowed you to hunger and fed you with manna, which you did not know nor did your fathers know, that He might make you recognize and personally know that man does not live by bread only, but man lives by every word that proceeds out of the mouth of the Lord. -- deuteronomy 8:3 +. +Your clothing did not become old upon you nor did your feet swell these forty years. -- deuteronomy 8:4 +. +Know also in your [minds and] hearts that, as a man disciplines and instructs his son, so the Lord your God disciplines and instructs you. -- deuteronomy 8:5 +. +So you shall keep the commandments of the Lord your God, to walk in His ways and [reverently] fear Him. -- deuteronomy 8:6 +. +For the Lord your God is bringing you into a good land, a land of brooks of water, of fountains and springs, flowing forth in valleys and hills; -- deuteronomy 8:7 +. +A land of wheat and barley, and vines and fig trees and pomegranates, a land of olive trees and honey; -- deuteronomy 8:8 +. +A land in which you shall eat food without shortage and lack nothing in it; a land whose stones are iron and out of whose hills you can dig copper. -- deuteronomy 8:9 +. +When you have eaten and are full, then you shall bless the Lord your God for all the good land which He has given you. -- deuteronomy 8:10 +. +Beware that you do not forget the Lord your God by not keeping His commandments, His precepts, and His statutes which I command you today, -- deuteronomy 8:11 +. +Lest when you have eaten and are full, and have built goodly houses and live in them, -- deuteronomy 8:12 +. +And when your herds and flocks multiply and your silver and gold is multiplied and all you have is multiplied, -- deuteronomy 8:13 +. +Then your [minds and] hearts be lifted up and you forget the Lord your God, Who brought you out of the land of Egypt, out of the house of bondage, -- deuteronomy 8:14 +. +Who led you through the great and terrible wilderness, with its fiery serpents and scorpions and thirsty ground where there was no water, but Who brought you forth water out of the flinty rock, -- deuteronomy 8:15 +. +Who fed you in the wilderness with manna, which your fathers did not know, that He might humble you and test you, to do you good in the end. -- deuteronomy 8:16 +. +And beware lest you say in your [mind and] heart, My power and the might of my hand have gotten me this wealth. -- deuteronomy 8:17 +. +But you shall [earnestly] remember the Lord your God, for it is He Who gives you power to get wealth, that He may establish His covenant which He swore to your fathers, as it is this day. -- deuteronomy 8:18 +. +And if you forget the Lord your God and walk after other gods and serve them and worship them, I testify against you this day that you shall surely perish. -- deuteronomy 8:19 +. +Like the nations which the Lord makes to perish before you, so shall you perish, because you would not obey the voice of the Lord your God. -- deuteronomy 8:20 +. +HEAR, O Israel. You are to cross the Jordan today to go in to dispossess nations greater and mightier than you are, cities great and fortified up to the heavens, -- deuteronomy 9:1 +. +A people great and tall, the sons of the Anakim, whom you know and of whom you have heard it said, Who can stand before the sons of Anak? -- deuteronomy 9:2 +. +Know therefore this day that the Lord your God is He Who goes over before you as a devouring fire. He will destroy them and bring them down before you; so you shall dispossess them and make them perish quickly, as the Lord has promised you. -- deuteronomy 9:3 +. +Do not say in your [mind and] heart, after the Lord your God has thrust them out from before you, It is because of my righteousness that the Lord has brought me in to possess this land--whereas it is because of the wickedness of these nations that the Lord is dispossessing them before you. -- deuteronomy 9:4 +. +Not for your righteousness or for the uprightness of your [minds and] hearts do you go to possess their land; but because of the wickedness of these nations the Lord your God is driving them out before you, and that He may fulfill the promise which the Lord swore to your fathers, Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob. -- deuteronomy 9:5 +. +Know therefore that the Lord your God does not give you this good land to possess because of your righteousness, for you are a hard and stubborn people. -- deuteronomy 9:6 +. +[Earnestly] remember and forget not how you provoked the Lord your God to wrath in the wilderness; from the day you left the land of Egypt until you came to this place, you have been rebellious against the Lord. -- deuteronomy 9:7 +. +Even in Horeb you provoked the Lord to wrath, and the Lord was so angry with you that He would have destroyed you. -- deuteronomy 9:8 +. +When I went up the mountain to receive the tables of stone, the tables of the covenant which the Lord made with you, I remained on the mountain forty days and forty nights; I neither ate food nor drank water. -- deuteronomy 9:9 +. +And the Lord delivered to me the two tables of stone written with the finger of God; and on them were all the words which the Lord spoke with you on the mountain out of the midst of the fire in the day of the assembly. -- deuteronomy 9:10 +. +And at the end of forty days and forty nights the Lord gave me the two tables of stone, the tables of the covenant. -- deuteronomy 9:11 +. +And the Lord said to me, Arise, go down from here quickly, for your people whom you brought out of Egypt have corrupted themselves. They have quickly turned aside from the way which I commanded them; they have made for themselves a molten image. -- deuteronomy 9:12 +. +Furthermore the Lord said to me, I have seen this people, and behold, they are stubborn and hard. -- deuteronomy 9:13 +. +Let me alone, that I may destroy them and blot out their name from under the heavens; and I will make of you a nation mightier and greater than they. -- deuteronomy 9:14 +. +So I turned and came down from the mountain, and the mountain was burning with fire. And the two tables of the covenant were in my two hands. -- deuteronomy 9:15 +. +And I looked, and behold, you had sinned against the Lord your God; you had made for yourselves a molten calf. You had turned aside quickly from the way which the Lord had commanded you. -- deuteronomy 9:16 +. +I took the two tables, cast them out of my two hands, and broke them before your eyes. -- deuteronomy 9:17 +. +Then I fell down before the Lord as before, for forty days and forty nights; I neither ate food nor drank water, because of all the sin you had committed in doing wickedly in the sight of the Lord, to provoke Him to anger. -- deuteronomy 9:18 +. +For I was afraid of the anger and hot displeasure which the Lord held against you, enough to destroy you. But the Lord listened to me that time also. -- deuteronomy 9:19 +. +And the Lord was very angry with Aaron, angry enough to have destroyed him, and I prayed for Aaron also at the same time. -- deuteronomy 9:20 +. +And I took your sin, the calf which you had made, and burned it with fire and crushed it, grinding it very small, until it was as fine as dust; and I cast the dust of it into the brook that came down out of the mountain. -- deuteronomy 9:21 +. +At Taberah also and at Massah and at Kibroth-hattaavah you provoked the Lord to wrath. -- deuteronomy 9:22 +. +Likewise when the Lord sent you from Kadesh-barnea, saying, Go up and possess the land which I have given you, then you rebelled against the commandment of the Lord your God, and you did not believe Him or trust and rely on Him or obey His voice. -- deuteronomy 9:23 +. +You have been rebellious against the Lord from the day that I knew you. -- deuteronomy 9:24 +. +So I fell down and lay prostrate before the Lord forty days and nights because the Lord had said He would destroy you. -- deuteronomy 9:25 +. +And I prayed to the Lord, O Lord God, do not destroy Your people and Your heritage, whom You have redeemed through Your greatness, whom You have brought out of Egypt with a mighty hand. -- deuteronomy 9:26 +. +Remember [earnestly] Your servants, Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob; look not at the stubbornness of this people or at their wickedness or at their sin, -- deuteronomy 9:27 +. +Lest the land from which You brought us out say, Because the Lord was not able to bring them into the land which He promised them, and because He hated them, He has brought them out to slay them in the wilderness. -- deuteronomy 9:28 +. +Yet they are Your people and Your inheritance, whom You brought out by Your mighty power and by Your outstretched arm. -- deuteronomy 9:29 +. +AT THAT time the Lord said to me, Hew two tables of stone like the first and come up to Me on the mountain and make an ark of wood. -- deuteronomy 10:1 +. +And I will write on the tables the words that were on the first tables which you broke, and you shall put them in the ark. -- deuteronomy 10:2 +. +So I [Moses] made an ark of acacia wood and hewed two tables of stone like the first, and went up the mountain with the two tables of stone in my [one] hand. -- deuteronomy 10:3 +. +And the Lord wrote on the tables as at the first writing, the Ten Commandments which the Lord had spoken to you on the mountain out of the midst of the fire on the day of the assembly; and the Lord gave them to me. -- deuteronomy 10:4 +. +And I turned and came down from the mountain and put the tables in the ark which I had made; and there they are, as the Lord commanded me. -- deuteronomy 10:5 +. +(The Israelites journeyed from the wells of the sons of Jaakan to Moserah. There Aaron died, and there he was buried, and Eleazar his son ministered in the priest's office in his stead. -- deuteronomy 10:6 +. +From there they journeyed to Gudgodah, and then to Jotbathah, a land of brooks [dividing the valley]. -- deuteronomy 10:7 +. +At that time the Lord set apart the tribe of Levi to bear the ark of the covenant of the Lord, to stand before the Lord to minister to Him and to bless in His name unto this day. -- deuteronomy 10:8 +. +Therefore Levi has no part or inheritance with his brethren; the Lord is his inheritance, as the Lord your God promised him.) -- deuteronomy 10:9 +. +And I [Moses] stayed on the mountain, as the first time, forty days and nights, and the Lord listened to me at that time also; the Lord would not destroy you. -- deuteronomy 10:10 +. +And the Lord said to me, Arise, journey on before the people, that they may go in and possess the land which I swore to their fathers to give to them. -- deuteronomy 10:11 +. +And now, Israel, what does the Lord your God require of you but [reverently] to fear the Lord your God, [that is] to walk in all His ways, and to love Him, and to serve the Lord your God with all your [mind and] heart and with your entire being, -- deuteronomy 10:12 +. +To keep the commandments of the Lord and His statutes which I command you today for your good? -- deuteronomy 10:13 +. +Behold, the heavens and the heaven of heavens belong to the Lord your God, the earth also, with all that is in it and on it. -- deuteronomy 10:14 +. +Yet the Lord had a delight in loving your fathers, and He chose their descendants after them, you above all peoples, as it is this day. -- deuteronomy 10:15 +. +So circumcise the foreskin of your [minds and] hearts; be no longer stubborn and hardened. -- deuteronomy 10:16 +. +For the Lord your God is God of gods and Lord of lords, the great, the mighty, the terrible God, Who is not partial and takes no bribe. -- deuteronomy 10:17 +. +He executes justice for the fatherless and the widow, and loves the stranger or temporary resident and gives him food and clothing. -- deuteronomy 10:18 +. +Therefore love the stranger and sojourner, for you were strangers and sojourners in the land of Egypt. -- deuteronomy 10:19 +. +You shall [reverently] fear the Lord your God; you shall serve Him and cling to Him, and by His name and presence you shall swear. -- deuteronomy 10:20 +. +He is your praise; He is your God, Who has done for you these great and terrible things which your eyes have seen. -- deuteronomy 10:21 +. +Your fathers went down to Egypt seventy persons in all, and now the Lord your God has made you as the stars of the heavens for multitude. -- deuteronomy 10:22 +. +THEREFORE YOU shall love the Lord your God and keep His charge, His statutes, His precepts, and His commandments always. -- deuteronomy 11:1 +. +And know this day--for I am not speaking to your children who have not [personally] known and seen it--the instruction and discipline of the Lord your God: His greatness, His mighty hand, and His outstretched arm; -- deuteronomy 11:2 +. +His signs and His deeds which He did in Egypt to Pharaoh the king of Egypt and to all his land; -- deuteronomy 11:3 +. +And what He did to the army of Egypt, to their horses and chariots, how He made the waters of the Red Sea flow over them as they pursued you, and how the Lord has destroyed them to this day; -- deuteronomy 11:4 +. +And what He did to you in the wilderness until you came to this place; -- deuteronomy 11:5 +. +And what He did to Dathan and Abiram, sons of Eliab, the son of Reuben, how the earth opened its mouth and swallowed up them, their households, their tents, and every living thing that followed them, in the midst of all Israel. -- deuteronomy 11:6 +. +For your eyes have seen all the great work of the Lord which He did. -- deuteronomy 11:7 +. +Therefore you shall keep all the commandments which I command you today, that you may be strong and go in and possess the land which you go across [the Jordan] to possess, -- deuteronomy 11:8 +. +And that you may live long in the land which the Lord swore to your fathers to give to them and to their descendants, a land flowing with milk and honey. -- deuteronomy 11:9 +. +For the land which you go in to possess is not like the land of Egypt, from which you came out, where you sowed your seed and watered it with your foot laboriously as in a garden of vegetables. -- deuteronomy 11:10 +. +But the land which you enter to possess is a land of hills and valleys which drinks water of the rain of the heavens, -- deuteronomy 11:11 +. +A land for which the Lord your God cares; the eyes of the Lord your God are always upon it from the beginning of the year to the end of the year. -- deuteronomy 11:12 +. +And if you will diligently heed My commandments which I command you this day--to love the Lord your God and to serve Him with all your [mind and] heart and with your entire being-- -- deuteronomy 11:13 +. +I will give the rain for your land in its season, the early rain and the latter rain, that you may gather in your grain, your new wine, and your oil. -- deuteronomy 11:14 +. +And I will give grass in your fields for your cattle, that you may eat and be full. -- deuteronomy 11:15 +. +Take heed to yourselves, lest your [minds and] hearts be deceived and you turn aside and serve other gods and worship them, -- deuteronomy 11:16 +. +And the Lord's anger be kindled against you, and He shut up the heavens so that there will be no rain and the land will not yield its fruit, and you perish quickly off the good land which the Lord gives you. -- deuteronomy 11:17 +. +Therefore you shall lay up these My words in your [minds and] hearts and in your [entire] being, and bind them for a sign upon your hands and as forehead bands between your eyes. -- deuteronomy 11:18 +. +And you shall teach them to your children, speaking of them when you sit in your house and when you walk along the road, when you lie down and when you rise up. -- deuteronomy 11:19 +. +And you shall write them upon the doorposts of your house and on your gates, -- deuteronomy 11:20 +. +That your days and the days of your children may be multiplied in the land which the Lord swore to your fathers to give them, as long as the heavens are above the earth. -- deuteronomy 11:21 +. +For if you diligently keep all this commandment which I command you to do, to love the Lord your God, to walk in all His ways, and to cleave to Him-- -- deuteronomy 11:22 +. +Then the Lord will drive out all these nations before you, and you shall dispossess nations greater and mightier than you. -- deuteronomy 11:23 +. +Every place upon which the sole of your foot shall tread shall be yours: from the wilderness to Lebanon, and from the River, the river Euphrates, to the western sea [the Mediterranean] your territory shall be. -- deuteronomy 11:24 +. +There shall no man be able to stand before you; the Lord your God shall lay the fear and the dread of you upon all the land that you shall tread, as He has said to you. -- deuteronomy 11:25 +. +Behold, I set before you this day a blessing and a curse-- -- deuteronomy 11:26 +. +The blessing if you obey the commandments of the Lord your God which I command you this day; -- deuteronomy 11:27 +. +And the curse if you will not obey the commandments of the Lord your God, but turn aside from the way which I command you this day to go after other gods, which you have not known. -- deuteronomy 11:28 +. +And when the Lord your God has brought you into the land which you go to possess, you shall set the blessing on Mount Gerizim and the curse on Mount Ebal. -- deuteronomy 11:29 +. +Are they not beyond the Jordan, west of the road, where the sun goes down, in the land of the Canaanites living in the Arabah opposite Gilgal, beside the oaks or terebinths of Moreh? -- deuteronomy 11:30 +. +For you are to cross over the Jordan to go in to possess the land which the Lord your God gives you, and you shall possess it and live in it. -- deuteronomy 11:31 +. +And you shall be watchful to do all the statutes and ordinances which I set before you this day. -- deuteronomy 11:32 +. +THESE ARE the statutes and ordinances which you shall be watchful to do in the land which the Lord, the God of your fathers, gives you to possess all the days you live on the earth. -- deuteronomy 12:1 +. +You shall surely destroy all the places where the nations you dispossess served their gods, upon the high mountains and the hills and under every green tree. -- deuteronomy 12:2 +. +You shall break down their altars and dash in pieces their pillars and burn their Asherim with fire; you shall hew down the graven images of their gods and destroy their name out of that place. -- deuteronomy 12:3 +. +You shall not behave so toward the Lord your God. -- deuteronomy 12:4 +. +But you shall seek the place which the Lord your God shall choose out of all your tribes to put His Name and make His dwelling place, and there shall you come; -- deuteronomy 12:5 +. +And there you shall bring your burnt offerings and your sacrifices, your tithes and the offering of your hands, and your vows and your freewill offerings, and the firstlings of your herd and of your flock. -- deuteronomy 12:6 +. +And there you shall eat before the Lord your God, and you shall rejoice in all to which you put your hand, you and your households, in which the Lord your God has blessed you. -- deuteronomy 12:7 +. +You shall not do according to all we do here [in the camp] this day, every man doing whatever looks right in his own eyes. -- deuteronomy 12:8 +. +For you have not yet come to the rest and to the inheritance which the Lord your God gives you. -- deuteronomy 12:9 +. +But when you go over the Jordan and dwell in the land which the Lord your God causes you to inherit, and He gives you rest from all your enemies round about so that you dwell in safety, -- deuteronomy 12:10 +. +Then there shall be a place which the Lord your God shall choose to cause His Name [and His Presence] to dwell there; to it you shall bring all that I command you: your burnt offerings, your sacrifices, your tithes and what the hand presents [as a first gift from the fruits of the ground], and all your choicest offerings which you vow to the Lord. -- deuteronomy 12:11 +. +And you shall rejoice before the Lord your God, you and your sons and your daughters, and your menservants and your maidservants, and the Levite that is within your towns, since he has no part or inheritance with you. -- deuteronomy 12:12 +. +Be watchful not to offer your burnt offerings in every place you see. -- deuteronomy 12:13 +. +But in the place which the Lord shall choose in one of your tribes, there you shall offer your burnt offerings, and there you shall do all I command you. -- deuteronomy 12:14 +. +However, you may kill and eat flesh in any of your towns whenever you desire, according to the provision for the support of life with which the Lord your God has blessed you; those [ceremonially] unclean and the clean may eat of it, as of the gazelle and the hart. -- deuteronomy 12:15 +. +Only you shall not eat the blood; you shall pour it upon the ground as water. -- deuteronomy 12:16 +. +You may not eat within your towns the tithe of your grain or of your new wine or of your oil, or the firstlings of your herd or flock, or anything you have vowed, or your freewill offerings, or the offerings from your hand [of garden products]. -- deuteronomy 12:17 +. +But you shall eat them before the Lord your God in the place which the Lord your God shall choose, you and your son and your daughter, your manservant and your maidservant, and the Levite that is within your towns; and you shall rejoice before the Lord your God in all that you undertake. -- deuteronomy 12:18 +. +Take heed not to forsake or neglect the Levite [God's minister] as long as you live in your land. -- deuteronomy 12:19 +. +When the Lord your God enlarges your territory, as He promised you, and you say, I will eat flesh, because you crave flesh, you may eat flesh whenever you desire. -- deuteronomy 12:20 +. +If the place where the Lord your God has chosen to put His Name [and Presence] is too far from you, then you shall kill from your herd or flock which the Lord has given you, as I [Moses] have commanded you; eat in your towns as much as you desire. -- deuteronomy 12:21 +. +Just as the roebuck and the hart is eaten, so you may eat of it [but not offer it]; the unclean and the clean alike may eat of it. -- deuteronomy 12:22 +. +Only be sure that you do not eat the blood, for the blood is the life, and you may not eat the life with the flesh. -- deuteronomy 12:23 +. +You shall not eat it; you shall pour it out on the earth like water. -- deuteronomy 12:24 +. +You shall not eat it, that all may go well with you and with your children after you, when you do what is right in the sight of the Lord. -- deuteronomy 12:25 +. +Only your holy things which you have [to offer] and what you have vowed you shall take, and go to the place [before the sanctuary] which the Lord shall choose. -- deuteronomy 12:26 +. +And offer your burnt offerings, the flesh and the blood, upon the altar of the Lord your God; and the blood of your sacrifices shall be poured out on the altar of the Lord your God, and you may eat the flesh. -- deuteronomy 12:27 +. +Be watchful and obey all these words which I command you, that it may go well with you and with your children after you forever, when you do what is good and right in the sight of the Lord your God. -- deuteronomy 12:28 +. +When the Lord your God cuts off before you the nations whom you go to dispossess, and you dispossess them and live in their land, -- deuteronomy 12:29 +. +Be watchful that you are not ensnared into following them after they have been destroyed before you and that you do not inquire after their gods, saying, How did these nations serve their gods? We will do likewise. -- deuteronomy 12:30 +. +You shall not do so to the Lord your God, for every abominable thing which the Lord hates they have done for their gods. For even their sons and their daughters they have burned in the fire to their gods. -- deuteronomy 12:31 +. +Whatever I command you, be watchful to do it; you shall not add to it or diminish it. -- deuteronomy 12:32 +. +IF A prophet arises among you, or a dreamer of dreams, and gives you a sign or a wonder, -- deuteronomy 13:1 +. +And the sign or the wonder he foretells to you comes to pass, and if he says, Let us go after other gods--gods you have not known--and let us serve them, -- deuteronomy 13:2 +. +You shall not listen to the words of that prophet or to that dreamer of dreams. For the Lord your God is testing you to know whether you love the Lord your God with all your [mind and] heart and with your entire being. -- deuteronomy 13:3 +. +You shall walk after the Lord your God and [reverently] fear Him, and keep His commandments and obey His voice, and you shall serve Him and cling to Him. -- deuteronomy 13:4 +. +But that prophet or that dreamer of dreams shall be put to death, because he has talked rebellion and turning away from the Lord your God, Who brought you out of the land of Egypt and redeemed you out of the house of bondage; that man has tried to draw you aside from the way in which the Lord your God commanded you to walk. So shall you put the evil away from your midst. -- deuteronomy 13:5 +. +If your brother, the son of your mother, or your son or daughter, or the wife of your bosom, or your friend who is as your own life entices you secretly, saying, Let us go and serve other gods--gods you have not known, you nor your fathers, -- deuteronomy 13:6 +. +Of the gods of the peoples who are round about you, near you or far away from you, from one end of the earth to the other-- -- deuteronomy 13:7 +. +You shall not give consent to him or listen to him; nor shall your eye pity him, nor shall you spare him or conceal him. -- deuteronomy 13:8 +. +But you shall surely kill him; your hand shall be first upon him to put him to death, and afterwards the hands of all the people. -- deuteronomy 13:9 +. +And you shall stone him to death with stones, because he has tried to draw you away from the Lord your God, Who brought you out of the land of Egypt, from the house of bondage. -- deuteronomy 13:10 +. +And all Israel shall hear and [reverently] fear, and shall never again do any such wickedness as this among you. -- deuteronomy 13:11 +. +If you hear it said in one of your cities which the Lord your God has given you in which to dwell -- deuteronomy 13:12 +. +That certain base fellows have gone out from your midst and have enticed away the inhabitants of their city, saying, Let us go and serve other gods--gods you have not known-- -- deuteronomy 13:13 +. +Then you shall inquire and make search and ask diligently. And behold, if it is true and certain that such an abominable thing has been done among you, -- deuteronomy 13:14 +. +You shall surely smite the inhabitants of that city with the edge of the sword, destroying it utterly and all who are in it and its beasts with the edge of the sword. -- deuteronomy 13:15 +. +And you shall collect all its spoil into the midst of its open square and shall burn the city with fire with every bit of its spoil [as a whole burnt offering] to the Lord your God. It shall be a heap [of ruins] forever; it shall not be built again. -- deuteronomy 13:16 +. +And nothing of the accursed thing shall cling to your hand, so that the Lord may turn from the fierceness of His anger, and show you mercy and have compassion on you and multiply you, as He swore to your fathers, -- deuteronomy 13:17 +. +If you obey the voice of the Lord your God, to keep all His commandments which I command you this day, to do what is right in the eyes of the Lord your God. -- deuteronomy 13:18 +. +YOU ARE the sons of the Lord your God; you shall not cut yourselves or make any baldness on your foreheads for the dead, -- deuteronomy 14:1 +. +For you are a holy people [set apart] to the Lord your God; and the Lord has chosen you to be a peculiar people to Himself, above all the nations on the earth. -- deuteronomy 14:2 +. +You shall not eat anything that is abominable [to the Lord and so forbidden by Him]. -- deuteronomy 14:3 +. +These are the beasts which you may eat: the ox, the sheep, and the goat, -- deuteronomy 14:4 +. +The hart, the gazelle, the roebuck, the wild goat, the ibex, the antelope, and the mountain sheep. -- deuteronomy 14:5 +. +And every beast that parts the hoof and has it divided into two and brings up and chews the cud among the beasts you may eat. -- deuteronomy 14:6 +. +Yet these you shall not eat of those that chew the cud or have the hoof split in two: the camel, the hare, and the coney, because they chew the cud but divide not the hoof; they are unclean for you. -- deuteronomy 14:7 +. +And the swine, because it parts the hoof but does not chew the cud; it is unclean to you. You shall not eat of their flesh or touch their dead bodies. -- deuteronomy 14:8 +. +These you may eat of all that are in the waters: whatever has fins and scales you may eat, -- deuteronomy 14:9 +. +And whatever has not fins and scales you may not eat; it is unclean for you. -- deuteronomy 14:10 +. +Of all clean birds you may eat. -- deuteronomy 14:11 +. +But these are the ones which you shall not eat: the eagle, the vulture, the ospray, -- deuteronomy 14:12 +. +The buzzard, the kite in its several species, -- deuteronomy 14:13 +. +The raven in all its species, -- deuteronomy 14:14 +. +The ostrich, the nighthawk, the sea gull, the hawk of any variety, -- deuteronomy 14:15 +. +The little owl, the great owl, the horned owl, -- deuteronomy 14:16 +. +The pelican, the carrion vulture, the cormorant, -- deuteronomy 14:17 +. +The stork, the heron of any variety, the hoopoe, and the bat. -- deuteronomy 14:18 +. +And all flying insects are unclean for you; they shall not be eaten. -- deuteronomy 14:19 +. +But of all clean winged things you may eat. -- deuteronomy 14:20 +. +You shall not eat of anything that dies of itself. You may give it to the stranger or the foreigner who is within your towns, that he may eat it, or you may sell it to an alien. [They are not under God's law in this matter] but you are a people holy to the Lord your God. You shall not [even] boil a kid in its mother's milk. -- deuteronomy 14:21 +. +You shall surely tithe all the yield of your seed produced by your field each year. -- deuteronomy 14:22 +. +And you shall eat before the Lord your God in the place in which He will cause His Name [and Presence] to dwell the tithe (tenth) of your grain, your new wine, your oil, and the firstlings of your herd and your flock, that you may learn [reverently] to fear the Lord your God always. -- deuteronomy 14:23 +. +And if the distance is too long for you to carry your tithe, or the place where the Lord your God chooses to set His Name [and Presence] is too far away for you, when the Lord your God has blessed you, -- deuteronomy 14:24 +. +Then you shall turn it into money, and bind up the money in your hand, and shall go to the place [of worship] which the Lord your God has chosen. -- deuteronomy 14:25 +. +And you may spend that money for whatever your appetite craves, for oxen, or sheep, or new wine or strong[er] drink, or whatever you desire; and you shall eat there before the Lord your God and you shall rejoice, you and your household. -- deuteronomy 14:26 +. +And you shall not forsake or neglect the Levite [God's minister] in your towns, for he has been given no share or inheritance with you. -- deuteronomy 14:27 +. +At the end of every three years you shall bring forth all the tithe of your increase the same year and lay it up within your towns. -- deuteronomy 14:28 +. +And the Levite [because he has no part or inheritance with you] and the stranger or temporary resident, and the fatherless and the widow who are in your towns shall come and eat and be satisfied, so that the Lord your God may bless you in all the work of your hands that you do. -- deuteronomy 14:29 +. +AT THE end of every seven years you shall grant a release. -- deuteronomy 15:1 +. +And this is the manner of the release: every creditor shall release that which he has lent to his neighbor; he shall not exact it of his neighbor, his brother, for the Lord's release is proclaimed. -- deuteronomy 15:2 +. +Of a foreigner you may exact it, but whatever of yours is with your brother [Israelite] your hand shall release. -- deuteronomy 15:3 +. +But there will be no poor among you, for the Lord will surely bless you in the land which the Lord your God gives you for an inheritance to possess, -- deuteronomy 15:4 +. +If only you carefully listen to the voice of the Lord your God, to do watchfully all these commandments which I command you this day. -- deuteronomy 15:5 +. +When the Lord your God blesses you as He promised you, then you shall lend to many nations, but you shall not borrow; and you shall rule over many nations, but they shall not rule over you. -- deuteronomy 15:6 +. +If there is among you a poor man, one of your kinsmen in any of the towns of your land which the Lord your God gives you, you shall not harden your [minds and] hearts or close your hands to your poor brother; -- deuteronomy 15:7 +. +But you shall open your hands wide to him and shall surely lend him sufficient for his need in whatever he lacks. -- deuteronomy 15:8 +. +Beware lest there be a base thought in your [minds and] hearts, and you say, The seventh year, the year of release, is at hand, and your eye be evil against your poor brother and you give him nothing, and he cry to the Lord against you, and it be sin in you. -- deuteronomy 15:9 +. +You shall give to him freely without begrudging it; because of this the Lord will bless you in all your work and in all you undertake. -- deuteronomy 15:10 +. +For the poor will never cease out of the land; therefore I command you, You shall open wide your hands to your brother, to your needy, and to your poor in your land. -- deuteronomy 15:11 +. +And if your brother, a Hebrew man or a Hebrew woman, is sold to you and serves you six years, then in the seventh year you shall let him go free from you. -- deuteronomy 15:12 +. +And when you send him out free from you, you shall not let him go away empty-handed. -- deuteronomy 15:13 +. +You shall furnish him liberally out of your flock, your threshing floor, and your winepress; of what the Lord your God has blessed you, you shall give to him. -- deuteronomy 15:14 +. +And you shall [earnestly] remember that you were a bondman in the land of Egypt and the Lord your God redeemed you; therefore I give you this command today. -- deuteronomy 15:15 +. +But if the servant says to you, I will not go away from you, because he loves you and your household, since he does well with you, -- deuteronomy 15:16 +. +Then take an awl and pierce his ear through to the door, and he shall be your servant always. And also to your bondwoman you shall do likewise. -- deuteronomy 15:17 +. +It shall not seem hard to you when you let him go free from you, for at half the cost of a hired servant he has served you six years; and the Lord your God will bless you in all you do. -- deuteronomy 15:18 +. +All the firstling males that are born of your herd and flock you shall set apart for the Lord your God; you shall do no work with the firstling of your herd, nor shear the firstling of your flock. -- deuteronomy 15:19 +. +You shall eat it before the Lord your God annually in the place [for worship] which the Lord shall choose, you and your household. -- deuteronomy 15:20 +. +But if it has any blemish, if it is lame, blind, or has any bad blemish whatsoever, you shall not sacrifice it to the Lord your God. -- deuteronomy 15:21 +. +You shall eat it within your towns; the [ceremonially] unclean and the clean alike may eat it, as if it were a gazelle or a hart. -- deuteronomy 15:22 +. +Only you shall not eat its blood; you shall pour it on the ground like water. -- deuteronomy 15:23 +. +OBSERVE THE month of Abib and keep the Passover to the Lord your God, for in the month of Abib the Lord your God brought you out of Egypt by night. -- deuteronomy 16:1 +. +You shall offer the Passover sacrifice to the Lord your God from the flock or the herd in the place where the Lord will choose to make His Name [and His Presence] dwell. -- deuteronomy 16:2 +. +You shall eat no leavened bread with it; for seven days you shall eat it with unleavened bread, the bread of affliction--for you fled from the land of Egypt in haste--that all the days of your life you may [earnestly] remember the day when you came out of Egypt. -- deuteronomy 16:3 +. +No leaven shall be seen with you in all your territory for seven days; nor shall any of the flesh which you sacrificed the first day at evening be left all night until the morning. -- deuteronomy 16:4 +. +You may not offer the Passover sacrifice within any of your towns which the Lord your God gives you, -- deuteronomy 16:5 +. +But at the place which the Lord your God will choose in which to make His Name [and His Presence] dwell, there you shall offer the Passover sacrifice in the evening at sunset, at the season that you came out of Egypt. -- deuteronomy 16:6 +. +And you shall roast or boil and eat it in the place which the Lord your God will choose. And in the morning you shall turn and go to your tents. -- deuteronomy 16:7 +. +For six days you shall eat unleavened bread, and on the seventh day there shall be a solemn assembly to the Lord your God; you shall do no work on it. -- deuteronomy 16:8 +. +You shall count seven weeks; begin to number the seven weeks from the time you begin to put the sickle to the standing grain. -- deuteronomy 16:9 +. +Then you shall keep the Feast of Weeks to the Lord your God with a tribute of a freewill offering from your hand, which you shall give to the Lord your God, as the Lord your God blesses you. -- deuteronomy 16:10 +. +And you shall rejoice before the Lord your God, you and your son and daughter, your manservant and maidservant, and the Levite who is within your towns, the stranger or temporary resident, the fatherless, and the widow who are among you, at the place in which the Lord your God chooses to make His Name [and His Presence] dwell. -- deuteronomy 16:11 +. +And you shall [earnestly] remember that you were a slave in Egypt, and you shall be watchful and obey these statutes. -- deuteronomy 16:12 +. +You shall observe the Feast of Tabernacles or Booths for seven days after you have gathered in from your threshing floor and wine vat. -- deuteronomy 16:13 +. +You shall rejoice in your Feast, you, your son and daughter, your manservant and maidservant, the Levite, the transient and the stranger, the fatherless, and the widow who are within your towns. -- deuteronomy 16:14 +. +For seven days you shall keep a solemn Feast to the Lord your God in the place which the Lord chooses; because the Lord your God will bless you in all your produce and in all the works of your hands, so that you will be altogether joyful. -- deuteronomy 16:15 +. +Three times a year shall all your males appear before the Lord your God in the place which He chooses: at the Feast of Unleavened Bread, at the Feast of Weeks, and at the Feast of Tabernacles or Booths. They shall not appear before the Lord empty-handed: -- deuteronomy 16:16 +. +Every man shall give as he is able, according to the blessing of the Lord your God which He has given you. -- deuteronomy 16:17 +. +You shall appoint judges and officers in all your towns which the Lord your God gives you, according to your tribes, and they shall judge the people with righteous judgment. -- deuteronomy 16:18 +. +You shall not misinterpret or misapply judgment; you shall not be partial, or take a bribe, for a bribe blinds the eyes of the wise and perverts the words of the righteous. -- deuteronomy 16:19 +. +Follow what is altogether just (uncompromisingly righteous), that you may live and inherit the land which your God gives you. -- deuteronomy 16:20 +. +You shall not plant for yourselves any kind of tree dedicated to [the goddess] Asherah beside the altar of the Lord your God which you shall make. -- deuteronomy 16:21 +. +Neither shall you set up an idolatrous stone or image, which the Lord your God hates. -- deuteronomy 16:22 +. +YOU SHALL not sacrifice to the Lord your God an ox or sheep with a blemish or any defect whatsoever, for that is an abomination to the Lord your God. -- deuteronomy 17:1 +. +If there is found among you within any of your towns which the Lord your God gives you a man or woman who does what is wicked in the sight of the Lord your God by transgressing His covenant, -- deuteronomy 17:2 +. +Who has gone and served other gods and worshiped them, or the sun or moon or any of the host of the heavens, which I have forbidden, -- deuteronomy 17:3 +. +And it is told and you hear of it, then inquire diligently. And if it is certainly true that such an abomination has been committed in Israel, -- deuteronomy 17:4 +. +Then you shall bring forth to your town's gates that man or woman who has done that wicked thing and you shall stone that man or woman to death. -- deuteronomy 17:5 +. +On the evidence of two or three witnesses he who is worthy of death shall be put to death; he shall not be put to death on the evidence of one witness. -- deuteronomy 17:6 +. +The hands of the witnesses shall be the first against him to put him to death, and afterward the hands of all the people. So you shall purge the evil from among you. -- deuteronomy 17:7 +. +If there arises a matter too hard for you in judgment--between one kind of bloodshed and another, between one legality and another, between one kind of assault and another, matters of controversy within your towns--then arise and go to the place which the Lord your God chooses. -- deuteronomy 17:8 +. +And you shall come to the Levitical priests and to the judge who is in office in those days, and you shall consult them and they shall make clear to you the decision. -- deuteronomy 17:9 +. +And you shall do according to the decision which they declare to you from that place which the Lord chooses; and you shall be watchful to do according to all that they tell you; -- deuteronomy 17:10 +. +According to the decision of the law which they shall teach you and the judgment which they shall announce to you, you shall do; you shall not turn aside from the verdict they give you, either to the right hand or the left. -- deuteronomy 17:11 +. +The man who does presumptuously and will not listen to the priest who stands to minister there before the Lord your God or to the judge, that man shall die; so you shall purge the evil from Israel. -- deuteronomy 17:12 +. +And all the people shall hear and [reverently] fear, and not act presumptuously again. -- deuteronomy 17:13 +. +When you come to the land which the Lord your God gives you and you possess it and live there, and then say, We will set a king over us like all the nations that are about us, -- deuteronomy 17:14 +. +You shall surely set as king over you him whom the Lord your God will choose. One from among your brethren you shall set as king over you; you may not set a foreigner, who is not your brother, over you. -- deuteronomy 17:15 +. +But he shall not multiply horses to himself or cause the people to return to Egypt in order to multiply horses, since the Lord said to you, You shall never return that way. -- deuteronomy 17:16 +. +And he shall not multiply wives to himself, that his [mind and] heart turn not away; neither shall he greatly multiply to himself silver and gold. -- deuteronomy 17:17 +. +And when he sits on his royal throne, he shall write for himself a copy of this law in a book, out of what is before the Levitical priests. -- deuteronomy 17:18 +. +And he shall keep it with him, and he shall read in it all the days of his life, that he may learn [reverently] to fear the Lord his God, by keeping all the words of this law and these statutes and doing them, -- deuteronomy 17:19 +. +That his [mind and] heart may not be lifted up above his brethren and that he may not turn aside from the commandment to the right hand or to the left; so that he may continue long, he and his sons, in his kingdom in Israel. -- deuteronomy 17:20 +. +THE LEVITICAL priests and all the tribe of Levi shall have no part or inheritance with Israel; they shall eat the offerings made by fire to the Lord, and His rightful dues. -- deuteronomy 18:1 +. +They shall have no inheritance among their brethren; the Lord is their inheritance, as He promised them. -- deuteronomy 18:2 +. +And this shall be the priest's due from the people, from those who offer a sacrifice, whether it be ox or sheep: they shall give to the priest the shoulder and the two cheeks and the stomach. -- deuteronomy 18:3 +. +The firstfruits of your grain, of your new wine, and of your oil, and the first or best of the fleece of your sheep you shall give the priest. -- deuteronomy 18:4 +. +For the Lord your God has chosen him out of all your tribes to stand to minister in the name [and presence] of the Lord, him and his sons forever. -- deuteronomy 18:5 +. +And if a Levite comes from any of your towns out of all Israel where he is a temporary resident, he may come whenever he desires to [the sanctuary] the place the Lord will choose; -- deuteronomy 18:6 +. +Then he may minister in the name [and presence of] the Lord his God like all his brethren the Levites who stand to minister there before the Lord. -- deuteronomy 18:7 +. +They shall have equal portions to eat, besides what may come of the sale of his patrimony. -- deuteronomy 18:8 +. +When you come into the land which the Lord your God gives you, you shall not learn to follow the abominable practices of these nations. -- deuteronomy 18:9 +. +There shall not be found among you anyone who makes his son or daughter pass through the fire, or who uses divination, or is a soothsayer, or an augur, or a sorcerer, -- deuteronomy 18:10 +. +Or a charmer, or a medium, or a wizard, or a necromancer. -- deuteronomy 18:11 +. +For all who do these things are an abomination to the Lord, and it is because of these abominable practices that the Lord your God is driving them out before you. -- deuteronomy 18:12 +. +You shall be blameless [and absolutely true] to the Lord your God. -- deuteronomy 18:13 +. +For these nations whom you shall dispossess listen to soothsayers and diviners. But as for you, the Lord your God has not allowed you to do so. -- deuteronomy 18:14 +. +The Lord your God will raise up for you a prophet (Prophet) from the midst of your brethren like me [Moses]; to him you shall listen. -- deuteronomy 18:15 +. +This is what you desired [and asked] of the Lord your God at Horeb on the day of the assembly when you said, Let me not hear again the voice of the Lord my God or see this great fire any more, lest I die. -- deuteronomy 18:16 +. +And the Lord said to me, They have well said all that they have spoken. -- deuteronomy 18:17 +. +I will raise up for them a prophet (Prophet) from among their brethren like you, and will put My words in his mouth; and he shall speak to them all that I command him. -- deuteronomy 18:18 +. +And whoever will not hearken to My words which he shall speak in My name, I Myself will require it of him. -- deuteronomy 18:19 +. +But the prophet who presumes to speak a word in My name which I have not commanded him to speak, or who speaks in the name of other gods, that same prophet shall die. -- deuteronomy 18:20 +. +And if you say in your [minds and] hearts, How shall we know which words the Lord has not spoken? -- deuteronomy 18:21 +. +When a prophet speaks in the name of the Lord, if the word does not come to pass or prove true, that is a word which the Lord has not spoken. The prophet has spoken it presumptuously; you shall not be afraid of him. -- deuteronomy 18:22 +. +WHEN THE Lord your God has cut off the nations whose land the Lord your God gives you, and you dispossess them and dwell in their cities and in their houses, -- deuteronomy 19:1 +. +You shall set apart three cities for yourselves in the land which the Lord your God gives you to possess. -- deuteronomy 19:2 +. +You shall prepare the road and divide into three parts the territory of your land which the Lord your God gives you to possess, so that any manslayer can flee to them. -- deuteronomy 19:3 +. +And this is the case of the slayer who shall flee there in order that he may live. Whoever kills his neighbor unintentionally, for whom he had no enmity in time past-- -- deuteronomy 19:4 +. +As when a man goes into the wood with his neighbor to hew wood, and his hand strikes with the ax to cut down the tree, and the head slips off the handle and lights on his neighbor and kills him--he may flee to one of those cities and live; -- deuteronomy 19:5 +. +Lest the avenger of the blood pursue the slayer while his [mind and] heart are hot with anger and overtake him, because the way is long, and slay him even though the slayer was not worthy of death, since he had not been at enmity with him previously. -- deuteronomy 19:6 +. +Therefore I command you, You shall set apart three [refuge] cities. -- deuteronomy 19:7 +. +And if the Lord your God enlarges your territory, as He has sworn to your fathers to do, and gives you all the land which He promised to your fathers to give, -- deuteronomy 19:8 +. +If you keep all these commandments to do them, which I command you this day, to love the Lord your God and to walk always in His ways, then you shall add three other cities to these three, -- deuteronomy 19:9 +. +Lest innocent blood be shed in your land, which the Lord your God gives you as an inheritance, and so blood guilt be upon you. -- deuteronomy 19:10 +. +But if any man hates his neighbor and lies in wait for him, and attacks him and wounds him mortally so that he dies, and the assailant flees into one of these cities, -- deuteronomy 19:11 +. +Then the elders of his own city shall send for him and fetch him from there and give him over to the avenger of blood, so that he may die. -- deuteronomy 19:12 +. +Your eyes shall not pity him, but you shall clear Israel of the guilt of innocent blood, that it may go well with you. -- deuteronomy 19:13 +. +You shall not remove your neighbor's landmark in the land which the Lord your God gives you to possess, which the men of old [the first dividers of the land] set. -- deuteronomy 19:14 +. +One witness shall not prevail against a man for any crime or any wrong in connection with any sin he commits; only on the testimony of two or three witnesses shall a charge be established. -- deuteronomy 19:15 +. +If a false witness rises up against any man to accuse him of wrongdoing, -- deuteronomy 19:16 +. +Then both parties to the controversy shall stand before the Lord, before the priests and the judges who are in office in those days. -- deuteronomy 19:17 +. +The judges shall inquire diligently, and if the witness is a false witness and has accused his brother falsely, -- deuteronomy 19:18 +. +Then you shall do to him as he had intended to do to his brother. So you shall put away the evil from among you. -- deuteronomy 19:19 +. +And those who remain shall hear and [reverently] fear, and shall henceforth commit no such evil among you. -- deuteronomy 19:20 +. +Your eyes shall not pity: it shall be life for life, eye for eye, tooth for tooth, hand for hand, foot for foot. -- deuteronomy 19:21 +. +WHEN YOU go forth to battle against your enemies and see horses and chariots and an army greater than your own, do not be afraid of them, for the Lord your God, Who brought you out of the land of Egypt, is with you. -- deuteronomy 20:1 +. +And when you come near to the battle, the priest shall approach and speak to the men, -- deuteronomy 20:2 +. +And shall say to them, Hear, O Israel, you draw near this day to battle against your enemies. Let not your [minds and] hearts faint; fear not, and do not tremble or be terrified [and in dread] because of them. -- deuteronomy 20:3 +. +For the Lord your God is He Who goes with you to fight for you against your enemies to save you. -- deuteronomy 20:4 +. +And the officers shall speak to the people, saying, What man is there who has built a new house and has not dedicated it? Let him return to his house, lest he die in the battle and another man dedicate it. -- deuteronomy 20:5 +. +And what man has planted a vineyard and has not used the fruit of it? Let him also return to his house, lest he die in the battle and another man use the fruit of it. -- deuteronomy 20:6 +. +And what man has betrothed a wife and has not taken her? Let him return to his house, lest he die in the battle and another man take her. -- deuteronomy 20:7 +. +And the officers shall speak further to the people, and say, What man is fearful and fainthearted? Let him return to his house, lest [because of him] his brethren's [minds and] hearts faint as does his own. -- deuteronomy 20:8 +. +And when the officers finish speaking to the people, they shall appoint commanders at the head of the people. -- deuteronomy 20:9 +. +When you draw near to a city to fight against it, then proclaim peace to it. -- deuteronomy 20:10 +. +And if that city makes an answer of peace to you and opens to you, then all the people found in it shall be tributary to you and they shall serve you. -- deuteronomy 20:11 +. +But if it refuses to make peace with you and fights against you, then you shall besiege it. -- deuteronomy 20:12 +. +And when the Lord your God has given it into your hands, you shall smite every male there with the edge of the sword. -- deuteronomy 20:13 +. +But the women, the little ones, the beasts, and all that is in the city, all the spoil in it, you shall take for yourselves; and you shall use the spoil of your enemies which the Lord your God has given you. -- deuteronomy 20:14 +. +So shall you treat all the cities that are very far off from you, that do not belong to the cities of these nations. -- deuteronomy 20:15 +. +But in the cities of these people which the Lord your God gives you for an inheritance, you shall save alive nothing that breathes. -- deuteronomy 20:16 +. +But you shall utterly exterminate them, the Hittites, the Amorites, the Canaanites, the Perizzites, the Hivites, and the Jebusites, as the Lord your God has commanded you, -- deuteronomy 20:17 +. +So that they may not teach you all the abominable practices they have carried on for their gods, and so cause you to sin against the Lord your God. -- deuteronomy 20:18 +. +When you besiege a city for a long time, making war against it to take it, you shall not destroy its trees by using an ax on them, for you can eat their fruit; you must not cut them down, for is the tree of the field a man, that it should be besieged by you? -- deuteronomy 20:19 +. +Only the trees which you know are not trees for food you may destroy and cut down, that you may build siege works against the city that makes war with you until it falls. -- deuteronomy 20:20 +. +IF ONE is found slain in the land which the Lord your God gives you to possess, lying in the field, and it is not known who has killed him, -- deuteronomy 21:1 +. +Then your elders and judges shall come forth and measure the distance to the cities around him who is slain. -- deuteronomy 21:2 +. +And the city which is nearest to the slain man, the elders of that city shall take a heifer which has never been worked, never pulled in the yoke, -- deuteronomy 21:3 +. +And the elders of that city shall bring the heifer down to a valley with running water which is neither plowed nor sown, and shall break the heifer's neck there in the valley. -- deuteronomy 21:4 +. +And the priests, the sons of Levi, shall come near, for the Lord your God has chosen them to minister to Him and to bless in the name [and presence] of the Lord, and by their word shall every controversy and every assault be settled. -- deuteronomy 21:5 +. +And all the elders of that city nearest to the slain man shall wash their hands over the heifer whose neck was broken in the valley, -- deuteronomy 21:6 +. +And they shall testify, Our hands have not shed this blood, neither have our eyes seen it. -- deuteronomy 21:7 +. +Forgive, O Lord, Your people Israel, whom You have redeemed, and do not allow the shedding of innocent blood to be charged to Your people Israel. And the guilt of blood shall be forgiven them. -- deuteronomy 21:8 +. +So shall you purge the guilt of innocent blood from among you, when you do what is right in the sight of the Lord. -- deuteronomy 21:9 +. +When you go forth to battle against your enemies and the Lord your God has given them into your hands and you carry them away captive, -- deuteronomy 21:10 +. +And you see among the captives a beautiful woman and desire her, that you may have her as your wife, -- deuteronomy 21:11 +. +Then you shall bring her home to your house, and she shall shave her head and pare her nails [in purification from heathenism] -- deuteronomy 21:12 +. +And put off her prisoner's garb, and shall remain in your house and bewail her father and her mother a full month. After that you may go in to her and be her husband and she shall be your wife. -- deuteronomy 21:13 +. +And if you have no delight in her, then you shall let her go absolutely free. You shall not sell her at all for money; you shall not deal with her as a slave or a servant, because you have humbled her. -- deuteronomy 21:14 +. +If a man has two wives, one loved and the other disliked, and they both have borne him children, and if the firstborn son is the son of the one who is disliked, -- deuteronomy 21:15 +. +Then on the day when he wills his possessions to his sons, he shall not put the firstborn of his loved wife in place of the [actual] firstborn of the disliked wife--her firstborn being older. -- deuteronomy 21:16 +. +But he shall acknowledge the son of the disliked as the firstborn by giving him a double portion of all that he has, for he was the first issue of his strength; the right of the firstborn is his. -- deuteronomy 21:17 +. +If a man has a stubborn and rebellious son who will not obey the voice of his father or his mother and though they chasten him will not listen to them, -- deuteronomy 21:18 +. +Then his father and mother shall take hold of him and bring him out to the elders of his city at the gate of the place where he lives, -- deuteronomy 21:19 +. +And they shall say to the elders of his city, This son of ours is stubborn and rebellious. He will not obey our voice. He is a glutton and a drunkard. -- deuteronomy 21:20 +. +Then all the men of his city shall stone him to death; so you shall cleanse out the evil from your midst, and all Israel shall hear and [reverently] fear. -- deuteronomy 21:21 +. +And if a man has committed a sin worthy of death and he is put to death and [afterward] you hang him on a tree, -- deuteronomy 21:22 +. +His body shall not remain all night upon the tree, but you shall surely bury him on the same day, for a hanged man is accursed by God. Thus you shall not defile your land which the Lord your God gives you for an inheritance. -- deuteronomy 21:23 +. +YOU SHALL not see your brother's ox or his sheep being driven away or stolen, and hide yourself from [your duty to help] them; you shall surely take them back to your brother. -- deuteronomy 22:1 +. +And if your brother [the owner] is not near you or if you do not know who he is, you shall bring the animal to your house and it shall be with you until your brother comes looking for it; then you shall restore it to him. -- deuteronomy 22:2 +. +And so shall you do with his donkey or his garment or with anything which your brother has lost and you have found. You shall not hide from [your duty concerning] them. -- deuteronomy 22:3 +. +You shall not see your brother's donkey or his ox fall down by the way, and hide from [your duty concerning] them; you shall surely help him to lift them up again. -- deuteronomy 22:4 +. +The woman shall not wear that which pertains to a man, neither shall a man put on a woman's garment, for all that do so are an abomination to the Lord your God. -- deuteronomy 22:5 +. +If a bird's nest should chance to be before you in the way, in any tree or on the ground, with young ones or eggs, and the mother bird is sitting on the young or on the eggs, you shall not take the mother bird with the young. -- deuteronomy 22:6 +. +You shall surely let the mother bird go, and take only the young, that it may be well with you and that you may prolong your days. -- deuteronomy 22:7 +. +When you build a new house, then you shall put a railing around your [flat] roof, so that no one may fall from there and bring guilt of blood upon your house. -- deuteronomy 22:8 +. +You shall not plant your vineyard with two kinds of seed, lest the whole crop be forfeited [under this ban], the seed which you have sown and the yield of the vineyard forfeited to the sanctuary. -- deuteronomy 22:9 +. +You shall not plow with an ox [a clean animal] and a donkey [unclean] together. -- deuteronomy 22:10 +. +You shall not wear a garment of mingled stuff, wool and linen together. -- deuteronomy 22:11 +. +You shall make yourself tassels on the four corners of your cloak with which you cover yourself. -- deuteronomy 22:12 +. +If any man takes a wife and goes in to her, and then scorns her -- deuteronomy 22:13 +. +And charges her with shameful things and gives her an evil reputation, and says, I took this woman, but when I came to her, I did not find in her the tokens of a virgin, -- deuteronomy 22:14 +. +Then the father of the young woman, and her mother, shall get and bring out the tokens of her virginity to the elders of the city at the gate. -- deuteronomy 22:15 +. +And her father shall say to the elders, I gave my daughter to this man as wife, but he hates and spurns her; -- deuteronomy 22:16 +. +And behold, he has made shameful charges against her, saying, I found not in your daughter the evidences of her virginity. And yet these are the tokens of my daughter's virginity. And they shall spread the garment before the elders of the city, -- deuteronomy 22:17 +. +And the elders of that city shall take the man and rebuke and whip him. -- deuteronomy 22:18 +. +And they shall fine him shekels of silver and give them to the father of the young woman, because he has brought an evil name upon a virgin of Israel. And she shall be his wife; he may not divorce her all his days. -- deuteronomy 22:19 +. +But if it is true that the evidences of virginity were not found in the young woman, -- deuteronomy 22:20 +. +Then they shall bring her to the door of her father's house and the men of her city shall stone her to death, because she has wrought [criminal] folly in Israel by playing the harlot in her father's house. So you shall put away the evil from among you. -- deuteronomy 22:21 +. +If a man is found lying with another man's wife, they shall both die, the man who lay with the woman and the woman. So you shall purge the evil from Israel. -- deuteronomy 22:22 +. +If a maiden who is a virgin is engaged to be married, and a man finds her in the city and lies with her, -- deuteronomy 22:23 +. +Then you shall bring them both out to the gate of that city and shall stone them to death--the young woman because she did not cry for help though she was in the city, and the man because he has violated his neighbor's [promised] wife. So shall you put away evil from among you. -- deuteronomy 22:24 +. +But if a man finds the betrothed maiden in the open country and the man seizes her and lies with her, then only the man who lay with her shall die. -- deuteronomy 22:25 +. +But you shall do nothing to the young woman; she has committed no sin punishable by death, for this is as when a man attacks and slays his neighbor, -- deuteronomy 22:26 +. +For he came upon her in the open country, and the betrothed girl cried out, but there was no one to save her. -- deuteronomy 22:27 +. +If a man finds a girl who is a virgin, who is not betrothed, and he seizes her and lies with her and they are found, -- deuteronomy 22:28 +. +Then the man who lay with her shall give to the girl's father fifty shekels of silver, and she shall be his wife, because he has violated her; he may not divorce her all his days. -- deuteronomy 22:29 +. +A man shall not take his father's former wife, nor shall he uncover her who belongs to his father. -- deuteronomy 22:30 +. +HE WHO is wounded in the testicles, or has been made a eunuch, shall not enter into the congregation of the Lord. -- deuteronomy 23:1 +. +A person begotten out of wedlock shall not enter into the assembly of the Lord; even to his tenth generation shall his descendants not enter into the congregation of the Lord. -- deuteronomy 23:2 +. +An Ammonite or Moabite shall not enter into the congregation of the Lord; even to their tenth generation their descendants shall not enter into the assembly of the Lord forever, -- deuteronomy 23:3 +. +Because they did not meet you with food and water on the way when you came forth out of Egypt, and because they hired Balaam son of Beor of Pethor of Mesopotamia against you to curse you. -- deuteronomy 23:4 +. +Nevertheless, the Lord your God would not listen to Balaam, but the Lord your God turned the curse into a blessing to you, because the Lord your God loves you. -- deuteronomy 23:5 +. +You shall not seek their peace or their prosperity all your days forever. -- deuteronomy 23:6 +. +You shall not abhor an Edomite, for he is your brother [Esau's descendant]. You shall not abhor an Egyptian, because you were a stranger and temporary resident in his land. -- deuteronomy 23:7 +. +Their children may enter into the congregation of the Lord in their third generation. -- deuteronomy 23:8 +. +When you go forth against your enemies and are in camp, you shall keep yourselves from every evil thing. -- deuteronomy 23:9 +. +If there is among you any man who is not clean by reason of what happens to him at night, then he shall go outside the camp; he shall not come within the camp; -- deuteronomy 23:10 +. +But when evening comes he shall bathe himself in water, and when the sun is down he may return to the camp. -- deuteronomy 23:11 +. +You shall have a place also outside the camp to which you shall go [as a comfort station]; -- deuteronomy 23:12 +. +And you shall have a paddle or shovel among your weapons, and when you sit down outside [to relieve yourself], you shall dig a hole with it and turn back and cover up what has come from you. -- deuteronomy 23:13 +. +For the Lord your God walks in the midst of your camp to deliver you and to give up your enemies before you. Therefore shall your camp be holy, that He may see nothing indecent among you and turn away from you. -- deuteronomy 23:14 +. +You shall not give up to his master a servant who has escaped from his master to you. -- deuteronomy 23:15 +. +He shall dwell with you in your midst wherever he chooses in one of your towns where it pleases him best. You shall not defraud or oppress him. -- deuteronomy 23:16 +. +There shall be no cult prostitute among the daughters of Israel, neither shall there be a cult prostitute (a sodomite) among the sons of Israel. -- deuteronomy 23:17 +. +You shall not bring the hire of a harlot or the price of a dog (a sodomite) into the house of the Lord your God as payment of a vow, for both of these [the gift and the giver] are an abomination to the Lord your God. -- deuteronomy 23:18 +. +You shall not lend on interest to your brother--interest on money, on victuals, on anything that is lent for interest. -- deuteronomy 23:19 +. +You may lend on interest to a foreigner, but to your brother you shall not lend on interest, that the Lord your God may bless you in all that you undertake in the land to which you go to possess it. -- deuteronomy 23:20 +. +When you make a vow to the Lord your God, you shall not be slack in paying it, for the Lord your God will surely require it of you, and slackness would be sin in you. -- deuteronomy 23:21 +. +But if you refrain from vowing, it will not be sin in you. -- deuteronomy 23:22 +. +The vow which has passed your lips you shall be watchful to perform, a voluntary offering which you have made to the Lord your God, which you have promised with your mouth. -- deuteronomy 23:23 +. +When you come into your neighbor's vineyard, you may eat your fill of grapes, as many as you please, but you shall not put any in your vessel. -- deuteronomy 23:24 +. +When you come into the standing grain of your neighbor, you may pluck the ears with your hand, but you shall not put a sickle to your neighbor's standing grain. -- deuteronomy 23:25 +. +WHEN A man takes a wife and marries her, if then she finds no favor in his eyes because he has found some indecency in her, and he writes her a bill of divorce, puts it in her hand, and sends her out of his house, -- deuteronomy 24:1 +. +And when she departs out of his house she goes and marries another man, -- deuteronomy 24:2 +. +And if the latter husband dislikes her and writes her a bill of divorce and puts it in her hand and sends her out of his house, or if the latter husband dies, who took her as his wife, -- deuteronomy 24:3 +. +Then her former husband, who sent her away, may not take her again to be his wife after she is defiled. For that is an abomination before the Lord; and you shall not bring guilt upon the land which the Lord your God gives you as an inheritance. -- deuteronomy 24:4 +. +When a man is newly married, he shall not go out with the army or be charged with any business; he shall be free at home one year and shall cheer his wife whom he has taken. -- deuteronomy 24:5 +. +No man shall take a mill or an upper millstone in pledge, for he would be taking a life in pledge. -- deuteronomy 24:6 +. +If a man is found kidnapping any of his brethren of the Israelites and treats him as a slave or a servant or sells him, then that thief shall die. So you shall put evil from among you. -- deuteronomy 24:7 +. +Take heed in the plague of leprosy, that you watch diligently and do according to all that the Levitical priests shall teach you. As I commanded them, so you shall be watchful and do. -- deuteronomy 24:8 +. +Remember [earnestly] what the Lord your God did to Miriam on the way after you had come out of Egypt. -- deuteronomy 24:9 +. +When you lend your brother anything, you shall not go into his house to get his pledge. -- deuteronomy 24:10 +. +You shall stand outside and the man to whom you lend shall bring the pledge out to you. -- deuteronomy 24:11 +. +And if the man is poor, you shall not keep his pledge overnight. -- deuteronomy 24:12 +. +You shall surely restore to him the pledge at sunset, that he may sleep in his garment and bless you; and it shall be credited to you as righteousness (rightness and justice) before the Lord your God. -- deuteronomy 24:13 +. +You shall not oppress or extort from a hired servant who is poor and needy, whether he is of your brethren or of your strangers and sojourners who are in your land inside your towns. -- deuteronomy 24:14 +. +You shall give him his hire on the day he earns it before the sun goes down, for he is poor, and sets his heart upon it; lest he cry against you to the Lord, and it be sin to you. -- deuteronomy 24:15 +. +The fathers shall not be put to death for the children, neither shall the children be put to death for the fathers; only for his own sin shall anyone be put to death. -- deuteronomy 24:16 +. +You shall not pervert the justice due the stranger or the sojourner or the fatherless, or take a widow's garment in pledge. -- deuteronomy 24:17 +. +But you shall [earnestly] remember that you were a slave in Egypt and the Lord your God redeemed you from there; therefore I command you to do this. -- deuteronomy 24:18 +. +When you reap your harvest in your field and have forgotten a sheaf in the field, you shall not go back to get it; it shall be for the stranger and the sojourner, the fatherless, and the widow, that the Lord your God may bless you in all the work of your hands. -- deuteronomy 24:19 +. +When you beat your olive tree, do not go over the boughs again; the leavings shall be for the stranger and the sojourner, the fatherless, and the widow. -- deuteronomy 24:20 +. +When you gather the grapes of your vineyard, you shall not glean it afterward; it shall be for the stranger and the sojourner, the fatherless, and the widow. -- deuteronomy 24:21 +. +You shall [earnestly] remember that you were a slave in the land of Egypt; therefore I command you to do this. -- deuteronomy 24:22 +. +IF THERE is a controversy between men, and they come into court and the judges decide between them, justifying the innocent and condemning the guilty, -- deuteronomy 25:1 +. +Then if the guilty man deserves to be beaten, the judge shall cause him to lie down and be beaten in his presence with a certain number of stripes according to his offense. -- deuteronomy 25:2 +. +Forty stripes may be given him but not more, lest, if he should be beaten with many stripes, your brother should [be treated like a beast and] seem low and worthless to you. -- deuteronomy 25:3 +. +You shall not muzzle the ox when he treads out the grain. -- deuteronomy 25:4 +. +If brothers live together and one of them dies and has no son, his wife shall not be married outside the family to a stranger [an excluded man]. Her husband's brother shall go in to her and take her as his wife and perform the duty of a husband's brother to her. -- deuteronomy 25:5 +. +And the firstborn son shall succeed to the name of the dead brother, that his name may not be blotted out of Israel. -- deuteronomy 25:6 +. +And if the man does not want to take his brother's wife, then let his brother's wife go up to the gate to the elders, and say, My husband's brother refuses to continue his brother's name in Israel; he will not perform the duty of my husband's brother. -- deuteronomy 25:7 +. +Then the elders of his city shall call him and speak to him. And if he stands firm and says, I do not want to take her, -- deuteronomy 25:8 +. +Then shall his brother's wife come to him in the presence of the elders and pull his shoe off his foot and spit in his face and shall answer, So shall it be done to that man who does not build up his brother's house. -- deuteronomy 25:9 +. +And his family shall be called in Israel, The House of Him Whose Shoe Was Loosed. -- deuteronomy 25:10 +. +When men strive together one with another and the wife of the one draws near to rescue her husband out of the hand of him who is beating him, and puts out her hand and seizes the other man by the private parts, -- deuteronomy 25:11 +. +Then you shall cut off her hand; your eyes shall not pity her. -- deuteronomy 25:12 +. +You shall not have in your bag true and false weights, a large and a small. -- deuteronomy 25:13 +. +You shall not have in your house true and false measures, a large and a small. -- deuteronomy 25:14 +. +But you shall have a perfect and just weight and a perfect and just measure, that your days may be prolonged in the land which the Lord your God gives you. -- deuteronomy 25:15 +. +For all who do such things, all who do unrighteously, are an abomination to the Lord your God. -- deuteronomy 25:16 +. +Remember what Amalek did to you on the way when you had come forth from Egypt, -- deuteronomy 25:17 +. +How he did not fear God, but when you were faint and weary he attacked you along the way and cut off all the stragglers at your rear. -- deuteronomy 25:18 +. +Therefore when the Lord your God has given you rest from all your enemies round about in the land which the Lord your God gives you to possess as an inheritance, you shall blot out the remembrance of Amalek from under the heavens; you must not forget. -- deuteronomy 25:19 +. +WHEN YOU have come into the land which the Lord your God gives you as an inheritance and possess it and live in it, -- deuteronomy 26:1 +. +You shall take some of the first of all the produce of the soil which you harvest from the land the Lord your God gives you and put it in a basket, and go to the place [the sanctuary] which the Lord your God has chosen as the abiding place for His Name [and His Presence]. -- deuteronomy 26:2 +. +And you shall go to the priest who is in office in those days, and say to him, I give thanks this day to the Lord your God that I have come to the land which the Lord swore to our fathers to give us. -- deuteronomy 26:3 +. +And the priest shall take the basket from your hand and set it down before the altar of the Lord your God. -- deuteronomy 26:4 +. +And you shall say before the Lord your God, A wandering and lost Aramean ready to perish was my father [Jacob], and he went down into Egypt and sojourned there, few in number, and he became there a nation, great, mighty, and numerous. -- deuteronomy 26:5 +. +And the Egyptians treated us very badly and afflicted us and laid upon us hard bondage. -- deuteronomy 26:6 +. +And when we cried to the Lord, the God of our fathers, the Lord heard our voice and looked on our affliction and our labor and our [cruel] oppression; -- deuteronomy 26:7 +. +And the Lord brought us forth out of Egypt with a mighty hand and with an outstretched arm, and with great (awesome) power and with signs and with wonders; -- deuteronomy 26:8 +. +And He brought us into this place and gave us this land, a land flowing with milk and honey. -- deuteronomy 26:9 +. +And now, behold, I bring the firstfruits of the ground which You, O Lord, have given me. And you shall set it down before the Lord your God and worship before the Lord your God; -- deuteronomy 26:10 +. +And you and the Levite and the stranger and the sojourner among you shall rejoice in all the good which the Lord your God has given you and your household. -- deuteronomy 26:11 +. +When you have finished paying all the tithe of your produce the third year, which is the year of tithing, and have given it to the Levite, the stranger and the sojourner, the fatherless, and to the widow, that they may eat within your towns and be filled, -- deuteronomy 26:12 +. +Then you shall say before the Lord your God, I have brought the hallowed things (the tithe) out of my house and moreover have given them to the Levite, to the stranger and the sojourner, to the fatherless, and to the widow, according to all Your commandments which You have commanded me; I have not transgressed any of Your commandments, neither have I forgotten them. -- deuteronomy 26:13 +. +I have not eaten of the tithe in my mourning [making the tithe unclean], nor have I handled any of it when I was unclean, nor given any of it to the dead. I have hearkened to the voice of the Lord my God; I have done according to all that You have commanded me. -- deuteronomy 26:14 +. +Look down from Your holy habitation, from heaven, and bless Your people Israel and the land which You have given us as You swore to our fathers, a land flowing with milk and honey. -- deuteronomy 26:15 +. +This day the Lord your God has commanded you to do these statutes and ordinances. Therefore you shall keep and do them with all your [mind and] heart and with all your being. -- deuteronomy 26:16 +. +You have [openly] declared the Lord this day to be your God, [pledging] to walk in His ways, to keep His statutes and His commandments and His precepts, and to hearken to His voice. -- deuteronomy 26:17 +. +And the Lord has declared this day that you are His peculiar people as He promised you, and you are to keep all His commandments; -- deuteronomy 26:18 +. +And He will make you high above all nations which He has made, in praise and in fame and in honor, and that you shall be a holy people to the Lord your God, as He has spoken. -- deuteronomy 26:19 +. +AND MOSES with the elders of Israel commanded the people, Keep all the commandments with which I charge you today. -- deuteronomy 27:1 +. +And on the day when you pass over the Jordan to the land which the Lord your God gives you, you shall set up great stones and cover them with plaster. -- deuteronomy 27:2 +. +And you shall write on them all the words of this law when you have passed over, that you may go into the land which the Lord your God is giving you, a land flowing with milk and honey, as the Lord, the God of your fathers, has promised you. -- deuteronomy 27:3 +. +And when you have gone over the Jordan, you shall set up these stones, as I command you this day, on Mount Ebal, and coat them with plaster. -- deuteronomy 27:4 +. +And there you shall build an altar to the Lord your God, an altar of stones; you shall not lift up any iron tool upon them. -- deuteronomy 27:5 +. +You shall build the altar of the Lord your God of whole stones and offer burnt offerings on it to Him; -- deuteronomy 27:6 +. +And you shall offer peace offerings, and eat there and rejoice before the Lord your God. -- deuteronomy 27:7 +. +And you shall write upon the stones all the words of this law very plainly. -- deuteronomy 27:8 +. +And Moses and the Levitical priests said to all Israel, Keep silence and hear, O Israel! This day you have become the people of the Lord your God. -- deuteronomy 27:9 +. +So you shall obey the voice of the Lord your God and do His commandments and statutes which I command you today. -- deuteronomy 27:10 +. +And Moses charged the people the same day, saying, -- deuteronomy 27:11 +. +These [tribes] shall stand on Mount Gerizim to bless the people, when you have passed over the Jordan: Simeon, Levi, Judah, Issachar, Joseph's [sons], and Benjamin. -- deuteronomy 27:12 +. +And these [tribes] shall stand on Mount Ebal to pronounce the curse [for disobedience]: Reuben, Gad, Asher, Zebulun, Dan, and Naphtali. -- deuteronomy 27:13 +. +And the Levites shall declare with a loud voice to all the men of Israel: -- deuteronomy 27:14 +. +Cursed is the man who makes a graven or molten image, an abomination to the Lord, the work of the hands of the craftsman, and sets it up in secret. All the people shall answer, Amen. -- deuteronomy 27:15 +. +Cursed is he who dishonors his father or his mother. All the people shall say, Amen. -- deuteronomy 27:16 +. +Cursed is he who moves [back] his neighbor's landmark. All the people shall say, Amen. -- deuteronomy 27:17 +. +Cursed is he who misleads a blind man on his way. All the people shall say, Amen. -- deuteronomy 27:18 +. +Cursed is he who perverts the justice due to the sojourner or the stranger, the fatherless, and the widow. All the people shall say, Amen. -- deuteronomy 27:19 +. +Cursed is he who lies with his father's wife, because he uncovers what belongs to his father. All the people shall say, Amen. -- deuteronomy 27:20 +. +Cursed is he who lies with any beast. All the people shall say, Amen. -- deuteronomy 27:21 +. +Cursed is he who lies with his half sister, whether his father's or his mother's daughter. All the people shall say, Amen. -- deuteronomy 27:22 +. +Cursed is he who lies with his mother-in-law. All the people shall say, Amen. -- deuteronomy 27:23 +. +Cursed is he who slays his neighbor secretly. All the people shall say, Amen. -- deuteronomy 27:24 +. +Cursed is he who takes a bribe to slay an innocent person. All the people shall say, Amen. -- deuteronomy 27:25 +. +Cursed is he who does not support and give assent to the words of this law to do them [as the rule of his life]. All the people shall say, Amen. -- deuteronomy 27:26 +. +IF YOU will listen diligently to the voice of the Lord your God, being watchful to do all His commandments which I command you this day, the Lord your God will set you high above all the nations of the earth. -- deuteronomy 28:1 +. +And all these blessings shall come upon you and overtake you if you heed the voice of the Lord your God. -- deuteronomy 28:2 +. +Blessed shall you be in the city and blessed shall you be in the field. -- deuteronomy 28:3 +. +Blessed shall be the fruit of your body and the fruit of your ground and the fruit of your beasts, the increase of your cattle and the young of your flock. -- deuteronomy 28:4 +. +Blessed shall be your basket and your kneading trough. -- deuteronomy 28:5 +. +Blessed shall you be when you come in and blessed shall you be when you go out. -- deuteronomy 28:6 +. +The Lord shall cause your enemies who rise up against you to be defeated before your face; they shall come out against you one way and flee before you seven ways. -- deuteronomy 28:7 +. +The Lord shall command the blessing upon you in your storehouse and in all that you undertake. And He will bless you in the land which the Lord your God gives you. -- deuteronomy 28:8 +. +The Lord will establish you as a people holy to Himself, as He has sworn to you, if you keep the commandments of the Lord your God and walk in His ways. -- deuteronomy 28:9 +. +And all people of the earth shall see that you are called by the name [and in the presence of] the Lord, and they shall be afraid of you. -- deuteronomy 28:10 +. +And the Lord shall make you have a surplus of prosperity, through the fruit of your body, of your livestock, and of your ground, in the land which the Lord swore to your fathers to give you. -- deuteronomy 28:11 +. +The Lord shall open to you His good treasury, the heavens, to give the rain of your land in its season and to bless all the work of your hands; and you shall lend to many nations, but you shall not borrow. -- deuteronomy 28:12 +. +And the Lord shall make you the head, and not the tail; and you shall be above only, and you shall not be beneath, if you heed the commandments of the Lord your God which I command you this day and are watchful to do them. -- deuteronomy 28:13 +. +And you shall not turn aside from any of the words which I command you this day, to the right hand or to the left, to go after other gods to serve them. -- deuteronomy 28:14 +. +But if you will not obey the voice of the Lord your God, being watchful to do all His commandments and His statutes which I command you this day, then all these curses shall come upon you and overtake you: -- deuteronomy 28:15 +. +Cursed shall you be in the city and cursed shall you be in the field. -- deuteronomy 28:16 +. +Cursed shall be your basket and your kneading trough. -- deuteronomy 28:17 +. +Cursed shall be the fruit of your body, of your land, of the increase of your cattle and the young of your sheep. -- deuteronomy 28:18 +. +Cursed shall you be when you come in and cursed shall you be when you go out. -- deuteronomy 28:19 +. +The Lord shall send you curses, confusion, and rebuke in every enterprise to which you set your hand, until you are destroyed, perishing quickly because of the evil of your doings by which you have forsaken me [Moses and God as one]. -- deuteronomy 28:20 +. +The Lord will make the pestilence cling to you until He has consumed you from the land into which you go to possess. -- deuteronomy 28:21 +. +The Lord will smite you with consumption, with fever and inflammation, fiery heat, sword and drought, blasting and mildew; they shall pursue you until you perish. -- deuteronomy 28:22 +. +The heavens over your head shall be brass and the earth under you shall be iron. -- deuteronomy 28:23 +. +The Lord shall make the rain of your land powdered soil and dust; from the heavens it shall come down upon you until you are destroyed. -- deuteronomy 28:24 +. +The Lord shall cause you to be struck down before your enemies; you shall go out one way against them and flee seven ways before them, and you shall be tossed to and fro and be a terror among all the kingdoms of the earth. [Fulfilled in II Chron. 29:8.] -- deuteronomy 28:25 +. +And your dead body shall be food for all the birds of the air and the beasts of the earth, and there shall be no one to frighten them away. -- deuteronomy 28:26 +. +The Lord will smite you with the boils of Egypt and the tumors, the scurvy and the itch, from which you cannot be healed. -- deuteronomy 28:27 +. +The Lord will smite you with madness and blindness and dismay of [mind and] heart. -- deuteronomy 28:28 +. +And you shall grope at noonday as the blind grope in darkness. And you shall not prosper in your ways; and you shall be only oppressed and robbed continually, and there shall be no one to save you. -- deuteronomy 28:29 +. +You shall betroth a wife, but another man shall lie with her; you shall build a house, but not live in it; you shall plant a vineyard, but not gather its grapes. -- deuteronomy 28:30 +. +Your ox shall be slain before your eyes, but you shall not eat of it; your donkey shall be violently taken away before your face and not be restored to you; your sheep shall be given to your enemies, and you shall have no one to help you. -- deuteronomy 28:31 +. +Your sons and daughters shall be given to another people, and your eyes shall look and fail with longing for them all the day; and there shall be no power in your hands to prevent it. [Fulfilled in II Chron. 29:9.] -- deuteronomy 28:32 +. +A nation which you have not known shall eat up the fruit of your land and of all your labors, and you shall be only oppressed and crushed continually, [Fulfilled in Judg. 6:1-6; 13:1.] -- deuteronomy 28:33 +. +So that you shall be driven mad by the sights which your eyes shall see. -- deuteronomy 28:34 +. +The Lord will smite you on the knees and on the legs with a sore boil that cannot be healed, from the sole of your foot to the top of your head. -- deuteronomy 28:35 +. +The Lord shall bring you and your king whom you have set over you to a nation which neither you nor your fathers have known, and there you shall [be forced to] serve other gods, of wood and stone. [Fulfilled in II Kings 17:4, 6; 24:12, 14; 25:7, 11; Dan. 6:11, 12.] -- deuteronomy 28:36 +. +And you shall become an amazement, a proverb, and a byword among all the peoples to which the Lord will lead you. -- deuteronomy 28:37 +. +You shall carry much seed out into the field and shall gather little in, for the locust shall consume it. [Fulfilled in Hag. 1:6.] -- deuteronomy 28:38 +. +You shall plant vineyards and dress them but shall neither drink of the wine nor gather the grapes, for the worm shall eat them. -- deuteronomy 28:39 +. +You shall have olive trees throughout all your territory but you shall not anoint yourselves with the oil, for your olive trees shall drop their fruit. -- deuteronomy 28:40 +. +You shall beget sons and daughters but shall not enjoy them, for they shall go into captivity. [Fulfilled in Lam. 1:5.] -- deuteronomy 28:41 +. +All your trees and the fruit of your ground shall the locust possess. [Fulfilled in Joel 1:4.] -- deuteronomy 28:42 +. +The transient (stranger) among you shall mount up higher and higher above you, and you shall come down lower and lower. -- deuteronomy 28:43 +. +He shall lend to you, but you shall not lend to him; he shall be the head, and you shall be the tail. -- deuteronomy 28:44 +. +All these curses shall come upon you and shall pursue you and overtake you till you are destroyed, because you do not obey the voice of the Lord your God, to keep His commandments and His statutes which He commanded you. -- deuteronomy 28:45 +. +They shall be upon you for a sign [of warning to other nations] and for a wonder, and upon your descendants forever. -- deuteronomy 28:46 +. +Because you did not serve the Lord your God with joyfulness of [mind and] heart [in gratitude] for the abundance of all [with which He had blessed you], -- deuteronomy 28:47 +. +Therefore you shall serve your enemies whom the Lord shall send against you, in hunger and thirst, in nakedness and in want of all things; and He will put a yoke of iron upon your neck until He has destroyed you. -- deuteronomy 28:48 +. +The Lord will bring a nation against you from afar, from the end of the earth, as swift as the eagle flies, a nation whose language you shall not understand, -- deuteronomy 28:49 +. +A nation of unyielding countenance who will not regard the person of the old or show favor to the young, -- deuteronomy 28:50 +. +And shall eat the fruit of your cattle and the fruit of your ground until you are destroyed, who also shall not leave you grain, new wine, oil, the increase of your cattle or the young of your sheep until they have caused you to perish. -- deuteronomy 28:51 +. +They shall besiege you in all your towns until your high and fortified walls in which you trusted come down throughout all your land; and they shall besiege you in all your towns throughout all your land which the Lord your God has given you. -- deuteronomy 28:52 +. +And you shall eat the fruit of your own body, the flesh of your sons and daughters whom the Lord your God has given you, in the siege and in the [pressing] misery with which your enemies shall distress you. [Fulfilled in II Kings 6:24-29.] -- deuteronomy 28:53 +. +The man who is most tender among you and extremely particular and well-bred, his eye shall be cruel and grudging of food toward his brother and toward the wife of his bosom and toward those of his children still remaining, -- deuteronomy 28:54 +. +So that he will not give to any of them any of the flesh of his children which he is eating, because he has nothing left to him in the siege and in the distress with which your enemies shall distress you in all your towns. -- deuteronomy 28:55 +. +The most tender and daintily bred woman among you, who would not venture to set the sole of her foot upon the ground because she is so dainty and kind, will grudge to the husband of her bosom, to her son and to her daughter -- deuteronomy 28:56 +. +Her afterbirth that comes out from her body and the children whom she shall bear. For she will eat them secretly for want of anything else in the siege and distress with which your enemies shall distress you in your towns. -- deuteronomy 28:57 +. +If you will not be watchful to do all the words of this law that are written in this book, that you may [reverently] fear this glorious and fearful name [and presence]--THE LORD YOUR %(GOD-- -- deuteronomy 28:58 +. +Then the Lord will bring upon you and your descendants extraordinary strokes and blows, great plagues of long continuance, and grievous sicknesses of long duration. -- deuteronomy 28:59 +. +Moreover, He will bring upon you all the diseases of Egypt of which you were afraid, and they shall cling to you. -- deuteronomy 28:60 +. +Also every sickness and every affliction which is not written in this Book of the Law the Lord will bring upon you until you are destroyed. -- deuteronomy 28:61 +. +And you shall be left few in number, whereas you had been as the stars of the heavens for multitude, because you would not obey the voice of the Lord your God. -- deuteronomy 28:62 +. +And as the Lord rejoiced over you to do you good and to multiply you, so the Lord will rejoice to bring ruin upon you and to destroy you; and you shall be plucked from the land into which you go to possess. -- deuteronomy 28:63 +. +And the Lord shall scatter you among all peoples from one end of the earth to the other; and there you shall [be forced to] serve other gods, of wood and stone, which neither you nor your fathers have known. [Fulfilled in Dan. 3:6.] -- deuteronomy 28:64 +. +And among these nations you shall find no ease and there shall be no rest for the sole of your foot; but the Lord will give you there a trembling heart, failing of eyes [from disappointment of hope], fainting of mind, and languishing of spirit. -- deuteronomy 28:65 +. +Your life shall hang in doubt before you; day and night you shall be worried, and have no assurance of your life. -- deuteronomy 28:66 +. +In the morning you shall say, Would that it were evening! and at evening you shall say, Would that it were morning!--because of the anxiety and dread of your [minds and] hearts and the sights which you shall see with your [own] eyes. -- deuteronomy 28:67 +. +And the Lord shall bring you into Egypt again with ships by the way about which I said to you, You shall never see it again. And there you shall be sold to your enemies as bondmen and bondwomen, but no man shall buy you. -- deuteronomy 28:68 +. +THESE ARE the words of the covenant which the Lord commanded Moses to make with the Israelites in the land of Moab, besides the covenant which He made with them in Horeb. -- deuteronomy 29:1 +. +Moses called to all Israel and said to them, You have seen all that the Lord did before your eyes in the land of Egypt to Pharaoh, to all his servants, and to all his land; -- deuteronomy 29:2 +. +The great trials which your eyes saw, the signs, and those great wonders. -- deuteronomy 29:3 +. +Yet the Lord has not given you a [mind and] heart to understand and eyes to see and ears to hear, to this day. -- deuteronomy 29:4 +. +I have led you forty years in the wilderness; your clothes have not worn out upon you, and your sandals have not worn off your feet. -- deuteronomy 29:5 +. +You have not eaten [grain] bread, nor have you drunk wine or strong drink, that you might recognize and know [your dependence on Him Who is saying], I am the Lord your God. -- deuteronomy 29:6 +. +And when you came to this place, Sihon king of Heshbon and Og king of Bashan came out against us to battle, but we defeated them. -- deuteronomy 29:7 +. +We took their land and gave it as an inheritance to the Reubenites, the Gadites, and the half-tribe of the Manassites. -- deuteronomy 29:8 +. +Therefore keep the words of this covenant and do them, that you may deal wisely and prosper in all that you do. -- deuteronomy 29:9 +. +All of you stand today before the Lord your God--your heads, your tribes, your elders, and your officers, even all the men of Israel, -- deuteronomy 29:10 +. +Your little ones, your wives, and the stranger and sojourner in your camp, from the hewer of your wood to the drawer of your water-- -- deuteronomy 29:11 +. +That you may enter into the covenant of the Lord your God, and into His oath which He makes with you today, -- deuteronomy 29:12 +. +That He may establish you this day as a people for Himself, and that He may be to you a God as He said to you and as He swore to your fathers, Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob. -- deuteronomy 29:13 +. +It is not with you only that I make this sworn covenant -- deuteronomy 29:14 +. +But with future Israelites who do not stand here with us today before the Lord our God, as well as with those who are here with us this day. -- deuteronomy 29:15 +. +You know how we lived in the land of Egypt and how we came through the midst of the nations you crossed. -- deuteronomy 29:16 +. +And you have seen their abominations and their idols of wood and stone, of silver and gold, which were among them. -- deuteronomy 29:17 +. +Beware lest there should be among you a man or woman, or family or tribe, whose [mind and] heart turns away this day from the Lord our God to go and serve the gods of these nations; lest there should be among you a [poisonous] root that bears gall and wormwood, -- deuteronomy 29:18 +. +And lest, when he hears the words of this curse and oath, he flatters and congratulates himself in his [mind and] heart, saying, I shall have peace and safety, though I walk in the stubbornness of my [mind and] heart [bringing down a hurricane of destruction] and sweep away the watered land with the dry. -- deuteronomy 29:19 +. +The Lord will not pardon him, but then the anger of the Lord and His jealousy will smoke against that man, and all the curses that are written in this book shall settle on him; the Lord will blot out his very name from under the heavens. -- deuteronomy 29:20 +. +And the Lord will single him out for ruin and destruction from all the tribes of Israel, according to all the curses of the covenant that are written in this Book of the Law, -- deuteronomy 29:21 +. +So that the next generation, your children who rise up after you, and the foreigner who shall come from a distant land, shall say, when they see the plagues of this land and the diseases with which the Lord has made it sick-- -- deuteronomy 29:22 +. +The whole land is brimstone and salt and a burned waste, not sown or bearing anything, where no grass can take root, like the overthrow of Sodom and Gomorrah with Admah and Zeboiim, which the Lord overthrew in His anger and wrath-- -- deuteronomy 29:23 +. +Even all the nations shall say, Why has the Lord done thus to this land? What does the heat of this great anger mean? -- deuteronomy 29:24 +. +Then men shall say, Because they forsook the covenant of the Lord, the God of their fathers, which He made with them when He brought them forth out of the land of Egypt. -- deuteronomy 29:25 +. +For they went and served other gods and worshiped them, gods they knew not and that He had not given to them. -- deuteronomy 29:26 +. +So the anger of the Lord was kindled against this land, bringing upon it all the curses that are written in this book. -- deuteronomy 29:27 +. +And the Lord rooted them out of their land in anger and in wrath and in great indignation and cast them into another land, as it is this day. -- deuteronomy 29:28 +. +The secret things belong unto the Lord our God, but the things which are revealed belong to us and to our children forever, that we may do all of the words of this law. -- deuteronomy 29:29 +. +AND WHEN all these things have come upon you, the blessings and the curses which I have set before you, and you shall call them to mind among all the nations where the Lord your God has driven you, -- deuteronomy 30:1 +. +And shall return to the Lord your God and obey His voice according to all that I command you today, you and your children, with all your [mind and] heart and with all your being, -- deuteronomy 30:2 +. +Then the Lord your God will restore your fortunes and have compassion upon you and will gather you again from all the nations where He has scattered you. -- deuteronomy 30:3 +. +Even if any of your dispersed are in the uttermost parts of the heavens, from there the Lord your God will gather you and from there will He bring you. -- deuteronomy 30:4 +. +And the Lord your God will bring you into the land which your fathers possessed, and you shall possess it; and He will do you good and multiply you above your fathers. -- deuteronomy 30:5 +. +And the Lord your God will circumcise your hearts and the hearts of your descendants, to love the Lord your God with all your [mind and] heart and with all your being, that you may live. -- deuteronomy 30:6 +. +And the Lord your God will put all these curses upon your enemies and on those who hate you, who persecute you. -- deuteronomy 30:7 +. +And you shall return and obey the voice of the Lord and do all His commandments which I command you today. -- deuteronomy 30:8 +. +And the Lord your God will make you abundantly prosperous in every work of your hand, in the fruit of your body, of your cattle, of your land, for good; for the Lord will again delight in prospering you, as He took delight in your fathers, -- deuteronomy 30:9 +. +If you obey the voice of the Lord your God, to keep His commandments and His statutes which are written in this Book of the Law, and if you turn to the Lord your God with all your [mind and] heart and with all your being. -- deuteronomy 30:10 +. +For this commandment which I command you this day is not too difficult for you, nor is it far off. -- deuteronomy 30:11 +. +It is not [a secret laid up] in heaven, that you should say, Who shall go up for us to heaven and bring it to us, that we may hear and do it? -- deuteronomy 30:12 +. +Neither is it beyond the sea, that you should say, Who shall go over the sea for us and bring it to us, that we may hear and do it? -- deuteronomy 30:13 +. +But the word is very near you, in your mouth and in your mind and in your heart, so that you can do it. -- deuteronomy 30:14 +. +See, I have set before you this day life and good, and death and evil. -- deuteronomy 30:15 +. +[If you obey the commandments of the Lord your God which] I command you today, to love the Lord your God, to walk in His ways, and to keep His commandments and His statutes and His ordinances, then you shall live and multiply, and the Lord your God will bless you in the land into which you go to possess. -- deuteronomy 30:16 +. +But if your [mind and] heart turn away and you will not hear, but are drawn away to worship other gods and serve them, -- deuteronomy 30:17 +. +I declare to you today that you shall surely perish, and you shall not live long in the land which you pass over the Jordan to enter and possess. -- deuteronomy 30:18 +. +I call heaven and earth to witness this day against you that I have set before you life and death, the blessings and the curses; therefore choose life, that you and your descendants may live -- deuteronomy 30:19 +. +And may love the Lord your God, obey His voice, and cling to Him. For He is your life and the length of your days, that you may dwell in the land which the Lord swore to give to your fathers, to Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob. -- deuteronomy 30:20 +. +AND MOSES went on speaking these words to all Israel: -- deuteronomy 31:1 +. +And he said to them, I am years old this day; I can no more go out and come in. And the Lord has said to me, You shall not go over this Jordan. -- deuteronomy 31:2 +. +The Lord your God will Himself go over before you, and He will destroy these nations from before you, and you shall dispossess them. And Joshua shall go over before you, as the Lord has said. -- deuteronomy 31:3 +. +And the Lord will do to them as He did to Sihon and Og, the kings of the Amorites, and to their land, when He destroyed them. -- deuteronomy 31:4 +. +And the Lord will give them over to you, and you shall do to them according to all the commandments which I have commanded you. -- deuteronomy 31:5 +. +Be strong, courageous, and firm; fear not nor be in terror before them, for it is the Lord your God Who goes with you; He will not fail you or forsake you. -- deuteronomy 31:6 +. +And Moses called to Joshua and said to him in the sight of all Israel, Be strong, courageous, and firm, for you shall go with this people into the land which the Lord has sworn to their fathers to give them, and you shall cause them to possess it. -- deuteronomy 31:7 +. +It is the Lord Who goes before you; He will [march] with you; He will not fail you or let you go or forsake you; [let there be no cowardice or flinching, but] fear not, neither become broken [in spirit--depressed, dismayed, and unnerved with alarm]. -- deuteronomy 31:8 +. +And Moses wrote this law and delivered it to the Levitical priests, who carried the ark of the covenant of the Lord, and to all the elders of Israel. -- deuteronomy 31:9 +. +And Moses commanded them, At the end of every seven years, at the set time of the year of release [of debtors from their debts], at the Feast of Booths, -- deuteronomy 31:10 +. +When all Israel comes to appear before the Lord your God in the place which He chooses [for His sanctuary], you shall read this law before all Israel in their hearing. -- deuteronomy 31:11 +. +Assemble the people--men, women, and children, and the stranger and the sojourner within your towns--that they may hear and learn [reverently] to fear the Lord your God and be watchful to do all the words of this law, -- deuteronomy 31:12 +. +And that their children, who have not known it, may hear and learn [reverently] to fear the Lord your God as long as you live in the land which you go over the Jordan to possess. -- deuteronomy 31:13 +. +And the Lord said to Moses, Behold, your days are nearing when you must die. Call Joshua and present yourselves at the Tent of Meeting, that I may give him his charge. And Moses and Joshua went and presented themselves at the Tent of Meeting. -- deuteronomy 31:14 +. +And the Lord appeared in the Tent in a pillar of cloud, and the pillar of cloud stood over the door of the Tent. -- deuteronomy 31:15 +. +And the Lord said to Moses, Behold, you shall sleep with your fathers, and this people will rise up and play the harlot after the strange gods of the land where they go to be among them; and they will forsake Me and break My covenant which I have made with them. -- deuteronomy 31:16 +. +Then My anger will be kindled against them in that day, and I will forsake them and hide My face from them. And they shall be devoured, and many evils and troubles shall befall them, so that they will say in that day, Have not these evils come upon us because our God is not among us? -- deuteronomy 31:17 +. +And I will surely hide My face in that day because of all the evil which they have done in turning to other gods. -- deuteronomy 31:18 +. +And now write this song for yourselves and teach it to the Israelites; put it in their mouths, that this song may be a witness for Me against the Israelites. -- deuteronomy 31:19 +. +For when I have brought them into the land which I swore to their fathers, a land flowing with milk and honey, and they have eaten and filled themselves and become fat, then they will turn to other gods and serve them, and despise and scorn Me and break My covenant. -- deuteronomy 31:20 +. +And when many evils and troubles have befallen them, this [sacred] song will confront them as a witness, for it will never be forgotten from the mouths of their descendants. For I know their strong desire and the purposes which they are forming even now, before I have brought them into the land which I swore to give them. -- deuteronomy 31:21 +. +Moses wrote this song the same day and taught it to the Israelites. -- deuteronomy 31:22 +. +And [the Lord] charged Joshua son of Nun, Be strong and courageous and firm, for you shall bring the Israelites into the land which I swore to give them, and I will be with you. -- deuteronomy 31:23 +. +And when Moses had finished writing the words of this law in a book to the very end, -- deuteronomy 31:24 +. +He commanded the Levites who carried the ark of the covenant of the Lord, -- deuteronomy 31:25 +. +Take this Book of the Law and put it by the side of the ark of the covenant of the Lord your God, that it may be there for a witness against you. -- deuteronomy 31:26 +. +For I know your rebellion and stubbornness; behold, while I am yet alive with you today, you have been rebellious against the Lord; and how much more after my death! -- deuteronomy 31:27 +. +Gather to me all the elders of your tribes and your officers, that I may speak these words in their ears and call heaven and earth to witness against them. -- deuteronomy 31:28 +. +For I know that after my death you will utterly corrupt yourselves and turn aside from the way which I have commanded you; and evil will befall you in the latter days because you will do what is evil in the sight of the Lord, to provoke Him to anger through the work of your hands. -- deuteronomy 31:29 +. +And Moses spoke in the hearing of all the congregation of Israel the words of this song until they were ended: -- deuteronomy 31:30 +. +GIVE EAR, O heavens, and I [Moses] will speak; and let the earth hear the words of my mouth. -- deuteronomy 32:1 +. +My message shall drop as the rain, my speech shall distil as the dew, as the light rain upon the tender grass, and as the showers upon the herb. -- deuteronomy 32:2 +. +For I will proclaim the name [and presence] of the Lord. Concede and ascribe greatness to our God. -- deuteronomy 32:3 +. +He is the Rock, His work is perfect, for all His ways are law and justice. A God of faithfulness without breach or deviation, just and right is He. -- deuteronomy 32:4 +. +They [Israel] have spoiled themselves. They are not sons to Him, and that is their blemish--a perverse and crooked generation! -- deuteronomy 32:5 +. +Do you thus repay the Lord, you foolish and senseless people? Is not He your Father Who acquired you for His own, Who made and established you [as a nation]? -- deuteronomy 32:6 +. +Remember the days of old; consider the years of many generations. Ask your father and he will show you, your elders, and they will tell you. -- deuteronomy 32:7 +. +When the Most High gave to the nations their inheritance, when He separated the children of men, He set the bounds of the peoples according to the number of the Israelites. -- deuteronomy 32:8 +. +For the Lord's portion is His people; Jacob (Israel) is the lot of His inheritance. -- deuteronomy 32:9 +. +He found him in a desert land, in the howling void of the wilderness; He kept circling around him, He scanned him [penetratingly], He kept him as the pupil of His eye. -- deuteronomy 32:10 +. +As an eagle that stirs up her nest, that flutters over her young, He spread abroad His wings and He took them, He bore them on His pinions. -- deuteronomy 32:11 +. +So the Lord alone led him; there was no foreign god with Him. -- deuteronomy 32:12 +. +He made Israel ride on the high places of the earth, and he ate the increase of the field; and He made him suck honey out of the rock and oil out of the flinty rock, -- deuteronomy 32:13 +. +Butter and curds of the herd and milk of the flock, with fat of lambs, and rams of the breed of Bashan, and he-goats, with the finest of the wheat; and you drank wine of the blood of the grape. -- deuteronomy 32:14 +. +But Jeshurun (Israel) grew fat and kicked. You became fat, you grew thick, you were gorged and sleek! Then he forsook God Who made him and forsook and despised the Rock of his salvation. -- deuteronomy 32:15 +. +They provoked Him to jealousy with strange gods, with abominations they provoked Him to anger. -- deuteronomy 32:16 +. +They sacrificed to demons, not to God--to gods whom they knew not, to new gods lately come up, whom your fathers never knew or feared. -- deuteronomy 32:17 +. +Of the Rock Who bore you you were unmindful; you forgot the God Who travailed in your birth. -- deuteronomy 32:18 +. +And the Lord saw it and He spurned and rejected them, out of indignation with His sons and His daughters. -- deuteronomy 32:19 +. +And He said, I will hide My face from them, I will see what their end will be; for they are a perverse generation, children in whom is no faithfulness. -- deuteronomy 32:20 +. +They have moved Me to jealousy with what is not God; they have angered Me with their idols. So I will move them to jealousy with those who are not a people; I will anger them with a foolish nation. -- deuteronomy 32:21 +. +For a fire is kindled by My anger, and it burns to the depths of Sheol, devours the earth with its increase, and sets on fire the foundations of the mountains. -- deuteronomy 32:22 +. +And I will heap evils upon them; I will spend My arrows upon them. -- deuteronomy 32:23 +. +They shall be wasted with hunger and devoured with burning heat and poisonous pestilence; and the teeth of beasts will I send against them, with the poison of crawling things of the dust. -- deuteronomy 32:24 +. +From without the sword shall bereave, and in the chambers shall be terror, destroying both young man and virgin, the sucking child with the man of gray hairs. -- deuteronomy 32:25 +. +I said, I would scatter them afar and I would have made the remembrance of them to cease from among men, -- deuteronomy 32:26 +. +Had I not feared the provocation of the foe, lest their enemies misconstrue it and lest they should say, Our own hand has prevailed; all this was not the work of the Lord. -- deuteronomy 32:27 +. +For they are a nation void of counsel, and there is no understanding in them. -- deuteronomy 32:28 +. +O that they were wise and would see through this [present triumph] to their ultimate fate! -- deuteronomy 32:29 +. +How could one have chased a thousand, and two put ten thousand to flight, except their Rock had sold them, and the Lord had delivered them up? -- deuteronomy 32:30 +. +For their rock is not like our Rock, even our enemies themselves judge this. -- deuteronomy 32:31 +. +For their vine comes from the vine of Sodom and from the fields of Gomorrah; their grapes are grapes of [poisonous] gall, their clusters are bitter. -- deuteronomy 32:32 +. +Their wine is the [furious] venom of serpents, and the pitiless poison of vipers. -- deuteronomy 32:33 +. +Is not this laid up in store with Me, sealed up in My treasuries? -- deuteronomy 32:34 +. +Vengeance is Mine, and recompense, in the time when their foot shall slide; for the day of their disaster is at hand and their doom comes speedily. -- deuteronomy 32:35 +. +For the Lord will revoke sentence for His people and relent for His servants' sake when He sees that their power is gone and none remains, whether bond or free. -- deuteronomy 32:36 +. +And He will say, Where are their gods, the rock in which they took refuge, -- deuteronomy 32:37 +. +Who ate the fat of their sacrifices and drank the wine of their drink offering? Let them rise up and help you, let them be your protection! -- deuteronomy 32:38 +. +See now that I, I am He, and there is no god beside Me; I kill and I make alive, I wound and I heal, and there is none who can deliver out of My hand. -- deuteronomy 32:39 +. +For I lift up My hand to heaven and swear, As I live forever, -- deuteronomy 32:40 +. +If I whet My lightning sword and My hand takes hold on judgment, I will wreak vengeance on My foes and recompense those who hate Me. -- deuteronomy 32:41 +. +I will make My arrows drunk with blood, and My sword shall devour flesh, with the blood of the slain and the captives, from the long-haired heads of the foe. -- deuteronomy 32:42 +. +Rejoice [with] His people, O you nations, for He avenges the blood of His servants, and vengeance He inflicts on His foes and clears guilt from the land of His people. -- deuteronomy 32:43 +. +And Moses came and spoke all the words of this song in the ears of the people, he and Hoshea (Joshua) son of Nun. -- deuteronomy 32:44 +. +And when Moses had finished speaking all these words to all Israel, -- deuteronomy 32:45 +. +He said to them, Set your [minds and] hearts on all the words which I command you this day, that you may command them to your children, that they may be watchful to do all the words of this law. -- deuteronomy 32:46 +. +For it is not an empty and worthless trifle for you; it is your [very] life. By it you shall live long in the land which you are going over the Jordan to possess. -- deuteronomy 32:47 +. +And the Lord said to Moses that same day, -- deuteronomy 32:48 +. +Get up into this mountain of the Abarim, Mount Nebo, which is in the land of Moab, opposite Jericho, and look at the land of Canaan which I give to the Israelites for a possession. -- deuteronomy 32:49 +. +And die on the mountain which you ascend and be gathered to your people, as Aaron your brother died on Mount Hor and was gathered to his people, -- deuteronomy 32:50 +. +Because you broke faith with Me in the midst of the Israelites at the waters of Meribah-kadesh in the Wilderness of Zin and because you did not set Me apart as holy in the midst of the Israelites. -- deuteronomy 32:51 +. +For you shall see the land opposite you at a distance, but you shall not go there, into the land which I give the Israelites. -- deuteronomy 32:52 +. +THIS IS the blessing with which Moses the man of God blessed the Israelites before his death. -- deuteronomy 33:1 +. +He said, The Lord came from Sinai and beamed upon us from Seir; He flashed forth from Mount Paran, from among ten thousands of holy ones, a flaming fire, a law, at His right hand. -- deuteronomy 33:2 +. +Yes, He loves [the tribes] His people; all those consecrated to Him are in Your hand. They followed in Your steps; they [accepted Your word and] received direction from You, -- deuteronomy 33:3 +. +When Moses commanded us a law, as a possession for the assembly of Jacob. -- deuteronomy 33:4 +. +[The Lord] was King in Jeshurun (Israel) when the heads of the people were gathered, all the tribes of Israel together. -- deuteronomy 33:5 +. +Let [the tribe of] Reuben live and not die out, but let his men be few. -- deuteronomy 33:6 +. +And this he [Moses] said of Judah: Hear, O Lord, the voice of Judah, and bring him to his people! With his hands he contended for himself; but may You be a help against his enemies. -- deuteronomy 33:7 +. +And of Levi he said: Your Thummim and Your Urim [by which the priest sought God's will for the nation] are for Your pious one [Aaron on behalf of the tribe], whom You tried and proved at Massah, with whom You contended at the waters of Meribah; -- deuteronomy 33:8 +. +[Aaron] who said of his father and mother, I do not regard them; nor did he acknowledge his brothers or openly recognize his own children. For the priests observed Your word and kept Your covenant [as to their limitations]. -- deuteronomy 33:9 +. +[The priests] shall teach Jacob Your ordinances and Israel Your law. They shall put incense before You and whole burnt offerings upon Your altar. -- deuteronomy 33:10 +. +Bless, O Lord, [Levi's] substance, and accept the work of his hands; crush the loins of his adversaries, and of those who hate him, that they arise no more. -- deuteronomy 33:11 +. +Of Benjamin he said: The beloved of the Lord shall dwell in safety by Him; He covers him all the day long, and makes His dwelling between his shoulders. -- deuteronomy 33:12 +. +And of Joseph he said: Blessed by the Lord be his land, with the precious gifts of heaven from the dew and from the deep that couches beneath, -- deuteronomy 33:13 +. +With the precious things of the fruits of the sun and with the precious yield of the months, -- deuteronomy 33:14 +. +With the chief products of the ancient mountains and with the precious things of the everlasting hills, -- deuteronomy 33:15 +. +With the precious things of the earth and its fullness and the favor and goodwill of Him Who dwelt in the bush. Let these blessings come upon the head of Joseph, upon the crown of the head of him who was separate and prince among his brothers. -- deuteronomy 33:16 +. +Like a firstling young bull his majesty is, and his horns like the horns of the wild ox; with them he shall push the peoples, all of them, to the ends of the earth. And they are the ten thousands of Ephraim, and they are the thousands of Manasseh. -- deuteronomy 33:17 +. +And of Zebulun he said: Rejoice, Zebulun, in your interests abroad, and you, Issachar, in your tents [at home]. -- deuteronomy 33:18 +. +They shall call the people unto Mount [Carmel]; there they shall offer sacrifices of righteousness, for they shall suck the abundance of the seas and the treasures hid in the sand. -- deuteronomy 33:19 +. +And of Gad he said: Blessed is He Who enlarges Gad! Gad lurks like a lioness, and tears the arm, yes, the crown of the head. -- deuteronomy 33:20 +. +He selected the best land for himself, for there was the leader's portion reserved; yet he came with the chiefs of the nation, and the righteous will of the Lord he performed, and His ordinances with Israel. -- deuteronomy 33:21 +. +Of Dan he said: Dan is a lion's whelp that leaps forth from Bashan. -- deuteronomy 33:22 +. +Of Naphtali he said: O Naphtali, satisfied with favor and full of the blessing of the Lord, possess the Sea [of Galilee] and [its warm, sunny climate like] the south. -- deuteronomy 33:23 +. +Of Asher he said: Blessed above sons is Asher; let him be acceptable to his brothers, and let him dip his foot in oil. -- deuteronomy 33:24 +. +Your castles and strongholds shall have bars of iron and bronze, and as your day, so shall your strength, your rest and security, be. -- deuteronomy 33:25 +. +There is none like God, O Jeshurun [Israel], Who rides through the heavens to your help and in His majestic glory through the skies. -- deuteronomy 33:26 +. +The eternal God is your refuge and dwelling place, and underneath are the everlasting arms; He drove the enemy before you and thrust them out, saying, Destroy! -- deuteronomy 33:27 +. +And Israel dwells in safety, the fountain of Jacob alone in a land of grain and new wine; yes, His heavens drop dew. -- deuteronomy 33:28 +. +Happy are you, O Israel, and blessing is yours! Who is like you, a people saved by the Lord, the Shield of your help, the Sword that exalts you! Your enemies shall come fawning and cringing, and submit feigned obedience to you, and you shall march on their high places. -- deuteronomy 33:29 +. +AND MOSES went up from the plains of Moab to Mount Nebo, to the top of Pisgah, that is opposite Jericho. And the Lord showed him all the land--from Gilead to Dan, -- deuteronomy 34:1 +. +And all Naphtali, and the land of Ephraim and Manasseh, and all the land of Judah to the western [Mediterranean] sea, -- deuteronomy 34:2 +. +And the South (the Negeb) and the plain, that is, the Valley of Jericho, the City of Palm Trees, as far as Zoar. -- deuteronomy 34:3 +. +And the Lord said to him, This is the land which I swore to Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob, saying, I will give it to your descendants. I have let you see it with your eyes, but you shall not go over there. -- deuteronomy 34:4 +. +So Moses the servant of the Lord died there in the land of Moab, according to the word of the Lord, -- deuteronomy 34:5 +. +And He buried him in the valley of the land of Moab opposite Beth-peor, but no man knows where his tomb is to this day. -- deuteronomy 34:6 +. +Moses was years old when he died; his eye was not dim nor his natural force abated. -- deuteronomy 34:7 +. +And the Israelites wept for Moses in the plains of Moab thirty days; then the days of weeping and mourning for Moses were ended. -- deuteronomy 34:8 +. +And Joshua son of Nun was full of the spirit of wisdom, for Moses had laid his hands upon him; so the Israelites listened to him and did as the Lord commanded Moses. -- deuteronomy 34:9 +. +And there arose not a prophet since in Israel like Moses, whom the Lord knew face to face, -- deuteronomy 34:10 +. +[None equal to him] in all the signs and wonders which the Lord sent him to do in the land of Egypt--to Pharaoh and to all his servants and to all his land, -- deuteronomy 34:11 +. +And in all the mighty power and all the great and terrible deeds which Moses wrought in the sight of all Israel. -- deuteronomy 34:12 +. +AFTER THE death of Moses the servant of the Lord, the Lord said to Joshua son of Nun, Moses' minister, -- joshua 1:1 +. +Moses My servant is dead. So now arise [take his place], go over this Jordan, you and all this people, into the land which I am giving to them, the Israelites. -- joshua 1:2 +. +Every place upon which the sole of your foot shall tread, that have I given to you, as I promised Moses. -- joshua 1:3 +. +From the wilderness and this Lebanon to the great river Euphrates--all the land of the Hittites [Canaan]--and to the Great [Mediterranean] Sea on the west shall be your territory. -- joshua 1:4 +. +No man shall be able to stand before you all the days of your life. As I was with Moses, so I will be with you; I will not fail you or forsake you. -- joshua 1:5 +. +Be strong (confident) and of good courage, for you shall cause this people to inherit the land which I swore to their fathers to give them. -- joshua 1:6 +. +Only you be strong and very courageous, that you may do according to all the law which Moses My servant commanded you. Turn not from it to the right hand or to the left, that you may prosper wherever you go. -- joshua 1:7 +. +This Book of the Law shall not depart out of your mouth, but you shall meditate on it day and night, that you may observe and do according to all that is written in it. For then you shall make your way prosperous, and then you shall deal wisely and have good success. -- joshua 1:8 +. +Have not I commanded you? Be strong, vigorous, and very courageous. Be not afraid, neither be dismayed, for the Lord your God is with you wherever you go. -- joshua 1:9 +. +Then Joshua commanded the officers of the people, saying, -- joshua 1:10 +. +Pass through the camp and command the people, Prepare your provisions, for within three days you shall pass over this Jordan to go in to take possession of the land which the Lord your God is giving you to possess. -- joshua 1:11 +. +And to the Reubenites, the Gadites, and the half-tribe of Manasseh, Joshua said, -- joshua 1:12 +. +Remember what Moses the servant of the Lord commanded you, saying, The Lord your God is giving you [of these two and a half tribes a place of] rest and will give you this land [east of the Jordan]. -- joshua 1:13 +. +Your wives, your little ones, and your cattle shall dwell in the land which Moses gave you on this side of the Jordan, but all your mighty men of valor shall pass on before your brethren [of the other tribes] armed, and help them [possess their land] -- joshua 1:14 +. +Until the Lord gives your brethren rest, as He has given you, and they also possess the land the Lord your God is giving them. Then you shall return to the land of your possession and possess it, the land Moses the Lord's servant gave you on the sunrise side of the Jordan. -- joshua 1:15 +. +They answered Joshua, All you command us we will do, and wherever you send us we will go. -- joshua 1:16 +. +As we hearkened to Moses in all things, so will we hearken to you; only may the Lord your God be with you as He was with Moses. -- joshua 1:17 +. +Whoever rebels against your commandment and will not hearken to all you command him shall be put to death. Only be strong, vigorous, and of good courage. -- joshua 1:18 +. +JOSHUA SON of Nun sent two men secretly from Shittim as scouts, saying, Go, view the land, especially Jericho. And they went and came to the house of a harlot named Rahab and lodged there. -- joshua 2:1 +. +It was told the king of Jericho, Behold, there came men in here tonight of the Israelites to search out the country. -- joshua 2:2 +. +And the king of Jericho sent to Rahab, saying, Bring forth the men who have come to you, who entered your house, for they have come to search out the land. -- joshua 2:3 +. +But the woman had taken the two men and hidden them. So she said, Yes, two men came to me, but I did not know from where they had come. -- joshua 2:4 +. +And at gate closing time, after dark, the men went out. Where they went I do not know. Pursue them quickly, for you will overtake them. -- joshua 2:5 +. +But she had brought them up to the roof and hidden them under the stalks of flax which she had laid in order there. -- joshua 2:6 +. +So the men pursued them to the Jordan as far as the fords. As soon as the pursuers had gone, the city's gate was shut. -- joshua 2:7 +. +Before the two men had lain down, Rahab came up to them on the roof, -- joshua 2:8 +. +And she said to the men, I know that the Lord has given you the land and that your terror is fallen upon us and that all the inhabitants of the land faint because of you. -- joshua 2:9 +. +For we have heard how the Lord dried up the water of the Red Sea for you when you came out of Egypt, and what you did to the two kings of the Amorites who were on the [east] side of the Jordan, Sihon and Og, whom you utterly destroyed. -- joshua 2:10 +. +When we heard it, our hearts melted, neither did spirit or courage remain any more in any man because of you, for the Lord your God, He is God in heaven above and on earth beneath. -- joshua 2:11 +. +Now then, I pray you, swear to me by the Lord, since I have shown you kindness, that you also will show kindness to my father's house, and give me a sure sign, -- joshua 2:12 +. +And save alive my father and mother, my brothers and sisters, and all they have, and deliver us from death. -- joshua 2:13 +. +And the men said to her, Our lives for yours! If you do not tell this business of ours, then when the Lord gives us the land we will deal kindly and faithfully with you. -- joshua 2:14 +. +Then she let them down by a rope through the window, for her house was built into the [town] wall so that she dwelt in the wall. -- joshua 2:15 +. +And she said to them, Get to the mountain, lest the pursuers meet you; hide yourselves there three days until the pursuers have returned; and afterward you may go your way. -- joshua 2:16 +. +The men said to her, We will be blameless of this oath you have made us swear. [The responsibility is now yours.] -- joshua 2:17 +. +Behold, when we come into the land, you shall bind this scarlet cord in the window through which you let us down, and you shall bring your father and mother, your brothers, and all your father's household into your house. -- joshua 2:18 +. +And if anyone goes out of the doors of your house into the street, his blood shall be upon his head, and we will be guiltless; but if a hand is laid upon anyone who is with you in the house, his blood shall be on our head. -- joshua 2:19 +. +But if you tell this business of ours, we shall be guiltless of your oath which you made us swear. -- joshua 2:20 +. +And she said, According to your words, so it is. Then she sent them away and they departed; and she bound the scarlet cord in the window. -- joshua 2:21 +. +They left and went to the mountain and stayed there three days, until the pursuers returned, who had searched all along the way without finding them. -- joshua 2:22 +. +So the two men descended from the mountain, passed over [the Jordan], and came to Joshua son of Nun, and told him all that had befallen them. -- joshua 2:23 +. +They said to Joshua, Truly the Lord has given all the land into our hands; for all the inhabitants of the country are faint because of us. -- joshua 2:24 +. +JOSHUA ROSE early in the morning and they removed from Shittim and came to the Jordan, he and all the Israelites, and lodged there before passing over. -- joshua 3:1 +. +After three days the officers went through the camp, -- joshua 3:2 +. +Commanding the people: When you see the ark of the covenant of the Lord your God being borne by the Levitical priests, set out from where you are and follow it. -- joshua 3:3 +. +Yet a space must be kept between you and it, about 2,cubits by measure; come not near it, that you may [be able to see the ark and] know the way you must go, for you have not passed this way before. -- joshua 3:4 +. +And Joshua said to the people, Sanctify yourselves [that is, separate yourselves for a special holy purpose], for tomorrow the Lord will do wonders among you. -- joshua 3:5 +. +Joshua said to the priests, Take up the ark of the covenant and pass over before the people. And they took it up and went on before the people. -- joshua 3:6 +. +The Lord said to Joshua, This day I will begin to magnify you in the sight of all Israel, so they may know that as I was with Moses, so I will be with you. -- joshua 3:7 +. +You shall command the priests who bear the ark of the covenant, When you come to the brink of the waters of the Jordan, you shall stand still in the Jordan. -- joshua 3:8 +. +Joshua said to the Israelites, Come near, hear the words of the Lord your God. -- joshua 3:9 +. +Joshua said, Hereby you shall know that the living God is among you and that He will surely drive out from before you the Canaanites, Hittites, Hivites, Perizzites, Girgashites, Amorites, and Jebusites. -- joshua 3:10 +. +Behold, the ark of the covenant of the Lord of all the earth is passing over before you into the Jordan! -- joshua 3:11 +. +So now take twelve men from the tribes of Israel, one from each tribe. -- joshua 3:12 +. +When the soles of the feet of the priests who bear the ark of the Lord of all the earth shall rest in the Jordan, the waters of the Jordan coming down from above shall be cut off and they shall stand in one heap. -- joshua 3:13 +. +So when the people set out from their tents to pass over the Jordan, with the priests bearing the ark of the covenant before the people, -- joshua 3:14 +. +And when those who bore the ark had come to the Jordan and the feet of the priests bearing the ark were in the brink of the water--for the Jordan overflows all its banks throughout the time of harvest-- -- joshua 3:15 +. +Then the waters which came down from above stood and rose up in a heap far off, at Adam, the city that is beside Zarethan; and those flowing down toward the Sea of the Arabah, the Salt [Dead] Sea, were wholly cut off. And the people passed over opposite Jericho. -- joshua 3:16 +. +And while all Israel passed over on dry ground, the priests who bore the ark of the covenant of the Lord stood firm on dry ground in the midst of the Jordan, until all the nation finished passing over the Jordan. -- joshua 3:17 +. +WHEN ALL the nation had fully passed over the Jordan, the Lord said to Joshua, -- joshua 4:1 +. +Take twelve men from among the people, one man out of every tribe, -- joshua 4:2 +. +And command them, Take twelve stones out of the midst of the Jordan from the place where the priests' feet stood firm; carry them over with you and leave them at the place where you lodge tonight. -- joshua 4:3 +. +Then Joshua called the twelve men of the Israelites whom he had appointed, a man from each tribe. -- joshua 4:4 +. +And Joshua said to them, Pass over before the ark of the Lord your God in the midst of the Jordan, and take up every man of you a stone on his shoulder, as is the number of the tribes of the Israelites, -- joshua 4:5 +. +That this may be a sign among you when your children ask in time to come, What do these stones mean to you? -- joshua 4:6 +. +Then you shall tell them that the waters of the Jordan were cut off before the ark of the covenant of the Lord; when it passed over the Jordan, the waters of Jordan were cut off. So these stones shall be to the Israelites a memorial forever. -- joshua 4:7 +. +And the Israelites did as Joshua commanded, and took up twelve stones out of the midst of the Jordan, according to the number of the tribes of the Israelites, as the Lord told Joshua, and carried them over with them to the place where they lodged and laid them down there. -- joshua 4:8 +. +And Joshua set up twelve stones in the midst of the Jordan in the place where the feet of the priests bearing the ark of the covenant had stood. And they are there to this day. -- joshua 4:9 +. +For the priests who bore the ark stood in the midst of the Jordan until everything was finished that the Lord commanded Joshua to tell the people, according to all that Moses had commanded Joshua. The people passed over in haste. -- joshua 4:10 +. +When all the people had passed over, the ark of the Lord and the priests went over in the presence of the people. -- joshua 4:11 +. +And the sons of Reuben, Gad, and half the tribe of Manasseh passed over armed before the [other] Israelites, as Moses had bidden them; -- joshua 4:12 +. +About 40,[of these] prepared for war passed over before the Lord to the plains of Jericho for battle. -- joshua 4:13 +. +On that day the Lord magnified Joshua in the sight of all Israel; and they stood in awe of him, as they stood in awe of Moses, all the days of his life. -- joshua 4:14 +. +And the Lord said to Joshua, -- joshua 4:15 +. +Order the priests bearing the ark of the Testimony to come up out of the Jordan. -- joshua 4:16 +. +So Joshua commanded the priests, Come up out of the Jordan. -- joshua 4:17 +. +And when the priests who bore the ark of the covenant of the Lord had come up out of the midst of the Jordan, and the soles of their feet were lifted up to the dry land, the waters of the Jordan returned to their place and flowed over all its banks as they had before. -- joshua 4:18 +. +And the people came up out of the Jordan on the tenth day of the first month and encamped in Gilgal on the east border of Jericho. -- joshua 4:19 +. +And those twelve stones which they took out of the Jordan Joshua set up in Gilgal. -- joshua 4:20 +. +And he said to the Israelites, When your children ask their fathers in time to come, What do these stones mean? -- joshua 4:21 +. +You shall let your children know, Israel came over this Jordan on dry ground. -- joshua 4:22 +. +For the Lord your God dried up the waters of the Jordan for you until you passed over, as the Lord your God did to the Red Sea, which He dried up for us until we passed over, -- joshua 4:23 +. +That all the peoples of the earth may know that the hand of the Lord is mighty and that you may reverence and fear the Lord your God forever. -- joshua 4:24 +. +WHEN ALL the kings of the Amorites who were beyond the Jordan to the west and all the kings of the Canaanites who were by the sea heard that the Lord had dried up the waters of the Jordan before the Israelites until we had crossed over, their hearts melted and there was no spirit in them any more because of the Israelites. -- joshua 5:1 +. +At that time the Lord said to Joshua, Make knives of flint and circumcise the [new generation of] Israelites as before. -- joshua 5:2 +. +So Joshua made knives of flint and circumcised the sons of Israel at Gibeath-haaraloth. -- joshua 5:3 +. +And this is the reason Joshua circumcised them: all the males of the people who came out of Egypt, all the men of war, had died in the wilderness on the way after they came out of Egypt. -- joshua 5:4 +. +Though all the people who came out were circumcised, yet all the people who were born in the wilderness on the way after Israel came out of Egypt had not been circumcised. -- joshua 5:5 +. +For the Israelites walked forty years in the wilderness till all who were men of war who came out of Egypt perished, because they did not hearken to the voice of the Lord; to them the Lord swore that He would not let them see the land which the Lord swore to their fathers to give us, a land flowing with milk and honey. -- joshua 5:6 +. +So it was their uncircumcised children whom He raised up in their stead whom Joshua circumcised, because the rite had not been performed on the way. -- joshua 5:7 +. +When they finished circumcising all the males of the nation, they remained in their places in the camp till they were healed. -- joshua 5:8 +. +And the Lord said to Joshua, This day have I rolled away the reproach of Egypt from you. So the name of the place is called Gilgal [rolling] to this day. -- joshua 5:9 +. +And the Israelites encamped in Gilgal; and they kept the Passover on the fourteenth day of the month at evening in the plains of Jericho. -- joshua 5:10 +. +And on that same day they ate the produce of the land: unleavened cakes and parched grain. -- joshua 5:11 +. +And the manna ceased on the day after they ate of the produce of the land; and the Israelites had manna no more, but they ate of the fruit of the land of Canaan that year. -- joshua 5:12 +. +When Joshua was by Jericho, he looked up, and behold, a Man stood near him with His drawn sword in His hand. And Joshua went to Him and said to Him, Are you for us or for our adversaries? -- joshua 5:13 +. +And He said, No [neither], but as Prince of the Lord's host have I now come. And Joshua fell on his face to the earth and worshiped, and said to Him, What says my Lord to His servant? -- joshua 5:14 +. +And the Prince of the Lord's host said to Joshua, Loose your shoes from off your feet, for the place where you stand is holy. And Joshua did so. -- joshua 5:15 +. +NOW JERICHO [a fenced town with high walls] was tightly closed because of the Israelites; no one went out or came in. -- joshua 6:1 +. +And the Lord said to Joshua, See, I have given Jericho, its king and mighty men of valor, into your hands. -- joshua 6:2 +. +You shall march around the enclosure, all the men of war going around the city once. This you shall do for six days. -- joshua 6:3 +. +And seven priests shall bear before the ark seven trumpets of rams' horns; and on the seventh day you shall march around the enclosure seven times, and the priests shall blow the trumpets. -- joshua 6:4 +. +When they make a long blast with the ram's horn and you hear the sound of the trumpet, all the people shall shout with a great shout; and the wall of the enclosure shall fall down in its place and the people shall go up [over it], every man straight before him. -- joshua 6:5 +. +So Joshua son of Nun called the priests and said to them, Take up the ark of the covenant and let seven priests bear seven trumpets of rams' horns before the ark of the Lord. -- joshua 6:6 +. +He said to the people, Go on! March around the enclosure, and let the armed men pass on before the ark of the Lord. -- joshua 6:7 +. +When Joshua had spoken to the people, the seven priests bearing the seven trumpets of rams' horns passed on before the Lord and blew the trumpets, and the ark of the covenant of the Lord followed them. -- joshua 6:8 +. +The armed men went before the priests who blew the trumpets, and the rear guard came after the ark, the priests blowing the trumpets as they went. -- joshua 6:9 +. +But Joshua commanded the people, You shall not shout or let your voice be heard, nor shall any word proceed out of your mouth until the day I tell you to shout. Then you shall shout! -- joshua 6:10 +. +So he caused the ark of the Lord to go around the city once; and they came into the camp and lodged in the camp. -- joshua 6:11 +. +Joshua rose early in the morning and the priests took up the ark of the Lord. -- joshua 6:12 +. +And the seven priests bearing the seven trumpets of rams' horns before the ark of the Lord passed on, blowing the trumpets continually; and the armed men went before them and the rear guard came after the ark of the Lord, the priests blowing the trumpets as they went. -- joshua 6:13 +. +On the second day they compassed the city enclosure once and returned to the camp. So they did for six days. -- joshua 6:14 +. +On the seventh day they rose early at daybreak and marched around the city as usual, only on that day they compassed the city seven times. -- joshua 6:15 +. +And the seventh time, when the priests had blown the trumpets, Joshua said to the people, Shout! For the Lord has given you the city. -- joshua 6:16 +. +And the city and all that is in it shall be devoted to the Lord [for destruction]; only Rahab the harlot and all who are with her in her house shall live, because she hid the messengers whom we sent. -- joshua 6:17 +. +But you, keep yourselves from the accursed and devoted things, lest when you have devoted it [to destruction], you take of the accursed thing, and so make the camp of Israel accursed and trouble it. -- joshua 6:18 +. +But all the silver and gold and vessels of bronze and iron are consecrated to the Lord; they shall come into the treasury of the Lord. -- joshua 6:19 +. +So the people shouted, and the trumpets were blown. When the people heard the sound of the trumpet, they raised a great shout, and [Jericho's] wall fell down in its place, so that the [Israelites] went up into the city, every man straight before him, and they took the city. -- joshua 6:20 +. +Then they utterly destroyed all that was in the city, both man and woman, young and old, ox, sheep, and donkey, with the edge of the sword. -- joshua 6:21 +. +But Joshua said to the two men who had spied out the land, Go into the harlot's house and bring out the woman and all she has, as you swore to her. -- joshua 6:22 +. +So the young men, the spies, went in and brought out Rahab, her father and mother, her brethren, and all that she had; and they brought out all her kindred and set them outside the camp of Israel. -- joshua 6:23 +. +And they burned the city with fire and all that was in it; only the silver, the gold, and the vessels of bronze and of iron they put into the treasury of the house of the Lord. -- joshua 6:24 +. +So Joshua saved Rahab the harlot, with her father's household and all that she had; and she lives in Israel even to this day, because she hid the messengers whom Joshua sent to spy out Jericho. -- joshua 6:25 +. +Then Joshua laid this oath on them, Cursed is the man before the Lord who rises up and rebuilds this city, Jericho. With the loss of his firstborn shall he lay its foundation, and with the loss of his youngest son shall he set up its gates. -- joshua 6:26 +. +So the Lord was with Joshua, and his fame was in all the land. -- joshua 6:27 +. +BUT THE Israelites committed a trespass in regard to the devoted things; for Achan son of Carmi, the son of Zabdi, the son of Zerah, of the tribe of Judah, took some of the things devoted [for destruction]. And the anger of the Lord burned against Israel. -- joshua 7:1 +. +Joshua sent men from Jericho to Ai, which is near Beth-aven, east of Bethel, and said to them, Go up and spy out the land. So the men went up and spied out Ai. -- joshua 7:2 +. +And they returned to Joshua and said to him, Let not all the men go up; but let about two thousand or three thousand go up and attack Ai; do not make the whole army toil up there, for they of Ai are few. -- joshua 7:3 +. +So about three thousand Israelites went up there, but they fled before the men of Ai. -- joshua 7:4 +. +And the men of Ai killed about thirty-six of them, for they chased them from before the gate as far as Shebarim, and slew them at the descent. And the hearts of the people melted and became as water. -- joshua 7:5 +. +Then Joshua rent his clothes and lay on the earth upon his face before the ark of the Lord until evening, he and the elders of Israel; and they put dust on their heads. -- joshua 7:6 +. +Joshua said, Alas, O Lord God, why have You brought this people over the Jordan at all only to give us into the hands of the Amorites to destroy us? Would that we had been content to dwell beyond the Jordan! -- joshua 7:7 +. +O Lord, what can I say, now that Israel has turned to flee before their enemies! -- joshua 7:8 +. +For the Canaanites and all the inhabitants of the land will hear of it and will surround us and cut off our name from the earth. And what will You do for Your great name? -- joshua 7:9 +. +The Lord said to Joshua, Get up! Why do you lie thus upon your face? -- joshua 7:10 +. +Israel has sinned; they have transgressed My covenant which I commanded them. They have taken some of the things devoted [for destruction]; they have stolen, and lied, and put them among their own baggage. -- joshua 7:11 +. +That is why the Israelites could not stand before their enemies, but fled before them; they are accursed and have become devoted [for destruction]. I will cease to be with you unless you destroy the accursed [devoted] things among you. -- joshua 7:12 +. +Up, sanctify (set apart for a holy purpose) the people, and say, Sanctify yourselves for tomorrow; for thus says the Lord, the God of Israel: There are accursed things in the midst of you, O Israel. You can not stand before your enemies until you take away from among you the things devoted [to destruction]. -- joshua 7:13 +. +In the morning therefore, you shall present your tribes. And the tribe which the Lord takes shall come by families; and the family which the Lord takes shall come by households; and the household which the Lord takes shall come by persons. -- joshua 7:14 +. +And he who is taken with the devoted things shall be [killed and his body] burned with fire, he and all he has, because he has transgressed the covenant of the Lord and because he has done a shameful and wicked thing in Israel. -- joshua 7:15 +. +So Joshua rose up early in the morning and brought Israel near by their tribes, and the tribe of Judah was taken. -- joshua 7:16 +. +He brought near the family of Judah, and the family of the Zerahites was taken; and he brought near the family of the Zerahites man by man, and Zabdi was taken. -- joshua 7:17 +. +He brought near his household man by man, and Achan son of Carmi, the son of Zabdi, the son of Zerah, of the tribe of Judah, was taken. -- joshua 7:18 +. +And Joshua said to Achan, My son, give glory to the Lord, the God of Israel, and make confession to Him. And tell me now what you have done; do not hide it from me. -- joshua 7:19 +. +And Achan answered Joshua, In truth, I have sinned against the Lord, the God of Israel, and this have I done: -- joshua 7:20 +. +When I saw among the spoils an attractive mantle from Shinar and two hundred shekels of silver and a bar of gold weighing fifty shekels, I coveted them and took them. Behold, they are hidden in the earth inside my tent, with the silver underneath. -- joshua 7:21 +. +So Joshua sent messengers, who ran to the tent, and behold, the spoil was hidden in his tent, with the silver underneath. -- joshua 7:22 +. +And they took them from the tent and brought them to Joshua and all the Israelites and laid them out before the Lord. -- joshua 7:23 +. +And Joshua and all Israel with him took Achan son of Zerah, and the silver, the garment, the wedge of gold, his sons, his daughters, his oxen, his donkeys, his sheep, his tent, and all that he had; and they brought them to the Valley of Achor. -- joshua 7:24 +. +And Joshua said, Why have you brought trouble on us? The Lord will trouble you this day. And all Israel stoned him and those with him with stones, and afterward burned their bodies with fire. -- joshua 7:25 +. +And they raised over him a great heap of stones that remains to this day. Then the Lord turned from the fierceness of His anger. Therefore the name of that place has been called the Valley of Achor or Troubling to this day. -- joshua 7:26 +. +AND THE Lord said to Joshua, Fear not nor be dismayed. Take all the men of war with you, and arise, go up to Ai; see, I have given into your hand the king of Ai, his people, his city, and his land. -- joshua 8:1 +. +And you shall do to Ai and its king as you did to Jericho and its king, except that its spoil and its cattle [this time] you shall take as booty for yourselves. Lay an ambush against the city behind it. -- joshua 8:2 +. +So Joshua arose, and all the people of war, to go up against Ai; [he] chose thirty thousand mighty men of strength and sent them forth by night. -- joshua 8:3 +. +And he commanded them, Behold, you shall lie in wait against the city behind it. Do not go very far from the city, but all of you be ready. -- joshua 8:4 +. +And I and all the people who are with me will approach the city. And when they come out against us, as the first time, we will flee before them -- joshua 8:5 +. +Till we have drawn them from the city, for they will say, They are fleeing from us as before. So we will flee before them. -- joshua 8:6 +. +Then you shall rise up from the ambush and seize the city, for the Lord your God will deliver it into your hand. -- joshua 8:7 +. +When you have taken the city, you shall set it afire; as the Lord commanded, you shall do. See, I have commanded you. -- joshua 8:8 +. +So Joshua sent them forth, and they went to the place of ambush and remained between Bethel and Ai, on the west side of Ai; but Joshua lodged that night among the people. -- joshua 8:9 +. +Joshua rose up early in the morning and mustered the men, and went up with the elders of Israel before the warriors to Ai. -- joshua 8:10 +. +And all the fighting men who were with him went up and drew near before the city and encamped on the north side of [it], with a ravine between them and Ai. -- joshua 8:11 +. +And he took about five thousand men and set them in ambush between Bethel and Ai, west of the city. -- joshua 8:12 +. +So they stationed all the army--the main encampment that was north of the city and their men in ambush behind and on the west of the city--and Joshua went that night into the midst of the ravine. -- joshua 8:13 +. +When the king [and people] of Ai saw it, they hastily rose early, and the men of the city went out against Israel to battle [at a time and place appointed] before the Arabah [plain]. But he did not know of the ambush against him behind the city. -- joshua 8:14 +. +And Joshua and all Israel pretended to be beaten by them, and fled toward the wilderness. -- joshua 8:15 +. +So all the people in Ai were called together to pursue them, and they pursued Joshua and were drawn away from the city. -- joshua 8:16 +. +Not a man was left in Ai or Bethel who did not go out after Israel. Leaving the city open, they pursued Israel. -- joshua 8:17 +. +Then the Lord said to Joshua, Stretch out the javelin that is in your hand toward Ai, for I will give it into your hand. So Joshua stretched out the javelin in his hand toward the city. -- joshua 8:18 +. +The men in the ambush arose quickly out of their place and ran when he stretched out his hand; and they entered the city and took it, and then hastened and set it afire. -- joshua 8:19 +. +When the men of Ai looked back, behold, the smoke of the city went up to the heavens, and they had no power to flee this way or that way. Then the Israelites who fled to the wilderness turned back upon the pursuers. -- joshua 8:20 +. +When Joshua and all Israel saw that the ambush had taken the city and that the smoke of the city went up, they turned again and slew the men of Ai. -- joshua 8:21 +. +And the others came forth out of the city against them [of Ai], so that they were in the midst of Israel, some on this side and some on that side. And [the Israelites] smote them, so that they let none of them remain or escape. -- joshua 8:22 +. +But they took the king of Ai alive and brought him to Joshua. -- joshua 8:23 +. +When Israel had finished slaying all the inhabitants of Ai in the field and in the wilderness into which they pursued them, and they were all fallen by the sword until they were consumed, then all the Israelites returned to Ai and smote it with the sword. -- joshua 8:24 +. +And all that fell that day, both men and women, were twelve thousand, including all the men of Ai. -- joshua 8:25 +. +For Joshua drew not back his hand with which he stretched out the javelin until he had utterly destroyed all the inhabitants of Ai. -- joshua 8:26 +. +Only the livestock and the spoil of that city Israel took as booty for themselves, according to the word of the Lord which He commanded Joshua. -- joshua 8:27 +. +So Joshua burned Ai and made it a heap of ruins for ever, even a desolation to this day. -- joshua 8:28 +. +And he hanged the king of Ai on a tree until evening; and at sunset, Joshua commanded and they took the body down from the tree and cast it at the entrance of the city gate and raised a great heap of stones over it that is there to this day. -- joshua 8:29 +. +Then Joshua built an altar to the Lord, the God of Israel, on Mount Ebal, -- joshua 8:30 +. +As Moses the servant of the Lord commanded the Israelites, as it is written in the Book of the Law of Moses, an altar of unhewn stones, upon which no man has lifted up an iron tool; and they offered on it burnt offerings to the Lord and sacrificed peace offerings. -- joshua 8:31 +. +And there, in the presence of the Israelites, [Joshua] wrote on the stones a copy of the law of Moses. -- joshua 8:32 +. +And all Israel, sojourner as well as he who was born among them, with their elders, officers, and judges, stood on either side of the ark before the Levitical priests who carried the ark of the covenant of the Lord, half of them in front of Mount Gerizim and half of them in front of Mount Ebal, as Moses the servant of the Lord had commanded before that they should bless the Israelites. -- joshua 8:33 +. +Afterward, Joshua read all the words of the law, the blessings and cursings, all that is written in the Book of the Law. -- joshua 8:34 +. +There was not a word of all that Moses commanded which Joshua did not read before all the assembly of Israel, and the women, and little ones, and the foreigners who were living among them. -- joshua 8:35 +. +WHEN ALL the kings beyond the Jordan in the hill country and in the lowland and all along the coast of the Great [Mediterranean] Sea toward Lebanon, the Hittites, Amorites, Canaanites, Perizzites, Hivites, and Jebusites heard this, -- joshua 9:1 +. +They gathered together with one accord to fight Joshua and Israel. -- joshua 9:2 +. +But when the people of Gibeon heard what Joshua had done to Jericho and Ai, -- joshua 9:3 +. +They worked cunningly, and went pretending to be ambassadors and took [provisions and] old sacks on their donkeys and wineskins, old, torn, and mended, -- joshua 9:4 +. +And old and patched shoes on their feet and wearing old garments; and all their supply of food was dry and moldy. -- joshua 9:5 +. +And they went to Joshua in the camp at Gilgal and said to him and the men of Israel, We have come from a far country; so now, make a covenant with us. -- joshua 9:6 +. +But the men of Israel said to the Hivites, Perhaps you live among us; how then can we make a covenant with you? -- joshua 9:7 +. +They said to Joshua, We are your servants. And Joshua said to them, Who are you? From where have you come? -- joshua 9:8 +. +They said to him, From a very far country your servants have come because of the name of the Lord your God. For we have heard the fame of Him, and all that He did in Egypt, -- joshua 9:9 +. +And all that He did to the two kings of the Amorites who were beyond the Jordan, to Sihon king of Heshbon, and to Og king of Bashan, who lived in Ashtaroth. -- joshua 9:10 +. +So our elders and all the residents of our country said to us, Take provisions for the journey and go to meet [the Israelites] and say to them, We are your servants; and now make a covenant with us. -- joshua 9:11 +. +This our bread we took hot for our provision out of our houses on the day we set out to go to you; but now behold, it is dry and has become moldy. -- joshua 9:12 +. +These wineskins (bottles) which we filled were new, and behold, they are torn; and our garments and our shoes have become old because of the very long journey. -- joshua 9:13 +. +So the [Israelite] men partook of their food and did not consult the Lord. -- joshua 9:14 +. +Joshua made peace with them, covenanting with them to let them live, and the assembly's leaders swore to them. -- joshua 9:15 +. +Then three days after they had made a covenant with [the strangers, the Israelites] heard that they were their neighbors and that they dwelt among them. -- joshua 9:16 +. +And the Israelites set out and came to their cities on the third day. Now their cities were Gibeon, Chephirah, Beeroth, and Kiriath-jearim. -- joshua 9:17 +. +But the Israelites did not slay them, because the leaders of the assembly had sworn to them by the Lord, the God of Israel, [to spare them]. And all the assembly murmured against the leaders. -- joshua 9:18 +. +But all the leaders said to all the assembly, We have sworn to them by the Lord, the God of Israel, so now we may not touch them. -- joshua 9:19 +. +This we will do to them: we will let them live, lest wrath be upon us because of the oath which we swore to them. -- joshua 9:20 +. +And the leaders said to them, Let them live [and be our slaves]. So they became hewers of wood and drawers of water for all the assembly, just as the leaders had said of them. -- joshua 9:21 +. +Joshua called the men and said, Why did you deceive us, saying, We live very far from you, when you dwell among us? -- joshua 9:22 +. +Now therefore you are cursed, and of you there shall always be slaves, hewers of wood and drawers of water for the house of my God. -- joshua 9:23 +. +They answered Joshua, Because it was surely told your servants that the Lord your God commanded His servant Moses to give you all the land and to destroy all the land's inhabitants from before you. So we feared greatly for our lives because of you, and have done this thing. -- joshua 9:24 +. +And now, behold, we are in your hand; do as it seems good and right in your sight to do to us. -- joshua 9:25 +. +So he did to them, and delivered them out of the hand of the Israelites, so that they did not kill them. -- joshua 9:26 +. +But Joshua then made them hewers of wood and drawers of water for the congregation and for the altar of the Lord, to this day, in the place which He should choose. -- joshua 9:27 +. +WHEN ADONI-ZEDEK king of Jerusalem heard how Joshua had taken Ai and had utterly destroyed it, doing to Jericho and its king as he had done to Ai and its king, and how the residents of Gibeon had made peace with Israel and were among them, -- joshua 10:1 +. +He feared greatly, because Gibeon was a great city, like one of the royal cities, and because it was greater than Ai, and all its men were mighty. -- joshua 10:2 +. +So Adoni-zedek king of Jerusalem sent to Hoham king of Hebron, to Piram king of Jarmuth, to Japhia king of Lachish, and to Debir king of Eglon, saying, -- joshua 10:3 +. +Come up to me and help me, and let us smite Gibeon, for it has made peace with Joshua and with the Israelites. -- joshua 10:4 +. +Then the five kings of the Amorites--the kings of Jerusalem, Hebron, Jarmuth, Lachish, and Eglon--gathered their forces and went up with all their armies and encamped before Gibeon to fight against it. -- joshua 10:5 +. +And the men of Gibeon sent to Joshua at the camp in Gilgal, saying, Do not relax your hand from your servants; come up to us quickly and save us and help us, for all the kings of the Amorites who dwell in the hill country are gathered against us. -- joshua 10:6 +. +So Joshua went up from Gilgal, he and all the warriors with him and all the mighty men of valor. -- joshua 10:7 +. +And the Lord said to Joshua, Do not fear them, for I have given them into your hand; there shall not a man of them stand before you. -- joshua 10:8 +. +So Joshua came upon them suddenly, having gone up from Gilgal all night. -- joshua 10:9 +. +And the Lord caused [the enemies] to panic before Israel, who slew them with a great slaughter at Gibeon and chased them along the way that goes up to Beth-horon and smote them as far as Azekah and Makkedah. -- joshua 10:10 +. +As they fled before Israel, while they were descending [the pass] to Beth-horon, the Lord cast great stones from the heavens on them as far as Azekah, killing them. More died because of the hailstones than the Israelites slew with the sword. -- joshua 10:11 +. +Then Joshua spoke to the Lord on the day when the Lord gave the Amorites over to the Israelites, and he said in the sight of Israel, Sun, be silent and stand still at Gibeon, and you, moon, in the Valley of Ajalon! -- joshua 10:12 +. +And the sun stood still, and the moon stayed, until the nation took vengeance upon their enemies. Is not this written in the Book of Jasher? So the sun stood still in the midst of the heavens and did not hasten to go down for about a whole day. -- joshua 10:13 +. +There was no day like it before or since, when the Lord heeded the voice of a man. For the Lord fought for Israel. -- joshua 10:14 +. +Then Joshua returned, and all Israel with him, to the camp at Gilgal. -- joshua 10:15 +. +Those five kings fled and hid themselves in the cave of Makkedah. -- joshua 10:16 +. +And it was told Joshua, The five kings are hidden in the cave at Makkedah. -- joshua 10:17 +. +Joshua said, Roll great stones to the cave's mouth, and set men to guard them. -- joshua 10:18 +. +But do not stay. Pursue your enemies and fall upon their rear; do not allow them to enter their cities, for the Lord your God has given them into your hand. -- joshua 10:19 +. +When Joshua and the Israelites had ended slaying them until they were wiped out and the remnant remaining of them had entered into fortified cities, -- joshua 10:20 +. +All the people returned to the camp to Joshua at Makkedah in peace; none moved his tongue against any of the Israelites. -- joshua 10:21 +. +Then said Joshua, Open the mouth of the cave and bring out those five kings to me from the cave. -- joshua 10:22 +. +They brought the five kings out of the cave to him--the kings of Jerusalem, Hebron, Jarmuth, Lachish, and Eglon. -- joshua 10:23 +. +When they brought out those kings to Joshua, [he] called for all the Israelites and told the commanders of the men of war who went with him, Come, put your feet on the necks of these kings. And they came and put their feet on the [kings'] necks. -- joshua 10:24 +. +Joshua said to them, Fear not nor be dismayed; be strong and of good courage. For thus shall the Lord do to all your enemies against whom you fight. -- joshua 10:25 +. +Afterward Joshua smote and slew them and hanged their bodies on five trees, and they hung on the trees until evening. -- joshua 10:26 +. +At sunset Joshua ordered and they took the bodies down from the trees and cast them into the cave where the kings had hidden and laid great stones on the cave's mouth, which remain to this very day. -- joshua 10:27 +. +Joshua took Makkedah that day and smote it and its king with the sword and utterly destroyed everyone in it. He left none remaining. And he did to the king of Makkedah as he had done to the king of Jericho. -- joshua 10:28 +. +Then Joshua and all Israel went from Makkedah to Libnah and attacked Libnah. -- joshua 10:29 +. +And the Lord gave it also and its king into Israel's hands, and Joshua smote it with the sword, and all the people in it. He left none remaining in it. And he did to its king as he had done to the king of Jericho. -- joshua 10:30 +. +And Joshua passed from Libnah, and all Israel with him, to Lachish and encamped against it and attacked it. -- joshua 10:31 +. +And the Lord delivered Lachish into the hands of Israel, and Joshua took it on the second day and smote it with the sword, and all the people in it, as he had done to Libnah. -- joshua 10:32 +. +Then Horam king of Gezer came up to help Lachish, and Joshua smote him and his people--until he had left none remaining. -- joshua 10:33 +. +From Lachish Joshua and all Israel went on to Eglon, laid siege to it, and attacked it. -- joshua 10:34 +. +And they took it that day and smote it with the sword and utterly destroyed all who were in it that day, as he had done to Lachish. -- joshua 10:35 +. +Then Joshua with all Israel went up from Eglon to Hebron, and they attacked it -- joshua 10:36 +. +And took it and smote it with the sword, and its king and all its towns and everyone in it. He left none remaining, as he had done to Eglon, and utterly destroyed it and all its people. -- joshua 10:37 +. +And Joshua and all Israel with him returned to Debir and attacked it. -- joshua 10:38 +. +And he took it, with its king and all its towns, and they smote them with the sword and utterly destroyed everyone in it. He left none remaining. As he had done to Hebron and to Libnah and its king, so he did to Debir and its king. -- joshua 10:39 +. +So Joshua smote all the land, the hill country, the South, the lowland, and the slopes, and all their kings. He left none remaining, but utterly destroyed all that breathed, as the Lord, the God of Israel, commanded. -- joshua 10:40 +. +And Joshua smote them from Kadesh-barnea even to Gaza, and all the country of Goshen even to Gibeon. -- joshua 10:41 +. +Joshua took all these kings and their land at one time, because the Lord, the God of Israel, fought for Israel. -- joshua 10:42 +. +And Joshua returned, and all Israel with him, to the camp at Gilgal. -- joshua 10:43 +. +WHEN JABIN king of Hazor heard of this, he sent to Jobab king of Madon, and to the kings of Shimron and Achshaph, -- joshua 11:1 +. +And to the kings who were in the north in the hill country and in the Arabah south of Chinneroth and in the lowland and in the heights of Dor on the west; -- joshua 11:2 +. +To the Canaanites in the east and west; to the Amorites, the Hittites, the Perizzites, the Jebusites in the hill country; and to the Hivites below [Mount] Hermon in the land of Mizpah. -- joshua 11:3 +. +And they went out with all their hosts, much people, like the sand on the seashore in number, with very many horses and chariots. -- joshua 11:4 +. +And all these kings met and came and encamped together at the Waters of Merom, to fight against Israel. -- joshua 11:5 +. +But the Lord said to Joshua, Do not be afraid because of them, for tomorrow by this time I will give them up all slain to Israel; you shall hamstring their horses and burn their chariots with fire. -- joshua 11:6 +. +So Joshua and all the people of war with him came against them suddenly by the Waters of Merom and fell upon them. -- joshua 11:7 +. +And the Lord gave them into the hand of Israel, who smote them and chased them [toward] populous Sidon and Misrephoth-maim, and eastward as far as the Valley of Mizpah; they smote them until none remained. -- joshua 11:8 +. +And Joshua did to them as the Lord had commanded him: he hamstrung their horses and burned their chariots with fire. -- joshua 11:9 +. +And Joshua at that time turned back and took Hazor and smote its king with the sword; for Hazor previously was the head of all those kingdoms. -- joshua 11:10 +. +They smote all the people in it with the sword, utterly destroying them; none were left alive, and he burned Hazor with fire. -- joshua 11:11 +. +And Joshua took all the cities of those kings and all the kings and smote them with the sword, utterly destroying them, as Moses the servant of the Lord commanded. -- joshua 11:12 +. +But Israel burned none of the cities that stood [fortified] on their mounds--except Hazor only, which Joshua burned. -- joshua 11:13 +. +And all the spoil of these cities and the livestock the Israelites took for their booty; but every man they smote with the sword until they had destroyed them, and they left none who breathed. -- joshua 11:14 +. +As the Lord had commanded Moses His servant, so Moses commanded Joshua, and so Joshua did; he left nothing undone of all that the Lord commanded Moses. -- joshua 11:15 +. +So Joshua took all that land: the hill country, all the South, all the land of Goshen, the lowland, the Arabah [plain], the hill country of Israel and its lowland, -- joshua 11:16 +. +From Mount Halak, which rises toward Seir, as far as Baal-gad in the Valley of Lebanon below Mount Hermon. He captured all their kings and slew them. -- joshua 11:17 +. +Joshua had waged war a long time [at least five years] with all those kings. -- joshua 11:18 +. +Not a city made peace with the Israelites except the Hivites, the people of Gibeon; all the others they took in battle. -- joshua 11:19 +. +For it was of the Lord to harden their hearts that they should come against Israel in battle, that [Israel] might destroy them utterly, and that without favor and mercy, as the Lord commanded Moses. -- joshua 11:20 +. +Joshua came at that time and cut off the Anakim [large in stature] from the hill country: from Hebron, from Debir, from Anab, and from all the hill country of Judah and the hill country of Israel. Joshua destroyed them utterly with their cities. -- joshua 11:21 +. +None of the Anakim were left in the land of the Israelites; only in Gaza, Gath, and Ashdod [of Philistia] did some remain. -- joshua 11:22 +. +So Joshua took the whole land, according to all that the Lord had spoken to Moses, and Joshua gave it for an inheritance to Israel according to their allotments by tribes. And the land had rest from war. -- joshua 11:23 +. +NOW THESE are the kings of the land whom the Israelites defeated and whose land they took possession of east of the Jordan, from the river Arnon to Mount Hermon, and all the Arabah eastward: -- joshua 12:1 +. +Sihon king of the Amorites, who dwelt in Heshbon, and ruled from Aroer on the edge of the Valley of the [river] Arnon, and from the middle of the valley as far as the river Jabbok, the boundary of the Ammonites, including half of Gilead; -- joshua 12:2 +. +And the Arabah to the Sea of Chinneroth eastward, and in the direction of Beth-jeshimoth, to the Sea of the Arabah, the Salt [or Dead] Sea, southward to the foot of the slopes of Pisgah. -- joshua 12:3 +. +And Og king of Bashan, one of the remnant of the Rephaim, who lived at Ashtaroth and at Edrei, -- joshua 12:4 +. +And ruled over Mount Hermon and Salecah and all of Bashan to the boundary of the Geshurites and the Maacathites, and over half of Gilead to the boundary of Sihon king of Heshbon. -- joshua 12:5 +. +These Moses the servant of the Lord and the Israelites defeated; and Moses the servant of the Lord gave their land for a possession to the Reubenites, the Gadites, and the half-tribe of Manasseh. -- joshua 12:6 +. +These are the kings of the land whom Joshua and the Israelites defeated on the west side of the Jordan, from Baal-gad in the Valley of Lebanon to Mount Halak, which rises toward Seir. Joshua gave their land to the tribes of Israel for a possession according to their allotments, -- joshua 12:7 +. +In the hill country, in the lowland, in the Arabah, on the slopes, in the wilderness, and in the Negeb--the lands of the Hittites, Amorites, Canaanites, Perizzites, Hivites, and Jebusites: -- joshua 12:8 +. +The king of Jericho, one; the king of Ai, which is beside Bethel, one; -- joshua 12:9 +. +The king of Jerusalem, one; the king of Hebron, one; -- joshua 12:10 +. +The king of Jarmuth, one; the king of Lachish, one; -- joshua 12:11 +. +The king of Eglon, one; the king of Gezer, one; -- joshua 12:12 +. +The king of Debir, one; the king of Geder, one; -- joshua 12:13 +. +The king of Hormah, one; the king of Arad, one; -- joshua 12:14 +. +The king of Libnah, one; the king of Adullam, one; -- joshua 12:15 +. +The king of Makkedah, one; the king of Bethel, one; -- joshua 12:16 +. +The king of Tappuah, one; the king of Hepher, one; -- joshua 12:17 +. +The king of Aphek, one; the king of Lasharon, one; -- joshua 12:18 +. +The king of Madon, one; the king of Hazor, one; -- joshua 12:19 +. +The king of Shimron-meron, one; the king of Achshaph, one; -- joshua 12:20 +. +The king of Taanach, one; the king of Megiddo, one; -- joshua 12:21 +. +The king of Kedesh, one; the king of Jokneam in Carmel, one; -- joshua 12:22 +. +The king of Dor in the heights of Dor, one; the king of Goiim in Gilgal, one; -- joshua 12:23 +. +The king of Tirzah, one. In all, thirty-one kings. -- joshua 12:24 +. +NOW JOSHUA was old and gone far in years [over 100], and the Lord said to him, You have grown old and are gone far in years, and very much of the land still remains to be possessed. -- joshua 13:1 +. +This is the land that remains: all the regions of the Philistines and all those of the Geshurites: -- joshua 13:2 +. +From the Shihor [River] which is east of Egypt, northward to the boundary of Ekron, all of it counted as Canaanite; there are five rulers of the Philistines, those of Gaza, Ashdod, Ashkelon, Gath, and Ekron, and those of the Avvites; -- joshua 13:3 +. +In the south, all the land of the Canaanites, and Mearah, which belongs to the Sidonians, to Aphek, to the boundary of the Amorites, -- joshua 13:4 +. +And the land of the Gebalites; and all Lebanon toward the east, from Baal-gad below Mount Hermon to the gate of Hamath. -- joshua 13:5 +. +As for all the inhabitants of the hill country from Lebanon to Misrephoth-maim, even all the Sidonians, I will Myself drive them out from before the Israelites; only allot the land to Israel for an inheritance, as I have commanded you. -- joshua 13:6 +. +So now divide this land for an inheritance to the nine tribes and the half-tribe of Manasseh. -- joshua 13:7 +. +With the other half-tribe of Manasseh, the Reubenites and the Gadites received their inheritance beyond the Jordan eastward, as Moses the servant of the Lord gave them: -- joshua 13:8 +. +From Aroer on the edge of the Valley of the [river] Arnon, and the city in the midst of the valley, and all the tableland of Medeba as far as Dibon; -- joshua 13:9 +. +And all the cities of Sihon king of the Amorites, who ruled in Heshbon, as far as the boundary of the Ammonites; -- joshua 13:10 +. +And Gilead, and the region of the Geshurites and Maacathites, and all Mount Hermon, and all Bashan to Salecah-- -- joshua 13:11 +. +All the kingdom of Og in Bashan, who reigned in Ashtaroth and Edrei and alone was left of the Rephaim [giants]; for these Moses had defeated and driven out. -- joshua 13:12 +. +Yet the Israelites did not drive out the Geshurites or the Maacathites, but Geshur and Maacath dwell among [them] still. -- joshua 13:13 +. +Only to the tribe of Levi Moses gave no inheritance; the sacrifices made by fire to the Lord, the God of Israel, are their inheritance, as He said to him. -- joshua 13:14 +. +And Moses gave an inheritance to the tribe of the Reubenites according to their families: -- joshua 13:15 +. +Their territory was from Aroer on the edge of the Valley of the [river] Arnon, and the city in the midst of the valley, and all the tableland by Medeba; -- joshua 13:16 +. +With Heshbon and all its cities which are on the plain; Dibon, Bamoth-baal, and Beth-baal-meon, -- joshua 13:17 +. +Jahaz, Kedemoth, Mephaath, -- joshua 13:18 +. +Kiriathaim, Sibmah, and Zereth-shahar on the hill of the valley, -- joshua 13:19 +. +Beth-peor, Pisgah's slopes, and Beth-jeshimoth, -- joshua 13:20 +. +All the cities of the plain and all the kingdom of Sihon king of the Amorites, who ruled in Heshbon, whom Moses defeated along with the leaders of Midian, Evi, Rekem, Zur, Hur, and Reba, the princes of Sihon who lived in the land. -- joshua 13:21 +. +Balaam son of Beor, the soothsayer, the Israelites also killed with the sword among the rest of their slain. -- joshua 13:22 +. +And the border of the Reubenites was the Jordan. This was the inheritance of the Reubenites according to their families, with their cities and villages. -- joshua 13:23 +. +Moses gave an inheritance also to the tribe of the Gadites according to their families. -- joshua 13:24 +. +Their territory was Jazer, and all the cities of Gilead, and half the land of the Ammonites as far as Aroer east of Rabbah; -- joshua 13:25 +. +And from Heshbon to Ramath-mizpeh and Betonim, and from Mahanaim to the territory of Debir; -- joshua 13:26 +. +And in the valley, Beth-haram, Beth-nimrah, Succoth, and Zaphon, the rest of the realm of Sihon king of Heshbon, with the Jordan as a boundary, to the lower end of the Sea of Chinnereth east of the Jordan. -- joshua 13:27 +. +This is the inheritance of the Gadites according to their families, with their cities and villages. -- joshua 13:28 +. +And Moses gave an inheritance to the half-tribe of Manasseh; it was allotted to them according to their families. -- joshua 13:29 +. +Their region extended from Mahanaim through all Bashan, the entire kingdom of Og king of Bashan, and all the towns of Jair, which are in Bashan, sixty cities, -- joshua 13:30 +. +And half of Gilead, and Ashtaroth and Edrei, cities of the kingdom of Og in Bashan; these were allotted to the people of Machir son of Manasseh for half of the Machirites according to their families. -- joshua 13:31 +. +These are the inheritances which Moses distributed in the plains of Moab beyond the Jordan east of Jericho. -- joshua 13:32 +. +But to the tribe of Levi, Moses gave no inheritance; the Lord, the God of Israel, is their inheritance, as He told them. -- joshua 13:33 +. +THESE ARE the inheritances in the land of Canaan distributed to the Israelites by Eleazar the priest, Joshua son of Nun, and the heads of the fathers' houses of their tribes. -- joshua 14:1 +. +Their inheritance was by lot, as the Lord commanded Moses, for the nine and one-half tribes. -- joshua 14:2 +. +For Moses had given an inheritance to the two and one-half tribes beyond the Jordan, but to the Levites he gave no inheritance among them, -- joshua 14:3 +. +For the people of Joseph were two tribes, Manasseh and Ephraim. And no part was given in the land to the Levites except cities in which to live, with their pasturelands for their livestock and for their possessions. -- joshua 14:4 +. +As the Lord commanded Moses, so the Israelites did, and they divided the land. -- joshua 14:5 +. +Then the people of Judah came to Joshua in Gilgal, and Caleb son of Jephunneh the Kenizzite said to him, You know what the Lord said to Moses the man of God concerning me and you in Kadesh-barnea. -- joshua 14:6 +. +Forty years old was I when Moses the servant of the Lord sent me from Kadesh-barnea to scout out the land. And I brought him a report as it was in my heart. -- joshua 14:7 +. +But my brethren who went up with me made the hearts of the people melt; yet I wholly followed the Lord my God. -- joshua 14:8 +. +And Moses swore on that day, Surely the land on which your feet have walked shall be an inheritance to you and your children always, because you have wholly followed the Lord my God. -- joshua 14:9 +. +And now, behold, the Lord has kept me alive, as He said, these forty-five years since the Lord spoke this word to Moses, while the Israelites wandered in the wilderness; and now, behold, I am this day eighty-five years old. -- joshua 14:10 +. +Yet I am as strong today as I was the day Moses sent me; as my strength was then, so is my strength now for war and to go out and to come in. -- joshua 14:11 +. +So now give me this hill country of which the Lord spoke that day. For you heard then how the [giantlike] Anakim were there and that the cities were great and fortified; if the Lord will be with me, I shall drive them out just as the Lord said. -- joshua 14:12 +. +Then Joshua blessed him and gave Hebron to Caleb son of Jephunneh for an inheritance. -- joshua 14:13 +. +So Hebron became the inheritance of Caleb son of Jephunneh the Kenizzite to this day, because he wholly followed the Lord, the God of Israel. -- joshua 14:14 +. +The name of Hebron before was Kiriath-arba [city of Arba]. This Arba was the greatest of the Anakim. And the land had rest from war. -- joshua 14:15 +. +THE LOT for the tribe of Judah according to its families reached southward to the boundary of Edom, to the Wilderness of Zin at its most southern part. -- joshua 15:1 +. +And their south boundary was from the end of the Salt [Dead] Sea, from the bay that faces southward; -- joshua 15:2 +. +It went out south of the ascent of Akrabbim, passed along to Zin, and went up south of Kadesh-barnea, along by Hezron, up to Addar, and turned about to Karka, -- joshua 15:3 +. +Passed along to Azmon, went out by the Brook of Egypt, and ended at the sea. This was their southern frontier. -- joshua 15:4 +. +The eastern boundary was the Salt [Dead] Sea as far as the mouth of the Jordan. The northern boundary was from the bay of the sea at the mouth of the Jordan; -- joshua 15:5 +. +And the boundary went up to Beth-hogla and passed along north of Beth-arabah and [it] went up to the [landmark] Stone of Bohan son of Reuben. -- joshua 15:6 +. +And the boundary went up to Debir from the Valley of Achor, and so northward, turning toward Gilgal, which is opposite the ascent to Adummim on the south side of the valley; and it passed on to the waters of En-shemesh and ended at En-rogel. -- joshua 15:7 +. +Then the boundary went up by the Valley of Ben-hinnom [son of Hinnom] at the southern shoulder of the Jebusite [city]--that is, Jerusalem; and the boundary went up to the top of the mountain that lies before the Valley of Hinnom on the west, at the northern end of the Valley of Rephaim. -- joshua 15:8 +. +Then the boundary extended from the top of the mountain to the spring of the waters of Nephtoah and went on to the cities of Mount Ephron; then it bent round to Baalah, that is, Kiriath-jearim. -- joshua 15:9 +. +And the boundary went around west of Baalah to Mount Seir, passed along to the northern side of Mount Jearim, which is Chesalon, went down to Beth-shemesh, and then passed on by Timnah. -- joshua 15:10 +. +And the boundary went out to the shoulder of the hill north of Ekron, then bent round to Shikkeron, and passed along to Mount Baalah, and went out to Jabneel. Then the boundary ended at the sea. -- joshua 15:11 +. +And the west boundary was the Great Sea with its coastline. This is the boundary round about the people of Judah according to their families. -- joshua 15:12 +. +And to Caleb son of Jephunneh, [Joshua] gave a part among the people of Judah, as the Lord commanded [him]; it was Kiriath-arba, which is Hebron, [named for] Arba the father of Anak. -- joshua 15:13 +. +And Caleb drove from there the three sons of Anak--Sheshai and Ahiman and Talmai--the descendants of Anak. -- joshua 15:14 +. +He went up from there against the people of Debir. Debir was formerly named Kiriath-sepher. -- joshua 15:15 +. +Caleb said, He who smites Kiriath-sepher and takes it, to him will I give Achsah my daughter as wife. -- joshua 15:16 +. +And Othniel son of Kenaz, Caleb's brother, took it; and he gave him Achsah his daughter as wife. -- joshua 15:17 +. +When Achsah came to Othniel, she got his consent to ask her father for a field. Then she returned to Caleb and when she lighted off her donkey, Caleb said, What do you wish? -- joshua 15:18 +. +Achsah answered, Give me a present. Since you have set me in the [dry] Negeb, give me also springs of water. And he gave her the [sloping field with] upper and lower springs. -- joshua 15:19 +. +This is the inheritance of the tribe of Judah according to their families. -- joshua 15:20 +. +The cities of the tribe of Judah in the extreme south toward the boundary of Edom were: Kabzeel, Eder, Jagur, -- joshua 15:21 +. +Kinah, Dimonah, Adadah, -- joshua 15:22 +. +Kedesh, Hazor, Ithnan, -- joshua 15:23 +. +Ziph, Telem, Bealoth, -- joshua 15:24 +. +Hazor-hadattah, Kerioth-hezron (Hazor), -- joshua 15:25 +. +Amam, Shema, Moladah, -- joshua 15:26 +. +Hazar-gaddah, Heshmon, Beth-pelet, -- joshua 15:27 +. +Hazar-shual, Beersheba, Biziothiah, -- joshua 15:28 +. +Baalah, Iim, Ezem, -- joshua 15:29 +. +Eltolad, Chesil, Hormah, -- joshua 15:30 +. +Ziklag, Madmannah, Sansannah, -- joshua 15:31 +. +Lebaoth, Shilhim, Ain, and Rimmon. All the cities were twenty-nine [later thirty-six] with their villages. -- joshua 15:32 +. +In the lowland: Eshtaol, Zorah, Ashnah, -- joshua 15:33 +. +Zanoah, En-gannim, Tappuah, Enam, -- joshua 15:34 +. +Jarmuth, Adullam, Socoh, Azekah, -- joshua 15:35 +. +Shaaraim, Adithaim, and Gederah and Gederothaim; fourteen cities with their villages. -- joshua 15:36 +. +Zenan, Hadashah, Migdal-gad, -- joshua 15:37 +. +Dilean, Mizpah, Joktheel, -- joshua 15:38 +. +Lachish, Bozkath, Eglon, -- joshua 15:39 +. +Cabbon, Lahmas, Chitlish, -- joshua 15:40 +. +Gederoth, Beth-dagon, Naamah, and Makkedah; sixteen cities with their villages. -- joshua 15:41 +. +Libnah, Ether, Ashan, -- joshua 15:42 +. +Iphtah, Ashnah, Nezib, -- joshua 15:43 +. +Keilah, Achzib, and Mareshah; nine cities with their villages. -- joshua 15:44 +. +Ekron, with its towns and villages. -- joshua 15:45 +. +From Ekron to the sea, all that lay beside Ashdod, with their villages; -- joshua 15:46 +. +Ashdod, with its towns and its villages; Gaza, with its towns and its villages, as far as the Brook of Egypt, and the Great [Mediterranean] Sea with its coastline. -- joshua 15:47 +. +In the hill country: Shamir, Jattir, Socoh, -- joshua 15:48 +. +Dannah, Kiriath-sannah (that is, Debir), -- joshua 15:49 +. +Anab, Eshtemoh, Anim, -- joshua 15:50 +. +Goshen, Holon, and Giloh; eleven cities with their villages. -- joshua 15:51 +. +Arab, Dumah, Eshan, -- joshua 15:52 +. +Janim, Beth-tappuah, Aphekah, -- joshua 15:53 +. +Humtah, Kiriath-arba (that is, Hebron), and Zior; nine cities with their villages. -- joshua 15:54 +. +Maon, Carmel, Ziph, Juttah, -- joshua 15:55 +. +Jezreel, Jokdeam, Zanoah, -- joshua 15:56 +. +Kain, Gibeah, and Timnah; ten cities with their villages. -- joshua 15:57 +. +Halhul, Beth-zur, Gedor, -- joshua 15:58 +. +Maarath, Beth-anoth, and Eltekon; six cities with their villages. -- joshua 15:59 +. +Kiriath-baal (that is, Kiriath-jearim) and Rabbah; two cities with their villages. -- joshua 15:60 +. +In the wilderness: Beth-arabah, Middin, Secacah, -- joshua 15:61 +. +Nibshan, the City of Salt, and En-gedi; six cities with their villages. -- joshua 15:62 +. +But the Jebusites, the inhabitants of Jerusalem, the people of Judah could not drive out; so the Jebusites dwell with the people of Judah at Jerusalem to this day. -- joshua 15:63 +. +THE ALLOTMENT for the people of Joseph went from the Jordan by Jericho, east of the waters of Jericho, into the wilderness, going up from Jericho into the hill country to Bethel; -- joshua 16:1 +. +Then it went from Bethel to Luz and passed on to Ataroth, the border of the Archites. -- joshua 16:2 +. +And it went down westward to the territory of the Japhletites as far as the outskirts of Lower Beth-horon, then to Gezer, and ended at the sea. -- joshua 16:3 +. +The descendants of Joseph, Manasseh and Ephraim, received their inheritance. -- joshua 16:4 +. +The boundary of the Ephraimites according to their families was thus: on the east side their border was Ataroth-addar as far as Upper Beth-horon. -- joshua 16:5 +. +Then the boundary went from there to the sea; on the north was Michmethath; then on the east the boundary went out to Taanath-shiloh, and eastward to Janoah, -- joshua 16:6 +. +Then it went down from Janoah to Ataroth and to Naarah, touched Jericho, and ended at the Jordan [River]. -- joshua 16:7 +. +The border went out from Tappuah westward to the brook Kanah and ended at the [Mediterranean] Sea. This is the inheritance of the Ephraimites by their families, -- joshua 16:8 +. +With the towns set apart for the Ephraimites within the inheritance of the Manassites, all those towns with their villages. -- joshua 16:9 +. +But they did not drive out the Canaanites who dwelt in Gezer; but the Canaanites dwell among the Ephraimites to this day, and they became slaves required to do forced labor. -- joshua 16:10 +. +ALLOTMENT WAS made for the tribe of Manasseh, for he was the firstborn of Joseph. To Machir the firstborn of Manasseh, the father of Gilead, were allotted Gilead and Bashan because he was a man of war. -- joshua 17:1 +. +Allotment was also made for the other Manassites by their families--for the sons of Abiezer, of Helek, Asriel, Shechem, Hepher, and Shemida, the male offspring of Manasseh son of Joseph by their families. -- joshua 17:2 +. +But Zelophehad son of Hepher, the son of Gilead, the son of Machir, the son of Manasseh, had no sons but only daughters; their names were Mahlah, Noah, Hoglah, Milcah, and Tirzah. -- joshua 17:3 +. +They came before Eleazar the priest and Joshua son of Nun and the leaders and said, The Lord commanded Moses to give us an inheritance with our brethren. So according to the Lord's command, Joshua gave them an inheritance among their father's brethren. -- joshua 17:4 +. +So there fell ten portions to Manasseh besides the land of Gilead and Bashan, which is on the other side of the Jordan, -- joshua 17:5 +. +Because the [five] daughters of Manasseh received an inheritance among his [five] sons. The land of Gilead belonged to the other [half] of the Manassites. -- joshua 17:6 +. +The territory of Manasseh reached from Asher to Michmethah east of Shechem; and the border went along southward to the inhabitants of En-tappuah. -- joshua 17:7 +. +The land of Tappuah belonged to Manasseh, but the town of Tappuah on the border of Manasseh belonged to the Ephraimites. -- joshua 17:8 +. +Then the boundary went down to the brook Kanah. The cities south of the brook lying among the cities of Manasseh belonged to Ephraim. But Manasseh's boundary went on north of the brook and ended at the sea. -- joshua 17:9 +. +The land to the south was Ephraim's and that to the north was Manasseh's, and the sea was the boundary; on the north Asher was reached, and on the east Issachar. -- joshua 17:10 +. +Also Manasseh had in Issachar and in Asher [these six towns], their inhabitants and their villages: Beth-shean, Ibleam, Dor, Endor, Taanach, and Megiddo. -- joshua 17:11 +. +Yet the sons of Manasseh could not drive out the inhabitants of those cities, but the Canaanites persisted in dwelling in that land. -- joshua 17:12 +. +When the Israelites became strong, they put the Canaanites to forced labor but did not utterly drive them out. -- joshua 17:13 +. +The tribe of Joseph spoke to Joshua, saying, Why have you given [us] but one lot and one portion as an inheritance when [we] are a great [abundant] people, for until now the Lord has blessed [us]? -- joshua 17:14 +. +Joshua replied, If you are a great people, get up to the forest and clear ground for yourselves in the land of the Perizzites and the Rephaim, since the Ephraim hill country is too narrow for you. -- joshua 17:15 +. +The Josephites said, The hill country is not enough for us, and all the Canaanites who dwell in the valley have iron chariots, both those in Beth-shean and its villages and in the Valley of Jezreel. -- joshua 17:16 +. +And Joshua said to the house of Joseph, to Ephraim and to Manasseh, You are a great and numerous people and have great power; you shall not have only one lot -- joshua 17:17 +. +But the hill country shall be yours; though it is a forest, you shall clear and possess it to its farthest borders; for you shall drive out the Canaanites, though they have iron chariots and are strong. -- joshua 17:18 +. +AND THE whole congregation of the Israelites assembled at Shiloh and set up the Tent of Meeting there; and the land was subdued before them. -- joshua 18:1 +. +And there remained among the Israelites seven tribes who had not yet divided their inheritance. -- joshua 18:2 +. +Joshua asked the Israelites, How long will you be slack to go in and possess the land which the Lord, the God of your fathers, has given you? -- joshua 18:3 +. +Provide three men from each tribe, and I will send them to go through the land and write a description of it according to their [tribal] inheritances; then they shall return to me. -- joshua 18:4 +. +And they shall divide it into seven parts. Judah shall remain in its territory on the south and the house of Joseph shall remain in its territory on the north. -- joshua 18:5 +. +You shall describe the land in seven divisions, and bring the description here to me, that I may cast lots for you here before the Lord our God. -- joshua 18:6 +. +But the Levites have no portion among you, for the priesthood of the Lord is their inheritance. Gad and Reuben and half the tribe of Manasseh have received their inheritance east of the Jordan, which Moses the servant of the Lord gave them. -- joshua 18:7 +. +So the men arose and went, and Joshua charged them saying, Go and walk through the land and describe it and come again to me, and I will cast lots for you here before the Lord in Shiloh. -- joshua 18:8 +. +And the men went and passed through the land and described it by cities in seven portions in a book; and they came again to Joshua to the camp at Shiloh. -- joshua 18:9 +. +Joshua cast lots for them in Shiloh before the Lord, and there [he] divided the land to the Israelites, to each [tribe] his portion. -- joshua 18:10 +. +And the lot of the Benjamites came up according to their families; and the territory of their lot fell between the tribes of Judah and Joseph. -- joshua 18:11 +. +On the north side their boundary began at the Jordan; then it went up to the shoulder of Jericho on the north and up through the hill country westward and ended at the Beth-aven wilderness. -- joshua 18:12 +. +Then the boundary passed over southward toward Luz, to the shoulder of Luz (that is, Bethel); then it went down to Ataroth-addar by the mountain that lies south of Lower Beth-horon. -- joshua 18:13 +. +The boundary extended from there, and turning about on the western side southward from the mountain that lies to the south opposite Beth-horon, it ended at Kiriath-baal (that is, Kiriath-jearim), a city of the tribe of Judah. This formed the western side [of Benjamin's territory]. -- joshua 18:14 +. +The southern side began at the edge of Kiriath-jearim, and the boundary went on westward to the spring of the waters of Nephtoah. -- joshua 18:15 +. +Then the boundary went down to the edge of the mountain overlooking the Valley of Ben-hinnom [son of Hinnom], which is at the north end of the Valley of Rephaim; and it descended to the Valley of Hinnom, south of the shoulder of the Jebusites, and went on down to En-rogel. -- joshua 18:16 +. +Then it bent toward the north and went on to En-shemesh and on to Geliloth, which was opposite the ascent of Adummim, and went down to the Stone of Bohan son of Reuben. -- joshua 18:17 +. +And it went on to the north of the shoulder [of Beth]-Arabah and down to the Arabah. -- joshua 18:18 +. +Then the boundary passed along to the north of the shoulder of Beth-hoglah and ended at the northern bay of the Salt [Dead] Sea, at the south end of the Jordan. This was the southern border. -- joshua 18:19 +. +And the Jordan was its boundary on the east side. This was the inheritance of the sons of Benjamin by their boundaries round about, according to their families. -- joshua 18:20 +. +Now the cities of the tribe of Benjamin according to [their] families were: Jericho, Beth-hoglah, Emek-keziz, -- joshua 18:21 +. +Beth-arabah, Zemaraim, Bethel, -- joshua 18:22 +. +Avvim, Parah, Ophrah, -- joshua 18:23 +. +Chephar-ammoni, Ophni, and Geba; twelve cities with their villages; -- joshua 18:24 +. +Gibeon, Ramah, Beeroth, -- joshua 18:25 +. +Mizpah, Chephirah, Mozah, -- joshua 18:26 +. +Rekem, Irpeel, Taralah, -- joshua 18:27 +. +Zelah, Haeleph, the Jebusite [city]--that is, Jerusalem--Gibeah, and Kiriath-[jearim]; fourteen cities with their villages. This is the inheritance of the tribe of Benjamin according to their families. -- joshua 18:28 +. +THE SECOND lot fell to Simeon, to the tribe of the Simeonites according to their families; and their inheritance lay within that of the people of Judah. -- joshua 19:1 +. +And they had for their inheritance: Beersheba or Sheba, Moladah, -- joshua 19:2 +. +Hazarshual, Balah, Ezem, -- joshua 19:3 +. +Eltolad, Bethul, Hormah, -- joshua 19:4 +. +Ziklag, Beth-marcaboth, Hazar-susah, -- joshua 19:5 +. +Beth-lebaoth, and Sharuhen; [making] thirteen cities and their villages; -- joshua 19:6 +. +Ain [with] Rimmon, Ether, and Ashan; [making] four cities and their villages; -- joshua 19:7 +. +And all the villages around these cities as far as Baalath-beer, or Ramah of the Negeb. This was the possession of the Simeonites according to their families. -- joshua 19:8 +. +Out of the part assigned to the Judahites was the inheritance of the tribe of Simeon, for the portion of the tribe of Judah was too large for them. Therefore the tribe of Simeon had its inheritance in the midst of Judah's inheritance. -- joshua 19:9 +. +The third lot came up for the tribe of Zebulun according to their families. The border of its inheritance extended to Sarid. -- joshua 19:10 +. +Then its boundary went up westward and on to Maralah and reached to Dabbesheth and to the brook east of Jokneam. -- joshua 19:11 +. +And it turned from Sarid eastward to the border of Chisloth-tabor and it went out to Daberath and on up to Japhia, -- joshua 19:12 +. +Then passed eastward to Gath-hepher [Jonah's birthplace] and to Eth-kazin, and went on to Rimmon bending toward Neah. -- joshua 19:13 +. +The boundary circled on the north to Hannathon, ending at the Valley of Iphtah-el. -- joshua 19:14 +. +Included were Kattath, Nahalal, Shimron, Idalah, and Bethlehem; twelve cities with their villages. -- joshua 19:15 +. +This is the inheritance of the people of Zebulun according to their families, these cities with their villages. -- joshua 19:16 +. +The fourth lot fell to Issachar, to its people according to their families. -- joshua 19:17 +. +Their territory included: Jezreel, Chesulloth, Shunem, -- joshua 19:18 +. +Hapharaim, Shion, Anaharath, -- joshua 19:19 +. +Rabbith, Kishion, Ebez, -- joshua 19:20 +. +Remeth, En-gannim, En-haddah, and Beth-pazzez. -- joshua 19:21 +. +The boundary reached to Tabor, Shahazumah, and Beth-shemesh, and ended at the Jordan; sixteen cities with their villages. -- joshua 19:22 +. +This is the inheritance of the tribe of Issachar according to their families, the cities and their villages. -- joshua 19:23 +. +The fifth lot fell to the tribe of Asher according to their families. -- joshua 19:24 +. +Their territory included: Helkath, Hali, Beten, Achshaph, -- joshua 19:25 +. +Allammelech, Amad, and Mishal; and on the west it touched Carmel and Shihor-libnath. -- joshua 19:26 +. +Then it turned eastward to Beth-dagon, touching Zebulun and the Valley of Iphtah-el northward to Beth-emek and Neiel, and continued in the north to Cabul, -- joshua 19:27 +. +Ebron, Rehob, Hammon, and Kanah, even to populous Sidon. -- joshua 19:28 +. +Then the boundary turned to Ramah, reaching to the fortified city of Tyre; and it turned to Hosah, and ended at the sea--Mahalab, Achzib, -- joshua 19:29 +. +Ummah, Aphek, and Rehob; twenty-two cities with their villages. -- joshua 19:30 +. +This is the inheritance of the tribe of Asher according to their families, these cities with their villages. -- joshua 19:31 +. +The sixth lot fell to the tribe of Naphtali according to their families. -- joshua 19:32 +. +Their boundary ran from Heleph, from the oak in Zaanannim and Adami-nekeb and Jabneel as far as Lakkum; and it ended at the Jordan. -- joshua 19:33 +. +Then the boundary turned westward to Aznoth-tabor and went from there to Hukkok, touching Zebulun on the south, Asher on the west, and Judah on the east at the Jordan. -- joshua 19:34 +. +The fortified cities included Ziddim, Zer, Hammath, Rakkath, Chinnereth, -- joshua 19:35 +. +Adamah, Ramah, Hazor, -- joshua 19:36 +. +Kedesh, Edrei, En-hazor, -- joshua 19:37 +. +Yiron, Migdal-el, Horem, Beth-anath, and Beth-shemesh; nineteen cities and their villages. -- joshua 19:38 +. +This is the inheritance of the tribe of Naphtali according to their families, the cities and their villages. -- joshua 19:39 +. +And the seventh lot fell to the tribe of Dan according to their families. -- joshua 19:40 +. +The territory of their inheritance included: Zorah, Eshtaol, Ir-shemesh, -- joshua 19:41 +. +Shaalabbin, Aijalon, Ithlah, -- joshua 19:42 +. +Elon, Timnah, Ekron, -- joshua 19:43 +. +Eltekeh, Gibbethon, Baalath, -- joshua 19:44 +. +Jehud, Bene-berak, Gath-rimmon, -- joshua 19:45 +. +Me-jarkon, and Rakkon, with the territory before Joppa. -- joshua 19:46 +. +The territory of the tribe of Dan had to be extended [because of the crowding in of the Amorites and Philistines]; so the sons of Dan went up to fight against Leshem (Laish) and took it and smote it with the sword and possessed it and dwelt there, and they called Leshem (Laish) Dan after Dan their [forefather]. -- joshua 19:47 +. +This is the inheritance of the tribe of Dan according to their families, these cities with their villages. -- joshua 19:48 +. +When they had finished dividing the land for inheritance by their boundaries, the Israelites gave an inheritance among them to Joshua son of Nun. -- joshua 19:49 +. +According to the word of the Lord they gave him the city for which he asked--Timnath-serah in the hills of Ephraim. And he built the city and dwelt in it. -- joshua 19:50 +. +These are the inheritances which Eleazar the priest, Joshua son of Nun, and the heads of the fathers' houses of the tribes of Israel distributed by lot in Shiloh before the Lord at the door of the Tent of Meeting. So they finished dividing the land. -- joshua 19:51 +. +THE LORD said also to Joshua, -- joshua 20:1 +. +Say to the Israelites, Appoint among you cities of refuge, of which I spoke to you through Moses, -- joshua 20:2 +. +That the slayer who kills anyone accidentally and unintentionally may flee there; and they shall be your refuge from the avenger of blood. -- joshua 20:3 +. +He who flees to one of those cities shall stand at the entrance of the gate of the city and explain his case to the elders of that city; they shall receive him to [the protection of] that city and give him a place to dwell among them. -- joshua 20:4 +. +If the avenger of blood pursues him, they shall not deliver the slayer into his hand, because he killed his neighbor unintentionally, having had no hatred for him previously. -- joshua 20:5 +. +And he shall dwell in that city until he has been tried before the congregation and until the death of him who is the high priest in those days. Then the slayer shall return to his own city from which he fled and to his own house. -- joshua 20:6 +. +And they set apart and consecrated Kedesh in Galilee in the hill country of Naphtali and Shechem in the hill country of Ephraim and Kiriath-arba (that is, Hebron) in the hill country of Judah. -- joshua 20:7 +. +Beyond the Jordan east of Jericho they appointed Bezer in the wilderness tableland from the tribe of Reuben, and Ramoth in Gilead from the tribe of Gad, and Golan in Bashan from the tribe of Manasseh. -- joshua 20:8 +. +These cities were for all the Israelites and the stranger sojourning among them, that whoever killed a person unintentionally might flee there and not be slain by the avenger of blood until he had been tried before the congregation. -- joshua 20:9 +. +THEN THE heads of the fathers' houses of the Levites came to Eleazar the priest and Joshua son of Nun and the heads of the fathers' houses of the Israelite tribes. -- joshua 21:1 +. +They said to them at Shiloh in Canaan, The Lord commanded through Moses that we should be given cities to dwell in, with their pasturelands (suburbs) for our cattle. -- joshua 21:2 +. +So the Israelites gave to the Levites out of their own inheritance, at the command of the Lord, these cities and their suburbs. -- joshua 21:3 +. +The [first] lot came out for the families of the Kohathites. So those Levites who were descendants of Aaron the priest received by lot from the tribes of Judah, Simeon, and Benjamin thirteen cities. -- joshua 21:4 +. +And the rest of the Kohathites received by lot from the families of the tribes of Ephraim, Dan, and the half-tribe of Manasseh ten cities. -- joshua 21:5 +. +The Gershonites received by lot from the families of the tribes of Issachar, Asher, Naphtali, and the half-tribe of Manasseh in Bashan thirteen cities. -- joshua 21:6 +. +The Merarites received according to their families from the tribes of Reuben, Gad, and Zebulun twelve cities. -- joshua 21:7 +. +The Israelites gave by lot to the Levites these cities with their pasturelands (suburbs), as the Lord commanded through Moses. -- joshua 21:8 +. +They gave from the tribes of Judah and Simeon the cities here mentioned by name, -- joshua 21:9 +. +Which went to the families of the descendants of Aaron, of the Kohathite branch of the Levites, for the lot fell to them first. -- joshua 21:10 +. +They gave them [the city of] Kiriath-arba, Arba being the father of Anak, which city is Hebron, in the hill country of Judah, with its pasturelands round about it. -- joshua 21:11 +. +But the city's fields and villages they gave to Caleb son of Jephunneh as his own. -- joshua 21:12 +. +Thus to the descendants of Aaron the priest they gave Hebron, the city of refuge for the slayer, with its pasturelands (suburbs), and together with their suburbs, Libnah, -- joshua 21:13 +. +Jattir, Eshtemoa, -- joshua 21:14 +. +Holon, Debir, -- joshua 21:15 +. +Ain, Juttah, and Beth-shemesh; nine cities, each with its suburbs, out of those two tribes. -- joshua 21:16 +. +Out of the tribe of Benjamin, Gibeon, Geba, -- joshua 21:17 +. +Anathoth, and Almon; four cities, each with its suburbs. -- joshua 21:18 +. +The cities of the sons of Aaron, the priests, were thirteen, with their suburbs. -- joshua 21:19 +. +The rest of the Kohathites belonging to the Levitical families were allotted cities out of the tribe of Ephraim. -- joshua 21:20 +. +To them were given, each with its pasturelands (suburbs), Shechem in the hill country of Ephraim, as the city of refuge for the slayer, and Gezer, -- joshua 21:21 +. +And Kibzaim, and Beth-horon; four cities, each with its pasturelands (suburbs). -- joshua 21:22 +. +And out of the tribe of Dan, each with its pasturelands (suburbs), Eltekeh, Gibbethon, -- joshua 21:23 +. +Aijalon, and Gath-rimmon; four cities, each with its pasturelands (suburbs). -- joshua 21:24 +. +And out of the half-tribe of Manasseh, Taanach, and [another] Gath-rimmon; two cities, each with its pasturelands (suburbs). -- joshua 21:25 +. +All the cities for the families of the remaining Kohathites were ten, with their pasturelands (suburbs). -- joshua 21:26 +. +And to the Gershonites of the families of the Levites they gave out of the other half-tribe of Manasseh the city of Golan in Bashan, as the city of refuge for the slayer, and Be-eshterah; two cities, each with its pasturelands. -- joshua 21:27 +. +Out of the tribe of Issachar, Kishion, Daberath, -- joshua 21:28 +. +Jarmuth, and En-gannim; four cities, each with its suburbs. -- joshua 21:29 +. +Out of the tribe of Asher, Mishal, Abdon, -- joshua 21:30 +. +Helkath, and Rehob; four cities, each with its pasturelands. -- joshua 21:31 +. +And out of the tribe of Naphtali, Kedesh in Galilee, city of refuge for the slayer, and Hammoth-dor, and Kartan; three cities, each with its suburbs. -- joshua 21:32 +. +All the cities of the Gershonite families were thirteen, with their pasturelands (suburbs). -- joshua 21:33 +. +And to the families of the Merarites, the rest of the Levites, out of the tribe of Zebulun were given Jokneam, Kartah, -- joshua 21:34 +. +Dimnah, and Nahalal; four cities, each with its pasturelands (suburbs). -- joshua 21:35 +. +And out of the tribe of Reuben, Bezer, Jahaz, -- joshua 21:36 +. +Kedemoth, and Mephaath; four cities, each with its pasturelands (suburbs). -- joshua 21:37 +. +And out of the tribe of Gad, Ramoth in Gilead, as the city of refuge for the slayer, and Mahanaim, -- joshua 21:38 +. +Heshbon, and Jazer; four cities in all, each with its pasturelands (suburbs). -- joshua 21:39 +. +So all the cities allotted to the Merarite families, that is, the remainder of the Levite families, were twelve cities. -- joshua 21:40 +. +The cities of the Levites in the midst of the possession of the Israelites were forty-eight cities in all, with their pasturelands (suburbs). -- joshua 21:41 +. +These cities all had their pasturelands (suburbs) around them. -- joshua 21:42 +. +And the Lord gave to Israel all the land which He had sworn to give to their fathers, and they possessed it and dwelt in it. -- joshua 21:43 +. +The Lord gave them rest round about, just as He had sworn to their fathers. Not one of all their enemies withstood them; the Lord delivered all their enemies into their hands. -- joshua 21:44 +. +There failed no part of any good thing which the Lord had promised to the house of Israel; all came to pass. -- joshua 21:45 +. +THEN JOSHUA called the Reubenites, the Gadites, and the half-tribe of Manasseh, -- joshua 22:1 +. +And said to them, You have kept all that Moses the servant of the Lord commanded you, and have obeyed my voice in all that I commanded you. -- joshua 22:2 +. +You have not deserted your brethren [the other tribes] these many days to this day but have carefully kept the charge of the Lord your God. -- joshua 22:3 +. +But now the Lord your God has given rest to your brethren, as He promised them; so now go, return to your homes in the land of your possession, which Moses the servant of the Lord gave you on the [east] side of the Jordan. -- joshua 22:4 +. +But take diligent heed to do the commandment and the law which Moses the servant of the Lord charged you: to love the Lord your God and to walk in all His ways and to keep His commandments and to cling to and unite with Him and to serve Him with all your heart and soul [your very life]. -- joshua 22:5 +. +So Joshua blessed them and sent them away, and they went to their homes. -- joshua 22:6 +. +Now to one-half of the tribe of Manasseh Moses had given a possession in Bashan, but to the other half Joshua gave a possession on the west side of the Jordan among their brethren. So when Joshua sent them away to their homes, he blessed them, -- joshua 22:7 +. +And he said to them, Return with much riches to your tents and with very much livestock, with silver, gold, bronze, iron, and very much clothing. Divide the spoil of your enemies with your brethren. -- joshua 22:8 +. +So the Reubenites, Gadites, and the half-tribe of Manasseh returned home, parting from the [other] Israelites at Shiloh in the land of Canaan to go to the land of Gilead, their own land of which they had been given possession by the command of the Lord through Moses. -- joshua 22:9 +. +And when they came to the region of the Jordan in the land of Canaan, the Reubenites, Gadites, and the half-tribe of Manasseh built there an altar by the Jordan, an altar great to behold. -- joshua 22:10 +. +And the [other] Israelites heard it said, Behold, the Reubenites, Gadites, and the half-tribe of Manasseh have built an altar at the edge of the land of Canaan in the region [west] of the Jordan in the passage [belonging to us], the Israelites. -- joshua 22:11 +. +When the Israelites heard of it, the whole congregation of the sons of Israel gathered at Shiloh to make war on them. -- joshua 22:12 +. +And the [other] Israelites sent to the Reubenites, Gadites, and the half-tribe of Manasseh, in the land of Gilead, Phinehas son of Eleazar, the priest, -- joshua 22:13 +. +And with him ten chiefs, one from each of the tribal families of Israel; and each one was a head of a father's house among the clans of Israel. -- joshua 22:14 +. +And they came to the Reubenites, Gadites, and the half-tribe of Manasseh, in the land of Gilead, and they said to them, -- joshua 22:15 +. +The whole congregation of the Lord says, What trespass is this that you have committed against the God of Israel, to turn away this day from following the Lord, in that you have built yourselves an altar to rebel this day against the Lord? -- joshua 22:16 +. +Is the iniquity of Peor too little for us, from which we are not cleansed even now, although there came a plague [in which 24,died] in the congregation of the Lord, -- joshua 22:17 +. +That you must turn away this day from following the Lord? The result will be, since you rebel today against the Lord, that tomorrow He will be angry with the whole congregation of Israel. -- joshua 22:18 +. +But now, if your land is unclean, pass over into the Lord's land, where the Lord's tabernacle resides, and take for yourselves a possession among us. But do not rebel against the Lord or rebel against us by building for yourselves an altar other than the altar of the Lord our God. -- joshua 22:19 +. +Did not Achan son of Zerah commit a trespass in the matter of taking accursed things [devoted to destruction] and wrath fall on all the congregation of Israel? And he did not perish alone in his perversity and iniquity. -- joshua 22:20 +. +Then the Reubenites, Gadites, and the half-tribe of Manasseh said to the heads of the clans of Israel, -- joshua 22:21 +. +The Mighty One, God, the Lord! The Mighty One, God, the Lord! He knows, and let Israel itself know! If it was in rebellion or in transgression against the Lord, spare us not today. -- joshua 22:22 +. +If we have built us an altar to turn away from following the Lord, or if we did so to offer on it burnt offerings or cereal offerings or peace offerings, may the Lord Himself take vengeance. -- joshua 22:23 +. +No! But we did it for fear that in time to come your children might say to our children, What have you to do with the Lord, the God of Israel? -- joshua 22:24 +. +For the Lord has made the Jordan a boundary between us and you, you Reubenites and Gadites; you have no part in the Lord. So your children might make our children cease from fearing the Lord. -- joshua 22:25 +. +So we said, Let us now prepare to build us an altar, not for burnt offering nor for sacrifice, -- joshua 22:26 +. +But to be a witness between us and you and between the generations after us, that we will perform the service of the Lord before Him with our burnt offerings and sacrifices and peace offerings; lest your children say to our children in time to come, You have no portion in the Lord. -- joshua 22:27 +. +So we thought, if that should be said to us or to our descendants in time to come, we can reply, Behold the copy of the altar of the Lord, which our fathers made, not for burnt offerings nor for sacrifices, but to be a witness between us and you. -- joshua 22:28 +. +Far be it from us that we should rebel against the Lord and turn away this day from following the Lord to build an altar for burnt offerings, for cereal offerings, or for sacrifices, besides the altar of the Lord our God that is before His tabernacle. -- joshua 22:29 +. +And when Phinehas the priest and the chiefs of the congregation and heads of the clans of Israel who were with him heard the words that the Reubenites, Gadites, and Manassites spoke, it pleased them. -- joshua 22:30 +. +Phinehas son of Eleazar, the priest, said to the Reubenites, Gadites, and Manassites, Today we know the Lord is among us, because you have not committed this trespass and treachery against the Lord; now you have saved the Israelites from the Lord's hand. -- joshua 22:31 +. +Then Phinehas son of Eleazar, the priest, and the chiefs returned from the Reubenites and Gadites in the land of Gilead to the land of Canaan, to the [other] Israelites, and brought back word to them. -- joshua 22:32 +. +The report pleased the Israelites and they blessed God; and they spoke no more of going to war against them to destroy the land in which the Reubenites and Gadites dwelt. -- joshua 22:33 +. +The Reubenites and Gadites called the altar Ed [witness], saying, It shall be: A Witness Between Us that the Lord is God. -- joshua 22:34 +. +A LONG time after that, when the Lord had given Israel rest from all their enemies round about, and Joshua had grown old and advanced in years, -- joshua 23:1 +. +Joshua summoned all Israel, their elders, heads, judges, and officers, and said to them, I am old and advanced in years. -- joshua 23:2 +. +And you have seen all that the Lord your God has done to all these nations for your sake; for it is the Lord your God Who has fought for you. -- joshua 23:3 +. +Behold, I have allotted to you as an inheritance for your tribes those nations that remain, with all the nations I have cut off, from the Jordan to the Great Sea on the west. -- joshua 23:4 +. +The Lord your God will thrust them out from before you and drive them out of your sight, and you shall possess their land, as the Lord your God promised you. -- joshua 23:5 +. +So be very courageous and steadfast to keep and do all that is written in the Book of the Law of Moses, turning not aside from it to the right hand or the left, -- joshua 23:6 +. +That you may not mix with these nations that remain among you, or make mention of the names of their gods or swear by them or serve them or bow down to them. -- joshua 23:7 +. +But cling to the Lord your God as you have done to this day. -- joshua 23:8 +. +For the Lord has driven out from before you great and strong nations; and as for you, no man has been able to withstand you to this day. -- joshua 23:9 +. +One man of you shall put to flight a thousand, for it is the Lord your God Who fights for you, as He promised you. -- joshua 23:10 +. +Be very watchful of yourselves, therefore, to love the Lord your God. -- joshua 23:11 +. +For if you turn back and adhere to the remnant of these nations left among you and make marriages with them, you marrying their women and they yours, -- joshua 23:12 +. +Know with certainty that the Lord your God will not continue to drive these nations from before you; but they shall be a snare and trap to you, and a scourge in your sides and thorns in your eyes, until you perish from off this good land which the Lord your God has given you. -- joshua 23:13 +. +And behold, this day I am going the way of all the earth. Know in all your hearts and in all your souls that not one thing has failed of all the good things which the Lord your God promised concerning you. All have come to pass for you; not one thing of them has failed. -- joshua 23:14 +. +But just as all good things which the Lord promised you have come to you, so will the Lord carry out [His] every [warning of] evil upon you, until He has destroyed you from off this good land which the Lord your God has given you. -- joshua 23:15 +. +If you transgress the covenant of the Lord your God, which He commanded you, if you serve other gods and bow down to them, then the anger of the Lord will be kindled against you, and you shall perish quickly from off the good land He has given you. -- joshua 23:16 +. +THEN JOSHUA gathered all the tribes of Israel to Shechem, and summoned the elders of Israel and their heads, their judges, and their officers; they presented themselves before God. -- joshua 24:1 +. +Joshua said to all the people, Thus says the Lord, the God of Israel, Your fathers dwelt in olden times beyond the Euphrates River, including Terah the father of Abraham and Nahor, and they served other gods. -- joshua 24:2 +. +And I took your father Abraham from beyond the Euphrates River and led him through all the land of Canaan and multiplied his offspring. I gave him Isaac, -- joshua 24:3 +. +And I gave to Isaac Jacob and Esau. And I gave to Esau the hill country of Seir to possess, but Jacob and his children went down to Egypt. -- joshua 24:4 +. +I sent Moses and Aaron, and I plagued Egypt with what I did in the midst of it; and afterward I brought you out. -- joshua 24:5 +. +I brought your fathers out of Egypt, and you came to the sea; and the Egyptians pursued your fathers with chariots and horsemen to the Red Sea. -- joshua 24:6 +. +When they cried to the Lord, He put darkness between you and the Egyptians, and brought the sea upon them and covered them; and your eyes saw what I did in Egypt. And you lived in the wilderness a long time [forty years]. -- joshua 24:7 +. +I brought you into the land of the Amorites who lived on the other side of the Jordan; they fought with you, and I gave them into your hand, and you possessed their land, and I destroyed them before you. -- joshua 24:8 +. +Then Balak son of Zippor, king of Moab, arose and warred against Israel, and sent and called Balaam son of Beor to curse you. -- joshua 24:9 +. +But I would not listen to Balaam; therefore he blessed you; so I delivered you out of Balak's hand. -- joshua 24:10 +. +You went over the Jordan and came to Jericho; and the men of Jericho fought against you, as did the Amorites, Perizzites, Canaanites, Hittites, Girgashites, Hivites, and Jebusites, and I gave them into your hands. -- joshua 24:11 +. +I sent the hornet [that is, the terror of you] before you, which drove the two kings of the Amorites out before you; but it was not by your sword or by your bow. -- joshua 24:12 +. +I have given you a land for which you did not labor and cities you did not build, and you dwell in them; you eat from vineyards and olive yards you did not plant. -- joshua 24:13 +. +Now therefore, [reverently] fear the Lord and serve Him in sincerity and in truth; put away the gods which your fathers served on the other side of the [Euphrates] River and in Egypt, and serve the Lord. -- joshua 24:14 +. +And if it seems evil to you to serve the Lord, choose for yourselves this day whom you will serve, whether the gods which your fathers served on the other side of the River, or the gods of the Amorites, in whose land you dwell; but as for me and my house, we will serve the Lord. -- joshua 24:15 +. +The people answered, Far be it from us to forsake the Lord to serve other gods; -- joshua 24:16 +. +For it is the Lord our God Who brought us and our fathers up out of the land of Egypt, from the house of bondage, Who did those great signs in our sight and preserved us in all the way that we went and among all the peoples through whom we passed. -- joshua 24:17 +. +And the Lord drove out before us all the people, the Amorites who dwelt in the land. Therefore we also will serve the Lord, for He is our God. -- joshua 24:18 +. +And Joshua said to the people, You cannot serve the Lord, for He is a holy God; He is a jealous God. He will not forgive your transgressions or your sins. -- joshua 24:19 +. +If you forsake the Lord and serve strange gods, then He will turn and do you harm and consume you, after having done you good. -- joshua 24:20 +. +And the people said to Joshua, No; but we will serve the Lord. -- joshua 24:21 +. +Then Joshua said to the people, You are witnesses against yourselves that you have chosen the Lord, to serve Him. And they said, We are witnesses. -- joshua 24:22 +. +Then put away, said he, the foreign gods that are among you and incline your hearts to the Lord, the God of Israel. -- joshua 24:23 +. +The people said to Joshua, The Lord our God we will serve; His voice we will obey. -- joshua 24:24 +. +So Joshua made a covenant with the people that day, and made statutes and ordinances for them at Shechem. -- joshua 24:25 +. +And Joshua wrote these words in the Book of the Law of God; and he took a great stone and set it up there under an oak that was in [the court of] the sanctuary of the Lord. -- joshua 24:26 +. +And Joshua said to all the people, See, this stone shall be a witness against us, for it has heard all the words the Lord spoke to us; so it shall be a witness against you, lest [afterward] you lie (pretend) and deny your God. -- joshua 24:27 +. +So Joshua sent the people away, every man to his inheritance. -- joshua 24:28 +. +After this, Joshua son of Nun, the servant of the Lord, died, being years old. -- joshua 24:29 +. +They buried him at the edge of his inheritance in Timnath-serah in the hill country of Ephraim, on the north side of the hill of Gaash. -- joshua 24:30 +. +Israel served the Lord all the days of Joshua and of the elders who outlived Joshua and had known all the works the Lord had done for Israel. -- joshua 24:31 +. +And the bones of Joseph, which the Israelites brought up out of Egypt, they buried in Shechem in the portion of ground Jacob bought from the sons of Hamor, the father of Shechem, for pieces of money; and it became the inheritance of the Josephites. -- joshua 24:32 +. +And Eleazar son of Aaron died; and they buried him at Gibeah [on the hill] of Phinehas his son, which was given him in the hill country of Ephraim. -- joshua 24:33 +. +AFTER THE death of Joshua, the Israelites asked the Lord, Who shall go up first for us against the Canaanites to fight against them? -- judges 1:1 +. +And the Lord said, Judah shall go up; behold, I have delivered the land into his hand. -- judges 1:2 +. +And Judah [the tribe] said to [the tribe of] Simeon his brother, Come up with me into my allotted territory, so that we may fight against the Canaanites; and I likewise will go with you into your territory. So Simeon went with him. -- judges 1:3 +. +Then Judah went up and the Lord delivered the Canaanites and the Perizzites into their hand, and they smote 10,of them in Bezek. -- judges 1:4 +. +And they found Adoni-bezek in Bezek and fought against him, and they smote the Canaanites and the Perizzites. -- judges 1:5 +. +Adoni-bezek fled, but they pursued him and caught him and cut off his thumbs and his big toes. -- judges 1:6 +. +Adoni-bezek said, Seventy kings with their thumbs and big toes cut off had to gather their food under my table. As I have done, so God has repaid me. And they brought him to Jerusalem, and there he died. -- judges 1:7 +. +And the men of Judah fought against [Jebusite] Jerusalem and took it, and smote it with the edge of the sword and set the city on fire. -- judges 1:8 +. +Afterward the men of Judah went down to fight against the Canaanites who dwelt in the hill country, in the South (the Negeb), and in the lowland. -- judges 1:9 +. +And Judah went against the Canaanites who dwelt in Hebron. The name of Hebron before was Kiriath-arba. And they defeated Sheshai and Ahiman and Talmai. -- judges 1:10 +. +From there [Judah] went against the inhabitants of Debir. The name of Debir before was Kiriath-sepher [city of books and scribes]. -- judges 1:11 +. +And Caleb said, Whoever attacks Kiriath-sepher and takes it, to him will I give Achsah, my daughter, as wife. -- judges 1:12 +. +And Othniel son of Kenaz, Caleb's younger brother, took it; and he gave him Achsah, his daughter, as wife. -- judges 1:13 +. +And when she came to [Othniel], she got his consent to ask her father for a [sloping] field. And she alighted off her donkey, and Caleb said to her, What do you want? -- judges 1:14 +. +And she said to him, Give me a present; since you have set me in the land of the South (the Negeb), give me also springs of water. And Caleb gave her the upper and lower springs. -- judges 1:15 +. +And the descendants of the Kenite, Moses' father-in-law, went up with the Judahites from the City of Palms (Jericho) into the Wilderness of Judah, which lies in the South (the Negeb) near Arad; and they went and dwelt with the people. -- judges 1:16 +. +And [the tribe of] Judah went with Simeon his brother, and they slew the Canaanites who inhabited Zephath and utterly destroyed it. So the city was called Hormah [destruction]. -- judges 1:17 +. +Also Judah took Gaza, Askelon, and Ekron--each with its territory. -- judges 1:18 +. +The Lord was with Judah, and [Judah] drove out the inhabitants of the hill country, but he could not drive out those inhabiting the [difficult] valley basin because they had chariots of iron. -- judges 1:19 +. +Hebron was given to Caleb as Moses said, and he expelled from there the three sons of Anak. -- judges 1:20 +. +But the Benjamites did not drive out the Jebusites who inhabited Jerusalem; the Jebusites dwell with the Benjamites in Jerusalem to this day. -- judges 1:21 +. +The house of Joseph also went up against Bethel, and the Lord was with them. -- judges 1:22 +. +And the house of Joseph was sent to spy out Bethel. The name of the city formerly had been Luz. -- judges 1:23 +. +And the spies saw a man coming out of the city and they said to him, Show us, we pray you, the way into the city and we will show you mercy. -- judges 1:24 +. +When he showed them the entrance to the city, they smote the city with the sword, but they let the man and all his family go. -- judges 1:25 +. +And the man went into the land of the Hittites and built a city and called it Luz, which is its name to this day. -- judges 1:26 +. +Neither did Manasseh drive out the inhabitants of Beth-shean and its villages, or of Taanach or Dor or Ibleam or Megiddo and their villages, but the Canaanites remained in that land. -- judges 1:27 +. +When Israel became strong, they put the Canaanites to forced labor but did not utterly drive them out. -- judges 1:28 +. +Neither did Ephraim drive out the Canaanites who dwelt in Gezer, but the Canaanites dwelt in Gezer among them. -- judges 1:29 +. +Neither did Zebulun drive out the inhabitants of Kitron or of Nahalol, but the Canaanites dwelt among them and were put to forced labor. -- judges 1:30 +. +Neither did Asher drive out the inhabitants of Acco or of Sidon or of Ahlab or of Achzib or of Helbah or of Aphik or of Rehob; -- judges 1:31 +. +But the Asherites dwelt among the Canaanites, the inhabitants of the land, for they did not drive them out. -- judges 1:32 +. +Neither did Naphtali drive out the inhabitants of Beth-shemesh or of Beth-anath, but dwelt among the Canaanites, the inhabitants of the land; but the inhabitants of Beth-shemesh and of Beth-anath became subject to forced labor for them. -- judges 1:33 +. +The Amorites forced the Danites back into the hill country, for they would not allow them to come down into the plain; -- judges 1:34 +. +The Amorites remained fixed in Mount Heres [mountain of the sun], in Aijalon, and in Shaalbim; yet the hand of the house of Joseph prevailed, so that they became subject to forced labor. -- judges 1:35 +. +And the border of the Amorites was from the ascent of Akrabbim, from the rock Sela and onward. -- judges 1:36 +. +NOW THE Angel of the Lord went up from Gilgal to Bochim. And He said, I brought you up from Egypt and have brought you to the land which I swore to give to your fathers, and I said, I will never break My covenant with you; -- judges 2:1 +. +And you shall make no covenant with the inhabitants of this land; but you shall break down their altars. But you have not obeyed My voice. Why have you done this? -- judges 2:2 +. +So now I say, I will not drive them out from before you; but they shall be as thorns in your sides, and their gods shall be a snare to you. -- judges 2:3 +. +When the Angel of the Lord spoke these words to all the Israelites, the people lifted up their voice and wept. -- judges 2:4 +. +They named that place Bochim [weepers], and they sacrificed there to the Lord. -- judges 2:5 +. +And when Joshua had let the people go, the Israelites went every man to his inheritance to possess the land. -- judges 2:6 +. +And the people served the Lord all the days of Joshua and all the days of the elders who outlived Joshua, who had seen all the great works of the Lord which He did for Israel. -- judges 2:7 +. +And Joshua son of Nun, the servant of the Lord, died, being years old. -- judges 2:8 +. +And they buried him within the boundary of his inheritance in Timnath-heres in the hill country of Ephraim, north of Mount Gaash. -- judges 2:9 +. +And also all that generation were gathered to their fathers, and there arose another generation after them who did not know (recognize, understand) the Lord, or even the work which He had done for Israel. -- judges 2:10 +. +And the people of Israel did evil in the sight of the Lord and served the Baals. -- judges 2:11 +. +And they forsook the Lord, the God of their fathers, Who brought them out of the land of Egypt. They went after other gods of the peoples round about them and bowed down to them, and provoked the Lord to anger. -- judges 2:12 +. +And they forsook the Lord and served Baal [the god worshiped by the Canaanites] and the Ashtaroth [female deities such as Ashtoreth and Asherah]. -- judges 2:13 +. +So the anger of the Lord was kindled against Israel, and He gave them into the power of plunderers who robbed them; and He sold them into the hands of their enemies round about, so that they could no longer stand before their foes. -- judges 2:14 +. +Whenever they went out, the hand of the Lord was against them for evil as the Lord had said, and as the Lord had sworn to them; and they were bitterly distressed. -- judges 2:15 +. +But the Lord raised up judges, who delivered them out of the hands of those who robbed them. -- judges 2:16 +. +And yet they did not listen to their judges, for they played the harlot after other gods and bowed down to them. They turned quickly out of the way in which their fathers had walked, who had obeyed the commandments of the Lord, and they did not so. -- judges 2:17 +. +When the Lord raised them up judges, then He was with the judge and delivered them out of the hands of their enemies all the days of the judge; for the Lord was moved to relent because of their groanings by reason of those who oppressed and vexed them. -- judges 2:18 +. +But when the judge was dead, they turned back and corrupted themselves more than their fathers, following and serving other gods, and bowing down to them. They did not cease from their practices or their stubborn way. -- judges 2:19 +. +So the anger of the Lord was kindled against Israel; and He said, Because this people have transgressed My covenant which I commanded their fathers and have not listened to My voice, -- judges 2:20 +. +I from now on will also not drive out from before them any of the nations which Joshua left when he died, -- judges 2:21 +. +That through them I may prove Israel, whether they will keep the way of the Lord to walk in it, as their fathers kept it, or not. -- judges 2:22 +. +So the Lord left those nations, without driving them out at once, nor had He delivered them into Joshua's power. -- judges 2:23 +. +NOW THESE are the nations which the Lord left to prove Israel by them, that is, all in Israel who had not previously experienced war in Canaan; -- judges 3:1 +. +It was only that the generations of the Israelites might know and be taught war, at least those who previously knew nothing of it. -- judges 3:2 +. +The remaining nations are: the five lords of the Philistines, all the Canaanites, the Sidonians, and the Hivites who dwelt on Mount Lebanon from Mount Baal-hermon to the entrance of Hamath. -- judges 3:3 +. +They were for the testing and proving of Israel to know whether Israel would listen and obey the commandments of the Lord, which He commanded their fathers by Moses. -- judges 3:4 +. +And the Israelites dwelt among the Canaanites, Hittites, Amorites, Perizzites, Hivites, and Jebusites; -- judges 3:5 +. +And they married their daughters and gave their own daughters to their sons, and served their gods. -- judges 3:6 +. +And the Israelites did evil in the sight of the Lord and forgot the Lord their God and served the Baals and the Ashtaroth. -- judges 3:7 +. +So the anger of the Lord was kindled against Israel, and He sold them into the hand of Chushan-rishathaim king of Mesopotamia; and the Israelites served Chushan-rishathaim eight years. -- judges 3:8 +. +But when the Israelites cried to the Lord, the Lord raised up a deliverer for the people of Israel to deliver them, Othniel son of Kenaz, Caleb's younger brother. -- judges 3:9 +. +The Spirit of the Lord came upon him, and he judged Israel. He went out to war, and the Lord delivered Chushan-rishathaim king of Mesopotamia into his hand and his hand prevailed over Chushan-rishathaim. -- judges 3:10 +. +And the land had rest forty years. Then Othniel son of Kenaz died. -- judges 3:11 +. +And the Israelites again did evil in the sight of the Lord, and the Lord strengthened Eglon king of Moab against Israel because they had done what was evil in the sight of the Lord. -- judges 3:12 +. +And [Eglon] gathered to him the men of Ammon and Amalek, and went and smote Israel, and they possessed the City of Palm Trees (Jericho). -- judges 3:13 +. +And the Israelites served Eglon king of Moab eighteen years. -- judges 3:14 +. +But when the Israelites cried to the Lord, the Lord raised them up a deliverer, Ehud son of Gera, a Benjamite, a left-handed man; and by him the Israelites sent tribute to Eglon king of Moab. -- judges 3:15 +. +Ehud made for himself a sword, a cubit long, which had two edges, and he girded it on his right thigh under his clothing. -- judges 3:16 +. +And he brought the tribute to Eglon king of Moab. Now Eglon was a very fat man. -- judges 3:17 +. +And when Ehud had finished presenting the tribute, he sent away the people who had carried it. -- judges 3:18 +. +He himself went [with them] as far as the sculptured [boundary] stones near Gilgal, and then turned back and came to Eglon and said, I have a secret errand to you, O king. Eglon commanded silence, and all who stood by him went out from him. -- judges 3:19 +. +When Ehud had come [near] to him as he was sitting alone in his cool upper apartment, Ehud said, I have a commission from God to execute to you. And the king arose from his seat. -- judges 3:20 +. +Then Ehud put forth his left hand and took the sword from his right thigh and thrust it into Eglon's belly. -- judges 3:21 +. +And the hilt also went in after the blade, and the fat closed upon the blade, for [Ehud] did not draw the sword out of his belly, and the dirt came out. -- judges 3:22 +. +Then Ehud went out into the vestibule and shut the doors of the upper room upon [Eglon] and locked them. -- judges 3:23 +. +When [Ehud] had gone out, [Eglon's] servants came. And when they saw the doors of the upper room were locked, they thought, Surely he [is seeking privacy while he] relieves himself in the closet of the cool chamber. -- judges 3:24 +. +They waited a long time until they became embarrassed and uneasy, but when he still did not open the doors of the upper room, they took the key and opened them, and there lay their master fallen to the floor, dead! -- judges 3:25 +. +Ehud escaped while they delayed and passed beyond the sculptured [boundary] stones (images) and escaped to Seirah. -- judges 3:26 +. +When he arrived, he blew a trumpet in the hill country of Ephraim, and the Israelites went down from the hill country, with him at their head. -- judges 3:27 +. +And he said to them, Follow me, for the Lord has delivered your enemies the Moabites into your hand. So they went down after him and seized the fords of the Jordan against the Moabites and permitted not a man to pass over. -- judges 3:28 +. +They slew at that time about 10,Moabites, all strong, courageous men; not a man escaped. -- judges 3:29 +. +So Moab was subdued that day under the hand of Israel, and the land had peace and rest for eighty years. -- judges 3:30 +. +After [Ehud] was Shamgar son of Anath, who slew Philistine men with an oxgoad. He also delivered Israel. -- judges 3:31 +. +BUT AFTER Ehud died the Israelites again did evil in the sight of the Lord. -- judges 4:1 +. +So the Lord sold them into the hand of Jabin king of Canaan, who reigned in Hazor. The commander of his army was Sisera, who dwelt in Harosheth-hagoiim [fortress or city of the nations]. -- judges 4:2 +. +Then the Israelites cried to the Lord, for [Jabin] had chariots of iron and had severely oppressed the Israelites for twenty years. -- judges 4:3 +. +Now Deborah, a prophetess, the wife of Lappidoth, judged Israel at that time. -- judges 4:4 +. +She sat under the palm tree of Deborah between Ramah and Bethel in the hill country of Ephraim, and the Israelites came up to her for judgment. -- judges 4:5 +. +And she sent and called Barak son of Abinoam from Kedesh in Naphtali and said to him, Has not the Lord, the God of Israel, commanded [you], Go, gather your men at Mount Tabor, taking 10,men from the tribes of Naphtali and Zebulun? -- judges 4:6 +. +And I will draw out Sisera, the general of Jabin's army, to meet you at the river Kishon with his chariots and his multitude, and I will deliver him into your hand? -- judges 4:7 +. +And Barak said to her, If you will go with me, then I will go; but if you will not go with me, I will not go. -- judges 4:8 +. +And she said, I will surely go with you; nevertheless, the trip you take will not be for your glory, for the Lord will sell Sisera into the hand of a woman. And Deborah arose and went with Barak to Kedesh. [Fulfilled in Judg. 4:22.] -- judges 4:9 +. +And Barak called Zebulun and Naphtali to Kedesh, and he went up with 10,men at his heels, and Deborah went up with him. -- judges 4:10 +. +Now Heber the Kenite, of the descendants of Hobab, the father-in-law of Moses, had separated from the Kenites and encamped as far away as the oak in Zaanannim, which is near Kedesh. -- judges 4:11 +. +When it was told Sisera that Barak son of Abinoam had gone up to Mount Tabor, -- judges 4:12 +. +Sisera gathered together all his chariots, even chariots of iron, and all the men who were with him from Harosheth-hagoiim to the river Kishon. -- judges 4:13 +. +And Deborah said to Barak, Up! For this is the day when the Lord has given Sisera into your hand. Is not the Lord gone out before you? So Barak went down from Mount Tabor with 10,men following him. -- judges 4:14 +. +And the Lord confused and terrified Sisera and all his chariot drivers and all his army before Barak with the sword. And Sisera alighted from his chariot and fled on foot. -- judges 4:15 +. +But Barak pursued after the chariots and the army to Harosheth-hagoiim, and all the army of Sisera fell by the sword; not a man was left. -- judges 4:16 +. +But Sisera fled on foot to the tent of Jael, the wife of Heber the Kenite, for there was peace between Jabin the king of Hazor and the house of Heber the Kenite. -- judges 4:17 +. +And Jael went out to meet Sisera and said to him, Turn aside, my lord, turn aside to me; have no fear. So he turned aside to her into the tent, and she covered him with a rug. -- judges 4:18 +. +And he said to her, Give me, I pray you, a little water to drink for I am thirsty. And she opened a skin of milk and gave him a drink and covered him. -- judges 4:19 +. +And he said to her, Stand at the door of the tent, and if any man comes and asks you, Is there any man here? Tell him, No. -- judges 4:20 +. +But Jael, Heber's wife, took a tent pin and a hammer in her hand and went softly to him and drove the pin through his temple and into the ground; for he was in a deep sleep from weariness. So he died. -- judges 4:21 +. +And behold, as Barak pursued Sisera, Jael came out to meet him and said to him, Come, and I will show you the man you seek. And when he came into her tent, behold, Sisera lay dead, and the tent pin was in his temples. -- judges 4:22 +. +So God subdued on that day Jabin king of Canaan before the Israelites. -- judges 4:23 +. +And the hand of the Israelites bore more and more upon Jabin king of Canaan until they had destroyed [him]. -- judges 4:24 +. +THEN SANG Deborah and Barak son of Abinoam on that day, saying, -- judges 5:1 +. +For the leaders who took the lead in Israel, for the people who offered themselves willingly, bless the Lord! -- judges 5:2 +. +Hear, O kings; give ear, O princes; I will sing to the Lord. I will sing praise to the Lord, the God of Israel. -- judges 5:3 +. +Lord, when You went forth out of Seir, when You marched out of the field of Edom, the earth trembled and the heavens also dropped, yes, the clouds dropped water. -- judges 5:4 +. +The mountains quaked at the presence of the Lord, yes, yonder Sinai at the presence of the Lord, the God of Israel. -- judges 5:5 +. +After the days of Shamgar son of Anath, after the days of Jael [meaning here Ehud] the caravans ceased, travelers walked through byways. -- judges 5:6 +. +The villages were unoccupied and rulers ceased in Israel until you arose--you, Deborah, arose--a mother in Israel. -- judges 5:7 +. +[Formerly] they chose new gods; then war was in the gates. Was there a shield or spear seen among 40,in Israel? -- judges 5:8 +. +My heart goes out to the commanders of Israel who offered themselves willingly among the people. Bless the Lord! -- judges 5:9 +. +Tell of it--you who ride on white donkeys, you who sit on rich carpets, and you who walk by the way. -- judges 5:10 +. +Far from the noise of archers in the places of drawing water, there shall they rehearse the righteous acts of the Lord, even the righteous acts toward His villagers in Israel. Then the people of the Lord went down to the gates. -- judges 5:11 +. +Awake, awake, Deborah! Awake, awake, utter a song! Arise, Barak, and lead away your captives, you son of Abinoam. -- judges 5:12 +. +Then down marched the remnant of the nobles, the people of the Lord marched down for Me against the mighty. -- judges 5:13 +. +Out of Ephraim they came down whose root is in Amalek, after you, Benjamin, with your kinsmen. Out of Machir came down commanders and lawgivers, and out of Zebulun those who handle the pen or stylus of the writer. -- judges 5:14 +. +And the princes of Issachar came with Deborah, and Issachar was faithful to Barak; into the valley they rushed forth at his heels. [But] among the clans of Reuben were great searchings of heart. -- judges 5:15 +. +Why [Reuben] did you linger among the sheepfolds listening to the piping for the flocks? Among the clans of Reuben there were great searchings of heart. -- judges 5:16 +. +Gilead remained beyond the Jordan, and why did Dan stay with the ships? Asher sat still on the seacoast and remained by his creeks. [These came not forth to battle for God's people.] -- judges 5:17 +. +But Zebulun was a people who endangered their lives to the death; Naphtali did also on the heights of the field. -- judges 5:18 +. +The kings came and fought, then fought the kings of Canaan at Taanach by the waters of Megiddo. Gain of booty they did not obtain. -- judges 5:19 +. +From the heavens the stars fought, from their courses they fought against Sisera. -- judges 5:20 +. +The torrent Kishon swept [the foe] away, the onrushing torrent, the torrent Kishon. O my soul, march on with strength! -- judges 5:21 +. +Then the horses' hoofs beat loudly because of the galloping of [fleeing] valiant riders. -- judges 5:22 +. +Curse Meroz, said the messenger of the Lord. Curse bitterly its inhabitants, because they came not to the help of the Lord, to the help of the Lord against the mighty! -- judges 5:23 +. +Blessed above women shall Jael, the wife of Heber the Kenite, be; blessed shall she be above women in the tent. -- judges 5:24 +. +[Sisera] asked for water, and she gave [him] milk; she brought him curds in a lordly dish. -- judges 5:25 +. +She put her [left] hand to the tent pin, and her right hand to the workmen's hammer. And with the wooden hammer she smote Sisera, she smote his head, yes, she struck and pierced his temple. -- judges 5:26 +. +He sank, he fell, he lay still at her feet. At her feet he sank, he fell; where he sank, there he fell--dead! -- judges 5:27 +. +The mother of Sisera looked out at a window and wailed through the lattice, Why is his chariot so long in coming? Why do the hoofbeats of his chariots tarry? -- judges 5:28 +. +Her wise ladies answered her, yet she repeated her words to herself, -- judges 5:29 +. +Have they not found and been dividing the spoil? A maiden or two for every man, a spoil of dyed garments for Sisera, a spoil of dyed stuffs embroidered, two pieces of dyed work embroidered for my neck as spoil? -- judges 5:30 +. +So let all Your enemies perish, O Lord! But let those who love Him be like the sun when it rises in its might. And the land had peace and rest for forty years. -- judges 5:31 +. +BUT THE Israelites did evil in the sight of the Lord, and the Lord gave them into the hand of Midian for seven years. -- judges 6:1 +. +And the hand of Midian prevailed against Israel. Because of Midian the Israelites made themselves the dens which are in the mountains and the caves and the strongholds. -- judges 6:2 +. +For whenever Israel had sown their seed, the Midianites and the Amalekites and the people of the east came up against them. -- judges 6:3 +. +They would encamp against them and destroy the crops as far as Gaza and leave no nourishment for Israel, and no ox or sheep or donkey. -- judges 6:4 +. +For they came up with their cattle and their tents, and they came like locusts for multitude; both they and their camels could not be counted. So they wasted the land as they entered it. -- judges 6:5 +. +And Israel was greatly impoverished because of the Midianites, and the Israelites cried to the Lord. -- judges 6:6 +. +And when they cried to the Lord because of Midian, -- judges 6:7 +. +The Lord sent a prophet to the Israelites, who said to them, Thus says the Lord, the God of Israel, I brought you up from Egypt and brought you forth out of the house of bondage. -- judges 6:8 +. +And I delivered you out of the hand of the Egyptians and out of the hand of all who oppressed you, and drove them out from before you and gave you their land. -- judges 6:9 +. +And I said to you, I am the Lord your God; fear not the gods of the Amorites, in whose land you dwell. But you have not obeyed My voice. -- judges 6:10 +. +Now the Angel of the Lord came and sat under the oak (terebinth) at Ophrah, which belonged to Joash the Abiezrite, and his son Gideon was beating wheat in the winepress to hide it from the Midianites. -- judges 6:11 +. +And the Angel of the Lord appeared to him and said to him, The Lord is with you, you mighty man of [fearless] courage. -- judges 6:12 +. +And Gideon said to him, O sir, if the Lord is with us, why is all this befallen us? And where are all His wondrous works of which our fathers told us, saying, Did not the Lord bring us up from Egypt? But now the Lord has forsaken us and given us into the hand of Midian. -- judges 6:13 +. +The Lord turned to him and said, Go in this your might, and you shall save Israel from the hand of Midian. Have I not sent you? -- judges 6:14 +. +Gideon said to Him, Oh Lord, how can I deliver Israel? Behold, my clan is the poorest in Manasseh, and I am the least in my father's house. -- judges 6:15 +. +The Lord said to him, Surely I will be with you, and you shall smite the Midianites as one man. -- judges 6:16 +. +Gideon said to Him, If now I have found favor in Your sight, then show me a sign that it is You Who talks with me. -- judges 6:17 +. +Do not leave here, I pray You, until I return to You and bring my offering and set it before You. And He said, I will wait until you return. -- judges 6:18 +. +Then Gideon went in and prepared a kid and unleavened cakes of an ephah of flour. The meat he put in a basket and the broth in a pot, and brought them to Him under the oak and presented them. -- judges 6:19 +. +And the Angel of God said to him, Take the meat and unleavened cakes and lay them on this rock and pour the broth over them. And he did so. -- judges 6:20 +. +Then the Angel of the Lord reached out the tip of the staff that was in His hand, and touched the meat and the unleavened cakes, and there flared up fire from the rock and consumed the meat and the unleavened cakes. Then the Angel of the Lord vanished from his sight. -- judges 6:21 +. +And when Gideon perceived that He was the Angel of the Lord, Gideon said, Alas, O Lord God! For now I have seen the Angel of the Lord face to face! -- judges 6:22 +. +The Lord said to him, Peace be to you, do not fear; you shall not die. -- judges 6:23 +. +Then Gideon built an altar there to the Lord and called it, The Lord is Peace. To this day it still stands in Ophrah, which belongs to the Abiezrites. -- judges 6:24 +. +That night the Lord said to Gideon, Take your father's bull, the second bull seven years old, and pull down the altar of Baal that your father has and cut down the Asherah [symbol of the goddess Asherah] that is beside it; -- judges 6:25 +. +And build an altar to the Lord your God on top of this stronghold with stones laid in proper order. Then take the second bull and offer a burnt sacrifice with the wood of the Asherah which you shall cut down. -- judges 6:26 +. +Then Gideon took ten men of his servants and did as the Lord had told him, but because he was too afraid of his father's household and the men of the city to do it by day, he did it by night. -- judges 6:27 +. +And when the men of the city arose early in the morning, behold, the altar of Baal was cast down, and the Asherah was cut down that was beside it, and the second bull was offered on the altar which had been built. -- judges 6:28 +. +And they said to one another, Who has done this thing? And when they searched and asked, they were told, Gideon son of Joash has done this thing. -- judges 6:29 +. +Then the men of the city commanded Joash, Bring out your son, that he may die, for he has pulled down the altar of Baal and cut down the Asherah beside it. -- judges 6:30 +. +But Joash said to all who stood against him, Will you contend for Baal? Or will you save him? He who will contend for Baal, let him be put to death while it is still morning. If Baal is a god, let him contend for himself because one has pulled down his altar. -- judges 6:31 +. +Therefore on that day he called Gideon Jerubbaal, meaning, Let Baal contend against him, because he had pulled down his altar. -- judges 6:32 +. +Then all the Midianites and the Amalekites and the people of the east came together and, crossing the Jordan, encamped in the Valley of Jezreel. -- judges 6:33 +. +But the Spirit of the Lord clothed Gideon with Himself and took possession of him, and he blew a trumpet, and [the clan of] Abiezer was gathered to him. -- judges 6:34 +. +And he sent messengers throughout all Manasseh, and the Manassites were called to follow him; and he sent messengers to Asher, to Zebulun, and to Naphtali, and they came up to meet them. -- judges 6:35 +. +And Gideon said to God, If You will deliver Israel by my hand as You have said, -- judges 6:36 +. +Behold, I will put a fleece of wool on the threshing floor. If there is dew on the fleece only and it is dry on all the ground, then I shall know that You will deliver Israel by my hand, as You have said. -- judges 6:37 +. +And it was so. When he rose early next morning and squeezed the dew out of the fleece, he wrung from it a bowlful of water. -- judges 6:38 +. +And Gideon said to God, Let not your anger be kindled against me, and I will speak but this once. Let me make trial only this once with the fleece, I pray you; let it now be dry only upon the fleece and upon all the ground let there be dew. -- judges 6:39 +. +And God did so that night, for it was dry on the fleece only, and there was dew on all the ground. -- judges 6:40 +. +THEN JERUBBAAL, that is, Gideon, and all the people who were with him rose early and encamped beside the spring of Harod; and the camp of Midian was north of them by the hill of Moreh in the valley. -- judges 7:1 +. +The Lord said to Gideon, The people who are with you are too many for Me to give the Midianites into their hands, lest Israel boast about themselves against Me, saying, My own hand has delivered me. -- judges 7:2 +. +So now proclaim in the ears of the men, saying, Whoever is fearful and trembling, let him turn back and depart from Mount Gilead. And 22,of the men returned, but 10,000 remained. -- judges 7:3 +. +And the Lord said to Gideon, The men are still too many; bring them down to the water, and I will test them for you there. And he of whom I say to you, This man shall go with you, shall go with you; and he of whom I say to you, This man shall not go with you, shall not go. -- judges 7:4 +. +So he brought the men down to the water, and the Lord said to Gideon, Everyone who laps up the water with his tongue as a dog laps it, you shall set by himself, likewise everyone who bows down on his knees to drink. -- judges 7:5 +. +And the number of those who lapped, putting their hand to their mouth, was men, but all the rest of the people bowed down upon their knees to drink water. -- judges 7:6 +. +And the Lord said to Gideon, With the men who lapped I will deliver you, and give the Midianites into your hand. Let all the others return every man to his home. -- judges 7:7 +. +So the people took provisions and their trumpets in their hands, and he sent all the rest of Israel every man to his home and retained those men. And the host of Midian was below him in the valley. -- judges 7:8 +. +That same night the Lord said to Gideon, Arise, go down against their camp, for I have given it into your hand. -- judges 7:9 +. +But if you fear to go down, go with Purah your servant down to the camp -- judges 7:10 +. +And you shall hear what they say, and afterward your hands shall be strengthened to go down against the camp. Then he went down with Purah his servant to the outposts of the camp of the armed men. -- judges 7:11 +. +And the Midianites and the Amalekites and all the sons of the east lay along the valley like locusts for multitude; and their camels were without number, as the sand on the seashore for multitude. -- judges 7:12 +. +When Gideon arrived, behold, a man was telling a dream to his comrade. And he said, Behold, I dreamed a dream, and behold, a cake of barley bread tumbled into the camp of Midian and came to the tent and struck it so that it fell, and turned it upside down so that the tent lay flat. -- judges 7:13 +. +And his comrade replied, This is nothing else but the sword of Gideon son of Joash, a man of Israel. Into his hand God has given Midian and all the host. -- judges 7:14 +. +When Gideon heard the telling of the dream and its interpretation, he worshiped and returned to the camp of Israel and said, Arise, for the Lord has given into your hand the host of Midian. -- judges 7:15 +. +And he divided the men into three companies, and he put into the hands of all of them trumpets and empty pitchers, with torches inside the pitchers. -- judges 7:16 +. +And he said to them, Look at me, then do likewise. When I come to the edge of their camp, do as I do. -- judges 7:17 +. +When I blow the trumpet, I and all who are with me, then you blow the trumpets also on every side of all the camp and shout, For the Lord and for Gideon! -- judges 7:18 +. +So Gideon and the men who were with him came to the outskirts of the camp at the beginning of the middle watch, when the guards had just been changed, and they blew the trumpets and smashed the pitchers that were in their hands. -- judges 7:19 +. +And the three companies blew the trumpets and shattered the pitchers, holding the torches in their left hands, and in their right hands the trumpets to blow [leaving no chance to use swords], and they cried, The sword for the Lord and Gideon! -- judges 7:20 +. +They stood every man in his place round about the camp, and all the [Midianite] army ran--they cried out and fled. -- judges 7:21 +. +When [Gideon's men] blew the trumpets, the Lord set every [Midianite's] sword against his comrade and against all the army, and the army fled as far as Beth-shittah toward Zererah, as far as the border of Abel-meholah by Tabbath. -- judges 7:22 +. +And the men of Israel were called together out of Naphtali and Asher and all Manasseh, and they pursued Midian. -- judges 7:23 +. +And Gideon sent messengers throughout all the hill country of Ephraim, saying, Come down against the Midianites and take all the intervening fords as far as Beth-barah and also the Jordan. So all the men of Ephraim were gathered together and took all the fords as far as Beth-barah and also the Jordan. -- judges 7:24 +. +And [the men of Ephraim] took the two princes of Midian, Oreb and Zeeb, and they slew Oreb at the rock of Oreb, and Zeeb they slew at the winepress of Zeeb, and pursued Midian; and they brought the heads of Oreb and Zeeb to Gideon beyond the Jordan. -- judges 7:25 +. +AND THE men of Ephraim said to Gideon, Why have you treated us like this, not calling us when you went to fight with Midian? And they quarreled with him furiously. -- judges 8:1 +. +And he said to them, What have I done now in comparison with you? Is not the gleaning of the grapes of [your big tribe of] Ephraim better than the vintage of [my little clan of] Abiezer? -- judges 8:2 +. +God has given into your hands the princes of Midian, Oreb and Zeeb, and what was I able to do in comparison with you? Then their anger toward him was abated when he had said that. -- judges 8:3 +. +And Gideon came to the Jordan and passed over, he and the men with him, faint yet pursuing. -- judges 8:4 +. +And he said to the men of Succoth, Give, I pray you, loaves of bread to the people who follow me, for they are faint, and I am pursuing Zebah and Zalmunna, kings of Midian. -- judges 8:5 +. +And the princes of Succoth said, Are Zebah and Zalmunna already in your hand, that we should give bread to your army? -- judges 8:6 +. +And Gideon said, For that, when the Lord has delivered Zebah and Zalmunna into my hand, I will thresh your flesh with the thorns and briers of the wilderness! -- judges 8:7 +. +And he went from there up to Penuel and made the same request, and the men of Penuel answered him as the men of Succoth had done. -- judges 8:8 +. +And [Gideon] said to the men of Penuel, When I come again in peace, I will break down this tower. -- judges 8:9 +. +Now Zebah and Zalmunna were in Karkor with their army--about 15,men, all who were left of all the army of the sons of the east, for there had fallen 120,000 men who drew the sword. -- judges 8:10 +. +And Gideon went up by the route of those who dwelt in tents east of Nobah and Jogbehah and smote their camp [unexpectedly], for the army thought itself secure. -- judges 8:11 +. +And Zebah and Zalmunna fled, and he pursued them and took the two kings of Midian, Zebah and Zalmunna, and terrified all the army. -- judges 8:12 +. +Then Gideon son of Joash returned from the battle by the ascent of Heres. -- judges 8:13 +. +And he caught a young man of Succoth and inquired of him, and [the youth] wrote down for him [the names of] the officials of Succoth and its elders, seventy-seven men. -- judges 8:14 +. +And he came to the men of Succoth and said, Behold Zebah and Zalmunna, about whom you scoffed at me, saying, Are Zebah and Zalmunna now in your hand, that we should give bread to your men who are faint? -- judges 8:15 +. +And he took the elders of the city and thorns of the wilderness and briers, and with them he taught the men of Succoth [a lesson]. -- judges 8:16 +. +And he broke down the tower of Penuel and slew the men of the city. -- judges 8:17 +. +Then [Gideon] said to Zebah and Zalmunna, What kind of men were they whom you slew at Tabor? And they replied, They were like you, each of them resembled the son of a king. -- judges 8:18 +. +And he said, They were my brothers, the sons of my mother. As the Lord lives, if you had saved them alive, I would not slay you. -- judges 8:19 +. +And [Gideon] said to Jether his firstborn [to embarrass them], Up, and slay them. But the youth drew not his sword, for he feared because he was yet a lad. -- judges 8:20 +. +Then Zebah and Zalmunna said, Rise yourself and fall on us; for as the man is, so is his strength. And Gideon arose and slew Zebah and Zalmunna and took the [crescent-shaped] ornaments that were on their camels' necks. -- judges 8:21 +. +Then the men of Israel said to Gideon, Rule over us--you and your son and your son's son also--for you have delivered us from the hand of Midian. -- judges 8:22 +. +And Gideon said to them, I will not rule over you, and my son will not rule over you; the Lord will rule over you. -- judges 8:23 +. +And Gideon said to them, Let me make a request of you--every man of you give me the earrings of his spoil. For [the Midianites] had gold earrings because they were Ishmaelites [general term for all descendants of Keturah]. -- judges 8:24 +. +And they answered, We will willingly give them. And they spread a garment, and every man cast on it the earrings of his spoil. -- judges 8:25 +. +And the weight of the golden earrings that he requested was 1,shekels of gold, besides the crescents and pendants and the purple garments worn by the kings of Midian, and the chains that were about their camels' necks. -- judges 8:26 +. +And Gideon made an ephod [a sacred, high priest's garment] of it, and put it in his city of Ophrah, and all Israel paid homage to it there, and it became a snare to Gideon and to his family. -- judges 8:27 +. +Thus was Midian subdued before the Israelites so that they lifted up their heads no more. And the land had peace and rest for forty years in the days of Gideon. -- judges 8:28 +. +Jerubbaal (Gideon) son of Joash went and dwelt in his own house. -- judges 8:29 +. +Now Gideon had seventy sons born to him, for he had many wives. -- judges 8:30 +. +And his concubine, who was in Shechem, also bore him a son, whom he named Abimelech. -- judges 8:31 +. +Gideon son of Joash died at a good old age and was buried in the tomb of Joash his father in Ophrah of the Abiezrites. -- judges 8:32 +. +As soon as Gideon was dead, the Israelites turned again and played the harlot after the Baals and made Baal-berith their god. -- judges 8:33 +. +And the Israelites did not remember the Lord their God, Who had delivered them out of the hand of all their enemies on every side; -- judges 8:34 +. +Neither did they show kindness to the family of Jerubbaal, that is, Gideon, in return for all the good which he had done for Israel. -- judges 8:35 +. +NOW ABIMELECH son of Jerubbaal (Gideon) went to Shechem to his mother's kinsmen and said to them and to the whole clan of his mother's family, -- judges 9:1 +. +Say, I pray you, in the hearing of all the men of Shechem, Which is better for you: that all seventy of the sons of Jerubbaal reign over you, or that one man rule over you? Remember also that I am your bone and your flesh. -- judges 9:2 +. +And his mother's kinsmen spoke all these words concerning him in the hearing of all the men of Shechem, and their hearts inclined to follow Abimelech, for they said, He is our brother. -- judges 9:3 +. +And they gave him seventy pieces of silver out of the house of Baal-berith, with which Abimelech hired worthless and foolhardy men who followed him. -- judges 9:4 +. +And he went to his father's house at Ophrah and slew his brothers the sons of Jerubbaal, seventy men, on one stone. But Jotham, the youngest son of Jerubbaal, was left, for he hid himself. -- judges 9:5 +. +And all the men of Shechem gathered together and all of Beth-millo, and they went and made Abimelech king by the oak (terebinth) of the pillar at Shechem. -- judges 9:6 +. +When it was told to Jotham, he went and stood at the top of Mount Gerizim and shouted to them, Hear me, men of Shechem, that God may hear you. -- judges 9:7 +. +One time the trees went forth to anoint a king over them, and they said to the olive tree, Reign over us. -- judges 9:8 +. +But the olive tree said to them, Should I leave my fatness, by which God and man are honored, and go to wave over the trees? -- judges 9:9 +. +Then the trees said to the fig tree, You come and reign over us. -- judges 9:10 +. +But the fig tree said to them, Should I leave my sweetness and my good fruit and go to wave over the trees? -- judges 9:11 +. +Then the trees said to the vine (grapevine), You come and reign over us. -- judges 9:12 +. +And the vine (grapevine) replied, Should I leave my new wine, which rejoices God and man, and go to wave over the trees? -- judges 9:13 +. +Then all the trees said to the bramble, You come and reign over us. -- judges 9:14 +. +And the bramble said to the trees, If in good faith you are anointing me king over you, then come and take refuge in my shade; but if not, let fire come out of the bramble and devour the cedars of Lebanon. -- judges 9:15 +. +Now therefore, if you acted sincerely and honorably when you made Abimelech king, and if you have dealt well with Jerubbaal and his house and have done to him as his deeds deserved-- -- judges 9:16 +. +For my father fought for you, jeopardized his life, and rescued you from the hand of Midian; -- judges 9:17 +. +And you have risen up against my father's house this day and have slain his sons, seventy men, on one stone and have made Abimelech, son of his maidservant, king over the people of Shechem because he is your kinsman-- -- judges 9:18 +. +If you then have acted sincerely and honorably with Jerubbaal and his house this day, then rejoice in Abimelech, and let him also rejoice in you; -- judges 9:19 +. +But if not, let fire come out from Abimelech and devour the people of Shechem and Beth-millo, and let fire come out from the people of Shechem and Beth-millo and devour Abimelech. -- judges 9:20 +. +And Jotham ran away and fled, and went to Beer and dwelt there for fear of Abimelech his brother. -- judges 9:21 +. +Abimelech reigned three years over Israel. -- judges 9:22 +. +And God sent an evil spirit between Abimelech and the men of Shechem, and the men of Shechem dealt treacherously with Abimelech, -- judges 9:23 +. +That the violence done to the seventy sons of Jerubbaal might come, and that their blood might be laid upon Abimelech their brother, who slew them, and upon the men of Shechem, who strengthened his hands to slay his brothers. -- judges 9:24 +. +And the men of Shechem set men in ambush against [Abimelech] on the mountaintops, and they robbed all who passed by them along that way; and it was told to Abimelech. -- judges 9:25 +. +And Gaal son of Ebed came with his kinsmen and moved into Shechem, and the men of Shechem put confidence in him. -- judges 9:26 +. +And they went out into the field, gathered their vineyard fruits and trod them, and held a festival; and going into the house of their god, they ate and drank and cursed Abimelech. -- judges 9:27 +. +Gaal son of Ebed said, Who is Abimelech, and who are we of Shechem, that we should serve him? Were not the son of Jerubbaal and Zebul, his officer, servants of the men of Hamor the father and founder of Shechem? Then why should we serve him? -- judges 9:28 +. +Would that this people were under my hand! Then would I remove Abimelech and say to him, Increase your army and come out. -- judges 9:29 +. +When Zebul the city's mayor heard the words of Gaal son of Ebed, his anger was kindled. -- judges 9:30 +. +And he sent messengers to Abimelech slyly, saying, Behold, Gaal son of Ebed and his kinsmen have come to Shechem; and behold, they stir up the city to rise against you. -- judges 9:31 +. +Now therefore, rise up by night, you and the men with you, and lie in wait in the field. -- judges 9:32 +. +Then in the morning, as soon as the sun is up, rise early and set upon the city; and when Gaal and the men with him come out against you, do to them as opportunity permits. -- judges 9:33 +. +And Abimelech rose up by night, and all the men with him, and they laid in wait against Shechem in four companies. -- judges 9:34 +. +And Gaal son of Ebed came out and stood in the entrance of the city's gate. Then Abimelech and the men with him rose up from ambush. -- judges 9:35 +. +When Gaal saw the men, he said to Zebul, Look, men are coming down from the mountaintops! Zebul said to him, The shadow of the mountains looks to you like men. -- judges 9:36 +. +And Gaal spoke again and said, See, men are coming down from the center of the land, and one company is coming from the direction of the oak of Meonenim [the sorcerers]. -- judges 9:37 +. +Then said Zebul to Gaal, Where is your [big] mouth now, you who said, Who is Abimelech, that we should serve him? Are not these the men whom you have despised? Go out now and fight with them. -- judges 9:38 +. +And Gaal went out ahead of the men of Shechem and fought with Abimelech. -- judges 9:39 +. +And Abimelech chased him, and he fled before him; and many fell wounded--even to the entrance of the gate. -- judges 9:40 +. +And Abimelech lodged at Arumah, and Zebul thrust out Gaal and his kinsmen so that they could not live in Shechem. -- judges 9:41 +. +The next day the men went out into the fields, and Abimelech was told. -- judges 9:42 +. +He took his men and divided them into three companies and laid in wait in the field; and he looked and behold, the people were coming out of the city. And he rose up against them and smote them. -- judges 9:43 +. +And Abimelech and the company with him rushed forward and stood in the entrance of the city's gate, while the two other companies rushed upon all who were in the field and slew them. -- judges 9:44 +. +And Abimelech fought against the city all that day. He took the city and slew the people who were in it. He demolished the city and sowed it with salt. -- judges 9:45 +. +And when all the men of the Tower of Shechem heard of it, they entered the stronghold of the house of El-berith [the god of Berith]. -- judges 9:46 +. +Abimelech was told that all the people of the Tower of Shechem were gathered together. -- judges 9:47 +. +And Abimelech went up to Mount Zalmon, he and all the men with him; and Abimelech took an ax in his hand and cut down a bundle of brush, picked it up, and laid it on his shoulder. And he said to the men with him, What you have seen me do, make haste to do also. -- judges 9:48 +. +So each of the men cut down his bundle and following Abimelech put it against the stronghold and set [the stronghold] on fire over the people in it, so that all the people of the Tower of Shechem also died, about 1,men and women. -- judges 9:49 +. +Then Abimelech went to Thebez and encamped against Thebez and took it. -- judges 9:50 +. +But there was a strong tower in the city, and all the people of the city--men and women--fled to it, shut themselves in, and went to the roof of the tower. -- judges 9:51 +. +And Abimelech came to the tower and fought against it and drew near the door of the tower to burn it with fire. -- judges 9:52 +. +But a certain woman cast an upper millstone [down] upon Abimelech's head and broke his skull. -- judges 9:53 +. +Then he called hastily to the young man, his armor-bearer, and said to him, Draw your sword and slay me, so that men may not say of me, A woman slew him. And his young man thrust him through, and he died. -- judges 9:54 +. +And when the men of Israel saw that Abimelech was dead, they departed each man to his home. -- judges 9:55 +. +Thus God repaid the wickedness of Abimelech which he had done to his father [Gideon] by slaying his seventy brothers; -- judges 9:56 +. +And all the wickedness of the men of Shechem God repaid upon their heads and caused to come upon them the curse of Jotham son of Jerubbaal. -- judges 9:57 +. +AFTER ABIMELECH there arose to rescue Israel, Tola son of Puah, the son of Dodo, a man of Issachar; and he lived at Shamir in the hill country of Ephraim. -- judges 10:1 +. +He judged Israel twenty-three years; then he died and was buried in Shamir. -- judges 10:2 +. +After him arose Jair the Gileadite, and he judged Israel twenty-two years. -- judges 10:3 +. +And he had thirty sons who rode on thirty donkey colts, and they had thirty towns called Havvoth-jair [towns of Jair] which to this day are in the land of Gilead. -- judges 10:4 +. +And Jair died and was buried in Kamon. -- judges 10:5 +. +And the Israelites again did what was evil in the sight of the Lord, served the Baals, the Ashtaroth [female deities], the gods of Syria, the gods of Sidon, the gods of Moab, the gods of the Ammonites, and the gods of the Philistines. They forsook the Lord and did not serve Him. -- judges 10:6 +. +And the anger of the Lord was kindled against Israel, and He sold them into the hands of the Philistines and the Ammonites, -- judges 10:7 +. +And they oppressed and crushed and broke the Israelites that year. For eighteen years they oppressed all the Israelites beyond the Jordan in the land of the Amorites, which is in Gilead. -- judges 10:8 +. +And the Ammonites passed over the Jordan to fight against Judah, Benjamin, and the house of Ephraim, so that Israel was sorely distressed. -- judges 10:9 +. +And the Israelites cried to the Lord, saying, We have sinned against You, because we have forsaken our God and have served the Baals. -- judges 10:10 +. +And the Lord said to the Israelites, Did I not deliver you from the Egyptians, the Amorites, the Ammonites, and the Philistines? -- judges 10:11 +. +Also when the Sidonians, the Amalekites, and the Maonites oppressed and crushed you, you cried to Me, and I delivered you out of their hands. -- judges 10:12 +. +Yet you have forsaken Me and served other gods; therefore I will deliver you no more. -- judges 10:13 +. +Go, cry to the gods you have chosen; let them deliver you in your time of distress. -- judges 10:14 +. +And the Israelites said to the Lord, We have sinned, do to us whatever seems good to You; only deliver us, we pray You, this day. -- judges 10:15 +. +So they put away the foreign gods from among them and served the Lord, and His heart became impatient over the misery of Israel. -- judges 10:16 +. +Then the Ammonites were gathered together and they encamped in Gilead. And the Israelites assembled and encamped at Mizpah. -- judges 10:17 +. +And the leaders of Gilead [the Israelites] said one to another, Who is the man who will begin to fight against the Ammonites? He shall be head over all the inhabitants of Gilead. -- judges 10:18 +. +NOW JEPHTHAH the Gileadite was a mighty warrior, but he was the son of a harlot. Gilead was Jephthah's father. -- judges 11:1 +. +And Gilead's wife also bore him sons, and when his wife's sons grew up, they thrust Jephthah out and said to him, You shall not have an inheritance in our father's house, for you are the son of another woman. -- judges 11:2 +. +Then Jephthah fled from his brothers and dwelt in the land of Tob; and worthless men gathered around Jephthah and went on raids with him. -- judges 11:3 +. +And after a time, the Ammonites made war against Israel. -- judges 11:4 +. +And when the Ammonites made war against Israel, the elders of Gilead went to bring Jephthah out of the land of Tob; -- judges 11:5 +. +And they said to Jephthah, Come and be our leader, that we may fight with the Ammonites. -- judges 11:6 +. +But Jephthah said to the elders of Gilead, Did you not hate me and drive me out of my father's house? Why have you come to me now when you are in trouble? -- judges 11:7 +. +And the elders of Gilead said to Jephthah, This is why we have turned to you now, that you may go with us and fight the Ammonites and be our head over all the citizens of Gilead. -- judges 11:8 +. +Jephthah said to the elders of Gilead, If you bring me home again to fight against the Ammonites and the Lord gives them over to me, [understand that] I will be your head. -- judges 11:9 +. +And the elders of Gilead said to Jephthah, The Lord is witness between us, if we do not do as you have said. -- judges 11:10 +. +So Jephthah went with the elders of Gilead, and the people made him head and leader over them. And Jephthah repeated all he had promised before the Lord at Mizpah. -- judges 11:11 +. +And Jephthah sent messengers to the king of the Ammonites, saying, What have you to do with me, that you have come against me to fight in my land? -- judges 11:12 +. +The Ammonites' king replied to the messengers of Jephthah, Because Israel took away my land [which was not true] when they came up out of Egypt [years before], from the Arnon even to Jabbok and to the Jordan; now therefore, restore those lands peaceably. -- judges 11:13 +. +And Jephthah sent messengers again to the king of the Ammonites -- judges 11:14 +. +And said to him, Thus says Jephthah, Israel did not take the land of Moab or the land of the Ammonites. -- judges 11:15 +. +But when [Israel] came up from Egypt, [they] walked through the wilderness to the Red Sea and came to Kadesh. -- judges 11:16 +. +Then Israel sent messengers to the king of Edom, saying, Let us, we pray, pass through your land, but the king of Edom would not listen. Also they sent to the king of Moab, but he would not consent. So Israel remained at Kadesh. -- judges 11:17 +. +Then they went through the wilderness and went around the land of Edom and the land of Moab, and came by the east side of the land of Moab and camped on the other side of the Arnon; but they came not within the territory of Moab, for the Arnon was the boundary of Moab. -- judges 11:18 +. +Then Israel sent messengers to Sihon king of the Amorites, king of Heshbon, and Israel said to him, Let us pass, we pray you, through your land to our country. -- judges 11:19 +. +But Sihon did not trust Israel to pass through his territory; so Sihon gathered all his people together and encamped at Jahaz and fought with Israel. -- judges 11:20 +. +And the Lord, the God of Israel, gave Sihon and all his people into the hand of Israel, and they defeated them; so Israel took possession of all the land of the Amorites, the inhabitants of that country. -- judges 11:21 +. +They possessed all the territory of the Amorites, from the Arnon even to the Jabbok, and from the wilderness even to the Jordan. -- judges 11:22 +. +So now the Lord God of Israel has dispossessed the Amorites from before His people Israel, and should you possess them? -- judges 11:23 +. +Will you not possess what Chemosh your god gives you to possess? And all the Lord our God dispossessed before us, we will possess. -- judges 11:24 +. +Now are you any better than Balak son of Zippor, king of Moab? Did he ever strive against Israel or did he ever go to war with them? -- judges 11:25 +. +While Israel dwelt in Heshbon and its villages, and in Aroer and its villages, and in all the cities along the banks of the Arnon for years, why did you not recover [your lost lands] during that time? -- judges 11:26 +. +So I have not sinned against you, but you are doing me wrong to war against me. The Lord, the [righteous] Judge, judge this day between the Israelites and the Ammonites. -- judges 11:27 +. +But the king of the Ammonites did not listen to the message Jephthah sent him. -- judges 11:28 +. +Then the Spirit of the Lord came upon Jephthah, and he passed through Gilead and Manasseh, and Mizpah of Gilead, and from Mizpah of Gilead he passed on to the Ammonites. -- judges 11:29 +. +And Jephthah made a vow to the Lord and said, If You will indeed give the Ammonites into my hand, -- judges 11:30 +. +Then whatever or whoever comes forth from the doors of my house to meet me when I return in peace from the Ammonites, it shall be the Lord's, and I will offer it or him up as a burnt offering. -- judges 11:31 +. +Then Jephthah crossed over to the Ammonites to fight with them, and the Lord gave them into his hand. -- judges 11:32 +. +And from Aroer to Minnith he smote them, twenty cities, and as far as Abel-cheramim [the meadow of vineyards], with a very great slaughter. So the Ammonites were subdued before the Israelites. -- judges 11:33 +. +Then Jephthah came to Mizpah to his home, and behold, his daughter came out to meet him with timbrels and with dances! And she was his only child; beside her he had neither son nor daughter. -- judges 11:34 +. +And when he saw her, he rent his clothes and said, Alas, my daughter! You have brought me very low, and you are the cause of great trouble to me; for I have opened my mouth [in a vow] to the Lord, and I cannot take it back. -- judges 11:35 +. +And she said to him, My father, if you have opened your mouth to the Lord, do to me according to what you have vowed, since the Lord has taken vengeance for you on your enemies, the Ammonites. -- judges 11:36 +. +And she said to her father, Let this thing be done for me; let me alone two months, that I may go and wander upon the mountains and bewail my virginity, I and my companions. -- judges 11:37 +. +And he said, Go. And he sent her away for two months, and she went with her companions and bewailed her virginity upon the mountains. -- judges 11:38 +. +At the end of two months she returned to her father, who did with her according to his vow which he had vowed. She never mated with a man. This became a custom in Israel-- -- judges 11:39 +. +That the daughters of Israel went yearly to mourn the daughter of Jephthah the Gileadite four days in a year. -- judges 11:40 +. +THE MEN of Ephraim were summoned together and they crossed to Zaphon and said to Jephthah, Why did you cross over to fight with the Ammonites and did not summon us to go with you? We will burn your house over you with fire. -- judges 12:1 +. +And Jephthah said to them, I and my people were in a severe conflict with the Ammonites, and I when I called you, you did not rescue me from their hands. -- judges 12:2 +. +And when I saw that you would not rescue me, I put my life in my hands and crossed over against the Ammonites, and the Lord delivered them into my hand. Why then have you come up to me this day to fight against me? -- judges 12:3 +. +Then Jephthah gathered all the men of Gilead and fought with Ephraim; and the men of Gilead smote Ephraim because they had said, You Gileadites are fugitives of Ephraim in the midst of Ephraim and Manasseh. -- judges 12:4 +. +And the Gileadites took the fords of the Jordan before the Ephraimites; and when any of those Ephraimites who had escaped said, Let me go over, the men of Gilead said to him, Are you an Ephraimite? If he said, No, -- judges 12:5 +. +They said to him, Then say Shibboleth; and he said, Sibboleth, for he could not pronounce it right. Then they seized him and slew him at the fords of the Jordan. And there fell at that time 42,of the Ephraimites. -- judges 12:6 +. +Jephthah judged Israel six years. Then Jephthah the Gileadite died and was buried in one of the cities of Gilead. -- judges 12:7 +. +And after him Ibzan of Bethlehem judged Israel. -- judges 12:8 +. +And he had thirty sons and thirty daughters whom he gave [to husbands] outside his tribe, and thirty daughters [daughters-in-law] whom he brought in from outside his tribe for his sons. And he judged Israel seven years. -- judges 12:9 +. +Then Ibzan died and was buried at Bethlehem. -- judges 12:10 +. +After him Elon the Zebulunite judged Israel, and he judged Israel ten years. -- judges 12:11 +. +Then Elon the Zebulunite died and was buried at Aijalon in the land of Zebulun. -- judges 12:12 +. +And after him Abdon son of Hillel the Pirathonite judged Israel. -- judges 12:13 +. +And he had forty sons and thirty grandsons who rode on seventy donkey colts; and he judged Israel eight years. -- judges 12:14 +. +Then Abdon son of Hillel the Pirathonite died, and was buried at Pirathon in the land of Ephraim, in the hill country of the Amalekites. -- judges 12:15 +. +AND THE Israelites again did what was evil in the sight of the Lord, and the Lord gave them into the hands of the Philistines for forty years. -- judges 13:1 +. +And there was a certain man of Zorah, of the tribe of the Danites, whose name was Manoah; and his wife was barren and had no children. -- judges 13:2 +. +And the Angel of the Lord appeared to the woman and said to her, Behold, you are barren and have no children, but you shall become pregnant and bear a son. -- judges 13:3 +. +Therefore beware and drink no wine or strong drink and eat nothing unclean. -- judges 13:4 +. +For behold, you shall become pregnant and bear a son. No razor shall come upon his head, for the child shall be a Nazirite to God from birth, and he shall begin to deliver Israel out of the hands of the Philistines. -- judges 13:5 +. +Then the woman went and told her husband, saying, A Man of God came to me and his face was like the face of the Angel of God, to be greatly and reverently feared. I did not ask him from where he came, and he did not tell me his name. -- judges 13:6 +. +But he said to me, Behold, you shall become pregnant and bear a son, and now drink no wine or strong drink and eat nothing unclean, for the child shall be a Nazirite to God from birth to the day of his death. -- judges 13:7 +. +Then Manoah entreated the Lord and said, O Lord, let the Man of God whom You sent come again to us and teach us what we shall do with the child that shall be born. -- judges 13:8 +. +And God listened to the voice of Manoah, and the Angel of God came again to the woman as she sat in the field; but Manoah her husband was not with her. -- judges 13:9 +. +And the woman ran in haste and told her husband and said to him, Behold, the Man who came to me the other day has appeared to me. -- judges 13:10 +. +And Manoah arose and went after his wife and came to the Man and said to him, Are you the Man who spoke to this woman? And he said, I am. -- judges 13:11 +. +And Manoah said, Now when your words come true, how shall we manage the child, and what is he to do? -- judges 13:12 +. +And the Angel of the Lord said to Manoah, Let the mother beware of all that I told her. -- judges 13:13 +. +She may not eat of anything that comes from the grapevine, nor drink wine or strong drink nor eat any unclean thing. All that I commanded her let her observe. -- judges 13:14 +. +And Manoah said to the Angel of the Lord, Pray, let us detain you that we may prepare a kid for you. -- judges 13:15 +. +And the Angel of the Lord said to Manoah, Though you detain me, I will not eat of your food, but if you make ready a burnt offering, offer it to the Lord. For Manoah did not know that he was the Angel of the Lord. -- judges 13:16 +. +And Manoah said to the Angel of the Lord, What is your name, so that when your words come true, we may do you honor? -- judges 13:17 +. +And the Angel of the Lord said to him, Why do you ask my name, seeing it is wonderful? -- judges 13:18 +. +So Manoah took the kid with the cereal offering and offered it upon a rock to the Lord, the Angel working wonders, while Manoah and his wife looked on. -- judges 13:19 +. +For when the flame went up toward the heavens from the altar, the Angel of the Lord ascended in the altar flame. And Manoah and his wife looked on, and they fell on their faces to the ground. -- judges 13:20 +. +The Angel of the Lord did not appear again to Manoah or to his wife. Then Manoah knew that he was the Angel of the Lord. -- judges 13:21 +. +And Manoah said to his wife, We shall surely die, because we have seen God. -- judges 13:22 +. +But his [sensible] wife said to him, If the Lord were pleased to kill us, He would not have received a burnt offering and a cereal offering from our hands, nor have shown us all these things or now have announced such things as these. -- judges 13:23 +. +And the woman [in due time] bore a son and called his name Samson; and the child grew and the Lord blessed him. -- judges 13:24 +. +And the Spirit of the Lord began to move him at times in Mahaneh-dan [the camp of Dan] between Zorah and Eshtaol. -- judges 13:25 +. +SAMSON WENT down to Timnah and at Timnah saw one of the daughters of the Philistines. -- judges 14:1 +. +And he came up and told his father and mother, I saw one of the daughters of the Philistines at Timnah; now get her for me as my wife. -- judges 14:2 +. +But his father and mother said to him, Is there not a woman among the daughters of your kinsmen or among all our people, that you must go to take a wife from the uncircumcised Philistines? And Samson said to his father, Get her for me, for she is all right in my eyes. -- judges 14:3 +. +His father and mother did not know that it was of the Lord, and that He sought an occasion for assailing the Philistines. At that time the Philistines had dominion over Israel. -- judges 14:4 +. +Then Samson and his father and mother went down to Timnah and came to the vineyards of Timnah. And behold, a young lion roared against him. -- judges 14:5 +. +And the Spirit of the Lord came mightily upon him, and he tore the lion as he would have torn a kid, and he had nothing in his hand; but he did not tell his father or mother what he had done. -- judges 14:6 +. +And he went down and talked with the woman, and she pleased Samson well. -- judges 14:7 +. +And after a while he returned to take her, and he turned aside to see the body of the lion, and behold, a swarm of bees and honey were in the body of the lion. -- judges 14:8 +. +And he scraped some of the honey out into his hands and went along eating. And he came to his father and mother and gave them some, and they ate it; but he did not tell them he had taken the honey from the body of the lion. -- judges 14:9 +. +His father went down to the woman, and Samson made a feast there, for that was the customary thing for young men to do. -- judges 14:10 +. +And when the people saw him, they brought thirty companions to be with him. -- judges 14:11 +. +And Samson said to them, I will now put forth a riddle to you; if you can tell me what it is within the seven days of the feast, and find it out, then I will give you thirty linen undergarments and thirty changes of raiment. -- judges 14:12 +. +But if you cannot declare it to me, then shall you give me thirty linen undergarments and thirty changes of festive [costly] raiment. And they said to him, Put forth your riddle, that we may hear it. -- judges 14:13 +. +And he said to them, Out of the eater came forth food, and out of the strong came forth sweetness. And they could not solve the riddle in three days. -- judges 14:14 +. +And on the seventh day they said to Samson's wife, Entice your husband to declare to us the riddle, lest we burn you and your father's household with fire. Have you invited us to make us poor? Is this not true? -- judges 14:15 +. +And Samson's wife wept before him and said, You only hate me, you do not love me; you have put forth a riddle to my countrymen and have not told the answer to me. And he said to her, Behold, I have not told my father or my mother, and shall I tell you? -- judges 14:16 +. +And Samson's wife wept before him the seven days their feast lasted, and on the seventh day he told her because she pressed him with entreaties. Then she told the riddle to her countrymen. -- judges 14:17 +. +And the men of the city said to [Samson] on the seventh day before sundown, What is sweeter than honey? What is stronger than a lion? And he said to them, If you had not plowed with my heifer, you would not have solved my riddle. -- judges 14:18 +. +And the Spirit of the Lord came upon him, and he went down to Ashkelon and slew thirty men of them and took their apparel [as spoil], and gave the changes of garments to those who explained the riddle. And his anger was kindled, and he went up to his father's house. -- judges 14:19 +. +But Samson's wife was [given] to his companion who was his [best] friend. -- judges 14:20 +. +BUT SOME days later, in the time of wheat harvest, Samson went to visit his wife, taking along a kid [as a token of reconciliation]; and he said, I will go unto my wife in the inner chamber. But her father would not allow him to go in. -- judges 15:1 +. +And her father said, I truly thought you utterly hated her, so I gave her to your companion. Is her younger sister not fairer than she? Take her, I pray you, instead. -- judges 15:2 +. +And Samson said of them, This time shall I be blameless as regards the Philistines, though I do them evil. -- judges 15:3 +. +So Samson went and caught foxes or jackals and took torches and turning the foxes tail to tail, he put a torch between each pair of tails. -- judges 15:4 +. +And when he had set the torches ablaze, he let the foxes go into the standing grain of the Philistines, and he burned up the shocks and the standing grain, along with the olive orchards. -- judges 15:5 +. +Then the Philistines said, Who has done this? And they were told, Samson, the son-in-law of the Timnite, because he [the Timnite] has taken his [Samson's] wife and has given her to his companion. And the Philistines came up and burned her and her father with fire. -- judges 15:6 +. +And Samson said to them, If this is the way you act, surely I will take revenge on you, and after that I will quit. -- judges 15:7 +. +And he smote them hip and thigh [unsparingly], a great slaughter; and he went down and dwelt in the cleft of the rock of Etam. -- judges 15:8 +. +Then the Philistines came up and encamped in Judah and spread themselves in Lehi. -- judges 15:9 +. +And the men of Judah said, Why have you come up against us? And they answered, We have come up to bind Samson, to do to him as he has done to us. -- judges 15:10 +. +Then 3,men of Judah went down to the cleft of the rock Etam and said to Samson, Have you not known that the Philistines are rulers over us? What is this that you have done to us? He said to them, As they did to me, so have I done to them. -- judges 15:11 +. +And they said to him, We have come down to bind you, that we may deliver you into the hands of the Philistines. And Samson said to them, Swear to me that you will not fall upon me yourselves. -- judges 15:12 +. +And they said to him, No, we will bind you fast and give you into their hand; but surely we will not kill you. So they bound him with two new ropes and brought him up from the rock. -- judges 15:13 +. +And when he came to Lehi, the Philistines came shouting to meet him. And the Spirit of the Lord came mightily upon [Samson], and the ropes on his arms became as flax that had caught fire, and his bonds melted off his hands. -- judges 15:14 +. +And he found a still moist jawbone of a donkey and reached out and took it and slew 1,men with it. -- judges 15:15 +. +And Samson said, With the jawbone of a donkey, heaps upon heaps, with the jawbone of a donkey I have slain 1,men! -- judges 15:16 +. +And when he stopped speaking, he cast the jawbone from his hand; and that place was called Ramath-lehi [the hill of the jawbone]. -- judges 15:17 +. +Samson was very thirsty, and he prayed to the Lord and said, You have given this great deliverance by the hand of Your servant, and now shall I die of thirst and fall into the hands of the uncircumcised? -- judges 15:18 +. +And God split open the hollow place that was at Lehi, and water came out of it. And when he drank, his spirit returned and he revived. Therefore the name of it was called En-hakkore [the spring of him who prayed], which is at Lehi to this day. -- judges 15:19 +. +And [Samson] judged (defended) Israel in the days of the Philistines twenty years. -- judges 15:20 +. +THEN SAMSON went to Gaza and saw a harlot there, and went in to her. -- judges 16:1 +. +The Gazites were told, Samson has come here. So they surrounded the place and lay in wait for him all night at the gate of the city. They were quiet all night, saying, In the morning, when it is light, we will kill him. -- judges 16:2 +. +But Samson lay until midnight, and [then] he arose and took hold of the doors of the city's gate and the two posts, and pulling them up, bar and all, he put them on his shoulders and carried them to the top of the hill that is before Hebron. -- judges 16:3 +. +After this he loved a woman in the Valley of Sorek whose name was Delilah. -- judges 16:4 +. +And the lords of the Philistines came to her and said to her, Entice him and see in what his great strength lies, and by what means we may overpower him that we may bind him to subdue him. And we will each give you 1,pieces of silver. -- judges 16:5 +. +And Delilah said to Samson, Tell me, I pray you, wherein your great strength lies, and with what you might be bound to subdue you. -- judges 16:6 +. +And Samson said to her, If they bind me with seven fresh, strong gutstrings, still moist, then shall I be weak and be like any other man. -- judges 16:7 +. +Then the Philistine lords brought to her seven fresh, strong bowstrings, still moist, and she bound him with them. -- judges 16:8 +. +Now she had men lying in wait in an inner room. And she said to him, The Philistines are upon you, Samson! And he broke the bowstrings as a string of tow breaks when it touches the fire. So the secret of his strength was not known. -- judges 16:9 +. +And Delilah said to Samson, Behold, you have mocked me and told me lies; now tell me, I pray you, how you might be bound. -- judges 16:10 +. +And he said to her, If they bind me fast with new ropes that have not been used, then I shall become weak and be like any other man. -- judges 16:11 +. +So Delilah took new ropes and bound him with them and said to him, The Philistines are upon you, Samson! And the men lying in wait were in the inner room. But he snapped the ropes off his arms like [sewing] thread. -- judges 16:12 +. +And Delilah said to Samson, Until now you have mocked me and told me lies; tell me with what you might be bound. And he said to her, If you weave the seven braids of [the hair of] my head with the web. -- judges 16:13 +. +And she did so and fastened it with the pin and said to him, The Philistines are upon you, Samson! And he awoke out of his sleep and went away with the pin of the [weaver's] beam and with the web. -- judges 16:14 +. +And she said to him, How can you say, I love you, when your heart is not with me? You have mocked me these three times and have not told me in what your great strength lies. -- judges 16:15 +. +And when she pressed him day after day with her words and urged him, he was vexed to death. -- judges 16:16 +. +Then he told her all his mind and said to her, A razor has never come upon my head, for I have been a Nazirite to God from my birth. If I am shaved, then my strength will go from me, and I shall become weak and be like any other man. -- judges 16:17 +. +And when Delilah saw that he had told her all his mind, she went and called for the Philistine lords, saying, Come up this once, for he has told me all he knows. Then the Philistine lords came up to her and brought the money in their hands. -- judges 16:18 +. +And she made Samson sleep upon her knees, and she called a man and caused him to shave off the seven braids of his head. Then she began to torment [Samson], and his strength went from him. -- judges 16:19 +. +She said, The Philistines are upon you, Samson! And he awoke out of his sleep and said, I will go out as I have time after time and shake myself free. For Samson did not know that the Lord had departed from him. -- judges 16:20 +. +But the Philistines laid hold of him, bored out his eyes, and brought him down to Gaza and bound him with [two] bronze fetters; and he ground at the mill in the prison. -- judges 16:21 +. +But the hair of his head began to grow again after it had been shaved. -- judges 16:22 +. +Then the Philistine lords gathered together to offer a great sacrifice to Dagon their god and to rejoice, for they said, Our god has given Samson our enemy into our hands. -- judges 16:23 +. +And when the people saw Samson, they praised their god, for they said, Our god has delivered into our hands our enemy, the ravager of our country, who has slain many of us. -- judges 16:24 +. +And when their hearts were merry, they said, Call for Samson, that he may make sport for us. So they called [blind] Samson out of the prison, and he made sport before them. They made him stand between the pillars. -- judges 16:25 +. +And Samson said to the lad who held him by the hand, Allow me to feel the pillars upon which the house rests, that I may lean against them. -- judges 16:26 +. +Now the house was full of men and women; all the Philistine princes were there, and on the roof were about 3,men and women who looked on while Samson made sport. -- judges 16:27 +. +Then Samson called to the Lord and said, O Lord God, [earnestly] remember me, I pray You, and strengthen me, I pray You, only this once, O God, and let me have one vengeance upon the Philistines for both my eyes. -- judges 16:28 +. +And Samson laid hold of the two middle pillars by which the house was borne up, one with his right hand and the other with his left. -- judges 16:29 +. +And Samson cried, Let me die with the Philistines! And he bowed himself mightily, and the house fell upon the princes and upon all the people that were in it. So the dead whom he slew at his death were more than they whom he slew in his life. -- judges 16:30 +. +Then his kinsmen and all the tribal family of his father came down, took his body, and brought it up; and they buried him between Zorah and Eshtaol in the burial place of Manoah his father. He had judged Israel [that is, had defended the Israelites] twenty years. -- judges 16:31 +. +THERE WAS a man of the hill country of Ephraim whose name was Micah. -- judges 17:1 +. +And he said to his mother, The 1,shekels of silver that were taken from you, about which you cursed and also spoke about in my hearing, behold, I have the silver with me; I took it. And his mother said, Blessed be you by the Lord, my son! -- judges 17:2 +. +He restored the 1,shekels of silver to his mother, and she said, I had truly dedicated the silver to the Lord from my hand for my son to make a graven image and a molten image; now therefore, I will restore it to you. -- judges 17:3 +. +So when he restored the money to his mother, she took pieces of silver and gave them to the silversmith, who made of it a graven image and a molten image; and they were in the house of Micah. -- judges 17:4 +. +And the man Micah had a house of gods, and he made an ephod and teraphim and dedicated one of his sons, who became his priest. -- judges 17:5 +. +In those days there was no king in Israel; every man did what was right in his own eyes. -- judges 17:6 +. +And there was a young man in Bethlehem of Judah, of the family of Judah, who was a Levite; and he sojourned there. -- judges 17:7 +. +And the man departed from the town of Bethlehem in Judah to sojourn where he could find a place, and as he journeyed he came to the hill country of Ephraim to the house of Micah. -- judges 17:8 +. +And Micah said to him, From where do you come? And he said to him, I am a Levite of Bethlehem in Judah, and I go to sojourn where I may find a place. -- judges 17:9 +. +And Micah said to him, Dwell with me and be to me a father and a priest, and I will give you ten pieces of silver each year, a suit of clothes, and your living. So the Levite went in. -- judges 17:10 +. +And the Levite was content to dwell with the man, and the young man was to Micah as one of his sons. -- judges 17:11 +. +And Micah consecrated the Levite, and the young man became his priest and was in the house of Micah. -- judges 17:12 +. +Then said Micah, Now I know that the Lord will favor me, since I have a Levite to be my priest. -- judges 17:13 +. +IN THOSE days there was no king in Israel. And in those days the tribe of the Danites sought for itself an inheritance to dwell in, for until then no [sufficient] inheritance had been acquired by them among the tribes of Israel. -- judges 18:1 +. +So the Danites sent from the whole number of their tribe five brave men from Zorah and Eshtaol to spy out the land and to explore it, and they said to them, Go, explore the land. They came to the hill country of Ephraim, to the house of Micah, and lodged there. -- judges 18:2 +. +When they went by the house of Micah, they recognized the voice of the young Levite, and they turned aside there and said to him, Who brought you here? And what do you do in this place? And what have you here? -- judges 18:3 +. +And he said to them, Thus and thus Micah deals with me and has hired me, and I am his priest. -- judges 18:4 +. +And they said to him, Ask counsel, we pray you, of God that we may know whether our journey will be successful. -- judges 18:5 +. +And the priest said to them, Go in peace. The way in which you go is before (under the eye of) the Lord. -- judges 18:6 +. +Then the five men departed and came to Laish and saw the people who were there, how they dwelt securely after the manner of the Sidonians, quiet and feeling safe; and there was no magistrate in the land, who might put them to shame in anything or injure them; and they were far from the Sidonians and had no dealings with anyone. -- judges 18:7 +. +The five men came back to their brethren at Zorah and Eshtaol, and their brethren said to them, What do you say? -- judges 18:8 +. +They said, Arise, let us go up against them, for we have seen the land, and behold, it is very fertile. And will you do nothing? Do not be slow to go and enter in and possess the land. -- judges 18:9 +. +When you go, you will come to people [feeling] safe and secure. The land is broad [widely extended on all sides]; and God has given it into your hands--a place where there is no want of anything that is in the earth. -- judges 18:10 +. +And there went from there of the tribe of the Danites, out of Zorah and Eshtaol, men armed with weapons of war. -- judges 18:11 +. +And they went up and encamped at Kiriath-jearim in Judah. Therefore they called that place Mahaneh-dan [camp of Dan] to this day; it is west of Kiriath-jearim. -- judges 18:12 +. +And they passed from there to the hill country of Ephraim and came to Micah's house. -- judges 18:13 +. +Then the five men who had gone to spy out the country of Laish said to their brethren, Do you know that there are in these houses an ephod, teraphim, a graven image, and a molten image? Now therefore, consider what you have to do. -- judges 18:14 +. +And they turned in that direction and came to the house of the young Levite, at the home of Micah, and saluted him. -- judges 18:15 +. +Now the Danites with their weapons of war stood at Micah's gate. -- judges 18:16 +. +And the five men who had gone to spy out the land went up and entered the house and took the graven image, the ephod, the teraphim, and the molten image, while the priest stood by the entrance of the gate with the men armed with weapons of war. -- judges 18:17 +. +And when these went into Micah's house and took the carved image, the ephod, the teraphim, and the molten image, the priest said to them, What are you doing? -- judges 18:18 +. +And they said to him, Be still, put your hand over your mouth, and come with us, and be to us a father and a priest. Is it better for you to be a priest to the house of one man, or that you be a priest to a tribe and family in Israel? -- judges 18:19 +. +And the priest's heart was glad, and he took the ephod, the teraphim, and the graven image, and went in the midst of the people. -- judges 18:20 +. +So they turned and departed and put the little ones, the cattle, and the baggage in front of them. -- judges 18:21 +. +When they were a good way from the house of Micah, the men who were Micah's near neighbors were called out and overtook the Danites. -- judges 18:22 +. +They shouted to the Danites, who turned and said to Micah, What ails you, that you come with such a company? -- judges 18:23 +. +And he said, You take away my gods which I made and the priest, and go away; and what have I left? How can you say to me, What ails you? -- judges 18:24 +. +And the men of Dan said to him, Let not your voice be heard among us, lest angry fellows fall upon you and you lose your life with the lives of your household. -- judges 18:25 +. +And the Danites went their way; and when Micah saw that they were too strong for him, he turned and went back to his house. -- judges 18:26 +. +And they took the things which Micah had made, and his priest, and came to Laish, to a people quiet and feeling secure, and they smote them with the sword and burned the city. -- judges 18:27 +. +And there was no deliverer because it was far from Sidon, and they had no business with anyone. It was in the valley which belongs to Beth-rehob. And they rebuilt the city and dwelt in it. -- judges 18:28 +. +They named the city Dan, after Dan their forefather who was born to Israel; however, the name of the city was Laish at first. -- judges 18:29 +. +And the Danites set up the graven image for themselves; and Jonathan son of Gershom, the son of Moses, and his sons were priests to the tribe of Dan until the day of the captivity of the land. -- judges 18:30 +. +So they set them up Micah's graven image which he made, as long as the house of God was at Shiloh. -- judges 18:31 +. +IN THOSE days, when there was no king in Israel, a certain Levite was living temporarily in the most remote part of the hill district of Ephraim, who took to himself a concubine [of inferior status than a wife] from Bethlehem in Judah. -- judges 19:1 +. +And his concubine was untrue to him and went away from him to her father's house at Bethlehem of Judah and stayed there the space of four months. -- judges 19:2 +. +Then her husband arose and went after her to speak kindly to her [to her heart] and to bring her back, having with him his servant and a couple of donkeys. And she brought him into her father's house, and when her father saw him, he rejoiced to meet him. -- judges 19:3 +. +And his father-in-law, the girl's father, [insistently] detained him, and he remained with him three days. So they ate and drank, and he lodged there. -- judges 19:4 +. +On the fourth day they arose early in the morning, and the [Levite] prepared to leave, but the girl's father said to his son-in-law, Strengthen your heart with a morsel of bread and afterward go your way. -- judges 19:5 +. +So both men sat down and ate and drank together, and the girl's father said to the man, Consent to stay all night and let your heart be merry. -- judges 19:6 +. +And when the man rose up to depart, his father-in-law urged him; so he lodged there again. -- judges 19:7 +. +And he arose early in the morning on the fifth day to depart, but the girl's father said, Strengthen your heart and tarry until toward evening. So they ate, both of them. -- judges 19:8 +. +And when the man and his concubine and his servant rose up to leave, his father-in-law, the girl's father, said to him, Behold, now the day draws toward evening, I pray you stay all night. Behold, now the day grows to an end, lodge here and let your heart be merry, and tomorrow get early on your way and go home. -- judges 19:9 +. +But the man would not stay that night; so he rose up and departed and came opposite to Jebus, which is Jerusalem. With him were two saddled donkeys [and his servant] and his concubine. -- judges 19:10 +. +When they were near Jebus, it was late, and the servant said to his master, Come I pray, and let us turn into this Jebusite city and lodge in it. -- judges 19:11 +. +His master said to him, We will not turn aside into the city of foreigners where there are no Israelites. We will go on to Gibeah. -- judges 19:12 +. +And he said to his servant, Come and let us go to one of these places and spend the night in Gibeah or in Ramah. -- judges 19:13 +. +So they passed on and went their way, and the sun went down on them near Gibeah, which belongs to Benjamin, -- judges 19:14 +. +And they turned aside there to go in and lodge at Gibeah. And the Levite went in and sat down in the open square of the city, for no man took them into his house to spend the night. -- judges 19:15 +. +And behold, an old man was coming from his work in the field at evening. He was from the hill country of Ephraim but was living temporarily in Gibeah, but the men of the place were Benjamites. -- judges 19:16 +. +And when he looked up, he saw the wayfarer in the city square, and the old man said, Where are you going? And from where did you come? -- judges 19:17 +. +The Levite replied, We are passing from Bethlehem of Judah to the rear side of the hill country of Ephraim; I am from there. I went to Bethlehem of Judah, but I am [now] going [home] to the house of the Lord [where I serve], and there is no man who receives me into his house. -- judges 19:18 +. +Yet we have both straw and provender for our donkeys and bread and wine also for me, your handmaid, and the young man who is with your servants; there is no lack of anything. -- judges 19:19 +. +And the old man said, Peace be to you, but leave all your wants to me; only do not lodge in the street. -- judges 19:20 +. +So he brought him into his house and gave provender to the donkeys. And the guests washed their feet and ate and drank. -- judges 19:21 +. +Now as they were making their hearts merry, behold, the men of the city, certain worthless fellows, beset the house round about, beat on the door, and said to the master of the house, the old man, Bring forth the man who came to your house, that we may have intercourse with him. -- judges 19:22 +. +And the man, the master of the house, went out and said to them, No, my kinsmen, I pray you, do not act so wickedly; seeing that this man is my guest, do not do this [wicked] folly. -- judges 19:23 +. +Behold, here are my virgin daughter and this man's concubine; them I will bring out now; debase them and do with them what seems good to you, but to this man do not so vile a thing. -- judges 19:24 +. +But the men would not listen to him. So the man took his concubine and forced her forth to them, and they had intercourse with her and abused her all the night until morning. And when the dawn began to break, they let her go. -- judges 19:25 +. +At daybreak the woman came and fell down and lay at the door of the man's house where her master was, till it was light. -- judges 19:26 +. +And her master rose up in the morning and opened the doors of the house and went out to go his way; and behold, his concubine had fallen down at the door of the house, and her hands were upon the threshold. -- judges 19:27 +. +And he said to her, Up, and let us be going. But there was no answer [for she was dead]. Then he put her [body] upon the donkey, and the man rose up and went home. -- judges 19:28 +. +And when he came into his house, he took a knife, and took hold of his dead concubine and divided her [body] limb by limb into twelve pieces and sent her [body] throughout all the territory of Israel. -- judges 19:29 +. +And all who saw it said, There was no such deed done or seen from the day that the Israelites came up out of the land of Egypt to this day; consider it, take counsel, and speak [your minds]. -- judges 19:30 +. +THEN ALL the Israelites came out, and the congregation assembled as one man to the Lord at Mizpah, from Dan even to Beersheba, including the land of Gilead. -- judges 20:1 +. +And the chiefs of all the people, of all the tribes of Israel, presented themselves in the assembly of the people of God, 400,men on foot who drew the sword. -- judges 20:2 +. +(Now the Benjamites [among whom the vile tragedy occurred] heard that the [other] Israelites had gone up to Mizpah.) There the Israelites asked, How did this wickedness happen? -- judges 20:3 +. +And the Levite, the husband of the woman who was murdered, replied, I came to Gibeah which belongs to Benjamin, I and my concubine, to spend the night. -- judges 20:4 +. +And the men of Gibeah rose against me and beset the house round about me by night; they meant to kill me and they raped my concubine, and she is dead. -- judges 20:5 +. +And I took my concubine and cut her in pieces and sent her throughout all the country of the inheritance of Israel, for they have committed abomination and [wicked] folly in Israel. -- judges 20:6 +. +Behold, you Israelites, all of you, give here your advice and counsel. -- judges 20:7 +. +And all the people arose as one man, saying, Not any of us will go to his tent, and none of us will return to his home. -- judges 20:8 +. +But now this we will do to Gibeah: we will go up by lot against it, -- judges 20:9 +. +And we will take ten men of throughout all the tribes of Israel, and 100 of 1,000, and 1,000 out of 10,000, to bring provisions for the men, that when they come to Gibeah of Benjamin they may do to them according to all the [wicked] folly which they have committed in Israel. -- judges 20:10 +. +So all the men of Israel gathered against the city, united as one man. -- judges 20:11 +. +And the tribes of Israel sent men through all the tribe of Benjamin, saying, What wickedness is this that has been done among you? -- judges 20:12 +. +Now therefore, give up the men [involved], the base fellows in Gibeah, that we may put them to death and put away evil from Israel. But the Benjamites would not listen to the voice of their kinsmen the Israelites. -- judges 20:13 +. +But the Benjamites out of the cities assembled at Gibeah to go out to battle against the other Israelites. -- judges 20:14 +. +And the Benjamites mustered out of their cities at that time 26,men who drew the sword, besides the inhabitants of Gibeah, who mustered 700 chosen men. -- judges 20:15 +. +Among all these were chosen left-handed men; every one could sling stones at a hair and not miss. -- judges 20:16 +. +And the men of Israel, other than Benjamin, mustered 400,men who drew the sword; all these were men of war. -- judges 20:17 +. +The Israelites arose and went up to the house of God [Bethel] and asked counsel of God and said, Which of us shall take the lead to battle against the Benjamites? And the Lord said, Judah shall go up first. -- judges 20:18 +. +Then the Israelites rose in the morning and encamped against Gibeah. -- judges 20:19 +. +And the men of Israel went out to battle against Benjamin and set the battle in array against them at Gibeah. -- judges 20:20 +. +The Benjamites came forth out of Gibeah and felled to the ground that day 22,men of the Israelites. -- judges 20:21 +. +But the people, the men of Israel, took courage and strengthened themselves and again set their battle line in the same place where they formed it the first day. -- judges 20:22 +. +And the Israelites went up and wept before the Lord until evening and asked of the Lord, Shall we go up again to battle against our brethren the Benjamites? And the Lord said, Go up against them. -- judges 20:23 +. +So the Israelites came near against the Benjamites the second day. -- judges 20:24 +. +And Benjamin went forth out of Gibeah against them the second day and felled to the ground the Israelites again, 18,men, all of whom were swordsmen. -- judges 20:25 +. +Then all the Israelites, the whole army, went up and came to the house of God [Bethel] and wept; and they sat there before the Lord and fasted that day until evening and offered burnt offerings and peace offerings before the Lord. -- judges 20:26 +. +And the Israelites inquired of the Lord--for the ark of the covenant of God was there [at Bethel] in those days, -- judges 20:27 +. +And Phinehas son of Eleazar, the son of Aaron, ministered before it in those days--saying, Shall we yet again go out to battle against our brethren the Benjamites or shall we quit? And the Lord said, Go up, for tomorrow I will deliver them into your hand. -- judges 20:28 +. +So Israel set men in ambush round about Gibeah. -- judges 20:29 +. +And the Israelites went up against the Benjamites on the third day and set themselves in array against Gibeah as at other times. -- judges 20:30 +. +And the Benjamites went out against their army and were drawn away from the city; and they began to smite and kill some of the people as at other times, in the highways, one of which goes up to Bethel and the other to Gibeah, and in the open country--about thirty men of Israel. -- judges 20:31 +. +And the Benjamites said, They are routed before us as at first. But the Israelites said, Let us flee and draw them from the city to the highways. -- judges 20:32 +. +And all the men of Israel rose out of their places and set themselves in array at Baal-tamar, and the men of Israel in ambush rushed out of their place in the meadow of Geba. -- judges 20:33 +. +And there came against Gibeah 10,chosen men out of all Israel, and the battle was hard; but the Benjamites did not know disaster was close upon them. -- judges 20:34 +. +And the Lord overcame Benjamin before Israel, and the Israelites destroyed of the Benjamites that day 25,men, all of whom were swordsmen. -- judges 20:35 +. +So the Benjamites saw that they were defeated. The men of Israel gave ground to the Benjamites, because they trusted in the men in ambush whom they had set against Gibeah. -- judges 20:36 +. +And the men in ambush quickly rushed upon Gibeah, and the liers-in-wait moved out and smote all the city with the sword. -- judges 20:37 +. +Now the appointed signal between the men of Israel and the men in ambush was that when they made a great cloud of smoke arise from the city, -- judges 20:38 +. +The men of Israel should all turn back in battle. Now Benjamin had begun to smite and kill some of the men of Israel, about thirty persons. They said, Surely they are falling before us as in the first battle. -- judges 20:39 +. +But when the [signal] cloud began to rise out of the city in a pillar of smoke, the Benjamites looked behind them, and behold, the whole of the city went up in smoke to the heavens. -- judges 20:40 +. +When the men of Israel turned back again, the men of Benjamin were dismayed, for they saw that disaster had come upon them. -- judges 20:41 +. +Therefore they turned their backs before the men of Israel and fled toward the wilderness, but the battle followed close behind and overtook them; and the inhabitants of the cities destroyed those [Benjamites] who came through them in their midst. -- judges 20:42 +. +They surrounded the Benjamites, pursued them, and overtook and trod them down at their resting-place as far as opposite Gibeah toward the east. -- judges 20:43 +. +And there fell 18,men of Benjamin, all of them men of valor. -- judges 20:44 +. +And [the Benjamites] turned and fled toward the wilderness to the rock of Rimmon, and Israel picked off on the highways 5,men of them; they pursued hard after them to Gidom and slew 2,000 more of them. -- judges 20:45 +. +So that all of Benjamin who fell that day were 25,men who drew the sword, all of them men of valor. -- judges 20:46 +. +But men turned and fled to the wilderness to the rock Rimmon and remained at the rock Rimmon four months. -- judges 20:47 +. +And the men of Israel turned back against the Benjamites and smote them with the sword, men and beasts and all that they found. Also they set on fire all the towns to which they came. -- judges 20:48 +. +NOW THE men of Israel had sworn at Mizpah, None of us shall give his daughter in marriage to Benjamin. -- judges 21:1 +. +And the Israelites came to the house of God [Bethel] and sat there until evening before God and lifted up their voices and wept bitterly. -- judges 21:2 +. +And they said, O Lord, the God of Israel, why has this come to pass in Israel, that there should be today one tribe lacking in Israel? -- judges 21:3 +. +And next morning the people rose early, and built there an altar, and offered burnt offerings and peace offerings. -- judges 21:4 +. +And the Israelites said, Which among all the tribes of Israel did not come up with the assembly to the Lord? For they had taken a great oath concerning him who did not come up to the Lord to Mizpah, saying, He shall surely die. -- judges 21:5 +. +And the Israelites changed their purpose [and had compassion] for the Benjamites their kinsmen and said, There is one tribe cut off from Israel today. -- judges 21:6 +. +What shall we do for wives for those who are left, seeing we have sworn by the Lord that we will not give them our daughters as wives? -- judges 21:7 +. +And they said, Which one is there of the tribes of Israel that did not come up to Mizpah to the Lord? And behold, no one had come to the camp from Jabesh-gilead, to the assembly. -- judges 21:8 +. +For when the people were mustered, behold, not one of the citizens of Jabesh-gilead was there. -- judges 21:9 +. +And the congregation sent there 12,of the bravest men, saying, Go and smite the inhabitants of Jabesh-gilead with the sword, also the women and the little ones. -- judges 21:10 +. +And this is what you shall do; utterly destroy every male and every woman who is not a virgin. -- judges 21:11 +. +And they found among the inhabitants of Jabesh-gilead young virgins, who had known no man by lying with him; and they brought them to the camp at Shiloh, which is in the land of Canaan. -- judges 21:12 +. +And the whole congregation sent word to the Benjamites who were at the rock of Rimmon and invited them to be friendly with them. -- judges 21:13 +. +And Benjamin returned at that time, and they gave them the women whom they had saved alive of the women of Jabesh-gilead; and yet there were not enough for them. -- judges 21:14 +. +And the people had compassion on Benjamin, because the Lord had made a breach in the tribes of Israel. -- judges 21:15 +. +Then the elders of the congregation said, What shall we do for wives for those who are left, since the women of Benjamin are destroyed? -- judges 21:16 +. +And they said, There must be an inheritance for the survivors of Benjamin, so that a tribe shall not be wiped out of Israel. -- judges 21:17 +. +But we cannot give them wives of our daughters, for the Israelites have sworn, Cursed be he who gives a wife to Benjamin. -- judges 21:18 +. +So they said, Behold, there is the yearly feast of the Lord at Shiloh, which is north of Bethel, on the east of the highway that goes up from Bethel to Shechem and south of Lebonah. -- judges 21:19 +. +So they commanded the Benjamites, Go and lie in wait in the vineyards, -- judges 21:20 +. +And watch; if the daughters of Shiloh come out to dance in the dances, then come out of the vineyards and catch every man his wife from the daughters of Shiloh and go to the land of Benjamin. -- judges 21:21 +. +And when their fathers or their brothers come to us to complain, we will say to them, Grant them graciously unto us, because we did not reserve a wife for each of them in battle, neither did you give wives to them, for that would have made you guilty [of breaking your oath]. -- judges 21:22 +. +And the Benjamites did so and took wives, according to their number, from the dancers whom they carried off; then they went and returned to their inheritance and repaired the towns and dwelt in them. -- judges 21:23 +. +And the Israelites left there then, every man to his tribe and family, and they went out from there every man to his inheritance. -- judges 21:24 +. +In those days there was no king in Israel; every man did what was right in his own eyes. -- judges 21:25 +. +IN THE days when the judges ruled, there was a famine in the land. And a certain man of Bethlehem of Judah went to sojourn in the country of Moab, he, his wife, and his two sons. -- ruth 1:1 +. +The man's name was Elimelech and his wife's name was Naomi and his two sons were named Mahlon [invalid] and Chilion [pining]; they were Ephrathites from Bethlehem of Judah. They went to the country of Moab and continued there. -- ruth 1:2 +. +But Elimelech, who Naomi's husband, died, and she was left with her two sons. -- ruth 1:3 +. +And they took wives of the women of Moab; the name of the one was Orpah and the name of the other Ruth. They dwelt there about ten years; -- ruth 1:4 +. +And Mahlon and Chilion died also, both of them, so the woman was bereft of her two sons and her husband. -- ruth 1:5 +. +Then she arose with her daughters-in-law to return from the country of Moab, for she had heard in Moab how the Lord had visited His people in giving them food. -- ruth 1:6 +. +So she left the place where she was, her two daughters-in-law with her, and they started on the way back to Judah. -- ruth 1:7 +. +But Naomi said to her two daughters-in-law, Go, return each of you to her mother's house. May the Lord deal kindly with you, as you have dealt with the dead and with me. -- ruth 1:8 +. +The Lord grant that you may find a home and rest, each in the house of her husband! Then she kissed them and they wept aloud. -- ruth 1:9 +. +And they said to her, No, we will return with you to your people. -- ruth 1:10 +. +But Naomi said, Turn back, my daughters, why will you go with me? Have I yet sons in my womb that may become your husbands? -- ruth 1:11 +. +Turn back, my daughters, go; for I am too old to have a husband. If I should say I have hope, even if I should have a husband tonight and should bear sons, -- ruth 1:12 +. +Would you therefore wait till they were grown? Would you therefore refrain from marrying? No, my daughters; it is far more bitter for me than for you that the hand of the Lord is gone out against me. -- ruth 1:13 +. +Then they wept aloud again; and Orpah kissed her mother-in-law [good-bye], but Ruth clung to her. -- ruth 1:14 +. +And Naomi said, See, your sister-in-law has gone back to her people and to her gods; return after your sister-in-law. -- ruth 1:15 +. +And Ruth said, Urge me not to leave you or to turn back from following you; for where you go I will go, and where you lodge I will lodge. Your people shall be my people and your God my God. -- ruth 1:16 +. +Where you die I will die, and there will I be buried. The Lord do so to me, and more also, if anything but death parts me from you. -- ruth 1:17 +. +When Naomi saw that Ruth was determined to go with her, she said no more. -- ruth 1:18 +. +So they both went on until they came to Bethlehem. And when they arrived in Bethlehem, the whole town was stirred about them, and said, Is this Naomi? -- ruth 1:19 +. +And she said to them, Call me not Naomi [pleasant]; call me Mara [bitter], for the Almighty has dealt very bitterly with me. -- ruth 1:20 +. +I went out full, but the Lord has brought me home again empty. Why call me Naomi, since the Lord has testified against me, and the Almighty has afflicted me? -- ruth 1:21 +. +So Naomi returned, and Ruth the Moabitess, her daughter-in-law, with her, who returned from the country of Moab. And they came to Bethlehem at the beginning of barley harvest. -- ruth 1:22 +. +NOW NAOMI had a kinsman of her husband's, a man of wealth, of the family of Elimelech, whose name was Boaz. -- ruth 2:1 +. +And Ruth the Moabitess said to Naomi, Let me go to the field and glean among the ears of grain after him in whose sight I shall find favor. Naomi said to her, Go, my daughter. -- ruth 2:2 +. +And [Ruth] went and gleaned in a field after the reapers; and she happened to stop at the part of the field belonging to Boaz, who was of the family of Elimelech. -- ruth 2:3 +. +And behold, Boaz came from Bethlehem and said to the reapers, The Lord be with you! And they answered him, The Lord bless you! -- ruth 2:4 +. +Then Boaz said to his servant who was set over the reapers, Whose maiden is this? -- ruth 2:5 +. +And the servant set over the reapers answered, She is the Moabitish girl who came back with Naomi from the country of Moab. -- ruth 2:6 +. +And she said, I pray you, let me glean and gather after the reapers among the sheaves. So she came and has continued from early morning until now, except when she rested a little in the house. -- ruth 2:7 +. +Then Boaz said to Ruth, Listen, my daughter, do not go to glean in another field or leave this one, but stay here close by my maidens. -- ruth 2:8 +. +Watch which field they reap, and follow them. Have I not charged the young men not to molest you? And when you are thirsty, go to the vessels and drink what the young men have drawn. -- ruth 2:9 +. +Then she fell on her face, bowing to the ground, and said to him, Why have I found favor in your eyes that you should notice me, when I am a foreigner? -- ruth 2:10 +. +And Boaz said to her, I have been made fully aware of all you have done for your mother-in-law since the death of your husband, and how you have left your father and mother and the land of your birth and have come to a people unknown to you before. -- ruth 2:11 +. +The Lord recompense you for what you have done, and a full reward be given you by the Lord, the God of Israel, under Whose wings you have come to take refuge! -- ruth 2:12 +. +Then she said, Let me find favor in your sight, my lord. For you have comforted me and have spoken to the heart of your maidservant, though I am not as one of your maidservants. -- ruth 2:13 +. +And at mealtime Boaz said to her, Come here and eat of the bread and dip your morsel in the sour wine [mixed with oil]. And she sat beside the reapers; and he passed her some parched grain, and she ate until she was satisfied and she had some left [for Naomi]. -- ruth 2:14 +. +And when she got up to glean, Boaz ordered his young men, Let her glean even among the sheaves, and do not reproach her. -- ruth 2:15 +. +And let fall some handfuls for her on purpose and let them lie there for her to glean, and do not rebuke her. -- ruth 2:16 +. +So she gleaned in the field until evening. Then she beat out what she had gleaned. It was about an ephah of barley. -- ruth 2:17 +. +And she took it up and went into the town; she showed her mother-in-law what she had gleaned, and she also brought forth and gave her the food she had reserved after she was satisfied. -- ruth 2:18 +. +And her mother-in-law said to her, Where have you gleaned today? Where did you work? Blessed be the man who noticed you. So [Ruth] told [her], The name of him with whom I worked today is Boaz. -- ruth 2:19 +. +And Naomi said to her daughter-in-law, Blessed be he of the Lord who has not ceased his kindness to the living and to the dead. And Naomi said to her, The man is a near relative of ours, one who has the right to redeem us. -- ruth 2:20 +. +And Ruth the Moabitess said, He said to me also, Stay close to my young men until they have harvested my entire crop. -- ruth 2:21 +. +And Naomi said to Ruth, It is good, my daughter, for you to go out with his maidens, lest in any other field you be molested. -- ruth 2:22 +. +So she kept close to the maidens of Boaz, gleaning until the end of the barley and wheat harvests. And she lived with her mother-in-law. -- ruth 2:23 +. +THEN NAOMI her mother-in-law said to Ruth, My daughter, shall I not seek rest or a home for you, that you may prosper? -- ruth 3:1 +. +And now is not Boaz, with whose maidens you were, our relative? See, he is winnowing barley tonight at the threshing floor. -- ruth 3:2 +. +Wash and anoint yourself therefore, and put on your best clothes and go down to the threshing floor, but do not make yourself known to the man until he has finished eating and drinking. -- ruth 3:3 +. +But when he lies down, notice the place where he lies; then go and uncover his feet and lie down. And he will tell you what to do. -- ruth 3:4 +. +And Ruth said to her, All that you say to me I will do. -- ruth 3:5 +. +So she went down to the threshing floor and did just as her mother-in-law had told her. -- ruth 3:6 +. +And when Boaz had eaten and drunk and his heart was merry, he went to lie down at the end of the heap of grain. Then [Ruth] came softly and uncovered his feet and lay down. -- ruth 3:7 +. +At midnight the man was startled, and he turned over, and behold, a woman lay at his feet! -- ruth 3:8 +. +And he said, Who are you? And she answered, I am Ruth your maidservant. Spread your wing [of protection] over your maidservant, for you are a next of kin. -- ruth 3:9 +. +And he said, Blessed be you of the Lord, my daughter. For you have made this last loving-kindness greater than the former, for you have not gone after young men, whether poor or rich. -- ruth 3:10 +. +And now, my daughter, fear not. I will do for you all you require, for all my people in the city know that you are a woman of strength (worth, bravery, capability). -- ruth 3:11 +. +It is true that I am your near kinsman; however, there is a kinsman nearer than I. -- ruth 3:12 +. +Remain tonight, and in the morning if he will perform for you the part of a kinsman, good; let him do it. But if he will not do the part of a kinsman for you, then, as the Lord lives, I will do the part of a kinsman for you. Lie down until the morning. -- ruth 3:13 +. +And she lay at his feet until the morning, but arose before one could recognize another; for he said, Let it not be known that the woman came to the threshing floor. -- ruth 3:14 +. +Also he said, Bring the mantle you are wearing and hold it. So [Ruth] held it, and he measured out six measures of barley and laid it on her. And she went into the town. -- ruth 3:15 +. +And when she came home, her mother-in-law said, How have you fared, my daughter? And Ruth told her all that the man had done for her. -- ruth 3:16 +. +And she said, He gave me these six measures of barley, for he said to me, Do not go empty-handed to your mother-in-law. -- ruth 3:17 +. +Then said she, Sit still, my daughter, until you learn how the matter turns out; for the man will not rest until he finishes the matter today. -- ruth 3:18 +. +THEN BOAZ went up to the city's gate and sat down there, and behold, the kinsman of whom Boaz had spoken came by. He said to him, Ho! Turn aside and sit down here. So he turned aside and sat down. -- ruth 4:1 +. +And Boaz took ten men of the elders of the city and said, Sit down here. And they sat down. -- ruth 4:2 +. +And he said to the kinsman, Naomi, who has returned from the country of Moab, has sold the parcel of land which belonged to our brother Elimelech. -- ruth 4:3 +. +And I thought to let you hear of it, saying, Buy it in the presence of those sitting here and before the elders of my people. If you will redeem it, redeem it; but if you will not redeem it, then say so, that I may know; for there is no one besides you to redeem it, and I am [next of kin] after you. And he said, I will redeem it. -- ruth 4:4 +. +Then Boaz said, The day you buy the field of Naomi, you must buy also Ruth the Moabitess, the widow of the dead man, to restore the name of the dead to his inheritance. -- ruth 4:5 +. +And the kinsman said, I cannot redeem it for myself, lest [by marrying a Moabitess] I endanger my own inheritance. Take my right of redemption yourself, for I cannot redeem it. -- ruth 4:6 +. +Now formerly in Israel this was the custom concerning redeeming and exchanging. To confirm a transaction, a man pulled off his sandal and gave it to the other. This was the way of attesting in Israel. -- ruth 4:7 +. +Therefore, when the kinsman said to Boaz, Buy it for yourself, he pulled off his sandal. -- ruth 4:8 +. +And Boaz said to the elders and to all the people, You are witnesses this day that I have bought all that was Elimelech's and all that was Chilion's and Mahlon's from the hand of Naomi. -- ruth 4:9 +. +Also Ruth the Moabitess, the widow of Mahlon, I have bought to be my wife to restore the name of the dead to his inheritance, that the name of the dead may not be cut off from among his brethren and from the gate of his birthplace. You are witnesses this day. -- ruth 4:10 +. +And all the people at the gate and the elders said, We are witnesses. May the Lord make the woman who is coming into your house like Rachel and Leah, the two who built the household of Israel. May you do worthily and get wealth (power) in Ephratah and be famous in Bethlehem. -- ruth 4:11 +. +And let your house be like the house of Perez, whom Tamar bore to Judah, because of the offspring which the Lord will give you by this young woman. -- ruth 4:12 +. +So Boaz took Ruth and she became his wife. And he went in to her, and the Lord caused her to conceive, and she bore a son. -- ruth 4:13 +. +And the women said to Naomi, Blessed be the Lord, Who has not left you this day without a close kinsman, and may his name be famous in Israel. -- ruth 4:14 +. +And may he be to you a restorer of life and a nourisher and supporter in your old age, for your daughter-in-law who loves you, who is better to you than seven sons, has borne him. -- ruth 4:15 +. +Then Naomi took the child and laid him in her bosom and became his nurse. -- ruth 4:16 +. +And her neighbor women gave him a name, saying, A son is born to Naomi. They named him Obed. He was the father of Jesse, the father of David [the ancestor of Jesus Christ]. -- ruth 4:17 +. +Now these are the descendants of Perez: Perez was the father of Hezron, -- ruth 4:18 +. +Hezron of Ram, Ram of Amminadab, -- ruth 4:19 +. +Amminadab of Nahshon, Nahshon of Salmon, -- ruth 4:20 +. +Salmon of Boaz, Boaz of Obed, -- ruth 4:21 +. +Obed of Jesse, and Jesse of David [the ancestor of Jesus Christ]. -- ruth 4:22 +. +THERE WAS a certain man of Ramathaim-zophim, of the hill country of Ephraim, named Elkanah son of Jeroham, the son of Elihu, the son of Tohu, the son of Zuph, an Ephraimite. -- 1 samuel 1:1 +. +He had two wives, one named Hannah and the other named Peninnah. Peninnah had children, but Hannah had none. -- 1 samuel 1:2 +. +This man went from his city year by year to worship and sacrifice to the Lord of hosts at Shiloh, where Hophni and Phinehas, the two sons of Eli, were the Lord's priests. -- 1 samuel 1:3 +. +When the day came that Elkanah sacrificed, he would give to Peninnah his wife and all her sons and daughters portions [of the sacrificial meat]. -- 1 samuel 1:4 +. +But to Hannah he gave a double portion, for he loved Hannah, but the Lord had given her no children. -- 1 samuel 1:5 +. +[This embarrassed and grieved Hannah] and her rival provoked her greatly to vex her, because the Lord had left her childless. -- 1 samuel 1:6 +. +So it was year after year; whenever Hannah went up to the Lord's house, Peninnah provoked her, so she wept and did not eat. -- 1 samuel 1:7 +. +Then Elkanah her husband said to her, Hannah, why do you cry? And why do you not eat? And why are you grieving? Am I not more to you than ten sons? -- 1 samuel 1:8 +. +So Hannah rose after they had eaten and drunk in Shiloh. Now Eli the priest was sitting on his seat beside a post of the temple (tent) of the Lord. -- 1 samuel 1:9 +. +And [Hannah] was in distress of soul, praying to the Lord and weeping bitterly. -- 1 samuel 1:10 +. +She vowed, saying, O Lord of hosts, if You will indeed look on the affliction of Your handmaid and [earnestly] remember, and not forget Your handmaid but will give me a son, I will give him to the Lord all his life; no razor shall touch his head. -- 1 samuel 1:11 +. +And as she continued praying before the Lord, Eli noticed her mouth. -- 1 samuel 1:12 +. +Hannah was speaking in her heart; only her lips moved but her voice was not heard. So Eli thought she was drunk. -- 1 samuel 1:13 +. +Eli said to her, How long will you be intoxicated? Put wine away from you. -- 1 samuel 1:14 +. +But Hannah answered, No, my lord, I am a woman of a sorrowful spirit. I have drunk neither wine nor strong drink, but I was pouring out my soul before the Lord. -- 1 samuel 1:15 +. +Regard not your handmaid as a wicked woman; for out of my great complaint and bitter provocation I have been speaking. -- 1 samuel 1:16 +. +Then Eli said, Go in peace, and may the God of Israel grant your petition which you have asked of Him. -- 1 samuel 1:17 +. +Hannah said, Let your handmaid find grace in your sight. So [she] went her way and ate, her countenance no longer sad. -- 1 samuel 1:18 +. +The family rose early the next morning, worshiped before the Lord, and returned to their home in Ramah. Elkanah knew Hannah his wife, and the Lord remembered her. -- 1 samuel 1:19 +. +Hannah became pregnant and in due time bore a son and named him Samuel [heard of God], Because, she said, I have asked him of the Lord. -- 1 samuel 1:20 +. +And Elkanah and all his house went up to offer to the Lord the yearly sacrifice and pay his vow. -- 1 samuel 1:21 +. +But Hannah did not go, for she said to her husband, I will not go until the child is weaned, and then I will bring him, that he may appear before the Lord and remain there as long as he lives. -- 1 samuel 1:22 +. +Elkanah her husband said to her, Do what seems best to you. Wait until you have weaned him; only may the Lord establish His word. So Hannah remained and nursed her son until she weaned him. -- 1 samuel 1:23 +. +When she had weaned him, she took him with her, with a three-year-old bull, an ephah of flour, and a skin bottle of wine [to pour over the burnt offering for a sweet odor], and brought Samuel to the Lord's house in Shiloh. The child was growing. -- 1 samuel 1:24 +. +Then they slew the bull, and brought the child to Eli. -- 1 samuel 1:25 +. +Hannah said, Oh, my lord! As your soul lives, my lord, I am the woman who stood by you here praying to the Lord. -- 1 samuel 1:26 +. +For this child I prayed, and the Lord has granted my petition made to Him. -- 1 samuel 1:27 +. +Therefore I have given him to the Lord; as long as he lives he is given to the Lord. And they worshiped the Lord there. -- 1 samuel 1:28 +. +HANNAH PRAYED, and said, My heart exults and triumphs in the Lord; my horn (my strength) is lifted up in the Lord. My mouth is no longer silent, for it is opened wide over my enemies, because I rejoice in Your salvation. -- 1 samuel 2:1 +. +There is none holy like the Lord, there is none besides You; there is no Rock like our God. -- 1 samuel 2:2 +. +Talk no more so very proudly; let not arrogance go forth from your mouth, for the Lord is a God of knowledge, and by Him actions are weighed. -- 1 samuel 2:3 +. +The bows of the mighty are broken, and those who stumbled are girded with strength. -- 1 samuel 2:4 +. +Those who were full have hired themselves out for bread, but those who were hungry have ceased to hunger. The barren has borne seven, but she who has many children languishes and is forlorn. -- 1 samuel 2:5 +. +The Lord slays and makes alive; He brings down to Sheol and raises up. -- 1 samuel 2:6 +. +The Lord makes poor and makes rich; He brings low and He lifts up. -- 1 samuel 2:7 +. +He raises up the poor out of the dust and lifts up the needy from the ash heap, to make them sit with nobles and inherit the throne of glory. For the pillars of the earth are the Lord's, and He has set the world upon them. -- 1 samuel 2:8 +. +He will guard the feet of His godly ones, but the wicked shall be silenced and perish in darkness; for by strength shall no man prevail. -- 1 samuel 2:9 +. +The adversaries of the Lord shall be broken to pieces; against them will He thunder in heaven. The Lord will judge [all peoples] to the ends of the earth; and He will give strength to His king (King) and exalt the power of His anointed (Anointed His Christ). -- 1 samuel 2:10 +. +Elkanah and his wife Hannah returned to Ramah to his house. But the child ministered to the Lord before Eli the priest. -- 1 samuel 2:11 +. +The sons of Eli were base and worthless; they did not know or regard the Lord. -- 1 samuel 2:12 +. +And the custom of the priests with the people was this: when any man offered sacrifice, the priest's servant came while the flesh was boiling with a fleshhook of three prongs in his hand; -- 1 samuel 2:13 +. +And he thrust it into the pan or kettle or caldron or pot; all that the fleshhook brought up the priest took for himself. So they did in Shiloh with all the Israelites who came there. -- 1 samuel 2:14 +. +Also, before they burned the fat, the priest's servant came and said to the man who sacrificed, Give the priest meat to roast, for he will not accept boiled meat from you, but raw. -- 1 samuel 2:15 +. +And if the man said to him, Let them burn the fat first, and then you may take as much as you want, the priest's servant would say, No! Give it to me now or I will take it by force. -- 1 samuel 2:16 +. +So the sin of the [two] young men was very great before the Lord, for they despised the offering of the Lord. -- 1 samuel 2:17 +. +But Samuel ministered before the Lord, a child girded with a linen ephod. -- 1 samuel 2:18 +. +Moreover, his mother made him a little robe and brought it to him from year to year when she came up with her husband to offer the yearly sacrifice. -- 1 samuel 2:19 +. +And Eli would bless Elkanah and his wife and say, May the Lord give you children by this woman for the gift she asked for and gave to the Lord. Then they would go to their own home. -- 1 samuel 2:20 +. +And the Lord visited Hannah, so that she bore three sons and two daughters. And the child Samuel grew before the Lord. -- 1 samuel 2:21 +. +Now Eli was very old, and he heard all that his sons did to all Israel and how they lay with the women who served at the door of the Tent of Meeting. -- 1 samuel 2:22 +. +And he said to them, Why do you do such things? For I hear of your evil dealings from all the people. -- 1 samuel 2:23 +. +No, my sons; it is no good report which I hear the Lord's people spreading abroad. -- 1 samuel 2:24 +. +If one man wrongs another, God will mediate for him; but if a man wrongs the Lord, who shall intercede for him? Yet they did not listen to their father, for it was the Lord's will to slay them. -- 1 samuel 2:25 +. +Now the boy Samuel grew and was in favor both with the Lord and with men. -- 1 samuel 2:26 +. +A man of God came to Eli and said to him, Thus has the Lord said: I plainly revealed Myself to the house of your father [forefather Aaron] when they were in Egypt in bondage to Pharaoh's house. -- 1 samuel 2:27 +. +Moreover, I selected him out of all the tribes of Israel to be My priest, to offer on My altar, to burn incense, to wear an ephod before Me. And I gave [from then on] to the house of your father [forefather] all the offerings of the Israelites made by fire. -- 1 samuel 2:28 +. +Why then do you kick [trample upon, treat with contempt] My sacrifice and My offering which I commanded, and honor your sons above Me by fattening yourselves upon the choicest part of every offering of My people Israel? -- 1 samuel 2:29 +. +Therefore the Lord, the God of Israel, says, I did promise that your house and that of your father [forefather Aaron] should go in and out before Me forever. But now the Lord says, Be it far from Me. For those who honor Me I will honor, and those who despise Me shall be lightly esteemed. -- 1 samuel 2:30 +. +Behold, the time is coming when I will cut off your strength and the strength of your own father's house, that there shall not be an old man in your house. -- 1 samuel 2:31 +. +And you shall behold the distress of My house, even in all the prosperity which God will give Israel, and there shall not be an old man in your house forever. -- 1 samuel 2:32 +. +Yet I will not cut off from My altar every man of yours; some shall survive to weep and mourn [over the family's ruin], but all the increase of your house shall die in their best years. -- 1 samuel 2:33 +. +And what befalls your two sons, Hophni and Phinehas, shall be a sign to you--in one day they both shall die. [Fulfilled in I Sam. 4:17, 18.] -- 1 samuel 2:34 +. +And I will raise up for Myself a faithful priest (Priest), who shall do according to what is in My heart and mind. And I will build him a sure house, and he shall walk before My anointed (Anointed) forever. -- 1 samuel 2:35 +. +Everyone who is left in your house shall come crouching to him for a piece of silver and a bit of bread and say, Put me, I pray you, into a priest's office so I may have a piece of bread. -- 1 samuel 2:36 +. +NOW THE boy Samuel ministered to the Lord before Eli. The word of the Lord was rare and precious in those days; there was no frequent or widely spread vision. -- 1 samuel 3:1 +. +At that time Eli, whose eyesight had dimmed so that he could not see, was lying down in his own place. -- 1 samuel 3:2 +. +The lamp of God had not yet gone out in the temple of the Lord, where the ark of God was, and Samuel was lying down -- 1 samuel 3:3 +. +When the Lord called, Samuel! And he answered, Here I am. -- 1 samuel 3:4 +. +He ran to Eli and said, Here I am, for you called me. Eli said, I did not call you; lie down again. So he went and lay down. -- 1 samuel 3:5 +. +And the Lord called again, Samuel! And Samuel arose and went to Eli and said, Here am I; you did call me. Eli answered, I did not call, my son; lie down again. -- 1 samuel 3:6 +. +Now Samuel did not yet know the Lord, and the word of the Lord was not yet revealed to him. -- 1 samuel 3:7 +. +And the Lord called Samuel the third time. And he went to Eli and said, Here I am, for you did call me. Then Eli perceived that the Lord was calling the boy. -- 1 samuel 3:8 +. +So Eli said to Samuel, Go, lie down. And if He calls you, you shall say, Speak, Lord, for Your servant is listening. So Samuel went and lay down in his place. -- 1 samuel 3:9 +. +And the Lord came and stood and called as at other times, Samuel! Samuel! Then Samuel answered, Speak, Lord, for Your servant is listening. -- 1 samuel 3:10 +. +The Lord told Samuel, Behold, I am about to do a thing in Israel at which both ears of all who hear it shall tingle. -- 1 samuel 3:11 +. +On that day I will perform against Eli all that I have spoken concerning his house, from beginning to end. -- 1 samuel 3:12 +. +And I [now] announce to him that I will judge and punish his house forever for the iniquity of which he knew, for his sons were bringing a curse upon themselves [blaspheming God], and he did not restrain them. -- 1 samuel 3:13 +. +Therefore I have sworn to the house of Eli that the iniquity of Eli's house shall not be atoned for or purged with sacrifice or offering forever. -- 1 samuel 3:14 +. +Samuel lay until morning; then he opened the doors of the Lord's house. And [he] was afraid to tell the vision to Eli. -- 1 samuel 3:15 +. +But Eli called Samuel and said, Samuel, my son. And he answered, Here I am. -- 1 samuel 3:16 +. +Eli said, What is it He told you? Pray do not hide it from me. May God do so to you, and more also, if you hide anything from me of all that He said to you. -- 1 samuel 3:17 +. +And Samuel told him everything, hiding nothing. And Eli said, It is the Lord; let Him do what seems good to Him. -- 1 samuel 3:18 +. +Samuel grew; the Lord was with him and let none of his words fall to the ground. -- 1 samuel 3:19 +. +And all Israel from Dan to Beersheba knew that Samuel was established to be a prophet of the Lord. -- 1 samuel 3:20 +. +And the Lord continued to appear in Shiloh, for the Lord revealed Himself to Samuel in Shiloh through the word of the Lord. -- 1 samuel 3:21 +. +AND THE word of [the Lord through] Samuel came to all Israel. Now Israel went out to battle against the Philistines and encamped beside Ebenezer; the Philistines encamped at Aphek. -- 1 samuel 4:1 +. +The Philistines drew up against Israel, and when the battle spread, Israel was smitten by the Philistines, who slew about 4,men on the battlefield. -- 1 samuel 4:2 +. +When the troops had come into the camp, the elders of Israel said, Why has the Lord smitten us today before the Philistines? Let us bring the ark of the covenant of the Lord here from Shiloh, that He may come among us and save us from the power of our enemies. -- 1 samuel 4:3 +. +So the people sent to Shiloh and brought from there the ark of the covenant of the Lord of hosts, Who dwells above the cherubim. And the two sons of Eli, Hophni and Phinehas, were with the ark of the covenant of God. -- 1 samuel 4:4 +. +And when the ark of the covenant of the Lord came into the camp, all Israel shouted with a great shout, so that the earth resounded. -- 1 samuel 4:5 +. +And when the Philistines heard the noise of the shout, they said, What does this great shout in the camp of the Hebrews mean? When they understood that the ark of the Lord had come into the camp, -- 1 samuel 4:6 +. +The Philistines were afraid, for they said, God has come into the camp. And they said, Woe to us! For such a thing has not happened before. -- 1 samuel 4:7 +. +Woe to us! Who shall deliver us out of the hand of these mighty gods? These are the gods that smote the Egyptians with every kind of plague in the wilderness. -- 1 samuel 4:8 +. +Be strong, and acquit yourselves like men, O you Philistines, that you may not become servants to the Hebrews, as they have been to you; behave yourselves like men, and fight! -- 1 samuel 4:9 +. +And the Philistines fought; Israel was smitten and they fled every man to his own home. There was a very great slaughter; for 30,foot soldiers of Israel fell. -- 1 samuel 4:10 +. +And the ark of God was taken, and the two sons of Eli, Hophni and Phinehas, were slain. [Foretold in I Sam. 2:34.] -- 1 samuel 4:11 +. +Now a man of Benjamin ran from the battle line and came to Shiloh that day, with his clothes torn and earth on his head. -- 1 samuel 4:12 +. +When he arrived, Eli was sitting by the road watching, for his heart trembled for the ark of God. When the man told the news in the city, all the city [people] cried out. -- 1 samuel 4:13 +. +When Eli heard the noise of the crying, he said, What is this uproar? And the man came hastily and told Eli. -- 1 samuel 4:14 +. +Now Eli was years old; his eyes were dim so that he could not see. -- 1 samuel 4:15 +. +The man said to Eli, I have come from the battle; I fled from the battle today. Eli said, How did it go, my son? -- 1 samuel 4:16 +. +The messenger replied, Israel fled before the Philistines, and there has been a great slaughter among the people. Also your two sons, Hophni and Phinehas, are dead, and the ark of God is captured. -- 1 samuel 4:17 +. +And when he mentioned the ark of God, Eli fell off the seat backward by the side of the gate. His neck was broken and he died, for he was an old man and heavy. He had judged Israel forty years. -- 1 samuel 4:18 +. +Now his daughter-in-law, Phinehas' wife, was with child, about to be delivered. And when she heard that the ark of God was captured and that her father-in-law and her husband were dead, she bowed herself and gave birth, for her pains came upon her. -- 1 samuel 4:19 +. +And about the time of her death the women attending her said to her, Fear not, for you have borne a son. But she did not answer or notice. -- 1 samuel 4:20 +. +And she named the child Ichabod, saying, The glory is departed from Israel!--because the ark of God had been captured and because of her father-in-law and her husband. -- 1 samuel 4:21 +. +She said, The glory is gone from Israel, for the ark of God has been taken. -- 1 samuel 4:22 +. +THE PHILISTINES brought the ark of God from Ebenezer to Ashdod. -- 1 samuel 5:1 +. +They took the ark of God into the house of Dagon and set it beside Dagon [their idol]. -- 1 samuel 5:2 +. +When they of Ashdod arose early on the morrow, behold, Dagon had fallen upon his face on the ground before the ark of the Lord. So they took Dagon and set him in his place again. -- 1 samuel 5:3 +. +But when they arose early the next morning, behold, Dagon had again fallen on his face on the ground before the ark of the Lord, and [his] head and both the palms of his hands were lying cut off on the threshold; only the trunk of Dagon was left him. -- 1 samuel 5:4 +. +This is the reason neither the priests of Dagon nor any who come into Dagon's house tread on the threshold of Dagon in Ashdod to this day. -- 1 samuel 5:5 +. +But the hand of the Lord was heavy upon the people of Ashdod, and He caused [mice to spring up and there was] very deadly destruction and He smote the people with [very painful] tumors or boils, both Ashdod and its territory. -- 1 samuel 5:6 +. +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 heavy on us and on Dagon our god. -- 1 samuel 5:7 +. +So they sent and gathered all the lords of the Philistines to them and said, What shall we do with the ark of the God of Israel? They answered, Let [it] be carried around to Gath. So they carried the ark of the God of Israel there. -- 1 samuel 5:8 +. +But after they had carried it to Gath, the hand of the Lord was against the city, causing an exceedingly great panic [at the deaths from the plague], for He afflicted the people of the city, both small and great, and tumors or boils broke out on them. -- 1 samuel 5:9 +. +So they sent the ark of God to Ekron. And as [it] came, the people of Ekron cried out, They have brought the ark of the God of Israel to us to slay us and our people! -- 1 samuel 5:10 +. +So they sent and assembled all the lords of the Philistines and said, Send away the ark of the God of Israel; let it return to its own place, that it may not slay us and our people. For there was a deadly panic throughout all the city; the hand of God was very heavy there. -- 1 samuel 5:11 +. +The men who had not died were stricken with very painful tumors or boils, and the cry of the city went up to heaven. -- 1 samuel 5:12 +. +THE ARK of the Lord was in the country of the Philistines seven months. -- 1 samuel 6:1 +. +And the Philistines called for the priests and the diviners, saying, What shall we do to the ark of the Lord? Tell us with what we shall send it to its place. -- 1 samuel 6:2 +. +And they said, If you send away the ark of the God of Israel, do not send it empty, but at least return to Him a guilt offering. Then you will be healed, and it will be known to you why His hand is not removed [and healing granted you]. -- 1 samuel 6:3 +. +Then they said, What shall be the guilt offering which we shall return to Him? They answered, Five golden tumors and five golden mice, according to the number of the Philistine lords, for one plague was on you all, even on your lords. -- 1 samuel 6:4 +. +Therefore you must make images of your tumors and of your mice that destroy the land, and give glory to the God of Israel. Perhaps He will lighten His hand from off you and your gods and your land. -- 1 samuel 6:5 +. +Why then do you harden your hearts as the Egyptians and Pharaoh hardened their hearts? When He had done wonders and made a mock of them, did they not let the people go, and they departed? -- 1 samuel 6:6 +. +Now then, make and prepare a new cart and two milch cows on which no yoke has ever come; and yoke the cows to the cart, but take their calves home, away from them. -- 1 samuel 6:7 +. +And take the ark of the Lord and place it upon the cart, and put in a box at its side the figures of gold which you are returning to Him as a guilt offering. Then send it away and let it be gone. -- 1 samuel 6:8 +. +And watch. If it goes up by the way of its own land to Beth-shemesh, then He has done us this great evil. But if not, then we shall know that it was not His hand that struck us; it happened to us by chance. -- 1 samuel 6:9 +. +And the men did so, and took two milch cows and yoked them to the cart and shut up their calves at home. -- 1 samuel 6:10 +. +And they put the ark of the Lord on the cart and along with it the box with the mice of gold and the images of their tumors. -- 1 samuel 6:11 +. +And the cows went straight toward Beth-shemesh along the highway, lowing as they went, and turned not aside to the right or the left. And the Philistine lords followed them as far as the border of Beth-shemesh. -- 1 samuel 6:12 +. +Now the men of Beth-shemesh were reaping their wheat harvest in the valley, and they lifted up their eyes and saw the ark, and rejoiced to see it. -- 1 samuel 6:13 +. +The cart came into the field of Joshua of Beth-shemesh and stopped there. A great stone was there; and the men split up the wood of the cart and offered the cows as a burnt offering to the Lord. -- 1 samuel 6:14 +. +The Levites took down the ark of the Lord and the box beside it in which were the figures of gold and put them upon the great stone. And the men of Beth-shemesh offered burnt offerings and made sacrifices that day to the Lord. -- 1 samuel 6:15 +. +When the five lords of the Philistines saw it, they returned that day to Ekron. -- 1 samuel 6:16 +. +And these are the tumors of gold which the Philistines returned for a guilt offering to the Lord: one each for Ashdod, Gaza, Ashkelon, Gath and Ekron; -- 1 samuel 6:17 +. +Also the mice of gold was according to the number of all the cities of the Philistines belonging to the five lords, both fortified cities and country villages. The great stone, on which they set the ark of the Lord, remains as a witness to this day in the field of Joshua of Beth-shemesh. -- 1 samuel 6:18 +. +And the Lord slew some of the men of Beth-shemesh because they had looked into the ark of the Lord; He slew seventy men of them, and the people mourned because the Lord had made a great slaughter among them. -- 1 samuel 6:19 +. +And the men of Beth-shemesh said, Who is able to stand before the Lord, this holy God? And to whom shall He go away from us? -- 1 samuel 6:20 +. +And they sent messengers to the inhabitants of Kiriath-jearim, saying, The Philistines have returned the ark of the Lord. Come down and take it up to you. -- 1 samuel 6:21 +. +SO THE men of Kiriath-jearim came and took the ark of the Lord and brought it into the house of Abinadab on the hill and consecrated Eleazar his son to have charge of the ark of the Lord. -- 1 samuel 7:1 +. +And the ark remained in Kiriath-jearim a very long time [nearly years, through Samuel's entire judgeship, Saul's reign, and well into David's, when it was brought to Jerusalem]. For it was twenty years before all the house of Israel lamented after the Lord. -- 1 samuel 7:2 +. +Then Samuel said to all the house of Israel, If you are returning to the Lord with all your hearts, then put away the foreign gods and the Ashtaroth [female deities] from among you and direct your hearts to the Lord and serve Him only, and He will deliver you out of the hand of the Philistines. -- 1 samuel 7:3 +. +So the Israelites put away the Baals and the Ashtaroth, and served the Lord only. -- 1 samuel 7:4 +. +Samuel said, Gather all Israel to Mizpah and I will pray to the Lord for you. -- 1 samuel 7:5 +. +So they gathered at Mizpah and drew water and poured it out before the Lord and fasted on that day and said there, We have sinned against the Lord. And Samuel judged the Israelites at Mizpah. -- 1 samuel 7:6 +. +Now when the Philistines heard that the Israelites had gathered at Mizpah, the lords of the Philistines went up against Israel. And when the Israelites heard of it, they were afraid of the Philistines. -- 1 samuel 7:7 +. +And the Israelites said to Samuel, Do not cease to cry to the Lord our God for us, that He may save us from the hand of the Philistines. -- 1 samuel 7:8 +. +So Samuel took a sucking lamb and offered it as a whole burnt offering to the Lord; and Samuel cried to the Lord for Israel, and the Lord answered him. -- 1 samuel 7:9 +. +As Samuel was offering up the burnt offering, the Philistines drew near to attack Israel. But the Lord thundered with a great voice that day against the Philistines and threw them into confusion, and they were defeated before Israel. -- 1 samuel 7:10 +. +And the men of Israel went out of Mizpah and pursued the Philistines and smote them as far as below Beth-car. -- 1 samuel 7:11 +. +Then Samuel took a stone and set it between Mizpah and Shen, and he called the name of it Ebenezer [stone of help], saying, Heretofore the Lord has helped us. -- 1 samuel 7:12 +. +So the Philistines were subdued and came no more into Israelite territory. And the hand of the Lord was against the Philistines all the days of Samuel. -- 1 samuel 7:13 +. +The cities the Philistines had taken from Israel were restored to Israel, from Ekron to Gath, and Israel rescued [the cities'] territory from the Philistines. There was peace also between Israel and the Amorites. -- 1 samuel 7:14 +. +And Samuel judged Israel all his days. -- 1 samuel 7:15 +. +And he went from year to year on a circuit to Bethel, Gilgal, and Mizpah, and was judge for Israel in all those places. -- 1 samuel 7:16 +. +Then he would return to Ramah, for his home was there; there he judged Israel, and there he built an altar to the Lord. -- 1 samuel 7:17 +. +WHEN SAMUEL was old, he made his sons judges over Israel. -- 1 samuel 8:1 +. +Now the name of his firstborn was Joel and the name of his second, Abijah. They were judges in Beersheba. -- 1 samuel 8:2 +. +His sons did not walk in his ways, but turned aside after gain, took bribes, and perverted justice. -- 1 samuel 8:3 +. +All the elders of Israel assembled and came to Samuel at Ramah -- 1 samuel 8:4 +. +And said to him, Behold, you are old, and your sons do not walk in your ways; now appoint us a king to rule over us like all the other nations. -- 1 samuel 8:5 +. +But it displeased Samuel when they said, Give us a king to govern us. And Samuel prayed to the Lord. -- 1 samuel 8:6 +. +And the Lord said to Samuel, Hearken to the voice of the people in all they say to you; for they have not rejected you, but they have rejected Me, that I should not be King over them. -- 1 samuel 8:7 +. +According to all the works which they have done since I brought them up out of Egypt even to this day, forsaking Me and serving other gods, so they also do to you. -- 1 samuel 8:8 +. +So listen now to their voice; only solemnly warn them and show them the ways of the king who shall reign over them. -- 1 samuel 8:9 +. +So Samuel told all the words of the Lord to the people who asked of him a king. -- 1 samuel 8:10 +. +And he said, These will be the ways of the king who shall reign over you: he will take your sons and appoint them to his chariots and to be his horsemen and to run before his chariots. -- 1 samuel 8:11 +. +He will appoint them for himself to be commanders over thousands and over fifties, and some to plow his ground and to reap his harvest and to make his implements of war and equipment for his chariots. -- 1 samuel 8:12 +. +He will take your daughters to be perfumers, cooks, and bakers. -- 1 samuel 8:13 +. +He will take your fields, your vineyards, and your olive orchards, even the best of them, and give them to his servants. -- 1 samuel 8:14 +. +He will take a tenth of your grain and of your vineyards and give it to his officers and to his servants. -- 1 samuel 8:15 +. +He will take your men and women servants and the best of your cattle and your donkeys and put them to his work. -- 1 samuel 8:16 +. +He will take a tenth of your flocks, and you yourselves shall be his slaves. -- 1 samuel 8:17 +. +In that day you will cry out because of your king you have chosen for yourselves, but the Lord will not hear you then. -- 1 samuel 8:18 +. +Nevertheless, the people refused to listen to the voice of Samuel, and they said, No! We will have a king over us, -- 1 samuel 8:19 +. +That we also may be like all the nations, and that our king may govern us and go out before us and fight our battles. -- 1 samuel 8:20 +. +Samuel heard all the people's words and repeated them in the Lord's ears. -- 1 samuel 8:21 +. +And the Lord said to Samuel, Hearken to their voice and appoint them a king. And Samuel said to the men of Israel, Go every man to his city. -- 1 samuel 8:22 +. +THERE WAS a man of Benjamin whose name was Kish son of Abiel, the son of Zeror, the son of Becorath, the son of Aphiah, a Benjamite, a mighty man of wealth and valor. -- 1 samuel 9:1 +. +Kish had a son named Saul, a choice young man and handsome; among all the Israelites there was not a man more handsome than he. He was a head taller than any of the people. -- 1 samuel 9:2 +. +The donkeys of Kish, Saul's father, were lost. Kish said to Saul, Take a servant with you and go, look for the donkeys. -- 1 samuel 9:3 +. +And they passed through the hill country of Ephraim and the land of Shalishah, but did not find them. Then they went through the land of Shaalim and the land of Benjamin, but did not find them. -- 1 samuel 9:4 +. +And when they came to the land of Zuph, Saul said to his servant, Come, let us return, lest my father stop worrying about the donkeys and become concerned about us. -- 1 samuel 9:5 +. +The servant said to him, Behold now, there is in this city a man of God, a man held in honor; all that he says surely comes true. Now let us go there. Perhaps he can show us where we should go. -- 1 samuel 9:6 +. +Then Saul said to his servant, But if we go, what shall we bring the man? The bread in our sacks is gone, and there is no gift for the man of God. What have we? -- 1 samuel 9:7 +. +The servant replied, I have here a quarter of a shekel of silver. I will give that to the man of God to tell us our way-- -- 1 samuel 9:8 +. +(Formerly in Israel, when a man went to inquire of God, he said, Come, let us go to the seer, for he that is now called a prophet was formerly called a seer.) -- 1 samuel 9:9 +. +Saul said to his servant, Well said; come, let us go. So they went to the city where the man of God was. -- 1 samuel 9:10 +. +As they went up the hill to the city, they met young maidens going out to draw water, and said to them, Is the seer here? -- 1 samuel 9:11 +. +They answered, He is; behold, he is just beyond you. Hurry, for he came today to the city because the people have a sacrifice today on the high place. -- 1 samuel 9:12 +. +As you enter the city, you will find him before he goes up to the high place to eat. The people will not eat until he comes to ask the blessing on the sacrifice. Afterward, those who are invited eat. So go on up, for about now you will find him. -- 1 samuel 9:13 +. +So they went up to the city, and as they were entering, behold, Samuel came toward them, going up to the high place. -- 1 samuel 9:14 +. +Now a day before Saul came, the Lord had revealed to Samuel in his ear, -- 1 samuel 9:15 +. +Tomorrow about this time I will send you a man from the land of Benjamin, and you shall anoint him to be leader over My people Israel; and he shall save them out of the hand of the Philistines. For I have looked upon the distress of My people, because their cry has come to Me. -- 1 samuel 9:16 +. +When Samuel saw Saul, the Lord told him, There is the man of whom I told you. He shall have authority over My people. -- 1 samuel 9:17 +. +Then Saul came near to Samuel in the gate and said, Tell me where is the seer's house? -- 1 samuel 9:18 +. +Samuel answered Saul, I am the seer. Go up before me to the high place, for you shall eat with me today, and tomorrow I will let you go and will tell you all that is on your mind. -- 1 samuel 9:19 +. +As for your donkeys that were lost three days ago, do not be thinking about them, for they are found. And for whom are all the desirable things of Israel? Are they not for you and for all your father's house? -- 1 samuel 9:20 +. +And Saul said, Am I not a Benjamite, of the smallest of the tribes of Israel? And is not my family the least of all the families of the clans of Benjamin? Why then do you speak this way to me? -- 1 samuel 9:21 +. +Then Samuel took Saul and his servant and brought them into the guest room [at the high place] and had them sit in the chief place among the persons--about thirty of them--who were invited. [The other people feasted outside.] -- 1 samuel 9:22 +. +And Samuel said to the cook, Bring the portion which I gave you, of which I said to you, Set it aside. -- 1 samuel 9:23 +. +And the cook lifted high the shoulder and what was on it [indicating that it was the priest's honored portion] and set it before Saul. [Samuel] said, See what was reserved for you. Eat, for until the hour appointed it was kept for you, ever since I invited the people. So Saul ate that day with Samuel. -- 1 samuel 9:24 +. +When they had come down from the high place into the city, Samuel conversed with Saul on the top of the house. -- 1 samuel 9:25 +. +They arose early and about dawn Samuel called Saul [who was sleeping] on the top of the house, saying, Get up, that I may send you on your way. Saul arose, and both he and Samuel went out on the street. -- 1 samuel 9:26 +. +And as they were going down to the outskirts of the city, Samuel said to Saul, Bid the servant pass on before us--and he passed on--but you stand still, first, that I may cause you to hear the word of God. -- 1 samuel 9:27 +. +THEN SAMUEL took the vial of oil and poured it on Saul's head and kissed him and said, Has not the Lord anointed you to be prince over His heritage Israel? -- 1 samuel 10:1 +. +When you have left me today, you will meet two men by Rachel's tomb in the territory of Benjamin at Zelzah, and they will say to you, The donkeys you sought are found. And your father has quit caring about them and is anxious for you, asking, What shall I do about my son? -- 1 samuel 10:2 +. +Then you will go on from there and you will come to the oak of Tabor, and three men going up to God at Bethel will meet you there, one carrying three kids, another carrying three loaves of bread, and another carrying a skin bottle of wine. -- 1 samuel 10:3 +. +They will greet you and give you two loaves of bread, which you shall accept from their hand. -- 1 samuel 10:4 +. +After that you will come to the hill of God, where the garrison of the Philistines is; and when you come to the city, you will meet a company of prophets coming down from the high place with harp, tambourine, flute, and lyre before them, prophesying. -- 1 samuel 10:5 +. +Then the Spirit of the Lord will come upon you mightily, and you will show yourself to be a prophet with them; and you will be turned into another man. -- 1 samuel 10:6 +. +When these signs meet you, do whatever you find to be done, for God is with you. -- 1 samuel 10:7 +. +You shall go down before me to Gilgal; and behold, I will come down to you to offer burnt offerings and to sacrifice peace offerings. You shall wait seven days until I come to you and show you what you shall do. -- 1 samuel 10:8 +. +And when [Saul] had turned his back to leave Samuel, God gave him another heart, and all these signs came to pass that day. -- 1 samuel 10:9 +. +When they came to the hill [Gibeah], behold, a band of prophets met him; and the Spirit of God came mightily upon him, and he spoke under divine inspiration among them. -- 1 samuel 10:10 +. +And when all who knew Saul before saw that he spoke by inspiration among the [schooled] prophets, the people said one to another, What has come over [him, who is nobody but] the son of Kish? Is Saul also among the prophets? -- 1 samuel 10:11 +. +One from that same place answered, But who is the father of the others? So it became a proverb, Is Saul also among the prophets? -- 1 samuel 10:12 +. +When [Saul] had ended his inspired speaking, he went to the high place. -- 1 samuel 10:13 +. +Saul's uncle said to him and to his servant, Where did you go? And Saul said, To look for the donkeys, and when we found them nowhere, we went to Samuel. -- 1 samuel 10:14 +. +Saul's uncle said, Tell me, what did Samuel say to you? -- 1 samuel 10:15 +. +And Saul said to his uncle, He told us plainly that the donkeys were found. But of the matter of the kingdom of which Samuel spoke he told him nothing. -- 1 samuel 10:16 +. +And Samuel called the people together to the Lord at Mizpah -- 1 samuel 10:17 +. +And said to the Israelites, Thus says the Lord, the God of Israel: It was I Who brought up Israel out of Egypt and delivered you out of the hands of the Egyptians and of all the kingdoms that oppressed you. -- 1 samuel 10:18 +. +But you have this day rejected your God, Who Himself saves you from all your calamities and distresses; and you have said to Him, No! Set a king over us. So now present yourselves before the Lord by your tribes and by your thousands. -- 1 samuel 10:19 +. +And when Samuel had caused all the tribes of Israel to come near, the tribe of Benjamin was taken [probably by lot]. -- 1 samuel 10:20 +. +When he had caused the tribe of Benjamin to come near by their families, the family of Matri was taken. And Saul son of Kish was taken. But when they looked for him, he could not be found. -- 1 samuel 10:21 +. +Therefore they inquired of the Lord further, if the man would yet come back. And the Lord answered, Behold, he has hidden himself among the baggage. -- 1 samuel 10:22 +. +They ran and brought him from there. And when he stood among the people, he was a head taller than any of them. -- 1 samuel 10:23 +. +And Samuel said to all the people, Do you see him whom the Lord has chosen, that none like him is among all the people? And all the people shouted and said, Long live the king! -- 1 samuel 10:24 +. +Then Samuel told the people the manner of the kingdom [defining the position of the king in relation to God and to the people], and wrote it in a book and laid it up before the Lord. And Samuel sent all the people away, each one to his home. -- 1 samuel 10:25 +. +Saul also went home to Gibeah; and there went with him a band of valiant men whose hearts God had touched. -- 1 samuel 10:26 +. +But some worthless fellows said, How can this man save us? And they despised him and brought him no gift. But he held his peace and was as if deaf. -- 1 samuel 10:27 +. +AND NAHASH the Ammonite went up and besieged Jabesh-gilead; and all the men of Jabesh said to Nahash, Make a treaty with us, and we will serve you. -- 1 samuel 11:1 +. +But Nahash the Ammonite told them, On this condition I will make a treaty with you, that I thrust out all your right eyes and thus lay disgrace on all Israel. -- 1 samuel 11:2 +. +The elders of Jabesh said to Nahash, Give us seven days' time, that we may send messengers through all the territory of Israel. Then, if there is no man to save us, we will come out to you. -- 1 samuel 11:3 +. +Then messengers came to Gibeah of Saul and told the news in the ears of the people; and all the people wept aloud. -- 1 samuel 11:4 +. +Now Saul came out of the field after the oxen, and [he] said, What ails the people that they are weeping? And they told him the words of the men of Jabesh. -- 1 samuel 11:5 +. +The Spirit of God came mightily upon Saul when he heard those tidings, and his anger was greatly kindled. -- 1 samuel 11:6 +. +And he took a yoke of oxen and cut them in pieces and sent them throughout all the territory of Israel by the hands of messengers, saying, Whoever does not come forth after Saul and Samuel, so shall it be done to his oxen! And terror from the Lord fell on the people, and they came out with one consent. -- 1 samuel 11:7 +. +And he numbered them at Bezek, and the Israelites were 300,and the men of Judah 30,000. -- 1 samuel 11:8 +. +The messengers who came were told, Say to the men of Jabesh-gilead, Tomorrow, by the time the sun is hot, you shall have help. The messengers came and reported to the men of Jabesh, and they were glad. -- 1 samuel 11:9 +. +So the men of Jabesh said to Nahash, Tomorrow we will come out to you, and you may do to us all that seems good to you. -- 1 samuel 11:10 +. +The next day Saul put the men in three companies; and they came into the midst of the enemy's camp in the [darkness of the] morning watch and slew the Ammonites until midday; and the survivors were scattered, so that no two of them remained together. -- 1 samuel 11:11 +. +The people said to Samuel, Who is he who said, Shall Saul reign over us? Bring the men, that we may put them to death. -- 1 samuel 11:12 +. +But Saul said, There shall not a man be put to death this day, for today the Lord has brought deliverance to Israel. -- 1 samuel 11:13 +. +Samuel said to the people, Come, let us go to Gilgal and there renew the kingdom. -- 1 samuel 11:14 +. +All the people went to Gilgal and there they made Saul king before the Lord. And there they sacrificed peace offerings before the Lord, and there Saul and all the men of Israel rejoiced greatly. -- 1 samuel 11:15 +. +AND SAMUEL said to all Israel, I have listened to you in all that you have said to me and have made a king over you. -- 1 samuel 12:1 +. +And now, behold, the king walks before you. And I am old and gray, and behold, my sons are with you. And I have walked before you from my childhood to this day. -- 1 samuel 12:2 +. +Here I am; testify against me before the Lord and Saul His anointed. Whose ox or donkey have I taken? Or whom have I defrauded or oppressed? Or from whose hand have I received any bribe to blind my eyes? Tell me and I will restore it to you. -- 1 samuel 12:3 +. +And they said, You have not defrauded us or oppressed us or taken anything from any man's hand. -- 1 samuel 12:4 +. +And Samuel said to them, The Lord is witness against you, and His anointed is witness this day, that you have not found anything in my hand. And they answered, He is witness. -- 1 samuel 12:5 +. +And Samuel said to the people, It is the Lord Who appointed Moses and Aaron and brought your fathers up out of Egypt. -- 1 samuel 12:6 +. +Now present yourselves, that I may plead with you before the Lord concerning all the righteous acts of the Lord which He did for you and for your fathers. -- 1 samuel 12:7 +. +When Jacob and his sons had come into Egypt [and the Egyptians oppressed them], and your fathers cried to the Lord, then the Lord sent Moses and Aaron, who brought forth your fathers out of Egypt and made them dwell in this place. -- 1 samuel 12:8 +. +But when they forgot the Lord their God, He sold them into the hand of Sisera, commander of Hazor's army, and into the hands of the Philistines and of the king of Moab, and they fought those foes. -- 1 samuel 12:9 +. +And they cried to the Lord, saying, We have sinned because we have forsaken the Lord and have served the Baals and the Ashtaroth; but now deliver us from the hands of our enemies, and we will serve You. -- 1 samuel 12:10 +. +And the Lord sent Jerubbaal and Barak and Jephthah and Samuel, and He delivered you out of the hands of your enemies on every side, and you dwelt safely. -- 1 samuel 12:11 +. +But when you saw that Nahash king of the Ammonites came against you, you said to me, No! A king shall reign over us--when the Lord your God was your King! -- 1 samuel 12:12 +. +Now see the king whom you have chosen and for whom you have asked; behold, the Lord has set a king over you. -- 1 samuel 12:13 +. +If you will revere and fear the Lord and serve Him and hearken to His voice and not rebel against His commandment, and if both you and your king will follow the Lord your God, it will be good! -- 1 samuel 12:14 +. +But if you will not hearken to the Lord's voice, but rebel against His commandment, then the hand of the Lord will be against you, as it was against your fathers. -- 1 samuel 12:15 +. +So stand still and see this great thing the Lord will do before your eyes now. -- 1 samuel 12:16 +. +Is it not wheat harvest today? I will call to the Lord and He will send thunder and rain; then you shall know and see that your wickedness is great which you have done in the sight of the Lord in asking for a king for yourselves. -- 1 samuel 12:17 +. +So Samuel called to the Lord, and He sent thunder and rain that day; and all the people greatly feared the Lord and Samuel. -- 1 samuel 12:18 +. +And [they] all said to Samuel, Pray for your servants to the Lord your God, that we may not die, for we have added to all our sins this evil--to ask for a king. -- 1 samuel 12:19 +. +And Samuel said to the people, Fear not. You have indeed done all this evil; yet turn not aside from following the Lord, but serve Him with all your heart. -- 1 samuel 12:20 +. +And turn not aside after vain and worthless things which cannot profit or deliver you, for they are empty and futile. -- 1 samuel 12:21 +. +The Lord will not forsake His people for His great name's sake, for it has pleased Him to make you a people for Himself. -- 1 samuel 12:22 +. +Moreover, as for me, far be it from me that I should sin against the Lord by ceasing to pray for you; but I will instruct you in the good and right way. -- 1 samuel 12:23 +. +Only fear the Lord and serve Him faithfully with all your heart; for consider how great are the things He has done for you. -- 1 samuel 12:24 +. +But if you still do wickedly, both you and your king shall be swept away. -- 1 samuel 12:25 +. +SAUL WAS [forty] years old when he began to reign; and when he had reigned two years over Israel, -- 1 samuel 13:1 +. +Saul chose 3,men of Israel; 2,000 were with [him] in Michmash and the hill country of Bethel, and 1,000 with Jonathan in Gibeah of Benjamin. The rest of the men he sent away, each one to his home. -- 1 samuel 13:2 +. +Jonathan smote the Philistine garrison at Geba, and the Philistines heard of it. And Saul blew the trumpet throughout all the land, saying, Let the Hebrews hear! -- 1 samuel 13:3 +. +All Israel heard that Saul had defeated the Philistine garrison and also that Israel had become an abomination to the Philistines. And the people were called out to join Saul at Gilgal. -- 1 samuel 13:4 +. +And the Philistines gathered to fight with Israel, 30,chariots and 6,000 horsemen and troops like sand on the seashore in multitude. They came up and encamped at Michmash, east of Beth-aven. -- 1 samuel 13:5 +. +When the men of Israel saw that they were in a tight situation--for their troops were hard pressed--they hid in caves, holes, rocks, tombs, and pits or cisterns. -- 1 samuel 13:6 +. +Some Hebrews had gone over the Jordan to the land of Gad and Gilead. As for Saul, he was still in Gilgal, and all the people followed him trembling. -- 1 samuel 13:7 +. +Saul waited seven days, according to the set time Samuel had appointed. But Samuel had not come to Gilgal, and the people were scattering from Saul. -- 1 samuel 13:8 +. +So Saul said, Bring me the burnt offering and the peace offerings. And he offered the burnt offering [which he was forbidden to do]. -- 1 samuel 13:9 +. +And just as he finished offering the burnt offering, behold, Samuel came! Saul went out to meet and greet him. -- 1 samuel 13:10 +. +Samuel said, What have you done? Saul said, Because I saw that the people were scattering from me, and that you did not come within the days appointed, and that the Philistines were assembled at Michmash, -- 1 samuel 13:11 +. +I thought, The Philistines will come down now upon me to Gilgal, and I have not made supplication to the Lord. So I forced myself to offer a burnt offering. -- 1 samuel 13:12 +. +And Samuel said to Saul, You have done foolishly! You have not kept the commandment of the Lord your God which He commanded you; for the Lord would have established your kingdom over Israel forever; -- 1 samuel 13:13 +. +But now your kingdom shall not continue; the Lord has sought out [David] a man after His own heart, and the Lord has commanded him to be prince and ruler over His people, because you have not kept what the Lord commanded you. -- 1 samuel 13:14 +. +And Samuel went up from Gilgal to Gibeah of Benjamin. And Saul numbered the people that were left with him, [only] about 600. -- 1 samuel 13:15 +. +Saul and Jonathan his son and the people with them remained in Gibeah of Benjamin, but the Philistines encamped at Michmash. -- 1 samuel 13:16 +. +And raiders came out of the Philistine camp in three companies; one company turned toward Ophrah, to the land of Shual, -- 1 samuel 13:17 +. +Another turned toward Beth-horon, and another toward the border overlooking the Valley of Zeboim toward the wilderness. -- 1 samuel 13:18 +. +Now there was no metal worker to be found throughout all the land of Israel, for the Philistines said, Lest the Hebrews make swords or spears. -- 1 samuel 13:19 +. +But each of the Israelites had to go down to the Philistines to get his plowshare, mattock, axe, or sickle sharpened. -- 1 samuel 13:20 +. +And the price for plowshares and mattocks was a pim, and a third of a shekel for axes and for setting goads [with resulting blunt edges on the sickles, mattocks, forks, axes, and goads.] -- 1 samuel 13:21 +. +So on the day of battle neither sword nor spear was found in the hand of any of the men who were with Saul and Jonathan; but Saul and Jonathan his son had them. -- 1 samuel 13:22 +. +And the garrison of the Philistines went out to the pass of Michmash. -- 1 samuel 13:23 +. +ONE DAY Jonathan son of Saul said to his armor-bearer, Come, let us go over to the Philistine garrison on the other side. But he did not tell his father. -- 1 samuel 14:1 +. +Saul was remaining in the outskirts of Gibeah under a pomegranate tree in Migron; and with him were about men, -- 1 samuel 14:2 +. +And Ahijah son of Ahitub, Ichabod's brother, the son of Phinehas, the son of Eli, the Lord's priest in Shiloh, was wearing the ephod. And the people did not know that Jonathan was gone. -- 1 samuel 14:3 +. +Between the passes by which Jonathan sought to go over to the Philistine garrison there was a rocky crag on the one side and a rocky crag on the other side; one was named Bozez, and the other Seneh. -- 1 samuel 14:4 +. +The one crag rose on the north in front of Michmash, and the other on the south in front of Geba. -- 1 samuel 14:5 +. +And Jonathan said to his young armor-bearer, Come, and let us go over to the garrison of these uncircumcised; it may be that the Lord will work for us. For there is nothing to prevent the Lord from saving by many or by few. -- 1 samuel 14:6 +. +And his armor-bearer said to him, Do all that is in your mind; I am with you in whatever you think [best]. -- 1 samuel 14:7 +. +Jonathan said, We will pass over to these men and we will let them see us. -- 1 samuel 14:8 +. +If they say to us, Wait until we come to you, then we will stand still in our place and will not go up to them. -- 1 samuel 14:9 +. +But if they say, Come up to us, we will go up, for the Lord has delivered them into our hand, and this will be our sign. -- 1 samuel 14:10 +. +So both of them let the Philistine garrison see them. And the Philistines said, Behold, the Hebrews are coming out of the holes where they have hidden themselves. -- 1 samuel 14:11 +. +The garrison men said to Jonathan and his armor-bearer, Come up to us and we will show you a thing. Jonathan said to his armor-bearer, Come up after me, for the Lord has given them into Israel's hand. -- 1 samuel 14:12 +. +Then Jonathan climbed up on his hands and feet, his armor-bearer after him; and the enemy fell before Jonathan, and his armor-bearer killed them after him. -- 1 samuel 14:13 +. +And that first slaughter which Jonathan and his armor-bearer made was about twenty men within about a half acre of land [which a yoke of oxen might plow]. -- 1 samuel 14:14 +. +And there was trembling and panic in the [Philistine] camp, in the field, and among all the men; the garrison, and even the raiders trembled; the earth quaked, and it became a terror from God. -- 1 samuel 14:15 +. +Saul's watchmen in Gibeah of Benjamin looked, and behold, the multitude melted away and went hither and thither. -- 1 samuel 14:16 +. +Then Saul said to the men with him, Number and see who is gone from us. When they numbered, behold, Jonathan and his armor-bearer were missing. -- 1 samuel 14:17 +. +Saul said to Ahijah, Bring here the ark of God--for at that time the ark of God was with the children of Israel. -- 1 samuel 14:18 +. +While Saul talked to the priest, the tumult in the Philistine camp kept increasing. Then Saul said to the priest, Withdraw your hand. -- 1 samuel 14:19 +. +Then Saul and all the people with him rallied and went into the battle, and behold, every [Philistine's] sword was against his fellow in wild confusion. -- 1 samuel 14:20 +. +Moreover, the Hebrews who were with the Philistines before that time, who went up with them into the camp from the country round about, even they also turned to be with the Israelites who were with Saul and Jonathan. -- 1 samuel 14:21 +. +Likewise, all the men of Israel who had hid themselves in the hill country of Ephraim, when they heard that the Philistines fled, they also went after them in hot pursuit in the battle. -- 1 samuel 14:22 +. +So the Lord delivered Israel that day, and the battle passed beyond Beth-aven. -- 1 samuel 14:23 +. +But the men of Israel were distressed that day, for Saul had caused them to take an oath, saying, Cursed be the man who eats any food before evening and until I have taken vengeance on my enemies. So none of the men tasted any food. -- 1 samuel 14:24 +. +And all the people of the land came to a wood, and there was honey on the ground. -- 1 samuel 14:25 +. +When the men entered the wood, behold, the honey was dripping, but no man tasted it, for the men feared the oath. -- 1 samuel 14:26 +. +But Jonathan had not heard when his father charged the people with the oath. So he dipped the end of the rod in his hand into a honeycomb and put it to his mouth, and his [weary] eyes brightened. -- 1 samuel 14:27 +. +Then one of the men told him, Your father strictly charged the men with an oath, saying, Cursed be the man who eats any food today. And the people were exhausted and faint. -- 1 samuel 14:28 +. +Then Jonathan said, My father has troubled the land. See how my eyes have brightened because I tasted a little of this honey. -- 1 samuel 14:29 +. +How much better if the men had eaten freely today of the spoil of their enemies which they found! For now the slaughter of the Philistines has not been great. -- 1 samuel 14:30 +. +They smote the Philistines that day from Michmash to Aijalon. And the people were very faint. -- 1 samuel 14:31 +. +[When night came and the oath expired] the men flew upon the spoil. They took sheep, oxen, and calves, slew them on the ground, and ate them [raw] with the blood. -- 1 samuel 14:32 +. +Then Saul was told, Behold, the men are sinning against the Lord by eating with the blood. And he said, You have transgressed; roll a great stone to me here. -- 1 samuel 14:33 +. +Saul said, Disperse yourselves among the people and tell them, Bring me every man his ox or his sheep, and butcher them here and eat; and sin not against the Lord by eating the blood. So all the men brought each one his ox that night and butchered it there. -- 1 samuel 14:34 +. +And Saul built an altar to the Lord; it was the first altar he built to the Lord. -- 1 samuel 14:35 +. +Then Saul said, Let us go down after the Philistines by night and seize and plunder them until daylight, and let us not leave a man of them. They said, Do whatever seems good to you. Then the priest said, Let us draw near here to God. -- 1 samuel 14:36 +. +And Saul asked counsel of God, Shall I go down after the Philistines? Will You deliver them into the hand of Israel? But He did not answer him that day. -- 1 samuel 14:37 +. +Then Saul said, Draw near, all the chiefs of the people, and let us see how this sin [causing God's silence] arose today. -- 1 samuel 14:38 +. +For as the Lord lives, Who delivers Israel, though it be in Jonathan my son, he shall surely die. But not a man among all the people answered him. -- 1 samuel 14:39 +. +Then he said to all Israel, You be on one side; and I and Jonathan my son will be on the other side. The people said to Saul, Do what seems good to you. -- 1 samuel 14:40 +. +Therefore Saul said to the Lord, the God of Israel, Give a perfect lot and show the right. And Saul and Jonathan were taken [by lot], but the other men went free. -- 1 samuel 14:41 +. +Saul said, Cast lots between me and Jonathan my son. And Jonathan was taken. -- 1 samuel 14:42 +. +Saul said to Jonathan, Tell me what you have done. And Jonathan said, I tasted a little honey with the end of the rod that was in my hand. And behold, I must die. -- 1 samuel 14:43 +. +Saul answered, May God do so, and more also, for you shall surely die, Jonathan. -- 1 samuel 14:44 +. +But the people said to Saul, Shall Jonathan, who has wrought this great deliverance to Israel, die? God forbid! As the Lord lives, there shall not one hair of his head perish, for he has wrought this great deliverance with God this day. So the people rescued Jonathan, and he did not die. -- 1 samuel 14:45 +. +Then Saul ceased pursuing the Philistines, and they went to their own place. -- 1 samuel 14:46 +. +When Saul took over the kingdom of Israel, he fought against all his enemies on every side: Moab, the Ammonites, Edom, the kings of Zobah, and the Philistines. Wherever he turned, he made it worse for them. -- 1 samuel 14:47 +. +He did valiantly and smote the Amalekites, and delivered Israel out of the hands of those who plundered them. -- 1 samuel 14:48 +. +Now Saul's sons were Jonathan, Ishvi, and Malchi-shua; and the names of his two daughters were, of the firstborn, Merab; and of the younger, Michal. -- 1 samuel 14:49 +. +The name of Saul's wife was Ahinoam daughter of Ahimaaz. The commander of his army was Abner son of Ner, Saul's uncle. -- 1 samuel 14:50 +. +Kish the father of Saul and Ner the father of Abner were sons of Abiel. -- 1 samuel 14:51 +. +There was severe war against the Philistines all the days of Saul, and whenever Saul saw any mighty or [outstandingly] courageous man, he attached him to himself. -- 1 samuel 14:52 +. +SAMUEL TOLD Saul, The Lord sent me to anoint you king over His people Israel. Now listen and heed the words of the Lord. -- 1 samuel 15:1 +. +Thus says the Lord of hosts, I have considered and will punish what Amalek did to Israel, how he set himself against him in the way when [Israel] came out of Egypt. -- 1 samuel 15:2 +. +Now go and smite Amalek and utterly destroy all they have; do not spare them, but kill both man and woman, infant and suckling, ox and sheep, camel and donkey. -- 1 samuel 15:3 +. +So Saul assembled the men and numbered them at Telaim--200,men on foot and 10,000 men of Judah. -- 1 samuel 15:4 +. +And Saul came to the city of Amalek and laid wait in the valley. -- 1 samuel 15:5 +. +Saul warned the Kenites, Go, depart, get down from among the Amalekites, lest I destroy you with them; for you showed kindness to all the Israelites when they came up out of Egypt. So the Kenites departed from among the Amalekites. -- 1 samuel 15:6 +. +Saul smote the Amalekites from Havilah as far as Shur, which is east of Egypt. -- 1 samuel 15:7 +. +And he took Agag king of the Amalekites alive, though he utterly destroyed all the rest of the people with the sword. -- 1 samuel 15:8 +. +Saul and the people spared Agag and the best of the sheep, oxen, fatlings, lambs, and all that was good, and would not utterly destroy them; but all that was undesirable or worthless they destroyed utterly. -- 1 samuel 15:9 +. +Then the word of the Lord came to Samuel, saying, -- 1 samuel 15:10 +. +I regret making Saul king, for he has turned back from following Me and has not performed My commands. And Samuel was grieved and angry [with Saul], and he cried to the Lord all night. -- 1 samuel 15:11 +. +When Samuel rose early to meet Saul in the morning, he was told, Saul came to Carmel, and behold, he set up for himself a monument or trophy [of his victory] and passed on and went down to Gilgal. -- 1 samuel 15:12 +. +And Samuel came to Saul, and Saul said to him, Blessed are you of the Lord. I have performed what the Lord ordered. -- 1 samuel 15:13 +. +And Samuel said, What then means this bleating of the sheep in my ears, and the lowing of the oxen which I hear? -- 1 samuel 15:14 +. +Saul said, They have brought them from the Amalekites; for the people spared the best of the sheep and oxen to sacrifice to the Lord your God, but the rest we have utterly destroyed. -- 1 samuel 15:15 +. +Then Samuel said to Saul, Stop! I will tell you what the Lord said to me tonight. Saul said to him, Say on. -- 1 samuel 15:16 +. +Samuel said, When you were small in your own sight, were you not made the head of the tribes of Israel, and the Lord anointed you king over Israel? -- 1 samuel 15:17 +. +And the Lord sent you on a mission and said, Go, utterly destroy the sinners, the Amalekites; and fight against them until they are consumed. -- 1 samuel 15:18 +. +Why then did you not obey the voice of the Lord, but swooped down upon the plunder and did evil in the Lord's sight? -- 1 samuel 15:19 +. +Saul said to Samuel, Yes, I have obeyed the voice of the Lord and have gone the way which the Lord sent me, and have brought Agag king of Amalek and have utterly destroyed the Amalekites. -- 1 samuel 15:20 +. +But the people took from the spoil sheep and oxen, the chief of the things to be utterly destroyed, to sacrifice to the Lord your God in Gilgal. -- 1 samuel 15:21 +. +Samuel said, Has the Lord as great a delight in burnt offerings and sacrifices as in obeying the voice of the Lord? Behold, to obey is better than sacrifice, and to hearken than the fat of rams. -- 1 samuel 15:22 +. +For rebellion is as the sin of witchcraft, and stubbornness is as idolatry and teraphim (household good luck images). Because you have rejected the word of the Lord, He also has rejected you from being king. -- 1 samuel 15:23 +. +And Saul said to Samuel, I have sinned; for I have transgressed the commandment of the Lord and your words, because I feared the people and obeyed their voice. -- 1 samuel 15:24 +. +Now, I pray you, pardon my sin and go back with me, that I may worship the Lord. -- 1 samuel 15:25 +. +And Samuel said to Saul, I will not return with you; for you have rejected the word of the Lord, and the Lord has rejected you from being king over Israel. -- 1 samuel 15:26 +. +And as Samuel turned to go away, Saul seized the skirt of Samuel's mantle, and it tore. -- 1 samuel 15:27 +. +And Samuel said to him, The Lord has torn the kingdom of Israel from you this day and has given it to a neighbor of yours who is better than you. -- 1 samuel 15:28 +. +And also the Strength of Israel will not lie or repent; for He is not a man, that He should repent. -- 1 samuel 15:29 +. +Saul said, I have sinned; yet honor me now, I pray you, before the elders of my people and before Israel, and return with me, that I may worship the Lord your God. -- 1 samuel 15:30 +. +So Samuel turned back after Saul, and Saul worshiped the Lord. -- 1 samuel 15:31 +. +Then Samuel said, Bring here to me Agag king of the Amalekites. And Agag came to him cheerfully. And Agag said, Surely the bitterness of death is past. -- 1 samuel 15:32 +. +Samuel said, As your sword has made women childless, so shall your mother be childless among women. And Samuel hewed Agag in pieces before the Lord in Gilgal. -- 1 samuel 15:33 +. +Then Samuel went to Ramah, but Saul went up to his house in Gibeah of Saul. -- 1 samuel 15:34 +. +And Samuel came no more to see Saul until the day of his death, though Samuel grieved over Saul. And the Lord repented that He had made Saul king over Israel. -- 1 samuel 15:35 +. +THE LORD said to Samuel, How long will you mourn for Saul, seeing I have rejected him from reigning over Israel? Fill your horn with oil; I will send you to Jesse the Bethlehemite. For I have provided for Myself a king among his sons. -- 1 samuel 16:1 +. +Samuel said, How can I go? If Saul hears it, he will kill me. And the Lord said, Take a heifer with you and say, I have come to sacrifice to the Lord. -- 1 samuel 16:2 +. +And invite Jesse to the sacrifice, and I will show you what you shall do; and you shall anoint for Me the one I name to you. -- 1 samuel 16:3 +. +And Samuel did what the Lord said, and came to Bethlehem. And the elders of the town trembled at his coming and said, Have you come peaceably? -- 1 samuel 16:4 +. +And he said, Peaceably; I have come to sacrifice to the Lord. Consecrate yourselves and come with me to the sacrifice. And he consecrated Jesse and his sons and called them to the sacrifice. -- 1 samuel 16:5 +. +When they had come, he looked on Eliab [the eldest son] and said, Surely the Lord's anointed is before Him. -- 1 samuel 16:6 +. +But the Lord said to Samuel, Look not on his appearance or at the height of his stature, for I have rejected him. For the Lord sees not as man sees; for man looks on the outward appearance, but the Lord looks on the heart. -- 1 samuel 16:7 +. +Then Jesse called Abinadab and made him pass before Samuel. But Samuel said, Neither has the Lord chosen this one. -- 1 samuel 16:8 +. +Then Jesse made Shammah pass by. Samuel said, Nor has the Lord chosen him. -- 1 samuel 16:9 +. +Jesse made seven of his sons pass before Samuel. And Samuel said to Jesse, The Lord has not chosen any of these. -- 1 samuel 16:10 +. +Then [he] said to Jesse, Are all your sons here? [Jesse] said, There is yet the youngest; he is tending the sheep. Samuel said to Jesse, Send for him; for we will not sit down to eat until he is here. -- 1 samuel 16:11 +. +Jesse sent and brought him. David had a healthy reddish complexion and beautiful eyes, and was fine-looking. The Lord said [to Samuel], Arise, anoint him; this is he. -- 1 samuel 16:12 +. +Then Samuel took the horn of oil and anointed David in the midst of his brothers; and the Spirit of the Lord came mightily upon David from that day forward. And Samuel arose and went to Ramah. -- 1 samuel 16:13 +. +But the Spirit of the Lord departed from Saul, and an evil spirit from the Lord tormented and troubled him. -- 1 samuel 16:14 +. +Saul's servants said to him, Behold, an evil spirit from God torments you. -- 1 samuel 16:15 +. +Let our lord now command your servants here before you to find a man who plays skillfully on the lyre; and when the evil spirit from God is upon you, he will play it, and you will be well. -- 1 samuel 16:16 +. +Saul told his servants, Find me a man who plays well and bring him to me. -- 1 samuel 16:17 +. +One of the young men said, I have seen a son of Jesse the Bethlehemite who plays skillfully, a valiant man, a man of war, prudent in speech and eloquent, an attractive person; and the Lord is with him. -- 1 samuel 16:18 +. +So Saul sent messengers to Jesse and said, Send me David your son, who is with the sheep. -- 1 samuel 16:19 +. +And Jesse took a donkey loaded with bread, a skin of wine, and a kid and sent them by David his son to Saul. -- 1 samuel 16:20 +. +And David came to Saul and served him. Saul became very fond of him, and he became his armor-bearer. -- 1 samuel 16:21 +. +Saul sent to Jesse, saying, Let David remain in my service, for he pleases me. -- 1 samuel 16:22 +. +And when the evil spirit from God was upon Saul, David took a lyre and played it; so Saul was refreshed and became well, and the evil spirit left him. -- 1 samuel 16:23 +. +NOW THE Philistines gathered their armies for battle and were assembled at Socoh, which belongs to Judah, and encamped between Socoh and Azekah in Ephes-dammim. -- 1 samuel 17:1 +. +Saul and the men of Israel were encamped in the Valley of Elah and drew up in battle array against the Philistines. -- 1 samuel 17:2 +. +And the Philistines stood on a mountain on one side and Israel stood on a mountain on the other side, with the valley between them. -- 1 samuel 17:3 +. +And a champion went out of the camp of the Philistines named Goliath of Gath, whose height was six cubits and a span [almost ten feet]. -- 1 samuel 17:4 +. +And he had a bronze helmet on his head and wore a coat of mail, and the coat weighed 5,shekels of bronze. -- 1 samuel 17:5 +. +He had bronze shin armor on his legs and a bronze javelin across his shoulders. -- 1 samuel 17:6 +. +And the shaft of his spear was like a weaver's beam; his spear's head weighed shekels of iron. And a shield bearer went before him. -- 1 samuel 17:7 +. +Goliath stood and shouted to the ranks of Israel, Why have you come out to draw up for battle? Am I not a Philistine, and are you not servants of Saul? Choose a man for yourselves and let him come down to me. -- 1 samuel 17:8 +. +If he is able to fight with me and kill me, then we will be your servants; but if I prevail against him and kill him, then you shall be our servants and serve us. -- 1 samuel 17:9 +. +And the Philistine said, I defy the ranks of Israel this day; give me a man, that we may fight together. -- 1 samuel 17:10 +. +When Saul and all Israel heard those words of the Philistine, they were dismayed and greatly afraid. -- 1 samuel 17:11 +. +David was the son of an Ephrathite of Bethlehem in Judah named Jesse, who had eight sons. [Jesse] in the days of Saul was old, advanced in years. -- 1 samuel 17:12 +. +[His] three eldest sons had followed Saul into battle. Their names were Eliab the firstborn; next, Abinadab; and third, Shammah. -- 1 samuel 17:13 +. +David was the youngest. The three eldest followed Saul, -- 1 samuel 17:14 +. +But David went back and forth from Saul to feed his father's sheep at Bethlehem. -- 1 samuel 17:15 +. +The Philistine came out morning and evening, presenting himself for forty days. -- 1 samuel 17:16 +. +And Jesse said to David his son, Take for your brothers an ephah of this parched grain and these ten loaves and carry them quickly to your brothers at the camp. -- 1 samuel 17:17 +. +Also take these ten cheeses to the commander of their thousand. See how your brothers fare and bring some token from them. -- 1 samuel 17:18 +. +Now Saul and the brothers and all the men of Israel were in the Valley of Elah, fighting with the Philistines. -- 1 samuel 17:19 +. +So David rose up early next morning, left the sheep with a keeper, took the provisions, and went, as Jesse had commanded him. And he came to the encampment as the host going forth to the battleground shouted the battle cry. -- 1 samuel 17:20 +. +And Israel and the Philistines put the battle in array, army against army. -- 1 samuel 17:21 +. +David left his packages in the care of the baggage keeper and ran into the ranks and came and greeted his brothers. -- 1 samuel 17:22 +. +As they talked, behold, Goliath, the champion, the Philistine of Gath, came forth from the Philistine ranks and spoke the same words as before, and David heard him. -- 1 samuel 17:23 +. +And all the men of Israel, when they saw the man, fled from him, terrified. -- 1 samuel 17:24 +. +And the Israelites said, Have you seen this man who has come out? Surely he has come out to defy Israel; and the man who kills him the king will enrich with great riches, and will give him his daughter and make his father's house free [from taxes and service] in Israel. -- 1 samuel 17:25 +. +And David said to the men standing by him, What shall be done for the man who kills this Philistine and takes away the reproach from Israel? For who is this uncircumcised Philistine that he should defy the armies of the living God? -- 1 samuel 17:26 +. +And the [men] told him, Thus shall it be done for the man who kills him. -- 1 samuel 17:27 +. +Now Eliab his eldest brother heard what he said to the men; and Eliab's anger was kindled against David and he said, Why did you come here? With whom have you left those few sheep in the wilderness? I know your presumption and evilness of heart; for you came down that you might see the battle. -- 1 samuel 17:28 +. +And David said, What have I done now? Was it not a harmless question? -- 1 samuel 17:29 +. +And David turned away from Eliab to another and he asked the same question, and again the men gave him the same answer. -- 1 samuel 17:30 +. +When David's words were heard, they were repeated to Saul, and he sent for him. -- 1 samuel 17:31 +. +David said to Saul, Let no man's heart fail because of this Philistine; your servant will go out and fight with him. -- 1 samuel 17:32 +. +And Saul said to David, You are not able to go to fight against this Philistine. You are only an adolescent, and he has been a warrior from his youth. -- 1 samuel 17:33 +. +And David said to Saul, Your servant kept his father's sheep. And when there came a lion or again a bear and took a lamb out of the flock, -- 1 samuel 17:34 +. +I went out after it and smote it and delivered the lamb out of its mouth; and when it arose against me, I caught it by its beard and smote it and killed it. -- 1 samuel 17:35 +. +Your servant killed both the lion and the bear; and this uncircumcised Philistine shall be like one of them, for he has defied the armies of the living God! -- 1 samuel 17:36 +. +David said, The Lord Who delivered me out of the paw of the lion and out of the paw of the bear, He will deliver me out of the hand of this Philistine. And Saul said to David, Go, and the Lord be with you! -- 1 samuel 17:37 +. +Then Saul clothed David with his armor; he put a bronze helmet on his head and clothed him with a coat of mail. -- 1 samuel 17:38 +. +And David girded his sword over his armor. Then he tried to go, but could not, for he was not used to it. And David said to Saul, I cannot go with these, for I am not used to them. And David took them off. -- 1 samuel 17:39 +. +Then he took his staff in his hand and chose five smooth stones out of the brook and put them in his shepherd's [lunch] bag [a whole kid's skin slung from his shoulder], in his pouch, and his sling was in his hand, and he drew near the Philistine. -- 1 samuel 17:40 +. +The Philistine came on and drew near to David, the man who bore the shield going before him. -- 1 samuel 17:41 +. +And when the Philistine looked around and saw David, he scorned and despised him, for he was but an adolescent, with a healthy reddish color and a fair face. -- 1 samuel 17:42 +. +And the Philistine said to David, Am I a dog, that you should come to me with sticks? And the Philistine cursed David by his gods. -- 1 samuel 17:43 +. +The Philistine said to David, Come to me, and I will give your flesh to the birds of the air and the beasts of the field. -- 1 samuel 17:44 +. +Then said David to the Philistine, You come to me with a sword, a spear, and a javelin, but I come to you in the name of the Lord of hosts, the God of the ranks of Israel, Whom you have defied. -- 1 samuel 17:45 +. +This day the Lord will deliver you into my hand, and I will smite you and cut off your head. And I will give the corpses of the army of the Philistines this day to the birds of the air and the wild beasts of the earth, that all the earth may know that there is a God in Israel. -- 1 samuel 17:46 +. +And all this assembly shall know that the Lord saves not with sword and spear; for the battle is the Lord's, and He will give you into our hands. -- 1 samuel 17:47 +. +When the Philistine came forward to meet David, David ran quickly toward the battle line to meet the Philistine. -- 1 samuel 17:48 +. +David put his hand into his bag and took out a stone and slung it, and it struck the Philistine, sinking into his forehead, and he fell on his face to the earth. -- 1 samuel 17:49 +. +So David prevailed over the Philistine with a sling and with a stone, and struck down the Philistine and slew him. But no sword was in David's hand. -- 1 samuel 17:50 +. +So he ran and stood over the Philistine, took his sword and drew it out of its sheath, and killed him, and cut off his head with it. When the Philistines saw that their mighty champion was dead, they fled. -- 1 samuel 17:51 +. +And the men of Israel and Judah rose with a shout and pursued the Philistines as far as Gath and the gates of Ekron. So the wounded Philistines fell along the way from Shaaraim as far as Gath and Ekron. -- 1 samuel 17:52 +. +The Israelites returned from their pursuit of the Philistines and plundered their tents. -- 1 samuel 17:53 +. +David took the head of the Philistine and brought it to Jerusalem, but he put his armor in his tent. -- 1 samuel 17:54 +. +When Saul saw David go out against the Philistine, he said to Abner, the captain of the host, Abner, whose son is this youth? And Abner said, As your soul lives, O king, I cannot tell. -- 1 samuel 17:55 +. +And the king said, Inquire whose son the stripling is. -- 1 samuel 17:56 +. +When David returned from killing Goliath the Philistine, Abner brought him before Saul with the head of the Philistine in his hand. -- 1 samuel 17:57 +. +And Saul said to him, Whose son are you, young man? And David answered, I am the son of your servant Jesse of Bethlehem. -- 1 samuel 17:58 +. +WHEN DAVID had finished speaking to Saul, the soul of Jonathan was knit with the soul of David, and Jonathan loved him as his own life. -- 1 samuel 18:1 +. +Saul took David that day and would not let him return to his father's house. -- 1 samuel 18:2 +. +Then Jonathan made a covenant with David, because he loved him as his own life. -- 1 samuel 18:3 +. +And Jonathan stripped himself of the robe that was on him and gave it to David, and his armor, even his sword, his bow, and his girdle. -- 1 samuel 18:4 +. +And David went out wherever Saul sent him, and he prospered and behaved himself wisely; and Saul set him over the men of war. And it was satisfactory both to the people and to Saul's servants. -- 1 samuel 18:5 +. +As they were coming home, when David returned from killing the Philistine, the women came out of all the Israelite towns, singing and dancing, to meet King Saul with timbrels, songs of joy, and instruments of music. -- 1 samuel 18:6 +. +And the women responded as they laughed and frolicked, saying, Saul has slain his thousands, and David his ten thousands. -- 1 samuel 18:7 +. +And Saul was very angry, for the saying displeased him; and he said, They have ascribed to David ten thousands, but to me they have ascribed only thousands. What more can he have but the kingdom? -- 1 samuel 18:8 +. +And Saul [jealously] eyed David from that day forward. -- 1 samuel 18:9 +. +The next day an evil spirit from God came mightily upon Saul, and he raved [madly] in his house, while David played [the lyre] with his hand, as at other times; and there was a javelin in Saul's hand. -- 1 samuel 18:10 +. +And Saul cast the javelin, for he thought, I will pin David to the wall. And David evaded him twice. -- 1 samuel 18:11 +. +Saul was afraid of David, because the Lord was with him but had departed from Saul. -- 1 samuel 18:12 +. +So Saul removed David from him and made him his commander over a thousand; and he went out and came in before the people. -- 1 samuel 18:13 +. +David acted wisely in all his ways and succeeded, and the Lord was with him. -- 1 samuel 18:14 +. +When Saul saw how capable and successful David was, he stood in awe of him. -- 1 samuel 18:15 +. +But all Israel and Judah loved David, for he went out and came in before them. -- 1 samuel 18:16 +. +Saul said to David, My elder daughter Merab I will give you as wife; only serve me courageously and fight the Lord's battles. For Saul thought, Let not my hand, but the Philistines' hand, be upon him. -- 1 samuel 18:17 +. +David said to Saul, Who am I, and what is my life or my father's family in Israel, that I should be the king's son-in-law? -- 1 samuel 18:18 +. +But at the time when Merab, Saul's daughter, should have been given to David, she was given to Adriel the Meholathite as wife. -- 1 samuel 18:19 +. +Now Michal, Saul's daughter, loved David; and they told Saul, and it pleased him. -- 1 samuel 18:20 +. +Saul thought, I will give her to him that she may be a snare to him and that the hand of the Philistines may be against him. So Saul said to David a second time, You shall now be my son-in-law. -- 1 samuel 18:21 +. +And Saul commanded his servants to speak to David privately and say, The king delights in you, and all his servants love you; now then, become [his] son-in-law. -- 1 samuel 18:22 +. +Saul's servants told those words to David. David said, Does it seem to you a light thing to be a king's son-in-law, seeing I am a poor man and lightly esteemed? -- 1 samuel 18:23 +. +And the servants of Saul told him what David said. -- 1 samuel 18:24 +. +Saul said, Say this to David, The king wants no dowry but a hundred foreskins of the Philistines, to avenge himself of the king's enemies. But Saul thought to make David fall by the Philistines' hands. -- 1 samuel 18:25 +. +When his servants told David these words, it pleased [him] well to become the king's son-in-law. Before the days expired, -- 1 samuel 18:26 +. +David went, he and his men, and slew two hundred Philistine men, and brought their foreskins and gave them in full number to the king, that he might become the king's son-in-law. And Saul gave him Michal his daughter as wife. -- 1 samuel 18:27 +. +When Saul saw and knew that the Lord was with David and that Michal [his] daughter loved him, -- 1 samuel 18:28 +. +Saul was still more afraid of David; and Saul became David's constant enemy. -- 1 samuel 18:29 +. +Then the Philistine princes came out to battle, and when they did so, David had more success and behaved himself more wisely than all Saul's servants, so that his name was very dear and highly esteemed. -- 1 samuel 18:30 +. +NOW SAUL told Jonathan his son and all his servants that they must kill David. -- 1 samuel 19:1 +. +But Jonathan, Saul's son, delighted much in David, and he told David, Saul my father is seeking to kill you. Now therefore, take heed to yourself in the morning, and stay in a secret place and hide yourself. -- 1 samuel 19:2 +. +And I will go out and stand beside my father in the field where you are; and I will converse with my father about you and if I learn anything, I will tell you. -- 1 samuel 19:3 +. +And Jonathan spoke well of David to Saul his father and said to him, Let not the king sin against his servant David, for he has not sinned against you, and his deeds have been of good service to you. -- 1 samuel 19:4 +. +For he took his life in his hands and slew the Philistine, and the Lord wrought a great deliverance for all Israel; you saw it and rejoiced. Why then will you sin against innocent blood and kill David without a cause? -- 1 samuel 19:5 +. +Saul heeded Jonathan and swore, As the Lord lives, David shall not be slain. -- 1 samuel 19:6 +. +So Jonathan called David and told him all these things. And Jonathan brought David to Saul, and he was in his presence as in times past. -- 1 samuel 19:7 +. +Then there was war again, and David went out and fought with the Philistines, and made a great slaughter among them and they fled before him. -- 1 samuel 19:8 +. +Then an evil spirit from the Lord came upon Saul as he sat in his house with his spear in his hand; and David was playing [the lyre] with his hand. -- 1 samuel 19:9 +. +Saul sought to pin David to the wall with the spear, but he slipped away, so that Saul struck the spear into the wall. Then David fled and escaped that night. -- 1 samuel 19:10 +. +Saul sent messengers that night to David's house to watch him, that he might kill him in the morning. But Michal, David's wife, told him, If you do not save your life tonight, tomorrow you will be killed. -- 1 samuel 19:11 +. +So Michal let David down through the window, and he fled and escaped. -- 1 samuel 19:12 +. +And Michal took the teraph (household good luck image) and laid it in the bed, put a pillow of goats' hair at its head, and covered it with a bedspread. -- 1 samuel 19:13 +. +And when Saul sent messengers to take David, she said, He is sick. -- 1 samuel 19:14 +. +Then Saul sent the messengers again to see David, saying, Bring him up to me in the bed, that I may slay him. -- 1 samuel 19:15 +. +And when the messengers came in, behold, there was an image in the bed, with a pillow of goats' hair at its head. -- 1 samuel 19:16 +. +Saul said to Michal, Why have you deceived me so and sent away my enemy so that he has escaped? Michal answered Saul, He said to me, Let me go. Why should I kill you? -- 1 samuel 19:17 +. +So David fled and escaped and came to Samuel at Ramah and told him all that Saul had done to him. And he and Samuel went and dwelt in Naioth. -- 1 samuel 19:18 +. +And it was told Saul, Behold, David is at Naioth in Ramah. -- 1 samuel 19:19 +. +And Saul sent messengers to take David; and when they saw the company of the prophets prophesying, and Samuel standing as appointed head over them, the Spirit of God came upon the messengers of Saul and they also prophesied. -- 1 samuel 19:20 +. +When it was told Saul, he sent other messengers, and they also prophesied. And Saul sent messengers again the third time, and they also prophesied. -- 1 samuel 19:21 +. +Then Saul himself went to Ramah and came to a great well that is in Secu; and he asked, Where are Samuel and David? And he was told, They are at Naioth in Ramah. -- 1 samuel 19:22 +. +So he went on to Naioth in Ramah; and the Spirit of God came upon him also, and as he went on he prophesied until he came to Naioth in Ramah. -- 1 samuel 19:23 +. +He took off his royal robes and prophesied before Samuel and lay down stripped thus all that day and night. So they say, Is Saul also among the prophets? -- 1 samuel 19:24 +. +DAVID FLED from Naioth in Ramah and came and said to Jonathan, What have I done? Of what am I guilty? What is my sin before your father, that he seeks my life? -- 1 samuel 20:1 +. +Jonathan said, God forbid! You shall not die. My father does nothing great or small but what he tells me. And why should [he] hide this thing from me? It is not so. -- 1 samuel 20:2 +. +But David replied, Your father certainly knows that I have found favor in your eyes, and he thinks, Let not Jonathan know this, lest he be grieved. But truly as the Lord lives and as your soul lives, there is but a step between me and death. -- 1 samuel 20:3 +. +Then Jonathan said to David, Whatever you desire, I will do for you. -- 1 samuel 20:4 +. +David said to Jonathan, Tomorrow is the New Moon [festival], and I should not fail to sit at the table with the king; but let me go, that I may hide myself in the field till the third day at evening. -- 1 samuel 20:5 +. +If your father misses me at all, then say, David earnestly asked leave of me that he might run to Bethlehem, his city, for there is a yearly sacrifice there for all the family. -- 1 samuel 20:6 +. +If he says, All right, then it will be well with your servant; but if he is angry, then be sure that evil is determined by him. -- 1 samuel 20:7 +. +Therefore deal kindly with your servant, for you have brought [me] into a covenant of the Lord with you. But if there is guilt in me, kill me yourself; for why should you bring me to your father? -- 1 samuel 20:8 +. +And Jonathan said, Far be it from you! If I knew that evil was determined for you by my father, would I not tell you? -- 1 samuel 20:9 +. +Then said David to Jonathan, Who will tell me if your father answers you roughly? -- 1 samuel 20:10 +. +Jonathan said, Come, let us go into the field. So they went into the field. -- 1 samuel 20:11 +. +Jonathan said to David, The Lord, the God of Israel, be witness. When I have sounded out my father about this time tomorrow, or the third day, behold, if he is well inclined toward David, and I do not send and let you know it, -- 1 samuel 20:12 +. +The Lord do so, and much more, to Jonathan. But if it please my father to do you harm, then I will disclose it to you and send you away, that you may go in safety. And may the Lord be with you as He has been with my father. -- 1 samuel 20:13 +. +While I am still alive you shall not only show me the loving-kindness of the Lord, so that I die not, -- 1 samuel 20:14 +. +But also you shall not cut off your kindness from my house forever--no, not even when the Lord has cut off every enemy of David from the face of the earth. -- 1 samuel 20:15 +. +So Jonathan made a covenant with the house of David, saying, And the Lord will require that this covenant be kept at the hands of David's enemies. -- 1 samuel 20:16 +. +And Jonathan caused David to swear again by his love for him, for Jonathan loved him as he loved his own life. -- 1 samuel 20:17 +. +Then Jonathan said to David, Tomorrow is the New Moon festival; and you will be missed, for your seat will be empty. -- 1 samuel 20:18 +. +On the third day you will go quickly and come to the place where you hid yourself when the matter was in hand, and remain by the stone Ezel. -- 1 samuel 20:19 +. +And I will shoot three arrows on the side of it, as though I shot at a mark. -- 1 samuel 20:20 +. +And I will send a lad, saying, Go, find the arrows. If I expressly say to the lad, Look, the arrows are on this side of you, take them--then you are to come, for it is safe for you and there is no danger, as the Lord lives. -- 1 samuel 20:21 +. +But if I say to the youth, Look, the arrows are beyond you--then go, for the Lord has sent you away. -- 1 samuel 20:22 +. +And as touching the matter of which you and I have spoken, behold, the Lord is between you and me forever. -- 1 samuel 20:23 +. +So David hid himself in the field, and when the New Moon [festival] came, the king sat down to eat food. -- 1 samuel 20:24 +. +The king sat, as at other times, on his seat by the wall, and Jonathan sat opposite, and Abner sat by Saul's side, but David's place was empty. -- 1 samuel 20:25 +. +Yet Saul said nothing that day, for he thought, Something has befallen him and he is not clean--surely he is not clean. -- 1 samuel 20:26 +. +But on the morrow, the second day after the new moon, David's place was empty; and Saul said to Jonathan his son, Why has not the son of Jesse come to the meal, either yesterday or today? -- 1 samuel 20:27 +. +And Jonathan answered, David earnestly asked leave of me to go to Bethlehem. -- 1 samuel 20:28 +. +He said, Let me go, I pray, for our family holds a sacrifice in the city and my brother commanded me to be there. Now, if I have found favor in your eyes, let me get away and see my brothers. That is why he has not come to the king's table. -- 1 samuel 20:29 +. +Then Saul's anger was kindled against Jonathan and he said to him, You son of a perverse, rebellious woman, do not I know that you have chosen the son of Jesse to your own shame and to the shame of your mother who bore you? -- 1 samuel 20:30 +. +For as long as the son of Jesse lives upon the earth, you shall not be established nor shall your kingdom. So now send and bring him to me, for he shall surely die. -- 1 samuel 20:31 +. +Jonathan answered Saul his father, Why should he be killed? What has he done? -- 1 samuel 20:32 +. +But Saul cast his spear at him to smite him, by which Jonathan knew that his father had determined to kill David. -- 1 samuel 20:33 +. +So Jonathan arose from the table in fierce anger, and ate no food that second day of the month, for he grieved for David because his father had disgraced him. -- 1 samuel 20:34 +. +In the morning Jonathan went out into the field at the time appointed with David, and a little lad was with him. -- 1 samuel 20:35 +. +And he said to his lad, Run, find the arrows which I shoot. And as the lad ran, he shot an arrow beyond him. -- 1 samuel 20:36 +. +When the lad came to the place where Jonathan had shot the arrow, Jonathan called to [him], Is not the arrow beyond you? -- 1 samuel 20:37 +. +And Jonathan cried after the lad, Make speed, haste, stay not! The lad gathered up the arrow and came to his master. -- 1 samuel 20:38 +. +But the lad knew nothing; only Jonathan and David knew the matter. -- 1 samuel 20:39 +. +Jonathan gave his weapons to his lad and told him, Go, carry them to the city. -- 1 samuel 20:40 +. +And as soon as the lad was gone, David arose from beside the heap of stones and fell on his face to the ground and bowed himself three times. And they kissed one another and wept with one another until David got control of himself. -- 1 samuel 20:41 +. +And Jonathan told David, Go in peace, forasmuch as we have sworn to each other in the name of the Lord, saying, The Lord shall be between me and you, and between my descendants and yours forever. And Jonathan arose and departed into the city. -- 1 samuel 20:42 +. +THEN DAVID went to Nob, to Ahimelech the priest; and Ahimelech was afraid at meeting David, and said to him, Why are you alone and no man with you? -- 1 samuel 21:1 +. +David said to Ahimelech the priest, The king has charged me with a matter and has told me, Let no man know anything of the mission on which I send you and with what I have charged you. I have appointed the young men to a certain place. -- 1 samuel 21:2 +. +Now what do you have on hand? Give me five loaves of bread, or whatever you may have. -- 1 samuel 21:3 +. +And the priest answered David, There is no common bread on hand, but there is hallowed bread--if the young men have kept themselves at least from women. -- 1 samuel 21:4 +. +And David told the priest, Truly women have been kept from us in these three days since I came out, and the food bags and utensils of the young men are clean, and although the bread will be used in a secular way, it will be set apart in the clean bags. -- 1 samuel 21:5 +. +So the priest gave him holy bread, for there was no bread there but the showbread which was taken from before the Lord to put hot bread in its place the day when it was taken away. -- 1 samuel 21:6 +. +Now a certain man of Saul's servants was there that day, detained before the Lord; his name was Doeg the Edomite, the chief of Saul's herdsmen. -- 1 samuel 21:7 +. +David said to Ahimelech, Do you have at hand a sword or spear? The king's business required haste, and I brought neither my sword nor my weapons with me. -- 1 samuel 21:8 +. +The priest said, The sword of Goliath the Philistine, whom you slew in the Valley of Elah, see, it is here wrapped in a cloth behind the ephod; if you will take that, do so, for there is no other here. And David said, There is none like that; give it to me. -- 1 samuel 21:9 +. +David arose and fled that day from Saul and went to Achish king of Gath. -- 1 samuel 21:10 +. +The servants of Achish said to him, Is not this David, the king of the land? Did they not sing one to another of him in their dances: Saul has slain his thousands, and David his ten thousands? -- 1 samuel 21:11 +. +David took these words to heart and was much afraid of Achish king of Gath. -- 1 samuel 21:12 +. +And he changed his behavior before them, and pretended to be insane in their [Philistine] hands, and scribbled on the gate doors, and drooled on his beard. -- 1 samuel 21:13 +. +Then said Achish to his servants, You see the man is mad. Why then have you brought him to me? -- 1 samuel 21:14 +. +Have I need of madmen, that you bring this fellow to play the madman in my presence? Shall this fellow come into my house? -- 1 samuel 21:15 +. +SO DAVID departed and escaped to the cave of Adullam: and when his brothers and all his father's house heard it, they went down there to him. -- 1 samuel 22:1 +. +And everyone in distress or in debt or discontented gathered to him, and he became a commander over them. And there were with him about men. -- 1 samuel 22:2 +. +And David went from there to Mizpah of Moab; and he said to the king of Moab, Let my father [of Moabite descent] and my mother, I pray you, come out [of Judah] and be with you till I know what God will do for me. -- 1 samuel 22:3 +. +And he brought them before the king of Moab, and they dwelt with him all the while that David was in the stronghold [in Moab]. -- 1 samuel 22:4 +. +Then the prophet Gad said to David, Do not remain in the stronghold; leave, and get into the land of Judah. So David left and went into the forest of Hareth. -- 1 samuel 22:5 +. +Saul heard that David was discovered, and the men that were with him. Saul was sitting in Gibeah under the tamarisk tree on the height, his spear in his hand and all his servants standing about him. -- 1 samuel 22:6 +. +Saul said to his servants who stood about him, Hear now, you Benjamites! Will the son of Jesse give every one of you fields and vineyards and make you all commanders of thousands and hundreds, -- 1 samuel 22:7 +. +That all of you have conspired against me? No one discloses to me when my son makes a league with the son of Jesse. None of you is sorry for me or discloses that my son has stirred up my servant against me to lie in wait, as he does this day? -- 1 samuel 22:8 +. +Then Doeg the Edomite, who stood with Saul's servants, said, I saw the son of Jesse come to Nob, to Ahimelech son of Ahitub. -- 1 samuel 22:9 +. +And [Ahimelech] inquired of the Lord for him, and gave him provisions and the sword of Goliath the Philistine. -- 1 samuel 22:10 +. +Then the king sent to call Ahimelech the priest, the son of Ahitub, and all his father's house, the priests who were at Nob, and they all came to the king. -- 1 samuel 22:11 +. +Saul said, Hear now, you son of Ahitub. He replied, Here I am, my lord. -- 1 samuel 22:12 +. +Saul said to him, Why have you conspired against me, you and the son of Jesse, giving him bread and a sword and inquiring of God for him, so he could rise against me to lie in wait, as he does this day? -- 1 samuel 22:13 +. +Then Ahimelech answered the king, And who is so faithful among all your servants as David, who is the king's son-in-law, and is taken into your council and honored in your house? -- 1 samuel 22:14 +. +Have I only today begun inquiring of God for him? No! Let not the king impute any wrong to his servant or to all the house of my father, for your servant has known nothing of all this, little or much. -- 1 samuel 22:15 +. +[Saul] said, You shall surely die, Ahimelech, you and all your father's house. -- 1 samuel 22:16 +. +And the king said to the guard that stood about him, Turn and slay the Lord's priests, because their hand also is with David and because they knew that he fled and did not disclose it to me. But the servants of the king would not put forth their hands against the Lord's priests. -- 1 samuel 22:17 +. +The king said to Doeg, You turn and fall upon the priests. And Doeg the Edomite turned and attacked the priests and slew that day eighty-five persons who wore the priest's linen ephod. -- 1 samuel 22:18 +. +And Nob, the city of the priests, he smote with the sword; both men and women, children and sucklings, oxen and donkeys and sheep, he put to the sword. -- 1 samuel 22:19 +. +And one of the sons of Ahimelech son of Ahitub named Abiathar escaped and fled after David. -- 1 samuel 22:20 +. +And Abiathar told David that Saul had slain the Lord's priests. -- 1 samuel 22:21 +. +David said to Abiathar, I knew that day, when Doeg the Edomite was there, that he would surely tell Saul. I have occasioned the death of all your father's house. -- 1 samuel 22:22 +. +Stay with me, fear not; for he who seeks my life seeks your life. But with me you shall be safeguarded. -- 1 samuel 22:23 +. +THEN THEY told David, Behold, the Philistines are fighting against Keilah and are robbing the threshing floors. -- 1 samuel 23:1 +. +So David inquired of the Lord, Shall I go and attack these Philistines? And the Lord said to David, Go, smite the Philistines and save Keilah. -- 1 samuel 23:2 +. +David's men said to him, Behold, we are afraid here in Judah. How much more, then, if we come to Keilah against the armies of the Philistines? -- 1 samuel 23:3 +. +Then David inquired of the Lord again. And the Lord answered him, Arise, go down to Keilah, for I will deliver the Philistines into your hand. -- 1 samuel 23:4 +. +So David and his men went to Keilah and fought the Philistines with a great slaughter and brought away their cattle. So David delivered the people of Keilah. -- 1 samuel 23:5 +. +When Abiathar son of Ahimelech fled to David at Keilah, he came with an ephod in his hand. -- 1 samuel 23:6 +. +Now it was told Saul that David had come to Keilah. Saul said, God has delivered him into my hand, for he is shut in by going into a town that has gates and bars. -- 1 samuel 23:7 +. +Saul summoned all the men for war, to go to Keilah to besiege David and his men. -- 1 samuel 23:8 +. +David knew that Saul was plotting evil against him; and he said to Abiathar the priest, Bring the ephod here. -- 1 samuel 23:9 +. +Then David said, O Lord, the God of Israel, Your servant has surely heard that Saul intends to come and destroy the city of Keilah on my account. -- 1 samuel 23:10 +. +Will the men of Keilah deliver me into his hand? Will Saul come down, as Your servant has heard? O Lord, God of Israel, I beseech You, tell Your servant. And the Lord said, He will come down. -- 1 samuel 23:11 +. +Then David asked, Will the men of Keilah deliver me and my men into Saul's hand? The Lord said, They will deliver you up. -- 1 samuel 23:12 +. +Then David and his men, about 600, arose and left Keilah, going wherever they could go. When Saul was told that David had escaped from Keilah, he gave up going there. -- 1 samuel 23:13 +. +David remained in the wilderness strongholds in the hill country of the Wilderness of Ziph. Saul sought him every day, but God did not give him into his hands. -- 1 samuel 23:14 +. +David saw that Saul had come out to seek his life. David was in the Wilderness of Ziph in the wood [at Horesh]. -- 1 samuel 23:15 +. +And Jonathan, Saul's son, rose and went into the wood to David [at Horesh] and strengthened his hand in God. -- 1 samuel 23:16 +. +He said to him, Fear not; the hand of Saul my father shall not find you. You shall be king over Israel, and I shall be next to you. Saul my father knows that too. -- 1 samuel 23:17 +. +And the two of them made a covenant before the Lord. And David remained in the wood [at Horesh], and Jonathan went to his house. -- 1 samuel 23:18 +. +Then the Ziphites came to Saul at Gibeah, saying, Does not David hide himself with us in strongholds in the wood [at Horesh], on the hill of Hachilah, which is south of Jeshimon? -- 1 samuel 23:19 +. +Now come down, O king, according to all your heart's desire to come down, and our part shall be to deliver him into the king's hands. -- 1 samuel 23:20 +. +And Saul said, The Lord bless you, for you have compassion on me. -- 1 samuel 23:21 +. +Go, make yet more sure; and know and see where his haunt is and who has seen him there; for I am told he deals very craftily. -- 1 samuel 23:22 +. +See and take note of all his hiding places and come back to me with the certain facts, and I will go with you. If he is in the land, I will search him out among all the thousands of Judah. -- 1 samuel 23:23 +. +So they arose and went to Ziph ahead of Saul. Now David and his men were in the Wilderness of Maon, in the Arabah south of Jeshimon. -- 1 samuel 23:24 +. +Saul and his men went to seek him. And David was told; so he went down to the rock in the Wilderness of Maon and stayed. When Saul heard that, he pursued David in the Wilderness of Maon. -- 1 samuel 23:25 +. +And Saul went on one side of the mountain, and David and his men on the other side of the mountain. And David made haste to get away for fear of Saul, for Saul and his men were surrounding [him] and his men to capture them. -- 1 samuel 23:26 +. +But a messenger came to Saul, saying, Make haste and come, for the Philistines have made a raid on the land. -- 1 samuel 23:27 +. +So Saul returned from pursuing David and went against the Philistines. So they called that place the Rock of Escape. -- 1 samuel 23:28 +. +David went up from there and dwelt in the strongholds of En-gedi. -- 1 samuel 23:29 +. +WHEN SAUL returned from following the Philistines, he was told, Behold, David is in the Wilderness of En-gedi. -- 1 samuel 24:1 +. +Then Saul took 3,chosen men out of all Israel and went to seek David and his men among the Rocks of the Wild Goats. -- 1 samuel 24:2 +. +He came to the sheepfolds on the way, where there was a cave, and Saul went in to relieve himself. Now David and his men were sitting in the cave's innermost recesses. -- 1 samuel 24:3 +. +David's men said to him, Behold the day of which the Lord said to you, Behold, I will deliver your enemy into your hands and you shall do to him as seems good to you. Then David arose [in the darkness] and stealthily cut off the skirt of Saul's robe. -- 1 samuel 24:4 +. +Afterward, David's heart smote him because he had cut off Saul's skirt. -- 1 samuel 24:5 +. +He said to his men, The Lord forbid that I should do this to my master, the Lord's anointed, to put my hand out against him, when he is the anointed of the Lord. -- 1 samuel 24:6 +. +So David checked his men with these words and did not let them rise against Saul. But Saul rose up and left the cave and went on his way. -- 1 samuel 24:7 +. +David also arose afterward and went out of the cave and called after Saul, saying, My lord the king! And when Saul looked behind him, David bowed with his face to the earth and did obeisance. -- 1 samuel 24:8 +. +And David said to Saul, Why do you listen to the words of men who say, David seeks to do you harm? -- 1 samuel 24:9 +. +Behold, your eyes have seen how the Lord gave you today into my hands in the cave. Some told me to kill you, but I spared you; I said, I will not put forth my hand against my lord, for he is the Lord's anointed. -- 1 samuel 24:10 +. +See, my father, see the skirt of your robe in my hand! Since I cut off the skirt of your robe and did not kill you, you know and see that there is no evil or treason in my hands. I have not sinned against you, yet you hunt my life to take it. -- 1 samuel 24:11 +. +May the Lord judge between me and you, and may the Lord avenge me upon you, but my hand shall not be upon you. -- 1 samuel 24:12 +. +As the proverb of the ancients says, Out of the wicked comes forth wickedness; but my hand shall not be against you. -- 1 samuel 24:13 +. +After whom has the king of Israel come out? After whom do you pursue? After a dead dog? After a flea? -- 1 samuel 24:14 +. +May the Lord be judge and judge between me and you, and see and plead my cause, and deliver me out of your hands. -- 1 samuel 24:15 +. +When David had said this to Saul, Saul said, Is this your voice, my son David? And Saul lifted up his voice and wept. -- 1 samuel 24:16 +. +He said to David, You are more upright in God's eyes than I, for you have repaid me good, but I have rewarded you evil. -- 1 samuel 24:17 +. +You have declared today how you have dealt well with me; for when the Lord gave me into your hand, you did not kill me. -- 1 samuel 24:18 +. +For if a man finds his enemy, will he let him go away unharmed? Therefore may the Lord reward you with good for what you have done for me this day. -- 1 samuel 24:19 +. +And now, behold, I well know that you shall surely be king and that the kingdom of Israel shall be established in your hands. -- 1 samuel 24:20 +. +Swear now therefore to me by the Lord that you will not cut off my descendants after me and that you will not destroy my name out of my father's house. -- 1 samuel 24:21 +. +David gave Saul his oath; and Saul went home, but David and his men went up to the stronghold. -- 1 samuel 24:22 +. +NOW SAMUEL died, and all the Israelites assembled and mourned for him, and buried him at his house in Ramah. David arose and went to the Wilderness of Paran. -- 1 samuel 25:1 +. +A very rich man was in Maon, whose possessions and business were in Carmel. He had 3,sheep and 1,000 goats, and he was shearing his sheep in Carmel. -- 1 samuel 25:2 +. +The man's name was Nabal and his wife's name was Abigail; she was a woman of good understanding, and beautiful. But the man was rough and evil in his doings; he was a Calebite. -- 1 samuel 25:3 +. +David heard in the wilderness that Nabal was shearing his sheep. -- 1 samuel 25:4 +. +And David sent out ten young men and said to [them], Go up to Carmel to Nabal and greet him in my name; -- 1 samuel 25:5 +. +And salute him thus: Peace be to you and to your house and to all that you have. -- 1 samuel 25:6 +. +I have heard that you have shearers. Now your shepherds have been with us and we did them no harm, and they missed nothing all the time they were in Carmel. -- 1 samuel 25:7 +. +Ask your young men and they will tell you. Therefore let my young men find favor in your sight, for we come at an opportune time. I pray you, give whatever you have at hand to your servants and to your son David. -- 1 samuel 25:8 +. +And when David's young men came, they said all this to Nabal in the name of David, and then paused. -- 1 samuel 25:9 +. +And Nabal answered David's servants and said, Who is David? Who is the son of Jesse? There are many servants nowadays who are each breaking away from his master. -- 1 samuel 25:10 +. +Shall I then take my bread and my water, and my meat that I have killed for my shearers, and give it to men when I do not know where they belong? -- 1 samuel 25:11 +. +So David's young men turned away, and came and told him all that was said. -- 1 samuel 25:12 +. +And David said to his men, Every man gird on his sword. And they did so, and David also girded on his sword; and there went up after David about men, and 200 remained with the baggage. -- 1 samuel 25:13 +. +But one of Nabal's young men told Abigail, Nabal's wife, Behold, David sent messengers out of the wilderness to salute our master, and he railed at them. -- 1 samuel 25:14 +. +But David's men were very good to us, and we were not harmed, nor did we miss anything as long as we went with them, when we were in the fields. -- 1 samuel 25:15 +. +They were a wall to us night and day, all the time we were with them keeping the sheep. -- 1 samuel 25:16 +. +So know this and consider what you will do, for evil is determined against our master and all his house. For he is such a wicked man that one cannot speak to him. -- 1 samuel 25:17 +. +Then Abigail made haste and took loaves, two skins of wine, five sheep already dressed, five measures of parched grain, 100 clusters of raisins, and 200 cakes of figs, and laid them on donkeys. -- 1 samuel 25:18 +. +And she said to her servants, Go on before me; behold, I come after you. But she did not tell her husband Nabal. -- 1 samuel 25:19 +. +As she rode on her donkey, she came down hidden by the mountain, and behold, David and his men came down opposite her, and she met them. -- 1 samuel 25:20 +. +Now David had said, Surely in vain have I protected all that this fellow has in the wilderness, so that nothing was missed of all that belonged to him; and he has repaid me evil for good. -- 1 samuel 25:21 +. +May God do so, and more also, to David if I leave of all who belong to him one male alive by morning. -- 1 samuel 25:22 +. +When Abigail saw David, she hastened and lighted off the donkey, and fell before David on her face and did obeisance. -- 1 samuel 25:23 +. +Kneeling at his feet she said, Upon me alone let this guilt be, my lord. And let your handmaid, I pray you, speak in your presence, and hear the words of your handmaid. -- 1 samuel 25:24 +. +Let not my lord, I pray you, regard this foolish and wicked fellow Nabal, for as his name is, so is he--Nabal [foolish, wicked] is his name, and folly is with him. But I, your handmaid, did not see my lord's young men whom you sent. -- 1 samuel 25:25 +. +So now, my lord, as the Lord lives and as your soul lives, seeing that the Lord has prevented you from bloodguiltiness and from avenging yourself with your own hand, now let your enemies and those who seek to do evil to my lord be as Nabal. -- 1 samuel 25:26 +. +And now this gift, which your handmaid has brought my lord, let it be given to the young men who follow my lord. -- 1 samuel 25:27 +. +Forgive, I pray you, the trespass of your handmaid, for the Lord will certainly make my lord a sure house, because my lord is fighting the Lord's battles, and evil has not been found in you all your days. -- 1 samuel 25:28 +. +Though man is risen up to pursue you and to seek your life, yet the life of my lord shall be bound in the living bundle with the Lord your God. And the lives of your enemies--them shall He sling out as out of the center of a sling. -- 1 samuel 25:29 +. +And when the Lord has done to my lord according to all the good that He has promised concerning you and has made you ruler over Israel, -- 1 samuel 25:30 +. +This shall be no staggering grief to you or cause for pangs of conscience to my lord, either that you have shed blood without cause or that my lord has avenged himself. And when the Lord has dealt well with my lord, then [earnestly] remember your handmaid. -- 1 samuel 25:31 +. +And David said to Abigail, Blessed be the Lord, the God of Israel, Who sent you this day to meet me. -- 1 samuel 25:32 +. +And blessed be your discretion and advice, and blessed be you who have kept me today from bloodguiltiness and from avenging myself with my own hand. -- 1 samuel 25:33 +. +For as the Lord, the God of Israel, lives, Who has prevented me from hurting you, if you had not hurried and come to meet me, surely by morning there would not have been left so much as one male to Nabal. -- 1 samuel 25:34 +. +So David accepted what she had brought him and said to her, Go up in peace to your house. See, I have hearkened to your voice and have granted your petition. -- 1 samuel 25:35 +. +And Abigail came to Nabal, and behold, he was holding a feast in his house like the feast of a king. And [his] heart was merry, for he was very drunk; so she told him nothing at all until the morning light. -- 1 samuel 25:36 +. +But in the morning, when the wine was gone out of Nabal, and his wife told him these things, his heart died within him and he became [paralyzed, helpless as] a stone. -- 1 samuel 25:37 +. +And about ten days after that, the Lord smote Nabal and he died. -- 1 samuel 25:38 +. +When David heard that Nabal was dead, he said, Blessed be the Lord, Who has pleaded the cause of my reproach at the hand of Nabal, and kept His servant from evil. For the Lord has returned the wickedness of Nabal upon his own head. And David sent and communed with Abigail, to take her to him as his wife. -- 1 samuel 25:39 +. +And when the servants of David had come to Abigail at Carmel, they said to her, David sent us to you to take you to him to be his wife. -- 1 samuel 25:40 +. +And she arose and bowed herself to the earth and said, Behold, let your handmaid be a servant to wash the feet of the servants of my lord. -- 1 samuel 25:41 +. +And Abigail hastened and arose and rode on a donkey, with five of her maids who followed her, and she went after the messengers of David and became his wife. -- 1 samuel 25:42 +. +David also took Ahinoam of Jezreel, and they both became his wives. -- 1 samuel 25:43 +. +Saul had given Michal his daughter, David's wife, to Phalti son of Laish, who was of Gallim. -- 1 samuel 25:44 +. +THE ZIPHITES came to Saul at Gibeah, saying, Does not David hide himself on the hill of Hachilah, east of Jeshimon? -- 1 samuel 26:1 +. +So Saul arose and went down to the Wilderness of Ziph, with 3,chosen men of Israel, to seek David [there]. -- 1 samuel 26:2 +. +Saul encamped on the hill of Hachilah, which is beside the road east of Jeshimon. But David remained in the wilderness. And when he saw that Saul came after him into the wilderness, -- 1 samuel 26:3 +. +David sent out spies and learned that Saul had actually come. -- 1 samuel 26:4 +. +David arose and came to the place where Saul had encamped, and saw where Saul lay with Abner son of Ner, commander of his army; and Saul was lying in the encampment, with the army encamped around him. -- 1 samuel 26:5 +. +Then David said to Ahimelech the Hittite and to Abishai son of Zeruiah, brother of Joab, Who will go down with me into the camp of Saul? And Abishai said, I will go down with you. -- 1 samuel 26:6 +. +So David and Abishai went to the army by night, and there Saul lay sleeping within the encampment with his spear stuck in the ground at his head; and Abner and the army lay round about him. -- 1 samuel 26:7 +. +Then said Abishai to David, God has given your enemy into your hands this day. Now therefore let me smite him to the earth at once with one stroke of the spear, and I will not strike him twice. -- 1 samuel 26:8 +. +David said to Abishai, Do not destroy him; for who can raise his hand against the Lord's anointed and be guiltless? -- 1 samuel 26:9 +. +David said, As the Lord lives, [He] will smite him; or his day will come to die or he will go down in battle and perish. -- 1 samuel 26:10 +. +The Lord forbid that I should raise my hand against the Lord's anointed; but take now the spear that is at his head and the bottle of water, and let us go. -- 1 samuel 26:11 +. +So David took the spear and the bottle of water from Saul's head, and they got away. And no man saw or knew or wakened, for they were all asleep, because a deep sleep from the Lord had fallen upon them. -- 1 samuel 26:12 +. +Then David went over to the other side and stood on the top of the mountain afar off, a great space being between them. -- 1 samuel 26:13 +. +David called to the army and Abner son of Ner, Will you answer, Abner? Abner replied, Who are you, calling [and disturbing] the king? -- 1 samuel 26:14 +. +David said to Abner, Are you not a valiant man? Who is like you in Israel? Why then have you not guarded your lord the king? For one of the people came in [to your camp] to destroy the king your lord. -- 1 samuel 26:15 +. +This thing is not good that you have done. As the Lord lives, you deserve to die, because you have not guarded your master, the Lord's anointed. And now see where the king's spear is and the bottle of water that was at his head. -- 1 samuel 26:16 +. +And Saul knew David's voice and said, Is this your voice, my son David? And David said, My voice, my lord O king! -- 1 samuel 26:17 +. +And David said, Why does my lord thus pursue his servant? What have I done? Or what evil is in my hand [tonight]? -- 1 samuel 26:18 +. +Now therefore, I pray you, let my lord the king hear the words of his servant. If the Lord has stirred you up against me, let Him accept an offering; but if it is men, may they be cursed before the Lord, for they have driven me out this day that I should have no share in the inheritance of the Lord, saying, Go, serve other gods. -- 1 samuel 26:19 +. +Now therefore, let not my blood fall to the earth away from the presence of the Lord; for the king of Israel is come out to seek one flea, as when one hunts a partridge in the mountains. -- 1 samuel 26:20 +. +Then said Saul, I have sinned. Return, my son David, for I will no more do you harm, because my life was precious in your eyes this day. Behold, I have played the fool and have erred exceedingly. -- 1 samuel 26:21 +. +David answered, See the king's spear! Let one of the young men come and get it. -- 1 samuel 26:22 +. +The Lord rewards every man for his righteousness and his faithfulness; for the Lord delivered you into my hands today, but I would not stretch forth my hand against the Lord's anointed. -- 1 samuel 26:23 +. +And behold, as your life was precious today in my sight, so let my life be precious in the sight of the Lord, and let Him deliver me out of all tribulation. -- 1 samuel 26:24 +. +Then Saul said to David, May you be blessed, my son David; you will both do mightily and surely prevail. So David went on his way, and Saul returned to his place. -- 1 samuel 26:25 +. +BUT DAVID said in his heart, I shall now perish one day by the hand of Saul. There is nothing better for me than that I should escape into the land of the Philistines. Then Saul will despair of seeking me any more within the borders of Israel, and I shall escape out of his hand. -- 1 samuel 27:1 +. +So David arose and went over with the men who were with him to Achish son of Maoch, king of Gath. -- 1 samuel 27:2 +. +And David dwelt with Achish at Gath, he and his men, every man with his household, and David with his two wives, Ahinoam the Jezreelitess and Abigail the Carmelitess, Nabal's widow. -- 1 samuel 27:3 +. +When it was told Saul that David had fled to Gath, he sought for him no more. -- 1 samuel 27:4 +. +And David said to Achish, If I have now found favor in your eyes, let me be given a place to dwell in some country town; for why should your servant live in the royal city with you? -- 1 samuel 27:5 +. +Then Achish gave David the town of Ziklag that day. Therefore Ziklag belongs to the kings of Judah to this day. -- 1 samuel 27:6 +. +The time David dwelt in the Philistines' country was a year and four months. -- 1 samuel 27:7 +. +Now David and his men went up and made attacks on the Geshurites, Girzites, and Amalekites [enemies of Israel Joshua had failed to exterminate]. For from of old those nations inhabited the land, as one goes to Shur even to the land of Egypt. -- 1 samuel 27:8 +. +And David smote the land and left neither man nor woman alive, and took away the sheep, oxen, donkeys, camels, and the apparel, and returned to Achish. -- 1 samuel 27:9 +. +Achish would ask, Against whom have you made a raid today? And David would reply, Against the South (Negeb) of Judah, or of the Jerahmeelites, or of the Kenites. -- 1 samuel 27:10 +. +And David saved neither man nor woman alive to bring tidings to Gath, thinking, Lest they should say about us, So did David, and so will he do as long as he dwells in the Philistines' country. -- 1 samuel 27:11 +. +And Achish believed David, saying, He has made his people Israel utterly abhor him; so he shall be my servant always. -- 1 samuel 27:12 +. +IN THOSE days the Philistines gathered their forces for war against Israel. Achish said to David, Understand that you and your men shall go with me to battle. -- 1 samuel 28:1 +. +David said to Achish, All right, you shall know what your servant can do. Achish said to David, Therefore I will make you my bodyguard always. -- 1 samuel 28:2 +. +Now Samuel was dead, and all Israel had mourned for him and buried him in Ramah, his own city. And Saul had put the mediums and the wizards out of the land. -- 1 samuel 28:3 +. +And the Philistines assembled and came and encamped at Shunem; and Saul gathered all Israel and they encamped at Gilboa. -- 1 samuel 28:4 +. +When Saul saw the Philistine host, he was afraid; his heart trembled greatly. -- 1 samuel 28:5 +. +When Saul inquired of the Lord, He refused to answer him, either by dreams or by Urim [a symbol worn by the priest when seeking the will of God for Israel] or by the prophets. -- 1 samuel 28:6 +. +Then Saul said to his servants, Find me a woman who is a medium [between the living and the dead], that I may go and inquire of her. His servants said, Behold, there is a woman who is a medium at Endor. -- 1 samuel 28:7 +. +So Saul disguised himself, put on other raiment, and he and two men with him went and came to the woman at night. He said to her, Perceive for me by the familiar spirit and bring up for me the dead person whom I shall name to you. -- 1 samuel 28:8 +. +The woman said, See here, you know what Saul has done, how he has cut off those who are mediums and wizards out of the land. Why then do you lay a trap for my life to cause my death? -- 1 samuel 28:9 +. +And Saul swore to her by the Lord, saying, As the Lord lives, there shall no punishment come to you for this. -- 1 samuel 28:10 +. +The woman said, Whom shall I bring up for you? He said, Bring up Samuel for me. -- 1 samuel 28:11 +. +And when the woman saw Samuel, she screamed and she said to Saul, Why have you deceived me? For you are Saul! -- 1 samuel 28:12 +. +The king said to her, Be not afraid; what do you see? The woman said to Saul, I see a god [terrifying superhuman being] coming up out of the earth! -- 1 samuel 28:13 +. +He said to her, In what form is he? And she said, An old man comes up, covered with a mantle. And Saul perceived that it was Samuel, and he stooped with his face to the ground and made obeisance. -- 1 samuel 28:14 +. +And Samuel said to Saul, Why have you disturbed me to bring me up? Saul answered, I am bitterly distressed; for the Philistines make war against me, and God has departed from me and answers me no more, either by prophets or by dreams. Therefore I have called you, that you may make known to me what I should do. -- 1 samuel 28:15 +. +Samuel said, Why then do you ask me, seeing that the Lord has turned from you and has become your enemy? -- 1 samuel 28:16 +. +The Lord has done to you as He said through me He would do; for [He] has torn the kingdom out of your hands and given it to your neighbor David. -- 1 samuel 28:17 +. +Because you did not obey the voice of the Lord or execute His fierce wrath upon Amalek, therefore the Lord has done this thing to you this day. -- 1 samuel 28:18 +. +Moreover, the Lord will also give Israel with you into the hands of the Philistines, and tomorrow you and your sons shall be with me [among the dead]. The Lord also will give the army of Israel into the hands of the Philistines. -- 1 samuel 28:19 +. +Then immediately Saul fell full length upon the earth floor [of the medium's house], and was exceedingly afraid because of Samuel's words. There was no strength in him, for he had eaten nothing all day and all night. -- 1 samuel 28:20 +. +The woman came to Saul, and seeing that he was greatly troubled, she said to him, Behold, your handmaid has obeyed you, and I have put my life in my hands and have listened to what you said to me. -- 1 samuel 28:21 +. +So now, I pray you, listen also to the voice of your handmaid and let me set a morsel of food before you, and eat, so you may have strength when you go on your way. -- 1 samuel 28:22 +. +But he said, I will not eat. But his servants, together with the woman, urged him, and he heeded their words. So he arose from the ground and sat upon the bed. -- 1 samuel 28:23 +. +The woman had a fat calf in the house; she hurried and killed it, and took flour, kneaded it, and baked unleavened bread. -- 1 samuel 28:24 +. +Then she brought it before Saul and his servants, and they ate. Then they rose up and went away that night. -- 1 samuel 28:25 +. +NOW THE Philistines gathered all their forces at Aphek, and the Israelites encamped by the fountain in Jezreel. -- 1 samuel 29:1 +. +As the Philistine lords were passing on by hundreds and by thousands, and David and his men were in the rear with Achish, -- 1 samuel 29:2 +. +The Philistine princes said, What are these Hebrews doing here? Achish said to the Philistine princes, Is not this David, the servant of Saul king of Israel, who has been with me these days and years, and I have found no fault in him since he deserted to me to this day? -- 1 samuel 29:3 +. +And the Philistine princes were angry with Achish and they said to him, Make this fellow return, that he may go again to his place where you have assigned him, and let him not go down with us to battle, lest in the battle he become an adversary to us. For how could David reconcile himself to his master? Would it not be with the heads of the men here? -- 1 samuel 29:4 +. +Is not this David, of whom they sang to one another in dances, Saul slew his thousands, and David his ten thousands? -- 1 samuel 29:5 +. +Then Achish called David and said to him, As surely as the Lord lives, you have been honest and upright, and for you to go out and come in with me in the army is good in my sight; for I have found no evil in you from the day of your coming to me to this day. Yet the lords do not approve of you. -- 1 samuel 29:6 +. +So return now and go peaceably, so as not to displease the Philistine lords. -- 1 samuel 29:7 +. +David said to Achish, But what have I done? And what have you found in your servant as long as I have been with you to this day, that I may not go and fight against the enemies of my lord the king? -- 1 samuel 29:8 +. +And Achish said to David, I know that you are as blameless in my sight as an angel of God; nevertheless the princes of the Philistines have said, He shall not go up with us to the battle. -- 1 samuel 29:9 +. +So now rise up early in the morning, with your master's servants who have come with you, and as soon as you are up and have light, depart. -- 1 samuel 29:10 +. +So David and his men rose up early in the morning to return to the land of the Philistines. But the Philistines went up to Jezreel [to fight against Israel]. -- 1 samuel 29:11 +. +NOW WHEN David and his men came home to Ziklag on the third day, they found that the Amalekites had made a raid on the South (the Negeb) and on Ziklag, and had struck Ziklag and burned it with fire, -- 1 samuel 30:1 +. +And had taken the women and all who were there, both great and small, captive. They killed no one, but carried them off and went on their way. -- 1 samuel 30:2 +. +So David and his men came to the town, and behold, it was burned, and their wives and sons and daughters were taken captive. -- 1 samuel 30:3 +. +Then David and the men with him lifted up their voices and wept until they had no more strength to weep. -- 1 samuel 30:4 +. +David's two wives also had been taken captive, Ahinoam the Jezreelitess and Abigail, the widow of Nabal the Carmelite. -- 1 samuel 30:5 +. +David was greatly distressed, for the men spoke of stoning him because the souls of them all were bitterly grieved, each man for his sons and daughters. But David encouraged and strengthened himself in the Lord his God. -- 1 samuel 30:6 +. +David said to Abiathar the priest, Ahimelech's son, I pray you, bring me the ephod. And Abiathar brought him the ephod. -- 1 samuel 30:7 +. +And David inquired of the Lord, saying, Shall I pursue this troop? Shall I overtake them? The Lord answered him, Pursue, for you shall surely overtake them and without fail recover all. -- 1 samuel 30:8 +. +So David went, he and the men with him, and came to the brook Besor; there those remained who were left behind. -- 1 samuel 30:9 +. +But David pursued, he and men, for 200 stayed behind who were too exhausted and faint to cross the brook Besor. -- 1 samuel 30:10 +. +They found an Egyptian in the field and brought him to David, and gave him bread and he ate, and water to drink, -- 1 samuel 30:11 +. +And a piece of a cake of figs and two clusters of raisins; and when he had eaten, his spirit returned to him, for he had eaten no food or drunk any water for three days and three nights. -- 1 samuel 30:12 +. +And David said to him, To whom do you belong? And from where have you come? He said, I am a young man of Egypt, servant to an Amalekite; and my master left me because three days ago I fell sick. -- 1 samuel 30:13 +. +We had made a raid on the South (Negeb) of the Cherethites and upon that which belongs to Judah and upon the South (Negeb) of Caleb. And we burned Ziklag with fire. -- 1 samuel 30:14 +. +And David said to him, Can you take me down to this band? And he said, Swear to me by God that you will neither kill me nor deliver me into the hands of my master, and I will bring you down to this band. -- 1 samuel 30:15 +. +And when he had brought David down, behold, the raiders were spread abroad over all the land, eating and drinking and dancing because of all the great spoil they had taken from the land of the Philistines and from the land of Judah. -- 1 samuel 30:16 +. +And David smote them from twilight even to the evening of the next day, and not a man of them escaped, except youths who rode camels and fled. -- 1 samuel 30:17 +. +David recovered all that the Amalekites had taken and rescued his two wives. -- 1 samuel 30:18 +. +Nothing was missing, small or great, sons or daughters, spoil or anything that had been taken; David recovered all. -- 1 samuel 30:19 +. +Also David captured all the flocks and herds [which the enemy had], and the people drove those animals before him and said, This is David's spoil. -- 1 samuel 30:20 +. +And David came to the men who were so exhausted and faint that they could not follow [him] and had been left at the brook Besor [with the baggage]. They came to meet David and those with him, and when he came near to the men, he saluted them. -- 1 samuel 30:21 +. +Then all the wicked and base men who went with David said, Because they did not go with us, we will give them nothing of the spoil we have recovered, except that every man may lead away his wife and children and depart. -- 1 samuel 30:22 +. +David said, You shall not do so, my brethren, with what the Lord has given us. He has preserved us and has delivered into our hands the troop that came against us. -- 1 samuel 30:23 +. +Who would listen to you in this matter? For as is the share of him who goes into the battle, so shall his share be who stays by the baggage. They shall share alike. -- 1 samuel 30:24 +. +And from that day to this he made it a statute and ordinance for Israel. -- 1 samuel 30:25 +. +When David came to Ziklag, he sent part of the spoil to the elders of Judah, his friends, saying, Here is a gift for you of the spoil of the enemies of the Lord: -- 1 samuel 30:26 +. +For those in Bethel, Ramoth of the Negeb, Jattir, -- 1 samuel 30:27 +. +Aroer, Siphmoth, Eshtemoa, -- 1 samuel 30:28 +. +Racal, the cities of the Jerahmeelites, the cities of the Kenites, -- 1 samuel 30:29 +. +Hormah, Bor-ashan, Athach, -- 1 samuel 30:30 +. +Hebron, and for those in all the places David and his men had habitually haunted. -- 1 samuel 30:31 +. +NOW THE Philistines fought against Israel; and the men of Israel fled before [them] and fell slain on Mount Gilboa. -- 1 samuel 31:1 +. +And the Philistines pursued Saul and his sons, and slew Jonathan and Abinadab and Malchi-shua, Saul's sons. -- 1 samuel 31:2 +. +The battle went heavily against Saul, and the archers severely wounded him. -- 1 samuel 31:3 +. +Saul said to his armor-bearer, Draw your sword and thrust me through, lest these uncircumcised come and thrust me through and abuse and mock me. But his armor-bearer would not, for he was terrified. So Saul took a sword and fell upon it. -- 1 samuel 31:4 +. +When his armor-bearer saw that Saul was dead, he likewise fell upon his sword and died with him. -- 1 samuel 31:5 +. +So Saul, his three sons, his armor-bearer, and all his men died that day together. -- 1 samuel 31:6 +. +And when the men of Israel on the other side of the valley and beyond the Jordan saw that the Israelites had fled and that Saul and his sons were dead, they forsook the cities and fled; and the Philistines came and dwelt in them. -- 1 samuel 31:7 +. +The next day, when the Philistines came to strip the slain, they found Saul and his three sons fallen on Mount Gilboa. -- 1 samuel 31:8 +. +They cut off Saul's head and stripped off his armor and sent them round about the land of the Philistines to publish it in the house of their idols and among the people. -- 1 samuel 31:9 +. +And they put Saul's armor in the house of the Ashtaroth [the idols representing the female deities Ashtoreth and Asherah], and they fastened his body to the wall of Beth-shan. -- 1 samuel 31:10 +. +When the people of Jabesh-gilead heard what the Philistines had done to Saul, -- 1 samuel 31:11 +. +All the valiant men arose and went all night, and they took the bodies of Saul and his sons from the wall of Beth-shan and came to Jabesh and cremated them there. -- 1 samuel 31:12 +. +And they took their bones and buried them under a tree at Jabesh, and fasted seven days. -- 1 samuel 31:13 +. +NOW AFTER the death of Saul, when David returned from the slaughter of the Amalekites, he had stayed two days in Ziklag, -- 2 samuel 1:1 +. +When on the third day a man came from Saul's camp with his clothes torn and dust on his head. When he came to David, he fell to the ground and did obeisance. -- 2 samuel 1:2 +. +David said to him, Where have you come from? He said, I have escaped from the camp of Israel. -- 2 samuel 1:3 +. +David said to him, How did it go? Tell me. He answered, The men have fled from the battle. Many have fallen and are dead; Saul and Jonathan his son are dead also. -- 2 samuel 1:4 +. +David said to the young man, How do you know Saul and Jonathan his son are dead? -- 2 samuel 1:5 +. +The young man said, By chance I happened to be on Mount Gilboa and I saw Saul leaning on his spear, and behold, the chariots and horsemen were close behind him. -- 2 samuel 1:6 +. +When he looked behind him, he saw me and called to me. I answered, Here I am. -- 2 samuel 1:7 +. +He asked me, Who are you? I answered, An Amalekite. -- 2 samuel 1:8 +. +He said to me, Rise up against me and slay me; for terrible dizziness has come upon me, yet my life is still in me [and I will be taken alive]. -- 2 samuel 1:9 +. +So I stood up against him and slew him, because I was sure he could not live after he had fallen. So I took the crown on his head and the bracelet on his arm and have brought them here to my lord. -- 2 samuel 1:10 +. +Then David grasped his own clothes and tore them; so did all the men with him. -- 2 samuel 1:11 +. +They mourned and wept for Saul and Jonathan his son, and fasted until evening for the Lord's people and the house of Israel, because of their defeat in battle. -- 2 samuel 1:12 +. +David said to the young man who told him, Where are you from? He answered, I am the son of a foreigner, an Amalekite. -- 2 samuel 1:13 +. +David said to him, Why were you not afraid to stretch forth your hand to destroy the Lord's anointed? -- 2 samuel 1:14 +. +David called one of the young men and said, Go near and fall upon him. And he smote him so that he died. -- 2 samuel 1:15 +. +David said to [the fallen man], Your blood be upon your own head; for you have testified against yourself, saying, I have slain the Lord's anointed. -- 2 samuel 1:16 +. +David lamented with this lamentation over Saul and Jonathan his son, -- 2 samuel 1:17 +. +And he commanded to teach it, [the lament of] the bow, to the Israelites. Behold, it is written in the Book of Jashar: -- 2 samuel 1:18 +. +Your glory, O Israel, is slain upon your high places. How have the mighty fallen! -- 2 samuel 1:19 +. +Tell it not in Gath, announce it not in the streets of Ashkelon, lest the daughters of the Philistines rejoice, lest the daughters of the uncircumcised exult. -- 2 samuel 1:20 +. +O mountains of Gilboa, let there be no dew or rain upon you, or fields with offerings. For there the shield of the mighty was defiled, the shield of Saul, as though he were not anointed with oil. -- 2 samuel 1:21 +. +From the blood of the slain, from the fat of the mighty, the bow of Jonathan turned not back, and the sword of Saul returned not empty. -- 2 samuel 1:22 +. +Saul and Jonathan, beloved and lovely! In their lives and in their deaths they were not divided. They were swifter than eagles, they were stronger than lions. -- 2 samuel 1:23 +. +You daughters of Israel, weep over Saul, who clothed you in scarlet with [other] delights, who put ornaments of gold upon your apparel. -- 2 samuel 1:24 +. +How have the mighty fallen in the midst of the battle! Jonathan lies slain upon your high places. -- 2 samuel 1:25 +. +I am distressed for you, my brother Jonathan; very pleasant have you been to me. Your love to me was wonderful, passing the love of women. -- 2 samuel 1:26 +. +How have the mighty fallen, and the weapons of war perished! -- 2 samuel 1:27 +. +AFTER THIS, David inquired of the Lord, saying, Shall I go up into any of the cities of Judah? And the Lord said to him, Go up. David said, To which shall I go up? And He said, To Hebron. -- 2 samuel 2:1 +. +So David went up there with his two wives, Ahinoam the Jezreelitess and Abigail, the widow of Nabal of Carmel. -- 2 samuel 2:2 +. +And David brought up his men who were with him, each one with his household, and they dwelt in the towns of Hebron. -- 2 samuel 2:3 +. +And the men of Judah came and there they anointed David king over the house of Judah. They told David, The men of Jabesh-gilead buried Saul. -- 2 samuel 2:4 +. +And David sent messengers to the men of Jabesh-gilead, saying, May the Lord bless you because you showed kindness and loyalty to Saul your king and buried him. -- 2 samuel 2:5 +. +And now may the Lord show loving-kindness and faithfulness to you. I also will do well by you because you have done this. -- 2 samuel 2:6 +. +So now, let your hands be strengthened and be valiant, for your master Saul is dead, and the house of Judah has anointed me king over them. -- 2 samuel 2:7 +. +Now Abner son of Ner, commander of Saul's army, took Ish-bosheth son of Saul and brought him over to Mahanaim. -- 2 samuel 2:8 +. +And he made him king over Gilead, the Ashurites, Jezreel, Ephraim, Benjamin, and all Israel. -- 2 samuel 2:9 +. +Ish-bosheth, Saul's son, was forty years old when he began his two-year reign over Israel. But the house of Judah followed David. -- 2 samuel 2:10 +. +And David was king in Hebron over the house of Judah for seven years and six months. -- 2 samuel 2:11 +. +And Abner son of Ner and the servants of Ish-bosheth son of Saul went out from Mahanaim to Gibeon. -- 2 samuel 2:12 +. +Joab son of Zeruiah and the servants of David went out also; and the two groups met by the pool of Gibeon, seating themselves with one group on either side of the pool. -- 2 samuel 2:13 +. +And Abner said to Joab, Let the young men now arise and have a contest before us. And Joab said, Let them arise. -- 2 samuel 2:14 +. +Then there arose and went over by number--twelve of Benjamin who were with Ish-bosheth son of Saul, and twelve of the servants of David. -- 2 samuel 2:15 +. +And each caught his opponent by the head and thrust his sword into his side; so they all fell together. Therefore that place was called the Field of Sharp Knives, which is at Gibeon. -- 2 samuel 2:16 +. +A very fierce battle followed, and Abner and the men of Israel were beaten before the servants of David. -- 2 samuel 2:17 +. +Three sons of Zeruiah [the half sister of David] were there: Joab, Abishai, and Asahel. Now Asahel was as light of foot as a wild roe or antelope. -- 2 samuel 2:18 +. +Asahel pursued Abner, and as he ran he turned not to the right hand or to the left from following Abner. -- 2 samuel 2:19 +. +Then Abner looked behind him and said, Are you Asahel? He answered, I am. -- 2 samuel 2:20 +. +Abner said to him, Turn aside to your right or left, and seize one of the young men and take his armor. But Asahel would not turn aside from following him. -- 2 samuel 2:21 +. +And Abner said again to Asahel, Turn aside from following me. Why should I strike you to the ground? How then should I be able to face Joab your brother? -- 2 samuel 2:22 +. +Asahel refused to turn aside; so Abner with the rear end of his spear smote him through the abdomen, and he fell and died where he fell. And all who came to the place where Asahel fell and died stood still. -- 2 samuel 2:23 +. +But Joab and Abishai [his brothers] pursued Abner; the sun was going down as they came to the hill of Ammah, before Giah on the way to the wilderness of Gibeon. -- 2 samuel 2:24 +. +And the Benjamites gathered together behind Abner and became one troop and took their stand on the top of a hill. -- 2 samuel 2:25 +. +Then Abner called to Joab, Shall the sword devour forever? Do you not know that bitterness will be the result? How long will it be then before you bid the people to stop pursuing their brethren? -- 2 samuel 2:26 +. +Joab said, As God lives, if you had not spoken, surely the men would have stopped pursuing their brethren in the morning. -- 2 samuel 2:27 +. +So Joab blew a trumpet, and all the people stood still and pursued Israel no more, nor did they fight any more. -- 2 samuel 2:28 +. +Abner and his men went all night through the Arabah [plain], crossed the Jordan, and went through the whole Bithron [district of ravines] and came to Mahanaim. -- 2 samuel 2:29 +. +Joab returned from pursuing Abner, and when he had gathered all the people together, there were missing of David's servants nineteen men besides Asahel. -- 2 samuel 2:30 +. +But the servants of David had slain of Benjamin of Abner's men. -- 2 samuel 2:31 +. +And they took up Asahel and buried him in the tomb of his father at Bethlehem. And Joab and his men walked all night and came to Hebron at daybreak. -- 2 samuel 2:32 +. +THERE WAS a long war between the house of Saul and the house of David. But David grew stronger and stronger, and the house of Saul grew weaker and weaker. -- 2 samuel 3:1 +. +Sons were born to David in Hebron: his firstborn was Amnon, by Ahinoam the Jezreelitess; -- 2 samuel 3:2 +. +His second, Chileab, by Abigail widow of Nabal of Carmel; the third, Absalom the son of Maacah daughter of Talmai king of Geshur; -- 2 samuel 3:3 +. +The fourth, Adonijah the son of Haggith; the fifth, Shephatiah the son of Abital; -- 2 samuel 3:4 +. +And the sixth, Ithream, by Eglah, David's wife. These were born to David in Hebron. -- 2 samuel 3:5 +. +While there was war between the houses of Saul and David, Abner was making himself strong in the house of Saul. -- 2 samuel 3:6 +. +Now Saul had a concubine whose name was Rizpah daughter of Aiah. And Ish-bosheth said to Abner, Why have you gone in to my father's concubine? -- 2 samuel 3:7 +. +Then Abner was very angry at the words of Ish-bosheth and said, Am I a dog's head [despicable and hostile] against Judah? This day I keep showing kindness and loyalty to the house of Saul your father, to his brothers, and his friends, and have not delivered you into the hands of David; and yet you charge me today with a fault concerning this woman! -- 2 samuel 3:8 +. +May God do so to Abner, and more also, if I do not do for David what the Lord has sworn to him, -- 2 samuel 3:9 +. +To transfer the kingdom from the house of Saul and set the throne of David over Israel and Judah from Dan to Beersheba. -- 2 samuel 3:10 +. +And Ish-bosheth could not answer Abner a word, because he feared him. -- 2 samuel 3:11 +. +And Abner sent messengers to David where he was [at Hebron], saying, Whose is the land? Make your league with me, and my hand shall be with you to bring all Israel over to you. -- 2 samuel 3:12 +. +And David said, Good. I will make a league with you. But I require one thing of you: that is, you shall not see my face unless you first bring Michal, Saul's daughter, when you come to see me. -- 2 samuel 3:13 +. +And David sent messengers to Ish-bosheth, Saul's son, saying, Give me my wife Michal, whom I betrothed for a hundred foreskins of the Philistines. -- 2 samuel 3:14 +. +And Ish-bosheth sent and took her from her [second] husband, from Paltiel son of Laish [to whom Saul had given her]. -- 2 samuel 3:15 +. +But her husband went with her, weeping behind her all the way to Bahurim. Then Abner said to him, Go back. And he did so. -- 2 samuel 3:16 +. +Abner talked with the seniors of Israel, saying, In times past you sought to make David king over you. -- 2 samuel 3:17 +. +Now then, do it! For the Lord has spoken of David, saying, By the hand of My servant David I will save My people Israel from the hands of the Philistines and of all their enemies. -- 2 samuel 3:18 +. +Abner also spoke to [the men of] Benjamin. Then [he] went to Hebron to tell David all that seemed good to Israel and the whole house of Benjamin to do. -- 2 samuel 3:19 +. +So Abner came to David at Hebron, and twenty men along with him. And David made Abner and the men with him a feast. -- 2 samuel 3:20 +. +Abner said to David, I will go and gather all Israel to my lord the king, that they may make a league with you, and that you may reign over all that your heart desires. So David sent Abner away in peace. -- 2 samuel 3:21 +. +Then the servants of David came with Joab from pursuing a troop and brought much spoil with them. But Abner was not with David in Hebron, for he had sent him away, and he had gone in peace. -- 2 samuel 3:22 +. +When Joab and all the army with him had come, it was told to Joab, Abner son of Ner came to the king, and he has sent him away, and he is gone in peace. -- 2 samuel 3:23 +. +Then Joab came to the king and said, What have you done? Behold, Abner came to you. Why is it you have sent him away and he is quite gone? -- 2 samuel 3:24 +. +You know that Abner son of Ner came to deceive you and to know your going out and coming in and all you are doing. -- 2 samuel 3:25 +. +When Joab came from seeing David, he sent messengers after Abner, and they brought him back from the well of Sirah; but David did not know it. -- 2 samuel 3:26 +. +And when Abner returned to Hebron, Joab took him aside to the center of the gate to speak to him privately, and there he smote Abner in the abdomen, so that he died to avenge the blood of Asahel, Joab's brother. -- 2 samuel 3:27 +. +When David heard of it, he said, I and my kingdom are guiltless before the Lord forever of the blood of Abner son of Ner. -- 2 samuel 3:28 +. +Let it fall on the head of Joab and on all his father's house; and let the house of Joab never be without one who has a discharge or is a leper or walks with a crutch or is a distaff holder [unfit for war] or who falls by the sword or lacks food! -- 2 samuel 3:29 +. +So Joab and Abishai his brother slew Abner because he had slain their brother Asahel at Gibeon in the battle. -- 2 samuel 3:30 +. +And David said to Joab and to all the people with him, Rend your clothes, gird yourselves with sackcloth, and mourn before Abner. And King David followed the bier. -- 2 samuel 3:31 +. +They buried Abner in Hebron. And the king lifted up his voice and wept at the grave of Abner, and all the people wept. -- 2 samuel 3:32 +. +And the king lamented over Abner and said, Should Abner die as a fool dies? -- 2 samuel 3:33 +. +Your hands were not bound or your feet put into fetters; as a man falls before wicked men, so you fell. And all the people wept again over him. -- 2 samuel 3:34 +. +All the people came to urge David to eat food while it was yet day; but David took an oath, saying, May God do so to me, and more also, if I taste bread or anything else, till the sun is down. -- 2 samuel 3:35 +. +And all the people took notice of it, and it pleased them, as whatever the king did pleased all the people. -- 2 samuel 3:36 +. +For all the people and all Israel understood that day that it was not the king's will to slay Abner son of Ner. -- 2 samuel 3:37 +. +King David said to his servants, Do you not know that a prince and a great man has fallen this day in Israel? -- 2 samuel 3:38 +. +And I am this day weak, though anointed [but not crowned] king; these sons of Zeruiah are too hard for me. May the Lord repay the evildoer according to his wickedness! -- 2 samuel 3:39 +. +WHEN ISH-BOSHETH, Saul's son [king over Israel], heard that Abner was dead in Hebron, his courage failed, and all the Israelites were troubled and dismayed. -- 2 samuel 4:1 +. +Saul's son had two men who were captains of raiding bands. One was named Baanah and the other Rechab, sons of Rimmon the Beerothite of Benjamin--for Beeroth also was reckoned to Benjamin, -- 2 samuel 4:2 +. +And the Beerothites fled to Gittaim and have been sojourners there to this day. -- 2 samuel 4:3 +. +Jonathan, Saul's son, had a son who was a cripple in his feet. He was five years old when the news came out of Jezreel [of the deaths] of Saul and Jonathan. And the boy's nurse took him up and fled; and in her haste, he fell and became lame. His name was Mephibosheth. -- 2 samuel 4:4 +. +Now the sons of Rimmon the Beerothite, Rechab and Baanah, went about in the heat of the day to the house of Ish-bosheth, who lay resting on his bed at noon. -- 2 samuel 4:5 +. +And they came into the interior of the house as though they were delivering wheat, and they smote him in the body; and Rechab and Baanah his brother escaped. -- 2 samuel 4:6 +. +Now when they had come into the house and he lay on his bed in his bedroom, they [not only] smote and slew him, [but] beheaded him and took his head and went by the way of the plain all night. -- 2 samuel 4:7 +. +And they brought the head of Ish-bosheth to David at Hebron and said to the king, Behold, the head of Ish-bosheth son of Saul, your enemy, who sought your life; and the Lord has avenged my lord the king this day on Saul and on his offspring. -- 2 samuel 4:8 +. +And David answered Rechab and Baanah his brother, sons of Rimmon the Beerothite, As the Lord lives, Who redeemed my life out of all adversity, -- 2 samuel 4:9 +. +When one told me, Behold, Saul is dead, thinking he was bringing good news, I seized and slew him in Ziklag who expected me to give him a reward for his news. -- 2 samuel 4:10 +. +How much more--when wicked men have slain a just man in his own house on his bed--shall I not now require his blood of your hand and remove you from the earth! -- 2 samuel 4:11 +. +David commanded his young men, and they slew them and cut off their hands and feet and hanged them over the pool in Hebron. But they took Ish-bosheth's head and buried it in Hebron in the tomb of Abner [his relative and once chief supporter]. -- 2 samuel 4:12 +. +THEN ALL the tribes of Israel came to David at Hebron and said, Behold, we are your bone and your flesh. -- 2 samuel 5:1 +. +In times past, when Saul was king over us, it was you who led out and brought in Israel. And the Lord told you, You shall feed My people Israel and be prince over [them]. -- 2 samuel 5:2 +. +So all the elders of Israel came to the king at Hebron, and King David made a covenant with them [there] before the Lord, and they anointed [him] king over Israel. -- 2 samuel 5:3 +. +David was thirty years old when he began his forty-year reign. -- 2 samuel 5:4 +. +In Hebron he reigned over Judah seven years and six months, and in Jerusalem he reigned thirty-three years over all Israel and Judah. -- 2 samuel 5:5 +. +And the king and his men went to Jerusalem against the Jebusites, the inhabitants of the land, who said to David, You shall not enter here, for the blind and the lame will prevent you; they thought, David cannot come in here. -- 2 samuel 5:6 +. +Nevertheless, David took the stronghold of Zion, that is, the City of David. -- 2 samuel 5:7 +. +David said on that day, Whoever smites the Jebusites, let him get up through the water shaft and smite the lame and the blind who are detested by David's soul. So they say, The blind and the lame shall not come into the house. -- 2 samuel 5:8 +. +So David dwelt in the stronghold and called it the City of David. And he built round about from the Millo and inward. -- 2 samuel 5:9 +. +David became greater and greater, for the Lord God of hosts was with him. -- 2 samuel 5:10 +. +Hiram king of Tyre sent messengers to David, and cedar trees, carpenters, and masons; and they built David a house. -- 2 samuel 5:11 +. +And David perceived that the Lord had established him king over Israel and that He had exalted his kingdom for His people Israel's sake. -- 2 samuel 5:12 +. +And David took more concubines and wives out of Jerusalem, after he came from Hebron, and other sons and daughters were born to [him]. -- 2 samuel 5:13 +. +And these are the names of those who were born to him in Jerusalem: Shammua, Shobab, Nathan, Solomon, -- 2 samuel 5:14 +. +Ibhar, Elishua, Nepheg, Japhia, -- 2 samuel 5:15 +. +Elishama, Eliada, and Eliphelet. -- 2 samuel 5:16 +. +When the Philistines heard that David had been anointed king over Israel, they all went up to find [him], but [he] heard of it and went down to the stronghold. -- 2 samuel 5:17 +. +The Philistines also came and spread themselves in the Valley of Rephaim. -- 2 samuel 5:18 +. +David inquired of the Lord, saying, Shall I go up against the Philistines? Will You deliver them into my hand? And the Lord said to David, Go up, for I will surely deliver [them] into your hand. -- 2 samuel 5:19 +. +And David came to Baal-perazim, and he smote them there, and said, The Lord has broken through my enemies before me, like the bursting out of great waters. So he called the name of that place Baal-perazim [Lord of breaking through]. -- 2 samuel 5:20 +. +There the Philistines left their images, and David and his men took them away. -- 2 samuel 5:21 +. +The Philistines came up again and spread themselves out in the Valley of Rephaim. -- 2 samuel 5:22 +. +When David inquired of the Lord, He said, You shall not go up, but go around behind them and come upon them over opposite the mulberry (or balsam) trees. -- 2 samuel 5:23 +. +And when you hear the sound of marching in the tops of the mulberry trees, then bestir yourselves, for then has the Lord gone out before you to smite the army of the Philistines. -- 2 samuel 5:24 +. +And David did as the Lord had commanded him, and smote the Philistines from Geba to Gezer. -- 2 samuel 5:25 +. +AGAIN DAVID gathered together all the chosen men of Israel, 30,000. -- 2 samuel 6:1 +. +And [he] arose and went with all the people who were with him to Baale-judah [Kiriath-jearim] to bring up from there the ark of God, which is called by the name of the Lord of hosts, Who sits enthroned above the cherubim. -- 2 samuel 6:2 +. +And they set the ark of God upon a new cart and brought it out of the house of Abinadab, which was on the hill; and Uzzah and Ahio, sons of Abinadab, drove the new cart. -- 2 samuel 6:3 +. +And they brought it out of the house of Abinadab, which was on the hill, with the ark of God; and Ahio went before the ark. -- 2 samuel 6:4 +. +And David and all the house of Israel played before the Lord with all their might, with songs, lyres, harps, tambourines, castanets, and cymbals. -- 2 samuel 6:5 +. +And when they came to Nacon's threshing floor, Uzzah put out his hand to the ark of God and took hold of it, for the oxen stumbled and shook it. -- 2 samuel 6:6 +. +And the anger of the Lord was kindled against Uzzah; and God smote him there for touching the ark, and he died there by the ark of God. -- 2 samuel 6:7 +. +David was grieved and offended because the Lord had broken forth upon Uzzah, and that place is called Perez-uzzah [the breaking forth upon Uzzah] to this day. -- 2 samuel 6:8 +. +David was afraid of the Lord that day and said, How can the ark of the Lord come to me? -- 2 samuel 6:9 +. +So David was not willing to take the ark of the Lord to him into the City of David; but he took it aside into the house of Obed-edom the Gittite. -- 2 samuel 6:10 +. +And the ark of the Lord remained in the house of Obed-edom the Gittite for three months, and the Lord blessed Obed-edom and all his household. -- 2 samuel 6:11 +. +And it was told King David, The Lord has blessed the house of Obed-edom and all that belongs to him, because of the ark of God. So David went and brought up the ark of God from the house of Obed-edom into the City of David with rejoicing; -- 2 samuel 6:12 +. +And when those who bore the ark of the Lord had gone six paces, he sacrificed an ox and a fatling. -- 2 samuel 6:13 +. +And David danced before the Lord with all his might, clad in a linen ephod [a priest's upper garment]. -- 2 samuel 6:14 +. +So David and all the house of Israel brought up the ark of the Lord with shouting and with the sound of the trumpet. -- 2 samuel 6:15 +. +As the ark of the Lord came into the City of David, Michal, Saul's daughter [David's wife], looked out of the window and saw King David leaping and dancing before the Lord, and she despised him in her heart. -- 2 samuel 6:16 +. +They brought in the ark of the Lord and set it in its place inside the tent which David had pitched for it, and David offered burnt offerings and peace offerings before the Lord. -- 2 samuel 6:17 +. +When David had finished offering the burnt offerings and peace offerings, he blessed the people in the name [and presence] of the Lord of hosts, -- 2 samuel 6:18 +. +And distributed among all the people, the whole multitude of Israel, both to men and women, to each a cake of bread, a portion of meat, and a cake of raisins. So all the people departed, each to his house. -- 2 samuel 6:19 +. +Then David returned to bless his household. And [his wife] Michal daughter of Saul came out to meet David and said, How glorious was the king of Israel today, who stripped himself of his kingly robes and uncovered himself in the eyes of his servants' maids as one of the worthless fellows shamelessly uncovers himself! -- 2 samuel 6:20 +. +David said to Michal, It was before the Lord, Who chose me above your father and all his house to appoint me as prince over Israel, the people of the Lord. Therefore will I make merry [in pure enjoyment] before the Lord. -- 2 samuel 6:21 +. +I will be still more lightly esteemed than this, and will humble and lower myself in my own sight [and yours]. But by the maids you mentioned, I will be held in honor. -- 2 samuel 6:22 +. +And Michal the daughter of Saul had no child to the day of her death. -- 2 samuel 6:23 +. +WHEN KING David dwelt in his house and the Lord had given him rest from all his surrounding enemies, -- 2 samuel 7:1 +. +The king said to Nathan the prophet, See now, I dwell in a house of cedar, but the ark of God dwells within curtains. -- 2 samuel 7:2 +. +And Nathan said to the king, Go, do all that is in your heart, for the Lord is with you. -- 2 samuel 7:3 +. +That night the word of the Lord came to Nathan, saying, -- 2 samuel 7:4 +. +Go and tell My servant David, Thus says the Lord: Shall you build Me a house in which to dwell? -- 2 samuel 7:5 +. +For I have not dwelt in a house since I brought the Israelites out of Egypt to this day, but have moved about with a tent for My dwelling. -- 2 samuel 7:6 +. +In all the places where I have moved with all the Israelites, did I speak a word to any from the tribes of Israel whom I commanded to be shepherd of My people Israel, asking, Why do you not build Me a house of cedar? -- 2 samuel 7:7 +. +So now say this to My servant David, Thus says the Lord of hosts: I took you from the pasture, from following the sheep, to be prince over My people Israel. -- 2 samuel 7:8 +. +And I was with you wherever you went, and have cut off all your enemies from before you; and I will make you a great name, like [that] of the great men of the earth. -- 2 samuel 7:9 +. +And I will appoint a place for My people Israel and will plant them, that they may dwell in a place of their own and be moved no more. And wicked men shall afflict them no more, as formerly -- 2 samuel 7:10 +. +And as from the time that I appointed judges over My people Israel; and I will cause you to rest from all your enemies. Also the Lord declares to you that He will make for you a house: -- 2 samuel 7:11 +. +And when your days are fulfilled and you sleep with your fathers, I will set up after you your offspring who shall be born to you, and I will establish his kingdom. -- 2 samuel 7:12 +. +He shall build a house for My Name [and My Presence], and I will establish the throne of his kingdom forever. -- 2 samuel 7:13 +. +I will be his Father, and he shall be My son. When he commits iniquity, I will chasten him with the rod of men and with the stripes of the sons of men. -- 2 samuel 7:14 +. +But My mercy and loving-kindness shall not depart from him, as I took [them] from Saul, whom I took away from before you. -- 2 samuel 7:15 +. +And your house and your kingdom shall be made sure forever before you; your throne shall be established forever. -- 2 samuel 7:16 +. +In accordance with all these words and all this vision Nathan spoke to David. -- 2 samuel 7:17 +. +Then King David went in and sat before the Lord, and said, Who am I, O Lord God, and what is my house, that You have brought me this far? -- 2 samuel 7:18 +. +Then as if this were a little thing in Your eyes, O Lord God, You have spoken also of Your servant's house in the far distant future. And this is the law for man, O Lord God! -- 2 samuel 7:19 +. +What more can David say to You? For You know Your servant, O Lord God. -- 2 samuel 7:20 +. +Because of Your promise and as Your own heart dictates, You have done all these astounding things to make Your servant know and understand. -- 2 samuel 7:21 +. +Therefore You are great, O Lord God; for none is like You, nor is there any God besides You, according to all [You have made] our ears to hear. -- 2 samuel 7:22 +. +What [other] one nation on earth is like Your people Israel, whom God went to redeem to be a people for Himself and to make for Himself a name? You have done great and terrible things for Yourself and for Your land, before Your people, whom You redeemed and delivered for Yourself from Egypt, from the nations and their gods. -- 2 samuel 7:23 +. +And You have established for Yourself Your people Israel to be Your people forever, and You, Lord, became their God. -- 2 samuel 7:24 +. +Now, O Lord God, confirm forever the word You have given as to Your servant and his house; and do as You have said, -- 2 samuel 7:25 +. +And Your name [and presence] shall be magnified forever, saying, The Lord of hosts is God over Israel; and the house of Your servant David will be made firm before You. -- 2 samuel 7:26 +. +For You, O Lord of hosts, God of Israel, have revealed this to Your servant: I will build you a house. So Your servant has found courage to pray this prayer to You. -- 2 samuel 7:27 +. +And now, O Lord God, You are God, and Your words are truth, and You have promised this good thing to Your servant. -- 2 samuel 7:28 +. +Therefore now let it please You to bless the house of Your servant, that it may continue forever before You; for You, O Lord God, have spoken it, and with Your blessing let [his] house be blessed forever. -- 2 samuel 7:29 +. +AFTER THIS David smote the Philistines and subdued them, and he took Metheg-ammah out of the hands of the Philistines. -- 2 samuel 8:1 +. +He defeated Moab, and measured them with a line, making them lie down on the ground; two lines he measured to be put to death, and one full line to keep alive. And the Moabites became servants to David, bringing tribute. -- 2 samuel 8:2 +. +David also defeated Hadadezer son of Rehob, king of Zobah, as he went to restore his power at the river [Euphrates]. -- 2 samuel 8:3 +. +David took from him 1,horsemen and 20,000 foot soldiers; and David hamstrung all the chariot horses, except he reserved enough of them for 100 chariots. -- 2 samuel 8:4 +. +And when the Syrians of Damascus came to help Hadadezer king of Zobah, David slew 22,of them. -- 2 samuel 8:5 +. +David put garrisons in Syrian Damascus, and the Syrians became [his] servants and brought tribute. The Lord preserved and gave victory to David wherever he went. -- 2 samuel 8:6 +. +And David took the shields of gold that were on the servants of Hadadezer and brought them to Jerusalem. -- 2 samuel 8:7 +. +And from Betah and Berothai, cities of Hadadezer, King David exacted an immense amount of bronze. -- 2 samuel 8:8 +. +When Toi king of Hamath heard about David's defeat of all the forces of Hadadezer, -- 2 samuel 8:9 +. +[He] sent Joram his son to King David to salute and congratulate him about his battle and defeat of Hadadezer. For Hadadezer had had wars with Toi. Joram brought vessels of silver, gold, and bronze. -- 2 samuel 8:10 +. +These King David dedicated to the Lord, with the silver and gold that he had dedicated from all the nations he subdued: -- 2 samuel 8:11 +. +From Syria, Moab, the Ammonites, the Philistines, Amalek, and from the spoil of Hadadezer son of Rehob, king of Zobah. -- 2 samuel 8:12 +. +David won renown. When he returned he slew 18,Edomites in the Valley of Salt. -- 2 samuel 8:13 +. +He put garrisons throughout all Edom, and all the Edomites became his servants. And the Lord preserved and gave victory to [him] wherever he went. -- 2 samuel 8:14 +. +So David reigned over all Israel, and executed justice and righteousness for all his people. -- 2 samuel 8:15 +. +Joab son of Zeruiah was over the army; Jehoshaphat son of Ahilud was recorder; -- 2 samuel 8:16 +. +Zadok son of Ahitub and Ahimelech son of Abiathar were the [chief] priests, and Seraiah was the scribe; -- 2 samuel 8:17 +. +Benaiah son of Jehoiada was over both the Cherethites and Pelethites [the king's bodyguards]; and David's sons were chief [confidential] assistants to the king. -- 2 samuel 8:18 +. +AND DAVID said, Is there still anyone left of the house of Saul to whom I may show kindness for Jonathan's sake? -- 2 samuel 9:1 +. +And of the house of Saul there was a servant whose name was Ziba. When they had called him to David, he said to him, Are you Ziba? He said, I, your servant, am he. -- 2 samuel 9:2 +. +The king said, Is there not still someone of the house of Saul to whom I may show the [unfailing, unsought, unlimited] mercy and kindness of God? Ziba replied, Jonathan has yet a son who is lame in his feet. -- 2 samuel 9:3 +. +And the king said, Where is he? Ziba replied, He is in the house of Machir son of Ammiel in Lo-debar. -- 2 samuel 9:4 +. +Then King David sent and brought him from the house of Machir son of Ammiel at Lo-debar. -- 2 samuel 9:5 +. +And Mephibosheth son of Jonathan, the son of Saul, came to David and fell on his face and did obeisance. David said, Mephibosheth! And he answered, Behold your servant! -- 2 samuel 9:6 +. +David said to him, Fear not, for I will surely show you kindness for Jonathan your father's sake, and will restore to you all the land of Saul your father [grandfather], and you shall eat at my table always. -- 2 samuel 9:7 +. +And [the cripple] bowed himself and said, What is your servant, that you should look upon such a dead dog as I am? -- 2 samuel 9:8 +. +Then the king called to Ziba, Saul's servant, and said to him, I have given your master's son [grandson] all that belonged to Saul and to all his house. -- 2 samuel 9:9 +. +And you shall till the land for him, you, your sons, and your servants, and you shall bring in the produce, that your master's heir may have food to eat; but Mephibosheth, your master's son [grandson], shall eat always at my table. Now Ziba had fifteen sons and twenty servants. -- 2 samuel 9:10 +. +Then Ziba said to the king, Your servant will do according to all my lord the king commands. So Mephibosheth ate at David's table as one of the king's sons. -- 2 samuel 9:11 +. +Mephibosheth had a young son whose name was Micha. And all who dwelt in Ziba's house were servants to Mephibosheth. -- 2 samuel 9:12 +. +So Mephibosheth dwelt in Jerusalem, for he ate continually at the king's table, [even though] he was lame in both feet. -- 2 samuel 9:13 +. +LATER, THE king of the Ammonites died, and Hanun his son reigned in his stead. -- 2 samuel 10:1 +. +David said, I will show kindness to Hanun son of Nahash, as his father did to me. So David sent his servants to console him for his father's death; and they came into the land of the Ammonites, -- 2 samuel 10:2 +. +But the princes of the Ammonites said to Hanun their lord, Do you think that it is because David honors your father that he has sent comforters to you? Has he not rather sent his servants to you to search the city, spy it out, and overthrow it? -- 2 samuel 10:3 +. +So Hanun took David's servants and shaved off half their beards and cut off their garments in the middle at their hips and sent them away. -- 2 samuel 10:4 +. +When it was told David, he sent to meet them, for the men were greatly ashamed. And the king said, Tarry at Jericho until your beards are grown, and then return. -- 2 samuel 10:5 +. +And when the Ammonites saw that they had made themselves obnoxious and disgusting to David, they sent and hired the Syrians of Beth-rehob and of Zobah, 20,foot soldiers, and of the king of Maacah 1,000 men, and of Tob 12,000 men. -- 2 samuel 10:6 +. +When David heard of it, he sent Joab and all the army of the mighty men. -- 2 samuel 10:7 +. +And the Ammonites came out and put the battle in array at the entrance of the gate, but the Syrians of Zobah and of Rehob and the men of Tob and Maacah were stationed by themselves in the open country. -- 2 samuel 10:8 +. +When Joab saw that the battlefront was against him before and behind, he picked some of all the choice men of Israel and put them in array against the Syrians. -- 2 samuel 10:9 +. +The rest of the men Joab gave over to Abishai his brother, that he might put them in array against the Ammonites. -- 2 samuel 10:10 +. +Joab said, If the Syrians are too strong for me, then you shall help me; but if the Ammonites are too strong for you, I will come and help you. -- 2 samuel 10:11 +. +Be of good courage; let us play the man for our people and the cities of our God. And may the Lord do what seems good to Him. -- 2 samuel 10:12 +. +And Joab and the people who were with him drew near to battle against the Syrians, and they fled before him. -- 2 samuel 10:13 +. +And when the Ammonites saw that the Syrians had fled, they also fled before Abishai and entered the city. So Joab returned from battling against the Ammonites and came to Jerusalem. -- 2 samuel 10:14 +. +When the Syrians saw that they were defeated by Israel, they gathered together. -- 2 samuel 10:15 +. +Hadadezer sent and brought the Syrians who were beyond the river [Euphrates]; and they came to Helam, with Shobach commander of the army of Hadadezer leading them. -- 2 samuel 10:16 +. +When David was told, he gathered all Israel, crossed the Jordan, and came to Helam. Then the Syrians set themselves in array against David and fought with him. -- 2 samuel 10:17 +. +The Syrians fled before Israel, and David slew of [them] the men of chariots and 40,000 horsemen and smote Shobach captain of their army, who died there. -- 2 samuel 10:18 +. +And when all the kings serving Hadadezer saw that they were defeated by Israel, they made peace with Israel and served them. So the Syrians were afraid to help the Ammonites any more. -- 2 samuel 10:19 +. +IN THE spring, when kings go forth to battle, David sent Joab with his servants and all Israel, and they ravaged the Ammonites [country] and besieged Rabbah. But David remained in Jerusalem. -- 2 samuel 11:1 +. +One evening David arose from his couch and was walking on the roof of the king's house, when from there he saw a woman bathing; and she was very lovely to behold. -- 2 samuel 11:2 +. +David sent and inquired about the woman. One said, Is not this Bathsheba, the daughter of Eliam and the wife of Uriah the Hittite? -- 2 samuel 11:3 +. +And David sent messengers and took her. And she came in to him, and he lay with her--for she was purified from her uncleanness. Then she returned to her house. -- 2 samuel 11:4 +. +And the woman became pregnant and sent and told David, I am with child. -- 2 samuel 11:5 +. +David sent to Joab, saying, Send me Uriah the Hittite. So Joab sent [him] Uriah. -- 2 samuel 11:6 +. +When Uriah had come to him, David asked him how Joab was, how the people fared, and how the war progressed. -- 2 samuel 11:7 +. +David said to Uriah, Go down to your house and wash your feet. Uriah went out of the king's house, and there followed him a mess of food [a gift] from the king. -- 2 samuel 11:8 +. +But Uriah slept at the door of the king's house with all the servants of his lord and did not go down to his house. -- 2 samuel 11:9 +. +When they told David, Uriah did not go down to his house, David said to Uriah, Have you not come from a journey? Why did you not go down to your house? -- 2 samuel 11:10 +. +Uriah said to David, The ark and Israel and Judah live in tents, and my lord Joab and the servants of my lord are camping in the open field. Shall I then go to my house to eat and drink and lie with my wife? As you live and as my soul lives, I will not do this thing. -- 2 samuel 11:11 +. +And David said to Uriah, Remain here today also, and tomorrow I will let you depart. So Uriah remained in Jerusalem that day and the next. -- 2 samuel 11:12 +. +David invited him, and he ate with him and drank, so that he made him drunk; but that night he went out to lie on his bed with the servants of his lord and did not go down to his house. -- 2 samuel 11:13 +. +In the morning David wrote a letter to Joab and sent it with Uriah. -- 2 samuel 11:14 +. +And he wrote in the letter, Put Uriah in the front line of the heaviest fighting and withdraw from him, that he may be struck down and die. -- 2 samuel 11:15 +. +So when Joab was besieging the city, he assigned Uriah opposite where he knew the enemy's most valiant men were. -- 2 samuel 11:16 +. +And the men of the city came out and fought with Joab, and some of the servants of David fell. Uriah the Hittite died also. -- 2 samuel 11:17 +. +Then Joab sent and told David all the things concerning the war. -- 2 samuel 11:18 +. +And he charged the messenger, When you have finished reporting matters of the war to the king, -- 2 samuel 11:19 +. +Then if the king's anger rises and he says to you, Why did you go so near to the city to fight? Did you not know they would shoot from the wall? -- 2 samuel 11:20 +. +Who killed Abimelech son of Jerubbesheth (Gideon)? Did not a woman cast an upper millstone upon him from the wall, so that he died in Thebez? Why did you go near the wall? Then say, Your servant Uriah the Hittite is dead also. -- 2 samuel 11:21 +. +So the messenger went and told David all for which Joab had sent him. -- 2 samuel 11:22 +. +The messenger said to David, Surely the men prevailed against us and came out to us in to the field, but we were upon them even to the entrance of the gate. -- 2 samuel 11:23 +. +Then the archers shot at your servants from the wall. Some of the king's servants are dead, and your servant Uriah the Hittite is dead also. -- 2 samuel 11:24 +. +Then David said to the messenger, Say to Joab, Let not this thing disturb you, for the sword devours one as well as another. Strengthen your attack upon the city and overthrow it. And encourage Joab. -- 2 samuel 11:25 +. +When Uriah's wife heard that her husband was dead, she mourned for Uriah. -- 2 samuel 11:26 +. +And when the mourning was past, David sent and brought her to his house, and she became his wife and bore him a son. But the thing that David had done was evil in the sight of the Lord. -- 2 samuel 11:27 +. +AND THE Lord sent Nathan to David. He came and said to him, There were two men in a city, one rich and the other poor. -- 2 samuel 12:1 +. +The rich man had very many flocks and herds, -- 2 samuel 12:2 +. +But the poor man had nothing but one little ewe lamb which he had bought and brought up, and it grew up with him and his children. It ate of his own morsel, drank from his own cup, lay in his bosom, and was like a daughter to him. -- 2 samuel 12:3 +. +Now a traveler came to the rich man, and to avoid taking one of his own flock or herd to prepare for the wayfaring man who had come to him, he took the poor man's lamb and prepared it for his guest. -- 2 samuel 12:4 +. +Then David's anger was greatly kindled against the man, and he said to Nathan, As the Lord lives, the man who has done this is a son [worthy] of death. -- 2 samuel 12:5 +. +He shall restore the lamb fourfold, because he did this thing and had no pity. -- 2 samuel 12:6 +. +Then Nathan said to David, You are the man! Thus says the Lord, the God of Israel: I anointed you king of Israel, and I delivered you out of the hand of Saul. -- 2 samuel 12:7 +. +And I gave you your master's house, and your master's wives into your bosom, and gave you the house of Israel and of Judah; and if that had been too little, I would have added that much again. -- 2 samuel 12:8 +. +Why have you despised the commandment of the Lord, doing evil in His sight? You have slain Uriah the Hittite with the sword and have taken his wife to be your wife. You have murdered him with the sword of the Ammonites. -- 2 samuel 12:9 +. +Now, therefore, the sword shall never depart from your house, because [you have not only despised My command, but] you have despised Me and have taken the wife of Uriah the Hittite to be your wife. -- 2 samuel 12:10 +. +Thus says the Lord, Behold, I will raise up evil against you out of your own house; and I will take your wives before your eyes and give them to your neighbor, and he shall lie with your wives in the sight of this sun. -- 2 samuel 12:11 +. +For you did it secretly, but I will do this thing before all Israel and before the sun. [Fulfilled in II Sam. 16:21, 22.] -- 2 samuel 12:12 +. +And David said to Nathan, I have sinned against the Lord. And Nathan said to David, The Lord also has put away your sin; you shall not die. -- 2 samuel 12:13 +. +Nevertheless, because by this deed you have utterly scorned the Lord and given great occasion to the enemies of the Lord to blaspheme, the child that is born to you shall surely die. -- 2 samuel 12:14 +. +Then Nathan departed to his house. And the Lord struck the child that Uriah's widow bore to David, and he was very sick. -- 2 samuel 12:15 +. +David therefore besought God for the child; and David fasted and went in and lay all night [repeatedly] on the floor. -- 2 samuel 12:16 +. +His older house servants arose [in the night] and went to him to raise him up from the floor, but he would not, nor did he eat food with them. -- 2 samuel 12:17 +. +And on the seventh day the child died. David's servants feared to tell him that the child was dead, for they said, While the child was yet alive, we spoke to him and he would not listen to our voices; will he then harm himself if we tell him the child is dead? -- 2 samuel 12:18 +. +But when David saw that his servants whispered, he perceived that the child was dead. So he said to them, Is the child dead? And they said, He is. -- 2 samuel 12:19 +. +Then David arose from the floor, washed, anointed himself, changed his apparel, and went into the house of the Lord and worshiped. Then he came to his own house, and when he asked, they set food before him, and he ate. -- 2 samuel 12:20 +. +Then his servants said to him, What is this that you have done? You fasted and wept while the child was alive, but when the child was dead, you arose and ate food. -- 2 samuel 12:21 +. +David said, While the child was still alive, I fasted and wept; for I said, Who knows whether the Lord will be gracious to me and let the child live? -- 2 samuel 12:22 +. +But now he is dead; why should I fast? Can I bring him back again? I shall go to him, but he will not return to me. -- 2 samuel 12:23 +. +David comforted Bathsheba his wife, and went to her and lay with her; and she bore a son, and she called his name Solomon. And the Lord loved [the child]; -- 2 samuel 12:24 +. +He sent [a message] by the hand of Nathan the prophet, and [Nathan] called the boy's [special] name Jedidiah [beloved of the Lord], because the Lord [loved the child]. -- 2 samuel 12:25 +. +Now Joab fought against Rabbah of the Ammonites and took the royal city. -- 2 samuel 12:26 +. +And Joab sent messengers to David and said, I have fought against Rabbah, and have taken the city of waters. -- 2 samuel 12:27 +. +Now therefore assemble the rest of the men, encamp against the city, and take it, lest I take the city, and it be called after my name. -- 2 samuel 12:28 +. +So David gathered all the men, went to Rabbah, fought against it, and took it. -- 2 samuel 12:29 +. +And he took the crown of their king [of Malcham] from his head; the weight of it was a talent of gold, and in it were precious stones; and it was set on David's head. And he brought forth exceedingly much spoil from the city. -- 2 samuel 12:30 +. +And he brought forth the people who were there, and put them to [work with] saws and iron threshing sledges and axes, and made them labor at the brickkiln. And he did this to all the Ammonite cities. Then [he] and all the men returned to Jerusalem. -- 2 samuel 12:31 +. +ABSALOM SON of David had a fair sister whose name was Tamar, and Amnon [her half brother] son of David loved her. -- 2 samuel 13:1 +. +And Amnon was so troubled that he fell sick for his [half] sister Tamar, for she was a virgin, and Amnon thought it impossible for him to do anything to her. -- 2 samuel 13:2 +. +But Amnon had a friend whose name was Jonadab son of Shimeah, David's brother; and Jonadab was a very crafty man. -- 2 samuel 13:3 +. +He said to Amnon, Why are you, the king's son, so lean and weak-looking from day to day? Will you not tell me? And Amnon said to him, I love Tamar, my [half] brother Absalom's sister. -- 2 samuel 13:4 +. +Jonadab said to him, Go to bed and pretend you are sick; and when your father David comes to see you, say to him, Let my sister Tamar come and give me food and prepare it in my sight, that I may see it and eat it from her hand. -- 2 samuel 13:5 +. +So Amnon lay down and pretended to be sick; and when the king came to see him, Amnon said to the king, I pray you, let my sister Tamar come and make me a couple of cakes in my sight, that I may eat from her hand. -- 2 samuel 13:6 +. +Then David sent home and told Tamar, Go now to your brother Amnon's house and prepare food for him. -- 2 samuel 13:7 +. +So Tamar went to her brother Amnon's house, and he was in bed. And she took dough and kneaded it and made cakes in his sight and baked them. -- 2 samuel 13:8 +. +She took the pan and emptied it out before him, but he refused to eat. And Amnon said, Send everyone out from me. So everyone went out from him. -- 2 samuel 13:9 +. +Then Amnon said to Tamar, Bring the food here into the bedroom, so I may eat from your hand. So Tamar took the cakes she had made and brought them into the room to Amnon her brother. -- 2 samuel 13:10 +. +And when she brought them to him, he took hold of her and said, Come lie with me, my sister. -- 2 samuel 13:11 +. +She replied, No, my brother! Do not force and humble me, for no such thing should be done in Israel! Do not do this foolhardy, scandalous thing! -- 2 samuel 13:12 +. +And I, how could I rid myself of my shame? And you, you will be [considered] one of the stupid fools in Israel. Now therefore, I pray you, speak to the king, for he will not withhold me from you. -- 2 samuel 13:13 +. +But he would not listen to her, and being stronger than she, he forced her and lay with her. -- 2 samuel 13:14 +. +Then Amnon hated her exceedingly, so that his hatred for her was greater than the love with which he had loved her. And Amnon said to her, Get up and get out! -- 2 samuel 13:15 +. +But she said, No! This great evil of sending me away is worse than what you did to me. But he would not listen to her. -- 2 samuel 13:16 +. +He called the servant who served him and said, Put this woman out of my presence now, and bolt the door after her! -- 2 samuel 13:17 +. +Now [Tamar] was wearing a long robe with sleeves and of various colors, for in such robes were the king's virgin daughters clad of old. Then Amnon's servant brought her out and bolted the door after her. -- 2 samuel 13:18 +. +And [she] put ashes on her head and tore the long, sleeved robe which she wore, and she laid her hand on her head and went away shrieking and wailing. -- 2 samuel 13:19 +. +And Absalom her brother said to her, Has your brother Amnon been with you? Be quiet now, my sister. He is your brother; take not this matter to heart. So Tamar dwelt in her brother Absalom's house, a desolate woman. -- 2 samuel 13:20 +. +But when King David heard of all these things, he was very angry. -- 2 samuel 13:21 +. +And Absalom spoke to Amnon neither good nor bad; for Absalom hated Amnon because he had humbled his sister Tamar. -- 2 samuel 13:22 +. +After two full years Absalom had sheepshearers at Baal-hazor near Ephraim, and Absalom invited all the king's sons. -- 2 samuel 13:23 +. +Absalom came to the king and said, Behold, your servant has sheepshearers; I pray you, let the king and his servants go with your servant. -- 2 samuel 13:24 +. +And the king said to Absalom, No, my son, let us not all go, lest we be burdensome to you. Absalom urged David; still he would not go, but he blessed him. -- 2 samuel 13:25 +. +Then said Absalom, If not, I pray you, let my brother Amnon go with us. And the king said to him, Why should he go with you? -- 2 samuel 13:26 +. +But Absalom urged him, and he let Amnon and all the king's sons go with him. -- 2 samuel 13:27 +. +Now Absalom commanded his servants, Notice now, when Amnon's heart is merry with wine and when I say to you, Strike Amnon, then kill him. Fear not; have I not commanded you? Be courageous and brave. -- 2 samuel 13:28 +. +And the servants of Absalom did to Amnon as Absalom had commanded. Then all the king's sons arose and every man mounted his mule and fled. -- 2 samuel 13:29 +. +While they were on the way, the word came to David, Absalom has killed all the king's sons, and not one of them is left. -- 2 samuel 13:30 +. +Then the king arose and tore his garments and lay on the floor; and all his servants standing by tore their clothes. -- 2 samuel 13:31 +. +But Jonadab son of Shimeah, David's brother, said, Let not my lord suppose they have killed all the king's sons; for Amnon only is dead. This purpose has shown itself on Absalom's determined mouth ever since the day Amnon humiliated his sister Tamar. -- 2 samuel 13:32 +. +So let not my lord the king take the thing to heart and think all the king's sons are dead; for Amnon only is dead. -- 2 samuel 13:33 +. +But Absalom fled. And the young man who kept the watch looked up, and behold, many people were coming by the way of the hillside behind him. -- 2 samuel 13:34 +. +And Jonadab said to the king, See, the king's sons are coming. It is as your servant said. -- 2 samuel 13:35 +. +And as he finished speaking, the king's sons came and lifted up their voices and wept; and the king also and all his servants wept very bitterly. -- 2 samuel 13:36 +. +But Absalom fled and went to [his mother's father] Talmai son of Ammihud, king of Geshur. And David mourned for his son [Amnon] every day. -- 2 samuel 13:37 +. +So Absalom fled to Geshur and was there three years. -- 2 samuel 13:38 +. +And the spirit of King David longed to go forth to Absalom, for he was comforted about Amnon, seeing that he was dead. -- 2 samuel 13:39 +. +NOW JOAB son of Zeruiah knew that the king's heart was toward Absalom. -- 2 samuel 14:1 +. +And Joab sent to Tekoah and brought from there a wise woman and said to her, Pretend to be a mourner; put on mourning apparel, do not anoint yourself with oil, but act like a woman who has long been mourning for the dead. -- 2 samuel 14:2 +. +And go to the king and speak thus to him. And Joab told her what to say. -- 2 samuel 14:3 +. +When the woman of Tekoah spoke to the king, she fell on her face to the ground and did obeisance, and said, Help, O king! -- 2 samuel 14:4 +. +The king asked her, What troubles you? She said, I am a widow; my husband is dead. -- 2 samuel 14:5 +. +And your handmaid had two sons, and they quarreled with one another in the field. There was no one to separate them, and one struck the other and killed him. -- 2 samuel 14:6 +. +And behold, our whole family has risen against your handmaid, and they say, Deliver him who slew his brother, that we may kill him for the life of his brother whom he slew; and so they would destroy the heir also. And so quenching my coal which is left, they would leave to my husband neither name nor remnant upon the earth. -- 2 samuel 14:7 +. +David said to the woman, Go home, and I will give orders concerning you. -- 2 samuel 14:8 +. +And the woman of Tekoah said to the king, My lord, O king, let the guilt be on me and on my father's house; let the king and his throne be guiltless. -- 2 samuel 14:9 +. +The king said, If anyone says anything to you, bring him to me, and he shall not touch you again. -- 2 samuel 14:10 +. +Then she said, I pray you, let the king remember the Lord your God, that the avenger of blood destroy not any more, lest they destroy my son. And David said, As the Lord lives, there shall not one hair of your son fall to the earth. -- 2 samuel 14:11 +. +Then the woman said, Let your handmaid, I pray you, speak one word to my lord the king. He said, Say on. -- 2 samuel 14:12 +. +[She] said, Why then have you planned such a thing against God's people? For in speaking this word the king is like one who is guilty, in that [he] does not bring home his banished one. -- 2 samuel 14:13 +. +We must all die; we are like water spilled on the ground, which cannot be gathered up again. And God does not take away life, but devises means so that he who is banished may not be an utter outcast from Him. -- 2 samuel 14:14 +. +And now I have come to speak of this thing to my lord the king because the people have made me afraid. And I thought, I will speak to the king; it may be that he will perform the request of his servant. -- 2 samuel 14:15 +. +For the king will hear to deliver his handmaid from the hand of the man who would destroy me and my son together from [Israel] the inheritance of God. -- 2 samuel 14:16 +. +And the woman said, The word of my lord the king will now give me rest and security, for as an angel of God is my lord the king to hear and discern good and evil. May the Lord your God be with you! -- 2 samuel 14:17 +. +Then the king said to the woman, Hide not from me anything I ask you. And the woman said, Let my lord the king speak. -- 2 samuel 14:18 +. +The king said, Is the hand of Joab with you in all this? And the woman answered, As your soul lives, my lord the king, none can turn to the right hand or to the left from anything my lord the king has said. It was your servant Joab who directed me; he put all these words in my mouth. -- 2 samuel 14:19 +. +In order to change the course of matters [between Absalom and his father] your servant Joab did this. But my lord has wisdom like the wisdom of the angel of God--to know all things that are on the earth. -- 2 samuel 14:20 +. +Then the king said to Joab, Behold now, I grant this; go, bring back the young man Absalom. -- 2 samuel 14:21 +. +And Joab fell to the ground on his face and did obeisance and thanked the king. And Joab said, Today your servant knows that I have found favor in your sight, my lord, O king, in that the king has performed the request of his servant. -- 2 samuel 14:22 +. +So Joab arose, went to Geshur, and brought Absalom to Jerusalem. -- 2 samuel 14:23 +. +And the king said, Let him go to his own house, and let him not see my face. So Absalom went to his own house and did not see the king's face. -- 2 samuel 14:24 +. +But in all Israel there was none so much to be praised for his beauty as Absalom; from the sole of his foot to the crown of his head there was no blemish in him. -- 2 samuel 14:25 +. +And when he cut the hair of his head, he weighed it--for at each year's end he cut it, because its weight was a burden to him--and it weighed shekels by the king's weight. -- 2 samuel 14:26 +. +There were born to Absalom three sons and one daughter whose name was Tamar; she was a beautiful woman. -- 2 samuel 14:27 +. +Absalom dwelt two full years in Jerusalem and did not see the king's face. -- 2 samuel 14:28 +. +So Absalom sent for Joab to send him to the king, but he would not come to him; even when he sent again the second time, he would not come. -- 2 samuel 14:29 +. +Therefore Absalom said to his servants, See, Joab's field is near mine, and he has barley there; go and set it on fire. So Absalom's servants set the field afire. -- 2 samuel 14:30 +. +Then Joab arose and went to Absalom at his house and said to him, Why have your servants set my field on fire? -- 2 samuel 14:31 +. +Absalom answered Joab, I sent to you, saying, Come here, that I may send you to the king to ask, Why have I come from Geshur? It would be better for me to be there still. Now therefore [Joab], let me see the king, and if there is iniquity and guilt in me, let him kill me. -- 2 samuel 14:32 +. +So Joab came to the king and told him. And when David had called for Absalom, he came to him and bowed himself on his face to the ground before the king; and [David] kissed Absalom. -- 2 samuel 14:33 +. +AFTER THIS, Absalom got a chariot and horses, and fifty men to run before him. -- 2 samuel 15:1 +. +And [he] rose up early and stood beside the gateway; and when any man who had a controversy came to the king for judgment, Absalom called to him, Of what city are you? And he would say, Your servant is of such and such a tribe of Israel. -- 2 samuel 15:2 +. +Absalom would say to him, Your claims are good and right, but there is no man appointed as the king's agent to hear you. -- 2 samuel 15:3 +. +Absalom added, Oh, that I were judge in the land! Then every man with any suit or cause might come to me and I would do him justice! -- 2 samuel 15:4 +. +And whenever a man came near to do obeisance to him, he would put out his hand, take hold of him, and kiss him. -- 2 samuel 15:5 +. +Thus Absalom did to all Israel who came to the king for judgment. So Absalom stole the hearts of the men of Israel. -- 2 samuel 15:6 +. +And after [four] years, Absalom said to the king, I pray you, let me go to Hebron [his birthplace] and pay my vow to the Lord. -- 2 samuel 15:7 +. +For your servant vowed while I dwelt at Geshur in Syria, If the Lord will bring me again to Jerusalem, then I will serve the Lord [by offering a sacrifice]. -- 2 samuel 15:8 +. +And the king said to him, Go in peace. So he arose and went to Hebron. -- 2 samuel 15:9 +. +But Absalom sent secret messengers throughout all the tribes of Israel, saying, As soon as you hear the sound of the trumpet, then say, Absalom is king at Hebron. -- 2 samuel 15:10 +. +With Absalom went men from Jerusalem, who were invited [as guests to his sacrificial feast]; and they went in their simplicity, and they knew not a thing. -- 2 samuel 15:11 +. +And while Absalom was offering the sacrifices, he sent for Ahithophel the Gilonite, David's counselor, from his city Giloh. And the conspiracy was strong; the people with Absalom increased continually. -- 2 samuel 15:12 +. +And there came a messenger to David, saying, The hearts of the men of Israel have gone after Absalom. -- 2 samuel 15:13 +. +David said to all his servants who were with him at Jerusalem, Arise and let us flee, or else none of us will escape from Absalom. Make haste to depart, lest he overtake us suddenly and bring evil upon us and smite the city with the sword. -- 2 samuel 15:14 +. +And the king's servants said to the king, Behold, your servants are ready to do whatever my lord the king says. -- 2 samuel 15:15 +. +So the king and all his household after him went forth. But he left ten women who were concubines to keep the house. -- 2 samuel 15:16 +. +The king went forth with all the people after him, and halted at the last house. -- 2 samuel 15:17 +. +All David's servants passed on beside him, along with [his bodyguards] all the Cherethites, Pelethites; also all the Gittites, men who came after him from Gath, passed on before the king. -- 2 samuel 15:18 +. +The king said to Ittai the Gittite, Why do you go with us also? Return to your place and remain with the king [Absalom], for you are a foreigner and an exile. -- 2 samuel 15:19 +. +Since you came only yesterday, should I make you go up and down with us? Since I must go where I may, you return, and take back your brethren with you. May loving-kindness and faithfulness be with you. -- 2 samuel 15:20 +. +But Ittai answered the king, As the Lord lives, and as my lord the king lives, wherever my lord the king shall be, whether for death or life, even there also will your servant be. -- 2 samuel 15:21 +. +So David said to Ittai, Go on and pass over [the Kidron]. And Ittai the Gittite passed over and all his men and all the little ones who were with him. -- 2 samuel 15:22 +. +All the country wept with a loud voice as all the people passed over. The king crossed the brook Kidron, and all the people went on toward the wilderness. -- 2 samuel 15:23 +. +Abiathar [the priest] and behold, Zadok came also, and all the Levites with him, bearing the ark of the covenant of God. And they set down the ark of God until all the people had gone from the city. -- 2 samuel 15:24 +. +Then the king told Zadok, Take back the ark of God to the city. If I find favor in the Lord's eyes, He will bring me back and let me see both it and His house. -- 2 samuel 15:25 +. +But if He says, I have no delight in you, then here I am; let Him do to me what seems good to Him. -- 2 samuel 15:26 +. +The king also said to Zadok the priest, Are you not a seer? [You and Abiathar] return to the city in peace, and your two sons with you, Ahimaaz your son and Jonathan son of Abiathar. -- 2 samuel 15:27 +. +See, I will wait at the fords [at the Jordan] of the wilderness until word comes from you to inform me. -- 2 samuel 15:28 +. +Zadok, therefore, and Abiathar carried the ark of God back to Jerusalem and they stayed there. -- 2 samuel 15:29 +. +And David went up over the Mount of Olives and wept as he went, barefoot and his head covered. And all the people who were with him covered their heads, weeping as they went. -- 2 samuel 15:30 +. +David was told, Ahithophel [your counselor] is among the conspirators with Absalom. David said, O Lord, I pray You, turn Ahithophel's counsel into foolishness. -- 2 samuel 15:31 +. +When David came to the summit [of Olivet], where he worshiped God, behold, Hushai the Archite came to meet him with his coat rent and earth upon his head. -- 2 samuel 15:32 +. +David said to him, If you go with me, you will be a burden to me. -- 2 samuel 15:33 +. +But if you return to the city and say to Absalom, I will be your servant, O king; as I have been your father's servant in the past, so will I be your servant now, then you may defeat for me the counsel of Ahithophel. -- 2 samuel 15:34 +. +Will not Zadok and Abiathar the priests be with you? So whatever you hear from the king's house, just tell it to [them]. -- 2 samuel 15:35 +. +Behold, their two sons are there with them, Ahimaaz, Zadok's son and Jonathan, Abiathar's son; and by them send to me everything you hear. -- 2 samuel 15:36 +. +So Hushai, David's friend, returned, and Absalom also came into Jerusalem. -- 2 samuel 15:37 +. +WHEN DAVID was a little past the top [of Olivet], behold, Ziba, the servant of Mephibosheth, met him with a couple of donkeys saddled, and upon them loaves of bread, 100 bunches of raisins, 100 summer fruits, and a skin of wine. -- 2 samuel 16:1 +. +The king said to Ziba, What do you mean by these? Ziba said, The donkeys are for the king's household to ride on, the bread and summer fruit for the young men to eat, and the wine is for those to drink who become faint in the wilderness. -- 2 samuel 16:2 +. +The king said, And where is your master's son [grandson Mephibosheth]? Ziba said to the king, Behold, he remains in Jerusalem, for he said, Today the house of Israel will give me back the kingdom of my father [grandfather Saul]. -- 2 samuel 16:3 +. +Then the king said to Ziba, Behold, all that belonged to Mephibosheth is now yours. Ziba said, I do obeisance; let me ever find favor in your sight, my lord O king. -- 2 samuel 16:4 +. +When King David came to Bahurim, a man of the family of the house of Saul, Shimei son of Gera, came out and cursed continually as he came. -- 2 samuel 16:5 +. +And he cast stones at David and at all the servants of King David; and all the people and all the mighty men were on his right hand and on his left. -- 2 samuel 16:6 +. +Shimei said as he cursed, Get out, get out, you man of blood, you base fellow! -- 2 samuel 16:7 +. +The Lord has avenged upon you all the blood of the house of Saul, in whose stead you have reigned; and the Lord has delivered the kingdom into the hands of Absalom your son. Behold, the calamity is upon you because you are a bloody man! -- 2 samuel 16:8 +. +Then said [David's nephew] Abishai son of Zeruiah to the king, Why should this dead dog curse my lord the king? Let me go over and take off his head. -- 2 samuel 16:9 +. +The king said, What have I to do with you, you sons of Zeruiah? If he is cursing because the Lord said to him, Curse David, who then shall ask, Why have you done so? -- 2 samuel 16:10 +. +And David said to Abishai and to all his servants, Behold, my son, who was born to me, seeks my life. With how much more reason now may this Benjamite do it? Let him alone; and let him curse, for the Lord has bidden him to do it. -- 2 samuel 16:11 +. +It may be that the Lord will look on the iniquity done me and will recompense me with good for his cursing this day. -- 2 samuel 16:12 +. +So David and his men went by the road, and Shimei went along on the hillside opposite David and cursed as he went and threw stones and dust at him. -- 2 samuel 16:13 +. +And the king and all the people who were with him came [to the Jordan] weary, and he refreshed himself there. -- 2 samuel 16:14 +. +And Absalom and all the people, the men of Israel, came to Jerusalem, and Ahithophel with him. -- 2 samuel 16:15 +. +And when Hushai the Archite, David's friend, came to Absalom, Hushai said to [him], Long live the king! Long live the king! -- 2 samuel 16:16 +. +Absalom said to Hushai, Is this your kindness and loyalty to your friend? Why did you not go with your friend? -- 2 samuel 16:17 +. +Hushai said to Absalom, No, for whom the Lord and this people and all the men of Israel choose, his will I be, and with him I will remain. -- 2 samuel 16:18 +. +And again, whom should I serve? Should it not be his son? As I have served your father, so will I serve you. -- 2 samuel 16:19 +. +Then Absalom said to Ahithophel, Give your counsel. What shall we do? -- 2 samuel 16:20 +. +And Ahithophel said to Absalom, Go in to your father's concubines whom he has left to keep the house; and all Israel will hear that you are abhorred by your father. Then the hands of all who are with you will be made strong. -- 2 samuel 16:21 +. +So they spread for Absalom a tent on the top of the [king's] house, and Absalom went in to his father's harem in the sight of all Israel. -- 2 samuel 16:22 +. +And the counsel of Ahithophel in those days was as if a man had consulted the word of God; so was all Ahithophel's counsel considered both by David and by Absalom. -- 2 samuel 16:23 +. +MOREOVER, AHITHOPHEL said to Absalom, Let me choose 12,men and I will set out and pursue David this night. -- 2 samuel 17:1 +. +I will come upon him while he is exhausted and weak, and cause him to panic; all the people with him will flee. Then I will strike down the king alone. -- 2 samuel 17:2 +. +I will bring back all the people to you. [The removal of] the man whom you seek is the assurance that all will return; and all the people will be at peace. -- 2 samuel 17:3 +. +And what he said pleased Absalom well and all the elders of Israel. -- 2 samuel 17:4 +. +Absalom said, Now call Hushai the Archite also, and let us hear what he says. -- 2 samuel 17:5 +. +When Hushai came, Absalom said to him, Ahithophel has counseled thus. Shall we do what he says? If not, speak up. -- 2 samuel 17:6 +. +And Hushai said to Absalom, The counsel that Ahithophel has given is not good at this time. -- 2 samuel 17:7 +. +For, said Hushai, you know your father and his men, that they are mighty men, and they are embittered and enraged like a bear robbed of her whelps in the field. And your father is a man of war, and will not lodge with the people. -- 2 samuel 17:8 +. +Behold, he is hidden even now in some pit or other place; and when some of them are overthrown at the first, whoever hears it will say, There is a slaughter among the followers of Absalom. -- 2 samuel 17:9 +. +And even he who is brave, whose heart is as the heart of a lion, will utterly melt, for all Israel knows that your father is a mighty man and that those who are with him are brave men. -- 2 samuel 17:10 +. +Therefore I counsel that all [the men of] Israel be gathered to you, from Dan even to Beersheba, as the sand that is by the sea for multitude, and that you go to battle in your own person. -- 2 samuel 17:11 +. +So shall we come upon [David] some place where he shall be found, and we will light upon him as the dew settles [unseen and unheard] on the ground; and of him and of all the men with him there shall not be left so much as one. -- 2 samuel 17:12 +. +If he withdraws into a city, then shall all Israel bring ropes to that city, and we will drag it into the ravine until not one pebble is left there. -- 2 samuel 17:13 +. +Absalom and all the men of Israel said, The counsel of Hushai the Archite is better than that of Ahithophel. For the Lord had ordained to defeat the good counsel of Ahithophel, so that the Lord might bring evil upon Absalom. -- 2 samuel 17:14 +. +Then said Hushai to Zadok and Abiathar the priests, Thus and thus did Ahithophel counsel Absalom and the elders of Israel, and thus and thus have I counseled. -- 2 samuel 17:15 +. +Now send quickly and tell David, Lodge not this night at the fords [at the Jordan] of the wilderness, but by all means pass over, lest the king be swallowed up and all the people with him. -- 2 samuel 17:16 +. +Now [the youths] Jonathan and Ahimaaz stayed at En-rogel, for they must not be seen coming into the city. But a maidservant went and told them, and they went and told King David. -- 2 samuel 17:17 +. +But a lad saw them and told Absalom; but they left quickly and came to the house of a man in Bahurim, who had a well in his court, and they went down into it. -- 2 samuel 17:18 +. +And the woman spread a covering over the well's mouth and spread ground corn on it; and the thing was not discovered. -- 2 samuel 17:19 +. +For when Absalom's servants came to the woman at the house, they said, Where are Ahimaaz and Jonathan? And the woman said to them, They went over the brook of water. When they had sought and could not find them, they returned to Jerusalem. -- 2 samuel 17:20 +. +After they had departed, the boys came up out of the well and went and told King David, and said, Arise and pass quickly over the river Jordan; for thus and so has Ahithophel counseled against you. -- 2 samuel 17:21 +. +David arose and all the people with him and passed over the Jordan. By daybreak, not one was left who had not crossed. -- 2 samuel 17:22 +. +But when Ahithophel saw that his counsel was not followed, he saddled his donkey, went home to his city, put his household in order, and hanged himself and died, and was buried in the tomb of his father. -- 2 samuel 17:23 +. +Then David came to Mahanaim. And Absalom passed over the Jordan, he and all the men of Israel with him. -- 2 samuel 17:24 +. +Absalom made Amasa captain of the army instead of Joab. Amasa was the son of an [Ishmaelite] named Ithra, who married Abigail daughter of Nahash, [half sister of David and] sister of Zeruiah, Joab's mother. -- 2 samuel 17:25 +. +So Israel and Absalom encamped in the land of Gilead. -- 2 samuel 17:26 +. +When David came to Mahanaim, Shobi son of Nahash of Rabbah of the Ammonites, and Machir son of Ammiel of Lo-debar, and Barzillai the Gileadite of Rogelim -- 2 samuel 17:27 +. +Brought beds, basins, earthen vessels, wheat, barley, meal, parched grain, beans, lentils, parched [pulse--seeds of peas and beans], -- 2 samuel 17:28 +. +Honey, curds, sheep, and cheese of cows for David and the people with him to eat; for they said, The people are hungry, weary, and thirsty in the wilderness. -- 2 samuel 17:29 +. +DAVID NUMBERED the men who were with him and set over them commanders of thousands and of hundreds. -- 2 samuel 18:1 +. +David sent forth the army, a third under command of Joab, a third under Abishai son of Zeruiah, Joab's brother, and a third under Ittai the Gittite. [He] told the men, I myself will go out with you also. -- 2 samuel 18:2 +. +But the men said, You shall not go out. For if we flee, they will not care about us; if half of us die, they will not care about us. But you are worth 10,such as we are. So now it is better that you be able to help us from the city. -- 2 samuel 18:3 +. +The king said to them, Whatever seems best to you I will do. So he stood beside the gate, and all the army came out by hundreds and by thousands. -- 2 samuel 18:4 +. +The king commanded Joab, Abishai, and Ittai, saying, Deal gently for my sake with the young man Absalom. And all the people heard when the king gave orders to all the commanders about Absalom. -- 2 samuel 18:5 +. +So the army went out into the field against Israel, and the battle was fought in the forest of Ephraim. -- 2 samuel 18:6 +. +[Absalom's] men of Israel were defeated by the servants of David, and there was a great slaughter that day of 20,men. -- 2 samuel 18:7 +. +For the battle spread over the face of all the country, and the forest devoured more men that day than did the sword. -- 2 samuel 18:8 +. +Then Absalom [unavoidably] met the servants of David. Absalom rode on a mule, and the mule went under the thick boughs of a great oak, and Absalom's head caught fast [in a fork] of the oak; and the mule under him ran away, leaving him hanging between the heavens and the earth. -- 2 samuel 18:9 +. +A certain man saw it and told Joab, Behold, I saw Absalom hanging in an oak. -- 2 samuel 18:10 +. +Joab said to the man, You saw him! Why did you not strike him down to the ground? I would have given you ten shekels of silver and a girdle. -- 2 samuel 18:11 +. +The man told Joab, Though I should receive 1,pieces of silver, yet I would not put forth my hand against the king's son. For in our hearing the king charged you, Abishai, and Ittai, Have a care, whoever you be, for the young man Absalom. -- 2 samuel 18:12 +. +Otherwise, if I had dealt falsely against his life--for nothing is hidden from the king--you yourself would have taken sides against me. -- 2 samuel 18:13 +. +Joab said, I will not tarry thus with you. He took three darts in his hand and thrust them into the body of Absalom while he was yet alive in the midst of the oak. -- 2 samuel 18:14 +. +And ten young men, Joab's armor-bearers, surrounded and struck Absalom and killed him. -- 2 samuel 18:15 +. +Then Joab blew the trumpet, and the troops returned from pursuing Israel, for Joab restrained and spared them. -- 2 samuel 18:16 +. +They took Absalom and cast him into a great pit in the forest and raised a very great heap of stones upon him. And all Israel fled, everyone to his own home. -- 2 samuel 18:17 +. +Now Absalom in his lifetime had reared up for himself a pillar which is in the King's Valley, for he said, I have no son to keep my name in remembrance. He called the pillar after his own name, and to this day it is called Absalom's Monument. -- 2 samuel 18:18 +. +Then said Ahimaaz son of Zadok, Let me now run and bear the king tidings of how the Lord has avenged David of his enemies. -- 2 samuel 18:19 +. +Joab told him, You shall not carry news today, but another time. Today you shall bear no news, for the king's son is dead. -- 2 samuel 18:20 +. +Then said Joab to the Cushite [an Ethiopian], Go tell the king what you have seen. And the Cushite bowed to Joab and ran. -- 2 samuel 18:21 +. +Then said Ahimaaz son of Zadok again to Joab, But anyhow, let me, I pray you, also run after the Cushite. Joab said, Why should you run, my son, seeing you will have no reward, for you have not sufficient tidings? -- 2 samuel 18:22 +. +But he said, Let me run anyhow. So Joab said to him, Run. Then Ahimaaz ran by the way of the plain and outran the Cushite. -- 2 samuel 18:23 +. +Now David was sitting between the two gates; and the watchman went up to the roof over the gate by the wall, and when he looked, he saw a man running alone. -- 2 samuel 18:24 +. +The watchman called out and told the king. The king said, If he is alone, he has news to tell. And he came on and drew near. -- 2 samuel 18:25 +. +Then the watchman saw another man running, and the watchman called to the gatekeeper, Behold, another man running alone. The king said, He also brings news. -- 2 samuel 18:26 +. +The watchman said, I think the man in front runs like Ahimaaz son of Zadok. The king said, He is a good man and comes with good tidings. -- 2 samuel 18:27 +. +And Ahimaaz called and said to the king, All is well! And he fell down to the ground on his face before the king and said, Blessed be the Lord your God, Who has shut up the men who lifted up their hands against my lord the king. -- 2 samuel 18:28 +. +The king said, Is the young man Absalom safe? Ahimaaz answered, When Joab sent the king's servant and me, your servant, I saw a great tumult, but I do not know what it was. -- 2 samuel 18:29 +. +The king told him, Turn aside; stand here. And he turned aside and stood still. -- 2 samuel 18:30 +. +And behold, the Cushite (Ethiopian) came, and he said, News, my lord the king! For the Lord has delivered you this day from all who rose up against you. -- 2 samuel 18:31 +. +The king said to the Cushite, Is the young man Absalom safe? The Cushite replied, May the enemies of my lord the king and all who rise against you to do evil be like that young man is. -- 2 samuel 18:32 +. +And the king was deeply moved and went up to the chamber over the gate and wept. And as he went, he said, O my son Absalom, my son, my son Absalom! Would to God I had died for you, O Absalom, my son, my son! -- 2 samuel 18:33 +. +IT WAS told Joab, Behold, the king is weeping and mourning for Absalom. -- 2 samuel 19:1 +. +So the victory that day was turned into mourning for all the people, for they heard it said, The king grieves for his son. -- 2 samuel 19:2 +. +The people slipped into the city stealthily that day as humiliated people steal away when they flee in battle. -- 2 samuel 19:3 +. +But the king covered his face and cried with a loud voice, O my son Absalom, O Absalom, my son, my son! -- 2 samuel 19:4 +. +And Joab came into the house to the king and said, You have today covered the faces of all your servants with shame, who this day have saved your life and the lives of your sons and your daughters and the lives of your wives and concubines. -- 2 samuel 19:5 +. +For you love those who hate you and hate those who love you. You have declared today that princes and servants are nothing to you; for today I see that if Absalom had lived and all the rest of us had died, you would be well pleased. -- 2 samuel 19:6 +. +So now arise, go out and speak kindly and encouragingly to your servants; for I swear by the Lord that if you do not go, not a man will remain with you this night. And this will be worse for you than all the evil that has befallen you from your youth until now. -- 2 samuel 19:7 +. +Then the king arose and sat in the gate. And all [his followers] were told, The king is sitting in the gate, and they all came before the king. Now Israel [Absalom's troops] had fled, every man to his home. -- 2 samuel 19:8 +. +And all the people were at strife throughout all the tribes of Israel, saying, The king delivered us from the hands of our enemies, and he saved us from the hands of the Philistines. And now he has fled out of the land from Absalom. -- 2 samuel 19:9 +. +And Absalom, whom we anointed over us, is dead in battle. So now, why do you say nothing about bringing back the king? -- 2 samuel 19:10 +. +And King David sent to Zadok and to Abiathar the priests, saying, Say to the elders of Judah, Why are you the last to bring the king back to his house, when the word of all Israel has come to the king, to bring him to his house? -- 2 samuel 19:11 +. +You are my kinsmen; you are my bone and my flesh. Why then are you the last to bring back the king? -- 2 samuel 19:12 +. +And say to Amasa, Are you not of my bone and of my flesh? May God do so to me, and more also, if you are not commander of my army hereafter in place of Joab. -- 2 samuel 19:13 +. +He inclined the hearts of all the men of Judah as one man, so they sent word to [him], Return, you and all your servants. -- 2 samuel 19:14 +. +So [David] returned and came to the Jordan. And Judah came to Gilgal to meet the king, to conduct him over the Jordan. -- 2 samuel 19:15 +. +And Shimei son of Gera, a Benjamite of Bahurim, hastily came down with the men of Judah to meet King David, -- 2 samuel 19:16 +. +And 1,men of Benjamin with him. And Ziba, the servant of the house of Saul, and his fifteen sons and twenty servants with him, rushed to the Jordan and pressed quickly into the king's presence. -- 2 samuel 19:17 +. +And there went over a ferryboat to bring over the king's household and to do what he thought good. And Shimei son of Gera fell down before the king as David came to the Jordan, -- 2 samuel 19:18 +. +And said to the king, Let not my lord impute iniquity to me and hold me guilty, nor remember what your servant did the day my lord went out of Jerusalem [when Shimei grossly insulted David]; may the king not take it to heart. -- 2 samuel 19:19 +. +For your servant knows that I have sinned; therefore, behold, I am today the first of all the house of Joseph to come down to meet my lord the king. -- 2 samuel 19:20 +. +But Abishai son of Zeruiah said, Shall not Shimei be put to death for this, because he cursed the Lord's anointed? -- 2 samuel 19:21 +. +David said, What have I to do with you, you sons of Zeruiah, that you should be an adversary to me today? Shall anyone be put to death today in Israel? For do not I know that I am this day king over Israel? -- 2 samuel 19:22 +. +Therefore the king said to Shimei, You shall not die [at my hand]. And the king gave him his oath. -- 2 samuel 19:23 +. +Mephibosheth the son [grandson] of Saul came down to meet the king, and had not dressed his feet, trimmed his beard, or washed his clothes from the day the king left until he returned in peace and safety. -- 2 samuel 19:24 +. +And when he came to Jerusalem to meet the king, David said to him, Why did you not go with me, Mephibosheth? -- 2 samuel 19:25 +. +He said, My lord O king, my servant [Ziba] deceived me; for I said, Saddle me the donkey that I may ride on it and go to the king, for your servant is lame [but he took the donkey and left without me]. -- 2 samuel 19:26 +. +He has slandered your servant to my lord the king. But the king is as an angel of God; so do what is good in your eyes. -- 2 samuel 19:27 +. +For all of my father's house were but doomed to death before my lord the king; yet you set your servant among those who ate at your own table. What right therefore have I to cry any more to the king? -- 2 samuel 19:28 +. +The king said to him, Why speak any more of your affairs? I say, You and Ziba divide the land. -- 2 samuel 19:29 +. +Mephibosheth said to the king, Oh, let him take it all, since my lord the king has returned home in safety and peace. -- 2 samuel 19:30 +. +Now Barzillai the Gileadite came down from Rogelim and went on to the Jordan with the king to conduct him over the Jordan. -- 2 samuel 19:31 +. +Now Barzillai was a very aged man, even eighty years old; and he had provided the king with food while he remained at Mahanaim, for he was a very great man. -- 2 samuel 19:32 +. +And the king said to Barzillai, Come over with me, and I will provide for you with me in Jerusalem. -- 2 samuel 19:33 +. +And Barzillai said to the king, How much longer have I to live, that it would be worthwhile for me to go up with the king to Jerusalem? -- 2 samuel 19:34 +. +I am this day eighty years old. Could I now [be useful as a counselor to] discern between good and evil? Can your servant appreciate what I eat or drink? Can I any longer enjoy the voices of singing men and women? Why then should your servant be still a burden to my lord the king? -- 2 samuel 19:35 +. +Your servant will only go over the Jordan with the king. Why should the king repay me with such a reward? -- 2 samuel 19:36 +. +Let your servant turn back again, that I may die in my own city and be buried by the grave of my father and mother. But here is your servant Chimham; let him go over with my lord the king. And do to him what shall seem good to you. -- 2 samuel 19:37 +. +The king answered, Chimham shall go over with me, and I will do to him what seems good to you; and whatever you ask of me I will do for you. -- 2 samuel 19:38 +. +So all the people went over the Jordan. When the king had crossed over, he kissed Barzillai and blessed him, and [the great man] returned to his own place. -- 2 samuel 19:39 +. +Then the king went on to Gilgal, and Chimham went with him; and all the people of Judah and also half the people of Israel escorted the king. -- 2 samuel 19:40 +. +And all the men of Israel came to the king and said to him, Why have our kinsmen, the men of Judah, stolen you away and have brought the king and his household over the Jordan, and all David's men with him? -- 2 samuel 19:41 +. +But all the men of Judah answered the men of Israel, Because the king is near of kin to us. Why then be angry about it? Have we eaten at all at the king's expense? Or has he given us any gift? -- 2 samuel 19:42 +. +Then the men of Israel answered the men of Judah, We have ten [tribes'] shares in the king; and we have more right to David than you have. Why then did you despise and ignore us? Were we not the first to speak of our bringing back our king? But the words of the men of Judah were more violent than the charges of the men of Israel. -- 2 samuel 19:43 +. +THERE HAPPENED to be there a base and contemptible fellow named Sheba son of Bichri, a Benjamite. He blew a trumpet and said, We have no portion in David and no inheritance in the son of Jesse! Every man to his tents, O Israel! -- 2 samuel 20:1 +. +So all the men of Israel withdrew from David and followed Sheba son of Bichri; but the men of Judah stayed faithfully with their king, from the Jordan to Jerusalem. -- 2 samuel 20:2 +. +So David came to his house at Jerusalem. And the king took the ten women, his concubines, whom he had left to keep the house, and put them away under guard and provided for them, but did not go in to them. So they were shut up to the day of their death, living in widowhood. -- 2 samuel 20:3 +. +Then said the king to Amasa, Assemble the men of Judah to me within three days, and you be present here. -- 2 samuel 20:4 +. +So Amasa went to assemble the men of Judah, but he tarried longer than the set time which had been appointed him. -- 2 samuel 20:5 +. +And David said to Abishai, Now will Sheba son of Bichri do us more harm than Absalom did. Take your lord's servants and pursue him, lest he get for himself fenced cities and snatch away our very eyes. -- 2 samuel 20:6 +. +And there went after him Joab's men and [David's bodyguards] the Cherethites and Pelethites and all the mighty men; they went out from Jerusalem to pursue Sheba son of Bichri. -- 2 samuel 20:7 +. +When they were at the great stone in Gibeon, Amasa came to meet them. Joab was wearing a soldier's garment, and over it was a sheathed sword fastened around his hips; and as he went forward, it fell out. -- 2 samuel 20:8 +. +Joab said to Amasa, Are you well, my brother? And Joab took Amasa by the beard with the right hand [as if] to kiss him. -- 2 samuel 20:9 +. +But Amasa did not notice the sword in Joab's hand. So [Joab] struck him [who was to have been his successor] with it in the body, shedding his bowels to the ground without another blow; and [soon] he died. So Joab and Abishai his brother pursued Sheba son of Bichri. -- 2 samuel 20:10 +. +And one of Joab's men stood by him and said, Whoever favors Joab and is for David, follow Joab! -- 2 samuel 20:11 +. +And Amasa wallowed in his blood in the highway. And when the man saw that all the people who came by stood still, he removed Amasa out of the highway into the field and spread a cloth over him. -- 2 samuel 20:12 +. +When Amasa was removed from the highway, all the people went on after Joab to pursue Sheba son of Bichri. -- 2 samuel 20:13 +. +Joab went through all the tribes of Israel to Abel of Beth-maacah, and all the Berites assembled and also went after [Sheba] ardently. -- 2 samuel 20:14 +. +And they came and besieged Sheba in Abel of Beth-maacah, and they cast up a siege mound against the city, and it stood against the rampart; and all the men with Joab battered and undermined the wall to make it fall. -- 2 samuel 20:15 +. +Then a wise woman of the city cried, Hear, hear! Say to Joab, Come here so I can speak to you. -- 2 samuel 20:16 +. +And when he came near her, the woman said, Are you Joab? He answered, I am. Then she said to him, Hear the words of your handmaid. He answered, I am listening. -- 2 samuel 20:17 +. +Then she said, People used to say, Let them but ask counsel at Abel, and so they settled the matter. -- 2 samuel 20:18 +. +I am one of the peaceable and faithful in Israel. You seek to destroy a city which is a mother in Israel. Why will you swallow up the inheritance of the Lord? -- 2 samuel 20:19 +. +Joab answered, Far be it, far be it from me that I should swallow up or destroy! -- 2 samuel 20:20 +. +That is not true. But a man of the hill country of Ephraim, Sheba son of Bichri, has lifted up his hand against King David. Deliver him only, and I will depart from the city. And the woman said, Behold, his head shall be thrown to you over the wall. -- 2 samuel 20:21 +. +Then the woman in her wisdom went to all the people. And they cut off the head of Sheba son of Bichri and cast it down to Joab. So he blew the trumpet, and they retired from the city, every man to his own home. And Joab returned to Jerusalem to the king. -- 2 samuel 20:22 +. +Joab was over the host of Israel; Benaiah son of Jehoiada was over [the king's bodyguards] the Cherethites and Pelethites; -- 2 samuel 20:23 +. +Adoram was over the tribute; Jehoshaphat son of Ahilud was recorder; -- 2 samuel 20:24 +. +Sheva was scribe; and Zadok and Abiathar were the priests; -- 2 samuel 20:25 +. +Also Ira the Jairite was chief minister to David. -- 2 samuel 20:26 +. +THERE WAS a three-year famine in the days of David, year after year; and David inquired of the Lord. The Lord replied, It is on account of Saul and his bloody house, for he put to death the Gibeonites. -- 2 samuel 21:1 +. +So the king called the Gibeonites--now the Gibeonites were not Israelites but of the remnant of the Amorites. The Israelites had sworn to spare them, but Saul in his zeal for the people of Israel and Judah had sought to slay the Gibeonites-- -- 2 samuel 21:2 +. +So David said to the Gibeonites, What shall I do for you? How can I make atonement that you may bless the Lord's inheritance? -- 2 samuel 21:3 +. +The Gibeonites said to him, We will accept no silver or gold of Saul or of his house; neither for us shall you kill any man in Israel. David said, I will do for you what you say. -- 2 samuel 21:4 +. +They said to the king, The man who consumed us and planned to prevent us from remaining in any territory of Israel, -- 2 samuel 21:5 +. +Let seven men of his sons be delivered to us and we will hang them up before the Lord at Gibeah of Saul, [on the mountain] of the Lord. And the king said, I will give them. -- 2 samuel 21:6 +. +But the king spared Mephibosheth son of Jonathan, the son of Saul, because of the Lord's oath that was between David and Jonathan son of Saul. -- 2 samuel 21:7 +. +But the king took the two sons of Rizpah daughter of Aiah, whom she bore to Saul, Armoni and Mephibosheth, and the five sons of [Merab] daughter of Saul, whom she bore to Adriel son of Barzillai the Meholathite. -- 2 samuel 21:8 +. +He delivered them into the hands of the Gibeonites, and they hung them up on the hill before the Lord, and all seven perished together. They were put to death in the first days of barley harvest. -- 2 samuel 21:9 +. +Rizpah daughter of Aiah took sackcloth and spread it for herself on the rock, from the beginning of harvest until rain fell on them, and she did not allow either the birds of the air to come upon them by day or the beasts of the field by night. -- 2 samuel 21:10 +. +It was told David what Rizpah daughter of Aiah, the concubine of Saul, had done. -- 2 samuel 21:11 +. +And David went and took the bones of Saul and Jonathan his son from the men of Jabesh-gilead, who had stolen them from the street of Beth-shan, where the Philistines had hung them up when the Philistines had slain Saul in Gilboa. -- 2 samuel 21:12 +. +He brought from there the bones of Saul and of Jonathan his son, and they gathered the bones of those who were hung up. -- 2 samuel 21:13 +. +And the bones of Saul and Jonathan his son they buried in the country of Benjamin in Zelah in the tomb of Kish, [Saul's] father, and they did all that the king commanded. And after that, God heard and answered when His people prayed for the land. -- 2 samuel 21:14 +. +The Philistines had war again with Israel. And David went down and his servants with him and fought against the Philistines, and David became faint. -- 2 samuel 21:15 +. +Ishbi-benob, who was of the sons of the giants, the weight of whose spear was shekels of bronze, was girded with a new sword, and thought to kill David. -- 2 samuel 21:16 +. +But Abishai son of Zeruiah came to David's aid, and smote and killed the Philistine. Then David's men charged him, You shall no more go out with us to battle, lest you quench the lamp of Israel. -- 2 samuel 21:17 +. +After this, there was again war with the Philistines at Gob (Gezer). Then Sibbecai the Hushathite slew Saph (Sippai), who was a descendant of the giant. -- 2 samuel 21:18 +. +There was again war at Gob with the Philistines, and Elhanan son of Jaare-oregim, a Bethlehemite, slew Goliath the Gittite, whose spear shaft was like a weaver's beam. -- 2 samuel 21:19 +. +And there was again war at Gath, where there was a man of great stature who had six fingers on each hand and six toes on each foot, twenty-four in number; he also was a descendant of the giants. -- 2 samuel 21:20 +. +And when he defied Israel, Jonathan son of Shimei, brother of David, slew him. -- 2 samuel 21:21 +. +These four were descended from the giant in Gath, and they fell by the hands of David and his servants. -- 2 samuel 21:22 +. +DAVID SPOKE to the Lord the words of this song on the day when the Lord delivered him from the hands of all his enemies and from the hand of Saul. -- 2 samuel 22:1 +. +He said: The Lord is my Rock [of escape from Saul] and my Fortress [in the wilderness] and my Deliverer; -- 2 samuel 22:2 +. +My God, my Rock, in Him will I take refuge; my Shield and the Horn of my salvation; my Stronghold and my Refuge, my Savior--You save me from violence. -- 2 samuel 22:3 +. +I call on the Lord, Who is worthy to be praised, and I am saved from my enemies. -- 2 samuel 22:4 +. +For the waves of death enveloped me; the torrents of destruction made me afraid. -- 2 samuel 22:5 +. +The cords of Sheol were entangling me; I encountered the snares of death. -- 2 samuel 22:6 +. +In my distress I called upon the Lord; I cried to my God, and He heard my voice from His temple; my cry came into His ears. -- 2 samuel 22:7 +. +Then the earth reeled and quaked, the foundations of the heavens trembled and shook because He was angry. -- 2 samuel 22:8 +. +Smoke went up from His nostrils, and devouring fire from His mouth; coals were kindled by it. -- 2 samuel 22:9 +. +He bowed the heavens and came down; thick darkness was under His feet. -- 2 samuel 22:10 +. +He rode on a cherub and flew; He was seen upon the wings of the wind. -- 2 samuel 22:11 +. +He made darkness His canopy around Him, gathering of waters, thick clouds of the skies. -- 2 samuel 22:12 +. +Out of the brightness before Him coals of fire flamed forth. -- 2 samuel 22:13 +. +The Lord thundered from heaven, and the Most High uttered His voice. -- 2 samuel 22:14 +. +He sent out arrows and scattered them; lightning confused and troubled them. -- 2 samuel 22:15 +. +The channels of the sea were visible, the foundations of the world were uncovered at the rebuke of the Lord, at the blast of the breath of His nostrils. -- 2 samuel 22:16 +. +He sent from above, He took me; He drew me out of great waters. -- 2 samuel 22:17 +. +He delivered me from my strong enemy, from those who hated me, for they were too mighty for me. -- 2 samuel 22:18 +. +They came upon me in the day of my calamity, but the Lord was my stay. -- 2 samuel 22:19 +. +He brought me forth into a large place; He delivered me because He delighted in me. -- 2 samuel 22:20 +. +The Lord rewarded me according to my uprightness with Him; He compensated and benefited me according to the cleanness of my hands. -- 2 samuel 22:21 +. +For I have kept the ways of the Lord, and have not wickedly departed from my God. -- 2 samuel 22:22 +. +For all His ordinances were before me; and from His statutes I did not turn aside. -- 2 samuel 22:23 +. +I was also blameless before Him and kept myself from guilt and iniquity. -- 2 samuel 22:24 +. +Therefore the Lord has recompensed me according to my righteousness, according to my cleanness in His [holy] sight. -- 2 samuel 22:25 +. +Toward the loving and loyal You will show Yourself loving and loyal, and with the upright and blameless You will show Yourself upright and blameless. -- 2 samuel 22:26 +. +To the pure You will show Yourself pure, and to the willful You will show Yourself willful. -- 2 samuel 22:27 +. +And the afflicted people You will deliver, but Your eyes are upon the haughty, whom You will bring down. -- 2 samuel 22:28 +. +For You, O Lord, are my Lamp; the Lord lightens my darkness. -- 2 samuel 22:29 +. +For by You I run through a troop; by my God I leap over a wall. -- 2 samuel 22:30 +. +As for God, His way is perfect; the word of the Lord is tried. He is a Shield to all those who trust and take refuge in Him. -- 2 samuel 22:31 +. +For who is God but the Lord? And who is a Rock except our God? -- 2 samuel 22:32 +. +God is my strong Fortress; He guides the blameless in His way and sets him free. -- 2 samuel 22:33 +. +He makes my feet like the hinds' [firm and able]; He sets me secure and confident upon the heights. -- 2 samuel 22:34 +. +He trains my hands for war, so that my arms can bend a bow of bronze. -- 2 samuel 22:35 +. +You have also given me the shield of Your salvation; and Your condescension and gentleness have made me great. -- 2 samuel 22:36 +. +You have enlarged my steps under me, so that my feet have not slipped. -- 2 samuel 22:37 +. +I have pursued my enemies and destroyed them; and I did not turn back until they were consumed. -- 2 samuel 22:38 +. +I consumed them and thrust them through, so that they did not arise; they fell at my feet. -- 2 samuel 22:39 +. +For You girded me with strength for the battle; those who rose up against me You subdued under me. -- 2 samuel 22:40 +. +You have made my enemies turn their backs to me, that I might cut off those who hate me. -- 2 samuel 22:41 +. +They looked, but there was none to save--even to the Lord, but He did not answer them. -- 2 samuel 22:42 +. +Then I beat them small as the dust of the earth; I crushed them as the mire of the street and scattered them abroad. -- 2 samuel 22:43 +. +You also have delivered me from strife with my people; You kept me as the head of the nations. People whom I had not known served me. -- 2 samuel 22:44 +. +Foreigners yielded feigned obedience to me; as soon as they heard of me, they became obedient to me. -- 2 samuel 22:45 +. +Foreigners faded away; they came limping and trembling from their strongholds. -- 2 samuel 22:46 +. +The Lord lives; blessed be my Rock, and exalted be God, the Rock of my salvation. -- 2 samuel 22:47 +. +It is God Who executes vengeance for me and Who brought down [and disciplined] the peoples under me, -- 2 samuel 22:48 +. +Who brought me out from my enemies. You also lifted me up above those who rose up against me; You delivered me from the violent man. -- 2 samuel 22:49 +. +For this I will give thanks and extol You, O Lord, among the nations; I will sing praises to Your name. -- 2 samuel 22:50 +. +He is a Tower of salvation and great deliverance to His king, and shows loving-kindness to His anointed, to David and his offspring forever. -- 2 samuel 22:51 +. +NOW THESE are the last words of David: David son of Jesse says, and the man who was raised on high, the anointed of the God of Jacob, and the sweet psalmist of Israel, says, -- 2 samuel 23:1 +. +The Spirit of the Lord spoke in and by me, and His word was upon my tongue. -- 2 samuel 23:2 +. +The God of Israel spoke, the Rock of Israel said to me, When one rules over men righteously, ruling in the fear of God, -- 2 samuel 23:3 +. +He dawns on them like the morning light when the sun rises on a cloudless morning, when the tender grass springs out of the earth through clear shining after rain. -- 2 samuel 23:4 +. +Truly does not my house stand so with God? For He has made with me an everlasting covenant, ordered in all things, and sure. For will He not cause to prosper all my help and my desire? -- 2 samuel 23:5 +. +But wicked, godless, and worthless lives are all like thorns to be thrust away, because they cannot be taken with the hand. -- 2 samuel 23:6 +. +But the man who touches them arms himself with iron and the shaft of a spear, and they are utterly consumed with fire on the spot. -- 2 samuel 23:7 +. +These are the names of the mighty men whom David had: Josheb-basshebeth, a Tahchemonite, chief of the Three [heroes], known also as Adino the Eznite; he wielded his spear and went against men, who were slain at one time. -- 2 samuel 23:8 +. +Next to him among the three mighty men was Eleazar son of Dodo, son of Ahohi. He was with David when they defied the Philistines assembled there for battle, and the men of Israel had departed. -- 2 samuel 23:9 +. +[Eleazar] arose and struck down the Philistines until his hand was weary and clung to the sword. The Lord wrought a great deliverance and victory that day; the men returned after him only to take the spoil. -- 2 samuel 23:10 +. +Next to [Eleazar] was Shammah son of Agee the Hararite. The Philistines were gathered at Lehi on a piece of ground full of lentils; and the [Israelites] fled from the Philistines. -- 2 samuel 23:11 +. +But he stood in the midst of the ground and defended it and slew the Philistines; and the Lord wrought a great victory. -- 2 samuel 23:12 +. +And three of the thirty chief men went down at harvest time to David in the cave of Adullam, and a troop of Philistines was encamped in the Valley of Rephaim. -- 2 samuel 23:13 +. +And David was then in the stronghold, and the garrison of the Philistines was then in Bethlehem. -- 2 samuel 23:14 +. +And David said longingly, Oh, that someone would give me a drink of water from the well of Bethlehem by the gate! -- 2 samuel 23:15 +. +And the three mighty men broke through the army of the Philistines and drew water out of the well of Bethlehem by the gate and brought it to David. But he would not drink it, but poured it out to the Lord. -- 2 samuel 23:16 +. +And he said, Be it far from me, O Lord, to drink this. Is it not [the same as] the blood of the men who went at the risk of their lives? So he would not drink it. These things did the three mighty men. -- 2 samuel 23:17 +. +Now Abishai the brother of Joab son of Zeruiah was chief of the Three. He wielded his spear against men and slew them, and won a name beside the Three. -- 2 samuel 23:18 +. +Was he not most renowned of the Three? So he was their captain; however, he did not attain to the Three. -- 2 samuel 23:19 +. +And Benaiah son of Jehoiada, a valiant man of Kabzeel, who had done many notable acts, slew two lionlike men of Moab. He went down also and slew a lion in a pit on a snowy day. -- 2 samuel 23:20 +. +And he slew an Egyptian, a handsome man. The Egyptian had a spear in his hand, but Benaiah went down to him with a staff, snatched the spear out of the Egyptian's hand, and slew the man with his own spear. -- 2 samuel 23:21 +. +These things Benaiah son of Jehoiada did, and won a name beside the three mighty men. -- 2 samuel 23:22 +. +He was more renowned than the Thirty, but he attained not to the [first] Three. David set him over his guard or council. -- 2 samuel 23:23 +. +Asahel brother of Joab was one of the Thirty; then Elhanan son of Dodo of Bethlehem, -- 2 samuel 23:24 +. +Shammah of Harod, Elika of Harod, -- 2 samuel 23:25 +. +Helez the Paltite, Ira son of Ikkesh of Tekoa, -- 2 samuel 23:26 +. +Abiezer of Anathoth, Mebunnai the Hushathite, -- 2 samuel 23:27 +. +Zalmon the Ahohite, Maharai of Netophah, -- 2 samuel 23:28 +. +Heleb son of Baanah of Netophah, Ittai son of Ribai of Gibeah of the Benjamites. -- 2 samuel 23:29 +. +Benaiah of Pirathon, Hiddai of the brooks of Gaash, -- 2 samuel 23:30 +. +Abi-albon the Arbathite, Azmaveth the Barhumite, -- 2 samuel 23:31 +. +Eliahba of Shaalbon, the sons of Jashen, Jonathan, -- 2 samuel 23:32 +. +Shammah the Hararite, Ahiam son of Sharar the Hararite, -- 2 samuel 23:33 +. +Eliphelet son of Ahasbai, son of Maacah, Eliam son of Ahithophel of Giloh, -- 2 samuel 23:34 +. +Hezro (Hezrai) of Carmel, Paarai the Arbite, -- 2 samuel 23:35 +. +Igal son of Nathan of Zobah, Bani the Gadite, -- 2 samuel 23:36 +. +Zelek the Ammonite, Naharai of Beeroth, armor-bearer of Joab son of Zeruiah, -- 2 samuel 23:37 +. +Ira the Ithrite, Gareb the Ithrite, -- 2 samuel 23:38 +. +Uriah the Hittite--thirty-seven in all. -- 2 samuel 23:39 +. +AGAIN THE anger of the Lord was kindled against Israel, and He moved David against them, saying, Go, number Israel and Judah. -- 2 samuel 24:1 +. +For the king said to Joab the captain of the host who was with him, Go now through all the tribes of Israel, from Dan even to Beersheba, and count the people, that I may know their number. -- 2 samuel 24:2 +. +And Joab said to the king, May the Lord your God add a hundred times as many people as there are, and let the eyes of my lord the king see it; but why does my lord the king delight in this thing? -- 2 samuel 24:3 +. +But the king's word prevailed against Joab and the commanders of the army. So they went from the king's presence to number the Israelites. -- 2 samuel 24:4 +. +They passed over the Jordan and encamped in Aroer, on the south side of the city lying in the midst of the ravine [of the Arnon] toward Gad, and on to Jazer. -- 2 samuel 24:5 +. +Then they came to Gilead, and to the land of Tahtim-hodshi, and they came to Dan-jaan [Dan in the forest] and around to Sidon, -- 2 samuel 24:6 +. +And came to the stronghold of Tyre and to all the cities of the Hivites and Canaanites; and they went out to the South (the Negeb) of Judah at Beersheba. -- 2 samuel 24:7 +. +So when they had gone through all the land [taking the census], they came to Jerusalem at the end of nine months and twenty days. -- 2 samuel 24:8 +. +And Joab gave the sum of the numbering of the people to the king. There were in Israel 800,valiant men who drew the sword, and the men of Judah were 500,000. -- 2 samuel 24:9 +. +But David's heart smote him after he had numbered the people. David said to the Lord, I have sinned greatly in what I have done. I beseech You, O Lord, take away the iniquity of Your servant, for I have done very foolishly. -- 2 samuel 24:10 +. +When David arose in the morning, the word of the Lord came to the prophet Gad, David's seer, saying, -- 2 samuel 24:11 +. +Go and say to David, Thus says the Lord, I hold over you three choices; select one of them, so I may bring it upon you. -- 2 samuel 24:12 +. +So Gad came to David and told him and said, Shall seven years of famine come to your land? Or will you flee three months before your pursuing enemies? Or do you prefer three days of pestilence in your land? Consider and see what answer I shall return to Him Who sent me. -- 2 samuel 24:13 +. +And David said to Gad, I am in great distress. Let us fall into the hands of the Lord, for His mercies are many and great; but let me not fall into the hands of man. -- 2 samuel 24:14 +. +So the Lord sent a pestilence upon Israel from the morning even to the time appointed; and there died of the people from Dan even to Beersheba 70,men. -- 2 samuel 24:15 +. +And when the angel stretched out his hand upon Jerusalem to destroy it, the Lord relented of the evil and reversed His judgment and said to the destroying angel, It is enough; now stay your hand. And the angel of the Lord was by the threshing floor of Araunah the Jebusite. -- 2 samuel 24:16 +. +When David saw the angel who was smiting the people, he spoke to the Lord and said, Behold, I have sinned and I have done wickedly; but these sheep, what have they done? Let Your hand, I pray You, be [only] against me and against my father's house. -- 2 samuel 24:17 +. +Then Gad came to David and said, Go up, rear an altar to the Lord on the threshing floor of Araunah the Jebusite. -- 2 samuel 24:18 +. +So David went up according to Gad's word, as the Lord commanded. -- 2 samuel 24:19 +. +Araunah looked and saw the king and his servants coming toward him; and [he] went out and bowed himself before the king with his face to the ground. -- 2 samuel 24:20 +. +Araunah said, Why has my lord the king come to his servant? And David said, To buy the threshing floor from you, to build there an altar to the Lord, that the plague may be stayed from the people. -- 2 samuel 24:21 +. +And Araunah said to David, Let my lord the king take and offer up what seems good to him. Behold, here are oxen for burnt sacrifice, and threshing instruments and the yokes of the oxen for wood. -- 2 samuel 24:22 +. +All this, O king, Araunah gives to the king. And Araunah said to the king, The Lord your God accept you. -- 2 samuel 24:23 +. +But King David said to Araunah, No, but I will buy it of you for a price. I will not offer burnt offerings to the Lord my God of that which costs me nothing. So David bought the threshing floor and the oxen for fifty shekels of silver. -- 2 samuel 24:24 +. +David built there an altar to the Lord and offered burnt offerings and peace offerings. So the Lord heeded the prayers for the land, and Israel's plague was stayed. -- 2 samuel 24:25 +. +AND KING David was old and advanced in years; they covered him with [bed]clothes, but he could not get warm. -- 1 kings 1:1 +. +So his servants [the physicians] said to him, Let there be sought for my lord the king a young virgin, and let her wait on and be useful to the king; let her lie in your bosom, that my lord the king may get warm. -- 1 kings 1:2 +. +So they sought a fair maiden through all the territory of Israel and found Abishag the Shunammite, and brought her to the king. -- 1 kings 1:3 +. +The maiden was beautiful; and she waited on and nursed him. But the king had no intercourse with her. -- 1 kings 1:4 +. +Then Adonijah son of [David's wife] Haggith exalted himself, saying, I [the eldest living son] will be king. And he prepared for himself chariots and horsemen, with fifty men to run before him. -- 1 kings 1:5 +. +David his father had never in his life displeased him by asking, Why have you done so? He was also a very attractive man and was born after Absalom. -- 1 kings 1:6 +. +He conferred with Joab son of Zeruiah [David's half sister] and with Abiathar the priest, and they followed Adonijah and helped him. -- 1 kings 1:7 +. +But Zadok the priest, Benaiah son of Jehoiada, Nathan the prophet, Shimei, Rei, and David's mighty men did not side with Adonijah. -- 1 kings 1:8 +. +Adonijah sacrificed sheep, oxen, and fatlings by the Stone of Zoheleth, which is beside [the well] En-rogel; and he invited all his brothers, the king's sons, and all the royal officials of Judah. -- 1 kings 1:9 +. +But Nathan the prophet, Benaiah, the mighty men, and Solomon his brother he did not invite. -- 1 kings 1:10 +. +Then Nathan said to Bathsheba the mother of Solomon, Have you not heard that Adonijah, the son of Haggith, reigns and David our lord does not know it? -- 1 kings 1:11 +. +Come now, let me advise you how to save your own life and your son Solomon's. -- 1 kings 1:12 +. +Go to King David and say, Did you not, my lord, O king, swear to your handmaid, saying, Assuredly Solomon your son shall reign after me, and he shall sit upon my throne? Why then does Adonijah reign? -- 1 kings 1:13 +. +Behold, while you are still talking there with the king, I also will come in after you and confirm your words. -- 1 kings 1:14 +. +So Bathsheba went in to the king in his chamber. Now the king was very old and feeble, and Abishag the Shunammite was ministering to [him]. -- 1 kings 1:15 +. +Bathsheba bowed and did obeisance to the king. The king said, What do you wish? -- 1 kings 1:16 +. +And she said to him, My lord, you swore by the Lord your God to your handmaid, saying, Assuredly Solomon your son shall reign after me and sit upon my throne. -- 1 kings 1:17 +. +And now, behold, Adonijah is reigning, and, my lord the king, you do not know it. -- 1 kings 1:18 +. +He has sacrificed oxen and fatlings and sheep in abundance, and has invited all the king's sons and Abiathar the priest and Joab the commander of the army. But he did not invite Solomon your servant. -- 1 kings 1:19 +. +Now, my lord O king, the eyes of all Israel are on you, to tell who shall sit on the throne of my lord the king after you. -- 1 kings 1:20 +. +Otherwise, when my lord the king shall sleep with his fathers, I and my son Solomon shall be counted as offenders. -- 1 kings 1:21 +. +While she was still talking with the king, Nathan the prophet also came in. -- 1 kings 1:22 +. +The king was told, Here is Nathan the prophet. And when he came before the king, he bowed himself before him with his face to the ground. -- 1 kings 1:23 +. +And Nathan said, My lord the king, have you said, Adonijah shall reign after me, and he shall sit on my throne? -- 1 kings 1:24 +. +He has gone this day and sacrificed oxen, fatlings, and sheep in abundance, and has invited all the king's sons, the captains of the host, and Abiathar the priest; and they eat and drink before him and say, Long live King Adonijah! -- 1 kings 1:25 +. +But me your servant, and Zadok the priest, and Benaiah son of Jehoiada, and your servant Solomon he has not invited. -- 1 kings 1:26 +. +Is this done by my lord the king and you have not shown your servants who shall succeed my lord the king? -- 1 kings 1:27 +. +Then King David answered, Call Bathsheba. And she came into the king's presence and stood before him. -- 1 kings 1:28 +. +And the king took an oath and said, As the Lord lives, Who has redeemed my soul out of all distress, -- 1 kings 1:29 +. +Even as I swore to you by the Lord, the God of Israel, saying, Assuredly Solomon your son shall reign after me, and he shall sit upon my throne in my stead--even so will I certainly do this day. -- 1 kings 1:30 +. +Bathsheba bowed with her face to the ground and did obeisance to the king and said, Let my lord King David live forever! -- 1 kings 1:31 +. +King David said, Call Zadok the priest, Nathan the prophet, and Benaiah son of Jehoiada. And they came before the king. -- 1 kings 1:32 +. +The king told them, Take the servants of your lord and cause Solomon my son to ride on my own mule and bring him down to Gihon [in the Kidron Valley]. -- 1 kings 1:33 +. +And let Zadok the priest and Nathan the prophet anoint him there king over Israel. Then blow the trumpet and say, Long live King Solomon! -- 1 kings 1:34 +. +Then you shall come up after him, and he shall come and sit on my throne, for he shall be king in my stead; I have appointed him ruler over Israel and Judah. -- 1 kings 1:35 +. +And Benaiah son of Jehoiada answered the king and said, Amen! May the Lord, the God of my lord the king, say so too. -- 1 kings 1:36 +. +As the Lord has been with my lord the king, even so may He be with Solomon and make his throne greater than the throne of my lord King David. -- 1 kings 1:37 +. +So Zadok the priest, Nathan the prophet, Benaiah son of Jehoiada, the Cherethites, and the Pelethites [the king's bodyguards] went down and caused Solomon to ride upon King David's mule and brought him to Gihon. -- 1 kings 1:38 +. +Zadok the priest took a horn of oil out of the tent and anointed Solomon. They blew the trumpet and all the people said, Long live King Solomon! -- 1 kings 1:39 +. +All the people followed him; they played on pipes and rejoiced greatly, so that the earth [resounded] with the joyful sound. -- 1 kings 1:40 +. +And Adonijah and all the guests with him heard it as they finished feasting. When Joab heard the trumpet sound, he said, What does this uproar in the city mean? -- 1 kings 1:41 +. +While he was still speaking, behold, Jonathan son of Abiathar the priest came. And Adonijah said, Come in, for you are a trustworthy man and bring good news. -- 1 kings 1:42 +. +Jonathan replied, Adonijah, truly our lord King David has made Solomon king! -- 1 kings 1:43 +. +The king has sent him with Zadok the priest, Nathan the prophet, Benaiah son of Jehoiada, the Cherethites and the Pelethites, and they have caused him to ride upon the king's mule. -- 1 kings 1:44 +. +Zadok the priest and Nathan the prophet have anointed him king in Gihon; they have come up from there rejoicing, so the city resounds. This is the noise you heard. -- 1 kings 1:45 +. +Solomon sits on the royal throne. -- 1 kings 1:46 +. +Moreover, the king's servants came to congratulate our lord King David, saying, May God make the name of Solomon better than your name and make his throne greater than your throne. And the king bowed himself upon the bed -- 1 kings 1:47 +. +And said, Blessed be the Lord, the God of Israel, Who has granted me to see one of my offspring sitting on my throne this day. -- 1 kings 1:48 +. +And all the guests that were with Adonijah were afraid and rose up and went every man his way. -- 1 kings 1:49 +. +And Adonijah feared because of Solomon, and arose and went [to the tabernacle tent on Mt. Zion] and caught hold of the horns of the altar [as a fugitive's refuge]. -- 1 kings 1:50 +. +And it was told Solomon, Behold, Adonijah fears King Solomon, for behold, he has caught hold of the horns of the altar, saying, Let King Solomon swear to me first that he will not slay his servant with the sword. -- 1 kings 1:51 +. +Solomon said, If he will show himself to be a worthy man, not a hair of him shall fall to the ground; but if wickedness is found in him, he shall die. -- 1 kings 1:52 +. +So King Solomon sent, and they brought Adonijah down from the altar [in front of the tabernacle]. He came and bowed himself to King Solomon, and Solomon said to him, Go to your house. -- 1 kings 1:53 +. +WHEN DAVID'S time to die was near, he charged Solomon his son, saying, -- 1 kings 2:1 +. +I go the way of all the earth. Be strong and show yourself a man; -- 1 kings 2:2 +. +Keep the charge of the Lord your God, walk in His ways, keep His statutes, His commandments, His precepts, and His testimonies, as it is written in the Law of Moses, that you may do wisely and prosper in all that you do and wherever you turn, -- 1 kings 2:3 +. +That the Lord may fulfill His promise to me, saying, If your sons take heed to their way, to walk before Me in truth with all their heart and mind and with all their soul, there shall not fail you [to have] a man on the throne of Israel. -- 1 kings 2:4 +. +You know also what Joab son of Zeruiah did to me, and what he did to the two captains of the hosts of Israel, Abner son of Ner and Amasa son of Jether, whom he murdered, avenging in time of peace blood shed in war, and putting innocent blood of war on the girdle on his loins and on the sandals of his feet. -- 1 kings 2:5 +. +Do therefore according to your wisdom, but let not his hoary head go down to Sheol (the place of the dead) in peace. -- 1 kings 2:6 +. +But show kindness to the sons of Barzillai the Gileadite and let them be among those who eat at your table; for with such kindness they met me when I fled because of Absalom your brother. -- 1 kings 2:7 +. +And you have with you Shimei son of Gera, the Benjamite of Bahurim, who cursed me with a grievous curse in the day when I went to Mahanaim. But he came down to meet me at the Jordan [on my return], and I swore to him by the Lord, saying, I will not put you to death with the sword. -- 1 kings 2:8 +. +So do not hold him guiltless; for you are a wise man and know what you should do to him. His hoary head bring down to the grave with blood. -- 1 kings 2:9 +. +So David slept with his fathers and was buried in the City of David. -- 1 kings 2:10 +. +David reigned over Israel forty years--seven years in Hebron and thirty-three years in Jerusalem. -- 1 kings 2:11 +. +Then Solomon sat on the throne of David his father, and his kingdom was firmly established. -- 1 kings 2:12 +. +Adonijah, the son of [David and] Haggith, came to Bathsheba, the mother of Solomon. She said, Do you come peaceably? And he said, Peaceably. -- 1 kings 2:13 +. +He said, I have something to say to you. And she said, Say on. -- 1 kings 2:14 +. +He said, You know that the kingdom belonged to me [as the eldest living son], and all Israel looked to me to reign. However, the kingdom has passed from me to my brother; for it was his from the Lord. -- 1 kings 2:15 +. +Now I make one request of you; do not deny me. And she said, Say on. -- 1 kings 2:16 +. +He said, I pray you, ask King Solomon, for he will not refuse you, to give me Abishag the Shunammite to be my wife. -- 1 kings 2:17 +. +And Bathsheba said, Very well; I will speak for you to the king. -- 1 kings 2:18 +. +So Bathsheba went to King Solomon to speak to him for Adonijah. The king rose to meet her, bowed to her, sat down on his throne, and caused a seat to be set at his right hand for her, the king's mother. -- 1 kings 2:19 +. +Then she said, I have one small request to make of you; do not refuse me. The king said to her, Ask on, my mother, for I will not refuse you. -- 1 kings 2:20 +. +She said, Give Abishag the Shunammite to Adonijah your brother to be his wife. -- 1 kings 2:21 +. +King Solomon answered his mother, And why do you ask Abishag the Shunammite for Adonijah? Ask for him the kingdom also--for he is my elder brother--[ask it] even for him and for [his supporters] Abiathar the priest and Joab son of Zeruiah. -- 1 kings 2:22 +. +Then King Solomon swore by the Lord, saying, May God do so to me, and more also, if Adonijah has not requested this against his own life. -- 1 kings 2:23 +. +Therefore, as the Lord lives, Who has established me and set me on the throne of David my father and Who has made me a house as He promised, Adonijah shall be put to death this day. -- 1 kings 2:24 +. +So King Solomon sent Benaiah son of Jehoiada, who attacked [Adonijah] and he died. -- 1 kings 2:25 +. +And to Abiathar the priest the king said, Get to Anathoth to your own estate; for you deserve death, but I will not put you to death now, because you bore the ark of the Lord God before my father David and were afflicted in all my father endured. -- 1 kings 2:26 +. +So Solomon expelled Abiathar [descendant of Eli] from being priest to the Lord, fulfilling the word of the Lord which He spoke concerning the house of Eli in Shiloh. -- 1 kings 2:27 +. +When the news came to Joab, for Joab had followed Adonijah though he had not followed Absalom, [he] fled to the tent (tabernacle) of the Lord and caught hold of the horns of the altar [before it]. -- 1 kings 2:28 +. +King Solomon was told that Joab had fled to the tent of the Lord and was at the altar. Then Solomon sent Benaiah son of Jehoiada, saying, Go, strike him down. -- 1 kings 2:29 +. +So Benaiah came to the tent of the Lord and told Joab, The king commands, Come forth. But Joab said, No, I will die here. Then Benaiah brought the king word again, Thus said Joab, and thus he answered me. -- 1 kings 2:30 +. +The king said to him, Do as he has said. Strike him down and bury him, that you may take away from [me and from] my father's house the innocent blood which Joab shed. -- 1 kings 2:31 +. +The Lord shall return his bloody deeds upon his own head, for he fell upon two men more [uncompromisingly] righteous and honorable than he and slew them with the sword, without my father knowing of it: Abner son of Ner, captain of the host of Israel, and Amasa son of Jether, captain of the host of Judah. -- 1 kings 2:32 +. +So shall their blood return upon the head of Joab and of his descendants forever. But upon David, his descendants, his house, and his throne, there shall be peace from the Lord forever. -- 1 kings 2:33 +. +So Benaiah son of Jehoiada went up and struck and killed Joab, and he was buried at his own house in the wilderness. -- 1 kings 2:34 +. +The king put Benaiah son of Jehoiada in Joab's place over the army and put Zadok the priest in place of Abiathar. -- 1 kings 2:35 +. +The king sent for Shimei and said to him, Build yourself a house in Jerusalem and dwell there, and do not leave there. -- 1 kings 2:36 +. +For on the day you go out and pass over the brook Kidron, know with certainty that you shall die; your blood shall be upon your own head. -- 1 kings 2:37 +. +And Shimei said to the king, The saying is good. As my lord the king has said, so your servant will do. And Shimei dwelt in Jerusalem many days. -- 1 kings 2:38 +. +But after three years, two of Shimei's servants ran away to Achish son of Maacah, king of Gath. And Shimei was told, Behold, your [runaway] servants are in Gath. -- 1 kings 2:39 +. +So Shimei arose, saddled his donkey, and went to Gath to King Achish to seek his servants, and brought them from Gath. -- 1 kings 2:40 +. +It was told Solomon that Shimei went from Jerusalem to Gath and had returned. -- 1 kings 2:41 +. +And the king sent for Shimei and said to him, Did I not make you swear by the Lord and warn you, saying, Know with certainty, on the day you go out and walk abroad anywhere, you shall surely die? And you said to me, I have heard your word. It is accepted. -- 1 kings 2:42 +. +Why then have you not kept the oath of the Lord and the command with which I have charged you? -- 1 kings 2:43 +. +The king also said to Shimei, You are aware in your own heart of all the evil you did to my father David; so the Lord will return your evil upon your own head. -- 1 kings 2:44 +. +But King Solomon shall be blessed, and the throne of David shall be established before the Lord forever. -- 1 kings 2:45 +. +So the king commanded Benaiah son of Jehoiada, who went out and struck down Shimei, and he died. And the kingdom was established in the hands of Solomon. -- 1 kings 2:46 +. +AND SOLOMON made an alliance with Pharaoh king of Egypt and took Pharaoh's daughter and brought her into the City of David until he had finished building his own house and the house of the Lord, and the wall around Jerusalem. -- 1 kings 3:1 +. +But the people sacrificed [to God] in the high places [as the heathen did to their idols], for there was no house yet built to the Name of the Lord. -- 1 kings 3:2 +. +Solomon loved the Lord, walking [at first] in the statutes and practices of David his father, only he sacrificed and burned incense in the high places. -- 1 kings 3:3 +. +The king went to Gibeon [near Jerusalem, where stood the tabernacle and the bronze altar] to sacrifice there, for that was the great high place. One thousand burnt offerings Solomon offered on that altar. -- 1 kings 3:4 +. +In Gibeon the Lord appeared to Solomon in a dream by night. And God said, Ask what I shall give you. -- 1 kings 3:5 +. +Solomon said, You have shown to Your servant David my father great mercy and loving-kindness, according as he walked before You in faithfulness, righteousness, and uprightness of heart with You; and You have kept for him this great kindness and steadfast love, that You have given him a son to sit on his throne this day. -- 1 kings 3:6 +. +Now, O Lord my God, You have made Your servant king instead of David my father, and I am but a lad [in wisdom and experience]; I know not how to go out (begin) or come in (finish). -- 1 kings 3:7 +. +Your servant is in the midst of Your people whom You have chosen, a great people who cannot be counted for multitude. -- 1 kings 3:8 +. +So give Your servant an understanding mind and a hearing heart to judge Your people, that I may discern between good and bad. For who is able to judge and rule this Your great people? -- 1 kings 3:9 +. +It pleased the Lord that Solomon had asked this. -- 1 kings 3:10 +. +God said to him, Because you have asked this and have not asked for long life or for riches, nor for the lives of your enemies, but have asked for yourself understanding to recognize what is just and right, -- 1 kings 3:11 +. +Behold, I have done as you asked. I have given you a wise, discerning mind, so that no one before you was your equal, nor shall any arise after you equal to you. -- 1 kings 3:12 +. +I have also given you what you have not asked, both riches and honor, so that there shall not be any among the kings equal to you all your days. -- 1 kings 3:13 +. +And if you will go My way, keep My statutes and My commandments as your father David did, then I will lengthen your days. -- 1 kings 3:14 +. +Solomon awoke, and behold, it was a dream. He came to Jerusalem, stood before the ark of the covenant of the Lord, and offered burnt offerings and peace offerings, and made a feast for all his servants. -- 1 kings 3:15 +. +Then two women who had become mothers out of wedlock came and stood before the king. -- 1 kings 3:16 +. +And one woman said, O my lord, I and this woman dwell in one house; and I was delivered of a child with her in the house. -- 1 kings 3:17 +. +And the third day after I was delivered, this woman also was delivered. And we were together; no stranger was with us, just we two in the house. -- 1 kings 3:18 +. +And this woman's child died in the night because she lay on him. -- 1 kings 3:19 +. +And she arose at midnight and took my son from beside me while your handmaid slept and laid him in her bosom and laid her dead child in my bosom. -- 1 kings 3:20 +. +And when I rose to nurse my child, behold, he was dead. But when I had considered him in the morning, behold, it was not the son I had borne. -- 1 kings 3:21 +. +But the other woman said, No! But the living one is my son, and the dead one is your son! And this one said, No! But the dead son is your son, and the living is my son. Thus they spoke before the king. -- 1 kings 3:22 +. +The king said, One says, This is my son that is alive and yours is the dead one. The other woman says, No! But your son is the dead one and mine is the living one. -- 1 kings 3:23 +. +And the king said, Bring me a sword. And they brought a sword to the king. -- 1 kings 3:24 +. +And the king said, Divide the living child in two and give half to the one and half to the other. -- 1 kings 3:25 +. +Then the mother of the living child said to the king, for she yearned over her son, O my lord, give her the living baby, and by no means slay him. But the other said, Let him not be mine or yours, but divide him. -- 1 kings 3:26 +. +Then the king said, Give her [who pleads for his life] the living baby, and by no means slay him. She is the child's mother. -- 1 kings 3:27 +. +And all Israel heard of the judgment which the king had made, and they stood in awe of him, for they saw that the wisdom of God was in him to do justice. -- 1 kings 3:28 +. +KING SOLOMON was king over all Israel. -- 1 kings 4:1 +. +These were his chief officials: Azariah son of Zadok was the [high] priest; -- 1 kings 4:2 +. +Elihoreph and Ahijah, sons of Shisha, were secretaries; Jehoshaphat son of Ahilud was recorder; -- 1 kings 4:3 +. +Benaiah son of Jehoiada commanded the army; Zadok and Abiathar were priests; -- 1 kings 4:4 +. +Azariah son of Nathan was over the officers; Zabud son of Nathan was priest and the king's friend and private advisor; -- 1 kings 4:5 +. +Ahishar was in charge of the palace; and Adoniram son of Abda was in charge of the forced labor. -- 1 kings 4:6 +. +Solomon had twelve officers over all Israel, who secured provisions for the king and his household; each man had to provide for a month in a year. -- 1 kings 4:7 +. +These were their names: Ben-hur, in the hill country of Ephraim; -- 1 kings 4:8 +. +Ben-deker, in Makaz, Shaalbim, Beth-shemesh, and Elon-beth-hanan; -- 1 kings 4:9 +. +Ben-hesed, in Arubboth (to him belonged Socoh and all the land of Hepher); -- 1 kings 4:10 +. +Ben-abinadab, in Naphoth-dor (he had Taphath, Solomon's daughter, as wife); -- 1 kings 4:11 +. +Baana son of Ahilud, in Taanach, Megiddo, and all Beth-shean which is beside Zarethan below Jezreel, from Beth-shean to Abel-meholah as far as beyond Jokmeam; -- 1 kings 4:12 +. +Ben-geber, in Ramoth-gilead (to him belonged the villages of Jair son of Manasseh which are in Gilead, also the region of Argob which is in Bashan, sixty great cities with walls and bronze bars); -- 1 kings 4:13 +. +Ahinadab son of Iddo, in Mahanaim; -- 1 kings 4:14 +. +Ahimaaz, in Naphtali (he had taken Basemath, Solomon's daughter, as his wife); -- 1 kings 4:15 +. +Baana son of Hushai, in Asher and Bealoth; -- 1 kings 4:16 +. +Jehoshaphat son of Paruah, in Issachar; -- 1 kings 4:17 +. +Shimei son of Ela, in Benjamin; -- 1 kings 4:18 +. +Geber son of Uri, in Gilead, the country of Sihon king of the Amorites and of Og king of Bashan; only one officer was over all the country [at one time, each serving for one month]. -- 1 kings 4:19 +. +Judah and Israel were many, like the sand which is by the sea in multitude; they ate, drank, and rejoiced. -- 1 kings 4:20 +. +Solomon reigned over all the kingdoms from the [Euphrates] River to the land of the Philistines and to the border of Egypt; they brought tribute and served Solomon all the days of his life. -- 1 kings 4:21 +. +Solomon's provision for one day was thirty measures of fine flour, sixty measures of meal, -- 1 kings 4:22 +. +Ten fat oxen, twenty pasture-fed cattle, a hundred sheep, besides harts, gazelles, roebucks, and fatted fowl of choice kinds. -- 1 kings 4:23 +. +For he had dominion over all the region west of the [Euphrates] River, from Tiphsah to Gaza, over all the kings west of the River, and he had peace on all sides around him. -- 1 kings 4:24 +. +Judah and Israel dwelt safely, every man under his vine and fig tree, from Dan to Beersheba, all of Solomon's days. -- 1 kings 4:25 +. +Solomon also had 40,stalls of horses for his chariots, and 12,000 horsemen. -- 1 kings 4:26 +. +And those officers provided food for King Solomon and for all who came to his table, every man in his month; they let nothing be lacking. -- 1 kings 4:27 +. +Barley also and straw for the horses and swift steeds they brought to the place where it was needed, each according to his assignment. -- 1 kings 4:28 +. +And God gave Solomon exceptionally much wisdom and understanding, and breadth of mind like the sand of the seashore. -- 1 kings 4:29 +. +Solomon's wisdom excelled the wisdom of all the people of the East and all the wisdom of Egypt. -- 1 kings 4:30 +. +For he was wiser than all other men--than Ethan the Ezrahite, and Heman, Calcol, and Darda, the sons of Mahol. His fame was in all the nations round about. -- 1 kings 4:31 +. +He also originated 3,proverbs, and his songs were 1,005. -- 1 kings 4:32 +. +He spoke of trees, from the cedar that is in Lebanon to the hyssop that grows out of the wall; he spoke also of beasts, of birds, of creeping things, and of fish. -- 1 kings 4:33 +. +Men came from all peoples to hear the wisdom of Solomon, and from all kings of the earth who had heard of his wisdom. -- 1 kings 4:34 +. +HIRAM KING of Tyre sent his servants to Solomon, when he heard that he was anointed king in place of his father, for Hiram always loved David. -- 1 kings 5:1 +. +And Solomon sent to Hiram, saying, -- 1 kings 5:2 +. +You know how David my father could not build a house to the Name of the Lord his God because wars were about him on every side, until the Lord put his foes under his feet. -- 1 kings 5:3 +. +But now the Lord my God has given me rest on every side, so that there is neither adversary nor evil confronting me. -- 1 kings 5:4 +. +And I purpose to build a house to the Name of the Lord my God, as the Lord said to David my father, Your son whom I will set on your throne in your place shall build the house to My Name and Presence. -- 1 kings 5:5 +. +So, Hiram, command them to hew me cedar trees out of Lebanon; my servants shall join yours, and I will give you whatever wages you set for your servants. For you know that no one among us can equal the skill of the Sidon men in cutting timber. -- 1 kings 5:6 +. +When Hiram heard the words of Solomon, he rejoiced greatly and said, Blessed be the Lord this day, Who has given David a wise son to be over this great people. -- 1 kings 5:7 +. +And Hiram sent to Solomon, saying, I have considered the things for which you sent to me; I will do all you wish concerning the cedar and cypress timber. -- 1 kings 5:8 +. +My servants shall bring the logs down from Lebanon to the sea, make them into rafts, and float them by sea to the place that you direct. I will have them released there, and you shall take them away. And you shall fulfill my desire by providing food for my household. -- 1 kings 5:9 +. +So Hiram gave Solomon all the cedar and cypress trees he desired, -- 1 kings 5:10 +. +And Solomon gave Hiram 20,measures of wheat for food for his household, and 20 measures of pure, beaten oil. He gave these to Hiram yearly. -- 1 kings 5:11 +. +The Lord gave Solomon wisdom, as He promised him; and there was peace between Hiram and Solomon, and they made a treaty. -- 1 kings 5:12 +. +King Solomon raised a levy [of forced labor] out of all Israel; and the levy was 30,men. -- 1 kings 5:13 +. +He sent them to Lebanon, 10,a month by divisions; one month they were in Lebanon and two months at home. Adoniram was over the levy. -- 1 kings 5:14 +. +And Solomon had 70,burden bearers and 80,000 hewers [of stone] in the hill country of Judah, -- 1 kings 5:15 +. +Besides Solomon's 3,overseers in charge of the people doing the work. -- 1 kings 5:16 +. +The king commanded, and they hewed and brought out great, costly stones in order to lay the foundation of the house with dressed stone. -- 1 kings 5:17 +. +Solomon's builders and Hiram's builders and the men of Gebal did the hewing and prepared the timber and stones to build the house. -- 1 kings 5:18 +. +AND years after the Israelites came out of the land of Egypt, in the fourth year of Solomon's reign over Israel, in the second month, Ziv, he began to build the Lord's house. -- 1 kings 6:1 +. +The length of the house Solomon built for the Lord was sixty cubits, its breadth twenty, and its height thirty cubits. -- 1 kings 6:2 +. +The length of the vestibule in front of the temple was twenty cubits, equal to the width of the house, and its depth in front of the house was ten cubits. -- 1 kings 6:3 +. +For the house he made narrow [latticed] windows. -- 1 kings 6:4 +. +Against the wall of the house he built chambers running round the walls of the house both of the Holy Place and of the Holy of Holies; and he made side chambers all around. -- 1 kings 6:5 +. +The first story's side chambers were five cubits wide, those of the middle story six cubits wide, and of the third story seven cubits wide; for around the outside of the wall of the house he made offsets in order that the supporting beams should not be thrust into the walls of the house. -- 1 kings 6:6 +. +When the house was being built, its stone was made ready at the quarry, and no hammer, ax, or tool of iron was heard in the house while it was in building. -- 1 kings 6:7 +. +The entrance to the lowest side chamber was on the right [or south] side of the house; and one went up winding stairs into the middle chamber and from the middle into the third. -- 1 kings 6:8 +. +So Solomon built the temple building and finished it, and roofed the house with beams and boards of cedar. -- 1 kings 6:9 +. +Then he built the stories of chambers [the lean-to] against all the house, each [story] five cubits high; and it was joined to the house with timbers of cedar. -- 1 kings 6:10 +. +Now the word of the Lord came to Solomon, saying, -- 1 kings 6:11 +. +Concerning this house which you are building, if you will walk in My statutes, execute My precepts, and keep all My commandments to walk in them, then I will fulfill to you My promises which I made to David your father. -- 1 kings 6:12 +. +And I will dwell among the Israelites and will not forsake My people Israel. -- 1 kings 6:13 +. +So Solomon built the house and finished it. -- 1 kings 6:14 +. +He built the walls of the house (the Holy Place and the Holy of Holies) within with boards of cedar, from the floor of the house to the rafters of the ceiling. He covered the inside with wood, and the floor of the house with boards of cypress. -- 1 kings 6:15 +. +He built twenty cubits of the rear of the house with boards of cedar from the floor to the rafters; he built it within for the sanctuary, the Holy of Holies. -- 1 kings 6:16 +. +The [rest of the] house, that is, the temple in front of the Holy of Holies, was forty cubits long. -- 1 kings 6:17 +. +The cedar on the house within was carved with gourds and open flowers. All was cedar; no stone was visible. -- 1 kings 6:18 +. +And he prepared the Holy of Holies in the inner room in which to set the ark of the covenant of the Lord. -- 1 kings 6:19 +. +The Holy of Holies was twenty cubits in length, in breadth, and in height. He overlaid it with pure gold. He also overlaid the cedar altar. -- 1 kings 6:20 +. +Solomon overlaid the house within with pure gold, and he drew chains of gold across in front of the Holy of Holies and overlaid it with gold. -- 1 kings 6:21 +. +And the whole house he overlaid with gold, until all the house was finished. Also the whole [incense] altar that [stood outside the door but] belonged to the Holy of Holies he overlaid with gold. -- 1 kings 6:22 +. +Within the Holy of Holies he made two cherubim of olive wood, each ten cubits high. -- 1 kings 6:23 +. +Five cubits was the length of one wing of the cherub and five cubits its other wing; from the tip of one wing to the tip of the other was ten cubits. -- 1 kings 6:24 +. +The wings of the other cherub were also ten cubits. Both cherubim were the same, -- 1 kings 6:25 +. +The height of one cherub ten cubits, as was the other. -- 1 kings 6:26 +. +He put the cherubim within the inner sanctuary. Their wings were stretched out, so that the wing of one touched one wall, and the wing of the other cherub touched the other wall, and their inner wings touched in the midst of the room. -- 1 kings 6:27 +. +Solomon overlaid the cherubim with gold. -- 1 kings 6:28 +. +He carved all the walls of the house (these two holy rooms) round about with figures of cherubim, palm trees, and open flowers, within and without. -- 1 kings 6:29 +. +The floor of the house he overlaid with gold, inside and out. -- 1 kings 6:30 +. +For the Holy of Holies he made [folding] doors of olive wood; their entire width was one-fifth that of the wall. -- 1 kings 6:31 +. +On the two doors of olive wood he carved cherubim, palm trees, and open flowers; he overlaid them with gold, and spread gold on the cherubim and palm trees. -- 1 kings 6:32 +. +Also he made for the door of the Holy Place four-sided posts of olive wood. -- 1 kings 6:33 +. +The two doors were of cypress wood; the two leaves of each door were folding. -- 1 kings 6:34 +. +He carved on them cherubim, palm trees, and open flowers, covered with gold evenly applied on the carved work. -- 1 kings 6:35 +. +He built the inner court with three rows of hewn stone and a row of cedar beams. -- 1 kings 6:36 +. +In the fourth year the foundation of the Lord's house was laid, in the [second] month, Ziv. -- 1 kings 6:37 +. +In the eleventh year, in Bul, the eighth month, the house was finished throughout according to all its specifications. So he was seven years in building it. -- 1 kings 6:38 +. +SOLOMON WAS building his own house thirteen years, and he finished all of it. -- 1 kings 7:1 +. +He built also the Forest of Lebanon House; its length was a hundred cubits, its breadth fifty, and its height thirty cubits, upon four rows of cedar pillars, with cedar beams upon the pillars. -- 1 kings 7:2 +. +And it was covered with cedar above the side chambers that were upon the forty-five pillars, fifteen in a row. -- 1 kings 7:3 +. +There were window frames in three rows, and window opposite window in three tiers. -- 1 kings 7:4 +. +All the doorways and windows were square cut, and window was opposite window in three tiers. -- 1 kings 7:5 +. +He also made the Hall of Pillars; its length was fifty cubits and its breadth thirty cubits. There was a porch in front, and pillars and a cornice before them. -- 1 kings 7:6 +. +He made the porch for the throne where he was to judge, the Porch of Judgment; it was covered with cedar from floor to ceiling. -- 1 kings 7:7 +. +His house where he was to dwell had another court behind the Porch of Judgment of similar work. Solomon also made a house like this porch for Pharaoh's daughter, whom he had married. -- 1 kings 7:8 +. +All were of costly stones hewn according to measure, sawed with saws back and front, even from foundation to coping, and from the outside to the great court. -- 1 kings 7:9 +. +The foundation was of costly stones, even great stones of eight and ten cubits. -- 1 kings 7:10 +. +And above were costly stones hewn according to measure, and cedar timbers. -- 1 kings 7:11 +. +Also the great encircling court had three courses of hewn stone and a course of cedar beams, like was around the inner court of the house of the Lord and the porch of the house. -- 1 kings 7:12 +. +King Solomon brought Hiram from Tyre. -- 1 kings 7:13 +. +He was the son of a widow of the tribe of Naphtali, and his father was a man of Tyre, a worker in bronze. He was full of wisdom, understanding, and skill to do any kind of work in bronze. So he came to King Solomon and did all his [bronze] work. -- 1 kings 7:14 +. +He fashioned the two pillars of bronze, each eighteen cubits high, and a line of twelve cubits measured its circumference. -- 1 kings 7:15 +. +He made two capitals of molten bronze to set upon the tops of the pillars; the height of each capital was five cubits. -- 1 kings 7:16 +. +Nets of checkerwork and wreaths of chainwork for the capitals were on the tops of the pillars, seven for each capital. -- 1 kings 7:17 +. +So Hiram made the pillars. There were two rows of pomegranates encircling each network to cover the capitals that were upon the top. -- 1 kings 7:18 +. +The capitals that were upon the top of the pillars in the porch were of lily work [design], four cubits. -- 1 kings 7:19 +. +The capitals were upon the two pillars and also above the rounded projection beside the network. There were pomegranates in two rows round about, and so with the other capital. -- 1 kings 7:20 +. +Hiram set up the pillars of the porch of the temple; he set up the right pillar and called its name Jachin [he will establish], and he set up the left pillar and called its name Boaz [in strength]. -- 1 kings 7:21 +. +On the tops of the pillars was lily work [design]. So the work of the pillars was finished. -- 1 kings 7:22 +. +He made a round molten Sea, ten cubits from brim to brim, five cubits high and thirty cubits in circumference. -- 1 kings 7:23 +. +Under its brim were gourds encircling the Sea, ten to a cubit; the gourds were in two rows, cast in one piece with it. -- 1 kings 7:24 +. +It stood upon twelve oxen, three facing north, three west, three south, and three east; the Sea was set upon them, and all their rears pointed inward. -- 1 kings 7:25 +. +It was a handbreadth thick, and its brim was made like the brim of a cup, like a lily blossom. It held 2,baths [Hebrew liquid measurement]. -- 1 kings 7:26 +. +Hiram made ten bronze bases [for the lavers]; their length and breadth were four cubits, and the height three cubits. -- 1 kings 7:27 +. +This is the way the bases were made: they had panels between the ledges. -- 1 kings 7:28 +. +On the panels between the ledges were lions, oxen, and cherubim; and upon the ledges there was a pedestal above. Beneath the lions and oxen were wreaths of hanging work. -- 1 kings 7:29 +. +And every base had four bronze wheels and axles of bronze, and at the four corners were supports for a laver. Beneath the laver the supports were cast, with wreaths at the side of each. -- 1 kings 7:30 +. +Its mouth within the capital projected upward a cubit, and its mouth was round like the work of a pedestal, a cubit and a half. Also upon its mouth were carvings, and their borders were square, not round. -- 1 kings 7:31 +. +Under the borders were four wheels, and the axles of the wheels were one piece with the base. And the height of a wheel was a cubit and a half. -- 1 kings 7:32 +. +The wheels were made like a chariot wheel: their axles, their rims, their spokes, and their hubs were all cast. -- 1 kings 7:33 +. +There were four supports to the four corners of each base; the supports were part of the base itself. -- 1 kings 7:34 +. +On the top of the base there was a circular elevation half a cubit high, and on the top of the base its stays and panels were of one piece with it. -- 1 kings 7:35 +. +And on the surface of its stays and its panels Hiram carved cherubim, lions, and palm trees, according to the space of each, with wreaths round about. -- 1 kings 7:36 +. +Thus he made the ten bases. They all had one casting, one measure, and one form. -- 1 kings 7:37 +. +Then he made ten lavers of bronze; each laver held forty baths and measured four cubits, and there was one laver on each of the ten bases. -- 1 kings 7:38 +. +He put the bases five on the south side of the house and five on the north side; and he set the Sea at the southeast corner of the house. -- 1 kings 7:39 +. +Hiram made the lavers, the shovels, and the basins. So Hiram finished all the work that he did for King Solomon on the house of the Lord: -- 1 kings 7:40 +. +The two pillars; and the two bowls of the capitals that were on the tops of the two pillars; and the two networks to cover the two bowls; -- 1 kings 7:41 +. +And the pomegranates for the two networks, two rows of pomegranates for each network, to cover the two bowls of the capitals that were upon the pillars; -- 1 kings 7:42 +. +The ten bases and the ten lavers on the bases; -- 1 kings 7:43 +. +One Sea, and the twelve oxen under it; -- 1 kings 7:44 +. +The pots, the shovels, and the basins. All these vessels which Hiram made for King Solomon in the house of the Lord were of burnished bronze. -- 1 kings 7:45 +. +In the Jordan plain the king cast them, in clay ground between Succoth and Zarethan. -- 1 kings 7:46 +. +Solomon left all the vessels unweighed, because they were so many; the weight of the bronze was not found out. -- 1 kings 7:47 +. +Solomon made all the other vessels of the Lord's house: the [incense] altar of gold; the table of gold for the showbread; -- 1 kings 7:48 +. +The lampstands of pure gold, five on the right side and five on the left, in front of the Holy of Holies; with the flowers, the lamps, and the tongs of gold; -- 1 kings 7:49 +. +The cups, snuffers, basins, spoons, firepans--of pure gold; and the hinges of gold for the doors of the innermost room, the Holy of Holies, and for the doors of the Holy Place. -- 1 kings 7:50 +. +So all the work that King Solomon did on the house of the Lord was completed. Solomon brought in the things which David his father had dedicated--the silver, the gold, and the vessels--and put them in the treasuries of the Lord's house. -- 1 kings 7:51 +. +THEN SOLOMON assembled the elders of Israel and all the heads of the tribes, the chiefs of the fathers' houses of the Israelites, before the king in Jerusalem, to bring up the ark of the covenant of the Lord out of Zion, the City of David. -- 1 kings 8:1 +. +All the men of Israel assembled themselves before King Solomon at the feast in the seventh month, Ethanim. -- 1 kings 8:2 +. +All the elders of Israel came, and the priests took up the ark. -- 1 kings 8:3 +. +And they brought up the ark of the Lord, the Tent of Meeting, and all the holy vessels that were in the tent; the priests and the Levites brought them up. -- 1 kings 8:4 +. +King Solomon and all the congregation of Israel who had assembled before him were with him before the ark, sacrificing sheep and oxen, so many that they could not be reported or counted. -- 1 kings 8:5 +. +And the priests brought the ark of the covenant of the Lord to its place in the Holy of Holies of the house, under the wings of the cherubim. -- 1 kings 8:6 +. +For the cherubim spread forth their two wings over the place of the ark, and the cherubim covered the ark and its poles. -- 1 kings 8:7 +. +The poles were so long that the ends of them were seen from the Holy Place before the Holy of Holies, but they were not seen outside; they are there to this day. -- 1 kings 8:8 +. +There was nothing in the ark except the two tables of stone which Moses put there at Horeb, where the Lord made a covenant with the Israelites when they came out of the land of Egypt. -- 1 kings 8:9 +. +When the priests had come out of the Holy Place, the cloud filled the Lord's house, -- 1 kings 8:10 +. +So the priests could not stand to minister because of the cloud, for the glory of the Lord had filled the Lord's house. -- 1 kings 8:11 +. +Then Solomon said, The Lord said that He would dwell in the thick darkness. -- 1 kings 8:12 +. +I have surely built You a house of habitation, a settled place for You to dwell in forever. -- 1 kings 8:13 +. +And the king turned his face about and blessed all the assembly of Israel, and all the assembly of Israel stood. -- 1 kings 8:14 +. +He said, Blessed be the Lord, the God of Israel, Who spoke with His mouth to David my father and has with His hand fulfilled it, saying, -- 1 kings 8:15 +. +Since the day that I brought forth My people Israel out of Egypt, I chose no city out of all the tribes of Israel in which to build a house that My Name [and My Presence] might be in it, but I chose David to be over My people Israel. -- 1 kings 8:16 +. +Now it was in the heart of David my father to build a house for the Name [the Presence] of the Lord, the God of Israel. -- 1 kings 8:17 +. +And the Lord said to David my father, Whereas it was in your heart to build a house for My Name, you did well that it was in your heart. -- 1 kings 8:18 +. +Yet you shall not build the house, but your son, who shall be born to you, shall build it to My Name [and My actively present Person]. -- 1 kings 8:19 +. +And the Lord has fulfilled His promise which He made: I have risen up in the place of David my father, and sit on the throne of Israel, as the Lord promised, and have built a house for the Name (renown) of the Lord, the God of Israel. -- 1 kings 8:20 +. +And I have made there a place for the ark [the token of His presence], in which is the covenant [the Ten Commandments] of the Lord which He made with our fathers when He brought them out of the land of Egypt. -- 1 kings 8:21 +. +Then Solomon stood [in the court] before the Lord's burnt offering altar in the presence of all the assembly of Israel, and spread forth his hands toward heaven -- 1 kings 8:22 +. +And he said, O Lord, the God of Israel, there is no God like You in heaven above or on earth beneath, keeping covenant and showing mercy and loving-kindness to Your servants who walk before You with all their heart. -- 1 kings 8:23 +. +You have kept what You promised Your servant David my father. You also spoke with Your mouth and have fulfilled it with Your hand, as it is this day. -- 1 kings 8:24 +. +Therefore now, O Lord, the God of Israel, keep with Your servant David my father what You promised him when You said, There shall not fail you a man before Me to sit on the throne of Israel, if only your children take heed to their way, that they walk before Me as you have done. -- 1 kings 8:25 +. +Now, O God of Israel, let Your word which You spoke to Your servant David my father be confirmed [by experience]. -- 1 kings 8:26 +. +But will God indeed dwell with men on the earth? Behold, the heavens and heaven of heavens [in its most extended compass] cannot contain You; how much less this house that I have built? -- 1 kings 8:27 +. +Yet graciously consider the prayer and supplication of Your servant, O Lord my God, to hearken to the [loud] cry and prayer which he prays before You today, -- 1 kings 8:28 +. +That Your eyes may be open toward this house night and day, toward the place of which You have said, My Name [and the token of My presence] shall be there, that You may hearken to the prayer which Your servant shall make in [or facing toward] this place. -- 1 kings 8:29 +. +Hearken to the prayer of Your servant and of Your people Israel when they pray in or toward this place. Hear in heaven, Your dwelling place, and when You hear, forgive. -- 1 kings 8:30 +. +Whenever a man sins against his neighbor and is made to take an oath and comes and swears the oath before Your altar in this house, -- 1 kings 8:31 +. +Then hear in heaven and do and judge Your servants, condemning the wicked by bringing his guilt upon his own head and justifying the [uncompromisingly] righteous by rewarding him according to his righteousness (his uprightness, right standing with God). -- 1 kings 8:32 +. +When Your people Israel are struck down before the enemy because they have sinned against You, and they turn again to You, confess Your name (Your revelation of Yourself), and pray, beseeching You in this house, -- 1 kings 8:33 +. +Then hear in heaven and forgive the sin of Your people Israel and return them to the land You gave to their fathers. -- 1 kings 8:34 +. +When heaven is shut up and no rain falls because they have sinned against You, if they pray in [or toward] this place and confess Your name (Your revelation of Yourself) and turn from their sin when You afflict them, -- 1 kings 8:35 +. +Then hear in heaven and forgive the sin of Your servants, Your people Israel, when You teach them the good way in which they should walk. And give rain upon Your land which You have given to Your people as an inheritance. -- 1 kings 8:36 +. +If there is famine in the land or pestilence, blight, mildew, locust, or caterpillar, if their enemy besieges them in the land of their cities, whatever plague, whatever sickness there is, -- 1 kings 8:37 +. +Whatever prayer or supplication is made by any or all of Your people Israel--each man knowing the affliction of his own heart, and spreading forth his hands toward this house [and its pledge of Your presence]-- -- 1 kings 8:38 +. +Then hear in heaven, Your dwelling place, and forgive and act and give to every man according to his ways, whose heart You know, for You and You only know the hearts of all the children of men, -- 1 kings 8:39 +. +That they may fear and revere You all the days that they live in the land which You gave to our fathers. -- 1 kings 8:40 +. +Moreover, concerning a stranger who is not of Your people Israel but comes from a far country for the sake of Your name [and Your active Presence]-- -- 1 kings 8:41 +. +For they will hear of Your great name (Your revelation of Yourself), Your strong hand, and outstretched arm--when he shall pray in [or toward] this house, -- 1 kings 8:42 +. +Hear in heaven, Your dwelling place, and do according to all that the stranger asks of You, so that all peoples of the earth may know Your name [and Your revelation of Your presence] and fear and revere You, as do Your people Israel, and may know and comprehend that this house which I have built is called by Your Name [and contains the token of Your presence]. -- 1 kings 8:43 +. +If Your people go out to battle against their enemy, wherever You shall send them, and shall pray to the Lord toward the city which You have chosen and the house that I have built for Your Name [and Your revelation of Yourself], -- 1 kings 8:44 +. +Then hear in heaven their prayer and supplication, and defend their cause and maintain their right. -- 1 kings 8:45 +. +If they sin against You--for there is no man who does not sin--and You are angry with them and deliver them to the enemy, so that they are carried away captive to the enemy's land, far or near; -- 1 kings 8:46 +. +Yet if they think and consider in the land where they were carried captive, and repent and make supplication to You there, saying, We have sinned and have done perversely and wickedly; -- 1 kings 8:47 +. +If they repent and turn to You with all their mind and with all their heart in the land of their enemies who took them captive, and pray to You toward their land which You gave to their fathers, the city which You have chosen, and the house which I have built for Your Name; -- 1 kings 8:48 +. +Then hear their prayer and their supplication in heaven, Your dwelling place, and defend their cause and maintain their right. -- 1 kings 8:49 +. +And forgive Your people, who have sinned against You, and all their transgressions against You, and grant them compassion before those who took them captive, that they may have pity and be merciful to them; -- 1 kings 8:50 +. +For they are Your people and Your heritage, which You brought out of Egypt, from the midst of the iron furnace. -- 1 kings 8:51 +. +Let Your eyes be open to the supplication of Your servant and of Your people Israel, to hearken to them in all for which they call to You. -- 1 kings 8:52 +. +For You separated them from among all the peoples of the earth to be Your heritage, as You declared through Moses Your servant when You brought our fathers out of Egypt, O Lord God. -- 1 kings 8:53 +. +When Solomon finished offering all this prayer and supplication to the Lord, he arose from before the Lord's altar, where he had knelt with hands stretched toward heaven. -- 1 kings 8:54 +. +And he stood and blessed all the assembly of Israel with a loud voice, saying, -- 1 kings 8:55 +. +Blessed be the Lord, Who has given rest to His people Israel, according to all that He promised. Not one word has failed of all His good promise which He promised through Moses His servant. -- 1 kings 8:56 +. +May the Lord our God be with us as He was with our fathers; may He not leave us or forsake us, -- 1 kings 8:57 +. +That He may incline our hearts to Him, to walk in all His ways and to keep His commandments, His statutes, and His precepts which He commanded our fathers. -- 1 kings 8:58 +. +Let these my words, with which I have made supplication before the Lord, be near to the Lord our God day and night, that He may maintain the cause and right of His servant and of His people Israel as each day requires, -- 1 kings 8:59 +. +That all the earth's people may know that the Lord is God and that there is no other. -- 1 kings 8:60 +. +Let your hearts therefore be blameless and wholly true to the Lord our God, to walk in His statutes and to keep His commandments, as today. -- 1 kings 8:61 +. +And the king and all Israel with him offered sacrifice before the Lord. -- 1 kings 8:62 +. +Solomon offered as peace offerings to the Lord: 22,oxen and 120,000 sheep. So the king and all the Israelites dedicated the house of the Lord. -- 1 kings 8:63 +. +On that same day the king consecrated the middle of the court that was before the Lord's house; there he offered burnt offerings, cereal offerings, and the fat of the peace offerings, because the bronze altar that was before the Lord was too small to receive [all] the offerings. -- 1 kings 8:64 +. +So at that time Solomon held the feast, and all Israel with him, a great assembly, from the entrance of Hamath to the Brook of Egypt, before the Lord our God, for seven days [for the dedication] and seven days [for the Feast of Tabernacles], fourteen days in all. -- 1 kings 8:65 +. +On the eighth day he sent the people away; they blessed the king and went to their tents with greatest joy and gratitude for all the goodness the Lord had shown to David His servant and Israel His people. -- 1 kings 8:66 +. +WHEN SOLOMON finished the building of the Lord's house and the king's house, and all he desired and was pleased to do, -- 1 kings 9:1 +. +The Lord appeared to Solomon the second time, as He had appeared to him at Gibeon. -- 1 kings 9:2 +. +The Lord told him, I have heard your prayer and supplication which you have made before Me; I have hallowed this house which you have built, and I have put My Name [and My Presence] there forever. My eyes and My heart shall be there perpetually. -- 1 kings 9:3 +. +And if you will walk before Me, as David your father walked, in integrity of heart and uprightness, doing according to all that I have commanded you, keeping My statutes and My precepts, -- 1 kings 9:4 +. +Then I will establish your royal throne over Israel forever, as I promised David your father, saying, There shall not fail you [to have] a man upon the throne of Israel. -- 1 kings 9:5 +. +But if you turn away from following Me, you or your children, and will not keep My commandments and My statutes which I have set before you but go and serve other gods and worship them, -- 1 kings 9:6 +. +Then I will cut off Israel from the land I have given them, and this house I have hallowed for My Name (renown) I will cast from My sight. And Israel shall be a proverb and a byword among all the peoples. -- 1 kings 9:7 +. +This house shall become a heap of ruins; every passerby shall be astonished and shall hiss [with surprise] and say, Why has the Lord done thus to this land and to this house? -- 1 kings 9:8 +. +Then they will answer, Because they forsook the Lord their God, Who brought their fathers out of the land of Egypt, and have laid hold of other gods and have worshiped and served them; therefore the Lord has brought on them all this evil. -- 1 kings 9:9 +. +At the end of twenty years, in which Solomon had built the two houses, the Lord's house and the king's house, -- 1 kings 9:10 +. +For which Hiram king of Tyre had furnished Solomon with as much cedar and cypress timber and gold as he desired, King Solomon gave Hiram twenty cities in the land of Galilee. -- 1 kings 9:11 +. +And Hiram came from Tyre to see the cities which Solomon had given him, and they did not please him. -- 1 kings 9:12 +. +He said, What are these cities worth which you have given me, my brother? So they are called the Cabul [unproductive] Land to this day. -- 1 kings 9:13 +. +And Hiram sent to the king talents of gold. -- 1 kings 9:14 +. +This is the account of the levy [of forced labor] which King Solomon raised to build the house of the Lord, his own house, the Millo, the wall of Jerusalem, Hazor, Megiddo, and Gezer. -- 1 kings 9:15 +. +For Pharaoh king of Egypt had gone up and taken Gezer, burned it with fire, slew the Canaanites who dwelt in the city, and had given it as dowry to his daughter, Solomon's wife. -- 1 kings 9:16 +. +So Solomon rebuilt Gezer and Lower Beth-horon, -- 1 kings 9:17 +. +Baalath and Tamar (Tadmor) in the wilderness, in the land of Judah, -- 1 kings 9:18 +. +And all the store cities which Solomon had and cities for his chariots and cities for his horsemen, and whatever Solomon desired to build for his pleasure in Jerusalem, in Lebanon, and in all the land of his dominion. -- 1 kings 9:19 +. +As for all the people who were left of the Amorites, Hittites, Perizzites, Hivites, and Jebusites, who were not Israelites, -- 1 kings 9:20 +. +Their children who were left after them in the land, whom the Israelites were not able utterly to destroy, of them Solomon made a forced levy of slaves to this day. -- 1 kings 9:21 +. +But Solomon made no slaves of the Israelites; they were the soldiers, his officials, attendants, commanders, captains, chariot officers, and horsemen. -- 1 kings 9:22 +. +These were the chief officers over Solomon's work, who had charge of the people who did the work. -- 1 kings 9:23 +. +But Pharaoh's daughter came up out of the City of David to her house which Solomon had built for her; then he built the Millo. -- 1 kings 9:24 +. +Three times a year Solomon offered burnt offerings and peace offerings on the altar he built to the Lord, and he burned incense with them before the Lord. So he finished the house. -- 1 kings 9:25 +. +And King Solomon made a fleet of ships in Ezion-geber, which is beside Eloth, on the shore of the Red Sea, in Edom. -- 1 kings 9:26 +. +And Hiram sent with the fleet his servants, shipmen who had knowledge of the sea, with the servants of Solomon. -- 1 kings 9:27 +. +They came to Ophir and got talents of gold and brought it to King Solomon. -- 1 kings 9:28 +. +WHEN THE queen of Sheba heard of [the constant connection of] the fame of Solomon with the name of the Lord, she came to prove him with hard questions (problems and riddles). -- 1 kings 10:1 +. +She came to Jerusalem with a very great train, with camels bearing spices, very much gold, and precious stones. When she had come to Solomon, she communed with him about all that was in her mind. -- 1 kings 10:2 +. +Solomon answered all her questions; there was nothing hidden from the king which he failed to explain to her. -- 1 kings 10:3 +. +When the queen of Sheba had seen all Solomon's wisdom and skill, the house he had built, -- 1 kings 10:4 +. +The food of his table, the seating of his officials, the standing at attention of his servants, their apparel, his cupbearers, his ascent by which he went up to the house of the Lord [or the burnt offerings he sacrificed], she was breathless and overcome. -- 1 kings 10:5 +. +She said to the king, It was a true report I heard in my own land of your acts and sayings and wisdom. -- 1 kings 10:6 +. +I did not believe it until I came and my eyes had seen. Behold, the half was not told me. You have added wisdom and goodness exceeding the fame I heard. -- 1 kings 10:7 +. +Happy are your men! Happy are these your servants who stand continually before you, hearing your wisdom! -- 1 kings 10:8 +. +Blessed be the Lord your God, Who delighted in you and set you on the throne of Israel! Because the Lord loved Israel forever, He made you king to execute justice and righteousness. -- 1 kings 10:9 +. +And she gave the king talents of gold and of spices a very great store and precious stones. Never again came such abundance of spices as these the queen of Sheba gave King Solomon. -- 1 kings 10:10 +. +The navy also of Hiram brought from Ophir gold and a great plenty of almug (algum) wood and precious stones. -- 1 kings 10:11 +. +Of the almug wood the king made pillars for the house of the Lord and for the king's house, and lyres also and harps for the singers. No such almug wood came again or has been seen to this day. -- 1 kings 10:12 +. +King Solomon gave to the queen of Sheba all she wanted, whatever she asked, besides his gifts to her from his royal bounty. So she returned to her own country, she and her servants. -- 1 kings 10:13 +. +Now the weight of gold that came to Solomon in one [particular] year was talents of gold, -- 1 kings 10:14 +. +Besides what the traders brought and the traffic of the merchants and from all the [tributary] kings and governors of the land of Arabia. -- 1 kings 10:15 +. +King Solomon made large shields of beaten gold; 600 shekels of gold went into each shield. -- 1 kings 10:16 +. +And he made shields of beaten gold; three minas of gold went into each shield. The king put them in the House of the Forest of Lebanon. -- 1 kings 10:17 +. +Also the king made a great throne of ivory and overlaid it with the finest gold. -- 1 kings 10:18 +. +The throne had six steps, and attached at the rear of the top of the throne was a round covering or canopy. On either side of the seat were armrests, and two lions stood beside the armrests. -- 1 kings 10:19 +. +Twelve lions stood there, one on either end of each of the six steps; there was nothing like it ever made in any kingdom. -- 1 kings 10:20 +. +All King Solomon's drinking vessels were of gold, and all vessels of the House of the Forest of Lebanon were of pure gold. None were of silver; it was accounted as nothing in the days of Solomon. -- 1 kings 10:21 +. +For the king had a fleet of ships of Tarshish at sea with the fleet of Hiram. Once every three years the fleet of ships of Tarshish came bringing gold, silver, ivory, apes, and peacocks. -- 1 kings 10:22 +. +So King Solomon exceeded all the kings of the earth in riches and in wisdom (skill). -- 1 kings 10:23 +. +And all the earth sought the presence of Solomon to hear his wisdom which God had put in his mind. -- 1 kings 10:24 +. +Every man brought tribute: vessels of silver and gold, garments, equipment, spices, horses, and mules, so much year by year. -- 1 kings 10:25 +. +Solomon collected chariots and horsemen; he had 1,chariots and 12,000 horsemen, which he stationed in the chariot cities and with the king in Jerusalem. -- 1 kings 10:26 +. +The king made silver as common in Jerusalem as stones, and cedars as plentiful as the sycamore trees in the lowlands. -- 1 kings 10:27 +. +Solomon's horses were brought out of Egypt, and the king's merchants received them in droves, each at a price. -- 1 kings 10:28 +. +A chariot could be brought out of Egypt for shekels of silver, and a horse for 150. And so to all the kings of the Hittites and of Syria they were exported by the king's merchants. -- 1 kings 10:29 +. +BUT KING Solomon [defiantly] loved many foreign women--the daughter of Pharaoh, women of the Moabites, Ammonites, Edomites, Sidonians, and Hittites. -- 1 kings 11:1 +. +They were of the very nations of whom the Lord said to the Israelites, You shall not mingle with them, neither shall they mingle with you, for surely they will turn away your hearts after their gods. Yet Solomon clung to these in love. -- 1 kings 11:2 +. +He had wives, princesses, and 300 concubines, and his wives turned away his heart from God. -- 1 kings 11:3 +. +For when Solomon was old, his wives turned away his heart after other gods, and his heart was not perfect (complete and whole) with the Lord his God, as was the heart of David his father. -- 1 kings 11:4 +. +For Solomon went after Ashtoreth the goddess of the Sidonians, and after Milcom the abominable idol of the Ammonites! -- 1 kings 11:5 +. +Solomon did evil in the sight of the Lord, and went not fully after the Lord, as David his father did. -- 1 kings 11:6 +. +Then Solomon built a high place for Chemosh the abominable idol of Moab, on the hill opposite Jerusalem, and for Molech the abominable idol of the Ammonites. -- 1 kings 11:7 +. +And he did so for all of his foreign wives, who burned incense and sacrificed to their gods. -- 1 kings 11:8 +. +And the Lord was angry with Solomon because his heart was turned from the Lord, the God of Israel, Who had appeared to him twice, -- 1 kings 11:9 +. +And had commanded him concerning this thing, that he should not go after other gods, but he did not do what the Lord commanded. -- 1 kings 11:10 +. +Therefore the Lord said to Solomon, Because you are doing this and have not kept My covenant and My statutes, which I have commanded you, I will surely rend the kingdom from you and will give it to your servant! -- 1 kings 11:11 +. +However, in your days I will not do it, for David your father's sake. But I will rend it out of the hand of your son! -- 1 kings 11:12 +. +However, I will not tear away all the kingdom, but will give one tribe to your son for David My servant's sake and for the sake of Jerusalem, which I have chosen. -- 1 kings 11:13 +. +The Lord stirred up an adversary against Solomon, Hadad the Edomite; he was of royal descent in Edom. -- 1 kings 11:14 +. +For when David was in Edom, and Joab the commander of Israel's army went up to bury the slain, he slew every male in Edom. -- 1 kings 11:15 +. +For Joab and all Israel remained there for six months, until he had cut off every male in Edom. -- 1 kings 11:16 +. +But Hadad fled, he and certain Edomites of his father's servants, to Egypt, Hadad being yet a little child. -- 1 kings 11:17 +. +They set out from Midian and came to Paran, and took men with them out of Paran and came to Egypt, to Pharaoh king of Egypt, who gave [young] Hadad a house and land and ordered provisions for him. -- 1 kings 11:18 +. +Hadad found great favor with Pharaoh, so that he gave him in marriage the sister of his own wife Tahpenes the queen. -- 1 kings 11:19 +. +The sister of Tahpenes bore Hadad Genubath his son, whom Tahpenes weaned in Pharaoh's house; and Genubath was in Pharaoh's household among the sons of Pharaoh. -- 1 kings 11:20 +. +But when Hadad heard in Egypt that David slept with his fathers and that Joab the commander of Israel's army was dead, Hadad said to Pharaoh, Let me depart, that I may go to my own country. -- 1 kings 11:21 +. +Then Pharaoh said to him, But what have you lacked with me that now you want to go to your own country? He replied, Nothing. However, let me go anyhow. -- 1 kings 11:22 +. +God raised up for [Hadad] another adversary, Rezon son of Eliada, who had fled from his master, Hadadezer king of Zobah. -- 1 kings 11:23 +. +Rezon gathered men about him and became leader of a marauding band after the slaughter by David. They went to Damascus and dwelt and made [Rezon] king in Damascus. -- 1 kings 11:24 +. +And Rezon was an adversary to Israel all the days of Solomon, besides the mischief that Hadad did. Rezon abhorred Israel and reigned over Syria. -- 1 kings 11:25 +. +Jeroboam son of Nebat, an Ephrathite of Zereda, Solomon's servant, whose mother's name was Zeruah, a widow woman, rebelled against the king-- -- 1 kings 11:26 +. +And for this reason: Solomon built the Millo and repaired the breaches of the city of David his father. -- 1 kings 11:27 +. +The man Jeroboam was a mighty man of courage. Solomon, seeing that the young man was industrious, put him in charge over all the [forced] labor of the house of Joseph. -- 1 kings 11:28 +. +At that time, when Jeroboam went out of Jerusalem, the prophet Ahijah the Shilonite met him on the way. Ahijah had clad himself with a new garment; and they were alone in the field. -- 1 kings 11:29 +. +Ahijah caught the new garment he wore and tore it into twelve pieces. -- 1 kings 11:30 +. +He said to Jeroboam, You take ten pieces, for thus says the Lord, the God of Israel, Behold, I will tear the kingdom from the hand of Solomon and will give you ten tribes. -- 1 kings 11:31 +. +But he shall have one tribe, for My servant David's sake and for Jerusalem's sake, the city which I have chosen out of all the tribes of Israel, -- 1 kings 11:32 +. +Because they have forsaken Me and have worshiped Ashtoreth the goddess of the Sidonians, Chemosh the god of the Moabites, and Milcom the god of the Ammonites, and have not walked in My ways, to do what is right in My sight, keeping My statutes and My ordinances as did David his father. -- 1 kings 11:33 +. +However, I will not take the whole kingdom out of his hand; but I will make him ruler all the days of his life for David My servant's sake, whom I chose because he kept My commandments and My statutes. -- 1 kings 11:34 +. +But I will take the kingdom out of his son's hand and give it to you, ten tribes. -- 1 kings 11:35 +. +Yet to his son I will give one tribe, that David My servant may always have a light before Me in Jerusalem, the city where I have chosen to put My Name. -- 1 kings 11:36 +. +And I will take you, and you shall reign according to all that your soul desires; and you shall be king over Israel. -- 1 kings 11:37 +. +And if you will hearken to all I command you and will walk in My ways and do right in My sight, keeping My statutes and My commandments, as David My servant did, I will be with you and build you a sure house, as I built for David, and will give Israel to you. -- 1 kings 11:38 +. +And I will for this afflict the descendants of David, but not forever. -- 1 kings 11:39 +. +Solomon sought therefore to kill Jeroboam. But Jeroboam arose and fled into Egypt, to Shishak king of Egypt, and was in Egypt until Solomon died. -- 1 kings 11:40 +. +The rest of the acts of Solomon--and all that he did, and his wisdom (skill)--are they not written in the book of the acts of Solomon? -- 1 kings 11:41 +. +The time Solomon reigned in Jerusalem over all Israel was forty years. -- 1 kings 11:42 +. +And Solomon slept with his fathers and was buried in the city of David his father. Rehoboam his son reigned in his stead. -- 1 kings 11:43 +. +REHOBOAM WENT to Shechem, for all Israel had come to Shechem to make him king. -- 1 kings 12:1 +. +And when Jeroboam son of Nebat heard of it--for he still dwelt in Egypt, where he had fled from King Solomon--[he] returned from Egypt. -- 1 kings 12:2 +. +And they sent and called him, and Jeroboam and all the assembly of Israel came and said to Rehoboam, -- 1 kings 12:3 +. +Your father made our yoke heavy; now therefore lighten the hard service and the heavy yoke your father put upon us, and we will serve you. -- 1 kings 12:4 +. +He replied, Go away for three days and then return to me. So the people departed. -- 1 kings 12:5 +. +And King Rehoboam consulted with the old men who stood before Solomon his father while he yet lived and said, How do you advise me to answer this people? -- 1 kings 12:6 +. +And they said to him, If you will be a servant to this people today and serve them and answer them with good words, they will be your servants forever. -- 1 kings 12:7 +. +But he forsook the counsel the old men gave him and consulted the young men who grew up with him and stood before him. -- 1 kings 12:8 +. +He said to them, What do you advise that we answer this people who have said, Make the yoke your father put on us lighter? -- 1 kings 12:9 +. +The young men who grew up with him answered, To the people who told you, Your father made our yoke heavy, but you make it lighter for us--say this, My little finger shall be thicker than my father's loins. -- 1 kings 12:10 +. +And now whereas my father loaded you with a heavy yoke, I will add to your yoke. My father chastised you with whips, but I will chastise you with scorpions. -- 1 kings 12:11 +. +So Jeroboam and all the people came to Rehoboam on the third day, as the king had appointed. -- 1 kings 12:12 +. +And the king answered the people roughly and forsook the counsel the old men had given him, -- 1 kings 12:13 +. +And spoke to them after the counsel of the young men, saying, My father made your yoke heavy, but I will add to your yoke; he chastised you with whips, but I will chastise you with scorpions. -- 1 kings 12:14 +. +So the king did not hearken to the people, for the situation was from the Lord, that He might fulfill His word which He spoke by Ahijah the Shilonite to Jeroboam son of Nebat. -- 1 kings 12:15 +. +So when all Israel saw that the king did not heed them, they answered the king, What portion have we in David? We have no inheritance in the son of Jesse. To your tents, O Israel! Look now to your own house, David! So Israel went to their tents. -- 1 kings 12:16 +. +But Rehoboam reigned over the Israelites who dwelt in the cities of Judah. -- 1 kings 12:17 +. +Then King Rehoboam sent Adoram, who was over the tribute [taskmaster over the forced labor], and all Israel stoned him to death with stones. So King Rehoboam hastened to get into his chariot to flee to Jerusalem. -- 1 kings 12:18 +. +So Israel has rebelled against the house of David to this day. -- 1 kings 12:19 +. +When all Israel heard that Jeroboam had returned, they sent and called him to the assembly and made him king over all Israel. None followed the house of David except the tribe of Judah only. -- 1 kings 12:20 +. +And when Rehoboam had come to Jerusalem, he assembled all the house of Judah, with the tribe of Benjamin, 180,chosen warriors, to fight against the house of Israel to bring the kingdom back to Rehoboam son of Solomon. -- 1 kings 12:21 +. +But the word of God came to Shemaiah the man of God, saying, -- 1 kings 12:22 +. +Tell Rehoboam son of Solomon king of Judah and all the house of Judah and Benjamin and the remnant of the people, -- 1 kings 12:23 +. +Thus says the Lord, You shall not go up or fight against your brethren, the Israelites. Return every man to his house, for this thing is from Me. So they hearkened to the Lord's word and returned home, according to the Lord's word. -- 1 kings 12:24 +. +Then Jeroboam built Shechem in the hill country of Ephraim and lived there. He went out from there and built Penuel. -- 1 kings 12:25 +. +Jeroboam said in his heart, Now the kingdom will return to the house of David. -- 1 kings 12:26 +. +If this people goes up to the house of the Lord at Jerusalem to sacrifice, then the heart of this people will turn again to their lord, to Rehoboam king of Judah; and they will kill me and go back to Rehoboam king of Judah. -- 1 kings 12:27 +. +So the king took counsel and made two calves of gold. And he said to the people, It is too much for you to go [all the way] up to Jerusalem. Behold your gods, O Israel, who brought you up out of the land of Egypt. -- 1 kings 12:28 +. +And he set the one golden calf in Bethel, and the other he put in Dan. -- 1 kings 12:29 +. +And this thing became a sin; for the people went to worship each of them even as far as Dan. -- 1 kings 12:30 +. +Jeroboam also made houses on high places and made priests of people who were not Levites. -- 1 kings 12:31 +. +And Jeroboam appointed a feast on the fifteenth day of the eighth month, like the feast kept in Judah, and he offered sacrifices upon the altar. So he did in Bethel, sacrificing to the calves he had made. And he placed in Bethel the priests of the high places he had made. -- 1 kings 12:32 +. +So he offered upon the altar he had made in Bethel on the fifteenth day of the eighth month, a date which he chose individually; and he appointed a feast for the Israelites and he went up to the altar to burn incense [in defiance of God's law.] -- 1 kings 12:33 +. +AND BEHOLD, there came a man of God out of Judah by the word of the Lord to Bethel. Jeroboam stood by the altar to burn incense. -- 1 kings 13:1 +. +The man cried against the altar by the word of the Lord, O altar, altar, thus says the Lord: Behold, a son shall be born to the house of David, Josiah by name; and on you shall he offer the priests of the high places who burn incense on you, and men's bones shall be burned on you. -- 1 kings 13:2 +. +And he gave a sign the same day, saying, This is the sign which the Lord has spoken: Behold, the altar shall be split and the ashes that are upon it shall be poured out. [Fulfilled in II Kings 23:15, 16.] -- 1 kings 13:3 +. +When King Jeroboam heard the words the man of God cried against the altar in Bethel, he thrust out his hand, saying, Lay hold on him! And his hand which he put forth against him dried up, so that he could not draw it to him again. -- 1 kings 13:4 +. +The altar also was split and the ashes poured out from the altar according to the sign which the man of God had given by the word of the Lord. -- 1 kings 13:5 +. +And the king said to the man of God, Entreat now the favor of the Lord your God and pray for me, that my hand may be restored to me. And the man of God entreated the Lord, and the king's hand was restored and became as it was before. -- 1 kings 13:6 +. +And the king said to the man of God, Come home with me and refresh yourself, and I will give you a reward. -- 1 kings 13:7 +. +And the man of God said to the king, If you give me half your house, I will not go in with you, and I will not eat bread or drink water in this place. -- 1 kings 13:8 +. +For I was commanded by the word of the Lord, You shall eat no bread or drink water or return by the way you came. -- 1 kings 13:9 +. +So he went another way and did not return by the way that he came to Bethel. -- 1 kings 13:10 +. +Now there dwelt an old prophet in Bethel; and his sons came and told him all that the man of God had done that day in Bethel; the words which he had spoken to the king they told also to their father. -- 1 kings 13:11 +. +Their father asked them, Which way did he go? For his sons had seen which way the man of God who came from Judah had gone. -- 1 kings 13:12 +. +He said to his sons, Saddle the donkey for me. So they saddled the donkey and he rode on it -- 1 kings 13:13 +. +And went after the man of God. And he 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. -- 1 kings 13:14 +. +Then he said to him, Come home with me and eat bread. -- 1 kings 13:15 +. +He said, I may not return with you or go in with you, neither will I eat bread or drink water with you in this place. -- 1 kings 13:16 +. +For I was told by the word of the Lord, You shall not eat bread or drink water there or return by the way that you came. -- 1 kings 13:17 +. +He answered, I am a prophet also, as you are. And an angel spoke to me by the word of the Lord, saying, Bring him back with you to your house, that he may eat bread and drink water. But he lied to him. -- 1 kings 13:18 +. +So the man from Judah went back with him and ate and drank water in his house. -- 1 kings 13:19 +. +And as they sat at the table, the word of the Lord came to the prophet who brought him back. -- 1 kings 13:20 +. +And he cried to the man of God who came from Judah, Thus says the Lord: Because you have disobeyed the word of the Lord and have not kept the command which the Lord your God commanded you, -- 1 kings 13:21 +. +But have come back and have eaten bread and drunk water in the place of which the Lord said to you, Eat no bread and drink no water--your corpse shall not come to the tomb of your fathers. -- 1 kings 13:22 +. +And after the prophet of the house had eaten bread and drunk, he saddled the donkey for the man he had brought back. -- 1 kings 13:23 +. +And when he had gone, a lion met him by the road and slew him, and his corpse was cast in the way, and the donkey stood by it; the lion also stood by the corpse. -- 1 kings 13:24 +. +And behold, men passed by and saw the corpse thrown in the road, and the lion standing by the corpse, and they came and told it in the city where the old prophet dwelt. -- 1 kings 13:25 +. +When the prophet who brought him back from the way heard of it, he said, It is the man of God who was disobedient to the word of the Lord; therefore the Lord has given him to the lion, which has torn him and slain him, according to the word of the Lord which He spoke to him. -- 1 kings 13:26 +. +And he said to his sons, Saddle the donkey for me. And they saddled it. -- 1 kings 13:27 +. +And he went and found the corpse thrown in the road, and the donkey and the lion stood by the body; the lion had not eaten the corpse or torn the donkey. -- 1 kings 13:28 +. +The prophet took up the corpse of the man of God and laid it upon the donkey and brought it back, and the old prophet came into the city to mourn and to bury him. -- 1 kings 13:29 +. +And he laid the body in his own grave, and they mourned over him, saying, Alas, my brother! -- 1 kings 13:30 +. +After he had buried him, he said to his sons, When I am dead, bury me in the grave in which the man of God is buried; lay my bones beside his bones. -- 1 kings 13:31 +. +For the saying which he cried by the word of the Lord against the altar in Bethel and against all the houses of the high places which are in the cities of Samaria shall surely come to pass. -- 1 kings 13:32 +. +After this thing, Jeroboam turned not from his evil way, but made priests for the high places again from among all the people. Whoever would, he consecrated, that there might be priests for the high places. -- 1 kings 13:33 +. +And this thing became the sin of the dynasty of Jeroboam that caused it to be abolished and destroyed from the face of the earth. -- 1 kings 13:34 +. +THEN ABIJAH [the little] son of Jeroboam became sick. -- 1 kings 14:1 +. +And Jeroboam said to his wife, Arise, I pray you, and disguise yourself, that you may not be recognized as Jeroboam's wife, and go to Shiloh. Behold, Ahijah the prophet is there, who told me that I should be king over this people. -- 1 kings 14:2 +. +Take ten loaves, some cakes, and a bottle of honey, and go to him. He will tell you what shall happen to the child. -- 1 kings 14:3 +. +Jeroboam's wife did so. She arose and went [twenty miles] to Shiloh and came to the house of Ahijah. Ahijah could not see, for his eyes were dim because of his age. -- 1 kings 14:4 +. +And the Lord said to Ahijah, Behold, the wife of Jeroboam is coming to ask you concerning her son, for he is sick. Thus and thus shall you say to her. When she came, she pretended to be another woman. -- 1 kings 14:5 +. +But when Ahijah heard the sound of her feet as she came in at the door, he said, Come in, wife of Jeroboam. Why do you pretend to be another? For I am charged with heavy news for you. -- 1 kings 14:6 +. +Go, tell Jeroboam, Thus says the Lord, the God of Israel: Because I exalted you from among the people and made you leader over My people Israel -- 1 kings 14:7 +. +And rent the kingdom away from the house of David and gave it to you--and yet you have not been as My servant David, who kept My commandments and followed Me with all his heart, to do only what was right in My eyes, -- 1 kings 14:8 +. +But have done evil above all who were before you; for you have made yourself other gods, molten images, to provoke Me to anger and have cast Me behind your back-- -- 1 kings 14:9 +. +Therefore behold, I will bring evil upon the house of Jeroboam and will cut off from [him] every male, both bond and free, in Israel, and will utterly sweep away the house of Jeroboam as a man sweeps away dung, till it is all gone. -- 1 kings 14:10 +. +Anyone belonging to Jeroboam who dies in the city the dogs shall eat, and any who dies in the field the birds of the heavens shall eat. For the Lord has spoken it. -- 1 kings 14:11 +. +Arise therefore [Ano, Jeroboam's wife], get to your own house. When your feet enter the city, the child shall die. -- 1 kings 14:12 +. +And all Israel shall mourn for him and bury him; for he only of Jeroboam's family shall come to the grave, because in him there is found something good and pleasing to the Lord, the God of Israel, in the house of Jeroboam. -- 1 kings 14:13 +. +Moreover, the Lord will raise up for Himself a king over Israel who shall cut off the house of Jeroboam this day. From now on -- 1 kings 14:14 +. +The Lord will smite Israel, as a reed is shaken in the water; and He will root up Israel out of this good land which He gave to their fathers and will scatter them beyond the [Euphrates] River, because they have made their Asherim [idolatrous symbols of the goddess Asherah], provoking the Lord to anger. -- 1 kings 14:15 +. +He will give Israel up because of the sins of Jeroboam which he has sinned and made Israel to sin. -- 1 kings 14:16 +. +So Jeroboam's wife departed and came to Tirzah. When she came to the threshold of the house, the child died. -- 1 kings 14:17 +. +And all Israel buried him and mourned for him, according to the word of the Lord spoken by His servant Ahijah the prophet. -- 1 kings 14:18 +. +The rest of the acts of Jeroboam, how he warred and how he reigned, behold, they are written in the Book of the Chronicles of the Kings of Israel. -- 1 kings 14:19 +. +Jeroboam reigned for twenty-two years, and he slept with his fathers; and Nadab his son reigned in his stead. -- 1 kings 14:20 +. +And Rehoboam son of Solomon reigned in Judah. Rehoboam was forty-one years old when he began to reign, and he reigned seventeen years in Jerusalem, the city the Lord chose out of all the tribes of Israel to put His Name [and the pledge of His presence] there. His mother's name was Naamah the Ammonitess. -- 1 kings 14:21 +. +And Judah did evil in the sight of the Lord, Whom they provoked to jealousy with the sins they committed, above all that their fathers had done. -- 1 kings 14:22 +. +For they also built themselves [idolatrous] high places, pillars, and Asherim [idolatrous symbols of the goddess Asherah] on every high hill and under every green tree. -- 1 kings 14:23 +. +There were also sodomites (male cult prostitutes) in the land. They did all the abominations of the nations whom the Lord cast out before the Israelites. -- 1 kings 14:24 +. +In the fifth year of King Rehoboam, Shishak king of Egypt [Jeroboam's brother-in-law] came up against Jerusalem. -- 1 kings 14:25 +. +He took away the treasures of the house of the Lord and of the king's house; he took away all, including all the shields of gold which Solomon had made. -- 1 kings 14:26 +. +King Rehoboam made in their stead bronze shields and committed them to the hands of the captains of the guard who kept the door of the king's house. -- 1 kings 14:27 +. +And as often as the king went into the house of the Lord, the guards bore them and brought them back into the guardroom. -- 1 kings 14:28 +. +The rest of the acts of Rehoboam, and all that he did, are they not written in the Book of the Chronicles of the Kings of Judah? -- 1 kings 14:29 +. +There was war between Rehoboam and Jeroboam continually. -- 1 kings 14:30 +. +Rehoboam slept with his fathers and was buried with them in the City of David. His mother's name was Naamah the Ammonitess. Abijam (Abijah) his son reigned in his stead. -- 1 kings 14:31 +. +IN THE eighteenth year of King Jeroboam son of Nebat, Abijam began to reign over Judah. -- 1 kings 15:1 +. +He reigned three years in Jerusalem. His mother was Maacah (Micaiah) daughter [granddaughter] of Abishalom (Absalom). -- 1 kings 15:2 +. +He walked in all the sins of his father [Rehoboam] before him; and his heart was not blameless with the Lord his God, as the heart of David his father [forefather]. -- 1 kings 15:3 +. +Nevertheless, for David's sake the Lord his God gave him a lamp in Jerusalem, setting up his son after him and establishing Jerusalem, -- 1 kings 15:4 +. +Because David did what was right in the eyes of the Lord and turned not aside from anything that He commanded him all the days of his life, except in the matter of Uriah the Hittite. -- 1 kings 15:5 +. +There was war between [Abijam's father] Rehoboam and Jeroboam all the days of [Rehoboam's] life. -- 1 kings 15:6 +. +The rest of the acts of Abijam, and all that he did, are they not written in the Book of the Chronicles of the Kings of Judah? And there was war between Abijam and Jeroboam. -- 1 kings 15:7 +. +Abijam slept with his fathers and they buried him in the City of David. Asa his son reigned in his stead. -- 1 kings 15:8 +. +In the twentieth year of Jeroboam king of Israel, Asa began to reign over Judah. -- 1 kings 15:9 +. +Forty-one years he reigned in Jerusalem. His mother was [also named] Maacah (Micaiah) daughter of Abishalom (Absalom). -- 1 kings 15:10 +. +And Asa did right in the eyes of the Lord, as did David his father [forefather]. -- 1 kings 15:11 +. +He put away the sodomites (male cult prostitutes) out of the land and removed all the idols that his fathers [Solomon, Rehoboam, and Abijam] had made or promoted. -- 1 kings 15:12 +. +Also Maacah his mother he removed from being queen mother, because she had an image made for [the goddess] Asherah. Asa destroyed her image, burning it by the brook Kidron. -- 1 kings 15:13 +. +But the high places were not removed. Yet Asa's heart was blameless with the Lord all his days. -- 1 kings 15:14 +. +He brought the things which his father had dedicated and the things which he himself had dedicated into the house of the Lord--silver, gold, and vessels. -- 1 kings 15:15 +. +There was war between Asa and Baasha king of Israel all their days. -- 1 kings 15:16 +. +Baasha king of Israel went up against Judah and built up Ramah, that he might allow no one to go out or come in to Asa king of Judah. -- 1 kings 15:17 +. +Then Asa took all the silver and gold left in the treasuries of the house of the Lord and of the king's house and delivered them into the hands of his servants. And King Asa sent them to Ben-hadad son of Tabrimmon, the son of Hezion, king of Syria, who dwelt at Damascus, saying, -- 1 kings 15:18 +. +Let there be a league between me and you, as was between my father and your father. Behold, I am sending you a present of silver and gold; go, break your league with Baasha king of Israel, that he may withdraw from me. -- 1 kings 15:19 +. +So Ben-hadad hearkened to king Asa and sent the commanders of his armies against the cities of Israel, and smote Ijon, Dan, Abel-beth-maacah, and all Chinneroth, with all the land of Naphtali. -- 1 kings 15:20 +. +When Baasha heard of it, he quit building up Ramah and dwelt in Tirzah. -- 1 kings 15:21 +. +Then King Asa made a proclamation to all Judah--none was exempted. They carried away the stones of Ramah and its timber with which Baasha had been building. And King Asa built up with them Geba of Benjamin, and also Mizpah. -- 1 kings 15:22 +. +The rest of all the acts of Asa, all his might, all that he did, and the cities which he built, are they not written in the Book of the Chronicles of the Kings of Judah? But in the time of his old age he was diseased in his feet. -- 1 kings 15:23 +. +Asa slept with his fathers and was buried with them in the city of David his father. Jehoshaphat his son reigned in his stead. -- 1 kings 15:24 +. +Nadab son of Jeroboam began to reign over Israel in the second year of Asa king of Judah, and reigned two years. -- 1 kings 15:25 +. +He did evil in the sight of the Lord and walked in the way of his father and in his sin, with which he made Israel sin. -- 1 kings 15:26 +. +Baasha son of Ahijah of the house of Issachar conspired against Nadab, and Baasha smote him at Gibbethon, which belonged to the Philistines, for Nadab and all Israel were laying siege to Gibbethon. -- 1 kings 15:27 +. +In the third year of Asa king of Judah Baasha slew Nadab and reigned in his stead. -- 1 kings 15:28 +. +As soon as he was king, Baasha killed all the household of Jeroboam. He left to [it] not one who breathed, until he had destroyed it, according to the word of the Lord which He spoke by His servant Ahijah the Shilonite-- -- 1 kings 15:29 +. +Because of the sins of Jeroboam which he sinned and by which he made Israel to sin, and because of his provocation of the Lord, the God of Israel, to anger. -- 1 kings 15:30 +. +The rest of Nadab's acts, and all that he did, are they not written in the Book of the Chronicles of the Kings of Israel? -- 1 kings 15:31 +. +There was war between Asa and Baasha king of Israel all their days. -- 1 kings 15:32 +. +In the third year of Asa king of Judah, Baasha son of Ahijah began his reign of twenty-four years over all Israel in Tirzah. -- 1 kings 15:33 +. +He did evil in the sight of the Lord and walked in the way of Jeroboam and in his sin, with which he made Israel sin. -- 1 kings 15:34 +. +AND THE word of the Lord came to Jehu son of Hanani against Baasha, saying, -- 1 kings 16:1 +. +Because I exalted you [Baasha] out of the dust and made you leader over My people Israel, and you have walked in the way of Jeroboam and have made My people Israel sin, to provoke Me to anger with their sins, -- 1 kings 16:2 +. +Behold, I will utterly sweep away Baasha and his house, and will make your house like [that] of Jeroboam son of Nebat. -- 1 kings 16:3 +. +Any of Baasha's family who dies in the city the dogs shall eat, and any who dies in the field the birds of the heavens shall eat. -- 1 kings 16:4 +. +Now the rest of the acts of Baasha, what he did and his might, are they not written in the Book of the Chronicles of the Kings of Israel? -- 1 kings 16:5 +. +Baasha slept with his fathers and was buried in Tirzah. Elah his son reigned in his stead. -- 1 kings 16:6 +. +Also the word of the Lord against Baasha and his house came through the prophet Jehu son of Hanani for all the evil that Baasha did in the sight of the Lord in provoking Him to anger with the work of his hands [idols], in being like the house of Jeroboam, and also because he destroyed it [the family of Jeroboam, of his own accord]. -- 1 kings 16:7 +. +In the twenty-sixth year of Asa king of Judah, Elah son of Baasha began his reign of two years over Israel in Tirzah. -- 1 kings 16:8 +. +Elah's servant Zimri, captain of half his chariots, conspired against Elah. He was in Tirzah, drinking himself drunk in the house of Arza, who was over the household in Tirzah. -- 1 kings 16:9 +. +Zimri came in and smote and killed him in the twenty-seventh year of Asa king of Judah, and reigned in his stead. -- 1 kings 16:10 +. +When he began to reign, as soon as he sat on his throne, he killed all the household of Baasha; he left not one male of his kinsmen or his friends. -- 1 kings 16:11 +. +Thus Zimri destroyed all the house of Baasha, according to the word of the Lord which He spoke against Baasha through Jehu the prophet, -- 1 kings 16:12 +. +For all the sins of Baasha and of Elah his son by which they sinned and made Israel sin, in provoking the Lord, the God of Israel, to anger with their idols. -- 1 kings 16:13 +. +The rest of the acts of Elah, and all he did, are they not written in the Book of the Chronicles of the Kings of Israel? -- 1 kings 16:14 +. +In the twenty-seventh year of Asa king of Judah, Zimri reigned for seven days in Tirzah. The troops were encamped against Gibbethon, which belonged to the Philistines, -- 1 kings 16:15 +. +And they heard the rumor, Zimri has conspired and slain the king! So all Israel made Omri, the commander of the army, king over Israel that day in the camp. -- 1 kings 16:16 +. +So Omri went up from Gibbethon, and all Israel with him, and they besieged Tirzah. -- 1 kings 16:17 +. +And when Zimri saw that the city was taken, he went into the stronghold of the king's house and burned the king's house over him with fire and died, -- 1 kings 16:18 +. +Because of his sins committed in doing evil in the sight of the Lord, in walking in the way of Jeroboam, and his sin in causing Israel to sin. -- 1 kings 16:19 +. +The rest of the acts of Zimri, and his deeds of treason, are they not written in the Book of the Chronicles of the Kings of Israel? -- 1 kings 16:20 +. +Then the people of Israel were divided into two factions. Half of the people followed Tibni son of Ginath, to make him king, and half followed Omri. -- 1 kings 16:21 +. +But the people who followed Omri prevailed against those who followed Tibni son of Ginath. So Tibni died and Omri reigned. -- 1 kings 16:22 +. +In the thirty-first year of Asa king of Judah, Omri began his reign of twelve years over Israel. He reigned six years in Tirzah. -- 1 kings 16:23 +. +Omri bought the hill Samaria from Shemer for two talents of silver. He built a city on the hill and fortified it, and called it Samaria (Shomeron), after the owner of the hill, Shemer. -- 1 kings 16:24 +. +But Omri did evil in the eyes of the Lord, even worse than all who were before him. -- 1 kings 16:25 +. +He walked in all the ways of Jeroboam son of Nebat and in his sin, by which he made Israel sin, to provoke the Lord, the God of Israel, to anger with their idols. -- 1 kings 16:26 +. +The rest of the acts of Omri, and his might that he showed, are they not written in the Book of the Chronicles of the Kings of Israel? -- 1 kings 16:27 +. +So Omri slept with his fathers and was buried in Samaria. Ahab his son reigned in his stead. -- 1 kings 16:28 +. +In the thirty-eighth year of Asa king of Judah, Ahab son of Omri began his reign of twenty-two years over Israel in Samaria. -- 1 kings 16:29 +. +And Ahab son of Omri did evil in the sight of the Lord above all before him. -- 1 kings 16:30 +. +As if it had been a light thing for Ahab to walk in the sins of Jeroboam son of Nebat, he took for a wife Jezebel daughter of Ethbaal king of the Sidonians, and served Baal and worshiped him. -- 1 kings 16:31 +. +He erected an altar for Baal in the house of Baal which he built in Samaria. -- 1 kings 16:32 +. +And Ahab made an Asherah [idolatrous symbol of the goddess Asherah]. Ahab did more to provoke the Lord, the God of Israel, to anger than all the kings of Israel before him. -- 1 kings 16:33 +. +In his days, Hiel the Bethelite built Jericho. He laid its foundations at the cost of the life of Abiram his firstborn, and set up its gates with the loss of his youngest son Segub, according to the word of the Lord which He spoke through Joshua son of Nun. -- 1 kings 16:34 +. +ELIJAH THE Tishbite, of the temporary residents of Gilead, said to Ahab, As the Lord, the God of Israel, lives, before Whom I stand, there shall not be dew or rain these years but according to My word. -- 1 kings 17:1 +. +And the word of the Lord came to him, saying, -- 1 kings 17:2 +. +Go from here and turn east and hide yourself by the brook Cherith, east of the Jordan. -- 1 kings 17:3 +. +You shall drink of the brook, and I have commanded the ravens to feed you there. -- 1 kings 17:4 +. +So he did according to the word of the Lord; he went and dwelt by the brook Cherith, east of the Jordan. -- 1 kings 17:5 +. +And the ravens brought him bread and flesh in the morning and bread and flesh in the evening, and he drank of the brook. -- 1 kings 17:6 +. +After a while the brook dried up because there was no rain in the land. -- 1 kings 17:7 +. +And the word of the Lord came to him: -- 1 kings 17:8 +. +Arise, go to Zarephath, which belongs to Sidon, and dwell there. Behold, I have commanded a widow there to provide for you. -- 1 kings 17:9 +. +So he arose and went to Zarephath. When he came to the gate of the city, behold, a widow was there gathering sticks. He called to her, Bring me a little water in a vessel, that I may drink. -- 1 kings 17:10 +. +As she was going to get it, he called to her and said, Bring me a morsel of bread in your hand. -- 1 kings 17:11 +. +And she said, As the Lord your God lives, I have not a loaf baked but only a handful of meal in the jar and a little oil in the bottle. See, I am gathering two sticks, that I may go in and bake it for me and my son, that we may eat it--and die. -- 1 kings 17:12 +. +Elijah said to her, Fear not; go and do as you have said. But make me a little cake of [it] first and bring it to me, and afterward prepare some for yourself and your son. -- 1 kings 17:13 +. +For thus says the Lord, the God of Israel: The jar of meal shall not waste away or the bottle of oil fail until the day that the Lord sends rain on the earth. -- 1 kings 17:14 +. +She did as Elijah said. And she and he and her household ate for many days. -- 1 kings 17:15 +. +The jar of meal was not spent nor did the bottle of oil fail, according to the word which the Lord spoke through Elijah. -- 1 kings 17:16 +. +After these things, the son of the woman, the mistress of the house, became sick; and his sickness was so severe that there was no breath left in him. -- 1 kings 17:17 +. +And she said to Elijah, What have you against me, O man of God? Have you come to me to call my sin to remembrance and to slay my son? -- 1 kings 17:18 +. +He said to her, Give me your son. And he took him from her bosom and carried him up into the chamber where he stayed and laid him upon his own bed. -- 1 kings 17:19 +. +And Elijah cried to the Lord and said, O Lord my God, have You brought further calamity upon the widow with whom I sojourn, by slaying her son? -- 1 kings 17:20 +. +And he stretched himself upon the child three times and cried to the Lord and said, O Lord my God, I pray You, let this child's soul come back into him. -- 1 kings 17:21 +. +And the Lord heard the voice of Elijah, and the soul of the child came into him again, and he revived. -- 1 kings 17:22 +. +And Elijah took the child, and brought him down out of the chamber into the [lower part of the] house and gave him to his mother; and Elijah said, See, your son is alive! -- 1 kings 17:23 +. +And the woman said to Elijah, By this I know that you are a man of God and that the word of the Lord in your mouth is truth. -- 1 kings 17:24 +. +AFTER MANY days, the word of the Lord came to Elijah in the third year, saying, Go, show yourself to Ahab, and I will send rain upon the earth. -- 1 kings 18:1 +. +So Elijah went to show himself to Ahab. Now the famine was severe in Samaria. -- 1 kings 18:2 +. +And Ahab called Obadiah, who was the governor of his house. (Now Obadiah feared the Lord greatly; -- 1 kings 18:3 +. +For when Jezebel cut off the prophets of the Lord, Obadiah took a hundred prophets and hid them by fifties in a cave and fed them with bread and water.) -- 1 kings 18:4 +. +And Ahab said to Obadiah, Go into the land to all the fountains of water and to all the brooks; perhaps we may find grass to keep the horses and mules alive, that we lose none of the beasts. -- 1 kings 18:5 +. +So they divided the land between them to pass through it. Ahab went one way and Obadiah went another way, each by himself. -- 1 kings 18:6 +. +As Obadiah was on the way, behold, Elijah met him. He recognized him and fell on his face and said, Are you my lord Elijah? -- 1 kings 18:7 +. +He answered him, It is I. Go tell your lord, Behold, Elijah is here. -- 1 kings 18:8 +. +And he said, What sin have I committed, that you would deliver your servant into the hands of Ahab to be slain? -- 1 kings 18:9 +. +As the Lord your God lives, there is no nation or kingdom where my lord has not sent to seek you. And when they said, He is not here, he took an oath from the kingdom or nation that they had not found you. -- 1 kings 18:10 +. +And now you say, Go tell your lord, Behold, Elijah is here. -- 1 kings 18:11 +. +And as soon as I have gone out from you, the Spirit of the Lord will carry you I know not where; so when I come and tell Ahab and he cannot find you, he will kill me. But I your servant have feared and revered the Lord from my youth. -- 1 kings 18:12 +. +Was it not told my lord what I did when Jezebel slew the prophets of the Lord, how I hid a hundred men of the Lord's prophets by fifties in a cave and fed them with bread and water? -- 1 kings 18:13 +. +And now you say, Go tell your lord, Behold, Elijah is here; and he will kill me. -- 1 kings 18:14 +. +Elijah said, As the Lord of hosts lives, before Whom I stand, I will surely show myself to Ahab today. -- 1 kings 18:15 +. +So Obadiah went to meet Ahab and told him, and Ahab went to meet Elijah. -- 1 kings 18:16 +. +When Ahab saw Elijah, Ahab said to him, Are you he who troubles Israel? -- 1 kings 18:17 +. +Elijah replied, I have not troubled Israel, but you have, and your father's house, by forsaking the commandments of the Lord and by following the Baals. -- 1 kings 18:18 +. +Therefore send and gather to me all Israel at Mount Carmel, and the prophets of Baal and the 400 prophets of [the goddess] Asherah, who eat at [Queen] Jezebel's table. -- 1 kings 18:19 +. +So Ahab sent to all the Israelites and assembled the prophets at Mount Carmel. -- 1 kings 18:20 +. +Elijah came near to all the people and said, How long will you halt and limp between two opinions? If the Lord is God, follow Him! But if Baal, then follow him. And the people did not answer him a word. -- 1 kings 18:21 +. +Then Elijah said to the people, I, I only, remain a prophet of the Lord, but Baal's prophets are men. -- 1 kings 18:22 +. +Let two bulls be given us; let them choose one bull for themselves and cut it in pieces and lay it on the wood but put no fire to it. I will dress the other bull, lay it on the wood, and put no fire to it. -- 1 kings 18:23 +. +Then you call on the name of your god, and I will call on the name of the Lord; and the One Who answers by fire, let Him be God. And all the people answered, It is well spoken. -- 1 kings 18:24 +. +Elijah said to the prophets of Baal, Choose one bull for yourselves and dress it first, for you are many; and call on the name of your god, but put no fire under it. -- 1 kings 18:25 +. +So they took the bull given them, dressed it, and called on the name of Baal from morning until noon, saying, O Baal, hear and answer us! But there was no voice; no one answered. And they leaped upon or limped about the altar they had made. -- 1 kings 18:26 +. +At noon Elijah mocked them, saying, Cry aloud, for he is a god; either he is musing, or he has gone aside, or he is on a journey, or perhaps he is asleep and must be awakened. -- 1 kings 18:27 +. +And they cried aloud and cut themselves after their custom with knives and lances until the blood gushed out upon them. -- 1 kings 18:28 +. +Midday passed, and they played the part of prophets until the time for offering the evening sacrifice, but there was no voice, no answer, no one who paid attention. -- 1 kings 18:29 +. +Then Elijah said to all the people, Come near to me. And all the people came near him. And he repaired the [old] altar of the Lord that had been broken down [by Jezebel]. -- 1 kings 18:30 +. +Then Elijah took twelve stones, according to the number of the tribes of the sons of Jacob, to whom the word of the Lord came, saying, Israel shall be your name. -- 1 kings 18:31 +. +And with the stones Elijah built an altar in the name [and self-revelation] of the Lord. He made a trench about the altar as great as would contain two measures of seed. -- 1 kings 18:32 +. +He put the wood in order and cut the bull in pieces and laid it on the wood and said, Fill four jars with water and pour it on the burnt offering and the wood. -- 1 kings 18:33 +. +And he said, Do it the second time. And they did it the second time. And he said, Do it the third time. And they did it the third time. -- 1 kings 18:34 +. +The water ran round about the altar, and he filled the trench also with water. -- 1 kings 18:35 +. +At the time of the offering of the evening sacrifice, Elijah the prophet came near and said, O Lord, the God of Abraham, Isaac, and Israel, let it be known this day that You are God in Israel and that I am Your servant and that I have done all these things at Your word. -- 1 kings 18:36 +. +Hear me, O Lord, hear me, that this people may know that You, the Lord, are God, and have turned their hearts back [to You]. -- 1 kings 18:37 +. +Then the fire of the Lord fell and consumed the burnt sacrifice and the wood and the stones and the dust, and also licked up the water that was in the trench. -- 1 kings 18:38 +. +When all the people saw it, they fell on their faces and they said, The Lord, He is God! The Lord, He is God! -- 1 kings 18:39 +. +And Elijah said, Seize the prophets of Baal; let not one escape. They seized them, and Elijah brought them down to the brook Kishon, and [as God's law required] slew them there. -- 1 kings 18:40 +. +And Elijah said to Ahab, Go up, eat and drink, for there is the sound of abundance of rain. -- 1 kings 18:41 +. +So Ahab went up to eat and to drink. And Elijah went up to the top of Carmel; and he bowed himself down upon the earth and put his face between his knees -- 1 kings 18:42 +. +And said to his servant, Go up now, look toward the sea. And he went up and looked and said, There is nothing. Elijah said, Go again seven times. -- 1 kings 18:43 +. +And at the seventh time the servant said, A cloud as small as a man's hand is arising out of the sea. And Elijah said, Go up, say to Ahab, Hitch your chariot and go down, lest the rain stop you. -- 1 kings 18:44 +. +In a little while, the heavens were black with wind-swept clouds, and there was a great rain. And Ahab went to Jezreel. -- 1 kings 18:45 +. +The hand of the Lord was on Elijah. He girded up his loins and ran before Ahab to the entrance of Jezreel [nearly twenty miles]. -- 1 kings 18:46 +. +AHAB TOLD Jezebel all that Elijah had done and how he had slain all the prophets [of Baal] with the sword. -- 1 kings 19:1 +. +Then Jezebel sent a messenger to Elijah, saying, So let the gods do to me, and more also, if I make not your life as the life of one of them by this time tomorrow. -- 1 kings 19:2 +. +Then he was afraid and arose and went for his life and came to Beersheba of Judah [over eighty miles, and out of Jezebel's realm] and left his servant there. -- 1 kings 19:3 +. +But he himself went a day's journey into the wilderness and came and sat down under a lone broom or juniper tree and asked that he might die. He said, It is enough; now, O Lord, take away my life; for I am no better than my fathers. -- 1 kings 19:4 +. +As he lay asleep under the broom or juniper tree, behold, an angel touched him and said to him, Arise and eat. -- 1 kings 19:5 +. +He looked, and behold, there was a cake baked on the coals, and a bottle of water at his head. And he ate and drank and lay down again. -- 1 kings 19:6 +. +The angel of the Lord came the second time and touched him and said, Arise and eat, for the journey is too great for you. -- 1 kings 19:7 +. +So he arose and ate and drank, and went in the strength of that food forty days and nights to Horeb, the mount of God. -- 1 kings 19:8 +. +There he came to a cave and lodged in it; and behold, the word of the Lord came to him, and He said to him, What are you doing here, Elijah? -- 1 kings 19:9 +. +He replied, I have been very jealous for the Lord God of hosts; for the Israelites have forsaken Your covenant, thrown down Your altars, and killed Your prophets with the sword. And I, I only, am left; and they seek my life, to take it away. -- 1 kings 19:10 +. +And He said, Go out and stand on the mount before the Lord. And behold, the Lord passed by, and a great and strong wind rent the mountains and broke in pieces the rocks before the Lord, but the Lord was not in the wind; and after the wind an earthquake, but the Lord was not in the earthquake; -- 1 kings 19:11 +. +And after the earthquake a fire, but the Lord was not in the fire; and after the fire [a sound of gentle stillness and] a still, small voice. -- 1 kings 19:12 +. +When Elijah heard the voice, he wrapped his face in his mantle and went out and stood in the entrance of the cave. And behold, there came a voice to him and said, What are you doing here, Elijah? -- 1 kings 19:13 +. +He said, I have been very jealous for the Lord God of hosts, because the Israelites have forsaken Your covenant, thrown down Your altars, and slain Your prophets with the sword. And I, I only, am left, and they seek my life, to destroy it. -- 1 kings 19:14 +. +And the Lord said to him, Go, return on your way to the Wilderness of Damascus; and when you arrive, anoint Hazael to be king over Syria. -- 1 kings 19:15 +. +And anoint Jehu son of Nimshi to be king over Israel, and anoint Elisha son of Shaphat of Abel-meholah to be prophet in your place. -- 1 kings 19:16 +. +And him who escapes from the sword of Hazael Jehu shall slay, and him who escapes the sword of Jehu Elisha shall slay. -- 1 kings 19:17 +. +Yet I will leave Myself 7,in Israel, all the knees that have not bowed to Baal and every mouth that has not kissed him. -- 1 kings 19:18 +. +So Elijah left there and found Elisha son of Shaphat, whose plowing was being done with twelve yoke of oxen, and he drove the twelfth. Elijah crossed over to him and cast his mantle upon him. -- 1 kings 19:19 +. +He left the oxen and ran after Elijah and said, Let me kiss my father and mother, and then I will follow you. And he [testing Elisha] said, Go on back. What have I done to you? [Settle it for yourself.] -- 1 kings 19:20 +. +So Elisha went back from him. Then he took a yoke of oxen, slew them, boiled their flesh with the oxen's yoke [as fuel], and gave to the people, and they ate. Then he arose, followed Elijah, and served him. -- 1 kings 19:21 +. +BEN-HADAD KING of Syria gathered all his army together; thirty-two kings were with him, and horses and chariots. And he went up and besieged Samaria, warring against it. -- 1 kings 20:1 +. +He sent messengers into Samaria to Ahab king of Israel and said to him, Thus says Ben-hadad: -- 1 kings 20:2 +. +Your silver and your gold are mine; your wives and your children, even the fairest, also are mine. -- 1 kings 20:3 +. +And the king of Israel answered and said, My lord, O king, according to what you say, I am yours, and all that I have. -- 1 kings 20:4 +. +The messengers came again and said, Thus says Ben-hadad: Although I have sent to you, saying, You shall deliver to me your silver, your gold, your wives, and your children-- -- 1 kings 20:5 +. +Yet I will send my servants to you tomorrow about this time, and they shall search your house and the houses of your servants; and all the desire of your eyes they shall lay hands upon and take it away. -- 1 kings 20:6 +. +Then the king of Israel called all the elders of the land and said, Notice now and see how this man is seeking our destruction. He sent to me for my wives, my children, my silver, and my gold, and I did not refuse him. -- 1 kings 20:7 +. +And all the elders and all the people said to him, Do not heed him or consent. -- 1 kings 20:8 +. +So he said to Ben-hadad's messengers, Tell my lord the king, All you first sent for to your servant I will do, but this thing I cannot do. And the messengers left; then they brought him word again. -- 1 kings 20:9 +. +Ben-hadad sent to him and said, May the gods do so to me, and more also, if the rubbish of Samaria shall be enough for each one of all the people who are at my feet and follow me to get a handful. -- 1 kings 20:10 +. +The king of Israel answered, Tell him: Let not him who girds on his harness boast as he who puts it off. -- 1 kings 20:11 +. +When Ben-hadad heard this message as he and the kings were drinking in the booths, he said to his servants, Set the army in array. And they set themselves in array against [Samaria]. -- 1 kings 20:12 +. +Then a prophet came to Ahab king of Israel and said, Thus says the Lord: Have you seen all this great multitude? Behold, I will deliver it into your hand today, and you shall know and realize that I am the Lord. -- 1 kings 20:13 +. +Ahab said, By whom? And he said, Thus says the Lord: By the young men [the attendants or bodyguards] of the governors of the districts. Then Ahab said, Who shall order the battle? And he answered, You. -- 1 kings 20:14 +. +Ahab numbered the attendants of the governors of the districts, and they were 232. After them he numbered all the people of [the army of] Israel, 7,000. -- 1 kings 20:15 +. +And they went out at noon. But Ben-hadad was drinking himself drunk in the booths, he and the thirty-two kings who helped him. -- 1 kings 20:16 +. +The servants of the governors of the districts went out first; and Ben-hadad sent out, and they told him, saying, There are men come out of Samaria. -- 1 kings 20:17 +. +And he said, Whether they have come out for peace or for war, take them alive. -- 1 kings 20:18 +. +So these [strong young guards] of the governors of the districts went out of [Samaria], and the army followed them. -- 1 kings 20:19 +. +And each one killed his man; the Syrians fled, and Israel pursued them. Ben-hadad king of Syria escaped on a horse with the horsemen. -- 1 kings 20:20 +. +The king of Israel went out and smote [the riders of] the horses and chariots and slew the Syrians with a great slaughter. -- 1 kings 20:21 +. +The prophet came to the king of Israel and said to him, Go, fortify yourself and become strong and give attention to what you must do, for at the first of next year the king of Syria will return against you. -- 1 kings 20:22 +. +And the servants of the king of Syria said to him, Israel's gods are gods of the hills; therefore they were stronger than we. But let us fight against them in the plain, and surely we shall be stronger than they. -- 1 kings 20:23 +. +And do this thing: Remove the kings, each from his place, and put governors in their stead. -- 1 kings 20:24 +. +And muster yourself an army like the army you have lost, horse for horse and chariot for chariot. And we will fight against them in the plain, and surely we shall be stronger than they. And he heeded their speech and did so. -- 1 kings 20:25 +. +And at the return of the year, Ben-hadad mustered the Syrians and went up to Aphek to fight against Israel. -- 1 kings 20:26 +. +The Israelites were counted and, all present, went against them. The Israelites encamped before the enemy like two little flocks of lost kids [absolutely everything against them but Almighty God], but the Syrians filled the country. -- 1 kings 20:27 +. +A man of God came and said to the king of Israel, Thus says the Lord: Because the Syrians have said, The Lord is God of the hills but He is not God of the valleys, therefore I will deliver all this great multitude into your hands, and you shall know and recognize by experience that I am the Lord. -- 1 kings 20:28 +. +They encamped opposite each other seven days. Then the battle was joined; and the Israelites slew of the Syrians 100,foot soldiers in one day. -- 1 kings 20:29 +. +But the rest fled to the city of Aphek, and the wall fell upon 27,men who were left. Ben-hadad fled into the city and from chamber to chamber. -- 1 kings 20:30 +. +His servants said to him, We have heard that the kings of the house of Israel are merciful kings. Let us put sackcloth on our loins and ropes about our necks, and go out to the king of Israel; perhaps he will spare your life. -- 1 kings 20:31 +. +So they girded sackcloth on their loins and put ropes on their necks, and came to the king of Israel and said, Your servant Ben-hadad says, I pray you, let me live. And King [Ahab] said, Is he yet alive? He is my brother. -- 1 kings 20:32 +. +Now the men took it as an omen and they hastily took it up and said, Yes, your brother Ben-hadad. Then the king said, Go, bring him. Then Ben-hadad came forth to him, and the victorious king caused him to come up into the chariot. -- 1 kings 20:33 +. +Ben-hadad [tempting him] said, The cities which my father took from your father I will restore; and you may maintain bazaars of your own in Damascus, as my father did in Samaria. Then, said Ahab, I will send you away on these terms. So he made a covenant with him and sent him away. -- 1 kings 20:34 +. +And a certain man of the sons of the prophets said to his neighbor, At the command of the Lord, strike me, I pray you. And the man refused to strike him. -- 1 kings 20:35 +. +Then said he to him, Because you have not obeyed the voice of the Lord, behold, as soon as you have left me a lion will slay you. And as soon as he departed from him, a lion found him and killed him. -- 1 kings 20:36 +. +Then [the prophet] found another man and said, Strike me, I pray you. And the man struck him, so that in striking, he wounded him. -- 1 kings 20:37 +. +So the prophet departed and waited for King Ahab by the way, and disguised himself with ashes upon his face. -- 1 kings 20:38 +. +And as the king passed by, the [prophet] cried out to him, Your servant went out into the midst of the battle, and behold, a man turned aside and brought a man to me and said, Keep this man. If for any reason he is missing, then your life shall be required for his life, or else you shall pay a talent of silver. -- 1 kings 20:39 +. +But while your servant was busy here and there, he was gone. And the king of Israel said to him, Such is your own verdict; you yourself have decided it. -- 1 kings 20:40 +. +The man hastily removed the ashes from his face, and Ahab king of Israel recognized him as one of the prophets. -- 1 kings 20:41 +. +And he said to the king, Thus says the Lord: Because you have let go out of your hand the man I had devoted to destruction, therefore your life shall go for his life, and your people for his people. -- 1 kings 20:42 +. +And King [Ahab] of Israel went to his house resentful and sullen, and came to Samaria. -- 1 kings 20:43 +. +NOW NABOTH the Jezreelite had a vineyard in Jezreel, close beside the palace of Ahab king of Samaria; and after these things, -- 1 kings 21:1 +. +Ahab said to Naboth, Give me your vineyard, that I may have it for a garden of herbs, because it is near my house. I will give you a better vineyard for it or, if you prefer, I will give you its worth in money. -- 1 kings 21:2 +. +Naboth said to Ahab, The Lord forbid that I should give the inheritance of my fathers to you. -- 1 kings 21:3 +. +And Ahab [already depressed by the Lord's message to him] came into his house [more] resentful and sullen because of what Naboth the Jezreelite had said to him; for he had said, I will not give you the inheritance of my fathers. And he lay down on his bed, turned away his face, and would eat no food. -- 1 kings 21:4 +. +But Jezebel his wife came and said to him, Why is your spirit so troubled that you eat no food? -- 1 kings 21:5 +. +And he said to her, Because I spoke to Naboth the Jezreelite and said to him, Give me your vineyard for money; or if you prefer, I will give you another vineyard for it. And he answered, I will not give you my vineyard. -- 1 kings 21:6 +. +Jezebel his wife said to him, Do you not govern Israel? Arise, eat food, and let your heart be happy. I will give you the vineyard of Naboth the Jezreelite. -- 1 kings 21:7 +. +So she wrote letters in Ahab's name and sealed them with his seal and sent them to the elders and nobles who dwelt with Naboth in his city. -- 1 kings 21:8 +. +And in the letters she said, Proclaim a fast and set Naboth up high among the people. -- 1 kings 21:9 +. +And set two men, base fellows, before him, and let them bear witness against him, saying, You cursed and renounced God and the king. Then carry him out and stone him to death. -- 1 kings 21:10 +. +And the men of his city, the elders and the nobles who dwelt there, did as Jezebel had directed in the letters sent them. -- 1 kings 21:11 +. +They proclaimed a fast and set Naboth on high among the people. -- 1 kings 21:12 +. +Two base fellows came in and sat opposite him and they charged Naboth before the people, saying, Naboth cursed and renounced God and the king. Then he was carried out of the city and stoned to death. -- 1 kings 21:13 +. +Then they sent to Jezebel, saying, Naboth has been stoned and is dead. -- 1 kings 21:14 +. +Then Jezebel said to Ahab, Arise, take possession of the vineyard of Naboth the Jezreelite which he refused to sell you, for Naboth is not alive, but dead. -- 1 kings 21:15 +. +When Ahab heard that, he arose to go down to the vineyard of Naboth the Jezreelite to take possession of it. -- 1 kings 21:16 +. +Then the word of the Lord came to Elijah the Tishbite, saying, -- 1 kings 21:17 +. +Arise, go down to meet Ahab king of Israel in Samaria. He is in the vineyard of Naboth, where he has gone to possess it. -- 1 kings 21:18 +. +Say to him, Thus says the Lord: Have you killed and also taken possession? Thus says the Lord: In the place where dogs licked the blood of Naboth shall dogs lick your blood, even yours. -- 1 kings 21:19 +. +And Ahab said to Elijah, Have you found me, O my enemy? And he answered, I have found you, because you have sold yourself to do evil in the sight of the Lord. -- 1 kings 21:20 +. +See [says the Lord], I will bring evil on you and utterly sweep away and cut off from Ahab every male, bond and free, -- 1 kings 21:21 +. +And will make your household like that of Jeroboam son of Nebat and like the household of Baasha son of Ahijah, for the provocation with which you have provoked Me to anger and made Israel to sin. -- 1 kings 21:22 +. +Also the Lord said of Jezebel: The dogs shall eat Jezebel by the wall of Jezreel. -- 1 kings 21:23 +. +Any belonging to Ahab who dies in the city the dogs shall eat, and any who dies in the field the birds of the air shall eat. -- 1 kings 21:24 +. +For there was no one who sold himself to do evil in the sight of the Lord as did Ahab, incited by his wife Jezebel. -- 1 kings 21:25 +. +He did very abominably in going after idols, as had the Amorites, whom the Lord cast out before the Israelites. -- 1 kings 21:26 +. +When Ahab heard those words of Elijah, he tore his clothes, put sackcloth on his flesh, fasted, lay in sackcloth, and went quietly. -- 1 kings 21:27 +. +And the word of the Lord came to Elijah the Tishbite, saying, -- 1 kings 21:28 +. +Do you see how Ahab humbles himself before Me? Because he humbles himself before Me, I will not bring the evil in his lifetime, but in his son's day I will bring the evil upon his house. -- 1 kings 21:29 +. +SYRIA AND Israel continued without war for three years. -- 1 kings 22:1 +. +In the third year Jehoshaphat king of Judah came down to the king of Israel. -- 1 kings 22:2 +. +And [Ahab] king of Israel said to his servants, Do you know that Ramoth in Gilead is ours, and we keep silence and do not take it from the king of Syria? -- 1 kings 22:3 +. +And [Ahab] said to Jehoshaphat, Will you go with me to Ramoth-gilead to battle? Jehoshaphat said to the king of Israel, I am as you are, my people as your people, my horses as your horses. -- 1 kings 22:4 +. +But Jehoshaphat said to the king of Israel, Inquire first, I pray you, for the word of the Lord today. -- 1 kings 22:5 +. +Then [Ahab] king of Israel gathered the prophets together, about men, and said to them, Shall I go against Ramoth-gilead to battle, or shall I hold back? And they said, Go up, for the Lord will deliver it into the hand of the king. -- 1 kings 22:6 +. +Jehoshaphat said, Is there not another prophet of the Lord here whom we may ask? -- 1 kings 22:7 +. +[Ahab] king of Israel said to Jehoshaphat, There is yet one man, Micaiah son of Imlah, by whom we may inquire of the Lord, but I hate him, for he never prophesies good for me, but evil. Jehoshaphat said, Let not the king say that. -- 1 kings 22:8 +. +Then [Ahab] king of Israel told an officer, Bring quickly Micaiah son of Imlah. -- 1 kings 22:9 +. +Now the king of Israel and Jehoshaphat king of Judah were sitting in [royal] robes [or armor], each on his throne in an open place [on a threshing floor] at the entrance of the gate of Samaria; and all the prophets prophesied before them. -- 1 kings 22:10 +. +And Zedekiah son of Chenaanah made him horns of iron and said, Thus says the Lord: With these you shall push the Syrians until they are destroyed. -- 1 kings 22:11 +. +And all the prophets agreed, saying, Go up to Ramoth-gilead and prosper, for the Lord will deliver it into the king's hand. -- 1 kings 22:12 +. +The messenger who went to call Micaiah said to him, Behold now, the prophets unanimously declare good to the king. Let your answer, I pray you, be like theirs, and say what is good. -- 1 kings 22:13 +. +But Micaiah said, As the Lord lives, I will speak what the Lord says to me. -- 1 kings 22:14 +. +So he came to the king. King [Ahab] said, Micaiah, shall we go against Ramoth-gilead to battle, or shall we hold back? And he answered, Go and prosper, for the Lord will deliver it into the king's hand. -- 1 kings 22:15 +. +And the king said to him, How many times must I charge you to tell me nothing but the truth in the name of the Lord? -- 1 kings 22:16 +. +And he said, I saw all Israel scattered upon the hills as sheep that have no shepherd, and the Lord said, These have no master. Let them return every man to his house in peace. -- 1 kings 22:17 +. +Then the king of Israel said to Jehoshaphat, Did I not tell you that he would prophesy no good concerning me, but evil? -- 1 kings 22:18 +. +And Micaiah said, Hear the word of the Lord: I saw the Lord sitting on His throne, and all the host of heaven standing by Him on His right hand and on His left. -- 1 kings 22:19 +. +And the Lord said, Who will entice Ahab to go up and fall at Ramoth-gilead? One said this way, another said that way. -- 1 kings 22:20 +. +Then there came forth a spirit [of whom I am about to tell] and stood before the Lord and said, I will entice him. -- 1 kings 22:21 +. +The Lord said to him, By what means? And he said, I will go forth and be a lying spirit in the mouths of all his prophets. [The Lord] said, You shall entice him and succeed also. Go forth and do it. -- 1 kings 22:22 +. +So the Lord has put a lying spirit in the mouths of all these prophets; and the Lord has spoken evil concerning you. -- 1 kings 22:23 +. +But Zedekiah son of Chenaanah went near and struck Micaiah on the cheek and said, Which way went the Spirit of the Lord from me to speak to you? -- 1 kings 22:24 +. +Micaiah said, Behold, you shall see on that day when you go into an inner chamber to hide yourself. -- 1 kings 22:25 +. +[Ahab] king of Israel said, Take Micaiah, carry him back to Amon the governor of the city and to Joash the king's son, -- 1 kings 22:26 +. +And say, The king says, Put this fellow in prison and feed him with bread and water of affliction until I come in peace. -- 1 kings 22:27 +. +Micaiah said, If you return at all in peace, the Lord has not spoken by me. He [added], Hear, O people, every one of you! -- 1 kings 22:28 +. +So [Ahab] king of Israel and Jehoshaphat the king of Judah went up to Ramoth-gilead. -- 1 kings 22:29 +. +And the king of Israel said to Jehoshaphat, I will disguise myself and enter the battle, but you put on your [royal] clothing. And the king of Israel disguised himself and went into the battle. -- 1 kings 22:30 +. +But the king of Syria had commanded the thirty-two captains of his chariots, Fight neither with small nor great, but only with [Ahab] king of Israel. -- 1 kings 22:31 +. +And when the captains of the chariots saw Jehoshaphat, they said, Surely it is the king of Israel. They turned to fight against him, but Jehoshaphat cried out. -- 1 kings 22:32 +. +And when the captains of the chariots saw that it was not the king of Israel, they turned back from pursuing him. -- 1 kings 22:33 +. +But a certain man drew a bow at a venture and smote [Ahab] the king of Israel between the joints of the armor. So he said to the driver of his chariot, Turn around and carry me out of the army, for I am wounded. -- 1 kings 22:34 +. +The battle increased that day, and [Ahab] the king was propped up in his chariot facing the Syrians, and at nightfall he died. And the blood of his wound flowed onto the floor of the chariot. -- 1 kings 22:35 +. +And there went a cry throughout the army about sundown, saying, Every man to his city and his own country, -- 1 kings 22:36 +. +For the king is dead! And [Ahab] was brought to Samaria, where they buried him. -- 1 kings 22:37 +. +And they washed [his] chariot by the pool of Samaria, where the harlots bathed, and the dogs licked up his blood, as the Lord had predicted. -- 1 kings 22:38 +. +The rest of Ahab's acts, all he did, the ivory palace and all the cities he built, are they not written in the Book of the Chronicles of the Kings of Israel? -- 1 kings 22:39 +. +So Ahab slept with his fathers. Ahaziah his son reigned in his stead. -- 1 kings 22:40 +. +Jehoshaphat son of Asa began to reign over Judah in the fourth year of Ahab king of Israel. -- 1 kings 22:41 +. +Jehoshaphat was thirty-five years old when he began to reign, and he reigned twenty-five years in Jerusalem. His mother was Azubah daughter of Shilhi. -- 1 kings 22:42 +. +He walked in all the ways or customs of Asa his father, never swerving from it, doing right in the sight of the Lord. However, the [idolatrous] high places were not taken away; for the people still sacrificed and burned incense in the high places. -- 1 kings 22:43 +. +And Jehoshaphat made peace with Israel's king. -- 1 kings 22:44 +. +The rest of the acts of Jehoshaphat, his might that he showed and how he warred, are they not written in the Book of the Chronicles of the Kings of Judah? -- 1 kings 22:45 +. +And the remnant of the sodomites (the male cult prostitutes) who remained in the days of his father Asa, [Jehoshaphat] expelled from the country. -- 1 kings 22:46 +. +There was no king in Edom; a deputy was acting king. -- 1 kings 22:47 +. +Jehoshaphat ordered ships of Tarshish to go to Ophir for gold, but they did not go, for the ships were wrecked at Ezion-geber. -- 1 kings 22:48 +. +When Ahaziah son of Ahab said to Jehoshaphat, Let my servants go with your servants in the ships, Jehoshaphat refused. -- 1 kings 22:49 +. +Jehoshaphat slept with his fathers and was buried with them in the city of David his father [forefather]. And Jehoram his son reigned in his stead. -- 1 kings 22:50 +. +Ahaziah son of Ahab began his two-year reign over Israel in Samaria in the seventeenth year of Jehoshaphat king of Judah. -- 1 kings 22:51 +. +He did evil in the sight of the Lord and walked in the ways of his father [Ahab] and of his mother [Jezebel] and of Jeroboam son of Nebat, who made Israel sin. -- 1 kings 22:52 +. +He served Baal and worshiped him and provoked the Lord, the God of Israel, to anger in all the ways his father had done. -- 1 kings 22:53 +. +MOAB REBELLED against Israel after the death of Ahab. -- 2 kings 1:1 +. +[King] Ahaziah fell down through a lattice in his upper chamber in Samaria and lay sick. He sent messengers, saying, Go, ask Baal-zebub, the god of [Philistine] Ekron, if I shall recover from this illness. -- 2 kings 1:2 +. +But the angel of the Lord said to Elijah the Tishbite, Arise, go up to meet the messengers of the king in Samaria and say to them, Is it because there is no God in Israel that you are going to inquire of Baal-zebub, the god of Ekron? -- 2 kings 1:3 +. +Therefore the Lord says: You [Ahaziah] shall not leave the bed on which you lie, but shall surely die. And Elijah departed. -- 2 kings 1:4 +. +When the messengers returned to Ahaziah, he said, Why have you turned back? -- 2 kings 1:5 +. +They replied, A man came up to meet us who said, Go back to the king who sent you and tell him, Thus says the Lord: Is there no God in Israel that you send to inquire of Baal-zebub, the god of Ekron? Therefore you shall not leave the bed on which you lie, but shall surely die. -- 2 kings 1:6 +. +The king asked, What was the man like who came to meet you saying these things? -- 2 kings 1:7 +. +They answered, He was a hairy man with a girdle of leather about his loins. And he said, It is Elijah the Tishbite. -- 2 kings 1:8 +. +Then the king sent to Elijah a captain of fifty men with his fifty [to seize him]. He found Elijah sitting on a hilltop and said, Man of God, the king says, Come down. -- 2 kings 1:9 +. +Elijah said to the captain of fifty, If I am a man of God, then let fire come down from heaven and consume you and your fifty. And fire fell from heaven and consumed him and his fifty. -- 2 kings 1:10 +. +Again King [Ahaziah] sent to him another captain of fifty with his fifty. And he said to Elijah, Man of God, the king has said, Come down quickly! -- 2 kings 1:11 +. +And Elijah answered, If I am a man of God, let fire come down from heaven and consume you and your fifty. And the fire of God came down from heaven and consumed him and his fifty. -- 2 kings 1:12 +. +Ahaziah sent again a captain of a third fifty with his fifty. And the third captain of fifty went up and fell on his knees before Elijah and besought him and said to him, O man of God, I pray you, let my life and the lives of these fifty, your servants, be precious in your sight. -- 2 kings 1:13 +. +Behold, fire came down from heaven and burned up the two captains of the former fifties with their fifties. Therefore let my life now be precious in your sight. -- 2 kings 1:14 +. +The angel of the Lord said to Elijah, Go down with him; do not be afraid of him. So he arose and went with him to the king. -- 2 kings 1:15 +. +Elijah said to [King] Ahaziah, Thus says the Lord: Since you have sent messengers to inquire of Baal-zebub, god of Ekron, is it because there is no God in Israel of Whom to inquire His word? Therefore you shall not leave the bed on which you lie, but shall surely die. -- 2 kings 1:16 +. +So Ahaziah died according to the word of the Lord which Elijah had spoken. Joram [also a son of Ahab] reigned in Israel in his stead in the second year of Jehoram son of Jehoshaphat king of Judah, because Ahaziah had no son [but his brother]. -- 2 kings 1:17 +. +Now the rest of the acts of Ahaziah, are they not written in the Book of the Chronicles of the Kings of Israel? -- 2 kings 1:18 +. +WHEN THE Lord was about to take Elijah up to heaven by a whirlwind, Elijah and Elisha were going from Gilgal. -- 2 kings 2:1 +. +And Elijah said to Elisha, Tarry here, I pray you, for the Lord has sent me to Bethel. But Elisha replied, As the Lord lives and as your soul lives, I will not leave you. So they went down to Bethel. -- 2 kings 2:2 +. +The prophets' sons who were at Bethel came to Elisha and said, Do you know that the Lord will take your master away from you today? He said, Yes, I know it; hold your peace. -- 2 kings 2:3 +. +Elijah said to him, Elisha, tarry here, I pray you, for the Lord has sent me to Jericho. But he said, As the Lord lives and as your soul lives, I will not leave you. So they came to Jericho. -- 2 kings 2:4 +. +The sons of the prophets who were at Jericho came to Elisha and said, Do you know that the Lord will take your master away from you today? And he answered, Yes, I know it; hold your peace. -- 2 kings 2:5 +. +Elijah said to him, Tarry here, I pray you, for the Lord has sent me to the Jordan. But he said, As the Lord lives and as your soul lives, I will not leave you. And the two of them went on. -- 2 kings 2:6 +. +Fifty men of the sons of the prophets also went and stood [to watch] afar off; and the two of them stood by the Jordan. -- 2 kings 2:7 +. +And Elijah took his mantle and rolled it up and struck the waters, and they divided this way and that, so that the two of them went over on dry ground. -- 2 kings 2:8 +. +And when they had gone over, Elijah said to Elisha, Ask what I shall do for you before I am taken from you. And Elisha said, I pray you, let a double portion of your spirit be upon me. -- 2 kings 2:9 +. +He said, You have asked a hard thing. However, if you see me when I am taken from you, it shall be so for you--but if not, it shall not be so. -- 2 kings 2:10 +. +As they still went on and talked, behold, a chariot of fire and horses of fire parted the two of them, and Elijah went up by a whirlwind into heaven. -- 2 kings 2:11 +. +And Elisha saw it and he cried, My father, my father! The chariot of Israel and its horsemen! And he saw him no more. And he took hold of his own clothes and tore them in two pieces. -- 2 kings 2:12 +. +He took up also the mantle of Elijah that fell from him and went back and stood by the bank of the Jordan. -- 2 kings 2:13 +. +And he took the mantle that fell from Elijah and struck the waters and said, Where is the Lord, the God of Elijah? And when he had struck the waters, they parted this way and that, and Elisha went over. -- 2 kings 2:14 +. +When the sons of the prophets who were [watching] at Jericho saw him, they said, The spirit of Elijah rests on Elisha. And they came to meet him and bowed themselves to the ground before him. -- 2 kings 2:15 +. +And they said to him, Behold now, there are among your servants fifty strong men; let them go, we pray you, and seek your master. It may be that the Spirit of the Lord has taken him up and cast him on some mountain or into some valley. And he said, You shall not send. -- 2 kings 2:16 +. +But when they urged him till he was embarrassed, he said, Send. So they sent fifty men, who sought for three days but did not find him. -- 2 kings 2:17 +. +When they returned to Elisha, who had waited at Jericho, he said to them, Did I not tell you, Do not go? -- 2 kings 2:18 +. +And the men of the city said to Elisha, Behold, inhabiting of this city is pleasant, as my lord sees, but the water is bad and the locality causes miscarriage and barrenness [in all animals]. -- 2 kings 2:19 +. +He said, Bring me a new bowl and put salt [the symbol of God's purifying power] in it. And they brought it to him. -- 2 kings 2:20 +. +Then Elisha went to the spring of the waters and cast the salt in it and said, Thus says the Lord: I [not the salt] have healed these waters; there shall not be any more death, miscarriage or barrenness [and bereavement] because of it. -- 2 kings 2:21 +. +So the waters were healed to this day, as Elisha had said. -- 2 kings 2:22 +. +He went up from Jericho to Bethel. On the way, young [maturing and accountable] boys came out of the city and mocked him and said to him, Go up [in a whirlwind], you baldhead! Go up, you baldhead! -- 2 kings 2:23 +. +And he turned around and looked at them and called a curse down on them in the name of the Lord. And two she-bears came out of the woods and ripped up forty-two of the boys. -- 2 kings 2:24 +. +Elisha went from there to Mount Carmel, and from there he returned to Samaria. -- 2 kings 2:25 +. +JORAM SON of Ahab began to reign over Israel in Samaria in the eighteenth year of Jehoshaphat king of Judah, and reigned twelve years. -- 2 kings 3:1 +. +He did evil in the sight of the Lord, but not like his father and mother; for he put away the pillar of Baal that his father had made. -- 2 kings 3:2 +. +Yet he clung to the sins of Jeroboam son of Nebat, which made Israel to sin; he departed not from them. -- 2 kings 3:3 +. +Mesha king of Moab was a sheepmaster, and paid in tribute to the king of Israel [annually] 100,lambs and 100,000 rams, with the wool. -- 2 kings 3:4 +. +But when Ahab died, the king of Moab rebelled against the king of Israel. -- 2 kings 3:5 +. +So King Joram went out of Samaria at that time and mustered all Israel. -- 2 kings 3:6 +. +And he sent to Jehoshaphat king of Judah, saying, The king of Moab has rebelled against me. Will you go with me to war against Moab? And he said, I will go; I am as you are, my people as your people, my horses as your horses. -- 2 kings 3:7 +. +Joram said, Which way shall we go up? Jehoshaphat answered, The way through the Wilderness of Edom. -- 2 kings 3:8 +. +So the king of Israel went with the king of Judah and the king of Edom. They made a circuit of seven days' journey, but there was no water for the army or for the animals following them. -- 2 kings 3:9 +. +Then the king of Israel said, Alas! The Lord has called [us] three kings together to be delivered into Moab's hand! -- 2 kings 3:10 +. +But Jehoshaphat said, Is there no prophet of the Lord here by whom we may inquire of the Lord? One of the king of Israel's servants answered, Elisha son of Shaphat, who served Elijah, is here. -- 2 kings 3:11 +. +Jehoshaphat said, The word of the Lord is with him. So Joram king of Israel and Jehoshaphat and the king of Edom went down to Elisha. -- 2 kings 3:12 +. +And Elisha said to the king of Israel, What have I to do with you? Go to the prophets of your [wicked] father Ahab and your [wicked] mother Jezebel. But the king of Israel said to him, No, for the Lord has called [us] three kings together to be delivered into the hand of Moab. -- 2 kings 3:13 +. +And Elisha said, As the Lord of hosts lives, before Whom I stand, surely, were it not that I respect the presence of Jehoshaphat king of Judah, I would neither look at you nor see you [King Joram]. -- 2 kings 3:14 +. +But now bring me a minstrel. And while the minstrel played, the hand and power of the Lord came upon [Elisha]. -- 2 kings 3:15 +. +And he said, Thus says the Lord: Make this [dry] brook bed full of trenches. -- 2 kings 3:16 +. +For thus says the Lord: You shall not see wind or rain, yet that ravine shall be filled with water, so you, your cattle, and your beasts [of burden] may drink. -- 2 kings 3:17 +. +This is but a light thing in the sight of the Lord. He will deliver the Moabites also into your hands. -- 2 kings 3:18 +. +You shall smite every fenced city and every choice city, and shall fell every good tree and stop all wells of water and mar every good piece of land with stones. -- 2 kings 3:19 +. +In the morning, when the sacrifice was offered, behold, there came water by the way of Edom, and the country was filled with water. -- 2 kings 3:20 +. +When all the Moabites heard that the kings had come up to fight against them, all who were able to put on armor, young and old, gathered and drew up at the border. -- 2 kings 3:21 +. +When they rose up early next morning, and the sun shone upon the water, the Moabites saw the water across from them as red as blood. -- 2 kings 3:22 +. +And they said, This is blood; the kings have surely been fighting and have slain one another. Now then, Moab, to the spoil! -- 2 kings 3:23 +. +But when they came to the camp of Israel, the Israelites rose up and smote the Moabites, so that they fled before them. And they went forward, slaying the Moabites as they went. -- 2 kings 3:24 +. +They beat down the cities [walls], and on every good piece of land every man cast a stone, covering it [with stones]. And they stopped all the springs of water and felled all the good trees, until only the stones [of the walls of Moab's capital city] of Kir-hareseth were left standing, and the slingers surrounded and took it. -- 2 kings 3:25 +. +And when the king of Moab saw that the battle was against him, he took with him swordsmen to break through to the king of Edom, but they could not. -- 2 kings 3:26 +. +Then he [Moab's king] took his eldest son, who was to reign in his stead, and offered him for a burnt offering on the wall [in full view of the horrified enemy kings]. And there was great indignation, wrath, and bitterness against Israel; and they [his allies Judah and Edom] withdrew from [Joram] and returned to their own land. -- 2 kings 3:27 +. +NOW THE wife of a son of the prophets cried to Elisha, Your servant my husband is dead, and you know that your servant feared the Lord. But the creditor has come to take my two sons to be his slaves. -- 2 kings 4:1 +. +Elisha said to her, What shall I do for you? Tell me, what have you [of sale value] in the house? She said, Your handmaid has nothing in the house except a jar of oil. -- 2 kings 4:2 +. +Then he said, Go around and borrow vessels from all your neighbors, empty vessels--and not a few. -- 2 kings 4:3 +. +And when you come in, shut the door upon you and your sons. Then pour out [the oil you have] into all those vessels, setting aside each one when it is full. -- 2 kings 4:4 +. +So she went from him and shut the door upon herself and her sons, who brought to her the vessels as she poured the oil. -- 2 kings 4:5 +. +When the vessels were all full, she said to her son, Bring me another vessel. And he said to her, There is not a one left. Then the oil stopped multiplying. -- 2 kings 4:6 +. +Then she came and told the man of God. He said, Go, sell the oil and pay your debt, and you and your sons live on the rest. -- 2 kings 4:7 +. +One day Elisha went on to Shunem, where a rich and influential woman lived, who insisted on his eating a meal. Afterward, whenever he passed by, he stopped there for a meal. -- 2 kings 4:8 +. +And she said to her husband, Behold now, I perceive that this is a holy man of God who passes by continually. -- 2 kings 4:9 +. +Let us make a small chamber on the [housetop] and put there for him a bed, a table, a chair, and a lamp. Then whenever he comes to us, he can go [up the outside stairs and rest] here. -- 2 kings 4:10 +. +One day he came and turned into the chamber and lay there. -- 2 kings 4:11 +. +And he said to Gehazi his servant, Call this Shunammite. When he had called her, she stood before him. -- 2 kings 4:12 +. +And he said to Gehazi, Say now to her, You have been most painstakingly and reverently concerned for us; what is to be done for you? Would you like to be spoken for to the king or to the commander of the army? She answered, I dwell among my own people [they are sufficient]. -- 2 kings 4:13 +. +Later Elisha said, What then is to be done for her? Gehazi answered, She has no child and her husband is old. -- 2 kings 4:14 +. +He said, Call her. [Gehazi] called her, and she stood in the doorway. -- 2 kings 4:15 +. +Elisha said, At this season when the time comes round, you shall embrace a son. She said, No, my lord, you man of God, do not lie to your handmaid. -- 2 kings 4:16 +. +But the woman conceived and bore a son at that season the following year, as Elisha had said to her. -- 2 kings 4:17 +. +When the child had grown, he went out one day to his father with the reapers. -- 2 kings 4:18 +. +But he said to his father, My head, my head! The man said to his servant, Carry him to his mother. -- 2 kings 4:19 +. +And when he was brought to his mother, he sat on her knees till noon, and then died. -- 2 kings 4:20 +. +And she went up and laid him on the bed of the man of God, and shut the door upon him and went out. -- 2 kings 4:21 +. +And she called to her husband and said, Send me one of the servants and one of the donkeys, that I may go quickly to the man of God and come back again. -- 2 kings 4:22 +. +And he said, Why go to him today? It is neither the New Moon nor the Sabbath. And she said, It will be all right. -- 2 kings 4:23 +. +Then she saddled the donkey and said to her servant, Ride fast; do not slacken your pace for me unless I tell you. -- 2 kings 4:24 +. +So she set out and came to the man of God at Mount Carmel. When the man of God saw her afar off, he said to Gehazi his servant, Behold, yonder is that Shunammite. -- 2 kings 4:25 +. +Run to meet her and say, Is it well with you? Well with your husband? Well with the child? And she answered, It is well. -- 2 kings 4:26 +. +When she came to the mountain to the man of God, she clung to his feet. Gehazi came to thrust her away, but the man of God said, Let her alone, for her soul is bitter and vexed within her, and the Lord has hid it from me and has not told me. -- 2 kings 4:27 +. +Then she said, Did I desire a son of my lord? Did I not say, Do not deceive me? -- 2 kings 4:28 +. +Then he said to Gehazi, Gird up your loins and take my staff in your hand and go lay my staff on the face of the child. If you meet any man, do not salute him. If he salutes you, do not answer him. -- 2 kings 4:29 +. +The mother of the child said, As the Lord lives and as my soul lives, I will not leave you. And he arose and followed her. -- 2 kings 4:30 +. +Gehazi passed on before them and laid the staff on the child's face, but the boy neither spoke nor heard. So he went back to meet Elisha and said to him, The child has not awakened. -- 2 kings 4:31 +. +When Elisha arrived in the house, the child was dead and laid upon his bed. -- 2 kings 4:32 +. +So he went in, shut the door on the two of them, and prayed to the Lord. -- 2 kings 4:33 +. +He went up and lay on the child, put his mouth on his mouth, his eyes on his eyes, and his hands on his hands. And as he stretched himself on him and embraced him, the child's flesh became warm. -- 2 kings 4:34 +. +Then he returned and walked in the house to and fro and went up again and stretched himself upon him. And the child sneezed seven times, and then opened his eyes. -- 2 kings 4:35 +. +Then [Elisha] called Gehazi and said, Call this Shunammite. So he called her. And when she came, he said, Take up your son. -- 2 kings 4:36 +. +She came and fell at his feet, bowing herself to the ground. Then she took up her son and went out. -- 2 kings 4:37 +. +Elisha came back to Gilgal during a famine in the land. The sons of the prophets were sitting before him, and he said to his servant, Set on the big pot and cook pottage for the sons of the prophets. -- 2 kings 4:38 +. +Then one went into the field to gather herbs and gathered from a wild vine his lap full of wild gourds, and returned and cut them up into the pot of pottage, for they were unknown to them. -- 2 kings 4:39 +. +So they poured it out for the men to eat. But as they ate of the pottage, they cried out, O man of God, there is death in the pot! And they could not eat it. -- 2 kings 4:40 +. +But he said, Bring meal [as a symbol of God's healing power]. And he cast it into the pot and said, Pour it out for the people that they may eat. Then there was no harm in the pot. -- 2 kings 4:41 +. +[At another time] a man from Baal-shalisha came and brought the man of God bread of the firstfruits, twenty loaves of barley, and fresh ears of grain [in the husk] in his sack. And Elisha said, Give to the men that they may eat. -- 2 kings 4:42 +. +His servant said, How am I to set [only] this before a hundred [hungry] men? He said, Give to the men that they may eat. For thus says the Lord: They shall be fed and have some left. -- 2 kings 4:43 +. +So he set it before them, and they ate and left some, as the Lord had said. -- 2 kings 4:44 +. +NAAMAN, COMMANDER of the army of the king of Syria, was a great man with his master, accepted [and acceptable], because by him the Lord had given victory to Syria. He was also a mighty man of valor, but he was a leper. -- 2 kings 5:1 +. +The Syrians had gone out in bands and had brought away captive out of the land of Israel a little maid, and she waited on Naaman's wife. -- 2 kings 5:2 +. +She said to her mistress, Would that my lord were with the prophet who is in Samaria! For he would heal him of his leprosy. -- 2 kings 5:3 +. +[Naaman] went in and told his king, Thus and thus said the maid from Israel. -- 2 kings 5:4 +. +And the king of Syria said, Go now, and I will send a letter to the king of Israel. And he departed and took with him ten talents of silver, 6,shekels of gold, and ten changes of raiment. -- 2 kings 5:5 +. +And he brought the letter to the king of Israel. It said, When this letter comes to you, I will with it have sent to you my servant Naaman, that you may cure him of leprosy. -- 2 kings 5:6 +. +When the king of Israel read the letter, he rent his clothes and said, Am I God, to kill and to make alive, that this man sends to me to heal a man of his leprosy? Just consider and see how he is seeking a quarrel with me. -- 2 kings 5:7 +. +When Elisha the man of God heard that the king of Israel had rent his clothes, he sent to the king, asking, Why have you rent your clothes? Let Naaman come now to me and he shall know that there is a prophet in Israel. -- 2 kings 5:8 +. +So Naaman came with his horses and chariots and stopped at Elisha's door. -- 2 kings 5:9 +. +Elisha sent a messenger to him, saying, Go and wash in the Jordan seven times, and your flesh shall be restored and you shall be clean. -- 2 kings 5:10 +. +But Naaman was angry and went away and said, Behold, I thought he would surely come out to me and stand and call on the name of the Lord his God, and wave his hand over the place and heal the leper. -- 2 kings 5:11 +. +Are not Abana and Pharpar, the rivers of Damascus, better than all the waters of Israel? May I not wash in them and be clean? So he turned and went away in a rage. -- 2 kings 5:12 +. +And his servants came near and said to him, My father, if the prophet had bid you to do some great thing, would you not have done it? How much rather, then, when he says to you, Wash and be clean? -- 2 kings 5:13 +. +Then he went down and dipped himself seven times in the Jordan, as the man of God had said, and his flesh was restored like that of a little child, and he was clean. -- 2 kings 5:14 +. +Then Naaman returned to the man of God, he and all his company, and stood before him. He said, Behold, now I know that there is no God in all the earth but in Israel. So now accept a gift from your servant. -- 2 kings 5:15 +. +Elisha said, As the Lord lives, before Whom I stand, I will accept none. He urged him to take it, but Elisha refused. -- 2 kings 5:16 +. +Naaman said, Then, I pray you, let there be given to me, your servant, two mules' burden of earth. For your servant will henceforth offer neither burnt offering nor sacrifice to other gods, but only to the Lord. -- 2 kings 5:17 +. +In this thing may the Lord pardon your servant: when my master [the king] goes into the house of [his god] Rimmon to worship there, and he leans on my hand and I bow myself in the house of Rimmon, when I bow down myself in the house of Rimmon, may the Lord pardon your servant in this thing. -- 2 kings 5:18 +. +Elisha said to him, Go in peace. So Naaman departed from him a little way. -- 2 kings 5:19 +. +But Gehazi, the servant of Elisha the man of God, said, Behold, my master spared this Naaman the Syrian, in not receiving from his hands what he brought. But as the Lord lives, I will run after him and get something from him. -- 2 kings 5:20 +. +So Gehazi followed after Naaman. When Naaman saw one running after him, he lighted down from the chariot to meet him and said, Is all well? -- 2 kings 5:21 +. +And he said, All is well. My master has sent me to say, There have just come to me from the hill country of Ephraim two young men of the sons of the prophets. I pray you, give them a talent of silver and two changes of garments. -- 2 kings 5:22 +. +And Naaman said, Be pleased to take two talents. And he urged him, and bound two talents of silver in two bags with two changes of garments and laid them upon two of his servants, and they bore them before Gehazi. -- 2 kings 5:23 +. +When he came to the hill, he took them from their hands and put them in the house; and he sent the men away, and they left. -- 2 kings 5:24 +. +He went in and stood before his master. Elisha said, Where have you been, Gehazi? He said, Your servant went nowhere. -- 2 kings 5:25 +. +Elisha said to him, Did not my spirit go with you when the man turned from his chariot to meet you? Was it a time to accept money, garments, olive orchards, vineyards, sheep, oxen, menservants, and maidservants? -- 2 kings 5:26 +. +Therefore the leprosy of Naaman shall cleave to you and to your offspring forever. And Gehazi went from his presence a leper as white as snow. -- 2 kings 5:27 +. +THE SONS of the prophets said to Elisha, Look now, the place where we live before you is too small for us. -- 2 kings 6:1 +. +Let us go to the Jordan, and each man get there a [house] beam; and let us make us a place there where we may dwell. And he answered, Go. -- 2 kings 6:2 +. +One said, Be pleased to go with your servants. He answered, I will go. -- 2 kings 6:3 +. +So he went with them. And when they came to the Jordan, they cut down trees. -- 2 kings 6:4 +. +But as one was felling his beam, the axhead fell into the water; and he cried, Alas, my master, for it was borrowed! -- 2 kings 6:5 +. +The man of God said, Where did it fall? When shown the place, Elisha cut off a stick and threw it in there, and the iron floated. -- 2 kings 6:6 +. +He said, Pick it up. And he put out his hand and took it. -- 2 kings 6:7 +. +When the king of Syria was warring against Israel, after counseling with his servants, he said, In such and such a place shall be my camp. -- 2 kings 6:8 +. +Then the man of God sent to the king of Israel, saying, Beware that you pass not such a place, for the Syrians are coming down there. -- 2 kings 6:9 +. +Then the king of Israel sent to the place of which [Elisha] told and warned him; and thus he protected and saved himself there repeatedly. -- 2 kings 6:10 +. +Therefore the mind of the king of Syria was greatly troubled by this thing. He called his servants and said, Will you show me who of us is for the king of Israel? -- 2 kings 6:11 +. +One of his servants said, None, my lord O king; but Elisha, the prophet who is in Israel, tells the king of Israel the words that you speak in your bedchamber. -- 2 kings 6:12 +. +He said, Go and see where he is, that I may send and seize him. And it was told him, He is in Dothan. -- 2 kings 6:13 +. +So [the Syrian king] sent there horses, chariots, and a great army. They came by night and surrounded the city. -- 2 kings 6:14 +. +When the servant of the man of God rose early and went out, behold, an army with horses and chariots was around the city. Elisha's servant said to him, Alas, my master! What shall we do? -- 2 kings 6:15 +. +[Elisha] answered, Fear not; for those with us are more than those with them. -- 2 kings 6:16 +. +Then Elisha prayed, Lord, I pray You, open his eyes that he may see. And the Lord opened the young man's eyes, and he saw, and behold, the mountain was full of horses and chariots of fire round about Elisha. -- 2 kings 6:17 +. +And when the Syrians came down to him, Elisha prayed to the Lord, Smite this people with blindness, I pray You. And God smote them with blindness, as Elisha asked. -- 2 kings 6:18 +. +Elisha said to the Syrians, This is not the way or the city. Follow me, and I will bring you to the man whom you seek. And he led them to Samaria. -- 2 kings 6:19 +. +And when they had come into Samaria, Elisha said, Lord, open the eyes of these men that they may see. And the Lord opened their eyes, and they saw. Behold, they were in the midst of Samaria! -- 2 kings 6:20 +. +When the king of Israel saw them, he said to Elisha, My father, shall I slay them? Shall I slay them? -- 2 kings 6:21 +. +[Elisha] answered, You shall not slay them. Would you slay those you have taken captive with your sword and bow? Set bread and water before them, that they may eat and drink and return to their master. -- 2 kings 6:22 +. +So [the king] prepared great provision for them, and when they had eaten and drunk, he sent them away, and they went to their master. And the bands of Syria came no more into the land of Israel. -- 2 kings 6:23 +. +Afterward, Ben-hadad king of Syria gathered his whole army and went up and besieged Samaria, -- 2 kings 6:24 +. +And a great famine came to Samaria. They besieged it until a donkey's head was sold for eighty shekels of silver, and a fourth of a kab of dove's dung [a wild vegetable] for five shekels of silver. -- 2 kings 6:25 +. +As the king of Israel was passing by upon the wall, a woman cried to him, Help, my lord, O king! -- 2 kings 6:26 +. +He said, [For] if he does not help you [No, let the Lord help you!], from where can I get you help? Out of the threshing floor, or out of the winepress? -- 2 kings 6:27 +. +And the king said to her, What ails you? She answered, This woman said to me, Give me your son so we may eat him today, and we will eat my son tomorrow. -- 2 kings 6:28 +. +So we boiled my son and ate him. The next day I said to her, Give your son so we may eat him, but she had hidden her son. -- 2 kings 6:29 +. +When the king heard the woman's words, he rent his clothes. As he went on upon the wall, the people looked, and behold, he wore sackcloth inside on his flesh. -- 2 kings 6:30 +. +Then he said, May God do so to me, and more also, if the head of Elisha son of Shaphat shall stand on him this day! -- 2 kings 6:31 +. +Now Elisha sat in his house, and the elders sat with him. And the king sent a man from before him [to behead Elisha]. But before the messenger arrived, Elisha said to the elders, See how this son of [Jezebel] a murderer is sending to remove my head? Look, when the messenger comes, shut the door and hold it fast against him. Is not the sound of his master's feet [just] behind him? -- 2 kings 6:32 +. +And while Elisha was talking with them, behold, [the messenger] came to him [and then the king came also]. And [the relenting king] said, This evil is from the Lord! Why should I any longer wait [expecting Him to withdraw His punishment? What, Elisha, can be done now]? -- 2 kings 6:33 +. +THEN ELISHA said, Hear the word of the Lord. Thus says the Lord: Tomorrow about this time a measure of fine flour will sell for a shekel and two measures of barley for a shekel in the gate of Samaria! -- 2 kings 7:1 +. +Then the captain on whose hand the king leaned answered the man of God and said, If the Lord should make windows in heaven, could this thing be? But Elisha said, You shall see it with your own eyes, but you shall not eat of it. -- 2 kings 7:2 +. +Now four men who were lepers were at the entrance of the city's gate; and they said to one another, Why do we sit here until we die? -- 2 kings 7:3 +. +If we say, We will enter the city--then the famine is in the city, and we shall die there; and if we sit still here, we die also. So now come, let us go over to the army of the Syrians. If they spare us alive, we shall live; and if they kill us, we shall but die. -- 2 kings 7:4 +. +So they arose in the twilight and went to the Syrian camp. But when they came to the edge of the camp, no man was there. -- 2 kings 7:5 +. +For the Lord had made the Syrian army hear a noise of chariots and horses, the noise of a great army. They had said to one another, The king of Israel has hired the Hittite and Egyptian kings to come upon us. -- 2 kings 7:6 +. +So the Syrians arose and fled in the twilight and left their tents, horses, donkeys, even the camp as it was, and fled for their lives. -- 2 kings 7:7 +. +And when these lepers came to the edge of the camp, they went into one tent and ate and drank, and carried away silver, gold, and clothing, and went and hid them [in the darkness]. Then they entered another tent and carried from there also and went and hid it. -- 2 kings 7:8 +. +Then they said one to another, We are not doing right. This is a day of [glad] good news and we are silent and do not speak up! If we wait until daylight, some punishment will come upon us [for not reporting at once]. So now come, let us go and tell the king's household. -- 2 kings 7:9 +. +So they came and called to the gatekeepers of the city. They told them, We came to the camp of the Syrians, and behold, there was neither sight nor sound of man there--only the horses and donkeys tied, and the tents as they were. -- 2 kings 7:10 +. +Then the gatekeepers called out, and it was told to the king's household within. -- 2 kings 7:11 +. +And the king rose in the night and said to his servants, I will tell you what the Syrians have done to us. They know that we are hungry; therefore they have gone out of the camp to hide themselves in the open country, thinking, When they come out of the city, we shall take them alive and get into the city. -- 2 kings 7:12 +. +One of his servants said, Let some men take five of the remaining horses; [if they are caught and killed] they will be no worse off than all the multitude of Israel left in the city to be consumed. Let us send and see. -- 2 kings 7:13 +. +So they took two chariot horses, and the king sent them after the Syrian army, saying, Go and see. -- 2 kings 7:14 +. +They went after them to the Jordan. All the way was strewn with clothing and equipment which the Syrians had cast away in their flight. And the messengers returned and told the king. -- 2 kings 7:15 +. +Then the people went out and plundered the tents of the Syrians. So a measure of fine flour was sold for a shekel, and two measures of barley for a shekel, as the Lord had spoken [through Elisha]. -- 2 kings 7:16 +. +The king had appointed the captain on whose hand he leaned to have charge of the gate, and the [starving] people trampled him in the gate [as they struggled to get through for food], and he died, as the man of God had foretold when the king came down to him. -- 2 kings 7:17 +. +When the man of God had told the king, Two measures of barley shall sell for a shekel and a measure of fine flour for a shekel tomorrow about this time in the gate of Samaria, -- 2 kings 7:18 +. +The captain had told the man of God, If the Lord should make windows in heaven, could such a thing be? And he said, You shall see it with your own eyes, but you shall not eat of it. -- 2 kings 7:19 +. +And so it was fulfilled to him, for the people trampled on him in the gate, and he died. -- 2 kings 7:20 +. +NOW ELISHA had said to the woman whose son he had restored to life, Arise and go with your household and sojourn wherever you can, for the Lord has called for a famine, and moreover, it will come upon the land for seven years. -- 2 kings 8:1 +. +So the woman arose and did as the man of God had said. She went with her household and sojourned in the land of the Philistines seven years. -- 2 kings 8:2 +. +At the end of the seven years the woman returned from the land of the Philistines, and she went to appeal to the king for her house and land. -- 2 kings 8:3 +. +The king talked with Gehazi, the servant of the man of God, saying, Tell me all the great things Elisha has done. -- 2 kings 8:4 +. +And as Gehazi was telling the king how [Elisha] had restored the dead to life, behold, the woman whose son he had restored to life appealed to the king for her house and land. And Gehazi said, My lord O king, this is the woman, and this is her son whom Elisha brought back to life. -- 2 kings 8:5 +. +When the king asked the woman, she told him. So the king appointed to her a certain officer, saying, Restore all that was hers, and all the fruits of the field since the day that she left the land even until now. -- 2 kings 8:6 +. +Elisha came to Damascus, and Ben-hadad king of Syria was sick; and he was told, The man of God has come here. -- 2 kings 8:7 +. +And the king said to Hazael, Take a present in your hand and go meet the man of God, and inquire of the Lord by him, saying, Shall I recover from this disease? -- 2 kings 8:8 +. +So Hazael went to meet Elisha and took a present with him of every good thing of Damascus, forty camel loads, and came and stood before him and said, Your son Ben-hadad king of Syria has sent me to you, asking, Shall I recover from this disease? -- 2 kings 8:9 +. +And Elisha said, Go, say to him, You shall certainly recover; but the Lord has shown me that he shall certainly die. -- 2 kings 8:10 +. +Elisha stared steadily at him until Hazael was embarrassed. And the man of God wept. -- 2 kings 8:11 +. +And Hazael said, Why do you weep, my lord? He answered, Because I know the evil that you will do to the Israelites. You will burn their strongholds, slay their young men with the sword, dash their infants in pieces, and rip up their pregnant women. -- 2 kings 8:12 +. +And Hazael said, What is your servant, only a dog, that he should do this monstrous thing? And Elisha answered, The Lord has shown me that you will be king over Syria. -- 2 kings 8:13 +. +Then [Hazael] departed from Elisha and came to his master, who said to him, What did Elisha say to you? And he answered, He told me you would surely recover. -- 2 kings 8:14 +. +But the next day Hazael took the bedspread and dipped it in water and spread it on [the Syrian king's] face, so that he died. And Hazael reigned in his stead. -- 2 kings 8:15 +. +In the fifth year of Joram son of Ahab king of Israel, Jehoshaphat being then king of Judah, Jehoram son of Jehoshaphat king of Judah began to reign. -- 2 kings 8:16 +. +He was thirty-two years old when he began to reign, and he reigned eight years in Jerusalem. -- 2 kings 8:17 +. +He walked in the ways of the kings of Israel, as did the house of Ahab, for [Athaliah] the daughter of Ahab was his wife. He did evil in the sight of the Lord. -- 2 kings 8:18 +. +Yet, for David His servant's sake, the Lord would not destroy Judah, for He promised to give him and his sons a lamp forever. -- 2 kings 8:19 +. +In his days, Edom revolted from the rule of Judah and set up a king over themselves. -- 2 kings 8:20 +. +So Jehoram [of Judah] went over to Zair with all his chariots. He and his chariot commanders rose up by night and slew the Edomites who had surrounded them; and [escaping] his army fled home. -- 2 kings 8:21 +. +So Edom revolted from the rule of Judah to this day. Then Libnah revolted at the same time. -- 2 kings 8:22 +. +The rest of the acts of Jehoram, and all that he did, are they not written in the Book of the Chronicles of the Kings of Judah? -- 2 kings 8:23 +. +Jehoram slept with his fathers and was buried with [them] in the City of David. Ahaziah his son reigned in his stead. -- 2 kings 8:24 +. +In the twelfth year of Joram son of Ahab king of Israel, Ahaziah son of Jehoram king of Judah began to reign. -- 2 kings 8:25 +. +Ahaziah was twenty-two years old when he began to reign, and he reigned one year in Jerusalem. His mother's name was Athaliah, the granddaughter of Omri king of Israel. -- 2 kings 8:26 +. +He walked in the ways of the house of Ahab and did evil in the sight of the Lord, as did the house of Ahab, for his father was son-in-law of Ahab. -- 2 kings 8:27 +. +Ahaziah went with Joram son of Ahab to war against Hazael king of Syria in Ramoth-gilead; and the Syrians wounded Joram. -- 2 kings 8:28 +. +King Joram returned to Jezreel to be healed of the wounds which the Syrians had given him at Ramah when he fought against Hazael king of Syria. And Ahaziah son of Jehoram king of Judah went down to see Joram son of Ahab in Jezreel, because he was sick. -- 2 kings 8:29 +. +AND ELISHA the prophet called one of the sons of the prophets and said to him, Gird up your loins, take this flask of oil in your hand, and go to Ramoth-gilead. -- 2 kings 9:1 +. +When you arrive, look there for Jehu son of Jehoshaphat son of Nimshi; and go in and have him arise from among his brethren and lead him to an inner chamber. -- 2 kings 9:2 +. +Then take the cruse of oil and pour it on his head and say, Thus says the Lord: I have anointed you king over Israel. Then open the door and flee; do not tarry. -- 2 kings 9:3 +. +So the young man, the young prophet, went to Ramoth-gilead. -- 2 kings 9:4 +. +And when he came, the captains of the army were sitting outside; and he said, I have a message for you, O captain. Jehu said, To which of us? And he said, To you, O captain. -- 2 kings 9:5 +. +And Jehu arose, and they went into the house. And the prophet poured the oil on Jehu's head and said to him, Thus says the Lord, the God of Israel: I have anointed you king over the people of the Lord, even over Israel. -- 2 kings 9:6 +. +You shall strike down the house of Ahab your master, that I may avenge the blood of My servants the prophets and of all the servants of the Lord [who have died] at the hands of Jezebel. -- 2 kings 9:7 +. +For the whole house of Ahab shall perish, and I will cut off from Ahab every male, bond or free, in Israel. -- 2 kings 9:8 +. +I will make the house of Ahab like the house of Jeroboam son of Nebat and like the house of Baasha son of Ahijah. -- 2 kings 9:9 +. +And the dogs shall eat Jezebel in the portion of Jezreel, and none shall bury her. And he opened the door and fled. [Fulfilled in II Kings 9:33-37.] -- 2 kings 9:10 +. +When Jehu came out to the servants of his master, one said to him, Is all well? Why did this mad fellow come to you? And he said to them, You know that class of man and what he would say. -- 2 kings 9:11 +. +And they said, That is false; tell us now. And he said, Thus and thus he spoke to me, saying, Thus says the Lord: I have anointed you king over Israel. -- 2 kings 9:12 +. +Then they hastily took every man his garment and put it [for a cushion] under Jehu on the top of the [outside] stairs, and blew with trumpets, saying, Jehu is king! -- 2 kings 9:13 +. +So Jehu son of Jehoshaphat, the son of Nimshi, conspired against Joram [to dethrone and slay him]. Now Joram was holding Ramoth-gilead, he and all Israel, against Hazael king of Syria, -- 2 kings 9:14 +. +But King Joram had returned to be healed in Jezreel of the wounds which the Syrians had given him when he fought with Hazael king of Syria. And Jehu said, If this is your mind, let no one make his escape from the city [Ramoth-gilead] to go and tell it in Jezreel [the capital]. -- 2 kings 9:15 +. +So Jehu rode in a chariot and went to Jezreel, for Joram lay there. And Ahaziah king of Judah had come down to see Joram. -- 2 kings 9:16 +. +A watchman on the tower in Jezreel spied the company of Jehu as he came, and said, I see a company. And Joram said, Send a horseman to meet them and have him ask, Do you come in peace? -- 2 kings 9:17 +. +So one on horseback went to meet him and said, Thus says the king: Is it peace? And Jehu said, What have you to do with peace? Rein in behind me. And the watchman reported, The messenger came to them, but he does not return. -- 2 kings 9:18 +. +Then Joram sent out a second man on horseback, who came to them and said, Thus says the king: Is it peace? Jehu replied, What have you to do with peace? Ride behind me. -- 2 kings 9:19 +. +And the watchman reported, He came to them, but does not return; also the driving is like the driving of Jehu son of Nimshi, for he drives furiously. -- 2 kings 9:20 +. +Joram said, Make ready. When his chariot was made ready, Joram king of Israel and Ahaziah king of Judah went out, each in his chariot. Thus they went out to meet Jehu and met him in the field of Naboth the Jezreelite. -- 2 kings 9:21 +. +When Joram saw Jehu, he said, Is it peace, Jehu? And he answered, How can peace exist as long as the fornications of your mother Jezebel and her witchcrafts are so many? -- 2 kings 9:22 +. +Then Joram reined about and fled, and he said to Ahaziah, Treachery, Ahaziah! -- 2 kings 9:23 +. +But Jehu drew his bow with his full strength and shot Joram between his shoulders; and the arrow went out through his heart, and he sank down in his chariot. -- 2 kings 9:24 +. +Then said Jehu to Bidkar his captain, Take [Joram] up and cast him in the plot of Naboth the Jezreelite's field; for remember how, when I and you rode together after Ahab his father, the Lord uttered this prophecy against him: -- 2 kings 9:25 +. +As surely as I saw yesterday the blood of Naboth and the blood of his sons, says the Lord, I will repay you on this plot of ground, says the Lord. Now therefore, take and cast Joram into the plot of ground [of Naboth], as the word of the Lord said. -- 2 kings 9:26 +. +When Ahaziah king of Judah saw this, he fled by the way of the garden house. Jehu followed him and said, Smite him also in the chariot. And they did so at the ascent to Gur, which is by Ibleam. And [Ahaziah] fled to Megiddo and died there. -- 2 kings 9:27 +. +His servants took him in a chariot to Jerusalem, and buried him in his sepulcher with his fathers in the City of David. -- 2 kings 9:28 +. +In the eleventh year of Joram son of Ahab, Ahaziah's reign over Judah began. -- 2 kings 9:29 +. +Now when Jehu came to Jezreel, Jezebel heard of it, and she painted her eyes and beautified her head and looked out of [an upper] window. -- 2 kings 9:30 +. +And as Jehu entered in at the gate, she said, [Have you come in] peace, you Zimri, who slew his master? -- 2 kings 9:31 +. +Jehu lifted up his face to the window and said, Who is on my side? Who? And two or three eunuchs looked out at him. -- 2 kings 9:32 +. +And he said, Throw her down! So they threw her down, and some of her blood splattered on the wall and on the horses, and he drove over her. -- 2 kings 9:33 +. +When he came in, he ate and drank, and said, See now to this cursed woman and bury her, for she is a king's daughter. -- 2 kings 9:34 +. +They went to bury her, but they found nothing left of her except the skull, feet, and palms of her hands. -- 2 kings 9:35 +. +They came again and told Jehu. He said, This is the word of the Lord which He spoke by His servant Elijah the Tishbite, In the portion of Jezreel shall dogs eat the flesh of Jezebel. -- 2 kings 9:36 +. +The corpse of Jezebel shall be like dung upon the face of the field in the portion of Jezreel, so that they shall not say, This is Jezebel. -- 2 kings 9:37 +. +AHAB HAD seventy [grandsons] in Samaria. So Jehu wrote letters and sent them from Jezreel to the rulers of Samaria, to the elders, and to those who brought up Ahab's [grandsons], saying, -- 2 kings 10:1 +. +Now as soon as this letter comes to you, seeing your master [Joram's] sons are with you and also chariots and horses, a fortified city, and weapons, -- 2 kings 10:2 +. +Select the best and most fit of your master's sons and set him on his father's throne; and fight for your master's house. -- 2 kings 10:3 +. +But they were exceedingly afraid and reasoned, The two kings could not stand before [Jehu]; how then can we stand? -- 2 kings 10:4 +. +And he who was over the household, he who was over the city, the elders also, and the guardians and tutors sent to Jehu, saying, We are your servants and will do all that you bid us; [but] we will not make any man king; do what is good in your eyes. -- 2 kings 10:5 +. +Then [Jehu] wrote a second letter to them, saying, If you are with me and will obey me, take the heads of your master [Joram's] sons and come to me at Jezreel by tomorrow this time. Now the [dead] king's sons, seventy persons, were with the great men of the city, who were bringing them up. -- 2 kings 10:6 +. +When the letter came to these men, they took the king's sons and slew them, seventy persons, and put their heads in baskets and sent them to Jehu at Jezreel. -- 2 kings 10:7 +. +When a messenger came and told him, They have brought the heads of the king's sons, he said, Lay them in two heaps at the entrance of the city gate until morning. -- 2 kings 10:8 +. +The next morning he went out and stood and said to all the people, You are just and innocent. Behold, I conspired against my master and slew him, but who smote all these? -- 2 kings 10:9 +. +Know now that nothing which the Lord spoke concerning the house of Ahab shall be unfulfilled or ineffective; for the Lord has done what He said through His servant Elijah. -- 2 kings 10:10 +. +So Jehu slew all that remained of the house of Ahab in Jezreel, and all his great men, his familiar friends, and his priests, until he left him none remaining. -- 2 kings 10:11 +. +And he arose and went to Samaria. And as he was at the shearing house of the shepherds on the way, -- 2 kings 10:12 +. +Jehu met the kinsmen of Ahaziah king of Judah and said, Who are you? They answered, We are the kinsmen of Ahaziah, and we came down to visit the royal princes and the sons of [Jezebel] the queen mother. -- 2 kings 10:13 +. +He said, Take them alive. And they did so and slew them at the cistern of the shearing house, forty-two men; he left none of them. -- 2 kings 10:14 +. +When Jehu left there, he met Jehonadab son of Rechab coming to meet him. He saluted him and said to him, Is your heart right, as my heart is with yours? Jehonadab answered, It is. [Jehu said] If it is, give me your hand. He gave him his hand, and Jehu took him up into the chariot. -- 2 kings 10:15 +. +And he said, Come with me and see my zeal for the Lord. So they made [the Rechabite] ride in Jehu's chariot. -- 2 kings 10:16 +. +When Jehu came to Samaria, he slew all who remained of Ahab's family in Samaria, till he had destroyed them all, according to what the Lord said to Elijah. -- 2 kings 10:17 +. +Jehu assembled all the people and said to them, Ahab served Baal a little; but Jehu will serve him much. -- 2 kings 10:18 +. +So call to me all the prophets of Baal, all his worshipers, and all his priests. Let none be missing, for I have a great sacrifice to make to Baal; whoever is missing shall not live. But Jehu did it with trickery, intending to destroy the Baal worshipers. -- 2 kings 10:19 +. +Jehu said, Sanctify a solemn assembly for Baal. And they proclaimed it. -- 2 kings 10:20 +. +Jehu sent through all Israel, and all the worshipers of Baal came; not a man failed to come. They went to the house or temple of Baal, filling it from one end to the other. -- 2 kings 10:21 +. +And he said to the man over the vestry, Bring vestments for all the worshipers of Baal. And he brought them vestments. -- 2 kings 10:22 +. +Then Jehu with Jehonadab son of Rechab went into the house of Baal and said to the worshipers of Baal, Search and see that there are here with you none of the servants of the Lord--but Baal worshipers only. -- 2 kings 10:23 +. +And when they went in to offer sacrifices and burnt offerings, Jehu appointed eighty men outside and said, If any of the men whom I have brought into your hands escape, he who lets him go shall forfeit his own life for his life. -- 2 kings 10:24 +. +As soon as he had finished offering the burnt offering, Jehu said to the guards and to the officers, Go in and slay them; let none escape. And they smote them with the sword; and the guards or runners [before the king] and the officers threw their bodies out and went into the inner dwelling of the house of Baal. -- 2 kings 10:25 +. +They brought out the pillars or obelisks of the house of Baal and burned them. -- 2 kings 10:26 +. +They broke down the pillars of Baal and the house of Baal, and made it [forever unclean] a privy to this day. -- 2 kings 10:27 +. +Thus Jehu rooted Baal out of Israel. -- 2 kings 10:28 +. +But Jehu did not give up the sins of Jeroboam son of Nebat, by which he made Israel to sin, that is, the golden calves at Bethel and Dan. -- 2 kings 10:29 +. +And the Lord said to Jehu, Because you have executed well what is right in My eyes and have done to the house of Ahab as I willed, your sons to the fourth generation shall sit on Israel's throne. [Fulfilled in II Kings 15:12.] -- 2 kings 10:30 +. +But Jehu paid no attention to walking in the law of the Lord, the God of Israel, with all his heart. He did not quit the sins with which Jeroboam made Israel to sin. -- 2 kings 10:31 +. +[So] in those days the Lord began to cut off parts of Israel. Hazael [of Syria] defeated them in all the [across the Jordan] territory of Israel -- 2 kings 10:32 +. +From the Jordan east, all the land of Gilead, the Gadites, Reubenites, and Manassites, from Aroer which is by the Valley of the Arnon, even Gilead and Bashan. -- 2 kings 10:33 +. +The rest of the acts of Jehu, and all that he did, and all his might, are they not written in the Book of the Chronicles of the Kings of Israel? -- 2 kings 10:34 +. +Jehu slept with his fathers. They buried him in Samaria. Jehoahaz his son reigned in his stead. -- 2 kings 10:35 +. +The time that Jehu reigned over Israel in Samaria was twenty-eight years. -- 2 kings 10:36 +. +WHEN ATHALIAH the mother of [King] Ahaziah [of Judah] saw that her son was dead, she arose and destroyed all the royal descendants. -- 2 kings 11:1 +. +But Jehosheba, the daughter of King Jehoram, [half] sister of Ahaziah, stole Joash son of Ahaziah from among the king's sons, who were to be slain, even him and his nurse, and hid them from Athaliah in an inner storeroom for beds; so he was not slain. -- 2 kings 11:2 +. +Joash was with his nurse hidden in the house of the Lord for six years. And Athaliah reigned over the land. -- 2 kings 11:3 +. +In the seventh year Jehoiada [the priest, Jehosheba's husband] sent for the captains over hundreds of the Carites and of the guards or runners and brought them to him to the house of the Lord and made a covenant with them and took an oath from them in the house of the Lord and showed them the king's [hidden] son. -- 2 kings 11:4 +. +And he commanded them, saying, This is the thing you shall do: a third of you who come in on the Sabbath shall keep watch of the king's house, -- 2 kings 11:5 +. +A third shall be at the gate Sur, and a third at the gate behind the guard. So you shall keep watch of the palace [from three places] and be a barrier. -- 2 kings 11:6 +. +And two divisions of all you who should go off duty on the Sabbath shall keep the watch of the house of the Lord to [protect] the king. -- 2 kings 11:7 +. +You shall surround the [little] king, every man with his weapons in his hand. And let anyone who breaks through the ranks be put to death. You be with the king when he goes out and when he comes in. -- 2 kings 11:8 +. +The captains over the hundreds did all that Jehoiada the priest commanded; and they took every man his men who were to come on duty on the Sabbath with those who should go off duty on the Sabbath, and came to Jehoiada the priest. -- 2 kings 11:9 +. +To the captains over hundreds the priest gave the spears and shields that had been King David's, which were in the house of the Lord. -- 2 kings 11:10 +. +And the guards stood, every man with his weapons in his hand, from the right corner to the left corner of the temple area, along by the altar [in the court] and the temple proper. -- 2 kings 11:11 +. +And Jehoiada brought out the king's son and put the crown on him and gave him the Testimony [the Mosaic Law]; and they proclaimed him king and anointed him, and they clapped their hands and said, Long live the king! -- 2 kings 11:12 +. +When Athaliah heard the noise of the guards and the people, she went into the house of the Lord to the people. -- 2 kings 11:13 +. +When she looked, there stood the king [on the platform] by the pillar, as was customary [on such occasions], and the captains and the trumpeters beside the king, with all the people of the land rejoicing and blowing trumpets. And Athaliah rent her clothes and cried, Treason! Treason! -- 2 kings 11:14 +. +Then Jehoiada the priest commanded the captains of hundreds set over the army and said to them, Take her forth outside the ranks, and him who follows her kill with the sword. For the priest had said, Let her not be slain in the house of the Lord. -- 2 kings 11:15 +. +They seized her, and she went through the horses' entrance to the king's house, and there she was slain. -- 2 kings 11:16 +. +And Jehoiada made a covenant between the Lord, the king, and the people that they would be the Lord's people--and also between the king and the people. -- 2 kings 11:17 +. +Then all the people of the land went to the house of Baal and destroyed it. His altar and his images they broke completely in pieces, and Mattan the priest of Baal they slew before the altars. And [Jehoiada] the priest appointed watchmen to guard the house of the Lord. -- 2 kings 11:18 +. +Then he took the rulers over hundreds, the captains, the guard, and all the people of the land, and they brought the king down from the house of the Lord and came by way of the guards' gate to the king's house. And [little] Joash was seated on the throne of the kings. -- 2 kings 11:19 +. +So all the people of the land rejoiced, and the city was quiet after Athaliah had been slain with the sword beside the king's house. -- 2 kings 11:20 +. +Joash was seven years old when he began to reign. -- 2 kings 11:21 +. +IN THE seventh year of Jehu, Joash began to reign, and he reigned forty years in Jerusalem. His mother was Zibiah of Beersheba. -- 2 kings 12:1 +. +Joash did right in the sight of the Lord all his days in which Jehoiada the priest instructed him. -- 2 kings 12:2 +. +Yet the high places were not taken away; the people still sacrificed and burned incense in the high places. -- 2 kings 12:3 +. +And Joash said to the priests, All the current money brought into the house of the Lord to provide the dedicated things, also the money [which the priests by command have] assessed on all those bound by vows, also all the money that it comes into any man's heart voluntarily to bring into the house of the Lord, -- 2 kings 12:4 +. +Let the priests solicit and receive such contributions, every man from his acquaintance, and let them repair the Lord's house wherever any such need may be found. -- 2 kings 12:5 +. +But in the twenty-third year of King Joash's reign the priests had not made the needed repairs on the Lord's house. -- 2 kings 12:6 +. +Then King Joash called for Jehoiada the priest and the other priests and said to them, Why are you not repairing the [Lord's] house? Do not take any more money from your acquaintances, but turn it all over for the repair of the house. [You are no longer responsible for this work. I will take it into my own hands.] -- 2 kings 12:7 +. +And the priests consented to receive no more money from the people, nor to repair the breaches of the house. -- 2 kings 12:8 +. +Then Jehoiada the priest took a chest and bored a hole in the lid of it and set it beside the altar on the right side as one entered the house of the Lord; and the priests who guarded the door put in the chest all the money that was brought into the house of the Lord. -- 2 kings 12:9 +. +And whenever they saw that there was much money in the chest, the king's scribe and the high priest came up and counted the money that was found in the house of the Lord and tied it up in bags. -- 2 kings 12:10 +. +Then they gave the money, when it was weighed, into the hands of those who were doing the work, who had the oversight of the house of the Lord; and they paid it out to the carpenters and builders who worked on the house of the Lord -- 2 kings 12:11 +. +And to the masons and stonecutters, and to buy timber and hewn stone for making the repairs on the house of the Lord, and for all that was outlay for repairing the house. -- 2 kings 12:12 +. +However, there were not made for the house of the Lord basins of silver, snuffers, bowls, trumpets, any vessels of gold or of silver, from the money that was brought into the house of the Lord. -- 2 kings 12:13 +. +But they gave that to the workmen, and repaired with it the house of the Lord. -- 2 kings 12:14 +. +Moreover, they did not require an accounting from the men into whose hands they delivered the money to be paid to the workmen, for they dealt faithfully. -- 2 kings 12:15 +. +The money from the guilt offerings and sin offerings was not brought into the house of the Lord; it was the priests'. -- 2 kings 12:16 +. +Then Hazael king of Syria went up, fought against Gath [in Philistia], and took it. And Hazael set his face to go up to Jerusalem. -- 2 kings 12:17 +. +And Joash king of Judah took all the hallowed things that Jehoshaphat, Jehoram, and Ahaziah, his [forefathers], kings of Judah, had dedicated and his own hallowed things and all the gold that was found in the treasuries of the house of the Lord and in the king's house, and sent them to Hazael king of Syria; and Hazael went away from Jerusalem. -- 2 kings 12:18 +. +The rest of the acts of Joash, and all that he did, are they not written in the Book of the Chronicles of the Kings of Judah? -- 2 kings 12:19 +. +His servants arose and made a conspiracy and slew Joash [in revenge] in the house of Millo, on the way that goes down to Silla. -- 2 kings 12:20 +. +It was Jozachar son of Shimeath and Jehozabad son of Shomer, his servants, who smote him so that he died. They buried [Joash] with his fathers in the City of David. Amaziah his son reigned in his stead. -- 2 kings 12:21 +. +IN THE twenty-third year of Joash son of Ahaziah king of Judah, Jehoahaz son of Jehu began to reign over Israel in Samaria, and reigned seventeen years. -- 2 kings 13:1 +. +He did evil in the sight of the Lord and followed the sins of Jeroboam son of Nebat, which made Israel to sin, and did not depart from them. -- 2 kings 13:2 +. +The anger of the Lord was kindled against Israel, and He delivered them into the hand of Hazael king of Syria and of Ben-hadad son of Hazael continually. -- 2 kings 13:3 +. +But Jehoahaz besought the Lord, and the Lord hearkened to him, for He saw the oppression of Israel, how the king of Syria burdened them. -- 2 kings 13:4 +. +Then the Lord gave Israel a savior [one to rescue and give them peace], so that they escaped from under the hand of the Syrians; and the Israelites dwelt in their tents or homes as before. -- 2 kings 13:5 +. +Yet they did not depart from the sins of the house of Jeroboam, who made Israel sin; but the nation walked in them. And the Asherah [symbol of the goddess Asherah] remained in Samaria. -- 2 kings 13:6 +. +[Ben-hadad] of Syria did not leave to Jehoahaz of [Israel] an army of more than fifty horsemen, ten chariots, and 10,footmen, for the Syrian king had destroyed them and made them like dust to be trampled. -- 2 kings 13:7 +. +The rest of the acts of Jehoahaz, all that he did and his might, are they not written in the Book of the Chronicles of the Kings of Israel? -- 2 kings 13:8 +. +Jehoahaz slept with his fathers, and they buried him in Samaria. Jehoash his son reigned in his stead. -- 2 kings 13:9 +. +In the thirty-seventh year of Joash king of Judah, Jehoash son of Jehoahaz began to reign over Israel in Samaria, and reigned sixteen years. -- 2 kings 13:10 +. +He did evil in the sight of the Lord; he departed not from all the sins of Jeroboam son of Nebat, who made Israel sin; he walked in them. -- 2 kings 13:11 +. +The rest of the acts of Jehoash, all that he did, and his might with which he fought against Amaziah king of Judah, are they not written in the Book of the Chronicles of the Kings of Israel? -- 2 kings 13:12 +. +Jehoash slept with his fathers, and Jeroboam [II] sat on his throne. Jehoash was buried in Samaria with the kings of Israel. -- 2 kings 13:13 +. +Now Elisha [previously] had become ill of the illness of which he died. And Jehoash king of Israel came down to him and wept over him and said, O my father, my father, the chariot of Israel and the horsemen of it! -- 2 kings 13:14 +. +And Elisha said to him, Take bow and arrows. And he took bow and arrows. -- 2 kings 13:15 +. +And he said to the king of Israel, Put your hand upon the bow. And he put his hand upon it, and Elisha put his hands upon the king's hands. -- 2 kings 13:16 +. +And he said, Open the window to the east. And he opened it. Then Elisha said, Shoot. And he shot. And he said, The Lord's arrow of victory, the arrow of victory over Syria. For you shall smite the Syrians in Aphek till you have destroyed them. -- 2 kings 13:17 +. +Then he said, Take the arrows. And he took them. And he said to the king of Israel, Strike on the ground. And he struck three times and stopped. -- 2 kings 13:18 +. +And the man of God was angry with him and said, You should have struck five or six times; then you would have struck down Syria until you had destroyed it. But now you shall strike Syria down only three times. -- 2 kings 13:19 +. +Elisha died, and they buried him. Bands of the Moabites invaded the land in the spring of the next year. -- 2 kings 13:20 +. +As a man was being buried [on an open bier], such a band was seen coming; and the man was cast into Elisha's grave. And when the man being let down touched the bones of Elisha, he revived and stood on his feet. -- 2 kings 13:21 +. +Hazael king of Syria oppressed Israel all the days of Jehoahaz. -- 2 kings 13:22 +. +But the Lord was gracious to them and had compassion on them and turned toward them because of His covenant with Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob, and would not destroy them or cast them from His presence yet. -- 2 kings 13:23 +. +Hazael king of Syria died; Ben-hadad his son reigned in his stead. -- 2 kings 13:24 +. +Jehoash son of Jehoahaz recovered from Ben-hadad son of Hazael the cities which he had taken from Jehoahaz his father by war. Three times Jehoash defeated him, and recovered the cities of Israel. -- 2 kings 13:25 +. +IN THE second year of Jehoash son of Jehoahaz king of Israel, Amaziah son of Joash king of Judah reigned. -- 2 kings 14:1 +. +He was twenty-five years old when he began his twenty-nine-year reign in Jerusalem. His mother was Jehoaddin of Jerusalem. -- 2 kings 14:2 +. +He did right in the sight of the Lord, yet not like David his [forefather]. He did all things as Joash his father did. -- 2 kings 14:3 +. +But the high places were not removed; the people still sacrificed and burned incense on the high places. -- 2 kings 14:4 +. +As soon as the kingdom was established in Amaziah's hand, he slew his servants who had slain the king his father. -- 2 kings 14:5 +. +But he did not slay the children of the murderers, in compliance with what is written in the Book of the Law of Moses, in which the Lord commanded, The fathers shall not be put to death for the children, nor the children for the fathers; but every man shall die for his own sin only. -- 2 kings 14:6 +. +Amaziah slew of Edom in the Valley of Salt 10,000, and took Sela (Greek petra [rock]) by war, and called it Joktheel, which is the name of it to this day. -- 2 kings 14:7 +. +Then Amaziah sent messengers to Jehoash son of Jehoahaz, the son of Jehu, king of Israel, saying, Come, let us look one another in the face and test each other. -- 2 kings 14:8 +. +Jehoash king of Israel replied to Amaziah king of Judah, The thistle in Lebanon sent to the cedar in Lebanon, saying, Give your daughter to my son as wife. And a wild beast of Lebanon passed by and trampled the thistle [leaving the cedar unharmed]. -- 2 kings 14:9 +. +You have indeed smitten Edom, and your heart has lifted you up. Glory in that, and stay at home; for why should you meddle to your hurt and provoke calamity, causing you to fall, you and Judah with you? -- 2 kings 14:10 +. +But Amaziah would not hear. So Jehoash king of Israel went up; and he and Amaziah king of Judah measured swords at Beth-shemesh, which belongs to Judah. -- 2 kings 14:11 +. +But Judah was defeated by Israel, and every man fled home. -- 2 kings 14:12 +. +And Jehoash king of Israel captured Amaziah king of Judah, son of Joash, the son of Ahaziah, at Beth-shemesh, and came to Jerusalem and broke down the wall of Jerusalem from the Ephraim Gate to the Corner Gate, cubits. -- 2 kings 14:13 +. +He seized all the gold and silver and all the vessels found in the Lord's house and in the treasuries of the king's house, also hostages, and returned to Samaria. -- 2 kings 14:14 +. +The rest of the acts of Jehoash, his might, and how he fought with Amaziah king of Judah, are they not written in the Book of the Chronicles of Israel's Kings? -- 2 kings 14:15 +. +Jehoash slept with his fathers, and was buried in Samaria with Israel's kings. Jeroboam [II] reigned in his stead. -- 2 kings 14:16 +. +Amaziah son of Joash king of Judah lived after the death of Jehoash son of Jehoahaz king of Israel fifteen years. -- 2 kings 14:17 +. +The rest of the acts of Amaziah, are they not written in the Book of the Chronicles of the Kings of Judah? -- 2 kings 14:18 +. +Now a conspiracy was made against him in Jerusalem, and Amaziah fled to Lachish, but they sent after him to Lachish and slew him there. -- 2 kings 14:19 +. +They brought him on horses and he was buried at Jerusalem with his fathers in the City of David. -- 2 kings 14:20 +. +And all the people of Judah took Azariah, sixteen years old, and made him king instead of his father Amaziah. -- 2 kings 14:21 +. +He built Elath and restored it to Judah after the king [his father] died. -- 2 kings 14:22 +. +In the fifteenth year of Amaziah son of Joash king of Judah Jeroboam [II] son of Jehoash king of Israel began to reign in Samaria, and reigned forty-one years. -- 2 kings 14:23 +. +He did evil in the sight of the Lord; he did not depart from all the sins of Jeroboam son of Nebat, with which he made Israel to sin. -- 2 kings 14:24 +. +Jeroboam restored Israel's border from the entrance of Hamath to the [Dead] Sea of the Arabah, according to the word of the Lord, the God of Israel, which He spoke through His servant Jonah son of Amittai, the prophet from Gath-hepher. -- 2 kings 14:25 +. +For the Lord saw as very bitter the affliction of Israel; there was no one left, bond or free, nor any helper for Israel. -- 2 kings 14:26 +. +But the Lord had not said that He would blot out the name of Israel from under the heavens, so He saved them by the hand of Jeroboam [II] son of Jehoash. -- 2 kings 14:27 +. +The rest of the acts of Jeroboam [II], all that he did, his might, how he warred, and how he recovered for Israel Damascus and Hamath, which had belonged to Judah, are they not written in the Book of the Chronicles of the Kings of Israel? -- 2 kings 14:28 +. +Jeroboam [II] slept with his fathers, the kings of Israel. Zechariah his son reigned in his stead. -- 2 kings 14:29 +. +IN THE twenty-seventh year of Jeroboam [II] king of Israel, Azariah (Uzziah) son of Amaziah king of Judah began to reign. -- 2 kings 15:1 +. +He was sixteen years old when he began his fifty-two-year reign in Jerusalem. His mother was Jecoliah of Jerusalem. -- 2 kings 15:2 +. +He did right in the Lord's sight, in keeping with all his father Amaziah had done-- -- 2 kings 15:3 +. +Except the high places were not removed; the people sacrificed and burned incense still on the high places. -- 2 kings 15:4 +. +And the Lord smote the king, so that he was a leper to his dying day, and dwelt in a separate house. Jotham the king's son was over the household, judging the people of the land. -- 2 kings 15:5 +. +The rest of Azariah's acts, all that he did, are they not written in the Book of the Chronicles of the Kings of Judah? -- 2 kings 15:6 +. +Azariah slept with his fathers, and they buried him with them in the City of David. Jotham his son reigned in his stead. -- 2 kings 15:7 +. +In the thirty-eighth year of Azariah king of Judah Zechariah son of Jeroboam [II] reigned over Israel in Samaria six months. -- 2 kings 15:8 +. +He did evil in the sight of the Lord, as his fathers had done; he departed not from the sins of Jeroboam son of Nebat, with which he made Israel to sin. -- 2 kings 15:9 +. +Shallum son of Jabesh conspired against Zechariah and struck and killed him before the people and reigned in his stead. -- 2 kings 15:10 +. +The rest of the acts of Zechariah, see, they are written in the Book of the Chronicles of the Kings of Israel. -- 2 kings 15:11 +. +This was the fulfillment of the promise to Jehu from the Lord: Your sons shall sit on the throne of Israel to the fourth generation. And so it came to pass. -- 2 kings 15:12 +. +Shallum son of Jabesh, in the thirty-ninth year of Uzziah king of Judah, began his reign of a full month in Samaria. -- 2 kings 15:13 +. +For Menahem son of Gadi went up from Tirzah and came to Samaria, and smote and killed Shallum son of Jabesh in Samaria and reigned in his stead. -- 2 kings 15:14 +. +The rest of Shallum's acts, his conspiracy, see, they are written in the Book of the Chronicles of the Kings of Israel. -- 2 kings 15:15 +. +Then Menahem smote Tiphsah and all who were in it and its territory from Tirzah on; he attacked it because they did not open to him. And all the women there who were with child he ripped up. -- 2 kings 15:16 +. +In the thirty-ninth year of Azariah king of Judah, Menahem son of Gadi began his ten-year reign over Israel in Samaria. -- 2 kings 15:17 +. +He did evil in the sight of the Lord; he did not depart all his days from the sins of Jeroboam son of Nebat, which he caused Israel to sin. -- 2 kings 15:18 +. +There came against the land Pul king of Assyria, and Menahem gave Pul 1,talents of silver, that he might help him to confirm his kingship. -- 2 kings 15:19 +. +Menahem exacted the money from Israel, from all the men of wealth, from each man fifty shekels of silver to give to the king of Assyria. So the king of Assyria turned back and did not stay in the land. -- 2 kings 15:20 +. +The rest of Menahem's acts, all that he did, are they not written in the Book of the Chronicles of the Kings of Israel? -- 2 kings 15:21 +. +Menahem slept with his fathers; Pekahiah his son reigned in his stead. -- 2 kings 15:22 +. +In the fiftieth year of Azariah king of Judah, Pekahiah son of Menahem began his two-year reign over Israel in Samaria. -- 2 kings 15:23 +. +He did evil in the sight of the Lord; he did not depart from the sins of Jeroboam son of Nebat, which he made Israel sin. -- 2 kings 15:24 +. +But Pekah son of Remaliah, his captain, conspired against [Pekahiah] and attacked him in Samaria, in the citadel of the king's house, with Argob and Arieh; [for] with [Pekah] were fifty Gileadites. And he killed him and reigned in his stead. -- 2 kings 15:25 +. +The rest of the acts of Pekahiah, all he did, see, they are written in the Book of the Chronicles of the Kings of Israel. -- 2 kings 15:26 +. +In the fifty-second year of Azariah king of Judah, Pekah son of Remaliah began his twenty-year reign over Israel in Samaria. -- 2 kings 15:27 +. +He did evil in the Lord's sight; he did not depart from the sins of Jeroboam son of Nebat, which he made Israel sin. -- 2 kings 15:28 +. +In the days of Pekah king of Israel, Tiglath-pileser king of Assyria came and took Ijon, Abel-beth-maacah, Janoah, Kedesh, Hazor, Gilead, and Galilee, all the land of Naphtali, and carried the people captive to Assyria. -- 2 kings 15:29 +. +Hoshea son of Elah conspired against Pekah son of Remaliah [of Israel]; he smote and killed him, and reigned in his stead in the twentieth year of Jotham son of Uzziah king of Judah. -- 2 kings 15:30 +. +The rest of Pekah's acts, all that he did, behold, they are written in the Book of the Chronicles of Israel's Kings. -- 2 kings 15:31 +. +In the second year of Pekah son of Remaliah king of Israel, Jotham son of Uzziah king of Judah became king. -- 2 kings 15:32 +. +When he was twenty-five years old, he began his reign of sixteen years in Jerusalem. His mother was Jerusha daughter of Zadok. -- 2 kings 15:33 +. +He did right in the Lord's sight, according to all his father Uzziah had done. -- 2 kings 15:34 +. +Yet the high places were not removed; the people sacrificed and burned incense still on the high places. He built the Upper Gate of the house of the Lord. -- 2 kings 15:35 +. +The rest of the acts of Jotham, all he did, are they not written in the Book of the Chronicles of Judah's Kings? -- 2 kings 15:36 +. +In those days the Lord began sending Rezin king of Syria and Pekah son of Remaliah against Judah. -- 2 kings 15:37 +. +Jotham slept with his fathers and was buried [with them] in the city of David his [forefather]. Ahaz his son succeeded him. -- 2 kings 15:38 +. +IN THE seventeenth year of Pekah son of Remaliah, Ahaz son of Jotham king of Judah became king. -- 2 kings 16:1 +. +Ahaz was twenty years old when he began his sixteen-year reign in Jerusalem. He did not do right in the sight of the Lord his God, like David his [forefather]. -- 2 kings 16:2 +. +But he walked in the ways of Israel's kings, yes, and made his son pass through the fire [and offered him as a sacrifice], in accord with the abominable [idolatrous] practices of the [heathen] nations whom the Lord drove out before the Israelites. -- 2 kings 16:3 +. +He sacrificed and burned incense in the high places, on the hills, and under every green tree. -- 2 kings 16:4 +. +Then Rezin king of Syria and Pekah son of Remaliah king of Israel came up to Jerusalem to wage war; they besieged Ahaz, but could not conquer him. -- 2 kings 16:5 +. +At that time, Rezin king of Syria got back Elath [in Edom] for Syria and drove the Jews from [it]. The Syrians came to Elath and dwell there to this day. -- 2 kings 16:6 +. +So Ahaz sent messengers to Tiglath-pileser king of Assyria, saying, I am your servant and son. Come up and save me out of the hands of the kings of Syria and of Israel, who are attacking me. -- 2 kings 16:7 +. +And Ahaz took the silver and gold in the house of the Lord and in the treasuries of the king's house and sent a present to the king of Assyria. -- 2 kings 16:8 +. +Assyria's king hearkened to him; he went up against Damascus, took it, carried its people captive to Kir, and slew Rezin. -- 2 kings 16:9 +. +King Ahaz went to Damascus to meet Tiglath-pileser king of Assyria, and saw there their [heathen] altar. King Ahaz sent to Urijah the priest a model of the altar and an exact pattern for its construction. -- 2 kings 16:10 +. +So Urijah the priest built an altar according to all that King Ahaz had sent from Damascus, finishing it before King Ahaz returned. -- 2 kings 16:11 +. +When the king came from Damascus, he looked at the altar and offered on it. -- 2 kings 16:12 +. +King Ahaz burned his burnt offering and his cereal offering, poured his drink offering, and dashed the blood of his peace offerings upon that altar. -- 2 kings 16:13 +. +The bronze altar which was before the Lord he removed from the front of the house, from between his [new] altar and the house of the Lord, and put it on the north side of his altar. -- 2 kings 16:14 +. +And King Ahaz commanded Urijah the priest: Upon the principal (the new) altar, burn the morning burnt offering, the evening cereal offering, the king's burnt sacrifice and his cereal offering, with the burnt offering and cereal offering and drink offering of all the people of the land; and dash upon the [new] altar all the blood of the burnt offerings and the sacrifices. But the [old] bronze altar shall be kept for me to use to inquire by [of the Lord]. -- 2 kings 16:15 +. +Urijah the priest did all this as King Ahaz commanded. -- 2 kings 16:16 +. +[To keep Assyria's king from getting them] King Ahaz cut off the panels of the bases [of the ten lavers] and removed the laver from each of them; and he took down the Sea from off the bronze oxen that were under it and put it upon stone supports. -- 2 kings 16:17 +. +And the covered way for the Sabbath that they had built in the temple court, and the king's outer entrance, he removed from the house of the Lord, because of the king of Assyria [who if he heard of them might seize them]. -- 2 kings 16:18 +. +The rest of the acts of Ahaz, are they not written in the Book of the Chronicles of the Kings of Judah? -- 2 kings 16:19 +. +Ahaz slept with his fathers and was buried [with them] in the City of David. Hezekiah his son reigned in his stead. -- 2 kings 16:20 +. +IN THE twelfth year of Ahaz king of Judah, Hoshea son of Elah began his nine-year reign in Samaria over Israel. -- 2 kings 17:1 +. +He did evil in the sight of the Lord, but not as Israel's kings before him did. -- 2 kings 17:2 +. +Against him came up Shalmaneser king of Assyria, and Hoshea became his servant and brought him tribute. -- 2 kings 17:3 +. +But the king of Assyria found treachery in Hoshea, for he had sent messengers to So king of Egypt and offered no tribute to the king of Assyria, as he had done year by year; therefore the king of Assyria shut him up and bound him in prison. -- 2 kings 17:4 +. +Then the king of Assyria invaded all the land and went up to Samaria and besieged it for three years. -- 2 kings 17:5 +. +In the ninth year of Hoshea, the king of Assyria took Samaria and carried the Israelites away into Assyria, and placed them in Halah and in Habor by the river of Gozan and in the cities of the Medes. -- 2 kings 17:6 +. +This was so because the Israelites had sinned against the Lord their God, Who had brought them out of the land of Egypt, from under the hand of Pharaoh king of Egypt; and they had feared other gods -- 2 kings 17:7 +. +And walked in the customs of the [heathen] nations whom the Lord drove out before the Israelites, customs the kings of Israel had introduced. -- 2 kings 17:8 +. +The Israelites did secretly against the Lord their God things not right. They built for themselves high places in all their towns, from [lonely] watchtower to [populous] fortified city. -- 2 kings 17:9 +. +They set up for themselves pillars and Asherim [symbols of the goddess Asherah] on every high hill and under every green tree. -- 2 kings 17:10 +. +There they burned incense on all the high places, as did the nations whom the Lord carried away before them; and they did wicked things provoking the Lord to anger. -- 2 kings 17:11 +. +And they served idols, of which the Lord had said to them, You shall not do this thing. -- 2 kings 17:12 +. +Yet the Lord warned Israel and Judah through all the prophets and all the seers, saying, Turn from your evil ways and keep My commandments and My statutes, according to all the Law which I commanded your fathers and which I sent to you by My servants the prophets. -- 2 kings 17:13 +. +Yet they would not hear, but hardened their necks as did their fathers who did not believe (trust in, rely on, and remain steadfast to) the Lord their God. -- 2 kings 17:14 +. +They despised and rejected His statutes and His covenant which He made with their fathers and His warnings to them, and they followed vanity (false gods--falsehood, emptiness, and futility) and [they themselves and their prayers] became false (empty and futile). They went after the heathen round about them, of whom the Lord had charged them that they should not do as they did. -- 2 kings 17:15 +. +And they forsook all the commandments of the Lord their God and made for themselves molten images, even two calves, and made an Asherah and worshiped all the [starry] hosts of the heavens and served Baal. -- 2 kings 17:16 +. +They caused their sons and their daughters to pass through the fire and used divination and enchantments and sold themselves to do evil in the sight of the Lord, provoking Him to anger. -- 2 kings 17:17 +. +Therefore the Lord was very angry with Israel and removed them out of His sight. None was left but the tribe of Judah. -- 2 kings 17:18 +. +Judah also did not keep the commandments of the Lord their God, but walked in the customs which Israel introduced. -- 2 kings 17:19 +. +The Lord rejected all the descendants of Israel and afflicted them and delivered them into the hands of spoilers, until He had cast them out of His sight. -- 2 kings 17:20 +. +For He tore Israel from the house of David; and they made Jeroboam son of Nebat king. And Jeroboam drew and drove Israel away from following the Lord and made them sin a great sin. -- 2 kings 17:21 +. +For the Israelites walked in all the sins Jeroboam committed; they departed not from them -- 2 kings 17:22 +. +Until the Lord removed Israel from His sight, as He had foretold by all His servants the prophets. So Israel was carried away from their own land to Assyria to this day. -- 2 kings 17:23 +. +The king of Assyria brought men from Babylon, Cuthah, Avva, Hamath, and Sepharvaim and placed them in the cities of Samaria instead of the Israelites. They possessed Samaria and dwelt in its cities. -- 2 kings 17:24 +. +At the beginning of their dwelling there, they did not fear and revere the Lord. Therefore the Lord sent lions among them, which killed some of them. -- 2 kings 17:25 +. +So the king of Assyria was told: The nations you removed and placed in the cities of Samaria do not know the manner in which the God of the land requires their worship. Therefore He has sent lions among them, and behold, they are killing them, because they do not know the manner of [worship demanded by] the God of the land. -- 2 kings 17:26 +. +Then the king of Assyria commanded, Take to Samaria one of the priests you brought from there, and let him [and his helpers] go and live there and let him teach the people the law of the God of the land. -- 2 kings 17:27 +. +So one of the priests whom they had carried away from Samaria came and dwelt in Bethel and taught them how they should fear and revere the Lord. -- 2 kings 17:28 +. +But every nationality still made gods of their own and put them in the shrines of the high places which the Samaritans had made, every nationality in the city in which they dwelt. -- 2 kings 17:29 +. +The men of Babylon made [and worshiped their deity] Succoth-benoth, the men of Cuth made Nergal, the men of Hamath made Ashima, -- 2 kings 17:30 +. +The Avvites made Nibhaz and Tartak, and the Sepharvites burned their children in the fire to Adrammelech and Anammelech, the gods of Sepharvaim. -- 2 kings 17:31 +. +So they feared the Lord, yet appointed from among themselves, whether high or low, priests of the high places, who sacrificed for them in the shrines of the high places. -- 2 kings 17:32 +. +They feared the Lord, yet served their own gods, as did the nations from among whom they had been carried away. -- 2 kings 17:33 +. +Unto this day they do after their former custom: they do not fear the Lord [as God sees it], neither do they obey the statutes or the ordinances or the law and commandment which the Lord commanded the children of Jacob, whom He named Israel, -- 2 kings 17:34 +. +With whom the Lord had made a covenant and commanded them, You shall not fear other gods or bow yourselves to them or serve them or sacrifice to them. -- 2 kings 17:35 +. +But you shall [reverently] fear, bow yourselves to, and sacrifice to the Lord, Who brought you out of the land of Egypt with great power and an outstretched arm. -- 2 kings 17:36 +. +And the statutes, ordinances, law, and commandment which He wrote for you you shall observe and do forevermore; you shall not fear other gods. -- 2 kings 17:37 +. +And the covenant that I have made with you you shall not forget; you shall not fear other gods. -- 2 kings 17:38 +. +But the Lord your God you shall [reverently] fear; then He will deliver you out of the hands of all your enemies. -- 2 kings 17:39 +. +However, they did not listen, but they did as they had done formerly. -- 2 kings 17:40 +. +So these nations [vainly] feared the Lord and also served their graven images, as did their children and their children's children. As their fathers did, so do they to this day. -- 2 kings 17:41 +. +IN THE third year of Hoshea son of Elah king of Israel, Hezekiah son of Ahaz king of Judah began to reign. -- 2 kings 18:1 +. +He was twenty-five years old when he began his twenty-nine-year reign in Jerusalem. His mother was Abi daughter of Zechariah. -- 2 kings 18:2 +. +Hezekiah did right in the sight of the Lord, according to all that David his [forefather] had done. -- 2 kings 18:3 +. +He removed the high places, broke the images, cut down the Asherim, and broke in pieces the bronze serpent that Moses had made, for until then the Israelites had burned incense to it; but he called it Nehushtan [a bronze trifle]. -- 2 kings 18:4 +. +Hezekiah trusted in, leaned on, and was confident in the Lord, the God of Israel; so that neither after him nor before him was any one of all the kings of Judah like him. -- 2 kings 18:5 +. +For he clung and held fast to the Lord and ceased not to follow Him, but kept His commandments, as the Lord commanded Moses. -- 2 kings 18:6 +. +And the Lord was with Hezekiah; he prospered wherever he went. And he rebelled against the king of Assyria and refused to serve him. -- 2 kings 18:7 +. +He smote the Philistines, even to Gaza [the most distant city] and its borders, from the [isolated] watchtower to the [populous] fortified city. -- 2 kings 18:8 +. +In the fourth year of King Hezekiah, which was the seventh of Hoshea son of Elah king of Israel, Shalmaneser king of Assyria came up against Samaria and besieged it. -- 2 kings 18:9 +. +After three years it was taken; in the sixth year of Hezekiah, which was the ninth year of Hoshea king of Israel, Samaria was taken. -- 2 kings 18:10 +. +The king of Assyria carried Israel away to Assyria, and put them in Halah, and on the Habor, the river of Gozan, and in the cities of the Medes, -- 2 kings 18:11 +. +Because they did not obey the voice of the Lord their God, but transgressed His covenant, even all that Moses the servant of the Lord commanded, and would not hear it or do it. -- 2 kings 18:12 +. +In the fourteenth year of Hezekiah, Sennacherib king of Assyria came up against all the fortified cities of Judah and took them. -- 2 kings 18:13 +. +Then Hezekiah king of Judah sent to the king of Assyria at Lachish, saying, I have done wrong. Depart from me; what you put on me I will bear. And the king of Assyria exacted of Hezekiah king of Judah talents of silver and thirty talents of gold. -- 2 kings 18:14 +. +And Hezekiah gave him all the silver that was found in the house of the Lord and in the treasuries of the king's house. -- 2 kings 18:15 +. +Then Hezekiah stripped off the gold from the doors of the temple of the Lord and from the doorposts which he as king of Judah had overlaid, and gave it to the king of Assyria. -- 2 kings 18:16 +. +And the king of Assyria sent the Tartan, the Rabsaris, and the Rabshakeh [the high officials] from Lachish to King Hezekiah at Jerusalem with a great army. They went up to Jerusalem, and when they arrived, they came and stood by the canal of the Upper Pool, which is on the highway to the Fuller's Field. -- 2 kings 18:17 +. +When they called for the king, there came out to them Eliakim son of Hilkiah, who was over the king's household, and Shebna the scribe, and Joah son of Asaph the recorder. -- 2 kings 18:18 +. +The Rabshakeh told them, Say to Hezekiah, Thus says the great king of Assyria: What justifies this confidence of yours? -- 2 kings 18:19 +. +You say--but they are empty words--There is counsel and strength for war. Now on whom do you rely, that you rebel against me? -- 2 kings 18:20 +. +Behold, you are relying on Egypt, that broken reed of a staff; if a man leans on it, it will pierce his hand. So is Pharaoh king of Egypt to all who trust and rely on him. -- 2 kings 18:21 +. +But if you tell me, We trust in and rely on the Lord our God, is it not He Whose high places and altars Hezekiah has removed, saying to Judah and Jerusalem, You shall worship before this altar in Jerusalem? -- 2 kings 18:22 +. +So now, make a wager and give pledges to my lord the king of Assyria: I will deliver you 2,horses--if you can on your part put riders on them. -- 2 kings 18:23 +. +How then can you beat back one captain among the least of my master's servants, when your trust is put in Egypt for chariots and horsemen? -- 2 kings 18:24 +. +Have I come up without the Lord against this place to destroy it? The Lord said to me, Go up against this land and destroy it. -- 2 kings 18:25 +. +Then Eliakim son of Hilkiah and Shebna and Joah said to the Rabshakeh, We pray you, speak to your servants in the Aramaic (Syrian) language, for we understand it; and do not speak to us in the Jews' language in the hearing of the people on the wall. -- 2 kings 18:26 +. +But the Rabshakeh said to them, Has my master sent me to your master and you only to say these things? Has he not sent me to the men who sit on the wall [whom Hezekiah has doomed to be forced] to eat their own dung and drink their own urine along with you? -- 2 kings 18:27 +. +Then the Rabshakeh stood and cried with a loud voice in the Jews' language, Hear the word of the great king of Assyria! -- 2 kings 18:28 +. +Thus says the king: Let not Hezekiah deceive you. For he will not be able to deliver you out of my hand. -- 2 kings 18:29 +. +Nor let Hezekiah make you trust in and rely on the Lord, saying, The Lord will surely deliver us, and this city will not be given into the hand of Assyria's king. -- 2 kings 18:30 +. +Hearken not to Hezekiah, for thus says the king of Assyria: Make your peace with me and come out to me, and eat every man from his own vine and fig tree and drink every man the waters of his own cistern, -- 2 kings 18:31 +. +Until I come and take you away to a land like your own, a land of grain and vintage fruit, of bread and vineyards, of olive trees and honey, that you may live and not die. Do not listen to Hezekiah when he urges you, saying, The Lord will deliver us. -- 2 kings 18:32 +. +Has any one of the gods of the nations ever delivered his land out of the hand of the king of Assyria? -- 2 kings 18:33 +. +Where are the gods of Hamath and Arpad [in Syria]? Where are the gods of Sepharvaim, Hena, and Ivvah [in the Euphrates Valley]? Have they delivered Samaria [Israel's capital] out of my hand? -- 2 kings 18:34 +. +Who of all the gods of the countries has delivered his country out of my hand, that the Lord should deliver Jerusalem out of my hand? -- 2 kings 18:35 +. +But the people were silent and answered him not a word, for Hezekiah had commanded, Do not answer him. -- 2 kings 18:36 +. +Then Eliakim son of Hilkiah, who was over the royal household, and Shebna the scribe, and Joah son of Asaph the recorder came to Hezekiah with their clothes rent, and told him what the Rabshakeh had said. -- 2 kings 18:37 +. +WHEN KING Hezekiah heard it, he rent his clothes and covered himself with sackcloth and went into the house of the Lord. -- 2 kings 19:1 +. +And he sent Eliakim, who was over his household, Shebna the scribe, and the older priests, covered with sackcloth, to Isaiah the prophet the son of Amoz. -- 2 kings 19:2 +. +They said to him, Hezekiah says: This is a day of [extreme danger and] distress, of rebuke and chastisement, and blasphemous and insolent insult; for children have come to the birth, and there is no strength to bring them forth. -- 2 kings 19:3 +. +It may be that the Lord your God will hear all the words of the Rabshakeh, whom the king of Assyria has sent to mock, reproach, insult, and defy the living God, and will rebuke the words which the Lord your God has heard. So raise your prayer for the remnant [of His people] that is left. -- 2 kings 19:4 +. +So the servants of King Hezekiah came to Isaiah. -- 2 kings 19:5 +. +Isaiah said to them, Say to your master, Thus says the Lord: Do not be afraid because of the words you have heard, with which the servants of the king of Assyria have reviled and blasphemed Me. -- 2 kings 19:6 +. +Behold, I will put a spirit in him so that he will hear a rumor and return to his own land, and I will cause him to fall by the sword in his own country. -- 2 kings 19:7 +. +So the Rabshakeh returned and found the king of Assyria fighting against Libnah [a fortified city of Judah]; for he had heard that the king had left Lachish. -- 2 kings 19:8 +. +And Sennacherib king of Assyria heard concerning Tirhakah king of Ethiopia, He has come to make war against you. And when he heard it, he sent messengers again to Hezekiah, saying, -- 2 kings 19:9 +. +Say this to Hezekiah king of Judah: Let not your God on Whom you rely deceive you by saying, Jerusalem shall not be delivered into the hand of the king of Assyria. -- 2 kings 19:10 +. +Behold, you have heard what the Assyrian kings have done to all lands, destroying them utterly. And shall you be delivered? -- 2 kings 19:11 +. +Have the gods of the nations delivered those whom my ancestors have destroyed, as Gozan, Haran [of Mesopotamia], Rezeph, and the people of Eden who were in Telassar? -- 2 kings 19:12 +. +Where are the kings of Hamath, of Arpad [of northern Syria], of the city of Sepharvaim, of Hena, and Ivvah? -- 2 kings 19:13 +. +Hezekiah received the letter from the hand of the messengers and read it. And he went up into the house of the Lord and spread it before the Lord. -- 2 kings 19:14 +. +And Hezekiah prayed: O Lord, the God of Israel, Who [in symbol] is enthroned above the cherubim [of the ark in the temple], You are the God, You alone, of all the kingdoms of the earth. You have made the heavens and the earth. -- 2 kings 19:15 +. +Lord, bow down Your ear and hear; Lord, open Your eyes and see; hear the words of Sennacherib which he has sent to mock, reproach, insult, and defy the living God. -- 2 kings 19:16 +. +It is true, Lord, that the Assyrian kings have laid waste the nations and their lands -- 2 kings 19:17 +. +And have cast the gods of those peoples into the fire, for they were not gods but the work of men's hands, wood and stone. So they [could destroy and] have destroyed them. -- 2 kings 19:18 +. +Now therefore, O Lord our God, I beseech You, save us out of his hand, that all the kingdoms of the earth may know and understand that You, O Lord, are God alone. -- 2 kings 19:19 +. +Then Isaiah son of Amoz sent to Hezekiah, saying, Thus says the Lord, the God of Israel: Your prayer to Me about Sennacherib king of Assyria I have heard. -- 2 kings 19:20 +. +This is the word that the Lord has spoken concerning him: The Virgin Daughter of Zion has despised you and laughed you to scorn; the Daughter of Jerusalem has wagged her head behind you. -- 2 kings 19:21 +. +Whom have you mocked and reviled and insulted and blasphemed? Against Whom have you raised your voice and haughtily lifted your eyes? Against the Holy One of Israel! -- 2 kings 19:22 +. +By your messengers you have mocked, reproached, insulted, and defied the Lord, and have said, With my many chariots I have gone up to the heights of the mountains, to the far recesses of Lebanon. I cut down its tall cedar trees and its choicest cypress trees. I entered its most distant retreat, its densest forest. -- 2 kings 19:23 +. +I dug wells and drank foreign waters, and with the sole of my feet have I dried up all [the defense and] the streams of Egypt. -- 2 kings 19:24 +. +[But, says the God of Israel] Have you not heard how I ordained long ago what now I have brought to pass? I planned it in olden times, that you [king of Assyria] should [be My instrument to] lay waste fortified cities, making them ruinous heaps. -- 2 kings 19:25 +. +That is why their inhabitants had little power, they were dismayed and confounded; they were like plants of the field, the green herb, the grass on the housetops, blasted before it is grown up. -- 2 kings 19:26 +. +But [O Sennacherib] I [the Lord] know your sitting down, your going out, your coming in, and your raging against Me. -- 2 kings 19:27 +. +Because your raging against Me and your arrogance and careless ease have come to My ears, therefore I will put My hook in your nose and My bridle in your lips, and I will turn you back by the way you came, O king of Assyria. -- 2 kings 19:28 +. +And [Hezekiah, says the Lord] this shall be the sign [of these things] to you: you shall eat this year what grows of itself, also in the second year what springs up voluntarily. But in the third year sow and reap, plant vineyards and eat their fruit. -- 2 kings 19:29 +. +And the remnant that has survived of the house of Judah shall again take root downward and bear fruit upward. -- 2 kings 19:30 +. +For out of Jerusalem shall go forth a remnant, and a band of survivors out of Mount Zion. The zeal of the Lord of hosts shall perform this. -- 2 kings 19:31 +. +Therefore thus says the Lord concerning the king of Assyria: He shall not come into this city or shoot an arrow here or come before it with shield or cast up a siege mound against it. -- 2 kings 19:32 +. +By the way that he came, by that way shall he return, and he shall not come into this city, says the Lord. -- 2 kings 19:33 +. +For I will defend this city to save it, for My own sake and for My servant David's sake. -- 2 kings 19:34 +. +And it all came to pass, for that night the Angel of the Lord went forth and slew 185,in the camp of the Assyrians; and when [the living] arose early in the morning, behold, all these were dead bodies. -- 2 kings 19:35 +. +So Sennacherib king of Assyria departed and returned and dwelt at Nineveh. -- 2 kings 19:36 +. +And as he was worshiping in the house of Nisroch his god, Adrammelech and Sharezer his sons killed him with the sword, and they escaped to the land of Armenia or Ararat. Esarhaddon his son reigned in his stead. -- 2 kings 19:37 +. +IN THOSE days Hezekiah became deadly ill. The prophet Isaiah son of Amoz came and said to him, Thus says the Lord: Set your house in order, for you shall die; you shall not recover. -- 2 kings 20:1 +. +Then Hezekiah turned his face to the wall and prayed to the Lord, saying, -- 2 kings 20:2 +. +I beseech You, O Lord, [earnestly] remember now how I have walked before You in faithfulness and truth and with a whole heart [entirely devoted to You] and have done what is good in Your sight. And Hezekiah wept bitterly. -- 2 kings 20:3 +. +Before Isaiah had gone out of the middle court, the word of the Lord came to him: -- 2 kings 20:4 +. +Turn back and tell Hezekiah, the leader of My people, Thus says the Lord, the God of David your [forefather]: I have heard your prayer, I have seen your tears; behold, I will heal you. On the third day you shall go up to the house of the Lord. -- 2 kings 20:5 +. +I will add to your life fifteen years and deliver you and this city [Jerusalem] out of the hand of the king of Assyria; and I will defend this city for My own sake and for My servant David's sake. -- 2 kings 20:6 +. +And Isaiah said, Bring a cake of figs. Let them lay it on the burning inflammation, that he may recover. -- 2 kings 20:7 +. +Hezekiah said to Isaiah, What shall be the sign that the Lord will heal me and that I shall go up into the house of the Lord on the third day? -- 2 kings 20:8 +. +And Isaiah said, This is the sign to you from the Lord that He will do the thing He has promised: shall the shadow [denoting the time of day] go forward ten steps, or go back ten steps? -- 2 kings 20:9 +. +Hezekiah answered, It is an easy matter for the shadow to go forward ten steps; so let the shadow go back ten steps. -- 2 kings 20:10 +. +So Isaiah the prophet cried to the Lord, and He brought the shadow the ten steps backward by which it had gone down on the sundial of Ahaz. -- 2 kings 20:11 +. +At that time Merodach-baladan son of Baladan king of Babylon sent letters and a present to Hezekiah, for he had heard of Hezekiah's illness. -- 2 kings 20:12 +. +And Hezekiah rejoiced and welcomed the embassy and showed them all his treasure-house--the silver, gold, spices, precious ointment, his armory, and all that was found in his treasuries. There was nothing in his house or in all his realm that Hezekiah did not show them. -- 2 kings 20:13 +. +Then Isaiah the prophet came to King Hezekiah and said, What did these men say? From where did they come to you? Hezekiah said, They are from a far country, from Babylon. -- 2 kings 20:14 +. +Isaiah said, What have they seen in your house? Hezekiah answered, They have seen all that is in my house. There is no treasure of mine that I have not shown them. -- 2 kings 20:15 +. +Then Isaiah said to Hezekiah, Hear the word of the Lord! -- 2 kings 20:16 +. +Behold, the time is coming when all that is in your house, and that which your forefathers have stored up till this day, shall be carried to Babylon; nothing shall be left, says the Lord. -- 2 kings 20:17 +. +And some of your sons who shall be born to you shall be taken away, and they shall be eunuchs in the palace of Babylon's king. -- 2 kings 20:18 +. +Then said Hezekiah to Isaiah, The word of the Lord you have spoken is good. For he thought, Is it not good, if [all this evil is meant for the future and] peace and security shall be in my days? -- 2 kings 20:19 +. +The rest of the acts of Hezekiah, and all his might, and how he made the pool and the canal and brought water into the city, are they not written in the Book of the Chronicles of the Kings of Judah? -- 2 kings 20:20 +. +Hezekiah slept with his fathers. Manasseh his son reigned in his stead. -- 2 kings 20:21 +. +MANASSEH WAS twelve years old when he began his fifty-five-year [wicked] reign in Jerusalem. His mother's name was Hephzibah. -- 2 kings 21:1 +. +He [Hezekiah's son] did evil in the sight of the Lord, after the [idolatrous] practices of the [heathen] nations whom the Lord cast out before the Israelites. -- 2 kings 21:2 +. +For he built up again the high places which Hezekiah his father had destroyed; and he reared up altars for Baal and made an Asherah, as did Ahab king of Israel, and worshiped all the [starry] hosts of the heavens and served them! -- 2 kings 21:3 +. +And he built [heathen] altars in the house of the Lord, of which the Lord said, In Jerusalem will I put My Name [and the pledge of My presence]. -- 2 kings 21:4 +. +And he [good Hezekiah's son] built altars for all the hosts of the heavens in the two courts of the house of the Lord! -- 2 kings 21:5 +. +And he made his son pass through the fire and burned him as an offering [to Molech]; he practiced soothsaying and augury, and dealt with mediums and wizards! He did much wickedness in the sight of the Lord, provoking Him to anger. -- 2 kings 21:6 +. +He made a graven image of [the goddess] Asherah and set it in the house, of which the Lord said to David and to Solomon his son, In this house and in Jerusalem, which I have chosen out of all the tribes of Israel, will I put My Name [and the pledge of My presence] forever; -- 2 kings 21:7 +. +And I will not cause the feet of Israel to wander any more out of the land which I gave their fathers, if only they will observe to do according to all that I have commanded them and according to all the law that My servant Moses commanded them. -- 2 kings 21:8 +. +But they would not listen; and Manasseh seduced them to do more evil than the nations did whom the Lord destroyed before the Israelites! -- 2 kings 21:9 +. +And the Lord said through His servants the prophets: -- 2 kings 21:10 +. +Because Manasseh king of Judah has committed these abominations, and has done wickedly above all that the Amorites did who were before him, and has made Judah also to sin with his idols, -- 2 kings 21:11 +. +Therefore thus says the Lord, the God of Israel: Behold, I am bringing such evil upon Jerusalem and Judah, that whoever hears of it, both his ears shall tingle! -- 2 kings 21:12 +. +And I will stretch over Jerusalem the measuring line of Samaria and the plummet of the house of Ahab; and I will wipe Jerusalem as one wipes a dish, wiping it and turning it upside down. -- 2 kings 21:13 +. +And I will cast off the rest of My inheritance and deliver them into the hands of their enemies; and they shall become a prey and a spoil to all their enemies, -- 2 kings 21:14 +. +For they have done evil in My sight and have provoked Me to anger since their fathers came out of Egypt to this day. -- 2 kings 21:15 +. +Moreover, Manasseh shed very much innocent blood, filling Jerusalem from one end to another--besides his sin in making Judah sin, by doing evil in the sight of the Lord! -- 2 kings 21:16 +. +The rest of the acts of Manasseh, all that he did, and his sin that he committed, are they not written in the Book of the Chronicles of the Kings of Judah? -- 2 kings 21:17 +. +Manasseh slept with his fathers and was buried in the garden of his own house, in the garden of Uzza. Amon his son reigned in his stead. -- 2 kings 21:18 +. +Amon was twenty-two years old when he began his two-year reign in Jerusalem. His mother was Meshullemeth daughter of Haruz of Jotbah. -- 2 kings 21:19 +. +[But] he also did evil in the sight of the Lord, as his father Manasseh had done. -- 2 kings 21:20 +. +He walked in all the ways of his father; and he served the idols that his father served, and worshiped them; -- 2 kings 21:21 +. +He forsook the Lord, the God of his [forefathers], and did not walk in the way of the Lord. -- 2 kings 21:22 +. +The servants of Amon conspired against him and killed the king in his own house. -- 2 kings 21:23 +. +But the people of the land killed all those who had conspired against King Amon, and made Josiah his son king in his stead. -- 2 kings 21:24 +. +The rest of the acts of Amon, are they not written in the Book of the Chronicles of the Kings of Judah? -- 2 kings 21:25 +. +He was buried in his tomb in the garden of Uzza. Josiah his son succeeded him. -- 2 kings 21:26 +. +JOSIAH WAS eight years old when he began his thirty-one-year reign in Jerusalem. His mother was Jedidah daughter of Adaiah of Bozkath. -- 2 kings 22:1 +. +He did right in the sight of the Lord and walked in all the ways of David his [forefather], and turned not aside to the right hand or to the left. -- 2 kings 22:2 +. +In the eighteenth year of King Josiah, he sent Shaphan son of Azaliah, the son of Meshullam, the scribe, to the Lord's house, saying, -- 2 kings 22:3 +. +Go up to Hilkiah the high priest, that he may count the money brought into the house of the Lord, which the keepers of the door have gathered from the people. -- 2 kings 22:4 +. +And let them deliver it into the hands of the workmen who have oversight of the Lord's house, to give to the laborers engaged in the repairing of the Lord's house-- -- 2 kings 22:5 +. +That is, to the carpenters, builders, and masons--and to buy timber and hewn stone to repair the house. -- 2 kings 22:6 +. +However, there was no accounting required of them for the money delivered into their hands, because they dealt faithfully. -- 2 kings 22:7 +. +Hilkiah the high priest said to Shaphan the scribe, I have found the Book of the Law in the house of the Lord! Hilkiah gave the book to Shaphan, and he read it. -- 2 kings 22:8 +. +And Shaphan the scribe came to the king and reported to him: Your servants have gathered the money that was found in the house and have delivered it into the hands of the workmen who have oversight of the house of the Lord. -- 2 kings 22:9 +. +Then Shaphan the scribe told the king, Hilkiah the priest has given me a book. And Shaphan read it before the king. -- 2 kings 22:10 +. +And when the king heard the words of the Book of the Law, he rent his clothes. -- 2 kings 22:11 +. +And the king commanded Hilkiah the priest, Ahikam son of Shaphan, Achbor son of Micaiah, Shaphan the scribe, and Asaiah servant of the king, -- 2 kings 22:12 +. +Go, inquire of the Lord for me and for the people and for all Judah concerning the words of this book that has been found. For great is the wrath of the Lord that is kindled against us because our fathers have not listened and obeyed the words of this book, to do according to all that is written concerning us. -- 2 kings 22:13 +. +So Hilkiah the priest, Ahikam, Achbor, Shaphan, and Asaiah went to Huldah the prophetess, the wife of Shallum son of Tikvah, the son of Harhas, keeper of the wardrobe--now she dwelt in Jerusalem, in the Second Quarter--and they talked with her. -- 2 kings 22:14 +. +She said to them, Thus says the Lord, the God of Israel: Tell the man who sent you to me, -- 2 kings 22:15 +. +Thus says the Lord: Behold, I will bring evil upon this place and upon its inhabitants, according to all the words of the book which the king of Judah has read. -- 2 kings 22:16 +. +Because they have forsaken Me and have burned incense to other gods, provoking Me to anger with all the work of their hands, therefore My wrath will be kindled against this place and will not be quenched. -- 2 kings 22:17 +. +But to the king of Judah, who sent you to inquire of the Lord, say this, Thus says the Lord, the God of Israel, regarding the words you have heard: -- 2 kings 22:18 +. +Because your heart was [tender and] penitent and you humbled yourself before the Lord when you heard what I said against this place and against its inhabitants, that they should become a desolation, [an astonishment and] a curse, and you have rent your clothes and wept before Me, I also have heard you, says the Lord. -- 2 kings 22:19 +. +Behold, therefore [King Josiah], I will gather you to your fathers, taken to your grave in peace, and your eyes shall not see all the evil which I will bring on this place. And they brought the king word. -- 2 kings 22:20 +. +KING JOSIAH sent and gathered to him all the elders of Judah and of Jerusalem. -- 2 kings 23:1 +. +The king went up to the house of the Lord, and with him all the men of Judah, all the inhabitants of Jerusalem, the priests, the prophets, and all the people, both small and great. And he read in their ears all the words of the Book of the Covenant, which was found in the Lord's house. -- 2 kings 23:2 +. +The king stood [on the platform] by the pillar and made a covenant before the Lord--to walk after the Lord and to keep His commandments, His testimonies, and His statutes with all his heart and soul, to confirm the words of this covenant that were written in this book. And all the people stood to join in the covenant. -- 2 kings 23:3 +. +And the king commanded Hilkiah the high priest and the priests of the second rank and the keepers of the threshold to bring out of the temple of the Lord all the vessels made for Baal, for [the goddess] Asherah, and for all the hosts of the heavens; and he burned them outside Jerusalem in the fields of the Kidron, and carried their ashes to Bethel [where Israel's idolatry began]. -- 2 kings 23:4 +. +He put away the idolatrous priests whom the kings of Judah had ordained to burn incense in the high places in Judah's cities and round about Jerusalem--also those who burned incense to Baal, to the sun, to the moon, to the constellations [or twelve signs of the zodiac], and to all the hosts of the heavens. -- 2 kings 23:5 +. +And Josiah brought the Asherah from the house of the Lord to outside Jerusalem to the brook Kidron and burned it there, and beat it to dust and cast its dust upon the graves of the common people [who had sacrificed to it]. -- 2 kings 23:6 +. +And he broke down the houses of the male cult prostitutes, which were by the house of the Lord, where the women wove [tent] hangings for the Asherah [shrines]. -- 2 kings 23:7 +. +And [Josiah] brought all the [idolatrous] priests out of the city of Judah and defiled the high places, where the priests had burned incense, from Geba to Beersheba [north to south], and broke down the high places both at the entrance of the Gate of Joshua the governor of the city and that which was on one's left at the city's gate. -- 2 kings 23:8 +. +However, the priests of the high places were not allowed to sacrifice upon the Lord's altar in Jerusalem, but they ate unleavened bread among their brethren. -- 2 kings 23:9 +. +And Josiah defiled Topheth, which is in the Valley of Ben-hinnom [son of Hinnom], that no man might ever burn there his son or his daughter as an offering to Molech. -- 2 kings 23:10 +. +And he removed the horses that the kings of Judah had devoted to the sun from the entrance of the house of the Lord, by the chamber of Nathan-melech the chamberlain, which was in the area, and he burned the chariots of the sun with fire. -- 2 kings 23:11 +. +And the altars on the roof of the upper chamber of Ahaz, which the kings of Judah had made, and the altars which Manasseh had made in the two courts of the house of the Lord, [Josiah] pulled down and beat them in pieces, and he [ran and] cast their dust into the brook Kidron. -- 2 kings 23:12 +. +And the king defiled the high places east of Jerusalem, south of the Mount of Corruption, which Solomon the king of Israel had built for Ashtoreth the abominable [goddess] of the Sidonians, for Chemosh the abominable god of the Moabites, and for Milcom the abominable [god] of the Ammonites. -- 2 kings 23:13 +. +He broke in pieces the pillars (images) and cut down the Asherim and replaced them with the bones of men [to defile the places forever]. -- 2 kings 23:14 +. +Moreover, the altar at Bethel, the high place made by Jeroboam son of Nebat, who made Israel to sin, that altar with the high place Josiah tore down and broke in pieces its stones, beating them to dust, and burned the Asherah. -- 2 kings 23:15 +. +And as Josiah turned, he saw the tombs across on the mount, and he sent and brought the bones out of the tombs and burned them upon the altar and defiled it, in fulfillment of the word of the Lord which the man of God prophesied, who predicted these things [about this altar, naming Josiah before he was born]. -- 2 kings 23:16 +. +Josiah said, What is that monument I see? The men of the city told him, It is the tomb of the man of God who came from Judah and foretold these things that you have just done against the altar of Bethel. -- 2 kings 23:17 +. +He said, Let him alone; let no man move his bones. So they let his bones alone, with the bones of the prophet that came out of Samaria. -- 2 kings 23:18 +. +Also Josiah took away all the houses of the high places in the cities of Samaria which the kings of Israel had made, provoking the Lord to anger, and he did to them all that he had done in Bethel. -- 2 kings 23:19 +. +He slew all the priests of the high places that were there upon the altars and burned men's bones upon them [to defile the places forever]. Then he returned to Jerusalem. -- 2 kings 23:20 +. +The king commanded all the people, Keep the Passover to the Lord your God, as it is written in this Book of the Covenant. -- 2 kings 23:21 +. +Surely such a Passover was not held from the days of Israel's judges, even in all the days of the kings of Israel or Judah. -- 2 kings 23:22 +. +But in the eighteenth year of King Josiah, this Passover was kept to the Lord in Jerusalem. -- 2 kings 23:23 +. +Moreover, Josiah put away the mediums, the wizards, the teraphim (household gods), the idols, and all the abominations that were seen in Judah and in Jerusalem, that he might establish the words of the law written in the book found by Hilkiah the priest in the house of the Lord. -- 2 kings 23:24 +. +There was no king like him before or after [Josiah] who turned to the Lord with all his heart and all his soul and all his might, according to all the Law of Moses. -- 2 kings 23:25 +. +Still the Lord did not turn from the fierceness of His great wrath, kindled against Judah because of all the provocations with which Manasseh had provoked Him. -- 2 kings 23:26 +. +And the Lord said, I will remove Judah also out of My sight as I have removed Israel, and will cast off this city, Jerusalem, which I have chosen, and the house, of which I said, My Name [and the pledge of My presence] shall be there. -- 2 kings 23:27 +. +The rest of the acts of Josiah, all that he did, are they not written in the Book of the Chronicles of Judah's Kings? -- 2 kings 23:28 +. +In his days Pharaoh Necho king of Egypt went up against the king of Assyria to the river Euphrates. King Josiah went out against him, but he slew Josiah at Megiddo when he saw him. -- 2 kings 23:29 +. +Josiah's servants carried him dead in a chariot from Megiddo, brought him to Jerusalem, and buried him in his own tomb. The people of the land anointed Jehoahaz son of Josiah king in his stead. -- 2 kings 23:30 +. +Jehoahaz was twenty-three years old when he began his three-month reign in Jerusalem. His mother was Hamutal daughter of Jeremiah of Libnah. -- 2 kings 23:31 +. +He did evil in the sight of the Lord, according to all [the evil] his forefathers had done. -- 2 kings 23:32 +. +And Pharaoh Necho put him in bonds at Riblah in the land of Hamath, that he might not reign in Jerusalem, and laid a tribute of a hundred talents of silver and a talent of gold upon the land. -- 2 kings 23:33 +. +Pharaoh Necho made Eliakim son of Josiah king in place of Josiah and changed his name to Jehoiakim. But he took Jehoahaz away to Egypt, where he died. -- 2 kings 23:34 +. +Jehoiakim gave the silver and the gold to Pharaoh, but he taxed the land to give the money as Pharaoh commanded. He exacted the silver and gold of the people of the land, from everyone according to his assessment, to give it to Pharaoh Necho. -- 2 kings 23:35 +. +Jehoiakim was twenty-five years old when he began his eleven-year reign in Jerusalem. His mother was Zebidah daughter of Pedaiah of Rumah. -- 2 kings 23:36 +. +He did evil in the sight of the Lord, like all his [forefathers] had done. -- 2 kings 23:37 +. +IN HIS days, Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon came up, and Jehoiakim became his servant for three years; then he turned and rebelled against him. -- 2 kings 24:1 +. +The Lord sent against Jehoiakim bands of Chaldeans, of Syrians, of Moabites, and of Ammonites. And He sent them against Judah to destroy it, according to the word of the Lord which He spoke by His servants the prophets. -- 2 kings 24:2 +. +Surely this came upon Judah at the command of the Lord, to remove them out of His sight because of the sins of Manasseh according to all he had done, -- 2 kings 24:3 +. +And also for the innocent blood that he shed. For he filled Jerusalem with innocent blood, and the Lord would not pardon. -- 2 kings 24:4 +. +The rest of the acts of Jehoiakim, all that he did, are they not written in the Book of the Chronicles of Judah's Kings? -- 2 kings 24:5 +. +So Jehoiakim slept with his fathers. Jehoiachin his son reigned in his stead. -- 2 kings 24:6 +. +The king of Egypt came no more out of his land, for the king of Babylon had taken all that belonged to Egypt's king, from the River of Egypt to the river Euphrates. -- 2 kings 24:7 +. +Jehoiachin was eighteen years old when he began his three-month reign in Jerusalem. His mother was Nehushta daughter of Elnathan of Jerusalem. -- 2 kings 24:8 +. +And he did evil in the sight of the Lord, in keeping with all his father had done. -- 2 kings 24:9 +. +At that time the servants of Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon came up to Jerusalem, and the city was besieged. -- 2 kings 24:10 +. +Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon came to the city while his servants were besieging it. -- 2 kings 24:11 +. +Jehoiachin king of Judah surrendered to the king of Babylon, he, his mother, his servants, princes, and palace officials. The king of Babylon took him prisoner in the eighth year of Nebuchadnezzar's reign. -- 2 kings 24:12 +. +He carried off all the treasures of the Lord's house and the king's house, and cut in pieces all the vessels of gold in the temple of the Lord, which Solomon king of Israel had made, as the Lord had said. -- 2 kings 24:13 +. +He carried away all Jerusalem, all the princes, all the mighty men of valor, 10,captives, and all the craftsmen and smiths. None remained except the poorest of the land. -- 2 kings 24:14 +. +Nebuchadnezzar took captive to Babylon King Jehoiachin; his mother, his wives, his officials, and the chief and mighty men of the land [the prophet Ezekiel included] he took from Jerusalem to Babylon into exile. -- 2 kings 24:15 +. +And the king of Babylon brought captive to Babylon all the men of valor, 7,000, and craftsmen and smiths, 1,000, all strong and fit for war. -- 2 kings 24:16 +. +And the king of Babylon made Mattaniah, Jehoiachin's uncle, king in his stead and changed his name to Zedekiah. -- 2 kings 24:17 +. +Zedekiah was twenty-one years old when he began his eleven-year reign in Jerusalem. His mother was Hamutal daughter of Jeremiah of Libnah. -- 2 kings 24:18 +. +He did evil in the sight of the Lord, in keeping with all Jehoiakim had done. -- 2 kings 24:19 +. +For because of the anger of the Lord it came to the point in Jerusalem and Judah that He cast them out of His presence. And Zedekiah rebelled against the king of Babylon. -- 2 kings 24:20 +. +IN THE ninth year of Zedekiah's reign, on the tenth day of the tenth month, Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon came with all his army against Jerusalem and laid siege to it, and they built siege works against it round about. -- 2 kings 25:1 +. +The city was besieged [nearly two years] until the eleventh year of King Zedekiah. -- 2 kings 25:2 +. +On the ninth day of the fourth month the famine was complete in the city; there was no food for the people of the land. -- 2 kings 25:3 +. +Then the city was broken through; the king and all the warriors fled by night by way of the gate between the two walls by the king's garden, though the Chaldeans were round about the city. [The king] went by the way toward the Arabah (the plain). -- 2 kings 25:4 +. +The Chaldean army pursued the king and overtook him in the plains of Jericho. All his army was scattered from him. -- 2 kings 25:5 +. +So they captured Zedekiah and brought him to the king of Babylon at Riblah, and sentence was passed on him. -- 2 kings 25:6 +. +And they slew the sons of Zedekiah before his eyes and put out the eyes of Zedekiah and bound him in double fetters [hands and feet] and carried him to Babylon. [Foretold in Jer. 34:3; Ezek. 12:13.] -- 2 kings 25:7 +. +On the seventh day of the fifth month of the nineteenth year of King Nebuchadnezzar of Babylon, Nebuzaradan, captain of the Babylonian king's guard, came to Jerusalem. -- 2 kings 25:8 +. +He burned the house of the Lord, the king's house, and all the houses of Jerusalem; every great house he burned down. -- 2 kings 25:9 +. +All the army of the Chaldeans who were with the captain of the [Babylonian] guard broke down the walls around Jerusalem. -- 2 kings 25:10 +. +Now the rest of the people left in the city and the deserters who fell away to the king of Babylon, along with the rest of the multitude, Nebuzaradan the captain of the guard carried into exile. -- 2 kings 25:11 +. +But the captain of the guard left some of the poorest of the land to be vinedressers and soil tillers. -- 2 kings 25:12 +. +The bronze pillars in the Lord's house and [its] bases and the bronze Sea the Chaldeans smashed and carried the bronze to Babylon. -- 2 kings 25:13 +. +And they took away the pots, shovels, snuffers, dishes for incense, all the bronze vessels used in the temple service, -- 2 kings 25:14 +. +The firepans, and bowls. Such things as were of gold the captain of the guard took away as gold, and what was of silver [he took away] as silver. -- 2 kings 25:15 +. +The two pillars, the one Sea, and the bases, which Solomon had made for the house of the Lord, the bronze of all these articles was incalculable. -- 2 kings 25:16 +. +The height of the one pillar was eighteen cubits, and upon it was a capital of bronze. The height of the capital was three cubits; a network and pomegranates round about the capital were all of bronze. And the second pillar had the same as these, with a network. -- 2 kings 25:17 +. +The captain of the guard took Seraiah the chief priest, Zephaniah the second priest, and the three keepers of the threshold. -- 2 kings 25:18 +. +And out of the city he took an officer who was in command of the men of war and five men of the king's personal advisors, who were found in the city, and the scribe of the captain of the army who mustered the people of the land and sixty men of the people who were found in the city. -- 2 kings 25:19 +. +Nebuzaradan the captain of the guard took these and brought them to the king of Babylon at Riblah. -- 2 kings 25:20 +. +The king of Babylon smote and killed them at Riblah in the land of Hamath [north of Damascus]. So Judah was taken into exile. -- 2 kings 25:21 +. +Over the people whom Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon had left in the land of Judah he appointed as governor Gedaliah son of Ahikam, the son of Shaphan. -- 2 kings 25:22 +. +And when all the captains of the forces and their men heard that the king of Babylon had made Gedaliah governor, they came with their men to Gedaliah at Mizpah, namely, Ishmael son of Nethaniah, Johanan son of Kareah, Seraiah son of Tanhumeth the Netophathite, and Jaazaniah son of the Maacathite. -- 2 kings 25:23 +. +And Gedaliah swore to them and their men, saying, Do not be afraid of the Chaldean officials. Dwell in the land and serve the king of Babylon, and it shall be well with you. -- 2 kings 25:24 +. +But in the seventh month Ishmael son of Nethaniah, the son of Elishama, of the royal family [so having a claim to be governor], came with ten men and smote and killed Gedaliah and the Jews and the Chaldeans who were with him at Mizpah. -- 2 kings 25:25 +. +Then all the people, both small and great, and the captains of the forces arose and went to Egypt, for they were afraid of the Chaldeans. -- 2 kings 25:26 +. +And in the thirty-seventh year of the captivity of Jehoiachin king of Judah, on the twenty-seventh day of the twelfth month, Evil-merodach king of Babylon, in the year that he began to reign, showed favor to Jehoiachin king of Judah and released him from prison; -- 2 kings 25:27 +. +He spoke kindly to him and ranked him above the kings with him in Babylon. -- 2 kings 25:28 +. +Jehoiachin put off his prison garments, and he dined regularly at the king's table the remainder of his life. -- 2 kings 25:29 +. +And his allowance, a continual one, was given him by the king, every day a portion, for the rest of his life. -- 2 kings 25:30 +. +ADAM [his genealogical line], Seth, Enosh, -- 1 chronicles 1:1 +. +Kenan, Mahalalel, Jared, -- 1 chronicles 1:2 +. +Enoch, Methuselah, Lamech, -- 1 chronicles 1:3 +. +Noah, Shem, Ham, and Japheth. -- 1 chronicles 1:4 +. +The sons of Japheth: Gomer, Magog, Madai, Javan, Tubal, Meshech, and Tiras. -- 1 chronicles 1:5 +. +The sons of Gomer: Ashkenaz, Diphath, and Togarmah. -- 1 chronicles 1:6 +. +The sons of Javan: Elishah, Tarshish, Kittim, and Rodanim. -- 1 chronicles 1:7 +. +The sons of Ham: Cush, Mizraim (Egypt), Put, and Canaan. -- 1 chronicles 1:8 +. +The sons of Cush: Seba, Havilah, Sabta, Raamah, and Sabteca. The sons of Raamah: Sheba and Dedan. -- 1 chronicles 1:9 +. +Cush was the father of Nimrod; he began to be a mighty one upon the earth. -- 1 chronicles 1:10 +. +Mizraim (Egypt) was the father of the Ludim, Anamim, Lehabim, Naphtuhim, -- 1 chronicles 1:11 +. +Pathrusim, Casluhim, from whom came the Philistines, and the Caphtorim. -- 1 chronicles 1:12 +. +Canaan was the father of Sidon his firstborn, and Heth, -- 1 chronicles 1:13 +. +The Jebusites, Amorites, Girgashites, -- 1 chronicles 1:14 +. +Hivites, Arkites, Sinites, -- 1 chronicles 1:15 +. +Arvadites, Zemarites, and Hamathites. -- 1 chronicles 1:16 +. +The sons of Shem: Elam, Asshur, Arpachshad, Lud, Aram, Uz, Hul, Gether, and Meshech. -- 1 chronicles 1:17 +. +Arpachshad was the father of Shelah, Shelah of Eber. -- 1 chronicles 1:18 +. +To Eber were born two sons: the name of the one was Peleg, because in his days [the population of] the earth was divided [according to its languages], and his brother's name was Joktan. -- 1 chronicles 1:19 +. +Joktan was the father of Almodad, Sheleph, Hazarmaveth, Jerah, -- 1 chronicles 1:20 +. +Hadoram, Uzal, Diklah, -- 1 chronicles 1:21 +. +Ebal, Abimael, Sheba, -- 1 chronicles 1:22 +. +Ophir, Havilah, and Jobab. All these were the sons of Joktan. -- 1 chronicles 1:23 +. +Shem, Arpachshad, Shelah, -- 1 chronicles 1:24 +. +Eber, Peleg, Reu, -- 1 chronicles 1:25 +. +Serug, Nahor, Terah, -- 1 chronicles 1:26 +. +Abram, the same as Abraham. -- 1 chronicles 1:27 +. +The sons of Abraham: Isaac and Ishmael. -- 1 chronicles 1:28 +. +These are their descendants: The firstborn of Ishmael, Nebaioth; Kedar, Adbeel, Mibsam, -- 1 chronicles 1:29 +. +Mishma, Dumah, Massa, Hadad, Tema, -- 1 chronicles 1:30 +. +Jetur, Naphish, and Kedemah. These are the sons of Ishmael. -- 1 chronicles 1:31 +. +Now the sons of Keturah, Abraham's concubine: she bore Zimran, Jokshan, Medan, Midian, Ishbak, and Shuah. The sons of Jokshan: Sheba and Dedan. -- 1 chronicles 1:32 +. +The sons of Midian: Ephah, Epher, Hanoch, Abida, and Eldaah. All these are the sons [and grandsons] of Keturah. -- 1 chronicles 1:33 +. +Abraham was the father of Isaac. The sons of Isaac: Esau and Israel. -- 1 chronicles 1:34 +. +The sons of Esau: Eliphaz, Reuel, Jeush, Jalam, and Korah. -- 1 chronicles 1:35 +. +The sons of Eliphaz: Teman, Omar, Zephi, Gatam, Kenaz, Timna, and Amalek. -- 1 chronicles 1:36 +. +The sons of Reuel: Nahath, Zerah, Shammah, and Mizzah. -- 1 chronicles 1:37 +. +The sons of Seir: Lotan, Shobal, Zibeon, Anah, Dishon, Ezer, and Dishan. -- 1 chronicles 1:38 +. +The sons of Lotan: Hori and Homam; and Timna was Lotan's sister. -- 1 chronicles 1:39 +. +The sons of Shobal: Alian, Manahath, Ebal, Shephi, and Onam. The sons of Zibeon: Aiah and Anah. -- 1 chronicles 1:40 +. +The son of Anah: Dishon. The sons of Dishon: Hamran, Eshban, Ithran, and Cheran. -- 1 chronicles 1:41 +. +The sons of Ezer: Bilhan, Zaavan, [and] Jaakan. The sons of Dishan: Uz and Aran. -- 1 chronicles 1:42 +. +These are the kings who reigned in the land of Edom before any king reigned over the Israelites: Bela son of Beor; the name of his city was Dinhabah. -- 1 chronicles 1:43 +. +When Bela died, Jobab son of Zerah of Bozrah reigned in his stead. -- 1 chronicles 1:44 +. +When Jobab died, Husham of the land of the Temanites reigned in his stead. -- 1 chronicles 1:45 +. +When Husham died, Hadad [I of Edom] son of Bedad, who defeated Midian in the field of Moab, reigned in his stead; his city was Avith. -- 1 chronicles 1:46 +. +When Hadad died, Samlah of Masrekah reigned in his stead. -- 1 chronicles 1:47 +. +When Samlah died, Shaul of Rehoboth on the River [Euphrates] reigned in his stead. -- 1 chronicles 1:48 +. +When Shaul died, Baal-hanan son of Achbor reigned in his stead. -- 1 chronicles 1:49 +. +When Baal-hanan died, Hadad [II] reigned in his stead; his city was Pai; his wife was Mehetabel daughter of Matred, the daughter of Mezahab. -- 1 chronicles 1:50 +. +Hadad died also. The chiefs of Edom were: chiefs Timna, Aliah, Jetheth, -- 1 chronicles 1:51 +. +Oholibamah, Elah, Pinon, -- 1 chronicles 1:52 +. +Kenaz, Teman, Mibzar, -- 1 chronicles 1:53 +. +Magdiel, and Iram. These are the chiefs of Edom. -- 1 chronicles 1:54 +. +THESE ARE the sons of Israel: Reuben, Simeon, Levi, Judah, Issachar, Zebulun, -- 1 chronicles 2:1 +. +Dan, Joseph, Benjamin, Naphtali, Gad, and Asher. -- 1 chronicles 2:2 +. +The sons of Judah: Er, Onan, and Shelah, whom Shua's daughter the Canaanitess bore him. Er, Judah's eldest, was evil in the Lord's sight, and He slew him. -- 1 chronicles 2:3 +. +Tamar, Judah's daughter-in-law, bore him Pharez and Zerah. All Judah's sons were five. -- 1 chronicles 2:4 +. +The sons of Pharez: Hezron and Hamul. -- 1 chronicles 2:5 +. +The sons of Zerah: Zimri, Ethan, Heman, Calcol, and Dara--five in all. -- 1 chronicles 2:6 +. +The son of Carmi: Achar, the troubler of Israel, who transgressed in the matter of the devoted things. -- 1 chronicles 2:7 +. +The son of Ethan: Azariah. -- 1 chronicles 2:8 +. +The sons of Hezron who were born to him: Jerahmeel, Ram, and Chelubai (that is, Caleb). -- 1 chronicles 2:9 +. +Ram was the father of Amminadab, and Amminadab of Nahshon, prince of the sons of Judah. -- 1 chronicles 2:10 +. +Nahshon was the father of Salma, Salma of Boaz, -- 1 chronicles 2:11 +. +Boaz of Obed, and Obed of Jesse. -- 1 chronicles 2:12 +. +Jesse was the father of Eliab his firstborn, Abinadab second, Shimea third, -- 1 chronicles 2:13 +. +Nethanel fourth, Raddai fifth, -- 1 chronicles 2:14 +. +Ozem sixth, David seventh. -- 1 chronicles 2:15 +. +Their sisters were Zeruiah and Abigail. The sons of Zeruiah: Abishai, Joab, and Asahel, three. -- 1 chronicles 2:16 +. +Abigail bore Amasa, and the father of Amasa was Jether the Ishmaelite. -- 1 chronicles 2:17 +. +And Caleb son of Hezron had sons by his wife Azubah and by Jerioth. [Azubah's] sons were: Jesher, Shobab, and Ardon. -- 1 chronicles 2:18 +. +Azubah died, and Caleb married Ephrath, who bore him Hur. -- 1 chronicles 2:19 +. +Hur was the father of Uri, and Uri of Bezalel [the skillful craftsman who made the furnishings of the tabernacle]. -- 1 chronicles 2:20 +. +Later, when Hezron was sixty years old, he married the daughter of Machir the father of Gilead, and she bore him Segub. -- 1 chronicles 2:21 +. +Segub was the father of Jair, who had twenty-three cities in the land of Gilead. -- 1 chronicles 2:22 +. +But Geshur and Aram took from them Havvoth-jair, with Kenath and its villages, sixty towns. All these were the descendants of Machir the father of Gilead. -- 1 chronicles 2:23 +. +After Hezron died in Caleb-ephrathah, Abiah, Hezron's wife, bore to him Ashhur the father of Tekoa. -- 1 chronicles 2:24 +. +The sons of Jerahmeel the firstborn of Hezron: Ram the firstborn, Bunah, Oren, Ozem, and Ahijah. -- 1 chronicles 2:25 +. +Jerahmeel had another wife, named Atarah; she was the mother of Onam. -- 1 chronicles 2:26 +. +The sons of Ram the firstborn of Jerahmeel were: Maaz, Jamin, and Eker. -- 1 chronicles 2:27 +. +The sons of Onam: Shammai and Jada. The sons of Shammai: Nadab and Abishur. -- 1 chronicles 2:28 +. +Abishur's wife was Abihail; she bore him Ahban and Molid. -- 1 chronicles 2:29 +. +The sons of Nadab: Seled and Appaim. Seled died childless. -- 1 chronicles 2:30 +. +The son of Appaim: Ishi. The son of Ishi: Sheshan. The son of Sheshan: Ahlai. -- 1 chronicles 2:31 +. +The sons of Jada the brother of Shammai: Jether and Jonathan. Jether died childless. -- 1 chronicles 2:32 +. +The sons of Jonathan: Peleth and Zaza. These were the descendants of Jerahmeel. -- 1 chronicles 2:33 +. +Sheshan had no sons--only daughters. But Sheshan had a servant, an Egyptian, whose name was Jarha. -- 1 chronicles 2:34 +. +Sheshan gave his daughter to Jarha his servant as wife; she bore him Attai. -- 1 chronicles 2:35 +. +Attai was the father of Nathan, and Nathan of Zabad. -- 1 chronicles 2:36 +. +Zabad was the father of Ephlal, and Ephlal of Obed. -- 1 chronicles 2:37 +. +Obed was the father of Jehu, and Jehu of Azariah. -- 1 chronicles 2:38 +. +Azariah was the father of Helez, and Helez of Eleasah. -- 1 chronicles 2:39 +. +Eleasah was the father of Sismai, and Sismai of Shallum. -- 1 chronicles 2:40 +. +Shallum was the father of Jekamiah, and Jekamiah of Elishama. -- 1 chronicles 2:41 +. +The sons of Caleb the brother of Jerahmeel: Mesha his firstborn was the father of Ziph; and his son Mareshah [he was] the father of Hebron. -- 1 chronicles 2:42 +. +The sons of Hebron: Korah, Tappuah, Rekem, and Shema. -- 1 chronicles 2:43 +. +Shema was the father of Raham, the father of Jorkeam. And Rekem was the father of Shammai. -- 1 chronicles 2:44 +. +The son of Shammai was Maon; Maon's son was Beth-zur. -- 1 chronicles 2:45 +. +Ephah, Caleb's concubine, bore Haran, Moza, and Gazez; Haran was the father of Gazez. -- 1 chronicles 2:46 +. +The sons of Jahdai: Regem, Jotham, Geshan, Pelet, Ephah, and Shaaph. -- 1 chronicles 2:47 +. +Maacah, Caleb's concubine, bore Sheber and Tirhanah, and also -- 1 chronicles 2:48 +. +Shaaph the father of Madmannah and Sheva the father of Machbenah and of Gibea; and the daughter of Caleb was Achsah. -- 1 chronicles 2:49 +. +These were the descendants of Caleb. The sons of Hur the firstborn of Ephrathah: Shobal the father of Kiriath-jearim, -- 1 chronicles 2:50 +. +Salma the father of Bethlehem, and Hareph the father of Beth-gader. -- 1 chronicles 2:51 +. +Shobal the father of Kiriath-jearim had [other] descendants: Haroeh, half [of the inhabitants] of Menuhoth [in Judah], -- 1 chronicles 2:52 +. +And the families of Kiriath-jearim: the Ithrites, Puthites, Shumathites, and Mishraites. From these came the Zorathites and the Eshtaolites. -- 1 chronicles 2:53 +. +The descendants of Salma: Bethlehem, the Netophathites, Atroth-beth-joab, and half of the Manahathites, [and] the Zorites, -- 1 chronicles 2:54 +. +And the families of scribes who dwelt at Jabez: the Tirathites, Shimeathites, and Sucathites. These are the Kenites who came from Hammath, the father of the house of Rechab. -- 1 chronicles 2:55 +. +THESE SONS of David were born to him in Hebron: the firstborn was Amnon, of Ahinoam the Jezreelitess; second, Daniel (Chileab), of Abigail the Carmelitess; -- 1 chronicles 3:1 +. +Third, Absalom the son of Maacah daughter of Talmai king of Geshur; fourth, Adonijah, of Haggith; -- 1 chronicles 3:2 +. +Fifth, Shephatiah, of Abital; sixth, Ithream, of his wife Eglah. -- 1 chronicles 3:3 +. +These six were born to David in Hebron; there he reigned seven years and six months, and in Jerusalem he reigned thirty-three years. -- 1 chronicles 3:4 +. +These were born to [David] in Jerusalem: Shimea, Shobab, Nathan, Solomon--four of Bathshua (Bathsheba) daughter of Ammiel (Eliam); -- 1 chronicles 3:5 +. +Then Ibhar, Elishama, Eliphelet, -- 1 chronicles 3:6 +. +Nogah, Nepheg, Japhia, -- 1 chronicles 3:7 +. +Elishama, Eliada, and Eliphelet--nine in all. -- 1 chronicles 3:8 +. +These were all the sons of David, besides the sons of the concubines. And Tamar was their sister. -- 1 chronicles 3:9 +. +Solomon's descendants [omitting nonreigning offspring] were: his son Rehoboam. Abijah was his son, Asa his son, Jehoshaphat his son, -- 1 chronicles 3:10 +. +Jehoram (Joram) his son, Ahaziah his son, Joash his son, -- 1 chronicles 3:11 +. +Amaziah his son, Azariah his son, Jotham his son, -- 1 chronicles 3:12 +. +Ahaz his son, Hezekiah his son, Manasseh his son, -- 1 chronicles 3:13 +. +Amon his son, Josiah his son. -- 1 chronicles 3:14 +. +The descendants of Josiah: firstborn, Johanan; second, Jehoiakim; third, Zedekiah; fourth, Shallum. -- 1 chronicles 3:15 +. +The descendants of Jehoiakim: Jehoiachin (Jeconiah) his son, Zedekiah his son. -- 1 chronicles 3:16 +. +The descendants of Jehoiachin the captive: Shealtiel his son, -- 1 chronicles 3:17 +. +Malchiram, Pedaiah, Shenazzar, Jekamiah, Hoshama, and Nedabiah. -- 1 chronicles 3:18 +. +The sons of Pedaiah: Zerubbabel and Shimei. The sons of Zerubbabel: Meshullam, Hananiah. And Shelomith was their sister; -- 1 chronicles 3:19 +. +And Hashubah, Ohel, Berechiah, Hasadiah, [and] Jushab-hesed--five [the sons of Meshullam?]. -- 1 chronicles 3:20 +. +The sons of Hananiah: Pelatiah and Jeshaiah, whose son was Rephaiah, his son Arnan, his son Obadiah, his son Shecaniah. -- 1 chronicles 3:21 +. +The son of Shecaniah: Shemaiah. The sons of Shemaiah: Hattush, Igal, Bariah, Neariah, and Shaphat--six in all. -- 1 chronicles 3:22 +. +The sons of Neariah: Elioenai, Hizkiah, and Azrikam--three in all. -- 1 chronicles 3:23 +. +The sons of Elioenai: Hodaviah, Eliashib, Pelaiah, Akkub, Johanan, Delaiah, and Anani--seven in all. -- 1 chronicles 3:24 +. +THE SONS of Judah: Perez, Hezron, Carmi, Hur, and Shobal. -- 1 chronicles 4:1 +. +Reaiah son of Shobal was the father of Jahath, and Jahath of Ahumai and Lahad. These were the families of the Zorathites. -- 1 chronicles 4:2 +. +These were the sons of [Hur] the father of Etam: Jezreel, Ishma, and Idbash. And their sister was Hazzelelponi. -- 1 chronicles 4:3 +. +And Penuel was the father of Gedor, and Ezer the father of Hushah. These were the sons of Hur, the eldest of Ephrathah (Ephrath), the father of Bethlehem. -- 1 chronicles 4:4 +. +Ashur the father of Tekoa had two wives, Helah and Naarah. -- 1 chronicles 4:5 +. +Naarah bore him Ahuzzam, Hepher, Temeni, and Haahashtari. These were Naarah's sons. -- 1 chronicles 4:6 +. +The sons of Helah: Zereth, Izhar, and Ethnan. -- 1 chronicles 4:7 +. +Koz was the father of Anub, Zobebah, and the families of Aharhel son of Harum. -- 1 chronicles 4:8 +. +Jabez was honorable above his brothers; but his mother named him Jabez [sorrow maker], saying, Because I bore him in pain. -- 1 chronicles 4:9 +. +Jabez cried to the God of Israel, saying, Oh, that You would bless me and enlarge my border, and that Your hand might be with me, and You would keep me from evil so it might not hurt me! And God granted his request. -- 1 chronicles 4:10 +. +Chelub the brother of Shuhah was the father of Mehir, the father of Eshton. -- 1 chronicles 4:11 +. +Eshton was the father of Beth-rapha, Paseah, and Tehinnah the father of Ir-nahash. These are the men of Recah. -- 1 chronicles 4:12 +. +The sons of Kenaz: Othniel and Seraiah. The sons of Othniel: Hathath [and Meonothai]. -- 1 chronicles 4:13 +. +Meonothai was father of Ophrah, and Seraiah of Joab the father of Ge-harashim [the Valley of Craftsmen], so named because they were craftsmen. -- 1 chronicles 4:14 +. +The sons of Caleb [Joshua's companion] son of Jephunneh: Iru, Elah, and Naam. The son of Elah: Kenaz. -- 1 chronicles 4:15 +. +The sons of Jehallelel: Ziph, Ziphah, Tiria, and Asarel. -- 1 chronicles 4:16 +. +The sons of Ezrah: Jether, Mered, Epher, and Jalon. These are the sons of Bithiah daughter of Pharaoh, whom Mered married: she bore Miriam, Shammai, and Ishbah the father of Eshtemoa. -- 1 chronicles 4:17 +. +And Mered's Jewish wife bore Jered the father of Gedor, Heber the father of Soco, and Jekuthiel the father of Zanoah. -- 1 chronicles 4:18 +. +The sons of the wife of Hodiah, the sister of Naham, were: the father of Keilah the Garmite, and Eshtemoa the Maacathite. -- 1 chronicles 4:19 +. +The sons of Shimon: Amnon, Rinnah, Ben-hanan, and Tilon. The sons of Ishi: Zoheth and Ben-zoheth. -- 1 chronicles 4:20 +. +The sons of Shelah son of Judah: Er the father of Lecah, and Laadah the father of Mareshah, and the families of the house of the linen workers at Beth-ashbea, -- 1 chronicles 4:21 +. +And Jokim, the men of Cozeba, Joash, and Saraph, who ruled in Moab, and returned to [Bethlehem]. These are ancient matters. -- 1 chronicles 4:22 +. +These were the potters and those who dwelt among plantations and hedges at Netaim and Gederah; there they dwelt with the king for his work. -- 1 chronicles 4:23 +. +The sons of Simeon: Nemuel, Jamin, Jarib, Zerah, and Shaul; -- 1 chronicles 4:24 +. +Shallum was his [Shaul's] son, Mibsam his son, Mishma his son. -- 1 chronicles 4:25 +. +The sons of Mishma: Hammuel his son, Zaccur his son, Shimei his son. -- 1 chronicles 4:26 +. +Shimei had sixteen sons and six daughters, but his brothers did not have many children; neither did all their family multiply like the children of Judah. -- 1 chronicles 4:27 +. +They dwelt at Beersheba, Moladah, Hazar-shual, -- 1 chronicles 4:28 +. +Bilhah, Ezem, Tolad, -- 1 chronicles 4:29 +. +Bethuel, Hormah, Ziklag, -- 1 chronicles 4:30 +. +Beth-marcaboth, Hazar-susim, Beth-biri, and at Shaaraim. These were their towns [and villages] until the reign of David. -- 1 chronicles 4:31 +. +There were also Etam, Ain, Rimmon, Tochen, and Ashan--five towns-- -- 1 chronicles 4:32 +. +And all their villages that were round about these towns, as far as Baal[-ath-beer]. These were their settlements, and they had their genealogical record. -- 1 chronicles 4:33 +. +Meshobab, Jamlech, Joshah son of Amaziah, -- 1 chronicles 4:34 +. +Joel, Jehu son of Joshibiah, the son of Seraiah, the son of Asiel, -- 1 chronicles 4:35 +. +Also Elioenai, Jaakobah, Jeshohaiah, Asaiah, Adiel, Jesimiel, Benaiah, -- 1 chronicles 4:36 +. +Ziza son of Shiphi, the son of Allon, the son of Jedaiah, the son of Shimri, the son of Shemaiah. -- 1 chronicles 4:37 +. +These mentioned by name were princes in their families; and their fathers' houses increased greatly [so they needed more room]. -- 1 chronicles 4:38 +. +And they journeyed to the entrance of Gedor to the east side of the valley to seek pasture for their flocks. -- 1 chronicles 4:39 +. +And they found rich, good pasture, and the [cleared] land was wide, quiet, and peaceful, because people of Ham had dwelt there of old [and had left it a better place for those who came after them]. -- 1 chronicles 4:40 +. +And these registered by name came in the days of Hezekiah king of Judah and destroyed their tents and the Meunim [foreigners] who were found there and exterminated them to this day, and they settled in their stead, because there was pasture for their flocks. -- 1 chronicles 4:41 +. +And some of them from the sons of Simeon, men, went to Mount Seir, having for their leaders Pelatiah, and Neariah, Rephaiah, and Uzziel, the sons of Ishi. -- 1 chronicles 4:42 +. +They destroyed the remnant of the Amalekites who had escaped, and they have dwelt there to this day. -- 1 chronicles 4:43 +. +NOW [we come to] the sons of Reuben the firstborn of Israel. For [Reuben] was the eldest, but because he polluted his father's couch [with Bilhah his father's concubine] his birthright was given to the sons of Joseph [favorite] son of Israel; so the genealogy is not to be reckoned according to the birthright. -- 1 chronicles 5:1 +. +Judah prevailed above his brethren, and from him came the prince and leader [and eventually the Messiah]; yet the birthright was Joseph's. -- 1 chronicles 5:2 +. +The sons of Reuben the firstborn of Israel: Hanoch, Pallu, Hezron, and Carmi. -- 1 chronicles 5:3 +. +The sons of Joel: Shemaiah his son, Gog his son, Shimei his son, -- 1 chronicles 5:4 +. +Micah his son, Reaiah his son, Baal his son, -- 1 chronicles 5:5 +. +Beerah his son, whom Tilgath-pilneser king of Assyria carried away captive; he was a prince of the Reubenites. -- 1 chronicles 5:6 +. +And his brethren by their families, when the genealogy of their generations was reckoned: the chief Jeiel, and Zechariah, -- 1 chronicles 5:7 +. +Bela son of Azaz, the son of Shema, the son of Joel, who dwelt in Aroer as far as Nebo and Baal-meon. -- 1 chronicles 5:8 +. +Eastward [Bela] inhabited the land as far as the entrance into the desert this [west] side of the river Euphrates, because their cattle had multiplied in the land of Gilead. -- 1 chronicles 5:9 +. +In the days of [King] Saul they made war with the Hagrites or Ishmaelites, who fell by their hands; they dwelt in their tents in all the land east of Gilead. -- 1 chronicles 5:10 +. +The children of Gad who dwelt opposite them in the land of Bashan, as far as Salecah: -- 1 chronicles 5:11 +. +Joel the chief, Shapham the next, Janai, and Shaphat in Bashan. -- 1 chronicles 5:12 +. +Their kinsmen of the houses of their fathers: Michael, Meshullam, Sheba, Jorai, Jacan, Zia, and Eber--seven in all. -- 1 chronicles 5:13 +. +These were the sons of Abihail son of Huri, the son of Jaroah, the son of Gilead, the son of Michael, the son of Jeshishai, the son of Jahdo, the son of Buz. -- 1 chronicles 5:14 +. +Ahi son of Abdiel, the son of Guni, was chief in their fathers' houses. -- 1 chronicles 5:15 +. +They dwelt in Gilead, in Bashan and in its towns, and in all the suburbs and pasturelands of Sharon to their limits. -- 1 chronicles 5:16 +. +All these were enrolled by genealogies in the days of Jotham king of Judah and in the days of Jeroboam [II] king of Israel. -- 1 chronicles 5:17 +. +The sons of Reuben, the Gadites, and the half-tribe of Manasseh--valiant men able to bear buckler and sword and to shoot with bow and skillful in war--were 44,able and ready to go forth to war. -- 1 chronicles 5:18 +. +And [these Israelites, on the east side of the Jordan River] made war with the Hagrites [a tribe of northern Arabia], Jetur, Naphish, and Nodab. -- 1 chronicles 5:19 +. +They were given help against them, and the Hagrites or Ishmaelites were delivered into their hands, and all who were allied with them, for they cried to God in the battle; and He granted their entreaty, because they relied on, clung to, and trusted in Him. -- 1 chronicles 5:20 +. +And [these Israelites] took away their adversaries' herds: of their camels 50,000, and of sheep 250,000, and of donkeys 2,000, and of the lives of men 100,000. -- 1 chronicles 5:21 +. +For a great number fell mortally wounded, because the battle was God's. And [these Israelites] dwelt in their territory until the captivity [by Assyria more than five centuries later]. -- 1 chronicles 5:22 +. +And the people of the half-tribe of Manasseh dwelt in the land; their settlements spread from Bashan to Baal-hermon, Senir, and Mount Hermon. -- 1 chronicles 5:23 +. +And these were the heads of their fathers' houses: Epher, Ishi, Eliel, Azriel, Jeremiah, Hodaviah, and Jahdiel, mighty men of strength of mind and spirit [enabling them to encounter danger with firmness and personal bravery], famous men, and heads of the houses of their fathers. -- 1 chronicles 5:24 +. +They transgressed against the God of their fathers and played the harlot [by unfaithfulness to their own God and running] after the gods of the native peoples, whom God had destroyed before them. -- 1 chronicles 5:25 +. +So the God of Israel stirred up the spirit of Pul king of Assyria, [that is,] the spirit of Tilgath-pilneser king of Assyria, and he carried them away, the Reubenites, Gadites, and half-tribe of Manasseh and brought them to Halah, Habor, Hara, and the river Gozan, to this day. -- 1 chronicles 5:26 +. +THE SONS of Levi: Gershom, Kohath, and Merari. -- 1 chronicles 6:1 +. +The sons of Kohath: Amram, Izhar, Hebron, and Uzziel. -- 1 chronicles 6:2 +. +The children of Amram: Aaron, Moses, and Miriam. The sons also of Aaron: Nadab, Abihu, Eleazar, and Ithamar. -- 1 chronicles 6:3 +. +Eleazar was the father of Phinehas, Phinehas of Abishua. -- 1 chronicles 6:4 +. +Abishua was the father of Bukki, and Bukki of Uzzi, -- 1 chronicles 6:5 +. +Uzzi of Zerahiah, and Zerahiah of Meraioth, -- 1 chronicles 6:6 +. +Meraioth of Amariah, and Amariah of Ahitub, -- 1 chronicles 6:7 +. +Ahitub of Zadok, and Zadok of Ahimaaz, -- 1 chronicles 6:8 +. +Ahimaaz of Azariah, and Azariah of Johanan, -- 1 chronicles 6:9 +. +Johanan of Azariah, who was priest in the temple Solomon built in Jerusalem, -- 1 chronicles 6:10 +. +Azariah of Amariah, and Amariah of Ahitub, -- 1 chronicles 6:11 +. +Ahitub of Zadok, and Zadok of Shallum, -- 1 chronicles 6:12 +. +Shallum of Hilkiah, and Hilkiah of Azariah, -- 1 chronicles 6:13 +. +Azariah of Seraiah, and Seraiah of Jehozadak; -- 1 chronicles 6:14 +. +Jehozadak went into captivity when the Lord sent Judah and Jerusalem into exile by the hand of Nebuchadnezzar. -- 1 chronicles 6:15 +. +The sons of Levi: Gershom, Kohath, and Merari. -- 1 chronicles 6:16 +. +These are the names of the sons of Gershom: Libni and Shimei. -- 1 chronicles 6:17 +. +The sons of Kohath: Amram, Izhar, Hebron, and Uzziel. -- 1 chronicles 6:18 +. +The sons of Merari: Mahli and Mushi. These are the families of the Levites according to their fathers: -- 1 chronicles 6:19 +. +Of Gershom: Libni his son, Jahath his son, Zimmah his son, -- 1 chronicles 6:20 +. +Joah his son, Iddo his son, Zerah his son, Jeatherai his son. -- 1 chronicles 6:21 +. +The sons of Kohath: Amminadab his son, Korah his son, Assir his son, -- 1 chronicles 6:22 +. +Elkanah his son, Ebiasaph his son, Assir his son, -- 1 chronicles 6:23 +. +Tahath his son, Uriel his son, Uzziah his son, and Shaul his son. -- 1 chronicles 6:24 +. +And the sons of Elkanah: Amasai, Ahimoth, -- 1 chronicles 6:25 +. +Elkanah his son, Zophai his son, Nahath his son, -- 1 chronicles 6:26 +. +Eliab his son, Jeroham his son, Elkanah [Samuel's father] his son. -- 1 chronicles 6:27 +. +The sons of Samuel: the firstborn [Joel] and Abijah. -- 1 chronicles 6:28 +. +The sons of Merari: Mahli, Libni his son, Shimei his son, Uzza his son, -- 1 chronicles 6:29 +. +Shimea his son, Haggiah his son, Asaiah his son. -- 1 chronicles 6:30 +. +These David put over the service of song in the house of the Lord after the ark of the covenant rested there [after being taken by the Philistines and later placed in the house of Abinadab, where it remained for nearly years during the rest of Samuel's judgeship and Saul's entire reign and into David's reign]. -- 1 chronicles 6:31 +. +They ministered before the tabernacle of the Tent of Meeting with singing until Solomon had built the Lord's house in Jerusalem, performing their service in due order. -- 1 chronicles 6:32 +. +These and their sons served of the Kohathites: Heman, the singer, the son of Joel, the son of Samuel [the great prophet and judge], -- 1 chronicles 6:33 +. +The son of Elkanah [III], the son of Jeroham, the son of Eliel, the son of Toah, -- 1 chronicles 6:34 +. +The son of Zuph, the son of Elkanah [II], the son of Mahath, the son of Amasai, -- 1 chronicles 6:35 +. +The son of Elkanah , the son of Joel, the son of Azariah, the son of Zephaniah, -- 1 chronicles 6:36 +. +The son of Tahath, the son of Assir, the son of Ebiasaph, the son of Korah, -- 1 chronicles 6:37 +. +The son of Izhar, the son of Kohath, the son of Levi, the son of Israel (Jacob). -- 1 chronicles 6:38 +. +Heman's [tribal] brother Asaph stood at his right hand: Asaph son of Berechiah, the son of Shimea, -- 1 chronicles 6:39 +. +The son of Michael, the son of Baaseiah, the son of Malchijah, -- 1 chronicles 6:40 +. +The son of Ethni, the son of Zerah, the son of Adaiah, -- 1 chronicles 6:41 +. +The son of Ethan, the son of Zimmah, the son of Shimei, -- 1 chronicles 6:42 +. +The son of Jahath, the son of Gershom, the son of Levi. -- 1 chronicles 6:43 +. +Their kinsmen the sons of Merari stood at the left hand: Ethan son of Kishi, the son of Abdi, the son of Malluch, -- 1 chronicles 6:44 +. +The son of Hashabiah, the son of Amaziah, the son of Hilkiah, -- 1 chronicles 6:45 +. +The son of Amzi, the son of Bani, the son of Shemer, -- 1 chronicles 6:46 +. +The son of Mahli, the son of Mushi, the son of Merari, the son of Levi. -- 1 chronicles 6:47 +. +And their brethren the Levites [who were not descended from Aaron] were appointed for all other kinds of service of the tabernacle of the house of God. -- 1 chronicles 6:48 +. +But [the line of] Aaron and his sons offered upon the altar of burnt offering and the altar of incense, ministering for all the work of the Holy of Holies, and to make atonement for Israel, according to all that Moses, God's servant, had commanded. -- 1 chronicles 6:49 +. +The sons of Aaron: Eleazar his son, Phinehas his son, Abishua his son, -- 1 chronicles 6:50 +. +Bukki his son, Uzzi his son, Zerahiah his son, -- 1 chronicles 6:51 +. +Meraioth his son, Amariah his son, Ahitub his son, -- 1 chronicles 6:52 +. +Zadok his son, Ahimaaz his son. -- 1 chronicles 6:53 +. +Their dwelling places are according to their settlements within their borders: to the sons of Aaron of the families of the Kohathites, for theirs was the [first] lot-- -- 1 chronicles 6:54 +. +To them they gave Hebron in the land of Judah and its surrounding suburbs. -- 1 chronicles 6:55 +. +But the fields of the city and its villages they gave to Caleb son of Jephunneh. -- 1 chronicles 6:56 +. +To the sons of Aaron they gave the city of refuge, Hebron; also Libnah with its pasturelands, Jattir, Eshtemoa with its pasturelands, -- 1 chronicles 6:57 +. +Hilen with its pasturelands, Debir with its pasturelands, -- 1 chronicles 6:58 +. +Ashan with its pasturelands, and Beth-shemesh with its pasturelands. -- 1 chronicles 6:59 +. +And out of the tribe of Benjamin: Geba, Alemeth, and Anathoth, with their pasturelands. All their cities according to their families were thirteen. -- 1 chronicles 6:60 +. +And to the rest of the Kohathites ten cities were given by lot out of the family of the tribe [of Ephraim and of Dan and], of the half-tribe, the half of Manasseh. -- 1 chronicles 6:61 +. +To the Gershomites, according to their families, [were allotted] thirteen cities out of the tribes of Issachar, Asher, Naphtali, and Manasseh in Bashan. -- 1 chronicles 6:62 +. +To the Merarites were given by lot, according to their families, twelve cities out of the tribes of Reuben, Gad, and Zebulun. -- 1 chronicles 6:63 +. +And the Israelites gave to the Levites these cities with their pasturelands. -- 1 chronicles 6:64 +. +They gave by lot out of the tribes of Judah, Simeon, and Benjamin these cities whose names are mentioned. -- 1 chronicles 6:65 +. +Some of the families of the Kohathites had cities in the allotted territory out of the tribe of Ephraim. -- 1 chronicles 6:66 +. +And [the Ephraimites] gave to [the Levites] the city of refuge, Shechem in the hill country of Ephraim; also Gezer, [both] with their suburbs and pasturelands; -- 1 chronicles 6:67 +. +Jokmeam, Beth-horon, -- 1 chronicles 6:68 +. +Aijalon, and Gath-rimmon, with their suburbs and pasturelands; -- 1 chronicles 6:69 +. +And out of the half-tribe of Manasseh [these cities], with their suburbs and pasturelands: Aner and Bileam, for the rest of the families of the sons of Kohath. -- 1 chronicles 6:70 +. +To the Gershomites were given out of the half-tribe of Manasseh: Golan in Bashan and Ashtaroth, with their suburbs and pasturelands; -- 1 chronicles 6:71 +. +Out of the tribe of Issachar, with their suburbs and pasturelands: Kedesh, Daberath, -- 1 chronicles 6:72 +. +Ramoth, and Anem; -- 1 chronicles 6:73 +. +Out of the tribe of Asher, with their suburbs and pasturelands: Mashal, Abdon, -- 1 chronicles 6:74 +. +Hukok, and Rehob; -- 1 chronicles 6:75 +. +And out of the tribe of Naphtali, with their suburbs and pasturelands: Kedesh in Galilee, Hammon, and Kiriathaim. -- 1 chronicles 6:76 +. +To the rest of the Merarites were given from the tribe of Zebulun: Rimmono and Tabor, with their suburbs and pasturelands; -- 1 chronicles 6:77 +. +On the other side of the Jordan, on the east side by Jericho, the Levites were given out of the tribe of Reuben [these cities], with their suburbs and pasturelands: Bezer in the wilderness, Jahzah, -- 1 chronicles 6:78 +. +Kedemoth, and Mephaath; -- 1 chronicles 6:79 +. +Out of the tribe of Gad [these cities], with their suburbs and pasturelands: Ramoth in Gilead, Mahanaim, -- 1 chronicles 6:80 +. +Heshbon, and Jazer. -- 1 chronicles 6:81 +. +THE SONS of Issachar were: Tola, Puah, Jashub, and Shimron--four in all. -- 1 chronicles 7:1 +. +The sons of Tola: Uzzi, Rephaiah, Jeriel, Jahmai, Ibsam, Shemuel (Samuel)--heads of their fathers' houses, descendants of Tola. They were mighty men of valor in their generations; their number in David's days was 22,600. -- 1 chronicles 7:2 +. +The son of Uzzi: Izrahiah. The sons of Izrahiah: Michael, Obadiah, Joel, Isshiah--five, all of them chief men. -- 1 chronicles 7:3 +. +And with them by their generations according to their fathers' houses were units of the army for war, 36,000, for they had many wives and children [with them]. -- 1 chronicles 7:4 +. +Their kinsmen from all the families of Issachar, mighty men of valor, registered by genealogies, were in all 87,000. -- 1 chronicles 7:5 +. +The sons of Benjamin: Bela, Becher, and Jediael--three in all. -- 1 chronicles 7:6 +. +The sons of Bela: Ezbon, Uzzi, Uzziel, Jerimoth, and Iri--five, heads of the houses of their fathers, mighty men of valor. By their genealogies they numbered 22,034. -- 1 chronicles 7:7 +. +The sons of Becher: Zemirah, Joash, Eliezer, Elioenai, Omri, Jeremoth, Abijah, Anathoth, and Alemeth, all sons of Becher. -- 1 chronicles 7:8 +. +The number of them by their genealogies by generations, as heads of their fathers' houses, mighty warriors, was 20,200. -- 1 chronicles 7:9 +. +The son of Jediael: Bilhan. The sons of Bilhan: Jeush, Benjamin, Ehud, Chenaanah, Zethan, Tarshish, and Ahishahar. -- 1 chronicles 7:10 +. +All these were the sons of Jediael, according to the heads of their fathers' houses, mighty men of valor, 17,200, able and fit for service in war. -- 1 chronicles 7:11 +. +Shuppim and Huppim were the sons of Ir, and Hushim the son of Aher. -- 1 chronicles 7:12 +. +The sons of Naphtali: Jahziel, Guni, Jezer, and Shallum, whose [grandmother] was Bilhah. -- 1 chronicles 7:13 +. +The sons of Manasseh: Ashriel, whom his concubine the Aramitess bore; she bore Machir the father of Gilead. -- 1 chronicles 7:14 +. +And Machir took as wife the sister of Huppim and Shuppim; her name was Maacah. The name of a second [and later descendant, the first being Gilead], was Zelophehad; and Zelophehad had daughters [only]. -- 1 chronicles 7:15 +. +Maacah the wife of Machir bore a son; she called his name Peresh. The name of his brother was Sheresh; his sons were Ulam and Rakem. -- 1 chronicles 7:16 +. +The son of Ulam: Bedan. These were the sons of Gilead son of Machir, the son of Manasseh. -- 1 chronicles 7:17 +. +His sister Hammolecheth bore Ishbod, Abiezer, and Mahlah. -- 1 chronicles 7:18 +. +The sons of Shemida were: Ahian, Shechem, Likhi, and Aniam. -- 1 chronicles 7:19 +. +The sons of Ephraim: Shuthelah, Bered his son, Tahath his son, Eleadah his son, Tahath [II] his son, -- 1 chronicles 7:20 +. +Zabad his son, and Shuthelah his son. [During Ephraim's lifetime, his sons] Ezer and Elead were slain by men of Gath born in the land, who had come down to steal the cattle [of the Ephraimites, probably before the Israelites left Egypt]. -- 1 chronicles 7:21 +. +And Ephraim their father mourned many days, and his brethren came to comfort him. -- 1 chronicles 7:22 +. +Then his wife conceived and bore a son, and he called his name Beriah [in evil], because calamity had befallen his house. -- 1 chronicles 7:23 +. +[Beriah's] daughter was Sheerah, who built both Lower and Upper Beth-horon, and also Uzzen-sheerah. -- 1 chronicles 7:24 +. +Rephah was his son, and Resheph [his son]; Resheph's son was Telah, Tahan his son, -- 1 chronicles 7:25 +. +Ladan his son, Ammihud his son, Elishama his son, -- 1 chronicles 7:26 +. +Nun his son, Joshua [Moses' successor] his son. -- 1 chronicles 7:27 +. +And their possessions and settlements were Bethel and its towns, and eastward Naaran, and westward Gezer, and Shechem, and as far as Azzah (Gaza) with all their towns, -- 1 chronicles 7:28 +. +And along the borders of the Manassites, Beth-shean, Taanach, Megiddo, Dor, with all their towns. In these dwelt the sons of Joseph son of Israel. -- 1 chronicles 7:29 +. +The sons of Asher: Imnah, Ishvah, Ishvi, Beriah; and Serah their sister. -- 1 chronicles 7:30 +. +The sons of Beriah: Heber and Malchiel, who was the father of Birzaith. -- 1 chronicles 7:31 +. +Heber was the father of Japhlet, Shomer, Hotham, and Shua their sister. -- 1 chronicles 7:32 +. +The sons of Japhlet: Pasach, Bimhal, and Ashvath. These were the sons of Japhlet. -- 1 chronicles 7:33 +. +The sons of Shemer (Shomer) his brother: Rohgah, Jehubbah, and Aram. -- 1 chronicles 7:34 +. +The sons of his brother Helem (Hotham): Zophah, Imna, Shelesh, and Amal. -- 1 chronicles 7:35 +. +The sons of Zophah: Suah, Harnepher, Shual, Beri, Imrah, -- 1 chronicles 7:36 +. +Bezer, Hod, Shamma, Shilshah, Ithran, and Beera. -- 1 chronicles 7:37 +. +The sons of Jether: Jephunneh, Pispa, and Ara. -- 1 chronicles 7:38 +. +The sons of Ulla: Arah, Hanniel, and Rizia. -- 1 chronicles 7:39 +. +All these were offspring of Asher, heads of their fathers' houses, approved men, mighty warriors, chief of the princes. Their number enrolled by genealogies for service in war, was 26,men. -- 1 chronicles 7:40 +. +BENJAMIN WAS the father of Bela his firstborn, Ashbel the second, Aharah the third, -- 1 chronicles 8:1 +. +Nohah the fourth, and Rapha the fifth. -- 1 chronicles 8:2 +. +Bela's sons were: Addar, Gera, Abihud, -- 1 chronicles 8:3 +. +Abishua, Naaman, Ahoah, -- 1 chronicles 8:4 +. +Gera, Shephuphan, and Huram. -- 1 chronicles 8:5 +. +The sons of Ehud: These are the heads of the fathers' houses of the inhabitants of Geba; they were exiled to Manahath: -- 1 chronicles 8:6 +. +Naaman, Ahijah, and Gera, that is, Heglam, who was the father of Uzza and Ahihud. -- 1 chronicles 8:7 +. +Shaharaim had sons in the country of Moab after he had [divorced and] sent away Hushim and Baara his wives. -- 1 chronicles 8:8 +. +And by Hodesh his [Moabitish] wife he was the father of Jobab, Zibia, Mesha, Malcam, -- 1 chronicles 8:9 +. +Jeuz, Sachia, and Mirmah. These were his sons, heads of fathers' houses. -- 1 chronicles 8:10 +. +By Hushim [divorced] he had had sons: Abitub and Elpaal. -- 1 chronicles 8:11 +. +The sons of Elpaal: Eber, Misham, and Shemed, who built Ono and Lod with its towns, -- 1 chronicles 8:12 +. +And Beriah and Shema, who were heads of fathers' houses of the inhabitants of Aijalon, who put to flight the inhabitants of Gath, -- 1 chronicles 8:13 +. +And Ahio, Shashak, and Jeremoth. -- 1 chronicles 8:14 +. +The sons of Beriah: Zebadiah, Arad, Eder, -- 1 chronicles 8:15 +. +Michael, Ishpah, and Joha. -- 1 chronicles 8:16 +. +Zebadiah, Meshullam, Hizki, Heber, -- 1 chronicles 8:17 +. +Ishmerai, Izliah, and Jobab were the sons of Elpaal. -- 1 chronicles 8:18 +. +Jakim, Zichri, Zabdi, -- 1 chronicles 8:19 +. +Elienai, Zillethai, Eliel, -- 1 chronicles 8:20 +. +Adaiah, Beraiah, and Shimrath were the sons of Shimei. -- 1 chronicles 8:21 +. +Ishpan, Eber, Eliel, -- 1 chronicles 8:22 +. +Abdon, Zichri, Hanan, -- 1 chronicles 8:23 +. +Hananiah, Elam, Anthothijah, -- 1 chronicles 8:24 +. +Iphdeiah, and Penuel were the sons of Shashak. -- 1 chronicles 8:25 +. +Shamsherai, Shehariah, Athaliah, -- 1 chronicles 8:26 +. +Jaareshiah, Elijah, and Zichri were the sons of Jeroham. -- 1 chronicles 8:27 +. +These were heads of the fathers' houses, according to their generations, chief men. These dwelt in Jerusalem. -- 1 chronicles 8:28 +. +At Gibeon dwelt [Jeiel] the father of Gibeon, whose wife's name was Maacah. -- 1 chronicles 8:29 +. +His firstborn son was Abdon, then Zur, Kish, Baal, Nadab, -- 1 chronicles 8:30 +. +Gedor, Ahio, Zecher, -- 1 chronicles 8:31 +. +And Mikloth the father of Shimeah. These dwelt together opposite their kinsmen in Jerusalem. -- 1 chronicles 8:32 +. +Ner was the father of Kish, and Kish of [King] Saul the father of Jonathan, Malchi-shua, Abinadab, and Esh-baal (Ish-bosheth). -- 1 chronicles 8:33 +. +The son of Jonathan was Merib-baal (Mephibosheth) the father of Micah. -- 1 chronicles 8:34 +. +The sons of Micah: Pithon, Melech, Tarea, and Ahaz. -- 1 chronicles 8:35 +. +Ahaz was the father of Jehoaddah, and Jehoaddah of Alemeth, Azmaveth, and Zimri; Zimri was the father of Moza. -- 1 chronicles 8:36 +. +Moza was the father of Binea; Raphah was his son, Eleasah his son, Azel his son. -- 1 chronicles 8:37 +. +Azel had six sons: Azrikam, Bocheru, Ishmael, Sheariah, Obadiah, and Hanan. All these were the sons of Azel. -- 1 chronicles 8:38 +. +The sons of Eshek his brother: Ulam his firstborn, Jehush the second, Eliphelet the third. -- 1 chronicles 8:39 +. +The sons of Ulam were mighty warriors, archers, with many sons and grandsons--in all. All these were Benjamites. -- 1 chronicles 8:40 +. +SO ALL Israel was enrolled by genealogies; and they are written in the Book of the Kings of Israel. And Judah was carried away captive to Babylon for their unfaithfulness to God. -- 1 chronicles 9:1 +. +Now the first [of the returned exiles] to dwell again in their possessions in the cities of Israel were the priests, Levites, and the Nethinim [the temple servants]. -- 1 chronicles 9:2 +. +In Jerusalem dwelt some of the people of Judah, Benjamin, Ephraim, and Manasseh: -- 1 chronicles 9:3 +. +Uthai son of Ammihud, the son of Omri, the son of Imri, the son of Bani, of the sons of Pharez son of Judah. -- 1 chronicles 9:4 +. +Of the Shilonites: Asaiah the firstborn and his sons. -- 1 chronicles 9:5 +. +Of the sons of Zerah: Jeuel and their kinsmen, 690. -- 1 chronicles 9:6 +. +Of the Benjamites: Sallu son of Meshullam, the son of Hodaviah, the son of Hassenuah; -- 1 chronicles 9:7 +. +Ibneiah son of Jeroham; Elah son of Uzzi, the son of Michri; and Meshullam son of Shephatiah, the son of Reuel, the son of Ibnijah; -- 1 chronicles 9:8 +. +And their kinsmen, according to their generations, 956. All these were heads of fathers' houses according to their fathers' houses. -- 1 chronicles 9:9 +. +Of the priests: Jedaiah; Jehoiarib; Jachin; -- 1 chronicles 9:10 +. +Azariah son of Hilkiah, the son of Meshullam, the son of Zadok, the son of Meraioth, the son of Ahitub, the chief officer of God's house; -- 1 chronicles 9:11 +. +And Adaiah son of Jeroham, the son of Pashhur, the son of Malchijah; Massai son of Adiel, the son of Jahzerah, the son of Meshullam, the son of Meshillemith, the son of Immer; -- 1 chronicles 9:12 +. +And their kinsmen, heads of their fathers' houses, 1,760--very able men for the work of the service of the house of God. -- 1 chronicles 9:13 +. +Of the Levites: Shemaiah son of Hasshub, the son of Azrikam, the son of Hashabiah, of the sons of Merari; -- 1 chronicles 9:14 +. +And Bakbakkar, Heresh, Galal, and Mattaniah son of Mica, the son of Zichri, the son of Asaph; -- 1 chronicles 9:15 +. +Obadiah son of Shemaiah, the son of Galal, the son of Jeduthun; and Berechiah son of Asa, the son of Elkanah, who dwelt in the villages of the Netophathites [near Jerusalem]. -- 1 chronicles 9:16 +. +The gatekeepers were: Shallum, Akkub, Talmon, Ahiman, and their kinsmen, Shallum being the chief -- 1 chronicles 9:17 +. +Who hitherto was assigned to the king's east side gate. They were the gatekeepers of the camp of the Levites. -- 1 chronicles 9:18 +. +Shallum son of Kore, the son of Ebiasaph, the son of Korah, and his kinsmen of his father's house, the Korahites, were in charge of the work of the service, keepers of the thresholds of the Tent, as their fathers had been in charge of the camp of the Lord, keepers of the entrance. -- 1 chronicles 9:19 +. +Phinehas son of Eleazar was ruler over them in times past, and the Lord was with him. -- 1 chronicles 9:20 +. +Zechariah son of Meshelemiah was gatekeeper at the entrance of the Tent of Meeting. -- 1 chronicles 9:21 +. +All these chosen to be keepers at the thresholds were 212. These were enrolled by their genealogies in their villages [around Jerusalem], these men [whose grandfathers] David and Samuel the seer had established to their office of trust. -- 1 chronicles 9:22 +. +So they and their sons had oversight of the gates of the Lord's house, that is, the house of the tabernacle, by wards. -- 1 chronicles 9:23 +. +The gatekeepers were stationed on the four sides [of the house of the Lord]--on the east, west, north, and south. -- 1 chronicles 9:24 +. +Their brethren in their villages were to come in every seven days to be with them. -- 1 chronicles 9:25 +. +But these Levites, the four chief gatekeepers, were in charge of the chambers and treasuries of the house of God. -- 1 chronicles 9:26 +. +They lodged round about God's house, for the duty [of watching] was theirs, as well as the opening of the house every morning. -- 1 chronicles 9:27 +. +Some of them had charge of the serving utensils, being required to count them when they brought them in or took them out. -- 1 chronicles 9:28 +. +Some of them also were appointed over the furniture and over all the sacred utensils, as well as over the fine flour, wine, oil, frankincense, and spices. -- 1 chronicles 9:29 +. +Other sons of the priests prepared the ointment of spices. -- 1 chronicles 9:30 +. +Mattithiah, one of the Levites, the firstborn of Shallum the Korahite, was responsible for the things baked in pans. -- 1 chronicles 9:31 +. +Of their Kohathite kinsmen, some were to prepare the showbread every Sabbath. -- 1 chronicles 9:32 +. +These are the singers, heads of the fathers' houses of the Levites, dwelling in the temple chambers, free from other service because they were on duty day and night. -- 1 chronicles 9:33 +. +These were heads of fathers' houses of the Levites, according to their generations, chief men, who lived in Jerusalem. -- 1 chronicles 9:34 +. +In Gibeon dwelt the father of Gibeon, Jeiel, whose wife's name was Maacah, -- 1 chronicles 9:35 +. +His firstborn son Abdon, then Zur, Kish, Baal, Ner, Nadab, -- 1 chronicles 9:36 +. +Gedor, Ahio, Zechariah, and Mikloth. -- 1 chronicles 9:37 +. +Mikloth was the father of Shimeam. They also dwelt beside their brethren, opposite their kinsmen in Jerusalem. -- 1 chronicles 9:38 +. +Ner was the father of Kish, Kish of [King] Saul, Saul of Jonathan, Malchi-shua, Abinadab, and Esh-baal. -- 1 chronicles 9:39 +. +The son of Jonathan was Merib-baal (Mephibosheth); Merib-baal was the father of Micah. -- 1 chronicles 9:40 +. +The sons of Micah: Pithon, Melech, Tahrea, and Ahaz. -- 1 chronicles 9:41 +. +Ahaz was the father of Jarah, and Jarah of Alemeth, Azmaveth, and Zimri; Zimri was the father of Moza, -- 1 chronicles 9:42 +. +Moza of Binea; Rephaiah was his son, Eleasah his son, Azel his son. -- 1 chronicles 9:43 +. +Azel had six sons: Azrikam, Bocheru, Ishmael, Sheariah, Obadiah, and Hanan. These were the sons of Azel. -- 1 chronicles 9:44 +. +NOW THE Philistines fought against Israel; and the men of Israel fled from before them and fell slain on Mount Gilboa. -- 1 chronicles 10:1 +. +And the Philistines followed close after Saul and his sons and overtook them, and the Philistines slew Jonathan, Abinadab, and Malchi-shua, the sons of Saul. -- 1 chronicles 10:2 +. +And the battle raged about Saul, and the archers found and wounded him. -- 1 chronicles 10:3 +. +Then Saul said to his armor-bearer, Draw your sword and thrust me through with it, lest these uncircumcised come and abuse and make sport of me. But his armor-bearer would not, for he was terrified. So Saul took his own sword and fell on it. -- 1 chronicles 10:4 +. +When his armor-bearer saw that Saul was dead, he also fell on his sword and died. -- 1 chronicles 10:5 +. +So Saul died; he and his three sons and all his house died together. -- 1 chronicles 10:6 +. +And when all the men of Israel who were in the valley saw that the army had fled and that Saul and his sons were dead, they forsook their cities and fled; and the Philistines came and dwelt in them. -- 1 chronicles 10:7 +. +The next day, when the Philistines came to strip the slain, they found Saul and his sons fallen on Mount Gilboa. -- 1 chronicles 10:8 +. +They stripped [Saul] and took his head and his armor, and sent [them] round about in Philistia to carry the news to their idols and to the people. -- 1 chronicles 10:9 +. +And they put [Saul's] armor in the house of their gods and fastened his head in the temple of Dagon. -- 1 chronicles 10:10 +. +When all Jabesh-gilead heard all that the Philistines had done to Saul, -- 1 chronicles 10:11 +. +All the brave men arose, took away the bodies of Saul and his sons, brought them to Jabesh, and buried their bones under the oak in Jabesh; then they fasted seven days. -- 1 chronicles 10:12 +. +So Saul died for his trespass against the Lord [in sparing Amalek], for his unfaithfulness in not keeping God's word, and also for consulting [a medium with] a spirit of the dead to inquire pleadingly of it, -- 1 chronicles 10:13 +. +And inquired not so of the Lord [in earnest penitence]. Therefore the Lord slew him and turned the kingdom over to David son of Jesse. -- 1 chronicles 10:14 +. +THEN [after the death of Ish-bosheth, Saul's son, who ruled over eleven tribes of Israel for two troubled years after Saul's death] all Israel gathered at Hebron and said to David, Behold, we are your bone and your flesh. -- 1 chronicles 11:1 +. +In times past, even when Saul was king, it was you who led out and brought in Israel; and the Lord your God said to you, You shall be shepherd of My people Israel, and you shall be prince and leader over [them]. -- 1 chronicles 11:2 +. +So all the elders of Israel came to the king at Hebron, and David made a covenant with them there before the Lord, and they anointed [him] king over Israel, according to the word of the Lord through Samuel. -- 1 chronicles 11:3 +. +And David and all Israel went to Jerusalem, that is Jebus, where the Jebusites, the inhabitants of the land, were. -- 1 chronicles 11:4 +. +Then the Jebusites said to David, You shall not come in here! But David took the stronghold of Zion, that is, the City of David. -- 1 chronicles 11:5 +. +And David said, Whoever smites the Jebusites first shall be chief and commander. Joab son of Zeruiah [David's half sister] went up first, and so he was made chief. -- 1 chronicles 11:6 +. +David dwelt in the stronghold; so it was called the City of David. -- 1 chronicles 11:7 +. +He built the city from the Millo [a fortification] on around; and Joab repaired and revived the rest of the [old Jebusite] city. -- 1 chronicles 11:8 +. +And David became greater and greater, for the Lord of hosts was with him. -- 1 chronicles 11:9 +. +Now these are the chiefs of David's mighty men, who strongly supported him in his kingdom, together with all Israel, to make him king, according to the word of the Lord concerning Israel. -- 1 chronicles 11:10 +. +And this is the number [thirty, and list] of David's mighty men: Jashobeam, a Hachmonite, the chief of the Thirty [captains]. He lifted up his spear against 300, whom he slew at one time. -- 1 chronicles 11:11 +. +Next to him in rank was Eleazar son of Dodo the Ahohite, one of the three mighty men. -- 1 chronicles 11:12 +. +He was with David at Pas-dammim [where David had long before slain Goliath], and there the Philistines were gathered for battle, where there was a plot of ground full of barley or lentils; and the men [of Israel] fled before the Philistines. -- 1 chronicles 11:13 +. +And Eleazar [one of the Three] stood in the midst of that plot and defended it and slew the Philistines [until his hand was weary, and his hand cleaved to the sword], and the Lord saved by a great victory and deliverance. -- 1 chronicles 11:14 +. +Three of the thirty chief men went down to the rock to David, into the cave of Adullam, and the army of the Philistines was encamped in the Valley of Rephaim. -- 1 chronicles 11:15 +. +David was then in the stronghold, and the Philistines' garrison was in Bethlehem. -- 1 chronicles 11:16 +. +And David longingly said, Oh, that someone would give me water to drink from the well of Bethlehem which is by the gate! -- 1 chronicles 11:17 +. +Then the Three [mighty men] broke through the camp of the Philistines and drew water out of the well of Bethlehem which was by the gate and brought it to David. But David would not drink it; he poured it out to the Lord, -- 1 chronicles 11:18 +. +And said, My God forbid that I should do this thing. Shall I drink the blood of these men who have put their lives in jeopardy? For at the risk of their lives they brought it. So he would not drink it. These things did these three mighty men. -- 1 chronicles 11:19 +. +Abishai the brother of Joab was chief of the Three. For he lifted up his spear against and slew them, and was named among the Three. -- 1 chronicles 11:20 +. +Of the Three [in the second rank] he was more renowned than the two, and became their captain; however, he attained not to the first three. -- 1 chronicles 11:21 +. +Benaiah son of Jehoiada, whose father was a valiant man of Kabzeel, had done mighty deeds. He slew the two sons of Ariel of Moab. Also he went down and slew a lion in a pit in time of snow. -- 1 chronicles 11:22 +. +He slew an Egyptian also, a man of great stature, five cubits tall. The Egyptian held a spear like a weaver's beam, and [Benaiah] went to him with a staff and plucked the spear out of the Egyptian's hand and slew him with the man's own spear. -- 1 chronicles 11:23 +. +These things did Benaiah son of Jehoiada, and won a name beside the three mighty men. -- 1 chronicles 11:24 +. +He was renowned among the Thirty, but he did not attain to the rank of the first three. David put him over his guard and council. -- 1 chronicles 11:25 +. +Also the mighty men of the armies were: Asahel the brother of Joab, Elhanan son of Dodo of Bethlehem, -- 1 chronicles 11:26 +. +Shammoth of Harod, Helez the Pelonite, -- 1 chronicles 11:27 +. +Ira son of Ikkesh of Tekoa, Abiezer of Anathoth, -- 1 chronicles 11:28 +. +Sibbecai the Hushathite, Ilai the Ahohite, -- 1 chronicles 11:29 +. +Maharai of Netophah, Heled son of Baanah of Netophah, -- 1 chronicles 11:30 +. +Ithai son of Ribai of Gibeah of the Benjamites, Benaiah of Pirathon, -- 1 chronicles 11:31 +. +Hurai of the brooks of Gaash, Abiel the Arbathite, -- 1 chronicles 11:32 +. +Azmaveth of Baharum, Eliahba of Shaalbon, -- 1 chronicles 11:33 +. +The sons of Hashem the Gizonite, Jonathan son of Shagee the Hararite, -- 1 chronicles 11:34 +. +Ahiam son of Sacar the Hararite, Eliphal son of Ur, -- 1 chronicles 11:35 +. +Hepher the Mecherathite, Ahijah the Pelonite, -- 1 chronicles 11:36 +. +Hezro of Carmel, Naarai son of Ezbai, -- 1 chronicles 11:37 +. +Joel the brother of Nathan, Mibhar son of Hagri, -- 1 chronicles 11:38 +. +Zelek the Ammonite, Naharai the Berothite, the armor-bearer of Joab son of Zeruiah [David's half sister], -- 1 chronicles 11:39 +. +Ira the Ithrite, Gareb the Ithrite, -- 1 chronicles 11:40 +. +Uriah the Hittite [Bathsheba's husband], Zabad son of Ahlai, -- 1 chronicles 11:41 +. +Adina son of Shiza, a leader of the Reubenites, and thirty heroes with him, -- 1 chronicles 11:42 +. +Hanan son of Maacah, and Joshaphat the Mithnite, -- 1 chronicles 11:43 +. +Uzzia the Ashterathite, Shama and Jeiel the sons of Hotham the Aroerite, -- 1 chronicles 11:44 +. +Jediael son of Shimri, and Joha his brother, the Tizite, -- 1 chronicles 11:45 +. +Eliel the Mahavite, Jeribai and Joshaviah sons of Elnaam, Ithmah the Moabite, -- 1 chronicles 11:46 +. +Eliel, Obed, and Jaasiel the Mezobaite. -- 1 chronicles 11:47 +. +THESE ARE the ones who came to David at Ziklag, while he yet concealed himself because of Saul son of Kish; they were among the mighty men, his helpers in war. -- 1 chronicles 12:1 +. +They were bowmen and could use the right hand or the left to sling stones or shoot arrows from the bow; they were of Saul's kinsmen of Benjamin. -- 1 chronicles 12:2 +. +The chief was Ahiezer and then Joash the sons of Shemaah of Gibeah; Jeziel and Pelet the sons of Azmaveth; Beracah, and Jehu of Anathoth, -- 1 chronicles 12:3 +. +Ishmaiah of Gibeon, a mighty man among the Thirty and a [leader] over them; Jeremiah, Jahaziel, Johanan, Jozabad of Gederah, -- 1 chronicles 12:4 +. +Eluzai, Jerimoth, Bealiah, Shemariah, Shephatiah the Haruphite; -- 1 chronicles 12:5 +. +Elkanah, Isshiah, Azarel, Joezer, and Jashobeam, the Korahites; -- 1 chronicles 12:6 +. +Joelah and Zebadiah the sons of Jeroham of Gedor. -- 1 chronicles 12:7 +. +Of the Gadites there went over to David to the stronghold in the wilderness men of might, men trained for war who could handle shield and spear, whose faces were like the faces of lions, and who were swift as gazelles on the mountains: -- 1 chronicles 12:8 +. +Ezer the chief, Obadiah the second, Eliab the third, -- 1 chronicles 12:9 +. +Mishmannah the fourth, Jeremiah the fifth, -- 1 chronicles 12:10 +. +Attai the sixth, Eliel the seventh, -- 1 chronicles 12:11 +. +Johanan the eighth, Elzabad the ninth, -- 1 chronicles 12:12 +. +Jeremiah the tenth, Machbannai the eleventh. -- 1 chronicles 12:13 +. +These Gadites were officers of the army. The lesser was equal to and over a hundred, and the greater equal to and over a thousand. -- 1 chronicles 12:14 +. +These are the men who went over the Jordan in the first month when it had overflowed all its banks, and put to flight all those in the valleys, east and west. -- 1 chronicles 12:15 +. +There came some of the men of Benjamin and Judah to the stronghold to David. -- 1 chronicles 12:16 +. +David went out to meet them and said to them, If you have come peaceably to me to help me, my heart shall be knit to you; but if you have come to betray me to my adversaries, although there is no violence or wrong in my hands, may the God of our fathers look upon and rebuke you. -- 1 chronicles 12:17 +. +Then the Spirit came upon Amasai, who was chief of the captains, and he said, Yours we are, David, and on your side, you son of Jesse! Peace, peace be to you, and peace be to your helpers, for your God helps you. Then David received them and made them officers of his troops. -- 1 chronicles 12:18 +. +Some of the men of Manasseh deserted to David when he came with the Philistines for the battle against Saul. But [David's] men did not actually fight with them, for the lords of the Philistines, upon advisement, sent him away, saying, He will desert to his master Saul at the risk of our heads. -- 1 chronicles 12:19 +. +As David went to Ziklag, there deserted to him of Manasseh: Adnah, Jozabad, Jediael, Michael, Jozabad, Elihu, and Zillethai, chiefs of thousands in Manasseh. -- 1 chronicles 12:20 +. +They helped David against the band of raiders, for they were all mighty men of courage, and [all seven] became commanders in [his] army. -- 1 chronicles 12:21 +. +For at that time day by day men kept coming to David to help him, until there was a great army, like the army of God. -- 1 chronicles 12:22 +. +These are the numbers of the armed divisions who came to David at Hebron to turn the kingdom of Saul to him, according to the word of the Lord: -- 1 chronicles 12:23 +. +Those of Judah, who bore shield and spear, were 6,armed for war; -- 1 chronicles 12:24 +. +Those of Simeon, mighty and brave warriors, 7,100; -- 1 chronicles 12:25 +. +Those of Levi, 4,600-- -- 1 chronicles 12:26 +. +Jehoiada was the leader of the Aaronite [priests], and with him were 3,700, -- 1 chronicles 12:27 +. +And Zadok, a young man mighty in valor, and twenty-two captains from his own father's house; -- 1 chronicles 12:28 +. +Of the Benjamites, the kindred of [King] Saul, 3,000--hitherto the majority of them had kept their allegiance [to Saul] and the charge of the house of Saul; -- 1 chronicles 12:29 +. +Of the Ephraimites, 20,800, mighty in valor, famous in their fathers' houses; -- 1 chronicles 12:30 +. +Of the half-tribe of Manasseh, 18,000, who were mentioned by name to come and make David king; -- 1 chronicles 12:31 +. +And of Issachar, men who had understanding of the times to know what Israel ought to do, chiefs; and all their kinsmen were under their command; -- 1 chronicles 12:32 +. +Of Zebulun, 50,experienced troops, fitted out with all kinds of weapons and instruments of war that could order and set the battle in array, men not of double purpose but stable and trustworthy. -- 1 chronicles 12:33 +. +Of Naphtali, 1,captains, and with them 37,000 [of the rank and file armed] with shield and spear; -- 1 chronicles 12:34 +. +Of Dan, 28,600, men who could set the battle in array; -- 1 chronicles 12:35 +. +Of Asher, men able to go forth to battle, fit for active service, 40,000; -- 1 chronicles 12:36 +. +On the other [the east] side of the Jordan River, of Reuben and Gad and the half-tribe of Manasseh, 120,men, armed with all the weapons and instruments of war. -- 1 chronicles 12:37 +. +All these, being men of war arrayed in battle order, came with a perfect and sincere heart to Hebron to make David king over all Israel; and all the rest also of Israel were of one mind to make David king. -- 1 chronicles 12:38 +. +And they were there with David for three days, eating and drinking, for their brethren had prepared for them. -- 1 chronicles 12:39 +. +Also those who were near them from as far as Issachar, Zebulun, and Naphtali brought food on donkeys, camels, mules, and oxen, abundant supplies of meal, cakes of figs, bunches of raisins, wine, oil, oxen, and sheep, for there was joy in Israel. -- 1 chronicles 12:40 +. +DAVID CONSULTED the captains of thousands and hundreds, even with every leader. -- 1 chronicles 13:1 +. +And David said to all the assembly of Israel, If it seems good to you and if it is of the Lord our God, let us send abroad everywhere to our brethren who are left in all the land of Israel, and with them to the priests and Levites in their cities that have suburbs and pasturelands, that they may gather together with us. -- 1 chronicles 13:2 +. +And let us bring again the ark of our God to us, for we did not seek it during the days of Saul. -- 1 chronicles 13:3 +. +And all the assembly agreed to do so, for the thing seemed right in the eyes of all the people. -- 1 chronicles 13:4 +. +So David gathered all Israel together, from the Shihor, the brook of Egypt [that marked the southeast border of Palestine], to the entrance of Hemath, to bring the ark of God from Kiriath-jearim. -- 1 chronicles 13:5 +. +And David and all Israel went up to Baalah, that is, to Kiriath-jearim which belonged to Judah, to bring up from there the ark of God the Lord, which is called by the name of Him Who sits [enthroned] above the cherubim. -- 1 chronicles 13:6 +. +And they carried the ark of God on a new cart and brought it out of the house of Abinadab, and Uzza and Ahio [his brother] drove the cart. -- 1 chronicles 13:7 +. +And David and all Israel merrily celebrated before God with all their might, with songs and lyres and harps and tambourines and cymbals and trumpets. -- 1 chronicles 13:8 +. +And when they came to the threshing floor of Chidon, Uzza put out his hand to steady the ark, for the oxen [that were drawing the cart] stumbled and were restive. -- 1 chronicles 13:9 +. +And the anger of the Lord was kindled against Uzza, and He smote him because he touched the ark; and there he died before God. -- 1 chronicles 13:10 +. +And David was offended because the Lord had broken forth upon Uzza; that place to this day is called Perez-uzza [the breaking forth upon Uzza]. -- 1 chronicles 13:11 +. +And David was afraid of God that day, and he said, How can I bring the ark of God home to me? -- 1 chronicles 13:12 +. +So David did not bring the ark home to the City of David, but carried it aside into the house of Obed-edom the Gittite [a Levitical porter born in Gath-rimmon]. -- 1 chronicles 13:13 +. +And the ark of God remained with the family of Obed-edom in his house three months. And the Lord blessed the house of Obed-edom and all that he had. -- 1 chronicles 13:14 +. +AND HIRAM king of Tyre sent messengers to David, and cedar timbers, with masons and carpenters, to build him a house. -- 1 chronicles 14:1 +. +And David perceived that the Lord had established and confirmed him as king over Israel, for his kingdom was exalted highly for His people Israel's sake. -- 1 chronicles 14:2 +. +And David took more wives to Jerusalem, and [he] became the father of more sons and daughters. -- 1 chronicles 14:3 +. +Now these are the names of the children whom he had in Jerusalem: Shammua, Shobab, Nathan, Solomon, -- 1 chronicles 14:4 +. +Ibhar, Elishua, Elpelet, -- 1 chronicles 14:5 +. +Nogah, Nepheg, Japhia, -- 1 chronicles 14:6 +. +Elishama, Beeliada, and Eliphelet. -- 1 chronicles 14:7 +. +And when the Philistines heard that David was anointed king over all Israel, [they] all went up to seek David. And [he] heard of it and went out before them. -- 1 chronicles 14:8 +. +Now the Philistines had come and made a raid in the Valley of Rephaim. -- 1 chronicles 14:9 +. +David asked God, Shall I go up against the Philistines? And will You deliver them into my hand? And the Lord said, Go up, and I will deliver them into your hand. -- 1 chronicles 14:10 +. +So [Israel] came up to Baal-perazim, and David smote [the Philistines] there. Then David said, God has broken my enemies by my hand, like the bursting forth of waters. Therefore they called the name of that place Baal-perazim [Lord of breaking through]. -- 1 chronicles 14:11 +. +[The Philistines] left their gods there; David commanded and they were burned. -- 1 chronicles 14:12 +. +And the Philistines again made a raid in the valley. -- 1 chronicles 14:13 +. +And David inquired again of God, and God said to him, Do not go up after them; turn away from them and come [around] upon them over opposite the mulberry trees. -- 1 chronicles 14:14 +. +And when you hear a sound of marching in the tops of the mulberry or balsam trees, then go out to battle, for God has gone out before you to smite the Philistine host. -- 1 chronicles 14:15 +. +So David did as God commanded him, and they smote the army of the Philistines from Gibeon even to Gezer. -- 1 chronicles 14:16 +. +And the fame of David went out into all lands, and the Lord brought the fear of him upon all nations. -- 1 chronicles 14:17 +. +DAVID MADE for himself houses in the City of David, and he prepared a place for the ark of God and pitched a tent for it. -- 1 chronicles 15:1 +. +Then David said, None should carry the ark of God but the Levites, for the Lord chose them to carry the ark of God and to minister to Him forever. -- 1 chronicles 15:2 +. +And David assembled all Israel at Jerusalem to bring up the ark of the Lord to its place, which he had prepared for it. -- 1 chronicles 15:3 +. +And David gathered together the sons of Aaron and the Levites: -- 1 chronicles 15:4 +. +Of the sons of Kohath, Uriel the chief, with kinsmen; -- 1 chronicles 15:5 +. +Of the sons of Merari, Asaiah the chief, with kinsmen; -- 1 chronicles 15:6 +. +Of the sons of Gershom, Joel the chief, with kinsmen; -- 1 chronicles 15:7 +. +Of the sons of Elizaphan, Shemaiah the chief, with kinsmen; -- 1 chronicles 15:8 +. +Of the sons of Hebron, Eliel the chief, with kinsmen; -- 1 chronicles 15:9 +. +Of the sons of Uzziel, Amminadab the chief, with kinsmen. -- 1 chronicles 15:10 +. +And David called for Zadok and Abiathar the priests, and for the Levites--Uriel, Asaiah, Joel, Shemaiah, Eliel, and Amminadab, -- 1 chronicles 15:11 +. +And said to them, You are the heads of the fathers' houses of the Levites; sanctify yourselves, both you and your brethren, that you may bring up the ark of the Lord, the God of Israel, to the place that I have prepared for it. -- 1 chronicles 15:12 +. +For because you bore it not [as God directed] at the first, the Lord our God broke forth upon us--because we did not seek Him in the way He ordained. -- 1 chronicles 15:13 +. +So the priests and the Levites sanctified themselves to bring up the ark of the Lord, the God of Israel. -- 1 chronicles 15:14 +. +The Levites carried the ark of God on their shoulders with the poles, as Moses commanded by the word of the Lord. -- 1 chronicles 15:15 +. +David told the chief Levites to appoint their brethren the singers with instruments of music--harps, lyres, and cymbals--to play loudly and lift up their voices with joy. -- 1 chronicles 15:16 +. +So the Levites appointed Heman son of Joel; and of his brethren, Asaph son of Berechiah; and of the sons of Merari their brethren, Ethan son of Kushaiah; -- 1 chronicles 15:17 +. +And with them their brethren of the second class: Zechariah, Ben, Jaaziel, Shemiramoth, Jehiel, Unni, Eliab, Benaiah, Maaseiah, Mattithiah, Eliphelehu, and Mikneiah, and also the gatekeepers, Obed-edom and Jeiel. -- 1 chronicles 15:18 +. +So the singers Heman, Asaph, and Ethan, were appointed to sound bronze cymbals; -- 1 chronicles 15:19 +. +Zechariah, Aziel, Shemiramoth, Jehiel, Unni, Eliab, Maaseiah, and Benaiah were to play harps [resembling guitars] set to Alamoth [probably the treble voice]; -- 1 chronicles 15:20 +. +Mattithiah, Eliphelehu, Mikneiah, Obed-edom, Jeiel, and Azaziah were to lead with lyres set to Sheminith [the bass voice]. -- 1 chronicles 15:21 +. +Chenaniah, leader of the Levites in singing, was put in charge of carrying the ark and lifting up song. He instructed about these matters because he was skilled and able. -- 1 chronicles 15:22 +. +Berechiah and Elkanah were gatekeepers for the ark. -- 1 chronicles 15:23 +. +Shebaniah, Joshaphat, Nethanel, Amasai, Zechariah, Benaiah, and Eliezer the priests were to blow the trumpets before the ark of God. And Obed-edom and Jehiah (Jeiel) were also gatekeepers for the ark. -- 1 chronicles 15:24 +. +So David, the elders of Israel, and the captains over thousands went to bring up the ark of the covenant of the Lord out of the house of Obed-edom with joy. -- 1 chronicles 15:25 +. +And when God helped the Levites who carried the ark of the covenant of the Lord [with a safe start], they offered seven bulls and seven rams. -- 1 chronicles 15:26 +. +David was clothed with a robe of fine linen, as were the Levites who bore the ark, and the singers, and Chenaniah, director of the music of the singers. David also wore an ephod [a priestly upper garment] of linen. -- 1 chronicles 15:27 +. +Thus all Israel brought up the ark of the covenant of the Lord with shouting, sound of the cornet, trumpets, and cymbals, sounding aloud with harps and lyres. -- 1 chronicles 15:28 +. +As the ark of the covenant of the Lord came to the City of David, Michal [David's wife] daughter of Saul, looking from a window, saw King David leaping as in sport, and she despised him in her heart. -- 1 chronicles 15:29 +. +SO THEY brought the ark of God and set it in the midst of the tent which David had pitched for it, and they offered burnt offerings and peace offerings before God. -- 1 chronicles 16:1 +. +And when David had finished offering the burnt offerings and the peace offerings, he blessed the people in the name of the Lord. -- 1 chronicles 16:2 +. +And he distributed to everyone of Israel, both man and woman, to everyone a loaf of bread, a portion of meat, and a cake of raisins. -- 1 chronicles 16:3 +. +He appointed Levites to minister before the ark of the Lord and to celebrate [by calling to mind], thanking and praising the Lord, the God of Israel: -- 1 chronicles 16:4 +. +Asaph was the chief, next to him Zechariah, Jeiel (Jaaziel), Shemiramoth, Jehiel, Mattithiah, Eliab, and Benaiah, Obed-edom and Jeiel, who were to play harps and lyres; Asaph was to sound the cymbals; -- 1 chronicles 16:5 +. +Benaiah and Jahaziel the priests were to blow trumpets continually before the ark of the covenant of God. -- 1 chronicles 16:6 +. +Then on that day David first entrusted to Asaph and his brethren the singing of thanks to the Lord [as their chief task]: -- 1 chronicles 16:7 +. +O give thanks to the Lord, call on His name; make known His doings among the peoples! -- 1 chronicles 16:8 +. +Sing to Him, sing praises to Him; meditate on and talk of all His wondrous works and devoutly praise them! -- 1 chronicles 16:9 +. +Glory in His holy name; let the hearts of those rejoice who seek the Lord! -- 1 chronicles 16:10 +. +Seek the Lord and His strength; yearn for and seek His face and to be in His presence continually! -- 1 chronicles 16:11 +. +[Earnestly] remember the marvelous deeds which He has done, His miracles, and the judgments He uttered [as in Egypt], -- 1 chronicles 16:12 +. +O you offspring of [Abraham and] of Israel His servants, you children of Jacob, His chosen ones! -- 1 chronicles 16:13 +. +He is the Lord our God; His judgments are in all the earth. -- 1 chronicles 16:14 +. +Be mindful of His covenant forever, the promise which He commanded and established to a thousand generations, -- 1 chronicles 16:15 +. +The covenant which He made with Abraham, and His sworn promise to Isaac. -- 1 chronicles 16:16 +. +He confirmed it as a statute to Jacob, and to Israel for an everlasting covenant, -- 1 chronicles 16:17 +. +Saying, To you I will give the land of Canaan, the measured portion of your possession and inheritance. -- 1 chronicles 16:18 +. +When they were but few, even a very few, and only temporary residents and strangers in it, -- 1 chronicles 16:19 +. +When they went from nation to nation, and from one kingdom to another people, -- 1 chronicles 16:20 +. +He allowed no man to do them wrong; yes, He reproved kings for their sakes, -- 1 chronicles 16:21 +. +Saying, Touch not My anointed, and do My prophets no harm. -- 1 chronicles 16:22 +. +Sing to the Lord, all the earth; show forth from day to day His salvation. -- 1 chronicles 16:23 +. +Declare His glory among the nations, His marvelous works among all peoples. -- 1 chronicles 16:24 +. +For great is the Lord and greatly to be praised; He also is to be [reverently] feared above all so-called gods. -- 1 chronicles 16:25 +. +For all the gods of the people are [lifeless] idols, but the Lord made the heavens. -- 1 chronicles 16:26 +. +Honor and majesty are [found] in His presence; strength and joy are [found] in His sanctuary. -- 1 chronicles 16:27 +. +Ascribe to the Lord, you families of the peoples, ascribe to the Lord glory and strength, -- 1 chronicles 16:28 +. +Ascribe to the Lord the glory due His name. Bring an offering and come before Him; worship the Lord in the beauty of holiness and in holy array. -- 1 chronicles 16:29 +. +Tremble and reverently fear before Him, all the earth's peoples; the world also shall be established, so it cannot be moved. -- 1 chronicles 16:30 +. +Let the heavens be glad and let the earth rejoice; and let men say among the nations, The Lord reigns! -- 1 chronicles 16:31 +. +Let the sea roar, and all the things that fill it; let the fields rejoice, and all that is in them. -- 1 chronicles 16:32 +. +Then shall the trees of the wood sing out for joy before the Lord, for He comes to judge and govern the earth. -- 1 chronicles 16:33 +. +O give thanks to the Lord, for He is good; for His mercy and loving-kindness endure forever! -- 1 chronicles 16:34 +. +And say, Save us, O God of our salvation; gather us together and deliver us from the nations, that we may give thanks to Your holy name and glory in Your praise. -- 1 chronicles 16:35 +. +Blessed be the Lord, the God of Israel, forever and ever! And all the people said Amen! and praised the Lord. -- 1 chronicles 16:36 +. +So David left Asaph and his brethren before the ark of the covenant of the Lord to minister before the ark continually, as each day's work required, -- 1 chronicles 16:37 +. +And Obed-edom with [his] sixty-eight kinsmen. Also Obed-edom son of Jeduthun, and Hosah, were to be gatekeepers. -- 1 chronicles 16:38 +. +And David left Zadok the priest and his brethren the priests before the tabernacle of the Lord in the high place that was at Gibeon -- 1 chronicles 16:39 +. +To offer burnt offerings to the Lord upon the altar of burnt offering continually, morning and evening, and to do all that is written in the Law of the Lord which He commanded Israel. -- 1 chronicles 16:40 +. +With them were Heman and Jeduthun and the rest who were chosen and expressly named to give thanks to the Lord, for His mercy and loving-kindness endure forever. -- 1 chronicles 16:41 +. +With them were Heman and Jeduthun with trumpets and cymbals for those who should sound aloud, and instruments for accompanying the songs of God. And the sons of Jeduthun were to be at the gate. -- 1 chronicles 16:42 +. +Then all the people departed, each man to his house, and David returned home to bless his household. -- 1 chronicles 16:43 +. +AS DAVID sat in his house, he said to Nathan the prophet, Behold, I dwell in a house of cedars, but the ark of the covenant of the Lord remains under tent curtains. -- 1 chronicles 17:1 +. +Then Nathan said to David, Do all that is in your heart, for God is with you. -- 1 chronicles 17:2 +. +And that same night the word of God came to Nathan, saying, -- 1 chronicles 17:3 +. +Go and tell David My servant, Thus says the Lord: You shall not build Me a house to dwell in, -- 1 chronicles 17:4 +. +For I have not dwelt in a house since the day that I brought up Israel from Egypt until this day; but I have gone from tent to tent, and from one tabernacle to another. -- 1 chronicles 17:5 +. +Wherever I have walked with all Israel, did I say a word to any of the judges of Israel whom I commanded to feed My people, saying, Why have you not built Me a house of cedar? -- 1 chronicles 17:6 +. +Now therefore, thus shall you say to My servant David, Thus says the Lord of hosts: I took you from the sheepfold, from following the sheep, that you should be prince over My people Israel. -- 1 chronicles 17:7 +. +And I have been with you wherever you have gone, and I have cut off all your enemies from before you, and I will make your name like the name of the great ones of the earth. -- 1 chronicles 17:8 +. +Also I will appoint a place for My people Israel and will plant them, that they may dwell in their own place and be moved no more; neither shall the children of wickedness waste them any more, as at the first, -- 1 chronicles 17:9 +. +Since the time that I commanded judges to be over My people Israel. Moreover, I will subdue all your enemies. Furthermore, I foretell to you that the Lord will build you a house (a blessed posterity). -- 1 chronicles 17:10 +. +And it shall come to pass that when your days are fulfilled to go to be with your fathers, I will raise up your offspring after you, one of your own sons, and I will establish his kingdom. -- 1 chronicles 17:11 +. +He shall build Me a house, and I will establish his throne forever. -- 1 chronicles 17:12 +. +I will be his father, and he shall be My son; and I will not take My mercy and steadfast love away from him, as I took it from him [King Saul] who was before you. -- 1 chronicles 17:13 +. +But I will settle him (Him) in My house and in My kingdom forever; and his (His) throne shall be established forevermore. -- 1 chronicles 17:14 +. +According to all these words and according to all this vision, so Nathan spoke to David. -- 1 chronicles 17:15 +. +And David the king went in and sat before the Lord and said, Who am I, O Lord God, and what is my house and family, that You have brought me up to this? -- 1 chronicles 17:16 +. +And yet this was a small thing in Your eyes, O God; for You have spoken of Your servant's house for a great while to come, and have regarded me according to the estate of a man of high degree, O Lord God! -- 1 chronicles 17:17 +. +What more can David say to You for thus honoring Your servant? For You know Your servant. -- 1 chronicles 17:18 +. +O Lord, for Your servant's sake and in accord with Your own heart, You have wrought all this greatness, to make known all these great things. -- 1 chronicles 17:19 +. +O Lord, there is none like You, nor is there any God beside You, according to all that our ears have heard. -- 1 chronicles 17:20 +. +And what nation on the earth is like Your people Israel, whom God went to redeem to Himself as a people, making Yourself a name by great and terrible things, by driving out nations from before Your people, whom You redeemed out of Egypt? -- 1 chronicles 17:21 +. +You made Your people Israel Your own forever, and You, Lord, became their God. -- 1 chronicles 17:22 +. +Therefore now, Lord, let the word which You have spoken concerning Your servant and his house be established forever, and do as You have said. -- 1 chronicles 17:23 +. +Let it be established and let Your name [and the character that name denotes] be magnified forever, saying, The Lord of hosts, the God of Israel, is Israel's God; and the house of David Your servant will be established before You. -- 1 chronicles 17:24 +. +For You, O my God, have told Your servant that You will build for him a house (a blessed posterity); therefore Your servant has found courage and confidence to pray before You. -- 1 chronicles 17:25 +. +And now, Lord, You are God, and have promised this good thing to Your servant. -- 1 chronicles 17:26 +. +Therefore may it please You to bless the house (posterity) of Your servant, that it may continue before You forever; for what You bless, O Lord, is blessed forever. -- 1 chronicles 17:27 +. +AFTER THIS, David smote and subdued the Philistines, and took Gath and its villages out of the hand of the Philistines. -- 1 chronicles 18:1 +. +He smote Moab, and the Moabites became David's servants and brought tribute. -- 1 chronicles 18:2 +. +Also David defeated Hadadezer king of Zobah toward Hamath, as he went to establish his dominion by the river Euphrates. -- 1 chronicles 18:3 +. +David took from him 1,chariots, 7,000 horsemen, and 20,000 foot soldiers. David also hamstrung all the chariot horses, but reserved enough for 100 chariots. -- 1 chronicles 18:4 +. +When the Syrians of Damascus came to help Hadadezer king of Zobah, David slew of the Syrians 22,men. -- 1 chronicles 18:5 +. +Then David put garrisons in Syria, [whose capital was] Damascus; the Syrians became David's servants and brought tribute. Thus the Lord preserved and gave victory to David wherever he went. -- 1 chronicles 18:6 +. +David took the shields of gold that were carried by the servants of Hadadezer and brought them to Jerusalem. -- 1 chronicles 18:7 +. +Likewise from Tibhath and from Cun, cities of Hadadezer, David brought very much bronze, with which Solomon later made the bronze laver, the pillars, and the vessels of bronze. -- 1 chronicles 18:8 +. +When Tou king of Hamath heard how David had defeated all the hosts of Hadadezer king of Zobah, -- 1 chronicles 18:9 +. +He sent Hadoram his son to King David to salute him and to congratulate him because he had fought and defeated Hadadezer, for Hadadezer had had wars with Tou. And Hadoram brought with him all manner of vessels of gold, silver, and bronze. -- 1 chronicles 18:10 +. +King David dedicated them also to the Lord, with the silver and the gold he brought from all these nations: Edom, Moab, the Ammonites, the Philistines, and the Amalekites. -- 1 chronicles 18:11 +. +Also Abishai son of Zeruiah slew 18,of the Edomites in the Valley of Salt. -- 1 chronicles 18:12 +. +He put garrisons in Edom, and all the Edomites became David's servants. Thus the Lord preserved and gave victory to David wherever he went. -- 1 chronicles 18:13 +. +So David reigned over all Israel and executed judgment and justice among all his people. -- 1 chronicles 18:14 +. +Joab son of Zeruiah [David's half sister] was over the army; and Jehoshaphat son of Ahilud was the recorder; -- 1 chronicles 18:15 +. +Zadok son of Ahitub and Abimelech son of Abiathar were the priests; and Shavsha was secretary [of state]; -- 1 chronicles 18:16 +. +Benaiah son of Jehoiada was over [David's bodyguards] the Cherethites and the Pelethites; and David's sons were chiefs next to the king. -- 1 chronicles 18:17 +. +AFTER THIS, Nahash king of the Ammonites died, and his son reigned in his stead. -- 1 chronicles 19:1 +. +David said, I will show kindness to Hanun son of Nahash, because his father showed kindness to me. And David sent messengers to comfort him concerning his father's death. So the servants of David came into the land of the Ammonites to comfort Hanun. -- 1 chronicles 19:2 +. +But the princes of the Ammonites said to Hanun, Do you think that David has sent comforters to you because he honors your father? Have his servants not come to you to search, to overthrow, and to spy out the land? -- 1 chronicles 19:3 +. +Therefore Hanun took David's servants, shaved them, cut off their garments in the middle near their buttocks, and sent them away. -- 1 chronicles 19:4 +. +When David was told how the men were served, he sent to meet them, for [they] were greatly shamed and embarrassed. The king said, Stay in Jericho until your beards are grown, and then return. -- 1 chronicles 19:5 +. +When the Ammonites saw that they had made themselves hateful to David, Hanun and [his people] sent 1,talents of silver to hire chariots and horsemen from Mesopotamia and Aram-maacah and Zobah. -- 1 chronicles 19:6 +. +So they hired 32,chariots, and the king of Maacah and his troops, who came and pitched before Medeba. And the Ammonites gathered from their cities and came to battle. -- 1 chronicles 19:7 +. +When David heard of it, he sent Joab and all the army of mighty men. -- 1 chronicles 19:8 +. +And the Ammonites came out and lined up in battle array before the entrance of the city [Medeba], and the kings who had come were by themselves in the open country. -- 1 chronicles 19:9 +. +When Joab saw that the battle was set against him before and behind, he chose from all the choice men of Israel and put them in array against the Syrians. -- 1 chronicles 19:10 +. +The rest of the soldiers he delivered to Abishai his brother, and they were arrayed against the Ammonites. -- 1 chronicles 19:11 +. +And he said, If the Syrians are too strong for me, then you help me; but if the Ammonites are too strong for you, I will help you. -- 1 chronicles 19:12 +. +Be of good courage and let us behave ourselves courageously for our people and for the cities of our God; and may the Lord do what is good in His sight. -- 1 chronicles 19:13 +. +So Joab and the people who were with him drew near before the Syrians for battle, and they fled before him. -- 1 chronicles 19:14 +. +And when the Ammonites saw that the Syrians fled, they likewise fled before Abishai, Joab's brother, and entered into the city [Medeba]. Then Joab came to Jerusalem. -- 1 chronicles 19:15 +. +When the Syrians saw that they were defeated by Israel, they sent messengers and drew forth the Syrians who were beyond the Euphrates River, with Shophach the commander of the army of Hadadezer at their head. -- 1 chronicles 19:16 +. +It was told to David, and he gathered all Israel and crossed the Jordan and drew up his army against them. So when David set the battle in array against the Syrians, they fought with him. -- 1 chronicles 19:17 +. +But the Syrians fled before Israel, and David slew of the Syrians 7,men in chariots and 40,000 foot soldiers, and killed Shophach the commander of the army. -- 1 chronicles 19:18 +. +When the servants of Hadadezer saw that they were defeated before Israel, they made peace with David and became subject to him; nor would the Syrians any longer help the Ammonites. -- 1 chronicles 19:19 +. +AFTER THE end of the year, when kings go out to battle, Joab led forth the army and devastated the land of the Ammonites, and came and besieged Rabbah. But David tarried at Jerusalem. Joab smote Rabbah and overthrew it. -- 1 chronicles 20:1 +. +David took their king's crown from off his head and found that it weighed a talent of gold and that precious stones were in it. It was set upon David's head. He brought also very much spoil out of the city of Rabbah. -- 1 chronicles 20:2 +. +He brought out the people who were in it and set them at cutting with saws, iron wedges, and axes. So David dealt with all the Ammonite cities. And David and all the army returned to Jerusalem. -- 1 chronicles 20:3 +. +After this, there arose war at Gezer with the Philistines; then Sibbecai the Hushathite slew Sippai, of the sons of the giant, and they were subdued. -- 1 chronicles 20:4 +. +There was war again with the Philistines, and Elhanan son of Jair slew Lahmi the brother of Goliath the Gittite, the staff of whose spear was like a weaver's beam. -- 1 chronicles 20:5 +. +And again there was war at Gath, where was a man of great stature who had twenty-four fingers and toes, six on each hand and each foot. He also was born to the giant. -- 1 chronicles 20:6 +. +And when he reproached and defied Israel, Jonathan son of Shimea, David's brother, slew him. -- 1 chronicles 20:7 +. +These were born to the giant [clan] in Gath, and they fell by the hands of David and his servants. -- 1 chronicles 20:8 +. +SATAN [an adversary] stood up against Israel and stirred up David to number Israel. -- 1 chronicles 21:1 +. +David said to Joab and the rulers of the people, Go, number Israel from Beersheba to Dan, and bring me the total, that I may know it. -- 1 chronicles 21:2 +. +And Joab answered, May the Lord multiply His people a hundred times! But, my lord the king, are they not all my lord's servants? Why then does my lord require this? Why will he bring guilt upon Israel? -- 1 chronicles 21:3 +. +But the king's word prevailed against Joab. So Joab departed and went throughout all Israel and came to Jerusalem. -- 1 chronicles 21:4 +. +Joab gave the total number of the people to David. And all of Israel were 1,100,who drew the sword, and of Judah 470,000 who drew the sword. -- 1 chronicles 21:5 +. +But Levi and Benjamin he did not include among them, for the king's order was detestable to Joab. -- 1 chronicles 21:6 +. +And God was displeased with this [reliance on human resources], and He smote Israel. -- 1 chronicles 21:7 +. +And David said to God, I have sinned greatly because I have done this thing. But now, I beseech You, take away the hateful wickedness of Your servant; for I have done very foolishly. -- 1 chronicles 21:8 +. +And the Lord said to Gad, David's seer, -- 1 chronicles 21:9 +. +Go and tell David, Thus says the Lord: I offer you three things; choose one of them, that I may do it to you. -- 1 chronicles 21:10 +. +So Gad came to David and said to him, Thus says the Lord: Take which one you will: -- 1 chronicles 21:11 +. +Either three years of famine, or three months of devastation before your foes, while the sword of your enemies overtakes you, or else three days of the sword of the Lord and pestilence in the land, and the angel of the Lord destroying throughout all the borders of Israel. Now therefore, consider what answer I shall return to Him Who sent me. -- 1 chronicles 21:12 +. +And David said to Gad, I am in great and distressing perplexity; let me fall, I pray you, into the hands of the Lord, for very great and many are His mercies; but let me not fall into the hands of man. -- 1 chronicles 21:13 +. +So the Lord sent a pestilence upon Israel, and there fell of Israel 70,men. -- 1 chronicles 21:14 +. +God sent an angel to Jerusalem to destroy it, and as he was destroying, the Lord beheld, and He regretted and relented of the evil and said to the destroying angel, It is enough; now stay your hand. And the angel of the Lord stood by the threshing floor of Ornan the Jebusite. -- 1 chronicles 21:15 +. +David lifted up his eyes and saw the angel of the Lord standing between earth and the heavens, having a drawn sword in his hand stretched out over Jerusalem. Then David and the elders, clothed in sackcloth, fell upon their faces. -- 1 chronicles 21:16 +. +And David said to God, Is it not I who commanded the people to be numbered? It is I who has sinned and done evil indeed; but as for these sheep, what have they done? Let Your hand, I pray You, O Lord my God, be on me and on my father's house, but not on Your people, that they should be plagued. -- 1 chronicles 21:17 +. +Then the angel of the Lord commanded Gad to say to David that David should go up and set up an altar to the Lord in the threshing floor of Ornan the Jebusite. -- 1 chronicles 21:18 +. +So David went up at Gad's word, which he spoke in the name of the Lord. -- 1 chronicles 21:19 +. +Now Ornan was threshing wheat, and he turned back and saw the angel; and his four sons hid themselves. -- 1 chronicles 21:20 +. +And as David came to Ornan, Ornan looked and saw him, and went out from the threshing floor and bowed himself to David with his face to the ground. -- 1 chronicles 21:21 +. +Then David said to Ornan, Grant me the site of this threshing floor, that I may build an altar on it to the Lord. You shall charge me the full price for it, that the plague may be averted from the people. -- 1 chronicles 21:22 +. +Ornan said to David, Take it; and let my lord the king do what is good in his eyes. I give you the oxen also for burnt offerings and the threshing sledges for wood and the wheat for the meal offering. I give it all. -- 1 chronicles 21:23 +. +And King David said to Ornan, No, but I will pay the full price. I will not take what is yours for the Lord, nor offer burnt offerings which cost me nothing. -- 1 chronicles 21:24 +. +So David gave to Ornan for the site shekels of gold by weight. -- 1 chronicles 21:25 +. +And David built there an altar to the Lord and offered burnt offerings and peace offerings and called upon the Lord; and He answered him by fire from heaven upon the altar of burnt offering. -- 1 chronicles 21:26 +. +Then the Lord commanded the [avenging] angel, and he put his sword back into its sheath. -- 1 chronicles 21:27 +. +When David saw that the Lord had answered him at the threshing floor of Ornan the Jebusite, he sacrificed there. -- 1 chronicles 21:28 +. +For the tabernacle of the Lord, which Moses made in the wilderness, and the altar of burnt offering were at that time in the high place at Gibeon. -- 1 chronicles 21:29 +. +But David could not go before it to inquire of God, for he was afraid of the sword of the angel of the Lord. -- 1 chronicles 21:30 +. +THEN DAVID said, Here shall be the house of the Lord God, and here the altar of the burnt offering for Israel. -- 1 chronicles 22:1 +. +David commanded to gather together the strangers who were in the land of Israel, and he set stonecutters to hew out stones to build the house of God. -- 1 chronicles 22:2 +. +David prepared iron in abundance for nails for the doors of the gates and for the couplings, and bronze in abundance without weighing, -- 1 chronicles 22:3 +. +Also cedar trees without number, for the Sidonians and they of Tyre brought much cedar timber to David. -- 1 chronicles 22:4 +. +David said, Solomon my son is young and inexperienced, and the house that is to be built for the Lord must be exceedingly magnificent, of fame and glory throughout all lands. I will therefore make preparation for it. So David prepared abundantly before his death. -- 1 chronicles 22:5 +. +Then he called for Solomon his son and charged him to build a house for the Lord, the God of Israel. -- 1 chronicles 22:6 +. +David said to Solomon, My son, it was in my heart to build a house to the Name and [for the symbol of] the Presence of the Lord my God. -- 1 chronicles 22:7 +. +But the word of the Lord came to me, saying, You have shed much blood and have waged great wars; you shall not build a house to My Name, because you have shed much blood on the earth in My sight. -- 1 chronicles 22:8 +. +Behold, a son shall be born to you who shall be a man of peace. I will give him rest from all his enemies round about; for his name shall be Solomon [peaceable], and I will give peace and quiet to Israel in his days. -- 1 chronicles 22:9 +. +He shall build a house for My Name and [the symbol of My] Presence. He shall be My son, and I will be his father; and I will establish his royal throne over Israel forever. -- 1 chronicles 22:10 +. +Now, my son, the Lord be with and prosper you in building the house of the Lord your God, as He has spoken concerning you. -- 1 chronicles 22:11 +. +Only may the Lord give you wisdom and understanding as you are put in charge of Israel, that you may keep the law of the Lord your God. -- 1 chronicles 22:12 +. +Then you will prosper if you are careful to keep and fulfill the statutes and ordinances with which the Lord charged Moses concerning Israel. Be strong and of good courage. Dread not and fear not; be not dismayed. -- 1 chronicles 22:13 +. +In my affliction and trouble I have provided for the house of the Lord 100,talents of gold, 1,000,000 talents of silver, and bronze and iron without weighing. I have also provided timber and stone; you must add to them. -- 1 chronicles 22:14 +. +You have workmen in abundance: hewers, workers of stone and timber, and all kinds of craftsmen without number, skillful in doing every kind of work -- 1 chronicles 22:15 +. +With gold, silver, bronze, and iron. So arise and be doing, and the Lord be with you! -- 1 chronicles 22:16 +. +David also commanded all the princes of Israel to help Solomon his son, saying, -- 1 chronicles 22:17 +. +Is not the Lord your God with you? And has He not given you peace on every side? For He has given the inhabitants of the land into my hand, and the land is subdued before the Lord and His people. -- 1 chronicles 22:18 +. +Now set your mind and heart to seek (inquire of and require as your vital necessity) the Lord your God. Arise and build the sanctuary of the Lord God, so that the ark of the covenant of the Lord and the holy vessels of God may be brought into the house built to the Name and renown of the Lord. -- 1 chronicles 22:19 +. +WHEN DAVID was old and full of days, he made Solomon his son king over Israel. -- 1 chronicles 23:1 +. +David assembled all the leaders of Israel, with the priests and Levites. -- 1 chronicles 23:2 +. +The Levites thirty years old and upward numbered, man by man, 38,000, -- 1 chronicles 23:3 +. +Of whom 24,were to oversee the work of the house of the Lord and 6,000 were to be officers and judges. -- 1 chronicles 23:4 +. +And, said David, 4,shall be gatekeepers and 4,000 are to praise the Lord with the instruments which I made for praise. -- 1 chronicles 23:5 +. +And David organized them in sections according to the sons of Levi: Gershon, Kohath, and Merari. -- 1 chronicles 23:6 +. +Of the Gershonites: Ladan (Libni) and Shimei. -- 1 chronicles 23:7 +. +The sons of Ladan: Jehiel the chief, Zetham, and Joel--three in all. -- 1 chronicles 23:8 +. +The sons of Shimei: Shelomoth, Haziel, and Haran--three in all. These were the heads of the fathers' houses of Ladan. -- 1 chronicles 23:9 +. +And the sons of Shimei: Jahath, Zina (Zizah), Jeush, and Beriah. Of these four sons of Shimei, -- 1 chronicles 23:10 +. +Jahath was chief and Zizah the second, but Jeush and Beriah had not many sons [not enough for a father's house or clan]; so they were counted together as one father's house. -- 1 chronicles 23:11 +. +The sons of Kohath: Amram, Izhar, Hebron, and Uzziel--four in all. -- 1 chronicles 23:12 +. +The sons of Amram: Aaron and Moses. Aaron was set apart to sanctify him as most holy and to consecrate the most holy things, that he and his sons forever might burn incense before the Lord, minister to Him, and bless in His name [and the character which that name denotes] forever. -- 1 chronicles 23:13 +. +But the sons of Moses the man of God were named among the tribe of Levi. -- 1 chronicles 23:14 +. +The sons of Moses: Gershom and Eliezer. -- 1 chronicles 23:15 +. +The son of Gershom: Shebuel the chief. -- 1 chronicles 23:16 +. +The son of Eliezer: Rehabiah the chief. Eliezer had no other sons, but Rehabiah's sons were very many. -- 1 chronicles 23:17 +. +The sons of Izhar: Shelomith was the chief. -- 1 chronicles 23:18 +. +The sons of Hebron: Jeriah the first, Amariah the second, Jahaziel the third, and Jekameam the fourth. -- 1 chronicles 23:19 +. +The sons of Uzziel: Micah the first and Isshiah the second. -- 1 chronicles 23:20 +. +The sons of Merari: Mahli and Mushi. The sons of Mahli: Eleazar and Kish. -- 1 chronicles 23:21 +. +Eleazar died and had no sons, but daughters only, and their kinsmen, sons of Kish, took them as wives. -- 1 chronicles 23:22 +. +The sons of Mushi: Mahli, Eder, and Jeremoth--three in all. -- 1 chronicles 23:23 +. +These were the Levites by their fathers' houses, the heads of the fathers' houses of those registered, according to the number of names of the individuals who were the servants of the house of the Lord, from twenty years old and upward. -- 1 chronicles 23:24 +. +For David said, The Lord, the God of Israel has given peace and rest to His people, and He dwells in Jerusalem forever. -- 1 chronicles 23:25 +. +So the Levites no more have need to carry the tabernacle and all its vessels for its service. -- 1 chronicles 23:26 +. +For by the last words and acts of David, these were the number of the Levites from twenty years old and above. -- 1 chronicles 23:27 +. +But their duty should be to wait on [the priests] the sons of Aaron in the service of the house of the Lord, caring for the courts, the chambers, the cleansing of all holy things, and any work of the service of God's house, -- 1 chronicles 23:28 +. +For the showbread also, and for the fine flour for a cereal offering, whether of unleavened wafers or of what is baked on the griddle or soaked [in oil], and for all measuring of amount and size [as the Law of Moses required]. -- 1 chronicles 23:29 +. +They are also to stand every morning to thank and praise the Lord, and likewise at evening, -- 1 chronicles 23:30 +. +And to assist in offering all burnt sacrifices to the Lord on Sabbaths, New Moon festivals, and set feast days by number according to the ordinance concerning them, continually before the Lord. -- 1 chronicles 23:31 +. +So they shall keep charge of the Tent of Meeting and the Holy Place and shall attend to the sons of Aaron their kinsmen, for the service of the house of the Lord. -- 1 chronicles 23:32 +. +THE COURSES or divisions of the priests, the sons of Aaron, were these: The sons of Aaron: Nadab, and Abihu, Eleazar, and Ithamar. -- 1 chronicles 24:1 +. +But Nadab and Abihu died before their father and had no children; therefore Eleazar and Ithamar executed the priest's office. -- 1 chronicles 24:2 +. +And David, with Zadok of the sons of Eleazar and Ahimelech of the sons of Ithamar, divided and distributed them according to their assigned duties. -- 1 chronicles 24:3 +. +Since there were more chief men found among the sons of Eleazar [because of the misfortunes of Eli, and Saul's slaughter of the priests at Nob] than among the sons of Ithamar, they were divided thus: sixteen heads of fathers' houses of the sons of Eleazar and eight of the sons of Ithamar according to their fathers' houses. -- 1 chronicles 24:4 +. +Thus were they divided by lot, one group with the other, for there were chiefs of the sanctuary and chiefs of God [high priests] drawn both from the sons of Eleazar and from the sons of Ithamar. -- 1 chronicles 24:5 +. +Shemaiah the scribe, son of Nethanel, a Levite, recorded them in the presence of the king, the princes, Zadok the priest, Ahimelech son of Abiathar [the priest who escaped being killed at Nob by Saul and fled to David], and the heads of the fathers' houses of the priests and Levites--one father's house being taken alternately for Eleazar and one for Ithamar. -- 1 chronicles 24:6 +. +The lots fell, the first one to Jehoiarib, the second to Jedaiah, -- 1 chronicles 24:7 +. +The third to Harim, the fourth to Se-orim, -- 1 chronicles 24:8 +. +The fifth to Malchijah, the sixth to Mijamin, -- 1 chronicles 24:9 +. +The seventh to Hakkoz, the eighth to Abijah, -- 1 chronicles 24:10 +. +The ninth to Jeshua, the tenth to Shecaniah, -- 1 chronicles 24:11 +. +The eleventh to Eliashib, the twelfth to Jakim, -- 1 chronicles 24:12 +. +The thirteenth to Huppah, the fourteenth to Jeshebe-ab, -- 1 chronicles 24:13 +. +The fifteenth to Bilgah, the sixteenth to Immer, -- 1 chronicles 24:14 +. +The seventeenth to Hezir, the eighteenth to Happizzez, -- 1 chronicles 24:15 +. +The nineteenth to Pethahiah, the twentieth to Jehezkel, -- 1 chronicles 24:16 +. +The twenty-first to Jachin, the twenty-second to Gamul, -- 1 chronicles 24:17 +. +The twenty-third to Delaiah, the twenty-fourth to Maaziah. -- 1 chronicles 24:18 +. +This was their order for coming on duty to serve in the house of the Lord, according to the procedure ordered for them by their [forefather] Aaron, as the Lord, the God of Israel, had commanded him. -- 1 chronicles 24:19 +. +As for the rest of the sons of Levi: of the sons of Amram: Shubael; of the sons of Shubael: Jehdeiah. -- 1 chronicles 24:20 +. +Of Rehabiah: of the sons of Rehabiah: Isshiah the chief. -- 1 chronicles 24:21 +. +Of the Izharites: Shelomoth; of the sons of Shelomoth: Jahath. -- 1 chronicles 24:22 +. +The sons of Hebron: Jeriah the first, Amariah the second, Jahaziel the third, Jekameam the fourth. -- 1 chronicles 24:23 +. +The son of Uzziel: Micah; of the sons of Micah: Shamir. -- 1 chronicles 24:24 +. +The brother of Micah: Isshiah; of the sons of Isshiah: Zechariah. -- 1 chronicles 24:25 +. +The sons of Merari: Mahli and Mushi. The son of Jaaziah: Beno. -- 1 chronicles 24:26 +. +The sons of Merari: by Jaaziah: Beno, Shoham, Zaccur, and Ibri. -- 1 chronicles 24:27 +. +Of Mahli: Eleazar, who had no sons. -- 1 chronicles 24:28 +. +Of Kish: the son of Kish: Jerahmeel. -- 1 chronicles 24:29 +. +The sons of Mushi: Mahli, Eder, and Jerimoth. These were the sons of the Levites, according to their fathers' houses. -- 1 chronicles 24:30 +. +These likewise cast lots, as did their kinsmen the sons of Aaron, in the presence of David the king, Zadok, Ahimelech, and the heads of the fathers' houses of the priests and Levites--the head of each father's house and his younger brother alike. -- 1 chronicles 24:31 +. +ALSO DAVID and the chiefs of the host [of the Lord] separated to the [temple] service some of the sons of Asaph, Heman, and Jeduthun, who should prophesy [being inspired] with lyres, harps, and cymbals. The list of the musicians according to their service was: -- 1 chronicles 25:1 +. +Of the sons of Asaph: Zaccur, Joseph, Nethaniah, and Asharelah, the sons of Asaph under the direction of Asaph, who prophesied (witnessed and testified under divine inspiration) in keeping with the king's order. -- 1 chronicles 25:2 +. +Of the sons of Jeduthun: Gedaliah, Zeri, Jeshaiah, Shimei, Hashabiah, and Mattithiah, six in all, under the direction of their father Jeduthun, who witnessed and prophesied under divine inspiration with the lyre in thanksgiving and praise to the Lord. -- 1 chronicles 25:3 +. +Of Heman: the sons of Heman: Bukkiah, Mattaniah, Uzziel, Shebuel, Jerimoth, Hananiah, Hanani, Eliathah, Giddalti, Romamti-ezer, Joshbekashah, Mallothi, Hothir, and Mahazioth. -- 1 chronicles 25:4 +. +All these were the sons of Heman the king's seer [his mediator] in the words and things of God to exalt Him; for God gave to Heman fourteen sons and three daughters, -- 1 chronicles 25:5 +. +All of whom were [in the choir] under the direction of their father for song in the house of the Lord, with cymbals, harps, and lyres, for the service of the house of God. Asaph, Jeduthun, and Heman were under the order of the king. -- 1 chronicles 25:6 +. +So the number of them [who led the remainder of the 4,000], with their kinsmen who were specially trained in songs for the Lord, all who were talented singers, was 288. -- 1 chronicles 25:7 +. +[The musicians] cast lots for their duties, small and great, teacher and scholar alike. -- 1 chronicles 25:8 +. +The first lot fell for Asaph to Joseph; the second to Gedaliah, to him, his brethren and his sons, twelve; -- 1 chronicles 25:9 +. +The third to Zaccur, his sons and his brethren, twelve; -- 1 chronicles 25:10 +. +The fourth to Izri, his sons and his brethren, twelve; -- 1 chronicles 25:11 +. +The fifth to Nethaniah, his sons and his brethren, twelve; -- 1 chronicles 25:12 +. +The sixth to Bukkiah, his sons and his brethren, twelve; -- 1 chronicles 25:13 +. +The seventh to Jesharelah, his sons and his brethren, twelve; -- 1 chronicles 25:14 +. +The eighth to Jeshaiah, his sons and his brethren, twelve; -- 1 chronicles 25:15 +. +The ninth to Mattaniah, his sons and his brethren, twelve; -- 1 chronicles 25:16 +. +The tenth to Shimei, his sons and his brethren, twelve; -- 1 chronicles 25:17 +. +The eleventh to Azarel, his sons and his brethren, twelve; -- 1 chronicles 25:18 +. +The twelfth to Hashabiah, his sons and his brethren, twelve; -- 1 chronicles 25:19 +. +The thirteenth to Shubael, his sons and his brethren, twelve; -- 1 chronicles 25:20 +. +The fourteenth to Mattithiah, his sons and his brethren, twelve; -- 1 chronicles 25:21 +. +The fifteenth to Jeremoth, his sons and his brethren, twelve; -- 1 chronicles 25:22 +. +The sixteenth to Hananiah, his sons and his brethren, twelve; -- 1 chronicles 25:23 +. +The seventeenth of Joshbekashah, his sons and his brethren, twelve; -- 1 chronicles 25:24 +. +The eighteenth to Hanani, his sons and his brethren, twelve; -- 1 chronicles 25:25 +. +The nineteenth to Mallothi, his sons and his brethren, twelve; -- 1 chronicles 25:26 +. +The twentieth to Eliathah, his sons and his brethren, twelve; -- 1 chronicles 25:27 +. +The twenty-first to Hothir, his sons and his brethren, twelve; -- 1 chronicles 25:28 +. +The twenty-second to Giddalti, his sons and his brethren, twelve; -- 1 chronicles 25:29 +. +The twenty-third to Mahazioth, his sons and his brethren, twelve; -- 1 chronicles 25:30 +. +The twenty-fourth to Romamti-ezer, his sons and his brethren, twelve. -- 1 chronicles 25:31 +. +FOR THE divisions of the gatekeepers: Of the Korahites was: Meshelemiah son of Kore, of the sons of Asaph. -- 1 chronicles 26:1 +. +And Meshelemiah had sons: Zechariah the firstborn, Jediael the second, Zebadiah the third, Jathniel the fourth, -- 1 chronicles 26:2 +. +Elam the fifth, Jehohanan the sixth, Eliehoenai the seventh. -- 1 chronicles 26:3 +. +Obed-edom had sons: Shemaiah the firstborn, Jehozabad the second, Joah the third, Sacar the fourth, Nethanel the fifth, -- 1 chronicles 26:4 +. +Ammiel the sixth, Issachar the seventh, Peullethai the eighth; for God blessed him. -- 1 chronicles 26:5 +. +Also to Shemaiah his son were sons born, who were rulers in their fathers' houses, for they were mighty men of ability and courage. -- 1 chronicles 26:6 +. +The sons of Shemaiah: Othni, Rephael, Obed, and Elzabad, whose brethren were strong and able men, Elihu and Semachiah. -- 1 chronicles 26:7 +. +All these were sons of Obed-edom [in whose house the ark was kept], with their sons and brethren, strong and able men for the service--sixty-two in all. -- 1 chronicles 26:8 +. +Meshelemiah had sons and brethren, strong and able men--eighteen in all. -- 1 chronicles 26:9 +. +Also Hosah, of the sons of Merari, had sons: Shimri the chief (he was not the firstborn, yet his father made him chief), -- 1 chronicles 26:10 +. +Hilkiah the second, Tebaliah the third, Zechariah the fourth; all the sons and brethren of Hosah were thirteen in all. -- 1 chronicles 26:11 +. +Of these were the divisions of the gatekeepers, even of the chief men, having duties, as did their brethren, to minister in the house of the Lord. -- 1 chronicles 26:12 +. +And they cast lots by fathers' houses, small and great alike, for every gate. -- 1 chronicles 26:13 +. +The lot for the east fell to Shelemiah. They cast lots also for Zechariah his son, a wise counselor, and his lot came out for the north. -- 1 chronicles 26:14 +. +To Obed-edom it came out for the south, and to his sons the storehouse was allotted. -- 1 chronicles 26:15 +. +To Shuppim and Hosah the lot fell for the west, by the refuse gate that goes into the ascending highway, post opposite post. -- 1 chronicles 26:16 +. +On the east were six Levites, on the north four a day, on the south four a day, and two by two at the storehouse. -- 1 chronicles 26:17 +. +At the colonnade on the west side [of the outer court of the temple], there were four at the road and two at the colonnade. -- 1 chronicles 26:18 +. +These were the divisions of the gatekeepers among the Korahites and the sons of Merari. -- 1 chronicles 26:19 +. +Of the Levites, Ahijah was over the treasuries of the house of God and the treasuries of the dedicated gifts. -- 1 chronicles 26:20 +. +The sons of Ladan, the descendants of Gershon through Ladan, the heads of families of Ladan the Gershonite: Jehieli, -- 1 chronicles 26:21 +. +The sons of Jehieli, Zetham and Joel his brother, who were over the treasuries of the house of the Lord. -- 1 chronicles 26:22 +. +Of the Amramites, Izharites, Hebronites, and Uzzielites: -- 1 chronicles 26:23 +. +Shebuel son of Gershom, the son of Moses, was ruler over the treasuries. -- 1 chronicles 26:24 +. +His brethren from Eliezer were his son Rehabiah, his son Jeshaiah, his son Joram, his son Zichri, and his son Shelomoth. -- 1 chronicles 26:25 +. +This Shelomoth and his brethren were over all the treasuries of the dedicated gifts, which King David, the heads of the fathers' houses, the officers over thousands and hundreds, and the commanders of the army had dedicated. -- 1 chronicles 26:26 +. +From spoil won in battles they dedicated gifts to maintain the house of the Lord. -- 1 chronicles 26:27 +. +Also all that Samuel the seer, Saul son of Kish, Abner son of Ner, and Joab son of Zeruiah had dedicated, and whatever anyone had dedicated, it was in the charge of Shelomoth and his brethren. -- 1 chronicles 26:28 +. +Of the Izharites: Chenaniah and his sons were appointed to outside duties for Israel, as officers and judges. -- 1 chronicles 26:29 +. +Of the Hebronites: Hashabiah and his brethren, men of courage and ability, 1,in all, were officers over Israel on the west side of the Jordan in all the Lord's business and the king's service. -- 1 chronicles 26:30 +. +Of the Hebronites: Jerijah was the chief, according to their generations by fathers' houses. In the fortieth year of David's reign a search was made, and men of great courage and ability were found among them at Jazer in Gilead. -- 1 chronicles 26:31 +. +Jerijah's kinsmen, men of courage and ability, were 2,heads of fathers' houses; King David made them overseers of the Reubenites, the Gadites, and the half-tribe of Manasseh, for everything pertaining to God and for the affairs of the king. -- 1 chronicles 26:32 +. +THIS IS the list of the Israelites, the heads of fathers' houses, the commanders of thousands and hundreds, and their officers who served the king in all matters of the divisions that came and went, month by month throughout the year, each division numbering 24,000. -- 1 chronicles 27:1 +. +Over the first division for the first month was Jashobeam son of Zabdiel. In his division were 24,000. -- 1 chronicles 27:2 +. +He was descended from Perez and was chief of all the commanders of the army for the first month. -- 1 chronicles 27:3 +. +Over the division for the second month was Dodai the Ahohite; and of his division Mikloth was the chief officer. In his division were 24,000. -- 1 chronicles 27:4 +. +The third commander of the army for the third month was Benaiah son of Jehoiada the priest, as chief. In his division were 24,000. -- 1 chronicles 27:5 +. +This is the Benaiah who was a mighty man of the Thirty and over the Thirty; and in his division was Ammizabad his son. -- 1 chronicles 27:6 +. +The fourth, for the fourth month, Asahel brother of Joab, and Zebadiah his son after him. In his division were 24,000. -- 1 chronicles 27:7 +. +The fifth, for the fifth month, Shamhuth the Izrahite. In his division were 24,000. -- 1 chronicles 27:8 +. +The sixth, for the sixth month, Ira son of Ikkesh the Tekoite. In his division were 24,000. -- 1 chronicles 27:9 +. +The seventh, for the seventh month, Helez the Pelonite, of the Ephraimites. In his division were 24,000. -- 1 chronicles 27:10 +. +The eighth, for the eighth month, Sibbecai the Hushathite, of the Zarahites. In his division were 24,000. -- 1 chronicles 27:11 +. +The ninth, for the ninth month, Abiezer of Anathoth, a Benjamite. In his division were 24,000. -- 1 chronicles 27:12 +. +The tenth, for the tenth month, Maharai from Netophah, of the Zerahites. In his division were 24,000. -- 1 chronicles 27:13 +. +The eleventh, for the eleventh month, Benaiah the Pirathonite, of the sons of Ephraim. In his division were 24,000. -- 1 chronicles 27:14 +. +The twelfth, for the twelfth month, Heldai the Netophathite, of Othniel. In his division were 24,000. -- 1 chronicles 27:15 +. +Also over the tribes of Israel: of the Reubenites: Eliezer son of Zichri was chief officer; of the Simeonites: Shephatiah son of Maachah; -- 1 chronicles 27:16 +. +Of Levi: Hashabiah son of Kemuel; of Aaron: Zadok; -- 1 chronicles 27:17 +. +Of Judah: Elihu, one of David's brothers; of Issachar: Omri son of Michael; -- 1 chronicles 27:18 +. +Of Zebulun: Ishmaiah son of Obadiah; of Naphtali: Jerimoth son of Azriel; -- 1 chronicles 27:19 +. +Of the Ephraimites: Hoshea son of Azaziah; of the half-tribe of Manasseh: Joel son of Pedaiah; -- 1 chronicles 27:20 +. +Of the half-tribe of Manasseh in Gilead: Iddo son of Zechariah; of Benjamin: Jaasiel son of Abner; -- 1 chronicles 27:21 +. +Of Dan: Azarel son of Jeroham. These were the leaders of the tribes of Israel. -- 1 chronicles 27:22 +. +But David did not number those under twenty years of age, for the Lord had promised to make Israel as the stars of the heavens. -- 1 chronicles 27:23 +. +Joab son of Zeruiah began a census but did not finish, because the census brought wrath upon Israel, and the number was not recorded in the chronicles of King David. -- 1 chronicles 27:24 +. +Over the king's treasuries was Azmaveth son of Adiel; and over the treasuries in the country, cities, villages, and towers or forts was Jonathan son of Uzziah; -- 1 chronicles 27:25 +. +Over those who did the work of the field of tilling the soil was Ezri son of Chelub; -- 1 chronicles 27:26 +. +Over the vineyards was Shimei the Ramathite; over the produce of the vineyards for the wine cellars, Zabdi the Shiphmite; -- 1 chronicles 27:27 +. +Over the olive and sycamore trees in the low plains, Baal-hanan the Gederite; over the stores of oil, Joash; -- 1 chronicles 27:28 +. +Over the herds pasturing in Sharon, Shitrai the Sharonite; over the herds in the valleys, Shaphat son of Adlai; -- 1 chronicles 27:29 +. +Over the camels, Obil the Ishmaelite; over the she-donkeys, Jehdeiah the Meronothite; -- 1 chronicles 27:30 +. +And over the flocks, Jaziz the Hagrite. All these were stewards of King David's property. -- 1 chronicles 27:31 +. +Also Jonathan, David's uncle, was a counselor, a wise man and a scribe; he and Jehiel son of Hachmoni attended the king's sons [as tutors]. -- 1 chronicles 27:32 +. +Ahithophel was the king's counselor; Hushai the Archite was the king's companion and friend. -- 1 chronicles 27:33 +. +Ahithophel was succeeded by Jehoiada son of Benaiah and by Abiathar. Joab was the commander of the king's army. -- 1 chronicles 27:34 +. +DAVID ASSEMBLED at Jerusalem all the leaders of Israel and of the tribes, the officers of the divisions that served the king in courses, and those over thousands and hundreds, and the stewards over all the property and livestock of the king and his sons, with the palace officers, the mighty men, and all the mighty warriors. -- 1 chronicles 28:1 +. +Then David the king rose to his feet and said, Hear me, my brethren and my people. I myself intended to build a house of rest for the ark of the covenant of the Lord, as a footstool for our God, and I prepared materials for the building. -- 1 chronicles 28:2 +. +But God said to me, You shall not build a house for My Name [and Presence], because you have been a man of war and have shed blood. -- 1 chronicles 28:3 +. +However, the Lord, the God of Israel, chose me before all my father's house to be king over Israel forever. For He chose Judah to be the ruler; and of the house of Judah he chose the house of my father; and among the sons of my father He was pleased to make me king over all Israel; -- 1 chronicles 28:4 +. +And of all my sons, for the Lord has given me many sons, He has chosen Solomon my son to sit upon the throne of the kingdom of the Lord over Israel. -- 1 chronicles 28:5 +. +And He said to me, Solomon your son shall build My house and My courts, for I have chosen him to be My son, and I will be his father. -- 1 chronicles 28:6 +. +I will establish his kingdom forever if he loyally and continuously obeys My commandments and My ordinances, as he does today. -- 1 chronicles 28:7 +. +Now therefore, in the sight of all Israel, the assembly of the Lord, and in the hearing of our God, keep and seek [to be familiar with] all the commandments of the Lord your God, that you may possess this good land and leave it as an inheritance for your children after you forever. -- 1 chronicles 28:8 +. +And you, Solomon my son, know the God of your father [have personal knowledge of Him, be acquainted with, and understand Him; appreciate, heed, and cherish Him] and serve Him with a blameless heart and a willing mind. For the Lord searches all hearts and minds and understands all the wanderings of the thoughts. If you seek Him [inquiring for and of Him and requiring Him as your first and vital necessity] you will find Him; but if you forsake Him, He will cast you off forever! -- 1 chronicles 28:9 +. +Take heed now, for the Lord has chosen you to build a house for the sanctuary. Be strong and do it! -- 1 chronicles 28:10 +. +Then David gave Solomon his son the plan of the vestibule of the temple, its houses, its treasuries, its upper chambers, its inner rooms, and of the place for the [ark and its] mercy seat; -- 1 chronicles 28:11 +. +And the plan of all that he had in mind [by the Spirit] for the courts of the house of the Lord, all the surrounding chambers, the treasuries of the house of God, and the treasuries for the dedicated gifts; -- 1 chronicles 28:12 +. +The plan for the divisions of the priests and the Levites, for all the work of the service in the house of the Lord; for all the vessels for service in the house of the Lord: -- 1 chronicles 28:13 +. +The weight of gold and silver for all the gold and silver articles of every kind of service-- -- 1 chronicles 28:14 +. +The weight of the golden lampstands and their lamps, the weight of gold or silver for each lampstand and its lamps, according to the use of each lampstand; -- 1 chronicles 28:15 +. +The gold by weight for each table of showbread, and the silver for the tables of silver; -- 1 chronicles 28:16 +. +Also pure gold for the forks, basins, and cups; for the golden bowls by weight of each; for the silver bowls by weight of each; -- 1 chronicles 28:17 +. +For the incense altar refined gold by weight, and gold for the plan of the chariot of the cherubim that spread their wings and covered the ark of the Lord's covenant. -- 1 chronicles 28:18 +. +All this the Lord made me understand by the writing by His hand upon me, all the work to be done according to the plan. -- 1 chronicles 28:19 +. +Also David told Solomon his son, Be strong and courageous, and do it. Fear not, be not dismayed, for the Lord God, my God, is with you. He will not fail or forsake you until you have finished all the work for the service of the house of the Lord. -- 1 chronicles 28:20 +. +And see, [you have] the divisions of the priests and Levites for all the service of God's house, and with you in all the kinds of work will be every willing, skillful man for any kind of service. Also the officers and all the people will be wholly at your command. -- 1 chronicles 28:21 +. +AND KING David said to all the assembly, Solomon my son, whom alone God has chosen, is yet young, tender, and inexperienced; and the work is great, for the palace is not to be for man but for the Lord God. -- 1 chronicles 29:1 +. +So I have provided with all my might for the house of my God the gold for things to be of gold, silver for things of silver, bronze for things of bronze, iron for things of iron, and wood for things of wood, as well as onyx or beryl stones, stones to be set, stones of antimony, stones of various colors, and all sorts of precious stones, and marble stones in abundance. -- 1 chronicles 29:2 +. +Moreover, because I have set my affection on the house of my God, in addition to all I have prepared for the holy house, I have a private treasure of gold and silver which I give for the house of my God: -- 1 chronicles 29:3 +. +It is 3,talents of gold, gold of Ophir, 7,000 talents of refined silver for overlaying the walls of the house, -- 1 chronicles 29:4 +. +Gold for the uses of gold, silver for the uses of silver, and for every work to be done by craftsmen. Now who will offer willingly to fill his hand [and consecrate it] today to the Lord [like one consecrating himself to the priesthood]? -- 1 chronicles 29:5 +. +Then the chiefs of the fathers and princes of the tribes of Israel and the captains of thousands and of hundreds, with the rulers of the king's work, offered willingly -- 1 chronicles 29:6 +. +And gave for the service of the house of God--of gold 5,talents and 10,000 darics, of silver 10,000 talents, of bronze 18,000 talents, and 100,000 talents of iron. -- 1 chronicles 29:7 +. +And whoever had precious stones gave them to the treasury of the house of the Lord in the care of Jehiel the Gershonite. -- 1 chronicles 29:8 +. +Then the people rejoiced because these had given willingly, for with a whole and blameless heart they had offered freely to the Lord. King David also rejoiced greatly. -- 1 chronicles 29:9 +. +Therefore David blessed the Lord before all the assembly and said, Be praised, adored, and thanked, O Lord, the God of Israel our [forefather], forever and ever. -- 1 chronicles 29:10 +. +Yours, O Lord, is the greatness and the power and the glory and the victory and the majesty, for all that is in the heavens and the earth is Yours; Yours is the kingdom, O Lord, and Yours it is to be exalted as Head over all. -- 1 chronicles 29:11 +. +Both riches and honor come from You, and You reign over all. In Your hands are power and might; in Your hands it is to make great and to give strength to all. -- 1 chronicles 29:12 +. +Now therefore, our God, we thank You and praise Your glorious name and those attributes which that name denotes. -- 1 chronicles 29:13 +. +But who am I, and what are my people, that we should retain strength and be able to offer thus so willingly? For all things come from You, and out of Your own [hand] we have given You. -- 1 chronicles 29:14 +. +For we are strangers before You, and sojourners, as all our fathers were; our days on the earth are like a shadow, and there is no hope or expectation of remaining. -- 1 chronicles 29:15 +. +O Lord our God, all this store that we have prepared to build You a house for Your holy Name and the token of Your presence comes from Your hand, and is all Your own. -- 1 chronicles 29:16 +. +I know also, my God, that You try the heart and delight in uprightness. In the uprightness of my heart I have freely offered all these things. And now I have seen with joy Your people who are present here offer voluntarily and freely to You. -- 1 chronicles 29:17 +. +O Lord, God of Abraham, Isaac, and Israel, our fathers, keep forever such purposes and thoughts in the minds of Your people, and direct and establish their hearts toward You. -- 1 chronicles 29:18 +. +And give to Solomon my son a blameless heart to keep Your commandments, testimonies, and statutes, and to do all that is necessary to build the palace [for You] for which I have made provision. -- 1 chronicles 29:19 +. +And David said to all the assembly, Now adore (praise and thank) the Lord your God! And all the assembly blessed the Lord, the God of their fathers, and bowed down and did obeisance to the Lord and to the king [as His earthly representative]. -- 1 chronicles 29:20 +. +The next day they offered sacrifices and burnt offerings to the Lord: 1,bulls, 1,000 rams, and 1,000 lambs, with their drink offerings, and sacrifices in abundance for all Israel. -- 1 chronicles 29:21 +. +They ate and drank before the Lord on that day with great rejoicing. They made Solomon son of David king a second time, and anointed him as prince for the Lord and Zadok to be high priest. -- 1 chronicles 29:22 +. +Then Solomon sat on the throne of the Lord as king instead of David his father; and he prospered, and all Israel obeyed him. -- 1 chronicles 29:23 +. +All the leaders and mighty men, and also all the sons of King David, pledged allegiance to King Solomon. -- 1 chronicles 29:24 +. +And the Lord magnified Solomon exceedingly in the sight of all Israel and bestowed upon him such royal majesty as had not been on any king before him in Israel. -- 1 chronicles 29:25 +. +Thus David son of Jesse reigned over all Israel. -- 1 chronicles 29:26 +. +The time he reigned over Israel was forty years--he reigned seven years in Hebron and thirty-three years in Jerusalem. -- 1 chronicles 29:27 +. +He died in a good old age [his seventy-first year], full and satisfied with days, riches, and honor. Solomon his son reigned in his stead. -- 1 chronicles 29:28 +. +Now the acts of King David, from first to last, are written in the recorded words of Samuel the seer, Nathan the prophet, and Gad the seer, -- 1 chronicles 29:29 +. +With accounts of all his reign and his might, and the times through which he and Israel passed, as did all the kingdoms of the countries. -- 1 chronicles 29:30 +. +SOLOMON SON of David was strengthened in his kingdom, and the Lord his God was with him and made him exceedingly great. -- 2 chronicles 1:1 +. +Solomon spoke to all Israel, to the captains of thousands and of hundreds, and to the judges, and to every prince in all Israel, the heads of the fathers' houses. -- 2 chronicles 1:2 +. +And Solomon and all the assembly [a united nation] with him went to the high place that was at Gibeon, for the Tent of Meeting of God, which Moses the servant of the Lord had made in the wilderness, was there [where the Canaanites had habitually worshiped]. -- 2 chronicles 1:3 +. +But David had brought up the ark of God from Kiriath-jearim to the place which David had prepared for it, for he had pitched a tent for it at Jerusalem. -- 2 chronicles 1:4 +. +Moreover, the bronze altar that Bezalel son of Uri, the son of Hur, had made was there before the tabernacle of the Lord, and Solomon and the assembly sought [the Lord]. -- 2 chronicles 1:5 +. +Solomon went up there to the bronze altar before the Lord at the Tent of Meeting and offered 1,burnt offerings on it. -- 2 chronicles 1:6 +. +That night God appeared to Solomon and said to him, Ask what I shall give you. -- 2 chronicles 1:7 +. +And Solomon said to God, You have shown great mercy and loving-kindness to David my father and have made me king in his place. -- 2 chronicles 1:8 +. +Now, O Lord God, let Your promise to David my father be fulfilled, for you have made me king over a people like the dust of the earth in multitude. -- 2 chronicles 1:9 +. +Give me now wisdom and knowledge to go out and come in before this people, for who can rule this Your people who are so great? -- 2 chronicles 1:10 +. +God replied to Solomon, Because this was in your heart and you have not asked for riches, possessions, honor, and glory, or the life of your foes, or even for long life, but have asked wisdom and knowledge for yourself, that you may rule and judge My people over whom I have made you king, -- 2 chronicles 1:11 +. +Wisdom and knowledge are granted you. And I will give you riches, possessions, honor, and glory, such as none of the kings had before you, and none after you shall have their equal. -- 2 chronicles 1:12 +. +Then Solomon came from the high place at Gibeon, from before the Tent of Meeting, to Jerusalem. And he reigned over Israel. -- 2 chronicles 1:13 +. +Solomon gathered chariots and horsemen; he had 1,chariots and 12,000 horsemen, which he placed in the cities [suited for the use] of chariots and with the king at Jerusalem. -- 2 chronicles 1:14 +. +And the king made silver and gold in Jerusalem as common as stones, and he made cedar as plentiful as the sycamores of the lowland. -- 2 chronicles 1:15 +. +Solomon's horses were brought out of Egypt; the king's merchants received them in droves, each drove at a price. -- 2 chronicles 1:16 +. +They imported from Egypt a chariot for shekels of silver, and a horse for 150; so they brought out horses for all the Hittite and Syrian kings as export agents. -- 2 chronicles 1:17 +. +SOLOMON DETERMINED to build a temple for the Name of the Lord and a royal capitol. -- 2 chronicles 2:1 +. +And Solomon counted out 70,men to bear burdens, 80,000 to be stonecutters in the hill country, and 3,600 overseers. -- 2 chronicles 2:2 +. +And Solomon sent to Hiram king of Tyre, saying, As you dealt with David my father and sent him cedars to build himself a house in which to dwell, even so deal with me. -- 2 chronicles 2:3 +. +Behold, I am about to build a house for the Name of the Lord my God, dedicated to Him for the burning of incense of sweet spices before Him, for the continual showbread, and for the burnt offerings morning and evening, on the Sabbaths, New Moons, and on the solemn feasts of the Lord our God, as ordained forever for Israel. -- 2 chronicles 2:4 +. +The house which I am to build is great, for our God is greater than all gods. -- 2 chronicles 2:5 +. +But who is able to build Him a house, since heaven, even highest heaven, cannot contain Him? Who am I to build Him a house, except as a place to burn incense in worship before Him? -- 2 chronicles 2:6 +. +Now therefore, send a man skilled to work in gold, silver, bronze, and iron, and in purple, crimson, and blue colors, who is a trained engraver, to work with the skilled men who are with me in Judah and Jerusalem, whom David my father provided. -- 2 chronicles 2:7 +. +Send me also from Lebanon cedar, cypress, and algum timber, for I know your servants can skillfully cut timber in Lebanon; and my servants will be with your servants, -- 2 chronicles 2:8 +. +To prepare for me timber in abundance, for the house I am about to build shall be great and wonderful. -- 2 chronicles 2:9 +. +And I will give to your servants who cut timber 20,measures of crushed wheat and also of barley, and 20,000 baths of wine and also of oil. -- 2 chronicles 2:10 +. +Then Hiram king of Tyre replied in writing sent to Solomon, Because the Lord loves His people, He has made you king over them. -- 2 chronicles 2:11 +. +Hiram said also, Blessed be the Lord, the God of Israel, Who made heaven and earth, Who has given to David the king a wise son, endued with prudence and understanding, who should build a house for the Lord and a royal palace as his capitol. -- 2 chronicles 2:12 +. +Now I have sent a skilled man, endued with understanding, even Huram-abi, my trusted counselor, -- 2 chronicles 2:13 +. +The son of a woman of the daughters of Dan; his father was a man of Tyre. He is a trained worker in gold, silver, bronze, iron, stone, and wood; in purple, blue, and crimson colors, and in fine linen; and also to engrave any type of engraving and to carry out any design given him, with your skilled men and those of my lord, David your father. -- 2 chronicles 2:14 +. +Now therefore, the wheat, barley, oil, and wine of which my lord has spoken, let him send them to his servants, -- 2 chronicles 2:15 +. +And we will cut whatever timber you need from Lebanon and bring it to you in rafts by sea to Joppa, so you may take it up to Jerusalem. -- 2 chronicles 2:16 +. +Then Solomon took a census of all the aliens in the land of Israel, like the census of them which his father David had taken. They were found to be 153,600. -- 2 chronicles 2:17 +. +And he assigned 70,of them to be burden bearers, 80,000 to work in the mountain quarries, and 3,600 as overseers to direct the people's work. -- 2 chronicles 2:18 +. +THEN SOLOMON began to build the house of the Lord at Jerusalem on Mount Moriah, where the Lord appeared to David his father, in the place that David had appointed, on the threshing floor of Ornan the Jebusite. -- 2 chronicles 3:1 +. +And Solomon began to build on the second day of the second month in the fourth year of his reign. -- 2 chronicles 3:2 +. +Now these are the measurements for the foundations which Solomon laid for the house of God. The length in cubits by the former measure was sixty cubits, and the breadth twenty cubits. -- 2 chronicles 3:3 +. +The porch or vestibule across the front of the house was the same length as the house's breadth, twenty cubits, and the height cubits. He overlaid it inside with pure gold. -- 2 chronicles 3:4 +. +And the greater house (the Holy Place) he lined with cypress and overlaid it with fine gold and made palm trees and chains on it. -- 2 chronicles 3:5 +. +And he adorned the house with precious stones for beauty; and the gold was gold of Parvaim. -- 2 chronicles 3:6 +. +He lined the house (the Holy Place), its beams, thresholds, walls, and doors with gold, and engraved cherubim on the walls. -- 2 chronicles 3:7 +. +He made the Most Holy Place, its length equaling the breadth of the house, twenty cubits, and its breadth twenty cubits; he overlaid it with talents of fine gold. -- 2 chronicles 3:8 +. +The weight of the nails was fifty shekels of gold. And he lined the upper chambers with gold. -- 2 chronicles 3:9 +. +And in the Most Holy Place he made two cherubim of image work, and they were overlaid with gold. -- 2 chronicles 3:10 +. +And the wings of the cherubim [combined] extended twenty cubits: one wing of one cherub was five cubits, reaching to the wall of the house, and its other wing of five cubits touched the other cherub's wing. -- 2 chronicles 3:11 +. +And of the other cherub one wing of five cubits touched the wall of the house, and the other wing, also five cubits, joined the wing of the first cherub. -- 2 chronicles 3:12 +. +The wings of these cherubim extended twenty cubits; the cherubim stood on their feet, their faces toward the Holy Place. -- 2 chronicles 3:13 +. +And he made the veil [between the Holy Place and the Most Holy Place] of blue, purple, and crimson colors, and fine linen, and embroidered cherubim on it. -- 2 chronicles 3:14 +. +Before the house he made two pillars, cubits high, with a capital on the top of each which was five cubits. -- 2 chronicles 3:15 +. +He made chains like a necklace and put them on the heads of the pillars, and he made pomegranates and put them on the chains. -- 2 chronicles 3:16 +. +He erected the pillars before the temple, one on the right, the other on the left, and called the one on the right Jachin [he shall establish] and the one on the left Boaz [in it is strength]. -- 2 chronicles 3:17 +. +ALSO SOLOMON made an altar of bronze, its top twenty by twenty cubits and its height ten cubits. -- 2 chronicles 4:1 +. +Also he made a round Sea of molten metal, ten cubits from brim to brim and five cubits high, and a line of thirty cubits measured around it. -- 2 chronicles 4:2 +. +Under it were figures of oxen encircling it, ten to a cubit. The oxen were in two rows, cast in one piece with it. -- 2 chronicles 4:3 +. +It stood upon twelve oxen, three looking north, three west, three south, three east; and the Sea rested upon them, and all their hind parts were inward. -- 2 chronicles 4:4 +. +Its thickness was a handbreadth; its brim was like the brim of a cup, like the flower of a lily; it held 3,baths (measures). -- 2 chronicles 4:5 +. +He made also ten lavers in which to wash and put five on the right (south) side and five on the left (north). Such things as they offered for the burnt offering they washed in them, but the Sea was for the priests to wash in. -- 2 chronicles 4:6 +. +And he made ten golden lampstands as directed and set them in the temple, five on the right side and five on the left. -- 2 chronicles 4:7 +. +He made also ten tables and placed them in the temple, five each on the right and left sides, and basins of gold. -- 2 chronicles 4:8 +. +Moreover, he made the priests' court, and the great court and doors for the court, and overlaid their doors with bronze. -- 2 chronicles 4:9 +. +And he set the Sea at the southeast corner of the house. -- 2 chronicles 4:10 +. +And Huram made the pots, shovels, and basins. So Huram finished the work of God's house that he did for King Solomon: -- 2 chronicles 4:11 +. +The two pillars; the bowls; the capitals on top of the two pillars; and the two networks to cover the two bowls of the capitals on top of the pillars; -- 2 chronicles 4:12 +. +And pomegranates for the two networks, two rows of pomegranates for each network, to cover the two bowls of the capitals upon the pillars. -- 2 chronicles 4:13 +. +He made also bases or stands and lavers upon the bases; -- 2 chronicles 4:14 +. +One Sea and the twelve oxen under it; -- 2 chronicles 4:15 +. +The pots, shovels, and fleshhooks, and all their equipment Huram his trusted counselor made of burnished bronze for King Solomon for the house of the Lord. -- 2 chronicles 4:16 +. +In the plain of the Jordan the king cast them, in the clay ground between Succoth and Zeredah. -- 2 chronicles 4:17 +. +Solomon made all these things in such great numbers that the weight of the bronze was not computed. -- 2 chronicles 4:18 +. +And Solomon made all the vessels for the house of God: the golden altar also; and the tables for the showbread (the bread of the Presence); -- 2 chronicles 4:19 +. +And the lampstands with their lamps of pure gold, to burn before the inner sanctuary (the Holy of Holies) as directed; -- 2 chronicles 4:20 +. +The flowers, lamps, and tongs, of purest gold; -- 2 chronicles 4:21 +. +The snuffers, basins, dishes for incense, and firepans, of pure gold; and for the temple entry, the inner doors for the Most Holy Place and the doors of the Holy Place were of gold. -- 2 chronicles 4:22 +. +THUS ALL the work that Solomon did for the house of the Lord was finished. He brought in all the things that David his father had dedicated, and the silver, the gold, and all the vessels he put in the treasuries of the house of God. -- 2 chronicles 5:1 +. +Then Solomon assembled the elders of Israel and all the heads of the tribes, the chiefs of the fathers' houses of the Israelites, to Jerusalem to bring up the ark of the covenant of the Lord out of the City of David, which is Zion. -- 2 chronicles 5:2 +. +All the men of Israel gathered to the king at the feast in the seventh month. -- 2 chronicles 5:3 +. +And all the elders of Israel came, and the Levites took up the ark. -- 2 chronicles 5:4 +. +And the priests and Levites brought up the ark, the Tent of Meeting, and all the holy vessels that were in the Tent. -- 2 chronicles 5:5 +. +Also King Solomon and all the assembly of Israel who were gathered to him before the ark sacrificed sheep and oxen so numerous that they could not be counted or reported. -- 2 chronicles 5:6 +. +And the priests brought the ark of the covenant of the Lord to its place, to the sanctuary of the house, into the Holy of Holies, under the wings of the cherubim; -- 2 chronicles 5:7 +. +For the cherubim spread out their wings over the place of the ark, making a covering above the ark and its poles. -- 2 chronicles 5:8 +. +And they drew out the poles of the ark, so that the ends of the poles protruding from the ark were visible from the front of the Holy of Holies, but were not visible from without. It is there to this day. -- 2 chronicles 5:9 +. +There was nothing in the ark except the two tables [the Ten Commandments] which Moses put in it at Mount Horeb, when the Lord made a covenant with the Israelites when they came out of Egypt. -- 2 chronicles 5:10 +. +And when the priests had come out of the Holy Place--for all the priests present had sanctified themselves, separating themselves from everything that defiles, without regard to their divisions; -- 2 chronicles 5:11 +. +And all the Levites who were singers--all of those of Asaph, Heman, and Jeduthun, with their sons and kinsmen, arrayed in fine linen, having cymbals, harps, and lyres--stood at the east end of the altar, and with them priests blowing trumpets; -- 2 chronicles 5:12 +. +And when the trumpeters and singers were joined in unison, making one sound to be heard in praising and thanking the Lord, and when they lifted up their voice with the trumpets and cymbals and other instruments for song and praised the Lord, saying, For He is good, for His mercy and loving-kindness endure forever, then the house of the Lord was filled with a cloud, -- 2 chronicles 5:13 +. +So that the priests could not stand to minister because of the cloud, for the glory of the Lord filled the house of God. -- 2 chronicles 5:14 +. +THEN SOLOMON said, The Lord has said that He would dwell in the thick darkness; -- 2 chronicles 6:1 +. +I have built You a house, [in which the dark Holy of Holies seems] a [fitting] abode for You, a place for You to dwell in forever. -- 2 chronicles 6:2 +. +And the king turned his face and blessed all the assembly of Israel, and they all stood. -- 2 chronicles 6:3 +. +And he said, Blessed be the Lord, the God of Israel, Who has fulfilled with His hands what He promised with His mouth to David my father, saying, -- 2 chronicles 6:4 +. +Since the day that I brought My people out of the land of Egypt, I chose no city among all the tribes of Israel to build a house in, that My Name might be there, neither chose I any man to be a ruler over My people Israel; -- 2 chronicles 6:5 +. +But I have chosen Jerusalem, that My Name [and the symbol of My presence] might be there, and I have chosen David to be over My people Israel. -- 2 chronicles 6:6 +. +Now it was in the heart of David my father to build a house for the Name and renown of the Lord, the God of Israel. -- 2 chronicles 6:7 +. +But the Lord said to David my father, Since it was in your heart to build a house for My Name and renown, you did well that it was in your heart. -- 2 chronicles 6:8 +. +Yet you shall not build the house, but your son, who shall be born to you--he shall build the house for My Name. -- 2 chronicles 6:9 +. +The Lord therefore has performed His word that He has spoken, for I have risen up in the place of David my father and sit on the throne of Israel, as the Lord promised, and have built the house for the Name of the Lord, the God of Israel. -- 2 chronicles 6:10 +. +In it have I put the ark [the symbol of His presence], in which is the covenant of the Lord [the Ten Commandments] which He made with the people of Israel. -- 2 chronicles 6:11 +. +And Solomon stood before the altar of the Lord in the presence of all the assembly of Israel and spread forth his hands. -- 2 chronicles 6:12 +. +For he had made a bronze scaffold, five cubits square and three cubits high, and had set it in the midst of the court; upon it he stood, and he knelt upon his knees before all the assembly of Israel and spread forth his hands toward heaven, -- 2 chronicles 6:13 +. +And said, O Lord, God of Israel, there is no God like You in the heavens or in the earth, keeping covenant and showing mercy and loving-kindness to Your servants who walk before You with all their hearts, -- 2 chronicles 6:14 +. +You Who have kept Your promises to my father David and fulfilled with Your hand what You spoke with Your mouth, as it is today. -- 2 chronicles 6:15 +. +Now therefore, O Lord, God of Israel, keep with Your servant David my father that which You promised him, saying, There shall not fail a man in My sight to sit on the throne of Israel, provided your children are careful to walk in My law as you, David, have walked before Me. -- 2 chronicles 6:16 +. +Now then, O Lord, God of Israel, let Your word to Your servant David be verified. -- 2 chronicles 6:17 +. +But will God actually dwell with men on the earth? Behold, heaven and the heaven of heavens cannot contain You; how much less this house which I have built! -- 2 chronicles 6:18 +. +Yet have respect for the prayer of Your servant and for his supplication, O Lord my God, to listen to the cry and the prayer which Your servant prays before You, -- 2 chronicles 6:19 +. +That Your eyes may be open upon this house day and night, toward the place in which You have said You would put Your Name [and the symbol of your presence], to listen to and heed the prayer which Your servant prays facing this place. -- 2 chronicles 6:20 +. +So listen to and heed the requests of Your servant and Your people Israel which they shall make facing this place. Hear from Your dwelling place, heaven; and when You hear, forgive. -- 2 chronicles 6:21 +. +If a man sins against his neighbor, and he is required to take an oath, and the oath comes before Your altar in this house, -- 2 chronicles 6:22 +. +Then hear from heaven and do; and judge Your servants, requiting the wicked by bringing his conduct upon his own head, and justifying the [uncompromisingly] righteous by giving him according to his righteousness (his uprightness and right standing with God). -- 2 chronicles 6:23 +. +If Your people Israel have been defeated before the enemy because they have sinned against You, and shall return, confess Your name [and You Yourself], and pray and make supplication before You in this house, -- 2 chronicles 6:24 +. +Then hear from heaven and forgive the sin of Your people Israel and bring them again to the land which You gave to them and their fathers. -- 2 chronicles 6:25 +. +When the heavens are shut up and there is no rain because Your people have sinned against You, yet if they pray toward this place, confess your name [and You Yourself], and turn from their sin when You afflict them, -- 2 chronicles 6:26 +. +Then hear from heaven and forgive the sin of Your servants, [all of] Your people Israel, when You have taught them the good way in which they should walk. And send rain upon Your land which You have given to Your people for an inheritance. -- 2 chronicles 6:27 +. +If there is famine in the land, if there is pestilence, blight, mildew, locusts, or caterpillars, if their enemies besiege them in any of their cities, whatever plague or sickness there may be, -- 2 chronicles 6:28 +. +Then whatever prayer or supplication any man or all of Your people Israel shall make--each knowing his own affliction and his own sorrow and stretching out his hands toward this house-- -- 2 chronicles 6:29 +. +Then hear from heaven, Your dwelling place, and forgive, and render to every man according to all his ways, whose heart You know; for You, You only, know men's hearts, -- 2 chronicles 6:30 +. +That they may fear You and walk in Your ways as long as they live in the land which You gave to our fathers. -- 2 chronicles 6:31 +. +Also concerning the stranger who is not of Your people Israel but has come from a far country for Your great name's sake and Your mighty power and Your outstretched arm--if he comes and prays toward this house, -- 2 chronicles 6:32 +. +Hear from heaven, from Your dwelling place, and do all for which the stranger calls to You, that all peoples of the earth may know Your name and fear You [reverently and worshipfully], as do Your people Israel, and may know that this house which I have built is called by Your Name. -- 2 chronicles 6:33 +. +If Your people go out to war against their enemies by the way that You send them, and they pray to You facing this city [Jerusalem] which You have chosen and the house which I have built for Your Name, -- 2 chronicles 6:34 +. +Then hear from heaven their prayer and supplication, and maintain their cause. -- 2 chronicles 6:35 +. +If they sin against You--for there is no man who does not sin--and You are angry with them and give them to enemies who take them captive to a land far or near; -- 2 chronicles 6:36 +. +Yet if they repent in the land to which they have been carried captive, and turn and pray there, saying, We have sinned, we have done wrong, and have dealt wickedly; -- 2 chronicles 6:37 +. +If they return to You with all their heart and soul in the land of their captivity, and pray facing their land which You gave to their fathers and toward the city which You have chosen and the house which I have built for Your Name; -- 2 chronicles 6:38 +. +Then hear from heaven, Your dwelling place, their prayer and supplications, and maintain their cause; and forgive Your people, who have sinned against You. -- 2 chronicles 6:39 +. +Now, O my God, I beseech You, let Your eyes be open and Your ears attentive to the prayer offered in this temple. -- 2 chronicles 6:40 +. +So now arise, O Lord God, and come into Your resting place, You and the ark of Your strength and power. Let Your priests, O Lord God, be clothed with salvation, and let Your saints (Your zealous ones) rejoice in good and in Your goodness. -- 2 chronicles 6:41 +. +O Lord God, turn not away the face of [me] Your anointed one; [earnestly] remember Your good deeds, mercy, and steadfast love for David Your servant. -- 2 chronicles 6:42 +. +WHEN SOLOMON had finished praying, the fire came down from heaven and consumed the burnt offering and the sacrifices, and the glory of the Lord filled the house. -- 2 chronicles 7:1 +. +The priests could not enter the house of the Lord, because the glory of the Lord had filled the Lord's house. -- 2 chronicles 7:2 +. +And when all the people of Israel saw how the fire came down and the glory of the Lord upon the house, they bowed with their faces upon the pavement and worshiped and praised the Lord, saying, For He is good, for His mercy and loving-kindness endure forever. -- 2 chronicles 7:3 +. +Then the king and all the people offered sacrifices before the Lord. -- 2 chronicles 7:4 +. +King Solomon offered a sacrifice of 22,oxen and 120,000 sheep. So the king and all the people dedicated God's house. -- 2 chronicles 7:5 +. +The priests stood at their posts, and the Levites also, with instruments of music to the Lord, which King David had made to praise and give thanks to the Lord--for His mercy and loving-kindness endure forever--whenever David praised through their ministry; the priests blew trumpets before them, and all Israel stood. -- 2 chronicles 7:6 +. +Moreover, Solomon consecrated the middle of the court that was before the house of the Lord, for there he offered burnt offerings and the fat of the peace offerings, because the bronze altar which [he] had made was not sufficient to receive the burnt offerings, the cereal offerings, and the fat. -- 2 chronicles 7:7 +. +At that time Solomon held the feast for seven days, and all Israel with him, a very great assembly, from the entrance of Hamath to the Brook of Egypt. -- 2 chronicles 7:8 +. +The eighth day they made a solemn assembly, for they had kept the dedication of the altar and the feast, each for seven days. -- 2 chronicles 7:9 +. +And on the twenty-third day of the seventh month he sent the people away to their homes, glad and merry in heart for the goodness that the Lord had shown to David, to Solomon, and to Israel His people. -- 2 chronicles 7:10 +. +Thus Solomon finished the Lord's house and the king's house; all that [he] had planned to do in the Lord's house and his own house he accomplished successfully. -- 2 chronicles 7:11 +. +And the Lord appeared to Solomon by night and said to him: I have heard your prayer and have chosen this place for Myself as a house of sacrifice. -- 2 chronicles 7:12 +. +If I shut up heaven so no rain falls, or if I command locusts to devour the land, or if I send pestilence among My people, -- 2 chronicles 7:13 +. +If My people, who are called by My name, shall humble themselves, pray, seek, crave, and require of necessity My face and turn from their wicked ways, then will I hear from heaven, forgive their sin, and heal their land. -- 2 chronicles 7:14 +. +Now My eyes will be open and My ears attentive to prayer offered in this place. -- 2 chronicles 7:15 +. +For I have chosen and sanctified (set apart for holy use) this house, that My Name may be here forever, and My eyes and My heart will be here perpetually. -- 2 chronicles 7:16 +. +As for you [Solomon], if you will walk before me as David your father walked, and do all I have commanded you, and observe My statutes and My ordinances, -- 2 chronicles 7:17 +. +Then I will establish the throne of your kingdom, as I covenanted with David your father, saying, There shall not fail you a man to be ruler in Israel. -- 2 chronicles 7:18 +. +But if you [people] turn away and forsake My statutes and My commandments which I have set before you and go and serve other gods and worship them, -- 2 chronicles 7:19 +. +Then will I pluck [Israel] up by the roots out of My land which I have given [them]; and this house which I have hallowed for My Name will I cast out of My sight, and will make it to be a proverb and a byword among all nations. -- 2 chronicles 7:20 +. +And this house, which was so high, shall be an astonishment to everyone passing it, and they will say, Why has the Lord done thus to this land and to this house? -- 2 chronicles 7:21 +. +Then men will say, Because they forsook the Lord, the God of their fathers, Who brought them out of Egypt, and they laid hold of other gods and worshiped and served them; therefore has He brought all this evil upon them. -- 2 chronicles 7:22 +. +AT THE end of twenty years, in which Solomon had built the house of the Lord and his own house, -- 2 chronicles 8:1 +. +The cities which Huram had given to [him] Solomon rebuilt and fortified, and caused the Israelites to dwell there. -- 2 chronicles 8:2 +. +And Solomon took Hamath-zobah. -- 2 chronicles 8:3 +. +He built Tadmor in the wilderness and all his store cities in Hamath. -- 2 chronicles 8:4 +. +Also he built Upper Beth-horon and Lower Beth-horon, fortified cities with walls, gates, and bars, -- 2 chronicles 8:5 +. +And Baalath and all the store cities [he] had, and all the cities for his chariots and the cities for his horsemen, and all that Solomon desired to build in Jerusalem, in Lebanon, and in all his dominion. -- 2 chronicles 8:6 +. +All the people who were left of the Hittites, Amorites, Perizzites, Hivites, and Jebusites, who were not of Israel, -- 2 chronicles 8:7 +. +But descendants of those who were left in the land, whom the Israelites had not destroyed--of them Solomon made a levy for forced labor to this day. -- 2 chronicles 8:8 +. +But of the Israelites Solomon made no slaves for his work; but they were men of war, chiefs of his captains, and captains of his chariots and horsemen. -- 2 chronicles 8:9 +. +These were the chiefs of King Solomon's officers, in authority over the people. -- 2 chronicles 8:10 +. +Solomon brought the daughter of Pharaoh out of the City of David into the house he had built for her, for he said, My wife shall not dwell in the house of David king of Israel, because the places are holy to which the ark of the Lord has come. -- 2 chronicles 8:11 +. +Then Solomon offered burnt offerings to the Lord on the Lord's altar which he had built before the [temple] porch or vestibule, -- 2 chronicles 8:12 +. +A certain number every day, offering as Moses commanded for the Sabbaths, the New Moons, and the solemn feast days three times in the year--the Feasts of Unleavened Bread, of Weeks, and of Tabernacles. -- 2 chronicles 8:13 +. +And he appointed, as ordered by David his father, the divisions of the priests for their service, and the Levites to their offices to praise and to serve before the priests as the duty of every day required, and the gatekeepers also by their divisions at every gate; for so had David the man of God commanded. -- 2 chronicles 8:14 +. +And they did not turn from the command of the king to the priests and Levites in any respect or concerning the treasuries. -- 2 chronicles 8:15 +. +Thus all the work of Solomon was prepared from the day the foundation of the Lord's house was laid until it was finished. So the house of the Lord was completed. -- 2 chronicles 8:16 +. +Then Solomon went to Ezion-geber and to Eloth on the shore of the [Red] Sea in the land of Edom. -- 2 chronicles 8:17 +. +And Huram sent him by his servants ships and servants familiar with the sea; and they went with the servants of Solomon to Ophir and took from there talents of gold and brought them to King Solomon. -- 2 chronicles 8:18 +. +WHEN THE queen of Sheba heard of the fame of Solomon, she came to Jerusalem to test him with hard questions, accompanied by very many attendants and camels bearing spices, much gold, and precious stones. And when she came to Solomon, she talked with him of all that was on her mind. -- 2 chronicles 9:1 +. +And Solomon answered all her questions; there was nothing hidden from [him] which he was unable to make clear to her. -- 2 chronicles 9:2 +. +And when the queen of Sheba had seen Solomon's wisdom, the house he had built, -- 2 chronicles 9:3 +. +The food of his table, the seating of his officials, the [standing at] attention of his servants, their apparel, his cupbearers also and their apparel, and his burnt offerings which he offered at the house of the Lord, there was no more spirit in her. -- 2 chronicles 9:4 +. +She said to the king, The report which I heard in my own land of your acts and sayings and of your wisdom was true, -- 2 chronicles 9:5 +. +But I did not believe their words until I came and my eyes had seen it. Behold, the half of the greatness of your wisdom was not told me; you surpass the fame that I heard of you. -- 2 chronicles 9:6 +. +Happy are your wives and men, and happy are these your servants who stand continually before you and hear your wisdom! -- 2 chronicles 9:7 +. +Blessed be the Lord your God, Who delighted in you and set you on His throne to be king for the Lord your God! Because your God loved Israel and would establish them forever, He made you king over them, to do justice and righteousness. -- 2 chronicles 9:8 +. +She gave the king talents of gold, a very large quantity of spices, and precious stones; such spice was not anywhere as that which the queen of Sheba gave King Solomon. -- 2 chronicles 9:9 +. +The servants of Huram and [those] of Solomon, who brought gold from Ophir, also brought algum trees and precious stones. -- 2 chronicles 9:10 +. +The king made of the algum trees terraces or walks to the house of the Lord and to the king's palace, and lyres and harps for the singers; none such had ever been seen before in the land of Judah. -- 2 chronicles 9:11 +. +And King Solomon gave to the queen of Sheba all her desire, whatever she asked, besides what she had brought to the king. So she with her servants returned to her own land. -- 2 chronicles 9:12 +. +Now the weight of gold that came to Solomon in one year was talents, -- 2 chronicles 9:13 +. +Besides what traders and merchants brought; and all the kings of Arabia and governors of the country brought gold and silver to Solomon. -- 2 chronicles 9:14 +. +And King Solomon made large shields or bucklers of beaten gold; 600 shekels of beaten gold went into each shield. -- 2 chronicles 9:15 +. +And he made shields of beaten gold, with 300 shekels of gold spread on each shield. And the king put them in the House of the Forest of Lebanon. -- 2 chronicles 9:16 +. +Moreover, [he] made a great throne of ivory and overlaid it with pure gold. -- 2 chronicles 9:17 +. +There were six steps to the throne and a gold footstool attached to the throne, and arms on each side of the seat, with two lions standing beside the arms. -- 2 chronicles 9:18 +. +And twelve lions stood there one on either end of each of the six steps. The like of it was never made in any kingdom before. -- 2 chronicles 9:19 +. +King Solomon's drinking vessels were all of gold, and all the vessels of the House of the Forest of Lebanon were of pure gold; silver was not counted as anything in the days of Solomon. -- 2 chronicles 9:20 +. +For the king's ships went to Tarshish with Huram's servants; once every three years the ships of Tarshish came bringing gold, silver, ivory, apes, and peacocks. -- 2 chronicles 9:21 +. +King Solomon surpassed all the kings of the earth in riches and wisdom. -- 2 chronicles 9:22 +. +And all the kings of the earth sought the presence of Solomon to hear his wisdom which God had put into his mind. -- 2 chronicles 9:23 +. +And every man brought his tribute: silver and gold articles, robes, armor, spices, horses, and mules, so much year by year. -- 2 chronicles 9:24 +. +Solomon had 4,stalls for horses and chariots, and 12,000 horsemen, stationed in chariot cities or at Jerusalem with the king. -- 2 chronicles 9:25 +. +And he ruled over all the kings from the [Euphrates] River to the land of Philistia and to the frontier of Egypt. -- 2 chronicles 9:26 +. +The king made silver in Jerusalem as common as stones, and cedar wood as plentiful as sycamore trees in the lowlands. -- 2 chronicles 9:27 +. +And they imported horses for Solomon from Egypt and from all lands. -- 2 chronicles 9:28 +. +Now the rest of the acts of Solomon, from first to last, are they not written in the history of Nathan the prophet and in the prophecy of Ahijah the Shilonite and in the visions of Iddo the seer concerning Jeroboam the son of Nebat? -- 2 chronicles 9:29 +. +Solomon reigned in Jerusalem over all Israel forty years. -- 2 chronicles 9:30 +. +Then Solomon slept with his fathers; he was buried in the city of David his father. Rehoboam his son reigned in his stead. -- 2 chronicles 9:31 +. +REHOBOAM WENT to Shechem, for all Israel had gone to Shechem to make him king. -- 2 chronicles 10:1 +. +Jeroboam the son of Nebat was in Egypt, where he had fled from the presence of King Solomon, when he heard about the new king; so Jeroboam returned from Egypt. -- 2 chronicles 10:2 +. +And the people sent for him. So Jeroboam and all Israel came to Rehoboam, saying, -- 2 chronicles 10:3 +. +Your father [King Solomon] made our yoke grievous. So now make lighter the grievous service of your father and his heavy yoke that he put upon us, and we will serve you. -- 2 chronicles 10:4 +. +Rehoboam replied, Come again to me after three days. And the people departed. -- 2 chronicles 10:5 +. +King Rehoboam took counsel with the old men who stood before Solomon his father while he was alive, saying, What counsel do you give me in reply to the people? -- 2 chronicles 10:6 +. +And they answered him, If you are kind to [these] people and please them and speak good words to them, they will be your servants forever. -- 2 chronicles 10:7 +. +But the king forsook the counsel which the old men gave him and took counsel with the young men who were brought up with him and stood before him. -- 2 chronicles 10:8 +. +And he said to them, What answer do you advise that we give to the demand of [these] people, Make the yoke your father put upon us lighter? -- 2 chronicles 10:9 +. +The young men who were brought up with him said to him, Tell the people who said to you, Your father made our yoke heavy, but you make it lighter: My little finger is thicker than my father's loins. -- 2 chronicles 10:10 +. +For whereas my father put a heavy yoke upon you, I will add to your yoke. My father chastised you with whips, but I will chastise you with scorpions. -- 2 chronicles 10:11 +. +The third day Jeroboam and all the people returned to Rehoboam as he had said. -- 2 chronicles 10:12 +. +And the king answered them harshly, forsaking the counsel of the old men, -- 2 chronicles 10:13 +. +And answered them after the advice of the young men, saying, My father made your yoke heavy, but I will add to it; my father chastised you with whips, but I will chastise you with scorpions. -- 2 chronicles 10:14 +. +So the king did not heed the people, for it was brought about of God, that the Lord might perform His word which He spoke by Ahijah the Shilonite to Jeroboam son of Nebat. -- 2 chronicles 10:15 +. +And when all Israel saw that the king would not listen to and heed them, they answered [him], What portion have we in David? We have no inheritance in the son of Jesse. Every man to your tents, O Israel! Now, David [tribe of Judah], see to your own house [under your tyrant King Rehoboam]! So all Israel went to their homes. -- 2 chronicles 10:16 +. +But as for the Israelites who dwelt in Judah's cities, Rehoboam ruled over them. -- 2 chronicles 10:17 +. +Then King Rehoboam sent Hadoram, who was over the forced labor, and the Israelites stoned him and he died. But King Rehoboam hastened to get up to his royal chariot to flee to Jerusalem. -- 2 chronicles 10:18 +. +And Israel has rebelled against the house of David to this day. -- 2 chronicles 10:19 +. +AND WHEN Rehoboam came to Jerusalem, he assembled of the house of Judah and Benjamin 180,chosen warriors to fight against [the ten rebellious tribes of] Israel to bring the kingdom again to Rehoboam. -- 2 chronicles 11:1 +. +But the word of the Lord came to Shemaiah the man of God, saying, -- 2 chronicles 11:2 +. +Say to Rehoboam son of Solomon king of Judah and to all Israel in Judah and Benjamin, -- 2 chronicles 11:3 +. +Thus says the Lord: You shall not go up or fight against your brethren. Return every man to his house, for this thing is from Me. And they obeyed the Lord and returned from going against Jeroboam. -- 2 chronicles 11:4 +. +Rehoboam dwelt in Jerusalem and built cities for defense in Judah. -- 2 chronicles 11:5 +. +He built Bethlehem, Etam, Tekoa, -- 2 chronicles 11:6 +. +Beth-zur, Soco, Adullam, -- 2 chronicles 11:7 +. +Gath, Mareshah, Ziph, -- 2 chronicles 11:8 +. +Adoraim, Lachish, Azekah, -- 2 chronicles 11:9 +. +Zorah, Aijalon, and Hebron, which are fortified cities in Judah and Benjamin. -- 2 chronicles 11:10 +. +He fortified the strongholds and put captains in them, with stores of food, oil, and vintage fruits. -- 2 chronicles 11:11 +. +And in each city he put shields and spears, and made them very strong. So he held Judah and Benjamin. -- 2 chronicles 11:12 +. +And the priests and the Levites who were in all Israel came over to Rehoboam from wherever they lived. -- 2 chronicles 11:13 +. +For the Levites left their suburbs and their possessions and came to Judah and Jerusalem, for Jeroboam and his sons had cast them out from executing the priest's office to the Lord. -- 2 chronicles 11:14 +. +And he appointed his own priests for the high places and for the [idols of demon] he-goats, and calves he had made. -- 2 chronicles 11:15 +. +And after them out of all the tribes of Israel there came to Jerusalem those who set their hearts to seek and inquire of the Lord, the God of Israel, to sacrifice to the Lord, the God of their fathers. -- 2 chronicles 11:16 +. +So they strengthened the kingdom of Judah and upheld Rehoboam son of Solomon for three years; for they walked in the ways of David and Solomon for three years. -- 2 chronicles 11:17 +. +Rehoboam took as wife Mahalath, whose father was Jerimoth son of David; her mother was Abihail daughter of Eliab son of Jesse. -- 2 chronicles 11:18 +. +She bore him sons: Jeush, Shamariah, and Zaham. -- 2 chronicles 11:19 +. +And after her he took Maacah daughter [granddaughter] of Absalom, who bore him Abijah, Attai, Ziza, and Shelomith. -- 2 chronicles 11:20 +. +And Rehoboam loved Maacah daughter [granddaughter] of Absalom more than all his wives and concubines--for he took eighteen wives and sixty concubines, and he had twenty-eight sons and sixty daughters. -- 2 chronicles 11:21 +. +And Rehoboam made Abijah son of Maacah the chief prince among his brethren, for he intended to make him king. -- 2 chronicles 11:22 +. +And he dealt understandingly and dispersed his children throughout all Judah and Benjamin to every fortified city. He gave them abundant supplies, and he sought many wives for them. -- 2 chronicles 11:23 +. +WHEN REHOBOAM had established the kingdom and had strengthened himself, he forsook the law of the Lord, and all Israel with him. -- 2 chronicles 12:1 +. +And in the fifth year of King Rehoboam, because they had transgressed and been unfaithful to the Lord, Shishak king of Egypt came up against Jerusalem -- 2 chronicles 12:2 +. +With 1,chariots and 60,000 horsemen, and the people were without number who came with him from Egypt--the Libyans, Sukkiim, and Ethiopians. -- 2 chronicles 12:3 +. +And he took the fortified cities of Judah and came on to Jerusalem. -- 2 chronicles 12:4 +. +Then Shemaiah the prophet came to Rehoboam and the princes of Judah who had gathered at Jerusalem because of Shishak, and said to them, Thus says the Lord: You have forsaken Me, so I have abandoned you into the hands of Shishak. -- 2 chronicles 12:5 +. +Then the princes of Israel and the king humbled themselves and said, The Lord is righteous. -- 2 chronicles 12:6 +. +And when the Lord saw that they humbled themselves, the word of the Lord came to Shemaiah, saying, They have humbled themselves, so I will not destroy them, but I will grant them some deliverance; and My wrath shall not be poured out upon Jerusalem by the hand of Shishak. -- 2 chronicles 12:7 +. +Nevertheless, they shall be his servants, that they may know [the difference between] My service and the service of the kingdoms of the countries. -- 2 chronicles 12:8 +. +So Shishak king of Egypt came up against Jerusalem; he took away the treasures of the house of the Lord and of the king's house. He took everything. He took away also the shields of gold Solomon had made. -- 2 chronicles 12:9 +. +Instead of them King Rehoboam made shields of bronze and committed them to the hands of the officers of the guard who kept the door of the king's house. -- 2 chronicles 12:10 +. +And whenever the king entered the Lord's house, the guards came and got the shields of bronze and brought them again into the guard chamber. -- 2 chronicles 12:11 +. +When Rehoboam humbled himself, the wrath of the Lord turned from him, so as not to destroy him entirely; also in Judah conditions were good. -- 2 chronicles 12:12 +. +So King Rehoboam established and strengthened himself in Jerusalem and reigned. Rehoboam was forty-one years old when he began to reign, and he reigned seventeen years in Jerusalem, the city in which the Lord had chosen out of all the tribes of Israel to put His Name [and the symbol of His presence]. His mother was Naamah an Ammonitess. -- 2 chronicles 12:13 +. +And he did evil because he did not set his heart to seek (inquire of, yearn for) the Lord with all his desire. -- 2 chronicles 12:14 +. +Now the acts of Rehoboam, from first to last, are they not written in the histories of Shemaiah the prophet and of Iddo the seer regarding genealogies? There were wars between Rehoboam of Judah and Jeroboam of Israel continually. -- 2 chronicles 12:15 +. +And Rehoboam slept with his fathers and was buried in the City of David; and Abijah his son reigned in his stead. -- 2 chronicles 12:16 +. +IN THE eighteenth year of King Jeroboam, Abijah began to reign over Judah. -- 2 chronicles 13:1 +. +He reigned three years in Jerusalem. His mother was Micaiah daughter of Uriel of Gibeah. And there was war between Abijah and Jeroboam of Israel. -- 2 chronicles 13:2 +. +And Abijah prepared for battle with an army of valiant men of war, 400,chosen men. Jeroboam set the battle in array against him with 800,000 chosen men, mighty men of valor. -- 2 chronicles 13:3 +. +And Abijah stood on Mount Zemaraim, in the hill country of Ephraim, and said, Hear me, O Jeroboam and all Israel! -- 2 chronicles 13:4 +. +Ought you not to know that the Lord, the God of Israel, gave the kingship over Israel to David forever, even to him and to his sons by a covenant of salt? -- 2 chronicles 13:5 +. +Yet Jeroboam son of Nebat, a servant of Solomon son of David, rose up and rebelled against his lord [the king]. -- 2 chronicles 13:6 +. +And there gathered to him worthless men, base fellows, who strengthened themselves against Rehoboam son of Solomon when Rehoboam was young [as king], irresolute, and inexperienced and did not withstand them with firmness and strength. -- 2 chronicles 13:7 +. +And now you think to withstand the kingdom of the Lord which is in the hands of the sons of David, because you are a great multitude and you have with you the golden calves which Jeroboam made for you for gods. -- 2 chronicles 13:8 +. +Have you not driven out the priests of the Lord, the sons of Aaron, and the Levites, and made priests for yourselves like the peoples of other lands? So whoever comes to consecrate himself with a young bull and seven rams may be a priest of idols that are not gods. -- 2 chronicles 13:9 +. +But as for us, the Lord is our God, and we have not forsaken Him. We have priests ministering to the Lord who are sons of Aaron, and Levites for their service. -- 2 chronicles 13:10 +. +They offer to the Lord every morning and every evening burnt sacrifices and incense of sweet spices; they set in order the showbread on the table of pure gold and attend to the golden lampstand, that its lamps may be lighted every evening. For we keep the charge of the Lord our God, but you have forsaken Him. -- 2 chronicles 13:11 +. +Behold, God Himself is with us at our head, and His priests with their battle trumpets to sound an alarm against you. O Israelites, fight not against the Lord, the God of your fathers, for you cannot prosper. -- 2 chronicles 13:12 +. +But Jeroboam caused an ambushment to come around them from behind, so his troops were before Judah and the ambush behind. -- 2 chronicles 13:13 +. +When Judah looked, behold, the battle was before and behind; and they cried to the Lord, and the priests blew the trumpets. -- 2 chronicles 13:14 +. +Then the men of Judah gave a shout; and as they shouted, God smote Jeroboam and all Israel before Abijah and Judah. -- 2 chronicles 13:15 +. +And the Israelites fled before Judah, and God delivered them into their hands. -- 2 chronicles 13:16 +. +And Abijah and his people slew them with a great slaughter, so there fell of Israel 500,chosen men. -- 2 chronicles 13:17 +. +Thus the Israelites were brought low at that time, and the people of Judah prevailed because they relied upon the Lord, the God of their fathers. -- 2 chronicles 13:18 +. +And Abijah pursued Jeroboam and took some cities from him, Bethel, Jeshanah, and Ephraim (Ephron), with their towns. -- 2 chronicles 13:19 +. +Jeroboam did not recover strength again in the days of Abijah. And the Lord smote him and he died. -- 2 chronicles 13:20 +. +But Abijah became mighty. He married fourteen wives and had twenty-two sons and sixteen daughters. -- 2 chronicles 13:21 +. +And the rest of the acts of Abijah, his ways and his sayings, are written in the story of the prophet Iddo. -- 2 chronicles 13:22 +. +SO ABIJAH slept with his fathers, and they buried him in the City of David; and Asa his son reigned in his stead. In his days the land was at rest for ten years. -- 2 chronicles 14:1 +. +And Asa did what was good and right in the eyes of the Lord his God. -- 2 chronicles 14:2 +. +He took away the foreign altars and high places and broke down the idol pillars or obelisks and cut down the Asherim [symbols of the goddess Asherah] -- 2 chronicles 14:3 +. +And commanded Judah to seek the Lord, the God of their fathers [to inquire of and for Him and crave Him as a vital necessity], and to obey the law and the commandment. -- 2 chronicles 14:4 +. +Also Asa took out of all the cities of Judah the idolatrous high places and the incense altars. And the kingdom had rest under his reign. -- 2 chronicles 14:5 +. +And he built fortified cities in Judah, for the land had rest. He had no war in those years, for the Lord gave him peace. -- 2 chronicles 14:6 +. +Therefore he said to Judah, Let us build these cities and surround them with walls, towers, gates, and bars. The land is still ours, because we sought the Lord our God; we have sought Him [yearning for Him with all our desire] and He has given us rest and peace on every side. So they built and prospered. -- 2 chronicles 14:7 +. +Asa had an army of 300,men out of Judah, who bore bucklers and spears, and 280,000 out of Benjamin, who bore shields and drew bows, all mighty men of courage. -- 2 chronicles 14:8 +. +There came out against Judah Zerah the Ethiopian with a host of a million [that is, too many to be numbered] and chariots, and came as far as Mareshah. -- 2 chronicles 14:9 +. +Then Asa went out against him, and they set up their lines of battle in the Valley of Zephathah at Mareshah. -- 2 chronicles 14:10 +. +Asa cried to the Lord his God, O Lord, there is none besides You to help, and it makes no difference to You whether the one You help is mighty or powerless. Help us, O Lord our God! For we rely on You, and we go against this multitude in Your name. O Lord, You are our God; let no man prevail against You! -- 2 chronicles 14:11 +. +So the Lord smote the Ethiopians before Asa and Judah, and the Ethiopians fled. -- 2 chronicles 14:12 +. +Asa and the people with him pursued them to Gerar; and the Ethiopians were overthrown, so that none remained alive; for they were destroyed before the Lord and His host, who carried away very much booty. -- 2 chronicles 14:13 +. +And they smote all the cities round about Gerar, for the fear of the Lord came upon them. They plundered all the cities, for there was much plunder in them. -- 2 chronicles 14:14 +. +They smote also the cattle encampments and carried away sheep in abundance and camels; and they returned to Jerusalem. -- 2 chronicles 14:15 +. +THE SPIRIT of God came upon Azariah son of Oded. -- 2 chronicles 15:1 +. +And he went out to meet Asa and said to him, Hear me, Asa, and all Judah and Benjamin: the Lord is with you while you are with Him. If you seek Him [inquiring for and of Him, craving Him as your soul's first necessity], He will be found by you; but if you [become indifferent and] forsake Him, He will forsake you. -- 2 chronicles 15:2 +. +Now for a long time Israel was without the true God, without a teaching priest, and without law. -- 2 chronicles 15:3 +. +But when they in their trouble turned to the Lord, the God of Israel, and [in desperation earnestly] sought Him, He was found by them. -- 2 chronicles 15:4 +. +And in those times there was no peace to him who went out nor to him who came in, but great and vexing afflictions and disturbances were upon all the inhabitants of the countries. -- 2 chronicles 15:5 +. +Nation was broke in pieces against nation, and city against city, for God vexed and troubled them with all sorts of adversity. -- 2 chronicles 15:6 +. +Be strong, therefore, and let not your hands be weak and slack, for your work shall be rewarded. -- 2 chronicles 15:7 +. +And when Asa heard these words, the prophecy of Oded the prophet, he took courage and put away the abominable idols from all the land of Judah and Benjamin and from the cities which he had taken in the hill country of Ephraim; and he repaired the altar [of burnt offering] of the Lord which was in front of the porch or vestibule [of the house] of the Lord. -- 2 chronicles 15:8 +. +And he gathered all Judah and Benjamin and the strangers with them out of Ephraim, Manasseh, and Simeon, for they came over to Asa out of Israel in large numbers when they saw that the Lord his God was with him. -- 2 chronicles 15:9 +. +So they gathered at Jerusalem in the third month of the fifteenth year of the reign of Asa. -- 2 chronicles 15:10 +. +And they sacrificed to the Lord on that day from the spoil which they had brought--oxen and 7,000 sheep. -- 2 chronicles 15:11 +. +And they entered into a covenant to seek the Lord, the God of their fathers, and to yearn for Him with all their heart's desire and with all their soul; -- 2 chronicles 15:12 +. +And that whoever would not seek the Lord, the God of Israel, should be put to death, whether young or old, man or woman. -- 2 chronicles 15:13 +. +They took an oath to the Lord with a loud voice, with shouting, with trumpets, and with cornets. -- 2 chronicles 15:14 +. +And all Judah rejoiced at the oath, for they had sworn with all their heart and sought Him [yearning for Him] with their whole desire, and He was found by them. And the Lord gave them rest and peace round about. -- 2 chronicles 15:15 +. +Also Maacah, King Asa's mother, he removed from being queen mother, because she had made an abominable image for [the goddess] Asherah. Asa cut down her idol, crushed it, and burned it at the brook Kidron. -- 2 chronicles 15:16 +. +But the high places were not taken out of Israel. Nevertheless, the heart of Asa was blameless all his days. -- 2 chronicles 15:17 +. +And he brought into the house of God the things that his father [Abijah] had dedicated and those he himself had dedicated--silver and gold and vessels. -- 2 chronicles 15:18 +. +And there was no more war until the thirty-fifth year of the reign of Asa. -- 2 chronicles 15:19 +. +IN THE thirty-sixth year of Asa's reign, Baasha king of Israel came up against Judah, and built (fortified) Ramah intending to intercept anyone going out or coming in to Asa king of Judah. -- 2 chronicles 16:1 +. +Then Asa brought silver and gold out of the treasuries of the house of the Lord and of the king's house and sent them to Ben-hadad king of Syria, who dwelt at Damascus, saying, -- 2 chronicles 16:2 +. +Let there be a league between me and you, as was between my father and your father. Behold, I am sending you silver and gold; go, break your league with Baasha king of Israel, that he may withdraw from me. -- 2 chronicles 16:3 +. +And Ben-hadad hearkened to King Asa and sent the captains of his armies against the cities of Israel; and they smote Ijon, Dan, Abel-maim, and all the store cities of Naphtali. -- 2 chronicles 16:4 +. +And when Baasha heard it, he stopped building Ramah and let his work cease. -- 2 chronicles 16:5 +. +Then King Asa took all Judah, and they carried away the stones of Ramah and its timber with which Baasha had been building, and with them he built Geba and Mizpah. -- 2 chronicles 16:6 +. +At that time Hanani the seer came to Asa king of Judah and said to him, Because you relied on the king of Syria and not on the Lord your God, the army of the king of Syria has escaped you. -- 2 chronicles 16:7 +. +Were not the Ethiopians and Libyans a huge host with very many chariots and horsemen? Yet because you relied then on the Lord, He gave them into your hand. -- 2 chronicles 16:8 +. +For the eyes of the Lord run to and fro throughout the whole earth to show Himself strong in behalf of those whose hearts are blameless toward Him. You have done foolishly in this; therefore, from now on you shall have wars. -- 2 chronicles 16:9 +. +Then Asa was angry with the seer and put him in prison [in the stocks], for he was enraged with him because of this. Asa oppressed some of the people at the same time. -- 2 chronicles 16:10 +. +The acts of Asa, from first to last, are written in the Book of the Kings of Judah and Israel. -- 2 chronicles 16:11 +. +In the thirty-ninth year of his reign Asa was diseased in his feet--until his disease became very severe; yet in his disease he did not seek the Lord, but relied on the physicians. -- 2 chronicles 16:12 +. +And Asa slept with his fathers, dying in the forty-first year of his reign. -- 2 chronicles 16:13 +. +And they buried him in his own tomb which he had hewn out for himself in the City of David, and they laid him on a bier which was filled with sweet odors and various kinds [of spices] prepared by the perfumers' art; and they made a very great burning [of spices] in his honor. -- 2 chronicles 16:14 +. +JEHOSHAPHAT HIS son reigned in Asa's stead and strengthened himself against Israel. -- 2 chronicles 17:1 +. +And he placed forces in all the fortified cities of Judah and set garrisons in the land of Judah and in the cities of Ephraim which Asa his father had taken. -- 2 chronicles 17:2 +. +The Lord was with Jehoshaphat because he walked in the first ways of his father [David]. He did not seek the Baals -- 2 chronicles 17:3 +. +But sought and yearned with all his desire for the Lord, the God of his father, and walked in His commandments and not after the ways of Israel. -- 2 chronicles 17:4 +. +Therefore the Lord established the kingdom in his hand; and all Judah brought tribute to Jehoshaphat, and he had great riches and honor. -- 2 chronicles 17:5 +. +His heart was cheered and his courage was high in the ways of the Lord; moreover, he took away the high places and the Asherim out of Judah. -- 2 chronicles 17:6 +. +Also in the third year of his reign he sent his princes Ben-hail, Obadiah, Zechariah, Nethanel, and Micaiah to teach in the cities of Judah; -- 2 chronicles 17:7 +. +And with them were the Levites--Shemaiah, Nethaniah, Zebadiah, Asahel, Shemiramoth, Jehonathan, Adonijah, Tobijah, and Tob-adonijah; and with these Levites were the priests Elishama and Jehoram. -- 2 chronicles 17:8 +. +And they taught in Judah, and had the Book of the Law of the Lord with them; they went about throughout all the cities of Judah and taught among the people. -- 2 chronicles 17:9 +. +And a terror from the Lord fell upon all the kingdoms of the lands that were round about Judah, so that they made no war against Jehoshaphat. -- 2 chronicles 17:10 +. +And some of the Philistines brought Jehoshaphat gifts and tribute silver, and the Arabs brought him flocks: 7,each of rams and of he-goats. -- 2 chronicles 17:11 +. +And Jehoshaphat became very great. He built in Judah fortresses and store cities, -- 2 chronicles 17:12 +. +And he had many works in the cities of Judah, and soldiers, mighty men of courage, in Jerusalem. -- 2 chronicles 17:13 +. +This was the number of them by their fathers' houses: Of Judah, the captains of thousands: Adnah the chief, with 300,mighty men of valor; -- 2 chronicles 17:14 +. +Next to him was Jehohanan the captain, with 280,000; -- 2 chronicles 17:15 +. +And next to him Amasiah son of Zichri, who willingly offered himself to the Lord, with 200,mighty men of valor. -- 2 chronicles 17:16 +. +Of Benjamin: Eliada, a mighty man of valor, with 200,men armed with bow and shield; -- 2 chronicles 17:17 +. +Next to him was Jehozabad with 180,armed for war. -- 2 chronicles 17:18 +. +These were in the king's service, besides those [he] had placed in fortified cities throughout all Judah. -- 2 chronicles 17:19 +. +NOW JEHOSHAPHAT had great riches and honor, but was allied [by marriage] with Ahab. -- 2 chronicles 18:1 +. +After some years he went down to Ahab in Samaria. And Ahab killed sheep and oxen for him in abundance and for the people with him and persuaded him to go up with him against Ramoth-gilead. -- 2 chronicles 18:2 +. +Ahab king of Israel said to Jehoshaphat king of Judah, Will you go with me to Ramoth-gilead? He answered, I am as you are, and my people as your people; we will be with you in the war. -- 2 chronicles 18:3 +. +And Jehoshaphat said to the king of Israel, Inquire first, I pray you, for the word of the Lord today. -- 2 chronicles 18:4 +. +So King [Ahab] of Israel gathered together the prophets, men, and said to them, Shall we go to Ramoth-gilead to battle, or shall I forbear? And they said, Go up, for God will deliver it into the king's hand. -- 2 chronicles 18:5 +. +But Jehoshaphat said, Is there not another prophet of the Lord here by whom we may inquire? -- 2 chronicles 18:6 +. +King [Ahab] of Israel said to Jehoshaphat, There is another man, Micaiah son of Imla, by whom we may inquire of the Lord, but I hate him, for he never has prophesied good for me, but always evil. And Jehoshaphat said, Let not the king say so. -- 2 chronicles 18:7 +. +And King [Ahab] of Israel called for one of his officers and said, Bring quickly Micaiah son of Imla. -- 2 chronicles 18:8 +. +The king of Israel and Jehoshaphat king of Judah sat each on his throne, arrayed in their robes; they were sitting in an open place [at the threshing floor] at the entrance of the gate of Samaria; all the prophets were prophesying before them. -- 2 chronicles 18:9 +. +And Zedekiah son of Chenaanah had made himself horns of iron, and said, Thus says the Lord: With these you shall push the Syrians until they are destroyed. -- 2 chronicles 18:10 +. +All the prophets prophesied so, saying, Go up to Ramoth-gilead and prosper; the Lord will deliver it into the king's hand. -- 2 chronicles 18:11 +. +The messenger who went to call Micaiah said to him, Behold, the words of the prophets foretell good to the king with one accord. So let your word be like one of them, and speak favorably. -- 2 chronicles 18:12 +. +But Micaiah said, As the Lord lives, what my God says, that will I speak. -- 2 chronicles 18:13 +. +And when he had come to the king, King [Ahab] said to him, Micaiah, shall we go to Ramoth-gilead to battle, or shall I forbear? And he said, Go up and prosper, and they shall be delivered into your hand. -- 2 chronicles 18:14 +. +And the king said to him, How many times shall I warn you to tell nothing but the truth to me in the name of the Lord? -- 2 chronicles 18:15 +. +Then Micaiah said, I did see all Israel scattered upon the mountains as sheep that have no shepherd, and the Lord said, These have no master. Let each return to his house in peace. -- 2 chronicles 18:16 +. +And King [Ahab] of Israel said to Jehoshaphat, Did I not tell you that he would not prophesy good to me, but evil? -- 2 chronicles 18:17 +. +[Micaiah] said, Therefore hear the word of the Lord: I saw the Lord sitting on His throne, and all the host of heaven standing at His right hand and His left. -- 2 chronicles 18:18 +. +And the Lord said, Who shall entice Ahab king of Israel, that he may go up and fall at Ramoth-gilead? And one said this thing, and another that. -- 2 chronicles 18:19 +. +Then there came a spirit and stood before the Lord and said, I will entice him. The Lord said to him, By what means? -- 2 chronicles 18:20 +. +And he said, I will go out and be a lying spirit in the mouths of all his prophets. And the Lord said, You shall entice him and also succeed. Go forth and do so. -- 2 chronicles 18:21 +. +Now, you see, the Lord put a lying spirit in the mouths of your prophets; and the Lord has spoken evil concerning you. -- 2 chronicles 18:22 +. +Then Zedekiah the son of Chenaanah came near and smote Micaiah upon the cheek and said, Which way went the Spirit of the Lord from me to speak to you? -- 2 chronicles 18:23 +. +And Micaiah said, Behold, you shall see on that day when you shall go into an inner chamber to hide yourself. -- 2 chronicles 18:24 +. +Then King [Ahab] of Israel said, Take Micaiah back to Amon the governor of the city and to Joash the king's son, -- 2 chronicles 18:25 +. +And say, Thus says the king: Put this fellow in prison and feed him with bread and water of affliction until I return in peace. -- 2 chronicles 18:26 +. +Micaiah said, If you return at all in peace, the Lord has not spoken by me. And he [added], Hear it, you people, all of you! -- 2 chronicles 18:27 +. +So Ahab king of Israel and Jehoshaphat king of Judah went up to Ramoth-gilead. -- 2 chronicles 18:28 +. +And [Ahab] king of Israel said to Jehoshaphat, I will disguise myself and will go to the battle, but you put on your royal robes. So King Ahab of Israel disguised himself, and they went into the battle. -- 2 chronicles 18:29 +. +Now Syria's king had commanded his chariot captains, Fight not with small or great, but only with the king of Israel. -- 2 chronicles 18:30 +. +And when the captains of the chariots saw Jehoshaphat [of Judah], they said, It is the king of Israel. So they turned to fight against him, but Jehoshaphat cried out, and the Lord helped him; and God moved them to depart from him. -- 2 chronicles 18:31 +. +For when the captains of the chariots saw that it was not the king of Israel, they turned back from pursuing him. -- 2 chronicles 18:32 +. +A certain man drew his bow at a venture and smote King [Ahab] of Israel between the lower armor and the breastplate. So Ahab said to his chariot driver, Turn, carry me out of the battle, for I am wounded. -- 2 chronicles 18:33 +. +And the battle increased that day; however, King [Ahab] of Israel propped himself up in his chariot opposite the Syrians until evening, and about sunset he died. -- 2 chronicles 18:34 +. +JEHOSHAPHAT THE king of Judah returned safely to his house in Jerusalem. -- 2 chronicles 19:1 +. +Jehu son of Hanani, the seer, went out to meet him and said to Jehoshaphat, Should you help the ungodly and love those who hate the Lord? Because of this, wrath has gone out against you from the Lord. -- 2 chronicles 19:2 +. +But there are good things found in you, for you have destroyed the Asherim out of the land and have set your heart to seek God [with all your soul's desire]. -- 2 chronicles 19:3 +. +Jehoshaphat dwelt at Jerusalem, and he went out again among the people from Beersheba to the hill country of Ephraim and brought them back to the Lord, the God of their fathers. -- 2 chronicles 19:4 +. +He appointed judges throughout all the fortified cities of Judah, city by city, -- 2 chronicles 19:5 +. +And said to the judges, Be careful what you do, for you judge not for man but for the Lord, and He is with you in the matter of judgment. -- 2 chronicles 19:6 +. +So now let the reverence and fear of the Lord be upon you; take heed what you do, for there is no injustice with the Lord our God, or partiality or taking of bribes. -- 2 chronicles 19:7 +. +Also in Jerusalem, Jehoshaphat set certain Levites, priests, and heads of families of Israel to give judgment for the Lord and decide controversies. When they [of the commission] returned to Jerusalem, -- 2 chronicles 19:8 +. +The king charged them, Do this in the fear of the Lord, faithfully, with integrity and a blameless heart. -- 2 chronicles 19:9 +. +Whenever any controversy shall come to you from your brethren who dwell in their cities, between blood and blood, between law and commandment, statutes and judgments, you shall warn and instruct them that they may not be guilty before the Lord; otherwise wrath will come upon you and your brethren. Do this and you will not be guilty. -- 2 chronicles 19:10 +. +And behold, Amariah the chief priest is over you in all matters of the Lord, and Zebadiah son of Ishmael, the governor of the house of Judah, in all the king's matters; also the Levites will serve you as officers. Deal courageously [be strong and do], and may the Lord be with the good! -- 2 chronicles 19:11 +. +AFTER THIS, the Moabites, the Ammonites, and with them the Meunites came against Jehoshaphat to battle. -- 2 chronicles 20:1 +. +It was told Jehoshaphat, A great multitude has come against you from beyond the [Dead] Sea, from Edom; and behold they are in Hazazon-tamar, which is En-gedi. -- 2 chronicles 20:2 +. +Then Jehoshaphat feared, and set himself [determinedly, as his vital need] to seek the Lord; he proclaimed a fast in all Judah. -- 2 chronicles 20:3 +. +And Judah gathered together to ask help from the Lord; even out of all the cities of Judah they came to seek the Lord [yearning for Him with all their desire]. -- 2 chronicles 20:4 +. +And Jehoshaphat stood in the assembly of Judah and Jerusalem in the house of the Lord before the new court -- 2 chronicles 20:5 +. +And said, O Lord, God of our fathers, are You not God in heaven? And do You not rule over all the kingdoms of the nations? In Your hand are power and might, so that none is able to withstand You. -- 2 chronicles 20:6 +. +Did not You, O our God, drive out the inhabitants of this land before Your people Israel and give it forever to the descendants of Abraham Your friend? -- 2 chronicles 20:7 +. +They dwelt in it and have built You a sanctuary in it for Your Name, saying, -- 2 chronicles 20:8 +. +If evil comes upon us, the sword of judgment, or pestilence, or famine, we will stand before this house and before You--for Your Name [and the symbol of Your presence] is in this house--and cry to You in our affliction, and You will hear and save. -- 2 chronicles 20:9 +. +And now behold, the men of Ammon, Moab, and Mount Seir, whom You would not let Israel invade when they came from the land of Egypt, and whom they turned from and did not destroy-- -- 2 chronicles 20:10 +. +Behold, they reward us by coming to drive us out of Your possession which You have given us to inherit. -- 2 chronicles 20:11 +. +O our God, will You not exercise judgment upon them? For we have no might to stand against this great company that is coming against us. We do not know what to do, but our eyes are upon You. -- 2 chronicles 20:12 +. +And all Judah stood before the Lord, with their children and their wives. -- 2 chronicles 20:13 +. +Then the Spirit of the Lord came upon Jahaziel son of Zechariah, the son of Benaiah, the son of Jeiel, the son of Mattaniah, a Levite of the sons of Asaph, in the midst of the assembly. -- 2 chronicles 20:14 +. +He said, Hearken, all Judah, you inhabitants of Jerusalem, and you King Jehoshaphat. The Lord says this to you: Be not afraid or dismayed at this great multitude; for the battle is not yours, but God's. -- 2 chronicles 20:15 +. +Tomorrow go down to them. Behold, they will come up by the Ascent of Ziz, and you will find them at the end of the ravine before the Wilderness of Jeruel. -- 2 chronicles 20:16 +. +You shall not need to fight in this battle; take your positions, stand still, and see the deliverance of the Lord [Who is] with you, O Judah and Jerusalem. Fear not nor be dismayed. Tomorrow go out against them, for the Lord is with you. -- 2 chronicles 20:17 +. +And Jehoshaphat bowed his head with his face to the ground, and all Judah and the inhabitants of Jerusalem fell down before the Lord, worshiping Him. -- 2 chronicles 20:18 +. +And some Levites of the Kohathites and Korahites stood up to praise the Lord, the God of Israel, with a very loud voice. -- 2 chronicles 20:19 +. +And they rose early in the morning and went out into the Wilderness of Tekoa; and as they went out, Jehoshaphat stood and said, Hear me, O Judah, and you inhabitants of Jerusalem! Believe in the Lord your God and you shall be established; believe and remain steadfast to His prophets and you shall prosper. -- 2 chronicles 20:20 +. +When he had consulted with the people, he appointed singers to sing to the Lord and praise Him in their holy [priestly] garments as they went out before the army, saying, Give thanks to the Lord, for His mercy and loving-kindness endure forever! -- 2 chronicles 20:21 +. +And when they began to sing and to praise, the Lord set ambushments against the men of Ammon, Moab, and Mount Seir who had come against Judah, and they were [self-] slaughtered; -- 2 chronicles 20:22 +. +For [suspecting betrayal] the men of Ammon and Moab rose against those of Mount Seir, utterly destroying them. And when they had made an end of the men of Seir, they all helped to destroy one another. -- 2 chronicles 20:23 +. +And when Judah came to the watchtower of the wilderness, they looked at the multitude, and behold, they were dead bodies fallen to the earth, and none had escaped! -- 2 chronicles 20:24 +. +When Jehoshaphat and his people came to take the spoil, they found among them much cattle, goods, garments, and precious things which they took for themselves, more than they could carry away, so much they were three days in gathering the spoil. -- 2 chronicles 20:25 +. +On the fourth day they assembled in the Valley of Beracah. There they blessed the Lord. So the name of the place is still called the Valley of Beracah [blessing]. -- 2 chronicles 20:26 +. +Then they returned, every man of Judah and Jerusalem, Jehoshaphat leading them, to Jerusalem with joy, for the Lord had made them to rejoice over their enemies. -- 2 chronicles 20:27 +. +They came to Jerusalem with harps, lyres, and trumpets to the house of the Lord. -- 2 chronicles 20:28 +. +And the fear of God came upon all the kingdoms of those countries when they heard that the Lord had fought against the enemies of Israel. -- 2 chronicles 20:29 +. +So the realm of Jehoshaphat was quiet, for his God gave him rest round about. -- 2 chronicles 20:30 +. +Thus Jehoshaphat reigned over Judah. He was thirty-five years old when he began his twenty-five-year reign in Jerusalem. His mother was Azubah daughter of Shilhi. -- 2 chronicles 20:31 +. +And he walked in the ways of Asa his father and departed not from it, doing what was right in the sight of the Lord. -- 2 chronicles 20:32 +. +But the high places [of idolatry] were not taken away, for the people had not yet set their hearts on their fathers' God. -- 2 chronicles 20:33 +. +Now the rest of the acts of Jehoshaphat, from first to last, they are written in the records of Jehu son of Hanani, which are in the Book of the Kings of Israel. -- 2 chronicles 20:34 +. +After this, Jehoshaphat king of Judah joined with Ahaziah king of Israel, who did very wickedly. -- 2 chronicles 20:35 +. +He joined him in building ships to go to Tarshish, building them in Ezion-geber. -- 2 chronicles 20:36 +. +Then Eliezer son of Dodavahu of Mareshah prophesied against Jehoshaphat, saying, Because you have joined Ahaziah, the Lord will destroy your works. So the ships were wrecked and unable to go to Tarshish. -- 2 chronicles 20:37 +. +JEHOSHAPHAT SLEPT with his fathers and was buried with [them] in the City of David. Jehoram his son reigned in his stead. -- 2 chronicles 21:1 +. +He had brothers: Azariah, Jehiel, Zechariah, Azariah, Michael, and Shephatiah, all the sons of Jehoshaphat king of Israel. -- 2 chronicles 21:2 +. +Their father gave them great gifts of silver, gold, and precious things, together with fortified cities in Judah, but the kingdom he gave to Jehoram, the firstborn. -- 2 chronicles 21:3 +. +When Jehoram had ascended to the kingship of his father, he strengthened himself and slew all his brethren with the sword and also some of Israel's princes. -- 2 chronicles 21:4 +. +Jehoram at thirty-two years of age began his eight-year reign in Jerusalem. -- 2 chronicles 21:5 +. +He walked in the ways of the kings of Israel, as did the house of Ahab, for he married the daughter of Ahab and did what was evil in the eyes of the Lord. -- 2 chronicles 21:6 +. +But the Lord would not destroy the house of David, because He had made a covenant with David and promised to give a light to him and to his sons forever. -- 2 chronicles 21:7 +. +In Jehoram's days, the Edomites revolted from the rule of Judah and set up for themselves a king. -- 2 chronicles 21:8 +. +Then Jehoram passed over [the Jordan] with his captains and all his chariots, and rose up by night and smote the Edomites who had surrounded him and his chariot captains. -- 2 chronicles 21:9 +. +So Edom revolted from the rule of Judah to this day. Then Libnah also revolted from Jehoram's rule, because he had forsaken the Lord, the God of his fathers. -- 2 chronicles 21:10 +. +Moreover, he made idolatrous high places in the hill country of Judah and debauched spiritually the inhabitants of Jerusalem and led Judah astray [compelling the people's cooperation]. -- 2 chronicles 21:11 +. +And there came a letter to Jehoram from Elijah the prophet, saying, Thus says the Lord, the God of David your father [forefather]: Because you have not walked in the ways of Jehoshaphat your father nor in the ways of Asa king of Judah, -- 2 chronicles 21:12 +. +But have walked in the ways of Israel's kings, and made Judah and the inhabitants of Jerusalem play the harlot like the [spiritual] harlotry of Ahab's house, and also have slain your brothers of your father's house, who were better than you, -- 2 chronicles 21:13 +. +Behold, the Lord will smite your people, and your children, your wives, and all your possessions with a great plague. -- 2 chronicles 21:14 +. +And you yourself shall have a severe illness because of an intestinal disease, until your bowels fall out because of the sickness, day after day. -- 2 chronicles 21:15 +. +And the Lord stirred up against Jehoram the anger of the Philistines and of the Arabs who were near the Ethiopians. -- 2 chronicles 21:16 +. +They came against Judah, invaded it, and carried away all the possessions found in and around the king's house, together with his sons and his wives; so there was not a son left to him except Jehoahaz, the youngest. -- 2 chronicles 21:17 +. +And after all this, the Lord smote [Jehoram] with an incurable intestinal disease. -- 2 chronicles 21:18 +. +In process of time, after two years, his bowels fell out because of his disease. So he died in severe distress. And his people made no funeral fire to honor him, like the fires for his fathers. -- 2 chronicles 21:19 +. +Thirty-two years old was Jehoram when he began to reign, and he reigned in Jerusalem eight years, and departed without being wanted. Yet they buried him in the City of David, but not in the tombs of the kings. -- 2 chronicles 21:20 +. +THE PEOPLE of Jerusalem made Ahaziah, his youngest son, king in his stead, for the troop that came with the Arabs to the camp had slain all the older sons. So Ahaziah son of Jehoram king of Judah reigned. -- 2 chronicles 22:1 +. +Forty-two years old was Ahaziah when he began his one-year reign in Jerusalem. His mother was Athaliah, a granddaughter of Omri. -- 2 chronicles 22:2 +. +He also walked in the ways of the house of Ahab, for his mother was his counselor to do wickedly. -- 2 chronicles 22:3 +. +So he did evil in the sight of the Lord like the house of Ahab, for they were his counselors after his father's death, to his destruction. -- 2 chronicles 22:4 +. +He followed their counsel and even went with Joram son of Ahab king of Israel to war against Hazael king of Syria at Ramoth-gilead. And the Syrians wounded Joram; -- 2 chronicles 22:5 +. +And he returned to be healed in Jezreel of the wounds given him at Ramah when he fought against Hazael king of Syria. Azariah son of Jehoram king of Judah went down to see Joram son of Ahab in Jezreel because he was sick. -- 2 chronicles 22:6 +. +But the destruction of Ahaziah was ordained of God in his coming to visit Joram. For when he got there he went out with Joram against Jehu son of Nimshi, whom the Lord had anointed to destroy the house of Ahab. -- 2 chronicles 22:7 +. +And when Jehu was executing judgment upon the house of Ahab, he met the princes of Judah and the sons of Ahaziah's slain brothers, who attended Ahaziah, and he slew them. -- 2 chronicles 22:8 +. +And [Jehu] sought Ahaziah, who was hiding in Samaria; he was captured, brought to Jehu, and slain. They buried him, for they said, After all, he is the grandson of Jehoshaphat, who sought the Lord with all his heart. So the house of Ahaziah had no one left able to rule the kingdom. -- 2 chronicles 22:9 +. +But when Athaliah mother of Ahaziah saw that her son was dead, she arose and destroyed all the royal family of Judah. -- 2 chronicles 22:10 +. +But Jehosheba, the daughter of the king, took Joash [infant] son of Ahaziah and stole him away from among the king's sons who were to be slain, and she put him and his nurse in a bedchamber. So Jehosheba daughter of King Jehoram, sister of Ahaziah, and wife of Jehoiada the priest, hid [Joash] from [his grandmother] Athaliah, so that she did not slay him. -- 2 chronicles 22:11 +. +And Joash was with them hidden in the house of God six years, and Athaliah reigned over the land. -- 2 chronicles 22:12 +. +IN THE seventh year Jehoiada [the priest] took strength and courage and made a covenant with the captains of hundreds: Azariah son of Jeroham, Ishmael son of Jehohanan, Azariah son of Obed, Maaseiah son of Adaiah, and Elishaphat son of Zichri. -- 2 chronicles 23:1 +. +And they went about in Judah and gathered the Levites out of all the cities, and the chiefs of the fathers' houses of Israel, and they came to Jerusalem. -- 2 chronicles 23:2 +. +And all the assembly made a covenant in the house of God with the king [little Joash, to suddenly proclaim his sovereignty and overthrow Athaliah's tyranny]. And Jehoiada the priest said to them, Behold, the king's son shall reign, as the Lord has said of the offspring of David. -- 2 chronicles 23:3 +. +This is what you shall do: a third of you priests and Levites who are resuming service on the Sabbath shall be doorkeepers, -- 2 chronicles 23:4 +. +A [second] third shall be at the king's house, and [the final] third at the Foundation Gate; and all the people shall be in the courts [only] of the house of the Lord. -- 2 chronicles 23:5 +. +But let none come into the [main] house of the Lord except the priests and those of the Levites who minister; they may go in, for they are holy, but let all the rest of the people carefully observe the law against entering the holy place of the Lord. -- 2 chronicles 23:6 +. +And the Levites shall surround the young king, every man with his weapons in his hand; and whoever comes into the house [breaking through the ranks of the guard to get near Joash] shall be put to death. But you be with the king when he comes in [from the temple chamber where he is hiding] and when he goes out. -- 2 chronicles 23:7 +. +So the Levites and all Judah did according to all that Jehoiada the priest had commanded; and took every man his men who were to resume duty on the Sabbath, with those who were to go out on the Sabbath, for Jehoiada the priest did not dismiss the divisions [of priests and Levites]. -- 2 chronicles 23:8 +. +Also Jehoiada the priest gave the captains of hundreds spears, bucklers, and shields that had been King David's, which were in the house of God. -- 2 chronicles 23:9 +. +And he set all the people as a guard for the king, every man having his weapon (missile) in his hand, from the right side to the left side of the temple, around the altar and the temple. -- 2 chronicles 23:10 +. +Then they brought out the king's son and put the crown on him and gave him the testimony or law and made him king. And Jehoiada and his sons anointed him and said, Long live the king! -- 2 chronicles 23:11 +. +When Athaliah heard the noise of the people running and praising the king, she went into the Lord's house to the people. -- 2 chronicles 23:12 +. +And behold, there the king stood by his pillar at the entrance, the captains and the trumpeters beside him; and all the people of the land rejoicing and blowing trumpets, and the singers with musical instruments led in singing of praise. Athaliah rent her clothes and cried, Treason! Treason! -- 2 chronicles 23:13 +. +Then Jehoiada the priest commanded the captains of hundreds who were over the army, Bring her out between the ranks, and whoever follows her, let him be slain with the sword. For the priest said, Do not slay her in the Lord's house. -- 2 chronicles 23:14 +. +So they made way for Athaliah, and she went into the entrance of the Horse Gate of the king's house; there they slew her. -- 2 chronicles 23:15 +. +Then Jehoiada made a covenant between himself, all the people, and the king, that they should be the Lord's people. -- 2 chronicles 23:16 +. +Then all the people went to the house of Baal, tore it down, and broke its altars and its images in pieces, and slew Mattan the priest of Baal before the altars. -- 2 chronicles 23:17 +. +Also Jehoiada appointed the offices and officers [for the care] of the house of the Lord under the direction of the Levitical priests, whom David had distributed [in his day] in the house of the Lord, to offer the burnt offerings of the Lord as written in the Law of Moses, with rejoicing and singing, as ordered by David. -- 2 chronicles 23:18 +. +Jehoiada set the gatekeepers at the gates of the house of the Lord so that no one should enter who was in any way unclean. -- 2 chronicles 23:19 +. +And he took the captains of hundreds and the nobles and governors of the people and all the people of the land and brought down the king from the house of the Lord; and they came through the Upper Gate to the king's house and set the king upon the throne of the kingdom. -- 2 chronicles 23:20 +. +So all the people of the land rejoiced, and the city was quiet after Athaliah had been slain with the sword. -- 2 chronicles 23:21 +. +JOASH WAS seven years old when he began his forty-year reign in Jerusalem. His mother was Zibiah of Beersheba. -- 2 chronicles 24:1 +. +And Joash did what was right in the sight of the Lord all the days of Jehoiada the priest [his uncle]. -- 2 chronicles 24:2 +. +And Jehoiada took for him two wives, and he had sons and daughters. -- 2 chronicles 24:3 +. +After this, Joash decided to repair the Lord's house. -- 2 chronicles 24:4 +. +He gathered the priests and the Levites and said to them, Go out to the cities of Judah, and gather from all Israel money to repair the house of your God from year to year; and see that you hasten the matter. But the Levites did not hasten it. -- 2 chronicles 24:5 +. +So the king called for Jehoiada the high priest and said to him, Why have you not required the Levites to bring in from Judah and Jerusalem the tax authorized by Moses the servant of the Lord and of the assembly of Israel for the Tent of the Testimony? -- 2 chronicles 24:6 +. +For the sons of Athaliah, that wicked woman, had broken into the house of God and also had used for the Baals all the dedicated things of the house of the Lord. -- 2 chronicles 24:7 +. +And at the king's command they made a chest and set it outside the gate of the house of the Lord. -- 2 chronicles 24:8 +. +And they made a proclamation through Judah and Jerusalem to bring in for the Lord the tax that Moses the servant of God laid upon Israel in the wilderness. -- 2 chronicles 24:9 +. +And all the princes and people rejoiced and brought their tax and dropped it into the chest until they had finished. -- 2 chronicles 24:10 +. +When the Levites brought the chest to the king's office, and whenever they saw that there was much money, the king's secretary and the high priest's officer came and emptied the chest and carried it to its place again. Thus they did day by day and collected money in abundance. -- 2 chronicles 24:11 +. +And the king and Jehoiada gave it to those who did the work of the temple service; and they hired masons and carpenters and also those who worked in iron and bronze to repair the house of the Lord. -- 2 chronicles 24:12 +. +So the workmen labored, and the work of repairing went forward in their hands; and they set up the house of God according to its design and strengthened it. -- 2 chronicles 24:13 +. +When they had finished it, they brought the rest of the money before the king and Jehoiada; from it were made utensils for the Lord's house, vessels for ministering and for offerings, and cups and vessels of gold and silver. And they offered burnt offerings in the house of the Lord continually all the days of Jehoiada. -- 2 chronicles 24:14 +. +But Jehoiada became old and full of [the handicaps of great] age, and he died. He was years old at his death. -- 2 chronicles 24:15 +. +They buried him in the City of David among the kings, because he had done good in Israel and toward God and His house. -- 2 chronicles 24:16 +. +Now after the death of Jehoiada [the priest, who had hidden Joash], the princes of Judah came and made obeisance to King Joash; then the king hearkened to them. -- 2 chronicles 24:17 +. +They forsook the house of the Lord, the God of their fathers, and served the Asherim and idols; and wrath came upon Judah and Jerusalem for their sin (guilt). -- 2 chronicles 24:18 +. +Yet [God] sent prophets to them to bring them again to the Lord; these testified against them, but they would not listen. -- 2 chronicles 24:19 +. +Then the Spirit of God came upon Zechariah son of Jehoiada the priest, who stood over the people, and he said to them, Thus says God: Why do you transgress the commandments of the Lord so that you cannot prosper? Because you have forsaken the Lord, He also has forsaken you. -- 2 chronicles 24:20 +. +They conspired against Zechariah the priest and stoned him at the command of the king in the court of the Lord's house! -- 2 chronicles 24:21 +. +Thus Joash the king did not remember the kindness which Jehoiada, Zechariah's father, had done him, but slew his son. And when [Zechariah the priest] was dying, he said, May the Lord see and avenge! -- 2 chronicles 24:22 +. +At the end of the year, the army of Syria came up against Joash. They came to Judah and Jerusalem and destroyed all the princes from among the people and sent all their spoil to the king of Damascus. -- 2 chronicles 24:23 +. +Though the army of the Syrians came with a small company of men, the Lord delivered a very great host into their hands, because Joash and Judah had forsaken the Lord, the God of their fathers. So the Syrians executed judgment against Joash. -- 2 chronicles 24:24 +. +And when they had departed from Joash, leaving him very ill, his own servants conspired against him for the blood of the sons of Jehoiada the priest, and they slew him on his bed. So he died and they buried him in the City of David, but not in the tombs of the kings. -- 2 chronicles 24:25 +. +The conspirators against Joash were Zabad son of Shimeath the Ammonitess, and Jehozabad son of Shimrith the Moabitess. -- 2 chronicles 24:26 +. +Now concerning his sons and the greatness of the prophecies uttered against him and the rebuilding of the house of God, they are written in the commentary on the Book of Kings. And Amaziah his [Joash's] son reigned in his stead. -- 2 chronicles 24:27 +. +AMAZIAH WAS twenty-five years old when he began to reign, and he reigned twenty-nine years in Jerusalem. His mother was Jehoaddan of Jerusalem. -- 2 chronicles 25:1 +. +He did right in the Lord's sight, but not with a perfect or blameless heart. -- 2 chronicles 25:2 +. +When his kingdom was firmly established, he slew his servants who had killed the king his father. -- 2 chronicles 25:3 +. +But he did not slay their children; he did as it is written in the Law, in the Book of Moses, where the Lord commanded, The fathers shall not die for the children, or the children die for the fathers; but every man shall die for his own sin. -- 2 chronicles 25:4 +. +Amaziah assembled the men of Judah and set them by fathers' houses under commanders of thousands and of hundreds for all Judah and Benjamin. He numbered them from twenty years old and over and found them to be 300,choice men fit for war and able to handle spear and shield. -- 2 chronicles 25:5 +. +He hired also 100,mighty men of valor from Israel for 100 talents of silver. -- 2 chronicles 25:6 +. +But a man of God came to him, saying, O king, do not let all this army of Ephraimites of Israel go with you [of Judah], for the Lord is not with you, -- 2 chronicles 25:7 +. +For if you go [in spite of warning], no matter how strong you are for battle, God will cast you down before the enemy, for God has power to help and to cast down. -- 2 chronicles 25:8 +. +And Amaziah said to the man of God, But what shall we do about the talents which I have given to the army of Israel? The man of God answered, The Lord is able to give you much more than this. -- 2 chronicles 25:9 +. +So Amaziah discharged the army that came to him from Ephraim to go home. So their anger was greatly kindled against Judah; they returned home in fierce wrath. -- 2 chronicles 25:10 +. +And Amaziah took courage and led forth his people to the Valley of Salt and smote 10,of the men of Seir [Edom]. -- 2 chronicles 25:11 +. +Another 10,the men of Judah captured alive and brought them to the top of a crag and cast them down from it, and they were all dashed to pieces. -- 2 chronicles 25:12 +. +But the soldiers of the band which Amaziah sent back, not allowing them to go with him to battle, fell upon the cities of Judah, from Samaria even to Beth-horon, and smote 3,[men] and took much spoil. -- 2 chronicles 25:13 +. +After Amaziah came back from the slaughter of the Edomites, he brought their gods and set them up to be his gods and bowed before them and burned incense to them. -- 2 chronicles 25:14 +. +So the anger of the Lord was kindled against Amaziah, and He sent to him a prophet, who said, Why have you sought after the gods of the people, which could not deliver their own people out of your hand? -- 2 chronicles 25:15 +. +As he was talking, the king said to him, Have we made you the king's counselor? Stop it! Why should you be put to death? The prophet stopped but said, I know that God has determined to destroy you, because you have done this and ignored my counsel. -- 2 chronicles 25:16 +. +Then Amaziah king of Judah took counsel and sent to Jehoash son of Jehoahaz, the son of Jehu, king of Israel, saying, Come [to battle], let us look one another in the face. -- 2 chronicles 25:17 +. +Jehoash king of Israel sent to Amaziah king of Judah, saying, A little thistle in Lebanon sent to a great cedar in Lebanon, saying, Give your daughter to my son as wife. And a wild beast of Lebanon passed by and trampled down the thistle. -- 2 chronicles 25:18 +. +You say, See, have smitten Edom! Your heart lifts you up to boast. Stay at home; why should you meddle [and court disaster], so you will fall and Judah with you? -- 2 chronicles 25:19 +. +But Amaziah would not hear, for it came from God, that He might deliver Judah into the hands of their enemies, because they sought after the gods of Edom. -- 2 chronicles 25:20 +. +So Jehoash king of Israel went up; and he and Amaziah king of Judah faced one another at Beth-shemesh of Judah. -- 2 chronicles 25:21 +. +And Judah was defeated before Israel, and they fled every man to his tent. -- 2 chronicles 25:22 +. +And Jehoash king of Israel took Amaziah king of Judah, the son of Joash, the son of Jehoahaz, at Beth-shemesh and brought him to Jerusalem and broke down the wall of Jerusalem from the Ephraim Gate to the Corner Gate, cubits. -- 2 chronicles 25:23 +. +And he took all the gold, the silver, and all the vessels found in God's house with [the doorkeeper] Obed-edom, and the treasures of the king's house and hostages also, and returned to Samaria. -- 2 chronicles 25:24 +. +And Amaziah son of Joash king of Judah lived after the death of Jehoash son of Jehoahaz king of Israel fifteen years. -- 2 chronicles 25:25 +. +The rest of the acts of Amaziah, from first to last, are they not written in the Book of the Kings of Judah and Israel? -- 2 chronicles 25:26 +. +Now after Amaziah turned away from the Lord, they made a conspiracy against him in Jerusalem, and he fled to Lachish. But they sent to Lachish and slew him there. -- 2 chronicles 25:27 +. +And they brought him upon horses and buried him with his fathers in the City of [David in] Judah. -- 2 chronicles 25:28 +. +THEN ALL the people of Judah took Uzziah, who was sixteen years old, and made him king in place of his father Amaziah. -- 2 chronicles 26:1 +. +He built Eloth and restored it to Judah after Amaziah slept with his fathers. -- 2 chronicles 26:2 +. +Uzziah was sixteen years old when he began his fifty-two-year reign in Jerusalem. His mother was Jecoliah of Jerusalem. -- 2 chronicles 26:3 +. +He did right in the Lord's sight, to the extent of all that his father Amaziah had done. -- 2 chronicles 26:4 +. +He set himself to seek God in the days of Zechariah, who instructed him in the things of God; and as long as he sought (inquired of, yearned for) the Lord, God made him prosper. -- 2 chronicles 26:5 +. +He went out against the Philistines and broke down the walls of Gath, of Jabneh, and of Ashdod, and built cities near Ashdod and elsewhere among the Philistines. -- 2 chronicles 26:6 +. +And God helped him against the Philistines, and the Arabs who dwelt in Gur-baal and the Meunim. -- 2 chronicles 26:7 +. +The Ammonites paid tribute to Uzziah, and his fame spread abroad even to the border of Egypt, for he became very strong. -- 2 chronicles 26:8 +. +Also Uzziah built towers in Jerusalem at the Corner Gate, the Valley Gate, and at the angle of the wall, and fortified them. -- 2 chronicles 26:9 +. +Also he built towers in the wilderness and hewed out many cisterns, for he had much livestock, both in the lowlands and in the tableland. And he had farmers and vinedressers in the hills and in the fertile fields [of Carmel], for he loved farming. -- 2 chronicles 26:10 +. +And Uzziah had a combat army for waging war by regiments according to the number as recorded by Jeiel the secretary and Maaseiah the officer under the direction of Hananiah, one of the king's commanders. -- 2 chronicles 26:11 +. +The whole number of the heads of fathers' houses of mighty men of valor was 2,600. -- 2 chronicles 26:12 +. +Under their command was an army of 307,who could fight with mighty power to help the king against the enemy. -- 2 chronicles 26:13 +. +Uzziah prepared for all the army shields, spears, helmets, coats of mail, bows, and stones to sling. -- 2 chronicles 26:14 +. +In Jerusalem he made machines invented by skillful men to be on the towers and the [corner] bulwarks, with which to shoot arrows and great stones. And his fame spread far, for he was marvelously helped till he was strong. -- 2 chronicles 26:15 +. +But when [King Uzziah] was strong, he became proud to his destruction; and he trespassed against the Lord his God, for he went into the temple of the Lord to burn incense on the altar of incense. -- 2 chronicles 26:16 +. +And Azariah the priest went in after him and with him eighty priests of the Lord, men of courage. -- 2 chronicles 26:17 +. +They opposed King Uzziah and said to him, It is not for you, Uzziah, to burn incense to the Lord, but for the priests, the sons of Aaron, who are set apart to burn incense. Withdraw from the sanctuary; you have trespassed, and that will not be to your credit and honor before the Lord God. -- 2 chronicles 26:18 +. +Then Uzziah was enraged, and he had a censer in his hand to burn incense. And while he was enraged with the priests, leprosy broke out on his forehead before the priests in the house of the Lord, beside the incense altar. -- 2 chronicles 26:19 +. +And as Azariah the chief priest and all the priests looked upon him, behold, he was leprous on his forehead! So they forced him out of there; and he also made haste to get out, because the Lord had smitten him. -- 2 chronicles 26:20 +. +And King Uzziah was a leper to the day of his death, and, being a leper, he dwelt in a separate house, for he was excluded from the Lord's house. And Jotham his son took charge of the king's household, ruling the people of the land. -- 2 chronicles 26:21 +. +Now the rest of the acts of Uzziah, from first to last, Isaiah the prophet, the son of Amoz, wrote. -- 2 chronicles 26:22 +. +So Uzziah slept with his fathers, and they buried him in the burial field of the kings [outside the royal tombs], for they said, He is a leper. Jotham his son reigned in his stead. -- 2 chronicles 26:23 +. +JOTHAM WAS twenty-five years old when he began to reign, and he reigned sixteen years in Jerusalem. His mother was Jerushah daughter of Zadok. -- 2 chronicles 27:1 +. +He did right in the sight of the Lord, to the extent of all that his father Uzziah had done. However, he did not invade the temple of the Lord. But the people still did corruptly. -- 2 chronicles 27:2 +. +He built the Upper Gate of the Lord's house and did much building on the wall of Ophel. -- 2 chronicles 27:3 +. +Moreover, he built cities in the hill country of Judah, and in the forests he built forts and towers. -- 2 chronicles 27:4 +. +He fought with the king of the Ammonites and prevailed against them. The Ammonites gave him that year talents of silver and 10,000 measures each of wheat and of barley. That much the Ammonites paid to him also the second year and third year. -- 2 chronicles 27:5 +. +So Jotham grew mighty, for he ordered his ways in the sight of the Lord his God. -- 2 chronicles 27:6 +. +Now the rest of Jotham's acts, and all his wars and his ways, behold, they are written in the Book of the Kings of Israel and Judah. -- 2 chronicles 27:7 +. +He was twenty-five years old when he began to reign, and he reigned sixteen years in Jerusalem. -- 2 chronicles 27:8 +. +And Jotham slept with his fathers, and they buried him in the City of David. Ahaz his son reigned in his stead. -- 2 chronicles 27:9 +. +AHAZ WAS twenty years old when he began his sixteen-year reign in Jerusalem. He did not do right in the sight of the Lord, like David his father [forefather]. -- 2 chronicles 28:1 +. +But he walked in the ways of the kings of Israel and even made molten images for the Baals. -- 2 chronicles 28:2 +. +And he burned incense in the Valley of Ben-hinnom [son of Hinnom] and burned his sons as an offering, after the abominable customs of the [heathen] nations whom the Lord drove out before the Israelites. -- 2 chronicles 28:3 +. +He sacrificed also and burnt incense in the high places, on the hills, and under every green tree. -- 2 chronicles 28:4 +. +Therefore the Lord his God gave Ahaz into the power of the king of Syria, who defeated him and carried away a great multitude of the Jews as captives, taking them to Damascus. And he was also delivered into the hands of the king of Israel, who smote Judah with a great slaughter. -- 2 chronicles 28:5 +. +For Pekah son of Remaliah slew in Judah 120,in one day, all courageous men, because they had forsaken the Lord, the God of their fathers. -- 2 chronicles 28:6 +. +And Zichri, a mighty man of Ephraim, slew Maaseiah, King Ahaz' son, and Azrikam the governor of the house, and Elkanah, who was second to the king. -- 2 chronicles 28:7 +. +And the Israelites carried away captive 200,of their kinsmen [of Judah]--women, sons, and daughters--and also took much plunder from them and brought it to Samaria. -- 2 chronicles 28:8 +. +But a prophet of the Lord was there whose name was Oded, and he went out to meet the army that was returning to Samaria and said to them, Behold, because the Lord, the God of your fathers, was angry with Judah, He delivered them into your hand; but you have slain them in a fury that reaches up to heaven. -- 2 chronicles 28:9 +. +And now you intend to suppress the people of Judah and Jerusalem, both men and women, as your slaves. But are not you yourselves guilty of crimes against the Lord your God? -- 2 chronicles 28:10 +. +Now hear me therefore, and set the prisoners free again whom you have taken captive of your kinsmen, for the fierce wrath of the Lord is upon you. -- 2 chronicles 28:11 +. +Then certain of the heads of the Ephraimites [Israel]--Azariah son of Johanan, Berechiah son of Meshillemoth, Jehizkiah son of Shallum, and Amasa son of Hadlai--stood up against those returning from the war -- 2 chronicles 28:12 +. +And said, You shall not bring the captives in here; we are guilty before the Lord already, and what you intend will add more to our sins and our guilt. For our trespass (guilt) is great, and there is fierce anger against Israel. -- 2 chronicles 28:13 +. +So the armed men [of Israel] left the captives and the spoil [of Judah] before the princes and all the assembly. -- 2 chronicles 28:14 +. +And the men who have been mentioned by name rose up and took the captives, and with the spoil they clothed all who were naked among them; and having clothed them, shod them, given them food and drink, anointed them [as was a host's duty], and carried all the feeble of them upon donkeys, they brought them to Jericho, the City of Palm Trees, to their brethren. Then they returned to Samaria. -- 2 chronicles 28:15 +. +At that time King Ahaz sent to the king of Assyria to help him. -- 2 chronicles 28:16 +. +For again the Edomites had come and smitten Judah and carried away captives. -- 2 chronicles 28:17 +. +The Philistines had invaded the cities of the low country and of the South (the Negeb) of Judah, and had taken Beth-shemesh, Aijalon, Gederoth, and Soco, and also Timnah and Gimzo, with their villages, and they settled there. -- 2 chronicles 28:18 +. +For the Lord brought Judah low because of Ahaz king of Israel, for Ahaz had dealt with reckless cruelty against Judah and had been faithless [had transgressed sorely] against the Lord. -- 2 chronicles 28:19 +. +So Tilgath-pilneser king of Assyria came to him and distressed him without strengthening him. -- 2 chronicles 28:20 +. +For Ahaz took [treasure] from the house of the Lord and out of the house of the king and from the princes and gave it as tribute to the king of Assyria, but it did not help Ahaz. -- 2 chronicles 28:21 +. +In the time of his distress he became still more unfaithful to the Lord--this same King Ahaz. -- 2 chronicles 28:22 +. +For he sacrificed to the gods of Damascus, which had defeated him, for he said, Since the gods of the kings of Syria helped them, I will sacrifice to them that they may help me. But they were the ruin of him and of all Israel. -- 2 chronicles 28:23 +. +And Ahaz collected the utensils of the house of God and cut them in pieces; and he shut up the doors of the Lord's temple [the Holy Place and the Holy of Holies] and made himself altars in every corner of Jerusalem. -- 2 chronicles 28:24 +. +In each city of Judah he made high places to burn incense to other gods, provoking to anger the Lord, the God of his fathers. -- 2 chronicles 28:25 +. +Now the rest of his acts and of all his ways, from first to last, behold, they are written in the Book of the Kings of Judah and Israel. -- 2 chronicles 28:26 +. +And Ahaz slept with his fathers, and they buried him in the city, in Jerusalem, but they did not bring him into the tombs of the kings of Israel. And Hezekiah his son reigned in his stead. -- 2 chronicles 28:27 +. +HEZEKIAH BEGAN to reign when he was twenty-five years old, and he reigned twenty-nine years in Jerusalem. His mother was Abijah daughter of Zechariah. -- 2 chronicles 29:1 +. +And he did right in the sight of the Lord, according to all that David his father [forefather] had done. -- 2 chronicles 29:2 +. +In the first year of his reign, in the first month, he opened the doors of the house of the Lord [which his father had closed] and repaired them. -- 2 chronicles 29:3 +. +He brought together the priests and Levites in the square on the east -- 2 chronicles 29:4 +. +And said to them, Levites, hear me! Now sanctify (purify and make free from sin) yourselves and the house of the Lord, the God of your fathers, and carry out the filth from the Holy Place. -- 2 chronicles 29:5 +. +For our fathers have trespassed and have done what was evil in the sight of the Lord our God, and they have forsaken Him and have turned away their faces from the dwelling place of the Lord and have turned their backs. -- 2 chronicles 29:6 +. +Also they have closed the doors of the porch and put out the lamps, and they have not burned incense or offered burnt offerings in the place holy to the God of Israel. -- 2 chronicles 29:7 +. +Therefore the wrath of the Lord was upon Judah and Jerusalem, and He has delivered them to be a terror and a cause of trembling, to be an astonishment, and a hissing, as you see with your own eyes. -- 2 chronicles 29:8 +. +For, behold, our fathers have fallen by the sword, and our sons, our daughters, and our wives are in captivity for this. -- 2 chronicles 29:9 +. +Now it is in my heart to make a covenant with the Lord, the God of Israel, that His fierce anger may turn away from us. -- 2 chronicles 29:10 +. +My sons, do not now be negligent, for the Lord has chosen you to stand in His presence, to serve Him, to be His ministers, and to burn incense to Him. -- 2 chronicles 29:11 +. +Then the Levites arose: Mahath son of Amasai, Joel son of Azariah, of the sons of the Kohathites; of the sons of Merari: Kish son of Abdi, Azariah son of Jehallelel; of the Gershonites: Joah son of Zimmah and Eden son of Joah; -- 2 chronicles 29:12 +. +Of the sons of Elizaphan: Shimri and Jeiel; of the sons of Asaph: Zechariah, and Mattaniah; -- 2 chronicles 29:13 +. +Of the sons of Heman: Jehiel and Shimei; and of the sons of Jeduthun: Shemaiah and Uzziel. -- 2 chronicles 29:14 +. +They gathered their brethren and sanctified themselves and went in, as the king had commanded by the words of the Lord, to cleanse the house of the Lord. -- 2 chronicles 29:15 +. +The priests went into the inner part of the house of the Lord to cleanse it, and brought out all the uncleanness they found in the temple of the Lord into the court of the Lord's house. And the Levites carried it out to the brook Kidron. -- 2 chronicles 29:16 +. +They began on the first day of the first month, and on the eighth day they came to the porch of the Lord. Then for eight days they sanctified the house of the Lord, and on the sixteenth day they finished. -- 2 chronicles 29:17 +. +Then they went to King Hezekiah and said, We have cleansed all the house of the Lord and the altar of burnt offering with all its utensils and the showbread table with all its utensils. -- 2 chronicles 29:18 +. +Moreover, all the utensils which King Ahaz in his reign cast away when he was transgressing [faithless] we have made ready and sanctified; and behold, they are before the altar of the Lord. -- 2 chronicles 29:19 +. +Then King Hezekiah rose early and gathered the officials of the city and went up to the house of the Lord. -- 2 chronicles 29:20 +. +They brought seven each of bulls, rams, lambs, and he-goats for a sin offering for the kingdom, the sanctuary, and Judah. He commanded the priests, the sons of Aaron, to offer them on the Lord's altar. -- 2 chronicles 29:21 +. +So they killed the bulls, and the priests received the blood and dashed it against the altar. Likewise, when they had killed the rams and then the lambs, they dashed the blood against the altar. -- 2 chronicles 29:22 +. +Then the he-goats for the sin offering were brought before the king and the assembly, and they laid their hands on them. -- 2 chronicles 29:23 +. +The priests killed them and made a sin offering with their blood upon the altar to make atonement for all Israel, for the king commanded that the burnt offering and sin offering be made for all Israel. -- 2 chronicles 29:24 +. +Hezekiah stationed the Levites in the Lord's house with cymbals, harps, and lyres, as David [his forefather] and Gad the king's seer and Nathan the prophet had commanded; for the commandment was from the Lord through His prophets. -- 2 chronicles 29:25 +. +The Levites stood with the instruments of David, and the priests with the trumpets. -- 2 chronicles 29:26 +. +Hezekiah commanded to offer the burnt offering upon the altar. And when the burnt offering began, the song of the Lord began also with the trumpets and with the instruments ordained by King David of Israel. -- 2 chronicles 29:27 +. +And all the congregation worshiped, the singers sang, and the trumpeters sounded; all this continued until the burnt offering was finished. -- 2 chronicles 29:28 +. +When they had stopped offering, the king and all present with him bowed themselves and worshiped. -- 2 chronicles 29:29 +. +Also King Hezekiah and the princes ordered the Levites to sing praises to the Lord with the words of David and of Asaph the seer. And they sang praises with gladness and bowed themselves and worshiped. -- 2 chronicles 29:30 +. +Then Hezekiah said, Now you have consecrated yourselves to the Lord; come near and bring sacrifices and thank offerings into the house of the Lord. And the assembly brought in sacrifices and thank offerings, and as many as were of a willing heart brought burnt offerings. -- 2 chronicles 29:31 +. +And the number of the burnt offerings which the assembly brought was bulls, 100 rams, and 200 lambs. All these were for a burnt offering to the Lord. -- 2 chronicles 29:32 +. +And the consecrated things were oxen and 3,000 sheep. -- 2 chronicles 29:33 +. +But the priests were too few and could not skin all the burnt offerings. So until the other priests had sanctified themselves, their Levite kinsmen helped them until the work was done, for the Levites were more upright in heart than the priests in sanctifying themselves. -- 2 chronicles 29:34 +. +Also the burnt offerings were in abundance, with the fat of the peace offerings, and the drink offerings for every burnt offering. So the service of the Lord's house was set in order. -- 2 chronicles 29:35 +. +Thus Hezekiah rejoiced, and all the people, because of what God had prepared for the people, for it was done suddenly. -- 2 chronicles 29:36 +. +HEZEKIAH SENT to all Israel [as well as] Judah and wrote letters also to Ephraim and Manasseh to come to the Lord's house at Jerusalem to keep the Passover to the Lord, the God of Israel. -- 2 chronicles 30:1 +. +For the king and his princes and all the assembly in Jerusalem took counsel to keep the Passover in the second month. -- 2 chronicles 30:2 +. +For they could not keep it at the set time because not enough priests had sanctified themselves, neither had the people assembled in Jerusalem. -- 2 chronicles 30:3 +. +The new time pleased the king and all the assembly. -- 2 chronicles 30:4 +. +So they decreed to make a proclamation throughout all Israel, from Beersheba to Dan, that the people should come to keep the Passover to the Lord, the God of Israel, at Jerusalem. For they had not kept it collectively as prescribed for a long time. -- 2 chronicles 30:5 +. +So the posts went with the letters from the king and his princes throughout all Israel and Judah, as the king commanded, saying, O Israelites, return to the Lord, the God of Abraham, Isaac, and Israel, that He may return to those left of you who escaped out of the hands of the kings of Assyria. -- 2 chronicles 30:6 +. +Do not be like your fathers and brethren, who were unfaithful to the Lord, the God of their fathers, so that He gave them up to desolation [to be an astonishment], as you see. -- 2 chronicles 30:7 +. +Now be not stiff-necked, as your fathers were, but yield yourselves to the Lord and come to His sanctuary, which He has sanctified forever, and serve the Lord your God, that His fierce anger may turn away from you. -- 2 chronicles 30:8 +. +For if you return to the Lord, your brethren and your children shall find compassion with their captors and return to this land. For the Lord your God is gracious and merciful, and He will not turn away His face from you if you return to Him. -- 2 chronicles 30:9 +. +So the posts passed from city to city through the country of Ephraim and Manasseh, even to Zebulun, but the people laughed them to scorn and mocked them. -- 2 chronicles 30:10 +. +Yet, a few of Asher, Manasseh, and Zebulun humbled themselves and came to Jerusalem. -- 2 chronicles 30:11 +. +Also the hand of God came upon Judah to give them one heart to do the commandment of the king and of the princes, by the word of the Lord. -- 2 chronicles 30:12 +. +And many people came to Jerusalem to keep the Feast of Unleavened Bread in the second month, a very great assembly. -- 2 chronicles 30:13 +. +They rose up and took away the altars [to idols] that were in Jerusalem, and all the altars and utensils for incense [to the gods] they took away and threw into the Kidron Valley [dumping place for the ashes of such abominations]. -- 2 chronicles 30:14 +. +Then they killed the Passover lamb on the fourteenth day of the second month. And the priests and the Levites were ashamed and sanctified themselves and brought burnt offerings to the Lord's house. -- 2 chronicles 30:15 +. +They stood in their accustomed places, as directed in the Law of Moses the man of God. The priests threw [against the altar] the blood they received from the hand of the Levites. -- 2 chronicles 30:16 +. +For many were in the assembly who had not sanctified themselves [become clean and free from all sin]. So the Levites had to kill the Passover lambs for all who were not clean, in order to make them holy to the Lord. -- 2 chronicles 30:17 +. +For a multitude of the people, many from Ephraim, Manasseh, Issachar, and Zebulun, had not cleansed themselves, yet they ate the Passover otherwise than Moses directed. For Hezekiah had prayed for them, saying, May the good Lord pardon everyone -- 2 chronicles 30:18 +. +Who sets his heart to seek and yearn for God--the Lord, the God of his fathers--even though not complying with the purification regulations of the sanctuary. -- 2 chronicles 30:19 +. +And the Lord hearkened to Hezekiah and healed the people. -- 2 chronicles 30:20 +. +And the Israelites who were in Jerusalem kept the Feast of Unleavened Bread for seven days with great joy. The Levites and priests praised the Lord day by day, singing with instruments of much volume to the Lord. -- 2 chronicles 30:21 +. +Hezekiah spoke encouragingly to all the Levites who had good understanding in the Lord's work. So the people ate the seven-day appointed feast, offering peace offerings, making confession [and giving thanks] to the Lord, the God of their fathers. -- 2 chronicles 30:22 +. +And the whole assembly took counsel to prolong the feast another seven days; and they kept it another seven days with joy. -- 2 chronicles 30:23 +. +For Hezekiah king of Judah gave to the assembly 1,young bulls and 7,000 sheep, and the princes gave 1,000 young bulls and 10,000 sheep. And a great number of priests sanctified themselves [for service]. -- 2 chronicles 30:24 +. +All the assembly of Judah, with the priests, the Levites, and all the assembly who with the sojourners came from the land of Israel to dwell in Judah, rejoiced. -- 2 chronicles 30:25 +. +So there was great joy in Jerusalem, for since the time of Solomon son of David king of Israel there was nothing like this in Jerusalem. -- 2 chronicles 30:26 +. +Then the priests and Levites arose and blessed the people; and their voice was heard and their prayer came up to [God's] holy habitation in heaven. -- 2 chronicles 30:27 +. +NOW WHEN all this was finished, all Israel present there went out to the cities of Judah and broke in pieces the pillars or obelisks, cut down the Asherim, and threw down the high places [of idolatry] and the altars in all Judah and Benjamin, in Ephraim and Manasseh, until they had utterly destroyed them all. Then all the Israelites returned to their own cities, every man to his possession. -- 2 chronicles 31:1 +. +And Hezekiah appointed the priests and the Levites after their divisions, each man according to his service, the priests and Levites for burnt offerings and for peace offerings, to minister, to give thanks, and to praise in the gates of the camp of the Lord. -- 2 chronicles 31:2 +. +King Hezekiah's personal contribution was for the burnt offerings: [those] of morning and evening, for the Sabbaths, for the New Moons, and for the appointed feasts, as written in the Law of the Lord. -- 2 chronicles 31:3 +. +He commanded the people living in Jerusalem to give the portion due the priests and Levites, that they might [be free to] give themselves to the Law of the Lord. -- 2 chronicles 31:4 +. +As soon as the command went abroad, the Israelites gave in abundance the firstfruits of grain, vintage fruit, oil, honey, and of all the produce of the field; and they brought in abundantly the tithe of everything. -- 2 chronicles 31:5 +. +The people of Israel and Judah who lived in Judah's cities also brought the tithe of cattle and sheep and of the dedicated things which were consecrated to the Lord their God, and they laid them in heaps. -- 2 chronicles 31:6 +. +In the third month [at the end of wheat harvest] they began to lay the foundation or beginning of the heaps and finished them in the seventh month. -- 2 chronicles 31:7 +. +When Hezekiah and the princes came and saw the heaps, they blessed the Lord and His people Israel. -- 2 chronicles 31:8 +. +Then Hezekiah questioned the priests and Levites about the heaps. -- 2 chronicles 31:9 +. +Azariah the high priest, of the house of Zadok, answered him, Since the people began to bring the offerings into the Lord's house, we have eaten and have plenty left, for the Lord has blessed His people, and what is left is this great store. -- 2 chronicles 31:10 +. +Then Hezekiah commanded them to prepare chambers [for storage] in the house of the Lord, and they prepared them -- 2 chronicles 31:11 +. +And brought in the offerings, tithes, and dedicated things faithfully. Conaniah the Levite was in charge of them, and Shimei his brother came next. -- 2 chronicles 31:12 +. +And Jehiel, Azaziah, Nahath, Asahel, Jerimoth, Jozabad, Eliel, Ismachiah, Mahath, and Benaiah were overseers directed by Conaniah and Shimei his brother, at the appointment of King Hezekiah and Azariah the chief officer of the house of God. -- 2 chronicles 31:13 +. +Kore son of Imnah the Levite, keeper of the East Gate, was over the freewill offerings to God, to apportion the contributions of the Lord and the most holy things. -- 2 chronicles 31:14 +. +Under him were Eden, Miniamin, Jeshua, Shemaiah, Amariah, and Shecaniah, in the priests' cities, in their office of trust faithfully to give to their brethren by divisions, to great and small alike, -- 2 chronicles 31:15 +. +Except those [Levites] registered as males from three years old and upward--who were consecrated to the temple service [in Jerusalem, for their daily portion] as the duty of every day required, for their service according to their offices by their divisions. -- 2 chronicles 31:16 +. +The registration of the priests was according to their fathers' houses; that of the Levites from twenty years old and upward was according to their offices by their divisions; -- 2 chronicles 31:17 +. +Also there was the registration of all their little ones, their wives, and their older sons and daughters through all the congregation. For in their office of trust they cleansed themselves and set themselves apart in holiness. -- 2 chronicles 31:18 +. +Also for the sons of Aaron the priests, who were in the fields of the suburbs of their cities or in every city, there were men who were mentioned by name to give portions to all the males among the priests and to all who were registered among the Levites. -- 2 chronicles 31:19 +. +Hezekiah did this throughout all Judah, and he did what was good, right, and faithful before the Lord his God. -- 2 chronicles 31:20 +. +And every work that he began in the service of the house of God, in keeping with the law and the commandments to seek his God [inquiring of and yearning for Him], he did with all his heart, and he prospered. -- 2 chronicles 31:21 +. +AFTER THESE things and this loyalty, Sennacherib king of Assyria came, invaded Judah, and encamped against the fortified cities, thinking to take them. -- 2 chronicles 32:1 +. +When Hezekiah saw that Sennacherib had come and intended to fight against Jerusalem, -- 2 chronicles 32:2 +. +He decided with his officers and his mighty men to stop up the waters of the fountains which were outside the city [by enclosing them with masonry and concealing them], and they helped him. -- 2 chronicles 32:3 +. +So many people gathered, and they stopped up all the springs and the brook which flowed through the land, saying, Why should the kings of Assyria come and find much water? -- 2 chronicles 32:4 +. +Also Hezekiah took courage and built up all the wall that was broken, and raised towers upon it, and he built another wall outside and strengthened the Millo in the City of David and made weapons and shields in abundance. -- 2 chronicles 32:5 +. +And he set captains of war over the people and gathered them together to him in the street of the gate of the city and spoke encouragingly to them, saying, -- 2 chronicles 32:6 +. +Be strong and courageous. Be not afraid or dismayed before the king of Assyria and all the horde that is with him, for there is Another with us greater than [all those] with him. -- 2 chronicles 32:7 +. +With him is an arm of flesh, but with us is the Lord our God to help us and to fight our battles. And the people relied on the words of Hezekiah king of Judah. -- 2 chronicles 32:8 +. +And this Sennacherib king of Assyria, while he himself with all his forces was before Lachish, sent his servants to Jerusalem, to Hezekiah king of Judah, and to all Judah who were at Jerusalem, saying, -- 2 chronicles 32:9 +. +Thus says Sennacherib king of Assyria: On what do you trust, that you remain in the strongholds in Jerusalem? -- 2 chronicles 32:10 +. +Is not Hezekiah leading you on in order to let you die by famine and thirst, saying, The Lord our God will deliver us out of the hand of the king of Assyria? -- 2 chronicles 32:11 +. +Has not the same Hezekiah taken away his high places and his altars, and commanded Judah and Jerusalem, You shall worship before one altar and burn incense upon it? -- 2 chronicles 32:12 +. +Do you not know what I and my fathers have done to all the peoples of other lands? Were the gods of the nations of those lands in any way able to deliver their lands out of my hand? -- 2 chronicles 32:13 +. +Who among all the gods of those nations that my fathers utterly destroyed was able to deliver his people out of my hand, that your God should be able to deliver you out of my hand? -- 2 chronicles 32:14 +. +So now, do not let Hezekiah deceive or mislead you in this way, and do not believe him, for no god of any nation or kingdom was able to deliver his people out of my hand or the hand of my fathers. How much less will your God deliver you out of my hand! -- 2 chronicles 32:15 +. +And his servants said still more against the Lord God and against His servant Hezekiah. -- 2 chronicles 32:16 +. +The Assyrian king also wrote letters insulting the Lord, the God of Israel, and speaking against Him, saying, As the gods of the nations of other lands have not delivered their people out of my hand, so shall not the God of Hezekiah deliver His people out of my hand. -- 2 chronicles 32:17 +. +And they shouted it loudly in the Jewish language to the people of Jerusalem who were on the wall, to frighten and terrify them, that they might take the city. -- 2 chronicles 32:18 +. +And they spoke of the God of Jerusalem as they spoke of the gods of the peoples of the earth, which are the work of the hands of men. -- 2 chronicles 32:19 +. +For this cause Hezekiah the king and the prophet Isaiah son of Amoz prayed and cried to heaven. -- 2 chronicles 32:20 +. +And the Lord sent an angel, who cut off all the mighty warriors and commanders and officers in the camp of the king of Assyria. So the Assyrian king returned with shamed face to his own land. And when he came into the house of his god, they who were his own offspring slew him there with the sword. -- 2 chronicles 32:21 +. +Thus the Lord saved Hezekiah and the inhabitants of Jerusalem from the hand of Sennacherib the king of Assyria and from the hand of all his enemies, and He guided them on every side. -- 2 chronicles 32:22 +. +And many brought gifts to Jerusalem to the Lord and presents to Hezekiah king of Judah; so from then on he was magnified in the sight of all nations. -- 2 chronicles 32:23 +. +In those days Hezekiah was sick to the point of death; and he prayed to the Lord and He answered him and gave him a sign. -- 2 chronicles 32:24 +. +But Hezekiah did not make return [to the Lord] according to the benefit done to him, for his heart became proud [at such a spectacular response to his prayer]; therefore there was wrath upon him and upon Judah and Jerusalem. -- 2 chronicles 32:25 +. +But Hezekiah humbled himself for the pride of his heart, both he and the inhabitants of Jerusalem, so that the wrath of the Lord came not upon them in the days of Hezekiah. -- 2 chronicles 32:26 +. +And Hezekiah had very great wealth and honor, and he made for himself treasuries for silver, gold, precious stones, spices, shields, and all kinds of attractive vessels, -- 2 chronicles 32:27 +. +Storehouses also for the increase of grain, vintage fruits, and oil, and stalls for all kinds of cattle, and sheepfolds. -- 2 chronicles 32:28 +. +Moreover, he provided for himself cities and flocks and herds in abundance, for God had given him very great possessions. -- 2 chronicles 32:29 +. +This same Hezekiah also closed the upper springs of Gihon and directed the waters down to the west side of the City of David. And Hezekiah prospered in all his works. -- 2 chronicles 32:30 +. +And so in the matter of the ambassadors of the princes of Babylon who were sent to him to inquire about the wonder that was done in the land, God left him to himself to try him, that He might know all that was in his heart. -- 2 chronicles 32:31 +. +Now the rest of the acts of Hezekiah and his good deeds, behold, they are written in the vision of Isaiah the prophet, the son of Amoz, and in the Book of the Kings of Judah and Israel. -- 2 chronicles 32:32 +. +And Hezekiah slept with his fathers and was buried in the ascent of the tombs of the descendants of David; and all Judah and the inhabitants of Jerusalem did him honor at his death. Manasseh his son reigned in his stead. -- 2 chronicles 32:33 +. +MANASSEH WAS twelve years old when he began to reign, and he reigned fifty-five years in Jerusalem. -- 2 chronicles 33:1 +. +But he did evil in the Lord's sight, like the abominations of the heathen whom the Lord drove out before the Israelites. -- 2 chronicles 33:2 +. +For he built again the [idolatrous] high places which Hezekiah his father had broken down, and he reared altars for the Baals and made the Asherim and worshiped all the hosts of the heavens and served them. -- 2 chronicles 33:3 +. +Also he built [heathen] altars in the Lord's house, of which the Lord had said, In Jerusalem shall My Name be forever. -- 2 chronicles 33:4 +. +He built altars for all the hosts of the heavens in the two courts of the Lord's house. -- 2 chronicles 33:5 +. +And he burned his children as an offering [to his god] in the Valley of Ben-hinnom [son of Hinnom], and practiced soothsaying, augury, and sorcery, and dealt with mediums and wizards. He did much evil in the sight of the Lord, provoking Him to anger. -- 2 chronicles 33:6 +. +And he set a carved image, the idol which he had made, in the house of God, of which God had said to David and to Solomon his son, In this house and in Jerusalem, which I have chosen before all the tribes of Israel, will I put My Name [and Presence] forever; -- 2 chronicles 33:7 +. +And I will no more remove Israel from the land which I appointed for your fathers, if they will only take heed to do all that I have commanded them, the whole law, the statutes, and the ordinances given through Moses. -- 2 chronicles 33:8 +. +So Manasseh led Judah and the inhabitants of Jerusalem to do more evil than the heathen whom the Lord had destroyed before the Israelites. -- 2 chronicles 33:9 +. +The Lord spoke to Manasseh and to his people, but they would not hearken. -- 2 chronicles 33:10 +. +So the Lord brought against them the commanders of the host of the king of Assyria, who took Manasseh with hooks and in fetters and brought him to Babylon. -- 2 chronicles 33:11 +. +When he was in affliction, he besought the Lord his God and humbled himself greatly before the God of his fathers. -- 2 chronicles 33:12 +. +He prayed to Him, and God, entreated by him, heard his supplication and brought him again to Jerusalem to his kingdom. Then Manasseh knew that the Lord is God. -- 2 chronicles 33:13 +. +And he built an outer wall to the City of David west of Gihon in the valley, to the entrance of the Fish Gate, and ran it around Ophel, raising it to a very great height; and he put commanders of the army in all the fortified cities of Judah. -- 2 chronicles 33:14 +. +And he took away the foreign gods and the idol out of the house of the Lord and all the altars that he had built on the mount of the house of the Lord and in Jerusalem; and he cast them out of the city. -- 2 chronicles 33:15 +. +And he restored the Lord's altar and sacrificed on it offerings of peace and of thanksgiving; and he commanded Judah to serve the Lord, the God of Israel. -- 2 chronicles 33:16 +. +Yet the people still sacrificed in the high places, but only to the Lord their God. -- 2 chronicles 33:17 +. +Now the rest of the acts of Manasseh, and his prayer to his God, and the words of the seers who spoke to him in the name of the Lord, the God of Israel, behold, they are written in the Book of the Kings of Israel. -- 2 chronicles 33:18 +. +His prayer and how God heard him, and all his sins and unfaithfulness, and the sites on which he built high places and set up the Asherim and graven images before he humbled himself, behold, they are written in the Chronicles of the Seers. -- 2 chronicles 33:19 +. +So Manasseh slept with his fathers, and they buried him in his own house [garden]. And Amon his son reigned in his stead. -- 2 chronicles 33:20 +. +Amon was twenty-two years old when he began his two-year reign in Jerusalem. -- 2 chronicles 33:21 +. +But he did evil in the sight of the Lord, as did Manasseh his father; for Amon sacrificed to all the images which Manasseh his father had made, and served them, -- 2 chronicles 33:22 +. +And he did not humble himself before the Lord, as Manasseh his father [finally] did; but Amon trespassed and became more and more guilty. -- 2 chronicles 33:23 +. +And his servants conspired against him and killed him in his own house. -- 2 chronicles 33:24 +. +But the people of the land slew all those who had conspired against King Amon, and they made Josiah his son king in his stead. -- 2 chronicles 33:25 +. +JOSIAH WAS eight years old when he began his thirty-one-year reign in Jerusalem. -- 2 chronicles 34:1 +. +He did right in the sight of the Lord and walked in the ways of David his father [forefather] and turned aside neither to the right hand nor to the left. -- 2 chronicles 34:2 +. +For in the eighth year of his reign, while he was yet young [sixteen], he began to seek after and yearn for the God of David his father [forefather]; and in the twelfth year he began to purge Judah and Jerusalem of the high places, the Asherim, and the carved and molten images. -- 2 chronicles 34:3 +. +They broke down the altars of the Baals in his presence; the sun-images that were high above them he hewed down; the Asherim and the graven images and the molten images he broke in pieces and made dust of them and strewed it upon the graves of those who sacrificed to them. -- 2 chronicles 34:4 +. +Josiah burned the bones of the [idolatrous] priests upon their altars, and so cleansed Judah and Jerusalem. -- 2 chronicles 34:5 +. +So he did in the cities of Manasseh, Ephraim, and Simeon, even to Naphtali, in their ruins round about [with their axes], -- 2 chronicles 34:6 +. +He broke down the altars and the Asherim and beat the graven images into powder and hewed down all the sun-images throughout all the land of Israel. Then he returned to Jerusalem. -- 2 chronicles 34:7 +. +In the eighteenth year of Josiah's reign, when he had purged the land and the [Lord's] house, he sent Shaphan son of Azaliah, and Maaseiah governor of the city, and Joah son of Joahaz, the recorder, to repair the house of the Lord his God. -- 2 chronicles 34:8 +. +When they came to Hilkiah the high priest, they delivered the money that had been brought into the house of God, which the Levites who kept the doors had collected from Manasseh, Ephraim, all the remnant of Israel, and from all Judah, Benjamin, and Jerusalem. -- 2 chronicles 34:9 +. +They delivered it to the workmen who had oversight of the Lord's house, who gave it to repair and restore the temple: -- 2 chronicles 34:10 +. +To the carpenters and builders to buy hewn stone, and timber for couplings and beams for the houses which the kings of Judah had destroyed [by neglect]. -- 2 chronicles 34:11 +. +The men did the work faithfully. Their overseers were Jahath and Obadiah, Levites of the sons of Merari, and Zechariah and Meshullam, of the sons of the Kohathites. The Levites--all who were skillful with instruments of music-- -- 2 chronicles 34:12 +. +Also had oversight of the burden bearers and all who did work in any kind of service; and some of the Levites were scribes, officials, and gatekeepers. -- 2 chronicles 34:13 +. +When they were bringing out the money that was brought into the house of the Lord, Hilkiah the priest found the Book of the Law of the Lord given by Moses. -- 2 chronicles 34:14 +. +Hilkiah told Shaphan the scribe, I have found the Book of the Law in the Lord's house. And [he] gave the book to Shaphan. -- 2 chronicles 34:15 +. +Shaphan took the book to King Josiah, but [first] reported to him, All that was committed to your servants they are doing. -- 2 chronicles 34:16 +. +They have emptied out the money that was found in the house of the Lord and have delivered it into the hand of the overseers and the workmen. -- 2 chronicles 34:17 +. +Then Shaphan the scribe said to the king, Hilkiah the priest has given me a book. And Shaphan read it before the king. -- 2 chronicles 34:18 +. +When King Josiah had heard the words of the Law, he rent his clothes. -- 2 chronicles 34:19 +. +And the king commanded Hilkiah, Ahikam son of Shaphan, Abdon son of Micah, Shaphan the scribe, and Asaiah a servant of the king, saying, -- 2 chronicles 34:20 +. +Go, inquire of the Lord for me and for those who are left in Israel and in Judah about the words of the book that is found. For great is the Lord's wrath that is poured out on us because our fathers have not kept the word of the Lord, to do according to all that is written in this book. -- 2 chronicles 34:21 +. +And Hilkiah and they whom the king had appointed went to Huldah the prophetess, the wife of Shallum son of Tokhath, the son of Hasrah, keeper of the wardrobe. She dwelt in Jerusalem, in the Second Quarter. They spoke to her to that effect. -- 2 chronicles 34:22 +. +And she answered them, Thus says the Lord, the God of Israel: Tell the man who sent you to me, -- 2 chronicles 34:23 +. +Thus says the Lord: Behold, I will bring evil upon this place and upon its inhabitants, even all the curses that are written in the book which they have read before the king of Judah. -- 2 chronicles 34:24 +. +Because they have forsaken Me and have burned incense to other gods, that they might provoke Me to anger with all the works of their hands, therefore My wrath shall be poured out upon this place and shall not be quenched. -- 2 chronicles 34:25 +. +But say to King Josiah of Judah, who sent you to inquire of the Lord, Thus says the Lord, the God of Israel, concerning the words which you have heard: -- 2 chronicles 34:26 +. +Because your heart was tender and penitent and you humbled yourself before God when you heard His words against this place and its inhabitants, and humbled yourself before Me and rent your clothes and wept before Me, I have heard you, says the Lord. -- 2 chronicles 34:27 +. +Behold, I will gather you to your fathers, and you shall be gathered to your grave in peace, and your eyes shall not see all the evil that I will bring upon this place and its inhabitants. So they brought the king word again. -- 2 chronicles 34:28 +. +Then King Josiah sent and gathered all the elders of Judah and Jerusalem. -- 2 chronicles 34:29 +. +And [he] went up into the house of the Lord, as did all the men of Judah, the inhabitants of Jerusalem, the priests, the Levites, and all the people, great and small; and he [the king] read in their hearing all the words of the Book of the Covenant that was found in the Lord's house. -- 2 chronicles 34:30 +. +Then the king stood in his place and made a covenant before the Lord--to walk after the Lord and to keep His commandments, His testimonies, and His statutes with all his heart and with all his soul, to perform the words of the covenant that are written in this book. -- 2 chronicles 34:31 +. +And he caused all who were present in Jerusalem and Benjamin to stand in confirmation of it. And the inhabitants of Jerusalem did according to the covenant of God, the God of their fathers. -- 2 chronicles 34:32 +. +Josiah removed all the [idolatrous] abominations from all the territory that belonged to the Israelites, and made all who were in Israel serve the Lord their God. All his days they did not turn from following the Lord, the God of their fathers. -- 2 chronicles 34:33 +. +JOSIAH KEPT the Passover to the Lord in Jerusalem; they killed the Passover lamb on the fourteenth day of the first month. -- 2 chronicles 35:1 +. +He appointed the priests to their positions and encouraged them in the service of the house of the Lord. -- 2 chronicles 35:2 +. +To the Levites who taught all Israel and were holy to the Lord he said: Put the holy ark in the house which Solomon son of David king of Israel, built; it shall no longer be a burden carried on your shoulders. Now serve the Lord your God and His people Israel. -- 2 chronicles 35:3 +. +Prepare yourselves according to your fathers' houses by your divisions, after the directions of David king of Israel and of Solomon his son. -- 2 chronicles 35:4 +. +And stand in the holy court of the priests according to the sections of the fathers' families of your kinsmen, the common people, and let there be a section of the Levites [to attend] to each division of the families of the people. -- 2 chronicles 35:5 +. +Kill the Passover lambs and sanctify yourselves and prepare for your brethren to do according to the word of the Lord by Moses. -- 2 chronicles 35:6 +. +Then Josiah contributed to the lay people lambs and kids of the flock as Passover offerings for all who were present, to the number of 30,000, and 3,young bulls--all from the king's possessions. -- 2 chronicles 35:7 +. +And his princes gave for a freewill offering to the people, to the priests, and the Levites. Hilkiah, Zechariah, and Jehiel, chief officers of God's house, gave the priests for the Passover offerings 2,[lambs and kids] and 300 bulls. -- 2 chronicles 35:8 +. +Conaniah also, and Shemaiah and Nethanel his brothers, and Hashabiah, Jeiel, and Jozabad, chiefs of the Levites, gave to the Levites for Passover offerings 5,[lambs and kids] and 500 bulls. -- 2 chronicles 35:9 +. +When the service was ready, the priests stood in their place and the Levites in their divisions as the king commanded. -- 2 chronicles 35:10 +. +They killed the Passover lambs, and the priests sprinkled the blood they received from the Levites who skinned the animals. -- 2 chronicles 35:11 +. +Then they removed the burnt offerings, that they might distribute them according to the divisions of the lay families to offer to the Lord, as directed in the Book of Moses. And so they did with the bulls. -- 2 chronicles 35:12 +. +And they roasted the Passover lambs with fire according to the ordinance; and they cooked the holy offerings in pots, in caldrons, and in pans and carried them quickly to all the people. -- 2 chronicles 35:13 +. +Afterward [the Levites] prepared for themselves and the priests, because the priests, the sons of Aaron, were busy in offering the burnt offerings and the fat until night; so the Levites prepared for themselves and also for the priests, the sons of Aaron. -- 2 chronicles 35:14 +. +The singers, the sons of Asaph, were in their places according to the command of David, Asaph, Heman, and Jeduthun the king's seer. And the gatekeepers were at every gate; they did not need to leave their service, for their brethren the Levites prepared for them. -- 2 chronicles 35:15 +. +So all the Lord's service was prepared the same day to keep the Passover and to offer burnt offerings upon the Lord's altar, as King Josiah commanded. -- 2 chronicles 35:16 +. +And the Israelites who were present kept the Passover at that time, and the Feast of Unleavened Bread for seven days. -- 2 chronicles 35:17 +. +No Passover like it had been kept in Israel since the days of Samuel the prophet, even by any of the kings of Israel, as was kept by Josiah and the priests, the Levites, and all Judah and Israel who were present, and the inhabitants of Jerusalem. -- 2 chronicles 35:18 +. +In the eighteenth year of the reign of Josiah this Passover was kept. -- 2 chronicles 35:19 +. +After all this, when Josiah had prepared the temple, Neco king of Egypt went out to fight against Carchemish on the Euphrates, and Josiah went out against him. -- 2 chronicles 35:20 +. +But [Neco] sent ambassadors to [Josiah], saying, What have I to do with you, you king of Judah? I come not against you this day, but against the house with which I am at war; and God has commanded me to make haste. Refrain from opposing God, Who is with me, lest He destroy you. -- 2 chronicles 35:21 +. +Yet Josiah would not turn away from him, but disguised himself in order to fight with him. He did not heed the words of Neco from the mouth of God, but came to fight with him in the valley of Megiddo. -- 2 chronicles 35:22 +. +And the archers shot King Josiah, and the king said to his servants, Take me away, for I am severely wounded. -- 2 chronicles 35:23 +. +So his servants took him out of the chariot and put him in his second chariot and brought him to Jerusalem. And he died and was buried in the tombs of his fathers. All Judah and Jerusalem mourned for Josiah. -- 2 chronicles 35:24 +. +Jeremiah gave a lament for Josiah, and all the singing men and women have spoken of Josiah in their laments to this day. They made them an ordinance in Israel; behold, they are written in the Laments. -- 2 chronicles 35:25 +. +Now the rest of the acts of Josiah and his deeds, according to what is written in the Law of the Lord, -- 2 chronicles 35:26 +. +And his acts, from first to last, behold, they are written in the Book of the Kings of Israel and Judah. -- 2 chronicles 35:27 +. +THEN THE people of the land took Jehoahaz son of Josiah and made him king in his father's stead in Jerusalem. -- 2 chronicles 36:1 +. +Jehoahaz was [then] twenty-three years old; he reigned three months in Jerusalem. -- 2 chronicles 36:2 +. +Then the king of Egypt deposed him at Jerusalem and fined the land a hundred talents of silver and a talent of gold. -- 2 chronicles 36:3 +. +And the king of Egypt made Eliakim, Jehoahaz' brother, king over Judah and Jerusalem and changed his name to Jehoiakim. But Neco took Jehoahaz his brother and carried him to Egypt. -- 2 chronicles 36:4 +. +Jehoiakim was twenty-five years old when he began to reign, and he reigned eleven years in Jerusalem. He did evil in the sight of the Lord his God. -- 2 chronicles 36:5 +. +Against him came up Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon and bound him in fetters to take him to Babylon. -- 2 chronicles 36:6 +. +Nebuchadnezzar also took some of the vessels of the house of the Lord to Babylon and put them in his temple or palace there. -- 2 chronicles 36:7 +. +Now the rest of the acts of Jehoiakim, and the abominations which he did, and what was found against him, behold, they are written in the Book of the Kings of Israel and Judah. And Jehoiachin his son reigned in his stead. -- 2 chronicles 36:8 +. +Jehoiachin was eight[een] years old then; he reigned three months and ten days in Jerusalem. He did evil in the Lord's sight. -- 2 chronicles 36:9 +. +In the spring, King Nebuchadnezzar sent and brought him to Babylon, with the precious vessels of the house of the Lord, and made Zedekiah the [boy's] brother king over Judah and Jerusalem. -- 2 chronicles 36:10 +. +Zedekiah was twenty-one years old when he became king, and he reigned eleven years in Jerusalem. -- 2 chronicles 36:11 +. +He did evil in the sight of the Lord his God and did not humble himself before Jeremiah the prophet, who spoke at the dictation of the Lord. -- 2 chronicles 36:12 +. +He also rebelled against King Nebuchadnezzar, who made him swear by God. He stiffened his neck and hardened his heart against turning to the Lord, the God of Israel. -- 2 chronicles 36:13 +. +Also all the chiefs of the priests and the people trespassed greatly in accord with all the abominations of the heathen, and they polluted the house of the Lord which He had hallowed in Jerusalem. -- 2 chronicles 36:14 +. +And the Lord, the God of their fathers, sent to them persistently by His messengers, because He had compassion on His people and on His dwelling place. -- 2 chronicles 36:15 +. +But they kept mocking the messengers of God and despising His words and scoffing at His prophets till the wrath of the Lord rose against His people, till there was no remedy or healing. -- 2 chronicles 36:16 +. +Therefore He brought against them the king of the Chaldeans, who slew their young men with the sword in the house of their sanctuary, and had no compassion on young man or virgin, old man or hoary-headed; He gave them all into his hand. -- 2 chronicles 36:17 +. +And all the vessels of the house of God, great and small, and the treasures of the Lord's house, of the king, and of his princes, all these he brought to Babylon. -- 2 chronicles 36:18 +. +And they burned God's house and broke down Jerusalem's wall and burned all its palaces with fire and destroyed all its choice vessels. -- 2 chronicles 36:19 +. +Those who had escaped from the sword he took away to Babylon, where they were servants to him and his sons until the kingdom of Persia was established there, -- 2 chronicles 36:20 +. +To fulfill the Lord's word by Jeremiah, till the land had enjoyed its sabbaths; for as long as it lay desolate it kept sabbath to fulfill seventy years. -- 2 chronicles 36:21 +. +Now in the first year of Cyrus king of Persia, that the word of the Lord by the mouth of Jeremiah might be accomplished, the Lord stirred up the spirit of Cyrus king of Persia so that he made a proclamation throughout all his kingdom and also put it in writing: -- 2 chronicles 36:22 +. +Thus says Cyrus king of Persia: All the kingdoms of the earth the Lord, the God of heaven, has given me, and He has charged me to build Him a house in Jerusalem, which is in Judah. Whoever there is among you of all His people, may the Lord his God be with him, and let him go up [to Jerusalem]. -- 2 chronicles 36:23 +. +NOW IN the first year of Cyrus king of Persia [almost seventy years after the first Jewish captives were taken to Babylon], that the word of the Lord by the mouth of Jeremiah might begin to be accomplished, the Lord stirred up the spirit of Cyrus king of Persia so that he made a proclamation throughout all his kingdom and put it also in writing: -- ezra 1:1 +. +Thus says Cyrus king of Persia: The Lord, the God of heaven, has given me all the kingdoms of the earth, and He has charged me to build Him a house at Jerusalem in Judah. -- ezra 1:2 +. +Whoever is among you of all His people, may his God be with him, and let him go up to Jerusalem in Judah and re build the house of the Lord, the God of Israel, in Jerusalem; He is God. -- ezra 1:3 +. +And in any place where a survivor [of the Babylonian captivity of the Jews] sojourns, let the men of that place assist him with silver and gold, with goods and beasts, besides freewill offerings for the house of God in Jerusalem. -- ezra 1:4 +. +Then rose up the heads of the fathers' houses of Judah and Benjamin, and the priests and Levites, with all those whose spirits God had stirred up, to go up to re build the house of the Lord in Jerusalem. -- ezra 1:5 +. +And all those who were around them aided them with vessels of silver, with gold, goods, beasts, and precious things, besides all that was willingly and freely offered. -- ezra 1:6 +. +Also Cyrus the king brought out the vessels of the house of the Lord, which Nebuchadnezzar had brought from Jerusalem [when he took that city] and had put in the house of his gods. -- ezra 1:7 +. +These Cyrus king of Persia directed Mithredath the treasurer to bring forth and count out to Sheshbazzar [who is Zerubbabel, recognized as the legitimate heir to the throne of David] the prince of Judah. -- ezra 1:8 +. +And they numbered: basins of gold; 1,000 basins of silver; 29 sacrificial dishes; -- ezra 1:9 +. +Of gold bowls, 30; another sort of silver bowl, 410; and other vessels, 1,000. -- ezra 1:10 +. +All the vessels of gold and of silver were 5,400. All these Sheshbazzar [the governor] brought with the people of the captivity from Babylon to Jerusalem. -- ezra 1:11 +. +NOW THESE are the people of the province [of Judah] who went up out of the captivity of those exiles whom Nebuchadnezzar the king of Babylon had carried away to Babylon, but who came again to Jerusalem and Judah, everyone to his own city. -- ezra 2:1 +. +These came with Zerubbabel: Jeshua, Nehemiah [not the author], Seraiah, Reelaiah, Mordecai [not Esther's relative], Bilshan, Mispar, Bigvai, Rehum, Baanah. The number of the men of Israel: -- ezra 2:2 +. +The sons [meaning male descendants] of Parosh, 2,172. -- ezra 2:3 +. +The sons of Shephatiah, 372. -- ezra 2:4 +. +The sons of Arah, 775. -- ezra 2:5 +. +The sons of Pahath-moab, namely of the sons of Jeshua and Joab, 2,812. -- ezra 2:6 +. +The sons of Elam, 1,254. -- ezra 2:7 +. +The sons of Zattu, 945. -- ezra 2:8 +. +The sons of Zaccai, 760. -- ezra 2:9 +. +The sons of Bani, 642. -- ezra 2:10 +. +The sons of Bebai, 623. -- ezra 2:11 +. +The sons of Azgad, 1,222. -- ezra 2:12 +. +The sons of Adonikam, 666. -- ezra 2:13 +. +The sons of Bigvai, 2,056. -- ezra 2:14 +. +The sons of Adin, 454. -- ezra 2:15 +. +The sons of Ater, namely of Hezekiah, 98. -- ezra 2:16 +. +The sons of Bezai, 323. -- ezra 2:17 +. +The sons of Jorah, 112. -- ezra 2:18 +. +The sons of Hashum, 223. -- ezra 2:19 +. +The sons of Gibbar, 95. -- ezra 2:20 +. +The sons of Bethlehem, 123. -- ezra 2:21 +. +The men of Netophah, 56. -- ezra 2:22 +. +The men of Anathoth, 128. -- ezra 2:23 +. +The sons of Azmaveth, 42. -- ezra 2:24 +. +The sons of Kiriath-arim, Chephirah, and Beeroth, 743. -- ezra 2:25 +. +The sons of Ramah and Geba, 621. -- ezra 2:26 +. +The men of Michmas, 122. -- ezra 2:27 +. +The men of Bethel and Ai, 223. -- ezra 2:28 +. +The sons of Nebo, 52. -- ezra 2:29 +. +The sons of Magbish, 156. -- ezra 2:30 +. +The sons of the other Elam, 1,254. -- ezra 2:31 +. +The sons of Harim, 320. -- ezra 2:32 +. +The sons of Lod, Hadid, and Ono, 725. -- ezra 2:33 +. +The sons of Jericho, 345. -- ezra 2:34 +. +The sons of Senaah, 3,630. -- ezra 2:35 +. +The priests: the sons of Jedaiah, of the house of Jeshua, 973. -- ezra 2:36 +. +The sons of Immer, 1,052. -- ezra 2:37 +. +The sons of Pashhur, 1,247. -- ezra 2:38 +. +The sons of Harim, 1,017. -- ezra 2:39 +. +The Levites: the sons of Jeshua and Kadmiel, of the house of Hodaviah, 74. -- ezra 2:40 +. +The singers: the sons of Asaph, 128. -- ezra 2:41 +. +The sons of the gatekeepers: of Shallum, Ater, Talmon, Akkub, Hatita, and Shobai, in all 139. -- ezra 2:42 +. +The Nethinim [the temple servants]: the sons of Ziba, Hasupha, Tabbaoth, -- ezra 2:43 +. +The sons of Keros, Siaha, Padon, -- ezra 2:44 +. +The sons of Lebanah, Hagabah, Akkub, -- ezra 2:45 +. +The sons of Hagab, Shalmai, Hanan, -- ezra 2:46 +. +The sons of Giddel, Gahar, Reaiah, -- ezra 2:47 +. +The sons of Rezin, Nekoda, Gazzam, -- ezra 2:48 +. +The sons of Uzza, Paseah, Besai, -- ezra 2:49 +. +The sons of Asnah, Meunim, Nephisim, -- ezra 2:50 +. +The sons of Bakbuk, Hakupha, Harhur, -- ezra 2:51 +. +The sons of Bazluth, Mehida, Harsha, -- ezra 2:52 +. +The sons of Barkos, Sisera, Temah, -- ezra 2:53 +. +The sons of Neziah [and] of Hatipha. -- ezra 2:54 +. +The sons of [King] Solomon's servants: the sons of Sotai, Sophereth (Hassophereth), Peruda, -- ezra 2:55 +. +The sons of Jaalah, Darkon, Giddel, -- ezra 2:56 +. +The sons of Shephatiah, Hattil, Pochereth-hazzebaim, Ami. -- ezra 2:57 +. +All the Nethinim [the temple servants] and the sons of Solomon's servants were 392. -- ezra 2:58 +. +And these were they who came up from Tel-melah, Tel-harsha, Cherub, Addan, and Immer, but they could not show a record of their fathers' houses or prove their descent, whether they were of Israel: -- ezra 2:59 +. +The sons of Delaiah, Tobiah, and Nekoda, 652. -- ezra 2:60 +. +And of the sons of the priests: the sons of Habaiah, of Hakkoz, and of Barzillai, who had taken a wife from the daughters of Barzillai the [noted] Gileadite and had assumed their name. -- ezra 2:61 +. +These sought their names among those enrolled in the genealogies, but they were not found; so they were excluded from the priesthood as [ceremonially] unclean. -- ezra 2:62 +. +[Zerubbabel] the governor told them they should not eat of the most holy things [the priests' food] until there should be a priest with Urim and Thummim [who by consulting these articles in his breastplate could know God's will in the matter]. -- ezra 2:63 +. +The whole congregation numbered 42,360, -- ezra 2:64 +. +Besides their menservants and maidservants, 7,337; and among them they had men and women singers. -- ezra 2:65 +. +Their horses were 736; their mules, 245; -- ezra 2:66 +. +Their camels were 435; their donkeys, 6,720. -- ezra 2:67 +. +Some of the heads of families, when they came to the house of the Lord in Jerusalem, made freewill offerings for the house of God to [re]build it on its site. -- ezra 2:68 +. +They gave as they were able to the treasury for the work 61,darics of gold, 5,000 minas of silver, and 100 priests' garments. -- ezra 2:69 +. +So the priests, the Levites, some of the people, the singers, the gatekeepers, and the temple servants lived in their own towns, and all Israel [gradually settled] into their towns. -- ezra 2:70 +. +WHEN THE seventh month came and the Israelites were in the towns, the people gathered together as one man to Jerusalem. -- ezra 3:1 +. +Then stood up Jeshua son of Jozadak, and his brethren the priests, and Zerubbabel son of Shealtiel, and his brethren, and they built the altar of the God of Israel to offer burnt offerings upon it, as it is written in the instructions of Moses the man of God. -- ezra 3:2 +. +And they set the altar [in its place] upon its base, for fear was upon them because of the peoples of the countries; and they offered burnt offerings on it to the Lord morning and evening. -- ezra 3:3 +. +They kept also the Feast of Tabernacles, as it is written, and offered the daily burnt offerings by number according to the ordinances, as each day's duty required, -- ezra 3:4 +. +And after that, the continual burnt offering, the offering at the New Moon, and at all the appointed feasts of the Lord, and the offerings of everyone who made a freewill offering to the Lord. -- ezra 3:5 +. +From the first day of the seventh month they began to offer burnt offerings to the Lord, but the foundation of the temple of the Lord was not yet laid. -- ezra 3:6 +. +They gave money also to the masons and to the carpenters, and gave food, drink, and oil to the Sidonians and the Tyrians, to bring cedar trees from Lebanon to the seaport of Joppa, according to the grant they had from Cyrus king of Persia. -- ezra 3:7 +. +In the second year of their coming to God's house at Jerusalem, in the second month, Zerubbabel son of Shealtiel and Jeshua son of Jozadak made a beginning, with the rest of their brethren--the priests and Levites and all who had come to Jerusalem out of the captivity. They appointed the Levites from twenty years old and upward to oversee the work of the Lord's house. -- ezra 3:8 +. +Then Jeshua with his sons and his kinsmen, Kadmiel and his sons, sons of Judah, together took the oversight of the workmen in the house of God--the sons of Henadad, with their sons and Levite kinsmen. -- ezra 3:9 +. +And when the builders laid the foundation of the temple of the Lord, the priests stood in their vestments with trumpets, and the Levite sons of Asaph with their cymbals, to praise the Lord, after the order of David king of Israel. -- ezra 3:10 +. +They sang responsively, praising and giving thanks to the Lord, saying, For He is good, for His mercy and loving-kindness endure forever toward Israel. And all the people shouted with a great shout when they praised the Lord, because the foundation of the house of the Lord was laid! -- ezra 3:11 +. +But many of the priests and Levites and heads of fathers' houses, old men who had seen the first house [Solomon's temple], when the foundation of this house was laid before their eyes, wept with a loud voice, though many shouted aloud for joy. -- ezra 3:12 +. +So the people could not distinguish the shout of joy from the sound of the weeping of the people, for the people shouted with a loud shout, and the sound was heard far off. -- ezra 3:13 +. +NOW WHEN [the Samaritans] the adversaries of Judah and Benjamin heard that the exiles from the captivity were building a temple to the Lord, the God of Israel, -- ezra 4:1 +. +They came to Zerubbabel [now governor] and to the heads of the fathers' houses and said, Let us build with you, for we seek and worship your God as you do, and we have sacrificed to Him since the days of Esarhaddon king of Assyria, who brought us here. -- ezra 4:2 +. +But Zerubbabel and Jeshua and the rest of the heads of fathers' houses of Israel said to them, You have nothing to do with us in building a house to our God; but we ourselves will together build to the Lord, the God of Israel, as King Cyrus, the king of Persia, has commanded us. -- ezra 4:3 +. +Then [the Samaritans] the people of the land [continually] weakened the hands of the people of Judah and troubled and terrified them in building -- ezra 4:4 +. +And hired counselors against them to frustrate their purpose and plans all the days of Cyrus king of Persia, even until the reign of Darius [II] king of Persia. -- ezra 4:5 +. +And in the reign of Ahasuerus [or Xerxes], in the beginning of his reign, [the Samaritans] wrote to him an accusation against the [returned] inhabitants of Judah and Jerusalem. -- ezra 4:6 +. +Later, in the days of King Artaxerxes, Bishlam, Mithredath, Tabeel, and the rest of their associates wrote to Artaxerxes king of Persia; and the letter was written in the Syrian or Aramaic script and interpreted in that language. -- ezra 4:7 +. +Rehum the [Persian] commander [of the Samaritans] and Shimshai the scribe wrote a letter against Jerusalem to Artaxerxes the king of this sort-- -- ezra 4:8 +. +Then wrote Rehum the [Persian] commander, Shimshai the scribe, and the rest of their associates--the Dinaites, the Apharsathchites, the Tarpelites, the Apharsites, the Archevites, the Babylonians, the Susanchites, the Dehaites, the Elamites, -- ezra 4:9 +. +And the rest of the nations whom the great and noble Osnappar deported and settled in the city of Samaria and the rest of the country beyond [west of] the Euphrates River, and so forth. -- ezra 4:10 +. +This is a copy of the letter which they sent to King Artaxerxes: Your servants, the men beyond [that is, west of] the River [Euphrates], and so forth. -- ezra 4:11 +. +Be it known to the king that the Jews who came up from you to us have come to Jerusalem. This rebellious and bad city they are rebuilding, and have restored its walls and repaired the foundations. -- ezra 4:12 +. +Be it known now to the king that if this city is rebuilt and the walls finished, then they will not pay tribute, custom, or toll, and the royal revenue will be diminished. -- ezra 4:13 +. +Now because we eat the salt of the king's palace and it is not proper for us to witness the king's discredit, therefore we send to inform the king, -- ezra 4:14 +. +In order that a search may be made in the book of the records of your fathers, in which you will learn that this is a rebellious city, hurtful to kings and provinces, and that sedition was stirred up in it of old. That is why [it] was laid waste. -- ezra 4:15 +. +We declare to the king that if this city is rebuilt and its walls finished, it will mean that you will have no portion on this side of the [Euphrates] River. -- ezra 4:16 +. +Then the king sent an answer: To Rehum the [Persian] official, to Shimshai the scribe, to the rest of their companions who dwell in Samaria and in the rest of the country beyond the River: Greetings. -- ezra 4:17 +. +The letter which you sent to us has been plainly read before me. -- ezra 4:18 +. +I commanded and search has been made, and it is found that this city [Jerusalem] of old time has made insurrection against kings and that rebellion and sedition have been made in it. -- ezra 4:19 +. +There have been mighty kings also over Jerusalem who have ruled over all countries beyond [west of] the [Euphrates] River, and tribute, custom, and toll were paid to them. -- ezra 4:20 +. +Therefore give a decree to make these men stop, that this city not be rebuilt, until a command is given by me. -- ezra 4:21 +. +Be sure that you do this. Why should damage grow, to the hurt of the kings? -- ezra 4:22 +. +When the copy of King Artaxerxes' letter was read before Rehum, Shimshai the scribe, and their companions, they went up in haste to Jerusalem to the Jews and by force and power made them cease. -- ezra 4:23 +. +Then the work on the house of God in Jerusalem stopped. It stopped until the second year of Darius king of Persia. -- ezra 4:24 +. +NOW THE prophets, Haggai and Zechariah son [grandson] of Iddo, prophesied to the Jews in Judah and Jerusalem in the name of the God of Israel, Whose [Spirit] was upon them. -- ezra 5:1 +. +Then rose up Zerubbabel son of Shealtiel [heir to the throne of Judah] and Jeshua son of Jozadak and began to build the house of God in Jerusalem; and with them were the prophets of God [Haggai and Zechariah], helping them. -- ezra 5:2 +. +Then Tattenai, governor on the west side of the [Euphrates] River, and Shethar-bozenai and their companions came to them and said, Who authorized you to build this house and to restore this wall? -- ezra 5:3 +. +Then we told them [in reply] the names of the men who were building this building. -- ezra 5:4 +. +But the eye of their God was upon the elders of the Jews, so the enemy could not make them stop until the matter came before Darius and an answer was returned by letter concerning it. -- ezra 5:5 +. +This is a copy of the letter that Tattenai, governor on this side of the River, and Shethar-bozenai and his associates, the Apharsachites who were on this [west] side of the River, sent to Darius the king. -- ezra 5:6 +. +They wrote: To Darius the king: All peace. -- ezra 5:7 +. +Be it known to the king that we went to the province of Judah, to the house of the great God. It is being built with huge stones, with timber laid in the walls; this work goes on with diligence and care and prospers in their hands. -- ezra 5:8 +. +Then we asked those elders, Who authorized you to build this house and restore these walls? -- ezra 5:9 +. +We asked their names also, that we might record the names of the men at their head and notify you. -- ezra 5:10 +. +They replied, We are servants of the God of heaven and earth, rebuilding the house which was erected and finished many years ago by a great king of Israel. -- ezra 5:11 +. +But after our fathers had provoked the God of heaven to wrath, He gave them into the hand of Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon, the Chaldean, who destroyed this house and carried the people away into Babylon. -- ezra 5:12 +. +But in the first year of Cyrus king of Babylon, the same King Cyrus made a decree to rebuild this house of God. -- ezra 5:13 +. +And the vessels also of gold and silver of the house of God, which Nebuchadnezzar took from the temple in Jerusalem and brought into the temple of Babylon, King Cyrus took from the temple of Babylon and delivered to a man named Sheshbazzar, whom he had made governor. -- ezra 5:14 +. +And King Cyrus said to him, Go, take these vessels to Jerusalem and carry them into the temple, and let the house of God be built upon its site. -- ezra 5:15 +. +Then came this Sheshbazzar and laid the foundation of the house of God in Jerusalem; and since that time until now it has been in the process of being rebuilt and is not completed yet. -- ezra 5:16 +. +So now, if it seems good to the king, let a search be made in the royal archives there in Babylon to see if it is true that King Cyrus issued a decree to build this house of God at Jerusalem; and let the king send us his pleasure in this matter. -- ezra 5:17 +. +THEN KING Darius decreed, and a search was made in Babylonia in the house where the treasured records were stored. -- ezra 6:1 +. +And at Ecbatana in the capital in the province of Media, a scroll was found on which this was recorded: -- ezra 6:2 +. +In the first year of King Cyrus, [he] made a decree: Concerning the house of God in Jerusalem, let the house, the place where they offer sacrifices, be built, and let its foundations be strongly laid, its height and its breadth each cubits, -- ezra 6:3 +. +With three courses of great stones and one course of new timber. Let the cost be paid from the royal treasury. -- ezra 6:4 +. +Also let the gold and silver vessels of the house of God, which Nebuchadnezzar took from the temple in Jerusalem and brought to Babylon, be restored and brought back to the temple in Jerusalem, each put in its place in the house of God. -- ezra 6:5 +. +Now therefore, Tattenai, governor of the province [west of] the River, Shethar-bozenai, and your associates, the Apharsachites who are [west of] the River, keep far away from there. -- ezra 6:6 +. +Leave the work on this house of God alone; let the governor and the elders of the Jews build this house of God on its site. -- ezra 6:7 +. +Moreover, I make a decree as to what you shall do for these elders of the Jews for the rebuilding of this house of God: the cost is to be paid in full to these men at once from the king's revenue, the tribute of the province [west of] the River, that they may not be hindered. -- ezra 6:8 +. +And all they need, including young bulls, rams, and lambs for the burnt offerings to the God of heaven, and wheat, salt, wine, and oil, according to the word of the priests at Jerusalem, let it be given them each day without fail, -- ezra 6:9 +. +That they may offer pleasing sacrifices to the God of heaven and pray for the life of the king and his sons. -- ezra 6:10 +. +Also I make a decree that whoever shall change or infringe on this order, let a beam be pulled from his house and erected; then let him be fastened to it, and let his house be made a dunghill for this. -- ezra 6:11 +. +May the God Who has caused His Name to dwell there overthrow all kings and peoples who put forth their hands to alter this or to destroy this house of God in Jerusalem. I Darius make a decree; let it be executed speedily and exactly. -- ezra 6:12 +. +Then Tattenai, governor of the province this side of the River, with Shethar-bozenai and their associates, diligently did what King Darius had decreed. -- ezra 6:13 +. +And the elders of the Jews built and prospered through the prophesying of Haggai the prophet and Zechariah son of Iddo. They finished their building as commanded by the God of Israel and by decree of Cyrus and Darius and Artaxerxes king of Persia. -- ezra 6:14 +. +And this house was finished on the third day of the month of Adar, in the sixth year of the reign of King Darius. -- ezra 6:15 +. +And the Israelites--the priests, the Levites, and the rest of the returned exiles--celebrated the dedication of this house of God with joy. -- ezra 6:16 +. +They offered at the dedication of this house of God young bulls, 200 rams, 400 lambs, and, for a sin offering for all Israel, 12 he-goats, according to the number of Israel's tribes. -- ezra 6:17 +. +And they set the priests in their divisions and the Levites in their courses for the service of God at Jerusalem, as it is written in the Book of Moses. -- ezra 6:18 +. +The returned exiles kept the Passover on the fourteenth day of the first month. -- ezra 6:19 +. +For the priests and the Levites had purified themselves together; all of them were clean. So they killed the Passover lamb for all the returned exiles, for their brother priests, and for themselves. -- ezra 6:20 +. +It was eaten by the Israelites who had returned from exile and by all who had joined them and separated themselves from the pollutions of the peoples of the land to seek the Lord, the God of Israel. -- ezra 6:21 +. +They kept the Feast of Unleavened Bread for seven days with joy, for the Lord had made them joyful and had turned the heart of the king of Assyria [referring to Darius king of Persia] to them, so that he strengthened their hands in the work of the house of God, the God of Israel. -- ezra 6:22 +. +NOW AFTER this, in the reign of Artaxerxes [son of Xerxes, or Ahasuerus] king of Persia, Ezra son of Seraiah, the son of Azariah, the son of Hilkiah, -- ezra 7:1 +. +The son of Shallum, the son of Zadok, the son of Ahitub, -- ezra 7:2 +. +The son of Amariah, the son of Azariah, the son of Meraioth, -- ezra 7:3 +. +The son of Zerahiah, the son of Uzzi, the son of Bukki, -- ezra 7:4 +. +The son of Abishua, the son of Phinehas, the son of Eleazar, the son of Aaron the chief priest-- -- ezra 7:5 +. +This Ezra went up from Babylon. He was a skilled scribe in the five books of Moses, which the Lord, the God of Israel, had given. And the king granted him all he asked, for the hand of the Lord his God was upon him. -- ezra 7:6 +. +And also some of the Israelites, with some of the priests and Levites, the singers and gatekeepers, and the temple servants, went up [from Babylon] to Jerusalem in the seventh year of King Artaxerxes. -- ezra 7:7 +. +Ezra came to Jerusalem in the fifth month of the seventh year of the king. -- ezra 7:8 +. +On the first of the first month he started out from Babylon, and on the first of the fifth month he arrived in Jerusalem, for upon him was the good hand of his God. -- ezra 7:9 +. +For Ezra had prepared and set his heart to seek the Law of the Lord [to inquire for it and of it, to require and yearn for it], and to do and teach in Israel its statutes and its ordinances. -- ezra 7:10 +. +Now this is the copy of the letter that King Artaxerxes gave to Ezra the priest, the scribe, even a scribe [occupied with] the words of the commands of the Lord and of His statutes to Israel: -- ezra 7:11 +. +Artaxerxes, king of kings, to Ezra the priest, scribe of the instructions of the God of heaven: Greetings. -- ezra 7:12 +. +I make a decree that all of the people of Israel and of their priests and Levites in my realm, who offer freely to go up to Jerusalem, may go with you. -- ezra 7:13 +. +For you are sent by the king and his seven counselors to inquire about Judah and Jerusalem according to the instruction of your God, which is in your hand, -- ezra 7:14 +. +And to carry the silver and gold which the king and his counselors have freely offered to the God of Israel, Whose dwelling is in Jerusalem, -- ezra 7:15 +. +And all the silver and gold that you may find in all the province of Babylonia, with the freewill offerings of the people and of the priests, offered willingly for the house of their God in Jerusalem. -- ezra 7:16 +. +Therefore you shall with all speed and exactness buy with this money young bulls, rams, lambs, with their cereal offerings and drink offerings, and offer them on the altar of the house of your God in Jerusalem. -- ezra 7:17 +. +And whatever shall seem good to you and to your brethren to do with the rest of the silver and the gold, that do after the will of your God. -- ezra 7:18 +. +The vessels also that are given to you for the service of the house of your God, those deliver before the God of Jerusalem. -- ezra 7:19 +. +And whatever more shall be needful for the house of your God which you shall have occasion to provide, provide it out of the king's treasury. -- ezra 7:20 +. +And I, Artaxerxes the king, make a decree to all the treasurers in the province beyond the [Euphrates] River that whatever Ezra the priest, the scribe of the instructions of the God of heaven, shall require of you, it shall be done exactly and at once-- -- ezra 7:21 +. +Up to talents of silver, 100 measures of wheat, 100 baths of wine, 100 baths of oil, and salt not specified. -- ezra 7:22 +. +Whatever is commanded by the God of heaven, let it be done diligently and honorably for the house of the God of heaven, lest His wrath be against the realm of the king and his sons. -- ezra 7:23 +. +Also we notify you that as to any of the priests and Levites, singers, gatekeepers, temple servants, or other servants of this house of God, it shall not be lawful to impose tribute, custom, or toll on them. -- ezra 7:24 +. +You, Ezra, after the wisdom of your God, which is [in His instructions] in your hand, set magistrates and judges who may judge all the people [west] of the River; choose those who know the instructions of your God, and teach him who does not know them. -- ezra 7:25 +. +And whoever will not do the law of your God and the law of the king, let judgment be executed upon him exactly and speedily, whether it be unto death or banishment or confiscation of goods or imprisonment. -- ezra 7:26 +. +Blessed be the Lord, the God of our fathers [said Ezra], Who put such a thing as this into the king's heart, to beautify the house of the Lord in Jerusalem, -- ezra 7:27 +. +And Who has extended His mercy and steadfast love to me before the king, his counselors, and all the king's mighty officers. I was strengthened and encouraged, for the hand of the Lord my God was upon me, and I gathered together outstanding men of Israel to go with me to Jerusalem. -- ezra 7:28 +. +THESE ARE the heads of their fathers' houses and this is the genealogy of those who went up with me from Babylonia in the reign of King Artaxerxes: -- ezra 8:1 +. +Of the sons of Phinehas, Gershom; of Ithamar, Daniel; of David, Hattush -- ezra 8:2 +. +Of the sons of Shecaniah; of the sons of Parosh, Zechariah, and with him were registered men by genealogy; -- ezra 8:3 +. +Of the sons of Pahath-moab, Eliehoenai son of Zerahiah, with men; -- ezra 8:4 +. +Of the sons of Zattu, Shecaniah son of Jahaziel, with men; -- ezra 8:5 +. +Of the sons of Adin, Ebed son of Jonathan, with men; -- ezra 8:6 +. +Of the sons of Elam, Jeshaiah son of Athaliah, with men; -- ezra 8:7 +. +Of the sons of Shephatiah, Zebadiah son of Michael, with men; -- ezra 8:8 +. +Of the sons of Joab, Obadiah son of Jehiel, with men; -- ezra 8:9 +. +Of the sons of [Bani], Shelomith son of Josiphiah, with men; -- ezra 8:10 +. +Of the sons of Bebai, Zechariah son of Bebai, with men; -- ezra 8:11 +. +Of the sons of Azgad, Johanan son of Hakkatan, with men; -- ezra 8:12 +. +Of the sons of Adonikam, the last to come, their names are Eliphelet, Jeuel, and Shemaiah, with men; -- ezra 8:13 +. +Of the sons of Bigvai, Uthai and Zabbud [Zaccur], with men. -- ezra 8:14 +. +I [Ezra] gathered them together at the river that runs to Ahava, and there we encamped three days. I reviewed the people and the priests, and found no Levites. -- ezra 8:15 +. +Then I sent for Eliezer, Ariel, Shemaiah, Elnathan, Jarib, Elnathan, Nathan, Zechariah, Meshullam, who were chief men, and also for Joiarib and Elnathan,who were teachers. -- ezra 8:16 +. +And I sent them to Iddo, the leading man at the place Casiphia, telling them to say to Iddo and his brethren the Nethinim [temple servants] at the place Casiphia, Bring to us servants for the house of our God. -- ezra 8:17 +. +And by the good hand of our God upon us, they brought us a man of understanding, of the sons of Mahli son of Levi, the son of Israel, named Sherebiah, with his sons and his kinsmen, 18; -- ezra 8:18 +. +And Hashabiah, and with him Jeshaiah of the sons of Merari, with his kinsmen and their sons, 20; -- ezra 8:19 +. +Also of the Nethinim, whose forefathers David and the officials had set apart [with their descendants] to attend the Levites. They were all mentioned by name. -- ezra 8:20 +. +Then I proclaimed a fast there, at the river Ahava, that we might humble ourselves before our God to seek from Him a straight and right way for us, our little ones, and all our possessions. -- ezra 8:21 +. +For I was ashamed to request of the king a band of soldiers and horsemen to protect us against the enemy along the way, because we had told the king, The hand of our God is upon all them for good who seek Him, but His power and His wrath are against all those who forsake Him. -- ezra 8:22 +. +So we fasted and besought our God for this, and He heard our entreaty. -- ezra 8:23 +. +Then I set apart twelve leading priests, Sherebiah, Hashabiah, and ten of their kinsmen, -- ezra 8:24 +. +And weighed out to them the silver, the gold, and the vessels, the offering for the house of our God which the king, his counselors, his lords, and all Israel there present had offered. -- ezra 8:25 +. +I weighed into their hands talents of silver, and silver vessels valued at 100 talents, and 100 talents of gold; -- ezra 8:26 +. +Also basins of gold worth 1,000 darics, and two vessels of fine bright bronze, precious as gold. -- ezra 8:27 +. +And I said to them, You are holy to the Lord, the vessels are holy also, and the silver and the gold are a freewill offering to the Lord, the God of your fathers. -- ezra 8:28 +. +Guard and keep them until you weigh them before the chief priests and Levites and heads of the fathers' houses of Israel in Jerusalem in the chambers of the house of the Lord. -- ezra 8:29 +. +So the priests and the Levites received the weight of the silver, the gold, and the vessels to bring them to Jerusalem into the house of our God. -- ezra 8:30 +. +We left the river Ahava on the twelfth day of the first month to go to Jerusalem; and the hand of our God was upon us, and He delivered us from the enemy and those who lay in wait by the way. -- ezra 8:31 +. +And we came to Jerusalem, and [had been] there three days. -- ezra 8:32 +. +On the fourth day, the silver, the gold, and the vessels were weighed in the house of our God into the hands of Meremoth the priest, son of Uriah, and with him was Eleazar son of Phinehas, and with them were Jozabad son of Jeshua and Noadiah son of Binnui--the Levites. -- ezra 8:33 +. +Every piece was counted and weighed, and all the weight was recorded at once. -- ezra 8:34 +. +Also those returned exiles whose parents had been carried into captivity offered burnt offerings to the God of Israel: twelve young bulls for all Israel, ninety-six rams, seventy-seven lambs, and twelve he-goats for a sin offering. All this was a burnt offering to the Lord. -- ezra 8:35 +. +And they delivered the king's commissions to the king's lieutenants and to the governors west of the River, and they aided the people and God's house. -- ezra 8:36 +. +AFTERWARD, THE officials came to me and said, The Israelites and the priests and Levites have not separated themselves from the peoples of the lands, but have committed the abominations of the Canaanites, Hittites, Perizzites, Jebusites, Ammonites, Moabites, Egyptians, and Amorites. -- ezra 9:1 +. +For they have taken as wives some of their daughters for themselves and for their sons, so that the holy offspring have mixed themselves with the peoples of the lands. Indeed, the officials and chief men have been foremost in this wicked act and direct violation [of God's will]. -- ezra 9:2 +. +When I heard this, I rent my undergarment and my mantle, I pulled hair from my head and beard and sat down appalled. -- ezra 9:3 +. +Then all those who trembled at the words of the God of Israel because of the offensive violation of His will by the returned exiles gathered around me as I sat astounded until the evening sacrifice. -- ezra 9:4 +. +At the evening sacrifice I arose from my depression, and, having rent my undergarment and my mantle, I fell on my knees and spread out my hands to the Lord my God, -- ezra 9:5 +. +Saying, O my God, I am ashamed and blush to lift my face to You, my God, for our iniquities have risen higher than our heads and our guilt has mounted to the heavens. -- ezra 9:6 +. +Since the days of our fathers we have been exceedingly guilty; and for our willfulness we, our kings, and our priests have been delivered into the hand of the kings of the lands, to the sword, captivity, plundering, and utter shame, as it is today. -- ezra 9:7 +. +And now, for a brief moment, grace has been shown us by the Lord our God, Who has left us a remnant to escape and has given us a secure hold in His holy place, that our God may brighten our eyes and give us a little reviving in our bondage. -- ezra 9:8 +. +For we are bondmen; yet our God has not forsaken us in our bondage, but has extended mercy and steadfast love to us before the kings of Persia, to give us some reviving to set up the house of our God, to repair its ruins, and to give us a wall [of protection] in Judah and Jerusalem. -- ezra 9:9 +. +Now, O our God, what can we say after this? For we have forsaken Your commands -- ezra 9:10 +. +Which You have commanded by Your servants the prophets, saying, The land which you are entering to possess is an unclean land with the pollutions of the peoples of the lands, through their abominations which have filled it from one end to the other with their filthiness. -- ezra 9:11 +. +Therefore, do not give your daughters to their sons or take their daughters for your sons; and never seek their peace or prosperity, that you may be strong and eat the good of the land and leave it as an inheritance to your children always. -- ezra 9:12 +. +And after all that has come upon us for our evil deeds and for our great guilt, seeing that You, our God, have punished us less than our iniquities deserved and have given us such a remnant, -- ezra 9:13 +. +Shall we break Your commandments again and intermarry with the peoples who practice these abominations? Would You not be angry with us till You had consumed us, so that there would be no remnant nor any to escape? -- ezra 9:14 +. +O Lord, the God of Israel, You are rigidly just and righteous, for we are left a remnant that is escaped, as it is this day. Behold, we are before You in our guilt, for none can stand before You because of this. -- ezra 9:15 +. +NOW WHILE Ezra prayed and made confession, weeping and casting himself down before the house of God, there gathered to him out of Israel a very great assembly of men, women, and children; for the people wept bitterly. -- ezra 10:1 +. +And Shecaniah [II] son of Jehiel [one of the congregation], of the sons of Elam, said to Ezra: We have broken faith and dealt treacherously against our God and have married foreign women of the peoples of the land; yet now there is still hope for Israel in spite of this thing. -- ezra 10:2 +. +Therefore let us make a covenant with our God to put away all the foreign wives and their children, according to the counsel of my lord and of those who tremble at the command of our God; and let it be done according to the Law. -- ezra 10:3 +. +Arise, for it is your duty, and we are with you. Be strong and brave and do it. -- ezra 10:4 +. +Then Ezra arose and made the chiefs of the priests, the Levites, and all Israel swear that they would do as had been said. So they took the oath. -- ezra 10:5 +. +Then Ezra came from before the house of God and went into the lodging place of Jehohanan son of Eliashib [for the night]. There he ate no bread and drank no water, for he mourned over the returned exiles' faithlessness [and violation of God's law]. -- ezra 10:6 +. +And proclamation was made throughout Judah and Jerusalem to all the returned exiles, that they should assemble in Jerusalem, -- ezra 10:7 +. +And that whoever did not come within three days, by order of the officials and the elders, all his property should be forfeited and he himself banned from the assembly of the exiles. -- ezra 10:8 +. +Then all the men of Judah and Benjamin gathered at Jerusalem within three days. It was the twentieth day of the ninth month, and all the people sat in the open space before the house of God, trembling because of this matter and because of the heavy rain. -- ezra 10:9 +. +And Ezra the priest stood up and said to them, You have acted wickedly and broken faith [with God] and have married foreign (heathen) women, increasing the guilt of Israel. -- ezra 10:10 +. +So now make confession and give thanks to the Lord, the God of your fathers [for not consuming you], and do His will. Separate yourselves from the peoples of the land and from [your] foreign (heathen) wives. -- ezra 10:11 +. +Then all the assembly answered with a loud voice, As you have said, so must we do. -- ezra 10:12 +. +But the people are many and it is a time of heavy rain; we cannot stand outside. Nor can this work be done in a day or two, for we have greatly transgressed in this matter. -- ezra 10:13 +. +Let our officials stand for the whole assembly; let all in our cities who have foreign wives come by appointment, and with each group the elders of that city and its judges, until the fierce wrath of our God over this matter is turned away from us. -- ezra 10:14 +. +Only Jonathan son of Asahel and Jahzeiah son of Tikvah opposed this, and Meshullam and Shabbethai the Levite supported them. -- ezra 10:15 +. +Then the returned exiles did so. Ezra the priest and certain heads of fathers' houses were selected, according to their fathers' houses, each of them by name; and they sat down on the first day of the tenth month to investigate the matter. -- ezra 10:16 +. +And by the first day of the first month they had come to the end of the cases of the men married to foreign wives. -- ezra 10:17 +. +Of the sons of the priests who had married non-Jewish women were found: of the sons of Jeshua [the high priest] son of Jozadak, and his brethren: Maaseiah, Eliezer, Jarib, and Gedaliah. -- ezra 10:18 +. +They solemnly vowed to put away their [heathen] wives, and, being guilty, [each] offered a ram of the flock for [his] guilt. -- ezra 10:19 +. +Of the sons of Immer: Hanani and Zebadiah. -- ezra 10:20 +. +Of the sons of Harim: Maaseiah, Elijah, Shemaiah, Jehiel, and Uzziah. -- ezra 10:21 +. +Of the sons of Pashhur: Elioenai, Maaseiah, Ishmael, Nethanel, Jozabad, and Elasah. -- ezra 10:22 +. +Of the Levites: Jozabad, Shimei, Kelaiah (Kelita), Pethahiah, Judah, and Eliezer. -- ezra 10:23 +. +Of the singers: Eliashib. Of the gatekeepers: Shallum, Telem, and Uri. -- ezra 10:24 +. +And of Israel: of the sons of Parosh: Ramiah, Izziah, Malchijah, Mijamin, Eleazar, Malchijah (Hashabiah), and Benaiah. -- ezra 10:25 +. +Of the sons of Elam: Mattaniah, Zechariah, Jehiel, Abdi, Jeremoth, and Elijah. -- ezra 10:26 +. +Of the sons of Zattu: Elioenai, Eliashib, Mattaniah, Jeremoth, Zabad, and Aziza. -- ezra 10:27 +. +Of the sons also of Bebai: Jehohanan, Hananiah, Zabbai, and Athlai. -- ezra 10:28 +. +Of the sons of Bani: Meshullam, Malluch, Adaiah, Jashub, Sheal, and Jeremoth. -- ezra 10:29 +. +Of the sons of Pahath-moab: Adna, Chelal, Benaiah, Maaseiah, Mattaniah, Bezalel, Binnui, and Manasseh. -- ezra 10:30 +. +Of the sons of Harim: Eliezer, Isshijah, Malchijah, Shemaiah, Shimeon, -- ezra 10:31 +. +Benjamin, Malluch, and Shemariah. -- ezra 10:32 +. +Of the sons of Hashum: Mattenai, Mattattah, Zabad, Eliphelet, Jeremai, Manasseh, and Shimei. -- ezra 10:33 +. +Of the sons of Bani: Maadai, Amram, Uel, -- ezra 10:34 +. +Benaiah, Bedeiah, Cheluhi (Cheluhu), -- ezra 10:35 +. +Vaniah, Meremoth, Eliashib, -- ezra 10:36 +. +Mattaniah, Mattenai, Jaasu [Jaasai], -- ezra 10:37 +. +Bani, Binnui, Shimei, -- ezra 10:38 +. +Shelemiah, Nathan, Adaiah, -- ezra 10:39 +. +Machnadebai, Shashai, Sharai, -- ezra 10:40 +. +Azarel, Shelemiah, Shemariah, -- ezra 10:41 +. +Shallum, Amariah, and Joseph. -- ezra 10:42 +. +Of the sons of Nebo: Jeiel, Mattithiah, Zabad, Zebina, Iddo (Jaddai), Joel, and Benaiah. -- ezra 10:43 +. +All these had married foreign women, and some of the wives had borne children. -- ezra 10:44 +. +THE WORDS or story of Nehemiah son of Hacaliah: Now in the month of Chislev in the twentieth year [of the Persian king], as I was in the castle of Shushan, -- nehemiah 1:1 +. +Hanani, one of my kinsmen, came with certain men from Judah, and I asked them about the surviving Jews who had escaped exile, and about Jerusalem. -- nehemiah 1:2 +. +And they said to me, The remnant there in the province who escaped exile are in great trouble and reproach; the wall of Jerusalem is broken down, and its [fortified] gates are destroyed by fire. -- nehemiah 1:3 +. +When I heard this, I sat down and wept and mourned for days and fasted and prayed [constantly] before the God of heaven, -- nehemiah 1:4 +. +And I said, O Lord God of heaven, the great and terrible God, Who keeps covenant, loving-kindness, and mercy for those who love Him and keep His commandments, -- nehemiah 1:5 +. +Let Your ear now be attentive and Your eyes open to listen to the prayer of Your servant which I pray before You day and night for the Israelites, Your servants, confessing the sins of the Israelites which we have sinned against You. Yes, I and my father's house have sinned. -- nehemiah 1:6 +. +We have acted very corruptly against You and have not kept the commandments, statutes, and ordinances which You commanded Your servant Moses. -- nehemiah 1:7 +. +Remember [earnestly] what You commanded Your servant Moses: If you transgress and are unfaithful, I will scatter you abroad among the nations; -- nehemiah 1:8 +. +But if you return to Me and keep My commandments and do them, though your outcasts were in the farthest part of the heavens [the expanse of outer space], yet will I gather them from there and will bring them to the place in which I have chosen to set My Name. -- nehemiah 1:9 +. +Now these are Your servants and Your people, whom You have redeemed by Your great power and by Your strong hand. -- nehemiah 1:10 +. +O Lord, let Your ear be attentive to the prayer of Your servant and the prayer of Your servants who delight to revere and fear Your name (Your nature and attributes); and prosper, I pray You, Your servant this day and grant him mercy in the sight of this man. For I was cupbearer to the king. -- nehemiah 1:11 +. +IN THE month of Nisan in the twentieth year of King Artaxerxes, when wine was before him, I took up the wine and gave it to the king. Now I had not been sad before in his presence. -- nehemiah 2:1 +. +So the king said to me, Why do you look sad, since you are not sick? This is nothing but sorrow of heart. Then I was very much afraid -- nehemiah 2:2 +. +And said to the king, Let the king live forever! Why should I not be sad faced when the city, the place of my fathers' sepulchers, lies waste, and its [fortified] gates are consumed by fire? -- nehemiah 2:3 +. +The king said to me, For what do you ask? So I prayed to the God of heaven. -- nehemiah 2:4 +. +And I said to [him], If it pleases the king and if your servant has found favor in your sight, I ask that you will send me to Judah, to the city of my fathers' sepulchers, that I may rebuild it. -- nehemiah 2:5 +. +The king, beside whom the queen was sitting, asked me, How long will your journey take, and when will you return? So it pleased [him] to send me; and I set him a time. -- nehemiah 2:6 +. +Also I said to the king, If it pleases the king, let letters be given me for the governors beyond the [Euphrates] River, that they may let me pass through to Judah, -- nehemiah 2:7 +. +And a letter to Asaph, keeper of the king's forest or park, that he may give me timber to make beams for the gates of the fortress of the temple and for the city wall and for the house that I shall occupy. And the king granted what I asked, for the good hand of my God was upon me. -- nehemiah 2:8 +. +Then I came to the governors beyond the River and gave them the king's letters. Now the king had sent captains of the army and horsemen with me. -- nehemiah 2:9 +. +When Sanballat the Horonite and Tobiah the servant, the Ammonite, heard this, it distressed them exceedingly that a man had come to inquire for and require the good and prosperity of the Israelites. -- nehemiah 2:10 +. +So I came to Jerusalem and had been there three days. -- nehemiah 2:11 +. +Then I arose in the night, I and a few men with me. And I told no one what my God had put in my heart to do for Jerusalem. No beast was with me except the one I rode. -- nehemiah 2:12 +. +I went out by night by the Valley Gate toward the Dragon's Well and to the Dung Gate and inspected the walls of Jerusalem, which were broken down, and its gates, which had been destroyed by fire. -- nehemiah 2:13 +. +I passed over to the Fountain Gate and to the King's Pool, but there was no place for the beast that was under me to pass. -- nehemiah 2:14 +. +So [gradually] I went up by the brook [Kidron] in the night and inspected the wall; then I turned back and entered [the city] by the Valley Gate, and so returned. -- nehemiah 2:15 +. +And the magistrates knew not where I went or what I did; nor had I yet told the Jews, the priests, the nobles, the officials, or the rest who did the work. -- nehemiah 2:16 +. +Then I said to them, You see the bad situation we are in--how Jerusalem lies in ruins, and its gates are burned with fire. Come, let us build up the wall of Jerusalem, that we may no longer be a disgrace. -- nehemiah 2:17 +. +Then I told them of the hand of my God which was upon me for good, and also the words that the king had spoken to me. And they said, Let us rise up and build! So they strengthened their hands for the good work. -- nehemiah 2:18 +. +But when Sanballat the Horonite and Tobiah the servant, the Ammonite, and Geshem the Arab heard of it, they laughed us to scorn and despised us and said, What is this thing you are doing? Will you rebel against the king? -- nehemiah 2:19 +. +I answered them, The God of heaven will prosper us; therefore we His servants will arise and build, but you have no portion or right or memorial in Jerusalem. -- nehemiah 2:20 +. +THEN ELIASHIB the high priest rose up with his brethren the priests and built the Sheep Gate. They consecrated it and set up its doors; they consecrated it even to the Tower of Hammeah or the Hundred, as far as the Tower of Hananel. -- nehemiah 3:1 +. +And next to him [Eliashib] the men of Jericho built. Next to [them] Zaccur son of Imri built. -- nehemiah 3:2 +. +And the Fish Gate the sons of Hassenaah built; they laid its beams and set up its doors, its bolts, and its bars. -- nehemiah 3:3 +. +And next to them Meremoth son of Uriah, the son of Hakkoz, repaired. Next to them Meshullam son of Berechiah, the son of Meshezabel, repaired. Next to them Zadok son of Baana repaired. -- nehemiah 3:4 +. +Next to them the Tekoites repaired, but their nobles or lords did not put their necks to the work of their Lord. -- nehemiah 3:5 +. +Moreover, the Old Gate Joiada son of Paseah and Meshullam son of Besodeiah repaired. They laid its beams and set up its doors, its bolts, and its bars. -- nehemiah 3:6 +. +Next to them repaired Melatiah the Gibeonite and Jadon the Meronothite, the men of Gibeon and of Mizpah, [up] to the seat or residence of the governor [west of] the River [Euphrates, there in Jerusalem]. -- nehemiah 3:7 +. +Next to them repaired Uzziel son of Harhaiah, one of the goldsmiths. Next to him repaired Hananiah, one of the perfumers, and they abandoned [fortification of] Jerusalem as far as the Broad Wall [omitting that part of the ancient city and reducing the area]. -- nehemiah 3:8 +. +Next to them repaired Rephaiah son of Hur, ruler of half the district of Jerusalem. -- nehemiah 3:9 +. +Next to them repaired Jedaiah son of Harumaph, opposite his own house. And next to him repaired Hattush son of Hashabneiah. -- nehemiah 3:10 +. +Malchijah son of Harim and Hasshub son of Pahath-moab repaired another portion and the Tower of the Furnaces. -- nehemiah 3:11 +. +Next to [them] repaired Shallum son of Hallohesh, the ruler of half the district of Jerusalem, he and his daughters. -- nehemiah 3:12 +. +The Valley Gate [the main entrance in the west wall, the Jaffa Gate] was repaired by Hanun and the inhabitants of Zanoah. They built it and set up its doors, its bolts, and its bars and repaired a thousand cubits of the wall, as far as the Dung Gate. -- nehemiah 3:13 +. +The Dung Gate was repaired by Malchijah son of Rechab, the ruler of the district of Beth-haccherem. He rebuilt it and set its doors, its bolts, and its bars. -- nehemiah 3:14 +. +The Fountain Gate was repaired by Shallum son of Col-hozeh, ruler of the district of Mizpah. He rebuilt and covered it and set up its doors, its bolts, and its bars, and the wall of the Pool of Shelah (Siloam), by the King's Garden, as far as the stairs that go down [the eastern slope] from the [portion of Jerusalem known as] the City of David. -- nehemiah 3:15 +. +After him Nehemiah [III] son of Azbuk, ruler of half the district of Beth-zur, repaired [the wall] to a point opposite the sepulchers of David, and to the artificial pool and the house of the guards. -- nehemiah 3:16 +. +After him the Levites: Rehum son of Bani. Next to him repaired Hashabiah, ruler of half the district of Keilah. -- nehemiah 3:17 +. +After him repaired their brethren under Bavvai son of Henadad, ruler of [the other] half of the district of Keilah. -- nehemiah 3:18 +. +Next to him repaired Ezer son of Jeshua, ruler of Mizpah, another district over opposite the ascent to the armory at the angle [in the wall]. -- nehemiah 3:19 +. +After him Baruch son of Zabbai (Zaccai) earnestly repaired another portion [toward the hill] from the angular turning of the wall to the door of the house of Eliashib the high priest. -- nehemiah 3:20 +. +After him Meremoth son of Uriah, the son of Hakkoz, repaired from the door of Eliashib's house to the end of his house. -- nehemiah 3:21 +. +After him the priests, men of the plain, repaired. -- nehemiah 3:22 +. +After them Benjamin and Hasshub repaired opposite their house. After them repaired Azariah son of Maaseiah, the son of Ananiah beside his own house. -- nehemiah 3:23 +. +After him Binnui son of Henadad repaired another section [of the wall], from the house of Azariah to the angular turn of the wall and to the corner. -- nehemiah 3:24 +. +Palal son of Uzai repaired opposite the angular turn of the wall and the tower which stands out from the upper house of the king by the court of the guard. After him Pedaiah son of Parosh -- nehemiah 3:25 +. +And the servants of the priests dwelling on Ophel [the hill south of the temple] repaired to opposite the Water Gate on the east and the projecting tower. -- nehemiah 3:26 +. +After them the Tekoites repaired another portion opposite the great projecting tower to the wall of Ophel. -- nehemiah 3:27 +. +Above the Horse Gate the priests repaired, everyone opposite his own house. -- nehemiah 3:28 +. +After them repaired Zadok son of Immer opposite his house. Then Shemaiah son of Shecaniah, keeper of the East Gate, repaired. -- nehemiah 3:29 +. +After him Hananiah son of Shelemiah, and Hanun, the sixth son of Zalaph, repaired another section. After him Meshullam son of Berechiah repaired opposite his chamber. -- nehemiah 3:30 +. +After him Malchijah, one of the goldsmiths, repaired as far as the house of the temple servants and of the merchants, opposite the Muster Gate, and to the ascent and upper room of the corner. -- nehemiah 3:31 +. +And from the ascent and upper room of the corner to the Sheep Gate the goldsmiths and merchants repaired. -- nehemiah 3:32 +. +BUT WHEN Sanballat heard that we were building the wall, he was angry and in a great rage, and he ridiculed the Jews. -- nehemiah 4:1 +. +And he said before his brethren and the army of Samaria, What are these feeble Jews doing? Will they restore things [at will and by themselves]? Will they [try to bribe their God] with sacrifices? Will they finish up in a day? Will they revive the stones out of the heaps of rubbish, seeing they are burned? -- nehemiah 4:2 +. +Now Tobiah the Ammonite was near him, and he said, What they build--if a fox climbs upon it, he will break down their stone wall. -- nehemiah 4:3 +. +[And Nehemiah prayed] Hear, O our God, for we are despised. Turn their taunts upon their own heads, and give them for a prey in a land of their captivity. -- nehemiah 4:4 +. +Cover not their iniquity and let not their sin be blotted out before You, for they have vexed [with alarm] the builders and provoked You. -- nehemiah 4:5 +. +So we built the wall, and all [of it] was joined together to half its height, for the people had a heart and mind to work. -- nehemiah 4:6 +. +But when Sanballat, Tobiah, the Arabians, Ammonites, and Ashdodites heard that the walls of Jerusalem were going up and that the breaches were being closed, they were very angry. -- nehemiah 4:7 +. +And they all plotted together to come and fight against Jerusalem, to injure and cause confusion and failure in it. -- nehemiah 4:8 +. +But because of them we made our prayer to our God and set a watch against them day and night. -- nehemiah 4:9 +. +And [the leaders of] Judah said, The strength of the burden bearers is weakening, and there is much rubbish; we are not able to work on the wall. -- nehemiah 4:10 +. +And our enemies said, They will not know or see till we come into their midst and kill them and stop the work. -- nehemiah 4:11 +. +And when the Jews who lived near them came, they said to us ten times, You must return [to guard our little villages]; from all places where they dwell they will be upon us. -- nehemiah 4:12 +. +So I set [armed men] behind the wall in places where it was least protected; I even thus used the people as families with their swords, spears, and bows. -- nehemiah 4:13 +. +I looked [them over] and rose up and said to the nobles and officials and the other people, Do not be afraid of the enemy; [earnestly] remember the Lord and imprint Him [on your minds], great and terrible, and [take from Him courage to] fight for your brethren, your sons, your daughters, your wives, and your homes. -- nehemiah 4:14 +. +And when our enemies heard that their plot was known to us and that God had frustrated their purpose, we all returned to the wall, everyone to his work. -- nehemiah 4:15 +. +And from that time forth, half of my servants worked at the task, and the other half held the spears, shields, bows, and coats of mail; and the leaders stood behind all the house of Judah. -- nehemiah 4:16 +. +Those who built the wall and those who bore burdens loaded themselves so that everyone worked with one hand and held a weapon with the other hand, -- nehemiah 4:17 +. +And every builder had his sword girded by his side, and so worked. And he who sounded the trumpet was at my side. -- nehemiah 4:18 +. +And I said to the nobles and officials and the rest of the people, The work is great and scattered, and we are separated on the wall, one far from another. -- nehemiah 4:19 +. +In whatever place you hear the sound of the trumpet, rally to us there. Our God will fight for us. -- nehemiah 4:20 +. +So we labored at the work while half of them held the spears from dawn until the stars came out. -- nehemiah 4:21 +. +At that time also I said to the people, Let everyone with his servant lodge within Jerusalem, that at night they may be a guard to us and a laborer during the day. -- nehemiah 4:22 +. +So none of us--I, my kinsmen, my servants, nor the men of the guard who followed me--took off our clothes; each kept his weapon [in his hand for days]. -- nehemiah 4:23 +. +NOW THERE arose a great cry of the [poor] people and of their wives [driven to borrowing] against their Jewish brethren [the few who could afford to lend]. -- nehemiah 5:1 +. +For some said, We, our sons and daughters, are many; therefore allow us to take grain, that we may eat and live! If we are not given grain, let us take it! -- nehemiah 5:2 +. +Also some said, We are mortgaging our lands, vineyards, and houses to buy grain because of the scarcity. -- nehemiah 5:3 +. +Others said, We have borrowed money on our fields and vineyards to pay the [Persian] king's heavy tax. -- nehemiah 5:4 +. +Although our flesh is the same as that of our brethren and our children are as theirs, yet we are forced to sell our children as slaves; some of our daughters have already been thus sold, and we are powerless to redeem them, for others have our lands and vineyards. -- nehemiah 5:5 +. +I [Nehemiah] was very angry when I heard their cry and these words. -- nehemiah 5:6 +. +I thought it over and then rebuked the nobles and officials. I told them, You are exacting interest from your own kinsmen. And I held a great assembly against them. -- nehemiah 5:7 +. +I said to them, We, according to our ability, have bought back our Jewish brethren who were sold to the nations; but will you even sell your brethren, that they may be sold to us? Then they were silent and found not a word to say. -- nehemiah 5:8 +. +Also I said, What you are doing is not good. Should you not walk in the fear of our God to prevent the taunts and reproach of the nations, our enemies? -- nehemiah 5:9 +. +I, my brethren, and my servants are lending them money and grain. Let us stop this forbidden interest! -- nehemiah 5:10 +. +Return this very day to them their fields, vineyards, olive groves, and houses, and also a hundredth of all the money, grain, new wine, and oil that you have exacted from them. -- nehemiah 5:11 +. +Then they said, We will restore these and require nothing from them. We will do as you say. Then I called the priests and took an oath of the lenders that they would do according to this promise. -- nehemiah 5:12 +. +I shook out my lap and said, So may God shake out every man from his house and from [the exercise and fruits of] his labor who does not keep this promise! So may he be shaken out and emptied. And all the assembly said, Amen, and praised the Lord. And the people did according to this promise. -- nehemiah 5:13 +. +Also, in the twelve years after I was appointed to be their governor in Judah, from the twentieth to the thirty-second year of King Artaxerxes, neither I nor my kin ate the food allowed to [me] the governor. -- nehemiah 5:14 +. +But the former governors lived at the expense of the people and took from them food and wine, besides forty shekels of silver [a large monthly official salary]; yes, even their servants assumed authority over the people. But I did not so because of my [reverent] fear of God. -- nehemiah 5:15 +. +I also held fast to the work on this wall; and we bought no land. And all my servants were gathered there for the work. -- nehemiah 5:16 +. +And there were at my table Jews and officials, besides those who came to us from the nations about us. -- nehemiah 5:17 +. +Now these were prepared for each day: one ox and six choice sheep; also fowls were prepared for me, and once in ten days a store of all sorts of wine. Yet for all this, I did not demand [my rights] the food allowed me as governor, for the [tribute] bondage was heavy upon this people. -- nehemiah 5:18 +. +O my God, [earnestly] remember me for good for all I have done for this people. -- nehemiah 5:19 +. +NOW WHEN Sanballat, Tobiah, Geshem the Arab, and the rest of our enemies heard that I had built the wall and that there was no breach left in it, although at that time I had not set up the doors in the gates, -- nehemiah 6:1 +. +Sanballat and Geshem sent to me, saying, Come, let us meet together in one of the villages in the plain of Ono. But they intended to do me harm. -- nehemiah 6:2 +. +And I sent messengers to them, saying, I am doing a great work and cannot come down. Why should the work stop while I leave to come down to you? -- nehemiah 6:3 +. +They sent to me four times this way, and I answered them as before. -- nehemiah 6:4 +. +Then Sanballat sent his servant to me again the fifth time with an open letter. -- nehemiah 6:5 +. +In it was written: It is reported among the neighboring nations, and Gashmu says it, that you and the Jews plan to rebel; therefore you are building the wall, that you may be their king, according to the report. -- nehemiah 6:6 +. +Also you have set up prophets to announce concerning you in Jerusalem, There is a king in Judah. And now this will be reported to the [Persian] king. So, come now and let us take counsel together. -- nehemiah 6:7 +. +I replied to him, No such things as you say have been done; you are inventing them out of your own heart and mind. -- nehemiah 6:8 +. +For they all wanted to frighten us, thinking, Their hands will be so weak that the work will not be done. But now strengthen my hands! -- nehemiah 6:9 +. +I went into the house of Shemaiah son of Delaiah, the son of Mehetabel, who was shut up. He said, Let us meet together in the house of God, within the temple, and let us shut the doors of the temple, for they are coming to kill you--at night they are coming to kill you. -- nehemiah 6:10 +. +But I said, Should such a man as I flee? And what man such as I could go into the temple [where only the priests are allowed to go] and yet live? I will not go in. -- nehemiah 6:11 +. +And behold, I saw that God had not sent him, but he made this prophecy against me because Tobiah and Sanballat had hired him. -- nehemiah 6:12 +. +He was hired that I should be made afraid and do as he said and sin, that they might have matter for an evil report with which to taunt and reproach me. -- nehemiah 6:13 +. +My God, think on Tobiah and Sanballat according to these their works, and on the prophetess Noadiah and the rest of the prophets who would have put me in fear. -- nehemiah 6:14 +. +So the wall was finished on the twenty-fifth day of the month Elul, in fifty-two days. -- nehemiah 6:15 +. +When all our enemies heard of it, all the nations around us feared and fell far in their own esteem, for they saw that this work was done by our God. -- nehemiah 6:16 +. +Moreover, in those days the nobles of Judah sent many letters to Tobiah, and Tobiah's letters came to them. -- nehemiah 6:17 +. +For many in Judah were bound by oath to him, because he was the son-in-law of Shecaniah son of Arah, and his son Jehohanan had married the daughter of Meshullam son of Berechiah. -- nehemiah 6:18 +. +Also they spoke of [Tobiah's] good deeds before me and told him what I said. And Tobiah sent letters to frighten me. -- nehemiah 6:19 +. +NOW WHEN the wall was built and I had set up the doors, and the gatekeepers, singers, and Levites had been appointed, -- nehemiah 7:1 +. +I gave my brother Hanani, with Hananiah the ruler of the castle, charge over Jerusalem, for Hananiah was a more faithful and God-fearing man than many. -- nehemiah 7:2 +. +I said to them, Let not the gates of Jerusalem be opened until the sun is hot; and while the watchmen are still on guard, let them shut and bar the doors. Appoint guards from the people of Jerusalem, each to his watch [on the wall] and each opposite his own house. -- nehemiah 7:3 +. +Now the city was wide and large, but the people in it were few, and their houses were not yet built. -- nehemiah 7:4 +. +And my God put it into my mind and heart to assemble the nobles, the officers, and the people, that they might be counted by genealogy. And I found a register of the genealogy of those who came [from Babylon] at the first, and found written in it: -- nehemiah 7:5 +. +These are the people of the province who came up out of the captivity of those exiles whom Nebuchadnezzar the king of Babylon had carried away; they returned to Jerusalem and to Judah, each to his town, -- nehemiah 7:6 +. +Who came with Zerubbabel, Jeshua, Nehemiah [not the author], Azariah, Raamiah, Nahamani, Mordecai, Bilshan, Mispereth, Bigvai, Nehum, Baanah. The men of Israel numbered: -- nehemiah 7:7 +. +The sons of Parosh, 2,172. -- nehemiah 7:8 +. +The sons of Shephatiah, 372. -- nehemiah 7:9 +. +The sons of Arah, 652. -- nehemiah 7:10 +. +The sons of Pahath-moab, namely the sons of Jeshua and Joab, 2,818. -- nehemiah 7:11 +. +The sons of Elam, 1,254. -- nehemiah 7:12 +. +The sons of Zattu, 845. -- nehemiah 7:13 +. +The sons of Zaccai, 760. -- nehemiah 7:14 +. +The sons of Binnui, 648. -- nehemiah 7:15 +. +The sons of Bebai, 628. -- nehemiah 7:16 +. +The sons of Azgad, 2,322. -- nehemiah 7:17 +. +The sons of Adonikam, 667. -- nehemiah 7:18 +. +The sons of Bigvai, 2,067. -- nehemiah 7:19 +. +The sons of Adin, 655. -- nehemiah 7:20 +. +The sons of Ater, namely of Hezekiah, 98. -- nehemiah 7:21 +. +The sons of Hashum, 328. -- nehemiah 7:22 +. +The sons of Bezai, 324. -- nehemiah 7:23 +. +The sons of Hariph, 112. -- nehemiah 7:24 +. +The sons of Gibeon, 95. -- nehemiah 7:25 +. +The men of Bethlehem and Netophah, 188. -- nehemiah 7:26 +. +The men of Anathoth, 128. -- nehemiah 7:27 +. +The men of Beth-azmaveth, 42. -- nehemiah 7:28 +. +The men of Kiriath-jearim, Chephirah, and Beeroth, 743. -- nehemiah 7:29 +. +The men of Ramah and Geba, 621. -- nehemiah 7:30 +. +The men of Michmas, 122. -- nehemiah 7:31 +. +The men of Bethel and Ai, 123. -- nehemiah 7:32 +. +The men of the other Nebo, 52. -- nehemiah 7:33 +. +The sons of the other Elam, 1,254. -- nehemiah 7:34 +. +The sons of Harim, 320. -- nehemiah 7:35 +. +The sons of Jericho, 345. -- nehemiah 7:36 +. +The sons of Lod, Hadid, and Ono, 721. -- nehemiah 7:37 +. +The sons of Senaah, 3,930. -- nehemiah 7:38 +. +The priests: the sons of Jedaiah, namely the house of Jeshua, 973. -- nehemiah 7:39 +. +The sons of Immer, 1,052. -- nehemiah 7:40 +. +The sons of Pashhur, 1,247. -- nehemiah 7:41 +. +The sons of Harim, 1,017. -- nehemiah 7:42 +. +The Levites: the sons of Jeshua, namely of Kadmiel of the sons of Hodevah, 74. -- nehemiah 7:43 +. +The singers: the sons of Asaph, 148. -- nehemiah 7:44 +. +The gatekeepers: the sons of Shallum, of Ater, of Talmon, of Akkub, of Hatita, and of Shobai, 138. -- nehemiah 7:45 +. +The Nethinim [temple servants]: the sons of Ziha, of Hasupha, of Tabbaoth, -- nehemiah 7:46 +. +Of Keros, of Sia, of Padon, -- nehemiah 7:47 +. +Of Lebana, of Hagaba, of Shalmai, -- nehemiah 7:48 +. +Of Hanan, of Giddel, of Gahar, -- nehemiah 7:49 +. +Of Reaiah, of Rezin, of Nekoda, -- nehemiah 7:50 +. +Of Gazzam, of Uzza, of Paseah, -- nehemiah 7:51 +. +Of Besai, of Meunim, of Nephushesim, -- nehemiah 7:52 +. +Of Bakbuk, of Hakupha, of Harhur, -- nehemiah 7:53 +. +Of Bazlith, of Mehida, of Harsha, -- nehemiah 7:54 +. +Of Barkos, of Sisera, of Temah, -- nehemiah 7:55 +. +Of Neziah, of Hatipha. -- nehemiah 7:56 +. +The sons of Solomon's servants: the sons of Sotai, of Sophereth, of Perida, -- nehemiah 7:57 +. +Of Jaala, of Darkon, of Giddel, -- nehemiah 7:58 +. +Of Shephatiah, of Hattil, of Pochereth-hazzebaim, of Amon. -- nehemiah 7:59 +. +All the Nethinim [temple servants] and the sons of Solomon's servants, 392. -- nehemiah 7:60 +. +And these were they who went up also from Tel-melah, Tel-harsha, Cherub, Addon, and Immer, but they [had no birth records and] could not prove their father's house nor their descent, whether they were of Israel: -- nehemiah 7:61 +. +The sons of Delaiah, of Tobiah, of Nekoda, 642. -- nehemiah 7:62 +. +Of the priests: the sons of Hobaiah, of Hakkoz, and of Barzillai, who [was so named because he] married one of the daughters of the [noted] Gileadite Barzillai and was called by their name. -- nehemiah 7:63 +. +These sought their registration among those recorded in the genealogies, but it was not found; so they were excluded from the priesthood as [ceremonially] unclean. -- nehemiah 7:64 +. +The governor told them that they should refrain from eating any of the most holy food until a priest with Urim and Thummim should arise [to determine the will of God in the matter]. -- nehemiah 7:65 +. +The congregation all together was 42,360, -- nehemiah 7:66 +. +Besides their manservants and their maidservants, of whom there were 7,337; and they had singers, men and women. -- nehemiah 7:67 +. +Their horses were 736; their mules, 245; -- nehemiah 7:68 +. +Their camels, 435; their donkeys, 6,720. -- nehemiah 7:69 +. +And some of the heads of fathers' houses gave to the work. The Tirshatha or governor gave to the treasury 1,darics of gold, 50 basins, 530 priests' garments. -- nehemiah 7:70 +. +Some of the heads of fathers' houses gave to the treasury for the work 20,darics of gold and 2,200 minas of silver. -- nehemiah 7:71 +. +What the rest of the people gave was 20,darics of gold, 2,000 minas of silver, and 67 priests' garments. -- nehemiah 7:72 +. +So the priests, the Levites, the gatekeepers, the singers, some of the people, the Nethinim [the temple servants], along with all Israel, dwelt in their towns, and were in them when the seventh month came. -- nehemiah 7:73 +. +THEN ALL the people gathered together as one man in the broad place before the Water Gate; and they asked Ezra the scribe to bring the Book of the Law of Moses, which the Lord had given to Israel. -- nehemiah 8:1 +. +And Ezra the priest brought the Law before the assembly of both men and women and all who could hear with understanding, on the first of the seventh month. -- nehemiah 8:2 +. +He read from it, facing the broad place before the Water Gate, from early morning until noon, in the presence of the men and women and those who could understand; and all the people were attentive to the Book of the Law. -- nehemiah 8:3 +. +Ezra the scribe stood on a wooden pulpit which they had made for the purpose. And beside him stood Mattithiah, Shema, Anaiah, Uriah, Hilkiah, and Maaseiah on his right hand; and on his left hand, Pedaiah, Mishael, Malchijah, Hashum, Hashbaddana, Zechariah, and Meshullam. -- nehemiah 8:4 +. +Ezra opened the book in sight of all the people, for he was standing above them; and when he opened it, all the people stood up. -- nehemiah 8:5 +. +And Ezra blessed the Lord, the great God. And all the people answered, Amen, Amen, lifting up their hands; and they bowed their heads and worshiped the Lord with faces to the ground. -- nehemiah 8:6 +. +Also Jeshua, Bani, Sherebiah, Jamin, Akkub, Shabbethai, Hodiah, Maaseiah, Kelita, Azariah, Jozabad, Hanan, Pelaiah--the Levites--helped the people to understand the Law, and the people [remained] in their place. -- nehemiah 8:7 +. +So they read from the Book of the Law of God distinctly, faithfully amplifying and giving the sense so that [the people] understood the reading. -- nehemiah 8:8 +. +And Nehemiah, who was the governor, and Ezra the priest and scribe, and the Levites who taught the people said to all of them, This day is holy to the Lord your God; mourn not nor weep. For all the people wept when they heard the words of the Law. -- nehemiah 8:9 +. +Then [Ezra] told them, Go your way, eat the fat, drink the sweet drink, and send portions to him for whom nothing is prepared; for this day is holy to our Lord. And be not grieved and depressed, for the joy of the Lord is your strength and stronghold. -- nehemiah 8:10 +. +So the Levites quieted all the people, saying, Be still, for the day is holy. And do not be grieved and sad. -- nehemiah 8:11 +. +And all the people went their way to eat, drink, send portions, and make great rejoicing, for they had understood the words that were declared to them. -- nehemiah 8:12 +. +On the second day, all the heads of fathers' houses, with the priests and Levites, gathered to Ezra the scribe to study and understand the words of divine instruction. -- nehemiah 8:13 +. +And they found written in the law, which the Lord had commanded through Moses, that the Israelites should dwell in booths during the feast of the seventh month -- nehemiah 8:14 +. +And that they should publish and proclaim in all their towns and in Jerusalem, saying, Go out to the hills and bring branches of olive, wild olive, myrtle, palm, and other leafy trees to make booths, as it is written. -- nehemiah 8:15 +. +So the people went out and brought them and made themselves booths, each on the roof of his house and in their courts and the courts of God's house and in the squares of the Water Gate and the Gate of Ephraim. -- nehemiah 8:16 +. +All the assembly of returned exiles made booths and dwelt in them; for since the days of Jeshua (Joshua) son of Nun up to that day, the Israelites had not done so. And there was very great rejoicing. -- nehemiah 8:17 +. +Also day by day, from the first day to the last, Ezra read from the Book of the Law of God. They kept the feast for seven days; the eighth day was a [closing] solemn assembly, according to the ordinance. -- nehemiah 8:18 +. +NOW ON the twenty-fourth day of this month, the Israelites were assembled with fasting and in sackcloth and with earth upon their heads. -- nehemiah 9:1 +. +And the Israelites separated themselves from all foreigners and stood and confessed their sins and the iniquities of their fathers. -- nehemiah 9:2 +. +And they stood in their place and read from the Book of the Law of the Lord their God for a fourth of the day, and for another fourth of it they confessed and worshiped the Lord their God. -- nehemiah 9:3 +. +On the stairs of the Levites stood Jeshua, Bani, Kadmiel, Shebaniah, Bunni, Sherebiah, Bani, and Chenani, and they cried with a loud voice to the Lord their God. -- nehemiah 9:4 +. +Then the Levites--Jeshua, Kadmiel, Bani, Hashabneiah, Sherebiah, Hodiah, Shebaniah, and Pethahiah--said, Stand up and bless the Lord your God from everlasting to everlasting. Blessed be Your glorious name which is exalted above all blessing and praise. -- nehemiah 9:5 +. +[And Ezra said], You are the Lord, You alone; You have made heaven, the heaven of heavens, with all their host, the earth, and all that is on it, the seas and all that is in them; and You preserve them all, and the hosts of heaven worship You. -- nehemiah 9:6 +. +You are the Lord, the God Who chose Abram and brought him out of Ur of the Chaldees and gave him the name Abraham. -- nehemiah 9:7 +. +You found his heart faithful before You, and You made the covenant with him to give his descendants the land of the Canaanite, Hittite, Amorite, Perizzite, Jebusite, and Girgashite. And You have fulfilled Your promise, for You are just and righteous. -- nehemiah 9:8 +. +You saw our fathers' affliction in Egypt, and You heard their cry at the Red Sea. -- nehemiah 9:9 +. +You performed signs and wonders against Pharaoh and all his servants and all the people of his land, for You knew that they dealt insolently against the Israelites. And You got for Yourself a name, as it is today. -- nehemiah 9:10 +. +You divided the sea before them, so that they went through its midst on dry land; their persecutors You threw into the depths, as a stone into mighty waters. -- nehemiah 9:11 +. +Moreover, by a pillar of cloud You led them by day, and by a pillar of fire by night to light the way they should go. -- nehemiah 9:12 +. +You came down also upon Mount Sinai and spoke with them from Heaven and gave them right ordinances and true laws, good statutes and commandments. -- nehemiah 9:13 +. +And You made known to them Your holy Sabbath and gave them commandments, statutes, and a law through Moses Your servant. -- nehemiah 9:14 +. +You gave them bread from heaven for their hunger and brought water for them out of the rock for their thirst; and You told them to go in and possess the land You had sworn to give them. -- nehemiah 9:15 +. +But they and our fathers acted presumptuously and stiffened their necks, and did not heed Your commandments. -- nehemiah 9:16 +. +They refused to obey, nor were they mindful of Your wonders and miracles which You did among them; but they stiffened their necks and in their rebellion appointed a captain, that they might return to their bondage [in Egypt]. But You are a God ready to pardon, gracious and merciful, slow to anger, and of great steadfast love; and You did not forsake them. -- nehemiah 9:17 +. +Even when they had made for themselves a molten calf and said, This is your god, who brought you out of Egypt, and had committed great and contemptible blasphemies, -- nehemiah 9:18 +. +You in Your great mercy forsook them not in the wilderness; the pillar of the cloud departed not from them by day to lead them in the way, nor the pillar of fire by night to light the way they should go. -- nehemiah 9:19 +. +You also gave Your good Spirit to instruct them, and withheld not Your manna from them, and gave water for their thirst. -- nehemiah 9:20 +. +Forty years You sustained them in the wilderness; they lacked nothing, their clothes did not wear out, and their feet did not swell. -- nehemiah 9:21 +. +Also You gave them kingdoms and peoples and allotted to them every corner. So they possessed the land of Sihon king of Heshbon and the land of Og king of Bashan. -- nehemiah 9:22 +. +Their children You also multiplied as the stars of heaven and brought them into the land which You told their fathers they should go in and possess. -- nehemiah 9:23 +. +So the descendants went in and possessed the land; and You subdued before them the inhabitants of the land, the Canaanites, and gave them into their hands, with their kings and the peoples of the land, that they might do with them as they would. -- nehemiah 9:24 +. +And they captured fortified cities and a rich land and took possession of houses full of all good things, cisterns hewn out, vineyards, olive orchards, and fruit trees in abundance. So they ate and were filled and became fat and delighted themselves in Your great goodness. -- nehemiah 9:25 +. +Yet they were disobedient and rebelled against You and cast Your law behind their back and killed Your prophets who accused and warned them to turn to You again; and they committed great and contemptible blasphemies. -- nehemiah 9:26 +. +Therefore You delivered them into the hand of their enemies, who distressed them. In the time of their suffering when they cried to You, You heard them from heaven, and according to Your abundant mercy You gave them deliverers, who saved them from their enemies. -- nehemiah 9:27 +. +But after they had rest, they did evil again before You; therefore You left them in the hand of their enemies, so that they had dominion over them. Yet when they turned and cried to You, You heard them from heaven, and many times You delivered them according to Your mercies, -- nehemiah 9:28 +. +And reproved and warned them, that You might bring them again to Your law. Yet they acted presumptuously and did not heed Your commandments, but sinned against Your ordinances, which by keeping, a man shall live. And they turned a stubborn shoulder, stiffened their neck, and would not listen. -- nehemiah 9:29 +. +Yet You bore with them many years more and reproved and warned them by Your Spirit through Your prophets; still they would not listen. Therefore You gave them into the power of the peoples of the lands. -- nehemiah 9:30 +. +Yet in Your great mercies You did not utterly consume them or forsake them, for You are a gracious and merciful God. -- nehemiah 9:31 +. +Now therefore, our God, the great, mighty, and terrible God, Who keeps covenant and mercy and loving-kindness, let not all the trouble and hardship seem little to You--the hardship that has come upon us, our kings, our princes, our priests, our prophets, our fathers, and on all Your people, since the time of the kings of Assyria to this day. -- nehemiah 9:32 +. +However, You are just in all that has come upon us; for You have dealt faithfully, but we have done wickedly; -- nehemiah 9:33 +. +Our kings, our princes, our priests, and our fathers have not kept Your law or hearkened to Your commandments and Your warnings and reproofs which You gave them. -- nehemiah 9:34 +. +They did not serve You in their kingdom, and in Your great goodness that You gave them and in the large and rich land You set before them, nor did they turn from their wicked works. -- nehemiah 9:35 +. +Behold, we are slaves this day, and as for the land that You gave to our fathers to eat the fruit and the good of it, behold, we are slaves in it. -- nehemiah 9:36 +. +And its rich yield goes to the kings whom You have set over us because of our sins; they have power also over our bodies and over our livestock at their pleasure. And we are in great distress. -- nehemiah 9:37 +. +Because of all this, we make a firm and sure written covenant, and our princes, Levites, and priests set their seal to it. -- nehemiah 9:38 +. +THESE SET their seal: Nehemiah the governor, the son of Hacaliah. And Zedekiah, -- nehemiah 10:1 +. +Seraiah, Azariah, Jeremiah, -- nehemiah 10:2 +. +Pashhur, Amariah, Malchijah, -- nehemiah 10:3 +. +Hattush, Shebaniah, Malluch, -- nehemiah 10:4 +. +Harim, Meremoth, Obadiah, -- nehemiah 10:5 +. +Daniel, Ginnethon, Baruch, -- nehemiah 10:6 +. +Meshullam, Abijah, Mijamin, -- nehemiah 10:7 +. +Maaziah, Bilgai, Shemaiah--these were the priests. -- nehemiah 10:8 +. +And the Levites: Jeshua son of Azaniah, Binnui of the sons of Henadad, Kadmiel, -- nehemiah 10:9 +. +And their brethren: Shebaniah, Hodiah, Kelita, Pelaiah, Hanan, -- nehemiah 10:10 +. +Mica, Rehob, Hashabiah, -- nehemiah 10:11 +. +Zaccur, Sherebiah, Shebaniah, -- nehemiah 10:12 +. +Hodiah, Bani, Beninu. -- nehemiah 10:13 +. +The chiefs of the people: Parosh, Pahath-moab, Elam, Zattu, Bani, -- nehemiah 10:14 +. +Bunni, Azgad, Bebai, -- nehemiah 10:15 +. +Adonijah, Bigvai, Adin, -- nehemiah 10:16 +. +Ater, Hezekiah, Azzur, -- nehemiah 10:17 +. +Hodiah, Hashum, Bezai, -- nehemiah 10:18 +. +Hariph, Anathoth, Nebai, -- nehemiah 10:19 +. +Magpiash, Meshullam, Hezir, -- nehemiah 10:20 +. +Meshezabel, Zadok, Jaddua, -- nehemiah 10:21 +. +Pelatiah, Hanan, Anaiah, -- nehemiah 10:22 +. +Hoshea, Hananiah, Hasshub, -- nehemiah 10:23 +. +Hallohesh, Pilha, Shobek, -- nehemiah 10:24 +. +Rehum, Hashabnah, Maaseiah, -- nehemiah 10:25 +. +Ahiah, Hanan, Anan, -- nehemiah 10:26 +. +Malluch, Harim, Baanah. -- nehemiah 10:27 +. +And the rest of the people--the priests, Levites, gatekeepers, singers, Nethinim [temple servants], and all they who had separated themselves from the peoples of the lands to the Law of God, their wives, their sons, their daughters, all who had knowledge and understanding-- -- nehemiah 10:28 +. +Join now, with their brethren, their nobles, and enter into a curse and an oath to walk in God's Law which was given to Moses the servant of God and to observe and do all the commandments of the Lord our Lord, and His ordinances and His statutes: -- nehemiah 10:29 +. +We shall not give our daughters to the peoples of the land or take their daughters for our sons. -- nehemiah 10:30 +. +And if the peoples of the land bring wares or any grain on the Sabbath day to sell, we shall not buy it on the Sabbath or on a holy day; and we shall forego raising crops the seventh year [letting the land lie fallow] and the compulsory payment of every debt. -- nehemiah 10:31 +. +Also we pledge ourselves to pay yearly a third of a shekel for the service expenses of the house of our God [which are]: -- nehemiah 10:32 +. +For the showbread; for the continual cereal offerings and burnt offerings; [for the offerings on] the Sabbaths, the New Moons, the set feasts; for the holy things, for the sin offerings to make atonement for Israel; and for all the work of the house of our God. -- nehemiah 10:33 +. +We also cast lots--the priests, the Levites, and the people--for the wood offering, to bring it into the house of our God, according to our fathers' houses, at appointed times year by year, to burn upon the altar of the Lord our God, as it is written in the Law. -- nehemiah 10:34 +. +And [we obligate ourselves] to bring the firstfruits of our ground and the first of all the fruit of all trees year by year to the house of the Lord, -- nehemiah 10:35 +. +As well as the firstborn of our sons and of our cattle, as is written in the Law, and the firstlings of our herds and flocks, to bring to the house of our God, to the priests who minister in [His] house. -- nehemiah 10:36 +. +And we shall bring the first and best of our coarse meal, our contributions, the fruit of all kinds of trees, of new wine, and of oil to the priests, to the chambers of the house of our God. And we shall bring the tithes from our ground to the Levites, for they, the Levites, collect the tithes in all our rural towns. -- nehemiah 10:37 +. +And the priest, the son of Aaron, shall be with the Levites when [they] receive tithes, and [they] shall bring one-tenth of the tithes to the house of our God, to the chambers, into the storehouse. -- nehemiah 10:38 +. +For the Israelites and the sons of Levi shall bring the offering of grain, new wine, and oil to the chambers where the vessels of the sanctuary are, along with the priests who minister and the gatekeepers and singers. We will not forsake or neglect the house of our God. -- nehemiah 10:39 +. +NOW THE leaders of the people dwelt at Jerusalem; the rest of the people also cast lots to bring one of ten to dwell in Jerusalem, the holy city, while nine-tenths dwelt in other towns and villages. -- nehemiah 11:1 +. +And the people blessed all the men who willingly offered to live in Jerusalem. -- nehemiah 11:2 +. +These are the province chiefs who dwelt in Jerusalem, but in the towns of Judah everyone lived on his property there--Israelites, the priests, the Levites, the temple servants, and the descendants of Solomon's servants. -- nehemiah 11:3 +. +And at Jerusalem dwelt certain of the sons of Judah and Benjamin. Of Judah: Athaiah son of Uzziah, the son of Zechariah, the son of Amariah, the son of Shephatiah, the son of Mahalalel, of the sons of Perez; -- nehemiah 11:4 +. +Maaseiah son of Baruch, the son of Col-hozeh, the son of Hazaiah, the son of Adaiah, the son of Joiarib, the son of Zechariah, the son of the Shilonite. -- nehemiah 11:5 +. +All the sons of Perez who dwelt at Jerusalem were valiant men. -- nehemiah 11:6 +. +These are the sons of Benjamin: Sallu son of Meshullam, the son of Joed, the son of Pedaiah, the son of Kolaiah, the son of Maaseiah, the son of Ithiel, son of Jeshaiah, -- nehemiah 11:7 +. +And after him Gabbai and Sallai, 928. -- nehemiah 11:8 +. +Joel son of Zichri was overseer, and Judah son of Hassenuah was second over the city. -- nehemiah 11:9 +. +Of the priests: Jedaiah son of Joiarib; Jachin; -- nehemiah 11:10 +. +Seraiah son of Hilkiah, the son of Meshullam, the son of Zadok, the son of Meraioth, the son of Ahitub, ruler of the house of God, -- nehemiah 11:11 +. +And their brethren, who did the work of the house, 822; and Adaiah son of Jeroham, the son of Pelaliah, the son of Amzi, the son of Zechariah, the son of Pashhur, the son of Malchijah, -- nehemiah 11:12 +. +And his brethren, chiefs of fathers' houses, 242; and Amashsai son of Azarel, the son of Ahzai, the son of Meshillemoth, the son of Immer, -- nehemiah 11:13 +. +And their brethren, mighty men of valor, 128. Their overseer was Zabdiel son of Haggedolim [one of the great men]. -- nehemiah 11:14 +. +And of the Levites: Shemaiah son of Hasshub, the son of Azrikam, the son of Hashabiah, the son of Bunni; -- nehemiah 11:15 +. +And Shabbethai and Jozabad, of the chiefs of the Levites, who had charge of the outside work of the house of God; -- nehemiah 11:16 +. +Mattaniah son of Mica, the son of Zabdi, the son of Asaph, the leader to begin the thanksgiving in prayer; and Bakbukiah, second among his brethren; and Abda son of Shammua, the son of Galal, the son of Jeduthun. -- nehemiah 11:17 +. +The Levites in the holy city were 284. -- nehemiah 11:18 +. +The gatekeepers: Akkub, Talmon, and their brethren, who kept watch, were 172. -- nehemiah 11:19 +. +And the rest of Israel, with the priests and the Levites, were in all the cities of Judah, each in his inheritance. -- nehemiah 11:20 +. +But the temple servants dwelt on [the hill] Ophel; Ziha and Gishpa were over [them]. -- nehemiah 11:21 +. +Overseer of the Levites in Jerusalem and the work of God's house was Uzzi son of Bani, the son of Hashabiah, the son of Mattaniah, the son of Mica, of Asaph's sons, the singers. -- nehemiah 11:22 +. +For the [Persian] king had ordered concerning them that a certain provision be made for the singers, as each day required. -- nehemiah 11:23 +. +Pethahiah son of Meshezabel, of the sons of Zerah son of Judah, was at the king's hand in all matters concerning the people. -- nehemiah 11:24 +. +As for the villages with their fields, some people of Judah dwelt in Kiriath-arba, Dibon, and Jekabzeel, and their villages, -- nehemiah 11:25 +. +In Jeshua, Moladah, Beth-pelet, -- nehemiah 11:26 +. +Hazar-shual, Beersheba and its villages, -- nehemiah 11:27 +. +Ziklag, Meconah and its villages, -- nehemiah 11:28 +. +En-rimmon, Zorah, Jarmuth, -- nehemiah 11:29 +. +Zanoah, Adullam, and their villages, Lachish and its fields, Azekah and its villages. So they encamped from Beersheba to the Hinnom Valley. -- nehemiah 11:30 +. +The people of Benjamin also dwelt from Geba onward, at Michmash, Aija, Bethel and its villages, -- nehemiah 11:31 +. +At Anathoth, Nob, Ananiah, -- nehemiah 11:32 +. +Hazor, Ramah, Gittaim, -- nehemiah 11:33 +. +Hadid, Zeboim, Neballat, -- nehemiah 11:34 +. +Lod, and Ono, the Valley of the Craftsmen. -- nehemiah 11:35 +. +And certain divisions of the Levites in Judah were joined to Benjamin. -- nehemiah 11:36 +. +NOW THESE are the priests and Levites who went up with Zerubbabel son of Shealtiel and with Jeshua: Seraiah, Jeremiah, Ezra, -- nehemiah 12:1 +. +Amariah, Malluch, Hattush, -- nehemiah 12:2 +. +Shecaniah, Rehum, Meremoth, -- nehemiah 12:3 +. +Iddo, Ginnethoi, Abijah, -- nehemiah 12:4 +. +Mijamin, Maadiah, Bilgah, -- nehemiah 12:5 +. +Shemaiah, Joiarib, Jedaiah, -- nehemiah 12:6 +. +Sallu, Amok, Hilkiah, and Jedaiah. These were the chiefs of the priests and their brethren in the days of Jeshua. -- nehemiah 12:7 +. +And the Levites were Jeshua, Binnui, Kadmiel, Sherebiah, Judah, and Mattaniah, who, with his brethren, was over the thanksgiving [choirs]. -- nehemiah 12:8 +. +Bakbukiah and Unni, their brethren, stood opposite them according to their offices. -- nehemiah 12:9 +. +And Jeshua was the father of Joiakim, Joiakim of Eliashib, Eliashib of Joiada, -- nehemiah 12:10 +. +Joiada was the father of Jonathan, and Jonathan of Jaddua. -- nehemiah 12:11 +. +And in the days of Joiakim were priests, heads of fathers' houses: of Seraiah, Meraiah; of Jeremiah, Hananiah; -- nehemiah 12:12 +. +Of Ezra, Meshullam; of Amariah, Jehohanan; -- nehemiah 12:13 +. +Of Malluchi, Jonathan; of Shebaniah, Joseph; -- nehemiah 12:14 +. +Of Harim, Adna; of Meraioth, Helkai; -- nehemiah 12:15 +. +Of Iddo, Zechariah; of Ginnethon, Meshullam; -- nehemiah 12:16 +. +Of Abijah, Zichri; of Miniamin and of Moadiah, Piltai; -- nehemiah 12:17 +. +Of Bilgah, Shammua; of Shemaiah, Jehonathan; -- nehemiah 12:18 +. +Of Joiarib, Mattenai; of Jedaiah, Uzzi; -- nehemiah 12:19 +. +Of Sallai, Kallai; of Amok, Eber; -- nehemiah 12:20 +. +Of Hilkiah, Hashabiah; of Jedaiah, Nethanel. -- nehemiah 12:21 +. +As for the Levites in the days of Eliashib, Joiada, Johanan, and Jaddua, the heads of fathers' houses were recorded, as well as the priests, until the reign of Darius the Persian. -- nehemiah 12:22 +. +The sons of Levi, heads of fathers' houses, were recorded in the Book of the Chronicles until the days of Johanan son of Eliashib. -- nehemiah 12:23 +. +And the chiefs of the Levites were Hashabiah, Sherebiah, and Jeshua son of Kadmiel, with their brethren opposite them, to praise and to give thanks, as David, God's man, commanded, [one] watch [singing] in response to [the men in the opposite] watch. -- nehemiah 12:24 +. +Mattaniah, Bakbukiah, Obadiah, Meshullam, Talmon, and Akkub were gatekeepers guarding at the storehouses of the gates. -- nehemiah 12:25 +. +These were in the days of Joiakim son of Jeshua, the son of Jozadak, and in the days of Nehemiah the governor and of Ezra the priest and scribe. -- nehemiah 12:26 +. +And for the dedication of the wall of Jerusalem, they sought the Levites in all their places to bring them to Jerusalem to celebrate the dedication with gladness, with thanksgivings, and with singing, cymbals, harps, and lyres. -- nehemiah 12:27 +. +And the sons of the singers gathered together from the plain and circuit around Jerusalem and from the villages of the Netophathites, -- nehemiah 12:28 +. +And also from Beth-gilgal and the fields of Geba and Azmaveth, for the singers had built for themselves villages around Jerusalem. -- nehemiah 12:29 +. +And the priests and the Levites purified themselves, the people, the gates, and the wall. -- nehemiah 12:30 +. +Then I brought the princes of Judah up on the wall, and I appointed two great companies of them who gave thanks and went in procession. One went to the right upon the wall toward the Dung Gate. -- nehemiah 12:31 +. +And after them went Hoshaiah and half of the princes of Judah, -- nehemiah 12:32 +. +And Azariah, Ezra, Meshullam, -- nehemiah 12:33 +. +Judah, Benjamin, Shemaiah, and Jeremiah, -- nehemiah 12:34 +. +And certain of the priests' sons with trumpets, and Zechariah son of Jonathan, the son of Shemaiah, the son of Mattaniah, the son of Micaiah, the son of Zaccur, the son of Asaph, -- nehemiah 12:35 +. +And his kinsmen--Shemaiah, Azarel, Milalai, Gilalai, Maai, Nethanel, Judah, Hanani--with the musical instruments of David, God's man. And Ezra the scribe went before them. -- nehemiah 12:36 +. +At the Fountain Gate they went up straight ahead by the stairs of the City of David at the wall's ascent above David's house to the Water Gate on the east. -- nehemiah 12:37 +. +The other company of those who gave thanks went to the left; I followed with half of the people upon the wall, above the Tower of the Furnaces to the Broad Wall, -- nehemiah 12:38 +. +And above the Gate of Ephraim, and by the Old Gate and by the Fish Gate and by the Tower of Hananel and the Tower of Hammeah, even to the Sheep Gate; and they stopped at the Gate of the Guard. -- nehemiah 12:39 +. +So the two companies of those who gave thanks stood in the house of God, and I, and the half of the officials with me; -- nehemiah 12:40 +. +And the priests Eliakim, Maaseiah, Miniamin, Micaiah, Elioenai, Zechariah, and Hananiah, with trumpets; -- nehemiah 12:41 +. +And Maaseiah, Shemaiah, Eleazar, Uzzi, Jehohanan, Malchijah, Elam, and Ezer. And the singers sang and made themselves heard, with Jezrahiah as leader. -- nehemiah 12:42 +. +Also that day they offered great sacrifices and rejoiced, for God had made them rejoice with great joy; the women also and the children rejoiced. The joy of Jerusalem was heard even afar off. -- nehemiah 12:43 +. +On that day men were appointed over the chambers for the stores, the contributions, the firstfruits, and the tithes, to gather into them the portions required by law for the priests and the Levites according to the fields of the towns, for Judah rejoiced over the priests and Levites who served [faithfully]. -- nehemiah 12:44 +. +And they performed the due service of their God and of the purification; so did the singers and gatekeepers, as David and his son Solomon had commanded. -- nehemiah 12:45 +. +For in the days of David and Asaph of old, there was a chief of singers and songs of praise and thanksgiving to God. -- nehemiah 12:46 +. +And all Israel in the days of Zerubbabel and [later] of Nehemiah gave the daily portions for the singers and the gatekeepers; and they set apart what was for the Levites, and the Levites set apart what was for the sons of Aaron [the priests]. -- nehemiah 12:47 +. +ON THAT day they read in the Book of Moses in the audience of the people, and in it was found written that no Ammonite or Moabite should ever come into the assembly of God, -- nehemiah 13:1 +. +For they met not the Israelites with food and drink but hired Balaam to curse them; yet our God turned the curse into a blessing. -- nehemiah 13:2 +. +When [the Jews] heard the law, they separated from Israel all who were of foreign descent. -- nehemiah 13:3 +. +Now before this, Eliashib the priest, who was appointed over the chambers of the house of our God, and was related [by marriage] to Tobiah [our adversary], -- nehemiah 13:4 +. +Prepared for Tobiah a large chamber where previously they had put the cereal offerings, the frankincense, the vessels, and the tithes of grain, new wine, and oil which were given by commandment to the Levites, the singers, and gatekeepers, and the contributions for the priests. -- nehemiah 13:5 +. +But in all this time I was not at Jerusalem, for in the thirty-second year of Artaxerxes [Persian] king of Babylon I went to the king. Then later I asked leave of him -- nehemiah 13:6 +. +And came to Jerusalem. Then I discovered the evil that Eliashib had done for Tobiah in preparing him [an adversary] a chamber in the courts of the house of God! -- nehemiah 13:7 +. +And it grieved me exceedingly, and I threw all the house furnishings of Tobiah out of the chamber. -- nehemiah 13:8 +. +Then I commanded, and they cleansed the chambers; and I brought back there the vessels of the house of God, with the cereal offerings and the frankincense. -- nehemiah 13:9 +. +And I perceived that the portions of the Levites had not been given them, so that the Levites and the singers who did the work [forced by necessity] had each fled to his field. -- nehemiah 13:10 +. +Then I contended with the officials and said, Why is the house of God neglected and forsaken? I gathered the Levites and singers and set them in their stations. -- nehemiah 13:11 +. +Then all Judah brought the tithe of the grain, the new wine, and the oil to the storerooms. -- nehemiah 13:12 +. +I set treasurers over the storerooms: Shelemiah the priest, Zadok the scribe, and Pedaiah of the Levites; assisting them was Hanan son of Zaccur, the son of Mattaniah, for they were counted faithful, and their task was to distribute to their brethren. -- nehemiah 13:13 +. +O my God, [earnestly] remember me concerning this and wipe not out my good deeds and kindnesses done for the house of my God and for His service. -- nehemiah 13:14 +. +In those days I saw in Judah men treading winepresses on the Sabbath, bringing in sheaves or heaps of grain with which they loaded donkeys, as well as wine, grapes, figs, and all sorts of burdens, which they brought into Jerusalem on the Sabbath day. And I protested and warned them on the day they sold the produce. -- nehemiah 13:15 +. +There dwelt men of Tyre there also who brought fish and all kinds of wares and sold on the Sabbath to the people of Judah and in Jerusalem. -- nehemiah 13:16 +. +Then I reproved the nobles of Judah and said, What evil thing is this that you do--profaning the Sabbath day? -- nehemiah 13:17 +. +Did not your fathers do thus, and did not our God bring all this evil upon us and upon this city? Yet you bring more wrath upon Israel by profaning the Sabbath. -- nehemiah 13:18 +. +And when it began to get dark at the gates of Jerusalem before the Sabbath [day began], I commanded that the gates should be shut and not be opened till after the Sabbath. And I set some of my servants at the gates to prevent any burden being brought in on the Sabbath day. -- nehemiah 13:19 +. +So the merchants and sellers of all kinds of wares lodged outside Jerusalem once or twice. -- nehemiah 13:20 +. +But I reproved and warned them, saying, Why do you lodge by the wall? If you do so again, I will lay hands on you. Then they stopped coming on the Sabbath. -- nehemiah 13:21 +. +And I commanded the Levites to cleanse themselves and come and guard the gates to keep the Sabbath day holy. O my God, [earnestly] remember me concerning this also and spare me according to the greatness of Your mercy and loving-kindness. -- nehemiah 13:22 +. +In those days also I saw Jews who had married wives from Ashdod, Ammon, and Moab. -- nehemiah 13:23 +. +And their children spoke half in the speech of Ashdod, and could not speak the Hebrew, but in the language of each people. -- nehemiah 13:24 +. +And I contended with them and reviled them and beat some of them and pulled out their hair and made them swear by God, saying, You shall not give your daughters to their sons, nor take their daughters for your sons or for yourselves. -- nehemiah 13:25 +. +Did not Solomon king of Israel act treacherously against God and miss the mark on account of such women? Among many nations there was no king like him. He was loved by his God, and God made him king over all Israel; yet strange women even caused him to sin [when he was old he turned treacherously away from the Lord to other gods, and God rent his kingdom from him]. -- nehemiah 13:26 +. +Shall we then listen to you to do all this great evil and act treacherously against our God by marrying strange (heathen) women? -- nehemiah 13:27 +. +One of the sons of Joiada son of Eliashib the high priest was son-in-law to Sanballat the Horonite; therefore I chased him from me. -- nehemiah 13:28 +. +O my God, [earnestly] remember them, because they have defiled the priesthood and the covenant of the priests and Levites. -- nehemiah 13:29 +. +Thus I cleansed them from everything foreign (heathen), and I defined the duties of the priests and Levites, everyone in his work; -- nehemiah 13:30 +. +And I provided for the wood offering at appointed times, and for the firstfruits. O my God, [earnestly] remember me for good and imprint me [on Your heart]! -- nehemiah 13:31 +. +IT WAS in the days of Ahasuerus [Xerxes], the Ahasuerus who reigned from India to Ethiopia over provinces. -- esther 1:1 +. +In those days when King Ahasuerus sat on his royal throne which was in Shushan or Susa [the capital of the Persian Empire] in the palace or castle, -- esther 1:2 +. +In the third year of his reign he made a feast for all his princes and his courtiers. The chief officers of the Persian and Median army and the nobles and governors of the provinces were there before him -- esther 1:3 +. +While he showed the riches of his glorious kingdom and the splendor and excellence of his majesty for many days, even days. -- esther 1:4 +. +And when these days were completed, the king made a feast for all the people present in Shushan the capital, both great and small, a seven-day feast in the court of the garden of the king's palace. -- esther 1:5 +. +There were hangings of fine white cloth, of green and of blue [cotton], fastened with cords of fine linen and purple to silver rings or rods and marble pillars. The couches of gold and silver rested on a [mosaic] pavement of porphyry, white marble, mother-of-pearl, and [precious] colored stones. -- esther 1:6 +. +Drinks were served in different kinds of golden goblets, and there was royal wine in abundance, according to the liberality of the king. -- esther 1:7 +. +And drinking was according to the law; no one was compelled to drink, for the king had directed all the officials of his palace to serve only as each guest desired. -- esther 1:8 +. +Also Queen Vashti gave a banquet for the women in the royal house which belonged to King Ahasuerus. -- esther 1:9 +. +On the seventh day, when the king's heart was merry with wine, he commanded Mehuman, Biztha, Harbona, Bigtha, Abagtha, Zethar, and Carkas, the seven eunuchs who ministered to King Ahasuerus as attendants, -- esther 1:10 +. +To bring Queen Vashti before the king, with her royal crown, to show the peoples and the princes her beauty, for she was fair to behold. -- esther 1:11 +. +But Queen Vashti refused to come at the king's command conveyed by the eunuchs. Therefore the king was enraged, and his anger burned within him. -- esther 1:12 +. +Then the king spoke to the wise men who knew the times--for this was the king's procedure toward all who were familiar with law and judgment-- -- esther 1:13 +. +Those next to him being Carshena, Shethar, Admatha, Tarshish, Meres, Marsena, and Memucan, the seven princes of Persia and Media who were in the king's presence and held first place in the kingdom. -- esther 1:14 +. +[He said] According to the law, what is to be done to Queen Vashti because she has not done the bidding of King Ahasuerus conveyed by the eunuchs? -- esther 1:15 +. +And Memucan answered before the king and the princes, Vashti the queen has not only done wrong to the king but also to all the princes and to all the peoples who are in all the provinces of King Ahasuerus. -- esther 1:16 +. +For this deed of the queen will become known to all women, making their husbands contemptible in their eyes, since they will say, King Ahasuerus commanded Queen Vashti to be brought before him, but she did not come. -- esther 1:17 +. +This very day the ladies of Persia and Media who have heard of the queen's behavior will be telling it to all the king's princes. So contempt and wrath in plenty will arise. -- esther 1:18 +. +If it pleases the king, let a royal command go forth from him and let it be written among the laws of the Persians and Medes, so that it may not be changed, that Vashti is to [be divorced and] come no more before King Ahasuerus; and let the king give her royal position to another who is better than she. -- esther 1:19 +. +So when the king's decree is made and proclaimed throughout all his kingdom, extensive as it is, all wives will give honor to their husbands, high and low. -- esther 1:20 +. +This advice pleased the king and the princes, and the king did what Memucan proposed. -- esther 1:21 +. +He sent letters to all the royal provinces, to each in its own script and to every people in their own language, saying that every man should rule in his own house and speak there in the language of his own people. [If he had foreign wives, let them learn his language.] -- esther 1:22 +. +AFTER THESE things, when the wrath of King Ahasuerus was pacified, he [earnestly] remembered Vashti and what she had done and what was decreed against her. -- esther 2:1 +. +Then the king's servants who ministered to him said, Let beautiful young virgins be sought for the king. -- esther 2:2 +. +And let the king appoint officers in all the provinces of his kingdom to gather all the beautiful young virgins to the capital in Shushan, to the harem under the custody of Hegai, the king's eunuch, who is in charge of the women; and let their things for purification be given them. -- esther 2:3 +. +And let the maiden who pleases the king be queen instead of Vashti. This pleased the king, and he did so. -- esther 2:4 +. +There was a certain Jew in the capital in Shushan whose name was Mordecai son of Jair, the son of Shimei, the son of Kish, a Benjamite, -- esther 2:5 +. +Who had been carried away from Jerusalem with the captives taken away with Jeconiah king of Judah, whom Nebuchadnezzar the king of Babylon had carried into exile. -- esther 2:6 +. +He had brought up Hadassah, that is Esther, his uncle's daughter, for she had neither father nor mother. The maiden was beautiful and lovely, and when her father and mother died, Mordecai took her as his own daughter. -- esther 2:7 +. +So when the king's command and his decree were proclaimed and when many maidens were gathered in Shushan the capital under the custody of Hegai, Esther also was taken to the king's house into the custody of Hegai, keeper of the women. -- esther 2:8 +. +And the maiden pleased [Hegai] and obtained his favor. And he speedily gave her the things for her purification and her portion of food and the seven chosen maids to be given her from the king's palace; and he removed her and her maids to the best [apartment] in the harem. -- esther 2:9 +. +Esther had not made known her nationality or her kindred, for Mordecai had charged her not to do so. -- esther 2:10 +. +And Mordecai [who was an attendant in the king's court] walked every day before the court of the harem to learn how Esther was and what would become of her. -- esther 2:11 +. +Now when the turn of each maiden came to go in to King Ahasuerus, after the regulations for the women had been carried out for twelve months--since this was the regular period for their beauty treatments, six months with oil of myrrh and six months with sweet spices and perfumes and the things for the purifying of the women-- -- esther 2:12 +. +Then in this way the maiden came to the king: whatever she desired was given her to take with her from the harem into the king's palace. -- esther 2:13 +. +In the evening she went and next day she returned into the second harem in the custody of Shaashgaz, the king's eunuch who was in charge of the concubines. She came to the king no more unless the king delighted in her and she was called for by name. -- esther 2:14 +. +Now when the turn for Esther the daughter of Abihail, the uncle of Mordecai who had taken her as his own daughter, had come to go in to the king, she required nothing but what Hegai the king's attendant, the keeper of the women, suggested. And Esther won favor in the sight of all who saw her. -- esther 2:15 +. +So Esther was taken to King Ahasuerus into his royal palace in the tenth month, the month of Tebeth, in the seventh year of his reign. -- esther 2:16 +. +And the king loved Esther more than all the women, and she obtained grace and favor in his sight more than all the maidens, so that he set the royal crown on her head and made her queen instead of Vashti. -- esther 2:17 +. +Then the king gave a great feast for all his princes and his servants, Esther's feast; and he gave a holiday [or a lessening of taxes] to the provinces and gave gifts in keeping with the generosity of the king. -- esther 2:18 +. +And when the maidens were gathered together the second time, Mordecai was sitting at the king's gate. -- esther 2:19 +. +Now Esther had not yet revealed her nationality or her people, for she obeyed Mordecai's command to her [to fear God and execute His commands] just as when she was being brought up by him. -- esther 2:20 +. +In those days, while Mordecai sat at the king's gate, two of the king's eunuchs, Bigthan and Teresh, of those who guarded the door, were angry and sought to lay hands on King Ahasuerus. -- esther 2:21 +. +And this was known to Mordecai, who told it to Queen Esther, and Esther told the king in Mordecai's name. -- esther 2:22 +. +When it was investigated and found to be true, both men were hanged on the gallows. And it was recorded in the Book of the Chronicles in the king's presence. -- esther 2:23 +. +AFTER THESE things, King Ahasuerus promoted Haman the son of Hammedatha the Agagite and advanced him and set his seat above all the princes who were with him. -- esther 3:1 +. +And all the king's servants who were at the king's gate bowed down and did reverence to Haman, for the king had so commanded concerning him. But Mordecai did not bow down or do him reverence. -- esther 3:2 +. +Then the king's servants who were at the king's gate said to Mordecai, Why do you transgress the king's command? -- esther 3:3 +. +Now when they spoke to him day after day and he paid no attention to them, they told Haman to see whether Mordecai's conduct would stand, for he had told them that he was a Jew. -- esther 3:4 +. +And when Haman saw that Mordecai did not bow down or do him reverence, he was very angry. -- esther 3:5 +. +But he scorned laying hands only on Mordecai. So since they had told him Mordecai's nationality, Haman sought to destroy all the Jews, the people of Mordecai, throughout the whole kingdom of Ahasuerus. -- esther 3:6 +. +In the first month, the month of Nisan, in the twelfth year of King Ahasuerus, Haman caused Pur, that is, lots, to be cast before him day after day [to find a lucky day for his venture], month after month, until the twelfth, the month of Adar. -- esther 3:7 +. +Then Haman said to King Ahasuerus, There is a certain people scattered abroad and dispersed among the peoples in all the provinces of your kingdom; their laws are different from every other people, neither do they keep the king's laws. Therefore it is not for the king's profit to tolerate them. -- esther 3:8 +. +If it pleases the king, let it be decreed that they be destroyed, and I will pay 10,talents of silver into the hands of those who have charge of the king's business, that it may be brought into the king's treasuries. -- esther 3:9 +. +And the king took his signet ring from his hand [with which to seal his letters by the king's authority] and gave it to Haman son of Hammedatha the Agagite, the Jews' enemy. -- esther 3:10 +. +And the king said to Haman, The silver is given to you, the people also, to do with them as it seems good to you. -- esther 3:11 +. +Then the king's secretaries were called in on the thirteenth day of the first month, and all that Haman had commanded was written to the king's chief rulers and to the governors who were over all the provinces and to the princes of each people, to every province in its own script and to each people in their own language; it was written in the name of King Ahasuerus and it was sealed with the king's [signet] ring. -- esther 3:12 +. +And letters were sent by special messengers to all the king's provinces--to destroy, to slay, and to do away with all Jews, both young and old, little children and women, in one day, the thirteenth day of the twelfth month, the month of Adar, and to seize their belongings as spoil. -- esther 3:13 +. +A copy of the writing was to be published and given out as a decree in every province to all the peoples to be ready for that day. -- esther 3:14 +. +The special messengers went out in haste by order of the king, and the decree was given out in Shushan, the capital. And the king and Haman sat down to drink, but the city of Shushan was perplexed [at the strange and alarming decree]. -- esther 3:15 +. +NOW WHEN Mordecai learned all that was done, [he] rent his clothes and put on sackcloth with ashes and went out into the midst of the city and cried with a loud and bitter cry. -- esther 4:1 +. +He came and stood before the king's gate, for no one might enter the king's gate clothed with sackcloth. -- esther 4:2 +. +And in every province, wherever the king's commandment and his decree came, there was great mourning among the Jews, with fasting, weeping, and wailing, and many lay in sackcloth and ashes. -- esther 4:3 +. +When Esther's maids and her attendants came and told it to her, the queen was exceedingly grieved and distressed. She sent garments to clothe Mordecai, with orders to take his sackcloth from off him, but he would not receive them. -- esther 4:4 +. +Then Esther called for Hathach, one of the king's attendants whom he had appointed to attend her, and ordered him to go to Mordecai to learn what this was and why it was. -- esther 4:5 +. +So Hathach went out to Mordecai in the open square of the city, which was in front of the king's gate. -- esther 4:6 +. +And Mordecai told him of all that had happened to him, and the exact sum of money that Haman had promised to pay to the king's treasuries for the Jews to be destroyed. -- esther 4:7 +. +[Mordecai] also gave him a copy of the decree to destroy them, that was given out in Shushan, that he might show it to Esther, explain it to her, and charge her to go to the king, make supplication to him, and plead with him for the lives of her people. -- esther 4:8 +. +And Hathach came and told Esther the words of Mordecai. -- esther 4:9 +. +Then Esther spoke to Hathach and gave him a message for Mordecai, saying, -- esther 4:10 +. +All the king's servants and the people of the king's provinces know that any person, be it man or woman, who shall go into the inner court to the king without being called shall be put to death; there is but one law for him, except [him] to whom the king shall hold out the golden scepter, that he may live. But I have not been called to come to the king for these thirty days. -- esther 4:11 +. +And they told Mordecai what Esther said. -- esther 4:12 +. +Then Mordecai told them to return this answer to Esther, Do not flatter yourself that you shall escape in the king's palace any more than all the other Jews. -- esther 4:13 +. +For if you keep silent at this time, relief and deliverance shall arise for the Jews from elsewhere, but you and your father's house will perish. And who knows but that you have come to the kingdom for such a time as this and for this very occasion? -- esther 4:14 +. +Then Esther told them to give this answer to Mordecai, -- esther 4:15 +. +Go, gather together all the Jews that are present in Shushan, and fast for me; and neither eat nor drink for three days, night or day. I also and my maids will fast as you do. Then I will go to the king, though it is against the law; and if I perish, I perish. -- esther 4:16 +. +So Mordecai went away and did all that Esther had commanded him. -- esther 4:17 +. +ON THE third day [of the fast] Esther put on her royal robes and stood in the royal or inner court of the king's palace opposite his [throne room]. The king was sitting on his throne, facing the main entrance of the palace. -- esther 5:1 +. +And when the king saw Esther the queen standing in the court, she obtained favor in his sight, and he held out to [her] the golden scepter that was in his hand. So Esther drew near and touched the tip of the scepter. -- esther 5:2 +. +Then the king said to her, What will you have, Queen Esther? What is your request? It shall be given you, even to the half of the kingdom. -- esther 5:3 +. +And Esther said, If it seems good to the king, let the king and Haman come this day to the dinner that I have prepared for the king. -- esther 5:4 +. +Then the king said, Cause Haman to come quickly, that what Esther has said may be done. -- esther 5:5 +. +So the king and Haman came to the dinner that Esther had prepared. -- esther 5:6 +. +And during the serving of wine, the king said to Esther, What is your petition? It shall be granted you. And what is your request? Even to the half of the kingdom, it shall be performed. -- esther 5:7 +. +Then Esther said, My petition and my request is: If I have found favor in the sight of the king and if it pleases the king to grant my petition and to perform my request, let the king and Haman come tomorrow to the dinner that I shall prepare for them; and I will do tomorrow as the king has said. -- esther 5:8 +. +Haman went away that day joyful and elated in heart. But when he saw Mordecai at the king's gate refusing to stand up or show fear before him, he was filled with wrath against Mordecai. -- esther 5:9 +. +Nevertheless, Haman restrained himself and went home. There he sent and called for his friends and Zeresh his wife. -- esther 5:10 +. +And Haman recounted to them the glory of his riches, the abundance of his [ten] sons, all the things in which the king had promoted him, and how he had advanced him above the princes and servants of the king. -- esther 5:11 +. +Haman added, Yes, and today Queen Esther did not let any man come with the king to the dinner she had prepared but myself; and tomorrow also I am invited by her together with the king. -- esther 5:12 +. +Yet all this benefits me nothing as long as I see Mordecai the Jew sitting at the king's gate. -- esther 5:13 +. +Then Zeresh his wife and all his friends said to him, Let a gallows be made, fifty cubits [seventy-five feet] high, and in the morning speak to the king, that Mordecai may be hanged on it; then you go in merrily with the king to the dinner. And the thing pleased Haman, and he caused the gallows to be made. -- esther 5:14 +. +ON THAT night the king could not sleep; and he ordered that the book of memorable deeds, the chronicles, be brought, and they were read before the king. -- esther 6:1 +. +And it was found written there how Mordecai had told of Bigthana and Teresh, two of the king's attendants who guarded the door, who had sought to lay hands on King Ahasuerus. -- esther 6:2 +. +And the king said, What honor or distinction has been given Mordecai for this? Then the king's servants who ministered to him said, Nothing has been done for him. -- esther 6:3 +. +The king said, Who is in the court? Now Haman had just come into the outer court of the king's palace to ask the king to hang Mordecai on the gallows he had prepared for him. -- esther 6:4 +. +And the king's servants said to him, Behold, Haman is standing in the court. And the king said, Let him come in. -- esther 6:5 +. +So Haman came in. And the king said to him, What shall be done to the man whom the king delights to honor? Now Haman said to himself, To whom would the king delight to do honor more than to me? -- esther 6:6 +. +And Haman said to the king, For the man whom the king delights to honor, -- esther 6:7 +. +Let royal apparel be brought which the king has worn and the horse which the king has ridden, and a royal crown be set on his head. -- esther 6:8 +. +And let the apparel and the horse be delivered to the hand of one of the king's most noble princes. Let him array the man whom the king delights to honor, and conduct him on horseback through the open square of the city, and proclaim before him, Thus shall it be done to the man whom the king delights to honor. -- esther 6:9 +. +Then the king said to Haman, Make haste and take the apparel and the horse, as you have said, and do so to Mordecai the Jew, who sits at the king's gate. Leave out nothing that you have spoken. -- esther 6:10 +. +Then Haman took the apparel and the horse and conducted Mordecai on horseback through the open square of the city, proclaiming before him, Thus shall it be done to the man whom the king delights to honor. -- esther 6:11 +. +Then Mordecai came again to the king's gate. But Haman hastened to his house, mourning and having his head covered. -- esther 6:12 +. +And Haman recounted to Zeresh his wife and all his friends everything that had happened to him. Then his wise men and Zeresh his wife said to him, If Mordecai, before whom you have begun to fall, is of the offspring of the Jews, you cannot prevail against him, but shall surely fall before him. -- esther 6:13 +. +While they were yet talking with him, the king's attendants came and hastily brought Haman to the dinner that Esther had prepared. -- esther 6:14 +. +SO THE king and Haman came to dine with Esther the queen. -- esther 7:1 +. +And the king said again to Esther on the second day when wine was being served, What is your petition, Queen Esther? It shall be granted. And what is your request? Even to the half of the kingdom, it shall be performed. -- esther 7:2 +. +Then Queen Esther said, If I have found favor in your sight, O king and if it pleases the king, let my life be given me at my petition and my people at my request. -- esther 7:3 +. +For we are sold, I and my people, to be destroyed, slain, and wiped out of existence! But if we had been sold for bondmen and bondwomen, I would have held my tongue, for our affliction is not to be compared with the damage this will do to the king. -- esther 7:4 +. +Then King Ahasuerus said to Queen Esther, Who is he, and where is he who dares presume in his heart to do that? -- esther 7:5 +. +And Esther said, An adversary and an enemy, even this wicked Haman. Then Haman was afraid before the king and queen. -- esther 7:6 +. +And the king arose from the feast in his wrath and went into the palace garden; and Haman stood up to make request for his life to Queen Esther, for he saw that there was evil determined against him by the king. -- esther 7:7 +. +When the king returned out of the palace garden into the place of the drinking of wine, Haman was falling upon the couch where Esther was. Then said the king, Will he even forcibly assault the queen in my presence, in my own palace? As the king spoke the words, [the servants] covered Haman's face. -- esther 7:8 +. +Then said Harbonah, one of the attendants serving the king, Behold, the gallows fifty cubits high, which Haman has made for Mordecai, whose warning saved the king, stands at the house of Haman. And the king said, Hang him on it! -- esther 7:9 +. +So they hanged Haman on the gallows that he had prepared for Mordecai. Then the king's wrath was pacified. -- esther 7:10 +. +ON THAT day King Ahasuerus gave the house of Haman, the Jews' enemy, to Queen Esther. And Mordecai came before the king, for Esther had told what he was to her. -- esther 8:1 +. +And the king took off his [signet] ring, which he had taken from Haman, and gave it to Mordecai. And Esther set Mordecai over the house of Haman. -- esther 8:2 +. +And Esther spoke yet again to the king and fell down at his feet and besought him with tears to avert the evil plot of Haman the Agagite and his scheme that he had devised against the Jews. -- esther 8:3 +. +Then the king held out to Esther the golden scepter. So Esther arose and stood before the king. -- esther 8:4 +. +And she said, If it pleases the king and if I have found favor in his sight and the thing seems right before the king and I am pleasing in his eyes, let it be written to reverse the letters devised by Haman son of Hammedatha, the Agagite, which he wrote to destroy the Jews who are in all the king's provinces. -- esther 8:5 +. +For how can I endure to see the evil that shall come upon my people? Or how can I endure to see the destruction of my kindred? -- esther 8:6 +. +Then the King Ahasuerus said to Queen Esther and to Mordecai the Jew, Behold, I have given Esther the house of Haman, and him they have hanged upon the gallows because he laid his hand upon the Jews. -- esther 8:7 +. +Write also concerning the Jews as it pleases you in the king's name, and seal it with the king's [signet] ring--for writing which is in the king's name and sealed with the king's ring no man can reverse. -- esther 8:8 +. +Then the king's scribes were called, in the third month, the month of Sivan, on the twenty-third day, and it was written according to all that Mordecai commanded to the Jews, to the chief rulers, and the governors and princes of the provinces from India to Ethiopia, provinces, to every province in its own script and to every people in their own language and to the Jews according to their writing and according to their language. -- esther 8:9 +. +He wrote in the name of King Ahasuerus and sealed it with the king's ring and sent letters by messengers on horseback, riding on swift steeds, mules, and young dromedaries used in the king's service, bred from the [royal] stud. -- esther 8:10 +. +In it the king granted the Jews who were in every city to gather and defend their lives; to destroy, to slay, and to wipe out any armed force that might attack them, their little ones, and women; and to take the enemies' goods for spoil. -- esther 8:11 +. +On one day in all the provinces of King Ahasuerus, the thirteenth day of the twelfth month, the month of Adar, -- esther 8:12 +. +A copy of the writing was to be issued as a decree in every province and as a proclamation to all peoples, and the Jews should be ready on that day to avenge themselves upon their enemies. -- esther 8:13 +. +So the couriers, who were mounted on swift beasts that were used in the king's service, went out, being hurried and urged on by the king's command; and the decree was released in Shushan, the capital. -- esther 8:14 +. +And Mordecai went forth from the presence of the king in royal apparel of blue and white, with a great crown of gold and with a robe of fine linen and purple; and the city of Shushan shouted and rejoiced. -- esther 8:15 +. +The Jews had light [a dawn of new hope] and gladness and joy and honor. -- esther 8:16 +. +And in every province and in every city, wherever the king's command and his decree came, the Jews had gladness and joy, a feast and a holiday. And many from among the peoples of the land [submitted themselves to Jewish rite and] became Jews, for the fear of the Jews had fallen upon them. -- esther 8:17 +. +NOW IN the twelfth month, the month of Adar, on the thirteenth day of Adar when the king's command and his edict were about to be executed, on the [very] day that the enemies of the Jews had planned for a massacre of them, it was turned to the contrary and the Jews had rule over those who hated them. -- esther 9:1 +. +The Jews gathered together in their cities throughout all the provinces of King Ahasuerus to lay hands on such as sought their hurt; and no man could withstand them, for the fear of them had fallen upon all the peoples. -- esther 9:2 +. +And all the princes of the provinces and the chief rulers and the governors and they who attended to the king's business helped the Jews, because the fear of Mordecai had fallen upon them. -- esther 9:3 +. +For Mordecai was great in the king's palace; and his fame went forth throughout all the provinces, for the man Mordecai became more and more powerful. -- esther 9:4 +. +So the Jews smote all their enemies with the sword, slaughtering and destroying them, and did as they chose with those who hated them. -- esther 9:5 +. +In Shushan, the capital itself, the Jews slew and destroyed men. -- esther 9:6 +. +And they killed Parshandatha, -- esther 9:7 +. +Dalphon, Aspatha, Poratha, Adalia, -- esther 9:8 +. +Aridatha, Parmashta, Arisai, Aridai, -- esther 9:9 +. +And Vaizatha, the ten sons of Haman son of Hammedatha, the Jews' enemy; but on the spoil they laid not their hands. -- esther 9:10 +. +On that day the number of those who were slain in Shushan, the capital, was brought before the king. -- esther 9:11 +. +And the king said to Esther the queen, The Jews have slain and destroyed men in Shushan, the capital, and the ten sons of Haman. What then have they done in the rest of the king's provinces! Now what is your petition? It shall be granted to you. Or what is your request further? It shall be done. -- esther 9:12 +. +Then said Esther, If it pleases the king, let it be granted to the Jews which are in Shushan to do tomorrow also according to this day's decree, and let [the dead bodies of] Haman's ten sons be hanged on the gallows. -- esther 9:13 +. +And the king commanded it to be done; the decree was given in Shushan, and they hanged [the bodies of] Haman's ten sons. -- esther 9:14 +. +And the Jews that were in Shushan gathered together on the fourteenth day also of the month of Adar and slew men in Shushan, but on the spoil they laid not their hands. -- esther 9:15 +. +And the other Jews who were in the king's provinces gathered to defend their lives and had relief and rest from their enemies and slew of them that hated them 75,000; but on the spoil they laid not their hands. -- esther 9:16 +. +This was done on the thirteenth day of the month of Adar, and on the fourteenth day they rested and made it a day of feasting and gladness. -- esther 9:17 +. +But the Jews who were in Shushan [Susa] assembled on the thirteenth day and on the fourteenth, and on the fifteenth day they rested and made it a day of feasting and gladness. -- esther 9:18 +. +Therefore the Jews of the villages, who dwell in the unwalled towns, make the fourteenth day of the month of Adar a day of gladness and feasting, a holiday, and a day for sending choice portions to one another. -- esther 9:19 +. +And Mordecai recorded these things, and he sent letters to all the Jews who were in all the provinces of the King Ahasuerus, both near and far, -- esther 9:20 +. +To command them to keep the fourteenth day of the month of Adar and also the fifteenth, yearly, -- esther 9:21 +. +As the days on which the Jews got rest from their enemies, and as the month which was turned for them from sorrow to gladness and from mourning into a holiday--that they should make them days of feasting and gladness, days of sending choice portions to one another and gifts to the poor. -- esther 9:22 +. +So the Jews undertook to do as they had begun and as Mordecai had written to them-- -- esther 9:23 +. +Because Haman son of Hammedatha, the Agagite, the enemy of all the Jews, had plotted against the Jews to destroy them and had cast Pur, that is, the lot, [to find a lucky day] to crush and consume and destroy them. -- esther 9:24 +. +But when Esther brought the matter before the king, he commanded in writing that Haman's wicked scheme which he had devised against the Jews should return upon his own head, and that he and his sons should be hanged on the gallows. -- esther 9:25 +. +Therefore they called these days Purim, after the name Pur [lot]. Therefore, because of all that was in this letter and what they had faced in this matter and what had happened to them, -- esther 9:26 +. +The Jews ordained and took it upon themselves and their descendants and all who joined them that without fail every year they would keep these two days at the appointed time and as it was written, -- esther 9:27 +. +That these days should be remembered (imprinted on their minds) and kept throughout every generation in every family, province, and city, and that these days of Purim should never cease from among the Jews, nor the commemoration of them cease among their descendants. -- esther 9:28 +. +Then Queen Esther, the daughter of Abihail, with Mordecai the Jew, gave full power [written authority], confirming this second letter about Purim. -- esther 9:29 +. +And letters were sent to all the Jews, to the provinces of the kingdom of Ahasuerus, in words of peace and truth, -- esther 9:30 +. +To confirm that these days of Purim should be observed at their appointed times, as Mordecai the Jew and Queen Esther had commanded [the Jews], and as they had ordained for themselves and for their descendants in the matter of their fasts and their lamenting. -- esther 9:31 +. +And the command of Esther confirmed these observances of Purim, and it was written in the book. -- esther 9:32 +. +KING AHASUERUS laid a tribute (tax) on the land and on the coastlands of the sea. -- esther 10:1 +. +And all the acts of his power and of his might, and the full account of the greatness of Mordecai to which the king advanced him, are they not written in the Book of the Chronicles of the Kings of Media and Persia? -- esther 10:2 +. +For Mordecai the Jew was next to King Ahasuerus and great among the Jews, and was a favorite with the multitude of his brethren, for he sought the welfare of his people and spoke peace to his whole race. -- esther 10:3 +. +THERE WAS a man in the land of Uz whose name was Job; and that man was blameless and upright, and one who [reverently] feared God and abstained from and shunned evil [because it was wrong]. -- job 1:1 +. +And there were born to him seven sons and three daughters. -- job 1:2 +. +He possessed 7,sheep, 3,000 camels, 500 yoke of oxen, 500 female donkeys, and a very great body of servants, so that this man was the greatest of all the men of the East. -- job 1:3 +. +His sons used to go and feast in the house of each on his day (birthday) in turn, and they invited their three sisters to eat and drink with them. -- job 1:4 +. +And when the days of their feasting were over, Job sent for them to purify and hallow them, and rose up early in the morning and offered burnt offerings according to the number of them all. For Job said, It may be that my sons have sinned and cursed or disowned God in their hearts. Thus did Job at all [such] times. -- job 1:5 +. +Now there was a day when the sons (the angels) of God came to present themselves before the Lord, and Satan (the adversary and accuser) also came among them. -- job 1:6 +. +And the Lord said to Satan, From where did you come? Then Satan answered the Lord, From going to and fro on the earth and from walking up and down on it. -- job 1:7 +. +And the Lord said to Satan, Have you considered My servant Job, that there is none like him on the earth, a blameless and upright man, one who [reverently] fears God and abstains from and shuns evil [because it is wrong]? -- job 1:8 +. +Then Satan answered the Lord, Does Job [reverently] fear God for nothing? -- job 1:9 +. +Have You not put a hedge about him and his house and all that he has, on every side? You have conferred prosperity and happiness upon him in the work of his hands, and his possessions have increased in the land. -- job 1:10 +. +But put forth Your hand now and touch all that he has, and he will curse You to Your face. -- job 1:11 +. +And the Lord said to Satan (the adversary and the accuser), Behold, all that he has is in your power, only upon the man himself put not forth your hand. So Satan went forth from the presence of the Lord. -- job 1:12 +. +And there was a day when [Job's] sons and his daughters were eating and drinking wine in their eldest brother's house [on his birthday], -- job 1:13 +. +And there came a messenger to Job and said, The oxen were plowing and the donkeys feeding beside them, -- job 1:14 +. +And the Sabeans swooped down upon them and took away [the animals]. Indeed, they have slain the servants with the edge of the sword, and I alone have escaped to tell you. -- job 1:15 +. +While he was yet speaking, there came also another and said, The fire of God (lightning) has fallen from the heavens and has burned up the sheep and the servants and consumed them, and I alone have escaped to tell you. -- job 1:16 +. +While he was yet speaking, there came also another and said, The Chaldeans divided into three bands and made a raid upon the camels and have taken them away, yes, and have slain the servants with the edge of the sword, and I alone have escaped to tell you. -- job 1:17 +. +While he was yet speaking, there came also another and said, Your sons and your daughters were eating and drinking wine in their eldest brother's house, -- job 1:18 +. +And behold, there came a great [whirlwind] from the desert, and smote the four corners of the house, and it fell upon the young people and they are dead, and I alone have escaped to tell you. -- job 1:19 +. +Then Job arose and rent his robe and shaved his head and fell down upon the ground and worshiped -- job 1:20 +. +And said, Naked (without possessions) came I [into this world] from my mother's womb, and naked (without possessions) shall I depart. The Lord gave and the Lord has taken away; blessed (praised and magnified in worship) be the name of the Lord! -- job 1:21 +. +In all this Job sinned not nor charged God foolishly. -- job 1:22 +. +AGAIN THERE was a day when the sons of God [the angels] came to present themselves before the Lord, and Satan (the adversary and the accuser) came also among them to present himself before the Lord. -- job 2:1 +. +And the Lord said to Satan, From where do you come? And Satan (the adversary and the accuser) answered the Lord, From going to and fro on the earth and from walking up and down on it. -- job 2:2 +. +And the Lord said to Satan, Have you considered My servant Job, that there is none like him on the earth, a blameless and upright man, one who [reverently] fears God and abstains from and shuns all evil [because it is wrong]? And still he holds fast his integrity, although you moved Me against him to destroy him without cause. -- job 2:3 +. +Then Satan answered the Lord, Skin for skin! Yes, all that a man has will he give for his life. -- job 2:4 +. +But put forth Your hand now, and touch his bone and his flesh, and he will curse and renounce You to Your face. -- job 2:5 +. +And the Lord said to Satan, Behold, he is in your hand; only spare his life. -- job 2:6 +. +So Satan went forth from the presence of the Lord and smote Job with loathsome and painful sores from the sole of his foot to the crown of his head. -- job 2:7 +. +And he took a piece of broken pottery with which to scrape himself, and he sat [down] among the ashes. -- job 2:8 +. +Then his wife said to him, Do you still hold fast your blameless uprightness? Renounce God and die! -- job 2:9 +. +But he said to her, You speak as one of the impious and foolish women would speak. What? Shall we accept [only] good at the hand of God and shall we not accept [also] misfortune and what is of a bad nature? In [spite of] all this, Job did not sin with his lips. -- job 2:10 +. +Now when Job's three friends heard of all this evil that was come upon him, they came each one from his own place, Eliphaz the Temanite and Bildad the Shuhite and Zophar the Naamathite, for they had made an appointment together to come to condole with him and to comfort him. -- job 2:11 +. +And when they looked from afar off and saw him [disfigured] beyond recognition, they lifted up their voices and wept; and each one tore his robe, and they cast dust over their heads toward the heavens. -- job 2:12 +. +So they sat down with [Job] on the ground for seven days and seven nights, and none spoke a word to him, for they saw that his grief and pain were very great. -- job 2:13 +. +AFTER THIS, Job opened his mouth and cursed his day (birthday). -- job 3:1 +. +And Job said, -- job 3:2 +. +Let the day perish wherein I was born, and the night which announced, There is a man-child conceived. -- job 3:3 +. +Let that day be darkness! May not God above regard it, nor light shine upon it. -- job 3:4 +. +Let gloom and deep darkness claim it for their own; let a cloud dwell upon it; let all that blackens the day terrify it (the day that I was born). -- job 3:5 +. +As for that night, let thick darkness seize it; let it not rejoice among the days of the year; let it not come into the number of the months. -- job 3:6 +. +Yes, let that night be solitary and barren; let no joyful voice come into it. -- job 3:7 +. +Let those curse it who curse the day, who are skilled in rousing up Leviathan. -- job 3:8 +. +Let the stars of the early dawn of that day be dark; let [the morning] look in vain for the light, nor let it behold the day's dawning, -- job 3:9 +. +Because it shut not the doors of my mother's womb nor hid sorrow and trouble from my eyes. -- job 3:10 +. +Why was I not stillborn? Why did I not give up the ghost when my mother bore me? -- job 3:11 +. +Why did the knees receive me? Or why the breasts, that I should suck? -- job 3:12 +. +For then would I have lain down and been quiet; I would have slept; then would I have been at rest [in death] -- job 3:13 +. +With kings and counselors of the earth, who built up [now] desolate ruins for themselves, -- job 3:14 +. +Or with princes who had gold, who filled their houses with silver. -- job 3:15 +. +Or [why] was I not a miscarriage, hidden and put away, as infants who never saw light? -- job 3:16 +. +There [in death] the wicked cease from troubling, and there the weary are at rest. -- job 3:17 +. +There the [captive] prisoners rest together; they hear not the taskmaster's voice. -- job 3:18 +. +The small and the great are there, and the servant is free from his master. -- job 3:19 +. +Why is light [of life] given to him who is in misery, and life to the bitter in soul, -- job 3:20 +. +Who long and wait for death, but it comes not, and dig for it more than for hidden treasures, -- job 3:21 +. +Who rejoice exceedingly and are elated when they find the grave? -- job 3:22 +. +[Why is the light of day given] to a man whose way is hidden, and whom God has hedged in? -- job 3:23 +. +For my sighing comes before my food, and my groanings are poured out like water. -- job 3:24 +. +For the thing which I greatly fear comes upon me, and that of which I am afraid befalls me. -- job 3:25 +. +I was not or am not at ease, nor had I or have I rest, nor was I or am I quiet, yet trouble came and still comes [upon me]. -- job 3:26 +. +THEN ELIPHAZ the Temanite answered and said, -- job 4:1 +. +If we venture to converse with you, will you be offended? Yet who can restrain himself from speaking? -- job 4:2 +. +Behold, you have instructed many, and you have strengthened the weak hands. -- job 4:3 +. +Your words have held firm him who was falling, and you have strengthened the feeble knees. -- job 4:4 +. +But now it is come upon you, and you faint and are grieved; it touches you, and you are troubled and dismayed. -- job 4:5 +. +Is not your [reverent] fear of God your confidence and the integrity and uprightness of your ways your hope? -- job 4:6 +. +Think [earnestly], I beg of you: who, being innocent, ever perished? Or where were those upright and in right standing with God cut off? -- job 4:7 +. +As I myself have seen, those who plow iniquity and sow trouble and mischief reap the same. -- job 4:8 +. +By the breath of God they perish, and by the blast of His anger they are consumed. -- job 4:9 +. +The roaring of the lion and the voice of the fierce lion, and the teeth of the young lions are broken. -- job 4:10 +. +The old and strong lion perishes for lack of prey, and the whelps of the lioness are scattered abroad. -- job 4:11 +. +Now a thing was secretly brought to me, and my ear received a whisper of it. -- job 4:12 +. +In thoughts from the visions of the night, when deep sleep falls on men, -- job 4:13 +. +Fear came upon me and trembling, which made all my bones shake. -- job 4:14 +. +Then a spirit passed before my face; the hair of my flesh stood up! -- job 4:15 +. +[The spirit] stood still, but I could not discern the appearance of it. A form was before my eyes; there was silence, and then I heard a voice, saying, -- job 4:16 +. +Can mortal man be just before God, or be more right than He is? Can a man be pure before his Maker, or be more cleansed than He is? -- job 4:17 +. +Even in His [heavenly] servants He puts no trust or confidence, and His angels He charges with folly and error-- -- job 4:18 +. +How much more those who dwell in houses (bodies) of clay, whose foundations are in the dust, who are crushed like the moth. -- job 4:19 +. +Between morning and evening they are destroyed; without anyone noticing it they perish forever. -- job 4:20 +. +Is not their tent cord plucked up within them [so that the tent falls]? Do they not die, and that without [acquiring] wisdom? -- job 4:21 +. +CALL NOW--is there any who will answer you? And to which of the holy [angels] will you turn? -- job 5:1 +. +For vexation and rage kill the foolish man; jealousy and indignation slay the simple. -- job 5:2 +. +I have seen the foolish taking root [and outwardly prospering], but suddenly I saw that his dwelling was cursed [for his doom was certain]. -- job 5:3 +. +His children are far from safety; [involved in their father's ruin] they are crushed in the [court of justice in the city's] gate, and there is no one to deliver them. -- job 5:4 +. +His harvest the hungry eat and take it even [when it grows] among the thorns; the snare opens for [his] wealth. -- job 5:5 +. +For affliction comes not forth from the dust, neither does trouble spring forth out of the ground. -- job 5:6 +. +But man is born to trouble as the sparks and the flames fly upward. -- job 5:7 +. +As for me, I would seek God and inquire of and require Him, and to God would I commit my cause-- -- job 5:8 +. +Who does great things and unsearchable, marvelous things without number, -- job 5:9 +. +Who gives rain upon the earth and sends waters upon the fields, -- job 5:10 +. +So that He sets on high those who are lowly, and those who mourn He lifts to safety. -- job 5:11 +. +He frustrates the devices of the crafty, so that their hands cannot perform their enterprise or anything of [lasting] worth. -- job 5:12 +. +He catches the [so-called] wise in their own trickiness, and the counsel of the schemers is brought to a quick end. -- job 5:13 +. +In the daytime they meet in darkness, and at noon they grope as in the night. -- job 5:14 +. +But [God] saves [the fatherless] from the sword of their mouth, and the needy from the hand of the mighty. -- job 5:15 +. +So the poor have hope, and iniquity shuts her mouth. -- job 5:16 +. +Happy and fortunate is the man whom God reproves; so do not despise or reject the correction of the Almighty [subjecting you to trial and suffering]. -- job 5:17 +. +For He wounds, but He binds up; He smites, but His hands heal. -- job 5:18 +. +He will rescue you in six troubles; in seven nothing that is evil [for you] will touch you. -- job 5:19 +. +In famine He will redeem you from death, and in war from the power of the sword. -- job 5:20 +. +You shall be hidden from the scourge of the tongue, neither shall you be afraid of destruction when it comes. -- job 5:21 +. +At destruction and famine you shall laugh, neither shall you be afraid of the living creatures of the earth. -- job 5:22 +. +For you shall be in league with the stones of the field, and the beasts of the field shall be at peace with you. -- job 5:23 +. +And you shall know that your tent shall be in peace, and you shall visit your fold and your dwelling and miss nothing [from them]. -- job 5:24 +. +You shall know also that your children shall be many, and your offspring as the grass of the earth. -- job 5:25 +. +You shall come to your grave in ripe old age, and as a shock of grain goes up [to the threshing floor] in its season. -- job 5:26 +. +This is what we have searched out; it is true. Hear and heed it and know for yourself [for your good]. -- job 5:27 +. +THEN JOB answered, -- job 6:1 +. +Oh, that my impatience and vexation might be [thoroughly] weighed and all my calamity be laid up over against them in the balances, one against the other [to see if my grief is unmanly]! -- job 6:2 +. +For now it would be heavier than the sand of the sea; therefore my words have been rash and wild, -- job 6:3 +. +[But it is] because the arrows of the Almighty are within me, the poison which my spirit drinks up; the terrors of God set themselves in array against me. -- job 6:4 +. +Does the wild ass bray when it has grass? Or does the ox low over its fodder? -- job 6:5 +. +Can that which has no taste to it be eaten without salt? Or is there any flavor in the white of an egg? -- job 6:6 +. +[These afflictions] my soul refuses to touch! Such things are like diseased food to me [sickening and repugnant]! -- job 6:7 +. +Oh, that I might have my request, and that God would grant me the thing that I long for! -- job 6:8 +. +I even wish that it would please God to crush me, that He would let loose His hand and cut me off! -- job 6:9 +. +Then would I still have consolation--yes, I would leap [for joy] amid unsparing pain [though I shrink from it]--that I have not concealed or denied the words of the Holy One! -- job 6:10 +. +What strength have I left, that I should wait and hope? And what is ahead of me, that I should be patient? -- job 6:11 +. +Is my strength and endurance that of stones? Or is my flesh made of bronze? -- job 6:12 +. +Is it not that I have no help in myself, and that wisdom is quite driven from me? -- job 6:13 +. +To him who is about to faint and despair, kindness is due from his friend, lest he forsake the fear of the Almighty. -- job 6:14 +. +[You] my brethren have dealt deceitfully as a brook, as the channel of brooks that pass away, -- job 6:15 +. +Which are black and turbid by reason of the ice, and in which the snows hides itself; -- job 6:16 +. +When they get warm, they shrink and disappear; when it is hot, they vanish out of their place. -- job 6:17 +. +The caravans which travel by way of them turn aside; they go into the waste places and perish. [Such is my disappointment in you, the friends I fully trusted.] -- job 6:18 +. +The caravans of Tema looked [for water], the companies of Sheba waited for them [in vain]. -- job 6:19 +. +They were confounded because they had hoped [to find water]; they came there and were bitterly disappointed. -- job 6:20 +. +Now to me you are [like a dried-up brook]; you see my dismay and terror, and [believing me to be a victim of God's anger] you are afraid [to sympathize with me]. -- job 6:21 +. +Did I ever say, Bring me a gift, or Pay a bribe on my account from your wealth -- job 6:22 +. +To deliver me from the adversary's hand, or Redeem me from the hand of the oppressors? -- job 6:23 +. +Teach me, and I will hold my peace; and cause me to understand wherein I have erred. -- job 6:24 +. +How forcible are words of straightforward speech! But what does your arguing argue and prove or your reproof reprove? -- job 6:25 +. +Do you imagine your words to be an argument, but the speeches of one who is desperate to be as wind? -- job 6:26 +. +Yes, you would cast lots over the fatherless and bargain away your friend. -- job 6:27 +. +Now be pleased to look upon me, that it may be evident to you if I lie [for surely I would not lie to your face]. -- job 6:28 +. +Return [from your suspicion], I pray you, let there be no injustice; yes, return again [to confidence in me], my vindication is in it. -- job 6:29 +. +Is there wrong on my tongue? Cannot my taste discern what is destructive? -- job 6:30 +. +IS THERE not an [appointed] warfare and hard labor to man upon earth? And are not his days like the days of a hireling? -- job 7:1 +. +As a servant earnestly longs for the shade and the evening shadows, and as a hireling who looks for the reward of his work, -- job 7:2 +. +So am I allotted months of futile [suffering], and [long] nights of misery are appointed to me. -- job 7:3 +. +When I lie down I say, When shall I arise and the night be gone? And I am full of tossing to and fro till the dawning of the day. -- job 7:4 +. +My flesh is clothed with worms and clods of dust; my skin is broken and has become loathsome, and it closes up and breaks out afresh. -- job 7:5 +. +My days are swifter than a weaver's shuttle, and are spent without hope. -- job 7:6 +. +Oh, remember that my life is but wind (a puff, a breath, a sob); my eye shall see good no more. -- job 7:7 +. +The eye of him who sees me shall see me no more; while your eyes are upon me, I shall be gone. -- job 7:8 +. +As the cloud is consumed and vanishes away, so he who goes down to Sheol (the place of the dead) shall come up no more. -- job 7:9 +. +He shall return no more to his house, neither shall his place know him any more. -- job 7:10 +. +Therefore I will not restrain my mouth; I will speak in the anguish of my spirit, I will complain in the bitterness of my soul [O Lord]! -- job 7:11 +. +Am I the sea, or the sea monster, that You set a watch over me? -- job 7:12 +. +When I say, My bed shall comfort me, my couch shall ease my complaint, -- job 7:13 +. +Then You scare me with dreams and terrify me through visions, -- job 7:14 +. +So that I would choose strangling and death rather than these my bones. -- job 7:15 +. +I loathe my life; I would not live forever. Let me alone, for my days are a breath (futility). -- job 7:16 +. +What is man that You should magnify him and think him important? And that You should set Your mind upon him? -- job 7:17 +. +And that You should visit him every morning and try him every moment? -- job 7:18 +. +How long will Your [plaguing] glance not look away from me, nor You let me alone till I swallow my spittle? -- job 7:19 +. +If I have sinned, what [harm] have I done You, O You Watcher and Keeper of men? Why have You set me as a mark for You, so that I am a burden to myself [and You]? -- job 7:20 +. +And why do You not pardon my transgression and take away my iniquity? For now shall I lie down in the dust; and [even if] You will seek me diligently, [it will be too late, for] I shall not be. -- job 7:21 +. +THEN ANSWERED Bildad the Shuhite, -- job 8:1 +. +How long will you say these things [Job]? And how long shall the words of your mouth be as a mighty wind? -- job 8:2 +. +Does God pervert justice? Or does the Almighty pervert righteousness? -- job 8:3 +. +If your children have sinned against Him, then He has delivered them into the power of their transgression. -- job 8:4 +. +If you will seek God diligently and make your supplication to the Almighty, -- job 8:5 +. +Then, if you are pure and upright, surely He will bestir Himself for you and make your righteous dwelling prosperous again. -- job 8:6 +. +And though your beginning was small, yet your latter end would greatly increase. -- job 8:7 +. +For inquire, I pray you, of the former age and apply yourself to that which their fathers have searched out, -- job 8:8 +. +For we are but of yesterday and know nothing, because our days upon earth are a shadow. -- job 8:9 +. +Shall not [the forefathers] teach you and tell you and utter words out of their hearts (the deepest part of their nature)? -- job 8:10 +. +Can the rush or papyrus grow up without marsh? Can the flag or reed grass grow without water? -- job 8:11 +. +While it is yet green, in flower, and not cut down, it withers before any other herb [when without water]. -- job 8:12 +. +So are the ways of all who forget God; and the hope of the godless shall perish. -- job 8:13 +. +For his confidence breaks, and [the object of] his trust is a spider's web. -- job 8:14 +. +He shall lean upon his house, but it shall not stand; he shall hold fast to it, but it shall not last. -- job 8:15 +. +He is green before the sun, and his shoots go forth over his garden. -- job 8:16 +. +[Godless] his roots are wrapped about the [stone] heap, and see their way [promisingly] among the rocks. -- job 8:17 +. +But if [God] snatches him from his property, [then having passed into the hands of others] it [his property] will forget and deny him, [saying,] I have never seen you [before, as if ashamed of him--like his former friends]. -- job 8:18 +. +See, this is the joy of going the way [of the ungodly]! And from the dust others will spring up [to take his place]. -- job 8:19 +. +Behold, as surely as God will never uphold wrongdoers, He will never cast away a blameless man. -- job 8:20 +. +He will yet fill your mouth with laughter [Job] and your lips with joyful shouting. -- job 8:21 +. +Those who hate you will be clothed with shame, and the tents of the wicked shall be no more. -- job 8:22 +. +THEN JOB answered and said, -- job 9:1 +. +Yes, I know it is true. But how can mortal man be right before God? -- job 9:2 +. +If one should want to contend with Him, he cannot answer one [of His questions] in a thousand. -- job 9:3 +. +[God] is wise in heart and mighty in strength; who has [ever] hardened himself against Him and prospered or even been safe? -- job 9:4 +. +[God] Who removes the mountains, and they know it not when He overturns them in His anger; -- job 9:5 +. +Who shakes the earth out of its place, and the pillars of it tremble; -- job 9:6 +. +Who commands the sun, and it rises not; Who seals up the stars [from view]; -- job 9:7 +. +Who alone stretches out the heavens and treads upon the waves and high places of the sea; -- job 9:8 +. +Who made [the constellations] the Bear, Orion, and the [loose cluster] Pleiades, and the [vast starry] spaces of the south; -- job 9:9 +. +Who does great things past finding out, yes, marvelous things without number. -- job 9:10 +. +Behold, He goes by me, and I see Him not; He passes on also, but I perceive Him not. -- job 9:11 +. +Behold, He snatches away; who can hinder or turn Him back? Who will say to Him, What are You doing? -- job 9:12 +. +God will not withdraw His anger; the [proud] helpers of Rahab [arrogant monster of the sea] bow under Him. -- job 9:13 +. +How much less shall I answer Him, choosing out my words to reason with Him -- job 9:14 +. +Whom, though I were righteous (upright and innocent) yet I could not answer? I must appeal for mercy to my Opponent and Judge [for my right]. -- job 9:15 +. +If I called and He answered me, yet would I not believe that He listened to my voice. -- job 9:16 +. +For He overwhelms and breaks me with a tempest and multiplies my wounds without cause. -- job 9:17 +. +He will not allow me to catch my breath, but fills me with bitterness. -- job 9:18 +. +If I speak of strength, behold, He is mighty! And if of justice, Who, says He, will summon Me? -- job 9:19 +. +Though I am innocent and in the right, my own mouth would condemn me; though I am blameless, He would prove me perverse. -- job 9:20 +. +Though I am blameless, I regard not myself; I despise my life. -- job 9:21 +. +It is all one; therefore I say, God [does not discriminate, but] destroys the blameless and the wicked. -- job 9:22 +. +When [His] scourge slays suddenly, He mocks at the calamity and trial of the innocent. -- job 9:23 +. +The earth is given into the hands of the wicked; He covers the faces of its judges [so that they are blinded to justice]. If it is not [God], who then is it [responsible for all this inequality]? -- job 9:24 +. +Now my days are swifter than a runner; they flee away, they see no good. -- job 9:25 +. +They are passed away like the swift rowboats made of reeds, or like the eagle that swoops down on the prey. -- job 9:26 +. +If I say, I will forget my complaint, I will put off my sad countenance, and be of good cheer and brighten up, -- job 9:27 +. +I become afraid of all my pains and sorrows [yet to come], for I know You will not pronounce me innocent [by removing them]. -- job 9:28 +. +I shall be held guilty and be condemned; why then should I labor in vain [to appear innocent]? -- job 9:29 +. +If I wash myself with snow and cleanse my hands with lye, -- job 9:30 +. +Yet You will plunge me into the ditch, and my own clothes will abhor me [and refuse to cover so foul a body]. -- job 9:31 +. +For [God] is not a [mere] man, as I am, that I should answer Him, that we should come together in court. -- job 9:32 +. +There is no umpire between us, who might lay his hand upon us both, [would that there were!] -- job 9:33 +. +That He might take His rod away from [threatening] me, and that the fear of Him might not terrify me. -- job 9:34 +. +[Then] would I speak and not fear Him, but I am not so in myself [to make me afraid, were only a fair trial given me]. -- job 9:35 +. +I AM weary of my life and loathe it! I will give free expression to my complaint; I will speak in the bitterness of my soul. -- job 10:1 +. +I will say to God, Do not condemn me [do not make me guilty]! Show me why You contend with me. -- job 10:2 +. +Does it seem good to You that You should oppress, that You should despise and reject the work of Your hands, and favor the schemes of the wicked? -- job 10:3 +. +Have You eyes of flesh? Do You see as man sees? -- job 10:4 +. +Are Your days as the days of man, are Your years as man's [years], -- job 10:5 +. +That You inquire after my iniquity and search for my sin-- -- job 10:6 +. +Although You know that I am not wicked or guilty and that there is none who can deliver me out of Your hand? -- job 10:7 +. +Your hands have formed me and made me. Would You turn around and destroy me? -- job 10:8 +. +Remember [earnestly], I beseech You, that You have fashioned me as clay [out of the same earth material, exquisitely and elaborately]. And will You bring me into dust again? -- job 10:9 +. +Have You not poured me out like milk and curdled me like cheese? -- job 10:10 +. +You have clothed me with skin and flesh and have knit me together with bones and sinews. -- job 10:11 +. +You have granted me life and favor, and Your providence has preserved my spirit. -- job 10:12 +. +Yet these [the present evils] have You hid in Your heart [for me since my creation]; I know that this was with You [in Your purpose and thought]. -- job 10:13 +. +If I sin, then You observe me, and You will not acquit me from my iniquity and guilt. -- job 10:14 +. +If I am wicked, woe unto me! And if I am righteous, yet must I not lift up my head, for I am filled with disgrace and the sight of my affliction. -- job 10:15 +. +If I lift myself up, You hunt me like a lion and again show Yourself [inflicting] marvelous [trials] upon me. -- job 10:16 +. +You renew Your witnesses against me and increase Your indignation toward me; I am as if attacked by a troop time after time. -- job 10:17 +. +Why then did You bring me forth out of the womb? Would that I had perished and no eye had seen me! -- job 10:18 +. +I should have been as though I had not existed; I should have been carried from the womb to the grave. -- job 10:19 +. +Are not my days few? Cease then and let me alone, that I may take a little comfort and cheer up -- job 10:20 +. +Before I go whence I shall not return, even to the land of darkness and the shadow of death, -- job 10:21 +. +The land of sunless gloom as intense darkness, [the land] of the shadow of death, without any order, and where the light is as thick darkness. -- job 10:22 +. +THEN ZOPHAR the Naamathite replied, -- job 11:1 +. +Should not the multitude of words be answered? And should a man full of talk [and making such great professions] be pronounced free from guilt or blame? -- job 11:2 +. +Should your boastings and babble make men keep silent? And when you mock and scoff, shall no man make you ashamed? -- job 11:3 +. +For you have said, My doctrine [that God afflicts the righteous knowingly] is pure, and I am clean in [God's] eyes. -- job 11:4 +. +But oh, that God would speak, and open His lips against you, -- job 11:5 +. +And that He would show you the secrets of wisdom! For He is manifold in understanding! Know therefore that God exacts of you less than your guilt and iniquity [deserve]. -- job 11:6 +. +Can you find out the deep things of God, or can you by searching find out the limits of the Almighty [explore His depths, ascend to His heights, extend to His breadths, and comprehend His infinite perfection]? -- job 11:7 +. +His wisdom is as high as the heights of heaven! What can you do? It is deeper than Sheol (the place of the dead)! What can you know? -- job 11:8 +. +Longer in measure [and scope] is it than the earth, and broader than the sea. -- job 11:9 +. +If [God] sweeps in and arrests and calls into judgment, who can hinder Him? [If He is against a man, who shall call Him to account for it?] -- job 11:10 +. +For He recognizes and knows hollow, wicked, and useless men (men of falsehood); when He sees iniquity, will He not consider it? -- job 11:11 +. +But a stupid man will get wisdom [only] when a wild donkey's colt is born a man [as when he thinks himself free because he is lifted up in pride]. -- job 11:12 +. +If you set your heart aright and stretch out your hands to [God], -- job 11:13 +. +If you put sin out of your hand and far away from you and let not evil dwell in your tents; -- job 11:14 +. +Then can you lift up your face to Him without stain [of sin, and unashamed]; yes, you shall be steadfast and secure; you shall not fear. -- job 11:15 +. +For you shall forget your misery; you shall remember it as waters that pass away. -- job 11:16 +. +And [your] life shall be clearer than the noonday and rise above it; though there be darkness, it shall be as the morning. -- job 11:17 +. +And you shall be secure and feel confident because there is hope; yes, you shall search about you, and you shall take your rest in safety. -- job 11:18 +. +You shall lie down, and none shall make you afraid; yes, many shall sue for your favor. -- job 11:19 +. +But the eyes of the wicked shall look [for relief] in vain, and they shall not escape [the justice of God]; and their hope shall be to give up the ghost. -- job 11:20 +. +THEN JOB answered, -- job 12:1 +. +No doubt you are the [only wise] people [in the world], and wisdom will die with you! -- job 12:2 +. +But I have understanding as well as you; I am not inferior to you. Who does not know such things as these [of God's wisdom and might]? -- job 12:3 +. +I am become one who is a laughingstock to his friend; I, one whom God answered when he called upon Him--a just, upright (blameless) man--laughed to scorn! -- job 12:4 +. +In the thought of him who is at ease there is contempt for misfortune--but it is ready for those whose feet slip. -- job 12:5 +. +The dwellings of robbers prosper; those who provoke God are [apparently] secure; God supplies them abundantly [who have no god but their own hands and power]. -- job 12:6 +. +For ask now the animals, and they will teach you [that God does not deal with His creatures according to their character]; ask the birds of the air, and they will tell you; -- job 12:7 +. +Or speak to the earth [with its other forms of life], and it will teach you; and the fish of the sea will declare [this truth] to you. -- job 12:8 +. +Who [is so blind as] not to recognize in all these [that good and evil are promiscuously scattered throughout nature and human life] that it is God's hand which does it [and God's way]? -- job 12:9 +. +In His hand is the life of every living thing and the breath of all mankind. -- job 12:10 +. +Is it not the task of the ear to discriminate between [wise and unwise] words, just as the mouth distinguishes [between desirable and undesirable] food? -- job 12:11 +. +With the aged [you say] is wisdom, and with length of days comes understanding. -- job 12:12 +. +But [only] with [God] are [perfect] wisdom and might; He [alone] has [true] counsel and understanding. -- job 12:13 +. +Behold, He tears down, and it cannot be built again; He shuts a man in, and none can open. -- job 12:14 +. +He withholds the waters, and the land dries up; again, He sends forth [rains], and they overwhelm the land or transform it. -- job 12:15 +. +With Him are might and wisdom; the deceived and the deceiver are His [and in His power]. -- job 12:16 +. +He leads [great and scheming] counselors away stripped and barefoot and makes the judges fools [in human estimation, by overthrowing their plans]. -- job 12:17 +. +He looses the fetters [ordered] by kings and has [the] waistcloth [of a slave] bound about their [own] loins. -- job 12:18 +. +He leads away priests as spoil, and men firmly seated He overturns. -- job 12:19 +. +He deprives of speech those who are trusted and takes away the discernment and discretion of the aged. -- job 12:20 +. +He pours contempt on princes and loosens the belt of the strong [disabling them, bringing low the pride of the learned]. -- job 12:21 +. +He uncovers deep things out of darkness and brings into light black gloom and the shadow of death. -- job 12:22 +. +He makes nations great, and He destroys them; He enlarges nations [and then straitens and shrinks them again], and leads them [away captive]. -- job 12:23 +. +He takes away understanding from the leaders of the people of the land and of the earth, and causes them to wander in a wilderness where there is no path. -- job 12:24 +. +They grope in the dark without light, and He makes them to stagger and wander like a drunken man. -- job 12:25 +. +[JOB CONTINUED:] Behold, my eye has seen all this, my ear has heard and understood it. -- job 13:1 +. +What you know, I also know; I am not inferior to you. -- job 13:2 +. +Surely I wish to speak to the Almighty, and I desire to argue and reason my case with God [that He may explain the conflict between what I believe of Him and what I see of Him]. -- job 13:3 +. +But you are forgers of lies [you defame my character most untruthfully]; you are all physicians of no value and have no remedy to offer. -- job 13:4 +. +Oh, that you would altogether hold your peace! Then you would evidence your wisdom and you might pass for wise men. -- job 13:5 +. +Hear now my reasoning, and listen to the pleadings of my lips. -- job 13:6 +. +Will you speak unrighteously for God and talk deceitfully for Him? -- job 13:7 +. +Will you show partiality to Him [be unjust to me in order to gain favor with Him]? Will you act as special pleaders for God? -- job 13:8 +. +Would it be profitable for you if He should investigate your tactics [with me]? Or as one deceives and mocks a man, do you deceive and mock Him? -- job 13:9 +. +He will surely reprove you if you do secretly show partiality. -- job 13:10 +. +Shall not His majesty make you afraid, and should not your awe for Him restrain you? -- job 13:11 +. +Your memorable sayings are proverbs of ashes [valueless]; your defenses are defenses of clay [and will crumble]. -- job 13:12 +. +Hold your peace! Let me alone, so I may speak; and let come on me what may. -- job 13:13 +. +Why should I take my flesh in my teeth and put my life in my hands [incurring the danger of God's wrath]? -- job 13:14 +. +[I do it because, though He slay me, yet will I wait for and trust Him and] behold, He will slay me; I have no hope--nevertheless, I will maintain and argue my ways before Him and even to His face. -- job 13:15 +. +This will be my salvation, that a polluted and godless man shall not come before Him. -- job 13:16 +. +Listen diligently to my speech, and let my declaration be in your ears. -- job 13:17 +. +Behold now, I have prepared my case; I know that I shall be justified and vindicated. -- job 13:18 +. +Who is he who will argue against and refute me? For then I would hold my peace and expire. -- job 13:19 +. +Only [O Lord] grant two conditions to me, and then will I not hide myself from You: -- job 13:20 +. +Withdraw Your hand and take this bodily suffering far from me; and let not my [reverent] dread of You terrify me. -- job 13:21 +. +Then [Lord] call and I will answer, or let me speak, and You answer me. -- job 13:22 +. +How many are my iniquities and sins [that so much sorrow should come to me]? Make me recognize and know my transgression and my sin. -- job 13:23 +. +Why do You hide Your face [as if offended] and alienate me as if I were Your enemy? -- job 13:24 +. +Will You harass and frighten a [poor, helpless] leaf driven to and fro, and will You pursue the chaff of the dry stubble? -- job 13:25 +. +For You write bitter things against me [in Your bill of indictment] and make me inherit and be accountable now for the iniquities of my youth. -- job 13:26 +. +You put my feet also in the stocks and observe critically all my paths; You set a circle and limit around the soles of my feet [which I must not overstep]. -- job 13:27 +. +And he wastes away as a rotten thing, like a garment that is moth-eaten. -- job 13:28 +. +MAN WHO is born of a woman is of few days and full of trouble. -- job 14:1 +. +He comes forth like a flower and withers; he flees also like a shadow and continues not. -- job 14:2 +. +And [Lord] do You open Your eyes upon such a one, and bring me into judgment with You? -- job 14:3 +. +Who can bring a clean thing out of an unclean? No one! -- job 14:4 +. +Since a man's days are already determined, and the number of his months is wholly in Your control, and he cannot pass the bounds of his allotted time-- -- job 14:5 +. +[O God] turn from him [and cease to watch him so pitilessly]; let him rest until he has accomplished as does a hireling the appointed time for his day. -- job 14:6 +. +For there is hope for a tree if it is cut down, that it will sprout again and that the tender shoots of it will not cease. [But there is no such hope for man.] -- job 14:7 +. +Though its roots grow old in the earth and its stock dies in the ground, -- job 14:8 +. +Yet through the scent [and breathing] of water [the stump of the tree] will bud and bring forth boughs like a young plant. -- job 14:9 +. +But [the brave, strong] man must die and lie prostrate; yes, man breathes his last, and where is he? -- job 14:10 +. +As waters evaporate from the lake, and the river drains and dries up, -- job 14:11 +. +So man lies down and does not rise [to his former state]. Till the heavens are no more, men will not awake nor be raised [physically] out of their sleep. -- job 14:12 +. +Oh, that You would hide me in Sheol (the unseen state), that You would conceal me until Your wrath is past, that You would set a definite time and then remember me earnestly [and imprint me on your heart]! -- job 14:13 +. +If a man dies, shall he live again? All the days of my warfare and service I will wait, till my change and release shall come. -- job 14:14 +. +[Then] You would call and I would answer You; You would yearn for [me] the work of Your hands. -- job 14:15 +. +But now You number each of my steps and take note of my every sin. -- job 14:16 +. +My transgression is sealed up in a bag, and You glue up my iniquity [to preserve it in full for the day of reckoning]. -- job 14:17 +. +But as a mountain, if it falls, crumbles to nothing, and as the rock is removed out of its place, -- job 14:18 +. +As waters wear away the stones and as floods wash away the soil of the earth, so You [O Lord] destroy the hope of man. -- job 14:19 +. +You prevail forever against him, and he passes on; You change his appearance [in death] and send him away [from the presence of the living]. -- job 14:20 +. +His sons come to honor, and he knows it not; they are brought low, and he perceives it not. -- job 14:21 +. +But his body [lamenting its decay in the grave] shall grieve over him, and his soul shall mourn [over the body of clay which it once enlivened]. -- job 14:22 +. +THEN ELIPHAZ the Temanite answered [Job], -- job 15:1 +. +Should a wise man utter such windy knowledge [as we have just heard] and fill himself with the east wind [of withering, parching, and violent accusations]? -- job 15:2 +. +Should he reason with unprofitable talk? Or with speeches with which he can do no good? -- job 15:3 +. +Indeed, you are doing away with [reverential] fear, and you are hindering and diminishing meditation and devotion before God. -- job 15:4 +. +For your iniquity teaches your mouth, and you choose the tongue of the crafty. -- job 15:5 +. +Your own mouth condemns you, and not I; yes, your own lips testify against you. -- job 15:6 +. +Are you the first man that was born [the original wise man]? Or were you created before the hills? -- job 15:7 +. +Were you present to hear the secret counsel of God? And do you limit [the possession of] wisdom to yourself? -- job 15:8 +. +What do you know that we know not? What do you understand that is not equally clear to us? -- job 15:9 +. +Among us are both the gray-haired and the aged, older than your father by far. -- job 15:10 +. +Are God's consolations [as we have interpreted them to you] too trivial for you? Is there any secret thing (any bosom sin) which you have not given up? [Or] were we too gentle [in our first speech] toward you to be effective? -- job 15:11 +. +Why does your heart carry you away [why allow yourself to be controlled by feeling]? And why do your eyes flash [in anger or contempt], -- job 15:12 +. +That you turn your spirit against God and let [such] words [as you have spoken] go out of your mouth? -- job 15:13 +. +What is man, that he could be pure and clean? And he who is born of a woman, that he could be right and just? -- job 15:14 +. +Behold, [God] puts no trust in His holy ones [the angels]; indeed, the heavens are not clean in His sight-- -- job 15:15 +. +How much less that which is abominable and corrupt, a man who drinks iniquity like water? -- job 15:16 +. +I will show you, hear me; and that which I have seen I will relate, -- job 15:17 +. +What wise men have not hid but have freely communicated; it was told to them by their fathers, -- job 15:18 +. +Unto whom alone the land was given, and no stranger intruded or passed among them [corrupting the truth]. -- job 15:19 +. +The wicked man suffers with [self-inflicted] torment all his days, through all the years that are numbered and laid up for him, the oppressor. -- job 15:20 +. +A [dreadful] sound of terrors is in his ears; in prosperity the destroyer shall come upon him [the dwellings of robbers are not at peace]. -- job 15:21 +. +He believes that he will not return out of darkness, and [because of his guilt] he is waited for by the sword [of God's vengeance]. -- job 15:22 +. +He wanders abroad for food, saying, Where is it? He knows that the day of darkness and destruction is already close upon him. -- job 15:23 +. +Distress and anguish terrify him; [he knows] they shall prevail against him, like a king ready for battle. -- job 15:24 +. +Because he has stretched out his hand against God and bids defiance and behaves himself proudly against the Almighty, -- job 15:25 +. +Running stubbornly against Him with a thickly ornamented shield; -- job 15:26 +. +Because he has covered his face with his fat, adding layers of fat on his loins [giving himself up to animal pleasures], -- job 15:27 +. +And has lived in desolate [God-forsaken] cities and in houses which no man should inhabit, which were destined to become heaps [of ruins]; -- job 15:28 +. +He shall not be rich, neither shall his wealth last, neither shall his produce bend to the earth nor his possessions be extended on the earth. -- job 15:29 +. +He shall not depart out of darkness [and escape from calamity; the wrath of God] shall consume him as flame consumes a dry tree, and by the blast of His mouth he shall be swept away. -- job 15:30 +. +Let him not deceive himself and trust in vanity (emptiness, falseness, and futility), for these shall be his recompense [for such living]. -- job 15:31 +. +It shall be accomplished and paid in full while he still lives, and his branch shall not be green [but shall wither away]. -- job 15:32 +. +He shall fail to bring his grapes to maturity [leaving them to wither unnourished] on the vine and shall cast off blossoms [and fail to bring forth fruit] like the olive tree. -- job 15:33 +. +For the company of the godless shall be barren, and fire shall consume the tents of bribery (wrong and injustice). -- job 15:34 +. +They conceive mischief and bring forth iniquity, and their inmost soul hatches deceit. -- job 15:35 +. +THEN JOB answered, -- job 16:1 +. +I have heard many such things; wearisome and miserable comforters are you all! -- job 16:2 +. +Will your futile words of wind have no end? Or what makes you so bold to answer [me like this]? -- job 16:3 +. +I also could speak as you do, if you were in my stead; I could join words together against you and shake my head at you. -- job 16:4 +. +[But] I would strengthen and encourage you with [the words of] my mouth, and the consolation of my lips would soothe your suffering. -- job 16:5 +. +If I speak [to you miserable comforters], my sorrow is not soothed or lessened; and if I refrain [from speaking], in what way am I eased? [I hardly know whether to answer you or be silent.] -- job 16:6 +. +But now [God] has taken away my strength. You [O Lord] have made desolate all my family and associates. -- job 16:7 +. +You have laid firm hold on me and have shriveled me up, which is a witness against me; and my leanness [and wretched state of body] are further evidence [against me]; [they] testify to my face. -- job 16:8 +. +[My adversary Satan] has torn [me] in his wrath and hated and persecuted me; he has gnashed upon me with his teeth; my adversary sharpens his eyes against me. -- job 16:9 +. +[The forces of evil] have gaped at me with their mouths; they have struck me upon the cheek insolently; they massed themselves together and conspired unanimously against me. -- job 16:10 +. +God has delivered me to the ungodly (to the evil one) and cast me [headlong] into the hands of the wicked (Satan's host). -- job 16:11 +. +I was living at ease, but [Satan] crushed me and broke me apart; yes, he seized me by the neck and dashed me in pieces; then he set me up for his target. -- job 16:12 +. +[Satan's] arrows whiz around me. He slashes open my vitals and does not spare; he pours out my gall on the ground. -- job 16:13 +. +[Satan] stabs me, making breach after breach and attacking again and again; he runs at me like a giant and irresistible warrior. -- job 16:14 +. +I have sewed sackcloth over my skin [as a sign of mourning] and have defiled my horn (my insignia of strength) in the dust. -- job 16:15 +. +My face is red and swollen with weeping, and on my eyelids is the shadow of death [my eyes are dimmed], -- job 16:16 +. +Although there is no guilt or violence in my hands and my prayer is pure. -- job 16:17 +. +O earth, cover not my blood, and let my cry have no resting-place [where it will cease being heard]. -- job 16:18 +. +Even now, behold, my Witness is in heaven, and He who vouches for me is on high. -- job 16:19 +. +My friends scorn me, but my eye pours out tears to God. -- job 16:20 +. +Oh, that there might be one who would plead for a man with God and that he would maintain his right with Him, as a son of man pleads with or for his neighbor! -- job 16:21 +. +For when a few years are come, I shall go the way from which I shall not return. -- job 16:22 +. +MY SPIRIT is broken, my days are spent (snuffed out); the grave is ready for me. -- job 17:1 +. +Surely there are mockers and mockery around me, and my eye dwells on their obstinacy, insults, and resistance. -- job 17:2 +. +Give me a pledge with Yourself [acknowledge my innocence before my death]; who is there that will give security for me? -- job 17:3 +. +But their hearts [Lord] You have closed to understanding; therefore You will not let them triumph [by giving them a verdict against me]. -- job 17:4 +. +He who denounces his friends [in order to make them] a prey and get a share, the eyes of his children shall fail [to find food]. -- job 17:5 +. +But He has made me a byword among the people, and they spit before my face. -- job 17:6 +. +My eye has grown dim because of grief, and all my members are [wasted away] like a shadow. -- job 17:7 +. +Upright men shall be astonished and appalled at this, and the innocent shall stir himself up against the godless and polluted. -- job 17:8 +. +Yet shall the righteous (those upright and in right standing with God) hold to their ways, and he who has clean hands shall grow stronger and stronger. -- job 17:9 +. +But as for you, come on again, all of you, though I find not a wise man among you. -- job 17:10 +. +My days are past, my purposes and plans are frustrated; even the thoughts (desires and possessions) of my heart [are broken off]. -- job 17:11 +. +These [thoughts] extend from the night into the day, [so that] the light is short because of darkness. -- job 17:12 +. +But if I look to Sheol (the unseen state) as my abode, if I spread my couch in the darkness, -- job 17:13 +. +If I say to the grave and corruption, You are my father, and to the worm [that feeds on decay], You are my mother and my sister [because I will soon be closest to you], -- job 17:14 +. +Where then is my hope? And if I have hope, who will see [its fulfillment]? -- job 17:15 +. +[My hope] shall go down to the bars of Sheol (the unseen state) when once there is rest in the dust. -- job 17:16 +. +THEN BILDAD the Shuhite answered, -- job 18:1 +. +How long will you lay snares for words and have to hunt for your argument? Do some clear thinking, and then we will reply. -- job 18:2 +. +Why are we counted as beasts [as if we had no sense]? Why are we unclean in your sight? -- job 18:3 +. +You who tear yourself in your anger, shall the earth be forsaken for you, or the rock be removed out of its place? -- job 18:4 +. +Yes, the light of the wicked shall be put out, and the flame of his fire shall not shine. -- job 18:5 +. +The light shall be dark in his dwelling, and his lamp beside him shall be put out. -- job 18:6 +. +The steps of his strength shall be shortened, and his own counsel and the plans in which he trusted shall bring about his downfall. -- job 18:7 +. +For the wicked is cast into a net by his own feet, and he walks upon a lattice-covered pit. -- job 18:8 +. +A trap will catch him by the heel, and a snare will lay hold on him. -- job 18:9 +. +A noose is hidden for him on the ground and a trap for him in the way. -- job 18:10 +. +Terrors shall make him afraid on every side and shall chase him at his heels. -- job 18:11 +. +The strength [of the wicked] shall be hunger-bitten, and calamity is ready at his side [if he halts]. -- job 18:12 +. +By disease his strength and his skin shall be devoured; the firstborn of death [the worst of diseases] shall consume his limbs. -- job 18:13 +. +He shall be rooted out of his dwelling place in which he trusted, and he shall be brought to the king of terrors [death]. -- job 18:14 +. +There shall dwell in his tent that which is none of his [family]; sulphur shall be scattered over his dwelling [to purify it after his going]. -- job 18:15 +. +The roots [of the wicked] shall be dried up beneath, and above shall his branch be cut off and wither. -- job 18:16 +. +His remembrance shall perish from the earth, and he shall have no name in the street. -- job 18:17 +. +He shall be thrust from light into darkness and driven out of the world. -- job 18:18 +. +He shall neither have son nor grandson among his people, nor any remaining where he sojourned. -- job 18:19 +. +They [of the west] that come after [the wicked man] shall be astonished and appalled at his day, as they [of the east] that went before were seized with horror. -- job 18:20 +. +Surely such are the dwellings of the ungodly, and such is the place of him who knows not (recognizes not and honors not) God. -- job 18:21 +. +THEN JOB answered: -- job 19:1 +. +How long will you vex and torment me and break me in pieces with words? -- job 19:2 +. +These ten times you have reproached me; you are not ashamed that you make yourselves strange [harden yourselves against me and deal severely with me]. -- job 19:3 +. +And if it were true that I have erred, my error would remain with me [I would be conscious of it]. -- job 19:4 +. +If indeed you magnify yourselves against me and plead against me my reproach and humiliation, -- job 19:5 +. +Know that God has overthrown and put me in the wrong and has closed His net about me. -- job 19:6 +. +Behold, I cry out, Violence! but I am not heard; I cry aloud for help, but there is no justice. -- job 19:7 +. +He has walled up my way so that I cannot pass, and He has set darkness upon my paths. -- job 19:8 +. +He has stripped me of my glory and taken the crown from my head. -- job 19:9 +. +He has broken me down on every side, and I am gone; my hope has He pulled up like a tree. -- job 19:10 +. +He has also kindled His wrath against me, and He counts me as one of His adversaries. -- job 19:11 +. +His troops come together and cast up their way and siege works against me and encamp round about my tent. -- job 19:12 +. +He has put my brethren far from me, and my acquaintances are wholly estranged from me. -- job 19:13 +. +My kinsfolk have failed me, and my familiar friends have forgotten me. -- job 19:14 +. +Those who live temporarily in my house and my maids count me as a stranger; I am an alien in their sight. -- job 19:15 +. +I call to my servant, but he gives me no answer, though I beseech him with words. -- job 19:16 +. +I am repulsive to my wife and loathsome to the children of my own mother. -- job 19:17 +. +Even young children despise me; when I get up, they speak against me. -- job 19:18 +. +All the men of my council and my familiar friends abhor me; those whom I loved are turned against me. -- job 19:19 +. +My bone clings to my skin and to my flesh, and I have escaped with the skin or gums of my teeth. -- job 19:20 +. +Have pity on me! Have pity on me, O you my friends, for the hand of God has touched me! -- job 19:21 +. +Why do you, as if you were God, pursue and persecute me? [Acting like wild beasts] why are you not satisfied with my flesh? -- job 19:22 +. +Oh, that the words I now speak were written! Oh, that they were inscribed in a book [carved on a tablet of stone]! -- job 19:23 +. +That with an iron pen and [molten] lead they were graven in the rock forever! -- job 19:24 +. +For I know that my Redeemer and Vindicator lives, and at last He [the Last One] will stand upon the earth. -- job 19:25 +. +And after my skin, even this body, has been destroyed, then from my flesh or without it I shall see God, -- job 19:26 +. +Whom I, even I, shall see for myself and on my side! And my eyes shall behold Him, and not as a stranger! My heart pines away and is consumed within me. -- job 19:27 +. +If you say, How we will pursue him! [and continue to persecute me with the claim] that the root [cause] of all these [afflictions] is found in me, -- job 19:28 +. +Then beware and be afraid of the sword [of divine vengeance], for wrathful are the punishments of that sword, that you may know there is a judgment. -- job 19:29 +. +THEN ZOPHAR the Naamathite answered, -- job 20:1 +. +Therefore do my thoughts give me an answer, and I make haste [to offer it] for this reason. -- job 20:2 +. +I have heard the reproof which puts me to shame, but out of my understanding my spirit answers me. -- job 20:3 +. +Do you not know from of old, since the time that man was placed on the earth, -- job 20:4 +. +That the triumphing of the wicked is short, and the joy of the godless and defiled is but for a moment? -- job 20:5 +. +Though his [proud] height mounts up to the heavens and his head reaches to the clouds, -- job 20:6 +. +Yet he will perish forever like his own dung; those who have seen him will say, Where is he? -- job 20:7 +. +He will fly away like a dream and will not be found; yes, he will be chased away as a vision of the night. -- job 20:8 +. +The eye which saw him will see him no more, neither will his [accustomed] place any more behold him. -- job 20:9 +. +The poor will oppress his children, and his hands will give back his [ill-gotten] wealth. -- job 20:10 +. +His bones are full of youthful energy, but it will lie down with him in the dust. -- job 20:11 +. +Though wickedness is sweet in his mouth, though he hides it under his tongue, -- job 20:12 +. +Though he is loath to let it go but keeps it still within his mouth, -- job 20:13 +. +Yet his food turns [to poison] in his stomach; it is the venom of asps within him. -- job 20:14 +. +He has swallowed down [his ill-gotten] riches, and he shall vomit them up again; God will cast them out of his belly. -- job 20:15 +. +He shall suck the poison of asps [which ill-gotten wealth contains]; the viper's tongue shall slay him. -- job 20:16 +. +He shall not look upon the rivers, the flowing streams of honey and butter [to enjoy his wealth]. -- job 20:17 +. +That which he labored for shall he give back and shall not swallow it down [to enjoy it]; according to his wealth shall the restitution be, and he shall not rejoice in it. -- job 20:18 +. +For he has oppressed and forsaken the poor; he has violently taken away a house which he did not build. -- job 20:19 +. +Because his desire and greed knew no quietness within him, he will not save anything of that in which he delights. -- job 20:20 +. +There was nothing left that he did not devour; therefore his prosperity will not endure. -- job 20:21 +. +In the fullness of his sufficiency [in the time of his great abundance] he shall be poor and in straits; every hand of everyone who is in misery shall come upon him [he is but a wretch on every side]. -- job 20:22 +. +When he is about to fill his belly [as in the wilderness when God sent the quails], God will cast the fierceness of His wrath upon him and will rain it upon him while he is eating. -- job 20:23 +. +He will flee from the iron weapon, but the bow of bronze shall strike him through. -- job 20:24 +. +[The arrow] is drawn forth and it comes out after passing through his body; yes, the glittering point comes out of his gall. Terrors march in upon him; -- job 20:25 +. +Every misfortune is laid up for his treasures. A fire not blown by man shall devour him; it shall consume what is left in his tent [and it shall go ill with him who remains there]. -- job 20:26 +. +The heavens shall reveal his iniquity, and the earth shall rise up against him. -- job 20:27 +. +The produce and increase of his house will go into exile [with the victors], dragged away in the day of [God's] wrath. -- job 20:28 +. +This is the wicked man's portion from God, and the heritage appointed to him by God. -- job 20:29 +. +THEN JOB answered, -- job 21:1 +. +Hear diligently my speech, and let this [your attention] be your consolation [given me]. -- job 21:2 +. +Allow me, and I also will speak; and after I have spoken, mock on. -- job 21:3 +. +As for me, is my complaint to man or of him? And why should I not be impatient and my spirit be troubled? -- job 21:4 +. +Look at me and be astonished (appalled); and lay your hand upon your mouth. -- job 21:5 +. +Even when I remember, I am troubled and afraid; horror and trembling take hold of my flesh. -- job 21:6 +. +Why do the wicked live, become old, and become mighty in power? -- job 21:7 +. +Their children are established with them in their sight, and their offspring before their eyes. -- job 21:8 +. +Their houses are safe and in peace, without fear; neither is the rod of God upon them. -- job 21:9 +. +Their bull breeds and fails not; their cows calve and do not miscarry. -- job 21:10 +. +They send forth their little ones like a flock, and their children skip about. -- job 21:11 +. +They themselves lift up their voices and sing to the tambourine and the lyre and rejoice to the sound of the pipe. -- job 21:12 +. +They spend their days in prosperity and go down to Sheol (the unseen state) in a moment and peacefully. -- job 21:13 +. +Yet they say to God, Depart from us, for we do not desire the knowledge of Your ways. -- job 21:14 +. +Who is the Almighty, that we should serve Him? And what profit do we have if we pray to Him? -- job 21:15 +. +But notice, [you say] the prosperity of the wicked is not in their power; the mystery [of God's dealings] with the ungodly is far from my comprehension. -- job 21:16 +. +How often [then] is it that the lamp of the wicked is put out? That their calamity comes upon them? That God distributes pains and sorrows to them in His anger? -- job 21:17 +. +That they are like stubble before the wind and like chaff that the storm steals and carries away? -- job 21:18 +. +You say, God lays up [the punishment of the wicked man's] iniquity for his children. Let Him recompense it to the man himself, that he may know and feel it. -- job 21:19 +. +Let his own eyes see his destruction, and let him drink of the wrath of the Almighty. -- job 21:20 +. +For what pleasure or interest has a man in his house and family after he is dead, when the number of his months is cut off? -- job 21:21 +. +Shall any teach God knowledge, seeing that He judges those who are on high? -- job 21:22 +. +One dies in his full strength, being wholly at ease and quiet; -- job 21:23 +. +His pails are full of milk [his veins are filled with nourishment], and the marrow of his bones is fresh and moist, -- job 21:24 +. +Whereas another man dies in bitterness of soul and never tastes of pleasure or good fortune. -- job 21:25 +. +They lie down alike in the dust, and the worm spreads a covering over them. -- job 21:26 +. +Behold, I know your thoughts and plans and the devices with which you would wrong me. -- job 21:27 +. +For you say, Where is the house of the rich and liberal prince [meaning me]? And where is the tent in which the wicked [Job] dwelt? -- job 21:28 +. +Have you not asked those who travel this way, and do you not accept their testimony and evidences-- -- job 21:29 +. +That the evil man is [now] spared in the day of calamity and destruction, and they are led forth and away on the day of [God's] wrath? -- job 21:30 +. +But who declares [a man's] way [and rebukes] him to his face? And who pays him back for what he has done? -- job 21:31 +. +When he is borne to the grave, watch is kept over his tomb. -- job 21:32 +. +The clods of the valley are sweet to him, and every man shall follow him to a grave, as innumerable people [have gone] before him. -- job 21:33 +. +How then can you comfort me with empty and futile words, since in your replies there lurks falsehood? -- job 21:34 +. +THEN ELIPHAZ the Temanite answered [Job], -- job 22:1 +. +Can a man be profitable to God? Surely he that is wise is profitable to himself. -- job 22:2 +. +Is it any pleasure or advantage to the Almighty that you are righteous (upright and in right standing with Him)? Or is it gain to Him that you make your ways perfect? -- job 22:3 +. +Is it for your [reverential] fear of Him that He [thus] reproves you, that He enters with you into judgment? -- job 22:4 +. +Is not your wickedness great? There is no end to your iniquities. -- job 22:5 +. +For you have taken pledges of your brother for nothing, and stripped the naked of their clothing. -- job 22:6 +. +You have not given water to the weary to drink, and you have withheld bread from the hungry. -- job 22:7 +. +But [you, Job] the man with power possessed the land, and the favored and accepted man dwelt in it. -- job 22:8 +. +You have sent widows away empty-handed, and the arms of the fatherless have been broken. -- job 22:9 +. +Therefore snares are round about you, and sudden fear troubles and overwhelms you; -- job 22:10 +. +Your light is darkened, so that you cannot see, and a flood of water covers you. -- job 22:11 +. +Is not God in the height of heaven? And behold the height of the stars, how high they are! -- job 22:12 +. +Therefore you say, How and what does God know [about me]? Can He judge through the thick darkness? -- job 22:13 +. +Thick clouds are a covering to Him, so that He does not see, and He walks on the vault of the heavens. -- job 22:14 +. +Will you pay attention and keep to the old way that wicked men trod [in Noah's time], -- job 22:15 +. +Men who were snatched away before their time, whose foundations were poured out like a stream [during the flood]? -- job 22:16 +. +They said to God, Depart from us, and, What can the Almighty do for or to us? -- job 22:17 +. +Yet He filled their houses with good [things]. But the counsel of the ungodly is far from me. -- job 22:18 +. +The righteous see it and are glad; and the innocent laugh them to scorn [saying], -- job 22:19 +. +Surely those who rose up against us are cut off, and that which remained to them the fire has consumed. -- job 22:20 +. +Acquaint now yourself with Him [agree with God and show yourself to be conformed to His will] and be at peace; by that [you shall prosper and great] good shall come to you. -- job 22:21 +. +Receive, I pray you, the law and instruction from His mouth and lay up His words in your heart. -- job 22:22 +. +If you return to the Almighty [and submit and humble yourself before Him], you will be built up; if you put away unrighteousness far from your tents, -- job 22:23 +. +If you lay gold in the dust, and the gold of Ophir among the stones of the brook [considering them of little worth], -- job 22:24 +. +And make the Almighty your gold and [the Lord] your precious silver treasure, -- job 22:25 +. +Then you will have delight in the Almighty, and you will lift up your face to God. -- job 22:26 +. +You will make your prayer to Him, and He will hear you, and you will pay your vows. -- job 22:27 +. +You shall also decide and decree a thing, and it shall be established for you; and the light [of God's favor] shall shine upon your ways. -- job 22:28 +. +When they make [you] low, you will say, [There is] a lifting up; and the humble person He lifts up and saves. -- job 22:29 +. +He will even deliver the one [for whom you intercede] who is not innocent; yes, he will be delivered through the cleanness of your hands. -- job 22:30 +. +THEN JOB answered, -- job 23:1 +. +Even today is my complaint rebellious and bitter; my stroke is heavier than my groaning. -- job 23:2 +. +Oh, that I knew where I might find Him, that I might come even to His seat! -- job 23:3 +. +I would lay my cause before Him and fill my mouth with arguments. -- job 23:4 +. +I would learn what He would answer me, and understand what He would say to me. -- job 23:5 +. +Would He plead against me with His great power? No, He would give heed to me. -- job 23:6 +. +There the righteous [one who is upright and in right standing with God] could reason with Him; so I should be acquitted by my Judge forever. -- job 23:7 +. +Behold, I go forward [and to the east], but He is not there; I go backward [and to the west], but I cannot perceive Him; -- job 23:8 +. +On the left hand [and to the north] where He works [I seek Him], but I cannot behold Him; He turns Himself to the right hand [and to the south], but I cannot see Him. -- job 23:9 +. +But He knows the way that I take [He has concern for it, appreciates, and pays attention to it]. When He has tried me, I shall come forth as refined gold [pure and luminous]. -- job 23:10 +. +My foot has held fast to His steps; His ways have I kept and not turned aside. -- job 23:11 +. +I have not gone back from the commandment of His lips; I have esteemed and treasured the words of His mouth more than my necessary food. -- job 23:12 +. +But He is unchangeable, and who can turn Him? And what He wants to do, that He does. -- job 23:13 +. +For He performs [that which He has] planned for me, and of many such matters He is mindful. -- job 23:14 +. +Therefore am I troubled and terrified at His presence; when I consider, I am in dread and afraid of Him. -- job 23:15 +. +For God has made my heart faint, timid, and broken, and the Almighty has terrified me, -- job 23:16 +. +Because I was not cut off before the darkness [of these woes befell me], neither has He covered the thick darkness from my face. -- job 23:17 +. +WHY [seeing times are not hidden from the Almighty] does He not set seasons for judgment? Why do those who know Him see not His days [for punishment of the wicked]? -- job 24:1 +. +Some remove the landmarks; they violently take away flocks and pasture them [appropriating land and flocks openly]. -- job 24:2 +. +They drive away the donkey of the fatherless; they take the widow's ox for a pledge. -- job 24:3 +. +They crowd the poor and needy off the road; the poor and meek of the earth all hide themselves. -- job 24:4 +. +Behold, as wild asses in the desert, [the poor] go forth to their work, seeking diligently for prey and food; the wilderness yields them bread for their children [in roots and herbage]. -- job 24:5 +. +They reap each one his fodder in a field [that is not his own], and they glean the vintage of the wicked man. -- job 24:6 +. +They lie all night naked, without clothing, and have no covering in the cold. -- job 24:7 +. +They are wet with the showers of the mountains and cling to the rock for want of shelter. -- job 24:8 +. +[The violent men whose wickedness seems unnoticed] pluck the fatherless infants from the breast [to sell or make them slaves], and take [the clothing on] the poor for a pledge, -- job 24:9 +. +So that the needy go about naked for lack of clothing, and though hungry, they must carry [but not eat from] the sheaves. -- job 24:10 +. +Among the olive rows [of the wicked, the poor] make oil; they tread [the fresh juice of the grape from] the presses, but suffer thirst. -- job 24:11 +. +From out of the populous city men groan, and the very life of the wounded cries for help; yet God [seemingly] regards not the wrong done them. -- job 24:12 +. +These wrongdoers are of those who rebel against the light; they know not its ways nor stay in its paths. -- job 24:13 +. +The murderer rises with the light; he kills the poor and the needy, and in the night he becomes as a thief. -- job 24:14 +. +The eye also of the adulterer waits for the twilight, saying, No eye shall see me, and he puts a disguise upon his face. -- job 24:15 +. +In the dark, they dig through [the penetrable walls of] houses; by day they shut themselves up; they do not know the sunlight. -- job 24:16 +. +For midnight is morning to all of them; for they are familiar with the terrors of deep darkness. -- job 24:17 +. +[You say] Swiftly such men pass away on the face of the waters; their portion is cursed in the earth; [no treader] turns into their vineyards. -- job 24:18 +. +Drought and heat consume the snow waters; so does Sheol (the place of the dead) those who have sinned. -- job 24:19 +. +The womb shall forget him, the worm shall feed sweetly on him; he shall be no more remembered, and unrighteousness shall be broken like a tree [which cannot be healed]. -- job 24:20 +. +[The evil man] preys upon the barren, childless woman and does no good to the widow. -- job 24:21 +. +Yet [God] prolongs the life of the [wicked] mighty by His power; they rise up when they had despaired of life. -- job 24:22 +. +God gives them security, and they rest on it; and His eyes are upon their ways. -- job 24:23 +. +They are exalted for a little while, and then are gone and brought low; they are taken out of the way as all others are and are cut off as the tops of the ears of grain. -- job 24:24 +. +And if this is not so, who will prove me a liar and make my speech worthless? -- job 24:25 +. +THEN BILDAD the Shuhite answered, -- job 25:1 +. +Dominion and fear are with [God]; He makes peace in His high places. -- job 25:2 +. +Is there any number to His armies? And upon whom does not His light arise? -- job 25:3 +. +How then can man be justified and righteous before God? Or how can he who is born of a woman be pure and clean? -- job 25:4 +. +Behold, even the moon has no brightness [compared to God's glory] and the stars are not pure in His sight-- -- job 25:5 +. +How much less man, who is a maggot! And a son of man, who is a worm! -- job 25:6 +. +BUT JOB answered, -- job 26:1 +. +How you have helped him who is without power! How you have sustained the arm that is without strength! -- job 26:2 +. +How you have counseled him who has no wisdom! And how plentifully you have declared to him sound knowledge! -- job 26:3 +. +With whose assistance have you uttered these words? And whose spirit [inspired what] came forth from you? -- job 26:4 +. +The shades of the dead tremble underneath the waters and their inhabitants. -- job 26:5 +. +Sheol (the place of the dead) is naked before God, and Abaddon (the place of destruction) has no covering [from His eyes]. -- job 26:6 +. +He it is Who spreads out the northern skies over emptiness and hangs the earth upon or over nothing. -- job 26:7 +. +He holds the waters bound in His clouds [which otherwise would spill on earth all at once], and the cloud is not rent under them. -- job 26:8 +. +He covers the face of His throne and spreads over it His cloud. -- job 26:9 +. +He has placed an enclosing limit [the horizon] upon the waters at the boundary between light and darkness. -- job 26:10 +. +The pillars of the heavens tremble and are astonished at His rebuke. -- job 26:11 +. +He stills or stirs up the sea by His power, and by His understanding He smites proud Rahab. -- job 26:12 +. +By His breath the heavens are garnished; His hand pierced the [swiftly] fleeing serpent. -- job 26:13 +. +Yet these are but [a small part of His doings] the outskirts of His ways or the mere fringes of His force, the faintest whisper of His voice! Who dares contemplate or who can understand the thunders of His full, magnificent power? -- job 26:14 +. +JOB AGAIN took up his discourse and said, -- job 27:1 +. +As God lives, Who has taken away my right and denied me justice, and the Almighty, Who has vexed and embittered my life, -- job 27:2 +. +As long as my life is still whole within me, and the breath of God is [yet] in my nostrils, -- job 27:3 +. +My lips shall not speak untruth, nor shall my tongue utter deceit. -- job 27:4 +. +God forbid that I should justify you--saying you are right [in your accusations against me]; till I die, I will not put away my integrity from me. -- job 27:5 +. +My uprightness and my right standing with God I hold fast and will not let them go; my heart does not reproach me for any of my days and it shall not reproach me as long as I live. -- job 27:6 +. +Let my enemy be as the wicked, and let him who rises up against me be as the unrighteous. -- job 27:7 +. +For what is the hope of the godless and polluted, even though he has gained [in this world], when God cuts him off and takes away his life? -- job 27:8 +. +Will God hear his cry when trouble comes upon him? -- job 27:9 +. +Will he take delight in the Almighty? Will he call upon God at all times? -- job 27:10 +. +I will teach you regarding the hand and handiwork of God; that which is with the Almighty [God's actual treatment of the wicked man] will I not conceal. -- job 27:11 +. +Behold, all of you have seen it yourselves; why then have you become altogether vain [cherishing foolish notions]? -- job 27:12 +. +This [which I am about to tell] is the portion of a wicked man with God, and the heritage which oppressors shall receive from the Almighty: -- job 27:13 +. +If his children are multiplied, it is for the sword; and his offspring will not have sufficient bread. -- job 27:14 +. +Those who survive him, [the pestilence] will bury, and [their] widows will make no lamentation. -- job 27:15 +. +Though he heaps up silver like dust and piles up clothing like clay, -- job 27:16 +. +He may prepare it, but the just will wear it, and the innocent will divide the silver. -- job 27:17 +. +He builds his house like a moth or a spider, like a booth which a watchman makes [to last for a season]. -- job 27:18 +. +[The wicked] will lie down rich, but does it not again; he opens his eyes, and [his wealth] is gone. -- job 27:19 +. +Terrors overtake him like a [suddenly loosened] flood; a windstorm steals him away in the night. -- job 27:20 +. +The east wind lifts him up, and he is gone; it sweeps him out of his place. -- job 27:21 +. +For [God and the storm] hurl at him without pity and unsparingly [their thunderbolts of wrath]; he flees in haste before His power. -- job 27:22 +. +[God causes] men to clap their hands at him [in malignant joy] and hiss him out of his place. -- job 27:23 +. +SURELY THERE is a mine for silver, and a place for gold where they refine it. -- job 28:1 +. +Iron is taken out of the earth, and copper is smelted from the stone ore. -- job 28:2 +. +Man sets an end to darkness, and he searches out the farthest bounds for the ore buried in gloom and deep darkness. -- job 28:3 +. +Men break open shafts away from where people sojourn, in places forgotten by [human] foot; and [descend into them], hanging afar from men, they swing or flit to and fro. -- job 28:4 +. +As for the earth, out of it comes bread, but underneath [its surface, down deep in the mine] there is blasting, turning it up as by fire. -- job 28:5 +. +Its stones are the bed of sapphires; it holds dust of gold [which he wins]. -- job 28:6 +. +That path no bird of prey knows, and the falcon's eye has not seen it. -- job 28:7 +. +The proud beasts [and their young] have not trodden it, nor has the fierce lion passed over it. -- job 28:8 +. +Man puts forth his hand upon the flinty rock; he overturns the mountains by the roots. -- job 28:9 +. +He cuts out channels and passages among the rocks; and his eye sees every precious thing. -- job 28:10 +. +[Man] binds the streams so that they do not trickle [into the mine], and the thing that is hidden he brings forth to light. -- job 28:11 +. +But where shall Wisdom be found? And where is the place of understanding? -- job 28:12 +. +Man knows not the price of it; neither is it found in the land of the living. -- job 28:13 +. +The deep says, [Wisdom] is not in me; and the sea says, It is not with me. -- job 28:14 +. +It cannot be gotten for gold, neither shall silver be weighed for the price of it. -- job 28:15 +. +It cannot be valued in [terms of] the gold of Ophir, in the precious onyx or beryl, or the sapphire. -- job 28:16 +. +Gold and glass cannot equal [Wisdom], nor can it be exchanged for jewels or vessels of fine gold. -- job 28:17 +. +No mention shall be made of coral or of crystal; for the possession of Wisdom is even above rubies or pearls. -- job 28:18 +. +The topaz of Ethiopia cannot compare with it, nor can it be valued in pure gold. -- job 28:19 +. +From where then does Wisdom come? And where is the place of understanding? -- job 28:20 +. +It is hidden from the eyes of all living, and knowledge of it is withheld from the birds of the heavens. -- job 28:21 +. +Abaddon (the place of destruction) and Death say, We have [only] heard the report of it with our ears. -- job 28:22 +. +God understands the way [to Wisdom] and He knows the place of it [Wisdom is with God alone]. -- job 28:23 +. +For He looks to the ends of the earth and sees everything under the heavens. -- job 28:24 +. +When He gave to the wind weight or pressure and allotted the waters by measure, -- job 28:25 +. +When He made a decree for the rain and a way for the lightning of the thunder, -- job 28:26 +. +Then He saw [Wisdom] and declared it; He established it, yes, and searched it out [for His own use, and He alone possesses it]. -- job 28:27 +. +But to man He said, Behold, the reverential and worshipful fear of the Lord--that is Wisdom; and to depart from evil is understanding. -- job 28:28 +. +AND JOB again took up his discussion and said, -- job 29:1 +. +Oh, that I were as in the months of old, as in the days when God watched over me, -- job 29:2 +. +When His lamp shone above and upon my head and by His light I walked through darkness; -- job 29:3 +. +As I was in the [prime] ripeness of my days, when the friendship and counsel of God were over my tent, -- job 29:4 +. +When the Almighty was yet with me and my children were about me, -- job 29:5 +. +When my steps [through rich pasturage] were washed with butter and the rock poured out for me streams of oil! -- job 29:6 +. +When I went out to the gate of the city, when I prepared my seat in the street [the broad place for the council at the city's gate], -- job 29:7 +. +The young men saw me and hid themselves; the aged rose up and stood; -- job 29:8 +. +The princes refrained from talking and laid their hands on their mouths; -- job 29:9 +. +The voices of the nobles were hushed, and their tongues cleaved to the roof of their mouths. -- job 29:10 +. +For when the ear heard, it called me happy and blessed me; and when the eye saw, it testified for me [approvingly], -- job 29:11 +. +Because I delivered the poor who cried, the fatherless and him who had none to help him. -- job 29:12 +. +The blessing of him who was about to perish came upon me, and I caused the widow's heart to sing for joy. -- job 29:13 +. +I put on righteousness, and it clothed me or clothed itself with me; my justice was like a robe and a turban or a diadem or a crown! -- job 29:14 +. +I was eyes to the blind, and feet was I to the lame. -- job 29:15 +. +I was a father to the poor and needy; the cause of him I did not know I searched out. -- job 29:16 +. +And I broke the jaws or the big teeth of the unrighteous and plucked the prey out of his teeth. -- job 29:17 +. +Then I said, I shall die in or beside my nest, and I shall multiply my days as the sand. -- job 29:18 +. +My root is spread out and open to the waters, and the dew lies all night upon my branch. -- job 29:19 +. +My glory and honor are fresh in me [being constantly renewed], and my bow gains [ever] new strength in my hand. -- job 29:20 +. +Men listened to me and waited and kept silence for my counsel. -- job 29:21 +. +After I spoke, they did not speak again, and my speech dropped upon them [like a refreshing shower]. -- job 29:22 +. +And they waited for me as for the rain, and they opened their mouths wide as for the spring rain. -- job 29:23 +. +I smiled on them when they had no confidence, and their depression did not cast down the light of my countenance. -- job 29:24 +. +I chose their way [for them] and sat as [their] chief, and dwelt like a king among his soldiers, like one who comforts mourners. -- job 29:25 +. +BUT NOW they who are younger than I have me in derision, whose fathers I disdained to set with the dogs of my flock. -- job 30:1 +. +Yes, how could the strength of their hands profit me? They were men whose ripe age and vigor had perished. -- job 30:2 +. +They are gaunt with want and famine; they gnaw the dry and barren ground or flee into the wilderness, into the gloom of wasteness and desolation. -- job 30:3 +. +They pluck saltwort or mallows among the bushes, and roots of the broom for their food or to warm them. -- job 30:4 +. +They are driven from among men, who shout after them as after a thief. -- job 30:5 +. +They must dwell in the clefts of frightful valleys (gullies made by torrents) and in holes of the earth and of the rocks. -- job 30:6 +. +Among the bushes they bray and howl [like wild animals]; beneath the prickly scrub they fling themselves and huddle together. -- job 30:7 +. +Sons of the worthless and nameless, they have been scourged and crushed out of the land. -- job 30:8 +. +And now I have become their song; yes, I am a byword to them. -- job 30:9 +. +They abhor me, they stand aloof from me, and do not refrain from spitting in my face or at the sight of me. -- job 30:10 +. +For God has loosed my bowstring and afflicted and humbled me; they have cast off the bridle [of restraint] before me. -- job 30:11 +. +On my right hand rises the rabble brood; they jostle me and push away my feet, and they cast up against me their ways of destruction [like an advancing army]. -- job 30:12 +. +They break up and clutter my path [embarrassing my plans]; they urge on my calamity, even though they have no helper [and are themselves helpless]. -- job 30:13 +. +As through a wide breach they come in; amid the crash [of falling walls] they roll themselves upon me. -- job 30:14 +. +Terrors are turned upon me; my honor and reputation they chase away like the wind, and my welfare has passed away as a cloud. -- job 30:15 +. +And now my life is poured out within me; the days of affliction have gripped me. -- job 30:16 +. +My bones are pierced [with aching] in the night season, and the pains that gnaw me take no rest. -- job 30:17 +. +By the great force [of my disease] my garment is disguised and disfigured; it binds me about like the collar of my coat. -- job 30:18 +. +[God] has cast me into the mire, and I have become like dust and ashes. -- job 30:19 +. +I cry to You, [Lord,] and You do not answer me; I stand up, but You [only] gaze [indifferently] at me. -- job 30:20 +. +You have become harsh and cruel to me; with the might of Your hand You [keep me alive only to] persecute me. -- job 30:21 +. +You lift me up on the wind; You cause me to ride upon it, and You toss me about in the tempest. -- job 30:22 +. +For I know that You will bring me to death and to the house [of meeting] appointed for all the living. -- job 30:23 +. +However, does not one falling in a heap of ruins stretch out his hand? Or in his calamity will he not therefore cry for help? -- job 30:24 +. +Did not I weep for him who was in trouble? Was not my heart grieved for the poor and needy? -- job 30:25 +. +But when I looked for good, then evil came to me; and when I waited for light, there came darkness. -- job 30:26 +. +My heart is troubled and does not rest; days of affliction come to meet me. -- job 30:27 +. +I go about blackened, but not by the sun; I stand up in the congregation and cry for help. -- job 30:28 +. +I am a brother to jackals [which howl], and a companion to ostriches [which scream dismally]. -- job 30:29 +. +My skin falls from me in blackened flakes, and my bones are burned with heat. -- job 30:30 +. +Therefore my lyre is turned to mourning, and my pipe into the voice of those who weep. -- job 30:31 +. +I DICTATED a covenant (an agreement) to my eyes; how then could I look [lustfully] upon a girl? -- job 31:1 +. +For what portion should I have from God above [if I were lewd], and what heritage from the Almighty on high? -- job 31:2 +. +Does not calamity [justly] befall the unrighteous, and disaster the workers of iniquity? -- job 31:3 +. +Does not [God] see my ways and count all my steps? -- job 31:4 +. +If I have walked with falsehood or vanity, or if my foot has hastened to deceit-- -- job 31:5 +. +Oh, let me be weighed in a just balance and let Him weigh me, that God may know my integrity! -- job 31:6 +. +If my step has turned out of [God's] way, and my heart has gone the way my eyes [covetously] invited, and if any spot has stained my hands with guilt, -- job 31:7 +. +Then let me sow and let another eat; yes, let the produce of my field or my offspring be rooted out. -- job 31:8 +. +If my heart has been deceived and I made a fool by a woman, or if I have [covetously] laid wait at my neighbor's door [until his departure], -- job 31:9 +. +Then let my wife grind [meal, like a bondslave] for another, and let others bow down upon her. -- job 31:10 +. +For [adultery] is a heinous and chief crime, an iniquity [to demand action by] the judges and punishment. -- job 31:11 +. +For [uncontrolled passion] is a fire which consumes to Abaddon (to destruction, ruin, and the place of final torment); [that fire once lighted would rage until all is consumed] and would burn to the root all my [life's] increase. -- job 31:12 +. +If I have despised and rejected the cause of my manservant or my maidservant when they contended or brought a complaint against me, -- job 31:13 +. +What then shall I do when God rises up [to judge]? When He visits [to inquire of me], what shall I answer Him? -- job 31:14 +. +Did not He Who made me in the womb make [my servant]? And did not One fashion us both in the womb? -- job 31:15 +. +If I have withheld from the poor and needy what they desired, or have caused the eyes of the widow to look in vain [for relief], -- job 31:16 +. +Or have eaten my morsel alone and have not shared it with the fatherless-- -- job 31:17 +. +No, but from my youth [the fatherless] grew up with me as a father, and I have been [the widow's] guide from my mother's womb-- -- job 31:18 +. +If I have seen anyone perish for want of clothing, or any poor person without covering, -- job 31:19 +. +If his loins have not blessed me [for clothing them], and if he was not warmed with the fleece of my sheep, -- job 31:20 +. +If I have lifted my hand against the fatherless when I saw [that the judges would be favorable and be] my help at the [council] gate, -- job 31:21 +. +Then let my shoulder fall away from my shoulder blade, and my arm be broken from its socket. -- job 31:22 +. +For calamity from God was a terror to me, and because of His majesty I could not endure [to face Him] and could do nothing. -- job 31:23 +. +If I have made gold my trust and hope or have said to fine gold, You are my confidence, -- job 31:24 +. +If I rejoiced because my wealth was great and because my [powerful] hand [alone] had gotten much, -- job 31:25 +. +If I beheld [as an object of worship] the sunlight when it shone or the moon walking in its brightness, -- job 31:26 +. +And my heart has been secretly enticed by them or my mouth has kissed my hand [in homage to them], -- job 31:27 +. +This also would have been [a heinous and principal] iniquity to demand the judges' action and punishment, for I would have denied and been false to the God Who is above. -- job 31:28 +. +If I rejoiced at the destruction of him who hated me or lifted myself up [in malicious triumph] when evil overtook him-- -- job 31:29 +. +No, I have let my mouth sin neither by cursing my enemy nor by praying that he might die-- -- job 31:30 +. +[Just ask] if the men of my tent will not say, Who can find one in need who has not been satisfied with food he gave them?-- -- job 31:31 +. +The temporary resident has not lodged in the street, but I have opened my door to the wayfaring man-- -- job 31:32 +. +If like Adam or like [other] men I have concealed my transgressions, by hiding my iniquity in my bosom -- job 31:33 +. +Because I feared the great multitude and the contempt of families terrified me so that I kept silence and did not go out of the door-- -- job 31:34 +. +Oh, for a hearing! Oh, for an answer from the Almighty! Let my adversary write out His indictment [and put His vague accusations in tangible form] in a book! -- job 31:35 +. +Surely I would [proudly] bear it on my shoulder and wind the scroll about my head as a diadem. -- job 31:36 +. +I would count out to Him the number of my steps [with every detail of my life], approaching His presence as a prince-- -- job 31:37 +. +For if my land has cried out against me and its furrows have complained together with tears [that I have no right to them], -- job 31:38 +. +If I have eaten its fruits without paying for them or have caused its [rightful] owners to breathe their last, -- job 31:39 +. +Let thistles grow instead of wheat and cockleburs instead of barley. The [controversial] words of Job [with his friends] are ended. -- job 31:40 +. +SO THESE three men ceased to answer Job, because he was [rigidly] righteous (upright and in right standing with God) in his own eyes. [But there was a fifth man there also.] -- job 32:1 +. +Elihu son of Barachel the Buzite, of the family of Ram, became indignant. His indignation was kindled against Job because he justified himself rather than God [even made himself out to be better than God]. -- job 32:2 +. +Also against [Job's] three friends was [Elihu's] anger kindled, because they had found no answer [were unable to show his real error], and yet they had declared him to be in the wrong [and responsible for his own afflictions]. -- job 32:3 +. +Now Elihu had waited to speak to Job because the others were older than he. -- job 32:4 +. +But when Elihu saw that there was no answer in the mouths of these three men, he became angry. -- job 32:5 +. +Then Elihu son of Barachel the Buzite said, I am young, and you are aged; for that reason I was timid and restrained and dared not declare my opinion to you. -- job 32:6 +. +I said, Age should speak, and a multitude of years should teach wisdom [so let it be heard]. -- job 32:7 +. +But there is [a vital force] a spirit [of intelligence] in man, and the breath of the Almighty gives men understanding. -- job 32:8 +. +It is not the great [necessarily] who are wise, nor [always] the aged who understand justice. -- job 32:9 +. +So I say, Listen to me; I also will give you my opinion [about Job's situation] and my knowledge. -- job 32:10 +. +You see, I waited for your words, I listened to your wise reasons, while you searched out what to say. -- job 32:11 +. +Yes, I paid attention to what you said, and behold, not one of you convinced Job or made [satisfactory] replies to his words [you could not refute him]. -- job 32:12 +. +Beware lest you say, We have found wisdom; God thrusts [Job] down [justly], not man [God alone is dealing with him]. -- job 32:13 +. +Now [Job] has not directed his words against me [therefore I have no cause for irritation], neither will I answer him with speeches like yours. [I speak for truth, not for revenge.] -- job 32:14 +. +[Job's friends] are amazed and embarrassed, they answer no more; they have not a thing to say [reports Elihu]. -- job 32:15 +. +And shall I wait, because they say nothing but stand still and answer no more? -- job 32:16 +. +I also will answer my [God-assigned] part; I also will declare my opinion and my knowledge. -- job 32:17 +. +For I am full of words; the spirit within me constrains me. -- job 32:18 +. +My breast is as wine that has no vent; like new wineskins, it is ready to burst. -- job 32:19 +. +I must speak, that I may get relief and be refreshed; I will open my lips and answer. -- job 32:20 +. +I will not [I warn you] be influenced by respect for any man's person and show partiality, neither will I flatter any man. -- job 32:21 +. +For I know not how to flatter, [wasting my time in mere formalities, for then] my Maker would soon take me away. -- job 32:22 +. +BE THAT as it may, Job, I beg of you to hear what I have to say and give heed to all my words. -- job 33:1 +. +Behold, here I am with open mouth; here is my tongue talking. -- job 33:2 +. +My words shall express the uprightness of my heart, and my lips shall speak what they know with utter sincerity. -- job 33:3 +. +[It is] the Spirit of God that made me [which has stirred me up], and the breath of the Almighty that gives me life [which inspires me]. -- job 33:4 +. +Answer me now, if you can; set your words in order before me; take your stand. -- job 33:5 +. +Behold, I am toward God and before Him even as you are; I also am formed out of the clay [though I speak with abnormal wisdom because of a divine illumination]. -- job 33:6 +. +See my terror [for I am only a fellow mortal, not God]; I shall not make you afraid, neither shall my pressure be heavy upon you. -- job 33:7 +. +Surely you have spoken in my hearing, and I have heard the voice of your words, saying, -- job 33:8 +. +I am clean, without transgression; I am innocent, neither is there iniquity in me. -- job 33:9 +. +But behold, God finds occasions against me and causes of alienation and indifference; He counts me as His enemy. -- job 33:10 +. +He puts my feet in the stocks; He [untrustingly] watches all my paths [you say]. -- job 33:11 +. +I reply to you, Behold, in this you are not just; God is superior to man. -- job 33:12 +. +Why do you contend against Him? For He does not give account of any of His actions. [Sufficient for us it should be to know that it is He Who does them.] -- job 33:13 +. +For God [does reveal His will; He] speaks not only once, but more than once, even though men do not regard it [including you, Job]. -- job 33:14 +. +[One may hear God's voice] in a dream, in a vision of the night, when deep sleep falls on men while slumbering upon the bed, -- job 33:15 +. +Then He opens the ears of men and seals their instruction [terrifying them with warnings], -- job 33:16 +. +That He may withdraw man from his purpose and cut off pride from him [disgusting him with his own disappointing self-sufficiency]. -- job 33:17 +. +He holds him back from the pit [of destruction], and his life from perishing by the sword [of God's destructive judgments]. -- job 33:18 +. +[God's voice may be heard by man when] he is chastened with pain upon his bed and with continual strife in his bones or while all his bones are firmly set, -- job 33:19 +. +So that his desire makes him loathe food, and even dainty dishes [nauseate him]. -- job 33:20 +. +His flesh is so wasted away that it cannot be seen, and his bones that were not seen stick out. -- job 33:21 +. +Yes, his soul draws near to corruption, and his life to the inflicters of death (the destroyers). -- job 33:22 +. +[God's voice may be heard] if there is for the hearer a messenger or an angel, an interpreter, one among a thousand, to show to man what is right for him [how to be upright and in right standing with God], -- job 33:23 +. +Then [God] is gracious to him and says, Deliver him from going down into the pit [of destruction]; I have found a ransom (a price of redemption, an atonement)! -- job 33:24 +. +[Then the man's] flesh shall be restored; it becomes fresher and more tender than a child's; he returns to the days of his youth. -- job 33:25 +. +He prays to God, and He is favorable to him, so that he sees His face with joy; for [God] restores to him his righteousness (his uprightness and right standing with God--with its joys). -- job 33:26 +. +He looks upon other men or sings out to them, I have sinned and perverted that which was right, and it did not profit me, or He did not requite me [according to my iniquity]! -- job 33:27 +. +[God] has redeemed my life from going down to the pit [of destruction], and my life shall see the light! -- job 33:28 +. +[Elihu comments] Behold, God does all these things twice, yes, three times, with a man, -- job 33:29 +. +To bring back his life from the pit [of destruction], that he may be enlightened with the light of the living. -- job 33:30 +. +Give heed, O Job, listen to me; hold your peace, and I will speak. -- job 33:31 +. +If you have anything to say, answer me; speak, for I desire to justify you. -- job 33:32 +. +If [you do] not [have anything to say], listen to me; hold your peace, and I will teach you wisdom. -- job 33:33 +. +ELIHU ANSWERED (continued his discourse) and said, -- job 34:1 +. +Hear my words, you wise men, and give ear to me, you who have [so much] knowledge. -- job 34:2 +. +For the ear tries words as the palate tastes food. -- job 34:3 +. +Let us choose for ourselves that which is right; let us know among ourselves what is good. -- job 34:4 +. +For Job has said, I am [innocent and uncompromisingly] righteous, but God has taken away my right; -- job 34:5 +. +Would I lie against my right? Yet, notwithstanding my right, I am counted a liar. My wound is incurable, though I am without transgression. -- job 34:6 +. +What man is like Job, who drinks up scoffing and scorning like water, -- job 34:7 +. +Who goes in company with the workers of iniquity and walks with wicked men? -- job 34:8 +. +For he has said, It profits a man nothing that he should delight himself with God and consent to Him. -- job 34:9 +. +Therefore hear me, you men of understanding. Far be it from God that He should do wickedness, and from the Almighty that He should commit iniquity. -- job 34:10 +. +For according to the deeds of a man God will [exactly] proportion his pay, and He will cause every man to find [recompense] according to his ways. -- job 34:11 +. +Truly God will not do wickedly, neither will the Almighty pervert justice. -- job 34:12 +. +Who put [God] in charge over the earth? Or who laid on Him the whole world? -- job 34:13 +. +If [God] should set His heart upon him [man] and withdraw His [life-giving] spirit and His breath [from man] to Himself, -- job 34:14 +. +All flesh would perish together, and man would turn again to dust. -- job 34:15 +. +If now you have understanding, hear this; listen to my words. -- job 34:16 +. +Is it possible that an enemy of right should govern? And will you condemn Him Who is just and mighty? -- job 34:17 +. +[God] Who says to a king, You are worthless and vile, or to princes and nobles, You are ungodly and evil? -- job 34:18 +. +[God] is not partial to princes, nor does He regard the rich more than the poor, for they all are the work of His hands. -- job 34:19 +. +In a moment they die; even at midnight the people are shaken and pass away, and the mighty are taken away by no [human] hand. -- job 34:20 +. +For [God's] eyes are upon the ways of a man, and He sees all his steps. -- job 34:21 +. +There is no darkness nor thick gloom where the evildoers may hide themselves. -- job 34:22 +. +[God] sets before man no appointed time, that he should appear before [Him] in judgment. -- job 34:23 +. +He breaks in pieces mighty men without inquiry [before a jury] and in ways past finding out and sets others in their stead. -- job 34:24 +. +Therefore He takes knowledge of their works, and He overturns them in the night, so that they are crushed and destroyed. -- job 34:25 +. +God strikes them down as wicked men in the open sight of beholders, -- job 34:26 +. +Because they turned aside from Him and would not consider or show regard for any of His ways, -- job 34:27 +. +So that they caused the cry of the poor to come to Him, and He heard the cry of the afflicted. -- job 34:28 +. +When He gives quietness (peace and security from oppression), who then can condemn? When He hides His face [withdrawing His favor and help], who then can behold Him [and make Him gracious], whether it be a nation or a man by himself?-- -- job 34:29 +. +That the godless man may not reign, that there be no one to ensnare the people. -- job 34:30 +. +For has anyone said to God, I have borne my chastisement; I will not offend any more; -- job 34:31 +. +Teach me what I do not see [in regard to how I have sinned]; if I have done iniquity, I will do it no more? -- job 34:32 +. +Should [God's] recompense [for your sins] be as you will it, when you refuse to accept it? For you must do the choosing, and not I; therefore say what is your truthful conclusion. -- job 34:33 +. +Men of understanding will tell me, indeed, every wise man who hears me [will agree], -- job 34:34 +. +That Job speaks without knowledge, and his words are without wisdom and insight. -- job 34:35 +. +[Would that Job's afflictions be continued and] he be tried to the end because of his answering like wicked men! -- job 34:36 +. +For he adds rebellion [in his unsubmissive, defiant attitude toward God] to his unacknowledged sin; he claps his hands [in open mockery and contempt of God] among us, and he multiplies his words of accusation against God. -- job 34:37 +. +ELIHU SPOKE further [to Job] and said, -- job 35:1 +. +Do you think this is your right, or are you saying, My righteousness is more than God's, -- job 35:2 +. +That you ask, What advantage have you? How am I profited more than if I had sinned? -- job 35:3 +. +I will answer you and your companions with you. -- job 35:4 +. +Look to the heavens and see; and behold the skies which are higher than you. -- job 35:5 +. +If you have sinned, how does that affect God? And if your transgressions are multiplied, what have you done to Him? -- job 35:6 +. +If you are righteous, what do you [by that] give God? Or what does He receive from your hand? -- job 35:7 +. +Your wickedness touches and affects a man such as you are, and your righteousness is for yourself, one of the human race [but it cannot touch God, Who is above such influence]. -- job 35:8 +. +Because of the multitudes of oppressions the people cry out; they cry for help because of the violence of the mighty. -- job 35:9 +. +But no one says, Where is God my Maker, Who gives songs of rejoicing in the night, -- job 35:10 +. +Who teaches us more than the beasts of the earth and makes us wiser than the birds of the heavens? -- job 35:11 +. +[The people] cry out because of the pride of evil men, but He does not answer. -- job 35:12 +. +Surely God will refuse to answer [the cry which is] vanity (vain and empty--instead of abiding trust); neither will the Almighty regard it-- -- job 35:13 +. +How much less when [missing His righteous judgment on earth] you say that you do not see Him, that your cause is before Him, and you are waiting for Him! -- job 35:14 +. +But now because God has not [speedily] punished in His anger and seems to be unaware of the wrong and oppression [of which a person is guilty], -- job 35:15 +. +Job uselessly opens his mouth and multiplies words without knowledge [drawing the worthless conclusion that the righteous have no more advantage than the wicked]. -- job 35:16 +. +ELIHU PROCEEDED and said, -- job 36:1 +. +Bear with me and wait a little longer, and I will show you, for I have something still to say on God's behalf. -- job 36:2 +. +I will bring my knowledge from afar and will ascribe righteousness to my Maker. -- job 36:3 +. +For truly my words shall not be false; He Who is perfect in knowledge is with you. -- job 36:4 +. +Behold! God is mighty, and yet despises no one nor regards anything as trivial; He is mighty in power of understanding and heart. -- job 36:5 +. +He does not prolong the life of the wicked, but gives the needy and afflicted their right. -- job 36:6 +. +He withdraws not His eyes from the righteous (the upright in right standing with God); but He sets them forever with kings upon the throne, and they are exalted. -- job 36:7 +. +And if they are bound in fetters [of adversity] and held by cords of affliction, -- job 36:8 +. +Then He shows to them [the true character of] their deeds and their transgressions, that they have acted arrogantly [with presumption and self-sufficiency]. -- job 36:9 +. +He also opens their ears to instruction and discipline, and commands that they return from iniquity. -- job 36:10 +. +If they obey and serve Him, they shall spend their days in prosperity and their years in pleasantness and joy. -- job 36:11 +. +But if they obey not, they shall perish by the sword [of God's destructive judgments], and they shall die in ignorance of true knowledge. -- job 36:12 +. +But the godless and profane in heart heap up anger [at the divine discipline]; they do not cry to Him when He binds them [with cords of affliction]. -- job 36:13 +. +They die in youth, and their life perishes among the unclean (those who are sodomites). -- job 36:14 +. +He delivers the afflicted in their affliction and opens their ears [to His voice] in adversity. -- job 36:15 +. +Indeed, God would have allured you out of the mouth of distress into a broad place where there is no situation of perplexity or privation; and that which would be set on your table would be full of fatness. -- job 36:16 +. +But if you [Job] are filled with the judgment of the wicked, judgment and justice will keep hold on you. -- job 36:17 +. +For let not wrath entice you into scorning chastisements; and let not the greatness of the ransom [the suffering, if rightly endured] turn you aside. -- job 36:18 +. +Will your cry be sufficient to keep you from distress, or will all the force of your strength do it? -- job 36:19 +. +Desire not the night, when peoples are cut off from their places; -- job 36:20 +. +Take heed, turn not to iniquity, for this [the iniquity of complaining against God] you have chosen rather than [submission in] affliction. -- job 36:21 +. +Behold, God exalts and does loftily in His power; who is a ruler or a teacher like Him? -- job 36:22 +. +Who has appointed God His way? Or who can say, You have done unrighteousness? -- job 36:23 +. +Remember that [by submission] you magnify God's work, of which men have sung. -- job 36:24 +. +All men have looked upon God's work; man may behold it afar off. -- job 36:25 +. +Behold, God is great, and we know Him not! The number of His years is unsearchable. -- job 36:26 +. +For He draws up the drops of water, which distil as rain from His vapor, -- job 36:27 +. +Which the skies pour down and drop abundantly upon [the multitudes of] mankind. -- job 36:28 +. +Not only that, but can anyone understand the spreadings of the clouds or the thunderings of His pavilion? -- job 36:29 +. +Behold, He spreads His lightning against the dark clouds and covers the roots of the sea. -- job 36:30 +. +For by [His clouds] God executes judgment upon the peoples; He gives food in abundance. -- job 36:31 +. +He covers His hands with the lightning and commands it to strike the mark. -- job 36:32 +. +His thunderings speak [awesomely] concerning Him; the cattle are told of His coming storm. -- job 36:33 +. +INDEED, [at His thunderings] my heart also trembles and leaps out of its place. -- job 37:1 +. +Hear, oh, hear the roar of His voice and the sound of rumbling that goes out of His mouth! -- job 37:2 +. +Under the whole heaven He lets it loose, and His lightning to the ends of the earth. -- job 37:3 +. +After it His voice roars; He thunders with the voice of His majesty, and He restrains not [His lightnings against His adversaries] when His voice is heard. -- job 37:4 +. +God thunders marvelously with His voice; He does great things which we cannot comprehend. -- job 37:5 +. +For He says to the snow, Fall on the earth; likewise He speaks to the showers and to the downpour of His mighty rains. -- job 37:6 +. +God seals up (stops, brings to a standstill by severe weather) the hand of every man [and now under His seal their hands are forced to inactivity], that all men whom He has made may know His doings (His sovereign power and their subjection to it). -- job 37:7 +. +Then the beasts go into dens and remain in their lairs. -- job 37:8 +. +Out of its chamber comes the whirlwind, and cold from the scattering winds. -- job 37:9 +. +By the breath of God ice is given, and the breadth of the waters is frozen over. -- job 37:10 +. +He loads the thick cloud with moisture; He scatters the cloud of His lightning. -- job 37:11 +. +And it is turned round about by His guidance, that they may do whatever He commands them upon the face of the habitable earth. -- job 37:12 +. +Whether it be for correction or for His earth [generally] or for His mercy and loving-kindness, He causes it to come. -- job 37:13 +. +Hear this, O Job; stand still and consider the wondrous works of God. -- job 37:14 +. +Do you know how God lays His command upon them and causes the lightning of His [storm] cloud to shine? -- job 37:15 +. +Do you know how the clouds are balanced [and poised in the heavens], the wonderful works of Him Who is perfect in knowledge? -- job 37:16 +. +[Or] why your garments are hot when He quiets the earth [in sultry summer] with the [oppressive] south wind? -- job 37:17 +. +Can you along with Him spread out the sky, [which is] strong as a molten mirror? -- job 37:18 +. +Tell us [Job] with what words of man we may address such a Being; we cannot state our case because we are in the dark [in the presence of the unsearchable God]. -- job 37:19 +. +So shall it be told Him that I wish to speak? If a man speaks, shall he be swallowed up? -- job 37:20 +. +And now men cannot look upon the light when it is bright in the skies, when the wind has passed and cleared them. -- job 37:21 +. +Golden brightness and splendor come out of the north; [if men can scarcely look upon it, how much less upon the] terrible splendor and majesty God has upon Himself! -- job 37:22 +. +Touching the Almighty, we cannot find Him out; He is excellent in power; and to justice and plenteous righteousness He does no violence [He will disregard no right]. -- job 37:23 +. +Men therefore [reverently] fear Him; He regards and respects not any who are wise in heart [in their own understanding and conceit]. -- job 37:24 +. +THEN THE Lord answered Job out of the whirlwind and said, -- job 38:1 +. +Who is this that darkens counsel by words without knowledge? -- job 38:2 +. +Gird up now your loins like a man, and I will demand of you, and you declare to Me. -- job 38:3 +. +Where were you when I laid the foundation of the earth? Declare to Me, if you have and know understanding. -- job 38:4 +. +Who determined the measures of the earth, if you know? Or who stretched the measuring line upon it? -- job 38:5 +. +Upon what were the foundations of it fastened, or who laid its cornerstone, -- job 38:6 +. +When the morning stars sang together and all the sons of God shouted for joy? -- job 38:7 +. +Or who shut up the sea with doors when it broke forth and issued out of the womb?-- -- job 38:8 +. +When I made the clouds the garment of it, and thick darkness a swaddling band for it, -- job 38:9 +. +And marked for it My appointed boundary and set bars and doors, -- job 38:10 +. +And said, Thus far shall you come and no farther; and here shall your proud waves be stayed? -- job 38:11 +. +Have you commanded the morning since your days began and caused the dawn to know its place, -- job 38:12 +. +So that [light] may get hold of the corners of the earth and shake the wickedness [of night] out of it? -- job 38:13 +. +It is changed like clay into which a seal is pressed; and things stand out like a many-colored garment. -- job 38:14 +. +From the wicked their light is withheld, and their uplifted arm is broken. -- job 38:15 +. +Have you explored the springs of the sea? Or have you walked in the recesses of the deep? -- job 38:16 +. +Have the gates of death been revealed to you? Or have you seen the doors of deep darkness? -- job 38:17 +. +Have you comprehended the breadth of the earth? Tell Me, if you know it all. -- job 38:18 +. +Where is the way where light dwells? And as for darkness, where is its abode, -- job 38:19 +. +That you may conduct it to its home, and may know the paths to its house? -- job 38:20 +. +You must know, since you were born then! Or because you are so extremely old! -- job 38:21 +. +Have you entered the treasuries of the snow, or have you seen the treasuries of the hail, -- job 38:22 +. +Which I have reserved for the time of trouble, for the day of battle and war? -- job 38:23 +. +By what way is the light distributed, or the east wind spread over the earth? -- job 38:24 +. +Who has prepared a channel for the torrents of rain, or a path for the thunderbolt, -- job 38:25 +. +To cause it to rain on the uninhabited land [and] on the desert where no man lives, -- job 38:26 +. +To satisfy the waste and desolate ground and to cause the tender grass to spring forth? -- job 38:27 +. +Has the rain a father? Or who has begotten the drops of dew? -- job 38:28 +. +Out of whose womb came the ice? And the hoary frost of heaven, who has given it birth? -- job 38:29 +. +The waters are congealed like stone, and the face of the deep is frozen. -- job 38:30 +. +Can you bind the chains of [the cluster of stars called] Pleiades, or loose the cords of [the constellation] Orion? -- job 38:31 +. +Can you lead forth the signs of the zodiac in their season? Or can you guide [the stars of] the Bear with her young? -- job 38:32 +. +Do you know the ordinances of the heavens? Can you establish their rule upon the earth? -- job 38:33 +. +Can you lift up your voice to the clouds, so that an abundance of waters may cover you? -- job 38:34 +. +Can you send lightnings, that they may go and say to you, Here we are? -- job 38:35 +. +Who has put wisdom in the inward parts [or in the dark clouds]? Or who has given understanding to the mind [or to the meteor]? -- job 38:36 +. +Who can number the clouds by wisdom? Or who can pour out the [water] bottles of the heavens -- job 38:37 +. +When [heat has caused] the dust to run into a mass and the clods to cleave fast together? -- job 38:38 +. +Can you [Job] hunt the prey for the lion? Or satisfy the appetite of the young lions -- job 38:39 +. +When they couch in their dens or lie in wait in their hiding place? -- job 38:40 +. +Who provides for the raven its prey when its young ones cry to God and wander about for lack of food? -- job 38:41 +. +DO YOU know the time when the wild goats of the rock bring forth [their young]? [Or] do you observe when the hinds are giving birth? [Do you attend to all this, Job?] -- job 39:1 +. +Can you number the months that they carry their offspring? Or do you know the time when they are delivered, -- job 39:2 +. +When they bow themselves, bring forth their young ones, [and] cast out their pains? -- job 39:3 +. +Their young ones become strong, they grow up in the open field; they go forth and return not to them. -- job 39:4 +. +Who has sent out the wild donkey, giving him his freedom? Or who has loosed the bands of the swift donkey [by which his tame brother is bound--he, the shy, the swift-footed, and the untamable], -- job 39:5 +. +Whose home I have made the wilderness, and the salt land his dwelling place? -- job 39:6 +. +He scorns the tumult of the city and hears not the shoutings of the taskmaster. -- job 39:7 +. +The range of the mountains is his pasture, and he searches after every green thing. -- job 39:8 +. +Will the wild ox be willing to serve you, or remain beside your manger? -- job 39:9 +. +Can you bind the wild ox with a harness to the plow in the furrow? Or will he harrow the furrows for you? -- job 39:10 +. +Will you trust him because his strength is great, or to him will you leave your labor? -- job 39:11 +. +Will you depend upon him to bring home your seed and gather the grain of your threshing floor? [Who, Job, was the author of this strange variance in the disposition of animals so alike in appearance? Was it you?] -- job 39:12 +. +The wings of the ostrich wave proudly, [but] are they the pinions and plumage of love? -- job 39:13 +. +The ostrich leaves her eggs on the ground and warms them in the dust, -- job 39:14 +. +Forgetting that a foot may crush them or that the wild beast may trample them. -- job 39:15 +. +She is hardened against her young ones, as though they were not hers; her labor is in vain because she has no sense of danger [for her unborn brood], -- job 39:16 +. +For God has deprived her of wisdom, neither has He imparted to her understanding. -- job 39:17 +. +Yet when she lifts herself up in flight, [so swift is she that] she can laugh to scorn the horse and his rider. -- job 39:18 +. +Have you given the horse his might? Have you clothed his neck with quivering and a shaking mane? -- job 39:19 +. +Was it you [Job] who made him to leap like a locust? The majesty of his [snorting] nostrils is terrible. -- job 39:20 +. +He paws in the valley and exults in his strength; he goes out to meet the weapons [of armed men]. -- job 39:21 +. +He mocks at fear and is not dismayed or terrified; neither does he turn back [in battle] from the sword. -- job 39:22 +. +The quiver rattles upon him, as do the glittering spear and the lance [of his rider]. -- job 39:23 +. +[He seems in running to] devour the ground with fierceness and rage; neither can he stand still at the sound of the [war] trumpet. -- job 39:24 +. +As often as the trumpet sounds he says, Ha, ha! And he smells the battle from afar, the thunder of the captains, and the shouting. -- job 39:25 +. +Is it by your wisdom [Job] that the hawk soars and stretches her wings toward the south [as winter approaches]? -- job 39:26 +. +Does the eagle mount up at your command and make his nest on high [inaccessible place]? -- job 39:27 +. +On the cliff he dwells and remains securely, upon the point of the rock and the stronghold. -- job 39:28 +. +From there he spies out the prey; and his eyes see it afar off. -- job 39:29 +. +His young ones suck up blood, and where the slain are, there is he. -- job 39:30 +. +MOREOVER, THE Lord said to Job, -- job 40:1 +. +Shall he who would find fault with the Almighty contend with Him? He who disputes with God, let him answer it. -- job 40:2 +. +Then Job replied to the Lord: -- job 40:3 +. +Behold, I am of small account and vile! What shall I answer You? I lay my hand upon my mouth. -- job 40:4 +. +I have spoken once, but I will not reply again--indeed, twice [have I answered], but I will proceed no further. -- job 40:5 +. +Then the Lord answered Job out of the whirlwind, saying, -- job 40:6 +. +Gird up your loins now like a man; I will demand of you, and you answer Me. -- job 40:7 +. +Will you also annul (set aside and render void) My judgment? Will you condemn Me [your God], that you may [appear] righteous and justified? -- job 40:8 +. +Have you an arm like God? Or can you thunder with a voice like His? -- job 40:9 +. +[Since you question the manner of the Almighty's rule] deck yourself now with the excellency and dignity [of the Supreme Ruler, and yourself undertake the government of the world if you are so wise], and array yourself with honor and majesty. -- job 40:10 +. +Pour forth the overflowings of your anger, and look on everyone who is proud and abase him; -- job 40:11 +. +Look on everyone who is proud and bring him low, and tread down the wicked where they stand [if you are so able, Job]. -- job 40:12 +. +[Bury and] hide them all in the dust together; [and] shut them up [in the prison house of death]. -- job 40:13 +. +[If you can do all this, Job, proving yourself of divine might] then will I [God] praise you also [and acknowledge that] your own right hand can save you. -- job 40:14 +. +Behold now the behemoth (the hippopotamus), which I created as I did you; he eats grass like an ox. -- job 40:15 +. +See now, his strength is in his loins, and his power is in the sinews of his belly. -- job 40:16 +. +He moves his tail like a cedar tree; the tendons of his thighs are twisted together [like a rope]. -- job 40:17 +. +His bones are like tubes of bronze; his limbs [or ribs] are like bars of iron. -- job 40:18 +. +[The hippopotamus] is the first [in magnitude and power] of the works of God [in animal life]; [only] He Who made him provides him with his [swordlike tusks, or only God Who made him can bring near His sword to master him]. -- job 40:19 +. +Surely the mountains bring him food, where all the wild animals play. -- job 40:20 +. +He lies under the lotus trees, in the covert of the reeds in the marsh. -- job 40:21 +. +The lotus trees cover him with their shade; the willows of the brook compass him about. -- job 40:22 +. +Behold, if a river is violent and overflows, he does not tremble; he is confident, though the Jordan [River] swells and rushes against his mouth. -- job 40:23 +. +Can any take him when he is on the watch, or pierce through his nose with a snare? -- job 40:24 +. +CAN YOU draw out the leviathan (the crocodile) with a fishhook? Or press down his tongue with a cord? -- job 41:1 +. +Can you put a rope into his nose? Or pierce his jaw through with a hook or a spike? -- job 41:2 +. +Will he make many supplications to you [begging to be spared]? Will he speak soft words to you [to coax you to treat him kindly]? -- job 41:3 +. +Will he make a covenant with you to take him for your servant forever? -- job 41:4 +. +Will you play with [the crocodile] as with a bird? Or will you put him on a leash for your maidens? -- job 41:5 +. +Will traders bargain over him? Will they divide him up among the merchants? -- job 41:6 +. +Can you fill his skin with harpoons? Or his head with fishing spears? -- job 41:7 +. +Lay your hand upon him! Remember your battle with him; you will not do [such an ill-advised thing] again! -- job 41:8 +. +Behold, the hope of [his assailant] is disappointed; one is cast down even at the sight of him! -- job 41:9 +. +No one is so fierce [and foolhardy] that he dares to stir up [the crocodile]; who then is he who can stand before Me [the beast's Creator, or dares to contend with Me]? -- job 41:10 +. +Who has first given to Me, that I should repay him? Whatever is under the whole heavens is Mine. [Therefore, who can have a claim against God, God Who made the unmastered crocodile?] -- job 41:11 +. +I will not keep silence concerning his limbs, nor his mighty strength, nor his goodly frame. -- job 41:12 +. +Who can strip off [the crocodile's] outer garment? [Who can penetrate his double coat of mail?] Who shall come within his jaws? -- job 41:13 +. +Who can open the doors of his [lipless] mouth? His [extended jaws and bare] teeth are terrible round about. -- job 41:14 +. +His scales are [the crocodile's] pride, [for his back is made of rows of shields] shut up together [as with] a tight seal; -- job 41:15 +. +One is so near to another that no air can come between them. -- job 41:16 +. +They are joined one to another; they stick together so that they cannot be separated. -- job 41:17 +. +His sneezings flash forth light, and his eyes are like the [reddish] eyelids of the dawn. -- job 41:18 +. +Out of his mouth go burning torches, [and] sparks of fire leap out. -- job 41:19 +. +Out of his nostrils goes forth smoke, as out of a seething pot over a fire of rushes. -- job 41:20 +. +His breath kindles coals, and a flame goes forth from his mouth. -- job 41:21 +. +In [the crocodile's] neck abides strength, and terror dances before him. -- job 41:22 +. +The folds of his flesh cleave together; they are firm upon him, and they cannot shake [when he moves]. -- job 41:23 +. +His heart is as firm as a stone, indeed, as solid as a nether millstone. -- job 41:24 +. +When [the crocodile] raises himself up, the mighty are afraid; because of terror and the crashing they are beside themselves. -- job 41:25 +. +Even if one strikes at him with the sword, it cannot get any hold, nor does the spear, the dart, or the javelin. -- job 41:26 +. +He counts iron as straw and bronze as rotten wood. -- job 41:27 +. +The arrow cannot make [the crocodile] flee; slingstones are treated by him as stubble. -- job 41:28 +. +Clubs [also] are counted as stubble; he laughs at the rushing and the rattling of the javelin. -- job 41:29 +. +His underparts are like sharp pieces of broken pottery; he spreads [grooves like] a threshing sledge upon the mire. -- job 41:30 +. +He makes the deep boil like a pot; he makes the sea like a [foaming] pot of ointment. -- job 41:31 +. +[His swift darting] makes a shining track behind him; one would think the deep to be hoary [with foam]. -- job 41:32 +. +Upon earth there is not [the crocodile's] equal, a creature made without fear and he behaves fearlessly. -- job 41:33 +. +He looks all mighty [beasts of prey] in the face [without terror]; he is monarch over all the sons of pride. [And now, Job, who are you who dares not arouse the unmastered crocodile, yet who dares resist Me, the beast's Creator, to My face? Everything under the heavens is Mine; therefore, who can have a claim against God?] -- job 41:34 +. +THEN JOB said to the Lord, -- job 42:1 +. +I know that You can do all things, and that no thought or purpose of Yours can be restrained or thwarted. -- job 42:2 +. +[You said to me] Who is this that darkens and obscures counsel [by words] without knowledge? Therefore [I now see] I have [rashly] uttered what I did not understand, things too wonderful for me, which I did not know. -- job 42:3 +. +[I had virtually said to You what You have said to me:] Hear, I beseech You, and I will speak; I will demand of You, and You declare to me. -- job 42:4 +. +I had heard of You [only] by the hearing of the ear, but now my [spiritual] eye sees You. -- job 42:5 +. +Therefore I loathe [my words] and abhor myself and repent in dust and ashes. -- job 42:6 +. +After the Lord had spoken the previous words to Job, the Lord said to Eliphaz the Temanite, My wrath is kindled against you and against your two friends, for you have not spoken of Me the thing that is right, as My servant Job has. -- job 42:7 +. +Now therefore take seven bullocks and seven rams and go to My servant Job and offer up for yourselves a burnt offering; and My servant Job shall pray for you, for I will accept [his prayer] that I deal not with you after your folly, in that you have not spoken of Me the thing that is right, as My servant Job has. -- job 42:8 +. +So Eliphaz the Temanite and Bildad the Shuhite and Zophar the Naamathite went and did as the Lord commanded them; and the Lord accepted [Job's prayer]. -- job 42:9 +. +And the Lord turned the captivity of Job and restored his fortunes, when he prayed for his friends; also the Lord gave Job twice as much as he had before. -- job 42:10 +. +Then there came to him all his brothers and sisters and all who had known him before, and they ate bread with him in his house; and they sympathized with him and comforted him over all the [distressing] calamities that the Lord had brought upon him. Every man also gave him a piece of money, and every man an earring of gold. -- job 42:11 +. +And the Lord blessed the latter days of Job more than his beginning; for he had 14,sheep, 6,000 camels, 1,000 yoke of oxen, and 1,000 female donkeys. -- job 42:12 +. +He had also seven sons and three daughters. -- job 42:13 +. +And he called the name of the first Jemimah, and the name of the second Keziah, and the name of the third Keren-happuch. -- job 42:14 +. +And in all the land there were no women so fair as the daughters of Job, and their father gave them inheritance among their brothers. -- job 42:15 +. +After this, Job lived years, and saw his sons and his sons' sons, even to four generations. -- job 42:16 +. +So Job died, an old man and full of days. -- job 42:17 +. +BLESSED (HAPPY, fortunate, prosperous, and enviable) is the man who walks and lives not in the counsel of the ungodly [following their advice, their plans and purposes], nor stands [submissive and inactive] in the path where sinners walk, nor sits down [to relax and rest] where the scornful [and the mockers] gather. -- psalms 1:1 +. +But his delight and desire are in the law of the Lord, and on His law (the precepts, the instructions, the teachings of God) he habitually meditates (ponders and studies) by day and by night. -- psalms 1:2 +. +And he shall be like a tree firmly planted [and tended] by the streams of water, ready to bring forth its fruit in its season; its leaf also shall not fade or wither; and everything he does shall prosper [and come to maturity]. -- psalms 1:3 +. +Not so the wicked [those disobedient and living without God are not so]. But they are like the chaff [worthless, dead, without substance] which the wind drives away. -- psalms 1:4 +. +Therefore the wicked [those disobedient and living without God] shall not stand [justified] in the judgment, nor sinners in the congregation of the righteous [those who are upright and in right standing with God]. -- psalms 1:5 +. +For the Lord knows and is fully acquainted with the way of the righteous, but the way of the ungodly [those living outside God's will] shall perish (end in ruin and come to nought). -- psalms 1:6 +. +WHY DO the nations assemble with commotion [uproar and confusion of voices], and why do the people imagine (meditate upon and devise) an empty scheme? -- psalms 2:1 +. +The kings of the earth take their places; the rulers take counsel together against the Lord and His Anointed One (the Messiah, the Christ). They say, -- psalms 2:2 +. +Let us break Their bands [of restraint] asunder and cast Their cords [of control] from us. -- psalms 2:3 +. +He Who sits in the heavens laughs; the Lord has them in derision [and in supreme contempt He mocks them]. -- psalms 2:4 +. +He speaks to them in His deep anger and troubles (terrifies and confounds) them in His displeasure and fury, saying, -- psalms 2:5 +. +Yet have I anointed (installed and placed) My King [firmly] on My holy hill of Zion. -- psalms 2:6 +. +I will declare the decree of the Lord: He said to Me, You are My Son; this day [I declare] I have begotten You. -- psalms 2:7 +. +Ask of Me, and I will give You the nations as Your inheritance, and the uttermost parts of the earth as Your possession. -- psalms 2:8 +. +You shall break them with a rod of iron; You shall dash them in pieces like potters' ware. -- psalms 2:9 +. +Now therefore, O you kings, act wisely; be instructed and warned, O you rulers of the earth. -- psalms 2:10 +. +Serve the Lord with reverent awe and worshipful fear; rejoice and be in high spirits with trembling [lest you displease Him]. -- psalms 2:11 +. +Kiss the Son [pay homage to Him in purity], lest He be angry and you perish in the way, for soon shall His wrath be kindled. O blessed (happy, fortunate, and to be envied) are all those who seek refuge and put their trust in Him! -- psalms 2:12 +. +LORD, HOW they are increased who trouble me! Many are they who rise up against me. -- psalms 3:1 +. +Many are saying of me, There is no help for him in God. Selah [pause, and calmly think of that]! -- psalms 3:2 +. +But You, O Lord, are a shield for me, my glory, and the lifter of my head. -- psalms 3:3 +. +With my voice I cry to the Lord, and He hears and answers me out of His holy hill. Selah [pause, and calmly think of that]! -- psalms 3:4 +. +I lay down and slept; I wakened again, for the Lord sustains me. -- psalms 3:5 +. +I will not be afraid of ten thousands of people who have set themselves against me round about. -- psalms 3:6 +. +Arise, O Lord; save me, O my God! For You have struck all my enemies on the cheek; You have broken the teeth of the ungodly. -- psalms 3:7 +. +Salvation belongs to the Lord; May Your blessing be upon Your people. Selah [pause, and calmly think of that]! -- psalms 3:8 +. +ANSWER ME when I call, O God of my righteousness (uprightness, justice, and right standing with You)! You have freed me when I was hemmed in and enlarged me when I was in distress; have mercy upon me and hear my prayer. -- psalms 4:1 +. +O you sons of men, how long will you turn my honor and glory into shame? How long will you love vanity and futility and seek after lies? Selah [pause, and calmly think of that]! -- psalms 4:2 +. +But know that the Lord has set apart for Himself [and given distinction to] him who is godly [the man of loving-kindness]. The Lord listens and heeds when I call to Him. -- psalms 4:3 +. +Be angry [or stand in awe] and sin not; commune with your own hearts upon your beds and be silent (sorry for the things you say in your hearts). Selah [pause, and calmly think of that]! -- psalms 4:4 +. +Offer just and right sacrifices; trust (lean on and be confident) in the Lord. -- psalms 4:5 +. +Many say, Oh, that we might see some good! Lift up the light of Your countenance upon us, O Lord. -- psalms 4:6 +. +You have put more joy and rejoicing in my heart than [they know] when their wheat and new wine have yielded abundantly. -- psalms 4:7 +. +In peace I will both lie down and sleep, for You, Lord, alone make me dwell in safety and confident trust. -- psalms 4:8 +. +LISTEN TO my words, O Lord, give heed to my sighing and groaning. -- psalms 5:1 +. +Hear the sound of my cry, my King and my God, for to You do I pray. -- psalms 5:2 +. +In the morning You hear my voice, O Lord; in the morning I prepare [a prayer, a sacrifice] for You and watch and wait [for You to speak to my heart]. -- psalms 5:3 +. +For You are not a God Who takes pleasure in wickedness; neither will the evil [man] so much as dwell [temporarily] with You. -- psalms 5:4 +. +Boasters can have no standing in Your sight; You abhor all evildoers. -- psalms 5:5 +. +You will destroy those who speak lies; the Lord abhors [and rejects] the bloodthirsty and deceitful man. -- psalms 5:6 +. +But as for me, I will enter Your house through the abundance of Your steadfast love and mercy; I will worship toward and at Your holy temple in reverent fear and awe of You. -- psalms 5:7 +. +Lead me, O Lord, in Your righteousness because of my enemies; make Your way level (straight and right) before my face. -- psalms 5:8 +. +For there is nothing trustworthy or steadfast or truthful in their talk; their heart is destruction [or a destructive chasm, a yawning gulf]; their throat is an open sepulcher; they flatter and make smooth with their tongue. -- psalms 5:9 +. +Hold them guilty, O God; let them fall by their own designs and counsels; cast them out because of the multitude of their transgressions, for they have rebelled against You. -- psalms 5:10 +. +But let all those who take refuge and put their trust in You rejoice; let them ever sing and shout for joy, because You make a covering over them and defend them; let those also who love Your name be joyful in You and be in high spirits. -- psalms 5:11 +. +For You, Lord, will bless the [uncompromisingly] righteous [him who is upright and in right standing with You]; as with a shield You will surround him with goodwill (pleasure and favor). -- psalms 5:12 +. +O LORD, rebuke me not in Your anger nor discipline and chasten me in Your hot displeasure. -- psalms 6:1 +. +Have mercy on me and be gracious to me, O Lord, for I am weak (faint and withered away); O Lord, heal me, for my bones are troubled. -- psalms 6:2 +. +My [inner] self [as well as my body] is also exceedingly disturbed and troubled. But You, O Lord, how long [until You return and speak peace to me]? -- psalms 6:3 +. +Return [to my relief], O Lord, deliver my life; save me for the sake of Your steadfast love and mercy. -- psalms 6:4 +. +For in death there is no remembrance of You; in Sheol (the place of the dead) who will give You thanks? -- psalms 6:5 +. +I am weary with my groaning; all night I soak my pillow with tears, I drench my couch with my weeping. -- psalms 6:6 +. +My eye grows dim because of grief; it grows old because of all my enemies. -- psalms 6:7 +. +Depart from me, all you workers of iniquity, for the Lord has heard the voice of my weeping. -- psalms 6:8 +. +The Lord has heard my supplication; the Lord receives my prayer. -- psalms 6:9 +. +Let all my enemies be ashamed and sorely troubled; let them turn back and be put to shame suddenly. -- psalms 6:10 +. +O LORD my God, in You I take refuge and put my trust; save me from all those who pursue and persecute me, and deliver me, -- psalms 7:1 +. +Lest my foe tear my life [from my body] like a lion, dragging me away while there is none to deliver. -- psalms 7:2 +. +O Lord my God, if I have done this, if there is wrong in my hands, -- psalms 7:3 +. +If I have paid back with evil him who was at peace with me or without cause have robbed him who was my enemy, -- psalms 7:4 +. +Let the enemy pursue my life and take it; yes, let him trample my life to the ground and lay my honor in the dust. Selah [pause, and calmly think of that]! -- psalms 7:5 +. +Arise, O Lord, in Your anger; lift up Yourself against the rage of my enemies; and awake [and stir up] for me the justice and vindication [that] You have commanded. -- psalms 7:6 +. +Let the assembly of the peoples be gathered about You, and return on high over them. -- psalms 7:7 +. +The Lord judges the people; judge me, O Lord, and do me justice according to my righteousness [my rightness, justice, and right standing with You] and according to the integrity that is in me. -- psalms 7:8 +. +Oh, let the wickedness of the wicked come to an end, but establish the [uncompromisingly] righteous [those upright and in harmony with You]; for You, Who try the hearts and emotions and thinking powers, are a righteous God. -- psalms 7:9 +. +My defense and shield depend on God, Who saves the upright in heart. -- psalms 7:10 +. +God is a righteous Judge, yes, a God Who is indignant every day. -- psalms 7:11 +. +If a man does not turn and repent, [God] will whet His sword; He has strung and bent His [huge] bow and made it ready [by treading it with His foot]. -- psalms 7:12 +. +He has also prepared for him deadly weapons; He makes His arrows fiery shafts. -- psalms 7:13 +. +Behold, [the wicked man] conceives iniquity and is pregnant with mischief and gives birth to lies. -- psalms 7:14 +. +He made a pit and hollowed it out and has fallen into the hole which he made [before the trap was completed]. -- psalms 7:15 +. +His mischief shall fall back in return upon his own head, and his violence come down [with the loose dirt] upon his own scalp. -- psalms 7:16 +. +I will give to the Lord the thanks due to His rightness and justice, and I will sing praise to the name of the Lord Most High. -- psalms 7:17 +. +O LORD, our Lord, how excellent (majestic and glorious) is Your name in all the earth! You have set Your glory on [or above] the heavens. -- psalms 8:1 +. +Out of the mouths of babes and unweaned infants You have established strength because of Your foes, that You might silence the enemy and the avenger. -- psalms 8:2 +. +When I view and consider Your heavens, the work of Your fingers, the moon and the stars, which You have ordained and established, -- psalms 8:3 +. +What is man that You are mindful of him, and the son of [earthborn] man that You care for him? -- psalms 8:4 +. +Yet You have made him but a little lower than God [or heavenly beings], and You have crowned him with glory and honor. -- psalms 8:5 +. +You made him to have dominion over the works of Your hands; You have put all things under his feet: -- psalms 8:6 +. +All sheep and oxen, yes, and the beasts of the field, -- psalms 8:7 +. +The birds of the air, and the fish of the sea, and whatever passes along the paths of the seas. -- psalms 8:8 +. +O Lord, our Lord, how excellent (majestic and glorious) is Your name in all the earth! -- psalms 8:9 +. +I WILL praise You, O Lord, with my whole heart; I will show forth (recount and tell aloud) all Your marvelous works and wonderful deeds! -- psalms 9:1 +. +I will rejoice in You and be in high spirits; I will sing praise to Your name, O Most High! -- psalms 9:2 +. +When my enemies turned back, they stumbled and perished before You. -- psalms 9:3 +. +For You have maintained my right and my cause; You sat on the throne judging righteously. -- psalms 9:4 +. +You have rebuked the nations, You have destroyed the wicked; You have blotted out their name forever and ever. -- psalms 9:5 +. +The enemy have been cut off and have vanished in everlasting ruins, You have plucked up and overthrown their cities; the very memory of them has perished and vanished. -- psalms 9:6 +. +But the Lord shall remain and continue forever; He has prepared and established His throne for judgment. -- psalms 9:7 +. +And He will judge the world in righteousness (rightness and equity); He will minister justice to the peoples in uprightness. -- psalms 9:8 +. +The Lord also will be a refuge and a high tower for the oppressed, a refuge and a stronghold in times of trouble (high cost, destitution, and desperation). -- psalms 9:9 +. +And they who know Your name [who have experience and acquaintance with Your mercy] will lean on and confidently put their trust in You, for You, Lord, have not forsaken those who seek (inquire of and for) You [on the authority of God's Word and the right of their necessity]. -- psalms 9:10 +. +Sing praises to the Lord, Who dwells in Zion! Declare among the peoples His doings! -- psalms 9:11 +. +For He Who avenges the blood [of His people shed unjustly] remembers them; He does not forget the cry of the afflicted (the poor and the humble). -- psalms 9:12 +. +Have mercy upon me and be gracious to me, O Lord; consider how I am afflicted by those who hate me, You Who lift me up from the gates of death, -- psalms 9:13 +. +That I may show forth (recount and tell aloud) all Your praises! In the gates of the Daughter of Zion I will rejoice in Your salvation and Your saving help. -- psalms 9:14 +. +The nations have sunk down in the pit that they made; in the net which they hid is their own foot caught. -- psalms 9:15 +. +The Lord has made Himself known; He executes judgment; the wicked are snared in the work of their own hands. Higgaion [meditation]. Selah [pause, and calmly think of that]! -- psalms 9:16 +. +The wicked shall be turned back [headlong into premature death] into Sheol (the place of the departed spirits of the wicked), even all the nations that forget or are forgetful of God. -- psalms 9:17 +. +For the needy shall not always be forgotten, and the expectation and hope of the meek and the poor shall not perish forever. -- psalms 9:18 +. +Arise, O Lord! Let not man prevail; let the nations be judged before You. -- psalms 9:19 +. +Put them in fear [make them realize their frail nature], O Lord, that the nations may know themselves to be but men. Selah [pause, and calmly think of that]! -- psalms 9:20 +. +WHY DO You stand afar off, O Lord? Why do You hide Yourself, [veiling Your eyes] in times of trouble (distress and desperation)? -- psalms 10:1 +. +The wicked in pride and arrogance hotly pursue and persecute the poor; let them be taken in the schemes which they have devised. -- psalms 10:2 +. +For the wicked man boasts (sings the praises) of his own heart's desire, and the one greedy for gain curses and spurns, yes, renounces and despises the Lord. -- psalms 10:3 +. +The wicked one in the pride of his countenance will not seek, inquire for, and yearn for God; all his thoughts are that there is no God [so He never punishes]. -- psalms 10:4 +. +His ways are grievous [or persist] at all times; Your judgments [Lord] are far above and on high out of his sight [so he never thinks about them]; as for all his foes, he sniffs and sneers at them. -- psalms 10:5 +. +He thinks in his heart, I shall not be moved; for throughout all generations I shall not come to want or be in adversity. -- psalms 10:6 +. +His mouth is full of cursing, deceit, oppression (fraud); under his tongue are trouble and sin (mischief and iniquity). -- psalms 10:7 +. +He sits in ambush in the villages; in hiding places he slays the innocent; he watches stealthily for the poor (the helpless and unfortunate). -- psalms 10:8 +. +He lurks in secret places like a lion in his thicket; he lies in wait that he may seize the poor (the helpless and the unfortunate); he seizes the poor when he draws him into his net. -- psalms 10:9 +. +[The prey] is crushed, sinks down; and the helpless falls by his mighty [claws]. -- psalms 10:10 +. +[The foe] thinks in his heart, God has quite forgotten; He has hidden His face; He will never see [my deed]. -- psalms 10:11 +. +Arise, O Lord! O God, lift up Your hand; forget not the humble [patient and crushed]. -- psalms 10:12 +. +Why does the wicked [man] condemn (spurn and renounce) God? Why has he thought in his heart, You will not call to account? -- psalms 10:13 +. +You have seen it; yes, You note trouble and grief (vexation) to requite it with Your hand. The unfortunate commits himself to You; You are the helper of the fatherless. -- psalms 10:14 +. +Break the arm of the wicked man; and as for the evil man, search out his wickedness until You find no more. -- psalms 10:15 +. +The Lord is King forever and ever; the nations will perish out of His land. -- psalms 10:16 +. +O Lord, You have heard the desire and the longing of the humble and oppressed; You will prepare and strengthen and direct their hearts, You will cause Your ear to hear, -- psalms 10:17 +. +To do justice to the fatherless and the oppressed, so that man, who is of the earth, may not terrify them any more. -- psalms 10:18 +. +IN THE Lord I take refuge [and put my trust]; how can you say to me, Flee like a bird to your mountain? -- psalms 11:1 +. +For see, the wicked are bending the bow; they make ready their arrow upon the string, that they [furtively] in darkness may shoot at the upright in heart. -- psalms 11:2 +. +If the foundations are destroyed, what can the [unyieldingly] righteous do, or what has He [the Righteous One] wrought or accomplished? -- psalms 11:3 +. +The Lord is in His holy temple; the Lord's throne is in heaven. His eyes behold; His eyelids test and prove the children of men. -- psalms 11:4 +. +The Lord tests and proves the [unyieldingly] righteous, but His soul abhors the wicked and him who loves violence. -- psalms 11:5 +. +Upon the wicked He will rain quick burning coals or snares; fire, brimstone, and a [dreadful] scorching wind shall be the portion of their cup. -- psalms 11:6 +. +For the Lord is [rigidly] righteous, He loves righteous deeds; the upright shall behold His face, or He beholds the upright. -- psalms 11:7 +. +HELP, LORD! For principled and godly people are here no more; faithfulness and the faithful vanish from among the sons of men. -- psalms 12:1 +. +To his neighbor each one speaks words without use or worth or truth; with flattering lips and double heart [deceitfully] they speak. -- psalms 12:2 +. +May the Lord cut off all flattering lips and the tongues that speak proud boasting, -- psalms 12:3 +. +Those who say, With our tongues we prevail; our lips are our own [to command at our will]--who is lord and master over us? -- psalms 12:4 +. +Now will I arise, says the Lord, because the poor are oppressed, because of the groans of the needy; I will set him in safety and in the salvation for which he pants. -- psalms 12:5 +. +The words and promises of the Lord are pure words, like silver refined in an earthen furnace, purified seven times over. -- psalms 12:6 +. +You will keep them and preserve them, O Lord; You will guard and keep us from this [evil] generation forever. -- psalms 12:7 +. +The wicked walk or prowl about on every side, as vileness is exalted [and baseness is rated high] among the sons of men. -- psalms 12:8 +. +HOW LONG will You forget me, O Lord? Forever? How long will You hide Your face from me? -- psalms 13:1 +. +How long must I lay up cares within me and have sorrow in my heart day after day? How long shall my enemy exalt himself over me? -- psalms 13:2 +. +Consider and answer me, O Lord my God; lighten the eyes [of my faith to behold Your face in the pitchlike darkness], lest I sleep the sleep of death, -- psalms 13:3 +. +Lest my enemy say, I have prevailed over him, and those that trouble me rejoice when I am shaken. -- psalms 13:4 +. +But I have trusted, leaned on, and been confident in Your mercy and loving-kindness; my heart shall rejoice and be in high spirits in Your salvation. -- psalms 13:5 +. +I will sing to the Lord, because He has dealt bountifully with me. -- psalms 13:6 +. +THE [empty-headed] fool has said in his heart, There is no God. They are corrupt, they have done abominable deeds; there is none that does good or right. -- psalms 14:1 +. +The Lord looked down from heaven upon the children of men to see if there were any who understood, dealt wisely, and sought after God, inquiring for and of Him and requiring Him [of vital necessity]. -- psalms 14:2 +. +They are all gone aside, they have all together become filthy; there is none that does good or right, no, not one. -- psalms 14:3 +. +Have all the workers of iniquity no knowledge, who eat up my people as they eat bread and who do not call on the Lord? -- psalms 14:4 +. +There they shall be in great fear [literally--dreading a dread], for God is with the generation of the [uncompromisingly] righteous (those upright and in right standing with Him). -- psalms 14:5 +. +You [evildoers] would put to shame and confound the plans of the poor and patient, but the Lord is his safe refuge. -- psalms 14:6 +. +Oh, that the salvation of Israel would come out of Zion! When the Lord shall restore the fortunes of His people, then Jacob shall rejoice and Israel shall be glad. -- psalms 14:7 +. +LORD, WHO shall dwell [temporarily] in Your tabernacle? Who shall dwell [permanently] on Your holy hill? -- psalms 15:1 +. +He who walks and lives uprightly and blamelessly, who works rightness and justice and speaks and thinks the truth in his heart, -- psalms 15:2 +. +He who does not slander with his tongue, nor does evil to his friend, nor takes up a reproach against his neighbor; -- psalms 15:3 +. +In whose eyes a vile person is despised, but he who honors those who fear the Lord (who revere and worship Him); who swears to his own hurt and does not change; -- psalms 15:4 +. +[He who] does not put out his money for interest [to one of his own people] and who will not take a bribe against the innocent. He who does these things shall never be moved. -- psalms 15:5 +. +KEEP and protect me, O God, for in You I have found refuge, and in You do I put my trust and hide myself. -- psalms 16:1 +. +I say to the Lord, You are my Lord; I have no good beside or beyond You. -- psalms 16:2 +. +As for the godly (the saints) who are in the land, they are the excellent, the noble, and the glorious, in whom is all my delight. -- psalms 16:3 +. +Their sorrows shall be multiplied who choose another god; their drink offerings of blood will I not offer or take their names upon my lips. -- psalms 16:4 +. +The Lord is my chosen and assigned portion, my cup; You hold and maintain my lot. -- psalms 16:5 +. +The lines have fallen for me in pleasant places; yes, I have a good heritage. -- psalms 16:6 +. +I will bless the Lord, Who has given me counsel; yes, my heart instructs me in the night seasons. -- psalms 16:7 +. +I have set the Lord continually before me; because He is at my right hand, I shall not be moved. -- psalms 16:8 +. +Therefore my heart is glad and my glory [my inner self] rejoices; my body too shall rest and confidently dwell in safety, -- psalms 16:9 +. +For You will not abandon me to Sheol (the place of the dead), neither will You suffer Your holy one [Holy One] to see corruption. -- psalms 16:10 +. +You will show me the path of life; in Your presence is fullness of joy, at Your right hand there are pleasures forevermore. -- psalms 16:11 +. +HEAR THE right (my righteous cause), O Lord; listen to my shrill, piercing cry! Give ear to my prayer, that comes from unfeigned and guileless lips. -- psalms 17:1 +. +Let my sentence of vindication come from You! May Your eyes behold the things that are just and upright. -- psalms 17:2 +. +You have proved my heart; You have visited me in the night; You have tried me and find nothing [no evil purpose in me]; I have purposed that my mouth shall not transgress. -- psalms 17:3 +. +Concerning the works of men, by the word of Your lips I have avoided the ways of the violent (the paths of the destroyer). -- psalms 17:4 +. +My steps have held closely to Your paths [to the tracks of the One Who has gone on before]; my feet have not slipped. -- psalms 17:5 +. +I have called upon You, O God, for You will hear me; incline Your ear to me and hear my speech. -- psalms 17:6 +. +Show Your marvelous loving-kindness, O You Who save by Your right hand those who trust and take refuge in You from those who rise up against them. -- psalms 17:7 +. +Keep and guard me as the pupil of Your eye; hide me in the shadow of Your wings -- psalms 17:8 +. +From the wicked who despoil and oppress me, my deadly adversaries who surround me. -- psalms 17:9 +. +They are enclosed in their own prosperity and have shut up their hearts to pity; with their mouths they make exorbitant claims and proudly and arrogantly speak. -- psalms 17:10 +. +They track us down in each step we take; now they surround us; they set their eyes to cast us to the ground, -- psalms 17:11 +. +Like a lion greedy and eager to tear his prey, and as a young lion lurking in hidden places. -- psalms 17:12 +. +Arise, O Lord! Confront and forestall them, cast them down! Deliver my life from the wicked by Your sword, -- psalms 17:13 +. +From men by Your hand, O Lord, from men of this world [these poor moths of the night] whose portion in life is idle and vain. Their bellies are filled with Your hidden treasure [what You have stored up]; their children are satiated, and they leave the rest [of their] wealth to their babes. -- psalms 17:14 +. +As for me, I will continue beholding Your face in righteousness (rightness, justice, and right standing with You); I shall be fully satisfied, when I awake [to find myself] beholding Your form [and having sweet communion with You]. -- psalms 17:15 +. +I LOVE You fervently and devotedly, O Lord, my Strength. -- psalms 18:1 +. +The Lord is my Rock, my Fortress, and my Deliverer; my God, my keen and firm Strength in Whom I will trust and take refuge, my Shield, and the Horn of my salvation, my High Tower. -- psalms 18:2 +. +I will call upon the Lord, Who is to be praised; so shall I be saved from my enemies. -- psalms 18:3 +. +The cords or bands of death surrounded me, and the streams of ungodliness and the torrents of ruin terrified me. -- psalms 18:4 +. +The cords of Sheol (the place of the dead) surrounded me; the snares of death confronted and came upon me. -- psalms 18:5 +. +In my distress [when seemingly closed in] I called upon the Lord and cried to my God; He heard my voice out of His temple (heavenly dwelling place), and my cry came before Him, into His [very] ears. -- psalms 18:6 +. +Then the earth quaked and rocked, the foundations also of the mountains trembled; they moved and were shaken because He was indignant and angry. -- psalms 18:7 +. +There went up smoke from His nostrils; and lightning out of His mouth devoured; coals were kindled by it. -- psalms 18:8 +. +He bowed the heavens also and came down; and thick darkness was under His feet. -- psalms 18:9 +. +And He rode upon a cherub [a storm] and flew [swiftly]; yes, He sped on with the wings of the wind. -- psalms 18:10 +. +He made darkness His secret hiding place; as His pavilion (His canopy) round about Him were dark waters and thick clouds of the skies. -- psalms 18:11 +. +Out of the brightness before Him there broke forth through His thick clouds hailstones and coals of fire. -- psalms 18:12 +. +The Lord also thundered from the heavens, and the Most High uttered His voice, amid hailstones and coals of fire. -- psalms 18:13 +. +And He sent out His arrows and scattered them; and He flashed forth lightnings and put them to rout. -- psalms 18:14 +. +Then the beds of the sea appeared and the foundations of the world were laid bare at Your rebuke, O Lord, at the blast of the breath of Your nostrils. -- psalms 18:15 +. +He reached from on high, He took me; He drew me out of many waters. -- psalms 18:16 +. +He delivered me from my strong enemy and from those who hated and abhorred me, for they were too strong for me. -- psalms 18:17 +. +They confronted and came upon me in the day of my calamity, but the Lord was my stay and support. -- psalms 18:18 +. +He brought me forth also into a large place; He was delivering me because He was pleased with me and delighted in me. -- psalms 18:19 +. +The Lord rewarded me according to my righteousness (my conscious integrity and sincerity with Him); according to the cleanness of my hands has He recompensed me. -- psalms 18:20 +. +For I have kept the ways of the Lord and have not wickedly departed from my God. -- psalms 18:21 +. +For all His ordinances were before me, and I put not away His statutes from me. -- psalms 18:22 +. +I was upright before Him and blameless with Him, ever [on guard] to keep myself free from my sin and guilt. -- psalms 18:23 +. +Therefore has the Lord recompensed me according to my righteousness (my uprightness and right standing with Him), according to the cleanness of my hands in His sight. -- psalms 18:24 +. +With the kind and merciful You will show Yourself kind and merciful, with an upright man You will show Yourself upright, -- psalms 18:25 +. +With the pure You will show Yourself pure, and with the perverse You will show Yourself contrary. -- psalms 18:26 +. +For You deliver an afflicted and humble people but will bring down those with haughty looks. -- psalms 18:27 +. +For You cause my lamp to be lighted and to shine; the Lord my God illumines my darkness. -- psalms 18:28 +. +For by You I can run through a troop, and by my God I can leap over a wall. -- psalms 18:29 +. +As for God, His way is perfect! The word of the Lord is tested and tried; He is a shield to all those who take refuge and put their trust in Him. -- psalms 18:30 +. +For who is God except the Lord? Or who is the Rock save our God, -- psalms 18:31 +. +The God who girds me with strength and makes my way perfect? -- psalms 18:32 +. +He makes my feet like hinds' feet [able to stand firmly or make progress on the dangerous heights of testing and trouble]; He sets me securely upon my high places. -- psalms 18:33 +. +He teaches my hands to war, so that my arms can bend a bow of bronze. -- psalms 18:34 +. +You have also given me the shield of Your salvation, and Your right hand has held me up; Your gentleness and condescension have made me great. -- psalms 18:35 +. +You have given plenty of room for my steps under me, that my feet would not slip. -- psalms 18:36 +. +I pursued my enemies and overtook them; neither did I turn again till they were consumed. -- psalms 18:37 +. +I smote them so that they were not able to rise; they fell wounded under my feet. -- psalms 18:38 +. +For You have girded me with strength for the battle; You have subdued under me and caused to bow down those who rose up against me. -- psalms 18:39 +. +You have also made my enemies turn their backs to me, that I might cut off those who hate me. -- psalms 18:40 +. +They cried [for help], but there was none to deliver--even unto the Lord, but He answered them not. -- psalms 18:41 +. +Then I beat them small as the dust before the wind; I emptied them out as the dirt and mire of the streets. -- psalms 18:42 +. +You have delivered me from the strivings of the people; You made me the head of the nations; a people I had not known served me. -- psalms 18:43 +. +As soon as they heard of me, they obeyed me; foreigners submitted themselves cringingly and yielded feigned obedience to me. -- psalms 18:44 +. +Foreigners lost heart and came trembling out of their caves or strongholds. -- psalms 18:45 +. +The Lord lives! Blessed be my Rock; and let the God of my salvation be exalted, -- psalms 18:46 +. +The God Who avenges me and subdues peoples under me, -- psalms 18:47 +. +Who delivers me from my enemies; yes, You lift me up above those who rise up against me; You deliver me from the man of violence. -- psalms 18:48 +. +Therefore will I give thanks and extol You, O Lord, among the nations, and sing praises to Your name. -- psalms 18:49 +. +Great deliverances and triumphs gives He to His king; and He shows mercy and steadfast love to His anointed, to David and his offspring forever. -- psalms 18:50 +. +THE HEAVENS declare the glory of God; and the firmament shows and proclaims His handiwork. -- psalms 19:1 +. +Day after day pours forth speech, and night after night shows forth knowledge. -- psalms 19:2 +. +There is no speech nor spoken word [from the stars]; their voice is not heard. -- psalms 19:3 +. +Yet their voice [in evidence] goes out through all the earth, their sayings to the end of the world. Of the heavens has God made a tent for the sun, -- psalms 19:4 +. +Which is as a bridegroom coming out of his chamber; and it rejoices as a strong man to run his course. -- psalms 19:5 +. +Its going forth is from the end of the heavens, and its circuit to the ends of it; and nothing [yes, no one] is hidden from the heat of it. -- psalms 19:6 +. +The law of the Lord is perfect, restoring the [whole] person; the testimony of the Lord is sure, making wise the simple. -- psalms 19:7 +. +The precepts of the Lord are right, rejoicing the heart; the commandment of the Lord is pure and bright, enlightening the eyes. -- psalms 19:8 +. +The [reverent] fear of the Lord is clean, enduring forever; the ordinances of the Lord are true and righteous altogether. -- psalms 19:9 +. +More to be desired are they than gold, even than much fine gold; they are sweeter also than honey and drippings from the honeycomb. -- psalms 19:10 +. +Moreover, by them is Your servant warned (reminded, illuminated, and instructed); and in keeping them there is great reward. -- psalms 19:11 +. +Who can discern his lapses and errors? Clear me from hidden [and unconscious] faults. -- psalms 19:12 +. +Keep back Your servant also from presumptuous sins; let them not have dominion over me! Then shall I be blameless, and I shall be innocent and clear of great transgression. -- psalms 19:13 +. +Let the words of my mouth and the meditation of my heart be acceptable in Your sight, O Lord, my [firm, impenetrable] Rock and my Redeemer. -- psalms 19:14 +. +MAY THE Lord answer you in the day of trouble! May the name of the God of Jacob set you up on high [and defend you]; -- psalms 20:1 +. +Send you help from the sanctuary and support, refresh, and strengthen you from Zion; -- psalms 20:2 +. +Remember all your offerings and accept your burnt sacrifice. Selah [pause, and think of that]! -- psalms 20:3 +. +May He grant you according to your heart's desire and fulfill all your plans. -- psalms 20:4 +. +We will [shout in] triumph at your salvation and victory, and in the name of our God we will set up our banners. May the Lord fulfill all your petitions. -- psalms 20:5 +. +Now I know that the Lord saves His anointed; He will answer him from His holy heaven with the saving strength of His right hand. -- psalms 20:6 +. +Some trust in and boast of chariots and some of horses, but we will trust in and boast of the name of the Lord our God. -- psalms 20:7 +. +They are bowed down and fallen, but we are risen and stand upright. -- psalms 20:8 +. +O Lord, give victory; let the King answer us when we call. -- psalms 20:9 +. +THE KING [David] shall joy in Your strength, O Lord; and in Your salvation how greatly shall he rejoice! -- psalms 21:1 +. +You have given him his heart's desire and have not withheld the request of his lips. Selah [pause, and think of that]! -- psalms 21:2 +. +For You send blessings of good things to meet him; You set a crown of pure gold on his head. -- psalms 21:3 +. +He asked life of You, and You gave it to him--long life forever and evermore. -- psalms 21:4 +. +His glory is great because of Your aid; splendor and majesty You bestow upon him. -- psalms 21:5 +. +For You make him to be blessed and a blessing forever; You make him exceedingly glad with the joy of Your presence. -- psalms 21:6 +. +For the king trusts, relies on, and is confident in the Lord, and through the mercy and steadfast love of the Most High he will never be moved. -- psalms 21:7 +. +Your hand shall find all Your enemies; Your right hand shall find all those who hate You. -- psalms 21:8 +. +You will make them as if in a blazing oven in the time of Your anger; the Lord will swallow them up in His wrath, and the fire will utterly consume them. -- psalms 21:9 +. +Their offspring You will destroy from the earth, and their sons from among the children of men. -- psalms 21:10 +. +For they planned evil against You; they conceived a mischievous plot which they are not able to perform. -- psalms 21:11 +. +For You will make them turn their backs; You will aim Your bow [of divine justice] at their faces. -- psalms 21:12 +. +Be exalted, Lord, in Your strength; we will sing and praise Your power. -- psalms 21:13 +. +MY GOD, my God, why have You forsaken me? Why are You so far from helping me, and from the words of my groaning? -- psalms 22:1 +. +O my God, I cry in the daytime, but You answer not; and by night I am not silent or find no rest. -- psalms 22:2 +. +But You are holy, O You Who dwell in [the holy place where] the praises of Israel [are offered]. -- psalms 22:3 +. +Our fathers trusted in You; they trusted (leaned on, relied on You, and were confident) and You delivered them. -- psalms 22:4 +. +They cried to You and were delivered; they trusted in, leaned on, and confidently relied on You, and were not ashamed or confounded or disappointed. -- psalms 22:5 +. +But I am a worm, and no man; I am the scorn of men, and despised by the people. -- psalms 22:6 +. +All who see me laugh at me and mock me; they shoot out the lip, they shake the head, saying, -- psalms 22:7 +. +He trusted and rolled himself on the Lord, that He would deliver him. Let Him deliver him, seeing that He delights in him! -- psalms 22:8 +. +Yet You are He Who took me out of the womb; You made me hope and trust when I was on my mother's breasts. -- psalms 22:9 +. +I was cast upon You from my very birth; from my mother's womb You have been my God. -- psalms 22:10 +. +Be not far from me, for trouble is near and there is none to help. -- psalms 22:11 +. +Many [foes like] bulls have surrounded me; strong bulls of Bashan have hedged me in. -- psalms 22:12 +. +Against me they opened their mouths wide, like a ravening and roaring lion. -- psalms 22:13 +. +I am poured out like water, and all my bones are out of joint. My heart is like wax; it is softened [with anguish] and melted down within me. -- psalms 22:14 +. +My strength is dried up like a fragment of clay pottery; [with thirst] my tongue cleaves to my jaws; and You have brought me into the dust of death. -- psalms 22:15 +. +For [like a pack of] dogs they have encompassed me; a company of evildoers has encircled me, they pierced my hands and my feet. -- psalms 22:16 +. +I can count all my bones; [the evildoers] gaze at me. -- psalms 22:17 +. +They part my clothing among them and cast lots for my raiment (a long, shirtlike garment, a seamless undertunic). ) -- psalms 22:18 +. +But be not far from me, O Lord; O my Help, hasten to aid me! -- psalms 22:19 +. +Deliver my life from the sword, my dear life [my only one] from the power of the dog [the agent of execution]. -- psalms 22:20 +. +Save me from the lion's mouth; for You have answered me [kindly] from the horns of the wild oxen. -- psalms 22:21 +. +I will declare Your name to my brethren; in the midst of the congregation will I praise You. -- psalms 22:22 +. +You who fear (revere and worship) the Lord, praise Him! All you offspring of Jacob, glorify Him. Fear (revere and worship) Him, all you offspring of Israel. -- psalms 22:23 +. +For He has not despised or abhorred the affliction of the afflicted; neither has He hidden His face from him, but when he cried to Him, He heard. -- psalms 22:24 +. +My praise shall be of You in the great congregation. I will pay to Him my vows [made in the time of trouble] before them who fear (revere and worship) Him. -- psalms 22:25 +. +The poor and afflicted shall eat and be satisfied; they shall praise the Lord--they who [diligently] seek for, inquire of and for Him, and require Him [as their greatest need]. May your hearts be quickened now and forever! -- psalms 22:26 +. +All the ends of the earth shall remember and turn to the Lord, and all the families of the nations shall bow down and worship before You, -- psalms 22:27 +. +For the kingship and the kingdom are the Lord's, and He is the ruler over the nations. -- psalms 22:28 +. +All the mighty ones upon earth shall eat [in thanksgiving] and worship; all they that go down to the dust shall bow before Him, even he who cannot keep himself alive. -- psalms 22:29 +. +Posterity shall serve Him; they shall tell of the Lord to the next generation. -- psalms 22:30 +. +They shall come and shall declare His righteousness to a people yet to be born--that He has done it [that it is finished]! -- psalms 22:31 +. +THE LORD is my Shepherd [to feed, guide, and shield me], I shall not lack. -- psalms 23:1 +. +He makes me lie down in [fresh, tender] green pastures; He leads me beside the still and restful waters. -- psalms 23:2 +. +He refreshes and restores my life (my self); He leads me in the paths of righteousness [uprightness and right standing with Him--not for my earning it, but] for His name's sake. -- psalms 23:3 +. +Yes, though I walk through the [deep, sunless] valley of the shadow of death, I will fear or dread no evil, for You are with me; Your rod [to protect] and Your staff [to guide], they comfort me. -- psalms 23:4 +. +You prepare a table before me in the presence of my enemies. You anoint my head with oil; my [brimming] cup runs over. -- psalms 23:5 +. +Surely or only goodness, mercy, and unfailing love shall follow me all the days of my life, and through the length of my days the house of the Lord [and His presence] shall be my dwelling place. -- psalms 23:6 +. +THE EARTH is the Lord's, and the fullness of it, the world and they who dwell in it. -- psalms 24:1 +. +For He has founded it upon the seas and established it upon the currents and the rivers. -- psalms 24:2 +. +Who shall go up into the mountain of the Lord? Or who shall stand in His Holy Place? -- psalms 24:3 +. +He who has clean hands and a pure heart, who has not lifted himself up to falsehood or to what is false, nor sworn deceitfully. -- psalms 24:4 +. +He shall receive blessing from the Lord and righteousness from the God of his salvation. -- psalms 24:5 +. +This is the generation [description] of those who seek Him [who inquire of and for Him and of necessity require Him], who seek Your face, [O God of] Jacob. Selah [pause, and think of that]! -- psalms 24:6 +. +Lift up your heads, O you gates; and be lifted up, you age-abiding doors, that the King of glory may come in. -- psalms 24:7 +. +Who is the King of glory? The Lord strong and mighty, the Lord mighty in battle. -- psalms 24:8 +. +Lift up your heads, O you gates; yes, lift them up, you age-abiding doors, that the King of glory may come in. -- psalms 24:9 +. +Who is [He then] this King of glory? The Lord of hosts, He is the King of glory. Selah [pause, and think of that]! -- psalms 24:10 +. +UNTO YOU, O Lord, do I bring my life. -- psalms 25:1 +. +O my God, I trust, lean on, rely on, and am confident in You. Let me not be put to shame or [my hope in You] be disappointed; let not my enemies triumph over me. -- psalms 25:2 +. +Yes, let none who trust and wait hopefully and look for You be put to shame or be disappointed; let them be ashamed who forsake the right or deal treacherously without cause. -- psalms 25:3 +. +Show me Your ways, O Lord; teach me Your paths. -- psalms 25:4 +. +Guide me in Your truth and faithfulness and teach me, for You are the God of my salvation; for You [You only and altogether] do I wait [expectantly] all the day long. -- psalms 25:5 +. +Remember, O Lord, Your tender mercy and loving-kindness; for they have been ever from of old. -- psalms 25:6 +. +Remember not the sins (the lapses and frailties) of my youth or my transgressions; according to Your mercy and steadfast love remember me, for Your goodness' sake, O Lord. -- psalms 25:7 +. +Good and upright is the Lord; therefore will He instruct sinners in [His] way. -- psalms 25:8 +. +He leads the humble in what is right, and the humble He teaches His way. -- psalms 25:9 +. +All the paths of the Lord are mercy and steadfast love, even truth and faithfulness are they for those who keep His covenant and His testimonies. -- psalms 25:10 +. +For Your name's sake, O Lord, pardon my iniquity and my guilt, for [they are] great. -- psalms 25:11 +. +Who is the man who reverently fears and worships the Lord? Him shall He teach in the way that he should choose. -- psalms 25:12 +. +He himself shall dwell at ease, and his offspring shall inherit the land. -- psalms 25:13 +. +The secret [of the sweet, satisfying companionship] of the Lord have they who fear (revere and worship) Him, and He will show them His covenant and reveal to them its [deep, inner] meaning. -- psalms 25:14 +. +My eyes are ever toward the Lord, for He will pluck my feet out of the net. -- psalms 25:15 +. +[Lord] turn to me and be gracious to me, for I am lonely and afflicted. -- psalms 25:16 +. +The troubles of my heart are multiplied; bring me out of my distresses. -- psalms 25:17 +. +Behold my affliction and my pain and forgive all my sins [of thinking and doing]. -- psalms 25:18 +. +Consider my enemies, for they abound; they hate me with cruel hatred. -- psalms 25:19 +. +O keep me, Lord, and deliver me; let me not be ashamed or disappointed, for my trust and my refuge are in You. -- psalms 25:20 +. +Let integrity and uprightness preserve me, for I wait for and expect You. -- psalms 25:21 +. +Redeem Israel, O God, out of all their troubles. -- psalms 25:22 +. +VINDICATE ME, O Lord, for I have walked in my integrity; I have [expectantly] trusted in, leaned on, and relied on the Lord without wavering and I shall not slide. -- psalms 26:1 +. +Examine me, O Lord, and prove me; test my heart and my mind. -- psalms 26:2 +. +For Your loving-kindness is before my eyes, and I have walked in Your truth [faithfully]. -- psalms 26:3 +. +I do not sit with false persons, nor fellowship with pretenders; -- psalms 26:4 +. +I hate the company of evildoers and will not sit with the wicked. -- psalms 26:5 +. +I will wash my hands in innocence, and go about Your altar, O Lord, -- psalms 26:6 +. +That I may make the voice of thanksgiving heard and may tell of all Your wondrous works. -- psalms 26:7 +. +Lord, I love the habitation of Your house, and the place where Your glory dwells. -- psalms 26:8 +. +Gather me not with sinners and sweep me not away [with them], nor my life with bloodthirsty men, -- psalms 26:9 +. +In whose hands is wickedness, and their right hands are full of bribes. -- psalms 26:10 +. +But as for me, I will walk in my integrity; redeem me and be merciful and gracious to me. -- psalms 26:11 +. +My foot stands on an even place; in the congregations will I bless the Lord. -- psalms 26:12 +. +THE LORD is my Light and my Salvation--whom shall I fear or dread? The Lord is the Refuge and Stronghold of my life--of whom shall I be afraid? -- psalms 27:1 +. +When the wicked, even my enemies and my foes, came upon me to eat up my flesh, they stumbled and fell. -- psalms 27:2 +. +Though a host encamp against me, my heart shall not fear; though war arise against me, [even then] in this will I be confident. -- psalms 27:3 +. +One thing have I asked of the Lord, that will I seek, inquire for, and [insistently] require: that I may dwell in the house of the Lord [in His presence] all the days of my life, to behold and gaze upon the beauty [the sweet attractiveness and the delightful loveliness] of the Lord and to meditate, consider, and inquire in His temple. -- psalms 27:4 +. +For in the day of trouble He will hide me in His shelter; in the secret place of His tent will He hide me; He will set me high upon a rock. -- psalms 27:5 +. +And now shall my head be lifted up above my enemies round about me; in His tent I will offer sacrifices and shouting of joy; I will sing, yes, I will sing praises to the Lord. -- psalms 27:6 +. +Hear, O Lord, when I cry aloud; have mercy and be gracious to me and answer me! -- psalms 27:7 +. +You have said, Seek My face [inquire for and require My presence as your vital need]. My heart says to You, Your face (Your presence), Lord, will I seek, inquire for, and require [of necessity and on the authority of Your Word]. -- psalms 27:8 +. +Hide not Your face from me; turn not Your servant away in anger, You Who have been my help! Cast me not off, neither forsake me, O God of my salvation! -- psalms 27:9 +. +Although my father and my mother have forsaken me, yet the Lord will take me up [adopt me as His child]. -- psalms 27:10 +. +Teach me Your way, O Lord, and lead me in a plain and even path because of my enemies [those who lie in wait for me]. -- psalms 27:11 +. +Give me not up to the will of my adversaries, for false witnesses have risen up against me; they breathe out cruelty and violence. -- psalms 27:12 +. +[What, what would have become of me] had I not believed that I would see the Lord's goodness in the land of the living! -- psalms 27:13 +. +Wait and hope for and expect the Lord; be brave and of good courage and let your heart be stout and enduring. Yes, wait for and hope for and expect the Lord. -- psalms 27:14 +. +UNTO YOU do I cry, O Lord my Rock, be not deaf and silent to me, lest, if You be silent to me, I become like those going down to the pit [the grave]. -- psalms 28:1 +. +Hear the voice of my supplication as I cry to You for help, as I lift up my hands toward Your innermost sanctuary (the Holy of Holies). -- psalms 28:2 +. +Drag me not away with the wicked, with the workers of iniquity, who speak peace with their neighbors, but malice and mischief are in their hearts. -- psalms 28:3 +. +Repay them according to their work and according to the wickedness of their doings; repay them according to the work of their hands; render to them what they deserve. -- psalms 28:4 +. +Because they regard not the works of the Lord nor the operations of His hands, He will break them down and not rebuild them. -- psalms 28:5 +. +Blessed be the Lord, because He has heard the voice of my supplications. -- psalms 28:6 +. +The Lord is my Strength and my [impenetrable] Shield; my heart trusts in, relies on, and confidently leans on Him, and I am helped; therefore my heart greatly rejoices, and with my song will I praise Him. -- psalms 28:7 +. +The Lord is their [unyielding] Strength, and He is the Stronghold of salvation to [me] His anointed. -- psalms 28:8 +. +Save Your people and bless Your heritage; nourish and shepherd them and carry them forever. -- psalms 28:9 +. +ASCRIBE TO the Lord, O sons of the mighty, ascribe to the Lord glory and strength. -- psalms 29:1 +. +Give to the Lord the glory due to His name; worship the Lord in the beauty of holiness or in holy array. -- psalms 29:2 +. +The voice of the Lord is upon the waters; the God of glory thunders; the Lord is upon many (great) waters. -- psalms 29:3 +. +The voice of the Lord is powerful; the voice of the Lord is full of majesty. -- psalms 29:4 +. +The voice of the Lord breaks the cedars; yes, the Lord breaks in pieces the cedars of Lebanon. -- psalms 29:5 +. +He makes them also to skip like a calf; Lebanon and Sirion (Mount Hermon) like a young, wild ox. -- psalms 29:6 +. +The voice of the Lord splits and flashes forth forked lightning. -- psalms 29:7 +. +The voice of the Lord makes the wilderness tremble; the Lord shakes the Wilderness of Kadesh. -- psalms 29:8 +. +The voice of the Lord makes the hinds bring forth their young, and His voice strips bare the forests, while in His temple everyone is saying, Glory! -- psalms 29:9 +. +The Lord sat as King over the deluge; the Lord [still] sits as King [and] forever! -- psalms 29:10 +. +The Lord will give [unyielding and impenetrable] strength to His people; the Lord will bless His people with peace. -- psalms 29:11 +. +I WILL extol You, O Lord, for You have lifted me up and have not let my foes rejoice over me. -- psalms 30:1 +. +O Lord my God, I cried to You and You have healed me. -- psalms 30:2 +. +O Lord, You have brought my life up from Sheol (the place of the dead); You have kept me alive, that I should not go down to the pit (the grave). -- psalms 30:3 +. +Sing to the Lord, O you saints of His, and give thanks at the remembrance of His holy name. -- psalms 30:4 +. +For His anger is but for a moment, but His favor is for a lifetime or in His favor is life. Weeping may endure for a night, but joy comes in the morning. -- psalms 30:5 +. +As for me, in my prosperity I said, I shall never be moved. -- psalms 30:6 +. +By Your favor, O Lord, You have established me as a strong mountain; You hid Your face, and I was troubled. -- psalms 30:7 +. +I cried to You, O Lord, and to the Lord I made supplication. -- psalms 30:8 +. +What profit is there in my blood, when I go down to the pit (the grave)? Will the dust praise You? Will it declare Your truth and faithfulness to men? -- psalms 30:9 +. +Hear, O Lord, have mercy and be gracious to me! O Lord, be my helper! -- psalms 30:10 +. +You have turned my mourning into dancing for me; You have put off my sackcloth and girded me with gladness, -- psalms 30:11 +. +To the end that my tongue and my heart and everything glorious within me may sing praise to You and not be silent. O Lord my God, I will give thanks to You forever. -- psalms 30:12 +. +IN YOU, O Lord, do I put my trust and seek refuge; let me never be put to shame or [have my hope in You] disappointed; deliver me in Your righteousness! -- psalms 31:1 +. +Bow down Your ear to me, deliver me speedily! Be my Rock of refuge, a strong Fortress to save me! -- psalms 31:2 +. +Yes, You are my Rock and my Fortress; therefore for Your name's sake lead me and guide me. -- psalms 31:3 +. +Draw me out of the net that they have laid secretly for me, for You are my Strength and my Stronghold. -- psalms 31:4 +. +Into Your hands I commit my spirit; You have redeemed me, O Lord, the God of truth and faithfulness. -- psalms 31:5 +. +[You and] I abhor those who pay regard to vain idols; but I trust in, rely on, and confidently lean on the Lord. -- psalms 31:6 +. +I will be glad and rejoice in Your mercy and steadfast love, because You have seen my affliction, You have taken note of my life's distresses, -- psalms 31:7 +. +And You have not given me into the hand of the enemy; You have set my feet in a broad place. -- psalms 31:8 +. +Have mercy and be gracious unto me, O Lord, for I am in trouble; with grief my eye is weakened, also my inner self and my body. -- psalms 31:9 +. +For my life is spent with sorrow and my years with sighing; my strength has failed because of my iniquity, and even my bones have wasted away. -- psalms 31:10 +. +To all my enemies I have become a reproach, but especially to my neighbors, and a dread to my acquaintances, who flee from me on the street. -- psalms 31:11 +. +I am forgotten like a dead man, and out of mind; like a broken vessel am I. -- psalms 31:12 +. +For I have heard the slander of many; terror is on every side! While they schemed together against me, they plotted to take my life. -- psalms 31:13 +. +But I trusted in, relied on, and was confident in You, O Lord; I said, You are my God. -- psalms 31:14 +. +My times are in Your hands; deliver me from the hands of my foes and those who pursue me and persecute me. -- psalms 31:15 +. +Let Your face shine on Your servant; save me for Your mercy's sake and in Your loving-kindness. -- psalms 31:16 +. +Let me not be put to shame, O Lord, or disappointed, for I am calling upon You; let the wicked be put to shame, let them be silent in Sheol (the place of the dead). -- psalms 31:17 +. +Let the lying lips be silenced, which speak insolently against the [consistently] righteous with pride and contempt. -- psalms 31:18 +. +Oh, how great is Your goodness, which You have laid up for those who fear, revere, and worship You, goodness which You have wrought for those who trust and take refuge in You before the sons of men! -- psalms 31:19 +. +In the secret place of Your presence You hide them from the plots of men; You keep them secretly in Your pavilion from the strife of tongues. -- psalms 31:20 +. +Blessed be the Lord! For He has shown me His marvelous loving favor when I was beset as in a besieged city. -- psalms 31:21 +. +As for me, I said in my haste and alarm, I am cut off from before Your eyes. But You heard the voice of my supplications when I cried to You for aid. -- psalms 31:22 +. +O love the Lord, all you His saints! The Lord preserves the faithful, and plentifully pays back him who deals haughtily. -- psalms 31:23 +. +Be strong and let your heart take courage, all you who wait for and hope for and expect the Lord! -- psalms 31:24 +. +BLESSED (HAPPY, fortunate, to be envied) is he who has forgiveness of his transgression continually exercised upon him, whose sin is covered. -- psalms 32:1 +. +Blessed (happy, fortunate, to be envied) is the man to whom the Lord imputes no iniquity and in whose spirit there is no deceit. -- psalms 32:2 +. +When I kept silence [before I confessed], my bones wasted away through my groaning all the day long. -- psalms 32:3 +. +For day and night Your hand [of displeasure] was heavy upon me; my moisture was turned into the drought of summer. Selah [pause, and calmly think of that]! -- psalms 32:4 +. +I acknowledged my sin to You, and my iniquity I did not hide. I said, I will confess my transgressions to the Lord [continually unfolding the past till all is told]--then You [instantly] forgave me the guilt and iniquity of my sin. Selah [pause, and calmly think of that]! -- psalms 32:5 +. +For this [forgiveness] let everyone who is godly pray--pray to You in a time when You may be found; surely when the great waters [of trial] overflow, they shall not reach [the spirit in] him. -- psalms 32:6 +. +You are a hiding place for me; You, Lord, preserve me from trouble, You surround me with songs and shouts of deliverance. Selah [pause, and calmly think of that]! -- psalms 32:7 +. +I [the Lord] will instruct you and teach you in the way you should go; I will counsel you with My eye upon you. -- psalms 32:8 +. +Be not like the horse or the mule, which lack understanding, which must have their mouths held firm with bit and bridle, or else they will not come with you. -- psalms 32:9 +. +Many are the sorrows of the wicked, but he who trusts in, relies on, and confidently leans on the Lord shall be compassed about with mercy and with loving-kindness. -- psalms 32:10 +. +Be glad in the Lord and rejoice, you [uncompromisingly] righteous [you who are upright and in right standing with Him]; shout for joy, all you upright in heart! -- psalms 32:11 +. +REJOICE IN the Lord, O you [uncompromisingly] righteous [you upright in right standing with God]; for praise is becoming and appropriate for those who are upright [in heart]. -- psalms 33:1 +. +Give thanks to the Lord with the lyre; sing praises to Him with the harp of ten strings. -- psalms 33:2 +. +Sing to Him a new song; play skillfully [on the strings] with a loud and joyful sound. -- psalms 33:3 +. +For the word of the Lord is right; and all His work is done in faithfulness. -- psalms 33:4 +. +He loves righteousness and justice; the earth is full of the loving-kindness of the Lord. -- psalms 33:5 +. +By the word of the Lord were the heavens made, and all their host by the breath of His mouth. -- psalms 33:6 +. +He gathers the waters of the sea as in a bottle; He puts the deeps in storage places. -- psalms 33:7 +. +Let all the earth fear the Lord [revere and worship Him]; let all the inhabitants of the world stand in awe of Him. -- psalms 33:8 +. +For He spoke, and it was done; He commanded, and it stood fast. -- psalms 33:9 +. +The Lord brings the counsel of the nations to nought; He makes the thoughts and plans of the peoples of no effect. -- psalms 33:10 +. +The counsel of the Lord stands forever, the thoughts of His heart through all generations. -- psalms 33:11 +. +Blessed (happy, fortunate, to be envied) is the nation whose God is the Lord, the people He has chosen as His heritage. -- psalms 33:12 +. +The Lord looks from heaven, He beholds all the sons of men; -- psalms 33:13 +. +From His dwelling place He looks [intently] upon all the inhabitants of the earth-- -- psalms 33:14 +. +He Who fashions the hearts of them all, Who considers all their doings. -- psalms 33:15 +. +No king is saved by the great size and power of his army; a mighty man is not delivered by [his] much strength. -- psalms 33:16 +. +A horse is devoid of value for victory; neither does he deliver any by his great power. -- psalms 33:17 +. +Behold, the Lord's eye is upon those who fear Him [who revere and worship Him with awe], who wait for Him and hope in His mercy and loving-kindness, -- psalms 33:18 +. +To deliver them from death and keep them alive in famine. -- psalms 33:19 +. +Our inner selves wait [earnestly] for the Lord; He is our Help and our Shield. -- psalms 33:20 +. +For in Him does our heart rejoice, because we have trusted (relied on and been confident) in His holy name. -- psalms 33:21 +. +Let Your mercy and loving-kindness, O Lord, be upon us, in proportion to our waiting and hoping for You. -- psalms 33:22 +. +I WILL bless the Lord at all times; His praise shall continually be in my mouth. -- psalms 34:1 +. +My life makes its boast in the Lord; let the humble and afflicted hear and be glad. -- psalms 34:2 +. +O magnify the Lord with me, and let us exalt His name together. -- psalms 34:3 +. +I sought (inquired of) the Lord and required Him [of necessity and on the authority of His Word], and He heard me, and delivered me from all my fears. -- psalms 34:4 +. +They looked to Him and were radiant; their faces shall never blush for shame or be confused. -- psalms 34:5 +. +This poor man cried, and the Lord heard him, and saved him out of all his troubles. -- psalms 34:6 +. +The Angel of the Lord encamps around those who fear Him [who revere and worship Him with awe] and each of them He delivers. -- psalms 34:7 +. +O taste and see that the Lord [our God] is good! Blessed (happy, fortunate, to be envied) is the man who trusts and takes refuge in Him. -- psalms 34:8 +. +O fear the Lord, you His saints [revere and worship Him]! For there is no want to those who truly revere and worship Him with godly fear. -- psalms 34:9 +. +The young lions lack food and suffer hunger, but they who seek (inquire of and require) the Lord [by right of their need and on the authority of His Word], none of them shall lack any beneficial thing. -- psalms 34:10 +. +Come, you children, listen to me; I will teach you to revere and worshipfully fear the Lord. -- psalms 34:11 +. +What man is he who desires life and longs for many days, that he may see good? -- psalms 34:12 +. +Keep your tongue from evil and your lips from speaking deceit. -- psalms 34:13 +. +Depart from evil and do good; seek, inquire for, and crave peace and pursue (go after) it! -- psalms 34:14 +. +The eyes of the Lord are toward the [uncompromisingly] righteous and His ears are open to their cry. -- psalms 34:15 +. +The face of the Lord is against those who do evil, to cut off the remembrance of them from the earth. -- psalms 34:16 +. +When the righteous cry for help, the Lord hears, and delivers them out of all their distress and troubles. -- psalms 34:17 +. +The Lord is close to those who are of a broken heart and saves such as are crushed with sorrow for sin and are humbly and thoroughly penitent. -- psalms 34:18 +. +Many evils confront the [consistently] righteous, but the Lord delivers him out of them all. -- psalms 34:19 +. +He keeps all his bones; not one of them is broken. -- psalms 34:20 +. +Evil shall cause the death of the wicked; and they who hate the just and righteous shall be held guilty and shall be condemned. -- psalms 34:21 +. +The Lord redeems the lives of His servants, and none of those who take refuge and trust in Him shall be condemned or held guilty. -- psalms 34:22 +. +CONTEND, O Lord, with those who contend with me; fight against those who fight against me! -- psalms 35:1 +. +Take hold of shield and buckler, and stand up for my help! -- psalms 35:2 +. +Draw out also the spear and javelin and close up the way of those who pursue and persecute me. Say to me, I am your deliverance! -- psalms 35:3 +. +Let them be put to shame and dishonor who seek and require my life; let them be turned back and confounded who plan my hurt! -- psalms 35:4 +. +Let them be as chaff before the wind, with the Angel of the Lord driving them on! -- psalms 35:5 +. +Let their way be through dark and slippery places, with the Angel of the Lord pursuing and afflicting them. -- psalms 35:6 +. +For without cause they hid for me their net; a pit of destruction without cause they dug for my life. -- psalms 35:7 +. +Let destruction befall [my foe] unawares; let the net he hid for me catch him; let him fall into that very destruction. -- psalms 35:8 +. +Then I shall be joyful in the Lord; I shall rejoice in His deliverance. -- psalms 35:9 +. +All my bones shall say, Lord, who is like You, You Who deliver the poor and the afflicted from him who is too strong for him, yes, the poor and the needy from him who snatches away his goods? -- psalms 35:10 +. +Malicious and unrighteous witnesses rise up; they ask me of things that I know not. -- psalms 35:11 +. +They reward me evil for good to my personal bereavement. -- psalms 35:12 +. +But as for me, when they were sick, my clothing was sackcloth; I afflicted myself with fasting, and I prayed with head bowed on my breast. -- psalms 35:13 +. +I behaved as if grieving for my friend or my brother; I bowed down in sorrow, as one who bewails his mother. -- psalms 35:14 +. +But in my stumbling and limping they rejoiced and gathered together [against me]; the smiters (slanderers and revilers) gathered against me, and I knew them not; they ceased not to slander and revile me. -- psalms 35:15 +. +Like profane mockers at feasts [making sport for the price of a cake] they gnashed at me with their teeth. -- psalms 35:16 +. +Lord, how long will You look on [without action]? Rescue my life from their destructions, my dear and only life from the lions! -- psalms 35:17 +. +I will give You thanks in the great assembly; I will praise You among a mighty throng. -- psalms 35:18 +. +Let not those who are wrongfully my foes rejoice over me; neither let them wink with the eye who hate me without cause. -- psalms 35:19 +. +For they do not speak peace, but they devise deceitful matters against those who are quiet in the land. -- psalms 35:20 +. +Yes, they open their mouths wide against me; they say, Aha! Aha! Our eyes have seen it! -- psalms 35:21 +. +You have seen this, O Lord; keep not silence! O Lord, be not far from me! -- psalms 35:22 +. +Arouse Yourself, awake to the justice due me, even to my cause, my God and my Lord! -- psalms 35:23 +. +Judge and vindicate me, O Lord my God, according to Your righteousness (Your rightness and justice); and let [my foes] not rejoice over me! -- psalms 35:24 +. +Let them not say in their hearts, Aha, that is what we wanted! Let them not say, We have swallowed him up and utterly destroyed him. -- psalms 35:25 +. +Let them be put to shame and confusion together who rejoice at my calamity! Let them be clothed with shame and dishonor who magnify and exalt themselves over me! -- psalms 35:26 +. +Let those who favor my righteous cause and have pleasure in my uprightness shout for joy and be glad and say continually, Let the Lord be magnified, Who takes pleasure in the prosperity of His servant. -- psalms 35:27 +. +And my tongue shall talk of Your righteousness, rightness, and justice, and of [my reasons for] Your praise all the day long. -- psalms 35:28 +. +TRANSGRESSION [like an oracle] speaks to the wicked deep in his heart. There is no fear or dread of God before his eyes. -- psalms 36:1 +. +For he flatters and deceives himself in his own eyes that his iniquity will not be found out and be hated. -- psalms 36:2 +. +The words of his mouth are wrong and deceitful; he has ceased to be wise and to do good. -- psalms 36:3 +. +He plans wrongdoing on his bed; he sets himself in a way that is not good; he does not reject or despise evil. -- psalms 36:4 +. +Your mercy and loving-kindness, O Lord, extend to the skies, and Your faithfulness to the clouds. -- psalms 36:5 +. +Your righteousness is like the mountains of God, Your judgments are like the great deep. O Lord, You preserve man and beast. -- psalms 36:6 +. +How precious is Your steadfast love, O God! The children of men take refuge and put their trust under the shadow of Your wings. -- psalms 36:7 +. +They relish and feast on the abundance of Your house; and You cause them to drink of the stream of Your pleasures. -- psalms 36:8 +. +For with You is the fountain of life; in Your light do we see light. -- psalms 36:9 +. +O continue Your loving-kindness to those who know You, Your righteousness (salvation) to the upright in heart. -- psalms 36:10 +. +Let not the foot of pride overtake me, and let not the hand of the wicked drive me away. -- psalms 36:11 +. +There the workers of iniquity fall and lie prostrate; they are thrust down and shall not be able to rise. -- psalms 36:12 +. +FRET NOT yourself because of evildoers, neither be envious against those who work unrighteousness (that which is not upright or in right standing with God). -- psalms 37:1 +. +For they shall soon be cut down like the grass, and wither as the green herb. -- psalms 37:2 +. +Trust (lean on, rely on, and be confident) in the Lord and do good; so shall you dwell in the land and feed surely on His faithfulness, and truly you shall be fed. -- psalms 37:3 +. +Delight yourself also in the Lord, and He will give you the desires and secret petitions of your heart. -- psalms 37:4 +. +Commit your way to the Lord [roll and repose each care of your load on Him]; trust (lean on, rely on, and be confident) also in Him and He will bring it to pass. -- psalms 37:5 +. +And He will make your uprightness and right standing with God go forth as the light, and your justice and right as [the shining sun of] the noonday. -- psalms 37:6 +. +Be still and rest in the Lord; wait for Him and patiently lean yourself upon Him; fret not yourself because of him who prospers in his way, because of the man who brings wicked devices to pass. -- psalms 37:7 +. +Cease from anger and forsake wrath; fret not yourself--it tends only to evildoing. -- psalms 37:8 +. +For evildoers shall be cut off, but those who wait and hope and look for the Lord [in the end] shall inherit the earth. -- psalms 37:9 +. +For yet a little while, and the evildoers will be no more; though you look with care where they used to be, they will not be found. -- psalms 37:10 +. +But the meek [in the end] shall inherit the earth and shall delight themselves in the abundance of peace. -- psalms 37:11 +. +The wicked plot against the [uncompromisingly] righteous (the upright in right standing with God); they gnash at them with their teeth. -- psalms 37:12 +. +The Lord laughs at [the wicked], for He sees that their own day [of defeat] is coming. -- psalms 37:13 +. +The wicked draw the sword and bend their bows to cast down the poor and needy, to slay those who walk uprightly (blameless in conduct and in conversation). -- psalms 37:14 +. +The swords [of the wicked] shall enter their own hearts, and their bows shall be broken. -- psalms 37:15 +. +Better is the little that the [uncompromisingly] righteous have than the abundance [of possessions] of many who are wrong and wicked. -- psalms 37:16 +. +For the arms of the wicked shall be broken, but the Lord upholds the [consistently] righteous. -- psalms 37:17 +. +The Lord knows the days of the upright and blameless, and their heritage will abide forever. -- psalms 37:18 +. +They shall not be put to shame in the time of evil; and in the days of famine they shall be satisfied. -- psalms 37:19 +. +But the wicked shall perish, and the enemies of the Lord shall be as the fat of lambs [that is consumed in smoke] and as the glory of the pastures. They shall vanish; like smoke shall they consume away. -- psalms 37:20 +. +The wicked borrow and pay not again [for they may be unable], but the [uncompromisingly] righteous deal kindly and give [for they are able]. -- psalms 37:21 +. +For such as are blessed of God shall [in the end] inherit the earth, but they that are cursed of Him shall be cut off. -- psalms 37:22 +. +The steps of a [good] man are directed and established by the Lord when He delights in his way [and He busies Himself with his every step]. -- psalms 37:23 +. +Though he falls, he shall not be utterly cast down, for the Lord grasps his hand in support and upholds him. -- psalms 37:24 +. +I have been young and now am old, yet have I not seen the [uncompromisingly] righteous forsaken or their seed begging bread. -- psalms 37:25 +. +All day long they are merciful and deal graciously; they lend, and their offspring are blessed. -- psalms 37:26 +. +Depart from evil and do good; and you will dwell forever [securely]. -- psalms 37:27 +. +For the Lord delights in justice and forsakes not His saints; they are preserved forever, but the offspring of the wicked [in time] shall be cut off. -- psalms 37:28 +. +[Then] the [consistently] righteous shall inherit the land and dwell upon it forever. -- psalms 37:29 +. +The mouth of the [uncompromisingly] righteous utters wisdom, and his tongue speaks with justice. -- psalms 37:30 +. +The law of his God is in his heart; none of his steps shall slide. -- psalms 37:31 +. +The wicked lie in wait for the [uncompromisingly] righteous and seek to put them to death. -- psalms 37:32 +. +The Lord will not leave them in their hands, or [suffer them to] condemn them when they are judged. -- psalms 37:33 +. +Wait for and expect the Lord and keep and heed His way, and He will exalt you to inherit the land; [in the end] when the wicked are cut off, you shall see it. -- psalms 37:34 +. +I have seen a wicked man in great power and spreading himself like a green tree in its native soil, -- psalms 37:35 +. +Yet he passed away, and behold, he was not; yes, I sought and inquired for him, but he could not be found. -- psalms 37:36 +. +Mark the blameless man and behold the upright, for there is a happy end for the man of peace. -- psalms 37:37 +. +As for transgressors, they shall be destroyed together; in the end the wicked shall be cut off. -- psalms 37:38 +. +But the salvation of the [consistently] righteous is of the Lord; He is their Refuge and secure Stronghold in the time of trouble. -- psalms 37:39 +. +And the Lord helps them and delivers them; He delivers them from the wicked and saves them, because they trust and take refuge in Him. -- psalms 37:40 +. +O LORD, rebuke me not in Your wrath, neither chasten me in Your hot displeasure. -- psalms 38:1 +. +For Your arrows have sunk into me and stick fast, and Your hand has come down upon me and pressed me sorely. -- psalms 38:2 +. +There is no soundness in my flesh because of Your indignation; neither is there any health or rest in my bones because of my sin. -- psalms 38:3 +. +For my iniquities have gone over my head [like waves of a flood]; as a heavy burden they weigh too much for me. -- psalms 38:4 +. +My wounds are loathsome and corrupt because of my foolishness. -- psalms 38:5 +. +I am bent and bowed down greatly; I go about mourning all the day long. -- psalms 38:6 +. +For my loins are filled with burning; and there is no soundness in my flesh. -- psalms 38:7 +. +I am faint and sorely bruised [deadly cold and quite worn out]; I groan by reason of the disquiet and moaning of my heart. -- psalms 38:8 +. +Lord, all my desire is before You; and my sighing is not hidden from You. -- psalms 38:9 +. +My heart throbs, my strength fails me; as for the light of my eyes, it also is gone from me. -- psalms 38:10 +. +My lovers and my friends stand aloof from my plague; and my neighbors and my near ones stand afar off. -- psalms 38:11 +. +They also that seek and demand my life lay snares for me, and they that seek and require my hurt speak crafty and mischievous things; they meditate treachery and deceit all the day long. -- psalms 38:12 +. +But I, like a deaf man, hear not; and I am like a dumb man who opens not his mouth. -- psalms 38:13 +. +Yes, I have become like a man who hears not, in whose mouth are no arguments or replies. -- psalms 38:14 +. +For in You, O Lord, do I hope; You will answer, O Lord my God. -- psalms 38:15 +. +For I pray, Let them not rejoice over me, who when my foot slips boast against me. -- psalms 38:16 +. +For I am ready to halt and fall; my pain and sorrow are continually before me. -- psalms 38:17 +. +For I do confess my guilt and iniquity; I am filled with sorrow for my sin. -- psalms 38:18 +. +But my enemies are vigorous and strong, and those who hate me wrongfully are multiplied. -- psalms 38:19 +. +They also that render evil for good are adversaries to me, because I follow the thing that is good. -- psalms 38:20 +. +Forsake me not, O Lord; O my God, be not far from me. -- psalms 38:21 +. +Make haste to help me, O Lord, my Salvation. -- psalms 38:22 +. +I SAID, I will take heed and guard my ways, that I may sin not with my tongue; I will muzzle my mouth as with a bridle while the wicked are before me. -- psalms 39:1 +. +I was dumb with silence, I held my peace without profit and had no comfort away from good, while my distress was renewed. -- psalms 39:2 +. +My heart was hot within me. While I was musing, the fire burned; then I spoke with my tongue: -- psalms 39:3 +. +Lord, make me to know my end and [to appreciate] the measure of my days--what it is; let me know and realize how frail I am [how transient is my stay here]. -- psalms 39:4 +. +Behold, You have made my days as [short as] handbreadths, and my lifetime is as nothing in Your sight. Truly every man at his best is merely a breath! Selah [pause, and think calmly of that]! -- psalms 39:5 +. +Surely every man walks to and fro--like a shadow in a pantomime; surely for futility and emptiness he is in turmoil; each one heaps up riches, not knowing who will gather them. -- psalms 39:6 +. +And now, Lord, what do I wait for and expect? My hope and expectation are in You. -- psalms 39:7 +. +Deliver me from all my transgressions; make me not the scorn and reproach of the [self-confident] fool! -- psalms 39:8 +. +I am dumb, I open not my mouth, for it is You Who has done it. -- psalms 39:9 +. +Remove Your stroke away from me; I am consumed by the conflict and the blow of Your hand. -- psalms 39:10 +. +When with rebukes You correct and chasten man for sin, You waste his beauty like a moth and what is dear to him consumes away; surely every man is a mere breath. Selah [pause, and think calmly of that]! -- psalms 39:11 +. +Hear my prayer, O Lord, and give ear to my cry; hold not Your peace at my tears! For I am Your passing guest, a temporary resident, as all my fathers were. -- psalms 39:12 +. +O look away from me and spare me, that I may recover cheerfulness and encouraging strength and know gladness before I go and am no more! -- psalms 39:13 +. +I WAITED patiently and expectantly for the Lord; and He inclined to me and heard my cry. -- psalms 40:1 +. +He drew me up out of a horrible pit [a pit of tumult and of destruction], out of the miry clay (froth and slime), and set my feet upon a rock, steadying my steps and establishing my goings. -- psalms 40:2 +. +And He has put a new song in my mouth, a song of praise to our God. Many shall see and fear (revere and worship) and put their trust and confident reliance in the Lord. -- psalms 40:3 +. +Blessed (happy, fortunate, to be envied) is the man who makes the Lord his refuge and trust, and turns not to the proud or to followers of false gods. -- psalms 40:4 +. +Many, O Lord my God, are the wonderful works which You have done, and Your thoughts toward us; no one can compare with You! If I should declare and speak of them, they are too many to be numbered. -- psalms 40:5 +. +Sacrifice and offering You do not desire, nor have You delight in them; You have given me the capacity to hear and obey [Your law, a more valuable service than] burnt offerings and sin offerings [which] You do not require. -- psalms 40:6 +. +Then said I, Behold, I come; in the volume of the book it is written of me; -- psalms 40:7 +. +I delight to do Your will, O my God; yes, Your law is within my heart. -- psalms 40:8 +. +I have proclaimed glad tidings of righteousness in the great assembly [tidings of uprightness and right standing with God]. Behold, I have not restrained my lips, as You know, O Lord. -- psalms 40:9 +. +I have not concealed Your righteousness within my heart; I have proclaimed Your faithfulness and Your salvation. I have not hid away Your steadfast love and Your truth from the great assembly. -- psalms 40:10 +. +Withhold not Your tender mercy from me, O Lord; let Your loving-kindness and Your truth continually preserve me! -- psalms 40:11 +. +For innumerable evils have compassed me about; my iniquities have taken such hold on me that I am not able to look up. They are more than the hairs of my head, and my heart has failed me and forsaken me. -- psalms 40:12 +. +Be pleased, O Lord, to deliver me; O Lord, make haste to help me! -- psalms 40:13 +. +Let them be put to shame and confounded together who seek and require my life to destroy it; let them be driven backward and brought to dishonor who wish me evil and delight in my hurt! -- psalms 40:14 +. +Let them be desolate by reason of their shame who say to me, Aha, aha! -- psalms 40:15 +. +Let all those that seek and require You rejoice and be glad in You; let such as love Your salvation say continually, The Lord be magnified! -- psalms 40:16 +. +[As for me] I am poor and needy, yet the Lord takes thought and plans for me. You are my Help and my Deliverer. O my God, do not tarry! -- psalms 40:17 +. +BLESSED (HAPPY, fortunate, to be envied) is he who considers the weak and the poor; the Lord will deliver him in the time of evil and trouble. -- psalms 41:1 +. +The Lord will protect him and keep him alive; he shall be called blessed in the land; and You will not deliver him to the will of his enemies. -- psalms 41:2 +. +The Lord will sustain, refresh, and strengthen him on his bed of languishing; all his bed You [O Lord] will turn, change, and transform in his illness. -- psalms 41:3 +. +I said, Lord, be merciful and gracious to me; heal my inner self, for I have sinned against You. -- psalms 41:4 +. +My enemies speak evil of me, [saying], When will he die and his name perish? -- psalms 41:5 +. +And when one comes to see me, he speaks falsehood and empty words, while his heart gathers mischievous gossip [against me]; when he goes away, he tells it abroad. -- psalms 41:6 +. +All who hate me whisper together about me; against me do they devise my hurt [imagining the worst for me]. -- psalms 41:7 +. +An evil disease, say they, is poured out upon him and cleaves fast to him; and now that he is bedfast, he will not rise up again. -- psalms 41:8 +. +Even my own familiar friend, in whom I trusted (relied on and was confident), who ate of my bread, has lifted up his heel against me. -- psalms 41:9 +. +But You, O Lord, be merciful and gracious to me, and raise me up, that I may requite them. -- psalms 41:10 +. +By this I know that You favor and delight in me, because my enemy does not triumph over me. -- psalms 41:11 +. +And as for me, You have upheld me in my integrity and set me in Your presence forever. -- psalms 41:12 +. +Blessed be the Lord, the God of Israel, from everlasting and to everlasting [from this age to the next, and forever]! Amen and Amen (so be it). -- psalms 41:13 +. +AS THE hart pants and longs for the water brooks, so I pant and long for You, O God. -- psalms 42:1 +. +My inner self thirsts for God, for the living God. When shall I come and behold the face of God? -- psalms 42:2 +. +My tears have been my food day and night, while men say to me all day long, Where is your God? -- psalms 42:3 +. +These things I [earnestly] remember and pour myself out within me: how I went slowly before the throng and led them in procession to the house of God [like a bandmaster before his band, timing the steps to the sound of music and the chant of song], with the voice of shouting and praise, a throng keeping festival. -- psalms 42:4 +. +Why are you cast down, O my inner self? And why should you moan over me and be disquieted within me? Hope in God and wait expectantly for Him, for I shall yet praise Him, my Help and my God. -- psalms 42:5 +. +O my God, my life is cast down upon me [and I find the burden more than I can bear]; therefore will I [earnestly] remember You from the land of the Jordan [River] and the [summits of Mount] Hermon, from the little mountain Mizar. -- psalms 42:6 +. +[Roaring] deep calls to [roaring] deep at the thunder of Your waterspouts; all Your breakers and Your rolling waves have gone over me. -- psalms 42:7 +. +Yet the Lord will command His loving-kindness in the daytime, and in the night His song shall be with me, a prayer to the God of my life. -- psalms 42:8 +. +I will say to God my Rock, Why have You forgotten me? Why go I mourning because of the oppression of the enemy? -- psalms 42:9 +. +As with a sword [crushing] in my bones, my enemies taunt and reproach me, while they say continually to me, Where is your God? -- psalms 42:10 +. +Why are you cast down, O my inner self? And why should you moan over me and be disquieted within me? Hope in God and wait expectantly for Him, for I shall yet praise Him, Who is the help of my countenance, and my God. -- psalms 42:11 +. +JUDGE and vindicate me, O God; plead and defend my cause against an ungodly nation. O deliver me from the deceitful and unjust man! -- psalms 43:1 +. +For You are the God of my strength [my Stronghold--in Whom I take refuge]; why have You cast me off? Why go I mourning because of the oppression of the enemy? -- psalms 43:2 +. +O send out Your light and Your truth, let them lead me; let them bring me to Your holy hill and to Your dwelling. -- psalms 43:3 +. +Then will I go to the altar of God, to God, my exceeding joy; yes, with the lyre will I praise You, O God, my God! -- psalms 43:4 +. +Why are you cast down, O my inner self? And why should you moan over me and be disquieted within me? Hope in God and wait expectantly for Him, for I shall yet praise Him, Who is the help of my [sad] countenance, and my God. -- psalms 43:5 +. +WE HAVE heard with our ears, O God; our fathers have told us [what] work You did in their days, in the days of old. -- psalms 44:1 +. +You drove out the nations with Your hand and it was Your power that gave [Israel] a home by rooting out the [heathen] peoples, but [Israel] You spread out. -- psalms 44:2 +. +For they got not the land [of Canaan] in possession by their own sword, neither did their own arm save them; but Your right hand and Your arm and the light of Your countenance [did it], because You were favorable toward and did delight in them. -- psalms 44:3 +. +You are my King, O God; command victories and deliverance for Jacob (Israel). -- psalms 44:4 +. +Through You shall we push down our enemies; through Your name shall we tread them under who rise up against us. -- psalms 44:5 +. +For I will not trust in and lean on my bow, neither shall my sword save me. -- psalms 44:6 +. +But You have saved us from our foes and have put them to shame who hate us. -- psalms 44:7 +. +In God we have made our boast all the day long, and we will give thanks to Your name forever. Selah [pause, and calmly think of that]! -- psalms 44:8 +. +But now You have cast us off and brought us to dishonor, and You go not out with our armies. -- psalms 44:9 +. +You make us to turn back from the enemy, and they who hate us take spoil for themselves. -- psalms 44:10 +. +You have made us like sheep intended for mutton and have scattered us in exile among the nations. -- psalms 44:11 +. +You sell Your people for nothing, and have not increased Your wealth by their price. -- psalms 44:12 +. +You have made us the taunt of our neighbors, a scoffing and a derision to those who are round about us. -- psalms 44:13 +. +You make us a byword among the nations, a shaking of the heads among the people. -- psalms 44:14 +. +My dishonor is before me all day long, and shame has covered my face -- psalms 44:15 +. +At the words of the taunter and reviler, by reason of the enemy and the revengeful. -- psalms 44:16 +. +All this is come upon us, yet have we not forgotten You, neither have we been false to Your covenant [which You made with our fathers]. -- psalms 44:17 +. +Our hearts are not turned back, neither have our steps declined from Your path, -- psalms 44:18 +. +Though You have distressingly broken us in the place of jackals and covered us with deep darkness, even with the shadow of death. -- psalms 44:19 +. +If we had forgotten the name of our God or stretched out our hands to a strange god, -- psalms 44:20 +. +Would not God discover this? For He knows the secrets of the heart. -- psalms 44:21 +. +No, but for Your sake we are killed all the day long; we are accounted as sheep for the slaughter. -- psalms 44:22 +. +Awake! Why do You sleep, O Lord? Arouse Yourself, cast us not off forever! -- psalms 44:23 +. +Why do You hide Your face and forget our affliction and our oppression? -- psalms 44:24 +. +For our lives are bowed down to the dust; our bodies cleave to the ground. -- psalms 44:25 +. +Rise up! Come to our help, and deliver us for Your mercy's sake and because of Your steadfast love! -- psalms 44:26 +. +MY HEART overflows with a goodly theme; I address my psalm to a King. My tongue is like the pen of a ready writer. -- psalms 45:1 +. +You are fairer than the children of men; graciousness is poured upon Your lips; therefore God has blessed You forever. -- psalms 45:2 +. +Gird Your sword upon Your thigh, O mighty One, in Your glory and Your majesty! -- psalms 45:3 +. +And in Your majesty ride on triumphantly for the cause of truth, humility, and righteousness (uprightness and right standing with God); and let Your right hand guide You to tremendous things. -- psalms 45:4 +. +Your arrows are sharp; the peoples fall under You; Your darts pierce the hearts of the King's enemies. -- psalms 45:5 +. +Your throne, O God, is forever and ever; the scepter of righteousness is the scepter of Your kingdom. -- psalms 45:6 +. +You love righteousness, uprightness, and right standing with God and hate wickedness; therefore God, Your God, has anointed You with the oil of gladness above Your fellows. -- psalms 45:7 +. +Your garments are all fragrant with myrrh, aloes, and cassia; stringed instruments make You glad. -- psalms 45:8 +. +Kings' daughters are among Your honorable women; at Your right hand stands the queen in gold of Ophir. -- psalms 45:9 +. +Hear, O daughter, consider, submit, and consent to my instruction: forget also your own people and your father's house; -- psalms 45:10 +. +So will the King desire your beauty; because He is your Lord, be submissive and reverence and honor Him. -- psalms 45:11 +. +And, O daughter of Tyre, the richest of the people shall entreat your favor with a gift. -- psalms 45:12 +. +The King's daughter in the inner part [of the palace] is all glorious; her clothing is inwrought with gold. -- psalms 45:13 +. +She shall be brought to the King in raiment of needlework; with the virgins, her companions that follow her, she shall be brought to You. -- psalms 45:14 +. +With gladness and rejoicing will they be brought; they will enter into the King's palace. -- psalms 45:15 +. +Instead of Your fathers shall be Your sons, whom You will make princes in all the land. -- psalms 45:16 +. +I will make Your name to be remembered in all generations; therefore shall the people praise and give You thanks forever and ever. -- psalms 45:17 +. +GOD IS our Refuge and Strength [mighty and impenetrable to temptation], a very present and well-proved help in trouble. -- psalms 46:1 +. +Therefore we will not fear, though the earth should change and though the mountains be shaken into the midst of the seas, -- psalms 46:2 +. +Though its waters roar and foam, though the mountains tremble at its swelling and tumult. Selah [pause, and calmly think of that]! -- psalms 46:3 +. +There is a river whose streams shall make glad the city of God, the holy place of the tabernacles of the Most High. -- psalms 46:4 +. +God is in the midst of her, she shall not be moved; God will help her right early [at the dawn of the morning]. -- psalms 46:5 +. +The nations raged, the kingdoms tottered and were moved; He uttered His voice, the earth melted. -- psalms 46:6 +. +The Lord of hosts is with us; the God of Jacob is our Refuge (our Fortress and High Tower). Selah [pause, and calmly think of that]! -- psalms 46:7 +. +Come, behold the works of the Lord, Who has wrought desolations and wonders in the earth. -- psalms 46:8 +. +He makes wars to cease to the end of the earth; He breaks the bow into pieces and snaps the spear in two; He burns the chariots in the fire. -- psalms 46:9 +. +Let be and be still, and know (recognize and understand) that I am God. I will be exalted among the nations! I will be exalted in the earth! -- psalms 46:10 +. +The Lord of hosts is with us; the God of Jacob is our Refuge (our High Tower and Stronghold). Selah [pause, and calmly think of that]! -- psalms 46:11 +. +O CLAP your hands, all you peoples! Shout to God with the voice of triumph and songs of joy! -- psalms 47:1 +. +For the Lord Most High excites terror, awe, and dread; He is a great King over all the earth. -- psalms 47:2 +. +He subdued peoples under us, and nations under our feet. -- psalms 47:3 +. +He chose our inheritance for us, the glory and pride of Jacob, whom He loves. Selah [pause, and calmly think of that]! -- psalms 47:4 +. +God has ascended amid shouting, the Lord with the sound of a trumpet. -- psalms 47:5 +. +Sing praises to God, sing praises! Sing praises to our King, sing praises! -- psalms 47:6 +. +For God is the King of all the earth; sing praises in a skillful psalm and with understanding. -- psalms 47:7 +. +God reigns over the nations; God sits upon His holy throne. -- psalms 47:8 +. +The princes and nobles of the peoples are gathered together, a [united] people for the God of Abraham, for the shields of the earth belong to God; He is highly exalted. -- psalms 47:9 +. +GREAT IS the Lord, and highly to be praised in the city of our God! His holy mountain, -- psalms 48:1 +. +Fair and beautiful in elevation, is the joy of all the earth--Mount Zion [the City of David], to the northern side [Mount Moriah and the temple], the [whole] city of the Great King! -- psalms 48:2 +. +God has made Himself known in her palaces as a Refuge (a High Tower and a Stronghold). -- psalms 48:3 +. +For, behold, the kings assembled, they came onward and they passed away together. -- psalms 48:4 +. +They looked, they were amazed; they were stricken with terror and took to flight [affrighted and dismayed]. -- psalms 48:5 +. +Trembling took hold of them there, and pain as of a woman in childbirth. -- psalms 48:6 +. +With the east wind You shattered the ships of Tarshish. -- psalms 48:7 +. +As we have heard, so have we seen in the city of the Lord of hosts, in the city of our God: God will establish it forever. Selah [pause, and calmly think of that]! -- psalms 48:8 +. +We have thought of Your steadfast love, O God, in the midst of Your temple. -- psalms 48:9 +. +As is Your name, O God, so is Your praise to the ends of the earth; Your right hand is full of righteousness (rightness and justice). -- psalms 48:10 +. +Let Mount Zion be glad! Let the daughters of Judah rejoice because of Your [righteous] judgments! -- psalms 48:11 +. +Walk about Zion, and go round about her, number her towers (her lofty and noble deeds of past days), -- psalms 48:12 +. +Consider well her ramparts, go through her palaces and citadels, that you may tell the next generation [and cease recalling disappointments]. -- psalms 48:13 +. +For this God is our God forever and ever; He will be our guide [even] until death. -- psalms 48:14 +. +HEAR THIS, all you peoples; give ear, all you inhabitants of the world, -- psalms 49:1 +. +Both low and high, rich and poor together: -- psalms 49:2 +. +My mouth shall speak wisdom; and the meditation of my heart shall be understanding. -- psalms 49:3 +. +I will submit and consent to a parable or proverb; to the music of a lyre I will unfold my riddle (my problem). -- psalms 49:4 +. +Why should I fear in the days of evil, when the iniquity of those who would supplant me surrounds me on every side, -- psalms 49:5 +. +Even of those who trust in and lean on their wealth and boast of the abundance of their riches? -- psalms 49:6 +. +None of them can by any means redeem [either himself or] his brother, nor give to God a ransom for him-- -- psalms 49:7 +. +For the ransom of a life is too costly, and [the price one can pay] can never suffice-- -- psalms 49:8 +. +So that he should live on forever and never see the pit (the grave) and corruption. -- psalms 49:9 +. +For he sees that even wise men die; the [self-confident] fool and the stupid alike perish and leave their wealth to others. -- psalms 49:10 +. +Their inward thought is that their houses will continue forever, and their dwelling places to all generations; they call their lands their own [apart from God] and after their own names. -- psalms 49:11 +. +But man, with all his honor and pomp, does not remain; he is like the beasts that perish. -- psalms 49:12 +. +This is the fate of those who are foolishly confident, yet after them men approve their sayings. Selah [pause, and calmly think of that]! -- psalms 49:13 +. +Like sheep they are appointed for Sheol (the place of the dead); death shall be their shepherd. And the upright shall have dominion over them in the morning; and their form and beauty shall be consumed, for Sheol shall be their dwelling. -- psalms 49:14 +. +But God will redeem me from the power of Sheol (the place of the dead); for He will receive me. Selah [pause, and calmly think of that]! -- psalms 49:15 +. +Be not afraid when [an ungodly] one is made rich, when the wealth and glory of his house are increased; -- psalms 49:16 +. +For when he dies he will carry nothing away; his glory will not descend after him. -- psalms 49:17 +. +Though while he lives he counts himself happy and prosperous, and though a man gets praise when he does well [for himself], -- psalms 49:18 +. +He will go to the generation of his fathers, who will nevermore see the light. -- psalms 49:19 +. +A man who is held in honor and understands not is like the beasts that perish. -- psalms 49:20 +. +THE MIGHTY One, God, the Lord, speaks and calls the earth from the rising of the sun to its setting. -- psalms 50:1 +. +Out of Zion, the perfection of beauty, God shines forth. -- psalms 50:2 +. +Our God comes and does not keep silence; a fire devours before Him, and round about Him a mighty tempest rages. -- psalms 50:3 +. +He calls to the heavens above and to the earth, that He may judge His people: -- psalms 50:4 +. +Gather together to Me My saints [those who have found grace in My sight], those who have made a covenant with Me by sacrifice. -- psalms 50:5 +. +And the heavens declare His righteousness (rightness and justice), for God, He is judge. Selah [pause, and calmly think of that]! -- psalms 50:6 +. +Hear, O My people, and I will speak; O Israel, I will testify to you and against you: I am God, your God. -- psalms 50:7 +. +I do not reprove you for your sacrifices; your burnt offerings are continually before Me. -- psalms 50:8 +. +I will accept no bull from your house nor he-goat out of your folds. -- psalms 50:9 +. +For every beast of the forest is Mine, and the cattle upon a thousand hills or upon the mountains where thousands are. -- psalms 50:10 +. +I know and am acquainted with all the birds of the mountains, and the wild animals of the field are Mine and are with Me, in My mind. -- psalms 50:11 +. +If I were hungry, I would not tell you, for the world and its fullness are Mine. -- psalms 50:12 +. +Shall I eat the flesh of bulls or drink the blood of goats? -- psalms 50:13 +. +Offer to God the sacrifice of thanksgiving, and pay your vows to the Most High, -- psalms 50:14 +. +And call on Me in the day of trouble; I will deliver you, and you shall honor and glorify Me. -- psalms 50:15 +. +But to the wicked, God says: What right have you to recite My statutes or take My covenant or pledge on your lips, -- psalms 50:16 +. +Seeing that you hate instruction and correction and cast My words behind you [discarding them]? -- psalms 50:17 +. +When you see a thief, you associate with him, and you have taken part with adulterers. -- psalms 50:18 +. +You give your mouth to evil, and your tongue frames deceit. -- psalms 50:19 +. +You sit and speak against your brother; you slander your own mother's son. -- psalms 50:20 +. +These things you have done and I kept silent; you thought I was once entirely like you. But [now] I will reprove you and put [the charge] in order before your eyes. -- psalms 50:21 +. +Now consider this, you who forget God, lest I tear you in pieces, and there be none to deliver. -- psalms 50:22 +. +He who brings an offering of praise and thanksgiving honors and glorifies Me; and he who orders his way aright [who prepares the way that I may show him], to him I will demonstrate the salvation of God. -- psalms 50:23 +. +HAVE MERCY upon me, O God, according to Your steadfast love; according to the multitude of Your tender mercy and loving-kindness blot out my transgressions. -- psalms 51:1 +. +Wash me thoroughly [and repeatedly] from my iniquity and guilt and cleanse me and make me wholly pure from my sin! -- psalms 51:2 +. +For I am conscious of my transgressions and I acknowledge them; my sin is ever before me. -- psalms 51:3 +. +Against You, You only, have I sinned and done that which is evil in Your sight, so that You are justified in Your sentence and faultless in Your judgment. -- psalms 51:4 +. +Behold, I was brought forth in [a state of] iniquity; my mother was sinful who conceived me [and I too am sinful]. -- psalms 51:5 +. +Behold, You desire truth in the inner being; make me therefore to know wisdom in my inmost heart. -- psalms 51:6 +. +Purify me with hyssop, and I shall be clean [ceremonially]; wash me, and I shall [in reality] be whiter than snow. -- psalms 51:7 +. +Make me to hear joy and gladness and be satisfied; let the bones which You have broken rejoice. -- psalms 51:8 +. +Hide Your face from my sins and blot out all my guilt and iniquities. -- psalms 51:9 +. +Create in me a clean heart, O God, and renew a right, persevering, and steadfast spirit within me. -- psalms 51:10 +. +Cast me not away from Your presence and take not Your Holy Spirit from me. -- psalms 51:11 +. +Restore to me the joy of Your salvation and uphold me with a willing spirit. -- psalms 51:12 +. +Then will I teach transgressors Your ways, and sinners shall be converted and return to You. -- psalms 51:13 +. +Deliver me from bloodguiltiness and death, O God, the God of my salvation, and my tongue shall sing aloud of Your righteousness (Your rightness and Your justice). -- psalms 51:14 +. +O Lord, open my lips, and my mouth shall show forth Your praise. -- psalms 51:15 +. +For You delight not in sacrifice, or else would I give it; You find no pleasure in burnt offering. -- psalms 51:16 +. +My sacrifice [the sacrifice acceptable] to God is a broken spirit; a broken and a contrite heart [broken down with sorrow for sin and humbly and thoroughly penitent], such, O God, You will not despise. -- psalms 51:17 +. +Do good in Your good pleasure to Zion; rebuild the walls of Jerusalem. -- psalms 51:18 +. +Then will You delight in the sacrifices of righteousness, justice, and right, with burnt offering and whole burnt offering; then bullocks will be offered upon Your altar. -- psalms 51:19 +. +WHY BOAST you of mischief done against the loving-kindness of God [and the godly], O mighty [sinful] man, day after day? -- psalms 52:1 +. +Your tongue devises wickedness; it is like a sharp razor, working deceitfully. -- psalms 52:2 +. +You love evil more than good, and lying rather than to speak righteousness, justice, and right. Selah [pause, and calmly think of that]! -- psalms 52:3 +. +You love all destroying and devouring words, O deceitful tongue. -- psalms 52:4 +. +God will likewise break you down and destroy you forever; He will lay hold of you and pluck you out of your tent and uproot you from the land of the living. Selah [pause, and calmly think of that]! -- psalms 52:5 +. +The [uncompromisingly] righteous also shall see [it] and be in reverent fear and awe, but about you they will [scoffingly] laugh, saying, -- psalms 52:6 +. +See, this is the man who made not God his strength (his stronghold and high tower) but trusted in and confidently relied on the abundance of his riches, seeking refuge and security for himself through his wickedness. -- psalms 52:7 +. +But I am like a green olive tree in the house of God; I trust in and confidently rely on the loving-kindness and the mercy of God forever and ever. -- psalms 52:8 +. +I will thank You and confide in You forever, because You have done it [delivered me and kept me safe]. I will wait on, hope in and expect in Your name, for it is good, in the presence of Your saints (Your kind and pious ones). -- psalms 52:9 +. +THE [empty-headed] fool has said in his heart, There is no God. Corrupt and evil are they, and doing abominable iniquity; there is none who does good. -- psalms 53:1 +. +God looked down from heaven upon the children of men to see if there were any who understood, who sought (inquired after and desperately required) God. -- psalms 53:2 +. +Every one of them has gone back [backslidden and fallen away]; they have altogether become filthy and corrupt; there is none who does good, no, not one. -- psalms 53:3 +. +Have those who work evil no knowledge (no understanding)? They eat up My people as they eat bread; they do not call upon God. -- psalms 53:4 +. +There they are, in terror and dread, where there was [and had been] no terror and dread! For God has scattered the bones of him who encamps against you; you have put them to shame, because God has rejected them. -- psalms 53:5 +. +Oh, that the salvation and deliverance of Israel would come out of Zion! When God restores the fortunes of His people, then will Jacob rejoice and Israel be glad. -- psalms 53:6 +. +SAVE ME, O God, by Your name; judge and vindicate me by Your mighty strength and power. -- psalms 54:1 +. +Hear my pleading and my prayer, O God; give ear to the words of my mouth. -- psalms 54:2 +. +For strangers and insolent men are rising up against me, and violent men and ruthless ones seek and demand my life; they do not set God before them. Selah [pause, and calmly think of that]! -- psalms 54:3 +. +Behold, God is my helper and ally; the Lord is my upholder and is with them who uphold my life. -- psalms 54:4 +. +He will pay back evil to my enemies; in Your faithfulness [Lord] put an end to them. -- psalms 54:5 +. +With a freewill offering I will sacrifice to You; I will give thanks and praise Your name, O Lord, for it is good. -- psalms 54:6 +. +For He has delivered me out of every trouble, and my eye has looked [in triumph] on my enemies. -- psalms 54:7 +. +LISTEN TO my prayer, O God, and hide not Yourself from my supplication! -- psalms 55:1 +. +Attend to me and answer me; I am restless and distraught in my complaint and must moan -- psalms 55:2 +. +[And I am distracted] at the noise of the enemy, because of the oppression and threats of the wicked; for they would cast trouble upon me, and in wrath they persecute me. -- psalms 55:3 +. +My heart is grievously pained within me, and the terrors of death have fallen upon me. -- psalms 55:4 +. +Fear and trembling have come upon me; horror and fright have overwhelmed me. -- psalms 55:5 +. +And I say, Oh, that I had wings like a dove! I would fly away and be at rest. -- psalms 55:6 +. +Yes, I would wander far away, I would lodge in the wilderness. Selah [pause, and calmly think of that]! -- psalms 55:7 +. +I would hasten to escape and to find a shelter from the stormy wind and tempest. -- psalms 55:8 +. +Destroy [their schemes], O Lord, confuse their tongues, for I have seen violence and strife in the city. -- psalms 55:9 +. +Day and night they go about on its walls; iniquity and mischief are in its midst. -- psalms 55:10 +. +Violence and ruin are within it; fraud and guile do not depart from its streets and marketplaces. -- psalms 55:11 +. +For it is not an enemy who reproaches and taunts me--then I might bear it; nor is it one who has hated me who insolently vaunts himself against me--then I might hide from him. -- psalms 55:12 +. +But it was you, a man my equal, my companion and my familiar friend. -- psalms 55:13 +. +We had sweet fellowship together and used to walk to the house of God in company. -- psalms 55:14 +. +Let desolations and death come suddenly upon them; let them go down alive to Sheol (the place of the dead), for evils are in their habitations, in their hearts, and their inmost part. -- psalms 55:15 +. +As for me, I will call upon God, and the Lord will save me. -- psalms 55:16 +. +Evening and morning and at noon will I utter my complaint and moan and sigh, and He will hear my voice. -- psalms 55:17 +. +He has redeemed my life in peace from the battle that was against me [so that none came near me], for they were many who strove with me. -- psalms 55:18 +. +God will hear and humble them, even He Who abides of old--Selah [pause, and calmly think of that]!--because in them there has been no change [of heart], and they do not fear, revere, and worship God. -- psalms 55:19 +. +[My companion] has put forth his hands against those who were at peace with him; he has broken and profaned his agreement [of friendship and loyalty]. -- psalms 55:20 +. +The words of his mouth were smoother than cream or butter, but war was in his heart; his words were softer than oil, yet they were drawn swords. -- psalms 55:21 +. +Cast your burden on the Lord [releasing the weight of it] and He will sustain you; He will never allow the [consistently] righteous to be moved (made to slip, fall, or fail). -- psalms 55:22 +. +But You, O God, will bring down the wicked into the pit of destruction; men of blood and treachery shall not live out half their days. But I will trust in, lean on, and confidently rely on You. -- psalms 55:23 +. +BE MERCIFUL and gracious to me, O God, for man would trample me or devour me; all the day long the adversary oppresses me. -- psalms 56:1 +. +They that lie in wait for me would swallow me up or trample me all day long, for they are many who fight against me, O Most High! -- psalms 56:2 +. +What time I am afraid, I will have confidence in and put my trust and reliance in You. -- psalms 56:3 +. +By [the help of] God I will praise His word; on God I lean, rely, and confidently put my trust; I will not fear. What can man, who is flesh, do to me? -- psalms 56:4 +. +All day long they twist my words and trouble my affairs; all their thoughts are against me for evil and my hurt. -- psalms 56:5 +. +They gather themselves together, they hide themselves, they watch my steps, even as they have [expectantly] waited for my life. -- psalms 56:6 +. +They think to escape with iniquity, and shall they? In Your indignation bring down the peoples, O God. -- psalms 56:7 +. +You number and record my wanderings; put my tears into Your bottle--are they not in Your book? -- psalms 56:8 +. +Then shall my enemies turn back in the day that I cry out; this I know, for God is for me. -- psalms 56:9 +. +In God, Whose word I praise, in the Lord, Whose word I praise, -- psalms 56:10 +. +In God have I put my trust and confident reliance; I will not be afraid. What can man do to me? -- psalms 56:11 +. +Your vows are upon me, O God; I will render praise to You and give You thank offerings. -- psalms 56:12 +. +For You have delivered my life from death, yes, and my feet from falling, that I may walk before God in the light of life and of the living. -- psalms 56:13 +. +BE MERCIFUL and gracious to me, O God, be merciful and gracious to me, for my soul takes refuge and finds shelter and confidence in You; yes, in the shadow of Your wings will I take refuge and be confident until calamities and destructive storms are passed. -- psalms 57:1 +. +I will cry to God Most High, Who performs on my behalf and rewards me [Who brings to pass His purposes for me and surely completes them]! -- psalms 57:2 +. +He will send from heaven and save me from the slanders and reproaches of him who would trample me down or swallow me up, and He will put him to shame. Selah [pause, and calmly think of that]! God will send forth His mercy and loving-kindness and His truth and faithfulness. -- psalms 57:3 +. +My life is among lions; I must lie among those who are aflame--the sons of men whose teeth are spears and arrows, their tongues sharp swords. -- psalms 57:4 +. +Be exalted, O God, above the heavens! Let Your glory be over all the earth! -- psalms 57:5 +. +They set a net for my steps; my very life was bowed down. They dug a pit in my way; into the midst of it they themselves have fallen. Selah [pause, and calmly think of that]! -- psalms 57:6 +. +My heart is fixed, O God, my heart is steadfast and confident! I will sing and make melody. -- psalms 57:7 +. +Awake, my glory (my inner self); awake, harp and lyre! I will awake right early [I will awaken the dawn]! -- psalms 57:8 +. +I will praise and give thanks to You, O Lord, among the peoples; I will sing praises to You among the nations. -- psalms 57:9 +. +For Your mercy and loving-kindness are great, reaching to the heavens, and Your truth and faithfulness to the clouds. -- psalms 57:10 +. +Be exalted, O God, above the heavens; let Your glory be over all the earth. -- psalms 57:11 +. +DO YOU indeed in silence speak righteousness, O you mighty ones? [Or is the righteousness, rightness, and justice you should speak quite dumb?] Do you judge fairly and uprightly, O you sons of men? -- psalms 58:1 +. +No, in your heart you devise wickedness; you deal out in the land the violence of your hands. -- psalms 58:2 +. +The ungodly are perverse and estranged from the womb; they go astray as soon as they are born, speaking lies. -- psalms 58:3 +. +Their poison is like the venom of a serpent; they are like the deaf adder or asp that stops its ear, -- psalms 58:4 +. +Which listens not to the voice of charmers or of the enchanter never casting spells so cunningly. -- psalms 58:5 +. +Break their teeth, O God, in their mouths; break out the fangs of the young lions, O Lord. -- psalms 58:6 +. +Let them melt away as water which runs on apace; when he aims his arrows, let them be as if they were headless or split apart. -- psalms 58:7 +. +Let them be as a snail dissolving slime as it passes on or as a festering sore which wastes away, like [the child to which] a woman gives untimely birth that has not seen the sun. -- psalms 58:8 +. +Before your pots can feel the thorns [that are placed under them for fuel], He will take them away as with a whirlwind, the green and the burning ones alike. -- psalms 58:9 +. +The [unyieldingly] righteous shall rejoice when he sees the vengeance; he will bathe his feet in the blood of the wicked. -- psalms 58:10 +. +Men will say, Surely there is a reward for the [uncompromisingly] righteous; surely there is a God Who judges on the earth. -- psalms 58:11 +. +DELIVER ME from my enemies, O my God; defend and protect me from those who rise up against me. -- psalms 59:1 +. +Deliver me from and lift me above those who work evil and save me from bloodthirsty men. -- psalms 59:2 +. +For, behold, they lie in wait for my life; fierce and mighty men are banding together against me, not for my transgression nor for any sin of mine, O Lord. -- psalms 59:3 +. +They run and prepare themselves, though there is no fault in me; rouse Yourself [O Lord] to meet and help me, and see! -- psalms 59:4 +. +You, O Lord God of hosts, the God of Israel, arise to visit all the nations; spare none and be not merciful to any who treacherously plot evil. Selah [pause, and calmly think of that]! -- psalms 59:5 +. +They return at evening, they howl and snarl like dogs, and go [prowling] about the city. -- psalms 59:6 +. +Behold, they belch out [insults] with their mouths; swords [of sarcasm, ridicule, slander, and lies] are in their lips, for who, they think, hears us? -- psalms 59:7 +. +But You, O Lord, will laugh at them [in scorn]; You will hold all the nations in derision. -- psalms 59:8 +. +O my Strength, I will watch and give heed to You and sing praises; for God is my Defense (my Protector and High Tower). -- psalms 59:9 +. +My God in His mercy and steadfast love will meet me; God will let me look [triumphantly] on my enemies (those who lie in wait for me). -- psalms 59:10 +. +Slay them not, lest my people forget; scatter them by Your power and make them wander to and fro, and bring them down, O Lord our Shield! -- psalms 59:11 +. +For the sin of their mouths and the words of their lips, let them even be trapped and taken in their pride, and for the cursing and lying which they utter. -- psalms 59:12 +. +Consume them in wrath, consume them so that they shall be no more; and let them know unto the ends of the earth that God rules over Jacob (Israel). Selah [pause, and calmly think of that]! -- psalms 59:13 +. +And at evening let them return; let them howl and snarl like dogs, and go prowling about the city. -- psalms 59:14 +. +Let them wander up and down for food and tarry all night if they are not satisfied (not getting their fill). -- psalms 59:15 +. +But I will sing of Your mighty strength and power; yes, I will sing aloud of Your mercy and loving-kindness in the morning; for You have been to me a defense (a fortress and a high tower) and a refuge in the day of my distress. -- psalms 59:16 +. +Unto You, O my Strength, I will sing praises; for God is my Defense, my Fortress, and High Tower, the God Who shows me mercy and steadfast love. -- psalms 59:17 +. +O GOD, You have rejected us and cast us off, broken down [our defenses], and scattered us; You have been angry--O restore us and turn Yourself to us again! -- psalms 60:1 +. +You have made the land to quake and tremble, You have rent it [open]; repair its breaches, for it shakes and totters. -- psalms 60:2 +. +You have made Your people suffer hard things; You have given us to drink wine that makes us reel and be dazed. -- psalms 60:3 +. +[But now] You have set up a banner for those who fear and worshipfully revere You [to which they may flee from the bow], a standard displayed because of the truth. Selah [pause, and calmly think of that]! -- psalms 60:4 +. +That Your beloved ones may be delivered, save with Your right hand and answer us [or me]. -- psalms 60:5 +. +God has spoken in His holiness [in His promises]: I will rejoice, I will divide and portion out [the land] Shechem and the Valley of Succoth [west to east]. -- psalms 60:6 +. +Gilead is Mine, and Manasseh is Mine; Ephraim also is My helmet (the defense of My head); Judah is My scepter and My lawgiver. -- psalms 60:7 +. +Moab is My washpot [reduced to vilest servitude]; upon Edom I cast My shoe in triumph; over Philistia I raise the shout of victory. -- psalms 60:8 +. +Who will bring me [David] into the strong city [of Petra]? Who will lead me into Edom? -- psalms 60:9 +. +Have You not rejected us, O God? And will You not go forth, O God, with our armies? -- psalms 60:10 +. +O give us help against the adversary, for vain (ineffectual and to no purpose) is the help or salvation of man. -- psalms 60:11 +. +Through God we shall do valiantly, for He it is Who shall tread down our adversaries. -- psalms 60:12 +. +HEAR MY cry, O God; listen to my prayer. -- psalms 61:1 +. +From the end of the earth will I cry to You, when my heart is overwhelmed and fainting; lead me to the rock that is higher than I [yes, a rock that is too high for me]. -- psalms 61:2 +. +For You have been a shelter and a refuge for me, a strong tower against the adversary. -- psalms 61:3 +. +I will dwell in Your tabernacle forever; let me find refuge and trust in the shelter of Your wings. Selah [pause, and calmly think of that]! -- psalms 61:4 +. +For You, O God, have heard my vows; You have given me the heritage of those who fear, revere, and honor Your name. -- psalms 61:5 +. +May You prolong the [true] King's life [adding days upon days], and may His years be to the last generation [of this world and the generations of the world to come]. -- psalms 61:6 +. +May He sit enthroned forever before [the face of] God; O ordain that loving-kindness and faithfulness may watch over Him! -- psalms 61:7 +. +So will I sing praise to Your name forever, paying my vows day by day. -- psalms 61:8 +. +FOR GOD alone my soul waits in silence; from Him comes my salvation. -- psalms 62:1 +. +He only is my Rock and my Salvation, my Defense and my Fortress, I shall not be greatly moved. -- psalms 62:2 +. +How long will you set upon a man that you may slay him, all of you, like a leaning wall, like a tottering fence? -- psalms 62:3 +. +They only consult to cast him down from his height [to dishonor him]; they delight in lies. They bless with their mouths, but they curse inwardly. Selah [pause, and calmly think of that]! -- psalms 62:4 +. +My soul, wait only upon God and silently submit to Him; for my hope and expectation are from Him. -- psalms 62:5 +. +He only is my Rock and my Salvation; He is my Defense and my Fortress, I shall not be moved. -- psalms 62:6 +. +With God rests my salvation and my glory; He is my Rock of unyielding strength and impenetrable hardness, and my refuge is in God! -- psalms 62:7 +. +Trust in, lean on, rely on, and have confidence in Him at all times, you people; pour out your hearts before Him. God is a refuge for us (a fortress and a high tower). Selah [pause, and calmly think of that]! -- psalms 62:8 +. +Men of low degree [in the social scale] are emptiness (futility, a breath) and men of high degree [in the same scale] are a lie and a delusion. In the balances they go up; they are together lighter than a breath. -- psalms 62:9 +. +Trust not in and rely confidently not on extortion and oppression, and do not vainly hope in robbery; if riches increase, set not your heart on them. -- psalms 62:10 +. +God has spoken once, twice have I heard this: that power belongs to God. -- psalms 62:11 +. +Also to You, O Lord, belong mercy and loving-kindness, for You render to every man according to his work. -- psalms 62:12 +. +O GOD, You are my God, earnestly will I seek You; my inner self thirsts for You, my flesh longs and is faint for You, in a dry and weary land where no water is. -- psalms 63:1 +. +So I have looked upon You in the sanctuary to see Your power and Your glory. -- psalms 63:2 +. +Because Your loving-kindness is better than life, my lips shall praise You. -- psalms 63:3 +. +So will I bless You while I live; I will lift up my hands in Your name. -- psalms 63:4 +. +My whole being shall be satisfied as with marrow and fatness; and my mouth shall praise You with joyful lips -- psalms 63:5 +. +When I remember You upon my bed and meditate on You in the night watches. -- psalms 63:6 +. +For You have been my help, and in the shadow of Your wings will I rejoice. -- psalms 63:7 +. +My whole being follows hard after You and clings closely to You; Your right hand upholds me. -- psalms 63:8 +. +But those who seek and demand my life to ruin and destroy it shall [themselves be destroyed and] go into the lower parts of the earth [into the underworld of the dead]. -- psalms 63:9 +. +They shall be given over to the power of the sword; they shall be a prey for foxes and jackals. -- psalms 63:10 +. +But the king shall rejoice in God; everyone who swears by Him [that is, who binds himself by God's authority, acknowledging His supremacy, and devoting himself to His glory and service alone; every such one] shall glory, for the mouths of those who speak lies shall be stopped. -- psalms 63:11 +. +HEAR MY voice, O God, in my complaint; guard and preserve my life from the terror of the enemy. -- psalms 64:1 +. +Hide me from the secret counsel and conspiracy of the ungodly, from the scheming of evildoers, -- psalms 64:2 +. +Who whet their tongues like a sword, who aim venomous words like arrows, -- psalms 64:3 +. +Who shoot from ambush at the blameless man; suddenly do they shoot at him, without self-reproach or fear. -- psalms 64:4 +. +They encourage themselves in an evil purpose, they talk of laying snares secretly; they say, Who will discover us ? -- psalms 64:5 +. +They think out acts of injustice and say, We have accomplished a well-devised thing! For the inward thought of each one [is unsearchable] and his heart is deep. -- psalms 64:6 +. +But God will shoot an unexpected arrow at them; and suddenly shall they be wounded. -- psalms 64:7 +. +And they will be made to stumble, their own tongues turning against them; all who gaze upon them will shake their heads and flee away. -- psalms 64:8 +. +And all men shall [reverently] fear and be in awe; and they will declare the work of God, for they will wisely consider and acknowledge that it is His doing. -- psalms 64:9 +. +The [uncompromisingly] righteous shall be glad in the Lord and shall trust and take refuge in Him; and all the upright in heart shall glory and offer praise. -- psalms 64:10 +. +TO YOU belongs silence (the submissive wonder of reverence which bursts forth into praise) and praise is due and fitting to You, O God, in Zion; and to You shall the vow be performed. -- psalms 65:1 +. +O You Who hear prayer, to You shall all flesh come. -- psalms 65:2 +. +Iniquities and much varied guilt prevail against me; [yet] as for our transgressions, You forgive and purge them away [make atonement for them and cover them out of Your sight]! -- psalms 65:3 +. +Blessed (happy, fortunate, to be envied) is the man whom You choose and cause to come near, that he may dwell in Your courts! We shall be satisfied with the goodness of Your house, Your holy temple. -- psalms 65:4 +. +By fearful and glorious things [that terrify the wicked but make the godly sing praises] do You answer us in righteousness (rightness and justice), O God of our salvation, You Who are the confidence and hope of all the ends of the earth and of those far off on the seas; -- psalms 65:5 +. +Who by [Your] might have founded the mountains, being girded with power, -- psalms 65:6 +. +Who still the roaring of the seas, the roaring of their waves, and the tumult of the peoples, -- psalms 65:7 +. +So that those who dwell in earth's farthest parts are afraid of [nature's] signs of Your presence. You make the places where morning and evening have birth to shout for joy. -- psalms 65:8 +. +You visit the earth and saturate it with water; You greatly enrich it; the river of God is full of water; You provide them with grain when You have so prepared the earth. -- psalms 65:9 +. +You water the field's furrows abundantly, You settle the ridges of it; You make the soil soft with showers, blessing the sprouting of its vegetation. -- psalms 65:10 +. +You crown the year with Your bounty and goodness, and the tracks of Your [chariot wheels] drip with fatness. -- psalms 65:11 +. +The [luxuriant] pastures in the uncultivated country drip [with moisture], and the hills gird themselves with joy. -- psalms 65:12 +. +The meadows are clothed with flocks, the valleys also are covered with grain; they shout for joy and sing together. -- psalms 65:13 +. +MAKE A joyful noise unto God, all the earth; -- psalms 66:1 +. +Sing forth the honor and glory of His name; make His praise glorious! -- psalms 66:2 +. +Say to God, How awesome and fearfully glorious are Your works! Through the greatness of Your power shall Your enemies submit themselves to You [with feigned and reluctant obedience]. -- psalms 66:3 +. +All the earth shall bow down to You and sing [praises] to You; they shall praise Your name in song. Selah [pause, and calmly think of that]! -- psalms 66:4 +. +Come and see the works of God; see how [to save His people He smites their foes; He is] terrible in His doings toward the children of men. -- psalms 66:5 +. +He turned the sea into dry land, they crossed through the river on foot; there did we rejoice in Him. -- psalms 66:6 +. +He rules by His might forever, His eyes observe and keep watch over the nations; let not the rebellious exalt themselves. Selah [pause, and calmly think of that]! -- psalms 66:7 +. +Bless our God, O peoples, give Him grateful thanks and make the voice of His praise be heard, -- psalms 66:8 +. +Who put and kept us among the living, and has not allowed our feet to slip. -- psalms 66:9 +. +For You, O God, have proved us; You have tried us as silver is tried, refined, and purified. -- psalms 66:10 +. +You brought us into the net (the prison fortress, the dungeon); You laid a heavy burden upon our loins. -- psalms 66:11 +. +You caused men to ride over our heads [when we were prostrate]; we went through fire and through water, but You brought us out into a broad, moist place [to abundance and refreshment and the open air]. -- psalms 66:12 +. +I will come into Your house with burnt offerings [of entire consecration]; I will pay You my vows, -- psalms 66:13 +. +Which my lips uttered and my mouth promised when I was in distress. -- psalms 66:14 +. +I will offer to You burnt offerings of fat lambs, with rams consumed in sweet-smelling smoke; I will offer bullocks and he-goats. Selah [pause, and calmly think of that]! -- psalms 66:15 +. +Come and hear, all you who reverently and worshipfully fear God, and I will declare what He has done for me! -- psalms 66:16 +. +I cried aloud to Him; He was extolled and high praise was under my tongue. -- psalms 66:17 +. +If I regard iniquity in my heart, the Lord will not hear me; -- psalms 66:18 +. +But certainly God has heard me; He has given heed to the voice of my prayer. -- psalms 66:19 +. +Blessed be God, Who has not rejected my prayer nor removed His mercy and loving-kindness from being [as it always is] with me. -- psalms 66:20 +. +GOD BE merciful and gracious to us and bless us and cause His face to shine upon us and among us--Selah [pause, and calmly think of that]!-- -- psalms 67:1 +. +That Your way may be known upon earth, Your saving power (Your deliverances and Your salvation) among all nations. -- psalms 67:2 +. +Let the peoples praise You [turn away from their idols] and give thanks to You, O God; let all the peoples praise and give thanks to You. -- psalms 67:3 +. +O let the nations be glad and sing for joy, for You will judge the peoples fairly and guide, lead, or drive the nations upon earth. Selah [pause, and calmly think of that]! -- psalms 67:4 +. +Let the peoples praise You [turn away from their idols] and give thanks to You, O God; let all the peoples praise and give thanks to You! -- psalms 67:5 +. +The earth has yielded its harvest [in evidence of God's approval]; God, even our own God, will bless us. -- psalms 67:6 +. +God will bless us, and all the ends of the earth shall reverently fear Him. -- psalms 67:7 +. +GOD IS [already] beginning to arise, and His enemies to scatter; let them also who hate Him flee before Him! -- psalms 68:1 +. +As smoke is driven away, so drive them away; as wax melts before the fire, so let the wicked perish before the presence of God. -- psalms 68:2 +. +But let the [uncompromisingly] righteous be glad; let them be in high spirits and glory before God, yes, let them [jubilantly] rejoice! -- psalms 68:3 +. +Sing to God, sing praises to His name, cast up a highway for Him Who rides through the deserts--His name is the Lord--be in high spirits and glory before Him! -- psalms 68:4 +. +A father of the fatherless and a judge and protector of the widows is God in His holy habitation. -- psalms 68:5 +. +God places the solitary in families and gives the desolate a home in which to dwell; He leads the prisoners out to prosperity; but the rebellious dwell in a parched land. -- psalms 68:6 +. +O God, when You went forth before Your people, when You marched through the wilderness--Selah [pause, and calmly think of that]!-- -- psalms 68:7 +. +The earth trembled, the heavens also poured down [rain] at the presence of God; yonder Sinai quaked at the presence of God, the God of Israel. -- psalms 68:8 +. +You, O God, did send a plentiful rain; You did restore and confirm Your heritage when it languished and was weary. -- psalms 68:9 +. +Your flock found a dwelling place in it; You, O God, in Your goodness did provide for the poor and needy. -- psalms 68:10 +. +The Lord gives the word [of power]; the women who bear and publish [the news] are a great host. -- psalms 68:11 +. +The kings of the enemies' armies, they flee, they flee! She who tarries at home divides the spoil [left behind]. -- psalms 68:12 +. +Though you [the slackers] may lie among the sheepfolds [in slothful ease, yet for Israel] the wings of a dove are covered with silver, its pinions excessively green with gold [are trophies taken from the enemy]. -- psalms 68:13 +. +When the Almighty scattered kings in [the land], it was as when it snows on Zalmon [a wooded hill near Shechem]. -- psalms 68:14 +. +Is Mount Bashan the high mountain of summits, Mount Bashan [east of the Jordan] the mount of God? -- psalms 68:15 +. +Why do you look with grudging and envy, you many-peaked mountains, at the mountain [of the city called Zion] which God has desired for His dwelling place? Yes, the Lord will dwell in it forever. -- psalms 68:16 +. +The chariots of God are twenty thousand, even thousands upon thousands. The Lord is among them as He was in Sinai, [so also] in the Holy Place (the sanctuary in Jerusalem). -- psalms 68:17 +. +You have ascended on high. You have led away captive a train of vanquished foes; You have received gifts of men, yes, of the rebellious also, that the Lord God might dwell there with them. -- psalms 68:18 +. +Blessed be the Lord, Who bears our burdens and carries us day by day, even the God Who is our salvation! Selah [pause, and calmly think of that]! -- psalms 68:19 +. +God is to us a God of deliverances and salvation; and to God the Lord belongs escape from death [setting us free]. -- psalms 68:20 +. +But God will shatter the heads of His enemies, the hairy scalp of such a one as goes on still in his trespasses and guilty ways. -- psalms 68:21 +. +The Lord said, I will bring back [your enemies] from Bashan; I will bring them back from the depths of the [Red] Sea, -- psalms 68:22 +. +That you may crush them, dipping your foot in blood, that the tongues of your dogs may have their share from the foe. -- psalms 68:23 +. +They see Your goings, O God, even the [solemn processions] of my God, my King, into the sanctuary [in holiness]. -- psalms 68:24 +. +The singers go in front, the players on instruments last; between them the maidens are playing on tambourines. -- psalms 68:25 +. +Bless, give thanks, and gratefully praise God in full congregations, even the Lord, O you who are from [Jacob] the fountain of Israel. -- psalms 68:26 +. +There is little Benjamin in the lead [in the procession], the princes of Judah and their company, the princes of Zebulun, and the princes of Naphtali. -- psalms 68:27 +. +Your God has commanded your strength [your might in His service and impenetrable hardness to temptation]; O God, display Your might and strengthen what You have wrought for us! -- psalms 68:28 +. +[Out of respect] for Your temple at Jerusalem kings shall bring gifts to You. -- psalms 68:29 +. +Rebuke the wild beasts dwelling among the reeds [in Egypt], the herd of bulls (the leaders) with the calves of the peoples; trample underfoot those who lust for tribute money; scatter the peoples who delight in war. -- psalms 68:30 +. +Princes shall come out of Egypt; Ethiopia shall hasten to stretch out her hands [with the offerings of submission] to God. -- psalms 68:31 +. +Sing to God, O kingdoms of the earth, sing praises to the Lord! Selah [pause, and calmly think of that]! -- psalms 68:32 +. +[Sing praises] to Him Who rides upon the heavens, the ancient heavens; behold, He sends forth His voice, His mighty voice. -- psalms 68:33 +. +Ascribe power and strength to God; His majesty is over Israel, and His strength and might are in the skies. -- psalms 68:34 +. +O God, awe-inspiring, profoundly impressive, and terrible are You out of Your holy places; the God of Israel Himself gives strength and fullness of might to His people. Blessed be God! -- psalms 68:35 +. +SAVE ME, O God, for the waters have come up to my neck [they threaten my life]. -- psalms 69:1 +. +I sink in deep mire, where there is no foothold; I have come into deep waters, where the floods overwhelm me. -- psalms 69:2 +. +I am weary with my crying; my throat is parched; my eyes fail with waiting [hopefully] for my God. -- psalms 69:3 +. +Those who hate me without cause are more than the hairs of my head; those who would cut me off and destroy me, being my enemies wrongfully, are many and mighty. I am [forced] to restore what I did not steal. -- psalms 69:4 +. +O God, You know my folly and blundering; my sins and my guilt are not hidden from You. -- psalms 69:5 +. +Let not those who wait and hope and look for You, O Lord of hosts, be put to shame through me; let not those who seek and inquire for and require You [as their vital necessity] be brought to confusion and dishonor through me, O God of Israel. -- psalms 69:6 +. +Because for Your sake I have borne taunt and reproach; confusion and shame have covered my face. -- psalms 69:7 +. +I have become a stranger to my brethren, and an alien to my mother's children. -- psalms 69:8 +. +For zeal for Your house has eaten me up, and the reproaches and insults of those who reproach and insult You have fallen upon me. -- psalms 69:9 +. +When I wept and humbled myself with fasting, I was jeered at and humiliated; -- psalms 69:10 +. +When I made sackcloth my clothing, I became a byword (an object of scorn) to them. -- psalms 69:11 +. +They who sit in [the city's] gate talk about me, and I am the song of the drunkards. -- psalms 69:12 +. +But as for me, my prayer is to You, O Lord. At an acceptable and opportune time, O God, in the multitude of Your mercy and the abundance of Your loving-kindness hear me, and in the truth and faithfulness of Your salvation answer me. -- psalms 69:13 +. +Rescue me out of the mire, and let me not sink; let me be delivered from those who hate me and from out of the deep waters. -- psalms 69:14 +. +Let not the floodwaters overflow and overwhelm me, neither let the deep swallow me up nor the [dug] pit [with water perhaps in the bottom] close its mouth over me. -- psalms 69:15 +. +Hear and answer me, O Lord, for Your loving-kindness is sweet and comforting; according to Your plenteous tender mercy and steadfast love turn to me. -- psalms 69:16 +. +Hide not Your face from Your servant, for I am in distress; O answer me speedily! -- psalms 69:17 +. +Draw close to me and redeem me; ransom and set me free because of my enemies [lest they glory in my prolonged distress]! -- psalms 69:18 +. +You know my reproach and my shame and my dishonor; my adversaries are all before You [fully known to You]. -- psalms 69:19 +. +Insults and reproach have broken my heart; I am full of heaviness and I am distressingly sick. I looked for pity, but there was none, and for comforters, but I found none. -- psalms 69:20 +. +They gave me also gall [poisonous and bitter] for my food, and in my thirst they gave me vinegar (a soured wine) to drink. -- psalms 69:21 +. +Let their own table [with all its abundance and luxury] become a snare to them; and when they are secure in peace [or at their sacrificial feasts, let it become] a trap to them. -- psalms 69:22 +. +Let their eyes be darkened so that they cannot see, and make their loins tremble continually [from terror, dismay, and feebleness]. -- psalms 69:23 +. +Pour out Your indignation upon them, and let the fierceness of Your burning anger catch up with them. -- psalms 69:24 +. +Let their habitation and their encampment be a desolation; let no one dwell in their tents. -- psalms 69:25 +. +For they pursue and persecute him whom You have smitten, and they gossip about those whom You have wounded, [adding] to their grief and pain. -- psalms 69:26 +. +Let one [unforgiven] perverseness and iniquity accumulate upon another for them [in Your book], and let them not come into Your righteousness or be justified and acquitted by You. -- psalms 69:27 +. +Let them be blotted out of the book of the living and the book of life and not be enrolled among the [uncompromisingly] righteous (those upright and in right standing with God). -- psalms 69:28 +. +But I am poor, sorrowful, and in pain; let Your salvation, O God, set me up on high. -- psalms 69:29 +. +I will praise the name of God with a song and will magnify Him with thanksgiving, -- psalms 69:30 +. +And it will please the Lord better than an ox or a bullock that has horns and hoofs. -- psalms 69:31 +. +The humble shall see it and be glad; you who seek God, inquiring for and requiring Him [as your first need], let your hearts revive and live! -- psalms 69:32 +. +For the Lord hears the poor and needy and despises not His prisoners (His miserable and wounded ones). -- psalms 69:33 +. +Let heaven and earth praise Him, the seas and everything that moves in them. -- psalms 69:34 +. +For God will save Zion and rebuild the cities of Judah; and [His servants] shall remain and dwell there and have it in their possession; -- psalms 69:35 +. +The children of His servants shall inherit it, and those who love His name shall dwell in it. -- psalms 69:36 +. +MAKE HASTE, O God, to deliver me; make haste to help me, O Lord! -- psalms 70:1 +. +Let them be put to shame and confounded that seek and demand my life; let them be turned backward and brought to confusion and dishonor who desire and delight in my hurt. -- psalms 70:2 +. +Let them be turned back and appalled because of their shame and disgrace who say, Aha, aha! -- psalms 70:3 +. +May all those who seek, inquire of and for You, and require You [as their vital need] rejoice and be glad in You; and may those who love Your salvation say continually, Let God be magnified! -- psalms 70:4 +. +But I am poor and needy; hasten to me, O God! You are my Help and my Deliverer; O Lord, do not tarry! -- psalms 70:5 +. +IN YOU, O Lord, do I put my trust and confidently take refuge; let me never be put to shame or confusion! -- psalms 71:1 +. +Deliver me in Your righteousness and cause me to escape; bow down Your ear to me and save me! -- psalms 71:2 +. +Be to me a rock of refuge in which to dwell, and a sheltering stronghold to which I may continually resort, which You have appointed to save me, for You are my Rock and my Fortress. -- psalms 71:3 +. +Rescue me, O my God, out of the hand of the wicked, out of the grasp of the unrighteous and ruthless man. -- psalms 71:4 +. +For You are my hope; O Lord God, You are my trust from my youth and the source of my confidence. -- psalms 71:5 +. +Upon You have I leaned and relied from birth; You are He Who took me from my mother's womb and You have been my benefactor from that day. My praise is continually of You. -- psalms 71:6 +. +I am as a wonder and surprise to many, but You are my strong refuge. -- psalms 71:7 +. +My mouth shall be filled with Your praise and with Your honor all the day. -- psalms 71:8 +. +Cast me not off nor send me away in the time of old age; forsake me not when my strength is spent and my powers fail. -- psalms 71:9 +. +For my enemies talk against me; those who watch for my life consult together, -- psalms 71:10 +. +Saying, God has forsaken him; pursue and persecute and take him, for there is none to deliver him. -- psalms 71:11 +. +O God, be not far from me! O my God, make haste to help me! -- psalms 71:12 +. +Let them be put to shame and consumed who are adversaries to my life; let them be covered with reproach, scorn, and dishonor who seek and require my hurt. -- psalms 71:13 +. +But I will hope continually, and will praise You yet more and more. -- psalms 71:14 +. +My mouth shall tell of Your righteous acts and of Your deeds of salvation all the day, for their number is more than I know. -- psalms 71:15 +. +I will come in the strength and with the mighty acts of the Lord God; I will mention and praise Your righteousness, even Yours alone. -- psalms 71:16 +. +O God, You have taught me from my youth, and hitherto have I declared Your wondrous works. -- psalms 71:17 +. +Yes, even when I am old and gray-headed, O God, forsake me not, [but keep me alive] until I have declared Your mighty strength to [this] generation, and Your might and power to all that are to come. -- psalms 71:18 +. +Your righteousness also, O God, is very high [reaching to the heavens], You Who have done great things; O God, who is like You, or who is Your equal? -- psalms 71:19 +. +You Who have shown us [all] troubles great and sore will quicken us again and will bring us up again from the depths of the earth. -- psalms 71:20 +. +Increase my greatness (my honor) and turn and comfort me. -- psalms 71:21 +. +I will also praise You with the harp, even Your truth and faithfulness, O my God; unto You will I sing praises with the lyre, O Holy One of Israel. -- psalms 71:22 +. +My lips shall shout for joy when I sing praises to You, and my inner being, which You have redeemed. -- psalms 71:23 +. +My tongue also shall talk of Your righteousness all the day long; for they are put to shame, for they are confounded, who seek and demand my hurt. -- psalms 71:24 +. +GIVE THE king [knowledge of] Your [way of] judging, O God, and [the spirit of] Your righteousness to the king's son [to control all his actions]. -- psalms 72:1 +. +Let him judge and govern Your people with righteousness, and Your poor and afflicted ones with judgment and justice. -- psalms 72:2 +. +The mountains shall bring peace to the people, and the hills, through [the general establishment of] righteousness. -- psalms 72:3 +. +May he judge and defend the poor of the people, deliver the children of the needy, and crush the oppressor, -- psalms 72:4 +. +So that they may revere and fear You while the sun and moon endure, throughout all generations. -- psalms 72:5 +. +May he [Solomon as a type of King David's greater Son] be like rain that comes down upon the mown grass, like showers that water the earth. -- psalms 72:6 +. +In His [Christ's] days shall the [uncompromisingly] righteous flourish and peace abound till there is a moon no longer. -- psalms 72:7 +. +He [Christ] shall have dominion also from sea to sea and from the River [Euphrates] to the ends of the earth. -- psalms 72:8 +. +Those who dwell in the wilderness shall bow before Him and His enemies shall lick the dust. -- psalms 72:9 +. +The kings of Tarshish and of the coasts shall bring offerings; the kings of Sheba and Seba shall offer gifts. -- psalms 72:10 +. +Yes, all kings shall fall down before Him, all nations shall serve Him. -- psalms 72:11 +. +For He delivers the needy when he calls out, the poor also and him who has no helper. -- psalms 72:12 +. +He will have pity on the poor and weak and needy and will save the lives of the needy. -- psalms 72:13 +. +He will redeem their lives from oppression and fraud and violence, and precious and costly shall their blood be in His sight. -- psalms 72:14 +. +And He shall live; and to Him shall be given gold of Sheba; prayer also shall be made for Him and through Him continually, and they shall bless and praise Him all the day long. -- psalms 72:15 +. +There shall be abundance of grain in the soil upon the top of the mountains [the least fruitful places in the land]; the fruit of it shall wave like [the forests of] Lebanon, and [the inhabitants of] the city shall flourish like grass of the earth. -- psalms 72:16 +. +His name shall endure forever; His name shall continue as long as the sun [indeed, His name continues before the sun]. And men shall be blessed and bless themselves by Him; all nations shall call Him blessed! -- psalms 72:17 +. +Blessed be the Lord God, the God of Israel, Who alone does wondrous things! -- psalms 72:18 +. +Blessed be His glorious name forever; let the whole earth be filled with His glory! Amen and Amen! -- psalms 72:19 +. +The prayers of David son of Jesse are ended. -- psalms 72:20 +. +TRULY GOD is [only] good to Israel, even to those who are upright and pure in heart. -- psalms 73:1 +. +But as for me, my feet were almost gone, my steps had well-nigh slipped. -- psalms 73:2 +. +For I was envious of the foolish and arrogant when I saw the prosperity of the wicked. -- psalms 73:3 +. +For they suffer no violent pangs in their death, but their strength is firm. -- psalms 73:4 +. +They are not in trouble as other men; neither are they smitten and plagued like other men. -- psalms 73:5 +. +Therefore pride is about their necks like a chain; violence covers them like a garment [like a long, luxurious robe]. -- psalms 73:6 +. +Their eyes stand out with fatness, they have more than heart could wish; and the imaginations of their minds overflow [with follies]. -- psalms 73:7 +. +They scoff, and wickedly utter oppression; they speak loftily [from on high, maliciously and blasphemously]. -- psalms 73:8 +. +They set their mouths against and speak down from heaven, and their tongues swagger through the earth [invading even heaven with blasphemy and smearing earth with slanders]. -- psalms 73:9 +. +Therefore His people return here, and waters of a full cup [offered by the wicked] are [blindly] drained by them. -- psalms 73:10 +. +And they say, How does God know? Is there knowledge in the Most High? -- psalms 73:11 +. +Behold, these are the ungodly, who always prosper and are at ease in the world; they increase in riches. -- psalms 73:12 +. +Surely then in vain have I cleansed my heart and washed my hands in innocency. -- psalms 73:13 +. +For all the day long have I been smitten and plagued, and chastened every morning. -- psalms 73:14 +. +Had I spoken thus [and given expression to my feelings], I would have been untrue and have dealt treacherously against the generation of Your children. -- psalms 73:15 +. +But when I considered how to understand this, it was too great an effort for me and too painful -- psalms 73:16 +. +Until I went into the sanctuary of God; then I understood [for I considered] their end. -- psalms 73:17 +. +[After all] You do set the [wicked] in slippery places; You cast them down to ruin and destruction. -- psalms 73:18 +. +How they become a desolation in a moment! They are utterly consumed with terrors! -- psalms 73:19 +. +As a dream [which seems real] until one awakens, so, O Lord, when You arouse Yourself [to take note of the wicked], You will despise their outward show. -- psalms 73:20 +. +For my heart was grieved, embittered, and in a state of ferment, and I was pricked in my heart [as with the sharp fang of an adder]. -- psalms 73:21 +. +So foolish, stupid, and brutish was I, and ignorant; I was like a beast before You. -- psalms 73:22 +. +Nevertheless I am continually with You; You do hold my right hand. -- psalms 73:23 +. +You will guide me with Your counsel, and afterward receive me to honor and glory. -- psalms 73:24 +. +Whom have I in heaven but You? And I have no delight or desire on earth besides You. -- psalms 73:25 +. +My flesh and my heart may fail, but God is the Rock and firm Strength of my heart and my Portion forever. -- psalms 73:26 +. +For behold, those who are far from You shall perish; You will destroy all who are false to You and like [spiritual] harlots depart from You. -- psalms 73:27 +. +But it is good for me to draw near to God; I have put my trust in the Lord God and made Him my refuge, that I may tell of all Your works. -- psalms 73:28 +. +O GOD, why do You cast us off forever? Why does Your anger burn and smoke against the sheep of Your pasture? -- psalms 74:1 +. +[Earnestly] remember Your congregation which You have acquired of old, which You have redeemed to be the tribe of Your heritage; remember Mount Zion, where You have dwelt. -- psalms 74:2 +. +Direct Your feet [quickly] to the perpetual ruins and desolations; the foe has devastated and desecrated everything in the sanctuary. -- psalms 74:3 +. +In the midst of Your Holy Place Your enemies have roared [with their battle cry]; they set up their own [idol] emblems for signs [of victory]. -- psalms 74:4 +. +They seemed like men who lifted up axes upon a thicket of trees to make themselves a record. -- psalms 74:5 +. +And then all the carved wood of the Holy Place they broke down with hatchets and hammers. -- psalms 74:6 +. +They have set Your sanctuary on fire; they have profaned the dwelling place of Your Name by casting it to the ground. -- psalms 74:7 +. +They said in their hearts, Let us make havoc [of such places] altogether. They have burned up all God's meetinghouses in the land. -- psalms 74:8 +. +We do not see our symbols; there is no longer any prophet, neither does any among us know for how long. -- psalms 74:9 +. +O God, how long is the adversary to scoff and reproach? Is the enemy to blaspheme and revile Your name forever? -- psalms 74:10 +. +Why do You hold back Your hand, even Your right hand? Draw it out of Your bosom and consume them [make an end of them]! -- psalms 74:11 +. +Yet God is my King of old, working salvation in the midst of the earth. -- psalms 74:12 +. +You did divide the [Red] Sea by Your might; You broke the heads of the [Egyptian] dragons in the waters. -- psalms 74:13 +. +You crushed the heads of Leviathan (Egypt); You did give him as food for the creatures inhabiting the wilderness. -- psalms 74:14 +. +You did cleave open [the rock bringing forth] fountains and streams; You dried up mighty, ever-flowing rivers (the Jordan). -- psalms 74:15 +. +The day is Yours, the night also is Yours; You have established the [starry] light and the sun. -- psalms 74:16 +. +You have fixed all the borders of the earth [the divisions of land and sea and of the nations]; You have made summer and winter. [Acts17:26.] -- psalms 74:17 +. +[Earnestly] remember how the enemy has scoffed, O Lord, and reproached You, and how a foolish and impious people has blasphemed Your name. -- psalms 74:18 +. +Oh, do not deliver the life of your turtledove to the wild beast (to the greedy multitude); forget not the life [of the multitude] of Your poor forever. -- psalms 74:19 +. +Have regard for the covenant [You made with Abraham], for the dark places of the land are full of the habitations of violence. -- psalms 74:20 +. +Oh, let not the downtrodden return in shame; let the oppressed and needy praise Your name. -- psalms 74:21 +. +Arise, O God, plead Your own cause; remember [earnestly] how the foolish and impious man scoffs and reproaches You day after day and all day long. -- psalms 74:22 +. +Do not forget the [clamoring] voices of Your adversaries, the tumult of those who rise up against You, which ascends continually. -- psalms 74:23 +. +WE GIVE praise and thanks to You, O God, we praise and give thanks; Your wondrous works declare that Your Name is near and they who invoke Your Name rehearse Your wonders. -- psalms 75:1 +. +When the proper time has come [for executing My judgments], I will judge uprightly [says the Lord]. -- psalms 75:2 +. +When the earth totters, and all the inhabitants of it, it is I Who will poise and keep steady its pillars. Selah [pause, and calmly think of that]! -- psalms 75:3 +. +I said to the arrogant and boastful, Deal not arrogantly [do not boast]; and to the wicked, Lift not up the horn [of personal aggrandizement]. -- psalms 75:4 +. +Lift not up your [aggressive] horn on high, speak not with a stiff neck and insolent arrogance. -- psalms 75:5 +. +For not from the east nor from the west nor from the south come promotion and lifting up. -- psalms 75:6 +. +But God is the Judge! He puts down one and lifts up another. -- psalms 75:7 +. +For in the hand of the Lord there is a cup [of His wrath], and the wine foams and is red, well mixed; and He pours out from it, and all the wicked of the earth must drain it and drink its dregs. -- psalms 75:8 +. +But I will declare and rejoice forever; I will sing praises to the God of Jacob. -- psalms 75:9 +. +All the horns of the ungodly also will I cut off [says the Lord], but the horns of the [uncompromisingly] righteous shall be exalted. -- psalms 75:10 +. +IN JUDAH God is known and renowned; His name is highly praised and is great in Israel. -- psalms 76:1 +. +In [Jeru]Salem also is His tabernacle, and His dwelling place is in Zion. -- psalms 76:2 +. +There He broke the bow's flashing arrows, the shield, the sword, and the weapons of war. Selah [pause, and calmly think of that]! -- psalms 76:3 +. +Glorious and excellent are You from the mountains of prey [splendid and majestic, more than the everlasting mountains]. -- psalms 76:4 +. +The stouthearted are stripped of their spoil, they have slept the sleep [of death]; and none of the men of might could raise their hands. -- psalms 76:5 +. +At Your rebuke, O God of Jacob, both chariot [rider] and horse are cast into a dead sleep [of death]. -- psalms 76:6 +. +You, even You, are to be feared [with awe and reverence]! Who may stand in Your presence when once Your anger is roused? -- psalms 76:7 +. +You caused sentence to be heard from heaven; the earth feared and was still-- -- psalms 76:8 +. +When God arose to [establish] judgment, to save all the meek and oppressed of the earth. Selah [pause, and calmly think of that]! -- psalms 76:9 +. +Surely the wrath of man shall praise You; the remainder of wrath shall You restrain and gird and arm Yourself with it. -- psalms 76:10 +. +Vow and pay to the Lord your God; let all who are round about Him bring presents to Him Who ought to be [reverently] feared. -- psalms 76:11 +. +He will cut off the spirit [of pride and fury] of princes; He is terrible to the [ungodly] kings of the earth. -- psalms 76:12 +. +I WILL cry to God with my voice, even to God with my voice, and He will give ear and hearken to me. -- psalms 77:1 +. +In the day of my trouble I seek (inquire of and desperately require) the Lord; in the night my hand is stretched out [in prayer] without slacking up; I refuse to be comforted. -- psalms 77:2 +. +I [earnestly] remember God; I am disquieted and I groan; I muse in prayer, and my spirit faints [overwhelmed]. Selah [pause, and calmly think of that]! -- psalms 77:3 +. +You hold my eyes from closing; I am so troubled that I cannot speak. -- psalms 77:4 +. +I consider the days of old, the years of bygone times [of prosperity]. -- psalms 77:5 +. +I call to remembrance my song in the night; with my heart I meditate and my spirit searches diligently: -- psalms 77:6 +. +Will the Lord cast off forever? And will He be favorable no more? -- psalms 77:7 +. +Have His mercy and loving-kindness ceased forever? Have His promises ended for all time? -- psalms 77:8 +. +Has God [deliberately] abandoned or forgotten His graciousness? Has He in anger shut up His compassion? Selah [pause, and calmly think of that]! -- psalms 77:9 +. +And I say, This [apparent desertion of Israel by God] is my appointed lot and trial, but I will recall the years of the right hand of the Most High [in loving-kindness extended toward us], for this is my grief, that the right hand of the Most High changes. -- psalms 77:10 +. +I will [earnestly] recall the deeds of the Lord; yes, I will [earnestly] remember the wonders [You performed for our fathers] of old. -- psalms 77:11 +. +I will meditate also upon all Your works and consider all Your [mighty] deeds. -- psalms 77:12 +. +Your way, O God, is in the sanctuary [in holiness, away from sin and guilt]. Who is a great God like our God? -- psalms 77:13 +. +You are the God Who does wonders; You have demonstrated Your power among the peoples. -- psalms 77:14 +. +You have with Your [mighty] arm redeemed Your people, the sons of Jacob and Joseph. Selah [pause, and calmly think of that]! -- psalms 77:15 +. +When the waters [at the Red Sea and the Jordan] saw You, O God, they were afraid; the deep shuddered also, for [all] the waters saw You. -- psalms 77:16 +. +The clouds poured down water, the skies sent out a sound [of rumbling thunder]; Your arrows went forth [in forked lightning]. -- psalms 77:17 +. +The voice of Your thunder was in the whirlwind, the lightnings illumined the world; the earth trembled and shook. -- psalms 77:18 +. +Your way [in delivering Your people] was through the sea, and Your paths through the great waters, yet Your footsteps were not traceable, but were obliterated. -- psalms 77:19 +. +You led Your people like a flock by the hand of Moses and Aaron. -- psalms 77:20 +. +GIVE EAR, O my people, to my teaching; incline your ears to the words of my mouth. -- psalms 78:1 +. +I will open my mouth in a parable (in instruction by numerous examples); I will utter dark sayings of old [that hide important truth]-- -- psalms 78:2 +. +Which we have heard and known, and our fathers have told us. -- psalms 78:3 +. +We will not hide them from their children, but we will tell to the generation to come the praiseworthy deeds of the Lord, and His might, and the wonderful works that He has performed. -- psalms 78:4 +. +For He established a testimony (an express precept) in Jacob and appointed a law in Israel, commanding our fathers that they should make [the great facts of God's dealings with Israel] known to their children, -- psalms 78:5 +. +That the generation to come might know them, that the children still to be born might arise and recount them to their children, -- psalms 78:6 +. +That they might set their hope in God and not forget the works of God, but might keep His commandments -- psalms 78:7 +. +And might not be as their fathers--a stubborn and rebellious generation, a generation that set not their hearts aright nor prepared their hearts to know God, and whose spirits were not steadfast and faithful to God. -- psalms 78:8 +. +The children of Ephraim were armed and carrying bows, yet they turned back in the day of battle. -- psalms 78:9 +. +They kept not the covenant of God and refused to walk according to His law -- psalms 78:10 +. +And forgot His works and His wonders that He had shown them. -- psalms 78:11 +. +Marvelous things did He in the sight of their fathers in the land of Egypt, in the field of Zoan [where Pharaoh resided]. -- psalms 78:12 +. +He divided the [Red] Sea and caused them to pass through it, and He made the waters stand like a heap. -- psalms 78:13 +. +In the daytime also He led them with a [pillar of] cloud and all the night with a light of fire. -- psalms 78:14 +. +He split rocks in the wilderness and gave them drink abundantly as out of the deep. -- psalms 78:15 +. +He brought streams also out of the rock [at Rephidim and Kadesh] and caused waters to run down like rivers. -- psalms 78:16 +. +Yet they still went on to sin against Him by provoking and rebelling against the Most High in the wilderness (in the land of drought). -- psalms 78:17 +. +And they tempted God in their hearts by asking for food according to their [selfish] desire and appetite. -- psalms 78:18 +. +Yes, they spoke against God; they said, Can God furnish [the food for] a table in the wilderness? -- psalms 78:19 +. +Behold, He did smite the rock so that waters gushed out and the streams overflowed; but can He give bread also? Can He provide flesh for His people? -- psalms 78:20 +. +Therefore, when the Lord heard, He was [full of] wrath; a fire was kindled against Jacob, His anger mounted up against Israel, -- psalms 78:21 +. +Because in God they believed not [they relied not on Him, they adhered not to Him], and they trusted not in His salvation (His power to save). -- psalms 78:22 +. +Yet He commanded the clouds above and opened the doors of heaven; -- psalms 78:23 +. +And He rained down upon them manna to eat and gave them heaven's grain. -- psalms 78:24 +. +Everyone ate the bread of the mighty [man ate angels' food]; God sent them meat in abundance. -- psalms 78:25 +. +He let forth the east wind to blow in the heavens, and by His power He guided the south wind. -- psalms 78:26 +. +He rained flesh also upon them like the dust, and winged birds [quails] like the sand of the seas. -- psalms 78:27 +. +And He let [the birds] fall in the midst of their camp, round about their tents. -- psalms 78:28 +. +So they ate and were well filled; He gave them what they craved and lusted after. -- psalms 78:29 +. +But scarce had they stilled their craving, and while their meat was yet in their mouths, -- psalms 78:30 +. +The wrath of God came upon them and slew the strongest and sturdiest of them and smote down Israel's chosen youth. -- psalms 78:31 +. +In spite of all this, they sinned still more, for they believed not in (relied not on and adhered not to Him for) His wondrous works. -- psalms 78:32 +. +Therefore their days He consumed like a breath [in emptiness, falsity, and futility] and their years in terror and sudden haste. -- psalms 78:33 +. +When He slew [some of] them, [the remainder] inquired after Him diligently, and they repented and sincerely sought God [for a time]. -- psalms 78:34 +. +And they [earnestly] remembered that God was their Rock, and the Most High God their Redeemer. -- psalms 78:35 +. +Nevertheless they flattered Him with their mouths and lied to Him with their tongues. -- psalms 78:36 +. +For their hearts were not right or sincere with Him, neither were they faithful and steadfast to His covenant. -- psalms 78:37 +. +But He, full of [merciful] compassion, forgave their iniquity and destroyed them not; yes, many a time He turned His anger away and did not stir up all His wrath and indignation. -- psalms 78:38 +. +For He [earnestly] remembered that they were but flesh, a wind that goes and does not return. -- psalms 78:39 +. +How often they defied and rebelled against Him in the wilderness and grieved Him in the desert! -- psalms 78:40 +. +And time and again they turned back and tempted God, provoking and incensing the Holy One of Israel. -- psalms 78:41 +. +They remembered not [seriously the miracles of the working of] His hand, nor the day when He delivered them from the enemy, -- psalms 78:42 +. +How He wrought His miracles in Egypt and His wonders in the field of Zoan [where Pharaoh resided] -- psalms 78:43 +. +And turned their rivers into blood, and their streams, so that they could not drink from them. -- psalms 78:44 +. +He sent swarms of [venomous] flies among them which devoured them, and frogs which destroyed them. -- psalms 78:45 +. +He gave also their crops to the caterpillar and [the fruit of] their labor to the locust. -- psalms 78:46 +. +He destroyed their vines with hail and their sycamore trees with frost and [great chunks of] ice. -- psalms 78:47 +. +He [caused them to shut up their cattle or] gave them up also to the hail and their flocks to hot thunderbolts. -- psalms 78:48 +. +He let loose upon them the fierceness of His anger, His wrath and indignation and distress, by sending [a mission of] angels of calamity and woe among them. -- psalms 78:49 +. +He leveled and made a straight path for His anger [to give it free course]; He did not spare [the Egyptian families] from death but gave their beasts over to the pestilence and the life [of their eldest] over to the plague. -- psalms 78:50 +. +He smote all the firstborn in Egypt, the chief of their strength in the tents [of the land of the sons] of Ham. -- psalms 78:51 +. +But [God] led His own people forth like sheep and guided them [with a shepherd's care] like a flock in the wilderness. -- psalms 78:52 +. +And He led them on safely and in confident trust, so that they feared not; but the sea overwhelmed their enemies. -- psalms 78:53 +. +And He brought them to His holy border, the border of [Canaan] His sanctuary, even to this mountain [Zion] which His right hand had acquired. -- psalms 78:54 +. +He drove out the nations also before [Israel] and allotted their land as a heritage, measured out and partitioned; and He made the tribes of Israel to dwell in the tents of those dispossessed. -- psalms 78:55 +. +Yet they tempted and provoked and rebelled against the Most High God and kept not His testimonies. -- psalms 78:56 +. +But they turned back and dealt unfaithfully and treacherously like their fathers; they were twisted like a warped and deceitful bow [that will not respond to the archer's aim]. -- psalms 78:57 +. +For they provoked Him to [righteous] anger with their high places [for idol worship] and moved Him to jealousy with their graven images. -- psalms 78:58 +. +When God heard this, He was full of [holy] wrath; and He utterly rejected Israel, greatly abhorring and loathing [her ways], -- psalms 78:59 +. +So that He forsook the tabernacle at Shiloh, the tent in which He had dwelt among men [and never returned to it again], -- psalms 78:60 +. +And delivered His strength and power (the ark of the covenant) into captivity, and His glory into the hands of the foe (the Philistines). -- psalms 78:61 +. +He gave His people over also to the sword and was wroth with His heritage [Israel]. -- psalms 78:62 +. +The fire [of war] devoured their young men, and their bereaved virgins were not praised in a wedding song. -- psalms 78:63 +. +Their priests [Hophni and Phinehas] fell by the sword, and their widows made no lamentation [for the bodies came not back from the scene of battle, and the widow of Phinehas also died that day]. -- psalms 78:64 +. +Then the Lord awakened as from sleep, as a strong man whose consciousness of power is heightened by wine. -- psalms 78:65 +. +And He smote His adversaries in the back [as they fled]; He put them to lasting shame and reproach. -- psalms 78:66 +. +Moreover, He rejected the tent of Joseph and chose not the tribe of Ephraim [in which the tabernacle had been accustomed to stand]. -- psalms 78:67 +. +But He chose the tribe of Judah [as Israel's leader], Mount Zion, which He loved [to replace Shiloh as His capital]. -- psalms 78:68 +. +And He built His sanctuary [exalted] like the heights [of the heavens] and like the earth which He established forever. -- psalms 78:69 +. +He chose David His servant and took him from the sheepfolds; -- psalms 78:70 +. +From tending the ewes that had their young He brought him to be the shepherd of Jacob His people, of Israel His inheritance. -- psalms 78:71 +. +So [David] was their shepherd with an upright heart; he guided them by the discernment and skillfulness [which controlled] his hands. -- psalms 78:72 +. +O GOD, the nations have come into [the land of Your people] Your inheritance; Your sacred temple have they defiled; they have made Jerusalem heaps of ruins. -- psalms 79:1 +. +The dead bodies of Your servants they have given as food to the birds of the heavens, the flesh of Your saints to the beasts of the earth. -- psalms 79:2 +. +Their blood they have poured out like water round about Jerusalem, and there was none to bury them. -- psalms 79:3 +. +[Because of such humiliation] we have become a taunt and reproach to our neighbors, a mocking and derision to those who are round about us. -- psalms 79:4 +. +How long, O Lord? Will You be angry forever? Shall Your jealousy [which cannot endure a divided allegiance] burn like fire? -- psalms 79:5 +. +Pour out Your wrath on the Gentile nations who do not acknowledge You, and upon the kingdoms that do not call on Your name. -- psalms 79:6 +. +For they have devoured Jacob and laid waste his dwelling and his pasture. -- psalms 79:7 +. +O do not [earnestly] remember against us the iniquities and guilt of our forefathers! Let Your compassion and tender mercy speedily come to meet us, for we are brought very low. -- psalms 79:8 +. +Help us, O God of our salvation, for the glory of Your name! Deliver us, forgive us, and purge away our sins for Your name's sake. -- psalms 79:9 +. +Why should the Gentile nations say, Where is their God? Let vengeance for the blood of Your servants which is poured out be known among the nations in our sight [not delaying until some future generation]. -- psalms 79:10 +. +Let the groaning and sighing of the prisoner come before You; according to the greatness of Your power and Your arm spare those who are appointed to die! -- psalms 79:11 +. +And return into the bosom of our neighbors sevenfold the taunts with which they have taunted and scoffed at You, O Lord! -- psalms 79:12 +. +Then we Your people, the sheep of Your pasture, will give You thanks forever; we will show forth and publish Your praise from generation to generation. -- psalms 79:13 +. +GIVE EAR, O Shepherd of Israel, You Who lead Joseph like a flock; You Who sit enthroned upon the cherubim [of the ark of the covenant], shine forth -- psalms 80:1 +. +Before Ephraim and Benjamin and Manasseh! Stir up Your might, and come to save us! -- psalms 80:2 +. +Restore us again, O God; and cause Your face to shine [in pleasure and approval on us], and we shall be saved! -- psalms 80:3 +. +O Lord God of hosts, how long will You be angry with Your people's prayers? -- psalms 80:4 +. +You have fed them with the bread of tears, and You have given them tears to drink in large measure. -- psalms 80:5 +. +You make us a strife and scorn to our neighbors, and our enemies laugh among themselves. -- psalms 80:6 +. +Restore us again, O God of hosts; and cause Your face to shine [upon us with favor as of old], and we shall be saved! -- psalms 80:7 +. +You brought a vine [Israel] out of Egypt; You drove out the [heathen] nations and planted it [in Canaan]. -- psalms 80:8 +. +You prepared room before it, and it took deep root and it filled the land. -- psalms 80:9 +. +The mountains were covered with the shadow of it, and the boughs of it were like the great cedars [cedars of God]. -- psalms 80:10 +. +[Israel] sent out its boughs to the [Mediterranean] Sea and its branches to the [Euphrates] River. -- psalms 80:11 +. +Why have You broken down its hedges and walls so that all who pass by pluck from its fruit? -- psalms 80:12 +. +The boar out of the wood wastes it and the wild beast of the field feeds on it. -- psalms 80:13 +. +Turn again, we beseech You, O God of hosts! Look down from heaven and see, visit, and have regard for this vine! -- psalms 80:14 +. +[Protect and maintain] the stock which Your right hand planted, and the branch (the son) that You have reared and made strong for Yourself. -- psalms 80:15 +. +They have burned it with fire, it is cut down; may they perish at the rebuke of Your countenance. -- psalms 80:16 +. +Let Your hand be upon the man of Your right hand, upon the son of man whom You have made strong for Yourself. -- psalms 80:17 +. +Then will we not depart from You; revive us (give us life) and we will call upon Your name. -- psalms 80:18 +. +Restore us, O Lord God of hosts; cause Your face to shine [in pleasure, approval, and favor on us], and we shall be saved! -- psalms 80:19 +. +SING ALOUD to God our Strength! Shout for joy to the God of Jacob! -- psalms 81:1 +. +Raise a song, sound the timbrel, the sweet lyre with the harp. -- psalms 81:2 +. +Blow the trumpet at the New Moon, at the full moon, on our feast day. -- psalms 81:3 +. +For this is a statute for Israel, an ordinance of the God of Jacob. -- psalms 81:4 +. +This He ordained in Joseph [the savior] for a testimony when He went out over the land of Egypt. The speech of One Whom I knew not did I hear [saying], -- psalms 81:5 +. +I removed his shoulder from the burden; his hands were freed from the basket. -- psalms 81:6 +. +You called in distress and I delivered you; I answered you in the secret place of thunder; I tested you at the waters of Meribah. Selah [pause, and calmly think of that]! -- psalms 81:7 +. +Hear, O My people, and I will admonish you--O Israel, if you would listen to Me! -- psalms 81:8 +. +There shall no strange god be among you, neither shall you worship any alien god. -- psalms 81:9 +. +I am the Lord your God, Who brought you up out of the land of Egypt. Open your mouth wide and I will fill it. -- psalms 81:10 +. +But My people would not hearken to My voice, and Israel would have none of Me. -- psalms 81:11 +. +So I gave them up to their own hearts' lust and let them go after their own stubborn will, that they might follow their own counsels. -- psalms 81:12 +. +Oh, that My people would listen to Me, that Israel would walk in My ways! -- psalms 81:13 +. +Speedily then I would subdue their enemies and turn My hand against their adversaries. -- psalms 81:14 +. +[Had Israel listened to Me in Egypt, then] those who hated the Lord would have come cringing before Him, and their defeat would have lasted forever. -- psalms 81:15 +. +[God] would feed [Israel now] also with the finest of the wheat; and with honey out of the rock would I satisfy you. -- psalms 81:16 +. +GOD STANDS in the assembly [of the representatives] of God; in the midst of the magistrates or judges He gives judgment [as] among the gods. -- psalms 82:1 +. +How long will you [magistrates or judges] judge unjustly and show partiality to the wicked? Selah [pause, and calmly think of that]! -- psalms 82:2 +. +Do justice to the weak (poor) and fatherless; maintain the rights of the afflicted and needy. -- psalms 82:3 +. +Deliver the poor and needy; rescue them out of the hand of the wicked. -- psalms 82:4 +. +[The magistrates and judges] know not, neither will they understand; they walk on in the darkness [of complacent satisfaction]; all the foundations of the earth [the fundamental principles upon which rests the administration of justice] are shaking. -- psalms 82:5 +. +I said, You are gods [since you judge on My behalf, as My representatives]; indeed, all of you are children of the Most High. -- psalms 82:6 +. +But you shall die as men and fall as one of the princes. -- psalms 82:7 +. +Arise, O God, judge the earth! For to You belong all the nations. -- psalms 82:8 +. +KEEP NOT silence, O God; hold not Your peace or be still, O God. -- psalms 83:1 +. +For, behold, Your enemies are in tumult, and those who hate You have raised their heads. -- psalms 83:2 +. +They lay crafty schemes against Your people and consult together against Your hidden and precious ones. -- psalms 83:3 +. +They have said, Come, and let us wipe them out as a nation; let the name of Israel be in remembrance no more. -- psalms 83:4 +. +For they have consulted together with one accord and one heart; against You they make a covenant-- -- psalms 83:5 +. +The tents of Edom and the Ishmaelites, of Moab and the Hagrites, -- psalms 83:6 +. +Gebal and Ammon and Amalek, the Philistines, with the inhabitants of Tyre. -- psalms 83:7 +. +Assyria also has joined with them; they have helped the children of Lot [the Ammonites and the Moabites] and have been an arm to them. Selah [pause, and calmly think of that]! -- psalms 83:8 +. +Do to them as [You did to] the Midianites, as to Sisera and Jabin at the brook of Kishon, -- psalms 83:9 +. +Who perished at Endor, who became like manure for the earth. -- psalms 83:10 +. +Make their nobles like Oreb and Zeeb, yes, all their princes as Zebah and Zalmunna, -- psalms 83:11 +. +Who say, Let us take possession for ourselves of the pastures of God. -- psalms 83:12 +. +O my God, make them like whirling dust, like stubble or chaff before the wind! -- psalms 83:13 +. +As fire consumes the forest, and as the flame sets the mountains ablaze, -- psalms 83:14 +. +So pursue and afflict them with Your tempest and terrify them with Your tornado or hurricane. -- psalms 83:15 +. +Fill their faces with shame, that they may seek, inquire for, and insistently require Your name, O Lord. -- psalms 83:16 +. +Let them be put to shame and dismayed forever; yes, let them be put to shame and perish, -- psalms 83:17 +. +That they may know that You, Whose name alone is the Lord, are the Most High over all the earth. -- psalms 83:18 +. +HOW LOVELY are Your tabernacles, O Lord of hosts! -- psalms 84:1 +. +My soul yearns, yes, even pines and is homesick for the courts of the Lord; my heart and my flesh cry out and sing for joy to the living God. -- psalms 84:2 +. +Yes, the sparrow has found a house, and the swallow a nest for herself, where she may lay her young--even Your altars, O Lord of hosts, my King and my God. -- psalms 84:3 +. +Blessed (happy, fortunate, to be envied) are those who dwell in Your house and Your presence; they will be singing Your praises all the day long. Selah [pause, and calmly think of that]! -- psalms 84:4 +. +Blessed (happy, fortunate, to be envied) is the man whose strength is in You, in whose heart are the highways to Zion. -- psalms 84:5 +. +Passing through the Valley of Weeping (Baca), they make it a place of springs; the early rain also fills [the pools] with blessings. -- psalms 84:6 +. +They go from strength to strength [increasing in victorious power]; each of them appears before God in Zion. -- psalms 84:7 +. +O Lord God of hosts, hear my prayer; give ear, O God of Jacob! Selah [pause, and calmly think of that]! -- psalms 84:8 +. +Behold our shield [the king as Your agent], O God, and look upon the face of Your anointed! -- psalms 84:9 +. +For a day in Your courts is better than a thousand [anywhere else]; I would rather be a doorkeeper and stand at the threshold in the house of my God than to dwell [at ease] in the tents of wickedness. -- psalms 84:10 +. +For the Lord God is a Sun and Shield; the Lord bestows [present] grace and favor and [future] glory (honor, splendor, and heavenly bliss)! No good thing will He withhold from those who walk uprightly. -- psalms 84:11 +. +O Lord of hosts, blessed (happy, fortunate, to be envied) is the man who trusts in You [leaning and believing on You, committing all and confidently looking to You, and that without fear or misgiving]! -- psalms 84:12 +. +LORD, YOU have [at last] been favorable and have dealt graciously with Your land [of Canaan]; You have brought back [from Babylon] the captives of Jacob. -- psalms 85:1 +. +You have forgiven and taken away the iniquity of Your people, You have covered all their sin. Selah [pause, and calmly realize what that means]! -- psalms 85:2 +. +You have withdrawn all Your wrath and indignation, You have turned away from the blazing anger [which You had let loose]. -- psalms 85:3 +. +Restore us, O God of our salvation, and cause Your anger toward us to cease [forever]. -- psalms 85:4 +. +Will You be angry with us forever? Will You prolong Your anger [and disfavor] and spread it out to all generations? -- psalms 85:5 +. +Will You not revive us again, that Your people may rejoice in You? -- psalms 85:6 +. +Show us Your mercy and loving-kindness, O Lord, and grant us Your salvation. -- psalms 85:7 +. +I will listen [with expectancy] to what God the Lord will say, for He will speak peace to His people, to His saints (those who are in right standing with Him)--but let them not turn again to [self-confident] folly. -- psalms 85:8 +. +Surely His salvation is near to those who reverently and worshipfully fear Him, [and is ready to be appropriated] that [the manifest presence of God, His] glory may tabernacle and abide in our land. -- psalms 85:9 +. +Mercy and loving-kindness and truth have met together; righteousness and peace have kissed each other. -- psalms 85:10 +. +Truth shall spring up from the earth, and righteousness shall look down from heaven. -- psalms 85:11 +. +Yes, the Lord will give what is good, and our land will yield its increase. -- psalms 85:12 +. +Righteousness shall go before Him and shall make His footsteps a way in which to walk. -- psalms 85:13 +. +INCLINE YOUR ear, O Lord, and answer me, for I am poor and distressed, needy and desiring. -- psalms 86:1 +. +Preserve my life, for I am godly and dedicated; O my God, save Your servant, for I trust in You [leaning and believing on You, committing all and confidently looking to You, without fear or doubt]. -- psalms 86:2 +. +Be merciful and gracious to me, O Lord, for to You do I cry all the day. -- psalms 86:3 +. +Make me, Your servant, to rejoice, O Lord, for to You do I lift myself up. -- psalms 86:4 +. +For You, O Lord, are good, and ready to forgive [our trespasses, sending them away, letting them go completely and forever]; and You are abundant in mercy and loving-kindness to all those who call upon You. -- psalms 86:5 +. +Give ear, O Lord, to my prayer; and listen to the cry of my supplications. -- psalms 86:6 +. +In the day of my trouble I will call on You, for You will answer me. -- psalms 86:7 +. +There is none like unto You among the gods, O Lord, neither are their works like unto Yours. -- psalms 86:8 +. +All nations whom You have made shall come and fall down before You, O Lord; and they shall glorify Your name. -- psalms 86:9 +. +For You are great and work wonders! You alone are God. -- psalms 86:10 +. +Teach me Your way, O Lord, that I may walk and live in Your truth; direct and unite my heart [solely, reverently] to fear and honor Your name. -- psalms 86:11 +. +I will confess and praise You, O Lord my God, with my whole (united) heart; and I will glorify Your name forevermore. -- psalms 86:12 +. +For great is Your mercy and loving-kindness toward me; and You have delivered me from the depths of Sheol [from the exceeding depths of affliction]. -- psalms 86:13 +. +O God, the proud and insolent are risen against me; a rabble of violent and ruthless men has sought and demanded my life, and they have not set You before them. -- psalms 86:14 +. +But You, O Lord, are a God merciful and gracious, slow to anger and abounding in mercy and loving-kindness and truth. -- psalms 86:15 +. +O turn to me and have mercy and be gracious to me; grant strength (might and inflexibility to temptation) to Your servant and save the son of Your handmaiden. -- psalms 86:16 +. +Show me a sign of [Your evident] goodwill and favor, that those who hate me may see it and be put to shame, because You, Lord, [will show Your approval of me when You] help and comfort me. -- psalms 86:17 +. +ON THE holy hills stands the city [of Jerusalem and the temple] God founded. -- psalms 87:1 +. +The Lord loves the gates of Zion [through which the crowds of pilgrims enter from all nations] more than all the dwellings of Jacob (Israel). -- psalms 87:2 +. +Glorious things are spoken of you, O city of God. Selah [pause, and calmly realize what that means]! -- psalms 87:3 +. +I will make mention of Rahab [the poetic name for Egypt] and Babylon as among those who know [the city of God]--behold, Philistia and Tyre, with Ethiopia (Cush)--[saying], This man was born there. -- psalms 87:4 +. +Yes, of Zion it shall be said, This man and that man were born in her, for the Most High Himself will establish her. -- psalms 87:5 +. +The Lord shall count, when He registers the peoples, that this man was born there. Selah [pause, and calmly think of that]! -- psalms 87:6 +. +The singers as well as the players on instruments shall say, All my springs (my sources of life and joy) are in you [city of our God]. -- psalms 87:7 +. +O LORD, the God of my salvation, I have cried to You for help by day; at night I am in Your presence. -- psalms 88:1 +. +Let my prayer come before You and really enter into Your presence; incline Your ear to my cry! -- psalms 88:2 +. +For I am full of troubles, and my life draws near to Sheol (the place of the dead). -- psalms 88:3 +. +I am counted among those who go down into the pit (the grave); I am like a man who has no help or strength [a mere shadow], -- psalms 88:4 +. +Cast away among the dead, like the slain that lie in a [nameless] grave, whom You [seriously] remember no more, and they are cut off from Your hand. -- psalms 88:5 +. +You have laid me in the depths of the lowest pit, in darkness, in the deeps. -- psalms 88:6 +. +Your wrath lies hard upon me, and You have afflicted me with all Your waves. Selah [pause, and calmly think of that]! -- psalms 88:7 +. +You have put my [familiar] friends far from me; You have made me an abomination to them. I am shut up, and I cannot come forth. -- psalms 88:8 +. +My eye grows dim because of sorrow and affliction. Lord, I have called daily on You; I have spread forth my hands to You. -- psalms 88:9 +. +Will You show wonders to the dead? Shall the departed arise and praise You? Selah [pause, and calmly think of that]! -- psalms 88:10 +. +Shall Your steadfast love be declared in the grave? Or Your faithfulness in Abaddon (Sheol, as a place of ruin and destruction)? -- psalms 88:11 +. +Shall Your wonders be known in the dark? And Your righteousness in the place of forgetfulness [where the dead forget and are forgotten]? -- psalms 88:12 +. +But to You I cry, O Lord; and in the morning shall my prayer come to meet You. -- psalms 88:13 +. +Lord, why do You cast me off? Why do You hide Your face from me? -- psalms 88:14 +. +I was afflicted and close to death from my youth up; while I suffer Your terrors I am distracted [I faint]. -- psalms 88:15 +. +Your fierce wrath has swept over me; Your terrors have destroyed me. -- psalms 88:16 +. +They surround me like a flood all day long; together they have closed in upon me. -- psalms 88:17 +. +Lover and friend have You put far from me; my familiar friends are darkness and the grave. -- psalms 88:18 +. +I WILL sing of the mercy and loving-kindness of the Lord forever; with my mouth will I make known Your faithfulness from generation to generation. -- psalms 89:1 +. +For I have said, Mercy and loving-kindness shall be built up forever; Your faithfulness will You establish in the very heavens [unchangeable and perpetual]. -- psalms 89:2 +. +[You have said] I have made a covenant with My chosen one, I have sworn to David My servant, -- psalms 89:3 +. +Your Seed I will establish forever, and I will build up your throne for all generations. Selah [pause, and calmly think of that]! -- psalms 89:4 +. +Let heaven (the angels) praise Your wonders, O Lord, Your faithfulness also in the assembly of the holy ones (the holy angels). -- psalms 89:5 +. +For who in the heavens can be compared to the Lord? Who among the mighty [heavenly beings] can be likened to the Lord, -- psalms 89:6 +. +A God greatly feared and revered in the council of the holy (angelic) ones, and to be feared and worshipfully revered above all those who are round about Him? -- psalms 89:7 +. +O Lord God of hosts, who is a mighty one like unto You, O Lord? And Your faithfulness is round about You [an essential part of You at all times]. -- psalms 89:8 +. +You rule the raging of the sea; when its waves arise, You still them. -- psalms 89:9 +. +You have broken Rahab (Egypt) in pieces; with Your mighty arm You have scattered Your enemies. -- psalms 89:10 +. +The heavens are Yours, the earth also is Yours; the world and all that is in it, You have founded them. -- psalms 89:11 +. +The north and the south, You have created them; Mount Tabor and Mount Hermon joyously praise Your name. -- psalms 89:12 +. +You have a mighty arm; strong is Your hand, Your right hand is soaring high. -- psalms 89:13 +. +Righteousness and justice are the foundation of Your throne; mercy and loving-kindness and truth go before Your face. -- psalms 89:14 +. +Blessed (happy, fortunate, to be envied) are the people who know the joyful sound [who understand and appreciate the spiritual blessings symbolized by the feasts]; they walk, O Lord, in the light and favor of Your countenance! -- psalms 89:15 +. +In Your name they rejoice all the day, and in Your righteousness they are exalted. -- psalms 89:16 +. +For You are the glory of their strength [their proud adornment], and by Your favor our horn is exalted and we walk with uplifted faces! -- psalms 89:17 +. +For our shield belongs to the Lord, and our king to the Holy One of Israel. -- psalms 89:18 +. +Once You spoke in a vision to Your devoted ones and said, I have endowed one who is mighty [a hero, giving him the power to help--to be a champion for Israel]; I have exalted one chosen from among the people. -- psalms 89:19 +. +I have found David My servant; with My holy oil have I anointed him, -- psalms 89:20 +. +With whom My hand shall be established and ever abide; My arm also shall strengthen him. -- psalms 89:21 +. +The enemy shall not exact from him or do him violence or outwit him, nor shall the wicked afflict and humble him. -- psalms 89:22 +. +I will beat down his foes before his face and smite those who hate him. -- psalms 89:23 +. +My faithfulness and My mercy and loving-kindness shall be with him, and in My name shall his horn be exalted [great power and prosperity shall be conferred upon him]. -- psalms 89:24 +. +I will set his hand in control also on the [Mediterranean] Sea, and his right hand on the rivers [Euphrates with its tributaries]. -- psalms 89:25 +. +He shall cry to Me, You are my Father, my God, and the Rock of my salvation! -- psalms 89:26 +. +Also I will make him the firstborn, the highest of the kings of the earth. -- psalms 89:27 +. +My mercy and loving-kindness will I keep for him forevermore, and My covenant shall stand fast and be faithful with him. -- psalms 89:28 +. +His Offspring also will I make to endure forever, and his throne as the days of heaven. -- psalms 89:29 +. +If his children forsake My law and walk not in My ordinances, -- psalms 89:30 +. +If they break or profane My statutes and keep not My commandments, -- psalms 89:31 +. +Then will I punish their transgression with the rod [of chastisement], and their iniquity with stripes. -- psalms 89:32 +. +Nevertheless, My loving-kindness will I not break off from him, nor allow My faithfulness to fail [to lie and be false to him]. -- psalms 89:33 +. +My covenant will I not break or profane, nor alter the thing that is gone out of My lips. -- psalms 89:34 +. +Once [for all] have I sworn by My holiness, which cannot be violated; I will not lie to David: -- psalms 89:35 +. +His Offspring shall endure forever, and his throne [shall continue] as the sun before Me. -- psalms 89:36 +. +It shall be established forever as the moon, the faithful witness in the heavens. Selah [pause, and calmly think of that]! -- psalms 89:37 +. +But [in apparent contradiction to all this] You [even You the faithful Lord] have cast off and rejected; You have been full of wrath against Your anointed. -- psalms 89:38 +. +You have despised and loathed and renounced the covenant with Your servant; You have profaned his crown by casting it to the ground. -- psalms 89:39 +. +You have broken down all his hedges and his walls; You have brought his strongholds to ruin. -- psalms 89:40 +. +All who pass along the road spoil and rob him; he has become the scorn and reproach of his neighbors. -- psalms 89:41 +. +You have exalted the right hand of his foes; You have made all his enemies rejoice. -- psalms 89:42 +. +Moreover, You have turned back the edge of his sword and have not made him to stand in battle. -- psalms 89:43 +. +You have made his glory and splendor to cease and have hurled to the ground his throne. -- psalms 89:44 +. +The days of his youth have You shortened; You have covered him with shame. Selah [pause, and calmly think of that]! -- psalms 89:45 +. +How long, O Lord? Will You hide Yourself forever? How long shall Your wrath burn like fire? -- psalms 89:46 +. +O [earnestly] remember how short my time is and what a mere fleeting life mine is. For what emptiness, falsity, futility, and frailty You have created all men! -- psalms 89:47 +. +What man can live and shall not see death, or can deliver himself from the [powerful] hand of Sheol (the place of the dead)? Selah [pause, and calmly consider that]! -- psalms 89:48 +. +Lord, where are Your former loving-kindnesses [shown in the reigns of David and Solomon], which You swore to David in Your faithfulness? -- psalms 89:49 +. +Remember, Lord, and earnestly imprint [on Your heart] the reproach of Your servants, scorned and insulted, how I bear in my bosom the reproach of all the many and mighty peoples, -- psalms 89:50 +. +With which Your enemies have taunted, O Lord, with which they have mocked the footsteps of Your anointed. -- psalms 89:51 +. +Blessed be the Lord forevermore! Amen and Amen. -- psalms 89:52 +. +LORD, YOU have been our dwelling place and our refuge in all generations [says Moses]. -- psalms 90:1 +. +Before the mountains were brought forth or ever You had formed and given birth to the earth and the world, even from everlasting to everlasting You are God. -- psalms 90:2 +. +You turn man back to dust and corruption, and say, Return, O sons of the earthborn [to the earth]! -- psalms 90:3 +. +For a thousand years in Your sight are but as yesterday when it is past, or as a watch in the night. -- psalms 90:4 +. +You carry away [these disobedient people, doomed to die within forty years] as with a flood; they are as a sleep [vague and forgotten as soon as they are gone]. In the morning they are like grass which grows up-- -- psalms 90:5 +. +In the morning it flourishes and springs up; in the evening it is mown down and withers. -- psalms 90:6 +. +For we [the Israelites in the wilderness] are consumed by Your anger, and by Your wrath are we troubled, overwhelmed, and frightened away. -- psalms 90:7 +. +Our iniquities, our secret heart and its sins [which we would so like to conceal even from ourselves], You have set in the [revealing] light of Your countenance. -- psalms 90:8 +. +For all our days [out here in this wilderness, says Moses] pass away in Your wrath; we spend our years as a tale that is told [for we adults know we are doomed to die soon, without reaching Canaan]. -- psalms 90:9 +. +The days of our years are threescore years and ten (seventy years)--or even, if by reason of strength, fourscore years (eighty years); yet is their pride [in additional years] only labor and sorrow, for it is soon gone, and we fly away. -- psalms 90:10 +. +Who knows the power of Your anger? [Who worthily connects this brevity of life with Your recognition of sin?] And Your wrath, who connects it with the reverent and worshipful fear that is due You? -- psalms 90:11 +. +So teach us to number our days, that we may get us a heart of wisdom. -- psalms 90:12 +. +Turn, O Lord [from Your fierce anger]! How long--? Revoke Your sentence and be compassionate and at ease toward Your servants. -- psalms 90:13 +. +O satisfy us with Your mercy and loving-kindness in the morning [now, before we are older], that we may rejoice and be glad all our days. -- psalms 90:14 +. +Make us glad in proportion to the days in which You have afflicted us and to the years in which we have suffered evil. -- psalms 90:15 +. +Let Your work [the signs of Your power] be revealed to Your servants, and Your [glorious] majesty to their children. -- psalms 90:16 +. +And let the beauty and delightfulness and favor of the Lord our God be upon us; confirm and establish the work of our hands--yes, the work of our hands, confirm and establish it. -- psalms 90:17 +. +HE WHO dwells in the secret place of the Most High shall remain stable and fixed under the shadow of the Almighty [Whose power no foe can withstand]. -- psalms 91:1 +. +I will say of the Lord, He is my Refuge and my Fortress, my God; on Him I lean and rely, and in Him I [confidently] trust! -- psalms 91:2 +. +For [then] He will deliver you from the snare of the fowler and from the deadly pestilence. -- psalms 91:3 +. +[Then] He will cover you with His pinions, and under His wings shall you trust and find refuge; His truth and His faithfulness are a shield and a buckler. -- psalms 91:4 +. +You shall not be afraid of the terror of the night, nor of the arrow (the evil plots and slanders of the wicked) that flies by day, -- psalms 91:5 +. +Nor of the pestilence that stalks in darkness, nor of the destruction and sudden death that surprise and lay waste at noonday. -- psalms 91:6 +. +A thousand may fall at your side, and ten thousand at your right hand, but it shall not come near you. -- psalms 91:7 +. +Only a spectator shall you be [yourself inaccessible in the secret place of the Most High] as you witness the reward of the wicked. -- psalms 91:8 +. +Because you have made the Lord your refuge, and the Most High your dwelling place, -- psalms 91:9 +. +There shall no evil befall you, nor any plague or calamity come near your tent. -- psalms 91:10 +. +For He will give His angels [especial] charge over you to accompany and defend and preserve you in all your ways [of obedience and service]. -- psalms 91:11 +. +They shall bear you up on their hands, lest you dash your foot against a stone. -- psalms 91:12 +. +You shall tread upon the lion and adder; the young lion and the serpent shall you trample underfoot. -- psalms 91:13 +. +Because he has set his love upon Me, therefore will I deliver him; I will set him on high, because he knows and understands My name [has a personal knowledge of My mercy, love, and kindness--trusts and relies on Me, knowing I will never forsake him, no, never]. -- psalms 91:14 +. +He shall call upon Me, and I will answer him; I will be with him in trouble, I will deliver him and honor him. -- psalms 91:15 +. +With long life will I satisfy him and show him My salvation. -- psalms 91:16 +. +IT IS a good and delightful thing to give thanks to the Lord, to sing praises [with musical accompaniment] to Your name, O Most High, -- psalms 92:1 +. +To show forth Your loving-kindness in the morning and Your faithfulness by night, -- psalms 92:2 +. +With an instrument of ten strings and with the lute, with a solemn sound upon the lyre. -- psalms 92:3 +. +For You, O Lord, have made me glad by Your works; at the deeds of Your hands I joyfully sing. -- psalms 92:4 +. +How great are Your doings, O Lord! Your thoughts are very deep. -- psalms 92:5 +. +A man in his rude and uncultivated state knows not, neither does a [self-confident] fool understand this: -- psalms 92:6 +. +That though the wicked spring up like grass and all evildoers flourish, they are doomed to be destroyed forever. -- psalms 92:7 +. +But You, Lord, are on high forever. -- psalms 92:8 +. +For behold, Your adversaries, O Lord, for behold, Your enemies shall perish; all the evildoers shall be scattered. -- psalms 92:9 +. +But my horn (emblem of excessive strength and stately grace) You have exalted like that of a wild ox; I am anointed with fresh oil. -- psalms 92:10 +. +My eye looks upon those who lie in wait for me; my ears hear the evildoers that rise up against me. -- psalms 92:11 +. +The [uncompromisingly] righteous shall flourish like the palm tree [be long-lived, stately, upright, useful, and fruitful]; they shall grow like a cedar in Lebanon [majestic, stable, durable, and incorruptible]. -- psalms 92:12 +. +Planted in the house of the Lord, they shall flourish in the courts of our God. -- psalms 92:13 +. +[Growing in grace] they shall still bring forth fruit in old age; they shall be full of sap [of spiritual vitality] and [rich in the] verdure [of trust, love, and contentment]. -- psalms 92:14 +. +[They are living memorials] to show that the Lord is upright and faithful to His promises; He is my Rock, and there is no unrighteousness in Him. -- psalms 92:15 +. +THE LORD reigns, He is clothed with majesty; the Lord is robed, He has girded Himself with strength and power; the world also is established, that it cannot be moved. -- psalms 93:1 +. +Your throne is established from of old; You are from everlasting. -- psalms 93:2 +. +The floods have lifted up, O Lord, the floods have lifted up their voice; the floods lift up the roaring of their waves. -- psalms 93:3 +. +The Lord on high is mightier and more glorious than the noise of many waters, yes, than the mighty breakers and waves of the sea. -- psalms 93:4 +. +Your testimonies are very sure; holiness [apparent in separation from sin, with simple trust and hearty obedience] is becoming to Your house, O Lord, forever. -- psalms 93:5 +. +O LORD God, You to Whom vengeance belongs, O God, You to Whom vengeance belongs, shine forth! -- psalms 94:1 +. +Rise up, O Judge of the earth; render to the proud a fit compensation! -- psalms 94:2 +. +Lord, how long shall the wicked, how long shall the wicked triumph and exult? -- psalms 94:3 +. +They pour out arrogant words, speaking hard things; all the evildoers boast loftily. -- psalms 94:4 +. +They crush Your people, O Lord, and afflict Your heritage. -- psalms 94:5 +. +They slay the widow and the transient stranger and murder the unprotected orphan. -- psalms 94:6 +. +Yet they say, The Lord does not see, neither does the God of Jacob notice it. -- psalms 94:7 +. +Consider and understand, you stupid ones among the people! And you [self-confident] fools, when will you become wise? -- psalms 94:8 +. +He Who planted the ear, shall He not hear? He Who formed the eye, shall He not see? -- psalms 94:9 +. +He Who disciplines and instructs the nations, shall He not punish, He Who teaches man knowledge? -- psalms 94:10 +. +The Lord knows the thoughts of man, that they are vain (empty and futile--only a breath). -- psalms 94:11 +. +Blessed (happy, fortunate, to be envied) is the man whom You discipline and instruct, O Lord, and teach out of Your law, -- psalms 94:12 +. +That You may give him power to keep himself calm in the days of adversity, until the [inevitable] pit of corruption is dug for the wicked. -- psalms 94:13 +. +For the Lord will not cast off nor spurn His people, neither will He abandon His heritage. -- psalms 94:14 +. +For justice will return to the [uncompromisingly] righteous, and all the upright in heart will follow it. -- psalms 94:15 +. +Who will rise up for me against the evildoers? Who will stand up for me against the workers of iniquity? -- psalms 94:16 +. +Unless the Lord had been my help, I would soon have dwelt in [the land where there is] silence. -- psalms 94:17 +. +When I said, My foot is slipping, Your mercy and loving-kindness, O Lord, held me up. -- psalms 94:18 +. +In the multitude of my [anxious] thoughts within me, Your comforts cheer and delight my soul! -- psalms 94:19 +. +Shall the throne of iniquity have fellowship with You--they who frame and hide their unrighteous doings under [the sacred name of] law? -- psalms 94:20 +. +They band themselves together against the life of the [consistently] righteous and condemn the innocent to death. -- psalms 94:21 +. +But the Lord has become my High Tower and Defense, and my God the Rock of my refuge. -- psalms 94:22 +. +And He will turn back upon them their own iniquity and will wipe them out by means of their own wickedness; the Lord our God will wipe them out. -- psalms 94:23 +. +O COME, let us sing to the Lord; let us make a joyful noise to the Rock of our salvation! -- psalms 95:1 +. +Let us come before His presence with thanksgiving; let us make a joyful noise to Him with songs of praise! -- psalms 95:2 +. +For the Lord is a great God, and a great King above all gods. -- psalms 95:3 +. +In His hand are the deep places of the earth; the heights and strength of the hills are His also. -- psalms 95:4 +. +The sea is His, for He made it; and His hands formed the dry land. -- psalms 95:5 +. +O come, let us worship and bow down, let us kneel before the Lord our Maker [in reverent praise and supplication]. -- psalms 95:6 +. +For He is our God and we are the people of His pasture and the sheep of His hand. Today, if you will hear His voice, -- psalms 95:7 +. +Harden not your hearts as at Meribah and as at Massah in the day of temptation in the wilderness, -- psalms 95:8 +. +When your fathers tried My patience and tested Me, proved Me, and saw My work [of judgment]. -- psalms 95:9 +. +Forty years long was I grieved and disgusted with that generation, and I said, It is a people that do err in their hearts, and they do not approve, acknowledge, or regard My ways. -- psalms 95:10 +. +Wherefore I swore in My wrath that they would not enter My rest [the land of promise]. -- psalms 95:11 +. +O SING to the Lord a new song; sing to the Lord, all the earth! -- psalms 96:1 +. +Sing to the Lord, bless (affectionately praise) His name; show forth His salvation from day to day. -- psalms 96:2 +. +Declare His glory among the nations, His marvelous works among all the peoples. -- psalms 96:3 +. +For great is the Lord and greatly to be praised; He is to be reverently feared and worshiped above all [so-called] gods. -- psalms 96:4 +. +For all the gods of the nations are [lifeless] idols, but the Lord made the heavens. -- psalms 96:5 +. +Honor and majesty are before Him; strength and beauty are in His sanctuary. -- psalms 96:6 +. +Ascribe to the Lord, O you families of the peoples, ascribe to the Lord glory and strength. -- psalms 96:7 +. +Give to the Lord the glory due His name; bring an offering and come [before Him] into His courts. -- psalms 96:8 +. +O worship the Lord in the beauty of holiness; tremble before and reverently fear Him, all the earth. -- psalms 96:9 +. +Say among the nations that the Lord reigns; the world also is established, so that it cannot be moved; He shall judge and rule the people righteously and with justice. -- psalms 96:10 +. +Let the heavens be glad, and let the earth rejoice; let the sea roar, and all the things which fill it; -- psalms 96:11 +. +Let the field be exultant, and all that is in it! Then shall all the trees of the wood sing for joy -- psalms 96:12 +. +Before the Lord, for He comes, for He comes to judge and govern the earth! He shall judge the world with righteousness and justice and the peoples with His faithfulness and truth. -- psalms 96:13 +. +THE LORD reigns, let the earth rejoice; let the multitude of isles and coastlands be glad! -- psalms 97:1 +. +Clouds and darkness are round about Him [as at Sinai]; righteousness and justice are the foundation of His throne. -- psalms 97:2 +. +Fire goes before Him and burns up His adversaries round about. -- psalms 97:3 +. +His lightnings illumine the world; the earth sees and trembles. -- psalms 97:4 +. +The hills melted like wax at the presence of the Lord, at the presence of the Lord of the whole earth. -- psalms 97:5 +. +The heavens declare His righteousness, and all the peoples see His glory. -- psalms 97:6 +. +Let all those be put to shame who serve graven images, who boast in idols. Fall prostrate before Him, all you gods. -- psalms 97:7 +. +Zion heard and was glad, and the daughters of Judah rejoiced [in relief] because of Your judgments, O Lord. -- psalms 97:8 +. +For You, Lord, are high above all the earth; You are exalted far above all gods. -- psalms 97:9 +. +O you who love the Lord, hate evil; He preserves the lives of His saints (the children of God), He delivers them out of the hand of the wicked. -- psalms 97:10 +. +Light is sown for the [uncompromisingly] righteous and strewn along their pathway, and joy for the upright in heart [the irrepressible joy which comes from consciousness of His favor and protection]. -- psalms 97:11 +. +Rejoice in the Lord, you [consistently] righteous (upright and in right standing with God), and give thanks at the remembrance of His holiness. -- psalms 97:12 +. +O SING to the Lord a new song, for He has done marvelous things; His right hand and His holy arm have wrought salvation for Him. -- psalms 98:1 +. +The Lord has made known His salvation; His righteousness has He openly shown in the sight of the nations. -- psalms 98:2 +. +He has [earnestly] remembered His mercy and loving-kindness, His truth and His faithfulness toward the house of Israel; all the ends of the earth have witnessed the salvation of our God. -- psalms 98:3 +. +Make a joyful noise to the Lord, all the earth; break forth and sing for joy, yes, sing praises! -- psalms 98:4 +. +Sing praises to the Lord with the lyre, with the lyre and the voice of melody. -- psalms 98:5 +. +With trumpets and the sound of the horn make a joyful noise before the King, the Lord! -- psalms 98:6 +. +Let the sea roar, and all that fills it, the world, and those who dwell in it! -- psalms 98:7 +. +Let the rivers clap their hands; together let the hills sing for joy -- psalms 98:8 +. +Before the Lord, for He is coming to judge [and rule] the earth; with righteousness will He judge [and rule] the world, and the peoples with equity. -- psalms 98:9 +. +THE LORD reigns, let the peoples tremble [with reverential fear]! He sits [enthroned] above the cherubim, let the earth quake! -- psalms 99:1 +. +The Lord is great in Zion, and He is high above all the peoples. -- psalms 99:2 +. +Let them confess and praise Your great name, awesome and reverence inspiring! It is holy, and holy is He! -- psalms 99:3 +. +The strength of the king who loves righteousness and equity You establish in uprightness; You execute justice and righteousness in Jacob (Israel). -- psalms 99:4 +. +Extol the Lord our God and worship at His footstool! Holy is He! -- psalms 99:5 +. +Moses and Aaron were among His priests, and Samuel was among those who called upon His name; they called upon the Lord, and He answered them. -- psalms 99:6 +. +He spoke to them in the pillar of cloud; they kept His testimonies and the statutes that He gave them. -- psalms 99:7 +. +You answered them, O Lord our God; You were a forgiving God to them, although avenging their evildoing and wicked practices. -- psalms 99:8 +. +Extol the Lord our God and worship at His holy hill, for the Lord our God is holy! -- psalms 99:9 +. +MAKE A joyful noise to the Lord, all you lands! -- psalms 100:1 +. +Serve the Lord with gladness! Come before His presence with singing! -- psalms 100:2 +. +Know (perceive, recognize, and understand with approval) that the Lord is God! It is He Who has made us, not we ourselves [and we are His]! We are His people and the sheep of His pasture. -- psalms 100:3 +. +Enter into His gates with thanksgiving and a thank offering and into His courts with praise! Be thankful and say so to Him, bless and affectionately praise His name! -- psalms 100:4 +. +For the Lord is good; His mercy and loving-kindness are everlasting, His faithfulness and truth endure to all generations. -- psalms 100:5 +. +I WILL sing of mercy and loving-kindness and justice; to You, O Lord, will I sing. -- psalms 101:1 +. +I will behave myself wisely and give heed to the blameless way--O when will You come to me? I will walk within my house in integrity and with a blameless heart. -- psalms 101:2 +. +I will set no base or wicked thing before my eyes. I hate the work of them who turn aside [from the right path]; it shall not grasp hold of me. -- psalms 101:3 +. +A perverse heart shall depart from me; I will know no evil person or thing. -- psalms 101:4 +. +Whoso privily slanders his neighbor, him will I cut off [from me]; he who has a haughty look and a proud and arrogant heart I cannot and I will not tolerate. -- psalms 101:5 +. +My eyes shall [look with favor] upon the faithful of the land, that they may dwell with me; he who walks blamelessly, he shall minister to me. -- psalms 101:6 +. +He who works deceit shall not dwell in my house; he who tells lies shall not continue in my presence. -- psalms 101:7 +. +Morning after morning I will root up all the wicked in the land, that I may eliminate all the evildoers from the city of the Lord. -- psalms 101:8 +. +HEAR MY prayer, O Lord, and let my cry come to You. -- psalms 102:1 +. +Hide not Your face from me in the day when I am in distress! Incline Your ear to me; in the day when I call, answer me speedily. -- psalms 102:2 +. +For my days consume away like smoke, and my bones burn like a firebrand or like a hearth. -- psalms 102:3 +. +My heart is smitten like grass and withered, so that [in absorption] I forget to eat my food. -- psalms 102:4 +. +By reason of my loud groaning [from suffering and trouble] my flesh cleaves to my bones. -- psalms 102:5 +. +I am like a melancholy pelican or vulture of the wilderness; I am like a [desolate] owl of the waste places. -- psalms 102:6 +. +I am sleepless and lie awake [mourning], like a bereaved sparrow alone on the housetop. -- psalms 102:7 +. +My adversaries taunt and reproach me all the day; and they who are angry with me use my name as a curse. -- psalms 102:8 +. +For I have eaten the ashes [in which I sat] as if they were bread and have mingled my drink with weeping -- psalms 102:9 +. +Because of Your indignation and Your wrath, for You have taken me up and cast me away. -- psalms 102:10 +. +My days are like an evening shadow that stretches out and declines [with the sun]; and I am withered like grass. -- psalms 102:11 +. +But You, O Lord, are enthroned forever; and the fame of Your name endures to all generations. -- psalms 102:12 +. +You will arise and have mercy and loving-kindness for Zion, for it is time to have pity and compassion for her; yes, the set time has come [the moment designated]. -- psalms 102:13 +. +For Your servants take [melancholy] pleasure in the stones [of her ruins] and show pity for her dust. -- psalms 102:14 +. +So the nations shall fear and worshipfully revere the name of the Lord, and all the kings of the earth Your glory. -- psalms 102:15 +. +When the Lord builds up Zion, He will appear in His glory; -- psalms 102:16 +. +He will regard the plea of the destitute and will not despise their prayer. -- psalms 102:17 +. +Let this be recorded for the generation yet unborn, that a people yet to be created shall praise the Lord. -- psalms 102:18 +. +For He looked down from the height of His sanctuary, from heaven did the Lord behold the earth, -- psalms 102:19 +. +To hear the sighing and groaning of the prisoner, to loose those who are appointed to death, -- psalms 102:20 +. +So that men may declare the name of the Lord in Zion and His praise in Jerusalem -- psalms 102:21 +. +When peoples are gathered together, and the kingdoms, to worship and serve the Lord. -- psalms 102:22 +. +He has afflicted and weakened my strength, humbling and bringing me low [with sorrow] in the way; He has shortened my days [aging me prematurely]. -- psalms 102:23 +. +I said, O my God, take me not away in the midst of my days, You Whose years continue throughout all generations. -- psalms 102:24 +. +At the beginning You existed and laid the foundations of the earth; the heavens are the work of Your hands. -- psalms 102:25 +. +They shall perish, but You shall remain and endure; yes, all of them shall wear out and become old like a garment. Like clothing You shall change them, and they shall be changed and pass away. -- psalms 102:26 +. +But You remain the same, and Your years shall have no end. -- psalms 102:27 +. +The children of Your servants shall dwell safely and continue, and their descendants shall be established before You. -- psalms 102:28 +. +BLESS (AFFECTIONATELY, gratefully praise) the Lord, O my soul; and all that is [deepest] within me, bless His holy name! -- psalms 103:1 +. +Bless (affectionately, gratefully praise) the Lord, O my soul, and forget not [one of] all His benefits-- -- psalms 103:2 +. +Who forgives [every one of] all your iniquities, Who heals [each one of] all your diseases, -- psalms 103:3 +. +Who redeems your life from the pit and corruption, Who beautifies, dignifies, and crowns you with loving-kindness and tender mercy; -- psalms 103:4 +. +Who satisfies your mouth [your necessity and desire at your personal age and situation] with good so that your youth, renewed, is like the eagle's [strong, overcoming, soaring]! -- psalms 103:5 +. +The Lord executes righteousness and justice [not for me only, but] for all who are oppressed. -- psalms 103:6 +. +He made known His ways [of righteousness and justice] to Moses, His acts to the children of Israel. -- psalms 103:7 +. +The Lord is merciful and gracious, slow to anger and plenteous in mercy and loving-kindness. -- psalms 103:8 +. +He will not always chide or be contending, neither will He keep His anger forever or hold a grudge. -- psalms 103:9 +. +He has not dealt with us after our sins nor rewarded us according to our iniquities. -- psalms 103:10 +. +For as the heavens are high above the earth, so great are His mercy and loving-kindness toward those who reverently and worshipfully fear Him. -- psalms 103:11 +. +As far as the east is from the west, so far has He removed our transgressions from us. -- psalms 103:12 +. +As a father loves and pities his children, so the Lord loves and pities those who fear Him [with reverence, worship, and awe]. -- psalms 103:13 +. +For He knows our frame, He [earnestly] remembers and imprints [on His heart] that we are dust. -- psalms 103:14 +. +As for man, his days are as grass; as a flower of the field, so he flourishes. -- psalms 103:15 +. +For the wind passes over it and it is gone, and its place shall know it no more. -- psalms 103:16 +. +But the mercy and loving-kindness of the Lord are from everlasting to everlasting upon those who reverently and worshipfully fear Him, and His righteousness is to children's children-- -- psalms 103:17 +. +To such as keep His covenant [hearing, receiving, loving, and obeying it] and to those who [earnestly] remember His commandments to do them [imprinting them on their hearts]. -- psalms 103:18 +. +The Lord has established His throne in the heavens, and His kingdom rules over all. -- psalms 103:19 +. +Bless (affectionately, gratefully praise) the Lord, you His angels, you mighty ones who do His commandments, hearkening to the voice of His word. -- psalms 103:20 +. +Bless (affectionately, gratefully praise) the Lord, all you His hosts, you His ministers who do His pleasure. -- psalms 103:21 +. +Bless the Lord, all His works in all places of His dominion; bless (affectionately, gratefully praise) the Lord, O my soul! -- psalms 103:22 +. +BLESS (AFFECTIONATELY, gratefully praise) the Lord, O my soul! O Lord my God, You are very great! You are clothed with honor and majesty-- -- psalms 104:1 +. +[You are the One] Who covers Yourself with light as with a garment, Who stretches out the heavens like a curtain or a tent, -- psalms 104:2 +. +Who lays the beams of the upper room of His abode in the waters [above the firmament], Who makes the clouds His chariot, Who walks on the wings of the wind, -- psalms 104:3 +. +Who makes winds His messengers, flames of fire His ministers. -- psalms 104:4 +. +You laid the foundations of the earth, that it should not be moved forever. -- psalms 104:5 +. +You covered it with the deep as with a garment; the waters stood above the mountains. -- psalms 104:6 +. +At Your rebuke they fled; at the voice of Your thunder they hastened away. -- psalms 104:7 +. +The mountains rose, the valleys sank down to the place which You appointed for them. -- psalms 104:8 +. +You have set a boundary [for the waters] which they may not pass over, that they turn not again to deluge the earth. -- psalms 104:9 +. +He sends forth springs into the valleys; their waters run among the mountains. -- psalms 104:10 +. +They give drink to every [wild] beast of the field; the wild asses quench their thirst there. -- psalms 104:11 +. +Beside them the birds of the heavens have their nests; they sing among the branches. -- psalms 104:12 +. +He waters the mountains from His upper rooms; the earth is satisfied and abounds with the fruit of His works. -- psalms 104:13 +. +He causes vegetation to grow for the cattle, and all that the earth produces for man to cultivate, that he may bring forth food out of the earth-- -- psalms 104:14 +. +And wine that gladdens the heart of man, to make his face shine more than oil, and bread to support, refresh, and strengthen man's heart. -- psalms 104:15 +. +The trees of the Lord are watered abundantly and are filled with sap, the cedars of Lebanon which He has planted, -- psalms 104:16 +. +Where the birds make their nests; as for the stork, the fir trees are her house. -- psalms 104:17 +. +The high mountains are for the wild goats; the rocks are a refuge for the conies and badgers. -- psalms 104:18 +. +[The Lord] appointed the moon for the seasons; the sun knows [the exact time of] its setting. -- psalms 104:19 +. +You [O Lord] make darkness and it becomes night, in which creeps forth every wild beast of the forest. -- psalms 104:20 +. +The young lions roar after their prey and seek their food from God. -- psalms 104:21 +. +When the sun arises, they withdraw themselves and lie down in their dens. -- psalms 104:22 +. +Man goes forth to his work and remains at his task until evening. -- psalms 104:23 +. +O Lord, how many and varied are Your works! In wisdom have You made them all; the earth is full of Your riches and Your creatures. -- psalms 104:24 +. +Yonder is the sea, great and wide, in which are swarms of innumerable creeping things, creatures both small and great. -- psalms 104:25 +. +There go the ships of the sea, and Leviathan (the sea monster), which You have formed to sport in it. -- psalms 104:26 +. +These all wait and are dependent upon You, that You may give them their food in due season. -- psalms 104:27 +. +When You give it to them, they gather it up; You open Your hand, and they are filled with good things. -- psalms 104:28 +. +When You hide Your face, they are troubled and dismayed; when You take away their breath, they die and return to their dust. -- psalms 104:29 +. +When You send forth Your Spirit and give them breath, they are created, and You replenish the face of the ground. -- psalms 104:30 +. +May the glory of the Lord endure forever; may the Lord rejoice in His works-- -- psalms 104:31 +. +Who looks on the earth, and it quakes and trembles, Who touches the mountains, and they smoke! -- psalms 104:32 +. +I will sing to the Lord as long as I live; I will sing praise to my God while I have any being. -- psalms 104:33 +. +May my meditation be sweet to Him; as for me, I will rejoice in the Lord. -- psalms 104:34 +. +Let sinners be consumed from the earth, and let the wicked be no more. Bless (affectionately, gratefully praise) the Lord, O my soul! Praise the Lord! (Hallelujah!) -- psalms 104:35 +. +O GIVE thanks unto the Lord, call upon His name, make known His doings among the peoples! -- psalms 105:1 +. +Sing to Him, sing praises to Him; meditate on and talk of all His marvelous deeds and devoutly praise them. -- psalms 105:2 +. +Glory in His holy name; let the hearts of those rejoice who seek and require the Lord [as their indispensable necessity]. -- psalms 105:3 +. +Seek, inquire of and for the Lord, and crave Him and His strength (His might and inflexibility to temptation); seek and require His face and His presence [continually] evermore. -- psalms 105:4 +. +[Earnestly] remember the marvelous deeds that He has done, His miracles and wonders, the judgments and sentences which He pronounced [upon His enemies, as in Egypt]. -- psalms 105:5 +. +O you offspring of Abraham His servant, you children of Jacob, His chosen ones, -- psalms 105:6 +. +He is the Lord our God; His judgments are in all the earth. -- psalms 105:7 +. +He is [earnestly] mindful of His covenant and forever it is imprinted on His heart, the word which He commanded and established to a thousand generations, -- psalms 105:8 +. +The covenant which He made with Abraham, and His sworn promise to Isaac, -- psalms 105:9 +. +Which He confirmed to Jacob as a statute, to Israel as an everlasting covenant, -- psalms 105:10 +. +Saying, Unto you will I give the land of Canaan as your measured portion, possession, and inheritance. -- psalms 105:11 +. +When they were but a few men in number, in fact, very few, and were temporary residents and strangers in it, -- psalms 105:12 +. +When they went from one nation to another, from one kingdom to another people, -- psalms 105:13 +. +He allowed no man to do them wrong; in fact, He reproved kings for their sakes, -- psalms 105:14 +. +Saying, Touch not My anointed, and do My prophets no harm. -- psalms 105:15 +. +Moreover, He called for a famine upon the land [of Egypt]; He cut off every source of bread. -- psalms 105:16 +. +He sent a man before them, even Joseph, who was sold as a servant. -- psalms 105:17 +. +His feet they hurt with fetters; he was laid in chains of iron and his soul entered into the iron, -- psalms 105:18 +. +Until his word [to his cruel brothers] came true, until the word of the Lord tried and tested him. -- psalms 105:19 +. +The king sent and loosed him, even the ruler of the peoples, and let him go free. -- psalms 105:20 +. +He made Joseph lord of his house and ruler of all his substance, -- psalms 105:21 +. +To bind his princes at his pleasure and teach his elders wisdom. -- psalms 105:22 +. +Israel also came into Egypt; and Jacob sojourned in the land of Ham. -- psalms 105:23 +. +There [the Lord] greatly increased His people and made them stronger than their oppressors. -- psalms 105:24 +. +He turned the hearts [of the Egyptians] to hate His people, to deal craftily with His servants. -- psalms 105:25 +. +He sent Moses His servant, and Aaron, whom He had chosen. -- psalms 105:26 +. +They showed His signs among them, wonders and miracles in the land of Ham (Egypt). -- psalms 105:27 +. +He sent [thick] darkness and made the land dark, and they [God's two servants] rebelled not against His word. -- psalms 105:28 +. +He turned [Egypt's] waters into blood and caused their fish to die. -- psalms 105:29 +. +Their land brought forth frogs in abundance, even in the chambers of their kings. -- psalms 105:30 +. +He spoke, and there came swarms of beetles and flies and mosquitoes and lice in all their borders. -- psalms 105:31 +. +He gave them hail for rain, with lightning like flaming fire in their land. -- psalms 105:32 +. +He smote their vines also and their fig trees and broke the [ice-laden] trees of their borders. -- psalms 105:33 +. +He spoke, and the locusts came, and the grasshoppers, and that without number, -- psalms 105:34 +. +And ate up all the vegetation in their land and devoured the fruit of their ground. -- psalms 105:35 +. +He smote also all the firstborn in their land, the beginning and chief substance of all their strength. -- psalms 105:36 +. +He brought [Israel] forth also with silver and gold, and there was not one feeble person among their tribes. -- psalms 105:37 +. +Egypt was glad when they departed, for the fear of them had fallen upon the people. -- psalms 105:38 +. +The Lord spread a cloud for a covering [by day], and a fire to give light in the night. -- psalms 105:39 +. +[The Israelites] asked, and He brought quails and satisfied them with the bread of heaven. -- psalms 105:40 +. +He opened the rock, and water gushed out; it ran in the dry places like a river. -- psalms 105:41 +. +For He [earnestly] remembered His holy word and promise to Abraham His servant. -- psalms 105:42 +. +And He brought forth His people with joy, and His chosen ones with gladness and singing, -- psalms 105:43 +. +And gave them the lands of the nations [of Canaan], and they reaped the fruits of those peoples' labor, -- psalms 105:44 +. +That they might observe His statutes and keep His laws [hearing, receiving, loving, and obeying them]. Praise the Lord! (Hallelujah!) -- psalms 105:45 +. +PRAISE THE Lord! (Hallelujah!) O give thanks to the Lord, for He is good; for His mercy and loving-kindness endure forever! -- psalms 106:1 +. +Who can put into words and tell the mighty deeds of the Lord? Or who can show forth all the praise [that is due Him]? -- psalms 106:2 +. +Blessed (happy, fortunate, to be envied) are those who observe justice [treating others fairly] and who do right and are in right standing with God at all times. -- psalms 106:3 +. +[Earnestly] remember me, O Lord, when You favor Your people! O visit me also when You deliver them, and grant me Your salvation!-- -- psalms 106:4 +. +That I may see and share the welfare of Your chosen ones, that I may rejoice in the gladness of Your nation, that I may glory with Your heritage. -- psalms 106:5 +. +We have sinned, as did also our fathers; we have committed iniquity, we have done wickedly. -- psalms 106:6 +. +Our fathers in Egypt understood not nor appreciated Your miracles; they did not [earnestly] remember the multitude of Your mercies nor imprint Your loving-kindness [on their hearts], but they were rebellious and provoked the Lord at the sea, even at the Red Sea. -- psalms 106:7 +. +Nevertheless He saved them for His name's sake [to prove the righteousness of the divine character], that He might make His mighty power known. -- psalms 106:8 +. +He rebuked the Red Sea also, and it dried up; so He led them through the depths as through a pastureland. -- psalms 106:9 +. +And He saved them from the hand of him that hated them, and redeemed them from the hand of the [Egyptian] enemy. -- psalms 106:10 +. +And the waters covered their adversaries; not one of them was left. -- psalms 106:11 +. +Then [Israel] believed His words [trusting in, relying on them]; they sang His praise. -- psalms 106:12 +. +But they hastily forgot His works; they did not [earnestly] wait for His plans [to develop] regarding them, -- psalms 106:13 +. +But lusted exceedingly in the wilderness and tempted and tried to restrain God [with their insistent desires] in the desert. -- psalms 106:14 +. +And He gave them their request, but sent leanness into their souls and [thinned their numbers by] disease and death. -- psalms 106:15 +. +They envied Moses also in the camp, and Aaron [the high priest], the holy one of the Lord. -- psalms 106:16 +. +Therefore the earth opened and swallowed up Dathan and closed over the company of Abiram. -- psalms 106:17 +. +And a fire broke out in their company; the flame burned up the wicked. -- psalms 106:18 +. +They made a calf in Horeb and worshiped a molten image. -- psalms 106:19 +. +Thus they exchanged Him Who was their Glory for the image of an ox that eats grass [they traded their Honor for the image of a calf]! -- psalms 106:20 +. +They forgot God their Savior, Who had done such great things in Egypt, -- psalms 106:21 +. +Wonders and miracles in the land of Ham, dreadful and awesome things at the Red Sea. -- psalms 106:22 +. +Therefore He said He would destroy them. [And He would have done so] had not Moses, His chosen one, stepped into the breach before Him to turn away His threatening wrath. -- psalms 106:23 +. +Then they spurned and despised the pleasant and desirable land [Canaan]; they believed not His word [neither trusting in, relying on, nor holding to it]; -- psalms 106:24 +. +But they murmured in their tents and hearkened not to the voice of the Lord. -- psalms 106:25 +. +Therefore He lifted up His hand [as if taking an oath] against them, that He would cause them to fall in the wilderness, -- psalms 106:26 +. +Cast out their descendants among the nations, and scatter them in the lands [of the earth]. -- psalms 106:27 +. +They joined themselves also to the [idol] Baal of Peor and ate sacrifices [offered] to the lifeless [gods]. -- psalms 106:28 +. +Thus they provoked the Lord to anger with their practices, and a plague broke out among them. -- psalms 106:29 +. +Then stood up Phinehas [the priest] and executed judgment, and so the plague was stayed. -- psalms 106:30 +. +And that was credited to him for righteousness (right doing and right standing with God) to all generations forever. -- psalms 106:31 +. +They angered the Lord also at the waters of Meribah, so that it went ill with Moses for their sakes; -- psalms 106:32 +. +For they provoked [Moses'] spirit, so that he spoke unadvisedly with his lips. -- psalms 106:33 +. +They did not destroy the [heathen] nations as the Lord commanded them, -- psalms 106:34 +. +But mingled themselves with the [idolatrous] nations and learned their ways and works -- psalms 106:35 +. +And served their idols, which were a snare to them. -- psalms 106:36 +. +Yes, they sacrificed their sons and their daughters to demons -- psalms 106:37 +. +And shed innocent blood, even the blood of their sons and of their daughters, whom they sacrificed to the idols of Canaan; and the land was polluted with their blood. -- psalms 106:38 +. +Thus were they defiled by their own works, and they played the harlot and practiced idolatry with their own deeds [of idolatrous rites]. -- psalms 106:39 +. +Therefore was the wrath of the Lord kindled against His people, insomuch that He abhorred and rejected His own heritage. -- psalms 106:40 +. +And He gave them into the hands of the [heathen] nations, and they that hated them ruled over them. -- psalms 106:41 +. +Their enemies also oppressed them, and they were brought into subjection under the hand of their foes. -- psalms 106:42 +. +Many times did [God] deliver them, but they were rebellious in their counsel and sank low through their iniquity. -- psalms 106:43 +. +Nevertheless He regarded their distress when He heard their cry; -- psalms 106:44 +. +And He [earnestly] remembered for their sake His covenant and relented their sentence of evil [comforting and easing Himself] according to the abundance of His mercy and loving-kindness [when they cried out to Him]. -- psalms 106:45 +. +He also caused [Israel] to find sympathy among those who had carried them away captive. -- psalms 106:46 +. +Deliver us, O Lord our God, and gather us from among the nations, that we may give thanks to Your holy name and glory in praising You. -- psalms 106:47 +. +Blessed (affectionately and gratefully praised) be the Lord, the God of Israel, from everlasting to everlasting! And let all the people say, Amen! Praise the Lord! (Hallelujah!) -- psalms 106:48 +. +O GIVE thanks to the Lord, for He is good; for His mercy and loving-kindness endure forever! -- psalms 107:1 +. +Let the redeemed of the Lord say so, whom He has delivered from the hand of the adversary, -- psalms 107:2 +. +And gathered them out of the lands, from the east and from the west, from the north and from the [Red] Sea in the south. -- psalms 107:3 +. +Some wandered in the wilderness in a solitary desert track; they found no city for habitation. -- psalms 107:4 +. +Hungry and thirsty, they fainted; their lives were near to being extinguished. -- psalms 107:5 +. +Then they cried to the Lord in their trouble, and He delivered them out of their distresses. -- psalms 107:6 +. +He led them forth by the straight and right way, that they might go to a city where they could establish their homes. -- psalms 107:7 +. +Oh, that men would praise [and confess to] the Lord for His goodness and loving-kindness and His wonderful works to the children of men! -- psalms 107:8 +. +For He satisfies the longing soul and fills the hungry soul with good. -- psalms 107:9 +. +Some sat in darkness and in the shadow of death, being bound in affliction and in irons, -- psalms 107:10 +. +Because they had rebelled against the words of God and spurned the counsel of the Most High. -- psalms 107:11 +. +Therefore He bowed down their hearts with hard labor; they stumbled and fell down, and there was none to help. -- psalms 107:12 +. +Then they cried to the Lord in their trouble, and He saved them out of their distresses. -- psalms 107:13 +. +He brought them out of darkness and the shadow of death and broke apart the bonds that held them. -- psalms 107:14 +. +Oh, that men would praise [and confess to] the Lord for His goodness and loving-kindness and His wonderful works to the children of men! -- psalms 107:15 +. +For He has broken the gates of bronze and cut the bars of iron apart. -- psalms 107:16 +. +Some are fools [made ill] because of the way of their transgressions and are afflicted because of their iniquities. -- psalms 107:17 +. +They loathe every kind of food, and they draw near to the gates of death. -- psalms 107:18 +. +Then they cry to the Lord in their trouble, and He delivers them out of their distresses. -- psalms 107:19 +. +He sends forth His word and heals them and rescues them from the pit and destruction. -- psalms 107:20 +. +Oh, that men would praise [and confess to] the Lord for His goodness and loving-kindness and His wonderful works to the children of men! -- psalms 107:21 +. +And let them sacrifice the sacrifices of thanksgiving and rehearse His deeds with shouts of joy and singing! -- psalms 107:22 +. +Some go down to the sea and travel over it in ships to do business in great waters; -- psalms 107:23 +. +These see the works of the Lord and His wonders in the deep. -- psalms 107:24 +. +For He commands and raises up the stormy wind, which lifts up the waves of the sea. -- psalms 107:25 +. +[Those aboard] mount up to the heavens, they go down again to the deeps; their courage melts away because of their plight. -- psalms 107:26 +. +They reel to and fro and stagger like a drunken man and are at their wits' end [all their wisdom has come to nothing]. -- psalms 107:27 +. +Then they cry to the Lord in their trouble, and He brings them out of their distresses. -- psalms 107:28 +. +He hushes the storm to a calm and to a gentle whisper, so that the waves of the sea are still. -- psalms 107:29 +. +Then the men are glad because of the calm, and He brings them to their desired haven. -- psalms 107:30 +. +Oh, that men would praise [and confess to] the Lord for His goodness and loving-kindness and His wonderful works to the children of men! -- psalms 107:31 +. +Let them exalt Him also in the congregation of the people and praise Him in the company of the elders. -- psalms 107:32 +. +He turns rivers into a wilderness, water springs into a thirsty ground, -- psalms 107:33 +. +A fruitful land into a barren, salt waste, because of the wickedness of those who dwell in it. -- psalms 107:34 +. +He turns a wilderness into a pool of water and a dry ground into water springs; -- psalms 107:35 +. +And there He makes the hungry to dwell, that they may prepare a city for habitation, -- psalms 107:36 +. +And sow fields, and plant vineyards which yield fruits of increase. -- psalms 107:37 +. +He blesses them also, so that they are multiplied greatly, and allows not their cattle to decrease. -- psalms 107:38 +. +When they are diminished and bowed down through oppression, trouble, and sorrow, -- psalms 107:39 +. +He pours contempt upon princes and causes them to wander in waste places where there is no road. -- psalms 107:40 +. +Yet He raises the poor and needy from affliction and makes their families like a flock. -- psalms 107:41 +. +The upright shall see it and be glad, but all iniquity shall shut its mouth. -- psalms 107:42 +. +Whoso is wise [if there be any truly wise] will observe and heed these things; and they will diligently consider the mercy and loving-kindness of the Lord. -- psalms 107:43 +. +O GOD, my heart is fixed (steadfast, in the confidence of faith); I will sing, yes, I will sing praises, even with my glory [all the faculties and powers of one created in Your image]! -- psalms 108:1 +. +Awake, harp and lyre; I myself will wake very early--I will waken the dawn! -- psalms 108:2 +. +I will praise and give thanks to You, O Lord, among the peoples; and I will sing praises unto You among the nations. -- psalms 108:3 +. +For Your mercy and loving-kindness are great and high as the heavens! Your truth and faithfulness reach to the skies! -- psalms 108:4 +. +Be exalted, O God, above the heavens, and let Your glory be over all the earth. -- psalms 108:5 +. +That Your beloved [followers] may be delivered, save with Your right hand and answer us! [or me]! -- psalms 108:6 +. +God has promised in His holiness [regarding the establishment of David's dynasty]: I will rejoice, I will distribute [Canaan among My people], dividing Shechem and [the western region and allotting the eastern region which contains] the Valley of Succoth. -- psalms 108:7 +. +Gilead is Mine, Manasseh is Mine; Ephraim also is My stronghold and the defense of My head; Judah is My scepter and lawgiver. -- psalms 108:8 +. +Moab is My washbasin; upon Edom [My slave] My shoe I cast [to be cleaned]; over Philistia I shout [in triumph]. -- psalms 108:9 +. +Who will bring me [David] into the strong, fortified city [of Petra]? Who will lead me into Edom? -- psalms 108:10 +. +Have You not cast us off, O God? And will You not go forth, O God, with our armies? -- psalms 108:11 +. +Give us help against the adversary, for vain is the help of man. -- psalms 108:12 +. +Through and with God we shall do valiantly, for He it is Who shall tread down our adversaries. -- psalms 108:13 +. +O GOD of my praise! Keep not silence, -- psalms 109:1 +. +For the mouths of the wicked and the mouth of deceit are opened against me; they have spoken to me and against me with lying tongues. -- psalms 109:2 +. +They have compassed me about also with words of hatred and have fought against me without a cause. -- psalms 109:3 +. +In return for my love they are my adversaries, but I resort to prayer. -- psalms 109:4 +. +And they have rewarded and laid upon me evil for good, and hatred for my love. -- psalms 109:5 +. +Set a wicked man over him [as a judge], and let [a malicious] accuser stand at his right hand. -- psalms 109:6 +. +When [the wicked] is judged, let him be condemned, and let his prayer [for leniency] be turned into a sin. -- psalms 109:7 +. +Let his days be few; and let another take his office and charge. -- psalms 109:8 +. +Let his children be fatherless and his wife a widow. -- psalms 109:9 +. +Let his children be continual vagabonds [as was Cain] and beg; let them seek their bread and be driven far from their ruined homes. -- psalms 109:10 +. +Let the creditor and extortioner seize all that he has; and let strangers (barbarians and foreigners) plunder the fruits of his labor. -- psalms 109:11 +. +Let there be none to extend or continue mercy and kindness to him, neither let there be any to have pity on his fatherless children. -- psalms 109:12 +. +Let his posterity be cut off, and in the generation following let their names be blotted out. -- psalms 109:13 +. +Let the iniquity of his fathers be remembered by the Lord; and let not the sin of his mother be blotted out. -- psalms 109:14 +. +Let them be before the Lord continually, that He may cut off the memory of them from the earth!-- -- psalms 109:15 +. +Because the man did not [earnestly] remember to show mercy, but pursued and persecuted the poor and needy man, and the broken in heart [he was ready] to slay. -- psalms 109:16 +. +Yes, he loved cursing, and it came [back] upon him; he delighted not in blessing, and it was far from him. -- psalms 109:17 +. +He clothed himself also with cursing as with his garment, and it seeped into his inward [life] like water, and like oil into his bones. -- psalms 109:18 +. +Let it be to him as the raiment with which he covers himself and as the girdle with which he is girded continually. -- psalms 109:19 +. +Let this be the reward of my adversaries from the Lord, and of those who speak evil against my life. -- psalms 109:20 +. +But You deal with me and act for me, O God the Lord, for Your name's sake; because Your mercy and loving-kindness are good, O deliver me. -- psalms 109:21 +. +For I am poor and needy, and my heart is wounded and stricken within me. -- psalms 109:22 +. +I am gone like the shadow when it lengthens and declines; I toss up and down and am shaken off as the locust. -- psalms 109:23 +. +My knees are weak and totter from fasting; and my body is gaunt and has no fatness. -- psalms 109:24 +. +I have become also a reproach and a taunt to others; when they see me, they shake their heads. -- psalms 109:25 +. +Help me, O Lord my God; O save me according to Your mercy and loving-kindness!-- -- psalms 109:26 +. +That they may know that this is Your hand, that You, Lord, have done it. -- psalms 109:27 +. +Let them curse, but do You bless. When adversaries arise, let them be put to shame, but let Your servant rejoice. -- psalms 109:28 +. +Let my adversaries be clothed with shame and dishonor, and let them cover themselves with their own disgrace and confusion as with a robe. -- psalms 109:29 +. +I will give great praise and thanks to the Lord with my mouth; yes, and I will praise Him among the multitude. -- psalms 109:30 +. +For He will stand at the right hand of the poor and needy, to save him from those who condemn his life. -- psalms 109:31 +. +THE LORD (God) says to my Lord (the Messiah), Sit at My right hand, until I make Your adversaries Your footstool. -- psalms 110:1 +. +The Lord will send forth from Zion the scepter of Your strength; rule, then, in the midst of Your foes. -- psalms 110:2 +. +Your people will offer themselves willingly in the day of Your power, in the beauty of holiness and in holy array out of the womb of the morning; to You [will spring forth] Your young men, who are as the dew. -- psalms 110:3 +. +The Lord has sworn and will not revoke or change it: You are a priest forever, after the manner and order of Melchizedek. -- psalms 110:4 +. +The Lord at Your right hand will shatter kings in the day of His indignation. -- psalms 110:5 +. +He will execute judgment [in overwhelming punishment] upon the nations; He will fill the valleys with the dead bodies, He will crush the [chief] heads over lands many and far extended. -- psalms 110:6 +. +He will drink of the brook by the way; therefore will He lift up His head [triumphantly]. -- psalms 110:7 +. +PRAISE THE Lord! (Hallelujah!) I will praise and give thanks to the Lord with my whole heart in the council of the upright and in the congregation. -- psalms 111:1 +. +The works of the Lord are great, sought out by all those who have delight in them. -- psalms 111:2 +. +His work is honorable and glorious, and His righteousness endures forever. -- psalms 111:3 +. +He has made His wonderful works to be remembered; the Lord is gracious, merciful, and full of loving compassion. -- psalms 111:4 +. +He has given food and provision to those who reverently and worshipfully fear Him; He will remember His covenant forever and imprint it [on His mind]. -- psalms 111:5 +. +He has declared and shown to His people the power of His works in giving them the heritage of the nations [of Canaan]. -- psalms 111:6 +. +The works of His hands are [absolute] truth and justice [faithful and right]; and all His decrees and precepts are sure (fixed, established, and trustworthy). -- psalms 111:7 +. +They stand fast and are established forever and ever and are done in [absolute] truth and uprightness. -- psalms 111:8 +. +He has sent redemption to His people; He has commanded His covenant to be forever; holy is His name, inspiring awe, reverence, and godly fear. -- psalms 111:9 +. +The reverent fear and worship of the Lord is the beginning of Wisdom and skill [the preceding and the first essential, the prerequisite and the alphabet]; a good understanding, wisdom, and meaning have all those who do [the will of the Lord]. Their praise of Him endures forever. [Job. 28:28; Prov. 1:7; Matt. 22:37, 38; Rev. 14:7.] -- psalms 111:10 +. +PRAISE THE Lord! (Hallelujah!) Blessed (happy, fortunate, to be envied) is the man who fears (reveres and worships) the Lord, who delights greatly in His commandments. -- psalms 112:1 +. +His [spiritual] offspring shall be mighty upon earth; the generation of the upright shall be blessed. -- psalms 112:2 +. +Prosperity and welfare are in his house, and his righteousness endures forever. -- psalms 112:3 +. +Light arises in the darkness for the upright, gracious, compassionate, and just [who are in right standing with God]. -- psalms 112:4 +. +It is well with the man who deals generously and lends, who conducts his affairs with justice. -- psalms 112:5 +. +He will not be moved forever; the [uncompromisingly] righteous (the upright, in right standing with God) shall be in everlasting remembrance. -- psalms 112:6 +. +He shall not be afraid of evil tidings; his heart is firmly fixed, trusting (leaning on and being confident) in the Lord. -- psalms 112:7 +. +His heart is established and steady, he will not be afraid while he waits to see his desire established upon his adversaries. -- psalms 112:8 +. +He has distributed freely [he has given to the poor and needy]; his righteousness (uprightness and right standing with God) endures forever; his horn shall be exalted in honor. -- psalms 112:9 +. +The wicked man will see it and be grieved and angered, he will gnash his teeth and disappear [in despair]; the desire of the wicked shall perish and come to nothing. -- psalms 112:10 +. +PRAISE THE Lord! (Hallelujah!) Praise, O servants of the Lord, praise the name of the Lord! -- psalms 113:1 +. +Blessed be the name of the Lord from this time forth and forever -- psalms 113:2 +. +From the rising of the sun to the going down of it and from east to west, the name of the Lord is to be praised! -- psalms 113:3 +. +The Lord is high above all nations, and His glory above the heavens! -- psalms 113:4 +. +Who is like the Lord our God, Who has His seat on high, -- psalms 113:5 +. +Who humbles Himself to regard the heavens and the earth! -- psalms 113:6 +. +[The Lord] raises the poor out of the dust and lifts the needy from the ash heap and the dung hill, -- psalms 113:7 +. +That He may seat them with princes, even with the princes of His people. -- psalms 113:8 +. +He makes the barren woman to be a homemaker and a joyful mother of [spiritual] children. Praise the Lord! (Hallelujah!) -- psalms 113:9 +. +WHEN ISRAEL came forth out of Egypt, the house of Jacob from a people of strange language, -- psalms 114:1 +. +Judah became [God's] sanctuary (the Holy Place of His habitation), and Israel His dominion. -- psalms 114:2 +. +The [Red] Sea looked and fled; the Jordan [River] was turned back. -- psalms 114:3 +. +The mountains skipped like rams, the little hills like lambs. -- psalms 114:4 +. +What ails you, O [Red] Sea, that you flee? O Jordan, that you turn back? -- psalms 114:5 +. +You mountains, that you skip like rams, and you little hills, like lambs? -- psalms 114:6 +. +Tremble, O earth, at the presence of the Lord, at the presence of the God of Jacob, -- psalms 114:7 +. +Who turned the rock into a pool of water, the flint into a fountain of waters. -- psalms 114:8 +. +NOT TO us, O Lord, not to us but to Your name give glory, for Your mercy and loving-kindness and for the sake of Your truth and faithfulness! -- psalms 115:1 +. +Why should the nations say, Where is now their God? -- psalms 115:2 +. +But our God is in heaven; He does whatever He pleases. -- psalms 115:3 +. +The idols of the nations are silver and gold, the work of men's hands. -- psalms 115:4 +. +They have mouths, but they speak not; eyes have they, but they see not; -- psalms 115:5 +. +They have ears, but they hear not; noses have they, but they smell not; -- psalms 115:6 +. +They have hands, but they handle not; feet have they, but they walk not; neither can they make a sound with their throats. -- psalms 115:7 +. +They who make idols are like them; so are all who trust in and lean on them. -- psalms 115:8 +. +O Israel, trust and take refuge in the Lord! [Lean on, rely on, and be confident in Him!] He is their Help and their Shield. -- psalms 115:9 +. +O house of Aaron [the priesthood], trust in and lean on the Lord! He is their Help and their Shield. -- psalms 115:10 +. +You who [reverently] fear the Lord, trust in and lean on the Lord! He is their Help and their Shield. -- psalms 115:11 +. +The Lord has been mindful of us, He will bless us: He will bless the house of Israel, He will bless the house of Aaron [the priesthood], -- psalms 115:12 +. +He will bless those who reverently and worshipfully fear the Lord, both small and great. -- psalms 115:13 +. +May the Lord give you increase more and more, you and your children. -- psalms 115:14 +. +May you be blessed of the Lord, Who made heaven and earth! -- psalms 115:15 +. +The heavens are the Lord's heavens, but the earth has He given to the children of men. -- psalms 115:16 +. +The dead praise not the Lord, neither any who go down into silence. -- psalms 115:17 +. +But we will bless (affectionately and gratefully praise) the Lord from this time forth and forever. Praise the Lord! (Hallelujah!) -- psalms 115:18 +. +I LOVE the Lord, because He has heard [and now hears] my voice and my supplications. -- psalms 116:1 +. +Because He has inclined His ear to me, therefore will I call upon Him as long as I live. -- psalms 116:2 +. +The cords and sorrows of death were around me, and the terrors of Sheol (the place of the dead) had laid hold of me; I suffered anguish and grief (trouble and sorrow). -- psalms 116:3 +. +Then called I upon the name of the Lord: O Lord, I beseech You, save my life and deliver me! -- psalms 116:4 +. +Gracious is the Lord, and [rigidly] righteous; yes, our God is merciful. -- psalms 116:5 +. +The Lord preserves the simple; I was brought low, and He helped and saved me. -- psalms 116:6 +. +Return to your rest, O my soul, for the Lord has dealt bountifully with you. -- psalms 116:7 +. +For You have delivered my life from death, my eyes from tears, and my feet from stumbling and falling. -- psalms 116:8 +. +I will walk before the Lord in the land of the living. -- psalms 116:9 +. +I believed (trusted in, relied on, and clung to my God), and therefore have I spoken [even when I said], I am greatly afflicted. -- psalms 116:10 +. +I said in my haste, All men are deceitful and liars. -- psalms 116:11 +. +What shall I render to the Lord for all His benefits toward me? [How can I repay Him for all His bountiful dealings?] -- psalms 116:12 +. +I will lift up the cup of salvation and deliverance and call on the name of the Lord. -- psalms 116:13 +. +I will pay my vows to the Lord, yes, in the presence of all His people. -- psalms 116:14 +. +Precious (important and no light matter) in the sight of the Lord is the death of His saints (His loving ones). -- psalms 116:15 +. +O Lord, truly I am Your servant; I am Your servant, the son of Your handmaid; You have loosed my bonds. -- psalms 116:16 +. +I will offer to You the sacrifice of thanksgiving and will call on the name of the Lord. -- psalms 116:17 +. +I will pay my vows to the Lord, yes, in the presence of all His people, -- psalms 116:18 +. +In the courts of the Lord's house--in the midst of you, O Jerusalem. Praise the Lord! (Hallelujah!) -- psalms 116:19 +. +O PRAISE the Lord, all you nations! Praise Him, all you people! -- psalms 117:1 +. +For His mercy and loving-kindness are great toward us, and the truth and faithfulness of the Lord endure forever. Praise the Lord! (Hallelujah!) -- psalms 117:2 +. +O GIVE thanks to the Lord, for He is good; for His mercy and loving-kindness endure forever! -- psalms 118:1 +. +Let Israel now say that His mercy and loving-kindness endure forever. -- psalms 118:2 +. +Let the house of Aaron [the priesthood] now say that His mercy and loving-kindness endure forever. -- psalms 118:3 +. +Let those now who reverently and worshipfully fear the Lord say that His mercy and loving-kindness endure forever. -- psalms 118:4 +. +Out of my distress I called upon the Lord; the Lord answered me and set me free and in a large place. -- psalms 118:5 +. +The Lord is on my side; I will not fear. What can man do to me? -- psalms 118:6 +. +The Lord is on my side and takes my part, He is among those who help me; therefore shall I see my desire established upon those who hate me. -- psalms 118:7 +. +It is better to trust and take refuge in the Lord than to put confidence in man. -- psalms 118:8 +. +It is better to trust and take refuge in the Lord than to put confidence in princes. -- psalms 118:9 +. +All nations (the surrounding tribes) compassed me about, but in the name of the Lord I will cut them off! -- psalms 118:10 +. +They compassed me about, yes, they surrounded me on every side; but in the name of the Lord I will cut them off! -- psalms 118:11 +. +They swarmed about me like bees, they blaze up and are extinguished like a fire of thorns; in the name of the Lord I will cut them off! -- psalms 118:12 +. +You [my adversary] thrust sorely at me that I might fall, but the Lord helped me. -- psalms 118:13 +. +The Lord is my Strength and Song; and He has become my Salvation. -- psalms 118:14 +. +The voice of rejoicing and salvation is in the tents and private dwellings of the [uncompromisingly] righteous: the right hand of the Lord does valiantly and achieves strength! -- psalms 118:15 +. +The right hand of the Lord is exalted; the right hand of the Lord does valiantly and achieves strength! -- psalms 118:16 +. +I shall not die but live, and shall declare the works and recount the illustrious acts of the Lord. -- psalms 118:17 +. +The Lord has chastened me sorely, but He has not given me over to death. -- psalms 118:18 +. +Open to me the [temple] gates of righteousness; I will enter through them, and I will confess and praise the Lord. -- psalms 118:19 +. +This is the gate of the Lord; the [uncompromisingly] righteous shall enter through it. -- psalms 118:20 +. +I will confess, praise, and give thanks to You, for You have heard and answered me; and You have become my Salvation and Deliverer. -- psalms 118:21 +. +The stone which the builders rejected has become the chief cornerstone. -- psalms 118:22 +. +This is from the Lord and is His doing; it is marvelous in our eyes. -- psalms 118:23 +. +This is the day which the Lord has brought about; we will rejoice and be glad in it. -- psalms 118:24 +. +Save now, we beseech You, O Lord; send now prosperity, O Lord, we beseech You, and give to us success! -- psalms 118:25 +. +Blessed is he who comes in the name of the Lord; we bless you from the house of the Lord [you who come into His sanctuary under His guardianship]. -- psalms 118:26 +. +The Lord is God, Who has shown and given us light [He has illuminated us with grace, freedom, and joy]. Decorate the festival with leafy boughs and bind the sacrifices to be offered with thick cords [all over the priest's court, right up] to the horns of the altar. -- psalms 118:27 +. +You are my God, and I will confess, praise, and give thanks to You; You are my God, I will extol You. -- psalms 118:28 +. +O give thanks to the Lord, for He is good; for His mercy and loving-kindness endure forever. -- psalms 118:29 +. +BLESSED (HAPPY, fortunate, to be envied) are the undefiled (the upright, truly sincere, and blameless) in the way [of the revealed will of God], who walk (order their conduct and conversation) in the law of the Lord (the whole of God's revealed will). -- psalms 119:1 +. +Blessed (happy, fortunate, to be envied) are they who keep His testimonies, and who seek, inquire for and of Him and crave Him with the whole heart. -- psalms 119:2 +. +Yes, they do no unrighteousness [no willful wandering from His precepts]; they walk in His ways. -- psalms 119:3 +. +You have commanded us to keep Your precepts, that we should observe them diligently. -- psalms 119:4 +. +Oh, that my ways were directed and established to observe Your statutes [hearing, receiving, loving, and obeying them]! -- psalms 119:5 +. +Then shall I not be put to shame [by failing to inherit Your promises] when I have respect to all Your commandments. -- psalms 119:6 +. +I will praise and give thanks to You with uprightness of heart when I learn [by sanctified experiences] Your righteous judgments [Your decisions against and punishments for particular lines of thought and conduct]. -- psalms 119:7 +. +I will keep Your statutes; O forsake me not utterly. -- psalms 119:8 +. +How shall a young man cleanse his way? By taking heed and keeping watch [on himself] according to Your word [conforming his life to it]. -- psalms 119:9 +. +With my whole heart have I sought You, inquiring for and of You and yearning for You; Oh, let me not wander or step aside [either in ignorance or willfully] from Your commandments. -- psalms 119:10 +. +Your word have I laid up in my heart, that I might not sin against You. -- psalms 119:11 +. +Blessed are You, O Lord; teach me Your statutes. -- psalms 119:12 +. +With my lips have I declared and recounted all the ordinances of Your mouth. -- psalms 119:13 +. +I have rejoiced in the way of Your testimonies as much as in all riches. -- psalms 119:14 +. +I will meditate on Your precepts and have respect to Your ways [the paths of life marked out by Your law]. -- psalms 119:15 +. +I will delight myself in Your statutes; I will not forget Your word. -- psalms 119:16 +. +Deal bountifully with Your servant, that I may live; and I will observe Your word [hearing, receiving, loving, and obeying it]. -- psalms 119:17 +. +Open my eyes, that I may behold wondrous things out of Your law. -- psalms 119:18 +. +I am a stranger and a temporary resident on the earth; hide not Your commandments from me. -- psalms 119:19 +. +My heart is breaking with the longing that it has for Your ordinances and judgments at all times. -- psalms 119:20 +. +You rebuke the proud and arrogant, the accursed ones, who err and wander from Your commandments. -- psalms 119:21 +. +Take away from me reproach and contempt, for I keep Your testimonies. -- psalms 119:22 +. +Princes also sat and talked against me, but Your servant meditated on Your statutes. -- psalms 119:23 +. +Your testimonies also are my delight and my counselors. -- psalms 119:24 +. +My earthly life cleaves to the dust; revive and stimulate me according to Your word! -- psalms 119:25 +. +I have declared my ways and opened my griefs to You, and You listened to me; teach me Your statutes. -- psalms 119:26 +. +Make me understand the way of Your precepts; so shall I meditate on and talk of Your wondrous works. -- psalms 119:27 +. +My life dissolves and weeps itself away for heaviness; raise me up and strengthen me according to [the promises of] Your word. -- psalms 119:28 +. +Remove from me the way of falsehood and unfaithfulness [to You], and graciously impart Your law to me. -- psalms 119:29 +. +I have chosen the way of truth and faithfulness; Your ordinances have I set before me. -- psalms 119:30 +. +I cleave to Your testimonies; O Lord, put me not to shame! -- psalms 119:31 +. +I will [not merely walk, but] run the way of Your commandments, when You give me a heart that is willing. -- psalms 119:32 +. +Teach me, O Lord, the way of Your statutes, and I will keep it to the end [steadfastly]. -- psalms 119:33 +. +Give me understanding, that I may keep Your law; yes, I will observe it with my whole heart. -- psalms 119:34 +. +Make me go in the path of Your commandments, for in them do I delight. -- psalms 119:35 +. +Incline my heart to Your testimonies and not to covetousness (robbery, sensuality, unworthy riches). -- psalms 119:36 +. +Turn away my eyes from beholding vanity (idols and idolatry); and restore me to vigorous life and health in Your ways. -- psalms 119:37 +. +Establish Your word and confirm Your promise to Your servant, which is for those who reverently fear and devotedly worship You. -- psalms 119:38 +. +Turn away my reproach which I fear and dread, for Your ordinances are good. -- psalms 119:39 +. +Behold, I long for Your precepts; in Your righteousness give me renewed life. -- psalms 119:40 +. +Let Your mercy and loving-kindness come also to me, O Lord, even Your salvation according to Your promise; -- psalms 119:41 +. +Then shall I have an answer for those who taunt and reproach me, for I lean on, rely on, and trust in Your word. -- psalms 119:42 +. +And take not the word of truth utterly out of my mouth, for I hope in Your ordinances. -- psalms 119:43 +. +I will keep Your law continually, forever and ever [hearing, receiving, loving, and obeying it]. -- psalms 119:44 +. +And I will walk at liberty and at ease, for I have sought and inquired for [and desperately required] Your precepts. -- psalms 119:45 +. +I will speak of Your testimonies also before kings and will not be put to shame. -- psalms 119:46 +. +For I will delight myself in Your commandments, which I love. -- psalms 119:47 +. +My hands also will I lift up [in fervent supplication] to Your commandments, which I love, and I will meditate on Your statutes. -- psalms 119:48 +. +Remember [fervently] the word and promise to Your servant, in which You have caused me to hope. -- psalms 119:49 +. +This is my comfort and consolation in my affliction: that Your word has revived me and given me life. -- psalms 119:50 +. +The proud have had me greatly in derision, yet have I not declined in my interest in or turned aside from Your law. -- psalms 119:51 +. +When I have [earnestly] recalled Your ordinances from of old, O Lord, I have taken comfort. -- psalms 119:52 +. +Burning indignation, terror, and sadness seize upon me because of the wicked, who forsake Your law. -- psalms 119:53 +. +Your statutes have been my songs in the house of my pilgrimage. -- psalms 119:54 +. +I have [earnestly] remembered Your name, O Lord, in the night, and I have observed Your law. -- psalms 119:55 +. +This I have had [as the gift of Your grace and as my reward]: that I have kept Your precepts [hearing, receiving, loving, and obeying them]. -- psalms 119:56 +. +You are my portion, O Lord; I have promised to keep Your words. -- psalms 119:57 +. +I entreated Your favor with my whole heart; be merciful and gracious to me according to Your promise. -- psalms 119:58 +. +I considered my ways; I turned my feet to [obey] Your testimonies. -- psalms 119:59 +. +I made haste and delayed not to keep Your commandments. -- psalms 119:60 +. +Though the cords of the wicked have enclosed and ensnared me, I have not forgotten Your law. -- psalms 119:61 +. +At midnight I will rise to give thanks to You because of Your righteous ordinances. -- psalms 119:62 +. +I am a companion of all those who fear, revere, and worship You, and of those who observe and give heed to Your precepts. -- psalms 119:63 +. +The earth, O Lord, is full of Your mercy and loving-kindness; teach me Your statutes. -- psalms 119:64 +. +You have dealt well with Your servant, O Lord, according to Your promise. -- psalms 119:65 +. +Teach me good judgment, wise and right discernment, and knowledge, for I have believed (trusted, relied on, and clung to) Your commandments. -- psalms 119:66 +. +Before I was afflicted I went astray, but now Your word do I keep [hearing, receiving, loving, and obeying it]. -- psalms 119:67 +. +You are good and kind and do good; teach me Your statutes. -- psalms 119:68 +. +The arrogant and godless have put together a lie against me, but I will keep Your precepts with my whole heart. -- psalms 119:69 +. +Their hearts are as fat as grease [their minds are dull and brutal], but I delight in Your law. -- psalms 119:70 +. +It is good for me that I have been afflicted, that I might learn Your statutes. -- psalms 119:71 +. +The law from Your mouth is better to me than thousands of gold and silver pieces. -- psalms 119:72 +. +Your hands have made me, cunningly fashioned and established me; give me understanding, that I may learn Your commandments. -- psalms 119:73 +. +Those who reverently and worshipfully fear You will see me and be glad, because I have hoped in Your word and tarried for it. -- psalms 119:74 +. +I know, O Lord, that Your judgments are right and righteous, and that in faithfulness You have afflicted me. -- psalms 119:75 +. +Let, I pray You, Your merciful kindness and steadfast love be for my comfort, according to Your promise to Your servant. -- psalms 119:76 +. +Let Your tender mercy and loving-kindness come to me that I may live, for Your law is my delight! -- psalms 119:77 +. +Let the proud be put to shame, for they dealt perversely with me without a cause; but I will meditate on Your precepts. -- psalms 119:78 +. +Let those who reverently and worshipfully fear You turn to me, and those who have known Your testimonies. -- psalms 119:79 +. +Let my heart be sound (sincere and wholehearted and blameless) in Your statutes, that I may not be put to shame. -- psalms 119:80 +. +My soul languishes and grows faint for Your salvation, but I hope in Your word. -- psalms 119:81 +. +My eyes fail, watching for [the fulfillment of] Your promise. I say, When will You comfort me? -- psalms 119:82 +. +For I have become like a bottle [a wineskin blackened and shriveled] in the smoke [in which it hangs], yet do I not forget Your statutes. -- psalms 119:83 +. +How many are the days of Your servant [which he must endure]? When will You judge those who pursue and persecute me? -- psalms 119:84 +. +The godless and arrogant have dug pitfalls for me, men who do not conform to Your law. -- psalms 119:85 +. +All Your commandments are faithful and sure. [The godless] pursue and persecute me with falsehood; help me [Lord]! -- psalms 119:86 +. +They had almost consumed me upon earth, but I forsook not Your precepts. -- psalms 119:87 +. +According to Your steadfast love give life to me; then I will keep the testimony of Your mouth [hearing, receiving, loving, and obeying it]. -- psalms 119:88 +. +Forever, O Lord, Your word is settled in heaven [stands firm as the heavens]. -- psalms 119:89 +. +Your faithfulness is from generation to generation; You have established the earth, and it stands fast. -- psalms 119:90 +. +All [the whole universe] are Your servants; therefore they continue this day according to Your ordinances. -- psalms 119:91 +. +Unless Your law had been my delight, I would have perished in my affliction. -- psalms 119:92 +. +I will never forget Your precepts, [how can I?] for it is by them You have quickened me (granted me life). -- psalms 119:93 +. +I am Yours, therefore save me [Your own]; for I have sought (inquired of and for) Your precepts and required them [as my urgent need]. -- psalms 119:94 +. +The wicked wait for me to destroy me, but I will consider Your testimonies. -- psalms 119:95 +. +I have seen that everything [human] has its limits and end [no matter how extensive, noble, and excellent]; but Your commandment is exceedingly broad and extends without limits [into eternity]. -- psalms 119:96 +. +Oh, how love I Your law! It is my meditation all the day. -- psalms 119:97 +. +You, through Your commandments, make me wiser than my enemies, for [Your words] are ever before me. -- psalms 119:98 +. +I have better understanding and deeper insight than all my teachers, because Your testimonies are my meditation. -- psalms 119:99 +. +I understand more than the aged, because I keep Your precepts [hearing, receiving, loving, and obeying them]. -- psalms 119:100 +. +I have restrained my feet from every evil way, that I might keep Your word [hearing, receiving, loving, and obeying it]. -- psalms 119:101 +. +I have not turned aside from Your ordinances, for You Yourself have taught me. -- psalms 119:102 +. +How sweet are Your words to my taste, sweeter than honey to my mouth! -- psalms 119:103 +. +Through Your precepts I get understanding; therefore I hate every false way. -- psalms 119:104 +. +Your word is a lamp to my feet and a light to my path. -- psalms 119:105 +. +I have sworn [an oath] and have confirmed it, that I will keep Your righteous ordinances [hearing, receiving, loving, and obeying them]. -- psalms 119:106 +. +I am sorely afflicted; renew and quicken me [give me life], O Lord, according to Your word! -- psalms 119:107 +. +Accept, I beseech You, the freewill offerings of my mouth, O Lord, and teach me Your ordinances. -- psalms 119:108 +. +My life is continually in my hand, yet I do not forget Your law. -- psalms 119:109 +. +The wicked have laid a snare for me, yet I do not stray from Your precepts. -- psalms 119:110 +. +Your testimonies have I taken as a heritage forever, for they are the rejoicing of my heart. -- psalms 119:111 +. +I have inclined my heart to perform Your statutes forever, even to the end. -- psalms 119:112 +. +I hate the thoughts of undecided [in religion], double-minded people, but Your law do I love. -- psalms 119:113 +. +You are my hiding place and my shield; I hope in Your word. -- psalms 119:114 +. +Depart from me, you evildoers, that I may keep the commandments of my God [hearing, receiving, loving, and obeying them]. -- psalms 119:115 +. +Uphold me according to Your promise, that I may live; and let me not be put to shame in my hope! -- psalms 119:116 +. +Hold me up, that I may be safe and have regard for Your statutes continually! -- psalms 119:117 +. +You spurn and set at nought all those who stray from Your statutes, for their own lying deceives them and their tricks are in vain. -- psalms 119:118 +. +You put away and count as dross all the wicked of the earth [for there is no true metal in them]; therefore I love Your testimonies. -- psalms 119:119 +. +My flesh trembles and shudders for fear and reverential, worshipful awe of You, and I am afraid and in dread of Your judgments. -- psalms 119:120 +. +I have done justice and righteousness; leave me not to those who would oppress me. -- psalms 119:121 +. +Be surety for Your servant for good [as Judah was surety for the safety of Benjamin]; let not the proud oppress me. -- psalms 119:122 +. +My eyes fail, watching for Your salvation and for the fulfillment of Your righteous promise. -- psalms 119:123 +. +Deal with Your servant according to Your mercy and loving-kindness, and teach me Your statutes. -- psalms 119:124 +. +I am Your servant; give me understanding (discernment and comprehension), that I may know (discern and be familiar with the character of) Your testimonies. -- psalms 119:125 +. +It is time for the Lord to act; they have frustrated Your law. -- psalms 119:126 +. +Therefore I love Your commandments more than [resplendent] gold, yes, more than [perfectly] refined gold. -- psalms 119:127 +. +Therefore I esteem as right all, yes, all Your precepts; I hate every false way. -- psalms 119:128 +. +Your testimonies are wonderful [far exceeding anything conceived by man]; therefore my [penitent] self keeps them [hearing, receiving, loving, and obeying them]. -- psalms 119:129 +. +The entrance and unfolding of Your words give light; their unfolding gives understanding (discernment and comprehension) to the simple. -- psalms 119:130 +. +I opened my mouth and panted [with eager desire], for I longed for Your commandments. -- psalms 119:131 +. +Look upon me, be merciful unto me, and show me favor, as is Your way to those who love Your name. -- psalms 119:132 +. +Establish my steps and direct them by [means of] Your word; let not any iniquity have dominion over me. -- psalms 119:133 +. +Deliver me from the oppression of man; so will I keep Your precepts [hearing, receiving, loving, and obeying them]. -- psalms 119:134 +. +Make Your face shine [with pleasure] upon Your servant, and teach me Your statutes. -- psalms 119:135 +. +Streams of water run down my eyes, because men do not keep Your law [they hear it not, nor receive it, love it, or obey it]. -- psalms 119:136 +. +[Rigidly] righteous are You, O Lord, and upright are Your judgments and all expressions of Your will. -- psalms 119:137 +. +You have commanded and appointed Your testimonies in righteousness and in great faithfulness. -- psalms 119:138 +. +My zeal has consumed me and cut me off, because my adversaries have forgotten Your words. -- psalms 119:139 +. +Your word is very pure (tried and well refined); therefore Your servant loves it. -- psalms 119:140 +. +I am small (insignificant) and despised, but I do not forget Your precepts. -- psalms 119:141 +. +Your righteousness is an everlasting righteousness, and Your law is truth. -- psalms 119:142 +. +Trouble and anguish have found and taken hold on me, yet Your commandments are my delight. -- psalms 119:143 +. +Your righteous testimonies are everlasting and Your decrees are binding to eternity; give me understanding and I shall live [give me discernment and comprehension and I shall not die]. -- psalms 119:144 +. +I cried with my whole heart; hear me, O Lord; I will keep Your statutes [I will hear, receive, love, and obey them]. -- psalms 119:145 +. +I cried to You; save me, that I may keep Your testimonies [hearing, receiving, loving, and obeying them]. -- psalms 119:146 +. +I anticipated the dawning of the morning and cried [in childlike prayer]; I hoped in Your word. -- psalms 119:147 +. +My eyes anticipate the night watches and I am awake before the cry of the watchman, that I may meditate on Your word. -- psalms 119:148 +. +Hear my voice according to Your steadfast love; O Lord, quicken me and give me life according to Your [righteous] decrees. -- psalms 119:149 +. +They draw near who follow after wrong thinking and persecute me with wickedness; they are far from Your law. -- psalms 119:150 +. +You are near, O Lord [nearer to me than my foes], and all Your commandments are truth. -- psalms 119:151 +. +Of old have I known Your testimonies, and for a long time, [therefore it is a thoroughly established conviction] that You have founded them forever. -- psalms 119:152 +. +Consider my affliction and deliver me, for I do not forget Your law. -- psalms 119:153 +. +Plead my cause and redeem me; revive me and give me life according to Your word. -- psalms 119:154 +. +Salvation is far from the wicked, for they seek not nor hunger for Your statutes. -- psalms 119:155 +. +Great are Your tender mercy and loving-kindness, O Lord; give me life according to Your ordinances. -- psalms 119:156 +. +Many are my persecutors and my adversaries, yet I do not swerve from Your testimonies. -- psalms 119:157 +. +I behold the treacherous and am grieved and loathe them, because they do not respect Your law [neither hearing, receiving, loving, nor obeying it]. -- psalms 119:158 +. +Consider how I love Your precepts; revive me and give life to me, O Lord, according to Your loving-kindness! -- psalms 119:159 +. +The sum of Your word is truth [the total of the full meaning of all Your individual precepts]; and every one of Your righteous decrees endures forever. -- psalms 119:160 +. +Princes pursue and persecute me without cause, but my heart stands in awe of Your words [dreading violation of them far more than the force of prince or potentate]. -- psalms 119:161 +. +I rejoice at Your word as one who finds great spoil. -- psalms 119:162 +. +I hate and abhor falsehood, but Your law do I love. -- psalms 119:163 +. +Seven times a day and all day long do I praise You because of Your righteous decrees. -- psalms 119:164 +. +Great peace have they who love Your law; nothing shall offend them or make them stumble. -- psalms 119:165 +. +I am hoping and waiting [eagerly] for Your salvation, O Lord, and I do Your commandments. -- psalms 119:166 +. +Your testimonies have I kept [hearing, receiving, loving, and obeying them]; I love them exceedingly! -- psalms 119:167 +. +I have observed Your precepts and Your testimonies, for all my ways are [fully known] before You. -- psalms 119:168 +. +Let my mournful cry and supplication come [near] before You, O Lord; give me understanding (discernment and comprehension) according to Your word [of assurance and promise]. -- psalms 119:169 +. +Let my supplication come before You; deliver me according to Your word! -- psalms 119:170 +. +My lips shall pour forth praise [with thanksgiving and renewed trust] when You teach me Your statutes. -- psalms 119:171 +. +My tongue shall sing [praise for the fulfillment] of Your word, for all Your commandments are righteous. -- psalms 119:172 +. +Let Your hand be ready to help me, for I have chosen Your precepts. -- psalms 119:173 +. +I have longed for Your salvation, O Lord, and Your law is my delight. -- psalms 119:174 +. +Let me live that I may praise You, and let Your decrees help me. -- psalms 119:175 +. +I have gone astray like a lost sheep; seek, inquire for, and demand Your servant, for I do not forget Your commandments. -- psalms 119:176 +. +IN MY distress I cried to the Lord, and He answered me. -- psalms 120:1 +. +Deliver me, O Lord, from lying lips and from deceitful tongues. -- psalms 120:2 +. +What shall be given to you? Or what more shall be done to you, you deceitful tongue?-- -- psalms 120:3 +. +Sharp arrows of a [mighty] warrior, with [glowing] coals of the broom tree! -- psalms 120:4 +. +Woe is me that I sojourn with Meshech, that I dwell beside the tents of Kedar [as if among notoriously barbarous people]! -- psalms 120:5 +. +My life has too long had its dwelling with him who hates peace. -- psalms 120:6 +. +I am for peace; but when I speak, they are for war. -- psalms 120:7 +. +I WILL lift up my eyes to the hills [around Jerusalem, to sacred Mount Zion and Mount Moriah]--From whence shall my help come? -- psalms 121:1 +. +My help comes from the Lord, Who made heaven and earth. -- psalms 121:2 +. +He will not allow your foot to slip or to be moved; He Who keeps you will not slumber. -- psalms 121:3 +. +Behold, He who keeps Israel will neither slumber nor sleep. -- psalms 121:4 +. +The Lord is your keeper; the Lord is your shade on your right hand [the side not carrying a shield]. -- psalms 121:5 +. +The sun shall not smite you by day, nor the moon by night. -- psalms 121:6 +. +The Lord will keep you from all evil; He will keep your life. -- psalms 121:7 +. +The Lord will keep your going out and your coming in from this time forth and forevermore. -- psalms 121:8 +. +I WAS glad when they said to me, Let us go to the house of the Lord! -- psalms 122:1 +. +Our feet are standing within your gates, O Jerusalem!-- -- psalms 122:2 +. +Jerusalem, which is built as a city that is compacted together-- -- psalms 122:3 +. +To which the tribes go up, even the tribes of the Lord, as was decreed and as a testimony for Israel, to give thanks to the name of the Lord. -- psalms 122:4 +. +For there the thrones of judgment were set, the thrones of the house of David. -- psalms 122:5 +. +Pray for the peace of Jerusalem! May they prosper who love you [the Holy City]! -- psalms 122:6 +. +May peace be within your walls and prosperity within your palaces! -- psalms 122:7 +. +For my brethren and companions' sake, I will now say, Peace be within you! -- psalms 122:8 +. +For the sake of the house of the Lord our God, I will seek, inquire for, and require your good. -- psalms 122:9 +. +UNTO YOU do I lift up my eyes, O You Who are enthroned in heaven. -- psalms 123:1 +. +Behold, as the eyes of servants look to the hand of their master, and as the eyes of a maid to the hand of her mistress, so our eyes look to the Lord our God, until He has mercy and loving-kindness for us. -- psalms 123:2 +. +Have mercy on us, O Lord, have mercy on and loving-kindness for us, for we are exceedingly satiated with contempt. -- psalms 123:3 +. +Our life is exceedingly filled with the scorning and scoffing of those who are at ease and with the contempt of the proud (irresponsible tyrants who disregard God's law). -- psalms 123:4 +. +IF IT had not been the Lord Who was on our side--now may Israel say-- -- psalms 124:1 +. +If it had not been the Lord Who was on our side when men rose up against us, -- psalms 124:2 +. +Then they would have quickly swallowed us up alive when their wrath was kindled against us; -- psalms 124:3 +. +Then the waters would have overwhelmed us and swept us away, the torrent would have gone over us; -- psalms 124:4 +. +Then the proud waters would have gone over us. -- psalms 124:5 +. +Blessed be the Lord, Who has not given us as prey to their teeth! -- psalms 124:6 +. +We are like a bird escaped from the snare of the fowlers; the snare is broken, and we have escaped! -- psalms 124:7 +. +Our help is in the name of the Lord, Who made heaven and earth. -- psalms 124:8 +. +THOSE WHO trust in, lean on, and confidently hope in the Lord are like Mount Zion, which cannot be moved but abides and stands fast forever. -- psalms 125:1 +. +As the mountains are round about Jerusalem, so the Lord is round about His people from this time forth and forever. -- psalms 125:2 +. +For the scepter of wickedness shall not rest upon the land of the [uncompromisingly] righteous, lest the righteous (God's people) stretch forth their hands to iniquity and apostasy. -- psalms 125:3 +. +Do good, O Lord, to those who are good, and to those who are right [with You and all people] in their hearts. -- psalms 125:4 +. +As for such as turn aside to their crooked ways [of indifference to God], the Lord will lead them forth with the workers of iniquity. Peace be upon Israel! -- psalms 125:5 +. +WHEN THE Lord brought back the captives [who returned] to Zion, we were like those who dream [it seemed so unreal]. -- psalms 126:1 +. +Then were our mouths filled with laughter, and our tongues with singing. Then they said among the nations, The Lord has done great things for them. -- psalms 126:2 +. +The Lord has done great things for us! We are glad! -- psalms 126:3 +. +Turn to freedom our captivity and restore our fortunes, O Lord, as the streams in the South (the Negeb) [are restored by the torrents]. -- psalms 126:4 +. +They who sow in tears shall reap in joy and singing. -- psalms 126:5 +. +He who goes forth bearing seed and weeping [at needing his precious supply of grain for sowing] shall doubtless come again with rejoicing, bringing his sheaves with him. -- psalms 126:6 +. +EXCEPT THE Lord builds the house, they labor in vain who build it; except the Lord keeps the city, the watchman wakes but in vain. -- psalms 127:1 +. +It is vain for you to rise up early, to take rest late, to eat the bread of [anxious] toil--for He gives [blessings] to His beloved in sleep. -- psalms 127:2 +. +Behold, children are a heritage from the Lord, the fruit of the womb a reward. -- psalms 127:3 +. +As arrows are in the hand of a warrior, so are the children of one's youth. -- psalms 127:4 +. +Happy, blessed, and fortunate is the man whose quiver is filled with them! They will not be put to shame when they speak with their adversaries [in gatherings] at the [city's] gate. -- psalms 127:5 +. +BLESSED (HAPPY, fortunate, to be envied) is everyone who fears, reveres, and worships the Lord, who walks in His ways and lives according to His commandments. -- psalms 128:1 +. +For you shall eat [the fruit] of the labor of your hands; happy (blessed, fortunate, enviable) shall you be, and it shall be well with you. -- psalms 128:2 +. +Your wife shall be like a fruitful vine in the innermost parts of your house; your children shall be like olive plants round about your table. -- psalms 128:3 +. +Behold, thus shall the man be blessed who reverently and worshipfully fears the Lord. -- psalms 128:4 +. +May the Lord bless you out of Zion [His sanctuary], and may you see the prosperity of Jerusalem all the days of your life; -- psalms 128:5 +. +Yes, may you see your children's children. Peace be upon Israel! -- psalms 128:6 +. +MANY A time and much have they afflicted me from my youth up--let Israel now say-- -- psalms 129:1 +. +Many a time and much have they afflicted me from my youth up, yet they have not prevailed against me. -- psalms 129:2 +. +The plowers plowed upon my back; they made long their furrows. -- psalms 129:3 +. +The Lord is [uncompromisingly] righteous; He has cut asunder the thick cords by which the wicked [enslaved us]. -- psalms 129:4 +. +Let them all be put to shame and turned backward who hate Zion. -- psalms 129:5 +. +Let them be as the grass upon the housetops, which withers before it grows up, -- psalms 129:6 +. +With which the mower fills not his hand, nor the binder of sheaves his bosom-- -- psalms 129:7 +. +While those who go by do not say, The blessing of the Lord be upon you! We bless you in the name of the Lord! -- psalms 129:8 +. +OUT OF the depths have I cried to You, O Lord. -- psalms 130:1 +. +Lord, hear my voice; let Your ears be attentive to the voice of my supplications. -- psalms 130:2 +. +If You, Lord, should keep account of and treat [us according to our] sins, O Lord, who could stand? -- psalms 130:3 +. +But there is forgiveness with You [just what man needs], that You may be reverently feared and worshiped. -- psalms 130:4 +. +I wait for the Lord, I expectantly wait, and in His word do I hope. -- psalms 130:5 +. +I am looking and waiting for the Lord more than watchmen for the morning, I say, more than watchmen for the morning. -- psalms 130:6 +. +O Israel, hope in the Lord! For with the Lord there is mercy and loving-kindness, and with Him is plenteous redemption. -- psalms 130:7 +. +And He will redeem Israel from all their iniquities. -- psalms 130:8 +. +LORD, MY heart is not haughty, nor my eyes lofty; neither do I exercise myself in matters too great or in things too wonderful for me. -- psalms 131:1 +. +Surely I have calmed and quieted my soul; like a weaned child with his mother, like a weaned child is my soul within me [ceased from fretting]. -- psalms 131:2 +. +O Israel, hope in the Lord from this time forth and forever. -- psalms 131:3 +. +LORD, [earnestly] remember to David's credit all his humiliations and hardships and endurance-- -- psalms 132:1 +. +How he swore to the Lord and vowed to the Mighty One of Jacob: -- psalms 132:2 +. +Surely I will not enter my dwelling house or get into my bed-- -- psalms 132:3 +. +I will not permit my eyes to sleep or my eyelids to slumber, -- psalms 132:4 +. +Until I have found a place for the Lord, a habitation for the Mighty One of Jacob. -- psalms 132:5 +. +Behold, at Ephratah we [first] heard of [the discovered ark]; we found it in the fields of the wood [at Kiriath-jearim]. -- psalms 132:6 +. +Let us go into His tabernacle; let us worship at His footstool. -- psalms 132:7 +. +Arise, O Lord, to Your resting-place, You and the ark [the symbol] of Your strength. -- psalms 132:8 +. +Let Your priests be clothed with righteousness (right living and right standing with God); and let Your saints shout for joy! -- psalms 132:9 +. +For Your servant David's sake, turn not away the face of Your anointed and reject not Your own king. -- psalms 132:10 +. +The Lord swore to David in truth; He will not turn back from it: One of the fruit of your body I will set upon your throne. -- psalms 132:11 +. +If your children will keep My covenant and My testimony that I shall teach them, their children also shall sit upon your throne forever. -- psalms 132:12 +. +For the Lord has chosen Zion, He has desired it for His habitation: -- psalms 132:13 +. +This is My resting-place forever [says the Lord]; here will I dwell, for I have desired it. -- psalms 132:14 +. +I will surely and abundantly bless her provision; I will satisfy her poor with bread. -- psalms 132:15 +. +Her priests also will I clothe with salvation, and her saints shall shout aloud for joy. -- psalms 132:16 +. +There will I make a horn spring forth and bud for David; I have ordained and prepared a lamp for My anointed [fulfilling the promises of old]. -- psalms 132:17 +. +His enemies will I clothe with shame, but upon himself shall his crown flourish. -- psalms 132:18 +. +BEHOLD, HOW good and how pleasant it is for brethren to dwell together in unity! -- psalms 133:1 +. +It is like the precious ointment poured on the head, that ran down on the beard, even the beard of Aaron [the first high priest], that came down upon the collar and skirts of his garments [consecrating the whole body]. -- psalms 133:2 +. +It is like the dew of [lofty] Mount Hermon and the dew that comes on the hills of Zion; for there the Lord has commanded the blessing, even life forevermore [upon the high and the lowly]. -- psalms 133:3 +. +BEHOLD, BLESS (affectionately and gratefully praise) the Lord, all you servants of the Lord, [singers] who by night stand in the house of the Lord. -- psalms 134:1 +. +Lift up your hands in holiness and to the sanctuary and bless the Lord [affectionately and gratefully praise Him]! -- psalms 134:2 +. +The Lord bless you out of Zion, even He Who made heaven and earth. -- psalms 134:3 +. +PRAISE THE Lord! (Hallelujah!) Praise the name of the Lord; praise Him, O you servants of the Lord! -- psalms 135:1 +. +You who stand in the house of the Lord, in the courts of the house of our God, -- psalms 135:2 +. +Praise the Lord! For the Lord is good; sing praises to His name, for He is gracious and lovely! -- psalms 135:3 +. +For the Lord has chosen [the descendants of] Jacob for Himself, Israel for His peculiar possession and treasure. -- psalms 135:4 +. +For I know that the Lord is great and that our Lord is above all gods. -- psalms 135:5 +. +Whatever the Lord pleases, that has He done in the heavens and on earth, in the seas and all deeps-- -- psalms 135:6 +. +Who causes the vapors to arise from the ends of the earth, Who makes lightnings for the rain, Who brings the wind out of His storehouses; -- psalms 135:7 +. +Who smote the firstborn of Egypt, both of man and beast; -- psalms 135:8 +. +Who sent signs and wonders into the midst of you, O Egypt, upon Pharaoh and all his servants; -- psalms 135:9 +. +Who smote nations many and great and slew mighty kings-- -- psalms 135:10 +. +Sihon king of the Amorites, Og king of Bashan, and all the kingdoms of Canaan. -- psalms 135:11 +. +[The Lord] gave their land as a heritage, a heritage to Israel His people. -- psalms 135:12 +. +Your name, O Lord, endures forever, Your fame, O Lord, throughout all ages. -- psalms 135:13 +. +For the Lord will judge and vindicate His people, and He will delay His judgments [manifesting His righteousness and mercy] and take into favor His servants [those who meet His terms of separation unto Him]. -- psalms 135:14 +. +The idols of the nations are silver and gold, the work of men's hands. -- psalms 135:15 +. +[Idols] have mouths, but they speak not; eyes have they, but they see not; -- psalms 135:16 +. +They have ears, but they hear not, nor is there any breath in their mouths. -- psalms 135:17 +. +Those who make [idols] are like them; so is everyone who trusts in and relies on them. -- psalms 135:18 +. +Bless (affectionately and gratefully praise) the Lord, O house of Israel; bless the Lord, O house of Aaron [God's ministers]. -- psalms 135:19 +. +Bless the Lord, O house of Levi [the dedicated tribe]; you who reverently and worshipfully fear the Lord, bless the Lord [affectionately and gratefully praise Him]! -- psalms 135:20 +. +Blessed out of Zion be the Lord, Who dwells [with us] at Jerusalem! Praise the Lord! (Hallelujah!) -- psalms 135:21 +. +O GIVE thanks to the Lord, for He is good; for His mercy and loving-kindness endure forever. -- psalms 136:1 +. +O give thanks to the God of gods, for His mercy and loving-kindness endure forever. -- psalms 136:2 +. +O give thanks to the Lord of lords, for His mercy and loving-kindness endure forever-- -- psalms 136:3 +. +To Him Who alone does great wonders, for His mercy and loving-kindness endure forever; -- psalms 136:4 +. +To Him Who by wisdom and understanding made the heavens, for His mercy and loving-kindness endure forever; -- psalms 136:5 +. +To Him Who stretched out the earth upon the waters, for His mercy and loving-kindness endure forever; -- psalms 136:6 +. +To Him Who made the great lights, for His mercy and loving-kindness endure forever-- -- psalms 136:7 +. +The sun to rule over the day, for His mercy and loving-kindness endure forever; -- psalms 136:8 +. +The moon and stars to rule by night, for His mercy and loving-kindness endure forever; -- psalms 136:9 +. +To Him Who smote Egypt in their firstborn, for His mercy and loving-kindness endure forever; -- psalms 136:10 +. +And brought out Israel from among them, for His mercy and loving-kindness endure forever; -- psalms 136:11 +. +With a strong hand and with an outstretched arm, for His mercy and loving-kindness endure forever; -- psalms 136:12 +. +To Him Who divided the Red Sea into parts, for His mercy and loving-kindness endure forever; -- psalms 136:13 +. +And made Israel to pass through the midst of it, for His mercy and loving-kindness endure forever; -- psalms 136:14 +. +But shook off and overthrew Pharaoh and his host into the Red Sea, for His mercy and loving-kindness endure forever; -- psalms 136:15 +. +To Him Who led His people through the wilderness, for His mercy and loving-kindness endure forever; -- psalms 136:16 +. +To Him Who smote great kings, for His mercy and loving-kindness endure forever; -- psalms 136:17 +. +And slew famous kings, for His mercy and loving-kindness endure forever-- -- psalms 136:18 +. +Sihon king of the Amorites, for His mercy and loving-kindness endure forever; -- psalms 136:19 +. +And Og king of Bashan, for His mercy and loving-kindness endure forever; -- psalms 136:20 +. +And gave their land as a heritage, for His mercy and loving-kindness endure forever; -- psalms 136:21 +. +Even a heritage to Israel His servant, for His mercy and loving-kindness endure forever; -- psalms 136:22 +. +To Him Who [earnestly] remembered us in our low estate and imprinted us [on His heart], for His mercy and loving-kindness endure forever; -- psalms 136:23 +. +And rescued us from our enemies, for His mercy and loving-kindness endure forever; -- psalms 136:24 +. +To Him Who gives food to all flesh, for His mercy and loving-kindness endure forever; -- psalms 136:25 +. +O give thanks to the God of heaven, for His mercy and loving-kindness endure forever! -- psalms 136:26 +. +BY THE rivers of Babylon, there we [captives] sat down, yes, we wept when we [earnestly] remembered Zion [the city of our God imprinted on our hearts]. -- psalms 137:1 +. +On the willow trees in the midst of [Babylon] we hung our harps. -- psalms 137:2 +. +For there they who led us captive required of us a song with words, and our tormentors and they who wasted us required of us mirth, saying, Sing us one of the songs of Zion. -- psalms 137:3 +. +How shall we sing the Lord's song in a strange land? -- psalms 137:4 +. +If I forget you, O Jerusalem, let my right hand forget its skill [with the harp]. -- psalms 137:5 +. +Let my tongue cleave to the roof of my mouth if I remember you not, if I prefer not Jerusalem above my chief joy! -- psalms 137:6 +. +Remember, O Lord, against the Edomites, that they said in the day of Jerusalem's fall, Down, down to the ground with her! -- psalms 137:7 +. +O Daughter of Babylon [you devastator, you!], who [ought to be and] shall be destroyed, happy and blessed shall he be who requites you as you have served us. -- psalms 137:8 +. +Happy and blessed shall he be who takes and dashes your little ones against the rock! -- psalms 137:9 +. +I WILL confess and praise You [O God] with my whole heart; before the gods will I sing praises to You. -- psalms 138:1 +. +I will worship toward Your holy temple and praise Your name for Your loving-kindness and for Your truth and faithfulness; for You have exalted above all else Your name and Your word and You have magnified Your word above all Your name! -- psalms 138:2 +. +In the day when I called, You answered me; and You strengthened me with strength (might and inflexibility to temptation) in my inner self. -- psalms 138:3 +. +All the kings of the land shall give You credit and praise You, O Lord, for they have heard of the promises of Your mouth [which were fulfilled]. -- psalms 138:4 +. +Yes, they shall sing of the ways of the Lord and joyfully celebrate His mighty acts, for great is the glory of the Lord. -- psalms 138:5 +. +For though the Lord is high, yet has He respect to the lowly [bringing them into fellowship with Him]; but the proud and haughty He knows and recognizes [only] at a distance. -- psalms 138:6 +. +Though I walk in the midst of trouble, You will revive me; You will stretch forth Your hand against the wrath of my enemies, and Your right hand will save me. -- psalms 138:7 +. +The Lord will perfect that which concerns me; Your mercy and loving-kindness, O Lord, endure forever--forsake not the works of Your own hands. -- psalms 138:8 +. +O LORD, you have searched me [thoroughly] and have known me. -- psalms 139:1 +. +You know my downsitting and my uprising; You understand my thought afar off. -- psalms 139:2 +. +You sift and search out my path and my lying down, and You are acquainted with all my ways. -- psalms 139:3 +. +For there is not a word in my tongue [still unuttered], but, behold, O Lord, You know it altogether. -- psalms 139:4 +. +You have beset me and shut me in--behind and before, and You have laid Your hand upon me. -- psalms 139:5 +. +Your [infinite] knowledge is too wonderful for me; it is high above me, I cannot reach it. -- psalms 139:6 +. +Where could I go from Your Spirit? Or where could I flee from Your presence? -- psalms 139:7 +. +If I ascend up into heaven, You are there; if I make my bed in Sheol (the place of the dead), behold, You are there. -- psalms 139:8 +. +If I take the wings of the morning or dwell in the uttermost parts of the sea, -- psalms 139:9 +. +Even there shall Your hand lead me, and Your right hand shall hold me. -- psalms 139:10 +. +If I say, Surely the darkness shall cover me and the night shall be [the only] light about me, -- psalms 139:11 +. +Even the darkness hides nothing from You, but the night shines as the day; the darkness and the light are both alike to You. -- psalms 139:12 +. +For You did form my inward parts; You did knit me together in my mother's womb. -- psalms 139:13 +. +I will confess and praise You for You are fearful and wonderful and for the awful wonder of my birth! Wonderful are Your works, and that my inner self knows right well. -- psalms 139:14 +. +My frame was not hidden from You when I was being formed in secret [and] intricately and curiously wrought [as if embroidered with various colors] in the depths of the earth [a region of darkness and mystery]. -- psalms 139:15 +. +Your eyes saw my unformed substance, and in Your book all the days [of my life] were written before ever they took shape, when as yet there was none of them. -- psalms 139:16 +. +How precious and weighty also are Your thoughts to me, O God! How vast is the sum of them! -- psalms 139:17 +. +If I could count them, they would be more in number than the sand. When I awoke, [could I count to the end] I would still be with You. -- psalms 139:18 +. +If You would [only] slay the wicked, O God, and the men of blood depart from me-- -- psalms 139:19 +. +Who speak against You wickedly, Your enemies who take Your name in vain! -- psalms 139:20 +. +Do I not hate them, O Lord, who hate You? And am I not grieved and do I not loathe those who rise up against You? -- psalms 139:21 +. +I hate them with perfect hatred; they have become my enemies. -- psalms 139:22 +. +Search me [thoroughly], O God, and know my heart! Try me and know my thoughts! -- psalms 139:23 +. +And see if there is any wicked or hurtful way in me, and lead me in the way everlasting. -- psalms 139:24 +. +DELIVER ME, O Lord, from evil men; preserve me from violent men; -- psalms 140:1 +. +They devise mischiefs in their heart; continually they gather together and stir up wars. -- psalms 140:2 +. +They sharpen their tongues like a serpent's; adders' poison is under their lips. Selah [pause, and calmly think of that]! -- psalms 140:3 +. +Keep me, O Lord, from the hands of the wicked; preserve me from the violent men who have purposed to thrust aside my steps. -- psalms 140:4 +. +The proud have hidden a snare for me; they have spread cords as a net by the wayside, they have set traps for me. Selah [pause, and calmly think of that]! -- psalms 140:5 +. +I said to the Lord, You are my God; give ear to the voice of my supplications, O Lord. -- psalms 140:6 +. +O God the Lord, the Strength of my salvation, You have covered my head in the day of battle. -- psalms 140:7 +. +Grant not, O Lord, the desires of the wicked; further not their wicked plot and device, lest they exalt themselves. Selah [pause, and calmly think of that]! -- psalms 140:8 +. +Those who are fencing me in raise their heads; may the mischief of their own lips and the very things they desire for me come upon them. -- psalms 140:9 +. +Let burning coals fall upon them; let them be cast into the fire, into floods of water or deep water pits, from which they shall not rise. -- psalms 140:10 +. +Let not a man of slanderous tongue be established in the earth; let evil hunt the violent man to overthrow him [let calamity follow his evildoings]. -- psalms 140:11 +. +I know and rest in confidence upon it that the Lord will maintain the cause of the afflicted, and will secure justice for the poor and needy [of His believing children]. -- psalms 140:12 +. +Surely the [uncompromisingly] righteous shall give thanks to Your name; the upright shall dwell in Your presence (before Your very face). -- psalms 140:13 +. +LORD, I call upon You; hasten to me. Give ear to my voice when I cry to You. -- psalms 141:1 +. +Let my prayer be set forth as incense before You, the lifting up of my hands as the evening sacrifice. -- psalms 141:2 +. +Set a guard, O Lord, before my mouth; keep watch at the door of my lips. -- psalms 141:3 +. +Incline my heart not to submit or consent to any evil thing or to be occupied in deeds of wickedness with men who work iniquity; and let me not eat of their dainties. -- psalms 141:4 +. +Let the righteous man smite and correct me--it is a kindness. Oil so choice let not my head refuse or discourage; for even in their evils or calamities shall my prayer continue. -- psalms 141:5 +. +When their rulers are overthrown in stony places, [their followers] shall hear my words, that they are sweet (pleasant, mild, and just). -- psalms 141:6 +. +The unburied bones [of slaughtered rulers] shall lie scattered at the mouth of Sheol, [as unregarded] as the lumps of soil behind the plowman when he breaks open the ground. -- psalms 141:7 +. +But my eyes are toward You, O God the Lord; in You do I trust and take refuge; pour not out my life nor leave it destitute and bare. -- psalms 141:8 +. +Keep me from the trap which they have laid for me, and the snares of evildoers. -- psalms 141:9 +. +Let the wicked fall together into their own nets, while I pass over them and escape. -- psalms 141:10 +. +I CRY to the Lord with my voice; with my voice to the Lord do I make supplication. -- psalms 142:1 +. +I pour out my complaint before Him; I tell before Him my trouble. -- psalms 142:2 +. +When my spirit was overwhelmed and fainted [throwing all its weight] upon me, then You knew my path. In the way where I walk they have hidden a snare for me. -- psalms 142:3 +. +Look on the right hand [the point of attack] and see; for there is no man who knows me [to appear for me]. Refuge has failed me and I have no way to flee; no man cares for my life or my welfare. -- psalms 142:4 +. +I cried to You, O Lord; I said, You are my refuge, my portion in the land of the living. -- psalms 142:5 +. +Attend to my loud cry, for I am brought very low; deliver me from my persecutors, for they are stronger than I. -- psalms 142:6 +. +Bring my life out of prison, that I may confess, praise, and give thanks to Your name; the righteous will surround me and crown themselves because of me, for You will deal bountifully with me. -- psalms 142:7 +. +HEAR MY prayer, O Lord, give ear to my supplications! In Your faithfulness answer me, and in Your righteousness. -- psalms 143:1 +. +And enter not into judgment with Your servant, for in Your sight no man living is [in himself] righteous or justified. -- psalms 143:2 +. +For the enemy has pursued and persecuted my soul, he has crushed my life down to the ground; he has made me to dwell in dark places as those who have been long dead. -- psalms 143:3 +. +Therefore is my spirit overwhelmed and faints within me [wrapped in gloom]; my heart within my bosom grows numb. -- psalms 143:4 +. +I remember the days of old; I meditate on all Your doings; I ponder the work of Your hands. -- psalms 143:5 +. +I spread forth my hands to You; my soul thirsts after You like a thirsty land [for water]. Selah [pause, and calmly think of that]! -- psalms 143:6 +. +Answer me speedily, O Lord, for my spirit fails; hide not Your face from me, lest I become like those who go down into the pit (the grave). -- psalms 143:7 +. +Cause me to hear Your loving-kindness in the morning, for on You do I lean and in You do I trust. Cause me to know the way wherein I should walk, for I lift up my inner self to You. -- psalms 143:8 +. +Deliver me, O Lord, from my enemies; I flee to You to hide me. -- psalms 143:9 +. +Teach me to do Your will, for You are my God; let Your good Spirit lead me into a level country and into the land of uprightness. -- psalms 143:10 +. +Save my life, O Lord, for Your name's sake; in Your righteousness, bring my life out of trouble and free me from distress. -- psalms 143:11 +. +And in your mercy and loving-kindness, cut off my enemies and destroy all those who afflict my inner self, for I am Your servant. -- psalms 143:12 +. +BLESSED BE the Lord, my Rock and my keen and firm Strength, Who teaches my hands to war and my fingers to fight-- -- psalms 144:1 +. +My Steadfast Love and my Fortress, my High Tower and my Deliverer, my Shield and He in Whom I trust and take refuge, Who subdues my people under me. -- psalms 144:2 +. +Lord, what is man that You take notice of him? Or [the] son of man that You take account of him? -- psalms 144:3 +. +Man is like vanity and a breath; his days are as a shadow that passes away. -- psalms 144:4 +. +Bow Your heavens, O Lord, and come down; touch the mountains, and they shall smoke. -- psalms 144:5 +. +Cast forth lightning and scatter [my enemies]; send out Your arrows and embarrass and frustrate them. -- psalms 144:6 +. +Stretch forth Your hand from above; rescue me and deliver me out of great waters, from the hands of hostile aliens (tribes around us) -- psalms 144:7 +. +Whose mouths speak deceit and whose right hands are right hands [raised in taking] fraudulent oaths. -- psalms 144:8 +. +I will sing a new song to You, O God; upon a harp, an instrument of ten strings, will I offer praises to You. -- psalms 144:9 +. +You are He Who gives salvation to kings, Who rescues David His servant from the hurtful sword [of evil]. -- psalms 144:10 +. +Rescue me and deliver me out of the power of [hostile] alien [tribes] whose mouths speak deceit and whose right hands are right hands [raised in taking] fraudulent oaths. -- psalms 144:11 +. +When our sons shall be as plants grown large in their youth and our daughters as sculptured corner pillars hewn like those of a palace; -- psalms 144:12 +. +When our garners are full, affording all manner of store, and our sheep bring forth thousands and ten thousands in our pastures; -- psalms 144:13 +. +When our oxen are well loaded; when there is no invasion [of hostile armies] and no going forth [against besiegers--when there is no murder or manslaughter] and no outcry in our streets; -- psalms 144:14 +. +Happy and blessed are the people who are in such a case; yes, happy (blessed, fortunate, prosperous, to be envied) are the people whose God is the Lord! -- psalms 144:15 +. +I WILL extol You, my God, O King; and I will bless Your name forever and ever [with grateful, affectionate praise]. -- psalms 145:1 +. +Every day [with its new reasons] will I bless You [affectionately and gratefully praise You]; yes, I will praise Your name forever and ever. -- psalms 145:2 +. +Great is the Lord and highly to be praised; and His greatness is [so vast and deep as to be] unsearchable. -- psalms 145:3 +. +One generation shall laud Your works to another and shall declare Your mighty acts. -- psalms 145:4 +. +On the glorious splendor of Your majesty and on Your wondrous works I will meditate. -- psalms 145:5 +. +Men shall speak of the might of Your tremendous and terrible acts, and I will declare Your greatness. -- psalms 145:6 +. +They shall pour forth [like a fountain] the fame of Your great and abundant goodness and shall sing aloud of Your rightness and justice. -- psalms 145:7 +. +The Lord is gracious and full of compassion, slow to anger and abounding in mercy and loving-kindness. -- psalms 145:8 +. +The Lord is good to all, and His tender mercies are over all His works [the entirety of things created]. -- psalms 145:9 +. +All Your works shall praise You, O Lord, and Your loving ones shall bless You [affectionately and gratefully shall Your saints confess and praise You]! -- psalms 145:10 +. +They shall speak of the glory of Your kingdom and talk of Your power, -- psalms 145:11 +. +To make known to the sons of men God's mighty deeds and the glorious majesty of His kingdom. -- psalms 145:12 +. +Your kingdom is an everlasting kingdom, and Your dominion endures throughout all generations. -- psalms 145:13 +. +The Lord upholds all those [of His own] who are falling and raises up all those who are bowed down. -- psalms 145:14 +. +The eyes of all wait for You [looking, watching, and expecting] and You give them their food in due season. -- psalms 145:15 +. +You open Your hand and satisfy every living thing with favor. -- psalms 145:16 +. +The Lord is [rigidly] righteous in all His ways and gracious and merciful in all His works. -- psalms 145:17 +. +The Lord is near to all who call upon Him, to all who call upon Him sincerely and in truth. -- psalms 145:18 +. +He will fulfill the desires of those who reverently and worshipfully fear Him; He also will hear their cry and will save them. -- psalms 145:19 +. +The Lord preserves all those who love Him, but all the wicked will He destroy. -- psalms 145:20 +. +My mouth shall speak the praise of the Lord; and let all flesh bless (affectionately and gratefully praise) His holy name forever and ever. -- psalms 145:21 +. +PRAISE THE Lord! (Hallelujah!) Praise the Lord, O my soul! -- psalms 146:1 +. +While I live will I praise the Lord; I will sing praises to my God while I have any being. -- psalms 146:2 +. +Put not your trust in princes, in a son of man, in whom there is no help. -- psalms 146:3 +. +When his breath leaves him, he returns to his earth; in that very day his [previous] thoughts, plans, and purposes perish. -- psalms 146:4 +. +Happy (blessed, fortunate, enviable) is he who has the God of [special revelation to] Jacob for his help, whose hope is in the Lord his God, -- psalms 146:5 +. +Who made heaven and earth, the sea, and all that is in them, Who keeps truth and is faithful forever, -- psalms 146:6 +. +Who executes justice for the oppressed, Who gives food to the hungry. The Lord sets free the prisoners, -- psalms 146:7 +. +The Lord opens the eyes of the blind, the Lord lifts up those who are bowed down, the Lord loves the [uncompromisingly] righteous (those upright in heart and in right standing with Him). -- psalms 146:8 +. +The Lord protects and preserves the strangers and temporary residents, He upholds the fatherless and the widow and sets them upright, but the way of the wicked He makes crooked (turns upside down and brings to ruin). -- psalms 146:9 +. +The Lord shall reign forever, even Your God, O Zion, from generation to generation. Praise the Lord! (Hallelujah!) -- psalms 146:10 +. +PRAISE THE Lord! For it is good to sing praises to our God, for He is gracious and lovely; praise is becoming and appropriate. -- psalms 147:1 +. +The Lord is building up Jerusalem; He is gathering together the exiles of Israel. -- psalms 147:2 +. +He heals the brokenhearted and binds up their wounds [curing their pains and their sorrows]. -- psalms 147:3 +. +He determines and counts the number of the stars; He calls them all by their names. -- psalms 147:4 +. +Great is our Lord and of great power; His understanding is inexhaustible and boundless. -- psalms 147:5 +. +The Lord lifts up the humble and downtrodden; He casts the wicked down to the ground. -- psalms 147:6 +. +Sing to the Lord with thanksgiving; sing praises with the harp or the lyre to our God!-- -- psalms 147:7 +. +Who covers the heavens with clouds, Who prepares rain for the earth, Who makes grass to grow on the mountains. -- psalms 147:8 +. +He gives to the beast his food, and to the young ravens that for which they cry. -- psalms 147:9 +. +He delights not in the strength of the horse, nor does He take pleasure in the legs of a man. -- psalms 147:10 +. +The Lord takes pleasure in those who reverently and worshipfully fear Him, in those who hope in His mercy and loving-kindness. -- psalms 147:11 +. +Praise the Lord, O Jerusalem! Praise your God, O Zion! -- psalms 147:12 +. +For He has strengthened and made hard the bars of your gates, and He has blessed your children within you. -- psalms 147:13 +. +He makes peace in your borders; He fills you with the finest of the wheat. -- psalms 147:14 +. +He sends forth His commandment to the earth; His word runs very swiftly. -- psalms 147:15 +. +He gives [to the earth] snow like [a blanket of] wool; He scatters the hoarfrost like ashes. -- psalms 147:16 +. +He casts forth His ice like crumbs; who can stand before His cold? -- psalms 147:17 +. +He sends out His word, and melts [ice and snow]; He causes His wind to blow, and the waters flow. -- psalms 147:18 +. +He declares His word to Jacob, His statutes and His ordinances to Israel. -- psalms 147:19 +. +He has not dealt so with any [other] nation; they have not known (understood, appreciated, given heed to, and cherished) His ordinances. Praise the Lord! (Hallelujah!) -- psalms 147:20 +. +PRAISE THE Lord! Praise the Lord from the heavens, praise Him in the heights! -- psalms 148:1 +. +Praise Him, all His angels, praise Him, all His hosts! -- psalms 148:2 +. +Praise Him, sun and moon, praise Him, all you stars of light! -- psalms 148:3 +. +Praise Him, you highest heavens and you waters above the heavens! -- psalms 148:4 +. +Let them praise the name of the Lord, for He commanded and they were created. -- psalms 148:5 +. +He also established them forever and ever; He made a decree which shall not pass away [He fixed their bounds which cannot be passed over]. -- psalms 148:6 +. +Praise the Lord from the earth, you sea monsters and all deeps! -- psalms 148:7 +. +You lightning, hail, fog, and frost, you stormy wind fulfilling His orders! -- psalms 148:8 +. +Mountains and all hills, fruitful trees and all cedars! -- psalms 148:9 +. +Beasts and all cattle, creeping things and flying birds! -- psalms 148:10 +. +Kings of the earth and all peoples, princes and all rulers and judges of the earth! -- psalms 148:11 +. +Both young men and maidens, old men and children! -- psalms 148:12 +. +Let them praise and exalt the name of the Lord, for His name alone is exalted and supreme! His glory and majesty are above earth and heaven! -- psalms 148:13 +. +He has lifted up a horn for His people [giving them power, prosperity, dignity, and preeminence], a song of praise for all His godly ones, for the people of Israel, who are near to Him. Praise the Lord! (Hallelujah!) -- psalms 148:14 +. +PRAISE THE Lord! Sing to the Lord a new song, praise Him in the assembly of His saints! -- psalms 149:1 +. +Let Israel rejoice in Him, their Maker; let Zion's children triumph and be joyful in their King! -- psalms 149:2 +. +Let them praise His name in chorus and choir and with the [single or group] dance; let them sing praises to Him with the tambourine and lyre! -- psalms 149:3 +. +For the Lord takes pleasure in His people; He will beautify the humble with salvation and adorn the wretched with victory. -- psalms 149:4 +. +Let the saints be joyful in the glory and beauty [which God confers upon them]; let them sing for joy upon their beds. -- psalms 149:5 +. +Let the high praises of God be in their throats and a two-edged sword in their hands, -- psalms 149:6 +. +To wreak vengeance upon the nations and chastisement upon the peoples, -- psalms 149:7 +. +To bind their kings with chains, and their nobles with fetters of iron, -- psalms 149:8 +. +To execute upon them the judgment written. He [the Lord] is the honor of all His saints. Praise the Lord! (Hallelujah!) -- psalms 149:9 +. +PRAISE THE Lord! Praise God in His sanctuary; praise Him in the heavens of His power! -- psalms 150:1 +. +Praise Him for His mighty acts; praise Him according to the abundance of His greatness! -- psalms 150:2 +. +Praise Him with trumpet sound; praise Him with lute and harp! -- psalms 150:3 +. +Praise Him with tambourine and [single or group] dance; praise Him with stringed and wind instruments or flutes! -- psalms 150:4 +. +Praise Him with resounding cymbals; praise Him with loud clashing cymbals! -- psalms 150:5 +. +Let everything that has breath and every breath of life praise the Lord! Praise the Lord! (Hallelujah!) -- psalms 150:6 +. +THE PROVERBS (truths obscurely expressed, maxims, and parables) of Solomon son of David, king of Israel: -- proverbs 1:1 +. +That people may know skillful and godly Wisdom and instruction, discern and comprehend the words of understanding and insight, -- proverbs 1:2 +. +Receive instruction in wise dealing and the discipline of wise thoughtfulness, righteousness, justice, and integrity, -- proverbs 1:3 +. +That prudence may be given to the simple, and knowledge, discretion, and discernment to the youth-- -- proverbs 1:4 +. +The wise also will hear and increase in learning, and the person of understanding will acquire skill and attain to sound counsel [so that he may be able to steer his course rightly]-- -- proverbs 1:5 +. +That people may understand a proverb and a figure of speech or an enigma with its interpretation, and the words of the wise and their dark sayings or riddles. -- proverbs 1:6 +. +The reverent and worshipful fear of the Lord is the beginning and the principal and choice part of knowledge [its starting point and its essence]; but fools despise skillful and godly Wisdom, instruction, and discipline. -- proverbs 1:7 +. +My son, hear the instruction of your father; reject not nor forsake the teaching of your mother. -- proverbs 1:8 +. +For they are a [victor's] chaplet (garland) of grace upon your head and chains and pendants [of gold worn by kings] for your neck. -- proverbs 1:9 +. +My son, if sinners entice you, do not consent. -- proverbs 1:10 +. +If they say, Come with us; let us lie in wait [to shed] blood, let us ambush the innocent without cause [and show that his piety is in vain]; -- proverbs 1:11 +. +Let us swallow them up alive as does Sheol (the place of the dead), and whole, as those who go down into the pit [of the dead]; -- proverbs 1:12 +. +We shall find and take all kinds of precious goods [when our victims are put out of the way], we shall fill our houses with plunder; -- proverbs 1:13 +. +Throw in your lot with us [they insist] and be a sworn brother and comrade; let us all have one purse in common-- -- proverbs 1:14 +. +My son, do not walk in the way with them; restrain your foot from their path; -- proverbs 1:15 +. +For their feet run to evil, and they make haste to shed blood. -- proverbs 1:16 +. +For in vain is the net spread in the sight of any bird! -- proverbs 1:17 +. +But [when these men set a trap for others] they are lying in wait for their own blood; they set an ambush for their own lives. -- proverbs 1:18 +. +So are the ways of everyone who is greedy of gain; such [greed for plunder] takes away the lives of its possessors. -- proverbs 1:19 +. +Wisdom cries aloud in the street, she raises her voice in the markets; -- proverbs 1:20 +. +She cries at the head of the noisy intersections [in the chief gathering places]; at the entrance of the city gates she speaks: -- proverbs 1:21 +. +How long, O simple ones [open to evil], will you love being simple? And the scoffers delight in scoffing and [self-confident] fools hate knowledge? -- proverbs 1:22 +. +If you will turn (repent) and give heed to my reproof, behold, I [Wisdom] will pour out my spirit upon you, I will make my words known to you. -- proverbs 1:23 +. +Because I have called and you have refused [to answer], have stretched out my hand and no man has heeded it, -- proverbs 1:24 +. +And you treated as nothing all my counsel and would accept none of my reproof, -- proverbs 1:25 +. +I also will laugh at your calamity; I will mock when the thing comes that shall cause you terror and panic-- -- proverbs 1:26 +. +When your panic comes as a storm and desolation and your calamity comes on as a whirlwind, when distress and anguish come upon you. -- proverbs 1:27 +. +Then will they call upon me [Wisdom] but I will not answer; they will seek me early and diligently but they will not find me. -- proverbs 1:28 +. +Because they hated knowledge and did not choose the reverent and worshipful fear of the Lord, -- proverbs 1:29 +. +Would accept none of my counsel, and despised all my reproof, -- proverbs 1:30 +. +Therefore shall they eat of the fruit of their own way and be satiated with their own devices. -- proverbs 1:31 +. +For the backsliding of the simple shall slay them, and the careless ease of [self-confident] fools shall destroy them. -- proverbs 1:32 +. +But whoso hearkens to me [Wisdom] shall dwell securely and in confident trust and shall be quiet, without fear or dread of evil. -- proverbs 1:33 +. +MY SON, if you will receive my words and treasure up my commandments within you, -- proverbs 2:1 +. +Making your ear attentive to skillful and godly Wisdom and inclining and directing your heart and mind to understanding [applying all your powers to the quest for it]; -- proverbs 2:2 +. +Yes, if you cry out for insight and raise your voice for understanding, -- proverbs 2:3 +. +If you seek [Wisdom] as for silver and search for skillful and godly Wisdom as for hidden treasures, -- proverbs 2:4 +. +Then you will understand the reverent and worshipful fear of the Lord and find the knowledge of [our omniscient] God. -- proverbs 2:5 +. +For the Lord gives skillful and godly Wisdom; from His mouth come knowledge and understanding. -- proverbs 2:6 +. +He hides away sound and godly Wisdom and stores it for the righteous (those who are upright and in right standing with Him); He is a shield to those who walk uprightly and in integrity, -- proverbs 2:7 +. +That He may guard the paths of justice; yes, He preserves the way of His saints. -- proverbs 2:8 +. +Then you will understand righteousness, justice, and fair dealing [in every area and relation]; yes, you will understand every good path. -- proverbs 2:9 +. +For skillful and godly Wisdom shall enter into your heart, and knowledge shall be pleasant to you. -- proverbs 2:10 +. +Discretion shall watch over you, understanding shall keep you, -- proverbs 2:11 +. +To deliver you from the way of evil and the evil men, from men who speak perverse things and are liars, -- proverbs 2:12 +. +Men who forsake the paths of uprightness to walk in the ways of darkness, -- proverbs 2:13 +. +Who rejoice to do evil and delight in the perverseness of evil, -- proverbs 2:14 +. +Who are crooked in their ways, wayward and devious in their paths. -- proverbs 2:15 +. +[Discretion shall watch over you, understanding shall keep you] to deliver you from the alien woman, from the outsider with her flattering words, -- proverbs 2:16 +. +Who forsakes the husband and guide of her youth and forgets the covenant of her God. -- proverbs 2:17 +. +For her house sinks down to death and her paths to the spirits [of the dead]. -- proverbs 2:18 +. +None who go to her return again, neither do they attain or regain the paths of life. -- proverbs 2:19 +. +So may you walk in the way of good men, and keep to the paths of the [consistently] righteous (the upright, in right standing with God). -- proverbs 2:20 +. +For the upright shall dwell in the land, and the men of integrity, blameless and complete [in God's sight], shall remain in it; -- proverbs 2:21 +. +But the wicked shall be cut off from the earth, and the treacherous shall be rooted out of it. -- proverbs 2:22 +. +MY SON, forget not my law or teaching, but let your heart keep my commandments; -- proverbs 3:1 +. +For length of days and years of a life [worth living] and tranquility [inward and outward and continuing through old age till death], these shall they add to you. -- proverbs 3:2 +. +Let not mercy and kindness [shutting out all hatred and selfishness] and truth [shutting out all deliberate hypocrisy or falsehood] forsake you; bind them about your neck, write them upon the tablet of your heart. -- proverbs 3:3 +. +So shall you find favor, good understanding, and high esteem in the sight [or judgment] of God and man. -- proverbs 3:4 +. +Lean on, trust in, and be confident in the Lord with all your heart and mind and do not rely on your own insight or understanding. -- proverbs 3:5 +. +In all your ways know, recognize, and acknowledge Him, and He will direct and make straight and plain your paths. -- proverbs 3:6 +. +Be not wise in your own eyes; reverently fear and worship the Lord and turn [entirely] away from evil. -- proverbs 3:7 +. +It shall be health to your nerves and sinews, and marrow and moistening to your bones. -- proverbs 3:8 +. +Honor the Lord with your capital and sufficiency [from righteous labors] and with the firstfruits of all your income; -- proverbs 3:9 +. +So shall your storage places be filled with plenty, and your vats shall be overflowing with new wine. -- proverbs 3:10 +. +My son, do not despise or shrink from the chastening of the Lord [His correction by punishment or by subjection to suffering or trial]; neither be weary of or impatient about or loathe or abhor His reproof, -- proverbs 3:11 +. +For whom the Lord loves He corrects, even as a father corrects the son in whom he delights. -- proverbs 3:12 +. +Happy (blessed, fortunate, enviable) is the man who finds skillful and godly Wisdom, and the man who gets understanding [drawing it forth from God's Word and life's experiences], -- proverbs 3:13 +. +For the gaining of it is better than the gaining of silver, and the profit of it better than fine gold. -- proverbs 3:14 +. +Skillful and godly Wisdom is more precious than rubies; and nothing you can wish for is to be compared to her. -- proverbs 3:15 +. +Length of days is in her right hand, and in her left hand are riches and honor. -- proverbs 3:16 +. +Her ways are highways of pleasantness, and all her paths are peace. -- proverbs 3:17 +. +She is a tree of life to those who lay hold on her; and happy (blessed, fortunate, to be envied) is everyone who holds her fast. -- proverbs 3:18 +. +The Lord by skillful and godly Wisdom has founded the earth; by understanding He has established the heavens. -- proverbs 3:19 +. +By His knowledge the deeps were broken up, and the skies distill the dew. -- proverbs 3:20 +. +My son, let them not escape from your sight, but keep sound and godly Wisdom and discretion, -- proverbs 3:21 +. +And they will be life to your inner self, and a gracious ornament to your neck (your outer self). -- proverbs 3:22 +. +Then you will walk in your way securely and in confident trust, and you shall not dash your foot or stumble. -- proverbs 3:23 +. +When you lie down, you shall not be afraid; yes, you shall lie down, and your sleep shall be sweet. -- proverbs 3:24 +. +Be not afraid of sudden terror and panic, nor of the stormy blast or the storm and ruin of the wicked when it comes [for you will be guiltless], -- proverbs 3:25 +. +For the Lord shall be your confidence, firm and strong, and shall keep your foot from being caught [in a trap or some hidden danger]. -- proverbs 3:26 +. +Withhold not good from those to whom it is due [its rightful owners], when it is in the power of your hand to do it. -- proverbs 3:27 +. +Do not say to your neighbor, Go, and come again; and tomorrow I will give it--when you have it with you. -- proverbs 3:28 +. +Do not contrive or dig up or cultivate evil against your neighbor, who dwells trustingly and confidently beside you. -- proverbs 3:29 +. +Contend not with a man for no reason--when he has done you no wrong. -- proverbs 3:30 +. +Do not resentfully envy and be jealous of an unscrupulous, grasping man, and choose none of his ways. -- proverbs 3:31 +. +For the perverse are an abomination [extremely disgusting and detestable] to the Lord; but His confidential communion and secret counsel are with the [uncompromisingly] righteous (those who are upright and in right standing with Him). -- proverbs 3:32 +. +The curse of the Lord is in and on the house of the wicked, but He declares blessed (joyful and favored with blessings) the home of the just and consistently righteous. -- proverbs 3:33 +. +Though He scoffs at the scoffers and scorns the scorners, yet He gives His undeserved favor to the low [in rank], the humble, and the afflicted. -- proverbs 3:34 +. +The wise shall inherit glory (all honor and good) but shame is the highest rank conferred on [self-confident] fools. -- proverbs 3:35 +. +HEAR, MY sons, the instruction of a father, and pay attention in order to gain and to know intelligent discernment, comprehension, and interpretation [of spiritual matters]. -- proverbs 4:1 +. +For I give you good doctrine [what is to be received]; do not forsake my teaching. -- proverbs 4:2 +. +When I [Solomon] was a son with my father [David], tender and the only son in the sight of my mother [Bathsheba], -- proverbs 4:3 +. +He taught me and said to me, Let your heart hold fast my words; keep my commandments and live. -- proverbs 4:4 +. +Get skillful and godly Wisdom, get understanding (discernment, comprehension, and interpretation); do not forget and do not turn back from the words of my mouth. -- proverbs 4:5 +. +Forsake not [Wisdom], and she will keep, defend, and protect you; love her, and she will guard you. -- proverbs 4:6 +. +The beginning of Wisdom is: get Wisdom (skillful and godly Wisdom)! [For skillful and godly Wisdom is the principal thing.] And with all you have gotten, get understanding (discernment, comprehension, and interpretation). -- proverbs 4:7 +. +Prize Wisdom highly and exalt her, and she will exalt and promote you; she will bring you to honor when you embrace her. -- proverbs 4:8 +. +She shall give to your head a wreath of gracefulness; a crown of beauty and glory will she deliver to you. -- proverbs 4:9 +. +Hear, O my son, and receive my sayings, and the years of your life shall be many. -- proverbs 4:10 +. +I have taught you in the way of skillful and godly Wisdom [which is comprehensive insight into the ways and purposes of God]; I have led you in paths of uprightness. -- proverbs 4:11 +. +When you walk, your steps shall not be hampered [your path will be clear and open]; and when you run, you shall not stumble. -- proverbs 4:12 +. +Take firm hold of instruction, do not let go; guard her, for she is your life. -- proverbs 4:13 +. +Enter not into the path of the wicked, and go not in the way of evil men. -- proverbs 4:14 +. +Avoid it, do not go on it; turn from it and pass on. -- proverbs 4:15 +. +For they cannot sleep unless they have caused trouble or vexation; their sleep is taken away unless they have caused someone to fall. -- proverbs 4:16 +. +For they eat the bread of wickedness and drink the wine of violence. -- proverbs 4:17 +. +But the path of the [uncompromisingly] just and righteous is like the light of dawn, that shines more and more (brighter and clearer) until [it reaches its full strength and glory in] the perfect day [to be prepared]. -- proverbs 4:18 +. +The way of the wicked is like deep darkness; they do not know over what they stumble. -- proverbs 4:19 +. +My son, attend to my words; consent and submit to my sayings. -- proverbs 4:20 +. +Let them not depart from your sight; keep them in the center of your heart. -- proverbs 4:21 +. +For they are life to those who find them, healing and health to all their flesh. -- proverbs 4:22 +. +Keep and guard your heart with all vigilance and above all that you guard, for out of it flow the springs of life. -- proverbs 4:23 +. +Put away from you false and dishonest speech, and willful and contrary talk put far from you. -- proverbs 4:24 +. +Let your eyes look right on [with fixed purpose], and let your gaze be straight before you. -- proverbs 4:25 +. +Consider well the path of your feet, and let all your ways be established and ordered aright. -- proverbs 4:26 +. +Turn not aside to the right hand or to the left; remove your foot from evil. -- proverbs 4:27 +. +MY SON, be attentive to my Wisdom [godly Wisdom learned by actual and costly experience], and incline your ear to my understanding [of what is becoming and prudent for you], -- proverbs 5:1 +. +That you may exercise proper discrimination and discretion and your lips may guard and keep knowledge and the wise answer [to temptation]. -- proverbs 5:2 +. +For the lips of a loose woman drip honey as a honeycomb, and her mouth is smoother than oil; -- proverbs 5:3 +. +But in the end she is bitter as wormwood, sharp as a two-edged and devouring sword. -- proverbs 5:4 +. +Her feet go down to death; her steps take hold of Sheol (Hades, the place of the dead). -- proverbs 5:5 +. +She loses sight of and walks not in the path of life; her ways wind about aimlessly, and you cannot know them. -- proverbs 5:6 +. +Now therefore, my sons, listen to me, and depart not from the words of my mouth. -- proverbs 5:7 +. +Let your way in life be far from her, and come not near the door of her house [avoid the very scenes of temptation], -- proverbs 5:8 +. +Lest you give your honor to others and your years to those without mercy, -- proverbs 5:9 +. +Lest strangers [and false teachings] take their fill of your strength and wealth and your labors go to the house of an alien [from God]-- -- proverbs 5:10 +. +And you groan and mourn when your end comes, when your flesh and body are consumed, -- proverbs 5:11 +. +And you say, How I hated instruction and discipline, and my heart despised reproof! -- proverbs 5:12 +. +I have not obeyed the voice of my teachers nor submitted and consented to those who instructed me. -- proverbs 5:13 +. +[The extent and boldness of] my sin involved almost all evil [in the estimation] of the congregation and the community. -- proverbs 5:14 +. +Drink waters out of your own cistern [of a pure marriage relationship], and fresh running waters out of your own well. -- proverbs 5:15 +. +Should your offspring be dispersed abroad as water brooks in the streets? -- proverbs 5:16 +. +[Confine yourself to your own wife] let your children be for you alone, and not the children of strangers with you. -- proverbs 5:17 +. +Let your fountain [of human life] be blessed [with the rewards of fidelity], and rejoice in the wife of your youth. -- proverbs 5:18 +. +Let her be as the loving hind and pleasant doe [tender, gentle, attractive]--let her bosom satisfy you at all times, and always be transported with delight in her love. -- proverbs 5:19 +. +Why should you, my son, be infatuated with a loose woman, embrace the bosom of an outsider, and go astray? -- proverbs 5:20 +. +For the ways of man are directly before the eyes of the Lord, and He [Who would have us live soberly, chastely, and godly] carefully weighs all man's goings. -- proverbs 5:21 +. +His own iniquities shall ensnare the wicked man, and he shall be held with the cords of his sin. -- proverbs 5:22 +. +He will die for lack of discipline and instruction, and in the greatness of his folly he will go astray and be lost. -- proverbs 5:23 +. +MY SON, if you have become security for your neighbor, if you have given your pledge for a stranger or another, -- proverbs 6:1 +. +You are snared with the words of your lips, you are caught by the speech of your mouth. -- proverbs 6:2 +. +Do this now [at once and earnestly], my son, and deliver yourself when you have put yourself into the power of your neighbor; go, bestir and humble yourself, and beg your neighbor [to pay his debt and thereby release you]. -- proverbs 6:3 +. +Give not [unnecessary] sleep to your eyes, nor slumber to your eyelids; -- proverbs 6:4 +. +Deliver yourself, as a roe or gazelle from the hand of the hunter, and as a bird from the hand of the fowler. -- proverbs 6:5 +. +Go to the ant, you sluggard; consider her ways and be wise!-- -- proverbs 6:6 +. +Which, having no chief, overseer, or ruler, -- proverbs 6:7 +. +Provides her food in the summer and gathers her supplies in the harvest. -- proverbs 6:8 +. +How long will you sleep, O sluggard? When will you arise out of your sleep? -- proverbs 6:9 +. +Yet a little sleep, a little slumber, a little folding of the hands to lie down and sleep-- -- proverbs 6:10 +. +So will your poverty come like a robber or one who travels [with slowly but surely approaching steps] and your want like an armed man [making you helpless]. -- proverbs 6:11 +. +A worthless person, a wicked man, is he who goes about with a perverse (contrary, wayward) mouth. -- proverbs 6:12 +. +He winks with his eyes, he speaks by shuffling or tapping with his feet, he makes signs [to mislead and deceive] and teaches with his fingers. -- proverbs 6:13 +. +Willful and contrary in his heart, he devises trouble, vexation, and evil continually; he lets loose discord and sows it. -- proverbs 6:14 +. +Therefore upon him shall the crushing weight of calamity come suddenly; suddenly shall he be broken, and that without remedy. -- proverbs 6:15 +. +These six things the Lord hates, indeed, seven are an abomination to Him: -- proverbs 6:16 +. +A proud look [the spirit that makes one overestimate himself and underestimate others], a lying tongue, and hands that shed innocent blood, -- proverbs 6:17 +. +A heart that manufactures wicked thoughts and plans, feet that are swift in running to evil, -- proverbs 6:18 +. +A false witness who breathes out lies [even under oath], and he who sows discord among his brethren. -- proverbs 6:19 +. +My son, keep your father's [God-given] commandment and forsake not the law of [God] your mother [taught you]. -- proverbs 6:20 +. +Bind them continually upon your heart and tie them about your neck. -- proverbs 6:21 +. +When you go, they [the words of your parents' God] shall lead you; when you sleep, they shall keep you; and when you waken, they shall talk with you. -- proverbs 6:22 +. +For the commandment is a lamp, and the whole teaching [of the law] is light, and reproofs of discipline are the way of life, -- proverbs 6:23 +. +To keep you from the evil woman, from the flattery of the tongue of a loose woman. -- proverbs 6:24 +. +Lust not after her beauty in your heart, neither let her capture you with her eyelids. -- proverbs 6:25 +. +For on account of a harlot a man is brought to a piece of bread, and the adulteress stalks and snares [as with a hook] the precious life [of a man]. -- proverbs 6:26 +. +Can a man take fire in his bosom and his clothes not be burned? -- proverbs 6:27 +. +Can one go upon hot coals and his feet not be burned? -- proverbs 6:28 +. +So he who cohabits with his neighbor's wife [will be tortured with evil consequences and just retribution]; he who touches her shall not be innocent or go unpunished. -- proverbs 6:29 +. +Men do not despise a thief if he steals to satisfy himself when he is hungry; -- proverbs 6:30 +. +But if he is found out, he must restore seven times [what he stole]; he must give the whole substance of his house [if necessary--to meet his fine]. -- proverbs 6:31 +. +But whoever commits adultery with a woman lacks heart and understanding (moral principle and prudence); he who does it is destroying his own life. -- proverbs 6:32 +. +Wounds and disgrace will he get, and his reproach will not be wiped away. -- proverbs 6:33 +. +For jealousy makes [the wronged] man furious; therefore he will not spare in the day of vengeance [upon the detected one]. -- proverbs 6:34 +. +He will not consider any ransom [offered to buy him off from demanding full punishment]; neither will he be satisfied, though you offer him many gifts and bribes. -- proverbs 6:35 +. +MY SON, keep my words; lay up within you my commandments [for use when needed] and treasure them. -- proverbs 7:1 +. +Keep my commandments and live, and keep my law and teaching as the apple (the pupil) of your eye. -- proverbs 7:2 +. +Bind them on your fingers; write them on the tablet of your heart. -- proverbs 7:3 +. +Say to skillful and godly Wisdom, You are my sister, and regard understanding or insight as your intimate friend-- -- proverbs 7:4 +. +That they may keep you from the loose woman, from the adventuress who flatters with and makes smooth her words. -- proverbs 7:5 +. +For at the window of my house I looked out through my lattice. -- proverbs 7:6 +. +And among the simple (empty-headed and emptyhearted) ones, I perceived among the youths a young man void of good sense, -- proverbs 7:7 +. +Sauntering through the street near the [loose woman's] corner; and he went the way to her house -- proverbs 7:8 +. +In the twilight, in the evening; night black and dense was falling [over the young man's life]. -- proverbs 7:9 +. +And behold, there met him a woman, dressed as a harlot and sly and cunning of heart. -- proverbs 7:10 +. +She is turbulent and willful; her feet stay not in her house; -- proverbs 7:11 +. +Now in the streets, now in the marketplaces, she sets her ambush at every corner. -- proverbs 7:12 +. +So she caught him and kissed him and with impudent face she said to him, -- proverbs 7:13 +. +Sacrifices of peace offerings were due from me; this day I paid my vows. -- proverbs 7:14 +. +So I came forth to meet you [that you might share with me the feast from my offering]; diligently I sought your face, and I have found you. -- proverbs 7:15 +. +I have spread my couch with rugs and cushions of tapestry, with striped sheets of fine linen of Egypt. -- proverbs 7:16 +. +I have perfumed my bed with myrrh, aloes, and cinnamon. -- proverbs 7:17 +. +Come, let us take our fill of love until morning; let us console and delight ourselves with love. -- proverbs 7:18 +. +For the man is not at home; he is gone on a long journey; -- proverbs 7:19 +. +He has taken a bag of money with him and will come home at the day appointed [at the full moon]. -- proverbs 7:20 +. +With much justifying and enticing argument she persuades him, with the allurements of her lips she leads him [to overcome his conscience and his fears] and forces him along. -- proverbs 7:21 +. +Suddenly he [yields and] follows her reluctantly like an ox moving to the slaughter, like one in fetters going to the correction [to be given] to a fool or like a dog enticed by food to the muzzle -- proverbs 7:22 +. +Till a dart [of passion] pierces and inflames his vitals; then like a bird fluttering straight into the net [he hastens], not knowing that it will cost him his life. -- proverbs 7:23 +. +Listen to me now therefore, O you sons, and be attentive to the words of my mouth. -- proverbs 7:24 +. +Let not your heart incline toward her ways, do not stray into her paths. -- proverbs 7:25 +. +For she has cast down many wounded; indeed, all her slain are a mighty host. -- proverbs 7:26 +. +Her house is the way to Sheol (Hades, the place of the dead), going down to the chambers of death. -- proverbs 7:27 +. +DOES NOT skillful and godly Wisdom cry out, and understanding raise her voice [in contrast to the loose woman]? -- proverbs 8:1 +. +On the top of the heights beside the way, where the paths meet, stands Wisdom [skillful and godly]; -- proverbs 8:2 +. +At the gates at the entrance of the town, at the coming in at the doors, she cries out: -- proverbs 8:3 +. +To you, O men, I call, and my voice is directed to the sons of men. -- proverbs 8:4 +. +O you simple and thoughtless ones, understand prudence; you [self-confident] fools, be of an understanding heart. -- proverbs 8:5 +. +Hear, for I will speak excellent and princely things; and the opening of my lips shall be for right things. -- proverbs 8:6 +. +For my mouth shall utter truth, and wrongdoing is detestable and loathsome to my lips. -- proverbs 8:7 +. +All the words of my mouth are righteous (upright and in right standing with God); there is nothing contrary to truth or crooked in them. -- proverbs 8:8 +. +They are all plain to him who understands [and opens his heart], and right to those who find knowledge [and live by it]. -- proverbs 8:9 +. +Receive my instruction in preference to [striving for] silver, and knowledge rather than choice gold, -- proverbs 8:10 +. +For skillful and godly Wisdom is better than rubies or pearls, and all the things that may be desired are not to be compared to it. -- proverbs 8:11 +. +I, Wisdom [from God], make prudence my dwelling, and I find out knowledge and discretion. -- proverbs 8:12 +. +The reverent fear and worshipful awe of the Lord [includes] the hatred of evil; pride, arrogance, the evil way, and perverted and twisted speech I hate. -- proverbs 8:13 +. +I have counsel and sound knowledge, I have understanding, I have might and power. -- proverbs 8:14 +. +By me kings reign and rulers decree justice. -- proverbs 8:15 +. +By me princes rule, and nobles, even all the judges and governors of the earth. -- proverbs 8:16 +. +I love those who love me, and those who seek me early and diligently shall find me. -- proverbs 8:17 +. +Riches and honor are with me, enduring wealth and righteousness (uprightness in every area and relation, and right standing with God). -- proverbs 8:18 +. +My fruit is better than gold, yes, than refined gold, and my increase than choice silver. -- proverbs 8:19 +. +I [Wisdom] walk in the way of righteousness (moral and spiritual rectitude in every area and relation), in the midst of the paths of justice, -- proverbs 8:20 +. +That I may cause those who love me to inherit [true] riches and that I may fill their treasuries. -- proverbs 8:21 +. +The Lord formed and brought me [Wisdom] forth at the beginning of His way, before His acts of old. -- proverbs 8:22 +. +I [Wisdom] was inaugurated and ordained from everlasting, from the beginning, before ever the earth existed. -- proverbs 8:23 +. +When there were no deeps, I was brought forth, when there were no fountains laden with water. -- proverbs 8:24 +. +Before the mountains were settled, before the hills, I was brought forth, -- proverbs 8:25 +. +While as yet He had not made the land or the fields or the first of the dust of the earth. -- proverbs 8:26 +. +When He prepared the heavens, I [Wisdom] was there; when He drew a circle upon the face of the deep and stretched out the firmament over it, -- proverbs 8:27 +. +When He made firm the skies above, when He established the fountains of the deep, -- proverbs 8:28 +. +When He gave to the sea its limit and His decree that the waters should not transgress [across the boundaries set by] His command, when He appointed the foundations of the earth-- -- proverbs 8:29 +. +Then I [Wisdom] was beside Him as a master and director of the work; and I was daily His delight, rejoicing before Him always, -- proverbs 8:30 +. +Rejoicing in His inhabited earth and delighting in the sons of men. -- proverbs 8:31 +. +Now therefore listen to me, O you sons; for blessed (happy, fortunate, to be envied) are those who keep my ways. -- proverbs 8:32 +. +Hear instruction and be wise, and do not refuse or neglect it. -- proverbs 8:33 +. +Blessed (happy, fortunate, to be envied) is the man who listens to me, watching daily at my gates, waiting at the posts of my doors. -- proverbs 8:34 +. +For whoever finds me [Wisdom] finds life and draws forth and obtains favor from the Lord. -- proverbs 8:35 +. +But he who misses me or sins against me wrongs and injures himself; all who hate me love and court death. -- proverbs 8:36 +. +WISDOM HAS built her house; she has hewn out and set up her seven [perfect number of] pillars. -- proverbs 9:1 +. +She has killed her beasts, she has mixed her [spiritual] wine; she has also set her table. -- proverbs 9:2 +. +She has sent out her maids to cry from the highest places of the town: -- proverbs 9:3 +. +Whoever is simple (easily led astray and wavering), let him turn in here! As for him who lacks understanding, [God's] Wisdom says to him, -- proverbs 9:4 +. +Come, eat of my bread and drink of the [spiritual] wine which I have mixed. -- proverbs 9:5 +. +Leave off, simple ones [forsake the foolish and simpleminded] and live! And walk in the way of insight and understanding. -- proverbs 9:6 +. +He who rebukes a scorner heaps upon himself abuse, and he who reproves a wicked man gets for himself bruises. -- proverbs 9:7 +. +Reprove not a scorner, lest he hate you; reprove a wise man, and he will love you. -- proverbs 9:8 +. +Give instruction to a wise man and he will be yet wiser; teach a righteous man (one upright and in right standing with God) and he will increase in learning. -- proverbs 9:9 +. +The reverent and worshipful fear of the Lord is the beginning (the chief and choice part) of Wisdom, and the knowledge of the Holy One is insight and understanding. -- proverbs 9:10 +. +For by me [Wisdom from God] your days shall be multiplied, and the years of your life shall be increased. -- proverbs 9:11 +. +If you are wise, you are wise for yourself; if you scorn, you alone will bear it and pay the penalty. -- proverbs 9:12 +. +The foolish woman is noisy; she is simple and open to all forms of evil, she [willfully and recklessly] knows nothing whatever [of eternal value]. -- proverbs 9:13 +. +For she sits at the door of her house or on a seat in the conspicuous places of the town, -- proverbs 9:14 +. +Calling to those who pass by, who go uprightly on their way: -- proverbs 9:15 +. +Whoever is simple (wavering and easily led astray), let him turn in here! And as for him who lacks understanding, she says to him, -- proverbs 9:16 +. +Stolen waters (pleasures) are sweet [because they are forbidden]; and bread eaten in secret is pleasant. -- proverbs 9:17 +. +But he knows not that the shades of the dead are there [specters haunting the scene of past transgressions], and that her invited guests are [already sunk] in the depths of Sheol (the lower world, Hades, the place of the dead). -- proverbs 9:18 +. +THE PROVERBS of Solomon: A wise son makes a glad father, but a foolish and self-confident son is the grief of his mother. -- proverbs 10:1 +. +Treasures of wickedness profit nothing, but righteousness (moral and spiritual rectitude in every area and relation) delivers from death. -- proverbs 10:2 +. +The Lord will not allow the [uncompromisingly] righteous to famish, but He thwarts the desire of the wicked. -- proverbs 10:3 +. +He becomes poor who works with a slack and idle hand, but the hand of the diligent makes rich. -- proverbs 10:4 +. +He who gathers in summer is a wise son, but he who sleeps in harvest is a son who causes shame. -- proverbs 10:5 +. +Blessings are upon the head of the [uncompromisingly] righteous (the upright, in right standing with God) but the mouth of the wicked conceals violence. -- proverbs 10:6 +. +The memory of the [uncompromisingly] righteous is a blessing, but the name of the wicked shall rot. -- proverbs 10:7 +. +The wise in heart will accept and obey commandments, but the foolish of lips will fall headlong. -- proverbs 10:8 +. +He who walks uprightly walks securely, but he who takes a crooked way shall be found out and punished. -- proverbs 10:9 +. +He who winks with the eye [craftily and with malice] causes sorrow; the foolish of lips will fall headlong but he who boldly reproves makes peace. -- proverbs 10:10 +. +The mouth of the [uncompromisingly] righteous man is a well of life, but the mouth of the wicked conceals violence. -- proverbs 10:11 +. +Hatred stirs up contentions, but love covers all transgressions. -- proverbs 10:12 +. +On the lips of him who has discernment skillful and godly Wisdom is found, but discipline and the rod are for the back of him who is without sense and understanding. -- proverbs 10:13 +. +Wise men store up knowledge [in mind and heart], but the mouth of the foolish is a present destruction. -- proverbs 10:14 +. +The rich man's wealth is his strong city; the poverty of the poor is their ruin. -- proverbs 10:15 +. +The earnings of the righteous (the upright, in right standing with God) lead to life, but the profit of the wicked leads to further sin. -- proverbs 10:16 +. +He who heeds instruction and correction is [not only himself] in the way of life [but also] is a way of life for others. And he who neglects or refuses reproof [not only himself] goes astray [but also] causes to err and is a path toward ruin for others. -- proverbs 10:17 +. +He who hides hatred is of lying lips, and he who utters slander is a [self-confident] fool. -- proverbs 10:18 +. +In a multitude of words transgression is not lacking, but he who restrains his lips is prudent. -- proverbs 10:19 +. +The tongues of those who are upright and in right standing with God are as choice silver; the minds of those who are wicked and out of harmony with God are of little value. -- proverbs 10:20 +. +The lips of the [uncompromisingly] righteous feed and guide many, but fools die for want of understanding and heart. -- proverbs 10:21 +. +The blessing of the Lord--it makes [truly] rich, and He adds no sorrow with it [neither does toiling increase it]. -- proverbs 10:22 +. +It is as sport to a [self-confident] fool to do wickedness, but to have skillful and godly Wisdom is pleasure and relaxation to a man of understanding. -- proverbs 10:23 +. +The thing a wicked man fears shall come upon him, but the desire of the [uncompromisingly] righteous shall be granted. -- proverbs 10:24 +. +When the whirlwind passes, the wicked are no more, but the [uncompromisingly] righteous have an everlasting foundation. -- proverbs 10:25 +. +As vinegar to the teeth and as smoke to the eyes, so is the sluggard to those who employ and send him. -- proverbs 10:26 +. +The reverent and worshipful fear of the Lord prolongs one's days, but the years of the wicked shall be made short. -- proverbs 10:27 +. +The hope of the [uncompromisingly] righteous (the upright, in right standing with God) is gladness, but the expectation of the wicked (those who are out of harmony with God) comes to nothing. -- proverbs 10:28 +. +The way of the Lord is strength and a stronghold to the upright, but it is destruction to the workers of iniquity. -- proverbs 10:29 +. +The [consistently] righteous shall never be removed, but the wicked shall not inhabit the earth [eventually]. -- proverbs 10:30 +. +The mouths of the righteous (those harmonious with God) bring forth skillful and godly Wisdom, but the perverse tongue shall be cut down [like a barren and rotten tree]. -- proverbs 10:31 +. +The lips of the [uncompromisingly] righteous know [and therefore utter] what is acceptable, but the mouth of the wicked knows [and therefore speaks only] what is obstinately willful and contrary. -- proverbs 10:32 +. +A FALSE balance and unrighteous dealings are extremely offensive and shamefully sinful to the Lord, but a just weight is His delight. -- proverbs 11:1 +. +When swelling and pride come, then emptiness and shame come also, but with the humble (those who are lowly, who have been pruned or chiseled by trial, and renounce self) are skillful and godly Wisdom and soundness. -- proverbs 11:2 +. +The integrity of the upright shall guide them, but the willful contrariness and crookedness of the treacherous shall destroy them. -- proverbs 11:3 +. +Riches provide no security in any day of wrath and judgment, but righteousness (uprightness and right standing with God) delivers from death. -- proverbs 11:4 +. +The righteousness of the blameless shall rectify and make plain their way and keep it straight, but the wicked shall fall by their own wickedness. -- proverbs 11:5 +. +The righteousness of the upright [their rectitude in every area and relation] shall deliver them, but the treacherous shall be taken in their own iniquity and greedy desire. -- proverbs 11:6 +. +When the wicked man dies, his hope [for the future] perishes; and the expectation of the godless comes to nothing. -- proverbs 11:7 +. +The [uncompromisingly] righteous is delivered out of trouble, and the wicked gets into it instead. -- proverbs 11:8 +. +With his mouth the godless man destroys his neighbor, but through knowledge and superior discernment shall the righteous be delivered. -- proverbs 11:9 +. +When it goes well with the [uncompromisingly] righteous, the city rejoices, but when the wicked perish, there are shouts of joy. -- proverbs 11:10 +. +By the blessing of the influence of the upright and God's favor [because of them] the city is exalted, but it is overthrown by the mouth of the wicked. -- proverbs 11:11 +. +He who belittles and despises his neighbor lacks sense, but a man of understanding keeps silent. -- proverbs 11:12 +. +He who goes about as a talebearer reveals secrets, but he who is trustworthy and faithful in spirit keeps the matter hidden. -- proverbs 11:13 +. +Where no wise guidance is, the people fall, but in the multitude of counselors there is safety. -- proverbs 11:14 +. +He who becomes security for an outsider shall smart for it, but he who hates suretyship is secure [from its penalties]. -- proverbs 11:15 +. +A gracious and good woman wins honor [for her husband], and violent men win riches but a woman who hates righteousness is a throne of dishonor for him. -- proverbs 11:16 +. +The merciful, kind, and generous man benefits himself [for his deeds return to bless him], but he who is cruel and callous [to the wants of others] brings on himself retribution. -- proverbs 11:17 +. +The wicked man earns deceitful wages, but he who sows righteousness (moral and spiritual rectitude in every area and relation) shall have a sure reward [permanent and satisfying]. -- proverbs 11:18 +. +He who is steadfast in righteousness (uprightness and right standing with God) attains to life, but he who pursues evil does it to his own death. -- proverbs 11:19 +. +They who are willfully contrary in heart are extremely disgusting and shamefully vile in the eyes of the Lord, but such as are blameless and wholehearted in their ways are His delight! -- proverbs 11:20 +. +Assuredly [I pledge it] the wicked shall not go unpunished, but the multitude of the [uncompromisingly] righteous shall be delivered. -- proverbs 11:21 +. +As a ring of gold in a swine's snout, so is a fair woman who is without discretion. -- proverbs 11:22 +. +The desire of the [consistently] righteous brings only good, but the expectation of the wicked brings wrath. -- proverbs 11:23 +. +There are those who [generously] scatter abroad, and yet increase more; there are those who withhold more than is fitting or what is justly due, but it results only in want. -- proverbs 11:24 +. +The liberal person shall be enriched, and he who waters shall himself be watered. -- proverbs 11:25 +. +The people curse him who holds back grain [when the public needs it], but a blessing [from God and man] is upon the head of him who sells it. -- proverbs 11:26 +. +He who diligently seeks good seeks [God's] favor, but he who searches after evil, it shall come upon him. -- proverbs 11:27 +. +He who leans on, trusts in, and is confident in his riches shall fall, but the [uncompromisingly] righteous shall flourish like a green bough. -- proverbs 11:28 +. +He who troubles his own house shall inherit the wind, and the foolish shall be servant to the wise of heart. -- proverbs 11:29 +. +The fruit of the [uncompromisingly] righteous is a tree of life, and he who is wise captures human lives [for God, as a fisher of men--he gathers and receives them for eternity]. -- proverbs 11:30 +. +Behold, the [uncompromisingly] righteous shall be recompensed on earth; how much more the wicked and the sinner! And if the righteous are barely saved, what will become of the ungodly and wicked? -- proverbs 11:31 +. +WHOEVER LOVES instruction and correction loves knowledge, but he who hates reproof is like a brute beast, stupid and indiscriminating. -- proverbs 12:1 +. +A good man obtains favor from the Lord, but a man of wicked devices He condemns. -- proverbs 12:2 +. +A man shall not be established by wickedness, but the root of the [uncompromisingly] righteous shall never be moved. -- proverbs 12:3 +. +A virtuous and worthy wife [earnest and strong in character] is a crowning joy to her husband, but she who makes him ashamed is as rottenness in his bones. -- proverbs 12:4 +. +The thoughts and purposes of the [consistently] righteous are honest and reliable, but the counsels and designs of the wicked are treacherous. -- proverbs 12:5 +. +The words of the wicked lie in wait for blood, but the mouth of the upright shall deliver them and the innocent ones [thus endangered]. -- proverbs 12:6 +. +The wicked are overthrown and are not, but the house of the [uncompromisingly] righteous shall stand. -- proverbs 12:7 +. +A man shall be commended according to his Wisdom [godly Wisdom, which is comprehensive insight into the ways and purposes of God], but he who is of a perverse heart shall be despised. -- proverbs 12:8 +. +Better is he who is lightly esteemed but works for his own support than he who assumes honor for himself and lacks bread. -- proverbs 12:9 +. +A [consistently] righteous man regards the life of his beast, but even the tender mercies of the wicked are cruel. -- proverbs 12:10 +. +He who tills his land shall be satisfied with bread, but he who follows worthless pursuits is lacking in sense and is without understanding. -- proverbs 12:11 +. +The wicked desire the booty of evil men, but the root of the [uncompromisingly] righteous yields [richer fruitage]. -- proverbs 12:12 +. +The wicked is [dangerously] snared by the transgression of his lips, but the [uncompromisingly] righteous shall come out of trouble. -- proverbs 12:13 +. +From the fruit of his words a man shall be satisfied with good, and the work of a man's hands shall come back to him [as a harvest]. -- proverbs 12:14 +. +The way of a fool is right in his own eyes, but he who listens to counsel is wise. -- proverbs 12:15 +. +A fool's wrath is quickly and openly known, but a prudent man ignores an insult. -- proverbs 12:16 +. +He who breathes out truth shows forth righteousness (uprightness and right standing with God), but a false witness utters deceit. -- proverbs 12:17 +. +There are those who speak rashly, like the piercing of a sword, but the tongue of the wise brings healing. -- proverbs 12:18 +. +Truthful lips shall be established forever, but a lying tongue is [credited] but for a moment. -- proverbs 12:19 +. +Deceit is in the hearts of those who devise evil, but for the counselors of peace there is joy. -- proverbs 12:20 +. +No [actual] evil, misfortune, or calamity shall come upon the righteous, but the wicked shall be filled with evil, misfortune, and calamity. -- proverbs 12:21 +. +Lying lips are extremely disgusting and hateful to the Lord, but they who deal faithfully are His delight. -- proverbs 12:22 +. +A prudent man is reluctant to display his knowledge, but the heart of [self-confident] fools proclaims their folly. -- proverbs 12:23 +. +The hand of the diligent will rule, but the slothful will be put to forced labor. -- proverbs 12:24 +. +Anxiety in a man's heart weighs it down, but an encouraging word makes it glad. -- proverbs 12:25 +. +The [consistently] righteous man is a guide to his neighbor, but the way of the wicked causes others to go astray. -- proverbs 12:26 +. +The slothful man does not catch his game or roast it once he kills it, but the diligent man gets precious possessions. -- proverbs 12:27 +. +Life is in the way of righteousness (moral and spiritual rectitude in every area and relation), and in its pathway there is no death but immortality (perpetual, eternal life). -- proverbs 12:28 +. +A WISE son heeds [and is the fruit of] his father's instruction and correction, but a scoffer listens not to rebuke. -- proverbs 13:1 +. +A good man eats good from the fruit of his mouth, but the desire of the treacherous is for violence. -- proverbs 13:2 +. +He who guards his mouth keeps his life, but he who opens wide his lips comes to ruin. -- proverbs 13:3 +. +The appetite of the sluggard craves and gets nothing, but the appetite of the diligent is abundantly supplied. -- proverbs 13:4 +. +A [consistently] righteous man hates lying and deceit, but a wicked man is loathsome [his very breath spreads pollution] and he comes [surely] to shame. -- proverbs 13:5 +. +Righteousness (rightness and justice in every area and relation) guards him who is upright in the way, but wickedness plunges into sin and overthrows the sinner. -- proverbs 13:6 +. +One man considers himself rich, yet has nothing [to keep permanently]; another man considers himself poor, yet has great [and indestructible] riches. -- proverbs 13:7 +. +A rich man can buy his way out of threatened death by paying a ransom, but the poor man does not even have to listen to threats [from the envious]. -- proverbs 13:8 +. +The light of the [uncompromisingly] righteous [is within him--it grows brighter and] rejoices, but the lamp of the wicked [furnishes only a derived, temporary light and] shall be put out shortly. -- proverbs 13:9 +. +By pride and insolence comes only contention, but with the well-advised is skillful and godly Wisdom. -- proverbs 13:10 +. +Wealth [not earned but] won in haste or unjustly or from the production of things for vain or detrimental use [such riches] will dwindle away, but he who gathers little by little will increase [his riches]. -- proverbs 13:11 +. +Hope deferred makes the heart sick, but when the desire is fulfilled, it is a tree of life. -- proverbs 13:12 +. +Whoever despises the word and counsel [of God] brings destruction upon himself, but he who [reverently] fears and respects the commandment [of God] is rewarded. -- proverbs 13:13 +. +The teaching of the wise is a fountain of life, that one may avoid the snares of death. -- proverbs 13:14 +. +Good understanding wins favor, but the way of the transgressor is hard [like the barren, dry soil or the impassable swamp]. -- proverbs 13:15 +. +Every prudent man deals with knowledge, but a [self-confident] fool exposes and flaunts his folly. -- proverbs 13:16 +. +A wicked messenger falls into evil, but a faithful ambassador brings healing. -- proverbs 13:17 +. +Poverty and shame come to him who refuses instruction and correction, but he who heeds reproof is honored. -- proverbs 13:18 +. +Satisfied desire is sweet to a person; therefore it is hateful and exceedingly offensive to [self-confident] fools to give up evil [upon which they have set their hearts]. -- proverbs 13:19 +. +He who walks [as a companion] with wise men is wise, but he who associates with [self-confident] fools is [a fool himself and] shall smart for it. -- proverbs 13:20 +. +Evil pursues sinners, but the consistently upright and in right standing with God is recompensed with good. -- proverbs 13:21 +. +A good man leaves an inheritance [of moral stability and goodness] to his children's children, and the wealth of the sinner [finds its way eventually] into the hands of the righteous, for whom it was laid up. -- proverbs 13:22 +. +Much food is in the tilled land of the poor, but there are those who are destroyed because of injustice. -- proverbs 13:23 +. +He who spares his rod [of discipline] hates his son, but he who loves him disciplines diligently and punishes him early. -- proverbs 13:24 +. +The [uncompromisingly] righteous eats to his own satisfaction, but the stomach of the wicked is in want. -- proverbs 13:25 +. +EVERY WISE woman builds her house, but the foolish one tears it down with her own hands. -- proverbs 14:1 +. +He who walks in uprightness reverently and worshipfully fears the Lord, but he who is contrary and devious in his ways despises Him. -- proverbs 14:2 +. +In the fool's own mouth is a rod [to shame] his pride, but the wise men's lips preserve them. -- proverbs 14:3 +. +Where no oxen are, the grain crib is empty, but much increase [of crops] comes by the strength of the ox. -- proverbs 14:4 +. +A faithful witness will not lie, but a false witness breathes out falsehoods. -- proverbs 14:5 +. +A scoffer seeks Wisdom in vain [for his very attitude blinds and deafens him to it], but knowledge is easy to him who [being teachable] understands. -- proverbs 14:6 +. +Go from the presence of a foolish and self-confident man, for you will not find knowledge on his lips. -- proverbs 14:7 +. +The Wisdom [godly Wisdom, which is comprehensive insight into the ways and purposes of God] of the prudent is to understand his way, but the folly of [self-confident] fools is to deceive. -- proverbs 14:8 +. +Fools make a mock of sin and sin mocks the fools [who are its victims; a sin offering made by them only mocks them, bringing them disappointment and disfavor], but among the upright there is the favor of God. -- proverbs 14:9 +. +The heart knows its own bitterness, and no stranger shares its joy. -- proverbs 14:10 +. +The house of the wicked shall be overthrown, but the tent of the upright shall flourish. -- proverbs 14:11 +. +There is a way which seems right to a man and appears straight before him, but at the end of it is the way of death. -- proverbs 14:12 +. +Even in laughter the heart is sorrowful, and the end of mirth is heaviness and grief. -- proverbs 14:13 +. +The backslider in heart [from God and from fearing God] shall be filled with [the fruit of] his own ways, and a good man shall be satisfied with [the fruit of] his ways [with the holy thoughts and actions which his heart prompts and in which he delights]. -- proverbs 14:14 +. +The simpleton believes every word he hears, but the prudent man looks and considers well where he is going. -- proverbs 14:15 +. +A wise man suspects danger and cautiously avoids evil, but the fool bears himself insolently and is [presumptuously] confident. -- proverbs 14:16 +. +He who foams up quickly and flies into a passion deals foolishly, and a man of wicked plots and plans is hated. -- proverbs 14:17 +. +The simple acquire folly, but the prudent are crowned with knowledge. -- proverbs 14:18 +. +The evil men bow before the good, and the wicked [stand suppliantly] at the gates of the [uncompromisingly] righteous. -- proverbs 14:19 +. +The poor is hated even by his own neighbor, but the rich has many friends. -- proverbs 14:20 +. +He who despises his neighbor sins [against God, his fellowman, and himself], but happy (blessed and fortunate) is he who is kind and merciful to the poor. -- proverbs 14:21 +. +Do they not err who devise evil and wander from the way of life? But loving-kindness and mercy, loyalty and faithfulness, shall be to those who devise good. -- proverbs 14:22 +. +In all labor there is profit, but idle talk leads only to poverty. -- proverbs 14:23 +. +The crown of the wise is their wealth of Wisdom, but the foolishness of [self-confident] fools is [nothing but] folly. -- proverbs 14:24 +. +A truthful witness saves lives, but a deceitful witness speaks lies [and endangers lives]. -- proverbs 14:25 +. +In the reverent and worshipful fear of the Lord there is strong confidence, and His children shall always have a place of refuge. -- proverbs 14:26 +. +Reverent and worshipful fear of the Lord is a fountain of life, that one may avoid the snares of death. -- proverbs 14:27 +. +In a multitude of people is the king's glory, but in a lack of people is the prince's ruin. -- proverbs 14:28 +. +He who is slow to anger has great understanding, but he who is hasty of spirit exposes and exalts his folly. -- proverbs 14:29 +. +A calm and undisturbed mind and heart are the life and health of the body, but envy, jealousy, and wrath are like rottenness of the bones. -- proverbs 14:30 +. +He who oppresses the poor reproaches, mocks, and insults his Maker, but he who is kind and merciful to the needy honors Him. -- proverbs 14:31 +. +The wicked is overthrown through his wrongdoing and calamity, but the [consistently] righteous has hope and confidence even in death. -- proverbs 14:32 +. +Wisdom rests [silently] in the mind and heart of him who has understanding, but that which is in the inward part of [self-confident] fools is made known. -- proverbs 14:33 +. +Uprightness and right standing with God (moral and spiritual rectitude in every area and relation) elevate a nation, but sin is a reproach to any people. -- proverbs 14:34 +. +The king's favor is toward a wise and discreet servant, but his wrath is against him who does shamefully. -- proverbs 14:35 +. +A SOFT answer turns away wrath, but grievous words stir up anger. -- proverbs 15:1 +. +The tongue of the wise utters knowledge rightly, but the mouth of the [self-confident] fool pours out folly. -- proverbs 15:2 +. +The eyes of the Lord are in every place, keeping watch upon the evil and the good. -- proverbs 15:3 +. +A gentle tongue [with its healing power] is a tree of life, but willful contrariness in it breaks down the spirit. -- proverbs 15:4 +. +A fool despises his father's instruction and correction, but he who regards reproof acquires prudence. -- proverbs 15:5 +. +In the house of the [uncompromisingly] righteous is great [priceless] treasure, but with the income of the wicked is trouble and vexation. -- proverbs 15:6 +. +The lips of the wise disperse knowledge [sifting it as chaff from the grain]; not so the minds and hearts of the self-confident and foolish. -- proverbs 15:7 +. +The sacrifice of the wicked is an abomination, hateful and exceedingly offensive to the Lord, but the prayer of the upright is His delight! -- proverbs 15:8 +. +The way of the wicked is an abomination, extremely disgusting and shamefully vile to the Lord, but He loves him who pursues righteousness (moral and spiritual rectitude in every area and relation). -- proverbs 15:9 +. +There is severe discipline for him who forsakes God's way; and he who hates reproof will die [physically, morally, and spiritually]. -- proverbs 15:10 +. +Sheol (the place of the dead) and Abaddon (the abyss, the final place of the accuser Satan) are both before the Lord--how much more, then, the hearts of the children of men? -- proverbs 15:11 +. +A scorner has no love for one who rebukes him; neither will he go to the wise [for counsel]. -- proverbs 15:12 +. +A glad heart makes a cheerful countenance, but by sorrow of heart the spirit is broken. -- proverbs 15:13 +. +The mind of him who has understanding seeks knowledge and inquires after and craves it, but the mouth of the [self-confident] fool feeds on folly. -- proverbs 15:14 +. +All the days of the desponding and afflicted are made evil [by anxious thoughts and forebodings], but he who has a glad heart has a continual feast [regardless of circumstances]. -- proverbs 15:15 +. +Better is little with the reverent, worshipful fear of the Lord than great and rich treasure and trouble with it. -- proverbs 15:16 +. +Better is a dinner of herbs where love is than a fatted ox and hatred with it. -- proverbs 15:17 +. +A hot-tempered man stirs up strife, but he who is slow to anger appeases contention. -- proverbs 15:18 +. +The way of the sluggard is overgrown with thorns [it pricks, lacerates, and entangles him], but the way of the righteous is plain and raised like a highway. -- proverbs 15:19 +. +A wise son makes a glad father, but a self-confident and foolish man despises his mother and puts her to shame. -- proverbs 15:20 +. +Folly is pleasure to him who is without heart and sense, but a man of understanding walks uprightly [making straight his course]. -- proverbs 15:21 +. +Where there is no counsel, purposes are frustrated, but with many counselors they are accomplished. -- proverbs 15:22 +. +A man has joy in making an apt answer, and a word spoken at the right moment--how good it is! -- proverbs 15:23 +. +The path of the wise leads upward to life, that he may avoid [the gloom] in the depths of Sheol (Hades, the place of the dead). -- proverbs 15:24 +. +The Lord tears down the house of the proud, but He makes secure the boundaries of the [consecrated] widow. -- proverbs 15:25 +. +The thoughts of the wicked are shamefully vile and exceedingly offensive to the Lord, but the words of the pure are pleasing words to Him. -- proverbs 15:26 +. +He who is greedy for unjust gain troubles his own household, but he who hates bribes will live. -- proverbs 15:27 +. +The mind of the [uncompromisingly] righteous studies how to answer, but the mouth of the wicked pours out evil things. -- proverbs 15:28 +. +The Lord is far from the wicked, but He hears the prayer of the [consistently] righteous (the upright, in right standing with Him). -- proverbs 15:29 +. +The light in the eyes [of him whose heart is joyful] rejoices the hearts of others, and good news nourishes the bones. -- proverbs 15:30 +. +The ear that listens to the reproof [that leads to or gives] life will remain among the wise. -- proverbs 15:31 +. +He who refuses and ignores instruction and correction despises himself, but he who heeds reproof gets understanding. -- proverbs 15:32 +. +The reverent and worshipful fear of the Lord brings instruction in Wisdom, and humility comes before honor. -- proverbs 15:33 +. +THE PLANS of the mind and orderly thinking belong to man, but from the Lord comes the [wise] answer of the tongue. -- proverbs 16:1 +. +All the ways of a man are pure in his own eyes, but the Lord weighs the spirits (the thoughts and intents of the heart). -- proverbs 16:2 +. +Roll your works upon the Lord [commit and trust them wholly to Him; He will cause your thoughts to become agreeable to His will, and] so shall your plans be established and succeed. -- proverbs 16:3 +. +The Lord has made everything [to accommodate itself and contribute] to its own end and His own purpose--even the wicked [are fitted for their role] for the day of calamity and evil. -- proverbs 16:4 +. +Everyone proud and arrogant in heart is disgusting, hateful, and exceedingly offensive to the Lord; be assured [I pledge it] they will not go unpunished. -- proverbs 16:5 +. +By mercy and love, truth and fidelity [to God and man--not by sacrificial offerings], iniquity is purged out of the heart, and by the reverent, worshipful fear of the Lord men depart from and avoid evil. -- proverbs 16:6 +. +When a man's ways please the Lord, He makes even his enemies to be at peace with him. -- proverbs 16:7 +. +Better is a little with righteousness (uprightness in every area and relation and right standing with God) than great revenues with injustice. -- proverbs 16:8 +. +A man's mind plans his way, but the Lord directs his steps and makes them sure. -- proverbs 16:9 +. +Divinely directed decisions are on the lips of the king; his mouth should not transgress in judgment. -- proverbs 16:10 +. +A just balance and scales are the Lord's; all the weights of the bag are His work [established on His eternal principles]. -- proverbs 16:11 +. +It is an abomination [to God and men] for kings to commit wickedness, for a throne is established and made secure by righteousness (moral and spiritual rectitude in every area and relation). -- proverbs 16:12 +. +Right and just lips are the delight of a king, and he loves him who speaks what is right. -- proverbs 16:13 +. +The wrath of a king is as messengers of death, but a wise man will pacify it. -- proverbs 16:14 +. +In the light of the king's countenance is life, and his favor is as a cloud bringing the spring rain. -- proverbs 16:15 +. +How much better it is to get skillful and godly Wisdom than gold! And to get understanding is to be chosen rather than silver. -- proverbs 16:16 +. +The highway of the upright turns aside from evil; he who guards his way preserves his life. -- proverbs 16:17 +. +Pride goes before destruction, and a haughty spirit before a fall. -- proverbs 16:18 +. +Better it is to be of a humble spirit with the meek and poor than to divide the spoil with the proud. -- proverbs 16:19 +. +He who deals wisely and heeds [God's] word and counsel shall find good, and whoever leans on, trusts in, and is confident in the Lord--happy, blessed, and fortunate is he. -- proverbs 16:20 +. +The wise in heart are called prudent, understanding, and knowing, and winsome speech increases learning [in both speaker and listener]. -- proverbs 16:21 +. +Understanding is a wellspring of life to those who have it, but to give instruction to fools is folly. -- proverbs 16:22 +. +The mind of the wise instructs his mouth, and adds learning and persuasiveness to his lips. -- proverbs 16:23 +. +Pleasant words are as a honeycomb, sweet to the mind and healing to the body. -- proverbs 16:24 +. +There is a way that seems right to a man and appears straight before him, but at the end of it is the way of death. -- proverbs 16:25 +. +The appetite of the laborer works for him, for [the need of] his mouth urges him on. -- proverbs 16:26 +. +A worthless man devises and digs up mischief, and in his lips there is as a scorching fire. -- proverbs 16:27 +. +A perverse man sows strife, and a whisperer separates close friends. -- proverbs 16:28 +. +The exceedingly grasping, covetous, and violent man entices his neighbor, leading him in a way that is not good. -- proverbs 16:29 +. +He who shuts his eyes to devise perverse things and who compresses his lips [as if in concealment] brings evil to pass. -- proverbs 16:30 +. +The hoary head is a crown of beauty and glory if it is found in the way of righteousness (moral and spiritual rectitude in every area and relation). -- proverbs 16:31 +. +He who is slow to anger is better than the mighty, he who rules his [own] spirit than he who takes a city. -- proverbs 16:32 +. +The lot is cast into the lap, but the decision is wholly of the Lord [even the events that seem accidental are really ordered by Him]. -- proverbs 16:33 +. +BETTER IS a dry morsel with quietness than a house full of feasting [on offered sacrifices] with strife. -- proverbs 17:1 +. +A wise servant shall have rule over a son who causes shame, and shall share in the inheritance among the brothers. -- proverbs 17:2 +. +The refining pot is for silver and the furnace for gold, but the Lord tries the hearts. -- proverbs 17:3 +. +An evildoer gives heed to wicked lips; and a liar listens to a mischievous tongue. -- proverbs 17:4 +. +Whoever mocks the poor reproaches his Maker, and he who is glad at calamity shall not be held innocent or go unpunished. -- proverbs 17:5 +. +Children's children are the crown of old men, and the glory of children is their fathers. -- proverbs 17:6 +. +Fine or arrogant speech does not befit [an empty-headed] fool--much less do lying lips befit a prince. -- proverbs 17:7 +. +A bribe is like a bright, precious stone that dazzles the eyes and affects the mind of him who gives it; [as if by magic] he prospers, whichever way he turns. -- proverbs 17:8 +. +He who covers and forgives an offense seeks love, but he who repeats or harps on a matter separates even close friends. -- proverbs 17:9 +. +A reproof enters deeper into a man of understanding than a hundred lashes into a [self-confident] fool. -- proverbs 17:10 +. +An evil man seeks only rebellion; therefore a stern and pitiless messenger shall be sent against him. -- proverbs 17:11 +. +Let [the brute ferocity of] a bear robbed of her whelps meet a man rather than a [self-confident] fool in his folly [when he is in a rage]. -- proverbs 17:12 +. +Whoever rewards evil for good, evil shall not depart from his house. -- proverbs 17:13 +. +The beginning of strife is as when water first trickles [from a crack in a dam]; therefore stop contention before it becomes worse and quarreling breaks out. -- proverbs 17:14 +. +He who justifies the wicked and he who condemns the righteous are both an abomination [exceedingly disgusting and hateful] to the Lord. -- proverbs 17:15 +. +Of what use is money in the hand of a [self-confident] fool to buy skillful and godly Wisdom--when he has no understanding or heart for it? -- proverbs 17:16 +. +A friend loves at all times, and is born, as is a brother, for adversity. -- proverbs 17:17 +. +A man void of good sense gives a pledge and becomes security for another in the presence of his neighbor. -- proverbs 17:18 +. +He who loves strife and is quarrelsome loves transgression and involves himself in guilt; he who raises high his gateway and is boastful and arrogant invites destruction. -- proverbs 17:19 +. +He who has a wayward and crooked mind finds no good, and he who has a willful and contrary tongue will fall into calamity. -- proverbs 17:20 +. +He who becomes the parent of a [self-confident] fool does it to his sorrow, and the father of [an empty-headed] fool has no joy [in him]. -- proverbs 17:21 +. +A happy heart is good medicine and a cheerful mind works healing, but a broken spirit dries up the bones. -- proverbs 17:22 +. +A wicked man receives a bribe out of the bosom (pocket) to pervert the ways of justice. -- proverbs 17:23 +. +A man of understanding sets skillful and godly Wisdom before his face, but the eyes of a [self-confident] fool are on the ends of the earth. -- proverbs 17:24 +. +A self-confident and foolish son is a grief to his father and bitterness to her who bore him. -- proverbs 17:25 +. +Also, to punish or fine the righteous is not good, nor to smite the noble for their uprightness. -- proverbs 17:26 +. +He who has knowledge spares his words, and a man of understanding has a cool spirit. -- proverbs 17:27 +. +Even a fool when he holds his peace is considered wise; when he closes his lips he is esteemed a man of understanding. -- proverbs 17:28 +. +HE WHO willfully separates and estranges himself [from God and man] seeks his own desire and pretext to break out against all wise and sound judgment. -- proverbs 18:1 +. +A [self-confident] fool has no delight in understanding but only in revealing his personal opinions and himself. -- proverbs 18:2 +. +When the wicked comes in [to the depth of evil], he becomes a contemptuous despiser [of all that is pure and good], and with inner baseness comes outer shame and reproach. -- proverbs 18:3 +. +The words of a [discreet and wise] man's mouth are like deep waters [plenteous and difficult to fathom], and the fountain of skillful and godly Wisdom is like a gushing stream [sparkling, fresh, pure, and life-giving]. -- proverbs 18:4 +. +To respect the person of the wicked and be partial to him, so as to deprive the [consistently] righteous of justice, is not good. -- proverbs 18:5 +. +A [self-confident] fool's lips bring contention, and his mouth invites a beating. -- proverbs 18:6 +. +A [self-confident] fool's mouth is his ruin, and his lips are a snare to himself. -- proverbs 18:7 +. +The words of a whisperer or talebearer are as dainty morsels; they go down into the innermost parts of the body. -- proverbs 18:8 +. +He who is loose and slack in his work is brother to him who is a destroyer and he who does not use his endeavors to heal himself is brother to him who commits suicide. -- proverbs 18:9 +. +The name of the Lord is a strong tower; the [consistently] righteous man [upright and in right standing with God] runs into it and is safe, high [above evil] and strong. -- proverbs 18:10 +. +The rich man's wealth is his strong city, and as a high protecting wall in his own imagination and conceit. -- proverbs 18:11 +. +Haughtiness comes before disaster, but humility before honor. -- proverbs 18:12 +. +He who answers a matter before he hears the facts--it is folly and shame to him. -- proverbs 18:13 +. +The strong spirit of a man sustains him in bodily pain or trouble, but a weak and broken spirit who can raise up or bear? -- proverbs 18:14 +. +The mind of the prudent is ever getting knowledge, and the ear of the wise is ever seeking (inquiring for and craving) knowledge. -- proverbs 18:15 +. +A man's gift makes room for him and brings him before great men. -- proverbs 18:16 +. +He who states his case first seems right, until his rival comes and cross-examines him. -- proverbs 18:17 +. +To cast lots puts an end to disputes and decides between powerful contenders. -- proverbs 18:18 +. +A brother offended is harder to be won over than a strong city, and [their] contentions separate them like the bars of a castle. -- proverbs 18:19 +. +A man's [moral] self shall be filled with the fruit of his mouth; and with the consequence of his words he must be satisfied [whether good or evil]. -- proverbs 18:20 +. +Death and life are in the power of the tongue, and they who indulge in it shall eat the fruit of it [for death or life]. -- proverbs 18:21 +. +He who finds a [true] wife finds a good thing and obtains favor from the Lord. -- proverbs 18:22 +. +The poor man uses entreaties, but the rich answers roughly. -- proverbs 18:23 +. +The man of many friends [a friend of all the world] will prove himself a bad friend, but there is a friend who sticks closer than a brother. -- proverbs 18:24 +. +BETTER IS a poor man who walks in his integrity than a rich man who is perverse in his speech and is a [self-confident] fool. -- proverbs 19:1 +. +Desire without knowledge is not good, and to be overhasty is to sin and miss the mark. -- proverbs 19:2 +. +The foolishness of man subverts his way [ruins his affairs]; then his heart is resentful and frets against the Lord. -- proverbs 19:3 +. +Wealth makes many friends, but the poor man is avoided by his neighbor. -- proverbs 19:4 +. +A false witness shall not be unpunished, and he who breathes out lies shall not escape. -- proverbs 19:5 +. +Many will entreat the favor of a liberal man, and every man is a friend to him who gives gifts. -- proverbs 19:6 +. +All the brothers of a poor man detest him--how much more do his friends go far from him! He pursues them with words, but they are gone. -- proverbs 19:7 +. +He who gains Wisdom loves his own life; he who keeps understanding shall prosper and find good. -- proverbs 19:8 +. +A false witness shall not be unpunished, and he who breathes forth lies shall perish. -- proverbs 19:9 +. +Luxury is not fitting for a [self-confident] fool--much less for a slave to rule over princes. -- proverbs 19:10 +. +Good sense makes a man restrain his anger, and it is his glory to overlook a transgression or an offense. -- proverbs 19:11 +. +The king's wrath is as terrifying as the roaring of a lion, but his favor is as [refreshing as] dew upon the grass. -- proverbs 19:12 +. +A self-confident and foolish son is the [multiplied] calamity of his father, and the contentions of a wife are like a continual dripping [of water through a chink in the roof]. -- proverbs 19:13 +. +House and riches are the inheritance from fathers, but a wise, understanding, and prudent wife is from the Lord. -- proverbs 19:14 +. +Slothfulness casts one into a deep sleep, and the idle person shall suffer hunger. -- proverbs 19:15 +. +He who keeps the commandment [of the Lord] keeps his own life, but he who despises His ways shall die. -- proverbs 19:16 +. +He who has pity on the poor lends to the Lord, and that which he has given He will repay to him. -- proverbs 19:17 +. +Discipline your son while there is hope, but do not [indulge your angry resentments by undue chastisements and] set yourself to his ruin. -- proverbs 19:18 +. +A man of great wrath shall suffer the penalty; for if you deliver him [from the consequences], he will [feel free to] cause you to do it again. -- proverbs 19:19 +. +Hear counsel, receive instruction, and accept correction, that you may be wise in the time to come. -- proverbs 19:20 +. +Many plans are in a man's mind, but it is the Lord's purpose for him that will stand. -- proverbs 19:21 +. +That which is desired in a man is loyalty and kindness [and his glory and delight are his giving], but a poor man is better than a liar. -- proverbs 19:22 +. +The reverent, worshipful fear of the Lord leads to life, and he who has it rests satisfied; he cannot be visited with [actual] evil. -- proverbs 19:23 +. +The sluggard buries his hand in the dish, and will not so much as bring it to his mouth again. -- proverbs 19:24 +. +Strike a scoffer, and the simple will learn prudence; reprove a man of understanding, and he will increase in knowledge. -- proverbs 19:25 +. +He who does violence to his father and chases away his mother is a son who causes shame and brings reproach. -- proverbs 19:26 +. +Cease, my son, to hear instruction only to ignore it and stray from the words of knowledge. -- proverbs 19:27 +. +A worthless witness scoffs at justice, and the mouth of the wicked swallows iniquity. -- proverbs 19:28 +. +Judgments are prepared for scoffers, and stripes for the backs of [self-confident] fools. -- proverbs 19:29 +. +WINE IS a mocker, strong drink a riotous brawler; and whoever errs or reels because of it is not wise. -- proverbs 20:1 +. +The terror of a king is as the roaring of a lion; whoever provokes him to anger or angers himself against him sins against his own life. -- proverbs 20:2 +. +It is an honor for a man to cease from strife and keep aloof from it, but every fool will quarrel. -- proverbs 20:3 +. +The sluggard does not plow when winter sets in; therefore he begs in harvest and has nothing. -- proverbs 20:4 +. +Counsel in the heart of man is like water in a deep well, but a man of understanding draws it out. -- proverbs 20:5 +. +Many a man proclaims his own loving-kindness and goodness, but a faithful man who can find? -- proverbs 20:6 +. +The righteous man walks in his integrity; blessed (happy, fortunate, enviable) are his children after him. -- proverbs 20:7 +. +A king who sits on the throne of judgment winnows out all evil [like chaff] with his eyes. -- proverbs 20:8 +. +Who can say, I have made my heart clean, I am pure from my sin? -- proverbs 20:9 +. +Diverse weights [one for buying and another for selling] and diverse measures--both of them are exceedingly offensive and abhorrent to the Lord. -- proverbs 20:10 +. +Even a child is known by his acts, whether [or not] what he does is pure and right. -- proverbs 20:11 +. +The hearing ear and the seeing eye--the Lord has made both of them. -- proverbs 20:12 +. +Love not sleep, lest you come to poverty; open your eyes and you will be satisfied with bread. -- proverbs 20:13 +. +It is worthless, it is worthless! says the buyer; but when he goes his way, then he boasts [about his bargain]. -- proverbs 20:14 +. +There is gold, and a multitude of pearls, but the lips of knowledge are a vase of preciousness [the most precious of all]. -- proverbs 20:15 +. +[The judge tells the creditor] Take the garment of one who is security for a stranger; and hold him in pledge when he is security for foreigners. -- proverbs 20:16 +. +Food gained by deceit is sweet to a man, but afterward his mouth will be filled with gravel. -- proverbs 20:17 +. +Purposes and plans are established by counsel; and [only] with good advice make or carry on war. -- proverbs 20:18 +. +He who goes about as a talebearer reveals secrets; therefore associate not with him who talks too freely. -- proverbs 20:19 +. +Whoever curses his father or his mother, his lamp shall be put out in complete darkness. -- proverbs 20:20 +. +An inheritance hastily gotten [by greedy, unjust means] at the beginning, in the end it will not be blessed. -- proverbs 20:21 +. +Do not say, I will repay evil; wait [expectantly] for the Lord, and He will rescue you. -- proverbs 20:22 +. +Diverse and deceitful weights are shamefully vile and abhorrent to the Lord, and false scales are not good. -- proverbs 20:23 +. +Man's steps are ordered by the Lord. How then can a man understand his way? -- proverbs 20:24 +. +It is a snare to a man to utter a vow [of consecration] rashly and [not until] afterward inquire [whether he can fulfill it]. -- proverbs 20:25 +. +A wise king winnows out the wicked [from among the good] and brings the threshing wheel over them [to separate the chaff from the grain]. -- proverbs 20:26 +. +The spirit of man [that factor in human personality which proceeds immediately from God] is the lamp of the Lord, searching all his innermost parts. -- proverbs 20:27 +. +Loving-kindness and mercy, truth and faithfulness, preserve the king, and his throne is upheld by [the people's] loyalty. -- proverbs 20:28 +. +The glory of young men is their strength, and the beauty of old men is their gray head [suggesting wisdom and experience]. -- proverbs 20:29 +. +Blows that wound cleanse away evil, and strokes [for correction] reach to the innermost parts. -- proverbs 20:30 +. +THE KING'S heart is in the hand of the Lord, as are the watercourses; He turns it whichever way He wills. -- proverbs 21:1 +. +Every way of a man is right in his own eyes, but the Lord weighs and tries the hearts. -- proverbs 21:2 +. +To do righteousness and justice is more acceptable to the Lord than sacrifice. -- proverbs 21:3 +. +Haughtiness of eyes and a proud heart, even the tillage of the wicked or the lamp [of joy] to them [whatever it may be], are sin [in the eyes of God]. -- proverbs 21:4 +. +The thoughts of the [steadily] diligent tend only to plenteousness, but everyone who is impatient and hasty hastens only to want. -- proverbs 21:5 +. +Securing treasures by a lying tongue is a vapor driven to and fro; those who seek them seek death. -- proverbs 21:6 +. +The violence of the wicked shall sweep them away, because they refuse to do justice. -- proverbs 21:7 +. +The way of the guilty is exceedingly crooked, but as for the pure, his work is right and his conduct is straight. -- proverbs 21:8 +. +It is better to dwell in a corner of the housetop [on the flat oriental roof, exposed to all kinds of weather] than in a house shared with a nagging, quarrelsome, and faultfinding woman. -- proverbs 21:9 +. +The soul or life of the wicked craves and seeks evil; his neighbor finds no favor in his eyes. -- proverbs 21:10 +. +When the scoffer is punished, the fool gets a lesson in being wise; but men of [godly] Wisdom and good sense learn by being instructed. -- proverbs 21:11 +. +The [uncompromisingly] righteous man considers well the house of the wicked--how the wicked are cast down to ruin. -- proverbs 21:12 +. +Whoever stops his ears at the cry of the poor will cry out himself and not be heard. -- proverbs 21:13 +. +A gift in secret pacifies and turns away anger, and a bribe in the lap, strong wrath. -- proverbs 21:14 +. +When justice is done, it is a joy to the righteous (the upright, in right standing with God), but to the evildoers it is dismay, calamity, and ruin. -- proverbs 21:15 +. +A man who wanders out of the way of understanding shall abide in the congregation of the spirits (of the dead). -- proverbs 21:16 +. +He who loves pleasure will be a poor man; he who loves wine and oil will not be rich. -- proverbs 21:17 +. +The wicked become a ransom for the [uncompromisingly] righteous, and the treacherous for the upright [because the wicked themselves fall into the traps and pits they have dug for the good]. -- proverbs 21:18 +. +It is better to dwell in a desert land than with a contentious woman and with vexation. -- proverbs 21:19 +. +There are precious treasures and oil in the dwelling of the wise, but a self-confident and foolish man swallows it up and wastes it. -- proverbs 21:20 +. +He who earnestly seeks after and craves righteousness, mercy, and loving-kindness will find life in addition to righteousness (uprightness and right standing with God) and honor. -- proverbs 21:21 +. +A wise man scales the city walls of the mighty and brings down the stronghold in which they trust. -- proverbs 21:22 +. +He who guards his mouth and his tongue keeps himself from troubles. -- proverbs 21:23 +. +The proud and haughty man--Scoffer is his name--deals and acts with overbearing pride. -- proverbs 21:24 +. +The desire of the slothful kills him, for his hands refuse to labor. -- proverbs 21:25 +. +He covets greedily all the day long, but the [uncompromisingly] righteous gives and does not withhold. -- proverbs 21:26 +. +The sacrifice of the wicked is exceedingly disgusting and abhorrent [to the Lord]--how much more when he brings it with evil intention? -- proverbs 21:27 +. +A false witness will perish, but the word of a man who hears attentively will endure and go unchallenged. -- proverbs 21:28 +. +A wicked man puts on the bold, unfeeling face [of guilt], but as for the upright, he considers, directs, and establishes his way [with the confidence of integrity]. -- proverbs 21:29 +. +There is no [human] wisdom or understanding or counsel [that can prevail] against the Lord. -- proverbs 21:30 +. +The horse is prepared for the day of battle, but deliverance and victory are of the Lord. -- proverbs 21:31 +. +A GOOD name is rather to be chosen than great riches, and loving favor rather than silver and gold. -- proverbs 22:1 +. +The rich and poor meet together; the Lord is the Maker of them all. -- proverbs 22:2 +. +A prudent man sees the evil and hides himself, but the simple pass on and are punished [with suffering]. -- proverbs 22:3 +. +The reward of humility and the reverent and worshipful fear of the Lord is riches and honor and life. -- proverbs 22:4 +. +Thorns and snares are in the way of the obstinate and willful; he who guards himself will be far from them. -- proverbs 22:5 +. +Train up a child in the way he should go [and in keeping with his individual gift or bent], and when he is old he will not depart from it. -- proverbs 22:6 +. +The rich rule over the poor, and the borrower is servant to the lender. -- proverbs 22:7 +. +He who sows iniquity will reap calamity and futility, and the rod of his wrath [with which he smites others] will fail. -- proverbs 22:8 +. +He who has a bountiful eye shall be blessed, for he gives of his bread to the poor. -- proverbs 22:9 +. +Drive out the scoffer, and contention will go out; yes, strife and abuse will cease. -- proverbs 22:10 +. +He who loves purity and the pure in heart and who is gracious in speech--because of the grace of his lips will he have the king for his friend. -- proverbs 22:11 +. +The eyes of the Lord keep guard over knowledge and him who has it, but He overthrows the words of the treacherous. -- proverbs 22:12 +. +The sluggard says, There is a lion outside! I shall be slain in the streets! -- proverbs 22:13 +. +The mouth of a loose woman is a deep pit [for ensnaring wild animals]; he with whom the Lord is indignant and who is abhorrent to Him will fall into it. -- proverbs 22:14 +. +Foolishness is bound up in the heart of a child, but the rod of discipline will drive it far from him. -- proverbs 22:15 +. +He who oppresses the poor to get gain for himself and he who gives to the rich--both will surely come to want. -- proverbs 22:16 +. +Listen (consent and submit) to the words of the wise, and apply your mind to my knowledge; -- proverbs 22:17 +. +For it will be pleasant if you keep them in your mind [believing them]; your lips will be accustomed to [confessing] them. -- proverbs 22:18 +. +So that your trust (belief, reliance, support, and confidence) may be in the Lord, I have made known these things to you today, even to you. -- proverbs 22:19 +. +Have I not written to you [long ago] excellent things in counsels and knowledge, -- proverbs 22:20 +. +To make you know the certainty of the words of truth, that you may give a true answer to those who sent you? -- proverbs 22:21 +. +Rob not the poor [being tempted by their helplessness], neither oppress the afflicted at the gate [where the city court is held], -- proverbs 22:22 +. +For the Lord will plead their cause and deprive of life those who deprive [the poor or afflicted]. -- proverbs 22:23 +. +Make no friendships with a man given to anger, and with a wrathful man do not associate, -- proverbs 22:24 +. +Lest you learn his ways and get yourself into a snare. -- proverbs 22:25 +. +Be not one of those who strike hands and pledge themselves, or of those who become security for another's debts. -- proverbs 22:26 +. +If you have nothing with which to pay, why should he take your bed from under you? -- proverbs 22:27 +. +Remove not the ancient landmark which your fathers have set up. -- proverbs 22:28 +. +Do you see a man diligent and skillful in his business? He will stand before kings; he will not stand before obscure men. -- proverbs 22:29 +. +WHEN YOU sit down to eat with a ruler, consider who and what are before you; -- proverbs 23:1 +. +For you will put a knife to your throat if you are a man given to desire. -- proverbs 23:2 +. +Be not desirous of his dainties, for it is deceitful food [offered with questionable motives]. -- proverbs 23:3 +. +Weary not yourself to be rich; cease from your own [human] wisdom. -- proverbs 23:4 +. +Will you set your eyes upon wealth, when [suddenly] it is gone? For riches certainly make themselves wings, like an eagle that flies toward the heavens. -- proverbs 23:5 +. +Eat not the bread of him who has a hard, grudging, and envious eye, neither desire his dainty foods; -- proverbs 23:6 +. +For as he thinks in his heart, so is he. As one who reckons, he says to you, eat and drink, yet his heart is not with you [but is grudging the cost]. -- proverbs 23:7 +. +The morsel which you have eaten you will vomit up, and your complimentary words will be wasted. -- proverbs 23:8 +. +Speak not in the ears of a [self-confident] fool, for he will despise the [godly] Wisdom of your words. -- proverbs 23:9 +. +Remove not the ancient landmark and enter not into the fields of the fatherless, -- proverbs 23:10 +. +For their Redeemer is mighty; He will plead their cause against you. -- proverbs 23:11 +. +Apply your mind to instruction and correction and your ears to words of knowledge. -- proverbs 23:12 +. +Withhold not discipline from the child; for if you strike and punish him with the [reedlike] rod, he will not die. -- proverbs 23:13 +. +You shall whip him with the rod and deliver his life from Sheol (Hades, the place of the dead). -- proverbs 23:14 +. +My son, if your heart is wise, my heart will be glad, even mine; -- proverbs 23:15 +. +Yes, my heart will rejoice when your lips speak right things. -- proverbs 23:16 +. +Let not your heart envy sinners, but continue in the reverent and worshipful fear of the Lord all the day long. -- proverbs 23:17 +. +For surely there is a latter end [a future and a reward], and your hope and expectation shall not be cut off. -- proverbs 23:18 +. +Hear, my son, and be wise, and direct your mind in the way [of the Lord]. -- proverbs 23:19 +. +Do not associate with winebibbers; be not among them nor among gluttonous eaters of meat, -- proverbs 23:20 +. +For the drunkard and the glutton shall come to poverty, and drowsiness shall clothe a man with rags. -- proverbs 23:21 +. +Hearken to your father, who begot you, and despise not your mother when she is old. -- proverbs 23:22 +. +Buy the truth and sell it not; not only that, but also get discernment and judgment, instruction and understanding. -- proverbs 23:23 +. +The father of the [uncompromisingly] righteous (the upright, in right standing with God) shall greatly rejoice, and he who becomes the father of a wise child shall have joy in him. -- proverbs 23:24 +. +Let your father and your mother be glad, and let her who bore you rejoice. -- proverbs 23:25 +. +My son, give me your heart and let your eyes observe and delight in my ways, -- proverbs 23:26 +. +For a harlot is a deep ditch, and a loose woman is a narrow pit. -- proverbs 23:27 +. +She also lies in wait as a robber or as one waits for prey, and she increases the treacherous among men. -- proverbs 23:28 +. +Who has woe? Who has sorrow? Who has strife? Who has complaining? Who has wounds without cause? Who has redness and dimness of eyes? -- proverbs 23:29 +. +Those who tarry long at the wine, those who go to seek and try mixed wine. -- proverbs 23:30 +. +Do not look at wine when it is red, when it sparkles in the wineglass, when it goes down smoothly. -- proverbs 23:31 +. +At the last it bites like a serpent and stings like an adder. -- proverbs 23:32 +. +[Under the influence of wine] your eyes will behold strange things [and loose women] and your mind will utter things turned the wrong way [untrue, incorrect, and petulant]. -- proverbs 23:33 +. +Yes, you will be [as unsteady] as he who lies down in the midst of the sea, and [as open to disaster] as he who lies upon the top of a mast. -- proverbs 23:34 +. +You will say, They struck me, but I was not hurt! They beat me [as with a hammer], but I did not feel it! When shall I awake? I will crave and seek more wine again [and escape reality]. -- proverbs 23:35 +. +BE NOT envious of evil men, nor desire to be with them; -- proverbs 24:1 +. +For their minds plot oppression and devise violence, and their lips talk of causing trouble and vexation. -- proverbs 24:2 +. +Through skillful and godly Wisdom is a house (a life, a home, a family) built, and by understanding it is established [on a sound and good foundation], -- proverbs 24:3 +. +And by knowledge shall its chambers [of every area] be filled with all precious and pleasant riches. -- proverbs 24:4 +. +A wise man is strong and is better than a strong man, and a man of knowledge increases and strengthens his power; -- proverbs 24:5 +. +For by wise counsel you can wage your war, and in an abundance of counselors there is victory and safety. -- proverbs 24:6 +. +Wisdom is too high for a fool; he opens not his mouth in the gate [where the city's rulers sit in judgment]. -- proverbs 24:7 +. +He who plans to do evil will be called a mischief-maker. -- proverbs 24:8 +. +The plans of the foolish and the thought of foolishness are sin, and the scoffer is an abomination to men. -- proverbs 24:9 +. +If you faint in the day of adversity, your strength is small. -- proverbs 24:10 +. +Deliver those who are drawn away to death, and those who totter to the slaughter, hold them back [from their doom]. -- proverbs 24:11 +. +If you [profess ignorance and] say, Behold, we did not know this, does not He Who weighs and ponders the heart perceive and consider it? And He Who guards your life, does not He know it? And shall not He render to [you and] every man according to his works? -- proverbs 24:12 +. +My son, eat honey, because it is good, and the drippings of the honeycomb are sweet to your taste. -- proverbs 24:13 +. +So shall you know skillful and godly Wisdom to be thus to your life; if you find it, then shall there be a future and a reward, and your hope and expectation shall not be cut off. -- proverbs 24:14 +. +Lie not in wait as a wicked man against the dwelling of the [uncompromisingly] righteous (the upright, in right standing with God); destroy not his resting-place; -- proverbs 24:15 +. +For a righteous man falls seven times and rises again, but the wicked are overthrown by calamity. -- proverbs 24:16 +. +Rejoice not when your enemy falls, and let not your heart be glad when he stumbles or is overthrown, -- proverbs 24:17 +. +Lest the Lord see it and it be evil in His eyes and displease Him, and He turn away His wrath from him [to expend it upon you, the worse offender]. -- proverbs 24:18 +. +Fret not because of evildoers, neither be envious of the wicked, -- proverbs 24:19 +. +For there shall be no reward for the evil man; the lamp of the wicked shall be put out. -- proverbs 24:20 +. +My son, [reverently] fear the Lord and the king, and do not associate with those who are given to change [of allegiance, and are revolutionary], -- proverbs 24:21 +. +For their calamity shall rise suddenly, and who knows the punishment and ruin which both [the Lord and the king] will bring upon [the rebellious]? -- proverbs 24:22 +. +These also are sayings of the wise: To discriminate and show partiality, having respect of persons in judging, is not good. -- proverbs 24:23 +. +He who says to the wicked, You are righteous and innocent--peoples will curse him, nations will defy and abhor him. -- proverbs 24:24 +. +But to those [upright judges] who rebuke the wicked, it will go well with them and they will find delight, and a good blessing will be upon them. -- proverbs 24:25 +. +He kisses the lips [and wins the hearts of men] who give a right answer. -- proverbs 24:26 +. +[Put first things first.] Prepare your work outside and get it ready for yourself in the field; and afterward build your house and establish a home. -- proverbs 24:27 +. +Be not a witness against your neighbor without cause, and deceive not with your lips. -- proverbs 24:28 +. +Say not, I will do to him as he has done to me; I will pay the man back for his deed. -- proverbs 24:29 +. +I went by the field of the lazy man, and by the vineyard of the man void of understanding; -- proverbs 24:30 +. +And, behold, it was all grown over with thorns, and nettles were covering its face, and its stone wall was broken down. -- proverbs 24:31 +. +Then I beheld and considered it well; I looked and received instruction. -- proverbs 24:32 +. +Yet a little sleep, a little slumber, a little folding of the hands to sleep-- -- proverbs 24:33 +. +So shall your poverty come as a robber, and your want as an armed man. -- proverbs 24:34 +. +THESE ARE also the proverbs of Solomon, which the men of Hezekiah king of Judah copied: -- proverbs 25:1 +. +It is the glory of God to conceal a thing, but the glory of kings is to search out a thing. -- proverbs 25:2 +. +As the heavens for height and the earth for depth, so the hearts and minds of kings are unsearchable. -- proverbs 25:3 +. +Take away the dross from the silver, and there shall come forth [the material for] a vessel for the silversmith [to work up]. -- proverbs 25:4 +. +Take away the wicked from before the king, and his throne will be established in righteousness (moral and spiritual rectitude in every area and relation). -- proverbs 25:5 +. +Be not forward (self-assertive and boastfully ambitious) in the presence of the king, and stand not in the place of great men; -- proverbs 25:6 +. +For better it is that it should be said to you, Come up here, than that you should be put lower in the presence of the prince, whose eyes have seen you. -- proverbs 25:7 +. +Rush not forth soon to quarrel [before magistrates or elsewhere], lest you know not what to do in the end when your neighbor has put you to shame. -- proverbs 25:8 +. +Argue your cause with your neighbor himself; discover not and disclose not another's secret, -- proverbs 25:9 +. +Lest he who hears you revile you and bring shame upon you and your ill repute have no end. -- proverbs 25:10 +. +A word fitly spoken and in due season is like apples of gold in settings of silver. -- proverbs 25:11 +. +Like an earring or nose ring of gold or an ornament of fine gold is a wise reprover to an ear that listens and obeys. -- proverbs 25:12 +. +Like the cold of snow [brought from the mountains] in the time of harvest, so is a faithful messenger to those who send him; for he refreshes the life of his masters. -- proverbs 25:13 +. +Whoever falsely boasts of gifts [he does not give] is like clouds and wind without rain. -- proverbs 25:14 +. +By long forbearance and calmness of spirit a judge or ruler is persuaded, and soft speech breaks down the most bonelike resistance. -- proverbs 25:15 +. +Have you found [pleasure sweet like] honey? Eat only as much as is sufficient for you, lest, being filled with it, you vomit it. -- proverbs 25:16 +. +Let your foot seldom be in your neighbor's house, lest he become tired of you and hate you. -- proverbs 25:17 +. +A man who bears false witness against his neighbor is like a heavy sledgehammer and a sword and a sharp arrow. -- proverbs 25:18 +. +Confidence in an unfaithful man in time of trouble is like a broken tooth or a foot out of joint. -- proverbs 25:19 +. +He who sings songs to a heavy heart is like him who lays off a garment in cold weather and like vinegar upon soda. -- proverbs 25:20 +. +If your enemy is hungry, give him bread to eat; and if he is thirsty, give him water to drink; -- proverbs 25:21 +. +For in doing so, you will heap coals of fire upon his head, and the Lord will reward you. -- proverbs 25:22 +. +The north wind brings forth rain; so does a backbiting tongue bring forth an angry countenance. -- proverbs 25:23 +. +It is better to dwell in the corner of the housetop than to share a house with a disagreeing, quarrelsome, and scolding woman. -- proverbs 25:24 +. +Like cold water to a thirsty soul, so is good news from a far [home] country. -- proverbs 25:25 +. +Like a muddied fountain and a polluted spring is a righteous man who yields, falls down, and compromises his integrity before the wicked. -- proverbs 25:26 +. +It is not good to eat much honey; so for men to seek glory, their own glory, causes suffering and is not glory. -- proverbs 25:27 +. +He who has no rule over his own spirit is like a city that is broken down and without walls. -- proverbs 25:28 +. +LIKE SNOW in summer and like rain in harvest, so honor is not fitting for a [self-confident] fool. -- proverbs 26:1 +. +Like the sparrow in her wandering, like the swallow in her flying, so the causeless curse does not alight. -- proverbs 26:2 +. +A whip for the horse, a bridle for the donkey, and a [straight, slender] rod for the backs of [self-confident] fools. -- proverbs 26:3 +. +Answer not a [self-confident] fool according to his folly, lest you also be like him. -- proverbs 26:4 +. +Answer a [self-confident] fool according to his folly, lest he be wise in his own eyes and conceit. -- proverbs 26:5 +. +He who sends a message by the hand of a fool cuts off the feet [of satisfactory delivery] and drinks the damage. -- proverbs 26:6 +. +Like the legs of a lame man which hang loose, so is a parable in the mouth of a fool. -- proverbs 26:7 +. +Like he who binds a stone in a sling, so is he who gives honor to a [self-confident] fool. -- proverbs 26:8 +. +Like a thorn that goes [without being felt] into the hand of a drunken man, so is a proverb in the mouth of a [self-confident] fool. -- proverbs 26:9 +. +[But] like an archer who wounds all, so is he who hires a fool or chance passers-by. -- proverbs 26:10 +. +As a dog returns to his vomit, so a fool returns to his folly. -- proverbs 26:11 +. +Do you see a man wise in his own eyes and conceit? There is more hope for a [self-confident] fool than for him. -- proverbs 26:12 +. +The sluggard says, There is a lion in the way! A lion is in the streets! -- proverbs 26:13 +. +As the door turns on its hinges, so does the lazy man [move not from his place] upon his bed. -- proverbs 26:14 +. +The slothful and self-indulgent buries his hand in his bosom; it distresses and wearies him to bring it again to his mouth. -- proverbs 26:15 +. +The sluggard is wiser in his own eyes and conceit than seven men who can render a reason and answer discreetly. -- proverbs 26:16 +. +He who, passing by, stops to meddle with strife that is none of his business is like one who takes a dog by the ears. -- proverbs 26:17 +. +Like a madman who casts firebrands, arrows, and death, -- proverbs 26:18 +. +So is the man who deceives his neighbor and then says, Was I not joking? -- proverbs 26:19 +. +For lack of wood the fire goes out, and where there is no whisperer, contention ceases. -- proverbs 26:20 +. +As coals are to hot embers and as wood to fire, so is a quarrelsome man to inflame strife. -- proverbs 26:21 +. +The words of a whisperer or slanderer are like dainty morsels or words of sport [to some, but to others are like deadly wounds]; and they go down into the innermost parts of the body [or of the victim's nature]. -- proverbs 26:22 +. +Burning lips [uttering insincere words of love] and a wicked heart are like an earthen vessel covered with the scum thrown off from molten silver [making it appear to be solid silver]. -- proverbs 26:23 +. +He who hates pretends with his lips, but stores up deceit within himself. -- proverbs 26:24 +. +When he speaks kindly, do not trust him, for seven abominations are in his heart. -- proverbs 26:25 +. +Though his hatred covers itself with guile, his wickedness shall be shown openly before the assembly. -- proverbs 26:26 +. +Whoever digs a pit [for another man's feet] shall fall into it himself, and he who rolls a stone [up a height to do mischief], it will return upon him. -- proverbs 26:27 +. +A lying tongue hates those it wounds and crushes, and a flattering mouth works ruin. -- proverbs 26:28 +. +DO NOT boast of [yourself and] tomorrow, for you know not what a day may bring forth. -- proverbs 27:1 +. +Let another man praise you, and not your own mouth; a stranger, and not your own lips. -- proverbs 27:2 +. +Stone is heavy and sand weighty, but a fool's [unreasoning] wrath is heavier and more intolerable than both of them. -- proverbs 27:3 +. +Wrath is cruel and anger is an overwhelming flood, but who is able to stand before jealousy? -- proverbs 27:4 +. +Open rebuke is better than love that is hidden. -- proverbs 27:5 +. +Faithful are the wounds of a friend, but the kisses of an enemy are lavish and deceitful. -- proverbs 27:6 +. +He who is satiated [with sensual pleasures] loathes and treads underfoot a honeycomb, but to the hungry soul every bitter thing is sweet. -- proverbs 27:7 +. +Like a bird that wanders from her nest, so is a man who strays from his home. -- proverbs 27:8 +. +Oil and perfume rejoice the heart; so does the sweetness of a friend's counsel that comes from the heart. -- proverbs 27:9 +. +Your own friend and your father's friend, forsake them not; neither go to your brother's house in the day of your calamity. Better is a neighbor who is near [in spirit] than a brother who is far off [in heart]. -- proverbs 27:10 +. +My son, be wise, and make my heart glad, that I may answer him who reproaches me [as having failed in my parental duty]. -- proverbs 27:11 +. +A prudent man sees the evil and hides himself, but the simple pass on and are punished [with suffering]. -- proverbs 27:12 +. +[The judge tells the creditor] Take the garment of one who is security for a stranger; and hold him in pledge when he is security for foreigners. -- proverbs 27:13 +. +The flatterer who loudly praises and glorifies his neighbor, rising early in the morning, it shall be counted as cursing him [for he will be suspected of sinister purposes]. -- proverbs 27:14 +. +A continual dripping on a day of violent showers and a contentious woman are alike; -- proverbs 27:15 +. +Whoever attempts to restrain [a contentious woman] might as well try to stop the wind--his right hand encounters oil [and she slips through his fingers]. -- proverbs 27:16 +. +Iron sharpens iron; so a man sharpens the countenance of his friend [to show rage or worthy purpose]. -- proverbs 27:17 +. +Whoever tends the fig tree shall eat its fruit; so he who patiently and faithfully guards and heeds his master shall be honored. -- proverbs 27:18 +. +As in water face answers to and reflects face, so the heart of man to man. -- proverbs 27:19 +. +Sheol (the place of the dead) and Abaddon (the place of destruction) are never satisfied; so [the lust of] the eyes of man is never satisfied. -- proverbs 27:20 +. +As the refining pot for silver and the furnace for gold [bring forth all the impurities of the metal], so let a man be in his trial of praise [ridding himself of all that is base or insincere; for a man is judged by what he praises and of what he boasts]. -- proverbs 27:21 +. +Even though like grain you should pound a fool in a mortar with a pestle, yet will not his foolishness depart from him. -- proverbs 27:22 +. +Be diligent to know the state of your flocks, and look well to your herds; -- proverbs 27:23 +. +For riches are not forever; does a crown endure to all generations? -- proverbs 27:24 +. +When the hay is gone, the tender grass shows itself, and herbs of the mountain are gathered in, -- proverbs 27:25 +. +The lambs will be for your clothing, and the goats [will furnish you] the price of a field. -- proverbs 27:26 +. +And there will be goats' milk enough for your food, for the food of your household, and for the maintenance of your maids. -- proverbs 27:27 +. +THE WICKED flee when no man pursues them, but the [uncompromisingly] righteous are bold as a lion. -- proverbs 28:1 +. +When a land transgresses, it has many rulers, but when the ruler is a man of discernment, understanding, and knowledge, its stability will long continue. -- proverbs 28:2 +. +A poor man who oppresses the poor is like a sweeping rain which leaves no food [plundering them of their last morsels]. -- proverbs 28:3 +. +Those who forsake the law [of God and man] praise the wicked, but those who keep the law [of God and man] contend with them. -- proverbs 28:4 +. +Evil men do not understand justice, but they who crave and seek the Lord understand it fully. -- proverbs 28:5 +. +Better is the poor man who walks in his integrity than he who willfully goes in double and wrong ways, though he is rich. -- proverbs 28:6 +. +Whoever keeps the law [of God and man] is a wise son, but he who is a companion of gluttons and the carousing, self-indulgent, and extravagant shames his father. -- proverbs 28:7 +. +He who by charging excessive interest and who by unjust efforts to get gain increases his material possession gathers it for him [to spend] who is kind and generous to the poor. -- proverbs 28:8 +. +He who turns away his ear from hearing the law [of God and man], even his prayer is an abomination, hateful and revolting [to God]. -- proverbs 28:9 +. +Whoever leads the upright astray into an evil way, he will himself fall into his own pit, but the blameless will have a goodly inheritance. -- proverbs 28:10 +. +The rich man is wise in his own eyes and conceit, but the poor man who has understanding will find him out. -- proverbs 28:11 +. +When the [uncompromisingly] righteous triumph, there is great glory and celebration; but when the wicked rise [to power], men hide themselves. -- proverbs 28:12 +. +He who covers his transgressions will not prosper, but whoever confesses and forsakes his sins will obtain mercy. -- proverbs 28:13 +. +Blessed (happy, fortunate, and to be envied) is the man who reverently and worshipfully fears [the Lord] at all times [regardless of circumstances], but he who hardens his heart will fall into calamity. -- proverbs 28:14 +. +Like a roaring lion or a ravenous and charging bear is a wicked ruler over a poor people. -- proverbs 28:15 +. +A ruler who lacks understanding is [like a wicked one] a great oppressor, but he who hates covetousness and unjust gain shall prolong his days. -- proverbs 28:16 +. +If a man willfully sheds the blood of a person [and keeps the guilt of murder upon his conscience], he is fleeing to the pit (the grave) and hastening to his own destruction; let no man stop him! -- proverbs 28:17 +. +He who walks uprightly shall be safe, but he who willfully goes in double and wrong ways shall fall in one of them. -- proverbs 28:18 +. +He who cultivates his land will have plenty of bread, but he who follows worthless people and pursuits will have poverty enough. -- proverbs 28:19 +. +A faithful man shall abound with blessings, but he who makes haste to be rich [at any cost] shall not go unpunished. -- proverbs 28:20 +. +To have respect of persons and to show partiality is not good, neither is it good that man should transgress for a piece of bread. -- proverbs 28:21 +. +He who has an evil and covetous eye hastens to be rich and knows not that want will come upon him. -- proverbs 28:22 +. +He who rebukes a man shall afterward find more favor than he who flatters with the tongue. -- proverbs 28:23 +. +Whoever robs his father or his mother and says, This is no sin--he is in the same class as [an open, lawless robber and] a destroyer. -- proverbs 28:24 +. +He who is of a greedy spirit stirs up strife, but he who puts his trust in the Lord shall be enriched and blessed. -- proverbs 28:25 +. +He who leans on, trusts in, and is confident of his own mind and heart is a [self-confident] fool, but he who walks in skillful and godly Wisdom shall be delivered. -- proverbs 28:26 +. +He who gives to the poor will not want, but he who hides his eyes [from their want] will have many a curse. -- proverbs 28:27 +. +When the wicked rise [to power], men hide themselves; but when they perish, the [consistently] righteous increase and become many. -- proverbs 28:28 +. +HE WHO, being often reproved, hardens his neck shall suddenly be destroyed--and that without remedy. -- proverbs 29:1 +. +When the [uncompromisingly] righteous are in authority, the people rejoice; but when the wicked man rules, the people groan and sigh. -- proverbs 29:2 +. +Whoever loves skillful and godly Wisdom rejoices his father, but he who associates with harlots wastes his substance. -- proverbs 29:3 +. +The king by justice establishes the land, but he who exacts gifts and tribute overthrows it. -- proverbs 29:4 +. +A man who flatters his neighbor spreads a net for his own feet. -- proverbs 29:5 +. +In the transgression of an evil man there is a snare, but the [uncompromisingly] righteous man sings and rejoices. -- proverbs 29:6 +. +The [consistently] righteous man knows and cares for the rights of the poor, but the wicked man has no interest in such knowledge. -- proverbs 29:7 +. +Scoffers set a city afire [inflaming the minds of the people], but wise men turn away wrath. -- proverbs 29:8 +. +If a wise man has an argument with a foolish man, the fool only rages or laughs, and there is no rest. -- proverbs 29:9 +. +The bloodthirsty hate the blameless man, but the upright care for and seek [to save] his life. -- proverbs 29:10 +. +A [self-confident] fool utters all his anger, but a wise man holds it back and stills it. -- proverbs 29:11 +. +If a ruler listens to falsehood, all his officials will become wicked. -- proverbs 29:12 +. +The poor man and the oppressor meet together--the Lord gives light to the eyes of both. -- proverbs 29:13 +. +The king who faithfully judges the poor, his throne shall be established continuously. -- proverbs 29:14 +. +The rod and reproof give wisdom, but a child left undisciplined brings his mother to shame. -- proverbs 29:15 +. +When the wicked are in authority, transgression increases, but the [uncompromisingly] righteous shall see the fall of the wicked. -- proverbs 29:16 +. +Correct your son, and he will give you rest; yes, he will give delight to your heart. -- proverbs 29:17 +. +Where there is no vision [no redemptive revelation of God], the people perish; but he who keeps the law [of God, which includes that of man]--blessed (happy, fortunate, and enviable) is he. -- proverbs 29:18 +. +A servant will not be corrected by words alone; for though he understands, he will not answer [the master who mistreats him]. -- proverbs 29:19 +. +Do you see a man who is hasty in his words? There is more hope for a [self-confident] fool than for him. -- proverbs 29:20 +. +He who pampers his servant from childhood will have him expecting the rights of a son afterward. -- proverbs 29:21 +. +A man of wrath stirs up strife, and a man given to anger commits and causes much transgression. -- proverbs 29:22 +. +A man's pride will bring him low, but he who is of a humble spirit will obtain honor. -- proverbs 29:23 +. +Whoever is partner with a thief hates his own life; he falls under the curse [pronounced upon him who knows who the thief is] but discloses nothing. -- proverbs 29:24 +. +The fear of man brings a snare, but whoever leans on, trusts in, and puts his confidence in the Lord is safe and set on high. -- proverbs 29:25 +. +Many crave and seek the ruler's favor, but the wise man [waits] for justice from the Lord. -- proverbs 29:26 +. +An unjust man is an abomination to the righteous, and he who is upright in the way [of the Lord] is an abomination to the wicked. -- proverbs 29:27 +. +THE WORDS of Agur son of Jakeh of Massa: The man says to Ithiel, to Ithiel and to Ucal: -- proverbs 30:1 +. +Surely I am too brutish and stupid to be called a man, and I have not the understanding of a man [for all my secular learning is as nothing]. -- proverbs 30:2 +. +I have not learned skillful and godly Wisdom, that I should have the knowledge or burden of the Holy One. -- proverbs 30:3 +. +Who has ascended into heaven and descended? Who has gathered the wind in His fists? Who has bound the waters in His garment? Who has established all the ends of the earth? What is His name, and what is His Son's name, if you know? -- proverbs 30:4 +. +Every word of God is tried and purified; He is a shield to those who trust and take refuge in Him. -- proverbs 30:5 +. +Add not to His words, lest He reprove you, and you be found a liar. -- proverbs 30:6 +. +Two things have I asked of You [O Lord]; deny them not to me before I die: -- proverbs 30:7 +. +Remove far from me falsehood and lies; give me neither poverty nor riches; feed me with the food that is needful for me, -- proverbs 30:8 +. +Lest I be full and deny You and say, Who is the Lord? Or lest I be poor and steal, and so profane the name of my God. -- proverbs 30:9 +. +Do not accuse and hurt a servant before his master, lest he curse you, and you be held guilty [of adding to the burdens of the lowly]. -- proverbs 30:10 +. +There is a class of people who curse their fathers and do not bless their mothers. -- proverbs 30:11 +. +There is a class of people who are pure in their own eyes, and yet are not washed from their own filth. -- proverbs 30:12 +. +There is a class of people--oh, how lofty are their eyes and their raised eyelids! -- proverbs 30:13 +. +There is a class of people whose teeth are as swords and whose fangs as knives, to devour the poor from the earth and the needy from among men. -- proverbs 30:14 +. +The leech has two daughters, crying, Give, give! There are three things that are never satisfied, yes, four that do not say, It is enough: -- proverbs 30:15 +. +Sheol (the place of the dead), the barren womb, the earth that is not satisfied with water, and the fire that says not, It is enough. -- proverbs 30:16 +. +The eye that mocks a father and scorns to obey a mother, the ravens of the valley will pick it out, and the young vultures will devour it. -- proverbs 30:17 +. +There are three things which are too wonderful for me, yes, four which I do not understand: -- proverbs 30:18 +. +The way of an eagle in the air, the way of a serpent upon a rock, the way of a ship in the midst of the sea, and the way of a man with a maid. -- proverbs 30:19 +. +This is the way of an adulterous woman: she eats and wipes her mouth and says, I have done no wickedness. -- proverbs 30:20 +. +Under three things the earth is disquieted, and under four it cannot bear up: -- proverbs 30:21 +. +Under a servant when he reigns, a [empty-headed] fool when he is filled with food, -- proverbs 30:22 +. +An unloved and repugnant woman when she is married, and a maidservant when she supplants her mistress. -- proverbs 30:23 +. +There are four things which are little on the earth, but they are exceedingly wise: -- proverbs 30:24 +. +The ants are a people not strong, yet they lay up their food in the summer; -- proverbs 30:25 +. +The conies are but a feeble folk, yet they make their houses in the rocks; -- proverbs 30:26 +. +The locusts have no king, yet they go forth all of them by bands; -- proverbs 30:27 +. +The lizard you can seize with your hands, yet it is in kings' palaces. -- proverbs 30:28 +. +There are three things which are stately in step, yes, four which are stately in their stride: -- proverbs 30:29 +. +The lion, which is mightiest among beasts and turns not back before any; -- proverbs 30:30 +. +The war horse [well-knit in the loins], the male goat also, and the king [when his army is with him and] against whom there is no uprising. -- proverbs 30:31 +. +If you have done foolishly in exalting yourself, or if you have thought evil, lay your hand upon your mouth. -- proverbs 30:32 +. +Surely the churning of milk brings forth butter, and the wringing of the nose brings forth blood; so the forcing of wrath brings forth strife. -- proverbs 30:33 +. +THE WORDS of Lemuel king of Massa, which his mother taught him: -- proverbs 31:1 +. +What, my son? What, son of my womb? What [shall I advise you], son of my vows and dedication to God? -- proverbs 31:2 +. +Give not your strength to [loose] women, nor your ways to those who and that which ruin and destroy kings. -- proverbs 31:3 +. +It is not for kings, O Lemuel, it is not for kings to drink wine, or for rulers to desire strong drink, -- proverbs 31:4 +. +Lest they drink and forget the law and what it decrees, and pervert the justice due any of the afflicted. -- proverbs 31:5 +. +Give strong drink [as medicine] to him who is ready to pass away, and wine to him in bitter distress of heart. -- proverbs 31:6 +. +Let him drink and forget his poverty and [seriously] remember his want and misery no more. -- proverbs 31:7 +. +Open your mouth for the dumb [those unable to speak for themselves], for the rights of all who are left desolate and defenseless; -- proverbs 31:8 +. +Open your mouth, judge righteously, and administer justice for the poor and needy. -- proverbs 31:9 +. +A capable, intelligent, and virtuous woman--who is he who can find her? She is far more precious than jewels and her value is far above rubies or pearls. -- proverbs 31:10 +. +The heart of her husband trusts in her confidently and relies on and believes in her securely, so that he has no lack of [honest] gain or need of [dishonest] spoil. -- proverbs 31:11 +. +She comforts, encourages, and does him only good as long as there is life within her. -- proverbs 31:12 +. +She seeks out wool and flax and works with willing hands [to develop it]. -- proverbs 31:13 +. +She is like the merchant ships loaded with foodstuffs; she brings her household's food from a far [country]. -- proverbs 31:14 +. +She rises while it is yet night and gets [spiritual] food for her household and assigns her maids their tasks. -- proverbs 31:15 +. +She considers a [new] field before she buys or accepts it [expanding prudently and not courting neglect of her present duties by assuming other duties]; with her savings [of time and strength] she plants fruitful vines in her vineyard. [S. of Sol. 8:12.] -- proverbs 31:16 +. +She girds herself with strength [spiritual, mental, and physical fitness for her God-given task] and makes her arms strong and firm. -- proverbs 31:17 +. +She tastes and sees that her gain from work [with and for God] is good; her lamp goes not out, but it burns on continually through the night [of trouble, privation, or sorrow, warning away fear, doubt, and distrust]. -- proverbs 31:18 +. +She lays her hands to the spindle, and her hands hold the distaff. -- proverbs 31:19 +. +She opens her hand to the poor, yes, she reaches out her filled hands to the needy [whether in body, mind, or spirit]. -- proverbs 31:20 +. +She fears not the snow for her family, for all her household are doubly clothed in scarlet. -- proverbs 31:21 +. +She makes for herself coverlets, cushions, and rugs of tapestry. Her clothing is of linen, pure and fine, and of purple [such as that of which the clothing of the priests and the hallowed cloths of the temple were made]. -- proverbs 31:22 +. +Her husband is known in the [city's] gates, when he sits among the elders of the land. -- proverbs 31:23 +. +She makes fine linen garments and leads others to buy them; she delivers to the merchants girdles [or sashes that free one up for service]. -- proverbs 31:24 +. +Strength and dignity are her clothing and her position is strong and secure; she rejoices over the future [the latter day or time to come, knowing that she and her family are in readiness for it]! -- proverbs 31:25 +. +She opens her mouth in skillful and godly Wisdom, and on her tongue is the law of kindness [giving counsel and instruction]. -- proverbs 31:26 +. +She looks well to how things go in her household, and the bread of idleness (gossip, discontent, and self-pity) she will not eat. -- proverbs 31:27 +. +Her children rise up and call her blessed (happy, fortunate, and to be envied); and her husband boasts of and praises her, [saying], -- proverbs 31:28 +. +Many daughters have done virtuously, nobly, and well [with the strength of character that is steadfast in goodness], but you excel them all. -- proverbs 31:29 +. +Charm and grace are deceptive, and beauty is vain [because it is not lasting], but a woman who reverently and worshipfully fears the Lord, she shall be praised! -- proverbs 31:30 +. +Give her of the fruit of her hands, and let her own works praise her in the gates [of the city]! -- proverbs 31:31 +. +THE WORDS of the Preacher, the son of David and king in Jerusalem. -- ecclesiastes 1:1 +. +Vapor of vapors and futility of futilities, says the Preacher. Vapor of vapors and futility of futilities! All is vanity (emptiness, falsity, and vainglory). -- ecclesiastes 1:2 +. +What profit does man have left from all his toil at which he toils under the sun? [Is life worth living?] -- ecclesiastes 1:3 +. +One generation goes and another generation comes, but the earth remains forever. -- ecclesiastes 1:4 +. +The sun also rises and the sun goes down, and hastens to the place where it rises. -- ecclesiastes 1:5 +. +The wind goes to the south and circles about to the north; it circles and circles about continually, and on its circuit the wind returns again. -- ecclesiastes 1:6 +. +All the rivers run into the sea, yet the sea is not full. To the place from which the rivers come, to there and from there they return again. -- ecclesiastes 1:7 +. +All things are weary with toil and all words are feeble; man cannot utter it. The eye is not satisfied with seeing, nor the ear filled with hearing. -- ecclesiastes 1:8 +. +The thing that has been--it is what will be again, and that which has been done is that which will be done again; and there is nothing new under the sun. -- ecclesiastes 1:9 +. +Is there a thing of which it may be said, See, this is new? It has already been, in the vast ages of time [recorded or unrecorded] which were before us. -- ecclesiastes 1:10 +. +There is no remembrance of former happenings or men, neither will there be any remembrance of happenings of generations that are to come by those who are to come after them. -- ecclesiastes 1:11 +. +I, the Preacher, have been king over Israel in Jerusalem. -- ecclesiastes 1:12 +. +And I applied myself by heart and mind to seek and search out by [human] wisdom all human activity under heaven. It is a miserable business which God has given to the sons of man with which to busy themselves. -- ecclesiastes 1:13 +. +I have seen all the works that are done under the sun, and behold, all is vanity, a striving after the wind and a feeding on wind. -- ecclesiastes 1:14 +. +What is crooked cannot be made straight, and what is defective and lacking cannot be counted. -- ecclesiastes 1:15 +. +I entered into counsel with my own mind, saying, Behold, I have acquired great [human] wisdom, yes, more than all who have been over Jerusalem before me; and my mind has had great experience of [moral] wisdom and [scientific] knowledge. -- ecclesiastes 1:16 +. +And I gave my mind to know [practical] wisdom and to discern [the character of] madness and folly [in which men seem to find satisfaction]; I perceived that this also is a searching after wind and a feeding on it. -- ecclesiastes 1:17 +. +For in much [human] wisdom is much vexation, and he who increases knowledge increases sorrow. -- ecclesiastes 1:18 +. +I SAID in my mind, Come now, I will prove you with mirth and test you with pleasure; so have a good time [enjoy pleasure]. But this also was vanity (emptiness, falsity, and futility)! -- ecclesiastes 2:1 +. +I said of laughter, It is mad, and of pleasure, What does it accomplish? -- ecclesiastes 2:2 +. +I searched in my mind how to cheer my body with wine--yet at the same time having my mind hold its course and guide me with [human] wisdom--and how to lay hold of folly, till I might see what was good for the sons of men to do under heaven all the days of their lives. -- ecclesiastes 2:3 +. +I made great works; I built myself houses, I planted vineyards. -- ecclesiastes 2:4 +. +I made for myself gardens and orchards and I planted in them all kinds of fruit trees. -- ecclesiastes 2:5 +. +I made for myself pools of water from which to water the forest and make the trees bud. -- ecclesiastes 2:6 +. +I bought menservants and maidservants and had servants born in my house. Also I had great possessions of herds and flocks, more than any who had been before me in Jerusalem. -- ecclesiastes 2:7 +. +I also gathered for myself silver and gold and the treasure of kings and of the provinces. I got for myself men singers and women singers, and the delights of the sons of men--concubines very many. -- ecclesiastes 2:8 +. +So I became great and increased more than all who were before me in Jerusalem. Also my wisdom remained with me and stood by me. -- ecclesiastes 2:9 +. +And whatever my eyes desired I kept not from them; I withheld not my heart from any pleasure, for my heart rejoiced in all my labor, and this was my portion and reward for all my toil. -- ecclesiastes 2:10 +. +Then I looked on all that my hands had done and the labor I had spent in doing it, and behold, all was vanity and a striving after the wind and a feeding on it, and there was no profit under the sun. -- ecclesiastes 2:11 +. +So I turned to consider [human] wisdom and madness and folly; for what can the man do who succeeds the king? Nothing but what has been done already. -- ecclesiastes 2:12 +. +Then I saw that even [human] wisdom [that brings sorrow] is better than [the pleasures of] folly as far as light is better than darkness. -- ecclesiastes 2:13 +. +The wise man's eyes are in his head, but the fool walks in darkness; and yet I perceived that [in the end] one event happens to them both. -- ecclesiastes 2:14 +. +Then said I in my heart, As it happens to the fool, so it will happen even to me. And of what use is it then for me to be more wise? Then I said in my heart, This also is vanity (emptiness, vainglory, and futility)! -- ecclesiastes 2:15 +. +For of the wise man, the same as of the fool, there is no permanent remembrance, since in the days to come all will be long forgotten. And how does the wise man die? Even as the fool! -- ecclesiastes 2:16 +. +So I hated life, because what is done under the sun was grievous to me; for all is vanity and a striving after the wind and a feeding on it. -- ecclesiastes 2:17 +. +And I hated all my labor in which I had toiled under the sun, seeing that I must leave it to the man who will succeed me. -- ecclesiastes 2:18 +. +And who knows whether he will be a wise man or a fool? Yet he will have dominion over all my labor in which I have toiled and in which I have shown myself wise under the sun. This is also vanity (emptiness, falsity, and futility)! -- ecclesiastes 2:19 +. +So I turned around and gave my heart up to despair over all the labor of my efforts under the sun. -- ecclesiastes 2:20 +. +For here is a man whose labor is with wisdom and knowledge and skill; yet to a man who has not toiled for it he must leave it all as his portion. This also is vanity (emptiness, falsity, and futility) and a great evil! -- ecclesiastes 2:21 +. +For what has a man left from all his labor and from the striving and vexation of his heart in which he has toiled under the sun? -- ecclesiastes 2:22 +. +For all his days are but pain and sorrow, and his work is a vexation and grief; his mind takes no rest even at night. This is also vanity (emptiness, falsity, and futility)! -- ecclesiastes 2:23 +. +There is nothing better for a man than that he should eat and drink and make himself enjoy good in his labor. Even this, I have seen, is from the hand of God. -- ecclesiastes 2:24 +. +For who can eat or who can have enjoyment any more than I can--apart from Him ? -- ecclesiastes 2:25 +. +For to the person who pleases Him God gives wisdom and knowledge and joy; but to the sinner He gives the work of gathering and heaping up, that he may give to one who pleases God. This also is vanity and a striving after the wind and a feeding on it. -- ecclesiastes 2:26 +. +TO EVERYTHING there is a season, and a time for every matter or purpose under heaven: -- ecclesiastes 3:1 +. +A time to be born and a time to die, a time to plant and a time to pluck up what is planted, -- ecclesiastes 3:2 +. +A time to kill and a time to heal, a time to break down and a time to build up, -- ecclesiastes 3:3 +. +A time to weep and a time to laugh, a time to mourn and a time to dance, -- ecclesiastes 3:4 +. +A time to cast away stones and a time to gather stones together, a time to embrace and a time to refrain from embracing, -- ecclesiastes 3:5 +. +A time to get and a time to lose, a time to keep and a time to cast away, -- ecclesiastes 3:6 +. +A time to rend and a time to sew, a time to keep silence and a time to speak, -- ecclesiastes 3:7 +. +A time to love and a time to hate, a time for war and a time for peace. -- ecclesiastes 3:8 +. +What profit remains for the worker from his toil? -- ecclesiastes 3:9 +. +I have seen the painful labor and exertion and miserable business which God has given to the sons of men with which to exercise and busy themselves. -- ecclesiastes 3:10 +. +He has made everything beautiful in its time. He also has planted eternity in men's hearts and minds [a divinely implanted sense of a purpose working through the ages which nothing under the sun but God alone can satisfy], yet so that men cannot find out what God has done from the beginning to the end. -- ecclesiastes 3:11 +. +I know that there is nothing better for them than to be glad and to get and do good as long as they live; -- ecclesiastes 3:12 +. +And also that every man should eat and drink and enjoy the good of all his labor--it is the gift of God. -- ecclesiastes 3:13 +. +I know that whatever God does, it endures forever; nothing can be added to it nor anything taken from it. And God does it so that men will [reverently] fear Him [revere and worship Him, knowing that He is]. -- ecclesiastes 3:14 +. +That which is now already has been, and that which is to be already has been; and God seeks that which has passed by [so that history repeats itself]. -- ecclesiastes 3:15 +. +Moreover, I saw under the sun that in the place of justice there was wickedness, and that in the place of righteousness wickedness was there also. -- ecclesiastes 3:16 +. +I said in my heart, God will judge the righteous and the wicked, for there is a time [appointed] for every matter and purpose and for every work. -- ecclesiastes 3:17 +. +I said in my heart regarding the subject of the sons of men, God is trying (separating and sifting) them, that they may see that by themselves [under the sun, without God] they are but like beasts. -- ecclesiastes 3:18 +. +For that which befalls the sons of men befalls beasts; even [in the end] one thing befalls them both. As the one dies, so dies the other. Yes, they all have one breath and spirit, so that a man has no preeminence over a beast; for all is vanity (emptiness, falsity, and futility)! -- ecclesiastes 3:19 +. +All go to one place; all are of the dust, and all turn to dust again. -- ecclesiastes 3:20 +. +Who knows the spirit of man, whether it goes upward, and the spirit of the beast, whether it goes downward to the earth? -- ecclesiastes 3:21 +. +So I saw that there is nothing better than that a man should rejoice in his own works, for that is his portion. For who shall bring him back to see what will happen after he is gone? -- ecclesiastes 3:22 +. +THEN I returned and considered all the oppressions that are practiced under the sun: And I beheld the tears of the oppressed, and they had no comforter; and on the side of their oppressors was power, but they [too] had no comforter. -- ecclesiastes 4:1 +. +So I praised and thought more fortunate those who have been long dead than the living, who are still alive. -- ecclesiastes 4:2 +. +But better than them both [I thought] is he who has not yet been born, who has not seen the evil deeds that are done under the sun. -- ecclesiastes 4:3 +. +Then I saw that all painful effort in labor and all skill in work comes from man's rivalry with his neighbor. This is also vanity, a vain striving after the wind and a feeding on it. -- ecclesiastes 4:4 +. +The fool folds his hands together and eats his own flesh [destroying himself by indolence]. -- ecclesiastes 4:5 +. +Better is a handful with quietness than both hands full with painful effort, a vain striving after the wind and a feeding on it. -- ecclesiastes 4:6 +. +Then I returned, and I saw vanity under the sun [in one of its peculiar forms]. -- ecclesiastes 4:7 +. +Here is one alone--no one with him; he neither has child nor brother. Yet there is no end to all his labor, neither is his eye satisfied with riches, neither does he ask, For whom do I labor and deprive myself of good? This is also vanity (emptiness, falsity, and futility); yes, it is a painful effort and an unhappy business. -- ecclesiastes 4:8 +. +Two are better than one, because they have a good [more satisfying] reward for their labor; -- ecclesiastes 4:9 +. +For if they fall, the one will lift up his fellow. But woe to him who is alone when he falls and has not another to lift him up! -- ecclesiastes 4:10 +. +Again, if two lie down together, then they have warmth; but how can one be warm alone? -- ecclesiastes 4:11 +. +And though a man might prevail against him who is alone, two will withstand him. A threefold cord is not quickly broken. -- ecclesiastes 4:12 +. +Better is a poor and wise youth than an old and foolish king who no longer knows how to receive counsel (friendly reproof and warning)-- -- ecclesiastes 4:13 +. +Even though [the youth] comes out of prison to reign, while the other, born a king, becomes needy. -- ecclesiastes 4:14 +. +I saw all the living who walk under the sun with the youth who was to stand up in the king's stead. -- ecclesiastes 4:15 +. +There was no end to all the people; he was over all of them. Yet those who come later will not rejoice in him. Surely this also is vanity (emptiness, falsity, vainglory) and a striving after the wind and a feeding on it. -- ecclesiastes 4:16 +. +KEEP YOUR foot [give your mind to what you are doing] when you go [as Jacob to sacred Bethel] to the house of God. For to draw near to hear and obey is better than to give the sacrifice of fools [carelessly, irreverently] too ignorant to know that they are doing evil. -- ecclesiastes 5:1 +. +Be not rash with your mouth, and let not your heart be hasty to utter a word before God. For God is in heaven, and you are on earth; therefore let your words be few. -- ecclesiastes 5:2 +. +For a dream comes with much business and painful effort, and a fool's voice with many words. -- ecclesiastes 5:3 +. +When you vow a vow or make a pledge to God, do not put off paying it; for God has no pleasure in fools (those who witlessly mock Him). Pay what you vow. -- ecclesiastes 5:4 +. +It is better that you should not vow than that you should vow and not pay. -- ecclesiastes 5:5 +. +Do not allow your mouth to cause your body to sin, and do not say before the messenger [the priest] that it was an error or mistake. Why should God be [made] angry at your voice and destroy the work of your hands? -- ecclesiastes 5:6 +. +For in a multitude of dreams there is futility and worthlessness, and ruin in a flood of words. But [reverently] fear God [revere and worship Him, knowing that He is]. -- ecclesiastes 5:7 +. +If you see the oppression of the poor and the violent taking away of justice and righteousness in the state or province, do not marvel at the matter. [Be sure that there are those who will attend to it] for a higher [official] than the high is observing, and higher ones are over them. -- ecclesiastes 5:8 +. +Moreover, the profit of the earth is for all; the king himself is served by the field and in all, a king is an advantage to a land with cultivated fields. -- ecclesiastes 5:9 +. +He who loves silver will not be satisfied with silver, nor he who loves abundance with gain. This also is vanity (emptiness, falsity, and futility)! -- ecclesiastes 5:10 +. +When goods increase, they who eat them increase also. And what gain is there to their owner except to see them with his eyes? -- ecclesiastes 5:11 +. +The sleep of a laboring man is sweet, whether he eats little or much, but the fullness of the rich will not let him sleep. -- ecclesiastes 5:12 +. +There is a serious and severe evil which I have seen under the sun: riches were kept by their owner to his hurt. -- ecclesiastes 5:13 +. +But those riches are lost in a bad venture; and he becomes the father of a son, and there is nothing in his hand [with which to support the child]. -- ecclesiastes 5:14 +. +As [the man] came forth from his mother's womb, so he will go again, naked as he came; and he will take away nothing for all his labor which he can carry in his hand. -- ecclesiastes 5:15 +. +And this also is a serious and severe evil--that in all points as he came, so shall he go; and what gain has he who labors for the wind? -- ecclesiastes 5:16 +. +All his days also he eats in darkness [cheerlessly, with no sweetness and light in them], and much sorrow and sickness and wrath are his. -- ecclesiastes 5:17 +. +Behold, what I have seen to be good and fitting is for one to eat and drink, and to find enjoyment in all the labor in which he labors under the sun all the days which God gives him--for this is his [allotted] part. -- ecclesiastes 5:18 +. +Also, every man to whom God has given riches and possessions, and the power to enjoy them and to accept his appointed lot and to rejoice in his toil--this is the gift of God [to him]. -- ecclesiastes 5:19 +. +For he shall not much remember [seriously] the days of his life, because God [Himself] answers and corresponds to the joy of his heart [the tranquillity of God is mirrored in him]. -- ecclesiastes 5:20 +. +THERE IS an evil which I have seen under the sun, and it lies heavily upon men: -- ecclesiastes 6:1 +. +A man to whom God has given riches, possessions, and honor, so that he lacks nothing for his soul of all that he might desire, yet God does not give him the power or capacity to enjoy them [things which are gifts from God], but a stranger [in whom he has no interest succeeds him and] consumes and enjoys them. This is vanity (emptiness, falsity, and futility); it is a sore affliction! -- ecclesiastes 6:2 +. +If a man begets a hundred children and lives many years so that the days of his years are many, but his life is not filled with good, and also he is given no burial [honors nor is laid to rest in the sepulcher of his fathers], I say that [he who had] an untimely birth [resulting in death] is better off than he, -- ecclesiastes 6:3 +. +For [the untimely one] comes in futility and goes into darkness, and in darkness his name is covered. -- ecclesiastes 6:4 +. +Moreover, he has not seen the sun nor had any knowledge, yet he [the stillborn child] has rest rather than he [who is aware of all that he has missed and all that he would not have had to suffer]. -- ecclesiastes 6:5 +. +Even though he lives a thousand years twice over and yet has seen no good and experienced no enjoyment--do not all go to one place [the place of the dead]? -- ecclesiastes 6:6 +. +All the labor of man is for his mouth [for self-preservation and enjoyment], and yet his desire is not satisfied. -- ecclesiastes 6:7 +. +For what advantage has the wise man over the fool [being worldly-wise is not the secret to happiness]? What advantage has the poor man who has learned how to walk before the living [publicly, with men's eyes upon him; being poor is not the secret to happiness either]? -- ecclesiastes 6:8 +. +Better is the sight of the eyes [the enjoyment of what is available to one] than the cravings of wandering desire. This is also vanity (emptiness, falsity, and futility) and a striving after the wind and a feeding on it! -- ecclesiastes 6:9 +. +Whatever [man] is, he has been named that long ago, and it is known that it is man [Adam]; nor can he contend with Him who is mightier than he [whether God or death]. -- ecclesiastes 6:10 +. +Seeing that there are [all these and] many other things and words that increase the emptiness, falsity, vainglory, and futility [of living], what profit and what outcome is there for man? -- ecclesiastes 6:11 +. +For who [limited to human wisdom] knows what is good for man in his life, all the days of his vain life which he spends as a shadow [going through the motions but accomplishing nothing]? For who can tell a man what will happen [to his work, his treasure, his plans] under the sun after he is gone? -- ecclesiastes 6:12 +. +A GOOD name is better than precious perfume, and the day of death better than the day of one's birth. -- ecclesiastes 7:1 +. +It is better to go to the house of mourning than to go to the house of feasting, for that is the end of all men; and the living will lay it to heart. -- ecclesiastes 7:2 +. +Sorrow is better than laughter, for by the sadness of the countenance the heart is made better and gains gladness. -- ecclesiastes 7:3 +. +The heart of the wise is in the house of mourning, but the heart of fools is in the house of mirth and sensual joy. -- ecclesiastes 7:4 +. +It is better for a man to hear the rebuke of the wise than to hear the song of fools. -- ecclesiastes 7:5 +. +For like the crackling of thorns under a pot, so is the laughter of the fool. This also is vanity (emptiness, falsity, and futility)! -- ecclesiastes 7:6 +. +Surely oppression and extortion make a wise man foolish, and a bribe destroys the understanding and judgment. -- ecclesiastes 7:7 +. +Better is the end of a thing than the beginning of it, and the patient in spirit is better than the proud in spirit. -- ecclesiastes 7:8 +. +Do not be quick in spirit to be angry or vexed, for anger and vexation lodge in the bosom of fools. -- ecclesiastes 7:9 +. +Do not say, Why were the old days better than these? For it is not wise or because of wisdom that you ask this. -- ecclesiastes 7:10 +. +Wisdom is as good as an inheritance, yes, more excellent it is for those [the living] who see the sun. -- ecclesiastes 7:11 +. +For wisdom is a defense even as money is a defense, but the excellency of knowledge is that wisdom shields and preserves the life of him who has it. -- ecclesiastes 7:12 +. +Consider the work of God: who can make straight what He has made crooked? -- ecclesiastes 7:13 +. +In the day of prosperity be joyful, but in the day of adversity consider that God has made the one side by side with the other, so that man may not find out anything that shall be after him. -- ecclesiastes 7:14 +. +I have seen everything in the days of my vanity (my emptiness, falsity, vainglory, and futility): there is a righteous man who perishes in his righteousness, and there is a wicked man who prolongs his life in [spite of] his evildoing. -- ecclesiastes 7:15 +. +Be not [morbidly exacting and externally] righteous overmuch, neither strive to make yourself [pretentiously appear] overwise--why should you [get puffed up and] destroy yourself [with presumptuous self-sufficiency]? -- ecclesiastes 7:16 +. +[Although all have sinned] be not wicked overmuch or willfully, neither be foolish--why should you die before your time? -- ecclesiastes 7:17 +. +It is good that you should take hold of this and from that withdraw not your hand; for he who [reverently] fears and worships God will come forth from them all. -- ecclesiastes 7:18 +. +[True] wisdom is a strength to the wise man more than ten rulers or valiant generals who are in the city. -- ecclesiastes 7:19 +. +Surely there is not a righteous man upon earth who does good and never sins. -- ecclesiastes 7:20 +. +Do not give heed to everything that is said, lest you hear your servant cursing you-- -- ecclesiastes 7:21 +. +For often your own heart knows that you have likewise cursed others. -- ecclesiastes 7:22 +. +All this have I tried and proved by wisdom. I said, I will be wise [independently of God]--but it was far from me. -- ecclesiastes 7:23 +. +That which is is far off, and that which is deep is very deep--who can find it out [true wisdom independent of the fear of God]? -- ecclesiastes 7:24 +. +I turned about [penitent] and my heart was set to know and to search out and to seek [true] wisdom and the reason of things, and to know that wickedness is folly and that foolishness is madness [and what had led me into such wickedness and madness]. -- ecclesiastes 7:25 +. +And I found that [of all sinful follies none has been so ruinous in seducing one away from God as idolatrous women] more bitter than death is the woman whose heart is snares and nets and whose hands are bands. Whoever pleases God shall escape from her, but the sinner shall be taken by her. -- ecclesiastes 7:26 +. +Behold, this I have found, says the Preacher, while weighing one thing after another to find out the right estimate [and the reason]-- -- ecclesiastes 7:27 +. +Which I am still seeking but have not found--one upright man among a thousand have I found, but an upright woman among all those [one thousand in my harem] have I not found. -- ecclesiastes 7:28 +. +Behold, this is the only [reason for it that] I have found: God made man upright, but they [men and women] have sought out many devices [for evil]. -- ecclesiastes 7:29 +. +WHO IS like the wise man? And who knows the interpretation of a thing? A man's wisdom makes his face shine, and the hardness of his countenance is changed. -- ecclesiastes 8:1 +. +I counsel you to keep the king's command, and that in regard to the oath of God [by which you swore to him loyalty]. -- ecclesiastes 8:2 +. +Be not panic-stricken and hasty to get out of his presence. Persist not in an evil thing, for he does whatever he pleases. -- ecclesiastes 8:3 +. +For the word of a king is authority and power, and who can say to him, What are you doing? -- ecclesiastes 8:4 +. +Whoever observes the [king's] command will experience no harm, and a wise man's mind will know both when and what to do. -- ecclesiastes 8:5 +. +For every purpose and matter has its [right] time and judgment, although the misery and wickedness of man lies heavily upon him [who rebels against the king]. -- ecclesiastes 8:6 +. +For he does not know what is to be, for who can tell him how and when it will be? -- ecclesiastes 8:7 +. +There is no man who has power over the spirit to retain the breath of life, neither has he power over the day of death; and there is no discharge in battle [against death], neither will wickedness deliver those who are its possessors and given to it. -- ecclesiastes 8:8 +. +All this have I seen while applying my mind to every work that is done under the sun. There is a time in which one man has power over another to his own hurt or to the other man's. -- ecclesiastes 8:9 +. +And so I saw the wicked buried--those who had come and gone out of the holy place [but did not thereby escape their doom], and they are [praised and] forgotten in the city where they had done such things. This also is vanity (emptiness, falsity, vainglory, and futility)! -- ecclesiastes 8:10 +. +Because the sentence against an evil work is not executed speedily, the hearts of the sons of men are fully set to do evil. -- ecclesiastes 8:11 +. +Though a sinner does evil a hundred times and his days [seemingly] are prolonged [in his wickedness], yet surely I know that it will be well with those who [reverently] fear God, who revere and worship Him, realizing His continual presence. -- ecclesiastes 8:12 +. +But it will not be well with the wicked, neither will he prolong his days like a shadow, because he does not [reverently] fear and worship God. -- ecclesiastes 8:13 +. +Here also is a futility that goes on upon the earth: there are righteous men who fare as though they were wicked, and wicked men who fare as though they were righteous. I say that this also is vanity (emptiness, falsity, and futility)! -- ecclesiastes 8:14 +. +Then I commended enjoyment, because a man has no better thing under the sun [without God] than to eat and to drink and to be joyful, for that will remain with him in his toil through the days of his life which God gives him under the sun. -- ecclesiastes 8:15 +. +When I applied my mind to know wisdom and to see the business activity and the painful effort that take place upon the earth--how neither day nor night some men's eyes sleep-- -- ecclesiastes 8:16 +. +Then I saw all the work of God, that man cannot find out the work that is done under the sun--because however much a man may toil in seeking, yet he will not find it out; yes, more than that, though a wise man thinks and claims he knows, yet will he not be able to find it out. -- ecclesiastes 8:17 +. +FOR ALL this I took to heart, exploring and examining it all, how the righteous (the upright, in right standing with God) and the wise and their works are in the hands of God. Whether it is to be love or hatred no man knows; all that is before them. -- ecclesiastes 9:1 +. +All things come alike to all. There is one event to the righteous and to the wicked, to the good and to the clean and to the unclean; to him who sacrifices and to him who does not sacrifice. As is the good man, so is the sinner; and he who swears is as he who fears and shuns an oath. -- ecclesiastes 9:2 +. +This evil is in all that is done under the sun: one fate comes to all. Also the hearts of men are full of evil, and madness is in their hearts while they live, and after that they go to the dead. -- ecclesiastes 9:3 +. +[There is no exemption] but he who is joined to all the living has hope--for a living dog is better than a dead lion. -- ecclesiastes 9:4 +. +For the living know that they will die, but the dead know nothing; and they have no more reward [here], for the memory of them is forgotten. -- ecclesiastes 9:5 +. +Their love and their hatred and their envy have already perished; neither have they any more a share in anything that is done under the sun. -- ecclesiastes 9:6 +. +Go your way, eat your bread with joy, and drink your wine with a cheerful heart [if you are righteous, wise, and in the hands of God], for God has already accepted your works. -- ecclesiastes 9:7 +. +Let your garments be always white [with purity], and let your head not lack [the] oil [of gladness]. -- ecclesiastes 9:8 +. +Live joyfully with the wife whom you love all the days of your vain life which He has given you under the sun--all the days of futility. For that is your portion in this life and in your work at which you toil under the sun. -- ecclesiastes 9:9 +. +Whatever your hand finds to do, do it with all your might, for there is no work or device or knowledge or wisdom in Sheol (the place of the dead), where you are going. -- ecclesiastes 9:10 +. +I returned and saw under the sun that the race is not to the swift nor the battle to the strong, neither is bread to the wise nor riches to men of intelligence and understanding nor favor to men of skill; but time and chance happen to them all. -- ecclesiastes 9:11 +. +For man also knows not his time [of death]: as the fishes are taken in an evil net, and as the birds are caught in the snare, so are the sons of men snared in an evil time when [calamity] falls suddenly upon them. -- ecclesiastes 9:12 +. +This [illustration of] wisdom have I seen also under the sun, and it seemed great to me: -- ecclesiastes 9:13 +. +There was a little city with few men in it. And a great king came against it and besieged it and built great bulwarks against it. -- ecclesiastes 9:14 +. +But there was found in it a poor wise man, and he by his wisdom delivered the city. Yet no man [seriously] remembered that poor man. -- ecclesiastes 9:15 +. +But I say that wisdom is better than might, though the poor man's wisdom is despised and his words are not heeded. -- ecclesiastes 9:16 +. +The words of wise men heard in quiet are better than the shouts of him who rules among fools. -- ecclesiastes 9:17 +. +Wisdom is better than weapons of war, but one sinner destroys much good. -- ecclesiastes 9:18 +. +DEAD FLIES cause the ointment of the perfumer to putrefy [and] send forth a vile odor; so does a little folly [in him who is valued for wisdom] outweigh wisdom and honor. -- ecclesiastes 10:1 +. +A wise man's heart turns him toward his right hand, but a fool's heart toward his left. -- ecclesiastes 10:2 +. +Even when he who is a fool walks along the road, his heart and understanding fail him, and he says of everyone and to everyone that he is a fool. -- ecclesiastes 10:3 +. +If the temper of the ruler rises up against you, do not leave your place [or show a resisting spirit]; for gentleness and calmness prevent or put a stop to great offenses. -- ecclesiastes 10:4 +. +There is an evil which I have seen under the sun, like an error which proceeds from the ruler: -- ecclesiastes 10:5 +. +Folly is set in great dignity and in high places, and the rich sit in low places. -- ecclesiastes 10:6 +. +I have seen slaves on horses, and princes walking like slaves on the earth. -- ecclesiastes 10:7 +. +He who digs a pit [for others] will fall into it, and whoever breaks through a fence or a [stone] wall, a serpent will bite him. -- ecclesiastes 10:8 +. +Whoever removes [landmark] stones or hews out [new ones with similar intent] will be hurt with them, and he who fells trees will be endangered by them. -- ecclesiastes 10:9 +. +If the ax is dull and the man does not whet the edge, he must put forth more strength; but wisdom helps him to succeed. -- ecclesiastes 10:10 +. +If the serpent bites before it is charmed, then it is no use to call a charmer [and the slanderer is no better than the uncharmed snake]. -- ecclesiastes 10:11 +. +The words of a wise man's mouth are gracious and win him favor, but the lips of a fool consume him. -- ecclesiastes 10:12 +. +The beginning of the words of his mouth is foolishness, and the end of his talk is wicked madness. -- ecclesiastes 10:13 +. +A fool also multiplies words, though no man can tell what will be--and what will happen after he is gone, who can tell him? -- ecclesiastes 10:14 +. +The labor of fools wearies every one of them, because [he is so ignorant of the ordinary matters that] he does not even know how to get to town. -- ecclesiastes 10:15 +. +Woe to you, O land, when your king is a child or a servant and when your officials feast in the morning! -- ecclesiastes 10:16 +. +Happy (fortunate and to be envied) are you, O land, when your king is a free man and of noble birth and character and when your officials feast at the proper time--for strength and not for drunkenness! -- ecclesiastes 10:17 +. +Through indolence the rafters [of state affairs] decay and the roof sinks in, and through idleness of the hands the house leaks. -- ecclesiastes 10:18 +. +[Instead of repairing the breaches, the officials] make a feast for laughter, serve wine to cheer life, and [depend on tax] money to answer for all of it. -- ecclesiastes 10:19 +. +Curse not the king, no, not even in your thoughts, and curse not the rich in your bedchamber, for a bird of the air will carry the voice, and a winged creature will tell the matter. -- ecclesiastes 10:20 +. +CAST YOUR bread upon the waters, for you will find it after many days. -- ecclesiastes 11:1 +. +Give a portion to seven, yes, even [divide it] to eight, for you know not what evil may come upon the earth. -- ecclesiastes 11:2 +. +If the clouds are full of rain, they empty themselves upon the earth; and if a tree falls toward the south or toward the north, in the place where the tree falls, there it will lie. -- ecclesiastes 11:3 +. +He who observes the wind [and waits for all conditions to be favorable] will not sow, and he who regards the clouds will not reap. -- ecclesiastes 11:4 +. +As you know not what is the way of the wind, or how the spirit comes to the bones in the womb of a pregnant woman, even so you know not the work of God, Who does all. -- ecclesiastes 11:5 +. +In the morning sow your seed, and in the evening withhold not your hands, for you know not which shall prosper, whether this or that, or whether both alike will be good. -- ecclesiastes 11:6 +. +Truly the light is sweet, and a pleasant thing it is for the eyes to behold the sun. -- ecclesiastes 11:7 +. +Yes, if a man should live many years, let him rejoice in them all; yet let him [seriously] remember the days of darkness, for they will be many. All that comes is vanity (emptiness, falsity, vainglory, and futility)! -- ecclesiastes 11:8 +. +Rejoice, O young man, in your adolescence, and let your heart cheer you in the days of your [full-grown] youth. And walk in the ways of your heart and in the sight of your eyes, but know that for all these things God will bring you into judgment. -- ecclesiastes 11:9 +. +Therefore remove [the lusts that end in] sorrow and vexation from your heart and mind and put away evil from your body, for youth and the dawn of life are vanity [transitory, idle, empty, and devoid of truth]. -- ecclesiastes 11:10 +. +REMEMBER [earnestly] also your Creator [that you are not your own, but His property now] in the days of your youth, before the evil days come or the years draw near when you will say [of physical pleasures], I have no enjoyment in them-- -- ecclesiastes 12:1 +. +Before the sun and the light and the moon and the stars are darkened [sight is impaired], and the clouds [of depression] return after the rain [of tears]; -- ecclesiastes 12:2 +. +In the day when the keepers of the house [the hands and the arms] tremble, and the strong men [the feet and the knees] bow themselves, and the grinders [the molar teeth] cease because they are few, and those who look out of the windows [the eyes] are darkened; -- ecclesiastes 12:3 +. +When the doors [the lips] are shut in the streets and the sound of the grinding [of the teeth] is low, and one rises up at the voice of a bird and the crowing of a cock, and all the daughters of music [the voice and the ear] are brought low; -- ecclesiastes 12:4 +. +Also when [the old] are afraid of danger from that which is high, and fears are in the way, and the almond tree [their white hair] blooms, and the grasshopper [a little thing] is a burden, and desire and appetite fail, because man goes to his everlasting home and the mourners go about the streets or marketplaces. -- ecclesiastes 12:5 +. +[Remember your Creator earnestly now] before the silver cord [of life] is snapped apart, or the golden bowl is broken, or the pitcher is broken at the fountain, or the wheel broken at the cistern [and the whole circulatory system of the blood ceases to function]; -- ecclesiastes 12:6 +. +Then shall the dust [out of which God made man's body] return to the earth as it was, and the spirit shall return to God Who gave it. -- ecclesiastes 12:7 +. +Vapor of vapors and futility of futilities, says the Preacher. All is futility (emptiness, falsity, vainglory, and transitoriness)! -- ecclesiastes 12:8 +. +And furthermore, because the Preacher was wise, he [Solomon] still taught the people knowledge; and he pondered and searched out and set in order many proverbs. -- ecclesiastes 12:9 +. +The Preacher sought acceptable words, even to write down rightly words of truth or correct sentiment. -- ecclesiastes 12:10 +. +The words of the wise are like prodding goads, and firmly fixed [in the mind] like nails are the collected sayings which are given [as proceeding] from one Shepherd. -- ecclesiastes 12:11 +. +But about going further [than the words given by one Shepherd], my son, be warned. Of making many books there is no end [so do not believe everything you read], and much study is a weariness of the flesh. -- ecclesiastes 12:12 +. +All has been heard; the end of the matter is: Fear God [revere and worship Him, knowing that He is] and keep His commandments, for this is the whole of man [the full, original purpose of his creation, the object of God's providence, the root of character, the foundation of all happiness, the adjustment to all inharmonious circumstances and conditions under the sun] and the whole [duty] for every man. -- ecclesiastes 12:13 +. +For God shall bring every work into judgment, with every secret thing, whether it is good or evil. -- ecclesiastes 12:14 +. +THE SONG of songs [the most excellent of them all] which is Solomon's. -- song of solomon 1:1 +. +Let him kiss me with the kisses of his mouth! [she cries. Then, realizing that Solomon has arrived and has heard her speech, she turns to him and adds] For your love is better than wine! -- song of solomon 1:2 +. +[And she continues] The odor of your ointments is fragrant; your name is like perfume poured out. Therefore do the maidens love you. -- song of solomon 1:3 +. +Draw me! We will run after you! The king brings me into his apartments! We will be glad and rejoice in you! We will recall [when we were favored with] your love, more fragrant than wine. The upright [are not offended at your choice, but sincerely] love you. -- song of solomon 1:4 +. +I am so black; but [you are] lovely and pleasant [the ladies assured her]. O you daughters of Jerusalem, [I am as dark] as the tents of [the Bedouin tribe] Kedar, like the [beautiful] curtains of Solomon! -- song of solomon 1:5 +. +[Please] do not look at me, [she said, for] I am swarthy. [I have worked out] in the sun and it has left its mark upon me. My stepbrothers were angry with me, and they made me keeper of the vineyards; but my own vineyard [my complexion] I have not kept. -- song of solomon 1:6 +. +[Addressing her shepherd, she said] Tell me, O you whom my soul loves, where you pasture your flock, where you make it lie down at noon. For why should I [as I think of you] be as a veiled one straying beside the flocks of your companions? -- song of solomon 1:7 +. +If you do not know [where your lover is], O you fairest among women, run along, follow the tracks of the flock, and [amuse yourself by] pasturing your kids beside the shepherds' tents. -- song of solomon 1:8 +. +O my love [he said as he saw her], you remind me of my [favorite] mare in the chariot spans of Pharaoh. -- song of solomon 1:9 +. +Your cheeks are comely with ornaments, your neck with strings of jewels. -- song of solomon 1:10 +. +We will make for you chains and ornaments of gold, studded with silver. -- song of solomon 1:11 +. +While the king sits at his table [she said], my spikenard [my absent lover] sends forth [his] fragrance [over me]. -- song of solomon 1:12 +. +My beloved [shepherd] is to me like a [scent] bag of myrrh that lies in my bosom. -- song of solomon 1:13 +. +My beloved [shepherd] is to me a cluster of henna flowers in the vineyards of En-gedi [famed for its fragrant shrubs]. -- song of solomon 1:14 +. +Behold, you are beautiful, my love! Behold, you are beautiful! You have doves' eyes. -- song of solomon 1:15 +. +[She cried] Behold, you are beautiful, my beloved [shepherd], yes, delightful! Our arbor and couch are green and leafy. -- song of solomon 1:16 +. +The beams of our house are cedars, and our rafters and panels are cypresses or pines. -- song of solomon 1:17 +. +[SHE SAID] I am only a little rose or autumn crocus of the plain of Sharon, or a [humble] lily of the valleys [that grows in deep and difficult places]. -- song of solomon 2:1 +. +But Solomon replied, Like the lily among thorns, so are you, my love, among the daughters. -- song of solomon 2:2 +. +Like an apple tree among the trees of the wood, so is my beloved [shepherd] among the sons [cried the girl]! Under his shadow I delighted to sit, and his fruit was sweet to my taste. -- song of solomon 2:3 +. +He brought me to the banqueting house, and his banner over me was love [for love waved as a protecting and comforting banner over my head when I was near him]. -- song of solomon 2:4 +. +Sustain me with raisins, refresh me with apples, for I am sick with love. -- song of solomon 2:5 +. +[I can feel] his left hand under my head and his right hand embraces me! -- song of solomon 2:6 +. +[He said] I charge you, O you daughters of Jerusalem, by the gazelles or by the hinds of the field [which are free to follow their own instincts] that you not try to stir up or awaken [my] love until it pleases. -- song of solomon 2:7 +. +[Vividly she pictured it] The voice of my beloved [shepherd]! Behold, he comes, leaping upon the mountains, bounding over the hills. -- song of solomon 2:8 +. +My beloved is like a gazelle or a young hart. Behold, he stands behind the wall of our house, he looks in through the windows, he glances through the lattice. -- song of solomon 2:9 +. +My beloved speaks and says to me, Rise up, my love, my fair one, and come away. -- song of solomon 2:10 +. +For, behold, the winter is past; the rain is over and gone. -- song of solomon 2:11 +. +The flowers appear on the earth; the time of the singing [of birds] has come, and the voice of the turtledove is heard in our land. -- song of solomon 2:12 +. +The fig tree puts forth and ripens her green figs, and the vines are in blossom and give forth their fragrance. Arise, my love, my fair one, and come away. -- song of solomon 2:13 +. +[So I went with him, and when we were climbing the rocky steps up the hillside, my beloved shepherd said to me] O my dove, [while you are here] in the seclusion of the clefts in the solid rock, in the sheltered and secret place of the cliff, let me see your face, let me hear your voice; for your voice is sweet, and your face is lovely. -- song of solomon 2:14 +. +[My heart was touched and I fervently sang to him my desire] Take for us the foxes, the little foxes that spoil the vineyards [of our love], for our vineyards are in blossom. -- song of solomon 2:15 +. +[She said distinctly] My beloved is mine and I am his! He pastures his flocks among the lilies. -- song of solomon 2:16 +. +[Then, longingly addressing her absent shepherd, she cried] Until the day breaks and the shadows flee away, return hastily, O my beloved, and be like a gazelle or a young hart as you cover the mountains [which separate us]. -- song of solomon 2:17 +. +IN THE night I dreamed that I sought the one whom I love. [She said] I looked for him but could not find him. -- song of solomon 3:1 +. +So I decided to go out into the city, into the streets and broad ways [which are so confusing to a country girl], and seek him whom my soul loves. I sought him, but I could not find him. -- song of solomon 3:2 +. +The watchmen who go about the city found me, to whom I said, Have you seen him whom my soul loves? -- song of solomon 3:3 +. +I had gone but a little way past them when I found him whom my soul loves. I held him and would not let him go until I had brought him into my mother's house, and into the chamber of her who conceived me. -- song of solomon 3:4 +. +I adjure you, O daughters of Jerusalem, by the gazelles or by the hinds of the field that you stir not up nor awaken love until it pleases. -- song of solomon 3:5 +. +Who or what is this [she asked] that comes gliding out of the wilderness like stately pillars of smoke perfumed with myrrh, frankincense, and all the fragrant powders of the merchant? -- song of solomon 3:6 +. +[Someone answered] Behold, it is the traveling litter (the bridal car) of Solomon. Sixty mighty men are around it, of the mighty men of Israel. -- song of solomon 3:7 +. +They all handle the sword and are expert in war; every man has his sword upon his thigh, that fear be not excited in the night. -- song of solomon 3:8 +. +King Solomon made himself a car or a palanquin from the [cedar] wood of Lebanon. -- song of solomon 3:9 +. +He made its posts of silver, its back of gold, its seat of purple, the inside of it lovingly and intricately wrought in needlework by the daughters of Jerusalem. -- song of solomon 3:10 +. +Go forth, O you daughters of Zion, and gaze upon King Solomon wearing the crown with which his mother [Bathsheba] crowned him on the day of his wedding, on the day of his gladness of heart. -- song of solomon 3:11 +. +HOW FAIR you are, my love [he said], how very fair! Your eyes behind your veil [remind me] of those of a dove; your hair [makes me think of the black, wavy fleece] of a flock of [the Arabian] goats which one sees trailing down Mount Gilead [beyond the Jordan on the frontiers of the desert]. -- song of solomon 4:1 +. +Your teeth are like a flock of shorn ewes which have come up from the washing, of which all are in pairs, and none is missing among them. -- song of solomon 4:2 +. +Your lips are like a thread of scarlet, and your mouth is lovely. Your cheeks are like halves of a pomegranate behind your veil. -- song of solomon 4:3 +. +Your neck is like the tower of David, built for an arsenal, whereon hang a thousand bucklers, all of them shields of warriors. -- song of solomon 4:4 +. +Your two breasts are like two fawns, like twins of a gazelle that feed among the lilies. -- song of solomon 4:5 +. +Until the day breaks and the shadows flee away, [in my thoughts] I will get to the mountain of myrrh and the hill of frankincense [to him whom my soul adores]. -- song of solomon 4:6 +. +[He exclaimed] O my love, how beautiful you are! There is no flaw in you! -- song of solomon 4:7 +. +Come away with me from Lebanon, my [promised] bride, come with me from Lebanon. Depart from the top of Amana, from the peak of Senir and Hermon, from the lions' dens, from the mountains of the leopards. -- song of solomon 4:8 +. +You have ravished my heart and given me courage, my sister, my [promised] bride; you have ravished my heart and given me courage with one look from your eyes, with one jewel of your necklace. -- song of solomon 4:9 +. +How beautiful is your love, my sister, my [promised] bride! How much better is your love than wine! And the fragrance of your ointments than all spices! -- song of solomon 4:10 +. +Your lips, O my [promised] bride, drop honey as the honeycomb; honey and milk are under your tongue. And the odor of your garments is like the odor of Lebanon. -- song of solomon 4:11 +. +A garden enclosed and barred is my sister, my [promised] bride--a spring shut up, a fountain sealed. -- song of solomon 4:12 +. +Your shoots are an orchard of pomegranates or a paradise with precious fruits, henna with spikenard plants, -- song of solomon 4:13 +. +Spikenard and saffron, calamus and cinnamon, with all trees of frankincense, myrrh, and aloes, with all the chief spices. -- song of solomon 4:14 +. +You are a fountain [springing up] in a garden, a well of living waters, and flowing streams from Lebanon. -- song of solomon 4:15 +. +[You have called me a garden, she said] Oh, I pray that the [cold] north wind and the [soft] south wind may blow upon my garden, that its spices may flow out [in abundance for you in whom my soul delights]. Let my beloved come into his garden and eat its choicest fruits. -- song of solomon 4:16 +. +I HAVE come into my garden, my sister, my [promised] bride; I have gathered my myrrh with my balsam and spice [from your sweet words I have gathered the richest perfumes and spices]. I have eaten my honeycomb with my honey; I have drunk my wine with my milk. Eat, O friends [feast on, O revelers of the palace; you can never make my lover disloyal to me]! Drink, yes, drink abundantly of love, O precious one [for now I know you are mine, irrevocably mine! With his confident words still thrilling her heart, through the lattice she saw her shepherd turn away and disappear into the night]. -- song of solomon 5:1 +. +I went to sleep, but my heart stayed awake. [I dreamed that I heard] the voice of my beloved as he knocked [at the door of my mother's cottage]. Open to me, my sister, my love, my dove, my spotless one [he said], for I am wet with the [heavy] night dew; my hair is covered with it. -- song of solomon 5:2 +. +[But weary from a day in the vineyards, I had already sought my rest] I had put off my garment--how could I [again] put it on? I had washed my feet--how could I [again] soil them? -- song of solomon 5:3 +. +My beloved put in his hand by the hole of the door, and my heart was moved for him. -- song of solomon 5:4 +. +I rose up to open for my beloved, and my hands dripped with myrrh, and my fingers with liquid [sweet-scented] myrrh, [which he had left] upon the handles of the bolt. -- song of solomon 5:5 +. +I opened for my beloved, but my beloved had turned away and withdrawn himself, and was gone! My soul went forth [to him] when he spoke, but it failed me [and now he was gone]! I sought him, but I could not find him; I called him, but he gave me no answer. -- song of solomon 5:6 +. +The watchmen who go about the city found me. They struck me, they wounded me; the keepers of the walls took my veil and my mantle from me. -- song of solomon 5:7 +. +I charge you, O daughters of Jerusalem, if you find my beloved, that you tell him that I am sick from love [simply sick to be with him]. -- song of solomon 5:8 +. +What is your beloved more than another beloved, O you fairest among women [taunted the ladies]? What is your beloved more than another beloved, that you should give us such a charge? -- song of solomon 5:9 +. +[She said] My beloved is fair and ruddy, the chief among ten thousand! -- song of solomon 5:10 +. +His head is [as precious as] the finest gold; his locks are curly and bushy and black as a raven. -- song of solomon 5:11 +. +His eyes are like doves beside the water brooks, bathed in milk and fitly set. -- song of solomon 5:12 +. +His cheeks are like a bed of spices or balsam, like banks of sweet herbs yielding fragrance. His lips are like bloodred anemones or lilies distilling liquid [sweet-scented] myrrh. -- song of solomon 5:13 +. +His hands are like rods of gold set with [nails of] beryl or topaz. His body is a figure of bright ivory overlaid with [veins of] sapphires. -- song of solomon 5:14 +. +His legs are like strong and steady pillars of marble set upon bases of fine gold. His appearance is like Lebanon, excellent, stately, and majestic as the cedars. -- song of solomon 5:15 +. +His voice and speech are exceedingly sweet; yes, he is altogether lovely [the whole of him delights and is precious]. This is my beloved, and this is my friend, O daughters of Jerusalem! -- song of solomon 5:16 +. +WHERE HAS your beloved gone, O you fairest among women? [Again the ladies showed their interest in the remarkable person whom the Shulammite had championed with such unstinted praise; they too wanted to know him, they insisted.] Where is your beloved hiding himself? For we would seek him with you. -- song of solomon 6:1 +. +[She replied] My beloved has gone down to his garden, to the beds of spices, to feed in the gardens and to gather lilies. -- song of solomon 6:2 +. +I am my beloved's [garden] and my beloved is mine! He feeds among the lilies [which grow there]. -- song of solomon 6:3 +. +[He said] You are as beautiful as Tirzah [capital of the northern kingdom's first king], my love, and as comely as Jerusalem, [but you are] as terrible as a bannered host! -- song of solomon 6:4 +. +Turn away your [flashing] eyes from me, for they have overcome me! Your hair is like a flock of goats trailing down from Mount Gilead. -- song of solomon 6:5 +. +Your teeth are like a flock of ewes coming from their washing, of which all are in pairs, and not one of them is missing. -- song of solomon 6:6 +. +Your cheeks are like halves of a pomegranate behind your veil. -- song of solomon 6:7 +. +There are sixty queens and eighty concubines, and virgins without number; -- song of solomon 6:8 +. +But my dove, my undefiled and perfect one, stands alone [above them all]; she is the only one of her mother, she is the choice one of her who bore her. The daughters saw her and called her blessed and happy, yes, the queens and the concubines, and they praised her. -- song of solomon 6:9 +. +[The ladies asked] Who is this that looks forth like the dawn, fair as the moon, clear and pure as the sun, and terrible as a bannered host? -- song of solomon 6:10 +. +[The Shulammite replied] I went down into the nut orchard [one day] to look at the green plants of the valley, to see whether the grapevine had budded and the pomegranates were in flower. -- song of solomon 6:11 +. +Before I was aware [of what was happening], my desire [to roam about] had brought me into the area of the princes of my people [the king's retinue]. -- song of solomon 6:12 +. +[I began to flee, but they called to me] Return, return, O Shulammite; return, return, that we may look upon you! [I replied] What is there for you to see in the [poor little] Shulammite? [And they answered] As upon a dance before two armies or a dance of Mahanaim. -- song of solomon 6:13 +. +[THEN HER companions began noticing and commenting on the attractiveness of her person] How beautiful are your feet in sandals, O queenly maiden! Your rounded limbs are like jeweled chains, the work of a master hand. -- song of solomon 7:1 +. +Your body is like a round goblet in which no mixed wine is wanting. Your abdomen is like a heap of wheat set about with lilies. -- song of solomon 7:2 +. +Your two breasts are like two fawns, the twins of a gazelle. -- song of solomon 7:3 +. +Your neck is like a tower of ivory, your eyes like the pools of Heshbon by the gate of Bath-rabbim. Your nose is like the tower of Lebanon which looks toward Damascus. -- song of solomon 7:4 +. +Your head crowns you like Mount Carmel, and the hair of your head like purple. [Then seeing the king watching the girl in absorbed admiration, the speaker added] The king is held captive by its tresses. -- song of solomon 7:5 +. +[The king came forward, saying] How fair and how pleasant you are, O love, with your delights! -- song of solomon 7:6 +. +Your stature is like that of a palm tree, and your bosom like its clusters [of dates, declared the king]. -- song of solomon 7:7 +. +I resolve that I will climb the palm tree; I will grasp its branches. Let your breasts be like clusters of the grapevine, and the scent of your breath like apples, -- song of solomon 7:8 +. +And your kisses like the best wine--[then the Shulammite interrupted] that goes down smoothly and sweetly for my beloved [shepherd, kisses] gliding over his lips while he sleeps! -- song of solomon 7:9 +. +[She proudly said] I am my beloved's, and his desire is toward me! -- song of solomon 7:10 +. +[She said] Come, my beloved! Let us go forth into the field, let us lodge in the villages. -- song of solomon 7:11 +. +Let us go out early to the vineyards and see whether the vines have budded, whether the grape blossoms have opened, and whether the pomegranates are in bloom. There I will give you my love. -- song of solomon 7:12 +. +The mandrakes give forth fragrance, and over our doors are all manner of choice fruits, new and old, which I have laid up for you, O my beloved! -- song of solomon 7:13 +. +[LOOKING FORWARD to the shepherd's arrival, the eager girl pictures their meeting and says] Oh, that you were like my brother, who nursed from the breasts of my mother! If I should find you without, I would kiss you, yes, and none would despise me [for it]. -- song of solomon 8:1 +. +I would lead you and bring you into the house of my mother, who would instruct me. I would cause you to drink spiced wine and of the juice of my pomegranates. -- song of solomon 8:2 +. +[Then musingly she added] Oh, that his left hand were under my head and that his right hand embraced me! -- song of solomon 8:3 +. +I adjure you, O daughters of Jerusalem, that you never [again attempt to] stir up or awaken love until it pleases. -- song of solomon 8:4 +. +Who is this who comes up from the wilderness leaning upon her beloved? [And as they sighted the home of her childhood, the bride said] Under the apple tree I awakened you; there your mother gave you birth, there she was in travail and bore you. -- song of solomon 8:5 +. +Set me like a seal upon your heart, like a seal upon your arm; for love is as strong as death, jealousy is as hard and cruel as Sheol (the place of the dead). Its flashes are flashes of fire, a most vehement flame [the very flame of the Lord]! -- song of solomon 8:6 +. +Many waters cannot quench love, neither can floods drown it. If a man would offer all the goods of his house for love, he would be utterly scorned and despised. -- song of solomon 8:7 +. +[Gathered with her family and the wedding guests in her mother's cottage, the bride said to her stepbrothers, When I was a little girl, you said] We have a little sister and she has no breasts. What shall we do for our sister on the day when she is spoken for in marriage? -- song of solomon 8:8 +. +If she is a wall [discreet and womanly], we will build upon her a turret [a dowry] of silver; but if she is a door [bold and flirtatious], we will enclose her with boards of cedar. -- song of solomon 8:9 +. +[Well] I am a wall [with battlements], and my breasts are like the towers of it. Then was I in [the king's] eyes as one [to be respected and to be allowed] to find peace. -- song of solomon 8:10 +. +Solomon had a vineyard at Baal-hamon; he let out the vineyard to keepers; everyone was to bring him a thousand pieces of silver for its fruit. -- song of solomon 8:11 +. +You, O Solomon, can have your thousand [pieces of silver], and those who tend the fruit of it two hundred; but my vineyard, which is mine [with all its radiant joy], is before me! -- song of solomon 8:12 +. +O you who dwell in the gardens, your companions have been listening to your voice--now cause me to hear it. -- song of solomon 8:13 +. +[Joyfully the radiant bride turned to him, the one altogether lovely, the chief among ten thousand to her soul, and with unconcealed eagerness to begin her life of sweet companionship with him, she answered] Make haste, my beloved, and come quickly, like a gazelle or a young hart [and take me to our waiting home] upon the mountains of spices! -- song of solomon 8:14 +. +THE VISION [seen by spiritual perception] of Isaiah son of Amoz, which he saw concerning Judah [the kingdom] and Jerusalem [its capital] in the days of Uzziah, Jotham, Ahaz, and Hezekiah, kings of Judah. -- isaiah 1:1 +. +Hear, O heavens, and give ear, O earth! For the Lord has spoken: I have nourished and brought up sons and have made them great and exalted, but they have rebelled against Me and broken away from Me. -- isaiah 1:2 +. +The ox [instinctively] knows his owner, and the donkey his master's crib, but Israel does not know or recognize Me [as Lord], My people do not consider or understand. -- isaiah 1:3 +. +Ah, sinful nation, a people loaded with iniquity, offspring of evildoers, sons who deal corruptly! They have forsaken the Lord, they have despised and shown contempt and provoked the Holy One of Israel to anger, they have become utterly estranged (alienated). -- isaiah 1:4 +. +Why should you be stricken and punished any more [since it brings no correction]? You will revolt more and more. The whole head is sick, and the whole heart is faint (feeble, sick, and nauseated). -- isaiah 1:5 +. +From the sole of the foot even to the head there is no soundness or health in [the nation's body]--but wounds and bruises and fresh and bleeding stripes; they have not been pressed out and closed up or bound up or softened with oil. [No one has troubled to seek a remedy.] -- isaiah 1:6 +. +[Because of your detestable disobedience] your country lies desolate, your cities are burned with fire; your land--strangers devour it in your very presence, and it is desolate, as overthrown by aliens. -- isaiah 1:7 +. +And the Daughter of Zion [Jerusalem] is left like a [deserted] booth in a vineyard, like a lodge in a garden of cucumbers, like a besieged city [spared, but in the midst of desolation]. -- isaiah 1:8 +. +Except the Lord of hosts had left us a very small remnant [of survivors], we should have been like Sodom, and we should have been like Gomorrah. -- isaiah 1:9 +. +Hear [O Jerusalem] the word of the Lord, you rulers or judges of [another] Sodom! Give ear to the law and the teaching of our God, you people of [another] Gomorrah! -- isaiah 1:10 +. +To what purpose is the multitude of your sacrifices to Me [unless they are the offering of the heart]? says the Lord. I have had enough of the burnt offerings of rams and the fat of fed beasts [without obedience]; and I do not delight in the blood of bulls or of lambs or of he-goats [without righteousness]. -- isaiah 1:11 +. +When you come to appear before Me, who requires of you that your [unholy feet] trample My courts? -- isaiah 1:12 +. +Bring no more offerings of vanity (emptiness, falsity, vainglory, and futility); [your hollow offering of] incense is an abomination to Me; the New Moons and Sabbaths, the calling of assemblies, I cannot endure--[it is] iniquity and profanation, even the solemn meeting. -- isaiah 1:13 +. +Your New Moon festivals and your [hypocritical] appointed feasts My soul hates. They are an oppressive burden to Me; I am weary of bearing them. -- isaiah 1:14 +. +And when you spread forth your hands [in prayer, imploring help], I will hide My eyes from you; even though you make many prayers, I will not hear. Your hands are full of blood! -- isaiah 1:15 +. +Wash yourselves, make yourselves clean; put away the evil of your doings from before My eyes! Cease to do evil, -- isaiah 1:16 +. +Learn to do right! Seek justice, relieve the oppressed, and correct the oppressor. Defend the fatherless, plead for the widow. -- isaiah 1:17 +. +Come now, and let us reason together, says the Lord. Though your sins are like scarlet, they shall be as white as snow; though they are red like crimson, they shall be like wool. -- isaiah 1:18 +. +If you are willing and obedient, you shall eat the good of the land; -- isaiah 1:19 +. +But if you refuse and rebel, you will be devoured by the sword. For the mouth of the Lord has spoken it. -- isaiah 1:20 +. +How the faithful city has become an [idolatrous] harlot, she who was full of justice! Uprightness and right standing with God [once] lodged in her--but now murderers. -- isaiah 1:21 +. +Your silver has become dross, your wine is mixed with water. -- isaiah 1:22 +. +Your princes are rebels and companions of thieves; everyone loves bribes and runs after compensation and rewards. They judge not for the fatherless nor defend them, neither does the cause of the widow come to them [for they delay or turn a deaf ear]. -- isaiah 1:23 +. +Therefore says the Lord, the Lord of hosts, the Mighty One of Israel, Ah, I will appease Myself on My adversaries and avenge Myself on My enemies. -- isaiah 1:24 +. +And I will bring My hand again upon you and thoroughly purge away your dross [as with lye] and take away all your tin or alloy. -- isaiah 1:25 +. +And I will restore your judges as at the first, and your counselors as at the beginning; afterward you shall be called the City of Righteousness, the Faithful City. -- isaiah 1:26 +. +Zion shall be redeemed with justice, and her [returned] converts with righteousness (uprightness and right standing with God). -- isaiah 1:27 +. +But the crushing and destruction of rebels and sinners shall be together, and they who forsake the Lord shall be consumed. -- isaiah 1:28 +. +For you will be ashamed [of the folly and degradation] of the oak or terebinth trees in which you found [idolatrous] pleasure, and you will blush with shame for the [idolatrous worship which you practice in the passion-inflaming] gardens which you have chosen. -- isaiah 1:29 +. +For you shall be like an oak or terebinth whose leaf withers, and like a garden that has no water. -- isaiah 1:30 +. +And the strong shall become like tow and become tinder, and his work like a spark, and they shall both burn together, with none to quench them. -- isaiah 1:31 +. +THE WORD which Isaiah son of Amoz saw [revealed] concerning Judah and Jerusalem. -- isaiah 2:1 +. +It shall come to pass in the latter days that the mountain of the Lord's house shall be [firmly] established as the highest of the mountains and shall be exalted above the hills, and all nations shall flow to it. -- isaiah 2:2 +. +And many people shall come and say, Come, let us go up to the mountain of the Lord, to the house of the God of Jacob, that He may teach us His ways and that we may walk in His paths. For out of Zion shall go forth the law and instruction, and the word of the Lord from Jerusalem. -- isaiah 2:3 +. +And He shall judge between the nations and shall decide [disputes] for many peoples; and they shall beat their swords into plowshares and their spears into pruning hooks. Nation shall not lift up sword against nation, neither shall they learn war any more. -- isaiah 2:4 +. +O house of Jacob, come, let us walk in the light of the Lord. -- isaiah 2:5 +. +Surely [Lord] You have rejected and forsaken your people, the house of Jacob, because they are filled [with customs] from the east and with soothsayers [who foretell] like the Philistines; also they strike hands and make pledges and agreements with the children of aliens. -- isaiah 2:6 +. +Their land also is full of silver and gold; neither is there any end to their treasures. Their land is also full of horses; neither is there any end to their chariots. -- isaiah 2:7 +. +Their land also is full of idols; they worship the work of their own hands, what their own fingers have made. -- isaiah 2:8 +. +And the common man is bowed down [before idols], also the great man is brought low and humbles himself--therefore forgive them not [O Lord]. -- isaiah 2:9 +. +Enter into the rock and hide yourself in the dust from before the terror of the Lord and from the glory of His majesty. -- isaiah 2:10 +. +The proud looks of man shall be brought low, and the haughtiness of men shall be humbled; and the Lord alone shall be exalted in that day. -- isaiah 2:11 +. +For there shall be a day of the Lord of hosts against all who are proud and haughty and against all who are lifted up--and they shall be brought low-- -- isaiah 2:12 +. +[The wrath of God will begin by coming down] against all the cedars of Lebanon [west of the Jordan] that are high and lifted up, and against all the oaks of Bashan [east of the Jordan], -- isaiah 2:13 +. +And [after that] against all the high mountains and all the hills that are lifted up, -- isaiah 2:14 +. +And against every high tower and every fenced wall, -- isaiah 2:15 +. +And against all the ships of Tarshish and all the picturesque and desirable imagery [designed for mere ornament and luxury]. -- isaiah 2:16 +. +Then the loftiness of man shall be bowed down, and the haughtiness of men shall be brought low; and the Lord alone shall be exalted in that day. -- isaiah 2:17 +. +And the idols shall utterly pass away (be abolished). -- isaiah 2:18 +. +Then shall [the stricken, deprived of all in which they had trusted] go into the caves of the rocks and into the holes of the earth from before the terror and dread of the Lord and from before the glory of His majesty, when He arises to shake mightily and terribly the earth. -- isaiah 2:19 +. +In that day men shall cast away to the moles and to the bats their idols of silver and their idols of gold, which they made for themselves to worship, -- isaiah 2:20 +. +To go into the caverns of the rocks and into the clefts of the ragged rocks from before the terror and dread of the Lord and from before the glory of His majesty, when He rises to shake mightily and terribly the earth. -- isaiah 2:21 +. +Cease to trust in [weak, frail, and dying] man, whose breath is in his nostrils [for so short a time]; in what sense can he be counted as having intrinsic worth? -- isaiah 2:22 +. +FOR BEHOLD, the Lord, the Lord of hosts, is taking away from Jerusalem and from Judah the stay and the staff [every kind of prop], the whole stay of bread and the whole stay of water, -- isaiah 3:1 +. +The mighty man and the man of war, the judge and the [professional] prophet, the one who foretells by divination and the old man, -- isaiah 3:2 +. +The captain of fifty and the man of rank, the counselor and the expert craftsman and the skillful enchanter. -- isaiah 3:3 +. +And I will make boys their princes, and with childishness shall they rule over them [with outrage instead of justice]. -- isaiah 3:4 +. +And the people shall be oppressed, each one by another, and each one by his neighbor; the child shall behave himself proudly and with insolence against the old man, and the lowborn against the honorable [person of rank]. -- isaiah 3:5 +. +When a man shall take hold of his brother in the house of his father, saying, You have a robe, you shall be our judge and ruler, and this heap of ruins shall be under your control-- -- isaiah 3:6 +. +In that day he will answer, saying, I will not be a healer and one who binds up; I am not a physician. For in my house is neither bread nor clothing; you shall not make me judge and ruler of the people. -- isaiah 3:7 +. +For Jerusalem is ruined and Judah is fallen, because their speech and their deeds are against the Lord, to provoke the eyes of His glory and defy His glorious presence. -- isaiah 3:8 +. +Their respecting of persons and showing of partiality witnesses against them; they proclaim their sin like Sodom; they do not hide it. Woe to them! For they have brought evil [as a reward upon themselves]. -- isaiah 3:9 +. +Say to the righteous that it shall be well with them, for they shall eat the fruit of their deeds. -- isaiah 3:10 +. +Woe to the wicked! It shall be ill with them, for what their hands have done shall be done to them. -- isaiah 3:11 +. +As for My people, children are their oppressors, and women rule over them. O My people, your leaders cause you to err, and they confuse (destroy and swallow up) the course of your paths. -- isaiah 3:12 +. +The Lord stands up to contend, and stands to judge the peoples and His people. -- isaiah 3:13 +. +The Lord enters into judgment with the elders of His people and their princes: For [by your exactions and oppressions you have robbed the people and ruined the country] you have devoured the vineyard; the spoil of the poor is in your houses. -- isaiah 3:14 +. +What do you mean by crushing My people and grinding the faces of the poor? says the Lord God of hosts. -- isaiah 3:15 +. +Moreover, the Lord said, Because the daughters of Zion are haughty and walk with outstretched necks and with undisciplined (flirtatious and alluring) eyes, tripping along with mincing and affected gait, and making a tinkling noise with [the anklets on] their feet, -- isaiah 3:16 +. +Therefore the Lord will smite with a scab the crown of the heads of the daughters of Zion [making them bald], and the Lord will cause them to be [taken as captives and to suffer the indignity of being] stripped naked. -- isaiah 3:17 +. +In that day the Lord will take away the finery of their tinkling anklets, the caps of network, the crescent head ornaments, -- isaiah 3:18 +. +The pendants, the bracelets or chains, and the spangled face veils and scarfs, -- isaiah 3:19 +. +The headbands, the short ankle chains [attached from one foot to the other to insure a measured gait], the sashes, the perfume boxes, the amulets or charms [suspended from the ears or neck], -- isaiah 3:20 +. +The signet rings and nose rings, -- isaiah 3:21 +. +The festal robes, the cloaks, the stoles and shawls, and the handbags, -- isaiah 3:22 +. +The hand mirrors, the fine linen [undergarments], the turbans, and the [whole body-enveloping] veils. -- isaiah 3:23 +. +And it shall come to pass that instead of the sweet odor of spices there shall be the stench of rottenness; and instead of a girdle, a rope; and instead of well-set hair, baldness; and instead of a rich robe, a girding of sackcloth; and searing [of captives by the scorching heat] instead of beauty. -- isaiah 3:24 +. +Your men shall fall by the sword, and your mighty men in battle. -- isaiah 3:25 +. +And [Jerusalem's] gates shall lament and mourn [as those who wail for the dead]; and she, being ruined and desolate, shall sit upon the ground. -- isaiah 3:26 +. +AND IN that day seven women shall take hold of one man, saying, We will eat our own bread and provide our own apparel; only let us be called by your name to take away our reproach [of being unmarried]. -- isaiah 4:1 +. +In that day the Branch of the Lord shall be beautiful and glorious, and the fruit of the land shall be excellent and lovely to those of Israel who have escaped. -- isaiah 4:2 +. +And he who is left in Zion and remains in Jerusalem will be called holy, everyone who is recorded for life in Jerusalem and for eternal life, -- isaiah 4:3 +. +After the Lord has washed away the [moral] filth of the daughters of Zion [pride, vanity, haughtiness] and has purged the bloodstains of Jerusalem from the midst of it by the spirit and blast of judgment and by the spirit and blast of burning and sifting. -- isaiah 4:4 +. +And the Lord will create over the whole site, over every dwelling place of Mount Zion and over her assemblies, a cloud and smoke by day and the shining of a flaming fire by night; for over all the glory shall be a canopy (a defense of divine love and protection). -- isaiah 4:5 +. +And there shall be a pavilion for shade in the daytime from the heat, and for a place of refuge and a shelter from storm and from rain. -- isaiah 4:6 +. +LET ME [as God's representative] sing of and for my greatly Beloved [God, the Son] a tender song of my Beloved concerning His vineyard [His chosen people]. My greatly Beloved had a vineyard on a very fruitful hill. [S. of Sol. 6:3; Matt. 21:33-40.] -- isaiah 5:1 +. +And He dug and trenched the ground and gathered out the stones from it and planted it with the choicest vine and built a tower in the midst of it and hewed out a winepress in it. And He looked for it to bring forth grapes, and it brought forth wild grapes. -- isaiah 5:2 +. +And now, O inhabitants of Jerusalem and men of Judah, judge, I pray you, between Me and My vineyard [My people, says the Lord]. -- isaiah 5:3 +. +What more could have been done for My vineyard that I have not done in it? When I looked for it to bring forth grapes, why did it yield wild grapes? -- isaiah 5:4 +. +And now I will tell you what I will do to My vineyard: I will take away its hedge, and it shall be eaten and burned up; and I will break down its wall, and it shall be trodden down [by enemies]. -- isaiah 5:5 +. +And I will lay it waste; it shall not be pruned or cultivated, but there shall come up briers and thorns. I will also command the clouds that they rain no rain upon it. -- isaiah 5:6 +. +For the vineyard of the Lord of hosts is the house of Israel, and the men of Judah His pleasant planting [the plant of His delight]. And He looked for justice, but behold, [He saw] oppression and bloodshed; [He looked] for righteousness (for uprightness and right standing with God), but behold, [He heard] a cry [of oppression and distress]! -- isaiah 5:7 +. +Woe to those who join house to house [and by violently expelling the poorer occupants enclose large acreage] and join field to field until there is no place for others and you are made to dwell alone in the midst of the land! -- isaiah 5:8 +. +In my [Isaiah's] ears the Lord of hosts said, Of a truth many houses shall be desolate, even great and beautiful ones shall be without inhabitant. -- isaiah 5:9 +. +For ten acres of vineyard shall yield only about eight gallons, and ten bushels of seed will produce but one bushel. -- isaiah 5:10 +. +Woe unto those who rise early in the morning, that they may pursue strong drink, who tarry late into the night till wine inflames them! -- isaiah 5:11 +. +They have lyre and harp, tambourine and flute and wine at their feasts, but they do not regard the deeds of the Lord, neither do they consider the operation of His hands [in mercy and in judgment]. -- isaiah 5:12 +. +Therefore My people go into captivity [to their enemies] without knowing it and because they have no knowledge [of God]. And their honorable men [their glory] are famished, and their common people are parched with thirst. -- isaiah 5:13 +. +Therefore Sheol (the unseen state, the realm of the dead) has enlarged its appetite and opened its mouth without measure; and [Jerusalem's] nobility and her multitude and her pomp and tumult and [the drunken reveler] who exults in her descend into it. -- isaiah 5:14 +. +And the common man is bowed down, and the great man is brought low, and the eyes of the haughty are humbled. -- isaiah 5:15 +. +But the Lord of hosts is exalted in justice, and God, the Holy One, shows Himself holy in righteousness and through righteous judgments. -- isaiah 5:16 +. +Then shall the lambs feed [among the ruins] as in their own pasture, and [among] the desolate places of the [exiled] rich shall sojourners and aliens eat. -- isaiah 5:17 +. +Woe to those who draw [calamity] with cords of iniquity and falsehood, who bring punishment to themselves with a cart rope of wickedness, -- isaiah 5:18 +. +Who say, Let [the Holy One] make haste and speed His [prophesied] vengeance, that we may see it; and let the purpose of the Holy One of Israel draw near and come, that we may know it! -- isaiah 5:19 +. +Woe to those who call evil good and good evil, who put darkness for light and light for darkness, who put bitter for sweet and sweet for bitter! -- isaiah 5:20 +. +Woe to those who are wise in their own eyes and prudent and shrewd in their own sight! -- isaiah 5:21 +. +Woe to those who are mighty heroes at drinking wine and men of strength in mixing alcoholic drinks!-- -- isaiah 5:22 +. +Who justify and acquit the guilty for a bribe, but take away the rights of the innocent and righteous from them! -- isaiah 5:23 +. +Therefore, as the tongue of fire devours the stubble, and as the dry grass sinks down in the flame, so their root shall be like rottenness and their blossom shall go up like fine dust--because they have rejected and cast away the law and the teaching of the Lord of hosts and have not believed but have treated scornfully and have despised the word of the Holy One of Israel. -- isaiah 5:24 +. +Therefore is the anger of the Lord kindled against His people, and He has stretched forth His hand against them and has smitten them. And the mountains trembled, and their dead bodies were like dung and sweepings in the midst of the streets. For all this, His anger is not turned away, but His hand is still stretched out [in judgment]. -- isaiah 5:25 +. +And He will lift up a signal to call together a hostile people from afar [to execute His judgment on Judea], and will hiss for them from the end of the earth [as bees are hissed from their hives], and behold, they shall come with speed, swiftly! -- isaiah 5:26 +. +None is weary or stumbles among them, none slumbers or sleeps; nor is the girdle of their loins loosed or the latchet (thong) of their shoes broken; -- isaiah 5:27 +. +Their arrows are sharp, and all their bows bent; their horses' hoofs seem like flint, and their wheels like a whirlwind. -- isaiah 5:28 +. +Their roaring is like that of a lioness, they roar like young lions; they growl and seize their prey and carry it safely away, and there is none to deliver it. -- isaiah 5:29 +. +And in that day they [the army from afar] shall roar against [the Jews] like the roaring of the sea. And if one looks to the land, behold, there is darkness and distress; and the light [itself] will be darkened by the clouds of it. -- isaiah 5:30 +. +IN THE year that King Uzziah died, [in a vision] I saw the Lord sitting upon a throne, high and lifted up, and the skirts of His train filled the [most holy part of the] temple. -- isaiah 6:1 +. +Above Him stood the seraphim; each had six wings: with two [each] covered his [own] face, and with two [each] covered his feet, and with two [each] flew. -- isaiah 6:2 +. +And one cried to another and said, Holy, holy, holy is the Lord of hosts; the whole earth is full of His glory! -- isaiah 6:3 +. +And the foundations of the thresholds shook at the voice of him who cried, and the house was filled with smoke. -- isaiah 6:4 +. +Then said I, Woe is me! For I am undone and ruined, because I am a man of unclean lips, and I dwell in the midst of a people of unclean lips; for my eyes have seen the King, the Lord of hosts! -- isaiah 6:5 +. +Then flew one of the seraphim [heavenly beings] to me, having a live coal in his hand which he had taken with tongs from off the altar; -- isaiah 6:6 +. +And with it he touched my mouth and said, Behold, this has touched your lips; your iniquity and guilt are taken away, and your sin is completely atoned for and forgiven. -- isaiah 6:7 +. +Also I heard the voice of the Lord, saying, Whom shall I send? And who will go for Us? Then said I, Here am I; send me. -- isaiah 6:8 +. +And He said, Go and tell this people, Hear and hear continually, but understand not; and see and see continually, but do not apprehend with your mind. -- isaiah 6:9 +. +Make the heart of this people fat; and make their ears heavy and shut their eyes, lest they see with their eyes and hear with their ears and understand with their hearts and turn again and be healed. -- isaiah 6:10 +. +Then said I, Lord, how long? And He answered, Until cities lie waste without inhabitant and houses without man, and the land is utterly desolate, -- isaiah 6:11 +. +And the Lord removes [His] people far away, and the forsaken places are many in the midst of the land. -- isaiah 6:12 +. +And though a tenth [of the people] remain in the land, it will be for their destruction [eaten up and burned] like a terebinth tree or like an oak whose stump and substance remain when they are felled or have cast their leaves. The holy seed [the elect remnant] is the stump and substance [of Israel]. -- isaiah 6:13 +. +IN THE days of Ahaz son of Jotham, the son of Uzziah, king of Judah, Rezin the king of Syria and Pekah son of Remaliah king of Israel went up to Jerusalem to wage war against it, but they could not conquer it. -- isaiah 7:1 +. +And the house of David [Judah] was told, Syria is allied with Ephraim [Israel]. And the heart [of Ahaz] and the hearts of his people trembled and shook, as the trees of the forest tremble and shake with the wind. -- isaiah 7:2 +. +Then said the Lord to Isaiah, Go forth now to meet Judah's King Ahaz, you and your son Shear-jashub [a remnant shall return], at the end of the aqueduct or canal of the Upper Pool on the highway to the Fuller's Field; -- isaiah 7:3 +. +And say to him, Take heed and be quiet; fear not, neither be fainthearted because of these two stumps of smoking firebrands--at the fierce anger of [the Syrian King] Rezin and Syria and of the son of Remaliah [Pekah, usurper of the throne of Israel]. -- isaiah 7:4 +. +Because Syria, Ephraim [Israel], and the son of Remaliah have purposed evil against you [Judah], saying, -- isaiah 7:5 +. +Let us go up against Judah and harass and terrify it; and let us cleave it asunder [each of us taking a portion], and set a [vassal] king in the midst of it, namely the son of Tabeel, -- isaiah 7:6 +. +Thus says the Lord God: It shall not stand, neither shall it come to pass. -- isaiah 7:7 +. +For the head [the capital] of Syria is Damascus, and the head of Damascus is [King] Rezin. Within sixty-five years Ephraim will be broken to pieces so that it will no longer be a people. -- isaiah 7:8 +. +And the head (the capital) of Ephraim is Samaria, and the head of Samaria is Remaliah's son [Pekah]. If you will not believe and trust and rely [on God and on the words of God's prophet instead of Assyria], surely you will not be established nor will you remain. -- isaiah 7:9 +. +Moreover, the Lord spoke again to King Ahaz, saying, -- isaiah 7:10 +. +Ask for yourself a sign (a token or proof) of the Lord your God [one that will convince you that God has spoken and will keep His word]; ask it either in the depth below or in the height above [let it be as deep as Sheol or as high as heaven]. -- isaiah 7:11 +. +But Ahaz said, I will not ask, neither will I tempt the Lord. -- isaiah 7:12 +. +And [Isaiah] said, Hear then, O house of David! Is it a small thing for you to weary and try the patience of men, but will you weary and try the patience of my God also? -- isaiah 7:13 +. +Therefore the Lord Himself shall give you a sign: Behold, the young woman who is unmarried and a virgin shall conceive and bear a son, and shall call his name Immanuel [God with us]. -- isaiah 7:14 +. +Butter and curds and wild honey shall he eat when he knows [enough] to refuse the evil and choose the good. -- isaiah 7:15 +. +For before the child shall know [enough] to refuse the evil and choose the good, the land [Canaan] whose two kings you abhor and of whom you are in sickening dread shall be forsaken [both Ephraim and Syria]. -- isaiah 7:16 +. +The Lord shall bring upon you and upon your people and upon your father's house such days as have not come since the day that Ephraim [the ten northern tribes] departed from Judah--even the king of Assyria. -- isaiah 7:17 +. +And in that day the Lord shall whistle for the fly [the numerous and troublesome foe] that is in the whole extent of the canal country of Egypt and for the bee that is in the land of Assyria. -- isaiah 7:18 +. +And these [enemies like flies and bees] shall come and shall rest all of them in the desolate and rugged valleys and deep ravines and in the clefts of the rocks, and on all the thornbushes and on all the pastures. -- isaiah 7:19 +. +In the same day [will the people of Judah be utterly stripped of belongings], the Lord will shave with the razor that is hired from the parts beyond the River [Euphrates]--even with the king of Assyria--[that razor will shave] the head and the hair of the legs, and it shall also consume the beard [leaving Judah with open shame and scorn]. -- isaiah 7:20 +. +And [because of the desolation brought on by the invaders] in that day, a man will [be so poor that he will] keep alive only a young milk cow and two sheep. -- isaiah 7:21 +. +And because of the abundance of milk that they will give, he will eat butter and curds, for [only] butter and curds and [wild] honey [no vegetables] shall everyone eat who is left in the land [these products provided from the extensive pastures and the plentiful wild flowers upon which the bees depend]. -- isaiah 7:22 +. +And in that day, in every place where there used to be a thousand vines worth a thousand silver shekels, there will be briers and thorns. -- isaiah 7:23 +. +With arrows and with bows shall a man come [to hunt] there, because all the land will be briers and thorns. -- isaiah 7:24 +. +And as for all the hills that were formerly cultivated with mattock and hoe, you will not go there for fear of briers and thorns; but they will become a place where oxen are let loose to pasture and where sheep tread. -- isaiah 7:25 +. +THEN THE Lord said to me, Take a large tablet [of wood, metal, or stone] and write upon it with a graving tool and in ordinary characters [which the humblest man can read]: Belonging to Maher-shalal-hash-baz [they (the Assyrians) hasten to the spoil (of Syria and Israel), they speed to the prey]. -- isaiah 8:1 +. +And I took faithful witnesses to record and attest [this prophecy] for me, Uriah the priest and Zechariah son of Jeberechiah. -- isaiah 8:2 +. +And I approached [my wife] the prophetess, and when she had conceived and borne a son, the Lord said to me, Call his name Maher-shalal-hash-baz [as a continual reminder to the people of the prophecy], -- isaiah 8:3 +. +For before the child knows how to say, My father or my mother, the riches of Damascus [Syria's capital] and the spoil of Samaria [Israel's capital] shall be carried away before the king of Assyria. -- isaiah 8:4 +. +The Lord spoke to me yet again and said, -- isaiah 8:5 +. +Because this people [Israel and Judah] have refused and despised the waters of Shiloah [Siloam, the only perennial fountain of Jerusalem, and symbolic of God's protection and sustaining power] that go gently, and rejoice in and with Rezin [the king of Syria] and Remaliah's son [Pekah the king of Israel], -- isaiah 8:6 +. +Now therefore, behold, the Lord brings upon them the waters of the River [Euphrates], strong and many--even the king of Assyria and all the glory [of his gorgeous retinue]; and it will rise over all its channels, brooks, valleys, and canals and extend far beyond its banks; -- isaiah 8:7 +. +And it will sweep on into Judah; it will overflow and go over [the hills], reaching even [but only] to the neck [of which Jerusalem is the head], and the outstretched wings [of the armies of Assyria] shall fill the breadth of Your land, O Immanuel [Messiah, God is with us]! -- isaiah 8:8 +. +Make an uproar and be broken in pieces, O you peoples [rage, raise the war cry, do your worst, and be utterly dismayed]! Give ear, all you [our enemies] of far countries. Gird yourselves [for war], and be thrown into consternation! Gird yourselves, and be [utterly] dismayed! -- isaiah 8:9 +. +Take counsel together [against Judah], but it shall come to nought; speak the word, but it will not stand, for God is with us [Immanuel]! -- isaiah 8:10 +. +For the Lord spoke thus to me with His strong hand [upon me], and warned and instructed me not to walk in the way of this people, saying, -- isaiah 8:11 +. +Do not call conspiracy [or hard, or holy] all that this people will call conspiracy [or hard, or holy]; neither be in fear of what they fear, nor [make others afraid and] in dread. -- isaiah 8:12 +. +The Lord of hosts--regard Him as holy and honor His holy name [by regarding Him as your only hope of safety], and let Him be your fear and let Him be your dread [lest you offend Him by your fear of man and distrust of Him]. -- isaiah 8:13 +. +And He shall be a sanctuary [a sacred and indestructible asylum to those who reverently fear and trust in Him]; but He shall be a Stone of stumbling and a Rock of offense to both the houses of Israel, a trap and a snare to the inhabitants of Jerusalem. -- isaiah 8:14 +. +And many among them shall stumble thereon; and they shall fall and be broken, and be snared and taken. -- isaiah 8:15 +. +Bind up the testimony, seal the law and the teaching among my [Isaiah's] disciples. -- isaiah 8:16 +. +And I will wait for the Lord, Who is hiding His face from the house of Jacob; and I will look for and hope in Him. -- isaiah 8:17 +. +Behold, I and the children whom the Lord has given me are signs and wonders [that are to take place] in Israel from the Lord of hosts, Who dwells on Mount Zion. -- isaiah 8:18 +. +And when the people [instead of putting their trust in God] shall say to you, Consult for direction mediums and wizards who chirp and mutter, should not a people seek and consult their God? Should they consult the dead on behalf of the living? -- isaiah 8:19 +. +[Direct such people] to the teaching and to the testimony! If their teachings are not in accord with this word, it is surely because there is no dawn and no morning for them. -- isaiah 8:20 +. +And they [who consult mediums and wizards] shall pass through [the land] sorely distressed and hungry; and when they are hungry, they will fret, and will curse by their king and their God; and whether they look upward -- isaiah 8:21 +. +Or look to the earth, they will behold only distress and darkness, the gloom of anguish, and into thick darkness and widespread, obscure night they shall be driven away. -- isaiah 8:22 +. +BUT [in the midst of judgment there is the promise and the certainty of the Lord's deliverance and] there shall be no gloom for her who was in anguish. In the former time [the Lord] brought into contempt the land of Zebulun and the land of Naphtali, but in the latter time He will make it glorious, by the way of the Sea [of Galilee, the land] beyond the Jordan, Galilee of the nations. -- isaiah 9:1 +. +The people who walked in darkness have seen a great Light; those who dwelt in the land of intense darkness and the shadow of death, upon them has the Light shined. -- isaiah 9:2 +. +You [O Lord] have multiplied the nation and increased their joy; they rejoice before You like the joy in harvest, as men rejoice when they divide the spoil [of battle]. -- isaiah 9:3 +. +For the yoke of [Israel's] burden, and the staff or rod for [goading] their shoulders, the rod of their oppressor, You have broken as in the day of [Gideon with] Midian. -- isaiah 9:4 +. +For every [tramping] warrior's war boots and all his armor in the battle tumult and every garment rolled in blood shall be burned as fuel for the fire. -- isaiah 9:5 +. +For to us a Child is born, to us a Son is given; and the government shall be upon His shoulder, and His name shall be called Wonderful Counselor, Mighty God, Everlasting Father [of Eternity], Prince of Peace. -- isaiah 9:6 +. +Of the increase of His government and of peace there shall be no end, upon the throne of David and over his kingdom, to establish it and to uphold it with justice and with righteousness from the [latter] time forth, even forevermore. The zeal of the Lord of hosts will perform this. -- isaiah 9:7 +. +The Lord has sent a word against Jacob [the ten tribes], and it has lighted upon Israel [the ten tribes, the kingdom of Ephraim]. -- isaiah 9:8 +. +And all the people shall know it--even Ephraim and the inhabitants of Samaria [its capital]--who said in pride and stoutness of heart, -- isaiah 9:9 +. +The bricks have fallen, but we will build [all the better] with hewn stones; the sycamores have been cut down, but we will put [costlier] cedars in their place. -- isaiah 9:10 +. +Therefore the Lord has stirred up the adversaries [the Assyrians] of Rezin [king of Syria] against [Ephraim], and He will stir up their enemies and arm and join them together, -- isaiah 9:11 +. +The Syrians [compelled to fight with their enemies, going] before [on the east] and the Philistines behind [on the west]; and they will devour Israel with open mouth. For all this, [God's] anger is not [then] turned away, but His hand is still stretched out [in judgment]. -- isaiah 9:12 +. +Yet the people turn not to Him Who smote them, neither do they seek [inquire for or require as their vital need] the Lord of hosts. -- isaiah 9:13 +. +Therefore the Lord will cut off from Israel head and tail [the highest and the lowest]--[high] palm branch and [low] rush in one day; -- isaiah 9:14 +. +The elderly and honored man, he is the head; and the prophet who teaches lies, he is the tail. -- isaiah 9:15 +. +For they who lead this people cause them to err, and they who are led [astray] by them are swallowed up (destroyed). -- isaiah 9:16 +. +Therefore the Lord will not rejoice over their young men, neither will He have compassion on their fatherless and widows, for everyone is profane and an evildoer, and every mouth speaks folly. For all this, [God's] anger is not turned away, but His hand is still stretched out [in judgment]. -- isaiah 9:17 +. +For wickedness burns like a fire; it devours the briers and thorns, and it kindles in the thickets of the forest; they roll upward in a column of smoke. -- isaiah 9:18 +. +Through the wrath of the Lord of hosts the land is darkened and burned up, and the people are like fuel for the fire; no man spares his brother. -- isaiah 9:19 +. +They snatch in discord on the right hand, but are still hungry [their cruelty not diminished]; and they devour and destroy on the left hand, but are not satisfied. Each devours and destroys his own flesh [and blood] or his neighbor's. -- isaiah 9:20 +. +Manasseh [thirsts for the blood of his brother] Ephraim, and Ephraim [for that of] Manasseh; but together they are against Judah. For all this, [God's] anger is not turned away, but His hand is still stretched out [in judgment]. -- isaiah 9:21 +. +WOE TO those [judges] who issue unrighteous decrees, and to the magistrates who keep causing unjust and oppressive decisions to be recorded, -- isaiah 10:1 +. +To turn aside the needy from justice and to make plunder of the rightful claims of the poor of My people, that widows may be their spoil, and that they may make the fatherless their prey! -- isaiah 10:2 +. +And what will you do in the day of visitation [of God's wrath], and in the desolation which shall come from afar? To whom will you flee for help? And where will you deposit [for safekeeping] your wealth and with whom leave your glory? -- isaiah 10:3 +. +Without Me they shall bow down among the prisoners, and they shall fall [overwhelmed] under the heaps of the slain [on the battlefield]. For all this, [God's] anger is not turned away, but His hand is still stretched out [in judgment]. -- isaiah 10:4 +. +Woe to the Assyrian, the rod of My anger, the staff in whose hand is My indignation and fury [against Israel's disobedience]! -- isaiah 10:5 +. +I send [the Assyrian] against a hypocritical and godless nation and against the people of My wrath; I command him to take the spoil and to seize the prey and to tread them down like the mire in the streets. -- isaiah 10:6 +. +However, this is not his intention [nor is the Assyrian aware that he is doing this at My bidding], neither does his mind so think and plan; but it is in his mind to destroy and cut off many nations. -- isaiah 10:7 +. +For [the Assyrian] says, Are not my officers all either [subjugated] kings or their equal? -- isaiah 10:8 +. +Is not Calno [of Babylonia conquered] like Carchemish [on the Euphrates]? Is not Hamath [in Upper Syria] like Arpad [her neighbor]? Is not Samaria [in Israel] like Damascus [in Syria]? [Have any of these cities been able to resist Assyria? Not one!] -- isaiah 10:9 +. +As my hand has reached to the kingdoms of the idols [which were unable to defend them,] whose graven images were more to be feared and dreaded and more mighty than those of Jerusalem and of Samaria-- -- isaiah 10:10 +. +Shall I not be able to do to Jerusalem and her images as I have done to Samaria and her idols? [says the Assyrian] -- isaiah 10:11 +. +Therefore when the Lord has completed all His work [of chastisement and purification to be executed] on Mount Zion and on Jerusalem, it shall be that He will inflict punishment on the fruit [the thoughts, words, and deeds] of the stout and arrogant heart of the king of Assyria and the haughtiness of his pride. -- isaiah 10:12 +. +For [the Assyrian king] has said, I have done it solely by the power of my own hand and wisdom, for I have insight and understanding. I have removed the boundaries of the peoples and have robbed their treasures; and like a bull I have brought down those who sat on thrones and the inhabitants. -- isaiah 10:13 +. +And my hand has found like a nest the wealth of the people; and as one gathers eggs that are forsaken, so I have gathered all the earth; and there was none that moved its wing, or that opened its mouth or chirped. -- isaiah 10:14 +. +Shall the ax boast itself against him who chops with it? Or shall the saw magnify itself against him who wields it back and forth? As if a rod should wield those who lift it up, or as if a staff should lift itself up as if it were not wood [but a man of God]! -- isaiah 10:15 +. +Therefore will the Lord, the Lord of hosts, send leanness among [the Assyrian's] fat ones; and instead of his glory or under it He will kindle a burning like the burning of fire. -- isaiah 10:16 +. +And the Light of Israel shall become a fire and His Holy One a flame, and it will burn and devour [the Assyrian's] thorns and briers in one day. -- isaiah 10:17 +. +[The Lord] will consume the glory of the [Assyrian's] forest and of his fruitful field, both soul and body; and it shall be as when a sick man pines away or a standard-bearer faints. -- isaiah 10:18 +. +And the remnant of the trees of his forest shall be few, so that a child may make a list of them. -- isaiah 10:19 +. +And it shall be in that day that the remnant of Israel, and such as are escaped of the house of Jacob, shall no more lean upon him who smote them, but will lean upon the Lord, the Holy One of Israel, in truth. -- isaiah 10:20 +. +A remnant will return [Shear-jashub, name of Isaiah's son], a remnant of Jacob, to the mighty God. -- isaiah 10:21 +. +For though your population, O Israel, be as the sand of the sea, only a remnant of it will return [and survive]. The [fully completed] destruction is decreed (decided upon and brought to an issue); it overflows with justice and righteousness [the infliction of just punishment]. -- isaiah 10:22 +. +For the Lord, the Lord of hosts, will make a full end, whatever is determined or decreed [in Israel], in the midst of all the earth. -- isaiah 10:23 +. +Therefore thus says the Lord, the Lord of hosts, O My people who dwell in Zion, do not be afraid of the Assyrian, who smites you with a rod and lifts up his staff against you, as [the king of] Egypt did. -- isaiah 10:24 +. +For yet a little while and My indignation against you shall be accomplished, and My anger shall be directed to destruction [of the Assyrian]. -- isaiah 10:25 +. +And the Lord of hosts shall stir up and brandish a scourge against them as when He smote Midian at the rock of Oreb; and as His rod was over the [Red] Sea, so shall He lift it up as He did in [the flight from] Egypt. -- isaiah 10:26 +. +And it shall be in that day that the burden of [the Assyrian] shall depart from your shoulders, and his yoke from your neck. The yoke shall be destroyed because of fatness [which prevents it from going around your neck]. -- isaiah 10:27 +. +[The Assyrian with his army comes to Judah]. He arrives at Aiath; he passes through Migron; at Michmash he gets rid of his baggage [by storing it]. -- isaiah 10:28 +. +They go through the pass, they make Geba their camping place for the night; Ramah is afraid and trembles, Gibeah [the city] of [King] Saul flees. -- isaiah 10:29 +. +Cry aloud [in consternation], O Daughter of Gallim! Hearken, O Laishah! [Answer her] O you poor Anathoth! -- isaiah 10:30 +. +Madmenah is in flight; the inhabitants of Gebim seize their belongings and make their households flee for safety. -- isaiah 10:31 +. +This very day [the Assyrian] will halt at Nob [the city of priests], shaking his fist at the mountain of the Daughter of Zion, at the hill of Jerusalem. -- isaiah 10:32 +. +[But just when the Assyrian is in sight of his goal] behold, the Lord, the Lord of hosts, will lop off the beautiful boughs with terrorizing force; the high in stature will be hewn down and the lofty will be brought low. -- isaiah 10:33 +. +And He will cut down the thickets of the forest with an ax, and Lebanon [the Assyrian] with its majestic trees shall fall by the Mighty One and mightily. -- isaiah 10:34 +. +AND THERE shall come forth a Shoot out of the stock of Jesse [David's father], and a Branch out of his roots shall grow and bear fruit. -- isaiah 11:1 +. +And the Spirit of the Lord shall rest upon Him--the Spirit of wisdom and understanding, the Spirit of counsel and might, the Spirit of knowledge and of the reverential and obedient fear of the Lord-- -- isaiah 11:2 +. +And shall make Him of quick understanding, and His delight shall be in the reverential and obedient fear of the Lord. And He shall not judge by the sight of His eyes, neither decide by the hearing of His ears; -- isaiah 11:3 +. +But with righteousness and justice shall He judge the poor and decide with fairness for the meek, the poor, and the downtrodden of the earth; and He shall smite the earth and the oppressor with the rod of His mouth, and with the breath of His lips He shall slay the wicked. -- isaiah 11:4 +. +And righteousness shall be the girdle of His waist and faithfulness the girdle of His loins. -- isaiah 11:5 +. +And the wolf shall dwell with the lamb, and the leopard shall lie down with the kid, and the calf and the young lion and the fatted domestic animal together; and a little child shall lead them. -- isaiah 11:6 +. +And the cow and the bear shall feed side by side, their young shall lie down together, and the lion shall eat straw like the ox. -- isaiah 11:7 +. +And the sucking child shall play over the hole of the asp, and the weaned child shall put his hand on the adder's den. -- isaiah 11:8 +. +They shall not hurt or destroy in all My holy mountain, for the earth shall be full of the knowledge of the Lord as the waters cover the sea. -- isaiah 11:9 +. +And it shall be in that day that the Root of Jesse shall stand as a signal for the peoples; of Him shall the nations inquire and seek knowledge, and His dwelling shall be glory [His rest glorious]! -- isaiah 11:10 +. +And in that day the Lord shall again lift up His hand a second time to recover (acquire and deliver) the remnant of His people which is left, from Assyria, from Lower Egypt, from Pathros, from Ethiopia, from Elam [in Persia], from Shinar [Babylonia], from Hamath [in Upper Syria], and from the countries bordering on the [Mediterranean] Sea. -- isaiah 11:11 +. +And He will raise up a signal for the nations and will assemble the outcasts of Israel and will gather together the dispersed of Judah from the four corners of the earth. -- isaiah 11:12 +. +The envy and jealousy of Ephraim also shall depart, and they who vex and harass Judah from outside or inside shall be cut off; Ephraim shall not envy Judah, and Judah shall not vex and harass Ephraim. -- isaiah 11:13 +. +But [with united forces Ephraim and Judah] will swoop down upon the shoulders of the Philistines' [land sloping] toward the west; together they will strip the people on the east [the Arabs]. They will lay their hands upon Edom and Moab, and the Ammonites will obey them. -- isaiah 11:14 +. +And the Lord will utterly destroy (doom and dry up) the tongue of the Egyptian sea [the west fork of the Red Sea]; and with His [mighty] scorching wind He will wave His hand over the river [Nile] and will smite it into seven channels and will cause men to cross over dry-shod. -- isaiah 11:15 +. +And there shall be a highway from Assyria for the remnant left of His people, as there was for Israel when they came up out of the land of Egypt. -- isaiah 11:16 +. +AND IN that day you will say, I will give thanks to You, O Lord; for though You were angry with me, Your anger has turned away, and You comfort me. -- isaiah 12:1 +. +Behold, God, my salvation! I will trust and not be afraid, for the Lord God is my strength and song; yes, He has become my salvation. -- isaiah 12:2 +. +Therefore with joy will you draw water from the wells of salvation. -- isaiah 12:3 +. +And in that day you will say, Give thanks to the Lord, call upon His name and by means of His name [in solemn entreaty]; declare and make known His deeds among the peoples of the earth, proclaim that His name is exalted! -- isaiah 12:4 +. +Sing praises to the Lord, for He has done excellent things [gloriously]; let this be made known to all the earth. -- isaiah 12:5 +. +Cry aloud and shout joyfully, you women and inhabitants of Zion, for great in your midst is the Holy One of Israel. -- isaiah 12:6 +. +THE MOURNFUL, inspired prediction (a burden to be lifted up) concerning Babylon which Isaiah son of Amoz saw [with prophetic insight]: -- isaiah 13:1 +. +Raise up a signal banner upon the high and bare mountain, summon them [the Medes and Persians] with loud voice and beckoning hand that they may enter the gates of the [Babylonian] nobles. -- isaiah 13:2 +. +I Myself [says the Lord] have commanded My designated ones and have summoned My mighty men to execute My anger, even My proudly exulting ones [the Medes and Persians]--those who are made to triumph for My honor. -- isaiah 13:3 +. +Hark, the uproar of a multitude in the mountains, like that of a great people! The noise of the tumult of the kingdoms of the nations gathering together! The Lord of hosts is mustering the host for the battle. -- isaiah 13:4 +. +They come from a distant country, from the uttermost part of the heavens [the far east]--even the Lord and the weapons of His indignation--to seize and destroy the whole land. -- isaiah 13:5 +. +Wail, for the day of the Lord is at hand; as destruction from the Almighty and Sufficient One [Shaddai] will it come! -- isaiah 13:6 +. +Therefore will all hands be feeble, and every man's heart will melt. -- isaiah 13:7 +. +And they [of Babylon] shall be dismayed and terrified, pangs and sorrows shall take hold of them; they shall be in pain as a woman in childbirth. They will gaze stupefied and aghast at one another, their faces will be aflame [from the effects of the unprecedented warfare]. -- isaiah 13:8 +. +Behold, the day of the Lord is coming!--fierce, with wrath and raging anger--to make the land and the [whole] earth a desolation and to destroy out of it its sinners. -- isaiah 13:9 +. +For the stars of the heavens and their constellations will not give their light; the sun will be darkened at its rising and the moon will not shed its light. -- isaiah 13:10 +. +And I, the Lord, will punish the world for its evil, and the wicked for their guilt and iniquity; I will cause the arrogance of the proud to cease and will lay low the haughtiness of the terrible and the boasting of the violent and ruthless. -- isaiah 13:11 +. +I will make a man more rare than fine gold, and mankind scarcer than the pure gold of Ophir. -- isaiah 13:12 +. +Therefore I will make the heavens tremble; and the earth shall be shaken out of its place at the wrath of the Lord of hosts in the day of His fierce anger. -- isaiah 13:13 +. +And like the chased roe or gazelle, and like sheep that no man gathers, each [foreign resident] will turn to his own people, and each will flee to his own land. -- isaiah 13:14 +. +Everyone who is found will be thrust through, and everyone who is connected with the slain and is caught will fall by the sword. -- isaiah 13:15 +. +Their infants also will be dashed to pieces before their eyes; their houses will be plundered and their wives ravished. -- isaiah 13:16 +. +Behold, I will stir up the Medes against them, who have no regard for silver and do not delight in gold [and thus cannot be bribed]. -- isaiah 13:17 +. +Their bows will cut down the young men [of Babylon]; and they will have no pity on the fruit of the womb, their eyes will not spare children. -- isaiah 13:18 +. +And Babylon, the glory of kingdoms, the beauty of the Chaldeans' pride, shall be like Sodom and Gomorrah when God overthrew them. -- isaiah 13:19 +. +[Babylon] shall never be inhabited or dwelt in from generation to generation; neither shall the Arab pitch his tent there, nor shall the shepherds make their sheepfolds there. -- isaiah 13:20 +. +But wild beasts of the desert will lie down there, and the people's houses will be full of dolefully howling creatures; and ostriches will dwell there, and wild goats [like demons] will dance there. -- isaiah 13:21 +. +And wolves and howling creatures will cry and answer in the deserted castles, and jackals in the pleasant palaces. And [Babylon's] time has nearly come, and her days will not be prolonged. -- isaiah 13:22 +. +FOR THE Lord will have mercy on Jacob [the captive Jews in Babylon] and will again choose Israel and set them in their own land; and foreigners [who are proselytes] will join them and will cleave to the house of Jacob (Israel). -- isaiah 14:1 +. +And the peoples [of Babylonia] shall take them and bring them to their own country [of Judea] and help restore them. And the house of Israel will possess [the foreigners who prefer to stay with] them in the land of the Lord as male and female servants; and they will take captive [not by physical but by moral might] those whose captives they have been, and they will rule over their [former] oppressors. -- isaiah 14:2 +. +When the Lord has given you rest from your sorrow and pain and from your trouble and unrest and from the hard service with which you were made to serve, -- isaiah 14:3 +. +You shall take up this [taunting] parable against the king of Babylon and say, How the oppressor has stilled [the restless insolence]! The golden and exacting city has ceased! -- isaiah 14:4 +. +The Lord has broken the staff of the wicked, the scepter of the [tyrant] rulers, -- isaiah 14:5 +. +Who smote the peoples in anger with incessant blows and trod down the nations in wrath with unrelenting persecution--[until] he who smote is persecuted and no one hinders any more. -- isaiah 14:6 +. +The whole earth is at rest and is quiet; they break forth into singing. -- isaiah 14:7 +. +Yes, the fir trees and cypresses rejoice at you [O kings of Babylon], even the cedars of Lebanon, saying, Since you have been laid low, no woodcutter comes up against us. -- isaiah 14:8 +. +Sheol (Hades, the place of the dead) below is stirred up to meet you at your coming [O tyrant Babylonian rulers]; it stirs up the shades of the dead to greet you--even all the chief ones of the earth; it raises from their thrones [in astonishment at your humbled condition] all the kings of the nations. -- isaiah 14:9 +. +All of them will [tauntingly] say to you, Have you also become weak as we are? Have you become like us? -- isaiah 14:10 +. +Your pomp and magnificence are brought down to Sheol (the underworld), along with the sound of your harps; the maggots [which prey upon dead bodies] are spread out under you and worms cover you [O Babylonian rulers]. -- isaiah 14:11 +. +How have you fallen from heaven, O light-bringer and daystar, son of the morning! How you have been cut down to the ground, you who weakened and laid low the nations [O blasphemous, satanic king of Babylon!] -- isaiah 14:12 +. +And you said in your heart, I will ascend to heaven; I will exalt my throne above the stars of God; I will sit upon the mount of assembly in the uttermost north. -- isaiah 14:13 +. +I will ascend above the heights of the clouds; I will make myself like the Most High. -- isaiah 14:14 +. +Yet you shall be brought down to Sheol (Hades), to the innermost recesses of the pit (the region of the dead). -- isaiah 14:15 +. +Those who see you will gaze at you and consider you, saying, Is this the man who made the earth tremble, who shook kingdoms?-- -- isaiah 14:16 +. +Who made the world like a wilderness and overthrew its cities, who would not permit his prisoners to return home? -- isaiah 14:17 +. +All the kings of the nations, all of them lie sleeping in glorious array, each one in his own sepulcher. -- isaiah 14:18 +. +But you are cast away from your tomb like a loathed growth or premature birth or an abominable branch [of the family] and like the raiment of the slain; and you are clothed with the slain, those thrust through with the sword, who go down to the stones of the pit [into which carcasses are thrown], like a dead body trodden underfoot. -- isaiah 14:19 +. +You shall not be joined with them in burial, because you have destroyed your land and have slain your people. May the descendants of evildoers nevermore be named! -- isaiah 14:20 +. +Prepare a slaughtering place for his sons because of the guilt and iniquity of their fathers, so that they may not rise, possess the earth, and fill the face of the world with cities. -- isaiah 14:21 +. +And I will rise up against them, says the Lord of hosts, and cut off from Babylon name and remnant, and son and son's son, says the Lord. -- isaiah 14:22 +. +I will also make it a possession of the hedgehog and porcupine, and of marshes and pools of water, and I will sweep it with the broom of destruction, says the Lord of hosts. -- isaiah 14:23 +. +The Lord of hosts has sworn, saying, Surely, as I have thought and planned, so shall it come to pass, and as I have purposed, so shall it stand-- -- isaiah 14:24 +. +That I will break the Assyrian in My land, and upon My mountains I will tread him underfoot. Then shall the [Assyrian's] yoke depart from [the people of Judah], and his burden depart from their shoulders. -- isaiah 14:25 +. +This is the [Lord's] purpose that is purposed upon the whole earth [regarded as conquered and put under tribute by Assyria]; and this is [His omnipotent] hand that is stretched out over all the nations. -- isaiah 14:26 +. +For the Lord of hosts has purposed, and who can annul it? And His hand is stretched out, and who can turn it back? -- isaiah 14:27 +. +In the year that King Ahaz [of Judah] died there came this mournful, inspired prediction (a burden to be lifted up): -- isaiah 14:28 +. +Rejoice not, O Philistia, all of you, because the rod [of Judah] that smote you is broken; for out of the serpent's root shall come forth an adder [King Hezekiah of Judah], and its [the serpent's] offspring will be a fiery, flying serpent. -- isaiah 14:29 +. +And the firstborn of the poor and the poorest of the poor [of Judah] shall feed on My meadows, and the needy will lie down in safety; but I will kill your root with famine, and your remnant shall be slain. -- isaiah 14:30 +. +Howl, O gate! Cry, O city! Melt away, O Philistia, all of you! For there is coming a smoke out of the north, and there is no straggler in his ranks and none stands aloof [in Hezekiah's battalions]. -- isaiah 14:31 +. +What then shall one answer the messengers of the [Philistine] nation? That the Lord has founded Zion, and in her shall the poor and afflicted of His people trust and find refuge. -- isaiah 14:32 +. +THE MOURNFUL, inspired prediction (a burden to be lifted up) concerning Moab: Because in a night Ar of Moab is laid waste and brought to silence! Because in a night Kir of Moab is laid waste and brought to silence! -- isaiah 15:1 +. +They are gone up to Bayith and to Dibon, to the high places to weep. Moab wails over Nebo and over Medeba; on all their heads is baldness, and every beard is cut off [as a sign of deep sorrow and humiliation]. -- isaiah 15:2 +. +In their streets they gird themselves with sackcloth; on the tops of their houses and in their broad places everyone wails, weeping abundantly. -- isaiah 15:3 +. +And Heshbon and Elealeh [cities in possession of Moab] cry out; their voice is heard even to Jahaz. Therefore the armed soldiers of Moab cry out; [Moab's] life is grievous and trembles within him. -- isaiah 15:4 +. +My heart cries out for Moab; his nobles and other fugitives flee to Zoar, to Eglath-shelishiyah [like a heifer three years old]. For with weeping they go up the ascent of Luhith; for on the road to Horonaim they raise a cry of destruction. -- isaiah 15:5 +. +For the waters of Nimrim are desolations, for the grass is withered away and the new growth fails; there is no green thing. -- isaiah 15:6 +. +Therefore the abundance [of possessions] they have acquired and stored away they [now] carry over the willow brook and to the valley of the Arabians. -- isaiah 15:7 +. +For the cry [of distress] has gone round the borders of Moab; the wailing has reached to Eglaim, and the prolonged and mournful cry to Beer-elim. -- isaiah 15:8 +. +For the waters of Dimon are full of blood; yet I [the Lord] will bring even more on Dimon--a lion upon those of Moab who escape and upon the remnant of the land. -- isaiah 15:9 +. +YOU [Moabites, now fugitives in Edom, which is ruled by the king of Judah] send lambs to the ruler of the land, from Sela or Petra through the desert and wilderness to the mountain of the Daughter of Zion [Jerusalem]. -- isaiah 16:1 +. +For like wandering birds, like a brood cast out and a scattered nest, so shall the daughters of Moab be at the fords of the [river] Arnon. -- isaiah 16:2 +. +[Say to the ruler] Give counsel, execute justice [for Moab, O king of Judah]; make your shade [over us] like night in the midst of noonday; hide the outcasts, betray not the fugitive to his pursuer. -- isaiah 16:3 +. +Let our outcasts of Moab dwell among you; be a sheltered hiding place to them from the destroyer. When the extortion and the extortioner have been brought to nought, and destruction has ceased, and the oppressors and they who trample men are consumed and have vanished out of the land, -- isaiah 16:4 +. +Then in mercy and loving-kindness shall a throne be established, and One shall sit upon it in truth and faithfulness in the tent of David, judging and seeking justice and being swift to do righteousness. -- isaiah 16:5 +. +We have heard of the pride of Moab, that he is very proud--even of his arrogance, his conceit, his wrath, his untruthful boasting. -- isaiah 16:6 +. +Moab therefore shall wail for Moab; everyone shall wail. For the ruins, flagons of wine, and the raisin cakes of Kir-hareseth you shall sigh and mourn, utterly stricken and discouraged. -- isaiah 16:7 +. +For the fields of Heshbon languish and wither, and the vines of Sibmah; the lords of the nations have broken down [Moab's] choice vine branches, which reached even to Jazer, wandering into the wilderness; its shoots stretched out abroad, they passed over [the shores of] the [Dead] Sea. -- isaiah 16:8 +. +Therefore I [Isaiah] will weep with the weeping of Jazer for the vines of Sibmah. I will drench you with my tears, O Heshbon and Elealeh; for upon your summer fruits and your harvest the shout [of alarm and the cry of the enemy] has fallen. -- isaiah 16:9 +. +And gladness is taken away, and joy out of the plentiful field; and in the vineyards there is no singing, nor is there joyful sound; the treaders tread out no wine in the presses, for the shout of joy has been made to cease. -- isaiah 16:10 +. +Wherefore my heart sounds like a harp [in mournful compassion] for Moab, and my inner being [goes out] for Kir-hareseth [for those brick-walled citadels of his]. -- isaiah 16:11 +. +It shall be that when Moab presents himself, when he wearies himself [worshiping] on the high place [of idolatry], he will come to his sanctuary [of Chemosh, god of Moab], but he will not prevail. [Then will he be ashamed of his god.] -- isaiah 16:12 +. +This is the word that the Lord has spoken concerning Moab since that time [when Moab's pride and resistance to God were first known]. -- isaiah 16:13 +. +But now the Lord has spoken, saying, Within three years, as the years of a hireling [who will not serve longer than the allotted time], the glory of Moab shall be brought into contempt, in spite of all his mighty multitudes of people; and the remnant that survives will be very small, feeble, and of no account. -- isaiah 16:14 +. +THE MOURNFUL, inspired prediction (a burden to be lifted up) concerning Damascus [capital of Syria, and Israel's bulwark against Assyria]. Behold, Damascus will cease to be a city and will become a heap of ruins. -- isaiah 17:1 +. +The cities of Aroer [east of the Jordan] are forsaken; they shall be for flocks, which shall lie down, and none shall make them afraid. -- isaiah 17:2 +. +His bulwark [Syria] and the fortress shall disappear from Ephraim, and the kingdom from Damascus; and the remnant of Syria will be like the [departed] glory of the children of Israel [her ally], says the Lord of hosts. -- isaiah 17:3 +. +And in that day the former glory of Jacob [Israel--his might, his population, his prosperity] shall be enfeebled, and the fat of his flesh shall become lean. -- isaiah 17:4 +. +And it shall be as when the reaper gathers the standing grain and his arm harvests the ears; yes, it shall be as when one gathers the ears of grain in the fertile Valley of Rephaim. -- isaiah 17:5 +. +Yet gleanings [of grapes] shall be left in it [the land of Israel], as after the beating of an olive tree [with a stick], two or three berries in the top of the uppermost bough, four or five in the outermost branches of the fruitful tree, says the Lord, the God of Israel. -- isaiah 17:6 +. +In that day will men look to their Maker, and their eyes shall regard the Holy One of Israel. -- isaiah 17:7 +. +And they will not look to the [idolatrous] altars, the work of their hands, neither will they have respect for what their fingers have made--either the Asherim [symbols of the goddess Asherah] or the sun-images. -- isaiah 17:8 +. +In that day will their [Syria's and Israel's] strong cities be like the forsaken places in the wood and on the mountaintop, as they [the Amorites and the Hivites] forsook their [cities] because of the children of Israel; and there will be desolation. -- isaiah 17:9 +. +Because you have forgotten the God of your salvation [O Judah] and have not been mindful of the Rock of your strength, your Stronghold--therefore, you have planted pleasant nursery grounds and plantings [to Adonis, pots of quickly withered flowers used to set by their doors or in the courts of temples], and have set [the grounds] with vine slips of a strange [God], -- isaiah 17:10 +. +And in the day of your planting you hedge it in, and in the morning you make your seed to blossom, yet [promising as it is] the harvest shall be a heap of ruins and flee away in the day of expected possession and of desperate sorrow and sickening, incurable pain. -- isaiah 17:11 +. +Hark, the uproar of a multitude of peoples! They roar and thunder like the noise of the seas! Ah, the roar of nations! They roar like the roaring of rushing and mighty waters! -- isaiah 17:12 +. +The nations will rush and roar like the rushing and roaring of many waters--but [God] will rebuke them, and they will flee far off and will be chased like chaff on the mountains before the wind, and like rolling thistledown or whirling dust of the stubble before the storm. -- isaiah 17:13 +. +At evening time, behold, terror! And before the morning, they [the terrorizing Assyrians] are not. This is the portion of those who strip us [the Jews] of what belongs to us, and the lot of those who rob us. [Fulfilled in Isa. 37:36.] -- isaiah 17:14 +. +WOE TO the land whirring with wings which is beyond the rivers of Cush or Ethiopia, -- isaiah 18:1 +. +That sends ambassadors by the Nile, even in vessels of papyrus upon the waters! Go, you swift messengers, to a nation tall and polished, to a people terrible from their beginning [feared and dreaded near and far], a nation strong and victorious, whose land the rivers divide! -- isaiah 18:2 +. +All you inhabitants of the world, you who dwell on the earth, when a signal is raised on the mountains--look! When a trumpet is blown--hear! -- isaiah 18:3 +. +For thus the Lord has said to me: I will be still and I will look on from My dwelling place, like clear and glowing heat in sunshine, like a fine cloud of mist in the heat of harvest. -- isaiah 18:4 +. +For before the harvest, when the blossom is over and the flower becomes a ripening grape, He will cut off the sprigs with pruning hooks, and the spreading branches He will remove and cut away. -- isaiah 18:5 +. +They [the dead bodies of the slain warriors] shall be left together to the ravenous birds of the mountains and to the beasts of the earth; and the ravenous birds will summer upon them, and all the beasts of the earth will winter upon them. -- isaiah 18:6 +. +At that time shall a present be brought to the Lord of hosts from a people tall and polished, from a people terrible from their beginning and feared and dreaded near and far, a nation strong and victorious, whose land the rivers or great channels divide--to the place [of worship] of the Name of the Lord of hosts, to Mount Zion [in Jerusalem]. -- isaiah 18:7 +. +THE MOURNFUL, inspired prediction (a burden to be lifted up) concerning Egypt: Behold, the Lord is riding on a swift cloud and comes to Egypt; and the idols of Egypt will tremble at His presence, and the hearts of the Egyptians will melt within them. -- isaiah 19:1 +. +And I will stir up Egyptians against Egyptians, and they will fight, every one against his brother and every one against his neighbor, city against city, kingdom against kingdom. -- isaiah 19:2 +. +And the spirit of the Egyptians within them will become exhausted and emptied out and will fail, and I will destroy their counsel and confound their plans; and they will seek counsel from the idols and the sorcerers, and from those having familiar spirits (the mediums) and the wizards. -- isaiah 19:3 +. +And I will give over the Egyptians into the hand of a hard and cruel master, and a fierce king will rule over them, says the Lord, the Lord of hosts. -- isaiah 19:4 +. +And the waters shall fail from the Nile, and the river shall be wasted and become dry. -- isaiah 19:5 +. +And the rivers shall become foul, the streams and canals of Egypt shall be diminished and dried up, the reeds and the rushes shall wither and rot away. -- isaiah 19:6 +. +The meadows by the Nile, by the brink of the Nile, and all the sown fields of the Nile shall become dry, be blown away, and be no more. -- isaiah 19:7 +. +The fishermen will lament, and all who cast a hook into the Nile will mourn; and they who spread nets upon the waters will languish. -- isaiah 19:8 +. +Moreover, they who work with combed flax and they who weave white [cotton] cloth will be confounded and in despair. -- isaiah 19:9 +. +[Those who are] the pillars and foundations of Egypt will be crushed, and all those who work for hire or who build dams will be grieved. -- isaiah 19:10 +. +The princes of Zoan [ancient capital of the Pharaohs] are utterly foolish; the counsel of the wisest counselors of Pharaoh has become witless (stupid). How can you say to Pharaoh, I am a son of the wise, a son of ancient kings? -- isaiah 19:11 +. +Where then are your wise men? Let them tell you now [if they are so wise], and let them make known what the Lord of hosts has purposed against Egypt [if they can]. -- isaiah 19:12 +. +The princes of Zoan have become fools, and the princes of Memphis are confused and deceived; those who are the cornerstones of her tribes have led Egypt astray. -- isaiah 19:13 +. +The Lord has mingled a spirit of perverseness, error, and confusion within her; [her leaders] have caused Egypt to stagger in all her doings, as a drunken man staggers in his vomit. -- isaiah 19:14 +. +Neither can any work [done singly or by concerted action] accomplish anything for Egypt, whether by head or tail, palm branch or rush [high or low]. -- isaiah 19:15 +. +In that day will the Egyptians be like women [timid and helpless]; and they will tremble and fear because of the shaking of the hand of the Lord of hosts which He shakes over them. -- isaiah 19:16 +. +And the land of Judah [allied to Assyria] shall become a terror to the Egyptians; everyone to whom mention of it is made will be afraid and everyone who mentions it--to him will they turn in fear, because of the purpose of the Lord of hosts which He purposes against Egypt. -- isaiah 19:17 +. +In that day there will be five cities in the land of Egypt that speak the language of [the Hebrews of] Canaan and swear allegiance to the Lord of hosts. One of them will be called the City of the Sun or Destruction. -- isaiah 19:18 +. +In that day there will be an altar to the Lord in the midst of the land of Egypt, and a pillar to the Lord at its border. -- isaiah 19:19 +. +And it will be a sign and a witness to the Lord of hosts in the land of Egypt; for they will cry to the Lord because of oppressors, and He will send them a savior, even a mighty one, and he will deliver them. -- isaiah 19:20 +. +And the Lord will make Himself known to Egypt, and the Egyptians will know (have knowledge of, be acquainted with, give heed to, and cherish) the Lord in that day and will worship with sacrifices of animal and vegetable offerings; they will vow a vow to the Lord and perform it. -- isaiah 19:21 +. +And the Lord shall smite Egypt, smiting and healing it; and they will return to the Lord, and He will listen to their entreaties and heal them. -- isaiah 19:22 +. +In that day shall there be a highway out of Egypt to Assyria, and the Assyrian will come into Egypt and the Egyptian into Assyria; and the Egyptians will worship [the Lord] with the Assyrians. -- isaiah 19:23 +. +In that day Israel shall be the third, with Egypt and with Assyria [in a Messianic league], a blessing in the midst of the earth, -- isaiah 19:24 +. +Whom the Lord of hosts has blessed, saying, Blessed be Egypt My people and Assyria the work of My hands and Israel My heritage. -- isaiah 19:25 +. +IN THE year that the Tartan [Assyrian commander in chief] came to Ashdod in Philistia, sent by Sargon king of Assyria, he fought against Ashdod and took it. -- isaiah 20:1 +. +At that time the Lord spoke by Isaiah son of Amoz, saying, Go, loose the sackcloth from off your loins and take your shoes off your feet. And he had done so, walking around stripped [to his loincloth] and barefoot. -- isaiah 20:2 +. +And the Lord said, As My servant Isaiah has walked [comparatively] naked and barefoot for three years, as a sign and forewarning concerning Egypt and concerning Cush (Ethiopia), -- isaiah 20:3 +. +So shall the king of Assyria lead away the Egyptian captives and the Ethiopian exiles, young and old, naked and barefoot, even with buttocks uncovered--to the shame of Egypt. -- isaiah 20:4 +. +And they shall be dismayed and confounded because of Ethiopia their hope and expectation and Egypt their glory and boast. -- isaiah 20:5 +. +And the inhabitants of this coastland [the Israelites and their neighbors] will say in that day, See! This is what comes to those in whom we trusted and hoped, to whom we fled for help to deliver us from the king of Assyria! But we, how shall we escape [captivity and exile]? -- isaiah 20:6 +. +THE MOURNFUL, inspired prediction (a burden to be lifted up) concerning the Desert of the Sea [which was Babylon after great dams were raised to control the waters of the Euphrates River which overflowed it like a sea--and would do so again]: As whirlwinds in the South (the Negeb) sweep through, so it [the judgment of God by hostile armies] comes from the desert, from a terrible land. -- isaiah 21:1 +. +A hard and grievous vision is declared to me: the treacherous dealer deals treacherously, and the destroyer destroys. Go up, O Elam! Besiege, O Media! All the sighing [caused by Babylon's ruthless oppressions] I will cause to cease [says the Lord]. -- isaiah 21:2 +. +Therefore are my [Isaiah's] loins filled with anguish, pangs have seized me like the pangs of a woman in childbirth; I am bent and pained so that I cannot hear, I am dismayed so that I cannot see. -- isaiah 21:3 +. +My mind reels and wanders, horror terrifies me. [In my mind's eye I am at the feast of Belshazzar. I see the defilement of the golden vessels taken from God's temple, I watch the handwriting appear on the wall--I know that Babylon's great king is to be slain.] The twilight I looked forward to with pleasure has been turned into fear and trembling for me. -- isaiah 21:4 +. +They prepare the table, they spread the rugs, [and having] set the watchers [the revelers take no other precaution], they eat, they drink. Arise, you princes, and oil your shields [for your deadly foe is at the gates]! -- isaiah 21:5 +. +For thus has the Lord said to me: Go, set [yourself as] a watchman, let him declare what he sees. -- isaiah 21:6 +. +And when he sees a troop, horsemen in pairs, a troop of donkeys, and a troop of camels, he shall listen diligently, very diligently. -- isaiah 21:7 +. +And [the watchman] cried like a lion, O Lord, I stand continually on the watchtower in the daytime, and I am set in my station every night. -- isaiah 21:8 +. +And see! Here comes a troop of men and chariots, horsemen in pairs! And he [the watchman] tells [what it foretells]: Babylon has fallen, has fallen! And all the graven images of her gods lie shattered on the ground [in my vision]! -- isaiah 21:9 +. +O you my threshed and winnowed ones [my own people the Jews, who must be trodden down by Babylon], that which I have heard from the Lord of hosts, the God of Israel, I have [joyfully] announced to you [Babylon is to fall]! -- isaiah 21:10 +. +The mournful, inspired prediction (a burden to be lifted up) concerning Dumah (Edom): One calls to me from Seir (Edom), Watchman, what of the night? [How far is it spent? How long till morning?] Guardian, what of the night? -- isaiah 21:11 +. +The watchman said, The morning comes, but also the night. [Another time, if Edom earnestly wishes to know] if you will inquire [of me], inquire; return, come again. -- isaiah 21:12 +. +The mournful, inspired prediction (a burden to be lifted up) concerning Arabia: In the forests and thickets of Arabia you shall lodge, O you caravans of Dedanites [from northern Arabia]. -- isaiah 21:13 +. +To the thirsty [Dedanites] bring water, O inhabitants of the land of Tema [in Arabia]; meet the fugitive with bread [suitable] for him. -- isaiah 21:14 +. +For they have fled from the swords, from the drawn sword, from the bent bow, and from the grievousness of war [the press of battle]. -- isaiah 21:15 +. +For the Lord has said this to me, Within a year, according to the years of a hireling [who will work no longer than was agreed], all the glory of Kedar [an Arabian tribe] will fail. -- isaiah 21:16 +. +And the remainder of the number of archers and their bows, the mighty men of the sons of Kedar, will be diminished and few; for the Lord, the God of Israel, has spoken it. -- isaiah 21:17 +. +THE MOURNFUL, inspired prediction (a burden to be lifted up) concerning the Valley of Vision: What do you mean [I wonder] that you have all gone up to the housetops, -- isaiah 22:1 +. +You who are full of shouting, a tumultuous city, a joyous and exultant city? [O Jerusalem] your slain warriors have not met [a glorious] death with the sword or in battle. -- isaiah 22:2 +. +All your [military] leaders have fled together; without the bow [which they had thrown away] they have been taken captive and bound by the archers. All of you who were found were bound together [as captives], though they had fled far away. -- isaiah 22:3 +. +Therefore I [Isaiah] said, Look away from me; I will weep bitterly. Do not hasten and try to comfort me over the destruction of the daughter of my people. -- isaiah 22:4 +. +For it is a day of discomfiture and of tumult, of treading down, of confusion and perplexity from the Lord God of hosts in the Valley of Vision, a day of breaking down the walls and of crying to the mountains. -- isaiah 22:5 +. +And [in my vision I saw] Elam take up the quiver, with troops in chariots, infantry, and horsemen; and Kir [with Elam subject to Assyria] uncovered the shield. -- isaiah 22:6 +. +And it came to pass that your choicest valleys were full of chariots, and the horsemen took their station [and set themselves in offensive array at the gate of Jerusalem]. [Fulfilled in II Chron. 32; Isa. 36.] -- isaiah 22:7 +. +Then [God] removed the protective covering of Judah; and you looked to the weapons in the House of the Forest [the king's armory] in that day. -- isaiah 22:8 +. +You saw that the breaches [in the walls] of the City of David [the citadel of Zion] were many; [since the water supply was still defective] you collected [within the city's walls] the waters of the Lower Pool. -- isaiah 22:9 +. +And you numbered the houses of Jerusalem, and you broke down the houses [to get materials] to fortify the [city] wall. -- isaiah 22:10 +. +You also made a reservoir between the two walls for the water of the Old Pool, but you did not look to the Maker of it, nor did you recognize Him Who planned it long ago. -- isaiah 22:11 +. +And in that day the Lord God of hosts called you to weeping and mourning, to the shaving off of all your hair [in humiliation] and to the girding with sackcloth. -- isaiah 22:12 +. +But instead, see the pleasure and mirth, slaying oxen and killing sheep, eating flesh and drinking wine, [with the idea] Let us eat and drink, for tomorrow we die! -- isaiah 22:13 +. +And the Lord of hosts revealed Himself in my ears [as He said], Surely this unatoned sin shall not be purged from you until [you are punished--and the punishment will be] death, says the Lord God of hosts. -- isaiah 22:14 +. +Come, go to this [contemptible] steward and treasurer, to Shebna, who is over the house [but who is presumptuous enough to be building himself a tomb among those of the mighty, a tomb worthy of a king], and say to him, -- isaiah 22:15 +. +What business have you here? And whom have you entombed here, that you have the right to hew out for yourself a tomb here? He hews out a sepulcher for himself on the height! He carves out a dwelling for himself in the rock! -- isaiah 22:16 +. +Behold, the Lord will hurl you away violently, O you strong man; yes, He will take tight hold of you and He will surely cover you [with shame]. -- isaiah 22:17 +. +He will surely roll you up in a bundle [Shebna] and toss you like a ball into a large country; there you will die and there will be your splendid chariots, you disgrace to your master's house! -- isaiah 22:18 +. +And I will thrust you from your office, and from your station will you be pulled down. -- isaiah 22:19 +. +And in that day I will call My servant, Eliakim son of Hilkiah. -- isaiah 22:20 +. +And I will clothe him with your robe and will bind your girdle on him and will commit your authority to his hand; he shall be a father to the inhabitants of Jerusalem and to the house of Judah. -- isaiah 22:21 +. +And the key of the house of David I will lay upon his shoulder; he shall open and no one shall shut, he shall shut and no one shall open. -- isaiah 22:22 +. +And I will fasten him like a peg or nail in a firm place; and he will become a throne of honor and glory to his father's house. -- isaiah 22:23 +. +And they will hang on him the honor and the whole weight of [responsibility for] his father's house: the offspring and issue [of the family, high and low], every small vessel, from the cups even to all the flasks and big bulging bottles. -- isaiah 22:24 +. +In that day, says the Lord of hosts, the nail or peg that was fastened into the sure place shall give way and be moved and be hewn down and fall, and the burden that was upon it shall be cut off; for the Lord has spoken it. -- isaiah 22:25 +. +THE MOURNFUL, inspired prediction (a burden to be lifted up) concerning Tyre: Wail, you ships of [Tyre returning from trading with] Tarshish, for Tyre is laid waste, so that there is no house, no harbor; from the land of Kittim (Cyprus) they learn of it. -- isaiah 23:1 +. +Be still, you inhabitants of the coast, you merchants of Sidon, your messengers passing over the sea have replenished you [with wealth and industry], -- isaiah 23:2 +. +And were on great waters. The seed or grain of the Shihor, the harvest [due to the overflow] of the Nile River, was [Tyre's] revenue, and she became the merchandise of the nations. -- isaiah 23:3 +. +Be ashamed, O Sidon [mother-city of Tyre, now a widow bereaved of her children], for the sea has spoken, the stronghold of the sea, saying, I have neither travailed nor brought forth children; I have neither nourished and reared young men nor brought up virgins. -- isaiah 23:4 +. +When the report comes to Egypt, they will be sorely pained over the report about Tyre. -- isaiah 23:5 +. +Pass over to Tarshish [to seek safety as exiles]! Wail, you inhabitants of the [Tyre] coast! -- isaiah 23:6 +. +Is this your jubilant city, whose origin dates back into antiquity, whose own feet are accustomed to carry her far off to settle [daughter cities]? -- isaiah 23:7 +. +Who has purposed this against Tyre, the bestower of crowns, whose merchants were princes, whose traders were the honored of the earth? -- isaiah 23:8 +. +The Lord of hosts has purposed it [in accordance with a fixed principle of His government], to defile the pride of all glory and to bring into dishonor and contempt all the honored of the earth. -- isaiah 23:9 +. +Overflow your land like [the overflow of] the Nile River, O Daughter of Tarshish; there is no girdle of restraint [on you] any more [to make you pay tribute or customs or duties to Tyre]. -- isaiah 23:10 +. +He stretched out His hand over the sea, He shook the kingdoms; the Lord has given a command concerning Canaan to destroy her strongholds and fortresses [Tyre, Sidon, etc.]. -- isaiah 23:11 +. +And He said, You shall no more exult, you oppressed and crushed one, O Virgin Daughter of Sidon. Arise, pass over to Kittim (Cyprus); but even there you will have no rest. -- isaiah 23:12 +. +Look at the land of the Chaldeans! That people and not the Assyrians designed and assigned [Tyre] for the wild beasts and those who [previously] dwelt in the wilderness. They set up their siege works, they overthrew its palaces, they made it a ruin! -- isaiah 23:13 +. +Howl, you ships of Tarshish, for your stronghold [of Tyre] is laid waste [your strength has been destroyed]. -- isaiah 23:14 +. +And in that day Tyre will be in obscurity and forgotten for seventy years, according to the days of one dynasty. After the end of seventy years will Tyre sing as a harlot [who has been forgotten but again attracts her lovers]. -- isaiah 23:15 +. +Take a harp, go about the city, forgotten harlot; play skillfully and make sweet melody, sing many songs, that you may be remembered. -- isaiah 23:16 +. +And after the end of seventy years the Lord will remember Tyre; and she will return to her hire and will play the harlot [resume her commerce] with all the kingdoms of the world on the face of the earth. -- isaiah 23:17 +. +But her gain and her hire [the profits of Tyre's new prosperity] will be dedicated to the Lord [eventually]; it will not be treasured or stored up, for her gain will be used for those who dwell in the presence of the Lord [the ministers], that they may eat sufficiently and have durable and stately clothing [suitable for those who minister at God's altar]. -- isaiah 23:18 +. +BEHOLD, THE Lord will make the land and the earth empty and make it waste and turn it upside down (twist the face of it) and scatter abroad its inhabitants. -- isaiah 24:1 +. +And it shall be--as [what happens] with the people, so with the priest; as with the servant, so with his master; as with the maid, so with her mistress; as with the buyer, so with the seller; as with the lender, so with the borrower; as with the creditor, so with the debtor. -- isaiah 24:2 +. +The land and the earth shall be utterly laid waste and utterly pillaged; for the Lord has said this. -- isaiah 24:3 +. +The land and the earth mourn and wither, the world languishes and withers, the high ones of the people [and the heavens with the earth] languish. -- isaiah 24:4 +. +The land and the earth also are defiled by their inhabitants, because they have transgressed the laws, disregarded the statutes, and broken the everlasting covenant. -- isaiah 24:5 +. +Therefore a curse devours the land and the earth, and they who dwell in it suffer the punishment of their guilt. Therefore the inhabitants of the land and the earth are scorched and parched [under the curse of God's wrath], and few people are left. -- isaiah 24:6 +. +The new wine mourns, the vine languishes; all the merrymakers sigh. -- isaiah 24:7 +. +The mirth of the timbrels is stilled, the noise of those who rejoice ends, the joy of the lyre is stopped. -- isaiah 24:8 +. +No more will they drink wine with a song; strong drink will be bitter to those who drink it. -- isaiah 24:9 +. +The wasted city of emptiness and confusion is broken down; every house is shut up so that no one may enter. -- isaiah 24:10 +. +There is crying in the streets for wine; all joy is darkened, the mirth of the land is banished and gone into captivity. -- isaiah 24:11 +. +In the city is left desolation, and its gate is battered and destroyed. -- isaiah 24:12 +. +For so shall it be in the midst of the earth among the peoples, as the shaking and beating of an olive tree, or as the gleaning when the vintage is done [and only a small amount of the fruit remains]. -- isaiah 24:13 +. +[But] these [who have escaped and remain] lift up their voices, they shout; for the majesty of the Lord they cry aloud from the [Mediterranean] Sea. -- isaiah 24:14 +. +Wherefore glorify the Lord in the east [whether in the region of daybreak's lights and fires, or in the west]; [glorify] the name of the Lord, the God of Israel in the isles and coasts of the [Mediterranean] Sea. -- isaiah 24:15 +. +From the uttermost parts of the earth have we heard songs: Glory to the Righteous One [and to the people of Israel]! But I say, Emaciated I pine away, I pine away. Woe is me! The treacherous dealers deal treacherously! Yes, the treacherous dealers deal very treacherously. -- isaiah 24:16 +. +Terror and pit [of destruction] and snare are upon you, O inhabitant of the earth! -- isaiah 24:17 +. +And he who flees at the noise of the terror will fall into the pit; and he who comes up out of the pit will be caught in the snare. For the windows of the heavens are opened [as in the deluge], and the foundations of the earth tremble and shake. -- isaiah 24:18 +. +The earth is utterly broken, the earth is rent asunder, the earth is shaken violently. -- isaiah 24:19 +. +The earth shall stagger like a drunken man and shall sway to and fro like a hammock; its transgression shall lie heavily upon it, and it shall fall and not rise again. -- isaiah 24:20 +. +And in that day the Lord will visit and punish the host of the high ones on high [the host of heaven in heaven, celestial beings] and the kings of the earth on the earth. -- isaiah 24:21 +. +And they will be gathered together as prisoners are gathered in a pit or dungeon; they will be shut up in prison, and after many days they will be visited, inspected, and punished or pardoned. -- isaiah 24:22 +. +Then the moon will be confounded and the sun ashamed, when [they compare their ineffectual fire to the light of] the Lord of hosts, Who will reign on Mount Zion and in Jerusalem, and before His elders will show forth His glory. -- isaiah 24:23 +. +O LORD, You are my God; I will exalt You, I will praise Your name, for You have done wonderful things, even purposes planned of old [and fulfilled] in faithfulness and truth. -- isaiah 25:1 +. +For You have made a city a heap, a fortified city a ruin, a palace of aliens without a city [is no more a city]; it will never be rebuilt. -- isaiah 25:2 +. +Therefore [many] a strong people will glorify You, [many] a city of terrible and ruthless nations will [reverently] fear You. -- isaiah 25:3 +. +For You have been a stronghold for the poor, a stronghold for the needy in his distress, a shelter from the storm, a shade from the heat; for the blast of the ruthless ones is like a rainstorm against a wall. -- isaiah 25:4 +. +As the heat in a dry land [is reduced by the shadow of a cloud, so] You will bring down the noise of aliens [exultant over their enemies]; and as the heat is brought low by the shadow of a cloud, so the song of the ruthless ones is brought low. -- isaiah 25:5 +. +And on this Mount [Zion] shall the Lord of hosts make for all peoples a feast of rich things [symbolic of His coronation festival inaugurating the reign of the Lord on earth, in the wake of a background of gloom, judgment, and terror], a feast of wines on the lees--of fat things full of marrow, of wines on the lees well refined. -- isaiah 25:6 +. +And He will destroy on this mountain the covering of the face that is cast over the heads of all peoples [in mourning], and the veil [of profound wretchedness] that is woven and spread over all nations. -- isaiah 25:7 +. +He will swallow up death [in victory; He will abolish death forever]. And the Lord God will wipe away tears from all faces; and the reproach of His people He will take away from off all the earth; for the Lord has spoken it. -- isaiah 25:8 +. +It shall be said in that day, Behold our God upon Whom we have waited and hoped, that He might save us! This is the Lord, we have waited for Him; we will be glad and rejoice in His salvation. -- isaiah 25:9 +. +For the hand of the Lord shall rest on this Mount [Zion], and Moab shall be threshed and trodden down in his place as straw is trodden down in the [filthy] water of a [primitive] cesspit. -- isaiah 25:10 +. +And though [Moab] stretches forth his hands in the midst of [the filthy water] as a swimmer stretches out his hands to swim, the Lord will bring down [Moab's] pride in spite of the skillfulness of his hands and together with the spoils of his hands. -- isaiah 25:11 +. +And the high fortifications of your walls [the Lord] will bring down, lay low, and bring to the ground, even to the dust. -- isaiah 25:12 +. +IN THAT day shall this song be sung in the land of Judah: We have a strong city; [the Lord] sets up salvation as walls and bulwarks. -- isaiah 26:1 +. +Open the gates, that the [uncompromisingly] righteous nation which keeps her faith and her troth [with God] may enter in. -- isaiah 26:2 +. +You will guard him and keep him in perfect and constant peace whose mind [both its inclination and its character] is stayed on You, because he commits himself to You, leans on You, and hopes confidently in You. -- isaiah 26:3 +. +So trust in the Lord (commit yourself to Him, lean on Him, hope confidently in Him) forever; for the Lord God is an everlasting Rock [the Rock of Ages]. -- isaiah 26:4 +. +For He has brought down the inhabitants of the height, the lofty city; He lays it low, lays it low to the ground; He brings it even to the dust. -- isaiah 26:5 +. +The foot has trampled it down--even the feet of the poor, and the steps of the needy. -- isaiah 26:6 +. +The way of the [consistently] righteous (those living in moral and spiritual rectitude in every area and relationship of their lives) is level and straight; You, O [Lord], Who are upright, direct aright and make level the path of the [uncompromisingly] just and righteous. -- isaiah 26:7 +. +Yes, in the path of Your judgments, O Lord, we wait [expectantly] for You; our heartfelt desire is for Your name and for the remembrance of You. -- isaiah 26:8 +. +My soul yearns for You [O Lord] in the night, yes, my spirit within me seeks You earnestly; for [only] when Your judgments are in the earth will the inhabitants of the world learn righteousness (uprightness and right standing with God). -- isaiah 26:9 +. +Though favor is shown to the wicked, yet they do not learn righteousness; in the land of uprightness they deal perversely and refuse to see the majesty of the Lord. -- isaiah 26:10 +. +Though Your hand is lifted high to strike, Lord, they do not see it. Let them see Your zeal for Your people and be ashamed; yes, let the fire reserved for Your enemies consume them. -- isaiah 26:11 +. +Lord, You will ordain peace (God's favor and blessings, both temporal and spiritual) for us, for You have also wrought in us and for us all our works. -- isaiah 26:12 +. +O Lord, our God, other masters besides You have ruled over us, but we will acknowledge and mention Your name only. -- isaiah 26:13 +. +They [the former tyrant masters] are dead, they shall not live and reappear; they are powerless ghosts, they shall not rise and come back. Therefore You have visited and made an end of them and caused every memory of them [every trace of their supremacy] to perish. -- isaiah 26:14 +. +You have increased the nation, O Lord; You have increased the nation. You are glorified; You have enlarged all the borders of the land. -- isaiah 26:15 +. +Lord, when they were in trouble and distress, they sought and visited You; they poured out a prayerful whisper when Your chastening was upon them. -- isaiah 26:16 +. +As a woman with child drawing near the time of her delivery is in pain and writhes and cries out in her pangs, so we have been before You (at Your presence), O Lord. -- isaiah 26:17 +. +We have been with child, we have been writhing and in pain; we have, as it were, brought forth [only] wind. We have not wrought any deliverance in the earth, and the inhabitants of the world [of Israel] have not yet been born. -- isaiah 26:18 +. +Your dead shall live [O Lord]; the bodies of our dead [saints] shall rise. You who dwell in the dust, awake and sing for joy! For Your dew [O Lord] is a dew of [sparkling] light [heavenly, supernatural dew]; and the earth shall cast forth the dead [to life again; for on the land of the shades of the dead You will let Your dew fall]. -- isaiah 26:19 +. +Come, my people, enter your chambers and shut your doors behind you; hide yourselves for a little while until the [Lord's] wrath is past. -- isaiah 26:20 +. +For behold, the Lord is coming out of His place [heaven] to punish the inhabitants of the earth for their iniquity; the earth also will disclose the blood shed upon her and will no longer cover her slain and conceal her guilt. -- isaiah 26:21 +. +IN THAT day [the Lord will deliver Israel from her enemies and also from the rebel powers of evil and darkness] His sharp and unrelenting, great, and strong sword will visit and punish Leviathan the swiftly fleeing serpent, Leviathan the twisting and winding serpent; and He will slay the monster that is in the sea. -- isaiah 27:1 +. +In that day [it will be said of the redeemed nation of Israel], A vineyard beloved and lovely; sing a responsive song to it and about it! -- isaiah 27:2 +. +I, the Lord, am its Keeper; I water it every moment; lest anyone harm it, I guard and keep it night and day. -- isaiah 27:3 +. +Wrath is not in Me. Would that the briers and thorns [the wicked internal foe] were lined up against Me in battle! I would stride in against them; I would burn them up together. -- isaiah 27:4 +. +Or else [if all Israel would escape being burned up together there is but one alternative], let them take hold of My strength and make complete surrender to My protection, that they may make peace with Me! Yes, let them make peace with Me! -- isaiah 27:5 +. +In the days and generations to come Jacob shall take root; Israel shall blossom and send forth shoots and fill the whole world with fruit [of the knowledge of the true God]. -- isaiah 27:6 +. +Has [the Lord] smitten [Israel] as He smote those who smote them? Or have [the Israelites] been slain as their slayers were slain? -- isaiah 27:7 +. +By driving them out of Canaan, by exile, You contended with them in a measure [O Lord]--He removed them with His rough blast as in the day of the east wind. -- isaiah 27:8 +. +Only on this condition shall the iniquity of Jacob (Israel) be forgiven and purged, and this shall be the full fruit [God requires] for taking away his sin: that [Israel] should make all the stones of the [idol] altars like chalk stones crushed to pieces, so that the Asherim and the sun-images shall not remain standing or rise again. -- isaiah 27:9 +. +For the fortified city is solitary, a habitation deserted and forsaken like the wilderness; there the calf grazes, and there he lies down; he strips its branches and eats its twigs. -- isaiah 27:10 +. +When its boughs are withered and dry, they are broken off; the women come and set them afire. For they are a people of no understanding or discernment--witless folk; therefore He Who made them will not have compassion on them, and He Who formed them will show them no favor. -- isaiah 27:11 +. +And it shall be in that day that the Lord will thresh out His grain from the flood of the River [Euphrates] to the Brook of Egypt, and you will be gathered one by one and one to another, O children of Israel! -- isaiah 27:12 +. +And it shall be in that day that a great trumpet will be blown; and they will come who were lost and ready to perish in the land of Assyria and those who were driven out to the land of Egypt, and they will worship the Lord on the holy mountain at Jerusalem. -- isaiah 27:13 +. +WOE TO [Samaria] the crown of pride of the drunkards of Ephraim [the ten tribes], and to the fading flower of its glorious beauty, which is on the head of the rich valley of those overcome and smitten down with wine! -- isaiah 28:1 +. +Behold, the Lord has a strong and mighty one [the Assyrian]; like a tempest of hail, a destroying storm, like a flood of mighty overflowing waters, he will cast it down to the earth with violent hand. -- isaiah 28:2 +. +With [alien] feet [Samaria] the proud crown of the drunkards of Ephraim will be trodden down. -- isaiah 28:3 +. +And the fading flower of its glorious beauty, which is on the head of the rich valley, will be like the early fig before the fruit harvest, which, when anyone sees it, he snatches and eats it up greedily at once. [So in an amazingly short time will the Assyrians devour Samaria, Israel's capital.] -- isaiah 28:4 +. +[But] in that [future Messianic] day the Lord of hosts shall become a crown of glory and a diadem of beauty to the [converted] remnant of His people, -- isaiah 28:5 +. +And a spirit of justice to him who sits in judgment and administers the law, and strength to those who turn back the battle at the gate. -- isaiah 28:6 +. +But even these reel from wine and stagger from strong drink: the priest and the prophet reel from strong drink; they are confused from wine, they stagger and are gone astray through strong drink; they err in vision, they stumble when pronouncing judgment. -- isaiah 28:7 +. +For all the tables are full of filthy vomit, so that there is no place that is clean. -- isaiah 28:8 +. +To whom will He teach knowledge? [Ask the drunkards.] And whom will He make to understand the message? Those who are babies, just weaned from the milk and taken from the breasts? [Is that what He thinks we are?] -- isaiah 28:9 +. +For it is [His prophets repeating over and over]: precept upon precept, precept upon precept, rule upon rule, rule upon rule; here a little, there a little. -- isaiah 28:10 +. +No, but [the Lord will teach the rebels in a more humiliating way] by men with stammering lips and another tongue will He speak to this people [says Isaiah, and teach them His lessons]. -- isaiah 28:11 +. +To these [complaining Jews the Lord] had said, This is the true rest [the way to true comfort and happiness] that you shall give to the weary, and, This is the [true] refreshing--yet they would not listen [to His teaching]. -- isaiah 28:12 +. +Therefore the word of the Lord will be to them [merely monotonous repeatings of]: precept upon precept, precept upon precept, rule upon rule, rule upon rule; here a little, there a little--that they may go and fall backward, and be broken and snared and taken. -- isaiah 28:13 +. +Therefore hear the word of the Lord, you scoffers who rule this people in Jerusalem! -- isaiah 28:14 +. +Because you have said, We have made a covenant with death, and with Sheol (the place of the dead) we have an agreement--when the overflowing scourge passes through, it will not come to us, for we have made lies our refuge, and in falsehood we have taken shelter. -- isaiah 28:15 +. +Therefore thus says the Lord God, Behold, I am laying in Zion for a foundation a Stone, a tested Stone, a precious Cornerstone of sure foundation; he who believes (trusts in, relies on, and adheres to that Stone) will not be ashamed or give way or hasten away [in sudden panic]. -- isaiah 28:16 +. +I will make justice the measuring line and righteousness the plummet; and hail will sweep away the refuge of lies, and waters will overwhelm the hiding place (the shelter). -- isaiah 28:17 +. +And your covenant with death shall be annulled, and your agreement with Sheol (the place of the dead) shall not stand; when the overwhelming scourge passes through, then you will be trodden down by it. -- isaiah 28:18 +. +As often as it passes through, it [the enemy's scourge] will take you; for morning by morning will it pass through, by day and by night. And it will be utter terror merely to hear and comprehend the report and the message of it [but only hard treatment and dispersion will make you understand God's instruction]. -- isaiah 28:19 +. +For [they will find that] the bed is too short for a man to stretch himself on and the covering too narrow for him to wrap himself in. [All their sources of confidence will fail them.] -- isaiah 28:20 +. +For the Lord will rise up as on Mount Perazim, He will be wrathful as in the Valley of Gibeon, that He may do His work, His strange work, and bring to pass His act, His strange act. -- isaiah 28:21 +. +Now therefore do not be scoffers, lest the bands which bind you be made strong; for a decree of destruction have I heard from the Lord God of hosts upon the whole land and the whole earth. -- isaiah 28:22 +. +Give ear and hear my [Isaiah's] voice; listen and hear my words. -- isaiah 28:23 +. +Does he who plows for sowing plow continually? Does he continue to plow and harrow the ground after it is smooth? -- isaiah 28:24 +. +When he has leveled its surface, does he not cast abroad [the seed of] dill or fennel and scatter cummin [a seasoning], and put the wheat in rows, and barley in its intended place, and spelt [an inferior kind of wheat] as the border? -- isaiah 28:25 +. +[And he trains each of them correctly] for his God instructs him correctly and teaches him. -- isaiah 28:26 +. +For dill is not threshed with a sharp threshing instrument, nor is a cartwheel rolled over cummin; but dill is beaten off with a staff, and cummin with a rod [by hand]. -- isaiah 28:27 +. +Does one crush bread grain? No, he does not thresh it continuously. But when he has driven his cartwheel and his horses over it, he scatters it [tossing it up to the wind] without having crushed it. -- isaiah 28:28 +. +This also comes from the Lord of hosts, Who is wonderful in counsel [and] excellent in wisdom and effectual working. -- isaiah 28:29 +. +WOE TO Ariel [Jerusalem], to Ariel, the city where David encamped! Add yet another year; let the feasts run their round [but only one year more]. -- isaiah 29:1 +. +Then will I distress Ariel; and there shall be mourning and lamentation, yet she shall be to Me like an Ariel [an altar hearth, a hearth of burning, the altar of God]. -- isaiah 29:2 +. +And I will encamp against you round about; and I will hem you in with siege works and I will set up fortifications against you. -- isaiah 29:3 +. +And you shall be laid low [Jerusalem], speaking from beneath the ground, and your speech shall come humbly from the dust. And your voice shall be like that of a ghost [produced by a medium] coming from the earth, and your speech shall whisper and squeak as it chatters from the dust. -- isaiah 29:4 +. +But the multitude of your [enemy] strangers that assail you shall be like small dust, and the multitude of the ruthless and terrible ones like chaff that blows away. And in an instant, suddenly, -- isaiah 29:5 +. +You shall be visited and delivered by the Lord of hosts with thunder and earthquake and great noise, with whirlwind and tempest and the flame of a devouring fire. -- isaiah 29:6 +. +And the multitude of all the nations that fight against Ariel [Jerusalem], even all that fight against her and her stronghold and that distress her, shall be as a dream, a vision of the night. -- isaiah 29:7 +. +It shall be as when a hungry man dreams that he is eating, but he wakens with his craving not satisfied; or as when a thirsty man dreams that he is drinking, but he wakens and is faint, and his thirst is not quenched. So shall the multitude of all the nations be that fight against Mount Zion. -- isaiah 29:8 +. +Stop and wonder [at this prophecy, if you choose, whether you understand it or not; soon you will witness the actual event] and be confounded [reluctantly]! Blind yourselves [now, if you choose; take your pleasure] and then be blinded [at the actual occurrence]. They are drunk, but not from wine; they stagger, but not from strong drink [but from spiritual stupor]. -- isaiah 29:9 +. +For the Lord has poured out on you the spirit of deep sleep. And He has closed your eyes, the prophets; and your heads, the seers, He has covered and muffled. -- isaiah 29:10 +. +And the vision of all this has become for you like the words of a book that is sealed. When men give it to one who can read, saying, Read this, I pray you, he says, I cannot, for it is sealed. -- isaiah 29:11 +. +And when the book is given to him who is not learned, saying, Read this, I pray you, he says, I cannot read. -- isaiah 29:12 +. +And the Lord said, Forasmuch as this people draw near Me with their mouth and honor Me with their lips but remove their hearts and minds far from Me, and their fear and reverence for Me are a commandment of men that is learned by repetition [without any thought as to the meaning], -- isaiah 29:13 +. +Therefore, behold! I will again do marvelous things with this people, marvelous and astonishing things; and the wisdom of their wise men will perish, and the understanding of their discerning men will vanish or be hidden. -- isaiah 29:14 +. +Woe to those who [seek to] hide deep from the Lord their counsel, whose deeds are in the dark, and who say, Who sees us? Who knows us? -- isaiah 29:15 +. +[Oh, your perversity!] You turn things upside down! Shall the potter be considered of no more account than the clay? Shall the thing that is made say of its maker, He did not make me; or the thing that is formed say of him who formed it, He has no understanding? -- isaiah 29:16 +. +Is it not yet a very little while until Lebanon shall be turned into a fruitful field and the fruitful field esteemed as a forest? -- isaiah 29:17 +. +And in that day shall the deaf hear the words of the book, and out of obscurity and gloom and darkness the eyes of the blind shall see. -- isaiah 29:18 +. +The meek also shall increase their joy in the Lord, and the poor among men shall rejoice and exult in the Holy One of Israel. -- isaiah 29:19 +. +For the terrible one [the Assyrian enemy] shall come to nought, and the scoffer shall cease, and all those who watch for iniquity [as an occasion for accusation] shall be cut off-- -- isaiah 29:20 +. +Those who make a man an offender and bring condemnation upon him with a word, and lay a trap for him who upholds justice at the city gate, and thrust aside the innocent and truly righteous with an empty plea. -- isaiah 29:21 +. +Therefore thus says the Lord, Who redeemed Abraham [out of Ur and idolatry], concerning the house of Jacob: Jacob shall not then be ashamed; not then shall his face become pale [with fear and disappointment because of his children's degeneracy]. -- isaiah 29:22 +. +For when he sees his children [walking in the way of piety and virtue], the work of My hands in his midst, they will revere My name; they will revere the Holy One of Jacob and reverently fear the God of Israel. -- isaiah 29:23 +. +Those who err in spirit will come to understanding, and those who murmur [discontentedly] will accept instruction. -- isaiah 29:24 +. +WOE TO the rebellious children, says the Lord, who take counsel and carry out a plan, but not Mine, and who make a league and pour out a drink offering, but not of My Spirit, thus adding sin to sin; -- isaiah 30:1 +. +Who set out to go down into Egypt, and have not asked Me--to flee to the stronghold of Pharaoh and to strengthen themselves in his strength and to trust in the shadow of Egypt! -- isaiah 30:2 +. +Therefore shall the strength and protection of Pharaoh turn to your shame, and the refuge in the shadow of Egypt be to your humiliation and confusion. -- isaiah 30:3 +. +For though [Pharaoh's] officials are at Zoan and his ambassadors arrive at Hanes [in Egypt], -- isaiah 30:4 +. +Yet will all be ashamed because of a people [the Egyptians] who cannot profit them, who are not a help or benefit, but a shame and disgrace. -- isaiah 30:5 +. +A mournful, inspired prediction (a burden to be lifted up) concerning the beasts of the South (the Negeb): Oh, the heavy burden, the load of treasures going to Egypt! Through a land of trouble and anguish, in which are lioness and lion, viper and fiery flying serpent, they carry their riches upon the shoulders of young donkeys, and their treasures upon the humps of camels, to a people that will not and cannot profit them. -- isaiah 30:6 +. +For Egypt's help is worthless and toward no purpose. Therefore I have called her Rahab Who Sits Still. -- isaiah 30:7 +. +Now, go, write it before them on a tablet and inscribe it in a book, that it may be as a witness for the time to come forevermore. -- isaiah 30:8 +. +For this is a rebellious people, faithless and lying sons, children who will not hear the law and instruction of the Lord; -- isaiah 30:9 +. +Who [virtually] say to the seers [by their conduct], See not! and to the prophets, Prophesy not to us what is right! Speak to us smooth things, prophesy deceitful illusions. -- isaiah 30:10 +. +Get out of the true way, turn aside out of the path, cease holding up before us the Holy One of Israel. -- isaiah 30:11 +. +Therefore thus says the Holy One of Israel: Because you despise and spurn this [My] word and trust in cunning and oppression, in crookedness and perverseness, and rely on them, -- isaiah 30:12 +. +Therefore this iniquity and guilt will be to you like a broken section of a high wall, bulging out and ready [at some distant day] to fall, whose crash will [then] come suddenly and swiftly, in an instant. -- isaiah 30:13 +. +And he shall break it as a potter's vessel is broken, breaking it in pieces without sparing so that there cannot be found among its pieces one large enough to carry coals of fire from the hearth or to dip water out of the cistern. -- isaiah 30:14 +. +For thus said the Lord God, the Holy One of Israel: In returning [to Me] and resting [in Me] you shall be saved; in quietness and in [trusting] confidence shall be your strength. But you would not, -- isaiah 30:15 +. +And you said, No! We will speed [our own course] on horses! Therefore you will speed [in flight from your enemies]! You said, We will ride upon swift steeds [doing our own way]! Therefore will they who pursue you be swift, [so swift that] -- isaiah 30:16 +. +One thousand of you will flee at the threat of one of them; at the threat of five you will flee till you are left like a beacon or a flagpole on the top of a mountain, and like a signal on a hill. -- isaiah 30:17 +. +And therefore the Lord [earnestly] waits [expecting, looking, and longing] to be gracious to you; and therefore He lifts Himself up, that He may have mercy on you and show loving-kindness to you. For the Lord is a God of justice. Blessed (happy, fortunate, to be envied) are all those who [earnestly] wait for Him, who expect and look and long for Him [for His victory, His favor, His love, His peace, His joy, and His matchless, unbroken companionship]! -- isaiah 30:18 +. +O people who dwell in Zion at Jerusalem, you will weep no more. He will surely be gracious to you at the sound of your cry; when He hears it, He will answer you. -- isaiah 30:19 +. +And though the Lord gives you the bread of adversity and the water of affliction, yet your Teacher will not hide Himself any more, but your eyes will constantly behold your Teacher. -- isaiah 30:20 +. +And your ears will hear a word behind you, saying, This is the way; walk in it, when you turn to the right hand and when you turn to the left. -- isaiah 30:21 +. +Then you will defile your carved images overlaid with silver and your molten images plated with gold; you will cast them away as a filthy bloodstained cloth, and you will say to them, Be gone! -- isaiah 30:22 +. +Then will He give you rain for the seed with which you sow the soil, and bread grain from the produce of the ground, and it will be rich and plentiful. In that day your cattle will feed in large pastures. -- isaiah 30:23 +. +The oxen likewise and the young donkeys that till the ground will eat savory and salted fodder, which has been winnowed with shovel and with fork. -- isaiah 30:24 +. +And upon every high mountain and upon every high hill there will be brooks and streams of water in the day of the great slaughter [the day of the Lord], when the towers fall [and all His enemies are destroyed]. -- isaiah 30:25 +. +Moreover, the light of the moon will be like the light of the sun, and the light of the sun will be sevenfold, like the light of seven days [concentrated in one], in the day that the Lord binds up the hurt of His people, and heals their wound [inflicted by Him because of their sins]. -- isaiah 30:26 +. +Behold, the Name of the Lord comes from afar, burning with His anger, and in thick, rising smoke. His lips are full of indignation, and His tongue is like a consuming fire. -- isaiah 30:27 +. +And His breath is like an overflowing stream that reaches even to the neck, to sift the nations with the sieve of destruction; and a bridle that causes them to err will be in the jaws of the people. -- isaiah 30:28 +. +You shall have a song as in the night when a holy feast is kept, and gladness of heart as when one marches in procession with a flute to go to the temple on the mountain of the Lord, to the Rock of Israel. -- isaiah 30:29 +. +And the Lord shall cause His glorious voice to be heard and the descending blow of His arm to be seen, coming down with indignant anger and with the flame of a devouring fire, amid crashing blast and cloudburst, tempest, and hailstones. -- isaiah 30:30 +. +At the voice of the Lord the Assyrians will be stricken with dismay and terror, when He smites them with His rod. -- isaiah 30:31 +. +And every passing stroke of the staff of punishment and doom which the Lord lays upon them shall be to the sound of [Israel's] timbrels and lyres, when in battle He attacks [Assyria] with swinging and menacing arms. -- isaiah 30:32 +. +For Topheth [a place of burning and abomination] has already been laid out and long ago prepared; yes, for the [Assyrian] king and [the god] Molech it has been made ready, its pyre made deep and large, with fire and much wood; the breath of the Lord, like a stream of brimstone, kindles it. -- isaiah 30:33 +. +WOE TO those who go down to Egypt for help, who rely on horses and trust in chariots because they are many and in horsemen because they are very strong, but they look not to the Holy One of Israel, nor seek and consult the Lord! -- isaiah 31:1 +. +And yet He is wise and brings calamity and does not retract His words; He will arise against the house (the whole race) of evildoers and against the helpers of those who work iniquity. -- isaiah 31:2 +. +Now the Egyptians are men and not God, and their horses are flesh and not spirit; and when the Lord stretches out His hand, both [Egypt] who helps will stumble, and [Judah] who is helped will fall, and they will all perish and be consumed together. -- isaiah 31:3 +. +For the Lord has said to me, As the lion or the young lion growls over his prey--and though a large band of shepherds is called out against him, he will not be terrified at their voice or daunted at their noise--so the Lord of hosts will come down to fight upon Mount Zion and upon its hills. -- isaiah 31:4 +. +Like birds hovering, so will the Lord of hosts defend Jerusalem; He will protect and deliver it, He will pass over and spare and preserve it. -- isaiah 31:5 +. +Return, O children of Israel, to Him against Whom you have so deeply plunged into revolt. -- isaiah 31:6 +. +For in that day every man of you will cast away [in contempt and disgust] his idols of silver and his idols of gold, which your own hands have sinfully made for you. -- isaiah 31:7 +. +Then the Assyrian shall fall by a sword not of man; and a sword, not of men [but of God], shall devour him. And he shall flee from the sword, and his young men shall be subjected to forced labor. -- isaiah 31:8 +. +[In his flight] he shall pass beyond his rock [refuge and stronghold] because of terror; even his officers shall desert the standard in fear and panic, says the Lord, Whose fire is in Zion and Whose furnace is in Jerusalem. -- isaiah 31:9 +. +BEHOLD, A King will reign in righteousness, and princes will rule with justice. -- isaiah 32:1 +. +And each one of them shall be like a hiding place from the wind and a shelter from the storm, like streams of water in a dry place, like the shade of a great rock in a weary land [to those who turn to them]. -- isaiah 32:2 +. +Then the eyes of those who see will not be closed or dimmed, and the ears of those who hear will listen. -- isaiah 32:3 +. +And the mind of the rash will understand knowledge and have good judgment, and the tongue of the stammerers will speak readily and plainly. -- isaiah 32:4 +. +The fool (the unbeliever and the ungodly) will no more be called noble, nor the crafty and greedy [for gain] said to be bountiful and princely. -- isaiah 32:5 +. +For the fool speaks folly and his mind plans iniquity: practicing profane ungodliness and speaking error concerning the Lord, leaving the craving of the hungry unsatisfied and causing the drink of the thirsty to fail. -- isaiah 32:6 +. +The instruments and methods of the fraudulent and greedy [for gain] are evil; he devises wicked devices to ruin the poor and the lowly with lying words, even when the plea of the needy is just and right. -- isaiah 32:7 +. +But the noble, openhearted, and liberal man devises noble things; and he stands for what is noble, openhearted, and generous. -- isaiah 32:8 +. +Rise up, you women who are at ease! Hear my [Isaiah's] voice, you confident and careless daughters! Listen to what I am saying! -- isaiah 32:9 +. +In little more than a year you will be shaken with anxiety, you careless and complacent women; for the vintage will fail, and the ingathering will not come. -- isaiah 32:10 +. +Tremble, you women who are at ease! Shudder with fear, you complacent ones! Strip yourselves bare and gird sackcloth upon your loins [in grief]! -- isaiah 32:11 +. +They shall beat upon their breasts for the pleasant fields, for the fruitful vine, -- isaiah 32:12 +. +For the land of my people growing over with thorns and briers--yes, for all the houses of joy in the joyous city. -- isaiah 32:13 +. +For the palace shall be forsaken, the populous city shall be deserted; the hill and the watchtower shall become dens [for wild animals] endlessly, a joy for wild donkeys, a pasture for flocks, -- isaiah 32:14 +. +Until the Spirit is poured upon us from on high, and the wilderness becomes a fruitful field, and the fruitful field is valued as a forest. -- isaiah 32:15 +. +Then justice will dwell in the wilderness, and righteousness (moral and spiritual rectitude in every area and relation) will abide in the fruitful field. -- isaiah 32:16 +. +And the effect of righteousness will be peace [internal and external], and the result of righteousness will be quietness and confident trust forever. -- isaiah 32:17 +. +My people shall dwell in a peaceable habitation, in safe dwellings, and in quiet resting-places. -- isaiah 32:18 +. +But it [the wrath of the Lord] shall hail, coming down overpoweringly on the forest [the army of the Assyrians], and the capital city shall be utterly humbled and laid prostrate. -- isaiah 32:19 +. +Happy and fortunate are you who cast your seed upon all waters [when the river overflows its banks; for the seed will sink into the mud and when the waters subside, the plant will spring up; you will find it after many days and reap an abundant harvest], you who safely send forth the ox and the donkey [to range freely]. -- isaiah 32:20 +. +WOE TO you, O destroyer, you who were not yourself destroyed, who deal treacherously though they [your victims] did not deal treacherously with you! When you have ceased to destroy, you will be destroyed; and when you have stopped dealing treacherously, they will deal treacherously with you. -- isaiah 33:1 +. +O Lord, be gracious to us; we have waited [expectantly] for You. Be the arm [of Your servants--their strength and defense] every morning, our salvation in the time of trouble. -- isaiah 33:2 +. +At the noise of the tumult [caused by Your voice at which the enemy is overthrown], the peoples flee; at the lifting up of Yourself, nations are scattered. -- isaiah 33:3 +. +And the spoil [of the Assyrians] is gathered [by the inhabitants of Jerusalem] as the caterpillar gathers; as locusts leap and run to and fro, so [the Jews spoil the Assyrians' forsaken camp as they] leap upon it. -- isaiah 33:4 +. +The Lord is exalted, for He dwells on high; He will fill Zion with justice and righteousness (moral and spiritual rectitude in every area and relation). -- isaiah 33:5 +. +And there shall be stability in your times, an abundance of salvation, wisdom, and knowledge; the reverent fear and worship of the Lord is your treasure and His. -- isaiah 33:6 +. +Behold, their valiant ones cry without; the ambassadors of peace weep bitterly. -- isaiah 33:7 +. +The highways lie waste, the wayfaring man ceases. The enemy has broken the covenant, he has despised the cities and the witnesses, he regards no man. -- isaiah 33:8 +. +The land mourns and languishes, Lebanon is confounded and [its luxuriant verdure] withers away; Sharon [a fertile pasture region south of Mount Carmel] is like a desert, and Bashan [a broad, fertile plateau east of the Jordan River] and [Mount] Carmel shake off their leaves. -- isaiah 33:9 +. +Now will I arise, says the Lord. Now will I lift up Myself; now will I be exalted. -- isaiah 33:10 +. +You conceive chaff, you bring forth stubble; your breath is a fire that consumes you. -- isaiah 33:11 +. +And the people will be burned as if to lime, like thorns cut down that are burned in the fire. -- isaiah 33:12 +. +Hear, you who are far off [says the Lord], what I have done; and you who are near, acknowledge My might! -- isaiah 33:13 +. +The sinners in Zion are afraid; trembling seizes the godless ones. [They cry] Who among us can dwell with that devouring fire? Who among us can dwell with those everlasting burnings? -- isaiah 33:14 +. +He who walks righteously and speaks uprightly, who despises gain from fraud and from oppression, who shakes his hand free from the taking of bribes, who stops his ears from hearing of bloodshed and shuts his eyes to avoid looking upon evil. -- isaiah 33:15 +. +[Such a man] will dwell on the heights; his place of defense will be the fortresses of rocks; his bread will be given him; water for him will be sure. -- isaiah 33:16 +. +Your eyes will see the King in His beauty; [your eyes] will behold a land of wide distances that stretches afar. -- isaiah 33:17 +. +Your mind will meditate on the terror: [asking] Where is he who counted? Where is he who weighed the tribute? Where is he who counted the towers? -- isaiah 33:18 +. +You will see no more the fierce and insolent people, a people of a speech too deep and obscure to be comprehended, of a strange and stammering tongue that you cannot understand. -- isaiah 33:19 +. +Look upon Zion, the city of our set feasts and solemnities! Your eyes shall see Jerusalem, a quiet habitation, a tent that shall not be taken down; not one of its stakes shall ever be pulled up, neither shall any of its cords be broken. -- isaiah 33:20 +. +But there the Lord will be for us in majesty and splendor a place of broad rivers and streams, where no oar-propelled boat can go, and no mighty and stately ship can pass. -- isaiah 33:21 +. +For the Lord is our Judge, the Lord is our Lawgiver, the Lord is our King; He will save us. -- isaiah 33:22 +. +Your hoisting ropes hang loose; they cannot strengthen and hold firm the foot of their mast or keep the sail spread out. Then will prey and spoil in abundance be divided; even the lame will take the prey. -- isaiah 33:23 +. +And no inhabitant [of Zion] will say, I am sick; the people who dwell there will be forgiven their iniquity and guilt. -- isaiah 33:24 +. +COME NEAR, you nations, to hear; and hearken, you peoples! Let the earth hear, and all that is in it; the world, and all things that come forth from it. -- isaiah 34:1 +. +For the Lord is indignant against all nations, and His wrath is against all their host. He has utterly doomed them, He has given them over to slaughter. -- isaiah 34:2 +. +Their slain also shall be cast out, and the stench of their dead bodies shall rise, and the mountains shall flow with their blood. -- isaiah 34:3 +. +All the host of the heavens shall be dissolved and crumble away, and the skies shall be rolled together like a scroll; and all their host [the stars and the planets] shall drop like a faded leaf from the vine, and like a withered fig from the fig tree. -- isaiah 34:4 +. +Because My sword has been bathed and equipped in heaven, behold, it shall come down upon Edom [the descendants of Esau], upon the people whom I have doomed for judgment. -- isaiah 34:5 +. +The sword of the Lord is filled with blood [of sacrifices], it is gorged and greased with fatness--with the blood of lambs and goats, with the fat of the kidneys of rams. For the Lord has a sacrifice in Bozrah [capital of Edom] and a great slaughter in the land of Edom. -- isaiah 34:6 +. +And the wild oxen shall fall with them, and the [young] bullocks with the [old and mighty] bulls; and their land shall be drunk and soaked with blood, and their dust made rich with fatness. -- isaiah 34:7 +. +For the Lord has a day of vengeance, a year of recompense, for the cause of Zion. -- isaiah 34:8 +. +And the streams [of Edom] will be turned into pitch and its dust into brimstone, and its land will become burning pitch. -- isaiah 34:9 +. +[The burning of Edom] shall not be quenched night or day; its smoke shall go up forever. From generation to generation it shall lie waste; none shall pass through it forever and ever. -- isaiah 34:10 +. +But the pelican and the porcupine will possess it; the owl and the bittern and the raven will dwell in it. And He will stretch over it [Edom] the measuring line of confusion and the plummet stones of chaos [over its nobles]. -- isaiah 34:11 +. +They shall call its nobles to proclaim the kingdom, but nothing shall be there, and all its princes shall be no more. -- isaiah 34:12 +. +And thorns shall come up in its palaces and strongholds, nettles and brambles in its fortresses; and it shall be a habitation for jackals, an abode for ostriches. -- isaiah 34:13 +. +And the wild beasts of the desert will meet here with howling creatures [wolves and hyenas] and the [shaggy] wild goat will call to his fellow; the night monster will settle there and find a place of rest. -- isaiah 34:14 +. +There shall the arrow snake make her nest and lay her eggs and hatch them and gather her young under her shade; there shall the kites be gathered [also to breed] every one with its mate. -- isaiah 34:15 +. +Seek out of the book of the Lord and read: not one of these [details of prophecy] shall fail, none shall want and lack her mate [in fulfillment]. For the mouth [of the Lord] has commanded, and His Spirit has gathered them. -- isaiah 34:16 +. +And He has cast the lot for them, and His hand has portioned [Edom] to [the wild beasts] by measuring line. They shall possess it forever; from generation to generation they shall dwell in it. -- isaiah 34:17 +. +THE WILDERNESS and the dry land shall be glad; the desert shall rejoice and blossom like the rose and the autumn crocus. -- isaiah 35:1 +. +It shall blossom abundantly and rejoice even with joy and singing. The glory of Lebanon shall be given to it, the excellency of [Mount] Carmel and [the plain] of Sharon. They shall see the glory of the Lord, the majesty and splendor and excellency of our God. -- isaiah 35:2 +. +Strengthen the weak hands and make firm the feeble and tottering knees. -- isaiah 35:3 +. +Say to those who are of a fearful and hasty heart, Be strong, fear not! Behold, your God will come with vengeance; with the recompense of God He will come and save you. -- isaiah 35:4 +. +Then the eyes of the blind shall be opened, and the ears of the deaf shall be unstopped. -- isaiah 35:5 +. +Then shall the lame man leap like a hart, and the tongue of the dumb shall sing for joy. For waters shall break forth in the wilderness and streams in the desert. -- isaiah 35:6 +. +And the burning sand and the mirage shall become a pool, and the thirsty ground springs of water; in the haunt of jackals, where they lay resting, shall be grass with reeds and rushes. -- isaiah 35:7 +. +And a highway shall be there, and a way; and it shall be called the Holy Way. The unclean shall not pass over it, but it shall be for the redeemed; the wayfaring men, yes, the simple ones and fools, shall not err in it and lose their way. -- isaiah 35:8 +. +No lion shall be there, nor shall any ravenous beast come up on it; they shall not be found there. But the redeemed shall walk on it. -- isaiah 35:9 +. +And the ransomed of the Lord shall return and come to Zion with singing, and everlasting joy shall be upon their heads; they shall obtain joy and gladness, and sorrow and sighing shall flee away. -- isaiah 35:10 +. +NOW IN the fourteenth year of King Hezekiah, Sennacherib king of Assyria came up against all the fortified cities of Judah and took them. -- isaiah 36:1 +. +And the king of Assyria sent the Rabshakeh [the military official] from Lachish [the Judean fortress commanding the road from Egypt] to King Hezekiah at Jerusalem with a great army. And he stood by the canal of the Upper Pool on the highway to the Fuller's Field. -- isaiah 36:2 +. +Then came out to meet him Eliakim son of Hilkiah, who was over the [royal] household, and Shebna the secretary, and Joah son of Asaph, the recording historian. -- isaiah 36:3 +. +And the Rabshakeh said to them, Say to Hezekiah, Thus says the great king, the king of Assyria: What reason for confidence is this in which you trust? -- isaiah 36:4 +. +Do you suppose that mere words of the lips can pass for warlike counsel and strength? Now in whom do you trust and on whom do you rely, that you rebel against me? -- isaiah 36:5 +. +Behold, you trust in the staff of this bruised and broken reed, Egypt, which will pierce the hand of any man who leans on it. So is Pharaoh king of Egypt to all who trust and rely on him. -- isaiah 36:6 +. +But if you say to me, We trust in and rely on the Lord our God--is it not He Whose high places and Whose altars Hezekiah has taken away, saying to Judah and to Jerusalem, You shall worship before this altar? -- isaiah 36:7 +. +Now therefore, I pray you, make a wager with my master the king of Assyria and give him pledges, and I will give you two thousand horses--if you are able on your part to put riders on them. -- isaiah 36:8 +. +How then can you repulse the attack of a single captain of the least of my master's servants, when you put your reliance on Egypt for chariots and for horsemen? -- isaiah 36:9 +. +Moreover, is it without the Lord that I have now come up against this land to destroy it? The Lord said to me, Go up against this land and destroy it. -- isaiah 36:10 +. +Then Eliakim and Shebna and Joah said to the Rabshakeh, We pray you, speak to your servants in the Aramaic or Syrian language, for we understand it; and do not speak to us in the language of the Jews in the hearing of the people on the wall. -- isaiah 36:11 +. +But the Rabshakeh said, Has my master sent me to speak these words only to your master and to you? Has he not sent me to the men sitting on the wall, who are doomed with you to eat their own dung and drink their own urine? -- isaiah 36:12 +. +Then the Rabshakeh stood and cried with a loud voice in the language of the Jews: Hear the words of the great king, the king of Assyria! -- isaiah 36:13 +. +Thus says the king: Let not Hezekiah deceive you, for he will not be able to deliver you. -- isaiah 36:14 +. +Nor let Hezekiah make you trust in and rely on the Lord, saying, The Lord will surely deliver us; this city will not be delivered into the hand of the king of Assyria. -- isaiah 36:15 +. +Do not listen to Hezekiah, for thus says the king of Assyria: Make your peace with me and come out to me; and eat every one from his own vine and every one from his own fig tree and drink every one the water of his own cistern, -- isaiah 36:16 +. +Until I come and take you away to a land like your own land, a land of grain and wine, a land of bread and vineyards. -- isaiah 36:17 +. +Beware lest Hezekiah persuade and mislead you by saying, The Lord will deliver us. Has any one of the gods of the nations ever delivered his land out of the hand of the king of Assyria? -- isaiah 36:18 +. +Where are the gods of Hamath and Arpad [in Syria]? Where are the gods of Sepharvaim [a place from which the Assyrians brought colonists to inhabit evacuated Samaria]? And have [the gods] delivered Samaria [capital of the ten northern tribes of Israel] out of my hand? -- isaiah 36:19 +. +Who among all the gods of these lands has delivered his land out of my hand, that [you should think that] the Lord can deliver Jerusalem out of my hand? -- isaiah 36:20 +. +But they kept still and answered him not a word, for the king's [Hezekiah's] command was, Do not answer him. -- isaiah 36:21 +. +Then Eliakim son of Hilkiah, who was over the household, and Shebna the secretary, and Joah son of Asaph, the recording historian came to Hezekiah with their clothes rent, and told him the words of the Rabshakeh [the Assyrian military official]. -- isaiah 36:22 +. +AND WHEN King Hezekiah heard it, he rent his clothes and covered himself with sackcloth and went into the house of the Lord. -- isaiah 37:1 +. +And he sent Eliakim, who was over the [royal] household, and Shebna the secretary, and the older priests, clothed with sackcloth, to Isaiah the prophet, the son of Amoz. -- isaiah 37:2 +. +And they said to him, Thus says Hezekiah: This day is a day of trouble and distress and of rebuke and of disgrace; for children have come to the birth, and there is no strength to bring them forth. -- isaiah 37:3 +. +It may be that the Lord your God will hear the words of the Rabshakeh, whom the king of Assyria, his master, has sent to mock, reproach, insult, and defy the living God, and will rebuke the words which the Lord your God has heard. Therefore lift up your prayer for the remnant [of His people] that is left. -- isaiah 37:4 +. +So the servants of King Hezekiah came to Isaiah. -- isaiah 37:5 +. +And Isaiah said to them, You shall say to your master, Thus says the Lord: Do not be afraid because of the words which you have heard, with which the servants of the king of Assyria have reviled and blasphemed Me. -- isaiah 37:6 +. +Behold, I will put a spirit in him so that he will hear a rumor and return to his own land, and I will cause him to fall by the sword in his own land. -- isaiah 37:7 +. +So the Rabshakeh returned and found the king of Assyria fighting against Libnah [a fortified city of Judah]; for he had heard that the king had departed from Lachish. -- isaiah 37:8 +. +And [Sennacherib king of Assyria] heard concerning Tirhakah king of Ethiopia, He has come forth to make war with you. And when he heard it, he sent messengers to Hezekiah, saying, -- isaiah 37:9 +. +Thus shall you speak to Hezekiah king of Judah: Let not your God in Whom you trust deceive you by saying, Jerusalem shall not be given into the hand of the king of Assyria. -- isaiah 37:10 +. +Behold, you have heard what the kings of Assyria have done to all lands, destroying them utterly. And shall you be delivered? -- isaiah 37:11 +. +Have the gods of the nations delivered those whom my predecessors have destroyed, as Gozan, Haran [of Mesopotamia], Rezeph, and the children of Eden who were in Telassar? -- isaiah 37:12 +. +Where is the king of Hamath, and the king of Arpad [of northern Syria], and the king of the city of Sepharvaim, the king of Hena, or the king of Ivvah? -- isaiah 37:13 +. +And Hezekiah received the letter from the hand of the messengers and read it. And Hezekiah went up to the house of the Lord and spread it before the Lord. -- isaiah 37:14 +. +And Hezekiah prayed to the Lord: -- isaiah 37:15 +. +O Lord of hosts, God of Israel, Who [in symbol] are enthroned above the cherubim [of the ark in the temple], You are the God, You alone, of all the kingdoms of the earth. You have made heaven and earth. -- isaiah 37:16 +. +Incline Your ear, O Lord, and hear; open Your eyes, O Lord, and see; and hear all the words of Sennacherib which he has sent to mock, reproach, insult, and defy the living God. -- isaiah 37:17 +. +It is true, Lord, that the kings of Assyria have laid waste all the nations and their lands -- isaiah 37:18 +. +And have cast the gods of those peoples into the fire, for they were not gods but the work of men's hands, wood and stone. Therefore they have destroyed them. -- isaiah 37:19 +. +Now therefore, O Lord our God, save us from his hand, that all the kingdoms of the earth may know (understand and realize) that You are the Lord, even You only. -- isaiah 37:20 +. +Then Isaiah son of Amoz sent to Hezekiah, saying, Thus says the Lord, the God of Israel: Because you have prayed to Me against Sennacherib king of Assyria, -- isaiah 37:21 +. +This is the word which the Lord has spoken concerning him: The Virgin Daughter of Zion has despised you and laughed you to scorn; the Daughter of Jerusalem has shaken her head behind you. -- isaiah 37:22 +. +Whom have you mocked and reviled [insulted and blasphemed]? And against Whom have you raised your voice and haughtily lifted your eyes? Against the Holy One of Israel! -- isaiah 37:23 +. +By your servants you have mocked, reproached, insulted, and defied the Lord, and you have said, With my many chariots I have gone up to the height of the mountains, to the inner recesses of Lebanon. I cut down its tallest cedars and its choicest cypress trees; I came to its remotest height, its most luxuriant and dense forest; -- isaiah 37:24 +. +I dug wells and drank foreign waters, and with the sole of my feet I have dried up all the rivers [the Nile streams] of Egypt. -- isaiah 37:25 +. +[But, says the God of Israel] have you not heard that I purposed to do it long ago, that I planned it in ancient times? Now I have brought it to pass, that you [king of Assyria] should [be My instrument to] lay waste fortified cities, making them ruinous heaps. -- isaiah 37:26 +. +Therefore their inhabitants had little power, they were dismayed and confounded; they were like the grass of the field and like the green herb, like the grass on the housetops and like a field of grain blasted before it is grown or is in stalk. -- isaiah 37:27 +. +But I [the Lord] know your sitting down and your going out and your coming in and your raging against Me. -- isaiah 37:28 +. +Because your raging against Me and your arrogance and careless ease have come to My ears, therefore will I put My hook in your nose and My bridle in your lips, and I will turn you back by the way you came. -- isaiah 37:29 +. +And [now, Hezekiah, says the Lord] this shall be the sign [of these things] to you: you shall eat this year what grows of itself, and in the second year that which springs from the same. And in the third year sow and reap, and plant vineyards and eat the fruit of them. -- isaiah 37:30 +. +And the remnant that has survived of the house of Judah shall again take root downward and bear fruit upward. -- isaiah 37:31 +. +For out of Jerusalem will go forth a remnant, and a band that survives out of Mount Zion. The zeal of the Lord of hosts will perform this. -- isaiah 37:32 +. +Therefore thus says the Lord concerning the king of Assyria: He shall not come into this city or shoot an arrow here or come before it with shield or cast up a siege mound against it. -- isaiah 37:33 +. +By the way that he came, by the same way he shall return, and he shall not come into this city, says the Lord. -- isaiah 37:34 +. +For I will defend this city to save it, for My own sake and for the sake of My servant David. -- isaiah 37:35 +. +And the Angel of the Lord went forth, and slew 185,in the camp of the Assyrians; and when [the living] arose early in the morning, behold, all these were dead bodies. -- isaiah 37:36 +. +So Sennacherib king of Assyria departed and returned and dwelt at Nineveh. -- isaiah 37:37 +. +And as he was worshiping in the house of Nisroch his god, Adrammelech and Sharezer his sons killed him with the sword, and they escaped into the land of Armenia or Ararat. And Esarhaddon his son reigned in his stead. -- isaiah 37:38 +. +IN THOSE days King Hezekiah of Judah became ill and was at the point of death. And Isaiah the prophet, the son of Amoz, came to him and said, Thus says the Lord: Set your house in order, for you shall die and not live. -- isaiah 38:1 +. +Then Hezekiah turned his face to the wall and prayed to the Lord -- isaiah 38:2 +. +And said, Remember [earnestly] now, O Lord, I beseech You, how I have walked before You in faithfulness and in truth, with a whole heart [absolutely devoted to You], and have done what is good in Your sight. And Hezekiah wept bitterly. -- isaiah 38:3 +. +Then came the word of the Lord to Isaiah, saying, -- isaiah 38:4 +. +Go, and say to Hezekiah, Thus says the Lord, the God of David your father: I have heard your prayer, I have seen your tears; behold, I will add to your life fifteen years. -- isaiah 38:5 +. +And I will deliver you and this city out of the hand of the king of Assyria; and I will defend this city [Jerusalem]. -- isaiah 38:6 +. +And this will be the sign to you from the Lord that the Lord will do this thing that He has spoken: -- isaiah 38:7 +. +Behold, I will turn the shadow [denoting the time of day] on the steps or degrees, which has gone down on the steps or sundial of Ahaz, backward ten steps or degrees. And the sunlight turned back ten steps on the steps on which it had gone down. -- isaiah 38:8 +. +This is the writing of Hezekiah king of Judah after he had been sick and had recovered from his sickness: -- isaiah 38:9 +. +I said, In the noontide and tranquillity of my days I must depart; I am to pass through the gates of Sheol (the place of the dead), deprived of the remainder of my years. -- isaiah 38:10 +. +I said, I shall not see the Lord, even the Lord, in the land of the living; I shall behold man no more among the inhabitants of the world. -- isaiah 38:11 +. +My [fleshly] dwelling is plucked up and is removed from me like a shepherd's tent. I have rolled up my life as a weaver [rolls up the finished web]; [the Lord] cuts me free from the loom; from day to night You bring me to an end. -- isaiah 38:12 +. +I thought and quieted myself until morning. Like a lion He breaks all my bones; from day to night You bring me to an end. -- isaiah 38:13 +. +Like a twittering swallow or a crane, so do I chirp and chatter; I moan like a dove. My eyes are weary and dim with looking upward. O Lord, I am oppressed; take my side and be my security [as of a debtor being sent to prison]. -- isaiah 38:14 +. +But what can I say? For He has both spoken to me and He Himself has done it. I must go softly [as in solemn procession] all my years and my sleep has fled because of the bitterness of my soul. -- isaiah 38:15 +. +O Lord, by these things men live; and in all these is the life of my spirit. O give me back my health and make me live! -- isaiah 38:16 +. +Behold, it was for my peace that I had intense bitterness; but You have loved back my life from the pit of corruption and nothingness, for You have cast all my sins behind Your back. -- isaiah 38:17 +. +For Sheol (the place of the dead) cannot confess and reach out the hand to You, death cannot praise and rejoice in You; they who go down to the pit cannot hope for Your faithfulness [to Your promises; their probation is at an end, their destiny is sealed]. -- isaiah 38:18 +. +The living, the living--they shall thank and praise You, as I do this day; the father shall make known to the children Your faithfulness and Your truth. -- isaiah 38:19 +. +The Lord is ready to save (deliver) me; therefore we will sing my songs with [my] stringed instruments all the days of our lives in the house of the Lord. -- isaiah 38:20 +. +Now Isaiah had said, Let them take a cake of figs and lay it for a plaster upon the boil, that he may recover. -- isaiah 38:21 +. +Hezekiah also had said, What is the sign that I shall go up to the house of the Lord? -- isaiah 38:22 +. +AT THAT time Merodach-baladan son of Baladan king of Babylon sent [messengers with] letters and a present to Hezekiah, for he had heard that he had been sick and had recovered. -- isaiah 39:1 +. +And Hezekiah was glad and welcomed them and showed them the house of his spices and precious things--the silver, the gold, the spices, the precious ointment, all the house of his armor and his jewels, and all that was found in his treasuries. There was nothing in his house nor in all his dominion that Hezekiah did not show them. -- isaiah 39:2 +. +Then came Isaiah the prophet to King Hezekiah and said to him, What did these men say? From where did they come to you? And Hezekiah said, They came to me from a far country, even from Babylon. -- isaiah 39:3 +. +Then Isaiah said, What have they seen in your house? And Hezekiah answered, They have seen all that is in my house; there is nothing among my treasures that I have not shown them. -- isaiah 39:4 +. +Then said Isaiah to Hezekiah, Hear the word of the Lord of hosts: -- isaiah 39:5 +. +Behold, the days are coming when all that is in your house, and that which your predecessors have stored up till this day, shall be carried to Babylon. Nothing shall be left, says the Lord. -- isaiah 39:6 +. +And some of your own sons who are born to you shall be taken away, and they shall be eunuchs in the palace of the king of Babylon. -- isaiah 39:7 +. +Then said Hezekiah to Isaiah, The word of the Lord which you have spoken is good. And he added, For there will be peace and faithfulness [to His promises to us] in my days. -- isaiah 39:8 +. +COMFORT, COMFORT My people, says your God. -- isaiah 40:1 +. +Speak tenderly to the heart of Jerusalem, and cry to her that her time of service and her warfare are ended, that [her punishment is accepted and] her iniquity is pardoned, that she has received [punishment] from the Lord's hand double for all her sins. -- isaiah 40:2 +. +A voice of one who cries: Prepare in the wilderness the way of the Lord [clear away the obstacles]; make straight and smooth in the desert a highway for our God! -- isaiah 40:3 +. +Every valley shall be lifted and filled up, and every mountain and hill shall be made low; and the crooked and uneven shall be made straight and level, and the rough places a plain. -- isaiah 40:4 +. +And the glory (majesty and splendor) of the Lord shall be revealed, and all flesh shall see it together; for the mouth of the Lord has spoken it. -- isaiah 40:5 +. +A voice says, Cry [prophesy]! And I said, What shall I cry? [The voice answered, Proclaim:] All flesh is as frail as grass, and all that makes it attractive [its kindness, its goodwill, its mercy from God, its glory and comeliness, however good] is transitory, like the flower of the field. -- isaiah 40:6 +. +The grass withers, the flower fades, when the breath of the Lord blows upon it; surely [all] the people are like grass. -- isaiah 40:7 +. +The grass withers, the flower fades, but the word of our God will stand forever. -- isaiah 40:8 +. +O you who bring good tidings to Zion, get up to the high mountain. O you who bring good tidings to Jerusalem, lift up your voice with strength, lift it up, be not afraid; say to the cities of Judah, Behold your God! -- isaiah 40:9 +. +Behold, the Lord God will come with might, and His arm will rule for Him. Behold, His reward is with Him, and His recompense before Him. -- isaiah 40:10 +. +He will feed His flock like a shepherd: He will gather the lambs in His arm, He will carry them in His bosom and will gently lead those that have their young. -- isaiah 40:11 +. +Who has measured the waters in the hollow of his hand, marked off the heavens with a [nine-inch] span, enclosed the dust of the earth in a measure, and weighed the mountains in scales and the hills in a balance? -- isaiah 40:12 +. +Who has directed the Spirit of the Lord, or as His counselor has taught Him? -- isaiah 40:13 +. +With whom did He take counsel, that instruction might be given Him? Who taught Him the path of justice and taught Him knowledge and showed Him the way of understanding? -- isaiah 40:14 +. +Behold, the nations are like a drop from a bucket and are counted as small dust on the scales; behold, He takes up the isles like a very little thing. -- isaiah 40:15 +. +And all Lebanon's [forests] cannot supply sufficient fuel, nor all its wild beasts furnish victims enough to burn sacrifices [worthy of the Lord]. -- isaiah 40:16 +. +All the nations are as nothing before Him; they are regarded by Him as less than nothing and emptiness (waste, futility, and worthlessness). -- isaiah 40:17 +. +To whom then will you liken God? Or with what likeness will you compare Him? -- isaiah 40:18 +. +The graven image! A workman casts it, and a goldsmith overlays it with gold and casts silver chains for it. -- isaiah 40:19 +. +He who is so impoverished that he has no offering or oblation or rich gift to give [to his god is constrained to make a wooden offering, an idol; so he] chooses a tree that will not rot; he seeks out a skillful craftsman to carve and set up an image that will not totter or deteriorate. -- isaiah 40:20 +. +[You worshipers of idols, you are without excuse.] Do you not know? Have you not heard? Has it not been told you from the beginning? [These things ought to convince you of God's omnipotence and of the folly of bowing to idols.] Have you not understood from the foundations of the earth? -- isaiah 40:21 +. +It is God Who sits above the circle (the horizon) of the earth, and its inhabitants are like grasshoppers; it is He Who stretches out the heavens like [gauze] curtains and spreads them out like a tent to dwell in, -- isaiah 40:22 +. +Who brings dignitaries to nothing, Who makes the judges and rulers of the earth as chaos (emptiness, falsity, and futility). -- isaiah 40:23 +. +Yes, these men are scarcely planted, scarcely are they sown, scarcely does their stock take root in the earth, when [the Lord] blows upon them and they wither, and the whirlwind or tempest takes them away like stubble. -- isaiah 40:24 +. +To whom then will you liken Me, that I should be equal to him? says the Holy One. -- isaiah 40:25 +. +Lift up your eyes on high and see! Who has created these? He Who brings out their host by number and calls them all by name; through the greatness of His might and because He is strong in power, not one is missing or lacks anything. -- isaiah 40:26 +. +Why, O Jacob, do you say, and declare, O Israel, My way and my lot are hidden from the Lord, and my right is passed over without regard from my God? -- isaiah 40:27 +. +Have you not known? Have you not heard? The everlasting God, the Lord, the Creator of the ends of the earth, does not faint or grow weary; there is no searching of His understanding. -- isaiah 40:28 +. +He gives power to the faint and weary, and to him who has no might He increases strength [causing it to multiply and making it to abound]. -- isaiah 40:29 +. +Even youths shall faint and be weary, and [selected] young men shall feebly stumble and fall exhausted; -- isaiah 40:30 +. +But those who wait for the Lord [who expect, look for, and hope in Him] shall change and renew their strength and power; they shall lift their wings and mount up [close to God] as eagles [mount up to the sun]; they shall run and not be weary, they shall walk and not faint or become tired. -- isaiah 40:31 +. +LISTEN IN silence before Me, O islands and regions bordering on the sea! And let the people gather and renew their strength [for the argument; let them offer their strongest arguments]! Let them come near, then let them speak; let us come near together for judgment [and decide the point at issue between us concerning the enemy advancing from the east]. -- isaiah 41:1 +. +Who has roused up one [Cyrus] from the east, whom He calls in righteousness to His service and whom victory meets at every step? He [the Lord] subdues nations before him and makes him ruler over kings. He turns them to dust with the sword [of Cyrus], and to driven straw and chaff with his bow. -- isaiah 41:2 +. +He [Cyrus] pursues them and passes safely and unhindered, even by a way his feet had not trod and so swiftly that his feet do not touch the ground. -- isaiah 41:3 +. +Who has prepared and done this, calling forth and guiding the destinies of the generations [of the nations] from the beginning? I, the Lord--the first [existing before history began] and with the last [an ever-present, unchanging God]--I am He. -- isaiah 41:4 +. +The islands and coastlands have seen and fear; the ends of the earth tremble. They draw near and come; -- isaiah 41:5 +. +They help every one his neighbor and say to his brother [in his tiresome idol making], Be of good courage! -- isaiah 41:6 +. +So the carpenter encourages the goldsmith, and he who smooths [the metal] with the hammer [encourages] him who smites the anvil, saying of the soldering, That is good! And he fastens it with nails so that it cannot be moved. -- isaiah 41:7 +. +But you, Israel, My servant, Jacob, whom I have chosen, the offspring of Abraham My friend, -- isaiah 41:8 +. +You whom I [the Lord] have taken from the ends of the earth and have called from the corners of it, and said to you, You are My servant--I have chosen you and not cast you off [even though you are exiled]. -- isaiah 41:9 +. +Fear not [there is nothing to fear], for I am with you; do not look around you in terror and be dismayed, for I am your God. I will strengthen and harden you to difficulties, yes, I will help you; yes, I will hold you up and retain you with My [victorious] right hand of rightness and justice. -- isaiah 41:10 +. +Behold, all they who are enraged and inflamed against you shall be put to shame and confounded; they who strive against you shall be as nothing and shall perish. -- isaiah 41:11 +. +You shall seek those who contend with you but shall not find them; they who war against you shall be as nothing, as nothing at all. -- isaiah 41:12 +. +For I the Lord your God hold your right hand; I am the Lord, Who says to you, Fear not; I will help you! -- isaiah 41:13 +. +Fear not, you worm Jacob, you men of Israel! I will help you, says the Lord; your Redeemer is the Holy One of Israel. -- isaiah 41:14 +. +Behold, I will make you to be a new, sharp, threshing instrument which has teeth; you shall thresh the mountains and beat them small, and shall make the hills like chaff. -- isaiah 41:15 +. +You shall winnow them, and the wind shall carry them away, and the tempest or whirlwind shall scatter them. And you shall rejoice in the Lord, you shall glory in the Holy One of Israel. -- isaiah 41:16 +. +The poor and needy are seeking water when there is none; their tongues are parched with thirst. I the Lord will answer them; I, the God of Israel, will not forsake them. -- isaiah 41:17 +. +I will open rivers on the bare heights, and fountains in the midst of the valleys; I will make the wilderness a pool of water, and the dry land springs of water. -- isaiah 41:18 +. +I will plant in the wilderness the cedar, the acacia, the myrtle, and the wild olive; I will set the cypress in the desert, the plane [tree] and the pine [tree] together, -- isaiah 41:19 +. +That men may see and know and consider and understand together that the hand of the Lord has done this, that the Holy One of Israel has created it. -- isaiah 41:20 +. +[You idols made by men's hands, prove your divinity!] Produce your cause [set forth your case], says the Lord. Bring forth your strong proofs, says the King of Jacob. -- isaiah 41:21 +. +Let them bring them forth and tell us what is to happen. Let them tell us the former things, what they are, that we may consider them and know the outcome of them; or declare to us the things to come. -- isaiah 41:22 +. +Tell us the things that are to come hereafter, that we may know that you are gods; yes, do good or do evil [something or other], that we may stare in astonishment and be dismayed as we behold [the miracle] together! -- isaiah 41:23 +. +Behold, you [idols] are nothing, and your work is nothing! The worshiper who chooses you is an abomination [extremely disgusting and shamefully vile in God's sight]. -- isaiah 41:24 +. +I have raised up and impelled to action one from the north [Cyrus], and he comes; from the rising of the sun he calls upon My name [recognizing that his victories have been granted to him by Me]. And he shall tread upon rulers and deputies as upon mortar and as the potter treads clay. [He comes with the suddenness of a comet, but none of the idol oracles of the nations has anticipated it.] -- isaiah 41:25 +. +[What idol] has declared this from the beginning, that we could know? And beforetime, that we could say that he is [unquestionably] right? Yes, there is none who declares it, yes, there is none who proclaims it; yes, [for the truth is, O you dumb idols] there is none who hears you speak! -- isaiah 41:26 +. +I [the Lord] first gave to Zion the announcement, Behold, [the Jews will be restored to their own land, and the man Cyrus shall be raised up who will deliver them] behold them! And to Jerusalem I gave a herald [Isaiah] bringing the good news. -- isaiah 41:27 +. +For I look [upon the heathen prophets and the priests of pagan practices] and there is no man among them [who could predict these events], and among these [idols] there is no counselor who, when I ask of him, can answer a word. -- isaiah 41:28 +. +Behold, these [pagan prophets and priests] are all emptiness (falseness and futility)! Their works are worthless; their molten images are empty wind (confusion and waste). -- isaiah 41:29 +. +BEHOLD MY Servant, Whom I uphold, My elect in Whom My soul delights! I have put My Spirit upon Him; He will bring forth justice and right and reveal truth to the nations. -- isaiah 42:1 +. +He will not cry or shout aloud or cause His voice to be heard in the street. -- isaiah 42:2 +. +A bruised reed He will not break, and a dimly burning wick He will not quench; He will bring forth justice in truth. -- isaiah 42:3 +. +He will not fail or become weak or be crushed and discouraged till He has established justice in the earth; and the islands and coastal regions shall wait hopefully for Him and expect His direction and law. -- isaiah 42:4 +. +Thus says God the Lord--He Who created the heavens and stretched them forth, He Who spread abroad the earth and that which comes out of it, He Who gives breath to the people on it and spirit to those who walk in it: -- isaiah 42:5 +. +I the Lord have called You [the Messiah] for a righteous purpose and in righteousness; I will take You by the hand and will keep You; I will give You for a covenant to the people [Israel], for a light to the nations [Gentiles], -- isaiah 42:6 +. +To open the eyes of the blind, to bring out prisoners from the dungeon, and those who sit in darkness from the prison. -- isaiah 42:7 +. +I am the Lord; that is My name! And My glory I will not give to another, nor My praise to graven images. -- isaiah 42:8 +. +Behold, the former things have come to pass, and new things I now declare; before they spring forth I tell you of them. -- isaiah 42:9 +. +Sing to the Lord a new song, and His praise from the end of the earth! You who go down to the sea, and all that is in it, the islands and coastal regions and the inhabitants of them [sing a song such as has never been heard in the heathen world]! -- isaiah 42:10 +. +Let the wilderness and its cities lift up their voices, the villages that Kedar inhabits. Let the inhabitants of the rock [Sela or Petra] sing; let them shout from the tops of the mountains! -- isaiah 42:11 +. +Let them give glory to the Lord and declare His praise in the islands and coastal regions. -- isaiah 42:12 +. +The Lord will go forth like a mighty man, He will rouse up His zealous indignation and vengeance like a warrior; He will cry, yes, He will shout aloud, He will do mightily against His enemies. -- isaiah 42:13 +. +[Thus says the Lord] I have for a long time held My peace, I have been still and restrained Myself. Now I will cry out like a woman in travail, I will gasp and pant together. -- isaiah 42:14 +. +I will lay waste the mountains and hills and dry up all their herbage; I will turn the rivers into islands, and I will dry up the pools. -- isaiah 42:15 +. +And I will bring the blind by a way that they know not; I will lead them in paths that they have not known. I will make darkness into light before them and make uneven places into a plain. These things I have determined to do [for them]; and I will not leave them forsaken. -- isaiah 42:16 +. +They shall be turned back, they shall be utterly put to shame, who trust in graven images, who say to molten images, You are our gods. -- isaiah 42:17 +. +Hear, you deaf! And look, you blind, that you may see! -- isaiah 42:18 +. +Who is blind but My servant [Israel]? Or deaf like My messenger whom I send? Who is blind like the one who is at peace with Me [who has been admitted to covenant relationship with Me]? Yes, who is blind like the Lord's servant? -- isaiah 42:19 +. +You have seen many things, but you do not observe or apprehend their true meaning. His ears are open, but he hears not! -- isaiah 42:20 +. +It was the Lord's pleasure for His righteousness' sake [in accordance with a steadfast and consistent purpose] to magnify instruction and revelation and glorify them. -- isaiah 42:21 +. +But this is a people robbed and plundered; they are all of them snared in holes and hidden in houses of bondage. They have become a prey, with no one to deliver them, a spoil, with no one to say, Restore them! [This shows the condition that will ensue as Israel's punishment for not recognizing the Servant of the Lord and the day of His visit among them.] [Luke19:41-44.] -- isaiah 42:22 +. +Who is there among you who will give ear to this? Who will listen and hear in the time to come? -- isaiah 42:23 +. +Who gave up Jacob [the kingdom of Judah] for spoil, and [the kingdom of] Israel to the robbers? Was it not the Lord, He against Whom we [of Judah] have sinned and in Whose ways they [of Israel] would not walk, neither were they obedient to His law or His teaching? -- isaiah 42:24 +. +Therefore He poured out upon [Israel] the fierceness of His anger and the strength of battle. And it set him on fire round about, yet he knew not [the lesson of repentance which the Assyrian conquest was intended to teach]; it burned him, but he did not lay it to heart. -- isaiah 42:25 +. +BUT NOW [in spite of past judgments for Israel's sins], thus says the Lord, He Who created you, O Jacob, and He Who formed you, O Israel: Fear not, for I have redeemed you [ransomed you by paying a price instead of leaving you captives]; I have called you by your name; you are Mine. -- isaiah 43:1 +. +When you pass through the waters, I will be with you, and through the rivers, they will not overwhelm you. When you walk through the fire, you will not be burned or scorched, nor will the flame kindle upon you. -- isaiah 43:2 +. +For I am the Lord your God, the Holy One of Israel, your Savior; I give Egypt [to the Babylonians] for your ransom, Ethiopia and Seba [a province of Ethiopia] in exchange [for your release]. -- isaiah 43:3 +. +Because you are precious in My sight and honored, and because I love you, I will give men in return for you and peoples in exchange for your life. -- isaiah 43:4 +. +Fear not, for I am with you; I will bring your offspring from the east [where they are dispersed] and gather you from the west. -- isaiah 43:5 +. +I will say to the north, Give up! and to the south, Keep not back. Bring My sons from afar and My daughters from the ends of the earth-- -- isaiah 43:6 +. +Even everyone who is called by My name, whom I have created for My glory, whom I have formed, whom I have made. -- isaiah 43:7 +. +Bring forth the blind people who have eyes and the deaf who have ears. -- isaiah 43:8 +. +Let all the nations be gathered together and let the peoples be assembled. Who among [the idolaters] could predict this [that Cyrus would be the deliverer of Israel] and show us the former things? Let them bring their witnesses, that they may be justified, or let them hear and acknowledge, It is the truth. -- isaiah 43:9 +. +You are My witnesses, says the Lord, and My servant whom I have chosen, that you may know Me, believe Me and remain steadfast to Me, and understand that I am He. Before Me there was no God formed, neither shall there be after Me. -- isaiah 43:10 +. +I, even I, am the Lord, and besides Me there is no Savior. -- isaiah 43:11 +. +I have declared [the future] and have saved [the nation in times of danger], and I have shown [that I am God]--when there was no strange and alien god among you; therefore you are My witnesses, says the Lord, that I am God. -- isaiah 43:12 +. +Yes, from the time of the first existence of day and from this day forth I am He; and there is no one who can deliver out of My hand. I will work, and who can hinder or reverse it? -- isaiah 43:13 +. +Thus says the Lord, your Redeemer, the Holy One of Israel: For your sake I have sent [one] to Babylon, and I will bring down all of them as fugitives, [with] all their nobles, even the Chaldeans, into the ships over which they rejoiced. -- isaiah 43:14 +. +I am the Lord, your Holy One, the Creator of Israel, your King. -- isaiah 43:15 +. +Thus says the Lord, Who makes a way through the sea and a path through the mighty waters, -- isaiah 43:16 +. +Who brings forth chariot and horse, army and mighty warrior. They lie down together, they cannot rise; they are extinguished, they are quenched like a lampwick: -- isaiah 43:17 +. +Do not [earnestly] remember the former things; neither consider the things of old. -- isaiah 43:18 +. +Behold, I am doing a new thing! Now it springs forth; do you not perceive and know it and will you not give heed to it? I will even make a way in the wilderness and rivers in the desert. -- isaiah 43:19 +. +The beasts of the field honor Me, the jackals and the ostriches, because I give waters in the wilderness and rivers in the desert, to give drink to My people, My chosen, -- isaiah 43:20 +. +The people I formed for Myself, that they may set forth My praise [and they shall do it]. -- isaiah 43:21 +. +Yet you have not called upon Me [much less toiled for Me], O Jacob; but you have been weary of Me, O Israel! -- isaiah 43:22 +. +You have not brought Me your sheep and goats for burnt offerings, or honored Me with your sacrifices. I have not required you to serve with an offering or treated you as a slave by demanding tribute or wearied you with offering incense. -- isaiah 43:23 +. +You have not bought Me sweet cane with money, or satiated Me with the fat of your sacrifices. But you have only burdened Me with your sins; you have wearied Me with your iniquities. -- isaiah 43:24 +. +I, even I, am He Who blots out and cancels your transgressions, for My own sake, and I will not remember your sins. -- isaiah 43:25 +. +Put Me in remembrance [remind Me of your merits]; let us plead and argue together. Set forth your case, that you may be justified (proved right). -- isaiah 43:26 +. +Your first father [Jacob, in particular] sinned, and your teachers [the priests and the prophets--your mediators] transgressed against Me. -- isaiah 43:27 +. +And so I will profane the chief ones of the sanctuary and will deliver Jacob to the curse (the ban, a solemn anathema or excommunication) and [will subject] Israel to reproaches and reviling. -- isaiah 43:28 +. +YET NOW hear, O Jacob, My servant and Israel, whom I have chosen. -- isaiah 44:1 +. +Thus says the Lord, Who made you and formed you from the womb, Who will help you: Fear not, O Jacob, My servant, and you Jeshurun [the upright one--applied to Israel as a type of the Messiah], whom I have chosen. -- isaiah 44:2 +. +For I will pour water upon him who is thirsty, and floods upon the dry ground. I will pour My Spirit upon your offspring, and My blessing upon your descendants. -- isaiah 44:3 +. +And they shall spring up among the grass like willows or poplars by the watercourses. -- isaiah 44:4 +. +One will say, I am the Lord's; and another will call himself by the name of Jacob; and another will write [even brand or tattoo] upon his hand, I am the Lord's, and surname himself by the [honorable] name of Israel. -- isaiah 44:5 +. +Thus says the Lord, the King of Israel and his Redeemer, the Lord of hosts: I am the First and I am the Last; besides Me there is no God. -- isaiah 44:6 +. +Who is like Me? Let him [stand and] proclaim it, declare it, and set [his proofs] in order before Me, since I made and established the people of antiquity. [Who has announced from of old] the things that are coming? Then let them declare yet future things. -- isaiah 44:7 +. +Fear not, nor be afraid [in the coming violent upheavals]; have I not told it to you from of old and declared it? And you are My witnesses! Is there a God besides Me? There is no [other] Rock; I know not any. -- isaiah 44:8 +. +All who make graven idols are confusion, chaos, and worthlessness. Their objects (idols) in which they delight do not profit them, and their own witnesses (worshipers) do not see or know, so that they are put to shame. -- isaiah 44:9 +. +Who is [such a fool as] to fashion a god or cast a graven image that is profitable for nothing? -- isaiah 44:10 +. +Behold, all his fellows shall be put to shame, and the craftsmen, [how can they make a god?] they are but men. Let them all be gathered together, let them stand forth; they shall be terrified, they shall be put to shame together. -- isaiah 44:11 +. +The ironsmith sharpens and uses a chisel and works it over the coals; he shapes [the core of the idol] with hammers and forges it with his strong arm. He becomes hungry and his strength fails; he drinks no water and is faint. -- isaiah 44:12 +. +The carpenter stretches out a line, he marks it out with a pencil or red ocher; he fashions [an idol] with planes and marks it out with the compasses; and he shapes it to have the figure of a man, with the beauty of a man, that it may dwell in a house. -- isaiah 44:13 +. +He hews for himself cedars, and takes the holm tree and the oak and lets them grow strong for himself among the trees of the forest; he plants a fir tree or an ash, and the rain nourishes it. -- isaiah 44:14 +. +Then it becomes fuel for a man to burn; a part of it he takes and warms himself, yes, he kindles a fire and bakes bread. [Then out of the remainder, the leavings] he also makes a god and worships it! He [with his own hands] makes it into a graven image and falls down and worships it! -- isaiah 44:15 +. +He burns part of the wood in the fire; with part of it he [cooks and] eats flesh, he roasts meat and is satisfied. Also he warms himself and says, Aha! I am warm, I have seen the fire! -- isaiah 44:16 +. +And from what is left [of the log] he makes a god, his graven idol. He falls down to it, he worships it and prays to it and says, Deliver me, for you are my god! -- isaiah 44:17 +. +They do not know or understand, for their eyes God has let become besmeared so that they cannot see, and their minds as well so that they cannot understand. -- isaiah 44:18 +. +And no one considers in his mind, nor has he knowledge and understanding [enough] to say [to himself], I have burned part of this log in the fire, and also I have baked bread on its coals and have roasted meat and eaten it. And shall I make the remainder of it into an abomination [the very essence of what is disgusting, detestable, and shamefully vile in the eyes of a jealous God]? Shall I fall down and worship the stock of a tree [a block of wood without consciousness or life]? -- isaiah 44:19 +. +That kind of man feeds on ashes [and finds his satisfaction in ashes]! A deluded mind has led him astray, so that he cannot release and save himself, or ask, Is not [this thing I am holding] in my right hand a lie? -- isaiah 44:20 +. +Remember these things [earnestly], O Jacob, O Israel, for you are My servant! I formed you, you are My servant; O Israel, you shall not be forgotten by Me. -- isaiah 44:21 +. +I have blotted out like a thick cloud your transgressions, and like a cloud your sins. Return to Me, for I have redeemed you. -- isaiah 44:22 +. +Sing, O heavens, for the Lord has done it; shout, you depths of the earth; break forth into singing, you mountains, O forest and every tree in it! For the Lord has redeemed Jacob, and He glorifies Himself in Israel. -- isaiah 44:23 +. +Thus says the Lord, your Redeemer, and He Who formed you from the womb: I am the Lord, Who made all things, Who alone stretched out the heavens, Who spread out the earth by Myself [who was with Me]?-- -- isaiah 44:24 +. +[I am the Lord] Who frustrates the signs and confounds the omens [upon which the false prophets' forecasts of the future are based] of the [boasting] liars and makes fools of diviners, Who turns the wise backward and makes their knowledge foolishness, -- isaiah 44:25 +. +[The Lord] Who confirms the word of His servant and performs the counsel of His messengers, Who says of Jerusalem, She shall [again] be inhabited, and of the cities of Judah, They shall [again] be built, and I will raise up their ruins, -- isaiah 44:26 +. +Who says to the deep, Be dry, and I will dry up your rivers, -- isaiah 44:27 +. +Who says of Cyrus, He is My shepherd (ruler), and he shall perform all My pleasure and fulfill all My purpose--even saying of Jerusalem, She shall [again] be built, and of the temple, Your foundation shall [again] be laid. -- isaiah 44:28 +. +THUS SAYS the Lord to His anointed, to Cyrus, whose right hand I have held to subdue nations before him, and I will unarm and ungird the loins of kings to open doors before him, so that gates will not be shut. -- isaiah 45:1 +. +I will go before you and level the mountains [to make the crooked places straight]; I will break in pieces the doors of bronze and cut asunder the bars of iron. -- isaiah 45:2 +. +And I will give you the treasures of darkness and hidden riches of secret places, that you may know that it is I, the Lord, the God of Israel, Who calls you by your name. -- isaiah 45:3 +. +For the sake of Jacob My servant, and of Israel My chosen, I have called you by your name. I have surnamed you, though you have not known Me. -- isaiah 45:4 +. +I am the Lord, and there is no one else; there is no God besides Me. I will gird and arm you, though you have not known Me, -- isaiah 45:5 +. +That men may know from the east and the rising of the sun and from the west and the setting of the sun that there is no God besides Me. I am the Lord, and no one else [is He]. -- isaiah 45:6 +. +I form the light and create darkness, I make peace [national well-being] and I create [physical] evil (calamity); I am the Lord, Who does all these things. -- isaiah 45:7 +. +Let fall in showers, you heavens, from above, and let the skies rain down righteousness [the pure, spiritual, heaven-born possibilities that have their foundation in the holy being of God]; let the earth open, and let them [skies and earth] sprout forth salvation, and let righteousness germinate and spring up [as plants do] together; I the Lord have created it. -- isaiah 45:8 +. +Woe to him who strives with his Maker!--a worthless piece of broken pottery among other pieces equally worthless [and yet presuming to strive with his Maker]! Shall the clay say to him who fashions it, What do you think you are making? or, Your work has no handles? -- isaiah 45:9 +. +Woe to him [who complains against his parents that they have begotten him] who says to a father, What are you begetting? or to a woman, With what are you in travail? -- isaiah 45:10 +. +Thus says the Lord, the Holy One of Israel, and its Maker: Would you question Me about things to come concerning My children, and concerning the work of My hands [would you] command Me? -- isaiah 45:11 +. +I made the earth and created man upon it. I, with My hands, stretched out the heavens, and I commanded all their host. -- isaiah 45:12 +. +I will raise [Cyrus] up in righteousness [willing in every way that which is right and proper], and I will direct all his ways; he will build My city, and he will let My captives go, not for hire or for a bribe, says the Lord of hosts. -- isaiah 45:13 +. +Thus says the Lord: The labor and wealth of Egypt and the merchandise of Ethiopia and the Sabeans, men of stature, shall come over to you and they shall be yours; they shall follow you; in chains [of subjection to you] they shall come over, and they shall fall down before you; they shall make supplication to you, saying, Surely God is with you, and there is no other, no God besides Him. -- isaiah 45:14 +. +Truly You are a God Who hides Himself, O God of Israel, the Savior. -- isaiah 45:15 +. +They shall be put to shame, yes, confounded, all of them; they who are makers of idols shall go off into confusion together. -- isaiah 45:16 +. +But Israel shall be saved by the Lord with an everlasting salvation; you shall not be put to shame or confounded to all eternity. -- isaiah 45:17 +. +For thus says the Lord--Who created the heavens, God Himself, Who formed the earth and made it, Who established it and did not create it to be a worthless waste; He formed it to be inhabited--I am the Lord, and there is no one else. -- isaiah 45:18 +. +I have not spoken in secret, in a corner of the land of darkness; I did not call the descendants of Jacob [to a fruitless service], saying, Seek Me for nothing [but I promised them a just reward]. I, the Lord, speak righteousness (the truth--trustworthy, straightforward correspondence between deeds and words); I declare things that are right. -- isaiah 45:19 +. +Assemble yourselves and come; draw near together, you survivors of the nations! They have no knowledge who carry about [in religious processions or into battle] their wooden idols and keep on praying to a god that cannot save. -- isaiah 45:20 +. +Declare and bring forward your strong arguments [for praying to gods that cannot save]; yes, take counsel together. Who announced this [the rise of Cyrus and his conquests] beforehand (long ago)? [What god] declared it of old? Was it not I, the Lord? And there is no other God besides Me, a rigidly and uncompromisingly just and righteous God and Savior; there is none besides Me. -- isaiah 45:21 +. +Look to Me and be saved, all the ends of the earth! For I am God, and there is no other. -- isaiah 45:22 +. +I have sworn by Myself, the word is gone out of My mouth in righteousness and shall not return, that unto Me every knee shall bow, every tongue shall swear [allegiance]. -- isaiah 45:23 +. +Only in the Lord shall one say, I have righteousness (salvation and victory) and strength [to achieve]. To Him shall all come who were incensed against Him, and they shall be ashamed. -- isaiah 45:24 +. +In the Lord shall all the offspring of Israel be justified (enjoy righteousness, salvation, and victory) and shall glory. -- isaiah 45:25 +. +BEL BOWS down, Nebo stoops [gods of Babylon, whose idols are being carried off]; their idols are on the beasts [of burden] and on the cattle. These things that you carry about are loaded as burdens on the weary beasts. -- isaiah 46:1 +. +[The gods] stoop, they bow down together; they cannot save [their own idols], but are themselves going into captivity. -- isaiah 46:2 +. +Listen to Me [says the Lord], O house of Jacob, and all the remnant of the house of Israel, you who have been borne by Me from your birth, carried from the womb: -- isaiah 46:3 +. +Even to your old age I am He, and even to hair white with age will I carry you. I have made, and I will bear; yes, I will carry and will save you. -- isaiah 46:4 +. +To whom will you liken Me and make Me equal and compare Me, that we may be alike? -- isaiah 46:5 +. +They lavish gold out of the cup or bag, weigh out silver on the scales, and hire a goldsmith, and he fashions it into a god; [then] they fall down, yes, they worship it! -- isaiah 46:6 +. +They bear it upon their shoulders [in religious processions or into battle]; they carry it and set it down in its place, and there it stands. It cannot move from its place. Even if one cries to it for help, yet [the idol] cannot answer or save him out of his distress. -- isaiah 46:7 +. +[Earnestly] remember this, be ashamed and own yourselves guilty; bring it again to mind and lay it to heart, O you rebels! -- isaiah 46:8 +. +[Earnestly] remember the former things, [which I did] of old; for I am God, and there is no one else; I am God, and there is none like Me, -- isaiah 46:9 +. +Declaring the end and the result from the beginning, and from ancient times the things that are not yet done, saying, My counsel shall stand, and I will do all My pleasure and purpose, -- isaiah 46:10 +. +Calling a ravenous bird from the east--the man [Cyrus] who executes My counsel from a far country. Yes, I have spoken, and I will bring it to pass; I have purposed it, and I will do it. -- isaiah 46:11 +. +Listen to Me, you stiff-hearted and you who have lost heart, you who are far from righteousness (from uprightness and right standing with God, and from His righteous deliverance). -- isaiah 46:12 +. +I bring near My righteousness [in the deliverance of Israel], it will not be far off; and My salvation shall not tarry. And I will put salvation in Zion, for Israel My glory [yes, give salvation in Zion and My glory to Israel]. -- isaiah 46:13 +. +COME DOWN, and sit in the dust, O Virgin Daughter of Babylon; sit on the ground [in abject humiliation]; there is no throne for you, O Daughter of the Chaldeans, for you shall no longer be called dainty and delicate. -- isaiah 47:1 +. +Take the millstones [like the poorest female slave of the household does] and grind meal; take off your veil and uncover your hair. Remove your skirt, bare your leg, wade through the rivers [at the command of your captors]. -- isaiah 47:2 +. +Your nakedness shall be exposed, and your shame shall be seen. I will take vengeance, and I will spare no man [none I encounter will be able to resist Me], -- isaiah 47:3 +. +[Says] our Redeemer--the Lord of hosts is His name--the Holy One of Israel. -- isaiah 47:4 +. +Sit in silence and go into darkness, O Daughter of the Chaldeans; for you shall no more be called the lady and mistress of kingdoms. -- isaiah 47:5 +. +I was angry with My people, I profaned My inheritance [Judah]; and I gave them into your hand [Babylon]. You showed them no mercy; upon the old people you made your yoke very heavy. -- isaiah 47:6 +. +And you said, I shall be the mistress forever! So you did not lay these things to heart, nor did you [seriously] remember the certain, ultimate end of such conduct. -- isaiah 47:7 +. +Therefore now, hear this, you who love pleasures and are given over to them, you who dwell safely and sit securely, who say in your mind, I am [the mistress] and there is no one else besides me. I shall not sit as a widow, nor shall I know the loss of children. -- isaiah 47:8 +. +But these two things shall come to you in a moment, in one day: loss of children and widowhood. They shall come upon you in full measure, in spite of the multitude of [your claims to] power given you by the assistance of evil spirits, in spite of the great abundance of your enchantments. -- isaiah 47:9 +. +For you [Babylon] have trusted in your wickedness; you have said, No one sees me. Your wisdom and your knowledge led you astray, and you said in your heart and mind, I am, and there is no one besides me. -- isaiah 47:10 +. +Therefore shall evil come upon you; you shall not know the dawning of it or how to charm it away. And a disaster and evil shall fall upon you that you shall not be able to atone for [with all your offerings to your gods]; and desolation shall come upon you suddenly, about which you shall know nothing or how to avert it. -- isaiah 47:11 +. +Persist, then, with your enchantments and the multitude of your sorceries [Babylon], in which you have labored from your youth; and see if perhaps you will be able to profit, if you will prevail and strike terror! -- isaiah 47:12 +. +You are wearied with your many counsels and plans. Let now the astrologers, the stargazers, and the monthly prognosticators stand up and make known to you and save you from the things that shall come upon you [Babylon]. -- isaiah 47:13 +. +Behold, they are like stubble; the fire consumes them. They cannot even deliver themselves from the power of the flame [much less deliver the nation]. There is no coal for warming or fire before which to sit! -- isaiah 47:14 +. +Such to you shall they [the astrologers and their kind] be, those with whom you have labored and such their fate, those who have done business with you from your youth; they will wander, every one to his own quarter and in his own direction. No one will save you. -- isaiah 47:15 +. +HEAR THIS, O house of Jacob, who are called by the name of Israel and who come forth from the seed of Judah, you who swear allegiance by the name of the Lord and make mention of the God of Israel--but not in truth and sincerity, nor in righteousness (rightness and moral and spiritual rectitude in every area and relation)-- -- isaiah 48:1 +. +For they call themselves [citizens] of the holy city and depend on the God of Israel--the Lord of hosts is His name. -- isaiah 48:2 +. +I have declared from the beginning the former things [which happened in times past to Israel]; they went forth from My mouth and I made them known; then suddenly I did them, and they came to pass [says the Lord]. -- isaiah 48:3 +. +Because I knew that you were obstinate, and your neck was an iron sinew and your brow was brass, -- isaiah 48:4 +. +Therefore I have declared things to come to you from of old; before they came to pass I announced them to you, so that you could not say, My idol has done them, and my graven image and my molten image have commanded them. -- isaiah 48:5 +. +You have heard [these things foretold], now you see this fulfillment. And will you not bear witness to it? I show you specified new things from this time forth, even hidden things [kept in reserve] which you have not known. -- isaiah 48:6 +. +They are created now [called into being by the prophetic word], and not long ago; and before today you have never heard of them, lest you should say, Behold, I knew them! -- isaiah 48:7 +. +Yes, you have never heard, yes, you have never known; yes, from of old your ear has not been opened. For I, the Lord, knew that you, O house of Israel, dealt very treacherously; you were called a transgressor and a rebel [in revolt] from your birth. -- isaiah 48:8 +. +For My name's sake I defer My anger, and for the sake of My praise I restrain it for you, that I may not cut you off. -- isaiah 48:9 +. +Behold, I have refined you, but not as silver; I have tried and chosen you in the furnace of affliction. -- isaiah 48:10 +. +For My own sake, for My own sake, I do it [I refrain and do not utterly destroy you]; for why should I permit My name to be polluted and profaned [which it would be if the Lord completely destroyed His chosen people]? And I will not give My glory to another [by permitting the worshipers of idols to triumph over you]. -- isaiah 48:11 +. +Listen to Me, O Jacob, and Israel, My called [ones]: I am He; I am the First, I also am the Last. -- isaiah 48:12 +. +Yes, My hand has laid the foundation of the earth, and My right hand has spread out the heavens; when I call to them, they stand forth together [to execute My decrees]. -- isaiah 48:13 +. +Assemble yourselves, all of you, and hear! Who among them [the gods and Chaldean astrologers] has foretold these things? The Lord has loved him [Cyrus of Persia]; he will do His pleasure and purpose on Babylon, and his arm will be against the Chaldeans. -- isaiah 48:14 +. +I, even I, have foretold it; yes, I have called him [Cyrus]; I have brought him, and [the Lord] shall make his way prosperous. -- isaiah 48:15 +. +Come near to me and listen to this: I have not spoken in secret from the beginning; from the time that it happened, I was there. And now the Lord God has sent His Spirit in and with me. -- isaiah 48:16 +. +Thus says the Lord, your Redeemer, the Holy One of Israel: I am the Lord your God, Who teaches you to profit, Who leads you in the way that you should go. -- isaiah 48:17 +. +Oh, that you had hearkened to My commandments! Then your peace and prosperity would have been like a flowing river, and your righteousness [the holiness and purity of the nation] like the [abundant] waves of the sea. -- isaiah 48:18 +. +Your offspring would have been like the sand, and your descendants like the offspring of the sea; their name would not be cut off or destroyed from before Me. -- isaiah 48:19 +. +Go forth out of Babylon, flee from the Chaldeans! With a voice of singing declare, tell this, cause it to go forth even to the end of the earth; say, The Lord has redeemed His servant Jacob! -- isaiah 48:20 +. +And they thirsted not when He led them through the deserts; He caused the waters to flow out of the rock for them; He split the rock also, and the waters gushed out. -- isaiah 48:21 +. +There is no peace, says the Lord, for the wicked. -- isaiah 48:22 +. +LISTEN TO me, O isles and coastlands, and hearken, you peoples from afar. The Lord has called me from the womb; from the body of my mother He has named my name. -- isaiah 49:1 +. +And He has made my mouth like a sharp sword; in the shadow of His hand has He hid me and made me a polished arrow; in His quiver has He kept me close and concealed me. -- isaiah 49:2 +. +And [the Lord] said to me, You are My servant, Israel [you who strive with God and with men and prevail], in whom I will be glorified. -- isaiah 49:3 +. +Then I said, I have labored in vain, I have spent my strength for nothing and in empty futility; yet surely my right is with the Lord, and my recompense is with my God. -- isaiah 49:4 +. +And now, says the Lord--Who formed me from the womb to be His servant to bring Jacob back to Him and that Israel might be gathered to Him and not be swept away, for I am honorable in the eyes of the Lord and my God has become my strength-- -- isaiah 49:5 +. +He says, It is too light a thing that you should be My servant to raise up the tribes of Jacob and to restore the survivors [of the judgments] of Israel; I will also give you for a light to the nations, that My salvation may extend to the end of the earth. -- isaiah 49:6 +. +Thus says the Lord, the Redeemer of Israel, Israel's Holy One, to him whom man rejects and despises, to him whom the nations abhor, to the servant of rulers: Kings shall see you and arise; princes, and they shall prostrate themselves, because of the Lord, Who is faithful, the Holy One of Israel, Who has chosen you. -- isaiah 49:7 +. +Thus says the Lord, In an acceptable and favorable time I have heard and answered you, and in a day of salvation I have helped you; and I will preserve you and give you for a covenant to the people, to raise up and establish the land [from its present state of ruin] and to apportion and cause them to inherit the desolate [moral wastes of heathenism, their] heritages, -- isaiah 49:8 +. +Saying to those who are bound, Come forth, and to those who are in [spiritual] darkness, Show yourselves [come into the light of the Sun of righteousness]. They shall feed in all the ways [in which they go], and their pastures shall be [not in deserts, but] on all the bare [grass-covered] hills. -- isaiah 49:9 +. +They will not hunger or thirst, neither will mirage [mislead] or scorching wind or sun smite them; for He Who has mercy on them will lead them, and by springs of water will He guide them. -- isaiah 49:10 +. +And I will make all My mountains a way, and My highways will be raised up. -- isaiah 49:11 +. +Behold, these shall come from afar--and, behold, these from the north and from the west, and these from the land of Sinim (China). -- isaiah 49:12 +. +Sing for joy, O heavens, and be joyful, O earth, and break forth into singing, O mountains! For the Lord has comforted His people and will have compassion upon His afflicted. -- isaiah 49:13 +. +But Zion [Jerusalem, her people as seen in captivity] said, The Lord has forsaken me, and my Lord has forgotten me. -- isaiah 49:14 +. +[And the Lord answered] Can a woman forget her nursing child, that she should not have compassion on the son of her womb? Yes, they may forget, yet I will not forget you. -- isaiah 49:15 +. +Behold, I have indelibly imprinted (tattooed a picture of) you on the palm of each of My hands; [O Zion] your walls are continually before Me. -- isaiah 49:16 +. +Your children and your builders make haste; your destroyers and those who laid you waste go forth from you. -- isaiah 49:17 +. +Lift up your eyes round about and see [the returning exiles, ready to rebuild Jerusalem]; all these gather together and come to you. As I live, says the Lord, you [Zion] shall surely clothe yourself with them all as with an ornament and bind them on you as a bride does. -- isaiah 49:18 +. +For your waste and desolate places and your land [once the scene] of destruction surely now [in coming years] will be too narrow to accommodate the population, and those who once swallowed you up will be far away. -- isaiah 49:19 +. +The children of your bereavement [born during your captivity] shall yet say in your ears, The place is too narrow for me; make room for me, that I may live. -- isaiah 49:20 +. +Then [Zion], you will say in your heart, Who has borne me all these children, seeing that I lost my offspring and am alone and barren and unfruitful, an exile put away and wandering hither and thither? And who brought them up? Behold, I was left alone [put away by the Lord, my Husband]; from where then did all these children come? -- isaiah 49:21 +. +Thus says the Lord God: Behold, I will lift up My hand to the Gentile nations and set up My standard and raise high My signal banner to the peoples; and they will bring your sons in the bosom of their garments, and your daughters will be carried upon their shoulders. -- isaiah 49:22 +. +And kings shall be your foster fathers and guardians, and their queens your nursing mothers. They shall bow down to you with their faces to the earth and lick up the dust of your feet; and you shall know [with an acquaintance and understanding based on and grounded in personal experience] that I am the Lord; for they shall not be put to shame who wait for, look for, hope for, and expect Me. -- isaiah 49:23 +. +Shall the prey be taken from the mighty, or the lawful captives of the just be delivered? -- isaiah 49:24 +. +For thus says the Lord: Even the captives of the mighty will be taken away, and the prey of the terrible will be delivered; for I will contend with him who contends with you, and I will give safety to your children and ease them. -- isaiah 49:25 +. +And I will make those who oppress you consume themselves [in mutually destructive wars], thus eating their own flesh; and they will be drunk with their own blood, as with sweet wine; and all flesh will know [with a knowledge grounded in personal experience] that I, the Lord, am your Savior and your Redeemer, the Mighty One of Jacob. -- isaiah 49:26 +. +THUS SAYS the Lord: Where is the bill of your mother's divorce with which I put her away, O Israel? Or which of My creditors is it to whom I have sold you? Behold, for your iniquities you were sold, and for your transgressions was your mother put away. -- isaiah 50:1 +. +Why, when I came, was there no man? When I called, why was there no one to answer? Is My hand shortened at all, that it cannot redeem? Or have I no power to deliver? Behold, at My rebuke I dry up the sea, I make the rivers a desert; their fish stink because there is no water, and they die of thirst. -- isaiah 50:2 +. +I clothe the heavens with [the] blackness [of murky storm clouds], and I make sackcloth [of mourning] their covering. -- isaiah 50:3 +. +[The Servant of God says] The Lord God has given Me the tongue of a disciple and of one who is taught, that I should know how to speak a word in season to him who is weary. He wakens Me morning by morning, He wakens My ear to hear as a disciple [as one who is taught]. -- isaiah 50:4 +. +The Lord God has opened My ear, and I have not been rebellious or turned backward. -- isaiah 50:5 +. +I gave My back to the smiters and My cheeks to those who plucked off the hair; I hid not My face from shame and spitting. -- isaiah 50:6 +. +For the Lord God helps Me; therefore have I not been ashamed or confounded. Therefore have I set My face like a flint, and I know that I shall not be put to shame. -- isaiah 50:7 +. +He is near Who declares Me in the right. Who will contend with Me? Let us stand forth together! Who is My adversary? Let him come near to Me. -- isaiah 50:8 +. +Behold, the Lord God will help Me; who is he who will condemn Me? Behold, they all will wax old and be worn out as a garment; the moth will eat them up. -- isaiah 50:9 +. +Who is among you who [reverently] fears the Lord, who obeys the voice of His Servant, yet who walks in darkness and deep trouble and has no shining splendor [in his heart]? Let him rely on, trust in, and be confident in the name of the Lord, and let him lean upon and be supported by his God. -- isaiah 50:10 +. +Behold, all you [enemies of your own selves] who attempt to kindle your own fires [and work out your own plans of salvation], who surround and gird yourselves with momentary sparks, darts, and firebrands that you set aflame!--walk by the light of your self-made fire and of the sparks that you have kindled [for yourself, if you will]! But this shall you have from My hand: you shall lie down in grief and in torment. -- isaiah 50:11 +. +HEARKEN TO Me, you who follow after rightness and justice, you who seek and inquire of [and require] the Lord [claiming Him by necessity and by right]: look to the rock from which you were hewn and to the hole in the quarry from which you were dug; -- isaiah 51:1 +. +Look to Abraham your father and to Sarah who bore you; for I called him when he was but one, and I blessed him and made him many. -- isaiah 51:2 +. +For the Lord will comfort Zion; He will comfort all her waste places. And He will make her wilderness like Eden, and her desert like the garden of the Lord. Joy and gladness will be found in her, thanksgiving and the voice of song or instrument of praise. -- isaiah 51:3 +. +Listen to Me [the Lord], O My people, and give ear to Me, O My nation; for a [divine] law will go forth from Me, and I will establish My justice for a light to the peoples. -- isaiah 51:4 +. +My rightness and justice are near, My salvation is going forth, and My arms shall rule the peoples; the islands shall wait for and expect Me, and on My arm shall they trust and wait with hope. -- isaiah 51:5 +. +Lift up your eyes to the heavens, and look upon the earth beneath; for the heavens shall be dissolved and vanish away like smoke, and the earth shall wax old like a garment, and they that dwell therein shall die in like manner [like gnats]. But My salvation shall be forever, and My rightness and justice [and faithfully fulfilled promise] shall not be abolished. -- isaiah 51:6 +. +Listen to Me, you who know rightness and justice and right standing with God, the people in whose heart is My law and My instruction: fear not the reproach of men, neither be afraid nor dismayed at their revilings. -- isaiah 51:7 +. +For [in comparison with the Lord they are so weak that things as insignificant as] the moth shall eat them up like a garment, and the worm shall eat them like wool. But My rightness and justice [and faithfully fulfilled promise] shall be forever, and My salvation to all generations. -- isaiah 51:8 +. +[Zion now cries to the Lord, the God of Israel] Awake, awake, put on strength and might, O arm of the Lord; awake, as in the ancient days, as in the generations of long ago. Was it not You Who cut Rahab [Egypt] in pieces, Who pierced the dragon [symbol of Egypt]? -- isaiah 51:9 +. +Was it not You Who dried up the Red Sea, the waters of the great deep, Who made the depths of the sea a way for the redeemed to pass over? [Why then are we left so long in captivity?] -- isaiah 51:10 +. +[The Lord God says] And the redeemed of the Lord shall return and come with singing to Zion; everlasting joy shall be upon their heads. They shall obtain joy and gladness, and sorrow and sighing shall flee away. -- isaiah 51:11 +. +I, even I, am He Who comforts you. Who are you, that you should be afraid of man, who shall die, and of a son of man, who shall be made [as destructible] as grass, -- isaiah 51:12 +. +That you should forget the Lord your Maker, Who stretched forth the heavens and laid the foundations of the earth, and fear continually every day because of the fury of the oppressor, when he makes ready to destroy or even though he did so? And where is the fury of the oppressor? -- isaiah 51:13 +. +The captive exile and he who is bent down by chains shall speedily be released; and he shall not die and go down to the pit of destruction, nor shall his food fail. -- isaiah 51:14 +. +For I am the Lord your God, Who stirs up the sea so that its waves roar and Who by rebuke restrains it--the Lord of hosts is His name. -- isaiah 51:15 +. +And I have put My words in your mouth and have covered you with the shadow of My hand, that I may fix the [new] heavens as a tabernacle and lay the foundations of a [new] earth and say to Zion, You are My people. -- isaiah 51:16 +. +Arouse yourself, awake! Stand up, O Jerusalem, you who have drunk at the hand of the Lord the cup of His wrath, you who have drunk the cup of staggering and intoxication to the dregs. -- isaiah 51:17 +. +There is none to guide her among all the sons she has borne; neither is there anyone to take her by the hand among all the sons whom she has brought up. -- isaiah 51:18 +. +Two kinds of calamities have befallen you--but who feels sorry for and commiserates you?--they are desolation and destruction [on the land and city], and famine and sword [on the inhabitants]--how shall I comfort you or by whom? -- isaiah 51:19 +. +Your sons have fainted; they lie [like corpses] at the head of all the streets, like an antelope in a net; they are full [from drinking] of the wrath of the Lord, the rebuke of your God. -- isaiah 51:20 +. +Therefore, now hear this, you who are afflicted, and [who are] drunk, but not with wine [but thrown down by the wrath of God]. -- isaiah 51:21 +. +Thus says your Lord, the Lord, and your God, Who pleads the cause of His people: Behold, I have taken from your hand the cup of staggering and intoxication; the cup of My wrath you shall drink no more. -- isaiah 51:22 +. +And I will put it into the hands of your tormentors and oppressors, those who said to you, Bow down, that we may ride or tread over you; and you have made your back like the ground and like the street for them to pass over. -- isaiah 51:23 +. +AWAKE, AWAKE, put on your strength, O Zion; put on your beautiful garments, O Jerusalem, the holy city; for henceforth there shall no more come into you the uncircumcised and the unclean. -- isaiah 52:1 +. +Shake yourself from the dust; arise, sit [erect in a dignified place], O Jerusalem; loose yourself from the bonds of your neck, O captive Daughter of Zion. -- isaiah 52:2 +. +For thus says the Lord: You were sold for nothing, and you shall be redeemed without money. -- isaiah 52:3 +. +For thus says the Lord God: My people went down at the first into Egypt to sojourn there; and [many years later Sennacherib] the Assyrian oppressed them for nothing. [Now I delivered you from both Egypt and Assyria; what then can prevent Me from delivering you from Babylon?] -- isaiah 52:4 +. +But now what have I here, says the Lord, seeing that My people have been taken away for nothing? Those who rule over them howl [with joy], says the Lord, and My name continually is blasphemed all day long. -- isaiah 52:5 +. +Therefore My people shall know what My name is and what it means; therefore they shall know in that day that I am He who speaks; behold, I AM! -- isaiah 52:6 +. +How beautiful upon the mountains are the feet of him who brings good tidings, who publishes peace, who brings good tidings of good, who publishes salvation, who says to Zion, Your God reigns! -- isaiah 52:7 +. +Hark, your watchmen lift up their voices; together they sing for joy; for they shall see eye to eye the return of the Lord to Zion. -- isaiah 52:8 +. +Break forth joyously, sing together, you waste places of Jerusalem, for the Lord has comforted His people, He has redeemed Jerusalem! -- isaiah 52:9 +. +The Lord has made bare His holy arm before the eyes of all the nations [revealing Himself as the One by Whose direction the redemption of Israel from captivity is accomplished], and all the ends of the earth shall witness the salvation of our God. -- isaiah 52:10 +. +Depart, depart, go out from there [the lands of exile]! Touch no unclean thing! Go out of the midst of her [Babylon]; cleanse yourselves and be clean, you who bear the vessels of the Lord [on your journey from there]. -- isaiah 52:11 +. +For you will not go out with haste, nor will you go in flight [as was necessary when Israel left Egypt]; for the Lord will go before you, and the God of Israel will be your rear guard. -- isaiah 52:12 +. +Behold, My Servant shall deal wisely and shall prosper; He shall be exalted and extolled and shall stand very high. -- isaiah 52:13 +. +[For many the Servant of God became an object of horror; many were astonished at Him.] His face and His whole appearance were marred more than any man's, and His form beyond that of the sons of men--but just as many were astonished at Him, -- isaiah 52:14 +. +So shall He startle and sprinkle many nations, and kings shall shut their mouths because of Him; for that which has not been told them shall they see, and that which they have not heard shall they consider and understand. -- isaiah 52:15 +. +WHO HAS believed (trusted in, relied upon, and clung to) our message [of that which was revealed to us]? And to whom has the arm of the Lord been disclosed? -- isaiah 53:1 +. +For [the Servant of God] grew up before Him like a tender plant, and like a root out of dry ground; He has no form or comeliness [royal, kingly pomp], that we should look at Him, and no beauty that we should desire Him. -- isaiah 53:2 +. +He was despised and rejected and forsaken by men, a Man of sorrows and pains, and acquainted with grief and sickness; and like One from Whom men hide their faces He was despised, and we did not appreciate His worth or have any esteem for Him. -- isaiah 53:3 +. +Surely He has borne our griefs (sicknesses, weaknesses, and distresses) and carried our sorrows and pains [of punishment], yet we [ignorantly] considered Him stricken, smitten, and afflicted by God [as if with leprosy]. -- isaiah 53:4 +. +But He was wounded for our transgressions, He was bruised for our guilt and iniquities; the chastisement [needful to obtain] peace and well-being for us was upon Him, and with the stripes [that wounded] Him we are healed and made whole. -- isaiah 53:5 +. +All we like sheep have gone astray, we have turned every one to his own way; and the Lord has made to light upon Him the guilt and iniquity of us all. -- isaiah 53:6 +. +He was oppressed, [yet when] He was afflicted, He was submissive and opened not His mouth; like a lamb that is led to the slaughter, and as a sheep before her shearers is dumb, so He opened not His mouth. -- isaiah 53:7 +. +By oppression and judgment He was taken away; and as for His generation, who among them considered that He was cut off out of the land of the living [stricken to His death] for the transgression of my [Isaiah's] people, to whom the stroke was due? -- isaiah 53:8 +. +And they assigned Him a grave with the wicked, and with a rich man in His death, although He had done no violence, neither was any deceit in His mouth. -- isaiah 53:9 +. +Yet it was the will of the Lord to bruise Him; He has put Him to grief and made Him sick. When You and He make His life an offering for sin [and He has risen from the dead, in time to come], He shall see His [spiritual] offspring, He shall prolong His days, and the will and pleasure of the Lord shall prosper in His hand. -- isaiah 53:10 +. +He shall see [the fruit] of the travail of His soul and be satisfied; by His knowledge of Himself [which He possesses and imparts to others] shall My [uncompromisingly] righteous One, My Servant, justify many and make many righteous (upright and in right standing with God), for He shall bear their iniquities and their guilt [with the consequences, says the Lord]. -- isaiah 53:11 +. +Therefore will I divide Him a portion with the great [kings and rulers], and He shall divide the spoil with the mighty, because He poured out His life unto death, and [He let Himself] be regarded as a criminal and be numbered with the transgressors; yet He bore [and took away] the sin of many and made intercession for the transgressors (the rebellious). -- isaiah 53:12 +. +SING, O barren one, you who did not bear; break forth into singing and cry aloud, you who did not travail with child! For the [spiritual] children of the desolate one will be more than the children of the married wife, says the Lord. -- isaiah 54:1 +. +Enlarge the place of your tent, and let the curtains of your habitations be stretched out; spare not; lengthen your cords and strengthen your stakes, -- isaiah 54:2 +. +For you will spread abroad to the right hand and to the left; and your offspring will possess the nations and make the desolate cities to be inhabited. -- isaiah 54:3 +. +Fear not, for you shall not be ashamed; neither be confounded and depressed, for you shall not be put to shame. For you shall forget the shame of your youth, and you shall not [seriously] remember the reproach of your widowhood any more. -- isaiah 54:4 +. +For your Maker is your Husband--the Lord of hosts is His name--and the Holy One of Israel is your Redeemer; the God of the whole earth He is called. -- isaiah 54:5 +. +For the Lord has called you like a woman forsaken, grieved in spirit, and heartsore--even a wife [wooed and won] in youth, when she is [later] refused and scorned, says your God. -- isaiah 54:6 +. +For a brief moment I forsook you, but with great compassion and mercy I will gather you [to Me] again. -- isaiah 54:7 +. +In a little burst of wrath I hid My face from you for a moment, but with age-enduring love and kindness I will have compassion and mercy on you, says the Lord, your Redeemer. -- isaiah 54:8 +. +For this is like the days of Noah to Me; as I swore that the waters of Noah should no more go over the earth, so have I sworn that I will not be angry with you or rebuke you. -- isaiah 54:9 +. +For though the mountains should depart and the hills be shaken or removed, yet My love and kindness shall not depart from you, nor shall My covenant of peace and completeness be removed, says the Lord, Who has compassion on you. -- isaiah 54:10 +. +O you afflicted [city], storm-tossed and not comforted, behold, I will set your stones in fair colors [in antimony to enhance their brilliance] and lay your foundations with sapphires. -- isaiah 54:11 +. +And I will make your windows and pinnacles of [sparkling] agates or rubies, and your gates of [shining] carbuncles, and all your walls [of your enclosures] of precious stones. -- isaiah 54:12 +. +And all your [spiritual] children shall be disciples [taught by the Lord and obedient to His will], and great shall be the peace and undisturbed composure of your children. -- isaiah 54:13 +. +You shall establish yourself in righteousness (rightness, in conformity with God's will and order): you shall be far from even the thought of oppression or destruction, for you shall not fear, and from terror, for it shall not come near you. -- isaiah 54:14 +. +Behold, they may gather together and stir up strife, but it is not from Me. Whoever stirs up strife against you shall fall and surrender to you. -- isaiah 54:15 +. +Behold, I have created the smith who blows on the fire of coals and who produces a weapon for its purpose; and I have created the devastator to destroy. -- isaiah 54:16 +. +But no weapon that is formed against you shall prosper, and every tongue that shall rise against you in judgment you shall show to be in the wrong. This [peace, righteousness, security, triumph over opposition] is the heritage of the servants of the Lord [those in whom the ideal Servant of the Lord is reproduced]; this is the righteousness or the vindication which they obtain from Me [this is that which I impart to them as their justification], says the Lord. -- isaiah 54:17 +. +WAIT and listen, everyone who is thirsty! Come to the waters; and he who has no money, come, buy and eat! Yes, come, buy [priceless, spiritual] wine and milk without money and without price [simply for the self-surrender that accepts the blessing]. -- isaiah 55:1 +. +Why do you spend your money for that which is not bread, and your earnings for what does not satisfy? Hearken diligently to Me, and eat what is good, and let your soul delight itself in fatness [the profuseness of spiritual joy]. -- isaiah 55:2 +. +Incline your ear [submit and consent to the divine will] and come to Me; hear, and your soul will revive; and I will make an everlasting covenant or league with you, even the sure mercy (kindness, goodwill, and compassion) promised to David. -- isaiah 55:3 +. +Behold, I have appointed him (Him) [David, as a representative of the Messiah, or the Messiah Himself] to be a witness [one (One) who shall testify of salvation] to the nations, a prince (Prince) and commander (Commander) to the peoples. -- isaiah 55:4 +. +Behold, you [Israel] shall call nations that you know not, and nations that do not know you shall run to you because of the Lord your God, and of the Holy One of Israel, for He has glorified you. -- isaiah 55:5 +. +Seek, inquire for, and require the Lord while He may be found [claiming Him by necessity and by right]; call upon Him while He is near. -- isaiah 55:6 +. +Let the wicked forsake his way and the unrighteous man his thoughts; and let him return to the Lord, and He will have love, pity, and mercy for him, and to our God, for He will multiply to him His abundant pardon. -- isaiah 55:7 +. +For My thoughts are not your thoughts, neither are your ways My ways, says the Lord. -- isaiah 55:8 +. +For as the heavens are higher than the earth, so are My ways higher than your ways and My thoughts than your thoughts. -- isaiah 55:9 +. +For as the rain and snow come down from the heavens, and return not there again, but water the earth and make it bring forth and sprout, that it may give seed to the sower and bread to the eater, -- isaiah 55:10 +. +So shall My word be that goes forth out of My mouth: it shall not return to Me void [without producing any effect, useless], but it shall accomplish that which I please and purpose, and it shall prosper in the thing for which I sent it. -- isaiah 55:11 +. +For you shall go out [from the spiritual exile caused by sin and evil into the homeland] with joy and be led forth [by your Leader, the Lord Himself, and His word] with peace; the mountains and the hills shall break forth before you into singing, and all the trees of the field shall clap their hands. -- isaiah 55:12 +. +Instead of the thorn shall come up the cypress tree, and instead of the brier shall come up the myrtle tree; and it shall be to the Lord for a name of renown, for an everlasting sign [of jubilant exaltation] and memorial [to His praise], which shall not be cut off. -- isaiah 55:13 +. +THUS SAYS the Lord: Keep justice, do and use righteousness (conformity to the will of God which brings salvation), for My salvation is soon to come and My righteousness (My rightness and justice) to be revealed. -- isaiah 56:1 +. +Blessed, happy, and fortunate is the man who does this, and the son of man who lays hold of it and binds himself fast to it, who keeps sacred the Sabbath so as not to profane it, and keeps his hand from doing any evil. -- isaiah 56:2 +. +Let not the foreigner who has joined himself to the Lord say, The Lord will surely separate me from His people. And let not the eunuch say, Behold, I am a dry tree. -- isaiah 56:3 +. +For thus says the Lord: To the eunuchs who keep My Sabbaths and choose the things which please Me and hold firmly My covenant-- -- isaiah 56:4 +. +To them I will give in My house and within My walls a memorial and a name better [and more enduring] than sons and daughters; I will give them an everlasting name that will not be cut off. -- isaiah 56:5 +. +Also the foreigners who join themselves to the Lord to minister to Him and to love the name of the Lord and to be His servants, everyone who keeps the Sabbath so as not to profane it and who holds fast My covenant [by conscientious obedience]-- -- isaiah 56:6 +. +All these I will bring to My holy mountain and make them joyful in My house of prayer. Their burnt offerings and their sacrifices will be accepted on My altar; for My house will be called a house of prayer for all peoples. -- isaiah 56:7 +. +Thus says the Lord God, Who gathers the outcasts of Israel: I will gather yet others to [Israel] besides those already gathered. -- isaiah 56:8 +. +All you beasts of the field, come to devour, all you beasts (hostile nations) in the forest. -- isaiah 56:9 +. +[Israel's] watchmen are blind, they are all without knowledge; they are all dumb dogs, they cannot bark; dreaming, lying down, they love to slumber. -- isaiah 56:10 +. +Yes, the dogs are greedy; they never have enough. And such are the shepherds who cannot understand; they have all turned to their own way, each one to his own gain, from every quarter [one and all]. -- isaiah 56:11 +. +Come, say they, We will fetch wine, and we will fill ourselves with strong drink! And tomorrow shall be as this day, a day great beyond measure. -- isaiah 56:12 +. +THE RIGHTEOUS man perishes, and no one lays it to heart; and merciful and devout men are taken away, with no one considering that the uncompromisingly upright and godly person is taken away from the calamity and evil to come [even through wickedness]. -- isaiah 57:1 +. +He [in death] enters into peace; they rest in their beds, each one who walks straight and in his uprightness. -- isaiah 57:2 +. +But come close, you sons of a sorceress [nursed in witchcraft and superstition], you offspring of an adulterer and a harlot. -- isaiah 57:3 +. +Against whom do you make sport and take your delight? Against whom do you open wide your mouth and put out your tongue? Are you not yourselves the children of transgression, the offspring of deceit-- -- isaiah 57:4 +. +You who burn with lust [inflaming yourselves with idols] among the oaks, under every green tree, you who slay the children [in sacrifice] in the valleys under the clefts of the rocks? -- isaiah 57:5 +. +Among the smooth stones of the valley is your portion; they, they [the idols] are your lot; to them you have poured out a drink offering, you have offered a cereal offering. Should I be quiet in spite of all these things [and leave them unpunished--bearing them with patience]? -- isaiah 57:6 +. +Upon a lofty and high mountain you have openly and shamelessly set your [idolatrous and adulterous] bed; even there you went up to offer sacrifice [in spiritual unfaithfulness to your divine Husband]. -- isaiah 57:7 +. +Behind the door and the doorpost you have set up your [idol] symbol [as a substitute for the Scripture text God ordered]. Deserting Me, you have uncovered and ascended and enlarged your bed; and you have made a [fresh] bargain for yourself with [the adulterers], and you loved their bed, where you saw [a beckoning hand or a passion-inflaming image]. -- isaiah 57:8 +. +And you went to the king [of foreign lands with gifts] or to Molech [the god] with oil and increased your perfumes and ointments; you sent your messengers far off and debased yourself even to Sheol (Hades) [symbol of an abysmal depth of degradation]. -- isaiah 57:9 +. +You were wearied with the length of your way [in trying to find rest and satisfaction in alliances apart from the true God], yet you did not say, There is no result or profit. You found quickened strength; therefore you were not faint or heartsick [or penitent]. -- isaiah 57:10 +. +Of whom have you been so afraid and in dread that you lied and were treacherous and did not [seriously] remember Me, did not even give Me a thought? Have I not been silent, even for a long time, and so you do not fear Me? -- isaiah 57:11 +. +I will expose your [pretended] righteousness and your doings, but they will not help you. -- isaiah 57:12 +. +When you cry out, let your [rabble] collection of idols deliver you! But the wind shall take them all, a breath shall carry them away. But he who takes refuge in Me shall possess the land [Judea] and shall inherit My holy mountain [Zion, also the heavenly inheritance and the spiritual Zion]. -- isaiah 57:13 +. +And the word of One shall go forth, Cast up, cast up, prepare the way! Take up the stumbling block out of the way [of the spiritual return] of My people. -- isaiah 57:14 +. +For thus says the high and lofty One--He Who inhabits eternity, Whose name is Holy: I dwell in the high and holy place, but with him also who is of a thoroughly penitent and humble spirit, to revive the spirit of the humble and to revive the heart of the thoroughly penitent [bruised with sorrow for sin]. -- isaiah 57:15 +. +For I will not contend forever, neither will I be angry always, for [if I did stay angry] the spirit [of man] would faint and be consumed before Me, and [My purpose in] creating the souls of men would be frustrated. -- isaiah 57:16 +. +Because of the iniquity of his [Judah's] covetousness and unjust gain I was angry and smote him. I hid my face and was angry, and he went on turning away and backsliding in the way of his [own willful] heart. -- isaiah 57:17 +. +I have seen his [willful] ways, but I will heal him; I will lead him also and will recompense him and restore comfort to him and to those who mourn for him. -- isaiah 57:18 +. +Peace, peace, to him who is far off [both Jew and Gentile] and to him who is near! says the Lord; I create the fruit of his lips, and I will heal him [make his lips blossom anew with speech in thankful praise]. -- isaiah 57:19 +. +But the wicked are like the troubled sea, for it cannot rest, and its waters cast up mire and dirt. -- isaiah 57:20 +. +There is no peace, says my God, for the wicked. -- isaiah 57:21 +. +CRY ALOUD, spare not. Lift up your voice like a trumpet and declare to My people their transgression and to the house of Jacob their sins! -- isaiah 58:1 +. +Yet they seek, inquire for, and require Me daily and delight [externally] to know My ways, as [if they were in reality] a nation that did righteousness and forsook not the ordinance of their God. They ask of Me righteous judgments, they delight to draw near to God [in visible ways]. -- isaiah 58:2 +. +Why have we fasted, they say, and You do not see it? Why have we afflicted ourselves, and You take no knowledge [of it]? Behold [O Israel], on the day of your fast [when you should be grieving for your sins], you find profit in your business, and [instead of stopping all work, as the law implies you and your workmen should do] you extort from your hired servants a full amount of labor. -- isaiah 58:3 +. +[The facts are that] you fast only for strife and debate and to smite with the fist of wickedness. Fasting as you do today will not cause your voice to be heard on high. -- isaiah 58:4 +. +Is such a fast as yours what I have chosen, a day for a man to humble himself with sorrow in his soul? [Is true fasting merely mechanical?] Is it only to bow down his head like a bulrush and to spread sackcloth and ashes under him [to indicate a condition of heart that he does not have]? Will you call this a fast and an acceptable day to the Lord? -- isaiah 58:5 +. +[Rather] is not this the fast that I have chosen: to loose the bonds of wickedness, to undo the bands of the yoke, to let the oppressed go free, and that you break every [enslaving] yoke? -- isaiah 58:6 +. +Is it not to divide your bread with the hungry and bring the homeless poor into your house--when you see the naked, that you cover him, and that you hide not yourself from [the needs of] your own flesh and blood? -- isaiah 58:7 +. +Then shall your light break forth like the morning, and your healing (your restoration and the power of a new life) shall spring forth speedily; your righteousness (your rightness, your justice, and your right relationship with God) shall go before you [conducting you to peace and prosperity], and the glory of the Lord shall be your rear guard. -- isaiah 58:8 +. +Then you shall call, and the Lord will answer; you shall cry, and He will say, Here I am. If you take away from your midst yokes of oppression [wherever you find them], the finger pointed in scorn [toward the oppressed or the godly], and every form of false, harsh, unjust, and wicked speaking, -- isaiah 58:9 +. +And if you pour out that with which you sustain your own life for the hungry and satisfy the need of the afflicted, then shall your light rise in darkness, and your obscurity and gloom become like the noonday. -- isaiah 58:10 +. +And the Lord shall guide you continually and satisfy you in drought and in dry places and make strong your bones. And you shall be like a watered garden and like a spring of water whose waters fail not. -- isaiah 58:11 +. +And your ancient ruins shall be rebuilt; you shall raise up the foundations of [buildings that have laid waste for] many generations; and you shall be called Repairer of the Breach, Restorer of Streets to Dwell In. -- isaiah 58:12 +. +If you turn away your foot from [traveling unduly on] the Sabbath, from doing your own pleasure on My holy day, and call the Sabbath a [spiritual] delight, the holy day of the Lord honorable, and honor Him and it, not going your own way or seeking or finding your own pleasure or speaking with your own [idle] words, -- isaiah 58:13 +. +Then will you delight yourself in the Lord, and I will make you to ride on the high places of the earth, and I will feed you with the heritage [promised for you] of Jacob your father; for the mouth of the Lord has spoken it. -- isaiah 58:14 +. +BEHOLD, THE Lord's hand is not shortened at all, that it cannot save, nor His ear dull with deafness, that it cannot hear. -- isaiah 59:1 +. +But your iniquities have made a separation between you and your God, and your sins have hidden His face from you, so that He will not hear. -- isaiah 59:2 +. +For your hands are defiled with blood and your fingers with iniquity; your lips have spoken lies, your tongue mutters wickedness. -- isaiah 59:3 +. +None sues or calls in righteousness [but for the sake of doing injury to others--to take some undue advantage]; no one goes to law honestly and pleads [his case] in truth; they trust in emptiness, worthlessness and futility, and speaking lies! They conceive mischief and bring forth evil! -- isaiah 59:4 +. +They hatch adders' eggs and weave the spider's web; he who eats of their eggs dies, and [from an egg] which is crushed a viper breaks out [for their nature is ruinous, deadly, evil]. -- isaiah 59:5 +. +Their webs will not serve as clothing, nor will they cover themselves with what they make; their works are works of iniquity, and the act of violence is in their hands. -- isaiah 59:6 +. +Their feet run to evil, and they make haste to shed innocent blood. Their thoughts are thoughts of iniquity; desolation and destruction are in their paths and highways. -- isaiah 59:7 +. +The way of peace they know not, and there is no justice or right in their goings. They have made them into crooked paths; whoever goes in them does not know peace. -- isaiah 59:8 +. +Therefore are justice and right far from us, and righteousness and salvation do not overtake us. We expectantly wait for light, but [only] see darkness; for brightness, but we walk in obscurity and gloom. -- isaiah 59:9 +. +We grope for the wall like the blind, yes, we grope like those who have no eyes. We stumble at noonday as in the twilight; in dark places and among those who are full of life and vigor, we are as dead men. -- isaiah 59:10 +. +We all groan and growl like bears and moan plaintively like doves. We look for justice, but there is none; for salvation, but it is far from us. -- isaiah 59:11 +. +For our transgressions are multiplied before You [O Lord], and our sins testify against us; for our transgressions are with us, and as for our iniquities, we know and recognize them [as]: -- isaiah 59:12 +. +Rebelling against and denying the Lord, turning away from following our God, speaking oppression and revolt, conceiving in and muttering and moaning from the heart words of falsehood. -- isaiah 59:13 +. +Justice is turned away backward, and righteousness (uprightness and right standing with God) stands far off; for truth has fallen in the street (the city's forum), and uprightness cannot enter [the courts of justice]. -- isaiah 59:14 +. +Yes, truth is lacking, and he who departs from evil makes himself a prey. And the Lord saw it, and it displeased Him that there was no justice. -- isaiah 59:15 +. +And He saw that there was no man and wondered that there was no intercessor [no one to intervene on behalf of truth and right]; therefore His own arm brought Him victory, and His own righteousness [having the Spirit without measure] sustained Him. -- isaiah 59:16 +. +For [the Lord] put on righteousness as a breastplate or coat of mail, and salvation as a helmet upon His head; He put on garments of vengeance for clothing and was clad with zeal [and furious divine jealousy] as a cloak. -- isaiah 59:17 +. +According as their deeds deserve, so will He repay wrath to His adversaries, recompense to His enemies; on the foreign islands and coastlands He will make compensation. -- isaiah 59:18 +. +So [as the result of the Messiah's intervention] they shall [reverently] fear the name of the Lord from the west, and His glory from the rising of the sun. When the enemy shall come in like a flood, the Spirit of the Lord will lift up a standard against him and put him to flight [for He will come like a rushing stream which the breath of the Lord drives]. -- isaiah 59:19 +. +He shall come as a Redeemer to Zion and to those in Jacob (Israel) who turn from transgression, says the Lord. -- isaiah 59:20 +. +As for Me, this is My covenant or league with them, says the Lord: My Spirit, Who is upon you [and Who writes the law of God inwardly on the heart], and My words which I have put in your mouth shall not depart out of your mouth, or out of the mouths of your [true, spiritual] children, or out of the mouths of your children's children, says the Lord, from henceforth and forever. -- isaiah 59:21 +. +ARISE [from the depression and prostration in which circumstances have kept you--rise to a new life]! Shine (be radiant with the glory of the Lord), for your light has come, and the glory of the Lord has risen upon you! -- isaiah 60:1 +. +For behold, darkness shall cover the earth, and dense darkness [all] peoples, but the Lord shall arise upon you [O Jerusalem], and His glory shall be seen on you. -- isaiah 60:2 +. +And nations shall come to your light, and kings to the brightness of your rising. -- isaiah 60:3 +. +Lift up your eyes round about you and see! They all gather themselves together, they come to you. Your sons shall come from afar, and your daughters shall be carried and nursed in the arms. -- isaiah 60:4 +. +Then you shall see and be radiant, and your heart shall thrill and tremble with joy [at the glorious deliverance] and be enlarged; because the abundant wealth of the [Dead] Sea shall be turned to you, unto you shall the nations come with their treasures. -- isaiah 60:5 +. +A multitude of camels [from the eastern trading tribes] shall cover you [Jerusalem], the young camels of Midian and Ephah; all the men from Sheba [who once came to trade] shall come, bringing gold and frankincense and proclaiming the praises of the Lord. -- isaiah 60:6 +. +All the flocks of Kedar shall be gathered to you [as the eastern pastoral tribes join the trading tribes], the rams of Nebaioth shall minister to you; they shall come up with acceptance on My altar, and My glorious house I will glorify. -- isaiah 60:7 +. +Who are these who fly like a cloud, and like doves to their windows? -- isaiah 60:8 +. +Surely the isles and distant coastlands shall wait for and expect Me; and the ships of Tarshish [shall come] first, to bring your sons from afar, their silver and gold with them, for the name of the Lord your God, for the Holy One of Israel, because He has beautified and glorified you. -- isaiah 60:9 +. +Foreigners shall build up your walls, and their kings shall minister to you; for in My wrath I smote you, but in My favor, pleasure, and goodwill I have had mercy, love, and pity for you. -- isaiah 60:10 +. +And your gates shall be open continually, they shall not be shut day or night, that men may bring to you the wealth of the nations--and their kings led in procession [your voluntary captives]. -- isaiah 60:11 +. +For the nation and kingdom that will not serve you in that day [Jerusalem] shall perish; yes, those nations shall be utterly laid waste. -- isaiah 60:12 +. +The glory of Lebanon shall come to you, the cypress, the plane, and the pine [trees] together, to beautify the place of My sanctuary; and I will make the place of My feet glorious. -- isaiah 60:13 +. +The sons of those who afflicted you shall come bending low to you, and all those who despised you shall bow down at your feet, and they shall call you the City of the Lord, the Zion of the Holy One of Israel. -- isaiah 60:14 +. +Whereas you have been forsaken and hated, so that no man passed through you, I will make you [Jerusalem] an eternal glory, a joy from age to age. -- isaiah 60:15 +. +You shall suck the milk of the [Gentile] nations and shall suck the breast of kings; and you shall recognize and know that I, the Lord, am your Savior and your Redeemer, the Mighty One of Jacob. -- isaiah 60:16 +. +Instead of bronze I will bring gold, and instead of iron I will bring silver; and instead of wood, bronze, and instead of stones, iron. [Instead of the tyranny of the present] I will appoint peace as your officers and righteousness as your taskmasters. -- isaiah 60:17 +. +Violence shall no more be heard in your land, nor devastation or destruction within your borders, but you shall call your walls Salvation and your gates Praise. -- isaiah 60:18 +. +The sun shall no more be your light by day, nor for brightness shall the moon give light to you, but the Lord shall be to you an everlasting light, and your God your glory and your beauty. -- isaiah 60:19 +. +Your sun shall no more go down, nor shall your moon withdraw itself, for the Lord shall be your everlasting light, and the days of your mourning shall be ended. -- isaiah 60:20 +. +Your people also shall all be [uncompromisingly and consistently] righteous; they shall possess the land forever, the branch of My planting, the work of My hands, that I may be glorified. -- isaiah 60:21 +. +The least one shall become a thousand [a clan], and the small one a strong nation. I, the Lord, will hasten it in its [appointed] time. -- isaiah 60:22 +. +THE SPIRIT of the Lord God is upon me, because the Lord has anointed and qualified me to preach the Gospel of good tidings to the meek, the poor, and afflicted; He has sent me to bind up and heal the brokenhearted, to proclaim liberty to the [physical and spiritual] captives and the opening of the prison and of the eyes to those who are bound, -- isaiah 61:1 +. +To proclaim the acceptable year of the Lord [the year of His favor] and the day of vengeance of our God, to comfort all who mourn, -- isaiah 61:2 +. +To grant [consolation and joy] to those who mourn in Zion--to give them an ornament (a garland or diadem) of beauty instead of ashes, the oil of joy instead of mourning, the garment [expressive] of praise instead of a heavy, burdened, and failing spirit--that they may be called oaks of righteousness [lofty, strong, and magnificent, distinguished for uprightness, justice, and right standing with God], the planting of the Lord, that He may be glorified. -- isaiah 61:3 +. +And they shall rebuild the ancient ruins; they shall raise up the former desolations and renew the ruined cities, the devastations of many generations. -- isaiah 61:4 +. +Aliens shall stand [ready] and feed your flocks, and foreigners shall be your plowmen and your vinedressers. -- isaiah 61:5 +. +But you shall be called the priests of the Lord; people will speak of you as the ministers of our God. You shall eat the wealth of the nations, and the glory [once that of your captors] shall be yours. -- isaiah 61:6 +. +Instead of your [former] shame you shall have a twofold recompense; instead of dishonor and reproach [your people] shall rejoice in their portion. Therefore in their land they shall possess double [what they had forfeited]; everlasting joy shall be theirs. -- isaiah 61:7 +. +For I the Lord love justice; I hate robbery and wrong with violence or a burnt offering. And I will faithfully give them their recompense in truth, and I will make an everlasting covenant or league with them. -- isaiah 61:8 +. +And their offspring shall be known among the nations and their descendants among the peoples. All who see them [in their prosperity] will recognize and acknowledge that they are the people whom the Lord has blessed. -- isaiah 61:9 +. +I will greatly rejoice in the Lord, my soul will exult in my God; for He has clothed me with the garments of salvation, He has covered me with the robe of righteousness, as a bridegroom decks himself with a garland, and as a bride adorns herself with her jewels. -- isaiah 61:10 +. +For as [surely as] the earth brings forth its shoots, and as a garden causes what is sown in it to spring forth, so [surely] the Lord God will cause rightness and justice and praise to spring forth before all the nations [through the self-fulfilling power of His word]. -- isaiah 61:11 +. +FOR ZION'S sake will I [Isaiah] not hold my peace, and for Jerusalem's sake I will not rest until her imputed righteousness and vindication go forth as brightness, and her salvation radiates as does a burning torch. -- isaiah 62:1 +. +And the nations shall see your righteousness and vindication [your rightness and justice--not your own, but His ascribed to you], and all kings shall behold your salvation and glory; and you shall be called by a new name which the mouth of the Lord shall name. -- isaiah 62:2 +. +You shall also be [so beautiful and prosperous as to be thought of as] a crown of glory and honor in the hand of the Lord, and a royal diadem [exceedingly beautiful] in the hand of your God. -- isaiah 62:3 +. +You [Judah] shall no more be termed Forsaken, nor shall your land be called Desolate any more. But you shall be called Hephzibah [My delight is in her], and your land be called Beulah [married]; for the Lord delights in you, and your land shall be married [owned and protected by the Lord]. -- isaiah 62:4 +. +For as a young man marries a virgin [O Jerusalem], so shall your sons marry you; and as the bridegroom rejoices over the bride, so shall your God rejoice over you. -- isaiah 62:5 +. +I have set watchmen upon your walls, O Jerusalem, who will never hold their peace day or night; you who [are His servants and by your prayers] put the Lord in remembrance [of His promises], keep not silence, -- isaiah 62:6 +. +And give Him no rest until He establishes Jerusalem and makes her a praise in the earth. -- isaiah 62:7 +. +The Lord has sworn by His right hand and by His mighty arm: Surely I will not again give your grain as food for your enemies, and [the invading sons of] aliens shall not drink your new wine for which you have toiled; -- isaiah 62:8 +. +But they who have gathered it shall eat it and praise the Lord, and they who have brought in the vintage shall drink it [at the feasts celebrated] in the courts of My sanctuary (the temple of My holiness). -- isaiah 62:9 +. +Go through, go through the gates! Prepare the way for the people. Cast up, cast up the highway! Gather out the stones. Lift up a standard or ensign over and for the peoples. -- isaiah 62:10 +. +Behold, the Lord has proclaimed to the end of the earth: Say to the Daughter of Zion, Behold, your salvation comes [in the person of the Lord]; behold, His reward is with Him, and His work and recompense before Him. -- isaiah 62:11 +. +And they shall call them the Holy People, the Redeemed of the Lord; and you shall be called Sought Out, a City Not Forsaken. -- isaiah 62:12 +. +WHO IS this Who comes from Edom, with crimson-stained garments from Bozrah [in Edom]? This One Who is glorious in His apparel, striding triumphantly in the greatness of His might? It is I, [the One] Who speaks in righteousness [proclaiming vindication], mighty to save! -- isaiah 63:1 +. +Why is Your apparel splashed with red, and Your garments like the one who treads in the winepress? -- isaiah 63:2 +. +I have trodden the winepress alone, and of the peoples there was no one with Me. I trod them in My anger and trampled them in My wrath; and their lifeblood is sprinkled upon My garments, and I stained all My raiment. -- isaiah 63:3 +. +For the day of vengeance was in My heart, and My year of redemption [the year of My redeemed] has come. -- isaiah 63:4 +. +And I looked, but there was no one to help; I was amazed and appalled that there was no one to uphold [truth and right]. So My own arm brought Me victory, and My wrath upheld Me. -- isaiah 63:5 +. +I trod down the peoples in My anger and made them drink of the cup of My wrath until they were intoxicated, and I spilled their lifeblood upon the earth. -- isaiah 63:6 +. +I will recount the loving-kindnesses of the Lord and the praiseworthy deeds of the Lord, according to all that the Lord has bestowed on us, and the great goodness to the house of Israel, which He has granted them according to His mercy and according to the multitude of His loving-kindnesses. -- isaiah 63:7 +. +For He said, Surely they are My people, sons who will not lie [who will not deal falsely with Me]; and so He was to them a Savior [in all their distresses]. -- isaiah 63:8 +. +In all their affliction He was afflicted, and the Angel of His presence saved them; in His love and in His pity He redeemed them; and He lifted them up and carried them all the days of old. -- isaiah 63:9 +. +But they rebelled and grieved His Holy Spirit; therefore He turned to become their enemy and Himself fought against them. -- isaiah 63:10 +. +Then His people [seriously] remembered the days of old, of Moses and his people [and they said], Where is He Who brought [our fathers] up out of the [Red] Sea, with [Moses and the other] shepherds of His flock? Where is He Who put His Holy Spirit within their midst, -- isaiah 63:11 +. +Who caused His glorious arm to go at the right hand of Moses, dividing the waters before them, to make for Himself an everlasting name, -- isaiah 63:12 +. +Who led them through the depths, like a horse in the wilderness, so that they did not stumble? -- isaiah 63:13 +. +Like the cattle that go down into the valley [to find better pasturage, refuge, and rest], the Spirit of the Lord caused them to rest. So did You lead Your people [Lord] to make for Yourself a beautiful and glorious name [to prepare the way for the acknowledgment of Your name by all nations]. -- isaiah 63:14 +. +Look down from heaven and see from the dwelling place of Your holiness and Your glory. Where are Your zeal and Your jealousy and Your mighty acts [which you formerly did for Your people]? Your yearning pity and the [multitude of] compassions of Your heart are restrained and withheld from me. -- isaiah 63:15 +. +For [surely] You are our Father, even though Abraham [our ancestor] does not know us and Israel (Jacob) does not acknowledge us; You, O Lord, are [still] our Father, our Redeemer from everlasting is Your name. -- isaiah 63:16 +. +O Lord, why have You made us [able] to err from Your ways and hardened our hearts to [reverential] fear of You? Return [to bless us] for Your servants' sake, the tribes of Your heritage. -- isaiah 63:17 +. +Your holy people possessed Your sanctuary but a little while; our adversaries have trodden it down. -- isaiah 63:18 +. +We have become [to You] like those over whom You never exercised rule, like those who were not called by Your name. -- isaiah 63:19 +. +OH, THAT You would rend the heavens and that You would come down, that the mountains might quake and flow down at Your presence-- -- isaiah 64:1 +. +As when fire kindles the brushwood and the fire causes the waters to boil--to make Your name known to Your adversaries, that the nations may tremble at Your presence! -- isaiah 64:2 +. +When You did terrible things which we did not expect, You came down; the mountains quaked at Your presence. -- isaiah 64:3 +. +For from of old no one has heard nor perceived by the ear, nor has the eye seen a God besides You, Who works and shows Himself active on behalf of him who [earnestly] waits for Him. -- isaiah 64:4 +. +You meet and spare him who joyfully works righteousness (uprightness and justice), [earnestly] remembering You in Your ways. Behold, You were angry, for we sinned; we have long continued in our sins [prolonging Your anger]. And shall we be saved? -- isaiah 64:5 +. +For we have all become like one who is unclean [ceremonially, like a leper], and all our righteousness (our best deeds of rightness and justice) is like filthy rags or a polluted garment; we all fade like a leaf, and our iniquities, like the wind, take us away [far from God's favor, hurrying us toward destruction]. -- isaiah 64:6 +. +And no one calls on Your name and awakens and bestirs himself to take and keep hold of You; for You have hidden Your face from us and have delivered us into the [consuming] power of our iniquities. -- isaiah 64:7 +. +Yet, O Lord, You are our Father; we are the clay, and You our Potter, and we all are the work of Your hand. -- isaiah 64:8 +. +Do not be exceedingly angry, O Lord, or [seriously] remember iniquity forever. Behold, consider, we beseech You, we are all Your people. -- isaiah 64:9 +. +Your holy cities have become a wilderness; Zion has become a wilderness, Jerusalem a desolation. -- isaiah 64:10 +. +Our holy and our beautiful house, [the temple] where our fathers praised You, is burned with fire, and all our pleasant and desirable places are in ruins. -- isaiah 64:11 +. +Considering these [calamities], will You restrain Yourself, O Lord [and not come to our aid]? Will You keep silent and not command our deliverance but humble and afflict us exceedingly? -- isaiah 64:12 +. +I WAS [ready to be] inquired of by those who asked not; I was [ready to be] found by those who sought Me not. I said, Here I am, here I am [says I AM] to a nation [Israel] that has not called on My name. -- isaiah 65:1 +. +I have spread out My hands all the day long to a rebellious people, who walk in a way that is not good, after their own thoughts-- -- isaiah 65:2 +. +A people who provoke Me to My face continually, sacrificing [to idols] in gardens and burning incense upon bricks [instead of at God's prescribed altar]; -- isaiah 65:3 +. +Who sit among the graves [trying to talk with the dead] and lodge among the secret places [or caves where familiar spirits were thought to dwell]; who eat swine's flesh, and the broth of abominable and loathsome things is in their vessels; -- isaiah 65:4 +. +Who say, Keep to yourself; do not come near me, for I am set apart from you [and lest I sanctify you]! These are smoke in My nostrils, a fire that burns all the day. -- isaiah 65:5 +. +Behold, it is written before Me: I will not keep silence but will repay; yes, I will repay into their bosom -- isaiah 65:6 +. +Both your own iniquities and the iniquities of your fathers, says the Lord. Because they too burned incense upon the mountains and reviled and blasphemed Me upon the hills, therefore will I measure and stretch out their former doings into their own bosom. -- isaiah 65:7 +. +Thus says the Lord: As the juice [of the grape] is found in the cluster, and one says, Do not destroy it, for there is a blessing in it, so will I do for My servants' sake, that I may not destroy them all. -- isaiah 65:8 +. +And I will bring forth an offspring from Jacob, and from Judah an inheritor of My mountains; My chosen and elect will inherit it, and My servants will dwell there. -- isaiah 65:9 +. +And [the plain of] Sharon shall be a pasture and fold for flocks, and the Valley of Achor a place for herds to lie down, for My people who seek Me, inquire of Me, and require Me [by right of their necessity and by right of My invitation]. -- isaiah 65:10 +. +But you who forsake the Lord, who forget and ignore My holy Mount [Zion], who prepare a table for Gad [the Babylonian god of fortune] and who furnish mixed drinks for Meni [the god of destiny]-- -- isaiah 65:11 +. +I will destine you [says the Lord] for the sword, and you shall all bow down to the slaughter, because when I called, you did not answer; when I spoke, you did not listen or obey. But you did what was evil in My eyes, and you chose that in which I did not delight. -- isaiah 65:12 +. +Therefore thus says the Lord God: Behold, My servants shall eat, but you shall be hungry; behold, My servants shall drink, but you shall be thirsty; behold, My servants shall rejoice, but you shall be put to shame. -- isaiah 65:13 +. +Behold, My servants shall sing for joy of heart, but you shall cry out for pain and sorrow of heart and shall wail and howl for anguish, vexation, and breaking of spirit. -- isaiah 65:14 +. +And you will leave your name to My chosen [to those who will use it] for a curse; and the Lord God will slay you, but He will call His servants by another name [as much greater than the former name as the name Israel was greater than the name Jacob]. -- isaiah 65:15 +. +So [it shall be] that he who invokes a blessing on himself in the land shall do so by saying, May the God of truth and fidelity [the Amen] bless me; and he who takes an oath in the land shall swear by the God of truth and faithfulness to His promises [the Amen], because the former troubles are forgotten and because they are hidden from My eyes. -- isaiah 65:16 +. +For behold, I create new heavens and a new earth. And the former things shall not be remembered or come into mind. -- isaiah 65:17 +. +But be glad and rejoice forever in that which I create; for behold, I create Jerusalem to be a rejoicing and her people a joy. -- isaiah 65:18 +. +And I will rejoice in Jerusalem and be glad in My people; and the sound of weeping will no more be heard in it, nor the cry of distress. -- isaiah 65:19 +. +There shall no more be in it an infant who lives but a few days, or an old man who dies prematurely; for the child shall die a hundred years old, and the sinner who dies when only a hundred years old shall be [thought only a child, cut off because he is] accursed. -- isaiah 65:20 +. +They shall build houses and inhabit them, and they shall plant vineyards and eat the fruit of them. -- isaiah 65:21 +. +They shall not build and another inhabit; they shall not plant and another eat [the fruit]. For as the days of a tree, so shall be the days of My people, and My chosen and elect shall long make use of and enjoy the work of their hands. -- isaiah 65:22 +. +They shall not labor in vain or bring forth [children] for sudden terror or calamity; for they shall be the descendants of the blessed of the Lord, and their offspring with them. -- isaiah 65:23 +. +And it shall be that before they call I will answer; and while they are yet speaking I will hear. -- isaiah 65:24 +. +The wolf and the lamb shall feed together, and the lion shall eat straw like the ox; and dust shall be the serpent's food. They shall not hurt or destroy in all My holy Mount [Zion], says the Lord. -- isaiah 65:25 +. +THUS SAYS the Lord: Heaven is My throne, and the earth is My footstool. What kind of house would you build for Me? And what kind can be My resting-place? -- isaiah 66:1 +. +For all these things My hand has made, and so all these things have come into being [by and for Me], says the Lord. But this is the man to whom I will look and have regard: he who is humble and of a broken or wounded spirit, and who trembles at My word and reveres My commands. -- isaiah 66:2 +. +[The acts of the hypocrite's worship are as abominable to God as if they were offered to idols.] He who kills an ox [then] will be as guilty as if he slew and sacrificed a man; he who sacrifices a lamb or a kid, as if he broke a dog's neck and sacrificed him; he who offers a cereal offering, as if he offered swine's blood; he who burns incense [to God], as if he blessed an idol. [Such people] have chosen their own ways, and they delight in their abominations; -- isaiah 66:3 +. +So I also will choose their delusions and mockings, their calamities and afflictions, and I will bring their fears upon them--because when I called, no one answered; when I spoke, they did not listen or obey. But they did what was evil in My sight and chose that in which I did not delight. -- isaiah 66:4 +. +Hear the word of the Lord, you who tremble at His word: Your brethren who hate you, who cast you out for My name's sake, have said, Let the Lord be glorified, that we may see your joy! But it is they who shall be put to shame. -- isaiah 66:5 +. +[Hark!] An uproar from the city! A voice from the temple! The voice of the Lord, rendering recompense to His enemies! -- isaiah 66:6 +. +Before [Zion] travailed, she gave birth; before her pain came upon her, she was delivered of a male child. -- isaiah 66:7 +. +Who has heard of such a thing? Who has seen such things? Shall a land be born in one day? Or shall a nation be brought forth in a moment? For as soon as Zion was in labor, she brought forth her children. -- isaiah 66:8 +. +Shall I bring to the [moment of] birth and not cause to bring forth? says the Lord. Shall I Who causes to bring forth shut the womb? says your God. -- isaiah 66:9 +. +Rejoice with Jerusalem and be glad for her, all you who love her; rejoice for joy with her, all you who mourn over her, -- isaiah 66:10 +. +That you may nurse and be satisfied from her consoling breasts, that you may drink deeply and be delighted with the abundance and brightness of her glory. -- isaiah 66:11 +. +For thus says the Lord: Behold, I will extend peace to her like a river, and the glory of the nations like an overflowing stream; then you will be nursed, you will be carried on her hip and trotted [lovingly bounced up and down] on her [God's maternal] knees. -- isaiah 66:12 +. +As one whom his mother comforts, so will I comfort you; you shall be comforted in Jerusalem. -- isaiah 66:13 +. +When you see this, your heart shall rejoice; your bones shall flourish like green and tender grass. And the [powerful] hand of the Lord shall be revealed and known to be with His servants, but His indignation [shown] to be against His enemies. -- isaiah 66:14 +. +For behold, the Lord will come in fire, and His chariots will be like the stormy wind, to render His anger with fierceness, and His rebuke with flames of fire. -- isaiah 66:15 +. +For by fire and by His sword will the Lord execute judgment upon all flesh, and the slain of the Lord will be many. -- isaiah 66:16 +. +Those who [attempt to] sanctify themselves and cleanse themselves to enter [and sacrifice to idols] in the gardens, following after one in the midst, eating hog's flesh and the abomination [creeping things] and the [mouse--their works and their thoughts] shall come to an end together, says the Lord. -- isaiah 66:17 +. +For I know their works and their thoughts. And the time is coming when I will gather all nations and tongues, and they will come and see My glory. -- isaiah 66:18 +. +And I will set up a [miraculous] sign among them, and from them I will send survivors to the nations--to Tarshish, Pul (Put), and Lud, who draw the bow, to Tubal and Javan, to the isles and coastlands afar off that have not heard of My fame nor seen My glory. And they will declare and proclaim My glory among the nations. -- isaiah 66:19 +. +And they shall bring all your brethren from all the nations as an offering to the Lord--upon horses and in chariots and in litters and upon mules and upon camels--to My holy mountain Jerusalem, says the Lord, just as the children of Israel bring their cereal offering in a clean vessel to the house of the Lord. -- isaiah 66:20 +. +And I will also take some of them for priests and for Levites, says the Lord. -- isaiah 66:21 +. +For as the new heavens and the new earth which I make shall remain before Me, says the Lord, so shall your offspring and your name remain. -- isaiah 66:22 +. +And it shall be that from one New Moon to another New Moon and from one Sabbath to another Sabbath, all flesh shall come to worship before Me, says the Lord. -- isaiah 66:23 +. +And they shall go forth and gaze upon the dead bodies of the [rebellious] men who have stepped over against Me; for their worm shall not die, their fire shall not be quenched, and they shall be an abhorrence to all mankind. -- isaiah 66:24 +. +THE WORDS of Jeremiah son of Hilkiah, of the priests who were in Anathoth in the land of Benjamin [two or three miles north of Jerusalem], -- jeremiah 1:1 +. +To whom the word of the Lord came in the days of Josiah son of Amon king of Judah in the thirteenth year of his reign. -- jeremiah 1:2 +. +It came also in the days of Jehoiakim son of Josiah king of Judah until the end of the eleventh year of Zedekiah son of Josiah king of Judah, until the carrying away of Jerusalem into captivity in the fifth month. -- jeremiah 1:3 +. +Then the word of the Lord came to me [Jeremiah], saying, -- jeremiah 1:4 +. +Before I formed you in the womb I knew [and] approved of you [as My chosen instrument], and before you were born I separated and set you apart, consecrating you; [and] I appointed you as a prophet to the nations. -- jeremiah 1:5 +. +Then said I, Ah, Lord God! Behold, I cannot speak, for I am only a youth. -- jeremiah 1:6 +. +But the Lord said to me, Say not, I am only a youth; for you shall go to all to whom I shall send you, and whatever I command you, you shall speak. -- jeremiah 1:7 +. +Be not afraid of them [their faces], for I am with you to deliver you, says the Lord. -- jeremiah 1:8 +. +Then the Lord put forth His hand and touched my mouth. And the Lord said to me, Behold, I have put My words in your mouth. -- jeremiah 1:9 +. +See, I have this day appointed you to the oversight of the nations and of the kingdoms to root out and pull down, to destroy and to overthrow, to build and to plant. -- jeremiah 1:10 +. +Moreover, the word of the Lord came to me, saying, Jeremiah, what do you see? And I said, I see a branch or shoot of an almond tree [the emblem of alertness and activity, blossoming in late winter]. -- jeremiah 1:11 +. +Then said the Lord to me, You have seen well, for I am alert and active, watching over My word to perform it. -- jeremiah 1:12 +. +And the word of the Lord came to me the second time, saying, What do you see? And I said, I see a boiling pot, and the face of it is [tipped away] from the north [its mouth about to pour forth on the south, on Judea]. -- jeremiah 1:13 +. +Then the Lord said to me, Out of the north the evil [which the prophets had foretold as the result of national sin] shall disclose itself and break forth upon all the inhabitants of the land. -- jeremiah 1:14 +. +For, behold, I will call all the tribes of the kingdoms of the north, says the Lord; and they will come and set every one his throne at the entrance of the gates of Jerusalem, against all its walls round about, and against all the cities of Judah [as God's judicial act, a consequence of Judah's wickedness]. -- jeremiah 1:15 +. +And I will utter My judgments against them for all the wickedness of those who have forsaken Me, burned incense to other gods, and worshiped the works of their own hands [idols]. -- jeremiah 1:16 +. +But you [Jeremiah], gird up your loins! Arise and tell them all that I command you. Do not be dismayed and break down at the sight of their faces, lest I confound you before them and permit you to be overcome. -- jeremiah 1:17 +. +For I, behold, I have made you this day a fortified city and an iron pillar and bronze walls against the whole land--against the [successive] kings of Judah, against its princes, against its priests, and against the people of the land [giving you divine strength which no hostile power can overcome]. -- jeremiah 1:18 +. +And they shall fight against you, but they shall not [finally] prevail against you, for I am with you, says the Lord, to deliver you. -- jeremiah 1:19 +. +AND THE word of the Lord came to me [Jeremiah], saying, -- jeremiah 2:1 +. +Go and cry in the ears of Jerusalem, saying, Thus says the Lord: I [earnestly] remember the kindness and devotion of your youth, your love after your betrothal [in Egypt] and marriage [at Sinai] when you followed Me in the wilderness, in a land not sown. -- jeremiah 2:2 +. +Israel was holiness [something set apart from ordinary purposes, dedicated] to the Lord, the firstfruits of His harvest [of which no stranger was allowed to partake]; all who ate of it [injuring Israel] offended and became guilty; evil came upon them, says the Lord. -- jeremiah 2:3 +. +Hear the word of the Lord, O house of Jacob, and all the families of the house of Israel. -- jeremiah 2:4 +. +Thus says the Lord: What unrighteousness did your fathers find in Me, that they went far from Me and [habitually] went after emptiness, falseness, and futility and themselves became fruitless and worthless? -- jeremiah 2:5 +. +Nor did they say, Where is the Lord, Who brought us up out of the land of Egypt, Who led us through the wilderness, through a land of deserts and pits, through a land of drought and of the shadow of death and deep darkness, through a land that no man passes through and where no man dwells? -- jeremiah 2:6 +. +And I brought you into a plentiful land to enjoy its fruits and good things. But when you entered, you defiled My land and made My heritage an abomination [detestable and loathsome]. -- jeremiah 2:7 +. +[Even] the priests did not say, Where is the Lord? And those who handle the law [given by God to Moses] knew Me not. The rulers and secular shepherds also transgressed against Me, and the prophets prophesied by [the authority and in the name of] Baal and followed after things that do not profit. -- jeremiah 2:8 +. +Therefore I will still contend with you [by inflicting further judgments on you], says the Lord, and with your children's children will I contend. -- jeremiah 2:9 +. +For cross over to the coasts of Cyprus [to the west] and see, send also to Kedar [to the east] and carefully consider; and see whether there has been such a thing as this: -- jeremiah 2:10 +. +Has a nation [ever] changed its gods, even though they are not gods? But My people have changed their Glory [God] for that which does not profit. -- jeremiah 2:11 +. +Be astonished and appalled, O heavens, at this; be shocked and shrivel up with horror, says the Lord [at the behavior of the people]. -- jeremiah 2:12 +. +For My people have committed two evils: they have forsaken Me, the Fountain of living waters, and they have hewn for themselves cisterns, broken cisterns which cannot hold water. -- jeremiah 2:13 +. +Is Israel a servant? Is he a homeborn slave? Why has he become a captive and a prey? -- jeremiah 2:14 +. +The young lions have roared over him and made their voices heard. And they have made his land a waste; his cities are burned ruins without inhabitant. -- jeremiah 2:15 +. +Moreover, the children of Memphis and Tahpanhes (Egypt) [have in times past shown their power as a foe; they] have broken and fed on the crown of your head [Israel]--so do not rely on them as an ally now. -- jeremiah 2:16 +. +Have you not brought this upon yourself by forsaking the Lord your God when He led you in the way? -- jeremiah 2:17 +. +And now what have you to gain by allying yourself with Egypt and going her way, to drink the [black and roiled] waters of the Nile? Or what have you to gain in going the way of Assyria, to drink the waters of the Euphrates? -- jeremiah 2:18 +. +Your own wickedness shall chasten and correct you, and your backslidings and desertion of faith shall reprove you. Know therefore and recognize that this is an evil and bitter thing: [first,] you have forsaken the Lord your God; [second,] you are indifferent to Me and the fear of Me is not in you, says the Lord of hosts. -- jeremiah 2:19 +. +For long ago [in Egypt] I broke your yoke and burst your bonds [not that you might be free, but that you might serve Me] and long ago you shattered the yoke and snapped the bonds [of My law which I put upon you]; you said, I will not serve and obey You! For upon every high hill and under every green tree you [eagerly] prostrated yourself [in idolatrous worship], playing the harlot. -- jeremiah 2:20 +. +Yet I had planted you [O house of Israel] a choice vine, wholly of pure seed. How then have you turned into degenerate shoots of wild vine alien to Me? -- jeremiah 2:21 +. +For though you wash yourself with lye and use much soap, yet your iniquity and guilt are still [upon you; you are] spotted, dirty, and stained before Me, says the Lord. -- jeremiah 2:22 +. +How can you say, I am not defiled; I have not gone after the Baals [other gods]? Look at your way in the valley; know what you have done. You are a restive young female camel [in the uncontrollable violence of her brute passion eagerly] running hither and thither, -- jeremiah 2:23 +. +Or [you have the untamed and reckless nature of] a wild donkey used to the desert, in her heat sniffing the wind [for the scent of a male]. In her mating season who can restrain her? No males seeking her need weary themselves; in her month they will find her [seeking them]. -- jeremiah 2:24 +. +[Cease from your mad running after idols, from which you get nothing but bitter injury.] Keep your feet from being unshod and your throat from thirst. But you said, It is hopeless! For I have loved strangers and foreigners, and after them I will go. -- jeremiah 2:25 +. +As the thief is brought to shame when he is caught, so shall the house of Israel be brought to shame--they, their kings, their princes, their priests, and their prophets-- -- jeremiah 2:26 +. +[Inasmuch as] they say to a tree, You are my father, and to a stone, You gave me birth. For they have turned their backs to Me and not their faces; but in the time of their trouble, they say, Arise [O Lord] and save us! -- jeremiah 2:27 +. +But where are your gods that you made for yourself? Let them arise if they can save you in the time of your trouble! For [as many as] the number of your cities are your gods, O Judah. [Surely so many handmade idols should be able to help you!] -- jeremiah 2:28 +. +Why do you complain and remonstrate against My wrath? You all have rebelled and revolted against Me, says the Lord. -- jeremiah 2:29 +. +In vain have I stricken your children (your people); they received no discipline (no correction). Your own sword devoured your prophets like a destroying lion. -- jeremiah 2:30 +. +O generation [that you are]! Behold, consider, and regard the word of the Lord: Have I been a wilderness to Israel [like a land without food]? A land of deep darkness [like a way without light]? Why do My people say, We have broken loose [we are free and will roam at large]; we will come no more to You? -- jeremiah 2:31 +. +Can a maid forget and neglect [to wear] her ornaments, or a bride her [marriage] girdle [with its significance like that of a wedding ring]? Yet My people have forgotten Me, days without number. -- jeremiah 2:32 +. +How you deck yourself and direct your way to procure [adulterous] love! Because of it even wicked women have learned [indecent] ways from you. -- jeremiah 2:33 +. +Also on your skirts is found the lifeblood of the persons of the innocent poor; you did not find them housebreaking, nor have I found it out by secret search. But it is because of [your lust for idolatry that you have done] all these things--[that is everywhere evident.] -- jeremiah 2:34 +. +Yet you keep saying, I am innocent; surely His anger has turned away from Me. Behold, I will bring you to judgment and will plead against you because you say, I have not sinned. -- jeremiah 2:35 +. +Why do you gad or wander about so much to change your way? You shall be put to shame by Egypt as you were put to shame by Assyria. -- jeremiah 2:36 +. +From [Egypt] also you will come away with your hands upon your head, for the Lord has rejected those in whom you confide, and you will not prosper with [respect to] them. -- jeremiah 2:37 +. +THAT IS to say, If a man puts away his wife and she goes from him and becomes another man's, will he return to her again? [Of course not!] Would not that land [where such a thing happened] be greatly polluted? But you have played the harlot [against Me] with many lovers--yet would you now return to Me? says the Lord [or do you even think to return to Me?] -- jeremiah 3:1 +. +Lift up your eyes to the bare heights and see. Where have you not been adulterously lain with? By the wayside you have sat waiting for lovers [eager for idolatry], like an Arabian [desert tribesman who waits to plunder] in the wilderness; and you have polluted the land with your vile harlotry and your wickedness (unfaithfulness and disobedience to God). -- jeremiah 3:2 +. +Therefore the showers have been withheld, and there has been no spring rain. Yet you have the brow of a prostitute; you refuse to be ashamed. -- jeremiah 3:3 +. +Have you not just now cried to Me: My Father, You were the guide and companion of my youth? -- jeremiah 3:4 +. +Will He retain His anger forever? Will He keep it to the end? Behold, you have so spoken, but you have done all the evil things you could and have had your way and have carried them through. -- jeremiah 3:5 +. +Moreover, the Lord said to me [Jeremiah] in the days of Josiah the king [of Judah], Have you seen what that faithless and backsliding Israel has done--how she went up on every high hill and under every green tree and there played the harlot? -- jeremiah 3:6 +. +And I said, After she has done all these things, she will return to Me; but she did not return, and her faithless and treacherous sister Judah saw it. -- jeremiah 3:7 +. +And I saw, even though [Judah knew] that for this very cause of committing adultery (idolatry) I [the Lord] had put faithless Israel away and given her a bill of divorce; yet her faithless and treacherous sister Judah was not afraid, but she also went and played the harlot [following after idols]. -- jeremiah 3:8 +. +And through the infamy and unseemly frivolity of Israel's whoredom [because her immorality mattered little to her], she polluted and defiled the land, [by her idolatry] committing adultery with [idols of] stones and trees. -- jeremiah 3:9 +. +But in spite of all this, her faithless and treacherous sister Judah did not return to Me in sincerity and with her whole heart, but only in sheer hypocrisy [has she feigned obedience to King Josiah's reforms], says the Lord. -- jeremiah 3:10 +. +And the Lord said to me, Backsliding and faithless Israel has shown herself less guilty than false and treacherous Judah. -- jeremiah 3:11 +. +Go and proclaim these words toward the north [where the ten tribes have been taken as captives] and say, Return, faithless Israel, says the Lord, and I will not cause My countenance to fall and look in anger upon you, for I am merciful, says the Lord; I will not keep My anger forever. -- jeremiah 3:12 +. +Only know, understand, and acknowledge your iniquity and guilt--that you have rebelled and transgressed against the Lord your God and have scattered your favors among strangers under every green tree, and you have not obeyed My voice, says the Lord. -- jeremiah 3:13 +. +Return, O faithless children [of the whole twelve tribes], says the Lord, for I am Lord and Master and Husband to you, and I will take you [not as a nation, but individually]--one from a city and two from a tribal family--and I will bring you to Zion. -- jeremiah 3:14 +. +And I will give you [spiritual] shepherds after My own heart [in the final time], who will feed you with knowledge and understanding and judgment. -- jeremiah 3:15 +. +And it shall be that when you have multiplied and increased in the land in those days, says the Lord, they shall no more say, The ark of the covenant of the Lord. It shall not come to mind, nor shall they [seriously] remember it, nor shall they miss or visit it, nor shall it be repaired or made again [for instead of the ark, which represented God's presence, He will show Himself to be present throughout the city]. -- jeremiah 3:16 +. +At that time they shall call Jerusalem The Throne of the Lord, and all the nations shall be gathered to it, in the renown and name of the Lord, to Jerusalem; nor shall they walk any more after the stubbornness of their own evil hearts. -- jeremiah 3:17 +. +In those days the house of Judah shall walk with the house of Israel, and together they shall come out of the land of the north to the land that I gave as an inheritance to your fathers. -- jeremiah 3:18 +. +And I thought how [gloriously and honorably] I would set you among My children and give you a pleasant land, a goodly heritage, the most beautiful and best [inheritance] among all nations! And I thought you would call Me My Father and would not turn away from following Me. -- jeremiah 3:19 +. +Surely, as a wife treacherously and faithlessly departs from her husband, so have you dealt treacherously and faithlessly with Me, O house of Israel, says the Lord. -- jeremiah 3:20 +. +A voice is heard on the bare heights, the weeping and pleading of the sons of Israel, because they have perverted their ways, they have [eagerly] forgotten the Lord their God. -- jeremiah 3:21 +. +Return, O faithless sons, [says the Lord, and] I will heal your faithlessness. [And they answer] Behold, we come to You, for You are the Lord our God. -- jeremiah 3:22 +. +Truly in vain is the hope of salvation from the hills and from the tumult and noisy throng on the mountains; truly in and with the Lord our God rests the salvation of Israel. -- jeremiah 3:23 +. +[We have been ruined as a nation by our faithlessness and idolatry] for the shameful thing has consumed all for which our fathers toiled from our youth--their flocks and their herds, their sons and their daughters. -- jeremiah 3:24 +. +Let us lie prostrate in our shame, and let our dishonor and confusion cover us; for we have sinned against the Lord our God, we and our fathers; from our youth even to this day we have not obeyed the voice of the Lord our God. -- jeremiah 3:25 +. +IF YOU will return, O Israel, says the Lord, if you will return to Me, and if you will put away your abominable false gods out of My sight and not stray or waver, -- jeremiah 4:1 +. +And if you swear, As the Lord lives, in truth, in judgment and justice, and in righteousness (uprightness in every area and relation), then the nations will bless themselves in Him and in Him will they glory. -- jeremiah 4:2 +. +For thus says the Lord to the men of Judah and to Jerusalem: Break up your ground left uncultivated for a season, so that you may not sow among thorns. -- jeremiah 4:3 +. +Circumcise yourselves to the Lord and take away the foreskins of your hearts, you men of Judah and inhabitants of Jerusalem, lest My wrath go forth like fire [consuming all that gets in its way] and burn so that no one can quench it because of the evil of your doings. -- jeremiah 4:4 +. +Declare in Judah and publish in Jerusalem and say: Blow the trumpet in the land; cry aloud and say: Assemble yourselves, and let us go into the fortified cities. -- jeremiah 4:5 +. +Raise a standard toward Zion [to mark out the safest route to those seeking safety within Jerusalem's walls]! Flee for safety, stay not, for I bring evil from the north, and great destruction. -- jeremiah 4:6 +. +A lion has gone up from his thicket, and a destroyer of nations is on his way. He has gone forth from his place to make your land a desolate waste; and your cities shall be left in ruins without an inhabitant. -- jeremiah 4:7 +. +For this, gird yourselves with sackcloth, lament and wail, for the fierce anger of the Lord has not turned back from us. -- jeremiah 4:8 +. +And it shall be in that day, says the Lord, that the understanding and courage of the king shall fail (be paralyzed), and also that of the princes; the priests shall be appalled and the prophets astounded and dazed with horror. -- jeremiah 4:9 +. +Then I [Jeremiah] said, Alas, Lord God! Surely You have greatly deceived and misled this people and Jerusalem, [for the prophets represented You as] saying [to Your people], You shall have peace, whereas the sword has reached to [their very] life. -- jeremiah 4:10 +. +At that time it will be said to this people and to Jerusalem, A hot wind from the bare heights in the wilderness [comes at My command] against the daughter of My people--not [a wind] to fan or cleanse [from chaff, as when threshing, but] -- jeremiah 4:11 +. +A wind too strong and full for winnowing comes at My word. Now I will also speak in judgment against [My people]. -- jeremiah 4:12 +. +Behold, [the enemy] comes up like clouds, his chariots like the whirlwind; his horses are swifter than eagles. Woe to us, for we are ruined (destroyed)! -- jeremiah 4:13 +. +O Jerusalem, wash your heart from wickedness, that you may be saved! How long shall your iniquitous and grossly offensive thoughts lodge within you? -- jeremiah 4:14 +. +For a voice declares from Dan [in the north] and proclaims evil from Mount Ephraim [the range dividing Israel from Judah]. -- jeremiah 4:15 +. +Warn the [neighboring] nations [that our adversary is coming]; announce to Jerusalem that besiegers are coming from a far country, and they shout against the cities of Judah. -- jeremiah 4:16 +. +Like keepers of a field they are against her round about, because she has been rebellious against Me, says the Lord. -- jeremiah 4:17 +. +Your ways and your doings have brought these things upon you. This is your calamity and doom; surely it is bitter, for surely it reaches your very heart! -- jeremiah 4:18 +. +[It is not only the prophet but also the people who cry out in their thoughts] My anguish, my anguish! I writhe in pain! Oh, the walls of my heart! My heart is disquieted and throbs aloud within me; I cannot be silent! For I have heard the sound of the trumpet, the alarm of war. -- jeremiah 4:19 +. +News of one violent disaster and calamity comes close after another, for the whole land is laid waste; suddenly are my tents spoiled and destroyed, and my [tent] curtains ruined in a moment. -- jeremiah 4:20 +. +[O Lord] how long must I see the flag [marking the route for flight] and hear the sound of the trumpet [urging the people to flee for refuge]? -- jeremiah 4:21 +. +[Their chastisement will continue until it has accomplished its purpose] for My people are stupid, says the Lord [replying to Jeremiah]; they do not know and understand Me. They are thickheaded children, and they have no understanding. They are wise to do evil, but to do good they have no knowledge [and know not how]. -- jeremiah 4:22 +. +[In a vision Jeremiah sees Judah laid waste by conquest and captivity.] I looked at the land, and behold, it was [as at the time of creation] waste and vacant (void); and at the heavens, and they had no light. -- jeremiah 4:23 +. +I looked at the mountains, and behold, they trembled, and all the hills moved lightly to and fro. -- jeremiah 4:24 +. +I looked, and behold, there was no man, and all the birds of the air had fled. -- jeremiah 4:25 +. +I looked, and behold, the fruitful land was a desert, and all its cities were laid waste before the Lord's presence, before His fierce anger. -- jeremiah 4:26 +. +For thus says the Lord: The whole land will be a desolation, yet I will not make a full and complete end of it. -- jeremiah 4:27 +. +For this will the earth mourn and the heavens above be black; because I have spoken, I have purposed, and I will not relent, nor will I turn back [from it]. -- jeremiah 4:28 +. +Every city flees because of the noise of the horsemen and bowmen. They go into the thickets and climb among the rocks; every city is forsaken, and not a man dwells in them. -- jeremiah 4:29 +. +And you [plundered one], when you are made desolate, what will you do? Though you clothe yourself with scarlet, though you deck yourself with ornaments of gold, though you paint your eyelids and make them look farther apart, in vain you beautify yourself. Your lovers (allies) despise you; they seek your life. -- jeremiah 4:30 +. +For I have heard a cry as of a woman in travail, the anguish as of one who brings forth her first child--the cry of the Daughter of Zion, who gasps for breath, who spreads her hands, saying, Woe is me now! I am fainting before the murderers. -- jeremiah 4:31 +. +RUN TO and fro through the streets of Jerusalem, and see now and take notice! Seek in her broad squares to see if you can find a man [as Abraham sought in Sodom], one who does justice, who seeks truth, sincerity, and faithfulness; and I will pardon [Jerusalem--for one uncompromisingly righteous person]. -- jeremiah 5:1 +. +And though they say, As the Lord lives, surely they swear falsely. -- jeremiah 5:2 +. +O Lord, do not your eyes look on the truth? [They have meant to please You outwardly, but You look on their hearts.] You have stricken them, but they have not grieved; You have consumed them, but they have refused to take correction or instruction. They have made their faces harder than a rock, they have refused to repent and return to You. -- jeremiah 5:3 +. +Then I said, Surely these are only the poor; they are [sinfully] foolish and have no understanding, for they know not the way of the Lord, the judgment (the just and righteous law) of their God. -- jeremiah 5:4 +. +I will go to the great men and will speak to them, for they must know the way of the Lord, the judgment (the just and righteous law) of their God. But [I found the very reverse to be true] these had all alike broken the yoke [of God's law] and had burst the bonds [of obedience to Him]. -- jeremiah 5:5 +. +Therefore a lion out of the forest shall slay them, a wolf of the desert shall destroy them, a leopard or panther shall lie in wait against their cities. Everyone who goes out of them shall be torn in pieces, because their transgressions are many, their backslidings and total desertion of faith are increased and have become great and mighty. -- jeremiah 5:6 +. +Why should I and how can I pass over this and forgive you for it? Your children have forsaken Me and sworn by those that are no gods. When I had fed them to the full and bound them to Me by oath, they committed [spiritual] adultery, assembling themselves in troops at the houses of [idol] harlots. -- jeremiah 5:7 +. +They were like fed stallions roaming at large; each one neighed after his neighbor's wife. -- jeremiah 5:8 +. +Shall I not punish them for these things? says the Lord; and shall I not avenge Myself on such a nation as this? -- jeremiah 5:9 +. +Go up within [Jerusalem's] walls and destroy [her vines], but do not make a full and complete end. Trim away the tendrils [of her vines], for they are not the Lord's. -- jeremiah 5:10 +. +For the house of Israel and the house of Judah have dealt very faithlessly and treacherously against Me, says the Lord. -- jeremiah 5:11 +. +They have lied about and denied the Lord by saying, It is not He [Who speaks through His prophets]! Evil shall not come upon us; nor shall we see war or famine. -- jeremiah 5:12 +. +And [say they] the prophets will become wind [what they prophesy will not come to pass], and the word [of God] is not in them. Thus shall it be done to them [as they threatened would be done to us]. -- jeremiah 5:13 +. +Therefore thus says the Lord God of hosts: Because you [the people] have spoken this word, behold, I will make My words fire in your mouth [Jeremiah] and this people wood, and it will devour them. -- jeremiah 5:14 +. +Behold, I am bringing a nation upon you from afar, O house of Israel, says the Lord. It is a mighty and enduring nation, it is an ancient nation, a nation whose language you do not know, nor can you understand what they say. -- jeremiah 5:15 +. +Their quiver is [filled with deadly missiles] like an open sepulcher [filled with dead bodies; the foes] are all mighty men (heroes). -- jeremiah 5:16 +. +They shall consume your harvest and your food; they shall consume your sons and your daughters; they shall consume your flocks and your herds; they shall consume your vines and your fig trees. They shall break down and impoverish your fortified cities in which you trust, with the sword [they shall destroy them]. -- jeremiah 5:17 +. +But even in those days, says the Lord, I will not make a full and complete end of you. -- jeremiah 5:18 +. +And when your people say, Why has the Lord our God done all these things to us? then you shall answer them, As you have forsaken Me, says the Lord, and have served strange gods in your land, so shall you serve strangers (gods) in a land that is not yours. -- jeremiah 5:19 +. +Declare this in the house of Jacob and publish it in Judah: -- jeremiah 5:20 +. +Hear now this, O foolish people without understanding or heart, who have eyes and see not, who have ears and hear not: -- jeremiah 5:21 +. +Do you not fear and reverence Me? says the Lord. Do you not tremble before Me? I placed the sand for the boundary of the sea, a perpetual barrier beyond which it cannot pass and by an everlasting ordinance beyond which it cannot go? And though the waves of the sea toss and shake themselves, yet they cannot prevail [against the feeble grains of sand which God has ordained by nature to be sufficient for His purpose]; though [the billows] roar, yet they cannot pass over that [barrier]. [Is not such a God to be reverently feared and worshiped?] -- jeremiah 5:22 +. +But these people have hearts that draw back from God and wills that rebel against Him; they have revolted and quit His service and have gone away [into idolatry]. -- jeremiah 5:23 +. +Nor do they say in their hearts, Let us now reverently fear and worship the Lord our God, Who gives rain, both the autumn and the spring rain in its season, Who reserves and keeps for us the appointed weeks of the harvest. -- jeremiah 5:24 +. +Your iniquities have turned these blessings away, and your sins have kept good [harvests] from you. -- jeremiah 5:25 +. +For among My people are found wicked men; they watch like fowlers who lie in wait; they set a trap, they catch men. -- jeremiah 5:26 +. +As a cage is full of birds, so are their houses full of deceit and treachery; therefore they have become great and grown rich, -- jeremiah 5:27 +. +They have grown fat and sleek. Yes, they surpass in deeds of wickedness; they do not judge and plead with justice the cause of the fatherless, that they may prosper, and they do not defend the rights of the needy. -- jeremiah 5:28 +. +Shall I not punish them for these things? says the Lord. Shall I not avenge Myself on such a nation as this? -- jeremiah 5:29 +. +An appalling and horrible thing [bringing desolation and destruction] has come to pass in the land: -- jeremiah 5:30 +. +The prophets prophesy falsely, and the priests exercise rule at their own hands and by means of the prophets. And My people love to have it so! But what will you do when the end comes? -- jeremiah 5:31 +. +FLEE FOR safety, you children of Benjamin, out of the midst of Jerusalem! And blow the trumpet in Tekoa [a town far south in Judah], and raise a [fire] signal over Beth-haccherem [a town near Jerusalem]! For evil is looking forth with eagerness from the north, and great destruction. -- jeremiah 6:1 +. +The comely and delicate one, [Jerusalem] the Daughter of Zion, I will destroy. [To a pasturage, yes, a luxurious pasturage, have I likened her.] -- jeremiah 6:2 +. +Shepherds with their flocks shall come against her; they shall pitch their tents round about her; they shall pasture, each one in his place [eating up all her luxurious herbage on every side]. -- jeremiah 6:3 +. +Prepare yourselves for war against her [they cry]; up, let us attack her at noon! But alas, the day declines, the evening shadows lengthen. -- jeremiah 6:4 +. +Arise, let us go by night and destroy her palaces! -- jeremiah 6:5 +. +For the Lord of hosts has said, Hew down her trees and cast up a siege mound against Jerusalem. This is the city which must be punished; there is nothing but oppression within her. -- jeremiah 6:6 +. +As a fountain wells up and casts forth its waters and keeps them fresh, so she is [continually] casting forth [fresh] wickedness. Violence and destruction are heard within her; sickness and wounds are continually before Me. -- jeremiah 6:7 +. +Be corrected, reformed, instructed, and warned, O Jerusalem, lest I be alienated and parted from you, lest I make you a desolation, an uninhabited land. -- jeremiah 6:8 +. +Thus says the Lord of hosts: They shall thoroughly glean as a vine what is left of Israel; turn back your hand again and again [O minister of destruction] into the baskets, like a grape gatherer, and strip the tendrils [of the vine]. -- jeremiah 6:9 +. +To whom shall I [Jeremiah] speak and give warning, that they may hear? Behold, their ears are uncircumcised [never brought into covenant with God or consecrated to His service], and they cannot hear or obey. Behold, the word of the Lord has become to them a reproach and the object of their scorn; they have no delight in it. -- jeremiah 6:10 +. +Therefore I am full of the wrath of the Lord; I am weary of restraining it. I will pour it out on the children in the street and on the gathering of young men together; for even the husband with the wife will be taken, the aged with the very old. -- jeremiah 6:11 +. +And their houses will be turned over to others, their fields and their wives together; for I will stretch out My hand against the inhabitants of the land, says the Lord. -- jeremiah 6:12 +. +For from the least of them even to the greatest of them, everyone is given to covetousness (to greed for unjust gain); and from the prophet even to the priest, everyone deals falsely. -- jeremiah 6:13 +. +They have healed also the wound of the daughter of My people lightly and neglectfully, saying, Peace, peace, when there is no peace. -- jeremiah 6:14 +. +Were they brought to shame because they had committed abominations (extremely disgusting and vile things)? No, they were not at all ashamed, nor could they blush [at their idolatry]. Therefore they shall fall among those who fall; at the time that I punish them they shall be overthrown, says the Lord. -- jeremiah 6:15 +. +Thus says the Lord: Stand by the roads and look; and ask for the eternal paths, where the good, old way is; then walk in it, and you will find rest for your souls. But they said, We will not walk in it! -- jeremiah 6:16 +. +Also I set watchmen over you, saying, Hear and obey the sound of the trumpet! But they said, We will not listen or obey. -- jeremiah 6:17 +. +Therefore hear, O [Gentile] nations, and know, O congregation [of believing ones], what [great things I will do] to them. -- jeremiah 6:18 +. +Hear, O earth: behold, I am bringing evil upon this people, the fruit of their thoughts (their schemes and devices) because they have not listened and obeyed My words, and as for My law, they have rejected it. -- jeremiah 6:19 +. +To what purpose does frankincense come to Me from Sheba [in southwestern Arabia] and the sweet cane from a far country? Your burnt offerings are not acceptable, nor are your sacrifices sweet or pleasing to Me. -- jeremiah 6:20 +. +Therefore thus says the Lord: Behold, I will lay stumbling blocks before this people. And the fathers and the sons together will stumble against them; the neighbor and his friend will perish. -- jeremiah 6:21 +. +Thus says the Lord: Behold, a people is coming from the north country, and a great nation is arousing itself from the ends of the earth. -- jeremiah 6:22 +. +They lay hold on bow and spear; they are cruel (ruthless and inhuman) and have no mercy. Their voice sounds like the roaring sea; they ride on horses, every one set in array as a man for battle against you, O Daughter of Zion! -- jeremiah 6:23 +. +We have heard the report of it; our hands become feeble and helpless. Anguish has taken hold of us, pangs like that of a woman in childbirth. -- jeremiah 6:24 +. +Go not out into the field nor walk on the road, for the enemy is armed with the sword; terror is on every side. -- jeremiah 6:25 +. +O daughter of my people [says Jeremiah], gird yourself with sackcloth and wallow in ashes; make mourning as for an only son, a most bitter lamentation, for the destroyer will suddenly come upon us [on prophet and people]. -- jeremiah 6:26 +. +I [says the Lord] have set you [Jeremiah] as an assayer and a prover of ore among My people, that you may know and try their doings and be like a watchtower. -- jeremiah 6:27 +. +They are all the worst [kind] of rebels and utter and total revolters against God, going about publishing slander. They are [not gold and silver ore, but] bronze and iron; they are all corrupters. -- jeremiah 6:28 +. +The bellows blow fiercely, the lead is consumed by the fire; in vain do they continue refining, for the wicked [the dross] are not removed. -- jeremiah 6:29 +. +Men will call them reprobate and rejected silver [only dross, without good metal], because the Lord has rejected them. -- jeremiah 6:30 +. +THE WORD that came to Jeremiah from the Lord, saying, -- jeremiah 7:1 +. +Stand in the gate of the Lord's house and proclaim there this word and say, Hear the word of the Lord, all you of Judah who enter in at these gates to worship the Lord. -- jeremiah 7:2 +. +Thus says the Lord of hosts, the God of Israel: Amend your ways and your doings, and I will cause you to dwell in this place. -- jeremiah 7:3 +. +Trust not in the lying words [of the false prophets who maintain that God will protect Jerusalem because His temple is there], saying, This is the temple of the Lord, the temple of the Lord, the temple of the Lord. -- jeremiah 7:4 +. +For if you thoroughly amend your ways and your doings, if you thoroughly and truly execute justice between every man and his neighbor, -- jeremiah 7:5 +. +If you do not oppress the transient and the alien, the fatherless, and the widow or shed innocent blood [by oppression and by judicial murders] in [Jerusalem] or go after other gods to your own hurt, -- jeremiah 7:6 +. +Then I will cause you to dwell in this place, in the land that I gave of old to your fathers to dwell in forever. -- jeremiah 7:7 +. +Behold, you trust in lying words that cannot benefit [so that you do not profit]. -- jeremiah 7:8 +. +Will you steal, murder, commit adultery, swear falsely, burn incense to Baal, and go after other gods that you have not known, -- jeremiah 7:9 +. +And [then dare to] come and stand before Me in this house, which is called by My Name, and say, [By the discharge of this religious formality] we are set free!--only to go on with this wickedness and these abominations? -- jeremiah 7:10 +. +Has this house, which is called by My Name, become a den of robbers in your eyes [a place of retreat for you between acts of violence]? Behold, I Myself have seen it, says the Lord. -- jeremiah 7:11 +. +But go now to My place which was in Shiloh [in Ephraim], where I set My Name at the first, and see what I did to it for the wickedness of My people Israel. -- jeremiah 7:12 +. +And now, because you have done all these things, says the Lord, and [because] when I spoke to you persistently [even rising up early and speaking], you did not listen, and when I called you, you did not answer, -- jeremiah 7:13 +. +Therefore will I do to this house (the temple), which is called by My Name and in which you trust, to the place which I gave to you and to your fathers, as I did to Shiloh. -- jeremiah 7:14 +. +And I will cast you out of My sight, as I have cast out all your brethren, even the whole posterity of Ephraim. -- jeremiah 7:15 +. +Therefore do not pray for this people [of Judah] or lift up a cry or entreaty for them or make intercession to Me, for I will not listen to or hear you. -- jeremiah 7:16 +. +Do you not see what they are doing in the cities of Judah and in the streets of Jerusalem? -- jeremiah 7:17 +. +The children gather wood, the fathers kindle the fire, and the women knead the dough, to make cakes for the queen of heaven; and they pour out drink offerings to other gods, that they may provoke Me to anger! -- jeremiah 7:18 +. +Am I the One Whom they provoke to anger? says the Lord. Is it not themselves [whom they provoke], to their own confusion and vexation and to their own shame? -- jeremiah 7:19 +. +Therefore thus says the Lord God: Behold, My anger and My wrath will be poured out on this place, on man and beast, on the trees of the field and the fruit of the ground; it will burn and not be quenched. -- jeremiah 7:20 +. +Thus says the Lord of hosts, the God of Israel: Add your burnt offerings to your sacrifices and eat the flesh [if you will. It will avail you nothing]. -- jeremiah 7:21 +. +For in the day that I brought them out of the land of Egypt, I did not speak to your fathers or command them concerning burnt offerings or sacrifices. -- jeremiah 7:22 +. +But this thing I did command them: Listen to and obey My voice, and I will be your God and you will be My people; and walk in the whole way that I command you, that it may be well with you. -- jeremiah 7:23 +. +But they would not listen to and obey Me or bend their ear [to Me], but followed the counsels and the stubborn promptings of their own evil hearts and minds, and they turned their backs and went in reverse instead of forward. -- jeremiah 7:24 +. +Since the day that your fathers came forth out of the land of Egypt to this day, I have persistently sent to you all My servants the prophets, sending them daily, early and late. -- jeremiah 7:25 +. +Yet the people would not listen to and obey Me or bend their ears [to Me], but stiffened their necks and behaved worse than their fathers. -- jeremiah 7:26 +. +Speak all these words to them, but they will not listen to and obey you; also call to them, but they will not answer you. -- jeremiah 7:27 +. +Yet you shall say to them, This is the nation that did not obey the voice of the Lord their God or receive instruction and correction and warning; truth and faithfulness have perished and have completely vanished from their mouths. -- jeremiah 7:28 +. +Cut off your hair [your crown, O Jerusalem] and cast it away, and take up a lamentation on the bare heights, for the Lord has rejected and forsaken the generation of His wrath. -- jeremiah 7:29 +. +For the children of Judah have done evil in My sight, says the Lord; they have set their abominations (extremely disgusting and shamefully vile things) in the house which is called by My Name to defile it. -- jeremiah 7:30 +. +And they have built the high places of Topheth, which is in the Valley of Ben-hinnom [son of Hinnom], to burn their sons and their daughters in the fire [in honor of Molech, the fire god]--which I did not command, nor did it come into My mind or heart. -- jeremiah 7:31 +. +Therefore, behold, the days are coming, says the Lord, when it shall no more be called Topheth or the Valley of Ben-hinnom [son of Hinnom], but the Valley of Slaughter, for [in bloody warfare] they will bury in Topheth till there is no more room and no place else to bury. -- jeremiah 7:32 +. +And the dead bodies of this people will be meat for the fowls of the air and for the beasts of the earth, and none will frighten them away. -- jeremiah 7:33 +. +Then will I cause to cease from the cities of Judah and from the streets of Jerusalem the voice of mirth and the voice of gladness, the voice of the bridegroom and the voice of the bride; for the land will become a waste. -- jeremiah 7:34 +. +AT THAT time, says the Lord, [the Babylonian army will break open the sepulchers, and] they shall bring out the bones of the kings of Judah, the bones of its princes, the bones of the priests, the bones of the prophets, and the bones of the inhabitants of Jerusalem from their graves. -- jeremiah 8:1 +. +And they will [carelessly] scatter [the corpses] before the sun and the moon and all the host of heaven, which [the dead] have loved and which they have served and after which they have walked and which they have sought, inquired of, and required and which they have worshiped. They shall not be gathered, or be buried; they shall be like dung upon the face of the earth. -- jeremiah 8:2 +. +And death shall be chosen rather than life by all the residue of those who remain of this evil family (nation), who remain in all the places to which I have driven them, says the Lord of hosts. -- jeremiah 8:3 +. +Moreover, you [Jeremiah] shall say to them, Thus says the Lord: Shall men fall and not rise up again? Shall one turn away [from God] and not repent and return [to Him]? -- jeremiah 8:4 +. +Why then is this people of Jerusalem turned away with a perpetual turning away [from Me]? They hold fast to deceit (idolatry); they refuse to repent and return [to God]. -- jeremiah 8:5 +. +I have listened and heard, but they have not spoken aright; no man repents of his wickedness, saying, What have I done? Everyone turns to his [individual] course, as the horse rushes like a torrent into battle. -- jeremiah 8:6 +. +[Even the migratory birds are punctual to their seasons.] Yes, the stork [excelling in the great height of her flight] in the heavens knows her appointed times [of migration], and the turtledove, the swallow, and the crane observe the time of their return. But My people do not know the law of the Lord [which the lower animals instinctively recognize in so far as it applies to them]. -- jeremiah 8:7 +. +How can you say, We are wise, and we have the written law of the Lord [and are learned in its language and teachings]? Behold, the truth is, the lying pen of the scribes has made of the law a falsehood (a mere code of ceremonial observances). -- jeremiah 8:8 +. +The wise men shall be put to shame; they shall be dismayed and taken [captive]. Behold, they have rejected the word of the Lord, and what wisdom and broad, full intelligence is in them? -- jeremiah 8:9 +. +Therefore will I give their wives to others and their fields to those who gain possession of them; for everyone, from the least even to the greatest, is given to covetousness (is greedy for unjust gain); from the prophet even to the priest, everyone deals falsely. -- jeremiah 8:10 +. +For they have healed the wound of the daughter of My people only lightly and slightingly, saying, Peace, peace, when there is no peace. -- jeremiah 8:11 +. +They are brought to shame because they have committed abominations (extremely disgusting and shamefully vile things). And yet they were not at all ashamed, nor could they blush. Therefore they shall fall among those who fall; at the time of their punishment they shall be overthrown, says the Lord. -- jeremiah 8:12 +. +I will gather and sweep them away, utterly consuming them, says the Lord. [I will find] no grapes on the vine, nor figs on the fig tree, and even the leaf is withered; and the things that I have given them shall pass away from them [for I have appointed to them those who shall pass over them]. -- jeremiah 8:13 +. +[Then say the people to each other] Why do we sit still? Assemble yourselves, and let us enter into the fortified cities and be silent or perish there! For the Lord our God has decreed our ruin and given us bitter and poisonous water to drink, because we have sinned against the Lord. -- jeremiah 8:14 +. +We looked for peace and completeness, but no good came, and for a time of healing, but behold, dismay, trouble, and terror! -- jeremiah 8:15 +. +The snorting of [Nebuchadnezzar's] horses is heard from Dan [on the northern border of Palestine]. At the sound of the neighing of his strong war-horses the whole land quakes; for they come and devour the land and all that is in it, the city and those who dwell in it. -- jeremiah 8:16 +. +For behold, I am sending among you serpents, adders which cannot be charmed, and they shall bite you, says the Lord. -- jeremiah 8:17 +. +Oh, that I [Jeremiah] could comfort myself against sorrow, [for my grief is beyond healing], my heart is sick and faint within me! -- jeremiah 8:18 +. +Behold [says the prophet, listen to the voice of] the cry of the daughter of my people [for help] because of those who dwell in a far country: Is not the Lord in Zion? Is not her King in her? [But the Lord answers] Why have they provoked Me to anger with their carved images and with foreign idols? -- jeremiah 8:19 +. +The harvest is past, the summer has ended and the gathering of fruit is over, yet we are not saved! [comes again the voice of the people.] -- jeremiah 8:20 +. +For the hurt of the daughter of my people am I [Jeremiah] hurt; I go around mourning; dismay has taken hold on me. -- jeremiah 8:21 +. +Is there no balm in Gilead? Is there no physician there? Why then is not the health of the daughter of my people restored? [Because Zion no longer enjoyed the presence of the Great Physician!] -- jeremiah 8:22 +. +OH, THAT my head were waters and my eyes a reservoir of tears, that I might weep day and night for the slain of the daughter of my people! -- jeremiah 9:1 +. +Oh, that I had in the wilderness a lodging place (a mere shelter) for wayfaring men, that I might leave my people and go away from them! For they are all adulterers [rendering worship to idols instead of to the Lord, Who has espoused the people to Himself]; they are a gang of treacherous men [faithless even to each other]. -- jeremiah 9:2 +. +And they bend their tongue, [which is] their bow for the lies [they shoot]. And not according to faithfulness do they rule and become strong in the land; for they proceed from evil to evil, and they do not know and understand and acknowledge Me, says the Lord. -- jeremiah 9:3 +. +Let everyone beware of his neighbor and put no trust in any brother. For every brother is an utter and complete supplanter (one who takes by the heel and trips up, a deceiver, a Jacob), and every neighbor goes about as a slanderer. -- jeremiah 9:4 +. +And they deceive and mock every one his neighbor and do not speak the truth. They have taught their tongues to speak lies; they weary themselves committing iniquity. -- jeremiah 9:5 +. +Your habitation is in the midst of deceit [oppression upon oppression and deceit upon deceit]; through deceit they refuse to know and understand Me, says the Lord. -- jeremiah 9:6 +. +Therefore thus says the Lord of hosts: Behold, I will melt them [by the process of affliction to remove the dross] and test them, for how else should I deal with the daughter of My people? -- jeremiah 9:7 +. +Their tongue is a murderous arrow; it speaks deceitfully; one speaks peaceably to his neighbor with his mouth, but in his heart he lays snares and waits in ambush for him. -- jeremiah 9:8 +. +Shall I not punish them for these things? says the Lord. Shall I not avenge Myself on such a nation as this? -- jeremiah 9:9 +. +For the mountains I will take up a weeping and wailing and for the pastures of the wilderness a lament, because they are burned up and desolated, so that no one passes through [them]; neither can men hear [any longer] the lowing of cattle. Both the fowls of the air and the beasts have fled, they are gone! -- jeremiah 9:10 +. +I will make Jerusalem heaps [of ruins], a dwelling place of jackals; and I will make the cities of Judah a desolation, without inhabitant. -- jeremiah 9:11 +. +Who is the wise man who may understand this? To whom has the mouth of the Lord spoken, that he may declare it? Why is the land ruined and laid waste like a wilderness, so that no one passes through it? -- jeremiah 9:12 +. +And the Lord says, Because they have forsaken My law, which I set before them, and have not listened to and obeyed My voice or walked in accordance with it -- jeremiah 9:13 +. +But have walked stubbornly after their own hearts and after the Baals, as their fathers taught them, -- jeremiah 9:14 +. +Therefore thus says the Lord of hosts, the God of Israel: Behold, I will feed them, even this people, with wormwood and give them bitter and poisonous water to drink. -- jeremiah 9:15 +. +I will scatter them also among nations that neither they nor their fathers have known, and I will send the sword among them and after them until I have consumed them. -- jeremiah 9:16 +. +Thus says the Lord of hosts: Consider and call for the mourning women to come; send for the skillful women to come. -- jeremiah 9:17 +. +Let them make haste and raise a wailing over us and for us, that our eyes may run down with tears and our eyelids gush with water. -- jeremiah 9:18 +. +For a sound of wailing is heard [coming] out of Zion: How we are plundered and ruined! We are greatly confounded and utterly put to shame, because we have forsaken the land, because they have cast down our dwellings [our dwellings that have cast us out]. -- jeremiah 9:19 +. +Yet hear the word of the Lord, O you women, and let your ears receive the word of His mouth; teach your daughters a lament, and each one [teach] her neighbor a dirge. -- jeremiah 9:20 +. +For death has come up into our windows; it has entered into our palaces, cutting off the children from outdoors and the young men from the streets. -- jeremiah 9:21 +. +Speak, Thus says the Lord: The dead bodies of men shall fall like dung on the open field and like sheaves [of grain] behind the reaper, and none shall gather them. -- jeremiah 9:22 +. +Thus says the Lord: Let not the wise and skillful person glory and boast in his wisdom and skill; let not the mighty and powerful person glory and boast in his strength and power; let not the person who is rich [in physical gratification and earthly wealth] glory and boast in his [temporal satisfactions and earthly] riches; -- jeremiah 9:23 +. +But let him who glories glory in this: that he understands and knows Me [personally and practically, directly discerning and recognizing My character], that I am the Lord, Who practices loving-kindness, judgment, and righteousness in the earth, for in these things I delight, says the Lord. -- jeremiah 9:24 +. +Behold, the days are coming, says the Lord, when I will punish all who though circumcised [outwardly, in the flesh] are still uncircumcised [in corresponding inward purity]-- -- jeremiah 9:25 +. +Egypt, Judah, Edom, the children of Ammon, Moab [all of whom are related except Egypt], and all who live in the desert and who clip off the corners of their hair and beards; for all these nations are uncircumcised [in heart], and all the house of Israel is uncircumcised in heart. -- jeremiah 9:26 +. +HEAR THE word which the Lord speaks to you, O house of Israel. -- jeremiah 10:1 +. +Thus says the Lord: Learn not the way of the [heathen] nations and be not dismayed at the signs of the heavens, though they are dismayed at them, -- jeremiah 10:2 +. +For the customs and ordinances of the peoples are false, empty, and futile; it is but a tree which one cuts out of the forest [to make for himself a god], the work of the hands of the craftsman with the ax or other tool. -- jeremiah 10:3 +. +They deck [the idol] with silver and with gold; they fasten it with nails and with hammers so it will not fall apart or move around. -- jeremiah 10:4 +. +[Their idols] are like pillars of turned work [as upright and stationary and immobile as a palm tree], like scarecrows in a cucumber field; they cannot speak; they have to be carried, for they cannot walk. Do not be afraid of them, for they cannot do evil, neither is it possible for them to do good [and it is not in them]. -- jeremiah 10:5 +. +None at all is like You, O Lord; You are great, and Your name is great in might. -- jeremiah 10:6 +. +Who would not fear You, O King of the nations? For it is fitting to You and Your due! For among all the wise [men or gods] of the nations and in all their kingdoms, there is none like You. -- jeremiah 10:7 +. +But they are altogether irrational and stupid and foolish. Their instruction is given by idols who are but wood [it is a teaching of falsity, emptiness, futility]! -- jeremiah 10:8 +. +Silver beaten [into plates] is brought from Tarshish and gold from Uphaz, the work of the craftsman and of the hands of the goldsmith; the [idols'] clothing is violet and purple--they are all the work of skillful men. -- jeremiah 10:9 +. +But the Lord is the true God and the God of truth (the God Who is Truth). He is the living God and the everlasting King. At His wrath the earth quakes, and the nations are not able to bear His indignation. -- jeremiah 10:10 +. +Thus shall you say to them: The gods, who did not make the heavens and the earth, shall perish from the earth and from under the heavens. -- jeremiah 10:11 +. +God made the earth by His power; He established the world by His wisdom and by His understanding and skill stretched out the heavens. -- jeremiah 10:12 +. +When He utters His voice, there is a tumult of waters in the heavens, and He causes the vapors to ascend from the ends of the earth. He makes lightnings for the rain and brings forth the wind out from His treasuries and from His storehouses. -- jeremiah 10:13 +. +Every man has become like a brute, irrational and stupid, without knowledge [of God]; every goldsmith is brought to shame by his graven idols; for his molten images are frauds and falsehood, and there is no breath in them. -- jeremiah 10:14 +. +They are devoid of worth, usefulness, or truth, a work of delusion and mockery; in their time of trial and punishment they shall [helplessly] perish. -- jeremiah 10:15 +. +The Portion of Jacob [the true God on Whom Israel has a claim] is not like these, for He is the Fashioner and Maker of all things, and Israel is the tribe of His inheritance--the Lord of hosts is His name. -- jeremiah 10:16 +. +Gather up your bundle [of baggage] from the ground, O you who dwell under siege. -- jeremiah 10:17 +. +For thus says the Lord: Behold, I will sling out the inhabitants of the land at this time and will bring distress on them, that they may feel it and find it [to be as I have said, and turn to Me]. -- jeremiah 10:18 +. +Woe is me because of my hurt! [says Jeremiah, speaking for the nation.] My wound is grievous and incurable. But I said, Surely this sickness and suffering and grief are mine, and I must endure, tolerate, and bear them. -- jeremiah 10:19 +. +My tent (home) is taken by force and plundered, and all my [tent] cords are broken. My children have gone forth [as captives] from me, and they are no more; there is no one to stretch forth my tent any more and to set up my [tent] curtains. -- jeremiah 10:20 +. +For the shepherds [of the people] have become like brutes, irrational and stupid, and have not sought the Lord or inquired of Him or required Him [by necessity and by right of His word]. Therefore they have not dealt prudently and have not prospered, and all their flocks are scattered. -- jeremiah 10:21 +. +Hark, the sound of a rumor! [The invading army] comes!--a great commotion out of the north country--to make the cities of Judah a desolation, a dwelling place of jackals. -- jeremiah 10:22 +. +O Lord [pleads Jeremiah in the name of the people], I know that [the determination of] the way of a man is not in himself; it is not in man [even in a strong man or in a man at his best] to direct his [own] steps. -- jeremiah 10:23 +. +O Lord, correct, instruct, and chastise me, but with judgment and in just measure--not in Your anger, lest You diminish me and bring me to nothing. -- jeremiah 10:24 +. +Pour out Your wrath upon the nations that do not know or recognize You and upon the peoples that do not call upon Your name. For they have devoured Jacob, yes, devoured him and consumed him and made his habitation a desolate waste. -- jeremiah 10:25 +. +THE WORD that came to Jeremiah from the Lord: -- jeremiah 11:1 +. +Hear the words of this covenant or solemn pledge, and speak to the men of Judah and the inhabitants of Jerusalem. -- jeremiah 11:2 +. +Say to them, Thus says the Lord, the God of Israel: Cursed is the man who does not heed the words of this covenant or solemn pledge -- jeremiah 11:3 +. +Which I commanded your fathers at the time that I brought them out of the land of Egypt, from the iron furnace, saying, Listen to My voice and do according to all that I command you. So will you be My people, and I will be your God, -- jeremiah 11:4 +. +That I may perform the oath which I swore to your fathers, to give them a land flowing with milk and honey, as it is this day. Then I answered, Amen (so be it), O Lord. -- jeremiah 11:5 +. +And the Lord said to me, Proclaim all these words in the cities of Judah and in the streets of Jerusalem: Hear the words of this covenant or solemn pledge and do them. -- jeremiah 11:6 +. +For I earnestly protested to and warned your fathers at the time that I brought them up out of the land of Egypt, even to this day, protesting to and warning them persistently, saying, Obey My voice. -- jeremiah 11:7 +. +Yet they did not obey or incline their ear [to Me], but everyone walked in the stubbornness of his own evil heart. Therefore I brought upon them all [the calamities threatened in] the words of this covenant or solemn pledge, which I had commanded, but they did not do. -- jeremiah 11:8 +. +And the Lord said to me, A conspiracy is found among the men of Judah and among the inhabitants of Jerusalem. -- jeremiah 11:9 +. +They have turned back to the iniquities of their forefathers, who refused to hear My words; they have gone after other gods to serve them. The house of Israel and the house of Judah have broken My covenant or solemn pledge which I made with their fathers. -- jeremiah 11:10 +. +Therefore thus says the Lord: Behold, I am bringing evil and calamity upon them which they will not be able to escape; though they cry to Me, I will not listen to them. -- jeremiah 11:11 +. +Then the cities of Judah and the inhabitants of Jerusalem will go and cry out to the gods to whom they offer incense, but they cannot save them at all in the time of their evil trouble. -- jeremiah 11:12 +. +For [as many as] the number of your cities are your gods, O Judah; and [as many as] the number of the streets of Jerusalem are the altars you have set up to the shameful thing, even altars to burn incense to Baal. -- jeremiah 11:13 +. +Therefore do not pray for this people or lift up a cry or prayer for them, for I will not listen when they cry out to Me in the time of their evil trouble. -- jeremiah 11:14 +. +What right has My beloved [to be] in My house when she has wrought lewdness and done treacherously many times? Can vows and the holy flesh [of your sacrifices] remove from you your wickedness and avert your calamity? Can you by these [escape your doom and] rejoice exultantly? -- jeremiah 11:15 +. +The Lord [acknowledged you once to be worthy to be] called a green olive tree, fair and of good fruit; but with the roar of a great tempest He will set fire to it, and its branches will be consumed. -- jeremiah 11:16 +. +For the Lord of hosts, Who planted you, has pronounced evil and calamity against you because of the evil which the house of Israel and the house of Judah have done against themselves in provoking Me to anger by offering incense to Baal. -- jeremiah 11:17 +. +And the Lord gave me [Jeremiah] knowledge of it [their plot], and I knew it; then You [O Lord] showed me their doings. -- jeremiah 11:18 +. +But I was like a tame lamb that is brought to the slaughter; I did not know that they had devised inventions and schemes against me, saying, Let us destroy the tree with its fruit; let us cut him off from the land of the living, that his name may be no more remembered. -- jeremiah 11:19 +. +But, O Lord of hosts, Who judges rightly and justly, Who tests the heart and the mind, let me see Your vengeance on them, for to You I have revealed and committed my cause [rolling it upon You]. -- jeremiah 11:20 +. +Therefore thus says the Lord about the men of Anathoth [Jeremiah's hometown], who seek your life [Jeremiah] and say, Prophesy not in the name of the Lord, that you die not by our hands-- -- jeremiah 11:21 +. +Therefore thus says the Lord of hosts: Behold, I will punish them. Their young men will die by the sword, their sons and their daughters will die by famine; -- jeremiah 11:22 +. +And there will be no remnant [of the conspirators] left, for I will bring evil and calamity upon the men of Anathoth in the year of their punishment. -- jeremiah 11:23 +. +UNCOMPROMISINGLY RIGHTEOUS and rigidly just are You, O Lord, when I complain against and contend with You. Yet let me plead and reason the case with You: Why does the way of the wicked prosper? Why are all they at ease and thriving who deal very treacherously and deceitfully? -- jeremiah 12:1 +. +You have planted them, yes, they have taken root; they grow, yes, they bring forth fruit. You are near in their mouths but far from their hearts. -- jeremiah 12:2 +. +But You, O Lord, know and understand me and my devotion to You; You see me and try my heart toward You. [O Lord] pull [these rebellious ones] out like sheep for the slaughter and devote and prepare them for the day of slaughter. -- jeremiah 12:3 +. +How long must the land mourn and the grass and herbs of the whole country wither? Through the wickedness of those who dwell in it, the beasts and the birds are consumed and are swept away [by the drought], because men [mocked] me, saying, He shall not [live to] see our final end. -- jeremiah 12:4 +. +[But the Lord rebukes Jeremiah's impatience, saying] If you have raced with men on foot and they have tired you out, then how can you compete with horses? And if [you take to flight] in a land of peace where you feel secure, then what will you do [when you tread the tangled maze of jungle haunted by lions] in the swelling and flooding of the Jordan? -- jeremiah 12:5 +. +For even your brethren and the house of your father--even they have dealt treacherously with you; yes, even they are [like a pack of hounds] in full cry after you. Believe them not, though they speak fair words and promise good things to you. -- jeremiah 12:6 +. +I have forsaken My house, I have cast off My heritage; I have given the dearly beloved of My life into the hands of her enemies. -- jeremiah 12:7 +. +My heritage has become to Me like a lion in the forest; she has uttered her voice against Me; therefore I have [treated her as if I] hated her. -- jeremiah 12:8 +. +Is My heritage to Me like a speckled bird of prey? Are the birds of prey against her round about? Go, assemble all the wild beasts of the field; bring them to devour. -- jeremiah 12:9 +. +Many shepherds [of an invading host] have destroyed My vineyard, they have trampled My portion underfoot; they have made My pleasant portion a desolate wilderness. -- jeremiah 12:10 +. +They have made it a desolation, and desolate it mourns before Me; the whole land has been made desolate, but no man lays it to heart. -- jeremiah 12:11 +. +Destroyers have come upon all the bare heights in the desert, for the sword of the Lord devours from one end of the land even to the other; no flesh has peace or can find the means to escape. -- jeremiah 12:12 +. +They have sown wheat but have reaped thorns; they have worn themselves out but without profit. And they shall be ashamed of your [lack of] harvests and revenues because of the fierce and glowing anger of the Lord. -- jeremiah 12:13 +. +Thus says the Lord against all My evil neighbor [nations] who touch the inheritance which I have caused My people Israel to inherit: Behold, I will pluck them up from their land and I will pluck up the house of Judah from among them. -- jeremiah 12:14 +. +And after I have plucked them up, I will return and have compassion on them and will bring them back again, every man to his heritage and every man to his land. -- jeremiah 12:15 +. +And if these [neighbor nations] will diligently learn the ways of My people, to swear by My name, saying, As the Lord lives--even as they taught My people to swear by Baal--then will they be built up in the midst of My people. -- jeremiah 12:16 +. +But if any nation will not hear and obey, I will utterly pluck up and destroy that nation, says the Lord. -- jeremiah 12:17 +. +THUS THE Lord said to me: Go and buy yourself a linen girdle and put it on your loins, but do not put it in water. -- jeremiah 13:1 +. +So I bought a girdle or waistcloth, according to the word of the Lord, and put it on my loins. -- jeremiah 13:2 +. +And the word of the Lord came to me the second time, saying, -- jeremiah 13:3 +. +Take the girdle which you have bought, which is on your loins, and arise, go to the [river] Euphrates, and hide it there in a cleft of the rock. -- jeremiah 13:4 +. +So I went and hid it by the Euphrates, as the Lord commanded me. -- jeremiah 13:5 +. +And after many days the Lord said to me, Arise, go to the Euphrates, and take from there the girdle which I commanded you to hide there. -- jeremiah 13:6 +. +Then I went to the Euphrates and dug and took the girdle or waistcloth from the place where I had hidden it. And behold, the girdle was decayed and spoiled; it was good for nothing. -- jeremiah 13:7 +. +Then the word of the Lord came to me, saying, -- jeremiah 13:8 +. +Thus says the Lord: After this manner will I mar the pride of Judah and the great pride of Jerusalem. -- jeremiah 13:9 +. +These evil people, who refuse to hear My words, who walk in the stubbornness of their hearts and have gone after other gods to serve them and to worship them, shall even be like this girdle or waistcloth, which is profitable for nothing. -- jeremiah 13:10 +. +For as the girdle clings to the loins of a man, so I caused the whole house of Israel and the whole house of Judah to cling to Me, says the Lord, that they might be for Me a people, a name, a praise, and a glory; but they would not listen or obey. -- jeremiah 13:11 +. +Therefore you shall speak to them this word: Thus says the Lord, the God of Israel: Every bottle and jar should be filled with wine. [The people] will say to you, Do we not certainly know that every bottle and jar should be filled with wine? -- jeremiah 13:12 +. +Then say to them, Thus says the Lord: Behold, I will fill with drunkenness all the inhabitants of this land, even the kings who sit upon David's throne, the priests, the prophets, and all the inhabitants of Jerusalem. -- jeremiah 13:13 +. +And I will dash them one against another, even the fathers and the sons together, says the Lord. I will not pity or spare or have compassion, that I should not destroy them. -- jeremiah 13:14 +. +Hear and give ear, do not be proud, for the Lord has spoken [says Jeremiah]. -- jeremiah 13:15 +. +Give glory to the Lord your God before He brings darkness and before your feet stumble upon the dark and twilit mountains, and [before], while you are looking for light, He turns it into the shadow of death and makes it thick darkness. -- jeremiah 13:16 +. +But if you will not hear and obey, I will weep in secret for your pride; my eyes will weep bitterly and run down with tears, because the Lord's flock has been taken captive. -- jeremiah 13:17 +. +Say to the king and the queen mother, Humble yourselves and take a lowly seat, for down from your head has come your beautiful crown (the crown of your glory). -- jeremiah 13:18 +. +The cities of the South (the Negeb) have been shut up, and there is no one to open them; all Judah has been carried away captive, it has been wholly taken captive and into exile. -- jeremiah 13:19 +. +Lift up your eyes and behold those [the eruption of a hostile army] who come from the north. Where is the flock that was given to you [to shepherd], your beautiful flock? -- jeremiah 13:20 +. +What will you say [O Jerusalem] when He [the Lord] sets over you as head those [tyrannical foreign nations] whom you yourselves [at intervals] have taught to be lovers (allies) with you [instructing them, even your friends, to be head over you]? Will not pangs take hold of you like that of a woman in travail? -- jeremiah 13:21 +. +And if you say in your heart, Why have these things come upon me?--[the answer is], Because of the greatness of your iniquity has your long robe been pulled aside [showing you in the garb of a menial] and have you [barefooted and treated like a slave] suffered violence. -- jeremiah 13:22 +. +Can the Ethiopian change his skin or the leopard his spots? Then also can you do good who are accustomed and taught [even trained] to do evil. -- jeremiah 13:23 +. +Therefore I will scatter you like chaff driven away by the wind from the desert. -- jeremiah 13:24 +. +This is your lot, the portion measured to you from Me, says the Lord, because you have forgotten Me and trusted in falsehood [false gods and alliances with idolatrous nations]. -- jeremiah 13:25 +. +Therefore I Myself will [retaliate], throwing your skirts up over your face, that your shame [of being clad like a slave] may be exposed. -- jeremiah 13:26 +. +I have seen your detestable acts, even your adulteries and your lustful neighings [after idols], and the lewdness of your harlotry on the hills in the field. Woe to you, O Jerusalem! For how long a time yet will you not [meet My conditions and] be made clean? -- jeremiah 13:27 +. +THE WORD of the Lord that came to Jeremiah concerning the drought: -- jeremiah 14:1 +. +Judah mourns and her gates languish; [her people] sit in black [mourning garb] upon the ground, and the cry of Jerusalem goes up. -- jeremiah 14:2 +. +And their nobles send their little ones and their inferiors for water; they come to the cisterns and find no water. They return with empty vessels; they are put to shame and confounded and cover their heads. -- jeremiah 14:3 +. +Because the ground is cracked and the tillers are dismayed, since there has been no rain on the land, the plowmen are put to shame, and they cover their heads. -- jeremiah 14:4 +. +Yes, even the hind gives birth to her calf in the field and forsakes it, because there is no grass or herbage. -- jeremiah 14:5 +. +And the wild donkeys stand on the bare heights; they pant for air like jackals or crocodiles; their eyesight fails because there is no grass. -- jeremiah 14:6 +. +O Lord, though our iniquities testify against us [prays Jeremiah], deal and work with us for Your own name's sake [that the heathen may witness Your might and faithfulness]! For our backslidings are many; we have sinned against You. -- jeremiah 14:7 +. +O Hope of Israel, her Savior in time of trouble, why should You be like a sojourner in the land and like a wayfaring man who turns aside and spreads his tent to tarry [only] for a night? -- jeremiah 14:8 +. +Why should You be [hesitant and inactive] like a man stunned and confused, like a mighty man who cannot save? Yet You, O Lord, are in the midst of us, and we are called by Your name; do not leave us! -- jeremiah 14:9 +. +[And the Lord replied to Jeremiah] Thus says the Lord to this people [Judah]: In the manner and to the degree already pointed out have they loved to wander; they have not restrained their feet. Therefore the Lord does not accept them; He will now [seriously] remember their iniquity and punish them for their sins. -- jeremiah 14:10 +. +The Lord said to me, Do not pray for this people for their good. -- jeremiah 14:11 +. +Though they fast, I will not hear their cry; and though they offer burnt offering and cereal offering [without heartfelt surrender to Me, or by offering it too late], I will not accept them. But I will consume them by the sword, by famine, and by pestilence. -- jeremiah 14:12 +. +Then said I, Alas, Lord God! Behold, the [false] prophets say to them, You will not see the sword, nor will you have famine; but I [the Lord] will give you assured peace (peace that lasts, the peace of truth) in this place. -- jeremiah 14:13 +. +Then the Lord said to me, The [false] prophets prophesy lies in My name. I sent them not, neither have I commanded them, nor have I spoken to them. They prophesy to you a false or pretended vision, a worthless divination [conjuring or practicing magic, trying to call forth the responses supposed to be given by idols], and the deceit of their own minds. -- jeremiah 14:14 +. +Therefore thus says the Lord concerning the [false] prophets who prophesy in My name--although I did not send them--and who say, Sword and famine shall not be in this land: By sword and famine shall those prophets be consumed. -- jeremiah 14:15 +. +And the people to whom they prophesy shall be cast out in the streets of Jerusalem, victims of famine and sword; and they shall have none to bury them--them, their wives, their sons, and their daughters. For I will pour out their wickedness upon them [and not on their false teachers only, for the people could not have been deceived except by their own consent]. -- jeremiah 14:16 +. +Therefore [Jeremiah] you shall say to them, Let my eyes run down with tears night and day, and let them not cease; for the virgin daughter of my people has been smitten with a great wound, with a very grievous blow. -- jeremiah 14:17 +. +If I go out into the field, then behold, those slain with the sword! And if I enter the city, then behold, those tormented with the diseases of famine! For both prophet and priest go about not knowing what to do or as beggars [exiled] in a land that they know not, and they have no knowledge. -- jeremiah 14:18 +. +[O Lord] have You utterly rejected Judah? Do You loathe Zion? Why have You smitten us so that there is no healing for us? We looked for peace and completeness, but no good came, and for a time of healing, but behold, dismay, disaster, and terror! -- jeremiah 14:19 +. +We know and acknowledge, O Lord, our wickedness and the iniquity of our fathers; for we have sinned against You. -- jeremiah 14:20 +. +Do not abhor, condemn, and spurn us, for Your name's sake; do not dishonor, debase, and lightly esteem Your glorious throne; [earnestly] remember, break not Your covenant or solemn pledge with us. -- jeremiah 14:21 +. +Are there any among the false gods of the nations who can cause rain? Or can the heavens [of their own will] give showers? Are You [alone] not He, O Lord our God? Therefore we will wait [expectantly] for You, for You have made all these things [the heavens and the rain]. -- jeremiah 14:22 +. +THEN THE Lord said to me, Though Moses and Samuel stood [interceding for them] before Me, yet My mind could not be turned with favor toward this people [Judah]. Send them out of My sight and let them go! -- jeremiah 15:1 +. +And if they say to you, Where shall we go? then tell them, Thus says the Lord: Such as are [destined] for death, to death; and such as are for the sword, to the sword; and such as are for famine, to famine; and such as are for captivity, to captivity. -- jeremiah 15:2 +. +And I will appoint over them four kinds [of destroyers], says the Lord: the sword to slay, the dogs to tear and drag away, and the birds of the air and the beasts of the earth to devour and to destroy. -- jeremiah 15:3 +. +And I will cause them to be tossed to and fro among all the kingdoms of the earth and to be made a horror to all nations because of Manasseh son of Hezekiah king of Judah, for [the horrible wickedness] which he did in Jerusalem. -- jeremiah 15:4 +. +For who will have pity on you, O Jerusalem? Or who will bemoan you? Or who will turn aside to ask about your welfare? -- jeremiah 15:5 +. +You have rejected and forsaken Me, says the Lord. You keep going in reverse. Therefore I will stretch out My hand against you and destroy you; I am weary of relenting [concerning your punishment]. -- jeremiah 15:6 +. +I will winnow them with a fan and a winnowing fork in the gates of the land; I will bereave them [of children], I will destroy My people; from their [evil] ways they did not return. -- jeremiah 15:7 +. +I will increase the number of their widows more than the sand of the seas. I will bring upon them, [both] against the mother of young men and the young men [themselves], a destroyer at noonday. I will cause anguish and terrors to fall upon her [Jerusalem] suddenly. -- jeremiah 15:8 +. +She who has borne seven languishes; she has expired. Her sun has gone down while it was yet day; she has been put to shame, confounded, and disgraced. And the rest of them I will deliver to the sword before their enemies, says the Lord. -- jeremiah 15:9 +. +Woe is me, my mother, that you bore me to be a man of strife and a man of contention to the whole earth! I have neither loaned, nor have men loaned to me, yet everyone curses me. -- jeremiah 15:10 +. +The Lord said, Truly your release, affliction, and strengthening will be for good [purposes]; surely [Jeremiah] I will intercede for you with the enemy and I will cause the enemy to ask for your aid in the time of evil and in the time of affliction. -- jeremiah 15:11 +. +Can iron break the iron from the north and the bronze? -- jeremiah 15:12 +. +Your [nation's] substance and your treasures will I give as spoil, without price, and that for all your sins, even in all your territory. -- jeremiah 15:13 +. +And I will make [your possessions] to pass with your enemies into a land which you do not know and I will make you to serve [your conquerors] there, for a fire is kindled in My anger which will burn upon you [Israel]. -- jeremiah 15:14 +. +[Jeremiah said] O Lord, You know and understand; [earnestly] remember me and visit me and avenge me on my persecutors. Take me not away [from joy or from life itself] in Your long-suffering [to my enemies]; know that for Your sake I suffer and bear reproach. -- jeremiah 15:15 +. +Your words were found, and I ate them; and Your words were to me a joy and the rejoicing of my heart, for I am called by Your name, O Lord God of hosts. -- jeremiah 15:16 +. +I sat not in the assembly of those who make merry, nor did I rejoice; I sat alone because Your [powerful] hand was upon me, for You had filled me with indignation. -- jeremiah 15:17 +. +Why is my pain perpetual and my wound incurable, refusing to be healed? Will you indeed be to me like a deceitful brook, like waters that fail and are uncertain? -- jeremiah 15:18 +. +Therefore thus says the Lord [to Jeremiah]: If you return [and give up this mistaken tone of distrust and despair], then I will give you again a settled place of quiet and safety, and you will be My minister; and if you separate the precious from the vile [cleansing your own heart from unworthy and unwarranted suspicions concerning God's faithfulness], you shall be My mouthpiece. [But do not yield to them.] Let them return to you--not you to [the people]. -- jeremiah 15:19 +. +And I will make you to this people a fortified, bronze wall; they will fight against you, but they will not prevail over you, for I am with you to save and deliver you, says the Lord. -- jeremiah 15:20 +. +And I will deliver you out of the hands of the wicked, and I will redeem you out of the palms of the terrible and ruthless tyrants. -- jeremiah 15:21 +. +THE WORD of the Lord came also to me, saying, -- jeremiah 16:1 +. +You shall not take a wife or have sons and daughters in this place [Jerusalem]. -- jeremiah 16:2 +. +For thus says the Lord concerning the sons and daughters who are born in this place and concerning the mothers who bore them and the fathers who begot them in this land: -- jeremiah 16:3 +. +They shall die of deadly diseases. They shall not be lamented, nor shall they be buried, but they shall be like dung upon the face of the ground. They shall perish and be consumed by the sword and by famine, and their dead bodies shall be food for the fowls of the air and for the beasts of the earth. -- jeremiah 16:4 +. +For thus says the Lord: Enter not into the house of mourning, nor go to lament or bemoan [the dead], for I have taken away My peace from this people, says the Lord, even My steadfast love and loving-kindness and tender mercy. -- jeremiah 16:5 +. +Both the great and the small shall die in this land. They shall not be buried, neither shall men lament for them or cut themselves or make themselves bald for them. -- jeremiah 16:6 +. +Neither shall men prepare food for the mourners to comfort them for the dead; nor shall men give them the cup of consolation to drink for their father or for their mother. -- jeremiah 16:7 +. +And you [Jeremiah] shall not go into the house of feasting to sit with them to eat and drink. -- jeremiah 16:8 +. +For thus says the Lord of hosts, the God of Israel: Behold, I will cause to cease from this place before your very eyes and in your days the voice of mirth and the voice of gladness, the voice of the bridegroom and the voice of the bride. -- jeremiah 16:9 +. +And when you tell these people all these words and they inquire of you, Why has the Lord decreed all this enormous evil against us? Or, What is our iniquity? Or, What is the sin that we have committed against the Lord our God? -- jeremiah 16:10 +. +Then you shall say to them, [It is] because your fathers have forsaken Me, says the Lord, and have walked after other gods and have served and worshiped them and have forsaken Me and have not kept My law, -- jeremiah 16:11 +. +And because you have done worse than your fathers. For behold, every one of you walks after the stubbornness of his own evil heart, so that you do not listen to and obey Me. -- jeremiah 16:12 +. +Therefore I will cast you out of this land [of Judah] into the land [of the Babylonians] neither you nor your fathers have known, and there you will serve other gods day and night, for I will show you no favor there. -- jeremiah 16:13 +. +Therefore, behold, the days are coming, says the Lord, when it shall no more be said, As the Lord lives, Who brought up the children of Israel out of the land of Egypt, -- jeremiah 16:14 +. +But, As the Lord lives, Who brought up the children of Israel from the land of the north and from all the countries to which He had driven them. And I will bring them again to their land which I gave to their fathers. -- jeremiah 16:15 +. +Behold, I will send for many fishers, says the Lord, and they will fish them out; and afterward I will send for many hunters, and they will hunt them from every mountain and from every hill and out of the clefts of the rocks. -- jeremiah 16:16 +. +For My eyes are on all their ways; they are not hidden from My face, neither is their iniquity concealed from My eyes. -- jeremiah 16:17 +. +First [before I bring them back to their land] I will doubly recompense and punish them for their iniquity and their sin, because they have polluted My land with the carcasses of their detestable idols and with the abominable things offered to false gods with which they have filled My inheritance. -- jeremiah 16:18 +. +[Then said Jeremiah] O Lord, my Strength and my Stronghold, and my Refuge in the day of affliction, to You shall the nations come from the ends of the earth and shall say, Surely our fathers have inherited nothing but lies, emptiness, and futility, worthless things in which there is no profit! -- jeremiah 16:19 +. +Can a man make gods for himself? Such are not gods! -- jeremiah 16:20 +. +Therefore [says the Lord] behold, I will make them know--[yes] this once I will make them know My power and My might; and they will know and recognize that My name is the Lord. -- jeremiah 16:21 +. +THE SIN of Judah is written with a pen or stylus of iron and with the point of a diamond; it is engraved on the tablets of their hearts and on the horns of their altars, -- jeremiah 17:1 +. +While their children [earnestly] remember their [heathen] altars and their Asherim [wooden symbols of the goddess Asherah] beside the green trees upon the high hills. -- jeremiah 17:2 +. +O [Jerusalem] My mountain in the field, I will give your wealth and all your treasures to the spoil and your high places for sin [as the price of your sin] throughout all your territory. -- jeremiah 17:3 +. +And you, through your own fault, will loosen your hand and discontinue from your heritage which I gave you; and I will cause you to serve your enemies in a land which you do not know, for you have kindled a fire in My anger which will burn throughout the ages. -- jeremiah 17:4 +. +Thus says the Lord: Cursed [with great evil] is the strong man who trusts in and relies on frail man, making weak [human] flesh his arm, and whose mind and heart turn aside from the Lord. -- jeremiah 17:5 +. +For he shall be like a shrub or a person naked and destitute in the desert; and he shall not see any good come, but shall dwell in the parched places in the wilderness, in an uninhabited salt land. -- jeremiah 17:6 +. +[Most] blessed is the man who believes in, trusts in, and relies on the Lord, and whose hope and confidence the Lord is. -- jeremiah 17:7 +. +For he shall be like a tree planted by the waters that spreads out its roots by the river; and it shall not see and fear when heat comes; but its leaf shall be green. It shall not be anxious and full of care in the year of drought, nor shall it cease yielding fruit. -- jeremiah 17:8 +. +The heart is deceitful above all things, and it is exceedingly perverse and corrupt and severely, mortally sick! Who can know it [perceive, understand, be acquainted with his own heart and mind]? -- jeremiah 17:9 +. +I the Lord search the mind, I try the heart, even to give to every man according to his ways, according to the fruit of his doings. -- jeremiah 17:10 +. +Like the partridge that gathers a brood which she did not hatch and sits on eggs which she has not laid, so is he who gets riches by unjust means and not by right. He will leave them, or they will leave him, in the midst of his days, and at his end he will be a fool. -- jeremiah 17:11 +. +A glorious throne, set on high from the beginning, is the place of our sanctuary (the temple). -- jeremiah 17:12 +. +O Lord, the Hope of Israel, all who forsake You shall be put to shame. They who depart from You and me [Your prophet] shall [disappear like] writing upon the ground, because they have forsaken the Lord, the Fountain of living waters. -- jeremiah 17:13 +. +Heal me, O Lord, and I shall be healed; save me, and I shall be saved, for You are my praise. -- jeremiah 17:14 +. +Behold, they say to me, Where is the word of the Lord [predicting the disaster that you said would befall us]? Let it come now! -- jeremiah 17:15 +. +But as for me, I have not sought to escape from being a shepherd after You, nor have I desired the woeful day [of judgment]; You know that. Whatever I said was spoken in Your presence and was from You. -- jeremiah 17:16 +. +Be not a terror to me; You are my refuge and my hope in the day of evil. -- jeremiah 17:17 +. +Let those be put to shame who persecute me, but let me not be put to shame; let them be dismayed, but let me not be dismayed. Bring on them the day of evil, and destroy them with double destruction. -- jeremiah 17:18 +. +Thus said the Lord to me: Go and stand in the gate of the sons of the people, through which the kings of Judah enter and through which they go out, and also [stand] in all the gates of Jerusalem. -- jeremiah 17:19 +. +Say to them, Hear the word of the Lord, you kings of Judah, and all Judah, and all the inhabitants of Jerusalem who enter through these gates. -- jeremiah 17:20 +. +Thus says the Lord: Take heed to yourselves and for the sake of your lives bear no burden on the Sabbath day or bring it in through the gates of Jerusalem. -- jeremiah 17:21 +. +And do not carry a burden out of your houses on the Sabbath day or do any work, but keep the Sabbath day holy (set apart to the worship of God), as I commanded your fathers. -- jeremiah 17:22 +. +Yet they would not listen and obey or incline their ears; but they stiffened their necks, that they might not hear and might not receive instruction. -- jeremiah 17:23 +. +But if you diligently listen to and obey Me, says the Lord, and bring in no burden through the gates of this city on the Sabbath day, but keep the Sabbath day holy (set apart to the worship of God), to do no work on it, -- jeremiah 17:24 +. +Then there will enter through the gates of this city kings and princes who will sit upon the throne of David, riding in chariots and on horses--the kings and their princes, the men of Judah and the inhabitants of Jerusalem; and this city will be inhabited and last throughout the ages. -- jeremiah 17:25 +. +And people shall come from the cities of Judah and the places round about Jerusalem, from the land of Benjamin, from the lowland, from the hill country, and from the South (the Negeb), bringing burnt offerings and sacrifices, cereal offerings and frankincense, and bringing sacrifices of thanksgiving to the house of the Lord. -- jeremiah 17:26 +. +But if you will not listen to Me to keep the Sabbath day holy (set apart to the worship of God), and not to bear a burden and enter in at the gates of Jerusalem [with one] on the Sabbath day, then I will kindle a fire in her gates, and it shall devour the palaces of Jerusalem, and it shall not be quenched. -- jeremiah 17:27 +. +THE WORD which came to Jeremiah from the Lord: -- jeremiah 18:1 +. +Arise and go down to the potter's house, and there I will cause you to hear My words. -- jeremiah 18:2 +. +Then I went down to the potter's house, and behold, he was working at the wheel. -- jeremiah 18:3 +. +And the vessel that he was making from clay was spoiled in the hand of the potter; so he made it over, reworking it into another vessel as it seemed good to the potter to make it. -- jeremiah 18:4 +. +Then the word of the Lord came to me: -- jeremiah 18:5 +. +O house of Israel, can I not do with you as this potter does? says the Lord. Behold, as the clay is in the potter's hand, so are you in My hand, O house of Israel. -- jeremiah 18:6 +. +At one time I will suddenly speak concerning a nation or kingdom, that I will pluck up and break down and destroy it; -- jeremiah 18:7 +. +And if [the people of] that nation concerning which I have spoken turn from their evil, I will relent and reverse My decision concerning the evil that I thought to do to them. -- jeremiah 18:8 +. +At another time I will suddenly speak concerning a nation or kingdom, that I will build up and plant it; -- jeremiah 18:9 +. +And if they do evil in My sight, obeying not My voice, then I will regret and reverse My decision concerning the good with which I said I would benefit them. -- jeremiah 18:10 +. +Now therefore say to the men of Judah and to the inhabitants of Jerusalem, Thus says the Lord: Behold, I am shaping evil against you and devising a plan against you. Return now each one from his evil way; reform your [accustomed] ways and make your [individual] actions good and right. -- jeremiah 18:11 +. +But they will say, That is in vain! For we will walk after our own devices, and we will each do as the stubbornness of his own evil heart dictates. -- jeremiah 18:12 +. +Therefore thus says the Lord: Ask now among the nations: Who has heard such things? Virgin Israel has done a very vile and horrible thing. -- jeremiah 18:13 +. +Will the snow of Mount Lebanon fail and vanish from its rocks [which tower above the land of Israel]? Will the cold, rushing waters of strange lands [that dash down from afar] be dried up? -- jeremiah 18:14 +. +Yet My people have forgotten Me; they burn incense to false gods, they have been caused to stumble in their ways and in the ancient roads, to walk in bypaths, in a way not graded and built up [not on a highway], -- jeremiah 18:15 +. +Making their land a desolation and a horror, a thing to be hissed at perpetually; everyone who passes by shall be astounded and horrified and shake his head. -- jeremiah 18:16 +. +I will scatter them as with an east wind before the enemy; I will show them My back and not My face in the day of their calamity [says the Lord]. -- jeremiah 18:17 +. +Then [my enemies] said, Come and let us devise schemes against Jeremiah; for the law [of Moses] shall not perish from the priest [as this false prophet Jeremiah predicts], nor will counsel from the wise, nor the word from the prophet. Come, let us smite him with the tongue [making a charge against him to the king], and let us not pay any attention to his words. -- jeremiah 18:18 +. +Give heed to me, Lord; listen to [what] my adversaries [are plotting to do to me--and intercede]. -- jeremiah 18:19 +. +Shall evil be recompensed for good? Yet they have dug a pit for my life. [Earnestly] remember that I stood before You to speak good for them, to turn away Your anger from them. -- jeremiah 18:20 +. +Therefore deliver up their children to the famine; give them over to the power of the sword. And let their wives become childless and widows; let their men meet death by pestilence, their young men be slain by the sword in battle. -- jeremiah 18:21 +. +Let a cry be heard from their houses when You suddenly bring a troop upon them, for they have dug a pit to take me and have hidden snares for my feet. -- jeremiah 18:22 +. +Yet, Lord, You know all their plotting against me to slay me. Forgive not their iniquity, nor blot out their sin from Your sight. But let them be overthrown before You; deal with them in the time of Your anger. -- jeremiah 18:23 +. +THUS SAYS the Lord: Go and get a potter's earthen bottle, and take some of the old people and some of the elderly priests -- jeremiah 19:1 +. +And go out to the Valley of Ben-hinnom [son of Hinnom], which is by the entrance of the Potsherd Gate; and proclaim there the words that I shall tell you, -- jeremiah 19:2 +. +And say, Hear the word of the Lord, O kings of Judah and inhabitants of Jerusalem. Thus says the Lord of hosts, the God of Israel: Behold, I am going to bring such evil upon this place that the ears of whoever hears of it will tingle. -- jeremiah 19:3 +. +Because the people have forsaken Me and have estranged and profaned this place [Jerusalem] by burning incense in it to other gods that neither they nor their fathers nor the kings of Judah ever knew, and because they have filled this place with the blood of innocents -- jeremiah 19:4 +. +And have built the high places of Baal to burn their sons in the fire as burnt offerings to Baal, which I commanded not nor spoke of it, nor did it come into My mind and heart-- -- jeremiah 19:5 +. +Therefore, behold, the days are coming, says the Lord, when this place shall no more be called Topheth or the Valley of Ben-hinnom [son of Hinnom], but the Valley of Slaughter. -- jeremiah 19:6 +. +And I will pour out and make void the counsel and the plans of [the men of] Judah and Jerusalem in this place, and I will cause their people to fall by the sword before their enemies and by the hands of those who seek their lives, and their dead bodies I will give to be food for the birds of the air and for the beasts of the earth. -- jeremiah 19:7 +. +And I will make this city an astonishment and a horror and a hissing; everyone who passes by it will be horrified and will hiss [in scorn] because of all its plagues and disasters. -- jeremiah 19:8 +. +And I will cause them to eat the flesh of their sons and their daughters, and they shall eat each one the flesh of his neighbor and friend in the siege and in the distress with which their enemies and those who seek their lives distress them. -- jeremiah 19:9 +. +Then you shall break the bottle in the sight of the men who accompany you, -- jeremiah 19:10 +. +And say to them, Thus said the Lord of hosts: Even so will I break this people and this city as one breaks a potter's vessel, so that it cannot be mended. Men will bury in Topheth because there will be no other place for burial and until there is no more room to bury. -- jeremiah 19:11 +. +Thus will I do to this place, says the Lord, and to its inhabitants; and I will even make this city like Topheth. -- jeremiah 19:12 +. +And the houses of Jerusalem and the houses of the kings of Judah, which are defiled, shall be like the place of Topheth--even all the houses upon whose roofs incense has been burned to all the host of the heavens and drink offerings have been poured out to other gods. -- jeremiah 19:13 +. +Then came Jeremiah from Topheth, where the Lord had sent him to prophesy, and he stood in the court of the Lord's house and said to all the people, -- jeremiah 19:14 +. +Thus says the Lord of hosts, the God of Israel: Behold, I will bring upon this city and upon all its towns all the evil that I have pronounced against it, because they have stiffened their necks, refusing to hear My words. -- jeremiah 19:15 +. +NOW PASHHUR son of Immer, the priest, who was [also] chief officer in the house of the Lord, heard Jeremiah prophesying these things. -- jeremiah 20:1 +. +Then Pashhur beat Jeremiah the prophet and put him in the stocks that were at the upper Benjamin Gate by the house of the Lord. -- jeremiah 20:2 +. +And the next day Pashhur brought Jeremiah out of the stocks. Then Jeremiah said to him, The Lord does not call your name Pashhur, but Magor-missabib [terror on every side]. -- jeremiah 20:3 +. +For thus says the Lord: Behold, I will make you a terror to yourself and to all your friends; they will fall by the sword of their enemies while you look on. And I will give all Judah into the hand of the king of Babylon; he will carry them captive to Babylon and will slay them with the sword. -- jeremiah 20:4 +. +Moreover, I will deliver all the riches of this city--all the results of its labors, all its precious things, and all the treasures of the kings of Judah--into the hand of their enemies, who will make them a prey and plunder them and seize them and carry them to Babylon. -- jeremiah 20:5 +. +And you, Pashhur, and all who dwell in your house shall go into captivity; you shall go to Babylon, and there you shall die and be buried, you and all your friends to whom you have prophesied falsely. -- jeremiah 20:6 +. +[But Jeremiah said] O Lord, You have persuaded and deceived me, and I was persuaded and deceived; You are stronger than I am and You have prevailed. I am a laughingstock all the day; everyone mocks me. -- jeremiah 20:7 +. +For whenever I speak, I must cry out and complain; I shout, Violence and destruction! For the word of the Lord has become to me a reproach and a derision and has brought me insult all day long. -- jeremiah 20:8 +. +If I say, I will not make mention of [the Lord] or speak any more in His name, in my mind and heart it is as if there were a burning fire shut up in my bones. And I am weary of enduring and holding it in; I cannot [contain it any longer]. -- jeremiah 20:9 +. +For I have heard many whispering and defaming, [There is] terror on every side! Denounce him! Let us denounce him! Say all my familiar friends, they who watch for my fall, Perhaps he will be persuaded and deceived; then we will prevail against him, and we will get our revenge on him. -- jeremiah 20:10 +. +But the Lord is with me as a mighty and terrible One; therefore my persecutors will stumble, and they will not overcome [me]. They will be utterly put to shame, for they will not deal wisely or prosper [in their schemes]; their eternal dishonor will never be forgotten. -- jeremiah 20:11 +. +But, O Lord of hosts, You Who try the righteous, Who see the heart and the mind, let me see Your vengeance on them, for to You have I revealed and committed my cause. -- jeremiah 20:12 +. +Sing to the Lord! Praise the Lord! For He has delivered the life of the poor and needy from the hands of evildoers. -- jeremiah 20:13 +. +Cursed be the day on which I was born! Let not the day on which my mother bore me be blessed! -- jeremiah 20:14 +. +Cursed be the man who brought the tidings to my father, saying, A son is born to you!--making him very glad. -- jeremiah 20:15 +. +And let that man be like the cities which the Lord overthrew, and did not relent. Let him hear the [war] cry in the morning and the shouting of alarm at noon, -- jeremiah 20:16 +. +Because he did not slay me in the womb, so that my mother might have been my grave, and her womb always great. -- jeremiah 20:17 +. +Why did I come out of the womb to see labor and sorrow, that my days should be consumed in shame? -- jeremiah 20:18 +. +THE WORD which came to Jeremiah from the Lord when King Zedekiah sent to him Pashhur son of Malchiah, and Zephaniah the priest, the son of Maaseiah, saying, -- jeremiah 21:1 +. +Inquire, I pray you, of the Lord for us, for Nebuchadrezzar king of Babylon is making war against us. Perhaps the Lord will deal with us according to all His wonderful works, forcing him to withdraw from us. -- jeremiah 21:2 +. +Then said Jeremiah to them, Say this to Zedekiah: -- jeremiah 21:3 +. +Thus says the Lord, the God of Israel: Behold, I will turn back and dull the edge of the weapons of war that are in your hands, with which you fight against the king of Babylon and the Chaldeans who are besieging you outside the walls; and I will bring them into the midst of this city [Jerusalem]. -- jeremiah 21:4 +. +And I Myself will fight against you with an outstretched hand and with a strong arm in anger, in fury, and in great indignation and wrath. -- jeremiah 21:5 +. +And I will smite the inhabitants of this city, both man and beast; they will die of a great pestilence. -- jeremiah 21:6 +. +And afterward, says the Lord, I will deliver Zedekiah king of Judah and his servants and the people in this city who survive the pestilence, the sword, and the famine, into the hand of Nebuchadrezzar king of Babylon and into the hands of their enemies, into the hands of those who seek their lives. And he will smite them with the edge of the sword; he will not spare them nor have pity or mercy and compassion upon them. -- jeremiah 21:7 +. +And to this people you [Jeremiah] shall say, Thus says the Lord: Behold, I set before you the way of life and the way of death. -- jeremiah 21:8 +. +He who remains in this city [Jerusalem] shall die by the sword and by famine and by pestilence. But he who goes out and passes over to the Chaldeans who besiege you, he shall live, and his life shall be to him his only booty [as a prize of war]. -- jeremiah 21:9 +. +For I have set My face against this city for evil and not for good, says the Lord. It shall be given into the hand of the king of Babylon, and he shall burn it with fire. -- jeremiah 21:10 +. +And concerning the royal house of the king of Judah, hear the word of the Lord: -- jeremiah 21:11 +. +O house of David, thus says the Lord: Execute justice in the morning, and deliver from the hand of the oppressor him who has been robbed, lest My wrath go forth like fire and burn so that none can quench it--because of the evil of your doings. -- jeremiah 21:12 +. +Behold, I am against you, O inhabitant of the valley, O rock of the plain, says the Lord--you who say, Who shall come down against us? Or, Who shall enter into our dwelling places? -- jeremiah 21:13 +. +And I will punish you according to the fruit of your doings, says the Lord. I will kindle a fire in your forest, and it will devour all that is round about you. -- jeremiah 21:14 +. +THUS SAYS the Lord: Go down to the house of the king of Judah and speak there this word: -- jeremiah 22:1 +. +Hear the word of the Lord, O king of Judah, you who sit upon the throne of David--you and your servants and your people who enter by these gates. -- jeremiah 22:2 +. +Thus says the Lord: Execute justice and righteousness, and deliver out of the hand of the oppressor him who has been robbed. And do no wrong; do no violence to the stranger or temporary resident, the fatherless, or the widow, nor shed innocent blood in this place. -- jeremiah 22:3 +. +For if you will indeed obey this word, then will there enter in through the gates of this [the king's] house kings sitting [for David] upon David's throne, riding in chariots and on horses--they and their servants and their people. -- jeremiah 22:4 +. +But if you will not hear these words, I swear by Myself, says the Lord, that this house will become a desolation. -- jeremiah 22:5 +. +For thus says the Lord concerning the house of the king of Judah: [If you will not listen to Me, though] you are [as valuable] to Me as [the fat pastures of] Gilead [east of the Jordan] or as the [plentiful] summit of Lebanon [west of the Jordan], yet surely I will make you a wilderness and uninhabited cities. -- jeremiah 22:6 +. +And I will prepare, solemnly set apart, and appoint [to execute My judgments against you] destroyers, each with his weapons, and they will cut down your [palaces built of] choicest cedars and cast them into the fire. -- jeremiah 22:7 +. +And many nations will pass by this city, and every man will say to his neighbor, Why has the Lord done this to this great city? -- jeremiah 22:8 +. +Then they will answer, Because [the people] forsook the covenant or solemn pledge with the Lord their God and worshiped other gods and served them. -- jeremiah 22:9 +. +Weep not for him who is dead nor bemoan him; but weep bitterly for him who goes away [into captivity], for he shall return no more nor see his native country [again]. -- jeremiah 22:10 +. +For thus says the Lord concerning Shallum son of Josiah king of Judah, who reigned instead of Josiah his father and who went forth out of this place: [Shallum] shall not return here any more; -- jeremiah 22:11 +. +But he shall die in the place where they have led him captive, and he shall see this land no more. -- jeremiah 22:12 +. +Woe to him who builds his house by unrighteousness and his [upper] chambers by injustice, who uses his neighbor's service without wages and does not give him his pay [for his work], -- jeremiah 22:13 +. +Who says, I will build myself a wide house with large rooms, and he cuts himself out windows, and it is ceiled or paneled with cedar and painted with vermilion. -- jeremiah 22:14 +. +Do you think that being a king [merely] means [self-indulgent] vying [with Solomon] and striving to excel in cedar [palaces]? Did not your father [Josiah], as he ate and drank, do justice and righteousness [being upright and in right standing with God]? Then it was well with him. -- jeremiah 22:15 +. +He judged and defended the cause of the poor and needy; then it was well. Was not [all] this [what it means] to know and recognize Me? says the Lord. -- jeremiah 22:16 +. +But your eyes and your heart are only for your covetousness and dishonest gain, for shedding innocent blood, for oppression and doing violence. -- jeremiah 22:17 +. +Therefore thus says the Lord concerning Jehoiakim son of Josiah king of Judah: [Relatives] shall not lament for him, saying, Ah, my brother! or, Ah, sister, [how great our loss! Subjects] shall not lament for him saying, Ah, lord! or Ah, his majesty! or Ah, [how great was] his glory! -- jeremiah 22:18 +. +[No] he shall be buried with the burial of a donkey--dragged out and cast forth beyond the gates of Jerusalem. -- jeremiah 22:19 +. +Go up [north] to Lebanon and cry out, and raise your voice in [the hills] of Bashan [across the Jordan], and cry out from Abarim [a range of mountains southeast of Palestine], for all your lovers (the king's chosen allies) are destroyed. -- jeremiah 22:20 +. +I spoke to you in your [times of] prosperity, but you said, I will not listen! This has been your attitude from your youth; you have not obeyed My voice. -- jeremiah 22:21 +. +The wind [of adversity] shall pasture upon and consume all your shepherds (your princes and statesmen), and your lovers (allies) shall go into captivity. Surely then shall you be ashamed and confounded and dismayed because of all your wickedness. -- jeremiah 22:22 +. +O inhabitant of Lebanon [Jerusalem, whose palaces are made of Lebanon's trees], you who make your nest among the cedars, how you will groan and how pitiable you will be when pangs come upon you, pain like that of a woman in childbirth! -- jeremiah 22:23 +. +As I live, says the Lord, though Coniah [also called Jeconiah and Jehoiachin] son of Jehoiakim king of Judah were the signet [ring] upon My right hand, yet would I tear you off. -- jeremiah 22:24 +. +And I will give you into the hands of those who seek your life and into the hand of those of whom you are afraid, even into the hand of Nebuchadrezzar king of Babylon and into the hands of the Chaldeans. -- jeremiah 22:25 +. +And I will hurl you and the mother who bore you into another country, where you were not born, and there you will die. -- jeremiah 22:26 +. +But to the land to which they will yearn to return, there they will not return. -- jeremiah 22:27 +. +Is this man [King] Coniah a despised, broken pot? Is he a vessel in which no one takes pleasure? Why are they hurled out, he and his royal offspring, and cast into a land which they do not know, understand, or recognize? -- jeremiah 22:28 +. +O land, land, land, hear the word of the Lord! -- jeremiah 22:29 +. +Thus says the Lord: Write this man [Coniah] down as childless, a man who shall not prosper in his days, for no man of his offspring shall succeed in sitting upon the throne of David and ruling any more in Judah. -- jeremiah 22:30 +. +WOE TO the shepherds (the civil leaders) who destroy and scatter the sheep of My pasturing! says the Lord. -- jeremiah 23:1 +. +Therefore thus says the Lord, the God of Israel, concerning the shepherds who care for and feed My people: You have scattered My flock and driven them away and have not visited and attended to them; behold, I will visit and attend to you for the evil of your doings, says the Lord. -- jeremiah 23:2 +. +And I will gather the remnant of My flock out of all the countries to which I have driven them and will bring them again to their folds and pastures; and they will be fruitful and multiply. -- jeremiah 23:3 +. +And I will set up shepherds over them who will feed them. And they will fear no more nor be dismayed, neither will any be missing or lost, says the Lord. -- jeremiah 23:4 +. +Behold, the days are coming, says the Lord, when I will raise up to David a righteous Branch (Sprout), and He will reign as King and do wisely and will execute justice and righteousness in the land. -- jeremiah 23:5 +. +In His days Judah shall be saved and Israel shall dwell safely: and this is His name by which He shall be called: The Lord Our Righteousness. -- jeremiah 23:6 +. +Therefore behold, the days are coming, says the Lord, when they shall no more say, As the Lord lives, Who brought up the children of Israel out of the land of Egypt, -- jeremiah 23:7 +. +But, As the Lord lives, Who brought up and led the offspring of the house of Israel from the north country and from all the countries to which I had driven them. And they shall dwell in their own land. . -- jeremiah 23:8 +. +Concerning the prophets: My heart [says Jeremiah] is broken within me, all my bones shake; I am like a drunken man, a man whom wine has overcome, because of the Lord and because of His holy words [which He has pronounced against unfaithful leaders]. -- jeremiah 23:9 +. +For the land is full of adulterers (forsakers of God, Israel's true Husband). Because of the curse [of God upon it] the land mourns, the pastures of the wilderness are dried up. They [both false prophets and people] rush into wickedness; and their course is evil, their might is not right. -- jeremiah 23:10 +. +For both [false] prophet and priest are ungodly and profane; even in My house have I found their wickedness, says the Lord. -- jeremiah 23:11 +. +Therefore their way will be to them like slippery paths in the dark; they will be driven on and fall into them. For I will bring evil upon them in the year of their punishment, says the Lord. -- jeremiah 23:12 +. +And I have seen folly in the prophets of Samaria: they prophesied by Baal and caused My people Israel to err and go astray. -- jeremiah 23:13 +. +I have seen also in the prophets of Jerusalem a horrible thing: they commit adultery and walk in lies; they encourage and strengthen the hands of evildoers, so that none returns from his wickedness. They have all of them become to Me like Sodom, and her inhabitants like Gomorrah. -- jeremiah 23:14 +. +Therefore thus says the Lord of hosts concerning the prophets: Behold, I will feed them with [the bitterness of] wormwood and make them drink the [poisonous] water of gall, for from the [false] prophets of Jerusalem profaneness and ungodliness have gone forth into all the land. -- jeremiah 23:15 +. +Thus says the Lord of hosts: Do not listen to the words of the [false] prophets who prophesy to you. They teach you vanity (emptiness, falsity, and futility) and fill you with vain hopes; they speak a vision of their own minds and not from the mouth of the Lord. -- jeremiah 23:16 +. +They are continually saying to those who despise Me and the word of the Lord, The Lord has said: You shall have peace; and they say to everyone who walks after the stubbornness of his own mind and heart, No evil shall come upon you. -- jeremiah 23:17 +. +For who among them has stood in the council of the Lord, that he should perceive and hear His word? Who has marked His word [noticing and observing and giving attention to it] and has [actually] heard it? -- jeremiah 23:18 +. +Behold, the tempest of the Lord has gone forth in wrath, a whirling tempest; it shall whirl and burst upon the heads of the wicked. -- jeremiah 23:19 +. +The anger of the Lord shall not turn back until He has executed and accomplished the thoughts and intents of His mind and heart. In the latter days you shall consider and understand it perfectly. -- jeremiah 23:20 +. +I did not send these [false] prophets, yet they ran; I did not speak to them, yet they prophesied. -- jeremiah 23:21 +. +But if they had stood in My council, then they would have caused My people to hear My words, then they would have turned them [My people] from their evil way and from the evil of their doings. -- jeremiah 23:22 +. +Am I a God at hand, says the Lord, and not a God afar off? -- jeremiah 23:23 +. +Can anyone hide himself in secret places so that I cannot see him? says the Lord. Do not I fill heaven and earth? says the Lord. -- jeremiah 23:24 +. +I have heard what the prophets have said who prophesy lies in My name, saying, I have dreamed, I have dreamed [visions on my bed at night]. -- jeremiah 23:25 +. +[How long shall this state of things continue?] How long yet shall it be in the minds of the prophets who prophesy falsehood, even the prophets of the deceit of their own hearts, -- jeremiah 23:26 +. +Who think that they can cause My people to forget My name by their dreams which every man tells to his neighbor, just as their fathers forgot My name because of Baal? -- jeremiah 23:27 +. +The prophet who has a dream, let him tell his dream; but he who has My word, let him speak My word faithfully. What has straw in common with wheat [for nourishment]? says the Lord. -- jeremiah 23:28 +. +Is not My word like fire [that consumes all that cannot endure the test]? says the Lord, and like a hammer that breaks in pieces the rock [of most stubborn resistance]? -- jeremiah 23:29 +. +Therefore behold, I am against the [false] prophets, says the Lord, [I am even now descending upon them with punishment, these prophets] who steal My words from one another [imitating the phrases of the true prophets]. -- jeremiah 23:30 +. +Behold, I am against the prophets, says the Lord, who use their [own deceitful] tongues and say, Thus says the Lord. -- jeremiah 23:31 +. +Behold, I am against those who prophesy lying dreams, says the Lord, and tell them and cause My people to err and go astray by their lies and by their vain boasting and recklessness--when I did not send them or command them; nor do they profit these people at all, says the Lord. -- jeremiah 23:32 +. +And when these people, or a prophet or a priest, ask you, What is the burden of the Lord [the thing to be lifted up now]? then you shall say to them, What burden [indeed]! [You are the burden!] And I will disburden Myself of you and I will cast you off, says the Lord. -- jeremiah 23:33 +. +And as for the prophet, the priest, or [any of these] the people, whoever [in mockery calls the word of the Lord a burden and] says, The burden of the Lord, I will even visit in wrath and punish that man and his house. -- jeremiah 23:34 +. +[For the future, in speaking of the utterances of the Lord] thus shall you say every one to his neighbor and every one to his brother: What has the Lord answered? or, What has the Lord spoken? -- jeremiah 23:35 +. +But the burden of the Lord you must mention no more, for every man's burden is his own response and word [for as they mockingly call all prophecies burdens, whether good or bad, so will it prove to be to them; God will take them at their own word]; for you pervert the words [not of a lifeless idol, but] of the living God, the Lord of hosts, our God! -- jeremiah 23:36 +. +Thus shall you [reverently] say to the prophet: What has the Lord answered you? Or, What has the Lord spoken? -- jeremiah 23:37 +. +But if you say, The burden of the Lord, therefore thus says the Lord: Because you said these words, The burden of the Lord, when I sent to you, saying, You shall not say, The burden of the Lord, -- jeremiah 23:38 +. +Therefore behold, I, even I, will assuredly take you up and cast you away from My presence, you and the city [Jerusalem] which I gave to you and to your fathers. -- jeremiah 23:39 +. +And I will bring an everlasting reproach upon you and a perpetual shame which will not be forgotten. -- jeremiah 23:40 +. +AFTER NEBUCHADREZZAR king of Babylon had taken into exile Jeconiah [also called Coniah and Jehoiachin] son of Jehoiakim king of Judah and the princes of Judah, with the craftsmen and smiths from Jerusalem, and had brought them to Babylon, the Lord showed me [in a vision] two baskets of figs set before the temple of the Lord. -- jeremiah 24:1 +. +One basket had very good figs, like the figs that are first ripe; but the other basket had very bad figs, so bad that they could not be eaten. -- jeremiah 24:2 +. +Then the Lord said to me, What do you see, Jeremiah? And I said, Figs--the good figs very good, and the bad very bad, so bad that they cannot be eaten. -- jeremiah 24:3 +. +Again the word of the Lord came to me, saying, -- jeremiah 24:4 +. +Thus says the Lord, the God of Israel: Like these good figs, so will I regard the captives of Judah whom I have sent out of this place into the land of the Chaldeans for their good. -- jeremiah 24:5 +. +For I will set My eyes upon them for good, and I will bring them again to this land; and I will build them up and not pull them down, and I will plant them and not pluck them up. -- jeremiah 24:6 +. +And I will give them a heart to know (recognize, understand, and be acquainted with) Me, that I am the Lord; and they will be My people, and I will be their God, for they will return to Me with their whole heart. -- jeremiah 24:7 +. +And as for the bad figs, which are so bad that they cannot be eaten, surely thus says the Lord, So will I give up Zedekiah king of Judah and his princes and the residue of Jerusalem who remains in this land and those who dwell in the land of Egypt. -- jeremiah 24:8 +. +I will even give them up to be a dismay and a horror and to be tossed to and fro among all the kingdoms of the earth for evil, to be a reproach, a byword or proverb, a taunt, and a curse in all places where I will drive them. -- jeremiah 24:9 +. +And I will send the sword, famine, and pestilence among them until they are consumed from off the land that I gave to them and to their fathers. -- jeremiah 24:10 +. +THE WORD that came to Jeremiah concerning all the people of Judah in the fourth year of the reign of Jehoiakim son of Josiah king of Judah--which was the first year of the reign of Nebuchadrezzar king of Babylon-- -- jeremiah 25:1 +. +Which Jeremiah the prophet spoke to all the people of Judah and to all the inhabitants of Jerusalem: -- jeremiah 25:2 +. +For these twenty-three years--from the thirteenth year of Josiah son of Amon king of Judah, even to this day--the word of the Lord has come to me and I have spoken to you persistently early and late, but you have not listened and obeyed. -- jeremiah 25:3 +. +Although the Lord persistently sent you all the prophets, His servants, yet you have not listened and obeyed or [even] inclined your ear to hear. -- jeremiah 25:4 +. +[The prophets came on My behalf] saying, Turn again now every one from his evil way and wrongdoing; [that you may not forfeit the right to] dwell in the land that the Lord gave to you and to your fathers from of old and forevermore. -- jeremiah 25:5 +. +Do not go after other gods to serve and worship them, and do not provoke Me to anger with the works of your hands. Then I will do you no harm. -- jeremiah 25:6 +. +Yet you have not listened to and obeyed Me, says the Lord, that you might provoke Me to anger with the works (idols) made by your hands to your own hurt. -- jeremiah 25:7 +. +Therefore thus says the Lord of hosts: Because you have not heard and obeyed My words, -- jeremiah 25:8 +. +Behold, I will send for all the tribes of the north, says the Lord, and I will send for Nebuchadrezzar king of Babylon, My servant [or agent to fulfill My designs], and I will bring them against this land and its inhabitants and against all these nations round about; and I will devote them [to God] and utterly destroy them and make them an amazement, a hissing, and perpetual and agelong desolations. -- jeremiah 25:9 +. +Moreover, I will take from them the voice of mirth and the voice of gladness, the voice of the bridegroom and the voice of the bride, the sound of the millstones [grinding out the meal] and the light of the candle [which every home burned throughout the night]. -- jeremiah 25:10 +. +And this whole land shall be a waste and an astonishment, and these nations shall serve the king of Babylon seventy years. -- jeremiah 25:11 +. +Then when seventy years are completed, I will punish the king of Babylon and that nation, the land of the Chaldeans, says the Lord, for their iniquity, and will make the land [of the Chaldeans] a perpetual waste. -- jeremiah 25:12 +. +And I will bring upon that land all My words which I have pronounced against it, even all that is written in this book, which Jeremiah has prophesied against all the nations. -- jeremiah 25:13 +. +For many nations and great kings shall make bondmen of them, even them [the Chaldeans who enslaved other nations]; and I will recompense [all of] them according to their deeds and according to the work of their [own] hands. -- jeremiah 25:14 +. +For thus says the Lord, the God of Israel, to me: Take this cup of the wine of wrath from My hand and cause all the nations to whom I send you to drink it. -- jeremiah 25:15 +. +They shall drink and reel to and fro and be crazed because of the sword that I will send among them. -- jeremiah 25:16 +. +Then I [Jeremiah] took the cup from the Lord's hand and made all the nations drink it to whom the Lord had sent me: [that is,] -- jeremiah 25:17 +. +Jerusalem and the cities of Judah [being most guilty because their privileges were greatest], its kings and princes, to make them a desolation, an astonishment, a hissing, and a curse, as it is to this day; -- jeremiah 25:18 +. +Pharaoh king of Egypt, his servants, his princes, all his people, -- jeremiah 25:19 +. +And all the mixed foreign population; all the kings of the land of Uz; and all the kings of the land of the Philistines and [their cities of] Ashkelon, Gaza, Ekron, and the remnant of Ashdod; -- jeremiah 25:20 +. +Edom, Moab, and the children of Ammon; -- jeremiah 25:21 +. +All the kings of Tyre, all the kings of Sidon, and the kings of the islands and the coastlands across the [Mediterranean] Sea; -- jeremiah 25:22 +. +Dedan, Tema, Buz [neighboring tribes north of Arabia], and all who clip off the corners of their hair and beards; -- jeremiah 25:23 +. +All the kings of Arabia and all the kings of the mixed foreign people who dwell in the desert; -- jeremiah 25:24 +. +All the kings of Zimri, all the kings of Elam (Persia), and all the kings of Media; -- jeremiah 25:25 +. +All the kings of the north, far and near, one after another--and all the kingdoms of the world which are on the face of the earth. And after them the king of Sheshach (Babel or Babylon) shall drink. -- jeremiah 25:26 +. +Then you shall say to them, Thus says the Lord of hosts, the God of Israel: Drink, be drunk, vomit, and fall to rise no more because of the sword which I am sending among you. -- jeremiah 25:27 +. +And if they refuse to take the cup from your hand to drink, then you shall say to them, Thus says the Lord of hosts: You shall surely drink! -- jeremiah 25:28 +. +For behold, I am beginning to work evil in the city which is called by My Name, and shall you go unpunished? You shall not go unpunished, for I am calling for a sword against all the inhabitants of the earth, says the Lord of hosts. -- jeremiah 25:29 +. +Therefore prophesy against them all these words and say to them: The Lord shall roar from on high and utter His voice from His holy habitation; He shall roar mightily against His fold and pasture. He shall give a shout like those who tread grapes [in the winepress, but His shout will be] against all the inhabitants of the earth. -- jeremiah 25:30 +. +A noise will come even to the ends of the earth, for the Lord has a controversy and an indictment against the nations; He will enter into judgment with all mankind; as for the wicked, He will give them to the sword, says the Lord. -- jeremiah 25:31 +. +Thus says the Lord of hosts: Behold, evil will go forth from nation to nation, and a great whirling tempest will rise from the uttermost parts of the earth. -- jeremiah 25:32 +. +And those slain by the Lord shall be at that day from one end of the earth even to the other end of the earth. They shall not be lamented or gathered or buried; their [dead bodies] shall be dung upon the ground. -- jeremiah 25:33 +. +Wail, you shepherds, and cry; and roll in ashes, you principal ones of the flock. For the days of your slaughter and of your dispersions have fully come, and you shall fall and be dashed into pieces like a choice vessel. -- jeremiah 25:34 +. +And the shepherds shall have no way to flee, nor the principal ones of the flock any means of escape. -- jeremiah 25:35 +. +A voice! The cry of the shepherds and the wailing of the principal ones of the flock! For the Lord is laying waste and destroying their pasture. -- jeremiah 25:36 +. +And the peaceable folds are devastated and brought to silence because of the fierce anger of the Lord. -- jeremiah 25:37 +. +He has left His shelter like the lion; for their land has become a waste and an astonishment because of the fierceness of the oppressor and because of [the Lord's] fierce anger. -- jeremiah 25:38 +. +IN THE beginning of the reign of Jehoiakim son of Josiah king of Judah came this word from the Lord: -- jeremiah 26:1 +. +Thus says the Lord: Stand in the court of the Lord's house [Jeremiah] and speak to all [the people of] the cities of Judah who come to worship in the Lord's house all the words that I command you to speak to them; subtract not a word. -- jeremiah 26:2 +. +It may be that they will listen and turn every man from his evil way, that I may relent and reverse My decision concerning the evil which I purpose to do to them because of their evil doings. -- jeremiah 26:3 +. +And you will say to them, Thus says the Lord: If you will not listen to and obey Me, to walk in My law, which I have set before you, -- jeremiah 26:4 +. +And to hear and obey the words of My servants the prophets, whom I have sent to you urgently and persistently--though you have not listened and obeyed-- -- jeremiah 26:5 +. +Then will I make this house [the temple] like Shiloh [the home of the Tent of Meeting, abandoned and later destroyed after the ark was captured by the Philistines], and I will make this city subject to the curses of all nations of the earth [so vile in their sight will it be]. -- jeremiah 26:6 +. +And the priests and the [false] prophets and all the people heard Jeremiah speaking these words in the house of the Lord. -- jeremiah 26:7 +. +Now when Jeremiah had finished speaking all that the Lord had commanded him to speak to all the people, the priests and the [false] prophets and all the people seized him, saying, You shall surely die! -- jeremiah 26:8 +. +Why have you prophesied in the name of the Lord, saying, This house shall be like Shiloh [after the ark of the Lord had been taken by our enemies] and this city [Jerusalem] shall be desolate, without inhabitant? And all the people were gathered around Jeremiah in the [outer area of the] house of the Lord. -- jeremiah 26:9 +. +When the princes of Judah heard these things, they came up from the king's house to the house of the Lord and sat down in the entry of the New Gate of the house of the Lord. -- jeremiah 26:10 +. +Then the priests and the prophets said to the princes and to all the people, This man is deserving of death, for he has prophesied against this city, as you have heard with your own ears. -- jeremiah 26:11 +. +Then Jeremiah said to all the princes and to all the people: The Lord sent me to prophesy against this house and against this city all the words that you have heard. -- jeremiah 26:12 +. +Therefore now amend your ways and your doings and obey the voice of the Lord your God; then the Lord will relent and reverse the decision concerning the evil which He has pronounced against you. -- jeremiah 26:13 +. +As for me, behold, I am in your hands; do with me as seems good and suitable to you. -- jeremiah 26:14 +. +But know for certain that if you put me to death, you will bring innocent blood upon yourselves and upon this city and upon its inhabitants, for in truth the Lord has sent me to you to speak all these words in your hearing. -- jeremiah 26:15 +. +Then said the princes and all the people to the priests and to the prophets: This man is not deserving of death, for he has spoken to us in the name of the Lord our God. -- jeremiah 26:16 +. +Then certain of the elders of the land arose and said to all the assembly of the people, -- jeremiah 26:17 +. +Micah of Moresheth prophesied in the days of Hezekiah king of Judah and said to all the people of Judah, Thus says the Lord of hosts: Zion shall be plowed like a field, and Jerusalem shall become heaps [of ruins], and the mountain of the house [of the Lord--Mount Moriah, on which stands the temple, shall become covered not with buildings, but] like a densely wooded height. -- jeremiah 26:18 +. +Did Hezekiah king of Judah and all Judah put [Micah] to death? Did he not [reverently] fear the Lord and entreat the Lord? And did not the Lord relent and reverse the decision concerning the evil which He had pronounced against them? But [here] we are thinking of committing what will be a great evil against ourselves. -- jeremiah 26:19 +. +And there was also a man who prophesied in the name of the Lord, Uriah son of Shemaiah of Kiriath-jearim, who prophesied against this city and against this land in words similar to those of Jeremiah. -- jeremiah 26:20 +. +And when Jehoiakim the king, with all his mighty men and all the princes, heard his words, the king sought to put [Uriah] to death; but when Uriah heard of it, he was afraid and fled and escaped to Egypt. -- jeremiah 26:21 +. +And Jehoiakim the king sent men into Egypt, namely, Elnathan son of Achbor and certain other men [who went] with him into Egypt. -- jeremiah 26:22 +. +And they fetched Uriah from Egypt and brought him to Jehoiakim the king, who slew him [God's spokesman] with the sword and cast his dead body among the graves of the common people. -- jeremiah 26:23 +. +But the hand of Ahikam son of Shaphan was with Jeremiah, that he might not be given into the hands of the people to put him [also] to death. -- jeremiah 26:24 +. +IN THE beginning of the reign of Zedekiah son of Josiah king of Judah, this word came to Jeremiah from the Lord: -- jeremiah 27:1 +. +Thus says the Lord to me: Make for yourself thongs and yoke bars and put them on your neck, -- jeremiah 27:2 +. +And send them to the king of Edom, to the king of Moab, to the king of the Ammonites, to the king of Tyre, and to the king of Sidon by the hand of the messengers who have come to Jerusalem to Zedekiah king of Judah. -- jeremiah 27:3 +. +And command them to say to their masters, Thus says the Lord of hosts, the God of Israel: Thus shall you say to your masters: -- jeremiah 27:4 +. +I have made the earth, the men, and the beasts that are upon the face of the earth by My great power and by My outstretched arm, and I give it to whomever it seems right and suitable to Me. -- jeremiah 27:5 +. +And now I have given all these lands into the hand of Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon, My servant and instrument, and the beasts of the field also I have given him to serve him. -- jeremiah 27:6 +. +And all nations shall serve him and his son and his grandson until the [God-appointed] time [of punishment] of his own land comes; and then many nations and great kings shall make him their slave. -- jeremiah 27:7 +. +But any nation or kingdom that will not serve this same Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon and put its neck under the yoke of the king of Babylon, that nation will I punish, says the Lord, with the sword, with famine, and with pestilence, until I have consumed it by [Nebuchadnezzar's] hand. -- jeremiah 27:8 +. +So do not listen to your [false] prophets, your diviners, your dreamers [and your dreams, whether your own or others'], your soothsayers, your sorcerers, who say to you, You shall not serve the king of Babylon. -- jeremiah 27:9 +. +For they prophesy a lie to you which will cause you to be removed far from your land; and I will drive you out, and you will perish. -- jeremiah 27:10 +. +But any nation that brings its neck under the yoke of the king of Babylon and serves him, that nation will I let remain on its own land, says the Lord, to cultivate it and dwell in it. -- jeremiah 27:11 +. +I spoke also to Zedekiah king of Judah in the same way: Bring your necks under the yoke of the king of Babylon, and serve him and his people, and live. -- jeremiah 27:12 +. +Why will you and your people die by the sword, by the famine, and by the pestilence, as the Lord has spoken concerning any nation that will not serve the king of Babylon? -- jeremiah 27:13 +. +Do not listen to and believe the words of the [false] prophets who are saying to you, You shall not serve the king of Babylon, for it is a lie that they prophesy to you. -- jeremiah 27:14 +. +For I have not sent them, says the Lord; but they are prophesying falsely in My name. [It will only end when] I will drive you out to perish together with the [false] prophets who prophesy to you. -- jeremiah 27:15 +. +Also I said to the priests and to all these people, Thus says the Lord: Do not listen to the words of your [false] prophets who are prophesying to you, saying, Behold, the vessels of the Lord's house shall now shortly be brought back from Babylon; for they are prophesying a lie to you. -- jeremiah 27:16 +. +Do not listen to them or heed them; serve the king of Babylon, and live. Why should this city be laid waste? -- jeremiah 27:17 +. +But if they are true prophets and if the word of the Lord is really spoken by them, let them now make intercession to the Lord of hosts, that the vessels which are [still] left in the house of the Lord, in the house of the king of Judah, and in Jerusalem may not go to Babylon. -- jeremiah 27:18 +. +For thus says the Lord of hosts concerning the [bronze] pillars [each twenty-seven feet high], the [bronze] Sea [the laver at which the priests cleansed their hands and feet before ministering at the altar], the [bronze] bases [of the ten lavers in Solomon's temple used for washing animals to be offered as sacrifices], and the remainder of the vessels which are left in this city [Jerusalem], -- jeremiah 27:19 +. +Which Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon did not take when he carried into exile from Jerusalem to Babylon Jeconiah [also called Coniah and Jehoiachin] son of Jehoiakim king of Judah, with all the nobles of Judah and Jerusalem-- -- jeremiah 27:20 +. +Yes, thus says the Lord of hosts, the God of Israel, concerning the vessels which [still] remain in the house of the Lord, in the house of the king of Judah, and in Jerusalem: -- jeremiah 27:21 +. +They will be carried to Babylon and there will they be until the day that I visit them [with My favor], says the Lord. Then I will bring them back and restore them to this place. -- jeremiah 27:22 +. +IN THAT same year, in the beginning of the reign of Zedekiah king of Judah, in the fourth year and the fifth month, Hananiah son of Azzur, the [false] prophet, who was from Gibeon [one of the priests' cities], said [falsely] to me in the house of the Lord in the presence of the priests and all the people: -- jeremiah 28:1 +. +Thus says the Lord of hosts, the God of Israel: I have broken the yoke of the king of Babylon. -- jeremiah 28:2 +. +Within two [full] years will I bring back into this place all the vessels of the Lord's house that Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon took away from this place and carried to Babylon. -- jeremiah 28:3 +. +And I will also bring back to this place Jeconiah [also called Coniah and Jehoiachin] son of Jehoiakim king of Judah, with all the exiles from Judah who went to Babylon, says the Lord, for I will break the yoke of the king of Babylon. -- jeremiah 28:4 +. +Then the prophet Jeremiah spoke to the prophet Hananiah in the presence of the priests and all the people who stood in the house of the Lord. -- jeremiah 28:5 +. +The prophet Jeremiah said, Amen! May the Lord do so; may the Lord perform your words which you have prophesied to bring back to this place from Babylon the vessels of the Lord's house and all who were carried away captive. -- jeremiah 28:6 +. +Nevertheless, listen now to and hear this word which I speak in your hearing and in the hearing of all the people: -- jeremiah 28:7 +. +The prophets who were before me and before you from of old prophesied against many countries and against great kingdoms, of war, of evil, and of pestilence. -- jeremiah 28:8 +. +But as for the prophet who [on the contrary] prophesies of peace, when that prophet's word comes to pass, [only] then will it be known that the Lord has truly sent him. -- jeremiah 28:9 +. +Then Hananiah the prophet took the yoke bar off the prophet Jeremiah's neck and smashed it. -- jeremiah 28:10 +. +And Hananiah said in the presence of all the people, Thus says the Lord: Even so will I break the yoke bars of Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon from the neck of all the nations within the space of two [full] years. But the prophet Jeremiah went his way. -- jeremiah 28:11 +. +The word of the Lord came to Jeremiah the prophet [some time] after Hananiah the prophet had broken the yoke bar from the neck of the prophet Jeremiah: -- jeremiah 28:12 +. +Go, tell Hananiah, Thus says the Lord: You have broken yoke bars of wood, but you have made in their stead bars of iron. -- jeremiah 28:13 +. +For thus says the Lord of hosts, the God of Israel: I have put upon the neck of all these nations the iron yoke of servitude of Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon, and they shall serve him. For I have given him even the beasts of the field. -- jeremiah 28:14 +. +Then said the prophet Jeremiah to Hananiah the prophet, Listen now, Hananiah, The Lord has not sent you, but you have made this people trust in a lie. -- jeremiah 28:15 +. +Therefore thus says the Lord: Behold, I will cast you from the face of the earth. This year you will die, because you have uttered and taught rebellion against the Lord. -- jeremiah 28:16 +. +So Hananiah the prophet died [two months later], the same year, in the seventh month. -- jeremiah 28:17 +. +NOW THESE are the words of the letter that Jeremiah the prophet sent from Jerusalem to the rest of the elders in exile and to the priests, the prophets, and all the people whom Nebuchadnezzar had carried away captive from Jerusalem to Babylon. -- jeremiah 29:1 +. +This was after King Jeconiah [also called Coniah and Jehoiachin] and the queen mother, the eunuchs, the princes of Judah and Jerusalem, the craftsmen and the smiths had departed from Jerusalem. -- jeremiah 29:2 +. +[The letter was sent] by the hand of Elasah son of Shaphan and Gemariah son of Hilkiah, whom Zedekiah king of Judah sent to Babylon to Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon. It said: -- jeremiah 29:3 +. +Thus says the Lord of hosts, the God of Israel, to all the captives whom I have caused to be carried into exile from Jerusalem to Babylon: -- jeremiah 29:4 +. +Build yourselves houses and dwell in them; plant gardens and eat the fruit of them. -- jeremiah 29:5 +. +Take wives and have sons and daughters; take wives for your sons and give your daughters in marriage, that they may bear sons and daughters; multiply there, and do not be diminished. -- jeremiah 29:6 +. +And seek (inquire for, require, and request) the peace and welfare of the city to which I have caused you to be carried away captive; and pray to the Lord for it, for in the welfare of [the city in which you live] you will have welfare. -- jeremiah 29:7 +. +For thus says the Lord of hosts, the God of Israel: Let not your [false] prophets and your diviners who are in your midst deceive you; pay no attention and attach no significance to your dreams which you dream or to theirs, -- jeremiah 29:8 +. +For they prophesy falsely to you in My name. I have not sent them, says the Lord. -- jeremiah 29:9 +. +For thus says the Lord, When seventy years are completed for Babylon, I will visit you and keep My good promise to you, causing you to return to this place. -- jeremiah 29:10 +. +For I know the thoughts and plans that I have for you, says the Lord, thoughts and plans for welfare and peace and not for evil, to give you hope in your final outcome. -- jeremiah 29:11 +. +Then you will call upon Me, and you will come and pray to Me, and I will hear and heed you. -- jeremiah 29:12 +. +Then you will seek Me, inquire for, and require Me [as a vital necessity] and find Me when you search for Me with all your heart. -- jeremiah 29:13 +. +I will be found by you, says the Lord, and I will release you from captivity and gather you from all the nations and all the places to which I have driven you, says the Lord, and I will bring you back to the place from which I caused you to be carried away captive. -- jeremiah 29:14 +. +[But as for those still in Jerusalem] because you have said, The Lord has raised up prophets for us in Babylon, -- jeremiah 29:15 +. +Thus says the Lord concerning the king who sits upon the throne of David and concerning all the people who dwell in this city, your brethren who did not go forth with you into captivity-- -- jeremiah 29:16 +. +Thus says the Lord of hosts: Behold, I am sending on them the sword, famine, and pestilence, and I will make them like vile figs which are so bad they cannot be eaten. -- jeremiah 29:17 +. +And I will pursue them with the sword, famine, and pestilence and will give them up to be tossed to and fro and to be a horror to all the kingdoms of the earth, to be a curse, an astonishment, and a terror, a hissing and a reproach among all the nations to which I have driven them, -- jeremiah 29:18 +. +Because they have not listened to and heeded My words, says the Lord, which I sent to them persistently by My servants the prophets; but you [exiles] would not listen [either], says the Lord. -- jeremiah 29:19 +. +Hear therefore the word of the Lord, all you exiles whom I have sent away from Jerusalem to Babylon. -- jeremiah 29:20 +. +Thus says the Lord of hosts, the God of Israel, concerning Ahab son of Kolaiah and concerning Zedekiah son of Maaseiah, who are prophesying lies to you in My name: Behold, I will deliver them into the hand of Nebuchadrezzar king of Babylon, and he will slay them [those false prophets whom you say I have raised up for you in Babylon] before your eyes! -- jeremiah 29:21 +. +And because of them, this curse shall be taken up and used by all from Judah who are in captivity in Babylon: The Lord make you like Zedekiah and like Ahab, whom the king of Babylon roasted in the fire-- -- jeremiah 29:22 +. +Because they have committed folly in Israel and have committed adultery with their neighbors' wives and have spoken words in My name falsely, which I had not commanded them. I am the One Who knows and I am witness, says the Lord. -- jeremiah 29:23 +. +Also you shall say this concerning and to Shemaiah of Nehelam [among the exiles in Babylon]: -- jeremiah 29:24 +. +Thus says the Lord of hosts, the God of Israel: Because you have sent letters in your [own] name to all the people who are in Jerusalem and to Zephaniah son of Maaseiah the priest and to all the priests, saying, -- jeremiah 29:25 +. +The Lord has made you [Zephaniah] priest instead of Jehoiada the [deputy] priest, that you should have oversight in the house of the Lord over every madman who makes himself a prophet, that you should put him in the stocks and collar. -- jeremiah 29:26 +. +Now therefore [continued the letter from Shemaiah in Babylon to Zephaniah in Jerusalem], why have you not rebuked Jeremiah of Anathoth, who makes himself a prophet to you? -- jeremiah 29:27 +. +For he has sent to us in Babylon, saying, [This captivity of yours] is to be long; build houses and dwell in them; plant gardens and eat the fruit of them. -- jeremiah 29:28 +. +And Zephaniah the priest read this letter in the hearing of Jeremiah the prophet. -- jeremiah 29:29 +. +Then came the word of the Lord to Jeremiah: -- jeremiah 29:30 +. +Send [this message] to all those in captivity, saying, Thus says the Lord concerning Shemaiah of Nehelam: Because Shemaiah has prophesied to you, though I did not send him, and has caused you to trust in a lie, -- jeremiah 29:31 +. +Therefore thus says the Lord: Behold, I will punish Shemaiah of Nehelam and his offspring. He will not have anyone [born] to dwell among this people, nor will he see the good that I will do to My people, says the Lord, because he has spoken and taught rebellion against the Lord. -- jeremiah 29:32 +. +THE WORD that came to Jeremiah from the Lord: -- jeremiah 30:1 +. +Thus says the Lord, the God of Israel: Write all the words that I have spoken to you in a book. -- jeremiah 30:2 +. +For, note well, the days are coming, says the Lord, when I will release from captivity My people Israel and Judah, says the Lord, and I will cause them to return to the land that I gave to their fathers, and they will possess it. -- jeremiah 30:3 +. +And these are the words the Lord spoke concerning Israel and Judah: -- jeremiah 30:4 +. +Thus says the Lord: We have heard a voice of trembling and panic--of terror, and not peace. -- jeremiah 30:5 +. +Ask now and see whether a man can give birth to a child? Why then do I see every man with his hands on his loins like a woman in labor? Why are all faces turned pale? -- jeremiah 30:6 +. +Alas! for that day will be great, so that none will be like it; it will be the time of Jacob's [unequaled] trouble, but he will be saved out of it. -- jeremiah 30:7 +. +For it will come to pass in that day, says the Lord of hosts, that I will break [the oppressor's] yoke from your neck, and I will burst your bonds; and strangers will no more make slaves of [the people of Israel]. -- jeremiah 30:8 +. +But they will serve the Lord their God and David's [descendant] their King, Whom I will raise up for them. -- jeremiah 30:9 +. +Therefore fear not, O My servant Jacob, says the Lord, nor be dismayed or cast down, O Israel; for behold, I will save you out of a distant land [of exile] and your posterity from the land of their captivity. Jacob will return and will be quiet and at ease, and none will make him afraid or cause him to be terrorized and to tremble. -- jeremiah 30:10 +. +For I am with you, says the Lord, to save you; for I will make a full and complete end of all the nations to which I have scattered you, but I will not make a full and complete end of you. But I will correct you in measure and with judgment and will in no sense hold you guiltless or leave you unpunished. -- jeremiah 30:11 +. +For thus says the Lord: Your hurt is incurable and your wound is grievous. -- jeremiah 30:12 +. +There is none to plead your cause; for [the pressing together of] your wound you have no healing [device], no binding plaster. -- jeremiah 30:13 +. +All your lovers (allies) have forgotten you; they neither seek, inquire of, or require you. For I have hurt you with the wound of an enemy, with the chastisement of a cruel and merciless foe, because of the greatness of your perversity and guilt, because your sins are glaring and innumerable. -- jeremiah 30:14 +. +Why do you cry out because of your hurt [the natural result of your sins]? Your pain is deadly (incurable). Because of the greatness of your perversity and guilt, because your sins are glaring and innumerable, I have done these things to you. -- jeremiah 30:15 +. +Therefore all who devour you will be devoured; and all your adversaries, every one of them, will go into captivity. And they who despoil you will become a spoil, and all who prey upon you will I give for a prey. -- jeremiah 30:16 +. +For I will restore health to you, and I will heal your wounds, says the Lord, because they have called you an outcast, saying, This is Zion, whom no one seeks after and for whom no one cares! -- jeremiah 30:17 +. +Thus says the Lord: Behold, I will release from captivity the tents of Jacob and have mercy on his dwelling places; the city will be rebuilt on its own [old] moundlike site, and the palace will be dwelt in after its former fashion. -- jeremiah 30:18 +. +Out of them [city and palace] will come songs of thanksgiving and the voices of those who make merry. And I will multiply them, and they will not be few; I will also glorify them, and they will not be small. -- jeremiah 30:19 +. +Their children too shall be as in former times, and their congregation shall be established before Me, and I will punish all who oppress them. -- jeremiah 30:20 +. +And their prince will be one of them, and their ruler will come from the midst of them. I will cause him to draw near and he will approach Me, for who is he who would have the boldness and would dare [on his own initiative] to approach Me? says the Lord. -- jeremiah 30:21 +. +Then you will be My people, and I will be your God. -- jeremiah 30:22 +. +Behold, the tempest of the Lord has gone forth with wrath, a sweeping and gathering tempest; it shall whirl and burst upon the heads of the wicked. -- jeremiah 30:23 +. +The fierce anger and indignation of the Lord shall not turn back until He has executed and accomplished the thoughts and intents of His mind and heart. In the latter days you shall understand this. -- jeremiah 30:24 +. +AT THAT time, says the Lord, will I be the God of all the families of Israel, and they will be My people. -- jeremiah 31:1 +. +Thus says the Lord: The people who survived the sword found favor in the wilderness [place of exile]--when Israel sought to find rest. -- jeremiah 31:2 +. +The Lord appeared from of old to me [Israel], saying, Yes, I have loved you with an everlasting love; therefore with loving-kindness have I drawn you and continued My faithfulness to you. -- jeremiah 31:3 +. +Again I will build you and you will be built, O Virgin Israel! You will again be adorned with your timbrels [small one-headed drums] and go forth in the dancing [chorus] of those who make merry. -- jeremiah 31:4 +. +Again you shall plant vineyards upon the mountains of Samaria; the planters shall plant and make the fruit common and enjoy it [undisturbed]. -- jeremiah 31:5 +. +For there shall be a day when the watchmen on the hills of Ephraim shall cry out, Arise, and let us go up to Zion, to the Lord our God. -- jeremiah 31:6 +. +For thus says the Lord: Sing aloud with gladness for Jacob, and shout for the head of the nations [on account of the chosen people, Israel]. Proclaim, praise, and say, The Lord has saved His people, the remnant of Israel! -- jeremiah 31:7 +. +Behold, I will bring them from the north country and gather them from the uttermost parts of the earth, and among them will be the blind and the lame, the woman with child and she who labors in childbirth together; a great company, they will return here to Jerusalem. -- jeremiah 31:8 +. +They will come with weeping [in penitence and for joy], pouring out prayers [for the future]. I will lead them back; I will cause them to walk by streams of water and bring them in a straight way in which they will not stumble, for I am a Father to Israel, and Ephraim [Israel] is My firstborn. -- jeremiah 31:9 +. +Hear the word of the Lord, O you nations, and declare it in the isles and coastlands far away, and say, He Who scattered Israel will gather him and will keep him as a shepherd keeps his flock. -- jeremiah 31:10 +. +For the Lord has ransomed Jacob and has redeemed him from the hand of him who was too strong for him. -- jeremiah 31:11 +. +They shall come and sing aloud on the height of Zion and shall flow together and be radiant with joy over the goodness of the Lord--for the corn, for the juice [of the grape], for the oil, and for the young of the flock and the herd. And their life shall be like a watered garden, and they shall not sorrow or languish any more at all. -- jeremiah 31:12 +. +Then will the maidens rejoice in the dance, and the young men and old together. For I will turn their mourning into joy and will comfort them and make them rejoice after their sorrow. -- jeremiah 31:13 +. +I will satisfy fully the life of the priests with abundance [of offerings shared with them], and My people will be satisfied with My goodness, says the Lord. -- jeremiah 31:14 +. +Thus says the Lord: A voice is heard in Ramah, lamentation and bitter weeping. Rachel is weeping for her children; she refuses to be comforted for her children, because they are no more. -- jeremiah 31:15 +. +Thus says the Lord: Restrain your voice from weeping and your eyes from tears, for your work shall be rewarded, says the Lord; and [your children] shall return from the enemy's land. -- jeremiah 31:16 +. +And there is hope for your future, says the Lord; your children shall come back to their own country. -- jeremiah 31:17 +. +I have surely heard Ephraim [Israel] moaning thus: You have chastised me, and I was chastised, like a bullock unaccustomed to the yoke; bring me back, that I may be restored, for You are the Lord my God. -- jeremiah 31:18 +. +Surely after I [Ephraim] was turned [from You], I repented; and after I was instructed, I penitently smote my thigh. I was ashamed, yes, even confounded, because I bore the disgrace of my youth [as a nation]. -- jeremiah 31:19 +. +Is Ephraim My dear son? Is he a darling child and beloved? For as often as I speak against him, I do [earnestly] remember him still. Therefore My affection is stirred and My heart yearns for him; I will surely have mercy, pity, and loving-kindness for him, says the Lord. -- jeremiah 31:20 +. +Set up for yourselves highway markers [back to Canaan], make for yourselves guideposts; turn your thoughts and attention to the way by which you went [into exile]. Retrace your steps, O Virgin Israel, return to these your cities. -- jeremiah 31:21 +. +How long will you waver and hesitate [to return], O you backsliding daughter? For the Lord has created a new thing in the land [of Israel]: a female shall compass (woo, win, and protect) a man. -- jeremiah 31:22 +. +Thus says the Lord of hosts, the God of Israel: Once more they shall use these words in the land of Judah and in her cities when I release them from exile: The Lord bless you, O habitation of justice and righteousness, O holy mountain! -- jeremiah 31:23 +. +And [the people of] Judah and all its cities shall dwell there together--[nomad] farmers and those who wander about with their flocks. -- jeremiah 31:24 +. +For I will [fully] satisfy the weary soul, and I will replenish every languishing and sorrowful person. -- jeremiah 31:25 +. +Thereupon I [Jeremiah] awoke and looked, and my [trancelike] sleep was sweet [in the assurance it gave] to me. -- jeremiah 31:26 +. +Behold, the days are coming, says the Lord, when I will sow the house of Israel and the house of Judah with the seed (offspring) of man and of beast. -- jeremiah 31:27 +. +And it will be that as I have watched over them to pluck up and to break down, and to overthrow, destroy, and afflict [with evil], so will I watch over them to build and to plant [with good], says the Lord. -- jeremiah 31:28 +. +In those days they shall say no more, The fathers have eaten sour grapes, and the children's teeth are set on edge. -- jeremiah 31:29 +. +But everyone shall die for his own iniquity [only]; every man who eats sour grapes--his [own] teeth shall be set on edge. -- jeremiah 31:30 +. +Behold, the days are coming, says the Lord, when I will make a new covenant with the house of Israel and with the house of Judah, -- jeremiah 31:31 +. +Not according to the covenant which I made with their fathers in the day when I took them by the hand to bring them out of the land of Egypt, My covenant which they broke, although I was their Husband, says the Lord. -- jeremiah 31:32 +. +But this is the covenant which I will make with the house of Israel: After those days, says the Lord, I will put My law within them, and on their hearts will I write it; and I will be their God, and they will be My people. -- jeremiah 31:33 +. +And they will no more teach each man his neighbor and each man his brother, saying, Know the Lord, for they will all know Me [recognize, understand, and be acquainted with Me], from the least of them to the greatest, says the Lord. For I will forgive their iniquity, and I will [seriously] remember their sin no more. -- jeremiah 31:34 +. +Thus says the Lord, Who gives the sun for a light by day and the fixed order of the moon and of the stars for a light by night, Who stirs up the sea's roaring billows or stills the waves when they roar--the Lord of hosts is His name: -- jeremiah 31:35 +. +If these ordinances [of fixed order] depart from before Me, says the Lord, then the posterity of Israel also shall cease from being a nation before Me throughout the ages. -- jeremiah 31:36 +. +Thus says the Lord: If the heavens above can be measured and the foundations of the earth searched out beneath, then I will cast off all the offspring of Israel for all that they have done, says the Lord. -- jeremiah 31:37 +. +Behold, the days are coming, says the Lord, when the city [of Jerusalem] shall be built [again] for the Lord from the Tower of Hananel to the Corner Gate. -- jeremiah 31:38 +. +And the measuring line shall go out farther straight onward to the hill Gareb and shall then turn to Goah [exact location unknown]. -- jeremiah 31:39 +. +And the whole valley [Hinnom] of the dead bodies and [the hill] of the ashes [long dumped there from the temple sacrifices], and all the fields as far as the brook Kidron, to the corner of the Horse Gate toward the east, shall be holy to the Lord. It [the city] shall not be plucked up or overthrown any more to the end of the age. -- jeremiah 31:40 +. +THE WORD that came to Jeremiah from the Lord in the tenth year of Zedekiah king of Judah, which was the eighteenth year of Nebuchadrezzar. -- jeremiah 32:1 +. +For the king of Babylon's army was then besieging Jerusalem, and Jeremiah the prophet was shut up in the court of the guard, which was in the house of the king of Judah. -- jeremiah 32:2 +. +For Zedekiah king of Judah had locked him up, saying, Why do you prophesy and say, Thus says the Lord: Behold, I am giving this city into the hand of the king of Babylon, and he shall take it; -- jeremiah 32:3 +. +And Zedekiah king of Judah shall not escape out of the hands of the Chaldeans but shall surely be delivered into the hand of the king of Babylon, and shall speak with him face to face and see him eye to eye; -- jeremiah 32:4 +. +And he shall lead Zedekiah to Babylon, and there shall he be until I visit him [for evil], says the Lord; and though you fight against the Chaldeans, you shall not prosper [why do you thus prophesy]? -- jeremiah 32:5 +. +And Jeremiah said, The word of the Lord came to me, saying, -- jeremiah 32:6 +. +Behold, Hanamel son of Shallum your uncle shall come to you and say, Buy my field that is in Anathoth, for the right of redemption is yours to buy it. -- jeremiah 32:7 +. +So Hanamel my uncle's son came to me in the court of the guard in accordance with the word of the Lord, and he said to me, I pray you, buy my field that is in Anathoth, which is in the land of Benjamin, for the right of inheritance is yours and the redemption is yours; buy it for yourself. Then I knew that this was the word of the Lord. -- jeremiah 32:8 +. +And I bought the field that was in Anathoth from Hanamel my uncle's son and weighed out for him the money--seventeen shekels of silver. -- jeremiah 32:9 +. +And I signed the deed and sealed it, called witnesses, and weighed out for him the money on the scales. -- jeremiah 32:10 +. +So I took the deed of the purchase--both that which was sealed, containing the terms and conditions, and the copy which was unsealed-- -- jeremiah 32:11 +. +And I gave the purchase deed to Baruch son of Neriah, the son of Mahseiah, in the sight of Hanamel my uncle's son and the witnesses who signed the purchase deed, in the presence of all the Jews who were sitting in the court of the guard. -- jeremiah 32:12 +. +And I charged Baruch before them, saying, -- jeremiah 32:13 +. +Thus says the Lord of hosts, the God of Israel: Take these deeds, both this purchase deed which is sealed and this unsealed deed, and put them in an earthen vessel, that they may last a long time. -- jeremiah 32:14 +. +For thus says the Lord of hosts, the God of Israel: Houses and fields and vineyards shall be purchased yet again in this land. -- jeremiah 32:15 +. +Now when I had delivered the purchase deed to Baruch son of Neriah, I prayed to the Lord, saying: -- jeremiah 32:16 +. +Alas, Lord God! Behold, You have made the heavens and the earth by Your great power and by Your outstretched arm! There is nothing too hard or too wonderful for You-- -- jeremiah 32:17 +. +You Who show loving-kindness to thousands but recompense the iniquity of the fathers into the bosoms of their children after them. The great, the mighty God; the Lord of hosts is His name-- -- jeremiah 32:18 +. +Great [are You] in counsel and mighty in deeds, Whose eyes are open to all the ways of the sons of men, to reward or repay each one according to his ways and according to the fruit of his doings, -- jeremiah 32:19 +. +Who wrought signs and wonders in the land of Egypt, and even to this day [continues to do so], both in Israel and among other men, and made for Yourself a name, as at this day. -- jeremiah 32:20 +. +And You brought forth Your people Israel out of the land of Egypt with signs and wonders, with a strong hand and outstretched arm and with great terror; -- jeremiah 32:21 +. +And You gave them this land which You swore to their fathers to give them, a land flowing with milk and honey; -- jeremiah 32:22 +. +And they entered and took possession of it, but they obeyed not Your voice, nor walked in Your law; they have done nothing of all that You commanded them to do. Therefore You have caused all this evil to come upon them. -- jeremiah 32:23 +. +See the siege mounds [of earth which the foe has heaped against the walls]; they have come up to the city to take it. And the city is given into the hand of the Chaldeans who fight against it, because [the people are overcome] by the sword and the famine and the pestilence. What You have spoken has come to pass, and behold, You see it. -- jeremiah 32:24 +. +Yet, O Lord God, You said to me, Buy the field with money and get witnesses, even though the city is given into the hands of the Chaldeans. -- jeremiah 32:25 +. +Then came the word of the Lord to Jeremiah, saying, -- jeremiah 32:26 +. +Behold, I am the Lord, the God of all flesh; is there anything too hard for Me? -- jeremiah 32:27 +. +Therefore thus says the Lord: Behold, I am giving this city into the hands of the Chaldeans and into the hand of Nebuchadrezzar king of Babylon, and he shall take it; -- jeremiah 32:28 +. +And the Chaldeans who are fighting against this city shall come in and set this city on fire and burn it, along with the houses on whose roofs incense has been offered to Baal and drink offerings have been poured out to other gods to provoke Me to anger. -- jeremiah 32:29 +. +For the children of Israel and the children of Judah have done only evil before Me from their youth; for the children of Israel have only provoked Me to anger with the work of their hands [the idols], says the Lord. -- jeremiah 32:30 +. +For this city has been to Me a [such a] provocation of My anger and My wrath from the day that they [finished] building it [in the time of Solomon, who was the first Israelite king who turned to idolatry] even to this day that I must remove it from before My face-- -- jeremiah 32:31 +. +Because of all the evil of the children of Israel and of the children of Judah which they have done to provoke Me to anger--they, their kings, their princes, their priests, their prophets, the men of Judah, and the inhabitants of Jerusalem. -- jeremiah 32:32 +. +And they have turned their backs to Me and not their faces; though I taught them persistently, yet they would not listen and receive instruction. -- jeremiah 32:33 +. +But they set their abominations [of idol worship] in the house which is called by My Name to defile it. -- jeremiah 32:34 +. +And they built the high places [for worship] of Baal in the Valley of Ben-hinnom [son of Hinnom] to cause their sons and their daughters to pass through the fire [in worship also of and] to Molech--which I did not command them, nor did it come into My mind or heart that they should do this abomination, to cause Judah to sin. -- jeremiah 32:35 +. +And now therefore thus says the Lord, the God of Israel, concerning this city of which you say, It shall be delivered into the hand of the king of Babylon by sword and by famine and by pestilence: -- jeremiah 32:36 +. +Behold, I will gather them out of all countries to which I drove them in My anger and in My wrath and in great indignation; I will bring them again to this place, and I will make them dwell safely. -- jeremiah 32:37 +. +And they will be My people, and I will be their God. -- jeremiah 32:38 +. +And I will give them one heart and one way, that they may [reverently] fear Me forever for the good of themselves and of their children after them. -- jeremiah 32:39 +. +And I will make an everlasting covenant with them: I will not turn away from following them to do them good, and I will put My [reverential] fear in their hearts, so that they will not depart from Me. -- jeremiah 32:40 +. +Yes, I will rejoice over them to do them good, and I will plant them in this land assuredly and in truth with My whole heart and with My whole being. -- jeremiah 32:41 +. +For thus says the Lord: As I have brought all this great evil upon this people, so will I bring upon them all the good that I have promised them. -- jeremiah 32:42 +. +And fields shall be bought in this land of which you say, It is desolate, without man or beast; it is given into the hands of the Chaldeans. -- jeremiah 32:43 +. +Men shall buy fields for money and shall sign deeds, seal them, and call witnesses in the land of Benjamin, in the places around Jerusalem, in the cities of Judah, in the cities of the hill country, in the cities of the lowland, and in the cities of the South (the Negeb), for I will cause them to be released from their exile, says the Lord. -- jeremiah 32:44 +. +MOREOVER, THE word of the Lord came to Jeremiah the second time, while he was still shut up in the court of the guard, saying, -- jeremiah 33:1 +. +Thus says the Lord Who made [the earth], the Lord Who formed it to establish it--the Lord is His name: -- jeremiah 33:2 +. +Call to Me and I will answer you and show you great and mighty things, fenced in and hidden, which you do not know (do not distinguish and recognize, have knowledge of and understand). -- jeremiah 33:3 +. +For thus says the Lord, the God of Israel, concerning the houses of this city and the houses of the kings of Judah which are torn down to make a defense against the siege mounds and before the sword: -- jeremiah 33:4 +. +They [the besieged Jews] are coming in to fight against the Chaldeans, and they [the houses] will be filled with the dead bodies of men whom I shall slay in My anger and My wrath; for I have hidden My face [in indignation] from this city because of all their wickedness. -- jeremiah 33:5 +. +Behold, [in the future restored Jerusalem] I will lay upon it health and healing, and I will cure them and will reveal to them the abundance of peace (prosperity, security, stability) and truth. -- jeremiah 33:6 +. +And I will cause the captivity of Judah and the captivity of Israel to be reversed and will rebuild them as they were at first. -- jeremiah 33:7 +. +And I will cleanse them from all the guilt and iniquity by which they have sinned against Me, and I will forgive all their guilt and iniquities by which they have sinned and rebelled against Me. -- jeremiah 33:8 +. +And [Jerusalem] shall be to Me a name of joy, a praise and a glory before all the nations of the earth that hear of all the good I do for it, and they shall fear and tremble because of all the good and all the peace, prosperity, security, and stability I provide for it. -- jeremiah 33:9 +. +Thus says the Lord: Yet again there shall be heard in this place of which you say, It is a desolate waste, without man and without beast--even in the cities of Judah and in the streets of Jerusalem that are desolate, without man and without inhabitant and without beast-- -- jeremiah 33:10 +. +[There shall be heard again] the voice of joy and the voice of gladness, the voice of the bridegroom and the voice of the bride, the voices of those who sing as they bring sacrifices of thanksgiving into the house of the Lord, Give praise and thanks to the Lord of hosts, for the Lord is good; for His mercy and kindness and steadfast love endure forever! For I will cause the captivity of the land to be reversed and return to be as it was at first, says the Lord. -- jeremiah 33:11 +. +Thus says the Lord of hosts: In this place which is desolate, without man and without beast, and in all its cities, there shall again be dwellings and pastures of shepherds resting their flocks. -- jeremiah 33:12 +. +In the cities of the hill country, in the cities of the lowland, in the cities of the South (the Negeb), in the land of Benjamin, in the places around Jerusalem, and in the cities of Judah shall flocks pass again under the hands of him who counts them, says the Lord. -- jeremiah 33:13 +. +Behold, the days are coming, says the Lord, when I will fulfill the good promise I have made to the house of Israel and the house of Judah. -- jeremiah 33:14 +. +In those days and at that time will I cause a righteous Branch [the Messiah] to grow up to David; and He shall execute justice and righteousness in the land. -- jeremiah 33:15 +. +In those days Judah shall be saved and Jerusalem shall dwell safely. And this is the name by which it will be called, The Lord is Our Righteousness (our Rightness, our Justice). -- jeremiah 33:16 +. +For thus says the Lord: David shall never fail [to have] a man [descendant] to sit on the throne of the house of Israel, -- jeremiah 33:17 +. +Nor shall the Levitical priests fail [to have] a man [descendant] to offer burnt offerings before Me and to burn cereal offerings and to make sacrifices continually (all day long). -- jeremiah 33:18 +. +And the word of the Lord came to Jeremiah, saying, -- jeremiah 33:19 +. +Thus says the Lord: If you can break My covenant with the day, and My covenant with the night, so that there should not be day and night in their season, -- jeremiah 33:20 +. +Then can also My covenant be broken with David My servant, so that he shall not have a son to reign upon his throne, and [My league be broken also] with the Levitical priests, My ministers. -- jeremiah 33:21 +. +As the host of [the stars of] the heavens cannot be numbered nor the sand of the sea be measured, so will I multiply the offspring of David My servant and the Levites who minister to Me. -- jeremiah 33:22 +. +Moreover, the word of the Lord came to Jeremiah, saying, -- jeremiah 33:23 +. +Have you not noticed that these people [the Jews] are saying, The Lord has cast off the two families [Israel and Judah] which He chose? Thus My people have despised [themselves in relation to God as His covenant people], so that they are no more a nation in their [own] sight. -- jeremiah 33:24 +. +Thus says the Lord: If My covenant with day and night does not stand, and if I have not appointed the ordinances of the heavens and the earth [the whole order of nature], -- jeremiah 33:25 +. +Then will I also cast away the descendants of Jacob and David My servant and will not choose one of his offspring to be ruler over the descendants of Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob. For I will cause their captivity to be reversed, and I will have mercy, kindness, and steadfast love on and for them. -- jeremiah 33:26 +. +THE WORD that came to Jeremiah from the Lord when Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon and all his army and all the kingdoms of the earth under his dominion and all the people were fighting against Jerusalem and all of its cities: -- jeremiah 34:1 +. +Thus says the Lord, the God of Israel: Go and speak to Zedekiah king of Judah and tell him, Thus says the Lord: Behold, I am giving this city into the hand of the king of Babylon, and he will burn it with fire. -- jeremiah 34:2 +. +And you will not escape out of his hand but will surely be taken and delivered into his hand; you will see the king of Babylon eye to eye, and he will speak with you face to face; and you will go to Babylon. -- jeremiah 34:3 +. +Yet hear the word of the Lord, O Zedekiah king of Judah! Thus says the Lord concerning you: You shall not die by the sword; -- jeremiah 34:4 +. +But you shall die in peace. And as with the burnings of [spices and perfumes on wood that were granted as suitable for and in honor of] your fathers, the former kings who were before you, so shall a burning be made for you; and [people] shall lament for you, saying, Alas, lord! For I have spoken the word, says the Lord. -- jeremiah 34:5 +. +Then Jeremiah the prophet spoke all these words to Zedekiah king of Judah, in Jerusalem, -- jeremiah 34:6 +. +When the army of the king of Babylon was fighting against Jerusalem and against all the cities of Judah that were left, against Lachish and Azekah, for these were the only fortified cities remaining of the cities of Judah. -- jeremiah 34:7 +. +[This is] the word that came to Jeremiah from the Lord after King Zedekiah had made a covenant with all the people who were at Jerusalem to proclaim liberty to them: -- jeremiah 34:8 +. +Every man should let his Hebrew slaves, male and female, go free, so that no one should make a slave of a Jew, his brother. -- jeremiah 34:9 +. +And all the princes and all the people obeyed, who had entered into the covenant that everyone would let his manservant and his maidservant go free, so that none should make bondmen of them any more; they obeyed, and let them go. -- jeremiah 34:10 +. +But afterward they turned around and caused the servants and the handmaids whom they had let go free to return [to their former masters] and brought them into subjection for servants and for handmaids. -- jeremiah 34:11 +. +Therefore the word of the Lord came to Jeremiah from the Lord, saying, -- jeremiah 34:12 +. +Thus says the Lord, the God of Israel: I made a covenant with your fathers in the day that I brought them forth out of the land of Egypt, out of the house of bondage, saying, -- jeremiah 34:13 +. +At the end of seven years you shall let every man his brother who is a Hebrew go free who has sold himself or has been sold to you and has served you six years; but your fathers did not listen to and obey Me or incline their ear [submitting and consenting to Me]. -- jeremiah 34:14 +. +And you recently turned around and repented, doing what was right in My sight by proclaiming liberty each one to his neighbor [who was his bond servant]; and you made a covenant or pledge before Me in the house which is called by My Name. -- jeremiah 34:15 +. +But then you turned around and defiled My name; each of you caused to return to you your servants, male and female, whom you had set free as they might desire; and you brought them into subjection again to be your slaves. -- jeremiah 34:16 +. +Therefore thus says the Lord: You have not listened to Me and obeyed Me in proclaiming liberty each one to his brother and neighbor. Behold, I proclaim to you liberty--to the sword, to pestilence, and to famine, says the Lord; and I will make you to be tossed to and fro and to be a horror among all the kingdoms of the earth! -- jeremiah 34:17 +. +And the men who have transgressed My covenant, who have not kept the terms of the covenant or solemn pledge which they had made before Me, I will make them [like] the [sacrificial] calf which they cut in two and then passed between its separated parts [solemnizing their pledge to Me]--I will make those men the calf! -- jeremiah 34:18 +. +The princes of Judah, the princes of Jerusalem, the eunuchs, the priests, and all the people of the land who passed between the parts of the calf, -- jeremiah 34:19 +. +I will give them into the hands of their enemies and into the hands of those who seek their life. And their dead bodies will be food for the birds of the heavens and the beasts of the earth. -- jeremiah 34:20 +. +And Zedekiah king of Judah and his princes will I give into the hands of their enemies and into the hands of those who seek their life, and into the hand of the king of Babylon's army which has withdrawn from you. -- jeremiah 34:21 +. +Behold, I will command, says the Lord, and cause them [the Chaldeans] to return to this city; and they shall fight against it and take it and burn it with fire. I will make the cities of Judah a desolation without inhabitant. -- jeremiah 34:22 +. +THE WORD that came to Jeremiah from the Lord in the days of Jehoiakim son of Josiah king of Judah: -- jeremiah 35:1 +. +Go to the house of the Rechabites and speak to them and bring them into the house of the Lord, into one of the chambers; then give them [who are pledged to drink no wine] some wine to drink. -- jeremiah 35:2 +. +So I took Jaazaniah son of Jeremiah, the son of Habazziniah, and his brothers and all his sons, and the whole house of the Rechabites, -- jeremiah 35:3 +. +And I brought them into the house of the Lord, into the chamber of the sons of Hanan son of Igdaliah the man of God, which was by the chamber of the princes, above the chamber of Maaseiah son of Shallum the keeper of the door. -- jeremiah 35:4 +. +And I set before the sons of the house of the Rechabites pitchers full of wine, and cups, and I said to them, Drink wine. -- jeremiah 35:5 +. +But they said, We will drink no wine, for Jonadab son of Rechab, our father, commanded us: You shall not drink wine, neither you nor your sons, forever. -- jeremiah 35:6 +. +Neither shall you build a house or sow seed or plant a vineyard or have them; but you shall dwell all your days in tents, that you may live many days in the land where you are temporary residents. -- jeremiah 35:7 +. +And we have obeyed the voice of Jonadab son of Rechab, our father, in all that he charged us, to drink no wine all our days--we, our wives, our sons, and our daughters-- -- jeremiah 35:8 +. +And not to build ourselves houses to live in; nor do we have vineyard or field or seed. -- jeremiah 35:9 +. +But we have dwelt in tents and have obeyed and done according to all that Jonadab our ancestor commanded us. -- jeremiah 35:10 +. +But when Nebuchadrezzar king of Babylon came up against the land, we said, Come and let us go to Jerusalem for fear of the army of the Chaldeans and the army of the Syrians. So we are living in Jerusalem. -- jeremiah 35:11 +. +Then came the word of the Lord to Jeremiah: -- jeremiah 35:12 +. +Thus says the Lord of hosts, the God of Israel: Go and say to the men of Judah and the inhabitants of Jerusalem, Will you not receive instruction and listen to My words and obey them? says the Lord. -- jeremiah 35:13 +. +The command which Jonadab son of Rechab gave to his sons not to drink wine, has been carried out and established [as a custom for more than two hundred years]. To this day they drink no wine, but they have obeyed their father's command. But I, even I, have persistently spoken to you, but you have not listened to and obeyed Me. -- jeremiah 35:14 +. +I have sent also to you all My servants the prophets earnestly and persistently, saying, Return now every man from his evil way and amend your doings and go not after other gods to serve them; and then you shall dwell in the land which I have given to you and to your fathers. But you did not submit and consent to Me or listen to and obey Me. -- jeremiah 35:15 +. +Since the sons of Jonadab son of Rechab have fulfilled and established the command of their father which he commanded them, but these people have not listened to and obeyed Me, -- jeremiah 35:16 +. +Therefore thus says the Lord God of hosts, the God of Israel: Behold, I am bringing upon Judah and all the inhabitants of Jerusalem all the evil that I have pronounced against them, because I have spoken to them, but they have not listened, and I have called to them, but they have not answered. -- jeremiah 35:17 +. +And Jeremiah said to the house of the Rechabites, Thus says the Lord of hosts, the God of Israel: Because you have obeyed the command of Jonadab your father and have kept all his precepts and have done according to all that he commanded you, -- jeremiah 35:18 +. +Therefore thus says the Lord of hosts, the God of Israel: Jonadab son of Rechab shall never fail [to have] a man [descendant] to stand before Me. -- jeremiah 35:19 +. +IN THE fourth year of Jehoiakim son of Josiah king of Judah, this word came to Jeremiah from the Lord: -- jeremiah 36:1 +. +Take a scroll [of parchment] for a book and write on it all the words I have spoken to you against Israel and Judah and all the nations from the day I spoke to you in the days of [King] Josiah until this day. -- jeremiah 36:2 +. +It may be that the house of Judah will hear all the evil which I purpose to do to them, so that each one may turn from his evil way, that I may forgive their iniquity and their sin. -- jeremiah 36:3 +. +Then Jeremiah called Baruch son of Neriah, and Baruch wrote upon the scroll of the book all the words which Jeremiah dictated, [words] that the Lord had spoken to him. -- jeremiah 36:4 +. +And Jeremiah commanded Baruch, saying, I am [in hiding, virtually] restrained and shut up; I cannot go into the house of the Lord. -- jeremiah 36:5 +. +Therefore you go, and on a day of fasting, in the hearing of all the people in the Lord's house, you shall read the words of the Lord which you have written on the scroll at my dictation. Also you shall read them in the hearing of all who come out of the cities of Judah. -- jeremiah 36:6 +. +It may be that they will make their supplication [for mercy] before the Lord, and each one will turn back from his evil way, for great is the anger and the wrath that the Lord has pronounced against this people. -- jeremiah 36:7 +. +And Baruch son of Neriah did according to all that Jeremiah the prophet commanded him, reading from [Jeremiah's] book the words of the Lord in the Lord's house. -- jeremiah 36:8 +. +And in the fifth year of Jehoiakim son of Josiah king of Judah, in the ninth month, a fast was proclaimed before the Lord for all the people in Jerusalem and all the people who came to Jerusalem from the cities of Judah. -- jeremiah 36:9 +. +Then Baruch read in the hearing of all the people the words of Jeremiah from the scroll of the book in the house of the Lord, in the chamber of Gemariah son of Shaphan the scribe, in the upper court at the entry of the New Gate of the Lord's house. -- jeremiah 36:10 +. +When Micaiah son of Gemariah, the son of Shaphan, had heard out of the book all the words of the Lord, -- jeremiah 36:11 +. +He went down to the king's house into the scribe's chamber, and behold, all the princes were sitting there: Elishama the scribe, Delaiah son of Shemaiah, Elnathan son of Achbor, Gemariah son of Shaphan, Zedekiah son of Hananiah, and all the [other] princes. -- jeremiah 36:12 +. +Then Micaiah declared to them all the words that he had heard when Baruch read the book in the hearing of the people. -- jeremiah 36:13 +. +Therefore all the princes sent Jehudi son of Nethaniah, the son of Shelemiah, the son of Cushi, to Baruch, saying, Take in your hand the scroll from which you have read in the hearing of the people and come [to us]. So Baruch son of Neriah took the scroll in his hand and came to them. -- jeremiah 36:14 +. +And they said to him, Sit down now and read it in our hearing. So Baruch read it in their hearing. -- jeremiah 36:15 +. +Now when they had heard all the words, they turned one to another in fear and said to Baruch, We must surely tell the king of all these words. -- jeremiah 36:16 +. +And they asked Baruch, Tell us now, how did you write all these words? At [Jeremiah's] dictation? -- jeremiah 36:17 +. +Then Baruch answered them, He dictated all these words to me, and I wrote them with ink in the book. -- jeremiah 36:18 +. +Then the princes said to Baruch, Go and hide, you and Jeremiah, and let no one know where you are. -- jeremiah 36:19 +. +Then they went into the court to the king, but they [first] put the scroll in the chamber of Elishama the scribe; then they reported all the words to the king. -- jeremiah 36:20 +. +So the king sent Jehudi to get the scroll, and he took it out of the chamber of Elishama the scribe. And Jehudi read it in the hearing of the king and of all the princes who stood beside the king. -- jeremiah 36:21 +. +Now it was the ninth month, and the king was sitting in the winter house, and a fire was burning there before him in the brazier. -- jeremiah 36:22 +. +And [each time] when Jehudi had read three or four columns [of the scroll], he [King Jehoiakim] would cut them off with a penknife and cast them into the fire that was in the brazier, until the entire scroll was consumed in the fire that was in the brazier. -- jeremiah 36:23 +. +Yet they were not afraid, nor did they rend their garments--neither the king, nor any of his servants who heard all these words. -- jeremiah 36:24 +. +Even though Elnathan and Delaiah and Gemariah tried to persuade the king not to burn the scroll, he would not listen to them. -- jeremiah 36:25 +. +And the king commanded Jerahmeel the king's son and Seraiah son of Azriel and Shelemiah son of Abdeel to seize Baruch the scribe and Jeremiah the prophet, but the Lord hid them. -- jeremiah 36:26 +. +Now the word of the Lord came to Jeremiah after the king had burned the scroll with the words which Baruch wrote at the dictation of Jeremiah, [and the Lord] said: -- jeremiah 36:27 +. +Take another scroll and write on it all the former words that were on the first scroll, which Jehoiakim the king of Judah burned. -- jeremiah 36:28 +. +And concerning Jehoiakim king of Judah you shall say, Thus says the Lord: You have burned this scroll, saying, Why have you written on it that the king of Babylon shall surely come and destroy this land and shall cut off man and beast from it? -- jeremiah 36:29 +. +Therefore thus says the Lord concerning Jehoiakim king of Judah: He shall have no [heir] to sit upon the throne of David, and his dead body shall be cast out to the heat by day and to the frost by night. -- jeremiah 36:30 +. +And I will punish him and his offspring and his servants for their iniquity; and I will bring upon them and the inhabitants of Jerusalem and the men of Judah all the evil that I have pronounced against them--but they would not hear. -- jeremiah 36:31 +. +Then Jeremiah took another scroll and gave it to Baruch the scribe, the son of Neriah, who wrote on it at the dictation of Jeremiah all the words of the book which Jehoiakim king of Judah had burned in the fire; and besides them many similar words were added. -- jeremiah 36:32 +. +AND ZEDEKIAH son of Josiah, whom Nebuchadrezzar king of Babylon made king in the land of Judah, reigned instead of Coniah [also called Jeconiah and Jehoiachin] son of Jehoiakim. -- jeremiah 37:1 +. +But neither he nor his servants nor the people of the land listened to and obeyed the words of the Lord which He spoke through the prophet Jeremiah. -- jeremiah 37:2 +. +Zedekiah the king sent Jehucal son of Shelemiah with Zephaniah son of Maaseiah, the priest, to the prophet Jeremiah, saying, Pray now to the Lord our God for us. -- jeremiah 37:3 +. +Now Jeremiah was coming in and going out among the people, for they had not [yet] put him in prison. -- jeremiah 37:4 +. +And Pharaoh's army had come forth out of Egypt, and when the Chaldeans who were besieging Jerusalem heard the news about them, they withdrew from Jerusalem and departed. -- jeremiah 37:5 +. +Then came the word of the Lord to the prophet Jeremiah: -- jeremiah 37:6 +. +Thus says the Lord, the God of Israel: Thus shall you say to the king of Judah, who sent you to Me to inquire of Me: Behold, Pharaoh's army, which has come forth to help you, will return to Egypt, to their own land. -- jeremiah 37:7 +. +And the Chaldeans shall come again and fight against this city, and they shall take it and burn it with fire. -- jeremiah 37:8 +. +Thus says the Lord: Do not deceive yourselves, saying, The Chaldeans will surely stay away from us--for they will not stay away. -- jeremiah 37:9 +. +For though you should defeat the whole army of the Chaldeans who fight against you, and there remained only the wounded and men stricken through among them, every man confined to his tent, yet they would rise up and burn this city with fire. -- jeremiah 37:10 +. +And when the army of the Chaldeans had departed from Jerusalem for fear of Pharaoh's approaching army, -- jeremiah 37:11 +. +Jeremiah went forth out of Jerusalem to go into the land of Benjamin [to slip away during the brief lull in the Chaldean invasion] to receive [the title to] his portion [of land, which the Lord had promised would eventually be valuable] there among the people. -- jeremiah 37:12 +. +And when he was at the Gate of Benjamin, a sentry was [on guard] there, whose name was Irijah son of Shelemiah, the son of Hananiah; and he seized Jeremiah the prophet, saying, You are deserting to the Chaldeans. -- jeremiah 37:13 +. +Then said Jeremiah, It is false! I am not deserting to the Chaldeans. But the sentry would not listen to him. So Irijah took Jeremiah and brought him to the princes. -- jeremiah 37:14 +. +Therefore the princes were enraged with Jeremiah and beat him and put him in prison in the house of Jonathan the scribe--for they had made that the prison. -- jeremiah 37:15 +. +When Jeremiah had come into the cells in the dungeon and had remained there many days, -- jeremiah 37:16 +. +Zedekiah the king sent and brought him out; and the king asked him secretly in his house, Is there any word from the Lord? And Jeremiah said, There is! And he said also, You shall be delivered into the hand of the king of Babylon. -- jeremiah 37:17 +. +Moreover, Jeremiah said to King Zedekiah, In what have I sinned against you or against your servants or against this people, that you have put me in prison? -- jeremiah 37:18 +. +Where now are your prophets who prophesied to you, saying, The king of Babylon shall not come against you or against this land? -- jeremiah 37:19 +. +Therefore hear now, I pray you, O my lord the king. Let my supplication, I pray you, come before you and be acceptable, that you do not cause me to return to the house of Jonathan the scribe, lest I die there. -- jeremiah 37:20 +. +Then Zedekiah the king commanded, and they committed Jeremiah to the court of the guard, and a round loaf of bread from the bakers' street was given to him daily until all the bread in the city was gone. So Jeremiah remained [imprisoned] in the court of the guard. -- jeremiah 37:21 +. +NOW SHEPHATIAH son of Mattan, Gedaliah son of Pashhur, Jucal [also called Jehucal] son of Shelemiah, and Pashhur son of Malchiah heard the words that Jeremiah spoke to all the people, saying, -- jeremiah 38:1 +. +Thus says the Lord: He who remains in this city shall die by the sword, by famine, and by pestilence, but he who goes out to the Chaldeans shall live; for he shall have his life as his only booty [as a prize of war], and he shall live. -- jeremiah 38:2 +. +Thus says the Lord: This city shall surely be given into the hand of the army of the king of Babylon, and he shall take it. -- jeremiah 38:3 +. +Therefore the princes said to the king, We beseech you, let this man [Jeremiah] be put to death; for [talking] thus he weakens the hands of the soldiers who remain in this city and the hands of all the people by speaking such words to them. For this man is not seeking the welfare of these people, but [to do them] harm. -- jeremiah 38:4 +. +Then Zedekiah the king said, Behold, he is in your hands; for the king is in no position to do anything against you. -- jeremiah 38:5 +. +So they took Jeremiah and cast him into the dungeon or cistern pit [in the charge] of Malchiah the king's son, which was in the court of the guard; and they let Jeremiah down [into the pit] with ropes. And in the dungeon or cistern pit there was no water, but only mire, and Jeremiah sank in the mire. -- jeremiah 38:6 +. +Now when Ebed-melech the Ethiopian [a Cushite], one of the eunuchs who was in the king's house, heard that they had put Jeremiah in the dungeon or cistern pit; and while the king was then sitting in the Gate of Benjamin, -- jeremiah 38:7 +. +Ebed-melech went out of the king's house and spoke to the king, saying, -- jeremiah 38:8 +. +My lord the king, these men have done evil in all that they have done to Jeremiah the prophet, whom they have cast into the dungeon or cistern pit; and he is liable to die of hunger and is [as good as] dead in the place where he is, for there is no more bread left in the city. -- jeremiah 38:9 +. +Then the king commanded Ebed-melech the Ethiopian, saying, Take from here thirty men with you and raise Jeremiah the prophet out of the dungeon or cistern pit before he dies. -- jeremiah 38:10 +. +So Ebed-melech took the men with him and went into the house of the king [to a room] under the treasury, and took along from there old rags and worn-out garments and let them down by ropes into the dungeon or cistern pit to Jeremiah. -- jeremiah 38:11 +. +And Ebed-melech the Ethiopian said to Jeremiah, Put now these old rags and worn-out garments under your armpits under the ropes. And Jeremiah did so. -- jeremiah 38:12 +. +So they drew up Jeremiah with the ropes and took him up out of the dungeon or cistern pit; and Jeremiah remained in the court of the guard. -- jeremiah 38:13 +. +Then Zedekiah the king sent and brought Jeremiah the prophet to him into the third entrance that is in the house of the Lord. And the king said to Jeremiah, I am going to ask you something; hide nothing from me. -- jeremiah 38:14 +. +Then Jeremiah said to Zedekiah, If I tell you, will you not surely put me to death? And even if I did give you counsel, you would not listen to me. -- jeremiah 38:15 +. +So Zedekiah the king swore secretly to Jeremiah, As the Lord lives, Who made our lives, I will not put you to death or give you into the hands of these men who seek your life. -- jeremiah 38:16 +. +Then said Jeremiah to Zedekiah, Thus says the Lord God of hosts, the God of Israel: If you will go forth and surrender to the princes of the king of Babylon, then you will live and this city will not be burned with fire; and you will live--you and your house. -- jeremiah 38:17 +. +But if you will not go forth and surrender to the princes of the king of Babylon, then this city will be given into the hands of the Chaldeans and they will burn it with fire; and you will not escape out of their hands. -- jeremiah 38:18 +. +And Zedekiah the king said to Jeremiah, I am afraid of the Jews who have deserted to the Chaldeans, lest the enemy deliver me into their [these former subjects'] hands and they mock me and abuse me. -- jeremiah 38:19 +. +But Jeremiah said, They will not deliver you [to them]. Obey, I beg of you, the voice of the Lord, Who speaks to you through me. Then it will be well with you, and you will live. -- jeremiah 38:20 +. +But if you refuse to go forth and surrender to them, this is the word [the vision] that the Lord has shown me: -- jeremiah 38:21 +. +Behold, [in it] all the women who are left in the house of the king of Judah will be brought forth to the king of Babylon's princes and will say [to you, King Zedekiah], Your friends have prevailed against your better judgment and have deceived you. Now when your feet are sunk in the mire [of trouble], they have turned their backs. -- jeremiah 38:22 +. +All your wives and your children will be brought out to the Chaldeans; and you [yourself] will not escape out of their hands, but you will be seized by the king of Babylon, and you will cause this city [Jerusalem] to be burned with fire. -- jeremiah 38:23 +. +Then Zedekiah said to Jeremiah, Let no man know of this conversation and you will not die. -- jeremiah 38:24 +. +But if the princes hear that I have talked with you, and they come to you and say, Tell us what you said to the king and what he said to you; hide it not from us and we will not put you to death, -- jeremiah 38:25 +. +Then you shall say to them, I was presenting to the king my humble plea that he would not send me back to Jonathan's house to die there. -- jeremiah 38:26 +. +Then came all the princes to Jeremiah and asked him [just what King Zedekiah had anticipated they would ask], and he told them all that the king had commanded. So they left off speaking with him, for what the conversation [with the king] had been was not discovered. -- jeremiah 38:27 +. +So Jeremiah remained in the court of the guard until the day that Jerusalem was taken [by the Chaldeans]. -- jeremiah 38:28 +. +IN THE ninth year of Zedekiah king of Judah, in the tenth month, Nebuchadrezzar king of Babylon and all his army came against Jerusalem and besieged it. -- jeremiah 39:1 +. +And in the eleventh year of Zedekiah, in the fourth month, on the ninth day of the month, they broke into the city. -- jeremiah 39:2 +. +[When Jerusalem was taken] all the princes of the king of Babylon came in and sat in the Middle Gate: Nergal-sharezer, Samgar-nebo, Sarsechim [the Rabsaris] a chief of the eunuchs, and Nergal-sharezer [II, the Rabmag] a chief of the magicians, with all the rest of the officials of the king of Babylon. -- jeremiah 39:3 +. +And when Zedekiah king of Judah and all the men of war saw them, they fled and went forth out of the city at night by way of the king's garden, through the gate between the two walls, and [the king] went out toward the Arabah (the Jordan Valley). -- jeremiah 39:4 +. +But the Chaldean army pursued them and overtook Zedekiah in the plains of Jericho. And when they had taken him, they brought him up to Nebuchadrezzar king of Babylon at Riblah in the [Syrian] land of Hamath, where he pronounced sentence upon him. -- jeremiah 39:5 +. +Then the king of Babylon slew the sons of Zedekiah at Riblah before his eyes; also the king of Babylon slew all the nobles of Judah. -- jeremiah 39:6 +. +Moreover, he put out Zedekiah's eyes and bound him with shackles to take him to Babylon. -- jeremiah 39:7 +. +And the Chaldeans burned the king's house and the houses of the people and broke down the walls of Jerusalem. -- jeremiah 39:8 +. +Then Nebuzaradan the [chief executioner and] captain of the guard carried away captive to Babylon the rest of the people who remained in the city, along with those who deserted to him, and the remainder of the [so-called better class of] people who were left. -- jeremiah 39:9 +. +But Nebuzaradan the [Babylonian] captain of the guard left in the land of Judah some of the poor of the people who had nothing, giving them vineyards and fields at the same time. -- jeremiah 39:10 +. +Nebuchadrezzar king of Babylon gave command concerning Jeremiah to Nebuzaradan the captain of the guard, saying, -- jeremiah 39:11 +. +Take him and look after him well; do him no harm but deal with him as he may ask of you. -- jeremiah 39:12 +. +So Nebuzaradan the captain of the guard, Nebushasban [the Rabsaris] a chief of the eunuchs, Nergal-sharezer [II, the Rabmag] a chief of the magicians, and all the chief officers of the king of Babylon -- jeremiah 39:13 +. +Sent and took Jeremiah out of the court of the guard and entrusted him to Gedaliah [a prominent man whose father had once saved the prophet's life] son of Ahikam, the son of Shaphan, that he should take him home [with him to Mizpah]. So Jeremiah was released and dwelt among the people. -- jeremiah 39:14 +. +Now the word of the Lord came to Jeremiah while he was [still] shut up in the court of the guard, saying, -- jeremiah 39:15 +. +Go and say to Ebed-melech the Ethiopian, Thus says the Lord of hosts, the God of Israel: Behold, I will bring to pass My words against this city for evil and not for good; and they will be accomplished before you on that day. -- jeremiah 39:16 +. +But I will deliver you [Ebed-melech] on that day, says the Lord, and you will not be given into the hands of the men of whom you are afraid. -- jeremiah 39:17 +. +For I will surely deliver you; and you will not fall by the sword, but your life will be [as your only booty and] as a reward of battle to you, because you have put your trust in Me, says the Lord. -- jeremiah 39:18 +. +THE WORD that came to Jeremiah from the Lord after Nebuzaradan the captain of the guard had let him go from Ramah, when he had taken him bound in chains among all who were carried away captive from Jerusalem and Judah, who were taken as exiles to Babylon. -- jeremiah 40:1 +. +And the captain of the guard took Jeremiah and said to him, The Lord your God pronounced evil upon this place. -- jeremiah 40:2 +. +Now the Lord has brought it about and has done as He said: [It is] because you [of Judah] have sinned against the Lord and have not obeyed His voice, therefore this thing has come upon you. -- jeremiah 40:3 +. +Now, see, I am freeing you today [Jeremiah] from the chains upon your hands. If it seems good to you to come with me to Babylon, come, and I will keep an eye on you and look after you well. But if it seems bad to you to come with me to Babylon, then do not do it. Behold, all the land is before you; wherever it seems good, right, and convenient for you to go, go there. -- jeremiah 40:4 +. +While [Jeremiah] was hesitating, [the captain of the guard] said, Go back then to Gedaliah son of Ahikam, the son of Shaphan, whom the king of Babylon made governor over the cities of Judah, and dwell with him among the people; or go wherever it seems right for you to go. So the captain of the guard gave him an allowance of food and a present and let him go. -- jeremiah 40:5 +. +Then Jeremiah went to Gedaliah son of Ahikam at Mizpah and dwelt with him among the people who were left in the land. -- jeremiah 40:6 +. +Now when all the captains of the forces that were in the open country [of Judah] and their men heard that the king of Babylon had made Gedaliah son of Ahikam governor in the land [of Judah] and had committed to him men, women, and children, those of the poorest of the land who had not been taken into exile to Babylon, -- jeremiah 40:7 +. +They went to Gedaliah at Mizpah--Ishmael son of Nethaniah, Johanan and Jonathan the sons of Kareah, Seraiah son of Tanhumeth, the sons of Ephai the Netophathite, and Jezaniah the son of the Maacathite, they and their men. -- jeremiah 40:8 +. +And Gedaliah son of Ahikam, the son of Shaphan, swore to them and their men, saying, Do not be afraid to serve the Chaldeans; dwell in [this] land and serve the king of Babylon, and it shall be well with you. -- jeremiah 40:9 +. +As for me, I will dwell at Mizpah to stand [for you] before the Chaldeans who come to us [ministering to them and looking after the king's interests]; but as for you, gather the juice [of the grape], summer fruits and oil, and store them in your utensils [chosen for such purposes], and dwell in your cities that you have seized. -- jeremiah 40:10 +. +Likewise, when all the Jews who were in Moab and among the people of Ammon and in Edom and who were in all the other countries heard that the king of Babylon had left a remnant in Judah and had set over them [as governor] Gedaliah son of Ahikam, the son of Shaphan, -- jeremiah 40:11 +. +Then all the Jews returned from all the places to which they had been driven and came to the land of Judah, to Gedaliah at Mizpah, and gathered a great abundance of juice [of the grape] and summer fruits. -- jeremiah 40:12 +. +Moreover, Johanan son of Kareah and all the captains of the forces that were in the open country came to Gedaliah at Mizpah -- jeremiah 40:13 +. +And said to him, Do you know that Baalis king of the Ammonites has sent Ishmael son of Nethaniah to take your life? But Gedaliah son of Ahikam did not believe them. -- jeremiah 40:14 +. +Then Johanan son of Kareah spoke to Gedaliah in Mizpah secretly, saying, Let me go, I pray you, and I will slay Ishmael son of Nethaniah, and no man will know it. Why should he slay you and cause all the Jews who are gathered to you to be scattered and the remnant of Judah to perish? -- jeremiah 40:15 +. +But Gedaliah son of Ahikam said to Johanan son of Kareah, You shall not do this thing, for you speak falsely of Ishmael. -- jeremiah 40:16 +. +NOW IN the seventh month [of that year] Ishmael son of Nethaniah, the son of Elishama, of the royal descendants and one of the princes of the king, came [at the instigation of the Ammonites] with ten men to Gedaliah son of Ahikam in Mizpah. As they were eating a meal together there in Mizpah, -- jeremiah 41:1 +. +Ishmael son of Nethaniah and the ten men who were with him arose and struck down Gedaliah son of Ahikam, the son of Shaphan, with the sword and killed him, the one whom the king of Babylon had made governor over the land. -- jeremiah 41:2 +. +Ishmael [manipulated by the Ammonites] also slew all the Jews who were with Gedaliah at Mizpah, and the Chaldean soldiers who were found there. -- jeremiah 41:3 +. +And the second day after the slaying of Gedaliah, before anyone knew about it, -- jeremiah 41:4 +. +There came eighty men from Shechem, from Shiloh, and from Samaria, having their beards shaved off and their clothes torn and having cut themselves, bringing cereal offerings and incense, going up [to Jerusalem] to present them in the house of the Lord. -- jeremiah 41:5 +. +And Ishmael son of Nethaniah went out from Mizpah to meet them, weeping all the way as he went. As he met them, he said to them, Come to Gedaliah son of Ahikam. -- jeremiah 41:6 +. +And when they came into the city, Ishmael son of Nethaniah slew them, and cast them into the midst of the [city] cistern pit--he and the men with him. -- jeremiah 41:7 +. +But ten men were among them who said to Ishmael, Do not kill us! For we have stores hidden in the field--of wheat and barley and oil and honey. So he refrained and did not slay them with their brethren. -- jeremiah 41:8 +. +Now the cistern pit into which Ishmael had cast all the dead bodies of the men whom he had slain in addition to Gedaliah was the one which Asa the king [of Judah] had once made for fear of Baasha king of Israel [should Baasha lay siege to Mizpah]. Ishmael son of Nethaniah filled it with those who were slain. -- jeremiah 41:9 +. +Then Ishmael carried away captive all the rest of the people who were in Mizpah--even the king's daughters and all the people who remained in Mizpah, whom Nebuzaradan the captain of the guard had committed to Gedaliah son of Ahikam. Ishmael son of Nethaniah carried them away captive and departed to cross over [the Jordan] to the Ammonites. -- jeremiah 41:10 +. +But when Johanan son of Kareah and all the captains of the forces that were with him heard of all the evil that Ishmael son of Nethaniah had done, -- jeremiah 41:11 +. +They took all their men and went to fight with Ishmael son of Nethaniah and found him by the great pool that is in Gibeon. -- jeremiah 41:12 +. +Now when all the people who were [captives] with Ishmael saw Johanan son of Kareah and all the captains of the forces that were with him, they were glad. -- jeremiah 41:13 +. +So all the people whom Ishmael had carried away captive from Mizpah turned around and came back, and went to Johanan son of Kareah. -- jeremiah 41:14 +. +But Ishmael son of Nethaniah escaped from Johanan with eight men and went to the Ammonites. -- jeremiah 41:15 +. +Then Johanan son of Kareah and all the captains of the forces that were with him took from Mizpah all the remainder of the people whom he had recovered from Ishmael son of Nethaniah after he had slain Gedaliah son of Ahikam: [they were] the soldiers, the women, the children, and the eunuchs whom [Johanan] had brought back from Gibeon. -- jeremiah 41:16 +. +And they departed and stayed at the lodging place of Chimham, which is near Bethlehem, [intending] to go to Egypt -- jeremiah 41:17 +. +Because of the Chaldeans; for they were afraid of them because Ishmael son of Nethaniah had slain Gedaliah son of Ahikam, whom the king of Babylon had made governor over the land [and whose death the king could avenge without much discrimination]. -- jeremiah 41:18 +. +THEN ALL the captains of the forces, and Johanan son of Kareah and Jezaniah [Azariah] son of Hoshaiah, and all the people from the least even to the greatest came near -- jeremiah 42:1 +. +And said to Jeremiah the prophet, We beseech you that you will let our supplication be presented before you and that you will pray to the Lord your God for us, even for all this remnant [of the people of Judah]; for whereas we were once many, there are but a few of us left, as you see with your [own] eyes. -- jeremiah 42:2 +. +[Pray] that the Lord your God may show us the way in which we should walk and the thing that we should do. -- jeremiah 42:3 +. +Then Jeremiah the prophet said to them, I have heard you. Behold, I will pray to the Lord your God according to your words; and it will be that whatever thing the Lord will answer you, I will declare it to you; I will keep nothing back from you. -- jeremiah 42:4 +. +Then they said to Jeremiah, May the Lord be a true and faithful witness against us if we fail to do according to all the things that the Lord your God sends you to tell us. -- jeremiah 42:5 +. +Whether it is good or evil, we will obey the voice of the Lord our God, to Whom we are sending you [to inquire], that it may be well with us when we obey the voice of the Lord our God. -- jeremiah 42:6 +. +And after ten days the word of the Lord came to Jeremiah. -- jeremiah 42:7 +. +Then he called Johanan son of Kareah and all the captains of the forces that were with him and all the people from the least even to the greatest, -- jeremiah 42:8 +. +And said to them, Thus says the Lord, the God of Israel, to Whom you sent me to present your supplication before Him: -- jeremiah 42:9 +. +If you will remain in this land, then I will build you up and not pull you down, and I will plant you and not pull you up; for I will relent and comfort and ease Myself concerning the evil that [in chastisement] I have done to you [and I will substitute mercy and loving-kindness for judgment]. -- jeremiah 42:10 +. +Be not afraid of the king of Babylon, of whom you are fearful [with the profound and reverent dread inspired by deity]; be not afraid of him, says the Lord, for [he is a mere man, while I am the all-wise, all-powerful, and ever-present God] I [the Lord] am with you to save you and to deliver you from his hand. -- jeremiah 42:11 +. +And I will grant mercy to you, that he may have mercy on you and permit you to remain in your own land. -- jeremiah 42:12 +. +But if you say, We will not dwell in this land, and so disobey the voice of the Lord your God, -- jeremiah 42:13 +. +Saying, No, but we will go to the land of Egypt, where we will not see war or hear the sound of the trumpet or be hungry for bread, and we will dwell there, -- jeremiah 42:14 +. +Then hear the word of the Lord, O remnant of Judah. Thus says the Lord of hosts, the God of Israel: If you are fully determined to go to Egypt and you do go to dwell there temporarily, -- jeremiah 42:15 +. +Then the sword which you fear shall overtake you there in the land of Egypt, and the famine of which you are afraid shall follow close after you to Egypt and in it, and there you shall die. -- jeremiah 42:16 +. +So will it be with all the men who set their faces to go to Egypt to dwell there temporarily; they will die by the sword, by famine, and by pestilence; none of them will remain or survive the evil that I will bring upon them. -- jeremiah 42:17 +. +For thus says the Lord of hosts, the God of Israel: As My anger and My wrath have been poured forth upon the inhabitants of Jerusalem, so shall My wrath be poured forth upon you when you enter Egypt. You shall be a detested thing, an astonishment and horror, a curse, a thing lightly esteemed and a taunt and a reproach; you shall see this place no more. -- jeremiah 42:18 +. +The Lord has said to you, O remnant of Judah, Do not go to Egypt. Know for a certainty that I [Jeremiah] have warned and testified to you this day -- jeremiah 42:19 +. +That you have dealt deceitfully against your own lives; for you sent me [Jeremiah] to the Lord your God, saying, Pray for us to the Lord our God; and whatever the Lord our God says, declare it to us and we will do it. -- jeremiah 42:20 +. +And I have this day declared it to you, but you have not obeyed the voice of the Lord your God in anything that He sent me to tell you. -- jeremiah 42:21 +. +Now therefore know for a certainty that you shall die by the sword, by famine, and by pestilence in the place [Egypt] where you desire to go to dwell temporarily. -- jeremiah 42:22 +. +AND WHEN Jeremiah had finished speaking to all the people all these words of the Lord their God--everything for which the Lord their God had sent him to them-- -- jeremiah 43:1 +. +Then Azariah son of Hoshaiah and Johanan son of Kareah and all the proud and insolent men said to Jeremiah, You are not telling the truth! The Lord our God has not sent you to say, Do not go into Egypt to dwell there temporarily. -- jeremiah 43:2 +. +But Baruch son of Neriah is setting you against us to deliver us into the hands of the Chaldeans, so they may put us to death or carry us away captive to Babylon. -- jeremiah 43:3 +. +So Johanan son of Kareah and all the captains of the forces and all the people did not obey the voice of the Lord to remain in the land of Judah. -- jeremiah 43:4 +. +But Johanan son of Kareah and all the captains of the forces took all the remnant of Judah who had returned to dwell in the land of Judah from all the nations to which they had been driven-- -- jeremiah 43:5 +. +Even men, women, and children, the king's daughters, and every person whom Nebuzaradan the captain of the guard had left with Gedaliah son of Ahikam, the son of Shaphan; also he took Jeremiah the prophet and Baruch son of Neriah. -- jeremiah 43:6 +. +So they came into the land of Egypt--for they obeyed not the voice of the Lord. And they came to Tahpanhes. -- jeremiah 43:7 +. +Then came the word of the Lord to Jeremiah in Tahpanhes, saying, -- jeremiah 43:8 +. +Take large stones in your hands and hide them in the mortar in the pavement of brick which is at the entrance of Pharaoh's house in Tahpanhes, in the sight of the men of Judah; -- jeremiah 43:9 +. +And say to them, Thus says the Lord of hosts, the God of Israel: Behold, I will send and take Nebuchadrezzar king of Babylon, My servant [because he works for Me], and I [through him] will set his throne upon these stones that I have hidden; and his [glittering, royal] canopy will be stretched over them. -- jeremiah 43:10 +. +And he shall come and smite the land of Egypt, giving such as are [destined] for death, to death, and such as are [destined] for captivity, to captivity, and such as are [destined] for the sword, to the sword. -- jeremiah 43:11 +. +And I [through him] will kindle a fire in the temples of the gods of Egypt; and he will burn [the houses] and carry [the people] away captive. And he will array himself with the land of Egypt, as a shepherd puts on his garment [as he wills and when he chooses]; and he will go away from there in peace. -- jeremiah 43:12 +. +[Nebuchadrezzar] shall break also the images and obelisks of Heliopolis [called On or Beth-shemesh--house of the sun] in the land of Egypt, and the temples of the gods of Egypt shall he burn with fire. -- jeremiah 43:13 +. +THE WORD that came to Jeremiah concerning all the Jews who were dwelling in the land of Egypt--at Migdol, at Tahpanhes, at Memphis--and in the country of Pathros, saying, -- jeremiah 44:1 +. +Thus says the Lord of hosts, the God of Israel: You have seen all the evil that I brought upon Jerusalem and upon all the cities of Judah; and see, this day they are a desolation and no man dwells in them -- jeremiah 44:2 +. +Because of the wickedness which they committed, provoking Me to anger in that they went to burn incense to serve other gods that they did not know--neither they, nor you, nor your fathers. -- jeremiah 44:3 +. +Yet I sent to you all My servants the prophets earnestly and persistently, saying, Oh, do not do this loathsome and shamefully vile thing that I hate and abhor! -- jeremiah 44:4 +. +But they did not listen and obey or submit and consent to turn from their wickedness and burn no incense to other gods. -- jeremiah 44:5 +. +Therefore My wrath and My anger were poured out and were kindled in the cities of Judah and in the streets of Jerusalem; and they became wasted and desolate, as it is this day. -- jeremiah 44:6 +. +Therefore now thus says the Lord God of hosts, the God of Israel: Why do you commit this great evil against yourselves that will cut off from you man and woman, infant and weaned child, out of Judah, to leave yourselves with none remaining? -- jeremiah 44:7 +. +Why do you provoke Me to anger with the works (idols) of your own hands, burning incense to other gods in the land of Egypt, where you [of your own accord] have come to dwell temporarily, that you might be cut off and become a curse and a reproach (an object of reviling and taunts) among all the nations of the earth? -- jeremiah 44:8 +. +Have you forgotten the wickedness of your fathers, the wickedness of the kings of Judah, the wickedness of their wives [who clung to their foreign gods], your own wickedness, and the wickedness of your wives [who imitated their queens], which they committed in the land of Judah and in the streets of Jerusalem? -- jeremiah 44:9 +. +They are not humbled (contrite, penitent, and bruised for their guilt and iniquities) even to this day, neither have they feared and revered [Me] nor walked in My law or My statutes which I set before you and before your fathers. -- jeremiah 44:10 +. +Therefore thus says the Lord of hosts, the God of Israel: Behold, I will set My face against you for evil--even to cut off all Judah [from the land]. -- jeremiah 44:11 +. +And I will take away the remnant of Judah who have set their faces to come into the land of Egypt to dwell here temporarily [fleeing to Egypt instead of surrendering to the Chaldeans as directed by the Lord through Jeremiah], and they will all be consumed and will fall in the land of Egypt; they will be consumed by the sword and by famine. From the least even to the greatest, they shall die by the sword and by famine. And they will be a detestable thing, an astonishment, a curse, and a reproach (an object of horror, reviling, and taunts). -- jeremiah 44:12 +. +For I will punish all the inhabitants of the land of Egypt as I have punished Jerusalem--by the sword, by famine, and by pestilence-- -- jeremiah 44:13 +. +So that none of the remnant of Judah who have come to the land of Egypt to dwell temporarily shall escape or survive or return to the land of Judah, to which they desire and lift up their souls to return to dwell there; for none shall return except [a few] fugitives. -- jeremiah 44:14 +. +Then all the men who knew that their wives were burning incense to other gods, and all the women who stood by--a great assembly--even all the people who dwelt in Pathros in the land of Egypt, answered Jeremiah: -- jeremiah 44:15 +. +As for the word that you have spoken to us in the name of the Lord, we will not listen to or obey you. -- jeremiah 44:16 +. +But we will certainly perform every word of the vows we have made: to burn incense to the queen of heaven and to pour out drink offerings to her as we have done--we and our fathers, our kings and our princes--in the cities of Judah and in the streets of Jerusalem; for then we had plenty of food and were well off and prosperous and saw no evil. -- jeremiah 44:17 +. +But since we stopped burning incense to the queen of heaven and pouring out drink offerings to her, we have lacked everything and have been consumed by the sword and by famine. -- jeremiah 44:18 +. +[And the wives said] When we burned incense to the queen of heaven and poured out drink offerings to her, did we make cakes [in the shape of a star] to represent and honor her and pour out drink offerings to her without [the knowledge and approval of] our husbands? -- jeremiah 44:19 +. +Then Jeremiah said to all the people--to the men and to the women and to all the people who had given him that answer-- -- jeremiah 44:20 +. +The incense that you burned in the cities of Judah and in the streets of Jerusalem--you and your fathers, your kings and your princes, and the people of the land--did not the Lord [earnestly] remember [your idolatrous wickedness] and did it not come into His mind? -- jeremiah 44:21 +. +The Lord could no longer endure the evil of your doings and the abominations which you have committed; because of them therefore has your land become a desolation and an [astonishing] waste and a curse, without inhabitants, as it is this day. -- jeremiah 44:22 +. +Because you have burned incense [to idols] and because you have sinned against the Lord and have not obeyed the voice of the Lord or walked in His law and in His statutes and in His testimonies, therefore this evil has fallen upon you, as it is this day. -- jeremiah 44:23 +. +Moreover, Jeremiah said to all the people, including all the women, Hear the word of the Lord, all you of Judah who are in the land of Egypt, -- jeremiah 44:24 +. +Thus says the Lord of hosts, the God of Israel: You and your wives have both declared with your mouths and fulfilled it with your hands, saying, We will surely perform our vows that we have vowed to burn incense to the queen of heaven and to pour out drink offerings to her. [Surely] then confirm your vows and [surely] perform your vows! [If you will defy all My warnings to you, then, by all means, go ahead!] -- jeremiah 44:25 +. +Therefore hear the word of the Lord, all [you people of] Judah who dwell in the land of Egypt: Behold, I have sworn by My great name, says the Lord, that My name shall no more be invoked by the mouth of any man of Judah in all the land of Egypt, saying, As the Lord God lives. -- jeremiah 44:26 +. +Behold, I am watching over them for evil and not for good; and all the men of Judah who are in the land of Egypt shall be consumed by the sword and by famine until there is an end of them and they are all destroyed. -- jeremiah 44:27 +. +Yet a small number who escape the sword shall return out of the land of Egypt to the land of Judah; and all the remnant of Judah who came to the land of Egypt to dwell temporarily shall know whose words shall stand, Mine or theirs. -- jeremiah 44:28 +. +And this will be the sign to you, says the Lord, that I will punish you in this place, so that you may know that My words will surely stand against you for evil. -- jeremiah 44:29 +. +Thus says the Lord: Behold, I will give Pharaoh Hophra king of Egypt into the hands of his enemies and into the hands of those who seek his life, just as I gave Zedekiah king of Judah into the hand of Nebuchadrezzar king of Babylon, who was his enemy and was seeking his life. -- jeremiah 44:30 +. +THE WORD that Jeremiah the prophet spoke to Baruch son of Neriah, when he had written these words in a book at the dictation of Jeremiah, in the fourth year of Jehoiakim son of Josiah king of Judah, saying, -- jeremiah 45:1 +. +Thus says the Lord, the God of Israel, unto you, O Baruch: -- jeremiah 45:2 +. +You said, Woe is me now! For the Lord has added sorrow to my pain; I am weary with my groaning and sighing and I find no rest. -- jeremiah 45:3 +. +Say this to him: The Lord speaks thus: Behold, what I have built I will break down, and that which I have planted I will pluck up--and this means the whole land. -- jeremiah 45:4 +. +And should you seek great things for yourself? Seek them not; for behold, I will bring evil upon all flesh, says the Lord, but your life I will give to you [as your only booty and] as a [snatched] prize of war wherever you go. -- jeremiah 45:5 +. +THE WORD of the Lord that came to Jeremiah the prophet concerning and against the [Gentile] nations. -- jeremiah 46:1 +. +Concerning and against Egypt: against the army of Pharaoh Necho king of Egypt, which was by the river Euphrates at Carchemish, which Nebuchadrezzar king of Babylon smote and defeated in the fourth year of Jehoiakim son of Josiah king of Judah: -- jeremiah 46:2 +. +Put in order the buckler and shield, and advance for battle! -- jeremiah 46:3 +. +Harness the horses, and mount, you horsemen! Stand forth with your helmets! Polish the spears, put on the coats of mail! -- jeremiah 46:4 +. +Why have I seen it? They are dismayed and have turned backward, and their mighty warriors are beaten down. They flee in haste and look not back; terror is on every side! says the Lord. -- jeremiah 46:5 +. +Let not the swift flee nor the mighty man escape; in the north by the river Euphrates they stumble and fall. -- jeremiah 46:6 +. +Who is this that rises up like the Nile [River], like the branches [of the Nile in the delta of Egypt] whose waters surge and toss? -- jeremiah 46:7 +. +Egypt rises like the Nile, like the rivers whose waters surge and toss. She says, I will rise, I will cover the earth; I will destroy cities and their inhabitants. -- jeremiah 46:8 +. +Go up, you horses, and drive furiously, you chariots! Let the warriors go forth--men of Ethiopia and Put who handle the shield, men of Lud who are skilled in handling and stringing the bow. -- jeremiah 46:9 +. +But that day is a day of the Lord, the Lord of hosts--a day of vengeance, that He may avenge Himself on His adversaries. And the sword shall devour, and it shall be satiated and shall drink its fill of their blood; for the Lord, the Lord of hosts has a sacrifice [like that of a great sin offering] in the north country by the river Euphrates. -- jeremiah 46:10 +. +Go up into Gilead and take [healing] balm, O Virgin Daughter of Egypt! In vain do you use many medicines; for you there is no healing or remedy. -- jeremiah 46:11 +. +The nations have heard of your disgrace and shame, and your cry has filled the earth. For warrior has stumbled against and thrown down warrior, and they have fallen both of them together. -- jeremiah 46:12 +. +The word that the Lord spoke to Jeremiah the prophet concerning the coming of Nebuchadrezzar king of Babylon and his smiting of the land of Egypt: -- jeremiah 46:13 +. +Declare in Egypt and proclaim in Migdol; and publish in Memphis and in Tahpanhes; say, Stand forth and get yourself ready, for the sword devours round about you. -- jeremiah 46:14 +. +Why is your strong one [the sacred bull-god Apis] swept and dragged away? He stood not, because the Lord drove him and thrust him down. -- jeremiah 46:15 +. +[The Lord] made many to stumble and fall; yes, they fell one upon another. And they said, Arise, and let us go back to our own people and to the land of our birth, away from the sword of the oppressor. -- jeremiah 46:16 +. +They cried there, Pharaoh king of Egypt is destroyed and is only a noise; he has let the appointed time [in which God had him on probation] pass by! -- jeremiah 46:17 +. +As I live, says the King, Whose name is the Lord of hosts, surely like Tabor among the mountains and like Carmel by the sea, so shall he [the king of Babylon, standing out above other rulers] come. -- jeremiah 46:18 +. +O you daughter who dwells in Egypt and you who dwell with her, furnish yourselves [with all you will need] to go into exile, for Memphis will be waste, desolate, and burned up, without inhabitant. -- jeremiah 46:19 +. +Egypt is a very fair heifer [like Apis the bull-god, to which the country is, so to speak, espoused], but destruction [a gadfly] is coming--out of the north it is coming [against her]! -- jeremiah 46:20 +. +Also her hired troops in the midst of her are like fatted calves [in the stall], for they also are turned back and are fleeing together; they do not stand, because the day of their calamity is coming upon them, the time of their visitation (their inspection and punishment). -- jeremiah 46:21 +. +The sound [of Egypt fleeing from the enemy] is like the rustling of an escaping serpent, for her foes advance with a mighty army and come against her with axes, like those who fell trees and cut wood. -- jeremiah 46:22 +. +They shall cut down her forest, says the Lord, though it is impenetrable, because they [the invading army] are more numerous than locusts and cannot be counted. -- jeremiah 46:23 +. +The Daughter of Egypt shall be disgraced; she shall be delivered into the hands of the people of the north [the Chaldeans]. -- jeremiah 46:24 +. +The Lord of hosts, the God of Israel, says: Behold, I will visit punishment upon Amon [the chief god of the sacred city, the capital of Upper Egypt] of No or Thebes, and upon Pharaoh and Egypt, with her gods and her kings--even Pharaoh and all those [Jews and others] who put their trust in [Pharaoh as a support against Babylon]. -- jeremiah 46:25 +. +And I will deliver them into the hands of those who seek their lives, and into the hand of Nebuchadrezzar king of Babylon, and into the hands of his servants. Afterward [Egypt] will be inhabited as in the days of old, says the Lord. -- jeremiah 46:26 +. +But fear not, O My servant Jacob, and be not dismayed, O Israel. For behold, I will save you from afar, and your offspring from the land of their exile; and Jacob will return and be quiet and at ease, and none will make him afraid. -- jeremiah 46:27 +. +Fear not, O Jacob My servant, says the Lord, for I am with you. For I will make a full and complete end of all the nations to which I have driven you; yet I will not make a full end of you. But I will chasten and correct you in just measure, and I will not hold you guiltless by any means or leave you unpunished. -- jeremiah 46:28 +. +THE WORD of the Lord that came to Jeremiah the prophet concerning the Philistines before Pharaoh smote [the Philistine city] Gaza. -- jeremiah 47:1 +. +Thus says the Lord: Behold, waters are rising out of the north and shall become an overflowing stream and shall overflow the land and all that is in it, the city and those who dwell in it. Then the men shall cry, and all the inhabitants of the land [of Philistia] shall wail. -- jeremiah 47:2 +. +At the noise of the stamping of the hoofs of [the Chaldean king's] war-horses, at the rattling of his chariots, and at the rumbling of his wheels, the fathers do not look back to their children, so feeble are their hands [with terror] -- jeremiah 47:3 +. +Because of the day that is coming to destroy all the Philistines and to cut off from Tyre and Sidon every helper who remains. For the Lord is destroying the Philistines, the remnant [still surviving] of the isle or coastland of Caphtor [where the Philistines originated]. -- jeremiah 47:4 +. +Baldness [as a token of mourning] will come upon Gaza; Ashkelon will be cut off and be dumb. O remnant of their valley and of the giants, how long will you gash yourselves [as a token of mourning]? -- jeremiah 47:5 +. +O you sword of the Lord, how long will it be before you are quiet? Put yourself into your scabbard; rest and be still. -- jeremiah 47:6 +. +How can it [the sword of the Lord] be quiet when the Lord has given it an assignment to discharge? Against Ashkelon and against the [whole Philistine] seashore He has appointed it. -- jeremiah 47:7 +. +CONCERNING MOAB: Thus says the Lord of hosts, the God of Israel: Woe to [the city of] Nebo, for it is laid waste! Kiriathaim is put to shame and taken; Misgab [the high fortress] is put to shame, broken down, and crushed. -- jeremiah 48:1 +. +The glory of Moab is no more; in Heshbon [a border town between Reuben and Gad, east of the Jordan River] they planned evil against her, saying, Come, let us cut her off from being a nation. You also, O [town of] Madmen, shall be brought to silence; the sword shall pursue you. -- jeremiah 48:2 +. +The sound of a cry from Horonaim, [a cry of] desolation and great destruction! -- jeremiah 48:3 +. +Moab is destroyed; her little ones have caused a cry to be heard [as far as Zoar]. -- jeremiah 48:4 +. +For the ascent of Luhith will be climbed [by successive bands of fugitives] with continual weeping; for on the descent of Horonaim they have heard the distress of the cry of destruction. -- jeremiah 48:5 +. +Flee! Save your lives! But they shall be like a destitute and forsaken person in the wilderness. -- jeremiah 48:6 +. +For because you have trusted in your works [your bungling idol images] and in your treasures [instead of in God], you shall also be taken. And Chemosh [your god] shall go into captivity, his priests and his princes together. -- jeremiah 48:7 +. +And the destroyer shall come upon every city; no city shall escape. The [Jordan] valley also shall perish, and the plain shall be devastated, as the Lord has said. -- jeremiah 48:8 +. +Give wings to Moab, for [by that means only] she will flee and get away; her cities will be desolate, without any to dwell in them. -- jeremiah 48:9 +. +Cursed be he who does the work of the Lord negligently [with slackness, deceitfully]; and cursed be he who keeps back his sword from blood [in executing judgment pronounced by the Lord]. -- jeremiah 48:10 +. +Moab has been at ease from his youth, and he has settled on his lees [like wine] and has not been drawn off from one vessel to another, neither has he gone into exile. Therefore his taste remains in him, and his scent has not changed. -- jeremiah 48:11 +. +Therefore behold, the days are coming, says the Lord, when I shall send to [Moab] tilters who shall tilt him up and shall empty his vessels and break his bottles (earthenware) in pieces. -- jeremiah 48:12 +. +And Moab shall be ashamed of Chemosh [his god], as the house of Israel was ashamed of Bethel, their confidence. -- jeremiah 48:13 +. +How can you say, We are heroes and mighty men in the war? -- jeremiah 48:14 +. +Moab has been made desolate, and his cities have gone up [in smoke and flame]; and his chosen young men have gone down to the slaughter, says the King, Whose name is the Lord of hosts. -- jeremiah 48:15 +. +The destruction of Moab is coming near, and his calamity hastens swiftly. -- jeremiah 48:16 +. +Bemoan him, all you [nations] who are around him, and all you [nations more remote] who know his name; say, How broken is the mighty scepter [of national power] and the splendid rod [of glory]! -- jeremiah 48:17 +. +Come down from your glory, you inhabitant of the Daughter of Dibon, and sit on the ground among the thirsty! For the destroyer of Moab is advancing against you; he will destroy your strongholds. -- jeremiah 48:18 +. +O inhabitant of Aroer, stand by the way and watch! Ask him who flees and her who escapes, What has happened? -- jeremiah 48:19 +. +Moab is put to shame, for she is broken down. Wail and cry out! Tell by [the banks of] the Arnon that Moab is laid waste (destroyed). -- jeremiah 48:20 +. +Judgment has come upon the land of the plain--upon Holon and Jahzah and Mephaath, -- jeremiah 48:21 +. +And upon Dibon and Nebo and Beth-diblathaim, -- jeremiah 48:22 +. +And upon Kiriathaim and Beth-gamul and Beth-meon, -- jeremiah 48:23 +. +And upon Kerioth and Bozrah--and all the cities of the land of Moab, far and near. -- jeremiah 48:24 +. +The horn (strength) of Moab is cut off, and his arm [of authority] is shattered, says the Lord. -- jeremiah 48:25 +. +Make him drunk, for he has magnified himself against the Lord [by resisting Reuben's occupation of the land the Lord had assigned him]. Moab also shall splash in his vomit, and he too shall be held in derision. -- jeremiah 48:26 +. +For was not Israel [an object of] derision to you? Was he found among thieves--since whenever you speak of him you wag your head [in scorn]? -- jeremiah 48:27 +. +O you inhabitants of Moab, leave the cities and dwell among the rocks, and be like the dove that makes her nest in the walls of the yawning ravine. -- jeremiah 48:28 +. +We have heard of the [giddy] pride of Moab, the extremely proud one--his loftiness, his arrogance, his conceit, and the haughtiness of his heart. -- jeremiah 48:29 +. +I know his insolent wrath, says the Lord, and the nothingness of his boastings and his deeds; they are false and have accomplished nothing. -- jeremiah 48:30 +. +Therefore I will wail over Moab, and I will cry out over the whole of Moab. Over the men of Kir-heres (Kir-hareseth) there will be sighing and mourning. -- jeremiah 48:31 +. +O vines of Sibmah, I weep for you more than the weeping of Jazer [over its ruins and wasted vineyards]. Your tendrils [of influence] have gone over the sea, reaching even to Jazer. The destroyer has fallen upon your summer fruit harvest and your [season's] crop of grapes. -- jeremiah 48:32 +. +Joy and gladness are taken away from the fruitful orchards and fields and from the land of Moab. And I have made the juice [of the grape] to fail from what is pressed out in the vats; no one treads [the grapes] with shouting. Their shouting is no shouting [of joy, but is a battle cry]. -- jeremiah 48:33 +. +From the cry of Heshbon even to Elealeh even to Jahaz have they uttered their voice, from Zoar even to Horonaim and Eglath-shelishiyah [like a three-year-old heifer], for even the waters of Nimrim have become desolations. -- jeremiah 48:34 +. +Moreover, I will cause to cease in Moab, says the Lord, the one who ascends and offers in the high place and the one who burns incense to his gods. -- jeremiah 48:35 +. +Therefore My heart moans and sighs for Moab like flutes, and My heart moans and sighs like flutes for the men of Kir-heres (Kir-hareseth); therefore [the remnant of] the abundant riches they gained has perished. -- jeremiah 48:36 +. +For every head is shaven bald and every beard cut off: upon all the hands are cuts (slashes) and upon the loins is sackcloth [all to express mourning]. -- jeremiah 48:37 +. +On all the housetops of Moab and in its streets there is lamentation everywhere, for I have broken Moab like a vessel in which there is no pleasure, says the Lord. -- jeremiah 48:38 +. +How it is broken down! How they wail! How Moab has turned his back in shame! So Moab has become [an object of] a derision and a [horrifying] terror to all who are round about him. -- jeremiah 48:39 +. +For thus says the Lord: Behold, he [Babylon] shall fly swiftly like an eagle and shall spread out his wings against Moab. -- jeremiah 48:40 +. +Kerioth [and the cities] shall be taken and the strongholds seized; and the hearts of the mighty warriors of Moab in that day shall be as the heart of a woman in her pangs [in childbirth]. -- jeremiah 48:41 +. +And Moab shall be destroyed from being a nation, because he has magnified himself against the Lord. -- jeremiah 48:42 +. +Terror and pit and snare are before you, O inhabitant of Moab, says the Lord. -- jeremiah 48:43 +. +He who flees from the terror will fall into the pit, and he who gets up out of the pit will be taken and caught in the trap or snare; for I will bring upon it, even upon Moab, the year of their visitation (their inspection and infliction of punishment), says the Lord. -- jeremiah 48:44 +. +In the shadow of Heshbon the fugitives stand powerless (stopped in their tracks, helpless and without strength), for a fire has gone forth from Heshbon, a flame from the midst of Sihon; it has destroyed the corner of Moab and the crowns of the heads of the ones in tumult [the proud Moabites]. -- jeremiah 48:45 +. +Woe to you, O Moab! The people of [the god] Chemosh are undone; for your sons are taken away captive and your daughters into captivity. -- jeremiah 48:46 +. +Yet will I reverse the captivity and restore the fortunes of Moab in the latter days, says the Lord. Thus far is the judgment on Moab. -- jeremiah 48:47 +. +CONCERNING and against the Ammonites: Thus says the Lord: Has Israel no sons [to return after their captivity and claim the territory of Gad east of the Jordan which the Ammonites have taken over]? Has [Israel's Gad] no heir? Why then has Milcom [the god the Ammonites call their king] dispossessed and inherited Gad, and [why do] his people dwell in Gad's cities? -- jeremiah 49:1 +. +Therefore behold, the days are coming, says the Lord, when I will cause an alarm of war to be heard against Rabbah of the Ammonites; and it [the high ground on which it stands] will become a desolate heap, and its daughter [villages] will be burned with fire. Then will Israel dispossess those who dispossessed him, says the Lord. -- jeremiah 49:2 +. +Wail, O Heshbon [in Moab, just south of Ammon], for Ai [in Ammon] is laid waste! Cry out, you daughter [villages] of Rabbah! Gird yourselves with sackcloth, lament, and run to and fro inside the [sheepfold] enclosures; for Milcom [the god-king] shall go into exile, together with his priests and his princes. -- jeremiah 49:3 +. +Why do you boast of your valleys? Your valley flows away, O [Ammon] rebellious and faithless daughter, who trusted in her treasures, who said, Who can come against me? -- jeremiah 49:4 +. +Behold, I will bring terror upon you, says the Lord, the Lord of hosts, from all who are round about you; and you will be driven out, each man fleeing straight before him [without thought of his neighbor], and there will be no one to gather together the fugitives. -- jeremiah 49:5 +. +And afterward I will reverse the captivity of the children of Ammon and restore their fortunes, says the Lord. -- jeremiah 49:6 +. +Concerning and against Edom: Thus says the Lord of hosts: Is there no longer wisdom in Teman [a district in Edom]? Has counsel vanished from the intelligent and prudent? Is their wisdom all poured out and used up? -- jeremiah 49:7 +. +Flee, turn back, dwell deep [in the deserts to escape the Chaldeans], O inhabitants of Dedan [neighbor of Edom]! For I will bring the calamity and destruction of Esau upon him [Edom] when I inspect and punish him. -- jeremiah 49:8 +. +If grape gatherers came to you, would they not leave some ungleaned grapes? If thieves came by night, would they not destroy only what is enough [for them]? -- jeremiah 49:9 +. +But I have stripped Esau (Edom) bare; I have uncovered his hiding places, and he cannot hide himself. His offspring will be destroyed, with his brethren and his neighbors; and he will be no more. -- jeremiah 49:10 +. +Leave your fatherless children; I will [do what is necessary to] preserve them alive. And let [those who have been made] your widows trust and confide in Me. -- jeremiah 49:11 +. +For thus says the Lord: Behold, they [Israel] whose rule was not to drink the cup [of wrath] shall assuredly drink--and are you to remain unpunished? You shall not go unpunished, but you shall surely drink. -- jeremiah 49:12 +. +For I have sworn by Myself, says the Lord, that Bozrah [in Edom, between Petra and the Dead Sea] shall become a horror, a reproach, a waste, and a curse; and all its cities shall be perpetual wastes. -- jeremiah 49:13 +. +I have heard a report from the Lord, and a messenger is sent to the nations, saying, Gather together and come against her! And rise up for the battle. -- jeremiah 49:14 +. +For, behold, I will make you [Edom] small among the nations and despised among men. -- jeremiah 49:15 +. +Your [object of] horror (your idol) has deceived you, and the pride of your heart [has deceived you], O you who dwell in the clefts of the rock [Sela or Petra], who hold and occupy the height of the hill. Though you make your nest as high as the eagle's, I will bring you down from there, says the Lord. -- jeremiah 49:16 +. +And Edom shall be an astonishment and a horror; everyone who goes by it shall be astonished and shall hiss with horror at all its plagues and disasters. -- jeremiah 49:17 +. +As [it was] in the overthrow of Sodom and Gomorrah and their neighboring cities, says the Lord, no man shall dwell there; neither shall a son of man live in it temporarily. -- jeremiah 49:18 +. +See, there comes up one [Nebuchadnezzar] like a lion from [lurking in] the jungles (the pride) of the Jordan against the strong habitation [of Edom] and into the permanent pastures; for in a twinkling I will drive him [Edom] from there. And I will appoint over him the one whom I choose. For who is like Me? And who will appoint for Me the time and prosecute Me for this proceeding? And what [earthly, national] shepherd can stand before Me and defy Me? -- jeremiah 49:19 +. +Therefore hear the plan of the Lord which He has made against Edom, and His purposes which He has formed against the inhabitants of Teman: Surely they shall be dragged away [by Nebuchadnezzar], even the little ones of the flock; surely He shall make their habitation desolate because of them and their fold shocked at their fate. -- jeremiah 49:20 +. +At the sound of their fall the earth shall tremble; at their crying the sound shall be heard at the Red Sea. -- jeremiah 49:21 +. +Behold, one will come up and fly swiftly like an eagle and spread his wings against [the Edomite city of] Bozrah; and in that day the hearts of the mighty warriors of Edom will be like the heart of a woman in her pangs [in childbirth]. -- jeremiah 49:22 +. +Concerning and against Damascus [in Syria]: Hamath and Arpad are confounded and put to shame, for they have heard bad news; they are fainthearted and wasting away; there is trouble and anxiety [like] on a [storm-tossed] sea which cannot rest. -- jeremiah 49:23 +. +Damascus has become feeble; she has turned to flee, and terror and panic have seized her; anguish and sorrow have taken hold of her, like a woman in childbirth. -- jeremiah 49:24 +. +How [remarkable that] the renowned city is not deserted, the city of my joy! [exclaims one from Damascus]. -- jeremiah 49:25 +. +Therefore her young men shall fall in her streets, and all her soldiers shall be destroyed in that day, says the Lord of hosts. -- jeremiah 49:26 +. +And I will kindle a fire in the wall of Damascus, and it will consume the palaces of Ben-hadad [title of several kings of Syria]. -- jeremiah 49:27 +. +Concerning Kedar [a tribe of nomad Arabs] and concerning the kingdoms of Hazor, which Nebuchadrezzar king of Babylon shall smite: Thus says the Lord [to him]: Arise, go up against Kedar and destroy the sons of the east. -- jeremiah 49:28 +. +Their tents and their flocks shall they [the Chaldeans] take--their tent hangings and all their utensils and their camels. And men shall cry to them, Terror on every side! -- jeremiah 49:29 +. +Flee, wander far off, dwell deep [in the deserts], O you inhabitants of Hazor [in the Arabian Desert] says the Lord, for Nebuchadrezzar king of Babylon has planned a course against you and has conceived a purpose against you. -- jeremiah 49:30 +. +Arise [Nebuchadrezzar], get up into a nation which is at ease, which dwells without care, says the Lord, [a nation] which has neither gates nor bars, which dwells apart and alone. -- jeremiah 49:31 +. +And their camels will be booty, and their herds of cattle a spoil; and I will scatter to all [the four] winds those who [as evidence of their idolatry] clip off the corners of their hair, and I will bring their calamity from every side, says the Lord. -- jeremiah 49:32 +. +And Hazor shall become a dwelling place of jackals, a desolation forever; no man shall dwell there; neither shall a son of man live in it temporarily. -- jeremiah 49:33 +. +The word of the Lord that came to Jeremiah the prophet concerning and against Elam, in the beginning of the reign of Zedekiah king of Judah, saying, -- jeremiah 49:34 +. +Thus says the Lord of hosts: Behold, I will break the bow of Elam, the chief [weapon and part] of their strength. -- jeremiah 49:35 +. +And upon Elam will I bring the four winds from the four corners of heaven; and I will scatter them toward all those winds, and there will be no nation to which the outcasts of Elam will not come. -- jeremiah 49:36 +. +And I will cause Elam to be dismayed and terrified before their enemies and before those who seek and demand their lives; and I will bring evil and disaster upon them, even My fierce anger, says the Lord. And I will send the sword after them until I have consumed them. -- jeremiah 49:37 +. +And I will set My throne [of judgment] in Elam [whose capital city was Shushan, from which God wrought wonders through Nehemiah, Esther, and Daniel]; and I will destroy from their king and princes, says the Lord. -- jeremiah 49:38 +. +But it shall be in the latter days (the end of days) that I will reverse the captivity and restore the fortunes of Elam, says the Lord. -- jeremiah 49:39 +. +THE WORD that the Lord spoke concerning and against Babylon and concerning and against the land of the Chaldeans through Jeremiah the prophet: -- jeremiah 50:1 +. +Declare it among the nations and publish it and set up a signal [to spread the news]--publish and conceal it not; say, Babylon has been taken; Bel [the patron god] is put to shame, Merodach (Bel) is dismayed and broken down. [Babylon's] images are put to shame, her [senseless] idols are thrown down! -- jeremiah 50:2 +. +For out of the north there has come up a nation [Media] against her which will make her land desolate, and none will dwell there. They will have fled, they will be gone--from man even to beast. -- jeremiah 50:3 +. +In those days and at that time, says the Lord, the children of Israel shall come, they and the children of Judah together; they shall come up weeping as they come and seek the Lord their God [inquiring for and of Him and requiring Him, both by right of necessity and of the promises of God's Word]. -- jeremiah 50:4 +. +They shall ask the way to Zion, with their faces in that direction, saying, Come, let us join ourselves to the Lord in a perpetual covenant that shall not be forgotten. -- jeremiah 50:5 +. +My people have been lost sheep; their shepherds have led them astray [to favorite places of idolatry] on mountains [that seduce]. They have gone from [one sin to another] mountain to hill; they have forgotten their [own] resting-place. -- jeremiah 50:6 +. +All who found them devoured them; and their adversaries said, We are not guilty, because they have sinned against the Lord [and are no longer holy to Him], their true habitation of righteousness and justice, even the Lord, the hope of their fathers. -- jeremiah 50:7 +. +Flee out of the midst of Babylon, and go forth out of the land of the Chaldeans; and be as the he-goats [who serve as examples and as leaders in the flight] before the flocks. -- jeremiah 50:8 +. +For behold, I will raise and cause to come up against Babylon an assembly of great nations from the north country. They will equip and set themselves against her; from there she will be taken. Their arrows will be like [both] an expert, mighty warrior and like his arrows--none [of them] will return in vain. -- jeremiah 50:9 +. +And Chaldea shall become plunder; all who plunder her shall be satisfied, says the Lord. -- jeremiah 50:10 +. +Though you are glad, though you rejoice, O you who plunder My heritage, though you are wanton and skip about like a heifer at grass and neigh like strong stallions, -- jeremiah 50:11 +. +Your mother [Babylon] shall be put to great shame; she who bore you shall blush and be disgraced. Behold, she shall be at the rear of the nations [least of the nations]--a wilderness, waste, and desert. -- jeremiah 50:12 +. +Because of the wrath of the Lord she shall not be inhabited but shall be wholly desolate; everyone who goes by Babylon shall be appalled and hiss and mock at all her wounds and plagues. -- jeremiah 50:13 +. +Set yourselves in array against Babylon round about, all you archers. Shoot at her! Spare not the arrows, for she has sinned against the Lord. -- jeremiah 50:14 +. +Raise the battle cry against her round about! She gives her hand [in agreement] and surrenders; her supports and battlements fall, her walls are thrown down. For this is the vengeance of the Lord: take vengeance on her; as she has done [to others], do to her. -- jeremiah 50:15 +. +Exterminate the sower from Babylon, and the one who handles the sickle in the time of harvest. For fear of the sword of the oppressor everyone shall return to his people, and everyone shall flee to his own land. -- jeremiah 50:16 +. +Israel is a hunted and scattered sheep [driven hither and thither and preyed upon by savage beasts]; the lions have chased him. First the king of Assyria devoured him, and now at last Nebuchadrezzar king of Babylon has broken and gnawed his bones. -- jeremiah 50:17 +. +Therefore thus says the Lord of hosts, the God of Israel: Behold, I will visit and punish the king of Babylon and his land, just as I visited and punished the king of Assyria. -- jeremiah 50:18 +. +And I will bring Israel [home] again to his fold and pasturage, and he will feed on Carmel and Bashan [in the most fertile districts both west and east], and his soul will be satisfied upon the hills of Ephraim and Gilead. -- jeremiah 50:19 +. +In those days and at that time, says the Lord, the iniquity of Israel will be sought, but there will be none, and the sins of Judah [will be sought], but none will be found, for I will pardon those whom I cause to remain as a remnant (the preserved ones who come forth after a long tribulation). -- jeremiah 50:20 +. +Go up against [Babylon] the land of Merathaim [two rebellions, double or intense defiance], even against it and against the inhabitants of Pekod [visitation and punishment]. Slay and utterly destroy them, says the Lord, and do according to all that I have commanded you. -- jeremiah 50:21 +. +The cry and noise of battle is in the land, and [the noise] of great destruction. -- jeremiah 50:22 +. +How the hammer of the whole earth is crushed and broken! How Babylon has become a horror of desolation among the nations! -- jeremiah 50:23 +. +I set a trap for you, and you also were taken, O Babylon, and you did not know it; you were found and also caught because you have struggled and contended against the Lord. -- jeremiah 50:24 +. +The Lord has opened His armory and has brought forth [the nations who unknowingly are] the weapons of His indignation and wrath, for the Lord God of hosts has work to do in the land of the Chaldeans. -- jeremiah 50:25 +. +Come against her from every quarter and from the utmost border. Open her granaries and storehouses; pile up [their contents] like heaps of rubbish. Burn and destroy her utterly; let nothing be left of her. -- jeremiah 50:26 +. +Slay all her bullocks (her choice youths, the strength of her army); let them go down to the slaughter! Woe to [the Chaldeans]! For their day has come, the time of their visitation (their inspection and punishment). -- jeremiah 50:27 +. +Listen! The voice of those [Jews] who flee and escape out of the land of Babylon proclaiming in Zion the vengeance of the Lord our God, the vengeance [of the Lord upon the Chaldeans] for [the plundering and destruction of] His temple. -- jeremiah 50:28 +. +Call together [many] archers against Babylon, all those who bend the bow. Encamp against her round about; let none from there escape. Recompense her according to her deeds; just as she has done, do to her. For against the Lord, against the Holy One of Israel, has she been proudly defiant and presumptuous. -- jeremiah 50:29 +. +Therefore shall her young men fall in her streets and squares, and all her soldiers shall be destroyed on that day, says the Lord. -- jeremiah 50:30 +. +Behold, I am against you, O Babylon [you who are pride and presumption personified], says the Lord, the Lord of hosts, for your day has come, the time when I will visit and punish you. -- jeremiah 50:31 +. +And Pride (the arrogant one) shall stumble (totter) and fall, and none shall raise him up. And I will kindle a fire in his cities, and it shall devour all who are round about him. -- jeremiah 50:32 +. +Thus says the Lord of hosts: The children of Israel and the children of Judah are oppressed together; all who took them captive have held them fast; they refuse to let them go. -- jeremiah 50:33 +. +Their Redeemer is strong; the Lord of hosts is His name. He will surely and thoroughly plead their case and defend their cause, that He may give rest to [the land of Israel and to the Babylonian-enslaved nations of] the earth, but unrest to the inhabitants of Babylon. -- jeremiah 50:34 +. +A sword upon the Chaldeans, says the Lord--upon the inhabitants of Babylon and upon her princes (rulers in civic matters) and upon her wise men (the astrologers and rulers in religious affairs)! -- jeremiah 50:35 +. +A sword upon the babbling liars (the diviners), that they may become fools! A sword upon her mighty warriors, that they may be dismayed and destroyed! -- jeremiah 50:36 +. +A sword upon their horses and upon their chariots and upon all the mixed foreign troops that are in the midst of her, that they may become [as weak and defenseless as] women! A sword upon her treasures, that they may be plundered! -- jeremiah 50:37 +. +A sword and a drought upon her waters, that they may be dried up! For it is a land of images, and they are mad over idols (objects of terror in which they foolishly trust). -- jeremiah 50:38 +. +Therefore wild beasts of the desert shall dwell [in Babylon] with the jackals, and ostriches shall dwell there. And it shall never again be inhabited with people, even from generation to generation. -- jeremiah 50:39 +. +As when God overthrew Sodom and Gomorrah and their neighboring cities, says the Lord, so no man shall dwell there; neither shall any son of man live there temporarily. -- jeremiah 50:40 +. +Behold, a people is coming from the north; and a great nation and many kings are stirring from the uttermost parts of the earth. -- jeremiah 50:41 +. +They lay hold of bow, lance, and spear; they are cruel and have no mercy or compassion. They sound like the roaring of the sea; they ride upon horses, every man equipped like a man [ready] for the battle against you, O Daughter of Babylon! -- jeremiah 50:42 +. +The king of Babylon has heard the news about them, and his hands fall feeble and helpless; anguish has seized him, and pangs like that of a woman in childbirth. -- jeremiah 50:43 +. +See, there comes up one like a lion from the jungles (the pride) of the Jordan against the strong habitation [of Babylon] and into the permanent pasturage and sheepfold; for in a twinkling I will drive him [Babylon] from there. And I will appoint over him the one whom I choose. For who is like Me? And who will challenge Me and prosecute Me for this proceeding? And what [earthly, national] shepherd can stand before Me and defy Me? -- jeremiah 50:44 +. +Therefore hear the plan of the Lord which He has made against Babylon, and His purposes which He has formed against the land of the Chaldeans: Surely they shall be dragged away, even the little ones of the flock; surely He shall make their habitation desolate because of them and their fold amazed and appalled at their fate. -- jeremiah 50:45 +. +At the cry, Babylon has been taken! the earth shall tremble, and the cry shall be heard among the nations. -- jeremiah 50:46 +. +THUS SAYS the Lord: Behold, I will raise up against Babylon and against those who dwell among those rebelling against Me a destroying wind and spirit; -- jeremiah 51:1 +. +And I will send to Babylon strangers or winnowers who will winnow her and will empty her land; for in the day of calamity they will be against her on every side. -- jeremiah 51:2 +. +Against him who bends let the archer bend his bow, and against him who lifts himself up in his coat of mail. And spare not her young men; devote [to God] and utterly destroy her entire host. -- jeremiah 51:3 +. +Thus they shall fall down slain in the land of the Chaldeans, and wounded in her streets. -- jeremiah 51:4 +. +For Israel has not been widowed and forsaken, nor has Judah, by his God, the Lord of hosts, though their land is full of guilt against the Holy One of Israel. -- jeremiah 51:5 +. +Flee out of the midst of Babylon! Let every man save his life! Let not destruction come upon you through her [punishment for] sin and guilt. For it is the time of the Lord's vengeance; He will render to her a recompense. -- jeremiah 51:6 +. +Babylon was a golden cup in the Lord's hand, making all the earth drunken. The nations drank of her wine; therefore the nations have gone mad. -- jeremiah 51:7 +. +Babylon has suddenly fallen and is shattered (destroyed)! Wail for her [if you care to]! Get balm for her [incurable] pain; if [you do] so she may [possibly] be healed! -- jeremiah 51:8 +. +We would have healed Babylon, but she is not healed. Forsake her and let us each go to his own country, for her guilt and the judgment against her reach to heaven and are lifted even to the skies. -- jeremiah 51:9 +. +The Lord has brought forth and made known the righteousness [of our cause]; come and let us declare in Zion the work of the Lord our God. -- jeremiah 51:10 +. +Make clean and sharp the arrows, take up the shields or coats of armor [and cover your bodies with them]! The Lord has stirred up the spirit of the kings of the Medes [who with the Persians will destroy the Babylonian Empire], for His purpose concerning Babylon is to destroy it; for that is the vengeance of the Lord, the vengeance [upon Babylon for the plundering and destruction] of His temple. -- jeremiah 51:11 +. +Set up a standard or signal [to spread the news] upon the walls of Babylon! Make the watch and blockade strong, set the guards, prepare the ambushes! For the Lord has both purposed and done that which He spoke against the inhabitants of Babylon. -- jeremiah 51:12 +. +O [Babylon] you who dwell by many waters, rich in treasures, your end has come, and the line measuring your life is cut. -- jeremiah 51:13 +. +The Lord of hosts has sworn by Himself, saying, Surely I will fill you with men, as with [a swarm of] locusts [who strip a land clean], and they will lift up a song and shout [of victory] over you. -- jeremiah 51:14 +. +He made the earth by His power; He established the world by His wisdom and stretched out the heavens by His understanding. -- jeremiah 51:15 +. +When He utters His voice, there is a tumult of waters in the heavens, and He causes the vapors to ascend from the ends of the earth. He makes lightnings for the rain and brings forth the wind from His treasuries. -- jeremiah 51:16 +. +Every man has become stupid and brutelike, without knowledge [of God]; every goldsmith is put to shame by the images he has made; for his molten idols are a lie, and there is no breath [of life] in them. -- jeremiah 51:17 +. +They are worthless (emptiness, falsity, futility), a work of delusion and worthy of derision; in the time of their inspection and punishment they shall [helplessly] perish. -- jeremiah 51:18 +. +Not like these [gods] is He Who is the Portion of Jacob [the true God on Whom Israel has a claim], for He is the One Who formed all things, and Israel is the tribe of His inheritance--the Lord of hosts is His name. -- jeremiah 51:19 +. +You [Cyrus of Persia, soon to conquer Babylon] are My battle-ax or maul and weapon of war--for with you I break nations in pieces, with you I destroy kingdoms, -- jeremiah 51:20 +. +With you I break in pieces the horse and his rider, with you I break in pieces the chariot and the charioteer, -- jeremiah 51:21 +. +With you I break in pieces man and woman, with you I break in pieces old man and youth, with you I break in pieces young man and maiden, -- jeremiah 51:22 +. +With you I break in pieces the shepherd and his flock, with you I break in pieces the farmer and his yoke of oxen, and with you I break in pieces governors and commanders. -- jeremiah 51:23 +. +And I will [completely] repay Babylon and all the inhabitants of Chaldea for all the evil that they have done in Zion--before your very eyes [I will do it], says the Lord. -- jeremiah 51:24 +. +Behold, I am against you, says the Lord, O destroying mountain [which is burning out, you who will be as barren and desolate as an extinct volcano], you who [would] destroy the whole earth. I will stretch out My hand over and against you and roll you down from the [burnt] crags and will make you a burnt-out mountain [of combustive fires]. -- jeremiah 51:25 +. +And [O Babylon] they shall not take your cracked stones for a cornerstone, or any stone for foundations, but you shall be waste and desolate forever, says the Lord. -- jeremiah 51:26 +. +Set up a standard or signal in the land [to spread the news]! Blow the trumpet among the nations! Prepare and dedicate the nations for war against her; call against her the kingdoms of Ararat, Minni, and Ashkenaz. Appoint a marshal against her; cause the horses to come up like [a swarm of] locusts [when their wings are not yet released from their horny cases]. -- jeremiah 51:27 +. +Prepare and dedicate the nations for war against her--the kings of Media, with their governors and commanders (deputies), and every land of their dominion. -- jeremiah 51:28 +. +[I foresee this:] The land trembles and writhes in pain and sorrow, for the purposes of the Lord against Babylon stand--to make the land of Babylon a desolation without inhabitant. -- jeremiah 51:29 +. +The mighty warriors of Babylon have ceased to fight; they have remained in their holds. Their might has failed; they have become [weak and helpless] like women. Her dwelling places are burned up; her bars [and defenses generally] are broken. -- jeremiah 51:30 +. +One post shall run to meet another and one messenger to meet another to show the king of Babylon that his city is taken on every side and to its farthest end, -- jeremiah 51:31 +. +And that the passages [or ferries across the Euphrates] are stopped, and the great marshes they [the Medes] have burned with fire, and the men of war are frightened. -- jeremiah 51:32 +. +For thus says the Lord of hosts, the God of Israel: The Daughter of Babylon is like a threshing floor at the time it is [being prepared]; yet a little while and the time of harvest shall come to her. -- jeremiah 51:33 +. +[The inhabitants of Zion say] Nebuchadrezzar king of Babylon has devoured us, he has crushed us, he has made us an empty vessel. Like a monster he has swallowed us up, he has filled his belly with our delicacies; he has rinsed us out and cast us away. -- jeremiah 51:34 +. +May the violence done to me and to my flesh and blood be upon Babylon, will the inhabitant of Zion say; and, May my blood be upon the inhabitants of Chaldea, will Jerusalem say. -- jeremiah 51:35 +. +Therefore thus says the Lord: Behold, I will plead your cause and take vengeance for you. I will dry up her lake or great reservoir and make her fountain dry. -- jeremiah 51:36 +. +And Babylon shall become heaps [of ruins], a dwelling place of jackals, a horror (an astonishing desolation) and a hissing [of amazement], without inhabitant. -- jeremiah 51:37 +. +They [the Chaldean lords] shall be roaring together [before their sudden capture] like young lions [over their prey], they [the princes] shall be growling like lions' whelps. -- jeremiah 51:38 +. +When the revelers are inflamed [with wine and lust during their drinking bouts], I will prepare them a feast [of My wrath] and make them drunk, that they may rejoice and fall asleep to a perpetual sleep and not waken, says the Lord. -- jeremiah 51:39 +. +I will bring them down like lambs to the slaughter, like rams together with he-goats. -- jeremiah 51:40 +. +How Sheshach [Babylon] is taken! And the praise of the whole earth is surprised and seized! How Babylon has become an astonishing desolation and a horror among the nations! -- jeremiah 51:41 +. +The sea has come up upon Babylon; she is covered with the tumult and multitude of its waves. -- jeremiah 51:42 +. +Her cities have become a desolation and a horror, a land of drought and a wilderness, a land in which no one lives, nor does any son of man pass through it. -- jeremiah 51:43 +. +And I will punish and execute judgment upon Bel [the god] in Babylon and take out of his mouth what he has swallowed up [the sacred vessels and the people of Judah and elsewhere who were taken captive]. The nations will not flow any more to him. Yes, the wall of Babylon has fallen! -- jeremiah 51:44 +. +My people, come out of the midst of her! And let every man save his life from the fierce anger of the Lord! -- jeremiah 51:45 +. +And beware, lest your heart faint and you be afraid at the report (rumor) heard in the land; for in one year shall one report come and in another year another report, and violence shall be in the land, ruler against ruler. -- jeremiah 51:46 +. +Therefore behold, the days will come when I will execute judgment and punishment upon the idols of Babylon; her whole land will be confounded and put to shame, and all her slain will fall in the midst of her. -- jeremiah 51:47 +. +Then heaven and earth and all that is in them shall sing for joy over Babylon, for the [Median] destroyers shall come against her from the north, says the Lord. -- jeremiah 51:48 +. +As Babylon caused the slain of Israel to fall, so at Babylon shall fall the slain of all [her] land. -- jeremiah 51:49 +. +You who have escaped the sword, go away, stand not still! [Seriously and earnestly] remember the Lord from afar [Babylon], and let [desolate] Jerusalem come into your mind. -- jeremiah 51:50 +. +We are confounded and ashamed, for we have heard reproach; confusion and shame have covered our faces, for strangers have come into the [most] sacred parts of the sanctuary of the Lord [even those forbidden for entrance by all but the high priest or the appointed priests]. -- jeremiah 51:51 +. +Therefore behold, the days are coming, says the Lord, when I will execute judgment upon [Babylon's] idols and images, and throughout all her land the wounded will groan. -- jeremiah 51:52 +. +Though Babylon should mount up to heaven, and though she should fortify her strong height (her lofty stronghold), yet destroyers will come upon her from Me, says the Lord. -- jeremiah 51:53 +. +The sound of a cry [comes] from Babylon, and [the sound of] great destruction and ruin from the land of the Chaldeans! -- jeremiah 51:54 +. +For the Lord is destroying Babylon and laying her waste and stilling her great voice [the hum of the city's life]. And the waves [of her conquerors] roar like great waters, the noise of their voices is raised up [like the tramping of an army]. -- jeremiah 51:55 +. +For the destroyer is coming upon her, upon Babylon; and her mighty warriors are taken, their bows are broken in pieces; for the Lord is a God of recompense; He will surely requite. -- jeremiah 51:56 +. +And I will make drunk her princes and her wise men, her governors and her commanders (deputies) and her mighty warriors; and they will sleep a perpetual sleep and not waken, says the King--the Lord of hosts is His name. -- jeremiah 51:57 +. +Thus says the Lord of hosts: The broad walls of Babylon shall be utterly overthrown and [the foundations] made bare, and her high gates shall be burned with fire; the peoples shall labor in vain, and the nations [only] to satisfy the fire, and they shall be weary. -- jeremiah 51:58 +. +The word that Jeremiah the prophet commanded Seraiah son of Neriah, the son of Mahseiah, when he went with Zedekiah king of Judah to Babylon in the fourth year of his reign. Now this Seraiah was chief chamberlain or quartermaster [and brother of Baruch]. -- jeremiah 51:59 +. +So Jeremiah wrote in a book all the evil that would come upon Babylon--even all these words that are written against Babylon. -- jeremiah 51:60 +. +And Jeremiah said to Seraiah, When you come to Babylon, see to it that you read all these words. -- jeremiah 51:61 +. +Then say, O Lord, You have spoken concerning this place that it shall be cut off, so that nothing shall remain and dwell in it, neither man nor beast; but it shall be desolate forever. -- jeremiah 51:62 +. +And it shall be that when you have finished reading this book, you shall bind a stone to it and cast it into the midst of the Euphrates. -- jeremiah 51:63 +. +Then say, Thus will Babylon sink and not rise because of the evil that I will bring upon her; and [the Babylonians] will be weary (hopelessly exhausted). Thus far are the words of Jeremiah. -- jeremiah 51:64 +. +ZEDEKIAH WAS twenty-one years old when he began to reign, and he reigned eleven years in Jerusalem. And his mother's name was Hamutal daughter of Jeremiah [not the prophet] of Libnah. -- jeremiah 52:1 +. +And he did that which was evil in the sight of the Lord, according to all that Jehoiakim had done. -- jeremiah 52:2 +. +For all this came to pass in Jerusalem and Judah because of the anger of the Lord, and [in the end] He cast them out from His presence. And Zedekiah rebelled against the king of Babylon. -- jeremiah 52:3 +. +And in the ninth year of his reign, in the tenth month, on the tenth day of the month, Nebuchadrezzar king of Babylon came, he and all his army, against Jerusalem; and they pitched against it and built moveable towers and siege mounds against it round about. -- jeremiah 52:4 +. +So the city was besieged until the eleventh year of King Zedekiah. -- jeremiah 52:5 +. +And in the fourth month, on the ninth day of the month, the famine was so severe in the city that there was no bread for the people of the land. -- jeremiah 52:6 +. +Then the city [wall] was broken through, so that all the men of war might flee, and they went forth out of the city by night [as Ezekiel had foretold] by way of the gate between the two walls by the king's garden, though the Chaldeans were round about the city. And they [the Jewish soldiers fled] by way of the Arabah (the Jordan Valley). -- jeremiah 52:7 +. +But the army of the Chaldeans pursued the king and overtook Zedekiah in the plains of Jericho; and all his army was scattered from him. -- jeremiah 52:8 +. +Then they seized the king and brought him up to the king of Babylon at Riblah in the [Syrian] land of Hamath [on the northern border of Israel], where he pronounced sentence upon him. -- jeremiah 52:9 +. +And the king of Babylon slew the sons of Zedekiah before his eyes; he slew also all the princes of Judah at Riblah. -- jeremiah 52:10 +. +Then he put out the eyes of Zedekiah; and the king of Babylon bound him with shackles and carried him to Babylon and put him in prison [mill] till the day of his death. -- jeremiah 52:11 +. +Now in the fifth month, on the tenth day of the month, which was the nineteenth year of Nebuchadrezzar king of Babylon, there came to Jerusalem Nebuzaradan captain of the guard, who stood and served before the king of Babylon. -- jeremiah 52:12 +. +And he burned the house of the Lord and the king's house and all the houses of Jerusalem; every great house he consumed with fire. -- jeremiah 52:13 +. +And all the army of the Chaldeans who were with the captain of the guard broke down all the walls round about Jerusalem. -- jeremiah 52:14 +. +Then Nebuzaradan the captain of the guard carried away captive some of the poorest of the people and those who were left in the city [at the time it was captured], along with those who went out to the king of Babylon [during the siege] and the remnant of the multitude [the country's working people]. -- jeremiah 52:15 +. +But Nebuzaradan the captain of the guard left some of the poorest of the land to be vinedressers and tillers of the soil. -- jeremiah 52:16 +. +Also the pillars of bronze that belonged to the house of the Lord, and the bronze bases or pedestals [which supported the ten basins] and the bronze Sea or huge laver that were in the house of the Lord, the Chaldeans broke into pieces and carried all the bronze of them to Babylon. -- jeremiah 52:17 +. +The pots [for carrying away ashes] also and the shovels and the snuffers and the bowls and the spoons and all the vessels of bronze used in the temple service they took away. -- jeremiah 52:18 +. +Also the small bowls and the firepans and the basins and the pots and the lampstands and the incense cups and the bowls for the drink offerings--whatever was of gold the captain of the guard took away as gold, and whatever was of silver as silver. -- jeremiah 52:19 +. +The two pillars, one Sea or huge laver, and twelve bronze bulls or oxen under the Sea, which King Solomon had made in the house of the Lord--the bronze of all these things was beyond weighing. -- jeremiah 52:20 +. +Concerning the pillars, the height of the one pillar was eighteen cubits (twenty-seven feet), and an ornamental molding of twelve cubits (eighteen feet) went around its circumference; it was four fingers thick, and it [the pillar] was hollow. -- jeremiah 52:21 +. +An upper part or capital of bronze was on top of it. The height of one capital was five cubits (seven and one-half feet), with a network and pomegranates around it, all of bronze. The second pillar also, with its pomegranates, was similar to these. -- jeremiah 52:22 +. +And there were ninety-six pomegranates on the sides; and all the pomegranates upon the network were a hundred round about. -- jeremiah 52:23 +. +And the captain of the guard took [as prisoners] Seraiah the chief priest and Zephaniah the second priest and the three keepers of the door. -- jeremiah 52:24 +. +He took also out of the city a court officer who had been overseer of the soldiers, and seven men of them who were next to the king [as advisers] and saw his face, who were found in the city, and the scribe of the prince or captain of the army who mustered the people of the land, and sixty men of the people of the land who were found in the midst of the city. -- jeremiah 52:25 +. +And Nebuzaradan the captain of the guard took them and brought them to the king of Babylon at Riblah. -- jeremiah 52:26 +. +And the king of Babylon smote them and put them to death at Riblah in the land of Hamath. Thus Judah was carried away captive out of his own land. -- jeremiah 52:27 +. +This is the number of people whom Nebuchadrezzar carried away captive: in the seventh year, 3,Jews; -- jeremiah 52:28 +. +In the eighteenth year of Nebuchadrezzar, he carried away captive from Jerusalem persons; -- jeremiah 52:29 +. +In the twenty-third year of Nebuchadrezzar, Nebuzaradan the captain of the [Babylonian] guard carried away captive of the Jews persons. All the persons were 4,600. -- jeremiah 52:30 +. +And in the thirty-seventh year of the captivity of Jehoiachin [also called Coniah and Jeconiah] king of Judah, in the twelfth month, on the twenty-fifth day of the month, Evil-merodach king of Babylon in the first year of his reign lifted up the head of Jehoiachin king of Judah [and showed favor to him] and brought him out of prison. -- jeremiah 52:31 +. +He spoke kindly to him and gave him a seat above the seats of the kings who were [captives] with him in Babylon, -- jeremiah 52:32 +. +Jehoiachin put off his prison garments, and he dined regularly at the king's table all the days of his life. -- jeremiah 52:33 +. +And his allowance, a continual one, was given him by the king of Babylon, a portion according to his requirements until the day of his death, all the days of his life. -- jeremiah 52:34 +. +HOW SOLITARY and lonely sits the city [Jerusalem] that was [once] full of people! How like a widow has she become! She who was great among the nations and princess among the provinces has become a tributary [in servitude]! -- lamentations 1:1 +. +She weeps bitterly in the night, and her tears are [constantly] on her cheeks. Among all her lovers (allies) she has no one to comfort her. All her friends have dealt treacherously with her; they have become her enemies. -- lamentations 1:2 +. +Judah has gone into exile [to escape] from the affliction and laborious servitude [of the homeland]. She dwells among the [heathen] nations, but she finds no rest; all her persecutors overtook her amid the [dire] straits [of her distress]. -- lamentations 1:3 +. +The roads to Zion mourn, because no one comes to the solemn assembly or the appointed feasts. All her gates are desolate, her priests sigh and groan, her maidens are grieved and vexed, and she herself is in bitterness. -- lamentations 1:4 +. +Her adversaries have become the head; her enemies prosper. For the Lord has afflicted her for the multitude of her transgressions; her young children have gone into captivity before the enemy. -- lamentations 1:5 +. +From the Daughter of Zion all her beauty and majesty have departed. Her princes have become like harts that find no pasture; they have fled without strength before the pursuer. -- lamentations 1:6 +. +Jerusalem [earnestly] remembers in the days of her affliction, in the days of her [compulsory] wanderings and her bitterness, all the pleasant and precious things that she had from the days of old. When her people fell into and at the hands of the adversary, and there was none to help her, the enemy [gloated as they] looked at her, and they mocked at her desolations and downfall. -- lamentations 1:7 +. +Jerusalem has grievously sinned; therefore she has become an unclean thing and has been removed. All who honored her despise her, because they have seen her nakedness; yes, she herself groans and sighs and turns [her face] away. -- lamentations 1:8 +. +Her filthiness was in and on her skirts; she did not [seriously and earnestly] consider her final end. Therefore she has come down [from throne to slavery] singularly and astonishingly; she has no comforter. O Lord [cries Jerusalem], look at my affliction, for the enemy has magnified himself [in triumph]! -- lamentations 1:9 +. +The adversary has spread out his hand upon all her precious and desirable things; for she has seen the nations enter her sanctuary [of the temple]--when You commanded that they should not even enter Your congregation [in the outer courts]. -- lamentations 1:10 +. +All her people groan and sigh, seeking for bread; they have given their desirable and precious things [in exchange] for food to revive their strength and bring back life. See, O Lord, and consider how wretched and lightly esteemed, how vile and abominable, I have become! -- lamentations 1:11 +. +Is it nothing to you, all you who pass by? Look and see if there is any sorrow like my sorrow which was dealt out to me, with which the Lord has afflicted me in the day of His fierce anger! -- lamentations 1:12 +. +From above He has sent fire into my bones, and it prevailed against them. He has spread a net for my feet; He has turned me back. He has made me hopelessly miserable and faint all the day long. -- lamentations 1:13 +. +The yoke of my transgressions is bound by His hand; they were twined together; they were set upon my neck. He has made my strength fail and [me to] stumble; the Lord has delivered me into the hands of those I am unable to resist or withstand. -- lamentations 1:14 +. +The Lord has made of no account all my [Jerusalem's] mighty men in the midst of me; He has proclaimed a set time against me to crush my young men. The Lord has trodden as in a winepress the Virgin Daughter of Judah. -- lamentations 1:15 +. +For these things I weep; my eyes overflow with tears, because a comforter, one who could refresh and restore my soul, is far from me. My children are desolate and perishing, for the enemy has prevailed. -- lamentations 1:16 +. +Zion stretches forth her hands, but there is no comforter for her. The Lord has commanded concerning and against Jacob that his neighbors should be his adversaries; Jerusalem has become a filthy thing among them [an object of contempt]. -- lamentations 1:17 +. +The Lord is righteous (just and in the right); for I have rebelled against His commandment (His word). Hear, I pray you, all you peoples, and look at my sorrow and suffering; my maidens and my young men have gone into captivity. -- lamentations 1:18 +. +I [Jerusalem] called to my lovers [allies], but they deceived me. My priests and my elders expired in the city while they sought food to save their lives. -- lamentations 1:19 +. +Behold, O Lord, how distressed I am! My vital parts (emotions) are in tumult and are deeply disturbed; my heart cannot rest and is violently agitated within me, for I have grievously rebelled. Outside the house the sword bereaves, at home there is [famine, pestilence] death! -- lamentations 1:20 +. +[My foes] have heard that I [Jerusalem] sigh and groan, that I have no comforter [in You]. All my enemies have heard of my trouble; they are glad [O Lord] that You have done it. You will bring the day [of Judah's punishment] that you have foretold and proclaimed; [it involves also my foes' punishment] and they will become like me. -- lamentations 1:21 +. +Let all their wickedness come before You; and deal with them as You have dealt with me because of all my transgressions; for my sighs and groans are many and my heart is faint. -- lamentations 1:22 +. +HOW THE Lord has covered the Daughter of Zion with a cloud in His anger! He has cast down from heaven to the earth the beauty and splendor of Israel and has not [earnestly] remembered His footstool in the day of His anger! -- lamentations 2:1 +. +The Lord has swallowed up all the country places and habitations of Jacob and has spared not nor pitied; He has demolished in His wrath the strongholds of the Daughter of Judah. He has cast down to the ground the kingdom and its rulers, polluting them and depriving them of their sanctity. -- lamentations 2:2 +. +He has broken off in His fierce anger every horn (means of defense) of Israel. He has drawn back His right hand from before the enemy. And He has burned amidst Jacob like a flaming fire consuming all around. -- lamentations 2:3 +. +He has bent His bow like an enemy; He has stood with His right hand set like a foe and has slain all the delights and pride of the eye; on and in the tent of the Daughter of Zion He has poured out His wrath like fire. -- lamentations 2:4 +. +The Lord has become like an enemy; He has destroyed Israel. He has destroyed all its palaces, has laid in ruins its strongholds, and has multiplied in the Daughter of Judah groaning and moaning and lamentation. -- lamentations 2:5 +. +And He has violently broken down His temple like a booth or hedge of a garden; He has destroyed the place of His appointed assembly. The Lord has caused the solemn appointed feasts and Sabbaths to be forgotten in Zion and has spurned and rejected in the indignation of His anger the king and the priest. -- lamentations 2:6 +. +The Lord has scorned, rejected, and cast off His altar; He has abhorred and disowned His sanctuary. He has given into the hand of the enemy the walls of her palaces [and high buildings]; they have raised a clamor in the house of the Lord as on a day of a solemn appointed feast. -- lamentations 2:7 +. +The Lord purposed to lay in ruins the [city] wall of the Daughter of Zion. He marked it off by measuring line; He restrained not His hand from destroying. He made rampart and wall lament; they languished together. -- lamentations 2:8 +. +Her gates have sunk into the ground; He has destroyed and broken her bars. Her king and her princes are [exiled] among the nations; the law is no more; her prophets also obtain no vision from the Lord. -- lamentations 2:9 +. +The elders of the Daughter of Zion sit on the ground keeping silent; they have cast dust on their heads, they have girded themselves with sackcloth. The maidens of Jerusalem have bowed their heads to the ground [says Jeremiah]. -- lamentations 2:10 +. +My eyes fail from weeping, my emotions are deeply disturbed, my heart is poured out upon the ground [in grief] because of the destruction of the daughter of my people, because infants and nurslings faint in the streets of the city. -- lamentations 2:11 +. +They keep crying to their mothers, Where is corn and wine [food and drink]? as they faint like wounded men in the streets of the city, as their lives ebb away on their mothers' bosom. -- lamentations 2:12 +. +What [example of suffering in the past] is sufficient for me to remind you for your [comfort]? To what shall I liken you, O Daughter of Jerusalem? With what shall I compare you, that I may comfort you, O Virgin Daughter of Zion? For your ruin is as measureless as the sea! Who can heal you? -- lamentations 2:13 +. +Your prophets have predicted for you falsehood and delusion and foolish things; and they have not exposed your iniquity and guilt to avert your captivity [by causing you to repent]. But they have divined and declared to you false and deceptive prophecies, worthless and misleading. -- lamentations 2:14 +. +All who pass by clap their hands at you; they hiss and wag their heads at the Daughter of Jerusalem, saying, Is this the city which was called the perfection of beauty, the joy of all the earth? -- lamentations 2:15 +. +All your enemies have opened wide their mouths against you; they scornfully hiss and gnash their teeth. They cry, We have swallowed her up! Certainly this is the day we have looked for; we have it, we see it! -- lamentations 2:16 +. +The Lord has done what He planned; He has carried out and finished His word which He threatened and decreed in the days of old. He has demolished without pity; He has made the enemy rejoice over you and has exalted the might of your foes. -- lamentations 2:17 +. +The hearts [of the inhabitants of Jerusalem] cried to the Lord. [Then to the congregation, I, Jeremiah, cried, addressing the wall as its symbol] O wall of the Daughter of Zion, let tears run down like a river day and night; give yourself no rest, let not your eyes stop [shedding tears]. -- lamentations 2:18 +. +Arise [from your bed], cry out in the night, at the beginning of the watches; pour out your heart like water before the face of the Lord. Lift up your hands toward Him for the lives of your young children, who faint from hunger at the head of every street. -- lamentations 2:19 +. +Behold, O Lord, and consider [carefully] to whom You have done this. Should and shall women eat the fruit of their own bodies, the children whom they have tended and swaddled with their hands? Should and shall priest and prophet be slain in the place set apart [for the worship] of the Lord? -- lamentations 2:20 +. +The young and the old lie on the ground in the streets; my maidens and my young men have fallen by the sword. You have slain them in the day of Your anger, slaughtering them without pity. -- lamentations 2:21 +. +You [Lord] called together, as on an appointed feast day of solemn assembly, my terrors (dangers) from every side. And there was not one in the day of God's wrath who escaped or survived; those I have nursed and brought up, my enemy has destroyed. -- lamentations 2:22 +. +I AM [Jeremiah] the man who has seen affliction under the rod of His wrath. -- lamentations 3:1 +. +He has led me and brought me into darkness and not light. -- lamentations 3:2 +. +Surely He has turned away from me; His hand is against me all the day. -- lamentations 3:3 +. +My flesh and my skin has He worn out and made old; He has shattered my bones. -- lamentations 3:4 +. +He has built up [siege mounds] against me and surrounded me with bitterness, tribulation, and anguish. -- lamentations 3:5 +. +He has caused me to dwell in dark places like those long dead. -- lamentations 3:6 +. +He walled me in so that I cannot get out; He has weighted down my chain. -- lamentations 3:7 +. +Even when I cry and shout for help, He shuts out my prayer. -- lamentations 3:8 +. +He has enclosed my ways with hewn stone; He has made my paths crooked. -- lamentations 3:9 +. +He is to me like a bear lying in wait, and like a lion [hiding] in secret places. -- lamentations 3:10 +. +He has turned me off my ways and pulled me in pieces; He has made me desolate. -- lamentations 3:11 +. +He has bent His bow and set me as a mark for the arrow. -- lamentations 3:12 +. +He has caused the arrows of His quiver to enter into my heart [the seat of my affections and desires]. -- lamentations 3:13 +. +I have become a derision to all my people, and [the subject of] their singsong all the day. -- lamentations 3:14 +. +He has filled me with bitterness; He has made me drink to excess and until drunken with wormwood [bitterness]. -- lamentations 3:15 +. +He has also broken my teeth with gravel (stones); He has covered me with ashes. -- lamentations 3:16 +. +And You have bereaved my soul and cast it off far from peace; I have forgotten what good and happiness are. -- lamentations 3:17 +. +And I say, Perished is my strength and my expectation from the Lord. -- lamentations 3:18 +. +[O Lord] remember [earnestly] my affliction and my misery, my wandering and my outcast state, the wormwood and the gall. -- lamentations 3:19 +. +My soul has them continually in remembrance and is bowed down within me. -- lamentations 3:20 +. +But this I recall and therefore have I hope and expectation: -- lamentations 3:21 +. +It is because of the Lord's mercy and loving-kindness that we are not consumed, because His [tender] compassions fail not. -- lamentations 3:22 +. +They are new every morning; great and abundant is Your stability and faithfulness. -- lamentations 3:23 +. +The Lord is my portion or share, says my living being (my inner self); therefore will I hope in Him and wait expectantly for Him. -- lamentations 3:24 +. +The Lord is good to those who wait hopefully and expectantly for Him, to those who seek Him [inquire of and for Him and require Him by right of necessity and on the authority of God's word]. -- lamentations 3:25 +. +It is good that one should hope in and wait quietly for the salvation (the safety and ease) of the Lord. -- lamentations 3:26 +. +It is good for a man that he should bear the yoke [of divine disciplinary dealings] in his youth. -- lamentations 3:27 +. +Let him sit alone uncomplaining and keeping silent [in hope], because [God] has laid [the yoke] upon him [for his benefit]. -- lamentations 3:28 +. +Let him put his mouth in the dust [in abject recognition of his unworthiness]--there may yet be hope. -- lamentations 3:29 +. +Let him give his cheek to the One Who smites him [even through His human agents]; let him be filled [full] with [men's] reproach [in meekness]. -- lamentations 3:30 +. +For the Lord will not cast off forever! -- lamentations 3:31 +. +But though He causes grief, yet will He be moved to compassion according to the multitude of His loving-kindness and tender mercy. -- lamentations 3:32 +. +For He does not willingly and from His heart afflict or grieve the children of men. -- lamentations 3:33 +. +To trample and crush underfoot all the prisoners of the earth, -- lamentations 3:34 +. +To turn aside and deprive a man of his rights before the face of the Most High or a superior [acting as God's representative], -- lamentations 3:35 +. +To subvert a man in his cause--[of these things] the Lord does not approve. -- lamentations 3:36 +. +Who is he who speaks and it comes to pass, if the Lord has not authorized and commanded it? -- lamentations 3:37 +. +Is it not out of the mouth of the Most High that evil and good both proceed [adversity and prosperity, physical evil or misfortune and physical good or happiness]? -- lamentations 3:38 +. +Why does a living man sigh [one who is still in this life's school of discipline]? [And why does] a man complain for the punishment of his sins? -- lamentations 3:39 +. +Let us test and examine our ways, and let us return to the Lord! -- lamentations 3:40 +. +Let us lift up our hearts and our hands [and then with them mount up in prayer] to God in heaven: -- lamentations 3:41 +. +We have transgressed and rebelled and You have not pardoned. -- lamentations 3:42 +. +You have covered Yourself with wrath and pursued and afflicted us; You have slain without pity. -- lamentations 3:43 +. +You have covered Yourself with a cloud so that no prayer can pass through. -- lamentations 3:44 +. +You have made us offscouring and refuse among the nations. -- lamentations 3:45 +. +All our enemies have gaped at us and railed against us. -- lamentations 3:46 +. +Fear and pitfall have come upon us, devastation and destruction. -- lamentations 3:47 +. +My eyes overflow with streams of tears because of the destruction of the daughter of my people. -- lamentations 3:48 +. +My eyes overflow continually and will not cease -- lamentations 3:49 +. +Until the Lord looks down and sees from heaven. -- lamentations 3:50 +. +My eyes cause me grief at the fate of all the maidens [and the daughter-towns] of my city [Jerusalem]. -- lamentations 3:51 +. +I have been hunted down like a bird by those who were my enemies without cause. -- lamentations 3:52 +. +They [thought they had] destroyed my life in the dungeon (pit) and cast a stone [over it] above me. -- lamentations 3:53 +. +The waters ran down on my head; I said, I am gone. -- lamentations 3:54 +. +I called upon Your name, O Lord, out of the depths [of the mire] of the dungeon. -- lamentations 3:55 +. +You heard my voice [then]: [Oh] hide not Your ear [now] at my prayer for relief. -- lamentations 3:56 +. +You drew near on the day I called to You; You said, Fear not. -- lamentations 3:57 +. +O Lord, You have pleaded the causes of my soul [You have managed my affairs and You have protected my person and my rights]; You have rescued and redeemed my life! -- lamentations 3:58 +. +O Lord, You have seen my wrong [done to me]; judge and maintain my cause. -- lamentations 3:59 +. +You have seen all their vengeance, all their devices against me. -- lamentations 3:60 +. +You have heard their reproach and revilings, O Lord, and all their devices against me-- -- lamentations 3:61 +. +The lips and thoughts of my assailants are against me all day long. -- lamentations 3:62 +. +Look at their sitting down and their rising up [their movements, doings, and secret counsels]; I am their singsong [the subject of their derision and merriment]. -- lamentations 3:63 +. +Render to them a recompense, O Lord, according to the work of their hands. -- lamentations 3:64 +. +You will give them hardness and blindness of heart; Your curse will be upon them. -- lamentations 3:65 +. +You will pursue and afflict them in anger and destroy them from under Your heavens, O Lord. -- lamentations 3:66 +. +HOW THE gold has become dim! How the most pure gold has changed! The hallowed stones [of the temple] are poured out at the head of every street. -- lamentations 4:1 +. +The noble and precious sons of Zion, [once] worth their weight in fine gold--how they are esteemed [merely] as earthen pots or pitchers, the work of the hands of the potter! -- lamentations 4:2 +. +Even the jackals draw out the breast, they give suck to their young ones, but the daughter of my people has become cruel like ostriches in the wilderness [that desert their young]. -- lamentations 4:3 +. +The tongue of the nursing babe cleaves to the roof of its mouth because of thirst; the young children beg for food, but no one gives it to them. -- lamentations 4:4 +. +Those who feasted on dainties are perishing in the streets; those who were brought up in purple lie cleaving to refuse and ash heaps. -- lamentations 4:5 +. +For the punishment of the iniquity of the daughter of my people is greater than the punishment of the sin of Sodom, which was overthrown in a moment, and no hands had come against her or been laid on her. -- lamentations 4:6 +. +[In physical appearance] her princes were purer than snow, they were whiter than milk; they were more ruddy in body than rubies or corals, their shapely figures [suggested a carefully cut] sapphire. -- lamentations 4:7 +. +[Prolonged famine has made] them look blacker than soot and darkness; they are not recognized in the streets. Their skin clings to their bones; it is withered and it has become [dry] like a stick. -- lamentations 4:8 +. +Those who are slain with the sword are more fortunate than those who are the victims of hunger [slain by the famine]; for they [the hungry] pine and ebb away, stricken through for want of the fruits of the field. -- lamentations 4:9 +. +The hands of [heretofore] compassionate women have boiled their own children; they were their food during the destruction of the daughter of my people [Judah]. -- lamentations 4:10 +. +The Lord has fulfilled His wrath; He has poured out His fierce anger and has kindled a fire in Zion that has consumed her foundations. -- lamentations 4:11 +. +The kings of the earth did not believe, nor did any of the inhabitants of the earth, that the oppressor and enemy could enter the gates of Jerusalem. -- lamentations 4:12 +. +[But this happened] because of the sins of her [false] prophets and the iniquities of her priests, who shed the blood of the just and righteous in the midst of her. -- lamentations 4:13 +. +[The false prophets and priests] wandered [staggering] in the streets as if blind; they had so polluted themselves with blood it was not [lawful] for men to touch their garments. -- lamentations 4:14 +. +[People] cried to them, Go away! Unclean! Depart! Depart! Touch not! When they fled away, then they wandered [as fugitives]; men said among the nations, They shall not stay here any longer. -- lamentations 4:15 +. +The anger of the Lord has scattered [and divided them among the nations]; He will no longer look after them. They did not respect the persons of the priests; they did not favor the elders. -- lamentations 4:16 +. +As for us, our eyes yet failed and wasted away in looking for our worthless help. In our watching [on our watchtower] we have watched and waited expectantly for a nation [Egypt or some other one to come to our rescue] that could not save us. -- lamentations 4:17 +. +[The missiles of the enemy] dog our steps, so that we cannot go into our streets; our end is near, our days are fulfilled--yes, our end has come. -- lamentations 4:18 +. +Our pursuers were swifter than the eagles of the sky; they pursued us on the mountains, they lay in wait for us in the wilderness. -- lamentations 4:19 +. +The breath of our nostrils, the anointed of the Lord [our king], was taken in their snares--he of whom we said, Under his shadow we shall live among the nations. -- lamentations 4:20 +. +Rejoice and be glad, O Daughter of Edom, you who dwell in the land of Uz. But the cup [of the wine of God's wrath] also shall pass to you; you shall become drunk and make yourself naked. -- lamentations 4:21 +. +The punishment of your iniquity will be accomplished and completed, O Daughter of Zion; [the Lord] will no more carry you away or keep you in exile. But He will inspect and punish your iniquity and guilt, O Daughter of Edom; He will uncover your sins. -- lamentations 4:22 +. +O LORD, [earnestly] remember what has come upon us! Look down and see our reproach (our national disgrace)! -- lamentations 5:1 +. +Our inheritance has fallen over to strangers, our houses to foreigners. -- lamentations 5:2 +. +We have become orphans and fatherless; our mothers are like widows. -- lamentations 5:3 +. +We have had to pay money to drink the water that belongs to us; our [own] wood is sold to us. -- lamentations 5:4 +. +Our pursuers are upon our necks [like a yoke]; we are weary and are allowed no rest. -- lamentations 5:5 +. +We have given the hand [as a pledge of fidelity and submission] to the Egyptians and to the Assyrians [merely] to get food to satisfy [our hunger]. -- lamentations 5:6 +. +Our fathers sinned and are no more, and we have borne their iniquities. -- lamentations 5:7 +. +Servants and slaves rule over us; there is none to deliver us out of their hands. -- lamentations 5:8 +. +We get our bread at the peril of our lives because of the sword of the wilderness [the wild Arabs, who may attack if we venture into the fields to reap our harvests]. -- lamentations 5:9 +. +Our skin glows and is parched as from [the heat of] an oven because of the burning heat of [the fever of] famine. -- lamentations 5:10 +. +They ravished the women in Zion, the virgins in the cities of Judah. -- lamentations 5:11 +. +They hung princes by their hands; the persons of elders were not respected. -- lamentations 5:12 +. +Young men carried millstones, and boys fell [staggering] under [burdens of] wood. -- lamentations 5:13 +. +The elders have ceased from [congregating at] the city's gate, the young men from their music. -- lamentations 5:14 +. +Ceased is the joy of our hearts; our dancing has turned into mourning. -- lamentations 5:15 +. +The crown has fallen from our head [our honor is brought to the dust]! Woe to us, for we have sinned! -- lamentations 5:16 +. +Because of this our hearts are faint and sick; because of these things our eyes are dim and see darkly. -- lamentations 5:17 +. +As for Mount Zion, which lies desolate, the jackals prowl over it! -- lamentations 5:18 +. +But You, O Lord, remain and reign forever; Your throne endures from generation to [all] generations. -- lamentations 5:19 +. +Why do You forget us forever? Why do You forsake us so long? -- lamentations 5:20 +. +Turn us to Yourself, O Lord, and we shall be turned and restored! Renew our days as of old!-- -- lamentations 5:21 +. +Or have You utterly rejected us? Or are You exceedingly angry with us [still]? -- lamentations 5:22 +. +NOW [when I was] in [my] thirtieth year, in the fourth month, in the fifth day of the month, as I was in the midst of captivity beside the river Chebar [in Babylonia], the heavens were opened and I saw visions of God. -- ezekiel 1:1 +. +On the fifth day of the month, which was in the fifth year of King Jehoiachin's captivity, -- ezekiel 1:2 +. +The word of the Lord came expressly to Ezekiel the priest, the son of Buzi, in the land of the Chaldeans by the river Chebar; and the hand of the Lord was there upon him. -- ezekiel 1:3 +. +As I looked, behold, a stormy wind came out of the north, and a great cloud with a fire enveloping it and flashing continually; a brightness was about it and out of the midst of it there seemed to glow amber metal, out of the midst of the fire. -- ezekiel 1:4 +. +And out of the midst of it came the likeness of four living creatures [or cherubim]. And this was their appearance: they had the likeness of a man, -- ezekiel 1:5 +. +But each one had four faces and each one had four wings. -- ezekiel 1:6 +. +And their legs were straight legs, and the sole of their feet was like the sole of a calf's foot, and they sparkled like burnished bronze. -- ezekiel 1:7 +. +And they had the hands of a man under their wings on their four sides. And the four of them had their faces and their wings thus: -- ezekiel 1:8 +. +Their wings touched one another; they turned not when they went but went every one straight forward. -- ezekiel 1:9 +. +As for the likeness of their faces, they each had the face of a man [in front], and each had the face of a lion on the right side and the face of an ox on the left side; the four also had the face of an eagle [at the back of their heads]. -- ezekiel 1:10 +. +Such were their faces. And their wings were stretched out upward [each creature had four wings]; two wings of each one were touching the [adjacent] wing of the creatures on either side of it, and [the remaining] two wings of each creature covered its body. -- ezekiel 1:11 +. +And they went every one straight forward; wherever the spirit would go, they went, and they turned not when they went. -- ezekiel 1:12 +. +In the midst of the living creatures there was what looked like burning coals of fire, like torches moving to and fro among the living creatures; the fire was bright and out of the fire went forth lightning. -- ezekiel 1:13 +. +And the living creatures darted back and forth like a flash of lightning. -- ezekiel 1:14 +. +Now as I was still looking at the living creatures, I saw one wheel upon the ground beside each of the living creatures with its four faces. -- ezekiel 1:15 +. +As to the appearance of the wheels and their construction: in appearance they gleamed like chrysolite; and the four were formed alike, and their construction work was as it were a wheel within a wheel. -- ezekiel 1:16 +. +When they went, they went in one of their four directions without turning [for they were faced that way]. -- ezekiel 1:17 +. +As for their rims, they were so high that they were dreadful, and the four had their rims full of eyes round about. -- ezekiel 1:18 +. +And when the living creatures went, the wheels went beside them; and when the living creatures were lifted up from the earth, the wheels were lifted up. -- ezekiel 1:19 +. +Wherever the spirit went, the creatures went and the wheels rose along with them, for the spirit or life of the [four living creatures acting as one] living creature was in the wheels. -- ezekiel 1:20 +. +When those went, these went; and when those stood, these stood; and when those were lifted up from the earth, the wheels were lifted up high beside them, for the spirit or life of the [combined] living creature was in the wheels. -- ezekiel 1:21 +. +Over the head of the [combined] living creature there was the likeness of a firmament, looking like the terrible and awesome [dazzling of shining] crystal or ice stretched across the expanse of sky over their heads. -- ezekiel 1:22 +. +And under the firmament their wings were stretched out straight, one toward another. Every living creature had two wings which covered its body on this side and two which covered it on that side. -- ezekiel 1:23 +. +And when they went, I heard the sound of their wings like the noise of great waters, like the voice of the Almighty, the sound of tumult like the noise of a host. When they stood, they let down their wings. -- ezekiel 1:24 +. +And there was a voice above the firmament that was over their heads; when they stood, they let down their wings. -- ezekiel 1:25 +. +And above the firmament that was over their heads was the likeness of a throne in appearance like a sapphire stone, and seated above the likeness of a throne was a likeness with the appearance of a Man. -- ezekiel 1:26 +. +From what had the appearance of His waist upward, I saw a lustre as it were glowing metal with the appearance of fire enclosed round about within it; and from the appearance of His waist downward, I saw as it were the appearance of fire, and there was brightness [of a halo] round about Him. -- ezekiel 1:27 +. +Like the appearance of the bow that is in the cloud on the day of rain, so was the appearance of the brightness round about. This was the appearance of the likeness of the glory of the Lord. And when I saw it, I fell upon my face and I heard a voice of One speaking. -- ezekiel 1:28 +. +AND HE said to me [Ezekiel], Son of man, stand upon your feet and I will speak to you. -- ezekiel 2:1 +. +And the Spirit entered into me when He spoke to me and set me upon my feet, and I heard Him speaking to me. -- ezekiel 2:2 +. +And He said to me, I send you, son of man, to the children of Israel, two rebellious nations that have rebelled against Me. They and their fathers have transgressed against Me even to this very day. -- ezekiel 2:3 +. +And the children are impudent and hard of heart. I send you to them and you shall say to them, Thus says the Lord God. -- ezekiel 2:4 +. +And they, whether they will hear or refuse to hear--for they are a rebellious house--yet shall they know and realize that there has been a prophet among them. -- ezekiel 2:5 +. +And you, son of man, be not afraid of them, neither be afraid of their words; though briers and thorns are all around you and you dwell and sit among scorpions, be not afraid of their words nor be dismayed at their looks, for they are a rebellious house. -- ezekiel 2:6 +. +And you shall speak My words to them whether they will hear or refuse to hear, for they are most rebellious. -- ezekiel 2:7 +. +As for you, son of man, hear what I say to you; be not rebellious like that rebellious house; open your mouth and eat what I give you. -- ezekiel 2:8 +. +And when I looked, behold, a hand was stretched out to me and behold, a scroll of a book was in it. -- ezekiel 2:9 +. +And He spread it before me and it was written within and on the back, and written on it were words of lamentation and mourning and woe. -- ezekiel 2:10 +. +HE SAID to me, Son of man, eat what you find [in this book]; eat this scroll; then go and speak to the house of Israel. -- ezekiel 3:1 +. +So I opened my mouth, and He caused me to eat the scroll. -- ezekiel 3:2 +. +And He said to me, Son of man, eat this scroll that I give you and fill your stomach with it. Then I ate it, and it was as sweet as honey in my mouth. -- ezekiel 3:3 +. +And He said to me, Son of man, go, get you to the house of Israel and speak to them with My words. -- ezekiel 3:4 +. +For you are not sent to a people of a foreign speech and of a difficult language but to the house of Israel; -- ezekiel 3:5 +. +Not to many peoples of foreign speech and of a hard language, whose words you cannot understand. Surely, had I sent you to such people, they would have listened to you and heeded My words. -- ezekiel 3:6 +. +But the house of Israel will not listen to you and obey you since they will not listen to Me and obey Me, for all the house of Israel are impudent and stubborn of heart. -- ezekiel 3:7 +. +Behold, I have made your face strong and hard against their faces and your forehead strong and hard against their foreheads. -- ezekiel 3:8 +. +Like an adamant harder than flint or a diamond point have I made your forehead; fear them not, neither be dismayed at their looks, for they are a rebellious house. -- ezekiel 3:9 +. +Moreover, He said to me, Son of man, all My words that I shall speak to you, receive in your heart and hear with your ears. -- ezekiel 3:10 +. +And go, get you to the [Jewish] captives [in Babylon], to the children of your people, and speak to them and tell them, Thus says the Lord God, whether they will hear or refuse to hear. -- ezekiel 3:11 +. +Then the Spirit lifted me up, and I heard behind me a voice of a great rushing [saying], Blessed be the glory of the Lord from His place [above the firmament]. -- ezekiel 3:12 +. +I heard the noise of the wings of the living creatures as they touched and joined each one the other [its sister wing], and I heard the noise of the wheels beside them and the noise of a great rushing. -- ezekiel 3:13 +. +So the Spirit lifted me up and took me away [in the vision], and I went in bitterness [of discouragement] in the heat of my spirit; and the hand of the Lord was strong upon me. -- ezekiel 3:14 +. +Then I came to them of the captivity at Tel-abib, who sat and dwelt by the river of Chebar, and I sat where they sat and remained there among them seven days, overwhelmed with astonishment and silent. -- ezekiel 3:15 +. +And at the end of seven days, the word of the Lord came to me: -- ezekiel 3:16 +. +Son of man, I have made you a watchman to the house of Israel; therefore hear the word at My mouth and give them warning from Me. -- ezekiel 3:17 +. +If I say to the wicked, You shall surely die, and you do not give him warning or speak to warn the wicked to turn from his wicked way, to save his life, the same wicked man shall die in his iniquity, but his blood will I require at your hand. -- ezekiel 3:18 +. +Yet if you warn the wicked and he turn not from his wickedness or from his wicked way, he shall die in his iniquity, but you have delivered yourself. -- ezekiel 3:19 +. +Again, if a righteous man turns from his righteousness (right doing and right standing with God) and some gift or providence which I lay before him he perverts into an occasion to sin and he commits iniquity, he shall die; because you have not given him warning, he shall die in his sin and his righteous deeds which he has done shall not be remembered, but his blood will I require at your hand. -- ezekiel 3:20 +. +Nevertheless if you warn the righteous man not to sin and he does not sin, he shall surely live because he is warned; also you have delivered yourself from guilt. -- ezekiel 3:21 +. +And the hand of the Lord was there upon me, and He said to me, Arise, go forth into the plain and I will talk with you there. -- ezekiel 3:22 +. +Then I arose and went forth into the plain, and behold, the glory of the Lord stood there, like the glory I had seen by the river Chebar, and I fell on my face. -- ezekiel 3:23 +. +Then the Spirit entered into me and set me on my feet; He spoke and said to me, Go, shut yourself up in your house. -- ezekiel 3:24 +. +But you, O son of man, behold, ropes will be put upon you and you will be bound with them, and you cannot go out among people. -- ezekiel 3:25 +. +And I will make your tongue cleave to the roof of your mouth so that you cannot talk and be a reprover of the people, for they are a rebellious house. -- ezekiel 3:26 +. +But when I speak with you, I will open your mouth and you shall say to the people, Thus says the Lord God; he who hears, let him hear, and he who refuses to hear, let him refuse; for they are a rebellious house. -- ezekiel 3:27 +. +AND YOU, son of man, take a tile and lay it before you, and make upon it a drawing of a city, even Jerusalem. -- ezekiel 4:1 +. +And put siege works against it, build a siege wall against it, and cast up a mound against it; set camps also against it and set battering rams against it round about. -- ezekiel 4:2 +. +Moreover, take a plate of iron and place it for an iron wall between you and the city; and set your face toward it and it shall be besieged, and you shall press the siege against it. This is a sign to the house of Israel. -- ezekiel 4:3 +. +Then [bound as you are] lie upon your left [and north] side to bear symbolically the iniquity of the house of the ten tribes of Israel upon that side. According to the number of days that you shall lie upon it you shall bear their iniquity. -- ezekiel 4:4 +. +For I have laid upon you the years of their iniquity, according to the number of the days, days [representing 390 years]; so you shall bear the iniquity of the house of Israel. -- ezekiel 4:5 +. +And when you have fulfilled the days for Israel, lie again, but on your right [and south] side, and you shall bear the iniquity of the house of Judah forty days. I have appointed you one day for each year. -- ezekiel 4:6 +. +Therefore you shall set your face toward the siege of Jerusalem and your arm shall be uncovered [ready for battle], and you shall prophesy against [the city]. -- ezekiel 4:7 +. +And, behold, I will lay bands upon you and you shall not turn yourself from one side to another till you have ended the days of your siege. -- ezekiel 4:8 +. +Also take wheat, barley, beans, lentils, millet, and spelt, and put them into one vessel and make bread of them. According to the number of the days that you shall lie upon your side, days you shall eat of it. -- ezekiel 4:9 +. +And the food you eat shall be by weight, twenty shekels or a full half pound a day, to be eaten at a fixed time each day. -- ezekiel 4:10 +. +You shall drink water by measure also, about one quart or the sixth part of a hin; you shall drink at a fixed time each day. -- ezekiel 4:11 +. +And you shall eat your food as barley cakes and you shall bake it with human dung as fuel in the sight of the people. -- ezekiel 4:12 +. +And the Lord said, Even thus shall the children of Israel eat their defiled bread among the nations to whom I will drive them. -- ezekiel 4:13 +. +Then said I, Ah, Lord God! Behold, I have never defiled myself. From my youth up even till now have I not eaten of that which dies of itself or is torn in pieces; neither did there ever come abominable flesh into my mouth. -- ezekiel 4:14 +. +Then He said to me, Behold, I will let you use cow's dung instead of human dung, and you shall prepare your food with it. -- ezekiel 4:15 +. +Moreover, He said to me, Son of man, behold, I will break the staff of bread [by which life is supported] in Jerusalem; and they shall eat bread rationed by weight and with fearfulness, and they shall drink water rationed by measure and with dismay (silent, speechless grief caused by the impending starvation), -- ezekiel 4:16 +. +In order that they may lack bread and water and look at one another in dismay and waste away [in their punishment] for their iniquity. -- ezekiel 4:17 +. +AND YOU, son of man [Ezekiel], take a sharp sword and use it as a barber's razor and shave your head and your beard. Then take balances for weighing and divide the hair into three parts. -- ezekiel 5:1 +. +You shall burn one part with fire in the midst of the city, when the days of the siege are fulfilled; and you shall take a second part and strike with the sword round about it; and a third part you shall scatter to the wind, and I will draw out a sword after them. -- ezekiel 5:2 +. +You shall also take from these a small number of hairs and bind them in the skirts of your robe. -- ezekiel 5:3 +. +And of these again take some hairs and cast them into the midst of the fire and burn them in the fire; from there a fire shall come forth into all the house of Israel. -- ezekiel 5:4 +. +Thus says the Lord God: This is Jerusalem; in the center of the nations I have set her, and countries are round about her. -- ezekiel 5:5 +. +And she has changed and rebelled against My ordinances more wickedly than the [heathen] nations, and against My statutes more than the countries that are round about her; for [Israel] rejected My ordinances, and as for My statutes, they have not walked in them. -- ezekiel 5:6 +. +Therefore thus says the Lord God: Because you were more turbulent and raged [against Me] more than the nations that are round about you and have not walked in My statutes, neither have kept My ordinances, nor have done according to the ordinances [concerning] the nations that are round about you; -- ezekiel 5:7 +. +Therefore thus says the Lord God: Behold, I, even I, am against you, and I will execute judgments in the midst of you in the sight of the nations. -- ezekiel 5:8 +. +And because of all your abominations, I will do in you that which I have not done and the like of which I will never do again. -- ezekiel 5:9 +. +Therefore fathers shall eat their sons in your midst, and sons shall eat their fathers; and I will execute judgments on you and all who are left of you I will scatter to all the winds. -- ezekiel 5:10 +. +Therefore, as I live, says the Lord God, surely because you have defiled My sanctuary with all your detestable things and with all your abominations, therefore will I also diminish you and withdraw My eye that it shall not spare you. And I also will have no pity. -- ezekiel 5:11 +. +And a third of you shall die of pestilence and be consumed by famine in the midst of you; a third shall fall by the sword round about you; and I will scatter a third to all the winds and will draw out a sword after them. -- ezekiel 5:12 +. +Thus shall My anger be spent and I will cause My wrath toward them to rest and I will be eased and comforted. And they shall know, understand, and realize that I the Lord have spoken in My zeal, when I have accomplished My wrath upon them. -- ezekiel 5:13 +. +Moreover, I will make you a desolation and a reproach among the nations that are round about you and in the sight of all who pass by. -- ezekiel 5:14 +. +So it shall be a reproach and a taunt, a warning and a horror and an astonishment to the [heathen] nations around you when I shall execute judgments upon you in anger and in wrath and in furious chastisements and rebukes--I the Lord have spoken it. -- ezekiel 5:15 +. +When I shall loose against them the evil arrows of hunger that are for destruction, which I will send to destroy you, then I will increase the famine upon you and will break your staff of bread. -- ezekiel 5:16 +. +And I will send upon you hunger and wild beasts, and they shall bereave you [of your loved ones]; and pestilence and blood shall pass through you, and I will bring the sword upon you. I the Lord have spoken it. -- ezekiel 5:17 +. +AND THE word of the Lord came to me, saying, -- ezekiel 6:1 +. +Son of man, set your face toward the mountains of Israel and prophesy against them, -- ezekiel 6:2 +. +And say, You mountains of Israel, hear the word of the Lord God! Thus says the Lord God to the mountains and the hills, to the river ravines and the valleys: Behold, I, even I, will bring a sword upon you, and I will destroy your high places [of idolatrous worship], -- ezekiel 6:3 +. +And your altars shall be made desolate and your sun-pillars shall be broken in pieces, and I will cast down your slain before your idols. -- ezekiel 6:4 +. +And I will lay the dead bodies of the children of Israel before their idols, and I will scatter your bones round about your altars. -- ezekiel 6:5 +. +In all your dwelling places the cities shall be laid waste and the high places shall be made desolate, that your altars may bear their guilt and be laid waste and made desolate, your idols may be broken and destroyed, your sun-images may be hewn down, and your handiworks may be wiped away and blotted out. -- ezekiel 6:6 +. +And the slain shall fall in the midst of you, and you shall know, understand, and realize that I am the Lord. -- ezekiel 6:7 +. +Yet will I leave some of you alive. When you have some that shall escape the sword among the nations, when you shall be scattered through the countries, -- ezekiel 6:8 +. +Then those of you who escape shall [earnestly] remember Me among the nations to which they shall be carried captive, how that I have been broken by their lewdness and have Myself broken their wanton heart which has departed from Me and blinded their eyes which turn after their idols wantonly; and they shall be loathsome in their own sight for the evils which they have committed in all their abominations. -- ezekiel 6:9 +. +And they shall know, understand, and realize that I am the Lord. I have not said in vain that I would bring this evil calamity [in punishment] upon them. -- ezekiel 6:10 +. +Thus says the Lord God: Strike with your fist, stamp with your foot, and say, Alas! over all the vile abominations of the house of Israel for which [Israel] shall fall by sword, by famine, and by pestilence. -- ezekiel 6:11 +. +He who is far off shall die of the pestilence, and he that is near shall fall by the sword, and he who remains and is preserved shall die by the famine. Thus will I accomplish My wrath upon them. -- ezekiel 6:12 +. +Then shall you know, understand, and realize that I am the Lord, when their slain shall lie among their idols round about their altars upon every high hill, on all the tops of the mountains, under every green tree, and under every thickly leafed oak, the places where they were accustomed to offer sweet incense to all their idols. -- ezekiel 6:13 +. +And I will stretch out My hand upon them and make the land desolate and waste, yes, more desolate than the wilderness toward Diblah [a Moabite city], throughout all their dwelling places; and they shall know, understand, and realize that I am the Lord. -- ezekiel 6:14 +. +MOREOVER, THE word of the Lord came to me, saying, -- ezekiel 7:1 +. +Also, son of man, thus says the Lord God to the land of Israel: An end! The end has come upon the four corners of the land. -- ezekiel 7:2 +. +Now is the end upon you, and I will send My anger upon you and will judge you according to your ways and will bring upon you retribution for all your abominations. -- ezekiel 7:3 +. +And My eye will not spare you, neither will I have pity; but I will bring recompense for your evil ways upon you, while your abominations are in the midst of you [calling down punishment from a righteous God]; and you shall know (recognize, understand, and realize) that I am the Lord. -- ezekiel 7:4 +. +Thus says the Lord God: Behold, an evil is coming, [an evil so destructive and injurious, so sudden and violent, that it stands alone, not as a succession but as] only one evil. -- ezekiel 7:5 +. +An end has come! The end has come! [The end--after sleeping so long] awakes against you. See, it has come! -- ezekiel 7:6 +. +Your turn (your doom) has come upon you, O inhabitant of the land; the time has come, the day is near, a day not of joyful shouting, but a day of tumult upon the mountains. -- ezekiel 7:7 +. +Now will I shortly pour out My wrath upon you and finish spending My anger against you, and I will judge you according to your ways and will recompense you with punishment for all your abominations. -- ezekiel 7:8 +. +And My eye will not spare, nor will I have pity. I will punish you according to your ways while your abominations are right in the midst of you. And you shall know, understand, and realize that it is I the Lord Who smites you. -- ezekiel 7:9 +. +Behold, the day! Behold, it has come! Your doom has gone forth, the rod has blossomed, pride has budded. -- ezekiel 7:10 +. +Violence has grown up into a rod of wickedness; none of [Israel] shall remain, none of their abundance, none of their wealth; neither shall there be preeminence among them or wailing for them. -- ezekiel 7:11 +. +The time has come, the day draws near. Let not the buyer rejoice nor the seller mourn, for wrath is upon all their multitude. -- ezekiel 7:12 +. +For the seller shall not return to that which is sold, even were they yet alive. For the vision [of punishment] is touching [Israel's] whole multitude; he shall not come back, neither shall any strengthen himself whose life is in his iniquity. -- ezekiel 7:13 +. +They have blown the trumpet and have made all ready, but none goes to the battle, for My wrath is upon all their multitude. -- ezekiel 7:14 +. +The sword is without and pestilence and famine are within. He who is in the field shall die by the sword, and him who is in the city shall famine and pestilence devour. -- ezekiel 7:15 +. +But those of them that escape shall escape, but shall be on the mountains like doves of the valleys, all of them moaning, every one in his iniquity's [punishment]. -- ezekiel 7:16 +. +All hands shall be feeble and all knees shall be weak as water. -- ezekiel 7:17 +. +They shall also gird themselves with sackcloth; horror and dismay shall cover them, and shame shall be upon all faces and baldness upon all their heads [as evidence of grief]. -- ezekiel 7:18 +. +They shall cast their silver into the streets, and their gold shall be [discarded] like an unclean thing or rubbish; their silver and their gold shall not be able to deliver them in the day of the wrath of the Lord; they shall not satisfy their animal cravings nor fill their stomachs with them, for [wealth] has been the stumbling block of their iniquity. -- ezekiel 7:19 +. +As for the beauty of gold for ornament, they turned it to pride and made of it the images of their abominations (idols) and of their detestable things. Therefore I will make it to them as an unclean thing. -- ezekiel 7:20 +. +And I will give it for plunder into the hands of strangers and to the wicked of the earth for a spoil, and they shall profane it. -- ezekiel 7:21 +. +Also I will turn My face from them and they shall profane My secret treasure [the temple]; and robbers shall enter into it and profane it. -- ezekiel 7:22 +. +Prepare the chain [of imprisonment], for the land is full of bloodguiltiness [murders committed with pretended formalities of justice] and the city is full of violence. -- ezekiel 7:23 +. +Therefore I will bring in the worst of the [heathen] nations, who will take possession of the houses [of the people of Judah]; I will also silence their strongholds and put an end to their proud might, and their holy places and those who sanctify them shall be profaned. -- ezekiel 7:24 +. +Distress, panic, and destruction shall come, and they [of Judah] shall seek peace, and there shall be none. -- ezekiel 7:25 +. +Calamity shall come upon calamity and rumor shall be upon rumor, and they shall seek a vision of the prophet; and the law and instruction shall cease from the [distracted] priest and counsel from the [dismayed] elders. -- ezekiel 7:26 +. +The king [of Judah] shall wear mourning and the prince shall clothe himself with garments of despair and desolation, while the hands of the people of the land shall tremble [palsied by terror]; for I will do to them in accordance with their ways, and according to their deserts will I judge them; and they shall know, recognize, and realize that I am the Lord. -- ezekiel 7:27 +. +AND IN the sixth year [of the capitivity of King Jehoiachin], in the sixth month, on the fifth day of the month, as I sat in my house [a captive of the Babylonians] with the elders of Judah sitting before me, the hand of the Lord God fell there upon me. -- ezekiel 8:1 +. +Then I beheld, and lo, a likeness of a Man with the appearance of fire; from His waist downward He was like fire, and from His waist upward He had the appearance of brightness like gleaming bronze. -- ezekiel 8:2 +. +And He put forth the form of a hand and took me by a lock of my head; and the Spirit lifted me up between the earth and the heavens and brought me in the visions of God to Jerusalem, to the entrance of the door of the inner [court] which faces toward the north, where was the seat of the idol (image) of jealousy, which provokes to jealousy. -- ezekiel 8:3 +. +And behold, there was the glory of the God of Israel [Who had loved and chosen them], like the vision I saw in the plain. -- ezekiel 8:4 +. +Then He [the Spirit] said to me, Son of man, now lift up your eyes toward the north. So I lifted up my eyes toward the north, and behold, on the north of the altar gate was that idol (image) of jealousy in the entrance. -- ezekiel 8:5 +. +Furthermore, [the Spirit] said to me, Son of man, do you see what they are doing? The great abominations that the house of Israel is committing here to drive Me far from My sanctuary? But you shall again see greater abominations. -- ezekiel 8:6 +. +And He brought me to the door of the court; and when I looked, behold, there was a hole in the wall. -- ezekiel 8:7 +. +Then He said to me, Son of man, dig now in the wall. And when I had dug in the wall, behold, there was a door. -- ezekiel 8:8 +. +And He said to me, Go in and see the wicked abominations that they do here. -- ezekiel 8:9 +. +So I went in and saw there pictures of every form of creeping things and loathsome beasts and all the idols of the house of Israel, painted round about on the wall. -- ezekiel 8:10 +. +And there stood before these [pictures] seventy men of the elders of the house of Israel, and in the midst of them stood Jaazaniah the son of Shaphan [the scribe], with every man his censer in his hand, and a thick cloud of incense was going up [in prayer to these their gods]. -- ezekiel 8:11 +. +Then said He to me, Son of man, have you seen what the elders of the house of Israel do in the dark, every man in his [secret] chambers of [idol] pictures? For they say, The Lord does not see us; the Lord has forsaken the land. -- ezekiel 8:12 +. +He also said to me, Yet again you shall see greater abominations which they are committing. -- ezekiel 8:13 +. +Then He brought me to the entrance of the north gate of the Lord's house; and behold, there sat women weeping for Tammuz [a Babylonian god, who was supposed to die annually and subsequently be resurrected]. -- ezekiel 8:14 +. +Then said [the Spirit] to me, Have you seen this, O son of man? Yet again you shall see greater abominations that they are committing. -- ezekiel 8:15 +. +And He brought me to the inner court of the Lord's house; and behold, at the door of the temple of the Lord, between the porch and the bronze altar, were about twenty-five men with their backs to the temple of the Lord and their faces toward the east, and they were bowing themselves toward the east and worshiping the sun. -- ezekiel 8:16 +. +Then [the Spirit] said to me, Have you seen this, O son of man? Is it too slight a thing to the house of Judah to commit the abominations which they commit here, that they must fill the land with violence and turn back afresh to provoke Me to anger? And behold, they put the branch to their nose [actually, before their mouths, in superstitious worship]! -- ezekiel 8:17 +. +Therefore I will deal in wrath; My eye will not spare, nor will I have pity; and though they cry in My ears with a loud voice, yet will I not hear them. -- ezekiel 8:18 +. +[THE SPIRIT] cried in my ears [in the vision] with a loud voice, saying, Cause those to draw near who have charge over the city [as executioners], every man with his destroying weapon in his hand. -- ezekiel 9:1 +. +And behold, six men came from the direction of the Upper Gate, which faces north, every man with his battle-ax in his hand; and one man among them was clothed in linen, with a writer's ink bottle at his side. And they went in and stood beside the bronze altar. -- ezekiel 9:2 +. +And the glory of the God of Israel [the Shekinah, cloud] had gone up from the cherubim upon which it had rested to [stand above] the threshold of the [Lord's] house. And [the Lord] called to the man clothed with linen, who had the writer's ink bottle at his side. -- ezekiel 9:3 +. +And the Lord said to him, Go through the midst of the city, through the midst of Jerusalem, and set a mark upon the foreheads of the men who sigh and groan over all the abominations that are committed in the midst of it. -- ezekiel 9:4 +. +And to the others He said in my hearing, Follow [the man with the ink bottle] through the city and smite; let not your eye spare, neither have any pity. -- ezekiel 9:5 +. +Slay outright the elderly, the young man and the virgin, the infant and the women; but do not touch or go near anyone on whom is the mark. Begin at My sanctuary. So they began with the old men who were in front of the temple [who did not have the Lord's mark on their foreheads]. -- ezekiel 9:6 +. +And He said to [the executioners], Defile the temple and fill its courts with the slain. Go forth! And they went forth and slew in the city. -- ezekiel 9:7 +. +And while they were slaying them and I was left, I fell upon my face and cried, Ah, Lord God! Will You destroy all that is left of Israel in Your pouring out of Your wrath and indignation upon Jerusalem? -- ezekiel 9:8 +. +Then said He to me, The iniquity and guilt of the house of Israel and Judah are exceedingly great; the land is full of blood and the city full of injustice and perverseness; for they say, The Lord has forsaken the land; the Lord does not see [what we are doing]. -- ezekiel 9:9 +. +And as for Me, My eye will not spare, neither will I have pity, but I will recompense their wicked doings upon their own heads. -- ezekiel 9:10 +. +And behold, the man clothed in linen, who had the ink bottle at his side, reported the matter, saying, I have done as You have commanded me. -- ezekiel 9:11 +. +THEN I looked and behold, in the firmament that was over the heads of the cherubim there appeared above them something looking like a sapphire stone, in form resembling a throne. -- ezekiel 10:1 +. +And [the Lord] spoke to the man clothed in linen and said, Go in among the whirling wheels under the cherubim; fill your hands with coals of fire from between the cherubim and scatter them over the city. And he went in before my eyes. -- ezekiel 10:2 +. +Now the cherubim stood on the south side of the house when the man went in; and the cloud [the Shekinah] filled the inner court. -- ezekiel 10:3 +. +Then the glory of the Lord mounted up from the cherubim to stand over the threshold of the [Lord's] house; and the house was filled with the cloud, and the court was full of the brightness of the Lord's glory. -- ezekiel 10:4 +. +And the sound of the wings of the cherubim was heard even to the outer court, like the voice of God Almighty when He speaks. -- ezekiel 10:5 +. +And when He commanded the man clothed in linen, saying, Take fire from between the whirling wheels, from between the cherubim, [the man] went in and stood beside a wheel. -- ezekiel 10:6 +. +And a cherub stretched forth his hand from between the cherubim to the fire that was between the cherubim, and took some of it and put it into the hands of the man clothed in linen, who took it and went out. -- ezekiel 10:7 +. +And the cherubim seemed to have the form of a man's hand under their wings. -- ezekiel 10:8 +. +And I looked and behold, there were four wheels beside the cherubim, one wheel beside one cherub and another wheel beside another cherub; and the appearance of the wheels was like sparkling chrysolite. -- ezekiel 10:9 +. +And as for their appearance, they four looked alike, as if a wheel had been within a wheel. -- ezekiel 10:10 +. +When they went, they went in any one of the four directions [in which their four individual faces were turned]; they did not turn as they went, but to the place to which the front wheel faced the others followed; they turned not as they went. -- ezekiel 10:11 +. +And their whole body, their backs, their hands, and their wings, and the wheels, were full of eyes round about, even the wheels that each had. -- ezekiel 10:12 +. +As regarding the wheels [attached to them], they were called in my hearing the whirling wheels. -- ezekiel 10:13 +. +And every one had four faces: the first face was the face of the cherub, the second the face of a man, the third the face of a lion, and the fourth the face of an eagle. -- ezekiel 10:14 +. +And the cherubim mounted upward. This is the [same] living creature [the four regarded as one] that I saw by the river Chebar [in Babylonia]. -- ezekiel 10:15 +. +And when the cherubim went, the wheels went beside them; and when the cherubim lifted up their wings to mount up from the earth, the wheels did not turn from beside them. -- ezekiel 10:16 +. +When those stood still, these stood still; and when those mounted up, these [the wheels] mounted up also, for the spirit of life was in these [wheels]. -- ezekiel 10:17 +. +Then the glory of the Lord [the Shekinah, cloud] went forth from above the threshold of the temple and stood over the cherubim. -- ezekiel 10:18 +. +And the cherubim lifted up their wings and mounted up from the earth in my sight, and they went forth with the wheels beside them; and they stood at the entrance of the East Gate of the house of the Lord, and the glory of the God of Israel [the Shekinah, cloud] was over them. -- ezekiel 10:19 +. +This is the living creature [of four combined creatures] that I saw beneath the God of Israel by the river Chebar, and I knew that they were cherubim. -- ezekiel 10:20 +. +Each one had four faces and each one had four wings, and what looked like the hands of a man was under their wings. -- ezekiel 10:21 +. +And as for the likeness of their faces, they were the same faces which I saw by the river Chebar, with regard to their appearances and themselves; they went every one straight forward. -- ezekiel 10:22 +. +MOREOVER, THE Spirit lifted me up and brought me to the East Gate of the Lord's house, which faces east. And behold, at the door of the gateway there were twenty-five men; and I saw in the midst of them Jaazaniah the son of Azzur and Pelatiah the son of Benaiah, princes of the people. -- ezekiel 11:1 +. +Then [the Spirit] said to me, Son of man, these are the men who devise iniquity and give wicked counsel in this city, -- ezekiel 11:2 +. +Who say, [The time] is not near to build houses; this city is the boiling pot and we are the flesh. -- ezekiel 11:3 +. +Therefore prophesy against them; prophesy, O son of man! -- ezekiel 11:4 +. +And the Spirit of the Lord fell upon me, and He said to me, Speak. Say, Thus says the Lord: This is what you thought, O house of Israel, for I know the things that come into your mind. -- ezekiel 11:5 +. +You have multiplied your slain in this city and you have filled its streets with the slain. -- ezekiel 11:6 +. +Therefore thus says the Lord God: Your slain whom you have laid in your midst; they are the flesh and this city is the boiling pot, but you shall be brought forth out of the midst of it. -- ezekiel 11:7 +. +You have feared the sword, and I will bring a sword upon you, says the Lord God. -- ezekiel 11:8 +. +And I will bring you forth out of the midst of it and deliver you into the hands of foreigners and execute judgments among you. -- ezekiel 11:9 +. +You shall fall by the sword; I will judge and punish you [before your neighbors] at the border or outside the land of Israel, and you shall know (understand and realize) that I am the Lord. -- ezekiel 11:10 +. +This city shall not be your boiling pot, neither shall you be the flesh in the midst of it; I will judge you at the border or outside of Israel; -- ezekiel 11:11 +. +And you shall know (understand and realize) that I am the Lord; for you have not walked in My statutes nor executed My ordinances, but have acted according to the ordinances of the nations around you. -- ezekiel 11:12 +. +And while I was prophesying, Pelatiah the son of Benaiah died. Then I fell down upon my face and cried with a loud voice, Ah, Lord God! Will You make a complete end of the remnant of Israel? -- ezekiel 11:13 +. +And the word of the Lord came to me, saying, -- ezekiel 11:14 +. +Son of man, your brethren, even your kindred, your fellow exiles, and all the house of Israel, all of them, are they of whom the [present] inhabitants of Jerusalem have said, They have gone far from the Lord [and from this land]; therefore this land is given to us for a possession. -- ezekiel 11:15 +. +Therefore say, Thus says the Lord God: Whereas I have removed [Israel] far off among the nations, and whereas I have scattered them among the countries, yet I have been to them a sanctuary for a little while in the countries to which they have come. -- ezekiel 11:16 +. +Therefore say, Thus says the Lord God: I will gather you from the peoples and assemble you out of the countries where you have been scattered, and I will give back to you the land of Israel. -- ezekiel 11:17 +. +And when they return there, they shall take away from it all traces of its detestable things and all its abominations (sex impurities and heathen religious practices). -- ezekiel 11:18 +. +And I will give them one heart [a new heart] and I will put a new spirit within them; and I will take the stony [unnaturally hardened] heart out of their flesh, and will give them a heart of flesh [sensitive and responsive to the touch of their God], -- ezekiel 11:19 +. +That they may walk in My statutes and keep My ordinances, and do them. And they shall be My people, and I will be their God. -- ezekiel 11:20 +. +But as for those whose heart yearns for and goes after their detestable things and their loathsome abominations [associated with idolatry], I will repay their deeds upon their own heads, says the Lord God. -- ezekiel 11:21 +. +Then the cherubim lifted up their wings with the wheels which were beside them, and the glory of the God of Israel [the Shekinah, cloud] was over them. -- ezekiel 11:22 +. +Then the glory of the Lord rose up from over the midst of the city and stood over the mountain which is on the east side of the city. -- ezekiel 11:23 +. +And the Spirit lifted me up and brought me in a vision by the Spirit of God into Chaldea, to the exiles. Then the vision that I had seen went up from me. -- ezekiel 11:24 +. +And I told the exiles everything that the Lord had shown me. -- ezekiel 11:25 +. +THE WORD of the Lord also came to me, saying, -- ezekiel 12:1 +. +Son of man, you dwell in the midst of the house of the rebellious, who have eyes to see and see not, who have ears to hear and hear not, for they are a rebellious house. -- ezekiel 12:2 +. +Therefore, son of man, prepare your belongings for removing and going into exile, and move out by day in their sight; and you shall remove from your place to another place in their sight. It may be they will consider and perceive that they are a rebellious house. -- ezekiel 12:3 +. +And you shall bring forth your baggage by day in their sight, as baggage for removing into exile; and you shall go forth yourself at evening in their sight, as those who go forth into exile. -- ezekiel 12:4 +. +Dig through the wall in their sight and carry the stuff out through the hole. -- ezekiel 12:5 +. +In their sight you shall bear your baggage upon your shoulder and carry it forth in the dark; you shall cover your face so that you cannot see the land, for I have set you as a sign for the house of Israel. -- ezekiel 12:6 +. +And I did as I was commanded. I brought forth my baggage by day, as baggage for exile, and in the evening I dug through the wall with my own hands. I brought out my baggage in the dark, carrying it upon my shoulder in their sight. -- ezekiel 12:7 +. +And in the morning came the word of the Lord to me, saying, -- ezekiel 12:8 +. +Son of man, has not the house of Israel, the rebellious house, asked you what you are doing? -- ezekiel 12:9 +. +Say to them, Thus says the Lord God: This oracle or revelation concerns the prince in Jerusalem and all the house of Israel who are in it. -- ezekiel 12:10 +. +Say, I am your sign; as I have done, so shall it be done to them; into banishment, into captivity, they shall go. -- ezekiel 12:11 +. +And the prince who is in their midst shall lift up his luggage to his shoulder in the dark; then shall he go forth. They shall dig through the wall to carry out through the hole in it. He shall cover his face so that he will not see with his eyes the land. -- ezekiel 12:12 +. +My net also will I spread over him, and he shall be taken in My snare, and I will bring him to Babylonia, to the land of the Chaldeans; yet shall he not see it, though he shall die there. -- ezekiel 12:13 +. +And I will scatter toward every wind all who are about him to help him, even all his bands; and I will draw out the sword after them. -- ezekiel 12:14 +. +And they shall know (recognize, understand, and realize) that I am the Lord, when I shall scatter them among the nations and disperse them in the countries. -- ezekiel 12:15 +. +But I will leave a few survivors who will escape the sword, the famine, and the pestilence, that they may declare and confess all their [idolatrous] abominations among the nations to which they go, and [thus God's punishment of them will be justified before everyone and] they shall know (understand and realize) that I am the Lord. -- ezekiel 12:16 +. +Moreover, the word of the Lord came to me, saying, -- ezekiel 12:17 +. +Son of man, eat your bread with shaking, and drink water with trembling and with fearfulness; -- ezekiel 12:18 +. +And say to the people of the land, Thus says the Lord God concerning the inhabitants of Jerusalem in the land of Israel: They shall eat their bread with fearfulness and drink water with dismay, for their land will be stripped and plundered of all its fullness, because of the violence of all those who dwell in it. -- ezekiel 12:19 +. +And the cities that are inhabited shall be laid waste, and the land shall be deserted and become a desolation; and you shall know (understand and realize) that I am the Lord. -- ezekiel 12:20 +. +And the word of the Lord came to me, saying, -- ezekiel 12:21 +. +Son of man, what is this proverb that you have in the land of Israel, saying, The days drag on and every vision comes to nothing and is not fulfilled? -- ezekiel 12:22 +. +Tell them therefore, Thus says the Lord God: I will put an end to this proverb, and they shall use it no more as a proverb in Israel. But say to them, The days are at hand and the fulfillment of every vision. -- ezekiel 12:23 +. +For there shall be no more any false, empty, and fruitless vision or flattering divination in the house of Israel. -- ezekiel 12:24 +. +For I am the Lord; I will speak, and the word that I shall speak shall be performed (come to pass); it shall be no more delayed or prolonged, for in your days, O rebellious house, I will speak the word and will perform it, says the Lord God. -- ezekiel 12:25 +. +Again the word of the Lord came to me, saying, -- ezekiel 12:26 +. +Son of man, behold, they of the house of Israel say, The vision that [Ezekiel] sees is for many days to come, and he prophesies of the times that are far off. -- ezekiel 12:27 +. +Therefore say to them, Thus says the Lord God: There shall none of My words be deferred any more, but the word which I have spoken shall be performed, says the Lord God. -- ezekiel 12:28 +. +AND THE word of the Lord came to me, saying, -- ezekiel 13:1 +. +Son of man, prophesy against the prophets of Israel who prophesy, and say to those who prophesy out of their own mind and heart, Hear the word of the Lord! -- ezekiel 13:2 +. +Thus says the Lord God: Woe to the foolish prophets who follow their own spirit [and things they have not seen] and have seen nothing! -- ezekiel 13:3 +. +O Israel, your prophets have been like foxes among ruins and in waste places. -- ezekiel 13:4 +. +You have not gone up into the gaps or breeches, nor built up the wall for the house of Israel that it might stand in the battle in the day of the Lord. -- ezekiel 13:5 +. +They have seen falsehood and lying divination, saying, The Lord says; but the Lord has not sent them. Yet they have hoped and made men to hope for the confirmation of their word. -- ezekiel 13:6 +. +Have you not seen a false vision and have you not spoken a lying divination when you say, The Lord says, although I have not spoken? -- ezekiel 13:7 +. +Therefore thus says the Lord God: Because you have spoken empty, false, and delusive words and have seen lies, therefore behold, I am against you, says the Lord God. -- ezekiel 13:8 +. +And My hand shall be against the prophets who see empty, false, and delusive visions and who give lying prophecies. They shall not be in the secret council of My people, nor shall they be recorded in the register of the house of Israel, nor shall they enter into the land of Israel; and you shall know (understand and realize) that I am the Lord God. -- ezekiel 13:9 +. +Because, even because they have seduced My people, saying, Peace, when there is no peace, and because when one builds a [flimsy] wall, behold, [these prophets] daub it over with whitewash, -- ezekiel 13:10 +. +Say to them who daub it with whitewash that it shall fall! There shall be a downpour of rain; and you, O great hailstones, shall fall, and a violent wind shall tear apart [the whitewashed, flimsy wall]. -- ezekiel 13:11 +. +Behold, when the wall is fallen, will you not be asked, Where is the coating with which you [prophets] daubed it? -- ezekiel 13:12 +. +Therefore thus says the Lord God: I will even rend it with a stormy wind in My wrath, and there shall be an overwhelming rain in My anger and great hailstones in wrath to destroy [that wall]. -- ezekiel 13:13 +. +So will I break down the wall that you have daubed with whitewash and bring it down to the ground, so that its foundations will be exposed; when it falls, you will perish and be consumed in the midst of it. And you will know (understand and realize) that I am the Lord. -- ezekiel 13:14 +. +Thus will I accomplish My wrath upon the wall and upon those who have daubed it with whitewash, and I will say to you, The wall is no more, neither are they who daubed it, -- ezekiel 13:15 +. +The [false] prophets of Israel who prophesied deceitfully about Jerusalem, seeing visions of peace for her when there is no peace, says the Lord God. -- ezekiel 13:16 +. +And you, son of man, set your face against the daughters of your people who prophesy out of [the wishful thinking of] their own minds and hearts; prophesy against them, -- ezekiel 13:17 +. +And say, Thus says the Lord God: Woe to the women who sew pillows to all armholes and fasten magic, protective charms to all wrists, and deceptive veils upon the heads of those of every stature to hunt and capture human lives! Will you snare the lives of My people to keep your own selves alive? -- ezekiel 13:18 +. +You have profaned Me among My people [in payment] for handfuls of barley and for pieces of bread, slaying persons who should not die and giving [a guaranty of] life to those who should not live, by your lying to My people, who give heed to lies. -- ezekiel 13:19 +. +Therefore thus says the Lord God: Behold, I am against your pillows and charms and veils with which you snare human lives like birds, and I will tear them from your arms and will let the lives you hunt go free, the lives you are snaring like birds. -- ezekiel 13:20 +. +Your [deceptive] veils also will I tear and deliver My people out of your hand, and they shall be no more in your hand to be hunted and snared. Then you shall know (understand and realize) that I am the Lord. -- ezekiel 13:21 +. +Because with lies you have made the righteous sad and disheartened, whom I have not made sad or disheartened, and because you have encouraged and strengthened the hands of the wicked, that he should not return from his wicked way and be saved [in that you falsely promised him life], -- ezekiel 13:22 +. +Therefore you will no more see false visions or practice divinations, and I will deliver My people out of your hand. Then you will know (understand and realize) that I am the Lord. -- ezekiel 13:23 +. +THEN CAME certain of the elders of Israel to me and sat before me. -- ezekiel 14:1 +. +And the word of the Lord came to me: -- ezekiel 14:2 +. +Son of man, these men have set up their idols in their hearts and put the stumbling block of their iniquity and guilt before their faces; should I permit Myself to be inquired of at all by them? -- ezekiel 14:3 +. +Therefore speak to them and say to them, Thus says the Lord God: Every man of the house of Israel who takes his idols [of self-will and unsubmissiveness] into his heart and puts the stumbling block of his iniquity [idols of silver and gold] before his face, and yet comes to the prophet [to inquire of him], I the Lord will answer him, answer him according to the multitude of his idols, -- ezekiel 14:4 +. +That I may lay hold of the house of Israel in the thoughts of their own mind and heart, because they are all estranged from Me through their idols. -- ezekiel 14:5 +. +Therefore say to the house of Israel, Thus says the Lord God: Repent and turn away from your idols, and turn away your faces from all your abominations. -- ezekiel 14:6 +. +For anyone of the house of Israel or of the strangers who sojourn in Israel who separates himself from Me, taking his idols into his heart and putting the stumbling block of his iniquity and guilt before his face, and [yet] comes to the prophet to inquire for himself of Me, I the Lord will answer him Myself! -- ezekiel 14:7 +. +And I will set My face against that [false worshiper] and will make him a sign and a byword, and I will cut him off from the midst of My people; and you shall know (understand and realize) that I am the Lord. -- ezekiel 14:8 +. +[The prophet has not been granted permission to give an answer to the hypocritical inquirer] but if the prophet does give the man the answer he desires [thus allowing himself to be a party to the inquirer's sin], I the Lord will see to it that the prophet is deceived in his answer, and I will stretch out My hand against him and will destroy him from the midst of My people Israel. -- ezekiel 14:9 +. +And they both shall bear the punishment of their iniquity: the iniquity of the [presumptuous] prophet shall be the same as the iniquity of the [hypocritical] inquirer, -- ezekiel 14:10 +. +That the house of Israel may go no more astray from Me, neither defile themselves any more with all their transgressions, but that they may be My people, and I may be their God, says the Lord God. -- ezekiel 14:11 +. +The word of the Lord came [again] to me, saying, -- ezekiel 14:12 +. +Son of man, when a land sins against Me by committing a trespass, and I stretch out My hand against it and break its staff of bread and send famine upon it and cut off from it man and beast, -- ezekiel 14:13 +. +Even if these three men, Noah, Daniel, and Job were in it, they would save but their own lives by their righteousness (their uprightness and right standing with Me), says the Lord God. -- ezekiel 14:14 +. +If I cause ferocious and evil wild animals to pass through the land and they ravage and bereave it, and it becomes desolate so that no man may pass through because of the beasts; -- ezekiel 14:15 +. +Though these three men were in it, as I live, says the Lord God, they would deliver neither sons nor daughters; they themselves alone would be delivered but the land would be desolate (laid waste and deserted). -- ezekiel 14:16 +. +Or if I bring a sword upon that land and say, Sword, go through the land, so that I cut off man and beast from it, -- ezekiel 14:17 +. +Though these three men were in it, as I live, says the Lord God, they would deliver neither sons nor daughters, but they themselves alone would be delivered. -- ezekiel 14:18 +. +Or if I send a pestilence into that land and pour out My wrath upon it in blood, to cut off from it man and beast, -- ezekiel 14:19 +. +Though Noah, Daniel, and Job were in it, as I live, says the Lord God, they would deliver neither son nor daughter; they would but deliver their own lives by their righteousness (their moral and spiritual rectitude in every area and relation). -- ezekiel 14:20 +. +For thus says the Lord God: How much more when I send My four sore acts of judgment upon Jerusalem--the sword, the famine, the evil wild beasts, and the pestilence--to cut off from it man and beast! -- ezekiel 14:21 +. +And yet, behold, in it shall be left a remnant (an escaped portion), both sons and daughters. They shall be carried forth to you [in Babylon], and when you see their [ungodly] walk and their [wicked] doings, you will be consoled for the evil that I have brought upon Jerusalem, even concerning all that I have brought upon it. -- ezekiel 14:22 +. +And they shall console you when you see their evil ways and their rebellious actions. Then you shall know (understand and realize) that I have not done without cause all that I have done in Jerusalem, says the Lord God. -- ezekiel 14:23 +. +AND THE word of the Lord came to me, saying, -- ezekiel 15:1 +. +Son of man, How is the wood of the grapevine [Israel] more than that of any tree, the vine branch which was among the trees of the forest? -- ezekiel 15:2 +. +Shall wood be taken from it to do any work? Or will men take a peg of it on which to hang any vessel? -- ezekiel 15:3 +. +Behold, it is cast into the fire for fuel; the fire consumes both ends of it and the middle of it is charred. Is it suitable or profitable for any work? -- ezekiel 15:4 +. +Notice, even when it was whole, it was good for no work; how much less shall it be useful and profitable when the fire has devoured it and it is charred? -- ezekiel 15:5 +. +Therefore thus says the Lord God: Like the wood of the grapevine among the trees of the forest, which I have given to the fire for fuel, so will I give up the inhabitants of Jerusalem. -- ezekiel 15:6 +. +And I will set My face against them; they shall go out from one fire and another fire shall devour them, and you shall know (understand and realize) that I am the Lord, when I set My face against them. -- ezekiel 15:7 +. +And I will make the land desolate (laid waste and deserted) because they have acted faithlessly [through their idolatry], says the Lord. -- ezekiel 15:8 +. +AGAIN THE word of the Lord came to me, saying, -- ezekiel 16:1 +. +Son of man, cause Jerusalem to know, understand, and realize her [idolatrous] abominations [that they] are disgusting, detestable, and shamefully vile. -- ezekiel 16:2 +. +And say, Thus says the Lord God to Jerusalem [representing Israel]: Your [spiritual] origin and your birth are thoroughly Canaanitish; your [spiritual] father was an Amorite and your [spiritual] mother a Hittite. -- ezekiel 16:3 +. +And as for your birth, on the day you were born your navel cord was not cut, nor were you washed with water to cleanse you, nor rubbed with salt or swaddled with bands at all. -- ezekiel 16:4 +. +No eye pitied you to do any of these things for you, to have compassion on you; but you were cast out in the open field, for your person was abhorrent and loathsome on the day that you were born. -- ezekiel 16:5 +. +And when I passed by you and saw you rolling about in your blood, I said to you in your blood, Live! Yes, I said to you still in your natal blood, Live! -- ezekiel 16:6 +. +I caused you [Israel] to multiply as the bud which grows in the field, and you increased and became tall and you came to full maidenhood and beauty; your breasts were formed and your hair had grown, yet you were naked and bare. -- ezekiel 16:7 +. +Now I passed by you again and looked upon you; behold, you were maturing and at the time for love, and I spread My skirt over you and covered your nakedness. Yes, I plighted My troth to you and entered into a covenant with you, says the Lord, and you became Mine. -- ezekiel 16:8 +. +Then I washed you with water; yes, I thoroughly washed away your [clinging] blood from you and I anointed you with oil. -- ezekiel 16:9 +. +I clothed you also with embroidered cloth and shod you with [fine seal] leather; and I girded you about with fine linen and covered you with silk. -- ezekiel 16:10 +. +I decked you also with ornaments and I put bracelets on your wrists and a chain on your neck. -- ezekiel 16:11 +. +And I put a ring on your nostril and earrings in your ears and a beautiful crown upon your head! -- ezekiel 16:12 +. +Thus you were decked with gold and silver, and your raiment was of fine linen and silk and embroidered cloth; you ate fine flour and honey and oil. And you were exceedingly beautiful and you prospered into royal estate. -- ezekiel 16:13 +. +And your renown went forth among the nations for your beauty, for it was perfect through My majesty and splendor which I had put upon you, says the Lord God. -- ezekiel 16:14 +. +But you trusted in and relied on your own beauty and were unfaithful to God and played the harlot [in idolatry] because of your renown, and you poured out your fornications upon anyone who passed by [as you worshiped the idols of every nation which prevailed over you] and your beauty was his. -- ezekiel 16:15 +. +And you took some of your garments and made for yourself gaily decorated high places or shrines and played the harlot on them--things which should not come and that which should not take place. -- ezekiel 16:16 +. +You did also take your fair jewels and beautiful vessels of My gold and My silver which I had given you and made for yourself images of men, and you played the harlot with them; -- ezekiel 16:17 +. +And you took your embroidered garments and covered them and set My oil and My incense before them. -- ezekiel 16:18 +. +My bread also which I gave you--fine flour and oil and honey with which I fed you--you have even set it before the idols for a sweet odor. Thus it was, says the Lord God. -- ezekiel 16:19 +. +Moreover, you have taken your sons and your daughters whom you have borne to Me, and you have sacrificed them [to your idols] to be destroyed. Were your harlotries too little, -- ezekiel 16:20 +. +That you have slain My children and delivered them up, in setting them apart and causing them to pass through the fire for [your idols]? -- ezekiel 16:21 +. +And in all your abominations and idolatrous whoredoms you have not [earnestly] remembered the days of your youth when you were naked and bare, rolling about in your natal blood. -- ezekiel 16:22 +. +And after all your wickedness--Woe, woe to you! says the Lord God-- -- ezekiel 16:23 +. +You have built also for yourself a vaulted chamber (brothel) and have made a high place [of idol worship] in every street. -- ezekiel 16:24 +. +At every crossway you built your high place [for idol worship] and have made your beauty an abomination [abhorrent, loathsome, extremely disgusting, and detestable]; and you have made your body available to every passerby and multiplied your [idolatry and spiritual] harlotry. -- ezekiel 16:25 +. +You have also played the harlot with the Egyptians, your neighbors, [by adopting their idolatries] whose worship is thoroughly sensuous, and you have multiplied your harlotry to provoke Me to anger. -- ezekiel 16:26 +. +Behold therefore, I have stretched out My hand against you, diminished your ordinary allowance of food, and delivered you over to the will of those who hate and despise you, the daughters of the Philistines, who turned away in shame from your despicable policy and lewd behavior [for they are faithful to their gods]! -- ezekiel 16:27 +. +You played the harlot also with the Assyrians because you were unsatiable; yes, you played the harlot with them, and yet you were not satisfied. -- ezekiel 16:28 +. +Moreover, you multiplied your harlotry with the land of trade, with Chaldea, and yet even with this you were not satisfied. -- ezekiel 16:29 +. +How weak and spent with longing and lust is your heart and mind, says the Lord God, seeing you do all these things, the work of a bold, domineering harlot, -- ezekiel 16:30 +. +In that you build your vaulted place (brothel) at the head of every street and make your high place at every crossing. But you were not like a harlot because you scorned pay. -- ezekiel 16:31 +. +Rather, you were as an adulterous wife who receives strangers instead of her husband! -- ezekiel 16:32 +. +Men give gifts to all harlots, but you give your gifts to all your lovers and hire them, bribing [the nations to ally themselves with you], that they may come to you on every side for your harlotries (your idolatrous unfaithfulnesses to God). -- ezekiel 16:33 +. +And you are different [the reverse] from other women in your harlotries, in that nobody follows you to lure you into harlotry and in that you give hire when no hire is given you; and so you are different. -- ezekiel 16:34 +. +Therefore, O harlot [Israel], hear the word of the Lord! -- ezekiel 16:35 +. +Thus says the Lord God: Because your brass [coins and gifts] and your filthiness were emptied out and your nakedness uncovered through your harlotries with your lovers, and because of all the [filthy] idols of your abominations, and the blood of your children that you gave to them, -- ezekiel 16:36 +. +Therefore behold, I will gather all your lovers with whom you have taken pleasure, and all those whom you have loved with all those whom you have hated; I will even gather them [the allies you have courted] against you on every side and will uncover your nakedness to them, that they may see all your nakedness [making you, Israel, an object of loathing and of mockery, a spectacle among the nations]. -- ezekiel 16:37 +. +And I the Lord will judge you as women who break wedlock and shed blood are judged, and I will bring upon you the blood of [your divine Husband's] wrath and jealousy. -- ezekiel 16:38 +. +And I will also give you into the hand of those [your enemies], and they shall throw down your vaulted place (brothel) and shall demolish your high places [of idolatry]; they shall strip you of your clothes and shall take your splendid jewels and leave you naked and bare. -- ezekiel 16:39 +. +They shall also bring up a company against you, and they shall stone you with stones and hew down and thrust you through with their swords. -- ezekiel 16:40 +. +And they shall burn your houses with fire and execute judgments upon you before the eyes of many women spectators [the nations]. And I will cause you to cease playing the harlot, and you also shall give hire no more. -- ezekiel 16:41 +. +So will I make My wrath toward you to rest and My jealousy shall depart from you [My adulterous wife], and I will be quiet and will be no more angry. -- ezekiel 16:42 +. +Because you have not [earnestly] remembered the days of your youth but have enraged Me with all these things, therefore behold, I also will bring your deeds down on your own head, says the Lord God. Did you not commit this lewdness above and in addition to all your other abominations? -- ezekiel 16:43 +. +Behold, everyone who uses proverbs will use this proverb against you: As is the mother, so is her daughter. -- ezekiel 16:44 +. +You are your [spiritual] mother's daughter who loathed her husband and her children, and you are the sister of your sisters who loathed their husbands and their children. Your mother was a Hittite and your father an Amorite. -- ezekiel 16:45 +. +And your elder sister is Samaria, she and her daughters who dwelt in the north and at your left hand; and your younger sister who dwelt in the south and at your right hand is Sodom and her daughters. -- ezekiel 16:46 +. +Yet you were not satisfied to walk after their ways or to do after their abominations, but very soon you were more corrupt in all your ways than they were [for your sin, as those taught of God, is far blacker than theirs]. -- ezekiel 16:47 +. +As I live, says the Lord God, Sodom your sister has not done, she nor her daughters, as you have done, you and your daughters. -- ezekiel 16:48 +. +Behold, this was the iniquity of your sister Sodom: pride, overabundance of food, prosperous ease, and idleness were hers and her daughters'; neither did she strengthen the hand of the poor and needy. -- ezekiel 16:49 +. +And they were haughty and committed abominable offenses before Me; therefore I removed them when I saw it and I saw fit. -- ezekiel 16:50 +. +Neither has Samaria committed half of your sins, but you have multiplied your [idolatrous] abominations more than they and have seemed to justify your sisters [Samaria and Sodom] in all their wickedness by all the abominable things which you have done--you even make them appear righteous in comparison with you. -- ezekiel 16:51 +. +Take upon you and bear your own shame and disgrace [in your punishment], you also who called in question and judged your sisters, for you have virtually absolved them by your sins in which you behaved more abominably than they; they are more right than you. Yes, be ashamed and confounded and bear your shame and disgrace, you also, for you have seemed to justify your sisters and make them appear righteous. -- ezekiel 16:52 +. +I will restore them again from their captivity, restore the fortunes of Sodom and her daughters and the fortunes of Samaria and her daughters, and I will restore your own fortunes in the midst of them [in the day of the Lord], -- ezekiel 16:53 +. +That you [Judah], amid your shame and disgrace, may be compelled to recognize your wickedness and be thoroughly ashamed and confounded at all you have done, becoming [converted and bringing] consolation and comfort to [your sisters.] -- ezekiel 16:54 +. +And your sisters, Sodom and her daughters shall return to their former estate, and Samaria and her daughters shall return to their former estate; then you and your daughters shall return to your former estate. -- ezekiel 16:55 +. +For was your sister Sodom not mentioned by you [except] as a byword in the day of your pride, -- ezekiel 16:56 +. +Before your own wickedness was uncovered? Now you have become like her, an object of reproach and a byword for the daughters of Syria and of Edom and for all who are round about them and for the daughters of the Philistines--those round about who despise you. -- ezekiel 16:57 +. +You bear the penalty of your lewdness and your [idolatrous] abominations, says the Lord. -- ezekiel 16:58 +. +Yes, thus says the Lord God: I will even deal with you as you have done, who have despised the oath in breaking the covenant; -- ezekiel 16:59 +. +Nevertheless, I will [earnestly] remember My covenant with you in the days of your youth and I will establish with you an everlasting covenant. -- ezekiel 16:60 +. +Then you will [earnestly] remember your ways and be ashamed and confounded when you shall receive your sisters, both your elder and your younger; I will give them to you as daughters, but not on account of your covenant [with Me]. -- ezekiel 16:61 +. +And I will establish My covenant with you, and you shall know (understand and realize) that I am the Lord, -- ezekiel 16:62 +. +That you may [earnestly] remember and be ashamed and confounded and never open your mouth again because of your shame, when I have forgiven you all that you have done, says the Lord God. -- ezekiel 16:63 +. +AND THE word of the Lord came to me, saying, -- ezekiel 17:1 +. +Son of man, put forth a riddle and speak a parable or allegory to the house of Israel; -- ezekiel 17:2 +. +Say, Thus says the Lord God: A great eagle [Nebuchadnezzar] with great wings and long pinions, rich in feathers of various colors, came to Lebanon [symbolic of Jerusalem] and took the top of the cedar [tree]. -- ezekiel 17:3 +. +He broke off the topmost of its young twigs [the youthful King Jehoiachin] and carried it into a land of trade [Babylon]; he set it in a city of merchants. -- ezekiel 17:4 +. +He took also of the seedlings of the land [Zedekiah, one of the native royal family] and planted it in fertile soil and a fruitful field; he placed it beside abundant waters and set it as a willow tree [to succeed Zedekiah's nephew Jehoiachin in Judah as vassal king]. -- ezekiel 17:5 +. +And it grew and became a spreading vine of low [not Davidic] stature, whose branches turned [in submission] toward him, and its roots remained under and subject to him [the king of Babylon]; so it became a vine and brought forth branches and shot forth leafy twigs. -- ezekiel 17:6 +. +There was also another great eagle [the Egyptian king] with great wings and many feathers; and behold, this vine [Zedekiah] bent its roots [languishingly] toward him and shot forth its branches toward him, away from the beds of its planting, for him to water. -- ezekiel 17:7 +. +Though it was planted in good soil where water was plentiful for it to produce leaves and to bear fruit, it was transplanted, that it might become a splendid vine. -- ezekiel 17:8 +. +Thus says the Lord God: Ask, Will it thrive? Will he [the insulted Nebuchadnezzar] not pluck up its roots and strip off its fruit so that all its fresh sprouting leaves will wither? It will not take a strong arm or many people to pluck it up by its roots [totally ending Israel's national existence]. -- ezekiel 17:9 +. +Yes, behold, though transplanted, will it prosper? Will it not utterly wither when the east wind touches it? It will wither in the furrows and beds where it sprouted and grew. -- ezekiel 17:10 +. +Moreover, the word of the Lord came to me, saying, -- ezekiel 17:11 +. +Say now to the rebellious house, Do you not know and realize what these things mean? Tell them, Behold, the king of Babylon came to Jerusalem and took its king [Jehoiachin] and its princes and brought them with him to Babylon. -- ezekiel 17:12 +. +And he took one of the royal family [the king's uncle, Zedekiah] and made a covenant with him, putting him under oath. He also took the mighty and chief men of the land, -- ezekiel 17:13 +. +That the kingdom might become low and base and be unable to lift itself up, but that by keeping his [Nebuchadnezzar's] covenant it might stand. -- ezekiel 17:14 +. +But he [Zedekiah] rebelled against him [Nebuchadnezzar] in sending his ambassadors into Egypt, that they might give him horses and much people. Will he prosper? Will he escape who does such things? Can he break the covenant with [Babylon] and yet escape? -- ezekiel 17:15 +. +As I live, says the Lord God, surely in the place where the king [Nebuchadnezzar] dwells who made [Zedekiah as vassal] king, whose oath [Zedekiah] despised and whose covenant he broke, even with him in the midst of Babylon shall [Zedekiah] die. -- ezekiel 17:16 +. +Neither shall Pharaoh with his mighty army and great company help him in the war when the [Babylonians] cast up mounds and build forts to destroy many lives. -- ezekiel 17:17 +. +For [Zedekiah] despised the oath and broke the covenant and behold, he had given his hand, and yet has done all these things; he shall not escape. -- ezekiel 17:18 +. +Therefore thus says the Lord God: As I live, surely My oath [made for Me by Nebuchadnezzar] that [Zedekiah] has despised and My covenant with him that he has broken, I will even bring down on his own head. -- ezekiel 17:19 +. +And I will spread My net over him, and he shall be taken in My snare; and I will bring him to Babylon and will enter into judgment and punishment with him there for his trespass and treason that he has committed against Me. -- ezekiel 17:20 +. +And all his fugitives [from Judah] in all his bands shall fall by the sword, and they that remain shall be scattered toward every wind. And you shall know (understand and realize) that I the Lord have spoken it. -- ezekiel 17:21 +. +Thus says the Lord God: I Myself will take a twig from the lofty top of the cedar and will set it out; I will crop off from the topmost of its young twigs a tender one and will plant it upon a mountain high and exalted. -- ezekiel 17:22 +. +On the mountain height of Israel will I plant it, that it may bring forth boughs and bear fruit and be a noble cedar, and under it shall dwell all birds of every feather; in the shade of its branches they shall nestle and find rest. -- ezekiel 17:23 +. +And all the trees of the field shall know (understand and realize) that I the Lord have brought low the high tree, have exalted the low tree, have dried up the green tree, and have made the dry tree flourish. I the Lord have spoken, and I will do it. -- ezekiel 17:24 +. +THE WORD of the Lord came to me again, saying, -- ezekiel 18:1 +. +What do you mean by using this proverb concerning the land of Israel, The fathers have eaten sour grapes, and the children's teeth are set on edge? -- ezekiel 18:2 +. +As I live, says the Lord God, you shall not have occasion any more to use this proverb in Israel. -- ezekiel 18:3 +. +Behold, all souls are Mine; as the soul of the father, so also the soul of the son is Mine; the soul that sins, it shall die. -- ezekiel 18:4 +. +But if a man is [uncompromisingly] righteous (upright and in right standing with God) and does what is lawful and right, -- ezekiel 18:5 +. +And has not eaten [at the idol shrines] upon the mountains nor lifted up his eyes to the idols of the house of Israel, has not defiled his neighbor's wife nor come near to a woman in her time of impurity, -- ezekiel 18:6 +. +And has not wronged anyone but has restored to the debtor his pledge, has taken nothing by robbery but has given his bread to the hungry and has covered the naked with a garment, -- ezekiel 18:7 +. +Who does not charge interest or percentage of increase on what he lends [in compassion], who withholds his hand from iniquity, who executes true justice between man and man, -- ezekiel 18:8 +. +Who has walked in My statutes and kept My ordinances, to deal justly; [then] he is [truly] righteous; he shall surely live, says the Lord God. -- ezekiel 18:9 +. +If he begets a son who is a robber or a shedder of blood, who does to a brother either of these sins of violence, -- ezekiel 18:10 +. +And leaves undone all of the duties [of a righteous man], and has even eaten [the food set before idols] on the mountains and defiled his neighbor's wife, -- ezekiel 18:11 +. +Has wronged the poor and needy, has taken by robbery, has not restored [to the debtor] his pledge, has lifted up his eyes to the idols, has committed abomination (things hateful and exceedingly vile in the eyes of God), -- ezekiel 18:12 +. +And has charged interest or percentage of increase on what he has loaned [in supposed compassion]; shall he then live? He shall not live! He has done all these abominations; he shall surely die; his blood shall be upon him. -- ezekiel 18:13 +. +But if this wicked man begets a son who sees all the sins which his father has committed, and considers and fears [God] and does not do like his father, -- ezekiel 18:14 +. +Who has not eaten [food set before idols] upon the mountains nor has lifted up his eyes to the idols of the house of Israel, has not defiled his neighbor's wife, -- ezekiel 18:15 +. +Nor wronged anyone, nor has taken anything in pledge, nor has taken by robbery but has given his bread to the hungry and has covered the naked with a garment, -- ezekiel 18:16 +. +Who has withdrawn his hand from [oppressing] the poor, who has not received interest or increase [from the needy] but has executed My ordinances and has walked in My statutes; he shall not die for the iniquity of his father; he shall surely live. -- ezekiel 18:17 +. +As for his father, because he cruelly oppressed, robbed his brother, and did that which is not good among his people, behold, he shall die for his iniquity and guilt. -- ezekiel 18:18 +. +Yet do you say, Why does not the son bear the iniquity of the father? When the son has done that which is lawful and right and has kept all My statutes and has done them, he shall surely live. -- ezekiel 18:19 +. +The soul that sins, it [is the one that] shall die. The son shall not bear and be punished for the iniquity of the father, neither shall the father bear and be punished for the iniquity of the son; the righteousness of the righteous shall be upon him only, and the wickedness of the wicked shall be upon the wicked only. -- ezekiel 18:20 +. +But if the wicked man turns from all his sins that he has committed and keeps all My statutes and does that which is lawful and right, he shall surely live; he shall not die. -- ezekiel 18:21 +. +None of his transgressions which he has committed shall be remembered against him; for his righteousness which he has executed [for his moral and spiritual rectitude in every area and relation], he shall live. -- ezekiel 18:22 +. +Have I any pleasure in the death of the wicked? says the Lord, and not rather that he should turn from his evil way and return [to his God] and live? -- ezekiel 18:23 +. +But if the righteous man turns away from his righteousness and commits iniquity and does according to all the abominations that the wicked man does, shall he live? None of his righteous deeds which he has done shall be remembered. In his trespass that he has trespassed and in his sin that he has sinned, in them shall he die. -- ezekiel 18:24 +. +Yet you say, The way of the Lord is not fair and just. Hear now, O house of Israel: Is not My way fair and just? Are not your ways unfair and unjust? -- ezekiel 18:25 +. +When a righteous man turns away from his righteousness and commits iniquity and dies in his sins, for his iniquity that he has done he shall die. -- ezekiel 18:26 +. +Again, when the wicked man turns away from his wickedness which he has committed and does that which is lawful and right, he shall save his life. -- ezekiel 18:27 +. +Because he considers and turns away from all his transgressions which he has committed, he shall surely live; he shall not die. -- ezekiel 18:28 +. +Yet says the house of Israel, The way of the Lord is not fair and just! O house of Israel, are not My ways fair and just? Are not your ways unfair and unjust? -- ezekiel 18:29 +. +Therefore I will judge you, O house of Israel, every one according to his ways, says the Lord God. Repent and turn from all your transgressions, lest iniquity be your ruin and so shall they not be a stumbling block to you. -- ezekiel 18:30 +. +Cast away from you all your transgressions by which you have transgressed against Me, and make you a new mind and heart and a new spirit. For why will you die, O house of Israel? -- ezekiel 18:31 +. +For I have no pleasure in the death of him who dies, says the Lord God. Therefore turn (be converted) and live! -- ezekiel 18:32 +. +MOREOVER, TAKE up a lamentation for the princes of Israel, -- ezekiel 19:1 +. +And say, What a lioness was your mother [Jerusalem-Judah]! She couched among lions; in the midst of young lions she nourished her cubs. -- ezekiel 19:2 +. +And she [the royal mother-city] brought up one of her cubs [Jehoahaz]; he became a young lion and he learned to catch the prey; he devoured men. -- ezekiel 19:3 +. +The nations also heard of him; he was taken in their pit, and they brought him with hooks to the land of Egypt. -- ezekiel 19:4 +. +Now when she had waited, she saw her hope was lost. Then she took another of her cubs [Jehoiachin] and made him a young lion. -- ezekiel 19:5 +. +And he [Jehoiachin] went up and down among the lions; he became a young lion and learned to catch prey, and he devoured men. -- ezekiel 19:6 +. +And he knew and ravaged their strongholds and he laid waste their cities, and the land was appalled and all who were in it by the noise of his roaring. -- ezekiel 19:7 +. +Then the nations set against [the king] on every side from the provinces, and they spread their net over him [Jehoiachin]; he was taken in their pit. -- ezekiel 19:8 +. +With hooks they put him in a cage and brought him to the king of Babylon; they brought him into custody and put him in strongholds, that his voice should no more be heard upon the mountains of Israel. -- ezekiel 19:9 +. +Your mother [the mother-city Jerusalem] was like a vine [like you, Zedekiah, and in your blood] planted by the waters; it was fruitful and full of branches by reason of abundant water. -- ezekiel 19:10 +. +And it had strong rods for the scepters of those who bore rule and its height was exalted among the thick branches and into the clouds, and it was seen in its height among the multitude of its branches and was conspicuous. -- ezekiel 19:11 +. +But the vine was plucked up in God's wrath [by His agent the Babylonian king] and it was cast down to the ground; the east wind dried up its fruit; its strong rods were broken off and withered; the fire [of God's judgment] consumed them. -- ezekiel 19:12 +. +And now it is transplanted in the wilderness, in a dry and thirsty land [Babylon]. -- ezekiel 19:13 +. +And fire went out of a rod [Zedekiah] of its branches which has consumed the vine's fruit, so that it has in it no [longer a] strong rod to be a scepter for ruling. This is a lamentation and shall be for a lamentation and a dirge. -- ezekiel 19:14 +. +IN THE seventh year, in the fifth [month], on the tenth [day] of the month [after the beginning of the Babylonian captivity, which was to last seventy years], certain of the elders of Israel came to inquire of the Lord and sat down before me [Ezekiel, in Babylonia]. -- ezekiel 20:1 +. +Then came the word of the Lord to me, saying, -- ezekiel 20:2 +. +Son of man, speak to the elders of Israel and say to them, Thus says the Lord God: Have you come to inquire of Me? As I live, says the Lord God, I will not be inquired of by you! -- ezekiel 20:3 +. +Will you judge them, son of man [Ezekiel], will you judge them? Then cause them to know, understand, and realize the abominations of their fathers. -- ezekiel 20:4 +. +And say to them, Thus says the Lord God: In the day when I chose Israel and lifted up My hand and swore to the offspring of the house of Jacob and made Myself known to them in the land of Egypt, when I lifted up My hand and swore to them, saying, I am the Lord your God, -- ezekiel 20:5 +. +On that day I lifted up My hand and swore to them to bring them out of the land of Egypt to a land that I had searched out for them, flowing with milk and honey, [a land] which is an ornament and a glory to all lands. -- ezekiel 20:6 +. +Then said I to them, Let every man cast away the abominable things on which he feasts his eyes, and defile not yourselves with the idols of Egypt; I am the Lord your God. -- ezekiel 20:7 +. +But they rebelled against Me and would not listen to Me; they did not every man cast away the abominable things on which they feasted their eyes, nor did they forsake the idols of Egypt. Then I [thought], I will pour out My wrath upon them and finish My anger against them in the midst of the land of Egypt. -- ezekiel 20:8 +. +But I acted for My name's sake, that it should not be profaned in the sight of the [heathen] nations among whom they dwelt, in whose sight I made Myself known to them by bringing them out of the land of Egypt. -- ezekiel 20:9 +. +So I caused them to go out from the land of Egypt and brought them into the wilderness. -- ezekiel 20:10 +. +And I gave them My statutes and showed and made known to them My judgments, which, if a man keeps, he must live in and by them. -- ezekiel 20:11 +. +Moreover, also I gave them My Sabbaths to be a sign between Me and them, that they might understand and realize that I am the Lord Who sanctifies them [separates and sets them apart]. -- ezekiel 20:12 +. +But the house of Israel rebelled against Me in the wilderness; they walked not in My statutes and they despised and cast away My judgments, which, if a man keeps, he must even live in and by them; and they grievously profaned My Sabbaths. Then I thought I would pour out My wrath on them in the wilderness and uproot and consume them. -- ezekiel 20:13 +. +But I acted for My name's sake, that it should not be profaned before the [heathen] nations in whose sight I brought them out. -- ezekiel 20:14 +. +Yet also I lifted up My hand to swear to them in the wilderness that I would not bring them into the land which I had given them, flowing with milk and honey, which is the ornament and glory of all lands-- -- ezekiel 20:15 +. +Because they despised and rejected My ordinances and walked not in My statutes and profaned My Sabbaths, for their hearts went after their idols. -- ezekiel 20:16 +. +Yet My eye pitied them instead of destroying them, and I did not make a full end of them in the wilderness. -- ezekiel 20:17 +. +But I said to their sons in the wilderness, You shall not walk in the statutes of your fathers nor observe their ordinances nor defile yourselves with their idols. -- ezekiel 20:18 +. +I the Lord am your God; walk in My statutes and keep My ordinances, -- ezekiel 20:19 +. +And hallow (separate and keep holy) My Sabbaths, and they shall be a sign between Me and you, that you may know, understand, and realize that I am the Lord your God. -- ezekiel 20:20 +. +Yet the sons rebelled against Me; they walked not in My statutes, neither kept My ordinances which, if a man does, he must live in and by them; they profaned My Sabbaths. Then I thought I would pour out My wrath on them and finish My anger against them in the wilderness. -- ezekiel 20:21 +. +Yet I withheld My hand and acted for My name's sake, that it should not be debased and profaned in the sight of the [heathen] nations, in whose sight I had brought them forth [from bondage]. -- ezekiel 20:22 +. +Moreover, I lifted up My hand and swore to them in the wilderness that I would scatter them among the [heathen] nations and disperse them in the countries, -- ezekiel 20:23 +. +Because they had not executed My ordinances but had despised and rejected My statutes and had profaned My Sabbaths, and their eyes were set on their fathers' idols. -- ezekiel 20:24 +. +Wherefore also I gave them [over to] statutes that were not good and ordinances whereby they should not live and could not have life, -- ezekiel 20:25 +. +And I [let them] pollute and make themselves unclean in their own offerings [to their idols], in that they caused to pass through the fire all the firstborn, that I might make them desolate, to the end that they might know, understand, and realize that I am the Lord. -- ezekiel 20:26 +. +Therefore, son of man, speak to the house of Israel and say to them, Thus says the Lord God: Again in this your fathers blasphemed Me, in that they dealt faithlessly and treacherously with Me and committed a treasonous trespass against Me. -- ezekiel 20:27 +. +For when I had brought them into the land which I lifted up My hand and swore to give to them, then they saw every high hill and every dark and leafy tree [as a place for idol worship], and they offered there their sacrifices and there they presented their offering that provoked My anger and sadness; there also they made their sweet-smelling savor and poured out there their drink offerings. -- ezekiel 20:28 +. +Then I said to them, What is the high place to which you go? And the name of it is called Bamah [high place] to this day. -- ezekiel 20:29 +. +Therefore say to the house of Israel, Thus says the Lord God: Do you [exiles] debase and defile yourselves after the manner of your fathers? And do you play the harlot after their loathsome and detestable things? -- ezekiel 20:30 +. +And when you offer your gifts, when you make your sons pass through the fire, do you not debase and defile yourselves with all your idols to this day? And shall I be inquired of by you, O house of Israel? As I live, says the Lord God, I will not be inquired of by you! -- ezekiel 20:31 +. +And that which has come up in your mind shall never happen, in that you think, We will be as the nations, as the tribes of the countries, to serve idols of wood and stone. -- ezekiel 20:32 +. +As I live, says the Lord God, surely with a mighty hand and an outstretched arm and with wrath poured out will I be King over you. -- ezekiel 20:33 +. +And I will bring you out from the peoples and will gather you out of the countries in which you are scattered, with a mighty hand and an outstretched arm and with wrath poured out. -- ezekiel 20:34 +. +And I will bring you into the wilderness of the peoples, and there will I enter into judgment with you and contend with you face to face. -- ezekiel 20:35 +. +As I entered into judgment and contended with your fathers in the wilderness of the land of Egypt, so will I enter into judgment and contend with you, says the Lord God. -- ezekiel 20:36 +. +And I will cause you to pass under the rod [as the shepherd does his sheep when he counts them, and I will count you as Mine and I will constrain you] and bring you into the covenant to which you are permanently bound. -- ezekiel 20:37 +. +And I will purge out and separate from among you the rebels and those who transgress against Me; I will bring them out of the country where they temporarily dwell, but they shall not enter the land of Israel. Then you shall know, understand, and realize that I am the Lord. -- ezekiel 20:38 +. +As for you, O house of Israel, thus says the Lord God: Go, serve every one of you his idols, now and hereafter, if you will not listen to Me! But you shall not profane My holy name any more with your sacrificial gifts and your idols! -- ezekiel 20:39 +. +For on My holy mountain, on the mountain height of Israel, says the Lord God, there all the house of Israel, all of them in the land, shall serve Me. There will I [graciously] accept them, and there will I require your offerings and the firstfruits and the choicest of your contributions, with all your sacred things. -- ezekiel 20:40 +. +I will accept you [graciously] as a pleasant odor when I lead you out from the peoples and gather you out of the countries in which you have been scattered, and I will manifest My holiness among you in the sight of the nations [who will seek Me because of My power displayed in you]. -- ezekiel 20:41 +. +And you shall know, understand, and realize that I am the Lord, when I bring you into the land of Israel, into the country which I lifted up My hand and swore to give to your fathers. -- ezekiel 20:42 +. +And there you shall [earnestly] remember your ways and all your doings with which you have defiled yourselves, and you shall loathe yourselves in your own sight for all your evil deeds which you have done. -- ezekiel 20:43 +. +And you shall know, understand, and realize that I am the Lord, when I deal with you for My name's sake, not according to your evil ways nor according to your corrupt doings, O house of Israel, says the Lord God. -- ezekiel 20:44 +. +Moreover, the word of the Lord came to me, saying, -- ezekiel 20:45 +. +Son of man, set your face toward the south, preach against the south, and prophesy against the forest land of the South (the Negeb), -- ezekiel 20:46 +. +And say to the forest of the South (the Negeb), Hear the word of the Lord; Thus says the Lord God: Behold, I will kindle a fire in you and it shall devour every green tree in you and every dry tree. The blazing flame shall not be quenched, and all faces from the south to the north shall be scorched by it. -- ezekiel 20:47 +. +All flesh shall see that I the Lord have kindled it; it shall not be quenched. -- ezekiel 20:48 +. +Then said I, Ah, Lord God! They are saying of me, Does he not speak in parables and make allegories? -- ezekiel 20:49 +. +AND THE word of the Lord came to me, saying, -- ezekiel 21:1 +. +Son of man, set your face toward Jerusalem and direct your [prophetic] word against the holy places; prophesy against the land of Israel -- ezekiel 21:2 +. +And say to the land of Israel, Thus says the Lord: Behold, I am against you and will draw forth My sword out of its sheath and will cut off from you both the righteous and the wicked. -- ezekiel 21:3 +. +Because I will cut off from you both the righteous and the wicked, therefore shall My sword go out of its sheath against all flesh from the south to the north, -- ezekiel 21:4 +. +And all living shall know, understand, and realize that I the Lord have drawn My sword out of its sheath; it shall not be sheathed any more. -- ezekiel 21:5 +. +Sigh therefore, son of man! With breaking heart and with bitterness shall you sigh before their eyes. -- ezekiel 21:6 +. +And it shall be that when they say to you, Why do you sigh? that you shall answer, Because of the tidings. When it comes, every heart will melt and all hands will be feeble, and every spirit will faint and all knees will be weak as water. Behold, it comes and it shall be fulfilled, says the Lord God. -- ezekiel 21:7 +. +Again the word of the Lord came to me, saying, -- ezekiel 21:8 +. +Son of man, prophesy and say, Thus says the Lord: Say, A sword, a sword is sharpened and also polished; -- ezekiel 21:9 +. +It [the sword of Babylon] is sharpened that it may make a slaughter, polished that it may flash and glitter like lightning! Shall we then rejoice and make mirth [when such a calamity is impending]? But the rod or scepter of My son [Judah] rejects and views with contempt every tree [that is, since God's promise long ago to Judah is certain, he believes Judah's scepter must remain no matter what power arises against it]! -- ezekiel 21:10 +. +And the sword [of Babylon] is given to be polished that it may be put to use; the sword is sharpened and polished to be given into the hand of the slayer. -- ezekiel 21:11 +. +Cry and wail, son of man, for it is against My people; it is against all the princes of Israel; they are thrown to the sword along with My people, and terrors by reason of the sword are upon My people. Therefore smite your thigh [in dismay]. -- ezekiel 21:12 +. +For this sword has been tested and proved [on others], and what if the rejecting and despising rod or scepter of Judah shall be no more but completely swept away? says the Lord God. -- ezekiel 21:13 +. +Therefore, son of man, prophesy and smite your hands together and let the sword be doubled, yes, trebled in intensity--the sword for those to be overthrown and pierced through; it is the sword of great slaughter which encompasses them [so that none can escape, even by entering into their inner chambers]. -- ezekiel 21:14 +. +I have set the threatening and glittering sword against all their gates, that their hearts may melt and their stumblings be multiplied. Ah! It is made [to flash] like lightning; it is pointed and sharpened for slaughter. -- ezekiel 21:15 +. +Turn [O sword] and cut right or cut left, whichever way your lust for blood and your edge direct you. -- ezekiel 21:16 +. +I will also clap My hands, and I will cause My wrath to rest. I the Lord have said it. -- ezekiel 21:17 +. +The word of the Lord came to me again, saying, -- ezekiel 21:18 +. +Also, son of man, mark out two ways by which the sword of the king of Babylon may come; both shall come forth from the same land. And make a signpost (a hand); make it at the head of the way to a city. -- ezekiel 21:19 +. +You shall point out a way for the [Babylonian] sword to come to Rabbah [the capital] of the sons of Ammon and to Judah with Jerusalem, the fortified and inaccessible. -- ezekiel 21:20 +. +For the king of Babylon stands at the parting of the way, at the fork of the two ways, to use divination. He shakes the arrows to and fro, he consults the teraphim (household gods), he looks at the liver. -- ezekiel 21:21 +. +In his right hand is the lot marked for Jerusalem: to set battering rams, to open the mouth calling for slaughter, to lift up the voice with a war cry, to set battering rams against the gates, to cast up siege mounds, and to build siege towers. -- ezekiel 21:22 +. +And it shall seem like a lying divination to them who have sworn oaths [of allegiance to Nebuchadnezzar]. [Will he now fight against their homeland?] But he will remind them of their guilt and iniquity [in violating those oaths], that they may be caught. -- ezekiel 21:23 +. +Therefore thus says the Lord God: Because you have made your guilt and iniquity to be remembered, in that your transgressions are uncovered, so that in all your doings your sins appear--because, I say, you have come to remembrance, you shall be taken with the [enemy's] hand. -- ezekiel 21:24 +. +And you, O dishonored and wicked one [Zedekiah], the prince of Israel, whose day will come at the time of your final reckoning and punishment, -- ezekiel 21:25 +. +Thus says the Lord God: Remove the [high priest's] miter or headband and take off the [king's] crown; things shall not remain as they have been; the low is to be exalted and the high is to be brought low. -- ezekiel 21:26 +. +I will overthrow, overthrow, overthrow it; this also shall be no more until He comes Whose right it is [to reign in judgment and in righteousness], and I will give it to Him. -- ezekiel 21:27 +. +And you, son of man, prophesy and say, Thus says the Lord God concerning the sons of Ammon and concerning their reproach: Say, A sword, a sword is drawn for the slaughter; it is polished to cause it to devour to the uttermost and to flash like lightning, -- ezekiel 21:28 +. +While they see for you false visions, while they divine lies for you to lay you [of Ammon] upon the headless trunks of those who are slain, of the wicked whose day is coming at the time of the final reckoning and punishment. -- ezekiel 21:29 +. +Return [the sword] to its sheath. In the place where you were created, in the land of your origin and of your birth, I will judge you. -- ezekiel 21:30 +. +And I will pour out My indignation upon you [O sons of Ammon]; I will blow upon you with the fire of My wrath and will deliver you into the hand of brutish men, skillful to destroy. -- ezekiel 21:31 +. +You shall be for fuel to the fire; your blood shall be in the midst of the land; you shall be no more remembered, for I the Lord have spoken it. -- ezekiel 21:32 +. +MOREOVER, THE word of the Lord came to me, saying, -- ezekiel 22:1 +. +And you son of man [Ezekiel], will you judge, will you judge the bloodshedding city? Then cause her to know all her abominations, -- ezekiel 22:2 +. +And say, Thus says the Lord God: A city that sheds blood in the midst of her so that her time [of doom] will come, and makes idols [over those who worship them] to defile her! -- ezekiel 22:3 +. +In your blood which you have shed you have become guilty, and you are defiled by the idols which you have made, and you have caused your time [of judgment and punishment] to draw near and have arrived at the full measure of your years. Therefore have I made you a reproach to the [heathen] nations and a mocking to all countries. -- ezekiel 22:4 +. +Those who are near and those who are far from you will mock you, you infamous one, full of tumult. -- ezekiel 22:5 +. +Behold, the princes of Israel in you, every one according to his power, have been intending to shed blood. -- ezekiel 22:6 +. +In you have they treated father and mother lightly; in the midst of you they have dealt unjustly and by oppression in relation to the stranger; in you they have wronged the fatherless and the widow. -- ezekiel 22:7 +. +You have despised and scorned My sacred things and have profaned My Sabbaths. -- ezekiel 22:8 +. +In you are slanderous men who arouse suspicions to shed blood, and in you are they who have eaten [food offered to idols] upon the mountains; in the midst of you they have committed lewdness. -- ezekiel 22:9 +. +In you men have uncovered their fathers' nakedness [the nakedness of mother or stepmother]; in you they have humbled women who are [ceremonially] unclean [during their periods or because of childbirth]. -- ezekiel 22:10 +. +And one has committed abomination with his neighbor's wife, another has lewdly defiled his daughter-in-law, and another in you has humbled his sister, his father's daughter. -- ezekiel 22:11 +. +In you they have accepted bribes to shed blood; you have taken [forbidden] interest and [percentage of] increase, and you have greedily gained from your neighbors by oppression and extortion and have forgotten Me, says the Lord God. -- ezekiel 22:12 +. +Behold therefore, I have struck My hands together at your dishonest gain which you have made and at the blood which has been in the midst of you. -- ezekiel 22:13 +. +Can your heart and courage endure or can your hands be strong in the days that I shall deal with you? I the Lord have spoken it, and I will do it. -- ezekiel 22:14 +. +And I will scatter you among the nations and disperse you through the countries, and I will consume your filthiness out of you. -- ezekiel 22:15 +. +And you shall be dishonored and profane yourself in the sight of the nations, and you shall know (understand and realize) that I am the Lord. -- ezekiel 22:16 +. +And the word of the Lord came to me, saying, -- ezekiel 22:17 +. +Son of man, the house of Israel has become to Me scum and waste matter. All of them are bronze and tin and iron and lead in the midst of the furnace; they are the dross of silver. -- ezekiel 22:18 +. +Therefore thus says the Lord God: Because you have all become scum and waste matter, behold therefore, I will gather you [O Israel] into the midst of Jerusalem. -- ezekiel 22:19 +. +As they gather silver and bronze and iron and lead and tin into the midst of the furnace, to blow the fire upon it in order to melt it, so will I gather you in My anger and in My wrath, and I will put you in and melt you. -- ezekiel 22:20 +. +Yes, I will gather you and blow upon you with the fire of My wrath, and you shall be melted in the midst of it. -- ezekiel 22:21 +. +As silver is melted in the midst of the furnace, so shall you be melted in the midst of it, and you shall know, understand, and realize that I the Lord have poured out My wrath upon you [O Israel]. -- ezekiel 22:22 +. +And the word of the Lord came to me, saying, -- ezekiel 22:23 +. +Son of man, say to her, You are a land that is not cleansed nor rained upon in the day of indignation. -- ezekiel 22:24 +. +There is a conspiracy of [Israel's false] prophets in the midst of her, like a roaring lion tearing the prey; they have devoured human lives; they have taken [in their greed] treasure and precious things; they have made many widows in the midst of her. -- ezekiel 22:25 +. +Her priests have done violence to My law and have profaned My holy things. They have made no distinction between the sacred and the secular, neither have they taught people the difference between the unclean and the clean and have hid their eyes from My Sabbaths, and I am profaned among them. -- ezekiel 22:26 +. +Her princes in the midst of her are like wolves rending and devouring the prey, shedding blood and destroying lives to get dishonest gain. -- ezekiel 22:27 +. +And her prophets have daubed them over with whitewash, seeing false visions and divining lies to them, saying, Thus says the Lord God--when the Lord has not spoken. -- ezekiel 22:28 +. +The people of the land have used oppression and extortion and have committed robbery; yes, they have wronged and vexed the poor and needy; yes, they have oppressed the stranger and temporary resident wrongfully. -- ezekiel 22:29 +. +And I sought a man among them who should build up the wall and stand in the gap before Me for the land, that I should not destroy it, but I found none. -- ezekiel 22:30 +. +Therefore have I poured out My indignation upon them; I have consumed them with the fire of My wrath; their own way have I repaid [by bringing it] upon their own heads, says the Lord God. -- ezekiel 22:31 +. +THE WORD of the Lord came again to me, saying, -- ezekiel 23:1 +. +Son of man, there were two women, the daughters of one mother; -- ezekiel 23:2 +. +And they played the harlot in Egypt. There they played the harlot in their youth; there their bosoms were pressed and there their virgin breasts were handled. -- ezekiel 23:3 +. +And the names of them were Aholah the elder and Aholibah her sister, and they became Mine and they bore sons and daughters. As for the identity of their names, Aholah is Samaria and Aholibah is Jerusalem. -- ezekiel 23:4 +. +And Aholah played the harlot when she was Mine, and she was foolishly fond of her lovers and doted on the Assyrians her neighbors, -- ezekiel 23:5 +. +Who were clothed with blue, governors and deputies, all of them attractive young men, horsemen riding upon horses. -- ezekiel 23:6 +. +And she bestowed her harlotries upon them, the choicest men of Assyria all of them; and on whomever she doted, with all their idols she defiled herself. -- ezekiel 23:7 +. +Neither has she left her harlotries since the days of Egypt [from where she brought them], for in her youth men there lay with her and handled her girlish bosom, and they poured out their sinful desire upon her. -- ezekiel 23:8 +. +Wherefore I delivered her into the hand of her lovers, into the hand of the Assyrians upon whom she doted. -- ezekiel 23:9 +. +These uncovered her nakedness and shame; they took her sons and her daughters and they slew her with the sword, and her name became notorious and a byword among women when judgments were executed upon her. -- ezekiel 23:10 +. +And her sister Aholibah saw this; yet she was more corrupt in her foolish fondness than she, and in her harlotries she was more wanton than her sister in her harlotries. -- ezekiel 23:11 +. +She doted upon the Assyrians--governors and deputies, her neighbors, clothed most gorgeously, horsemen riding upon horses, all of them desirable young men. -- ezekiel 23:12 +. +And I saw that she was defiled, that both [of the sisters] took one way. -- ezekiel 23:13 +. +But [Aholibah] carried her harlotries further, for she saw men pictured upon the wall, the pictures of the Chaldeans sketched in bright red pigment, -- ezekiel 23:14 +. +Girded with girdles on their loins, with flowing turbans on their heads, all of them looking like officers, a picture of Babylonian men whose native land was Chaldea, -- ezekiel 23:15 +. +Then as soon as she saw [the sketches of] them, she doted on them and sent messengers to them in Chaldea. -- ezekiel 23:16 +. +And the Babylonians came to her into the bed of love, and they defiled her with their evil desire; and when she was polluted by them, she [Jerusalem] broke the relationship and pushed them away from her in disgust. -- ezekiel 23:17 +. +So she flaunted her harlotries and exposed her nakedness, and I was disgusted and turned from her, as I had turned in disgust from her sister. -- ezekiel 23:18 +. +Yet she multiplied her harlotries, remembering the days of her youth in which she had played the harlot in the land of Egypt. -- ezekiel 23:19 +. +For she doted upon her paramours there, whose lust was sensuous and vulgar like that of asses or stallions. -- ezekiel 23:20 +. +Thus you yearned for the lewdness of your youth, when those of Egypt handled your bosom on account of your girlish breasts. -- ezekiel 23:21 +. +Therefore, O Aholibah, thus says the Lord God: Behold, I will rouse up your lovers against you, from whom you turned in disgust, and I will bring them against you on every side: -- ezekiel 23:22 +. +The Babylonians and all the Chaldeans, Pekod and Shoa and Koa, and all the Assyrians with them, desirable young men, governors and officers all of them, princes, men of renown and counselors, all of them riding on horses. -- ezekiel 23:23 +. +And they shall come against you with weapons, chariots, wagons and wheels, and with a host of infantry which shall array themselves against you with buckler and shield and helmet round about; and I will commit the judgment and punishment to them, and they shall judge and punish you according to their [heathen] customs in such matters. -- ezekiel 23:24 +. +And I will set My jealous indignation against you, and they shall deal with you in fury; they shall take away your nose and your ears, and those who are left of you shall fall by the sword; they shall take your sons and your daughters, and the remainder shall be devoured by the fire. -- ezekiel 23:25 +. +They shall also strip you [Judah] of your clothes and take away your fine jewels. -- ezekiel 23:26 +. +Thus I will put an end to your lewdness and your harlotry brought from the land of Egypt, so that you will not lift up your eyes to them nor [earnestly] remember Egypt any more. -- ezekiel 23:27 +. +For thus says the Lord God: Behold, I will deliver you into the hands of those whom you hate, into the hands of those from whom you turned away in disgust. -- ezekiel 23:28 +. +They shall deal with you in hatred and shall take away all [the earnings of] your labor and shall leave you naked and bare, and the nakedness of your harlotry shall be uncovered, both your lewdness and your wanton ways. -- ezekiel 23:29 +. +These things shall be done to you, because you have played the harlot after the nations and because you have defiled yourself with their idols. -- ezekiel 23:30 +. +You have walked in the way of your sister [Samaria, Israel's capital]; therefore I will give her cup into your hand. -- ezekiel 23:31 +. +Thus says the Lord God: You shall drink of your sister's cup which is deep and wide and brimful; you shall be laughed to scorn and held in derision, for it contains much [too much to endure]. -- ezekiel 23:32 +. +You shall be filled with drunkenness and sorrow, with the cup of wasting astonishment and horror and desolation, with the cup of your sister Samaria. -- ezekiel 23:33 +. +You shall drink it and drain it out, and then gnaw the pieces of it [which in your drunkenness you have broken] and shall tear your [own] breasts; for I have spoken it, says the Lord God. -- ezekiel 23:34 +. +Therefore thus says the Lord God: Because you have forgotten Me [your divine Husband] and cast Me behind your back, therefore bear also [the consequences of] your lewdness and your harlotry. -- ezekiel 23:35 +. +The Lord said, moreover, to me: Son of man, will you judge Aholah and Aholibah? Then declare and show to them their abominations (the detestable, loathsome, and shamefully vile things they do), -- ezekiel 23:36 +. +For they have committed adultery and blood is on their hands, even with their idols have they committed adultery [against Me]. And they have also caused their sons, whom they bore to Me, to pass through the fire to their images [as an offering of food] to be devoured [by them]. -- ezekiel 23:37 +. +Moreover, this they have done to Me: they have defiled My sanctuary on the same day [of their idolatries] and have profaned My Sabbaths. -- ezekiel 23:38 +. +For when they had slain their children [as offerings] to their idols, then they came the same day into My sanctuary to profane it [by daring to offer sacrifice there also]! And behold, thus have they done in the midst of My house! -- ezekiel 23:39 +. +And furthermore, you have sent for men to come from afar, to whom a messenger was sent; and behold, they came--those for whom you washed yourself, painted your eyelids, and decked yourself with ornaments; -- ezekiel 23:40 +. +And you sat upon a stately couch with a table spread before it upon which you set My incense and My oil. -- ezekiel 23:41 +. +And the sound of a careless crowd was with her, and with men of the common sort were brought drunkards from the wilderness, who put bracelets upon the hands of both sisters and beautiful crowns upon their heads. -- ezekiel 23:42 +. +Then I said of the one [Aholah] worn out with adulteries, Will they now play the harlot with her [now that she is old] and she with them? -- ezekiel 23:43 +. +Yet they went in to her as they go in to a woman who plays the harlot; so they went in to Aholah and to Aholibah [Israel and Judah], the lewd women. -- ezekiel 23:44 +. +And the righteous men, they shall judge and condemn them to the punishment due to adulteresses, to women who shed blood, for they are adulteresses and blood is upon their hands. -- ezekiel 23:45 +. +For thus says the Lord God: I will bring up a host upon them and will give them over to be tossed to and fro and robbed. -- ezekiel 23:46 +. +And the host shall stone them with stones and cut them down with their swords; they shall slay their sons and their daughters and burn up their houses with fire. -- ezekiel 23:47 +. +Thus will I cause lewdness to cease out of the land, that all women may be taught not to do after your lewdness. -- ezekiel 23:48 +. +Thus your lewdness shall be recompensed upon you and you shall suffer the penalty for your sinful idolatry; and you shall know (understand and realize) that I am the Lord God. -- ezekiel 23:49 +. +AGAIN IN the ninth year [of King Jehoiachin's captivity by Nebuchadnezzar of Babylon], in the tenth month, on the tenth day of the month, the word of the Lord came to me, saying, -- ezekiel 24:1 +. +Son of man, record the name of the day, even of this same day; the king of Babylon set himself against and assailed Jerusalem this same day. -- ezekiel 24:2 +. +And utter a parable against the rebellious house [of Judah] and say to them, Thus says the Lord God: Put on a pot; put it on and also pour water into it. -- ezekiel 24:3 +. +Put into it the pieces [of meat], all the good pieces, the thigh and the shoulder; fill it with the choice of the bones. -- ezekiel 24:4 +. +Take the choicest of the flock and burn also the unused bones under it, and make it boil well and seethe its bones in [the pot]. -- ezekiel 24:5 +. +Therefore thus says the Lord God: Woe to the bloody city, to the pot whose rust and scum are in it and whose rust and scum have not gone out of it! Take out of it piece by piece, without making any choice. -- ezekiel 24:6 +. +For the blood she has shed remains in the midst of her; she put it upon the bare rock; she did not pour it on the ground to cover it with dust. -- ezekiel 24:7 +. +That it may cause wrath to come up to take vengeance, I have put her blood [guilt for her children sacrificed to Molech] upon the bare rock, that it would not be covered. -- ezekiel 24:8 +. +Therefore thus says the Lord God: Woe to the bloodguilty city! Also I will make the pile [of fuel] great. -- ezekiel 24:9 +. +Heap on wood, kindle the fire and make it hot, boil well the meat and mix the spices, pour out the broth when thick, and let the bones be burned up. -- ezekiel 24:10 +. +Then set [the pot Jerusalem] back empty upon the coals, that the bronze of it may be hot and may glow and the filthiness of it may be melted in it and the rust and scum of it may be consumed. -- ezekiel 24:11 +. +She has wearied herself and Me with toil; yet her great rust and scum go not forth out of her, for however hotly the fire burns, her thick rust and filth will not go out of her by fire. -- ezekiel 24:12 +. +In your filthiness is abomination; [and therefore] because I would have cleansed you and you were not cleansed, you shall not be cleansed from your filthiness any more until I have satisfied My wrath against and upon you. -- ezekiel 24:13 +. +I the Lord have spoken it; it shall come to pass and I will do it; I will not go back, neither will I spare, neither will I relent; according to your ways and according to your doings shall they judge and punish you, says the Lord God. -- ezekiel 24:14 +. +Also the word of the Lord came to me, saying, -- ezekiel 24:15 +. +Son of man [Ezekiel], behold, I take away from you the desire of your eyes [your wife] at a single stroke. Yet you shall neither mourn nor weep, neither shall your tears flow. -- ezekiel 24:16 +. +Sigh and groan, but not aloud [be silent]; make no mourning for the dead; bind your turban upon your head and put your shoes on your feet, and do not cover your beard or eat the bread of mourners [furnished by others]. -- ezekiel 24:17 +. +So I spoke to the people in the morning and in the evening my wife died, and I did the next morning as I was commanded. -- ezekiel 24:18 +. +And the people said to me, Will you not tell us what these things are supposed to mean to us, that you are acting as you do? -- ezekiel 24:19 +. +Then I answered them, The word of the Lord came to me, saying, -- ezekiel 24:20 +. +Speak to the house of Israel, Thus says the Lord God: Behold, I will profane My sanctuary--[in which you take] pride as your strength, the desire of your eyes, and the pity and sympathy of your soul [that you would spare with your life]; and your sons and your daughters whom you have left behind shall fall by the sword. -- ezekiel 24:21 +. +And you shall do as I [Ezekiel] have done; you shall not cover your beard nor eat the bread of mourning [brought to you by others], -- ezekiel 24:22 +. +And your turbans shall be upon your heads and your shoes upon your feet; you shall not mourn or weep, but you shall pine away for your iniquities (your guilt) and sigh and groan to one another. -- ezekiel 24:23 +. +Thus Ezekiel is to you a sign; according to all that he has done you shall do. And when this [destruction of the temple] comes, you shall know, understand, and realize that I am the Lord God [the Sovereign Ruler, Who calls forth loyalty and obedient service]. -- ezekiel 24:24 +. +And you, son of man, on the day when I take from them [My temple] their strength and their stronghold, their joy and their glory, the delight of their eyes and their hearts' chief desire, and also [take] their sons and their daughters-- -- ezekiel 24:25 +. +On that day an escaped fugitive shall come to you to cause you to hear of it [the destruction of Jerusalem] with your own ears. -- ezekiel 24:26 +. +In that day your mouth shall be open to him who has escaped, and you shall speak and be no more speechless, and you shall be a sign to them and they shall know, understand, and realize that I am the Lord. -- ezekiel 24:27 +. +THE WORD of the Lord came again to me, saying, -- ezekiel 25:1 +. +Son of man, set your face toward the Ammonites and prophesy against them. -- ezekiel 25:2 +. +And say to the Ammonites, Hear the word of the Lord God, for thus says the Lord God: Because you said Aha! over My sanctuary when it was profaned and over the land of Israel when it was made desolate and over the house of Judah when it went into captivity and exile, -- ezekiel 25:3 +. +Therefore behold, I am delivering you to the people of the East for a possession, and they shall set their encampments among you and make their dwellings in your midst; they shall eat your fruit and they shall drink your milk. -- ezekiel 25:4 +. +And I will make Rabbah [your chief city] a stable for camels and [the cities of] the Ammonites a fold for flocks. And you shall know (understand and realize) that I am the Lord [the Sovereign Ruler, Who calls forth loyalty and obedient service]. -- ezekiel 25:5 +. +For thus says the Lord God: Because you have clapped your hands and stamped with the feet and rejoiced [in heart] with all the contempt, malice, and spite that is in you against the land of Israel, -- ezekiel 25:6 +. +Therefore behold, I have stretched out My hand against you and will hand you over for a prey and a spoil to the nations, and I will cut you off from the peoples and will cause you to perish and be lost out of the countries; I will destroy you. Then will you know (understand and realize) that I am the Lord [the Sovereign Ruler, Who calls forth loyalty and obedient service]. -- ezekiel 25:7 +. +Thus says the Lord God: Because Moab says, as does Seir [Edom], Behold, the house of Judah is like all the [heathen] nations, -- ezekiel 25:8 +. +Therefore behold, I will lay open the flank of Moab from the cities, from its cities on its frontiers and in every quarter, the glory of the country, Beth-jeshimoth, Baal-meon, and Kiriathaim. -- ezekiel 25:9 +. +I will give it along with the children of Ammon to the people of the East for a possession, that it and the children of Ammon may not be [any more seriously] remembered among the nations. -- ezekiel 25:10 +. +And I will execute judgments and punishments upon Moab, and they shall know (understand and realize) that I am the Lord [the Sovereign Ruler, Who calls forth loyalty and obedient service]. -- ezekiel 25:11 +. +Thus says the Lord God: Because Edom has dealt against the house of Judah by taking vengeance and has greatly offended and has become doubly guilty by taking revenge upon them, -- ezekiel 25:12 +. +Therefore thus says the Lord God: I will also stretch out My hand against Edom and will cut off and root out man and beast from it, and I will make it desolate; from Teman even to Dedan they shall fall by the sword. -- ezekiel 25:13 +. +And I will lay My vengeance upon Edom by the hand of My people Israel, and they shall do upon Edom according to My anger and according to My wrath, and they shall know My vengeance, says the Lord God. -- ezekiel 25:14 +. +Thus says the Lord God: Because the Philistines have dealt revengefully and have taken vengeance contemptuously, with malice and spite in their hearts, to destroy in perpetual enmity, -- ezekiel 25:15 +. +Therefore thus says the Lord God: Behold, I will stretch out My hand against the Philistines, and I will cut off the Cherethites [an immigration in Philistia] and destroy the remainder of the seacoast. -- ezekiel 25:16 +. +And I will execute great vengeance upon them with wrathful rebukes and chastisements, and they shall know (understand and realize) that I am the Lord, when I lay My vengeance upon them. -- ezekiel 25:17 +. +AND IN the eleventh year, on the first day of the month [after the carrying away of King Jehoiachin], the word of the Lord came to me, saying, -- ezekiel 26:1 +. +Son of man, because Tyre has said against Jerusalem, Aha! She is broken that has been the gate of the people; she is open to me [Tyre]; I shall become full now that she is desolate and a wasteland, -- ezekiel 26:2 +. +Therefore thus says the Lord God: Behold, I am against you, O Tyre, and will cause many nations to come up against you as the sea mounts up by its waves. -- ezekiel 26:3 +. +And they shall destroy the walls of Tyre and break down her towers; I will also scrape her dust from her and make her bare like the top of a rock. -- ezekiel 26:4 +. +Her island in the midst of the sea shall become a place for the spreading of nets, for I have spoken it, says the Lord God; and she shall become a prey and a spoil to the nations. -- ezekiel 26:5 +. +And Tyre's daughters [her towns and villages on the mainland] in the level place shall be slain by the sword, and they shall know (understand and realize) that I am the Lord [the Sovereign Ruler, Who calls forth loyalty and obedient service]. -- ezekiel 26:6 +. +For thus says the Lord God: Behold, I will bring from the north upon Tyre Nebuchadrezzar king of Babylon, a king of kings, with horses and chariots and with horsemen and a host of many people. -- ezekiel 26:7 +. +He shall slay with the sword your daughters [the towns and villages] in the level area [on the mainland], and he shall make a fortified wall against you and cast up a siege mound against you and raise up a roof of bucklers and shields as a defense against you. -- ezekiel 26:8 +. +And he shall set his battering engines in shock against your walls, and with his axes he will break down your towers. -- ezekiel 26:9 +. +Because of the great number of [Nebuchadrezzar's] horses, their dust will cover you; your walls [O Tyre] will shake at the noise of the horsemen and of the wagon wheels and of the chariots, when he enters into your gates as men enter into the city in whose walls there has been made a breach. -- ezekiel 26:10 +. +With the hoofs of his horses [Nebuchadrezzar] will trample all your streets; he will slay your people with the sword and your strong pillars or obelisks will fall to the ground. -- ezekiel 26:11 +. +And [your adversaries] shall make a spoil of your riches and make booty of your merchandise. And they shall break down your walls and destroy your pleasant houses, and they shall lay the stones and the timber and the very dust from your demolished city out in the midst of the water [between the island and the mainland city site to make a causeway]. -- ezekiel 26:12 +. +And I will cause the noise of your songs to cease, and the sound of your lyres shall be no more heard. -- ezekiel 26:13 +. +And I will make you [Tyre] a bare rock; you shall be a place upon which to spread nets; you shall never be rebuilt, for I the Lord have spoken it, says the Lord God. -- ezekiel 26:14 +. +Thus says the Lord God to Tyre: Shall not the isles and coastlands shake at the sound of your fall when the wounded groan, when the slaughter is made in the midst of you? -- ezekiel 26:15 +. +Then all the princes of the sea shall come down from their thrones and lay aside their robes and strip off their embroidered garments; they shall clothe themselves with tremblings; they shall sit upon the ground and shall tremble every moment and be astonished at you and appalled. -- ezekiel 26:16 +. +They shall take up a lamentation over you and say to you, How you are destroyed and vanished, O renowned city that was won from the seas and inhabited by seafaring men, renowned city that was mighty on the sea, she and her inhabitants who caused their terror to fall upon all who dwell there! -- ezekiel 26:17 +. +Now the isles and coastlands tremble in the day of your fall; yes, the isles that are in the sea are troubled and dismayed at your departure. -- ezekiel 26:18 +. +For thus says the Lord God: When I make you a desolate city like the cities that are not inhabited, when I bring up the deep over you and great waters cover you, -- ezekiel 26:19 +. +Then I will thrust you down with those who descend into the pit (the place of the dead) to the people of olden times, and I will make you [Tyre] to dwell in the lower world like the places that were desolate of old, with those who go down to the pit, that you be not inhabited or shed forth your glory and renown in the land of the living. -- ezekiel 26:20 +. +I will make you a terror [bring you to a dreadful end] and you shall be no more. Though you be sought, yet you shall never be found again, says the Lord God. -- ezekiel 26:21 +. +THE WORD of the Lord came again to me, saying, -- ezekiel 27:1 +. +Now you, son of man, take up a lamentation over Tyre, -- ezekiel 27:2 +. +And say to Tyre, O you who dwell at the entrance to the sea, who are merchant of the peoples of many islands and coastlands, thus says the Lord God: O Tyre, you have thought and said, I am perfect in beauty. -- ezekiel 27:3 +. +Your borders are in the heart of the seas; your builders have perfected your beauty. -- ezekiel 27:4 +. +They have made all your planks and boards of fir trees from Senir [a peak of Mount Hermon]; they have taken a cedar from Lebanon to make a mast for you. -- ezekiel 27:5 +. +Of the oaks of Bashan they have made your oars; they have made your deck and benches of boxwood from the coasts of Cyprus, inlaid with ivory. -- ezekiel 27:6 +. +Of fine linen with embroidered work from Egypt was your sail, that it might be an ensign for you; blue and purple from the coasts of Elishah [of Asia Minor] was the [ship's] awning which covered you. -- ezekiel 27:7 +. +The inhabitants of Sidon and [the island] of Arvad were your oarsmen; your skilled and wise men, O Tyre, were in you; they were your pilots. -- ezekiel 27:8 +. +The old men of Gebal [a city north of Sidon] and its skilled and wise men in you were your calkers; all the ships of the sea with their mariners were in you to deal in your merchandise and trading. -- ezekiel 27:9 +. +Persia and Lud and Put were in your army as your men of war; they hung the shield and helmet in you; they gave you beauty and splendor. -- ezekiel 27:10 +. +The men of Arvad with your army were upon your walls round about and valorous men [of Gamad] were in your towers; they hung their shields upon your walls round about; they have perfected your beauty and splendor. -- ezekiel 27:11 +. +Tarshish [in Spain] carried on traffic with you because of the abundance of your riches of all kinds; with silver, iron, tin, and lead they traded for your wares. -- ezekiel 27:12 +. +Javan (Greece), Tubal, and Meshech [in the mountainous region between the Black and Caspian Seas] traded with you. They exchanged the lives of men [taken as slaves] and vessels of bronze for your merchandise. -- ezekiel 27:13 +. +They of the house of Togarmah (Armenia) traded for your wares with [chariot] horses, cavalry horses, and mules. -- ezekiel 27:14 +. +The men of Dedan [in Arabia] traded with you; many islands and coastlands were your own markets; they brought you in payment or as presents ivory tusks and ebony. -- ezekiel 27:15 +. +Aram (Syria or Mesopotamia) and Edom traded with you because of the multitude of the wares of your making. They exchanged for your merchandise emeralds, purple, embroidered work, fine linen, coral, and agate or rubies. -- ezekiel 27:16 +. +Judah and the land of Israel, they were your traders; they exchanged in your market wheat of Minnith [in Ammon], olives or early figs, honey, oil, and balm. -- ezekiel 27:17 +. +Damascus traded with you because of the abundance of supplies of your handiworks and the immense wealth of every kind, with wine of Helbon [Aleppo] and white wool [of Sachar in Syria]. -- ezekiel 27:18 +. +Vedan also and [Arabic] Javan traded with yarn from Uzal [in Arabia] for your wares; wrought iron, cassia, and calamus were exchanged for your merchandise. -- ezekiel 27:19 +. +Dedan supplied you with precious [saddle] cloths for riding. -- ezekiel 27:20 +. +Arabia and all the princes of Kedar, they were the merchants in lambs, rams, and goats favored by you; in these they traded with you. -- ezekiel 27:21 +. +The merchants of Sheba and Raamah [in Arabia] traded with you; they exchanged for your wares the choicest of all kinds of spices and all precious stones and gold. -- ezekiel 27:22 +. +Haran and Canneh and Eden [in Mesopotamia], the merchants of Sheba [on the Euphrates], Asshur, and Chilmad [near Bagdad] were your traders. -- ezekiel 27:23 +. +These traded with you in choice fabrics, in bales of garments of blue and embroidered work, and in treasures of many colored rich damask and carpets bound with cords and made firm; in these they traded with you. -- ezekiel 27:24 +. +The ships of Tarshish were your caravans for your merchandise, and you were replenished [Tyre] and were heavily loaded and made an imposing fleet [in your location] in the heart of the seas. -- ezekiel 27:25 +. +Your rowers have brought you out into great and deep waters; the east wind has broken and wrecked you in the heart of the seas. -- ezekiel 27:26 +. +Your riches, your wares, your merchandise, your oarsmen and your pilots, your caulkers, your dealers in merchandise, and all your men of war who are in you, with all your company which is in your midst, sink in the heart of the seas on the day of your ruin! -- ezekiel 27:27 +. +The waves and the countryside shake at the [piercing] sound of the [hopeless, wailing] cry of your pilots. -- ezekiel 27:28 +. +And down from their ships come all who handle the oar. The mariners and all the pilots of the sea stand upon the shore -- ezekiel 27:29 +. +And are heard wailing loudly over you, and they cry bitterly. They cast up dust on their heads; they wallow in ashes, -- ezekiel 27:30 +. +And they make themselves [utterly] bald for you and gird themselves with sackcloth, and they weep over you in bitterness of heart and with bitter mourning and wailing. -- ezekiel 27:31 +. +And in their wailing they take up a lamentation for you and lament over you, saying, Who was ever like Tyre, the destroyed (the annihilated), [who has become so still] in the heart of the sea? -- ezekiel 27:32 +. +When your wares came forth from the seas, you met the desire, the demand, and the necessities of many people; you enriched the kings of the earth with your abundant wealth and merchandise. -- ezekiel 27:33 +. +Now you are shattered by the seas in the depths of the waters; your merchandise and all your crew have gone down with you. -- ezekiel 27:34 +. +All the inhabitants of the isles and coastlands are astonished and appalled at you, and their kings are horribly frightened and shudder greatly; their faces quiver. -- ezekiel 27:35 +. +The merchants among the people hiss over you [with malicious joy]; you have become a horror and a source of terrors. You shall be no more [forever]. -- ezekiel 27:36 +. +THE WORD of the Lord came again to me, saying, -- ezekiel 28:1 +. +Son of man, say to the prince of Tyre, Thus says the Lord God: Because your heart is lifted up and you have said and thought, I am a god, I sit in the seat of the gods, in the heart of the seas; yet you are only man [weak, feeble, made of earth] and not God, though you imagine yourself to be almost more than mortal with your mind as the mind of God; -- ezekiel 28:2 +. +Indeed, you are [imagining yourself] wiser than Daniel; there is no secret [you think] that is hidden from you; -- ezekiel 28:3 +. +With your own wisdom and with your own understanding you have gotten you riches and power and have brought gold and silver into your treasuries; -- ezekiel 28:4 +. +By your great wisdom and by your traffic you have increased your riches and power, and your heart is proud and lifted up because of your wealth; -- ezekiel 28:5 +. +Therefore thus says the Lord God: Because you have imagined your mind as the mind of God [having thoughts and purposes suitable only to God Himself], -- ezekiel 28:6 +. +Behold therefore, I am bringing strangers upon you, the most terrible of the nations, and they shall draw their swords against the beauty of your wisdom [O Tyre], and they shall defile your splendor. -- ezekiel 28:7 +. +They shall bring you down to the pit [of destruction] and you shall die the [many] deaths of all the Tyrians that are slain in the heart of the seas. -- ezekiel 28:8 +. +Will you still say, I am a god, before him who slays you? But you are only a man [made of earth] and no god in the hand of him who wounds and profanes you. -- ezekiel 28:9 +. +You shall die the death of the uncircumcised by the hand of strangers, for I have spoken it, says the Lord God. -- ezekiel 28:10 +. +Moreover, the word of the Lord came to me, saying, -- ezekiel 28:11 +. +Son of man, take up a lamentation over the king of Tyre and say to him, Thus says the Lord God: You are the full measure and pattern of exactness [giving the finishing touch to all that constitutes completeness], full of wisdom and perfect in beauty. -- ezekiel 28:12 +. +You were in Eden, the garden of God; every precious stone was your covering, the carnelian, topaz, jasper, chrysolite, beryl, onyx, sapphire, carbuncle, and emerald; and your settings and your sockets and engravings were wrought in gold. On the day that you were created they were prepared. -- ezekiel 28:13 +. +You were the anointed cherub that covers with overshadowing [wings], and I set you so. You were upon the holy mountain of God; you walked up and down in the midst of the stones of fire [like the paved work of gleaming sapphire stone upon which the God of Israel walked on Mount Sinai]. -- ezekiel 28:14 +. +You were blameless in your ways from the day you were created until iniquity and guilt were found in you. -- ezekiel 28:15 +. +Through the abundance of your commerce you were filled with lawlessness and violence, and you sinned; therefore I cast you out as a profane thing from the mountain of God and the guardian cherub drove you out from the midst of the stones of fire. -- ezekiel 28:16 +. +Your heart was proud and lifted up because of your beauty; you corrupted your wisdom for the sake of your splendor. I cast you to the ground; I lay you before kings, that they might gaze at you. -- ezekiel 28:17 +. +You have profaned your sanctuaries by the multitude of your iniquities and the enormity of your guilt, by the unrighteousness of your trade. Therefore I have brought forth a fire from your midst; it has consumed you, and I have reduced you to ashes upon the earth in the sight of all who looked at you. -- ezekiel 28:18 +. +All who know you among the people are astonished and appalled at you; you have come to a horrible end and shall never return to being. -- ezekiel 28:19 +. +Again the word of the Lord came to me, saying, -- ezekiel 28:20 +. +Son of man, set your face toward Sidon and prophesy against her. -- ezekiel 28:21 +. +And say, Thus says the Lord God: Behold, I am against you, O Sidon, and I will show forth My glory and be glorified in the midst of you. And they shall know (understand and realize) that I am the Lord when I execute judgments and punishments in her, and am set apart and separated and My holiness is manifested in her. -- ezekiel 28:22 +. +For I will send pestilence into her and blood into her streets, and the wounded shall be judged and fall by the sword in the midst of her on every side, and they shall know (understand and realize) that I am the Lord [the Sovereign Ruler, Who calls forth loyalty and obedient service]. -- ezekiel 28:23 +. +And there shall be no more a brier to prick the house of Israel or a hurting thorn of all those around them who have treated them with contempt, and they shall know (understand and realize) that I am the Lord God [the Sovereign Ruler, Who calls forth loyalty and obedient service]. -- ezekiel 28:24 +. +Thus says the Lord God: When I gather the house of Israel from the peoples among whom they are scattered, and I shall be set apart and separated and My holiness made apparent in them in the sight of the nations, then shall they dwell in their own land which I gave to My servant Jacob. -- ezekiel 28:25 +. +And they shall dwell safely in it and shall build houses and plant vineyards; yes, they shall dwell securely and with confidence when I have executed judgments and punishments upon all those round about them who have despised and trodden upon them and pushed them away, and they shall know (understand and realize) that I am the Lord their God [their Sovereign Ruler, Who calls forth loyalty and obedient service]. -- ezekiel 28:26 +. +IN THE tenth year [of the captivity of King Jehoiachin by the king of Babylon], in the tenth [month], on the twelfth [day] of the month, the word of the Lord came to me, saying, -- ezekiel 29:1 +. +Son of man, set your face toward Pharaoh king of Egypt and prophesy against him and against all Egypt. -- ezekiel 29:2 +. +Say, Thus says the Lord God: Behold, I am against you, Pharaoh king of Egypt, the great monster [of sluggish and unwieldy strength] that lies in the midst of his [delta] streams, [boastfully] declaring, My river Nile is my own and I have made it for myself. -- ezekiel 29:3 +. +But I will put hooks in your jaws [O Egyptian dragon] and I will cause the fish of your rivers to stick to your scales, and I will draw you up out of the midst of your streams with all the fish of your streams which stick to your scales. -- ezekiel 29:4 +. +And I will cast you forth into the wilderness, you and all the fish of your rivers; you shall fall upon the open field and not be gathered up or buried. I have given you for food to the [wild] beasts of the earth and the birds of the heavens. -- ezekiel 29:5 +. +And all the inhabitants of Egypt shall know (understand and realize) that I am the Lord [the Sovereign Ruler, Who calls forth loyalty and obedient service], because they have been a [deceitful] staff [made of fragile] reeds to the house of Israel. -- ezekiel 29:6 +. +When they grasped you with the hand and leaned upon you, you broke and tore their whole shoulder, and [by injuring their muscles made them so stiff and rigid that] they could do no more than stand. -- ezekiel 29:7 +. +Therefore thus says the Lord God: Behold, I will bring a sword upon you and cut off man and beast from you, -- ezekiel 29:8 +. +And the land of Egypt shall be a desolation and a waste. And they shall know (understand and realize) that I am the Lord [the Sovereign Ruler, Who calls forth loyalty and obedient service]. Because you have said, The river is mine and I have made it, -- ezekiel 29:9 +. +Behold therefore, I am against you and against your streams, and I will make the land of Egypt an utter [plundered] waste and desolation [of subjection] from [northern] Migdol to [southern] Syene, even as far as the border of Ethiopia. -- ezekiel 29:10 +. +No foot of man shall pass through it [in travel], no foot of beast shall pass through it [in trade with other countries], neither shall [Egypt] be [truly] inhabited [again] for forty years. -- ezekiel 29:11 +. +And I will make the land of Egypt a desolation [plundered and reduced to subjection] in the midst of desolated (plundered and reduced to subjection) countries, and her cities among the cities that are laid waste shall be a desolation forty years. I will scatter the Egyptians among the nations and will disperse them through the countries. -- ezekiel 29:12 +. +Yet thus says the Lord God: At the end of [their] forty years will I gather the Egyptians from the peoples among whom they were scattered, -- ezekiel 29:13 +. +And I will reverse the captivity of Egypt [as I will that of Israel] and will cause them to return into the land of Pathros [under Egypt], the land of their origin, and they shall be there a lowly kingdom. -- ezekiel 29:14 +. +It shall be the lowliest of the kingdoms, neither shall it exalt itself any more above the nations; I will diminish [the Egyptians] so they shall never again rule over the nations. -- ezekiel 29:15 +. +And never again shall Egypt have the confidence and be the reliance of the house of Israel; their iniquity will be brought to remembrance whenever [Israel] looks toward them [for help]. They shall know (understand and realize) that I am the Lord God [Who demands loyalty and obedient service]. -- ezekiel 29:16 +. +In the twenty-seventh year [after King Jehoiachin was taken to Babylon], in the first month, on the first day of the month, the word of the Lord came to me, saying, -- ezekiel 29:17 +. +Son of man, Nebuchadrezzar king of Babylon caused his army to render heavy service [at My bidding] against Tyre; every [soldier's] head became bald and every shoulder was worn and peeled [with carrying loads of earth and stones for siege works]. Yet he had no remuneration from Tyre [in proportion to the time and labor expended in the thirteen years' siege], either for himself or his army, for the work that he had done against it [for Me]. -- ezekiel 29:18 +. +Therefore thus says the Lord God: Behold, I will give the land of Egypt to Nebuchadrezzar king of Babylon, and he shall carry off her great mass of people and of things (her riches) and take her spoil and take her prey, and it shall be the wages for his army. -- ezekiel 29:19 +. +I have given him the land of Egypt for his labor with which he served [against Tyre] because they did it for Me, says the Lord God. -- ezekiel 29:20 +. +In that day will I cause a horn to spring forth to the house of Israel and I will open your lips among them, and they shall know (understand and realize) that I am the Lord [the Sovereign Ruler, Who calls forth loyalty and obedient service]. -- ezekiel 29:21 +. +THE WORD of the Lord came again to me, saying, -- ezekiel 30:1 +. +Son of man, prophesy and say, Thus says the Lord God: Wail, Alas for the day! -- ezekiel 30:2 +. +For the day is near, even the day of the Lord is near, a cloudy day; it shall be the time [of doom] for the nations. -- ezekiel 30:3 +. +And a sword shall come upon Egypt, and anguish and great sorrow shall be in Ethiopia (Cush), when the slain fall in Egypt and they [of Babylon] carry away her great mass of people and of things and her foundations are broken down. -- ezekiel 30:4 +. +Ethiopia (Cush) and Put, Lud and all the mingled people [foreigners living in Egypt], Cub (Lub, Libya) and the children of the land of the covenant [the Jews who had taken refuge in Egypt] shall fall with [the Egyptians] by the sword. -- ezekiel 30:5 +. +Thus says the Lord: They also who uphold or lean upon and are supported by Egypt shall fall, and the pride of her power shall come down; from Migdol [in the north] to Syene [in the south] they shall fall within her by the sword, says the Lord God. -- ezekiel 30:6 +. +And they shall be desolated in the midst of countries that are desolated, and her cities shall be in the midst of cities that are wasted [by plunder and subjection]. -- ezekiel 30:7 +. +And they shall know (understand and realize) that I am the Lord [the Sovereign Ruler, Who calls forth loyalty and obedient service], when I have set a fire in Egypt and all her helpers are broken and destroyed. -- ezekiel 30:8 +. +In that day shall [swift] messengers go forth from Me in ships to terrify the careless and unsuspecting Ethiopians, and there shall be anguish and great sorrow upon them as in the day of Egypt's [doom], for behold, [their day] comes! -- ezekiel 30:9 +. +Thus says the Lord God: I will also make the tumult and the wealth and the large population of Egypt to cease by the hand of Nebuchadrezzar king of Babylon. -- ezekiel 30:10 +. +He and his people with him, the [most] terrible of the nations, shall be brought in to destroy the land, and they shall draw their swords against Egypt and fill the land with the slain. -- ezekiel 30:11 +. +And I will make the [artificial] streams [of the Nile delta] dry and will sell the land into the hand of evil men, and I will make the land desolate, and all that is in it, by the hand of strangers. I the Lord [the Sovereign Ruler, Who calls forth loyalty and obedient service] have spoken it. -- ezekiel 30:12 +. +Thus says the Lord God: I will also destroy the idols and I will put an end to the images in Noph or Memphis, and there shall be no longer a prince of the land of Egypt. And I will put fear in the land of Egypt. -- ezekiel 30:13 +. +And I will make Pathros desolate and will set fire to Zoan and will execute judgments and punishments upon No or Thebes. -- ezekiel 30:14 +. +And I will pour My wrath upon Pelusium, the stronghold of Egypt, and I will cut off the tumult, the prosperity and the population of No or Thebes. -- ezekiel 30:15 +. +And I will set fire to Egypt; Pelusium shall have great anguish and No or Thebes shall be torn open and Noph or Memphis shall have adversaries in the daytime and all the day long. -- ezekiel 30:16 +. +The young men of Aven or On and of Pibeseth shall fall by the sword, and the [women and children] shall go into captivity. -- ezekiel 30:17 +. +At Tehaphnehes also the day shall withdraw itself and be dark when I break there the yokes and dominion of Egypt, and the pride of her power shall come to an end. As for her, a cloud [of calamities] shall cover her and her daughters shall go into captivity. -- ezekiel 30:18 +. +Thus will I execute judgments and punishments upon Egypt. Then shall they know (understand and realize) that I am the Lord [the Sovereign Ruler, Who calls forth loyalty and obedient service]. -- ezekiel 30:19 +. +And in the eleventh year [after King Jehoiachin was taken to Babylon], in the first month, on the seventh day of the month, the word of the Lord came to me, saying, -- ezekiel 30:20 +. +Son of man, I have broken the arm of Pharaoh king of Egypt, and behold, it has not been bound up to heal it by binding it with a bandage, to make it strong to hold and wield the sword. -- ezekiel 30:21 +. +Therefore thus says the Lord God: Behold, I am against Pharaoh king of Egypt and will break his arms, both the strong one and the one which was broken, and I will cause the sword to fall from his hand. -- ezekiel 30:22 +. +And I will scatter the Egyptians among the nations and will disperse them throughout the countries. -- ezekiel 30:23 +. +And I will strengthen the arms of the king of Babylon and put My sword in his hand, but I will break Pharaoh's arms and he will groan before [Nebuchadrezzar] with the groanings of a mortally wounded man. -- ezekiel 30:24 +. +But I will strengthen and hold up the arms of the king of Babylon and the arms of Pharaoh shall fall down, and they [of Egypt] shall know (understand and realize) that I am the Lord [the Sovereign Ruler, Who calls forth loyalty and obedient service], when I put My sword into the hand of the king of Babylon and he shall stretch it out upon the land of Egypt. -- ezekiel 30:25 +. +And I will scatter the Egyptians among the nations and disperse them through the countries, and they shall know (understand and realize) that I am the Lord [the Sovereign Ruler, Who calls forth loyalty and obedient service]. -- ezekiel 30:26 +. +AND IN the eleventh year [after King Jehoiachin was taken captive to Babylon], in the third month, on the first day of the month, the word of the Lord came to me, saying, -- ezekiel 31:1 +. +Son of man, say to Pharaoh king of Egypt and to his multitude: Whom are you like in your greatness? -- ezekiel 31:2 +. +Behold, [I will liken you to] Assyria, a cedar in Lebanon, with fair branches and with forestlike shade and of high stature, with its top among the thick boughs [even among the clouds]. -- ezekiel 31:3 +. +The waters nourished it; the deep made it grow tall; its rivers ran round about its planting, sending out its streams to all the trees of the forest [the other nations]. -- ezekiel 31:4 +. +Therefore it towered higher than all the trees of the forest; its boughs were multiplied and its branches became long, because there was much water when they were shot forth. -- ezekiel 31:5 +. +All the birds of the heavens made their nests in its boughs, and under its branches all the wild beasts of the field brought forth their young and under its shadow dwelt all of the great nations. -- ezekiel 31:6 +. +Thus was it beautiful in its greatness, in the length of its branches, for its root was by many and great waters. -- ezekiel 31:7 +. +The cedars in the garden of God could not hide or rival it; the cypress trees did not have boughs like it and the plane trees did not have branches like it, nor was any tree in the garden of God like it in its beauty. -- ezekiel 31:8 +. +I made it beautiful with the multitude of its branches, so that all the trees of Eden that were in the garden of God envied it [Assyria]. -- ezekiel 31:9 +. +Therefore thus said the Lord God: Because it is exalted in stature and has set its top among the thick boughs and the clouds, and its heart is proud of its height, -- ezekiel 31:10 +. +I will even deliver it into the hand of a mighty one of the nations; he shall surely deal with it. I have driven it out for its wickedness and lawlessness. -- ezekiel 31:11 +. +And strangers, the most terrible of the nations, will cut it off and leave it; upon the mountains and in all the valleys its branches will fall and its boughs will lie broken by all the watercourses of the land, and all the peoples of the earth will go down out of its shade and leave it. -- ezekiel 31:12 +. +Upon its ruins all the birds of the heavens will dwell, and all the wild beasts of the field will be upon [Assyria's fallen] branches. -- ezekiel 31:13 +. +All this is so that none of the trees by the waters may exalt themselves because of their height or shoot up their top among the thick boughs and the clouds, and that none of their mighty ones should stand upon [their own estimate of] themselves for their height, all that drink water. For they are all delivered over to death, to the lower world, in the midst of the children of men, with those who go down to the pit (the grave). -- ezekiel 31:14 +. +Thus says the Lord God: When [Assyria] goes down to Sheol (the place of the dead), I will cause a mourning; I will cover the deep for it and I will restrain its floods, and the many waters [that contributed to its prosperity] will be stayed; and I will cause Lebanon to be in black gloom and to mourn for it, and all the trees of the field, dismayed, will faint because of it. -- ezekiel 31:15 +. +I will make the nations quake at the sound of its fall when I cast it down to Sheol with those who descend into the pit, and all the trees of Eden, the choice and best of Lebanon, all [the trees] that drink water, will be comforted in the netherworld [at Assyria's downfall]. -- ezekiel 31:16 +. +They also shall go down into Sheol with it to those who were slain by the sword--yes, those who were its arm, who dwelt under its shadow in the midst of the nations. -- ezekiel 31:17 +. +To whom [O Egypt] among the trees of Eden are you thus like in glory and in greatness? Yet you [also] shall be brought down with the trees of Eden to the netherworld. You shall lie among the uncircumcised heathen with those who are slain by the sword. This is how it shall be with Pharaoh and all the multitude of his strength, his tumult, and his store [of wealth and glory], says the Lord God. -- ezekiel 31:18 +. +IN THE twelfth year [after King Jehoiachin of Judah was taken into exile by the king of Babylon], in the twelfth month, on the first day of the month, the word of the Lord came to me, saying, -- ezekiel 32:1 +. +Son of man, take up a lamentation over Pharaoh king of Egypt and say to him, You have likened [yourself] to a young lion, leader of the nations, but you are like a [monster] dragon in the seas; you break forth in your rivers and trouble the waters with your feet, and you make foul their rivers [the sources of their prosperity]. -- ezekiel 32:2 +. +Thus says the Lord God: I will therefore throw out My net over you with a host of many peoples, and they shall bring you up in My dragnet. -- ezekiel 32:3 +. +Then I will leave you [Egypt] upon the shore; I will cast you on the open field and will cause all the birds of the heavens to settle upon you, and I will fill the beasts of the whole earth with you. -- ezekiel 32:4 +. +And I will scatter your flesh upon the mountains and fill the valleys with your high heap of corpses and their worms. -- ezekiel 32:5 +. +I will also water with your flowing blood the land, even to the mountains, and the hollows and water channels shall be full of you. -- ezekiel 32:6 +. +And when I have extinguished you, I will cover the heavens [of Egypt] and make their stars dark; I will cover the sun with a cloud and the moon shall not give her light. -- ezekiel 32:7 +. +All the bright lights of the heavens I will make dark over you and set darkness upon your land, says the Lord God. -- ezekiel 32:8 +. +I will also trouble and vex the hearts of many peoples when I bring your breaking and trembling and destruction and carry you captive among the nations, into the countries which you have not known. -- ezekiel 32:9 +. +I will make many peoples amazed and appalled at you [Egypt], and their kings shall shudder and be horribly afraid because of you when I brandish My sword before them; they shall tremble every moment, every man for his own life, in the day of your downfall. -- ezekiel 32:10 +. +For thus says the Lord God: The sword of the king of Babylon shall come upon you. -- ezekiel 32:11 +. +I will cause your multitude, your tumult, and your store [of wealth, strength, and glory] to fall by the swords of the mighty--the most terrible among the nations are they all. And they shall bring to nothing the pomp and pride of Egypt, and all its multitude [with its activity and its wealth in every sphere] shall be destroyed. -- ezekiel 32:12 +. +I will destroy also all its beasts from beside many and great waters, and no foot of man shall trouble them any more, nor shall the hoofs of beasts trouble them. -- ezekiel 32:13 +. +Then will I make their waters sink down (subside, be quiet, and become clear); their rivers I will cause to run [slowly and smoothly] like oil, says the Lord God. -- ezekiel 32:14 +. +When I make the land of Egypt desolate, and the country is stripped and destitute of all that of which it was full when I smite all those who dwell in it, then will they know, understand, and realize that I am the Lord [the Sovereign Ruler, Who requires and calls forth loyalty and obedient service]. -- ezekiel 32:15 +. +This is the lamentation with which they shall intone or chant the lament for her; the daughters of the nations shall chant their lament with it; over Egypt and over all her multitude, her tumult, and her wealth in every sphere shall they chant it, says the Lord God. -- ezekiel 32:16 +. +In the twelfth year [after King Jehoiachin of Judah was taken into exile], on the fifteenth day of the month, the word of the Lord came to me, saying, -- ezekiel 32:17 +. +Son of man, wail over the multitude of Egypt and cast them down, even her and the daughters of the famous and majestic nations, to the netherworld, with those who go down to the pit; -- ezekiel 32:18 +. +Whom [among them] do you surpass in beauty? Go down and be laid with the uncircumcised (the heathen). -- ezekiel 32:19 +. +They shall fall in the midst of those who are slain by the sword; she [Egypt] is delivered to the sword; they draw her down [to her judgment], and all her multitudes [with their noise and stores]. -- ezekiel 32:20 +. +The strong among the mighty shall speak of [Pharaoh] out of the midst of Sheol (the place of the dead, the netherworld) with those who helped him; they are gone down; they lie still, even the uncircumcised (the heathen) slain by the sword. -- ezekiel 32:21 +. +Assyria is there and all her company; their graves are round about her, all of them slain, fallen by the sword, -- ezekiel 32:22 +. +Whose graves are set in the uttermost parts of the pit and whose company is round about her grave, all of them slain, fallen by the sword, who caused terror to spread in the land of the living. -- ezekiel 32:23 +. +Elam [an auxiliary of Assyria] is there and all her multitude round about her grave, all of them slain, fallen by the sword, who have gone down uncircumcised into the netherworld, who caused their terror to spread in the land of the living and have borne their shame with those who go down to the pit. -- ezekiel 32:24 +. +They have set her a bed (a sepulcher) among the slain with all her multitude--their graves round about her, all of them uncircumcised, slain by the sword, for their terror had spread in the land of the living, and they henceforth bear their shame with those who go down to the pit; they are laid in the midst of the slain. -- ezekiel 32:25 +. +Meshech, Tubal, and all their multitude are there; their graves are round about [Pharaoh], all of them uncircumcised, slain by the sword, for they caused their terror to be spread in the land of the living. -- ezekiel 32:26 +. +And they shall not lie with the mighty who have fallen of the uncircumcised [and] who have gone down to Sheol (the place of the dead, the netherworld) with their weapons of war, whose swords were laid [with honors] under their heads and whose iniquities are upon their bones, for they caused their terror to spread in the land of the living. -- ezekiel 32:27 +. +But you [Meshech and Tubal] shall be broken in the midst of the uncircumcised and shall lie [without honors] with those who are slain with the sword. -- ezekiel 32:28 +. +Edom is there, her kings and all her princes, who for all their might are laid with those who were slain by the sword; they shall lie with the uncircumcised (the heathen) and with those who go down to the pit. -- ezekiel 32:29 +. +The princes of the north are there, all of them, and all the Sidonians, who have gone down with the slain; for all the terror which they caused by their might they are put to shame, and they lie uncircumcised with those who are slain by the sword and henceforth bear their shame with those who go down to the pit. -- ezekiel 32:30 +. +When Pharaoh sees them, he will comfort himself for all his multitude--even Pharaoh and all his army, slain by the sword, says the Lord God. -- ezekiel 32:31 +. +For I have put his and My terror in the land of the living, and he shall be laid in the midst of the uncircumcised (the heathen) with those slain by the sword, even Pharaoh and all his multitude, says the Lord God. -- ezekiel 32:32 +. +AND THE word of the Lord came to me, saying, -- ezekiel 33:1 +. +Son of man, speak to your people [the Israelite captives in Babylon] and say to them, When I bring the sword upon a land and the people of the land take a man from among them and make him their watchman, -- ezekiel 33:2 +. +If when he sees the sword coming upon the land, he blows the trumpet and warns the people, -- ezekiel 33:3 +. +Then whoever hears the sound of the trumpet and does not take warning, and the sword comes and takes him away, his blood shall be upon his own head. -- ezekiel 33:4 +. +He heard the sound of the trumpet and did not take warning; his blood shall be upon himself. But he who takes warning shall save his life. -- ezekiel 33:5 +. +But if the watchman sees the sword coming and does not blow the trumpet and the people are not warned, and the sword comes and takes any one of them, he is taken away in and for his perversity and iniquity, but his blood will I require at the watchman's hand. -- ezekiel 33:6 +. +So you, son of man, I have made you a watchman for the house of Israel; therefore hear the word at My mouth and give them warning from Me. -- ezekiel 33:7 +. +When I say to the wicked, O wicked man, you shall surely die, and you do not speak to warn the wicked from his way, that wicked man shall die in his perversity and iniquity, but his blood will I require at your hand. -- ezekiel 33:8 +. +But if you warn the wicked to turn from his evil way and he does not turn from his evil way, he shall die in his iniquity, but you will have saved your life. -- ezekiel 33:9 +. +And you, son of man, say to the house of Israel, Thus you have said: Truly our transgressions and our sins are upon us, and we waste away because of them; how then can we live? -- ezekiel 33:10 +. +Say to them, As I live, says the Lord God, I have no pleasure in the death of the wicked, but rather that the wicked turn from his way and live. Turn back, turn back from your evil ways, for why will you die, O house of Israel? -- ezekiel 33:11 +. +And you, son of man, say to your people, The uprightness and justice of the [uncompromisingly] righteous shall not deliver him in the day of his transgression; and as for the wicked lawlessness of the wicked lawless, he shall not fall because of it in the day that he turns from his wickedness, neither shall the rigidly upright and just be able to live because of his past righteousness in the day that he sins and misses the mark [in keeping in harmony and right standing with God]. -- ezekiel 33:12 +. +When I shall say to the [uncompromisingly] righteous that he shall surely live, and he trusts to his own righteousness [to save him] and commits iniquity (heinous sin), all his righteous deeds shall not be [seriously] remembered; but for his perversity and iniquity that he has committed he shall die. -- ezekiel 33:13 +. +Again, when I have said to the wicked, You shall surely die, if he turns from his sin and does that which is lawful and right-- -- ezekiel 33:14 +. +If the wicked restores [what he took in] pledge, gives back what he had taken in robbery, walks in the statutes of life [right relationship with God], without committing iniquity, he shall surely live; he shall not die. -- ezekiel 33:15 +. +None of his sins that he has committed shall be [seriously] remembered against him; he has done that which is lawful and right; he shall surely live. -- ezekiel 33:16 +. +Yet your people say, The way of the Lord is not perfect or even just; but as for them, it is their own way that is not perfect or even just. -- ezekiel 33:17 +. +When the righteous turns back from his [uncompromising] righteousness and commits perverseness and iniquity, he shall even die in and because of it. -- ezekiel 33:18 +. +But if the wicked turns back from his wickedness and does what is lawful and right, he shall live because of it. -- ezekiel 33:19 +. +Yet you say, The way of the Lord is not perfect or [even] just. O you house of Israel, I will judge you, every one according to his own ways! -- ezekiel 33:20 +. +In the twelfth year of our captivity [in Babylon], in the tenth [month], on the fifth [day] of the month, a man who had escaped out of Jerusalem came to me [Ezekiel], saying, The city [Jerusalem] is taken. -- ezekiel 33:21 +. +Now the hand of the Lord had been upon me in the evening before this one who had escaped came, and He had opened my mouth [in readiness for the fugitives] coming to me in the morning, and my mouth was opened and I was no longer dumb. -- ezekiel 33:22 +. +Then the word of the Lord came to me, saying, -- ezekiel 33:23 +. +Son of man, those [back in Palestine] who inhabit those wastes of the ground of Israel are saying, Abraham was only one man and he inherited the land, but we are many; the land is surely given to us to possess as our inheritance. -- ezekiel 33:24 +. +Therefore say to them, Thus says the Lord God: You eat meat with the blood [as an idolatrous rite] and lift up your eyes to your [filthy] idols and shed blood; shall you then possess the land? -- ezekiel 33:25 +. +You stand upon your sword [as your dependence]; you commit abominations and each of you defiles your neighbor's wife; shall you then possess the land? -- ezekiel 33:26 +. +Say this to them, Thus says the Lord God: As I live, surely those who are in the waste places shall fall by the sword, and him that is in the open field will I give to the beasts to be devoured, and those who are in strongholds and in caves shall die by pestilence. -- ezekiel 33:27 +. +And I will make the land [of Israel] a desolation and a waste, and her proud might shall cease, and the mountains of Israel shall be so desolate that no one will pass through them. -- ezekiel 33:28 +. +Then shall they know, understand, and realize that I am the Lord, when I have made the land a desolation and a waste because of all their abominations which they have committed. -- ezekiel 33:29 +. +As for you, son of man, your people who talk of you by the walls and in the doors of the houses say one to another, every one to his brother, Come and hear what the word is that comes forth from the Lord. -- ezekiel 33:30 +. +And they come to you as people come, and they sit before you as My people, and they hear the words you say, but they will not do them; for with their mouths they show much love, but their hearts go after and are set on their [idolatrous greed for] gain. -- ezekiel 33:31 +. +Behold, you are to them as a very lovely [love] song of one who has a pleasant voice and can play well on an instrument, for they hear your words but do not do them. -- ezekiel 33:32 +. +When this comes to pass--for behold, it will come!--then shall they know, understand, and realize that a prophet has been among them. -- ezekiel 33:33 +. +AND THE word of the Lord came to me, saying, -- ezekiel 34:1 +. +Son of man, prophesy against the shepherds of Israel; prophesy and say to them, even to the [spiritual] shepherds, Thus says the Lord God: Woe to the [spiritual] shepherds of Israel who feed themselves! Should not the shepherds feed the sheep? -- ezekiel 34:2 +. +You eat the fat, you clothe yourselves with the wool, you kill the fatlings, but you do not feed the sheep. -- ezekiel 34:3 +. +The diseased and weak you have not strengthened, the sick you have not healed, the hurt and crippled you have not bandaged, those gone astray you have not brought back, the lost you have not sought to find, but with force and hardhearted harshness you have ruled them. -- ezekiel 34:4 +. +And they were scattered because there was no shepherd, and when they were scattered they became food for all the wild beasts of the field. -- ezekiel 34:5 +. +My sheep wandered through all the mountains and upon every high hill; yes, My sheep were scattered upon all the face of the earth and no one searched or sought for them. -- ezekiel 34:6 +. +Therefore, you [spiritual] shepherds, hear the word of the Lord: -- ezekiel 34:7 +. +As I live, says the Lord God, surely because My sheep became a prey, and My sheep became food for every beast of the field because there was no shepherd--neither did My shepherds search for My sheep, but the shepherds fed themselves and fed not My sheep-- -- ezekiel 34:8 +. +Therefore, O you [spiritual] shepherds, hear the word of the Lord: -- ezekiel 34:9 +. +Thus says the Lord God: Behold, I am against the shepherds, and I will require My sheep at their hand and cause them to cease feeding the sheep, neither shall the shepherds feed themselves any more. I will rescue My sheep from their mouths, that they may not be food for them. -- ezekiel 34:10 +. +For thus says the Lord God: Behold, I, I Myself, will search for My sheep and will seek them out. -- ezekiel 34:11 +. +As a shepherd seeks out his sheep in the day that he is among his flock that are scattered, so will I seek out My sheep; and I will rescue them out of all places where they have been scattered in the day of clouds and thick darkness. -- ezekiel 34:12 +. +And I will bring them out from the peoples and gather them from the countries and will bring them to their own land; and I will feed them upon the mountains of Israel, by the watercourses, and in all the inhabited places of the country. -- ezekiel 34:13 +. +I will feed them with good pasture, and upon the high mountains of Israel shall their fold be; there shall they lie down in a good fold, and in a fat pasture shall they feed upon the mountains of Israel. -- ezekiel 34:14 +. +I will feed My sheep and I will cause them to lie down, says the Lord God. -- ezekiel 34:15 +. +I will seek that which was lost and bring back that which has strayed, and I will bandage the hurt and the crippled and will strengthen the weak and the sick, but I will destroy the fat and the strong [who have become hardhearted and perverse]; I will feed them with judgment and punishment. -- ezekiel 34:16 +. +And as for you, O My flock, thus says the Lord God: Behold, I judge between sheep and sheep, between the rams and the great he-goats [the malicious and the tyrants of the pasture]. -- ezekiel 34:17 +. +Is it too little for you that you feed on the best pasture, but you must tread down with your feet the rest of your pasture? And to have drunk of the waters clarified by subsiding, but you must foul the rest of the water with your feet? -- ezekiel 34:18 +. +And My flock, must they feed on what your feet have trodden and drink what your feet have fouled? -- ezekiel 34:19 +. +Therefore thus says the Lord God to them: Behold, I, I Myself, will judge between fat sheep and impoverished sheep, or fat goats and lean goats. -- ezekiel 34:20 +. +Because you push with side and with shoulder and thrust with your horns all those that have become weak and diseased, till you have scattered them abroad, -- ezekiel 34:21 +. +Therefore will I rescue My flock, and they shall no more be a prey; and I will judge between sheep and sheep. -- ezekiel 34:22 +. +And I will raise up over them one Shepherd and He shall feed them, even My Servant David; He shall feed them and He shall be their Shepherd. -- ezekiel 34:23 +. +And I the Lord will be their God and My Servant David a Prince among them; I the Lord have spoken it. -- ezekiel 34:24 +. +And I will confirm with them a covenant of peace and will cause the evil beasts to cease out of the land, and [My people] shall dwell safely in the wilderness, desert, or pastureland and sleep [confidently] in the woods. -- ezekiel 34:25 +. +And I will make them and the places round about My hill a blessing, and I will cause the showers to come down in their season; there shall be showers of blessing [of good insured by God's favor]. -- ezekiel 34:26 +. +And the tree of the field shall yield its fruit and the earth shall yield its increase; and [My people] shall be secure in their land, and they shall be confident and know (understand and realize) that I am the Lord, when I have broken the bars of their yoke and have delivered them out of the hand of those who made slaves of them. -- ezekiel 34:27 +. +And they shall no more be a prey to the nations, nor shall the beasts of the earth devour them, but they shall dwell safely and none shall make them afraid [in the day of the Messiah's reign]. -- ezekiel 34:28 +. +And I will raise up for them a planting of crops for renown, and they shall be no more consumed with hunger in the land nor bear the reproach of the nations any longer. -- ezekiel 34:29 +. +Then shall they know [positively] that I, the Lord their God, am with them and that they, the house of Israel, are My people, says the Lord God, -- ezekiel 34:30 +. +And that you, My sheep, the sheep of My pasture, are [only] men and I am your God, says the Lord God. -- ezekiel 34:31 +. +MOREOVER, THE word of the Lord came to me, saying, -- ezekiel 35:1 +. +Son of man, set your face against the mountain [range of] Seir [in Edom] and prophesy against it, -- ezekiel 35:2 +. +And say to it, Thus says the Lord God: Behold, O Mount Seir, I am against you, and I will stretch out My hand against you and I will make you a desolation and an astonishment. -- ezekiel 35:3 +. +I will lay your cities waste and you shall be desolate, and you shall know, understand, and realize that I am the Lord [the Sovereign Ruler, Who calls forth loyalty and obedient service]. -- ezekiel 35:4 +. +Because you [of Esau] have had a perpetual enmity [for Jacob] and you gave over the sons of Israel to the power of the sword at the time of their calamity, when they were suffering their final punishment [the Babylonian conquest], -- ezekiel 35:5 +. +Therefore, as I live, says the Lord God, I will expose you to slaughter and slaughter shall pursue you; since you could not bear to live without bloodshed, therefore bloodshed shall pursue you. -- ezekiel 35:6 +. +Thus will I make Mount Seir an astonishment and a desolation, and I will cut off from it him who passes through it and him who returns [that way]. -- ezekiel 35:7 +. +And I will fill [Edom's] mountains with his slain men; on your hills and in your valleys and in all your ravines shall those fall who are slain with the sword. -- ezekiel 35:8 +. +I will make you a perpetual desolation and your cities shall not be inhabited. Then you will know, understand, and realize that I am the Lord [the Sovereign Ruler, Who calls forth loyalty and obedient service]. -- ezekiel 35:9 +. +Because you [Edom] said, These two nations [Israel and Judah] and these two countries shall be mine and we will take possession of them--although the Lord was there, -- ezekiel 35:10 +. +Therefore, as I live, says the Lord God, I will deal with you according to the anger and envy you showed because of your enmity for them, and I will make Myself known among them [as He Who will judge and punish] when I judge and punish you. -- ezekiel 35:11 +. +And you shall know, understand, and realize that I am the Lord [the Sovereign Ruler, Who calls forth loyalty and obedient service], and that I have heard all your revilings and scornful speeches that you have uttered against the mountains of Israel, saying, They are laid waste and desolate; they are given to us to devour. -- ezekiel 35:12 +. +Thus you have boasted and magnified yourselves against Me with your mouth, multiplying your words against Me; I have heard it. -- ezekiel 35:13 +. +Thus says the Lord God: While the whole earth rejoices, I will make you a waste and desolation. -- ezekiel 35:14 +. +As you rejoiced over the inheritance of the house of Israel because it was desolate, so will I deal with you; you shall be a waste and desolation, O Mount Seir and all Edom, all of it. Then they shall know, understand, and realize that I am the Lord [the Sovereign Ruler, Who calls forth loyalty and obedient service]. -- ezekiel 35:15 +. +ALSO YOU, son of man, prophesy to the mountains of Israel and say, You mountains of Israel, hear the word of the Lord. -- ezekiel 36:1 +. +Thus says the Lord God: Because the enemy has said over you, Aha! and, The ancient heights have become our possession, -- ezekiel 36:2 +. +Therefore prophesy and say, Thus says the Lord God: Because, yes, because they made you a desolation, and they snapped after and crushed you from every side so that you became the possession of the rest of the nations and you became the talk and evil gossip of the people, -- ezekiel 36:3 +. +Therefore, O mountains of Israel, hear the word of the Lord God: Thus says the Lord God to the mountains and hills, to the ravines and valleys, to the desolate wastes and the cities that are forsaken, that have become a prey and derision to the rest of the nations that are round about; -- ezekiel 36:4 +. +Therefore thus says the Lord God: Surely in the fire of My hot jealousy have I spoken against the rest of the nations and against all Edom, who have given to themselves My land with wholehearted joy and with uttermost contempt, that they might empty it out and possess it for a prey and a spoil. -- ezekiel 36:5 +. +Prophesy therefore concerning the land of Israel and say to the mountains and hills, to the ravines and valleys, Thus says the Lord God: Behold, I have spoken in My jealousy and in My wrath because you have suffered the shame and reproach of the nations; -- ezekiel 36:6 +. +Therefore thus says the Lord God: I have lifted up My hand and sworn, Surely the nations that are round about you shall themselves suffer shame and reproach. -- ezekiel 36:7 +. +But you, O mountains of Israel, shall shoot forth your branches and yield your fruit to My people Israel, for they are soon to come [home]. -- ezekiel 36:8 +. +For behold, I am for you and I will turn to you; and you shall be tilled and sown, -- ezekiel 36:9 +. +And I will multiply men upon you, the whole house of Israel, even all of it; the cities shall be inhabited and the waste places shall be rebuilt, -- ezekiel 36:10 +. +And I will multiply upon you man and beast, and they shall increase and be fruitful. And I will cause you to be inhabited according to your former estate and I will do better for you than at your beginnings; and you shall know, understand, and realize that I am the Lord [the Sovereign Ruler, Who calls forth loyalty and obedient service]. -- ezekiel 36:11 +. +Yes, [O mountains of Israel] I will cause men to walk upon you, even My people Israel, and they shall possess you, and you shall be their inheritance; and you shall no more after this bereave them of children [for idol sacrifices]. -- ezekiel 36:12 +. +Thus says the Lord God: Because they say to you, You [O land] are a devourer of men and have bereaved your nation of children [offered to idols], -- ezekiel 36:13 +. +Therefore you shall devour men no more, neither bereave your nation or cause it to stumble any more, says the Lord God. -- ezekiel 36:14 +. +Neither will I let you hear any more the reproach of the nations, nor shall you suffer the dishonor of the peoples any more, nor shall you cause your nation to stumble and fall any more [through idolatry], says the Lord God. -- ezekiel 36:15 +. +Moreover, the word of the Lord came to me, saying, -- ezekiel 36:16 +. +Son of man, when the house of Israel dwelt in their own land, they defiled it by [doing] their [own] way and by their [idolatrous] doings. Their conduct before Me was like the uncleanness of a woman during her [physical] impurity. -- ezekiel 36:17 +. +So I poured out My wrath upon them for the blood that they had shed upon the land and for their idols with which they had defiled it. -- ezekiel 36:18 +. +And I scattered them among the nations, and they were dispersed through the countries; according to their conduct and their [idolatrous] deeds I judged and punished them. -- ezekiel 36:19 +. +And when they came to the nations to which they went, they profaned My holy name in that men said of them, These are the people of the Lord, and yet they had to go forth out of His land. -- ezekiel 36:20 +. +But I had regard, concern, and compassion for My holy name, which the house of Israel had profaned among the nations to which they went. -- ezekiel 36:21 +. +Therefore say to the house of Israel, Thus says the Lord God: I do not do this for your sakes, O house of Israel, but for My holy name's sake, which you have profaned among the nations to which you went. -- ezekiel 36:22 +. +And I will vindicate the holiness of My great name and separate it for its holy purpose from all that defiles it--My name, which has been profaned among the nations, which you have profaned among them--and the nations will know, understand, and realize that I am the Lord [the Sovereign Ruler, Who calls forth loyalty and obedient service], when I shall be set apart by you and My holiness vindicated in you before their eyes and yours. -- ezekiel 36:23 +. +For I will take you from among the nations and gather you out of all countries and bring you into your own land. -- ezekiel 36:24 +. +Then will I sprinkle clean water upon you, and you shall be clean from all your uncleanness; and from all your idols will I cleanse you. -- ezekiel 36:25 +. +A new heart will I give you and a new spirit will I put within you, and I will take away the stony heart out of your flesh and give you a heart of flesh. -- ezekiel 36:26 +. +And I will put my Spirit within you and cause you to walk in My statutes, and you shall heed My ordinances and do them. -- ezekiel 36:27 +. +And you shall dwell in the land that I gave to your fathers; and you shall be My people, and I will be your God. -- ezekiel 36:28 +. +I will also save you from all your uncleannesses, and I will call forth the grain and make it abundant and lay no famine on you. -- ezekiel 36:29 +. +And I will multiply the fruit of the tree and the increase of the field, that you may no more suffer the reproach and disgrace of famine among the nations. -- ezekiel 36:30 +. +Then you shall [earnestly] remember your own evil ways and your doings that were not good, and shall loathe yourselves in your own sight for your iniquities and for your abominable deeds. -- ezekiel 36:31 +. +Not for your sake do I do this, says the Lord God; let that be known to you. Be ashamed and confounded for your [own] wicked ways, O house of Israel! -- ezekiel 36:32 +. +Thus says the Lord God: In the day that I cleanse you from all your iniquities I will [also] cause [Israel's] cities to be inhabited, and the waste places shall be rebuilt. -- ezekiel 36:33 +. +And the desolate land shall be tilled, that which had lain desolate in the sight of all who passed by. -- ezekiel 36:34 +. +And they shall say, This land that was desolate has become like the garden of Eden, and the waste and desolate and ruined cities are fortified and inhabited. -- ezekiel 36:35 +. +Then the nations that are left round about you shall know that I the Lord have rebuilt the ruined places and replanted that which was desolate. I the Lord have spoken it, and I will do it. -- ezekiel 36:36 +. +Thus says the Lord God: For this also I will let the house of Israel inquire of Me to do it for them; I will increase their men like a flock. -- ezekiel 36:37 +. +Like the flock of holy things for sacrifice, like the flock of Jerusalem in her [solemn] appointed feasts, so shall the waste cities be filled with flocks of men; and they shall know, understand, and realize that I am the Lord [the Sovereign Ruler, Who calls forth loyalty and obedient service]. -- ezekiel 36:38 +. +THE HAND of the Lord was upon me, and He brought me out in the Spirit of the Lord and set me down in the midst of the valley; and it was full of bones. -- ezekiel 37:1 +. +And He caused me to pass round about among them, and behold, there were very many [human bones] in the open valley or plain, and behold, they were very dry. -- ezekiel 37:2 +. +And He said to me, Son of man, can these bones live? And I answered, O Lord God, You know! -- ezekiel 37:3 +. +Again He said to me, Prophesy to these bones and say to them, O you dry bones, hear the word of the Lord. -- ezekiel 37:4 +. +Thus says the Lord God to these bones: Behold, I will cause breath and spirit to enter you, and you shall live; -- ezekiel 37:5 +. +And I will lay sinews upon you and bring up flesh upon you and cover you with skin, and I will put breath and spirit in you, and you [dry bones] shall live; and you shall know, understand, and realize that I am the Lord [the Sovereign Ruler, Who calls forth loyalty and obedient service]. -- ezekiel 37:6 +. +So I prophesied as I was commanded; and as I prophesied, there was a [thundering] noise and behold, a shaking and trembling and a rattling, and the bones came together, bone to its bone. -- ezekiel 37:7 +. +And I looked and behold, there were sinews upon [the bones] and flesh came upon them and skin covered them over, but there was no breath or spirit in them. -- ezekiel 37:8 +. +Then said He to me, Prophesy to the breath and spirit, son of man, and say to the breath and spirit, Thus says the Lord God: Come from the four winds, O breath and spirit, and breathe upon these slain that they may live. -- ezekiel 37:9 +. +So I prophesied as He commanded me, and the breath and spirit came into [the bones], and they lived and stood up upon their feet, an exceedingly great host. -- ezekiel 37:10 +. +Then He said to me, Son of man, these bones are the whole house of Israel. Behold, they say, Our bones are dried up and our hope is lost; we are completely cut off. -- ezekiel 37:11 +. +Therefore prophesy and say to them, Thus says the Lord God: Behold, I will open your graves and cause you to come up out of your graves, O My people; and I will bring you [back home] to the land of Israel. -- ezekiel 37:12 +. +And you shall know that I am the Lord [your Sovereign Ruler], when I have opened your graves and caused you to come up out of your graves, O My people. -- ezekiel 37:13 +. +And I shall put My Spirit in you and you shall live, and I shall place you in your own land. Then you shall know, understand, and realize that I the Lord have spoken it and performed it, says the Lord. -- ezekiel 37:14 +. +The word of the Lord came again to me, saying, -- ezekiel 37:15 +. +Son of man, take a stick and write on it, For Judah and the children of Israel his companions; then take another stick and write upon it, For Joseph, the stick of Ephraim, and all the house of Israel his companions; -- ezekiel 37:16 +. +And join them together into one stick that they may become one in your hand. -- ezekiel 37:17 +. +And when your people say to you, Will you not show us what you mean by these? -- ezekiel 37:18 +. +Say to them, Thus says the Lord God: Behold, I will take the stick of Joseph--which is in the hand of Ephraim--and the tribes of Israel his associates, and will join with it the stick of Judah and make them one stick, and they shall be one in My hand. -- ezekiel 37:19 +. +When the sticks on which you write shall be in your hand before their eyes, -- ezekiel 37:20 +. +Then say to them, Thus says the Lord God: Behold, I will take the children of Israel from among the nations to which they have gone, and will gather them from every side and bring them into their own land. -- ezekiel 37:21 +. +And I will make them one nation in the land, upon the mountains of Israel, and one King shall be King over them all; and they shall be no longer two nations, neither be divided into two kingdoms any more. -- ezekiel 37:22 +. +They shall not defile themselves any more with their idols and their detestable things or with any of their transgressions, but I will save them out of all their dwelling places and from all their backslidings in which they have sinned, and I will cleanse them. So shall they be My people, and I will be their God. -- ezekiel 37:23 +. +And David My Servant shall be King over them, and they all shall have one Shepherd. They shall also walk in My ordinances and heed My statutes and do them. -- ezekiel 37:24 +. +They shall dwell in the land in which your fathers dwelt, that I gave to My servant Jacob, and they shall dwell there, they and their children and their children's children, forever; and My Servant David shall be their Prince forever. -- ezekiel 37:25 +. +I will make a covenant of peace with them; it shall be an everlasting covenant with them, and I will give blessings to them and multiply them and will set My sanctuary in the midst of them forevermore. -- ezekiel 37:26 +. +My tabernacle or dwelling place also shall be with them; and I will be their God, and they shall be My people. -- ezekiel 37:27 +. +Then the nations shall know, understand, and realize that I the Lord do set apart and consecrate Israel for holy use, when My sanctuary shall be in their midst forevermore. -- ezekiel 37:28 +. +AND THE word of the Lord came to me, saying, -- ezekiel 38:1 +. +Son of man, set your face against Gog, of the land of Magog, the prince of Rosh, of Meshech, and of Tubal, and prophesy against him, -- ezekiel 38:2 +. +And say, Thus says the Lord God: Behold, I am against you, O Gog, chief prince (ruler) of Rosh, of Meshech, and of Tubal. -- ezekiel 38:3 +. +And I will turn you back and put hooks into your jaws, and I will bring you forth and all your army, horses and horsemen, all of them clothed in full armor, a great company with buckler and shield, all of them handling swords-- -- ezekiel 38:4 +. +Persia, Cush, and Put or Libya with them, all of them with shield and helmet, -- ezekiel 38:5 +. +Gomer and all his hordes, the house of Togarmah in the uttermost parts of the north and all his hordes--many people are with you. -- ezekiel 38:6 +. +You [Gog] be prepared; yes, prepare yourself, you and all your companies that are assembled about you, and you be a guard and a commander for them. -- ezekiel 38:7 +. +After many days you shall be visited and mustered [for service]; in the latter years you shall go against the land that is restored from the ravages of the sword, where people are gathered out of many nations upon the mountains of Israel, which had been a continual waste; but its [people] are brought forth out of the nations and they shall dwell securely, all of them. -- ezekiel 38:8 +. +You shall ascend and come like a storm; you shall be like a cloud to cover the land, you and all your hosts and many people with you. -- ezekiel 38:9 +. +Thus says the Lord God: At the same time thoughts shall come into your mind, and you will devise an evil plan. -- ezekiel 38:10 +. +And you will say, I will go up against an open country [the land of unwalled villages]; I will fall upon those who are at rest, who dwell securely, all of them dwelling without walls and having neither bars nor gates, -- ezekiel 38:11 +. +To take spoil and prey, to turn your hand upon the desolate places now inhabited and assail the people gathered out of the nations, who have obtained livestock and goods, who dwell at the center of the earth [Palestine]. -- ezekiel 38:12 +. +Sheba and Dedan and the merchants of Tarshish, with all their lionlike cubs [or satellite areas], shall say to you, Have you come to take spoil? Have you gathered your hosts to take the prey? To carry away silver and gold, to take away livestock and goods, to take a great spoil? -- ezekiel 38:13 +. +Therefore, son of man, prophesy and say to Gog, Thus says the Lord God: In that day when My people Israel dwell securely, will you not know it and be aroused? -- ezekiel 38:14 +. +And you will come from your place out of the uttermost parts of the north, you and many peoples with you, all of them riding on horses, a great host, a mighty army. -- ezekiel 38:15 +. +And you shall come up against My people Israel like a cloud to cover the land. In the latter days I will bring you against My land, that the nations may know, understand, and realize Me when My holiness shall be vindicated through you [vindicated and honored in your overwhelming destruction], O Gog, before their eyes. -- ezekiel 38:16 +. +Thus says the Lord God: Are you he of whom I have spoken in olden times by My servants the prophets of Israel, who prophesied in those days for years that I would bring you [Gog] against them? -- ezekiel 38:17 +. +But in that day when Gog shall come against the land of Israel, says the Lord God, My wrath shall come up into My nostrils. -- ezekiel 38:18 +. +For in My jealousy and in the fire of My wrath have I said, Surely in that day there shall be a great shaking or cosmic catastrophe in the land of Israel, -- ezekiel 38:19 +. +So that the fishes of the sea and the birds of the heavens, the beasts of the field and all creeping things that creep upon the earth, and all the men that are upon the face of the earth, shall tremble and shake at My presence; and the mountains shall be thrown down and the steep places shall fall and every wall [natural or artificial] shall fall to the ground. -- ezekiel 38:20 +. +And I will call for a sword against [Gog] throughout all My mountains, says the Lord God, every man's sword shall be against his brother [over the dividing of booty]. -- ezekiel 38:21 +. +And with pestilence and with bloodshed will I enter into judgment with [Gog], and I will rain upon him and upon his hordes and upon the many peoples that are with him torrents of rain and great hailstones, fire and brimstone. -- ezekiel 38:22 +. +Thus will I demonstrate My greatness and My holiness, and I will be recognized, understood, and known in the eyes of many nations; yes, they shall know that I am the Lord [the Sovereign Ruler, Who calls forth loyalty and obedient service]. -- ezekiel 38:23 +. +AND YOU, son of man, prophesy against Gog, Thus says the Lord God: Behold, I am against you, O Gog, chief prince (ruler) of Rosh, of Meshech, and of Tubal. -- ezekiel 39:1 +. +And I will turn you about and will lead you on, and will cause you to come up from the uttermost parts of the north and will lead you against the mountains of Israel; -- ezekiel 39:2 +. +And I will smite your bow from your left hand and will cause your arrows to fall out of your right hand. -- ezekiel 39:3 +. +You shall fall [dead] upon the mountains of Israel, you and all your hosts and the peoples who are with you. I will give you to the ravenous birds of every sort and to the beasts of the field to be devoured. -- ezekiel 39:4 +. +You shall fall in the open field, for I have spoken [it], says the Lord God. -- ezekiel 39:5 +. +I will send fire on Magog and upon those who dwell securely in the coastlands, and they shall know, understand, and realize that I am the Lord [the Sovereign Ruler, Who calls forth loyalty and obedient service]. -- ezekiel 39:6 +. +And I will make My holy name known in the midst of My people Israel, and I will not let them profane My holy name any more; and the nations shall know, understand, and realize that I am the Lord, the Holy One of Israel. -- ezekiel 39:7 +. +Behold, it is coming and it will be done, says the Lord God; that is the day of which I have spoken. -- ezekiel 39:8 +. +And [when you, Gog, are no longer] they who dwell in the cities of Israel shall go forth and shall set on fire and burn the battle gear, the shields and the bucklers, the bows and the arrows, the handspikes or riding whips and the spears; and they shall burn them as fuel for seven years, -- ezekiel 39:9 +. +So that My people shall take no firewood out of the field or cut down any out of the forests, for they shall make their fires of the weapons. And they shall despoil those who despoiled them and plunder those who plundered them, says the Lord God. -- ezekiel 39:10 +. +And in that day, I will give to Gog a place for burial there in Israel, the valley of those who pass through on the east side in front of the [Dead] Sea [the highway between Syria, Petra, and Egypt], and it will delay and stop those who pass through. And there shall they bury Gog and all his multitude, and they shall call it the Valley of Hamon-gog [multitude of Gog]. -- ezekiel 39:11 +. +For seven months the house of Israel will be burying them, that they may cleanse the land. -- ezekiel 39:12 +. +Yes, all the people of the land will bury them, and it shall bring them renown in the day that I shall be glorified, says the Lord God. -- ezekiel 39:13 +. +And they shall set apart men to work continually who shall pass through the land, men commissioned to bury, with the help of those who are passing by, those bodies that lie unburied on the face of the ground, in order to cleanse the land. After the end of seven months they shall make their search. -- ezekiel 39:14 +. +And when these pass through the land and anyone sees a human bone, he shall set up a marker by it as a sign to the buriers, until they have buried it in the Valley of Hamon-gog or of Gog's multitude. -- ezekiel 39:15 +. +And Hamonah [multitude] shall also be the name of the city [of the dead]. Thus shall they cleanse the land. -- ezekiel 39:16 +. +And you, son of man, thus says the Lord God: Say to the birds of prey of every sort and to every beast of the field, Assemble yourselves and come, gather from every side to the sacrificial feast that I am preparing for you, even a great sacrificial feast on the mountains of Israel at which you may eat flesh and drink blood. -- ezekiel 39:17 +. +You shall eat the flesh of the mighty and drink the blood of the princes of the earth, of rams, of lambs, of goats, and of bullocks, all of them fatlings of Bashan [east of the Jordan]. -- ezekiel 39:18 +. +And you shall eat fat till you are filled and drink blood till you are drunk at the sacrificial feast which I am preparing for you. -- ezekiel 39:19 +. +And you shall be filled at My table with horses and riders, with mighty men, and with soldiers of every kind, says the Lord God. -- ezekiel 39:20 +. +And I will manifest My honor and glory among the nations, and all the nations shall see My judgment and justice [in the punishment] which I have executed and My hand which I have laid on them. -- ezekiel 39:21 +. +So the house of Israel shall know, understand, and realize beyond all question that I am the Lord their God from that day forward. -- ezekiel 39:22 +. +And the nations shall know, understand, and realize positively that the house of Israel went into captivity for their iniquity, because they trespassed against Me; and I hid My face from them. So I gave them into the hand of their enemies and they all fell [into captivity or were slain] by the power of the sword. -- ezekiel 39:23 +. +According to their uncleanness and according to their transgressions I dealt with them and hid My face from them. -- ezekiel 39:24 +. +Therefore thus says the Lord God: Now will I reverse the captivity of Jacob and have mercy upon the whole house of Israel and will be jealous for My holy name. -- ezekiel 39:25 +. +They shall forget their shame and self-reproach and all their treachery and unfaithfulness in which they have transgressed against Me, when they dwell securely in their land and there is none who makes them afraid. -- ezekiel 39:26 +. +When I have brought them again from the peoples and gathered them out of their enemies' lands, and My justice and holiness are set apart and vindicated through them in the sight of many nations, -- ezekiel 39:27 +. +Then shall they know, understand, and realize positively that I am the Lord their God, because I sent them into captivity and exile among the nations and then gathered them to their own land. I will leave none of them remaining among the nations any more [in the latter days]. -- ezekiel 39:28 +. +Neither will I hide My face any more then from them, when I have poured out My Spirit upon the house of Israel, says the Lord God. -- ezekiel 39:29 +. +IN THE twenty-fifth year of our captivity [by Babylon], in the beginning of the year, on the tenth day of the month, in the fourteenth year after the city [of Jerusalem] was taken, on the very same day the hand of the Lord was upon me and He brought me to that place. -- ezekiel 40:1 +. +In the visions of God He brought me into the land of Israel and set me down upon a very high mountain, on the south side of which there was what seemed to be the structure of a city. -- ezekiel 40:2 +. +He brought me there, and behold, there was a man [an angel] whose appearance was like bronze, with a line of flax and a measuring reed in his hand, and he stood in the gateway. -- ezekiel 40:3 +. +And the man said to me, Son of man, look with your eyes and hear with your ears and set your heart and mind on all that I will show you, for you are brought here that I may show them to you. Declare all that you see to the house of Israel. -- ezekiel 40:4 +. +And behold, there was a wall all around the outside area of the house [of the Lord], and in the man's hand a measuring reed six long cubits in length, each cubit being longer [than the usual one] by a handbreadth; so he measured the thickness of the wall, one reed, and the height, one reed. -- ezekiel 40:5 +. +Then he came to the gate which faced the east and went up its [seven] steps and measured the threshold of the gateway, one reed broad, and the other threshold of the gateway [inside the thick wall], one reed broad. -- ezekiel 40:6 +. +And every room for the guards was one reed long and one reed broad, and the space between the guardrooms or lodges was five cubits. And the threshold of the gate by the porch or vestibule of the gateway within was one reed. -- ezekiel 40:7 +. +He measured also the porch or vestibule of the gate toward the house [of the Lord], one reed. -- ezekiel 40:8 +. +Then he measured the porch or vestibule of the gateway, eight cubits, and its posts or jambs, two cubits. And the porch or vestibule of the gate was inside [toward the house of the Lord]. -- ezekiel 40:9 +. +And the guardrooms or lodges of the east gateway were three on this side and three on that side; the three were the same size, and the posts or jambs were the same size on either side. -- ezekiel 40:10 +. +And he measured the breadth of the opening of the gateway, ten cubits, and the length of the gateway, thirteen cubits. -- ezekiel 40:11 +. +And a border or barrier before the guardrooms was one cubit on this side, and a border or barrier, one cubit on that side. And the guardrooms or lodges were six cubits on this side and six cubits on that side. -- ezekiel 40:12 +. +And the man [an angel] measured the gate from the outer wall of one chamber or guardroom to the outer wall of another--a breadth of twenty-five cubits from door to door. -- ezekiel 40:13 +. +And the open part of the porch or vestibule of the gateway on the outside was twenty cubits, the chambers or guardrooms of the gate being round about. -- ezekiel 40:14 +. +And including this porch or vestibule of the gate on the outside and the porch or vestibule on the inside, the extent was fifty cubits. -- ezekiel 40:15 +. +And there were closed windows to the guardrooms or chambers and to their posts or pillars within the gate round about, and likewise to the archway or vestibule; and windows were round about facing into the court, and upon each post or pillar were palm tree [decorations]. -- ezekiel 40:16 +. +Then he brought me into the outward court, and behold, there were chambers and a pavement round about the court; thirty chambers fronted on the pavement. -- ezekiel 40:17 +. +And the pavement was along by the side of the gates, answerable to the length of the gateways; this was the lower pavement. -- ezekiel 40:18 +. +Then the man measured the distance from the inner front before the lower gate to the outer front of the inner court, a hundred cubits, both on the east and on the north. -- ezekiel 40:19 +. +And the gate of the outward court which faced the north, of it he measured both the length and the breadth. -- ezekiel 40:20 +. +And its guardrooms or lodges, three on this side and three on that side, and its posts or pillars and archway or vestibule were the same size as those of the first gate; the length was fifty cubits and the breadth twenty-five cubits. -- ezekiel 40:21 +. +And its windows and its archway or vestibule and its palm trees were of the same size as those of the gate that faces toward the east. It was reached by going up seven steps, and the archway of its vestibule was on the inner side. -- ezekiel 40:22 +. +Opposite the gate on the north and on the east was a gate to the inner court, and he [the man with the measuring rod of reed] measured from gate to gate, a hundred cubits. -- ezekiel 40:23 +. +After that the man brought me toward the south, and behold, there was a gate on the south, and he measured its posts or pillars and its archway or vestibule; they measured as the others did. -- ezekiel 40:24 +. +And there were windows round about in it and in its archway or vestibule, like those windows in the other gateways; its length was fifty cubits and its breadth twenty-five cubits. -- ezekiel 40:25 +. +And there were seven steps going up to the gate, and its archway or vestibule was on the inside. And it had palm trees, one on this side and another on that side, carved on its posts or pillars. -- ezekiel 40:26 +. +And there was a gate to the inner court on the south, and he measured from gate to gate toward the south, a hundred cubits. -- ezekiel 40:27 +. +And the man [an angel] brought me into the inner court by the south gate, and he measured the south gate; its measurements were the same as those of the other gateways. -- ezekiel 40:28 +. +And its guardrooms or chambers and its posts or pillars and its archway or vestibule measured as did the others. And there were windows in the gateway and in its archway or vestibule round about; its length was fifty cubits and its breadth twenty-five cubits. -- ezekiel 40:29 +. +And there was an archway or a vestibule round about, twenty-five cubits long and five cubits wide. -- ezekiel 40:30 +. +And its [arched] vestibule faced the outer court; and palm trees were carved upon its posts or pillars, and the steps going up to it were eight. -- ezekiel 40:31 +. +And he brought me into the inner court toward the east and he measured the gate; it measured the same as the others. -- ezekiel 40:32 +. +And its guardrooms or chambers and its posts or pillars and its archway or vestibule measured as did the others. And there were windows in it and in its [arched] vestibule round about; the gateway was fifty cubits long and twenty-five cubits wide. -- ezekiel 40:33 +. +And its [arched] vestibule faced the outer court; and palm trees were carved upon its posts or pillars on either side, and the steps leading to it were eight. -- ezekiel 40:34 +. +And the man [an angel] brought me to the north gate and measured it; the measurements were the same as those of the other gates. -- ezekiel 40:35 +. +Its guardrooms or chambers, its posts or pillars, its [arched] vestibule, and the windows to it round about [were of the same size as the others]. The length of the gateway was fifty cubits and the width was twenty-five cubits. -- ezekiel 40:36 +. +And its posts or pillars were toward the outer court, and palm trees were carved upon them on either side. And the approach to it had eight steps. -- ezekiel 40:37 +. +There was an attached chamber with its door beside the posts or pillars of the gates where the burnt offering was to be washed. -- ezekiel 40:38 +. +And in the porch or vestibule of the gate were two tables on this side and two tables on that side, on which to slay the burnt offering and the sin offering and the trespass or guilt offering. -- ezekiel 40:39 +. +And on the one side without, as one goes up to the entrance of the gate to the north, were two tables; and on the other side at the vestibule of the gate were two tables. -- ezekiel 40:40 +. +Four tables were on the inside and four tables on the outside of the side of the gate, eight tables upon which the sacrifices were to be slain. -- ezekiel 40:41 +. +Moreover, there were four tables of hewn stone for the burnt offering, a cubit and a half long, a cubit and a half broad, and one cubit high. Upon them were to be laid the instruments with which were slain the burnt offering and the sacrifice. -- ezekiel 40:42 +. +And slabs or hooks a handbreadth long were fastened within [the room] round about. Upon the tables was to be placed the flesh of the offering. -- ezekiel 40:43 +. +Then the man [an angel] led me [from without] into the inner court, and behold, there were two chambers in the inner court: one beside the north gate but facing the south, and one beside the south gate but looking toward the north. -- ezekiel 40:44 +. +And the man [an angel who was guiding me] said, This chamber with its view to the south is for the priests who have charge of the house [of the Lord], -- ezekiel 40:45 +. +And the chamber with its view to the north is for the priests who have charge of the altar. These are the sons of Zadok, who alone among the sons of Levi may come near to the Lord to minister to Him. -- ezekiel 40:46 +. +And he measured the court, a hundred cubits long and a hundred cubits broad, foursquare; and the altar was in front of the house [of the Lord]. -- ezekiel 40:47 +. +Then he brought me to the porch or vestibule of the temple proper, and he measured each post or pillar of the porch, five cubits on either side. And the width of the gate was three cubits for this [leaf] and three cubits for that one. -- ezekiel 40:48 +. +And the length of the porch or vestibule was twenty cubits and the breadth eleven cubits; and he brought me by the steps by which it was reached, and there were two pillars standing on the posts [as bases] or beside them, one on either side of the entrance. -- ezekiel 40:49 +. +AND the man [an angel] brought me to [the Holy Place of] the temple and measured the wall pillars, six cubits broad on one side [of the ten-cubit door] and six cubits broad on the other side, which was the breadth of the tabernacle or tent [later called the temple]. -- ezekiel 41:1 +. +And the breadth of the entrance was ten cubits, and the leaves of the door were five cubits on the one side and five cubits on the other side; and he measured its length, forty cubits, and its breadth, twenty cubits. -- ezekiel 41:2 +. +Then the man [being an angel, and unrestricted] went inside [the inner room, but went alone] and measured each post of the door, two cubits, the doorway, six cubits, and the breadth of the entrance, seven cubits. -- ezekiel 41:3 +. +And he measured the length [of the interior of the second room] in the temple proper, twenty cubits, and the breadth, twenty cubits; and he [came out and] said to me, This is the Most Holy Place (the Holy of Holies). -- ezekiel 41:4 +. +Then he measured the wall of the temple, six cubits thick [to accommodate side chambers]; and the breadth of every side chamber, four cubits, round about the temple proper on every side. -- ezekiel 41:5 +. +These side chambers were three stories high, one over another and thirty in each story; and they entered into the wall which belonged to the house for the side chambers round about, that they might have hold of the wall [of the house], but they did not have hold of the wall of the temple. -- ezekiel 41:6 +. +And the side rooms became broader as they encompassed the temple higher and higher, for the encircling of the house went higher and higher round about the temple; therefore the breadth of the house continued upward, and so one went up from the lowest story to the highest one by way of the middle story [on a winding stairway]. -- ezekiel 41:7 +. +I saw also that the temple had an elevation or foundation platform round about it. The foundations of the side chambers measured a full reed measure of six long cubits. -- ezekiel 41:8 +. +The thickness of the outer wall of the side chamber was five cubits, as was the width of that part of the foundation that was left free of the side chambers that belonged to the house. -- ezekiel 41:9 +. +And between [the free space of the foundation platform and] the chambers was a breadth of twenty cubits round about the temple on every side. -- ezekiel 41:10 +. +And the doors of the attached side chambers opened on the free space that was left, one door toward the north and another door toward the south; and the breadth of the space on the foundation platform that was left free was five cubits round about. -- ezekiel 41:11 +. +And the building that faced the temple yard on the west side was seventy cubits broad, and the wall of the building was five cubits thick round about, and its length ninety cubits. -- ezekiel 41:12 +. +And the man [an angel in my vision] measured the temple, a hundred cubits long; and the yard and the building with its walls, a hundred cubits long; -- ezekiel 41:13 +. +Also the breadth of the east front of the temple and the yard, a hundred cubits. -- ezekiel 41:14 +. +Then the man [an angel] measured the length of the building on the west side of the yard with its walls on either side, a hundred cubits. The Holy Place of the temple, the inner Holy of Holies, and the outer vestibule -- ezekiel 41:15 +. +Were roofed over, and all three had latticed windows all around. The inside walls of the temple were paneled with wood round about from the floor up to the windows and from the windows to the roof, -- ezekiel 41:16 +. +Including the space above the door leading to the inner room, inside and out. And on the walls round about in the inner room and the Holy Place were carvings, -- ezekiel 41:17 +. +With figures of cherubim and palm trees, so that a palm tree was between a cherub and a cherub; and every cherub had two faces, -- ezekiel 41:18 +. +So that the face of a man was toward the palm tree on the one side, and the face of a young lion toward the palm tree on the other side. It was made this way through all the house round about. -- ezekiel 41:19 +. +From the floor to above the entrance were cherubim and palm trees made, and also on the wall of the temple [the Holy Place]. -- ezekiel 41:20 +. +The door frames of the temple were squared, and in front [outside of the sanctuary or Holy of Holies] was what appeared to be -- ezekiel 41:21 +. +An altar of wood, three cubits high and two cubits long [and wide]; and its corners, its base, and its sides were of wood. And the man [an angel] said to me, This is the table that is before the Lord. -- ezekiel 41:22 +. +And the temple or Holy Place and the sanctuary or Holy of Holies, had two doors [one for each of them]. -- ezekiel 41:23 +. +And the doors had two leaves apiece, two folding leaves--two leaves for the one door and two leaves for the other door. -- ezekiel 41:24 +. +And there were carved on them, on the doors of the temple, cherubim and palm trees, like those carved upon the walls; and there was also a canopy of wood in front of the porch outside. -- ezekiel 41:25 +. +And there were recessed windows and palm trees on the one side and on the other side of the porch. Thus were the side chambers and the canopies of the house. -- ezekiel 41:26 +. +THEN the man [an angel] brought me forth into the outer court northward, and he brought me to the attached chambers that were opposite the temple yard and were opposite the building on the north. -- ezekiel 42:1 +. +Before the long side of one hundred cubits was the door toward the north, and the breadth was fifty cubits. -- ezekiel 42:2 +. +Adjoining the twenty cubits which belonged to the inner court, and opposite the pavement which belonged to the outer court, was balcony facing balcony in three stories. -- ezekiel 42:3 +. +And before the attached chambers was a walk inward of ten cubits breadth and a hundred cubits long, and their doors were on the north. -- ezekiel 42:4 +. +Now the upper chambers were shorter, for the balconies took off from these more than from the lower and middle chambers of the building. -- ezekiel 42:5 +. +For they were in three stories, but did not have pillars as the pillars of the [outer] court; therefore the upper chambers were set back more than the lower and the middle ones from the ground. -- ezekiel 42:6 +. +And the wall or fence that was outside, opposite and parallel to the chambers, toward the outer court before the chambers, was fifty cubits long, -- ezekiel 42:7 +. +For the length of the [combined] chambers that were on the outer court was fifty cubits, while [the length] of those opposite the temple was a hundred cubits. -- ezekiel 42:8 +. +And under these chambers was the entrance on the east side, as one approached them from the outer court. -- ezekiel 42:9 +. +In the breadth of the wall of the court going toward the east, before the yard and before the building, were the chambers -- ezekiel 42:10 +. +With a passage before them that gave the appearance of the attached chambers on the north, of the same length and breadth, with similar exits and arrangements and doors. -- ezekiel 42:11 +. +And like the doors of the chambers that were toward the south there was an entrance at the head of the way, the way before the dividing wall toward the east, as one enters them. -- ezekiel 42:12 +. +Then said the man [an angel] to me, The north chambers and the south chambers, which are opposite the yard, are the holy chambers where the priests who approach the Lord shall eat the most holy offerings; there shall they lay the most holy things--the meal offering, the sin offering, and the trespass or guilt offering--for the place is holy. -- ezekiel 42:13 +. +When the priests enter the Holy Place, they shall not go out of it into the outer court unless they lay aside there the garments in which they minister, for these are holy, separate, and set apart. They shall put on other garments before they approach that which is for the people. -- ezekiel 42:14 +. +Now when he had finished measuring the inner temple area, he brought me forth toward the gate which faces east and measured it [the outer area] round about. -- ezekiel 42:15 +. +He measured the east side with the measuring reed, five hundred reeds with the measuring reed round about. -- ezekiel 42:16 +. +He measured the north side, five hundred reeds with the measuring reed round about. -- ezekiel 42:17 +. +He measured the south side, five hundred reeds with the measuring reed. -- ezekiel 42:18 +. +He turned about to the west side and measured five hundred reeds with the measuring reed. -- ezekiel 42:19 +. +He measured it on the four sides; it had a wall round about, the length five hundred reeds and the breadth five hundred, to make a separation between that which was holy [the temple proper] and that which was common [the outer area]. -- ezekiel 42:20 +. +AFTERWARD the man [an angel] brought me to the gate, the gate that faces east. -- ezekiel 43:1 +. +And behold, the glory of the God of Israel came from the east and His voice was like the sound of many waters, and the earth shone with His glory. -- ezekiel 43:2 +. +And the vision which I saw was like the vision I had seen when I came to foretell the destruction of the city and like the vision I had seen beside the river Chebar [near Babylon]; and I fell on my face. -- ezekiel 43:3 +. +And the glory of the Lord entered the temple by the gate facing east. -- ezekiel 43:4 +. +Then the Spirit caught me up and brought me into the inner court, and behold, the glory of the Lord filled the temple. -- ezekiel 43:5 +. +And I heard One speaking to me out of the temple, and a Man stood by me. -- ezekiel 43:6 +. +And He [the Lord] said to me, Son of man, this is the place of My throne and the place of the soles of My feet, where I will dwell in the midst of the children of Israel forever; and My holy name the house of Israel shall no more profane, neither they nor their kings, by their [idolatrous] harlotry, nor by the dead bodies and monuments of their kings, -- ezekiel 43:7 +. +Nor by setting their threshold by My thresholds and their doorposts by My doorposts, with a mere wall between Me and them. They have profaned My holy name by their abominations which they have committed; therefore I have consumed them in My anger. -- ezekiel 43:8 +. +Now let them put away their [idolatrous] harlotry and the dead bodies and monuments of their kings far from Me, and I will dwell in their midst forever. -- ezekiel 43:9 +. +Son of man, show the temple by your description of it to the house of Israel, that they may be ashamed of their iniquities; and let them measure accurately its appearance and plan. -- ezekiel 43:10 +. +And if they are ashamed of all that they have done, make known to them the form of the temple and the arrangement of it--its exits and its entrances and the whole form of it--all its ordinances and all its forms and all its laws. And write it down in their sight so that they may keep the whole form of it and all the ordinances of it and do them. -- ezekiel 43:11 +. +This is the law of the house [of the Lord]: The whole area round about on the top of the mountain [Mount Moriah] shall be most holy, separated, and set apart. Behold, this is the law of the house [of the Lord]. -- ezekiel 43:12 +. +And these are the measurements of the altar [of burnt offering] in cubits. The cubit is a royal cubit [the length of a forearm and a palm of the hand]; the bottom or gutter shall be a cubit deep and a cubit wide, with a rim or lip round about it of a span's breadth. And this shall be the height of the altar: -- ezekiel 43:13 +. +From the bottom or gutter on the ground to the lower ledge or brim shall be two cubits, and the breadth one cubit; and from the lesser ledge to the greater ledge shall be four cubits, and the breadth one cubit. -- ezekiel 43:14 +. +And the altar hearth shall be four cubits high, and from the altar hearth reaching upward there shall be four horns one cubit high. -- ezekiel 43:15 +. +And the altar hearth shall be square--twelve cubits long, twelve broad, square in its four sides. -- ezekiel 43:16 +. +And the ledge shall be fourteen cubits long and fourteen cubits broad on its four sides, and the border about it shall be half a cubit; and its bottom or gutter shall be a cubit deep and wide, and its ascent [not steps] shall face the east. -- ezekiel 43:17 +. +And [the Lord] said to me, Son of man, thus says the Lord God: These are the regulations for the use of the altar in the day that it is erected, upon which to offer burnt offerings and to sprinkle blood against it: -- ezekiel 43:18 +. +You shall give to the priests, the Levites who are of the offspring of Zadok, who are near to Me to minister to Me, says the Lord God, a young bull for a sin offering. -- ezekiel 43:19 +. +And you shall take of its blood and put it on the four horns of [the altar of burnt offering] and on the four corners of the ledge and on the rim or border round about. Thus shall you cleanse and make atonement for [the altar]. -- ezekiel 43:20 +. +You shall also take the bullock of the sin offering, and it shall be burned in the appointed place of the temple, outside the sacred enclosure. -- ezekiel 43:21 +. +And on the second day you shall offer a male goat without blemish for a sin offering. Thus the altar shall be cleansed, as it was cleansed with the bullock. -- ezekiel 43:22 +. +When you have finished cleansing it, you shall offer a young bull without blemish and a ram out of the flock without blemish. -- ezekiel 43:23 +. +And you shall bring them near before the Lord, and the priests shall cast salt upon them and they shall offer them up for a burnt offering to the Lord. -- ezekiel 43:24 +. +Seven days you shall prepare every day a goat for a sin offering; also a young bull and a ram out of the flock, without blemish, shall be prepared. -- ezekiel 43:25 +. +For seven days shall they make atonement for the altar and purify it; so the priests shall consecrate, separate, and set it apart to receive offerings. -- ezekiel 43:26 +. +And when these days have been accomplished, on the eighth day and from then on, the priests shall offer your burnt offerings upon the altar and your peace offerings; and I will accept you, says the Lord God. -- ezekiel 43:27 +. +THEN the man [an angel] brought me back the way of the outer gate of the sanctuary which faces the east, and it was shut. -- ezekiel 44:1 +. +Then the Lord said to me, This gate shall be shut; it shall not be opened and no man shall enter in by it, for the Lord, the God of Israel, has entered in by it; therefore it shall remain shut. -- ezekiel 44:2 +. +As for the prince, being the prince, he shall sit in it to eat bread before the Lord; he shall enter by way of the porch or vestibule of the gate and shall go out the same way. -- ezekiel 44:3 +. +Then he brought me by way of the north gate to the front of the temple; I looked, and behold, the glory of the Lord filled the house of the Lord, and I fell upon my face. -- ezekiel 44:4 +. +And the Lord said to me, Son of man, mark well and set your heart to see with your eyes and hear with your ears all that I say to you concerning all the ordinances of the house of the Lord and all its laws, and mark well and set your heart to know who are allowed to enter the temple and all those who are excluded from the sanctuary. -- ezekiel 44:5 +. +And you shall say to the rebellious, even to the house of Israel, Thus says the Lord God: O you house of Israel, let all your previous abominations be enough for you! [Do not repeat them!] -- ezekiel 44:6 +. +You have brought into My sanctuary aliens, uncircumcised in heart and uncircumcised in flesh, to be in My sanctuary to pollute and profane it, even My house, when you offer My bread, the fat and the blood; and through it all and in addition to all your abominations, they and you have broken My covenant. -- ezekiel 44:7 +. +And you have not kept charge of My holy things, but you have chosen foreign keepers to please yourselves and have set them in charge of My sanctuary. -- ezekiel 44:8 +. +Therefore thus says the Lord God: No foreigner uncircumcised in heart and flesh shall enter into My sanctuary [where no one but the priests might enter], of any foreigners who are among the children of Israel. -- ezekiel 44:9 +. +But the Levites who went far away from Me when Israel went astray, who went astray from Me after their idols, they shall bear [the punishment for] their iniquity and guilt. -- ezekiel 44:10 +. +They shall minister in My sanctuary, having oversight as guards at the gates of the temple and ministering in the temple. They shall slay the burnt offering and the sacrifice for the people, and they shall attend the people to serve them. -- ezekiel 44:11 +. +Because [the priests] ministered to [the people] before their idols and became a stumbling block of iniquity and guilt to the house of Israel, therefore I have lifted up My hand and have sworn against them, says the Lord God, that they shall bear the punishment for their iniquity and guilt. -- ezekiel 44:12 +. +And they shall not come near to Me to do the office of a priest to Me, nor come near to any of My holy things that are most sacred; but they shall bear their shame and their punishment for the abominations which they have committed. -- ezekiel 44:13 +. +Yet I will appoint them as caretakers to have charge of the temple, for all the service of the temple and for all that will be done in it. -- ezekiel 44:14 +. +But the Levitical priests, the sons of Zadok, who kept the charge of My sanctuary when the children of Israel went astray from Me, shall come near to Me to minister to Me, and they shall attend Me to offer to Me the fat and the blood, says the Lord God. -- ezekiel 44:15 +. +They shall enter into My sanctuary; and they shall come near to My table to minister to Me, and they shall keep My charge. -- ezekiel 44:16 +. +When they enter the gates of the inner court, they shall be clothed in linen garments; no wool shall be on them while they minister at the gates of the inner court and within the temple. -- ezekiel 44:17 +. +They shall have linen turbans on their heads and linen breeches upon their loins; they shall not gird themselves with anything that causes [them to] sweat. -- ezekiel 44:18 +. +And when they go out into the outer court to the people, they shall put off the garments in which they ministered and lay them in the holy chambers, and they shall put on other garments, lest by contact of their garments with the people they should consecrate (separate and set apart for holy use) such persons [unintentionally and unfittingly]. -- ezekiel 44:19 +. +Neither shall they shave their heads or allow their locks to grow long; they shall only cut short or trim the hair of their heads. -- ezekiel 44:20 +. +Neither shall any priest drink wine when he enters the inner court. -- ezekiel 44:21 +. +Neither shall they take for their wives a widow or a woman separated or divorced from her husband; but they shall marry maidens [who are virgins] of the offspring of the house of Israel or a widow previously married to a priest. -- ezekiel 44:22 +. +The priests shall teach My people the difference between the holy and the common or profane, and cause them to distinguish between the unclean and the clean. -- ezekiel 44:23 +. +And in a controversy they shall act as judges, and they shall judge according to My judgments; and they shall keep My laws and My statutes in all My appointed feasts, and they shall keep My Sabbaths holy. -- ezekiel 44:24 +. +And they shall go near to no dead person to defile themselves, except for father or for mother, for son or for daughter, for brother or for sister who has had no husband; for them they may defile themselves. -- ezekiel 44:25 +. +And after he is cleansed [from the defilement of a dead body] they shall reckon to him seven days more before returning to the temple. -- ezekiel 44:26 +. +And on the day that he goes into the sanctuary, into the inner court to minister in the sanctuary, he shall offer his sin offering, says the Lord God. -- ezekiel 44:27 +. +This [their ministry to Me] shall be to them as an inheritance, for I am their inheritance; and you shall give them no possession in Israel, for I am their possession. -- ezekiel 44:28 +. +They shall eat the meal offering and the sin offering and the trespass offering, and every offering in Israel dedicated by a solemn vow to God shall be theirs. -- ezekiel 44:29 +. +And the first of all the firstfruits of all kinds, and every offering of all kinds from all your offerings, shall belong to the priests. You shall also give to the priest the first of your coarse meal and bread dough, that a blessing may rest on your house. -- ezekiel 44:30 +. +The priests shall not eat of anything that has died of itself or is torn, whether it be bird or beast. -- ezekiel 44:31 +. +MOREOVER, WHEN you shall divide the land by apportioned and assigned lots for inheritance, you shall set apart as an offering to the Lord a portion of the land to be used for holy purposes. The length shall be 25,cubits, and the breadth 20,000. It shall be holy (set apart and consecrated to sacred use) in its every area. -- ezekiel 45:1 +. +Of this there shall belong to the sanctuary a square plot by 500, and 50 cubits for the open space around it. -- ezekiel 45:2 +. +And in this sacred section you shall measure off a portion 25,cubits in length and 10,000 cubits in breadth. And in it shall be the sanctuary which is most holy. -- ezekiel 45:3 +. +It is a holy portion of the land; it shall be for the priests, the ministers of the sanctuary, who come near to minister to the Lord; and it shall be a place for their houses and a holy place (set apart as sacred) for the sanctuary. -- ezekiel 45:4 +. +And another portion of land, 25,cubits long and 10,000 cubits wide, shall also be for the Levites, the ministers of the temple, and they shall possess it as a place in which to live. -- ezekiel 45:5 +. +And you shall appoint for the possession of the city an area of 5,cubits wide and 25,000 cubits long, along beside the portion set aside as a holy section. It shall belong to the whole house of Israel. -- ezekiel 45:6 +. +And to the prince shall belong the land on the one side and on the other side of the portion set aside as a holy section and the property of the city, in front of the holy section and the property of the city, from the west side westward and from the east side eastward; and the length shall be answerable to that of one of the tribal portions and parallel to it from the western boundary to the eastern boundary of the land. -- ezekiel 45:7 +. +It shall be for the prince--his possession in Israel. And My princes shall no more oppress My people, but they shall give the rest of the land to the house of Israel according to their tribes. -- ezekiel 45:8 +. +Thus says the Lord God: That is enough for you, O princes of Israel! Stop the violence and plundering and oppression [that you did when you were given no property], and do justice and righteousness, and take away your exactions and cease your evictions of My people, says the Lord God. -- ezekiel 45:9 +. +You shall have just weights on your scales and just measures--both a just ephah measure and a just bath measure. -- ezekiel 45:10 +. +The ephah and the bath measures shall both be the same size, the bath containing one tenth of a homer and the ephah one tenth of a homer; the standard measure shall be the homer. -- ezekiel 45:11 +. +And the shekel shall be twenty gerahs; twenty shekels and twenty-five shekels and fifteen shekels shall be your maneh. -- ezekiel 45:12 +. +This is the offering which you shall make: a sixth of an ephah from each homer of wheat and a sixth of an ephah from each homer of barley. -- ezekiel 45:13 +. +And as to the set portion of oil, you shall offer the tenth part of a bath of oil out of each cor, which is a homer of ten baths, for ten baths make [both a cor and] a homer. -- ezekiel 45:14 +. +And [you shall offer] one lamb out of every flock of two hundred, out of the well-watered pastures of Israel and from all the families of Israel, to provide for a meal offering and for a burnt offering and for peace offerings, to make atonement for those who brought them, says the Lord God. -- ezekiel 45:15 +. +All the people of the land shall give this offering for the prince in Israel. -- ezekiel 45:16 +. +And it shall be the prince's part to furnish [from the contributions of the people] the burnt offerings, meal offerings, and drink offerings at the feasts and on the New Moons and on the Sabbaths, at all the appointed feasts of the house of Israel. He shall prepare and make the sin offering, the meal offering, the burnt offering, and the peace offerings to make atonement for, bringing forgiveness and reconciliation to, the house of Israel. -- ezekiel 45:17 +. +Thus says the Lord God: In the first [month], on the first [day] of the month, you shall take a young bull without blemish and you shall cleanse the sanctuary. -- ezekiel 45:18 +. +And the priest shall take some of the blood of the sin offering and put it upon the doorposts of the temple and upon the four corners of the ledge of the altar and upon the posts of the gate of the inner court. -- ezekiel 45:19 +. +You shall do this on the seventh day of the month for everyone who has sinned through error or ignorance and for him who is simple-minded. So shall you make atonement for the temple. -- ezekiel 45:20 +. +In the first month on the fourteenth day of the [month]; you shall have the Passover, a feast of seven days; unleavened bread shall be eaten. -- ezekiel 45:21 +. +Upon that day the prince shall prepare for himself and for all the people of the land a bullock for a sin offering. -- ezekiel 45:22 +. +And for the seven days of the feast he shall prepare a burnt offering to the Lord, seven bullocks and seven rams without blemish daily for the seven days, and a he-goat daily for a sin offering. -- ezekiel 45:23 +. +And he shall prepare as a meal offering to be offered with each bullock an ephah of meal, an ephah for each ram, and a hin of oil for each ephah of meal. -- ezekiel 45:24 +. +In the seventh [month], on the fifteenth day of the month, he shall make the same provision and preparation for the seven days of the feast, for sin offerings, burnt offerings, bloodless or meal offerings, and for the oil. -- ezekiel 45:25 +. +THUS SAYS the Lord God: The gate of the inner court that faces east shall be shut during the six working days, but on the Sabbath it shall be opened, and also on the day of the New Moon it shall be opened. -- ezekiel 46:1 +. +And the prince shall enter by the porch or vestibule of the gate from without and shall stand by the sidepost of the gate. The priests shall prepare and offer his burnt offering and his peace offerings, and he shall worship at the threshold of the gate. Then he shall go out, but the gate shall not be shut until evening. -- ezekiel 46:2 +. +The people of the land shall worship at the entrance of that gate before the Lord on the Sabbaths and on the New Moons. -- ezekiel 46:3 +. +And the burnt offering that the prince shall offer to the Lord on the Sabbath day shall be six lambs without blemish and a ram without blemish. -- ezekiel 46:4 +. +And the bloodless or meal offering with the ram shall be an ephah, and the meal offering with the lambs shall be as much as he is able and willing to give, and a hin of oil with each ephah. -- ezekiel 46:5 +. +And on the day of the New Moon the offering shall be a young bull without blemish and six lambs and a ram without blemish. -- ezekiel 46:6 +. +And the prince shall provide and make a meal or bloodless offering, an ephah for the bullock and an ephah for the ram, and for the lambs as he is able and willing according to what has been made available to his hand, and a hin of oil to each ephah. -- ezekiel 46:7 +. +And when the prince shall enter, he shall go in by the porch or vestibule of that gate and he shall go out by way of it. -- ezekiel 46:8 +. +But when the people of the land shall come before the Lord at the appointed solemn feasts, he who enters the north gate to worship shall go out by the south gate, and he who enters by the south gate shall go out by the north gate; he shall not return by the gate by which he came in but shall go out by the opposite gate [straight ahead]. -- ezekiel 46:9 +. +And the prince, when they go in, shall go in with them, and when they go out, he shall go out. -- ezekiel 46:10 +. +And in the appointed and solemn feasts the meal or bloodless offering shall be with a bullock an ephah, and with a ram an ephah, and with the lambs as much as the prince is willing and able to give [from what has been made available to him], and a hin of oil with each ephah. -- ezekiel 46:11 +. +When the prince shall prepare and make a freewill burnt offering or peace offerings voluntarily to the Lord, the gate that faces east shall be opened for him, and he shall offer his burnt offering and his peace offerings as he does on the Sabbath day. Then he shall go out, and after he has gone out, the gate shall be shut. -- ezekiel 46:12 +. +And a lamb a year old without blemish shall you [the priests, for the congregation] offer daily to the Lord; you shall prepare and offer it every morning. -- ezekiel 46:13 +. +And you [the priests] shall prepare a meal offering to go with it every morning, one-sixth of an ephah with one-third of a hin of oil to moisten the fine flour. This is a perpetual ordinance for a continual meal offering to the Lord. -- ezekiel 46:14 +. +Thus shall they prepare and offer the lamb and the meal offering and the oil every morning for a continual burnt offering. -- ezekiel 46:15 +. +Thus says the Lord God: If the prince gives a gift to any of his sons out of his inheritance, it shall belong to his sons; it is their property by inheritance. -- ezekiel 46:16 +. +But if he gives a gift out of his inheritance to one of his servants, then it shall be his until the year of liberty [the Year of Jubilee]; after that it shall be returned to the prince; only his sons may keep a gift from his inheritance [permanently]. -- ezekiel 46:17 +. +Moreover, the prince shall not take of the people's inheritance by oppression, thrusting them out of their property; what he gives to his sons he shall take out of his own possession, so that none of My people shall be separated from his [inherited] possession. -- ezekiel 46:18 +. +Then he [my guide] led me through the entrance which was at the side of the gate into the holy chambers for the priests, which faced the north; and behold, there was a place at the extreme western end of them. -- ezekiel 46:19 +. +And he said to me, This is the place where the priests shall boil the guilt offering and the sin offering, and where they shall bake the [bloodless] meal offering, to prevent their having to bring them into the outer court, lest they should thereby wrongfully sanctify (separate and consecrate for holy service) the people who are there. -- ezekiel 46:20 +. +And he brought me out into the outer court and caused me to pass by the four corners of the court, and behold, in every corner of the court there was a court. -- ezekiel 46:21 +. +In the four corners of the court there were courts joined on and enclosed, forty cubits long and thirty broad; these four in the corners were the same size. -- ezekiel 46:22 +. +And there was a row of masonry inside them, round about [each of] the four courts, and it was made with hearths for boiling at the bottom of the rows round about. -- ezekiel 46:23 +. +Then said he to me, These are the kitchens of those who do the boiling, where the ministers [the Levites] of the temple shall boil the sacrifices of the people. -- ezekiel 46:24 +. +THEN HE [my guide] brought me again to the door of the house [of the Lord--the temple], and behold, waters issued out from under the threshold of the temple toward the east, for the front of the temple was toward the east; and the waters came down from under, from the right side of the temple, on the south side of the altar. -- ezekiel 47:1 +. +Then he brought me out by way of the north gate and led me around outside to the outer gate by the way that faces east, and behold, waters were running out on the right side. -- ezekiel 47:2 +. +And when the man went on eastward with the measuring line in his hand, he measured a thousand cubits, and he caused me to pass through the waters, waters that were ankle-deep. -- ezekiel 47:3 +. +Again he measured a thousand cubits and caused me to pass through the waters, waters that reached to the knees. Again he measured a thousand cubits and caused me to pass through the waters, waters that reached to the loins. -- ezekiel 47:4 +. +Afterward he measured a thousand, and it was a river that I could not pass through, for the waters had risen, waters to swim in, a river that could not be passed over or through. -- ezekiel 47:5 +. +And he said to me, Son of man, have you seen this? Then he led me and caused me to return to the bank of the river. -- ezekiel 47:6 +. +Now when I had returned, behold, on the bank of the river were very many trees on the one side and on the other. -- ezekiel 47:7 +. +Then he said to me, These waters pour out toward the eastern region and go down into the Arabah (the Jordan Valley) and on into the Dead Sea. And when they shall enter into the sea [the sea of putrid waters], the waters shall be healed and made fresh. -- ezekiel 47:8 +. +And wherever the double river shall go, every living creature which swarms shall live. And there shall be a very great number of fish, because these waters go there that [the waters of the sea] may be healed and made fresh; and everything shall live wherever the river goes. -- ezekiel 47:9 +. +The fishermen shall stand on [the banks of the Dead Sea]; from En-gedi even to En-eglaim shall be a place to spread nets; their fish shall be of very many kinds, as the fish of the Great or Mediterranean Sea. -- ezekiel 47:10 +. +But its swamps and marshes will not become wholesome for animal life; they shall [as the river subsides] be left encrusted with salt and given over to it. -- ezekiel 47:11 +. +And on the banks of the river on both its sides, there shall grow all kinds of trees for food; their leaf shall not fade nor shall their fruit fail [to meet the demand]. Each tree shall bring forth new fruit every month, [these supernatural qualities being] because their waters came from out of the sanctuary. And their fruit shall be for food and their leaves for healing. -- ezekiel 47:12 +. +Thus says the Lord God: These shall be the boundaries by which you shall divide the land among the twelve tribes of Israel: Joseph shall have two portions. -- ezekiel 47:13 +. +And you shall divide it equally. I lifted up My hand and swore to give it to your fathers, and this land shall fall to you as your inheritance. -- ezekiel 47:14 +. +And this shall be the boundary of the land on the north side: from the Great or Mediterranean Sea by way of Hethlon to the entrance of Zedad, -- ezekiel 47:15 +. +Hamath, Berothah, Sibraim, which is on the border between Damascus and Hamath, as far as Hazer-hatticon on the border of Hauran. -- ezekiel 47:16 +. +So the boundary shall extend from the [Mediterranean] Sea to Hazar-enan, at the boundary of Damascus on the north, together with the boundary of Hamath to the north. This is the north side. -- ezekiel 47:17 +. +And on the east side you shall measure the boundary from between Hauran and Damascus, and Gilead on one side and the land of Israel on the other, with the Jordan forming the boundary down to the East or Dead Sea. And this [from Damascus to the Dead Sea and including it] is the east side. -- ezekiel 47:18 +. +And the south side [boundary] southward, from Tamar [near the Dead Sea] shall run as far as the waters of Meribath-kadesh, then along the Brook of Egypt to the Great or Mediterranean Sea. And this is the south side. -- ezekiel 47:19 +. +On the west side [the boundary] shall be the Great or Mediterranean Sea to a point opposite the entrance of Hamath [north of Mount Hermon]. This is the west side. -- ezekiel 47:20 +. +So you shall divide this land among you according to the tribes of Israel. -- ezekiel 47:21 +. +You shall divide it by allotment as an inheritance for yourselves and for the foreigners who reside among you and shall have children born among you. They shall be to you as those born in the country among the children of Israel; they shall inherit with you among the tribes of Israel. -- ezekiel 47:22 +. +In whatever tribe the foreigner resides, there shall you give him his inheritance, says the Lord God. -- ezekiel 47:23 +. +NOW THESE are the names of the tribes: From the north end, beside the way of Hethlon to the entrance of Hamath as far as Hazar-enan, which is on the northern border of Damascus opposite Hamath, and reaching from the east border to the west, Dan, one [portion]. -- ezekiel 48:1 +. +And beside the border of Dan, from the east side to the west side, Asher, one [portion]. -- ezekiel 48:2 +. +And beside the border of Asher, from the east side to the west side, Naphtali, one [portion]. -- ezekiel 48:3 +. +And beside the border of Naphtali, from the east side to the west side, Manasseh, one [portion]. -- ezekiel 48:4 +. +And beside the border of Manasseh, from the east side to the west side, Ephraim, one [portion]. -- ezekiel 48:5 +. +And beside the border of Ephraim, from the east side to the west side, Reuben, one [portion]. -- ezekiel 48:6 +. +And beside the border of Reuben, from the east side to the west side, Judah, one [portion]. -- ezekiel 48:7 +. +And beside the border of Judah, from the east side to the west side, shall be the offering of land which you shall offer: 25,reeds in breadth, and in length as one of the tribal portions from the east side to the west side; and the sanctuary shall be in the midst of it. -- ezekiel 48:8 +. +The portion of land that you shall set apart and offer to the Lord shall be 25,[measures] in length and 10,000 in breadth [for each of the two districts]. -- ezekiel 48:9 +. +And for these, even for the priests, shall be this holy offering of land: toward the north 25,[measures] in length, and toward the west 10,000 in breadth, and toward the east 10,000 in breadth, and toward the south 25,000 in length, and the sanctuary of the Lord shall be in the midst of it. -- ezekiel 48:10 +. +The set-apart and sacred portion shall be for the consecrated priests of the sons of Zadok, who have kept My charge and who did not go astray when the children of Israel went astray, as the other Levites did. -- ezekiel 48:11 +. +And this land offering shall be for the priests as a thing most holy beside the border of the [other] Levites. -- ezekiel 48:12 +. +And opposite the border of the priests the [other] Levites shall have 25,[measures] in length and 10,000 in breadth. The whole length shall be 25,000 and the breadth 10,000. -- ezekiel 48:13 +. +And they shall not sell any of it or exchange it; they shall not convey or transfer this the firstfruits of the land, for it has been offered to the Lord and is holy to Him. -- ezekiel 48:14 +. +And the remaining strip of 5,[measures] in breadth and 25,000 in length shall be for the city's secular use, for a place in which to dwell and for open country or suburbs. The city shall be in the midst of the plot. -- ezekiel 48:15 +. +And these shall be the dimensions of it: the north side 4,[measures] and the south side 4,500, the east side 4,500 and the west side 4,500. -- ezekiel 48:16 +. +And the city shall have suburbs or open country: toward the north [measures] and toward the south 250, toward the east 250 and toward the west 250. -- ezekiel 48:17 +. +The remainder of the length along beside the holy portion shall be 10,[measures] to the east and 10,000 to the west, and it shall be along beside the holy portion. The produce from it shall be for food for those who work in the city. -- ezekiel 48:18 +. +And the workers of the city from all the tribes of Israel shall till the open land. -- ezekiel 48:19 +. +The whole portion that you shall set apart as an offering to God shall be 25,[measures] by 25,000; you shall set apart the holy portion foursquare, together with the property of the city. -- ezekiel 48:20 +. +And what is left unallotted, on both sides of the holy portion and of that possessed by the city, shall belong to the prince. Reaching eastward from the 25,[measures] of the holy portion to the east border, and westward from the 25,000 [measures] to the west border, parallel to the tribal allotments, it belongs to the prince. The holy portion with the sanctuary of the temple in its midst, -- ezekiel 48:21 +. +And the possession of the Levites and the property of the city [of Jerusalem] shall be in the midst of that which belongs to the prince. What lies between the border of Judah and the border of Benjamin shall be for the prince. -- ezekiel 48:22 +. +As for the rest of the tribes, from the east side to the west side, Benjamin, one [portion]. -- ezekiel 48:23 +. +And beside the border of Benjamin, from the east side to the west side, Simeon, one [portion]. -- ezekiel 48:24 +. +And beside the border of Simeon, from the east side to the west side, Issachar, one [portion]. -- ezekiel 48:25 +. +And beside the border of Issachar, from the east side to the west side, Zebulun, one [portion]. -- ezekiel 48:26 +. +And beside the border of Zebulun, from the east side to the west side, Gad, one [portion]. -- ezekiel 48:27 +. +And beside the border of Gad, at the south side southward, the border shall extend from Tamar to the waters of Meribath-kadesh and on along the Brook [of Egypt] to the Great or Mediterranean Sea. -- ezekiel 48:28 +. +This is the land which you shall divide by allotment among the tribes of Israel as their inheritance, and these are their several portions, says the Lord God. -- ezekiel 48:29 +. +And these shall be the exits of the city: On the north side, which is to extend 4,measures, -- ezekiel 48:30 +. +Three gates: one gate of Reuben, one gate of Judah, one gate of Levi, the gates of the city being called after the names of the tribes of Israel; -- ezekiel 48:31 +. +And on the east side's 4,measures, three gates: one gate of Joseph, one gate of Benjamin, one gate of Dan; -- ezekiel 48:32 +. +And on the south side's 4,measures, three gates: one gate of Simeon, one gate of Issachar, one gate of Zebulun; -- ezekiel 48:33 +. +On the west side's 4,measures, three gates: one gate of Gad, one gate of Asher, one gate of Naphtali. -- ezekiel 48:34 +. +The distance around the city shall be 18,[4 x 4,500] measures; and the name of the city from that day and ever after shall be, THE LORD IS THERE. -- ezekiel 48:35 +. +IN THE third year of the reign of Jehoiakim king of Judah, Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon came to Jerusalem and besieged it. -- daniel 1:1 +. +And the Lord gave Jehoiakim king of Judah into his hand, along with a part of the vessels of the house of God; and he carried them into the land of Shinar [Babylonia] to the house of his god and placed the vessels in the treasury of his god. -- daniel 1:2 +. +And the [Babylonian] king told Ashpenaz, the master of his eunuchs, to bring in some of the children of Israel, both of the royal family and of the nobility-- -- daniel 1:3 +. +Youths without blemish, well-favored in appearance and skillful in all wisdom, discernment, and understanding, apt in learning knowledge, competent to stand and serve in the king's palace--and to teach them the literature and language of the Chaldeans. -- daniel 1:4 +. +And the king assigned for them a daily portion of his own rich and dainty food and of the wine which he drank. They were to be so educated and so nourished for three years that at the end of that time they might stand before the king. -- daniel 1:5 +. +Among these were of the children of Judah: Daniel, Hananiah, Mishael, and Azariah. -- daniel 1:6 +. +The chief of the eunuchs gave them names: Daniel he called Belteshazzar [the king's attendant], Hananiah he called Shadrach, Mishael he called Meshach, and Azariah he called Abednego. -- daniel 1:7 +. +But Daniel determined in his heart that he would not defile himself by [eating his portion of] the king's rich and dainty food or by [drinking] the wine which he drank; therefore he requested of the chief of the eunuchs that he might [be allowed] not to defile himself. -- daniel 1:8 +. +Now God made Daniel to find favor, compassion, and loving-kindness with the chief of the eunuchs. -- daniel 1:9 +. +And the chief of the eunuchs said to Daniel, I fear, lest my lord the king, who has appointed your food and your drink, should see your faces worse looking or more sad than the other youths of your age. Then you would endanger my head with the king. -- daniel 1:10 +. +Then said Daniel to the steward whom the chief of the eunuchs had set over Daniel, Hananiah, Mishael, and Azariah, -- daniel 1:11 +. +Prove your servants, I beseech you, for ten days and let us be given a vegetable diet and water to drink. -- daniel 1:12 +. +Then let our appearance and the appearance of the youths who eat of the king's [rich] dainties be observed and compared by you, and deal with us your servants according to what you see. -- daniel 1:13 +. +So [the man] consented to them in this matter and proved them ten days. -- daniel 1:14 +. +And at the end of ten days it was seen that they were looking better and had taken on more flesh than all the youths who ate of the king's rich dainties. -- daniel 1:15 +. +So the steward took away their [rich] dainties and the wine they were to drink and gave them vegetables. -- daniel 1:16 +. +As for these four youths, God gave them knowledge and skill in all learning and wisdom, and Daniel had understanding in all [kinds of] visions and dreams. -- daniel 1:17 +. +Now at the end of the time which the king had set for bringing [all the young men in], the chief of the eunuchs brought them before Nebuchadnezzar. -- daniel 1:18 +. +And the king conversed with them, and among them all none was found like Daniel, Hananiah, Mishael, and Azariah; therefore they were assigned to stand before the king. -- daniel 1:19 +. +And in all matters of wisdom and understanding concerning which the king asked them, he found them ten times better than all the [learned] magicians and enchanters who were in his whole realm. -- daniel 1:20 +. +And Daniel continued there even to the first year of King Cyrus [at the close of the seventy years' exile of Judah in Babylonia, which Jeremiah had foretold]. -- daniel 1:21 +. +IN THE second year of the reign of Nebuchadnezzar, Nebuchadnezzar had dreams by which his spirit was troubled and agitated and his sleep went from him. -- daniel 2:1 +. +Then the king commanded to call the magicians, the enchanters or soothsayers, the sorcerers, and the Chaldeans [diviners], to tell the king his dreams. So they came and stood before the king. -- daniel 2:2 +. +And the king said to them, I had a dream and my spirit is troubled to know the dream. -- daniel 2:3 +. +Then said the Chaldeans [diviners] to the king in Aramaic [the Syrian language], O king, live forever! Tell your servants the dream, and we will show the interpretation. -- daniel 2:4 +. +The king answered the Chaldeans, The thing is gone from me! And the decree goes forth from me and I say it with all emphasis: if you do not make known to me the dream with its interpretation, you shall be cut in pieces and your houses shall be made a dunghill! -- daniel 2:5 +. +But if you show the dream and its interpretation, you shall receive from me gifts and rewards and great honor. So show me the dream and the interpretation of it. -- daniel 2:6 +. +They answered again, Let the king tell his servants the dream, and we will show the interpretation of it. -- daniel 2:7 +. +The king answered, I know with certainty that you are trying to gain time, because you see the thing is gone from me and because you see that my word [against you] is sure: -- daniel 2:8 +. +If you will not make known to me the dream, there is but one sentence for you; for you have prepared lying and corrupt words to speak before me [hoping to delay your execution] until the time is changed. Therefore tell me the dream, and I will know that you can tell me the interpretation of it. -- daniel 2:9 +. +The Chaldeans [diviners] answered before the king and said, There is not a man on earth who can show the king this matter, for no king, lord, or ruler has [ever] asked such a thing of any magician or enchanter or Chaldean. -- daniel 2:10 +. +A rare and weighty thing indeed the king requires! None except the gods can reveal it to the king, and their dwelling is not with [human] flesh. -- daniel 2:11 +. +For this cause the king was angry and very furious and commanded that all the wise men of Babylon be destroyed. -- daniel 2:12 +. +So the decree went forth that the wise men were to be killed, and [the officers] sought Daniel and his companions to be slain. -- daniel 2:13 +. +Then Daniel returned an answer which was full of prudence and wisdom to Arioch the captain or executioner of the king's guard, who had gone forth to slay the wise men of Babylon. -- daniel 2:14 +. +He said to Arioch, the king's captain, Why is the decree so urgent and hasty from the king? Then Arioch explained the matter to Daniel. -- daniel 2:15 +. +And Daniel went in and desired of the king that he would set a date and give him time, and he would show the king the interpretation. -- daniel 2:16 +. +Then Daniel went to his house and made the thing known to Hananiah, Mishael, and Azariah, his companions, -- daniel 2:17 +. +So that they would desire and request mercy of the God of heaven concerning this secret, that Daniel and his companions should not perish with the rest of the wise men of Babylon. -- daniel 2:18 +. +Then the secret was revealed to Daniel in a vision of the night, and Daniel blessed the God of heaven. -- daniel 2:19 +. +Daniel answered, Blessed be the name of God forever and ever! For wisdom and might are His! -- daniel 2:20 +. +He changes the times and the seasons; He removes kings and sets up kings. He gives wisdom to the wise and knowledge to those who have understanding! -- daniel 2:21 +. +He reveals the deep and secret things; He knows what is in the darkness, and the light dwells with Him! -- daniel 2:22 +. +I thank You and praise You, O God of my fathers, Who has given me wisdom and might and has made known to me now what we desired of You, for You have made known to us the solution to the king's problem. -- daniel 2:23 +. +Therefore Daniel went to Arioch, whom the king had appointed to destroy the wise men of Babylon; he went and said thus to him: Do not destroy the wise men of Babylon! Bring me in before the king, and I will show to the king the interpretation. -- daniel 2:24 +. +Then Arioch brought in Daniel before the king in haste and said thus to him: I have found a man of the captives of Judah who will make known to the king the interpretation [of his dream]. -- daniel 2:25 +. +The king said to Daniel, whose name was Belteshazzar, Are you able to make known to me the dream which I have seen and the interpretation of it? -- daniel 2:26 +. +Daniel answered the king, The [mysterious] secret which the king has demanded neither the wise men, enchanters, magicians, nor astrologers can show the king, -- daniel 2:27 +. +But there is a God in heaven Who reveals secrets, and He has made known to King Nebuchadnezzar what it is that shall be in the latter days (at the end of days). Your dream and the visions in your head upon your bed are these: -- daniel 2:28 +. +As for you, O king, as you were lying upon your bed thoughts came into your mind about what should come to pass hereafter, and He Who reveals secrets was making known to you what shall come to pass. -- daniel 2:29 +. +But as for me, this secret is not revealed to me for any wisdom that I have more than anyone else living, but in order that the interpretation may be made known to the king and that you may know the thoughts of your heart and mind. -- daniel 2:30 +. +You, O king, saw, and behold, [there was] a great image. This image which was mighty and of exceedingly great brightness stood before you, and the appearance of it was frightening and terrible. -- daniel 2:31 +. +As for this image, its head was of fine gold, its breast and its arms of silver, its belly and its thighs of bronze, -- daniel 2:32 +. +Its legs of iron, its feet partly of iron and partly of clay [the baked clay of the potter]. -- daniel 2:33 +. +As you looked, a Stone was cut out without human hands, which smote the image on its feet of iron and [baked] clay [of the potter] and broke them to pieces. -- daniel 2:34 +. +Then the iron, the [baked] clay [of the potter], the bronze, the silver, and the gold were broken and crushed together and became like the chaff of the summer threshing floors, and the wind carried them away so that not a trace of them could be found. And the Stone that smote the image became a great mountain or rock and filled the whole earth. -- daniel 2:35 +. +This was the dream, and we will tell the interpretation of it to the king. -- daniel 2:36 +. +You, O king, are king of the [earthly] kings to whom the God of heaven has given the kingdom, the power, the might, and the glory. -- daniel 2:37 +. +And wherever the children of men dwell, and the beasts of the field, and the birds of the heavens--He has given them into your hand and has made you to rule over them all. You [king of Babylon] are the head of gold. -- daniel 2:38 +. +And after you shall arise another kingdom [the Medo-Persian], inferior to you, and still a third kingdom of bronze [Greece under Alexander the Great] which shall bear rule over all the earth. -- daniel 2:39 +. +And the fourth kingdom [Rome] shall be strong as iron, since iron breaks to pieces and subdues all things; and like iron which crushes, it shall break and crush all these. -- daniel 2:40 +. +And as you saw the feet and toes, partly of [baked] clay [of the potter] and partly of iron, it shall be a divided kingdom; but there shall be in it some of the firmness and strength of iron, just as you saw the iron mixed with miry [earthen] clay. -- daniel 2:41 +. +And as the toes of the feet were partly of iron and partly of [baked] clay [of the potter], so the kingdom shall be partly strong and partly brittle and broken. -- daniel 2:42 +. +And as you saw the iron mixed with miry and earthen clay, so they shall mingle themselves in the seed of men [in marriage bonds]; but they will not hold together [for two such elements or ideologies can never harmonize], even as iron does not mingle itself with clay. -- daniel 2:43 +. +And in the days of these [final ten] kings shall the God of heaven set up a kingdom which shall never be destroyed, nor shall its sovereignty be left to another people; but it shall break and crush and consume all these kingdoms and it shall stand forever. -- daniel 2:44 +. +Just as you saw that the Stone was cut out of the mountain without hands and that it broke in pieces the iron, the bronze, the clay, the silver, and the gold, the great God has made known to the king what shall come to pass hereafter. The dream is certain and the interpretation of it is sure. -- daniel 2:45 +. +Then King Nebuchadnezzar fell on his face and paid homage to Daniel [as a great prophet of the highest God] and ordered that an offering and incense should be offered up to him [in honor of his God]. -- daniel 2:46 +. +The king answered Daniel, Of a truth your God is the God of gods and the Lord of kings and a Revealer of secret mysteries, seeing that you could reveal this secret mystery! -- daniel 2:47 +. +Then the king made Daniel great and gave him many great gifts, and he made him to rule over the whole province of Babylon and to be chief governor over all the wise men of Babylon. -- daniel 2:48 +. +And Daniel requested of the king and he appointed Shadrach, Meshach, and Abednego over the affairs of the province of Babylon. But Daniel remained in the gate of the king [at the king's court]. -- daniel 2:49 +. +NEBUCHADNEZZAR THE king [caused to be] made an image of gold, whose height was sixty cubits or ninety feet and its breadth six cubits or nine feet. He set it up on the plain of Dura in the province of Babylon. -- daniel 3:1 +. +Then Nebuchadnezzar the king sent to gather together the satraps, the deputies, the governors, the judges and chief stargazers, the treasurers, the counselors, the sheriffs and lawyers, and all the chief officials of the provinces to come to the dedication of the image which King Nebuchadnezzar had [caused to be] set up. -- daniel 3:2 +. +Then the satraps, the deputies, the governors, the judges and chief stargazers, the treasurers, the counselors, the sheriffs and lawyers, and all the chief officials of the provinces were gathered together for the dedication of the image that King Nebuchadnezzar had set up, and they stood before the image that Nebuchadnezzar had set up. -- daniel 3:3 +. +Then the herald cried aloud, You are commanded, O peoples, nations, and languages, -- daniel 3:4 +. +That when you hear the sound of the horn, pipe, lyre, trigon, harp, dulcimer or bagpipe, and every kind of music, you are to fall down and worship the golden image that King Nebuchadnezzar has set up. -- daniel 3:5 +. +And whoever does not fall down and worship shall that very hour be cast into the midst of a burning fiery furnace. -- daniel 3:6 +. +Therefore, when all the peoples heard the sound of the horn, pipe, lyre, trigon, dulcimer or bagpipe, and every kind of music, all the peoples, nations, and languages fell down and worshiped the golden image that King Nebuchadnezzar had set up. -- daniel 3:7 +. +Therefore at that time certain men of Chaldean descent came near and brought [malicious] accusations against the Jews. -- daniel 3:8 +. +They said to King Nebuchadnezzar, O king, live forever! -- daniel 3:9 +. +You, O king, have made a decree that every man who hears the sound of the horn, pipe, lyre, trigon, harp, dulcimer or bagpipe, and every kind of music shall fall down and worship the golden image, -- daniel 3:10 +. +And that whoever does not fall down and worship shall be cast into the midst of a burning fiery furnace. -- daniel 3:11 +. +There are certain Jews whom you have appointed and set over the affairs of the province of Babylon--Shadrach, Meshach, and Abednego. These men, O king, pay no attention to you; they do not serve your gods or worship the golden image which you have set up. -- daniel 3:12 +. +Then Nebuchadnezzar in rage and fury commanded to bring Shadrach, Meshach, and Abednego; and these men were brought before the king. -- daniel 3:13 +. +[Then] Nebuchadnezzar said to them, Is it true, O Shadrach, Meshach, and Abednego, that you do not serve my gods or worship the golden image which I have set up? -- daniel 3:14 +. +Now if you are ready when you hear the sound of the horn, pipe, lyre, trigon, harp, dulcimer or bagpipe, and every kind of music to fall down and worship the image which I have made, very good. But if you do not worship, you shall be cast at once into the midst of a burning fiery furnace, and who is that god who can deliver you out of my hands? -- daniel 3:15 +. +Shadrach, Meshach, and Abednego answered the king, O Nebuchadnezzar, it is not necessary for us to answer you on this point. -- daniel 3:16 +. +If our God Whom we serve is able to deliver us from the burning fiery furnace, He will deliver us out of your hand, O king. -- daniel 3:17 +. +But if not, let it be known to you, O king, that we will not serve your gods or worship the golden image which you have set up! -- daniel 3:18 +. +Then Nebuchadnezzar was full of fury and his facial expression was changed [to antagonism] against Shadrach, Meshach, and Abednego. Therefore he commanded that the furnace should be heated seven times hotter than it was usually heated. -- daniel 3:19 +. +And he commanded the strongest men in his army to bind Shadrach, Meshach, and Abednego and to cast them into the burning fiery furnace. -- daniel 3:20 +. +Then these [three] men were bound in their cloaks, their tunics or undergarments, their turbans, and their other clothing, and they were cast into the midst of the burning fiery furnace. -- daniel 3:21 +. +Therefore because the king's commandment was urgent and the furnace exceedingly hot, the flame and sparks from the fire killed those men who handled Shadrach, Meshach, and Abednego. -- daniel 3:22 +. +And these three men, Shadrach, Meshach, and Abednego, fell down bound into the burning fiery furnace. -- daniel 3:23 +. +Then Nebuchadnezzar the king [saw and] was astounded, and he jumped up and said to his counselors, Did we not cast three men bound into the midst of the fire? They answered, True, O king. -- daniel 3:24 +. +He answered, Behold, I see four men loose, walking in the midst of the fire, and they are not hurt! And the form of the fourth is like a son of the gods! -- daniel 3:25 +. +Then Nebuchadnezzar came near to the mouth of the burning fiery furnace and said, Shadrach, Meshach, and Abednego, you servants of the Most High God, come out and come here. Then Shadrach, Meshach, and Abednego came out from the midst of the fire. -- daniel 3:26 +. +And the satraps, the deputies, the governors, and the king's counselors gathered around together and saw these men--that the fire had no power upon their bodies, nor was the hair of their head singed; neither were their garments scorched or changed in color or condition, nor had even the smell of smoke clung to them. -- daniel 3:27 +. +Then Nebuchadnezzar said, Blessed be the God of Shadrach, Meshach, and Abednego, Who has sent His angel and delivered His servants who believed in, trusted in, and relied on Him! And they set aside the king's command and yielded their bodies rather than serve or worship any god except their own God. -- daniel 3:28 +. +Therefore I make a decree that any people, nation, and language that speaks anything amiss against the God of Shadrach, Meshach, and Abednego shall be cut in pieces and their houses be made a dunghill, for there is no other God who can deliver in this way! -- daniel 3:29 +. +Then the king promoted Shadrach, Meshach, and Abednego in the province of Babylon. -- daniel 3:30 +. +NEBUCHADNEZZAR THE king, to all people, nations, and languages that dwell on all the earth: May peace be multiplied to you! -- daniel 4:1 +. +It seemed good to me to show the signs and wonders that the Most High God has performed toward me. -- daniel 4:2 +. +How great are His signs! And how mighty His wonders! His kingdom is an everlasting kingdom, and His dominion is from generation to generation. -- daniel 4:3 +. +I, Nebuchadnezzar, was at rest in my house and prospering in my palace. -- daniel 4:4 +. +I had a dream which made me afraid, and the thoughts and imaginations and the visions of my head as I was lying upon my bed troubled and agitated me. -- daniel 4:5 +. +Therefore I made a decree to bring in all the wise men of Babylon before me, that they might make known to me the interpretation of the dream. -- daniel 4:6 +. +Then the magicians, the enchanters, the Chaldeans, and the astrologers came in, and I told them the dream, but they could not make known to me the interpretation of it. -- daniel 4:7 +. +But at last Daniel came in before me--he who was named Belteshazzar, after the name of my god, and in whom is the Spirit of the Holy God--and I told the dream before him, saying, -- daniel 4:8 +. +O Belteshazzar, chief of the magicians, because I know that the Spirit of the Holy God is in you and no secret mystery is a burden or troubles you, tell me the visions of my dream that I have seen and the interpretation of it. -- daniel 4:9 +. +The visions of my head [as I lay] on my bed were these: I saw, and behold, [there was] a tree in the midst of the earth, and its height was great. -- daniel 4:10 +. +The tree grew and was strong and its height reached to the heavens, and the sight of it reached to the end of the whole earth. -- daniel 4:11 +. +Its leaves were fair and its fruit abundant, and in it was food for all. The living creatures of the field found shade under it, and the birds of the sky dwelt in its branches; and all flesh was fed from it. -- daniel 4:12 +. +I saw in the visions of my head [as I lay] on my bed, and behold, a watcher, a holy one, came down from heaven. -- daniel 4:13 +. +He cried aloud [with might] and said, Cut down the tree and cut off its branches; shake off its leaves and scatter its fruit. Let the living creatures flee from under it and the fowls from its branches. -- daniel 4:14 +. +Nevertheless leave the stump of its roots in the earth, bound with a band of iron and bronze, in the midst of the tender grass of the field. Let him be wet with the dew of the heavens, and let him share the lot of the living creatures in the grass of the earth. -- daniel 4:15 +. +Let his nature and understanding be changed from a man's and let a beast's nature and understanding be given him, and let seven times [or years] pass over him. -- daniel 4:16 +. +This sentence is by the decree of the [heavenly] watchers and the decision is by the word of the holy ones, to the intent that the living may know that the Most High [God] rules the kingdom of mankind and gives it to whomever He will and sets over it the humblest and lowliest of men. -- daniel 4:17 +. +This dream I, King Nebuchadnezzar, have seen. And you, O Belteshazzar [Daniel], declare now its interpretation, since all the wise men of my kingdom are not able to make known to me the interpretation; but you are able, for the Spirit of the Holy God is in you. -- daniel 4:18 +. +Then Daniel, whose name was Belteshazzar, was astonished and dismayed and stricken dumb for a while [concerned about the king's destiny], and his thoughts troubled, agitated, and alarmed him. The king said, Belteshazzar, let not the dream or its interpretation trouble or alarm you. Belteshazzar answered, My lord, may the dream be for those who hate you and its message for your enemies. -- daniel 4:19 +. +The tree that you saw, which grew [great] and was strong, whose height reached to the heavens and which was visible to all the earth, -- daniel 4:20 +. +Whose foliage was beautiful and its fruit abundant, on which was food for all, under which the living creatures of the field dwelt, and on whose branches the birds of the sky had their nests-- -- daniel 4:21 +. +It is you, O king, who have grown and become strong; your greatness has increased and it reaches to the heavens, and your dominion to the ends of the earth. -- daniel 4:22 +. +And whereas the king saw a watcher, a holy one, coming down from heaven and saying, Cut the tree down and destroy it, but leave the stump of its roots in the earth with a band of iron and bronze around it, in the tender grass of the field; and let him be wet with the dew of the heavens, and let his portion be with the living creatures of the field until seven times [or years] pass over him-- -- daniel 4:23 +. +This is the interpretation, O king: It is the decree of the Most High [God] which has come upon my lord the king: -- daniel 4:24 +. +You shall be driven from among men and your dwelling shall be with the beasts of the field; you shall be made to eat grass as do the oxen and you shall be wet with the dew of the heavens; and seven times [or years] shall pass over you until you learn and know and recognize that the Most High [God] rules the kingdom of mankind and gives it to whomever He will. -- daniel 4:25 +. +And in that it was commanded to leave the stump of the roots of the tree, your kingdom shall be sure to you after you have learned and know that [the God of] heaven rules. -- daniel 4:26 +. +Therefore, O king, let my counsel be acceptable to you; break off your sins and show the reality of your repentance by righteousness (right standing with God and moral and spiritual rectitude and rightness in every area and relation) and liberate yourself from your iniquities by showing mercy and loving-kindness to the poor and oppressed, that [if the king will repent] there may possibly be a continuance and lengthening of your peace and tranquility and a healing of your error. -- daniel 4:27 +. +All this was fulfilled and came upon King Nebuchadnezzar. -- daniel 4:28 +. +At the end of twelve months he was walking in the royal palace of Babylon. -- daniel 4:29 +. +The king said, Is not this the great Babylon that I have built as the royal residence and seat of government by the might of my power and for the honor and glory of my majesty? -- daniel 4:30 +. +While the words were still in the king's mouth, there fell a voice from heaven, saying, O King Nebuchadnezzar, to you it is spoken: The kingdom has departed from you, -- daniel 4:31 +. +And you shall be driven from among men and your dwelling will be with the living creatures of the field. You will be made to eat grass like the oxen, and seven times [or years] shall pass over you until you have learned and know that the Most High [God] rules in the kingdom of men and gives it to whomever He will. -- daniel 4:32 +. +That very hour the thing was [in process of] being fulfilled upon Nebuchadnezzar. He was driven from among men and did eat grass like oxen [as Daniel had said he would], and his body was wet with the dew of the heavens until his hair grew like eagles' [feathers] and his nails [were] like birds' [claws]. -- daniel 4:33 +. +And at the end of the days [seven years], I, Nebuchadnezzar, lifted up my eyes to heaven, and my understanding and the right use of my mind returned to me; and I blessed the Most High [God] and I praised and honored and glorified Him Who lives forever, Whose dominion is an everlasting dominion; and His kingdom endures from generation to generation. -- daniel 4:34 +. +And all the inhabitants of the earth are accounted as nothing. And He does according to His will in the host of heaven and among the inhabitants of the earth, and none can stay His hand or say to Him, What are You doing? -- daniel 4:35 +. +Now at the same time my reason and understanding returned to me; and for the glory of my kingdom, my majesty and splendor returned to me, and my counselors and my lords sought me out; I was reestablished in my kingdom, and still more greatness [than before] was added to me. -- daniel 4:36 +. +Now I, Nebuchadnezzar, praise and extol and honor the King of heaven, Whose works are all faithful and right and Whose ways are just. And those who walk in pride He is able to abase and humble. -- daniel 4:37 +. +BELSHAZZAR THE king [descendant of Nebuchadnezzar] made a great feast for a thousand of his lords, and he drank his wine in the presence of the thousand. -- daniel 5:1 +. +Belshazzar, while he was tasting the wine, commanded that the gold and silver vessels which his father Nebuchadnezzar had taken out of the temple [out of the sacred area--the Holy Place and the Holy of Holies] which was in Jerusalem be brought, that the king and his lords, his wives, and his concubines might drink from them. -- daniel 5:2 +. +Then they brought in the gold and silver vessels which had been taken out of the temple, the house of God which was in Jerusalem; and the king and his lords, his wives, and his concubines drank from them. -- daniel 5:3 +. +They drank wine and praised the gods of gold and silver, of bronze, iron, wood, and stone. -- daniel 5:4 +. +Immediately and suddenly there appeared the fingers of a man's hand and wrote on the plaster of the wall opposite the candlestick [so exposed especially to the light] in the king's palace, and the king saw the part of the hand that wrote. -- daniel 5:5 +. +Then the color and the [drunken] hilarious brightness of the king's face was changed, and his [terrifying] thoughts troubled and alarmed him; the joints and muscles of his hips and back gave way and his knees smote together. -- daniel 5:6 +. +The king cried aloud [mightily] to bring in the enchanters or soothsayers, the Chaldeans [diviners], and the astrologers. The king said to the wise men of Babylon, Whoever will read this writing and show me the interpretation of it will be clothed with purple and have a chain of gold put about his neck and will be the third ruler in the kingdom. -- daniel 5:7 +. +And all the king's wise men came in, but they could not read the writing or make known to the king the interpretation of it. -- daniel 5:8 +. +Then King Belshazzar was greatly perplexed and alarmed and the color faded from his face, and his lords were puzzled and astounded. -- daniel 5:9 +. +Now the queen [mother], overhearing the exciting words of the king and his lords, came into the banquet house. The queen [mother] said, O king, live forever! Do not be alarmed at your thoughts or let your cheerful expression and the color of your face be changed. -- daniel 5:10 +. +There is a man in your kingdom in whom is the Spirit of the holy God [or gods], and in the days of your father light and understanding and wisdom like the wisdom of the gods were found in him; and King Nebuchadnezzar, your father--the king, I say, your father--appointed him master of the magicians, enchanters or soothsayers, Chaldeans, and astrologers, -- daniel 5:11 +. +Because an excellent spirit, knowledge, and understanding to interpret dreams, clarify riddles, and solve knotty problems were found in this same Daniel, whom the king named Belteshazzar. Now let Daniel be called, and he will show the interpretation. -- daniel 5:12 +. +Then Daniel was brought in before the king. And the king said to Daniel, Are you that Daniel of the children of the captivity of Judah, whom the king my father brought out of Judah? -- daniel 5:13 +. +I have heard of you, that the Spirit of the holy God [or gods] is in you and that light and understanding and superior wisdom are found in you. -- daniel 5:14 +. +Now the wise men, the enchanters, have been brought in before me that they might read this writing and make known to me the interpretation of it, but they could not show the interpretation of the matter. -- daniel 5:15 +. +But I have heard of you, that you can make interpretations and solve knotty problems. Now if you can read the writing and make known to me its interpretation, you shall be clothed with purple and have a chain of gold put around your neck and shall be the third ruler in the kingdom. -- daniel 5:16 +. +Then Daniel answered before the king, Let your gifts be for yourself and give your rewards to another. However, I will read the writing to the king and make known to him the interpretation. -- daniel 5:17 +. +O king, the Most High God gave Nebuchadnezzar your father a kingdom and greatness and glory and majesty; -- daniel 5:18 +. +And because of the greatness that He gave him, all peoples, nations, and languages trembled and feared before him. Whom he would he slew, and whom he would he kept alive; whom he would he set up, and whom he would he put down. -- daniel 5:19 +. +But when his heart was lifted up and his mind and spirit were hardened so that he dealt proudly, he was deposed from his kingly throne and his glory was taken from him; -- daniel 5:20 +. +He was driven from among men, and his heart or mind was made like the beasts, and his dwelling was with the wild asses. He was fed with grass like oxen, and his body was wet with the dew of the heavens until he learned and knew that the Most High God rules in the kingdom of men and that He appoints and sets over it whomever He will. -- daniel 5:21 +. +And you his son, O Belshazzar, have not humbled your heart and mind, though you knew all this [knew it and were defiant]. -- daniel 5:22 +. +And you have lifted yourself up against the Lord of heaven, and the vessels of His house have been brought before you, and you and your lords, your wives, and your concubines have drunk wine from them; and you have praised the gods of silver and gold, of bronze, iron, wood, and stone, which do not see or hear or know; but the God in Whose hand your breath is and Whose are all your ways you have not honored and glorified [but have dishonored and disgraced]. -- daniel 5:23 +. +Then was the part of the hand sent from the presence of [the Most High God], and this writing was inscribed. -- daniel 5:24 +. +And this is the inscription that was written, MENE, MENE, TEKEL, UPHARSIN--numbered, numbered, weighed, divisions. -- daniel 5:25 +. +This is the interpretation of the matter: MENE, God has numbered the days of your kingship and brought them to an end; -- daniel 5:26 +. +TEKEL, You are weighed in the balances and are found wanting; -- daniel 5:27 +. +PERES, Your kingdom and your kingship are divided and given to the Medes and Persians. [Foretold in Isa. 21:2, 5, 9.] -- daniel 5:28 +. +Then Belshazzar commanded, and Daniel was clothed with purple and a chain of gold put about his neck, and a proclamation was made concerning him that he should be the third ruler in the kingdom. -- daniel 5:29 +. +During that night Belshazzar the king of the Chaldeans was slain, -- daniel 5:30 +. +And Darius the Mede took the kingdom; he was about sixty-two years old. -- daniel 5:31 +. +IT PLEASED [King] Darius [successor to Belshazzar] to set over the kingdom satraps who should be [in charge] throughout all the kingdom, -- daniel 6:1 +. +And over them three presidents--of whom Daniel was one--that these satraps might give account to them and that the king should have no loss or damage. -- daniel 6:2 +. +Then this Daniel was distinguished above the presidents and the satraps because an excellent spirit was in him, and the king thought to set him over the whole realm. -- daniel 6:3 +. +Then the presidents and satraps sought to find occasion [to bring accusation] against Daniel concerning the kingdom, but they could find no occasion or fault, for he was faithful, nor was there any error or fault found in him. -- daniel 6:4 +. +Then said these men, We shall not find any occasion [to bring accusation] against this Daniel except we find it against him concerning the law of his God. -- daniel 6:5 +. +Then these presidents and satraps came [tumultuously] together to the king and said to him, King Darius, live forever! -- daniel 6:6 +. +All the presidents of the kingdom, the deputies and the satraps, the counselors and the governors, have consulted and agreed that the king should establish a royal statute and make a firm decree that whoever shall ask a petition of any god or man for thirty days, except of you, O king, shall be cast into the den of lions. -- daniel 6:7 +. +Now, O king, establish the decree and sign the writing that it may not be changed, according to the law of the Medes and Persians, which cannot be altered. -- daniel 6:8 +. +So King Darius signed the writing and the decree. -- daniel 6:9 +. +Now when Daniel knew that the writing was signed, he went into his house, and his windows being open in his chamber toward Jerusalem, he got down upon his knees three times a day and prayed and gave thanks before his God, as he had done previously. -- daniel 6:10 +. +Then these men came thronging [by agreement] and found Daniel praying and making supplication before his God. -- daniel 6:11 +. +Then they came near and said before the king concerning his prohibitory decree, Have you not signed an edict that any man who shall make a petition to any god or man within thirty days, except of you, O king, shall be cast into the den of lions? The king answered and said, The thing is true, according to the law of the Medes and Persians, which cannot be changed or repealed. -- daniel 6:12 +. +Then they said before the king, That Daniel, who is one of the exiles from Judah, does not regard or pay any attention to you, O king, or to the decree that you have signed, but makes his petition three times a day. -- daniel 6:13 +. +Then the king, when he heard these words, was much distressed [over what he had done] and set his mind on Daniel to deliver him; and he labored until the sun went down to rescue him. -- daniel 6:14 +. +Then these same men came thronging [by agreement] to the king and said, Know, O king, that it is a law of the Medes and Persians that no decree or statute which the king establishes may be changed or repealed. -- daniel 6:15 +. +Then the king commanded, and Daniel was brought and cast into the den of lions. The king said to Daniel, May your God, Whom you are serving continually, deliver you! -- daniel 6:16 +. +And a stone was brought and laid upon the mouth of the den, and the king sealed it with his own signet and with the signet of his lords, that there might be no change of purpose concerning Daniel. -- daniel 6:17 +. +Then the king went to his palace and passed the night fasting, neither were instruments of music or dancing girls brought before him; and his sleep fled from him. -- daniel 6:18 +. +Then the king arose very early in the morning and went in haste to the den of lions. -- daniel 6:19 +. +And when he came to the den and to Daniel, he cried out in a voice of anguish. The king said to Daniel, O Daniel, servant of the living God, is your God, Whom you serve continually, able to deliver you from the lions? -- daniel 6:20 +. +Then Daniel said to the king, O king, live forever! -- daniel 6:21 +. +My God has sent His angel and has shut the lions' mouths so that they have not hurt me, because I was found innocent and blameless before Him; and also before you, O king, [as you very well know] I have done no harm or wrong. -- daniel 6:22 +. +Then the king was exceedingly glad and commanded that Daniel should be taken up out of the den. So Daniel was taken up out of the den, and no hurt of any kind was found on him because he believed in (relied on, adhered to, and trusted in) his God. -- daniel 6:23 +. +And the king commanded, and those men who had accused Daniel were brought and cast into the den of lions, they, their children, and their wives; and before they ever reached the bottom of the den, the lions had overpowered them and had broken their bones in pieces. -- daniel 6:24 +. +Then King Darius wrote to all peoples, nations, and languages [in his realm] that dwelt in all the earth: May peace be multiplied to you! -- daniel 6:25 +. +I make a decree that in all my royal dominion men must tremble and fear before the God of Daniel, for He is the living God, enduring and steadfast forever, and His kingdom shall not be destroyed and His dominion shall be even to the end [of the world]. -- daniel 6:26 +. +He is a Savior and Deliverer, and He works signs and wonders in the heavens and on the earth--He Who has delivered Daniel from the power of the lions. -- daniel 6:27 +. +So this [man] Daniel prospered in the reign of Darius and in the reign of Cyrus the Persian. -- daniel 6:28 +. +IN THE first year of Belshazzar king of Babylon Daniel had a dream and visions in his head as he was lying upon his bed. Then he wrote down the dream and told the gist of the matter. -- daniel 7:1 +. +Daniel said, I saw in my vision by night, and behold, the four winds of the heavens [political and social agitations] were stirring up the great sea [the nations of the world]. -- daniel 7:2 +. +And four great beasts came up out of the sea in succession, and different from one another. -- daniel 7:3 +. +The first [the Babylonian empire under Nebuchadnezzar] was like a lion and had eagle's wings. I looked till the wings of it were plucked, and it was lifted up from the earth and made to stand upon two feet as a man, and a man's heart was given to it. -- daniel 7:4 +. +And behold another beast, a second one [the Medo-Persian empire], was like a bear, and it raised up itself on one side [or one dominion] and three ribs were in its mouth between its teeth; and it was told, Arise, devour much flesh. -- daniel 7:5 +. +After this I looked, and behold, another [the Grecian empire of Alexander the Great], like a leopard which had four wings of a bird on its back. The beast had also four heads [Alexander's generals, his successors], and dominion was given to it. -- daniel 7:6 +. +After this I saw in the night visions, and behold, a fourth beast [the Roman empire]--terrible, powerful and dreadful, and exceedingly strong. And it had great iron teeth; it devoured and crushed and trampled what was left with its feet. And it was different from all the beasts that came before it, and it had ten horns [symbolizing ten kings]. -- daniel 7:7 +. +I considered the horns, and behold, there came up among them another horn, a little one, before which three of the first horns were plucked up by the roots; and behold, in this horn were eyes like the eyes of a man and a mouth speaking great things. -- daniel 7:8 +. +I kept looking until thrones were placed [for the assessors with the Judge], and the Ancient of Days [God, the eternal Father] took His seat, Whose garment was white as snow and the hair of His head like pure wool. His throne was like the fiery flame; its wheels were burning fire. -- daniel 7:9 +. +A stream of fire came forth from before Him; a thousand thousands ministered to Him and ten thousand times ten thousand rose up and stood before Him; the Judge was seated [the court was in session] and the books were opened. -- daniel 7:10 +. +I looked then because of the sound of the great words which the horn was speaking. I watched until the beast was slain and its body destroyed and given over to be burned with fire. -- daniel 7:11 +. +And as for the rest of the beasts, their power of dominion was taken away; yet their lives were prolonged [for the duration of their lives was fixed] for a season and a time. -- daniel 7:12 +. +I saw in the night visions, and behold, on the clouds of the heavens came One like a Son of man, and He came to the Ancient of Days and was presented before Him. -- daniel 7:13 +. +And there was given Him [the Messiah] dominion and glory and kingdom, that all peoples, nations, and languages should serve Him. His dominion is an everlasting dominion which shall not pass away, and His kingdom is one which shall not be destroyed. -- daniel 7:14 +. +As for me, Daniel, my spirit was grieved and anxious within me, and the visions of my head alarmed and agitated me. -- daniel 7:15 +. +I came near to one of those who stood there and asked him the truth of all this. So he told me and made known to me the interpretation of the things. -- daniel 7:16 +. +These four great beasts are four kings who shall arise out of the earth. -- daniel 7:17 +. +But the saints of the Most High [God] shall receive the kingdom and possess the kingdom forever, even forever and ever. -- daniel 7:18 +. +Then I wished to know the truth about the fourth beast--which was different from all the others, exceedingly terrible and shocking, whose teeth were of iron and its nails of bronze, which devoured, broke and crushed, and trampled what was left with its feet-- -- daniel 7:19 +. +And about the ten horns [representing kings] that were on its head, and the other horn which came up later and before which three of [the horns] fell, the horn which had eyes and a mouth that spoke great things and which looked greater than the others. -- daniel 7:20 +. +As I looked, this horn made war with the saints and prevailed over them -- daniel 7:21 +. +Until the Ancient of Days came, and judgment was given to the saints of the Most High [God], and the time came when the saints possessed the kingdom. -- daniel 7:22 +. +Thus [the angel] said, The fourth beast shall be a fourth kingdom on earth, which shall be different from all other kingdoms and shall devour the whole earth, tread it down, and break it in pieces and crush it. -- daniel 7:23 +. +And as for the ten horns, out of this kingdom ten kings shall arise; and another shall arise after them, and he shall be different from the former ones, and he shall subdue and put down three kings. -- daniel 7:24 +. +And he shall speak words against the Most High [God] and shall wear out the saints of the Most High and think to change the time [of sacred feasts and holy days] and the law; and the saints shall be given into his hand for a time, two times, and half a time [three and one-half years]. -- daniel 7:25 +. +But the judgment shall be set [by the court of the Most High], and they shall take away his dominion to consume it [gradually] and to destroy it [suddenly] in the end. -- daniel 7:26 +. +And the kingdom and the dominion and the greatness of the kingdom under the whole heavens shall be given to the people of the saints of the Most High; His kingdom is an everlasting kingdom, and all the dominions shall serve and obey Him. -- daniel 7:27 +. +Here is the end of the matter. As for me, Daniel, my [waking] thoughts troubled and alarmed me much and my cheerfulness of countenance was changed in me; but I kept the matter [of the interpreting angel's information] in my heart and mind. -- daniel 7:28 +. +IN THE third year of the reign of King Belshazzar a vision appeared to me, Daniel, after the one that appeared to me at the first. -- daniel 8:1 +. +And I saw in the vision and it seemed that I was at Shushan the palace or fortress [in Susa, the capital of Persia], which is in the province of Elam, and I saw in the vision and I was by the river of Ulai. -- daniel 8:2 +. +And I lifted up my eyes and saw, and behold, there stood before the river a [single] ram which had two horns [representing two kings of Medo-Persia: Darius the Mede, then Cyrus]; and the two horns were high, but one [Persia] was higher than the other, and the higher one came up last. -- daniel 8:3 +. +I looked and saw the ram [Medo-Persia] pushing and charging westward and northward and southward; no beast could stand before him, neither could anyone rescue from his power, but he did according to his [own] will and pleasure and magnified himself. -- daniel 8:4 +. +As I was considering, behold, a he-goat [the king of Greece] came from the west across the face of the whole earth without touching the ground, and the goat had a conspicuous and remarkable horn between his eyes [symbolizing Alexander the Great]. -- daniel 8:5 +. +And he came to the ram that had the two horns which I had seen standing on the bank of the river and ran at him in the heat of his power. -- daniel 8:6 +. +[In my vision] I saw him come close to the ram [Medo-Persia], and he was moved with anger against him and he [Alexander the Great] struck the ram and broke his two horns; and there was no power in the ram to stand before him, but the goat threw him to the ground and trampled on him. And there was no one who could rescue the ram from his power. -- daniel 8:7 +. +And the he-goat [Alexander the Great] magnified himself exceedingly, and when he was [young and] strong, the great horn [he] was [suddenly] broken; and instead of [him] there came up four notable horns [to whom the kingdom was divided, one] toward [each of] the four winds of the heavens. -- daniel 8:8 +. +Out of littleness and small beginnings one of them came forth [Antiochus Epiphanes], a horn whose [impious presumption and pride] grew exceedingly great toward the south and toward the east and toward the ornament [the precious, blessed land of Israel]. -- daniel 8:9 +. +And [in my vision this horn] grew great, even against the host of heaven [God's true people, the saints], and some of the host and of the stars [priests] it cast down to the ground and trampled on them, -- daniel 8:10 +. +Yes, [this horn] magnified itself, even [matching itself] against the Prince of the host [of heaven]; and from Him the continual [burnt offering] was taken away and the place of [God's] sanctuary was cast down and profaned. -- daniel 8:11 +. +And the host [the chosen people] was given [to the wicked horn] together with the continual burnt offering because of the transgression [of God's people--their abounding irreverence, ungodliness, and lack of piety]. And righteousness and truth were cast down to the ground, and it [the wicked horn] accomplished this [by divine permission] and prospered. -- daniel 8:12 +. +Then I heard a holy one speaking, and another holy one said to the one that spoke, For how long is the vision concerning the continual offering, the transgression that makes desolate, and the giving over of both the sanctuary and the host [of the people] to be trampled underfoot? -- daniel 8:13 +. +And he said to him and to me, For 2,evenings and mornings; then the sanctuary shall be cleansed and restored. -- daniel 8:14 +. +When I, even I, Daniel, had seen the vision, I sought to understand it; then behold, there stood before me one [Gabriel] with the appearance of a man. -- daniel 8:15 +. +And I heard a man's voice between the banks of the [river] Ulai which called and said, Gabriel, make this man [Daniel] understand the vision. -- daniel 8:16 +. +So he came near where I stood, and when he came, I was frightened and fell on my face. But he said to me, Understand, O son of man, for the [fulfillment of the] vision belongs to [events that shall occur in] the time of the end. -- daniel 8:17 +. +Now as he [Gabriel] was speaking with me, I fell stunned and in deep unconsciousness with my face to the ground; but he touched me and set me upright [where I had stood]. -- daniel 8:18 +. +And he said, Behold, I will make you know what will be in the latter time of the indignation [of God upon the ungodly], for it has to do with the time of the end. -- daniel 8:19 +. +The ram you saw having two horns, they are the kings of Media and Persia. -- daniel 8:20 +. +And the shaggy and rough he-goat is the king of Greece, and the great horn between his eyes is the first king [who consolidated the whole realm, Alexander the Great]. -- daniel 8:21 +. +And as for the horn which was shattered, in whose place four others arose, four kingdoms shall arise out of his nation but not having his [Alexander's] power. -- daniel 8:22 +. +And at the latter end of their kingdom, when the transgressors [the apostate Jews] have reached the fullness [of their wickedness, taxing the limits of God's mercy], a king of fierce countenance and understanding dark trickery and craftiness shall stand up. -- daniel 8:23 +. +And his power shall be mighty, but not by his own power; and he shall corrupt and destroy astonishingly and shall prosper and do his own pleasure, and he shall corrupt and destroy the mighty men and the holy people (the people of the saints). -- daniel 8:24 +. +And through his policy he shall cause trickery to prosper in his hand; he shall magnify himself in his heart and mind, and in their security he will corrupt and destroy many. He shall also stand up against the Prince of princes, but he shall be broken and that by no [human] hand. -- daniel 8:25 +. +The vision of the evenings and the mornings which has been told you is true. But seal up the vision, for it has to do with and belongs to the [now] distant future. -- daniel 8:26 +. +And I, Daniel, fainted and was sick [for several] days. Afterward I rose up and did the king's business; and I wondered at the vision, but there was no one who understood it or could make it understood. -- daniel 8:27 +. +IN THE first year of Darius son of Ahasuerus, of the offspring of the Medes, who was made king over the realm of the Chaldeans-- -- daniel 9:1 +. +In the first year of his reign, I, Daniel, understood from the books the number of years which, according to the word of the Lord to Jeremiah the prophet, must pass by before the desolations [which had been] pronounced on Jerusalem should end; and it was seventy years. -- daniel 9:2 +. +And I set my face to the Lord God to seek Him by prayer and supplications, with fasting and sackcloth and ashes; -- daniel 9:3 +. +And I prayed to the Lord my God and made confession and said, O Lord, the great and dreadful God, Who keeps covenant, mercy, and loving-kindness with those who love Him and keep His commandments, -- daniel 9:4 +. +We have sinned and dealt perversely and done wickedly and have rebelled, turning aside from Your commandments and ordinances. -- daniel 9:5 +. +Neither have we listened to and heeded Your servants the prophets, who spoke in Your name to our kings, our princes and our fathers, and to all the people of the land. -- daniel 9:6 +. +O Lord, righteousness belongs to You, but to us confusion and shame of face, as at this day--to the men of Judah, to the inhabitants of Jerusalem, and to all Israel, to those who are near and those who are far off, through all the countries to which You have driven them because of the [treacherous] trespass which they have committed against You. -- daniel 9:7 +. +O Lord, to us belong confusion and shame of face--to our kings, to our princes, and to our fathers--because we have sinned against You. -- daniel 9:8 +. +To the Lord our God belong mercy and loving-kindness and forgiveness, for we have rebelled against Him; -- daniel 9:9 +. +And we have not obeyed the voice of the Lord our God by walking in His laws which He set before us through His servants the prophets. -- daniel 9:10 +. +Yes, all Israel has transgressed Your law, even turning aside that they might not obey Your voice. Therefore the curse has been poured out on us and the oath that is written in the Law of Moses the servant of God, because we have sinned against Him. -- daniel 9:11 +. +And He has carried out intact His [threatening] words which He threatened against us and against our judges [the kings, princes, and rulers generally] who ruled us, and He has brought upon us a great evil; for under the whole heavens there has not been done before [anything so dreadful] as [He has caused to be] done against Jerusalem. -- daniel 9:12 +. +Just as it is written in the Law of Moses as to all this evil [that would surely come upon transgressors], so it has come upon us. Yet we have not earnestly begged for forgiveness and entreated the favor of the Lord our God, that we might turn from our iniquities and have understanding and become wise in Your truth. -- daniel 9:13 +. +Therefore the Lord has kept ready the calamity (evil) and has brought it upon us, for the Lord our God is [uncompromisingly] righteous and rigidly just in all His works which He does [keeping His word]; and we have not obeyed His voice. -- daniel 9:14 +. +And now, O Lord our God, Who brought Your people forth out of the land of Egypt with a mighty hand and secured Yourself renown and a name as at this day, we have sinned, we have done wickedly! -- daniel 9:15 +. +O Lord, according to all Your rightness and justice, I beseech You, let Your anger and Your wrath be turned away from Your city Jerusalem, Your holy mountain. Because of our sins and the iniquities of our fathers, Jerusalem and Your people have become a reproach and a byword to all who are around about us. -- daniel 9:16 +. +Now therefore, O our God, listen to and heed the prayer of Your servant [Daniel] and his supplications, and for Your own sake cause Your face to shine upon Your sanctuary which is desolate. -- daniel 9:17 +. +O my God, incline Your ear and hear; open Your eyes and look at our desolations and the city which is called by Your name; for we do not present our supplications before You for our own righteousness and justice, but for Your great mercy and loving-kindness. -- daniel 9:18 +. +O Lord, hear! O Lord, forgive! O Lord, give heed and act! Do not delay, for Your own sake, O my God, because Your city and Your people are called by Your name. -- daniel 9:19 +. +While I was speaking and praying, confessing my sin and the sin of my people Israel, and presenting my supplication before the Lord my God for the holy hill of my God-- -- daniel 9:20 +. +Yes, while I was speaking in prayer, the man Gabriel, whom I had seen in the former vision, being caused to fly swiftly, came near to me and touched me about the time of the evening sacrifice. -- daniel 9:21 +. +He instructed me and made me understand; he talked with me and said, O Daniel, I am now come forth to give you skill and wisdom and understanding. -- daniel 9:22 +. +At the beginning of your prayers, the word [giving an answer] went forth, and I have come to tell you, for you are greatly beloved. Therefore consider the matter and understand the vision. -- daniel 9:23 +. +Seventy weeks [of years, or years] are decreed upon your people and upon your holy city [Jerusalem], to finish and put an end to transgression, to seal up and make full the measure of sin, to purge away and make expiation and reconciliation for sin, to bring in everlasting righteousness (permanent moral and spiritual rectitude in every area and relation) to seal up vision and prophecy and prophet, and to anoint a Holy of Holies. -- daniel 9:24 +. +Know therefore and understand that from the going forth of the commandment to restore and to build Jerusalem until [the coming of] the Anointed One, a Prince, shall be seven weeks [of years] and sixty-two weeks [of years]; it shall be built again with [city] square and moat, but in troublous times. -- daniel 9:25 +. +And after the sixty-two weeks [of years] shall the Anointed One be cut off or killed and shall have nothing [and no one] belonging to [and defending] Him. And the people of the [other] prince who will come will destroy the city and the sanctuary. Its end shall come with a flood; and even to the end there shall be war, and desolations are decreed. -- daniel 9:26 +. +And he shall enter into a strong and firm covenant with the many for one week [seven years]. And in the midst of the week he shall cause the sacrifice and offering to cease [for the remaining three and one-half years]; and upon the wing or pinnacle of abominations [shall come] one who makes desolate, until the full determined end is poured out on the desolator. -- daniel 9:27 +. +IN THE third year of Cyrus king of Persia a word was revealed to Daniel, who was called Belteshazzar. And the word was true and it referred to great tribulation (conflict and wretchedness). And he understood the word and had understanding of the vision. -- daniel 10:1 +. +In those days I, Daniel, was mourning for three whole weeks. -- daniel 10:2 +. +I ate no pleasant or desirable food, nor did any meat or wine come into my mouth; and I did not anoint myself at all for the full three weeks. -- daniel 10:3 +. +On the twenty-fourth day of the first month, as I was on the bank of the great river Hiddekel [which is the Tigris], -- daniel 10:4 +. +I lifted up my eyes and looked, and behold, a man clothed in linen, whose loins were girded with pure gold of Uphaz. -- daniel 10:5 +. +His body also was [a golden luster] like beryl, his face had the appearance of lightning, his eyes were like flaming torches, his arms and his feet like glowing burnished bronze, and the sound of his words was like the noise of a multitude [of people or the roaring of the sea]. -- daniel 10:6 +. +And I, Daniel, alone saw the vision [of this heavenly being], for the men who were with me did not see the vision, but a great trembling fell upon them so that they fled to hide themselves. -- daniel 10:7 +. +So I was left alone and saw this great vision, and no strength was left in me, for my fresh appearance was turned to pallor; I grew weak and faint [with fright]. -- daniel 10:8 +. +Then I heard the sound of his words; and when I heard the sound of his words, I fell on my face in a deep sleep, with my face [sunk] to the ground. -- daniel 10:9 +. +And behold, a hand touched me, which set me [unsteadily] upon my knees and upon the palms of my hands. -- daniel 10:10 +. +And [the angel] said to me, O Daniel, you greatly beloved man, understand the words that I speak to you and stand upright, for to you I am now sent. And while he was saying this word to me, I stood up trembling. -- daniel 10:11 +. +Then he said to me, Fear not, Daniel, for from the first day that you set your mind and heart to understand and to humble yourself before your God, your words were heard, and I have come as a consequence of [and in response to] your words. -- daniel 10:12 +. +But the prince of the kingdom of Persia withstood me for twenty-one days. Then Michael, one of the chief [of the celestial] princes, came to help me, for I remained there with the kings of Persia. -- daniel 10:13 +. +Now I have come to make you understand what is to befall your people in the latter days, for the vision is for [many] days yet to come. -- daniel 10:14 +. +When he had spoken to me according to these words, I turned my face toward the ground and was dumb. -- daniel 10:15 +. +And behold, one in the likeness of the sons of men touched my lips. Then I opened my mouth and spoke. I said to him who stood before me, O my lord, by reason of the vision sorrows and pains have come upon me, and I retain no strength. -- daniel 10:16 +. +For how can my lord's servant [who is so feeble] talk with this my lord? For now no strength remains in me, nor is there any breath left in me. -- daniel 10:17 +. +Then there touched me again one whose appearance was like that of a man, and he strengthened me. -- daniel 10:18 +. +And he said, O man greatly beloved, fear not! Peace be to you! Be strong, yes, be strong. And when he had spoken to me, I was strengthened and said, Let my lord speak, for you have strengthened me. -- daniel 10:19 +. +Then he said, Do you know why I have come to you? And now I will return to fight with the [hostile] prince of Persia; and when I have gone, behold, the [hostile] prince of Greece will come. -- daniel 10:20 +. +But I will tell you what is inscribed in the writing of truth or the Book of Truth. There is no one who holds with me and strengthens himself against these [hostile spirit forces] except Michael, your prince [national guardian angel]. -- daniel 10:21 +. +ALSO I [the angel], in the first year of Darius the Mede, even I, stood up to confirm and to strengthen him [Michael, the angelic prince]. -- daniel 11:1 +. +And now I will show you the truth. Behold, there shall arise three more kings in Persia, and a fourth shall be far richer than they all. And when he has become strong through his riches he shall stir up and stake all against the realm of Greece. -- daniel 11:2 +. +Then a mighty [warlike, threatening] king shall arise who shall rule with great dominion and do according to his [own] will. -- daniel 11:3 +. +And as soon as he has fully arisen, his [Alexander the Great's] kingdom shall be broken [by his death] and divided toward the four winds [the east, west, north, and south] of the heavens, but not to his posterity, nor according to the [Grecian] dominion which he ruled, for his kingdom shall be torn out and uprooted and go to others [to his four generals] to the exclusion of these. -- daniel 11:4 +. +Then the king of the South (Egypt) shall be strong, but one of his princes shall be stronger than he is and have dominion; his dominion shall be a great dominion. -- daniel 11:5 +. +At the end of some years they [the king of the North, Syria, and the king of the South, Egypt] shall make an alliance; the daughter of the king of the South shall come to the king of the North to make [a just and peaceful marriage] agreement; but she shall not retain the power of her might, neither shall he and his might endure. She shall be handed over with her attendants, her child, and him who strengthened her in those times. -- daniel 11:6 +. +But out of a branch of the [same ancestral] roots as hers shall one [her brother] stand up in his place or office, who shall come against the [Syrian] army and shall enter into the fortress of the king of the North and shall deal against them and shall prevail. -- daniel 11:7 +. +And also he shall carry off to Egypt their [Syria's] gods with their molten images and with their precious vessels of silver and of gold, and he shall refrain for some years from [waging war against] the king of the North. -- daniel 11:8 +. +And he [the king of Syria] shall come into the kingdom of the king of the South but shall return to his own land. -- daniel 11:9 +. +But his sons shall be stirred up and shall prepare for war and shall assemble a multitude of great forces, which shall come on and overflow and pass through and again shall make war even to the fortress [of the king of the South]. -- daniel 11:10 +. +And the king of the South (Egypt) shall be moved with anger and shall come forth and fight with the king of the North (Syria); and he [the Syrian king] shall set forth a great multitude, but the multitude shall be given into his [the Egyptian king's] hand. -- daniel 11:11 +. +When the multitude is taken and carried away, the heart and mind [of the Egyptian king] shall be exalted, and he shall cast down tens of thousands, but he shall not prevail. -- daniel 11:12 +. +For the king of the North shall raise a multitude greater than [he had] before, and after some years shall certainly return, coming with a great army and much substance and equipment. -- daniel 11:13 +. +In those times many shall rise up against the king of the South (Egypt); also the men of violence among your own people shall lift themselves up in order to fulfill the visions [of Dan. and 9], but they shall fail and fall. -- daniel 11:14 +. +Then the king of the North shall come and cast up siege works and take a well-fortified city, and the forces of the South shall not stand, or even his chosen troops, for there shall be no strength to stand [against the Syrian king]. -- daniel 11:15 +. +But he [Antiochus the Great] who comes against him [from Syria] shall do according to his own will, and none shall stand before him; he shall stand in the glorious land [of Israel], and in his hand shall be destruction and all the land shall be in his power. -- daniel 11:16 +. +He [Antiochus the Great] shall set his face to come with the strength of his whole kingdom, and with him upright conditions and terms of peace, and he shall perform them [by making an agreement with the king of the South]. He shall give him [his] daughter to corrupt and destroy it [his league with Egypt] and the kingdom, but it shall not succeed or be to his advantage. -- daniel 11:17 +. +After this he shall turn his attention to the islands and coastlands and shall take over many of them. But a prince or commander shall teach him [Antiochus the Great] to put an end to the insults offered by him; in fact he shall turn his insolence and reproaches back upon him. -- daniel 11:18 +. +Then he shall turn his face back toward the fortresses of his own land [of Syria], but he shall stumble and fall and not be found. -- daniel 11:19 +. +Then shall stand up in his place or office one who shall send an exactor of tribute to pass through the glory of the kingdom, but within a few days he shall be destroyed, [yet] neither in anger nor in battle. -- daniel 11:20 +. +And in his place or office [in Syria] shall arise a contemptuous and contemptible person, to whom royal majesty and honor of the kingdom have not been given. But he shall come in without warning in time of security and shall obtain the kingdom by flatteries, intrigues, and cunning hypocritical conduct. -- daniel 11:21 +. +Before him the overwhelming forces of invading armies shall be broken and utterly swept away; yes, and a prince of the covenant [with those who were at peace with him] also [shall be broken and swept away]. -- daniel 11:22 +. +And from the time that an alliance is made with him he shall work deceitfully, and he shall come up unexpectedly and shall become strong with a small people. -- daniel 11:23 +. +Without warning and stealthily he shall come into the most productive places of a province or among the richest men of a province [of Egypt], and he shall do that which his fathers have not done nor his fathers' fathers; he shall distribute among them plunder, spoil, and goods. He shall devise plans against strongholds--but only for a time [the period decreed by God]. -- daniel 11:24 +. +And he shall stir up his power and his courage against the king of the South [Egypt] with a great army; and the king of the South shall wage war with an exceedingly great and mighty army, but he shall not stand, for schemes shall be devised against [the king of the South]. -- daniel 11:25 +. +Yes, those who eat of his rich and dainty food shall break and destroy him, and his army shall drift or turn away to flee, and many shall fall down slain. -- daniel 11:26 +. +And as for both of these kings, their hearts and minds shall be set on doing mischief; they shall speak lies over the same table, but it will not succeed, for the end is yet to be at the time appointed. -- daniel 11:27 +. +Then shall [the vile conqueror from the North] return into his land with much booty; and his heart and purpose shall be set against [God's] holy covenant [with His people], and he shall accomplish [his malicious intention] and return to his own land [Syria]. -- daniel 11:28 +. +At the time appointed [God's own time] he shall return and come into the South, but it shall not be successful as were the former invasions [of Egypt]. -- daniel 11:29 +. +For the ships of Kittim [or Cyprus, in Roman hands] shall come against him; therefore he shall be grieved and discouraged and turn back [to Palestine] and carry out his rage and indignation against the holy covenant and God's people, and he shall do his own pleasure; he shall even turn back and make common cause with those [Jews] who abandon the holy covenant [with God]. -- daniel 11:30 +. +And armed forces of his shall appear [in the holy land] and they shall pollute the sanctuary, the [spiritual] stronghold, and shall take away the continual [daily burnt offering]; and they shall set up [in the sanctuary] the abomination that astonishes and makes desolate [probably an altar to a pagan god]. -- daniel 11:31 +. +And such as violate the covenant he shall pervert and seduce with flatteries, but the people who know their God shall prove themselves strong and shall stand firm and do exploits [for God]. -- daniel 11:32 +. +And they who are wise and understanding among the people shall instruct many and make them understand, though some [of them and their followers] shall fall by the sword and flame, by captivity and plunder, for many days. -- daniel 11:33 +. +Now when they fall, they shall receive a little help. Many shall join themselves to them with flatteries and hypocrisies. -- daniel 11:34 +. +And some of those who are wise, prudent, and understanding shall be weakened and fall, [thus, then, the insincere among the people will lose courage and become deserters. It will be a test] to refine, to purify, and to make those among [God's people] white, even to the time of the end, because it is yet for the time [God] appointed. -- daniel 11:35 +. +And the king shall do according to his will; he shall exalt himself and magnify himself above every god and shall speak astonishing things against the God of gods and shall prosper till the indignation be accomplished, for that which is determined [by God] shall be done. -- daniel 11:36 +. +He shall not regard the gods of his fathers or Him [to Whom] women desire [to give birth--the Messiah] or any other god, for he shall magnify himself above all. -- daniel 11:37 +. +But in their place he shall honor the god of fortresses; a god whom his fathers knew not shall he honor with gold and silver, with precious stones, and with pleasant and expensive things. -- daniel 11:38 +. +And he shall deal with the strongest fortresses by the help of a foreign god. Those who acknowledge him he shall magnify with glory and honor, and he shall cause them to rule over many and shall divide the land for a price. -- daniel 11:39 +. +And at the time of the end the king of the South shall push at and attack him, and the king of the North shall come against him like a whirlwind, with chariots and horsemen and with many ships; and he shall enter into the countries and shall overflow and pass through. -- daniel 11:40 +. +He shall enter into the Glorious Land [Palestine] and many shall be overthrown, but these shall be delivered out of his hand: Edom, Moab, and the main [core] of the people of Ammon. -- daniel 11:41 +. +He shall stretch out his hand also against the [other] countries, but the land of Egypt shall not be among the escaped ones. -- daniel 11:42 +. +But he shall have power over the treasures of gold and of silver and over all the precious things of Egypt, and the Libyans and the Ethiopians shall accompany him [compelled to follow his steps]. -- daniel 11:43 +. +But rumors from the east and from the north shall alarm and hasten him. And he shall go forth with great fury to destroy and utterly to sweep away many. -- daniel 11:44 +. +And he shall pitch his palatial tents between the seas and the glorious holy Mount [Zion]; yet he shall come to his end with none to help him. -- daniel 11:45 +. +AND AT that time [of the end] Michael shall arise, the great [angelic] prince who defends and has charge of your [Daniel's] people. And there shall be a time of trouble, straitness, and distress such as never was since there was a nation till that time. But at that time your people shall be delivered, everyone whose name shall be found written in the Book [of God's plan for His own]. -- daniel 12:1 +. +And many of those who sleep in the dust of the earth shall awake: some to everlasting life and some to shame and everlasting contempt and abhorrence. -- daniel 12:2 +. +And the teachers and those who are wise shall shine like the brightness of the firmament, and those who turn many to righteousness (to uprightness and right standing with God) [shall give forth light] like the stars forever and ever. -- daniel 12:3 +. +But you, O Daniel, shut up the words and seal the Book until the time of the end. [Then] many shall run to and fro and search anxiously [through the Book], and knowledge [of God's purposes as revealed by His prophets] shall be increased and become great. -- daniel 12:4 +. +Then I, Daniel, looked, and behold, there stood two others, the one on the brink of the river on this side and the other on the brink of the river on that side. -- daniel 12:5 +. +And one said to the man clothed in linen, who was above the waters of the river, How long shall it be to the end of these wonders? -- daniel 12:6 +. +And I heard the man clothed in linen, who was above the waters of the river, when he held up his right and his left hand toward the heavens and swore by Him Who lives forever that it shall be for a time, times, and a half a time [or three and one-half years]; and when they have made an end of shattering and crushing the power of the holy people, all these things shall be finished. -- daniel 12:7 +. +And I heard, but I did not understand. Then I said, O my lord, what shall be the issue and final end of these things? -- daniel 12:8 +. +And he [the angel] said, Go your way, Daniel, for the words are shut up and sealed till the time of the end. -- daniel 12:9 +. +Many shall purify themselves and make themselves white and be tried, smelted, and refined, but the wicked shall do wickedly. And none of the wicked shall understand, but the teachers and those who are wise shall understand. -- daniel 12:10 +. +And from the time that the continual burnt offering is taken away and the abomination that makes desolate is set up, there shall be 1,days. -- daniel 12:11 +. +Blessed, happy, fortunate, spiritually prosperous, and to be envied is he who waits expectantly and earnestly [who endures without wavering beyond the period of tribulation] and comes to the 1,days! -- daniel 12:12 +. +But you [Daniel, who was now over ninety years of age], go your way until the end; for you shall rest and shall stand [fast] in your allotted place at the end of the days. -- daniel 12:13 +. +THE WORD of the Lord that came to Hosea son of Beeri in the days of Uzziah, Jotham, Ahaz, and Hezekiah, kings of Judah, and in the days of Jeroboam son of Joash king of Israel. -- hosea 1:1 +. +When the Lord first spoke with and through Hosea, the Lord said to him, Go, take to yourself a wife of harlotry and have children of [her] harlotry, for the land commits great whoredom by departing from the Lord. -- hosea 1:2 +. +So he went and took Gomer the daughter of Diblaim, and she became pregnant and bore him a son. -- hosea 1:3 +. +And the Lord said to him, Call his name Jezreel or God-sows, for yet a little while and I will avenge the blood of Jezreel and visit the punishment for it upon the house of Jehu, and I will put an end to the kingdom of the house of Israel. -- hosea 1:4 +. +And on that day I will break the bow of Israel in the Valley of Jezreel. -- hosea 1:5 +. +And [Gomer] conceived again and bore a daughter. And the Lord said to Hosea, Call her name Lo-Ruhamah or Not-pitied, for I will no more have love, pity, and mercy on the house of Israel, that I should in any way pardon them. -- hosea 1:6 +. +But I will have love, pity, and mercy on the house of Judah and will deliver them by the Lord their God and will not save them by bow, nor by sword, nor by equipment of war, nor by horses, nor by horsemen. -- hosea 1:7 +. +Now when [Gomer] had weaned Lo-Ruhamah [Not-pitied], she became pregnant [again] and bore a son. -- hosea 1:8 +. +And the Lord said, Call his name Lo-Ammi [Not-my-people], for you are not My people and I am not your God. -- hosea 1:9 +. +Yet the number of the children of Israel shall be as the sand of the sea, which cannot be measured or numbered; and instead of it being said to them, You are not My people, it shall be said to them, Sons of the Living God! -- hosea 1:10 +. +Then shall the children of Judah and the children of Israel be gathered together and appoint themselves one head, and they shall go up out of the land, for great shall be the day of Jezreel [for the spiritually reborn Israel, a divine offspring, the people whom the Lord has blessed.] -- hosea 1:11 +. +[HOSEA], SAY to your brethren, Ammi [or You-are-my-people], and to your sisters, Ruhamah [or You-have-been-pitied-and-have-obtained-mercy]. -- hosea 2:1 +. +Plead with your mother [your nation]; plead, for she is not My wife and I am not her Husband; [plead] that she put away her [marks of] harlotry from her face and her adulteries from between her breasts, -- hosea 2:2 +. +Lest I strip her naked and make her as in the day she was born, and make her as a wilderness and set her like a parched land and slay her with thirst. -- hosea 2:3 +. +Yes, for her children I will have no love nor pity nor mercy, for they are the children of harlotry. -- hosea 2:4 +. +For their mother has played the harlot; she who conceived them has done shamefully, for she said, I will go after my lovers that give me my food and my water, my wool and my flax, my oil and my refreshing drinks. -- hosea 2:5 +. +Therefore, behold, I [the Lord God] will hedge up her way [even yours, O Israel] with thorns; and I will build a wall against her that she shall not find her paths. -- hosea 2:6 +. +And she shall follow after her lovers but she shall not overtake them; and she shall seek them [inquiring for and requiring them], but shall not find them. Then shall she say, Let me go and return to my first husband, for then was it better with me than now. -- hosea 2:7 +. +For she has not noticed, understood, or realized that it was I [the Lord God] Who gave her the grain and the new wine and the fresh oil, and Who lavished upon her silver and gold which they used for Baal and made into his image. -- hosea 2:8 +. +Therefore will I return and take back My grain in the time for it and My new wine in the season for it, and will pluck away and recover My wool and My flax which were to cover her [Israel's] nakedness. -- hosea 2:9 +. +And now will I uncover her lewdness and her shame in the sight of her lovers, and no one shall rescue her out of My hand. -- hosea 2:10 +. +I will also cause to cease all her mirth, her feastmaking, her New Moons, her Sabbaths, and all her solemn feasts and appointed festive assemblies. -- hosea 2:11 +. +And I will lay waste and destroy her vines and her fig trees of which she has said, These are my reward or loose woman's hire that my lovers have given me; and I will make [her plantations] an inaccessible forest, and the wild beasts of the open country shall eat them. -- hosea 2:12 +. +And I will visit [punishment] upon her for the feast days of the Baals, when she burned incense to them and decked herself with her earrings and nose rings and her jewelry and went after her lovers and forgot Me, says the Lord. -- hosea 2:13 +. +Therefore, behold, I will allure her [Israel] and bring her into the wilderness, and I will speak tenderly and to her heart. -- hosea 2:14 +. +There I will give her her vineyards and make the Valley of Achor [troubling] to be for her a door of hope and expectation. And she shall sing there and respond as in the days of her youth and as at the time when she came up out of the land of Egypt. -- hosea 2:15 +. +And it shall be in that day, says the Lord, that you will call Me Ishi [my Husband], and you shall no more call Me Baali [my Baal]. -- hosea 2:16 +. +For I will take away the names of Baalim [the Baals] out of her mouth, and they shall no more be mentioned or seriously remembered by their name. -- hosea 2:17 +. +And in that day will I make a covenant for Israel with the living creatures of the open country and with the birds of the heavens and with the creeping things of the ground. And I will break the bow and the sword and [abolish battle equipment and] conflict out of the land and will make you lie down safely. -- hosea 2:18 +. +And I will betroth you to Me forever; yes, I will betroth you to Me in righteousness and justice, in steadfast love, and in mercy. -- hosea 2:19 +. +I will even betroth you to Me in stability and in faithfulness, and you shall know (recognize, be acquainted with, appreciate, give heed to, and cherish) the Lord. -- hosea 2:20 +. +And in that day I will respond, says the Lord; I will respond to the heavens [which ask for rain to pour on the earth], and they shall respond to the earth [which begs for the rain it needs], -- hosea 2:21 +. +And the earth shall respond to the grain and the wine and the oil [which beseech it to bring them forth], and these shall respond to Jezreel [restored Israel, who prays for a supply of them]. -- hosea 2:22 +. +And I will sow her for Myself anew in the land, and I will have love, pity, and mercy for her who had not obtained love, pity, and mercy; and I will say to those who were not My people, You are My people, and they shall say, You are my God! -- hosea 2:23 +. +THEN SAID the Lord to me, Go again, love [the same] woman [Gomer] who is beloved of a paramour and is an adulteress, even as the Lord loves the children of Israel, though they turn to other gods and love cakes of raisins [used in the sacrificial feasts in idol worship]. -- hosea 3:1 +. +So I bought her for fifteen pieces of silver and a homer and a half of barley [the price of a slave]. -- hosea 3:2 +. +And I said to her, You shall be [betrothed] to me for many days; you shall not play the harlot and you shall not belong to another man. So will I also be to you [until you have proved your loyalty to me and our marital relations may be resumed]. -- hosea 3:3 +. +For the children of Israel shall dwell and sit deprived many days, without king or prince, without sacrifice or [idolatrous] pillar, and without ephod [a garment worn by priests when seeking divine counsel] or teraphim (household gods). -- hosea 3:4 +. +Afterward shall the children of Israel return and seek the Lord their God, [inquiring of and requiring Him] and [from the line of] David, their King [of kings]; and they shall come in [anxious] fear to the Lord and to His goodness and His good things in the latter days. -- hosea 3:5 +. +HEAR THE word of the Lord, you children of Israel, for the Lord has a controversy (a pleading contention) with the inhabitants of the land, because there is no faithfulness, love, pity and mercy, or knowledge of God [from personal experience with Him] in the land. -- hosea 4:1 +. +There is nothing but [false] swearing and breaking faith and killing and stealing and committing adultery; they break out [into violence], one [deed of] bloodshed following close on another. -- hosea 4:2 +. +Therefore shall the land [continually] mourn, and all who dwell in it shall languish, together with the wild beasts of the open country and the birds of the heavens; yes, the fishes of the sea also shall [perish because of the drought] be collected and taken away. -- hosea 4:3 +. +Yet let no man strive, neither let any man reprove [another--do not waste your time in mutual recriminations], for with you is My contention, O priest. -- hosea 4:4 +. +And you shall stumble in the daytime, and the [false] prophet also shall stumble with you in the night; and I will destroy your mother [the priestly nation]. -- hosea 4:5 +. +My people are destroyed for lack of knowledge; because you [the priestly nation] have rejected knowledge, I will also reject you that you shall be no priest to Me; seeing you have forgotten the law of your God, I will also forget your children. -- hosea 4:6 +. +The more they increased and multiplied [in prosperity and power], the more they sinned against Me; I will change their glory into shame. -- hosea 4:7 +. +They feed on the sin of My people and set their heart on their iniquity. -- hosea 4:8 +. +And it shall be: Like people, like priest; I will punish them for their ways and repay them for their doings. -- hosea 4:9 +. +For they shall eat and not have enough; they shall play the harlot and beget no increase, because they have forsaken the Lord for harlotry; -- hosea 4:10 +. +Harlotry and wine and new wine take away the heart and the mind and the spiritual understanding. -- hosea 4:11 +. +My people [habitually] ask counsel of their [senseless] wood [idols], and their staff [of wood] gives them oracles and instructs them. For the spirit of harlotry has led them astray and they have played the harlot, withdrawing themselves from subjection to their God. -- hosea 4:12 +. +They sacrifice on the tops of the mountains, and they burn incense upon the hills and under oaks, poplars, and terebinths, because there the shade is good. Therefore your daughters play the harlot and your sons' wives commit adultery. -- hosea 4:13 +. +I will not punish your daughters when they play the harlot nor your daughters-in-law when they commit adultery, for [the fathers and husbands] themselves go aside in order to be alone with women who prostitute themselves for gain, and they sacrifice at the altar with dedicated harlots [who surrender their chastity in honor of the goddess]. Therefore the people without understanding shall stumble and fall and come to ruin. -- hosea 4:14 +. +Though you, Israel, play the harlot and worship idols, let not Judah offend and become guilty; come not to Gilgal, neither go up to Beth-aven [contemptuous reference to Bethel, then noted for idolatry], nor swear [in idolatrous service, saying], As the Lord lives. -- hosea 4:15 +. +For Israel has behaved stubbornly, like a stubborn heifer. How then should he expect to be fed and treated by the Lord like a lamb in a large pasture? -- hosea 4:16 +. +Ephraim is joined [fast] to idols, [so] let him alone [to take the consequences]. -- hosea 4:17 +. +Their drinking carousal over, they go habitually to play the harlot; [Ephraim's] rulers [continue to] love shame more than her glory [which is the Lord, Israel's God]. -- hosea 4:18 +. +The resistless wind [of God's wrath] has bound up [Israel] in its wings or skirts, and [in captivity] they and their altars shall be put to shame because of their sacrifices [to calves, to sun, moon, and stars, and to heathen gods]. -- hosea 4:19 +. +HEAR THIS, O you priests! And listen, O house of Israel! And give ear, O house of the king! For the judgment pronounced pertains to you and is meant for you, because you have been a snare at Mizpah and a net spread upon Tabor [military strongholds on either side of the Jordan River]. -- hosea 5:1 +. +The revolters are deeply sunk in corruption and slaughter, but I [the Lord God] am a rebuke and a chastisement for them all. -- hosea 5:2 +. +I know Ephraim, and Israel is not hid from Me; for now, O Ephraim, you have played the harlot and have worshiped idols; Israel is defiled. -- hosea 5:3 +. +Their doings will not permit them to return to their God, for the spirit of harlotry is within them and they know not the Lord [they do not recognize, appreciate, give heed to, or cherish the Lord]. -- hosea 5:4 +. +But the pride and self-reliance of Israel testifies before his [own] face. Therefore shall [all] Israel, and [especially] Ephraim [the northern ten tribes], totter and fall in their iniquity and guilt, and Judah shall stumble and fall with them. -- hosea 5:5 +. +They shall go with their flocks and with their herds to seek the Lord [inquiring for and requiring Him], but they will not find Him; He has withdrawn Himself from them. -- hosea 5:6 +. +They have dealt faithlessly and treacherously with the Lord [their espoused Husband], for they have borne alien children. Now shall a [single] New Moon (one month) devour them with their fields. -- hosea 5:7 +. +Blow the horn in Gibeah and the trumpet in Ramah [both lofty hills on Benjamin's northern border]. Sound the alarm at Beth-aven: [the enemy is] behind you and after you, O Benjamin [be on your guard]! -- hosea 5:8 +. +Ephraim shall become a desolation in the day of rebuke and punishment. Among the tribes of Israel I declare what shall surely be. -- hosea 5:9 +. +The princes of Judah are like those who remove the landmark [the barrier between right and wrong]; I will pour out My wrath upon them like water. -- hosea 5:10 +. +Ephraim is oppressed; he is broken and crushed by [divine] judgment, because he was content to walk after idols (images) and man's [evil] command (vanities and filth). -- hosea 5:11 +. +Therefore I am like a moth to Ephraim and like dry rot to the house of Judah [in My judgment against them]. -- hosea 5:12 +. +When Ephraim saw his sickness and Judah saw his wound, then Ephraim went to Assyria and sent to [Assyria's] great King Jareb [for help]. Yet he cannot heal you nor will he cure you of your wound [received in divine judgment]. -- hosea 5:13 +. +For I will be to Ephraim like a lion, and like a young lion to the house of Judah. I, even I, will rend and go on [rending]; I will carry off and there will be no one to deliver. -- hosea 5:14 +. +I will return to My place [on high] until they acknowledge their offense and feel their guilt and seek My face; in their affliction and distress they will seek, inquire for, and require Me earnestly, saying, -- hosea 5:15 +. +COME AND let us return to the Lord, for He has torn so that He may heal us; He has stricken so that He may bind us up. -- hosea 6:1 +. +After two days He will revive us (quicken us, give us life); on the third day He will raise us up that we may live before Him. -- hosea 6:2 +. +Yes, let us know (recognize, be acquainted with, and understand) Him; let us be zealous to know the Lord [to appreciate, give heed to, and cherish Him]. His going forth is prepared and certain as the dawn, and He will come to us as the [heavy] rain, as the latter rain that waters the earth. -- hosea 6:3 +. +O Ephraim, what shall I do with you? [says the Lord] O Judah, what shall I do with you? For your [wavering] love and kindness are like the night mist or like the dew that goes early away. -- hosea 6:4 +. +Therefore have I hewn down and smitten them by means of the prophets; I have slain them by the words of My mouth; My judgments [pronounced upon them by you prophets] are like the light that goes forth. -- hosea 6:5 +. +For I desire and delight in dutiful steadfast love and goodness, not sacrifice, and the knowledge of and acquaintance with God more than burnt offerings. -- hosea 6:6 +. +But they, like [less-privileged] men and like Adam, have transgressed the covenant; there have they dealt faithlessly and treacherously with Me. -- hosea 6:7 +. +Gilead is a city of evildoers; it is tracked with bloody [footprints]. -- hosea 6:8 +. +And as troops of robbers lie in wait for a man, so the company of priests murder on the road toward Shechem; yes, they commit villainy and outrages. -- hosea 6:9 +. +I have seen a horrible thing in the house of Israel! There harlotry and idolatry are found in Ephraim; Israel is defiled. -- hosea 6:10 +. +Also, O Judah, there is a harvest [of divine judgment] appointed for you; when I would return My people from their captivity [in which they are slaves to the misery brought on by their own sins], -- hosea 6:11 +. +WHEN I would heal Israel, then Ephraim's guilt is uncovered, and the wickedness of Samaria; how they practice falsehood, and the thief enters and the troop of bandits ravage and raid without. -- hosea 7:1 +. +But they do not consider and say to their minds and hearts that I [earnestly] remember all their wickedness. Now their own doings surround and entangle them; they are before My face. -- hosea 7:2 +. +They make the king glad with their wickedness, and the princes with their lies. -- hosea 7:3 +. +They are all [idolatrous] adulterers; their passion smolders like heat of an oven when the baker ceases to stir the fire from the kneading of the dough until it is leavened. -- hosea 7:4 +. +On the [special] day of our king the princes made themselves and him sick with the heat of wine; [the king] stretched out his hand with scoffers and lawless men. -- hosea 7:5 +. +For they have made ready their heart, and their mind burns [with intrigue] like an oven while they lie in wait. Their anger smolders all night; in the morning it blazes forth as a flaming fire. -- hosea 7:6 +. +They are all hot as an oven and devour their judges; all their kings are fallen; there is none among them who calls to Me. -- hosea 7:7 +. +Ephraim mixes himself among the peoples [courting the favor of first one country, then another]; Ephraim is a cake not turned. -- hosea 7:8 +. +Strangers have devoured his strength, and he knows it not; yes, gray hairs are sprinkled here and there upon him, and he does not know it. -- hosea 7:9 +. +And the pride of Israel testifies against him and to his face. But they do not return to the Lord their God, nor seek nor inquire of nor require Him in spite of all this. -- hosea 7:10 +. +Ephraim also is like a silly dove without heart or understanding; they call to Egypt; they go to Assyria. -- hosea 7:11 +. +As they go, I will spread My net over them; I will bring them down like birds of the heavens. I will chastise them according to the announcement [or prediction made] to their congregation [in the Scriptures]. -- hosea 7:12 +. +Woe to them, for they have wandered from Me! Destruction to them, because they have rebelled and trespassed against Me! Though I would redeem them, yet they have spoken lies against Me. -- hosea 7:13 +. +They do not cry to Me from their heart, but they wail upon their beds; they gash and distress and assemble themselves [in mourning] for grain and new wine; they rebel against Me. -- hosea 7:14 +. +Although I have chastened them and trained and strengthened their arms, yet they think and devise evil against Me. -- hosea 7:15 +. +They turn back, shift, or change, but not upwards [to the Most High]. They are like a deceitful bow; their princes shall fall by the sword for the insolence and rage of their tongue. This shall be [cause for] their derision and scorning in the land of Egypt. -- hosea 7:16 +. +SET THE trumpet to your lips! [The enemy] comes as a [great] vulture against the house of the Lord, because they have broken My covenant and transgressed against My law. -- hosea 8:1 +. +Then they will cry to Me, My God, we [of Israel] know You! -- hosea 8:2 +. +Israel has rejected the good [with loathing]; the enemy shall pursue him. -- hosea 8:3 +. +They set up kings, but not from Me [therefore without My blessing]; they have made princes or removed them [without consulting Me; therefore], I knew and recognized [them] not. With their silver and their gold they made idols for themselves, that they [the silver and the gold] may be destroyed. -- hosea 8:4 +. +Your calf [idol], O Samaria, is loathsome and I have spurned it. My wrath burns against them. How long will it be before they attain purity? -- hosea 8:5 +. +For this [calf] too is from Israel; a craftsman made it; therefore it is not God. The calf of Samaria shall be broken to shivers and go up in flames. -- hosea 8:6 +. +For they sow the wind and they shall reap the whirlwind. The standing grain has no heads; it shall yield no meal; if it were to yield, strangers and aliens would eat it up. -- hosea 8:7 +. +Israel is [as if] swallowed up. Already they have become among the nations as a vessel [of cheap, coarse pottery] that is useless. -- hosea 8:8 +. +For they are gone up to Assyria, a wild ass taking her own way by herself; Ephraim has hired lovers. -- hosea 8:9 +. +Yes, though with presents they hire [allies] among the nations, now will I gather them up, and in a little while they will sorrow and begin to diminish [their gifts] because of the burden (tribute) imposed by the king of princes [the king of Assyria]. -- hosea 8:10 +. +For Ephraim has multiplied altars for sinning; yes, to him altars are intended for sinning. -- hosea 8:11 +. +I wrote for him the ten thousand things of My law, but they are counted as a strange thing [as something which does not concern him]. -- hosea 8:12 +. +My sacrificial gifts they sacrifice [as a mere form]; yes, they sacrifice flesh and eat it, but the Lord does not accept them. Now He will [earnestly] remember their guilt and iniquity and will punish their sins. They shall return to [another] Egypt [Assyria]. -- hosea 8:13 +. +For Israel has forgotten his Maker and built palaces and idol temples, and Judah has multiplied fortified cities; but I will send a fire upon his cities and it shall devour his palaces and fortified buildings. -- hosea 8:14 +. +REJOICE NOT, O Israel, with exultation as do the peoples, for you have played the harlot, forsaking your God. You have loved [a harlot's] hire upon every threshing floor [ascribing the harvest to the Baals instead of to God]. -- hosea 9:1 +. +The threshing floor and the winevat shall not feed them, and the new wine shall fail them. -- hosea 9:2 +. +They shall not remain in the Lord's land, but Ephraim shall return to [another] Egypt and they shall eat unclean food in Assyria. -- hosea 9:3 +. +They shall not pour out wine offerings to the Lord, neither shall they be pleasing to Him. Their sacrifices shall be to them as the bread of mourners; all who eat of them shall be defiled, for their bread shall be [only] for their appetite; it shall not come into the house of the Lord [to be offered first to Him]. -- hosea 9:4 +. +What will you do on the day of the appointed solemn assembly or festival and on the day of the feast of the Lord [when you are in exile]? -- hosea 9:5 +. +For behold, they are gone away from devastation and destruction; Egypt shall gather them in; Memphis shall bury them. Their precious things of silver shall be in the possession of nettles; thorns shall be [growing] in their tents. -- hosea 9:6 +. +The days of visitation and punishment have come; the days of recompense have come; Israel shall know it. The prophet is [considered] a crazed fool and the man who is inspired is [treated as if] mad or a fanatic, because of the abundance of your iniquity and because the enmity, hostility, and persecution are great. -- hosea 9:7 +. +Ephraim was [intended to be] a watchman with my God [and a prophet to the surrounding nations]; but he, that prophet, has become a fowler's snare in all his ways. There is enmity, hostility, and persecution in the house of his God. -- hosea 9:8 +. +They have deeply corrupted themselves as in the days of Gibeah. The Lord will [earnestly] remember their iniquity; He will punish their sins. -- hosea 9:9 +. +I found Israel like grapes in the wilderness; I saw your fathers as the first ripe fruit on the fig tree in its first season, but they went to Baal-peor and consecrated themselves to that shameful thing [Baal], and they became detestable and loathsome like that which they loved. -- hosea 9:10 +. +As for Ephraim, their glory shall fly away like a bird; there shall be no birth, no being with child, and [because of their impurity] no becoming pregnant. -- hosea 9:11 +. +Though they bring up their children, yet will I bereave them so that not a man shall be left; yes, woe also to them when I look away and depart from them! -- hosea 9:12 +. +Ephraim, as I have seen with Tyre, is planted in a pleasant place, but Ephraim shall bring out his children to the slayer. -- hosea 9:13 +. +Give them [their due], O Lord! [But] what will You give? Give them a miscarrying womb and dry breasts. -- hosea 9:14 +. +All their wickedness [says the Lord] is focused in Gilgal, for there I hated them; for the wickedness of their [idolatrous] doings I will drive them out of My house [the Holy Land]; I will love them no more; all their princes are rebels. -- hosea 9:15 +. +Ephraim is smitten, their root is dried up, they shall bear no fruit. Yes, though they bring forth, yet will I slay even their beloved children. -- hosea 9:16 +. +My God will cast them away because they did not listen to and obey Him, and they shall be wanderers and fugitives among the nations. -- hosea 9:17 +. +ISRAEL IS a luxuriant vine that puts forth its [material] fruit. According to the abundance of his fruit he has multiplied his altars [to idols]; according to the goodness and prosperity of their land they have made goodly pillars or obelisks [to false gods]. -- hosea 10:1 +. +Their heart is divided and deceitful; now shall they be found guilty and suffer punishment. The Lord will smite and break down [the horns of] their altars; He will destroy their [idolatrous] pillars. -- hosea 10:2 +. +Surely now they shall say, We have no [actual] king because we fear not the Lord; and as for the king, what can he do for us? -- hosea 10:3 +. +They have spoken mere words of the lips, swearing falsely in making covenants; therefore judgment springs up like hemlock [or other poisonous plants] in the furrows of the field. -- hosea 10:4 +. +The inhabitants of Samaria shall be in terror for the calf [idol] of Beth-aven [the house of idolatry, contemptuously meaning Bethel], for its people shall mourn over it and its [idolatrous] priests who rejoiced over it [shall tremble] for the glory of [their calf god], because it is departed from it. -- hosea 10:5 +. +[The golden calf] shall also be carried into Assyria as a tribute-gift to the fighting King Jareb; Ephraim shall be put to shame and Israel shall be ashamed of his own counsel [to set up calf worship and detach Israel from Judah]. -- hosea 10:6 +. +As for Samaria, her king and her whole monarchy are cut off like twigs or foam upon the water. -- hosea 10:7 +. +The high places also of Aven [once Beth(el), house of God, now (Beth-)aven, house of idolatry], the sin of Israel, shall be destroyed; the thorn and the thistle shall come up on their [idol] altars, and they shall say to the mountains, Cover us! And to the hills, Fall on us! -- hosea 10:8 +. +O Israel, you have [willfully] sinned from the days of Gibeah [when you all but wiped out the tribe of Benjamin]! There [Israel] stood [then, only] that the battle against the sons of unrighteousness might not overtake and turn against them at Gibeah [but now the kingdom of the ten tribes and the name of Ephraim shall be utterly blotted out]. -- hosea 10:9 +. +When I please I will chastise them, and hostile peoples shall be gathered against them when I shall bind and yoke them for their two transgressions [revolt from the Lord their God and the worship of idols]. -- hosea 10:10 +. +Ephraim indeed is a heifer broken in and loving to tread out the grain, but I have [heretofore] spared the beauty of her fair neck. I will now set a rider upon Ephraim and make him to draw; Judah shall plow and Jacob shall break his clods. -- hosea 10:11 +. +Sow for yourselves according to righteousness (uprightness and right standing with God); reap according to mercy and loving-kindness. Break up your uncultivated ground, for it is time to seek the Lord, to inquire for and of Him, and to require His favor, till He comes and teaches you righteousness and rains His righteous gift of salvation upon you. -- hosea 10:12 +. +You have plowed and plotted wickedness, you have reaped the [willful] injustice [of oppressors], you have eaten the fruit of lies. Because you have trusted in your [own] way and your chariots, in the multitude of your mighty men, -- hosea 10:13 +. +Therefore shall a tumult arise against your people and all your fortresses shall be wasted and destroyed, as Shalmaneser wasted and destroyed Beth-arbel on the day of battle; the mother was dashed in pieces with her children. -- hosea 10:14 +. +So shall it be done to you at [idolatrous] Bethel because of your great wickedness; at daybreak shall the king of Israel be utterly cut off. -- hosea 10:15 +. +WHEN ISRAEL was a child, then I loved him and called My son out of Egypt. -- hosea 11:1 +. +The more [the prophets] called to them, the more they went from them; they kept sacrificing to the Baals and burning incense to the graven images. -- hosea 11:2 +. +Yet I taught Ephraim to walk, taking them by their arms or taking them up in My arms, but they did not know that I healed them. -- hosea 11:3 +. +I drew them with cords of a man, with bands of love, and I was to them as one who lifts up and eases the yoke over their cheeks, and I bent down to them and gently laid food before them. -- hosea 11:4 +. +They shall not [literally] return into [another bondage in] the land of Egypt, but the Assyrian shall be their king because they refused to return to Me. -- hosea 11:5 +. +And the sword shall rage against and fall upon their cities and shall consume the bars of their gates and shall make an end [of their defenses], because of their own counsels and devices. -- hosea 11:6 +. +My people are bent on backsliding from Me; though [the prophets] call them to Him Who is on high, none at all will exalt Him or lift himself up [to come to Him]. -- hosea 11:7 +. +How can I give you up, O Ephraim! How can I surrender you and cast you off, O Israel! How can I make you as Admah or how can I treat you as Zeboiim [both destroyed with Sodom]! My heart recoils within Me; My compassions are kindled together. -- hosea 11:8 +. +I will not execute the fierceness of My anger; I will not bring back Ephraim to nothing or again destroy him. For I am God and not man, the Holy One in the midst of you, and I will not come in wrath or enter into the city. -- hosea 11:9 +. +They shall walk after the Lord, Who will roar like a lion; He Himself will roar and [His] sons shall come trembling and eagerly from the west. -- hosea 11:10 +. +They shall come trembling but hurriedly like a bird out of Egypt and like a dove out of the land of Assyria, and I will cause them to dwell in their houses, says the Lord. -- hosea 11:11 +. +Ephraim surrounds Me with lies and the house of Israel with deceit, and Judah is not yet steadfast with God, with the faithful Holy One. -- hosea 11:12 +. +EPHRAIM HERDS and feeds on the wind and pursues the [parching] east wind; every day he increases lies and violence, and a covenant is made with Assyria and oil is carried to Egypt. -- hosea 12:1 +. +The Lord has also a controversy (a pleading contention) with Judah, and will punish Jacob by visiting upon him according to his ways; according to his doings will He recompense him. -- hosea 12:2 +. +He took his brother by the heel in [their mother's] womb, and in the strength [of his manhood] he contended and had power with God. -- hosea 12:3 +. +Yes, he had power over the Angel [of the Lord] and prevailed; he wept and sought His favor. He met Him in Bethel, and there [God] spoke with [him and through him with] us-- -- hosea 12:4 +. +Even the Lord the God of hosts, the name of Him [Who spoke with Jacob] is the Lord. -- hosea 12:5 +. +Therefore return to your God! Hold fast to love and mercy, to righteousness and justice, and wait [expectantly] for your God continually! -- hosea 12:6 +. +Canaan [Israel--whose ideals have sunk to those of Canaan] is a trader; the balances of deceit are in his hand; he loves to oppress and defraud. -- hosea 12:7 +. +Ephraim has said, Ah, but I have become rich; I have gained for myself wealth. All my profits shall bring on me no iniquity that would be sin. [But all his profits will never offset nor suffice to expiate the guilt which he has incurred.] -- hosea 12:8 +. +But I [Who] am the Lord your God from [when you became a nation in] the land of Egypt will yet make you to dwell in tents, as in the days of the appointed and solemn Feast [of Tabernacles]. -- hosea 12:9 +. +I have also spoken to [you by] the prophets, and I have multiplied visions [for you] and [have appealed to you] through parables acted out by the prophets. -- hosea 12:10 +. +If Gilead is given over to idolatry, they shall come to nought and be mere waste; if they [insult God by] sacrificing bullocks in Gilgal [on heathen altars], their altars shall be like heaps in the furrows of the fields. -- hosea 12:11 +. +Jacob fled into the open country of Aram or Padan-aram, and [there] Israel served for a wife, and for a wife he herded sheep. -- hosea 12:12 +. +And by a prophet the Lord brought Israel out of Egypt, and by a prophet was [Israel] preserved. -- hosea 12:13 +. +Ephraim has provoked most bitter anger; therefore shall his blood [guilt] be left upon him, and his disgrace and reproach shall his Lord return upon him. -- hosea 12:14 +. +WHEN EPHRAIM spoke with trembling, he exalted himself in Israel; but when he offended and became guilty in Baal worship, he died [spiritually, and then outward ruin came also, sealing Israel's doom as a nation]. -- hosea 13:1 +. +And now they sin more and more and have made for themselves molten images of their silver, even idols according to their own understanding [as it pleased them], all of them the work of the craftsmen. To these [very works of their hands] they speak or pray who sacrifice to them; they kiss and show homage to the calves [as if they were alive]! -- hosea 13:2 +. +Therefore they shall be like the morning mist or like the dew that passes early away, like the chaff that swirls with the whirlwind from the threshing floor and as the smoke out of the chimney or through the window. -- hosea 13:3 +. +Yet I am the Lord your God from [the time you became a nation in] the land of Egypt, and you shall know or recognize no God but Me, for there is no Savior besides Me. -- hosea 13:4 +. +I knew (recognized, understood, and had regard for) you in the wilderness, in the land of great drought. -- hosea 13:5 +. +According to their pasture, so were they filled [when they fed, they grew full], and their heart was lifted up; therefore have they forgotten Me. -- hosea 13:6 +. +Therefore I have become to them like a lion; like a leopard I will lurk by the way [to Assyria] and watch them. -- hosea 13:7 +. +I will meet them like a bear that is robbed of her cubs, and I will rend the covering of their heart, and there will I devour them like a lioness, as a wild beast would tear them. -- hosea 13:8 +. +It is your destruction, O Israel, that you have been against Me, for in Me is your help. -- hosea 13:9 +. +Where now is your king that he may save you in all your cities? And your judges of whom you said, Give me a king and princes? -- hosea 13:10 +. +I have given you a king in My anger, and I have taken him away in My wrath. -- hosea 13:11 +. +The iniquity of Ephraim [not fully punished yet] is bound up [as in a bag]; his sin is laid up in store [for judgment and destruction]. -- hosea 13:12 +. +The pains of a woman in childbirth are coming on for him [to be born]; but he is an unwise son, for now when it is time [to be born], he comes not to the place where [unborn] children break forth [he needs new birth but makes no effort to acquire it]. -- hosea 13:13 +. +Should I ransom them from the power of Sheol (the place of the dead)? Should I redeem them from death? O death, where are your plagues? O Sheol, where is your destruction? Relenting and compassion are hidden from My eyes. -- hosea 13:14 +. +For though among his brethren [his fellow tribes] he may be fruitful, an east wind [Assyria] will come, the breath of the Lord rising from the desert; and Ephraim's spring shall become dry and his fountain be dried up. [Assyria] shall plunder his treasury of every precious vessel. -- hosea 13:15 +. +Samaria shall bear her guilt and become desolate, for she rebelled against her God; they shall fall by the sword, their infants shall be dashed in pieces, and their pregnant women shall be ripped up. -- hosea 13:16 +. +O ISRAEL, return to the Lord your God, for you have stumbled and fallen, [visited by calamity] due to your iniquity. -- hosea 14:1 +. +Take with you words and return to the Lord. Say to Him, Take away all our iniquity; accept what is good and receive us graciously; so will we render [our thanks] as bullocks [to be sacrificed] and pay the confession of our lips. -- hosea 14:2 +. +Assyria shall not save us; we will not ride upon horses, neither will we say any more to the work of our hands [idols], You are our gods. For in You [O Lord] the fatherless find love, pity, and mercy. -- hosea 14:3 +. +I will heal their faithlessness; I will love them freely, for My anger is turned away from [Israel]. -- hosea 14:4 +. +I will be like the dew and the night mist to Israel; he shall grow and blossom like the lily and cast forth his roots like [the sturdy evergreens of] Lebanon. -- hosea 14:5 +. +His suckers and shoots shall spread, and his beauty shall be like the olive tree and his fragrance like [the cedars and aromatic shrubs of] Lebanon. -- hosea 14:6 +. +They that dwell under his shade shall return; they shall revive like the grain and blossom like the vine; the scent of it shall be like the wine of Lebanon. -- hosea 14:7 +. +Ephraim shall say, What have I to do any more with idols? I have answered [him] and will regard and watch over him; I am like a green fir or cypress tree; with Me is the fruit found [which is to nourish you]. -- hosea 14:8 +. +Who is wise, that he may understand these things? Prudent, that he may know them? For the ways of the Lord are right and the [uncompromisingly] just shall walk in them, but transgressors shall stumble and fall in them. -- hosea 14:9 +. +THE WORD of the Lord that came to Joel the son of Pethuel. -- joel 1:1 +. +Hear this, you aged men, and give ear, all you inhabitants of the land! Has such a thing as this occurred in your days or even in the days of your fathers? -- joel 1:2 +. +Tell your children of it, and let your children tell their children, and their children another generation. -- joel 1:3 +. +What the crawling locust left, the swarming locust has eaten; and what the swarming locust left, the hopping locust has eaten; and what the hopping locust left, the stripping locust has eaten. -- joel 1:4 +. +Awake, you drunkards, and weep; wail, all you drinkers of wine, because of the [fresh] sweet juice [of the grape], for it is cut off and removed from your mouth. -- joel 1:5 +. +For a [heathen and hostile] nation [of locusts, illustrative of a human foe] has invaded My land, mighty and without number; its teeth are the teeth of a lion, and it has the jaw teeth of a lioness. -- joel 1:6 +. +It has laid waste My vine [symbol of God's people] and barked and broken My fig tree; it has made them completely bare and thrown them down; their branches are made white. -- joel 1:7 +. +Lament like a virgin [bride] girded with sackcloth for the husband of her youth [who has died]. -- joel 1:8 +. +The meal or cereal offering and the drink offering are cut off from the house of the Lord; the priests, the Lord's ministers, mourn. -- joel 1:9 +. +The field is laid waste, the ground mourns; for the grain is destroyed, the new juice [of the grape] is dried up, the oil fails. -- joel 1:10 +. +Be ashamed, O you tillers of the soil; wail, O you vinedressers, for the wheat and for the barley, because the harvest of the field has perished. -- joel 1:11 +. +The vine is dried up and the fig tree fails; the pomegranate tree, the palm tree also, and the apple or quince tree, even all the trees of the field are withered, so that joy has withered and fled away from the sons of men. -- joel 1:12 +. +Gird yourselves and lament, you priests; wail, you ministers of the altar; come, lie all night in sackcloth, you ministers of my [Joel's] God, for the cereal or meal offering and the drink offering are withheld from the house of your God. -- joel 1:13 +. +Sanctify a fast, call a solemn assembly, gather the elders and all the inhabitants of the land in the house of the Lord, your God, and cry to the Lord [in penitent pleadings]. -- joel 1:14 +. +Alas for the day! For the day of [the judgment of] the Lord is at hand, and as a destructive tempest from the Almighty will it come. -- joel 1:15 +. +Is not the food cut off before our eyes, joy and gladness from the house of our God? -- joel 1:16 +. +The seed [grain] rots and shrivels under the clods, the garners are desolate and empty, the barns are in ruins because the grain has failed. -- joel 1:17 +. +How the beasts groan! The herds of cattle are perplexed and huddle together because they have no pasture; even the flocks of sheep suffer punishment (are forsaken and made wretched). -- joel 1:18 +. +O Lord, to You will I cry, for the fire has devoured the pastures and folds of the plain and the wilderness, and flame has burned all the trees of the field. -- joel 1:19 +. +Even the wild beasts of the field pant and cry to You, for the water brooks are dried up and fire has consumed the pastures and folds of the wilderness and the plain. -- joel 1:20 +. +BLOW THE trumpet in Zion; sound an alarm on My holy Mount [Zion]. Let all the inhabitants of the land tremble, for the day of [the judgment of] the Lord is coming; it is close at hand-- -- joel 2:1 +. +A day of darkness and gloom, a day of clouds and of thick mists and darkness, like the morning dawn spread upon the mountains; so there comes a [heathen, hostile] people numerous and mighty, the like of which has never been before and shall not be again even to the years of many generations. -- joel 2:2 +. +A fire devours before them, and behind them a flame burns; the land is as the garden of Eden before them, and behind them a desolate wilderness; yes, and none has escaped [the ravages of the devouring hordes]. -- joel 2:3 +. +Their appearance is like the appearance of horses, and like war horses and horsemen, so do they run. -- joel 2:4 +. +Like the noise of chariots on the tops of the mountains they leap--like the noise of a flame of fire devouring the stubble, like a mighty people set in battle array. -- joel 2:5 +. +Before them the peoples are in anguish; all faces become pale. -- joel 2:6 +. +They run like mighty men; they climb the wall like men of war. They march each one [straight ahead] on his ways, and they do not break their ranks. -- joel 2:7 +. +Neither does one thrust upon another; they walk every one in his path. And they burst through and upon the weapons, yet they are not wounded and do not change their course. -- joel 2:8 +. +They leap upon the city; they run upon the wall; they climb up on and into the houses; they enter in at the windows like a thief. -- joel 2:9 +. +The earth quakes before them; the heavens tremble. The sun and the moon are darkened and the stars withdraw their shining. -- joel 2:10 +. +And the Lord utters His voice before His army, for His host is very great, and [they are] strong and powerful who execute [God's] word. For the day of the Lord is great and very terrible, and who can endure it? -- joel 2:11 +. +Therefore also now, says the Lord, turn and keep on coming to Me with all your heart, with fasting, with weeping, and with mourning [until every hindrance is removed and the broken fellowship is restored]. -- joel 2:12 +. +Rend your hearts and not your garments and return to the Lord, your God, for He is gracious and merciful, slow to anger, and abounding in loving-kindness; and He revokes His sentence of evil [when His conditions are met]. -- joel 2:13 +. +Who knows but what He will turn, revoke your sentence [of evil], and leave a blessing behind Him [giving you the means with which to serve Him], even a cereal or meal offering and a drink offering for the Lord, your God? -- joel 2:14 +. +Blow the trumpet in Zion; set apart a fast [a day of restraint and humility]; call a solemn assembly. -- joel 2:15 +. +Gather the people, sanctify the congregation; assemble the elderly people, gather the children and the nursing infants; let the bridegroom [who is legally exempt from attending] go forth from his chamber and the bride out of her closet. [None is exempt from the humiliation.] -- joel 2:16 +. +Let the priests, the ministers of the Lord, weep between the porch and the altar; and let them say, Have pity and spare Your people, O Lord, and give not Your heritage to reproach, that the [heathen] nations should rule over them or use a byword against them. Why should they say among the peoples, Where is their God? -- joel 2:17 +. +Then was the Lord jealous for His land and had pity on His people. -- joel 2:18 +. +Yes, the Lord answered and said to His people, Behold, I am sending you grain and juice [of the grape] and oil, and you shall be satisfied with them; and I will no more make you a reproach among the [heathen] nations. -- joel 2:19 +. +But I will remove far off from you the northern [destroyer's] army and will drive it into a land barren and desolate, with its front toward the eastern [Dead] Sea and with its rear toward the western [Mediterranean] Sea. And its stench shall come up [like that of a decaying mass of locusts, a symbol and forecast of the fate of the northern army in the final day of the Lord], and its foul odor shall come up, because He has done great things [the Lord will have destroyed the invaders]! -- joel 2:20 +. +Fear not, O land; be glad and rejoice, for the Lord has done great things! -- joel 2:21 +. +Be not afraid, you wild beasts of the field, for the pastures of the wilderness have sprung up and are green; the tree bears its fruit, and the fig tree and the vine yield their [full] strength. -- joel 2:22 +. +Be glad then, you children of Zion, and rejoice in the Lord, your God; for He gives you the former or early rain in just measure and in righteousness, and He causes to come down for you the rain, the former rain and the latter rain, as before. -- joel 2:23 +. +And the [threshing] floors shall be full of grain and the vats shall overflow with juice [of the grape] and oil. -- joel 2:24 +. +And I will restore or replace for you the years that the locust has eaten--the hopping locust, the stripping locust, and the crawling locust, My great army which I sent among you. -- joel 2:25 +. +And you shall eat in plenty and be satisfied and praise the name of the Lord, your God, Who has dealt wondrously with you. And My people shall never be put to shame. -- joel 2:26 +. +And you shall know, understand, and realize that I am in the midst of Israel and that I the Lord am your God and there is none else. My people shall never be put to shame. -- joel 2:27 +. +And afterward I will pour out My Spirit upon all flesh; and your sons and your daughters shall prophesy, your old men shall dream dreams, your young men shall see visions. -- joel 2:28 +. +Even upon the menservants and upon the maidservants in those days will I pour out My Spirit. -- joel 2:29 +. +And I will show signs and wonders in the heavens, and on the earth, blood and fire and columns of smoke. -- joel 2:30 +. +The sun shall be turned to darkness and the moon to blood before the great and terrible day of the Lord comes. -- joel 2:31 +. +And whoever shall call on the name of the Lord shall be delivered and saved, for in Mount Zion and in Jerusalem there shall be those who escape, as the Lord has said, and among the remnant [of survivors] shall be those whom the Lord calls. -- joel 2:32 +. +FOR BEHOLD, in those days and at that time when I shall reverse the captivity and restore the fortunes of Judah and Jerusalem, -- joel 3:1 +. +I will gather all nations and will bring them down into the Valley of Jehoshaphat, and there will I deal with and execute judgment upon them for [their treatment of] My people and of My heritage Israel, whom they have scattered among the nations and [because] they have divided My land. -- joel 3:2 +. +And they have cast lots for My people, and have given a boy for a harlot and have sold a girl for juice [of the grape] and have drunk it. -- joel 3:3 +. +Yes, and what are you to Me, O Tyre and Sidon and all the [five small] divisions of Philistia? Will you pay Me back for something? Even if you pay Me back, swiftly and speedily I will return your deed [of retaliation] upon your own head, -- joel 3:4 +. +Because you have taken My silver and My gold and have carried into your temples and palaces My precious treasures, -- joel 3:5 +. +And have sold the children of Judah and the children of Jerusalem to the sons of the Grecians, that you may remove them far from their border. -- joel 3:6 +. +Behold, I will stir them up out of the place to which you have sold them and will return your deed [of retaliation] upon your own head. -- joel 3:7 +. +I will sell your sons and your daughters into the hand of the children of Judah, and they will sell them to the Sabeans, to a nation far off, for the Lord has spoken it. -- joel 3:8 +. +Proclaim this among the nations: Prepare war! Stir up the mighty men! Let all the men of war draw near, let them come up. -- joel 3:9 +. +Beat your plowshares into swords, and your pruning hooks into spears; let the weak say, I am strong [a warrior]! -- joel 3:10 +. +Hasten and come, all you nations round about, and assemble yourselves; there You, O Lord, will bring down Your mighty ones (Your warriors). -- joel 3:11 +. +Let the nations bestir themselves and come up to the Valley of Jehoshaphat, for there will I sit to judge all the nations round about. -- joel 3:12 +. +Put in the sickle, for the [vintage] harvest is ripe; come, get down and tread the grapes, for the winepress is full; the vats overflow, for the wickedness [of the peoples] is great. -- joel 3:13 +. +Multitudes, multitudes in the valley of decision! For the day of the Lord is near in the valley of decision. -- joel 3:14 +. +The sun and the moon are darkened and the stars withdraw their shining. -- joel 3:15 +. +The Lord will thunder and roar from Zion and utter His voice from Jerusalem, and the heavens and the earth shall shake; but the Lord will be a refuge for His people and a stronghold to the children of Israel. -- joel 3:16 +. +So shall you know, understand, and realize that I am the Lord your God, dwelling in Zion, My holy mountain. Then shall Jerusalem be holy, and strangers and foreigners [not born into the family of God] shall no more pass through it. -- joel 3:17 +. +And in that day, the mountains shall drip with fresh juice [of the grape] and the hills shall flow with milk; and all the brooks and riverbeds of Judah shall flow with water, and a fountain shall come forth from the house of the Lord and shall water the Valley of Shittim. -- joel 3:18 +. +Egypt shall be a desolation and Edom shall be a desolate wilderness for their violence against the children of Judah, because they have shed innocent blood in their land. -- joel 3:19 +. +But Judah shall remain and be inhabited forever, and Jerusalem from generation to generation. -- joel 3:20 +. +And I will cleanse and hold as innocent their blood and avenge it, blood which I have not cleansed, held innocent, and avenged, for the Lord dwells in Zion. -- joel 3:21 +. +THE WORDS of Amos, who was among the herdsmen and sheep masters of Tekoa, which he saw [in divine revelation] concerning Israel in the days of Uzziah king of Judah and in the days of Jeroboam the son of Joash, king of Israel, two years before the earthquake. -- amos 1:1 +. +And he said, The Lord roars out of Zion and utters His voice from Jerusalem; then the pastures of the shepherds mourn and the top of [Mount] Carmel dries up. -- amos 1:2 +. +Thus says the Lord: For three transgressions of Damascus [the capital of Syria] and for four [for multiplied delinquencies], I will not reverse the punishment of it or revoke My word concerning it, because they have threshed Gilead [east of the Jordan River] with iron sledges. -- amos 1:3 +. +So I will send a fire [of war, conquest, and destruction] upon the house of Hazael [who killed and succeeded King Ben-hadad] which shall devour the palaces and strongholds of Ben-hadad. -- amos 1:4 +. +I will break also the bar [of the gate] of Damascus and cut off the inhabitant from the plain of Aven or On, and him who holds the scepter from Beth-eden; and the people of Syria [conquered by the Assyrians] shall go into exile to Kir, says the Lord. -- amos 1:5 +. +Thus says the Lord: For three transgressions of Gaza [a city in Philistia] and for four [for multiplied delinquencies], I will not reverse the punishment of it or revoke My word concerning it, because [as slave traders] they carried away captive the whole [Jewish] population [of defenseless Judean border villages, of which none was spared, none left behind] and delivered them up to Edom [for the slave trade]. -- amos 1:6 +. +So I will send a fire on the wall of Gaza which shall devour its strongholds. -- amos 1:7 +. +And I will cut off the inhabitants from Ashdod and him who holds the scepter from Ashkelon, and I will turn My hand against Ekron; and the rest of the Philistines [in Gath and the towns dependent on these four Philistine cities] shall perish, says the Lord God. -- amos 1:8 +. +Thus says the Lord: For three transgressions of Tyre and for four [for multiplied delinquencies], I will not reverse the punishment of it or revoke My word concerning it, because they [as middlemen] delivered up a whole [Jewish] population to Edom and did not [seriously] remember their brotherly covenant. -- amos 1:9 +. +So I will send a fire on the wall of Tyre which shall devour its strongholds. -- amos 1:10 +. +Thus says the Lord: For three transgressions of Edom [descendants of Esau] and for four [for multiplied delinquencies], I will not reverse the punishment of it or revoke My word concerning it, because he pursued his brother Jacob (Israel) with the sword, corrupting his compassions and casting off all pity, and his anger tore perpetually and his wrath he kept and heeded forever. -- amos 1:11 +. +So I will send a fire upon Teman which shall devour the strongholds of Bozrah [in Edom]. -- amos 1:12 +. +Thus says the Lord: For three transgressions of the children of Ammon [descendants of Lot] and for four [for multiplied delinquencies], I will not reverse the punishment of it or revoke My word concerning it, because [the Ammonites] have ripped up women with child in Gilead, that they might enlarge their border. -- amos 1:13 +. +So I will kindle a fire in the wall of Rabbah [in Ammon] and it shall devour the strongholds of it, with shouting in the day of battle, with a tempest in the day of the whirlwind; -- amos 1:14 +. +And their king shall go into exile, he and his princes together, says the Lord. -- amos 1:15 +. +THUS SAYS the Lord: For three transgressions of Moab [descendants of Lot] and for four [for multiplied delinquencies], I will not reverse the punishment of it or revoke My word concerning it, because he burned the bones of the king of Edom [Esau's descendant] into lime. -- amos 2:1 +. +So I will send a fire upon Moab and it shall devour the strongholds of Kerioth, and Moab shall die amid uproar, shouting, and the sound of the trumpet. -- amos 2:2 +. +And I will cut off the ruler from its midst and will slay all its princes with him, says the Lord. -- amos 2:3 +. +Thus says the Lord: For three transgressions of Judah and for four [for multiplied delinquencies], I will not reverse the punishment of it or revoke My word concerning it, because they have despised and rejected the law of the Lord and have not kept His commandments, but their lies, after which their fathers have walked, caused them to err and go astray. -- amos 2:4 +. +So I will send a fire upon Judah and it shall devour the strongholds of Jerusalem. -- amos 2:5 +. +Thus says the Lord: For three transgressions of Israel and for four [for multiplied delinquencies], I will not reverse the punishment of it or revoke My word concerning it, because they have sold the [strictly] just and uncompromisingly righteous for silver and the needy for a pair of sandals; -- amos 2:6 +. +They pant after [the sight of] the poor [reduced to such misery that they will be throwing] dust of the earth on their heads [in token of their grief]; they defraud and turn aside the humble [who are too meek to defend themselves]; and a man and his father will have sexual relations with the same maiden, so that My holy name is profaned. -- amos 2:7 +. +And they lay themselves down beside every [pagan] altar upon clothes they have taken in pledge [for indebtedness], and in the house of their God [in daring contempt of Him] they frivolously drink the wine which has been exacted from those [unjustly] fined. -- amos 2:8 +. +Yet I destroyed the Amorite before them, whose height was like the height of the cedars and he was strong as the oaks; yet I destroyed his fruit from above and his roots from beneath. -- amos 2:9 +. +Also I brought you up out of the land of Egypt and led you forty years through the wilderness to possess the land of the Amorite. -- amos 2:10 +. +And I raised up some of your sons for prophets and some of your young men for dedicated ones [Nazirites]. Is this not true, O you children of Israel? says the Lord. -- amos 2:11 +. +But you gave the dedicated ones [the Nazirites] wine to drink and commanded the prophets, saying, Prophesy not. -- amos 2:12 +. +Behold, I am pressed under you and I will press you down in your place as a cart presses that is full of sheaves. -- amos 2:13 +. +And flight shall be lost to the swift and refuge shall fail him; the strong shall not retain and confirm his strength, neither shall the mighty deliver himself. -- amos 2:14 +. +Neither shall he stand who handles the bow, and he who is swift of foot shall not deliver himself; neither shall he who rides the horse deliver his life. -- amos 2:15 +. +And he who is courageous among the mighty shall flee away naked on that day, says the Lord. -- amos 2:16 +. +HEAR THIS word that the Lord has spoken against you, O children of Israel, against the whole family which I brought up from the land of Egypt: -- amos 3:1 +. +You only have I known (chosen, sympathized with, and loved) of all the families of the earth; therefore I will visit upon you all your wickedness and punish you for all your iniquities. -- amos 3:2 +. +Do two walk together except they make an appointment and have agreed? -- amos 3:3 +. +Will a lion roar in the forest when he has no prey? Will a young lion cry out of his den if he has taken nothing? -- amos 3:4 +. +Can a bird fall in a snare upon the earth where there is no trap for him? Does a trap spring up from the ground when nothing at all has sprung it? -- amos 3:5 +. +Shall a trumpet be blown in the city and the people not be alarmed and afraid? Shall misfortune or evil occur [as punishment] and the Lord has not caused it? -- amos 3:6 +. +Surely the Lord God will do nothing without revealing His secret to His servants the prophets. -- amos 3:7 +. +The lion has roared; who will not fear? The Lord God has spoken; who can but prophesy? -- amos 3:8 +. +Publish to the strongholds in Ashdod [Philistia] and to the strongholds in the land of Egypt, and say, Assemble yourselves upon the mountains of Samaria, and behold what great tumults (confusion and disorder) are in her and what oppressions are in the midst of her. -- amos 3:9 +. +For they know not how to do right, says the Lord, they who store up violence and robbery in their strongholds. -- amos 3:10 +. +Therefore thus says the Lord God: An adversary shall surround the land, and he shall bring down your defenses from you and your strongholds shall be plundered. -- amos 3:11 +. +Thus says the Lord: As the shepherd rescues out of the mouth of the lion two legs or a piece of an ear [of a sheep], so shall the children of Israel who dwell in Samaria be rescued with the corner of a couch and [part of] the damask covering of a bed. -- amos 3:12 +. +Hear and bear witness in the house of Jacob, says the Lord God, the God of hosts, -- amos 3:13 +. +That in the day when I visit Israel's transgressions upon him I will also visit [with punishment] the altars of Bethel [with its golden calf], and the horns of the altar shall be cut off and fall to the ground. -- amos 3:14 +. +And I will smite the winter house with the summer house, and the houses of ivory shall perish and the many and great houses shall come to an end, says the Lord. -- amos 3:15 +. +HEAR THIS word, you cows [women] of Bashan who are in the mountain of Samaria, who oppress the poor, who crush the needy, who say to their husbands, Bring and let us drink! -- amos 4:1 +. +The Lord God has sworn by His holiness that behold, the days shall come upon you when they shall take you away with hooks and the last of you with fishhooks. -- amos 4:2 +. +And you shall go out through the breaches [made in the city's wall], every [woman] straight before her, and you shall be cast forth into Harmon [an unknown place of exile], says the Lord. -- amos 4:3 +. +Come to Bethel [where the golden calf is] and transgress; at Gilgal [another idol worship center] multiply transgression; and bring your sacrifices every morning and your tithes every three days. -- amos 4:4 +. +And offer [by burning] a sacrifice of thanksgiving of that which is leavened, and proclaim and publish freewill offerings, for this you like to do, O children of Israel! says the Lord God. -- amos 4:5 +. +I also gave you cleanness of teeth in all your cities and want of bread in all your places; yet you did not return to Me, says the Lord. -- amos 4:6 +. +And also I withheld the rain from you when there were yet three months to the harvest. I caused it to rain upon one city and caused it not to rain upon another city; one piece of ground was rained upon, and the piece upon which it did not rain withered. -- amos 4:7 +. +So [the people of] two or three cities wandered and staggered into one city to drink water, but they were not satisfied; yet you did not return to Me, says the Lord. -- amos 4:8 +. +I smote you with blight [from the poisonous east wind] and with mildew; I laid waste the multitude of your gardens and your vineyards; your fig trees and your olive trees the palmerworm [a form of locust] devoured; yet you did not return to Me, says the Lord. -- amos 4:9 +. +I have sent among you the pestilence [which I made] epidemic in Egypt; your young men I slew with the sword and I took into exile your horses, and I made the stench of your camp come up into your nostrils; yet you did not return to Me, says the Lord. -- amos 4:10 +. +I have overthrown some among you as when God overthrew Sodom and Gomorrah, and you were as a brand plucked out of the burning; yet you did not return to Me, says the Lord. -- amos 4:11 +. +Therefore thus will I do to you, O Israel; and because I will do this to you, prepare to meet your God, O Israel! -- amos 4:12 +. +For behold, He Who forms the mountains and creates the wind and declares to man what is his thought, Who makes the morning darkness and treads on the heights of the earth--the Lord, the God of hosts, is His name! -- amos 4:13 +. +HEAR THIS word which I take up concerning you in lamentation, O house of Israel: -- amos 5:1 +. +The Virgin of Israel has fallen; she shall no more rise; she lies cast down and forsaken on her land; there is no one to raise her up. -- amos 5:2 +. +For thus says the Lord God: The city that went forth a thousand shall have a hundred left, and that which went forth a hundred shall have ten left to the house of Israel. -- amos 5:3 +. +For thus says the Lord to the house of Israel: Seek Me [inquire for and of Me and require Me as you require food] and you shall live! -- amos 5:4 +. +But seek not [the golden calf at] Bethel nor enter into [idolatrous] Gilgal, and pass not over to [the idols of] Beersheba; for Gilgal shall surely go into captivity and exile, and Bethel [house of God] shall become Beth-aven [house of vanity, emptiness, falsity, and futility] and come to nothing. -- amos 5:5 +. +Seek the Lord [inquire for and of Him and require Him] and you shall live, lest He rush down like fire upon the house of Joseph [representing the ten tribes] and devour it, and there be none to quench it in Bethel [the center of their idol hopes]. -- amos 5:6 +. +You who turn justice into [the bitterness of] wormwood and cast righteousness (uprightness and right standing with God) down to the ground, -- amos 5:7 +. +Seek Him Who made the [cluster of stars called] Pleiades and [the constellation] Orion, Who turns the shadow of death or deep darkness into the morning and darkens the day into night, Who calls for the waters of the sea and pours them out upon the face of the earth--the Lord is His name-- -- amos 5:8 +. +Who causes sudden destruction to flash forth upon the strong so that destruction comes upon the fortress. -- amos 5:9 +. +They hate him who reproves in the [city] gate [holding him as an abomination and rejecting his rebuke], and they abhor him who speaks uprightly. -- amos 5:10 +. +Therefore because you tread upon the poor and take from him exactions of wheat, you have built houses of hewn stone, but you shall not dwell in them; you have planted pleasant vineyards, but you shall not drink their wine. -- amos 5:11 +. +For I know how manifold are your transgressions and how mighty are your sins--you who afflict the [uncompromisingly] righteous, who take a bribe, and who turn aside the needy in the [court of the city] gate from their right. -- amos 5:12 +. +Therefore he who is prudent will keep silence in such a time, for it is an evil time. -- amos 5:13 +. +Seek (inquire for and require) good and not evil that you may live, and so the Lord, the God of hosts, will be with you, as you have said. -- amos 5:14 +. +Hate the evil and love the good and establish justice in the [court of the city's] gate. It may be that the Lord, the God of hosts, will be gracious to the remnant of Joseph [the northern kingdom]. -- amos 5:15 +. +Therefore thus says the Lord, the God of hosts, the Lord: There shall be wailing in all the broad ways, and in all the streets they shall say, Alas! Alas! And they shall call the farmers to mourning and such as are skilled in lamentation to wailing. -- amos 5:16 +. +And in all vineyards there shall be wailing, for I will pass through the midst of you, says the Lord. -- amos 5:17 +. +Woe to you who desire the day of the Lord! Why would you want the day of the Lord? It is darkness and not light; -- amos 5:18 +. +It is as if a man fled from a lion and a bear met him, or went into the house and leaned with his hand against the wall and a serpent bit him. -- amos 5:19 +. +Shall not the day of the Lord be darkness, not light? Even very dark with no brightness in it? -- amos 5:20 +. +I hate, I despise your feasts, and I will not smell a savor or take delight in your solemn assemblies. -- amos 5:21 +. +Though you offer Me your burnt offerings and your cereal offerings, I will not accept them, neither will I look upon the peace or thank offerings of your fatted beasts. -- amos 5:22 +. +Take away from Me the noise of your songs, for I will not listen to the melody of your harps. -- amos 5:23 +. +But let justice run down like waters and righteousness as a mighty and ever-flowing stream. -- amos 5:24 +. +Did you bring to Me sacrifices and cereal offerings during those forty years in the wilderness, O house of Israel? -- amos 5:25 +. +[No] but [instead of bringing Me the appointed sacrifices] you carried about the tent of your king Sakkuth and Kaiwan [names for the gods of the planet Saturn], your images of your star-god which you made for yourselves [and you will do so again]. -- amos 5:26 +. +Therefore I will cause you to go into exile beyond Damascus, says the Lord, whose name is the God of hosts. -- amos 5:27 +. +WOE TO those who are at ease in Zion and to those on the mountain of Samaria who are careless and feel secure, the notable men of the chief [because chosen by God] of the nations, to whom the house of Israel comes! -- amos 6:1 +. +Pass over to Calneh and see, and from there go to Hamath the great [city, north of Damascus]; then go down to Gath of the Philistines. Are they better than these [your] kingdoms? Or are their boundaries greater than your boundaries, -- amos 6:2 +. +O you who put far away the evil day [of punishment], yet cause the sitting of violence [upon you] to come near? -- amos 6:3 +. +Woe to those who lie upon beds of ivory and stretch themselves upon their couches, and eat the lambs out of the flock and the calves out of the midst of the stall, -- amos 6:4 +. +Who sing idle songs to the sound of the harp and invent for themselves instruments of music like David's, -- amos 6:5 +. +Who drink wine in bowls and anoint themselves with the finest oils, but are not grieved and sick at heart over the affliction and ruin of Joseph (Israel)! -- amos 6:6 +. +Therefore now shall they go captive with the first who go into exile, and the revelry and banqueting of those who stretch themselves shall be ended. -- amos 6:7 +. +The Lord God has sworn by Himself--the Lord, the God of hosts, says: I abhor, reject, and despise the pride and false, futile glory of Jacob (Israel), and I hate his palaces and strongholds; and I will deliver up the city [idol-worshiping Samaria] with all that is in it. -- amos 6:8 +. +And it shall come to pass that if there remain ten men in one house, they shall die [by the pestilence that comes with war]. -- amos 6:9 +. +And then a man's uncle or kinsman, he who is to make a burning to cremate and dispose [of his pestilence-infected body], comes in to bring the bones out of the house, and he shall say to another still alive in the farthest parts of the house, Is there anyone else with you? and he shall say, No. Then shall the newcomer say, Hush! Hold your [cursing] tongue! We dare not so mention the name of the Lord [lest we invoke more punishment]. -- amos 6:10 +. +For behold, the Lord commands and He will smite the great house into ruins and the little house into fragments. -- amos 6:11 +. +Do horses run upon rocks? Do men plow the ocean with oxen? But you have turned justice into [the poison of] gall and the fruit of righteousness into [the bitterness of] wormwood-- -- amos 6:12 +. +You who rejoice in Lo-debar [a thing of nought], who say, Have we not by our own strength taken Karnaim or horns [of resistance] for ourselves? -- amos 6:13 +. +For behold, I will raise up against you a nation, O house of Israel, says the Lord, the God of hosts; and they shall afflict and oppress you [to the entire limits of Israel] from the entrance of Hamath to the brook of the Arabah. -- amos 6:14 +. +THUS THE Lord God showed me [Amos], and behold, He formed locusts in the beginning of the shooting up of the second crop, and behold, it was the second crop after the king's mowings. -- amos 7:1 +. +And when [the locusts] had finished eating the plants of the land, then I said, O Lord God, forgive, I pray You. How can Jacob stand? For he is so small! -- amos 7:2 +. +The Lord relented and revoked this sentence: It shall not take place, said the Lord [and He was eased and comforted concerning it]. -- amos 7:3 +. +Thus the Lord God showed me, and behold, the Lord God called for punishment with fire, and it devoured the great deep and would have eaten up the land. -- amos 7:4 +. +Then said I, O Lord God, cease, I pray You! How can Jacob stand? He is so little! -- amos 7:5 +. +The Lord relented and revoked this sentence: This also shall not be, said the Lord [and He was eased and comforted concerning it]. -- amos 7:6 +. +Thus He showed me, and behold, the Lord stood upon a wall with a plumb line, with a plumb line in His hand. -- amos 7:7 +. +And the Lord said to me, Amos, what do you see? And I said, A plumb line. Then said the Lord, Behold, I am setting a plumb line as a standard in the midst of My people Israel. I will not pass by and spare them any more [the door of mercy is shut]. -- amos 7:8 +. +And the [idolatrous] high places of Isaac (Israel) shall be desolate and the sanctuaries of Israel shall be laid waste, and I will rise with the sword against the house of King Jeroboam [who set up the golden calf shrines]. -- amos 7:9 +. +Then Amaziah the priest of [the golden calf shrine at] Bethel sent to Jeroboam king of Israel, saying, Amos has conspired against you in the midst of the house of Israel; the land is not able to bear all his words. -- amos 7:10 +. +For thus Amos has said, Jeroboam shall die by the sword and Israel shall surely be led away captive out of his land. -- amos 7:11 +. +Also Amaziah said to Amos, O you seer, go! Flee back to the land of Judah [your own country], and eat your bread and live out your profession as a prophet there [as I perform my duties here]. -- amos 7:12 +. +But do not prophesy any more at Bethel, for it is the king's sanctuary and a seat of his kingdom. -- amos 7:13 +. +Then Amos said to Amaziah, I was no prophet [by profession]! Neither was I a prophet's son; [but I had my occupation] I was a herdsman and a dresser of sycamore trees and a gatherer of sycamore figs. -- amos 7:14 +. +And the Lord took me as I followed the flock and the Lord said to me, Go, prophesy to My people Israel. -- amos 7:15 +. +Now therefore listen to the word of the Lord: You say, Do not prophesy against Israel and drop no statements not complimentary to the house of Isaac. -- amos 7:16 +. +Therefore thus says the Lord: Your wife shall be a harlot in the city and your sons and your daughters shall fall by the sword, and your land shall be divided up by line; you yourself shall die in an unclean and defiled land, and Israel shall surely go forth out of his land into exile. -- amos 7:17 +. +THUS THE Lord God showed to me, and behold, a basket of [ripe and therefore soon to perish] summer fruit. -- amos 8:1 +. +And He said, Amos, what do you see? And I said, A basket of summer fruit. Then said the Lord to me, The end has come upon My people Israel; I will not pass by and spare them any more. -- amos 8:2 +. +And the songs of the temple shall become wailings in that day, says the Lord God. The dead bodies shall be many; in every place they shall be cast forth in silence. -- amos 8:3 +. +Hear this, O you who would swallow up and trample down the needy, even to make the poor of the land to fail and come to an end, -- amos 8:4 +. +Saying, When will the New Moon festival be past that we may sell grain? And the Sabbath that we may offer wheat for sale, making the ephah [measure] small and the shekel [measure] great and falsifying the scales by deceit, -- amos 8:5 +. +That we may buy [into slavery] the poor for silver and the needy for a pair of sandals; yes, and sell the refuse of the wheat [as if it were good grade]? -- amos 8:6 +. +The Lord has sworn by [Himself Who is] the Glory and Pride of Jacob, Surely I will never forget any of their [rebellious] deeds. -- amos 8:7 +. +Shall not the land tremble on this account, and everyone mourn who dwells in it? Yes, it shall rise like the river [Nile], all of it, and it shall be tossed about and sink back again to normal level, as does the Nile of Egypt. -- amos 8:8 +. +And in that day, says the Lord God, I will cause the sun to go down at noon, and I will darken the earth in the broad daylight. -- amos 8:9 +. +And I will turn your feasts into mourning and all your songs into lamentation, and I will cause sackcloth to be put upon all loins and baldness [for mourning] shall come on every head; and I will make that time as the mourning for an only son, and the end of it as a bitter day. -- amos 8:10 +. +Behold, the days are coming, says the Lord God, when I will send a famine in the land, not a famine of bread, nor a thirst for water, but [a famine] for hearing the words of the Lord. -- amos 8:11 +. +And [the people] shall wander from sea to sea and from the north even to the east; they shall run to and fro to seek the word of the Lord [inquiring for and requiring it as one requires food], but shall not find it. -- amos 8:12 +. +In that day shall the fair virgins and young men faint for thirst. -- amos 8:13 +. +Those who swear by Ashimah or the sin of Samaria and say, By the life of your god [the golden calf], O Dan! and [swear], By the life of the way of [idolatrous] Beersheba, they shall fall and rise no more. -- amos 8:14 +. +I SAW the Lord standing at the altar, and He said, Smite the tops of the pillars until the thresholds tremble, and shatter them on the heads of all of the people; and the remainder of them I will slay with the sword. He who flees of them shall not get away, and he who escapes of them shall not be delivered. -- amos 9:1 +. +Though they dig into Sheol (Hades, the dark abode of the gathered dead), from there shall My hand take them; though they climb up to heaven [the abode of light], from there will I bring them down; -- amos 9:2 +. +And though they hide themselves on the top of [Mount] Carmel, from there I will search out and take them; and though they [try to] hide from My sight at the bottom of the sea, there I will command the serpent and it shall bite them. -- amos 9:3 +. +And though they go into captivity before their enemies, there will I command the sword and it shall slay them, and I will set My eyes upon them for evil and not for good. -- amos 9:4 +. +The Lord God of hosts, it is He Who touches the earth and it melts, and all who dwell in it mourn; it shall rise like the [river] Nile, all of it, and it shall sink again like the Nile of Egypt. -- amos 9:5 +. +It is He Who builds His upper chambers in the heavens and Who founds His vault over the earth, Who calls to the waters of the sea and pours them out on the face of the earth--The Lord is His name. -- amos 9:6 +. +You [O degenerate children of Israel] are no more to Me than these [despised] Cushites, says the Lord. I brought up Israel out of the land of Egypt, but have I not [also] brought the Philistines out of Caphtor and the Syrians from Kir? -- amos 9:7 +. +Behold, the eyes of the Lord God are upon the sinful kingdom [of Israel's ten tribes] and I will destroy it from the surface of the ground, except that I will not utterly destroy the house of Jacob, says the Lord. -- amos 9:8 +. +For behold, I will command, and I will sift the house of Israel among all nations and cause it to move to and fro as grain is sifted in a sieve, yet shall not the least kernel fall upon the earth and be lost [from My sight]. -- amos 9:9 +. +All the sinners of My people shall die by the sword, who say, The evil shall not overtake or meet [and assail] us. -- amos 9:10 +. +In that day will I raise up the tabernacle of David, the fallen hut or booth, and close up its breaches; and I will raise up its ruins, and I will build it as in the days of old, -- amos 9:11 +. +That they may possess the remnant of Edom and of all the nations that are called by My name, says the Lord Who does this. -- amos 9:12 +. +Behold, the days are coming, says the Lord, that the plowman shall overtake the reaper, and the treader of grapes him who sows the seed; and the mountains shall drop sweet wine and all the hills shall melt [that is, everything heretofore barren and unfruitful shall overflow with spiritual blessing]. -- amos 9:13 +. +And I will bring back the exiles of My people Israel, and they shall build the waste cities and inhabit them; and they shall plant vineyards and drink the wine from them; they shall also make gardens and eat the fruit of them. -- amos 9:14 +. +And I will plant them upon their land, and they shall no more be torn up out of their land which I gave them, says the Lord your God. -- amos 9:15 +. +THE VISION of Obadiah. Thus says the Lord God concerning Edom: We have heard tidings from the Lord, and an ambassador is sent forth among the nations [saying], Arise, and let us rise up against [Edom] for battle! -- obadiah 1:1 +. +Behold, I will make you small among the nations [Edom]; you shall be despised exceedingly. -- obadiah 1:2 +. +The pride of your heart has deceived you, you dweller in the refuges of the rock [Petra, Edom's capital], whose habitation is high, who says in his heart, Who can bring me down to the ground? -- obadiah 1:3 +. +Though you mount on high as the eagle and though you set your nest among the stars, I will bring you down from there, says the Lord. -- obadiah 1:4 +. +If thieves came to you, if robbers by night--how you are brought to nothing!--would they not steal only enough for themselves? If grape gatherers came to you, would they not leave some grapes for gleaning? [But this ravaging was done by God, not men.] -- obadiah 1:5 +. +How are the things of Esau [Edom] searched out! How are his hidden treasures sought out! -- obadiah 1:6 +. +All the men of your confederacy (your allies) have brought you on your way, even to the border; the men who were at peace with you have deceived you and prevailed against you; they who eat your bread have laid a snare under you. There is no understanding [in Edom, or] of it. -- obadiah 1:7 +. +Will not I in that day, says the Lord, destroy the wise men out of Edom and [men of] understanding out of Mount Esau [Idumea, a mountainous region]? -- obadiah 1:8 +. +And your mighty men, O Teman, shall be dismayed, to the end that everyone from Mount Esau will be cut off by slaughter. -- obadiah 1:9 +. +For the violence you did against your brother Jacob, shame shall cover you, and you shall be cut off forever. -- obadiah 1:10 +. +On the day that you stood aloof [from your brother Jacob]--on the day that strangers took captive his forces and carried off his wealth, and foreigners entered into his gates and cast lots for Jerusalem--you were even as one of them. -- obadiah 1:11 +. +But you should not have gloated over your brother's day, the day when his misfortune came and he was made a stranger; you should not have rejoiced over the sons of Judah in the day of their ruin; you should not have spoken arrogantly in the day of their distress. -- obadiah 1:12 +. +You should not have entered the gate of My people in the day of their calamity and ruin; yes, you should not have looked [with delight] on their misery in the day of their calamity and ruin, and not have reached after their army and their possessions in the day of their calamity and ruin. -- obadiah 1:13 +. +And you should not have stood at the crossway to cut off those of Judah who escaped, neither should you have delivered up those [of Judah] who remained in the day of distress. -- obadiah 1:14 +. +For the day of the Lord is near upon all the nations. As you have done, it shall be done to you; your dealings will return upon your own head. -- obadiah 1:15 +. +For as you [Edom] have drunk upon the mountain of My holiness [desecrating it in the wild revelry of the destroyers], so shall all the nations drink continually [in turn, of My wrath]; yes, they shall drink, talk foolishly, and swallow down [the full measure of punishment] and they shall be [destroyed] as though they had not been. -- obadiah 1:16 +. +But on Mount Zion [in Jerusalem] there shall be deliverance [for those who escape], and it shall be holy; and the house of Jacob shall possess its [own former] possessions. -- obadiah 1:17 +. +The house of Jacob shall be a fire and the house of Joseph a flame, but the house of Esau shall be stubble; they shall kindle and burn them and consume them, and there shall be no survivor of the house of Esau, for the Lord has spoken it. -- obadiah 1:18 +. +They of the South (the Negeb) shall possess Mount Esau, and they of the lowland the land of the Philistines; they shall possess the land of Ephraim and the fields of Samaria, and Benjamin shall possess Gilead [across the Jordan River]. -- obadiah 1:19 +. +And the exiles of this host of the children of Israel who are among the Canaanites shall possess [Phoenicia] as far as Zarephath, and the exiles of Jerusalem who are in Sepharad shall possess the cities of the South (the Negeb). -- obadiah 1:20 +. +And deliverers shall go up on Mount Zion to rule and judge Mount Esau, and the kingdom and the kingship shall be the Lord's. -- obadiah 1:21 +. +NOW THE word of the Lord came to Jonah son of Amittai, saying, -- jonah 1:1 +. +Arise, go to Nineveh, that great city, and proclaim against it, for their wickedness has come up before Me. -- jonah 1:2 +. +But Jonah rose up to flee to Tarshish from being in the presence of the Lord [as His prophet] and went down to Joppa and found a ship going to Tarshish [the most remote of the Phoenician trading places then known]. So he paid the appointed fare and went down into the ship to go with them to Tarshish from being in the presence of the Lord [as His servant and minister]. -- jonah 1:3 +. +But the Lord sent out a great wind upon the sea, and there was a violent tempest on the sea so that the ship was about to be broken. -- jonah 1:4 +. +Then the mariners were afraid, and each man cried to his god; and they cast the goods that were in the ship into the sea to lighten it for them. But Jonah had gone down into the inner part of the ship and had lain down and was fast asleep. -- jonah 1:5 +. +So the captain came and said to him, What do you mean, you sleeper? Arise, call upon your God! Perhaps your God will give a thought to us so that we shall not perish. -- jonah 1:6 +. +And they each said to one another, Come, let us cast lots, that we may know on whose account this evil has come upon us. So they cast lots and the lot fell on Jonah. -- jonah 1:7 +. +Then they said to him, Tell us, we pray you, on whose account has this evil come upon us? What is your occupation? Where did you come from? And what is your country and nationality? -- jonah 1:8 +. +And he said to them, I am a Hebrew, and I [reverently] fear and worship the Lord, the God of heaven, Who made the sea and the dry land. -- jonah 1:9 +. +Then the men were exceedingly afraid and said to him, What is this that you have done? For the men knew that he fled from being in the presence of the Lord [as His prophet and servant], because he had told them. -- jonah 1:10 +. +Then they said to him, What shall we do to you, that the sea may subside and be calm for us? For the sea became more and more [violently] tempestuous. -- jonah 1:11 +. +And [Jonah] said to them, Take me up and cast me into the sea; so shall the sea become calm for you, for I know that it is because of me that this great tempest has come upon you. -- jonah 1:12 +. +Nevertheless the men rowed hard to bring the ship to the land, but they could not, for the sea became more and more violent against them. -- jonah 1:13 +. +Therefore they cried to the Lord, We beseech You, O Lord, we beseech You, let us not perish for this man's life, and lay not upon us innocent blood; for You, O Lord, have done as it pleased You. -- jonah 1:14 +. +So they took up Jonah and cast him into the sea, and the sea ceased from its raging. -- jonah 1:15 +. +Then the men [reverently and worshipfully] feared the Lord exceedingly, and they offered a sacrifice to the Lord and made vows. -- jonah 1:16 +. +Now the Lord had prepared and appointed a great fish to swallow up Jonah. And Jonah was in the belly of the fish three days and three nights. -- jonah 1:17 +. +THEN JONAH prayed to the Lord his God from the fish's belly, -- jonah 2:1 +. +And said, I cried out of my distress to the Lord, and He heard me; out of the belly of Sheol cried I, and You heard my voice. -- jonah 2:2 +. +For You cast me into the deep, into the heart of the seas, and the floods surrounded me; all Your waves and Your billows passed over me. -- jonah 2:3 +. +Then I said, I have been cast out of Your presence and Your sight; yet I will look again toward Your holy temple. -- jonah 2:4 +. +The waters compassed me about, even to [the extinction of] life; the abyss surrounded me, the seaweed was wrapped about my head. -- jonah 2:5 +. +I went down to the bottoms and the very roots of the mountains; the earth with its bars closed behind me forever. Yet You have brought up my life from the pit and corruption, O Lord my God. -- jonah 2:6 +. +When my soul fainted upon me [crushing me], I earnestly and seriously remembered the Lord; and my prayer came to You, into Your holy temple. -- jonah 2:7 +. +Those who pay regard to false, useless, and worthless idols forsake their own [Source of] mercy and loving-kindness. -- jonah 2:8 +. +But as for me, I will sacrifice to You with the voice of thanksgiving; I will pay that which I have vowed. Salvation and deliverance belong to the Lord! -- jonah 2:9 +. +And the Lord spoke to the fish, and it vomited out Jonah upon the dry land. -- jonah 2:10 +. +AND THE word of the Lord came to Jonah the second time, saying, -- jonah 3:1 +. +Arise, go to Nineveh, that great city, and preach and cry out to it the preaching that I tell you. -- jonah 3:2 +. +So Jonah arose and went to Nineveh according to the word of the Lord. Now Nineveh was an exceedingly great city of three days' journey [sixty miles in circumference]. -- jonah 3:3 +. +And Jonah began to enter into the city a day's journey, and he cried, Yet forty days and Nineveh shall be overthrown! -- jonah 3:4 +. +So the people of Nineveh believed in God and proclaimed a fast and put on sackcloth [in penitent mourning], from the greatest of them even to the least of them. -- jonah 3:5 +. +For word came to the king of Nineveh [of all that had happened to Jonah, and his terrifying message from God], and he arose from his throne and he laid his robe aside, covered himself with sackcloth, and sat in ashes. -- jonah 3:6 +. +And he made proclamation and published through Nineveh, By the decree of the king and his nobles: Let neither man nor beast, herd nor flock, taste anything; let them not feed nor drink water. -- jonah 3:7 +. +But let man and beast be covered with sackcloth and let them cry mightily to God. Yes, let every one turn from his evil way and from the violence that is in his hands. -- jonah 3:8 +. +Who can tell, God may turn and revoke His sentence against us [when we have met His terms], and turn away from His fierce anger so that we perish not. -- jonah 3:9 +. +And God saw their works, that they turned from their evil way; and God revoked His [sentence of] evil that He had said that He would do to them and He did not do it [for He was comforted and eased concerning them]. -- jonah 3:10 +. +BUT IT displeased Jonah exceedingly and he was very angry. -- jonah 4:1 +. +And he prayed to the Lord and said, I pray You, O Lord, is not this just what I said when I was still in my country? That is why I fled to Tarshish, for I knew that You are a gracious God and merciful, slow to anger and of great kindness, and [when sinners turn to You and meet Your conditions] You revoke the [sentence of] evil against them. -- jonah 4:2 +. +Therefore now, O Lord, I beseech You, take my life from me, for it is better for me to die than to live. -- jonah 4:3 +. +Then said the Lord, Do you do well to be angry? -- jonah 4:4 +. +So Jonah went out of the city and sat to the east of the city, and he made a booth there for himself. He sat there under it in the shade till he might see what would become of the city. -- jonah 4:5 +. +And the Lord God prepared a gourd and made it to come up over Jonah, that it might be a shade over his head, to deliver him from his evil situation. So Jonah was exceedingly glad [to have the protection] of the gourd. -- jonah 4:6 +. +But God prepared a cutworm when the morning dawned the next day, and it smote the gourd so that it withered. -- jonah 4:7 +. +And when the sun arose, God prepared a sultry east wind, and the sun beat upon the head of Jonah so that he fainted and wished in himself to die and said, It is better for me to die than to live. -- jonah 4:8 +. +And God said to Jonah, Do you do well to be angry for the loss of the gourd? And he said, I do well to be angry, angry enough to die! -- jonah 4:9 +. +Then said the Lord, You have had pity on the gourd, for which you have not labored nor made it grow, which came up in a night and perished in a night. -- jonah 4:10 +. +And should not I spare Nineveh, that great city, in which there are more than 120,persons not [yet old enough to] know their right hand from their left, and also many cattle [not accountable for sin]? -- jonah 4:11 +. +THE WORD of the Lord that came to Micah of Moresheth in the days of Jotham, Ahaz, and Hezekiah, kings of Judah, which he saw [through divine revelation] concerning Samaria and Jerusalem. -- micah 1:1 +. +Hear, all you people; listen closely, O earth and all that is in it, and let the Lord God be witness among you and against you, the Lord from His holy temple. -- micah 1:2 +. +For behold, the Lord comes forth out of His place and will come down and tread upon the high places of the earth. -- micah 1:3 +. +And the mountains shall melt under Him and the valleys shall be cleft like wax before the fire, like waters poured down a steep place. -- micah 1:4 +. +All this is because of the transgression of Jacob and the sins of the house of Israel. What is the transgression of Jacob? Is it not [the idol worship of] Samaria? And what are the high places [of idolatry] in Judah? Are they not Jerusalem? -- micah 1:5 +. +Therefore I [the Lord] will make Samaria a heap in the open country, a place for planting vineyards; and I will pour down into the ravine her stones and lay bare her foundations. -- micah 1:6 +. +And all her carved images shall be broken in pieces, and all her hires [all that man would gain from desertion of God] shall be burned with fire, and all her idols will be laid waste; for from the hire of [one] harlot she gathered them, and to the hire of [another] harlot they shall return. -- micah 1:7 +. +Therefore I [Micah] will lament and wail; I will go stripped and [virtually] naked; I will make a wailing like the jackals and a lamentation like the ostriches. -- micah 1:8 +. +For [Samaria's] wounds are incurable and they come even to Judah; He [the Lord] has reached to the gate of my people, to Jerusalem. -- micah 1:9 +. +In Gath [a city in Philistia] announce it not; in Acco weep not at all, [betraying your grief to foreigners; but among your own people] in Beth-le-aphrah [house of dust] roll yourself in the dust. -- micah 1:10 +. +Pass on your way [into exile], dwellers of Shaphir, in shameful nakedness. The dwellers of Zaanan dare not come forth; the wailing of Beth-ezel takes away from you the place on which it stands. -- micah 1:11 +. +For the inhabitant of Maroth [bitterness] writhes in pain [at its losses] and waits anxiously for good, because evil comes down from the Lord to the gate of Jerusalem. -- micah 1:12 +. +Bind the chariot to the swift steed, O lady inhabitant of Lachish; you were the beginning of sin to the Daughter of Zion, for the transgressions of Israel were found in you. -- micah 1:13 +. +Therefore you must give parting gifts to Moresheth-gath [Micah's home town]; the houses of Achzib [place of deceit] shall be a deception to the kings of Israel. -- micah 1:14 +. +Yet will I bring a conqueror upon you, O lady inhabitant of Mareshah, who shall possess you; the glory and nobility of Israel shall come to Adullam [to hide in the caves, as did David]. -- micah 1:15 +. +Make yourself bald in mourning and cut off your hair for the children of your delight; enlarge your baldness as the eagle, for [your children] shall be carried from you into exile. -- micah 1:16 +. +WOE TO those who devise iniquity and work out evil upon their beds! When the morning is light, they perform and practice it because it is in their power. -- micah 2:1 +. +They covet fields and seize them, and houses and take them away; they oppress and crush a man and his house, a man and his inheritance. -- micah 2:2 +. +Therefore thus says the Lord: Behold, against this family I am planning a disaster from which you cannot remove your necks, nor will you be able to walk erect; for it will be an evil time. -- micah 2:3 +. +In that day shall they take up a [taunting] parable against you and wail with a doleful and bitter lamentation and say, We are utterly ruined and laid waste! [God] changes the portion of my people. How He removes it from me! He divides our fields [to the rebellious, our captors]. -- micah 2:4 +. +Therefore you shall have no one to cast a line by lot upon a plot [of ground] in the assembly of the Lord. -- micah 2:5 +. +Do not preach, say the prophesying false prophets; one should not babble and harp on such things; disgrace will not overtake us [the reviling has no end]. -- micah 2:6 +. +O house of Jacob, shall it be said, Is the Spirit of the Lord restricted, impatient, and shortened? Or are these [prophesied plagues] His doings? Do not My words do good to him who walks uprightly? -- micah 2:7 +. +But lately (yesterday) My people have stood up as an enemy [and have made Me their antagonist]. Off from the garment you strip the cloak of those who pass by in secure confidence of safety and are averse to war. -- micah 2:8 +. +The women of My people you cast out from their pleasant houses; from their young children you take away My glory forever. -- micah 2:9 +. +Arise and depart, for this is not the rest [which was promised to the righteous in Canaan], because of uncleanness that works destruction, even a sharp and grievous destruction. -- micah 2:10 +. +If a man walking in a spirit [of vanity] and in falsehood should lie and say, I will prophesy to you of wine and strong drink, O Israel, he would even be the acceptable prophet of this people! -- micah 2:11 +. +I will surely gather all of you, O Jacob; I will surely collect the remnant of Israel. I will bring them [Israel] together like sheep in a fold, like a flock in the midst of their pasture. They [the fold and the pasture] shall swarm with men and hum with much noise. -- micah 2:12 +. +The Breaker [the Messiah] will go up before them. They will break through, pass in through the gate and go out through it, and their King will pass on before them, the Lord at their head. -- micah 2:13 +. +AND I [Micah] said, Hear, I pray you, you heads of Jacob and rulers of the house of Israel! Is it not for you to know justice?-- -- micah 3:1 +. +You who hate the good and love the evil, who pluck and steal the skin from off [My people] and their flesh from off their bones; -- micah 3:2 +. +Yes, you who eat the flesh of my people and strip their skin from off them, who break their bones and chop them in pieces as for the pot, like meat in a big kettle. -- micah 3:3 +. +Then will they cry to the Lord, but He will not answer them; He will even hide His face from them at that time, because they have made their deeds evil. -- micah 3:4 +. +Thus says the Lord: Concerning the false prophets who make My people err, when they have anything good to bite with their teeth they cry, Peace; and whoever gives them nothing to chew, against him they declare a sanctified war. -- micah 3:5 +. +Therefore it shall be night to you, so that you shall have no vision; yes, it shall be dark to you without divination. And the sun shall go down over the false prophets, and the day shall be black over them. -- micah 3:6 +. +And the seers shall be put to shame and the diviners shall blush and be confounded; yes, they shall all cover their lips, for there is no answer from God. -- micah 3:7 +. +But truly I [Micah] am full of power, of the Spirit of the Lord, and of justice and might, to declare to Jacob his transgression and to Israel his sin. -- micah 3:8 +. +Hear this, I pray you, you heads of the house of Jacob and rulers of the house of Israel, who abhor and reject justice and pervert all equity, -- micah 3:9 +. +Who build up Zion with blood and Jerusalem with iniquity. -- micah 3:10 +. +Its heads judge for reward and a bribe and its priests teach for hire and its prophets divine for money; yet they lean on the Lord and say, Is not the Lord among us? No evil can come upon us. -- micah 3:11 +. +Therefore shall Zion on your account be plowed like a field, Jerusalem shall become heaps [of ruins], and the mountain of the house [of the Lord] like a densely wooded height. -- micah 3:12 +. +BUT IN the latter days it shall come to pass that the mountain of the house of the Lord shall be established as the highest of the mountains; and it shall be exalted above the hills, and peoples shall flow to it. -- micah 4:1 +. +And many nations shall come and say, Come, let us go up to the mountain of the Lord, to the house of the God of Jacob, that He may teach us His ways, and we may walk in His paths. For the law shall go forth out of Zion and the word of the Lord from Jerusalem. -- micah 4:2 +. +And He shall judge between many peoples and shall decide for strong nations afar off, and they shall beat their swords into plowshares and their spears into pruning hooks; nation shall not lift up sword against nation, neither shall they learn war any more. -- micah 4:3 +. +But they shall sit every man under his vine and under his fig tree, and none shall make them afraid, for the mouth of the Lord of hosts has spoken it. -- micah 4:4 +. +For all the peoples [now] walk every man in the name of his god, but we will walk in the name of the Lord our God forever and ever. -- micah 4:5 +. +In that day, says the Lord, I will assemble the lame, and I will gather those who have been driven away and those whom I have afflicted. -- micah 4:6 +. +And I will make the lame a remnant, and those who were cast off a strong nation; and the Lord shall reign over them in Mount Zion from this time forth and forever. -- micah 4:7 +. +And you, O tower of the flock, the hill and stronghold of the Daughter of Zion, unto you the former dominion shall come, the kingdom of the Daughter of Jerusalem. -- micah 4:8 +. +Now why do you cry aloud? Is there no king among you? Has your counselor perished, that pains have taken you like a woman in labor? -- micah 4:9 +. +Writhe in pain and labor to bring forth, O Daughter of Zion, like a woman in childbirth; for now you shall go forth out of the city and you shall live in the open country. You shall go to Babylon; there you shall be rescued. There the Lord shall redeem you from the hand of your enemies. -- micah 4:10 +. +Now many nations are assembled against you, saying, Let her be profaned and let our eyes gaze upon Zion. -- micah 4:11 +. +But they know not the thoughts of the Lord, neither do they understand His plan, for He shall gather them as the sheaves to the threshing floor. -- micah 4:12 +. +Arise and thresh, O Daughter of Zion! For I will make your horn iron and I will make your hoofs bronze; you shall beat in pieces many peoples, and I will devote their gain to the Lord and their treasure to the Lord of all the earth. -- micah 4:13 +. +NOW GATHER yourself in troops, O daughter of troops; a state of siege has been placed against us. They shall smite the ruler of Israel with a rod (a scepter) on the cheek. -- micah 5:1 +. +But you, Bethlehem Ephratah, you are little to be among the clans of Judah; [yet] out of you shall One come forth for Me Who is to be Ruler in Israel, Whose goings forth have been from of old, from ancient days (eternity). -- micah 5:2 +. +Therefore shall He give them up until the time that she who travails has brought forth; then what is left of His brethren shall return to the children of Israel. -- micah 5:3 +. +And He shall stand and feed His flock in the strength of the Lord, in the majesty of the name of the Lord His God; and they shall dwell [secure], for then shall He be great [even] to the ends of the earth. -- micah 5:4 +. +And this [One] shall be our peace. When the Assyrian comes into our land and treads upon our soil and in our palaces, then will we raise against him seven shepherds and eight princes among men. -- micah 5:5 +. +And they shall rule and waste the land of Assyria with the sword and the land of Nimrod within her [Assyria's own] gates. Thus shall He [the Messiah] deliver us from the Assyrian [representing the opposing powers] when he comes into our land and when he treads on our borders. -- micah 5:6 +. +Then the remnant of Jacob shall be in the midst of many peoples like dew from the Lord, like showers upon the grass which [come suddenly and] tarry not for man nor wait for the sons of men. -- micah 5:7 +. +And the remnant of Jacob shall be among the nations in the midst of many peoples like a lion among the beasts of the forest, like a young lion [suddenly appearing] among the flocks of sheep which, when it goes through, treads down and tears in pieces, and there is no deliverer. -- micah 5:8 +. +Your hand will be lifted up above your adversaries, and all your enemies shall be cut off. -- micah 5:9 +. +And in that day, says the Lord, I will cut off your horses [on which you depend] from among you and will destroy your chariots. -- micah 5:10 +. +And I will cut off the cities of your land and throw down all your strongholds. -- micah 5:11 +. +And I will cut off witchcrafts and sorceries from your hand, and you shall have no more soothsayers. -- micah 5:12 +. +Your carved images also I will cut off and your statues or pillars out of your midst, and you shall no more worship the work of your hands. -- micah 5:13 +. +And I will root out your Asherim [symbols of the goddess Asherah] and I will destroy your cities [the seats of false worship]. -- micah 5:14 +. +And in anger and wrath I will execute vengeance upon the nations which would not obey [vengeance such as they have not heard of before]. -- micah 5:15 +. +HEAR NOW what the Lord says: Arise, contend and plead your case before the mountains, and let the hills hear your voice. -- micah 6:1 +. +Hear, O mountains, the Lord's controversy, and you strong and enduring foundations of the earth, for the Lord has a controversy (a pleading contention) with His people, and He will [pleadingly] contend with Israel. -- micah 6:2 +. +O My people, what have I done to you? And in what have I wearied you? Testify against Me [answer Me]! -- micah 6:3 +. +For I brought you up out of the land of Egypt and redeemed you out of the house where you were bond servants, and I sent before you Moses, Aaron, and Miriam. -- micah 6:4 +. +O My people, [earnestly] remember now what Balak king of Moab devised and what Balaam the son of Beor answered him; [remember what the Lord did for you] from Shittim to Gilgal, that you may know the righteous and saving acts of the Lord. -- micah 6:5 +. +With what shall I come before the Lord and bow myself before God on high? Shall I come before Him with burnt offerings, with calves a year old? -- micah 6:6 +. +Will the Lord be pleased with thousands of rams or with ten thousands of rivers of oil? Shall I give my firstborn for my transgression, the fruit of my body for the sin of my soul? -- micah 6:7 +. +He has showed you, O man, what is good. And what does the Lord require of you but to do justly, and to love kindness and mercy, and to humble yourself and walk humbly with your God? -- micah 6:8 +. +The voice of the Lord calls to the city [Jerusalem]--and it is sound wisdom to hear and fear Your name--Hear (heed) the rod and Him Who has appointed it. -- micah 6:9 +. +Are there not still treasures gained by wickedness in the house of the wicked, and a scant measure [a false measure for grain] that is abominable and accursed? -- micah 6:10 +. +Can I be pure [Myself, and acquit the man] with wicked scales and with a bag of deceitful weights? -- micah 6:11 +. +For [the city's] rich men are full of violence; her inhabitants have spoken lies and their tongues are deceitful in their mouths. -- micah 6:12 +. +Therefore I have also smitten you with a deadly wound and made you sick, laying you desolate, waste, and deserted because of your sins. -- micah 6:13 +. +You shall eat but not be satisfied, and your emptiness and hunger shall remain in you; you shall carry away [goods and those you love] but fail to save them, and those you do deliver I will give to the sword. -- micah 6:14 +. +You shall sow but not reap; you shall tread olives but not anoint yourselves with oil, and [you shall extract juice from] the grapes but not drink the wine. -- micah 6:15 +. +For the statutes of [idolatrous] Omri you have kept, and all the works of the house of [wicked] Ahab, and you walk in their counsels. Therefore I will make you a desolation and an astonishment and your [city's] inhabitants a hissing, and you shall bear the reproach and scorn of My people. -- micah 6:16 +. +WOE IS me! For I am as when the summer fruits have been gathered, as when the vintage grapes have been gleaned and there is no cluster to eat, no first-ripe fig for which my appetite craves. -- micah 7:1 +. +The godly man has perished from the earth, and there is none upright among men. They all lie in wait for blood; each hunts his brother with a net. -- micah 7:2 +. +Both their hands are put forth and are upon what is evil to do it diligently; the prince and the judge ask for a bribe, and the great man utters his evil desire. Thus they twist between them [the course of justice]. -- micah 7:3 +. +The best of them is like a brier; the most upright or the straightest is like a thorn hedge. The day of your watchmen, even of [God's] judgment and your punishment, has come; now shall be their perplexity and confusion. -- micah 7:4 +. +Trust not in a neighbor; put no confidence in a friend. Keep the doors of your mouth from her who lies in your bosom. -- micah 7:5 +. +For the son dishonors the father, the daughter rises up against her mother, the daughter-in-law against her mother-in-law--a man's enemies are the men (members) of his own house. -- micah 7:6 +. +But as for me, I will look to the Lord and confident in Him I will keep watch; I will wait with hope and expectancy for the God of my salvation; my God will hear me. -- micah 7:7 +. +Rejoice not against me, O my enemy! When I fall, I shall arise; when I sit in darkness, the Lord shall be a light to me. -- micah 7:8 +. +I will bear the indignation of the Lord because I have sinned against Him, until He pleads my cause and executes judgment for me. He will bring me forth to the light, and I shall behold His righteous deliverance. -- micah 7:9 +. +Then my enemy will see it, and shame will cover her who said to me, Where is the Lord your God? My eyes will see my desire upon her; now she will be trodden down as the mire of the streets. -- micah 7:10 +. +In the day that your walls are to be built [a day for building], in that day shall the boundary [of Israel] be far extended and the decree [against her] be far removed. -- micah 7:11 +. +In that day they will come to you from Assyria and from the cities of Matzor [Egypt] and from Egypt even to the river [Euphrates], from sea to sea and from mountain to mountain. -- micah 7:12 +. +Yet shall the earth be desolate because of those who dwell in it, for the fruit of their doings. -- micah 7:13 +. +Rule and feed Your people with Your rod and scepter, the flock of Your inheritance who dwell alone in a forest in the midst of Carmel [a garden land]; they shall feed in Bashan and Gilead, as in the days of old. -- micah 7:14 +. +As in the days of your coming forth from the land of Egypt, I will show them marvelous things. -- micah 7:15 +. +The nations shall see [God's deliverance] and be ashamed of all their might [which cannot be compared to His]. They shall lay their hands upon their mouths in consternation; their ears shall be deaf. -- micah 7:16 +. +They shall lick the dust like a serpent; like crawling things of the earth they shall come trembling out of their strongholds and close places. They shall turn and come with fear and dread to the Lord our God and shall be afraid and stand in awe because of You [O Lord]. -- micah 7:17 +. +Who is a God like You, Who forgives iniquity and passes over the transgression of the remnant of His heritage? He retains not His anger forever, because He delights in mercy and loving-kindness. -- micah 7:18 +. +He will again have compassion on us; He will subdue and tread underfoot our iniquities. You will cast all our sins into the depths of the sea. -- micah 7:19 +. +You will show Your faithfulness and perform the sure promise to Jacob and loving-kindness and mercy to Abraham, as You have sworn to our fathers from the days of old. -- micah 7:20 +. +THE BURDEN or oracle (the thing to be lifted up) concerning Nineveh [the capital of Assyria]. The book of the vision of Nahum of Elkosh. -- nahum 1:1 +. +The Lord is a jealous God and avenging; the Lord avenges and He is full of wrath. The Lord takes vengeance on His adversaries and reserves wrath for His enemies. -- nahum 1:2 +. +The Lord is slow to anger and great in power and will by no means clear the guilty. The Lord has His way in the whirlwind and in the storm, and the clouds are the dust of His feet. -- nahum 1:3 +. +He rebukes and threatens the sea and makes it dry, and dries up all the rivers. Bashan [on the east] and Mount Carmel [on the west] wither, and [in the north] the blossom of Lebanon fades. -- nahum 1:4 +. +The mountains tremble and quake before Him and the hills melt away, and the earth is upheaved at His presence--yes, the world and all that dwell in it. -- nahum 1:5 +. +Who can stand before His indignation? And who can stand up and endure the fierceness of His anger? His wrath is poured out like fire, and the rocks are broken asunder by Him. -- nahum 1:6 +. +The Lord is good, a Strength and Stronghold in the day of trouble; He knows (recognizes, has knowledge of, and understands) those who take refuge and trust in Him. -- nahum 1:7 +. +But with an overrunning flood He will make a full end of [Nineveh's very] site and pursue His enemies into darkness. -- nahum 1:8 +. +What do you devise and [how mad is your attempt to] plot against the Lord? He will make a full end [of Nineveh]; affliction [which My people shall suffer from Assyria] shall not rise up the second time. -- nahum 1:9 +. +For [the Ninevites] are as bundles of thorn branches [for fuel], and even while drowned in their drunken [carousing] they shall be consumed like stubble fully dry [in the day of the Lord's wrath]. -- nahum 1:10 +. +There is one gone forth out of you [O Nineveh] who plots evil against the Lord, a villainous counselor [the king of Assyria, who counsels for wickedness and worthlessness]. -- nahum 1:11 +. +Thus says the Lord: Though they be in full strength and likewise many, even so shall [the Assyrians] be cut down when [their evil counselor] shall pass away. Though I have afflicted you [Jerusalem], I will not cause you to be afflicted [for your past sins] any more. -- nahum 1:12 +. +For now will I break his yoke from off you and will burst your bonds asunder. -- nahum 1:13 +. +And the Lord has given a commandment concerning you [evil Assyrian counselor], that no more of your name shall be born nor shall your name be perpetuated. Out of the house of your gods I will cut off the graven and molten images; I will make [their temple] your tomb, for you are vile and despised. -- nahum 1:14 +. +Behold! upon the mountains the feet of him who brings good tidings [telling of the Assyrian's death], who publishes peace! Celebrate your feasts, O Judah; perform your vows. For the wicked counselor [the king of Assyria] shall no more come against you or pass through your land; he is utterly cut off. [Then the prophet Nahum sarcastically addresses his message to Nineveh:] -- nahum 1:15 +. +HE WHO dashes in pieces [that is, the king of Medo-Babylon] is come up before your face [Nineveh]. Keep the fortress and ramparts manned, watch the road, gird your loins, collect and fortify all your strength and power mightily. -- nahum 2:1 +. +For the Lord restores the excellency of Jacob as the excellency of [ancient] Israel, for plunderers have plundered them and emptied them out and [outrageously] destroyed their vine branches. -- nahum 2:2 +. +The shields of the mighty men [of Media and Babylon] are [dyed] red; the valiant men are [clothed] in dyed scarlet. The chariots blaze with fire of steel on the day of his preparation [for battle], and the officers' horses prance like a cypress forest [reeling in the wind]. -- nahum 2:3 +. +The chariots rage in confusion in the streets; they run to and fro [in wild terror] in the broad ways. They flash with steel [making them appear like torches]; they rush [in various directions] like forked lightnings. -- nahum 2:4 +. +[The Assyrian leader] remembers and summons his bravest men; they stumble in their march. They hasten to the city's wall, and their movable defense shelter is prepared and set up. -- nahum 2:5 +. +The gates or dams of the rivers [surrounding and guarding Nineveh] are opened and the [imperial] palace [of sun-dried brick] is dissolved [by the torrents] and is in dismay. -- nahum 2:6 +. +It is decreed. She [Nineveh] is stripped and removed, and her maids are lamenting and moaning like doves [softly for fear], beating upon their breasts [and hearts]. -- nahum 2:7 +. +And Nineveh, like a standing pool are her waters and [her inhabitants] are fleeing away! Stand! Stand [firm! a few cry], but no one looks back or causes them to return. -- nahum 2:8 +. +Take the spoil of silver; take the spoil of gold! For there is no end of the treasure, the glory and wealth of all the precious furnishings. -- nahum 2:9 +. +Emptiness! Desolation! Utter waste! Hearts faint and knees smite together, and anguish is in all loins, and the faces of all grow pale! -- nahum 2:10 +. +Where is the den of the lions which was the feeding place of the young lions, where the lion and the lioness walked, and the lion's whelp, and none made them afraid? -- nahum 2:11 +. +The lion tore in pieces enough for his whelps and strangled [prey] for his lionesses; he filled his caves with prey and his dens with what he had seized and carried off. -- nahum 2:12 +. +Behold, I am against you [Nineveh], says the Lord of hosts, and I will burn your chariots in the smoke, and the sword shall devour your young lions. And I will cut off your prey from the earth, and the voice of your messengers shall no more be heard. -- nahum 2:13 +. +WOE TO the bloody city! It is full of lies and booty and [there is] no end to the plunder! -- nahum 3:1 +. +The cracking of the whip, the noise of the rattling of wheels, and prancing horses and chariots rumbling and bounding, -- nahum 3:2 +. +Horsemen mounting and charging, the flashing sword, the gleaming spear, a multitude of slain and a great number of corpses, no end of corpses! [The horsemen] stumble over the corpses! -- nahum 3:3 +. +All because of the multitude of the harlotries [of Nineveh], the well-favored harlot, the mistress of deadly charms who betrays and sells nations through her whoredoms [idolatry] and peoples through her enchantments. -- nahum 3:4 +. +Behold, I am against you, says the Lord of hosts, and I will lift up your skirts over your face, and I will let the nations look on your nakedness [O Nineveh] and the kingdoms on your shame. -- nahum 3:5 +. +I will cast abominable things at you and make you filthy, treat you with contempt, and make you a gazingstock. -- nahum 3:6 +. +And all who look on you will shrink and flee from you and say, Nineveh is laid waste; who will pity and bemoan her? Where [then] shall I seek comforters for you? -- nahum 3:7 +. +Are you better than No-amon [Thebes, capital of Upper Egypt], that dwelt by the rivers or canals, that had the waters round about her, whose rampart was a sea [the Nile] and water her wall? -- nahum 3:8 +. +Ethiopia and Egypt were her strength, and that without limit. Put and the Libyans were her helpers. -- nahum 3:9 +. +Yet she was carried away; she went into captivity. Her young children also were dashed in pieces at all the street corners; lots were cast [by the Assyrian officers] for her nobles, and all her great men were bound with chains. -- nahum 3:10 +. +You will be drunk [Nineveh, with the cup of God's wrath]; you will be dazed. You will seek and require a refuge because of the enemy. -- nahum 3:11 +. +All your fortresses are fig trees with early figs; if they are shaken they will fall into the mouth of the eater. -- nahum 3:12 +. +Behold, your troops in the midst of you are [as weak and helpless as] women; the gates of your land are set wide open to your enemies [without effort]; fire consumes your bars. -- nahum 3:13 +. +Draw for yourself the water [necessary] for a [long continued] siege, make strong your fortresses! Go down into the clay pits and trample the mortar; make ready the brickkiln [to burn bricks for the bulwarks]! -- nahum 3:14 +. +[But] there [in the very midst of these preparations] will the fire devour you; the sword will cut you off; it will destroy you as the locusts [destroy]. Multiply yourselves like the licking locusts; make yourselves many like the swarming locusts! -- nahum 3:15 +. +You increased your merchants more than the [visible] stars of the heavens. The swarming locust spreads itself and destroys, and then flies away. -- nahum 3:16 +. +Your princes are like the grasshoppers and your marshals like the swarms of locusts which encamp in the hedges on a cold day--but when the sun rises, they fly away, and no one knows where they are. -- nahum 3:17 +. +Your shepherds are asleep, O king of Assyria; your nobles are lying still [in death]. Your people are scattered on the mountains and there is no one to gather them. -- nahum 3:18 +. +There is no healing of your hurt; your wound is grievous. All who hear the news about you clap their hands over [what has happened to] you. For upon whom has not your [unceasing] evil come continually? -- nahum 3:19 +. +THE BURDEN or oracle (the thing to be lifted up) which Habakkuk the prophet saw. -- habakkuk 1:1 +. +O Lord, how long shall I cry for help and You will not hear? Or cry out to You of violence and You will not save? -- habakkuk 1:2 +. +Why do You show me iniquity and wrong, and Yourself look upon or cause me to see perverseness and trouble? For destruction and violence are before me; and there is strife, and contention arises. -- habakkuk 1:3 +. +Therefore the law is slackened and justice and a righteous sentence never go forth, for the [hostility of the] wicked surrounds the [uncompromisingly] righteous; therefore justice goes forth perverted. -- habakkuk 1:4 +. +Look around [you, Habakkuk, replied the Lord] among the nations and see! And be astonished! Astounded! For I am putting into effect a work in your days [such] that you would not believe it if it were told you. -- habakkuk 1:5 +. +For behold, I am rousing up the Chaldeans, that bitter and impetuous nation who march through the breadth of the earth to take possession of dwelling places that do not belong to them. -- habakkuk 1:6 +. +[The Chaldeans] are terrible and dreadful; their justice and dignity proceed [only] from themselves. -- habakkuk 1:7 +. +Their horses also are swifter than leopards and are fiercer than the evening wolves, and their horsemen spread themselves and press on proudly; yes, their horsemen come from afar; they fly like an eagle that hastens to devour. -- habakkuk 1:8 +. +They all come for violence; their faces turn eagerly forward, and they gather prisoners together like sand. -- habakkuk 1:9 +. +They scoff at kings, and rulers are a derision to them; they ridicule every stronghold, for they heap up dust [for earth mounds] and take it. -- habakkuk 1:10 +. +Then they sweep by like a wind and pass on, and they load themselves with guilt, [as do all men] whose own power is their god. -- habakkuk 1:11 +. +Are not You from everlasting, O Lord my God, my Holy One? We shall not die. O Lord, You have appointed [the Chaldean] to execute [Your] judgment, and You, O Rock, have established him for chastisement and correction. -- habakkuk 1:12 +. +You are of purer eyes than to behold evil and can not look [inactively] upon injustice. Why then do You look upon the plunderer? Why are you silent when the wicked one destroys him who is more righteous than [the Chaldean oppressor] is? -- habakkuk 1:13 +. +Why do You make men like the fish of the sea, like reptiles and creeping things that have no ruler [and are defenseless against their foes]? -- habakkuk 1:14 +. +[The Chaldean] brings all of them up with his hook; he catches and drags them out with his net, he gathers them in his dragnet; so he rejoices and is in high spirits. -- habakkuk 1:15 +. +Therefore he sacrifices [offerings] to his net and burns incense to his dragnet, because from them he lives luxuriously and his food is plentiful and rich. -- habakkuk 1:16 +. +Shall he therefore continue to empty his net and mercilessly go on slaying the nations forever? -- habakkuk 1:17 +. +[OH, I know, I have been rash to talk out plainly this way to God!] I will [in my thinking] stand upon my post of observation and station myself on the tower or fortress, and will watch to see what He will say within me and what answer I will make [as His mouthpiece] to the perplexities of my complaint against Him. -- habakkuk 2:1 +. +And the Lord answered me and said, Write the vision and engrave it so plainly upon tablets that everyone who passes may [be able to] read [it easily and quickly] as he hastens by. -- habakkuk 2:2 +. +For the vision is yet for an appointed time and it hastens to the end [fulfillment]; it will not deceive or disappoint. Though it tarry, wait [earnestly] for it, because it will surely come; it will not be behindhand on its appointed day. -- habakkuk 2:3 +. +Look at the proud; his soul is not straight or right within him, but the [rigidly] just and the [uncompromisingly] righteous man shall live by his faith and in his faithfulness. -- habakkuk 2:4 +. +Moreover, wine and wealth are treacherous; the proud man [the Chaldean invader] is restless and cannot stay at home. His appetite is large like that of Sheol and [his greed] is like death and cannot be satisfied; he gathers to himself all nations and collects all people as if he owned them. -- habakkuk 2:5 +. +Shall not all these [victims of his greed] take up a taunt against him and in scoffing derision of him say, Woe to him who piles up that which is not his! [How long will he possess it?] And [woe to him] who loads himself with promissory notes for usury! -- habakkuk 2:6 +. +Shall [your debtors] not rise up suddenly who shall bite you, exacting usury of you, and those awake who will vex you [toss you to and fro and make you tremble violently]? Then you will be booty for them. -- habakkuk 2:7 +. +Because you [king of Babylon] have plundered many nations, all who are left of the people shall plunder you--because of men's blood and for the violence done to the earth, to the city and all the people who live in each city. -- habakkuk 2:8 +. +Woe to him who obtains wicked gain for his house, [who thinks by so doing] to set his nest on high that he may be preserved from calamity and delivered from the power of evil! -- habakkuk 2:9 +. +You have devised shame to your house by cutting off and putting an end to many peoples, and you have sinned against and forfeited your own life. -- habakkuk 2:10 +. +For the stone shall cry out of the wall [built in sin, to accuse you], and the beam out of the woodwork will answer it [agreeing with its charge against you]. -- habakkuk 2:11 +. +Woe to him who builds a town with blood and establishes a city by iniquity! -- habakkuk 2:12 +. +Behold, is it not by appointment of the Lord of hosts that the nations toil only to satisfy the fire [that will consume their work], and the peoples weary themselves only for emptiness, falsity, and futility? -- habakkuk 2:13 +. +But [the time is coming when] the earth shall be filled with the knowledge of the glory of the Lord as the waters cover the sea. -- habakkuk 2:14 +. +Woe to him who gives his neighbors drink, who pours out your bottle to them and adds to it your poisonous and blighting wrath and also makes them drunk, that you may look on their stripped condition and pour out foul shame [on their glory]! -- habakkuk 2:15 +. +You [yourself] will be filled with shame and contempt instead of glory. Drink also and be like an uncircumcised [heathen]! The cup [of wrath] in the Lord's right hand will come around to you [O destroyer], and foul shame shall be upon your own glory! -- habakkuk 2:16 +. +For the violence done to Lebanon will cover and overwhelm you; the destruction of the animals [which the violence frightened away] will terrify you on account of men's blood and the violence done to the land, to the city and all its inhabitants. -- habakkuk 2:17 +. +What profit is the graven image when its maker has formed it? It is only a molten image and a teacher of lies. For the maker trusts in his own creations [as his gods] when he makes dumb idols. -- habakkuk 2:18 +. +Woe to him who says to the wooden image, Awake! and to the dumb stone, Arise, teach! [Yet, it cannot, for] behold, it is laid over with gold and silver and there is no breath at all inside it! -- habakkuk 2:19 +. +But the Lord is in His holy temple; let all the earth hush and keep silence before Him. -- habakkuk 2:20 +. +A PRAYER of Habakkuk the prophet, set to wild, enthusiastic, and triumphal music. -- habakkuk 3:1 +. +O Lord, I have heard the report of You and was afraid. O Lord, revive Your work in the midst of the years, in the midst of the years make [Yourself] known! In wrath [earnestly] remember love, pity, and mercy. -- habakkuk 3:2 +. +God [approaching from Sinai] came from Teman [which represents Edom] and the Holy One from Mount Paran [in the Sinai region]. Selah [pause, and calmly think of that]! His glory covered the heavens and the earth was full of His praise. -- habakkuk 3:3 +. +And His brightness was like the sunlight; rays streamed from His hand, and there [in the sunlike splendor] was the hiding place of His power. -- habakkuk 3:4 +. +Before Him went the pestilence [as in Egypt], and burning plague followed His feet [as in Sennacherib's army]. -- habakkuk 3:5 +. +He stood and measured the earth; He looked and shook the nations, and the eternal mountains were scattered and the perpetual hills bowed low. His ways are everlasting and His goings are of old. -- habakkuk 3:6 +. +I [Habakkuk, in vision] saw the tents of Cushan [probably Ethiopia] in affliction; the [tent] curtains of the land of Midian trembled. -- habakkuk 3:7 +. +Were You displeased with the rivers, O Lord? Or was Your anger against the rivers [You divided]? Was Your wrath against the [Red] Sea, that You rode [before] upon Your horses and Your chariots of victory and deliverance? -- habakkuk 3:8 +. +Your bow was made quite bare; sworn to the tribes [of Israel] by Your sure word were the rods of chastisement, scourges, and calamities. Selah [pause, and calmly think of that]! With rivers You cleaved the earth [bringing forth waters in dry places]. -- habakkuk 3:9 +. +The mountains saw You; they trembled and writhed [as if in pain]. The overflowing of the water passed by [as at the deluge]; the deep uttered its voice and lifted its hands on high. -- habakkuk 3:10 +. +The sun and moon stood back [as before Joshua] in their habitation at the light of Your arrows as they sped, at the flash of Your glittering spear. -- habakkuk 3:11 +. +You marched through the land in indignation; You trampled and threshed the nations in anger. -- habakkuk 3:12 +. +You went forth and have come for the salvation of Your people, for the deliverance and victory of Your anointed [people Israel]; You smote the head of the house of the wicked, laying bare the foundation even to the neck. Selah [pause, and calmly think of that]! -- habakkuk 3:13 +. +You pierced with his own arrows the head of [the enemy's] hordes; they came out as a whirlwind to scatter me [the people], rejoicing as if to devour the poor [Israel] secretly. -- habakkuk 3:14 +. +You have trodden the sea with Your horses, [beside] the heap of great and surging waters. -- habakkuk 3:15 +. +I heard and my [whole inner self] trembled; my lips quivered at the sound. Rottenness enters into my bones and under me [down to my feet]; I tremble. I will wait quietly for the day of trouble and distress when there shall come up against [my] people him who is about to invade and oppress them. -- habakkuk 3:16 +. +Though the fig tree does not blossom and there is no fruit on the vines, [though] the product of the olive fails and the fields yield no food, though the flock is cut off from the fold and there are no cattle in the stalls, -- habakkuk 3:17 +. +Yet I will rejoice in the Lord; I will exult in the [victorious] God of my salvation! -- habakkuk 3:18 +. +The Lord God is my Strength, my personal bravery, and my invincible army; He makes my feet like hinds' feet and will make me to walk [not to stand still in terror, but to walk] and make [spiritual] progress upon my high places [of trouble, suffering, or responsibility]! For the Chief Musician; with my stringed instruments. -- habakkuk 3:19 +. +THE WORD of the Lord which came to Zephaniah son of Cushi, the son of Gedaliah, the son of Amariah, the son of Hezekiah, in the days of Josiah king of Judah and son of Amon. -- zephaniah 1:1 +. +By taking away I will make an end and I will utterly consume and sweep away all things from the face of the earth, says the Lord. -- zephaniah 1:2 +. +I will consume and sweep away man and beast; I will consume and sweep away the birds of the air and the fish of the sea. I will overthrow the stumbling blocks (the idols) with the wicked [worshipers], and I will cut off mankind from the face of the earth, says the Lord. -- zephaniah 1:3 +. +I will also stretch out My hand over Judah and over all the inhabitants of Jerusalem, and I will cut off the remnant of Baal from this place and the name of the idol priests with the [false] priests, -- zephaniah 1:4 +. +And those who worship the starry host of the heavens upon their housetops and those who [pretend to] worship the Lord and swear by and to Him and yet swear by and to [the heathen god Molech or] Malcam [their idol king], -- zephaniah 1:5 +. +And those who have drawn back from following the Lord and those who have not sought the Lord nor inquired for, inquired of, and required the Lord [as their first necessity]. -- zephaniah 1:6 +. +[Hush!] Be silent before the Lord God, for the day [of the vengeance] of the Lord is near; for the Lord has prepared a sacrifice, and He has set apart [for His use] those who have accepted His invitation. -- zephaniah 1:7 +. +And on the day of the Lord's sacrifice, I will punish the officials and the king's sons and all who are clothed in [lavish] foreign apparel [instead of the Jewish dress, with its reminders to obey God's commandments]. -- zephaniah 1:8 +. +In the same day also will I punish all those who leap swiftly on or over the threshold [upon entering houses to steal], who fill their master's house with violence and deceit and fraud. -- zephaniah 1:9 +. +And in that day, says the Lord, there shall be heard the voice of crying from the Fish Gate [in the wall of Jerusalem] and a wailing from the Second Quarter or Lower City and a great crashing and sound of destruction from the hills. -- zephaniah 1:10 +. +Wail, you inhabitants of the Mortar [those located in the hollow part of the city]! For all the merchant people, like the people of Canaan, will be silent [entirely destroyed]; all those who weighed out silver and were loaded with it will be cut off. -- zephaniah 1:11 +. +And at that time I will search Jerusalem with lamps and punish the men who [like old wine] are thickening and settling on their lees, who say in their hearts, The Lord will not do good, nor will He do evil. -- zephaniah 1:12 +. +And their wealth shall become plunder and their houses a desolation. Though they build houses, they shall not inhabit them; though they plant vineyards, they shall not drink the wine from them. -- zephaniah 1:13 +. +The great day of the Lord is near--near and hastening fast. Hark! the voice of the day of the Lord! The mighty man [unable to fight or to flee] will cry then bitterly. -- zephaniah 1:14 +. +That day is a day of wrath, a day of distress and anguish, a day of ruin and devastation, a day of darkness and gloom, a day of clouds and thick darkness, -- zephaniah 1:15 +. +A day of the blast of trumpet and battle cry against the fortified cities and against the high towers and battlements. -- zephaniah 1:16 +. +And I will bring distress upon men, so that they shall walk like blind men, because they have sinned against the Lord; their blood shall be poured out like dust and their flesh like dung. -- zephaniah 1:17 +. +Neither their silver nor their gold shall be able to deliver them in the day of the Lord's indignation and wrath. But the whole earth shall be consumed in the fire of His jealous wrath, for a full, yes, a sudden, end will He make of all the inhabitants of the earth. -- zephaniah 1:18 +. +COLLECT YOUR thoughts, yes, unbend yourselves [in submission and see if there is no sense of shame and no consciousness of sin left in you], O shameless nation [not desirous or desired]! -- zephaniah 2:1 +. +[The time for repentance is speeding by like chaff whirled before the wind!] Therefore consider, before God's decree brings forth [the curse upon you], before the time [to repent] is gone like the drifting chaff, before the fierce anger of the Lord comes upon you--yes, before the day of the wrath of the Lord comes upon you! -- zephaniah 2:2 +. +Seek the Lord [inquire for Him, inquire of Him, and require Him as the foremost necessity of your life], all you humble of the land who have acted in compliance with His revealed will and have kept His commandments; seek righteousness, seek humility [inquire for them, require them as vital]. It may be you will be hidden in the day of the Lord's anger. -- zephaniah 2:3 +. +For [hear the fate of the Philistines:] Gaza shall be forsaken and Ashkelon shall become a desolation; the people of Ashdod shall be driven out at noonday and Ekron shall be uprooted. -- zephaniah 2:4 +. +Woe to the inhabitants of the seacoast, the nation of the Cherethites [in Philistia]! The word of the Lord is against you, O Canaan, land of the Philistines; I will destroy you until no inhabitant is left. -- zephaniah 2:5 +. +And the seacoast shall be pastures, with [deserted] dwelling places and caves for shepherds and folds for flocks. -- zephaniah 2:6 +. +The seacoast shall belong to the remnant of the house of Judah; they shall pasture their flocks upon it; in the houses of [deserted Philistine] Ashkelon shall they of Judah lie down in the evening. For the Lord their [Judah's] God shall visit them [for their relief] and restore them from their captivity. -- zephaniah 2:7 +. +I have heard the taunts of Moab and the revilings of the Ammonites by which they have reproached My people, and magnified themselves and made boasts against their territory. -- zephaniah 2:8 +. +Therefore, as I live, says the Lord of hosts, the God of Israel, Moab shall become like Sodom and the Ammonites like Gomorrah, a land possessed by nettles and wild vetches and salt pits, and a perpetual desolation. The remnant of My people shall make a prey of them and what is left of My nation shall possess them. -- zephaniah 2:9 +. +This shall they have for their pride, because they have taunted and boasted against the people of the Lord of hosts. -- zephaniah 2:10 +. +The Lord will be terrible to them, for He will make lean and famish all the gods of the earth; and men shall worship Him, every one from his place, even all the isles and coastlands of the nations. -- zephaniah 2:11 +. +You Ethiopians also, you shall be slain by My sword. -- zephaniah 2:12 +. +And [the Lord] will stretch out His hand against the north and destroy Assyria and will make Nineveh a desolation, dry as the desert. -- zephaniah 2:13 +. +Herds shall lie down in the midst of [Nineveh], all the [wild] beasts of the nations and of every kind; both the pelican and the hedgehog shall lodge on the upper part of her [fallen] pillars; the voice [of the nesting bird] shall sing in the windows; desolation and drought shall be on the thresholds, for her cedar paneling will He lay bare. -- zephaniah 2:14 +. +This is the joyous and exultant city that dwelt carelessly [feeling so secure], that said in her heart, I am and there is none beside me. What a desolation she has become, a lair for [wild] beasts! Everyone who passes by her shall hiss and wave his hand [indicating his gratification]. -- zephaniah 2:15 +. +WOE TO her that is rebellious and polluted, the oppressing city [Jerusalem]! -- zephaniah 3:1 +. +She did not listen to and heed the voice [of God]; she accepted no correction or instruction; she trusted not in the Lord [nor leaned on or was confident in Him, but was confident in her own wealth]; she drew not near to her God [but to the god of Baal or Molech]. -- zephaniah 3:2 +. +Her officials in the midst of her are roaring lions; her judges are evening wolves; they gnaw not the bones on the morrow, for nothing is left by morning. -- zephaniah 3:3 +. +Her prophets are light [lacking truth, gravity, and steadiness] and men of treachery; her priests have profaned the sanctuary; [defrauding God and man by pretending their own word is God's word] they have done violence to the law. -- zephaniah 3:4 +. +The Lord in the midst of her is [uncompromisingly] righteous; He will not do iniquity. Every morning He brings His justice to light; He fails not, but the unjust [person] knows no shame. -- zephaniah 3:5 +. +I [the Lord] have cut off nations; their battlements and corner towers are desolate and in ruins. I laid their streets waste so that none passes over them; their cities are destroyed so that there is no man, there is no inhabitant. -- zephaniah 3:6 +. +I said, Only let her [reverently and worshipfully] fear Me, receive correction and instruction, and [Jerusalem's] dwelling shall not be cut off. However, I have punished her [according to all that I have appointed concerning her in the way of punishment], but all the more they are eager to make all their doings corrupt and infamous. -- zephaniah 3:7 +. +Therefore [earnestly] wait for Me, says the Lord, [waiting] for the day when I rise up to the attack [as a witness, accuser, or judge, and a testimony]. For My decision and determination and right it is to gather the nations together, to assemble the kingdoms, to pour upon them My indignation, even all [the heat of] My fierce anger; for [in that day] all the earth shall be consumed with the fire of My zeal and jealousy. -- zephaniah 3:8 +. +For then [changing their impure language] I will give to the people a clear and pure speech from pure lips, that they may all call upon the name of the Lord, to serve Him with one unanimous consent and one united shoulder [bearing the yoke of the Lord]. -- zephaniah 3:9 +. +From beyond the rivers of Cush or Ethiopia those who pray to Me, the daughter of My dispersed people, will bring and present My offering. -- zephaniah 3:10 +. +In that day you [the congregation of Israel] shall not be put to shame for all your deeds by which you have rebelled and transgressed against Me, for then I will take away out of your midst those who exult in your majesty and pride; and you shall no more be haughty [and carry yourselves arrogantly on or] because of My holy mountain. -- zephaniah 3:11 +. +For I will leave in the midst of you a people afflicted and poor, and they shall trust, seek refuge, and be confident in the name of the Lord. -- zephaniah 3:12 +. +What is left of Israel shall not do iniquity or speak lies, neither shall a deceitful tongue be found in their mouth, for they shall feed and lie down and none shall make them afraid. -- zephaniah 3:13 +. +Sing, O Daughter of Zion; shout, O Israel! Rejoice, be in high spirits and glory with all your heart, O Daughter of Jerusalem [in that day]. -- zephaniah 3:14 +. +[For then it will be that] the Lord has taken away the judgments against you; He has cast out your enemy. The King of Israel, even the Lord [Himself], is in the midst of you; [and after He has come to you] you shall not experience or fear evil any more. -- zephaniah 3:15 +. +In that day it shall be said to Jerusalem, Fear not, O Zion. Let not your hands sink down or be slow and listless. -- zephaniah 3:16 +. +The Lord your God is in the midst of you, a Mighty One, a Savior [Who saves]! He will rejoice over you with joy; He will rest [in silent satisfaction] and in His love He will be silent and make no mention [of past sins, or even recall them]; He will exult over you with singing. -- zephaniah 3:17 +. +I will gather those belonging to you [those Israelites in captivity] who yearn and grieve for the solemn assembly [and the festivals], on whom [their exile and inability to attend services at Jerusalem have brought derision and] the reproach of it is a burden. -- zephaniah 3:18 +. +Behold, at that time I will deal with all those who afflict you; I will save the limping [ones] and gather the outcasts and will make them a praise and a name in every land of their shame. -- zephaniah 3:19 +. +At that time I will bring you in; yes, at that time I will gather you, for I will make you a name and a praise among all the nations of the earth when I reverse your captivity before your eyes, says the Lord. -- zephaniah 3:20 +. +IN THE second year of Darius king [of Persia], in the sixth month, on the first day of the month, the word of the Lord came by means of Haggai the prophet [in Jerusalem after the Babylonian captivity] to Zerubbabel son of Shealtiel, governor of Judah, and to Joshua son of Jehozadak, the high priest, saying, -- haggai 1:1 +. +Thus says the Lord of hosts: These people say, The time is not yet come that the Lord's house should be rebuilt [although Cyrus had ordered it done eighteen years before]. -- haggai 1:2 +. +Then came the word of the Lord by Haggai the prophet, saying, -- haggai 1:3 +. +Is it time for you yourselves to dwell in your paneled houses while this house [of the Lord] lies in ruins? -- haggai 1:4 +. +Now therefore thus says the Lord of hosts: Consider your ways and set your mind on what has come to you. -- haggai 1:5 +. +You have sown much, but you have reaped little; you eat, but you do not have enough; you drink, but you do not have your fill; you clothe yourselves, but no one is warm; and he who earns wages has earned them to put them in a bag with holes in it. -- haggai 1:6 +. +Thus says the Lord of hosts: Consider your ways (your previous and present conduct) and how you have fared. -- haggai 1:7 +. +Go up to the hill country and bring lumber and rebuild [My] house, and I will take pleasure in it and I will be glorified, says the Lord [by accepting it as done for My glory and by displaying My glory in it]. -- haggai 1:8 +. +You looked for much [harvest], and behold, it came to little; and even when you brought that home, I blew it away. Why? says the Lord of hosts. Because of My house, which lies waste while you yourselves run each man to his own house [eager to build and adorn it]. -- haggai 1:9 +. +Therefore the heavens above you [for your sake] withhold the dew, and the earth withholds its produce. -- haggai 1:10 +. +And I have called for a drought upon the land and the hill country, upon the grain, the fresh wine, the oil, upon what the ground brings forth, upon men and cattle, and upon all the [wearisome] toil of [men's] hands. -- haggai 1:11 +. +Then Zerubbabel son of Shealtiel and Joshua son of Jehozadak, the high priest, with all the remnant of the people [who had returned from captivity], listened to and obeyed the voice of the Lord their God [not vaguely or partly, but completely, according to] the words of Haggai the prophet, since the Lord their God had sent him, and the people [reverently] feared and [worshipfully] turned to the Lord. -- haggai 1:12 +. +Then Haggai, the Lord's messenger, spoke the Lord's message to the people saying, I am with you, says the Lord. -- haggai 1:13 +. +And the Lord aroused the spirit of Zerubbabel son of Shealtiel, governor of Judah, and the spirit of Joshua son of Jehozadak, the high priest, and the spirit of all the remnant of the people, so that they came and labored on the house of the Lord of hosts, their God, -- haggai 1:14 +. +On the twenty-fourth day of the sixth month. -- haggai 1:15 +. +IN THE seventh month, on the twenty-first day of the month, in the second year of Darius king [of Persia], came the word of the Lord by the prophet Haggai, saying, -- haggai 2:1 +. +Speak now to Zerubbabel son of Shealtiel, governor of Judah, and to Joshua son of Jehozadak, the high priest, and to the remainder of the people, saying, -- haggai 2:2 +. +Who is left among you who saw this house in its former glory? And how do you see it now? Is not this in your sight as nothing in comparison to that? -- haggai 2:3 +. +Yet now be strong, alert, and courageous, O Zerubbabel, says the Lord; be strong, alert, and courageous, O Joshua son of Jehozadak, the high priest; and be strong, alert, and courageous, all you people of the land, says the Lord, and work! For I am with you, says the Lord of hosts. -- haggai 2:4 +. +According to the promise that I covenanted with you when you came out of Egypt, so My Spirit stands and abides in the midst of you; fear not. -- haggai 2:5 +. +For thus says the Lord of hosts: Yet once more, in a little while, I will shake and make tremble the [starry] heavens, the earth, the sea, and the dry land; -- haggai 2:6 +. +And I will shake all nations and the desire and the precious things of all nations shall come in, and I will fill this house with splendor, says the Lord of hosts. -- haggai 2:7 +. +The silver is Mine and the gold is Mine, says the Lord of hosts. -- haggai 2:8 +. +The latter glory of this house [with its successor, to which Jesus came] shall be greater than the former, says the Lord of hosts; and in this place will I give peace and prosperity, says the Lord of hosts. -- haggai 2:9 +. +On the twenty-fourth day of the ninth month, in the second year of Darius, came the word of the Lord by Haggai the prophet, saying, -- haggai 2:10 +. +Thus says the Lord of hosts: Ask now the priests to decide this question of law: -- haggai 2:11 +. +If one carries in the skirt of his garment flesh that is holy [because it has been offered in sacrifice to God], and with his skirt or the flaps of his garment he touches bread, or pottage, or wine, or oil, or any kind of food, does what he touches become holy [dedicated to God's service exclusively]? And the priests answered, No! [Holiness is not infectious.] -- haggai 2:12 +. +Then said Haggai, If one who is [ceremonially] unclean because he has come in contact with a dead body should touch any of these articles of food, shall it be [ceremonially] unclean? And the priests answered, It shall be unclean. [Unholiness is infectious.] -- haggai 2:13 +. +Then answered Haggai, So is this people and so is this nation before Me, says the Lord; and so is every work of their hands, and what they offer there [on the altar] is unclean [because they who offer it are themselves unclean]. -- haggai 2:14 +. +And now, I pray you, consider what will happen from this day onward. Since the time before a stone was laid upon a stone in the temple of the Lord, how have you fared? -- haggai 2:15 +. +Through all that time [the harvests have not fulfilled expectations, for] when one has gone expecting to find a heap [of sheaves] of twenty measures, there were but ten; when he has gone to the wine vat to draw out fifty bucketfuls from the press, there were only twenty. -- haggai 2:16 +. +I smote you with blight and with mildew and with hail in all [the products of] the labors of your hands; yet you returned not nor were converted to Me, says the Lord. -- haggai 2:17 +. +Consider, I pray you, from this day onward, from the twenty-fourth day of the ninth month, even from the day that the foundation of the Lord's temple was [re]laid, consider this: -- haggai 2:18 +. +Is the harvested grain any longer in the barn? As to the grapevine, the fig tree, the pomegranate, and the olive tree--they have not yet borne. From this day on I will bless you. -- haggai 2:19 +. +And again the word of the Lord came to Haggai on the twenty-fourth day of the month, saying, -- haggai 2:20 +. +Speak to Zerubbabel [the representative of the Davidic monarchy and covenant and in direct line of the ancestry of Jesus Christ] governor of Judah, saying, I will shake the heavens and the earth; -- haggai 2:21 +. +And I will [in the distant future] overthrow the throne of kingdoms and I will destroy the strength of the kingdoms of the [ungodly] nations, and I will overthrow the chariots and those who ride in them, and the horses and their riders shall go down, every one by the sword of his brother. -- haggai 2:22 +. +In that day, says the Lord of hosts, will I take you, O Zerubbabel, My servant, the son of Shealtiel, says the Lord, and will make you [through the Messiah, your descendant] My signet ring; for I have chosen you [as the one with whom to renew My covenant to David's line], says the Lord of hosts. -- haggai 2:23 +. +IN THE eighth month, in the second year [of the reign] of Darius, came the word of the Lord to Zechariah son of Berechiah, the son of Iddo, the prophet, saying, -- zechariah 1:1 +. +The Lord was very angry with your fathers. -- zechariah 1:2 +. +Therefore say to them [the Jews of this day], Thus says the Lord of hosts: Return to Me, says the Lord of hosts, and I will return to you; it is the utterance of the Lord of hosts. -- zechariah 1:3 +. +Be not as your fathers to whom the former prophets cried, Thus says the Lord of hosts: Return now from your evil ways and your evil doings; but they would not hear or listen to Me, says the Lord. -- zechariah 1:4 +. +Your fathers, where are they? And the prophets, do they live forever? -- zechariah 1:5 +. +But My words and My statutes, which I commanded My servants the prophets, did they not overtake and take hold of your fathers? So they repented and said, As the Lord of hosts planned and purposed to do to us, according to our ways and according to our doings, so has He dealt with us. -- zechariah 1:6 +. +Upon the twenty-fourth day of the eleventh month, which is the month of Shebat, in the second year of the reign of Darius, the word of the Lord came to Zechariah son of Berechiah, the son of Iddo, the prophet. Zechariah said, -- zechariah 1:7 +. +I saw in the night [vision] and behold, a Man riding upon a red horse, and He stood among the myrtle trees that were in a low valley or bottom, and behind Him there were horses, red, bay or flame-colored, and white. -- zechariah 1:8 +. +Then said I, O my lord, what are these? And the angel who talked with me said, I will show you what these are. -- zechariah 1:9 +. +And the Man who stood among the myrtle trees answered and said, These are they whom the Lord has sent to walk to and fro through the earth and patrol it. -- zechariah 1:10 +. +And the men on the horses answered the Angel of the Lord Who stood among the myrtle trees and said, We have walked to and fro through the earth [patrolling it] and behold, all the earth sits at rest [in peaceful security]. -- zechariah 1:11 +. +Then the Angel of the Lord said, O Lord of hosts, how long will You not have mercy and lovingkindness for Jerusalem and the cities of Judah, against which You have had indignation these seventy years [of the Babylonian captivity]? -- zechariah 1:12 +. +And the Lord answered the angel who talked with me with gracious and comforting words. -- zechariah 1:13 +. +So the angel who talked with me said to me, Cry out, Thus says the Lord of hosts: I am jealous for Jerusalem and for Zion with a great jealousy. -- zechariah 1:14 +. +And I am very angry with the nations that are at ease; for while I was but a little displeased, they helped forward the affliction and disaster. -- zechariah 1:15 +. +Therefore thus says the Lord: I have returned to Jerusalem with compassion (lovingkindness and mercy). My house shall be built in it, says the Lord of hosts, and a measuring line shall be stretched out over Jerusalem [with a view to rebuilding its walls]. -- zechariah 1:16 +. +Cry yet again, saying, Thus says the Lord of hosts: My cities shall yet again overflow with prosperity, and the Lord shall yet comfort Zion and shall yet choose Jerusalem. -- zechariah 1:17 +. +Then I lifted up my eyes and saw, and behold, four horns [symbols of strength]. -- zechariah 1:18 +. +And I said to the angel who talked with me, What are these? And he answered me, These are the horns or powers which have scattered Judah, Israel, and Jerusalem. -- zechariah 1:19 +. +Then the Lord showed me four smiths or workmen [one for each enemy horn, to beat it down]. -- zechariah 1:20 +. +Then said I, What are these [horns and smiths] coming to do? And he said, These are the horns or powers that scattered Judah so that no man lifted up his head. But these smiths or workmen have come to terrorize them and cause them to be panic-stricken, to cast out the horns or powers of the nations who lifted up their horn against the land of Judah to scatter it. -- zechariah 1:21 +. +AND I lifted up my eyes and saw, and behold, a man with a measuring line in his hand. -- zechariah 2:1 +. +Then said I, Where are you going? And he said to me, To measure Jerusalem, to see what is its breadth and what is its length. -- zechariah 2:2 +. +And behold, the angel who talked with me went forth and another angel went out to meet him, -- zechariah 2:3 +. +And he said to the second angel, Run, speak to this young man, saying, Jerusalem shall be inhabited and dwell as villages without walls, because of the multitude of people and livestock in it. -- zechariah 2:4 +. +For I, says the Lord, will be to her a wall of fire round about, and I will be the glory in the midst of her. -- zechariah 2:5 +. +Ho! ho! [Hear and] flee from the land of the north, says the Lord, and from the four winds of the heavens, for to them have I scattered you, says the Lord. -- zechariah 2:6 +. +Ho! Escape to Zion, you who dwell with the daughter of Babylon! -- zechariah 2:7 +. +For thus said the Lord of hosts, after [His] glory had sent me [His messenger] to the nations who plundered you--for he who touches you touches the apple or pupil of His eye: -- zechariah 2:8 +. +Behold, I will swing my hand over them and they shall become plunder for those who served them. Then you shall know (recognize and understand) that the Lord of hosts has sent me [His messenger]. -- zechariah 2:9 +. +Sing and rejoice, O Daughter of Zion; for behold, I come, and I will dwell in the midst of you, says the Lord. -- zechariah 2:10 +. +And many nations shall join themselves to the Lord in that day and shall be My people. And I will dwell in the midst of you, and you shall know (recognize and understand) that the Lord of hosts has sent me [His messenger] to you. -- zechariah 2:11 +. +And the Lord shall inherit Judah as His portion in the holy land and shall again choose Jerusalem. -- zechariah 2:12 +. +Be still, all flesh, before the Lord, for He is aroused and risen from His holy habitation. -- zechariah 2:13 +. +THEN [the guiding angel] showed me Joshua the high priest standing before the Angel of the Lord, and Satan standing at Joshua's right hand to be his adversary and to accuse him. -- zechariah 3:1 +. +And the Lord said to Satan, The Lord rebuke you, O Satan! Even the Lord, Who [now and habitually] chooses Jerusalem, rebuke you! Is not this [returned captive Joshua] a brand plucked out of the fire? -- zechariah 3:2 +. +Now Joshua was clothed with filthy garments and was standing before the Angel [of the Lord]. -- zechariah 3:3 +. +And He spoke to those who stood before Him, saying, Take away the filthy garments from him. And He said to [Joshua], Behold, I have caused your iniquity to pass from you, and I will clothe you with rich apparel. -- zechariah 3:4 +. +And I [Zechariah] said, Let them put a clean turban on his head. So they put a clean turban on his head and clothed him with [rich] garments. And the Angel of the Lord stood by. -- zechariah 3:5 +. +And the Angel of the Lord [solemnly and earnestly] protested and affirmed to Joshua, saying, -- zechariah 3:6 +. +Thus says the Lord of hosts: If you will walk in My ways and keep My charge, then also you shall rule My house and have charge of My courts, and I will give you access [to My presence] and places to walk among these who stand here. -- zechariah 3:7 +. +Hear now, O Joshua the high priest, you and your colleagues who [usually] sit before you--for they are men who are a sign or omen [types of what is to come]--for behold, I will bring forth My servant the Branch. -- zechariah 3:8 +. +For behold, upon the stone which I have set before Joshua, upon that one stone are seven eyes or facets [the all-embracing providence of God and the sevenfold radiations of the Spirit of God]. Behold, I will carve upon it its inscription, says the Lord of hosts, and I will remove the iniquity and guilt of this land in a single day. -- zechariah 3:9 +. +In that day, says the Lord of hosts, you shall invite each man his neighbor under his own vine and his own fig tree. -- zechariah 3:10 +. +AND THE angel who talked with me came again and awakened me, like a man who is wakened out of his sleep. -- zechariah 4:1 +. +And said to me, What do you see? I said, I see, and behold, a lampstand all of gold, with its bowl [for oil] on the top of it and its seven lamps on it, and [there are] seven pipes to each of the seven lamps which are upon the top of it. -- zechariah 4:2 +. +And there are two olive trees by it, one upon the right side of the bowl and the other upon the left side of it [feeding it continuously with oil]. -- zechariah 4:3 +. +So I asked the angel who talked with me, What are these, my lord? -- zechariah 4:4 +. +Then the angel who talked with me answered me, Do you not know what these are? And I said, No, my lord. -- zechariah 4:5 +. +Then he said to me, This [addition of the bowl to the candlestick, causing it to yield a ceaseless supply of oil from the olive trees] is the word of the Lord to Zerubbabel, saying, Not by might, nor by power, but by My Spirit [of Whom the oil is a symbol], says the Lord of hosts. -- zechariah 4:6 +. +For who are you, O great mountain [of human obstacles]? Before Zerubbabel [who with Joshua had led the return of the exiles from Babylon and was undertaking the rebuilding of the temple, before him] you shall become a plain [a mere molehill]! And he shall bring forth the finishing gable stone [of the new temple] with loud shoutings of the people, crying, Grace, grace to it! -- zechariah 4:7 +. +Moreover, the word of the Lord came to me, saying, -- zechariah 4:8 +. +The hands of Zerubbabel have laid the foundations of this house; his hands shall also finish it. Then you shall know (recognize and understand) that the Lord of hosts has sent me [His messenger] to you. -- zechariah 4:9 +. +Who [with reason] despises the day of small things? For these seven shall rejoice when they see the plummet in the hand of Zerubbabel. [These seven] are the eyes of the Lord which run to and fro throughout the whole earth. -- zechariah 4:10 +. +Then I said to him [the angel who talked with me], What are these two olive trees on the right side of the lampstand and on the left side of it? -- zechariah 4:11 +. +And a second time I said to him, What are these two olive branches which are beside the two golden tubes or spouts by which the golden oil is emptied out? -- zechariah 4:12 +. +And he answered me, Do you not know what these are? And I said, No, my lord. -- zechariah 4:13 +. +Then said he, These are the two sons of oil [Joshua the high priest and Zerubbabel the prince of Judah, the two anointed ones] who stand before the Lord of the whole earth [as His anointed instruments]. -- zechariah 4:14 +. +AGAIN I lifted up my eyes and behold, I saw a scroll flying or floating in the air! -- zechariah 5:1 +. +And the angel said to me, What do you see? And I answered, I see a flying scroll; its length is twenty cubits or thirty feet and its breadth is ten cubits or fifteen feet. -- zechariah 5:2 +. +Then he said to me, This is the curse that goes out over the face of the whole land; for everyone who steals shall be cut off from henceforth according to it [the curse written on this subject on the scroll], and everyone who swears falsely shall be cut off from henceforth according to it. -- zechariah 5:3 +. +I will bring [the curse] forth, says the Lord of hosts, and it shall enter into the house of the thief and into the house of him who swears falsely by My name; and it shall abide in the midst of his house and shall consume it, both its timber and its stones. -- zechariah 5:4 +. +Then the angel who talked with me came forward and said to me, Lift up now your eyes and see what this is that goes forth. -- zechariah 5:5 +. +And I said, What is it? [What does it symbolize?] And he said, This that goes forth is an ephah[-sized vessel for separate grains all collected together]. This, he continued, is the symbol of the sinners mentioned above and is the resemblance of their iniquity throughout the whole land. -- zechariah 5:6 +. +And behold, a round, flat weight of lead was lifted and there sat a woman in the midst of the ephah[-sized vessel]. -- zechariah 5:7 +. +And he said, This is lawlessness (wickedness)! And he thrust her back into the ephah[-sized vessel] and he cast the weight of lead upon the mouth of it! -- zechariah 5:8 +. +Then lifted I up my eyes and looked, and behold, there were two women coming forward! The wind was in their wings, for they had wings like the wings of a stork, and they lifted up the ephah[-sized vessel] between the earth and the heavens. -- zechariah 5:9 +. +Then said I to the angel who talked with me, Where are they taking the ephah[-sized vessel]? -- zechariah 5:10 +. +And he said to me, To the land of Shinar [Babylonia] to build it a house, and when it is finished, to set up the ephah[-sized vessel--the symbol of such sinners and their guilt] there upon its own base. -- zechariah 5:11 +. +AND AGAIN I lifted up my eyes and saw, and behold, four chariots came out from between two mountains; and the mountains were mountains of firm, immovable bronze. -- zechariah 6:1 +. +The first chariot had red or bay horses, the second chariot had black horses, -- zechariah 6:2 +. +The third chariot had white horses, and the fourth chariot had dappled, active, and strong horses. -- zechariah 6:3 +. +Then I said to the angel who talked with me, What are these, my lord? -- zechariah 6:4 +. +And the angel answered me, These are the four winds or spirits of the heavens, which go forth from presenting themselves before the Lord of all the earth. -- zechariah 6:5 +. +The chariot with the black horses is going forth into the north country, and the white ones are going forth after them [because there are two northern powers to overcome], and the dappled ones are going forth toward the south country. -- zechariah 6:6 +. +And [the chariots with] the strong [horses] went forth and sought to go that they might patrol the earth. And [the Lord] said to them, Go, walk to and fro through the earth and patrol it. So they walked about through the earth [watching and protecting it]. -- zechariah 6:7 +. +Then He summoned me and said to me, Behold, these that go toward the north country have quieted My Spirit [of wrath] and have caused it to rest in the north country. -- zechariah 6:8 +. +And the word of the Lord came to me, saying, -- zechariah 6:9 +. +Accept donations and offerings from these [as representatives of the] exiles, from Heldai, from Tobijah, and from Jedaiah, who have come from Babylon; and come the same day and go to the house of Josiah the son of Zephaniah. -- zechariah 6:10 +. +Yes, take from them silver and gold, and make crowns and set [one] upon the head of Joshua the son of Jehozadak, the high priest, -- zechariah 6:11 +. +And say to him, Thus says the Lord of hosts: [You, Joshua] behold (look at, keep in sight, watch) the Man [the Messiah] whose name is the Branch, for He shall grow up in His place and He shall build the [true] temple of the Lord. -- zechariah 6:12 +. +Yes, [you are building a temple of the Lord, but] it is He Who shall build the [true] temple of the Lord, and He shall bear the honor and glory [as of the only begotten of the Father] and shall sit and rule upon His throne. And He shall be a Priest upon His throne, and the counsel of peace shall be between the two [offices--Priest and King]. -- zechariah 6:13 +. +And the [other] crown shall be [credited] to Helem (Heldai), to Tobijah, and to Jedaiah, and to the kindness and favor of Josiah the son of Zephaniah, and shall be in the temple of the Lord for a reminder and memorial. -- zechariah 6:14 +. +And those who are far off shall come and help build the temple of the Lord, and you shall know (recognize and understand) that the Lord sent me [Zechariah] to you. And [your part in this] shall come to pass if you will diligently obey the voice of the Lord your God. -- zechariah 6:15 +. +AND IN the fourth year of the reign of King Darius, the word of the Lord came to Zechariah on the fourth day of the ninth month, Chislev. -- zechariah 7:1 +. +Now the people of Bethel had sent Sharezer and Regem-melech and their men to pray and entreat the favor of the Lord -- zechariah 7:2 +. +And to speak to the priests of the house of the Lord of hosts and to the prophets, saying, [Now that I am returned from exile] should I weep in the fifth month, separating myself as I have done these so many years [in Babylon]? -- zechariah 7:3 +. +Then came the word of the Lord of hosts to me [Zechariah], saying, -- zechariah 7:4 +. +Speak to all the people of the land and to the priests, saying, When you fasted and mourned in the fifth and seventh months, even those seventy years you were in exile, was it for Me that you fasted, for Me? -- zechariah 7:5 +. +And when you ate and when you drank, did you not eat for yourselves and drink for yourselves? -- zechariah 7:6 +. +Should you not hear the words which the Lord cried by the former prophets when Jerusalem was inhabited and in prosperity with her cities round about her, and the South (the Negeb) and the lowlands were inhabited? -- zechariah 7:7 +. +And the word of the Lord came to Zechariah, saying, -- zechariah 7:8 +. +Thus has the Lord of hosts spoken: Execute true judgment and show mercy and kindness and tender compassion, every man to his brother; -- zechariah 7:9 +. +And oppress not the widow or the fatherless, the temporary resident or the poor, and let none of you devise or imagine or think evil against his brother in your heart. -- zechariah 7:10 +. +But they refused to listen and turned a rebellious and stubborn shoulder and made heavy and dull their ears that they might not hear. -- zechariah 7:11 +. +Yes, they made their hearts as an adamant stone or diamond point, lest they should hear the law and the words which the Lord of hosts had sent by His Spirit through the former prophets. Therefore there came great wrath from the Lord of hosts. -- zechariah 7:12 +. +So it came to pass that as He cried and they would not hear [He said], So they shall cry and I will not answer, says the Lord of hosts, -- zechariah 7:13 +. +But I will scatter them with a whirlwind among all the nations whom they know not and who know not them. Thus the land was desolate after they had gone, so that no man passed through or returned, for they [the Jews by their sins] had [caused to be] laid waste and forsaken the pleasant land (the land of desire). -- zechariah 7:14 +. +AND THE word of the Lord of hosts came to me, saying, -- zechariah 8:1 +. +Thus says the Lord of hosts: I am jealous for Zion with great jealousy, and I am jealous for her with great wrath [against her enemies]. -- zechariah 8:2 +. +Thus says the Lord: I shall return to Zion and will dwell in the midst of Jerusalem, and Jerusalem shall be called the [faithful] City of Truth, and the mountain of the Lord of hosts, the Holy Mountain. -- zechariah 8:3 +. +Thus says the Lord of hosts: Old men and old women shall again dwell in Jerusalem and sit out in the streets, every man with his staff in his hand for very [advanced] age. -- zechariah 8:4 +. +And the streets of the city shall be full of boys and girls playing in its streets. -- zechariah 8:5 +. +Thus says the Lord of hosts: Because it will be marvelous in the eyes of the remnant of this people in those days [in which it comes to pass], should it also be marvelous in My eyes? says the Lord of hosts. -- zechariah 8:6 +. +Thus says the Lord of hosts: Behold, I will save My people from the east country and from the west [the country of the going down of the sun]. -- zechariah 8:7 +. +And I will bring them [home] and they shall dwell in the midst of Jerusalem; and they shall be My people, and I will be their God in truth and faithfulness and in righteousness. -- zechariah 8:8 +. +Thus says the Lord of hosts: Let your hands be strong and hardened, you who in these days hear these words from the mouths of the prophets who on the day that the foundation of the house of the Lord of hosts was laid foretold that the temple should be rebuilt. -- zechariah 8:9 +. +For before those days there was no hire for man nor any hire for beast, neither was there any peace or success to him who went out or came in because of the adversary and oppressor, for I set (let loose) all men, every one against his neighbor. -- zechariah 8:10 +. +But now [in this period since you began to build] I am not to the remnant of this people as in the former days, says the Lord of hosts. -- zechariah 8:11 +. +For there shall the seed produce peace and prosperity; the vine shall yield her fruit and the ground shall give its increase and the heavens shall give their dew; and I will cause the remnant of this people to inherit and possess all these things. -- zechariah 8:12 +. +And as you have been a curse and a byword among the nations, O house of Judah and house of Israel, so will I save you, and you shall be a blessing. Fear not, but let your hands be strong and hardened. -- zechariah 8:13 +. +For thus says the Lord of hosts: As I thought to bring calamity upon you when your fathers provoked Me to wrath, says the Lord of hosts, and I did not relent or revoke your sentence, -- zechariah 8:14 +. +So again have I purposed in these days to do good to Jerusalem and to the house of Judah. Fear not! -- zechariah 8:15 +. +These are the things that you shall do: speak every man the truth with his neighbor; render the truth and pronounce the judgment or verdict that makes for peace in [the courts at] your gates. -- zechariah 8:16 +. +And let none of you think or imagine or devise evil or injury in your hearts against his neighbor, and love no false oath, for all these things I hate, says the Lord. -- zechariah 8:17 +. +And the word of the Lord of hosts came to me [Zechariah], saying, -- zechariah 8:18 +. +Thus says the Lord of hosts: The fast of the fourth month and the fast of the fifth, the fast of the seventh and the fast of the tenth, shall be to the house of Judah times of joy and gladness and cheerful, appointed seasons; therefore [in order that this may happen to you, as the condition of fulfilling the promise] love truth and peace. -- zechariah 8:19 +. +Thus says the Lord of hosts: It shall yet come to pass that there shall come [to Jerusalem] peoples and the inhabitants of many and great cities, -- zechariah 8:20 +. +And the inhabitants of one city shall go to them of another, saying, Let us go speedily to pray and entreat the favor of the Lord and to seek, inquire of, and require [to meet our own most essential need] the Lord of hosts. I will go also. -- zechariah 8:21 +. +Yes, many people and strong nations shall come to Jerusalem to seek, inquire of, and require [to fill their own urgent need] the Lord of hosts and to pray to the Lord for His favor. -- zechariah 8:22 +. +Thus says the Lord of hosts: In those days ten men out of all languages of the nations shall take hold of the robe of him who is a Jew, saying, Let us go with you, for we have heard that God is with you. -- zechariah 8:23 +. +THE BURDEN or oracle (the thing to be lifted up) of the word of the Lord is against the land of Hadrach [in Syria], and Damascus shall be its resting place, for the Lord has an eye upon mankind as upon all the tribes of Israel, -- zechariah 9:1 +. +And Hamath also, which borders on [Damascus], Tyre with Sidon, though they are very wise. -- zechariah 9:2 +. +And Tyre has built herself a stronghold [on an island a half mile from the shore, which seems impregnable], and heaped up silver like dust and fine gold like the mire of the streets. -- zechariah 9:3 +. +Behold, the Lord will cast her out and dispossess her; He will smite her power in the sea and into it and [Tyre] shall be devoured by fire. -- zechariah 9:4 +. +[The strong cities of Philistia] shall see it and fear; Ashkelon, Gaza also, and be sorely pained, and Ekron, for her confidence and expectation shall be put to shame, and a king [monarchial government] shall perish from Gaza, and Ashkelon shall not be inhabited. -- zechariah 9:5 +. +And a mongrel people shall dwell in Ashdod, and I will put an end to the pride of the Philistines. -- zechariah 9:6 +. +And I will take out of [the Philistines'] mouths and from between their teeth the abominable idolatrous sacrifices eaten with the blood. And they too shall remain and be a remnant for our God, and they shall be like chieftains (the head over a thousand) in Judah, and Ekron shall be like one of the Jebusites [who at last were merged and had lost their identity in Israel]. -- zechariah 9:7 +. +Then I will encamp about My house as a guard or a garrison so that none shall march back and forth, and no oppressor or demanding collector shall again overrun them, for now My eyes are upon them. -- zechariah 9:8 +. +Rejoice greatly, O Daughter of Zion! Shout aloud, O Daughter of Jerusalem! Behold, your King comes to you; He is [uncompromisingly] just and having salvation [triumphant and victorious], patient, meek, lowly, and riding on a donkey, upon a colt, the foal of a donkey. -- zechariah 9:9 +. +And I will cut off and exterminate the war chariot from Ephraim and the [war] horse from Jerusalem, and the battle bow shall be cut off; and He shall speak the word and peace shall come to the nations, and His dominion shall be from the [Mediterranean] Sea to [any other] sea, and from the River [Euphrates] to the ends of the earth! -- zechariah 9:10 +. +As for you also, because of and for the sake of the [covenant of the Lord with His people, which was sealed with sprinkled] covenant blood, I have released and sent forth your imprisoned people out of the waterless pit. -- zechariah 9:11 +. +Return to the stronghold [of security and prosperity], you prisoners of hope; even today do I declare that I will restore double your former prosperity to you. -- zechariah 9:12 +. +For I have bent Judah for Myself as My bow, filled the bow with Ephraim as My arrow, and will stir up your sons, O Zion, against your sons, O Greece, and will make you [Israel] as the sword of a mighty man. -- zechariah 9:13 +. +And the Lord shall be seen over them and His arrow shall go forth as the lightning, and the Lord God will blow the trumpet and will go forth in the windstorms of the south. -- zechariah 9:14 +. +The Lord of hosts shall defend and protect them; and they shall devour and they shall tread on [their fallen enemies] as on slingstones [that have missed their aim], and they shall drink [of victory] and be noisy and turbulent as from wine and become full like bowls [used to catch the sacrificial blood], like the corners of the [sacrificial] altar. -- zechariah 9:15 +. +And the Lord their God will save them on that day as the flock of His people, for they shall be as the [precious] jewels of a crown, lifted high over and shining glitteringly upon His land. -- zechariah 9:16 +. +For how great is God's goodness and how great is His beauty! And how great [He will make Israel's] goodliness and [Israel's] beauty! Grain shall make the young men thrive and fresh wine the maidens. -- zechariah 9:17 +. +ASK OF the Lord rain in the time of the latter or spring rain. It is the Lord Who makes lightnings which usher in the rain and give men showers, and grass to everyone in the field. -- zechariah 10:1 +. +For the teraphim (household idols) have spoken vanity (emptiness, falsity, and futility) and the diviners have seen a lie and the dreamers have told false dreams; they comfort in vain. Therefore the people go their way like sheep; they are afflicted and hurt because there is no shepherd. -- zechariah 10:2 +. +My anger is kindled against the shepherds [who are not true shepherds] and I will punish the goat leaders, for the Lord of hosts has visited His flock, the house of Judah, and will make them as His beautiful and majestic horse in the battle. -- zechariah 10:3 +. +Out of him [Judah] shall come forth the Cornerstone, out of him the tent peg, out of him the battle bow; every ruler shall proceed from him. -- zechariah 10:4 +. +And they shall be like mighty men treading down their enemies in the mire of the streets in the battle, and they shall fight because the Lord is with them, and the [oppressor's] riders on horses shall be confounded and put to shame. -- zechariah 10:5 +. +And I will strengthen the house of Judah and I will save the house of Joseph [Ephraim]. I will bring them back and cause them to dwell securely, for I have mercy, loving-kindness, and compassion for them. They shall be as though I had not cast them off, for I am the Lord their God, and I will hear them. -- zechariah 10:6 +. +Then Ephraim [the ten tribes] shall become like a mighty warrior, and their hearts shall rejoice as through wine; yes, their children shall see it and rejoice; their hearts shall feel great delight and glory triumphantly in the Lord! -- zechariah 10:7 +. +I will hiss for them [as the keeper does for his bees] and gather them in, for I have redeemed them, and they shall increase [again] as they have increased [before, in Egypt]. -- zechariah 10:8 +. +And though I sow them among the nations, yet they shall [earnestly] remember Me in far countries, and with their children they shall live and shall return [to God and the land He gave them]. -- zechariah 10:9 +. +I will bring them [all Israel] home again from the land of Egypt and gather them out of Assyria, and I will bring them into the land [on the east and on the west of the Jordan, into] Gilead and Lebanon, and room enough shall not be found for them. -- zechariah 10:10 +. +And [the Lord] will pass through the sea of distress and affliction [at the head of His people, as He did at the Red Sea]; and He will smite down the waves of the sea, and all the depths of the [river] Nile shall be dried up and put to shame; and the pride of Assyria shall be brought down and the scepter or rod [of the taskmasters of Egypt] shall pass away. -- zechariah 10:11 +. +And I will strengthen [Israel] in the Lord, and they shall walk up and down and glory in His name, says the Lord. -- zechariah 10:12 +. +OPEN YOUR doors, O Lebanon, that the fire may devour your cedars! -- zechariah 11:1 +. +Wail, O fir tree and cypress, for the cedar has fallen, because the glorious and lofty trees are laid waste! Wail, O you oaks of Bashan, for the thick and inaccessible forest [on the steep mountainside] has in flames been felled! -- zechariah 11:2 +. +A voice of the wailing of the shepherds, for their glory, the broad pasturage, is laid waste! A voice of the roaring of young lions, for the pride of the Jordan [the jungle or thickets] is ruined! -- zechariah 11:3 +. +Thus says the Lord my God: Shepherd the flock [destined] for slaughter, -- zechariah 11:4 +. +Whose buyers or possessors slay them and hold themselves not guilty; and they who sell them say, Blessed be the Lord, for I have become rich! And their own shepherds neither pity nor spare them [from the wolves]. -- zechariah 11:5 +. +For I will no more pity or spare the inhabitants of the land, says the Lord; but behold, I will deliver every man into his neighbor's hand and into the hand of his [foreign] king. And [the enemy] shall lay waste the land, and I will not deliver [the people] out of the hand [of the foreign oppressor]. -- zechariah 11:6 +. +So I [Zechariah] shepherded the flock of slaughter, truly [as the name implies] the most miserable of sheep. And I took two [shepherd's] staffs, the one I called Beauty or Grace and the other I called Bands or Union; and I fed and shepherded the flock. -- zechariah 11:7 +. +And I cut off the three shepherds [the civil authorities, the priests, and the prophets] in one month, for I was weary and impatient with them, and they also loathed me. -- zechariah 11:8 +. +So I [Zechariah] said, I will not be your shepherd. What is to die, let it die, and what is to be destroyed, let it be destroyed; and let the survivors devour one another's flesh. -- zechariah 11:9 +. +And I took my staff, Beauty or Grace, and broke it in pieces to show that I was annulling the covenant or agreement which I had made with all the peoples [not to molest them]. -- zechariah 11:10 +. +So the covenant was annulled on that day, and thus the most wretched of the flock and the traffickers in the sheep who were watching me knew (recognized and understood) that it was truly the word of the Lord. -- zechariah 11:11 +. +And I said to them, If it seems just and right to you, give me my wages; but if not, withhold them. So they weighed out for my price thirty pieces of silver. -- zechariah 11:12 +. +And the Lord said to me, Cast it to the potter [as if He said, To the dogs!]--the munificently [miserable] sum at which I [and My shepherd] am priced by them! And I [Zechariah] took the thirty pieces of silver and cast them to the potter in the house of the Lord. -- zechariah 11:13 +. +Then I broke into pieces my other staff, Bands or Union, indicating that I was annulling the brotherhood between Judah and Israel. -- zechariah 11:14 +. +And the Lord said to me, Take up once more the implements [the staff and rod of a shepherd, but this time] of a worthless and wicked shepherd. -- zechariah 11:15 +. +For behold, I will raise up a false shepherd in the land; the lost and perishing he will not miss or visit, the young and scattered he will not go to seek, the wounded and broken he will not heal, nor will he feed those that are sound and strong; but he will eat the flesh of the fat ones and break off their hoofs [to consume all the flesh]. -- zechariah 11:16 +. +Woe to the worthless and foolish shepherd who deserts the flock! The sword shall smite his arm and his right eye; his arm shall be utterly withered and his right eye utterly blinded. -- zechariah 11:17 +. +THE BURDEN or oracle (the thing to be lifted up) of the word of the Lord concerning Israel: Thus says the Lord, Who stretches out the heavens and lays the foundation of the earth and forms the spirit of man within him: -- zechariah 12:1 +. +Behold, I am about to make Jerusalem a cup or bowl of reeling to all the peoples round about, and in the siege against Jerusalem will there also be a siege against and upon Judah. -- zechariah 12:2 +. +And in that day I will make Jerusalem a burdensome stone for all peoples; all who lift it or burden themselves with it shall be sorely wounded. And all the nations of the earth shall come and gather together against it. -- zechariah 12:3 +. +In that day, says the Lord, I will smite every horse [of the armies that contend against Jerusalem] with terror and panic and his rider with madness; and I will open My eyes and regard with favor the house of Judah and will smite every horse of the opposing nations with blindness. -- zechariah 12:4 +. +And the chiefs of Judah shall say in their hearts, The inhabitants of Jerusalem are our strength in the Lord of hosts, their God. -- zechariah 12:5 +. +In that day will I make the chiefs of Judah like a big, blazing pot among [sticks of] wood and like a flaming torch among sheaves [of grain], and they shall devour all the peoples round about, on the right hand and on the left; and they of Jerusalem shall yet again dwell and sit securely in their own place, in Jerusalem. -- zechariah 12:6 +. +And the Lord shall save and give victory to the tents of Judah first, that the glory of the house of David and the glory of the inhabitants of Jerusalem may not be magnified and exalted above Judah. -- zechariah 12:7 +. +In that day will the Lord guard and defend the inhabitants of Jerusalem, and he who is [spiritually] feeble and stumbles among them in that day [of persecution] shall become [strong and noble] like David; and the house of David [shall maintain its supremacy] like God, like the Angel of the Lord Who is before them. -- zechariah 12:8 +. +And it shall be in that day that I will make it My aim to destroy all the nations that come against Jerusalem. -- zechariah 12:9 +. +And I will pour out upon the house of David and upon the inhabitants of Jerusalem the Spirit of grace or unmerited favor and supplication. And they shall look [earnestly] upon Me Whom they have pierced, and they shall mourn for Him as one mourns for his only son, and shall be in bitterness for Him as one who is in bitterness for his firstborn. -- zechariah 12:10 +. +In that day shall there be a great mourning in Jerusalem, as the mourning of [the city of] Hadadrimmon in the Valley of Megiddo [over beloved King Josiah]. -- zechariah 12:11 +. +And the land shall mourn, every family apart: the [kingly] family of the house of David apart and their wives apart; the family of the house of Nathan [David's son] apart and their wives apart; -- zechariah 12:12 +. +The [priestly] family of the house of Levi apart and their wives apart; the family of Shimei [grandson of Levi] apart and their wives apart; -- zechariah 12:13 +. +All the families that are left, each by itself, and their wives by themselves [each with an overwhelming individual sorrow over having blindly rejected their unrecognized Messiah]. -- zechariah 12:14 +. +IN THAT day there shall be a fountain opened for the house of David and for the inhabitants of Jerusalem [to cleanse them from] sin and uncleanness. -- zechariah 13:1 +. +And in that day, says the Lord of hosts, I will cut off the names of the idols from the land, and they shall no more be remembered; and also I will remove from the land the [false] prophets and the unclean spirit. -- zechariah 13:2 +. +And if anyone again appears [falsely] as a prophet, then his father and his mother who bore him shall say to him, You shall not live, for you speak lies in the name of the Lord; and his father and his mother who bore him shall thrust him through when he prophesies. -- zechariah 13:3 +. +And in that day the [false] prophets shall each be ashamed of his vision when he prophesies, nor will he wear a hairy or rough garment to deceive, -- zechariah 13:4 +. +But he will [deny his identity and] say, I am no prophet. I am a tiller of the ground, for I have been made a bond servant from my youth. -- zechariah 13:5 +. +And one shall say to him, What are these wounds on your breast or between your hands? Then he will answer, Those with which I was wounded [when disciplined] in the house of my [loving] friends. -- zechariah 13:6 +. +Awake, O sword, against My shepherd and against the man who is My associate, says the Lord of hosts; smite the shepherd and the sheep [of the flock] shall be scattered, and I will turn back My hand and stretch it out again upon the little ones [of the flock]. -- zechariah 13:7 +. +And in all the land, says the Lord, two-thirds shall be cut off and perish, but one-third shall be left alive. -- zechariah 13:8 +. +And I will bring the third part through the fire, and will refine them as silver is refined and will test them as gold is tested. They will call on My name, and I will hear and answer them. I will say, It is My people; and they will say, The Lord is my God. -- zechariah 13:9 +. +BEHOLD, A day of the Lord is coming when the spoil [taken from you] shall be divided [among the victors] in the midst of you. -- zechariah 14:1 +. +For I will gather all nations against Jerusalem to battle, and the city shall be taken and the houses rifled and the women ravished; and half of the city shall go into exile, but the rest of the people shall not be cut off from the city. -- zechariah 14:2 +. +Then shall the Lord go forth and fight against those nations, as when He fought in the day of battle. -- zechariah 14:3 +. +And His feet shall stand in that day upon the Mount of Olives, which lies before Jerusalem on the east, and the Mount of Olives shall be split in two from the east to the west by a very great valley; and half of the mountain shall remove toward the north and half of it toward the south. -- zechariah 14:4 +. +And you shall flee by the valley of My mountains, for the valley of the mountains shall reach to Azal, and you shall flee as you fled from before the earthquake in the days of Uzziah king of Judah; and the Lord my [Zechariah's] God shall come, and all the holy ones [saints and angels] with Him. -- zechariah 14:5 +. +And it shall come to pass in that day that there shall not be light; the glorious and bright ones [the heavenly bodies] shall be darkened. -- zechariah 14:6 +. +But it shall be one continuous day, known to the Lord--not day and not night, but at evening time there shall be light. -- zechariah 14:7 +. +And it shall be in that day that living waters shall go out from Jerusalem, half of them to the eastern [Dead] Sea and half of them to the western [Mediterranean] Sea; in summer and in winter shall it be. -- zechariah 14:8 +. +And the Lord shall be King over all the earth; in that day the Lord shall be one [in the recognition and worship of men] and His name one. -- zechariah 14:9 +. +All the land shall be turned into a plain from Geba to Rimmon, [the Rimmon that is] south of Jerusalem. But Jerusalem shall remain lifted up on its site and dwell in its place, from Benjamin's gate to the place of the First Gate, to the Corner Gate, and from the Tower of Hananel to the king's winepresses. -- zechariah 14:10 +. +And it shall be inhabited, for there shall be no more curse or ban of utter destruction, but Jerusalem shall dwell securely. -- zechariah 14:11 +. +And this shall be the plague wherewith the Lord will smite all the peoples that have warred against Jerusalem: their flesh shall rot away while they stand upon their feet and their eyes shall corrode away in their sockets and their tongue shall decay away in their mouth. -- zechariah 14:12 +. +And in that day there shall be a great confusion, discomfiture, and panic among them from the Lord; and they shall seize each his neighbor's hand, and the hand of the one shall be raised against the hand of the other. -- zechariah 14:13 +. +And Judah also shall fight at Jerusalem, and the wealth of all the nations round about shall be gathered together--gold and silver and apparel in great abundance. -- zechariah 14:14 +. +And as that plague on men, so shall be the plague on the horse, on the mule, on the camel, on the donkey, and on all the livestock and beasts that may be in those camps. -- zechariah 14:15 +. +And everyone who is left of all the nations which came against Jerusalem shall even go up from year to year to worship the King, the Lord of hosts, and to keep the Feast of Tabernacles or Booths. -- zechariah 14:16 +. +And it shall be that whoso of the families of the earth shall not go up to Jerusalem to worship the King, the Lord of hosts, upon them there shall be no rain. -- zechariah 14:17 +. +And if the family of Egypt does not go up to Jerusalem and present themselves, upon them there shall be no rain, but there shall be the plague with which the Lord will smite the nations that go not up to keep the Feast of Tabernacles. -- zechariah 14:18 +. +This shall be the consequent punishment of the sin of Egypt and the consequent punishment of the sin of all the nations that do not go up to keep the Feast of Tabernacles. -- zechariah 14:19 +. +In that day there shall be [written] upon the [little] bells on the horses, HOLY TO THE LORD, and the pots in the Lord's house shall be holy to the Lord like the bowls before the altar. -- zechariah 14:20 +. +Yes, every pot in all the houses of Jerusalem and in Judah shall be dedicated and holy to the Lord of hosts, and all who sacrifice may come and take of them and boil their sacrifices in them [and traders in such wares will no longer be seen at the temple]. And in that day there shall be no more a Canaanite [that is, any godless or unclean person, whether Jew or Gentile] in the house of the Lord of hosts. -- zechariah 14:21 +. +THE BURDEN or oracle (the thing to be lifted up) of the word of the Lord to Israel by Malachi [My messenger]. -- malachi 1:1 +. +I have loved you, says the Lord. Yet you say, How and in what way have You loved us? Was not Esau Jacob's brother? says the Lord; yet I loved Jacob (Israel), -- malachi 1:2 +. +But [in comparison with the degree of love I have for Jacob] I have hated Esau [Edom] and have laid waste his mountains, and his heritage I have given to the jackals of the wilderness. -- malachi 1:3 +. +Though [impoverished] Edom should say, We are beaten down, but we will return and build the waste places--thus says the Lord of hosts: They may build, but I will tear and throw down; and men will call them the Wicked Country, the people against whom the Lord has indignation forever. -- malachi 1:4 +. +Your own eyes shall see this and you shall say, The Lord is great and will be magnified over and beyond the border of Israel! -- malachi 1:5 +. +A son honors his father, and a servant his master. If then I am a Father, where is My honor? And if I am a Master, where is the [reverent] fear due Me? says the Lord of hosts to you, O priests, who despise My name. You say, How and in what way have we despised Your name? -- malachi 1:6 +. +By offering polluted food upon My altar. And you ask, How have we polluted it and profaned You? By thinking that the table of the Lord is contemptible and may be despised. -- malachi 1:7 +. +When you [priests] offer blind [animals] for sacrifice, is it not evil? And when you offer the lame and the sick, is it not evil? Present such a thing [a blind or lame or sick animal] now to your governor [in payment of your taxes, and see what will happen]. Will he be pleased with you? Or will he receive you graciously? says the Lord of hosts. -- malachi 1:8 +. +Now then, I [Malachi] beg [you priests], entreat God [earnestly] that He will be gracious to us. With such a gift from your hand [as a defective animal for sacrifice], will He accept it or show favor to any of you? says the Lord of hosts. -- malachi 1:9 +. +Oh, that there were even one among you [whose duty it is to minister to Me] who would shut the doors, that you might not kindle fire on My altar to no purpose [an empty, futile, fruitless pretense]! I have no pleasure in you, says the Lord of hosts, nor will I accept an offering from your hand. -- malachi 1:10 +. +For from the rising of the sun to its setting My name shall be great among the nations, and in every place incense shall be offered to My name, and indeed a pure offering; for My name shall be great among the nations, says the Lord of hosts. -- malachi 1:11 +. +But you [priests] profane it when [by your actions] you say, The table of the Lord is polluted, and the fruit of it, its food, is contemptible and may be despised. -- malachi 1:12 +. +You say also, Behold, what a drudgery and weariness this is! And you have sniffed at it, says the Lord of hosts. And you have brought that which was taken by violence, or the lame or the sick; this you bring as an offering! Shall I accept this from your hand? says the Lord. -- malachi 1:13 +. +But cursed is the [cheating] deceiver who has a male in his flock and vows to offer it, yet sacrifices to the [sovereign] Lord a blemished or diseased thing! For I am a great King, says the Lord of hosts, and My name is terrible and to be [reverently] feared among the nations. -- malachi 1:14 +. +AND NOW, O you priests, this commandment is for you. -- malachi 2:1 +. +If you will not hear and if you will not lay it to heart to give glory to My name, says the Lord of hosts, then I will send the curse upon you, and I will curse your blessings; yes, I have already turned them to curses because you do not lay it to heart. -- malachi 2:2 +. +Behold, I will rebuke your seed [grain--which will prevent due harvest], and I will spread the dung from the festival offerings upon your faces, and you shall be taken away with it. -- malachi 2:3 +. +And you shall know, recognize, and understand that I have sent this [new] decree to you priests, to be My [new] covenant with Levi [the priestly tribe], says the Lord of hosts. -- malachi 2:4 +. +My covenant [on My part with Levi] was to give him life and peace, because [on his part] of the [reverent and worshipful] fear with which [the priests] would revere Me and stand in awe of My name. -- malachi 2:5 +. +The law of truth was in [Levi's] mouth, and unrighteousness was not found in his lips; he walked with Me in peace and uprightness and turned many away from iniquity. -- malachi 2:6 +. +For the priest's lips should guard and keep pure the knowledge [of My law], and the people should seek (inquire for and require) instruction at his mouth; for he is the messenger of the Lord of hosts. -- malachi 2:7 +. +But you have turned aside out of the way; you have caused many to stumble by your instruction [in the law]; you have corrupted the covenant of Levi [with Me], says the Lord of hosts. -- malachi 2:8 +. +Therefore have I also made you despised and abased before all the people, inasmuch as you have not kept My ways but have shown favoritism to persons in your administration of the law [of God]. -- malachi 2:9 +. +Have we not all one Father? Has not one God created us? Why then do we deal faithlessly and treacherously each against his brother, profaning the covenant of [God with] our fathers? -- malachi 2:10 +. +Judah has been faithless and dealt treacherously, and an abomination has been committed in Israel and in Jerusalem; for Judah [that is, Jewish men] has profaned the holy sanctuary of the Lord which He loves, and has married the daughter of a foreign god [having divorced his Jewish wife]. -- malachi 2:11 +. +The Lord will cast out of the tents of Jacob to the last man those who do this [evil thing], the master and the servant [or the pupil] alike, even him who brings an offering to the Lord of hosts. -- malachi 2:12 +. +And this you do with double guilt; you cover the altar of the Lord with tears [shed by your unoffending wives, divorced by you that you might take heathen wives], and with [your own] weeping and crying out because the Lord does not regard your offering any more or accept it with favor at your hand. -- malachi 2:13 +. +Yet you ask, Why does He reject it? Because the Lord was witness [to the covenant made at your marriage] between you and the wife of your youth, against whom you have dealt treacherously and to whom you were faithless. Yet she is your companion and the wife of your covenant [made by your marriage vows]. -- malachi 2:14 +. +And did not God make [you and your wife] one [flesh]? Did not One make you and preserve your spirit alive? And why [did God make you two] one? Because He sought a godly offspring [from your union]. Therefore take heed to yourselves, and let no one deal treacherously and be faithless to the wife of his youth. -- malachi 2:15 +. +For the Lord, the God of Israel, says: I hate divorce and marital separation and him who covers his garment [his wife] with violence. Therefore keep a watch upon your spirit [that it may be controlled by My Spirit], that you deal not treacherously and faithlessly [with your marriage mate]. -- malachi 2:16 +. +You have wearied the Lord with your words. Yet you say, In what way have we wearied Him? [You do it when by your actions] you say, Everyone who does evil is good in the sight of the Lord and He delights in them. Or [by asking], Where is the God of justice? -- malachi 2:17 +. +BEHOLD, I send My messenger, and he shall prepare the way before Me. And the Lord [the Messiah], Whom you seek, will suddenly come to His temple; the Messenger or Angel of the covenant, Whom you desire, behold, He shall come, says the Lord of hosts. -- malachi 3:1 +. +But who can endure the day of His coming? And who can stand when He appears? For He is like a refiner's fire and like fullers' soap; -- malachi 3:2 +. +He will sit as a refiner and purifier of silver, and He will purify the priests, the sons of Levi, and refine them like gold and silver, that they may offer to the Lord offerings in righteousness. -- malachi 3:3 +. +Then will the offering of Judah and Jerusalem be pleasing to the Lord as in the days of old and as in ancient years. -- malachi 3:4 +. +Then I will draw near to you for judgment; I will be a swift witness against the sorcerers, against the adulterers, against the false swearers, and against those who oppress the hireling in his wages, the widow and the fatherless, and who turn aside the temporary resident from his right and fear not Me, says the Lord of hosts. -- malachi 3:5 +. +For I am the Lord, I do not change; that is why you, O sons of Jacob, are not consumed. -- malachi 3:6 +. +Even from the days of your fathers you have turned aside from My ordinances and have not kept them. Return to me, and I will return to you, says the Lord of hosts. But you say, How shall we return? -- malachi 3:7 +. +Will a man rob or defraud God? Yet you rob and defraud Me. But you say, In what way do we rob or defraud You? [You have withheld your] tithes and offerings. -- malachi 3:8 +. +You are cursed with the curse, for you are robbing Me, even this whole nation. -- malachi 3:9 +. +Bring all the tithes (the whole tenth of your income) into the storehouse, that there may be food in My house, and prove Me now by it, says the Lord of hosts, if I will not open the windows of heaven for you and pour you out a blessing, that there shall not be room enough to receive it. -- malachi 3:10 +. +And I will rebuke the devourer [insects and plagues] for your sakes and he shall not destroy the fruits of your ground, neither shall your vine drop its fruit before the time in the field, says the Lord of hosts. -- malachi 3:11 +. +And all nations shall call you happy and blessed, for you shall be a land of delight, says the Lord of hosts. -- malachi 3:12 +. +Your words have been strong and hard against Me, says the Lord. Yet you say, What have we spoken against You? -- malachi 3:13 +. +You have said, It is useless to serve God, and what profit is it if we keep His ordinances and walk gloomily and as if in mourning apparel before the Lord of hosts? -- malachi 3:14 +. +And now we consider the proud and arrogant to be happy and favored; evildoers are exalted and prosper; yes, and when they test God, they escape [unpunished]. -- malachi 3:15 +. +Then those who feared the Lord talked often one to another; and the Lord listened and heard it, and a book of remembrance was written before Him of those who reverenced and worshipfully feared the Lord and who thought on His name. -- malachi 3:16 +. +And they shall be Mine, says the Lord of hosts, in that day when I publicly recognize and openly declare them to be My jewels (My special possession, My peculiar treasure). And I will spare them, as a man spares his own son who serves him. -- malachi 3:17 +. +Then shall you return and discern between the righteous and the wicked, between him who serves God and him who does not serve Him. -- malachi 3:18 +. +FOR BEHOLD, the day comes that shall burn like an oven, and all the proud and arrogant, yes, and all that do wickedly and are lawless, shall be stubble; the day that comes shall burn them up, says the Lord of hosts, so that it will leave them neither root nor branch. -- malachi 4:1 +. +But unto you who revere and worshipfully fear My name shall the Sun of Righteousness arise with healing in His wings and His beams, and you shall go forth and gambol like calves [released] from the stall and leap for joy. -- malachi 4:2 +. +And you shall tread down the lawless and wicked, for they shall be ashes under the soles of your feet in the day that I shall do this, says the Lord of hosts. -- malachi 4:3 +. +[Earnestly] remember the law of Moses, My servant, the statutes and the ordinances which I commanded him on [Mount] Horeb [to give] to all Israel. -- malachi 4:4 +. +Behold, I will send you Elijah the prophet before the great and terrible day of the Lord comes. -- malachi 4:5 +. +And he shall turn and reconcile the hearts of the [estranged] fathers to the [ungodly] children, and the hearts of the [rebellious] children to [the piety of] their fathers [a reconciliation produced by repentance of the ungodly], lest I come and smite the land with a curse and a ban of utter destruction. -- malachi 4:6 +. +THE BOOK of the ancestry (genealogy) of Jesus Christ (the Messiah, the Anointed), the son (descendant) of David, the son (descendant) of Abraham. -- matthew 1:1 +. +Abraham was the father of Isaac, Isaac the father of Jacob, Jacob the father of Judah and his brothers, -- matthew 1:2 +. +Judah the father of Perez and Zerah, whose mother was Tamar, Perez the father of Hezron, Hezron the father of Aram, -- matthew 1:3 +. +Aram the father of Aminadab, Aminadab the father of Nahshon, Nahshon the father of Salmon, -- matthew 1:4 +. +Salmon the father of Boaz, whose mother was Rahab, Boaz the father of Obed, whose mother was Ruth, Obed the father of Jesse, -- matthew 1:5 +. +Jesse the father of King David, King David the father of Solomon, whose mother had been the wife of Uriah, -- matthew 1:6 +. +Solomon the father of Rehoboam, Rehoboam the father of Abijah, Abijah the father of Asa, -- matthew 1:7 +. +Asa the father of Jehoshaphat, Jehoshaphat the father of Joram [Jehoram], Joram the father of Uzziah, -- matthew 1:8 +. +Uzziah the father of Jotham, Jotham the father of Ahaz, Ahaz the father of Hezekiah, -- matthew 1:9 +. +Hezekiah the father of Manasseh, Manasseh the father of Amon, Amon the father of Josiah, -- matthew 1:10 +. +And Josiah became the father of Jeconiah [also called Coniah and Jehoiachin] and his brothers about the time of the removal (deportation) to Babylon. [II Kings 24:14; I Chron. 3:15, 16.] -- matthew 1:11 +. +After the exile to Babylon, Jeconiah became the father of Shealtiel [Salathiel], Shealtiel the father of Zerubbabel, -- matthew 1:12 +. +Zerubbabel the father of Abiud, Abiud the father of Eliakim, Eliakim the father of Azor, -- matthew 1:13 +. +Azor the father of Sadoc, Sadoc the father of Achim, Achim the father of Eliud, -- matthew 1:14 +. +Eliud the father of Eleazar, Eleazar the father of Matthan, Matthan the father of Jacob, -- matthew 1:15 +. +Jacob the father of Joseph, the husband of Mary, of whom was born Jesus, Who is called the Christ. (the Messiah, the Anointed) -- matthew 1:16 +. +So all the generations from Abraham to David are fourteen, from David to the Babylonian exile (deportation) fourteen generations, from the Babylonian exile to the Christ fourteen generations. -- matthew 1:17 +. +Now the birth of Jesus Christ took place under these circumstances: When His mother Mary had been promised in marriage to Joseph, before they came together, she was found to be pregnant [through the power] of the Holy Spirit. -- matthew 1:18 +. +And her [promised] husband Joseph, being a just and upright man and not willing to expose her publicly and to shame and disgrace her, decided to repudiate and dismiss (divorce) her quietly and secretly. -- matthew 1:19 +. +But as he was thinking this over, behold, an angel of the Lord appeared to him in a dream, saying, Joseph, descendant of David, do not be afraid to take Mary [as] your wife, for that which is conceived in her is of (from, out of) the Holy Spirit. -- matthew 1:20 +. +She will bear a Son, and you shall call His name Jesus [the Greek form of the Hebrew Joshua, which means Savior], for He will save His people from their sins [that is, prevent them from failing and missing the true end and scope of life, which is God]. -- matthew 1:21 +. +All this took place that it might be fulfilled which the Lord had spoken through the prophet, -- matthew 1:22 +. +Behold, the virgin shall become pregnant and give birth to a Son, and they shall call His name Emmanuel--which, when translated, means, God with us. -- matthew 1:23 +. +Then Joseph, being aroused from his sleep, did as the angel of the Lord had commanded him: he took [her to his side as] his wife. -- matthew 1:24 +. +But he had no union with her as her husband until she had borne her firstborn Son; and he called His name Jesus. -- matthew 1:25 +. +NOW WHEN Jesus was born in Bethlehem of Judea in the days of Herod the king, behold, wise men [astrologers] from the east came to Jerusalem, asking, -- matthew 2:1 +. +Where is He Who has been born King of the Jews? For we have seen His star in the east at its rising and have come to worship Him. -- matthew 2:2 +. +When Herod the king heard this, he was disturbed and troubled, and the whole of Jerusalem with him. -- matthew 2:3 +. +So he called together all the chief priests and learned men (scribes) of the people and anxiously asked them where the Christ was to be born. -- matthew 2:4 +. +They replied to him, In Bethlehem of Judea, for so it is written by the prophet: -- matthew 2:5 +. +And you Bethlehem, in the land of Judah, you are not in any way least or insignificant among the chief cities of Judah; for from you shall come a Ruler (Leader) Who will govern and shepherd My people Israel. -- matthew 2:6 +. +Then Herod sent for the wise men [astrologers] secretly, and accurately to the last point ascertained from them the time of the appearing of the star [that is, how long the star had made itself visible since its rising in the east]. -- matthew 2:7 +. +Then he sent them to Bethlehem, saying, Go and search for the Child carefully and diligently, and when you have found Him, bring me word, that I too may come and worship Him. -- matthew 2:8 +. +When they had listened to the king, they went their way, and behold, the star which had been seen in the east in its rising went before them until it came and stood over the place where the young Child was. -- matthew 2:9 +. +When they saw the star, they were thrilled with ecstatic joy. -- matthew 2:10 +. +And on going into the house, they saw the Child with Mary His mother, and they fell down and worshiped Him. Then opening their treasure bags, they presented to Him gifts--gold and frankincense and myrrh. -- matthew 2:11 +. +And receiving an answer to their asking, they were divinely instructed and warned in a dream not to go back to Herod; so they departed to their own country by a different way. -- matthew 2:12 +. +Now after they had gone, behold, an angel of the Lord appeared to Joseph in a dream and said, Get up! [Tenderly] take unto you the young Child and His mother and flee to Egypt; and remain there till I tell you [otherwise], for Herod intends to search for the Child in order to destroy Him. -- matthew 2:13 +. +And having risen, he took the Child and His mother by night and withdrew to Egypt -- matthew 2:14 +. +And remained there until Herod's death. This was to fulfill what the Lord had spoken by the prophet, Out of Egypt have I called My Son. -- matthew 2:15 +. +Then Herod, when he realized that he had been misled by the wise men, was furiously enraged, and he sent and put to death all the male children in Bethlehem and in all that territory who were two years old and under, reckoning according to the date which he had investigated diligently and had learned exactly from the wise men. -- matthew 2:16 +. +Then was fulfilled what was spoken by the prophet Jeremiah: -- matthew 2:17 +. +A voice was heard in Ramah, wailing and loud lamentation, Rachel weeping for her children; she refused to be comforted, because they were no more. -- matthew 2:18 +. +But when Herod died, behold, an angel of the Lord appeared in a dream to Joseph in Egypt -- matthew 2:19 +. +And said, Rise, [tenderly] take unto you the Child and His mother and go to the land of Israel, for those who sought the Child's life are dead. -- matthew 2:20 +. +Then he awoke and arose and [tenderly] took the Child and His mother and came into the land of Israel. -- matthew 2:21 +. +But because he heard that Archelaus was ruling over Judea in the place of his father Herod, he was afraid to go there. And being divinely warned in a dream, he withdrew to the region of Galilee. -- matthew 2:22 +. +He went and dwelt in a town called Nazareth, so that what was spoken through the prophets might be fulfilled: He shall be called a Nazarene [Branch, Separated One]. -- matthew 2:23 +. +IN THOSE days there appeared John the Baptist, preaching in the Wilderness (Desert) of Judea -- matthew 3:1 +. +And saying, Repent (think differently; change your mind, regretting your sins and changing your conduct), for the kingdom of heaven is at hand. -- matthew 3:2 +. +This is he who was mentioned by the prophet Isaiah when he said, The voice of one crying in the wilderness (shouting in the desert), Prepare the road for the Lord, make His highways straight (level, direct). -- matthew 3:3 +. +This same John's garments were made of camel's hair, and he wore a leather girdle about his waist; and his food was locusts and wild honey. -- matthew 3:4 +. +Then Jerusalem and all Judea and all the country round about the Jordan went out to him; -- matthew 3:5 +. +And they were baptized in the Jordan by him, confessing their sins. -- matthew 3:6 +. +But when he saw many of the Pharisees and Sadducees coming for baptism, he said to them, You brood of vipers! Who warned you to flee and escape from the wrath and indignation [of God against disobedience] that is coming? -- matthew 3:7 +. +Bring forth fruit that is consistent with repentance [let your lives prove your change of heart]; -- matthew 3:8 +. +And do not presume to say to yourselves, We have Abraham for our forefather; for I tell you, God is able to raise up descendants for Abraham from these stones! -- matthew 3:9 +. +And already the ax is lying at the root of the trees; every tree therefore that does not bear good fruit is cut down and thrown into the fire. -- matthew 3:10 +. +I indeed baptize you in (with) water because of repentance [that is, because of your changing your minds for the better, heartily amending your ways, with abhorrence of your past sins]. But He Who is coming after me is mightier than I, Whose sandals I am not worthy or fit to take off or carry; He will baptize you with the Holy Spirit and with fire. -- matthew 3:11 +. +His winnowing fan (shovel, fork) is in His hand, and He will thoroughly clear out and clean His threshing floor and gather and store His wheat in His barn, but the chaff He will burn up with fire that cannot be put out. -- matthew 3:12 +. +Then Jesus came from Galilee to the Jordan to John to be baptized by him. -- matthew 3:13 +. +But John protested strenuously, having in mind to prevent Him, saying, It is I who have need to be baptized by You, and do You come to me? -- matthew 3:14 +. +But Jesus replied to him, Permit it just now; for this is the fitting way for [both of] us to fulfill all righteousness [that is, to perform completely whatever is right]. Then he permitted Him. -- matthew 3:15 +. +And when Jesus was baptized, He went up at once out of the water; and behold, the heavens were opened, and he [John] saw the Spirit of God descending like a dove and alighting on Him. -- matthew 3:16 +. +And behold, a voice from heaven said, This is My Son, My Beloved, in Whom I delight! -- matthew 3:17 +. +THEN JESUS was led (guided) by the [Holy] Spirit into the wilderness (desert) to be tempted (tested and tried) by the devil. -- matthew 4:1 +. +And He went without food for forty days and forty nights, and later He was hungry. -- matthew 4:2 +. +And the tempter came and said to Him, If You are God's Son, command these stones to be made [loaves of] bread. -- matthew 4:3 +. +But He replied, It has been written, Man shall not live and be upheld and sustained by bread alone, but by every word that comes forth from the mouth of God. -- matthew 4:4 +. +Then the devil took Him into the holy city and placed Him on a turret (pinnacle, gable) of the temple sanctuary. -- matthew 4:5 +. +And he said to Him, If You are the Son of God, throw Yourself down; for it is written, He will give His angels charge over you, and they will bear you up on their hands, lest you strike your foot against a stone. -- matthew 4:6 +. +Jesus said to him, On the other hand, it is written also, You shall not tempt, test thoroughly, or try exceedingly the Lord your God. -- matthew 4:7 +. +Again, the devil took Him up on a very high mountain and showed Him all the kingdoms of the world and the glory (the splendor, magnificence, preeminence, and excellence) of them. -- matthew 4:8 +. +And he said to Him, These things, all taken together, I will give You, if You will prostrate Yourself before me and do homage and worship me. -- matthew 4:9 +. +Then Jesus said to him, Begone, Satan! For it has been written, You shall worship the Lord your God, and Him alone shall you serve. -- matthew 4:10 +. +Then the devil departed from Him, and behold, angels came and ministered to Him. -- matthew 4:11 +. +Now when Jesus heard that John had been arrested and put in prison, He withdrew into Galilee. -- matthew 4:12 +. +And leaving Nazareth, He went and dwelt in Capernaum by the sea, in the country of Zebulun and Naphtali-- -- matthew 4:13 +. +That what was spoken by the prophet Isaiah might be brought to pass: -- matthew 4:14 +. +The land of Zebulun and the land of Naphtali, in the way to the sea, beyond the Jordan, Galilee of the Gentiles [of the peoples who are not of Israel]-- -- matthew 4:15 +. +The people who sat (dwelt enveloped) in darkness have seen a great Light, and for those who sat in the land and shadow of death Light has dawned. -- matthew 4:16 +. +From that time Jesus began to preach, crying out, Repent (change your mind for the better, heartily amend your ways, with abhorrence of your past sins), for the kingdom of heaven is at hand. -- matthew 4:17 +. +As He was walking by the Sea of Galilee, He noticed two brothers, Simon who is called Peter and Andrew his brother, throwing a dragnet into the sea, for they were fishermen. -- matthew 4:18 +. +And He said to them, Come after Me [as disciples--letting Me be your Guide], follow Me, and I will make you fishers of men! -- matthew 4:19 +. +At once they left their nets and became His disciples [sided with His party and followed Him]. -- matthew 4:20 +. +And going on further from there He noticed two other brothers, James son of Zebedee and his brother John, in the boat with their father Zebedee, mending their nets and putting them right; and He called them. -- matthew 4:21 +. +At once they left the boat and their father and joined Jesus as disciples [sided with His party and followed Him]. -- matthew 4:22 +. +And He went about all Galilee, teaching in their synagogues and preaching the good news (Gospel) of the kingdom, and healing every disease and every weakness and infirmity among the people. -- matthew 4:23 +. +So the report of Him spread throughout all Syria, and they brought Him all who were sick, those afflicted with various diseases and torments, those under the power of demons, and epileptics, and paralyzed people, and He healed them. -- matthew 4:24 +. +And great crowds joined and accompanied Him about, coming from Galilee and Decapolis [the district of the ten cities east of the Sea of Galilee] and Jerusalem and Judea and from the other [the east] side of the Jordan. -- matthew 4:25 +. +SEEING THE crowds, He went up on the mountain; and when He was seated, His disciples came to Him. -- matthew 5:1 +. +Then He opened His mouth and taught them, saying: -- matthew 5:2 +. +Blessed (happy, to be envied, and spiritually prosperous--with life-joy and satisfaction in God's favor and salvation, regardless of their outward conditions) are the poor in spirit (the humble, who rate themselves insignificant), for theirs is the kingdom of heaven! -- matthew 5:3 +. +Blessed and enviably happy [with a happiness produced by the experience of God's favor and especially conditioned by the revelation of His matchless grace] are those who mourn, for they shall be comforted! -- matthew 5:4 +. +Blessed (happy, blithesome, joyous, spiritually prosperous--with life-joy and satisfaction in God's favor and salvation, regardless of their outward conditions) are the meek (the mild, patient, long-suffering), for they shall inherit the earth! -- matthew 5:5 +. +Blessed and fortunate and happy and spiritually prosperous (in that state in which the born-again child of God enjoys His favor and salvation) are those who hunger and thirst for righteousness (uprightness and right standing with God), for they shall be completely satisfied! -- matthew 5:6 +. +Blessed (happy, to be envied, and spiritually prosperous--with life-joy and satisfaction in God's favor and salvation, regardless of their outward conditions) are the merciful, for they shall obtain mercy! -- matthew 5:7 +. +Blessed (happy, enviably fortunate, and spiritually prosperous--possessing the happiness produced by the experience of God's favor and especially conditioned by the revelation of His grace, regardless of their outward conditions) are the pure in heart, for they shall see God! -- matthew 5:8 +. +Blessed (enjoying enviable happiness, spiritually prosperous--with life-joy and satisfaction in God's favor and salvation, regardless of their outward conditions) are the makers and maintainers of peace, for they shall be called the sons of God! -- matthew 5:9 +. +Blessed and happy and enviably fortunate and spiritually prosperous (in the state in which the born-again child of God enjoys and finds satisfaction in God's favor and salvation, regardless of his outward conditions) are those who are persecuted for righteousness' sake (for being and doing right), for theirs is the kingdom of heaven! -- matthew 5:10 +. +Blessed (happy, to be envied, and spiritually prosperous--with life-joy and satisfaction in God's favor and salvation, regardless of your outward conditions) are you when people revile you and persecute you and say all kinds of evil things against you falsely on My account. -- matthew 5:11 +. +Be glad and supremely joyful, for your reward in heaven is great (strong and intense), for in this same way people persecuted the prophets who were before you. [II Chron. 36:16.] -- matthew 5:12 +. +You are the salt of the earth, but if salt has lost its taste (its strength, its quality), how can its saltness be restored? It is not good for anything any longer but to be thrown out and trodden underfoot by men. -- matthew 5:13 +. +You are the light of the world. A city set on a hill cannot be hidden. -- matthew 5:14 +. +Nor do men light a lamp and put it under a peck measure, but on a lampstand, and it gives light to all in the house. -- matthew 5:15 +. +Let your light so shine before men that they may see your moral excellence and your praiseworthy, noble, and good deeds and recognize and honor and praise and glorify your Father Who is in heaven. -- matthew 5:16 +. +Do not think that I have come to do away with or undo the Law or the Prophets; I have come not to do away with or undo but to complete and fulfill them. -- matthew 5:17 +. +For truly I tell you, until the sky and earth pass away and perish, not one smallest letter nor one little hook [identifying certain Hebrew letters] will pass from the Law until all things [it foreshadows] are accomplished. -- matthew 5:18 +. +Whoever then breaks or does away with or relaxes one of the least [important] of these commandments and teaches men so shall be called least [important] in the kingdom of heaven, but he who practices them and teaches others to do so shall be called great in the kingdom of heaven. -- matthew 5:19 +. +For I tell you, unless your righteousness (your uprightness and your right standing with God) is more than that of the scribes and Pharisees, you will never enter the kingdom of heaven. -- matthew 5:20 +. +You have heard that it was said to the men of old, You shall not kill, and whoever kills shall be liable to and unable to escape the punishment imposed by the court. -- matthew 5:21 +. +But I say to you that everyone who continues to be angry with his brother or harbors malice (enmity of heart) against him shall be liable to and unable to escape the punishment imposed by the court; and whoever speaks contemptuously and insultingly to his brother shall be liable to and unable to escape the punishment imposed by the Sanhedrin, and whoever says, You cursed fool! [You empty-headed idiot!] shall be liable to and unable to escape the hell (Gehenna) of fire. -- matthew 5:22 +. +So if when you are offering your gift at the altar you there remember that your brother has any [grievance] against you, -- matthew 5:23 +. +Leave your gift at the altar and go. First make peace with your brother, and then come back and present your gift. -- matthew 5:24 +. +Come to terms quickly with your accuser while you are on the way traveling with him, lest your accuser hand you over to the judge, and the judge to the guard, and you be put in prison. -- matthew 5:25 +. +Truly I say to you, you will not be released until you have paid the last fraction of a penny. -- matthew 5:26 +. +You have heard that it was said, You shall not commit adultery. -- matthew 5:27 +. +But I say to you that everyone who so much as looks at a woman with evil desire for her has already committed adultery with her in his heart. -- matthew 5:28 +. +If your right eye serves as a trap to ensnare you or is an occasion for you to stumble and sin, pluck it out and throw it away. It is better that you lose one of your members than that your whole body be cast into hell (Gehenna). -- matthew 5:29 +. +And if your right hand serves as a trap to ensnare you or is an occasion for you to stumble and sin, cut it off and cast it from you. It is better that you lose one of your members than that your entire body should be cast into hell (Gehenna). -- matthew 5:30 +. +It has also been said, Whoever divorces his wife must give her a certificate of divorce. -- matthew 5:31 +. +But I tell you, Whoever dismisses and repudiates and divorces his wife, except on the grounds of unfaithfulness (sexual immorality), causes her to commit adultery, and whoever marries a woman who has been divorced commits adultery. -- matthew 5:32 +. +Again, you have heard that it was said to the men of old, You shall not swear falsely, but you shall perform your oaths to the Lord [as a religious duty]. -- matthew 5:33 +. +But I tell you, Do not bind yourselves by an oath at all: either by heaven, for it is the throne of God; -- matthew 5:34 +. +Or by the earth, for it is the footstool of His feet; or by Jerusalem, for it is the city of the Great King. -- matthew 5:35 +. +And do not swear by your head, for you are not able to make a single hair white or black. -- matthew 5:36 +. +Let your Yes be simply Yes, and your No be simply No; anything more than that comes from the evil one. -- matthew 5:37 +. +You have heard that it was said, An eye for an eye, and a tooth for a tooth. -- matthew 5:38 +. +But I say to you, Do not resist the evil man [who injures you]; but if anyone strikes you on the right jaw or cheek, turn to him the other one too. -- matthew 5:39 +. +And if anyone wants to sue you and take your undershirt (tunic), let him have your coat also. -- matthew 5:40 +. +And if anyone forces you to go one mile, go with him two [miles]. -- matthew 5:41 +. +Give to him who keeps on begging from you, and do not turn away from him who would borrow [at interest] from you. -- matthew 5:42 +. +You have heard that it was said, You shall love your neighbor and hate your enemy; -- matthew 5:43 +. +But I tell you, Love your enemies and pray for those who persecute you, -- matthew 5:44 +. +To show that you are the children of your Father Who is in heaven; for He makes His sun rise on the wicked and on the good, and makes the rain fall upon the upright and the wrongdoers [alike]. -- matthew 5:45 +. +For if you love those who love you, what reward can you have? Do not even the tax collectors do that? -- matthew 5:46 +. +And if you greet only your brethren, what more than others are you doing? Do not even the Gentiles (the heathen) do that? -- matthew 5:47 +. +You, therefore, must be perfect [growing into complete maturity of godliness in mind and character, having reached the proper height of virtue and integrity], as your heavenly Father is perfect. -- matthew 5:48 +. +TAKE CARE not to do your good deeds publicly or before men, in order to be seen by them; otherwise you will have no reward [reserved for and awaiting you] with and from your Father Who is in heaven. -- matthew 6:1 +. +Thus, whenever you give to the poor, do not blow a trumpet before you, as the hypocrites in the synagogues and in the streets like to do, that they may be recognized and honored and praised by men. Truly I tell you, they have their reward in full already. -- matthew 6:2 +. +But when you give to charity, do not let your left hand know what your right hand is doing, -- matthew 6:3 +. +So that your deeds of charity may be in secret; and your Father Who sees in secret will reward you openly. -- matthew 6:4 +. +Also when you pray, you must not be like the hypocrites, for they love to pray standing in the synagogues and on the corners of the streets, that they may be seen by people. Truly I tell you, they have their reward in full already. -- matthew 6:5 +. +But when you pray, go into your [most] private room, and, closing the door, pray to your Father, Who is in secret; and your Father, Who sees in secret, will reward you in the open. -- matthew 6:6 +. +And when you pray, do not heap up phrases (multiply words, repeating the same ones over and over) as the Gentiles do, for they think they will be heard for their much speaking. [I Kings 18:25-29.] -- matthew 6:7 +. +Do not be like them, for your Father knows what you need before you ask Him. -- matthew 6:8 +. +Pray, therefore, like this: Our Father Who is in heaven, hallowed (kept holy) be Your name. -- matthew 6:9 +. +Your kingdom come, Your will be done on earth as it is in heaven. -- matthew 6:10 +. +Give us this day our daily bread. -- matthew 6:11 +. +And forgive us our debts, as we also have forgiven (left, remitted, and let go of the debts, and have given up resentment against) our debtors. -- matthew 6:12 +. +And lead (bring) us not into temptation, but deliver us from the evil one. For Yours is the kingdom and the power and the glory forever. Amen. -- matthew 6:13 +. +For if you forgive people their trespasses [their reckless and willful sins, leaving them, letting them go, and giving up resentment], your heavenly Father will also forgive you. -- matthew 6:14 +. +But if you do not forgive others their trespasses [their reckless and willful sins, leaving them, letting them go, and giving up resentment], neither will your Father forgive you your trespasses. -- matthew 6:15 +. +And whenever you are fasting, do not look gloomy and sour and dreary like the hypocrites, for they put on a dismal countenance, that their fasting may be apparent to and seen by men. Truly I say to you, they have their reward in full already. -- matthew 6:16 +. +But when you fast, perfume your head and wash your face, -- matthew 6:17 +. +So that your fasting may not be noticed by men but by your Father, Who sees in secret; and your Father, Who sees in secret, will reward you in the open. -- matthew 6:18 +. +Do not gather and heap up and store up for yourselves treasures on earth, where moth and rust and worm consume and destroy, and where thieves break through and steal. -- matthew 6:19 +. +But gather and heap up and store for yourselves treasures in heaven, where neither moth nor rust nor worm consume and destroy, and where thieves do not break through and steal; -- matthew 6:20 +. +For where your treasure is, there will your heart be also. -- matthew 6:21 +. +The eye is the lamp of the body. So if your eye is sound, your entire body will be full of light. -- matthew 6:22 +. +But if your eye is unsound, your whole body will be full of darkness. If then the very light in you [your conscience] is darkened, how dense is that darkness! -- matthew 6:23 +. +No one can serve two masters; for either he will hate the one and love the other, or he will stand by and be devoted to the one and despise and be against the other. You cannot serve God and mammon (deceitful riches, money, possessions, or whatever is trusted in). -- matthew 6:24 +. +Therefore I tell you, stop being perpetually uneasy (anxious and worried) about your life, what you shall eat or what you shall drink; or about your body, what you shall put on. Is not life greater [in quality] than food, and the body [far above and more excellent] than clothing? -- matthew 6:25 +. +Look at the birds of the air; they neither sow nor reap nor gather into barns, and yet your heavenly Father keeps feeding them. Are you not worth much more than they? -- matthew 6:26 +. +And who of you by worrying and being anxious can add one unit of measure (cubit) to his stature or to the span of his life? -- matthew 6:27 +. +And why should you be anxious about clothes? Consider the lilies of the field and learn thoroughly how they grow; they neither toil nor spin. -- matthew 6:28 +. +Yet I tell you, even Solomon in all his magnificence (excellence, dignity, and grace) was not arrayed like one of these. [I Kings 10:4-7.] -- matthew 6:29 +. +But if God so clothes the grass of the field, which today is alive and green and tomorrow is tossed into the furnace, will He not much more surely clothe you, O you of little faith? -- matthew 6:30 +. +Therefore do not worry and be anxious, saying, What are we going to have to eat? or, What are we going to have to drink? or, What are we going to have to wear? -- matthew 6:31 +. +For the Gentiles (heathen) wish for and crave and diligently seek all these things, and your heavenly Father knows well that you need them all. -- matthew 6:32 +. +But seek (aim at and strive after) first of all His kingdom and His righteousness (His way of doing and being right), and then all these things taken together will be given you besides. -- matthew 6:33 +. +So do not worry or be anxious about tomorrow, for tomorrow will have worries and anxieties of its own. Sufficient for each day is its own trouble. -- matthew 6:34 +. +DO NOT judge and criticize and condemn others, so that you may not be judged and criticized and condemned yourselves. -- matthew 7:1 +. +For just as you judge and criticize and condemn others, you will be judged and criticized and condemned, and in accordance with the measure you [use to] deal out to others, it will be dealt out again to you. -- matthew 7:2 +. +Why do you stare from without at the very small particle that is in your brother's eye but do not become aware of and consider the beam of timber that is in your own eye? -- matthew 7:3 +. +Or how can you say to your brother, Let me get the tiny particle out of your eye, when there is the beam of timber in your own eye? -- matthew 7:4 +. +You hypocrite, first get the beam of timber out of your own eye, and then you will see clearly to take the tiny particle out of your brother's eye. -- matthew 7:5 +. +Do not give that which is holy (the sacred thing) to the dogs, and do not throw your pearls before hogs, lest they trample upon them with their feet and turn and tear you in pieces. -- matthew 7:6 +. +Keep on asking and it will be given you; keep on seeking and you will find; keep on knocking [reverently] and [the door] will be opened to you. -- matthew 7:7 +. +For everyone who keeps on asking receives; and he who keeps on seeking finds; and to him who keeps on knocking, [the door] will be opened. -- matthew 7:8 +. +Or what man is there of you, if his son asks him for a loaf of bread, will hand him a stone? -- matthew 7:9 +. +Or if he asks for a fish, will hand him a serpent? -- matthew 7:10 +. +If you then, evil as you are, know how to give good and advantageous gifts to your children, how much more will your Father Who is in heaven [perfect as He is] give good and advantageous things to those who keep on asking Him! -- matthew 7:11 +. +So then, whatever you desire that others would do to and for you, even so do also to and for them, for this is (sums up) the Law and the Prophets. -- matthew 7:12 +. +Enter through the narrow gate; for wide is the gate and spacious and broad is the way that leads away to destruction, and many are those who are entering through it. -- matthew 7:13 +. +But the gate is narrow (contracted by pressure) and the way is straitened and compressed that leads away to life, and few are those who find it. -- matthew 7:14 +. +Beware of false prophets, who come to you dressed as sheep, but inside they are devouring wolves. -- matthew 7:15 +. +You will fully recognize them by their fruits. Do people pick grapes from thorns, or figs from thistles? -- matthew 7:16 +. +Even so, every healthy (sound) tree bears good fruit [worthy of admiration], but the sickly (decaying, worthless) tree bears bad (worthless) fruit. -- matthew 7:17 +. +A good (healthy) tree cannot bear bad (worthless) fruit, nor can a bad (diseased) tree bear excellent fruit [worthy of admiration]. -- matthew 7:18 +. +Every tree that does not bear good fruit is cut down and cast into the fire. -- matthew 7:19 +. +Therefore, you will fully know them by their fruits. -- matthew 7:20 +. +Not everyone who says to Me, Lord, Lord, will enter the kingdom of heaven, but he who does the will of My Father Who is in heaven. -- matthew 7:21 +. +Many will say to Me on that day, Lord, Lord, have we not prophesied in Your name and driven out demons in Your name and done many mighty works in Your name? -- matthew 7:22 +. +And then I will say to them openly (publicly), I never knew you; depart from Me, you who act wickedly [disregarding My commands]. -- matthew 7:23 +. +So everyone who hears these words of Mine and acts upon them [obeying them] will be like a sensible (prudent, practical, wise) man who built his house upon the rock. -- matthew 7:24 +. +And the rain fell and the floods came and the winds blew and beat against that house; yet it did not fall, because it had been founded on the rock. -- matthew 7:25 +. +And everyone who hears these words of Mine and does not do them will be like a stupid (foolish) man who built his house upon the sand. -- matthew 7:26 +. +And the rain fell and the floods came and the winds blew and beat against that house, and it fell--and great and complete was the fall of it. -- matthew 7:27 +. +When Jesus had finished these sayings [the Sermon on the Mount], the crowds were astonished and overwhelmed with bewildered wonder at His teaching, -- matthew 7:28 +. +For He was teaching as One Who had [and was] authority, and not as [did] the scribes. -- matthew 7:29 +. +WHEN JESUS came down from the mountain, great throngs followed Him. -- matthew 8:1 +. +And behold, a leper came up to Him and, prostrating himself, worshiped Him, saying, Lord, if You are willing, You are able to cleanse me by curing me. -- matthew 8:2 +. +And He reached out His hand and touched him, saying, I am willing; be cleansed by being cured. And instantly his leprosy was cured and cleansed. -- matthew 8:3 +. +And Jesus said to him, See that you tell nothing about this to anyone; but go, show yourself to the priest and present the offering that Moses commanded, for a testimony [to your healing] and as an evidence to the people. -- matthew 8:4 +. +As Jesus went into Capernaum, a centurion came up to Him, begging Him, -- matthew 8:5 +. +And saying, Lord, my servant boy is lying at the house paralyzed and distressed with intense pains. -- matthew 8:6 +. +And Jesus said to him, I will come and restore him. -- matthew 8:7 +. +But the centurion replied to Him, Lord, I am not worthy or fit to have You come under my roof; but only speak the word, and my servant boy will be cured. -- matthew 8:8 +. +For I also am a man subject to authority, with soldiers subject to me. And I say to one, Go, and he goes; and to another, Come, and he comes; and to my slave, Do this, and he does it. -- matthew 8:9 +. +When Jesus heard him, He marveled and said to those who followed Him [who adhered steadfastly to Him, conforming to His example in living and, if need be, in dying also], I tell you truly, I have not found so much faith as this with anyone, even in Israel. -- matthew 8:10 +. +I tell you, many will come from east and west, and will sit at table with Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob in the kingdom of heaven, -- matthew 8:11 +. +While the sons and heirs of the kingdom will be driven out into the darkness outside, where there will be weeping and grinding of teeth. -- matthew 8:12 +. +Then to the centurion Jesus said, Go; it shall be done for you as you have believed. And the servant boy was restored to health at that very moment. -- matthew 8:13 +. +And when Jesus went into Peter's house, He saw his mother-in-law lying ill with a fever. -- matthew 8:14 +. +He touched her hand and the fever left her; and she got up and began waiting on Him. -- matthew 8:15 +. +When evening came, they brought to Him many who were under the power of demons, and He drove out the spirits with a word and restored to health all who were sick. -- matthew 8:16 +. +And thus He fulfilled what was spoken by the prophet Isaiah, He Himself took [in order to carry away] our weaknesses and infirmities and bore away our diseases. -- matthew 8:17 +. +Now Jesus, when He saw the great throngs around Him, gave orders to cross to the other side [of the lake]. -- matthew 8:18 +. +And a scribe came up and said to Him, Master, I will accompany You wherever You go. -- matthew 8:19 +. +And Jesus replied to him, Foxes have holes and the birds of the air have lodging places, but the Son of Man has nowhere to lay His head. -- matthew 8:20 +. +Another of the disciples said to Him, Lord, let me first go and bury [care for till death] my father. -- matthew 8:21 +. +But Jesus said to him, Follow Me, and leave the dead [in sin] to bury their own dead. -- matthew 8:22 +. +And after He got into the boat, His disciples followed Him. -- matthew 8:23 +. +And suddenly, behold, there arose a violent storm on the sea, so that the boat was being covered up by the waves; but He was sleeping. -- matthew 8:24 +. +And they went and awakened Him, saying, Lord, rescue and preserve us! We are perishing! -- matthew 8:25 +. +And He said to them, Why are you timid and afraid, O you of little faith? Then He got up and rebuked the winds and the sea, and there was a great and wonderful calm (a perfect peaceableness). -- matthew 8:26 +. +And the men were stunned with bewildered wonder and marveled, saying, What kind of Man is this, that even the winds and the sea obey Him! -- matthew 8:27 +. +And when He arrived at the other side in the country of the Gadarenes, two men under the control of demons went to meet Him, coming out of the tombs, so fierce and savage that no one was able to pass that way. -- matthew 8:28 +. +And behold, they shrieked and screamed, What have You to do with us, Jesus, Son of God? Have You come to torment us before the appointed time? -- matthew 8:29 +. +Now at some distance from there a drove of many hogs was grazing. -- matthew 8:30 +. +And the demons begged Him, If You drive us out, send us into the drove of hogs. -- matthew 8:31 +. +And He said to them, Begone! So they came out and went into the hogs, and behold, the whole drove rushed down the steep bank into the sea and died in the water. -- matthew 8:32 +. +The herdsmen fled and went into the town and reported everything, including what had happened to the men under the power of demons. -- matthew 8:33 +. +And behold, the whole town went out to meet Jesus; and as soon as they saw Him, they begged Him to depart from their locality. -- matthew 8:34 +. +AND JESUS, getting into a boat, crossed to the other side and came to His own town [Capernaum]. -- matthew 9:1 +. +And behold, they brought to Him a man paralyzed and prostrated by illness, lying on a sleeping pad; and when Jesus saw their faith, He said to the paralyzed man, Take courage, son; your sins are forgiven and the penalty remitted. -- matthew 9:2 +. +And behold, some of the scribes said to themselves, This man blasphemes [He claims the rights and prerogatives of God]! -- matthew 9:3 +. +But Jesus, knowing (seeing) their thoughts, said, Why do you think evil and harbor malice in your hearts? -- matthew 9:4 +. +For which is easier: to say, Your sins are forgiven and the penalty remitted, or to say, Get up and walk? -- matthew 9:5 +. +But in order that you may know that the Son of Man has authority on earth to forgive sins and remit the penalty, He then said to the paralyzed man, Get up! Pick up your sleeping pad and go to your own house. -- matthew 9:6 +. +And he got up and went away to his own house. -- matthew 9:7 +. +When the crowds saw it, they were struck with fear and awe; and they recognized God and praised and thanked Him, Who had given such power and authority to men. -- matthew 9:8 +. +As Jesus passed on from there, He saw a man named Matthew sitting at the tax collector's office; and He said to him, Be My disciple [side with My party and follow Me]. And he rose and followed Him. -- matthew 9:9 +. +And as Jesus reclined at table in the house, behold, many tax collectors and [especially wicked] sinners came and sat (reclined) with Him and His disciples. -- matthew 9:10 +. +And when the Pharisees saw this, they said to His disciples, Why does your Master eat with tax collectors and those [preeminently] sinful? -- matthew 9:11 +. +But when Jesus heard it, He replied, Those who are strong and well (healthy) have no need of a physician, but those who are weak and sick. -- matthew 9:12 +. +Go and learn what this means: I desire mercy [that is, readiness to help those in trouble] and not sacrifice and sacrificial victims. For I came not to call and invite [to repentance] the righteous (those who are upright and in right standing with God), but sinners (the erring ones and all those not free from sin). -- matthew 9:13 +. +Then the disciples of John came to Jesus, inquiring, Why is it that we and the Pharisees fast often, [that is, abstain from food and drink as a religious exercise], but Your disciples do not fast? -- matthew 9:14 +. +And Jesus replied to them, Can the wedding guests mourn while the bridegroom is still with them? The days will come when the bridegroom is taken away from them, and then they will fast. -- matthew 9:15 +. +And no one puts a piece of cloth that has not been shrunk on an old garment, for such a patch tears away from the garment and a worse rent (tear) is made. -- matthew 9:16 +. +Neither is new wine put in old wineskins; for if it is, the skins burst and are torn in pieces, and the wine is spilled and the skins are ruined. But new wine is put into fresh wineskins, and so both are preserved. -- matthew 9:17 +. +While He was talking this way to them, behold, a ruler entered and, kneeling down, worshiped Him, saying, My daughter has just now died; but come and lay Your hand on her, and she will come to life. -- matthew 9:18 +. +And Jesus got up and accompanied him, with His disciples. -- matthew 9:19 +. +And behold, a woman who had suffered from a flow of blood for twelve years came up behind Him and touched the fringe of His garment; -- matthew 9:20 +. +For she kept saying to herself, If I only touch His garment, I shall be restored to health. -- matthew 9:21 +. +Jesus turned around and, seeing her, He said, Take courage, daughter! Your faith has made you well. And at once the woman was restored to health. -- matthew 9:22 +. +And when Jesus came to the ruler's house and saw the flute players and the crowd making an uproar and din, -- matthew 9:23 +. +He said, Go away; for the girl is not dead but sleeping. And they laughed and jeered at Him. -- matthew 9:24 +. +But when the crowd had been ordered to go outside, He went in and took her by the hand, and the girl arose. -- matthew 9:25 +. +And the news about this spread through all that district. -- matthew 9:26 +. +As Jesus passed on from there, two blind men followed Him, shouting loudly, Have pity and mercy on us, Son of David! -- matthew 9:27 +. +When He reached the house and went in, the blind men came to Him, and Jesus said to them, Do you believe that I am able to do this? They said to Him, Yes, Lord. -- matthew 9:28 +. +Then He touched their eyes, saying, According to your faith and trust and reliance [on the power invested in Me] be it done to you; -- matthew 9:29 +. +And their eyes were opened. And Jesus earnestly and sternly charged them, See that you let no one know about this. -- matthew 9:30 +. +But they went off and blazed and spread His fame abroad throughout that whole district. -- matthew 9:31 +. +And while they were going away, behold, a dumb man under the power of a demon was brought to Jesus. -- matthew 9:32 +. +And when the demon was driven out, the dumb man spoke; and the crowds were stunned with bewildered wonder, saying, Never before has anything like this been seen in Israel. -- matthew 9:33 +. +But the Pharisees said, He drives out demons through and with the help of the prince of demons. -- matthew 9:34 +. +And Jesus went about all the cities and villages, teaching in their synagogues and proclaiming the good news (the Gospel) of the kingdom and curing all kinds of disease and every weakness and infirmity. -- matthew 9:35 +. +When He saw the throngs, He was moved with pity and sympathy for them, because they were bewildered (harassed and distressed and dejected and helpless), like sheep without a shepherd. -- matthew 9:36 +. +Then He said to His disciples, The harvest is indeed plentiful, but the laborers are few. -- matthew 9:37 +. +So pray to the Lord of the harvest to force out and thrust laborers into His harvest. -- matthew 9:38 +. +AND JESUS summoned to Him His twelve disciples and gave them power and authority over unclean spirits, to drive them out, and to cure all kinds of disease and all kinds of weakness and infirmity. -- matthew 10:1 +. +Now these are the names of the twelve apostles (special messengers): first, Simon, who is called Peter, and Andrew his brother; James son of Zebedee, and John his brother; -- matthew 10:2 +. +Philip and Bartholomew [Nathaniel]; Thomas and Matthew the tax collector; James son of Alphaeus, and Thaddaeus [Judas, not Iscariot]; -- matthew 10:3 +. +Simon the Cananaean, and Judas Iscariot, who also betrayed Him. -- matthew 10:4 +. +Jesus sent out these twelve, charging them, Go nowhere among the Gentiles and do not go into any town of the Samaritans; -- matthew 10:5 +. +But go rather to the lost sheep of the house of Israel. -- matthew 10:6 +. +And as you go, preach, saying, The kingdom of heaven is at hand! -- matthew 10:7 +. +Cure the sick, raise the dead, cleanse the lepers, drive out demons. Freely (without pay) you have received, freely (without charge) give. -- matthew 10:8 +. +Take no gold nor silver nor [even] copper money in your purses (belts); -- matthew 10:9 +. +And do not take a provision bag or a wallet for a collection bag for your journey, nor two undergarments, nor sandals, nor a staff; for the workman deserves his support (his living, his food). -- matthew 10:10 +. +And into whatever town or village you go, inquire who in it is deserving, and stay there [at his house] until you leave [that vicinity]. -- matthew 10:11 +. +As you go into the house, give your greetings and wish it well. -- matthew 10:12 +. +Then if indeed that house is deserving, let come upon it your peace [that is, freedom from all the distresses that are experienced as the result of sin]. But if it is not deserving, let your peace return to you. -- matthew 10:13 +. +And whoever will not receive and accept and welcome you nor listen to your message, as you leave that house or town, shake the dust [of it] from your feet. -- matthew 10:14 +. +Truly I tell you, it shall be more tolerable on the day of judgment for the land of Sodom and Gomorrah than for that town. -- matthew 10:15 +. +Behold, I am sending you out like sheep in the midst of wolves; be wary and wise as serpents, and be innocent (harmless, guileless, and without falsity) as doves. -- matthew 10:16 +. +Be on guard against men [whose way or nature is to act in opposition to God]; for they will deliver you up to councils and flog you in their synagogues, -- matthew 10:17 +. +And you will be brought before governors and kings for My sake, as a witness to bear testimony before them and to the Gentiles (the nations). -- matthew 10:18 +. +But when they deliver you up, do not be anxious about how or what you are to speak; for what you are to say will be given you in that very hour and moment, -- matthew 10:19 +. +For it is not you who are speaking, but the Spirit of your Father speaking through you. -- matthew 10:20 +. +Brother will deliver up brother to death, and the father his child; and children will take a stand against their parents and will have them put to death. -- matthew 10:21 +. +And you will be hated by all for My name's sake, but he who perseveres and endures to the end will be saved [from spiritual disease and death in the world to come]. -- matthew 10:22 +. +When they persecute you in one town [that is, pursue you in a manner that would injure you and cause you to suffer because of your belief], flee to another town; for truly I tell you, you will not have gone through all the towns of Israel before the Son of Man comes. -- matthew 10:23 +. +A disciple is not above his teacher, nor is a servant or slave above his master. -- matthew 10:24 +. +It is sufficient for the disciple to be like his teacher, and the servant or slave like his master. If they have called the Master of the house Beelzebub [master of the dwelling], how much more will they speak evil of those of His household. [II Kings 1:2.] -- matthew 10:25 +. +So have no fear of them; for nothing is concealed that will not be revealed, or kept secret that will not become known. -- matthew 10:26 +. +What I say to you in the dark, tell in the light; and what you hear whispered in the ear, proclaim upon the housetops. -- matthew 10:27 +. +And do not be afraid of those who kill the body but cannot kill the soul; but rather be afraid of Him who can destroy both soul and body in hell (Gehenna). -- matthew 10:28 +. +Are not two little sparrows sold for a penny? And yet not one of them will fall to the ground without your Father's leave (consent) and notice. -- matthew 10:29 +. +But even the very hairs of your head are all numbered. -- matthew 10:30 +. +Fear not, then; you are of more value than many sparrows. -- matthew 10:31 +. +Therefore, everyone who acknowledges Me before men and confesses Me [out of a state of oneness with Me], I will also acknowledge him before My Father Who is in heaven and confess [that I am abiding in] him. -- matthew 10:32 +. +But whoever denies and disowns Me before men, I also will deny and disown him before My Father Who is in heaven. -- matthew 10:33 +. +Do not think that I have come to bring peace upon the earth; I have not come to bring peace, but a sword. -- matthew 10:34 +. +For I have come to part asunder a man from his father, and a daughter from her mother, and a newly married wife from her mother-in-law-- -- matthew 10:35 +. +And a man's foes will be they of his own household. -- matthew 10:36 +. +He who loves [and takes more pleasure in] father or mother more than [in] Me is not worthy of Me; and he who loves [and takes more pleasure in] son or daughter more than [in] Me is not worthy of Me; -- matthew 10:37 +. +And he who does not take up his cross and follow Me [cleave steadfastly to Me, conforming wholly to My example in living and, if need be, in dying also] is not worthy of Me. -- matthew 10:38 +. +Whoever finds his [lower] life will lose it [the higher life], and whoever loses his [lower] life on My account will find it [the higher life]. -- matthew 10:39 +. +He who receives and welcomes and accepts you receives and welcomes and accepts Me, and he who receives and welcomes and accepts Me receives and welcomes and accepts Him Who sent Me. -- matthew 10:40 +. +He who receives and welcomes and accepts a prophet because he is a prophet shall receive a prophet's reward, and he who receives and welcomes and accepts a righteous man because he is a righteous man shall receive a righteous man's reward. -- matthew 10:41 +. +And whoever gives to one of these little ones [in rank or influence] even a cup of cold water because he is My disciple, surely I declare to you, he shall not lose his reward. -- matthew 10:42 +. +WHEN JESUS had finished His charge to His twelve disciples, He left there to teach and to preach in their [Galilean] cities. -- matthew 11:1 +. +Now when John in prison heard about the activities of Christ, he sent a message by his disciples -- matthew 11:2 +. +And asked Him, Are You the One Who was to come, or should we keep on expecting a different one? -- matthew 11:3 +. +And Jesus replied to them, Go and report to John what you hear and see: -- matthew 11:4 +. +The blind receive their sight and the lame walk, lepers are cleansed (by healing) and the deaf hear, the dead are raised up and the poor have good news (the Gospel) preached to them. -- matthew 11:5 +. +And blessed (happy, fortunate, and to be envied) is he who takes no offense at Me and finds no cause for stumbling in or through Me and is not hindered from seeing the Truth. -- matthew 11:6 +. +Then as these men went their way, Jesus began to speak to the crowds about John: What did you go out in the wilderness (desert) to see? A reed swayed by the wind? -- matthew 11:7 +. +What did you go out to see then? A man clothed in soft garments? Behold, those who wear soft clothing are in the houses of kings. -- matthew 11:8 +. +But what did you go out to see? A prophet? Yes, I tell you, and one [out of the common, more eminent, more remarkable, and] superior to a prophet. -- matthew 11:9 +. +This is the one of whom it is written, Behold, I send My messenger ahead of You, who shall make ready Your way before You. -- matthew 11:10 +. +Truly I tell you, among those born of women there has not risen anyone greater than John the Baptist; yet he who is least in the kingdom of heaven is greater than he. -- matthew 11:11 +. +And from the days of John the Baptist until the present time, the kingdom of heaven has endured violent assault, and violent men seize it by force [as a precious prize--a share in the heavenly kingdom is sought with most ardent zeal and intense exertion]. -- matthew 11:12 +. +For all the Prophets and the Law prophesied up until John. -- matthew 11:13 +. +And if you are willing to receive and accept it, John himself is Elijah who was to come [before the kingdom]. -- matthew 11:14 +. +He who has ears to hear, let him be listening and let him consider and perceive and comprehend by hearing. -- matthew 11:15 +. +But to what shall I liken this generation? It is like little children sitting in the marketplaces who call to their playmates, -- matthew 11:16 +. +We piped to you [playing wedding], and you did not dance; we wailed dirges [playing funeral], and you did not mourn and beat your breasts and weep aloud. -- matthew 11:17 +. +For John came neither eating nor drinking [with others], and they say, He has a demon! -- matthew 11:18 +. +The Son of Man came eating and drinking [with others], and they say, Behold, a glutton and a wine drinker, a friend of tax collectors and [especially wicked] sinners! Yet wisdom is justified and vindicated by what she does (her deeds) and by her children. -- matthew 11:19 +. +Then He began to censure and reproach the cities in which most of His mighty works had been performed, because they did not repent [and their hearts were not changed]. -- matthew 11:20 +. +Woe to you, Chorazin! Woe to you, Bethsaida! For if the mighty works done in you had been done in Tyre and Sidon, they would long ago have repented in sackcloth and ashes [and their hearts would have been changed]. -- matthew 11:21 +. +I tell you [further], it shall be more endurable for Tyre and Sidon on the day of judgment than for you. -- matthew 11:22 +. +And you, Capernaum, are you to be lifted up to heaven? You shall be brought down to Hades [the region of the dead]! For if the mighty works done in you had been done in Sodom, it would have continued until today. -- matthew 11:23 +. +But I tell you, it shall be more endurable for the land of Sodom on the day of judgment than for you. -- matthew 11:24 +. +At that time Jesus began to say, I thank You, Father, Lord of heaven and earth [and I acknowledge openly and joyfully to Your honor], that You have hidden these things from the wise and clever and learned, and revealed them to babies [to the childish, untaught, and unskilled]. -- matthew 11:25 +. +Yes, Father, [I praise You that] such was Your gracious will and good pleasure. -- matthew 11:26 +. +All things have been entrusted and delivered to Me by My Father; and no one fully knows and accurately understands the Son except the Father, and no one fully knows and accurately understands the Father except the Son and anyone to whom the Son deliberately wills to make Him known. -- matthew 11:27 +. +Come to Me, all you who labor and are heavy-laden and overburdened, and I will cause you to rest. [I will ease and relieve and refresh your souls.] -- matthew 11:28 +. +Take My yoke upon you and learn of Me, for I am gentle (meek) and humble (lowly) in heart, and you will find rest (relief and ease and refreshment and recreation and blessed quiet) for your souls. -- matthew 11:29 +. +For My yoke is wholesome (useful, good--not harsh, hard, sharp, or pressing, but comfortable, gracious, and pleasant), and My burden is light and easy to be borne. -- matthew 11:30 +. +AT THAT particular time Jesus went through the fields of standing grain on the Sabbath; and His disciples were hungry, and they began to pick off the spikes of grain and to eat. -- matthew 12:1 +. +And when the Pharisees saw it, they said to Him, See there! Your disciples are doing what is unlawful and not permitted on the Sabbath. -- matthew 12:2 +. +He said to them, Have you not even read what David did when he was hungry, and those who accompanied him-- -- matthew 12:3 +. +How he went into the house of God and ate the loaves of the showbread--which was not lawful for him to eat, nor for the men who accompanied him, but for the priests only? -- matthew 12:4 +. +Or have you never read in the Law that on the Sabbath the priests in the temple violate the sanctity of the Sabbath [breaking it] and yet are guiltless? -- matthew 12:5 +. +But I tell you, Something greater and more exalted and more majestic than the temple is here! -- matthew 12:6 +. +And if you had only known what this saying means, I desire mercy [readiness to help, to spare, to forgive] rather than sacrifice and sacrificial victims, you would not have condemned the guiltless. -- matthew 12:7 +. +For the Son of Man is Lord [even] of the Sabbath. -- matthew 12:8 +. +And going on from there, He went into their synagogue. -- matthew 12:9 +. +And behold, a man was there with one withered hand. And they said to Him, Is it lawful or allowable to cure people on the Sabbath days?--that they might accuse Him. -- matthew 12:10 +. +But He said to them, What man is there among you, if he has only one sheep and it falls into a pit or ditch on the Sabbath, will not take hold of it and lift it out? -- matthew 12:11 +. +How much better and of more value is a man than a sheep! So it is lawful and allowable to do good on the Sabbath days. -- matthew 12:12 +. +Then He said to the man, Reach out your hand. And the man reached it out and it was restored, as sound as the other one. -- matthew 12:13 +. +But the Pharisees went out and held a consultation against Him, how they might do away with Him. -- matthew 12:14 +. +But being aware of this, Jesus went away from there. And many people joined and accompanied Him, and He cured all of them, -- matthew 12:15 +. +And strictly charged them and sharply warned them not to make Him publicly known. -- matthew 12:16 +. +This was in fulfillment of what was spoken by the prophet Isaiah, -- matthew 12:17 +. +Behold, My Servant Whom I have chosen, My Beloved in and with Whom My soul is well pleased and has found its delight. I will put My Spirit upon Him, and He shall proclaim and show forth justice to the nations. -- matthew 12:18 +. +He will not strive or wrangle or cry out loudly; nor will anyone hear His voice in the streets; -- matthew 12:19 +. +A bruised reed He will not break, and a smoldering (dimly burning) wick He will not quench, till He brings justice and a just cause to victory. -- matthew 12:20 +. +And in and on His name will the Gentiles (the peoples outside of Israel) set their hopes. -- matthew 12:21 +. +Then a blind and dumb man under the power of a demon was brought to Jesus, and He cured him, so that the blind and dumb man both spoke and saw. -- matthew 12:22 +. +And all the [crowds of] people were stunned with bewildered wonder and said, This cannot be the Son of David, can it? -- matthew 12:23 +. +But the Pharisees, hearing it, said, This Man drives out demons only by and with the help of Beelzebub, the prince of demons. -- matthew 12:24 +. +And knowing their thoughts, He said to them, Any kingdom that is divided against itself is being brought to desolation and laid waste, and no city or house divided against itself will last or continue to stand. -- matthew 12:25 +. +And if Satan drives out Satan, he has become divided against himself and disunified; how then will his kingdom last or continue to stand? -- matthew 12:26 +. +And if I drive out the demons by [help of] Beelzebub, by whose [help] do your sons drive them out? For this reason they shall be your judges. -- matthew 12:27 +. +But if it is by the Spirit of God that I drive out the demons, then the kingdom of God has come upon you [before you expected it]. -- matthew 12:28 +. +Or how can a person go into a strong man's house and carry off his goods (the entire equipment of his house) without first binding the strong man? Then indeed he may plunder his house. -- matthew 12:29 +. +He who is not with Me [definitely on My side] is against Me, and he who does not [definitely] gather with Me and for My side scatters. -- matthew 12:30 +. +Therefore I tell you, every sin and blasphemy (every evil, abusive, injurious speaking, or indignity against sacred things) can be forgiven men, but blasphemy against the [Holy] Spirit shall not and cannot be forgiven. -- matthew 12:31 +. +And whoever speaks a word against the Son of Man will be forgiven, but whoever speaks against the Spirit, the Holy One, will not be forgiven, either in this world and age or in the world and age to come. -- matthew 12:32 +. +Either make the tree sound (healthy and good), and its fruit sound (healthy and good), or make the tree rotten (diseased and bad), and its fruit rotten (diseased and bad); for the tree is known and recognized and judged by its fruit. -- matthew 12:33 +. +You offspring of vipers! How can you speak good things when you are evil (wicked)? For out of the fullness (the overflow, the superabundance) of the heart the mouth speaks. -- matthew 12:34 +. +The good man from his inner good treasure flings forth good things, and the evil man out of his inner evil storehouse flings forth evil things. -- matthew 12:35 +. +But I tell you, on the day of judgment men will have to give account for every idle (inoperative, nonworking) word they speak. -- matthew 12:36 +. +For by your words you will be justified and acquitted, and by your words you will be condemned and sentenced. -- matthew 12:37 +. +Then some of the scribes and Pharisees said to Him, Teacher, we desire to see a sign or miracle from You [proving that You are what You claim to be]. -- matthew 12:38 +. +But He replied to them, An evil and adulterous generation (a generation morally unfaithful to God) seeks and demands a sign; but no sign shall be given to it except the sign of the prophet Jonah. -- matthew 12:39 +. +For even as Jonah was three days and three nights in the belly of the sea monster, so will the Son of Man be three days and three nights in the heart of the earth. -- matthew 12:40 +. +The men of Nineveh will stand up at the judgment with this generation and condemn it; for they repented at the preaching of Jonah, and behold, Someone more and greater than Jonah is here! -- matthew 12:41 +. +The queen of the South will stand up at the judgment with this generation and condemn it; for she came from the ends of the earth to listen to the wisdom of Solomon, and behold, Someone more and greater than Solomon is here. [I Kings 10:1; II Chron. 9:1.] -- matthew 12:42 +. +But when the unclean spirit has gone out of a man, it roams through dry [arid] places in search of rest, but it does not find any. -- matthew 12:43 +. +Then it says, I will go back to my house from which I came out. And when it arrives, it finds the place unoccupied, swept, put in order, and decorated. -- matthew 12:44 +. +Then it goes and brings with it seven other spirits more wicked than itself, and they go in and make their home there. And the last condition of that man becomes worse than the first. So also shall it be with this wicked generation. -- matthew 12:45 +. +Jesus was still speaking to the people when behold, His mother and brothers stood outside, seeking to speak to Him. -- matthew 12:46 +. +Someone said to Him, Listen! Your mother and Your brothers are standing outside, seeking to speak to You. -- matthew 12:47 +. +But He replied to the man who told Him, Who is My mother, and who are My brothers? -- matthew 12:48 +. +And stretching out His hand toward [not only the twelve disciples but all] His adherents, He said, Here are My mother and My brothers. -- matthew 12:49 +. +For whoever does the will of My Father in heaven is My brother and sister and mother! -- matthew 12:50 +. +THAT SAME day Jesus went out of the house and was sitting beside the sea. -- matthew 13:1 +. +But such great crowds gathered about Him that He got into a boat and remained sitting there, while all the throng stood on the shore. -- matthew 13:2 +. +And He told them many things in parables (stories by way of illustration and comparison), saying, A sower went out to sow. -- matthew 13:3 +. +And as he sowed, some seeds fell by the roadside, and the birds came and ate them up. -- matthew 13:4 +. +Other seeds fell on rocky ground, where they had not much soil; and at once they sprang up, because they had no depth of soil. -- matthew 13:5 +. +But when the sun rose, they were scorched, and because they had no root, they dried up and withered away. -- matthew 13:6 +. +Other seeds fell among thorns, and the thorns grew up and choked them out. -- matthew 13:7 +. +Other seeds fell on good soil, and yielded grain--some a hundred times as much as was sown, some sixty times as much, and some thirty. -- matthew 13:8 +. +He who has ears [to hear], let him be listening and let him consider and perceive and comprehend by hearing. -- matthew 13:9 +. +Then the disciples came to Him and said, Why do You speak to them in parables? -- matthew 13:10 +. +And He replied to them, To you it has been given to know the secrets and mysteries of the kingdom of heaven, but to them it has not been given. -- matthew 13:11 +. +For whoever has [spiritual knowledge], to him will more be given and he will be furnished richly so that he will have abundance; but from him who has not, even what he has will be taken away. -- matthew 13:12 +. +This is the reason that I speak to them in parables: because having the power of seeing, they do not see; and having the power of hearing, they do not hear, nor do they grasp and understand. -- matthew 13:13 +. +In them indeed is the process of fulfillment of the prophecy of Isaiah, which says: You shall indeed hear and hear but never grasp and understand; and you shall indeed look and look but never see and perceive. -- matthew 13:14 +. +For this nation's heart has grown gross (fat and dull), and their ears heavy and difficult of hearing, and their eyes they have tightly closed, lest they see and perceive with their eyes, and hear and comprehend the sense with their ears, and grasp and understand with their heart, and turn and I should heal them. -- matthew 13:15 +. +But blessed (happy, fortunate, and to be envied) are your eyes because they do see, and your ears because they do hear. -- matthew 13:16 +. +Truly I tell you, many prophets and righteous men [men who were upright and in right standing with God] yearned to see what you see, and did not see it, and to hear what you hear, and did not hear it. -- matthew 13:17 +. +Listen then to the [meaning of the] parable of the sower: -- matthew 13:18 +. +While anyone is hearing the Word of the kingdom and does not grasp and comprehend it, the evil one comes and snatches away what was sown in his heart. This is what was sown along the roadside. -- matthew 13:19 +. +As for what was sown on thin (rocky) soil, this is he who hears the Word and at once welcomes and accepts it with joy; -- matthew 13:20 +. +Yet it has no real root in him, but is temporary (inconstant, lasts but a little while); and when affliction or trouble or persecution comes on account of the Word, at once he is caused to stumble [he is repelled and begins to distrust and desert Him Whom he ought to trust and obey] and he falls away. -- matthew 13:21 +. +As for what was sown among thorns, this is he who hears the Word, but the cares of the world and the pleasure and delight and glamour and deceitfulness of riches choke and suffocate the Word, and it yields no fruit. -- matthew 13:22 +. +As for what was sown on good soil, this is he who hears the Word and grasps and comprehends it; he indeed bears fruit and yields in one case a hundred times as much as was sown, in another sixty times as much, and in another thirty. -- matthew 13:23 +. +Another parable He set forth before them, saying, The kingdom of heaven is like a man who sowed good seed in his field. -- matthew 13:24 +. +But while he was sleeping, his enemy came and sowed also darnel (weeds resembling wheat) among the wheat, and went on his way. -- matthew 13:25 +. +So when the plants sprouted and formed grain, the darnel (weeds) appeared also. -- matthew 13:26 +. +And the servants of the owner came to him and said, Sir, did you not sow good seed in your field? Then how does it have darnel shoots in it? -- matthew 13:27 +. +He replied to them, An enemy has done this. The servants said to him, Then do you want us to go and weed them out? -- matthew 13:28 +. +But he said, No, lest in gathering the wild wheat (weeds resembling wheat), you root up the [true] wheat along with it. -- matthew 13:29 +. +Let them grow together until the harvest; and at harvest time I will say to the reapers, Gather the darnel first and bind it in bundles to be burned, but gather the wheat into my granary. -- matthew 13:30 +. +Another story by way of comparison He set forth before them, saying, The kingdom of heaven is like a grain of mustard seed, which a man took and sowed in his field. -- matthew 13:31 +. +Of all the seeds it is the smallest, but when it has grown it is the largest of the garden herbs and becomes a tree, so that the birds of the air come and find shelter in its branches. -- matthew 13:32 +. +He told them another parable: The kingdom of heaven is like leaven (sour dough) which a woman took and covered over in three measures of meal or flour till all of it was leavened. -- matthew 13:33 +. +These things all taken together Jesus said to the crowds in parables; indeed, without a parable He said nothing to them. -- matthew 13:34 +. +This was in fulfillment of what was spoken by the prophet: I will open My mouth in parables; I will utter things that have been hidden since the foundation of the world. -- matthew 13:35 +. +Then He left the throngs and went into the house. And His disciples came to Him saying, Explain to us the parable of the darnel in the field. -- matthew 13:36 +. +He answered, He Who sows the good seed is the Son of Man. -- matthew 13:37 +. +The field is the world, and the good seed means the children of the kingdom; the darnel is the children of the evil one, -- matthew 13:38 +. +And the enemy who sowed it is the devil. The harvest is the close and consummation of the age, and the reapers are angels. -- matthew 13:39 +. +Just as the darnel (weeds resembling wheat) is gathered and burned with fire, so it will be at the close of the age. -- matthew 13:40 +. +The Son of Man will send forth His angels, and they will gather out of His kingdom all causes of offense [persons by whom others are drawn into error or sin] and all who do iniquity and act wickedly, -- matthew 13:41 +. +And will cast them into the furnace of fire; there will be weeping and wailing and grinding of teeth. -- matthew 13:42 +. +Then will the righteous (those who are upright and in right standing with God) shine forth like the sun in the kingdom of their Father. Let him who has ears [to hear] be listening, and let him consider and perceive and understand by hearing. -- matthew 13:43 +. +The kingdom of heaven is like something precious buried in a field, which a man found and hid again; then in his joy he goes and sells all he has and buys that field. -- matthew 13:44 +. +Again the kingdom of heaven is like a man who is a dealer in search of fine and precious pearls, -- matthew 13:45 +. +Who, on finding a single pearl of great price, went and sold all he had and bought it. -- matthew 13:46 +. +Again, the kingdom of heaven is like a dragnet which was cast into the sea and gathered in fish of every sort. -- matthew 13:47 +. +When it was full, men dragged it up on the beach, and sat down and sorted out the good fish into baskets, but the worthless ones they threw away. -- matthew 13:48 +. +So it will be at the close and consummation of the age. The angels will go forth and separate the wicked from the righteous (those who are upright and in right standing with God) -- matthew 13:49 +. +And cast them [the wicked] into the furnace of fire; there will be weeping and wailing and grinding of teeth. -- matthew 13:50 +. +Have you understood all these things [parables] taken together? They said to Him, Yes, Lord. -- matthew 13:51 +. +He said to them, Therefore every teacher and interpreter of the Sacred Writings who has been instructed about and trained for the kingdom of heaven and has become a disciple is like a householder who brings forth out of his storehouse treasure that is new and [treasure that is] old [the fresh as well as the familiar]. -- matthew 13:52 +. +When Jesus had finished these parables (these comparisons), He left there. -- matthew 13:53 +. +And coming to His own country [Nazareth], He taught in their synagogue so that they were amazed with bewildered wonder, and said, Where did this Man get this wisdom and these miraculous powers? -- matthew 13:54 +. +Is not this the carpenter's Son? Is not His mother called Mary? And are not His brothers James and Joseph and Simon and Judas? -- matthew 13:55 +. +And do not all His sisters live here among us? Where then did this Man get all this? -- matthew 13:56 +. +And they took offense at Him [they were repelled and hindered from acknowledging His authority, and caused to stumble]. But Jesus said to them, A prophet is not without honor except in his own country and in his own house. -- matthew 13:57 +. +And He did not do many works of power there, because of their unbelief (their lack of faith in the divine mission of Jesus). -- matthew 13:58 +. +AT THAT time Herod the governor heard the reports about Jesus, -- matthew 14:1 +. +And he said to his attendants, This is John the Baptist; He has been raised from the dead, and that is why the powers of performing miracles are at work in Him. -- matthew 14:2 +. +For Herod had arrested John and bound him and put him in prison [to stow him out of the way] on account and for the sake of Herodias, his brother Philip's wife, -- matthew 14:3 +. +For John had said to him, It is not lawful or right for you to have her. -- matthew 14:4 +. +Although he wished to have him put to death, he was afraid of the people, for they regarded John as a prophet. -- matthew 14:5 +. +But when Herod's birthday came, the daughter of Herodias danced in the midst [before the company] and pleased and fascinated Herod, -- matthew 14:6 +. +And so he promised with an oath to give her whatever she might ask. -- matthew 14:7 +. +And she, being put forward and prompted by her mother, said, Give me the head of John the Baptist right here on a platter. -- matthew 14:8 +. +And the king was distressed and sorry, but because of his oaths and his guests, he ordered it to be given her; -- matthew 14:9 +. +He sent and had John beheaded in the prison. -- matthew 14:10 +. +And his head was brought in on a platter and given to the little maid, and she brought it to her mother. -- matthew 14:11 +. +And John's disciples came and took up the body and buried it. Then they went and told Jesus. -- matthew 14:12 +. +When Jesus heard it, He withdrew from there privately in a boat to a solitary place. But when the crowds heard of it, they followed Him [by land] on foot from the towns. -- matthew 14:13 +. +When He went ashore and saw a great throng of people, He had compassion (pity and deep sympathy) for them and cured their sick. -- matthew 14:14 +. +When evening came, the disciples came to Him and said, This is a remote and barren place, and the day is now over; send the throngs away into the villages to buy food for themselves. -- matthew 14:15 +. +Jesus said, They do not need to go away; you give them something to eat. -- matthew 14:16 +. +They said to Him, We have nothing here but five loaves and two fish. -- matthew 14:17 +. +He said, Bring them here to Me. -- matthew 14:18 +. +Then He ordered the crowds to recline on the grass; and He took the five loaves and the two fish, and, looking up to heaven, He gave thanks and blessed and broke the loaves and handed the pieces to the disciples, and the disciples gave them to the people. -- matthew 14:19 +. +And they all ate and were satisfied. And they picked up twelve [small hand] baskets full of the broken pieces left over. -- matthew 14:20 +. +And those who ate were about 5,men, not including women and children. -- matthew 14:21 +. +Then He directed the disciples to get into the boat and go before Him to the other side, while He sent away the crowds. -- matthew 14:22 +. +And after He had dismissed the multitudes, He went up into the hills by Himself to pray. When it was evening, He was still there alone. -- matthew 14:23 +. +But the boat was by this time out on the sea, many furlongs [a furlong is one-eighth of a mile] distant from the land, beaten and tossed by the waves, for the wind was against them. -- matthew 14:24 +. +And in the fourth watch [between 3:00--6:a.m.] of the night, Jesus came to them, walking on the sea. -- matthew 14:25 +. +And when the disciples saw Him walking on the sea, they were terrified and said, It is a ghost! And they screamed out with fright. -- matthew 14:26 +. +But instantly He spoke to them, saying, Take courage! I AM! Stop being afraid! -- matthew 14:27 +. +And Peter answered Him, Lord, if it is You, command me to come to You on the water. -- matthew 14:28 +. +He said, Come! So Peter got out of the boat and walked on the water, and he came toward Jesus. -- matthew 14:29 +. +But when he perceived and felt the strong wind, he was frightened, and as he began to sink, he cried out, Lord, save me [from death]! -- matthew 14:30 +. +Instantly Jesus reached out His hand and caught and held him, saying to him, O you of little faith, why did you doubt? -- matthew 14:31 +. +And when they got into the boat, the wind ceased. -- matthew 14:32 +. +And those in the boat knelt and worshiped Him, saying, Truly You are the Son of God! -- matthew 14:33 +. +And when they had crossed over to the other side, they went ashore at Gennesaret. -- matthew 14:34 +. +And when the men of that place recognized Him, they sent around into all the surrounding country and brought to Him all who were sick -- matthew 14:35 +. +And begged Him to let them merely touch the fringe of His garment; and as many as touched it were perfectly restored. -- matthew 14:36 +. +THEN FROM Jerusalem came scribes and Pharisees and said, -- matthew 15:1 +. +Why do Your disciples transgress and violate the rules handed down by the elders of the past? For they do not practice [ceremonially] washing their hands before they eat. -- matthew 15:2 +. +He replied to them, And why also do you transgress and violate the commandment of God for the sake of the rules handed down to you by your forefathers (the elders)? -- matthew 15:3 +. +For God commanded, Honor your father and your mother, and, He who curses or reviles or speaks evil of or abuses or treats improperly his father or mother, let him surely come to his end by death. -- matthew 15:4 +. +But you say, If anyone tells his father or mother, What you would have gained from me [that is, the money and whatever I have that might be used for helping you] is already dedicated as a gift to God, then he is exempt and no longer under obligation to honor and help his father or his mother. -- matthew 15:5 +. +So for the sake of your tradition (the rules handed down by your forefathers), you have set aside the Word of God [depriving it of force and authority and making it of no effect]. -- matthew 15:6 +. +You pretenders (hypocrites)! Admirably and truly did Isaiah prophesy of you when he said: -- matthew 15:7 +. +These people draw near Me with their mouths and honor Me with their lips, but their hearts hold off and are far away from Me. -- matthew 15:8 +. +Uselessly do they worship Me, for they teach as doctrines the commands of men. -- matthew 15:9 +. +And Jesus called the people to Him and said to them, Listen and grasp and comprehend this: -- matthew 15:10 +. +It is not what goes into the mouth of a man that makes him unclean and defiled, but what comes out of the mouth; this makes a man unclean and defiles [him]. -- matthew 15:11 +. +Then the disciples came and said to Him, Do You know that the Pharisees were displeased and offended and indignant when they heard this saying? -- matthew 15:12 +. +He answered, Every plant which My heavenly Father has not planted will be torn up by the roots. -- matthew 15:13 +. +Let them alone and disregard them; they are blind guides and teachers. And if a blind man leads a blind man, both will fall into a ditch. -- matthew 15:14 +. +But Peter said to Him, Explain this proverb (this maxim) to us. -- matthew 15:15 +. +And He said, Are you also even yet dull and ignorant [without understanding and unable to put things together]? -- matthew 15:16 +. +Do you not see and understand that whatever goes into the mouth passes into the abdomen and so passes on into the place where discharges are deposited? -- matthew 15:17 +. +But whatever comes out of the mouth comes from the heart, and this is what makes a man unclean and defiles [him]. -- matthew 15:18 +. +For out of the heart come evil thoughts (reasonings and disputings and designs) such as murder, adultery, sexual vice, theft, false witnessing, slander, and irreverent speech. -- matthew 15:19 +. +These are what make a man unclean and defile [him]; but eating with unwashed hands does not make him unclean or defile [him]. -- matthew 15:20 +. +And going away from there, Jesus withdrew to the district of Tyre and Sidon. -- matthew 15:21 +. +And behold, a woman who was a Canaanite from that district came out and, with a [loud, troublesomely urgent] cry, begged, Have mercy on me, O Lord, Son of David! My daughter is miserably and distressingly and cruelly possessed by a demon! -- matthew 15:22 +. +But He did not answer her a word. And His disciples came and implored Him, saying, Send her away, for she is crying out after us. -- matthew 15:23 +. +He answered, I was sent only to the lost sheep of the house of Israel. -- matthew 15:24 +. +But she came and, kneeling, worshiped Him and kept praying, Lord, help me! -- matthew 15:25 +. +And He answered, It is not right (proper, becoming, or fair) to take the children's bread and throw it to the little dogs. -- matthew 15:26 +. +She said, Yes, Lord, yet even the little pups (little whelps) eat the crumbs that fall from their [young] masters' table. -- matthew 15:27 +. +Then Jesus answered her, O woman, great is your faith! Be it done for you as you wish. And her daughter was cured from that moment. -- matthew 15:28 +. +And Jesus went on from there and passed along the shore of the Sea of Galilee. Then He went up into the hills and kept sitting there. -- matthew 15:29 +. +And a great multitude came to Him, bringing with them the lame, the maimed, the blind, the dumb, and many others, and they put them down at His feet; and He cured them, -- matthew 15:30 +. +So that the crowd was amazed when they saw the dumb speaking, the maimed made whole, the lame walking, and the blind seeing; and they recognized and praised and thanked and glorified the God of Israel. -- matthew 15:31 +. +Then Jesus called His disciples to Him and said, I have pity and sympathy and am deeply moved for the crowd, because they have been with Me now three days and they have nothing [at all left] to eat; and I am not willing to send them away hungry, lest they faint or become exhausted on the way. -- matthew 15:32 +. +And the disciples said to Him, Where are we to get bread sufficient to feed so great a crowd in this isolated and desert place? -- matthew 15:33 +. +And Jesus asked them, How many loaves of bread do you have? They replied, Seven, and a few small fish. -- matthew 15:34 +. +And ordering the crowd to recline on the ground, -- matthew 15:35 +. +He took the seven loaves and the fish, and when He had given thanks, He broke them and gave them to the disciples, and the disciples gave them to the people. -- matthew 15:36 +. +And they all ate and were satisfied. And they gathered up seven [large provision] baskets full of the broken pieces that were left over. -- matthew 15:37 +. +Those who ate were 4,men, not including the women and the children. -- matthew 15:38 +. +Then He dismissed the crowds, got into the boat, and went to the district of Magadan. -- matthew 15:39 +. +NOW THE Pharisees and Sadducees came up to Jesus, and they asked Him to show them a sign (spectacular miracle) from heaven [attesting His divine authority]. -- matthew 16:1 +. +He replied to them, When it is evening you say, It will be fair weather, for the sky is red, -- matthew 16:2 +. +And in the morning, It will be stormy today, for the sky is red and has a gloomy and threatening look. You know how to interpret the appearance of the sky, but you cannot interpret the signs of the times. -- matthew 16:3 +. +A wicked and morally unfaithful generation craves a sign, but no sign shall be given to it except the sign of the prophet Jonah. Then He left them and went away. -- matthew 16:4 +. +When the disciples reached the other side of the sea, they found that they had forgotten to bring any bread. -- matthew 16:5 +. +Jesus said to them, Be careful and on your guard against the leaven (ferment) of the Pharisees and Sadducees. -- matthew 16:6 +. +And they reasoned among themselves about it, saying, It is because we did not bring any bread. -- matthew 16:7 +. +But Jesus, aware of this, asked, Why are you discussing among yourselves the fact that you have no bread? O you [men, how little trust you have in Me, how] little faith! -- matthew 16:8 +. +Do you not yet discern (perceive and understand)? Do you not remember the five loaves of the five thousand, and how many [small hand] baskets you gathered? -- matthew 16:9 +. +Nor the seven loaves for the four thousand, and how many [large provision] baskets you took up? -- matthew 16:10 +. +How is it that you fail to understand that I was not talking to you about bread? But beware of the leaven (ferment) of the Pharisees and Sadducees. -- matthew 16:11 +. +Then they discerned that He did not tell them to beware of the leaven of bread, but of the teaching of the Pharisees and Sadducees. -- matthew 16:12 +. +Now when Jesus went into the region of Caesarea Philippi, He asked His disciples, Who do people say that the Son of Man is? -- matthew 16:13 +. +And they answered, Some say John the Baptist; others say Elijah; and others Jeremiah or one of the prophets. -- matthew 16:14 +. +He said to them, But who do you [yourselves] say that I am? -- matthew 16:15 +. +Simon Peter replied, You are the Christ, the Son of the living God. -- matthew 16:16 +. +Then Jesus answered him, Blessed (happy, fortunate, and to be envied) are you, Simon Bar-Jonah. For flesh and blood [men] have not revealed this to you, but My Father Who is in heaven. -- matthew 16:17 +. +And I tell you, you are Peter [Greek, Petros--a large piece of rock], and on this rock [Greek, petra--a huge rock like Gibraltar] I will build My church, and the gates of Hades (the powers of the infernal region) shall not overpower it [or be strong to its detriment or hold out against it]. -- matthew 16:18 +. +I will give you the keys of the kingdom of heaven; and whatever you bind (declare to be improper and unlawful) on earth must be what is already bound in heaven; and whatever you loose (declare lawful) on earth must be what is already loosed in heaven. -- matthew 16:19 +. +Then He sternly and strictly charged and warned the disciples to tell no one that He was Jesus the Christ. -- matthew 16:20 +. +From that time forth Jesus began [clearly] to show His disciples that He must go to Jerusalem and suffer many things at the hands of the elders and the high priests and scribes, and be killed, and on the third day be raised from death. -- matthew 16:21 +. +Then Peter took Him aside to speak to Him privately and began to reprove and charge Him sharply, saying, God forbid, Lord! This must never happen to You! -- matthew 16:22 +. +But Jesus turned away from Peter and said to him, Get behind Me, Satan! You are in My way [an offense and a hindrance and a snare to Me]; for you are minding what partakes not of the nature and quality of God, but of men. -- matthew 16:23 +. +Then Jesus said to His disciples, If anyone desires to be My disciple, let him deny himself [disregard, lose sight of, and forget himself and his own interests] and take up his cross and follow Me [cleave steadfastly to Me, conform wholly to My example in living and, if need be, in dying, also]. -- matthew 16:24 +. +For whoever is bent on saving his [temporal] life [his comfort and security here] shall lose it [eternal life]; and whoever loses his life [his comfort and security here] for My sake shall find it [life everlasting]. -- matthew 16:25 +. +For what will it profit a man if he gains the whole world and forfeits his life [his blessed life in the kingdom of God]? Or what would a man give as an exchange for his [blessed] life [in the kingdom of God]? -- matthew 16:26 +. +For the Son of Man is going to come in the glory (majesty, splendor) of His Father with His angels, and then He will render account and reward every man in accordance with what he has done. -- matthew 16:27 +. +Truly I tell you, there are some standing here who will not taste death before they see the Son of Man coming in (into) His kingdom. -- matthew 16:28 +. +AND SIX days after this, Jesus took with Him Peter and James and John his brother, and led them up on a high mountain by themselves. -- matthew 17:1 +. +And His appearance underwent a change in their presence; and His face shone clear and bright like the sun, and His clothing became as white as light. -- matthew 17:2 +. +And behold, there appeared to them Moses and Elijah, who kept talking with Him. -- matthew 17:3 +. +Then Peter began to speak and said to Jesus, Lord, it is good and delightful that we are here; if You approve, I will put up three booths here--one for You and one for Moses and one for Elijah. -- matthew 17:4 +. +While he was still speaking, behold, a shining cloud [composed of light] overshadowed them, and a voice from the cloud said, This is My Son, My Beloved, with Whom I am [and have always been] delighted. Listen to Him! -- matthew 17:5 +. +When the disciples heard it, they fell on their faces and were seized with alarm and struck with fear. -- matthew 17:6 +. +But Jesus came and touched them and said, Get up, and do not be afraid. -- matthew 17:7 +. +And when they raised their eyes, they saw no one but Jesus only. -- matthew 17:8 +. +And as they were going down the mountain, Jesus cautioned and commanded them, Do not mention to anyone what you have seen, until the Son of Man has been raised from the dead. -- matthew 17:9 +. +The disciples asked Him, Then why do the scribes say that Elijah must come first? -- matthew 17:10 +. +He replied, Elijah does come and will get everything restored and ready. -- matthew 17:11 +. +But I tell you that Elijah has come already, and they did not know or recognize him, but did to him as they liked. So also the Son of Man is going to be treated and suffer at their hands. -- matthew 17:12 +. +Then the disciples understood that He spoke to them about John the Baptist. -- matthew 17:13 +. +And when they approached the multitude, a man came up to Him, kneeling before Him and saying, -- matthew 17:14 +. +Lord, do pity and have mercy on my son, for he has epilepsy (is moonstruck) and he suffers terribly; for frequently he falls into the fire and many times into the water. -- matthew 17:15 +. +And I brought him to Your disciples, and they were not able to cure him. -- matthew 17:16 +. +And Jesus answered, O you unbelieving (warped, wayward, rebellious) and thoroughly perverse generation! How long am I to remain with you? How long am I to bear with you? Bring him here to Me. -- matthew 17:17 +. +And Jesus rebuked the demon, and it came out of him, and the boy was cured instantly. -- matthew 17:18 +. +Then the disciples came to Jesus and asked privately, Why could we not drive it out? -- matthew 17:19 +. +He said to them, Because of the littleness of your faith [that is, your lack of firmly relying trust]. For truly I say to you, if you have faith [that is living] like a grain of mustard seed, you can say to this mountain, Move from here to yonder place, and it will move; and nothing will be impossible to you. -- matthew 17:20 +. +But this kind does not go out except by prayer and fasting. -- matthew 17:21 +. +When they were going about here and there in Galilee, Jesus said to them, The Son of Man is going to be turned over into the hands of men. -- matthew 17:22 +. +And they will kill Him, and He will be raised [to life] again on the third day. And they were deeply and exceedingly grieved and distressed. -- matthew 17:23 +. +When they arrived in Capernaum, the collectors of the half shekel [the temple tax] went up to Peter and said, Does not your Teacher pay the half shekel? -- matthew 17:24 +. +He answered, Yes. And when he came home, Jesus spoke to him [about it] first, saying, What do you think, Simon? From whom do earthly rulers collect duties or tribute--from their own sons or from others not of their own family? -- matthew 17:25 +. +And when Peter said, From other people not of their own family, Jesus said to him, Then the sons are exempt. -- matthew 17:26 +. +However, in order not to give offense and cause them to stumble [that is, to cause them to judge unfavorably and unjustly] go down to the sea and throw in a hook. Take the first fish that comes up, and when you open its mouth you will find there a shekel. Take it and give it to them to pay the temple tax for Me and for yourself. -- matthew 17:27 +. +AT THAT time the disciples came up and asked Jesus, Who then is [really] the greatest in the kingdom of heaven? -- matthew 18:1 +. +And He called a little child to Himself and put him in the midst of them, -- matthew 18:2 +. +And said, Truly I say to you, unless you repent (change, turn about) and become like little children [trusting, lowly, loving, forgiving], you can never enter the kingdom of heaven [at all]. -- matthew 18:3 +. +Whoever will humble himself therefore and become like this little child [trusting, lowly, loving, forgiving] is greatest in the kingdom of heaven. -- matthew 18:4 +. +And whoever receives and accepts and welcomes one little child like this for My sake and in My name receives and accepts and welcomes Me. -- matthew 18:5 +. +But whoever causes one of these little ones who believe in and acknowledge and cleave to Me to stumble and sin [that is, who entices him or hinders him in right conduct or thought], it would be better (more expedient and profitable or advantageous) for him to have a great millstone fastened around his neck and to be sunk in the depth of the sea. -- matthew 18:6 +. +Woe to the world for such temptations to sin and influences to do wrong! It is necessary that temptations come, but woe to the person on whose account or by whom the temptation comes! -- matthew 18:7 +. +And if your hand or your foot causes you to stumble and sin, cut it off and throw it away from you; it is better (more profitable and wholesome) for you to enter life maimed or lame than to have two hands or two feet and be thrown into everlasting fire. -- matthew 18:8 +. +And if your eye causes you to stumble and sin, pluck it out and throw it away from you; it is better (more profitable and wholesome) for you to enter life with only one eye than to have two eyes and be thrown into the hell (Gehenna) of fire. -- matthew 18:9 +. +Beware that you do not despise or feel scornful toward or think little of one of these little ones, for I tell you that in heaven their angels always are in the presence of and look upon the face of My Father Who is in heaven. -- matthew 18:10 +. +For the Son of man came to save [from the penalty of eternal death] that which was lost. -- matthew 18:11 +. +What do you think? If a man has a hundred sheep, and one of them has gone astray and gets lost, will he not leave the ninety-nine on the mountain and go in search of the one that is lost? -- matthew 18:12 +. +And if it should be that he finds it, truly I say to you, he rejoices more over it than over the ninety-nine that did not get lost. -- matthew 18:13 +. +Just so it is not the will of My Father Who is in heaven that one of these little ones should be lost and perish. -- matthew 18:14 +. +If your brother wrongs you, go and show him his fault, between you and him privately. If he listens to you, you have won back your brother. -- matthew 18:15 +. +But if he does not listen, take along with you one or two others, so that every word may be confirmed and upheld by the testimony of two or three witnesses. -- matthew 18:16 +. +If he pays no attention to them [refusing to listen and obey], tell it to the church; and if he refuses to listen even to the church, let him be to you as a pagan and a tax collector. -- matthew 18:17 +. +Truly I tell you, whatever you forbid and declare to be improper and unlawful on earth must be what is already forbidden in heaven, and whatever you permit and declare proper and lawful on earth must be what is already permitted in heaven. -- matthew 18:18 +. +Again I tell you, if two of you on earth agree (harmonize together, make a symphony together) about whatever [anything and everything] they may ask, it will come to pass and be done for them by My Father in heaven. -- matthew 18:19 +. +For wherever two or three are gathered (drawn together as My followers) in (into) My name, there I AM in the midst of them. -- matthew 18:20 +. +Then Peter came up to Him and said, Lord, how many times may my brother sin against me and I forgive him and let it go? [As many as] up to seven times? -- matthew 18:21 +. +Jesus answered him, I tell you, not up to seven times, but seventy times seven! -- matthew 18:22 +. +Therefore the kingdom of heaven is like a human king who wished to settle accounts with his attendants. -- matthew 18:23 +. +When he began the accounting, one was brought to him who owed him 10,talents [probably about $10,000,000], -- matthew 18:24 +. +And because he could not pay, his master ordered him to be sold, with his wife and his children and everything that he possessed, and payment to be made. -- matthew 18:25 +. +So the attendant fell on his knees, begging him, Have patience with me and I will pay you everything. -- matthew 18:26 +. +And his master's heart was moved with compassion, and he released him and forgave him [cancelling] the debt. -- matthew 18:27 +. +But that same attendant, as he went out, found one of his fellow attendants who owed him a hundred denarii [about twenty dollars]; and he caught him by the throat and said, Pay what you owe! -- matthew 18:28 +. +So his fellow attendant fell down and begged him earnestly, Give me time, and I will pay you all ! -- matthew 18:29 +. +But he was unwilling, and he went out and had him put in prison till he should pay the debt. -- matthew 18:30 +. +When his fellow attendants saw what had happened, they were greatly distressed, and they went and told everything that had taken place to their master. -- matthew 18:31 +. +Then his master called him and said to him, You contemptible and wicked attendant! I forgave and cancelled all that [great] debt of yours because you begged me to. -- matthew 18:32 +. +And should you not have had pity and mercy on your fellow attendant, as I had pity and mercy on you? -- matthew 18:33 +. +And in wrath his master turned him over to the torturers (the jailers), till he should pay all that he owed. -- matthew 18:34 +. +So also My heavenly Father will deal with every one of you if you do not freely forgive your brother from your heart his offenses. -- matthew 18:35 +. +NOW WHEN Jesus had finished saying these things, He left Galilee and went into the part of Judea that is beyond the Jordan; -- matthew 19:1 +. +And great throngs accompanied Him, and He cured them there. -- matthew 19:2 +. +And Pharisees came to Him and put Him to the test by asking, Is it lawful and right to dismiss and repudiate and divorce one's wife for any and every cause? -- matthew 19:3 +. +He replied, Have you never read that He Who made them from the beginning made them male and female, -- matthew 19:4 +. +And said, For this reason a man shall leave his father and mother and shall be united firmly (joined inseparably) to his wife, and the two shall become one flesh? -- matthew 19:5 +. +So they are no longer two, but one flesh. What therefore God has joined together, let not man put asunder (separate). -- matthew 19:6 +. +They said to Him, Why then did Moses command [us] to give a certificate of divorce and thus to dismiss and repudiate a wife? -- matthew 19:7 +. +He said to them, Because of the hardness (stubbornness and perversity) of your hearts Moses permitted you to dismiss and repudiate and divorce your wives; but from the beginning it has not been so [ordained]. -- matthew 19:8 +. +I say to you: whoever dismisses (repudiates, divorces) his wife, except for unchastity, and marries another commits adultery, and he who marries a divorced woman commits adultery. -- matthew 19:9 +. +The disciples said to Him, If the case of a man with his wife is like this, it is neither profitable nor advisable to marry. -- matthew 19:10 +. +But He said to them, Not all men can accept this saying, but it is for those to whom [the capacity to receive] it has been given. -- matthew 19:11 +. +For there are eunuchs who have been born incapable of marriage; and there are eunuchs who have been made so by men; and there are eunuchs who have made themselves incapable of marriage for the sake of the kingdom of heaven. Let him who is able to accept this accept it. -- matthew 19:12 +. +Then little children were brought to Jesus, that He might put His hands on them and pray; but the disciples rebuked those who brought them. -- matthew 19:13 +. +But He said, Leave the children alone! Allow the little ones to come to Me, and do not forbid or restrain or hinder them, for of such [as these] is the kingdom of heaven composed. -- matthew 19:14 +. +And He put His hands upon them, and then went on His way. -- matthew 19:15 +. +And behold, there came a man up to Him, saying, Teacher, what excellent and perfectly and essentially good deed must I do to possess eternal life? -- matthew 19:16 +. +And He said to him, Why do you ask Me about the perfectly and essentially good? There is only One Who is good [perfectly and essentially]--God. If you would enter into the Life, you must continually keep the commandments. -- matthew 19:17 +. +He said to Him, What sort of commandments? [Or, which ones?] And Jesus answered, You shall not kill, You shall not commit adultery, You shall not steal, You shall not bear false witness, -- matthew 19:18 +. +Honor your father and your mother, and, You shall love your neighbor as [you do] yourself. -- matthew 19:19 +. +The young man said, I have observed all these from my youth; what still do I lack? -- matthew 19:20 +. +Jesus answered him, If you would be perfect [that is, have that spiritual maturity which accompanies self-sacrificing character], go and sell what you have and give to the poor, and you will have riches in heaven; and come, be My disciple [side with My party and follow Me]. -- matthew 19:21 +. +But when the young man heard this, he went away sad (grieved and in much distress), for he had great possessions. -- matthew 19:22 +. +And Jesus said to His disciples, Truly I say to you, it will be difficult for a rich man to get into the kingdom of heaven. -- matthew 19:23 +. +Again I tell you, it is easier for a camel to go through the eye of a needle than for a rich man to go into the kingdom of heaven. -- matthew 19:24 +. +When the disciples heard this, they were utterly puzzled (astonished, bewildered), saying, Who then can be saved [from eternal death]? -- matthew 19:25 +. +But Jesus looked at them and said, With men this is impossible, but all things are possible with God. -- matthew 19:26 +. +Then Peter answered Him, saying, Behold, we have left [our] all and have become Your disciples [sided with Your party and followed You]. What then shall we receive? -- matthew 19:27 +. +Jesus said to them, Truly I say to you, in the new age [the Messianic rebirth of the world], when the Son of Man shall sit down on the throne of His glory, you who have [become My disciples, sided with My party and] followed Me will also sit on twelve thrones and judge the twelve tribes of Israel. -- matthew 19:28 +. +And anyone and everyone who has left houses or brothers or sisters or father or mother or children or lands for My name's sake will receive many [even a hundred] times more and will inherit eternal life. -- matthew 19:29 +. +But many who [now] are first will be last [then], and many who [now] are last will be first [then]. -- matthew 19:30 +. +FOR THE kingdom of heaven is like the owner of an estate who went out in the morning along with the dawn to hire workmen for his vineyard. -- matthew 20:1 +. +After agreeing with the laborers for a denarius a day, he sent them into his vineyard. -- matthew 20:2 +. +And going out about the third hour (nine o'clock), he saw others standing idle in the marketplace; -- matthew 20:3 +. +And he said to them, You go also into the vineyard, and whatever is right I will pay you. And they went. -- matthew 20:4 +. +He went out again about the sixth hour (noon), and the ninth hour (three o'clock) he did the same. -- matthew 20:5 +. +And about the eleventh hour (five o'clock) he went out and found still others standing around, and said to them, Why do you stand here idle all day? -- matthew 20:6 +. +They answered him, Because nobody has hired us. He told them, You go out into the vineyard also and you will get whatever is just and fair. -- matthew 20:7 +. +When evening came, the owner of the vineyard said to his manager, Call the workmen and pay them their wages, beginning with the last and ending with the first. -- matthew 20:8 +. +And those who had been hired at the eleventh hour (five o'clock) came and received a denarius each. -- matthew 20:9 +. +Now when the first came, they supposed they would get more, but each of them also received a denarius. -- matthew 20:10 +. +And when they received it, they grumbled at the owner of the estate, -- matthew 20:11 +. +Saying, These [men] who came last worked no more than an hour, and yet you have made them rank with us who have borne the burden and the scorching heat of the day. -- matthew 20:12 +. +But he answered one of them, Friend, I am doing you no injustice. Did you not agree with me for a denarius? -- matthew 20:13 +. +Take what belongs to you and go. I choose to give to this man hired last the same as I give to you. -- matthew 20:14 +. +Am I not permitted to do what I choose with what is mine? [Or do you begrudge my being generous?] Is your eye evil because I am good? -- matthew 20:15 +. +So those who [now] are last will be first [then], and those who [now] are first will be last [then]. For many are called, but few chosen. -- matthew 20:16 +. +And as Jesus was going up to Jerusalem, He took the twelve disciples aside along the way and said to them, -- matthew 20:17 +. +Behold, we are going up to Jerusalem, and the Son of Man will be handed over to the chief priests and scribes; and they will sentence Him to death -- matthew 20:18 +. +And deliver Him over to the Gentiles to be mocked and whipped and crucified, and He will be raised [to life] on the third day. -- matthew 20:19 +. +Then the mother of Zebedee's children came up to Him with her sons and, kneeling, worshiped Him and asked a favor of Him. -- matthew 20:20 +. +And He asked her, What do you wish? She answered Him, Give orders that these two sons of mine may sit, one at Your right hand and one at Your left in Your kingdom. -- matthew 20:21 +. +But Jesus replied, You do not realize what you are asking. Are you able to drink the cup that I am about to drink and to be baptized with the baptism with which I am baptized ? They answered, We are able. -- matthew 20:22 +. +He said to them, You will drink My cup, but seats at My right hand and at My left are not Mine to give, but they are for those for whom they have been ordained and prepared by My Father. -- matthew 20:23 +. +But when the ten [other disciples] heard this, they were indignant at the two brothers. -- matthew 20:24 +. +And Jesus called them to Him and said, You know that the rulers of the Gentiles lord it over them, and their great men hold them in subjection [tyrannizing over them]. -- matthew 20:25 +. +Not so shall it be among you; but whoever wishes to be great among you must be your servant, -- matthew 20:26 +. +And whoever desires to be first among you must be your slave-- -- matthew 20:27 +. +Just as the Son of Man came not to be waited on but to serve, and to give His life as a ransom for many [the price paid to set them free]. -- matthew 20:28 +. +And as they were going out of Jericho, a great throng accompanied Him. -- matthew 20:29 +. +And behold, two blind men were sitting by the roadside, and when they heard that Jesus was passing by, they cried out, Lord, have pity and mercy on us, [You] Son of David! -- matthew 20:30 +. +The crowds reproved them and told them to keep still; but they cried out all the more, Lord, have pity and mercy on us, [You] Son of David! -- matthew 20:31 +. +And Jesus stopped and called them, and asked, What do you want Me to do for you? -- matthew 20:32 +. +They answered Him, Lord, we want our eyes to be opened! -- matthew 20:33 +. +And Jesus, in pity, touched their eyes; and instantly they received their sight and followed Him. -- matthew 20:34 +. +AND WHEN they came near Jerusalem and had reached Bethphage at the Mount of Olives, Jesus sent two disciples on ahead, -- matthew 21:1 +. +Saying to them, Go into the village that is opposite you, and at once you will find a donkey tied, and a colt with her; untie [them] and bring [them] to Me. -- matthew 21:2 +. +If anyone says anything to you, you shall reply, The Lord needs them, and he will let them go without delay. -- matthew 21:3 +. +This happened that what was spoken by the prophet might be fulfilled, saying, -- matthew 21:4 +. +Say to the Daughter of Zion [inhabitants of Jerusalem], Behold, your King is coming to you, lowly and riding on a donkey, and on a colt, the foal of a donkey [a beast of burden]. -- matthew 21:5 +. +Then the disciples went and did as Jesus had directed them. -- matthew 21:6 +. +They brought the donkey and the colt and laid their coats upon them, and He seated Himself on them [the clothing]. -- matthew 21:7 +. +And most of the crowd kept spreading their garments on the road, and others kept cutting branches from the trees and scattering them on the road. -- matthew 21:8 +. +And the crowds that went ahead of Him and those that followed Him kept shouting, Hosanna (O be propitious, graciously inclined) to the Son of David, [the Messiah]! Blessed (praised, glorified) is He Who comes in the name of the Lord! Hosanna (O be favorably disposed) in the highest [heaven]! -- matthew 21:9 +. +And when He entered Jerusalem, all the city became agitated and [trembling with excitement] said, Who is This? -- matthew 21:10 +. +And the crowds replied, This is the prophet Jesus from Nazareth of Galilee. -- matthew 21:11 +. +And Jesus went into the temple (whole temple enclosure) and drove out all who bought and sold in the sacred place, and He turned over the four-footed tables of the money changers and the chairs of those who sold doves. -- matthew 21:12 +. +He said to them, The Scripture says, My house shall be called a house of prayer; but you have made it a den of robbers. -- matthew 21:13 +. +And the blind and the lame came to Him in the porches and courts of the temple, and He cured them. -- matthew 21:14 +. +But when the chief priests and the scribes saw the wonderful things that He did and the boys and the girls and the youths and the maidens crying out in the porches and courts of the temple, Hosanna (O be propitious, graciously inclined) to the Son of David! they were indignant. -- matthew 21:15 +. +And they said to Him, Do You hear what these are saying? And Jesus replied to them, Yes; have you never read, Out of the mouths of babes and unweaned infants You have made (provided) perfect praise? -- matthew 21:16 +. +And leaving them, He departed from the city and went out to Bethany and lodged there. -- matthew 21:17 +. +In the early dawn the next morning, as He was coming back to the city, He was hungry. -- matthew 21:18 +. +And as He saw one single leafy fig tree above the roadside, He went to it but He found nothing but leaves on it [seeing that in the fig tree the fruit appears at the same time as the leaves]. And He said to it, Never again shall fruit grow on you! And the fig tree withered up at once. -- matthew 21:19 +. +When the disciples saw it, they marveled greatly and asked, How is it that the fig tree has withered away all at once? -- matthew 21:20 +. +And Jesus answered them, Truly I say to you, if you have faith (a firm relying trust) and do not doubt, you will not only do what has been done to the fig tree, but even if you say to this mountain, Be taken up and cast into the sea, it will be done. -- matthew 21:21 +. +And whatever you ask for in prayer, having faith and [really] believing, you will receive. -- matthew 21:22 +. +And when He entered the sacred enclosure of the temple, the chief priests and elders of the people came up to Him as He was teaching and said, By what power of authority are You doing these things, and who gave You this power of authority? -- matthew 21:23 +. +Jesus answered them, I also will ask you a question, and if you give Me the answer, then I also will tell you by what power of authority I do these things. -- matthew 21:24 +. +The baptism of John--from where was it? From heaven or from men? And they reasoned and argued with one another, If we say, From heaven, He will ask us, Why then did you not believe him? -- matthew 21:25 +. +But if we say, From men--we are afraid of and must reckon with the multitude, for they all regard John as a prophet. -- matthew 21:26 +. +So they answered Jesus, We do not know. And He said to them, Neither will I tell you by what power of authority I do these things. -- matthew 21:27 +. +What do you think? There was a man who had two sons. He came to the first and said, Son, go and work today in the vineyard. -- matthew 21:28 +. +And he answered, I will not; but afterward he changed his mind and went. -- matthew 21:29 +. +Then the man came to the second and said the same [thing]. And he replied, I will [go], sir; but he did not go. -- matthew 21:30 +. +Which of the two did the will of the father? They replied, The first one. Jesus said to them, Truly I tell you, the tax collectors and the harlots will get into the kingdom of heaven before you. -- matthew 21:31 +. +For John came to you walking in the way of an upright man in right standing with God, and you did not believe him, but the tax collectors and the harlots did believe him; and you, even when you saw that, did not afterward change your minds and believe him [adhere to, trust in, and rely on what he told you]. -- matthew 21:32 +. +Listen to another parable: There was a master of a house who planted a vineyard and put a hedge around it and dug a wine vat in it and built a watchtower. Then he let it out [for rent] to tenants and went into another country. -- matthew 21:33 +. +When the fruit season drew near, he sent his servants to the tenants to get his [share of the] fruit. -- matthew 21:34 +. +But the tenants took his servants and beat one, killed another, and stoned another. -- matthew 21:35 +. +Again he sent other servants, more than the first time, and they treated them the same way. -- matthew 21:36 +. +Finally he sent his own son to them, saying, They will respect and give heed to my son. -- matthew 21:37 +. +But when the tenants saw the son, they said to themselves, This is the heir; come on, let us kill him and have his inheritance. -- matthew 21:38 +. +And they took him and threw him out of the vineyard and killed him. -- matthew 21:39 +. +Now when the owner of the vineyard comes back, what will he do to those tenants? -- matthew 21:40 +. +They said to Him, He will put those wretches to a miserable death and rent the vineyard to other tenants of such a character that they will give him the fruits promptly in their season. -- matthew 21:41 +. +Jesus asked them, Have you never read in the Scriptures: The very Stone which the builders rejected and threw away has become the Cornerstone; this is the Lord's doing, and it is marvelous in our eyes? -- matthew 21:42 +. +I tell you, for this reason the kingdom of God will be taken away from you and given to a people who will produce the fruits of it. -- matthew 21:43 +. +And whoever falls on this Stone will be broken to pieces, but he on whom It falls will be crushed to powder [and It will winnow him, scattering him like dust]. -- matthew 21:44 +. +And when the chief priests and the Pharisees heard His parables (comparisons, stories used to illustrate and explain), they perceived that He was talking about them. -- matthew 21:45 +. +And although they were trying to arrest Him, they feared the throngs because they regarded Him as a prophet. -- matthew 21:46 +. +AND AGAIN Jesus spoke to them in parables (comparisons, stories used to illustrate and explain), saying, -- matthew 22:1 +. +The kingdom of heaven is like a king who gave a wedding banquet for his son -- matthew 22:2 +. +And sent his servants to summon those who had been invited to the wedding banquet, but they refused to come. -- matthew 22:3 +. +Again he sent other servants, saying, Tell those who are invited, Behold, I have prepared my banquet; my bullocks and my fat calves are killed, and everything is prepared; come to the wedding feast. -- matthew 22:4 +. +But they were not concerned and paid no attention [they ignored and made light of the summons, treating it with contempt] and they went away--one to his farm, another to his business, -- matthew 22:5 +. +While the others seized his servants, treated them shamefully, and put them to death. -- matthew 22:6 +. +[Hearing this] the king was infuriated; and he sent his soldiers and put those murderers to death and burned their city. -- matthew 22:7 +. +Then he said to his servants, The wedding [feast] is prepared, but those invited were not worthy. -- matthew 22:8 +. +So go to the thoroughfares where they leave the city [where the main roads and those from the country end] and invite to the wedding feast as many as you find. -- matthew 22:9 +. +And those servants went out on the crossroads and got together as many as they found, both bad and good, so [the room in which] the wedding feast [was held] was filled with guests. -- matthew 22:10 +. +But when the king came in to view the guests, he looked intently at a man there who had on no wedding garment. -- matthew 22:11 +. +And he said, Friend, how did you come in here without putting on the [appropriate] wedding garment? And he was speechless (muzzled, gagged). -- matthew 22:12 +. +Then the king said to the attendants, Tie him hand and foot, and throw him into the darkness outside; there will be weeping and grinding of teeth. -- matthew 22:13 +. +For many are called (invited and summoned), but few are chosen. -- matthew 22:14 +. +Then the Pharisees went and consulted and plotted together how they might entangle Jesus in His talk. -- matthew 22:15 +. +And they sent their disciples to Him along with the Herodians, saying, Teacher, we know that You are sincere and what You profess to be and that You teach the way of God truthfully, regardless of consequences and being afraid of no man; for You are impartial and do not regard either the person or the position of anyone. -- matthew 22:16 +. +Tell us then what You think about this: Is it lawful to pay tribute [levied on individuals and to be paid yearly] to Caesar or not? -- matthew 22:17 +. +But Jesus, aware of their malicious plot, asked, Why do you put Me to the test and try to entrap Me, you pretenders (hypocrites)? -- matthew 22:18 +. +Show me the money used for the tribute. And they brought Him a denarius. -- matthew 22:19 +. +And Jesus said to them, Whose likeness and title are these? -- matthew 22:20 +. +They said, Caesar's. Then He said to them, Pay therefore to Caesar the things that are due to Caesar, and pay to God the things that are due to God. -- matthew 22:21 +. +When they heard it they were amazed and marveled; and they left Him and departed. -- matthew 22:22 +. +The same day some Sadducees, who say that there is no resurrection [of the dead], came to Him and they asked Him a question, -- matthew 22:23 +. +Saying, Teacher, Moses said, If a man dies, leaving no children, his brother shall marry the widow and raise up a family for his brother. -- matthew 22:24 +. +Now there were seven brothers among us; the first married and died, and, having no children, left his wife to his brother. -- matthew 22:25 +. +The second also died childless, and the third, down to the seventh. -- matthew 22:26 +. +Last of all, the woman died also. -- matthew 22:27 +. +Now, in the resurrection, to which of the seven will she be wife? For they all had her. -- matthew 22:28 +. +But Jesus replied to them, You are wrong because you know neither the Scriptures nor God's power. -- matthew 22:29 +. +For in the resurrected state neither do [men] marry nor are [women] given in marriage, but they are like the angels in heaven. -- matthew 22:30 +. +But as to the resurrection of the dead--have you never read what was said to you by God, -- matthew 22:31 +. +I am the God of Abraham, and the God of Isaac, and the God of Jacob? He is not the God of the dead but of the living! -- matthew 22:32 +. +And when the throng heard it, they were astonished and filled with [glad] amazement at His teaching. -- matthew 22:33 +. +Now when the Pharisees heard that He had silenced (muzzled) the Sadducees, they gathered together. -- matthew 22:34 +. +And one of their number, a lawyer, asked Him a question to test Him. -- matthew 22:35 +. +Teacher, which kind of commandment is great and important (the principal kind) in the Law? [Some commandments are light--which are heavy?] -- matthew 22:36 +. +And He replied to him, You shall love the Lord your God with all your heart and with all your soul and with all your mind (intellect). -- matthew 22:37 +. +This is the great (most important, principal) and first commandment. -- matthew 22:38 +. +And a second is like it: You shall love your neighbor as [you do] yourself. -- matthew 22:39 +. +These two commandments sum up and upon them depend all the Law and the Prophets. -- matthew 22:40 +. +Now while the Pharisees were still assembled there, Jesus asked them a question, -- matthew 22:41 +. +Saying, What do you think of the Christ? Whose Son is He? They said to Him, The Son of David. -- matthew 22:42 +. +He said to them, How is it then that David, under the influence of the [Holy] Spirit, calls Him Lord, saying, -- matthew 22:43 +. +The Lord said to My Lord, Sit at My right hand until I put Your enemies under Your feet? -- matthew 22:44 +. +If then David thus calls Him Lord, how is He his Son? -- matthew 22:45 +. +And no one was able to answer Him a word, nor from that day did anyone venture or dare to question Him. -- matthew 22:46 +. +THEN JESUS said to the multitudes and to His disciples, -- matthew 23:1 +. +The scribes and Pharisees sit on Moses' seat [of authority]. -- matthew 23:2 +. +So observe and practice all they tell you; but do not do what they do, for they preach, but do not practice. -- matthew 23:3 +. +They tie up heavy loads, hard to bear, and place them on men's shoulders, but they themselves will not lift a finger to help bear them. -- matthew 23:4 +. +They do all their works to be seen of men; for they make wide their phylacteries (small cases enclosing certain Scripture passages, worn during prayer on the left arm and forehead) and make long their fringes [worn by all male Israelites, according to the command]. -- matthew 23:5 +. +And they take pleasure in and [thus] love the place of honor at feasts and the best seats in the synagogues, -- matthew 23:6 +. +And to be greeted with honor in the marketplaces and to have people call them rabbi. -- matthew 23:7 +. +But you are not to be called rabbi (teacher), for you have one Teacher and you are all brothers. -- matthew 23:8 +. +And do not call anyone [in the church] on earth father, for you have one Father, Who is in heaven. -- matthew 23:9 +. +And you must not be called masters (leaders), for you have one Master (Leader), the Christ. -- matthew 23:10 +. +He who is greatest among you shall be your servant. -- matthew 23:11 +. +Whoever exalts himself [with haughtiness and empty pride] shall be humbled (brought low), and whoever humbles himself [whoever has a modest opinion of himself and behaves accordingly] shall be raised to honor. -- matthew 23:12 +. +But woe to you, scribes and Pharisees, pretenders (hypocrites)! For you shut the kingdom of heaven in men's faces; for you neither enter yourselves, nor do you allow those who are about to go in to do so. -- matthew 23:13 +. +Woe to you, scribes and Pharisees, pretenders (hypocrites)! For you swallow up widows' houses and for a pretense to cover it up make long prayers; therefore you will receive the greater condemnation and the heavier sentence. -- matthew 23:14 +. +Woe to you, scribes and Pharisees, pretenders (hypocrites)! For you travel over sea and land to make a single proselyte, and when he becomes one [a proselyte], you make him doubly as much a child of hell (Gehenna) as you are. -- matthew 23:15 +. +Woe to you, blind guides, who say, If anyone swears by the sanctuary of the temple, it is nothing; but if anyone swears by the gold of the sanctuary, he is a debtor [bound by his oath]. -- matthew 23:16 +. +You blind fools! For which is greater: the gold, or the sanctuary of the temple that has made the gold sacred? -- matthew 23:17 +. +You say too, Whoever swears by the altar is not duty bound; but whoever swears by the offering on the altar, his oath is binding. -- matthew 23:18 +. +You blind men! Which is greater: the gift, or the altar which makes the gift sacred? -- matthew 23:19 +. +So whoever swears by the altar swears by it and by everything on it. -- matthew 23:20 +. +And he who swears by the sanctuary of the temple swears by it and by Him Who dwells in it. [I Kings 8:13; Ps. 26:8.] -- matthew 23:21 +. +And whoever swears by heaven swears by the throne of God and by Him Who sits upon it. -- matthew 23:22 +. +Woe to you, scribes and Pharisees, pretenders (hypocrites)! For you give a tenth of your mint and dill and cummin, and have neglected and omitted the weightier (more important) matters of the Law--right and justice and mercy and fidelity. These you ought [particularly] to have done, without neglecting the others. -- matthew 23:23 +. +You blind guides, filtering out a gnat and gulping down a camel! -- matthew 23:24 +. +Woe to you, scribes and Pharisees, pretenders (hypocrites)! For you clean the outside of the cup and of the plate, but within they are full of extortion (prey, spoil, plunder) and grasping self-indulgence. -- matthew 23:25 +. +You blind Pharisee! First clean the inside of the cup and of the plate, so that the outside may be clean also. -- matthew 23:26 +. +Woe to you, scribes and Pharisees, pretenders (hypocrites)! For you are like tombs that have been whitewashed, which look beautiful on the outside but inside are full of dead men's bones and everything impure. -- matthew 23:27 +. +Just so, you also outwardly seem to people to be just and upright but inside you are full of pretense and lawlessness and iniquity. -- matthew 23:28 +. +Woe to you, scribes and Pharisees, pretenders (hypocrites)! For you build tombs for the prophets and decorate the monuments of the righteous, -- matthew 23:29 +. +Saying, If we had lived in the days of our forefathers, we would not have aided them in shedding the blood of the prophets. -- matthew 23:30 +. +Thus you are testifying against yourselves that you are the descendants of those who murdered the prophets. -- matthew 23:31 +. +Fill up, then, the measure of your fathers' sins to the brim [so that nothing may be wanting to a full measure]. -- matthew 23:32 +. +You serpents! You spawn of vipers! How can you escape the penalty to be suffered in hell (Gehenna)? -- matthew 23:33 +. +Because of this, take notice: I am sending you prophets and wise men (interpreters and teachers) and scribes (men learned in the Mosaic Law and the Prophets); some of them you will kill, even crucify, and some you will flog in your synagogues and pursue and persecute from town to town, -- matthew 23:34 +. +So that upon your heads may come all the blood of the righteous (those who correspond to the divine standard of right) shed on earth, from the blood of the righteous Abel to the blood of Zechariah son of Barachiah, whom you murdered between the sanctuary and the altar [of burnt offering]. -- matthew 23:35 +. +Truly I declare to you, all these [evil, calamitous times] will come upon this generation. [II Chron. 36:15, 16.] -- matthew 23:36 +. +O Jerusalem, Jerusalem, murdering the prophets and stoning those who are sent to you! How often would I have gathered your children together as a mother fowl gathers her brood under her wings, and you refused! -- matthew 23:37 +. +Behold, your house is forsaken and desolate (abandoned and left destitute of God's help). [I Kings 9:7; Jer. 22:5.] -- matthew 23:38 +. +For I declare to you, you will not see Me again until you say, Blessed (magnified in worship, adored, and exalted) is He Who comes in the name of the Lord! -- matthew 23:39 +. +JESUS DEPARTED from the temple area and was going on His way when His disciples came up to Him to call His attention to the buildings of the temple and point them out to Him. -- matthew 24:1 +. +But He answered them, Do you see all these? Truly I tell you, there will not be left here one stone upon another that will not be thrown down. -- matthew 24:2 +. +While He was seated on the Mount of Olives, the disciples came to Him privately and said, Tell us, when will this take place, and what will be the sign of Your coming and of the end (the completion, the consummation) of the age? -- matthew 24:3 +. +Jesus answered them, Be careful that no one misleads you [deceiving you and leading you into error]. -- matthew 24:4 +. +For many will come in (on the strength of) My name [appropriating the name which belongs to Me], saying, I am the Christ (the Messiah), and they will lead many astray. -- matthew 24:5 +. +And you will hear of wars and rumors of wars; see that you are not frightened or troubled, for this must take place, but the end is not yet. -- matthew 24:6 +. +For nation will rise against nation, and kingdom against kingdom, and there will be famines and earthquakes in place after place; -- matthew 24:7 +. +All this is but the beginning [the early pains] of the birth pangs [of the intolerable anguish]. -- matthew 24:8 +. +Then they will hand you over to suffer affliction and tribulation and put you to death, and you will be hated by all nations for My name's sake. -- matthew 24:9 +. +And then many will be offended and repelled and will begin to distrust and desert [Him Whom they ought to trust and obey] and will stumble and fall away and betray one another and pursue one another with hatred. -- matthew 24:10 +. +And many false prophets will rise up and deceive and lead many into error. -- matthew 24:11 +. +And the love of the great body of people will grow cold because of the multiplied lawlessness and iniquity, -- matthew 24:12 +. +But he who endures to the end will be saved. -- matthew 24:13 +. +And this good news of the kingdom (the Gospel) will be preached throughout the whole world as a testimony to all the nations, and then will come the end. -- matthew 24:14 +. +So when you see the appalling sacrilege [the abomination that astonishes and makes desolate], spoken of by the prophet Daniel, standing in the Holy Place--let the reader take notice and ponder and consider and heed [this]-- -- matthew 24:15 +. +Then let those who are in Judea flee to the mountains; -- matthew 24:16 +. +Let him who is on the housetop not come down and go into the house to take anything; -- matthew 24:17 +. +And let him who is in the field not turn back to get his overcoat. -- matthew 24:18 +. +And alas for the women who are pregnant and for those who have nursing babies in those days! -- matthew 24:19 +. +Pray that your flight may not be in winter or on a Sabbath. -- matthew 24:20 +. +For then there will be great tribulation (affliction, distress, and oppression) such as has not been from the beginning of the world until now--no, and never will be [again]. -- matthew 24:21 +. +And if those days had not been shortened, no human being would endure and survive, but for the sake of the elect (God's chosen ones) those days will be shortened. -- matthew 24:22 +. +If anyone says to you then, Behold, here is the Christ (the Messiah)! or, There He is!--do not believe it. -- matthew 24:23 +. +For false Christs and false prophets will arise, and they will show great signs and wonders so as to deceive and lead astray, if possible, even the elect (God's chosen ones). -- matthew 24:24 +. +See, I have warned you beforehand. -- matthew 24:25 +. +So if they say to you, Behold, He is in the wilderness (desert)--do not go out there; if they tell you, Behold, He is in the secret places or inner rooms--do not believe it. -- matthew 24:26 +. +For just as the lightning flashes from the east and shines and is seen as far as the west, so will the coming of the Son of Man be. -- matthew 24:27 +. +Wherever there is a fallen body (a corpse), there the vultures (or eagles) will flock together. -- matthew 24:28 +. +Immediately after the tribulation of those days the sun will be darkened, and the moon will not shed its light, and the stars will fall from the sky, and the powers of the heavens will be shaken. -- matthew 24:29 +. +Then the sign of the Son of Man will appear in the sky, and then all the tribes of the earth will mourn and beat their breasts and lament in anguish, and they will see the Son of Man coming on the clouds of heaven with power and great glory [in brilliancy and splendor]. -- matthew 24:30 +. +And He will send out His angels with a loud trumpet call, and they will gather His elect (His chosen ones) from the four winds, [even] from one end of the universe to the other. -- matthew 24:31 +. +From the fig tree learn this lesson: as soon as its young shoots become soft and tender and it puts out its leaves, you know of a surety that summer is near. -- matthew 24:32 +. +So also when you see these signs, all taken together, coming to pass, you may know of a surety that He is near, at the very doors. -- matthew 24:33 +. +Truly I tell you, this generation (the whole multitude of people living at the same time, in a definite, given period) will not pass away till all these things taken together take place. -- matthew 24:34 +. +Sky and earth will pass away, but My words will not pass away. -- matthew 24:35 +. +But of that [exact] day and hour no one knows, not even the angels of heaven, nor the Son, but only the Father. -- matthew 24:36 +. +As were the days of Noah, so will be the coming of the Son of Man. -- matthew 24:37 +. +For just as in those days before the flood they were eating and drinking, [men] marrying and [women] being given in marriage, until the [very] day when Noah went into the ark, -- matthew 24:38 +. +And they did not know or understand until the flood came and swept them all away--so will be the coming of the Son of Man. -- matthew 24:39 +. +At that time two men will be in the field; one will be taken and one will be left. -- matthew 24:40 +. +Two women will be grinding at the hand mill; one will be taken and one will be left. -- matthew 24:41 +. +Watch therefore [give strict attention, be cautious and active], for you do not know in what kind of a day [whether a near or remote one] your Lord is coming. -- matthew 24:42 +. +But understand this: had the householder known in what [part of the night, whether in a night or a morning] watch the thief was coming, he would have watched and would not have allowed his house to be undermined and broken into. -- matthew 24:43 +. +You also must be ready therefore, for the Son of Man is coming at an hour when you do not expect Him. -- matthew 24:44 +. +Who then is the faithful, thoughtful, and wise servant, whom his master has put in charge of his household to give to the others the food and supplies at the proper time? -- matthew 24:45 +. +Blessed (happy, fortunate, and to be envied) is that servant whom, when his master comes, he will find so doing. -- matthew 24:46 +. +I solemnly declare to you, he will set him over all his possessions. -- matthew 24:47 +. +But if that servant is wicked and says to himself, My master is delayed and is going to be gone a long time, -- matthew 24:48 +. +And begins to beat his fellow servants and to eat and drink with the drunken, -- matthew 24:49 +. +The master of that servant will come on a day when he does not expect him and at an hour of which he is not aware, -- matthew 24:50 +. +And will punish him [cut him up by scourging] and put him with the pretenders (hypocrites); there will be weeping and grinding of teeth. -- matthew 24:51 +. +THEN THE kingdom of heaven shall be likened to ten virgins who took their lamps and went to meet the bridegroom. -- matthew 25:1 +. +Five of them were foolish (thoughtless, without forethought) and five were wise (sensible, intelligent, and prudent). -- matthew 25:2 +. +For when the foolish took their lamps, they did not take any [extra] oil with them; -- matthew 25:3 +. +But the wise took flasks of oil along with them [also] with their lamps. -- matthew 25:4 +. +While the bridegroom lingered and was slow in coming, they all began nodding their heads, and they fell asleep. -- matthew 25:5 +. +But at midnight there was a shout, Behold, the bridegroom! Go out to meet him! -- matthew 25:6 +. +Then all those virgins got up and put their own lamps in order. -- matthew 25:7 +. +And the foolish said to the wise, Give us some of your oil, for our lamps are going out. -- matthew 25:8 +. +But the wise replied, There will not be enough for us and for you; go instead to the dealers and buy for yourselves. -- matthew 25:9 +. +But while they were going away to buy, the bridegroom came, and those who were prepared went in with him to the marriage feast; and the door was shut. -- matthew 25:10 +. +Later the other virgins also came and said, Lord, Lord, open [the door] to us! -- matthew 25:11 +. +But He replied, I solemnly declare to you, I do not know you [I am not acquainted with you]. -- matthew 25:12 +. +Watch therefore [give strict attention and be cautious and active], for you know neither the day nor the hour when the Son of Man will come. -- matthew 25:13 +. +For it is like a man who was about to take a long journey, and he called his servants together and entrusted them with his property. -- matthew 25:14 +. +To one he gave five talents [probably about $5,000], to another two, to another one--to each in proportion to his own personal ability. Then he departed and left the country. -- matthew 25:15 +. +He who had received the five talents went at once and traded with them, and he gained five talents more. -- matthew 25:16 +. +And likewise he who had received the two talents--he also gained two talents more. -- matthew 25:17 +. +But he who had received the one talent went and dug a hole in the ground and hid his master's money. -- matthew 25:18 +. +Now after a long time the master of those servants returned and settled accounts with them. -- matthew 25:19 +. +And he who had received the five talents came and brought him five more, saying, Master, you entrusted to me five talents; see, here I have gained five talents more. -- matthew 25:20 +. +His master said to him, Well done, you upright (honorable, admirable) and faithful servant! You have been faithful and trustworthy over a little; I will put you in charge of much. Enter into and share the joy (the delight, the blessedness) which your master enjoys. -- matthew 25:21 +. +And he also who had the two talents came forward, saying, Master, you entrusted two talents to me; here I have gained two talents more. -- matthew 25:22 +. +His master said to him, Well done, you upright (honorable, admirable) and faithful servant! You have been faithful and trustworthy over a little; I will put you in charge of much. Enter into and share the joy (the delight, the blessedness) which your master enjoys. -- matthew 25:23 +. +He who had received one talent also came forward, saying, Master, I knew you to be a harsh and hard man, reaping where you did not sow, and gathering where you had not winnowed [the grain]. -- matthew 25:24 +. +So I was afraid, and I went and hid your talent in the ground. Here you have what is your own. -- matthew 25:25 +. +But his master answered him, You wicked and lazy and idle servant! Did you indeed know that I reap where I have not sowed and gather [grain] where I have not winnowed? -- matthew 25:26 +. +Then you should have invested my money with the bankers, and at my coming I would have received what was my own with interest. -- matthew 25:27 +. +So take the talent away from him and give it to the one who has the ten talents. -- matthew 25:28 +. +For to everyone who has will more be given, and he will be furnished richly so that he will have an abundance; but from the one who does not have, even what he does have will be taken away. -- matthew 25:29 +. +And throw the good-for-nothing servant into the outer darkness; there will be weeping and grinding of teeth. -- matthew 25:30 +. +When the Son of Man comes in His glory (His majesty and splendor), and all the holy angels with Him, then He will sit on the throne of His glory. -- matthew 25:31 +. +All nations will be gathered before Him, and He will separate them [the people] from one another as a shepherd separates his sheep from the goats; -- matthew 25:32 +. +And He will cause the sheep to stand at His right hand, but the goats at His left. -- matthew 25:33 +. +Then the King will say to those at His right hand, Come, you blessed of My Father [you favored of God and appointed to eternal salvation], inherit (receive as your own) the kingdom prepared for you from the foundation of the world. -- matthew 25:34 +. +For I was hungry and you gave Me food, I was thirsty and you gave Me something to drink, I was a stranger and you brought Me together with yourselves and welcomed and entertained and lodged Me, -- matthew 25:35 +. +I was naked and you clothed Me, I was sick and you visited Me with help and ministering care, I was in prison and you came to see Me. -- matthew 25:36 +. +Then the just and upright will answer Him, Lord, when did we see You hungry and gave You food, or thirsty and gave You something to drink? -- matthew 25:37 +. +And when did we see You a stranger and welcomed and entertained You, or naked and clothed You? -- matthew 25:38 +. +And when did we see You sick or in prison and came to visit You? -- matthew 25:39 +. +And the King will reply to them, Truly I tell you, in so far as you did it for one of the least [in the estimation of men] of these My brethren, you did it for Me. -- matthew 25:40 +. +Then He will say to those at His left hand, Begone from Me, you cursed, into the eternal fire prepared for the devil and his angels! -- matthew 25:41 +. +For I was hungry and you gave Me no food, I was thirsty and you gave Me nothing to drink, -- matthew 25:42 +. +I was a stranger and you did not welcome Me and entertain Me, I was naked and you did not clothe Me, I was sick and in prison and you did not visit Me with help and ministering care. -- matthew 25:43 +. +Then they also [in their turn] will answer, Lord, when did we see You hungry or thirsty or a stranger or naked or sick or in prison, and did not minister to You? -- matthew 25:44 +. +And He will reply to them, Solemnly I declare to you, in so far as you failed to do it for the least [in the estimation of men] of these, you failed to do it for Me. -- matthew 25:45 +. +Then they will go away into eternal punishment, but those who are just and upright and in right standing with God into eternal life. -- matthew 25:46 +. +WHEN JESUS had ended this discourse, He said to His disciples, -- matthew 26:1 +. +You know that the Passover is in two days--and the Son of Man will be delivered up treacherously to be crucified. -- matthew 26:2 +. +Then the chief priests and the elders of the people gathered in the [open] court of the palace of the high priest, whose name was Caiaphas, -- matthew 26:3 +. +And consulted together in order to arrest Jesus by stratagem secretly and put Him to death. -- matthew 26:4 +. +But they said, It must not be during the Feast, for fear that there will be a riot among the people. -- matthew 26:5 +. +Now when Jesus came back to Bethany and was in the house of Simon the leper, -- matthew 26:6 +. +A woman came up to Him with an alabaster flask of very precious perfume, and she poured it on His head as He reclined at table. -- matthew 26:7 +. +And when the disciples saw it, they were indignant, saying, For what purpose is all this waste? -- matthew 26:8 +. +For this perfume might have been sold for a large sum and the money given to the poor. -- matthew 26:9 +. +But Jesus, fully aware of this, said to them, Why do you bother the woman? She has done a noble (praiseworthy and beautiful) thing to Me. -- matthew 26:10 +. +For you always have the poor among you, but you will not always have Me. -- matthew 26:11 +. +In pouring this perfume on My body she has done something to prepare Me for My burial. -- matthew 26:12 +. +Truly I tell you, wherever this good news (the Gospel) is preached in the whole world, what this woman has done will be told also, in memory of her. -- matthew 26:13 +. +Then one of the Twelve [apostles], who was called Judas Iscariot, went to the chief priests -- matthew 26:14 +. +And said, What are you willing to give me if I hand Him over to you? And they weighed out for and paid to him thirty pieces of silver [about twenty-one dollars and sixty cents]. -- matthew 26:15 +. +And from that moment he sought a fitting opportunity to betray Him. -- matthew 26:16 +. +Now on the first day of Unleavened Bread [Passover week], the disciples came to Jesus and said to Him, Where do You wish us to prepare for You to eat the Passover supper? -- matthew 26:17 +. +He said, Go into the city to a certain man and say to him, The Master says: My time is near; I will keep the Passover at your house with My disciples. -- matthew 26:18 +. +And accordingly the disciples did as Jesus had directed them, and they made ready the Passover supper. -- matthew 26:19 +. +When it was evening, He was reclining at table with the twelve disciples. -- matthew 26:20 +. +And as they were eating, He said, Solemnly I say to you, one of you will betray Me! -- matthew 26:21 +. +They were exceedingly pained and distressed and deeply hurt and sorrowful and began to say to Him one after another, Surely it cannot be I, Lord, can it? -- matthew 26:22 +. +He replied, He who has [just] dipped his hand in the same dish with Me will betray Me! -- matthew 26:23 +. +The Son of Man is going just as it is written of Him; but woe to that man by whom the Son of Man is betrayed! It would have been better (more profitable and wholesome) for that man if he had never been born! -- matthew 26:24 +. +Judas, the betrayer, said, Surely it is not I, is it, Master? He said to him, You have stated [the fact]. -- matthew 26:25 +. +Now as they were eating, Jesus took bread and, praising God, gave thanks and asked Him to bless it to their use, and when He had broken it, He gave it to the disciples and said, Take, eat; this is My body. -- matthew 26:26 +. +And He took a cup, and when He had given thanks, He gave it to them, saying, Drink of it, all of you; -- matthew 26:27 +. +For this is My blood of the new covenant, which [ratifies the agreement and] is being poured out for many for the forgiveness of sins. -- matthew 26:28 +. +I say to you, I shall not drink again of this fruit of the vine until that day when I drink it with you new and of superior quality in My Father's kingdom. -- matthew 26:29 +. +And when they had sung a hymn, they went out to the Mount of Olives. -- matthew 26:30 +. +Then Jesus said to them, You will all be offended and stumble and fall away because of Me this night [distrusting and deserting Me], for it is written, I will strike the Shepherd, and the sheep of the flock will be scattered. -- matthew 26:31 +. +But after I am raised up [to life again], I will go ahead of you to Galilee. -- matthew 26:32 +. +Peter declared to Him, Though they all are offended and stumble and fall away because of You [and distrust and desert You], I will never do so. -- matthew 26:33 +. +Jesus said to him, Solemnly I declare to you, this very night, before a single rooster crows, you will deny and disown Me three times. -- matthew 26:34 +. +Peter said to Him, Even if I must die with You, I will not deny or disown You! And all the disciples said the same thing. -- matthew 26:35 +. +Then Jesus went with them to a place called Gethsemane, and He told His disciples, Sit down here while I go over yonder and pray. -- matthew 26:36 +. +And taking with Him Peter and the two sons of Zebedee, He began to show grief and distress of mind and was deeply depressed. -- matthew 26:37 +. +Then He said to them, My soul is very sad and deeply grieved, so that I am almost dying of sorrow. Stay here and keep awake and keep watch with Me. -- matthew 26:38 +. +And going a little farther, He threw Himself upon the ground on His face and prayed saying, My Father, if it is possible, let this cup pass away from Me; nevertheless, not what I will [not what I desire], but as You will and desire. -- matthew 26:39 +. +And He came to the disciples and found them sleeping, and He said to Peter, What! Are you so utterly unable to stay awake and keep watch with Me for one hour? -- matthew 26:40 +. +All of you must keep awake (give strict attention, be cautious and active) and watch and pray, that you may not come into temptation. The spirit indeed is willing, but the flesh is weak. -- matthew 26:41 +. +Again a second time He went away and prayed, My Father, if this cannot pass by unless I drink it, Your will be done. -- matthew 26:42 +. +And again He came and found them sleeping, for their eyes were weighed down with sleep. -- matthew 26:43 +. +So, leaving them again, He went away and prayed for the third time, using the same words. -- matthew 26:44 +. +Then He returned to the disciples and said to them, Are you still sleeping and taking your rest? Behold, the hour is at hand, and the Son of Man is betrayed into the hands of especially wicked sinners [whose way or nature it is to act in opposition to God]. -- matthew 26:45 +. +Get up, let us be going! See, My betrayer is at hand! -- matthew 26:46 +. +As He was still speaking, Judas, one of the Twelve [apostles], came up, and with him a great crowd with swords and clubs, from the chief priests and elders of the people. -- matthew 26:47 +. +Now the betrayer had given them a sign, saying, The One I shall kiss is the Man; seize Him. -- matthew 26:48 +. +And he came up to Jesus at once and said, Hail (greetings, good health to You, long life to You), Master! And he embraced Him and kissed Him with [pretended] warmth and devotion. -- matthew 26:49 +. +Jesus said to him, Friend, for what are you here? Then they came up and laid hands on Jesus and arrested Him. -- matthew 26:50 +. +And behold, one of those who were with Jesus reached out his hand and drew his sword and, striking the body servant of the high priest, cut off his ear. -- matthew 26:51 +. +Then Jesus said to him, Put your sword back into its place, for all who draw the sword will die by the sword. -- matthew 26:52 +. +Do you suppose that I cannot appeal to My Father, and He will immediately provide Me with more than twelve legions [more than 80,000] of angels? -- matthew 26:53 +. +But how then would the Scriptures be fulfilled, that it must come about this way? -- matthew 26:54 +. +At that moment Jesus said to the crowds, Have you come out with swords and clubs as [you would] against a robber to capture Me? Day after day I was accustomed to sit in the porches and courts of the temple teaching, and you did not arrest Me. -- matthew 26:55 +. +But all this has taken place in order that the Scriptures of the prophets might be fulfilled. Then all the disciples deserted Him and, fleeing, escaped. -- matthew 26:56 +. +But those who had seized Jesus took Him away to Caiaphas, the high priest, where the scribes and the elders had assembled. -- matthew 26:57 +. +But Peter followed Him at a distance, as far as the courtyard of the high priest's home; he even went inside and sat with the guards to see the end. -- matthew 26:58 +. +Now the chief priests and the whole council (the Sanhedrin) sought to get false witnesses to testify against Jesus, so that they might put Him to death; -- matthew 26:59 +. +But they found none, though many witnesses came forward [to testify]. At last two men came forward -- matthew 26:60 +. +And testified, This Fellow said, I am able to tear down the sanctuary of the temple of God and to build it up again in three days. -- matthew 26:61 +. +And the high priest stood up and said, Have You no answer to make? What about this that these men testify against You? -- matthew 26:62 +. +But Jesus kept silent. And the high priest said to Him, I call upon you to swear by the living God, and tell us whether you are the Christ, the Son of God. -- matthew 26:63 +. +Jesus said to him, You have stated [the fact]. More than that, I tell you: You will in the future see the Son of Man seated at the right hand of the Almighty and coming on the clouds of the sky. -- matthew 26:64 +. +Then the high priest tore his clothes and exclaimed, He has uttered blasphemy! What need have we of further evidence? You have now heard His blasphemy. -- matthew 26:65 +. +What do you think now? They answered, He deserves to be put to death. -- matthew 26:66 +. +Then they spat in His face and struck Him with their fists; and some slapped Him in the face, -- matthew 26:67 +. +Saying, Prophesy to us, You Christ (the Messiah)! Who was it that struck You? -- matthew 26:68 +. +Now Peter was sitting outside in the courtyard, and one maid came up to him and said, You were also with Jesus the Galilean! -- matthew 26:69 +. +But he denied it falsely before them all, saying, I do not know what you mean. -- matthew 26:70 +. +And when he had gone out to the porch, another maid saw him, and she said to the bystanders, This fellow was with Jesus the Nazarene! -- matthew 26:71 +. +And again he denied it and disowned Him with an oath, saying, I do not know the Man! -- matthew 26:72 +. +After a little while, the bystanders came up and said to Peter, You certainly are one of them too, for even your accent betrays you. -- matthew 26:73 +. +Then Peter began to invoke a curse on himself and to swear, I do not even know the Man! And at that moment a rooster crowed. -- matthew 26:74 +. +And Peter remembered Jesus' words, when He had said, Before a single rooster crows, you will deny and disown Me three times. And he went outside and wept bitterly. -- matthew 26:75 +. +WHEN IT was morning, all the chief priests and the elders of the people held a consultation against Jesus to put Him to death; -- matthew 27:1 +. +And they bound Him and led Him away and handed Him over to Pilate the governor. -- matthew 27:2 +. +When Judas, His betrayer, saw that [Jesus] was condemned, [Judas was afflicted in mind and troubled for his former folly; and] with remorse [with little more than a selfish dread of the consequences] he brought back the thirty pieces of silver to the chief priests and the elders, -- matthew 27:3 +. +Saying, I have sinned in betraying innocent blood. They replied, What is that to us? See to that yourself. -- matthew 27:4 +. +And casting the pieces of silver [forward] into the [Holy Place of the sanctuary of the] temple, he departed; and he went off and hanged himself. -- matthew 27:5 +. +But the chief priests, picking up the pieces of silver, said, It is not legal to put these in the [consecrated] treasury, for it is the price of blood. -- matthew 27:6 +. +So after consultation they bought with them [the pieces of silver] the potter's field [as a place] in which to bury strangers. -- matthew 27:7 +. +Therefore that piece of ground has been called the Field of Blood to the present day. -- matthew 27:8 +. +Then were fulfilled the words spoken by Jeremiah the prophet when he said, And they took the thirty pieces of silver, the price of Him on Whom a price had been set by some of the sons of Israel, -- matthew 27:9 +. +And they gave them for the potter's field, as the Lord directed me. -- matthew 27:10 +. +Now Jesus stood before the governor [Pilate], and the governor asked Him, Are you the King of the Jews? Jesus said to him, You have stated [the fact]. -- matthew 27:11 +. +But when the charges were made against Him by the chief priests and elders, He made no answer. -- matthew 27:12 +. +Then Pilate said to Him, Do You not hear how many and how serious are the things they are testifying against You? -- matthew 27:13 +. +But He made no reply to him, not even to a single accusation, so that the governor marveled greatly. -- matthew 27:14 +. +Now at the Feast [of the Passover] the governor was in the habit of setting free for the people any one prisoner whom they chose. -- matthew 27:15 +. +And at that time they had a notorious prisoner whose name was Barabbas. -- matthew 27:16 +. +So when they had assembled for this purpose, Pilate said to them, Whom do you want me to set free for you, Barabbas, or Jesus Who is called Christ? -- matthew 27:17 +. +For he knew that it was because of envy that they had handed Him over to him. -- matthew 27:18 +. +Also, while he was seated on the judgment bench, his wife sent him a message, saying, Have nothing to do with that just and upright Man, for I have had a painful experience today in a dream because of Him. -- matthew 27:19 +. +But the chief priests and the elders prevailed on the people to ask for Barabbas, and put Jesus to death. -- matthew 27:20 +. +Again the governor said to them, Which of the two do you wish me to release for you? And they said, Barabbas! -- matthew 27:21 +. +Pilate said to them, Then what shall I do with Jesus Who is called Christ? -- matthew 27:22 +. +They all replied, Let Him be crucified! And he said, Why? What has He done that is evil? But they shouted all the louder, Let Him be crucified! -- matthew 27:23 +. +So when Pilate saw that he was getting nowhere, but rather that a riot was about to break out, he took water and washed his hands in the presence of the crowd, saying, I am not guilty of nor responsible for this righteous Man's blood; see to it yourselves. -- matthew 27:24 +. +And all the people answered, Let His blood be on us and on our children! -- matthew 27:25 +. +So he set free for them Barabbas; and he [had] Jesus whipped, and delivered Him up to be crucified. -- matthew 27:26 +. +Then the governor's soldiers took Jesus into the palace, and they gathered the whole battalion about Him. -- matthew 27:27 +. +And they stripped off His clothes and put a scarlet robe (garment of dignity and office worn by Roman officers of rank) upon Him, -- matthew 27:28 +. +And, weaving a crown of thorns, they put it on His head and put a reed (staff) in His right hand. And kneeling before Him, they made sport of Him, saying, Hail (greetings, good health to You, long life to You), King of the Jews! -- matthew 27:29 +. +And they spat on Him, and took the reed (staff) and struck Him on the head. -- matthew 27:30 +. +And when they finished making sport of Him, they stripped Him of the robe and put His own garments on Him and led Him away to be crucified. -- matthew 27:31 +. +As they were marching forth, they came upon a man of Cyrene named Simon; this man they forced to carry the cross of Jesus. -- matthew 27:32 +. +And when they came to a place called Golgotha [Latin: Calvary], which means The Place of a Skull, -- matthew 27:33 +. +They offered Him wine mingled with gall to drink; but when He tasted it, He refused to drink it. -- matthew 27:34 +. +And when they had crucified Him, they divided and distributed His garments [among them] by casting lots so that the prophet's saying was fulfilled, They parted My garments among them and over My apparel they cast lots. -- matthew 27:35 +. +Then they sat down there and kept watch over Him. -- matthew 27:36 +. +And over His head they put the accusation against Him (the cause of His death), which read, This is Jesus, the King of the Jews. -- matthew 27:37 +. +At the same time two robbers were crucified with Him, one on the right hand and one on the left. -- matthew 27:38 +. +And those who passed by spoke reproachfully and abusively and jeered at Him, wagging their heads, -- matthew 27:39 +. +And they said, You Who would tear down the sanctuary of the temple and rebuild it in three days, rescue Yourself from death. If You are the Son of God, come down from the cross. -- matthew 27:40 +. +In the same way the chief priests, with the scribes and elders, made sport of Him, saying, -- matthew 27:41 +. +He rescued others from death; Himself He cannot rescue from death. He is the King of Israel? Let Him come down from the cross now, and we will believe in and acknowledge and cleave to Him. -- matthew 27:42 +. +He trusts in God; let God deliver Him now if He cares for Him and will have Him, for He said, I am the Son of God. -- matthew 27:43 +. +And the robbers who were crucified with Him also abused and reproached and made sport of Him in the same way. -- matthew 27:44 +. +Now from the sixth hour (noon) there was darkness over all the land until the ninth hour (three o'clock). -- matthew 27:45 +. +And about the ninth hour (three o'clock) Jesus cried with a loud voice, Eli, Eli, lama sabachthani?--that is, My God, My God, why have You abandoned Me [leaving Me helpless, forsaking and failing Me in My need]? -- matthew 27:46 +. +And some of the bystanders, when they heard it, said, This Man is calling for Elijah! -- matthew 27:47 +. +And one of them immediately ran and took a sponge, soaked it with vinegar (a sour wine), and put it on a reed (staff), and was about to give it to Him to drink. -- matthew 27:48 +. +But the others said, Wait! Let us see whether Elijah will come to save Him from death. -- matthew 27:49 +. +And Jesus cried again with a loud voice and gave up His spirit. -- matthew 27:50 +. +And at once the curtain of the sanctuary of the temple was torn in two from top to bottom; the earth shook and the rocks were split. -- matthew 27:51 +. +The tombs were opened and many bodies of the saints who had fallen asleep in death were raised [to life]; -- matthew 27:52 +. +And coming out of the tombs after His resurrection, they went into the holy city and appeared to many people. -- matthew 27:53 +. +When the centurion and those who were with him keeping watch over Jesus observed the earthquake and all that was happening, they were terribly frightened and filled with awe, and said, Truly this was God's Son! -- matthew 27:54 +. +There were also numerous women there, looking on from a distance, who were of those who had accompanied Jesus from Galilee, ministering to Him. -- matthew 27:55 +. +Among them were Mary of Magdala, and Mary the mother of James and Joseph, and the mother of Zebedee's sons. -- matthew 27:56 +. +When it was evening, there came a rich man from Arimathea, named Joseph, who also was a disciple of Jesus. -- matthew 27:57 +. +He went to Pilate and asked for the body of Jesus, and Pilate ordered that it be given to him. -- matthew 27:58 +. +And Joseph took the body and rolled it up in a clean linen cloth used for swathing dead bodies -- matthew 27:59 +. +And laid it in his own fresh (undefiled) tomb, which he had hewn in the rock; and he rolled a big boulder over the door of the tomb and went away. -- matthew 27:60 +. +And Mary of Magdala and the other Mary kept sitting there opposite the tomb. -- matthew 27:61 +. +The next day, that is, the day after the day of Preparation [for the Sabbath], the chief priests and the Pharisees assembled before Pilate -- matthew 27:62 +. +And said, Sir, we have just remembered how that vagabond Imposter said while He was still alive, After three days I will rise again. -- matthew 27:63 +. +Therefore give an order to have the tomb made secure and safeguarded until the third day, for fear that His disciples will come and steal Him away and tell the people that He has risen from the dead, and the last deception and fraud will be worse than the first. -- matthew 27:64 +. +Pilate said to them, You have a guard [of soldiers; take them and] go, make it as secure as you can. -- matthew 27:65 +. +So they went off and made the tomb secure by sealing the boulder, a guard of soldiers being with them and remaining to watch. -- matthew 27:66 +. +NOW AFTER the Sabbath, near dawn of the first day of the week, Mary of Magdala and the other Mary went to take a look at the tomb. -- matthew 28:1 +. +And behold, there was a great earthquake, for an angel of the Lord descended from heaven and came and rolled the boulder back and sat upon it. -- matthew 28:2 +. +His appearance was like lightning, and his garments as white as snow. -- matthew 28:3 +. +And those keeping guard were so frightened at the sight of him that they were agitated and they trembled and became like dead men. -- matthew 28:4 +. +But the angel said to the women, Do not be alarmed and frightened, for I know that you are looking for Jesus, Who was crucified. -- matthew 28:5 +. +He is not here; He has risen, as He said [He would do]. Come, see the place where He lay. -- matthew 28:6 +. +Then go quickly and tell His disciples, He has risen from the dead, and behold, He is going before you to Galilee; there you will see Him. Behold, I have told you. -- matthew 28:7 +. +So they left the tomb hastily with fear and great joy and ran to tell the disciples. -- matthew 28:8 +. +And as they went, behold, Jesus met them and said, Hail (greetings)! And they went up to Him and clasped His feet and worshiped Him. -- matthew 28:9 +. +Then Jesus said to them, Do not be alarmed and afraid; go and tell My brethren to go into Galilee, and there they will see Me. -- matthew 28:10 +. +While they were on their way, behold, some of the guards went into the city and reported to the chief priests everything that had occurred. -- matthew 28:11 +. +And when they [the chief priests] had gathered with the elders and had consulted together, they gave a sufficient sum of money to the soldiers, -- matthew 28:12 +. +And said, Tell people, His disciples came at night and stole Him away while we were sleeping. -- matthew 28:13 +. +And if the governor hears of it, we will appease him and make you safe and free from trouble and care. -- matthew 28:14 +. +So they took the money and did as they were instructed; and this story has been current among the Jews to the present day. -- matthew 28:15 +. +Now the eleven disciples went to Galilee, to the mountain to which Jesus had directed and made appointment with them. -- matthew 28:16 +. +And when they saw Him, they fell down and worshiped Him; but some doubted. -- matthew 28:17 +. +Jesus approached and, breaking the silence, said to them, All authority (all power of rule) in heaven and on earth has been given to Me. -- matthew 28:18 +. +Go then and make disciples of all the nations, baptizing them into the name of the Father and of the Son and of the Holy Spirit, -- matthew 28:19 +. +Teaching them to observe everything that I have commanded you, and behold, I am with you all the days (perpetually, uniformly, and on every occasion), to the [very] close and consummation of the age. Amen (so let it be). -- matthew 28:20 +. +THE BEGINNING [of the facts] of the good news (the Gospel) of Jesus Christ, the Son of God. -- mark 1:1 +. +Just as it is written in the prophet Isaiah: Behold, I send My messenger before Your face, who will make ready Your way-- -- mark 1:2 +. +A voice of one crying in the wilderness [shouting in the desert], Prepare the way of the Lord, make His beaten tracks straight (level and passable)! -- mark 1:3 +. +John the Baptist appeared in the wilderness (desert), preaching a baptism [obligating] repentance (a change of one's mind for the better, heartily amending one's ways, with abhorrence of his past sins) in order to obtain forgiveness of and release from sins. -- mark 1:4 +. +And there kept going out to him [continuously] all the country of Judea and all the inhabitants of Jerusalem; and they were baptized by him in the river Jordan, as they were confessing their sins. -- mark 1:5 +. +And John wore clothing woven of camel's hair and had a leather girdle around his loins and ate locusts and wild honey. -- mark 1:6 +. +And he preached, saying, After me comes He Who is stronger (more powerful and more valiant) than I, the strap of Whose sandals I am not worthy or fit to stoop down and unloose. -- mark 1:7 +. +I have baptized you with water, but He will baptize you with the Holy Spirit. -- mark 1:8 +. +In those days Jesus came from Nazareth of Galilee and was baptized by John in the Jordan. -- mark 1:9 +. +And when He came up out of the water, at once he [John] saw the heavens torn open and the [Holy] Spirit like a dove coming down [to enter] into Him. -- mark 1:10 +. +And there came a voice out from within heaven, You are My Beloved Son; in You I am well pleased. -- mark 1:11 +. +Immediately the [Holy] Spirit [from within] drove Him out into the wilderness (desert), -- mark 1:12 +. +And He stayed in the wilderness (desert) forty days, being tempted [all the while] by Satan; and He was with the wild beasts, and the angels ministered to Him [continually]. -- mark 1:13 +. +Now after John was arrested and put in prison, Jesus came into Galilee, preaching the good news (the Gospel) of the kingdom of God, -- mark 1:14 +. +And saying, The [appointed period of] time is fulfilled (completed), and the kingdom of God is at hand; repent (have a change of mind which issues in regret for past sins and in change of conduct for the better) and believe (trust in, rely on, and adhere to) the good news (the Gospel). -- mark 1:15 +. +And passing along the shore of the Sea of Galilee, He saw Simon [Peter] and Andrew the brother of Simon casting a net [to and fro] in the sea, for they were fishermen. -- mark 1:16 +. +And Jesus said to them, Come after Me and be My disciples, and I will make you to become fishers of men. -- mark 1:17 +. +And at once they left their nets and [yielding up all claim to them] followed [with] Him [joining Him as disciples and siding with His party]. -- mark 1:18 +. +He went on a little farther and saw James the son of Zebedee, and John his brother, who were in [their] boat putting their nets in order. -- mark 1:19 +. +And immediately He called out to them, and [abandoning all mutual claims] they left their father Zebedee in the boat with the hired men and went off after Him [to be His disciples, side with His party, and follow Him]. -- mark 1:20 +. +And they entered into Capernaum, and immediately on the Sabbath He went into the synagogue and began to teach. -- mark 1:21 +. +And they were completely astonished at His teaching, for He was teaching as One Who possessed authority, and not as the scribes. -- mark 1:22 +. +Just at that time there was in their synagogue a man [who was in the power] of an unclean spirit; and now [immediately] he raised a deep and terrible cry from the depths of his throat, saying, -- mark 1:23 +. +What have You to do with us, Jesus of Nazareth? Have You come to destroy us? I know who You are--the Holy One of God! -- mark 1:24 +. +And Jesus rebuked him, saying, Hush up (be muzzled, gagged), and come out of him! -- mark 1:25 +. +And the unclean spirit, throwing the man into convulsions and screeching with a loud voice, came out of him. -- mark 1:26 +. +And they were all so amazed and almost terrified that they kept questioning and demanding one of another, saying, What is this? What new (fresh) teaching! With authority He gives orders even to the unclean spirits and they obey Him! -- mark 1:27 +. +And immediately rumors concerning Him spread [everywhere] throughout all the region surrounding Galilee. -- mark 1:28 +. +And at once He left the synagogue and went into the house of Simon [Peter] and Andrew, accompanied by James and John. -- mark 1:29 +. +Now Simon's mother-in-law had for some time been lying sick with a fever, and at once they told Him about her. -- mark 1:30 +. +And He went up to her and took her by the hand and raised her up; and the fever left her, and she began to wait on them. -- mark 1:31 +. +Now when it was evening, after the sun had set, they brought to Him all who were sick and those under the power of demons, -- mark 1:32 +. +Until the whole town was gathered together about the door. -- mark 1:33 +. +And He cured many who were afflicted with various diseases; and He drove out many demons, but would not allow the demons to talk because they knew Him [intuitively]. -- mark 1:34 +. +And in the morning, long before daylight, He got up and went out to a deserted place, and there He prayed. -- mark 1:35 +. +And Simon [Peter] and those who were with him followed Him [pursuing Him eagerly and hunting Him out], -- mark 1:36 +. +And they found Him and said to Him, Everybody is looking for You. -- mark 1:37 +. +And He said to them, Let us be going on into the neighboring country towns, that I may preach there also; for that is why I came out. -- mark 1:38 +. +[So] He went throughout the whole of Galilee, preaching in their synagogues and driving out demons. -- mark 1:39 +. +And a leper came to Him, begging Him on his knees and saying to Him, If You are willing, You are able to make me clean. -- mark 1:40 +. +And being moved with pity and sympathy, Jesus reached out His hand and touched him, and said to him, I am willing; be made clean! -- mark 1:41 +. +And at once the leprosy [completely] left him and he was made clean [by being healed]. -- mark 1:42 +. +And Jesus charged him sternly (sharply and threateningly, and with earnest admonition) and [acting with deep feeling thrust him forth and] sent him away at once, -- mark 1:43 +. +And said to him, See that you tell nothing [of this] to anyone; but begone, show yourself to the priest, and offer for your purification what Moses commanded, as a proof (an evidence and witness) to the people [that you are really healed]. -- mark 1:44 +. +But he went out and began to talk so freely about it and blaze abroad the news [spreading it everywhere] that [Jesus] could no longer openly go into a town but was outside in [lonely] desert places. But the people kept on coming to Him from all sides and every quarter. -- mark 1:45 +. +AND JESUS having returned to Capernaum, after some days it was rumored about that He was in the house [probably Peter's]. -- mark 2:1 +. +And so many people gathered together there that there was no longer room [for them], not even around the door; and He was discussing the Word. -- mark 2:2 +. +Then they came, bringing a paralytic to Him, who had been picked up and was being carried by four men. -- mark 2:3 +. +And when they could not get him to a place in front of Jesus because of the throng, they dug through the roof above Him; and when they had scooped out an opening, they let down the [thickly padded] quilt or mat upon which the paralyzed man lay. -- mark 2:4 +. +And when Jesus saw their faith [their confidence in God through Him], He said to the paralyzed man, Son, your sins are forgiven [you] and put away [that is, the penalty is remitted, the sense of guilt removed, and you are made upright and in right standing with God]. -- mark 2:5 +. +Now some of the scribes were sitting there, holding a dialogue with themselves as they questioned in their hearts, -- mark 2:6 +. +Why does this Man talk like this? He is blaspheming! Who can forgive sins [remove guilt, remit the penalty, and bestow righteousness instead] except God alone? -- mark 2:7 +. +And at once Jesus, becoming fully aware in His spirit that they thus debated within themselves, said to them, Why do you argue (debate, reason) about all this in your hearts? -- mark 2:8 +. +Which is easier: to say to the paralyzed man, Your sins are forgiven and put away, or to say, Rise, take up your sleeping pad or mat, and start walking about [and keep on walking]? -- mark 2:9 +. +But that you may know positively and beyond a doubt that the Son of Man has right and authority and power on earth to forgive sins--He said to the paralyzed man, -- mark 2:10 +. +I say to you, arise, pick up and carry your sleeping pad or mat, and be going on home. -- mark 2:11 +. +And he arose at once and picked up the sleeping pad or mat and went out before them all, so that they were all amazed and recognized and praised and thanked God, saying, We have never seen anything like this before! -- mark 2:12 +. +[Jesus] went out again along the seashore; and all the multitude kept gathering about Him, and He kept teaching them. -- mark 2:13 +. +And as He was passing by, He saw Levi (Matthew) son of Alphaeus sitting at the tax office, and He said to him, Follow Me! [Be joined to Me as a disciple, side with My party!] And he arose and joined Him as His disciple and sided with His party and accompanied Him. -- mark 2:14 +. +And as Jesus, together with His disciples, sat at table in his [Levi's] house, many tax collectors and persons [definitely stained] with sin were dining with Him, for there were many who walked the same road (followed) with Him. -- mark 2:15 +. +And the scribes [belonging to the party] of the Pharisees, when they saw that He was eating with [those definitely known to be especially wicked] sinners and tax collectors, said to His disciples, Why does He eat and drink with tax collectors and [notorious] sinners? -- mark 2:16 +. +And when Jesus heard it, He said to them, Those who are strong and well have no need of a physician, but those who are weak and sick; I came not to call the righteous ones to repentance, but sinners (the erring ones and all those not free from sin). -- mark 2:17 +. +Now John's disciples and the Pharisees were observing a fast; and [some people] came and asked Jesus, Why are John's disciples and the disciples of the Pharisees fasting, but Your disciples are not doing so? -- mark 2:18 +. +Jesus answered them, Can the wedding guests fast (abstain from food and drink) while the bridegroom is with them? As long as they have the bridegroom with them, they cannot fast. -- mark 2:19 +. +But the days will come when the bridegroom will be taken away from them, and they will fast in that day. -- mark 2:20 +. +No one sews a patch of unshrunken (new) goods on an old garment; if he does, the patch tears away from it, the new from the old, and the rent (tear) becomes bigger and worse [than it was before]. -- mark 2:21 +. +And no one puts new wine into old wineskins; if he does, the wine will burst the skins, and the wine is lost and the bottles destroyed; but new wine is to be put in new (fresh) wineskins. -- mark 2:22 +. +One Sabbath He was going along beside the fields of standing grain, and as they made their way, His disciples began to pick off the grains. -- mark 2:23 +. +And the Pharisees said to Him, Look! Why are they doing what is not permitted or lawful on the Sabbath? -- mark 2:24 +. +And He said to them, Have you never [even] read what David did when he was in need and was hungry, he and those who were accompanying him?-- -- mark 2:25 +. +How he went into the house of God when Abiathar was the high priest, and ate the sacred loaves set forth [before God], which it is not permitted or lawful for any but the priests to eat, and [how he] also gave [them] to those who were with him? [I Sam. 21:1-6; II Sam. 8:17.] -- mark 2:26 +. +And Jesus said to them, The Sabbath was made on account and for the sake of man, not man for the Sabbath; -- mark 2:27 +. +So the Son of Man is Lord even of the Sabbath. -- mark 2:28 +. +AGAIN JESUS went into a synagogue, and a man was there who had one withered hand [as the result of accident or disease]. -- mark 3:1 +. +And [the Pharisees] kept watching Jesus [closely] to see whether He would cure him on the Sabbath, so that they might get a charge to bring against Him [formally]. -- mark 3:2 +. +And He said to the man who had the withered hand, Get up [and stand here] in the midst. -- mark 3:3 +. +And He said to them, Is it lawful and right on the Sabbath to do good or to do evil, to save life or to take it? But they kept silence. -- mark 3:4 +. +And He glanced around at them with vexation and anger, grieved at the hardening of their hearts, and said to the man, Hold out your hand. He held it out, and his hand was [completely] restored. -- mark 3:5 +. +Then the Pharisees went out and immediately held a consultation with the Herodians against Him, how they might [devise some means to] put Him to death. -- mark 3:6 +. +And Jesus retired with His disciples to the lake, and a great throng from Galilee followed Him. Also from Judea -- mark 3:7 +. +And from Jerusalem and Idumea and from beyond the Jordan and from about Tyre and Sidon--a vast multitude, hearing all the many things that He was doing, came to Him. -- mark 3:8 +. +And He told His disciples to have a little boat in [constant] readiness for Him because of the crowd, lest they press hard upon Him and crush Him. -- mark 3:9 +. +For He had healed so many that all who had distressing bodily diseases kept falling upon Him and pressing upon Him in order that they might touch Him. -- mark 3:10 +. +And the spirits, the unclean ones, as often as they might see Him, fell down before Him and kept screaming out, You are the Son of God! -- mark 3:11 +. +And He charged them strictly and severely under penalty again and again that they should not make Him known. -- mark 3:12 +. +And He went up on the hillside and called to Him [for Himself] those whom He wanted and chose, and they came to Him. -- mark 3:13 +. +And He appointed twelve to continue to be with Him, and that He might send them out to preach [as apostles or special messengers] -- mark 3:14 +. +And to have authority and power to heal the sick and to drive out demons: -- mark 3:15 +. +[They were] Simon, and He surnamed [him] Peter; -- mark 3:16 +. +James son of Zebedee and John the brother of James, and He surnamed them Boanerges, that is, Sons of Thunder; -- mark 3:17 +. +And Andrew, and Philip, and Bartholomew (Nathaniel), and Matthew, and Thomas, and James son of Alphaeus, and Thaddaeus (Judas, not Iscariot), and Simon the Cananaean [also called Zelotes], -- mark 3:18 +. +And Judas Iscariot, he who betrayed Him. -- mark 3:19 +. +Then He went to a house [probably Peter's], but a throng came together again, so that Jesus and His disciples could not even take food. -- mark 3:20 +. +And when those who belonged to Him (His kinsmen) heard it, they went out to take Him by force, for they kept saying, He is out of His mind (beside Himself, deranged)! -- mark 3:21 +. +And the scribes who came down from Jerusalem said, He is possessed by Beelzebub, and, By [the help of] the prince of demons He is casting out demons. -- mark 3:22 +. +And He summoned them to Him and said to them in parables (illustrations or comparisons put beside truths to explain them), How can Satan drive out Satan? -- mark 3:23 +. +And if a kingdom is divided and rebelling against itself, that kingdom cannot stand. -- mark 3:24 +. +And if a house is divided (split into factions and rebelling) against itself, that house will not be able to last. -- mark 3:25 +. +And if Satan has raised an insurrection against himself and is divided, he cannot stand but is [surely] coming to an end. -- mark 3:26 +. +But no one can go into a strong man's house and ransack his household goods right and left and seize them as plunder unless he first binds the strong man; then indeed he may [thoroughly] plunder his house. -- mark 3:27 +. +Truly and solemnly I say to you, all sins will be forgiven the sons of men, and whatever abusive and blasphemous things they utter; -- mark 3:28 +. +But whoever speaks abusively against or maliciously misrepresents the Holy Spirit can never get forgiveness, but is guilty of and is in the grasp of an everlasting trespass. -- mark 3:29 +. +For they persisted in saying, He has an unclean spirit. -- mark 3:30 +. +Then His mother and His brothers came and, standing outside, they sent word to Him, calling [for] Him. -- mark 3:31 +. +And a crowd was sitting around Him, and they said to Him, Your mother and Your brothers and Your sisters are outside asking for You. -- mark 3:32 +. +And He replied, Who are My mother and My brothers? -- mark 3:33 +. +And looking around on those who sat in a circle about Him, He said, See! Here are My mother and My brothers; -- mark 3:34 +. +For whoever does the things God wills is My brother and sister and mother! -- mark 3:35 +. +AGAIN JESUS began to teach beside the lake. And a very great crowd gathered about Him, so that He got into a ship in order to sit in it on the sea, and the whole crowd was at the lakeside on the shore. -- mark 4:1 +. +And He taught them many things in parables (illustrations or comparisons put beside truths to explain them), and in His teaching He said to them: -- mark 4:2 +. +Give attention to this! Behold, a sower went out to sow. -- mark 4:3 +. +And as he was sowing, some seed fell along the path, and the birds came and ate it up. -- mark 4:4 +. +Other seed [of the same kind] fell on ground full of rocks, where it had not much soil; and at once it sprang up, because it had no depth of soil; -- mark 4:5 +. +And when the sun came up, it was scorched, and because it had not taken root, it withered away. -- mark 4:6 +. +Other seed [of the same kind] fell among thorn plants, and the thistles grew and pressed together and utterly choked and suffocated it, and it yielded no grain. -- mark 4:7 +. +And other seed [of the same kind] fell into good (well-adapted) soil and brought forth grain, growing up and increasing, and yielded up to thirty times as much, and sixty times as much, and even a hundred times as much as had been sown. -- mark 4:8 +. +And He said, He who has ears to hear, let him be hearing [and let him consider, and comprehend]. -- mark 4:9 +. +And as soon as He was alone, those who were around Him, with the Twelve [apostles], began to ask Him about the parables. -- mark 4:10 +. +And He said to them, To you has been entrusted the mystery of the kingdom of God [that is, the secret counsels of God which are hidden from the ungodly]; but for those outside [of our circle] everything becomes a parable, -- mark 4:11 +. +In order that they may [indeed] look and look but not see and perceive, and may hear and hear but not grasp and comprehend, lest haply they should turn again, and it [their willful rejection of the truth] should be forgiven them. -- mark 4:12 +. +And He said to them, Do you not discern and understand this parable? How then is it possible for you to discern and understand all the parables? -- mark 4:13 +. +The sower sows the Word. -- mark 4:14 +. +The ones along the path are those who have the Word sown [in their hearts], but when they hear, Satan comes at once and [by force] takes away the message which is sown in them. -- mark 4:15 +. +And in the same way the ones sown upon stony ground are those who, when they hear the Word, at once receive and accept and welcome it with joy; -- mark 4:16 +. +And they have no real root in themselves, and so they endure for a little while; then when trouble or persecution arises on account of the Word, they immediately are offended (become displeased, indignant, resentful) and they stumble and fall away. -- mark 4:17 +. +And the ones sown among the thorns are others who hear the Word; -- mark 4:18 +. +Then the cares and anxieties of the world and distractions of the age, and the pleasure and delight and false glamour and deceitfulness of riches, and the craving and passionate desire for other things creep in and choke and suffocate the Word, and it becomes fruitless. -- mark 4:19 +. +And those sown on the good (well-adapted) soil are the ones who hear the Word and receive and accept and welcome it and bear fruit--some thirty times as much as was sown, some sixty times as much, and some [even] a hundred times as much. -- mark 4:20 +. +And He said to them, Is the lamp brought in to be put under a peck measure or under a bed, and not [to be put] on the lampstand? -- mark 4:21 +. +[Things are hidden temporarily only as a means to revelation.] For there is nothing hidden except to be revealed, nor is anything [temporarily] kept secret except in order that it may be made known. -- mark 4:22 +. +If any man has ears to hear, let him be listening and let him perceive and comprehend. -- mark 4:23 +. +And He said to them, Be careful what you are hearing. The measure [of thought and study] you give [to the truth you hear] will be the measure [of virtue and knowledge] that comes back to you--and more [besides] will be given to you who hear. -- mark 4:24 +. +For to him who has will more be given; and from him who has nothing, even what he has will be taken away [by force], -- mark 4:25 +. +And He said, The kingdom of God is like a man who scatters seed upon the ground, -- mark 4:26 +. +And then continues sleeping and rising night and day while the seed sprouts and grows and increases--he knows not how. -- mark 4:27 +. +The earth produces [acting] by itself--first the blade, then the ear, then the full grain in the ear. -- mark 4:28 +. +But when the grain is ripe and permits, immediately he sends forth [the reapers] and puts in the sickle, because the harvest stands ready. -- mark 4:29 +. +And He said, With what can we compare the kingdom of God, or what parable shall we use to illustrate and explain it? -- mark 4:30 +. +It is like a grain of mustard seed, which, when sown upon the ground, is the smallest of all seeds upon the earth; -- mark 4:31 +. +Yet after it is sown, it grows up and becomes the greatest of all garden herbs and puts out large branches, so that the birds of the air are able to make nests and dwell in its shade. -- mark 4:32 +. +With many such parables [Jesus] spoke the Word to them, as they were able to hear and to comprehend and understand. -- mark 4:33 +. +He did not tell them anything without a parable; but privately to His disciples (those who were peculiarly His own) He explained everything [fully]. -- mark 4:34 +. +On that same day [when] evening had come, He said to them, Let us go over to the other side [of the lake]. -- mark 4:35 +. +And leaving the throng, they took Him with them, [just] as He was, in the boat [in which He was sitting]. And other boats were with Him. -- mark 4:36 +. +And a furious storm of wind [of hurricane proportions] arose, and the waves kept beating into the boat, so that it was already becoming filled. -- mark 4:37 +. +But He [Himself] was in the stern [of the boat], asleep on the [leather] cushion; and they awoke Him and said to Him, Master, do You not care that we are perishing? -- mark 4:38 +. +And He arose and rebuked the wind and said to the sea, Hush now! Be still (muzzled)! And the wind ceased (sank to rest as if exhausted by its beating) and there was [immediately] a great calm (a perfect peacefulness). -- mark 4:39 +. +He said to them, Why are you so timid and fearful? How is it that you have no faith (no firmly relying trust)? -- mark 4:40 +. +And they were filled with great awe and feared exceedingly and said one to another, Who then is this, that even wind and sea obey Him? -- mark 4:41 +. +THEY CAME to the other side of the sea to the region of the Gerasenes. -- mark 5:1 +. +And as soon as He got out of the boat, there met Him out of the tombs a man [under the power] of an unclean spirit. -- mark 5:2 +. +This man continually lived among the tombs, and no one could subdue him any more, even with a chain; -- mark 5:3 +. +For he had been bound often with shackles for the feet and handcuffs, but the handcuffs of [light] chains he wrenched apart, and the shackles he rubbed and ground together and broke in pieces; and no one had strength enough to restrain or tame him. -- mark 5:4 +. +Night and day among the tombs and on the mountains he was always shrieking and screaming and beating and bruising and cutting himself with stones. -- mark 5:5 +. +And when from a distance he saw Jesus, he ran and fell on his knees before Him in homage, -- mark 5:6 +. +And crying out with a loud voice, he said, What have You to do with me, Jesus, Son of the Most High God? [What is there in common between us?] I solemnly implore you by God, do not begin to torment me! -- mark 5:7 +. +For Jesus was commanding, Come out of the man, you unclean spirit! -- mark 5:8 +. +And He asked him, What is your name? He replied, My name is Legion, for we are many. -- mark 5:9 +. +And he kept begging Him urgently not to send them [himself and the other demons] away out of that region. -- mark 5:10 +. +Now a great herd of hogs was grazing there on the hillside. -- mark 5:11 +. +And the demons begged Him, saying, Send us to the hogs, that we may go into them! -- mark 5:12 +. +So He gave them permission. And the unclean spirits came out [of the man] and entered into the hogs; and the herd, numbering about 2,000, rushed headlong down the steep slope into the sea and were drowned in the sea. -- mark 5:13 +. +The hog feeders ran away, and told [it] in the town and in the country. And [the people] came to see what it was that had taken place. -- mark 5:14 +. +And they came to Jesus and looked intently and searchingly at the man who had been a demoniac, sitting there, clothed and in his right mind, [the same man] who had had the legion [of demons]; and they were seized with alarm and struck with fear. -- mark 5:15 +. +And those who had seen it related in full what had happened to the man possessed by demons and to the hogs. -- mark 5:16 +. +And they began to beg [Jesus] to leave their neighborhood. -- mark 5:17 +. +And when He had stepped into the boat, the man who had been controlled by the unclean spirits kept begging Him that he might be with Him. -- mark 5:18 +. +But Jesus refused to permit him, but said to him, Go home to your own [family and relatives and friends] and bring back word to them of how much the Lord has done for you, and [how He has] had sympathy for you and mercy on you. -- mark 5:19 +. +And he departed and began to publicly proclaim in Decapolis [the region of the ten cities] how much Jesus had done for him, and all the people were astonished and marveled. -- mark 5:20 +. +And when Jesus had recrossed in the boat to the other side, a great throng gathered about Him, and He was at the lakeshore. -- mark 5:21 +. +Then one of the rulers of the synagogue came up, Jairus by name; and seeing Him, he prostrated himself at His feet -- mark 5:22 +. +And begged Him earnestly, saying, My little daughter is at the point of death. Come and lay Your hands on her, so that she may be healed and live. -- mark 5:23 +. +And Jesus went with him; and a great crowd kept following Him and pressed Him from all sides [so as almost to suffocate Him]. -- mark 5:24 +. +And there was a woman who had had a flow of blood for twelve years, -- mark 5:25 +. +And who had endured much suffering under [the hands of] many physicians and had spent all that she had, and was no better but instead grew worse. -- mark 5:26 +. +She had heard the reports concerning Jesus, and she came up behind Him in the throng and touched His garment, -- mark 5:27 +. +For she kept saying, If I only touch His garments, I shall be restored to health. -- mark 5:28 +. +And immediately her flow of blood was dried up at the source, and [suddenly] she felt in her body that she was healed of her [distressing] ailment. -- mark 5:29 +. +And Jesus, recognizing in Himself that the power proceeding from Him had gone forth, turned around immediately in the crowd and said, Who touched My clothes? -- mark 5:30 +. +And the disciples kept saying to Him, You see the crowd pressing hard around You from all sides, and You ask, Who touched Me? -- mark 5:31 +. +Still He kept looking around to see her who had done it. -- mark 5:32 +. +But the woman, knowing what had been done for her, though alarmed and frightened and trembling, fell down before Him and told Him the whole truth. -- mark 5:33 +. +And He said to her, Daughter, your faith (your trust and confidence in Me, springing from faith in God) has restored you to health. Go in (into) peace and be continually healed and freed from your [distressing bodily] disease. -- mark 5:34 +. +While He was still speaking, there came some from the ruler's house, who said [to Jairus], Your daughter has died. Why bother and distress the Teacher any further? -- mark 5:35 +. +Overhearing but ignoring what they said, Jesus said to the ruler of the synagogue, Do not be seized with alarm and struck with fear; only keep on believing. -- mark 5:36 +. +And He permitted no one to accompany Him except Peter and James and John the brother of James. -- mark 5:37 +. +When they arrived at the house of the ruler of the synagogue, He looked [carefully and with understanding] at [the] tumult and the people weeping and wailing loudly. -- mark 5:38 +. +And when He had gone in, He said to them, Why do you make an uproar and weep? The little girl is not dead but is sleeping. -- mark 5:39 +. +And they laughed and jeered at Him. But He put them all out, and, taking the child's father and mother and those who were with Him, He went in where the little girl was lying. -- mark 5:40 +. +Gripping her [firmly] by the hand, He said to her, Talitha cumi--which translated is, Little girl, I say to you, arise [from the sleep of death]! -- mark 5:41 +. +And instantly the girl got up and started walking around--for she was twelve years old. And they were utterly astonished and overcome with amazement. -- mark 5:42 +. +And He strictly commanded and warned them that no one should know this, and He [expressly] told them to give her [something] to eat. -- mark 5:43 +. +JESUS WENT away from there and came to His [own] country and hometown [Nazareth], and His disciples followed [with] Him. -- mark 6:1 +. +And on the Sabbath He began to teach in the synagogue; and many who listened to Him were utterly astonished, saying, Where did this Man acquire all this? What is the wisdom [the broad and full intelligence which has been] given to Him? What mighty works and exhibitions of power are wrought by His hands! -- mark 6:2 +. +Is not this the Carpenter, the son of Mary and the brother of James and Joses and Judas and Simon? And are not His sisters here among us? And they took offense at Him and were hurt [that is, they disapproved of Him, and it hindered them from acknowledging His authority] and they were caused to stumble and fall. -- mark 6:3 +. +But Jesus said to them, A prophet is not without honor (deference, reverence) except in his [own] country and among [his] relatives and in his [own] house. -- mark 6:4 +. +And He was not able to do even one work of power there, except that He laid His hands on a few sickly people [and] cured them. -- mark 6:5 +. +And He marveled because of their unbelief (their lack of faith in Him). And He went about among the surrounding villages and continued teaching. -- mark 6:6 +. +And He called to Him the Twelve [apostles] and began to send them out [as His ambassadors] two by two and gave them authority and power over the unclean spirits. -- mark 6:7 +. +He charged them to take nothing for their journey except a walking stick--no bread, no wallet for a collection bag, no money in their belts (girdles, purses)-- -- mark 6:8 +. +But to go with sandals on their feet and not to put on two tunics (undergarments). -- mark 6:9 +. +And He told them, Wherever you go into a house, stay there until you leave that place. -- mark 6:10 +. +And if any community will not receive and accept and welcome you, and they refuse to listen to you, when you depart, shake off the dust that is on your feet, for a testimony against them. Truly I tell you, it will be more tolerable for Sodom and Gomorrah in the judgment day than for that town. -- mark 6:11 +. +So they went out and preached that men should repent [that they should change their minds for the better and heartily amend their ways, with abhorrence of their past sins]. -- mark 6:12 +. +And they drove out many unclean spirits and anointed with oil many who were sick and cured them. -- mark 6:13 +. +King Herod heard of it, for [Jesus'] name had become well known. He and they [of his court] said, John the Baptist has been raised from the dead; that is why these mighty powers [of performing miracles] are at work in Him. -- mark 6:14 +. +[But] others kept saying, It is Elijah! And others said, It is a prophet, like one of the prophets [of old]. -- mark 6:15 +. +But when Herod heard [of it], he said, [This very] John, whom I beheaded, has been raised [from the dead]. -- mark 6:16 +. +For [this] Herod himself had sent and seized John and bound him in prison for the sake of Herodias, his brother Philip's wife, because he [Herod] had married her. -- mark 6:17 +. +For John had told Herod, It is not lawful and you have no right to have your brother's wife. -- mark 6:18 +. +And Herodias was angry (enraged) with him and held a grudge against him and wanted to kill him; but she could not, -- mark 6:19 +. +For Herod had [a reverential] fear of John, knowing that he was a righteous and holy man, and [continually] kept him safe [under guard]. When he heard , he was much perplexed; and [yet] he heard him gladly. -- mark 6:20 +. +But an opportune time came [for Herodias] when Herod on his birthday gave a banquet for his nobles and the high military commanders and chief men of Galilee. -- mark 6:21 +. +For when the daughter of Herodias herself came in and danced, she pleased and fascinated Herod and his guests; and the king said to the girl, Ask me for whatever you desire, and I will give it to you. -- mark 6:22 +. +And he put himself under oath to her, Whatever you ask me, I will give it to you, even to the half of my kingdom. -- mark 6:23 +. +Then she left the room and said to her mother, What shall I ask for [myself]? And she replied, The head of John the Baptist! -- mark 6:24 +. +And she rushed back instantly to the king and requested, saying, I wish you to give me right now the head of John the Baptist on a platter. -- mark 6:25 +. +And the king was deeply pained and grieved and exceedingly sorry, but because of his oaths and his guests, he did not want to slight her [by breaking faith with her]. -- mark 6:26 +. +And immediately the king sent off one [of the soldiers] of his bodyguard and gave him orders to bring [John's] head. He went and beheaded him in the prison -- mark 6:27 +. +And brought his head on a platter and handed it to the girl, and the girl gave it to her mother. -- mark 6:28 +. +When his disciples learned of it, they came and took [John's] body and laid it in a tomb. -- mark 6:29 +. +The apostles [sent out as missionaries] came back and gathered together to Jesus, and told Him all that they had done and taught. -- mark 6:30 +. +And He said to them, [As for you] come away by yourselves to a deserted place, and rest a while--for many were [continually] coming and going, and they had not even leisure enough to eat. -- mark 6:31 +. +And they went away in a boat to a solitary place by themselves. -- mark 6:32 +. +Now many [people] saw them going and recognized them, and they ran there on foot from all the surrounding towns, and they got there ahead [of those in the boat]. -- mark 6:33 +. +As Jesus landed, He saw a great crowd waiting, and He was moved with compassion for them, because they were like sheep without a shepherd; and He began to teach them many things. -- mark 6:34 +. +And when the day was already far gone, His disciples came to Him and said, This is a desolate and isolated place, and the hour is now late. -- mark 6:35 +. +Send the crowds away to go into the country and villages round about and buy themselves something to eat. -- mark 6:36 +. +But He replied to them, Give them something to eat yourselves. And they said to Him, Shall we go and buy denarii [about forty dollars] worth of bread and give it to them to eat? [II Kings 4:42-44.] -- mark 6:37 +. +And He said to them, How many loaves do you have? Go and see. And when they [had looked and] knew, they said, Five [loaves] and two fish. -- mark 6:38 +. +Then He commanded the people all to recline on the green grass by companies. -- mark 6:39 +. +So they threw themselves down in ranks of hundreds and fifties [with the regularity of an arrangement of beds of herbs, looking like so many garden plots]. -- mark 6:40 +. +And taking the five loaves and two fish, He looked up to heaven and, praising God, gave thanks and broke the loaves and kept on giving them to the disciples to set before the people; and He [also] divided the two fish among [them] all. -- mark 6:41 +. +And they all ate and were satisfied. -- mark 6:42 +. +And they took up twelve [small hand] baskets full of broken pieces [from the loaves] and of the fish. -- mark 6:43 +. +And those who ate the loaves were 5,men. -- mark 6:44 +. +And at once He insisted that the disciples get into the boat and go ahead of Him to the other side to Bethsaida, while He was sending the throng away. -- mark 6:45 +. +And after He had taken leave of them, He went off into the hills to pray. -- mark 6:46 +. +Now when evening had come, the boat was out in the middle of the lake, and He was by Himself on the land. -- mark 6:47 +. +And having seen that they were troubled and tormented in [their] rowing, for the wind was against them, about the fourth watch of the night [between 3:00-6:a.m.] He came to them, walking [directly] on the sea. And He acted as if He meant to pass by them, -- mark 6:48 +. +But when they saw Him walking on the sea they thought it was a ghost, and raised a [deep, throaty] shriek of terror. -- mark 6:49 +. +For they all saw Him and were agitated (troubled and filled with fear and dread). But immediately He talked with them and said, Take heart! I AM! Stop being alarmed and afraid. -- mark 6:50 +. +And He went up into the boat with them, and the wind ceased (sank to rest as if exhausted by its own beating). And they were astonished exceedingly [beyond measure], -- mark 6:51 +. +For they failed to consider or understand [the teaching and meaning of the miracle of] the loaves; [in fact] their hearts had grown callous [had become dull and had lost the power of understanding]. -- mark 6:52 +. +And when they had crossed over, they reached the land of Gennesaret and came to [anchor at] the shore. -- mark 6:53 +. +As soon as they got out of the boat, [the people] recognized Him, -- mark 6:54 +. +And they ran about the whole countryside, and began to carry around sick people on their sleeping pads or mats to any place where they heard that He was. -- mark 6:55 +. +And wherever He came into villages or cities or the country, they would lay the sick in the marketplaces and beg Him that they might touch even the fringe of His outer garment, and as many as touched Him were restored to health. -- mark 6:56 +. +NOW THERE gathered together to [Jesus] the Pharisees and some of the scribes who had come from Jerusalem, -- mark 7:1 +. +For they had seen that some of His disciples ate with common hands, that is, unwashed [with hands defiled and unhallowed, because they had not given them a ceremonial washing]-- -- mark 7:2 +. +For the Pharisees and all of the Jews do not eat unless [merely for ceremonial reasons] they wash their hands [diligently up to the elbow] with clenched fist, adhering [carefully and faithfully] to the tradition of [practices and customs handed down to them by] their forefathers [to be observed]. -- mark 7:3 +. +And [when they come] from the marketplace, they do not eat unless they purify themselves; and there are many other traditions [oral, man-made laws handed down to them, which they observe faithfully and diligently, such as], the washing of cups and wooden pitchers and widemouthed jugs and utensils of copper and beds-- -- mark 7:4 +. +And the Pharisees and scribes kept asking [Jesus], Why do Your disciples not order their way of living according to the tradition handed down by the forefathers [to be observed], but eat with hands unwashed and ceremonially not purified? -- mark 7:5 +. +But He said to them, Excellently and truly [so that there will be no room for blame] did Isaiah prophesy of you, the pretenders and hypocrites, as it stands written: These people [constantly] honor Me with their lips, but their hearts hold off and are far distant from Me. -- mark 7:6 +. +In vain (fruitlessly and without profit) do they worship Me, ordering and teaching [to be obeyed] as doctrines the commandments and precepts of men. -- mark 7:7 +. +You disregard and give up and ask to depart from you the commandment of God and cling to the tradition of men [keeping it carefully and faithfully]. -- mark 7:8 +. +And He said to them, You have a fine way of rejecting [thus thwarting and nullifying and doing away with] the commandment of God in order to keep your tradition (your own human regulations)! -- mark 7:9 +. +For Moses said, Honor (revere with tenderness of feeling and deference) your father and your mother, and, He who curses or reviles or speaks evil of or abuses or treats improperly his father or mother, let him surely die. -- mark 7:10 +. +But [as for you] you say, A man is exempt if he tells [his] father or [his] mother, What you would otherwise have gained from me [everything I have that would have been of use to you] is Corban, that is, is a gift [already given as an offering to God], -- mark 7:11 +. +Then you no longer are permitting him to do anything for [his] father or mother [but are letting him off from helping them]. -- mark 7:12 +. +Thus you are nullifying and making void and of no effect [the authority of] the Word of God through your tradition, which you [in turn] hand on. And many things of this kind you are doing. -- mark 7:13 +. +And He called the people to [Him] again and said to them, Listen to Me, all of you, and understand [what I say]. -- mark 7:14 +. +There is not [even] one thing outside a man which by going into him can pollute and defile him; but the things which come out of a man are what defile him and make him unhallowed and unclean. -- mark 7:15 +. +If any man has ears to hear, let him be listening [and let him perceive and comprehend by hearing]. -- mark 7:16 +. +And when He had left the crowd and had gone into the house, His disciples began asking Him about the parable. -- mark 7:17 +. +And He said to them, Then are you also unintelligent and dull and without understanding? Do you not discern and see that whatever goes into a man from the outside cannot make him unhallowed or unclean, -- mark 7:18 +. +Since it does not reach and enter his heart but [only his] digestive tract, and so passes on [into the place designed to receive waste]? Thus He was making and declaring all foods [ceremonially] clean [that is, abolishing the ceremonial distinctions of the Levitical Law]. -- mark 7:19 +. +And He said, What comes out of a man is what makes a man unclean and renders [him] unhallowed. -- mark 7:20 +. +For from within, [that is] out of the hearts of men, come base and wicked thoughts, sexual immorality, stealing, murder, adultery, -- mark 7:21 +. +Coveting (a greedy desire to have more wealth), dangerous and destructive wickedness, deceit; unrestrained (indecent) conduct; an evil eye (envy), slander (evil speaking, malicious misrepresentation, abusiveness), pride (the sin of an uplifted heart against God and man), foolishness (folly, lack of sense, recklessness, thoughtlessness). -- mark 7:22 +. +All these evil [purposes and desires] come from within, and they make the man unclean and render him unhallowed. -- mark 7:23 +. +And Jesus arose and went away from there to the region of Tyre and Sidon. And He went into a house and did not want anyone to know [that He was there]; but it was not possible for Him to be hidden [from public notice]. -- mark 7:24 +. +Instead, at once, a woman whose little daughter had (was under the control of) an unclean spirit heard about Him and came and flung herself down at His feet. -- mark 7:25 +. +Now the woman was a Greek (Gentile), a Syrophoenician by nationality. And she kept begging Him to drive the demon out of her little daughter. -- mark 7:26 +. +And He said to her, First let the children be fed, for it is not becoming or proper or right to take the children's bread and throw it to the [little house] dogs. -- mark 7:27 +. +But she answered Him, Yes, Lord, yet even the small pups under the table eat the little children's scraps of food. -- mark 7:28 +. +And He said to her, Because of this saying, you may go your way; the demon has gone out of your daughter [permanently]. -- mark 7:29 +. +And she went home and found the child thrown on the couch, and the demon departed. -- mark 7:30 +. +Soon after this, Jesus, coming back from the region of Tyre, passed through Sidon on to the Sea of Galilee, through the region of Decapolis [the ten cities]. -- mark 7:31 +. +And they brought to Him a man who was deaf and had difficulty in speaking, and they begged Jesus to place His hand upon him. -- mark 7:32 +. +And taking him aside from the crowd [privately], He thrust His fingers into the man's ears and spat and touched his tongue; -- mark 7:33 +. +And looking up to heaven, He sighed as He said, Ephphatha, which means, Be opened! -- mark 7:34 +. +And his ears were opened, his tongue was loosed, and he began to speak distinctly and as he should. -- mark 7:35 +. +And Jesus [in His own interest] admonished and ordered them sternly and expressly to tell no one; but the more He commanded them, the more zealously they proclaimed it. -- mark 7:36 +. +And they were overwhelmingly astonished, saying, He has done everything excellently (commendably and nobly)! He even makes the deaf to hear and the dumb to speak! -- mark 7:37 +. +IN THOSE days when [again] an immense crowd had gathered and they had nothing to eat, Jesus called His disciples to Him and told them, -- mark 8:1 +. +I have pity and sympathy for the people and My heart goes out to them, for they have been with Me now three days and have nothing [left] to eat; -- mark 8:2 +. +And if I send them away to their homes hungry, they will be feeble through exhaustion and faint along the road; and some of them have come a long way. -- mark 8:3 +. +And His disciples replied to Him, How can anyone fill and satisfy [these people] with loaves of bread here in [this] desolate and uninhabited region? -- mark 8:4 +. +And He asked them, How many loaves have you? They said, Seven. -- mark 8:5 +. +And He commanded the multitude to recline upon the ground, and He [then] took the seven loaves [of bread] and, having given thanks, He broke them and kept on giving them to His disciples to put before [the people], and they placed them before the crowd. -- mark 8:6 +. +And they had a few small fish; and when He had praised God and given thanks and asked Him to bless them [to their use], He ordered that these also should be set before [them]. -- mark 8:7 +. +And they ate and were satisfied; and they took up seven [large provision] baskets full of the broken pieces left over. -- mark 8:8 +. +And there were about 4,people. And He dismissed them, -- mark 8:9 +. +And at once He got into the boat with His disciples and went to the district of Dalmanutha (or Magdala). -- mark 8:10 +. +The Pharisees came and began to argue with and question Him, demanding from Him a sign (an attesting miracle from heaven) [maliciously] to test Him. -- mark 8:11 +. +And He groaned and sighed deeply in His spirit and said, Why does this generation demand a sign? Positively I say to you, no sign shall be given this generation. -- mark 8:12 +. +And He went away and left them and, getting into the boat again, He departed to the other side. -- mark 8:13 +. +Now they had [completely] forgotten to bring bread, and they had only one loaf with them in the boat. -- mark 8:14 +. +And Jesus [repeatedly and expressly] charged and admonished them, saying, Look out; keep on your guard and beware of the leaven of the Pharisees and the leaven of Herod and the Herodians. -- mark 8:15 +. +And they discussed it and reasoned with one another, It is because we have no bread. -- mark 8:16 +. +And being aware [of it], Jesus said to them, Why are you reasoning and saying it is because you have no bread? Do you not yet discern or understand? Are your hearts in [a settled state of] hardness? -- mark 8:17 +. +Having eyes, do you not see [with them], and having ears, do you not hear and perceive and understand the sense of what is said? And do you not remember? -- mark 8:18 +. +When I broke the five loaves for the 5,000, how many [small hand] baskets full of broken pieces did you take up? They said to Him, Twelve. -- mark 8:19 +. +And [when I broke] the seven loaves for the 4,000, how many [large provision] baskets full of broken pieces did you take up? And they said to Him, Seven. -- mark 8:20 +. +And He kept repeating, Do you not yet understand? -- mark 8:21 +. +And they came to Bethsaida. And [people] brought to Him a blind man and begged Him to touch him. -- mark 8:22 +. +And He caught the blind man by the hand and led him out of the village; and when He had spit on his eyes and put His hands upon him, He asked him, Do you [possibly] see anything? -- mark 8:23 +. +And he looked up and said, I see people, but [they look] like trees, walking. -- mark 8:24 +. +Then He put His hands on his eyes again; and the man looked intently [that is, fixed his eyes on definite objects], and he was restored and saw everything distinctly [even what was at a distance]. -- mark 8:25 +. +And He sent him away to his house, telling [him], Do not [even] enter the village or tell anyone there. -- mark 8:26 +. +And Jesus went on with His disciples to the villages of Caesarea Philippi; and on the way He asked His disciples, Who do people say that I am? -- mark 8:27 +. +And they answered [Him], John the Baptist; and others [say], Elijah; but others, one of the prophets. -- mark 8:28 +. +And He asked them, But who do you yourselves say that I am? Peter replied to Him, You are the Christ (the Messiah, the Anointed One). -- mark 8:29 +. +And He charged them sharply to tell no one about Him. -- mark 8:30 +. +And He began to teach them that the Son of Man must of necessity suffer many things and be tested and disapproved and rejected by the elders and the chief priests and the scribes, and be put to death, and after three days rise again [from death]. -- mark 8:31 +. +And He said this freely (frankly, plainly, and explicitly, making it unmistakable). And Peter took Him by the hand and led Him aside and then [facing Him] began to rebuke Him. -- mark 8:32 +. +But turning around [His back to Peter] and seeing His disciples, He rebuked Peter, saying, Get behind Me, Satan! For you do not have a mind intent on promoting what God wills, but what pleases men [you are not on God's side, but that of men]. -- mark 8:33 +. +And Jesus called [to Him] the throng with His disciples and said to them, If anyone intends to come after Me, let him deny himself [forget, ignore, disown, and lose sight of himself and his own interests] and take up his cross, and [joining Me as a disciple and siding with My party] follow with Me [continually, cleaving steadfastly to Me]. -- mark 8:34 +. +For whoever wants to save his [higher, spiritual, eternal] life, will lose it [the lower, natural, temporal life which is lived only on earth]; and whoever gives up his life [which is lived only on earth] for My sake and the Gospel's will save it [his higher, spiritual life in the eternal kingdom of God]. -- mark 8:35 +. +For what does it profit a man to gain the whole world, and forfeit his life [in the eternal kingdom of God]? -- mark 8:36 +. +For what can a man give as an exchange (a compensation, a ransom, in return) for his [blessed] life [in the eternal kingdom of God]? -- mark 8:37 +. +For whoever is ashamed [here and now] of Me and My words in this adulterous (unfaithful) and [preeminently] sinful generation, of him will the Son of Man also be ashamed when He comes in the glory (splendor and majesty) of His Father with the holy angels. -- mark 8:38 +. +AND JESUS said to them, Truly and solemnly I say to you, there are some standing here who will in no way taste death before they see the kingdom of God come in [its] power. -- mark 9:1 +. +Six days after this, Jesus took with Him Peter and James and John and led them up on a high mountain apart by themselves. And He was transfigured before them and became resplendent with divine brightness. -- mark 9:2 +. +And His garments became glistening, intensely white, as no fuller (cloth dresser, launderer) on earth could bleach them. -- mark 9:3 +. +And Elijah appeared [there] to them, accompanied by Moses, and they were holding [a protracted] conversation with Jesus. -- mark 9:4 +. +And Peter took up the conversation, saying, Master, it is good and suitable and beautiful for us to be here. Let us make three booths (tents)--one for You and one for Moses and one for Elijah. -- mark 9:5 +. +For he did not [really] know what to say, for they were in a violent fright (aghast with dread). -- mark 9:6 +. +And a cloud threw a shadow upon them, and a voice came out of the cloud, saying, This is My Son, the [most dearworthy] Beloved One. Be constantly listening to and obeying Him! -- mark 9:7 +. +And looking around, they suddenly no longer saw anyone with them except Jesus only. -- mark 9:8 +. +And as they were coming back down the mountain, He admonished and expressly ordered them to tell no one what they had seen until the Son of Man should rise from among the dead. -- mark 9:9 +. +So they carefully and faithfully kept the matter to themselves, questioning and disputing with one another about what rising from among the dead meant. -- mark 9:10 +. +And they asked Him, Why do the scribes say that it is necessary for Elijah to come first? -- mark 9:11 +. +And He said to them, Elijah, it is true, does come first to restore all things and set them to rights. And how is it written of the Son of Man that He will suffer many things and be utterly despised and be treated with contempt and rejected? -- mark 9:12 +. +But I tell you that Elijah has already come, and [people] did to him whatever they desired, as it is written of him. -- mark 9:13 +. +And when they came to the [nine] disciples, they saw a great crowd around them and scribes questioning and disputing with them. -- mark 9:14 +. +And immediately all the crowd, when they saw Jesus [returning from the holy mount, His face and person yet glistening], they were greatly amazed and ran up to Him [and] greeted Him. -- mark 9:15 +. +And He asked them, About what are you questioning and discussing with them? -- mark 9:16 +. +And one of the throng replied to Him, Teacher, I brought my son to You, for he has a dumb spirit. -- mark 9:17 +. +And wherever it lays hold of him [so as to make him its own], it dashes him down and convulses him, and he foams [at the mouth] and grinds his teeth, and he [falls into a motionless stupor and] is wasting away. And I asked Your disciples to drive it out, and they were not able [to do it]. -- mark 9:18 +. +And He answered them, O unbelieving generation [without any faith]! How long shall I [have to do] with you? How long am I to bear with you? Bring him to Me. -- mark 9:19 +. +So they brought [the boy] to Him, and when the spirit saw Him, at once it completely convulsed the boy, and he fell to the ground and kept rolling about, foaming [at the mouth]. -- mark 9:20 +. +And [Jesus] asked his father, How long has he had this? And he answered, From the time he was a little boy. -- mark 9:21 +. +And it has often thrown him both into fire and into water, intending to kill him. But if You can do anything, do have pity on us and help us. -- mark 9:22 +. +And Jesus said, [You say to Me], If You can do anything? [Why,] all things can be (are possible) to him who believes! -- mark 9:23 +. +At once the father of the boy gave [an eager, piercing, inarticulate] cry with tears, and he said, Lord, I believe! [Constantly] help my weakness of faith! -- mark 9:24 +. +But when Jesus noticed that a crowd [of people] came running together, He rebuked the unclean spirit, saying to it, You dumb and deaf spirit, I charge you to come out of him and never go into him again. -- mark 9:25 +. +And after giving a [hoarse, clamoring, fear-stricken] shriek of anguish and convulsing him terribly, it came out; and the boy lay [pale and motionless] like a corpse, so that many of them said, He is dead. -- mark 9:26 +. +But Jesus took [a strong grip of] his hand and began lifting him up, and he stood. -- mark 9:27 +. +And when He had gone indoors, His disciples asked Him privately, Why could not we drive it out? -- mark 9:28 +. +And He replied to them, This kind cannot be driven out by anything but prayer and fasting. -- mark 9:29 +. +They went on from there and passed along through Galilee. And He did not wish to have anyone know it, -- mark 9:30 +. +For He was [engaged for the time being in] teaching His disciples. He said to them, The Son of Man is being delivered into the hands of men, and they will put Him to death; and when He has been killed, after three days He will rise [from death]. -- mark 9:31 +. +But they did not comprehend what He was saying, and they were afraid to ask Him [what this statement meant]. -- mark 9:32 +. +And they arrived at Capernaum; and when [they were] in the house, He asked them, What were you discussing and arguing about on the road? -- mark 9:33 +. +But they kept still, for on the road they had discussed and disputed with one another as to who was the greatest. -- mark 9:34 +. +And He sat down and called the Twelve [apostles], and He said to them, If anyone desires to be first, he must be last of all, and servant of all. -- mark 9:35 +. +And He took a little child and put him in the center of their group; and taking him in [His] arms, He said to them, -- mark 9:36 +. +Whoever in My name and for My sake accepts and receives and welcomes one such child also accepts and receives and welcomes Me; and whoever so receives Me receives not only Me but Him Who sent Me. -- mark 9:37 +. +John said to Him, Teacher, we saw a man who does not follow along with us driving out demons in Your name, and we forbade him to do it, because he is not one of our band [of Your disciples]. -- mark 9:38 +. +But Jesus said, Do not restrain or hinder or forbid him; for no one who does a mighty work in My name will soon afterward be able to speak evil of Me. -- mark 9:39 +. +For he who is not against us is for us. -- mark 9:40 +. +For I tell you truly, whoever gives you a cup of water to drink because you belong to and bear the name of Christ will by no means fail to get his reward. -- mark 9:41 +. +And whoever causes one of these little ones (these believers) who acknowledge and cleave to Me to stumble and sin, it would be better (more profitable and wholesome) for him if a [huge] millstone were hung about his neck, and he were thrown into the sea. -- mark 9:42 +. +And if your hand puts a stumbling block before you and causes you to sin, cut it off! It is more profitable and wholesome for you to go into life [that is really worthwhile] maimed than with two hands to go to hell (Gehenna), into the fire that cannot be put out. -- mark 9:43 +. +And if your foot is a cause of stumbling and sin to you, cut it off! It is more profitable and wholesome for you to enter into life [that is really worthwhile] crippled than, having two feet, to be cast into hell (Gehenna). -- mark 9:45 +. +And if your eye causes you to stumble and sin, pluck it out! It is more profitable and wholesome for you to enter the kingdom of God with one eye than with two eyes to be thrown into hell (Gehenna), -- mark 9:47 +. +Where their worm [which preys on the inhabitants and is a symbol of the wounds inflicted on the man himself by his sins] does not die, and the fire is not put out. -- mark 9:48 +. +For everyone shall be salted with fire. -- mark 9:49 +. +Salt is good (beneficial), but if salt has lost its saltness, how will you restore [the saltness to] it? Have salt within yourselves, and be at peace and live in harmony with one another. -- mark 9:50 +. +AND [Jesus] left there [Capernaum] and went to the region of Judea and beyond [east of] the Jordan; and crowds [constantly] gathered around Him again, and as was His custom, He began to teach them again. -- mark 10:1 +. +And some Pharisees came up, and, in order to test Him and try to find a weakness in Him, asked, Is it lawful for a man to dismiss and repudiate and divorce his wife? -- mark 10:2 +. +He answered them, What did Moses command you? -- mark 10:3 +. +They replied, Moses allowed a man to write a bill of divorce and to put her away. -- mark 10:4 +. +But Jesus said to them, Because of your hardness of heart [your condition of insensibility to the call of God] he wrote you this precept in your Law. -- mark 10:5 +. +But from the beginning of creation God made them male and female. -- mark 10:6 +. +For this reason a man shall leave [behind] his father and his mother and be joined to his wife and cleave closely to her permanently, -- mark 10:7 +. +And the two shall become one flesh, so that they are no longer two, but one flesh. -- mark 10:8 +. +What therefore God has united (joined together), let not man separate or divide. -- mark 10:9 +. +And indoors the disciples questioned Him again about this subject. -- mark 10:10 +. +And He said to them, Whoever dismisses (repudiates and divorces) his wife and marries another commits adultery against her; -- mark 10:11 +. +And if a woman dismisses (repudiates and divorces) her husband and marries another, she commits adultery. -- mark 10:12 +. +And they kept bringing young children to Him that He might touch them, and the disciples were reproving them [for it]. -- mark 10:13 +. +But when Jesus saw [it], He was indignant and pained and said to them, Allow the children to come to Me--do not forbid or prevent or hinder them--for to such belongs the kingdom of God. -- mark 10:14 +. +Truly I tell you, whoever does not receive and accept and welcome the kingdom of God like a little child [does] positively shall not enter it at all. -- mark 10:15 +. +And He took them [the children up one by one] in His arms and [fervently invoked a] blessing, placing His hands upon them. -- mark 10:16 +. +And as He was setting out on His journey, a man ran up and knelt before Him and asked Him, Teacher, [You are essentially and perfectly morally] good, what must I do to inherit eternal life [that is, to partake of eternal salvation in the Messiah's kingdom]? -- mark 10:17 +. +And Jesus said to him, Why do you call Me [essentially and perfectly morally] good? There is no one [essentially and perfectly morally] good--except God alone. -- mark 10:18 +. +You know the commandments: Do not kill, do not commit adultery, do not steal, do not bear false witness, do not defraud, honor your father and mother. -- mark 10:19 +. +And he replied to Him, Teacher, I have carefully guarded and observed all these and taken care not to violate them from my boyhood. -- mark 10:20 +. +And Jesus, looking upon him, loved him, and He said to him, You lack one thing; go and sell all you have and give [the money] to the poor, and you will have treasure in heaven; and come [and] accompany Me [walking the same road that I walk]. -- mark 10:21 +. +At that saying the man's countenance fell and was gloomy, and he went away grieved and sorrowing, for he was holding great possessions. -- mark 10:22 +. +And Jesus looked around and said to His disciples, With what difficulty will those who possess wealth and keep on holding it enter the kingdom of God! -- mark 10:23 +. +And the disciples were amazed and bewildered and perplexed at His words. But Jesus said to them again, Children, how hard it is for those who trust (place their confidence, their sense of safety) in riches to enter the kingdom of God! -- mark 10:24 +. +It is easier for a camel to go through the eye of a needle than for a rich man to enter the kingdom of God. -- mark 10:25 +. +And they were shocked and exceedingly astonished, and said to Him and to one another, Then who can be saved? -- mark 10:26 +. +Jesus glanced around at them and said, With men [it is] impossible, but not with God; for all things are possible with God. -- mark 10:27 +. +Peter started to say to Him, Behold, we have yielded up and abandoned everything [once and for all and joined You as Your disciples, siding with Your party] and accompanied You [walking the same road that You walk]. -- mark 10:28 +. +Jesus said, Truly I tell you, there is no one who has given up and left house or brothers or sisters or mother or father or children or lands for My sake and for the Gospel's -- mark 10:29 +. +Who will not receive a hundred times as much now in this time--houses and brothers and sisters and mothers and children and lands, with persecutions--and in the age to come, eternal life. -- mark 10:30 +. +But many [who are now] first will be last [then], and many [who are now] last will be first [then]. -- mark 10:31 +. +They were on the way going up to Jerusalem, and Jesus was walking on in front of them; and they were bewildered and perplexed and greatly astonished, and those [who were still] following were seized with alarm and were afraid. And He took the Twelve [apostles] again and began to tell them what was about to happen to Him, -- mark 10:32 +. +[Saying], Behold, we are going up to Jerusalem, and the Son of Man will be turned over to the chief priests and the scribes; and they will condemn and sentence Him to death and turn Him over to the Gentiles. -- mark 10:33 +. +And they will mock Him and spit on Him, and whip Him and put Him to death; but after three days He will rise again [from death]. -- mark 10:34 +. +And James and John, the sons of Zebedee, approached Him and said to Him, Teacher, we desire You to do for us whatever we ask of You. -- mark 10:35 +. +And He replied to them, What do you desire Me to do for you? -- mark 10:36 +. +And they said to Him, Grant that we may sit, one at Your right hand and one at [Your] left hand, in Your glory (Your majesty and splendor). -- mark 10:37 +. +But Jesus said to them, You do not know what you are asking. Are you able to drink the cup that I drink or be baptized with the baptism [of affliction] with which I am baptized? -- mark 10:38 +. +And they replied to Him, We are able. And Jesus told them, The cup that I drink you will drink, and you will be baptized with the baptism with which I am baptized, -- mark 10:39 +. +But to sit at My right hand or at My left hand is not Mine to give; but [it will be given to those] for whom it is ordained and prepared. -- mark 10:40 +. +And when the other ten [apostles] heard it, they began to be indignant with James and John. -- mark 10:41 +. +But Jesus called them to [Him] and said to them, You know that those who are recognized as governing and are supposed to rule the Gentiles (the nations) lord it over them [ruling with absolute power, holding them in subjection], and their great men exercise authority and dominion over them. -- mark 10:42 +. +But this is not to be so among you; instead, whoever desires to be great among you must be your servant, -- mark 10:43 +. +And whoever wishes to be most important and first in rank among you must be slave of all. -- mark 10:44 +. +For even the Son of Man came not to have service rendered to Him, but to serve, and to give His life as a ransom for (instead of) many. -- mark 10:45 +. +Then they came to Jericho. And as He was leaving Jericho with His disciples and a great crowd, Bartimaeus, a blind beggar, a son of Timaeus, was sitting by the roadside. -- mark 10:46 +. +And when he heard that it was Jesus of Nazareth, he began to shout, saying, Jesus, Son of David, have pity and mercy on me [now]! -- mark 10:47 +. +And many severely censured and reproved him, telling him to keep still, but he kept on shouting out all the more, You Son of David, have pity and mercy on me [now]! -- mark 10:48 +. +And Jesus stopped and said, Call him. And they called the blind man, telling him, Take courage! Get up! He is calling you. -- mark 10:49 +. +And throwing off his outer garment, he leaped up and came to Jesus. -- mark 10:50 +. +And Jesus said to him, What do you want Me to do for you? And the blind man said to Him, Master, let me receive my sight. -- mark 10:51 +. +And Jesus said to him, Go your way; your faith has healed you. And at once he received his sight and accompanied Jesus on the road. -- mark 10:52 +. +WHEN THEY were getting near to Jerusalem, to Bethphage and Bethany at the Mount of Olives, He sent ahead two of His disciples -- mark 11:1 +. +And instructed them, Go into the village in front of you, and as soon as you enter it, you will find a colt tied, which has never been ridden by anyone; unfasten it and bring it [here]. -- mark 11:2 +. +If anyone asks you, Why are you doing this? answer, The Lord needs it, and He will send it back here presently. -- mark 11:3 +. +So they went away and found a colt tied at the door out in the [winding] open street, and they loosed it. -- mark 11:4 +. +And some who were standing there said to them, What are you doing, untying the colt? -- mark 11:5 +. +And they replied as Jesus had directed them, and they allowed them to go. -- mark 11:6 +. +And they brought the colt to Jesus and threw their outer garments upon it, and He sat on it. -- mark 11:7 +. +And many [of the people] spread their garments on the road, and others [scattered a layer of] leafy branches which they had cut from the fields. -- mark 11:8 +. +And those who went before and those who followed cried out [with a cry of happiness], Hosanna! [Be graciously inclined and propitious to Him!] Praised and blessed is He Who comes in the name of the Lord! -- mark 11:9 +. +Praised and blessed in the name of the Lord is the coming kingdom of our father David! Hosanna (O save us) in the highest [heaven]! -- mark 11:10 +. +And Jesus went into Jerusalem and entered the temple [enclosure]; and when He had looked around, surveying and observing everything, as it was already late, He went out to Bethany together with the Twelve [apostles]. -- mark 11:11 +. +On the day following, when they had come away from Bethany, He was hungry. -- mark 11:12 +. +And seeing in the distance a fig tree [covered] with leaves, He went to see if He could find any [fruit] on it [for in the fig tree the fruit appears at the same time as the leaves]. But when He came up to it, He found nothing but leaves, for the fig season had not yet come. -- mark 11:13 +. +And He said to it, No one ever again shall eat fruit from you. And His disciples were listening [to what He said]. -- mark 11:14 +. +And they came to Jerusalem. And He went into the temple [area, the porches and courts] and began to drive out those who sold and bought in the temple area, and He overturned the [four-footed] tables of the money changers and the seats of those who dealt in doves; -- mark 11:15 +. +And He would not permit anyone to carry any household equipment through the temple enclosure [thus making the temple area a short-cut traffic lane]. -- mark 11:16 +. +And He taught and said to them, Is it not written, My house shall be called a house of prayer for all the nations? But you have turned it into a den of robbers. -- mark 11:17 +. +And the chief priests and the scribes heard [of this] and kept seeking some way to destroy Him, for they feared Him, because the entire multitude was struck with astonishment at His teaching. -- mark 11:18 +. +And when evening came on, He and His disciples, as accustomed, went out of the city. -- mark 11:19 +. +In the morning, when they were passing along, they noticed that the fig tree was withered [completely] away to its roots. -- mark 11:20 +. +And Peter remembered and said to Him, Master, look! The fig tree which You doomed has withered away! -- mark 11:21 +. +And Jesus, replying, said to them, Have faith in God [constantly]. -- mark 11:22 +. +Truly I tell you, whoever says to this mountain, Be lifted up and thrown into the sea! and does not doubt at all in his heart but believes that what he says will take place, it will be done for him. -- mark 11:23 +. +For this reason I am telling you, whatever you ask for in prayer, believe (trust and be confident) that it is granted to you, and you will [get it]. -- mark 11:24 +. +And whenever you stand praying, if you have anything against anyone, forgive him and let it drop (leave it, let it go), in order that your Father Who is in heaven may also forgive you your [own] failings and shortcomings and let them drop. -- mark 11:25 +. +But if you do not forgive, neither will your Father in heaven forgive your failings and shortcomings. -- mark 11:26 +. +And they came again to Jerusalem. And when Jesus was walking about in the [courts and porches of the] temple, the chief priests and the scribes and the elders came to Him, -- mark 11:27 +. +And they kept saying to Him, By what [sort of] authority are You doing these things, or who gave You this authority to do them? -- mark 11:28 +. +Jesus told them, I will ask you a question. Answer Me, and then I will tell you by what [sort of] authority I do these things. -- mark 11:29 +. +Was the baptism of John from heaven or from men? Answer Me. -- mark 11:30 +. +And they reasoned and argued with one another, If we say, From heaven, He will say, Why then did you not believe him? -- mark 11:31 +. +But [on the other hand] can we say, From men? For they were afraid of the people, because everybody considered and held John actually to be a prophet. -- mark 11:32 +. +So they replied to Jesus, We do not know. And Jesus said to them, Neither am I going to tell you what [sort of] authority I have for doing these things. -- mark 11:33 +. +AND [Jesus] started to speak to them in parables [with comparisons and illustrations]. A man planted a vineyard and put a hedge around it and dug a pit for the winepress and built a tower and let it out [for rent] to vinedressers and went into another country. -- mark 12:1 +. +When the season came, he sent a bond servant to the tenants to collect from them some of the fruit of the vineyard. -- mark 12:2 +. +But they took him and beat him and sent him away without anything. -- mark 12:3 +. +Again he sent to them another bond servant, and they stoned him and wounded him in the head and treated him shamefully [sending him away with insults]. -- mark 12:4 +. +And he sent another, and that one they killed; then many others--some they beat, and some they put to death. -- mark 12:5 +. +He had still one left [to send], a beloved son; last of all he sent him to them, saying, They will respect my son. -- mark 12:6 +. +But those tenants said to one another, Here is the heir; come on, let us put him to death, and [then] the inheritance will be ours. -- mark 12:7 +. +And they took him and killed him, and threw [his body] outside the vineyard. -- mark 12:8 +. +Now what will the owner of the vineyard do? He will come and destroy the tenants, and give the vineyard to others. -- mark 12:9 +. +Have you not even read this [passage of] Scripture: The very Stone which [after putting It to the test] the builders rejected has become the Head of the corner [Cornerstone]; -- mark 12:10 +. +This is from the Lord and is His doing, and it is marvelous in our eyes? -- mark 12:11 +. +And they were trying to get hold of Him, but they were afraid of the people, for they knew that He spoke this parable with reference to and against them. So they left Him and departed. -- mark 12:12 +. +But they sent some of the Pharisees and of the Herodians to Him for the purpose of entrapping Him in His speech. -- mark 12:13 +. +And they came up and said to Him, Teacher, we know that You are sincere and what You profess to be, that You cannot lie, and that You have no personal bias for anyone; for You are not influenced by partiality and have no regard for anyone's external condition or position, but in [and on the basis of] truth You teach the way of God. Is it lawful (permissible and right) to give tribute (poll taxes) to Caesar or not? -- mark 12:14 +. +Should we pay [them] or should we not pay [them]? But knowing their hypocrisy, He asked them, Why do you put Me to the test? Bring Me a coin (a denarius), so I may see it. -- mark 12:15 +. +And they brought [Him one]. Then He asked them, Whose image (picture) is this? And whose superscription (title)? They said to Him, Caesar's. -- mark 12:16 +. +Jesus said to them, Pay to Caesar the things that are Caesar's and to God the things that are God's. And they stood marveling and greatly amazed at Him. -- mark 12:17 +. +And [some] Sadducees came to Him, [of that party] who say there is no resurrection, and they asked Him a question, saying, -- mark 12:18 +. +Teacher, Moses gave us [a law] that if a man's brother died, leaving a wife but no child, the man must marry the widow and raise up offspring for his brother. -- mark 12:19 +. +Now there were seven brothers; the first one took a wife and died, leaving no children. -- mark 12:20 +. +And the second [brother] married her, and died, leaving no children; and the third did the same; -- mark 12:21 +. +And all seven, leaving no children. Last of all, the woman died also. -- mark 12:22 +. +Now in the resurrection, whose wife will she be? For the seven were married to her. -- mark 12:23 +. +Jesus said to them, Is not this where you wander out of the way and go wrong, because you know neither the Scriptures nor the power of God? -- mark 12:24 +. +For when they arise from among the dead, [men] do not marry nor are [women] given in marriage, but are like the angels in heaven. -- mark 12:25 +. +But concerning the dead being raised--have you not read in the book of Moses, [in the passage] about the [burning] bush, how God said to him, I am the God of Abraham and the God of Isaac and the God of Jacob? -- mark 12:26 +. +He is not the God of [the] dead, but of [the] living! You are very wrong. -- mark 12:27 +. +Then one of the scribes came up and listened to them disputing with one another, and, noticing that Jesus answered them fitly and admirably, he asked Him, Which commandment is first and most important of all [in its nature]? -- mark 12:28 +. +Jesus answered, The first and principal one of all commands is: Hear, O Israel, The Lord our God is one Lord; -- mark 12:29 +. +And you shall love the Lord your God out of and with your whole heart and out of and with all your soul (your life) and out of and with all your mind (with your faculty of thought and your moral understanding) and out of and with all your strength. This is the first and principal commandment. -- mark 12:30 +. +The second is like it and is this, You shall love your neighbor as yourself. There is no other commandment greater than these. -- mark 12:31 +. +And the scribe said to Him, Excellently and fitly and admirably answered, Teacher! You have said truly that He is One, and there is no other but Him; -- mark 12:32 +. +And to love Him out of and with all the heart and with all the understanding [with the faculty of quick apprehension and intelligence and keenness of discernment] and with all the strength, and to love one's neighbor as oneself, is much more than all the whole burnt offerings and sacrifices. [I Sam. 15:22; Hos. 6:6; Mic. 6:6-8; Heb. 10:8.] -- mark 12:33 +. +And when Jesus saw that he answered intelligently (discreetly and having his wits about him), He said to him, You are not far from the kingdom of God. And after that no one ventured or dared to ask Him any further question. -- mark 12:34 +. +And as Jesus taught in [a porch or court of] the temple, He said, How can the scribes say that the Christ is David's Son? -- mark 12:35 +. +David himself, [inspired] in the Holy Spirit, declared, The Lord said to my Lord, Sit at My right hand until I make Your enemies [a footstool] under Your feet. -- mark 12:36 +. +David himself calls Him Lord; so how can it be that He is his Son? Now the great mass of the people heard [Jesus] gladly [listening to Him with delight]. -- mark 12:37 +. +And in [the course of] His teaching, He said, Beware of the scribes, who like to go around in long robes and [to get] greetings in the marketplaces [public forums], -- mark 12:38 +. +And [have] the front seats in the synagogues and the chief couches (places of honor) at feasts, -- mark 12:39 +. +Who devour widows' houses and to cover it up make long prayers. They will receive the heavier [sentence of] condemnation. -- mark 12:40 +. +And He sat down opposite the treasury and saw how the crowd was casting money into the treasury. Many rich [people] were throwing in large sums. -- mark 12:41 +. +And a widow who was poverty-stricken came and put in two copper mites [the smallest of coins], which together make half of a cent. -- mark 12:42 +. +And He called His disciples [to Him] and said to them, Truly and surely I tell you, this widow, [she who is] poverty-stricken, has put in more than all those contributing to the treasury. -- mark 12:43 +. +For they all threw in out of their abundance; but she, out of her deep poverty, has put in everything that she had--[even] all she had on which to live. -- mark 12:44 +. +AND AS [Jesus] was coming out of the temple [area], one of His disciples said to Him, Look, Teacher! Notice the sort and quality of these stones and buildings! -- mark 13:1 +. +And Jesus replied to him, You see these great buildings? There will not be left here one stone upon another that will not be loosened and torn down. -- mark 13:2 +. +And as He sat on the Mount of Olives opposite the temple [enclosure], Peter and James and John and Andrew asked Him privately, -- mark 13:3 +. +Tell us when is this to take place and what will be the sign when these things, all [of them], are about to be accomplished? -- mark 13:4 +. +And Jesus began to tell them, Be careful and watchful that no one misleads you [about it]. -- mark 13:5 +. +Many will come in [appropriating to themselves] the name [of Messiah] which belongs to Me [basing their claims on the use of My name], saying, I am [He]! And they will mislead many. -- mark 13:6 +. +And when you hear of wars and rumors of wars, do not get alarmed (troubled and frightened); it is necessary [that these things] take place, but the end is not yet. -- mark 13:7 +. +For nation will rise against nation, and kingdom against kingdom. There will be earthquakes in various places; there will be famines and calamities. This is but the beginning of the intolerable anguish and suffering [only the first of the birth pangs]. -- mark 13:8 +. +But look to yourselves; for they will turn you over to councils, and you will be beaten in the synagogues, and you will stand before governors and kings for My sake as a testimony to them. -- mark 13:9 +. +And the good news (the Gospel) must first be preached to all nations. -- mark 13:10 +. +Now when they take you [to court] and put you under arrest, do not be anxious beforehand about what you are to say nor [even ] meditate about it; but say whatever is given you in that hour and at the moment, for it is not you who will be speaking, but the Holy Spirit. -- mark 13:11 +. +And brother will hand over brother to death, and the father his child; and children will take a stand against their parents and [have] them put to death. -- mark 13:12 +. +And you will be hated and detested by everybody for My name's sake, but he who patiently perseveres and endures to the end will be saved (made a partaker of the salvation by Christ, and delivered from spiritual death). -- mark 13:13 +. +But when you see the abomination of desolation mentioned by Daniel the prophet standing where it ought not to be--[and] let the one who reads take notice and consider and understand and heed [this]--then let those who are in Judea flee to the mountains. -- mark 13:14 +. +Let him who is on the housetop not go down into the house nor go inside to take anything out of his house; -- mark 13:15 +. +And let him who is in the field not turn back again to get his mantle (cloak). -- mark 13:16 +. +And alas for those who are pregnant and for those who have nursing babies in those days! -- mark 13:17 +. +Pray that it may not occur in winter, -- mark 13:18 +. +For at that time there will be such affliction (oppression and tribulation) as has not been from the beginning of the creation which God created until this particular time--and positively never will be [again]. -- mark 13:19 +. +And unless the Lord had shortened the days, no human being would be saved (rescued); but for the sake of the elect, His chosen ones (those whom He picked out for Himself), He has shortened the days. -- mark 13:20 +. +And then if anyone says to you, See, here is the Christ (the Messiah)! or, Look, there He is! do not believe it. -- mark 13:21 +. +False Christs (Messiahs) and false prophets will arise and show signs and [work] miracles to deceive and lead astray, if possible, even the elect (those God has chosen out for Himself). -- mark 13:22 +. +But look to yourselves and be on your guard; I have told you everything beforehand. -- mark 13:23 +. +But in those days, after [the affliction and oppression and distress of] that tribulation, the sun will be darkened, and the moon will not give its light; -- mark 13:24 +. +And the stars will be falling from the sky, and the powers in the heavens will be shaken. -- mark 13:25 +. +And then they will see the Son of Man coming in clouds with great (kingly) power and glory (majesty and splendor). -- mark 13:26 +. +And then He will send out the angels and will gather together His elect (those He has picked out for Himself) from the four winds, from the farthest bounds of the earth to the farthest bounds of heaven. -- mark 13:27 +. +Now learn a lesson from the fig tree: as soon as its branch becomes tender and it puts forth its leaves, you recognize and know that summer is near. -- mark 13:28 +. +So also, when you see these things happening, you may recognize and know that He is near, at [the very] door. -- mark 13:29 +. +Surely I say to you, this generation (the whole multitude of people living at that one time) positively will not perish or pass away before all these things take place. -- mark 13:30 +. +Heaven and earth will perish and pass away, but My words will not perish or pass away. -- mark 13:31 +. +But of that day or that hour not a [single] person knows, not even the angels in heaven, nor the Son, but only the Father. -- mark 13:32 +. +Be on your guard [constantly alert], and watch and pray; for you do not know when the time will come. -- mark 13:33 +. +It is like a man [already] going on a journey; when he leaves home, he puts his servants in charge, each with his particular task, and he gives orders to the doorkeeper to be constantly alert and on the watch. -- mark 13:34 +. +Therefore watch (give strict attention, be cautious and alert), for you do not know when the Master of the house is coming--in the evening, or at midnight, or at cockcrowing, or in the morning-- -- mark 13:35 +. +[Watch, I say] lest He come suddenly and unexpectedly and find you asleep. -- mark 13:36 +. +And what I say to you I say to everybody: Watch (give strict attention, be cautious, active, and alert)! -- mark 13:37 +. +IT WAS now two days before the Passover and the Feast of Unleavened Bread, and the chief priests and the scribes were all the while seeking to arrest [Jesus] by secrecy and deceit and put [Him] to death, -- mark 14:1 +. +For they kept saying, It must not be during the Feast, for fear that there might be a riot of the people. -- mark 14:2 +. +And while He was in Bethany, [a guest] in the house of Simon the leper, as He was reclining [at table], a woman came with an alabaster jar of ointment (perfume) of pure nard, very costly and precious; and she broke the jar and poured [the perfume] over His head. -- mark 14:3 +. +But there were some who were moved with indignation and said to themselves, To what purpose was the ointment (perfume) thus wasted? -- mark 14:4 +. +For it was possible to have sold this [perfume] for more than denarii [a laboring man's wages for a year] and to have given [the money] to the poor. And they censured and reproved her. -- mark 14:5 +. +But Jesus said, Let her alone; why are you troubling her? She has done a good and beautiful thing to Me [praiseworthy and noble]. -- mark 14:6 +. +For you always have the poor with you, and whenever you wish you can do good to them; but you will not always have Me. -- mark 14:7 +. +She has done what she could; she came beforehand to anoint My body for the burial. -- mark 14:8 +. +And surely I tell you, wherever the good news (the Gospel) is proclaimed in the entire world, what she has done will be told in memory of her. -- mark 14:9 +. +Then Judas Iscariot, who was one of the Twelve [apostles], went off to the chief priests in order to betray and hand Him over to them. -- mark 14:10 +. +And when they heard it, they rejoiced and were delighted, and they promised to give him money. And he [busying himself continually] sought an opportunity to betray Him. -- mark 14:11 +. +On the first day [of the Feast] of Unleavened Bread, when [as was customary] they killed the Passover lamb, [Jesus'] disciples said to Him, Where do You wish us to go [and] prepare the Passover [supper] for You to eat? -- mark 14:12 +. +And He sent two of His disciples and said to them, Go into the city, and a man carrying an [earthen] jar or pitcher of water will meet you; follow him. -- mark 14:13 +. +And whatever [house] he enters, say to the master of the house, The Teacher says: Where is My guest room, where I may eat the Passover [supper] with My disciples? -- mark 14:14 +. +And he will [himself] show you a large upper room, furnished [with carpets and with dining couches properly spread] and ready; there prepare for us. -- mark 14:15 +. +Then the disciples set out and came to the city and found [everything] just as He had told them; and they prepared the Passover. -- mark 14:16 +. +And when it was evening, He came with the Twelve [apostles]. -- mark 14:17 +. +And while they were at the table eating, Jesus said, Surely I say to you, one of you will betray Me, [one] who is eating [here] with Me. -- mark 14:18 +. +And they began to show that they were sad and hurt, and to say to Him one after another, Is it I? or, It is not I, is it? -- mark 14:19 +. +He replied to them, It is one of the Twelve [apostles], one who is dipping [bread] into the [same deep] dish with Me. -- mark 14:20 +. +For the Son of Man is going as it stands written concerning Him; but woe to that man by whom the Son of Man is betrayed! It would have been good (profitable and wholesome) for that man if he had never been born. -- mark 14:21 +. +And while they were eating, He took a loaf [of bread], praised God and gave thanks and asked Him to bless it to their use. [Then] He broke [it] and gave to them and said, Take. Eat. This is My body. -- mark 14:22 +. +He also took a cup [of the juice of grapes], and when He had given thanks, He gave [it] to them, and they all drank of it. -- mark 14:23 +. +And He said to them, This is My blood [which ratifies] the new covenant, [the blood] which is being poured out for (on account of) many. -- mark 14:24 +. +Solemnly and surely I tell you, I shall not again drink of the fruit of the vine till that day when I drink it of a new and a higher quality in God's kingdom. -- mark 14:25 +. +And when they had sung a hymn, they went out to the Mount of Olives. -- mark 14:26 +. +And Jesus said to them, You will all fall away this night [that is, you will be caused to stumble and will begin to distrust and desert Me], for it stands written, I will strike the Shepherd, and the sheep will be scattered. -- mark 14:27 +. +But after I am raised [to life], I will go before you into Galilee. -- mark 14:28 +. +But Peter said to Him, Even if they all fall away and are caused to stumble and distrust and desert You, yet I will not [do so]! -- mark 14:29 +. +And Jesus said to him, Truly I tell you, this very night, before a cock crows twice, you will utterly deny Me [disclaiming all connection with Me] three times. -- mark 14:30 +. +But [Peter] said more vehemently and repeatedly, [Even] if it should be necessary for me to die with You, I will not deny or disown You! And they all kept saying the same thing. -- mark 14:31 +. +Then they went to a place called Gethsemane, and He said to His disciples, Sit down here while I pray. -- mark 14:32 +. +And He took with Him Peter and James and John, and began to be struck with terror and amazement and deeply troubled and depressed. -- mark 14:33 +. +And He said to them, My soul is exceedingly sad (overwhelmed with grief) so that it almost kills Me! Remain here and keep awake and be watching. -- mark 14:34 +. +And going a little farther, He fell on the ground and kept praying that if it were possible the [fatal] hour might pass from Him. -- mark 14:35 +. +And He was saying, Abba, [which means] Father, everything is possible for You. Take away this cup from Me; yet not what I will, but what You [will]. -- mark 14:36 +. +And He came back and found them sleeping, and He said to Peter, Simon, are you asleep? Have you not the strength to keep awake and watch [with Me for] one hour? -- mark 14:37 +. +Keep awake and watch and pray [constantly], that you may not enter into temptation; the spirit indeed is willing, but the flesh is weak. -- mark 14:38 +. +He went away again and prayed, saying the same words. -- mark 14:39 +. +And again He came back and found them sleeping, for their eyes were very heavy; and they did not know what answer to give Him. -- mark 14:40 +. +And He came back a third time and said to them, Are you still sleeping and resting? It is enough [of that]! The hour has come. The Son of Man is betrayed into the hands of sinful men (men whose way or nature is to act in opposition to God). -- mark 14:41 +. +Get up, let us be going! See, My betrayer is at hand! -- mark 14:42 +. +And at once, while He was still speaking, Judas came, one of the Twelve [apostles], and with him a crowd of men with swords and clubs, [who came] from the chief priests and the scribes and the elders [of the Sanhedrin]. -- mark 14:43 +. +Now the betrayer had given them a signal, saying, The One I shall kiss is [the Man]; seize Him and lead [Him] away safely [so as to prevent His escape]. -- mark 14:44 +. +And when he came, he went up to Jesus immediately and said, Master! Master! and he embraced Him and kissed Him fervently. -- mark 14:45 +. +And they threw their hands on Him and arrested Him. -- mark 14:46 +. +But one of the bystanders drew his sword and struck the bond servant of the high priest and cut off his ear. -- mark 14:47 +. +And Jesus said to them, Have you come out with swords and clubs as [you would] against a robber to capture Me? -- mark 14:48 +. +I was with you daily in the temple [porches and courts] teaching, and you did not seize Me; but [this has happened] that the Scriptures might be fulfilled. -- mark 14:49 +. +Then [His disciples], forsaking Him, fled, all [of them]. -- mark 14:50 +. +And a young man was following Him, with nothing but a linen cloth (sheet) thrown about [his] naked [body]; and they laid hold of him, -- mark 14:51 +. +But, leaving behind the linen cloth (sheet), he fled from them naked. -- mark 14:52 +. +And they led Jesus away to the high priest, and all the chief priests and the elders and the scribes were gathered together. -- mark 14:53 +. +And Peter followed Him at a distance, even right into the courtyard of the high priest. And he was sitting [in the firelight] with the guards and warming himself at the fire. -- mark 14:54 +. +Now the chief priests and the entire council (the Sanhedrin) were constantly seeking [to get] testimony against Jesus with a view to condemning Him and putting Him to death, but they did not find any. -- mark 14:55 +. +For many were repeatedly bearing false witness against Him, but their testimonies did not agree. -- mark 14:56 +. +And some stood up and were bearing false witness against Him, saying, -- mark 14:57 +. +We heard Him say, I will destroy this temple (sanctuary) which is made with hands, and in three days I will build another, made without hands. -- mark 14:58 +. +Still not even [in this] did their testimony agree. -- mark 14:59 +. +And the high priest stood up in the midst and asked Jesus, Have You not even one answer to make? What [about this which] these [men] are testifying against You? -- mark 14:60 +. +But He kept still and did not answer at all. Again the high priest asked Him, Are You the Christ (the Messiah, the Anointed One), the Son of the Blessed? -- mark 14:61 +. +And Jesus said, I AM; and you will [all] see the Son of Man seated at the right hand of Power (the Almighty) and coming on the clouds of heaven. -- mark 14:62 +. +Then the high priest tore his garments and said, What need have we for more witnesses? -- mark 14:63 +. +You have heard His blasphemy. What is your decision? And they all condemned Him as being guilty and deserving of death. -- mark 14:64 +. +And some of them began to spit on Him and to blindfold Him and to strike Him with their fists, saying to Him, Prophesy! And the guards received Him with blows and by slapping Him. -- mark 14:65 +. +While Peter was down below in the courtyard, one of the [serving] maids of the high priest came; -- mark 14:66 +. +And when she saw Peter warming himself, she gazed intently at him and said, You were with Jesus of Nazareth too. -- mark 14:67 +. +But he denied it falsely and disowned Him, saying, I neither know nor understand what you say. Then he went outside [the courtyard and was] into the vestibule. And a cock crowed. -- mark 14:68 +. +And the maidservant saw him, and began again to say to the bystanders, This [man] is [one] of them. -- mark 14:69 +. +But again he denied it falsely and disowned Him. And after a short while, again the bystanders said to Peter, Really, you are one of them, for you are a Galilean and your dialect shows it. -- mark 14:70 +. +Then he commenced invoking a curse on himself [should he not be telling the truth] and swearing, I do not know the Man about Whom you are talking! -- mark 14:71 +. +And at once for the second time a cock crowed. And Peter remembered how Jesus said to him, Before a cock crows twice, you will utterly deny Me [disclaiming all connection with Me] three times. And having put his thought upon it [and remembering], he broke down and wept aloud and lamented. -- mark 14:72 +. +AND IMMEDIATELY when it was morning, the chief priests, with the elders and scribes and the whole council, held a consultation; and when they had bound Jesus, they took Him away [violently] and handed Him over to Pilate. -- mark 15:1 +. +And Pilate inquired of Him, Are You the King of the Jews? And He replied, It is as you say. -- mark 15:2 +. +And the chief priests kept accusing Him of many things. -- mark 15:3 +. +And Pilate again asked Him, Have You no answer to make? See how many charges they are bringing against You! -- mark 15:4 +. +But Jesus made no further answer at all, so that Pilate wondered and marveled. -- mark 15:5 +. +Now at the Feast he [was accustomed to] set free for them any one prisoner whom they requested. -- mark 15:6 +. +And among the rioters in the prison who had committed murder in the insurrection there was a man named Barabbas. -- mark 15:7 +. +And the throng came up and began asking Pilate to do as he usually did for them. -- mark 15:8 +. +And he replied to them, Do you wish me to set free for you the King of the Jews? -- mark 15:9 +. +For he was aware that it was [because they were prompted] by envy that the chief priests had delivered Him up. -- mark 15:10 +. +But the chief priests stirred up the crowd to get him to release for them Barabbas instead. -- mark 15:11 +. +And again Pilate said to them, Then what shall I do with the Man Whom you call the King of the Jews? -- mark 15:12 +. +And they shouted back again, Crucify Him! -- mark 15:13 +. +But Pilate said to them, Why? What has He done that is evil? But they shouted with all their might all the more, Crucify Him [at once]! -- mark 15:14 +. +So Pilate, wishing to satisfy the crowd, set Barabbas free for them; and after having Jesus whipped, he handed [Him] over to be crucified. -- mark 15:15 +. +Then the soldiers led Him away to the courtyard inside the palace, that is, the Praetorium, and they called the entire detachment of soldiers together. -- mark 15:16 +. +And they dressed Him in purple [robe], and, weaving together a crown of thorns, they placed it on Him. -- mark 15:17 +. +And they began to salute Him, Hail (greetings, good health to You, long life to You), King of the Jews! -- mark 15:18 +. +And they struck His head with a staff made of a [bamboo-like] reed and spat on Him and kept bowing their knees in homage to Him. -- mark 15:19 +. +And when they had [finished] making sport of Him, they took the purple [robe] off of Him and put His own clothes on Him. And they led Him out [of the city] to crucify Him. -- mark 15:20 +. +And they forced a passerby, Simon of Cyrene, the father of Alexander and Rufus, who was coming in from the field (country), to carry His cross. -- mark 15:21 +. +And they led Him to Golgotha [in Latin: Calvary], meaning The Place of a Skull. -- mark 15:22 +. +And they [attempted to] give Him wine mingled with myrrh, but He would not take it. -- mark 15:23 +. +And they crucified Him; and they divided His garments and distributed them among themselves, throwing lots for them to decide who should take what. -- mark 15:24 +. +And it was the third hour (about nine o'clock in the morning) when they crucified Him. -- mark 15:25 +. +And the inscription of the accusation against Him was written above, The King of the Jews. -- mark 15:26 +. +And with Him they crucified two robbers, one on [His] right hand and one on His left. -- mark 15:27 +. +And the Scripture was fulfilled which says, He was counted among the transgressors. -- mark 15:28 +. +And those who passed by kept reviling Him and reproaching Him abusively in harsh and insolent language, wagging their heads and saying, Aha! You Who would destroy the temple and build it in three days, -- mark 15:29 +. +Now rescue Yourself [from death], coming down from the cross! -- mark 15:30 +. +So also the chief priests, with the scribes, made sport of Him to one another, saying, He rescued others [from death]; Himself He is unable to rescue. -- mark 15:31 +. +Let the Christ (the Messiah), the King of Israel, come down now from the cross, that we may see [it] and trust in and rely on Him and adhere to Him! Those who were crucified with Him also reviled and reproached Him [speaking abusively, harshly, and insolently]. -- mark 15:32 +. +And when the sixth hour (about midday) had come, there was darkness over the whole land until the ninth hour (about three o'clock). -- mark 15:33 +. +And at the ninth hour Jesus cried with a loud voice, Eloi, Eloi, lama sabachthani?--which means, My God, My God, why have You forsaken Me [deserting Me and leaving Me helpless and abandoned]? -- mark 15:34 +. +And some of those standing by, [and] hearing it, said, See! He is calling Elijah! -- mark 15:35 +. +And one man ran, and, filling a sponge with vinegar (a mixture of sour wine and water), put it on a staff made of a [bamboo-like] reed and gave it to Him to drink, saying, Hold off! Let us see whether Elijah [does] come to take Him down. -- mark 15:36 +. +And Jesus uttered a loud cry, and breathed out His life. -- mark 15:37 +. +And the curtain [of the Holy of Holies] of the temple was torn in two from top to bottom. -- mark 15:38 +. +And when the centurion who stood facing Him saw Him expire this way, he said, Really, this Man was God's Son! -- mark 15:39 +. +Now some women were there also, looking on from a distance, among whom were Mary Magdalene, and Mary the mother of James the younger and of Joses, and Salome, -- mark 15:40 +. +Who, when [Jesus] was in Galilee, were in the habit of accompanying and ministering to Him; and [there were] also many other [women] who had come up with Him to Jerusalem. -- mark 15:41 +. +As evening had already come, since it was the day of Preparation, that is, [the day] before the Sabbath, -- mark 15:42 +. +Joseph, he of Arimathea, noble and honorable in rank and a respected member of the council (Sanhedrin), who was himself waiting for the kingdom of God, daring the consequences, took courage and ventured to go to Pilate and asked for the body of Jesus. -- mark 15:43 +. +But Pilate wondered whether He was dead so soon, and, having called the centurion, he asked him whether [Jesus] was already dead. -- mark 15:44 +. +And when he learned from the centurion [that He was indeed dead], he gave the body to Joseph. -- mark 15:45 +. +And Joseph bought a [fine] linen cloth [for swathing dead bodies], and, taking Him down from the cross, he rolled Him up in the [fine] linen cloth and placed Him in a tomb which had been hewn out of a rock. Then he rolled a [very large] stone against the door of the tomb. -- mark 15:46 +. +And Mary Magdalene and Mary [the mother] of Joses were [attentively] observing where He was laid. -- mark 15:47 +. +AND WHEN the Sabbath was past [that is, after the sun had set], Mary Magdalene, and Mary [the mother] of James, and Salome purchased sweet-smelling spices, so that they might go and anoint [Jesus' body]. -- mark 16:1 +. +And very early on the first day of the week they came to the tomb; [by then] the sun had risen. -- mark 16:2 +. +And they said to one another, Who will roll back the stone for us out of [the groove across the floor at] the door of the tomb? -- mark 16:3 +. +And when they looked up, they [distinctly] saw that the stone was already rolled back, for it was very large. -- mark 16:4 +. +And going into the tomb, they saw a young man sitting [there] on the right [side], clothed in a [long, stately, sweeping] robe of white, and they were utterly amazed and struck with terror. -- mark 16:5 +. +And he said to them, Do not be amazed and terrified; you are looking for Jesus of Nazareth, Who was crucified. He has risen; He is not here. See the place where they laid Him. -- mark 16:6 +. +But be going; tell the disciples and Peter, He goes before you into Galilee; you will see Him there, [just] as He told you. -- mark 16:7 +. +Then they went out [and] fled from the tomb, for trembling and bewilderment and consternation had seized them. And they said nothing about it to anyone, for they were held by alarm and fear. -- mark 16:8 +. +Now Jesus, having risen [from death] early on the first day of the week, appeared first to Mary Magdalene, from whom He had driven out seven demons. -- mark 16:9 +. +She went and reported it to those who had been with Him, as they grieved and wept. -- mark 16:10 +. +And when they heard that He was alive and that she had seen Him, they did not believe it. -- mark 16:11 +. +After this, He appeared in a different form to two of them as they were walking [along the way] into the country. -- mark 16:12 +. +And they returned [to Jerusalem] and told the others, but they did not believe them either. -- mark 16:13 +. +Afterward He appeared to the Eleven [apostles themselves] as they reclined at table; and He reproved and reproached them for their unbelief (their lack of faith) and their hardness of heart, because they had refused to believe those who had seen Him and looked at Him attentively after He had risen [from death]. -- mark 16:14 +. +And He said to them, Go into all the world and preach and publish openly the good news (the Gospel) to every creature [of the whole human race]. -- mark 16:15 +. +He who believes [who adheres to and trusts in and relies on the Gospel and Him Whom it sets forth] and is baptized will be saved [from the penalty of eternal death]; but he who does not believe [who does not adhere to and trust in and rely on the Gospel and Him Whom it sets forth] will be condemned. -- mark 16:16 +. +And these attesting signs will accompany those who believe: in My name they will drive out demons; they will speak in new languages; -- mark 16:17 +. +They will pick up serpents; and [even] if they drink anything deadly, it will not hurt them; they will lay their hands on the sick, and they will get well. -- mark 16:18 +. +So then the Lord Jesus, after He had spoken to them, was taken up into heaven and He sat down at the right hand of God. -- mark 16:19 +. +And they went out and preached everywhere, while the Lord kept working with them and confirming the message by the attesting signs and miracles that closely accompanied [it]. Amen (so be it). -- mark 16:20 +. +SINCE [as is well known] many have undertaken to put in order and draw up a [thorough] narrative of the surely established deeds which have been accomplished and fulfilled in and among us, -- luke 1:1 +. +Exactly as they were handed down to us by those who from the [official] beginning [of Jesus' ministry] were eyewitnesses and ministers of the Word [that is, of the doctrine concerning the attainment through Christ of salvation in the kingdom of God], -- luke 1:2 +. +It seemed good and desirable to me, [and so I have determined] also after having searched out diligently and followed all things closely and traced accurately the course from the highest to the minutest detail from the very first, to write an orderly account for you, most excellent Theophilus, -- luke 1:3 +. +[My purpose is] that you may know the full truth and understand with certainty and security against error the accounts (histories) and doctrines of the faith of which you have been informed and in which you have been orally instructed. -- luke 1:4 +. +In the days when Herod was king of Judea there was a certain priest whose name was Zachariah, of the daily service (the division) of Abia; and his wife was also a descendant of Aaron, and her name was Elizabeth. -- luke 1:5 +. +And they both were righteous in the sight of God, walking blamelessly in all the commandments and requirements of the Lord. -- luke 1:6 +. +But they had no child, for Elizabeth was barren; and both were far advanced in years. -- luke 1:7 +. +Now while on duty, serving as priest before God in the order of his division, -- luke 1:8 +. +As was the custom of the priesthood, it fell to him by lot to enter [the sanctuary of] the temple of the Lord and burn incense. -- luke 1:9 +. +And all the throng of people were praying outside [in the court] at the hour of incense [burning]. -- luke 1:10 +. +And there appeared to him an angel of the Lord, standing at the right side of the altar of incense. -- luke 1:11 +. +And when Zachariah saw him, he was troubled, and fear took possession of him. -- luke 1:12 +. +But the angel said to him, Do not be afraid, Zachariah, because your petition was heard, and your wife Elizabeth will bear you a son, and you must call his name John [God is favorable]. -- luke 1:13 +. +And you shall have joy and exultant delight, and many will rejoice over his birth, -- luke 1:14 +. +For he will be great and distinguished in the sight of the Lord. And he must drink no wine nor strong drink, and he will be filled with and controlled by the Holy Spirit even in and from his mother's womb. -- luke 1:15 +. +And he will turn back and cause to return many of the sons of Israel to the Lord their God, -- luke 1:16 +. +And he will [himself] go before Him in the spirit and power of Elijah, to turn back the hearts of the fathers to the children, and the disobedient and incredulous and unpersuadable to the wisdom of the upright [which is the knowledge and holy love of the will of God]--in order to make ready for the Lord a people [perfectly] prepared [in spirit, adjusted and disposed and placed in the right moral state]. -- luke 1:17 +. +And Zachariah said to the angel, By what shall I know and be sure of this? For I am an old man, and my wife is well advanced in years. -- luke 1:18 +. +And the angel replied to him, I am Gabriel. I stand in the [very] presence of God, and I have been sent to talk to you and to bring you this good news. -- luke 1:19 +. +Now behold, you will be and will continue to be silent and not able to speak till the day when these things take place, because you have not believed what I told you; but my words are of a kind which will be fulfilled in the appointed and proper time. -- luke 1:20 +. +Now the people kept waiting for Zachariah, and they wondered at his delaying [so long] in the sanctuary. -- luke 1:21 +. +But when he did come out, he was unable to speak to them; and they [clearly] perceived that he had seen a vision in the sanctuary; and he kept making signs to them, still he remained dumb. -- luke 1:22 +. +And when his time of performing priestly functions was ended, he returned to his [own] house. -- luke 1:23 +. +Now after this his wife Elizabeth became pregnant, and for five months she secluded herself entirely, saying, [I have hid myself] -- luke 1:24 +. +Because thus the Lord has dealt with me in the days when He deigned to look on me to take away my reproach among men. -- luke 1:25 +. +Now in the sixth month [after that], the angel Gabriel was sent from God to a town of Galilee named Nazareth, -- luke 1:26 +. +To a girl never having been married and a virgin engaged to be married to a man whose name was Joseph, a descendant of the house of David; and the virgin's name was Mary. -- luke 1:27 +. +And he came to her and said, Hail, O favored one [endued with grace]! The Lord is with you! Blessed (favored of God) are you before all other women! -- luke 1:28 +. +But when she saw him, she was greatly troubled and disturbed and confused at what he said and kept revolving in her mind what such a greeting might mean. -- luke 1:29 +. +And the angel said to her, Do not be afraid, Mary, for you have found grace (free, spontaneous, absolute favor and loving-kindness) with God. -- luke 1:30 +. +And listen! You will become pregnant and will give birth to a Son, and you shall call His name Jesus. -- luke 1:31 +. +He will be great (eminent) and will be called the Son of the Most High; and the Lord God will give to Him the throne of His forefather David, -- luke 1:32 +. +And He will reign over the house of Jacob throughout the ages; and of His reign there will be no end. -- luke 1:33 +. +And Mary said to the angel, How can this be, since I have no [intimacy with any man as a] husband? -- luke 1:34 +. +Then the angel said to her, The Holy Spirit will come upon you, and the power of the Most High will overshadow you [like a shining cloud]; and so the holy (pure, sinless) Thing (Offspring) which shall be born of you will be called the Son of God. -- luke 1:35 +. +And listen! Your relative Elizabeth in her old age has also conceived a son, and this is now the sixth month with her who was called barren. -- luke 1:36 +. +For with God nothing is ever impossible and no word from God shall be without power or impossible of fulfillment. -- luke 1:37 +. +Then Mary said, Behold, I am the handmaiden of the Lord; let it be done to me according to what you have said. And the angel left her. -- luke 1:38 +. +And at that time Mary arose and went with haste into the hill country to a town of Judah, -- luke 1:39 +. +And she went to the house of Zachariah and, entering it, saluted Elizabeth. -- luke 1:40 +. +And it occurred that when Elizabeth heard Mary's greeting, the baby leaped in her womb, and Elizabeth was filled with and controlled by the Holy Spirit. -- luke 1:41 +. +And she cried out with a loud cry, and then exclaimed, Blessed (favored of God) above all other women are you! And blessed (favored of God) is the Fruit of your womb! -- luke 1:42 +. +And how [have I deserved that this honor should] be granted to me, that the mother of my Lord should come to me? -- luke 1:43 +. +For behold, the instant the sound of your salutation reached my ears, the baby in my womb leaped for joy. -- luke 1:44 +. +And blessed (happy, to be envied) is she who believed that there would be a fulfillment of the things that were spoken to her from the Lord. -- luke 1:45 +. +And Mary said, My soul magnifies and extols the Lord, -- luke 1:46 +. +And my spirit rejoices in God my Savior, -- luke 1:47 +. +For He has looked upon the low station and humiliation of His handmaiden. For behold, from now on all generations [of all ages] will call me blessed and declare me happy and to be envied! -- luke 1:48 +. +For He Who is almighty has done great things for me--and holy is His name [to be venerated in His purity, majesty and glory]! -- luke 1:49 +. +And His mercy (His compassion and kindness toward the miserable and afflicted) is on those who fear Him with godly reverence, from generation to generation and age to age. -- luke 1:50 +. +He has shown strength and made might with His arm; He has scattered the proud and haughty in and by the imagination and purpose and designs of their hearts. -- luke 1:51 +. +He has put down the mighty from their thrones and exalted those of low degree. -- luke 1:52 +. +He has filled and satisfied the hungry with good things, and the rich He has sent away empty-handed [without a gift]. -- luke 1:53 +. +He has laid hold on His servant Israel [to help him, to espouse his cause], in remembrance of His mercy, -- luke 1:54 +. +Even as He promised to our forefathers, to Abraham and to his descendants forever. -- luke 1:55 +. +And Mary remained with her [Elizabeth] for about three months and [then] returned to her [own] home. -- luke 1:56 +. +Now the time that Elizabeth should be delivered came, and she gave birth to a son. -- luke 1:57 +. +And her neighbors and relatives heard that the Lord had shown great mercy on her, and they rejoiced with her. -- luke 1:58 +. +And it occurred that on the eighth day, when they came to circumcise the child, they were intending to call him Zachariah after his father, -- luke 1:59 +. +But his mother answered, Not so! But he shall be called John. -- luke 1:60 +. +And they said to her, None of your relatives is called by that name. -- luke 1:61 +. +And they inquired with signs to his father [as to] what he wanted to have him called. -- luke 1:62 +. +Then Zachariah asked for a writing tablet and wrote, His name is John. And they were all astonished. -- luke 1:63 +. +And at once his mouth was opened and his tongue loosed, and he began to speak, blessing and praising and thanking God. -- luke 1:64 +. +And awe and reverential fear came on all their neighbors; and all these things were discussed throughout the hill country of Judea. -- luke 1:65 +. +And all who heard them laid them up in their hearts, saying, Whatever will this little boy be then? For the hand of the Lord was [so evidently] with him [protecting and aiding him]. -- luke 1:66 +. +Now Zachariah his father was filled with and controlled by the Holy Spirit and prophesied, saying, -- luke 1:67 +. +Blessed (praised and extolled and thanked) be the Lord, the God of Israel, because He has come and brought deliverance and redemption to His people! -- luke 1:68 +. +And He has raised up a Horn of salvation [a mighty and valiant Helper, the Author of salvation] for us in the house of David His servant-- -- luke 1:69 +. +This is as He promised by the mouth of His holy prophets from the most ancient times [in the memory of man]-- -- luke 1:70 +. +That we should have deliverance and be saved from our enemies and from the hand of all who detest and pursue us with hatred; -- luke 1:71 +. +To make true and show the mercy and compassion and kindness [promised] to our forefathers and to remember and carry out His holy covenant [to bless, which is all the more sacred because it is made by God Himself], -- luke 1:72 +. +That covenant He sealed by oath to our forefather Abraham: -- luke 1:73 +. +To grant us that we, being delivered from the hand of our foes, might serve Him fearlessly -- luke 1:74 +. +In holiness (divine consecration) and righteousness [in accordance with the everlasting principles of right] within His presence all the days of our lives. -- luke 1:75 +. +And you, little one, shall be called a prophet of the Most High; for you shall go on before the face of the Lord to make ready His ways, -- luke 1:76 +. +To bring and give the knowledge of salvation to His people in the forgiveness and remission of their sins. -- luke 1:77 +. +Because of and through the heart of tender mercy and loving-kindness of our God, a Light from on high will dawn upon us and visit [us] -- luke 1:78 +. +To shine upon and give light to those who sit in darkness and in the shadow of death, to direct and guide our feet in a straight line into the way of peace. -- luke 1:79 +. +And the little boy grew and became strong in spirit; and he was in the deserts (wilderness) until the day of his appearing to Israel [the commencement of his public ministry]. -- luke 1:80 +. +IN THOSE days it occurred that a decree went out from Caesar Augustus that the whole Roman empire should be registered. -- luke 2:1 +. +This was the first enrollment, and it was made when Quirinius was governor of Syria. -- luke 2:2 +. +And all the people were going to be registered, each to his own city or town. -- luke 2:3 +. +And Joseph also went up from Galilee from the town of Nazareth to Judea, to the town of David, which is called Bethlehem, because he was of the house and family of David, -- luke 2:4 +. +To be enrolled with Mary, his espoused (married) wife, who was about to become a mother. -- luke 2:5 +. +And while they were there, the time came for her delivery, -- luke 2:6 +. +And she gave birth to her Son, her Firstborn; and she wrapped Him in swaddling clothes and laid Him in a manger, because there was no room or place for them in the inn. -- luke 2:7 +. +And in that vicinity there were shepherds living [out under the open sky] in the field, watching [in shifts] over their flock by night. -- luke 2:8 +. +And behold, an angel of the Lord stood by them, and the glory of the Lord flashed and shone all about them, and they were terribly frightened. -- luke 2:9 +. +But the angel said to them, Do not be afraid; for behold, I bring you good news of a great joy which will come to all the people. -- luke 2:10 +. +For to you is born this day in the town of David a Savior, Who is Christ (the Messiah) the Lord! -- luke 2:11 +. +And this will be a sign for you [by which you will recognize Him]: you will find [after searching] a Baby wrapped in swaddling clothes and lying in a manger. [I Sam. 2:34; II Kings 19:29; Isa. 7:14.] -- luke 2:12 +. +Then suddenly there appeared with the angel an army of the troops of heaven (a heavenly knighthood), praising God and saying, -- luke 2:13 +. +Glory to God in the highest [heaven], and on earth peace among men with whom He is well pleased [men of goodwill, of His favor]. -- luke 2:14 +. +When the angels went away from them into heaven, the shepherds said one to another, Let us go over to Bethlehem and see this thing (saying) that has come to pass, which the Lord has made known to us. -- luke 2:15 +. +So they went with haste and [by searching] found Mary and Joseph, and the Baby lying in a manger. -- luke 2:16 +. +And when they saw it, they made known what had been told them concerning this Child, -- luke 2:17 +. +And all who heard it were astounded and marveled at what the shepherds told them. -- luke 2:18 +. +But Mary was keeping within herself all these things (sayings), weighing and pondering them in her heart. -- luke 2:19 +. +And the shepherds returned, glorifying and praising God for all the things they had heard and seen, just as it had been told them. -- luke 2:20 +. +And at the end of eight days, when [the Baby] was to be circumcised, He was called Jesus, the name given by the angel before He was conceived in the womb. -- luke 2:21 +. +And when the time for their purification [the mother's purification and the Baby's dedication] came according to the Law of Moses, they brought Him up to Jerusalem to present Him to the Lord-- -- luke 2:22 +. +As it is written in the Law of the Lord, Every [firstborn] male that opens the womb shall be set apart and dedicated and called holy to the Lord-- -- luke 2:23 +. +And [they came also] to offer a sacrifice according to what is said in the Law of the Lord: a pair of turtledoves or two young pigeons. -- luke 2:24 +. +Now there was a man in Jerusalem whose name was Simeon, and this man was righteous and devout [cautiously and carefully observing the divine Law], and looking for the Consolation of Israel; and the Holy Spirit was upon him. -- luke 2:25 +. +And it had been divinely revealed (communicated) to him by the Holy Spirit that he would not see death before he had seen the Lord's Christ (the Messiah, the Anointed One). -- luke 2:26 +. +And prompted by the [Holy] Spirit, he came into the temple [enclosure]; and when the parents brought in the little child Jesus to do for Him what was customary according to the Law, -- luke 2:27 +. +[Simeon] took Him up in his arms and praised and thanked God and said, -- luke 2:28 +. +And now, Lord, You are releasing Your servant to depart (leave this world) in peace, according to Your word. -- luke 2:29 +. +For with my [own] eyes I have seen Your Salvation, -- luke 2:30 +. +Which You have ordained and prepared before (in the presence of) all peoples, -- luke 2:31 +. +A Light for revelation to the Gentiles [to disclose what was before unknown] and [to bring] praise and honor and glory to Your people Israel. -- luke 2:32 +. +And His [legal] father and [His] mother were marveling at what was said about Him. -- luke 2:33 +. +And Simeon blessed them and said to Mary His mother, Behold, this Child is appointed and destined for the fall and rising of many in Israel, and for a sign that is spoken against-- -- luke 2:34 +. +And a sword will pierce through your own soul also--that the secret thoughts and purposes of many hearts may be brought out and disclosed. -- luke 2:35 +. +And there was also a prophetess, Anna, the daughter of Phanuel, of the tribe of Asher. She was very old, having lived with her husband seven years from her maidenhood, -- luke 2:36 +. +And as a widow even for eighty-four years. She did not go out from the temple enclosure, but was worshiping night and day with fasting and prayer. -- luke 2:37 +. +And she too came up at that same hour, and she returned thanks to God and talked of [Jesus] to all who were looking for the redemption (deliverance) of Jerusalem. -- luke 2:38 +. +And when they had done everything according to the Law of the Lord, they went back into Galilee to their own town, Nazareth. -- luke 2:39 +. +And the Child grew and became strong in spirit, filled with wisdom; and the grace (favor and spiritual blessing) of God was upon Him. -- luke 2:40 +. +Now His parents went to Jerusalem every year to the Passover Feast. -- luke 2:41 +. +And when He was twelve years [old], they went up, as was their custom. -- luke 2:42 +. +And when the Feast was ended, as they were returning, the boy Jesus remained behind in Jerusalem. Now His parents did not know this, -- luke 2:43 +. +But, supposing Him to be in the caravan, they traveled on a day's journey; and [then] they sought Him [diligently, looking up and down for Him] among their kinsfolk and acquaintances. -- luke 2:44 +. +And when they failed to find Him, they went back to Jerusalem, looking for Him [up and down] all the way. -- luke 2:45 +. +After three days they found Him [came upon Him] in the [court of the] temple, sitting among the teachers, listening to them and asking them questions. -- luke 2:46 +. +And all who heard Him were astonished and overwhelmed with bewildered wonder at His intelligence and understanding and His replies. -- luke 2:47 +. +And when they [Joseph and Mary] saw Him, they were amazed; and His mother said to Him, Child, why have You treated us like this? Here Your father and I have been anxiously looking for You [distressed and tormented]. -- luke 2:48 +. +And He said to them, How is it that you had to look for Me? Did you not see and know that it is necessary [as a duty] for Me to be in My Father's house and [occupied] about My Father's business? -- luke 2:49 +. +But they did not comprehend what He was saying to them. -- luke 2:50 +. +And He went down with them and came to Nazareth and was [habitually] obedient to them; and his mother kept and closely and persistently guarded all these things in her heart. -- luke 2:51 +. +And Jesus increased in wisdom (in broad and full understanding) and in stature and years, and in favor with God and man. -- luke 2:52 +. +IN THE fifteenth year of Tiberius Caesar's reign--when Pontius Pilate was governor of Judea, and Herod was tetrarch of Galilee, and his brother Philip tetrarch of the region of Ituraea and Trachonitis, and Lysanias tetrarch of Abilene-- -- luke 3:1 +. +In the high priesthood of Annas and Caiaphas, the Word of God [concerning the attainment through Christ of salvation in the kingdom of God] came to John son of Zachariah in the wilderness (desert). -- luke 3:2 +. +And he went into all the country round about the Jordan, preaching a baptism of repentance (of hearty amending of their ways, with abhorrence of past wrongdoing) unto the forgiveness of sin. -- luke 3:3 +. +As it is written in the book of the words of Isaiah the prophet, The voice of one crying in the wilderness [shouting in the desert]: Prepare the way of the Lord, make His beaten paths straight. -- luke 3:4 +. +Every valley and ravine shall be filled up, and every mountain and hill shall be leveled; and the crooked places shall be made straight, and the rough roads shall be made smooth; -- luke 3:5 +. +And all mankind shall see (behold and understand and at last acknowledge) the salvation of God (the deliverance from eternal death decreed by God). -- luke 3:6 +. +So he said to the crowds who came out to be baptized by him, You offspring of vipers! Who secretly warned you to flee from the coming wrath? -- luke 3:7 +. +Bear fruits that are deserving and consistent with [your] repentance [that is, conduct worthy of a heart changed, a heart abhorring sin]. And do not begin to say to yourselves, We have Abraham as our father; for I tell you that God is able from these stones to raise up descendants for Abraham. -- luke 3:8 +. +Even now the ax is laid to the root of the trees, so that every tree that does not bear good fruit is cut down and cast into the fire. -- luke 3:9 +. +And the multitudes asked him, Then what shall we do? -- luke 3:10 +. +And he replied to them, He who has two tunics (undergarments), let him share with him who has none; and he who has food, let him do it the same way. -- luke 3:11 +. +Even tax collectors came to be baptized, and they said to him, Teacher, what shall we do? -- luke 3:12 +. +And he said to them, Exact and collect no more than the fixed amount appointed you. -- luke 3:13 +. +Those serving as soldiers also asked him, And we, what shall we do? And he replied to them, Never demand or enforce by terrifying people or by accusing wrongfully, and always be satisfied with your rations (supplies) and with your allowance (wages). -- luke 3:14 +. +As the people were in suspense and waiting expectantly, and everybody reasoned and questioned in their hearts concerning John, whether he perhaps might be the Christ (the Messiah, the Anointed One). -- luke 3:15 +. +John answered them all by saying, I baptize you with water; but He Who is mightier than I is coming, the strap of Whose sandals I am not fit to unfasten. He will baptize you with the Holy Spirit and with fire. -- luke 3:16 +. +His winnowing shovel (fork) is in His hand to thoroughly clear and cleanse His [threshing] floor and to gather the wheat and store it in His granary, but the chaff He will burn with fire that cannot be extinguished. -- luke 3:17 +. +So with many other [various] appeals and admonitions he preached the good news (the Gospel) to the people. -- luke 3:18 +. +But Herod the tetrarch, who had been [repeatedly] told about his fault and reproved with rebuke producing conviction by [John] for [having] Herodias, his brother's wife, and for all the wicked things that Herod had done, -- luke 3:19 +. +Added this to them all--that he shut up John in prison. -- luke 3:20 +. +Now when all the people were baptized, and when Jesus also had been baptized, and [while He was still] praying, the [visible] heaven was opened -- luke 3:21 +. +And the Holy Spirit descended upon Him in bodily form like a dove, and a voice came from heaven, saying, You are My Son, My Beloved! In You I am well pleased and find delight! -- luke 3:22 +. +Jesus Himself, when He began [His ministry], was about thirty years of age, being the Son, as was supposed, of Joseph, the son of Heli, -- luke 3:23 +. +The son of Matthat, the son of Levi, the son of Melchi, the son of Jannai, the son of Joseph, -- luke 3:24 +. +The son of Mattathias, the son of Amos, the son of Nahum, the son of Esli, the son of Naggai, -- luke 3:25 +. +The son of Maath, the son of Mattathias, the son of Semein, the son of Josech, the son of Joda, -- luke 3:26 +. +The son of Joanan, the son of Rhesa, the son of Zerubbabel, the son of Shealtiel, the son of Neri, -- luke 3:27 +. +The son of Melchi, the son of Addi, the son of Cosam, the son of Elmadam, the son of Er, -- luke 3:28 +. +The son of Jesus, the son of Eliezer, the son of Jorim, the son of Matthat, the son of Levi, -- luke 3:29 +. +The son of Simeon, the son of Judah, the son of Joseph, the son of Jonam, the son of Eliakim, -- luke 3:30 +. +The son of Melea, the son of Menna, the son of Mattatha, the son of Nathan, the son of David, -- luke 3:31 +. +The son of Jesse, the son of Obed, the son of Boaz, the son of Salmon (Sala), the son of Nahshon, -- luke 3:32 +. +The son of Aminadab, the son of Admin, the son of Arni, the son of Hezron, the son of Perez, the son of Judah, -- luke 3:33 +. +The son of Jacob, the son of Isaac, the son of Abraham, the son of Terah, the son of Nahor, -- luke 3:34 +. +The son of Serug, the son of Reu, the son of Peleg, the son of Eber, the son of Shelah, -- luke 3:35 +. +The son of Cainan, the son of Arphaxad, the son of Shem, the son of Noah, the son of Lamech, -- luke 3:36 +. +The son of Methuselah, the son of Enoch, the son of Jared, the son of Mahalaleel, the son of Cainan, -- luke 3:37 +. +The son of Enos, the son of Seth, the son of Adam, the son of God. -- luke 3:38 +. +THEN JESUS, full of and controlled by the Holy Spirit, returned from the Jordan and was led in [by] the [Holy] Spirit -- luke 4:1 +. +For (during) forty days in the wilderness (desert), where He was tempted (tried, tested exceedingly) by the devil. And He ate nothing during those days, and when they were completed, He was hungry. -- luke 4:2 +. +Then the devil said to Him, If You are the Son of God, order this stone to turn into a loaf [of bread]. -- luke 4:3 +. +And Jesus replied to him, It is written, Man shall not live and be sustained by (on) bread alone but by every word and expression of God. -- luke 4:4 +. +Then the devil took Him up to a high mountain and showed Him all the kingdoms of the habitable world in a moment of time [in the twinkling of an eye]. -- luke 4:5 +. +And he said to Him, To You I will give all this power and authority and their glory (all their magnificence, excellence, preeminence, dignity, and grace), for it has been turned over to me, and I give it to whomever I will. -- luke 4:6 +. +Therefore if You will do homage to and worship me [just once], it shall all be Yours. -- luke 4:7 +. +And Jesus replied to him, Get behind Me, Satan! It is written, You shall do homage to and worship the Lord your God, and Him only shall you serve. -- luke 4:8 +. +Then he took Him to Jerusalem and set Him on a gable of the temple, and said to Him, If You are the Son of God, cast Yourself down from here; -- luke 4:9 +. +For it is written, He will give His angels charge over you to guard and watch over you closely and carefully; -- luke 4:10 +. +And on their hands they will bear you up, lest you strike your foot against a stone. -- luke 4:11 +. +And Jesus replied to him, [The Scripture] says, You shall not tempt (try, test exceedingly) the Lord your God. -- luke 4:12 +. +And when the devil had ended every [the complete cycle of] temptation, he [temporarily] left Him [that is, stood off from Him] until another more opportune and favorable time. -- luke 4:13 +. +Then Jesus went back full of and under the power of the [Holy] Spirit into Galilee, and the fame of Him spread through the whole region round about. -- luke 4:14 +. +And He Himself conducted [a course of] teaching in their synagogues, being recognized and honored and praised by all. -- luke 4:15 +. +So He came to Nazareth, [that Nazareth] where He had been brought up, and He entered the synagogue, as was His custom on the Sabbath day. And He stood up to read. -- luke 4:16 +. +And there was handed to Him [the roll of] the book of the prophet Isaiah. He opened (unrolled) the book and found the place where it was written, -- luke 4:17 +. +The Spirit of the Lord [is] upon Me, because He has anointed Me [the Anointed One, the Messiah] to preach the good news (the Gospel) to the poor; He has sent Me to announce release to the captives and recovery of sight to the blind, to send forth as delivered those who are oppressed [who are downtrodden, bruised, crushed, and broken down by calamity], -- luke 4:18 +. +To proclaim the accepted and acceptable year of the Lord [the day when salvation and the free favors of God profusely abound]. -- luke 4:19 +. +Then He rolled up the book and gave it back to the attendant and sat down; and the eyes of all in the synagogue were gazing [attentively] at Him. -- luke 4:20 +. +And He began to speak to them: Today this Scripture has been fulfilled while you are present and hearing. -- luke 4:21 +. +And all spoke well of Him and marveled at the words of grace that came forth from His mouth; and they said, Is not this Joseph's Son? -- luke 4:22 +. +So He said to them, You will doubtless quote to Me this proverb: Physician, heal Yourself! What we have learned by hearsay that You did in Capernaum, do here also in Your [own] town. -- luke 4:23 +. +Then He said, Solemnly I say to you, no prophet is acceptable and welcome in his [own] town (country). -- luke 4:24 +. +But in truth I tell you, there were many widows in Israel in the days of Elijah, when the heavens were closed up for three years and six months, so that there came a great famine over all the land; -- luke 4:25 +. +And yet Elijah was not sent to a single one of them, but only to Zarephath in the country of Sidon, to a woman who was a widow. [I Kings 17:1, 8-16; 18:1.] -- luke 4:26 +. +And there were many lepers in Israel in the time of Elisha the prophet, and yet not one of them was cleansed [by being healed]--but only Naaman the Syrian. [II Kings 5:1-14.] -- luke 4:27 +. +When they heard these things, all the people in the synagogue were filled with rage. -- luke 4:28 +. +And rising up, they pushed and drove Him out of the town, and [laying hold of Him] they led Him to the [projecting] upper part of the hill on which their town was built, that they might hurl Him headlong down [over the cliff]. -- luke 4:29 +. +But passing through their midst, He went on His way. -- luke 4:30 +. +And He descended to Capernaum, a town of Galilee, and there He continued to teach the people on the Sabbath days. -- luke 4:31 +. +And they were amazed at His teaching, for His word was with authority and ability and weight and power. -- luke 4:32 +. +Now in the synagogue there was a man who was possessed by the foul spirit of a demon; and he cried out with a loud (deep, terrible) cry, -- luke 4:33 +. +Ah, let us alone! What have You to do with us [What have we in common], Jesus of Nazareth? Have You come to destroy us? I know Who You are--the Holy One of God! -- luke 4:34 +. +But Jesus rebuked him, saying, Be silent (muzzled, gagged), and come out of him! And when the demon had thrown the man down in their midst, he came out of him without injuring him in any possible way. -- luke 4:35 +. +And they were all amazed and said to one another, What kind of talk is this? For with authority and power He commands the foul spirits and they come out! -- luke 4:36 +. +And a rumor about Him spread into every place in the surrounding country. -- luke 4:37 +. +Then He arose and left the synagogue and went into Simon's (Peter's) house. Now Simon's mother-in-law was suffering in the grip of a burning fever, and they pleaded with Him for her. -- luke 4:38 +. +And standing over her, He rebuked the fever, and it left her; and immediately she got up and began waiting on them. -- luke 4:39 +. +Now at the setting of the sun [indicating the end of the Sabbath], all those who had any [who were] sick with various diseases brought them to Him, and He laid His hands upon every one of them and cured them. -- luke 4:40 +. +And demons even came out of many people, screaming and crying out, You are the Son of God! But He rebuked them and would not permit them to speak, because they knew that He was the Christ (the Messiah). -- luke 4:41 +. +And when daybreak came, He left [Peter's house] and went into an isolated [desert] place. And the people looked for Him until they came up to Him and tried to prevent Him from leaving them. -- luke 4:42 +. +But He said to them, I must preach the good news (the Gospel) of the kingdom of God to the other cities [and towns] also, for I was sent for this [purpose]. -- luke 4:43 +. +And He continued to preach in the synagogues of Galilee. -- luke 4:44 +. +NOW IT occurred that while the people pressed upon Jesus to hear the message of God, He was standing by the Lake of Gennesaret (Sea of Galilee). -- luke 5:1 +. +And He saw two boats drawn up by the lake, but the fishermen had gone down from them and were washing their nets. -- luke 5:2 +. +And getting into one of the boats, [the one] that belonged to Simon (Peter), He requested him to draw away a little from the shore. Then He sat down and continued to teach the crowd [of people] from the boat. -- luke 5:3 +. +When He had stopped speaking, He said to Simon (Peter), Put out into the deep [water], and lower your nets for a haul. -- luke 5:4 +. +And Simon (Peter) answered, Master, we toiled all night [exhaustingly] and caught nothing [in our nets]. But on the ground of Your word, I will lower the nets [again]. -- luke 5:5 +. +And when they had done this, they caught a great number of fish; and as their nets were [at the point of] breaking, -- luke 5:6 +. +They signaled to their partners in the other boat to come and take hold with them. And they came and filled both the boats, so that they began to sink. -- luke 5:7 +. +But when Simon Peter saw this, he fell down at Jesus' knees, saying, Depart from me, for I am a sinful man, O Lord. -- luke 5:8 +. +For he was gripped with bewildering amazement [allied to terror], and all who were with him, at the haul of fish which they had made; -- luke 5:9 +. +And so also were James and John, the sons of Zebedee, who were partners with Simon (Peter). And Jesus said to Simon, Have no fear; from now on you will be catching men! -- luke 5:10 +. +And after they had run their boats on shore, they left everything and joined Him as His disciples and sided with His party and accompanied Him. -- luke 5:11 +. +While He was in one of the towns, there came a man full of (covered with) leprosy; and when he saw Jesus, he fell on his face and implored Him, saying, Lord, if You are willing, You are able to cure me and make me clean. -- luke 5:12 +. +And [Jesus] reached out His hand and touched him, saying, I am willing; be cleansed! And immediately the leprosy left him. -- luke 5:13 +. +And [Jesus] charged him to tell no one [that he might chance to meet], until [He said] you go and show yourself to the priest, and make an offering for your purification, as Moses commanded, for a testimony and proof to the people, that they may have evidence [of your healing]. -- luke 5:14 +. +But so much the more the news spread abroad concerning Him, and great crowds kept coming together to hear [Him] and to be healed by Him of their infirmities. -- luke 5:15 +. +But He Himself withdrew [in retirement] to the wilderness (desert) and prayed. -- luke 5:16 +. +One of those days, as He was teaching, there were Pharisees and teachers of the Law sitting by, who had come from every village and town of Galilee and Judea and from Jerusalem. And the power of the Lord was [present] with Him to heal them. -- luke 5:17 +. +And behold, some men were bringing on a stretcher a man who was paralyzed, and they tried to carry him in and lay him before [Jesus]. -- luke 5:18 +. +But finding no way to bring him in because of the crowd, they went up on the roof and lowered him with his stretcher through the tiles into the midst, in front of Jesus. -- luke 5:19 +. +And when He saw [their confidence in Him, springing from] their faith, He said, Man, your sins are forgiven you! -- luke 5:20 +. +And the scribes and the Pharisees began to reason and question and argue, saying, Who is this [Man] Who speaks blasphemies? Who can forgive sins but God alone? -- luke 5:21 +. +But Jesus, knowing their thoughts and questionings, answered them, Why do you question in your hearts? -- luke 5:22 +. +Which is easier: to say, Your sins are forgiven you, or to say, Arise and walk [about]? -- luke 5:23 +. +But that you may know that the Son of Man has the [power of] authority and right on earth to forgive sins, He said to the paralyzed man, I say to you, arise, pick up your litter (stretcher), and go to your own house! -- luke 5:24 +. +And instantly [the man] stood up before them and picked up what he had been lying on and went away to his house, recognizing and praising and thanking God. -- luke 5:25 +. +And overwhelming astonishment and ecstasy seized them all, and they recognized and praised and thanked God; and they were filled with and controlled by reverential fear and kept saying, We have seen wonderful and strange and incredible and unthinkable things today! -- luke 5:26 +. +And after this, Jesus went out and looked [attentively] at a tax collector named Levi sitting at the tax office; and He said to him, Join Me as a disciple and side with My party and accompany Me. -- luke 5:27 +. +And he forsook everything and got up and followed Him [becoming His disciple and siding with His party]. -- luke 5:28 +. +And Levi (Matthew) made a great banquet for Him in his own house, and there was a large company of tax collectors and others who were reclining [at the table] with them. -- luke 5:29 +. +Now the Pharisees and their scribes were grumbling against Jesus' disciples, saying, Why are you eating and drinking with tax collectors and [preeminently] sinful people? -- luke 5:30 +. +And Jesus replied to them, It is not those who are healthy who need a physician, but those who are sick. -- luke 5:31 +. +I have not come to arouse and invite and call the righteous, but the erring ones (those not free from sin) to repentance [to change their minds for the better and heartily to amend their ways, with abhorrence of their past sins]. -- luke 5:32 +. +Then they said to Him, The disciples of John practice fasting often and offer up prayers of [special] petition, and so do [the disciples] of the Pharisees also, but Yours eat and drink. -- luke 5:33 +. +And Jesus said to them, Can you make the wedding guests fast as long as the bridegroom is with them? -- luke 5:34 +. +But the days will come when the bridegroom will be taken from them; and then they will fast in those days. -- luke 5:35 +. +He told them a proverb also: No one puts a patch from a new garment on an old garment; if he does, he will both tear the new one, and the patch from the new [one] will not match the old [garment]. -- luke 5:36 +. +And no one pours new wine into old wineskins; if he does, the fresh wine will burst the skins and it will be spilled and the skins will be ruined (destroyed). -- luke 5:37 +. +But new wine must be put into fresh wineskins. -- luke 5:38 +. +And no one after drinking old wine immediately desires new wine, for he says, The old is good or better. -- luke 5:39 +. +ONE SABBATH while Jesus was passing through the fields of standing grain, it occurred that His disciples picked some of the spikes and ate [of the grain], rubbing it out in their hands. -- luke 6:1 +. +But some of the Pharisees asked them, Why are you doing what is not permitted to be done on the Sabbath days? -- luke 6:2 +. +And Jesus replied to them, saying, Have you never so much as read what David did when he was hungry, he and those who were with him?--[I Sam. 21:1-6.] -- luke 6:3 +. +How he went into the house of God and took and ate the [sacred] loaves of the showbread, which it is not permitted for any except only the priests to eat, and also gave to those [who were] with him? -- luke 6:4 +. +And He said to them, The Son of Man is Lord even of the Sabbath. -- luke 6:5 +. +And it occurred on another Sabbath that when He went into the synagogue and taught, a man was present whose right hand was withered. -- luke 6:6 +. +And the scribes and the Pharisees kept watching Jesus to see whether He would [actually] heal on the Sabbath, in order that they might get [some ground for] accusation against Him. -- luke 6:7 +. +But He was aware all along of their thoughts, and He said to the man with the withered hand, Come and stand here in the midst. And he arose and stood there. -- luke 6:8 +. +Then Jesus said to them, I ask you, is it lawful and right on the Sabbath to do good [so that someone derives advantage from it] or to do evil, to save a life [and make a soul safe] or to destroy it? -- luke 6:9 +. +Then He glanced around at them all and said to the man, Stretch out your hand! And he did so, and his hand was fully restored like the other one. -- luke 6:10 +. +But they were filled with lack of understanding and senseless rage and discussed (consulted) with one another what they might do to Jesus. -- luke 6:11 +. +Now in those days it occurred that He went up into a mountain to pray, and spent the whole night in prayer to God. -- luke 6:12 +. +And when it was day, He summoned His disciples and selected from them twelve, whom He named apostles (special messengers): -- luke 6:13 +. +They were Simon, whom He named Peter, and his brother Andrew; and James and John; and Philip and Bartholomew; -- luke 6:14 +. +And Matthew and Thomas; and James son of Alphaeus, and Simon who was called the Zealot, -- luke 6:15 +. +And Judas son of James, and Judas Iscariot, who became a traitor (a treacherous, basely faithless person). -- luke 6:16 +. +And Jesus came down with them and took His stand on a level spot, with a great crowd of His disciples and a vast throng of people from all over Judea and Jerusalem and the seacoast of Tyre and Sidon, who came to listen to Him and to be cured of their diseases-- -- luke 6:17 +. +Even those who were disturbed and troubled with unclean spirits, and they were being healed [also]. -- luke 6:18 +. +And all the multitude were seeking to touch Him, for healing power was all the while going forth from Him and curing them all [saving them from severe illnesses or calamities]. -- luke 6:19 +. +And solemnly lifting up His eyes on His disciples, He said: Blessed (happy--with life-joy and satisfaction in God's favor and salvation, apart from your outward condition--and to be envied) are you poor and lowly and afflicted (destitute of wealth, influence, position, and honor), for the kingdom of God is yours! -- luke 6:20 +. +Blessed (happy--with life-joy and satisfaction in God's favor and salvation, apart from your outward condition--and to be envied) are you who hunger and seek with eager desire now, for you shall be filled and completely satisfied! Blessed (happy--with life-joy and satisfaction in God's favor and salvation, apart from your outward condition--and to be envied) are you who weep and sob now, for you shall laugh! -- luke 6:21 +. +Blessed (happy--with life-joy and satisfaction in God's favor and salvation, apart from your outward condition--and to be envied) are you when people despise (hate) you, and when they exclude and excommunicate you [as disreputable] and revile and denounce you and defame and cast out and spurn your name as evil (wicked) on account of the Son of Man. -- luke 6:22 +. +Rejoice and be glad at such a time and exult and leap for joy, for behold, your reward is rich and great and strong and intense and abundant in heaven; for even so their forefathers treated the prophets. -- luke 6:23 +. +But woe to (alas for) you who are rich (abounding in material resources), for you already are receiving your consolation (the solace and sense of strengthening and cheer that come from prosperity) and have taken and enjoyed your comfort in full [having nothing left to be awarded you]. -- luke 6:24 +. +Woe to (alas for) you who are full now (completely filled, luxuriously gorged and satiated), for you shall hunger and suffer want! Woe to (alas for) you who laugh now, for you shall mourn and weep and wail! -- luke 6:25 +. +Woe to (alas for) you when everyone speaks fairly and handsomely of you and praises you, for even so their forefathers did to the false prophets. -- luke 6:26 +. +But I say to you who are listening now to Me: [in order to heed, make it a practice to] love your enemies, treat well (do good to, act nobly toward) those who detest you and pursue you with hatred, -- luke 6:27 +. +Invoke blessings upon and pray for the happiness of those who curse you, implore God's blessing (favor) upon those who abuse you [who revile, reproach, disparage, and high-handedly misuse you]. -- luke 6:28 +. +To the one who strikes you on the jaw or cheek, offer the other jaw or cheek also; and from him who takes away your outer garment, do not withhold your undergarment as well. -- luke 6:29 +. +Give away to everyone who begs of you [who is in want of necessities], and of him who takes away from you your goods, do not demand or require them back again. -- luke 6:30 +. +And as you would like and desire that men would do to you, do exactly so to them. -- luke 6:31 +. +If you [merely] love those who love you, what quality of credit and thanks is that to you? For even the [very] sinners love their lovers (those who love them). -- luke 6:32 +. +And if you are kind and good and do favors to and benefit those who are kind and good and do favors to and benefit you, what quality of credit and thanks is that to you? For even the preeminently sinful do the same. -- luke 6:33 +. +And if you lend money at interest to those from whom you hope to receive, what quality of credit and thanks is that to you? Even notorious sinners lend money at interest to sinners, so as to recover as much again. -- luke 6:34 +. +But love your enemies and be kind and do good [doing favors so that someone derives benefit from them] and lend, expecting and hoping for nothing in return but considering nothing as lost and despairing of no one; and then your recompense (your reward) will be great (rich, strong, intense, and abundant), and you will be sons of the Most High, for He is kind and charitable and good to the ungrateful and the selfish and wicked. -- luke 6:35 +. +So be merciful (sympathetic, tender, responsive, and compassionate) even as your Father is [all these]. -- luke 6:36 +. +Judge not [neither pronouncing judgment nor subjecting to censure], and you will not be judged; do not condemn and pronounce guilty, and you will not be condemned and pronounced guilty; acquit and forgive and release (give up resentment, let it drop), and you will be acquitted and forgiven and released. -- luke 6:37 +. +Give, and [gifts] will be given to you; good measure, pressed down, shaken together, and running over, will they pour into [the pouch formed by] the bosom [of your robe and used as a bag]. For with the measure you deal out [with the measure you use when you confer benefits on others], it will be measured back to you. -- luke 6:38 +. +He further told them a proverb: Can a blind [man] guide and direct a blind [man]? Will they not both stumble into a ditch or a hole in the ground? -- luke 6:39 +. +A pupil is not superior to his teacher, but everyone [when he is] completely trained (readjusted, restored, set to rights, and perfected) will be like his teacher. -- luke 6:40 +. +Why do you see the speck that is in your brother's eye but do not notice or consider the beam [of timber] that is in your own eye? -- luke 6:41 +. +Or how can you say to your brother, Brother, allow me to take out the speck that is in your eye, when you yourself do not see the beam that is in your own eye? You actor (pretender, hypocrite)! First take the beam out of your own eye, and then you will see clearly to take out the speck that is in your brother's eye. -- luke 6:42 +. +For there is no good (healthy) tree that bears decayed (worthless, stale) fruit, nor on the other hand does a decayed (worthless, sickly) tree bear good fruit. -- luke 6:43 +. +For each tree is known and identified by its own fruit; for figs are not gathered from thornbushes, nor is a cluster of grapes picked from a bramblebush. -- luke 6:44 +. +The upright (honorable, intrinsically good) man out of the good treasure [stored] in his heart produces what is upright (honorable and intrinsically good), and the evil man out of the evil storehouse brings forth that which is depraved (wicked and intrinsically evil); for out of the abundance (overflow) of the heart his mouth speaks. -- luke 6:45 +. +Why do you call Me, Lord, Lord, and do not [practice] what I tell you? -- luke 6:46 +. +For everyone who comes to Me and listens to My words [in order to heed their teaching] and does them, I will show you what he is like: -- luke 6:47 +. +He is like a man building a house, who dug and went down deep and laid a foundation upon the rock; and when a flood arose, the torrent broke against that house and could not shake or move it, because it had been securely built or founded on a rock. -- luke 6:48 +. +But he who merely hears and does not practice doing My words is like a man who built a house on the ground without a foundation, against which the torrent burst, and immediately it collapsed and fell, and the breaking and ruin of that house was great. -- luke 6:49 +. +AFTER JESUS had finished all that He had to say in the hearing of the people [on the mountain], He entered Capernaum. -- luke 7:1 +. +Now a centurion had a bond servant who was held in honor and highly valued by him, who was sick and at the point of death. -- luke 7:2 +. +And when the centurion heard of Jesus, he sent some Jewish elders to Him, requesting Him to come and make his bond servant well. -- luke 7:3 +. +And when they reached Jesus, they begged Him earnestly, saying, He is worthy that You should do this for him, -- luke 7:4 +. +For he loves our nation and he built us our synagogue [at his own expense]. -- luke 7:5 +. +And Jesus went with them. But when He was not far from the house, the centurion sent [some] friends to Him, saying, Lord, do not trouble [Yourself], for I am not sufficiently worthy to have You come under my roof; -- luke 7:6 +. +Neither did I consider myself worthy to come to You. But [just] speak a word, and my servant boy will be healed. -- luke 7:7 +. +For I also am a man [daily] subject to authority, with soldiers under me. And I say to one, Go, and he goes; and to another, Come, and he comes; and to my bond servant, Do this, and he does it. -- luke 7:8 +. +Now when Jesus heard this, He marveled at him, and He turned and said to the crowd that followed Him, I tell you, not even in [all] Israel have I found such great faith [as this]. -- luke 7:9 +. +And when the messengers who had been sent returned to the house, they found the bond servant who had been ill quite well again. -- luke 7:10 +. +Soon afterward, Jesus went to a town called Nain, and His disciples and a great throng accompanied Him. -- luke 7:11 +. +[Just] as He drew near the gate of the town, behold, a man who had died was being carried out--the only son of his mother, and she was a widow; and a large gathering from the town was accompanying her. -- luke 7:12 +. +And when the Lord saw her, He had compassion on her and said to her, Do not weep. -- luke 7:13 +. +And He went forward and touched the funeral bier, and the pallbearers stood still. And He said, Young man, I say to you, arise [from death]! -- luke 7:14 +. +And the man [who was] dead sat up and began to speak. And [Jesus] gave him [back] to his mother. -- luke 7:15 +. +Profound and reverent fear seized them all, and they began to recognize God and praise and give thanks, saying, A great Prophet has appeared among us! And God has visited His people [in order to help and care for and provide for them]! -- luke 7:16 +. +And this report concerning [Jesus] spread through the whole of Judea and all the country round about. [I Kings 17:17-24; II Kings 4:32-37.] -- luke 7:17 +. +And John's disciples brought him [who was now in prison] word of all these things. -- luke 7:18 +. +And John summoned to him a certain two of his disciples and sent them to the Lord, saying, Are You He Who is to come, or shall we [continue to] look for another? -- luke 7:19 +. +So the men came to Jesus and said, John the Baptist sent us to You to ask, Are You the One Who is to come, or shall we [continue to] look for another? -- luke 7:20 +. +In that very hour Jesus was healing many [people] of sicknesses and distressing bodily plagues and evil spirits, and to many who were blind He gave [a free, gracious, joy-giving gift of] sight. -- luke 7:21 +. +So He replied to them, Go and tell John what you have seen and heard: the blind receive their sight, the lame walk, the lepers are cleansed, the deaf hear, the dead are raised up, and the poor have the good news (the Gospel) preached to them. -- luke 7:22 +. +And blessed (happy--with life-joy and satisfaction in God's favor and salvation, apart from outward conditions--and to be envied) is he who takes no offense in Me and who is not hurt or resentful or annoyed or repelled or made to stumble [whatever may occur]. -- luke 7:23 +. +And the messengers of John having departed, Jesus began to speak to the crowds about John: What did you go out into the desert to gaze on? A reed shaken and swayed by the wind? -- luke 7:24 +. +Then what did you go out to see? A man dressed up in soft garments? Behold, those who wear fine apparel and live in luxury are in the courts or palaces of kings. -- luke 7:25 +. +What then did you go out to see? A prophet (a forthteller)? Yes, I tell you, and far more than a prophet. -- luke 7:26 +. +This is the one of whom it is written, Behold, I send My messenger before Your face, who shall make ready Your way before You. -- luke 7:27 +. +I tell you, among those born of women there is no one greater than John; but he that is inferior [to the other citizens] in the kingdom of God is greater [in incomparable privilege] than he. -- luke 7:28 +. +And all the people who heard Him, even the tax collectors, acknowledged the justice of God [in calling them to repentance and in pronouncing future wrath on the impenitent], being baptized with the baptism of John. -- luke 7:29 +. +But the Pharisees and the lawyers [of the Mosaic Law] annulled and rejected and brought to nothing God's purpose concerning themselves, by [refusing and] not being baptized by him [John]. -- luke 7:30 +. +So to what shall I compare the men of this generation? And what are they like? -- luke 7:31 +. +They are like little children sitting in the marketplace, calling to one another and saying, We piped to you [playing wedding], and you did not dance; we sang dirges and wailed [playing funeral], and you did not weep. -- luke 7:32 +. +For John the Baptist has come neither eating bread nor drinking wine, and you say, He has a demon. -- luke 7:33 +. +The Son of Man has come eating and drinking, and you say, Behold, a Man Who is a glutton and a wine drinker, a friend of tax collectors and notorious sinners. -- luke 7:34 +. +Yet wisdom is vindicated (shown to be true and divine) by all her children [by their life, character, and deeds]. -- luke 7:35 +. +One of the Pharisees asked Jesus to dine with him, and He went into the Pharisee's house and reclined at table. -- luke 7:36 +. +And behold, a woman of the town who was an especially wicked sinner, when she learned that He was reclining at table in the Pharisee's house, brought an alabaster flask of ointment (perfume). -- luke 7:37 +. +And standing behind Him at His feet weeping, she began to wet His feet with [her] tears; and she wiped them with the hair of her head and kissed His feet [affectionately] and anointed them with the ointment (perfume). -- luke 7:38 +. +Now when the Pharisee who had invited Him saw it, he said to himself, If this Man were a prophet, He would surely know who and what sort of woman this is who is touching Him--for she is a notorious sinner (a social outcast, devoted to sin). -- luke 7:39 +. +And Jesus, replying, said to him, Simon, I have something to say to you. And he answered, Teacher, say it. -- luke 7:40 +. +A certain lender of money [at interest] had two debtors: one owed him five hundred denarii, and the other fifty. -- luke 7:41 +. +When they had no means of paying, he freely forgave them both. Now which of them will love him more? -- luke 7:42 +. +Simon answered, The one, I take it, for whom he forgave and cancelled more. And Jesus said to him, You have decided correctly. -- luke 7:43 +. +Then turning toward the woman, He said to Simon, Do you see this woman? When I came into your house, you gave Me no water for My feet, but she has wet My feet with her tears and wiped them with her hair. -- luke 7:44 +. +You gave Me no kiss, but she from the moment I came in has not ceased [intermittently] to kiss My feet tenderly and caressingly. -- luke 7:45 +. +You did not anoint My head with [cheap, ordinary] oil, but she has anointed My feet with [costly, rare] perfume. -- luke 7:46 +. +Therefore I tell you, her sins, many [as they are], are forgiven her--because she has loved much. But he who is forgiven little loves little. -- luke 7:47 +. +And He said to her, Your sins are forgiven! -- luke 7:48 +. +Then those who were at table with Him began to say among themselves, Who is this Who even forgives sins? -- luke 7:49 +. +But Jesus said to the woman, Your faith has saved you; go (enter) into peace [in freedom from all the distresses that are experienced as the result of sin]. -- luke 7:50 +. +SOON AFTERWARD, [Jesus] went on through towns and villages, preaching and bringing the good news (the Gospel) of the kingdom of God. And the Twelve [apostles] were with Him, -- luke 8:1 +. +And also some women who had been cured of evil spirits and diseases: Mary, called Magdalene, from whom seven demons had been expelled; -- luke 8:2 +. +And Joanna, the wife of Chuza, Herod's household manager; and Susanna; and many others, who ministered to and provided for Him and them out of their property and personal belongings. -- luke 8:3 +. +And when a very great throng was gathering together and people from town after town kept coming to Jesus, He said in a parable: -- luke 8:4 +. +A sower went out to sow seed; and as he sowed, some fell along the traveled path and was trodden underfoot, and the birds of the air ate it up. -- luke 8:5 +. +And some [seed] fell on the rock, and as soon as it sprouted, it withered away because it had no moisture. -- luke 8:6 +. +And other [seed] fell in the midst of the thorns, and the thorns grew up with it and choked it [off]. -- luke 8:7 +. +And some seed fell into good soil, and grew up and yielded a crop a hundred times [as great]. As He said these things, He called out, He who has ears to hear, let him be listening and let him consider and understand by hearing! -- luke 8:8 +. +And when His disciples asked Him the meaning of this parable, -- luke 8:9 +. +He said to them, To you it has been given to [come progressively to] know (to recognize and understand more strongly and clearly) the mysteries and secrets of the kingdom of God, but for others they are in parables, so that, [though] looking, they may not see; and hearing, they may not comprehend. -- luke 8:10 +. +Now the meaning of the parable is this: The seed is the Word of God. -- luke 8:11 +. +Those along the traveled road are the people who have heard; then the devil comes and carries away the message out of their hearts, that they may not believe (acknowledge Me as their Savior and devote themselves to Me) and be saved [here and hereafter]. -- luke 8:12 +. +And those upon the rock [are the people] who, when they hear [the Word], receive and welcome it with joy; but these have no root. They believe for a while, and in time of trial and temptation fall away (withdraw and stand aloof). -- luke 8:13 +. +And as for what fell among the thorns, these are [the people] who hear, but as they go on their way they are choked and suffocated with the anxieties and cares and riches and pleasures of life, and their fruit does not ripen (come to maturity and perfection). -- luke 8:14 +. +But as for that [seed] in the good soil, these are [the people] who, hearing the Word, hold it fast in a just (noble, virtuous) and worthy heart, and steadily bring forth fruit with patience. -- luke 8:15 +. +No one after he has lighted a lamp covers it with a vessel or puts it under a [dining table] couch; but he puts it on a lampstand, that those who come in may see the light. -- luke 8:16 +. +For there is nothing hidden that shall not be disclosed, nor anything secret that shall not be known and come out into the open. -- luke 8:17 +. +Be careful therefore how you listen. For to him who has [spiritual knowledge] will more be given; and from him who does not have [spiritual knowledge], even what he thinks and guesses and supposes that he has will be taken away. -- luke 8:18 +. +Then Jesus' mother and His brothers came along toward Him, but they could not get to Him because of the crowd. -- luke 8:19 +. +And it was told Him, Your mother and Your brothers are standing outside, desiring to have an interview with You. -- luke 8:20 +. +But He answered them, My mother and My brothers are those who listen to the Word of God and do it! -- luke 8:21 +. +One of those days He and His disciples got into a boat, and He said to them, Let us go across to the other side of the lake. So they put out to sea. -- luke 8:22 +. +But as they were sailing, He fell off to sleep. And a whirlwind revolving from below upwards swept down on the lake, and the boat was filling with water, and they were in great danger. -- luke 8:23 +. +And the disciples came and woke Him, saying, Master, Master, we are perishing! And He, being thoroughly awakened, censured and blamed and rebuked the wind and the raging waves; and they ceased, and there came a calm. -- luke 8:24 +. +And He said to them, [Why are you so fearful?] Where is your faith (your trust, your confidence in Me--in My veracity and My integrity)? And they were seized with alarm and profound and reverent dread, and they marveled, saying to one another, Who then is this, that He commands even wind and sea, and they obey Him? -- luke 8:25 +. +Then they came to the country of the Gerasenes, which is opposite Galilee. -- luke 8:26 +. +Now when Jesus stepped out on land, there met Him a certain man out of the town who had [was possessed by] demons. For a long time he had worn no clothes, and he lived not in a house but in the tombs. -- luke 8:27 +. +And when he saw Jesus, he raised a deep (terrible) cry [from the depths of his throat] and fell down before Him [in terror] and shouted loudly, What have You [to do] with me, Jesus, Son of the Most High God? [What have we in common?] I beg You, do not torment me! -- luke 8:28 +. +For Jesus was already commanding the unclean spirit to come out of the man. For many times it had snatched and held him; he was kept under guard and bound with chains and fetters, but he would break the bonds and be driven by the demon into the wilderness (desert). -- luke 8:29 +. +Jesus then asked him, What is your name? And he answered, Legion; for many demons had entered him. -- luke 8:30 +. +And they begged [Jesus] not to command them to depart into the Abyss (bottomless pit). -- luke 8:31 +. +Now a great herd of swine was there feeding on the hillside; and [the demons] begged Him to give them leave to enter these. And He allowed them [to do so]. -- luke 8:32 +. +Then the demons came out of the man and entered into the swine, and the herd rushed down the steep cliff into the lake and were drowned. -- luke 8:33 +. +When the herdsmen saw what had happened, they ran away and told it in the town and in the country. -- luke 8:34 +. +And [people] went out to see what had occurred, and they came to Jesus and found the man from whom the demons had gone out, sitting at the feet of Jesus, clothed and in his right (sound) mind; and they were seized with alarm and fear. -- luke 8:35 +. +And those [also] who had seen it told them how he who had been possessed with demons was restored [to health]. -- luke 8:36 +. +Then all the people of the country surrounding the Gerasenes' district asked [Jesus] to depart from them, for they were possessed and suffering with dread and terror; so He entered a boat and returned [to the west side of the Sea of Galilee]. -- luke 8:37 +. +But the man from whom the demons had gone out kept begging and praying that he might accompany Him and be with Him, but [Jesus] sent him away, saying, -- luke 8:38 +. +Return to your home, and recount [the story] of how many and great things God has done for you. And [the man] departed, proclaiming throughout the whole city how much Jesus had done for him. -- luke 8:39 +. +Now when Jesus came back [to Galilee], the crowd received and welcomed Him gladly, for they were all waiting and looking for Him. -- luke 8:40 +. +And there came a man named Jairus, who had [for a long time] been a director of the synagogue; and falling at the feet of Jesus, he begged Him to come to his house, -- luke 8:41 +. +For he had an only daughter, about twelve years of age, and she was dying. As [Jesus] went, the people pressed together around Him [almost suffocating Him]. -- luke 8:42 +. +And a woman who had suffered from a flow of blood for twelve years and had spent all her living upon physicians, and could not be healed by anyone, -- luke 8:43 +. +Came up behind Him and touched the fringe of His garment, and immediately her flow of blood ceased. -- luke 8:44 +. +And Jesus said, Who is it who touched Me? When all were denying it, Peter and those who were with him said, Master, the multitudes surround You and press You on every side! -- luke 8:45 +. +But Jesus said, Someone did touch Me; for I perceived that [healing] power has gone forth from Me. -- luke 8:46 +. +And when the woman saw that she had not escaped notice, she came up trembling, and, falling down before Him, she declared in the presence of all the people for what reason she had touched Him and how she had been instantly cured. -- luke 8:47 +. +And He said to her, Daughter, your faith (your confidence and trust in Me) has made you well! Go (enter) into peace (untroubled, undisturbed well-being). -- luke 8:48 +. +While He was still speaking, a man from the house of the director of the synagogue came and said [to Jairus], Your daughter is dead; do not weary and trouble the Teacher any further. -- luke 8:49 +. +But Jesus, on hearing this, answered him, Do not be seized with alarm or struck with fear; simply believe [in Me as able to do this], and she shall be made well. -- luke 8:50 +. +And when He came to the house, He permitted no one to enter with Him except Peter and John and James, and the girl's father and mother. -- luke 8:51 +. +And all were weeping for and bewailing her; but He said, Do not weep, for she is not dead but sleeping. -- luke 8:52 +. +And they laughed Him to scorn, knowing full well that she was dead. -- luke 8:53 +. +And grasping her hand, He called, saying, Child, arise [from the sleep of death]! -- luke 8:54 +. +And her spirit returned [from death], and she arose immediately; and He directed that she should be given something to eat. -- luke 8:55 +. +And her parents were amazed, but He charged them to tell no one what had occurred. -- luke 8:56 +. +THEN JESUS called together the Twelve [apostles] and gave them power and authority over all demons, and to cure diseases, -- luke 9:1 +. +And He sent them out to announce and preach the kingdom of God and to bring healing. -- luke 9:2 +. +And He said to them, Do not take anything for your journey--neither walking stick, nor wallet [for a collection bag], nor food of any kind, nor money, and do not have two undergarments (tunics). -- luke 9:3 +. +And whatever house you enter, stay there until you go away [from that place]. -- luke 9:4 +. +And wherever they do not receive and accept and welcome you, when you leave that town shake off [even] the dust from your feet, as a testimony against them. -- luke 9:5 +. +And departing, they went about from village to village, preaching the Gospel and restoring the afflicted to health everywhere. -- luke 9:6 +. +Now Herod the tetrarch heard of all that was being done by [Jesus], and he was [thoroughly] perplexed and troubled, because it was said by some that John [the Baptist] had been raised from the dead, -- luke 9:7 +. +And by others that Elijah had appeared, and by others that one of the prophets of old had come back to life. -- luke 9:8 +. +But Herod said, John I beheaded; but Who is this about Whom I [learn] such things by hearsay? And he sought to see Him. -- luke 9:9 +. +Upon their return, the apostles reported to Jesus all that they had done. And He took them [along with Him] and withdrew into privacy near a town called Bethsaida. -- luke 9:10 +. +But when the crowds learned of it, [they] followed Him; and He welcomed them and talked to them about the kingdom of God, and healed those who needed restoration to health. -- luke 9:11 +. +Now the day began to decline, and the Twelve came and said to Him, Dismiss the crowds and send them away, so that they may go to the neighboring hamlets and villages and the surrounding country and find lodging and get a supply of provisions, for we are here in an uninhabited (barren, solitary) place. -- luke 9:12 +. +But He said to them, You [yourselves] give them [food] to eat. They said, We have no more than five loaves and two fish--unless we are to go and buy food for all this crowd, [II Kings 4:42-44.] -- luke 9:13 +. +For there were about 5,men. And [Jesus] said to His disciples, Have them [sit down] reclining in table groups (companies) of about fifty each. -- luke 9:14 +. +And they did so, and made them all recline. -- luke 9:15 +. +And taking the five loaves and the two fish, He looked up to heaven and [praising God] gave thanks and asked Him to bless them [to their use]. Then He broke them and gave them to the disciples to place before the multitude. -- luke 9:16 +. +And all the people ate and were satisfied. And they gathered up what remained over--twelve [small hand] baskets of broken pieces. -- luke 9:17 +. +Now it occurred that as Jesus was praying privately, the disciples were with Him, and He asked them, Who do men say that I am? -- luke 9:18 +. +And they answered, John the Baptist; but some say, Elijah; and others, that one of the ancient prophets has come back to life. -- luke 9:19 +. +And He said to them, But who do you [yourselves] say that I am? And Peter replied, The Christ of God! -- luke 9:20 +. +But He strictly charged and sharply commanded them [under penalty] to tell this to no one [no one, whoever he might be], -- luke 9:21 +. +Saying, The Son of Man must suffer many things and be [deliberately] disapproved and repudiated and rejected on the part of the elders and chief priests and scribes, and be put to death and on the third day be raised [again]. -- luke 9:22 +. +And He said to all, If any person wills to come after Me, let him deny himself [disown himself, forget, lose sight of himself and his own interests, refuse and give up himself] and take up his cross daily and follow Me [cleave steadfastly to Me, conform wholly to My example in living and, if need be, in dying also]. -- luke 9:23 +. +For whoever would preserve his life and save it will lose and destroy it, but whoever loses his life for My sake, he will preserve and save it [from the penalty of eternal death]. -- luke 9:24 +. +For what does it profit a man, if he gains the whole world and ruins or forfeits (loses) himself? -- luke 9:25 +. +Because whoever is ashamed of Me and of My teachings, of him will the Son of Man be ashamed when He comes in the [threefold] glory (the splendor and majesty) of Himself and of the Father and of the holy angels. -- luke 9:26 +. +However I tell you truly, there are some of those standing here who will not taste death before they see the kingdom of God. -- luke 9:27 +. +Now about eight days after these teachings, Jesus took with Him Peter and John and James and went up on the mountain to pray. -- luke 9:28 +. +And as He was praying, the appearance of His countenance became altered (different), and His raiment became dazzling white [flashing with the brilliance of lightning]. -- luke 9:29 +. +And behold, two men were conversing with Him--Moses and Elijah, -- luke 9:30 +. +Who appeared in splendor and majesty and brightness and were speaking of His exit [from life], which He was about to bring to realization at Jerusalem. -- luke 9:31 +. +Now Peter and those with him were weighed down with sleep, but when they fully awoke, they saw His glory (splendor and majesty and brightness) and the two men who stood with Him. -- luke 9:32 +. +And it occurred as the men were parting from Him that Peter said to Jesus, Master, it is delightful and good that we are here; and let us construct three booths or huts--one for You and one for Moses and one for Elijah! not noticing or knowing what he was saying. -- luke 9:33 +. +But even as he was saying this, a cloud came and began to overshadow them, and they were seized with alarm and struck with fear as they entered into the cloud. -- luke 9:34 +. +Then there came a voice out of the cloud, saying, This is My Son, My Chosen One or My Beloved; listen to and yield to and obey Him! -- luke 9:35 +. +And when the voice had died away, Jesus was found there alone. And they kept still, and told no one at that time any of these things that they had seen. -- luke 9:36 +. +Now it occurred the next day, when they had come down from the mountain, that a great multitude met Him. -- luke 9:37 +. +And behold, a man from the crowd shouted out, Master, I implore You to look at my son, for he is my only child; -- luke 9:38 +. +And behold, a spirit seizes him and suddenly he cries out; it convulses him so that he foams at the mouth; and he is sorely shattered, and it will scarcely leave him. -- luke 9:39 +. +And I implored Your disciples to drive it out, but they could not. -- luke 9:40 +. +Jesus answered, O [faithless ones] unbelieving and without trust in God, a perverse (wayward, crooked and warped) generation! Until when and how long am I to be with you and bear with you? Bring your son here [to Me]. -- luke 9:41 +. +And even while he was coming, the demon threw him down and [completely] convulsed him. But Jesus censured and severely rebuked the unclean spirit and healed the child and restored him to his father. -- luke 9:42 +. +And all were astounded at the evidence of God's mighty power and His majesty and magnificence. But [while] they were all marveling at everything Jesus was doing, He said to His disciples, -- luke 9:43 +. +Let these words sink into your ears: the Son of Man is about to be delivered into the hands of men [whose conduct is opposed to God]. -- luke 9:44 +. +However, they did not comprehend this saying; and it was kept hidden from them, so that they should not grasp it and understand, and they were afraid to ask Him about the statement. -- luke 9:45 +. +But a controversy arose among them as to which of them might be the greatest [surpassing the others in excellence, worth, and authority]. -- luke 9:46 +. +But Jesus, as He perceived the thoughts of their hearts, took a little child and put him at His side -- luke 9:47 +. +And told them, Whoever receives and accepts and welcomes this child in My name and for My sake receives and accepts and welcomes Me; and whoever so receives Me so also receives Him Who sent Me. For he who is least and lowliest among you all--he is [the one who is truly] great. -- luke 9:48 +. +John said, Master, we saw a man driving out demons in Your name and we commanded him to stop it, for he does not follow along with us. -- luke 9:49 +. +But Jesus told him, Do not forbid [such people]; for whoever is not against you is for you. -- luke 9:50 +. +Now when the time was almost come for Jesus to be received up [to heaven], He steadfastly and determinedly set His face to go to Jerusalem. -- luke 9:51 +. +And He sent messengers before Him; and they reached and entered a Samaritan village to make [things] ready for Him; -- luke 9:52 +. +But [the people] would not welcome or receive or accept Him, because His face was [set as if He was] going to Jerusalem. -- luke 9:53 +. +And when His disciples James and John observed this, they said, Lord, do You wish us to command fire to come down from heaven and consume them, even as Elijah did ? [II Kings 1:9-16.] -- luke 9:54 +. +But He turned and rebuked and severely censured them. He said, You do not know of what sort of spirit you are, -- luke 9:55 +. +For the Son of Man did not come to destroy men's lives, but to save them [from the penalty of eternal death]. And they journeyed on to another village. -- luke 9:56 +. +And it occurred that as they were going along the road, a man said to Him, Lord, I will follow You wherever You go. -- luke 9:57 +. +And Jesus told him, Foxes have lurking holes and the birds of the air have roosts and nests, but the Son of Man has no place to lay His head. -- luke 9:58 +. +And He said to another, Become My disciple, side with My party, and accompany Me! But he replied, Lord, permit me first to go and bury (await the death of) my father. -- luke 9:59 +. +But Jesus said to him, Allow the dead to bury their own dead; but as for you, go and publish abroad throughout all regions the kingdom of God. -- luke 9:60 +. +Another also said, I will follow You, Lord, and become Your disciple and side with Your party; but let me first say good-bye to those at my home. -- luke 9:61 +. +Jesus said to him, No one who puts his hand to the plow and looks back [to the things behind] is fit for the kingdom of God. -- luke 9:62 +. +NOW AFTER this the Lord chose and appointed seventy others and sent them out ahead of Him, two by two, into every town and place where He Himself was about to come (visit). -- luke 10:1 +. +And He said to them, The harvest indeed is abundant [there is much ripe grain], but the farmhands are few. Pray therefore the Lord of the harvest to send out laborers into His harvest. -- luke 10:2 +. +Go your way; behold, I send you out like lambs into the midst of wolves. -- luke 10:3 +. +Carry no purse, no provisions bag, no [change of] sandals; refrain from [retarding your journey by] saluting and wishing anyone well along the way. -- luke 10:4 +. +Whatever house you enter, first say, Peace be to this household! [Freedom from all the distresses that result from sin be with this family]. -- luke 10:5 +. +And if anyone [worthy] of peace and blessedness is there, the peace and blessedness you wish shall come upon him; but if not, it shall come back to you. -- luke 10:6 +. +And stay on in the same house, eating and drinking what they provide, for the laborer is worthy of his wages. Do not keep moving from house to house. -- luke 10:7 +. +Whenever you go into a town and they receive and accept and welcome you, eat what is set before you; -- luke 10:8 +. +And heal the sick in it and say to them, The kingdom of God has come close to you. -- luke 10:9 +. +But whenever you go into a town and they do not receive and accept and welcome you, go out into its streets and say, -- luke 10:10 +. +Even the dust of your town that clings to our feet we are wiping off against you; yet know and understand this: the kingdom of God has come near you. -- luke 10:11 +. +I tell you, it shall be more tolerable in that day for Sodom than for that town. -- luke 10:12 +. +Woe to you, Chorazin! Woe to you, Bethsaida! For if the mighty miracles performed in you had been performed in Tyre and Sidon, they would have repented long ago, sitting in sackcloth and ashes. -- luke 10:13 +. +However, it shall be more tolerable in the judgment for Tyre and Sidon than for you. -- luke 10:14 +. +And you, Capernaum, will you be exalted unto heaven? You shall be brought down to Hades (the regions of the dead). -- luke 10:15 +. +He who hears and heeds you [disciples] hears and heeds Me; and he who slights and rejects you slights and rejects Me; and he who slights and rejects Me slights and rejects Him who sent Me. -- luke 10:16 +. +The seventy returned with joy, saying, Lord, even the demons are subject to us in Your name! -- luke 10:17 +. +And He said to them, I saw Satan falling like a lightning [flash] from heaven. -- luke 10:18 +. +Behold! I have given you authority and power to trample upon serpents and scorpions, and [physical and mental strength and ability] over all the power that the enemy [possesses]; and nothing shall in any way harm you. -- luke 10:19 +. +Nevertheless, do not rejoice at this, that the spirits are subject to you, but rejoice that your names are enrolled in heaven. -- luke 10:20 +. +In that same hour He rejoiced and gloried in the Holy Spirit and said, I thank You, Father, Lord of heaven and earth, that You have concealed these things [relating to salvation] from the wise and understanding and learned, and revealed them to babes (the childish, unskilled, and untaught). Yes, Father, for such was Your gracious will and choice and good pleasure. -- luke 10:21 +. +All things have been given over into My power by My Father; and no one knows Who the Son is except the Father, or Who the Father is except the Son and anyone to whom the Son may choose to reveal and make Him known. -- luke 10:22 +. +Then turning to His disciples, He said privately, Blessed (happy, to be envied) are those whose eyes see what you see! -- luke 10:23 +. +For I tell you that many prophets and kings longed to see what you see and they did not see it, and to hear what you hear and they did not hear it. -- luke 10:24 +. +And then a certain lawyer arose to try (test, tempt) Him, saying, Teacher, what am I to do to inherit everlasting life [that is, to partake of eternal salvation in the Messiah's kingdom]? -- luke 10:25 +. +Jesus said to him, What is written in the Law? How do you read it? -- luke 10:26 +. +And he replied, You must love the Lord your God with all your heart and with all your soul and with all your strength and with all your mind; and your neighbor as yourself. -- luke 10:27 +. +And Jesus said to him, You have answered correctly; do this, and you will live [enjoy active, blessed, endless life in the kingdom of God]. -- luke 10:28 +. +And he, determined to acquit himself of reproach, said to Jesus, And who is my neighbor? -- luke 10:29 +. +Jesus, taking him up, replied, A certain man was going from Jerusalem down to Jericho, and he fell among robbers, who stripped him of his clothes and belongings and beat him and went their way, [unconcernedly] leaving him half dead, as it happened. -- luke 10:30 +. +Now by coincidence a certain priest was going down along that road, and when he saw him, he passed by on the other side. -- luke 10:31 +. +A Levite likewise came down to the place and saw him, and passed by on the other side [of the road]. -- luke 10:32 +. +But a certain Samaritan, as he traveled along, came down to where he was; and when he saw him, he was moved with pity and sympathy [for him], -- luke 10:33 +. +And went to him and dressed his wounds, pouring on [them] oil and wine. Then he set him on his own beast and brought him to an inn and took care of him. -- luke 10:34 +. +And the next day he took out two denarii [two day's wages] and gave [them] to the innkeeper, saying, Take care of him; and whatever more you spend, I [myself] will repay you when I return. -- luke 10:35 +. +Which of these three do you think proved himself a neighbor to him who fell among the robbers? -- luke 10:36 +. +He answered, The one who showed pity and mercy to him. And Jesus said to him, Go and do likewise. -- luke 10:37 +. +Now while they were on their way, it occurred that Jesus entered a certain village, and a woman named Martha received and welcomed Him into her house. -- luke 10:38 +. +And she had a sister named Mary, who seated herself at the Lord's feet and was listening to His teaching. -- luke 10:39 +. +But Martha [overly occupied and too busy] was distracted with much serving; and she came up to Him and said, Lord, is it nothing to You that my sister has left me to serve alone? Tell her then to help me [to lend a hand and do her part along with me]! -- luke 10:40 +. +But the Lord replied to her by saying, Martha, Martha, you are anxious and troubled about many things; -- luke 10:41 +. +There is need of only one or but a few things. Mary has chosen the good portion [that which is to her advantage], which shall not be taken away from her. -- luke 10:42 +. +THEN HE was praying in a certain place; and when He stopped, one of His disciples said to Him, Lord, teach us to pray, [just] as John taught his disciples. -- luke 11:1 +. +And He said to them, When you pray, say: Our Father Who is in heaven, hallowed be Your name, Your kingdom come. Your will be done [held holy and revered] on earth as it is in heaven. -- luke 11:2 +. +Give us daily our bread [food for the morrow]. -- luke 11:3 +. +And forgive us our sins, for we ourselves also forgive everyone who is indebted to us [who has offended us or done us wrong]. And bring us not into temptation but rescue us from evil. -- luke 11:4 +. +And He said to them, Which of you who has a friend will go to him at midnight and will say to him, Friend, lend me three loaves [of bread], -- luke 11:5 +. +For a friend of mine who is on a journey has just come, and I have nothing to put before him; -- luke 11:6 +. +And he from within will answer, Do not disturb me; the door is now closed, and my children are with me in bed; I cannot get up and supply you [with anything]? -- luke 11:7 +. +I tell you, although he will not get up and supply him anything because he is his friend, yet because of his shameless persistence and insistence he will get up and give him as much as he needs. -- luke 11:8 +. +So I say to you, Ask and keep on asking and it shall be given you; seek and keep on seeking and you shall find; knock and keep on knocking and the door shall be opened to you. -- luke 11:9 +. +For everyone who asks and keeps on asking receives; and he who seeks and keeps on seeking finds; and to him who knocks and keeps on knocking, the door shall be opened. -- luke 11:10 +. +What father among you, if his son asks for a loaf of bread, will give him a stone; or if he asks for a fish, will instead of a fish give him a serpent? -- luke 11:11 +. +Or if he asks for an egg, will give him a scorpion? -- luke 11:12 +. +If you then, evil as you are, know how to give good gifts [gifts that are to their advantage] to your children, how much more will your heavenly Father give the Holy Spirit to those who ask and continue to ask Him! -- luke 11:13 +. +Now Jesus was driving out a demon that was dumb; and it occurred that when the demon had gone out, the dumb man spoke. And the crowds marveled. -- luke 11:14 +. +But some of them said, He drives out demons [because He is in league with and] by Beelzebub, the prince of demons, -- luke 11:15 +. +While others, to try and test and tempt Him, demanded a sign of Him from heaven. -- luke 11:16 +. +But He, [well] aware of their intent and purpose, said to them, Every kingdom split up against itself is doomed and brought to desolation, and so house falls upon house. [The disunited household will collapse.] -- luke 11:17 +. +And if Satan also is divided against himself, how will his kingdom last? For you say that I expel demons with the help of and by Beelzebub. -- luke 11:18 +. +Now if I expel demons with the help of and by Beelzebub, with whose help and by whom do your sons drive them out? Therefore they shall be your judges. -- luke 11:19 +. +But if I drive out the demons by the finger of God, then the kingdom of God has [already] come upon you. -- luke 11:20 +. +When the strong man, fully armed, [from his courtyard] guards his own dwelling, his belongings are undisturbed [his property is at peace and is secure]. -- luke 11:21 +. +But when one stronger than he attacks him and conquers him, he robs him of his whole armor on which he had relied and divides up and distributes all his goods as plunder (spoil). -- luke 11:22 +. +He who is not with Me [siding and believing with Me] is against Me, and he who does not gather with Me [engage in My interest], scatters. -- luke 11:23 +. +When the unclean spirit has gone out of a person, it roams through waterless places in search [of a place] of rest (release, refreshment, ease); and finding none it says, I will go back to my house from which I came. -- luke 11:24 +. +And when it arrives, it finds [the place] swept and put in order and furnished and decorated. -- luke 11:25 +. +And it goes and brings other spirits, seven [of them], more evil than itself, and they enter in, settle down, and dwell there; and the last state of that person is worse than the first. -- luke 11:26 +. +Now it occurred that as He was saying these things, a certain woman in the crowd raised her voice and said to Him, Blessed (happy and to be envied) is the womb that bore You and the breasts that You sucked! -- luke 11:27 +. +But He said, Blessed (happy and to be envied) rather are those who hear the Word of God and obey and practice it! -- luke 11:28 +. +Now as the crowds were [increasingly] thronging Him, He began to say, This present generation is a wicked one; it seeks and demands a sign (miracle), but no sign shall be given to it except the sign of Jonah [the prophet]. -- luke 11:29 +. +For [just] as Jonah became a sign to the people of Nineveh, so will also the Son of Man be [a sign] to this age and generation. -- luke 11:30 +. +The queen of the South will arise in the judgment with the people of this age and generation and condemn them; for she came from the ends of the [inhabited] earth to listen to the wisdom of Solomon, and notice, here is more than Solomon. [I Kings 10:1-13; II Chron. 9:1-12.] -- luke 11:31 +. +The men of Nineveh will appear as witnesses at the judgment with this generation and will condemn it; for they repented at the preaching of Jonah, and behold, here is more than Jonah. -- luke 11:32 +. +No one after lighting a lamp puts it in a cellar or crypt or under a bushel measure, but on a lampstand, that those who are coming in may see the light. -- luke 11:33 +. +Your eye is the lamp of your body; when your eye (your conscience) is sound and fulfilling its office, your whole body is full of light; but when it is not sound and is not fulfilling its office, your body is full of darkness. -- luke 11:34 +. +Be careful, therefore, that the light that is in you is not darkness. -- luke 11:35 +. +If then your entire body is illuminated, having no part dark, it will be wholly bright [with light], as when a lamp with its bright rays gives you light. -- luke 11:36 +. +Now while Jesus was speaking, a Pharisee invited Him to take dinner with him, so He entered and reclined at table. -- luke 11:37 +. +The Pharisee noticed and was astonished [to see] that Jesus did not first wash before dinner. -- luke 11:38 +. +But the Lord said to him, Now you Pharisees cleanse the outside of the cup and of the plate, but inside you yourselves are full of greed and robbery and extortion and malice and wickedness. -- luke 11:39 +. +You senseless (foolish, stupid) ones [acting without reflection or intelligence]! Did not He Who made the outside make the inside also? -- luke 11:40 +. +But [dedicate your inner self and] give as donations to the poor of those things which are within [of inward righteousness] and behold, everything is purified and clean for you. -- luke 11:41 +. +But woe to you, Pharisees! For you tithe mint and rue and every [little] herb, but disregard and neglect justice and the love of God. These you ought to have done without leaving the others undone. -- luke 11:42 +. +Woe to you, Pharisees! For you love the best seats in the synagogues and [you love] to be greeted and bowed down to in the [public] marketplaces. -- luke 11:43 +. +Woe to you! For you are like graves which are not marked or seen, and men walk over them without being aware of it [and are ceremonially defiled]. -- luke 11:44 +. +One of the experts in the [Mosaic] Law answered Him, Teacher, in saying this, You reproach and outrage and affront even us! -- luke 11:45 +. +But He said, Woe to you, the lawyers, also! For you load men with oppressive burdens hard to bear, and you do not personally [even gently] touch the burdens with one of your fingers. -- luke 11:46 +. +Woe to you! For you are rebuilding and repairing the tombs of the prophets, whom your fathers killed (destroyed). -- luke 11:47 +. +So you bear witness and give your full approval and consent to the deeds of your fathers; for they actually killed them, and you rebuild and repair monuments to them. -- luke 11:48 +. +For this reason also the wisdom of God said, I will send them prophets and apostles, [some] of whom they will put to death and persecute, -- luke 11:49 +. +So that the blood of all the prophets shed from the foundation of the world may be charged against and required of this age and generation, -- luke 11:50 +. +From the blood of Abel to the blood of Zechariah, who was slain between the altar and the sanctuary. Yes, I tell you, it shall be charged against and required of this age and generation. -- luke 11:51 +. +Woe to you, lawyers (experts in the Mosaic Law)! For you have taken away the key to knowledge; you did not go in yourselves, and you hindered and prevented those who were entering. -- luke 11:52 +. +As He left there, the scribes and the Pharisees [followed Him closely, and they] began to be enraged with and set themselves violently against Him and to draw Him out and provoke Him to speak of many things, -- luke 11:53 +. +Secretly watching and plotting and lying in wait for Him, to seize upon something He might say [that they might accuse Him]. -- luke 11:54 +. +IN THE meanwhile, when so many thousands of the people had gathered that they were trampling on one another, Jesus commenced by saying primarily to His disciples, Be on your guard against the leaven (ferment) of the Pharisees, which is hypocrisy [producing unrest and violent agitation]. -- luke 12:1 +. +Nothing is [so closely] covered up that it will not be revealed, or hidden that it will not be known. -- luke 12:2 +. +Whatever you have spoken in the darkness shall be heard and listened to in the light, and what you have whispered in [people's] ears and behind closed doors will be proclaimed upon the housetops. -- luke 12:3 +. +I tell you, My friends, do not dread and be afraid of those who kill the body and after that have nothing more that they can do. -- luke 12:4 +. +But I will warn you whom you should fear: fear Him Who, after killing, has power to hurl into hell (Gehenna); yes, I say to you, fear Him! -- luke 12:5 +. +Are not five sparrows sold for two pennies? And [yet] not one of them is forgotten or uncared for in the presence of God. -- luke 12:6 +. +But [even] the very hairs of your head are all numbered. Do not be struck with fear or seized with alarm; you are of greater worth than many [flocks] of sparrows. -- luke 12:7 +. +And I tell you, Whoever declares openly [speaking out freely] and confesses that he is My worshiper and acknowledges Me before men, the Son of Man also will declare and confess and acknowledge him before the angels of God. -- luke 12:8 +. +But he who disowns and denies and rejects and refuses to acknowledge Me before men will be disowned and denied and rejected and refused acknowledgement in the presence of the angels of God. -- luke 12:9 +. +And everyone who makes a statement or speaks a word against the Son of Man, it will be forgiven him; but he who blasphemes against the Holy Spirit [that is, whoever intentionally comes short of the reverence due the Holy Spirit], it will not be forgiven him [for him there is no forgiveness]. -- luke 12:10 +. +And when they bring you before the synagogues and the magistrates and the authorities, do not be anxious [beforehand] how you shall reply in defense or what you are to say. -- luke 12:11 +. +For the Holy Spirit will teach you in that very hour and moment what [you] ought to say. -- luke 12:12 +. +Someone from the crowd said to Him, Master, order my brother to divide the inheritance and share it with me. -- luke 12:13 +. +But He told him, Man, who has appointed Me a judge or umpire and divider over you? -- luke 12:14 +. +And He said to them, Guard yourselves and keep free from all covetousness (the immoderate desire for wealth, the greedy longing to have more); for a man's life does not consist in and is not derived from possessing overflowing abundance or that which is over and above his needs. -- luke 12:15 +. +Then He told them a parable, saying, The land of a rich man was fertile and yielded plentifully. -- luke 12:16 +. +And he considered and debated within himself, What shall I do? I have no place [in which] to gather together my harvest. -- luke 12:17 +. +And he said, I will do this: I will pull down my storehouses and build larger ones, and there I will store all my grain or produce and my goods. -- luke 12:18 +. +And I will say to my soul, Soul, you have many good things laid up, [enough] for many years. Take your ease; eat, drink, and enjoy yourself merrily. -- luke 12:19 +. +But God said to him, You fool! This very night they [the messengers of God] will demand your soul of you; and all the things that you have prepared, whose will they be? -- luke 12:20 +. +So it is with the one who continues to lay up and hoard possessions for himself and is not rich [in his relation] to God [this is how he fares]. -- luke 12:21 +. +And [Jesus] said to His disciples, Therefore I tell you, do not be anxious and troubled [with cares] about your life, as to what you will [have to] eat; or about your body, as to what you will [have to] wear. -- luke 12:22 +. +For life is more than food, and the body [more] than clothes. -- luke 12:23 +. +Observe and consider the ravens; for they neither sow nor reap, they have neither storehouse nor barn; and [yet] God feeds them. Of how much more worth are you than the birds! -- luke 12:24 +. +And which of you by being overly anxious and troubled with cares can add a cubit to his stature or a moment [unit] of time to his age [the length of his life]? -- luke 12:25 +. +If then you are not able to do such a little thing as that, why are you anxious and troubled with cares about the rest? -- luke 12:26 +. +Consider the lilies, how they grow. They neither [wearily] toil nor spin nor weave; yet I tell you, even Solomon in all his glory (his splendor and magnificence) was not arrayed like one of these. [I Kings 10:4-7.] -- luke 12:27 +. +But if God so clothes the grass in the field, which is alive today, and tomorrow is thrown into the furnace, how much more will He clothe you, O you [people] of little faith? -- luke 12:28 +. +And you, do not seek [by meditating and reasoning to inquire into] what you are to eat and what you are to drink; nor be of anxious (troubled) mind [unsettled, excited, worried, and in suspense]; -- luke 12:29 +. +For all the pagan world is [greedily] seeking these things, and your Father knows that you need them. -- luke 12:30 +. +Only aim at and strive for and seek His kingdom, and all these things shall be supplied to you also. -- luke 12:31 +. +Do not be seized with alarm and struck with fear, little flock, for it is your Father's good pleasure to give you the kingdom! -- luke 12:32 +. +Sell what you possess and give donations to the poor; provide yourselves with purses and handbags that do not grow old, an unfailing and inexhaustible treasure in the heavens, where no thief comes near and no moth destroys. -- luke 12:33 +. +For where your treasure is, there will your heart be also. -- luke 12:34 +. +Keep your loins girded and your lamps burning, -- luke 12:35 +. +And be like men who are waiting for their master to return home from the marriage feast, so that when he returns from the wedding and comes and knocks, they may open to him immediately. -- luke 12:36 +. +Blessed (happy, fortunate, and to be envied) are those servants whom the master finds awake and alert and watching when he comes. Truly I say to you, he will gird himself and have them recline at table and will come and serve them! -- luke 12:37 +. +If he comes in the second watch (before midnight) or the third watch (after midnight), and finds them so, blessed (happy, fortunate, and to be envied) are those servants! -- luke 12:38 +. +But of this be assured: if the householder had known at what time the burglar was coming, he would have been awake and alert and watching and would not have permitted his house to be dug through and broken into. -- luke 12:39 +. +You also must be ready, for the Son of Man is coming at an hour and a moment when you do not anticipate it. -- luke 12:40 +. +Peter said, Lord, are You telling this parable for us, or for all alike? -- luke 12:41 +. +And the Lord said, Who then is that faithful steward, the wise man whom his master will set over those in his household service to supply them their allowance of food at the appointed time? -- luke 12:42 +. +Blessed (happy and to be envied) is that servant whom his master finds so doing when he arrives. -- luke 12:43 +. +Truly I tell you, he will set him in charge over all his possessions. -- luke 12:44 +. +But if that servant says in his heart, My master is late in coming, and begins to strike the menservants and the maids and to eat and drink and get drunk, -- luke 12:45 +. +The master of that servant will come on a day when he does not expect him and at an hour of which he does not know, and will punish him and cut him off and assign his lot with the unfaithful. -- luke 12:46 +. +And that servant who knew his master's will but did not get ready or act as he would wish him to act shall be beaten with many [lashes]. -- luke 12:47 +. +But he who did not know and did things worthy of a beating shall be beaten with few [lashes]. For everyone to whom much is given, of him shall much be required; and of him to whom men entrust much, they will require and demand all the more. -- luke 12:48 +. +I have come to cast fire upon the earth, and how I wish that it were already kindled! -- luke 12:49 +. +I have a baptism with which to be baptized, and how greatly and sorely I am urged on (impelled, constrained) until it is accomplished! -- luke 12:50 +. +Do you suppose that I have come to give peace upon earth? No, I say to you, but rather division; -- luke 12:51 +. +For from now on in one house there will be five divided [among themselves], three against two and two against three. -- luke 12:52 +. +They will be divided, father against son and son against father, mother against daughter and daughter against mother, mother-in-law against her daughter-in-law and daughter-in-law against her mother-in-law. -- luke 12:53 +. +He also said to the crowds of people, When you see a cloud rising in the west, at once you say, It is going to rain! And so it does. -- luke 12:54 +. +And when [you see that] a south wind is blowing, you say, There will be severe heat! And it occurs. -- luke 12:55 +. +You playactors (hypocrites)! You know how [intelligently] to discern and interpret and prove the looks of the earth and sky; but how is it that you do not know how to discern and interpret and apply the proof to this present time? -- luke 12:56 +. +And why do you not judge what is just and personally decide what is right? -- luke 12:57 +. +Then as you go with your accuser before a magistrate, on the way make a diligent effort to settle and be quit (free) of him, lest he drag you to the judge, and the judge turn you over to the officer, and the officer put you in prison. -- luke 12:58 +. +I tell you, you will never get out until you have paid the very last [fraction of a] cent. -- luke 12:59 +. +JUST AT that time there [arrived] some people who informed Jesus about the Galileans whose blood Pilate had mixed with their sacrifices. -- luke 13:1 +. +And He replied by saying to them, Do you think that these Galileans were greater sinners than all the other Galileans because they have suffered in this way? -- luke 13:2 +. +I tell you, No; but unless you repent (change your mind for the better and heartily amend your ways, with abhorrence of your past sins), you will all likewise perish and be lost eternally. -- luke 13:3 +. +Or those eighteen on whom the tower in Siloam fell and killed them--do you think that they were more guilty offenders (debtors) than all the others who dwelt in Jerusalem? -- luke 13:4 +. +I tell you, No; but unless you repent (change your mind for the better and heartily amend your ways, with abhorrence of your past sins), you will all likewise perish and be lost eternally. -- luke 13:5 +. +And He told them this parable: A certain man had a fig tree, planted in his vineyard, and he came looking for fruit on it, but did not find [any]. -- luke 13:6 +. +So he said to the vinedresser, See here! For these three years I have come looking for fruit on this fig tree and I find none. Cut it down! Why should it continue also to use up the ground [to deplete the soil, intercept the sun, and take up room]? -- luke 13:7 +. +But he replied to him, Leave it alone, sir, [just] this one more year, till I dig around it and put manure [on the soil]. -- luke 13:8 +. +Then perhaps it will bear fruit after this; but if not, you can cut it down and out. -- luke 13:9 +. +Now Jesus was teaching in one of the synagogues on the Sabbath. -- luke 13:10 +. +And there was a woman there who for eighteen years had had an infirmity caused by a spirit (a demon of sickness). She was bent completely forward and utterly unable to straighten herself up or to look upward. -- luke 13:11 +. +And when Jesus saw her, He called [her to Him] and said to her, Woman, you are released from your infirmity! -- luke 13:12 +. +Then He laid [His] hands on her, and instantly she was made straight, and she recognized and thanked and praised God. -- luke 13:13 +. +But the leader of the synagogue, indignant because Jesus had healed on the Sabbath, said to the crowd, There are six days on which work ought to be done; so come on those days and be cured, and not on the Sabbath day. -- luke 13:14 +. +But the Lord replied to him, saying, You playactors (hypocrites)! Does not each one of you on the Sabbath loose his ox or his donkey from the stall and lead it out to water it? -- luke 13:15 +. +And ought not this woman, a daughter of Abraham, whom Satan has kept bound for eighteen years, be loosed from this bond on the Sabbath day? -- luke 13:16 +. +Even as He said this, all His opponents were put to shame, and all the people were rejoicing over all the glorious things that were being done by Him. -- luke 13:17 +. +This led Him to say, What is the kingdom of God like? And to what shall I compare it? -- luke 13:18 +. +It is like a grain of mustard seed, which a man took and planted in his own garden; and it grew and became a tree, and the wild birds found shelter and roosted and nested in its branches. -- luke 13:19 +. +And again He said, To what shall I liken the kingdom of God? -- luke 13:20 +. +It is like leaven which a woman took and hid in three measures of wheat flour or meal until it was all leavened (fermented). -- luke 13:21 +. +[Jesus] journeyed on through towns and villages, teaching, and making His way toward Jerusalem. -- luke 13:22 +. +And someone asked Him, Lord, will only a few be saved (rescued, delivered from the penalties of the last judgment, and made partakers of the salvation by Christ)? And He said to them, -- luke 13:23 +. +Strive to enter by the narrow door [force yourselves through it], for many, I tell you, will try to enter and will not be able. -- luke 13:24 +. +When once the Master of the house gets up and closes the door, and you begin to stand outside and to knock at the door [again and again], saying, Lord, open to us! He will answer you, I do not know where [what household--certainly not Mine] you come from. -- luke 13:25 +. +Then you will begin to say, We ate and drank in Your presence, and You taught in our streets. -- luke 13:26 +. +But He will say, I tell you, I do not know where [what household--certainly not Mine] you come from; depart from Me, all you wrongdoers! -- luke 13:27 +. +There will be weeping and grinding of teeth when you see Abraham and Isaac and Jacob and all the prophets in the kingdom of God, but you yourselves being cast forth (banished, driven away). -- luke 13:28 +. +And [people] will come from east and west, and from north and south, and sit down (feast at table) in the kingdom of God. -- luke 13:29 +. +And behold, there are some [now] last who will be first [then], and there are some [now] first who will be last [then]. -- luke 13:30 +. +At that very hour some Pharisees came up and said to Him, Go away from here, for Herod is determined to kill You. -- luke 13:31 +. +And He said to them, Go and tell that fox [sly and crafty, skulking and cowardly], Behold, I drive out demons and perform healings today and tomorrow, and on the third day I finish (complete) My course. -- luke 13:32 +. +Nevertheless, I must continue on My way today and tomorrow and the day after that--for it will never do for a prophet to be destroyed away from Jerusalem! -- luke 13:33 +. +O Jerusalem, Jerusalem, you who continue to kill the prophets and to stone those who are sent to you! How often I have desired and yearned to gather your children together [around Me], as a hen [gathers] her young under her wings, but you would not! -- luke 13:34 +. +Behold, your house is forsaken (abandoned, left to you destitute of God's help)! And I tell you, you will not see Me again until the time comes when you shall say, Blessed (to be celebrated with praises) is He Who comes in the name of the Lord! -- luke 13:35 +. +IT OCCURRED one Sabbath, when [Jesus] went for a meal at the house of one of the ruling Pharisees, that they were [engaged in] watching Him [closely]. -- luke 14:1 +. +And behold, [just] in front of Him there was a man who had dropsy. -- luke 14:2 +. +And Jesus asked the lawyers and the Pharisees, Is it lawful and right to cure on the Sabbath or not? -- luke 14:3 +. +But they kept silent. Then He took hold [of the man] and cured him and sent him away. -- luke 14:4 +. +And He said to them, Which of you, having a son or a donkey or an ox that has fallen into a well, will not at once pull him out on the Sabbath day? -- luke 14:5 +. +And they were unable to reply to this. -- luke 14:6 +. +Now He told a parable to those who were invited, [when] He noticed how they were selecting the places of honor, saying to them, -- luke 14:7 +. +When you are invited by anyone to a marriage feast, do not recline on the chief seat [in the place of honor], lest a more distinguished person than you has been invited by him, -- luke 14:8 +. +And he who invited both of you will come to you and say, Let this man have the place [you have taken]. Then, with humiliation and a guilty sense of impropriety, you will begin to take the lowest place. -- luke 14:9 +. +But when you are invited, go and recline in the lowest place, so that when your host comes in, he may say to you, Friend, go up higher! Then you will be honored in the presence of all who sit [at table] with you. -- luke 14:10 +. +For everyone who exalts himself will be humbled (ranked below others who are honored or rewarded), and he who humbles himself (keeps a modest opinion of himself and behaves accordingly) will be exalted (elevated in rank). -- luke 14:11 +. +Jesus also said to the man who had invited Him, When you give a dinner or a supper, do not invite your friends or your brothers or your relatives or your wealthy neighbors, lest perhaps they also invite you in return, and so you are paid back. -- luke 14:12 +. +But when you give a banquet or a reception, invite the poor, the disabled, the lame, and the blind. -- luke 14:13 +. +Then you will be blessed (happy, fortunate, and to be envied), because they have no way of repaying you, and you will be recompensed at the resurrection of the just (upright). -- luke 14:14 +. +When one of those who reclined [at the table] with Him heard this, he said to Him, Blessed (happy, fortunate, and to be envied) is he who shall eat bread in the kingdom of God! -- luke 14:15 +. +But Jesus said to him, A man was once giving a great supper and invited many; -- luke 14:16 +. +And at the hour for the supper he sent his servant to say to those who had been invited, Come, for all is now ready. -- luke 14:17 +. +But they all alike began to make excuses and to beg off. The first said to him, I have bought a piece of land, and I have to go out and see it; I beg you, have me excused. -- luke 14:18 +. +And another said, I have bought five yoke of oxen, and I am going to examine and put my approval on them; I beg you, have me excused. -- luke 14:19 +. +And another said, I have married a wife, and because of this I am unable to come. -- luke 14:20 +. +So the servant came and reported these [answers] to his master. Then the master of the house said in wrath to his servant, Go quickly into the great streets and the small streets of the city and bring in here the poor and the disabled and the blind and the lame. -- luke 14:21 +. +And the servant [returning] said, Sir, what you have commanded me to do has been done, and yet there is room. -- luke 14:22 +. +Then the master said to the servant, Go out into the highways and hedges and urge and constrain [them] to yield and come in, so that my house may be filled. -- luke 14:23 +. +For I tell you, not one of those who were invited shall taste my supper. -- luke 14:24 +. +Now huge crowds were going along with [Jesus], and He turned and said to them, -- luke 14:25 +. +If anyone comes to Me and does not hate his [own] father and mother [in the sense of indifference to or relative disregard for them in comparison with his attitude toward God] and [likewise] his wife and children and brothers and sisters--[yes] and even his own life also--he cannot be My disciple. -- luke 14:26 +. +Whoever does not persevere and carry his own cross and come after (follow) Me cannot be My disciple. -- luke 14:27 +. +For which of you, wishing to build a farm building, does not first sit down and calculate the cost [to see] whether he has sufficient means to finish it? -- luke 14:28 +. +Otherwise, when he has laid the foundation and is unable to complete [the building], all who see it will begin to mock and jeer at him, -- luke 14:29 +. +Saying, This man began to build and was not able (worth enough) to finish. -- luke 14:30 +. +Or what king, going out to engage in conflict with another king, will not first sit down and consider and take counsel whether he is able with ten thousand [men] to meet him who comes against him with twenty thousand? -- luke 14:31 +. +And if he cannot [do so], when the other king is still a great way off, he sends an envoy and asks the terms of peace. -- luke 14:32 +. +So then, any of you who does not forsake (renounce, surrender claim to, give up, say good-bye to) all that he has cannot be My disciple. -- luke 14:33 +. +Salt is good [an excellent thing], but if salt has lost its strength and has become saltless (insipid, flat), how shall its saltness be restored? -- luke 14:34 +. +It is fit neither for the land nor for the manure heap; men throw it away. He who has ears to hear, let him listen and consider and comprehend by hearing! -- luke 14:35 +. +NOW THE tax collectors and [notorious and especially wicked] sinners were all coming near to [Jesus] to listen to Him. -- luke 15:1 +. +And the Pharisees and the scribes kept muttering and indignantly complaining, saying, This man accepts and receives and welcomes [preeminently wicked] sinners and eats with them. -- luke 15:2 +. +So He told them this parable: -- luke 15:3 +. +What man of you, if he has a hundred sheep and should lose one of them, does not leave the ninety-nine in the wilderness (desert) and go after the one that is lost until he finds it? -- luke 15:4 +. +And when he has found it, he lays it on his [own] shoulders, rejoicing. -- luke 15:5 +. +And when he gets home, he summons together [his] friends and [his] neighbors, saying to them, Rejoice with me, because I have found my sheep which was lost. -- luke 15:6 +. +Thus, I tell you, there will be more joy in heaven over one [especially] wicked person who repents (changes his mind, abhorring his errors and misdeeds, and determines to enter upon a better course of life) than over ninety-nine righteous persons who have no need of repentance. -- luke 15:7 +. +Or what woman, having ten [silver] drachmas [each one equal to a day's wages], if she loses one coin, does not light a lamp and sweep the house and look carefully and diligently until she finds it? -- luke 15:8 +. +And when she has found it, she summons her [women] friends and neighbors, saying, Rejoice with me, for I have found the silver coin which I had lost. -- luke 15:9 +. +Even so, I tell you, there is joy among and in the presence of the angels of God over one [especially] wicked person who repents (changes his mind for the better, heartily amending his ways, with abhorrence of his past sins). -- luke 15:10 +. +And He said, There was a certain man who had two sons; -- luke 15:11 +. +And the younger of them said to his father, Father, give me the part of the property that falls [to me]. And he divided the estate between them. -- luke 15:12 +. +And not many days after that, the younger son gathered up all that he had and journeyed into a distant country, and there he wasted his fortune in reckless and loose [from restraint] living. -- luke 15:13 +. +And when he had spent all he had, a mighty famine came upon that country, and he began to fall behind and be in want. -- luke 15:14 +. +So he went and forced (glued) himself upon one of the citizens of that country, who sent him into his fields to feed hogs. -- luke 15:15 +. +And he would gladly have fed on and filled his belly with the carob pods that the hogs were eating, but [they could not satisfy his hunger and] nobody gave him anything [better]. -- luke 15:16 +. +Then when he came to himself, he said, How many hired servants of my father have enough food, and [even food] to spare, but I am perishing (dying) here of hunger! -- luke 15:17 +. +I will get up and go to my father, and I will say to him, Father, I have sinned against heaven and in your sight. -- luke 15:18 +. +I am no longer worthy to be called your son; [just] make me like one of your hired servants. -- luke 15:19 +. +So he got up and came to his [own] father. But while he was still a long way off, his father saw him and was moved with pity and tenderness [for him]; and he ran and embraced him and kissed him [fervently]. -- luke 15:20 +. +And the son said to him, Father, I have sinned against heaven and in your sight; I am no longer worthy to be called your son [I no longer deserve to be recognized as a son of yours]! -- luke 15:21 +. +But the father said to his bond servants, Bring quickly the best robe (the festive robe of honor) and put it on him; and give him a ring for his hand and sandals for his feet. -- luke 15:22 +. +And bring out that [wheat-]fattened calf and kill it; and let us revel and feast and be happy and make merry, -- luke 15:23 +. +Because this my son was dead and is alive again; he was lost and is found! And they began to revel and feast and make merry. -- luke 15:24 +. +But his older son was in the field; and as he returned and came near the house, he heard music and dancing. -- luke 15:25 +. +And having called one of the servant [boys] to him, he began to ask what this meant. -- luke 15:26 +. +And he said to him, Your brother has come, and your father has killed that [wheat-]fattened calf, because he has received him back safe and well. -- luke 15:27 +. +But [the elder brother] was angry [with deep-seated wrath] and resolved not to go in. Then his father came out and began to plead with him, -- luke 15:28 +. +But he answered his father, Look! These many years I have served you, and I have never disobeyed your command. Yet you never gave me [so much as] a [little] kid, that I might revel and feast and be happy and make merry with my friends; -- luke 15:29 +. +But when this son of yours arrived, who has devoured your estate with immoral women, you have killed for him that [wheat-] fattened calf! -- luke 15:30 +. +And the father said to him, Son, you are always with me, and all that is mine is yours. -- luke 15:31 +. +But it was fitting to make merry, to revel and feast and rejoice, for this brother of yours was dead and is alive again! He was lost and is found! -- luke 15:32 +. +ALSO [Jesus] said to the disciples, There was a certain rich man who had a manager of his estate, and accusations [against this man] were brought to him, that he was squandering his [master's] possessions. -- luke 16:1 +. +And he called him and said to him, What is this that I hear about you? Turn in the account of your management [of my affairs], for you can be [my] manager no longer. -- luke 16:2 +. +And the manager of the estate said to himself, What shall I do, seeing that my master is taking the management away from me? I am not able to dig, and I am ashamed to beg. -- luke 16:3 +. +I have come to know what I will do, so that they [my master's debtors] may accept and welcome me into their houses when I am put out of the management. -- luke 16:4 +. +So he summoned his master's debtors one by one, and he said to the first, How much do you owe my master? -- luke 16:5 +. +He said, A hundred measures [about gallons] of oil. And he said to him, Take back your written acknowledgement of obligation, and sit down quickly and write fifty [about 450 gallons]. -- luke 16:6 +. +After that he said to another, And how much do you owe? He said, A hundred measures [about bushels] of wheat. He said to him, Take back your written acknowledgement of obligation, and write eighty [about 700 bushels]. -- luke 16:7 +. +And [his] master praised the dishonest (unjust) manager for acting shrewdly and prudently; for the sons of this age are shrewder and more prudent and wiser in [relation to] their own generation [to their own age and kind] than are the sons of light. -- luke 16:8 +. +And I tell you, make friends for yourselves by means of unrighteous mammon (deceitful riches, money, possessions), so that when it fails, they [those you have favored] may receive and welcome you into the everlasting habitations (dwellings). -- luke 16:9 +. +He who is faithful in a very little [thing] is faithful also in much, and he who is dishonest and unjust in a very little [thing] is dishonest and unjust also in much. -- luke 16:10 +. +Therefore if you have not been faithful in the [case of] unrighteous mammon (deceitful riches, money, possessions), who will entrust to you the true riches? -- luke 16:11 +. +And if you have not proved faithful in that which belongs to another [whether God or man], who will give you that which is your own [that is, the true riches]? -- luke 16:12 +. +No servant is able to serve two masters; for either he will hate the one and love the other, or he will stand by and be devoted to the one and despise the other. You cannot serve God and mammon (riches, or anything in which you trust and on which you rely). -- luke 16:13 +. +Now the Pharisees, who were covetous and lovers of money, heard all these things [taken together], and they began to sneer at and ridicule and scoff at Him. -- luke 16:14 +. +But He said to them, You are the ones who declare yourselves just and upright before men, but God knows your hearts. For what is exalted and highly thought of among men is detestable and abhorrent (an abomination) in the sight of God. [I Sam. 16:7; Prov. 21:2.] -- luke 16:15 +. +Until John came, there were the Law and the Prophets; since then the good news (the Gospel) of the kingdom of God is being preached, and everyone strives violently to go in [would force his own way rather than God's way into it]. -- luke 16:16 +. +Yet it is easier for heaven and earth to pass away than for one dot of the Law to fail and become void. -- luke 16:17 +. +Whoever divorces (dismisses and repudiates) his wife and marries another commits adultery, and he who marries a woman who is divorced from her husband commits adultery. -- luke 16:18 +. +There was a certain rich man who [habitually] clothed himself in purple and fine linen and reveled and feasted and made merry in splendor every day. -- luke 16:19 +. +And at his gate there was [carelessly] dropped down and left a certain utterly destitute man named Lazarus, [reduced to begging alms and] covered with [ulcerated] sores. -- luke 16:20 +. +He [eagerly] desired to be satisfied with what fell from the rich man's table; moreover, the dogs even came and licked his sores. -- luke 16:21 +. +And it occurred that the man [reduced to] begging died and was carried by the angels to Abraham's bosom. The rich man also died and was buried. -- luke 16:22 +. +And in Hades (the realm of the dead), being in torment, he lifted up his eyes and saw Abraham far away, and Lazarus in his bosom. -- luke 16:23 +. +And he cried out and said, Father Abraham, have pity and mercy on me and send Lazarus to dip the tip of his finger in water and cool my tongue, for I am in anguish in this flame. -- luke 16:24 +. +But Abraham said, Child, remember that you in your lifetime fully received [what is due you in] comforts and delights, and Lazarus in like manner the discomforts and distresses; but now he is comforted here and you are in anguish. -- luke 16:25 +. +And besides all this, between us and you a great chasm has been fixed, in order that those who want to pass from this [place] to you may not be able, and no one may pass from there to us. -- luke 16:26 +. +And [the man] said, Then, father, I beseech you to send him to my father's house-- -- luke 16:27 +. +For I have five brothers--so that he may give [solemn] testimony and warn them, lest they too come into this place of torment. -- luke 16:28 +. +But Abraham said, They have Moses and the Prophets; let them hear and listen to them. -- luke 16:29 +. +But he answered, No, father Abraham, but if someone from the dead goes to them, they will repent (change their minds for the better and heartily amend their ways, with abhorrence of their past sins). -- luke 16:30 +. +He said to him, If they do not hear and listen to Moses and the Prophets, neither will they be persuaded and convinced and believe [even] if someone should rise from the dead. -- luke 16:31 +. +AND [Jesus] said to His disciples, Temptations (snares, traps set to entice to sin) are sure to come, but woe to him by or through whom they come! -- luke 17:1 +. +It would be more profitable for him if a millstone were hung around his neck and he were hurled into the sea than that he should cause to sin or be a snare to one of these little ones [lowly in rank or influence]. -- luke 17:2 +. +Pay attention and always be on your guard [looking out for one another]. If your brother sins (misses the mark), solemnly tell him so and reprove him, and if he repents (feels sorry for having sinned), forgive him. -- luke 17:3 +. +And even if he sins against you seven times in a day, and turns to you seven times and says, I repent [I am sorry], you must forgive him (give up resentment and consider the offense as recalled and annulled). -- luke 17:4 +. +The apostles said to the Lord, Increase our faith (that trust and confidence that spring from our belief in God). -- luke 17:5 +. +And the Lord answered, If you had faith (trust and confidence in God) even [so small] like a grain of mustard seed, you could say to this mulberry tree, Be pulled up by the roots, and be planted in the sea, and it would obey you. -- luke 17:6 +. +Will any man of you who has a servant plowing or tending sheep say to him when he has come in from the field, Come at once and take your place at the table? -- luke 17:7 +. +Will he not instead tell him, Get my supper ready and gird yourself and serve me while I eat and drink; then afterward you yourself shall eat and drink? -- luke 17:8 +. +Is he grateful and does he praise the servant because he did what he was ordered to do? -- luke 17:9 +. +Even so on your part, when you have done everything that was assigned and commanded you, say, We are unworthy servants [possessing no merit, for we have not gone beyond our obligation]; we have [merely] done what was our duty to do. -- luke 17:10 +. +As He went on His way to Jerusalem, it occurred that [Jesus] was passing [along the border] between Samaria and Galilee. -- luke 17:11 +. +And as He was going into one village, He was met by ten lepers, who stood at a distance. -- luke 17:12 +. +And they raised up their voices and called, Jesus, Master, take pity and have mercy on us! -- luke 17:13 +. +And when He saw them, He said to them, Go [at once] and show yourselves to the priests. And as they went, they were cured and made clean. -- luke 17:14 +. +Then one of them, upon seeing that he was cured, turned back, recognizing and thanking and praising God with a loud voice; -- luke 17:15 +. +And he fell prostrate at Jesus' feet, thanking Him [over and over]. And he was a Samaritan. -- luke 17:16 +. +Then Jesus asked, Were not [all] ten cleansed? Where are the nine? -- luke 17:17 +. +Was there no one found to return and to recognize and give thanks and praise to God except this alien? -- luke 17:18 +. +And He said to him, Get up and go on your way. Your faith (your trust and confidence that spring from your belief in God) has restored you to health. -- luke 17:19 +. +Asked by the Pharisees when the kingdom of God would come, He replied to them by saying, The kingdom of God does not come with signs to be observed or with visible display, -- luke 17:20 +. +Nor will people say, Look! Here [it is]! or, See, [it is] there! For behold, the kingdom of God is within you [in your hearts] and among you [surrounding you]. -- luke 17:21 +. +And He said to the disciples, The time is coming when you will long to see [even] one of the days of the Son of Man, and you will not see [it]. -- luke 17:22 +. +And they will say to you, Look! [He is] there! or, Look! [He is] here! But do not go out or follow [them]. -- luke 17:23 +. +For like the lightning, that flashes and lights up the sky from one end to the other, so will the Son of Man be in His [own] day. -- luke 17:24 +. +But first He must suffer many things and be disapproved and repudiated and rejected by this age and generation. -- luke 17:25 +. +And [just] as it was in the days of Noah, so will it be in the time of the Son of Man. -- luke 17:26 +. +[People] ate, they drank, they married, they were given in marriage, right up to the day when Noah went into the ark, and the flood came and destroyed them all. -- luke 17:27 +. +So also [it was the same] as it was in the days of Lot. [People] ate, they drank, they bought, they sold, they planted, they built; -- luke 17:28 +. +But on the [very] day that Lot went out of Sodom, it rained fire and brimstone from heaven and destroyed [them] all. -- luke 17:29 +. +That is the way it will be on the day that the Son of Man is revealed. -- luke 17:30 +. +On that day let him who is on the housetop, with his belongings in the house, not come down [and go inside] to carry them away; and likewise let him who is in the field not turn back. -- luke 17:31 +. +Remember Lot's wife! -- luke 17:32 +. +Whoever tries to preserve his life will lose it, but whoever loses his life will preserve and quicken it. -- luke 17:33 +. +I tell you, in that night there will be two men in one bed; one will be taken and the other will be left. -- luke 17:34 +. +There will be two women grinding together; one will be taken and the other will be left. -- luke 17:35 +. +Two men will be in the field; one will be taken and the other will be left. -- luke 17:36 +. +Then they asked Him, Where, Lord? He said to them, Wherever the dead body is, there will the vultures or eagles be gathered together. -- luke 17:37 +. +ALSO [Jesus] told them a parable to the effect that they ought always to pray and not to turn coward (faint, lose heart, and give up). -- luke 18:1 +. +He said, In a certain city there was a judge who neither reverenced and feared God nor respected or considered man. -- luke 18:2 +. +And there was a widow in that city who kept coming to him and saying, Protect and defend and give me justice against my adversary. -- luke 18:3 +. +And for a time he would not; but later he said to himself, Though I have neither reverence or fear for God nor respect or consideration for man, -- luke 18:4 +. +Yet because this widow continues to bother me, I will defend and protect and avenge her, lest she give me intolerable annoyance and wear me out by her continual coming or at the last she come and rail on me or assault me or strangle me. -- luke 18:5 +. +Then the Lord said, Listen to what the unjust judge says! -- luke 18:6 +. +And will not [our just] God defend and protect and avenge His elect (His chosen ones), who cry to Him day and night? Will He defer them and delay help on their behalf? -- luke 18:7 +. +I tell you, He will defend and protect and avenge them speedily. However, when the Son of Man comes, will He find [persistence in] faith on the earth? -- luke 18:8 +. +He also told this parable to some people who trusted in themselves and were confident that they were righteous [that they were upright and in right standing with God] and scorned and made nothing of all the rest of men: -- luke 18:9 +. +Two men went up into the temple [enclosure] to pray, the one a Pharisee and the other a tax collector. -- luke 18:10 +. +The Pharisee took his stand ostentatiously and began to pray thus before and with himself: God, I thank You that I am not like the rest of men--extortioners (robbers), swindlers [unrighteous in heart and life], adulterers--or even like this tax collector here. -- luke 18:11 +. +I fast twice a week; I give tithes of all that I gain. -- luke 18:12 +. +But the tax collector, [merely] standing at a distance, would not even lift up his eyes to heaven, but kept striking his breast, saying, O God, be favorable (be gracious, be merciful) to me, the especially wicked sinner that I am! -- luke 18:13 +. +I tell you, this man went down to his home justified (forgiven and made upright and in right standing with God), rather than the other man; for everyone who exalts himself will be humbled, but he who humbles himself will be exalted. -- luke 18:14 +. +Now they were also bringing [even] babies to Him that He might touch them, and when the disciples noticed it, they reproved them. -- luke 18:15 +. +But Jesus called them [the parents] to Him, saying, Allow the little children to come to Me, and do not hinder them, for to such [as these] belongs the kingdom of God. -- luke 18:16 +. +Truly I say to you, whoever does not accept and receive and welcome the kingdom of God like a little child [does] shall not in any way enter it [at all]. -- luke 18:17 +. +And a certain ruler asked Him, Good Teacher [You who are essentially and perfectly morally good], what shall I do to inherit eternal life [to partake of eternal salvation in the Messiah's kingdom]? -- luke 18:18 +. +Jesus said to him, Why do you call Me [essentially and perfectly morally] good? No one is [essentially and perfectly morally] good--except God only. -- luke 18:19 +. +You know the commandments: Do not commit adultery, do not kill, do not steal, do not witness falsely, honor your father and your mother. -- luke 18:20 +. +And he replied, All these I have kept from my youth. -- luke 18:21 +. +And when Jesus heard it, He said to him, One thing you still lack. Sell everything that you have and divide [the money] among the poor, and you will have [rich] treasure in heaven; and come back [and] follow Me [become My disciple, join My party, and accompany Me]. -- luke 18:22 +. +But when he heard this, he became distressed and very sorrowful, for he was rich--exceedingly so. -- luke 18:23 +. +Jesus, observing him, said, How difficult it is for those who have wealth to enter the kingdom of God! -- luke 18:24 +. +For it is easier for a camel to enter through a needle's eye than [for] a rich man to enter the kingdom of God. -- luke 18:25 +. +And those who heard it said, Then who can be saved? -- luke 18:26 +. +But He said, What is impossible with men is possible with God. -- luke 18:27 +. +And Peter said, See, we have left our own [things--home, family, and business] and have followed You. -- luke 18:28 +. +And He said to them, I say to you truly, there is no one who has left house or wife or brothers or parents or children for the sake of the kingdom of God -- luke 18:29 +. +Who will not receive in return many times more in this world and, in the coming age, eternal life. -- luke 18:30 +. +Then taking the Twelve [apostles] aside, He said to them, Listen! We are going up to Jerusalem, and all things that are written about the Son of Man through and by the prophets will be fulfilled. -- luke 18:31 +. +For He will be handed over to the Gentiles and will be made sport of and scoffed and jeered at and insulted and spit upon. -- luke 18:32 +. +They will flog Him and kill Him; and on the third day He will rise again. -- luke 18:33 +. +But they understood nothing of these things; His words were a mystery and hidden from them, and they did not comprehend what He was telling them. -- luke 18:34 +. +As He came near to Jericho, it occurred that a blind man was sitting by the roadside begging. -- luke 18:35 +. +And hearing a crowd going by, he asked what it meant. -- luke 18:36 +. +They told him, Jesus of Nazareth is passing by. -- luke 18:37 +. +And he shouted, saying, Jesus, Son of David, take pity and have mercy on me! -- luke 18:38 +. +But those who were in front reproved him, telling him to keep quiet; yet he screamed and shrieked so much the more, Son of David, take pity and have mercy on me! -- luke 18:39 +. +Then Jesus stood still and ordered that he be led to Him; and when he came near, Jesus asked him, -- luke 18:40 +. +What do you want Me to do for you? He said, Lord, let me receive my sight! -- luke 18:41 +. +And Jesus said to him, Receive your sight! Your faith (your trust and confidence that spring from your faith in God) has healed you. -- luke 18:42 +. +And instantly he received his sight and began to follow Jesus, recognizing, praising, and honoring God; and all the people, when they saw it, praised God. -- luke 18:43 +. +AND [Jesus] entered Jericho and was passing through it. -- luke 19:1 +. +And there was a man called Zacchaeus, a chief tax collector, and [he was] rich. -- luke 19:2 +. +And he was trying to see Jesus, which One He was, but he could not on account of the crowd, because he was small in stature. -- luke 19:3 +. +So he ran on ahead and climbed up in a sycamore tree in order to see Him, for He was about to pass that way. -- luke 19:4 +. +And when Jesus reached the place, He looked up and said to him, Zacchaeus, hurry and come down; for I must stay at your house today. -- luke 19:5 +. +So he hurried and came down, and he received and welcomed Him joyfully. -- luke 19:6 +. +And when the people saw it, they all muttered among themselves and indignantly complained, He has gone in to be the guest of and lodge with a man who is devoted to sin and preeminently a sinner. -- luke 19:7 +. +So then Zacchaeus stood up and solemnly declared to the Lord, See, Lord, the half of my goods I [now] give [by way of restoration] to the poor, and if I have cheated anyone out of anything, I [now] restore four times as much. -- luke 19:8 +. +And Jesus said to him, Today is [Messianic and spiritual] salvation come to [all the members of] this household, since Zacchaeus too is a [real spiritual] son of Abraham; -- luke 19:9 +. +For the Son of Man came to seek and to save that which was lost. -- luke 19:10 +. +Now as they were listening to these things, He proceeded to tell a parable, because He was approaching Jerusalem and because they thought that the kingdom of God was going to be brought to light and shown forth immediately. -- luke 19:11 +. +He therefore said, A certain nobleman went into a distant country to obtain for himself a kingdom and then to return. -- luke 19:12 +. +Calling ten of his [own] bond servants, he gave them ten minas [each equal to about one hundred days' wages or nearly twenty dollars] and said to them, Buy and sell with these while I go and then return. -- luke 19:13 +. +But his citizens detested him and sent an embassy after him to say, We do not want this man to become ruler over us. -- luke 19:14 +. +When he returned after having received the kingdom, he ordered these bond servants to whom he had given the money to be called to him, that he might know how much each one had made by buying and selling. -- luke 19:15 +. +The first one came before him, and he said, Lord, your mina has made ten [additional] minas. -- luke 19:16 +. +And he said to him, Well done, excellent bond servant! Because you have been faithful and trustworthy in a very little [thing], you shall have authority over ten cities. -- luke 19:17 +. +The second one also came and said, Lord, your mina has made five more minas. -- luke 19:18 +. +And he said also to him, And you will take charge over five cities. -- luke 19:19 +. +Then another came and said, Lord, here is your mina, which I have kept laid up in a handkerchief. -- luke 19:20 +. +For I was [constantly] afraid of you, because you are a stern (hard, severe) man; you pick up what you did not lay down, and you reap what you did not sow. -- luke 19:21 +. +He said to the servant, I will judge and condemn you out of your own mouth, you wicked slave! You knew [did you] that I was a stern (hard, severe) man, picking up what I did not lay down, and reaping what I did not sow? -- luke 19:22 +. +Then why did you not put my money in a bank, so that on my return, I might have collected it with interest? -- luke 19:23 +. +And he said to the bystanders, Take the mina away from him and give it to him who has the ten minas. -- luke 19:24 +. +And they said to him, Lord, he has ten minas [already]! -- luke 19:25 +. +And [said Jesus,] I tell you that to everyone who gets and has will more be given, but from the man who does not get and does not have, even what he has will be taken away. -- luke 19:26 +. +[The indignant king ended by saying] But as for these enemies of mine who did not want me to reign over them--bring them here and slaughter them in my presence! -- luke 19:27 +. +And after saying these things, Jesus went on ahead of them, going up to Jerusalem. -- luke 19:28 +. +When He came near Bethphage and Bethany at the mount called [the Mount of] Olives, He sent two of His disciples, -- luke 19:29 +. +Telling [them], Go into the village yonder; there, as you go in, you will find a donkey's colt tied, on which no man has ever yet sat. Loose it and bring [it here]. -- luke 19:30 +. +If anybody asks you, Why are you untying [it]? you shall say this: Because the Lord has need of it. -- luke 19:31 +. +So those who were sent went away and found it [just] as He had told them. -- luke 19:32 +. +And as they were loosening the colt, its owners said to them, Why are you untying the colt? -- luke 19:33 +. +And they said, The Lord has need of it. -- luke 19:34 +. +And they brought it to Jesus; then they threw their garments over the colt and set Jesus upon it. -- luke 19:35 +. +And as He rode along, the people kept spreading their garments on the road. [II Kings 9:13.] -- luke 19:36 +. +As He was approaching [the city], at the descent of the Mount of Olives, the whole crowd of the disciples began to rejoice and to praise God [extolling Him exultantly and] loudly for all the mighty miracles and works of power that they had witnessed, -- luke 19:37 +. +Crying, Blessed (celebrated with praises) is the King Who comes in the name of the Lord! Peace in heaven [freedom there from all the distresses that are experienced as the result of sin] and glory (majesty and splendor) in the highest [heaven]! -- luke 19:38 +. +And some of the Pharisees from the throng said to Jesus, Teacher, reprove Your disciples! -- luke 19:39 +. +He replied, I tell you that if these keep silent, the very stones will cry out. -- luke 19:40 +. +And as He approached, He saw the city, and He wept [audibly] over it, -- luke 19:41 +. +Exclaiming, Would that you had known personally, even at least in this your day, the things that make for peace (for freedom from all the distresses that are experienced as the result of sin and upon which your peace--your security, safety, prosperity, and happiness--depends)! But now they are hidden from your eyes. -- luke 19:42 +. +For a time is coming upon you when your enemies will throw up a bank [with pointed stakes] about you and surround you and shut you in on every side. -- luke 19:43 +. +And they will dash you down to the ground, you [Jerusalem] and your children within you; and they will not leave in you one stone upon another, [all] because you did not come progressively to recognize and know and understand [from observation and experience] the time of your visitation [that is, when God was visiting you, the time in which God showed Himself gracious toward you and offered you salvation through Christ]. -- luke 19:44 +. +Then He went into the temple [enclosure] and began to drive out those who were selling, -- luke 19:45 +. +Telling them, It is written, My house shall be a house of prayer; but you have made it a cave of robbers. -- luke 19:46 +. +And He continued to teach day after day in the temple [porches and courts]. The chief priests and scribes and the leading men of the people were seeking to put Him to death, -- luke 19:47 +. +But they did not discover anything they could do, for all the people hung upon His words and stuck by Him. -- luke 19:48 +. +ONE DAY as Jesus was instructing the people in the temple [porches] and preaching the good news (the Gospel), the chief priests and the scribes came up with the elders (members of the Sanhedrin) -- luke 20:1 +. +And said to Him, Tell us by what [sort of] authority You are doing these things? Or who is it who gave You this authority? -- luke 20:2 +. +He replied to them, I will also ask you a question. Now answer Me: -- luke 20:3 +. +Was the baptism of John from heaven, or from men? -- luke 20:4 +. +And they argued and discussed [it] and reasoned together with themselves, saying, If we reply, From heaven, He will say, Why then did you not believe him? -- luke 20:5 +. +But if we answer, From men, all the people will stone us to death, for they are long since firmly convinced that John was a prophet. -- luke 20:6 +. +So they replied that they did not know from where it came. -- luke 20:7 +. +Then Jesus said to them, Neither will I tell you by what authority I do these things. -- luke 20:8 +. +Then He began to relate to the people this parable (this story to figuratively portray what He had to say): A man planted a vineyard and leased it to some vinedressers and went into another country for a long stay. -- luke 20:9 +. +When the [right] season came, he sent a bond servant to the tenants, that they might give him [his part] of the fruit of the vineyard; but the tenants beat (thrashed) him and sent him away empty-handed. -- luke 20:10 +. +And he sent still another servant; him they also beat (thrashed) and dishonored and insulted him disgracefully and sent him away empty-handed. -- luke 20:11 +. +And he sent yet a third; this one they wounded and threw out [of the vineyard]. -- luke 20:12 +. +Then the owner of the vineyard said, What shall I do? I will send my beloved son; it is probable that they will respect him. -- luke 20:13 +. +But when the tenants saw him, they argued among themselves, saying, This is the heir; let us kill him, so that the inheritance may be ours. -- luke 20:14 +. +So they drove him out of the vineyard and killed him. What then will the owner of the vineyard do to them? -- luke 20:15 +. +He will come and [utterly] put an end to those tenants and will give the vineyard to others. When they [the chief priests and the scribes and the elders] heard this, they said, May it never be! -- luke 20:16 +. +But [Jesus] looked at them and said, What then is [the meaning of] this that is written: The [very] Stone which the builders rejected has become the chief Stone of the corner [Cornerstone]? -- luke 20:17 +. +Everyone who falls on that Stone will be broken [in pieces]; but upon whomever It falls, It will crush him [winnow him and scatter him as dust]. -- luke 20:18 +. +The scribes and the chief priests desired and tried to find a way to arrest Him at that very hour, but they were afraid of the people; for they discerned that He had related this parable against them. -- luke 20:19 +. +So they watched [for an opportunity to ensnare] Him, and sent spies who pretended to be upright (honest and sincere), that they might lay hold of something He might say, so as to turn Him over to the control and authority of the governor. -- luke 20:20 +. +They asked Him, Teacher, we know that You speak and teach what is right, and that You show no partiality to anyone but teach the way of God honestly and in truth. -- luke 20:21 +. +Is it lawful for us to give tribute to Caesar or not? -- luke 20:22 +. +But He recognized and understood their cunning and unscrupulousness and said to them, -- luke 20:23 +. +Show Me a denarius (a coin)! Whose image and inscription does it have? They answered, Caesar's. -- luke 20:24 +. +He said to them, Then render to Caesar the things that are Caesar's, and to God the things that are God's. -- luke 20:25 +. +So they could not in the presence of the people take hold of anything He said to turn it against Him; but marveling at His reply, they were silent. -- luke 20:26 +. +Also there came to Him some Sadducees, those who say that there is no resurrection. -- luke 20:27 +. +And they asked Him a question, saying, Teacher, Moses wrote for us [a law] that if a man's brother dies, leaving a wife and no children, the man shall take the woman and raise up offspring for his brother. -- luke 20:28 +. +Now there were seven brothers; and the first took a wife and died without [having any] children. -- luke 20:29 +. +And the second -- luke 20:30 +. +And then the third took her, and in like manner all seven, and they died, leaving no children. -- luke 20:31 +. +Last of all, the woman died also. -- luke 20:32 +. +Now in the resurrection whose wife will the woman be? For the seven married her. -- luke 20:33 +. +And Jesus said to them, The people of this world and present age marry and are given in marriage; -- luke 20:34 +. +But those who are considered worthy to gain that other world and that future age and to attain to the resurrection from the dead neither marry nor are given in marriage; -- luke 20:35 +. +For they cannot die again, but they are angel-like and equal to angels. And being sons of and sharers in the resurrection, they are sons of God. -- luke 20:36 +. +But that the dead are raised [from death]--even Moses made known and showed in the passage concerning the [burning] bush, where he calls the Lord, The God of Abraham, the God of Isaac, and the God of Jacob. -- luke 20:37 +. +Now He is not the God of the dead, but of the living, for to Him all men are alive [whether in the body or out of it] and they are alive [not dead] unto Him [in definite relationship to Him]. -- luke 20:38 +. +And some of the scribes replied, Teacher, you have spoken well and expertly [so that there is no room for blame]. -- luke 20:39 +. +For they did not dare to question Him further. -- luke 20:40 +. +But He asked them, How can people say that the Christ (the Messiah, the Anointed One) is David's Son? -- luke 20:41 +. +For David himself says in [the] Book of Psalms, The Lord said to my Lord, Sit at My right hand -- luke 20:42 +. +Until I make Your enemies a footstool for Your feet. -- luke 20:43 +. +So David calls Him Lord; how then is He his Son? -- luke 20:44 +. +And with all the people listening, He said to His disciples, -- luke 20:45 +. +Beware of the scribes, who like to walk about in long robes and love to be saluted [with honor] in places where people congregate and love the front and best seats in the synagogues and places of distinction at feasts, -- luke 20:46 +. +Who make away with and devour widows' houses, and [to cover it up] with pretense make long prayers. They will receive the greater condemnation (the heavier sentence, the severer punishment). -- luke 20:47 +. +LOOKING UP, [Jesus] saw the rich people putting their gifts into the treasury. -- luke 21:1 +. +And He saw also a poor widow putting in two mites (copper coins). -- luke 21:2 +. +And He said, Truly I say to you, this poor widow has put in more than all of them; -- luke 21:3 +. +For they all gave out of their abundance (their surplus); but she has contributed out of her lack and her want, putting in all that she had on which to live. -- luke 21:4 +. +And as some were saying of the temple that it was decorated with handsome (shapely and magnificent) stones and consecrated offerings [laid up to be kept], He said, -- luke 21:5 +. +As for all this that you [thoughtfully] look at, the time will come when there shall not be left here one stone upon another that will not be thrown down. -- luke 21:6 +. +And they asked Him, Teacher, when will this happen? And what sign will there be when this is about to occur? -- luke 21:7 +. +And He said, Be on your guard and be careful that you are not led astray; for many will come in My name [appropriating to themselves the name Messiah which belongs to Me], saying, I am He! and, The time is at hand! Do not go out after them. -- luke 21:8 +. +And when you hear of wars and insurrections (disturbances, disorder, and confusion), do not become alarmed and panic-stricken and terrified; for all this must take place first, but the end will not [come] immediately. -- luke 21:9 +. +Then He told them, Nation will rise against nation, and kingdom against kingdom. [II Chron. 15:6; Isa. 19:2.] -- luke 21:10 +. +There will be mighty and violent earthquakes, and in various places famines and pestilences (plagues: malignant and contagious or infectious epidemic diseases which are deadly and devastating); and there will be sights of terror and great signs from heaven. -- luke 21:11 +. +But previous to all this, they will lay their hands on you and persecute you, turning you over to the synagogues and prisons, and you will be led away before kings and governors for My name's sake. -- luke 21:12 +. +This will be a time (an opportunity) for you to bear testimony. -- luke 21:13 +. +Resolve and settle it in your minds not to meditate and prepare beforehand how you are to make your defense and how you will answer. -- luke 21:14 +. +For I [Myself] will give you a mouth and such utterance and wisdom that all of your foes combined will be unable to stand against or refute. -- luke 21:15 +. +You will be delivered up and betrayed even by parents and brothers and relatives and friends, and [some] of you they will put to death. -- luke 21:16 +. +And you will be hated (despised) by everyone because [you bear] My name and for its sake. -- luke 21:17 +. +But not a hair of your head shall perish. [I Sam. 14:45.] -- luke 21:18 +. +By your steadfastness and patient endurance you shall win the true life of your souls. -- luke 21:19 +. +But when you see Jerusalem surrounded by armies, then know and understand that its desolation has come near. -- luke 21:20 +. +Then let those who are in Judea flee to the mountains, and let those who are inside [the city] get out of it, and let not those who are out in the country come into it; -- luke 21:21 +. +For those are days of vengeance [of rendering full justice or satisfaction], that all things that are written may be fulfilled. -- luke 21:22 +. +Alas for those who are pregnant and for those who have babies which they are nursing in those days! For great misery and anguish and distress shall be upon the land and indignation and punishment and retribution upon this people. -- luke 21:23 +. +They will fall by the mouth and the edge of the sword and will be led away as captives to and among all nations; and Jerusalem will be trodden down by the Gentiles until the times of the Gentiles are fulfilled (completed). -- luke 21:24 +. +And there will be signs in the sun and moon and stars; and upon the earth [there will be] distress (trouble and anguish) of nations in bewilderment and perplexity [without resources, left wanting, embarrassed, in doubt, not knowing which way to turn] at the roaring (the echo) of the tossing of the sea, -- luke 21:25 +. +Men swooning away or expiring with fear and dread and apprehension and expectation of the things that are coming on the world; for the [very] powers of the heavens will be shaken and caused to totter. -- luke 21:26 +. +And then they will see the Son of Man coming in a cloud with great (transcendent and overwhelming) power and [all His kingly] glory (majesty and splendor). -- luke 21:27 +. +Now when these things begin to occur, look up and lift up your heads, because your redemption (deliverance) is drawing near. -- luke 21:28 +. +And He told them a parable: Look at the fig tree and all the trees; -- luke 21:29 +. +When they put forth their buds and come out in leaf, you see for yourselves and perceive and know that summer is already near. -- luke 21:30 +. +Even so, when you see these things taking place, understand and know that the kingdom of God is at hand. -- luke 21:31 +. +Truly I tell you, this generation (those living at that definite period of time) will not perish and pass away until all has taken place. -- luke 21:32 +. +The sky and the earth (the universe, the world) will pass away, but My words will not pass away. -- luke 21:33 +. +But take heed to yourselves and be on your guard, lest your hearts be overburdened and depressed (weighed down) with the giddiness and headache and nausea of self-indulgence, drunkenness, and worldly worries and cares pertaining to [the business of] this life, and [lest] that day come upon you suddenly like a trap or a noose; -- luke 21:34 +. +For it will come upon all who live upon the face of the entire earth. -- luke 21:35 +. +Keep awake then and watch at all times [be discreet, attentive, and ready], praying that you may have the full strength and ability and be accounted worthy to escape all these things [taken together] that will take place, and to stand in the presence of the Son of Man. -- luke 21:36 +. +Now in the daytime Jesus was teaching in [the porches and courts of] the temple, but at night He would go out and stay on the mount called Olivet. -- luke 21:37 +. +And early in the morning all the people came to Him in the temple [porches or courts] to listen to Him. -- luke 21:38 +. +NOW THE Festival of Unleavened Bread was drawing near, which is called the Passover. -- luke 22:1 +. +And the chief priests and the scribes were seeking how to do away with [Jesus], for they feared the people. -- luke 22:2 +. +But [then] Satan entered into Judas, called Iscariot, who was one of the Twelve [apostles]. -- luke 22:3 +. +And he went away and discussed with the chief priests and captains how he might betray Him and deliver Him up to them. -- luke 22:4 +. +And they were delighted and pledged [themselves] to give him money. -- luke 22:5 +. +So he agreed [to this], and sought an opportunity to betray Him to them [without an uprising] in the absence of the throng. -- luke 22:6 +. +Then came the day of Unleavened Bread on which the Passover [lamb] had to be slain. -- luke 22:7 +. +So Jesus sent Peter and John, saying, Go and prepare for us the Passover meal, that we may eat it. -- luke 22:8 +. +They said to Him, Where do You want us to prepare [it]? -- luke 22:9 +. +He said to them, Behold, when you have gone into the city, a man carrying an earthen jug or pitcher of water will meet you; follow him into the house which he enters, -- luke 22:10 +. +And say to the master of the house, The Teacher asks you, Where is the guest room, where I may eat the Passover [meal] with My disciples? -- luke 22:11 +. +And he will show you a large room upstairs, furnished [with carpets and with couches properly spread]; there make [your] preparations. -- luke 22:12 +. +And they went and found it [just] as He had said to them; and they made ready the Passover [supper]. -- luke 22:13 +. +And when the hour came, [Jesus] reclined at table, and the apostles with Him. -- luke 22:14 +. +And He said to them, I have earnestly and intensely desired to eat this Passover with you before I suffer; -- luke 22:15 +. +For I say to you, I shall eat it no more until it is fulfilled in the kingdom of God. -- luke 22:16 +. +And He took a cup, and when He had given thanks, He said, Take this and divide and distribute it among yourselves; -- luke 22:17 +. +For I say to you that from now on I shall not drink of the fruit of the vine at all until the kingdom of God comes. -- luke 22:18 +. +Then He took a loaf [of bread], and when He had given thanks, He broke [it] and gave it to them saying, This is My body which is given for you; do this in remembrance of Me. -- luke 22:19 +. +And in like manner, He took the cup after supper, saying, This cup is the new testament or covenant [ratified] in My blood, which is shed (poured out) for you. -- luke 22:20 +. +But, behold, the hand of him who is now engaged in betraying Me is with Me on the table. -- luke 22:21 +. +For the Son of Man is going as it has been determined and appointed, but woe to that man by whom He is betrayed and delivered up! -- luke 22:22 +. +And they began to inquire among themselves which of them it was who was about to do this. -- luke 22:23 +. +Now an eager contention arose among them [as to] which of them was considered and reputed to be the greatest. -- luke 22:24 +. +But Jesus said to them, The kings of the Gentiles are deified by them and exercise lordship [ruling as emperor-gods] over them; and those in authority over them are called benefactors and well-doers. -- luke 22:25 +. +But this is not to be so with you; on the contrary, let him who is the greatest among you become like the youngest, and him who is the chief and leader like one who serves. -- luke 22:26 +. +For who is the greater, the one who reclines at table (the master), or the one who serves? Is it not the one who reclines at table? But I am in your midst as One Who serves. -- luke 22:27 +. +And you are those who have remained [throughout] and persevered with Me in My trials; -- luke 22:28 +. +And as My Father has appointed a kingdom and conferred it on Me, so do I confer on you [the privilege and decree], -- luke 22:29 +. +That you may eat and drink at My table in My kingdom and sit on thrones, judging the twelve tribes of Israel. -- luke 22:30 +. +Simon, Simon (Peter), listen! Satan has asked excessively that [all of] you be given up to him [out of the power and keeping of God], that he might sift [all of] you like grain, -- luke 22:31 +. +But I have prayed especially for you [Peter], that your [own] faith may not fail; and when you yourself have turned again, strengthen and establish your brethren. -- luke 22:32 +. +And [Simon Peter] said to Him, Lord, I am ready to go with You both to prison and to death. -- luke 22:33 +. +But Jesus said, I tell you, Peter, before a [single] cock shall crow this day, you will three times [utterly] deny that you know Me. -- luke 22:34 +. +And He said to them, When I sent you out with no purse or [provision] bag or sandals, did you lack anything? They answered, Nothing! -- luke 22:35 +. +Then He said to them, But now let him who has a purse take it, and also [his provision] bag; and let him who has no sword sell his mantle and buy a sword. -- luke 22:36 +. +For I tell you that this Scripture must yet be fulfilled in Me: And He was counted and classed among the wicked (the outlaws, the criminals); for what is written about Me has its fulfillment [has reached its end and is finally settled]. -- luke 22:37 +. +And they said, Look, Lord! Here are two swords. And He said to them, It is enough. -- luke 22:38 +. +And He came out and went, as was His habit, to the Mount of Olives, and the disciples also followed Him. -- luke 22:39 +. +And when He came to the place, He said to them, Pray that you may not [at all] enter into temptation. -- luke 22:40 +. +And He withdrew from them about a stone's throw and knelt down and prayed, -- luke 22:41 +. +Saying, Father, if You are willing, remove this cup from Me; yet not My will, but [always] Yours be done. -- luke 22:42 +. +And there appeared to Him an angel from heaven, strengthening Him in spirit. -- luke 22:43 +. +And being in an agony [of mind], He prayed [all the] more earnestly and intently, and His sweat became like great clots of blood dropping down upon the ground. -- luke 22:44 +. +And when He got up from prayer, He came to the disciples and found them sleeping from grief, -- luke 22:45 +. +And He said to them, Why do you sleep? Get up and pray that you may not enter [at all] into temptation. -- luke 22:46 +. +And while He was still speaking, behold, there came a crowd, and the man called Judas, one of the Twelve [apostles], was going before [leading] them. He drew near to Jesus to kiss Him, -- luke 22:47 +. +But Jesus said to him, Judas! Would you betray and deliver up the Son of Man with a kiss? -- luke 22:48 +. +And when those who were around Him saw what was about to happen, they said, Lord, shall we strike with the sword? -- luke 22:49 +. +And one of them struck the bond servant of the high priest and cut off his ear, the right one. -- luke 22:50 +. +But Jesus said, Permit them to go so far [as to seize Me]. And He touched the little (insignificant) ear and healed him. -- luke 22:51 +. +Then Jesus said to those who had come out against Him--the chief priests and captains of the temple and elders [of the Sanhedrin]--Have you come out with swords and clubs as [you would] against a robber? -- luke 22:52 +. +When I was with you day after day in the temple [enclosure], you did not stretch forth [your] hands against Me. But this is your hour--and the power [which] darkness [gives you has its way]. -- luke 22:53 +. +Then they seized Him and led Him away, bringing Him into the house of the high priest. Peter was following at a distance. -- luke 22:54 +. +And when they had kindled a fire in the middle of the courtyard and were seated together, Peter sat among them. -- luke 22:55 +. +Then a servant girl, seeing him as he sat in the firelight and gazing [intently] at him, said, This man too was with Him. -- luke 22:56 +. +But he denied it and said, Woman, I do not know Him! -- luke 22:57 +. +And a little later someone else saw him and said, You are one of them also. But Peter said, Man, I am not! -- luke 22:58 +. +And when about an hour more had elapsed, still another emphatically insisted, It is the truth that this man also was with Him, for he too is a Galilean! -- luke 22:59 +. +But Peter said, Man, I do not know what you are talking about. And instantly, while he was still speaking, the cock crowed. -- luke 22:60 +. +And the Lord turned and looked at Peter. And Peter recalled the Lord's words, how He had told him, Before the cock crows today, you will deny Me thrice. -- luke 22:61 +. +And he went out and wept bitterly [that is, with painfully moving grief]. -- luke 22:62 +. +Now the men who had Jesus in custody treated Him with contempt and scoffed at and ridiculed Him and beat Him; -- luke 22:63 +. +They blindfolded Him also and asked Him, Prophesy! Who is it that struck You? -- luke 22:64 +. +And they said many other evil and slanderous and insulting words against Him, reviling Him. -- luke 22:65 +. +As soon as it was day, the assembly of the elders of the people gathered together, both chief priests and scribes; and they led Him into their council (the Sanhedrin), and they said, -- luke 22:66 +. +If You are the Christ (the Messiah), tell us. But He said to them, If I tell you, you will not believe (trust in, cleave to, and rely on what I say), -- luke 22:67 +. +And if I question you, you will not answer. -- luke 22:68 +. +But hereafter (from this time on), the Son of Man shall be seated at the right hand of the power of God. -- luke 22:69 +. +And they all said, You are the Son of God, then? And He said to them, It is just as you say; I AM. -- luke 22:70 +. +And they said, What further evidence do we need? For we have heard [it] ourselves from His own mouth! -- luke 22:71 +. +THEN THE whole assembly of them got up and conducted [Jesus] before Pilate. -- luke 23:1 +. +And they began to accuse Him, asserting, We found this Man perverting (misleading, corrupting, and turning away) our nation and forbidding to pay tribute to Caesar, saying that He Himself is Christ (the Messiah, the Anointed One), a King! -- luke 23:2 +. +So Pilate asked Him, Are You the King of the Jews? And He answered him, [It is just as] you say. [I AM.] -- luke 23:3 +. +And Pilate said to the chief priests and the throngs, I find no guilt or crime in this Man. -- luke 23:4 +. +But they were urgent and emphatic, saying, He stirs up and excites the people, teaching throughout all Judea--from Galilee, where He began, even to this place. -- luke 23:5 +. +Upon hearing this, Pilate asked whether the Man was a Galilean. -- luke 23:6 +. +And when he found out [certainly] that He belonged to Herod's jurisdiction, he sent Him up to Herod [a higher authority], who was also in Jerusalem in those days. -- luke 23:7 +. +Now when Herod saw Jesus, he was exceedingly glad, for he had eagerly desired to see Him for a long time because of what he had heard concerning Him, and he was hoping to witness some sign (some striking evidence or spectacular performance) done by Him. -- luke 23:8 +. +So he asked Him many questions, but He made no reply. -- luke 23:9 +. +Meanwhile, the chief priests and the scribes stood by, continuing vehemently and violently to accuse Him. -- luke 23:10 +. +And Herod, with his soldiers, treated Him with contempt and scoffed at and ridiculed Him; then, dressing Him up in bright and gorgeous apparel, he sent Him back to Pilate. -- luke 23:11 +. +And that very day Herod and Pilate became friends with each other--[though] they had been at enmity before this. -- luke 23:12 +. +Pilate then called together the chief priests and the rulers and the people, -- luke 23:13 +. +And said to them, You brought this Man before me as One Who was perverting and misleading and turning away and corrupting the people; and behold, after examining Him before you, I have not found any offense (crime or guilt) in this Man in regard to your accusations against Him; -- luke 23:14 +. +No, nor indeed did Herod, for he sent Him back to us; behold, He has done nothing deserving of death. -- luke 23:15 +. +I will therefore chastise Him and deliver Him amended (reformed, taught His lesson) and release Him. -- luke 23:16 +. +For it was necessary for him to release to them one prisoner at the Feast. -- luke 23:17 +. +But they all together raised a deep cry [from the depths of their throats], saying, Away with this Man! Release to us Barabbas! -- luke 23:18 +. +He was a man who had been thrown into prison for raising a riot in the city, and for murder. -- luke 23:19 +. +Once more Pilate called to them, wishing to release Jesus; -- luke 23:20 +. +But they kept shouting out, Crucify, crucify Him! -- luke 23:21 +. +A third time he said to them, Why? What wrong has He done? I have found [no offense or crime or guilt] in Him nothing deserving of death; I will therefore chastise Him [in order to teach Him better] and release Him. -- luke 23:22 +. +But they were insistent and urgent, demanding with loud cries that He should be crucified. And their voices prevailed (accomplished their purpose). -- luke 23:23 +. +And Pilate gave sentence, that what they asked should be done. -- luke 23:24 +. +So he released the man who had been thrown into prison for riot and murder, for whom they continued to ask, but Jesus he delivered up to be done with as they willed. -- luke 23:25 +. +And as they led Him away, they seized one Simon of Cyrene, who was coming in from the country, and laid on him the cross and made him carry it behind Jesus. -- luke 23:26 +. +And there accompanied [Jesus] a great multitude of the people, [including] women who bewailed and lamented Him. -- luke 23:27 +. +But Jesus, turning toward them, said, Daughters of Jerusalem, do not weep for Me, but weep for yourselves and for your children. -- luke 23:28 +. +For behold, the days are coming during which they will say, Blessed (happy, fortunate, and to be envied) are the barren, and the wombs that have not borne, and the breasts that have never nursed [babies]! -- luke 23:29 +. +Then they will begin to say to the mountains, Fall on us! and to the hills, Cover (conceal, hide) us! -- luke 23:30 +. +For if they do these things when the timber is green, what will happen when it is dry? -- luke 23:31 +. +Two others also, who were criminals, were led away to be executed with Him. -- luke 23:32 +. +And when they came to the place which is called The Skull [Latin: Calvary; Hebrew: Golgotha], there they crucified Him, and [along with] the criminals, one on the right and one on the left. -- luke 23:33 +. +And Jesus prayed, Father, forgive them, for they know not what they do. And they divided His garments and distributed them by casting lots for them. -- luke 23:34 +. +Now the people stood by [calmly and leisurely] watching; but the rulers scoffed and sneered (turned up their noses) at Him, saying, He rescued others [from death]; let Him now rescue Himself, if He is the Christ (the Messiah) of God, His Chosen One! -- luke 23:35 +. +The soldiers also ridiculed and made sport of Him, coming up and offering Him vinegar (a sour wine mixed with water) -- luke 23:36 +. +And saying, If you are the King of the Jews, save (rescue) Yourself [from death]. -- luke 23:37 +. +For there was also an inscription above Him in letters of Greek and Latin and Hebrew: This is the King of the Jews. -- luke 23:38 +. +One of the criminals who was suspended kept up a railing at Him, saying, Are You not the Christ (the Messiah)? Rescue Yourself and us [from death]! -- luke 23:39 +. +But the other one reproved him, saying, Do you not even fear God, seeing you yourself are under the same sentence of condemnation and suffering the same penalty? -- luke 23:40 +. +And we indeed suffer it justly, receiving the due reward of our actions; but this Man has done nothing out of the way [nothing strange or eccentric or perverse or unreasonable]. -- luke 23:41 +. +Then he said to Jesus, Lord, remember me when You come in Your kingly glory! -- luke 23:42 +. +And He answered him, Truly I tell you, today you shall be with Me in Paradise. -- luke 23:43 +. +It was now about the sixth hour (midday), and darkness enveloped the whole land and earth until the ninth hour (about three o'clock in the afternoon), -- luke 23:44 +. +While the sun's light faded or was darkened; and the curtain [of the Holy of Holies] of the temple was torn in two. -- luke 23:45 +. +And Jesus, crying out with a loud voice, said, Father, into Your hands I commit My spirit! And with these words, He expired. -- luke 23:46 +. +Now the centurion, having seen what had taken place, recognized God and thanked and praised Him, and said, Indeed, without question, this Man was upright (just and innocent)! -- luke 23:47 +. +And all the throngs that had gathered to see this spectacle, when they saw what had taken place, returned to their homes, beating their breasts. -- luke 23:48 +. +And all the acquaintances of [Jesus] and the women who had followed Him from Galilee stood at a distance and watched these things. -- luke 23:49 +. +Now notice, there was a man named Joseph from the Jewish town of Arimathea. He was a member of the council (the Sanhedrin), and a good (upright, advantageous) man, and righteous (in right standing with God and man), -- luke 23:50 +. +Who had not agreed with or assented to the purpose and action of the others; and he was expecting and waiting for the kingdom of God. -- luke 23:51 +. +This man went to Pilate and asked for the body of Jesus. -- luke 23:52 +. +Then he took it down and rolled it up in a linen cloth for swathing dead bodies and laid Him in a rock-hewn tomb, where no one had ever yet been laid. -- luke 23:53 +. +It was the day of Preparation [for the Sabbath], and the Sabbath was dawning (approaching). -- luke 23:54 +. +The women who had come with [Jesus] from Galilee followed closely and saw the tomb and how His body was laid. -- luke 23:55 +. +Then they went back and made ready spices and ointments (perfumes). On the Sabbath day they rested in accordance with the commandment. -- luke 23:56 +. +BUT ON the first day of the week, at early dawn, [the women] went to the tomb, taking the spices which they had made ready. -- luke 24:1 +. +And they found the stone rolled back from the tomb, -- luke 24:2 +. +But when they went inside, they did not find the body of the Lord Jesus. -- luke 24:3 +. +And while they were perplexed and wondering what to do about this, behold, two men in dazzling raiment suddenly stood beside them. -- luke 24:4 +. +And as [the women] were frightened and were bowing their faces to the ground, the men said to them, Why do you look for the living among [those who are] dead? -- luke 24:5 +. +He is not here, but has risen! Remember how He told you while He was still in Galilee -- luke 24:6 +. +That the Son of Man must be given over into the hands of sinful men (men whose way or nature is to act in opposition to God) and be crucified and on the third day rise [from death]. -- luke 24:7 +. +And they remembered His words. -- luke 24:8 +. +And having returned from the tomb, they reported all these things [taken together] to the eleven apostles and to all the rest. -- luke 24:9 +. +Now it was Mary Magdalene and Joanna and Mary the mother of James, and the other women with them, who reported these things to the apostles. -- luke 24:10 +. +But these reports seemed to the men an idle tale (madness, feigned things, nonsense), and they did not believe the women. -- luke 24:11 +. +But Peter got up and ran to the tomb; and stooping down and looking in, he saw the linen cloths alone by themselves, and he went away, wondering about and marveling at what had happened. -- luke 24:12 +. +And behold, that very day two of [the disciples] were going to a village called Emmaus, [which is] about seven miles from Jerusalem. -- luke 24:13 +. +And they were talking with each other about all these things that had occurred. -- luke 24:14 +. +And while they were conversing and discussing together, Jesus Himself caught up with them and was already accompanying them. -- luke 24:15 +. +But their eyes were held, so that they did not recognize Him. -- luke 24:16 +. +And He said to them, What is this discussion that you are exchanging (throwing back and forth) between yourselves as you walk along? And they stood still, looking sad and downcast. -- luke 24:17 +. +Then one of them, named Cleopas, answered Him, Do you alone dwell as a stranger in Jerusalem and not know the things that have occurred there in these days? -- luke 24:18 +. +And He said to them, What [kind of] things? And they said to Him, About Jesus of Nazareth, Who was a Prophet mighty in work and word before God and all the people-- -- luke 24:19 +. +And how our chief priests and rulers gave Him up to be sentenced to death, and crucified Him. -- luke 24:20 +. +But we were hoping that it was He Who would redeem and set Israel free. Yes, and besides all this, it is now the third day since these things occurred. -- luke 24:21 +. +And moreover, some women of our company astounded us and drove us out of our senses. They were at the tomb early [in the morning] -- luke 24:22 +. +But did not find His body; and they returned saying that they had [even] seen a vision of angels, who said that He was alive! -- luke 24:23 +. +So some of those [who were] with us went to the tomb and they found it just as the women had said, but Him they did not see. -- luke 24:24 +. +And [Jesus] said to them, O foolish ones [sluggish in mind, dull of perception] and slow of heart to believe (adhere to and trust in and rely on) everything that the prophets have spoken! -- luke 24:25 +. +Was it not necessary and essentially fitting that the Christ (the Messiah) should suffer all these things before entering into His glory (His majesty and splendor)? -- luke 24:26 +. +Then beginning with Moses and [throughout] all the Prophets, He went on explaining and interpreting to them in all the Scriptures the things concerning and referring to Himself. -- luke 24:27 +. +Then they drew near the village to which they were going, and He acted as if He would go further. -- luke 24:28 +. +But they urged and insisted, saying to Him, Remain with us, for it is toward evening, and the day is now far spent. So He went in to stay with them. -- luke 24:29 +. +And it occurred that as He reclined at table with them, He took [a loaf of] bread and praised [God] and gave thanks and asked a blessing, and then broke it and was giving it to them -- luke 24:30 +. +When their eyes were [instantly] opened and they [clearly] recognized Him, and He vanished (departed invisibly). -- luke 24:31 +. +And they said to one another, Were not our hearts greatly moved and burning within us while He was talking with us on the road and as He opened and explained to us [the sense of] the Scriptures? -- luke 24:32 +. +And rising up that very hour, they went back to Jerusalem, where they found the Eleven [apostles] gathered together and those who were with them, -- luke 24:33 +. +Who said, The Lord really has risen and has appeared to Simon (Peter)! -- luke 24:34 +. +Then they [themselves] related [in full] what had happened on the road, and how He was known and recognized by them in the breaking of bread. -- luke 24:35 +. +Now while they were talking about this, Jesus Himself took His stand among them and said to them, Peace (freedom from all the distresses that are experienced as the result of sin) be to you! -- luke 24:36 +. +But they were so startled and terrified that they thought they saw a spirit. -- luke 24:37 +. +And He said to them, Why are you disturbed and troubled, and why do such doubts and questionings arise in your hearts? -- luke 24:38 +. +See My hands and My feet, that it is I Myself! Feel and handle Me and see, for a spirit does not have flesh and bones, as you see that I have. -- luke 24:39 +. +And when He had said this, He showed them His hands and His feet. -- luke 24:40 +. +And while [since] they still could not believe it for sheer joy and marveled, He said to them, Have you anything here to eat? -- luke 24:41 +. +They gave Him a piece of broiled fish, -- luke 24:42 +. +And He took [it] and ate [it] before them. -- luke 24:43 +. +Then He said to them, This is what I told you while I was still with you: everything which is written concerning Me in the Law of Moses and the Prophets and the Psalms must be fulfilled. -- luke 24:44 +. +Then He [thoroughly] opened up their minds to understand the Scriptures, -- luke 24:45 +. +And said to them, Thus it is written that the Christ (the Messiah) should suffer and on the third day rise from (among) the dead, -- luke 24:46 +. +And that repentance [with a view to and as the condition of] forgiveness of sins should be preached in His name to all nations, beginning from Jerusalem. -- luke 24:47 +. +You are witnesses of these things. -- luke 24:48 +. +And behold, I will send forth upon you what My Father has promised; but remain in the city [Jerusalem] until you are clothed with power from on high. -- luke 24:49 +. +Then He conducted them out as far as Bethany, and, lifting up His hands, He invoked a blessing on them. -- luke 24:50 +. +And it occurred that while He was blessing them, He parted from them and was taken up into heaven. -- luke 24:51 +. +And they, worshiping Him, went back to Jerusalem with great joy; -- luke 24:52 +. +And they were continually in the temple celebrating with praises and blessing and extolling God. Amen (so be it). -- luke 24:53 +. +IN THE beginning [before all time] was the Word (Christ), and the Word was with God, and the Word was God Himself. -- john 1:1 +. +He was present originally with God. -- john 1:2 +. +All things were made and came into existence through Him; and without Him was not even one thing made that has come into being. -- john 1:3 +. +In Him was Life, and the Life was the Light of men. -- john 1:4 +. +And the Light shines on in the darkness, for the darkness has never overpowered it [put it out or absorbed it or appropriated it, and is unreceptive to it]. -- john 1:5 +. +There came a man sent from God, whose name was John. -- john 1:6 +. +This man came to witness, that he might testify of the Light, that all men might believe in it [adhere to it, trust it, and rely upon it] through him. -- john 1:7 +. +He was not the Light himself, but came that he might bear witness regarding the Light. -- john 1:8 +. +There it was--the true Light [was then] coming into the world [the genuine, perfect, steadfast Light] that illumines every person. -- john 1:9 +. +He came into the world, and though the world was made through Him, the world did not recognize Him [did not know Him]. -- john 1:10 +. +He came to that which belonged to Him [to His own--His domain, creation, things, world], and they who were His own did not receive Him and did not welcome Him. -- john 1:11 +. +But to as many as did receive and welcome Him, He gave the authority (power, privilege, right) to become the children of God, that is, to those who believe in (adhere to, trust in, and rely on) His name-- -- john 1:12 +. +Who owe their birth neither to bloods nor to the will of the flesh [that of physical impulse] nor to the will of man [that of a natural father], but to God. [They are born of God!] -- john 1:13 +. +And the Word (Christ) became flesh (human, incarnate) and tabernacled (fixed His tent of flesh, lived awhile) among us; and we [actually] saw His glory (His honor, His majesty), such glory as an only begotten son receives from his father, full of grace (favor, loving-kindness) and truth. -- john 1:14 +. +John testified about Him and cried out, This was He of Whom I said, He Who comes after me has priority over me, for He was before me. [He takes rank above me, for He existed before I did. He has advanced before me, because He is my Chief.] -- john 1:15 +. +For out of His fullness (abundance) we have all received [all had a share and we were all supplied with] one grace after another and spiritual blessing upon spiritual blessing and even favor upon favor and gift [heaped] upon gift. -- john 1:16 +. +For while the Law was given through Moses, grace (unearned, undeserved favor and spiritual blessing) and truth came through Jesus Christ. -- john 1:17 +. +No man has ever seen God at any time; the only unique Son, or the only begotten God, Who is in the bosom [in the intimate presence] of the Father, He has declared Him [He has revealed Him and brought Him out where He can be seen; He has interpreted Him and He has made Him known]. -- john 1:18 +. +And this is the testimony of John when the Jews sent priests and Levites to him from Jerusalem to ask him, Who are you? -- john 1:19 +. +He confessed (admitted the truth) and did not try to conceal it, but acknowledged, I am not the Christ! -- john 1:20 +. +They asked him, What then? Are you Elijah? And he said, I am not! Are you the Prophet? And he answered, No! -- john 1:21 +. +Then they said to him, Who are you? Tell us, so that we may give an answer to those who sent us. What do you say about yourself? -- john 1:22 +. +He said, I am the voice of one crying aloud in the wilderness [the voice of one shouting in the desert], Prepare the way of the Lord [level, straighten out, the path of the Lord], as the prophet Isaiah said. -- john 1:23 +. +The messengers had been sent from the Pharisees. -- john 1:24 +. +And they asked him, Why then are you baptizing if you are not the Christ, nor Elijah, nor the Prophet? -- john 1:25 +. +John answered them, I [only] baptize in (with) water. Among you there stands One Whom you do not recognize and with Whom you are not acquainted and of Whom you know nothing. -- john 1:26 +. +It is He Who, coming after me, is preferred before me, the string of Whose sandal I am not worthy to unloose. -- john 1:27 +. +These things occurred in Bethany (Bethabara) across the Jordan [at the Jordan crossing], where John was then baptizing. -- john 1:28 +. +The next day John saw Jesus coming to him and said, Look! There is the Lamb of God, Who takes away the sin of the world! -- john 1:29 +. +This is He of Whom I said, After me comes a Man Who has priority over me [Who takes rank above me] because He was before me and existed before I did. -- john 1:30 +. +And I did not know Him and did not recognize Him [myself]; but it is in order that He should be made manifest and be revealed to Israel [be brought out where we can see Him] that I came baptizing in (with) water. -- john 1:31 +. +John gave further evidence, saying, I have seen the Spirit descending as a dove out of heaven, and it dwelt on Him [never to depart]. -- john 1:32 +. +And I did not know Him nor recognize Him, but He Who sent me to baptize in (with) water said to me, Upon Him Whom you shall see the Spirit descend and remain, that One is He Who baptizes with the Holy Spirit. -- john 1:33 +. +And I have seen [that happen--I actually did see it] and my testimony is that this is the Son of God! -- john 1:34 +. +Again the next day John was standing with two of his disciples, -- john 1:35 +. +And he looked at Jesus as He walked along, and said, Look! There is the Lamb of God! -- john 1:36 +. +The two disciples heard him say this, and they followed Him. -- john 1:37 +. +But Jesus turned, and as He saw them following Him, He said to them, What are you looking for? [And what is it you wish?] And they answered Him, Rabbi--which translated is Teacher--where are You staying? -- john 1:38 +. +He said to them, Come and see. So they went and saw where He was staying, and they remained with Him that day. It was then about the tenth hour (about four o'clock in the afternoon). -- john 1:39 +. +One of the two who heard what John said and followed Jesus was Andrew, Simon Peter's brother. -- john 1:40 +. +He first sought out and found his own brother Simon and said to him, We have found (discovered) the Messiah!--which translated is the Christ (the Anointed One). -- john 1:41 +. +Andrew then led (brought) Simon to Jesus. Jesus looked at him and said, You are Simon son of John. You shall be called Cephas--which translated is Peter [Stone]. -- john 1:42 +. +The next day Jesus desired and decided to go into Galilee; and He found Philip and said to him, Join Me as My attendant and follow Me. -- john 1:43 +. +Now Philip was from Bethsaida, of the same city as Andrew and Peter. -- john 1:44 +. +Philip sought and found Nathanael and told him, We have found (discovered) the One Moses in the Law and also the Prophets wrote about--Jesus from Nazareth, the [legal] son of Joseph! -- john 1:45 +. +Nathanael answered him, [Nazareth!] Can anything good come out of Nazareth? Philip replied, Come and see! -- john 1:46 +. +Jesus saw Nathanael coming toward Him and said concerning him, See! Here is an Israelite indeed [a true descendant of Jacob], in whom there is no guile nor deceit nor falsehood nor duplicity! -- john 1:47 +. +Nathanael said to Jesus, How do You know me? [How is it that You know these things about me?] Jesus answered him, Before [ever] Philip called you, when you were still under the fig tree, I saw you. -- john 1:48 +. +Nathanael answered, Teacher, You are the Son of God! You are the King of Israel! -- john 1:49 +. +Jesus replied, Because I said to you, I saw you beneath the fig tree, do you believe in and rely on and trust in Me? You shall see greater things than this! -- john 1:50 +. +Then He said to him, I assure you, most solemnly I tell you all, you shall see heaven opened, and the angels of God ascending and descending upon the Son of Man! -- john 1:51 +. +ON THE third day there was a wedding at Cana of Galilee, and the mother of Jesus was there. -- john 2:1 +. +Jesus also was invited with His disciples to the wedding. -- john 2:2 +. +And when the wine was all gone, the mother of Jesus said to Him, They have no more wine! -- john 2:3 +. +Jesus said to her, [Dear] woman, what is that to you and to Me? [What do we have in common? Leave it to Me.] My time (hour to act) has not yet come. -- john 2:4 +. +His mother said to the servants, Whatever He says to you, do it. -- john 2:5 +. +Now there were six waterpots of stone standing there, as the Jewish custom of purification (ceremonial washing) demanded, holding twenty to thirty gallons apiece. -- john 2:6 +. +Jesus said to them, Fill the waterpots with water. So they filled them up to the brim. -- john 2:7 +. +Then He said to them, Draw some out now and take it to the manager of the feast [to the one presiding, the superintendent of the banquet]. So they took him some. -- john 2:8 +. +And when the manager tasted the water just now turned into wine, not knowing where it came from--though the servants who had drawn the water knew--he called the bridegroom -- john 2:9 +. +And said to him, Everyone else serves his best wine first, and when people have drunk freely, then he serves that which is not so good; but you have kept back the good wine until now! -- john 2:10 +. +This, the first of His signs (miracles, wonderworks), Jesus performed in Cana of Galilee, and manifested His glory [by it He displayed His greatness and His power openly], and His disciples believed in Him [adhered to, trusted in, and relied on Him]. -- john 2:11 +. +After that He went down to Capernaum with His mother and brothers and disciples, and they stayed there only a few days. -- john 2:12 +. +Now the Passover of the Jews was approaching, so Jesus went up to Jerusalem. -- john 2:13 +. +There He found in the temple [enclosure] those who were selling oxen and sheep and doves, and the money changers sitting there [also at their stands]. -- john 2:14 +. +And having made a lash (a whip) of cords, He drove them all out of the temple [enclosure]--both the sheep and the oxen--spilling and scattering the brokers' money and upsetting and tossing around their trays (their stands). -- john 2:15 +. +Then to those who sold the doves He said, Take these things away (out of here)! Make not My Father's house a house of merchandise (a marketplace, a sales shop)! -- john 2:16 +. +And His disciples remembered that it is written [in the Holy Scriptures], Zeal (the fervor of love) for Your house will eat Me up. [I will be consumed with jealousy for the honor of Your house.] -- john 2:17 +. +Then the Jews retorted, What sign can You show us, seeing You do these things? [What sign, miracle, token, indication can You give us as evidence that You have authority and are commissioned to act in this way?] -- john 2:18 +. +Jesus answered them, Destroy (undo) this temple, and in three days I will raise it up again. -- john 2:19 +. +Then the Jews replied, It took forty-six years to build this temple (sanctuary), and will You raise it up in three days? -- john 2:20 +. +But He had spoken of the temple which was His body. -- john 2:21 +. +When therefore He had risen from the dead, His disciples remembered that He said this. And so they believed and trusted and relied on the Scripture and the word (message) Jesus had spoken. -- john 2:22 +. +But when He was in Jerusalem during the Passover Feast, many believed in His name [identified themselves with His party] after seeing His signs (wonders, miracles) which He was doing. -- john 2:23 +. +But Jesus [for His part] did not trust Himself to them, because He knew all [men]; -- john 2:24 +. +And He did not need anyone to bear witness concerning man [needed no evidence from anyone about men], for He Himself knew what was in human nature. [He could read men's hearts.] [I Sam. 16:7.] -- john 2:25 +. +NOW THERE was a certain man among the Pharisees named Nicodemus, a ruler (a leader, an authority) among the Jews, -- john 3:1 +. +Who came to Jesus at night and said to Him, Rabbi, we know and are certain that You have come from God [as] a Teacher; for no one can do these signs (these wonderworks, these miracles--and produce the proofs) that You do unless God is with him. -- john 3:2 +. +Jesus answered him, I assure you, most solemnly I tell you, that unless a person is born again (anew, from above), he cannot ever see (know, be acquainted with, and experience) the kingdom of God. -- john 3:3 +. +Nicodemus said to Him, How can a man be born when he is old? Can he enter his mother's womb again and be born? -- john 3:4 +. +Jesus answered, I assure you, most solemnly I tell you, unless a man is born of water and [even] the Spirit, he cannot [ever] enter the kingdom of God. -- john 3:5 +. +What is born of [from] the flesh is flesh [of the physical is physical]; and what is born of the Spirit is spirit. -- john 3:6 +. +Marvel not [do not be surprised, astonished] at My telling you, You must all be born anew (from above). -- john 3:7 +. +The wind blows (breathes) where it wills; and though you hear its sound, yet you neither know where it comes from nor where it is going. So it is with everyone who is born of the Spirit. -- john 3:8 +. +Nicodemus answered by asking, How can all this be possible? -- john 3:9 +. +Jesus replied, Are you the teacher of Israel, and yet do not know nor understand these things? [Are they strange to you?] -- john 3:10 +. +I assure you, most solemnly I tell you, We speak only of what we know [we know absolutely what we are talking about]; we have actually seen what we are testifying to [we were eyewitnesses of it]. And still you do not receive our testimony [you reject and refuse our evidence--that of Myself and of all those who are born of the Spirit]. -- john 3:11 +. +If I have told you of things that happen right here on the earth and yet none of you believes Me, how can you believe (trust Me, adhere to Me, rely on Me) if I tell you of heavenly things? -- john 3:12 +. +And yet no one has ever gone up to heaven, but there is One Who has come down from heaven--the Son of Man [Himself], Who is (dwells, has His home) in heaven. -- john 3:13 +. +And just as Moses lifted up the serpent in the desert [on a pole], so must [so it is necessary that] the Son of Man be lifted up [on the cross], -- john 3:14 +. +In order that everyone who believes in Him [who cleaves to Him, trusts Him, and relies on Him] may not perish, but have eternal life and [actually] live forever! -- john 3:15 +. +For God so greatly loved and dearly prized the world that He [even] gave up His only begotten (unique) Son, so that whoever believes in (trusts in, clings to, relies on) Him shall not perish (come to destruction, be lost) but have eternal (everlasting) life. -- john 3:16 +. +For God did not send the Son into the world in order to judge (to reject, to condemn, to pass sentence on) the world, but that the world might find salvation and be made safe and sound through Him. -- john 3:17 +. +He who believes in Him [who clings to, trusts in, relies on Him] is not judged [he who trusts in Him never comes up for judgment; for him there is no rejection, no condemnation--he incurs no damnation]; but he who does not believe (cleave to, rely on, trust in Him) is judged already [he has already been convicted and has already received his sentence] because he has not believed in and trusted in the name of the only begotten Son of God. [He is condemned for refusing to let his trust rest in Christ's name.] -- john 3:18 +. +The [basis of the] judgment (indictment, the test by which men are judged, the ground for the sentence) lies in this: the Light has come into the world, and people have loved the darkness rather than and more than the Light, for their works (deeds) were evil. -- john 3:19 +. +For every wrongdoer hates (loathes, detests) the Light, and will not come out into the Light but shrinks from it, lest his works (his deeds, his activities, his conduct) be exposed and reproved. -- john 3:20 +. +But he who practices truth [who does what is right] comes out into the Light; so that his works may be plainly shown to be what they are--wrought with God [divinely prompted, done with God's help, in dependence upon Him]. -- john 3:21 +. +After this, Jesus and His disciples went into the land (the countryside) of Judea, where He remained with them, and baptized. -- john 3:22 +. +But John also was baptizing at Aenon near Salim, for there was an abundance of water there, and the people kept coming and being baptized. -- john 3:23 +. +For John had not yet been thrown into prison. -- john 3:24 +. +Therefore there arose a controversy between some of John's disciples and a Jew in regard to purification. -- john 3:25 +. +So they came to John and reported to him, Rabbi, the Man Who was with you on the other side of the Jordan [at the Jordan crossing]--and to Whom you yourself have borne testimony--notice, here He is baptizing too, and everybody is flocking to Him! -- john 3:26 +. +John answered, A man can receive nothing [he can claim nothing, he can take unto himself nothing] except as it has been granted to him from heaven. [A man must be content to receive the gift which is given him from heaven; there is no other source.] -- john 3:27 +. +You yourselves are my witnesses [you personally bear me out] that I stated, I am not the Christ (the Anointed One, the Messiah), but I have [only] been sent before Him [in advance of Him, to be His appointed forerunner, His messenger, His announcer]. -- john 3:28 +. +He who has the bride is the bridegroom; but the groomsman who stands by and listens to him rejoices greatly and heartily on account of the bridegroom's voice. This then is my pleasure and joy, and it is now complete. [S. of Sol. 5:1.] -- john 3:29 +. +He must increase, but I must decrease. [He must grow more prominent; I must grow less so.] -- john 3:30 +. +He Who comes from above (heaven) is [far] above all [others]; he who comes from the earth belongs to the earth, and talks the language of earth [his words are from an earthly standpoint]. He Who comes from heaven is [far] above all others [far superior to all others in prominence and in excellence]. -- john 3:31 +. +It is to what He has [actually] seen and heard that He bears testimony, and yet no one accepts His testimony [no one receives His evidence as true]. -- john 3:32 +. +Whoever receives His testimony has set his seal of approval to this: God is true. [That man has definitely certified, acknowledged, declared once and for all, and is himself assured that it is divine truth that God cannot lie]. -- john 3:33 +. +For since He Whom God has sent speaks the words of God [proclaims God's own message], God does not give Him His Spirit sparingly or by measure, but boundless is the gift God makes of His Spirit! -- john 3:34 +. +The Father loves the Son and has given (entrusted, committed) everything into His hand. -- john 3:35 +. +And he who believes in (has faith in, clings to, relies on) the Son has (now possesses) eternal life. But whoever disobeys (is unbelieving toward, refuses to trust in, disregards, is not subject to) the Son will never see (experience) life, but [instead] the wrath of God abides on him. [God's displeasure remains on him; His indignation hangs over him continually.] -- john 3:36 +. +NOW WHEN the Lord knew (learned, became aware) that the Pharisees had been told that Jesus was winning and baptizing more disciples than John-- -- john 4:1 +. +Though Jesus Himself did not baptize, but His disciples-- -- john 4:2 +. +He left Judea and returned to Galilee. -- john 4:3 +. +It was necessary for Him to go through Samaria. -- john 4:4 +. +And in doing so, He arrived at a Samaritan town called Sychar, near the tract of land that Jacob gave to his son Joseph. -- john 4:5 +. +And Jacob's well was there. So Jesus, tired as He was from His journey, sat down [to rest] by the well. It was then about the sixth hour (about noon). -- john 4:6 +. +Presently, when a woman of Samaria came along to draw water, Jesus said to her, Give Me a drink-- -- john 4:7 +. +For His disciples had gone off into the town to buy food-- -- john 4:8 +. +The Samaritan woman said to Him, How is it that You, being a Jew, ask me, a Samaritan [and a] woman, for a drink?--For the Jews have nothing to do with the Samaritans-- -- john 4:9 +. +Jesus answered her, If you had only known and had recognized God's gift and Who this is that is saying to you, Give Me a drink, you would have asked Him [instead] and He would have given you living water. -- john 4:10 +. +She said to Him, Sir, You have nothing to draw with [no drawing bucket] and the well is deep; how then can You provide living water? [Where do You get Your living water?] -- john 4:11 +. +Are You greater than and superior to our ancestor Jacob, who gave us this well and who used to drink from it himself, and his sons and his cattle also? -- john 4:12 +. +Jesus answered her, All who drink of this water will be thirsty again. -- john 4:13 +. +But whoever takes a drink of the water that I will give him shall never, no never, be thirsty any more. But the water that I will give him shall become a spring of water welling up (flowing, bubbling) [continually] within him unto (into, for) eternal life. -- john 4:14 +. +The woman said to Him, Sir, give me this water, so that I may never get thirsty nor have to come [continually all the way] here to draw. -- john 4:15 +. +At this, Jesus said to her, Go, call your husband and come back here. -- john 4:16 +. +The woman answered, I have no husband. Jesus said to her, You have spoken truly in saying, I have no husband. -- john 4:17 +. +For you have had five husbands, and the man you are now living with is not your husband. In this you have spoken truly. -- john 4:18 +. +The woman said to Him, Sir, I see and understand that You are a prophet. -- john 4:19 +. +Our forefathers worshiped on this mountain, but you [Jews] say that Jerusalem is the place where it is necessary and proper to worship. -- john 4:20 +. +Jesus said to her, Woman, believe Me, a time is coming when you will worship the Father neither [merely] in this mountain nor [merely] in Jerusalem. -- john 4:21 +. +You [Samaritans] do not know what you are worshiping [you worship what you do not comprehend]. We do know what we are worshiping [we worship what we have knowledge of and understand], for [after all] salvation comes from [among] the Jews. -- john 4:22 +. +A time will come, however, indeed it is already here, when the true (genuine) worshipers will worship the Father in spirit and in truth (reality); for the Father is seeking just such people as these as His worshipers. -- john 4:23 +. +God is a Spirit (a spiritual Being) and those who worship Him must worship Him in spirit and in truth (reality). -- john 4:24 +. +The woman said to Him, I know that Messiah is coming, He Who is called the Christ (the Anointed One); and when He arrives, He will tell us everything we need to know and make it clear to us. -- john 4:25 +. +Jesus said to her, I Who now speak with you am He. -- john 4:26 +. +Just then His disciples came and they wondered (were surprised, astonished) to find Him talking with a woman [a married woman]. However, not one of them asked Him, What are You inquiring about? or What do You want? or, Why do You speak with her? -- john 4:27 +. +Then the woman left her water jar and went away to the town. And she began telling the people, -- john 4:28 +. +Come, see a Man Who has told me everything that I ever did! Can this be [is not this] the Christ? [Must not this be the Messiah, the Anointed One?] -- john 4:29 +. +So the people left the town and set out to go to Him. -- john 4:30 +. +Meanwhile, the disciples urged Him saying, Rabbi, eat something. -- john 4:31 +. +But He assured them, I have food (nourishment) to eat of which you know nothing and have no idea. -- john 4:32 +. +So the disciples said one to another, Has someone brought Him something to eat? -- john 4:33 +. +Jesus said to them, My food (nourishment) is to do the will (pleasure) of Him Who sent Me and to accomplish and completely finish His work. -- john 4:34 +. +Do you not say, It is still four months until harvest time comes? Look! I tell you, raise your eyes and observe the fields and see how they are already white for harvesting. -- john 4:35 +. +Already the reaper is getting his wages [he who does the cutting now has his reward], for he is gathering fruit (crop) unto life eternal, so that he who does the planting and he who does the reaping may rejoice together. -- john 4:36 +. +For in this the saying holds true, One sows and another reaps. -- john 4:37 +. +I sent you to reap a crop for which you have not toiled. Other men have labored and you have stepped in to reap the results of their work. -- john 4:38 +. +Now numerous Samaritans from that town believed in and trusted in Him because of what the woman said when she declared and testified, He told me everything that I ever did. -- john 4:39 +. +So when the Samaritans arrived, they asked Him to remain with them, and He did stay there two days. -- john 4:40 +. +Then many more believed in and adhered to and relied on Him because of His personal message [what He Himself said]. -- john 4:41 +. +And they told the woman, Now we no longer believe (trust, have faith) just because of what you said; for we have heard Him ourselves [personally], and we know that He truly is the Savior of the world, the Christ. -- john 4:42 +. +But after these two days Jesus went on from there into Galilee-- -- john 4:43 +. +Although He Himself declared that a prophet has no honor in his own country. -- john 4:44 +. +However, when He came into Galilee, the Galileans also welcomed Him and took Him to their hearts eagerly, for they had seen everything that He did in Jerusalem during the Feast; for they too had attended the Feast. -- john 4:45 +. +So Jesus came again to Cana of Galilee, where He had turned the water into wine. And there was a certain royal official whose son was lying ill in Capernaum. -- john 4:46 +. +Having heard that Jesus had come back from Judea into Galilee, he went away to meet Him and began to beg Him to come down and cure his son, for he was lying at the point of death. -- john 4:47 +. +Then Jesus said to him, Unless you see signs and miracles happen, you [people] never will believe (trust, have faith) at all. -- john 4:48 +. +The king's officer pleaded with Him, Sir, do come down at once before my little child is dead! -- john 4:49 +. +Jesus answered him, Go in peace; your son will live! And the man put his trust in what Jesus said and started home. -- john 4:50 +. +But even as he was on the road going down, his servants met him and reported, saying, Your son lives! -- john 4:51 +. +So he asked them at what time he had begun to get better. They said, Yesterday during the seventh hour (about one o'clock in the afternoon) the fever left him. -- john 4:52 +. +Then the father knew that it was at that very hour when Jesus had said to him, Your son will live. And he and his entire household believed (adhered to, trusted in, and relied on Jesus). -- john 4:53 +. +This is the second sign (wonderwork, miracle) that Jesus performed after He had come out of Judea into Galilee. -- john 4:54 +. +LATER ON there was a Jewish festival (feast) for which Jesus went up to Jerusalem. -- john 5:1 +. +Now there is in Jerusalem a pool near the Sheep Gate. This pool in the Hebrew is called Bethesda, having five porches (alcoves, colonnades, doorways). -- john 5:2 +. +In these lay a great number of sick folk--some blind, some crippled, and some paralyzed (shriveled up)--waiting for the bubbling up of the water. -- john 5:3 +. +For an angel of the Lord went down at appointed seasons into the pool and moved and stirred up the water; whoever then first, after the stirring up of the water, stepped in was cured of whatever disease with which he was afflicted. -- john 5:4 +. +There was a certain man there who had suffered with a deep-seated and lingering disorder for thirty-eight years. -- john 5:5 +. +When Jesus noticed him lying there [helpless], knowing that he had already been a long time in that condition, He said to him, Do you want to become well? [Are you really in earnest about getting well?] -- john 5:6 +. +The invalid answered, Sir, I have nobody when the water is moving to put me into the pool; but while I am trying to come [into it] myself, somebody else steps down ahead of me. -- john 5:7 +. +Jesus said to him, Get up! Pick up your bed (sleeping pad) and walk! -- john 5:8 +. +Instantly the man became well and recovered his strength and picked up his bed and walked. But that happened on the Sabbath. -- john 5:9 +. +So the Jews kept saying to the man who had been healed, It is the Sabbath, and you have no right to pick up your bed [it is not lawful]. -- john 5:10 +. +He answered them, The Man Who healed me and gave me back my strength, He Himself said to me, Pick up your bed and walk! -- john 5:11 +. +They asked him, Who is the Man Who told you, Pick up your bed and walk? -- john 5:12 +. +Now the invalid who had been healed did not know who it was, for Jesus had quietly gone away [had passed on unnoticed], since there was a crowd in the place. -- john 5:13 +. +Afterward, when Jesus found him in the temple, He said to him, See, you are well! Stop sinning or something worse may happen to you. -- john 5:14 +. +The man went away and told the Jews that it was Jesus Who had made him well. -- john 5:15 +. +For this reason the Jews began to persecute (annoy, torment) Jesus and sought to kill Him, because He was doing these things on the Sabbath. -- john 5:16 +. +But Jesus answered them, My Father has worked [even] until now, [He has never ceased working; He is still working] and I, too, must be at [divine] work. -- john 5:17 +. +This made the Jews more determined than ever to kill Him [to do away with Him]; because He not only was breaking (weakening, violating) the Sabbath, but He actually was speaking of God as being [in a special sense] His own Father, making Himself equal [putting Himself on a level] with God. -- john 5:18 +. +So Jesus answered them by saying, I assure you, most solemnly I tell you, the Son is able to do nothing of Himself (of His own accord); but He is able to do only what He sees the Father doing, for whatever the Father does is what the Son does in the same way [in His turn]. -- john 5:19 +. +The Father dearly loves the Son and discloses to (shows) Him everything that He Himself does. And He will disclose to Him (let Him see) greater things yet than these, so that you may marvel and be full of wonder and astonishment. -- john 5:20 +. +Just as the Father raises up the dead and gives them life [makes them live on], even so the Son also gives life to whomever He wills and is pleased to give it. -- john 5:21 +. +Even the Father judges no one, for He has given all judgment (the last judgment and the whole business of judging) entirely into the hands of the Son, -- john 5:22 +. +So that all men may give honor (reverence, homage) to the Son just as they give honor to the Father. [In fact] whoever does not honor the Son does not honor the Father, Who has sent Him. -- john 5:23 +. +I assure you, most solemnly I tell you, the person whose ears are open to My words [who listens to My message] and believes and trusts in and clings to and relies on Him Who sent Me has (possesses now) eternal life. And he does not come into judgment [does not incur sentence of judgment, will not come under condemnation], but he has already passed over out of death into life. -- john 5:24 +. +Believe Me when I assure you, most solemnly I tell you, the time is coming and is here now when the dead shall hear the voice of the Son of God and those who hear it shall live. -- john 5:25 +. +For even as the Father has life in Himself and is self-existent, so He has given to the Son to have life in Himself and be self-existent. -- john 5:26 +. +And He has given Him authority and granted Him power to execute (exercise, practice) judgment because He is a Son of man [very man]. -- john 5:27 +. +Do not be surprised and wonder at this, for the time is coming when all those who are in the tombs shall hear His voice, -- john 5:28 +. +And they shall come out--those who have practiced doing good [will come out] to the resurrection of [new] life, and those who have done evil will be raised for judgment [raised to meet their sentence]. -- john 5:29 +. +I am able to do nothing from Myself [independently, of My own accord--but only as I am taught by God and as I get His orders]. Even as I hear, I judge [I decide as I am bidden to decide. As the voice comes to Me, so I give a decision], and My judgment is right (just, righteous), because I do not seek or consult My own will [I have no desire to do what is pleasing to Myself, My own aim, My own purpose] but only the will and pleasure of the Father Who sent Me. -- john 5:30 +. +If I alone testify in My behalf, My testimony is not valid and cannot be worth anything. -- john 5:31 +. +There is Another Who testifies concerning Me, and I know and am certain that His evidence on My behalf is true and valid. -- john 5:32 +. +You yourselves have sent [an inquiry] to John and he has been a witness to the truth. -- john 5:33 +. +But I do not receive [a mere] human witness [the evidence which I accept on My behalf is not from man]; but I simply mention all these things in order that you may be saved (made and kept safe and sound). -- john 5:34 +. +John was the lamp that kept on burning and shining [to show you the way], and you were willing for a while to delight (sun) yourselves in his light. -- john 5:35 +. +But I have as My witness something greater (weightier, higher, better) than that of John; for the works that the Father has appointed Me to accomplish and finish, the very same works that I am now doing, are a witness and proof that the Father has sent Me. -- john 5:36 +. +And the Father Who sent Me has Himself testified concerning Me. Not one of you has ever given ear to His voice or seen His form (His face--what He is like). [You have always been deaf to His voice and blind to the vision of Him.] -- john 5:37 +. +And you have not His word (His thought) living in your hearts, because you do not believe and adhere to and trust in and rely on Him Whom He has sent. [That is why you do not keep His message living in you, because you do not believe in the Messenger Whom He has sent.] -- john 5:38 +. +You search and investigate and pore over the Scriptures diligently, because you suppose and trust that you have eternal life through them. And these [very Scriptures] testify about Me! -- john 5:39 +. +And still you are not willing [but refuse] to come to Me, so that you might have life. -- john 5:40 +. +I receive not glory from men [I crave no human honor, I look for no mortal fame], -- john 5:41 +. +But I know you and recognize and understand that you have not the love of God in you. -- john 5:42 +. +I have come in My Father's name and with His power, and you do not receive Me [your hearts are not open to Me, you give Me no welcome]; but if another comes in his own name and his own power and with no other authority but himself, you will receive him and give him your approval. -- john 5:43 +. +How is it possible for you to believe [how can you learn to believe], you who [are content to seek and] receive praise and honor and glory from one another, and yet do not seek the praise and honor and glory which come from Him Who alone is God? -- john 5:44 +. +Put out of your minds the thought and do not suppose [as some of you are supposing] that I will accuse you before the Father. There is one who accuses you--it is Moses, the very one on whom you have built your hopes [in whom you trust]. -- john 5:45 +. +For if you believed and relied on Moses, you would believe and rely on Me, for he wrote about Me [personally]. -- john 5:46 +. +But if you do not believe and trust his writings, how then will you believe and trust My teachings? [How shall you cleave to and rely on My words?] -- john 5:47 +. +AFTER THIS, Jesus went to the farther side of the Sea of Galilee--that is, the Sea of Tiberias. -- john 6:1 +. +And a great crowd was following Him because they had seen the signs (miracles) which He [continually] performed upon those who were sick. -- john 6:2 +. +And Jesus walked up the mountainside and sat down there with His disciples. -- john 6:3 +. +Now the Passover, the feast of the Jews, was approaching. -- john 6:4 +. +Jesus looked up then, and seeing that a vast multitude was coming toward Him, He said to Philip, Where are we to buy bread, so that all these people may eat? -- john 6:5 +. +But He said this to prove (test) him, for He well knew what He was about to do. -- john 6:6 +. +Philip answered Him, Two hundred pennies' (forty dollars) worth of bread is not enough that everyone may receive even a little. -- john 6:7 +. +Another of His disciples, Andrew, Simon Peter's brother, said to Him, -- john 6:8 +. +There is a little boy here, who has [with him] five barley loaves, and two small fish; but what are they among so many people? -- john 6:9 +. +Jesus said, Make all the people recline (sit down). Now the ground (a pasture) was covered with thick grass at the spot, so the men threw themselves down, about 5,in number. -- john 6:10 +. +Jesus took the loaves, and when He had given thanks, He distributed to the disciples and the disciples to the reclining people; so also [He did] with the fish, as much as they wanted. -- john 6:11 +. +When they had all had enough, He said to His disciples, Gather up now the fragments (the broken pieces that are left over), so that nothing may be lost and wasted. -- john 6:12 +. +So accordingly they gathered them up, and they filled twelve [small hand] baskets with fragments left over by those who had eaten from the five barley loaves. -- john 6:13 +. +When the people saw the sign (miracle) that Jesus had performed, they began saying, Surely and beyond a doubt this is the Prophet Who is to come into the world! -- john 6:14 +. +Then Jesus, knowing that they meant to come and seize Him that they might make Him king, withdrew again to the hillside by Himself alone. -- john 6:15 +. +When evening came, His disciples went down to the sea, -- john 6:16 +. +And they took a boat and were going across the sea to Capernaum. It was now dark, and still Jesus had not [yet] come back to them. -- john 6:17 +. +Meanwhile, the sea was getting rough and rising high because of a great and violent wind that was blowing. -- john 6:18 +. +[However] when they had rowed three or four miles, they saw Jesus walking on the sea and approaching the boat. And they were afraid (terrified). -- john 6:19 +. +But Jesus said to them, It is I; be not afraid! [I AM; stop being frightened!] -- john 6:20 +. +Then they were quite willing and glad for Him to come into the boat. And now the boat went at once to the land they had steered toward. [And immediately they reached the shore toward which they had been slowly making their way.] -- john 6:21 +. +The next day the crowd [that still remained] standing on the other side of the sea realized that there had been only one small boat there, and that Jesus had not gone into it with His disciples, but that His disciples had gone away by themselves. -- john 6:22 +. +But now some other boats from Tiberias had come in near the place where they ate the bread after the Lord had given thanks. -- john 6:23 +. +So the people, finding that neither Jesus nor His disciples were there, themselves got into the small boats and came to Capernaum looking for Jesus. -- john 6:24 +. +And when they found Him on the other side of the lake, they said to Him, Rabbi! When did You come here? -- john 6:25 +. +Jesus answered them, I assure you, most solemnly I tell you, you have been searching for Me, not because you saw the miracles and signs but because you were fed with the loaves and were filled and satisfied. -- john 6:26 +. +Stop toiling and doing and producing for the food that perishes and decomposes [in the using], but strive and work and produce rather for the [lasting] food which endures [continually] unto life eternal; the Son of Man will give (furnish) you that, for God the Father has authorized and certified Him and put His seal of endorsement upon Him. -- john 6:27 +. +They then said, What are we to do, that we may [habitually] be working the works of God? [What are we to do to carry out what God requires?] -- john 6:28 +. +Jesus replied, This is the work (service) that God asks of you: that you believe in the One Whom He has sent [that you cleave to, trust, rely on, and have faith in His Messenger]. -- john 6:29 +. +Therefore they said to Him, What sign (miracle, wonderwork) will You perform then, so that we may see it and believe and rely on and adhere to You? What [supernatural] work have You [to show what You can do]? -- john 6:30 +. +Our forefathers ate the manna in the wilderness; as the Scripture says, He gave them bread out of heaven to eat. -- john 6:31 +. +Jesus then said to them, I assure you, most solemnly I tell you, Moses did not give you the Bread from heaven [what Moses gave you was not the Bread from heaven], but it is My Father Who gives you the true heavenly Bread. -- john 6:32 +. +For the Bread of God is He Who comes down out of heaven and gives life to the world. -- john 6:33 +. +Then they said to Him, Lord, give us this bread always (all the time)! -- john 6:34 +. +Jesus replied, I am the Bread of Life. He who comes to Me will never be hungry, and he who believes in and cleaves to and trusts in and relies on Me will never thirst any more (at any time). -- john 6:35 +. +But [as] I told you, although you have seen Me, still you do not believe and trust and have faith. -- john 6:36 +. +All whom My Father gives (entrusts) to Me will come to Me; and the one who comes to Me I will most certainly not cast out [I will never, no never, reject one of them who comes to Me]. -- john 6:37 +. +For I have come down from heaven not to do My own will and purpose but to do the will and purpose of Him Who sent Me. -- john 6:38 +. +And this is the will of Him Who sent Me, that I should not lose any of all that He has given Me, but that I should give new life and raise [them all] up at the last day. -- john 6:39 +. +For this is My Father's will and His purpose, that everyone who sees the Son and believes in and cleaves to and trusts in and relies on Him should have eternal life, and I will raise him up [from the dead] at the last day. -- john 6:40 +. +Now the Jews murmured and found fault with and grumbled about Jesus because He said, I am [Myself] the Bread that came down from heaven. -- john 6:41 +. +They kept asking, Is not this Jesus, the Son of Joseph, Whose father and mother we know? How then can He say, I have come down from heaven? -- john 6:42 +. +So Jesus answered them, Stop grumbling and saying things against Me to one another. -- john 6:43 +. +No one is able to come to Me unless the Father Who sent Me attracts and draws him and gives him the desire to come to Me, and [then] I will raise him up [from the dead] at the last day. -- john 6:44 +. +It is written in [the book of] the Prophets, And they shall all be taught of God [have Him in person for their Teacher]. Everyone who has listened to and learned from the Father comes to Me-- -- john 6:45 +. +Which does not imply that anyone has seen the Father [not that anyone has ever seen Him] except He [Who was with the Father] Who comes from God; He [alone] has seen the Father. -- john 6:46 +. +I assure you, most solemnly I tell you, he who believes in Me [who adheres to, trusts in, relies on, and has faith in Me] has (now possesses) eternal life. -- john 6:47 +. +I am the Bread of Life [that gives life--the Living Bread]. -- john 6:48 +. +Your forefathers ate the manna in the wilderness, and [yet] they died. -- john 6:49 +. +[But] this is the Bread that comes down from heaven, so that [any]one may eat of it and never die. -- john 6:50 +. +I [Myself] am this Living Bread that came down from heaven. If anyone eats of this Bread, he will live forever; and also the Bread that I shall give for the life of the world is My flesh (body). -- john 6:51 +. +Then the Jews angrily contended with one another, saying, How is He able to give us His flesh to eat? -- john 6:52 +. +And Jesus said to them, I assure you, most solemnly I tell you, you cannot have any life in you unless you eat the flesh of the Son of Man and drink His blood [unless you appropriate His life and the saving merit of His blood]. -- john 6:53 +. +He who feeds on My flesh and drinks My blood has (possesses now) eternal life, and I will raise him up [from the dead] on the last day. -- john 6:54 +. +For My flesh is true and genuine food, and My blood is true and genuine drink. -- john 6:55 +. +He who feeds on My flesh and drinks My blood dwells continually in Me, and I [in like manner dwell continually] in him. -- john 6:56 +. +Just as the living Father sent Me and I live by (through, because of) the Father, even so whoever continues to feed on Me [whoever takes Me for his food and is nourished by Me] shall [in his turn] live through and because of Me. -- john 6:57 +. +This is the Bread that came down from heaven. It is not like the manna which our forefathers ate, and yet died; he who takes this Bread for his food shall live forever. -- john 6:58 +. +He said these things in a synagogue while He was teaching at Capernaum. -- john 6:59 +. +When His disciples heard this, many of them said, This is a hard and difficult and strange saying (an offensive and unbearable message). Who can stand to hear it? [Who can be expected to listen to such teaching?] -- john 6:60 +. +But Jesus, knowing within Himself that His disciples were complaining and protesting and grumbling about it, said to them: Is this a stumbling block and an offense to you? [Does this upset and displease and shock and scandalize you?] -- john 6:61 +. +What then [will be your reaction] if you should see the Son of Man ascending to [the place] where He was before? -- john 6:62 +. +It is the Spirit Who gives life [He is the Life-giver]; the flesh conveys no benefit whatever [there is no profit in it]. The words (truths) that I have been speaking to you are spirit and life. -- john 6:63 +. +But [still] some of you fail to believe and trust and have faith. For Jesus knew from the first who did not believe and had no faith and who would betray Him and be false to Him. -- john 6:64 +. +And He said, This is why I told you that no one can come to Me unless it is granted him [unless he is enabled to do so] by the Father. -- john 6:65 +. +After this, many of His disciples drew back (returned to their old associations) and no longer accompanied Him. -- john 6:66 +. +Jesus said to the Twelve, Will you also go away? [And do you too desire to leave Me?] -- john 6:67 +. +Simon Peter answered, Lord, to whom shall we go? You have the words (the message) of eternal life. -- john 6:68 +. +And we have learned to believe and trust, and [more] we have come to know [surely] that You are the Holy One of God, the Christ (the Anointed One), the Son of the living God. -- john 6:69 +. +Jesus answered them, Did I not choose you, the Twelve? And [yet] one of you is a devil (of the evil one and a false accuser). -- john 6:70 +. +He was speaking of Judas, the son of Simon Iscariot, for he was about to betray Him, [although] he was one of the Twelve. -- john 6:71 +. +AFTER THIS, Jesus went from place to place in Galilee, for He would not travel in Judea because the Jews were seeking to kill Him. -- john 7:1 +. +Now the Jewish Feast of Tabernacles was drawing near. -- john 7:2 +. +So His brothers said to Him, Leave here and go into Judea, so that Your disciples [there] may also see the works that You do. [This is no place for You.] -- john 7:3 +. +For no one does anything in secret when he wishes to be conspicuous and secure publicity. If You [must] do these things [if You must act like this], show Yourself openly and make Yourself known to the world! -- john 7:4 +. +For [even] His brothers did not believe in or adhere to or trust in or rely on Him either. -- john 7:5 +. +Whereupon Jesus said to them, My time (opportunity) has not come yet; but any time is suitable for you and your opportunity is ready any time [is always here]. -- john 7:6 +. +The world cannot [be expected to] hate you, but it does hate Me because I denounce it for its wicked works and reveal that its doings are evil. -- john 7:7 +. +Go to the Feast yourselves. I am not [yet] going up to the Festival, because My time is not ripe. [My term is not yet completed; it is not time for Me to go.] -- john 7:8 +. +Having said these things to them, He stayed behind in Galilee. -- john 7:9 +. +But afterward, when His brothers had gone up to the Feast, He went up also, not publicly [not with a caravan], but by Himself quietly and as if He did not wish to be observed. -- john 7:10 +. +Therefore the Jews kept looking for Him at the Feast and asking, Where can He be? [Where is that Fellow?] -- john 7:11 +. +And there was among the mass of the people much whispered discussion and hot disputing about Him. Some were saying, He is good! [He is a good Man!] Others said, No, He misleads and deceives the people [gives them false ideas]! -- john 7:12 +. +But no one dared speak out boldly about Him for fear of [the leaders of] the Jews. -- john 7:13 +. +When the Feast was already half over, Jesus went up into the temple [court] and began to teach. -- john 7:14 +. +The Jews were astonished. They said, How is it that this Man has learning [is so versed in the sacred Scriptures and in theology] when He has never studied? -- john 7:15 +. +Jesus answered them by saying, My teaching is not My own, but His Who sent Me. -- john 7:16 +. +If any man desires to do His will (God's pleasure), he will know (have the needed illumination to recognize, and can tell for himself) whether the teaching is from God or whether I am speaking from Myself and of My own accord and on My own authority. -- john 7:17 +. +He who speaks on his own authority seeks to win honor for himself. [He whose teaching originates with himself seeks his own glory.] But He Who seeks the glory and is eager for the honor of Him Who sent Him, He is true; and there is no unrighteousness or falsehood or deception in Him. -- john 7:18 +. +Did not Moses give you the Law? And yet not one of you keeps the Law. [If that is the truth] why do you seek to kill Me [for not keeping it]? -- john 7:19 +. +The crowd answered Him, You are possessed by a demon! [You are raving!] Who seeks to kill You? -- john 7:20 +. +Jesus answered them, I did one work, and you all are astounded. -- john 7:21 +. +Now Moses established circumcision among you--though it did not originate with Moses but with the previous patriarchs--and you circumcise a person [even] on the Sabbath day. -- john 7:22 +. +If, to avoid breaking the Law of Moses, a person undergoes circumcision on the Sabbath day, have you any cause to be angry with (indignant with, bitter against) Me for making a man's whole body well on the Sabbath? -- john 7:23 +. +Be honest in your judgment and do not decide at a glance (superficially and by appearances); but judge fairly and righteously. -- john 7:24 +. +Then some of the Jerusalem people said, Is not this the Man they seek to kill? -- john 7:25 +. +And here He is speaking openly, and they say nothing to Him! Can it be possible that the rulers have discovered and know that this is truly the Christ? -- john 7:26 +. +No, we know where this Man comes from; when the Christ arrives, no one is to know from what place He comes. -- john 7:27 +. +Whereupon Jesus called out as He taught in the temple [porches], Do you know Me, and do you know where I am from? I have not come on My own authority and of My own accord and as self-appointed, but the One Who sent Me is true (real, genuine, steadfast); and Him you do not know! -- john 7:28 +. +I know Him [Myself] because I come from His [very] presence, and it was He [personally] Who sent Me. -- john 7:29 +. +Therefore they were eager to arrest Him, but no one laid a hand on Him, for His hour (time) had not yet come. -- john 7:30 +. +And besides, many of the multitude believed in Him [adhered to Him, trusted in Him, relied on Him]. And they kept saying, When the Christ comes, will He do [can He be expected to do] more miracles and produce more proofs and signs than what this Man has done? -- john 7:31 +. +The Pharisees learned how the people were saying these things about Him under their breath; and the chief priests and Pharisees sent attendants (guards) to arrest Him. -- john 7:32 +. +Therefore Jesus said, For a little while I am [still] with you, and then I go back to Him Who sent Me. -- john 7:33 +. +You will look for Me, but you will not [be able to] find Me; where I am, you cannot come. -- john 7:34 +. +Then the Jews said among themselves, Where does this Man intend to go that we shall not find Him? Will He go to the Jews who are scattered in the Dispersion among the Greeks, and teach the Greeks? -- john 7:35 +. +What does this statement of His mean, You will look for Me and not be able to find Me, and, Where I am, you cannot come? -- john 7:36 +. +Now on the final and most important day of the Feast, Jesus stood, and He cried in a loud voice, If any man is thirsty, let him come to Me and drink! -- john 7:37 +. +He who believes in Me [who cleaves to and trusts in and relies on Me] as the Scripture has said, From his innermost being shall flow [continuously] springs and rivers of living water. -- john 7:38 +. +But He was speaking here of the Spirit, Whom those who believed (trusted, had faith) in Him were afterward to receive. For the [Holy] Spirit had not yet been given, because Jesus was not yet glorified (raised to honor). -- john 7:39 +. +Listening to those words, some of the multitude said, This is certainly and beyond doubt the Prophet! -- john 7:40 +. +Others said, This is the Christ (the Messiah, Anointed One)! But some said, What? Does the Christ come out of Galilee? -- john 7:41 +. +Does not the Scripture tell us that the Christ will come from the offspring of David and from Bethlehem, the village where David lived? -- john 7:42 +. +So there arose a division and dissension among the people concerning Him. -- john 7:43 +. +Some of them wanted to arrest Him, but no one [ventured and] laid hands on Him. -- john 7:44 +. +Meanwhile the attendants (guards) had gone back to the chief priests and Pharisees, who asked them, Why have you not brought Him here with you? -- john 7:45 +. +The attendants replied, Never has a man talked as this Man talks! [No mere man has ever spoken as He speaks!] -- john 7:46 +. +The Pharisees said to them, Are you also deluded and led astray? [Are you also swept off your feet?] -- john 7:47 +. +Has any of the authorities or of the Pharisees believed in Him? -- john 7:48 +. +As for this multitude (rabble) that does not know the Law, they are contemptible and doomed and accursed! -- john 7:49 +. +Then Nicodemus, who came to Jesus before at night and was one of them, asked, -- john 7:50 +. +Does our Law convict a man without giving him a hearing and finding out what he has done? -- john 7:51 +. +They answered him, Are you too from Galilee? Search [the Scriptures yourself], and you will see that no prophet comes (will rise to prominence) from Galilee. -- john 7:52 +. +And they went [back], each to his own house. -- john 7:53 +. +BUT JESUS went to the Mount of Olives. -- john 8:1 +. +Early in the morning (at dawn), He came back into the temple [court], and the people came to Him in crowds. He sat down and was teaching them, -- john 8:2 +. +When the scribes and Pharisees brought a woman who had been caught in adultery. They made her stand in the middle of the court and put the case before Him. -- john 8:3 +. +Teacher, they said, This woman has been caught in the very act of adultery. -- john 8:4 +. +Now Moses in the Law commanded us that such [women--offenders] shall be stoned to death. But what do You say [to do with her--what is Your sentence]? -- john 8:5 +. +This they said to try (test) Him, hoping they might find a charge on which to accuse Him. But Jesus stooped down and wrote on the ground with His finger. -- john 8:6 +. +However, when they persisted with their question, He raised Himself up and said, Let him who is without sin among you be the first to throw a stone at her. -- john 8:7 +. +Then He bent down and went on writing on the ground with His finger. -- john 8:8 +. +They listened to Him, and then they began going out, conscience-stricken, one by one, from the oldest down to the last one of them, till Jesus was left alone, with the woman standing there before Him in the center of the court. -- john 8:9 +. +When Jesus raised Himself up, He said to her, Woman, where are your accusers? Has no man condemned you? -- john 8:10 +. +She answered, No one, Lord! And Jesus said, I do not condemn you either. Go on your way and from now on sin no more. -- john 8:11 +. +Once more Jesus addressed the crowd. He said, I am the Light of the world. He who follows Me will not be walking in the dark, but will have the Light which is Life. -- john 8:12 +. +Whereupon the Pharisees told Him, You are testifying on Your own behalf; Your testimony is not valid and is worthless. -- john 8:13 +. +Jesus answered, Even if I do testify on My own behalf, My testimony is true and reliable and valid, for I know where I came from and where I am going; but you do not know where I come from or where I am going. -- john 8:14 +. +You [set yourselves up to] judge according to the flesh (by what you see). [You condemn by external, human standards.] I do not [set Myself up to] judge or condemn or sentence anyone. -- john 8:15 +. +Yet even if I do judge, My judgment is true [My decision is right]; for I am not alone [in making it], but [there are two of Us] I and the Father, Who sent Me. -- john 8:16 +. +In your [own] Law it is written that the testimony (evidence) of two persons is reliable and valid. -- john 8:17 +. +I am One [of the Two] bearing testimony concerning Myself; and My Father, Who sent Me, He also testifies about Me. -- john 8:18 +. +Then they said to Him, Where is this Father of Yours? Jesus answered, You know My Father as little as you know Me. If you knew Me, you would know My Father also. -- john 8:19 +. +Jesus said these things in the treasury while He was teaching in the temple [court]; but no one ventured to arrest Him, because His hour had not yet come. -- john 8:20 +. +Therefore He said again to them, I am going away, and you will be looking for Me, and you will die in (under the curse of) your sin. Where I am going, it is not possible for you to come. -- john 8:21 +. +At this the Jews began to ask among themselves, Will He kill Himself? Is that why He says, Where I am going, it is not possible for you to come? -- john 8:22 +. +He said to them, You are from below; I am from above. You are of this world (of this earthly order); I am not of this world. -- john 8:23 +. +That is why I told you that you will die in (under the curse of) your sins; for if you do not believe that I am He [Whom I claim to be--if you do not adhere to, trust in, and rely on Me], you will die in your sins. -- john 8:24 +. +Then they said to Him, Who are You anyway? Jesus replied, [Why do I even speak to you!] I am exactly what I have been telling you from the first. -- john 8:25 +. +I have much to say about you and to judge and condemn. But He Who sent Me is true (reliable), and I tell the world [only] the things that I have heard from Him. -- john 8:26 +. +They did not perceive (know, understand) that He was speaking to them about the Father. -- john 8:27 +. +So Jesus added, When you have lifted up the Son of Man [on the cross], you will realize (know, understand) that I am He [for Whom you look] and that I do nothing of Myself (of My own accord or on My own authority), but I say [exactly] what My Father has taught Me. -- john 8:28 +. +And He Who sent Me is ever with Me; My Father has not left Me alone, for I always do what pleases Him. -- john 8:29 +. +As He said these things, many believed in Him [trusted, relied on, and adhered to Him]. -- john 8:30 +. +So Jesus said to those Jews who had believed in Him, If you abide in My word [hold fast to My teachings and live in accordance with them], you are truly My disciples. -- john 8:31 +. +And you will know the Truth, and the Truth will set you free. -- john 8:32 +. +They answered Him, We are Abraham's offspring (descendants) and have never been in bondage to anybody. What do You mean by saying, You will be set free? -- john 8:33 +. +Jesus answered them, I assure you, most solemnly I tell you, Whoever commits and practices sin is the slave of sin. -- john 8:34 +. +Now a slave does not remain in a household permanently (forever); the son [of the house] does remain forever. -- john 8:35 +. +So if the Son liberates you [makes you free men], then you are really and unquestionably free. -- john 8:36 +. +[Yes] I know that you are Abraham's offspring; yet you plan to kill Me, because My word has no entrance (makes no progress, does not find any place) in you. -- john 8:37 +. +I tell the things which I have seen and learned at My Father's side, and your actions also reflect what you have heard and learned from your father. -- john 8:38 +. +They retorted, Abraham is our father. Jesus said, If you were [truly] Abraham's children, then you would do the works of Abraham [follow his example, do as Abraham did]. -- john 8:39 +. +But now [instead] you are wanting and seeking to kill Me, a Man Who has told you the truth which I have heard from God. This is not the way Abraham acted. -- john 8:40 +. +You are doing the works of your [own] father. They said to Him, We are not illegitimate children and born out of fornication; we have one Father, even God. -- john 8:41 +. +Jesus said to them, If God were your Father, you would love Me and respect Me and welcome Me gladly, for I proceeded (came forth) from God [out of His very presence]. I did not even come on My own authority or of My own accord (as self-appointed); but He sent Me. -- john 8:42 +. +Why do you misunderstand what I say? It is because you are unable to hear what I am saying. [You cannot bear to listen to My message; your ears are shut to My teaching.] -- john 8:43 +. +You are of your father, the devil, and it is your will to practice the lusts and gratify the desires [which are characteristic] of your father. He was a murderer from the beginning and does not stand in the truth, because there is no truth in him. When he speaks a falsehood, he speaks what is natural to him, for he is a liar [himself] and the father of lies and of all that is false. -- john 8:44 +. +But because I speak the truth, you do not believe Me [do not trust Me, do not rely on Me, or adhere to Me]. -- john 8:45 +. +Who of you convicts Me of wrongdoing or finds Me guilty of sin? Then if I speak truth, why do you not believe Me [trust Me, rely on, and adhere to Me]? -- john 8:46 +. +Whoever is of God listens to God. [Those who belong to God hear the words of God.] This is the reason that you do not listen [to those words, to Me]: because you do not belong to God and are not of God or in harmony with Him. -- john 8:47 +. +The Jews answered Him, Are we not right when we say You are a Samaritan and that You have a demon [that You are under the power of an evil spirit]? -- john 8:48 +. +Jesus answered, I am not possessed by a demon. On the contrary, I honor and reverence My Father and you dishonor (despise, vilify, and scorn) Me. -- john 8:49 +. +However, I am not in search of honor for Myself. [I do not seek and am not aiming for My own glory.] There is One Who [looks after that; He] seeks [My glory], and He is the Judge. -- john 8:50 +. +I assure you, most solemnly I tell you, if anyone observes My teaching [lives in accordance with My message, keeps My word], he will by no means ever see and experience death. -- john 8:51 +. +The Jews said to Him, Now we know that You are under the power of a demon (insane). Abraham died, and also the prophets, yet You say, If a man keeps My word, he will never taste of death into all eternity. -- john 8:52 +. +Are You greater than our father Abraham? He died, and all the prophets died! Who do You make Yourself out to be? -- john 8:53 +. +Jesus answered, If I were to glorify Myself (magnify, praise, and honor Myself), I would have no real glory, for My glory would be nothing and worthless. [My honor must come to Me from My Father.] It is My Father Who glorifies Me [Who extols Me, magnifies, and praises Me], of Whom you say that He is your God. -- john 8:54 +. +Yet you do not know Him or recognize Him and are not acquainted with Him, but I know Him. If I should say that I do not know Him, I would be a liar like you. But I know Him and keep His word [obey His teachings, am faithful to His message]. -- john 8:55 +. +Your forefather Abraham was extremely happy at the hope and prospect of seeing My day (My incarnation); and he did see it and was delighted. -- john 8:56 +. +Then the Jews said to Him, You are not yet fifty years old, and have You seen Abraham? -- john 8:57 +. +Jesus replied, I assure you, most solemnly I tell you, before Abraham was born, I AM. -- john 8:58 +. +So they took up stones to throw at Him, but Jesus, by mixing with the crowd, concealed Himself and went out of the temple [enclosure]. -- john 8:59 +. +AS HE passed along, He noticed a man blind from his birth. -- john 9:1 +. +His disciples asked Him, Rabbi, who sinned, this man or his parents, that he should be born blind? -- john 9:2 +. +Jesus answered, It was not that this man or his parents sinned, but he was born blind in order that the workings of God should be manifested (displayed and illustrated) in him. -- john 9:3 +. +We must work the works of Him Who sent Me and be busy with His business while it is daylight; night is coming on, when no man can work. -- john 9:4 +. +As long as I am in the world, I am the world's Light. -- john 9:5 +. +When He had said this, He spat on the ground and made clay (mud) with His saliva, and He spread it [as ointment] on the man's eyes. -- john 9:6 +. +And He said to him, Go, wash in the Pool of Siloam--which means Sent. So he went and washed, and came back seeing. -- john 9:7 +. +When the neighbors and those who used to know him by sight as a beggar saw him, they said, Is not this the man who used to sit and beg? -- john 9:8 +. +Some said, It is he. Others said, No, but he looks very much like him. But he said, Yes, I am the man. -- john 9:9 +. +So they said to him, How were your eyes opened? -- john 9:10 +. +He replied, The Man called Jesus made mud and smeared it on my eyes and said to me, Go to Siloam and wash. So I went and washed, and I obtained my sight! -- john 9:11 +. +They asked him, Where is He? He said, I do not know. -- john 9:12 +. +Then they conducted to the Pharisees the man who had formerly been blind. -- john 9:13 +. +Now it was on the Sabbath day that Jesus mixed the mud and opened the man's eyes. -- john 9:14 +. +So now again the Pharisees asked him how he received his sight. And he said to them, He smeared mud on my eyes, and I washed, and now I see. -- john 9:15 +. +Then some of the Pharisees said, This Man [Jesus] is not from God, because He does not observe the Sabbath. But others said, How can a man who is a sinner (a bad man) do such signs and miracles? So there was a difference of opinion among them. -- john 9:16 +. +Accordingly they said to the blind man again, What do you say about Him, seeing that He opened your eyes? And he said, He is [He must be] a prophet! -- john 9:17 +. +However, the Jews did not believe that he had [really] been blind and that he had received his sight until they called (summoned) the parents of the man. -- john 9:18 +. +They asked them, Is this your son, whom you reported as having been born blind? How then does he see now? -- john 9:19 +. +His parents answered, We know that this is our son, and that he was born blind. -- john 9:20 +. +But as to how he can now see, we do not know; or who has opened his eyes, we do not know. He is of age. Ask him; let him speak for himself and give his own account of it. -- john 9:21 +. +His parents said this because they feared [the leaders of] the Jews; for the Jews had already agreed that if anyone should acknowledge Jesus to be the Christ, he should be expelled and excluded from the synagogue. -- john 9:22 +. +On that account his parents said, He is of age; ask him. -- john 9:23 +. +So the second time they summoned the man who had been born blind, and said to him, Now give God the glory (praise). This Fellow we know is only a sinner (a wicked person). -- john 9:24 +. +Then he answered, I do not know whether He is a sinner and wicked or not. But one thing I do know, that whereas I was blind before, now I see. -- john 9:25 +. +So they said to him, What did He [actually] do to you? How did He open your eyes? -- john 9:26 +. +He answered, I already told you and you would not listen. Why do you want to hear it again? Can it be that you wish to become His disciples also? -- john 9:27 +. +And they stormed at him [they jeered, they sneered, they reviled him] and retorted, You are His disciple yourself, but we are the disciples of Moses. -- john 9:28 +. +We know for certain that God spoke with Moses, but as for this Fellow, we know nothing about where He hails from. -- john 9:29 +. +The man replied, Well, this is astonishing! Here a Man has opened my eyes, and yet you do not know where He comes from. [That is amazing!] -- john 9:30 +. +We know that God does not listen to sinners; but if anyone is God-fearing and a worshiper of Him and does His will, He listens to him. -- john 9:31 +. +Since the beginning of time it has never been heard that anyone opened the eyes of a man born blind. -- john 9:32 +. +If this Man were not from God, He would not be able to do anything like this. -- john 9:33 +. +They retorted, You were wholly born in sin [from head to foot]; and do you [presume to] teach us? So they cast him out [threw him clear outside the synagogue]. -- john 9:34 +. +Jesus heard that they had put him out, and meeting him He said, Do you believe in and adhere to the Son of Man or the Son of God ? -- john 9:35 +. +He answered, Who is He, Sir? Tell me, that I may believe in and adhere to Him. -- john 9:36 +. +Jesus said to him, You have seen Him; [in fact] He is talking to you right now. -- john 9:37 +. +He called out, Lord, I believe! [I rely on, I trust, I cleave to You!] And he worshiped Him. -- john 9:38 +. +Then Jesus said, I came into this world for judgment [as a Separator, in order that there may be separation between those who believe on Me and those who reject Me], to make the sightless see and to make those who see become blind. -- john 9:39 +. +Some Pharisees who were near, hearing this remark, said to Him, Are we also blind? -- john 9:40 +. +Jesus said to them, If you were blind, you would have no sin; but because you now claim to have sight, your sin remains. [If you were blind, you would not be guilty of sin; but because you insist, We do see clearly, you are unable to escape your guilt.] -- john 9:41 +. +I ASSURE you, most solemnly I tell you, he who does not enter by the door into the sheepfold, but climbs up some other way (elsewhere, from some other quarter) is a thief and a robber. -- john 10:1 +. +But he who enters by the door is the shepherd of the sheep. -- john 10:2 +. +The watchman opens the door for this man, and the sheep listen to his voice and heed it; and he calls his own sheep by name and brings (leads) them out. -- john 10:3 +. +When he has brought his own sheep outside, he walks on before them, and the sheep follow him because they know his voice. -- john 10:4 +. +They will never [on any account] follow a stranger, but will run away from him because they do not know the voice of strangers or recognize their call. -- john 10:5 +. +Jesus used this parable (illustration) with them, but they did not understand what He was talking about. -- john 10:6 +. +So Jesus said again, I assure you, most solemnly I tell you, that I Myself am the Door for the sheep. -- john 10:7 +. +All others who came [as such] before Me are thieves and robbers, but the [true] sheep did not listen to and obey them. -- john 10:8 +. +I am the Door; anyone who enters in through Me will be saved (will live). He will come in and he will go out [freely], and will find pasture. -- john 10:9 +. +The thief comes only in order to steal and kill and destroy. I came that they may have and enjoy life, and have it in abundance (to the full, till it overflows). -- john 10:10 +. +I am the Good Shepherd. The Good Shepherd risks and lays down His [own] life for the sheep. -- john 10:11 +. +But the hired servant (he who merely serves for wages) who is neither the shepherd nor the owner of the sheep, when he sees the wolf coming, deserts the flock and runs away. And the wolf chases and snatches them and scatters [the flock]. -- john 10:12 +. +Now the hireling flees because he merely serves for wages and is not himself concerned about the sheep [cares nothing for them]. -- john 10:13 +. +I am the Good Shepherd; and I know and recognize My own, and My own know and recognize Me-- -- john 10:14 +. +Even as [truly as] the Father knows Me and I also know the Father--and I am giving My [very own] life and laying it down on behalf of the sheep. -- john 10:15 +. +And I have other sheep [beside these] that are not of this fold. I must bring and impel those also; and they will listen to My voice and heed My call, and so there will be [they will become] one flock under one Shepherd. -- john 10:16 +. +For this [reason] the Father loves Me, because I lay down My [own] life--to take it back again. -- john 10:17 +. +No one takes it away from Me. On the contrary, I lay it down voluntarily. [I put it from Myself.] I am authorized and have power to lay it down (to resign it) and I am authorized and have power to take it back again. These are the instructions (orders) which I have received [as My charge] from My Father. -- john 10:18 +. +Then a fresh division of opinion arose among the Jews because of His saying these things. -- john 10:19 +. +And many of them said, He has a demon and He is mad (insane--He raves, He rambles). Why do you listen to Him? -- john 10:20 +. +Others argued, These are not the thoughts and the language of one possessed. Can a demon-possessed person open blind eyes? -- john 10:21 +. +After this the Feast of Dedication [of the reconsecration of the temple] was taking place at Jerusalem. It was winter, -- john 10:22 +. +And Jesus was walking in Solomon's Porch in the temple area. -- john 10:23 +. +So the Jews surrounded Him and began asking Him, How long are You going to keep us in doubt and suspense? If You are really the Christ (the Messiah), tell us so plainly and openly. -- john 10:24 +. +Jesus answered them, I have told you so, yet you do not believe Me [you do not trust Me and rely on Me]. The very works that I do by the power of My Father and in My Father's name bear witness concerning Me [they are My credentials and evidence in support of Me]. -- john 10:25 +. +But you do not believe and trust and rely on Me because you do not belong to My fold [you are no sheep of Mine]. -- john 10:26 +. +The sheep that are My own hear and are listening to My voice; and I know them, and they follow Me. -- john 10:27 +. +And I give them eternal life, and they shall never lose it or perish throughout the ages. [To all eternity they shall never by any means be destroyed.] And no one is able to snatch them out of My hand. -- john 10:28 +. +My Father, Who has given them to Me, is greater and mightier than all [else]; and no one is able to snatch [them] out of the Father's hand. -- john 10:29 +. +I and the Father are One. -- john 10:30 +. +Again the Jews brought up stones to stone Him. -- john 10:31 +. +Jesus said to them, My Father has enabled Me to do many good deeds. [I have shown many acts of mercy in your presence.] For which of these do you mean to stone Me? -- john 10:32 +. +The Jews replied, We are not going to stone You for a good act, but for blasphemy, because You, a mere Man, make Yourself [out to be] God. -- john 10:33 +. +Jesus answered, Is it not written in your Law, I said, You are gods? -- john 10:34 +. +So men are called gods [by the Law], men to whom God's message came--and the Scripture cannot be set aside or cancelled or broken or annulled-- -- john 10:35 +. +[If that is true] do you say of the One Whom the Father consecrated and dedicated and set apart for Himself and sent into the world, You are blaspheming, because I said, I am the Son of God? -- john 10:36 +. +If I am not doing the works [performing the deeds] of My Father, then do not believe Me [do not adhere to Me and trust Me and rely on Me]. -- john 10:37 +. +But if I do them, even though you do not believe Me or have faith in Me, [at least] believe the works and have faith in what I do, in order that you may know and understand [clearly] that the Father is in Me, and I am in the Father [One with Him]. -- john 10:38 +. +They sought again to arrest Him, but He escaped from their hands. -- john 10:39 +. +He went back again across the Jordan to the locality where John was when he first baptized, and there He remained. -- john 10:40 +. +And many came to Him, and they kept saying, John did not perform a [single] sign or miracle, but everything John said about this Man was true. -- john 10:41 +. +And many [people] there became believers in Him. [They adhered to and trusted in and relied on Him.] -- john 10:42 +. +NOW A certain man named Lazarus was ill. He was of Bethany, the village where Mary and her sister Martha lived. -- john 11:1 +. +This Mary was the one who anointed the Lord with perfume and wiped His feet with her hair. It was her brother Lazarus who was [now] sick. -- john 11:2 +. +So the sisters sent to Him, saying, Lord, he whom You love [so well] is sick. -- john 11:3 +. +When Jesus received the message, He said, This sickness is not to end in death; but [on the contrary] it is to honor God and to promote His glory, that the Son of God may be glorified through (by) it. -- john 11:4 +. +Now Jesus loved Martha and her sister and Lazarus. [They were His dear friends, and He held them in loving esteem.] -- john 11:5 +. +Therefore [even] when He heard that Lazarus was sick, He still stayed two days longer in the same place where He was. -- john 11:6 +. +Then after that interval He said to His disciples, Let us go back again to Judea. -- john 11:7 +. +The disciples said to Him, Rabbi, the Jews only recently were intending and trying to stone You, and are You [thinking of] going back there again? -- john 11:8 +. +Jesus answered, Are there not twelve hours in the day? Anyone who walks about in the daytime does not stumble, because he sees [by] the light of this world. -- john 11:9 +. +But if anyone walks about in the night, he does stumble, because there is no light in him [the light is lacking to him]. -- john 11:10 +. +He said these things, and then added, Our friend Lazarus is at rest and sleeping; but I am going there that I may awaken him out of his sleep. -- john 11:11 +. +The disciples answered, Lord, if he is sleeping, he will recover. -- john 11:12 +. +However, Jesus had spoken of his death, but they thought that He referred to falling into a refreshing and natural sleep. -- john 11:13 +. +So then Jesus told them plainly, Lazarus is dead, -- john 11:14 +. +And for your sake I am glad that I was not there; it will help you to believe (to trust and rely on Me). However, let us go to him. -- john 11:15 +. +Then Thomas, who was called the Twin, said to his fellow disciples, Let us go too, that we may die [be killed] along with Him. -- john 11:16 +. +So when Jesus arrived, He found that he [Lazarus] had already been in the tomb four days. -- john 11:17 +. +Bethany was near Jerusalem, only about two miles away, -- john 11:18 +. +And a considerable number of the Jews had gone out to see Martha and Mary to console them concerning their brother. -- john 11:19 +. +When Martha heard that Jesus was coming, she went to meet Him, while Mary remained sitting in the house. -- john 11:20 +. +Martha then said to Jesus, Master, if You had been here, my brother would not have died. -- john 11:21 +. +And even now I know that whatever You ask from God, He will grant it to You. -- john 11:22 +. +Jesus said to her, Your brother shall rise again. -- john 11:23 +. +Martha replied, I know that he will rise again in the resurrection at the last day. -- john 11:24 +. +Jesus said to her, I am [Myself] the Resurrection and the Life. Whoever believes in (adheres to, trusts in, and relies on) Me, although he may die, yet he shall live; -- john 11:25 +. +And whoever continues to live and believes in (has faith in, cleaves to, and relies on) Me shall never [actually] die at all. Do you believe this? -- john 11:26 +. +She said to Him, Yes, Lord, I have believed [I do believe] that You are the Christ (the Messiah, the Anointed One), the Son of God, [even He] Who was to come into the world. [It is for Your coming that the world has waited.] -- john 11:27 +. +After she had said this, she went back and called her sister Mary, privately whispering to her, The Teacher is close at hand and is asking for you. -- john 11:28 +. +When she heard this, she sprang up quickly and went to Him. -- john 11:29 +. +Now Jesus had not yet entered the village, but was still at the same spot where Martha had met Him. -- john 11:30 +. +When the Jews who were sitting with her in the house and consoling her saw how hastily Mary had arisen and gone out, they followed her, supposing that she was going to the tomb to pour out her grief there. -- john 11:31 +. +When Mary came to the place where Jesus was and saw Him, she dropped down at His feet, saying to Him, Lord, if You had been here, my brother would not have died. -- john 11:32 +. +When Jesus saw her sobbing, and the Jews who came with her [also] sobbing, He was deeply moved in spirit and troubled. [He chafed in spirit and sighed and was disturbed.] -- john 11:33 +. +And He said, Where have you laid him? They said to Him, Lord, come and see. -- john 11:34 +. +Jesus wept. -- john 11:35 +. +The Jews said, See how [tenderly] He loved him! -- john 11:36 +. +But some of them said, Could not He Who opened a blind man's eyes have prevented this man from dying? -- john 11:37 +. +Now Jesus, again sighing repeatedly and deeply disquieted, approached the tomb. It was a cave (a hole in the rock), and a boulder lay against [the entrance to close] it. -- john 11:38 +. +Jesus said, Take away the stone. Martha, the sister of the dead man, exclaimed, But Lord, by this time he [is decaying and] throws off an offensive odor, for he has been dead four days! -- john 11:39 +. +Jesus said to her, Did I not tell you and promise you that if you would believe and rely on Me, you would see the glory of God? -- john 11:40 +. +So they took away the stone. And Jesus lifted up His eyes and said, Father, I thank You that You have heard Me. -- john 11:41 +. +Yes, I know You always hear and listen to Me, but I have said this on account of and for the benefit of the people standing around, so that they may believe that You did send Me [that You have made Me Your Messenger]. -- john 11:42 +. +When He had said this, He shouted with a loud voice, Lazarus, come out! -- john 11:43 +. +And out walked the man who had been dead, his hands and feet wrapped in burial cloths (linen strips), and with a [burial] napkin bound around his face. Jesus said to them, Free him of the burial wrappings and let him go. -- john 11:44 +. +Upon seeing what Jesus had done, many of the Jews who had come with Mary believed in Him. [They trusted in Him and adhered to Him and relied on Him.] -- john 11:45 +. +But some of them went back to the Pharisees and told them what Jesus had done. -- john 11:46 +. +So the chief priests and Pharisees called a meeting of the council (the Sanhedrin) and said, What are we to do? For this Man performs many signs (evidences, miracles). -- john 11:47 +. +If we let Him alone to go on like this, everyone will believe in Him and adhere to Him, and the Romans will come and suppress and destroy and take away our [holy] place and our nation [our temple and city and our civil organization]. -- john 11:48 +. +But one of them, Caiaphas, who was the high priest that year, declared, You know nothing at all! -- john 11:49 +. +Nor do you understand or reason out that it is expedient and better for your own welfare that one man should die on behalf of the people than that the whole nation should perish (be destroyed, ruined). -- john 11:50 +. +Now he did not say this simply of his own accord [he was not self-moved]; but being the high priest that year, he prophesied that Jesus was to die for the nation, -- john 11:51 +. +And not only for the nation but also for the purpose of uniting into one body the children of God who have been scattered far and wide. -- john 11:52 +. +So from that day on they took counsel and plotted together how they might put Him to death. -- john 11:53 +. +For that reason Jesus no longer appeared publicly among the Jews, but left there and retired to the district that borders on the wilderness (the desert), to a village called Ephraim, and there He stayed with the disciples. -- john 11:54 +. +Now the Jewish Passover was at hand, and many from the country went up to Jerusalem in order that they might purify and consecrate themselves before the Passover. -- john 11:55 +. +So they kept looking for Jesus and questioned among themselves as they were standing about in the temple [area], What do you think? Will He not come to the Feast at all? -- john 11:56 +. +Now the chief priests and Pharisees had given orders that if anyone knew where He was, he should report it to them, so that they might arrest Him. -- john 11:57 +. +SO SIX days before the Passover Feast, Jesus came to Bethany, where Lazarus was, who had died and whom He had raised from the dead. -- john 12:1 +. +So they made Him a supper; and Martha served, but Lazarus was one of those at the table with Him. -- john 12:2 +. +Mary took a pound of ointment of pure liquid nard [a rare perfume] that was very expensive, and she poured it on Jesus' feet and wiped them with her hair. And the whole house was filled with the fragrance of the perfume. -- john 12:3 +. +But Judas Iscariot, the one of His disciples who was about to betray Him, said, -- john 12:4 +. +Why was this perfume not sold for denarii [a year's wages for an ordinary workman] and that [money] given to the poor (the destitute)? -- john 12:5 +. +Now he did not say this because he cared for the poor but because he was a thief; and having the bag (the money box, the purse of the Twelve), he took for himself what was put into it [pilfering the collections]. -- john 12:6 +. +But Jesus said, Let her alone. It was [intended] that she should keep it for the time of My preparation for burial. [She has kept it that she might have it for the time of My embalming.] -- john 12:7 +. +You always have the poor with you, but you do not always have Me. -- john 12:8 +. +Now a great crowd of the Jews heard that He was at Bethany, and they came there, not only because of Jesus but that they also might see Lazarus, whom He had raised from the dead. -- john 12:9 +. +So the chief priests planned to put Lazarus to death also, -- john 12:10 +. +Because on account of him many of the Jews were going away [were withdrawing from and leaving the Judeans] and believing in and adhering to Jesus. -- john 12:11 +. +The next day a vast crowd of those who had come to the Passover Feast heard that Jesus was coming to Jerusalem. -- john 12:12 +. +So they took branches of palm trees and went out to meet Him. And as they went, they kept shouting, Hosanna! Blessed is He and praise to Him Who comes in the name of the Lord, even the King of Israel! -- john 12:13 +. +And Jesus, having found a young donkey, rode upon it, [just] as it is written in the Scriptures, -- john 12:14 +. +Do not fear, O Daughter of Zion! Look! Your King is coming, sitting on a donkey's colt! -- john 12:15 +. +His disciples did not understand and could not comprehend the meaning of these things at first; but when Jesus was glorified and exalted, they remembered that these things had been written about Him and had been done to Him. -- john 12:16 +. +The group that had been with Jesus when He called Lazarus out of the tomb and raised him from among the dead kept telling it [bearing witness] to others. -- john 12:17 +. +It was for this reason that the crowd went out to meet Him, because they had heard that He had performed this sign (proof, miracle). -- john 12:18 +. +Then the Pharisees said among themselves, You see how futile your efforts are and how you accomplish nothing. See! The whole world is running after Him! -- john 12:19 +. +Now among those who went up to worship at the Feast were some Greeks. -- john 12:20 +. +These came to Philip, who was from Bethsaida in Galilee, and they made this request, Sir, we desire to see Jesus. -- john 12:21 +. +Philip came and told Andrew; then Andrew and Philip together [went] and told Jesus. -- john 12:22 +. +And Jesus answered them, The time has come for the Son of Man to be glorified and exalted. -- john 12:23 +. +I assure you, most solemnly I tell you, Unless a grain of wheat falls into the earth and dies, it remains [just one grain; it never becomes more but lives] by itself alone. But if it dies, it produces many others and yields a rich harvest. -- john 12:24 +. +Anyone who loves his life loses it, but anyone who hates his life in this world will keep it to life eternal. [Whoever has no love for, no concern for, no regard for his life here on earth, but despises it, preserves his life forever and ever.] -- john 12:25 +. +If anyone serves Me, he must continue to follow Me [to cleave steadfastly to Me, conform wholly to My example in living and, if need be, in dying] and wherever I am, there will My servant be also. If anyone serves Me, the Father will honor him. -- john 12:26 +. +Now My soul is troubled and distressed, and what shall I say? Father, save Me from this hour [of trial and agony]? But it was for this very purpose that I have come to this hour [that I might undergo it]. -- john 12:27 +. +[Rather, I will say,] Father, glorify (honor and extol) Your [own] name! Then there came a voice out of heaven saying, I have already glorified it, and I will glorify it again. -- john 12:28 +. +The crowd of bystanders heard the sound and said that it had thundered; others said, An angel has spoken to Him! -- john 12:29 +. +Jesus answered, This voice has not come for My sake, but for your sake. -- john 12:30 +. +Now the judgment (crisis) of this world is coming on [sentence is now being passed on this world]. Now the ruler (evil genius, prince) of this world shall be cast out (expelled). -- john 12:31 +. +And I, if and when I am lifted up from the earth [on the cross], will draw and attract all men [Gentiles as well as Jews] to Myself. -- john 12:32 +. +He said this to signify in what manner He would die. -- john 12:33 +. +At this the people answered Him, We have learned from the Law that the Christ is to remain forever; how then can You say, The Son of Man must be lifted up [on the cross]? Who is this Son of Man? -- john 12:34 +. +So Jesus said to them, You will have the Light only a little while longer. Walk while you have the Light [keep on living by it], so that darkness may not overtake and overcome you. He who walks about in the dark does not know where he goes [he is drifting]. -- john 12:35 +. +While you have the Light, believe in the Light [have faith in it, hold to it, rely on it], that you may become sons of the Light and be filled with Light. Jesus said these things, and then He went away and hid Himself from them [was lost to their view]. -- john 12:36 +. +Even though He had done so many miracles before them (right before their eyes), yet they still did not trust in Him and failed to believe in Him-- -- john 12:37 +. +So that what Isaiah the prophet said was fulfilled: Lord, who has believed our report and our message? And to whom has the arm (the power) of the Lord been shown (unveiled and revealed)? -- john 12:38 +. +Therefore they could not believe [they were unable to believe]. For Isaiah has also said, -- john 12:39 +. +He has blinded their eyes and hardened and benumbed their [callous, degenerated] hearts [He has made their minds dull], to keep them from seeing with their eyes and understanding with their hearts and minds and repenting and turning to Me to heal them. -- john 12:40 +. +Isaiah said this because he saw His glory and spoke of Him. -- john 12:41 +. +And yet [in spite of all this] many even of the leading men (the authorities and the nobles) believed and trusted in Him. But because of the Pharisees they did not confess it, for fear that [if they should acknowledge Him] they would be expelled from the synagogue; -- john 12:42 +. +For they loved the approval and the praise and the glory that come from men [instead of and] more than the glory that comes from God. [They valued their credit with men more than their credit with God.] -- john 12:43 +. +But Jesus loudly declared, The one who believes in Me does not [only] believe in and trust in and rely on Me, but [in believing in Me he believes] in Him Who sent Me. -- john 12:44 +. +And whoever sees Me sees Him Who sent Me. -- john 12:45 +. +I have come as a Light into the world, so that whoever believes in Me [whoever cleaves to and trusts in and relies on Me] may not continue to live in darkness. -- john 12:46 +. +If anyone hears My teachings and fails to observe them [does not keep them, but disregards them], it is not I who judges him. For I have not come to judge and to condemn and to pass sentence and to inflict penalty on the world, but to save the world. -- john 12:47 +. +Anyone who rejects Me and persistently sets Me at naught, refusing to accept My teachings, has his judge [however]; for the [very] message that I have spoken will itself judge and convict him at the last day. -- john 12:48 +. +This is because I have never spoken on My own authority or of My own accord or as self-appointed, but the Father Who sent Me has Himself given Me orders [concerning] what to say and what to tell. -- john 12:49 +. +And I know that His commandment is (means) eternal life. So whatever I speak, I am saying [exactly] what My Father has told Me to say and in accordance with His instructions. -- john 12:50 +. +[NOW] BEFORE the Passover Feast began, Jesus knew (was fully aware) that the time had come for Him to leave this world and return to the Father. And as He had loved those who were His own in the world, He loved them to the last and to the highest degree. -- john 13:1 +. +So [it was] during supper, Satan having already put the thought of betraying Jesus in the heart of Judas Iscariot, Simon's son, -- john 13:2 +. +[That] Jesus, knowing (fully aware) that the Father had put everything into His hands, and that He had come from God and was [now] returning to God, -- john 13:3 +. +Got up from supper, took off His garments, and taking a [servant's] towel, He fastened it around His waist. -- john 13:4 +. +Then He poured water into the washbasin and began to wash the disciples' feet and to wipe them with the [servant's] towel with which He was girded. -- john 13:5 +. +When He came to Simon Peter, [Peter] said to Him, Lord, are my feet to be washed by You? [Is it for You to wash my feet?] -- john 13:6 +. +Jesus said to him, You do not understand now what I am doing, but you will understand later on. -- john 13:7 +. +Peter said to Him, You shall never wash my feet! Jesus answered him, Unless I wash you, you have no part with (in) Me [you have no share in companionship with Me]. -- john 13:8 +. +Simon Peter said to Him, Lord, [wash] not only my feet, but my hands and my head too! -- john 13:9 +. +Jesus said to him, Anyone who has bathed needs only to wash his feet, but is clean all over. And you [My disciples] are clean, but not all of you. -- john 13:10 +. +For He knew who was going to betray Him; that was the reason He said, Not all of you are clean. -- john 13:11 +. +So when He had finished washing their feet and had put on His garments and had sat down again, He said to them, Do you understand what I have done to you? -- john 13:12 +. +You call Me the Teacher (Master) and the Lord, and you are right in doing so, for that is what I am. -- john 13:13 +. +If I then, your Lord and Teacher (Master), have washed your feet, you ought [it is your duty, you are under obligation, you owe it] to wash one another's feet. -- john 13:14 +. +For I have given you this as an example, so that you should do [in your turn] what I have done to you. -- john 13:15 +. +I assure you, most solemnly I tell you, A servant is not greater than his master, and no one who is sent is superior to the one who sent him. -- john 13:16 +. +If you know these things, blessed and happy and to be envied are you if you practice them [if you act accordingly and really do them]. -- john 13:17 +. +I am not speaking of and I do not mean all of you. I know whom I have chosen; but it is that the Scripture may be fulfilled, He who eats My bread with Me has raised up his heel against Me. -- john 13:18 +. +I tell you this now before it occurs, so that when it does take place you may be persuaded and believe that I am He [Who I say I am--the Christ, the Anointed One, the Messiah]. -- john 13:19 +. +I assure you, most solemnly I tell you, he who receives and welcomes and takes into his heart any messenger of Mine receives Me [in just that way]; and he who receives and welcomes and takes Me into his heart receives Him Who sent Me [in that same way]. -- john 13:20 +. +After Jesus had said these things, He was troubled (disturbed, agitated) in spirit and said, I assure you, most solemnly I tell you, one of you will deliver Me up [one of you will be false to Me and betray Me]! -- john 13:21 +. +The disciples kept looking at one another, puzzled as to whom He could mean. -- john 13:22 +. +One of His disciples, whom Jesus loved [whom He esteemed and delighted in], was reclining [next to Him] on Jesus' bosom. -- john 13:23 +. +So Simon Peter motioned to him to ask of whom He was speaking. -- john 13:24 +. +Then leaning back against Jesus' breast, he asked Him, Lord, who is it? -- john 13:25 +. +Jesus answered, It is the one to whom I am going to give this morsel (bit) of food after I have dipped it. So when He had dipped the morsel of bread [into the dish], He gave it to Judas, Simon Iscariot's son. -- john 13:26 +. +Then after [he had taken] the bit of food, Satan entered into and took possession of [Judas]. Jesus said to him, What you are going to do, do more swiftly than you seem to intend and make quick work of it. -- john 13:27 +. +But nobody reclining at the table knew why He spoke to him or what He meant by telling him this. -- john 13:28 +. +Some thought that, since Judas had the money box (the purse), Jesus was telling him, Buy what we need for the Festival, or that he should give something to the poor. -- john 13:29 +. +So after receiving the bit of bread, he went out immediately. And it was night. -- john 13:30 +. +When he had left, Jesus said, Now is the Son of Man glorified! [Now He has achieved His glory, His honor, His exaltation!] And God has been glorified through and in Him. -- john 13:31 +. +And if God is glorified through and in Him, God will also glorify Him in Himself, and He will glorify Him at once and not delay. -- john 13:32 +. +[Dear] little children, I am to be with you only a little longer. You will look for Me and, as I told the Jews, so I tell you now: you are not able to come where I am going. -- john 13:33 +. +I give you a new commandment: that you should love one another. Just as I have loved you, so you too should love one another. -- john 13:34 +. +By this shall all [men] know that you are My disciples, if you love one another [if you keep on showing love among yourselves]. -- john 13:35 +. +Simon Peter said to Him, Lord, where are You going? Jesus answered, You are not able to follow Me now where I am going, but you shall follow Me afterwards. -- john 13:36 +. +Peter said to Him, Lord, why cannot I follow You now? I will lay down my life for You. -- john 13:37 +. +Jesus answered, Will you [really] lay down your life for Me? I assure you, most solemnly I tell you, before a rooster crows, you will deny Me [completely disown Me] three times. -- john 13:38 +. +DO NOT let your hearts be troubled (distressed, agitated). You believe in and adhere to and trust in and rely on God; believe in and adhere to and trust in and rely also on Me. -- john 14:1 +. +In My Father's house there are many dwelling places (homes). If it were not so, I would have told you; for I am going away to prepare a place for you. -- john 14:2 +. +And when (if) I go and make ready a place for you, I will come back again and will take you to Myself, that where I am you may be also. -- john 14:3 +. +And [to the place] where I am going, you know the way. -- john 14:4 +. +Thomas said to Him, Lord, we do not know where You are going, so how can we know the way? -- john 14:5 +. +Jesus said to him, I am the Way and the Truth and the Life; no one comes to the Father except by (through) Me. -- john 14:6 +. +If you had known Me [had learned to recognize Me], you would also have known My Father. From now on, you know Him and have seen Him. -- john 14:7 +. +Philip said to Him, Lord, show us the Father [cause us to see the Father--that is all we ask]; then we shall be satisfied. -- john 14:8 +. +Jesus replied, Have I been with all of you for so long a time, and do you not recognize and know Me yet, Philip? Anyone who has seen Me has seen the Father. How can you say then, Show us the Father? -- john 14:9 +. +Do you not believe that I am in the Father, and that the Father is in Me? What I am telling you I do not say on My own authority and of My own accord; but the Father Who lives continually in Me does the (His) works (His own miracles, deeds of power). -- john 14:10 +. +Believe Me that I am in the Father and the Father in Me; or else believe Me for the sake of the [very] works themselves. [If you cannot trust Me, at least let these works that I do in My Father's name convince you.] -- john 14:11 +. +I assure you, most solemnly I tell you, if anyone steadfastly believes in Me, he will himself be able to do the things that I do; and he will do even greater things than these, because I go to the Father. -- john 14:12 +. +And I will do [I Myself will grant] whatever you ask in My Name [as presenting all that I AM], so that the Father may be glorified and extolled in (through) the Son. -- john 14:13 +. +[Yes] I will grant [I Myself will do for you] whatever you shall ask in My Name [as presenting all that I AM]. -- john 14:14 +. +If you [really] love Me, you will keep (obey) My commands. -- john 14:15 +. +And I will ask the Father, and He will give you another Comforter (Counselor, Helper, Intercessor, Advocate, Strengthener, and Standby), that He may remain with you forever-- -- john 14:16 +. +The Spirit of Truth, Whom the world cannot receive (welcome, take to its heart), because it does not see Him or know and recognize Him. But you know and recognize Him, for He lives with you [constantly] and will be in you. -- john 14:17 +. +I will not leave you as orphans [comfortless, desolate, bereaved, forlorn, helpless]; I will come [back] to you. -- john 14:18 +. +Just a little while now, and the world will not see Me any more, but you will see Me; because I live, you will live also. -- john 14:19 +. +At that time [when that day comes] you will know [for yourselves] that I am in My Father, and you [are] in Me, and I [am] in you. -- john 14:20 +. +The person who has My commands and keeps them is the one who [really] loves Me; and whoever [really] loves Me will be loved by My Father, and I [too] will love him and will show (reveal, manifest) Myself to him. [I will let Myself be clearly seen by him and make Myself real to him.] -- john 14:21 +. +Judas, not Iscariot, asked Him, Lord, how is it that You will reveal Yourself [make Yourself real] to us and not to the world? -- john 14:22 +. +Jesus answered, If a person [really] loves Me, he will keep My word [obey My teaching]; and My Father will love him, and We will come to him and make Our home (abode, special dwelling place) with him. -- john 14:23 +. +Anyone who does not [really] love Me does not observe and obey My teaching. And the teaching which you hear and heed is not Mine, but [comes] from the Father Who sent Me. -- john 14:24 +. +I have told you these things while I am still with you. -- john 14:25 +. +But the Comforter (Counselor, Helper, Intercessor, Advocate, Strengthener, Standby), the Holy Spirit, Whom the Father will send in My name [in My place, to represent Me and act on My behalf], He will teach you all things. And He will cause you to recall (will remind you of, bring to your remembrance) everything I have told you. -- john 14:26 +. +Peace I leave with you; My [own] peace I now give and bequeath to you. Not as the world gives do I give to you. Do not let your hearts be troubled, neither let them be afraid. [Stop allowing yourselves to be agitated and disturbed; and do not permit yourselves to be fearful and intimidated and cowardly and unsettled.] -- john 14:27 +. +You heard Me tell you, I am going away and I am coming [back] to you. If you [really] loved Me, you would have been glad, because I am going to the Father; for the Father is greater and mightier than I am. -- john 14:28 +. +And now I have told you [this] before it occurs, so that when it does take place you may believe and have faith in and rely on Me. -- john 14:29 +. +I will not talk with you much more, for the prince (evil genius, ruler) of the world is coming. And he has no claim on Me. [He has nothing in common with Me; there is nothing in Me that belongs to him, and he has no power over Me.] -- john 14:30 +. +But [Satan is coming and] I do as the Father has commanded Me, so that the world may know (be convinced) that I love the Father and that I do only what the Father has instructed Me to do. [I act in full agreement with His orders.] Rise, let us go away from here. -- john 14:31 +. +I AM the True Vine, and My Father is the Vinedresser. -- john 15:1 +. +Any branch in Me that does not bear fruit [that stops bearing] He cuts away (trims off, takes away); and He cleanses and repeatedly prunes every branch that continues to bear fruit, to make it bear more and richer and more excellent fruit. -- john 15:2 +. +You are cleansed and pruned already, because of the word which I have given you [the teachings I have discussed with you]. -- john 15:3 +. +Dwell in Me, and I will dwell in you. [Live in Me, and I will live in you.] Just as no branch can bear fruit of itself without abiding in (being vitally united to) the vine, neither can you bear fruit unless you abide in Me. -- john 15:4 +. +I am the Vine; you are the branches. Whoever lives in Me and I in him bears much (abundant) fruit. However, apart from Me [cut off from vital union with Me] you can do nothing. -- john 15:5 +. +If a person does not dwell in Me, he is thrown out like a [broken-off] branch, and withers; such branches are gathered up and thrown into the fire, and they are burned. -- john 15:6 +. +If you live in Me [abide vitally united to Me] and My words remain in you and continue to live in your hearts, ask whatever you will, and it shall be done for you. -- john 15:7 +. +When you bear (produce) much fruit, My Father is honored and glorified, and you show and prove yourselves to be true followers of Mine. -- john 15:8 +. +I have loved you, [just] as the Father has loved Me; abide in My love [continue in His love with Me]. -- john 15:9 +. +If you keep My commandments [if you continue to obey My instructions], you will abide in My love and live on in it, just as I have obeyed My Father's commandments and live on in His love. -- john 15:10 +. +I have told you these things, that My joy and delight may be in you, and that your joy and gladness may be of full measure and complete and overflowing. -- john 15:11 +. +This is My commandment: that you love one another [just] as I have loved you. -- john 15:12 +. +No one has greater love [no one has shown stronger affection] than to lay down (give up) his own life for his friends. -- john 15:13 +. +You are My friends if you keep on doing the things which I command you to do. -- john 15:14 +. +I do not call you servants (slaves) any longer, for the servant does not know what his master is doing (working out). But I have called you My friends, because I have made known to you everything that I have heard from My Father. [I have revealed to you everything that I have learned from Him.] -- john 15:15 +. +You have not chosen Me, but I have chosen you and I have appointed you [I have planted you], that you might go and bear fruit and keep on bearing, and that your fruit may be lasting [that it may remain, abide], so that whatever you ask the Father in My Name [as presenting all that I AM], He may give it to you. -- john 15:16 +. +This is what I command you: that you love one another. -- john 15:17 +. +If the world hates you, know that it hated Me before it hated you. -- john 15:18 +. +If you belonged to the world, the world would treat you with affection and would love you as its own. But because you are not of the world [no longer one with it], but I have chosen (selected) you out of the world, the world hates (detests) you. -- john 15:19 +. +Remember that I told you, A servant is not greater than his master [is not superior to him]. If they persecuted Me, they will also persecute you; if they kept My word and obeyed My teachings, they will also keep and obey yours. -- john 15:20 +. +But they will do all this to you [inflict all this suffering on you] because of [your bearing] My name and on My account, for they do not know or understand the One Who sent Me. -- john 15:21 +. +If I had not come and spoken to them, they would not be guilty of sin [would be blameless]; but now they have no excuse for their sin. -- john 15:22 +. +Whoever hates Me also hates My Father. -- john 15:23 +. +If I had not done (accomplished) among them the works which no one else ever did, they would not be guilty of sin. But [the fact is] now they have both seen [these works] and have hated both Me and My Father. -- john 15:24 +. +But [this is so] that the word written in their Law might be fulfilled, They hated Me without a cause. -- john 15:25 +. +But when the Comforter (Counselor, Helper, Advocate, Intercessor, Strengthener, Standby) comes, Whom I will send to you from the Father, the Spirit of Truth Who comes (proceeds) from the Father, He [Himself] will testify regarding Me. -- john 15:26 +. +But you also will testify and be My witnesses, because you have been with Me from the beginning. -- john 15:27 +. +I HAVE told you all these things, so that you should not be offended (taken unawares and falter, or be caused to stumble and fall away). [I told you to keep you from being scandalized and repelled.] -- john 16:1 +. +They will put you out of (expel you from) the synagogues; but an hour is coming when whoever kills you will think and claim that he has offered service to God. -- john 16:2 +. +And they will do this because they have not known the Father or Me. -- john 16:3 +. +But I have told you these things now, so that when they occur you will remember that I told you of them. I did not say these things to you from the beginning, because I was with you. -- john 16:4 +. +But now I am going to Him Who sent Me, yet none of you asks Me, Where are You going? -- john 16:5 +. +But because I have said these things to you, sorrow has filled your hearts [taken complete possession of them]. -- john 16:6 +. +However, I am telling you nothing but the truth when I say it is profitable (good, expedient, advantageous) for you that I go away. Because if I do not go away, the Comforter (Counselor, Helper, Advocate, Intercessor, Strengthener, Standby) will not come to you [into close fellowship with you]; but if I go away, I will send Him to you [to be in close fellowship with you]. -- john 16:7 +. +And when He comes, He will convict and convince the world and bring demonstration to it about sin and about righteousness (uprightness of heart and right standing with God) and about judgment: -- john 16:8 +. +About sin, because they do not believe in Me [trust in, rely on, and adhere to Me]; -- john 16:9 +. +About righteousness (uprightness of heart and right standing with God), because I go to My Father, and you will see Me no longer; -- john 16:10 +. +About judgment, because the ruler (evil genius, prince) of this world [Satan] is judged and condemned and sentence already is passed upon him. -- john 16:11 +. +I have still many things to say to you, but you are not able to bear them or to take them upon you or to grasp them now. -- john 16:12 +. +But when He, the Spirit of Truth (the Truth-giving Spirit) comes, He will guide you into all the Truth (the whole, full Truth). For He will not speak His own message [on His own authority]; but He will tell whatever He hears [from the Father; He will give the message that has been given to Him], and He will announce and declare to you the things that are to come [that will happen in the future]. -- john 16:13 +. +He will honor and glorify Me, because He will take of (receive, draw upon) what is Mine and will reveal (declare, disclose, transmit) it to you. -- john 16:14 +. +Everything that the Father has is Mine. That is what I meant when I said that He [the Spirit] will take the things that are Mine and will reveal (declare, disclose, transmit) it to you. -- john 16:15 +. +In a little while you will no longer see Me, and again after a short while you will see Me. -- john 16:16 +. +So some of His disciples questioned among themselves, What does He mean when He tells us, In a little while you will no longer see Me, and again after a short while you will see Me, and, Because I go to My Father? -- john 16:17 +. +What does He mean by a little while? We do not know or understand what He is talking about. -- john 16:18 +. +Jesus knew that they wanted to ask Him, so He said to them, Are you wondering and inquiring among yourselves what I meant when I said, In a little while you will no longer see Me, and again after a short while you will see Me? -- john 16:19 +. +I assure you, most solemnly I tell you, that you shall weep and grieve, but the world will rejoice. You will be sorrowful, but your sorrow will be turned into joy. -- john 16:20 +. +A woman, when she gives birth to a child, has grief (anguish, agony) because her time has come. But when she has delivered the child, she no longer remembers her pain (trouble, anguish) because she is so glad that a man (a child, a human being) has been born into the world. -- john 16:21 +. +So for the present you are also in sorrow (in distress and depressed); but I will see you again and [then] your hearts will rejoice, and no one can take from you your joy (gladness, delight). -- john 16:22 +. +And when that time comes, you will ask nothing of Me [you will need to ask Me no questions]. I assure you, most solemnly I tell you, that My Father will grant you whatever you ask in My Name [as presenting all that I AM]. -- john 16:23 +. +Up to this time you have not asked a [single] thing in My Name [as presenting all that I AM]; but now ask and keep on asking and you will receive, so that your joy (gladness, delight) may be full and complete. -- john 16:24 +. +I have told you these things in parables (veiled language, allegories, dark sayings); the hour is now coming when I shall no longer speak to you in figures of speech, but I shall tell you about the Father in plain words and openly (without reserve). -- john 16:25 +. +At that time you will ask (pray) in My Name; and I am not saying that I will ask the Father on your behalf [for it will be unnecessary]. -- john 16:26 +. +For the Father Himself [tenderly] loves you because you have loved Me and have believed that I came out from the Father. -- john 16:27 +. +I came out from the Father and have come into the world; again, I am leaving the world and going to the Father. -- john 16:28 +. +His disciples said, Ah, now You are speaking plainly to us and not in parables (veiled language and figures of speech)! -- john 16:29 +. +Now we know that You are acquainted with everything and have no need to be asked questions. Because of this we believe that you [really] came from God. -- john 16:30 +. +Jesus answered them, Do you now believe? [Do you believe it at last?] -- john 16:31 +. +But take notice, the hour is coming, and it has arrived, when you will all be dispersed and scattered, every man to his own home, leaving Me alone. Yet I am not alone, because the Father is with Me. -- john 16:32 +. +I have told you these things, so that in Me you may have [perfect] peace and confidence. In the world you have tribulation and trials and distress and frustration; but be of good cheer [take courage; be confident, certain, undaunted]! For I have overcome the world. [I have deprived it of power to harm you and have conquered it for you.] -- john 16:33 +. +WHEN JESUS had spoken these things, He lifted up His eyes to heaven and said, Father, the hour has come. Glorify and exalt and honor and magnify Your Son, so that Your Son may glorify and extol and honor and magnify You. -- john 17:1 +. +[Just as] You have granted Him power and authority over all flesh (all humankind), [now glorify Him] so that He may give eternal life to all whom You have given Him. -- john 17:2 +. +And this is eternal life: [it means] to know (to perceive, recognize, become acquainted with, and understand) You, the only true and real God, and [likewise] to know Him, Jesus [as the] Christ (the Anointed One, the Messiah), Whom You have sent. -- john 17:3 +. +I have glorified You down here on the earth by completing the work that You gave Me to do. -- john 17:4 +. +And now, Father, glorify Me along with Yourself and restore Me to such majesty and honor in Your presence as I had with You before the world existed. -- john 17:5 +. +I have manifested Your Name [I have revealed Your very Self, Your real Self] to the people whom You have given Me out of the world. They were Yours, and You gave them to Me, and they have obeyed and kept Your word. -- john 17:6 +. +Now [at last] they know and understand that all You have given Me belongs to You [is really and truly Yours]. -- john 17:7 +. +For the [uttered] words that You gave Me I have given them; and they have received and accepted [them] and have come to know positively and in reality [to believe with absolute assurance] that I came forth from Your presence, and they have believed and are convinced that You did send Me. -- john 17:8 +. +I am praying for them. I am not praying (requesting) for the world, but for those You have given Me, for they belong to You. -- john 17:9 +. +All [things that are] Mine are Yours, and all [things that are] Yours belong to Me; and I am glorified in (through) them. [They have done Me honor; in them My glory is achieved.] -- john 17:10 +. +And [now] I am no more in the world, but these are [still] in the world, and I am coming to You. Holy Father, keep in Your Name [in the knowledge of Yourself] those whom You have given Me, that they may be one as We [are one]. -- john 17:11 +. +While I was with them, I kept and preserved them in Your Name [in the knowledge and worship of You]. Those You have given Me I guarded and protected, and not one of them has perished or is lost except the son of perdition [Judas Iscariot--the one who is now doomed to destruction, destined to be lost], that the Scripture might be fulfilled. -- john 17:12 +. +And now I am coming to You; I say these things while I am still in the world, so that My joy may be made full and complete and perfect in them [that they may experience My delight fulfilled in them, that My enjoyment may be perfected in their own souls, that they may have My gladness within them, filling their hearts]. -- john 17:13 +. +I have given and delivered to them Your word (message) and the world has hated them, because they are not of the world [do not belong to the world], just as I am not of the world. -- john 17:14 +. +I do not ask that You will take them out of the world, but that You will keep and protect them from the evil one. -- john 17:15 +. +They are not of the world (worldly, belonging to the world), [just] as I am not of the world. -- john 17:16 +. +Sanctify them [purify, consecrate, separate them for Yourself, make them holy] by the Truth; Your Word is Truth. -- john 17:17 +. +Just as You sent Me into the world, I also have sent them into the world. -- john 17:18 +. +And so for their sake and on their behalf I sanctify (dedicate, consecrate) Myself, that they also may be sanctified (dedicated, consecrated, made holy) in the Truth. -- john 17:19 +. +Neither for these alone do I pray [it is not for their sake only that I make this request], but also for all those who will ever come to believe in (trust in, cling to, rely on) Me through their word and teaching, -- john 17:20 +. +That they all may be one, [just] as You, Father, are in Me and I in You, that they also may be one in Us, so that the world may believe and be convinced that You have sent Me. -- john 17:21 +. +I have given to them the glory and honor which You have given Me, that they may be one [even] as We are one: -- john 17:22 +. +I in them and You in Me, in order that they may become one and perfectly united, that the world may know and [definitely] recognize that You sent Me and that You have loved them [even] as You have loved Me. -- john 17:23 +. +Father, I desire that they also whom You have entrusted to Me [as Your gift to Me] may be with Me where I am, so that they may see My glory, which You have given Me [Your love gift to Me]; for You loved Me before the foundation of the world. -- john 17:24 +. +O just and righteous Father, although the world has not known You and has failed to recognize You and has never acknowledged You, I have known You [continually]; and these men understand and know that You have sent Me. -- john 17:25 +. +I have made Your Name known to them and revealed Your character and Your very Self, and I will continue to make [You] known, that the love which You have bestowed upon Me may be in them [felt in their hearts] and that I [Myself] may be in them. -- john 17:26 +. +HAVING SAID these things, Jesus went out with His disciples beyond (across) the winter torrent of the Kidron [in the ravine]. There was a garden there, which He and His disciples entered. -- john 18:1 +. +And Judas, who was betraying Him and delivering Him up, also knew the place, because Jesus had often retired there with His disciples. -- john 18:2 +. +So Judas, obtaining and taking charge of the band of soldiers and some guards (attendants) of the high priests and Pharisees, came there with lanterns and torches and weapons. -- john 18:3 +. +Then Jesus, knowing all that was about to befall Him, went out to them and said, Whom are you seeking? [Whom do you want?] -- john 18:4 +. +They answered Him, Jesus the Nazarene. Jesus said to them, I am He. Judas, who was betraying Him, was also standing with them. -- john 18:5 +. +When Jesus said to them, I am He, they went backwards (drew back, lurched backward) and fell to the ground. -- john 18:6 +. +Then again He asked them, Whom are you seeking? And they said, Jesus the Nazarene. -- john 18:7 +. +Jesus answered, I told you that I am He. So, if you want Me [if it is only I for Whom you are looking], let these men go their way. -- john 18:8 +. +Thus what He had said was fulfilled and verified, Of those whom You have given Me, I have not lost even one. -- john 18:9 +. +Then Simon Peter, who had a sword, drew it and struck the high priest's servant and cut off his right ear. The servant's name was Malchus. -- john 18:10 +. +Therefore, Jesus said to Peter, Put the sword [back] into the sheath! The cup which My Father has given Me, shall I not drink it? -- john 18:11 +. +So the troops and their captain and the guards (attendants) of the Jews seized Jesus and bound Him, -- john 18:12 +. +And they brought Him first to Annas, for he was the father-in-law of Caiaphas, who was the high priest that year. -- john 18:13 +. +It was Caiaphas who had counseled the Jews that it was expedient and for their welfare that one man should die for (instead of, in behalf of) the people. -- john 18:14 +. +Now Simon Peter and another disciple were following Jesus. And that disciple was known to the high priest, and so he entered along with Jesus into the court of the palace of the high priest; -- john 18:15 +. +But Peter was standing outside at the door. So the other disciple, who was known to the high priest, went out and spoke to the maid who kept the door and brought Peter inside. -- john 18:16 +. +Then the maid who was in charge at the door said to Peter, You are not also one of the disciples of this Man, are you? He said, I am not! -- john 18:17 +. +Now the servants and the guards (the attendants) had made a fire of coals, for it was cold, and they were standing and warming themselves. And Peter was with them, standing and warming himself. -- john 18:18 +. +Then the high priest questioned Jesus about His disciples and about His teaching. -- john 18:19 +. +Jesus answered him, I have spoken openly to the world. I have always taught in a synagogue and in the temple [area], where the Jews [habitually] congregate (assemble); and I have spoken nothing secretly. -- john 18:20 +. +Why do you ask Me? Ask those who have heard [Me] what I said to them. See! They know what I said. -- john 18:21 +. +But when He said this, one of the attendants who stood by struck Jesus, saying, Is that how You answer the high priest? -- john 18:22 +. +Jesus replied, If I have said anything wrong [if I have spoken abusively, if there was evil in what I said] tell what was wrong with it. But if I spoke rightly and properly, why do you strike Me? -- john 18:23 +. +Then Annas sent Him bound to Caiaphas the high priest. -- john 18:24 +. +But Simon Peter [still] was standing and was warming himself. They said to him, You are not also one of His disciples, are you? He denied it and said, I am not! -- john 18:25 +. +One of the high priest's servants, a relative of the man whose ear Peter cut off, said, Did I not see you in the garden with Him? -- john 18:26 +. +And again Peter denied it. And immediately a rooster crowed. -- john 18:27 +. +Then they brought Jesus from Caiaphas into the Praetorium (judgment hall, governor's palace). And it was early. They themselves did not enter the Praetorium, that they might not be defiled (become ceremonially unclean), but might be fit to eat the Passover [supper]. -- john 18:28 +. +So Pilate went out to them and said, What accusation do you bring against this Man? -- john 18:29 +. +They retorted, If He were not an evildoer (criminal), we would not have handed Him over to you. -- john 18:30 +. +Pilate said to them, Take Him yourselves and judge and sentence and punish Him according to your [own] law. The Jews answered, It is not lawful for us to put anyone to death. -- john 18:31 +. +This was to fulfill the word which Jesus had spoken to show (indicate, predict) by what manner of death He was to die. -- john 18:32 +. +So Pilate went back again into the judgment hall and called Jesus and asked Him, Are You the King of the Jews? -- john 18:33 +. +Jesus replied, Are you saying this of yourself [on your own initiative], or have others told you about Me? -- john 18:34 +. +Pilate answered, Am I a Jew? Your [own] people and nation and their chief priests have delivered You to me. What have You done? -- john 18:35 +. +Jesus answered, My kingdom (kingship, royal power) belongs not to this world. If My kingdom were of this world, My followers would have been fighting to keep Me from being handed over to the Jews. But as it is, My kingdom is not from here (this world); [it has no such origin or source]. -- john 18:36 +. +Pilate said to Him, Then You are a King? Jesus answered, You say it! [You speak correctly!] For I am a King. [Certainly I am a King!] This is why I was born, and for this I have come into the world, to bear witness to the Truth. Everyone who is of the Truth [who is a friend of the Truth, who belongs to the Truth] hears and listens to My voice. -- john 18:37 +. +Pilate said to Him, What is Truth? On saying this he went out to the Jews again and told them, I find no fault in Him. -- john 18:38 +. +But it is your custom that I release one [prisoner] for you at the Passover. So shall I release for you the King of the Jews? -- john 18:39 +. +Then they all shouted back again, Not Him [not this Man], but Barabbas! Now Barabbas was a robber. -- john 18:40 +. +SO THEN Pilate took Jesus and scourged (flogged, whipped) Him. -- john 19:1 +. +And the soldiers, having twisted together a crown of thorns, put it on His head, and threw a purple cloak around Him. -- john 19:2 +. +And they kept coming to Him and saying, Hail, King of the Jews! [Good health to you! Peace to you! Long life to you, King of the Jews!] And they struck Him with the palms of their hands. -- john 19:3 +. +Then Pilate went out again and said to them, See, I bring Him out to you, so that you may know that I find no fault (crime, cause for accusation) in Him. -- john 19:4 +. +So Jesus came out wearing the thorny crown and purple cloak, and Pilate said to them, See, [here is] the Man! -- john 19:5 +. +When the chief priests and attendants (guards) saw Him, they cried out, Crucify Him! Crucify Him! Pilate said to them, Take Him yourselves and crucify Him, for I find no fault (crime) in Him. -- john 19:6 +. +The Jews answered him, We have a law, and according to that law He should die, because He has claimed and made Himself out to be the Son of God. -- john 19:7 +. +So, when Pilate heard this said, he was more alarmed and awestricken and afraid than before. -- john 19:8 +. +He went into the judgment hall again and said to Jesus, Where are You from? [To what world do You belong?] But Jesus did not answer him. -- john 19:9 +. +So Pilate said to Him, Will You not speak [even] to me? Do You not know that I have power (authority) to release You and I have power to crucify You? -- john 19:10 +. +Jesus answered, You would not have any power or authority whatsoever against (over) Me if it were not given you from above. For this reason the sin and guilt of the one who delivered Me over to you is greater. -- john 19:11 +. +Upon this, Pilate wanted (sought, was anxious) to release Him, but the Jews kept shrieking, If you release this Man, you are no friend of Caesar! Anybody who makes himself [out to be] a king sets himself up against Caesar [is a rebel against the emperor]! -- john 19:12 +. +Hearing this, Pilate brought Jesus out and sat down on the judgment seat at a place called the Pavement [the Mosaic Pavement, the Stone Platform]--in Hebrew, Gabbatha. -- john 19:13 +. +Now it was the day of Preparation for the Passover, and it was about the sixth hour (about twelve o'clock noon). He said to the Jews, See, [here is] your King! -- john 19:14 +. +But they shouted, Away with Him! Away with Him! Crucify Him! Pilate said to them, Crucify your King? The chief priests answered, We have no king but Caesar! -- john 19:15 +. +Then he delivered Him over to them to be crucified. -- john 19:16 +. +And they took Jesus and led [Him] away; so He went out, bearing His own cross, to the spot called The Place of the Skull--in Hebrew it is called Golgotha. -- john 19:17 +. +There they crucified Him, and with Him two others--one on either side and Jesus between them. -- john 19:18 +. +And Pilate also wrote a title (an inscription on a placard) and put it on the cross. And the writing was: Jesus the Nazarene, the King of the Jews. -- john 19:19 +. +And many of the Jews read this title, for the place where Jesus was crucified was near the city, and it was written in Hebrew, in Latin, [and] in Greek. -- john 19:20 +. +Then the chief priests of the Jews said to Pilate, Do not write, The King of the Jews, but, He said, I am King of the Jews. -- john 19:21 +. +Pilate replied, What I have written, I have written. -- john 19:22 +. +Then the soldiers, when they had crucified Jesus, took His garments and made four parts, one share for each soldier, and also the tunic (the long shirtlike undergarment). But the tunic was seamless, woven [in one piece] from the top throughout. -- john 19:23 +. +So they said to one another, Let us not tear it, but let us cast lots to decide whose it shall be. This was to fulfill the Scripture, They parted My garments among them, and for My clothing they cast lots. So the soldiers did these things. -- john 19:24 +. +But by the cross of Jesus stood His mother, His mother's sister, Mary the [wife] of Clopas, and Mary Magdalene. -- john 19:25 +. +So Jesus, seeing His mother there, and the disciple whom He loved standing near, said to His mother, [Dear] woman, See, [here is] your son! -- john 19:26 +. +Then He said to the disciple, See, [here is] your mother! And from that hour, the disciple took her into his own [keeping, own home]. -- john 19:27 +. +After this, Jesus, knowing that all was now finished (ended), said in fulfillment of the Scripture, I thirst. -- john 19:28 +. +A vessel (jar) full of sour wine (vinegar) was placed there, so they put a sponge soaked in the sour wine on [a stalk, reed of] hyssop, and held it to [His] mouth. -- john 19:29 +. +When Jesus had received the sour wine, He said, It is finished! And He bowed His head and gave up His spirit. -- john 19:30 +. +Since it was the day of Preparation, in order to prevent the bodies from hanging on the cross on the Sabbath--for that Sabbath was a very solemn and important one--the Jews requested Pilate to have the legs broken and the bodies taken away. -- john 19:31 +. +So the soldiers came and broke the legs of the first one, and of the other who had been crucified with Him. -- john 19:32 +. +But when they came to Jesus and they saw that He was already dead, they did not break His legs. -- john 19:33 +. +But one of the soldiers pierced His side with a spear, and immediately blood and water came (flowed) out. -- john 19:34 +. +And he who saw it (the eyewitness) gives this evidence, and his testimony is true; and he knows that he tells the truth, that you may believe also. -- john 19:35 +. +For these things took place, that the Scripture might be fulfilled (verified, carried out), Not one of His bones shall be broken; -- john 19:36 +. +And again another Scripture says, They shall look on Him Whom they have pierced. -- john 19:37 +. +And after this, Joseph of Arimathea--a disciple of Jesus, but secretly for fear of the Jews--asked Pilate to let him take away the body of Jesus. And Pilate granted him permission. So he came and took away His body. -- john 19:38 +. +And Nicodemus also, who first had come to Jesus by night, came bringing a mixture of myrrh and aloes, [weighing] about a hundred pounds. -- john 19:39 +. +So they took Jesus' body and bound it in linen cloths with the spices (aromatics), as is the Jews' customary way to prepare for burial. -- john 19:40 +. +Now there was a garden in the place where He was crucified, and in the garden a new tomb, in which no one had ever [yet] been laid. -- john 19:41 +. +So there, because of the Jewish day of Preparation [and] since the tomb was near by, they laid Jesus. -- john 19:42 +. +NOW ON the first day of the week, Mary Magdalene came to the tomb early, while it was still dark, and saw that the stone had been removed from (lifted out of the groove across the entrance of) the tomb. -- john 20:1 +. +So she ran and went to Simon Peter and the other disciple, whom Jesus [tenderly] loved, and said to them, They have taken away the Lord out of the tomb, and we do not know where they have laid Him! -- john 20:2 +. +Upon this, Peter and the other disciple came out and they went toward the tomb. -- john 20:3 +. +And they came running together, but the other disciple outran Peter and arrived at the tomb first. -- john 20:4 +. +And stooping down, he saw the linen cloths lying there, but he did not enter. -- john 20:5 +. +Then Simon Peter came up, following him, and went into the tomb and saw the linen cloths lying there; -- john 20:6 +. +But the burial napkin (kerchief) which had been around Jesus' head, was not lying with the other linen cloths, but was [still] rolled up (wrapped round and round) in a place by itself. -- john 20:7 +. +Then the other disciple, who had reached the tomb first, went in too; and he saw and was convinced and believed. -- john 20:8 +. +For as yet they did not know (understand) the statement of Scripture that He must rise again from the dead. -- john 20:9 +. +Then the disciples went back again to their homes (lodging places). -- john 20:10 +. +But Mary remained standing outside the tomb sobbing. As she wept, she stooped down [and looked] into the tomb. -- john 20:11 +. +And she saw two angels in white sitting there, one at the head and one at the feet, where the body of Jesus had lain. -- john 20:12 +. +And they said to her, Woman, why are you sobbing? She told them, Because they have taken away my Lord, and I do not know where they have laid Him. -- john 20:13 +. +On saying this, she turned around and saw Jesus standing [there], but she did not know (recognize) that it was Jesus. -- john 20:14 +. +Jesus said to her, Woman, why are you crying [so]? For Whom are you looking? Supposing that it was the gardener, she replied, Sir, if you carried Him away from here, tell me where you have put Him and I will take Him away. -- john 20:15 +. +Jesus said to her, Mary! Turning around she said to Him in Hebrew, Rabboni!--which means Teacher or Master. -- john 20:16 +. +Jesus said to her, Do not cling to Me [do not hold Me], for I have not yet ascended to the Father. But go to My brethren and tell them, I am ascending to My Father and your Father, and to My God and your God. -- john 20:17 +. +Away came Mary Magdalene, bringing the disciples news (word) that she had seen the Lord and that He had said these things to her. -- john 20:18 +. +Then on that same first day of the week, when it was evening, though the disciples were behind closed doors for fear of the Jews, Jesus came and stood among them and said, Peace to you! -- john 20:19 +. +So saying, He showed them His hands and His side. And when the disciples saw the Lord, they were filled with joy (delight, exultation, ecstasy, rapture). -- john 20:20 +. +Then Jesus said to them again, Peace to you! [Just] as the Father has sent Me forth, so I am sending you. -- john 20:21 +. +And having said this, He breathed on them and said to them, Receive the Holy Spirit! -- john 20:22 +. +[Now having received the Holy Spirit, and being led and directed by Him] if you forgive the sins of anyone, they are forgiven; if you retain the sins of anyone, they are retained. -- john 20:23 +. +But Thomas, one of the Twelve, called the Twin, was not with them when Jesus came. -- john 20:24 +. +So the other disciples kept telling him, We have seen the Lord! But he said to them, Unless I see in His hands the marks made by the nails and put my finger into the nail prints, and put my hand into His side, I will never believe [it]. -- john 20:25 +. +Eight days later His disciples were again in the house, and Thomas was with them. Jesus came, though they were behind closed doors, and stood among them and said, Peace to you! -- john 20:26 +. +Then He said to Thomas, Reach out your finger here, and see My hands; and put out your hand and place [it] in My side. Do not be faithless and incredulous, but [stop your unbelief and] believe! -- john 20:27 +. +Thomas answered Him, My Lord and my God! -- john 20:28 +. +Jesus said to him, Because you have seen Me, Thomas, do you now believe (trust, have faith)? Blessed and happy and to be envied are those who have never seen Me and yet have believed and adhered to and trusted and relied on Me. -- john 20:29 +. +There are also many other signs and miracles which Jesus performed in the presence of the disciples which are not written in this book. -- john 20:30 +. +But these are written (recorded) in order that you may believe that Jesus is the Christ (the Anointed One), the Son of God, and that through believing and cleaving to and trusting and relying upon Him you may have life through (in) His name [through Who He is]. -- john 20:31 +. +AFTER THIS, Jesus let Himself be seen and revealed [Himself] again to the disciples, at the Sea of Tiberias. And He did it in this way: -- john 21:1 +. +There were together Simon Peter, and Thomas, called the Twin, and Nathanael from Cana of Galilee, also the sons of Zebedee, and two others of His disciples. -- john 21:2 +. +Simon Peter said to them, I am going fishing! They said to him, And we are coming with you! So they went out and got into the boat, and throughout that night they caught nothing. -- john 21:3 +. +Morning was already breaking when Jesus came to the beach and stood there. However, the disciples did not know that it was Jesus. -- john 21:4 +. +So Jesus said to them, Boys (children), you do not have any meat (fish), do you? [Have you caught anything to eat along with your bread?] They answered Him, No! -- john 21:5 +. +And He said to them, Cast the net on the right side of the boat and you will find [some]. So they cast the net, and now they were not able to haul it in for such a big catch (mass, quantity) of fish [was in it]. -- john 21:6 +. +Then the disciple whom Jesus loved said to Peter, It is the Lord! Simon Peter, hearing him say that it was the Lord, put (girded) on his upper garment (his fisherman's coat, his outer tunic)--for he was stripped [for work]--and sprang into the sea. -- john 21:7 +. +And the other disciples came in the small boat, for they were not far from shore, only some hundred yards away, dragging the net full of fish. -- john 21:8 +. +When they got out on land (the beach), they saw a fire of coals there and fish lying on it [cooking], and bread. -- john 21:9 +. +Jesus said to them, Bring some of the fish which you have just caught. -- john 21:10 +. +So Simon Peter went aboard and hauled the net to land, full of large fish, of them; and [though] there were so many of them, the net was not torn. -- john 21:11 +. +Jesus said to them, Come [and] have breakfast. But none of the disciples ventured or dared to ask Him, Who are You? because they [well] knew that it was the Lord. -- john 21:12 +. +Jesus came and took the bread and gave it to them, and so also [with] the fish. -- john 21:13 +. +This was now the third time that Jesus revealed Himself (appeared, was manifest) to the disciples after He had risen from the dead. -- john 21:14 +. +When they had eaten, Jesus said to Simon Peter, Simon, son of John, do you love Me more than these [others do--with reasoning, intentional, spiritual devotion, as one loves the Father]? He said to Him, Yes, Lord, You know that I love You [that I have deep, instinctive, personal affection for You, as for a close friend]. He said to him, Feed My lambs. -- john 21:15 +. +Again He said to him the second time, Simon, son of John, do you love Me [with reasoning, intentional, spiritual devotion, as one loves the Father]? He said to Him, Yes, Lord, You know that I love You [that I have a deep, instinctive, personal affection for You, as for a close friend]. He said to him, Shepherd (tend) My sheep. -- john 21:16 +. +He said to him the third time, Simon, son of John, do you love Me [with a deep, instinctive, personal affection for Me, as for a close friend]? Peter was grieved (was saddened and hurt) that He should ask him the third time, Do you love Me? And he said to Him, Lord, You know everything; You know that I love You [that I have a deep, instinctive, personal affection for You, as for a close friend]. Jesus said to him, Feed My sheep. -- john 21:17 +. +I assure you, most solemnly I tell you, when you were young you girded yourself [put on your own belt or girdle] and you walked about wherever you pleased to go. But when you grow old you will stretch out your hands, and someone else will put a girdle around you and carry you where you do not wish to go. -- john 21:18 +. +He said this to indicate by what kind of death Peter would glorify God. And after this, He said to him, Follow Me! -- john 21:19 +. +But Peter turned and saw the disciple whom Jesus loved, following--the one who also had leaned back on His breast at the supper and had said, Lord, who is it that is going to betray You? -- john 21:20 +. +When Peter saw him, he said to Jesus, Lord, what about this man? -- john 21:21 +. +Jesus said to him, If I want him to stay (survive, live) until I come, what is that to you? [What concern is it of yours?] You follow Me! -- john 21:22 +. +So word went out among the brethren that this disciple was not going to die; yet Jesus did not say to him that he was not going to die, but, If I want him to stay (survive, live) till I come, what is that to you? -- john 21:23 +. +It is this same disciple who is bearing witness to these things and who has recorded (written) them; and we [well] know that his testimony is true. -- john 21:24 +. +And there are also many other things which Jesus did. If they should be all recorded one by one [in detail], I suppose that even the world itself could not contain (have room for) the books that would be written. -- john 21:25 +. +IN THE former account [which I prepared], O Theophilus, I made [a continuous report] dealing with all the things which Jesus began to do and to teach -- acts 1:1 +. +Until the day when He ascended, after He through the Holy Spirit had instructed and commanded the apostles (special messengers) whom He had chosen. -- acts 1:2 +. +To them also He showed Himself alive after His passion (His suffering in the garden and on the cross) by [a series of] many convincing demonstrations [unquestionable evidences and infallible proofs], appearing to them during forty days and talking [to them] about the things of the kingdom of God. -- acts 1:3 +. +And while being in their company and eating with them, He commanded them not to leave Jerusalem but to wait for what the Father had promised, Of which [He said] you have heard Me speak. -- acts 1:4 +. +For John baptized with water, but not many days from now you shall be baptized with (placed in, introduced into) the Holy Spirit. -- acts 1:5 +. +So when they were assembled, they asked Him, Lord, is this the time when You will reestablish the kingdom and restore it to Israel? -- acts 1:6 +. +He said to them, It is not for you to become acquainted with and know what time brings [the things and events of time and their definite periods] or fixed years and seasons (their critical niche in time), which the Father has appointed (fixed and reserved) by His own choice and authority and personal power. -- acts 1:7 +. +But you shall receive power (ability, efficiency, and might) when the Holy Spirit has come upon you, and you shall be My witnesses in Jerusalem and all Judea and Samaria and to the ends (the very bounds) of the earth. -- acts 1:8 +. +And when He had said this, even as they were looking [at Him], He was caught up, and a cloud received and carried Him away out of their sight. -- acts 1:9 +. +And while they were gazing intently into heaven as He went, behold, two men [dressed] in white robes suddenly stood beside them, -- acts 1:10 +. +Who said, Men of Galilee, why do you stand gazing into heaven? This same Jesus, Who was caught away and lifted up from among you into heaven, will return in [just] the same way in which you saw Him go into heaven. -- acts 1:11 +. +Then [the disciples] went back to Jerusalem from the hill called Olivet, which is near Jerusalem, [only] a Sabbath day's journey (three-quarters of a mile) away. -- acts 1:12 +. +And when they had entered [the city], they mounted [the stairs] to the upper room where they were [indefinitely] staying--Peter and John and James and Andrew; Philip and Thomas, Bartholomew and Matthew; James son of Alphaeus and Simon the Zealot, and Judas [son] of James. -- acts 1:13 +. +All of these with their minds in full agreement devoted themselves steadfastly to prayer, [waiting together] with the women and Mary the mother of Jesus, and with His brothers. -- acts 1:14 +. +Now on one of those days Peter arose among the brethren, the whole number of whom gathered together was about a hundred and twenty. -- acts 1:15 +. +Brethren, he said, it was necessary that the Scripture be fulfilled which the Holy Spirit foretold by the lips of David, about Judas who acted as guide to those who arrested Jesus. -- acts 1:16 +. +For he was counted among us and received [by divine allotment] his portion in this ministry. -- acts 1:17 +. +Now this man obtained a piece of land with the [money paid him as a] reward for his treachery and wickedness, and falling headlong he burst open in the middle [of his body] and all his intestines poured forth. -- acts 1:18 +. +And all the residents of Jerusalem became acquainted with the facts, so that they called the piece of land in their own dialect--Akeldama, that is, Field of Blood. -- acts 1:19 +. +For in the book of Psalms it is written, Let his place of residence become deserted and gloomy, and let there be no one to live in it; and [again], Let another take his position or overseership. -- acts 1:20 +. +So one of the [other] men who have accompanied us [apostles] during all the time that the Lord Jesus went in and out among us, -- acts 1:21 +. +From the baptism of John at the outset until the day when He was taken up from among us--one of these men must join with us and become a witness to testify to His resurrection. -- acts 1:22 +. +And they accordingly proposed (nominated) two men, Joseph called Barsabbas, who was surnamed Justus, and Matthias. -- acts 1:23 +. +And they prayed and said, You, Lord, Who know all hearts (their thoughts, passions, desires, appetites, purposes, and endeavors), indicate to us which one of these two You have chosen -- acts 1:24 +. +To take the place in this ministry and receive the position of an apostle, from which Judas fell away and went astray to go [where he belonged] to his own [proper] place. -- acts 1:25 +. +And they drew lots [between the two], and the lot fell on Matthias; and he was added to and counted with the eleven apostles (special messengers). -- acts 1:26 +. +AND WHEN the day of Pentecost had fully come, they were all assembled together in one place, -- acts 2:1 +. +When suddenly there came a sound from heaven like the rushing of a violent tempest blast, and it filled the whole house in which they were sitting. -- acts 2:2 +. +And there appeared to them tongues resembling fire, which were separated and distributed and which settled on each one of them. -- acts 2:3 +. +And they were all filled (diffused throughout their souls) with the Holy Spirit and began to speak in other (different, foreign) languages (tongues), as the Spirit kept giving them clear and loud expression [in each tongue in appropriate words]. -- acts 2:4 +. +Now there were then residing in Jerusalem Jews, devout and God-fearing men from every country under heaven. -- acts 2:5 +. +And when this sound was heard, the multitude came together and they were astonished and bewildered, because each one heard them [the apostles] speaking in his own [particular] dialect. -- acts 2:6 +. +And they were beside themselves with amazement, saying, Are not all these who are talking Galileans? -- acts 2:7 +. +Then how is it that we hear, each of us, in our own (particular) dialect to which we were born? -- acts 2:8 +. +Parthians and Medes and Elamites and inhabitants of Mesopotamia, Judea and Cappadocia, Pontus and [the province of] Asia, -- acts 2:9 +. +Phrygia and Pamphylia, Egypt and the parts of Libya about Cyrene, and the transient residents from Rome, both Jews and the proselytes [to Judaism from other religions], -- acts 2:10 +. +Cretans and Arabians too--we all hear them speaking in our own native tongues [and telling of] the mighty works of God! -- acts 2:11 +. +And all were beside themselves with amazement and were puzzled and bewildered, saying one to another, What can this mean? -- acts 2:12 +. +But others made a joke of it and derisively said, They are simply drunk and full of sweet [intoxicating] wine. -- acts 2:13 +. +But Peter, standing with the eleven, raised his voice and addressed them: You Jews and all you residents of Jerusalem, let this be [explained] to you so that you will know and understand; listen closely to what I have to say. -- acts 2:14 +. +For these men are not drunk, as you imagine, for it is [only] the third hour (about 9:a.m.) of the day; -- acts 2:15 +. +But [instead] this is [the beginning of] what was spoken through the prophet Joel: -- acts 2:16 +. +And it shall come to pass in the last days, God declares, that I will pour out of My Spirit upon all mankind, and your sons and your daughters shall prophesy [telling forth the divine counsels] and your young men shall see visions (divinely granted appearances), and your old men shall dream [divinely suggested] dreams. -- acts 2:17 +. +Yes, and on My menservants also and on My maidservants in those days I will pour out of My Spirit, and they shall prophesy [telling forth the divine counsels and predicting future events pertaining especially to God's kingdom]. -- acts 2:18 +. +And I will show wonders in the sky above and signs on the earth beneath, blood and fire and smoking vapor; -- acts 2:19 +. +The sun shall be turned into darkness and the moon into blood before the obvious day of the Lord comes--that great and notable and conspicuous and renowned [day]. -- acts 2:20 +. +And it shall be that whoever shall call upon the name of the Lord [invoking, adoring, and worshiping the Lord--Christ] shall be saved. -- acts 2:21 +. +You men of Israel, listen to what I have to say: Jesus of Nazareth, a Man accredited and pointed out and shown forth and commended and attested to you by God by the mighty works and [the power of performing] wonders and signs which God worked through Him [right] in your midst, as you yourselves know-- -- acts 2:22 +. +This Jesus, when delivered up according to the definite and fixed purpose and settled plan and foreknowledge of God, you crucified and put out of the way [killing Him] by the hands of lawless and wicked men. -- acts 2:23 +. +[But] God raised Him up, liberating Him from the pangs of death, seeing that it was not possible for Him to continue to be controlled or retained by it. -- acts 2:24 +. +For David says in regard to Him, I saw the Lord constantly before me, for He is at my right hand that I may not be shaken or overthrown or cast down [from my secure and happy state]. -- acts 2:25 +. +Therefore my heart rejoiced and my tongue exulted exceedingly; moreover, my flesh also will dwell in hope [will encamp, pitch its tent, and dwell in hope in anticipation of the resurrection]. -- acts 2:26 +. +For You will not abandon my soul, leaving it helpless in Hades (the state of departed spirits), nor let Your Holy One know decay or see destruction [of the body after death]. -- acts 2:27 +. +You have made known to me the ways of life; You will enrapture me [diffusing my soul with joy] with and in Your presence. -- acts 2:28 +. +Brethren, it is permitted me to tell you confidently and with freedom concerning the patriarch David that he both died and was buried, and his tomb is with us to this day. -- acts 2:29 +. +Being however a prophet, and knowing that God had sealed to him with an oath that He would set one of his descendants on his throne, [II Sam. 7:12-16; Ps. 132:11.] -- acts 2:30 +. +He, foreseeing this, spoke [by foreknowledge] of the resurrection of the Christ (the Messiah) that He was not deserted [in death] and left in Hades (the state of departed spirits), nor did His body know decay or see destruction. -- acts 2:31 +. +This Jesus God raised up, and of that all we [His disciples] are witnesses. -- acts 2:32 +. +Being therefore lifted high by and to the right hand of God, and having received from the Father the promised [blessing which is the] Holy Spirit, He has made this outpouring which you yourselves both see and hear. -- acts 2:33 +. +For David did not ascend into the heavens; yet he himself says, The Lord said to my Lord, Sit at My right hand and share My throne -- acts 2:34 +. +Until I make Your enemies a footstool for Your feet. -- acts 2:35 +. +Therefore let the whole house of Israel recognize beyond all doubt and acknowledge assuredly that God has made Him both Lord and Christ (the Messiah)--this Jesus Whom you crucified. -- acts 2:36 +. +Now when they heard this they were stung (cut) to the heart, and they said to Peter and the rest of the apostles (special messengers), Brethren, what shall we do? -- acts 2:37 +. +And Peter answered them, Repent (change your views and purpose to accept the will of God in your inner selves instead of rejecting it) and be baptized, every one of you, in the name of Jesus Christ for the forgiveness of and release from your sins; and you shall receive the gift of the Holy Spirit. -- acts 2:38 +. +For the promise [of the Holy Spirit] is to and for you and your children, and to and for all that are far away, [even] to and for as many as the Lord our God invites and bids to come to Himself. -- acts 2:39 +. +And [Peter] solemnly and earnestly witnessed (testified) and admonished (exhorted) with much more continuous speaking and warned (reproved, advised, encouraged) them, saying, Be saved from this crooked (perverse, wicked, unjust) generation. -- acts 2:40 +. +Therefore those who accepted and welcomed his message were baptized, and there were added that day about 3,souls. -- acts 2:41 +. +And they steadfastly persevered, devoting themselves constantly to the instruction and fellowship of the apostles, to the breaking of bread [including the Lord's Supper] and prayers. -- acts 2:42 +. +And a sense of awe (reverential fear) came upon every soul, and many wonders and signs were performed through the apostles (the special messengers). -- acts 2:43 +. +And all who believed (who adhered to and trusted in and relied on Jesus Christ) were united and [together] they had everything in common; -- acts 2:44 +. +And they sold their possessions (both their landed property and their movable goods) and distributed the price among all, according as any had need. -- acts 2:45 +. +And day after day they regularly assembled in the temple with united purpose, and in their homes they broke bread [including the Lord's Supper]. They partook of their food with gladness and simplicity and generous hearts, -- acts 2:46 +. +Constantly praising God and being in favor and goodwill with all the people; and the Lord kept adding [to their number] daily those who were being saved [from spiritual death]. -- acts 2:47 +. +NOW PETER and John were going up to the temple at the hour of prayer, the ninth hour (three o'clock in the afternoon), -- acts 3:1 +. +[When] a certain man crippled from his birth was being carried along, who was laid each day at that gate of the temple [which is] called Beautiful, so that he might beg for charitable gifts from those who entered the temple. -- acts 3:2 +. +So when he saw Peter and John about to go into the temple, he asked them to give him a gift. -- acts 3:3 +. +And Peter directed his gaze intently at him, and so did John, and said, Look at us! -- acts 3:4 +. +And [the man] paid attention to them, expecting that he was going to get something from them. -- acts 3:5 +. +But Peter said, Silver and gold (money) I do not have; but what I do have, that I give to you: in [the use of] the name of Jesus Christ of Nazareth, walk! -- acts 3:6 +. +Then he took hold of the man's right hand with a firm grip and raised him up. And at once his feet and ankle bones became strong and steady, -- acts 3:7 +. +And leaping forth he stood and began to walk, and he went into the temple with them, walking and leaping and praising God. -- acts 3:8 +. +And all the people saw him walking about and praising God, -- acts 3:9 +. +And they recognized him as the man who usually sat [begging] for alms at the Beautiful Gate of the temple; and they were filled with wonder and amazement (bewilderment, consternation) over what had occurred to him. -- acts 3:10 +. +Now while he [still] firmly clung to Peter and John, all the people in utmost amazement ran together and crowded around them in the covered porch (walk) called Solomon's. -- acts 3:11 +. +And Peter, seeing it, answered the people, You men of Israel, why are you so surprised and wondering at this? Why do you keep staring at us, as though by our [own individual] power or [active] piety we had made this man [able] to walk? -- acts 3:12 +. +The God of Abraham and of Isaac and of Jacob, the God of our forefathers, has glorified His Servant and Son Jesus [doing Him this honor], Whom you indeed delivered up and denied and rejected and disowned in the presence of Pilate, when he had determined to let Him go. -- acts 3:13 +. +But you denied and rejected and disowned the Pure and Holy, the Just and Blameless One, and demanded [the pardon of] a murderer to be granted to you. -- acts 3:14 +. +But you killed the very Source (the Author) of life, Whom God raised from the dead. To this we are witnesses. -- acts 3:15 +. +And His name, through and by faith in His name, has made this man whom you see and recognize well and strong. [Yes] the faith which is through and by Him [Jesus] has given the man this perfect soundness [of body] before all of you. -- acts 3:16 +. +And now, brethren, I know that you acted in ignorance [not aware of what you were doing], as did your rulers also. -- acts 3:17 +. +Thus has God fulfilled what He foretold by the mouth of all the prophets, that His Christ (the Messiah) should undergo ill treatment and be afflicted and suffer. -- acts 3:18 +. +So repent (change your mind and purpose); turn around and return [to God], that your sins may be erased (blotted out, wiped clean), that times of refreshing (of recovering from the effects of heat, of reviving with fresh air) may come from the presence of the Lord; -- acts 3:19 +. +And that He may send [to you] the Christ (the Messiah), Who before was designated and appointed for you--even Jesus, -- acts 3:20 +. +Whom heaven must receive [and retain] until the time for the complete restoration of all that God spoke by the mouth of all His holy prophets for ages past [from the most ancient time in the memory of man]. -- acts 3:21 +. +Thus Moses said to the forefathers, The Lord God will raise up for you a Prophet from among your brethren as [He raised up] me; Him you shall listen to and understand by hearing and heed in all things whatever He tells you. -- acts 3:22 +. +And it shall be that every soul that does not listen to and understand by hearing and heed that Prophet shall be utterly exterminated from among the people. -- acts 3:23 +. +Indeed, all the prophets from Samuel and those who came afterwards, as many as have spoken, also promised and foretold and proclaimed these days. -- acts 3:24 +. +You are the descendants (sons) of the prophets and the heirs of the covenant which God made and gave to your forefathers, saying to Abraham, And in your Seed (Heir) shall all the families of the earth be blessed and benefited. -- acts 3:25 +. +It was to you first that God sent His Servant and Son Jesus, when He raised Him up [provided and gave Him for us], to bless you in turning every one of you from your wickedness and evil ways. -- acts 3:26 +. +AND WHILE they [Peter and John] were talking to the people, the high priests and the military commander of the temple and the Sadducees came upon them, -- acts 4:1 +. +Being vexed and indignant through and through because they were teaching the people and proclaiming in [the case of] Jesus the resurrection from the dead. -- acts 4:2 +. +So they laid hands on them (arrested them) and put them in prison until the following day, for it was already evening. -- acts 4:3 +. +But many of those who heard the message believed (adhered to and trusted in and relied on Jesus as the Christ). And their number grew and came to about 5,000. -- acts 4:4 +. +Then on the following day, their magistrates and elders and scribes were assembled in Jerusalem, -- acts 4:5 +. +Including Annas the high priest and Caiaphas and John and Alexander and all others who belonged to the high priestly relationship. -- acts 4:6 +. +And they set the men in their midst and repeatedly demanded, By what sort of power or by what kind of authority did [such people as] you do this [healing]? -- acts 4:7 +. +Then Peter, [because he was] filled with [and controlled by] the Holy Spirit, said to them, Rulers of the people and members of the council (the Sanhedrin), -- acts 4:8 +. +If we are being put on trial [here] today and examined concerning a good deed done to benefit a feeble (helpless) cripple, by what means this man has been restored to health, -- acts 4:9 +. +Let it be known and understood by all of you, and by the whole house of Israel, that in the name and through the power and authority of Jesus Christ of Nazareth, Whom you crucified, [but] Whom God raised from the dead, in Him and by means of Him this man is standing here before you well and sound in body. -- acts 4:10 +. +This [Jesus] is the Stone which was despised and rejected by you, the builders, but which has become the Head of the corner [the Cornerstone]. -- acts 4:11 +. +And there is salvation in and through no one else, for there is no other name under heaven given among men by and in which we must be saved. -- acts 4:12 +. +Now when they saw the boldness and unfettered eloquence of Peter and John and perceived that they were unlearned and untrained in the schools [common men with no educational advantages], they marveled; and they recognized that they had been with Jesus. -- acts 4:13 +. +And since they saw the man who had been cured standing there beside them, they could not contradict the fact or say anything in opposition. -- acts 4:14 +. +But having ordered [the prisoners] to go aside out of the council [chamber], they conferred (debated) among themselves, -- acts 4:15 +. +Saying, What are we to do with these men? For that an extraordinary miracle has been performed by (through) them is plain to all the residents of Jerusalem, and we cannot deny it. -- acts 4:16 +. +But in order that it may not spread further among the people and the nation, let us warn and forbid them with a stern threat to speak any more to anyone in this name [or about this Person]. -- acts 4:17 +. +[So] they summoned them and imperatively instructed them not to converse in any way or teach at all in or about the name of Jesus. -- acts 4:18 +. +But Peter and John replied to them, Whether it is right in the sight of God to listen to you and obey you rather than God, you must decide (judge). -- acts 4:19 +. +But we [ourselves] cannot help telling what we have seen and heard. -- acts 4:20 +. +Then when [the rulers and council members] had further threatened them, they let them go, not seeing how they could secure a conviction against them because of the people; for everybody was praising and glorifying God for what had occurred. -- acts 4:21 +. +For the man on whom this sign (miracle) of healing was performed was more than forty years old. -- acts 4:22 +. +After they were permitted to go, [the apostles] returned to their own [company] and told all that the chief priests and elders had said to them. -- acts 4:23 +. +And when they heard it, lifted their voices together with one united mind to God and said, O Sovereign Lord, You are He Who made the heaven and the earth and the sea and everything that is in them, -- acts 4:24 +. +Who by the mouth of our forefather David, Your servant and child, said through the Holy Spirit, Why did the heathen (Gentiles) become wanton and insolent and rage, and the people imagine and study and plan vain (fruitless) things [that will not succeed]? -- acts 4:25 +. +The kings of the earth took their stand in array [for attack] and the rulers were assembled and combined together against the Lord and against His Anointed (Christ, the Messiah). -- acts 4:26 +. +For in this city there actually met and plotted together against Your holy Child and Servant Jesus, Whom You consecrated by anointing, both Herod and Pontius Pilate with the Gentiles and peoples of Israel, -- acts 4:27 +. +To carry out all that Your hand and Your will and purpose had predestined (predetermined) should occur. -- acts 4:28 +. +And now, Lord, observe their threats and grant to Your bond servants [full freedom] to declare Your message fearlessly, -- acts 4:29 +. +While You stretch out Your hand to cure and to perform signs and wonders through the authority and by the power of the name of Your holy Child and Servant Jesus. -- acts 4:30 +. +And when they had prayed, the place in which they were assembled was shaken; and they were all filled with the Holy Spirit, and they continued to speak the Word of God with freedom and boldness and courage. -- acts 4:31 +. +Now the company of believers was of one heart and soul, and not one of them claimed that anything which he possessed was [exclusively] his own, but everything they had was in common and for the use of all. -- acts 4:32 +. +And with great strength and ability and power the apostles delivered their testimony to the resurrection of the Lord Jesus, and great grace (loving-kindness and favor and goodwill) rested richly upon them all. -- acts 4:33 +. +Nor was there a destitute or needy person among them, for as many as were owners of lands or houses proceeded to sell them, and one by one they brought (gave back) the amount received from the sales -- acts 4:34 +. +And laid it at the feet of the apostles (special messengers). Then distribution was made according as anyone had need. -- acts 4:35 +. +Now Joseph, a Levite and native of Cyprus who was surnamed Barnabas by the apostles, which interpreted means Son of Encouragement, -- acts 4:36 +. +Sold a field which belonged to him and brought the sum of money and laid it at the feet of the apostles. -- acts 4:37 +. +BUT A certain man named Ananias with his wife Sapphira sold a piece of property, -- acts 5:1 +. +And with his wife's knowledge and connivance he kept back and wrongfully appropriated some of the proceeds, bringing only a part and putting it at the feet of the apostles. -- acts 5:2 +. +But Peter said, Ananias, why has Satan filled your heart that you should lie to and attempt to deceive the Holy Spirit, and should [in violation of your promise] withdraw secretly and appropriate to your own use part of the price from the sale of the land? -- acts 5:3 +. +As long as it remained unsold, was it not still your own? And [even] after it was sold, was not [the money] at your disposal and under your control? Why then, is it that you have proposed and purposed in your heart to do this thing? [How could you have the heart to do such a deed?] You have not [simply] lied to men [playing false and showing yourself utterly deceitful] but to God. -- acts 5:4 +. +Upon hearing these words, Ananias fell down and died. And great dread and terror took possession of all who heard of it. -- acts 5:5 +. +And the young men arose and wrapped up [the body] and carried it out and buried it. -- acts 5:6 +. +Now after an interval of about three hours his wife came in, not having learned of what had happened. -- acts 5:7 +. +And Peter said to her, Tell me, did you sell the land for so much? Yes, she said, for so much. -- acts 5:8 +. +Then Peter said to her, How could you two have agreed and conspired together to try to deceive the Spirit of the Lord? Listen! The feet of those who have buried your husband are at the door, and they will carry you out [also]. -- acts 5:9 +. +And instantly she fell down at his feet and died; and the young men entering found her dead, and they carried her out and buried her beside her husband. -- acts 5:10 +. +And the whole church and all others who heard of these things were appalled [great awe and strange terror and dread seized them]. -- acts 5:11 +. +Now by the hands of the apostles (special messengers) numerous and startling signs and wonders were being performed among the people. And by common consent they all met together [at the temple] in the covered porch (walk) called Solomon's. -- acts 5:12 +. +And none of those who were not of their number dared to join and associate with them, but the people held them in high regard and praised and made much of them. -- acts 5:13 +. +More and more there were being added to the Lord those who believed [those who acknowledged Jesus as their Savior and devoted themselves to Him joined and gathered with them], crowds both of men and of women, -- acts 5:14 +. +So that they [even] kept carrying out the sick into the streets and placing them on couches and sleeping pads, [in the hope] that as Peter passed by, at least his shadow might fall on some of them. -- acts 5:15 +. +And the people gathered also from the towns and hamlets around Jerusalem, bringing the sick and those troubled with foul spirits, and they were all cured. -- acts 5:16 +. +But the high priest rose up and all who were his supporters, that is, the party of the Sadducees, and being filled with jealousy and indignation and rage, -- acts 5:17 +. +They seized and arrested the apostles (special messengers) and put them in the public jail. -- acts 5:18 +. +But during the night an angel of the Lord opened the prison doors and, leading them out, said, -- acts 5:19 +. +Go, take your stand in the temple courts and declare to the people the whole doctrine concerning this Life (the eternal life which Christ revealed). -- acts 5:20 +. +And when they heard this, they accordingly went into the temple about daybreak and began to teach. Now the high priest and his supporters who were with him arrived and called together the council (Sanhedrin), even all the senate of the sons of Israel, and they sent to the prison to have [the apostles] brought. -- acts 5:21 +. +But when the attendants arrived there, they failed to find them in the jail; so they came back and reported, -- acts 5:22 +. +We found the prison quite safely locked up and the guards were on duty outside the doors, but when we opened [it], we found no one on the inside. -- acts 5:23 +. +Now when the military leader of the temple area and the chief priests heard these facts, they were much perplexed and thoroughly at a loss about them, wondering into what this might grow. -- acts 5:24 +. +But some man came and reported to them, saying, Listen! The men whom you put in jail are standing [right here] in the temple and teaching the people! -- acts 5:25 +. +Then the military leader went with the attendants and brought [the prisoners], but without violence, for they dreaded the people lest they be stoned by them. -- acts 5:26 +. +So they brought them and set them before the council (Sanhedrin). And the high priest examined them by questioning, -- acts 5:27 +. +Saying, We definitely commanded and strictly charged you not to teach in or about this Name; yet here you have flooded Jerusalem with your doctrine and you intend to bring this Man's blood upon us. -- acts 5:28 +. +Then Peter and the apostles replied, We must obey God rather than men. -- acts 5:29 +. +The God of our forefathers raised up Jesus, Whom you killed by hanging Him on a tree (cross). -- acts 5:30 +. +God exalted Him to His right hand to be Prince and Leader and Savior and Deliverer and Preserver, in order to grant repentance to Israel and to bestow forgiveness and release from sins. -- acts 5:31 +. +And we are witnesses of these things, and the Holy Spirit is also, Whom God has bestowed on those who obey Him. -- acts 5:32 +. +Now when they heard this, they were cut to the heart and infuriated and wanted to kill the disciples. -- acts 5:33 +. +But a certain Pharisee in the council (Sanhedrin) named Gamaliel, a teacher of the Law, highly esteemed by all the people, standing up, ordered that the apostles be taken outside for a little while. -- acts 5:34 +. +Then he addressed them [the council, saying]: Men of Israel, take care in regard to what you propose to do concerning these men. -- acts 5:35 +. +For before our time there arose Theudas, asserting himself to be a person of importance, with whom a number of men allied themselves, about 400; but he was killed and all who had listened to and adhered to him were scattered and brought to nothing. -- acts 5:36 +. +And after this one rose up Judas the Galilean, [who led an uprising] during the time of the census, and drew away a popular following after him; he also perished and all his adherents were scattered. -- acts 5:37 +. +Now in the present case let me say to you, stand off (withdraw) from these men and let them alone. For if this doctrine or purpose or undertaking or movement is of human origin, it will fail (be overthrown and come to nothing); -- acts 5:38 +. +But if it is of God, you will not be able to stop or overthrow or destroy them; you might even be found fighting against God! -- acts 5:39 +. +So, convinced by him, they took his advice; and summoning the apostles, they flogged them and sternly forbade them to speak in or about the name of Jesus, and allowed them to go. -- acts 5:40 +. +So they went out from the presence of the council (Sanhedrin), rejoicing that they were being counted worthy [dignified by the indignity] to suffer shame and be exposed to disgrace for [the sake of] His name. -- acts 5:41 +. +Yet [in spite of the threats] they never ceased for a single day, both in the temple area and at home, to teach and to proclaim the good news (Gospel) of Jesus [as] the Christ (the Messiah). -- acts 5:42 +. +NOW ABOUT this time, when the number of the disciples was greatly increasing, complaint was made by the Hellenists (the Greek-speaking Jews) against the [native] Hebrews because their widows were being overlooked and neglected in the daily ministration (distribution of relief). -- acts 6:1 +. +So the Twelve [apostles] convened the multitude of the disciples and said, It is not seemly or desirable or right that we should have to give up or neglect [preaching] the Word of God in order to attend to serving at tables and superintending the distribution of food. -- acts 6:2 +. +Therefore select out from among yourselves, brethren, seven men of good and attested character and repute, full of the [Holy] Spirit and wisdom, whom we may assign to look after this business and duty. -- acts 6:3 +. +But we will continue to devote ourselves steadfastly to prayer and the ministry of the Word. -- acts 6:4 +. +And the suggestion pleased the whole assembly, and they selected Stephen, a man full of faith (a strong and welcome belief that Jesus is the Messiah) and full of and controlled by the Holy Spirit, and Philip, and Prochorus, and Nicanor, and Timon, and Parmenas, and Nicolaus, a proselyte (convert) from Antioch. -- acts 6:5 +. +These they presented to the apostles, who after prayer laid their hands on them. -- acts 6:6 +. +And the message of God kept on spreading, and the number of disciples multiplied greatly in Jerusalem; and [besides] a large number of the priests were obedient to the faith [in Jesus as the Messiah, through Whom is obtained eternal salvation in the kingdom of God]. -- acts 6:7 +. +Now Stephen, full of grace (divine blessing and favor) and power (strength and ability) worked great wonders and signs (miracles) among the people. -- acts 6:8 +. +However, some of those who belonged to the synagogue of the Freedmen (freed Jewish slaves), as it was called, and [of the synagogues] of the Cyrenians and of the Alexandrians and of those from Cilicia and [the province of] Asia, arose [and undertook] to debate and dispute with Stephen. -- acts 6:9 +. +But they were not able to resist the intelligence and the wisdom and [the inspiration of] the Spirit with which and by Whom he spoke. -- acts 6:10 +. +So they [secretly] instigated and instructed men to say, We have heard this man speak, using slanderous and abusive and blasphemous language against Moses and God. -- acts 6:11 +. +[Thus] they incited the people as well as the elders and the scribes, and they came upon Stephen and arrested him and took him before the council (Sanhedrin). -- acts 6:12 +. +And they brought forward false witnesses who asserted, This man never stops making statements against this sacred place and the Law [of Moses]; -- acts 6:13 +. +For we have heard him say that this Jesus the Nazarene will tear down and destroy this place, and will alter the institutions and usages which Moses transmitted to us. -- acts 6:14 +. +Then all who sat in the council (Sanhedrin), as they gazed intently at Stephen, saw that his face had the appearance of the face of an angel. -- acts 6:15 +. +AND THE high priest asked [Stephen], Are these charges true? -- acts 7:1 +. +And he answered, Brethren and fathers, listen to me! The God of glory appeared to our forefather Abraham when he was still in Mesopotamia, before he [went to] live in Haran, -- acts 7:2 +. +And He said to him, Leave your own country and your relatives and come into the land (region) that I will point out to you. -- acts 7:3 +. +So then he went forth from the land of the Chaldeans and settled in Haran. And from there, after his father died, [God] transferred him to this country in which you are now dwelling. -- acts 7:4 +. +Yet He gave him no inheritable property in it, [no] not even enough ground to set his foot on; but He promised that He would give it to Him for a permanent possession and to his descendants after him, even though [as yet] he had no child. -- acts 7:5 +. +And this is [in effect] what God told him: That his descendants would be aliens (strangers) in a land belonging to other people, who would bring them into bondage and ill-treat them years. -- acts 7:6 +. +But I will judge the nation to whom they will be slaves, said God, and after that they will escape and come forth and worship Me in this [very] place. -- acts 7:7 +. +And [God] made with Abraham a covenant (an agreement to be religiously observed) of which circumcision was the seal. And under these circumstances [Abraham] became the father of Isaac and circumcised him on the eighth day; and Isaac [did so] when he became the father of Jacob, and Jacob [when each of his sons was born], the twelve patriarchs. -- acts 7:8 +. +And the patriarchs [Jacob's sons], boiling with envy and hatred and anger, sold Joseph into slavery in Egypt; but God was with him, -- acts 7:9 +. +And delivered him from all his distressing afflictions and won him goodwill and favor and wisdom and understanding in the sight of Pharaoh, king of Egypt, who made him governor over Egypt and all his house. -- acts 7:10 +. +Then there came a famine over all of Egypt and Canaan, with great distress, and our forefathers could find no fodder [for the cattle] or vegetable sustenance [for their households]. -- acts 7:11 +. +But when Jacob heard that there was grain in Egypt, he sent forth our forefathers [to go there on their] first trip. -- acts 7:12 +. +And on their second visit Joseph revealed himself to his brothers, and the family of Joseph became known to Pharaoh and his origin and race. -- acts 7:13 +. +And Joseph sent an invitation calling to himself Jacob his father and all his kindred, seventy-five persons in all. -- acts 7:14 +. +And Jacob went down into Egypt, where he himself died, as did [also] our forefathers; -- acts 7:15 +. +And their bodies [Jacob's and Joseph's] were taken back to Shechem and laid in the tomb which Abraham had purchased for a sum of [silver] money from the sons of Hamor in Shechem. -- acts 7:16 +. +But as the time for the fulfillment of the promise drew near which God had made to Abraham, the [Hebrew] people increased and multiplied in Egypt, -- acts 7:17 +. +Until [the time when] there arose over Egypt another and a different king who did not know Joseph [neither knowing his history and services nor recognizing his merits]. -- acts 7:18 +. +He dealt treacherously with and defrauded our race; he abused and oppressed our forefathers, forcing them to expose their babies so that they might not be kept alive. -- acts 7:19 +. +At this juncture Moses was born, and was exceedingly beautiful in God's sight. For three months he was nurtured in his father's house; -- acts 7:20 +. +Then when he was exposed [to perish], the daughter of Pharaoh rescued him and took him and reared him as her own son. -- acts 7:21 +. +So Moses was educated in all the wisdom and culture of the Egyptians, and he was mighty (powerful) in his speech and deeds. -- acts 7:22 +. +And when he was in his fortieth year, it came into his heart to visit his kinsmen the children of Israel [to help them and to care for them]. -- acts 7:23 +. +And on seeing one of them being unjustly treated, he defended the oppressed man and avenged him by striking down the Egyptian and slaying [him]. -- acts 7:24 +. +He expected his brethren to understand that God was granting them deliverance by his hand [taking it for granted that they would accept him]; but they did not understand. -- acts 7:25 +. +Then on the next day he suddenly appeared to some who were quarreling and fighting among themselves, and he urged them to make peace and become reconciled, saying, Men, you are brethren; why do you abuse and wrong one another? -- acts 7:26 +. +Whereupon the man who was abusing his neighbor pushed [Moses] aside, saying, Who appointed you a ruler (umpire) and a judge over us? -- acts 7:27 +. +Do you intend to slay me as you slew the Egyptian yesterday? -- acts 7:28 +. +At that reply Moses sought safety by flight and he was an exile and an alien in the country of Midian, where he became the father of two sons. -- acts 7:29 +. +And when forty years had gone by, there appeared to him in the wilderness (desert) of Mount Sinai an angel, in the flame of a burning bramblebush. -- acts 7:30 +. +When Moses saw it, he was astonished and marveled at the sight; but when he went close to investigate, there came to him the voice of the Lord, saying, -- acts 7:31 +. +I am the God of your forefathers, the God of Abraham and of Isaac and of Jacob. And Moses trembled and was so terrified that he did not venture to look. -- acts 7:32 +. +Then the Lord said to him, Remove the sandals from your feet, for the place where you are standing is holy ground and worthy of veneration. -- acts 7:33 +. +Because I have most assuredly seen the abuse and oppression of My people in Egypt and have heard their sighing and groaning, I have come down to rescue them. So, now come! I will send you back to Egypt [as My messenger]. -- acts 7:34 +. +It was this very Moses whom they had denied (disowned and rejected), saying, Who made you our ruler (referee) and judge? whom God sent to be a ruler and deliverer and redeemer, by and with the [protecting and helping] hand of the Angel that appeared to him in the bramblebush. -- acts 7:35 +. +He it was who led them forth, having worked wonders and signs in Egypt and at the Red Sea and during the forty years in the wilderness (desert). -- acts 7:36 +. +It was this [very] Moses who said to the children of Israel, God will raise up for you a Prophet from among your brethren as He raised me up. -- acts 7:37 +. +This is he who in the assembly in the wilderness (desert) was the go-between for the Angel who spoke to him on Mount Sinai and our forefathers, and he received living oracles (words that still live) to be handed down to us. -- acts 7:38 +. +[And yet] our forefathers determined not to be subject to him [refusing to listen to or obey him]; but thrusting him aside they rejected him, and in their hearts yearned for and turned back to Egypt. -- acts 7:39 +. +And they said to Aaron, Make us gods who shall [be our leaders and] go before us; as for this Moses who led us forth from the land of Egypt--we have no knowledge of what has happened to him. -- acts 7:40 +. +And they [even] made a calf in those days, and offered sacrifice to the idol and made merry and exulted in the work of their [own] hands. -- acts 7:41 +. +But God turned [away from them] and delivered them up to worship and serve the host (stars) of heaven, as it is written in the book of the prophets: Did you [really] offer to Me slain beasts and sacrifices for forty years in the wilderness (desert), O house of Israel? -- acts 7:42 +. +[No!] You took up the tent (the portable temple) of Moloch and carried it [with you], and the star of the god Rephan, the images which you [yourselves] made that you might worship them; and I will remove you [carrying you away into exile] beyond Babylon. -- acts 7:43 +. +Our forefathers had the tent (tabernacle) of witness in the wilderness, even as He Who directed Moses to make it had ordered, according to the pattern and model he had seen. -- acts 7:44 +. +Our forefathers in turn brought it [this tent of witness] in [with them into the land] with Joshua when they dispossessed the nations which God drove out before the face of our forefathers. [So it remained here] until the time of David, -- acts 7:45 +. +Who found grace (favor and spiritual blessing) in the sight of God and prayed that he might be allowed to find a dwelling place for the God of Jacob. [II Sam. 7:8-16; Ps. 132:1-5.] -- acts 7:46 +. +But it was Solomon who built a house for Him. [I Kings 6.] -- acts 7:47 +. +However, the Most High does not dwell in houses and temples made with hands; as the prophet says, -- acts 7:48 +. +Heaven [is] My throne, and earth the footstool for My feet. What [kind of] house can you build for Me, says the Lord, or what is the place in which I can rest? -- acts 7:49 +. +Was it not My hand that made all these things? -- acts 7:50 +. +You stubborn and stiff-necked people, still heathen and uncircumcised in heart and ears, you are always actively resisting the Holy Spirit. As your forefathers [were], so you [are and so you do]! -- acts 7:51 +. +Which of the prophets did your forefathers not persecute? And they slew those who proclaimed beforehand the coming of the Righteous One, Whom you now have betrayed and murdered-- -- acts 7:52 +. +You who received the Law as it was ordained and set in order and delivered by angels, and [yet] you did not obey it! -- acts 7:53 +. +Now upon hearing these things, they [the Jews] were cut to the heart and infuriated, and they ground their teeth against [Stephen]. -- acts 7:54 +. +But he, full of the Holy Spirit and controlled by Him, gazed into heaven and saw the glory (the splendor and majesty) of God, and Jesus standing at God's right hand; -- acts 7:55 +. +And he said, Look! I see the heavens opened, and the Son of man standing at God's right hand! -- acts 7:56 +. +But they raised a great shout and put their hands over their ears and rushed together upon him. -- acts 7:57 +. +Then they dragged him out of the city and began to stone him, and the witnesses placed their garments at the feet of a young man named Saul. -- acts 7:58 +. +And while they were stoning Stephen, he prayed, Lord Jesus, receive and accept and welcome my spirit! -- acts 7:59 +. +And falling on his knees, he cried out loudly, Lord, fix not this sin upon them [lay it not to their charge]! And when he had said this, he fell asleep [in death]. -- acts 7:60 +. +AND SAUL was [not only] consenting to [Stephen's] death [he was pleased and entirely approving]. On that day a great and severe persecution broke out against the church which was in Jerusalem; and they were all scattered throughout the regions of Judea and Samaria, except the apostles (special messengers). -- acts 8:1 +. +[A party of] devout men with others helped to carry out and bury Stephen and made great lamentation over him. -- acts 8:2 +. +But Saul shamefully treated and laid waste the church continuously [with cruelty and violence]; and entering house after house, he dragged out men and women and committed them to prison. -- acts 8:3 +. +Now those who were scattered abroad went about [through the land from place to place] preaching the glad tidings, the Word [the doctrine concerning the attainment through Christ of salvation in the kingdom of God]. -- acts 8:4 +. +Philip [the deacon, not the apostle] went down to the city of Samaria and proclaimed the Christ (the Messiah) to them [the people]; -- acts 8:5 +. +And great crowds of people with one accord listened to and heeded what was said by Philip, as they heard him and watched the miracles and wonders which he kept performing [from time to time]. -- acts 8:6 +. +For foul spirits came out of many who were possessed by them, screaming and shouting with a loud voice, and many who were suffering from palsy or were crippled were restored to health. -- acts 8:7 +. +And there was great rejoicing in that city. -- acts 8:8 +. +But there was a man named Simon, who had formerly practiced magic arts in the city to the utter amazement of the Samaritan nation, claiming that he himself was an extraordinary and distinguished person. -- acts 8:9 +. +They all paid earnest attention to him, from the least to the greatest, saying, This man is that exhibition of the power of God which is called great (intense). -- acts 8:10 +. +And they were attentive and made much of him, because for a long time he had amazed and bewildered and dazzled them with his skill in magic arts. -- acts 8:11 +. +But when they believed the good news (the Gospel) about the kingdom of God and the name of Jesus Christ (the Messiah) as Philip preached it, they were baptized, both men and women. -- acts 8:12 +. +Even Simon himself believed [he adhered to, trusted in, and relied on the teaching of Philip], and after being baptized, devoted himself constantly to him. And seeing signs and miracles of great power which were being performed, he was utterly amazed. -- acts 8:13 +. +Now when the apostles (special messengers) at Jerusalem heard that [the country of] Samaria had accepted and welcomed the Word of God, they sent Peter and John to them, -- acts 8:14 +. +And they came down and prayed for them that the Samaritans might receive the Holy Spirit; -- acts 8:15 +. +For He had not yet fallen upon any of them, but they had only been baptized into the name of the Lord Jesus. -- acts 8:16 +. +Then [the apostles] laid their hands on them one by one, and they received the Holy Spirit. -- acts 8:17 +. +However, when Simon saw that the [Holy] Spirit was imparted through the laying on of the apostles' hands, he brought money and offered it to them, -- acts 8:18 +. +Saying, Grant me also this power and authority, in order that anyone on whom I place my hands may receive the Holy Spirit. -- acts 8:19 +. +But Peter said to him, Destruction overtake your money and you, because you imagined you could obtain the [free] gift of God with money! -- acts 8:20 +. +You have neither part nor lot in this matter, for your heart is all wrong in God's sight [it is not straightforward or right or true before God]. -- acts 8:21 +. +So repent of this depravity and wickedness of yours and pray to the Lord that, if possible, this contriving thought and purpose of your heart may be removed and disregarded and forgiven you. -- acts 8:22 +. +For I see that you are in the gall of bitterness and in a bond forged by iniquity [to fetter souls]. -- acts 8:23 +. +And Simon answered, Pray for me [beseech the Lord, both of you], that nothing of what you have said may befall me! -- acts 8:24 +. +Now when [the apostles] had borne their testimony and preached the message of the Lord, they went back to Jerusalem, proclaiming the glad tidings (Gospel) to many villages of the Samaritans [on the way]. -- acts 8:25 +. +But an angel of the Lord said to Philip, Rise and proceed southward or at midday on the road that runs from Jerusalem down to Gaza. This is the desert [route]. -- acts 8:26 +. +So he got up and went. And behold, an Ethiopian, a eunuch of great authority under Candace the queen of the Ethiopians, who was in charge of all her treasure, had come to Jerusalem to worship. -- acts 8:27 +. +And he was [now] returning, and sitting in his chariot he was reading the book of the prophet Isaiah. -- acts 8:28 +. +Then the [Holy] Spirit said to Philip, Go forward and join yourself to this chariot. -- acts 8:29 +. +Accordingly Philip, running up to him, heard [the man] reading the prophet Isaiah and asked, Do you really understand what you are reading? -- acts 8:30 +. +And he said, How is it possible for me to do so unless someone explains it to me and guides me [in the right way]? And he earnestly requested Philip to come up and sit beside him. -- acts 8:31 +. +Now this was the passage of Scripture which he was reading: Like a sheep He was led to the slaughter, and as a lamb before its shearer is dumb, so He opens not His mouth. -- acts 8:32 +. +In His humiliation He was taken away by distressing and oppressive judgment and justice was denied Him [caused to cease]. Who can describe or relate in full the wickedness of His contemporaries (generation)? For His life is taken from the earth and a bloody death inflicted upon Him. -- acts 8:33 +. +And the eunuch said to Philip, I beg of you, tell me about whom does the prophet say this, about himself or about someone else? -- acts 8:34 +. +Then Philip opened his mouth, and beginning with this portion of Scripture he announced to him the glad tidings (Gospel) of Jesus and about Him. -- acts 8:35 +. +And as they continued along on the way, they came to some water, and the eunuch exclaimed, See, [here is] water! What is to hinder my being baptized? -- acts 8:36 +. +And Philip said, If you believe with all your heart [if you have a conviction, full of joyful trust, that Jesus is the Messiah and accept Him as the Author of your salvation in the kingdom of God, giving Him your obedience, then] you may. And he replied, I do believe that Jesus Christ is the Son of God. -- acts 8:37 +. +And he ordered that the chariot be stopped; and both Philip and the eunuch went down into the water, and [Philip] baptized him. -- acts 8:38 +. +And when they came up out of the water, the Spirit of the Lord [suddenly] caught away Philip; and the eunuch saw him no more, and he went on his way rejoicing. -- acts 8:39 +. +But Philip was found at Azotus, and passing on he preached the good news (Gospel) to all the towns until he reached Caesarea. -- acts 8:40 +. +MEANWHILE SAUL, still drawing his breath hard from threatening and murderous desire against the disciples of the Lord, went to the high priest -- acts 9:1 +. +And requested of him letters to the synagogues at Damascus [authorizing him], so that if he found any men or women belonging to the Way [of life as determined by faith in Jesus Christ], he might bring them bound [with chains] to Jerusalem. -- acts 9:2 +. +Now as he traveled on, he came near to Damascus, and suddenly a light from heaven flashed around him, -- acts 9:3 +. +And he fell to the ground. Then he heard a voice saying to him, Saul, Saul, why are you persecuting Me [harassing, troubling, and molesting Me]? -- acts 9:4 +. +And Saul said, Who are You, Lord? And He said, I am Jesus, Whom you are persecuting. It is dangerous and it will turn out badly for you to keep kicking against the goad [to offer vain and perilous resistance]. -- acts 9:5 +. +Trembling and astonished he asked, Lord, what do You desire me to do? The Lord said to him, But arise and go into the city, and you will be told what you must do. -- acts 9:6 +. +The men who were accompanying him were unable to speak [for terror], hearing the voice but seeing no one. -- acts 9:7 +. +Then Saul got up from the ground, but though his eyes were opened, he could see nothing; so they led him by the hand and brought him into Damascus. -- acts 9:8 +. +And he was unable to see for three days, and he neither ate nor drank [anything]. -- acts 9:9 +. +Now there was in Damascus a disciple named Ananias. The Lord said to him in a vision, Ananias. And he answered, Here am I, Lord. -- acts 9:10 +. +And the Lord said to him, Get up and go to the street called Straight and ask at the house of Judas for a man of Tarsus named Saul, for behold, he is praying [there]. -- acts 9:11 +. +And he has seen in a vision a man named Ananias enter and lay his hands on him so that he might regain his sight. -- acts 9:12 +. +But Ananias answered, Lord, I have heard many people tell about this man, especially how much evil and what great suffering he has brought on Your saints at Jerusalem; -- acts 9:13 +. +Now he is here and has authority from the high priests to put in chains all who call upon Your name. -- acts 9:14 +. +But the Lord said to him, Go, for this man is a chosen instrument of Mine to bear My name before the Gentiles and kings and the descendants of Israel; -- acts 9:15 +. +For I will make clear to him how much he will be afflicted and must endure and suffer for My name's sake. -- acts 9:16 +. +So Ananias left and went into the house. And he laid his hands on Saul and said, Brother Saul, the Lord Jesus, Who appeared to you along the way by which you came here, has sent me that you may recover your sight and be filled with the Holy Spirit. -- acts 9:17 +. +And instantly something like scales fell from [Saul's] eyes, and he recovered his sight. Then he arose and was baptized, -- acts 9:18 +. +And after he took some food, he was strengthened. For several days [afterward] he remained with the disciples at Damascus. -- acts 9:19 +. +And immediately in the synagogues he proclaimed Jesus, saying, He is the Son of God! -- acts 9:20 +. +And all who heard him were amazed and said, Is not this the very man who harassed and overthrew and destroyed in Jerusalem those who called upon this Name? And he has come here for the express purpose of arresting them and bringing them in chains before the chief priests. -- acts 9:21 +. +But Saul increased all the more in strength, and continued to confound and put to confusion the Jews who lived in Damascus by comparing and examining evidence and proving that Jesus is the Christ (the Messiah). -- acts 9:22 +. +After considerable time had elapsed, the Jews conspired to put Saul out of the way by slaying him, -- acts 9:23 +. +But [the knowledge of] their plot was made known to Saul. They were guarding the [city's] gates day and night to kill him, -- acts 9:24 +. +But his disciples took him at night and let him down through the [city's] wall, lowering him in a basket or hamper. -- acts 9:25 +. +And when he had arrived in Jerusalem, he tried to associate himself with the disciples; but they were all afraid of him, for they did not believe he really was a disciple. -- acts 9:26 +. +However, Barnabas took him and brought him to the apostles, and he explained to them how along the way he had seen the Lord, Who spoke to him, and how at Damascus he had preached freely and confidently and courageously in the name of Jesus. -- acts 9:27 +. +So he went in and out [as one] among them at Jerusalem, -- acts 9:28 +. +Preaching freely and confidently and boldly in the name of the Lord. And he spoke and discussed with and disputed against the Hellenists (the Grecian Jews), but they were seeking to slay him. -- acts 9:29 +. +And when the brethren found it out, they brought him down to Caesarea and sent him off to Tarsus [his home town]. -- acts 9:30 +. +So the church throughout the whole of Judea and Galilee and Samaria had peace and was edified [growing in wisdom, virtue, and piety] and walking in the respect and reverential fear of the Lord and in the consolation and exhortation of the Holy Spirit, continued to increase and was multiplied. -- acts 9:31 +. +Now as Peter went here and there among them all, he went down also to the saints who lived at Lydda. -- acts 9:32 +. +There he found a man named Aeneas, who had been bedfast for eight years and was paralyzed. -- acts 9:33 +. +And Peter said to him, Aeneas, Jesus Christ (the Messiah) [now] makes you whole. Get up and make your bed! And immediately [Aeneas] stood up. -- acts 9:34 +. +Then all the inhabitants of Lydda and the plain of Sharon saw [what had happened to] him and they turned to the Lord. -- acts 9:35 +. +Now there was at Joppa a disciple [a woman] named [in Aramaic] Tabitha, which [in Greek] means Dorcas. She was abounding in good deeds and acts of charity. -- acts 9:36 +. +About that time she fell sick and died, and when they had cleansed her, they laid [her] in an upper room. -- acts 9:37 +. +Since Lydda was near Joppa [however], the disciples, hearing that Peter was there, sent two men to him begging him, Do come to us without delay. -- acts 9:38 +. +So Peter [immediately] rose and accompanied them. And when he had arrived, they took him to the upper room. All the widows stood around him, crying and displaying undershirts (tunics) and [other] garments such as Dorcas was accustomed to make while she was with them. -- acts 9:39 +. +But Peter put them all out [of the room] and knelt down and prayed; then turning to the body he said, Tabitha, get up! And she opened her eyes; and when she saw Peter, she raised herself and sat upright. -- acts 9:40 +. +And he gave her his hand and lifted her up. Then calling in God's people and the widows, he presented her to them alive. -- acts 9:41 +. +And this became known throughout all Joppa, and many came to believe on the Lord [to adhere to and trust in and rely on Him as the Christ and as their Savior]. -- acts 9:42 +. +And Peter remained in Joppa for considerable time with a certain Simon a tanner. -- acts 9:43 +. +NOW [living] at Caesarea there was a man whose name was Cornelius, a centurion (captain) of what was known as the Italian Regiment, -- acts 10:1 +. +A devout man who venerated God and treated Him with reverential obedience, as did all his household; and he gave much alms to the people and prayed continually to God. -- acts 10:2 +. +About the ninth hour (about 3:p.m.) of the day he saw clearly in a vision an angel of God entering and saying to him, Cornelius! -- acts 10:3 +. +And he, gazing intently at him, became frightened and said, What is it, Lord? And the angel said to him, Your prayers and your [generous] gifts to the poor have come up [as a sacrifice] to God and have been remembered by Him. -- acts 10:4 +. +And now send men to Joppa and have them call for and invite here a certain Simon whose surname is Peter; -- acts 10:5 +. +He is lodging with Simon a tanner, whose house is by the seaside. -- acts 10:6 +. +When the angel who spoke to him had left, Cornelius called two of his servants and a God-fearing soldier from among his own personal attendants. -- acts 10:7 +. +And having rehearsed everything to them, he sent them to Joppa. -- acts 10:8 +. +The next day as they were still on their way and were approaching the town, Peter went up to the roof of the house to pray, about the sixth hour (noon). -- acts 10:9 +. +But he became very hungry, and wanted something to eat; and while the meal was being prepared a trance came over him, -- acts 10:10 +. +And he saw the sky opened and something like a great sheet lowered by the four corners, descending to the earth. -- acts 10:11 +. +It contained all kinds of quadrupeds and wild beasts and creeping things of the earth and birds of the air. -- acts 10:12 +. +And there came a voice to him, saying, Rise up, Peter, kill and eat. -- acts 10:13 +. +But Peter said, No, by no means, Lord; for I have never eaten anything that is common and unhallowed or [ceremonially] unclean. -- acts 10:14 +. +And the voice came to him again a second time, What God has cleansed and pronounced clean, do not you defile and profane by regarding and calling common and unhallowed or unclean. -- acts 10:15 +. +This occurred three times; then immediately the sheet was taken up to heaven. -- acts 10:16 +. +Now Peter was still inwardly perplexed and doubted as to what the vision which he had seen could mean, when [just then] behold the messengers that were sent by Cornelius, who had made inquiry for Simon's house, stopped and stood before the gate. -- acts 10:17 +. +And they called out to inquire whether Simon who was surnamed Peter was staying there. -- acts 10:18 +. +And while Peter was earnestly revolving the vision in his mind and meditating on it, the [Holy] Spirit said to him, Behold, three men are looking for you! -- acts 10:19 +. +Get up and go below and accompany them without any doubt [about its legality] or any discrimination or hesitation, for I have sent them. -- acts 10:20 +. +Then Peter went down to the men and said, I am the man you seek; what is the purpose of your coming? -- acts 10:21 +. +And they said, Cornelius, a centurion (captain) who is just and upright and in right standing with God, being God-fearing and obedient and well spoken of by the whole Jewish nation, has been instructed by a holy angel to send for you to come to his house; and he has received in answer [to prayer] a warning to listen to and act upon what you have to say. -- acts 10:22 +. +So Peter invited them in to be his guests [for the night]. The next day he arose and went away with them, and some of the brethren from Joppa accompanied him. -- acts 10:23 +. +And on the following day they entered Caesarea. Cornelius was waiting for and expecting them, and he had invited together his relatives and his intimate friends. -- acts 10:24 +. +As Peter arrived, Cornelius met him, and falling down at his feet he made obeisance and paid worshipful reverence to him. -- acts 10:25 +. +But Peter raised him up, saying, Get up; I myself am also a man. -- acts 10:26 +. +And as [Peter] spoke with him, he entered the house and found a large group of persons assembled; -- acts 10:27 +. +And he said to them, You yourselves are aware how it is not lawful or permissible for a Jew to keep company with or to visit or [even] to come near or to speak first to anyone of another nationality, but God has shown and taught me by words that I should not call any human being common or unhallowed or [ceremonially] unclean. -- acts 10:28 +. +Therefore when I was sent for, I came without hesitation or objection or misgivings. So now I ask for what reason you sent for me. -- acts 10:29 +. +And Cornelius said, This is now the fourth day since about this time I was observing the ninth hour (three o'clock in the afternoon) of prayer in my lodging place; [suddenly] a man stood before me in dazzling apparel, -- acts 10:30 +. +And he said, Cornelius, your prayer has been heard and harkened to, and your donations to the poor have been known and preserved before God [so that He heeds and is about to help you]. -- acts 10:31 +. +Send therefore to Joppa and ask for Simon who is surnamed Peter; he is staying in the house of Simon the tanner by the seaside. -- acts 10:32 +. +So at once I sent for you, and you [being a Jew] have done a kind and courteous and handsome thing in coming. Now then, we are all present in the sight of God to listen to all that you have been instructed by the Lord to say. -- acts 10:33 +. +And Peter opened his mouth and said: Most certainly and thoroughly I now perceive and understand that God shows no partiality and is no respecter of persons, -- acts 10:34 +. +But in every nation he who venerates and has a reverential fear for God, treating Him with worshipful obedience and living uprightly, is acceptable to Him and sure of being received and welcomed [by Him]. -- acts 10:35 +. +You know the contents of the message which He sent to Israel, announcing the good news (Gospel) of peace by Jesus Christ, Who is Lord of all-- -- acts 10:36 +. +The [same] message which was proclaimed throughout all Judea, starting from Galilee after the baptism preached by John-- -- acts 10:37 +. +How God anointed and consecrated Jesus of Nazareth with the [Holy] Spirit and with strength and ability and power; how He went about doing good and, in particular, curing all who were harassed and oppressed by [the power of] the devil, for God was with Him. -- acts 10:38 +. +And we are [eye and ear] witnesses of everything that He did both in the land of the Jews and in Jerusalem. And [yet] they put Him out of the way (murdered Him) by hanging Him on a tree; -- acts 10:39 +. +But God raised Him to life on the third day and caused Him to be manifest (to be plainly seen), -- acts 10:40 +. +Not by all the people but to us who were chosen (designated) beforehand by God as witnesses, who ate and drank with Him after He arose from the dead. -- acts 10:41 +. +And He charged us to preach to the people and to bear solemn testimony that He is the God-appointed and God-ordained Judge of the living and the dead. -- acts 10:42 +. +To Him all the prophets testify (bear witness) that everyone who believes in Him [who adheres to, trusts in, and relies on Him, giving himself up to Him] receives forgiveness of sins through His name. -- acts 10:43 +. +While Peter was still speaking these words, the Holy Spirit fell on all who were listening to the message. -- acts 10:44 +. +And the believers from among the circumcised [the Jews] who came with Peter were surprised and amazed, because the free gift of the Holy Spirit had been bestowed and poured out largely even on the Gentiles. -- acts 10:45 +. +For they heard them talking in [unknown] tongues (languages) and extolling and magnifying God. Then Peter asked, -- acts 10:46 +. +Can anyone forbid or refuse water for baptizing these people, seeing that they have received the Holy Spirit just as we have? -- acts 10:47 +. +And he ordered that they be baptized in the name of Jesus Christ (the Messiah). Then they begged him to stay on there for some days. -- acts 10:48 +. +NOW THE apostles (special messengers) and the brethren who were throughout Judea heard [with astonishment] that the Gentiles (heathen) also had received and accepted and welcomed the Word of God [the doctrine concerning the attainment through Christ of salvation in the kingdom of God]. -- acts 11:1 +. +So when Peter went up to Jerusalem, the circumcision party [certain Jewish Christians] found fault with him [separating themselves from him in a hostile spirit, opposing and disputing and contending with him], -- acts 11:2 +. +Saying, Why did you go to uncircumcised men and [even] eat with them? -- acts 11:3 +. +But Peter began [at the beginning] and narrated and explained to them step by step [the whole list of events]. He said: -- acts 11:4 +. +I was in the town of Joppa praying, and [falling] in a trance I saw a vision of something coming down from heaven, like a huge sheet lowered by the four corners; and it descended until it came to me. -- acts 11:5 +. +Gazing intently and closely at it, I observed in it [a variety of] four-footed animals and wild beasts and reptiles of the earth and birds of the air, -- acts 11:6 +. +And I heard a voice saying to me, Get up, Peter; kill and eat. -- acts 11:7 +. +But I said, No, by no means, Lord; for nothing common or unhallowed or [ceremonially] unclean has ever entered my mouth. -- acts 11:8 +. +But the voice answered a second time from heaven, What God has cleansed and pronounced clean, do not you defile and profane by regarding or calling it common or unhallowed or unclean. -- acts 11:9 +. +This occurred three times, and then all was drawn up again into heaven. -- acts 11:10 +. +And right then the three men sent to me from Caesarea arrived at the house in which we were. -- acts 11:11 +. +And the [Holy] Spirit instructed me to accompany them without [the least] hesitation or misgivings or discrimination. So these six brethren accompanied me also, and we went into the man's house. -- acts 11:12 +. +And he related to us how he had seen the angel in his house which stood and said to him, Send men to Joppa and bring Simon who is surnamed Peter; -- acts 11:13 +. +He will give and explain to you a message by means of which you and all your household [as well] will be saved [from eternal death]. -- acts 11:14 +. +When I began to speak, the Holy Spirit fell on them just as He did on us at the beginning. -- acts 11:15 +. +Then I recalled the declaration of the Lord, how He said, John indeed baptized with water, but you shall be baptized with (be placed in, introduced into) the Holy Spirit. -- acts 11:16 +. +If then God gave to them the same Gift [equally] as He gave to us when we believed in (adhered to, trusted in, and relied on) the Lord Jesus Christ, who was I and what power or authority had I to interfere or hinder or forbid or withstand God? -- acts 11:17 +. +When they heard this, they were quieted and made no further objection. And they glorified God, saying, Then God has also granted to the Gentiles repentance unto [real] life [after resurrection]. -- acts 11:18 +. +Meanwhile those who were scattered because of the persecution that arose in connection with Stephen had traveled as far away as Phoenicia and Cyprus and Antioch, without delivering the message [concerning the attainment through Christ of salvation in the kingdom of God] to anyone except Jews. -- acts 11:19 +. +But there were some of them, men of Cyprus and Cyrene, who on returning to Antioch spoke to the Greeks also, proclaiming [to them] the good news (the Gospel) about the Lord Jesus. -- acts 11:20 +. +And the presence of the Lord was with them with power, so that a great number [learned] to believe (to adhere to and trust in and rely on the Lord) and turned and surrendered themselves to Him. -- acts 11:21 +. +The rumors of this came to the ears of the church (assembly) in Jerusalem, and they sent Barnabas to Antioch. -- acts 11:22 +. +When he arrived and saw what grace (favor) God was bestowing upon them, he was full of joy; and he continuously exhorted (warned, urged, and encouraged) them all to cleave unto and remain faithful to and devoted to the Lord with [resolute and steady] purpose of heart. -- acts 11:23 +. +For he was a good man [good in himself and also at once for the good and the advantage of other people], full of and controlled by the Holy Spirit and full of faith (of his belief that Jesus is the Messiah, through Whom we obtain eternal salvation). And a large company was added to the Lord. -- acts 11:24 +. +[Barnabas] went on to Tarsus to hunt for Saul. -- acts 11:25 +. +And when he had found him, he brought him back to Antioch. For a whole year they assembled together with and were guests of the church and instructed a large number of people; and in Antioch the disciples were first called Christians. -- acts 11:26 +. +And during these days prophets (inspired teachers and interpreters of the divine will and purpose) came down from Jerusalem to Antioch. -- acts 11:27 +. +And one of them named Agabus stood up and prophesied through the [Holy] Spirit that a great and severe famine would come upon the whole world. And this did occur during the reign of Claudius. -- acts 11:28 +. +So the disciples resolved to send relief, each according to his individual ability [in proportion as he had prospered], to the brethren who lived in Judea. -- acts 11:29 +. +And so they did, sending [their contributions] to the elders by the hand of Barnabas and Saul. -- acts 11:30 +. +ABOUT THAT time Herod the king stretched forth his hands to afflict and oppress and torment some who belonged to the church (assembly). -- acts 12:1 +. +And he killed James the brother of John with a sword; -- acts 12:2 +. +And when he saw that it was pleasing to the Jews, he proceeded further and arrested Peter also. This was during the days of Unleavened Bread [the Passover week]. -- acts 12:3 +. +And when he had seized [Peter], he put him in prison and delivered him to four squads of soldiers of four each to guard him, purposing after the Passover to bring him forth to the people. -- acts 12:4 +. +So Peter was kept in prison, but fervent prayer for him was persistently made to God by the church (assembly). -- acts 12:5 +. +The very night before Herod was about to bring him forth, Peter was sleeping between two soldiers, fastened with two chains, and sentries before the door were guarding the prison. -- acts 12:6 +. +And suddenly an angel of the Lord appeared [standing beside him], and a light shone in the place where he was. And the angel gently smote Peter on the side and awakened him, saying, Get up quickly! And the chains fell off his hands. -- acts 12:7 +. +And the angel said to him, Tighten your belt and bind on your sandals. And he did so. And he said to him, Wrap your outer garment around you and follow me. -- acts 12:8 +. +And [Peter] went out [along] following him, and he was not conscious that what was apparently being done by the angel was real, but thought he was seeing a vision. -- acts 12:9 +. +When they had passed through the first guard and the second, they came to the iron gate which leads into the city. Of its own accord [the gate] swung open, and they went out and passed on through one street; and at once the angel left him. -- acts 12:10 +. +Then Peter came to himself and said, Now I really know and am sure that the Lord has sent His angel and delivered me from the hand of Herod and from all that the Jewish people were expecting [to do to me]. -- acts 12:11 +. +When he, at a glance, became aware of this [comprehending all the elements of the case], he went to the house of Mary the mother of John, whose surname was Mark, where a large number were assembled together and were praying. -- acts 12:12 +. +And when he knocked at the gate of the porch, a maid named Rhoda came to answer. -- acts 12:13 +. +And recognizing Peter's voice, in her joy she failed to open the gate, but ran in and told the people that Peter was standing before the porch gate. -- acts 12:14 +. +They said to her, You are crazy! But she persistently and strongly and confidently affirmed that it was the truth. They said, It is his angel! -- acts 12:15 +. +But meanwhile Peter continued knocking, and when they opened the gate and saw him, they were amazed. -- acts 12:16 +. +But motioning to them with his hand to keep quiet and listen, he related to them how the Lord had delivered him out of the prison. And he said, Report all this to James [the Less] and to the brethren. Then he left and went to some other place. -- acts 12:17 +. +Now as soon as it was day, there was no small disturbance among the soldiers over what had become of Peter. -- acts 12:18 +. +And when Herod had looked for him and could not find him, he placed the guards on trial and commanded that they should be led away [to execution]. Then [Herod] went down from Judea to Caesarea and stayed on there. -- acts 12:19 +. +Now [Herod] cherished bitter animosity and hostility for the people of Tyre and Sidon; and [their deputies] came to him in a united body, and having made Blastus the king's chamberlain their friend, they asked for peace, because their country was nourished by and depended on the king's [country] for food. -- acts 12:20 +. +On an appointed day Herod arrayed himself in his royal robes, took his seat upon [his] throne, and addressed an oration to them. -- acts 12:21 +. +And the assembled people shouted, It is the voice of a god, and not of a man! -- acts 12:22 +. +And at once an angel of the Lord smote him and cut him down, because he did not give God the glory (the preeminence and kingly majesty that belong to Him as the supreme Ruler); and he was eaten by worms and died. -- acts 12:23 +. +But the Word of the Lord [concerning the attainment through Christ of salvation in the kingdom of God] continued to grow and spread. -- acts 12:24 +. +And Barnabas and Saul came back from Jerusalem when they had completed their mission, bringing with them John whose surname was Mark. -- acts 12:25 +. +NOW IN the church (assembly) at Antioch there were prophets (inspired interpreters of the will and purposes of God) and teachers: Barnabas, Symeon who was called Niger [Black], Lucius of Cyrene, Manaen a member of the court of Herod the tetrarch, and Saul. -- acts 13:1 +. +While they were worshiping the Lord and fasting, the Holy Spirit said, Separate now for Me Barnabas and Saul for the work to which I have called them. -- acts 13:2 +. +Then after fasting and praying, they put their hands on them and sent them away. -- acts 13:3 +. +So then, being sent out by the Holy Spirit, they went down to Seleucia, and from [that port] they sailed away to Cyprus. -- acts 13:4 +. +When they arrived at Salamis, they preached the Word of God [concerning the attainment through Christ of salvation in the kingdom of God] in the synagogues of the Jews. And they had John [Mark] as an attendant to assist them. -- acts 13:5 +. +When they had passed through the entire island of Cyprus as far as Paphos, they came upon a certain Jewish wizard or sorcerer, a false prophet named Bar-Jesus. -- acts 13:6 +. +He was closely associated with the proconsul, Sergius Paulus, who was an intelligent and sensible man of sound understanding; he summoned to him Barnabas and Saul and sought to hear the Word of God [concerning salvation in the kingdom of God attained through Christ]. -- acts 13:7 +. +But Elymas the wise man--for that is the translation of his name [which he had given himself]--opposed them, seeking to keep the proconsul from accepting the faith. -- acts 13:8 +. +But Saul, who is also called Paul, filled with and controlled by the Holy Spirit, looked steadily at [Elymas] -- acts 13:9 +. +And said, You master in every form of deception and recklessness, unscrupulousness, and wickedness, you son of the devil, you enemy of everything that is upright and good, will you never stop perverting and making crooked the straight paths of the Lord and plotting against His saving purposes? -- acts 13:10 +. +And now, behold, the hand of the Lord is upon you, and you will be blind, [so blind that you will be] unable to see the sun for a time. Instantly there fell upon him a mist and a darkness, and he groped about seeking persons who would lead him by the hand. -- acts 13:11 +. +Then the proconsul believed (became a Christian) when he saw what had occurred, for he was astonished and deeply touched at the teaching concerning the Lord and from Him. -- acts 13:12 +. +Now Paul and his companions sailed from Paphos and came to Perga in Pamphylia. And John [Mark] separated himself from them and went back to Jerusalem, -- acts 13:13 +. +But they [themselves] came on from Perga and arrived at Antioch in Pisidia. And on the Sabbath day they went into the synagogue there and sat down. -- acts 13:14 +. +After the reading of the Law and the Prophets, the leaders [of the worship] of the synagogue sent to them saying, Brethren, if you have any word of exhortation or consolation or encouragement for the people, say it. -- acts 13:15 +. +So Paul arose, and motioning with his hand said, Men of Israel and you who reverence and fear God, listen! -- acts 13:16 +. +The God of this people Israel selected our forefathers and made this people great and important during their stay in the land of Egypt, and then with an uplifted arm He led them out from there. -- acts 13:17 +. +And for about forty years like a fatherly nurse He cared for them in the wilderness and endured their behavior. -- acts 13:18 +. +When He had destroyed seven nations in the land of Canaan, He gave them [the Hebrews] their land as an inheritance [distributing it to them by lot; all of which took] about years. -- acts 13:19 +. +After that, He gave them judges until the prophet Samuel. -- acts 13:20 +. +Then they asked for a king; and God gave them Saul son of Kish, a man of the tribe of Benjamin, for forty years. -- acts 13:21 +. +And when He had deposed him, He raised up David to be their king; of him He bore witness and said, I have found David son of Jesse a man after My own heart, who will do all My will and carry out My program fully. [I Sam. 13:14; Ps. 89:20; Isa. 44:28.] -- acts 13:22 +. +Of this man's descendants God has brought to Israel a Savior [in the person of Jesus], according to His promise. -- acts 13:23 +. +Before His coming John had [already] preached baptism of repentance to all the people of Israel. -- acts 13:24 +. +And as John was ending his course, he asked, What or who do you secretly think that I am? I am not He [the Christ. No], but note that after me One is coming, the sandals of Whose feet I am not worthy to untie! -- acts 13:25 +. +Brethren, sons of the family of Abraham, and all those others among you who reverence and fear God, to us has been sent the message of this salvation [the salvation obtained through Jesus Christ]. -- acts 13:26 +. +For those who dwell in Jerusalem and their rulers, because they did not know or recognize Him or understand the utterances of the prophets which are read every Sabbath, have actually fulfilled these very predictions by condemning and sentencing [Him]. -- acts 13:27 +. +And although they could find no cause deserving death with which to charge Him, yet they asked Pilate to have Him executed and put out of the way. -- acts 13:28 +. +And when they had finished and fulfilled everything that was written about Him, they took Him down from the tree and laid Him in a tomb. -- acts 13:29 +. +But God raised Him from the dead. -- acts 13:30 +. +And for many days He appeared to those who came up with Him from Galilee to Jerusalem, and they are His witnesses to the people. -- acts 13:31 +. +So now we are bringing you the good news (Gospel) that what God promised to our forefathers, -- acts 13:32 +. +This He has completely fulfilled for us, their children, by raising up Jesus, as it is written in the second psalm, You are My Son; today I have begotten You [caused You to arise, to be born; formally shown You to be the Messiah by the resurrection]. -- acts 13:33 +. +And as to His having raised Him from among the dead, now no more to return to [undergo] putrefaction and dissolution [of the grave], He spoke in this way, I will fulfill and give to you the holy and sure mercy and blessings [that were promised and assured] to David. -- acts 13:34 +. +For this reason He says also in another psalm, You will not allow Your Holy One to see corruption [to undergo putrefaction and dissolution of the grave]. -- acts 13:35 +. +For David, after he had served God's will and purpose and counsel in his own generation, fell asleep [in death] and was buried among his forefathers, and he did see corruption and undergo putrefaction and dissolution [of the grave]. -- acts 13:36 +. +But He Whom God raised up [to life] saw no corruption [did not experience putrefaction and dissolution of the grave]. -- acts 13:37 +. +So let it be clearly known and understood by you, brethren, that through this Man forgiveness and removal of sins is now proclaimed to you; -- acts 13:38 +. +And that through Him everyone who believes [who acknowledges Jesus as his Savior and devotes himself to Him] is absolved (cleared and freed) from every charge from which he could not be justified and freed by the Law of Moses and given right standing with God. -- acts 13:39 +. +Take care, therefore, lest there come upon you what is spoken in the prophets: -- acts 13:40 +. +Look, you scoffers and scorners, and marvel and perish and vanish away; for I am doing a deed in your days, a deed which you will never have confidence in or believe, [even] if someone [clearly describing it in detail] declares it to you. -- acts 13:41 +. +As they [Paul and Barnabas] went out [of the synagogue], the people earnestly begged that these things might be told to them [further] the next Sabbath. -- acts 13:42 +. +And when the congregation of the synagogue dispersed, many of the Jews and the devout converts to Judaism followed Paul and Barnabas, who talked to them and urged them to continue [to trust themselves to and to stand fast] in the grace (the unmerited favor and blessing) of God. -- acts 13:43 +. +The next Sabbath almost the entire city gathered together to hear the Word of God [concerning the attainment through Christ of salvation in the kingdom of God]. -- acts 13:44 +. +But when the Jews saw the crowds, filled with envy and jealousy they contradicted what was said by Paul and talked abusively [reviling and slandering him]. -- acts 13:45 +. +And Paul and Barnabas spoke out plainly and boldly, saying, It was necessary that God's message [concerning salvation through Christ] should be spoken to you first. But since you thrust it from you, you pass this judgment on yourselves that you are unworthy of eternal life and out of your own mouth you will be judged. [Now] behold, we turn to the Gentiles (the heathen). -- acts 13:46 +. +For so the Lord has charged us, saying, I have set you to be a light for the Gentiles (the heathen), that you may bring [eternal] salvation to the uttermost parts of the earth. -- acts 13:47 +. +And when the Gentiles heard this, they rejoiced and glorified (praised and gave thanks for) the Word of God; and as many as were destined (appointed and ordained) to eternal life believed (adhered to, trusted in, and relied on Jesus as the Christ and their Savior). -- acts 13:48 +. +And so the Word of the Lord [concerning eternal salvation through Christ] scattered and spread throughout the whole region. -- acts 13:49 +. +But the Jews stirred up the devout women of high rank and the outstanding men of the town, and instigated persecution against Paul and Barnabas and drove them out of their boundaries. -- acts 13:50 +. +But [the apostles] shook off the dust from their feet against them and went to Iconium. -- acts 13:51 +. +And the disciples were continually filled [throughout their souls] with joy and the Holy Spirit. -- acts 13:52 +. +NOW AT Iconium [also Paul and Barnabas] went into the Jewish synagogue together and spoke with such power that a great number both of Jews and of Greeks believed (became Christians); -- acts 14:1 +. +But the unbelieving Jews [who rejected their message] aroused the Gentiles and embittered their minds against the brethren. -- acts 14:2 +. +So [Paul and Barnabas] stayed on there for a long time, speaking freely and fearlessly and boldly in the Lord, Who continued to bear testimony to the Word of His grace, granting signs and wonders to be performed by their hands. -- acts 14:3 +. +But the residents of the town were divided, some siding with the Jews and some with the apostles. -- acts 14:4 +. +When there was an attempt both on the part of the Gentiles and the Jews together with their rulers, to insult and abuse and molest [Paul and Barnabas] and to stone them, -- acts 14:5 +. +They, aware of the situation, made their escape to Lystra and Derbe, cities of Lycaonia, and the neighboring districts; -- acts 14:6 +. +And there they continued to preach the glad tidings (Gospel). -- acts 14:7 +. +Now at Lystra a man sat who found it impossible to use his feet, for he was a cripple from birth and had never walked. -- acts 14:8 +. +He was listening to Paul as he talked, and [Paul] gazing intently at him and observing that he had faith to be healed, -- acts 14:9 +. +Shouted at him, saying, Stand erect on your feet! And he leaped up and walked. -- acts 14:10 +. +And the crowds, when they saw what Paul had done, lifted up their voices, shouting in the Lycaonian language, The gods have come down to us in human form! -- acts 14:11 +. +They called Barnabas Zeus, and they called Paul, because he led in the discourse, Hermes [god of speech]. -- acts 14:12 +. +And the priest of Zeus, whose [temple] was at the entrance of the town, brought bulls and garlands to the [city's] gates and wanted to join the people in offering sacrifice. -- acts 14:13 +. +But when the apostles Barnabas and Paul heard of it, they tore their clothing and dashed out among the crowd, shouting, -- acts 14:14 +. +Men, why are you doing this? We also are [only] human beings, of nature like your own, and we bring you the good news (Gospel) that you should turn away from these foolish and vain things to the living God, Who made the heaven and the earth and the sea and everything that they contain. -- acts 14:15 +. +In generations past He permitted all the nations to walk in their own ways; -- acts 14:16 +. +Yet He did not neglect to leave some witness of Himself, for He did you good and [showed you] kindness and gave you rains from heaven and fruitful seasons, satisfying your hearts with nourishment and happiness. -- acts 14:17 +. +Even in [the light of] these words they with difficulty prevented the people from offering sacrifice to them. -- acts 14:18 +. +But some Jews arrived there from Antioch and Iconium; and having persuaded the people and won them over, they stoned Paul and [afterward] dragged him out of the town, thinking that he was dead. -- acts 14:19 +. +But the disciples formed a circle about him, and he got up and went back into the town; and on the morrow he went on with Barnabas to Derbe. -- acts 14:20 +. +When they had preached the good news (Gospel) to that town and made disciples of many of the people, they went back to Lystra and Iconium and Antioch, -- acts 14:21 +. +Establishing and strengthening the souls and the hearts of the disciples, urging and warning and encouraging them to stand firm in the faith, and [telling them] that it is through many hardships and tribulations we must enter the kingdom of God. -- acts 14:22 +. +And when they had appointed and ordained elders for them in each church with prayer and fasting, they committed them to the Lord in Whom they had come to believe [being full of joyful trust that He is the Christ, the Messiah]. -- acts 14:23 +. +Then they went through Pisidia and arrived at Pamphylia. -- acts 14:24 +. +And when they had spoken the Word in Perga [the doctrine concerning the attainment through Christ of salvation in the kingdom of God], they went down to Attalia; -- acts 14:25 +. +And from there they sailed back to Antioch, where they had [first] been commended to the grace of God for the work which they had [now] completed. -- acts 14:26 +. +Arriving there, they gathered the church together and declared all that God had accomplished with them and how He had opened to the Gentiles a door of faith [in Jesus as the Messiah, through Whom we obtain salvation in the kingdom of God]. -- acts 14:27 +. +And there they stayed no little time with the disciples. -- acts 14:28 +. +BUT SOME men came down from Judea and were instructing the brethren, Unless you are circumcised in accordance with the Mosaic custom, you cannot be saved. -- acts 15:1 +. +And when Paul and Barnabas had no small disagreement and discussion with them, it was decided that Paul and Barnabas and some of the others of their number should go up to Jerusalem [and confer] with the apostles (special messengers) and the elders about this matter. -- acts 15:2 +. +So, being fitted out and sent on their way by the church, they went through both Phoenicia and Samaria telling of the conversion of the Gentiles (the heathen), and they caused great rejoicing among all the brethren. -- acts 15:3 +. +When they arrived in Jerusalem, they were heartily welcomed by the church and the apostles and the elders, and they told them all that God had accomplished through them. -- acts 15:4 +. +But some who believed [who acknowledged Jesus as their Savior and devoted themselves to Him] belonged to the sect of the Pharisees, and they rose up and said, It is necessary to circumcise [the Gentile converts] and to charge them to obey the Law of Moses. -- acts 15:5 +. +The apostles and the elders were assembled together to look into and consider this matter. -- acts 15:6 +. +And after there had been a long debate, Peter got up and said to them, Brethren, you know that quite a while ago God made a choice or selection from among you, that by my mouth the Gentiles should hear the message of the Gospel [concerning the attainment through Christ of salvation in the kingdom of God] and believe (credit and place their confidence in it). -- acts 15:7 +. +And God, Who is acquainted with and understands the heart, bore witness to them, giving them the Holy Spirit as He also did to us; -- acts 15:8 +. +And He made no difference between us and them, but cleansed their hearts by faith (by a strong and welcome conviction that Jesus is the Messiah, through Whom we obtain eternal salvation in the kingdom of God). -- acts 15:9 +. +Now then, why do you try to test God by putting a yoke on the necks of the disciples, such as neither our forefathers nor we [ourselves] were able to endure? -- acts 15:10 +. +But we believe that we are saved through the grace (the undeserved favor and mercy) of the Lord Jesus, just as they [are]. -- acts 15:11 +. +Then the whole assembly remained silent, and they listened [attentively] as Barnabas and Paul rehearsed what signs and wonders God had performed through them among the Gentiles. -- acts 15:12 +. +When they had finished talking, James replied, Brethren, listen to me. -- acts 15:13 +. +Simeon [Peter] has rehearsed how God first visited the Gentiles, to take out of them a people [to bear and honor] His name. -- acts 15:14 +. +And with this the predictions of the prophets agree, as it is written, -- acts 15:15 +. +After this I will come back, and will rebuild the house of David, which has fallen; I will rebuild its [very] ruins, and I will set it up again, -- acts 15:16 +. +So that the rest of men may seek the Lord, and all the Gentiles upon whom My name has been invoked, -- acts 15:17 +. +Says the Lord, Who has been making these things known from the beginning of the world. -- acts 15:18 +. +Therefore it is my opinion that we should not put obstacles in the way of and annoy and disturb those of the Gentiles who turn to God, -- acts 15:19 +. +But we should send word to them in writing to abstain from and avoid anything that has been polluted by being offered to idols, and all sexual impurity, and [eating meat of animals] that have been strangled, and [tasting of] blood. -- acts 15:20 +. +For from ancient generations Moses has had his preachers in every town, for he is read [aloud] every Sabbath in the synagogues. -- acts 15:21 +. +Then the apostles and the elders, together with the whole church, resolved to select men from among their number and send them to Antioch with Paul and Barnabas. They chose Judas called Barsabbas, and Silas, [both] leading men among the brethren, and sent them. -- acts 15:22 +. +With [them they sent] the following letter: The brethren, both the apostles and the elders, to the brethren who are of the Gentiles in Antioch and Syria and Cilicia, greetings: -- acts 15:23 +. +As we have heard that some persons from our number have disturbed you with their teaching, unsettling your minds and throwing you into confusion, although we gave them no express orders or instructions [on the points in question], -- acts 15:24 +. +It has been resolved by us in assembly to select men and send them [as messengers] to you with our beloved Barnabas and Paul, -- acts 15:25 +. +Men who have hazarded their lives for the sake of our Lord Jesus Christ. -- acts 15:26 +. +So we have sent Judas and Silas, who themselves will bring you the same message by word of mouth. -- acts 15:27 +. +For it has seemed good to the Holy Spirit and to us not to lay upon you any greater burden than these indispensable requirements: -- acts 15:28 +. +That you abstain from what has been sacrificed to idols and from [tasting] blood and from [eating the meat of animals] that have been strangled and from sexual impurity. If you keep yourselves from these things, you will do well. Farewell [be strong]! -- acts 15:29 +. +So when [the messengers] were sent off, they went down to Antioch; and having assembled the congregation, they delivered the letter. -- acts 15:30 +. +And when they read it, the people rejoiced at the consolation and encouragement [it brought them]. -- acts 15:31 +. +And Judas and Silas, who were themselves prophets (inspired interpreters of the will and purposes of God), urged and warned and consoled and encouraged the brethren with many words and strengthened them. -- acts 15:32 +. +And after spending some time there, they were sent back by the brethren with [the greeting] peace to those who had sent them. -- acts 15:33 +. +However, Silas decided to stay on there. -- acts 15:34 +. +But Paul and Barnabas remained in Antioch and with many others also continued teaching and proclaiming the good news, the Word of the Lord [concerning the attainment through Christ of eternal salvation in God's kingdom]. -- acts 15:35 +. +And after some time Paul said to Barnabas, Come, let us go back and again visit and help and minister to the brethren in every town where we made known the message of the Lord, and see how they are getting along. -- acts 15:36 +. +Now Barnabas wanted to take with them John called Mark [his near relative]. -- acts 15:37 +. +But Paul did not think it best to have along with them the one who had quit and deserted them in Pamphylia and had not gone on with them to the work. -- acts 15:38 +. +And there followed a sharp disagreement between them, so that they separated from each other, and Barnabas took Mark with him and sailed away to Cyprus. -- acts 15:39 +. +But Paul selected Silas and set out, being commended by the brethren to the grace (the favor and mercy) of the Lord. -- acts 15:40 +. +And he passed through Syria and Cilicia, establishing and strengthening the churches. -- acts 15:41 +. +AND [Paul] went down to Derbe and also to Lystra. A disciple named Timothy was there, the son of a Jewish woman who was a believer [she had become convinced that Jesus is the Messiah and the Author of eternal salvation, and yielded obedience to Him]; but [Timothy's] father was a Greek. -- acts 16:1 +. +He [Timothy] had a good reputation among the brethren at Lystra and Iconium. -- acts 16:2 +. +Paul desired Timothy to go with him [as a missionary]; and he took him and circumcised him because of the Jews that were in those places, all of whom knew that his father was a Greek. -- acts 16:3 +. +As they went on their way from town to town, they delivered over [to the assemblies] for their observance the regulations decided upon by the apostles and elders who were at Jerusalem. -- acts 16:4 +. +So the churches were strengthened and made firm in the faith, and they increased in number day after day. -- acts 16:5 +. +And Paul and Silas passed through the territory of Phrygia and Galatia, having been forbidden by the Holy Spirit to proclaim the Word in [the province of] Asia. -- acts 16:6 +. +And when they had come opposite Mysia, they tried to go into Bithynia, but the Spirit of Jesus did not permit them. -- acts 16:7 +. +So passing by Mysia, they went down to Troas. -- acts 16:8 +. +[There] a vision appeared to Paul in the night: a man from Macedonia stood pleading with him and saying, Come over to Macedonia and help us! -- acts 16:9 +. +And when he had seen the vision, we [including Luke] at once endeavored to go on into Macedonia, confidently inferring that God had called us to proclaim the glad tidings (Gospel) to them. -- acts 16:10 +. +Therefore, setting sail from Troas, we came in a direct course to Samothrace, and the next day went on to Neapolis. -- acts 16:11 +. +And from there [we came] to Philippi, which is the chief city of the district of Macedonia and a [Roman] colony. We stayed on in this place some days; -- acts 16:12 +. +And on the Sabbath day we went outside the [city's] gate to the bank of the river where we supposed there was an [accustomed] place of prayer, and we sat down and addressed the women who had assembled there. -- acts 16:13 +. +One of those who listened to us was a woman named Lydia, from the city of Thyatira, a dealer in fabrics dyed in purple. She was [already] a worshiper of God, and the Lord opened her heart to pay attention to what was said by Paul. -- acts 16:14 +. +And when she was baptized along with her household, she earnestly entreated us, saying, If in your opinion I am one really convinced [that Jesus is the Messiah and the Author of salvation] and that I will be faithful to the Lord, come to my house and stay. And she induced us [to do it]. -- acts 16:15 +. +As we were on our way to the place of prayer, we were met by a slave girl who was possessed by a spirit of divination [claiming to foretell future events and to discover hidden knowledge], and she brought her owners much gain by her fortunetelling. -- acts 16:16 +. +She kept following Paul and [the rest of] us, shouting loudly, These men are the servants of the Most High God! They announce to you the way of salvation! -- acts 16:17 +. +And she did this for many days. Then Paul, being sorely annoyed and worn out, turned and said to the spirit within her, I charge you in the name of Jesus Christ to come out of her! And it came out that very moment. -- acts 16:18 +. +But when her owners discovered that their hope of profit was gone, they caught hold of Paul and Silas and dragged them before the authorities in the forum (marketplace), [where trials are held]. -- acts 16:19 +. +And when they had brought them before the magistrates, they declared, These fellows are Jews and they are throwing our city into great confusion. -- acts 16:20 +. +They encourage the practice of customs which it is unlawful for us Romans to accept or observe! -- acts 16:21 +. +The crowd [also] joined in the attack upon them, and the rulers tore the clothes off of them and commanded that they be beaten with rods. -- acts 16:22 +. +And when they had struck them with many blows, they threw them into prison, charging the jailer to keep them safely. -- acts 16:23 +. +He, having received [so strict a] charge, put them into the inner prison (the dungeon) and fastened their feet in the stocks. -- acts 16:24 +. +But about midnight, as Paul and Silas were praying and singing hymns of praise to God, and the [other] prisoners were listening to them, -- acts 16:25 +. +Suddenly there was a great earthquake, so that the very foundations of the prison were shaken; and at once all the doors were opened and everyone's shackles were unfastened. -- acts 16:26 +. +When the jailer, startled out of his sleep, saw that the prison doors were open, he drew his sword and was on the point of killing himself, because he supposed that the prisoners had escaped. -- acts 16:27 +. +But Paul shouted, Do not harm yourself, for we are all here! -- acts 16:28 +. +Then [the jailer] called for lights and rushed in, and trembling and terrified he fell down before Paul and Silas. -- acts 16:29 +. +And he brought them out [of the dungeon] and said, Men, what is it necessary for me to do that I may be saved? -- acts 16:30 +. +And they answered, Believe in the Lord Jesus Christ [give yourself up to Him, take yourself out of your own keeping and entrust yourself into His keeping] and you will be saved, [and this applies both to] you and your household as well. -- acts 16:31 +. +And they declared the Word of the Lord [the doctrine concerning the attainment through Christ of eternal salvation in the kingdom of God] to him and to all who were in his house. -- acts 16:32 +. +And he took them the same hour of the night and bathed [them because of their bloody] wounds, and he was baptized immediately and all [the members of] his [household]. -- acts 16:33 +. +Then he took them up into his house and set food before them; and he leaped much for joy and exulted with all his family that he believed in God [accepting and joyously welcoming what He had made known through Christ]. -- acts 16:34 +. +But when it was day, the magistrates sent policemen, saying, Release those fellows and let them go. -- acts 16:35 +. +And the jailer repeated the words to Paul, saying, The magistrates have sent to release you and let you go; now therefore come out and go in peace. -- acts 16:36 +. +But Paul answered them, They have beaten us openly and publicly, without a trial and uncondemned, men who are Roman citizens, and have thrown us into prison; and do they now thrust us out secretly? No, indeed! Let them come here themselves and conduct us out! -- acts 16:37 +. +The police reported this message to the magistrates, and they were frightened when they heard that the prisoners were Roman citizens; -- acts 16:38 +. +So they came themselves and [striving to appease them by entreaty] apologized to them. And they brought them out and asked them to leave the city. -- acts 16:39 +. +So [Paul and Silas] left the prison and went to Lydia's house; and when they had seen the brethren, they warned and urged and consoled and encouraged them and departed. -- acts 16:40 +. +NOW AFTER [Paul and Silas] had passed through Amphipolis and Apollonia, they came to Thessalonica, where there was a synagogue of the Jews. -- acts 17:1 +. +And Paul entered, as he usually did, and for three Sabbaths he reasoned and argued with them from the Scriptures, -- acts 17:2 +. +Explaining [them] and [quoting passages] setting forth and proving that it was necessary for the Christ to suffer and to rise from the dead, and saying, This Jesus, Whom I proclaim to you, is the Christ (the Messiah). -- acts 17:3 +. +And some of them [accordingly] were induced to believe and associated themselves with Paul and Silas, as did a great number of the devout Greeks and not a few of the leading women. -- acts 17:4 +. +But the unbelieving Jews were aroused to jealousy, and, getting hold of some wicked men (ruffians and rascals) and loungers in the marketplace, they gathered together a mob, set the town in an uproar, and attacked the house of Jason, seeking to bring [Paul and Silas] out to the people. -- acts 17:5 +. +But when they failed to find them, they dragged Jason and some of the brethren before the city authorities, crying, These men who have turned the world upside down have come here also, -- acts 17:6 +. +And Jason has received them to his house and privately protected them! And they are all ignoring and acting contrary to the decrees of Caesar, [actually] asserting that there is another king, one Jesus! -- acts 17:7 +. +And both the crowd and the city authorities, on hearing this, were irritated (stirred up and troubled). -- acts 17:8 +. +And when they had taken security [bail] from Jason and the others, they let them go. -- acts 17:9 +. +Now the brethren at once sent Paul and Silas away by night to Beroea; and when they arrived, they entered the synagogue of the Jews. -- acts 17:10 +. +Now these [Jews] were better disposed and more noble than those in Thessalonica, for they were entirely ready and accepted and welcomed the message [concerning the attainment through Christ of eternal salvation in the kingdom of God] with inclination of mind and eagerness, searching and examining the Scriptures daily to see if these things were so. -- acts 17:11 +. +Many of them therefore became believers, together with not a few prominent Greeks, women as well as men. -- acts 17:12 +. +But when the Jews of Thessalonica learned that the Word of God [concerning the attainment through Christ of eternal salvation in the kingdom of God] was also preached by Paul at Beroea, they came there too, disturbing and inciting the masses. -- acts 17:13 +. +At once the brethren sent Paul off on his way to the sea, but Silas and Timothy remained behind. -- acts 17:14 +. +Those who escorted Paul brought him as far as Athens; and receiving instructions for Silas and Timothy that they should come to him as soon as possible, they departed. -- acts 17:15 +. +Now while Paul was awaiting them at Athens, his spirit was grieved and roused to anger as he saw that the city was full of idols. -- acts 17:16 +. +So he reasoned and argued in the synagogue with the Jews and those who worshiped there, and in the marketplace [where assemblies are held] day after day with any who chanced to be there. -- acts 17:17 +. +And some also of the Epicurean and Stoic philosophers encountered him and began to engage in discussion. And some said, What is this babbler with his scrap-heap learning trying to say? Others said, He seems to be an announcer of foreign deities--because he preached Jesus and the resurrection. -- acts 17:18 +. +And they took hold of him and brought him to the Areopagus [Mars Hill meeting place], saying, May we know what this novel (unheard of and unprecedented) teaching is which you are openly declaring? -- acts 17:19 +. +For you set forth some startling things, foreign and strange to our ears; we wish to know therefore just what these things mean-- -- acts 17:20 +. +For the Athenians, all of them, and the foreign residents and visitors among them spent all their leisure time in nothing except telling or hearing something newer than the last-- -- acts 17:21 +. +So Paul, standing in the center of the Areopagus [Mars Hill meeting place], said: Men of Athens, I perceive in every way [on every hand and with every turn I make] that you are most religious or very reverent to demons. -- acts 17:22 +. +For as I passed along and carefully observed your objects of worship, I came also upon an altar with this inscription, To the unknown god. Now what you are already worshiping as unknown, this I set forth to you. -- acts 17:23 +. +The God Who produced and formed the world and all things in it, being Lord of heaven and earth, does not dwell in handmade shrines. -- acts 17:24 +. +Neither is He served by human hands, as though He lacked anything, for it is He Himself Who gives life and breath and all things to all [people]. -- acts 17:25 +. +And He made from one [common origin, one source, one blood] all nations of men to settle on the face of the earth, having definitely determined [their] allotted periods of time and the fixed boundaries of their habitation (their settlements, lands, and abodes), -- acts 17:26 +. +So that they should seek God, in the hope that they might feel after Him and find Him, although He is not far from each one of us. -- acts 17:27 +. +For in Him we live and move and have our being; as even some of your [own] poets have said, For we are also His offspring. -- acts 17:28 +. +Since then we are God's offspring, we ought not to suppose that Deity (the Godhead) is like gold or silver or stone, [of the nature of] a representation by human art and imagination, or anything constructed or invented. -- acts 17:29 +. +Such [former] ages of ignorance God, it is true, ignored and allowed to pass unnoticed; but now He charges all people everywhere to repent (to change their minds for the better and heartily to amend their ways, with abhorrence of their past sins), -- acts 17:30 +. +Because He has fixed a day when He will judge the world righteously (justly) by a Man Whom He has destined and appointed for that task, and He has made this credible and given conviction and assurance and evidence to everyone by raising Him from the dead. -- acts 17:31 +. +Now when they had heard [that there had been] a resurrection from the dead, some scoffed; but others said, We will hear you again about this matter. -- acts 17:32 +. +So Paul went out from among them. -- acts 17:33 +. +But some men were on his side and joined him and believed (became Christians); among them were Dionysius, a judge of the Areopagus, and a woman named Damaris, and some others with them. -- acts 17:34 +. +AFTER THIS [Paul] departed from Athens and went to Corinth. -- acts 18:1 +. +There he met a Jew named Aquila, a native of Pontus, recently arrived from Italy with Priscilla his wife, due to the fact that Claudius had issued an edict that all the Jews were to leave Rome. And [Paul] went to see them, -- acts 18:2 +. +And because he was of the same occupation, he stayed with them; and they worked [together], for they were tentmakers by trade. -- acts 18:3 +. +But he discoursed and argued in the synagogue every Sabbath and won over [both] Jews and Greeks. -- acts 18:4 +. +By the time Silas and Timothy arrived from Macedonia, Paul was completely engrossed with preaching, earnestly arguing and testifying to the Jews that Jesus [is] the Christ. -- acts 18:5 +. +But since they kept opposing and abusing and reviling him, he shook out his clothing [against them] and said to them, Your blood be upon your [own] heads! I am innocent [of it]. From now on I will go to the Gentiles (the heathen). -- acts 18:6 +. +He then left there and went to the house of a man named Titus Justus, who worshiped God and whose house was next door to the synagogue. -- acts 18:7 +. +But Crispus, the leader of the synagogue, believed [that Jesus is the Messiah and acknowledged Him with joyful trust as Savior and Lord], together with his entire household; and many of the Corinthians who listened [to Paul also] believed and were baptized. -- acts 18:8 +. +And one night the Lord said to Paul in a vision, Have no fear, but speak and do not keep silent; -- acts 18:9 +. +For I am with you, and no man shall assault you to harm you, for I have many people in this city. -- acts 18:10 +. +So he settled down among them for a year and six months, teaching the Word of God [concerning the attainment through Christ of eternal salvation in the kingdom of God]. -- acts 18:11 +. +But when Gallio was proconsul of Achaia (most of Greece), the Jews unitedly made an attack upon Paul and brought him before the judge's seat, -- acts 18:12 +. +Declaring, This fellow is advising and inducing and inciting people to worship God in violation of the Law [of Rome and of Moses]. -- acts 18:13 +. +But when Paul was about to open his mouth to reply, Gallio said to the Jews, If it were a matter of some misdemeanor or villainy, O Jews, I should have cause to bear with you and listen; -- acts 18:14 +. +But since it is merely a question [of doctrine] about words and names and your own law, see to it yourselves; I decline to be a judge of such matters and I have no intention of trying such cases. -- acts 18:15 +. +And he drove them away from the judgment seat. -- acts 18:16 +. +Then they [the Greeks] all seized Sosthenes, the leader of the synagogue, and beat him right in front of the judgment seat. But Gallio paid no attention to any of this. -- acts 18:17 +. +Afterward Paul remained many days longer, and then told the brethren farewell and sailed for Syria; and he was accompanied by Priscilla and Aquila. At Cenchreae he [Paul] cut his hair, for he had made a vow. -- acts 18:18 +. +Then they arrived in Ephesus, and [Paul] left the others there; but he himself entered the synagogue and discoursed and argued with the Jews. -- acts 18:19 +. +When they asked him to remain for a longer time, he would not consent; -- acts 18:20 +. +But when he was leaving them he said, I will return to you if God is willing, and he set sail from Ephesus. -- acts 18:21 +. +When he landed at Caesarea, he went up and saluted the church [at Jerusalem], and then went down to Antioch. -- acts 18:22 +. +After staying there some time, he left and went from place to place in an orderly journey through the territory of Galatia and Phrygia, establishing the disciples and imparting new strength to them. -- acts 18:23 +. +Meanwhile, there was a Jew named Apollos, a native of Alexandria, who came to Ephesus. He was a cultured and eloquent man, well versed and mighty in the Scriptures. -- acts 18:24 +. +He had been instructed in the way of the Lord, and burning with spiritual zeal, he spoke and taught diligently and accurately the things concerning Jesus, though he was acquainted only with the baptism of John. -- acts 18:25 +. +He began to speak freely (fearlessly and boldly) in the synagogue; but when Priscilla and Aquila heard him, they took him with them and expounded to him the way of God more definitely and accurately. -- acts 18:26 +. +And when [Apollos] wished to cross to Achaia (most of Greece), the brethren wrote to the disciples there, urging and encouraging them to accept and welcome him heartily. When he arrived, he proved a great help to those who through grace (God's unmerited favor and mercy) had believed (adhered to, trusted in, and relied on Christ as Lord and Savior). -- acts 18:27 +. +For with great power he refuted the Jews in public [discussions], showing and proving by the Scriptures that Jesus is the Christ (the Messiah). -- acts 18:28 +. +WHILE APOLLOS was in Corinth, Paul went through the upper inland districts and came down to Ephesus. There he found some disciples. -- acts 19:1 +. +And he asked them, Did you receive the Holy Spirit when you believed [on Jesus as the Christ]? And they said, No, we have not even heard that there is a Holy Spirit. -- acts 19:2 +. +And he asked, Into what [baptism] then were you baptized? They said, Into John's baptism. -- acts 19:3 +. +And Paul said, John baptized with the baptism of repentance, continually telling the people that they should believe in the One Who was to come after him, that is, in Jesus [having a conviction full of joyful trust that He is Christ, the Messiah, and being obedient to Him]. -- acts 19:4 +. +On hearing this they were baptized [again, this time] in the name of the Lord Jesus. -- acts 19:5 +. +And as Paul laid his hands upon them, the Holy Spirit came on them; and they spoke in [foreign, unknown] tongues (languages) and prophesied. -- acts 19:6 +. +There were about twelve of them in all. -- acts 19:7 +. +And he went into the synagogue and for three months spoke boldly, persuading and arguing and pleading about the kingdom of God. -- acts 19:8 +. +But when some became more and more stubborn (hardened and unbelieving), discrediting and reviling and speaking evil of the Way [of the Lord] before the congregation, he separated himself from them, taking the disciples with him, and went on holding daily discussions in the lecture room of Tyrannus from about ten o'clock till three. -- acts 19:9 +. +This continued for two years, so that all the inhabitants of [the province of] Asia, Jews as well as Greeks, heard the Word of the Lord [concerning the attainment through Christ of eternal salvation in the kingdom of God]. -- acts 19:10 +. +And God did unusual and extraordinary miracles by the hands of Paul, -- acts 19:11 +. +So that handkerchiefs or towels or aprons which had touched his skin were carried away and put upon the sick, and their diseases left them and the evil spirits came out of them. -- acts 19:12 +. +Then some of the traveling Jewish exorcists (men who adjure evil spirits) also undertook to call the name of the Lord Jesus over those who had evil spirits, saying, I solemnly implore and charge you by the Jesus Whom Paul preaches! -- acts 19:13 +. +Seven sons of a certain Jewish chief priest named Sceva were doing this. -- acts 19:14 +. +But [one] evil spirit retorted, Jesus I know, and Paul I know about, but who are you? -- acts 19:15 +. +Then the man in whom the evil spirit dwelt leaped upon them, mastering two of them, and was so violent against them that they dashed out of that house [in fear], stripped naked and wounded. -- acts 19:16 +. +This became known to all who lived in Ephesus, both Jews and Greeks, and alarm and terror fell upon them all; and the name of the Lord Jesus was extolled and magnified. -- acts 19:17 +. +Many also of those who were now believers came making full confession and thoroughly exposing their [former deceptive and evil] practices. -- acts 19:18 +. +And many of those who had practiced curious, magical arts collected their books and [throwing them, book after book, on the pile] burned them in the sight of everybody. When they counted the value of them, they found it amounted to 50,pieces of silver (about $9,300). -- acts 19:19 +. +Thus the Word of the Lord [concerning the attainment through Christ of eternal salvation in the kingdom of God] grew and spread and intensified, prevailing mightily. -- acts 19:20 +. +Now after these events Paul determined in the [Holy] Spirit that he would travel through Macedonia and Achaia (most of Greece) and go to Jerusalem, saying, After I have been there, I must visit Rome also. -- acts 19:21 +. +And having sent two of his assistants, Timothy and Erastus, into Macedonia, he himself stayed on in [the province of] Asia for a while. -- acts 19:22 +. +But as time went on, there arose no little disturbance concerning the Way [of the Lord]. -- acts 19:23 +. +For a man named Demetrius, a silversmith, who made silver shrines of [the goddess] Artemis [Diana], brought no small income to his craftsmen. -- acts 19:24 +. +These he called together, along with the workmen of similar trades, and said, Men, you are acquainted with the facts and understand that from this business we derive our wealth and livelihood. -- acts 19:25 +. +Now you notice and hear that not only at Ephesus but almost all over [the province of] Asia this Paul has persuaded and induced people to believe his teaching and has alienated a considerable company of them, saying that gods that are made with human hands are not really gods at all. -- acts 19:26 +. +Now there is danger not merely that this trade of ours may be discredited, but also that the temple of the great goddess Artemis may come into disrepute and count for nothing, and that her glorious magnificence may be degraded and fall into contempt--she whom all [the province of] Asia and the wide world worship. -- acts 19:27 +. +As they listened to this, they were filled with rage and they continued to shout, Great is Artemis of the Ephesians! -- acts 19:28 +. +Then the city was filled with confusion; and they rushed together into the amphitheater, dragging along with them Gaius and Aristarchus, Macedonians who were fellow travelers with Paul. -- acts 19:29 +. +Paul wished to go in among the crowd, but the disciples would not permit him to do it. -- acts 19:30 +. +Even some of the Asiarchs (political or religious officials in Asia) who were his friends also sent to him and warned him not to risk venturing into the theater. -- acts 19:31 +. +Now some shouted one thing and some another, for the gathering was in a tumult and most of them did not know why they had come together. -- acts 19:32 +. +Some of the crowd called upon Alexander [to speak], since the Jews had pushed and urged him forward. And Alexander motioned with his hand, wishing to make a defense and [planning] to apologize to the people. -- acts 19:33 +. +But as soon as they saw him and recognized that he was a Jew, a shout went up from them as the voice of one man, as for about two hours they cried, Great is Artemis of the Ephesians! -- acts 19:34 +. +And when the town clerk had calmed the crowd down, he said, Men of Ephesus, what man is there who does not know that the city of the Ephesians is guardian of the temple of the great Artemis and of the sacred stone [image of her] that fell from the sky? -- acts 19:35 +. +Seeing then that these things cannot be denied, you ought to be quiet (keep yourselves in check) and do nothing rashly. -- acts 19:36 +. +For you have brought these men here, who are [guilty of] neither temple robberies nor blasphemous speech about our goddess. -- acts 19:37 +. +Now then, if Demetrius and his fellow tradesmen who are with him have a grievance against anyone, the courts are open and proconsuls are [available]; let them bring charges against one another [legally]. -- acts 19:38 +. +But if you require anything further about this or about other matters, it must be decided and cleared up in the regular assembly. -- acts 19:39 +. +For we are in danger of being called to render an account and of being accused of rioting because of [this commotion] today, there being no reason that we can offer to justify this disorder. -- acts 19:40 +. +And when he had said these things, he dismissed the assembly. -- acts 19:41 +. +AFTER THE uproar had ceased, Paul sent for the disciples and warned and consoled and urged and encouraged them; then he embraced them and told them farewell and set forth on his journey to Macedonia. -- acts 20:1 +. +Then after he had gone through those districts and had warned and consoled and urged and encouraged the brethren with much discourse, he came to Greece. -- acts 20:2 +. +Having spent three months there, when a plot was formed against him by the Jews as he was about to set sail for Syria, he resolved to go back through Macedonia. -- acts 20:3 +. +He was accompanied by Sopater the son of Pyrrhus from Beroea, and by the Thessalonians Aristarchus and Secundus, and Gaius of Derbe and Timothy, and the Asians Tychicus and Trophimus. -- acts 20:4 +. +These went on ahead and were waiting for us [including Luke] at Troas, -- acts 20:5 +. +But we [ourselves] sailed from Philippi after the days of Unleavened Bread [the Passover week], and in five days we joined them at Troas, where we remained for seven days. -- acts 20:6 +. +And on the first day of the week, when we were assembled together to break bread [the Lord's Supper], Paul discoursed with them, intending to leave the next morning; and he kept on with his message until midnight. -- acts 20:7 +. +Now there were numerous lights in the upper room where we were assembled, -- acts 20:8 +. +And there was a young man named Eutychus sitting in the window. He was borne down with deep sleep as Paul kept on talking still longer, and [finally] completely overcome by sleep, he fell down from the third story and was picked up dead. -- acts 20:9 +. +But Paul went down and bent over him and embraced him, saying, Make no ado; his life is within him. -- acts 20:10 +. +When Paul had gone back upstairs and had broken bread and eaten [with them], and after he had talked confidentially and communed with them for a considerable time--until daybreak [in fact]--he departed. -- acts 20:11 +. +They took the youth home alive, and were not a little comforted and cheered and refreshed and encouraged. -- acts 20:12 +. +But going on ahead to the ship, the rest of us set sail for Assos, intending to take Paul aboard there, for that was what he had directed, intending himself to go by land [on foot]. -- acts 20:13 +. +So when he met us at Assos, we took him aboard and sailed on to Mitylene. -- acts 20:14 +. +And sailing from there, we arrived the day after at a point opposite Chios; the following day we struck across to Samos, and the next day we arrived at Miletus. -- acts 20:15 +. +For Paul had determined to sail on past Ephesus, lest he might have to spend time [unnecessarily] in [the province of] Asia; for he was hastening on so that he might reach Jerusalem, if at all possible, by the day of Pentecost. -- acts 20:16 +. +However, from Miletus he sent to Ephesus and summoned the elders of the church [to come to him there]. -- acts 20:17 +. +And when they arrived he said to them: You yourselves are well acquainted with my manner of living among you from the first day that I set foot in [the province of] Asia, and how I continued afterward, -- acts 20:18 +. +Serving the Lord with all humility in tears and in the midst of adversity (affliction and trials) which befell me, due to the plots of the Jews [against me]; -- acts 20:19 +. +How I did not shrink from telling you anything that was for your benefit and teaching you in public meetings and from house to house, -- acts 20:20 +. +But constantly and earnestly I bore testimony both to Jews and Greeks, urging them to turn in repentance [that is due] to God and to have faith in our Lord Jesus Christ [that is due Him]. -- acts 20:21 +. +And now, you see, I am going to Jerusalem, bound by the [Holy] Spirit and obligated and compelled by the [convictions of my own] spirit, not knowing what will befall me there-- -- acts 20:22 +. +Except that the Holy Spirit clearly and emphatically affirms to me in city after city that imprisonment and suffering await me. -- acts 20:23 +. +But none of these things move me; neither do I esteem my life dear to myself, if only I may finish my course with joy and the ministry which I have obtained from [which was entrusted to me by] the Lord Jesus, faithfully to attest to the good news (Gospel) of God's grace (His unmerited favor, spiritual blessing, and mercy). -- acts 20:24 +. +And now, observe, I perceive that all of you, among whom I have gone in and out proclaiming the kingdom, will see my face no more. -- acts 20:25 +. +Therefore I testify and protest to you on this [our parting] day that I am clean and innocent and not responsible for the blood of any of you. -- acts 20:26 +. +For I never shrank or kept back or fell short from declaring to you the whole purpose and plan and counsel of God. -- acts 20:27 +. +Take care and be on guard for yourselves and the whole flock over which the Holy Spirit has appointed you bishops and guardians, to shepherd (tend and feed and guide) the church of the Lord or of God which He obtained for Himself [buying it and saving it for Himself] with His own blood. -- acts 20:28 +. +I know that after I am gone, ferocious wolves will get in among you, not sparing the flock; -- acts 20:29 +. +Even from among your own selves men will come to the front who, by saying perverse (distorted and corrupt) things, will endeavor to draw away the disciples after them [to their own party]. -- acts 20:30 +. +Therefore be always alert and on your guard, being mindful that for three years I never stopped night or day seriously to admonish and advise and exhort you one by one with tears. -- acts 20:31 +. +And now [brethren], I commit you to God [I deposit you in His charge, entrusting you to His protection and care]. And I commend you to the Word of His grace [to the commands and counsels and promises of His unmerited favor]. It is able to build you up and to give you [your rightful] inheritance among all God's set-apart ones (those consecrated, purified, and transformed of soul). -- acts 20:32 +. +I coveted no man's silver or gold or [costly] garments. -- acts 20:33 +. +You yourselves know personally that these hands ministered to my own needs and those [of the persons] who were with me. -- acts 20:34 +. +In everything I have pointed out to you [by example] that, by working diligently in this manner, we ought to assist the weak, being mindful of the words of the Lord Jesus, how He Himself said, It is more blessed (makes one happier and more to be envied) to give than to receive. -- acts 20:35 +. +Having spoken thus, he knelt down with them all and prayed. -- acts 20:36 +. +And they all wept freely and threw their arms around Paul's neck and kissed him fervently and repeatedly, -- acts 20:37 +. +Being especially distressed and sorrowful because he had stated that they were about to see his face no more. And they accompanied him to the ship. -- acts 20:38 +. +AND WHEN we had torn ourselves away from them and withdrawn, we set sail and made a straight run to Cos, and on the following [day came] to Rhodes and from there to Patara. -- acts 21:1 +. +There we found a ship crossing over to Phoenicia; so we went aboard and sailed away. -- acts 21:2 +. +After we had sighted Cyprus, leaving it on our left we sailed on to Syria and put in at Tyre, for there the ship was to unload her cargo. -- acts 21:3 +. +And having looked up the disciples there, we remained with them for seven days. Prompted by the [Holy] Spirit, they kept telling Paul not to set foot in Jerusalem. -- acts 21:4 +. +But when our time there was ended, we left and proceeded on our journey; and all of them with their wives and children accompanied us on our way till we were outside the city. There we knelt down on the beach and prayed. -- acts 21:5 +. +Then when we had told one another farewell, we went on board the ship, and they returned to their own homes. -- acts 21:6 +. +When we had completed the voyage from Tyre, we landed at Ptolemais, where we paid our respects to the brethren and remained with them for one day. -- acts 21:7 +. +On the morrow we left there and came to Caesarea; and we went into the house of Philip the evangelist, who was one of the Seven [first deacons], and stayed with him. -- acts 21:8 +. +And he had four maiden daughters who had the gift of prophecy. -- acts 21:9 +. +While we were remaining there for some time, a prophet named Agabus came down from Judea. -- acts 21:10 +. +And coming to [see] us, he took Paul's belt and with it bound his own feet and hands and said, Thus says the Holy Spirit: The Jews at Jerusalem shall bind like this the man who owns this belt, and they shall deliver him into the hands of the Gentiles (heathen). -- acts 21:11 +. +When we heard this, both we and the residents of that place pleaded with him not to go up to Jerusalem. -- acts 21:12 +. +Then Paul replied, What do you mean by weeping and breaking my heart like this? For I hold myself in readiness not only to be arrested and bound and imprisoned at Jerusalem, but also [even] to die for the name of the Lord Jesus. -- acts 21:13 +. +And when he would not yield to [our] persuading, we stopped [urging and imploring him], saying, The Lord's will be done! -- acts 21:14 +. +After these days we packed our baggage and went up to Jerusalem. -- acts 21:15 +. +And some of the disciples from Caesarea came with us, conducting us to the house of Mnason, a man from Cyprus, one of the disciples of long standing, with whom we were to lodge. -- acts 21:16 +. +When we arrived in Jerusalem, the brethren received and welcomed us gladly. -- acts 21:17 +. +On the next day Paul went in with us to [see] James, and all the elders of the church were present [also]. -- acts 21:18 +. +After saluting them, Paul gave a detailed account of the things God had done among the Gentiles through his ministry. -- acts 21:19 +. +And upon hearing it, they adored and exalted and praised and thanked God. And they said to [Paul], You see, brother, how many thousands of believers there are among the Jews, and all of them are enthusiastic upholders of the [Mosaic] Law. -- acts 21:20 +. +Now they have been informed about you that you continually teach all the Jews who live among the Gentiles to turn back from and forsake Moses, advising them not to circumcise their children or pay any attention to the observance of the [Mosaic] customs. -- acts 21:21 +. +What then [is best that] should be done? A multitude will come together, for they will surely hear that you have arrived. -- acts 21:22 +. +Therefore do just what we tell you. With us are four men who have taken a vow upon themselves. -- acts 21:23 +. +Take these men and purify yourself along with them and pay their expenses [for the temple offering], so that they may have their heads shaved. Thus everybody will know that there is no truth in what they have been told about you, but that you yourself walk in observance of the Law. -- acts 21:24 +. +But with regard to the Gentiles who have believed (adhered to, trusted in, and relied on Christ), we have sent them a letter with our decision that they should keep themselves free from anything that has been sacrificed to idols and from [tasting] blood and [eating the meat of animals] which have been strangled and from all impurity and sexual immorality. -- acts 21:25 +. +Then Paul took the [four] men with him and the following day [he went through the rites of] purifying himself along with them. And they entered the temple to give notice when the days of purification (the ending of each vow) would be fulfilled and the usual offering could be presented on behalf of each of them. -- acts 21:26 +. +When the seven days were drawing to a close, some of the Jews from [the province of] Asia, who had caught sight of Paul in the temple, incited all the rabble and laid hands on him, -- acts 21:27 +. +Shouting, Men of Israel, help! [Help!] This is the man who is teaching everybody everywhere against the people and the Law and this place! Moreover, he has also [actually] brought Greeks into the temple; he has desecrated and polluted this holy place! -- acts 21:28 +. +For they had previously seen Trophimus the Ephesian in the city with Paul and they supposed that he had brought the man into the temple [into the inner court forbidden to Gentiles]. -- acts 21:29 +. +Then the whole city was aroused and thrown into confusion, and the people rushed together; they laid hands on Paul and dragged him outside the temple, and immediately the gates were closed. -- acts 21:30 +. +Now while they were trying to kill him, word came to the commandant of the regular Roman garrison that the whole of Jerusalem was in a state of ferment. -- acts 21:31 +. +So immediately he took soldiers and centurions and hurried down among them; and when the people saw the commandant and the troops, they stopped beating Paul. -- acts 21:32 +. +Then the commandant approached and arrested Paul and ordered that he be secured with two chains. He then inquired who he was and what he had done. -- acts 21:33 +. +Some in the crowd kept shouting back one thing and others something else, and since he could not ascertain the facts because of the furor, he ordered that Paul be removed to the barracks. -- acts 21:34 +. +And when [Paul] came to mount the steps, he was actually being carried by the soldiers because of the violence of the mob; -- acts 21:35 +. +For the mass of the people kept following them, shouting, Away with him! [Kill him!] -- acts 21:36 +. +Just as Paul was about to be taken into the barracks, he asked the commandant, May I say something to you? And the man replied, Can you speak Greek? -- acts 21:37 +. +Are you not then [as I supposed] the Egyptian who not long ago stirred up a rebellion and led those 4,men who were cutthroats out into the wilderness (desert)? -- acts 21:38 +. +Paul answered, I am a Jew, from Tarsus in Cilicia, a citizen of no insignificant or undistinguished city. I beg you, allow me to address the people. -- acts 21:39 +. +And when the man had granted him permission, Paul, standing on the steps, gestured with his hand to the people; and there was a great hush. Then he spoke to them in the Hebrew dialect, saying: -- acts 21:40 +. +BRETHREN AND fathers, listen to the defense which I now make in your presence. -- acts 22:1 +. +And when they heard that he addressed them in the Hebrew tongue, they were all the more quiet. And he continued, -- acts 22:2 +. +I am a Jew, born in Tarsus of Cilicia but reared in this city. At the feet of Gamaliel I was educated according to the strictest care in the Law of our fathers, being ardent [even a zealot] for God, as all of you are today. -- acts 22:3 +. +[Yes] I harassed (troubled, molested, and persecuted) this Way [of the Lord] to the death, putting in chains and committing to prison both men and women, -- acts 22:4 +. +As the high priest and whole council of elders (Sanhedrin) can testify; for from them indeed I received letters with which I was on my way to the brethren in Damascus in order to take also those [believers] who were there, and bring them in chains to Jerusalem that they might be punished. -- acts 22:5 +. +But as I was on my journey and approached Damascus, about noon a great blaze of light flashed suddenly from heaven and shone about me. -- acts 22:6 +. +And I fell to the ground and heard a voice saying to me, Saul, Saul, why do you persecute Me [harass and trouble and molest Me]? -- acts 22:7 +. +And I replied, Who are You, Lord? And He said to me, I am Jesus the Nazarene, Whom you are persecuting. -- acts 22:8 +. +Now the men who were with me saw the light, but they did not hear [the sound of the uttered words of] the voice of the One Who was speaking to me [so that they could understand it]. -- acts 22:9 +. +And I asked, What shall I do, Lord? And the Lord answered me, Get up and go into Damascus, and there it will be told you all that it is destined and appointed for you to do. -- acts 22:10 +. +And since I could not see because [of the dazzlingly glorious intensity] of the brightness of that light, I was led by the hand by those who were with me, and [thus] I arrived in Damascus. -- acts 22:11 +. +And one Ananias, a devout man according to the Law, well spoken of by all the Jews who resided there, -- acts 22:12 +. +Came to see me, and standing by my side said to me, Brother Saul, look up and receive back your sight. And in that very instant I [recovered my sight and] looking up saw him. -- acts 22:13 +. +And he said, The God of our forefathers has destined and appointed you to come progressively to know His will [to perceive, to recognize more strongly and clearly, and to become better and more intimately acquainted with His will], and to see the Righteous One (Jesus Christ, the Messiah), and to hear a voice from His [own] mouth and a message from His [own] lips; -- acts 22:14 +. +For you will be His witness unto all men of everything that you have seen and heard. -- acts 22:15 +. +And now, why do you delay? Rise and be baptized, and by calling upon His name, wash away your sins. -- acts 22:16 +. +Then when I had come back to Jerusalem and was praying in the temple [enclosure], I fell into a trance (an ecstasy); -- acts 22:17 +. +And I saw Him as He said to me, Hurry, get quickly out of Jerusalem, because they will not receive your testimony about Me. -- acts 22:18 +. +And I said, Lord, they themselves well know that throughout all the synagogues I cast into prison and flogged those who believed on (adhered to and trusted in and relied on) You. -- acts 22:19 +. +And when the blood of Your witness (martyr) Stephen was shed, I also was personally standing by and consenting and approving and guarding the garments of those who slew him. -- acts 22:20 +. +And the Lord said to me, Go, for I will send you far away unto the Gentiles (nations). -- acts 22:21 +. +Up to the moment that Paul made this last statement, the people listened to him; but now they raised their voices and shouted, Away with such a fellow from the earth! He is not fit to live! -- acts 22:22 +. +And as they were shouting and tossing and waving their garments and throwing dust into the air, -- acts 22:23 +. +The commandant ordered that Paul be brought into the barracks, and that he be examined by scourging in order that [the commandant] might learn why the people cried out thus against him. -- acts 22:24 +. +But when they had stretched him out with the thongs (leather straps), Paul asked the centurion who was standing by, Is it legal for you to flog a man who is a Roman citizen and uncondemned [without a trial]? -- acts 22:25 +. +When the centurion heard that, he went to the commandant and said to him, What are you about to do? This man is a Roman citizen! -- acts 22:26 +. +So the commandant came and said to [Paul], Tell me, are you a Roman citizen? And he said, Yes [indeed]! -- acts 22:27 +. +The commandant replied, I purchased this citizenship [as a capital investment] for a big price. Paul said, But I was born [Roman]! -- acts 22:28 +. +Instantly those who were about to examine and flog him withdrew from him; and the commandant also was frightened, for he realized that [Paul] was a Roman citizen and he had put him in chains. -- acts 22:29 +. +But the next day, desiring to know the real cause for which the Jews accused him, he unbound him and ordered the chief priests and all the council (Sanhedrin) to assemble; and he brought Paul down and placed him before them. -- acts 22:30 +. +THEN PAUL, gazing earnestly at the council (Sanhedrin), said, Brethren, I have lived before God, doing my duty with a perfectly good conscience until this very day [as a citizen, a true and loyal Jew]. -- acts 23:1 +. +At this the high priest Ananias ordered those who stood near him to strike him on the mouth. -- acts 23:2 +. +Then Paul said to him, God is about to strike you, you whitewashed wall! Do you sit as a judge to try me in accordance with the Law, and yet in defiance of the Law you order me to be struck? -- acts 23:3 +. +Those who stood near exclaimed, Do you rail at and insult the high priest of God? -- acts 23:4 +. +And Paul said, I was not conscious, brethren, that he was a high priest; for the Scripture says, You shall not speak ill of a ruler of your people. -- acts 23:5 +. +But Paul, when he perceived that one part of them were Sadducees and the other part Pharisees, cried out to the council (Sanhedrin), Brethren, I am a Pharisee, a son of Pharisees; it is with regard to the hope and the resurrection of the dead that I am indicted and being judged. -- acts 23:6 +. +So when he had said this, an angry dispute arose between the Pharisees and the Sadducees; and the whole [crowded] assemblage was divided [into two factions]. -- acts 23:7 +. +For the Sadducees hold that there is no resurrection, nor angel nor spirit, but the Pharisees declare openly and speak out freely, acknowledging [their belief in] them both. -- acts 23:8 +. +Then a great uproar ensued, and some of the scribes of the Pharisees' party stood up and thoroughly fought the case, [contending fiercely] and declaring, We find nothing evil or wrong in this man. But if a spirit or an angel [really] spoke to him--? Let us not fight against God! -- acts 23:9 +. +And when the strife became more and more tense and violent, the commandant, fearing that Paul would be torn in pieces by them, ordered the troops to go down and take him forcibly from among them and conduct him back into the barracks. -- acts 23:10 +. +And [that same] following night the Lord stood beside Paul and said, Take courage, Paul, for as you have borne faithful witness concerning Me at Jerusalem, so you must also bear witness at Rome. -- acts 23:11 +. +Now when daylight came, the Jews formed a plot and bound themselves by an oath and under a curse neither to eat nor drink till they had done away with Paul. -- acts 23:12 +. +There were more than forty [men of them], who formed this conspiracy [swearing together this oath and curse]. -- acts 23:13 +. +And they went to the chief priests and elders, saying, We have strictly bound ourselves by an oath and under a curse not to taste any food until we have slain Paul. -- acts 23:14 +. +So now you, along with the council (Sanhedrin), give notice to the commandant to bring [Paul] down to you, as if you were going to investigate his case more accurately. But we [ourselves] are ready to slay him before he comes near. -- acts 23:15 +. +But the son of Paul's sister heard of their intended attack, and he went and got into the barracks and told Paul. -- acts 23:16 +. +Then Paul, calling in one of the centurions, said, Take this young man to the commandant, for he has something to report to him. -- acts 23:17 +. +So he took him and conducted him to the commandant and said, Paul the prisoner called me to him and requested me to conduct this young man to you, for he has something to report to you. -- acts 23:18 +. +The commandant took him by the hand, and going aside with him, asked privately, What is it that you have to report to me? -- acts 23:19 +. +And he replied, The Jews have agreed to ask you to bring Paul down to the council (Sanhedrin) tomorrow, as if [they were] intending to examine him more exactly. -- acts 23:20 +. +But do not yield to their persuasion, for more than forty of their men are lying in ambush waiting for him, having bound themselves by an oath and under a curse neither to eat nor drink till they have killed him; and even now they are all ready, [just] waiting for your promise. -- acts 23:21 +. +So the commandant sent the youth away, charging him, Do not disclose to anyone that you have given me this information. -- acts 23:22 +. +Then summoning two of the centurions, he said, Have two hundred footmen ready by the third hour of the night (about 9:p.m.) to go as far as Caesarea, with seventy horsemen and two hundred spearmen. -- acts 23:23 +. +Also provide beasts for mounts for Paul to ride, and bring him in safety to Felix the governor. -- acts 23:24 +. +And he wrote a letter having this message: -- acts 23:25 +. +Claudius Lysias sends greetings to His Excellency Felix the governor. -- acts 23:26 +. +This man was seized [as prisoner] by the Jews, and was about to be killed by them when I came upon them with the troops and rescued him, because I learned that he is a Roman citizen. -- acts 23:27 +. +And wishing to know the exact accusation which they were making against him, I brought him down before their council (Sanhedrin), -- acts 23:28 +. +[Where] I found that he was charged in regard to questions of their own law, but he was accused of nothing that would call for death or [even] for imprisonment. -- acts 23:29 +. +[However] when it was pointed out to me that there would be a conspiracy against the man, I sent him to you immediately, directing his accusers also to present before you their charge against him. -- acts 23:30 +. +So the soldiers, in compliance with their instructions, took Paul and conducted him during the night to Antipatris. -- acts 23:31 +. +And the next day they returned to the barracks, leaving the mounted men to proceed with him. -- acts 23:32 +. +When these came to Caesarea and gave the letter to the governor, they also presented Paul before him. -- acts 23:33 +. +Having read the letter, he asked to what province [Paul] belonged. When he discovered that he was from Cilicia [an imperial province], -- acts 23:34 +. +He said, I will hear your case fully when your accusers also have come. And he ordered that an eye be kept on him in Herod's palace (the Praetorium). -- acts 23:35 +. +FIVE DAYS later, the high priest Ananias came down [from Jerusalem to Caesarea] with some elders and a certain forensic advocate Tertullus [acting as spokesman and counsel]. They presented to the governor their evidence against Paul. -- acts 24:1 +. +And when he was called, Tertullus began the complaint [against him] by saying: Since through you we obtain and enjoy much peace, and since by your foresight and provision wonderful reforms (amendments and improvements) are introduced and effected on behalf of this nation, -- acts 24:2 +. +In every way and in every place, most excellent Felix, we accept and acknowledge this with deep appreciation and with all gratitude. -- acts 24:3 +. +But not to hinder or detain you too long, I beg you in your clemency and courtesy and kindness to grant us a brief and concise hearing. -- acts 24:4 +. +For we have found this man a perfect pest (a real plague), an agitator and source of disturbance to all the Jews throughout the world, and a ringleader of the [heretical, division-producing] sect of the Nazarenes. -- acts 24:5 +. +He also [even] tried to desecrate and defile the temple, but we laid hands on him and would have sentenced him by our Law, -- acts 24:6 +. +But the commandant Lysias came and took him from us with violence and force, -- acts 24:7 +. +And ordered his accusers to present themselves to you. By examining and cross-questioning him yourself, you will be able to ascertain the truth from him about all these things with which we charge him. -- acts 24:8 +. +The Jews also agreed and joined in the accusation, declaring that all these things were exactly so. -- acts 24:9 +. +And when the governor had beckoned to Paul to speak, he answered: Because I know that for many years you have been a judge over this nation, I find it easier to make my defense and do it cheerfully and with good courage. -- acts 24:10 +. +As you can readily verify, it is not more than twelve days since I went up to Jerusalem to worship; -- acts 24:11 +. +And neither in the temple nor in the synagogues nor in the city did they find me disputing with anybody or bringing together a seditious crowd. -- acts 24:12 +. +Neither can they present argument or evidence to prove to you what they now bring against me. -- acts 24:13 +. +But this I confess to you, however, that in accordance with the Way [of the Lord], which they call a [heretical, division-producing] sect, I worship (serve) the God of our fathers, still persuaded of the truth of and believing in and placing full confidence in everything laid down in the Law [of Moses] or written in the prophets; -- acts 24:14 +. +Having [the same] hope in God which these themselves hold and look for, that there is to be a resurrection both of the righteous and the unrighteous (the just and the unjust). -- acts 24:15 +. +Therefore I always exercise and discipline myself [mortifying my body, deadening my carnal affections, bodily appetites, and worldly desires, endeavoring in all respects] to have a clear (unshaken, blameless) conscience, void of offense toward God and toward men. -- acts 24:16 +. +Now after several years I came up [to Jerusalem] to bring to my people contributions of charity and offerings. -- acts 24:17 +. +While I was engaged in presenting these, they found me [occupied in the rites of purification] in the temple, without any crowd or uproar. But some Jews from [the province of] Asia [were there], -- acts 24:18 +. +Who ought to be here before you and to present their charges, if they have anything against me. -- acts 24:19 +. +Or else let these men themselves tell of what crime or wrongdoing they found me guilty when I appeared before the council (Sanhedrin), -- acts 24:20 +. +Unless it be this one sentence which I cried out as I stood among them, In regard to the resurrection of the dead I am indicted and on trial before you this day! -- acts 24:21 +. +But Felix, having a rather accurate understanding of the Way [of the Lord], put them off and adjourned the trial, saying, When Lysias the commandant comes down, I will determine your case more fully. -- acts 24:22 +. +Then he ordered the centurion to keep [Paul] in custody, but to treat him with indulgence [giving him some liberty] and not to hinder his friends from ministering to his needs and serving him. -- acts 24:23 +. +Some days later Felix came with his wife Drusilla, who was a Jewess; and he sent for Paul and listened to him [talk] about faith in Christ Jesus. -- acts 24:24 +. +But as he continued to argue about uprightness, purity of life (the control of the passions), and the judgment to come, Felix became alarmed and terrified and said, Go away for the present; when I have a convenient opportunity, I will send for you. -- acts 24:25 +. +At the same time he hoped to get money from Paul, for which reason he continued to send for him and was in his company and conversed with him often. -- acts 24:26 +. +But when two years had gone by, Felix was succeeded in office by Porcius Festus; and wishing to gain favor with the Jews, Felix left Paul still a prisoner in chains. -- acts 24:27 +. +NOW WHEN Festus had entered into his own province, after three days he went up from Caesarea to Jerusalem. -- acts 25:1 +. +And [there] the chief priests and the principal men of the Jews laid charges before him against Paul, and they kept begging and urging him, -- acts 25:2 +. +Asking as a favor that he would have him brought to Jerusalem; [meanwhile] they were planning an ambush to slay him on the way. -- acts 25:3 +. +Festus answered that Paul was in custody in Caesarea and that he himself planned to leave for there soon. -- acts 25:4 +. +So, said he, let those who are in a position of authority and are influential among you go down with me, and if there is anything amiss or criminal about the man, let them so charge him. -- acts 25:5 +. +So when Festus had remained among them not more than eight or ten days, he went down to Caesarea, took his seat the next day on the judgment bench, and ordered Paul to be brought before him. -- acts 25:6 +. +And when he arrived, the Jews who had come down from Jerusalem stood all around him, bringing many grave accusations against him which they were not able to prove. -- acts 25:7 +. +Paul declared in [his own] defense, Neither against the Law of the Jews, nor against the temple, nor against Caesar have I offended in any way. -- acts 25:8 +. +But Festus, wishing to ingratiate himself with the Jews, answered Paul, Are you willing to go up to Jerusalem and there be put on trial [before the Jewish Sanhedrin] in my presence concerning these charges? -- acts 25:9 +. +But Paul replied, I am standing before Caesar's judgment seat, where I ought to be tried. To the Jews I have done no wrong, as you know better [than your question implies]. -- acts 25:10 +. +If then I am a wrongdoer and a criminal and have committed anything for which I deserve to die, I do not beg off and seek to escape death; but if there is no ground for their accusations against me, no one can give me up and make a present of me [give me up freely] to them. I appeal to Caesar. -- acts 25:11 +. +Then Festus, when he had consulted with the [men who formed his] council, answered, You have appealed to Caesar; to Caesar you shall go. -- acts 25:12 +. +Now after an interval of some days, Agrippa the king and Bernice arrived at Caesarea to pay their respects to Festus [to welcome him and wish him well]. -- acts 25:13 +. +And while they remained there for many days, Festus acquainted the king with Paul's case, telling him, There is a man left a prisoner in chains by Felix; -- acts 25:14 +. +And when I was at Jerusalem, the chief priests and the elders of the Jews informed me about him, petitioning for a judicial hearing and condemnation of him. -- acts 25:15 +. +But I replied to them that it was not the custom of the Romans to give up freely any man for punishment before the accused had met the accusers face to face and had opportunity to defend himself concerning the charge brought against him. -- acts 25:16 +. +So when they came here together, I did not delay, but on the morrow took my place on the judgment seat and ordered that the man be brought before me. -- acts 25:17 +. +[But] when the accusers stood up, they brought forward no accusation [in his case] of any such misconduct as I was expecting. -- acts 25:18 +. +Instead they had some points of controversy with him about their own religion or superstition and concerning one Jesus, Who had died but Whom Paul kept asserting [over and over] to be alive. -- acts 25:19 +. +And I, being puzzled to know how to make inquiries into such questions, asked whether he would be willing to go to Jerusalem and there be tried regarding them. -- acts 25:20 +. +But when Paul had appealed to have his case retained for examination and decision by the emperor, I ordered that he be detained until I could send him to Caesar. -- acts 25:21 +. +Then Agrippa said to Festus, I also desire to hear the man myself. Tomorrow, [Festus] replied, you shall hear him. -- acts 25:22 +. +So the next day Agrippa and Bernice approached with great display, and they went into the audience hall accompanied by the military commandants and the prominent citizens of the city. At the order of Festus Paul was brought in. -- acts 25:23 +. +Then Festus said, King Agrippa and all the men present with us, you see this man about whom the whole Jewish people came to me and complained, both at Jerusalem and here, insisting and shouting that he ought not to live any longer. -- acts 25:24 +. +But I found nothing that he had done deserving of death. Still, as he himself appealed to the emperor, I determined to send him to Rome. -- acts 25:25 +. +[However] I have nothing in particular and definite to write to my lord concerning him. So I have brought him before all of you, and especially before you, King Agrippa, so that after [further] examination has been made, I may have something to put in writing. -- acts 25:26 +. +For it seems to me senseless and absurd to send a prisoner and not state the accusations against him. -- acts 25:27 +. +THEN AGRIPPA said to Paul, You are permitted to speak on your own behalf. At that Paul stretched forth his hand and made his defense [as follows]: -- acts 26:1 +. +I consider myself fortunate, King Agrippa, that it is before you that I am to make my defense today in regard to all the charges brought against me by [the] Jews, -- acts 26:2 +. +[Especially] because you are so fully and unusually conversant with all the Jewish customs and controversies; therefore, I beg you to hear me patiently. -- acts 26:3 +. +My behavior and manner of living from my youth up is known by all the Jews; [they are aware] that from [its] commencement my youth was spent among my own race in Jerusalem. -- acts 26:4 +. +They have had knowledge of me for a long time, if they are willing to testify to it, that in accordance with the strictest sect of our religion I have lived as a Pharisee. -- acts 26:5 +. +And now I stand here on trial [to be judged on the ground] of the hope of that promise made to our forefathers by God, -- acts 26:6 +. +Which hope [of the Messiah and the resurrection] our twelve tribes confidently expect to realize as they fervently worship [without ceasing] night and day. And for that hope, O king, I am accused by Jews and considered a criminal! -- acts 26:7 +. +Why is it thought incredible by any of you that God raises the dead? -- acts 26:8 +. +I myself indeed was [once] persuaded that it was my duty to do many things contrary to and in defiance of the name of Jesus of Nazareth. -- acts 26:9 +. +And that is what I did in Jerusalem; I [not only] locked up many of the [faithful] saints (holy ones) in prison by virtue of authority received from the chief priests, but when they were being condemned to death, I cast my vote against them. -- acts 26:10 +. +And frequently I punished them in all the synagogues to make them blaspheme; and in my bitter fury against them, I harassed (troubled, molested, persecuted) and pursued them even to foreign cities. -- acts 26:11 +. +Thus engaged I proceeded to Damascus with the authority and orders of the chief priests, -- acts 26:12 +. +When on the road at midday, O king, I saw a light from heaven surpassing the brightness of the sun, flashing about me and those who were traveling with me. -- acts 26:13 +. +And when we had all fallen to the ground, I heard a voice in the Hebrew tongue saying to me, Saul, Saul, why do you continue to persecute Me [to harass and trouble and molest Me]? It is dangerous and turns out badly for you to keep kicking against the goads [to keep offering vain and perilous resistance]. -- acts 26:14 +. +And I said, Who are You, Lord? And the Lord said, I am Jesus, Whom you are persecuting. -- acts 26:15 +. +But arise and stand upon your feet; for I have appeared to you for this purpose, that I might appoint you to serve as [My] minister and to bear witness both to what you have seen of Me and to that in which I will appear to you, -- acts 26:16 +. +Choosing you out [selecting you for Myself] and delivering you from among this [Jewish] people and the Gentiles to whom I am sending you-- -- acts 26:17 +. +To open their eyes that they may turn from darkness to light and from the power of Satan to God, so that they may thus receive forgiveness and release from their sins and a place and portion among those who are consecrated and purified by faith in Me. -- acts 26:18 +. +Wherefore, O King Agrippa, I was not disobedient unto the heavenly vision, -- acts 26:19 +. +But made known openly first of all to those at Damascus, then at Jerusalem and throughout the whole land of Judea, and also among the Gentiles, that they should repent and turn to God, and do works and live lives consistent with and worthy of their repentance. -- acts 26:20 +. +Because of these things the Jews seized me in the temple [enclosure] and tried to do away with me. -- acts 26:21 +. +[But] to this day I have had the help which comes from God [as my ally], and so I stand here testifying to small and great alike, asserting nothing beyond what the prophets and Moses declared would come to pass-- -- acts 26:22 +. +That the Christ (the Anointed One) must suffer and that He, by being the first to rise from the dead, would declare and show light both to the [Jewish] people and to the Gentiles. -- acts 26:23 +. +And as he thus proceeded with his defense, Festus called out loudly, Paul, you are mad! Your great learning is driving you insane! -- acts 26:24 +. +But Paul replied, I am not mad, most noble Festus, but I am uttering the straight, sound truth. -- acts 26:25 +. +For the king understands about these things well enough, and [therefore] to him I speak with bold frankness and confidence. I am convinced that not one of these things has escaped his notice, for all this did not take place in a corner [in secret]. -- acts 26:26 +. +King Agrippa, do you believe the prophets? [Do you give credence to God's messengers and their words?] I perceive and know that you do believe. -- acts 26:27 +. +Then Agrippa said to Paul, You think it a small task to make a Christian of me [just offhand to induce me with little ado and persuasion, at very short notice]. -- acts 26:28 +. +And Paul replied, Whether short or long, I would to God that not only you, but also all who are listening to me today, might become such as I am, except for these chains. -- acts 26:29 +. +Then the king arose, and the governor and Bernice and all those who were seated with them; -- acts 26:30 +. +And after they had gone out, they said to one another, This man is doing nothing deserving of death or [even] of imprisonment. -- acts 26:31 +. +And Agrippa said to Festus, This man could have been set at liberty if he had not appealed to Caesar. -- acts 26:32 +. +NOW WHEN it was determined that we [including Luke] should sail for Italy, they turned Paul and some other prisoners over to a centurion of the imperial regiment named Julius. -- acts 27:1 +. +And going aboard a ship from Adramyttium which was about to sail for the ports along the coast of [the province of] Asia, we put out to sea; and Aristarchus, a Macedonian from Thessalonica, accompanied us. -- acts 27:2 +. +The following day we landed at Sidon, and Julius treated Paul in a loving way, with much consideration (kindness and care), permitting him to go to his friends [there] and be refreshed and be cared for. -- acts 27:3 +. +After putting to sea from there we passed to the leeward (south side) of Cyprus [for protection], for the winds were contrary to us. -- acts 27:4 +. +And when we had sailed over [the whole length] of sea which lies off Cilicia and Pamphylia, we reached Myra in Lycia. -- acts 27:5 +. +There the centurion found an Alexandrian ship bound for Italy, and he transferred us to it. -- acts 27:6 +. +For a number of days we made slow progress and arrived with difficulty off Cnidus; then, as the wind did not permit us to proceed, we went under the lee (shelter) of Crete off Salmone, -- acts 27:7 +. +And coasting along it with difficulty, we arrived at a place called Fair Havens, near which is located the town of Lasea. -- acts 27:8 +. +But as [the season was well advanced, for] much time had been lost and navigation was already dangerous, for the time for the Fast [the Day of Atonement, about the beginning of October] had already gone by, Paul warned and advised them, -- acts 27:9 +. +Saying, Sirs, I perceive [after careful observation] that this voyage will be attended with disaster and much heavy loss, not only of the cargo and the ship but of our lives also. -- acts 27:10 +. +However, the centurion paid greater attention to the pilot and to the owner of the ship than to what Paul said. -- acts 27:11 +. +And as the harbor was not well situated and so unsuitable to winter in, the majority favored the plan of putting to sea again from there, hoping somehow to reach Phoenice, a harbor of Crete facing southwest and northwest, and winter there. -- acts 27:12 +. +So when the south wind blew softly, supposing they were gaining their object, they weighed anchor and sailed along Crete, hugging the coast. -- acts 27:13 +. +But soon afterward a violent wind [of the character of a typhoon], called a northeaster, came bursting down from the island. -- acts 27:14 +. +And when the ship was caught and was unable to head against the wind, we gave up and, letting her drift, were borne along. -- acts 27:15 +. +We ran under the shelter of a small island called Cauda, where we managed with [much] difficulty to draw the [ship's small] boat on deck and secure it. -- acts 27:16 +. +After hoisting it on board, they used supports with ropes to undergird and brace the ship; then afraid that they would be driven into the Syrtis [quicksands off the north coast of Africa], they lowered the gear (sails and ropes) and so were driven along. -- acts 27:17 +. +As we were being dangerously tossed about by the violence of the storm, the next day they began to throw the freight overboard; -- acts 27:18 +. +And the third day they threw out with their own hands the ship's equipment (the tackle and the furniture). -- acts 27:19 +. +And when neither sun nor stars were visible for many days and no small tempest kept raging about us, all hope of our being saved was finally abandoned. -- acts 27:20 +. +Then as they had eaten nothing for a long time, Paul came forward into their midst and said, Men, you should have listened to me, and should not have put to sea from Crete and brought on this disaster and harm and misery and loss. -- acts 27:21 +. +But [even] now I beg you to be in good spirits and take heart, for there will be no loss of life among you but only of the ship. -- acts 27:22 +. +For this [very] night there stood by my side an angel of the God to Whom I belong and Whom I serve and worship, -- acts 27:23 +. +And he said, Do not be frightened, Paul! It is necessary for you to stand before Caesar; and behold, God has given you all those who are sailing with you. -- acts 27:24 +. +So keep up your courage, men, for I have faith (complete confidence) in God that it will be exactly as it was told me; -- acts 27:25 +. +But we shall have to be stranded on some island. -- acts 27:26 +. +The fourteenth night had come and we were drifting and being driven about in the Adriatic Sea, when about midnight the sailors began to suspect that they were drawing near to some land. -- acts 27:27 +. +So they took soundings and found twenty fathoms, and a little farther on they sounded again and found fifteen fathoms. -- acts 27:28 +. +Then fearing that we might fall off [our course] onto rocks, they dropped four anchors from the stern and kept wishing for daybreak to come. -- acts 27:29 +. +And as the sailors were trying to escape [secretly] from the ship and were lowering the small boat into the sea, pretending that they were going to lay out anchors from the bow, -- acts 27:30 +. +Paul said to the centurion and the soldiers, Unless these men remain in the ship, you cannot be saved. -- acts 27:31 +. +Then the soldiers cut away the ropes that held the small boat, and let it fall and drift away. -- acts 27:32 +. +While they waited until it should become day, Paul entreated them all to take some food, saying, This is the fourteenth day that you have been continually in suspense and on the alert without food, having eaten nothing. -- acts 27:33 +. +So I urge (warn, exhort, encourage, advise) you to take some food [for your safety]--it will give you strength; for not a hair is to perish from the head of any one of you. -- acts 27:34 +. +Having said these words, he took bread and, giving thanks to God before them all, he broke it and began to eat. -- acts 27:35 +. +Then they all became more cheerful and were encouraged and took food themselves. -- acts 27:36 +. +All told there were souls of us in the ship. -- acts 27:37 +. +And after they had eaten sufficiently, [they proceeded] to lighten the ship, throwing out the wheat into the sea. -- acts 27:38 +. +Now when it was day [and they saw the land], they did not recognize it, but they noticed a bay with a beach on which they [taking counsel] purposed to run the ship ashore if they possibly could. -- acts 27:39 +. +So they cut the cables and severed the anchors and left them in the sea; at the same time unlashing the ropes that held the rudders and hoisting the foresail to the wind, they headed for the beach. -- acts 27:40 +. +But striking a crosscurrent (a place open to two seas) they ran the ship aground. The prow stuck fast and remained immovable, and the stern began to break up under the violent force of the waves. -- acts 27:41 +. +It was the counsel of the soldiers to kill the prisoners, lest any of them should swim to land and escape; -- acts 27:42 +. +But the centurion, wishing to save Paul, prevented their carrying out their purpose. He commanded those who could swim to throw themselves overboard first and make for the shore, -- acts 27:43 +. +And the rest on heavy boards or pieces of the vessel. And so it was that all escaped safely to land. -- acts 27:44 +. +AFTER WE were safe on the island, we knew and recognized that it was called Malta. -- acts 28:1 +. +And the natives showed us unusual and remarkable kindness, for they kindled a fire and welcomed and received us all, since it had begun to rain and was cold. -- acts 28:2 +. +Now Paul had gathered a bundle of sticks, and he was laying them on the fire when a viper crawled out because of the heat and fastened itself on his hand. -- acts 28:3 +. +When the natives saw the little animal hanging from his hand, they said to one another, Doubtless this man is a murderer, for though he has been saved from the sea, Justice [the goddess of avenging] has not permitted that he should live. -- acts 28:4 +. +Then [Paul simply] shook off the small creature into the fire and suffered no evil effects. -- acts 28:5 +. +However, they were waiting, expecting him to swell up or suddenly drop dead; but when they had watched him a long time and saw nothing fatal or harmful come to him, they changed their minds and kept saying over and over that he was a god. -- acts 28:6 +. +In the vicinity of that place there were estates belonging to the head man of the island, named Publius, who accepted and welcomed and entertained us with hearty hospitality for three days. -- acts 28:7 +. +And it happened that the father of Publius was sick in bed with recurring attacks of fever and dysentery; and Paul went to see him, and after praying and laying his hands on him, he healed him. -- acts 28:8 +. +After this had occurred, the other people on the island who had diseases also kept coming and were cured. -- acts 28:9 +. +They showed us every respect and presented many gifts to us, honoring us with many honors; and when we sailed, they provided and put on [board our ship] everything we needed. -- acts 28:10 +. +It was after three months' stay there that we set sail in a ship which had wintered in the island, an Alexandrian ship with the Twin Brothers [Castor and Pollux] as its figurehead. -- acts 28:11 +. +We landed at Syracuse and remained there three days, -- acts 28:12 +. +And from there we made a circuit [following the coast] and reached Rhegium; and one day later a south wind sprang up, and the next day we arrived at Puteoli. -- acts 28:13 +. +There we found some [Christian] brethren and were entreated to stay with them for seven days. And so we came to Rome. -- acts 28:14 +. +And the [Christian] brethren there, having had news of us, came as far as the Forum of Appius and the Three Taverns to meet us. When Paul saw them, he thanked God and received new courage. -- acts 28:15 +. +When we arrived at Rome, the centurion delivered the prisoners to the captain of the guard, but Paul was permitted to live by himself with the soldier who guarded him. -- acts 28:16 +. +Three days after [our arrival], he called together the leading local Jews; and when they had gathered, he said to them, Brethren, though I have done nothing against the people or against the customs of our forefathers, yet I was turned over as a prisoner from Jerusalem into the hands of the Romans. -- acts 28:17 +. +After they had examined me, they were ready to release me because I was innocent of any offense deserving the death penalty. -- acts 28:18 +. +But when the Jews protested, I was forced to appeal to Caesar, though it was not because I had any charge to make against my nation. -- acts 28:19 +. +This is the reason therefore why I have begged to see you and to talk with you, since it is because of the Hope of Israel (the Messiah) that I am bound with this chain. -- acts 28:20 +. +And they answered him, We have not received any letters about you from Judea, and none of the [Jewish] brethren coming here has reported or spoken anything evil about you. -- acts 28:21 +. +But we think it fitting and are eager to hear from you what it is that you have in mind and believe and what your opinion is, for with regard to this sect it is known to all of us that it is everywhere denounced. -- acts 28:22 +. +So when they had set a day with him, they came in large numbers to his lodging. And he fully set forth and explained the matter to them from morning until night, testifying to the kingdom of God and trying to persuade them concerning Jesus both from the Law of Moses and from the Prophets. -- acts 28:23 +. +And some were convinced and believed what he said, and others did not believe. -- acts 28:24 +. +And as they disagreed among themselves, they began to leave, [but not before] Paul had added one statement [more]: The Holy Spirit was right in saying through Isaiah the prophet to your forefathers: -- acts 28:25 +. +Go to this people and say to them, You will indeed hear and hear with your ears but will not understand, and you will indeed look and look with your eyes but will not see [not perceive, have knowledge of or become acquainted with what you look at, at all]. -- acts 28:26 +. +For the heart (the understanding, the soul) of this people has grown dull (stupid, hardened, and calloused), and their ears are heavy and hard of hearing and they have shut tight their eyes, so that they may not perceive and have knowledge and become acquainted with their eyes and hear with their ears and understand with their souls and turn [to Me and be converted], that I may heal them. -- acts 28:27 +. +So let it be understood by you then that [this message of] the salvation of God has been sent to the Gentiles, and they will listen [to it]! -- acts 28:28 +. +And when he had said these things, the Jews went away, arguing and disputing among themselves. -- acts 28:29 +. +After this Paul lived there for two entire years [at his own expense] in his own rented lodging, and he welcomed all who came to him, -- acts 28:30 +. +Preaching to them the kingdom of God and teaching them about the Lord Jesus Christ with boldness and quite openly, and without being molested or hindered. -- acts 28:31 +. +FROM PAUL, a bond servant of Jesus Christ (the Messiah) called to be an apostle, (a special messenger) set apart to [preach] the Gospel (good news) of and from God, -- romans 1:1 +. +Which He promised in advance [long ago] through His prophets in the sacred Scriptures-- -- romans 1:2 +. +[The Gospel] regarding His Son, Who as to the flesh (His human nature) was descended from David, -- romans 1:3 +. +And [as to His divine nature] according to the Spirit of holiness was openly designated the Son of God in power [in a striking, triumphant and miraculous manner] by His resurrection from the dead, even Jesus Christ our Lord (the Messiah, the Anointed One). -- romans 1:4 +. +It is through Him that we have received grace (God's unmerited favor) and [our] apostleship to promote obedience to the faith and make disciples for His name's sake among all the nations, -- romans 1:5 +. +And this includes you, called of Jesus Christ and invited [as you are] to belong to Him. -- romans 1:6 +. +To [you then] all God's beloved ones in Rome, called to be saints and designated for a consecrated life: Grace and spiritual blessing and peace be yours from God our Father and from the Lord Jesus Christ. -- romans 1:7 +. +First, I thank my God through Jesus Christ for all of you, because [the report of] your faith is made known to all the world and is commended everywhere. -- romans 1:8 +. +For God is my witness, Whom I serve with my [whole] spirit [rendering priestly and spiritual service] in [preaching] the Gospel and [telling] the good news of His Son, how incessantly I always mention you when at my prayers. -- romans 1:9 +. +I keep pleading that somehow by God's will I may now at last prosper and come to you. -- romans 1:10 +. +For I am yearning to see you, that I may impart and share with you some spiritual gift to strengthen and establish you; -- romans 1:11 +. +That is, that we may be mutually strengthened and encouraged and comforted by each other's faith, both yours and mine. -- romans 1:12 +. +I want you to know, brethren, that many times I have planned and intended to come to you, though thus far I have been hindered and prevented, in order that I might have some fruit (some result of my labors) among you, as I have among the rest of the Gentiles. -- romans 1:13 +. +Both to Greeks and to barbarians (to the cultured and to the uncultured), both to the wise and the foolish, I have an obligation to discharge and a duty to perform and a debt to pay. -- romans 1:14 +. +So, for my part, I am willing and eagerly ready to preach the Gospel to you also who are in Rome. -- romans 1:15 +. +For I am not ashamed of the Gospel (good news) of Christ, for it is God's power working unto salvation [for deliverance from eternal death] to everyone who believes with a personal trust and a confident surrender and firm reliance, to the Jew first and also to the Greek, -- romans 1:16 +. +For in the Gospel a righteousness which God ascribes is revealed, both springing from faith and leading to faith [disclosed through the way of faith that arouses to more faith]. As it is written, The man who through faith is just and upright shall live and shall live by faith. -- romans 1:17 +. +For God's [holy] wrath and indignation are revealed from heaven against all ungodliness and unrighteousness of men, who in their wickedness repress and hinder the truth and make it inoperative. -- romans 1:18 +. +For that which is known about God is evident to them and made plain in their inner consciousness, because God [Himself] has shown it to them. -- romans 1:19 +. +For ever since the creation of the world His invisible nature and attributes, that is, His eternal power and divinity, have been made intelligible and clearly discernible in and through the things that have been made (His handiworks). So [men] are without excuse [altogether without any defense or justification], -- romans 1:20 +. +Because when they knew and recognized Him as God, they did not honor and glorify Him as God or give Him thanks. But instead they became futile and godless in their thinking [with vain imaginings, foolish reasoning, and stupid speculations] and their senseless minds were darkened. -- romans 1:21 +. +Claiming to be wise, they became fools [professing to be smart, they made simpletons of themselves]. -- romans 1:22 +. +And by them the glory and majesty and excellence of the immortal God were exchanged for and represented by images, resembling mortal man and birds and beasts and reptiles. -- romans 1:23 +. +Therefore God gave them up in the lusts of their [own] hearts to sexual impurity, to the dishonoring of their bodies among themselves [abandoning them to the degrading power of sin], -- romans 1:24 +. +Because they exchanged the truth of God for a lie and worshiped and served the creature rather than the Creator, Who is blessed forever! Amen (so be it). -- romans 1:25 +. +For this reason God gave them over and abandoned them to vile affections and degrading passions. For their women exchanged their natural function for an unnatural and abnormal one, -- romans 1:26 +. +And the men also turned from natural relations with women and were set ablaze (burning out, consumed) with lust for one another--men committing shameful acts with men and suffering in their own bodies and personalities the inevitable consequences and penalty of their wrong-doing and going astray, which was [their] fitting retribution. -- romans 1:27 +. +And so, since they did not see fit to acknowledge God or approve of Him or consider Him worth the knowing, God gave them over to a base and condemned mind to do things not proper or decent but loathsome, -- romans 1:28 +. +Until they were filled (permeated and saturated) with every kind of unrighteousness, iniquity, grasping and covetous greed, and malice. [They were] full of envy and jealousy, murder, strife, deceit and treachery, ill will and cruel ways. [They were] secret backbiters and gossipers, -- romans 1:29 +. +Slanderers, hateful to and hating God, full of insolence, arrogance, [and] boasting; inventors of new forms of evil, disobedient and undutiful to parents. -- romans 1:30 +. +[They were] without understanding, conscienceless and faithless, heartless and loveless [and] merciless. -- romans 1:31 +. +Though they are fully aware of God's righteous decree that those who do such things deserve to die, they not only do them themselves but approve and applaud others who practice them. -- romans 1:32 +. +THEREFORE YOU have no excuse or defense or justification, O man, whoever you are who judges and condemns another. For in posing as judge and passing sentence on another, you condemn yourself, because you who judge are habitually practicing the very same things [that you censure and denounce]. -- romans 2:1 +. +[But] we know that the judgment (adverse verdict, sentence) of God falls justly and in accordance with truth upon those who practice such things. -- romans 2:2 +. +And do you think or imagine, O man, when you judge and condemn those who practice such things and yet do them yourself, that you will escape God's judgment and elude His sentence and adverse verdict? -- romans 2:3 +. +Or are you [so blind as to] trifle with and presume upon and despise and underestimate the wealth of His kindness and forbearance and long-suffering patience? Are you unmindful or actually ignorant [of the fact] that God's kindness is intended to lead you to repent (to change your mind and inner man to accept God's will)? -- romans 2:4 +. +But by your callous stubbornness and impenitence of heart you are storing up wrath and indignation for yourself on the day of wrath and indignation, when God's righteous judgment (just doom) will be revealed. -- romans 2:5 +. +For He will render to every man according to his works [justly, as his deeds deserve]: -- romans 2:6 +. +To those who by patient persistence in well-doing [springing from piety] seek [unseen but sure] glory and honor and [the eternal blessedness of] immortality, He will give eternal life. -- romans 2:7 +. +But for those who are self-seeking and self-willed and disobedient to the Truth but responsive to wickedness, there will be indignation and wrath. -- romans 2:8 +. +[And] there will be tribulation and anguish and calamity and constraint for every soul of man who [habitually] does evil, the Jew first and also the Greek (Gentile). -- romans 2:9 +. +But glory and honor and [heart] peace shall be awarded to everyone who [habitually] does good, the Jew first and also the Greek (Gentile). -- romans 2:10 +. +For God shows no partiality [undue favor or unfairness; with Him one man is not different from another]. -- romans 2:11 +. +All who have sinned without the Law will also perish without [regard to] the Law, and all who have sinned under the Law will be judged and condemned by the Law. -- romans 2:12 +. +For it is not merely hearing the Law [read] that makes one righteous before God, but it is the doers of the Law who will be held guiltless and acquitted and justified. -- romans 2:13 +. +When Gentiles who have not the [divine] Law do instinctively what the Law requires, they are a law to themselves, since they do not have the Law. -- romans 2:14 +. +They show that the essential requirements of the Law are written in their hearts and are operating there, with which their consciences (sense of right and wrong) also bear witness; and their [moral] decisions (their arguments of reason, their condemning or approving thoughts) will accuse or perhaps defend and excuse [them] -- romans 2:15 +. +On that day when, as my Gospel proclaims, God by Jesus Christ will judge men in regard to the things which they conceal (their hidden thoughts). -- romans 2:16 +. +But if you bear the name of Jew and rely upon the Law and pride yourselves in God and your relationship to Him, -- romans 2:17 +. +And know and understand His will and discerningly approve the better things and have a sense of what is vital, because you are instructed by the Law; -- romans 2:18 +. +And if you are confident that you [yourself] are a guide to the blind, a light to those who are in darkness, and [that -- romans 2:19 +. +You are] a corrector of the foolish, a teacher of the childish, having in the Law the embodiment of knowledge and truth-- -- romans 2:20 +. +Well then, you who teach others, do you not teach yourself? While you teach against stealing, do you steal (take what does not really belong to you)? -- romans 2:21 +. +You who say not to commit adultery, do you commit adultery [are you unchaste in action or in thought]? You who abhor and loathe idols, do you rob temples [do you appropriate to your own use what is consecrated to God, thus robbing the sanctuary and doing sacrilege]? -- romans 2:22 +. +You who boast in the Law, do you dishonor God by breaking the Law [by stealthily infringing upon or carelessly neglecting or openly breaking it]? -- romans 2:23 +. +For, as it is written, The name of God is maligned and blasphemed among the Gentiles because of you! [The words to this effect are from your own Scriptures.] -- romans 2:24 +. +Circumcision does indeed profit if you keep the Law; but if you habitually transgress the Law, your circumcision is made uncircumcision. -- romans 2:25 +. +So if a man who is uncircumcised keeps the requirements of the Law, will not his uncircumcision be credited to him as [equivalent to] circumcision? -- romans 2:26 +. +Then those who are physically uncircumcised but keep the Law will condemn you who, although you have the code in writing and have circumcision, break the Law. -- romans 2:27 +. +For he is not a [real] Jew who is only one outwardly and publicly, nor is [true] circumcision something external and physical. -- romans 2:28 +. +But he is a Jew who is one inwardly, and [true] circumcision is of the heart, a spiritual and not a literal [matter]. His praise is not from men but from God. -- romans 2:29 +. +THEN WHAT advantage remains to the Jew? [How is he favored?] Or what is the value or benefit of circumcision? -- romans 3:1 +. +Much in every way. To begin with, to the Jews were entrusted the oracles (the brief communications, the intentions, the utterances) of God. -- romans 3:2 +. +What if some did not believe and were without faith? Does their lack of faith and their faithlessness nullify and make ineffective and void the faithfulness of God and His fidelity [to His Word]? -- romans 3:3 +. +By no means! Let God be found true though every human being is false and a liar, as it is written, That You may be justified and shown to be upright in what You say, and prevail when You are judged [by sinful men]. -- romans 3:4 +. +But if our unrighteousness thus establishes and exhibits the righteousness of God, what shall we say? That God is unjust and wrong to inflict His wrath upon us [Jews]? I speak in a [purely] human way. -- romans 3:5 +. +By no means! Otherwise, how could God judge the world? -- romans 3:6 +. +But [you say] if through my falsehood God's integrity is magnified and advertised and abounds to His glory, why am I still being judged as a sinner? -- romans 3:7 +. +And why should we not do evil that good may come?--as some slanderously charge us with teaching. Such [false teaching] is justly condemned by them. -- romans 3:8 +. +Well then, are we [Jews] superior and better off than they? No, not at all. We have already charged that all men, both Jews and Greeks (Gentiles), are under sin [held down by and subject to its power and control]. -- romans 3:9 +. +As it is written, None is righteous, just and truthful and upright and conscientious, no, not one. -- romans 3:10 +. +No one understands [no one intelligently discerns or comprehends]; no one seeks out God. -- romans 3:11 +. +All have turned aside; together they have gone wrong and have become unprofitable and worthless; no one does right, not even one! -- romans 3:12 +. +Their throat is a yawning grave; they use their tongues to deceive (to mislead and to deal treacherously). The venom of asps is beneath their lips. -- romans 3:13 +. +Their mouth is full of cursing and bitterness. -- romans 3:14 +. +Their feet are swift to shed blood. -- romans 3:15 +. +Destruction [as it dashes them to pieces] and misery mark their ways. -- romans 3:16 +. +And they have no experience of the way of peace [they know nothing about peace, for a peaceful way they do not even recognize]. -- romans 3:17 +. +There is no [reverential] fear of God before their eyes. -- romans 3:18 +. +Now we know that whatever the Law says, it speaks to those who are under the Law, so that [the murmurs and excuses of] every mouth may be hushed and all the world may be held accountable to God. -- romans 3:19 +. +For no person will be justified (made righteous, acquitted, and judged acceptable) in His sight by observing the works prescribed by the Law. For [the real function of] the Law is to make men recognize and be conscious of sin [not mere perception, but an acquaintance with sin which works toward repentance, faith, and holy character]. -- romans 3:20 +. +But now the righteousness of God has been revealed independently and altogether apart from the Law, although actually it is attested by the Law and the Prophets, -- romans 3:21 +. +Namely, the righteousness of God which comes by believing with personal trust and confident reliance on Jesus Christ (the Messiah). [And it is meant] for all who believe. For there is no distinction, -- romans 3:22 +. +Since all have sinned and are falling short of the honor and glory which God bestows and receives. -- romans 3:23 +. +[All] are justified and made upright and in right standing with God, freely and gratuitously by His grace (His unmerited favor and mercy), through the redemption which is [provided] in Christ Jesus, -- romans 3:24 +. +Whom God put forward [before the eyes of all] as a mercy seat and propitiation by His blood [the cleansing and life-giving sacrifice of atonement and reconciliation, to be received] through faith. This was to show God's righteousness, because in His divine forbearance He had passed over and ignored former sins without punishment. -- romans 3:25 +. +It was to demonstrate and prove at the present time (in the now season) that He Himself is righteous and that He justifies and accepts as righteous him who has [true] faith in Jesus. -- romans 3:26 +. +Then what becomes of [our] pride and [our] boasting? It is excluded (banished, ruled out entirely). On what principle? [On the principle] of doing good deeds? No, but on the principle of faith. -- romans 3:27 +. +For we hold that a man is justified and made upright by faith independent of and distinctly apart from good deeds (works of the Law). [The observance of the Law has nothing to do with justification.] -- romans 3:28 +. +Or is God merely [the God] of Jews? Is He not the God of Gentiles also? Yes, of Gentiles also, -- romans 3:29 +. +Since it is one and the same God Who will justify the circumcised by faith [which germinated from Abraham] and the uncircumcised through their [newly acquired] faith. [For it is the same trusting faith in both cases, a firmly relying faith in Jesus Christ]. -- romans 3:30 +. +Do we then by [this] faith make the Law of no effect, overthrow it or make it a dead letter? Certainly not! On the contrary, we confirm and establish and uphold the Law. -- romans 3:31 +. +[BUT] IF so, what shall we say about Abraham, our forefather humanly speaking--[what did he] find out? [How does this affect his position, and what was gained by him?] -- romans 4:1 +. +For if Abraham was justified (established as just by acquittal from guilt) by good works [that he did, then] he has grounds for boasting. But not before God! -- romans 4:2 +. +For what does the Scripture say? Abraham believed in (trusted in) God, and it was credited to his account as righteousness (right living and right standing with God). -- romans 4:3 +. +Now to a laborer, his wages are not counted as a favor or a gift, but as an obligation (something owed to him). -- romans 4:4 +. +But to one who, not working [by the Law], trusts (believes fully) in Him Who justifies the ungodly, his faith is credited to him as righteousness (the standing acceptable to God). -- romans 4:5 +. +Thus David congratulates the man and pronounces a blessing on him to whom God credits righteousness apart from the works he does: -- romans 4:6 +. +Blessed and happy and to be envied are those whose iniquities are forgiven and whose sins are covered up and completely buried. -- romans 4:7 +. +Blessed and happy and to be envied is the person of whose sin the Lord will take no account nor reckon it against him. -- romans 4:8 +. +Is this blessing (happiness) then meant only for the circumcised, or also for the uncircumcised? We say that faith was credited to Abraham as righteousness. -- romans 4:9 +. +How then was it credited [to him]? Was it before or after he had been circumcised? It was not after, but before he was circumcised. -- romans 4:10 +. +He received the mark of circumcision as a token or an evidence [and] seal of the righteousness which he had by faith while he was still uncircumcised--[faith] so that he was to be made the father of all who [truly] believe, though without circumcision, and who thus have righteousness (right standing with God) imputed to them and credited to their account, -- romans 4:11 +. +As well as [that he be made] the father of those circumcised persons who are not merely circumcised, but also walk in the way of that faith which our father Abraham had before he was circumcised. -- romans 4:12 +. +For the promise to Abraham or his posterity, that he should inherit the world, did not come through [observing the commands of] the Law but through the righteousness of faith. -- romans 4:13 +. +If it is the adherents of the Law who are to be the heirs, then faith is made futile and empty of all meaning and the promise [of God] is made void (is annulled and has no power). -- romans 4:14 +. +For the Law results in [divine] wrath, but where there is no law there is no transgression [of it either]. -- romans 4:15 +. +Therefore, [inheriting] the promise is the outcome of faith and depends [entirely] on faith, in order that it might be given as an act of grace (unmerited favor), to make it stable and valid and guaranteed to all his descendants--not only to the devotees and adherents of the Law, but also to those who share the faith of Abraham, who is [thus] the father of us all. -- romans 4:16 +. +As it is written, I have made you the father of many nations. [He was appointed our father] in the sight of God in Whom he believed, Who gives life to the dead and speaks of the nonexistent things that [He has foretold and promised] as if they [already] existed. -- romans 4:17 +. +[For Abraham, human reason for] hope being gone, hoped in faith that he should become the father of many nations, as he had been promised, So [numberless] shall your descendants be. -- romans 4:18 +. +He did not weaken in faith when he considered the [utter] impotence of his own body, which was as good as dead because he was about a hundred years old, or [when he considered] the barrenness of Sarah's [deadened] womb. -- romans 4:19 +. +No unbelief or distrust made him waver (doubtingly question) concerning the promise of God, but he grew strong and was empowered by faith as he gave praise and glory to God, -- romans 4:20 +. +Fully satisfied and assured that God was able and mighty to keep His word and to do what He had promised. -- romans 4:21 +. +That is why his faith was credited to him as righteousness (right standing with God). -- romans 4:22 +. +But [the words], It was credited to him, were written not for his sake alone, -- romans 4:23 +. +But [they were written] for our sakes too. [Righteousness, standing acceptable to God] will be granted and credited to us also who believe in (trust in, adhere to, and rely on) God, Who raised Jesus our Lord from the dead, -- romans 4:24 +. +Who was betrayed and put to death because of our misdeeds and was raised to secure our justification (our acquittal), [making our account balance and absolving us from all guilt before God]. -- romans 4:25 +. +THEREFORE, SINCE we are justified (acquitted, declared righteous, and given a right standing with God) through faith, let us [grasp the fact that we] have [the peace of reconciliation to hold and to enjoy] peace with God through our Lord Jesus Christ (the Messiah, the Anointed One). -- romans 5:1 +. +Through Him also we have [our] access (entrance, introduction) by faith into this grace (state of God's favor) in which we [firmly and safely] stand. And let us rejoice and exult in our hope of experiencing and enjoying the glory of God. -- romans 5:2 +. +Moreover [let us also be full of joy now!] let us exult and triumph in our troubles and rejoice in our sufferings, knowing that pressure and affliction and hardship produce patient and unswerving endurance. -- romans 5:3 +. +And endurance (fortitude) develops maturity of character (approved faith and tried integrity). And character [of this sort] produces [the habit of] joyful and confident hope of eternal salvation. -- romans 5:4 +. +Such hope never disappoints or deludes or shames us, for God's love has been poured out in our hearts through the Holy Spirit Who has been given to us. -- romans 5:5 +. +While we were yet in weakness [powerless to help ourselves], at the fitting time Christ died for (in behalf of) the ungodly. -- romans 5:6 +. +Now it is an extraordinary thing for one to give his life even for an upright man, though perhaps for a noble and lovable and generous benefactor someone might even dare to die. -- romans 5:7 +. +But God shows and clearly proves His [own] love for us by the fact that while we were still sinners, Christ (the Messiah, the Anointed One) died for us. -- romans 5:8 +. +Therefore, since we are now justified (acquitted, made righteous, and brought into right relationship with God) by Christ's blood, how much more [certain is it that] we shall be saved by Him from the indignation and wrath of God. -- romans 5:9 +. +For if while we were enemies we were reconciled to God through the death of His Son, it is much more [certain], now that we are reconciled, that we shall be saved (daily delivered from sin's dominion) through His [resurrection] life. -- romans 5:10 +. +Not only so, but we also rejoice and exultingly glory in God [in His love and perfection] through our Lord Jesus Christ, through Whom we have now received and enjoy [our] reconciliation. -- romans 5:11 +. +Therefore, as sin came into the world through one man, and death as the result of sin, so death spread to all men, [no one being able to stop it or to escape its power] because all men sinned. -- romans 5:12 +. +[To be sure] sin was in the world before ever the Law was given, but sin is not charged to men's account where there is no law [to transgress]. -- romans 5:13 +. +Yet death held sway from Adam to Moses [the Lawgiver], even over those who did not themselves transgress [a positive command] as Adam did. Adam was a type (prefigure) of the One Who was to come [in reverse, the former destructive, the Latter saving]. -- romans 5:14 +. +But God's free gift is not at all to be compared to the trespass [His grace is out of all proportion to the fall of man]. For if many died through one man's falling away (his lapse, his offense), much more profusely did God's grace and the free gift [that comes] through the undeserved favor of the one Man Jesus Christ abound and overflow to and for [the benefit of] many. -- romans 5:15 +. +Nor is the free gift at all to be compared to the effect of that one [man's] sin. For the sentence [following the trespass] of one [man] brought condemnation, whereas the free gift [following] many transgressions brings justification (an act of righteousness). -- romans 5:16 +. +For if because of one man's trespass (lapse, offense) death reigned through that one, much more surely will those who receive [God's] overflowing grace (unmerited favor) and the free gift of righteousness [putting them into right standing with Himself] reign as kings in life through the one Man Jesus Christ (the Messiah, the Anointed One). -- romans 5:17 +. +Well then, as one man's trespass [one man's false step and falling away led] to condemnation for all men, so one Man's act of righteousness [leads] to acquittal and right standing with God and life for all men. -- romans 5:18 +. +For just as by one man's disobedience (failing to hear, heedlessness, and carelessness) the many were constituted sinners, so by one Man's obedience the many will be constituted righteous (made acceptable to God, brought into right standing with Him). -- romans 5:19 +. +But then Law came in, [only] to expand and increase the trespass [making it more apparent and exciting opposition]. But where sin increased and abounded, grace (God's unmerited favor) has surpassed it and increased the more and superabounded, -- romans 5:20 +. +So that, [just] as sin has reigned in death, [so] grace (His unearned and undeserved favor) might reign also through righteousness (right standing with God) which issues in eternal life through Jesus Christ (the Messiah, the Anointed One) our Lord. -- romans 5:21 +. +WHAT SHALL we say [to all this]? Are we to remain in sin in order that God's grace (favor and mercy) may multiply and overflow? -- romans 6:1 +. +Certainly not! How can we who died to sin live in it any longer? -- romans 6:2 +. +Are you ignorant of the fact that all of us who have been baptized into Christ Jesus were baptized into His death? -- romans 6:3 +. +We were buried therefore with Him by the baptism into death, so that just as Christ was raised from the dead by the glorious [power] of the Father, so we too might [habitually] live and behave in newness of life. -- romans 6:4 +. +For if we have become one with Him by sharing a death like His, we shall also be [one with Him in sharing] His resurrection [by a new life lived for God]. -- romans 6:5 +. +We know that our old (unrenewed) self was nailed to the cross with Him in order that [our] body [which is the instrument] of sin might be made ineffective and inactive for evil, that we might no longer be the slaves of sin. -- romans 6:6 +. +For when a man dies, he is freed (loosed, delivered) from [the power of] sin [among men]. -- romans 6:7 +. +Now if we have died with Christ, we believe that we shall also live with Him, -- romans 6:8 +. +Because we know that Christ (the Anointed One), being once raised from the dead, will never die again; death no longer has power over Him. -- romans 6:9 +. +For by the death He died, He died to sin [ending His relation to it] once for all; and the life that He lives, He is living to God [in unbroken fellowship with Him]. -- romans 6:10 +. +Even so consider yourselves also dead to sin and your relation to it broken, but alive to God [living in unbroken fellowship with Him] in Christ Jesus. -- romans 6:11 +. +Let not sin therefore rule as king in your mortal (short-lived, perishable) bodies, to make you yield to its cravings and be subject to its lusts and evil passions. -- romans 6:12 +. +Do not continue offering or yielding your bodily members [and faculties] to sin as instruments (tools) of wickedness. But offer and yield yourselves to God as though you have been raised from the dead to [perpetual] life, and your bodily members [and faculties] to God, presenting them as implements of righteousness. -- romans 6:13 +. +For sin shall not [any longer] exert dominion over you, since now you are not under Law [as slaves], but under grace [as subjects of God's favor and mercy]. -- romans 6:14 +. +What then [are we to conclude]? Shall we sin because we live not under Law but under God's favor and mercy? Certainly not! -- romans 6:15 +. +Do you not know that if you continually surrender yourselves to anyone to do his will, you are the slaves of him whom you obey, whether that be to sin, which leads to death, or to obedience which leads to righteousness (right doing and right standing with God)? -- romans 6:16 +. +But thank God, though you were once slaves of sin, you have become obedient with all your heart to the standard of teaching in which you were instructed and to which you were committed. -- romans 6:17 +. +And having been set free from sin, you have become the servants of righteousness (of conformity to the divine will in thought, purpose, and action). -- romans 6:18 +. +I am speaking in familiar human terms because of your natural limitations. For as you yielded your bodily members [and faculties] as servants to impurity and ever increasing lawlessness, so now yield your bodily members [and faculties] once for all as servants to righteousness (right being and doing) [which leads] to sanctification. -- romans 6:19 +. +For when you were slaves of sin, you were free in regard to righteousness. -- romans 6:20 +. +But then what benefit (return) did you get from the things of which you are now ashamed? [None] for the end of those things is death. -- romans 6:21 +. +But now since you have been set free from sin and have become the slaves of God, you have your present reward in holiness and its end is eternal life. -- romans 6:22 +. +For the wages which sin pays is death, but the [bountiful] free gift of God is eternal life through (in union with) Jesus Christ our Lord. -- romans 6:23 +. +DO YOU not know, brethren--for I am speaking to men who are acquainted with the Law--that legal claims have power over a person only for as long as he is alive? -- romans 7:1 +. +For [instance] a married woman is bound by law to her husband as long as he lives; but if her husband dies, she is loosed and discharged from the law concerning her husband. -- romans 7:2 +. +Accordingly, she will be held an adulteress if she unites herself to another man while her husband lives. But if her husband dies, the marriage law no longer is binding on her [she is free from that law]; and if she unites herself to another man, she is not an adulteress. -- romans 7:3 +. +Likewise, my brethren, you have undergone death as to the Law through the [crucified] body of Christ, so that now you may belong to Another, to Him Who was raised from the dead in order that we may bear fruit for God. -- romans 7:4 +. +When we were living in the flesh (mere physical lives), the sinful passions that were awakened and aroused up by [what] the Law [makes sin] were constantly operating in our natural powers (in our bodily organs, in the sensitive appetites and wills of the flesh), so that we bore fruit for death. -- romans 7:5 +. +But now we are discharged from the Law and have terminated all intercourse with it, having died to what once restrained and held us captive. So now we serve not under [obedience to] the old code of written regulations, but [under obedience to the promptings] of the Spirit in newness [of life]. -- romans 7:6 +. +What then do we conclude? Is the Law identical with sin? Certainly not! Nevertheless, if it had not been for the Law, I should not have recognized sin or have known its meaning. [For instance] I would not have known about covetousness [would have had no consciousness of sin or sense of guilt] if the Law had not [repeatedly] said, You shall not covet and have an evil desire [for one thing and another]. -- romans 7:7 +. +But sin, finding opportunity in the commandment [to express itself], got a hold on me and aroused and stimulated all kinds of forbidden desires (lust, covetousness). For without the Law sin is dead [the sense of it is inactive and a lifeless thing]. -- romans 7:8 +. +Once I was alive, but quite apart from and unconscious of the Law. But when the commandment came, sin lived again and I died (was sentenced by the Law to death). -- romans 7:9 +. +And the very legal ordinance which was designed and intended to bring life actually proved [to mean to me] death. -- romans 7:10 +. +For sin, seizing the opportunity and getting a hold on me [by taking its incentive] from the commandment, beguiled and entrapped and cheated me, and using it [as a weapon], killed me. -- romans 7:11 +. +The Law therefore is holy, and [each] commandment is holy and just and good. -- romans 7:12 +. +Did that which is good then prove fatal [bringing death] to me? Certainly not! It was sin, working death in me by using this good thing [as a weapon], in order that through the commandment sin might be shown up clearly to be sin, that the extreme malignity and immeasurable sinfulness of sin might plainly appear. -- romans 7:13 +. +We know that the Law is spiritual; but I am a creature of the flesh [carnal, unspiritual], having been sold into slavery under [the control of] sin. -- romans 7:14 +. +For I do not understand my own actions [I am baffled, bewildered]. I do not practice or accomplish what I wish, but I do the very thing that I loathe [which my moral instinct condemns]. -- romans 7:15 +. +Now if I do [habitually] what is contrary to my desire, [that means that] I acknowledge and agree that the Law is good (morally excellent) and that I take sides with it. -- romans 7:16 +. +However, it is no longer I who do the deed, but the sin [principle] which is at home in me and has possession of me. -- romans 7:17 +. +For I know that nothing good dwells within me, that is, in my flesh. I can will what is right, but I cannot perform it. [I have the intention and urge to do what is right, but no power to carry it out.] -- romans 7:18 +. +For I fail to practice the good deeds I desire to do, but the evil deeds that I do not desire to do are what I am [ever] doing. -- romans 7:19 +. +Now if I do what I do not desire to do, it is no longer I doing it [it is not myself that acts], but the sin [principle] which dwells within me [fixed and operating in my soul]. -- romans 7:20 +. +So I find it to be a law (rule of action of my being) that when I want to do what is right and good, evil is ever present with me and I am subject to its insistent demands. -- romans 7:21 +. +For I endorse and delight in the Law of God in my inmost self [with my new nature]. -- romans 7:22 +. +But I discern in my bodily members [in the sensitive appetites and wills of the flesh] a different law (rule of action) at war against the law of my mind (my reason) and making me a prisoner to the law of sin that dwells in my bodily organs [in the sensitive appetites and wills of the flesh]. -- romans 7:23 +. +O unhappy and pitiable and wretched man that I am! Who will release and deliver me from [the shackles of] this body of death? -- romans 7:24 +. +O thank God! [He will!] through Jesus Christ (the Anointed One) our Lord! So then indeed I, of myself with the mind and heart, serve the Law of God, but with the flesh the law of sin. -- romans 7:25 +. +THEREFORE, [there is] now no condemnation (no adjudging guilty of wrong) for those who are in Christ Jesus, who live [and] walk not after the dictates of the flesh, but after the dictates of the Spirit. -- romans 8:1 +. +For the law of the Spirit of life [which is] in Christ Jesus [the law of our new being] has freed me from the law of sin and of death. -- romans 8:2 +. +For God has done what the Law could not do, [its power] being weakened by the flesh [the entire nature of man without the Holy Spirit]. Sending His own Son in the guise of sinful flesh and as an offering for sin, [God] condemned sin in the flesh [subdued, overcame, deprived it of its power over all who accept that sacrifice], -- romans 8:3 +. +So that the righteous and just requirement of the Law might be fully met in us who live and move not in the ways of the flesh but in the ways of the Spirit [our lives governed not by the standards and according to the dictates of the flesh, but controlled by the Holy Spirit]. -- romans 8:4 +. +For those who are according to the flesh and are controlled by its unholy desires set their minds on and pursue those things which gratify the flesh, but those who are according to the Spirit and are controlled by the desires of the Spirit set their minds on and seek those things which gratify the [Holy] Spirit. -- romans 8:5 +. +Now the mind of the flesh [which is sense and reason without the Holy Spirit] is death [death that comprises all the miseries arising from sin, both here and hereafter]. But the mind of the [Holy] Spirit is life and [soul] peace [both now and forever]. -- romans 8:6 +. +[That is] because the mind of the flesh [with its carnal thoughts and purposes] is hostile to God, for it does not submit itself to God's Law; indeed it cannot. -- romans 8:7 +. +So then those who are living the life of the flesh [catering to the appetites and impulses of their carnal nature] cannot please or satisfy God, or be acceptable to Him. -- romans 8:8 +. +But you are not living the life of the flesh, you are living the life of the Spirit, if the [Holy] Spirit of God [really] dwells within you [directs and controls you]. But if anyone does not possess the [Holy] Spirit of Christ, he is none of His [he does not belong to Christ, is not truly a child of God]. -- romans 8:9 +. +But if Christ lives in you, [then although] your [natural] body is dead by reason of sin and guilt, the spirit is alive because of [the] righteousness [that He imputes to you]. -- romans 8:10 +. +And if the Spirit of Him Who raised up Jesus from the dead dwells in you, [then] He Who raised up Christ Jesus from the dead will also restore to life your mortal (short-lived, perishable) bodies through His Spirit Who dwells in you. -- romans 8:11 +. +So then, brethren, we are debtors, but not to the flesh [we are not obligated to our carnal nature], to live [a life ruled by the standards set up by the dictates] of the flesh. -- romans 8:12 +. +For if you live according to [the dictates of] the flesh, you will surely die. But if through the power of the [Holy] Spirit you are [habitually] putting to death (making extinct, deadening) the [evil] deeds prompted by the body, you shall [really and genuinely] live forever. -- romans 8:13 +. +For all who are led by the Spirit of God are sons of God. -- romans 8:14 +. +For [the Spirit which] you have now received [is] not a spirit of slavery to put you once more in bondage to fear, but you have received the Spirit of adoption [the Spirit producing sonship] in [the bliss of] which we cry, Abba (Father)! Father! -- romans 8:15 +. +The Spirit Himself [thus] testifies together with our own spirit, [assuring us] that we are children of God. -- romans 8:16 +. +And if we are [His] children, then we are [His] heirs also: heirs of God and fellow heirs with Christ [sharing His inheritance with Him]; only we must share His suffering if we are to share His glory. -- romans 8:17 +. +[But what of that?] For I consider that the sufferings of this present time (this present life) are not worth being compared with the glory that is about to be revealed to us and in us and for us and conferred on us! -- romans 8:18 +. +For [even the whole] creation (all nature) waits expectantly and longs earnestly for God's sons to be made known [waits for the revealing, the disclosing of their sonship]. -- romans 8:19 +. +For the creation (nature) was subjected to frailty (to futility, condemned to frustration), not because of some intentional fault on its part, but by the will of Him Who so subjected it--[yet] with the hope -- romans 8:20 +. +That nature (creation) itself will be set free from its bondage to decay and corruption [and gain an entrance] into the glorious freedom of God's children. -- romans 8:21 +. +We know that the whole creation [of irrational creatures] has been moaning together in the pains of labor until now. -- romans 8:22 +. +And not only the creation, but we ourselves too, who have and enjoy the firstfruits of the [Holy] Spirit [a foretaste of the blissful things to come] groan inwardly as we wait for the redemption of our bodies [from sensuality and the grave, which will reveal] our adoption (our manifestation as God's sons). -- romans 8:23 +. +For in [this] hope we were saved. But hope [the object of] which is seen is not hope. For how can one hope for what he already sees? -- romans 8:24 +. +But if we hope for what is still unseen by us, we wait for it with patience and composure. -- romans 8:25 +. +So too the [Holy] Spirit comes to our aid and bears us up in our weakness; for we do not know what prayer to offer nor how to offer it worthily as we ought, but the Spirit Himself goes to meet our supplication and pleads in our behalf with unspeakable yearnings and groanings too deep for utterance. -- romans 8:26 +. +And He Who searches the hearts of men knows what is in the mind of the [Holy] Spirit [what His intent is], because the Spirit intercedes and pleads [before God] in behalf of the saints according to and in harmony with God's will. -- romans 8:27 +. +We are assured and know that [God being a partner in their labor] all things work together and are [fitting into a plan] for good to and for those who love God and are called according to [His] design and purpose. -- romans 8:28 +. +For those whom He foreknew [of whom He was aware and loved beforehand], He also destined from the beginning [foreordaining them] to be molded into the image of His Son [and share inwardly His likeness], that He might become the firstborn among many brethren. -- romans 8:29 +. +And those whom He thus foreordained, He also called; and those whom He called, He also justified (acquitted, made righteous, putting them into right standing with Himself). And those whom He justified, He also glorified [raising them to a heavenly dignity and condition or state of being]. -- romans 8:30 +. +What then shall we say to [all] this? If God is for us, who [can be] against us? [Who can be our foe, if God is on our side?] -- romans 8:31 +. +He who did not withhold or spare [even] His own Son but gave Him up for us all, will He not also with Him freely and graciously give us all [other] things? -- romans 8:32 +. +Who shall bring any charge against God's elect [when it is] God Who justifies [that is, Who puts us in right relation to Himself? Who shall come forward and accuse or impeach those whom God has chosen? Will God, Who acquits us?] -- romans 8:33 +. +Who is there to condemn [us]? Will Christ Jesus (the Messiah), Who died, or rather Who was raised from the dead, Who is at the right hand of God actually pleading as He intercedes for us? -- romans 8:34 +. +Who shall ever separate us from Christ's love? Shall suffering and affliction and tribulation? Or calamity and distress? Or persecution or hunger or destitution or peril or sword? -- romans 8:35 +. +Even as it is written, For Thy sake we are put to death all the day long; we are regarded and counted as sheep for the slaughter. -- romans 8:36 +. +Yet amid all these things we are more than conquerors and gain a surpassing victory through Him Who loved us. -- romans 8:37 +. +For I am persuaded beyond doubt (am sure) that neither death nor life, nor angels nor principalities, nor things impending and threatening nor things to come, nor powers, -- romans 8:38 +. +Nor height nor depth, nor anything else in all creation will be able to separate us from the love of God which is in Christ Jesus our Lord. -- romans 8:39 +. +I AM speaking the truth in Christ. I am not lying; my conscience [enlightened and prompted] by the Holy Spirit bearing witness with me -- romans 9:1 +. +That I have bitter grief and incessant anguish in my heart. -- romans 9:2 +. +For I could wish that I myself were accursed and cut off and banished from Christ for the sake of my brethren and instead of them, my natural kinsmen and my fellow countrymen. -- romans 9:3 +. +For they are Israelites, and to them belong God's adoption [as a nation] and the glorious Presence (Shekinah). With them were the special covenants made, to them was the Law given. To them [the temple] worship was revealed and [God's own] promises announced. -- romans 9:4 +. +To them belong the patriarchs, and as far as His natural descent was concerned, from them is the Christ, Who is exalted and supreme over all, God, blessed forever! Amen (so let it be). -- romans 9:5 +. +However, it is not as though God's Word had failed [coming to nothing]. For it is not everybody who is a descendant of Jacob (Israel) who belongs to [the true] Israel. -- romans 9:6 +. +And they are not all the children of Abraham because they are by blood his descendants. No, [the promise was] Your descendants will be called and counted through the line of Isaac [though Abraham had an older son]. -- romans 9:7 +. +That is to say, it is not the children of the body [of Abraham] who are made God's children, but it is the offspring to whom the promise applies that shall be counted [as Abraham's true] descendants. -- romans 9:8 +. +For this is what the promise said, About this time [next year] will I return and Sarah shall have a son. -- romans 9:9 +. +And not only that, but this too: Rebecca conceived [two sons under exactly the same circumstances] by our forefather Isaac, -- romans 9:10 +. +And the children were yet unborn and had so far done nothing either good or evil. Even so, in order further to carry out God's purpose of selection (election, choice), which depends not on works or what men can do, but on Him Who calls [them], -- romans 9:11 +. +It was said to her that the elder [son] should serve the younger [son]. -- romans 9:12 +. +As it is written, Jacob have I loved, but Esau have I hated (held in relative disregard in comparison with My feeling for Jacob). -- romans 9:13 +. +What shall we conclude then? Is there injustice upon God's part? Certainly not! -- romans 9:14 +. +For He says to Moses, I will have mercy on whom I will have mercy and I will have compassion (pity) on whom I will have compassion. -- romans 9:15 +. +So then [God's gift] is not a question of human will and human effort, but of God's mercy. [It depends not on one's own willingness nor on his strenuous exertion as in running a race, but on God's having mercy on him.] -- romans 9:16 +. +For the Scripture says to Pharaoh, I have raised you up for this very purpose of displaying My power in [dealing with] you, so that My name may be proclaimed the whole world over. -- romans 9:17 +. +So then He has mercy on whomever He wills (chooses) and He hardens (makes stubborn and unyielding the heart of) whomever He wills. -- romans 9:18 +. +You will say to me, Why then does He still find fault and blame us [for sinning]? For who can resist and withstand His will? -- romans 9:19 +. +But who are you, a mere man, to criticize and contradict and answer back to God? Will what is formed say to him that formed it, Why have you made me thus? -- romans 9:20 +. +Has the potter no right over the clay, to make out of the same mass (lump) one vessel for beauty and distinction and honorable use, and another for menial or ignoble and dishonorable use? -- romans 9:21 +. +What if God, although fully intending to show [the awfulness of] His wrath and to make known His power and authority, has tolerated with much patience the vessels (objects) of [His] anger which are ripe for destruction? -- romans 9:22 +. +And [what if] He thus purposes to make known and show the wealth of His glory in [dealing with] the vessels (objects) of His mercy which He has prepared beforehand for glory, -- romans 9:23 +. +Even including ourselves whom He has called, not only from among the Jews but also from among the Gentiles (heathen)? -- romans 9:24 +. +Just as He says in Hosea, Those who were not My people I will call My people, and her who was not beloved [I will call] My beloved. -- romans 9:25 +. +And it shall be that in the very place where it was said to them, You are not My people, they shall be called sons of the living God. -- romans 9:26 +. +And Isaiah calls out (solemnly cries aloud) over Israel: Though the number of the sons of Israel be like the sand of the sea, only the remnant (a small part of them) will be saved [from perdition, condemnation, judgment]! -- romans 9:27 +. +For the Lord will execute His sentence upon the earth [He will conclude and close His account with men completely and without delay], rigorously cutting it short in His justice. -- romans 9:28 +. +It is as Isaiah predicted, If the Lord of hosts had not left us a seed [from which to propagate descendants], we [Israel] would have fared like Sodom and have been made like Gomorrah. -- romans 9:29 +. +What shall we say then? That Gentiles who did not follow after righteousness [who did not seek salvation by right relationship to God] have attained it by faith [a righteousness imputed by God, based on and produced by faith], -- romans 9:30 +. +Whereas Israel, though ever in pursuit of a law [for the securing] of righteousness (right standing with God), actually did not succeed in fulfilling the Law. -- romans 9:31 +. +For what reason? Because [they pursued it] not through faith, relying [instead] on the merit of their works [they did not depend on faith but on what they could do]. They have stumbled over the Stumbling Stone. -- romans 9:32 +. +As it is written, Behold I am laying in Zion a Stone that will make men stumble, a Rock that will make them fall; but he who believes in Him [who adheres to, trusts in, and relies on Him] shall not be put to shame nor be disappointed in his expectations. -- romans 9:33 +. +BRETHREN, [with all] my heart's desire and goodwill for [Israel], I long and pray to God that they may be saved. -- romans 10:1 +. +I bear them witness that they have a [certain] zeal and enthusiasm for God, but it is not enlightened and according to [correct and vital] knowledge. -- romans 10:2 +. +For being ignorant of the righteousness that God ascribes [which makes one acceptable to Him in word, thought, and deed] and seeking to establish a righteousness (a means of salvation) of their own, they did not obey or submit themselves to God's righteousness. -- romans 10:3 +. +For Christ is the end of the Law [the limit at which it ceases to be, for the Law leads up to Him Who is the fulfillment of its types, and in Him the purpose which it was designed to accomplish is fulfilled. That is, the purpose of the Law is fulfilled in Him] as the means of righteousness (right relationship to God) for everyone who trusts in and adheres to and relies on Him. -- romans 10:4 +. +For Moses writes that the man who [can] practice the righteousness (perfect conformity to God's will) which is based on the Law [with all its intricate demands] shall live by it. -- romans 10:5 +. +But the righteousness based on faith [imputed by God and bringing right relationship with Him] says, Do not say in your heart, Who will ascend into Heaven? that is, to bring Christ down; -- romans 10:6 +. +Or who will descend into the abyss? that is, to bring Christ up from the dead [as if we could be saved by our own efforts]. -- romans 10:7 +. +But what does it say? The Word (God's message in Christ) is near you, on your lips and in your heart; that is, the Word (the message, the basis and object) of faith which we preach, -- romans 10:8 +. +Because if you acknowledge and confess with your lips that Jesus is Lord and in your heart believe (adhere to, trust in, and rely on the truth) that God raised Him from the dead, you will be saved. -- romans 10:9 +. +For with the heart a person believes (adheres to, trusts in, and relies on Christ) and so is justified (declared righteous, acceptable to God), and with the mouth he confesses (declares openly and speaks out freely his faith) and confirms [his] salvation. -- romans 10:10 +. +The Scripture says, No man who believes in Him [who adheres to, relies on, and trusts in Him] will [ever] be put to shame or be disappointed. -- romans 10:11 +. +[No one] for there is no distinction between Jew and Greek. The same Lord is Lord over all [of us] and He generously bestows His riches upon all who call upon Him [in faith]. -- romans 10:12 +. +For everyone who calls upon the name of the Lord [invoking Him as Lord] will be saved. -- romans 10:13 +. +But how are people to call upon Him Whom they have not believed [in Whom they have no faith, on Whom they have no reliance]? And how are they to believe in Him [adhere to, trust in, and rely upon Him] of Whom they have never heard? And how are they to hear without a preacher? -- romans 10:14 +. +And how can men [be expected to] preach unless they are sent? As it is written, How beautiful are the feet of those who bring glad tidings! [How welcome is the coming of those who preach the good news of His good things!] -- romans 10:15 +. +But they have not all heeded the Gospel; for Isaiah says, Lord, who has believed (had faith in) what he has heard from us? -- romans 10:16 +. +So faith comes by hearing [what is told], and what is heard comes by the preaching [of the message that came from the lips] of Christ (the Messiah Himself). -- romans 10:17 +. +But I ask, Have they not heard? Indeed they have; [for the Scripture says] Their voice [that of nature bearing God's message] has gone out to all the earth, and their words to the far bounds of the world. -- romans 10:18 +. +Again I ask, Did Israel not understand? [Did the Jews have no warning that the Gospel was to go forth to the Gentiles, to all the earth?] First, there is Moses who says, I will make you jealous of those who are not a nation; with a foolish nation I will make you angry. -- romans 10:19 +. +Then Isaiah is so bold as to say, I have been found by those who did not seek Me; I have shown (revealed) Myself to those who did not [consciously] ask for Me. -- romans 10:20 +. +But of Israel he says, All day long I have stretched out My hands to a people unyielding and disobedient and self-willed [to a faultfinding, contrary, and contradicting people]. -- romans 10:21 +. +I ASK then: Has God totally rejected and disowned His people? Of course not! Why, I myself am an Israelite, a descendant of Abraham, a member of the tribe of Benjamin! [I Sam. 12:22; Jer. 31:37; 33:24-26; Phil. 3:5.] -- romans 11:1 +. +No, God has not rejected and disowned His people [whose destiny] He had marked out and appointed and foreknown from the beginning. Do you not know what the Scripture says of Elijah, how he pleads with God against Israel? -- romans 11:2 +. +Lord, they have killed Your prophets; they have demolished Your altars, and I alone am left, and they seek my life. -- romans 11:3 +. +But what is God's reply to him? I have kept for Myself seven thousand men who have not bowed the knee to Baal! [I Kings 19:18.] -- romans 11:4 +. +So too at the present time there is a remnant (a small believing minority), selected (chosen) by grace (by God's unmerited favor and graciousness). -- romans 11:5 +. +But if it is by grace (His unmerited favor and graciousness), it is no longer conditioned on works or anything men have done. Otherwise, grace would no longer be grace [it would be meaningless]. -- romans 11:6 +. +What then [shall we conclude]? Israel failed to obtain what it sought [God's favor by obedience to the Law]. Only the elect (those chosen few) obtained it, while the rest of them became callously indifferent (blinded, hardened, and made insensible to it). -- romans 11:7 +. +As it is written, God gave them a spirit (an attitude) of stupor, eyes that should not see and ears that should not hear, [that has continued] down to this very day. -- romans 11:8 +. +And David says, Let their table (their feasting, banqueting) become a snare and a trap, a pitfall and a just retribution [rebounding like a boomerang upon them]; -- romans 11:9 +. +Let their eyes be darkened (dimmed) so that they cannot see, and make them bend their back [stooping beneath their burden] forever. -- romans 11:10 +. +So I ask, Have they stumbled so as to fall [to their utter spiritual ruin, irretrievably]? By no means! But through their false step and transgression salvation [has come] to the Gentiles, so as to arouse Israel [to see and feel what they forfeited] and so to make them jealous. -- romans 11:11 +. +Now if their stumbling (their lapse, their transgression) has so enriched the world [at large], and if [Israel's] failure means such riches for the Gentiles, think what an enrichment and greater advantage will follow their full reinstatement! -- romans 11:12 +. +But now I am speaking to you who are Gentiles. Inasmuch then as I am an apostle to the Gentiles, I lay great stress on my ministry and magnify my office, -- romans 11:13 +. +In the hope of making my fellow Jews jealous [in order to stir them up to imitate, copy, and appropriate], and thus managing to save some of them. -- romans 11:14 +. +For if their rejection and exclusion from the benefits of salvation were [overruled] for the reconciliation of a world to God, what will their acceptance and admission mean? [It will be nothing short of] life from the dead! -- romans 11:15 +. +Now if the first handful of dough offered as the firstfruits [Abraham and the patriarchs] is consecrated (holy), so is the whole mass [the nation of Israel]; and if the root [Abraham] is consecrated (holy), so are the branches. -- romans 11:16 +. +But if some of the branches were broken off, while you, a wild olive shoot, were grafted in among them to share the richness [of the root and sap] of the olive tree, -- romans 11:17 +. +Do not boast over the branches and pride yourself at their expense. If you do boast and feel superior, remember it is not you that support the root, but the root [that supports] you. -- romans 11:18 +. +You will say then, Branches were broken (pruned) off so that I might be grafted in! -- romans 11:19 +. +That is true. But they were broken (pruned) off because of their unbelief (their lack of real faith), and you are established through faith [because you do believe]. So do not become proud and conceited, but rather stand in awe and be reverently afraid. -- romans 11:20 +. +For if God did not spare the natural branches [because of unbelief], neither will He spare you [if you are guilty of the same offense]. -- romans 11:21 +. +Then note and appreciate the gracious kindness and the severity of God: severity toward those who have fallen, but God's gracious kindness to you--provided you continue in His grace and abide in His kindness; otherwise you too will be cut off (pruned away). -- romans 11:22 +. +And even those others [the fallen branches, Jews], if they do not persist in [clinging to] their unbelief, will be grafted in, for God has the power to graft them in again. -- romans 11:23 +. +For if you have been cut from what is by nature a wild olive tree, and against nature grafted into a cultivated olive tree, how much easier will it be to graft these natural [branches] back on [the original parent stock of] their own olive tree. -- romans 11:24 +. +Lest you be self-opinionated (wise in your own conceits), I do not want you to miss this hidden truth and mystery, brethren: a hardening (insensibility) has [temporarily] befallen a part of Israel [to last] until the full number of the ingathering of the Gentiles has come in, -- romans 11:25 +. +And so all Israel will be saved. As it is written, The Deliverer will come from Zion, He will banish ungodliness from Jacob. -- romans 11:26 +. +And this will be My covenant (My agreement) with them when I shall take away their sins. -- romans 11:27 +. +From the point of view of the Gospel (good news), they [the Jews, at present] are enemies [of God], which is for your advantage and benefit. But from the point of view of God's choice (of election, of divine selection), they are still the beloved (dear to Him) for the sake of their forefathers. -- romans 11:28 +. +For God's gifts and His call are irrevocable. [He never withdraws them when once they are given, and He does not change His mind about those to whom He gives His grace or to whom He sends His call.] -- romans 11:29 +. +Just as you were once disobedient and rebellious toward God but now have obtained [His] mercy, through their disobedience, -- romans 11:30 +. +So they also now are being disobedient [when you are receiving mercy], that they in turn may one day, through the mercy you are enjoying, also receive mercy [that they may share the mercy which has been shown to you--through you as messengers of the Gospel to them]. -- romans 11:31 +. +For God has consigned (penned up) all men to disobedience, only that He may have mercy on them all [alike]. -- romans 11:32 +. +Oh, the depth of the riches and wisdom and knowledge of God! How unfathomable (inscrutable, unsearchable) are His judgments (His decisions)! And how untraceable (mysterious, undiscoverable) are His ways (His methods, His paths)! -- romans 11:33 +. +For who has known the mind of the Lord and who has understood His thoughts, or who has [ever] been His counselor? -- romans 11:34 +. +Or who has first given God anything that he might be paid back or that he could claim a recompense? -- romans 11:35 +. +For from Him and through Him and to Him are all things. [For all things originate with Him and come from Him; all things live through Him, and all things center in and tend to consummate and to end in Him.] To Him be glory forever! Amen (so be it). -- romans 11:36 +. +I APPEAL to you therefore, brethren, and beg of you in view of [all] the mercies of God, to make a decisive dedication of your bodies [presenting all your members and faculties] as a living sacrifice, holy (devoted, consecrated) and well pleasing to God, which is your reasonable (rational, intelligent) service and spiritual worship. -- romans 12:1 +. +Do not be conformed to this world (this age), [fashioned after and adapted to its external, superficial customs], but be transformed (changed) by the [entire] renewal of your mind [by its new ideals and its new attitude], so that you may prove [for yourselves] what is the good and acceptable and perfect will of God, even the thing which is good and acceptable and perfect [in His sight for you]. -- romans 12:2 +. +For by the grace (unmerited favor of God) given to me I warn everyone among you not to estimate and think of himself more highly than he ought [not to have an exaggerated opinion of his own importance], but to rate his ability with sober judgment, each according to the degree of faith apportioned by God to him. -- romans 12:3 +. +For as in one physical body we have many parts (organs, members) and all of these parts do not have the same function or use, -- romans 12:4 +. +So we, numerous as we are, are one body in Christ (the Messiah) and individually we are parts one of another [mutually dependent on one another]. -- romans 12:5 +. +Having gifts (faculties, talents, qualities) that differ according to the grace given us, let us use them: [He whose gift is] prophecy, [let him prophesy] according to the proportion of his faith; -- romans 12:6 +. +[He whose gift is] practical service, let him give himself to serving; he who teaches, to his teaching; -- romans 12:7 +. +He who exhorts (encourages), to his exhortation; he who contributes, let him do it in simplicity and liberality; he who gives aid and superintends, with zeal and singleness of mind; he who does acts of mercy, with genuine cheerfulness and joyful eagerness. -- romans 12:8 +. +[Let your] love be sincere (a real thing); hate what is evil [loathe all ungodliness, turn in horror from wickedness], but hold fast to that which is good. -- romans 12:9 +. +Love one another with brotherly affection [as members of one family], giving precedence and showing honor to one another. -- romans 12:10 +. +Never lag in zeal and in earnest endeavor; be aglow and burning with the Spirit, serving the Lord. -- romans 12:11 +. +Rejoice and exult in hope; be steadfast and patient in suffering and tribulation; be constant in prayer. -- romans 12:12 +. +Contribute to the needs of God's people [sharing in the necessities of the saints]; pursue the practice of hospitality. -- romans 12:13 +. +Bless those who persecute you [who are cruel in their attitude toward you]; bless and do not curse them. -- romans 12:14 +. +Rejoice with those who rejoice [sharing others' joy], and weep with those who weep [sharing others' grief]. -- romans 12:15 +. +Live in harmony with one another; do not be haughty (snobbish, high-minded, exclusive), but readily adjust yourself to [people, things] and give yourselves to humble tasks. Never overestimate yourself or be wise in your own conceits. -- romans 12:16 +. +Repay no one evil for evil, but take thought for what is honest and proper and noble [aiming to be above reproach] in the sight of everyone. -- romans 12:17 +. +If possible, as far as it depends on you, live at peace with everyone. -- romans 12:18 +. +Beloved, never avenge yourselves, but leave the way open for [God's] wrath; for it is written, Vengeance is Mine, I will repay (requite), says the Lord. -- romans 12:19 +. +But if your enemy is hungry, feed him; if he is thirsty, give him drink; for by so doing you will heap burning coals upon his head. -- romans 12:20 +. +Do not let yourself be overcome by evil, but overcome (master) evil with good. -- romans 12:21 +. +LET EVERY person be loyally subject to the governing (civil) authorities. For there is no authority except from God [by His permission, His sanction], and those that exist do so by God's appointment. -- romans 13:1 +. +Therefore he who resists and sets himself up against the authorities resists what God has appointed and arranged [in divine order]. And those who resist will bring down judgment upon themselves [receiving the penalty due them]. -- romans 13:2 +. +For civil authorities are not a terror to [people of] good conduct, but to [those of] bad behavior. Would you have no dread of him who is in authority? Then do what is right and you will receive his approval and commendation. -- romans 13:3 +. +For he is God's servant for your good. But if you do wrong, [you should dread him and] be afraid, for he does not bear and wear the sword for nothing. He is God's servant to execute His wrath (punishment, vengeance) on the wrongdoer. -- romans 13:4 +. +Therefore one must be subject, not only to avoid God's wrath and escape punishment, but also as a matter of principle and for the sake of conscience. -- romans 13:5 +. +For this same reason you pay taxes, for [the civil authorities] are official servants under God, devoting themselves to attending to this very service. -- romans 13:6 +. +Render to all men their dues. [Pay] taxes to whom taxes are due, revenue to whom revenue is due, respect to whom respect is due, and honor to whom honor is due. -- romans 13:7 +. +Keep out of debt and owe no man anything, except to love one another; for he who loves his neighbor [who practices loving others] has fulfilled the Law [relating to one's fellowmen, meeting all its requirements]. -- romans 13:8 +. +The commandments, You shall not commit adultery, You shall not kill, You shall not steal, You shall not covet (have an evil desire), and any other commandment, are summed up in the single command, You shall love your neighbor as [you do] yourself. -- romans 13:9 +. +Love does no wrong to one's neighbor [it never hurts anybody]. Therefore love meets all the requirements and is the fulfilling of the Law. -- romans 13:10 +. +Besides this you know what [a critical] hour this is, how it is high time now for you to wake up out of your sleep (rouse to reality). For salvation (final deliverance) is nearer to us now than when we first believed (adhered to, trusted in, and relied on Christ, the Messiah). -- romans 13:11 +. +The night is far gone and the day is almost here. Let us then drop (fling away) the works and deeds of darkness and put on the [full] armor of light. -- romans 13:12 +. +Let us live and conduct ourselves honorably and becomingly as in the [open light of] day, not in reveling (carousing) and drunkenness, not in immorality and debauchery (sensuality and licentiousness), not in quarreling and jealousy. -- romans 13:13 +. +But clothe yourself with the Lord Jesus Christ (the Messiah), and make no provision for [indulging] the flesh [put a stop to thinking about the evil cravings of your physical nature] to [gratify its] desires (lusts). -- romans 13:14 +. +AS FOR the man who is a weak believer, welcome him [into your fellowship], but not to criticize his opinions or pass judgment on his scruples or perplex him with discussions. -- romans 14:1 +. +One [man's faith permits him to] believe he may eat anything, while a weaker one [limits his] eating to vegetables. -- romans 14:2 +. +Let not him who eats look down on or despise him who abstains, and let not him who abstains criticize and pass judgment on him who eats; for God has accepted and welcomed him. -- romans 14:3 +. +Who are you to pass judgment on and censure another's household servant? It is before his own master that he stands or falls. And he shall stand and be upheld, for the Master (the Lord) is mighty to support him and make him stand. -- romans 14:4 +. +One man esteems one day as better than another, while another man esteems all days alike [sacred]. Let everyone be fully convinced (satisfied) in his own mind. -- romans 14:5 +. +He who observes the day, observes it in honor of the Lord. He also who eats, eats in honor of the Lord, since he gives thanks to God; while he who abstains, abstains in honor of the Lord and gives thanks to God. -- romans 14:6 +. +None of us lives to himself [but to the Lord], and none of us dies to himself [but to the Lord, for] -- romans 14:7 +. +If we live, we live to the Lord, and if we die, we die to the Lord. So then, whether we live or we die, we belong to the Lord. -- romans 14:8 +. +For Christ died and lived again for this very purpose, that He might be Lord both of the dead and of the living. -- romans 14:9 +. +Why do you criticize and pass judgment on your brother? Or you, why do you look down upon or despise your brother? For we shall all stand before the judgment seat of God. -- romans 14:10 +. +For it is written, As I live, says the Lord, every knee shall bow to Me, and every tongue shall confess to God [acknowledge Him to His honor and to His praise]. -- romans 14:11 +. +And so each of us shall give an account of himself [give an answer in reference to judgment] to God. -- romans 14:12 +. +Then let us no more criticize and blame and pass judgment on one another, but rather decide and endeavor never to put a stumbling block or an obstacle or a hindrance in the way of a brother. -- romans 14:13 +. +I know and am convinced (persuaded) as one in the Lord Jesus, that nothing is [forbidden as] essentially unclean (defiled and unholy in itself). But [none the less] it is unclean (defiled and unholy) to anyone who thinks it is unclean. -- romans 14:14 +. +But if your brother is being pained or his feelings hurt or if he is being injured by what you eat, [then] you are no longer walking in love. [You have ceased to be living and conducting yourself by the standard of love toward him.] Do not let what you eat hurt or cause the ruin of one for whom Christ died! -- romans 14:15 +. +Do not therefore let what seems good to you be considered an evil thing [by someone else]. [In other words, do not give occasion for others to criticize that which is justifiable for you.] -- romans 14:16 +. +[After all] the kingdom of God is not a matter of [getting the] food and drink [one likes], but instead it is righteousness (that state which makes a person acceptable to God) and [heart] peace and joy in the Holy Spirit. -- romans 14:17 +. +He who serves Christ in this way is acceptable and pleasing to God and is approved by men. -- romans 14:18 +. +So let us then definitely aim for and eagerly pursue what makes for harmony and for mutual upbuilding (edification and development) of one another. -- romans 14:19 +. +You must not, for the sake of food, undo and break down and destroy the work of God! Everything is indeed [ceremonially] clean and pure, but it is wrong for anyone to hurt the conscience of others or to make them fall by what he eats. -- romans 14:20 +. +The right thing is to eat no meat or drink no wine [at all], or [do anything else] if it makes your brother stumble or hurts his conscience or offends or weakens him. -- romans 14:21 +. +Your personal convictions [on such matters]--exercise [them] as in God's presence, keeping them to yourself [striving only to know the truth and obey His will]. Blessed (happy, to be envied) is he who has no reason to judge himself for what he approves [who does not convict himself by what he chooses to do]. -- romans 14:22 +. +But the man who has doubts (misgivings, an uneasy conscience) about eating, and then eats [perhaps because of you], stands condemned [before God], because he is not true to his convictions and he does not act from faith. For whatever does not originate and proceed from faith is sin [whatever is done without a conviction of its approval by God is sinful]. -- romans 14:23 +. +WE WHO are strong [in our convictions and of robust faith] ought to bear with the failings and the frailties and the tender scruples of the weak; [we ought to help carry the doubts and qualms of others] and not to please ourselves. -- romans 15:1 +. +Let each one of us make it a practice to please (make happy) his neighbor for his good and for his true welfare, to edify him [to strengthen him and build him up spiritually]. -- romans 15:2 +. +For Christ did not please Himself [gave no thought to His own interests]; but, as it is written, The reproaches and abuses of those who reproached and abused you fell on Me. -- romans 15:3 +. +For whatever was thus written in former days was written for our instruction, that by [our steadfast and patient] endurance and the encouragement [drawn] from the Scriptures we might hold fast to and cherish hope. -- romans 15:4 +. +Now may the God Who gives the power of patient endurance (steadfastness) and Who supplies encouragement, grant you to live in such mutual harmony and such full sympathy with one another, in accord with Christ Jesus, -- romans 15:5 +. +That together you may [unanimously] with united hearts and one voice, praise and glorify the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ (the Messiah). -- romans 15:6 +. +Welcome and receive [to your hearts] one another, then, even as Christ has welcomed and received you, for the glory of God. -- romans 15:7 +. +For I tell you that Christ (the Messiah) became a servant and a minister to the circumcised (the Jews) in order to show God's truthfulness and honesty by confirming (verifying) the promises [given] to our fathers, -- romans 15:8 +. +And [also in order] that the Gentiles (nations) might glorify God for His mercy [not covenanted] to them. As it is written, Therefore I will praise You among the Gentiles and sing praises to Your name. -- romans 15:9 +. +Again it is said, Rejoice (exult), O Gentiles, along with His [own] people; -- romans 15:10 +. +And again, Praise the Lord, all you Gentiles, and let all the peoples praise Him! -- romans 15:11 +. +And further Isaiah says, There shall be a Sprout from the Root of Jesse, He Who rises to rule over the Gentiles; in Him shall the Gentiles hope. -- romans 15:12 +. +May the God of your hope so fill you with all joy and peace in believing [through the experience of your faith] that by the power of the Holy Spirit you may abound and be overflowing (bubbling over) with hope. -- romans 15:13 +. +Personally I am satisfied about you, my brethren, that you yourselves are rich in goodness, amply filled with all [spiritual] knowledge and competent to admonish and counsel and instruct one another also. -- romans 15:14 +. +Still on some points I have written to you the more boldly and unreservedly by way of reminder. [I have done so] because of the grace (the unmerited favor) bestowed on me by God -- romans 15:15 +. +In making me a minister of Christ Jesus to the Gentiles. I act in the priestly service of the Gospel (the good news) of God, in order that the sacrificial offering of the Gentiles may be acceptable [to God], consecrated and made holy by the Holy Spirit. -- romans 15:16 +. +In Christ Jesus, then, I have legitimate reason to glory (exult) in my work for God [in what through Christ Jesus I have accomplished concerning the things of God]. -- romans 15:17 +. +For [of course] I will not venture (presume) to speak thus of any work except what Christ has actually done through me [as an instrument in His hands] to win obedience from the Gentiles, by word and deed, -- romans 15:18 +. +[Even as my preaching has been accompanied] with the power of signs and wonders, [and all of it] by the power of the Holy Spirit. [The result is] that starting from Jerusalem and as far round as Illyricum, I have fully preached the Gospel [faithfully executing, accomplishing, carrying out to the full the good news] of Christ (the Messiah) in its entirety. -- romans 15:19 +. +Thus my ambition has been to preach the Gospel, not where Christ's name has already been known, lest I build on another man's foundation; -- romans 15:20 +. +But [instead I would act on the principle] as it is written, They shall see who have never been told of Him, and they shall understand who have never heard [of Him]. -- romans 15:21 +. +This [ambition] is the reason why I have so frequently been hindered from coming to visit you. -- romans 15:22 +. +But now since I have no further opportunity for work in these regions, and since I have longed for enough years to come to you, -- romans 15:23 +. +I hope to see you in passing [through Rome] as I go [on my intended trip] to Spain, and to be aided on my journey there by you, after I have enjoyed your company for a little while. -- romans 15:24 +. +For the present, however, I am going to Jerusalem to bring aid (relief) for the saints (God's people there). -- romans 15:25 +. +For it has been the good pleasure of Macedonia and Achaia to make some contribution for the poor among the saints of Jerusalem. -- romans 15:26 +. +They were pleased to do it; and surely they are in debt to them, for if these Gentiles have come to share in their [the Jerusalem Jews'] spiritual blessings, then they ought also to be of service to them in material blessings. -- romans 15:27 +. +When therefore I have completed this mission and have delivered to them [at Jerusalem] what has been raised, I shall go on by way of you to Spain. -- romans 15:28 +. +And I know that when I do come to you, I shall come in the abundant blessing of the Gospel of Christ. -- romans 15:29 +. +I appeal to you [I entreat you], brethren, for the sake of our Lord Jesus Christ and by the love [given by] the Spirit, to unite with me in earnest wrestling in prayer to God in my behalf. -- romans 15:30 +. +[Pray] that I may be delivered (rescued) from the unbelievers in Judea and that my mission of relief to Jerusalem may be acceptable and graciously received by the saints (God's people there), -- romans 15:31 +. +So that by God's will I may subsequently come to you with joy (with a happy heart) and be refreshed [by the interval of rest] in your company. -- romans 15:32 +. +May [our] peace-giving God be with you all! Amen (so be it). -- romans 15:33 +. +NOW I introduce and commend to you our sister Phoebe, a deaconess of the church at Cenchreae, -- romans 16:1 +. +That you may receive her in the Lord [with a Christian welcome], as saints (God's people) ought to receive one another. And help her in whatever matter she may require assistance from you, for she has been a helper of many including myself [shielding us from suffering]. -- romans 16:2 +. +Give my greetings to Prisca and Aquila, my fellow workers in Christ Jesus, -- romans 16:3 +. +Who risked their lives [endangering their very necks] for my life. To them not only I but also all the churches among the Gentiles give thanks. -- romans 16:4 +. +[Remember me] also to the church [that meets] in their house. Greet my beloved Epaenetus, who was a firstfruit (first convert) to Christ in Asia. -- romans 16:5 +. +Greet Mary, who has worked so hard among you. -- romans 16:6 +. +Remember me to Andronicus and Junias, my tribal kinsmen and once my fellow prisoners. They are men held in high esteem among the apostles, who also were in Christ before I was. -- romans 16:7 +. +Remember me to Ampliatus, my beloved in the Lord. -- romans 16:8 +. +Salute Urbanus, our fellow worker in Christ, and my dear Stachys. -- romans 16:9 +. +Greet Apelles, that one tried and approved in Christ (the Messiah). Remember me to those who belong to the household of Aristobulus. -- romans 16:10 +. +Greet my tribal kinsman Herodion, and those in the Lord who belong to the household of Narcissus. -- romans 16:11 +. +Salute those workers in the Lord, Tryphaena and Tryphosa. Greet my dear Persis, who has worked so hard in the Lord. -- romans 16:12 +. +Remember me to Rufus, eminent in the Lord, also to his mother [who has been] a mother to me as well. -- romans 16:13 +. +Greet Asyncritus, Phlegon, Hermes, Patrobas, Hermas, and the brethren who are with them. -- romans 16:14 +. +Greet Philologus, Julia, Nereus and his sister, and Olympas, and all the saints who are with them. -- romans 16:15 +. +Greet one another with a holy (consecrated) kiss. All the churches of Christ (the Messiah) wish to be remembered to you. -- romans 16:16 +. +I appeal to you, brethren, to be on your guard concerning those who create dissensions and difficulties and cause divisions, in opposition to the doctrine (the teaching) which you have been taught. [I warn you to turn aside from them, to] avoid them. -- romans 16:17 +. +For such persons do not serve our Lord Christ but their own appetites and base desires, and by ingratiating and flattering speech, they beguile the hearts of the unsuspecting and simpleminded [people]. -- romans 16:18 +. +For while your loyalty and obedience is known to all, so that I rejoice over you, I would have you well versed and wise as to what is good and innocent and guileless as to what is evil. -- romans 16:19 +. +And the God of peace will soon crush Satan under your feet. The grace of our Lord Jesus Christ (the Messiah) be with you. -- romans 16:20 +. +Timothy, my fellow worker, wishes to be remembered to you, as do Lucius and Jason and Sosipater, my tribal kinsmen. -- romans 16:21 +. +I, Tertius, the writer of this letter, greet you in the Lord. -- romans 16:22 +. +Gaius, who is host to me and to the whole church here, greets you. So do Erastus, the city treasurer, and our brother Quartus. -- romans 16:23 +. +The grace of our Lord Jesus Christ (the Messiah) be with you all. Amen (so be it). -- romans 16:24 +. +Now to Him Who is able to strengthen you in the faith which is in accordance with my Gospel and the preaching of (concerning) Jesus Christ (the Messiah), according to the revelation (the unveiling) of the mystery of the plan of redemption which was kept in silence and secret for long ages, -- romans 16:25 +. +But is now disclosed and through the prophetic Scriptures is made known to all nations, according to the command of the eternal God, [to win them] to obedience to the faith, -- romans 16:26 +. +To [the] only wise God be glory forevermore through Jesus Christ (the Anointed One)! Amen (so be it). -- romans 16:27 +. +PAUL, SUMMONED by the will and purpose of God to be an apostle (special messenger) of Christ Jesus, and our brother Sosthenes, -- 1 corinthians 1:1 +. +To the church (assembly) of God which is in Corinth, to those consecrated and purified and made holy in Christ Jesus, [who are] selected and called to be saints (God's people), together with all those who in any place call upon and give honor to the name of our Lord Jesus Christ, both their Lord and ours: -- 1 corinthians 1:2 +. +Grace (favor and spiritual blessing) be to you and [heart] peace from God our Father and the Lord Jesus Christ. -- 1 corinthians 1:3 +. +I thank my God at all times for you because of the grace (the favor and spiritual blessing) of God which was bestowed on you in Christ Jesus, -- 1 corinthians 1:4 +. +[So] that in Him in every respect you were enriched, in full power and readiness of speech [to speak of your faith] and complete knowledge and illumination [to give you full insight into its meaning]. -- 1 corinthians 1:5 +. +In this way [our] witnessing concerning Christ (the Messiah) was so confirmed and established and made sure in you -- 1 corinthians 1:6 +. +That you are not [consciously] falling behind or lacking in any special spiritual endowment or Christian grace [the reception of which is due to the power of divine grace operating in your souls by the Holy Spirit], while you wait and watch [constantly living in hope] for the coming of our Lord Jesus Christ and [His] being made visible to all. -- 1 corinthians 1:7 +. +And He will establish you to the end [keep you steadfast, give you strength, and guarantee your vindication; He will be your warrant against all accusation or indictment so that you will be] guiltless and irreproachable in the day of our Lord Jesus Christ (the Messiah). -- 1 corinthians 1:8 +. +God is faithful (reliable, trustworthy, and therefore ever true to His promise, and He can be depended on); by Him you were called into companionship and participation with His Son, Jesus Christ our Lord. -- 1 corinthians 1:9 +. +But I urge and entreat you, brethren, by the name of our Lord Jesus Christ, that all of you be in perfect harmony and full agreement in what you say, and that there be no dissensions or factions or divisions among you, but that you be perfectly united in your common understanding and in your opinions and judgments. -- 1 corinthians 1:10 +. +For it has been made clear to me, my brethren, by those of Chloe's household, that there are contentions and wrangling and factions among you. -- 1 corinthians 1:11 +. +What I mean is this, that each one of you [either] says, I belong to Paul, or I belong to Apollos, or I belong to Cephas (Peter), or I belong to Christ. -- 1 corinthians 1:12 +. +Is Christ (the Messiah) divided into parts? Was Paul crucified on behalf of you? Or were you baptized into the name of Paul? -- 1 corinthians 1:13 +. +I thank God that I did not baptize any of you except Crispus and Gaius, -- 1 corinthians 1:14 +. +Lest anyone should say that I baptized in my own name. -- 1 corinthians 1:15 +. +[Yes] I did baptize the household of Stephanas also. More than these, I do not remember that I baptized anyone. -- 1 corinthians 1:16 +. +For Christ (the Messiah) sent me out not to baptize but [to evangelize by] preaching the glad tidings (the Gospel), and that not with verbal eloquence, lest the cross of Christ should be deprived of force and emptied of its power and rendered vain (fruitless, void of value, and of no effect). -- 1 corinthians 1:17 +. +For the story and message of the cross is sheer absurdity and folly to those who are perishing and on their way to perdition, but to us who are being saved it is the [manifestation of] the power of God. -- 1 corinthians 1:18 +. +For it is written, I will baffle and render useless and destroy the learning of the learned and the philosophy of the philosophers and the cleverness of the clever and the discernment of the discerning; I will frustrate and nullify [them] and bring [them] to nothing. -- 1 corinthians 1:19 +. +Where is the wise man (the philosopher)? Where is the scribe (the scholar)? Where is the investigator (the logician, the debater) of this present time and age? Has not God shown up the nonsense and the folly of this world's wisdom? -- 1 corinthians 1:20 +. +For when the world with all its earthly wisdom failed to perceive and recognize and know God by means of its own philosophy, God in His wisdom was pleased through the foolishness of preaching [salvation, procured by Christ and to be had through Him], to save those who believed (who clung to and trusted in and relied on Him). -- 1 corinthians 1:21 +. +For while Jews [demandingly] ask for signs and miracles and Greeks pursue philosophy and wisdom, -- 1 corinthians 1:22 +. +We preach Christ (the Messiah) crucified, [preaching which] to the Jews is a scandal and an offensive stumbling block [that springs a snare or trap], and to the Gentiles it is absurd and utterly unphilosophical nonsense. -- 1 corinthians 1:23 +. +But to those who are called, whether Jew or Greek (Gentile), Christ [is] the Power of God and the Wisdom of God. -- 1 corinthians 1:24 +. +[This is] because the foolish thing [that has its source in] God is wiser than men, and the weak thing [that springs] from God is stronger than men. -- 1 corinthians 1:25 +. +For [simply] consider your own call, brethren; not many [of you were considered to be] wise according to human estimates and standards, not many influential and powerful, not many of high and noble birth. -- 1 corinthians 1:26 +. +[No] for God selected (deliberately chose) what in the world is foolish to put the wise to shame, and what the world calls weak to put the strong to shame. -- 1 corinthians 1:27 +. +And God also selected (deliberately chose) what in the world is lowborn and insignificant and branded and treated with contempt, even the things that are nothing, that He might depose and bring to nothing the things that are, -- 1 corinthians 1:28 +. +So that no mortal man should [have pretense for glorying and] boast in the presence of God. -- 1 corinthians 1:29 +. +But it is from Him that you have your life in Christ Jesus, Whom God made our Wisdom from God, [revealed to us a knowledge of the divine plan of salvation previously hidden, manifesting itself as] our Righteousness [thus making us upright and putting us in right standing with God], and our Consecration [making us pure and holy], and our Redemption [providing our ransom from eternal penalty for sin]. -- 1 corinthians 1:30 +. +So then, as it is written, Let him who boasts and proudly rejoices and glories, boast and proudly rejoice and glory in the Lord. -- 1 corinthians 1:31 +. +AS FOR myself, brethren, when I came to you, I did not come proclaiming to you the testimony and evidence or mystery and secret of God [concerning what He has done through Christ for the salvation of men] in lofty words of eloquence or human philosophy and wisdom; -- 1 corinthians 2:1 +. +For I resolved to know nothing (to be acquainted with nothing, to make a display of the knowledge of nothing, and to be conscious of nothing) among you except Jesus Christ (the Messiah) and Him crucified. -- 1 corinthians 2:2 +. +And I was in (passed into a state of) weakness and fear (dread) and great trembling [after I had come] among you. -- 1 corinthians 2:3 +. +And my language and my message were not set forth in persuasive (enticing and plausible) words of wisdom, but they were in demonstration of the [Holy] Spirit and power [a proof by the Spirit and power of God, operating on me and stirring in the minds of my hearers the most holy emotions and thus persuading them], -- 1 corinthians 2:4 +. +So that your faith might not rest in the wisdom of men (human philosophy), but in the power of God. -- 1 corinthians 2:5 +. +Yet when we are among the full-grown (spiritually mature Christians who are ripe in understanding), we do impart a [higher] wisdom (the knowledge of the divine plan previously hidden); but it is indeed not a wisdom of this present age or of this world nor of the leaders and rulers of this age, who are being brought to nothing and are doomed to pass away. -- 1 corinthians 2:6 +. +But rather what we are setting forth is a wisdom of God once hidden [from the human understanding] and now revealed to us by God--[that wisdom] which God devised and decreed before the ages for our glorification [to lift us into the glory of His presence]. -- 1 corinthians 2:7 +. +None of the rulers of this age or world perceived and recognized and understood this, for if they had, they would never have crucified the Lord of glory. -- 1 corinthians 2:8 +. +But, on the contrary, as the Scripture says, What eye has not seen and ear has not heard and has not entered into the heart of man, [all that] God has prepared (made and keeps ready) for those who love Him [who hold Him in affectionate reverence, promptly obeying Him and gratefully recognizing the benefits He has bestowed]. -- 1 corinthians 2:9 +. +Yet to us God has unveiled and revealed them by and through His Spirit, for the [Holy] Spirit searches diligently, exploring and examining everything, even sounding the profound and bottomless things of God [the divine counsels and things hidden and beyond man's scrutiny]. -- 1 corinthians 2:10 +. +For what person perceives (knows and understands) what passes through a man's thoughts except the man's own spirit within him? Just so no one discerns (comes to know and comprehend) the thoughts of God except the Spirit of God. -- 1 corinthians 2:11 +. +Now we have not received the spirit [that belongs to] the world, but the [Holy] Spirit Who is from God, [given to us] that we might realize and comprehend and appreciate the gifts [of divine favor and blessing so freely and lavishly] bestowed on us by God. -- 1 corinthians 2:12 +. +And we are setting these truths forth in words not taught by human wisdom but taught by the [Holy] Spirit, combining and interpreting spiritual truths with spiritual language [to those who possess the Holy Spirit]. -- 1 corinthians 2:13 +. +But the natural, nonspiritual man does not accept or welcome or admit into his heart the gifts and teachings and revelations of the Spirit of God, for they are folly (meaningless nonsense) to him; and he is incapable of knowing them [of progressively recognizing, understanding, and becoming better acquainted with them] because they are spiritually discerned and estimated and appreciated. -- 1 corinthians 2:14 +. +But the spiritual man tries all things [he examines, investigates, inquires into, questions, and discerns all things], yet is himself to be put on trial and judged by no one [he can read the meaning of everything, but no one can properly discern or appraise or get an insight into him]. -- 1 corinthians 2:15 +. +For who has known or understood the mind (the counsels and purposes) of the Lord so as to guide and instruct Him and give Him knowledge? But we have the mind of Christ (the Messiah) and do hold the thoughts (feelings and purposes) of His heart. -- 1 corinthians 2:16 +. +HOWEVER, BRETHREN, I could not talk to you as to spiritual [men], but as to nonspiritual [men of the flesh, in whom the carnal nature predominates], as to mere infants [in the new life] in Christ [unable to talk yet!] -- 1 corinthians 3:1 +. +I fed you with milk, not solid food, for you were not yet strong enough [to be ready for it]; but even yet you are not strong enough [to be ready for it], -- 1 corinthians 3:2 +. +For you are still [unspiritual, having the nature] of the flesh [under the control of ordinary impulses]. For as long as [there are] envying and jealousy and wrangling and factions among you, are you not unspiritual and of the flesh, behaving yourselves after a human standard and like mere (unchanged) men? -- 1 corinthians 3:3 +. +For when one says, I belong to Paul, and another, I belong to Apollos, are you not [proving yourselves] ordinary (unchanged) men? -- 1 corinthians 3:4 +. +What then is Apollos? What is Paul? Ministering servants [not heads of parties] through whom you believed, even as the Lord appointed to each his task: -- 1 corinthians 3:5 +. +I planted, Apollos watered, but God [all the while] was making it grow and [He] gave the increase. -- 1 corinthians 3:6 +. +So neither he who plants is anything nor he who waters, but [only] God Who makes it grow and become greater. -- 1 corinthians 3:7 +. +He who plants and he who waters are equal (one in aim, of the same importance and esteem), yet each shall receive his own reward (wages), according to his own labor. -- 1 corinthians 3:8 +. +For we are fellow workmen (joint promoters, laborers together) with and for God; you are God's garden and vineyard and field under cultivation, [you are] God's building. -- 1 corinthians 3:9 +. +According to the grace (the special endowment for my task) of God bestowed on me, like a skillful architect and master builder I laid [the] foundation, and now another [man] is building upon it. But let each [man] be careful how he builds upon it, -- 1 corinthians 3:10 +. +For no other foundation can anyone lay than that which is [already] laid, which is Jesus Christ (the Messiah, the Anointed One). -- 1 corinthians 3:11 +. +But if anyone builds upon the Foundation, whether it be with gold, silver, precious stones, wood, hay, straw, -- 1 corinthians 3:12 +. +The work of each [one] will become [plainly, openly] known (shown for what it is); for the day [of Christ] will disclose and declare it, because it will be revealed with fire, and the fire will test and critically appraise the character and worth of the work each person has done. -- 1 corinthians 3:13 +. +If the work which any person has built on this Foundation [any product of his efforts whatever] survives [this test], he will get his reward. -- 1 corinthians 3:14 +. +But if any person's work is burned up [under the test], he will suffer the loss [of it all, losing his reward], though he himself will be saved, but only as [one who has passed] through fire. -- 1 corinthians 3:15 +. +Do you not discern and understand that you [the whole church at Corinth] are God's temple (His sanctuary), and that God's Spirit has His permanent dwelling in you [to be at home in you, collectively as a church and also individually]? -- 1 corinthians 3:16 +. +If anyone does hurt to God's temple or corrupts it [with false doctrines] or destroys it, God will do hurt to him and bring him to the corruption of death and destroy him. For the temple of God is holy (sacred to Him) and that [temple] you [the believing church and its individual believers] are. -- 1 corinthians 3:17 +. +Let no person deceive himself. If anyone among you supposes that he is wise in this age, let him become a fool [let him discard his worldly discernment and recognize himself as dull, stupid, and foolish, without true learning and scholarship], that he may become [really] wise. -- 1 corinthians 3:18 +. +For this world's wisdom is foolishness (absurdity and stupidity) with God, for it is written, He lays hold of the wise in their [own] craftiness; -- 1 corinthians 3:19 +. +And again, The Lord knows the thoughts and reasonings of the [humanly] wise and recognizes how futile they are. -- 1 corinthians 3:20 +. +So let no one exult proudly concerning men [boasting of having this or that man as a leader], for all things are yours, -- 1 corinthians 3:21 +. +Whether Paul or Apollos or Cephas (Peter), or the universe or life or death, or the immediate and threatening present or the [subsequent and uncertain] future--all are yours, -- 1 corinthians 3:22 +. +And you are Christ's, and Christ is God's. -- 1 corinthians 3:23 +. +SO THEN, let us [apostles] be looked upon as ministering servants of Christ and stewards (trustees) of the mysteries (the secret purposes) of God. -- 1 corinthians 4:1 +. +Moreover, it is [essentially] required of stewards that a man should be found faithful [proving himself worthy of trust]. -- 1 corinthians 4:2 +. +But [as for me personally] it matters very little to me that I should be put on trial by you [on this point], and that you or any other human tribunal should investigate and question and cross-question me. I do not even put myself on trial and judge myself. -- 1 corinthians 4:3 +. +I am not conscious of anything against myself, and I feel blameless; but I am not vindicated and acquitted before God on that account. It is the Lord [Himself] Who examines and judges me. -- 1 corinthians 4:4 +. +So do not make any hasty or premature judgments before the time when the Lord comes [again], for He will both bring to light the secret things that are [now hidden] in darkness and disclose and expose the [secret] aims (motives and purposes) of hearts. Then every man will receive his [due] commendation from God. -- 1 corinthians 4:5 +. +Now I have applied all this [about parties and factions] to myself and Apollos for your sakes, brethren, so that from what I have said of us [as illustrations], you may learn [to think of men in accordance with Scripture and] not to go beyond that which is written, that none of you may be puffed up and inflated with pride and boast in favor of one [minister and teacher] against another. -- 1 corinthians 4:6 +. +For who separates you from the others [as a faction leader]? [Who makes you superior and sets you apart from another, giving you the preeminence?] What have you that was not given to you? If then you received it [from someone], why do you boast as if you had not received [but had gained it by your own efforts]? -- 1 corinthians 4:7 +. +[You behave as if] you are already filled and think you have enough [you are full and content, feeling no need of anything more]! Already you have become rich [in spiritual gifts and graces]! [Without any counsel or instruction from us, in your conceit], you have ascended your thrones and come into your kingdom without including us! And would that it were true and that you did reign, so that we might be sharing the kingdom with you! -- 1 corinthians 4:8 +. +For it seems to me that God has made an exhibit of us apostles, exposing us to view last [of all, like men in a triumphal procession who are] sentenced to death [and displayed at the end of the line]. For we have become a spectacle to the world [a show in the world's amphitheater] with both men and angels [as spectators]. -- 1 corinthians 4:9 +. +We are [looked upon as] fools on account of Christ and for His sake, but you are [supposedly] so amazingly wise and prudent in Christ! We are weak, but you are [so very] strong! You are highly esteemed, but we are in disrepute and contempt! -- 1 corinthians 4:10 +. +To this hour we have gone both hungry and thirsty; we [habitually] wear but one undergarment [and shiver in the cold]; we are roughly knocked about and wander around homeless. -- 1 corinthians 4:11 +. +And we still toil unto weariness [for our living], working hard with our own hands. When men revile us [wound us with an accursed sting], we bless them. When we are persecuted, we take it patiently and endure it. -- 1 corinthians 4:12 +. +When we are slandered and defamed, we [try to] answer softly and bring comfort. We have been made and are now the rubbish and filth of the world [the offscouring of all things, the scum of the earth]. -- 1 corinthians 4:13 +. +I do not write this to shame you, but to warn and counsel you as my beloved children. -- 1 corinthians 4:14 +. +After all, though you should have ten thousand teachers (guides to direct you) in Christ, yet you do not have many fathers. For I became your father in Christ Jesus through the glad tidings (the Gospel). -- 1 corinthians 4:15 +. +So I urge and implore you, be imitators of me. -- 1 corinthians 4:16 +. +For this very cause I sent to you Timothy, who is my beloved and trustworthy child in the Lord, who will recall to your minds my methods of proceeding and course of conduct and way of life in Christ, such as I teach everywhere in each of the churches. -- 1 corinthians 4:17 +. +Some of you have become conceited and arrogant and pretentious, counting on my not coming to you. -- 1 corinthians 4:18 +. +But I will come to you [and] shortly, if the Lord is willing, and then I will perceive and understand not what the talk of these puffed up and arrogant spirits amount to, but their force (the moral power and excellence of soul they really possess). -- 1 corinthians 4:19 +. +For the kingdom of God consists of and is based on not talk but power (moral power and excellence of soul). -- 1 corinthians 4:20 +. +Now which do you prefer? Shall I come to you with a rod of correction, or with love and in a spirit of gentleness? -- 1 corinthians 4:21 +. +IT IS actually reported that there is sexual immorality among you, impurity of a sort that is condemned and does not occur even among the heathen; for a man has [his own] father's wife. -- 1 corinthians 5:1 +. +And you are proud and arrogant! And you ought rather to mourn (bow in sorrow and in shame) until the person who has done this [shameful] thing is removed from your fellowship and your midst! -- 1 corinthians 5:2 +. +As for my attitude, though I am absent [from you] in body, I am present in spirit, and I have already decided and passed judgment, as if actually present, -- 1 corinthians 5:3 +. +In the name of the Lord Jesus Christ, on the man who has committed such a deed. When you and my own spirit are met together with the power of our Lord Jesus, -- 1 corinthians 5:4 +. +You are to deliver this man over to Satan for physical discipline [to destroy carnal lusts which prompted him to incest], that [his] spirit may [yet] be saved in the day of the Lord Jesus. -- 1 corinthians 5:5 +. +[About the condition of your church] your boasting is not good [indeed, it is most unseemly and entirely out of place]. Do you not know that [just] a little leaven will ferment the whole lump [of dough]? -- 1 corinthians 5:6 +. +Purge (clean out) the old leaven that you may be fresh (new) dough, still uncontaminated [as you are], for Christ, our Passover [Lamb], has been sacrificed. -- 1 corinthians 5:7 +. +Therefore, let us keep the feast, not with old leaven, nor with leaven of vice and malice and wickedness, but with the unleavened [bread] of purity (nobility, honor) and sincerity and [unadulterated] truth. -- 1 corinthians 5:8 +. +I wrote you in my [previous] letter not to associate [closely and habitually] with unchaste (impure) people-- -- 1 corinthians 5:9 +. +Not [meaning of course that you must] altogether shun the immoral people of this world, or the greedy graspers and cheats and thieves or idolaters, since otherwise you would need to get out of the world and human society altogether! -- 1 corinthians 5:10 +. +But now I write to you not to associate with anyone who bears the name of [Christian] brother if he is known to be guilty of immorality or greed, or is an idolater [whose soul is devoted to any object that usurps the place of God], or is a person with a foul tongue [railing, abusing, reviling, slandering], or is a drunkard or a swindler or a robber. [No] you must not so much as eat with such a person. -- 1 corinthians 5:11 +. +What [business] of mine is it and what right have I to judge outsiders? Is it not those inside [the church] upon whom you are to pass disciplinary judgment [passing censuring sentence on them as the facts require]? -- 1 corinthians 5:12 +. +God alone sits in judgment on those who are outside. Drive out that wicked one from among you [expel him from your church]. -- 1 corinthians 5:13 +. +DOES ANY of you dare, when he has a matter of complaint against another [brother], to go to law before unrighteous men [men neither upright nor right with God, laying it before them] instead of before the saints (the people of God)? -- 1 corinthians 6:1 +. +Do you not know that the saints (the believers) will [one day] judge and govern the world? And if the world [itself] is to be judged and ruled by you, are you unworthy and incompetent to try [such petty matters] of the smallest courts of justice? -- 1 corinthians 6:2 +. +Do you not know also that we [Christians] are to judge the [very] angels and pronounce opinion between right and wrong [for them]? How much more then [as to] matters pertaining to this world and of this life only! -- 1 corinthians 6:3 +. +If then you do have such cases of everyday life to decide, why do you appoint [as judges to lay them before] those who [from the standpoint] of the church count for least and are without standing? -- 1 corinthians 6:4 +. +I say this to move you to shame. Can it be that there really is not one man among you who [in action is governed by piety and integrity and] is wise and competent enough to decide [the private grievances, disputes, and quarrels] between members of the brotherhood, -- 1 corinthians 6:5 +. +But brother goes to law against brother, and that before [Gentile judges who are] unbelievers [without faith or trust in the Gospel of Christ]? -- 1 corinthians 6:6 +. +Why, the very fact of your having lawsuits with one another at all is a defect (a defeat, an evidence of positive moral loss for you). Why not rather let yourselves suffer wrong and be deprived of what is your due? Why not rather be cheated (defrauded and robbed)? -- 1 corinthians 6:7 +. +But [instead it is you] yourselves who wrong and defraud, and that even your own brethren [by so treating them]! -- 1 corinthians 6:8 +. +Do you not know that the unrighteous and the wrongdoers will not inherit or have any share in the kingdom of God? Do not be deceived (misled): neither the impure and immoral, nor idolaters, nor adulterers, nor those who participate in homosexuality, -- 1 corinthians 6:9 +. +Nor cheats (swindlers and thieves), nor greedy graspers, nor drunkards, nor foulmouthed revilers and slanderers, nor extortioners and robbers will inherit or have any share in the kingdom of God. -- 1 corinthians 6:10 +. +And such some of you were [once]. But you were washed clean (purified by a complete atonement for sin and made free from the guilt of sin), and you were consecrated (set apart, hallowed), and you were justified [pronounced righteous, by trusting] in the name of the Lord Jesus Christ and in the [Holy] Spirit of our God. -- 1 corinthians 6:11 +. +Everything is permissible (allowable and lawful) for me; but not all things are helpful (good for me to do, expedient and profitable when considered with other things). Everything is lawful for me, but I will not become the slave of anything or be brought under its power. -- 1 corinthians 6:12 +. +Food [is intended] for the stomach and the stomach for food, but God will finally end [the functions of] both and bring them to nothing. The body is not intended for sexual immorality, but [is intended] for the Lord, and the Lord [is intended] for the body [to save, sanctify, and raise it again]. -- 1 corinthians 6:13 +. +And God both raised the Lord to life and will also raise us up by His power. -- 1 corinthians 6:14 +. +Do you not see and know that your bodies are members (bodily parts) of Christ (the Messiah)? Am I therefore to take the parts of Christ and make [them] parts of a prostitute? Never! Never! -- 1 corinthians 6:15 +. +Or do you not know and realize that when a man joins himself to a prostitute, he becomes one body with her? The two, it is written, shall become one flesh. -- 1 corinthians 6:16 +. +But the person who is united to the Lord becomes one spirit with Him. -- 1 corinthians 6:17 +. +Shun immorality and all sexual looseness [flee from impurity in thought, word, or deed]. Any other sin which a man commits is one outside the body, but he who commits sexual immorality sins against his own body. -- 1 corinthians 6:18 +. +Do you not know that your body is the temple (the very sanctuary) of the Holy Spirit Who lives within you, Whom you have received [as a Gift] from God? You are not your own, -- 1 corinthians 6:19 +. +You were bought with a price [purchased with a preciousness and paid for, made His own]. So then, honor God and bring glory to Him in your body. -- 1 corinthians 6:20 +. +NOW AS to the matters of which you wrote me. It is well [and by that I mean advantageous, expedient, profitable, and wholesome] for a man not to touch a woman [to cohabit with her] but to remain unmarried. -- 1 corinthians 7:1 +. +But because of the temptation to impurity and to avoid immorality, let each [man] have his own wife and let each [woman] have her own husband. -- 1 corinthians 7:2 +. +The husband should give to his wife her conjugal rights (goodwill, kindness, and what is due her as his wife), and likewise the wife to her husband. -- 1 corinthians 7:3 +. +For the wife does not have [exclusive] authority and control over her own body, but the husband [has his rights]; likewise also the husband does not have [exclusive] authority and control over his body, but the wife [has her rights]. -- 1 corinthians 7:4 +. +Do not refuse and deprive and defraud each other [of your due marital rights], except perhaps by mutual consent for a time, so that you may devote yourselves unhindered to prayer. But afterwards resume marital relations, lest Satan tempt you [to sin] through your lack of restraint of sexual desire. -- 1 corinthians 7:5 +. +But I am saying this more as a matter of permission and concession, not as a command or regulation. -- 1 corinthians 7:6 +. +I wish that all men were like I myself am [in this matter of self-control]. But each has his own special gift from God, one of this kind and one of another. -- 1 corinthians 7:7 +. +But to the unmarried people and to the widows, I declare that it is well (good, advantageous, expedient, and wholesome) for them to remain [single] even as I do. -- 1 corinthians 7:8 +. +But if they have not self-control (restraint of their passions), they should marry. For it is better to marry than to be aflame [with passion and tortured continually with ungratified desire]. -- 1 corinthians 7:9 +. +But to the married people I give charge--not I but the Lord--that the wife is not to separate from her husband. -- 1 corinthians 7:10 +. +But if she does [separate from and divorce him], let her remain single or else be reconciled to her husband. And [I charge] the husband [also] that he should not put away or divorce his wife. -- 1 corinthians 7:11 +. +To the rest I declare--I, not the Lord [for Jesus did not discuss this]--that if any brother has a wife who does not believe [in Christ] and she consents to live with him, he should not leave or divorce her. -- 1 corinthians 7:12 +. +And if any woman has an unbelieving husband and he consents to live with her, she should not leave or divorce him. -- 1 corinthians 7:13 +. +For the unbelieving husband is set apart (separated, withdrawn from heathen contamination, and affiliated with the Christian people) by union with his consecrated (set-apart) wife, and the unbelieving wife is set apart and separated through union with her consecrated husband. Otherwise your children would be unclean (unblessed heathen, outside the Christian covenant), but as it is they are prepared for God [pure and clean]. -- 1 corinthians 7:14 +. +But if the unbelieving partner [actually] leaves, let him do so; in such [cases the remaining] brother or sister is not morally bound. But God has called us to peace. -- 1 corinthians 7:15 +. +For, wife, how can you be sure of converting and saving your husband? Husband, how can you be sure of converting and saving your wife? -- 1 corinthians 7:16 +. +Only, let each one [seek to conduct himself and regulate his affairs so as to] lead the life which the Lord has allotted and imparted to him and to which God has invited and summoned him. This is my order in all the churches. -- 1 corinthians 7:17 +. +Was anyone at the time of his summons [from God] already circumcised? Let him not seek to remove the evidence of circumcision. Was anyone at the time [God] called him uncircumcised? Let him not be circumcised. -- 1 corinthians 7:18 +. +For circumcision is nothing and counts for nothing, neither does uncircumcision, but [what counts is] keeping the commandments of God. -- 1 corinthians 7:19 +. +Everyone should remain after God calls him in the station or condition of life in which the summons found him. -- 1 corinthians 7:20 +. +Were you a slave when you were called? Do not let that trouble you. But if you are able to gain your freedom, avail yourself of the opportunity. -- 1 corinthians 7:21 +. +For he who as a slave was summoned in [to union with] the Lord is a freedman of the Lord, just so he who was free when he was called is a bond servant of Christ (the Messiah). -- 1 corinthians 7:22 +. +You were bought with a price [purchased with a preciousness and paid for by Christ]; then do not yield yourselves up to become [in your own estimation] slaves to men [but consider yourselves slaves to Christ]. -- 1 corinthians 7:23 +. +So, brethren, in whatever station or state or condition of life each one was when he was called, there let him continue with and close to God. -- 1 corinthians 7:24 +. +Now concerning the virgins (the marriageable maidens) I have no command of the Lord, but I give my opinion and advice as one who by the Lord's mercy is rendered trustworthy and faithful. -- 1 corinthians 7:25 +. +I think then, because of the impending distress [that is even now setting in], it is well (expedient, profitable, and wholesome) for a person to remain as he or she is. -- 1 corinthians 7:26 +. +Are you bound to a wife? Do not seek to be free. Are you free from a wife? Do not seek a wife. -- 1 corinthians 7:27 +. +But if you do marry, you do not sin [in doing so], and if a virgin marries, she does not sin [in doing so]. Yet those who marry will have physical and earthly troubles, and I would like to spare you that. -- 1 corinthians 7:28 +. +I mean, brethren, the appointed time has been winding down and it has grown very short. From now on, let even those who have wives be as if they had none, -- 1 corinthians 7:29 +. +And those who weep and mourn as though they were not weeping and mourning, and those who rejoice as though they were not rejoicing, and those who buy as though they did not possess anything, -- 1 corinthians 7:30 +. +And those who deal with this world [overusing the enjoyments of this life] as though they were not absorbed by it and as if they had no dealings with it. For the outward form of this world (the present world order) is passing away. -- 1 corinthians 7:31 +. +My desire is to have you free from all anxiety and distressing care. The unmarried man is anxious about the things of the Lord--how he may please the Lord; -- 1 corinthians 7:32 +. +But the married man is anxious about worldly matters--how he may please his wife-- -- 1 corinthians 7:33 +. +And he is drawn in diverging directions [his interests are divided and he is distracted from his devotion to God]. And the unmarried woman or girl is concerned and anxious about the matters of the Lord, how to be wholly separated and set apart in body and spirit; but the married woman has her cares [centered] in earthly affairs--how she may please her husband. -- 1 corinthians 7:34 +. +Now I say this for your own welfare and profit, not to put [a halter of] restraint upon you, but to promote what is seemly and in good order and to secure your undistracted and undivided devotion to the Lord. -- 1 corinthians 7:35 +. +But if any man thinks that he is not acting properly toward and in regard to his virgin [that he is preparing disgrace for her or incurring reproach], in case she is passing the bloom of her youth and if there is need for it, let him do what to him seems right; he does not sin; let them marry. -- 1 corinthians 7:36 +. +But whoever is firmly established in his heart [strong in mind and purpose], not being forced by necessity but having control over his own will and desire, and has resolved this in his heart to keep his own virginity, he is doing well. -- 1 corinthians 7:37 +. +So also then, he [the father] who gives his virgin (his daughter) in marriage does well, and he [the father] who does not give [her] in marriage does better. -- 1 corinthians 7:38 +. +A wife is bound to her husband by law as long as he lives. If the husband dies, she is free to be married to whom she will, only [provided that he too is] in the Lord. -- 1 corinthians 7:39 +. +But in my opinion [a widow] is happier (more blessed and to be envied) if she does not remarry. And also I think I have the Spirit of God. -- 1 corinthians 7:40 +. +NOW ABOUT food offered to idols: of course we know that all of us possess knowledge [concerning these matters. Yet mere] knowledge causes people to be puffed up (to bear themselves loftily and be proud), but love (affection and goodwill and benevolence) edifies and builds up and encourages one to grow [to his full stature]. -- 1 corinthians 8:1 +. +If anyone imagines that he has come to know and understand much [of divine things, without love], he does not yet perceive and recognize and understand as strongly and clearly, nor has he become as intimately acquainted with anything as he ought or as is necessary. -- 1 corinthians 8:2 +. +But if one loves God truly [with affectionate reverence, prompt obedience, and grateful recognition of His blessing], he is known by God [recognized as worthy of His intimacy and love, and he is owned by Him]. -- 1 corinthians 8:3 +. +In this matter, then, of eating food offered to idols, we know that an idol is nothing (has no real existence) and that there is no God but one. -- 1 corinthians 8:4 +. +For although there may be so-called gods, whether in heaven or on earth, as indeed there are many of them, both of gods and of lords and masters, -- 1 corinthians 8:5 +. +Yet for us there is [only] one God, the Father, Who is the Source of all things and for Whom we [have life], and one Lord, Jesus Christ, through and by Whom are all things and through and by Whom we [ourselves exist]. -- 1 corinthians 8:6 +. +Nevertheless, not all [believers] possess this knowledge. But some, through being all their lives until now accustomed to [thinking of] idols [as real and living], still consider the food [offered to an idol] as that sacrificed to an [actual] god; and their weak consciences become defiled and injured if they eat [it]. -- 1 corinthians 8:7 +. +Now food [itself] will not cause our acceptance by God nor commend us to Him. Eating [food offered to idols] gives us no advantage; neither do we come short or become any worse if we do not eat [it]. -- 1 corinthians 8:8 +. +Only be careful that this power of choice (this permission and liberty to do as you please) which is yours, does not [somehow] become a hindrance (cause of stumbling) to the weak or overscrupulous [giving them an impulse to sin]. -- 1 corinthians 8:9 +. +For suppose someone sees you, a man having knowledge [of God, with an intelligent view of this subject and] reclining at table in an idol's temple, might he not be encouraged and emboldened [to violate his own conscientious scruples] if he is weak and uncertain, and eat what [to him] is for the purpose of idol worship? -- 1 corinthians 8:10 +. +And so by your enlightenment (your knowledge of spiritual things), this weak man is ruined (is lost and perishes)--the brother for whom Christ (the Messiah) died! -- 1 corinthians 8:11 +. +And when you sin against your brethren in this way, wounding and damaging their weak conscience, you sin against Christ. -- 1 corinthians 8:12 +. +Therefore, if [my eating a] food is a cause of my brother's falling or of hindering [his spiritual advancement], I will not eat [such] flesh forever, lest I cause my brother to be tripped up and fall and to be offended. -- 1 corinthians 8:13 +. +AM I not an apostle (a special messenger)? Am I not free (unrestrained and exempt from any obligation)? Have I not seen Jesus our Lord? Are you [yourselves] not [the product and proof of] my workmanship in the Lord? -- 1 corinthians 9:1 +. +Even if I am not considered an apostle (a special messenger) by others, at least I am one to you; for you are the seal (the certificate, the living evidence) of my apostleship in the Lord [confirming and authenticating it]. -- 1 corinthians 9:2 +. +This is my [real ground of] defense (my vindication of myself) to those who would put me on trial and cross-examine me. -- 1 corinthians 9:3 +. +Have we not the right to our food and drink [at the expense of the churches]? -- 1 corinthians 9:4 +. +Have we not the right also to take along with us a Christian sister as wife, as do the other apostles and the Lord's brothers and Cephas (Peter)? -- 1 corinthians 9:5 +. +Or is it only Barnabas and I who have no right to refrain from doing manual labor for a livelihood [in order to go about the work of the ministry]? -- 1 corinthians 9:6 +. +[Consider this:] What soldier at any time serves at his own expense? Who plants a vineyard and does not eat any of the fruit of it? Who tends a flock and does not partake of the milk of the flock? -- 1 corinthians 9:7 +. +Do I say this only on human authority and as a man reasons? Does not the Law endorse the same principle? -- 1 corinthians 9:8 +. +For in the Law of Moses it is written, You shall not muzzle an ox when it is treading out the corn. Is it [only] for oxen that God cares? -- 1 corinthians 9:9 +. +Or does He speak certainly and entirely for our sakes? [Assuredly] it is written for our sakes, because the plowman ought to plow in hope, and the thresher ought to thresh in expectation of partaking of the harvest. -- 1 corinthians 9:10 +. +If we have sown [the seed of] spiritual good among you, [is it too] much if we reap from your material benefits? -- 1 corinthians 9:11 +. +If others share in this rightful claim upon you, do not we [have a still better and greater claim]? However, we have never exercised this right, but we endure everything rather than put a hindrance in the way [of the spread] of the good news (the Gospel) of Christ. -- 1 corinthians 9:12 +. +Do you not know that those men who are employed in the services of the temple get their food from the temple? And that those who tend the altar share with the altar [in the offerings brought]? -- 1 corinthians 9:13 +. +[On the same principle] the Lord directed that those who publish the good news (the Gospel) should live (get their maintenance) by the Gospel. -- 1 corinthians 9:14 +. +But I have not made use of any of these privileges, nor am I writing this [to suggest] that any such provision be made for me [now]. For it would be better for me to die than to have anyone make void and deprive me of my [ground for] glorifying [in this matter]. -- 1 corinthians 9:15 +. +For if I [merely] preach the Gospel, that gives me no reason to boast, for I feel compelled of necessity to do it. Woe is me if I do not preach the glad tidings (the Gospel)! -- 1 corinthians 9:16 +. +For if I do this work of my own free will, then I have my pay (my reward); but if it is not of my own will, but is done reluctantly and under compulsion, I am [still] entrusted with a [sacred] trusteeship and commission. -- 1 corinthians 9:17 +. +What then is the [actual] reward that I get? Just this: that in my preaching the good news (the Gospel), I may offer it [absolutely] free of expense [to anybody], not taking advantage of my rights and privileges [as a preacher] of the Gospel. -- 1 corinthians 9:18 +. +For although I am free in every way from anyone's control, I have made myself a bond servant to everyone, so that I might gain the more [for Christ]. -- 1 corinthians 9:19 +. +To the Jews I became as a Jew, that I might win Jews; to men under the Law, [I became] as one under the Law, though not myself being under the Law, that I might win those under the Law. -- 1 corinthians 9:20 +. +To those without (outside) law I became as one without law, not that I am without the law of God and lawless toward Him, but that I am [especially keeping] within and committed to the law of Christ, that I might win those who are without law. -- 1 corinthians 9:21 +. +To the weak (wanting in discernment) I have become weak (wanting in discernment) that I might win the weak and overscrupulous. I have [in short] become all things to all men, that I might by all means (at all costs and in any and every way) save some [by winning them to faith in Jesus Christ]. -- 1 corinthians 9:22 +. +And I do this for the sake of the good news (the Gospel), in order that I may become a participator in it and share in its [blessings along with you]. -- 1 corinthians 9:23 +. +Do you not know that in a race all the runners compete, but [only] one receives the prize? So run [your race] that you may lay hold [of the prize] and make it yours. -- 1 corinthians 9:24 +. +Now every athlete who goes into training conducts himself temperately and restricts himself in all things. They do it to win a wreath that will soon wither, but we [do it to receive a crown of eternal blessedness] that cannot wither. -- 1 corinthians 9:25 +. +Therefore I do not run uncertainly (without definite aim). I do not box like one beating the air and striking without an adversary. -- 1 corinthians 9:26 +. +But [like a boxer] I buffet my body [handle it roughly, discipline it by hardships] and subdue it, for fear that after proclaiming to others the Gospel and things pertaining to it, I myself should become unfit [not stand the test, be unapproved and rejected as a counterfeit]. -- 1 corinthians 9:27 +. +FOR I do not want you to be ignorant, brethren, that our forefathers were all under and protected by the cloud [in which God's Presence went before them], and every one of them passed safely through the [Red] Sea, -- 1 corinthians 10:1 +. +And each one of them [allowed himself also] to be baptized into Moses in the cloud and in the sea [they were thus brought under obligation to the Law, to Moses, and to the covenant, consecrated and set apart to the service of God]; -- 1 corinthians 10:2 +. +And all [of them] ate the same spiritual (supernaturally given) food, -- 1 corinthians 10:3 +. +And they all drank the same spiritual (supernaturally given) drink. For they drank from a spiritual Rock which followed them [produced by the sole power of God Himself without natural instrumentality], and the Rock was Christ. -- 1 corinthians 10:4 +. +Nevertheless, God was not pleased with the great majority of them, for they were overthrown and strewn down along [the ground] in the wilderness. -- 1 corinthians 10:5 +. +Now these things are examples (warnings and admonitions) for us not to desire or crave or covet or lust after evil and carnal things as they did. -- 1 corinthians 10:6 +. +Do not be worshipers of false gods as some of them were, as it is written, The people sat down to eat and drink [the sacrifices offered to the golden calf at Horeb] and rose to sport (to dance and give way to jesting and hilarity). -- 1 corinthians 10:7 +. +We must not gratify evil desire and indulge in immorality as some of them did--and twenty-three thousand [suddenly] fell dead in a single day! -- 1 corinthians 10:8 +. +We should not tempt the Lord [try His patience, become a trial to Him, critically appraise Him, and exploit His goodness] as some of them did--and were killed by poisonous serpents; -- 1 corinthians 10:9 +. +Nor discontentedly complain as some of them did--and were put out of the way entirely by the destroyer (death). -- 1 corinthians 10:10 +. +Now these things befell them by way of a figure [as an example and warning to us]; they were written to admonish and fit us for right action by good instruction, we in whose days the ages have reached their climax (their consummation and concluding period). -- 1 corinthians 10:11 +. +Therefore let anyone who thinks he stands [who feels sure that he has a steadfast mind and is standing firm], take heed lest he fall [into sin]. -- 1 corinthians 10:12 +. +For no temptation (no trial regarded as enticing to sin), [no matter how it comes or where it leads] has overtaken you and laid hold on you that is not common to man [that is, no temptation or trial has come to you that is beyond human resistance and that is not adjusted and adapted and belonging to human experience, and such as man can bear]. But God is faithful [to His Word and to His compassionate nature], and He [can be trusted] not to let you be tempted and tried and assayed beyond your ability and strength of resistance and power to endure, but with the temptation He will [always] also provide the way out (the means of escape to a landing place), that you may be capable and strong and powerful to bear up under it patiently. -- 1 corinthians 10:13 +. +Therefore, my dearly beloved, shun (keep clear away from, avoid by flight if need be) any sort of idolatry (of loving or venerating anything more than God). -- 1 corinthians 10:14 +. +I am speaking as to intelligent (sensible) men. Think over and make up your minds [for yourselves] about what I say. [I appeal to your reason and your discernment in these matters.] -- 1 corinthians 10:15 +. +The cup of blessing [of wine at the Lord's Supper] upon which we ask [God's] blessing, does it not mean [that in drinking it] we participate in and share a fellowship (a communion) in the blood of Christ (the Messiah)? The bread which we break, does it not mean [that in eating it] we participate in and share a fellowship (a communion) in the body of Christ? -- 1 corinthians 10:16 +. +For we [no matter how] numerous we are, are one body, because we all partake of the one Bread [the One Whom the communion bread represents]. -- 1 corinthians 10:17 +. +Consider those [physically] people of Israel. Are not those who eat the sacrifices partners of the altar [united in their worship of the same God]? -- 1 corinthians 10:18 +. +What do I imply then? That food offered to idols is [intrinsically changed by the fact and amounts to] anything or that an idol itself is a [living] thing? -- 1 corinthians 10:19 +. +No, I am suggesting that what the pagans sacrifice they offer [in effect] to demons (to evil spiritual powers) and not to God [at all]. I do not want you to fellowship and be partners with diabolical spirits [by eating at their feasts]. -- 1 corinthians 10:20 +. +You cannot drink the Lord's cup and the demons' cup. You cannot partake of the Lord's table and the demons' table. -- 1 corinthians 10:21 +. +Shall we thus provoke the Lord to jealousy and anger and indignation? Are we stronger than He [that we should defy Him]? -- 1 corinthians 10:22 +. +All things are legitimate [permissible--and we are free to do anything we please], but not all things are helpful (expedient, profitable, and wholesome). All things are legitimate, but not all things are constructive [to character] and edifying [to spiritual life]. -- 1 corinthians 10:23 +. +Let no one then seek his own good and advantage and profit, but [rather] each one of the other [let him seek the welfare of his neighbor]. -- 1 corinthians 10:24 +. +[As to meat offered to idols] eat anything that is sold in the meat market without raising any question or investigating on the grounds of conscientious scruples, -- 1 corinthians 10:25 +. +For the [whole] earth is the Lord's and everything that is in it. -- 1 corinthians 10:26 +. +In case one of the unbelievers invites you to a meal and you want to go, eat whatever is served to you without examining into its source because of conscientious scruples. -- 1 corinthians 10:27 +. +But if someone tells you, This has been offered in sacrifice to an idol, do not eat it, out of consideration for the person who informed you, and for conscience's sake-- -- 1 corinthians 10:28 +. +I mean for the sake of his conscience, not yours, [do not eat it]. For why should another man's scruples apply to me and my liberty of action be determined by his conscience? -- 1 corinthians 10:29 +. +If I partake [of my food] with thankfulness, why am I accused and spoken evil of because of that for which I give thanks? -- 1 corinthians 10:30 +. +So then, whether you eat or drink, or whatever you may do, do all for the honor and glory of God. -- 1 corinthians 10:31 +. +Do not let yourselves be [hindrances by giving] an offense to the Jews or to the Greeks or to the church of God [do not lead others into sin by your mode of life]; -- 1 corinthians 10:32 +. +Just as I myself strive to please [to accommodate myself to the opinions, desires, and interests of others, adapting myself to] all men in everything I do, not aiming at or considering my own profit and advantage, but that of the many in order that they may be saved. -- 1 corinthians 10:33 +. +PATTERN YOURSELVES after me [follow my example], as I imitate and follow Christ (the Messiah). -- 1 corinthians 11:1 +. +I appreciate and commend you because you always remember me in everything and keep firm possession of the traditions (the substance of my instructions), just as I have [verbally] passed them on to you. -- 1 corinthians 11:2 +. +But I want you to know and realize that Christ is the Head of every man, the head of a woman is her husband, and the Head of Christ is God. -- 1 corinthians 11:3 +. +Any man who prays or prophesies (teaches, refutes, reproves, admonishes, and comforts) with his head covered dishonors his Head (Christ). -- 1 corinthians 11:4 +. +And any woman who [publicly] prays or prophesies (teaches, refutes, reproves, admonishes, or comforts) when she is bareheaded dishonors her head (her husband); it is the same as [if her head were] shaved. -- 1 corinthians 11:5 +. +For if a woman will not wear [a head] covering, then she should cut off her hair too; but if it is disgraceful for a woman to have her head shorn or shaven, let her cover [her head]. -- 1 corinthians 11:6 +. +For a man ought not to wear anything on his head [in church], for he is the image and [reflected] glory of God [his function of government reflects the majesty of the divine Rule]; but woman is [the expression of] man's glory (majesty, preeminence). -- 1 corinthians 11:7 +. +For man was not [created] from woman, but woman from man; -- 1 corinthians 11:8 +. +Neither was man created on account of or for the benefit of woman, but woman on account of and for the benefit of man. -- 1 corinthians 11:9 +. +Therefore she should [be subject to his authority and should] have a covering on her head [as a token, a symbol, of her submission to authority, that she may show reverence as do] the angels [and not displease them]. -- 1 corinthians 11:10 +. +Nevertheless, in [the plan of] the Lord and from His point of view woman is not apart from and independent of man, nor is man aloof from and independent of woman; -- 1 corinthians 11:11 +. +For as woman was made from man, even so man is also born of woman; and all [whether male or female go forth] from God [as their Author]. -- 1 corinthians 11:12 +. +Consider for yourselves; is it proper and decent [according to your customs] for a woman to offer prayer to God [publicly] with her head uncovered? -- 1 corinthians 11:13 +. +Does not the native sense of propriety (experience, common sense, reason) itself teach you that for a man to wear long hair is a dishonor [humiliating and degrading] to him, -- 1 corinthians 11:14 +. +But if a woman has long hair, it is her ornament and glory? For her hair is given to her for a covering. -- 1 corinthians 11:15 +. +Now if anyone is disposed to be argumentative and contentious about this, we hold to and recognize no other custom [in worship] than this, nor do the churches of God generally. -- 1 corinthians 11:16 +. +But in what I instruct [you] next I do not commend [you], because when you meet together, it is not for the better but for the worse. -- 1 corinthians 11:17 +. +For in the first place, when you assemble as a congregation, I hear that there are cliques (divisions and factions) among you; and I in part believe it, -- 1 corinthians 11:18 +. +For doubtless there have to be factions or parties among you in order that they who are genuine and of approved fitness may become evident and plainly recognized among you. -- 1 corinthians 11:19 +. +So when you gather for your meetings, it is not the supper instituted by the Lord that you eat, -- 1 corinthians 11:20 +. +For in eating each one [hurries] to get his own supper first [not waiting for the poor], and one goes hungry while another gets drunk. -- 1 corinthians 11:21 +. +What! Do you have no houses in which to eat and drink? Or do you despise the church of God and mean to show contempt for it, while you humiliate those who are poor (have no homes and have brought no food)? What shall I say to you? Shall I commend you in this? No, [most certainly] I will not! -- 1 corinthians 11:22 +. +For I received from the Lord Himself that which I passed on to you [it was given to me personally], that the Lord Jesus on the night when He was treacherously delivered up and while His betrayal was in progress took bread, -- 1 corinthians 11:23 +. +And when He had given thanks, He broke [it] and said, Take, eat. This is My body, which is broken for you. Do this to call Me [affectionately] to remembrance. -- 1 corinthians 11:24 +. +Similarly when supper was ended, He took the cup also, saying, This cup is the new covenant [ratified and established] in My blood. Do this, as often as you drink [it], to call Me [affectionately] to remembrance. -- 1 corinthians 11:25 +. +For every time you eat this bread and drink this cup, you are representing and signifying and proclaiming the fact of the Lord's death until He comes [again]. -- 1 corinthians 11:26 +. +So then whoever eats the bread or drinks the cup of the Lord in a way that is unworthy [of Him] will be guilty of [profaning and sinning against] the body and blood of the Lord. -- 1 corinthians 11:27 +. +Let a man [thoroughly] examine himself, and [only when he has done] so should he eat of the bread and drink of the cup. -- 1 corinthians 11:28 +. +For anyone who eats and drinks without discriminating and recognizing with due appreciation that [it is Christ's] body, eats and drinks a sentence (a verdict of judgment) upon himself. -- 1 corinthians 11:29 +. +That [careless and unworthy participation] is the reason many of you are weak and sickly, and quite enough of you have fallen into the sleep of death. -- 1 corinthians 11:30 +. +For if we searchingly examined ourselves [detecting our shortcomings and recognizing our own condition], we should not be judged and penalty decreed [by the divine judgment]. -- 1 corinthians 11:31 +. +But when we [fall short and] are judged by the Lord, we are disciplined and chastened, so that we may not [finally] be condemned [to eternal punishment along] with the world. -- 1 corinthians 11:32 +. +So then, my brothers, when you gather together to eat [the Lord's Supper], wait for one another. -- 1 corinthians 11:33 +. +If anyone is hungry, let him eat at home, lest you come together to bring judgment [on yourselves]. About the other matters, I will give you directions [personally] when I come. -- 1 corinthians 11:34 +. +NOW ABOUT the spiritual gifts (the special endowments of supernatural energy), brethren, I do not want you to be misinformed. -- 1 corinthians 12:1 +. +You know that when you were heathen, you were led off after idols that could not speak [habitually] as impulse directed and whenever the occasion might arise. -- 1 corinthians 12:2 +. +Therefore I want you to understand that no one speaking under the power and influence of the [Holy] Spirit of God can [ever] say, Jesus be cursed! And no one can [really] say, Jesus is [my] Lord, except by and under the power and influence of the Holy Spirit. -- 1 corinthians 12:3 +. +Now there are distinctive varieties and distributions of endowments (gifts, extraordinary powers distinguishing certain Christians, due to the power of divine grace operating in their souls by the Holy Spirit) and they vary, but the [Holy] Spirit remains the same. -- 1 corinthians 12:4 +. +And there are distinctive varieties of service and ministration, but it is the same Lord [Who is served]. -- 1 corinthians 12:5 +. +And there are distinctive varieties of operation [of working to accomplish things], but it is the same God Who inspires and energizes them all in all. -- 1 corinthians 12:6 +. +But to each one is given the manifestation of the [Holy] Spirit [the evidence, the spiritual illumination of the Spirit] for good and profit. -- 1 corinthians 12:7 +. +To one is given in and through the [Holy] Spirit [the power to speak] a message of wisdom, and to another [the power to express] a word of knowledge and understanding according to the same [Holy] Spirit; -- 1 corinthians 12:8 +. +To another [wonder-working] faith by the same [Holy] Spirit, to another the extraordinary powers of healing by the one Spirit; -- 1 corinthians 12:9 +. +To another the working of miracles, to another prophetic insight (the gift of interpreting the divine will and purpose); to another the ability to discern and distinguish between [the utterances of true] spirits [and false ones], to another various kinds of [unknown] tongues, to another the ability to interpret [such] tongues. -- 1 corinthians 12:10 +. +All these [gifts, achievements, abilities] are inspired and brought to pass by one and the same [Holy] Spirit, Who apportions to each person individually [exactly] as He chooses. -- 1 corinthians 12:11 +. +For just as the body is a unity and yet has many parts, and all the parts, though many, form [only] one body, so it is with Christ (the Messiah, the Anointed One). -- 1 corinthians 12:12 +. +For by [means of the personal agency of] one [Holy] Spirit we were all, whether Jews or Greeks, slaves or free, baptized [and by baptism united together] into one body, and all made to drink of one [Holy] Spirit. -- 1 corinthians 12:13 +. +For the body does not consist of one limb or organ but of many. -- 1 corinthians 12:14 +. +If the foot should say, Because I am not the hand, I do not belong to the body, would it be therefore not [a part] of the body? -- 1 corinthians 12:15 +. +If the ear should say, Because I am not the eye, I do not belong to the body, would it be therefore not [a part] of the body? -- 1 corinthians 12:16 +. +If the whole body were an eye, where [would be the sense of] hearing? If the whole body were an ear, where [would be the sense of] smell? -- 1 corinthians 12:17 +. +But as it is, God has placed and arranged the limbs and organs in the body, each [particular one] of them, just as He wished and saw fit and with the best adaptation. -- 1 corinthians 12:18 +. +But if [the whole] were all a single organ, where would the body be? -- 1 corinthians 12:19 +. +And now there are [certainly] many limbs and organs, but a single body. -- 1 corinthians 12:20 +. +And the eye is not able to say to the hand, I have no need of you, nor again the head to the feet, I have no need of you. -- 1 corinthians 12:21 +. +But instead, there is [absolute] necessity for the parts of the body that are considered the more weak. -- 1 corinthians 12:22 +. +And those [parts] of the body which we consider rather ignoble are [the very parts] which we invest with additional honor, and our unseemly parts and those unsuitable for exposure are treated with seemliness (modesty and decorum), -- 1 corinthians 12:23 +. +Which our more presentable parts do not require. But God has so adjusted (mingled, harmonized, and subtly proportioned the parts of) the whole body, giving the greater honor and richer endowment to the inferior parts which lack [apparent importance], -- 1 corinthians 12:24 +. +So that there should be no division or discord or lack of adaptation [of the parts of the body to each other], but the members all alike should have a mutual interest in and care for one another. -- 1 corinthians 12:25 +. +And if one member suffers, all the parts [share] the suffering; if one member is honored, all the members [share in] the enjoyment of it. -- 1 corinthians 12:26 +. +Now you [collectively] are Christ's body and [individually] you are members of it, each part severally and distinct [each with his own place and function]. -- 1 corinthians 12:27 +. +So God has appointed some in the church [for His own use]: first apostles (special messengers); second prophets (inspired preachers and expounders); third teachers; then wonder-workers; then those with ability to heal the sick; helpers; administrators; [speakers in] different (unknown) tongues. -- 1 corinthians 12:28 +. +Are all apostles (special messengers)? Are all prophets (inspired interpreters of the will and purposes of God)? Are all teachers? Do all have the power of performing miracles? -- 1 corinthians 12:29 +. +Do all possess extraordinary powers of healing? Do all speak with tongues? Do all interpret? -- 1 corinthians 12:30 +. +But earnestly desire and zealously cultivate the greatest and best gifts and graces (the higher gifts and the choicest graces). And yet I will show you a still more excellent way [one that is better by far and the highest of them all--love]. -- 1 corinthians 12:31 +. +IF I [can] speak in the tongues of men and [even] of angels, but have not love (that reasoning, intentional, spiritual devotion such as is inspired by God's love for and in us), I am only a noisy gong or a clanging cymbal. -- 1 corinthians 13:1 +. +And if I have prophetic powers (the gift of interpreting the divine will and purpose), and understand all the secret truths and mysteries and possess all knowledge, and if I have [sufficient] faith so that I can remove mountains, but have not love (God's love in me) I am nothing (a useless nobody). -- 1 corinthians 13:2 +. +Even if I dole out all that I have [to the poor in providing] food, and if I surrender my body to be burned or in order that I may glory, but have not love (God's love in me), I gain nothing. -- 1 corinthians 13:3 +. +Love endures long and is patient and kind; love never is envious nor boils over with jealousy, is not boastful or vainglorious, does not display itself haughtily. -- 1 corinthians 13:4 +. +It is not conceited (arrogant and inflated with pride); it is not rude (unmannerly) and does not act unbecomingly. Love (God's love in us) does not insist on its own rights or its own way, for it is not self-seeking; it is not touchy or fretful or resentful; it takes no account of the evil done to it [it pays no attention to a suffered wrong]. -- 1 corinthians 13:5 +. +It does not rejoice at injustice and unrighteousness, but rejoices when right and truth prevail. -- 1 corinthians 13:6 +. +Love bears up under anything and everything that comes, is ever ready to believe the best of every person, its hopes are fadeless under all circumstances, and it endures everything [without weakening]. -- 1 corinthians 13:7 +. +Love never fails [never fades out or becomes obsolete or comes to an end]. As for prophecy (the gift of interpreting the divine will and purpose), it will be fulfilled and pass away; as for tongues, they will be destroyed and cease; as for knowledge, it will pass away [it will lose its value and be superseded by truth]. -- 1 corinthians 13:8 +. +For our knowledge is fragmentary (incomplete and imperfect), and our prophecy (our teaching) is fragmentary (incomplete and imperfect). -- 1 corinthians 13:9 +. +But when the complete and perfect (total) comes, the incomplete and imperfect will vanish away (become antiquated, void, and superseded). -- 1 corinthians 13:10 +. +When I was a child, I talked like a child, I thought like a child, I reasoned like a child; now that I have become a man, I am done with childish ways and have put them aside. -- 1 corinthians 13:11 +. +For now we are looking in a mirror that gives only a dim (blurred) reflection [of reality as in a riddle or enigma], but then [when perfection comes] we shall see in reality and face to face! Now I know in part (imperfectly), but then I shall know and understand fully and clearly, even in the same manner as I have been fully and clearly known and understood [by God]. -- 1 corinthians 13:12 +. +And so faith, hope, love abide [faith--conviction and belief respecting man's relation to God and divine things; hope--joyful and confident expectation of eternal salvation; love--true affection for God and man, growing out of God's love for and in us], these three; but the greatest of these is love. -- 1 corinthians 13:13 +. +EAGERLY PURSUE and seek to acquire [this] love [make it your aim, your great quest]; and earnestly desire and cultivate the spiritual endowments (gifts), especially that you may prophesy (interpret the divine will and purpose in inspired preaching and teaching). -- 1 corinthians 14:1 +. +For one who speaks in an [unknown] tongue speaks not to men but to God, for no one understands or catches his meaning, because in the [Holy] Spirit he utters secret truths and hidden things [not obvious to the understanding]. -- 1 corinthians 14:2 +. +But [on the other hand], the one who prophesies [who interprets the divine will and purpose in inspired preaching and teaching] speaks to men for their upbuilding and constructive spiritual progress and encouragement and consolation. -- 1 corinthians 14:3 +. +He who speaks in a [strange] tongue edifies and improves himself, but he who prophesies [interpreting the divine will and purpose and teaching with inspiration] edifies and improves the church and promotes growth [in Christian wisdom, piety, holiness, and happiness]. -- 1 corinthians 14:4 +. +Now I wish that you might all speak in [unknown] tongues, but more especially [I want you] to prophesy (to be inspired to preach and interpret the divine will and purpose). He who prophesies [who is inspired to preach and teach] is greater (more useful and more important) than he who speaks in [unknown] tongues, unless he should interpret [what he says], so that the church may be edified and receive good [from it]. -- 1 corinthians 14:5 +. +Now, brethren, if I come to you speaking in [unknown] tongues, how shall I make it to your advantage unless I speak to you either in revelation (disclosure of God's will to man) in knowledge or in prophecy or in instruction? -- 1 corinthians 14:6 +. +If even inanimate musical instruments, such as the flute or the harp, do not give distinct notes, how will anyone [listening] know or understand what is played? -- 1 corinthians 14:7 +. +And if the war bugle gives an uncertain (indistinct) call, who will prepare for battle? -- 1 corinthians 14:8 +. +Just so it is with you; if you in the [unknown] tongue speak words that are not intelligible, how will anyone understand what you are saying? For you will be talking into empty space! -- 1 corinthians 14:9 +. +There are, I suppose, all these many [to us unknown] tongues in the world [somewhere], and none is destitute of [its own power of] expression and meaning. -- 1 corinthians 14:10 +. +But if I do not know the force and significance of the speech (language), I shall seem to be a foreigner to the one who speaks [to me], and the speaker who addresses [me] will seem a foreigner to me. -- 1 corinthians 14:11 +. +So it is with yourselves; since you are so eager and ambitious to possess spiritual endowments and manifestations of the [Holy] Spirit, [concentrate on] striving to excel and to abound [in them] in ways that will build up the church. -- 1 corinthians 14:12 +. +Therefore, the person who speaks in an [unknown] tongue should pray [for the power] to interpret and explain what he says. -- 1 corinthians 14:13 +. +For if I pray in an [unknown] tongue, my spirit [by the Holy Spirit within me] prays, but my mind is unproductive [it bears no fruit and helps nobody]. -- 1 corinthians 14:14 +. +Then what am I to do? I will pray with my spirit [by the Holy Spirit that is within me], but I will also pray [intelligently] with my mind and understanding; I will sing with my spirit [by the Holy Spirit that is within me], but I will sing [intelligently] with my mind and understanding also. -- 1 corinthians 14:15 +. +Otherwise, if you bless and render thanks with [your] spirit [thoroughly aroused by the Holy Spirit], how can anyone in the position of an outsider or he who is not gifted with [interpreting of unknown] tongues, say the Amen to your thanksgiving, since he does not know what you are saying? [I Chron. 16:36; Ps. 106:48.] -- 1 corinthians 14:16 +. +To be sure, you may give thanks well (nobly), but the bystander is not edified [it does him no good]. -- 1 corinthians 14:17 +. +I thank God that I speak in [strange] tongues (languages) more than any of you or all of you put together; -- 1 corinthians 14:18 +. +Nevertheless, in public worship, I would rather say five words with my understanding and intelligently in order to instruct others, than ten thousand words in a [strange] tongue (language). -- 1 corinthians 14:19 +. +Brethren, do not be children [immature] in your thinking; continue to be babes in [matters of] evil, but in your minds be mature [men]. -- 1 corinthians 14:20 +. +It is written in the Law, By men of strange languages and by the lips of foreigners will I speak to this people, and not even then will they listen to Me, says the Lord. -- 1 corinthians 14:21 +. +Thus [unknown] tongues are meant for a [supernatural] sign, not for believers but for unbelievers [on the point of believing], while prophecy (inspired preaching and teaching, interpreting the divine will and purpose) is not for unbelievers [on the point of believing] but for believers. -- 1 corinthians 14:22 +. +Therefore, if the whole church assembles and all of you speak in [unknown] tongues, and the ungifted and uninitiated or unbelievers come in, will they not say that you are demented? -- 1 corinthians 14:23 +. +But if all prophesy [giving inspired testimony and interpreting the divine will and purpose] and an unbeliever or untaught outsider comes in, he is told of his sin and reproved and convicted and convinced by all, and his defects and needs are examined (estimated, determined) and he is called to account by all, -- 1 corinthians 14:24 +. +The secrets of his heart are laid bare; and so, falling on [his] face, he will worship God, declaring that God is among you in very truth. -- 1 corinthians 14:25 +. +What then, brethren, is [the right course]? When you meet together, each one has a hymn, a teaching, a disclosure of special knowledge or information, an utterance in a [strange] tongue, or an interpretation of it. [But] let everything be constructive and edifying and for the good of all. -- 1 corinthians 14:26 +. +If some speak in a [strange] tongue, let the number be limited to two or at the most three, and each one [taking his] turn, and let one interpret and explain [what is said]. -- 1 corinthians 14:27 +. +But if there is no one to do the interpreting, let each of them keep still in church and talk to himself and to God. -- 1 corinthians 14:28 +. +So let two or three prophets speak [those inspired to preach or teach], while the rest pay attention and weigh and discern what is said. -- 1 corinthians 14:29 +. +But if an inspired revelation comes to another who is sitting by, then let the first one be silent. -- 1 corinthians 14:30 +. +For in this way you can give testimony [prophesying and thus interpreting the divine will and purpose] one by one, so that all may be instructed and all may be stimulated and encouraged; -- 1 corinthians 14:31 +. +For the spirits of the prophets (the speakers in tongues) are under the speaker's control [and subject to being silenced as may be necessary], -- 1 corinthians 14:32 +. +For He [Who is the source of their prophesying] is not a God of confusion and disorder but of peace and order. As [is the practice] in all the churches of the saints (God's people), -- 1 corinthians 14:33 +. +The women should keep quiet in the churches, for they are not authorized to speak, but should take a secondary and subordinate place, just as the Law also says. -- 1 corinthians 14:34 +. +But if there is anything they want to learn, they should ask their own husbands at home, for it is disgraceful for a woman to talk in church [for her to usurp and exercise authority over men in the church]. -- 1 corinthians 14:35 +. +What! Did the word of the Lord originate with you [Corinthians], or has it reached only you? -- 1 corinthians 14:36 +. +If anyone thinks and claims that he is a prophet [filled with and governed by the Holy Spirit of God and inspired to interpret the divine will and purpose in preaching or teaching] or has any other spiritual endowment, let him understand (recognize and acknowledge) that what I am writing to you is a command of the Lord. -- 1 corinthians 14:37 +. +But if anyone disregards or does not recognize [that it is a command of the Lord], he is disregarded and not recognized [he is one whom God knows not]. -- 1 corinthians 14:38 +. +So [to conclude], my brethren, earnestly desire and set your hearts on prophesying (on being inspired to preach and teach and to interpret God's will and purpose), and do not forbid or hinder speaking in [unknown] tongues. -- 1 corinthians 14:39 +. +But all things should be done with regard to decency and propriety and in an orderly fashion. -- 1 corinthians 14:40 +. +AND NOW let me remind you [since it seems to have escaped you], brethren, of the Gospel (the glad tidings of salvation) which I proclaimed to you, which you welcomed and accepted and upon which your faith rests, -- 1 corinthians 15:1 +. +And by which you are saved, if you hold fast and keep firmly what I preached to you, unless you believed at first without effect and all for nothing. -- 1 corinthians 15:2 +. +For I passed on to you first of all what I also had received, that Christ (the Messiah, the Anointed One) died for our sins in accordance with [what] the Scriptures [foretold], -- 1 corinthians 15:3 +. +That He was buried, that He arose on the third day as the Scriptures foretold, -- 1 corinthians 15:4 +. +And [also] that He appeared to Cephas (Peter), then to the Twelve. -- 1 corinthians 15:5 +. +Then later He showed Himself to more than five hundred brethren at one time, the majority of whom are still alive, but some have fallen asleep [in death]. -- 1 corinthians 15:6 +. +Afterward He was seen by James, then by all the apostles (the special messengers), -- 1 corinthians 15:7 +. +And last of all He appeared to me also, as to one prematurely and born dead [no better than an unperfected fetus among living men]. -- 1 corinthians 15:8 +. +For I am the least [worthy] of the apostles, who am not fit or deserving to be called an apostle, because I once wronged and pursued and molested the church of God [oppressing it with cruelty and violence]. -- 1 corinthians 15:9 +. +But by the grace (the unmerited favor and blessing) of God I am what I am, and His grace toward me was not [found to be] for nothing (fruitless and without effect). In fact, I worked harder than all of them [the apostles], though it was not really I, but the grace (the unmerited favor and blessing) of God which was with me. -- 1 corinthians 15:10 +. +So, whether then it was I or they, this is what we preach and this is what you believed [what you adhered to, trusted in, and relied on]. -- 1 corinthians 15:11 +. +But now if Christ (the Messiah) is preached as raised from the dead, how is it that some of you say that there is no resurrection of the dead? -- 1 corinthians 15:12 +. +But if there is no resurrection of the dead, then Christ has not risen; -- 1 corinthians 15:13 +. +And if Christ has not risen, then our preaching is in vain [it amounts to nothing] and your faith is devoid of truth and is fruitless (without effect, empty, imaginary, and unfounded). -- 1 corinthians 15:14 +. +We are even discovered to be misrepresenting God, for we testified of Him that He raised Christ, Whom He did not raise in case it is true that the dead are not raised. -- 1 corinthians 15:15 +. +For if the dead are not raised, then Christ has not been raised; -- 1 corinthians 15:16 +. +And if Christ has not been raised, your faith is mere delusion [futile, fruitless], and you are still in your sins [under the control and penalty of sin]; -- 1 corinthians 15:17 +. +And further, those who have died in [spiritual fellowship and union with] Christ have perished (are lost)! -- 1 corinthians 15:18 +. +If we who are [abiding] in Christ have hope only in this life and that is all, then we are of all people most miserable and to be pitied. -- 1 corinthians 15:19 +. +But the fact is that Christ (the Messiah) has been raised from the dead, and He became the firstfruits of those who have fallen asleep [in death]. -- 1 corinthians 15:20 +. +For since [it was] through a man that death [came into the world, it is] also through a Man that the resurrection of the dead [has come]. -- 1 corinthians 15:21 +. +For just as [because of their union of nature] in Adam all people die, so also [by virtue of their union of nature] shall all in Christ be made alive. -- 1 corinthians 15:22 +. +But each in his own rank and turn: Christ (the Messiah) [is] the firstfruits, then those who are Christ's [own will be resurrected] at His coming. -- 1 corinthians 15:23 +. +After that comes the end (the completion), when He delivers over the kingdom to God the Father after rendering inoperative and abolishing every [other] rule and every authority and power. -- 1 corinthians 15:24 +. +For [Christ] must be King and reign until He has put all [His] enemies under His feet. -- 1 corinthians 15:25 +. +The last enemy to be subdued and abolished is death. -- 1 corinthians 15:26 +. +For He [the Father] has put all things in subjection under His [Christ's] feet. But when it says, All things are put in subjection [under Him], it is evident that He [Himself] is excepted Who does the subjecting of all things to Him. -- 1 corinthians 15:27 +. +However, when everything is subjected to Him, then the Son Himself will also subject Himself to [the Father] Who put all things under Him, so that God may be all in all [be everything to everyone, supreme, the indwelling and controlling factor of life]. -- 1 corinthians 15:28 +. +Otherwise, what do people mean by being [themselves] baptized in behalf of the dead? If the dead are not raised at all, why are people baptized for them? -- 1 corinthians 15:29 +. +[For that matter], why do I live [dangerously as I do, running such risks that I am] in peril every hour? -- 1 corinthians 15:30 +. +[I assure you] by the pride which I have in you in [your fellowship and union with] Christ Jesus our Lord, that I die daily [I face death every day and die to self]. -- 1 corinthians 15:31 +. +What do I gain if, merely from the human point of view, I fought with [wild] beasts at Ephesus? If the dead are not raised [at all], let us eat and drink, for tomorrow we will be dead. -- 1 corinthians 15:32 +. +Do not be so deceived and misled! Evil companionships (communion, associations) corrupt and deprave good manners and morals and character. -- 1 corinthians 15:33 +. +Awake [from your drunken stupor and return] to sober sense and your right minds, and sin no more. For some of you have not the knowledge of God [you are utterly and willfully and disgracefully ignorant, and continue to be so, lacking the sense of God's presence and all true knowledge of Him]. I say this to your shame. -- 1 corinthians 15:34 +. +But someone will say, How can the dead be raised? With what [kind of] body will they come forth? -- 1 corinthians 15:35 +. +You foolish man! Every time you plant seed, you sow something that does not come to life [germinating, springing up, and growing] unless it dies first. -- 1 corinthians 15:36 +. +Nor is the seed you sow then the body which it is going to have [later], but it is a naked kernel, perhaps of wheat or some of the rest of the grains. -- 1 corinthians 15:37 +. +But God gives to it the body that He plans and sees fit, and to each kind of seed a body of its own. -- 1 corinthians 15:38 +. +For all flesh is not the same, but there is one kind for humans, another for beasts, another for birds, and another for fish. -- 1 corinthians 15:39 +. +There are heavenly bodies (sun, moon, and stars) and there are earthly bodies (men, animals, and plants), but the beauty and glory of the heavenly bodies is of one kind, while the beauty and glory of earthly bodies is a different kind. -- 1 corinthians 15:40 +. +The sun is glorious in one way, the moon is glorious in another way, and the stars are glorious in their own [distinctive] way; for one star differs from and surpasses another in its beauty and brilliance. -- 1 corinthians 15:41 +. +So it is with the resurrection of the dead. [The body] that is sown is perishable and decays, but [the body] that is resurrected is imperishable (immune to decay, immortal). -- 1 corinthians 15:42 +. +It is sown in dishonor and humiliation; it is raised in honor and glory. It is sown in infirmity and weakness; it is resurrected in strength and endued with power. -- 1 corinthians 15:43 +. +It is sown a natural (physical) body; it is raised a supernatural (a spiritual) body. [As surely as] there is a physical body, there is also a spiritual body. -- 1 corinthians 15:44 +. +Thus it is written, The first man Adam became a living being (an individual personality); the last Adam (Christ) became a life-giving Spirit [restoring the dead to life]. -- 1 corinthians 15:45 +. +But it is not the spiritual life which came first, but the physical and then the spiritual. -- 1 corinthians 15:46 +. +The first man [was] from out of earth, made of dust (earthly-minded); the second Man [is] the Lord from out of heaven. -- 1 corinthians 15:47 +. +Now those who are made of the dust are like him who was first made of the dust (earthly-minded); and as is [the Man] from heaven, so also [are those] who are of heaven (heavenly-minded). -- 1 corinthians 15:48 +. +And just as we have borne the image [of the man] of dust, so shall we and so let us also bear the image [of the Man] of heaven. -- 1 corinthians 15:49 +. +But I tell you this, brethren, flesh and blood cannot [become partakers of eternal salvation and] inherit or share in the kingdom of God; nor does the perishable (that which is decaying) inherit or share in the imperishable (the immortal). -- 1 corinthians 15:50 +. +Take notice! I tell you a mystery (a secret truth, an event decreed by the hidden purpose or counsel of God). We shall not all fall asleep [in death], but we shall all be changed (transformed) -- 1 corinthians 15:51 +. +In a moment, in the twinkling of an eye, at the [sound of the] last trumpet call. For a trumpet will sound, and the dead [in Christ] will be raised imperishable (free and immune from decay), and we shall be changed (transformed). -- 1 corinthians 15:52 +. +For this perishable [part of us] must put on the imperishable [nature], and this mortal [part of us, this nature that is capable of dying] must put on immortality (freedom from death). -- 1 corinthians 15:53 +. +And when this perishable puts on the imperishable and this that was capable of dying puts on freedom from death, then shall be fulfilled the Scripture that says, Death is swallowed up (utterly vanquished forever) in and unto victory. -- 1 corinthians 15:54 +. +O death, where is your victory? O death, where is your sting? -- 1 corinthians 15:55 +. +Now sin is the sting of death, and sin exercises its power [upon the soul] through [the abuse of] the Law. -- 1 corinthians 15:56 +. +But thanks be to God, Who gives us the victory [making us conquerors] through our Lord Jesus Christ. -- 1 corinthians 15:57 +. +Therefore, my beloved brethren, be firm (steadfast), immovable, always abounding in the work of the Lord [always being superior, excelling, doing more than enough in the service of the Lord], knowing and being continually aware that your labor in the Lord is not futile [it is never wasted or to no purpose]. -- 1 corinthians 15:58 +. +NOW CONCERNING the money contributed for [the relief of] the saints (God's people): you are to do the same as I directed the churches of Galatia to do. -- 1 corinthians 16:1 +. +On the first [day] of each week, let each one of you [personally] put aside something and save it up as he has prospered [in proportion to what he is given], so that no collections will need to be taken after I come. -- 1 corinthians 16:2 +. +And when I arrive, I will send on those whom you approve and authorize with credentials to carry your gift [of charity] to Jerusalem. -- 1 corinthians 16:3 +. +If it seems worthwhile that I should go too, they will accompany me. -- 1 corinthians 16:4 +. +After passing through Macedonia, I will visit you, for I intend [only] to pass through Macedonia; -- 1 corinthians 16:5 +. +But it may be that I will stay with you [for a while], perhaps even spend the winter, so that you may bring me forward [on my journey] to wherever I may go. -- 1 corinthians 16:6 +. +For I am unwilling to see you right now [just] in passing, but I hope later to remain for some time with you, if the Lord permits. -- 1 corinthians 16:7 +. +I will remain in Ephesus [however] until Pentecost, -- 1 corinthians 16:8 +. +For a wide door of opportunity for effectual [service] has opened to me [there, a great and promising one], and [there are] many adversaries. -- 1 corinthians 16:9 +. +When Timothy arrives, see to it that [you put him at ease, so that] he may be fearless among you, for he is [devotedly] doing the Lord's work, just as I am. -- 1 corinthians 16:10 +. +So [see to it that] no one despises him or treats him as if he were of no account or slights him. But send him off [cordially, speed him on his way] in peace, that he may come to me, for I am expecting him [to come along] with the other brethren. -- 1 corinthians 16:11 +. +As for our brother Apollos, I have urgently encouraged him to visit you with the other brethren, but it was not at all his will or God's will that he should go now. He will come when he has opportunity. -- 1 corinthians 16:12 +. +Be alert and on your guard; stand firm in your faith (your conviction respecting man's relationship to God and divine things, keeping the trust and holy fervor born of faith and a part of it). Act like men and be courageous; grow in strength! -- 1 corinthians 16:13 +. +Let everything you do be done in love (true love to God and man as inspired by God's love for us). -- 1 corinthians 16:14 +. +Now, brethren, you know that the household of Stephanas were the first converts and our firstfruits in Achaia (most of Greece), and how they have consecrated and devoted themselves to the service of the saints (God's people). -- 1 corinthians 16:15 +. +I urge you to pay all deference to such leaders and to enlist under them and be subject to them, as well as to everyone who joins and cooperates [with you] and labors earnestly. -- 1 corinthians 16:16 +. +I am happy because Stephanas and Fortunatus and Achaicus have come [to me], for they have made up for your absence. -- 1 corinthians 16:17 +. +For they gave me respite from labor and rested me and refreshed my spirit as well as yours. Deeply appreciate and thoroughly know and fully recognize such men. -- 1 corinthians 16:18 +. +The churches of Asia send greetings and best wishes. Aquila and Prisca, together with the church [that meets] in their house, send you their hearty greetings in the Lord. -- 1 corinthians 16:19 +. +All the brethren wish to be remembered to you and wish you well. Greet one another with a holy kiss. -- 1 corinthians 16:20 +. +I, Paul, [add this final] greeting with my own hand. -- 1 corinthians 16:21 +. +If anyone does not love the Lord [does not have a friendly affection for Him and is not kindly disposed toward Him], he shall be accursed! Our Lord will come! (Maranatha!) -- 1 corinthians 16:22 +. +The grace (favor and spiritual blessing) of our Lord Jesus Christ be with you. -- 1 corinthians 16:23 +. +My love (that true love growing out of sincere devotion to God) be with you all in Christ Jesus. Amen (so be it). -- 1 corinthians 16:24 +. +PAUL, AN apostle (a special messenger) of Christ Jesus by the will of God, and Timothy [our] brother, to the church (assembly) of God which is at Corinth, and to all the saints (the people of God) throughout Achaia (most of Greece): -- 2 corinthians 1:1 +. +Grace (favor and spiritual blessing) to you and [heart] peace from God our Father and the Lord Jesus Christ (the Messiah, the Anointed One). -- 2 corinthians 1:2 +. +Blessed be the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, the Father of sympathy (pity and mercy) and the God [Who is the Source] of every comfort (consolation and encouragement), -- 2 corinthians 1:3 +. +Who comforts (consoles and encourages) us in every trouble (calamity and affliction), so that we may also be able to comfort (console and encourage) those who are in any kind of trouble or distress, with the comfort (consolation and encouragement) with which we ourselves are comforted (consoled and encouraged) by God. -- 2 corinthians 1:4 +. +For just as Christ's [own] sufferings fall to our lot [as they overflow upon His disciples, and we share and experience them] abundantly, so through Christ comfort (consolation and encouragement) is also [shared and experienced] abundantly by us. -- 2 corinthians 1:5 +. +But if we are troubled (afflicted and distressed), it is for your comfort (consolation and encouragement) and [for your] salvation; and if we are comforted (consoled and encouraged), it is for your comfort (consolation and encouragement), which works [in you] when you patiently endure the same evils (misfortunes and calamities) that we also suffer and undergo. -- 2 corinthians 1:6 +. +And our hope for you [our joyful and confident expectation of good for you] is ever unwavering (assured and unshaken); for we know that just as you share and are partners in [our] sufferings and calamities, you also share and are partners in [our] comfort (consolation and encouragement). -- 2 corinthians 1:7 +. +For we do not want you to be uninformed, brethren, about the affliction and oppressing distress which befell us in [the province of] Asia, how we were so utterly and unbearably weighed down and crushed that we despaired even of life [itself]. -- 2 corinthians 1:8 +. +Indeed, we felt within ourselves that we had received the [very] sentence of death, but that was to keep us from trusting in and depending on ourselves instead of on God Who raises the dead. -- 2 corinthians 1:9 +. +[For it is He] Who rescued and saved us from such a perilous death, and He will still rescue and save us; in and on Him we have set our hope (our joyful and confident expectation) that He will again deliver us [from danger and destruction and draw us to Himself], -- 2 corinthians 1:10 +. +While you also cooperate by your prayers for us [helping and laboring together with us]. Thus [the lips of] many persons [turned toward God will eventually] give thanks on our behalf for the grace (the blessing of deliverance) granted us at the request of the many who have prayed. -- 2 corinthians 1:11 +. +It is a reason for pride and exultation to which our conscience testifies that we have conducted ourselves in the world [generally] and especially toward you, with devout and pure motives and godly sincerity, not in fleshly wisdom but by the grace of God (the unmerited favor and merciful kindness by which God, exerting His holy influence upon souls, turns them to Christ, and keeps, strengthens, and increases them in Christian virtues). -- 2 corinthians 1:12 +. +For we write you nothing else but simply what you can read and understand [there is no double meaning to what we say], and I hope that you will become thoroughly acquainted [with divine things] and know and understand [them] accurately and well to the end, -- 2 corinthians 1:13 +. +[Just] as you have [already] partially known and understood and acknowledged us and recognized that you can [honestly] be proud of us, even as we [can be proud] of you on the day of our Lord Jesus. -- 2 corinthians 1:14 +. +It was with assurance of this that I wanted and planned to visit you first [of all], so that you might have a double favor and token of grace (goodwill). -- 2 corinthians 1:15 +. +[I wanted] to visit you on my way to Macedonia, and [then] to come again to you [on my return trip] from Macedonia and have you send me forward on my way to Judea. -- 2 corinthians 1:16 +. +Now because I changed my original plan, was I being unstable and capricious? Or what I plan, do I plan according to the flesh [like a worldly man], ready to say Yes, yes, [when it may mean] No, no? -- 2 corinthians 1:17 +. +As surely as God is trustworthy and faithful and means what He says, our speech and message to you have not been Yes [that might mean] No. -- 2 corinthians 1:18 +. +For the Son of God, Christ Jesus (the Messiah), Who has been preached among you by us, by myself, Silvanus, and Timothy, was not Yes and No; but in Him it is [always the divine] Yes. -- 2 corinthians 1:19 +. +For as many as are the promises of God, they all find their Yes [answer] in Him [Christ]. For this reason we also utter the Amen (so be it) to God through Him [in His Person and by His agency] to the glory of God. -- 2 corinthians 1:20 +. +But it is God Who confirms and makes us steadfast and establishes us [in joint fellowship] with you in Christ, and has consecrated and anointed us [enduing us with the gifts of the Holy Spirit]; -- 2 corinthians 1:21 +. +[He has also appropriated and acknowledged us as His by] putting His seal upon us and giving us His [Holy] Spirit in our hearts as the security deposit and guarantee [of the fulfillment of His promise]. -- 2 corinthians 1:22 +. +But I call upon God as my soul's witness: it was to avoid hurting you that I refrained from coming to Corinth-- -- 2 corinthians 1:23 +. +Not that we have dominion [over you] and lord it over your faith, but [rather that we work with you as] fellow laborers [to promote] your joy, for in [your] faith (in your strong and welcome conviction or belief that Jesus is the Messiah, through Whom we obtain eternal salvation in the kingdom of God) you stand firm. -- 2 corinthians 1:24 +. +BUT I definitely made up my mind not to grieve you with another painful and distressing visit. -- 2 corinthians 2:1 +. +For if I cause you pain [with merited rebuke], who is there to provide me enjoyment but the [very] one whom I have grieved and made sad? -- 2 corinthians 2:2 +. +And I wrote the same to you so that when I came, I might not be myself pained by those who are the [very] ones who ought to make me glad, for I trusted in you all and felt confident that my joy would be shared by all of you. -- 2 corinthians 2:3 +. +For I wrote you out of great sorrow and deep distress [with mental torture and anxiety] of heart, [yes, and] with many tears, not to cause you pain but in order to make you realize the overflowing love that I continue increasingly to have for you. -- 2 corinthians 2:4 +. +But if someone [the one among you who committed incest] has caused [all this] grief and pain, he has caused it not to me, but in some measure, not to put it too severely, [he has distressed] all of you. -- 2 corinthians 2:5 +. +For such a one this censure by the majority [which he has received is] sufficient [punishment]. -- 2 corinthians 2:6 +. +So [instead of further rebuke, now] you should rather turn and [graciously] forgive and comfort and encourage [him], to keep him from being overwhelmed by excessive sorrow and despair. -- 2 corinthians 2:7 +. +I therefore beg you to reinstate him in your affections and assure him of your love for him; -- 2 corinthians 2:8 +. +For this was my purpose in writing you, to test your attitude and see if you would stand the test, whether you are obedient and altogether agreeable [to following my orders] in everything. -- 2 corinthians 2:9 +. +If you forgive anyone anything, I too forgive that one; and what I have forgiven, if I have forgiven anything, has been for your sakes in the presence [and with the approval] of Christ (the Messiah), -- 2 corinthians 2:10 +. +To keep Satan from getting the advantage over us; for we are not ignorant of his wiles and intentions. -- 2 corinthians 2:11 +. +Now when I arrived at Troas [to preach] the good news (the Gospel) of Christ, a door of opportunity was opened for me in the Lord, -- 2 corinthians 2:12 +. +Yet my spirit could not rest (relax, get relief) because I did not find my brother Titus there. So I took leave from them and departed for Macedonia. -- 2 corinthians 2:13 +. +But thanks be to God, Who in Christ always leads us in triumph [as trophies of Christ's victory] and through us spreads and makes evident the fragrance of the knowledge of God everywhere, -- 2 corinthians 2:14 +. +For we are the sweet fragrance of Christ [which exhales] unto God, [discernible alike] among those who are being saved and among those who are perishing: -- 2 corinthians 2:15 +. +To the latter it is an aroma [wafted] from death to death [a fatal odor, the smell of doom]; to the former it is an aroma from life to life [a vital fragrance, living and fresh]. And who is qualified (fit and sufficient) for these things? [Who is able for such a ministry? We?] -- 2 corinthians 2:16 +. +For we are not, like so many, [like hucksters making a trade of] peddling God's Word [shortchanging and adulterating the divine message]; but like [men] of sincerity and the purest motive, as [commissioned and sent] by God, we speak [His message] in Christ (the Messiah), in the [very] sight and presence of God. -- 2 corinthians 2:17 +. +ARE WE starting to commend ourselves again? Or we do not, like some [false teachers], need written credentials or letters of recommendation to you or from you, [do we]? -- 2 corinthians 3:1 +. +[No] you yourselves are our letter of recommendation (our credentials), written in your hearts, to be known (perceived, recognized) and read by everybody. -- 2 corinthians 3:2 +. +You show and make obvious that you are a letter from Christ delivered by us, not written with ink but with [the] Spirit of [the] living God, not on tablets of stone but on tablets of human hearts. -- 2 corinthians 3:3 +. +Such is the reliance and confidence that we have through Christ toward and with reference to God. -- 2 corinthians 3:4 +. +Not that we are fit (qualified and sufficient in ability) of ourselves to form personal judgments or to claim or count anything as coming from us, but our power and ability and sufficiency are from God. -- 2 corinthians 3:5 +. +[It is He] Who has qualified us [making us to be fit and worthy and sufficient] as ministers and dispensers of a new covenant [of salvation through Christ], not [ministers] of the letter (of legally written code) but of the Spirit; for the code [of the Law] kills, but the [Holy] Spirit makes alive. -- 2 corinthians 3:6 +. +Now if the dispensation of death engraved in letters on stone [the ministration of the Law], was inaugurated with such glory and splendor that the Israelites were not able to look steadily at the face of Moses because of its brilliance, [a glory] that was to fade and pass away, -- 2 corinthians 3:7 +. +Why should not the dispensation of the Spirit [this spiritual ministry whose task it is to cause men to obtain and be governed by the Holy Spirit] be attended with much greater and more splendid glory? -- 2 corinthians 3:8 +. +For if the service that condemns [the ministration of doom] had glory, how infinitely more abounding in splendor and glory must be the service that makes righteous [the ministry that produces and fosters righteous living and right standing with God]! -- 2 corinthians 3:9 +. +Indeed, in view of this fact, what once had splendor [the glory of the Law in the face of Moses] has come to have no splendor at all, because of the overwhelming glory that exceeds and excels it [the glory of the Gospel in the face of Jesus Christ]. -- 2 corinthians 3:10 +. +For if that which was but passing and fading away came with splendor, how much more must that which remains and is permanent abide in glory and splendor! -- 2 corinthians 3:11 +. +Since we have such [glorious] hope (such joyful and confident expectation), we speak very freely and openly and fearlessly. -- 2 corinthians 3:12 +. +Nor [do we act] like Moses, who put a veil over his face so that the Israelites might not gaze upon the finish of the vanishing [splendor which had been upon it]. -- 2 corinthians 3:13 +. +In fact, their minds were grown hard and calloused [they had become dull and had lost the power of understanding]; for until this present day, when the Old Testament (the old covenant) is being read, that same veil still lies [on their hearts], not being lifted [to reveal] that in Christ it is made void and done away. -- 2 corinthians 3:14 +. +Yes, down to this [very] day whenever Moses is read, a veil lies upon their minds and hearts. -- 2 corinthians 3:15 +. +But whenever a person turns [in repentance] to the Lord, the veil is stripped off and taken away. -- 2 corinthians 3:16 +. +Now the Lord is the Spirit, and where the Spirit of the Lord is, there is liberty (emancipation from bondage, freedom). -- 2 corinthians 3:17 +. +And all of us, as with unveiled face, [because we] continued to behold [in the Word of God] as in a mirror the glory of the Lord, are constantly being transfigured into His very own image in ever increasing splendor and from one degree of glory to another; [for this comes] from the Lord [Who is] the Spirit. -- 2 corinthians 3:18 +. +THEREFORE, SINCE we do hold and engage in this ministry by the mercy of God [granting us favor, benefits, opportunities, and especially salvation], we do not get discouraged (spiritless and despondent with fear) or become faint with weariness and exhaustion. -- 2 corinthians 4:1 +. +We have renounced disgraceful ways (secret thoughts, feelings, desires and underhandedness, the methods and arts that men hide through shame); we refuse to deal craftily (to practice trickery and cunning) or to adulterate or handle dishonestly the Word of God, but we state the truth openly (clearly and candidly). And so we commend ourselves in the sight and presence of God to every man's conscience. -- 2 corinthians 4:2 +. +But even if our Gospel (the glad tidings) also be hidden (obscured and covered up with a veil that hinders the knowledge of God), it is hidden [only] to those who are perishing and obscured [only] to those who are spiritually dying and veiled [only] to those who are lost. -- 2 corinthians 4:3 +. +For the god of this world has blinded the unbelievers' minds [that they should not discern the truth], preventing them from seeing the illuminating light of the Gospel of the glory of Christ (the Messiah), Who is the Image and Likeness of God. -- 2 corinthians 4:4 +. +For what we preach is not ourselves but Jesus Christ as Lord, and ourselves [merely] as your servants (slaves) for Jesus' sake. -- 2 corinthians 4:5 +. +For God Who said, Let light shine out of darkness, has shone in our hearts so as [to beam forth] the Light for the illumination of the knowledge of the majesty and glory of God [as it is manifest in the Person and is revealed] in the face of Jesus Christ (the Messiah). -- 2 corinthians 4:6 +. +However, we possess this precious treasure [the divine Light of the Gospel] in [frail, human] vessels of earth, that the grandeur and exceeding greatness of the power may be shown to be from God and not from ourselves. -- 2 corinthians 4:7 +. +We are hedged in (pressed) on every side [troubled and oppressed in every way], but not cramped or crushed; we suffer embarrassments and are perplexed and unable to find a way out, but not driven to despair; -- 2 corinthians 4:8 +. +We are pursued (persecuted and hard driven), but not deserted [to stand alone]; we are struck down to the ground, but never struck out and destroyed; -- 2 corinthians 4:9 +. +Always carrying about in the body the liability and exposure to the same putting to death that the Lord Jesus suffered, so that the [resurrection] life of Jesus also may be shown forth by and in our bodies. -- 2 corinthians 4:10 +. +For we who live are constantly [experiencing] being handed over to death for Jesus' sake, that the [resurrection] life of Jesus also may be evidenced through our flesh which is liable to death. -- 2 corinthians 4:11 +. +Thus death is actively at work in us, but [it is in order that our] life [may be actively at work] in you. -- 2 corinthians 4:12 +. +Yet we have the same spirit of faith as he had who wrote, I have believed, and therefore have I spoken. We too believe, and therefore we speak, -- 2 corinthians 4:13 +. +Assured that He Who raised up the Lord Jesus will raise us up also with Jesus and bring us [along] with you into His presence. -- 2 corinthians 4:14 +. +For all [these] things are [taking place] for your sake, so that the more grace (divine favor and spiritual blessing) extends to more and more people and multiplies through the many, the more thanksgiving may increase [and redound] to the glory of God. -- 2 corinthians 4:15 +. +Therefore we do not become discouraged (utterly spiritless, exhausted, and wearied out through fear). Though our outer man is [progressively] decaying and wasting away, yet our inner self is being [progressively] renewed day after day. -- 2 corinthians 4:16 +. +For our light, momentary affliction (this slight distress of the passing hour) is ever more and more abundantly preparing and producing and achieving for us an everlasting weight of glory [beyond all measure, excessively surpassing all comparisons and all calculations, a vast and transcendent glory and blessedness never to cease!], -- 2 corinthians 4:17 +. +Since we consider and look not to the things that are seen but to the things that are unseen; for the things that are visible are temporal (brief and fleeting), but the things that are invisible are deathless and everlasting. -- 2 corinthians 4:18 +. +FOR WE know that if the tent which is our earthly home is destroyed (dissolved), we have from God a building, a house not made with hands, eternal in the heavens. -- 2 corinthians 5:1 +. +Here indeed, in this [present abode, body], we sigh and groan inwardly, because we yearn to be clothed over [we yearn to put on our celestial body like a garment, to be fitted out] with our heavenly dwelling, -- 2 corinthians 5:2 +. +So that by putting it on we may not be found naked (without a body). -- 2 corinthians 5:3 +. +For while we are still in this tent, we groan under the burden and sigh deeply (weighed down, depressed, oppressed)--not that we want to put off the body (the clothing of the spirit), but rather that we would be further clothed, so that what is mortal (our dying body) may be swallowed up by life [after the resurrection]. -- 2 corinthians 5:4 +. +Now He Who has fashioned us [preparing and making us fit] for this very thing is God, Who also has given us the [Holy] Spirit as a guarantee [of the fulfillment of His promise]. -- 2 corinthians 5:5 +. +So then, we are always full of good and hopeful and confident courage; we know that while we are at home in the body, we are abroad from the home with the Lord [that is promised us]. -- 2 corinthians 5:6 +. +For we walk by faith [we regulate our lives and conduct ourselves by our conviction or belief respecting man's relationship to God and divine things, with trust and holy fervor; thus we walk] not by sight or appearance. -- 2 corinthians 5:7 +. +[Yes] we have confident and hopeful courage and are pleased rather to be away from home out of the body and be at home with the Lord. -- 2 corinthians 5:8 +. +Therefore, whether we are at home [on earth away from Him] or away from home [and with Him], we are constantly ambitious and strive earnestly to be pleasing to Him. -- 2 corinthians 5:9 +. +For we must all appear and be revealed as we are before the judgment seat of Christ, so that each one may receive [his pay] according to what he has done in the body, whether good or evil [considering what his purpose and motive have been, and what he has achieved, been busy with, and given himself and his attention to accomplishing]. -- 2 corinthians 5:10 +. +Therefore, being conscious of fearing the Lord with respect and reverence, we seek to win people over [to persuade them]. But what sort of persons we are is plainly recognized and thoroughly understood by God, and I hope that it is plainly recognized and thoroughly understood also by your consciences (your inborn discernment). -- 2 corinthians 5:11 +. +We are not commending ourselves to you again, but we are providing you with an occasion and incentive to be [rightfully] proud of us, so that you may have a reply for those who pride themselves on surface appearances [on the virtues they only appear to have], although their heart is devoid of them. -- 2 corinthians 5:12 +. +For if we are beside ourselves [mad, as some say], it is for God and concerns Him; if we are in our right mind, it is for your benefit, -- 2 corinthians 5:13 +. +For the love of Christ controls and urges and impels us, because we are of the opinion and conviction that [if] One died for all, then all died; -- 2 corinthians 5:14 +. +And He died for all, so that all those who live might live no longer to and for themselves, but to and for Him Who died and was raised again for their sake. -- 2 corinthians 5:15 +. +Consequently, from now on we estimate and regard no one from a [purely] human point of view [in terms of natural standards of value]. [No] even though we once did estimate Christ from a human viewpoint and as a man, yet now [we have such knowledge of Him that] we know Him no longer [in terms of the flesh]. -- 2 corinthians 5:16 +. +Therefore if any person is [ingrafted] in Christ (the Messiah) he is a new creation (a new creature altogether); the old [previous moral and spiritual condition] has passed away. Behold, the fresh and new has come! -- 2 corinthians 5:17 +. +But all things are from God, Who through Jesus Christ reconciled us to Himself [received us into favor, brought us into harmony with Himself] and gave to us the ministry of reconciliation [that by word and deed we might aim to bring others into harmony with Him]. -- 2 corinthians 5:18 +. +It was God [personally present] in Christ, reconciling and restoring the world to favor with Himself, not counting up and holding against [men] their trespasses [but cancelling them], and committing to us the message of reconciliation (of the restoration to favor). -- 2 corinthians 5:19 +. +So we are Christ's ambassadors, God making His appeal as it were through us. We [as Christ's personal representatives] beg you for His sake to lay hold of the divine favor [now offered you] and be reconciled to God. -- 2 corinthians 5:20 +. +For our sake He made Christ [virtually] to be sin Who knew no sin, so that in and through Him we might become [endued with, viewed as being in, and examples of] the righteousness of God [what we ought to be, approved and acceptable and in right relationship with Him, by His goodness]. -- 2 corinthians 5:21 +. +LABORING TOGETHER [as God's fellow workers] with Him then, we beg of you not to receive the grace of God in vain [that merciful kindness by which God exerts His holy influence on souls and turns them to Christ, keeping and strengthening them--do not receive it to no purpose]. -- 2 corinthians 6:1 +. +For He says, In the time of favor (of an assured welcome) I have listened to and heeded your call, and I have helped you on the day of deliverance (the day of salvation). Behold, now is truly the time for a gracious welcome and acceptance [of you from God]; behold, now is the day of salvation! -- 2 corinthians 6:2 +. +We put no obstruction in anybody's way [we give no offense in anything], so that no fault may be found and [our] ministry blamed and discredited. -- 2 corinthians 6:3 +. +But we commend ourselves in every way as [true] servants of God: through great endurance, in tribulation and suffering, in hardships and privations, in sore straits and calamities, -- 2 corinthians 6:4 +. +In beatings, imprisonments, riots, labors, sleepless watching, hunger; -- 2 corinthians 6:5 +. +By innocence and purity, knowledge and spiritual insight, longsuffering and patience, kindness, in the Holy Spirit, in unfeigned love; -- 2 corinthians 6:6 +. +By [speaking] the word of truth, in the power of God, with the weapons of righteousness for the right hand [to attack] and for the left hand [to defend]; -- 2 corinthians 6:7 +. +Amid honor and dishonor; in defaming and evil report and in praise and good report. [We are branded] as deceivers (impostors), and [yet vindicated as] truthful and honest. -- 2 corinthians 6:8 +. +[We are treated] as unknown and ignored [by the world], and [yet we are] well-known and recognized [by God and His people]; as dying, and yet here we are alive; as chastened by suffering and [yet] not killed; -- 2 corinthians 6:9 +. +As grieved and mourning, yet [we are] always rejoicing; as poor [ourselves, yet] bestowing riches on many; as having nothing, and [yet in reality] possessing all things. -- 2 corinthians 6:10 +. +Our mouth is open to you, Corinthians [we are hiding nothing, keeping nothing back], and our heart is expanded wide [for you]! -- 2 corinthians 6:11 +. +There is no lack of room for you in [our hearts], but you lack room in your own affections [for us]. -- 2 corinthians 6:12 +. +By way of return then, do this for me--I speak as to children--open wide your hearts also [to us]. -- 2 corinthians 6:13 +. +Do not be unequally yoked with unbelievers [do not make mismated alliances with them or come under a different yoke with them, inconsistent with your faith]. For what partnership have right living and right standing with God with iniquity and lawlessness? Or how can light have fellowship with darkness? -- 2 corinthians 6:14 +. +What harmony can there be between Christ and Belial [the devil]? Or what has a believer in common with an unbeliever? -- 2 corinthians 6:15 +. +What agreement [can there be between] a temple of God and idols? For we are the temple of the living God; even as God said, I will dwell in and with and among them and will walk in and with and among them, and I will be their God, and they shall be My people. -- 2 corinthians 6:16 +. +So, come out from among [unbelievers], and separate (sever) yourselves from them, says the Lord, and touch not [any] unclean thing; then I will receive you kindly and treat you with favor, -- 2 corinthians 6:17 +. +And I will be a Father to you, and you shall be My sons and daughters, says the Lord Almighty. -- 2 corinthians 6:18 +. +THEREFORE, SINCE these [great] promises are ours, beloved, let us cleanse ourselves from everything that contaminates and defiles body and spirit, and bring [our] consecration to completeness in the [reverential] fear of God. -- 2 corinthians 7:1 +. +Do open your hearts to us again [enlarge them to take us in]. We have wronged no one, we have betrayed or corrupted no one, we have cheated or taken advantage of no one. -- 2 corinthians 7:2 +. +I do not say this to reproach or condemn [you], for I have said before that you are [nested] in our hearts, [and you will remain there] together [with us], whether we die or live. -- 2 corinthians 7:3 +. +I have great boldness and free and fearless confidence and cheerful courage toward you; my pride in you is great. I am filled [brimful] with the comfort [of it]; with all our tribulation and in spite of it, [I am filled with comfort] I am overflowing with joy. -- 2 corinthians 7:4 +. +For even when we arrived in Macedonia, our bodies had no ease or rest, but we were oppressed in every way and afflicted at every turn--fighting and contentions without, dread and fears within [us]. -- 2 corinthians 7:5 +. +But God, Who comforts and encourages and refreshes and cheers the depressed and the sinking, comforted and encouraged and refreshed and cheered us by the arrival of Titus. -- 2 corinthians 7:6 +. +[Yes] and not only by his coming but also by [his account of] the comfort with which he was encouraged and refreshed and cheered as to you, while he told us of your yearning affection, of how sorry you were [for me] and how eagerly you took my part, so that I rejoiced still more. -- 2 corinthians 7:7 +. +For even though I did grieve you with my letter, I do not regret [it now], though I did regret it; for I see that that letter did pain you, though only for a little while; -- 2 corinthians 7:8 +. +Yet I am glad now, not because you were pained, but because you were pained into repentance [and so turned back to God]; for you felt a grief such as God meant you to feel, so that in nothing you might suffer loss through us or harm for what we did. -- 2 corinthians 7:9 +. +For godly grief and the pain God is permitted to direct, produce a repentance that leads and contributes to salvation and deliverance from evil, and it never brings regret; but worldly grief (the hopeless sorrow that is characteristic of the pagan world) is deadly [breeding and ending in death]. -- 2 corinthians 7:10 +. +For [you can look back now and] observe what this same godly sorrow has done for you and has produced in you: what eagerness and earnest care to explain and clear yourselves [of all complicity in the condoning of incest], what indignation [at the sin], what alarm, what yearning, what zeal [to do justice to all concerned], what readiness to mete out punishment [to the offender]! At every point you have proved yourselves cleared and guiltless in the matter. [I Cor. 5.] -- 2 corinthians 7:11 +. +So although I did write to you [as I did], it was not for the sake and because of the one who did [the] wrong, nor on account of the one who suffered [the] wrong, but in order that you might realize before God [that your readiness to accept our authority revealed] how zealously you do care for us. -- 2 corinthians 7:12 +. +Therefore we are relieved and comforted and encouraged [at the result]. And in addition to our own [personal] consolation, we were especially delighted at the joy of Titus, because you have all set his mind at rest, soothing and refreshing his spirit. -- 2 corinthians 7:13 +. +For if I had boasted to him at all concerning you, I was not disappointed or put to shame, but just as everything we ever said to you was true, so our boasting [about you] to Titus has proved true also. -- 2 corinthians 7:14 +. +And his heart goes out to you more abundantly than ever as he recalls the submission [to his guidance] that all of you had, and the reverence and anxiety [to meet all requirements] with which you accepted and welcomed him. -- 2 corinthians 7:15 +. +I am very happy because I now am of good courage and have perfect confidence in you in all things. -- 2 corinthians 7:16 +. +WE WANT to tell you further, brethren, about the grace (the favor and spiritual blessing) of God which has been evident in the churches of Macedonia [arousing in them the desire to give alms]; -- 2 corinthians 8:1 +. +For in the midst of an ordeal of severe tribulation, their abundance of joy and their depth of poverty [together] have overflowed in wealth of lavish generosity on their part. -- 2 corinthians 8:2 +. +For, as I can bear witness, [they gave] according to their ability, yes, and beyond their ability; and [they did it] voluntarily, -- 2 corinthians 8:3 +. +Begging us most insistently for the favor and the fellowship of contributing in this ministration for [the relief and support of] the saints [in Jerusalem]. -- 2 corinthians 8:4 +. +Nor [was this gift of theirs merely the contribution] that we expected, but first they gave themselves to the Lord and to us [as His agents] by the will of God [entirely disregarding their personal interests, they gave as much as they possibly could, having put themselves at our disposal to be directed by the will of God]-- -- 2 corinthians 8:5 +. +So much so that we have urged Titus that as he began it, he should also complete this beneficent and gracious contribution among you [the church at Corinth]. -- 2 corinthians 8:6 +. +Now as you abound and excel and are at the front in everything--in faith, in expressing yourselves, in knowledge, in all zeal, and in your love for us--[see to it that you come to the front now and] abound and excel in this gracious work [of almsgiving] also. -- 2 corinthians 8:7 +. +I give this not as an order [to dictate to you], but to prove, by [pointing out] the zeal of others, the sincerity of your [own] love also. -- 2 corinthians 8:8 +. +For you are becoming progressively acquainted with and recognizing more strongly and clearly the grace of our Lord Jesus Christ (His kindness, His gracious generosity, His undeserved favor and spiritual blessing), [in] that though He was [so very] rich, yet for your sakes He became [so very] poor, in order that by His poverty you might become enriched (abundantly supplied). -- 2 corinthians 8:9 +. +[It is then] my counsel and my opinion in this matter that I give [you when I say]: It is profitable and fitting for you [now to complete the enterprise] which more than a year ago you not only began, but were the first to wish to do anything [about contributions for the relief of the saints at Jerusalem]. -- 2 corinthians 8:10 +. +So now finish doing it, that your [enthusiastic] readiness in desiring it may be equalled by your completion of it according to your ability and means. -- 2 corinthians 8:11 +. +For if the [eager] readiness to give is there, then it is acceptable and welcomed in proportion to what a person has, not according to what he does not have. -- 2 corinthians 8:12 +. +For it is not [intended] that other people be eased and relieved [of their responsibility] and you be burdened and suffer [unfairly], -- 2 corinthians 8:13 +. +But to have equality [share and share alike], your surplus over necessity at the present time going to meet their want and to equalize the difference created by it, so that [at some other time] their surplus in turn may be given to supply your want. Thus there may be equality, -- 2 corinthians 8:14 +. +As it is written, He who gathered much had nothing over, and he who gathered little did not lack. -- 2 corinthians 8:15 +. +But thanks be to God Who planted the same earnest zeal and care for you in the heart of Titus. -- 2 corinthians 8:16 +. +For he not only welcomed and responded to our appeal, but was himself so keen in his enthusiasm and interest in you that he is going to you of his own accord. -- 2 corinthians 8:17 +. +But we are sending along with him that brother [Luke?] whose praise in the Gospel ministry [is spread] throughout all the churches; -- 2 corinthians 8:18 +. +And more than that, he has been appointed by the churches to travel as our companion in regard to this bountiful contribution which we are administering for the glory of the Lord Himself and [to show] our eager readiness [as Christians to help one another]. -- 2 corinthians 8:19 +. +[For] we are on our guard, intending that no one should find anything for which to blame us in regard to our administration of this large contribution. -- 2 corinthians 8:20 +. +For we take thought beforehand and aim to be honest and absolutely above suspicion, not only in the sight of the Lord but also in the sight of men. -- 2 corinthians 8:21 +. +Moreover, along with them we are sending our brother, whom we have often put to the test and have found him zealous (devoted and earnest) in many matters, but who is now more [eagerly] earnest than ever because of [his] absolute confidence in you. -- 2 corinthians 8:22 +. +As for Titus, he is my colleague and shares my work in your service; and as for the [other two] brethren, they are the [special] messengers of the churches, a credit and glory to Christ (the Messiah). -- 2 corinthians 8:23 +. +Show to these men, therefore, in the sight of the churches, the reality and plain truth of your love (your affection, goodwill, and benevolence) and what [good reasons] I had for boasting about and being proud of you. -- 2 corinthians 8:24 +. +NOW ABOUT the offering that is [to be made] for the saints (God's people in Jerusalem), it is quite superfluous that I should write you; -- 2 corinthians 9:1 +. +For I am well acquainted with your willingness (your readiness and your eagerness to promote it) and I have proudly told about you to the people of Macedonia, saying that Achaia (most of Greece) has been prepared since last year for this contribution; and [consequently] your enthusiasm has stimulated the majority of them. -- 2 corinthians 9:2 +. +Still, I am sending the brethren [on to you], lest our pride in you should be made an empty boast in this particular case, and so that you may be all ready, as I told them you would be; -- 2 corinthians 9:3 +. +Lest, if [any] Macedonians should come with me and find you unprepared [for this generosity], we, to say nothing of yourselves, be humiliated for our being so confident. -- 2 corinthians 9:4 +. +That is why I thought it necessary to urge these brethren to go to you before I do and make arrangements in advance for this bountiful, promised gift of yours, so that it may be ready, not as an extortion [wrung out of you] but as a generous and willing gift. -- 2 corinthians 9:5 +. +[Remember] this: he who sows sparingly and grudgingly will also reap sparingly and grudgingly, and he who sows generously [that blessings may come to someone] will also reap generously and with blessings. -- 2 corinthians 9:6 +. +Let each one [give] as he has made up his own mind and purposed in his heart, not reluctantly or sorrowfully or under compulsion, for God loves (He takes pleasure in, prizes above other things, and is unwilling to abandon or to do without) a cheerful (joyous, "prompt to do it") giver [whose heart is in his giving]. -- 2 corinthians 9:7 +. +And God is able to make all grace (every favor and earthly blessing) come to you in abundance, so that you may always and under all circumstances and whatever the need be self-sufficient [possessing enough to require no aid or support and furnished in abundance for every good work and charitable donation]. -- 2 corinthians 9:8 +. +As it is written, He [the benevolent person] scatters abroad; He gives to the poor; His deeds of justice and goodness and kindness and benevolence will go on and endure forever! -- 2 corinthians 9:9 +. +And [God] Who provides seed for the sower and bread for eating will also provide and multiply your [resources for] sowing and increase the fruits of your righteousness [which manifests itself in active goodness, kindness, and charity]. -- 2 corinthians 9:10 +. +Thus you will be enriched in all things and in every way, so that you can be generous, and [your generosity as it is] administered by us will bring forth thanksgiving to God. -- 2 corinthians 9:11 +. +For the service that the ministering of this fund renders does not only fully supply what is lacking to the saints (God's people), but it also overflows in many [cries of] thanksgiving to God. -- 2 corinthians 9:12 +. +Because at [your] standing of the test of this ministry, they will glorify God for your loyalty and obedience to the Gospel of Christ which you confess, as well as for your generous-hearted liberality to them and to all [the other needy ones]. -- 2 corinthians 9:13 +. +And they yearn for you while they pray for you, because of the surpassing measure of God's grace (His favor and mercy and spiritual blessing which is shown forth) in you. -- 2 corinthians 9:14 +. +Now thanks be to God for His Gift, [precious] beyond telling [His indescribable, inexpressible, free Gift]! -- 2 corinthians 9:15 +. +NOW I myself, Paul, beseech you, by the gentleness and consideration of Christ [Himself; I] who [am] lowly enough [so they say] when among you face to face, but bold (fearless and outspoken) to you when [I am] absent from you! -- 2 corinthians 10:1 +. +I entreat you when I do come [to you] that I may not [be driven to such] boldness as I intend to show toward those few who suspect us of acting according to the flesh [on the low level of worldly motives and as if invested with only human powers]. -- 2 corinthians 10:2 +. +For though we walk (live) in the flesh, we are not carrying on our warfare according to the flesh and using mere human weapons. -- 2 corinthians 10:3 +. +For the weapons of our warfare are not physical [weapons of flesh and blood], but they are mighty before God for the overthrow and destruction of strongholds, -- 2 corinthians 10:4 +. +[Inasmuch as we] refute arguments and theories and reasonings and every proud and lofty thing that sets itself up against the [true] knowledge of God; and we lead every thought and purpose away captive into the obedience of Christ (the Messiah, the Anointed One), -- 2 corinthians 10:5 +. +Being in readiness to punish every [insubordinate for his] disobedience, when your own submission and obedience [as a church] are fully secured and complete. -- 2 corinthians 10:6 +. +Look at [this obvious fact] which is before your eyes. If anyone is confident that he is Christ's, let him reflect and remind himself that even as he is Christ's, so too are we. -- 2 corinthians 10:7 +. +For even though I boast rather freely about our power and authority, which the Lord gave for your upbuilding and not for demolishing you, yet I shall not be put to shame [for exceeding the truth], -- 2 corinthians 10:8 +. +Neither would I seem to be overawing or frightening you with my letters; -- 2 corinthians 10:9 +. +For they say, His letters are weighty and impressive and forceful and telling, but his personality and bodily presence are weak, and his speech and delivery are utterly contemptible (of no account). -- 2 corinthians 10:10 +. +Let such people realize that what we say by letters when we are absent, [we put] also into deeds when we are present-- -- 2 corinthians 10:11 +. +Not that we [have the audacity to] venture to class or [even to] compare ourselves with some who exalt and furnish testimonials for themselves! However, when they measure themselves with themselves and compare themselves with one another, they are without understanding and behave unwisely. -- 2 corinthians 10:12 +. +We, on the other hand, will not boast beyond our legitimate province and proper limit, but will keep within the limits [of our commission which] God has allotted us as our measuring line and which reaches and includes even you. -- 2 corinthians 10:13 +. +For we are not overstepping the limits of our province and stretching beyond our ability to reach, as though we reached not (had no legitimate mission) to you, for we were [the very first] to come even as far as to you with the good news (the Gospel) of Christ. -- 2 corinthians 10:14 +. +We do not boast therefore, beyond our proper limit, over other men's labors, but we have the hope and confident expectation that as your faith continues to grow, our field among you may be greatly enlarged, still within the limits of our commission, -- 2 corinthians 10:15 +. +So that [we may even] preach the Gospel in lands [lying] beyond you, without making a boast of work already done in another [man's] sphere of activity [before we came on the scene]. -- 2 corinthians 10:16 +. +However, let him who boasts and glories boast and glory in the Lord. -- 2 corinthians 10:17 +. +For [it is] not [the man] who praises and commends himself who is approved and accepted, but [it is the person] whom the Lord accredits and commends. -- 2 corinthians 10:18 +. +I WISH you would bear with me while I indulge in a little [so-called] foolishness. Do bear with me! -- 2 corinthians 11:1 +. +For I am zealous for you with a godly eagerness and a divine jealousy, for I have betrothed you to one Husband, to present you as a chaste virgin to Christ. -- 2 corinthians 11:2 +. +But [now] I am fearful, lest that even as the serpent beguiled Eve by his cunning, so your minds may be corrupted and seduced from wholehearted and sincere and pure devotion to Christ. -- 2 corinthians 11:3 +. +For [you seem readily to endure it] if a man comes and preaches another Jesus than the One we preached, or if you receive a different spirit from the [Spirit] you [once] received or a different gospel from the one you [then] received and welcomed; you tolerate [all that] well enough! -- 2 corinthians 11:4 +. +Yet I consider myself as in no way inferior to these [precious] extra-super [false] apostles. -- 2 corinthians 11:5 +. +But even if [I am] unskilled in speaking, yet [I am] not [unskilled] in knowledge [I know what I am talking about]; we have made this evident to you in all things. -- 2 corinthians 11:6 +. +But did I perhaps make a mistake and do you a wrong in debasing and cheapening myself so that you might be exalted and enriched in dignity and honor and happiness by preaching God's Gospel without expense to you? -- 2 corinthians 11:7 +. +Other churches I have robbed by accepting [more than their share of] support for my ministry [from them in order] to serve you. -- 2 corinthians 11:8 +. +And when I was with you and ran short financially, I did not burden any [of you], for what I lacked was abundantly made up by the brethren who came from Macedonia. So I kept myself from being burdensome to you in any way, and will continue to keep [myself from being so]. -- 2 corinthians 11:9 +. +As the truth of Christ is in me, this my boast [of independence] shall not be debarred (silenced or checked) in the regions of Achaia (most of Greece). -- 2 corinthians 11:10 +. +And why? Because I do not love you [do not have a preference for you, wish you well, and regard your welfare]? God perceives and knows that I do! -- 2 corinthians 11:11 +. +But what I do, I will continue to do, [for I am determined to maintain this independence] in order to cut off the claim of those who would like [to find an occasion and incentive] to claim that in their boasted [mission] they work on the same terms that we do. -- 2 corinthians 11:12 +. +For such men are false apostles [spurious, counterfeits], deceitful workmen, masquerading as apostles (special messengers) of Christ (the Messiah). -- 2 corinthians 11:13 +. +And it is no wonder, for Satan himself masquerades as an angel of light; -- 2 corinthians 11:14 +. +So it is not surprising if his servants also masquerade as ministers of righteousness. [But] their end will correspond with their deeds. -- 2 corinthians 11:15 +. +I repeat then, let no one think I have lost my wits; but even if you do, then bear with a witless man, so that I too may boast a little. -- 2 corinthians 11:16 +. +What I say by way of this confident boasting, I say not with the Lord's authority [by inspiration] but, as it were, in pure witlessness. -- 2 corinthians 11:17 +. +[For] since many boast of worldly things and according to the flesh, I will glory (boast) also. -- 2 corinthians 11:18 +. +For you readily and gladly bear with the foolish, since you are so smart and wise yourselves! -- 2 corinthians 11:19 +. +For you endure it if a man assumes control of your souls and makes slaves of you, or devours [your substance, spends your money] and preys upon you, or deceives and takes advantage of you, or is arrogant and puts on airs, or strikes you in the face. -- 2 corinthians 11:20 +. +To my discredit, I must say, we have shown ourselves too weak [for you to show such tolerance of us and for us to do strong, courageous things like that to you]! But in whatever any person is bold and dares [to boast]--mind you, I am speaking in this foolish (witless) way--I also am bold and dare [to boast]. -- 2 corinthians 11:21 +. +They are Hebrews? So am I! They are Israelites? So am I! They are descendants of Abraham? So am I! -- 2 corinthians 11:22 +. +Are they [ministering] servants of Christ (the Messiah)? I am talking like one beside himself, [but] I am more, with far more extensive and abundant labors, with far more imprisonments, [beaten] with countless stripes, and frequently [at the point of] death. -- 2 corinthians 11:23 +. +Five times I received from [the hands of] the Jews forty [lashes all] but one; -- 2 corinthians 11:24 +. +Three times I have been beaten with rods; once I was stoned. Three times I have been aboard a ship wrecked at sea; a [whole] night and a day I have spent [adrift] on the deep; -- 2 corinthians 11:25 +. +Many times on journeys, [exposed to] perils from rivers, perils from bandits, perils from [my own] nation, perils from the Gentiles, perils in the city, perils in the desert places, perils in the sea, perils from those posing as believers [but destitute of Christian knowledge and piety]; -- 2 corinthians 11:26 +. +In toil and hardship, watching often [through sleepless nights], in hunger and thirst, frequently driven to fasting by want, in cold and exposure and lack of clothing. -- 2 corinthians 11:27 +. +And besides those things that are without, there is the daily [inescapable pressure] of my care and anxiety for all the churches! -- 2 corinthians 11:28 +. +Who is weak, and I do not feel [his] weakness? Who is made to stumble and fall and have his faith hurt, and I am not on fire [with sorrow or indignation]? -- 2 corinthians 11:29 +. +If I must boast, I will boast of the things that [show] my infirmity [of the things by which I am made weak and contemptible in the eyes of my opponents]. -- 2 corinthians 11:30 +. +The God and Father of the Lord Jesus Christ knows, He Who is blessed and to be praised forevermore, that I do not lie. -- 2 corinthians 11:31 +. +In Damascus, the city governor acting under King Aretas guarded the city of Damascus [on purpose] to arrest me, -- 2 corinthians 11:32 +. +And I was [actually] let down in a [rope] basket or hamper through a window (a small door) in the wall, and I escaped through his fingers. -- 2 corinthians 11:33 +. +TRUE, THERE is nothing to be gained by it, but [as I am obliged] to boast, I will go on to visions and revelations of the Lord. -- 2 corinthians 12:1 +. +I know a man in Christ who fourteen years ago--whether in the body or out of the body I do not know, God knows--was caught up to the third heaven. -- 2 corinthians 12:2 +. +And I know that this man--whether in the body or away from the body I do not know, God knows-- -- 2 corinthians 12:3 +. +Was caught up into paradise, and he heard utterances beyond the power of man to put into words, which man is not permitted to utter. -- 2 corinthians 12:4 +. +Of this same [man's experiences] I will boast, but of myself (personally) I will not boast, except as regards my infirmities (my weaknesses). -- 2 corinthians 12:5 +. +Should I desire to boast, I shall not be a witless braggart, for I shall be speaking the truth. But I abstain [from it] so that no one may form a higher estimate of me than [is justified by] what he sees in me or hears from me. -- 2 corinthians 12:6 +. +And to keep me from being puffed up and too much elated by the exceeding greatness (preeminence) of these revelations, there was given me a thorn (a splinter) in the flesh, a messenger of Satan, to rack and buffet and harass me, to keep me from being excessively exalted. [Job. 2:6.] -- 2 corinthians 12:7 +. +Three times I called upon the Lord and besought [Him] about this and begged that it might depart from me; -- 2 corinthians 12:8 +. +But He said to me, My grace (My favor and loving-kindness and mercy) is enough for you [sufficient against any danger and enables you to bear the trouble manfully]; for My strength and power are made perfect (fulfilled and completed) and show themselves most effective in [your] weakness. Therefore, I will all the more gladly glory in my weaknesses and infirmities, that the strength and power of Christ (the Messiah) may rest (yes, may pitch a tent over and dwell) upon me! -- 2 corinthians 12:9 +. +So for the sake of Christ, I am well pleased and take pleasure in infirmities, insults, hardships, persecutions, perplexities and distresses; for when I am weak [in human strength], then am I [truly] strong (able, powerful in divine strength). -- 2 corinthians 12:10 +. +Now I have been [speaking like] a fool! But you forced me to it, for I ought to have been [saved the necessity and] commended by you. For I have not fallen short one bit or proved myself at all inferior to those superlative [false] apostles [of yours], even if I am nothing (a nobody). -- 2 corinthians 12:11 +. +Indeed, the signs that indicate a [genuine] apostle were performed among you fully and most patiently in miracles and wonders and mighty works. -- 2 corinthians 12:12 +. +For in what respect were you put to a disadvantage in comparison with the rest of the churches, unless [it was for the fact] that I myself did not burden you [with my financial support]? Pardon me [for doing you] this injustice! -- 2 corinthians 12:13 +. +Now for the third time I am ready to come to [visit] you. And I will not burden you [financially], for it is not your [money] that I want but you; for children are not duty bound to lay up store for their parents, but parents for their children. -- 2 corinthians 12:14 +. +But I will most gladly spend [myself] and be utterly spent for your souls. If I love you exceedingly, am I to be loved [by you] the less? -- 2 corinthians 12:15 +. +But though granting that I did not burden you [with my support, some say that] I was crafty [and that] I cheated and got the better of you with my trickery. -- 2 corinthians 12:16 +. +Did I [then] take advantage of you or make any money out of you through any of those [messengers] whom I sent to you? -- 2 corinthians 12:17 +. +[Actually] I urged Titus [to go], and I sent the brother with [him]. Did Titus overreach or take advantage of you [in anything]? Did he and I not act in the same spirit? Did we not [take the] same steps? -- 2 corinthians 12:18 +. +Have you been supposing [all this time] that we have been defending ourselves and apologizing to you? [It is] in the sight and the [very] presence of God [and as one] in Christ (the Messiah) that we have been speaking, dearly beloved, and all in order to build you up [spiritually]. -- 2 corinthians 12:19 +. +For I am fearful that somehow or other I may come and find you not as I desire to find you, and that you may find me too not as you want to find me--that perhaps there may be factions (quarreling), jealousy, temper (wrath, intrigues, rivalry, divided loyalties), selfishness, whispering, gossip, arrogance (self-assertion), and disorder among you. -- 2 corinthians 12:20 +. +[I am fearful] that when I come again, my God may humiliate and humble me in your regard, and that I may have to sorrow over many of those who sinned before and have not repented of the impurity, sexual vice, and sensuality which they formerly practiced. -- 2 corinthians 12:21 +. +THIS IS the third time that I am coming to you. By the testimony of two or three witnesses must any charge and every accusing statement be sustained and confirmed. -- 2 corinthians 13:1 +. +I have already warned those who sinned formerly and all the rest also, and I warn them now again while I am absent, as I did when present on my second visit, that if I come back, I will not spare [them], -- 2 corinthians 13:2 +. +Since you desire and seek [perceptible] proof of the Christ Who speaks in and through me. [For He] is not weak and feeble in dealing with you, but is a mighty power within you; -- 2 corinthians 13:3 +. +For though He was crucified in weakness, yet He goes on living by the power of God. And though we too are weak in Him [as He was humanly weak], yet in dealing with you [we shall show ourselves] alive and strong in [fellowship with] Him by the power of God. -- 2 corinthians 13:4 +. +Examine and test and evaluate your own selves to see whether you are holding to your faith and showing the proper fruits of it. Test and prove yourselves [not Christ]. Do you not yourselves realize and know [thoroughly by an ever-increasing experience] that Jesus Christ is in you--unless you are [counterfeits] disapproved on trial and rejected? -- 2 corinthians 13:5 +. +But I hope you will recognize and know that we are not disapproved on trial and rejected. -- 2 corinthians 13:6 +. +But I pray to God that you may do nothing wrong, not in order that we [our teaching] may appear to be approved, but that you may continue doing right, [though] we may seem to have failed and be unapproved. -- 2 corinthians 13:7 +. +For we can do nothing against the Truth [not serve any party or personal interest], but only for the Truth [which is the Gospel]. -- 2 corinthians 13:8 +. +For we are glad when we are weak (unapproved) and you are really strong. And this we also pray for: your all-round strengthening and perfecting of soul. -- 2 corinthians 13:9 +. +So I write these things while I am absent from you, that when I come to you, I may not have to deal sharply in my use of the authority which the Lord has given me [to be employed, however] for building [you] up and not for tearing [you] down. -- 2 corinthians 13:10 +. +Finally, brethren, farewell (rejoice)! Be strengthened (perfected, completed, made what you ought to be); be encouraged and consoled and comforted; be of the same [agreeable] mind one with another; live in peace, and [then] the God of love [Who is the Source of affection, goodwill, love, and benevolence toward men] and the Author and Promoter of peace will be with you. -- 2 corinthians 13:11 +. +Greet one another with a consecrated kiss. -- 2 corinthians 13:12 +. +All the saints (the people of God here) salute you. -- 2 corinthians 13:13 +. +The grace (favor and spiritual blessing) of the Lord Jesus Christ and the love of God and the presence and fellowship (the communion and sharing together, and participation) in the Holy Spirit be with you all. Amen (so be it). -- 2 corinthians 13:14 +. +PAUL, AN apostle--[special messenger appointed and commissioned and sent out] not from [any body of] men nor by or through any man, but by and through Jesus Christ (the Messiah) and God the Father, Who raised Him from among the dead-- -- galatians 1:1 +. +And all the brethren who are with me, to the churches of Galatia: -- galatians 1:2 +. +Grace and spiritual blessing be to you and [soul] peace from God the Father and our Lord Jesus Christ (the Messiah), -- galatians 1:3 +. +Who gave (yielded) Himself up [to atone] for our sins [and to save and sanctify us], in order to rescue and deliver us from this present wicked age and world order, in accordance with the will and purpose and plan of our God and Father-- -- galatians 1:4 +. +To Him [be ascribed all] the glory through all the ages of the ages and the eternities of the eternities! Amen (so be it). -- galatians 1:5 +. +I am surprised and astonished that you are so quickly turning renegade and deserting Him Who invited and called you by the grace (unmerited favor) of Christ (the Messiah) [and that you are transferring your allegiance] to a different [even an opposition] gospel. -- galatians 1:6 +. +Not that there is [or could be] any other [genuine Gospel], but there are [obviously] some who are troubling and disturbing and bewildering you [with a different kind of teaching which they offer as a gospel] and want to pervert and distort the Gospel of Christ (the Messiah) [into something which it absolutely is not]. -- galatians 1:7 +. +But even if we or an angel from heaven should preach to you a gospel contrary to and different from that which we preached to you, let him be accursed (anathema, devoted to destruction, doomed to eternal punishment)! -- galatians 1:8 +. +As we said before, so I now say again: If anyone is preaching to you a gospel different from or contrary to that which you received [from us], let him be accursed (anathema, devoted to destruction, doomed to eternal punishment)! -- galatians 1:9 +. +Now am I trying to win the favor of men, or of God? Do I seek to please men? If I were still seeking popularity with men, I should not be a bond servant of Christ (the Messiah). -- galatians 1:10 +. +For I want you to know, brethren, that the Gospel which was proclaimed and made known by me is not man's gospel [a human invention, according to or patterned after any human standard]. -- galatians 1:11 +. +For indeed I did not receive it from man, nor was I taught it, but [it came to me] through a [direct] revelation [given] by Jesus Christ (the Messiah). -- galatians 1:12 +. +You have heard of my earlier career and former manner of life in the Jewish religion (Judaism), how I persecuted and abused the church of God furiously and extensively, and [with fanatical zeal did my best] to make havoc of it and destroy it. -- galatians 1:13 +. +And [you have heard how] I outstripped many of the men of my own generation among the people of my race in [my advancement in study and observance of the laws of] Judaism, so extremely enthusiastic and zealous I was for the traditions of my ancestors. -- galatians 1:14 +. +But when He, Who had chosen and set me apart [even] before I was born and had called me by His grace (His undeserved favor and blessing), saw fit and was pleased -- galatians 1:15 +. +To reveal (unveil, disclose) His Son within me so that I might proclaim Him among the Gentiles (the non-Jewish world) as the glad tidings (Gospel), immediately I did not confer with flesh and blood [did not consult or counsel with any frail human being or communicate with anyone]. -- galatians 1:16 +. +Nor did I [even] go up to Jerusalem to those who were apostles (special messengers of Christ) before I was, but I went away and retired into Arabia, and afterward I came back again to Damascus. -- galatians 1:17 +. +Then three years later, I did go up to Jerusalem to become [personally] acquainted with Cephas (Peter), and remained with him for fifteen days. -- galatians 1:18 +. +But I did not see any of the other apostles (the special messengers of Christ) except James the brother of our Lord. -- galatians 1:19 +. +Now [note carefully what I am telling you, for it is the truth], I write this as if I were standing before the bar of God; I do not lie. -- galatians 1:20 +. +Then I went into the districts (countries, regions) of Syria and Cilicia. -- galatians 1:21 +. +And so far I was still unknown by sight to the churches of Christ in Judea (the country surrounding Jerusalem). -- galatians 1:22 +. +They were only hearing it said, He who used to persecute us is now proclaiming the very faith he once reviled and which he set out to ruin and tried with all his might to destroy. -- galatians 1:23 +. +And they glorified God [as the Author and Source of what had taken place] in me. -- galatians 1:24 +. +THEN AFTER [an interval] of fourteen years I again went up to Jerusalem. [This time I went] with Barnabas, taking Titus along with [me] also. -- galatians 2:1 +. +I went because it was specially and divinely revealed to me that I should go, and I put before them the Gospel [declaring to them that] which I preach among the Gentiles. However, [I presented the matter] privately before those of repute, [for I wanted to make certain, by thus at first confining my communication to this private conference] that I was not running or had not run in vain [guarding against being discredited either in what I was planning to do or had already done]. -- galatians 2:2 +. +But [all went well!] even Titus, who was with me, was not compelled [as some had anticipated] to be circumcised, although he was a Greek. -- galatians 2:3 +. +[My precaution was] because of false brethren who had been secretly smuggled in [to the Christian brotherhood]; they had slipped in to spy on our liberty and the freedom which we have in Christ Jesus, that they might again bring us into bondage [under the Law of Moses]. -- galatians 2:4 +. +To them we did not yield submission even for a moment, that the truth of the Gospel might continue to be [preserved] for you [in its purity]. -- galatians 2:5 +. +Moreover, [no new requirements were made] by those who were reputed to be something--though what was their individual position and whether they really were of importance or not makes no difference to me; God is not impressed with the positions that men hold and He is not partial and recognizes no external distinctions--those [I say] who were of repute imposed no new requirements upon me [had nothing to add to my Gospel, and from them I received no new suggestions]. -- galatians 2:6 +. +But on the contrary, when they [really] saw that I had been entrusted [to carry] the Gospel to the uncircumcised [Gentiles, just as definitely] as Peter had been entrusted [to proclaim] the Gospel to the circumcised [Jews, they were agreeable]; -- galatians 2:7 +. +For He Who motivated and fitted Peter and worked effectively through him for the mission to the circumcised, motivated and fitted me and worked through me also for [the mission to] the Gentiles. -- galatians 2:8 +. +And when they knew (perceived, recognized, understood, and acknowledged) the grace (God's unmerited favor and spiritual blessing) that had been bestowed upon me, James and Cephas (Peter) and John, who were reputed to be pillars of the Jerusalem church, gave to me and Barnabas the right hand of fellowship, with the understanding that we should go to the Gentiles and they to the circumcised (Jews). -- galatians 2:9 +. +They only [made one stipulation], that we were to remember the poor, which very thing I was also eager to do. -- galatians 2:10 +. +But when Cephas (Peter) came to Antioch, I protested and opposed him to his face [concerning his conduct there], for he was blameable and stood condemned. -- galatians 2:11 +. +For up to the time that certain persons came from James, he ate his meals with the Gentile [converts]; but when the men [from Jerusalem] arrived, he withdrew and held himself aloof from the Gentiles and [ate] separately for fear of those of the circumcision [party]. -- galatians 2:12 +. +And the rest of the Jews along with him also concealed their true convictions and acted insincerely, with the result that even Barnabas was carried away by their hypocrisy (their example of insincerity and pretense). -- galatians 2:13 +. +But as soon as I saw that they were not straightforward and were not living up to the truth of the Gospel, I said to Cephas (Peter) before everybody present, If you, though born a Jew, can live [as you have been living] like a Gentile and not like a Jew, how do you dare now to urge and practically force the Gentiles to [comply with the ritual of Judaism and] live like Jews? -- galatians 2:14 +. +[I went on to say] Although we ourselves (you and I) are Jews by birth and not Gentile (heathen) sinners, -- galatians 2:15 +. +Yet we know that a man is justified or reckoned righteous and in right standing with God not by works of the Law, but [only] through faith and [absolute] reliance on and adherence to and trust in Jesus Christ (the Messiah, the Anointed One). [Therefore] even we [ourselves] have believed on Christ Jesus, in order to be justified by faith in Christ and not by works of the Law [for we cannot be justified by any observance of the ritual of the Law given by Moses], because by keeping legal rituals and by works no human being can ever be justified (declared righteous and put in right standing with God). -- galatians 2:16 +. +But if, in our desire and endeavor to be justified in Christ [to be declared righteous and put in right standing with God wholly and solely through Christ], we have shown ourselves sinners also and convicted of sin, does that make Christ a minister (a party and contributor) to our sin? Banish the thought! [Of course not!] -- galatians 2:17 +. +For if I [or any others who have taught that the observance of the Law of Moses is not essential to being justified by God should now by word or practice teach or intimate that it is essential to] build up again what I tore down, I prove myself a transgressor. -- galatians 2:18 +. +For I through the Law [under the operation of the curse of the Law] have [in Christ's death for me] myself died to the Law and all the Law's demands upon me, so that I may [henceforth] live to and for God. -- galatians 2:19 +. +I have been crucified with Christ [in Him I have shared His crucifixion]; it is no longer I who live, but Christ (the Messiah) lives in me; and the life I now live in the body I live by faith in (by adherence to and reliance on and complete trust in) the Son of God, Who loved me and gave Himself up for me. -- galatians 2:20 +. +[Therefore, I do not treat God's gracious gift as something of minor importance and defeat its very purpose]; I do not set aside and invalidate and frustrate and nullify the grace (unmerited favor) of God. For if justification (righteousness, acquittal from guilt) comes through [observing the ritual of] the Law, then Christ (the Messiah) died groundlessly and to no purpose and in vain. [His death was then wholly superfluous.] -- galatians 2:21 +. +O YOU poor and silly and thoughtless and unreflecting and senseless Galatians! Who has fascinated or bewitched or cast a spell over you, unto whom--right before your very eyes--Jesus Christ (the Messiah) was openly and graphically set forth and portrayed as crucified? -- galatians 3:1 +. +Let me ask you this one question: Did you receive the [Holy] Spirit as the result of obeying the Law and doing its works, or was it by hearing [the message of the Gospel] and believing [it]? [Was it from observing a law of rituals or from a message of faith?] -- galatians 3:2 +. +Are you so foolish and so senseless and so silly? Having begun [your new life spiritually] with the [Holy] Spirit, are you now reaching perfection [by dependence] on the flesh? -- galatians 3:3 +. +Have you suffered so many things and experienced so much all for nothing (to no purpose)--if it really is to no purpose and in vain? -- galatians 3:4 +. +Then does He Who supplies you with His marvelous [Holy] Spirit and works powerfully and miraculously among you do so on [the grounds of your doing] what the Law demands, or because of your believing in and adhering to and trusting in and relying on the message that you heard? -- galatians 3:5 +. +Thus Abraham believed in and adhered to and trusted in and relied on God, and it was reckoned and placed to his account and credited as righteousness (as conformity to the divine will in purpose, thought, and action). -- galatians 3:6 +. +Know and understand that it is [really] the people [who live] by faith who are [the true] sons of Abraham. -- galatians 3:7 +. +And the Scripture, foreseeing that God would justify (declare righteous, put in right standing with Himself) the Gentiles in consequence of faith, proclaimed the Gospel [foretelling the glad tidings of a Savior long beforehand] to Abraham in the promise, saying, In you shall all the nations [of the earth] be blessed. -- galatians 3:8 +. +So then, those who are people of faith are blessed and made happy and favored by God [as partners in fellowship] with the believing and trusting Abraham. -- galatians 3:9 +. +And all who depend on the Law [who are seeking to be justified by obedience to the Law of rituals] are under a curse and doomed to disappointment and destruction, for it is written in the Scriptures, Cursed (accursed, devoted to destruction, doomed to eternal punishment) be everyone who does not continue to abide (live and remain) by all the precepts and commands written in the Book of the Law and to practice them. -- galatians 3:10 +. +Now it is evident that no person is justified (declared righteous and brought into right standing with God) through the Law, for the Scripture says, The man in right standing with God [the just, the righteous] shall live by and out of faith and he who through and by faith is declared righteous and in right standing with God shall live. -- galatians 3:11 +. +But the Law does not rest on faith [does not require faith, has nothing to do with faith], for it itself says, He who does them [the things prescribed by the Law] shall live by them [not by faith]. -- galatians 3:12 +. +Christ purchased our freedom [redeeming us] from the curse (doom) of the Law [and its condemnation] by [Himself] becoming a curse for us, for it is written [in the Scriptures], Cursed is everyone who hangs on a tree (is crucified); -- galatians 3:13 +. +To the end that through [their receiving] Christ Jesus, the blessing [promised] to Abraham might come upon the Gentiles, so that we through faith might [all] receive [the realization of] the promise of the [Holy] Spirit. -- galatians 3:14 +. +To speak in terms of human relations, brethren, [if] even a man makes a last will and testament (a merely human covenant), no one sets it aside or makes it void or adds to it when once it has been drawn up and signed (ratified, confirmed). -- galatians 3:15 +. +Now the promises (covenants, agreements) were decreed and made to Abraham and his Seed (his Offspring, his Heir). He [God] does not say, And to seeds (descendants, heirs), as if referring to many persons, but, And to your Seed (your Descendant, your Heir), obviously referring to one individual, Who is [none other than] Christ (the Messiah). -- galatians 3:16 +. +This is my argument: The Law, which began years after the covenant [concerning the coming Messiah], does not and cannot annul the covenant previously established (ratified) by God, so as to abolish the promise and make it void. -- galatians 3:17 +. +For if the inheritance [of the promise depends on observing] the Law [as these false teachers would like you to believe], it no longer [depends] on the promise; however, God gave it to Abraham [as a free gift solely] by virtue of His promise. -- galatians 3:18 +. +What then was the purpose of the Law? It was added [later on, after the promise, to disclose and expose to men their guilt] because of transgressions and [to make men more conscious of the sinfulness] of sin; and it was intended to be in effect until the Seed (the Descendant, the Heir) should come, to and concerning Whom the promise had been made. And it [the Law] was arranged and ordained and appointed through the instrumentality of angels [and was given] by the hand (in the person) of a go-between [Moses, an intermediary person between God and man]. -- galatians 3:19 +. +Now a go-between (intermediary) has to do with and implies more than one party [there can be no mediator with just one person]. Yet God is [only] one Person [and He was the sole party in giving that promise to Abraham. But the Law was a contract between two, God and Israel; its validity was dependent on both]. -- galatians 3:20 +. +Is the Law then contrary and opposed to the promises of God? Of course not! For if a Law had been given which could confer [spiritual] life, then righteousness and right standing with God would certainly have come by Law. -- galatians 3:21 +. +But the Scriptures [picture all mankind as sinners] shut up and imprisoned by sin, so that [the inheritance, blessing] which was promised through faith in Jesus Christ (the Messiah) might be given (released, delivered, and committed) to [all] those who believe [who adhere to and trust in and rely on Him]. -- galatians 3:22 +. +Now before the faith came, we were perpetually guarded under the Law, kept in custody in preparation for the faith that was destined to be revealed (unveiled, disclosed), -- galatians 3:23 +. +So that the Law served [to us Jews] as our trainer [our guardian, our guide to Christ, to lead us] until Christ [came], that we might be justified (declared righteous, put in right standing with God) by and through faith. -- galatians 3:24 +. +But now that the faith has come, we are no longer under a trainer (the guardian of our childhood). -- galatians 3:25 +. +For in Christ Jesus you are all sons of God through faith. -- galatians 3:26 +. +For as many [of you] as were baptized into Christ [into a spiritual union and communion with Christ, the Anointed One, the Messiah] have put on (clothed yourselves with) Christ. -- galatians 3:27 +. +There is [now no distinction] neither Jew nor Greek, there is neither slave nor free, there is not male and female; for you are all one in Christ Jesus. -- galatians 3:28 +. +And if you belong to Christ [are in Him Who is Abraham's Seed], then you are Abraham's offspring and [spiritual] heirs according to promise. -- galatians 3:29 +. +NOW WHAT I mean is that as long as the inheritor (heir) is a child and under age, he does not differ from a slave, although he is the master of all the estate; -- galatians 4:1 +. +But he is under guardians and administrators or trustees until the date fixed by his father. -- galatians 4:2 +. +So we [Jewish Christians] also, when we were minors, were kept like slaves under [the rules of the Hebrew ritual and subject to] the elementary teachings of a system of external observations and regulations. -- galatians 4:3 +. +But when the proper time had fully come, God sent His Son, born of a woman, born subject to [the regulations of] the Law, -- galatians 4:4 +. +To purchase the freedom of (to ransom, to redeem, to atone for) those who were subject to the Law, that we might be adopted and have sonship conferred upon us [and be recognized as God's sons]. -- galatians 4:5 +. +And because you [really] are [His] sons, God has sent the [Holy] Spirit of His Son into our hearts, crying, Abba (Father)! Father! -- galatians 4:6 +. +Therefore, you are no longer a slave (bond servant) but a son; and if a son, then [it follows that you are] an heir by the aid of God, through Christ. -- galatians 4:7 +. +But at that previous time, when you had not come to be acquainted with and understand and know the true God, you [Gentiles] were in bondage to gods who by their very nature could not be gods at all [gods that really did not exist]. -- galatians 4:8 +. +Now, however, that you have come to be acquainted with and understand and know [the true] God, or rather to be understood and known by God, how can you turn back again to the weak and beggarly and worthless elementary things [of all religions before Christ came], whose slaves you once more want to become? -- galatians 4:9 +. +You observe [particular] days and months and seasons and years! -- galatians 4:10 +. +I am alarmed [about you], lest I have labored among and over you to no purpose and in vain. -- galatians 4:11 +. +Brethren, I beg of you, become as I am [free from the bondage of Jewish ritualism and ordinances], for I also have become as you are [a Gentile]. You did me no wrong [in the days when I first came to you; do not do it now]. -- galatians 4:12 +. +On the contrary, you know that it was on account of a bodily ailment that [I remained and] preached the Gospel to you the first time. -- galatians 4:13 +. +And [yet] although my physical condition was [such] a trial to you, you did not regard it with contempt, or scorn and loathe and reject me; but you received me as an angel of God, [even] as Christ Jesus [Himself]! -- galatians 4:14 +. +What has become of that blessed enjoyment and satisfaction and self-congratulation that once was yours [in what I taught you and in your regard for me]? For I bear you witness that you would have torn out your own eyes and have given them to me [to replace mine], if that were possible. -- galatians 4:15 +. +Have I then become your enemy by telling the truth to you and dealing sincerely with you? -- galatians 4:16 +. +These men [the Judaizing teachers] are zealously trying to dazzle you [paying court to you, making much of you], but their purpose is not honorable or worthy or for any good. What they want to do is to isolate you [from us who oppose them], so that they may win you over to their side and get you to court their favor. -- galatians 4:17 +. +It is always a fine thing [of course] to be zealously sought after [as you are, provided that it is] for a good purpose and done by reason of purity of heart and life, and not just when I am present with you! -- galatians 4:18 +. +My little children, for whom I am again suffering birth pangs until Christ is completely and permanently formed (molded) within you, -- galatians 4:19 +. +Would that I were with you now and could coax you vocally, for I am fearful and perplexed about you! -- galatians 4:20 +. +Tell me, you who are bent on being under the Law, will you listen to what the Law [really] says? -- galatians 4:21 +. +For it is written that Abraham had two sons, one by the bondmaid and one by the free woman. -- galatians 4:22 +. +But whereas the child of the slave woman was born according to the flesh and had an ordinary birth, the son of the free woman was born in fulfillment of the promise. -- galatians 4:23 +. +Now all this is an allegory; these [two women] represent two covenants. One covenant originated from Mount Sinai [where the Law was given] and bears [children destined] for slavery; this is Hagar. -- galatians 4:24 +. +Now Hagar is (stands for) Mount Sinai in Arabia and she corresponds to and belongs in the same category with the present Jerusalem, for she is in bondage together with her children. -- galatians 4:25 +. +But the Jerusalem above (the Messianic kingdom of Christ) is free, and she is our mother. -- galatians 4:26 +. +For it is written in the Scriptures, Rejoice, O barren woman, who has not given birth to children; break forth into a joyful shout, you who are not feeling birth pangs, for the desolate woman has many more children than she who has a husband. -- galatians 4:27 +. +But we, brethren, are children [not by physical descent, as was Ishmael, but] like Isaac, born in virtue of promise. -- galatians 4:28 +. +Yet [just] as at that time the child [of ordinary birth] born according to the flesh despised and persecuted him [who was born remarkably] according to [the promise and the working of] the [Holy] Spirit, so it is now also. -- galatians 4:29 +. +But what does the Scripture say? Cast out and send away the slave woman and her son, for never shall the son of the slave woman be heir and share the inheritance with the son of the free woman. -- galatians 4:30 +. +So, brethren, we [who are born again] are not children of a slave woman [the natural], but of the free [the supernatural]. -- galatians 4:31 +. +IN [this] freedom Christ has made us free [and completely liberated us]; stand fast then, and do not be hampered and held ensnared and submit again to a yoke of slavery [which you have once put off]. -- galatians 5:1 +. +Notice, it is I, Paul, who tells you that if you receive circumcision, Christ will be of no profit (advantage, avail) to you [for if you distrust Him, you can gain nothing from Him]. -- galatians 5:2 +. +I once more protest and testify to every man who receives circumcision that he is under obligation and bound to practice the whole of the Law and its ordinances. -- galatians 5:3 +. +If you seek to be justified and declared righteous and to be given a right standing with God through the Law, you are brought to nothing and so separated (severed) from Christ. You have fallen away from grace (from God's gracious favor and unmerited blessing). -- galatians 5:4 +. +For we, [not relying on the Law but] through the [Holy] Spirit's [help], by faith anticipate and wait for the blessing and good for which our righteousness and right standing with God [our conformity to His will in purpose, thought, and action, causes us] to hope. -- galatians 5:5 +. +For [if we are] in Christ Jesus, neither circumcision nor uncircumcision counts for anything, but only faith activated and energized and expressed and working through love. -- galatians 5:6 +. +You were running the race nobly. Who has interfered in (hindered and stopped you from) your heeding and following the Truth? -- galatians 5:7 +. +This [evil] persuasion is not from Him Who called you [Who invited you to freedom in Christ]. -- galatians 5:8 +. +A little leaven (a slight inclination to error, or a few false teachers) leavens the whole lump [it perverts the whole conception of faith or misleads the whole church]. -- galatians 5:9 +. +[For my part] I have confidence [toward you] in the Lord that you will take no contrary view of the matter but will come to think with me. But he who is unsettling you, whoever he is, will have to bear the penalty. -- galatians 5:10 +. +But, brethren, if I still preach circumcision [as some accuse me of doing, as necessary to salvation], why am I still suffering persecution? In that case the cross has ceased to be a stumbling block and is made meaningless (done away). -- galatians 5:11 +. +I wish those who unsettle and confuse you would [go all the way and] cut themselves off! -- galatians 5:12 +. +For you, brethren, were [indeed] called to freedom; only [do not let your] freedom be an incentive to your flesh and an opportunity or excuse [for selfishness], but through love you should serve one another. -- galatians 5:13 +. +For the whole Law [concerning human relationships] is complied with in the one precept, You shall love your neighbor as [you do] yourself. -- galatians 5:14 +. +But if you bite and devour one another [in partisan strife], be careful that you [and your whole fellowship] are not consumed by one another. -- galatians 5:15 +. +But I say, walk and live [habitually] in the [Holy] Spirit [responsive to and controlled and guided by the Spirit]; then you will certainly not gratify the cravings and desires of the flesh (of human nature without God). -- galatians 5:16 +. +For the desires of the flesh are opposed to the [Holy] Spirit, and the [desires of the] Spirit are opposed to the flesh (godless human nature); for these are antagonistic to each other [continually withstanding and in conflict with each other], so that you are not free but are prevented from doing what you desire to do. -- galatians 5:17 +. +But if you are guided (led) by the [Holy] Spirit, you are not subject to the Law. -- galatians 5:18 +. +Now the doings (practices) of the flesh are clear (obvious): they are immorality, impurity, indecency, -- galatians 5:19 +. +Idolatry, sorcery, enmity, strife, jealousy, anger (ill temper), selfishness, divisions (dissensions), party spirit (factions, sects with peculiar opinions, heresies), -- galatians 5:20 +. +Envy, drunkenness, carousing, and the like. I warn you beforehand, just as I did previously, that those who do such things shall not inherit the kingdom of God. -- galatians 5:21 +. +But the fruit of the [Holy] Spirit [the work which His presence within accomplishes] is love, joy (gladness), peace, patience (an even temper, forbearance), kindness, goodness (benevolence), faithfulness, -- galatians 5:22 +. +Gentleness (meekness, humility), self-control (self-restraint, continence). Against such things there is no law [that can bring a charge]. -- galatians 5:23 +. +And those who belong to Christ Jesus (the Messiah) have crucified the flesh (the godless human nature) with its passions and appetites and desires. -- galatians 5:24 +. +If we live by the [Holy] Spirit, let us also walk by the Spirit. [If by the Holy Spirit we have our life in God, let us go forward walking in line, our conduct controlled by the Spirit.] -- galatians 5:25 +. +Let us not become vainglorious and self-conceited, competitive and challenging and provoking and irritating to one another, envying and being jealous of one another. -- galatians 5:26 +. +BRETHREN, IF any person is overtaken in misconduct or sin of any sort, you who are spiritual [who are responsive to and controlled by the Spirit] should set him right and restore and reinstate him, without any sense of superiority and with all gentleness, keeping an attentive eye on yourself, lest you should be tempted also. -- galatians 6:1 +. +Bear (endure, carry) one another's burdens and troublesome moral faults, and in this way fulfill and observe perfectly the law of Christ (the Messiah) and complete what is lacking [in your obedience to it]. -- galatians 6:2 +. +For if any person thinks himself to be somebody [too important to condescend to shoulder another's load] when he is nobody [of superiority except in his own estimation], he deceives and deludes and cheats himself. -- galatians 6:3 +. +But let every person carefully scrutinize and examine and test his own conduct and his own work. He can then have the personal satisfaction and joy of doing something commendable [in itself alone] without [resorting to] boastful comparison with his neighbor. -- galatians 6:4 +. +For every person will have to bear (be equal to understanding and calmly receive) his own [little] load [of oppressive faults]. -- galatians 6:5 +. +Let him who receives instruction in the Word [of God] share all good things with his teacher [contributing to his support]. -- galatians 6:6 +. +Do not be deceived and deluded and misled; God will not allow Himself to be sneered at (scorned, disdained, or mocked by mere pretensions or professions, or by His precepts being set aside.) [He inevitably deludes himself who attempts to delude God.] For whatever a man sows, that and that only is what he will reap. -- galatians 6:7 +. +For he who sows to his own flesh (lower nature, sensuality) will from the flesh reap decay and ruin and destruction, but he who sows to the Spirit will from the Spirit reap eternal life. -- galatians 6:8 +. +And let us not lose heart and grow weary and faint in acting nobly and doing right, for in due time and at the appointed season we shall reap, if we do not loosen and relax our courage and faint. -- galatians 6:9 +. +So then, as occasion and opportunity open up to us, let us do good [morally] to all people [not only being useful or profitable to them, but also doing what is for their spiritual good and advantage]. Be mindful to be a blessing, especially to those of the household of faith [those who belong to God's family with you, the believers]. -- galatians 6:10 +. +See with what large letters I am writing with my own hand. [Mark carefully these closing words of mine.] -- galatians 6:11 +. +Those who want to make a good impression and a fine show in the flesh would try to compel you to receive circumcision, simply so that they may escape being persecuted for allegiance to the cross of Christ (the Messiah, the Anointed One). -- galatians 6:12 +. +For even the circumcised [Jews] themselves do not [really] keep the Law, but they want to have you circumcised in order that they may glory in your flesh (your subjection to external rites). -- galatians 6:13 +. +But far be it from me to glory [in anything or anyone] except in the cross of our Lord Jesus Christ (the Messiah) through Whom the world has been crucified to me, and I to the world! -- galatians 6:14 +. +For neither is circumcision [now] of any importance, nor uncircumcision, but [only] a new creation [the result of a new birth and a new nature in Christ Jesus, the Messiah]. -- galatians 6:15 +. +Peace and mercy be upon all who walk by this rule [who discipline themselves and regulate their lives by this principle], even upon the [true] Israel of God! -- galatians 6:16 +. +From now on let no person trouble me [by making it necessary for me to vindicate my apostolic authority and the divine truth of my Gospel], for I bear on my body the [brand] marks of the Lord Jesus [the wounds, scars, and other outward evidence of persecutions--these testify to His ownership of me]! -- galatians 6:17 +. +The grace (spiritual favor, blessing) of our Lord Jesus Christ (the Anointed One, the Messiah) be with your spirit, brethren. Amen (so be it). -- galatians 6:18 +. +PAUL, AN apostle (special messenger) of Christ Jesus (the Messiah), by the divine will (the purpose and the choice of God) to the saints (the consecrated, set-apart ones) at Ephesus who are also faithful and loyal and steadfast in Christ Jesus: -- ephesians 1:1 +. +May grace (God's unmerited favor) and spiritual peace [which means peace with God and harmony, unity, and undisturbedness] be yours from God our Father and from the Lord Jesus Christ. -- ephesians 1:2 +. +May blessing (praise, laudation, and eulogy) be to the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ (the Messiah) Who has blessed us in Christ with every spiritual (given by the Holy Spirit) blessing in the heavenly realm! -- ephesians 1:3 +. +Even as [in His love] He chose us [actually picked us out for Himself as His own] in Christ before the foundation of the world, that we should be holy (consecrated and set apart for Him) and blameless in His sight, even above reproach, before Him in love. -- ephesians 1:4 +. +For He foreordained us (destined us, planned in love for us) to be adopted (revealed) as His own children through Jesus Christ, in accordance with the purpose of His will [because it pleased Him and was His kind intent]-- -- ephesians 1:5 +. +[So that we might be] to the praise and the commendation of His glorious grace (favor and mercy), which He so freely bestowed on us in the Beloved. -- ephesians 1:6 +. +In Him we have redemption (deliverance and salvation) through His blood, the remission (forgiveness) of our offenses (shortcomings and trespasses), in accordance with the riches and the generosity of His gracious favor, -- ephesians 1:7 +. +Which He lavished upon us in every kind of wisdom and understanding (practical insight and prudence), -- ephesians 1:8 +. +Making known to us the mystery (secret) of His will (of His plan, of His purpose). [And it is this:] In accordance with His good pleasure (His merciful intention) which He had previously purposed and set forth in Him, -- ephesians 1:9 +. +[He planned] for the maturity of the times and the climax of the ages to unify all things and head them up and consummate them in Christ, [both] things in heaven and things on the earth. -- ephesians 1:10 +. +In Him we also were made [God's] heritage (portion) and we obtained an inheritance; for we had been foreordained (chosen and appointed beforehand) in accordance with His purpose, Who works out everything in agreement with the counsel and design of His [own] will, -- ephesians 1:11 +. +So that we who first hoped in Christ [who first put our confidence in Him have been destined and appointed to] live for the praise of His glory! -- ephesians 1:12 +. +In Him you also who have heard the Word of Truth, the glad tidings (Gospel) of your salvation, and have believed in and adhered to and relied on Him, were stamped with the seal of the long-promised Holy Spirit. -- ephesians 1:13 +. +That [Spirit] is the guarantee of our inheritance [the firstfruits, the pledge and foretaste, the down payment on our heritage], in anticipation of its full redemption and our acquiring [complete] possession of it--to the praise of His glory. -- ephesians 1:14 +. +For this reason, because I have heard of your faith in the Lord Jesus and your love toward all the saints (the people of God), -- ephesians 1:15 +. +I do not cease to give thanks for you, making mention of you in my prayers. -- ephesians 1:16 +. +[For I always pray to] the God of our Lord Jesus Christ, the Father of glory, that He may grant you a spirit of wisdom and revelation [of insight into mysteries and secrets] in the [deep and intimate] knowledge of Him, -- ephesians 1:17 +. +By having the eyes of your heart flooded with light, so that you can know and understand the hope to which He has called you, and how rich is His glorious inheritance in the saints (His set-apart ones), -- ephesians 1:18 +. +And [so that you can know and understand] what is the immeasurable and unlimited and surpassing greatness of His power in and for us who believe, as demonstrated in the working of His mighty strength, -- ephesians 1:19 +. +Which He exerted in Christ when He raised Him from the dead and seated Him at His [own] right hand in the heavenly [places], -- ephesians 1:20 +. +Far above all rule and authority and power and dominion and every name that is named [above every title that can be conferred], not only in this age and in this world, but also in the age and the world which are to come. -- ephesians 1:21 +. +And He has put all things under His feet and has appointed Him the universal and supreme Head of the church [a headship exercised throughout the church], -- ephesians 1:22 +. +Which is His body, the fullness of Him Who fills all in all [for in that body lives the full measure of Him Who makes everything complete, and Who fills everything everywhere with Himself]. -- ephesians 1:23 +. +AND YOU [He made alive], when you were dead (slain) by [your] trespasses and sins -- ephesians 2:1 +. +In which at one time you walked [habitually]. You were following the course and fashion of this world [were under the sway of the tendency of this present age], following the prince of the power of the air. [You were obedient to and under the control of] the [demon] spirit that still constantly works in the sons of disobedience [the careless, the rebellious, and the unbelieving, who go against the purposes of God]. -- ephesians 2:2 +. +Among these we as well as you once lived and conducted ourselves in the passions of our flesh [our behavior governed by our corrupt and sensual nature], obeying the impulses of the flesh and the thoughts of the mind [our cravings dictated by our senses and our dark imaginings]. We were then by nature children of [God's] wrath and heirs of [His] indignation, like the rest of mankind. -- ephesians 2:3 +. +But God--so rich is He in His mercy! Because of and in order to satisfy the great and wonderful and intense love with which He loved us, -- ephesians 2:4 +. +Even when we were dead (slain) by [our own] shortcomings and trespasses, He made us alive together in fellowship and in union with Christ; [He gave us the very life of Christ Himself, the same new life with which He quickened Him, for] it is by grace (His favor and mercy which you did not deserve) that you are saved (delivered from judgment and made partakers of Christ's salvation). -- ephesians 2:5 +. +And He raised us up together with Him and made us sit down together [giving us joint seating with Him] in the heavenly sphere [by virtue of our being] in Christ Jesus (the Messiah, the Anointed One). -- ephesians 2:6 +. +He did this that He might clearly demonstrate through the ages to come the immeasurable (limitless, surpassing) riches of His free grace (His unmerited favor) in [His] kindness and goodness of heart toward us in Christ Jesus. -- ephesians 2:7 +. +For it is by free grace (God's unmerited favor) that you are saved (delivered from judgment and made partakers of Christ's salvation) through [your] faith. And this [salvation] is not of yourselves [of your own doing, it came not through your own striving], but it is the gift of God; -- ephesians 2:8 +. +Not because of works [not the fulfillment of the Law's demands], lest any man should boast. [It is not the result of what anyone can possibly do, so no one can pride himself in it or take glory to himself.] -- ephesians 2:9 +. +For we are God's [own] handiwork (His workmanship), recreated in Christ Jesus, [born anew] that we may do those good works which God predestined (planned beforehand) for us [taking paths which He prepared ahead of time], that we should walk in them [living the good life which He prearranged and made ready for us to live]. -- ephesians 2:10 +. +Therefore, remember that at one time you were Gentiles (heathens) in the flesh, called Uncircumcision by those who called themselves Circumcision, [itself a mere mark] in the flesh made by human hands. -- ephesians 2:11 +. +[Remember] that you were at that time separated (living apart) from Christ [excluded from all part in Him], utterly estranged and outlawed from the rights of Israel as a nation, and strangers with no share in the sacred compacts of the [Messianic] promise [with no knowledge of or right in God's agreements, His covenants]. And you had no hope (no promise); you were in the world without God. -- ephesians 2:12 +. +But now in Christ Jesus, you who once were [so] far away, through (by, in) the blood of Christ have been brought near. -- ephesians 2:13 +. +For He is [Himself] our peace (our bond of unity and harmony). He has made us both [Jew and Gentile] one [body], and has broken down (destroyed, abolished) the hostile dividing wall between us, -- ephesians 2:14 +. +By abolishing in His [own crucified] flesh the enmity [caused by] the Law with its decrees and ordinances [which He annulled]; that He from the two might create in Himself one new man [one new quality of humanity out of the two], so making peace. -- ephesians 2:15 +. +And [He designed] to reconcile to God both [Jew and Gentile, united] in a single body by means of His cross, thereby killing the mutual enmity and bringing the feud to an end. -- ephesians 2:16 +. +And He came and preached the glad tidings of peace to you who were afar off and [peace] to those who were near. -- ephesians 2:17 +. +For it is through Him that we both [whether far off or near] now have an introduction (access) by one [Holy] Spirit to the Father [so that we are able to approach Him]. -- ephesians 2:18 +. +Therefore you are no longer outsiders (exiles, migrants, and aliens, excluded from the rights of citizens), but you now share citizenship with the saints (God's own people, consecrated and set apart for Himself); and you belong to God's [own] household. -- ephesians 2:19 +. +You are built upon the foundation of the apostles and prophets with Christ Jesus Himself the chief Cornerstone. -- ephesians 2:20 +. +In Him the whole structure is joined (bound, welded) together harmoniously, and it continues to rise (grow, increase) into a holy temple in the Lord [a sanctuary dedicated, consecrated, and sacred to the presence of the Lord]. -- ephesians 2:21 +. +In Him [and in fellowship with one another] you yourselves also are being built up [into this structure] with the rest, to form a fixed abode (dwelling place) of God in (by, through) the Spirit. -- ephesians 2:22 +. +FOR THIS reason [because I preached that you are thus built up together], I, Paul, [am] the prisoner of Jesus the Christ for the sake and on behalf of you Gentiles-- -- ephesians 3:1 +. +Assuming that you have heard of the stewardship of God's grace (His unmerited favor) that was entrusted to me [to dispense to you] for your benefit, -- ephesians 3:2 +. +[And] that the mystery (secret) was made known to me and I was allowed to comprehend it by direct revelation, as I already briefly wrote you. -- ephesians 3:3 +. +When you read this you can understand my insight into the mystery of Christ. -- ephesians 3:4 +. +[This mystery] was never disclosed to human beings in past generations as it has now been revealed to His holy apostles (consecrated messengers) and prophets by the [Holy] Spirit. -- ephesians 3:5 +. +[It is this:] that the Gentiles are now to be fellow heirs [with the Jews], members of the same body and joint partakers [sharing] in the same divine promise in Christ through [their acceptance of] the glad tidings (the Gospel). -- ephesians 3:6 +. +Of this [Gospel] I was made a minister according to the gift of God's free grace (undeserved favor) which was bestowed on me by the exercise (the working in all its effectiveness) of His power. -- ephesians 3:7 +. +To me, though I am the very least of all the saints (God's consecrated people), this grace (favor, privilege) was granted and graciously entrusted: to proclaim to the Gentiles the unending (boundless, fathomless, incalculable, and exhaustless) riches of Christ [wealth which no human being could have searched out], -- ephesians 3:8 +. +Also to enlighten all men and make plain to them what is the plan [regarding the Gentiles and providing for the salvation of all men] of the mystery kept hidden through the ages and concealed until now in [the mind of] God Who created all things by Christ Jesus. -- ephesians 3:9 +. +[The purpose is] that through the church the complicated, many-sided wisdom of God in all its infinite variety and innumerable aspects might now be made known to the angelic rulers and authorities (principalities and powers) in the heavenly sphere. -- ephesians 3:10 +. +This is in accordance with the terms of the eternal and timeless purpose which He has realized and carried into effect in [the person of] Christ Jesus our Lord, -- ephesians 3:11 +. +In Whom, because of our faith in Him, we dare to have the boldness (courage and confidence) of free access (an unreserved approach to God with freedom and without fear). -- ephesians 3:12 +. +So I ask you not to lose heart [not to faint or become despondent through fear] at what I am suffering in your behalf. [Rather glory in it] for it is an honor to you. -- ephesians 3:13 +. +For this reason [seeing the greatness of this plan by which you are built together in Christ], I bow my knees before the Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, -- ephesians 3:14 +. +For Whom every family in heaven and on earth is named [that Father from Whom all fatherhood takes its title and derives its name]. -- ephesians 3:15 +. +May He grant you out of the rich treasury of His glory to be strengthened and reinforced with mighty power in the inner man by the [Holy] Spirit [Himself indwelling your innermost being and personality]. -- ephesians 3:16 +. +May Christ through your faith [actually] dwell (settle down, abide, make His permanent home) in your hearts! May you be rooted deep in love and founded securely on love, -- ephesians 3:17 +. +That you may have the power and be strong to apprehend and grasp with all the saints [God's devoted people, the experience of that love] what is the breadth and length and height and depth [of it]; -- ephesians 3:18 +. +[That you may really come] to know [practically, through experience for yourselves] the love of Christ, which far surpasses mere knowledge [without experience]; that you may be filled [through all your being] unto all the fullness of God [may have the richest measure of the divine Presence, and become a body wholly filled and flooded with God Himself]! -- ephesians 3:19 +. +Now to Him Who, by (in consequence of) the [action of His] power that is at work within us, is able to [carry out His purpose and] do superabundantly, far over and above all that we [dare] ask or think [infinitely beyond our highest prayers, desires, thoughts, hopes, or dreams]-- -- ephesians 3:20 +. +To Him be glory in the church and in Christ Jesus throughout all generations forever and ever. Amen (so be it). -- ephesians 3:21 +. +I THEREFORE, the prisoner for the Lord, appeal to and beg you to walk (lead a life) worthy of the [divine] calling to which you have been called [with behavior that is a credit to the summons to God's service, -- ephesians 4:1 +. +Living as becomes you] with complete lowliness of mind (humility) and meekness (unselfishness, gentleness, mildness), with patience, bearing with one another and making allowances because you love one another. -- ephesians 4:2 +. +Be eager and strive earnestly to guard and keep the harmony and oneness of [and produced by] the Spirit in the binding power of peace. -- ephesians 4:3 +. +[There is] one body and one Spirit--just as there is also one hope [that belongs] to the calling you received-- -- ephesians 4:4 +. +[There is] one Lord, one faith, one baptism, -- ephesians 4:5 +. +One God and Father of [us] all, Who is above all [Sovereign over all], pervading all and [living] in [us] all. -- ephesians 4:6 +. +Yet grace (God's unmerited favor) was given to each of us individually [not indiscriminately, but in different ways] in proportion to the measure of Christ's [rich and bounteous] gift. -- ephesians 4:7 +. +Therefore it is said, When He ascended on high, He led captivity captive [He led a train of vanquished foes] and He bestowed gifts on men. -- ephesians 4:8 +. +[But He ascended?] Now what can this, He ascended, mean but that He had previously descended from [the heights of] heaven into [the depths], the lower parts of the earth? -- ephesians 4:9 +. +He Who descended is the [very] same as He Who also has ascended high above all the heavens, that He [His presence] might fill all things (the whole universe, from the lowest to the highest). -- ephesians 4:10 +. +And His gifts were [varied; He Himself appointed and gave men to us] some to be apostles (special messengers), some prophets (inspired preachers and expounders), some evangelists (preachers of the Gospel, traveling missionaries), some pastors (shepherds of His flock) and teachers. -- ephesians 4:11 +. +His intention was the perfecting and the full equipping of the saints (His consecrated people), [that they should do] the work of ministering toward building up Christ's body (the church), -- ephesians 4:12 +. +[That it might develop] until we all attain oneness in the faith and in the comprehension of the [full and accurate] knowledge of the Son of God, that [we might arrive] at really mature manhood (the completeness of personality which is nothing less than the standard height of Christ's own perfection), the measure of the stature of the fullness of the Christ and the completeness found in Him. -- ephesians 4:13 +. +So then, we may no longer be children, tossed [like ships] to and fro between chance gusts of teaching and wavering with every changing wind of doctrine, [the prey of] the cunning and cleverness of unscrupulous men, [gamblers engaged] in every shifting form of trickery in inventing errors to mislead. -- ephesians 4:14 +. +Rather, let our lives lovingly express truth [in all things, speaking truly, dealing truly, living truly]. Enfolded in love, let us grow up in every way and in all things into Him Who is the Head, [even] Christ (the Messiah, the Anointed One). -- ephesians 4:15 +. +For because of Him the whole body (the church, in all its various parts), closely joined and firmly knit together by the joints and ligaments with which it is supplied, when each part [with power adapted to its need] is working properly [in all its functions], grows to full maturity, building itself up in love. -- ephesians 4:16 +. +So this I say and solemnly testify in [the name of] the Lord [as in His presence], that you must no longer live as the heathen (the Gentiles) do in their perverseness [in the folly, vanity, and emptiness of their souls and the futility] of their minds. -- ephesians 4:17 +. +Their moral understanding is darkened and their reasoning is beclouded. [They are] alienated (estranged, self-banished) from the life of God [with no share in it; this is] because of the ignorance (the want of knowledge and perception, the willful blindness) that is deep-seated in them, due to their hardness of heart [to the insensitiveness of their moral nature]. -- ephesians 4:18 +. +In their spiritual apathy they have become callous and past feeling and reckless and have abandoned themselves [a prey] to unbridled sensuality, eager and greedy to indulge in every form of impurity [that their depraved desires may suggest and demand]. -- ephesians 4:19 +. +But you did not so learn Christ! -- ephesians 4:20 +. +Assuming that you have really heard Him and been taught by Him, as [all] Truth is in Jesus [embodied and personified in Him], -- ephesians 4:21 +. +Strip yourselves of your former nature [put off and discard your old unrenewed self] which characterized your previous manner of life and becomes corrupt through lusts and desires that spring from delusion; -- ephesians 4:22 +. +And be constantly renewed in the spirit of your mind [having a fresh mental and spiritual attitude], -- ephesians 4:23 +. +And put on the new nature (the regenerate self) created in God's image, [Godlike] in true righteousness and holiness. -- ephesians 4:24 +. +Therefore, rejecting all falsity and being done now with it, let everyone express the truth with his neighbor, for we are all parts of one body and members one of another. -- ephesians 4:25 +. +When angry, do not sin; do not ever let your wrath (your exasperation, your fury or indignation) last until the sun goes down. -- ephesians 4:26 +. +Leave no [such] room or foothold for the devil [give no opportunity to him]. -- ephesians 4:27 +. +Let the thief steal no more, but rather let him be industrious, making an honest living with his own hands, so that he may be able to give to those in need. -- ephesians 4:28 +. +Let no foul or polluting language, nor evil word nor unwholesome or worthless talk [ever] come out of your mouth, but only such [speech] as is good and beneficial to the spiritual progress of others, as is fitting to the need and the occasion, that it may be a blessing and give grace (God's favor) to those who hear it. -- ephesians 4:29 +. +And do not grieve the Holy Spirit of God [do not offend or vex or sadden Him], by Whom you were sealed (marked, branded as God's own, secured) for the day of redemption (of final deliverance through Christ from evil and the consequences of sin). -- ephesians 4:30 +. +Let all bitterness and indignation and wrath (passion, rage, bad temper) and resentment (anger, animosity) and quarreling (brawling, clamor, contention) and slander (evil-speaking, abusive or blasphemous language) be banished from you, with all malice (spite, ill will, or baseness of any kind). -- ephesians 4:31 +. +And become useful and helpful and kind to one another, tenderhearted (compassionate, understanding, loving-hearted), forgiving one another [readily and freely], as God in Christ forgave you. -- ephesians 4:32 +. +THEREFORE BE imitators of God [copy Him and follow His example], as well-beloved children [imitate their father]. -- ephesians 5:1 +. +And walk in love, [esteeming and delighting in one another] as Christ loved us and gave Himself up for us, a slain offering and sacrifice to God [for you, so that it became] a sweet fragrance. -- ephesians 5:2 +. +But immorality (sexual vice) and all impurity [of lustful, rich, wasteful living] or greediness must not even be named among you, as is fitting and proper among saints (God's consecrated people). -- ephesians 5:3 +. +Let there be no filthiness (obscenity, indecency) nor foolish and sinful (silly and corrupt) talk, nor coarse jesting, which are not fitting or becoming; but instead voice your thankfulness [to God]. -- ephesians 5:4 +. +For be sure of this: that no person practicing sexual vice or impurity in thought or in life, or one who is covetous [who has lustful desire for the property of others and is greedy for gain]--for he [in effect] is an idolater--has any inheritance in the kingdom of Christ and of God. -- ephesians 5:5 +. +Let no one delude and deceive you with empty excuses and groundless arguments [for these sins], for through these things the wrath of God comes upon the sons of rebellion and disobedience. -- ephesians 5:6 +. +So do not associate or be sharers with them. -- ephesians 5:7 +. +For once you were darkness, but now you are light in the Lord; walk as children of Light [lead the lives of those native-born to the Light]. -- ephesians 5:8 +. +For the fruit (the effect, the product) of the Light or the Spirit [consists] in every form of kindly goodness, uprightness of heart, and trueness of life. -- ephesians 5:9 +. +And try to learn [in your experience] what is pleasing to the Lord [let your lives be constant proofs of what is most acceptable to Him]. -- ephesians 5:10 +. +Take no part in and have no fellowship with the fruitless deeds and enterprises of darkness, but instead [let your lives be so in contrast as to] expose and reprove and convict them. -- ephesians 5:11 +. +For it is a shame even to speak of or mention the things that [such people] practice in secret. -- ephesians 5:12 +. +But when anything is exposed and reproved by the light, it is made visible and clear; and where everything is visible and clear there is light. -- ephesians 5:13 +. +Therefore He says, Awake, O sleeper, and arise from the dead, and Christ shall shine (make day dawn) upon you and give you light. -- ephesians 5:14 +. +Look carefully then how you walk! Live purposefully and worthily and accurately, not as the unwise and witless, but as wise (sensible, intelligent people), -- ephesians 5:15 +. +Making the very most of the time [buying up each opportunity], because the days are evil. -- ephesians 5:16 +. +Therefore do not be vague and thoughtless and foolish, but understanding and firmly grasping what the will of the Lord is. -- ephesians 5:17 +. +And do not get drunk with wine, for that is debauchery; but ever be filled and stimulated with the [Holy] Spirit. -- ephesians 5:18 +. +Speak out to one another in psalms and hymns and spiritual songs, offering praise with voices [and instruments] and making melody with all your heart to the Lord, -- ephesians 5:19 +. +At all times and for everything giving thanks in the name of our Lord Jesus Christ to God the Father. -- ephesians 5:20 +. +Be subject to one another out of reverence for Christ (the Messiah, the Anointed One). -- ephesians 5:21 +. +Wives, be subject (be submissive and adapt yourselves) to your own husbands as [a service] to the Lord. -- ephesians 5:22 +. +For the husband is head of the wife as Christ is the Head of the church, Himself the Savior of [His] body. -- ephesians 5:23 +. +As the church is subject to Christ, so let wives also be subject in everything to their husbands. -- ephesians 5:24 +. +Husbands, love your wives, as Christ loved the church and gave Himself up for her, -- ephesians 5:25 +. +So that He might sanctify her, having cleansed her by the washing of water with the Word, -- ephesians 5:26 +. +That He might present the church to Himself in glorious splendor, without spot or wrinkle or any such things [that she might be holy and faultless]. -- ephesians 5:27 +. +Even so husbands should love their wives as [being in a sense] their own bodies. He who loves his own wife loves himself. -- ephesians 5:28 +. +For no man ever hated his own flesh, but nourishes and carefully protects and cherishes it, as Christ does the church, -- ephesians 5:29 +. +Because we are members (parts) of His body. -- ephesians 5:30 +. +For this reason a man shall leave his father and his mother and shall be joined to his wife, and the two shall become one flesh. -- ephesians 5:31 +. +This mystery is very great, but I speak concerning [the relation of] Christ and the church. -- ephesians 5:32 +. +However, let each man of you [without exception] love his wife as [being in a sense] his very own self; and let the wife see that she respects and reverences her husband [that she notices him, regards him, honors him, prefers him, venerates, and esteems him; and that she defers to him, praises him, and loves and admires him exceedingly]. [I Pet. 3:2.] -- ephesians 5:33 +. +CHILDREN, OBEY your parents in the Lord [as His representatives], for this is just and right. -- ephesians 6:1 +. +Honor (esteem and value as precious) your father and your mother--this is the first commandment with a promise-- -- ephesians 6:2 +. +That all may be well with you and that you may live long on the earth. -- ephesians 6:3 +. +Fathers, do not irritate and provoke your children to anger [do not exasperate them to resentment], but rear them [tenderly] in the training and discipline and the counsel and admonition of the Lord. -- ephesians 6:4 +. +Servants (slaves), be obedient to those who are your physical masters, having respect for them and eager concern to please them, in singleness of motive and with all your heart, as [service] to Christ [Himself]-- -- ephesians 6:5 +. +Not in the way of eye-service [as if they were watching you] and only to please men, but as servants (slaves) of Christ, doing the will of God heartily and with your whole soul; -- ephesians 6:6 +. +Rendering service readily with goodwill, as to the Lord and not to men, -- ephesians 6:7 +. +Knowing that for whatever good anyone does, he will receive his reward from the Lord, whether he is slave or free. -- ephesians 6:8 +. +You masters, act on the same [principle] toward them and give up threatening and using violent and abusive words, knowing that He Who is both their Master and yours is in heaven, and that there is no respect of persons (no partiality) with Him. -- ephesians 6:9 +. +In conclusion, be strong in the Lord [be empowered through your union with Him]; draw your strength from Him [that strength which His boundless might provides]. -- ephesians 6:10 +. +Put on God's whole armor [the armor of a heavy-armed soldier which God supplies], that you may be able successfully to stand up against [all] the strategies and the deceits of the devil. -- ephesians 6:11 +. +For we are not wrestling with flesh and blood [contending only with physical opponents], but against the despotisms, against the powers, against [the master spirits who are] the world rulers of this present darkness, against the spirit forces of wickedness in the heavenly (supernatural) sphere. -- ephesians 6:12 +. +Therefore put on God's complete armor, that you may be able to resist and stand your ground on the evil day [of danger], and, having done all [the crisis demands], to stand [firmly in your place]. -- ephesians 6:13 +. +Stand therefore [hold your ground], having tightened the belt of truth around your loins and having put on the breastplate of integrity and of moral rectitude and right standing with God, -- ephesians 6:14 +. +And having shod your feet in preparation [to face the enemy with the firm-footed stability, the promptness, and the readiness produced by the good news] of the Gospel of peace. -- ephesians 6:15 +. +Lift up over all the [covering] shield of saving faith, upon which you can quench all the flaming missiles of the wicked [one]. -- ephesians 6:16 +. +And take the helmet of salvation and the sword that the Spirit wields, which is the Word of God. -- ephesians 6:17 +. +Pray at all times (on every occasion, in every season) in the Spirit, with all [manner of] prayer and entreaty. To that end keep alert and watch with strong purpose and perseverance, interceding in behalf of all the saints (God's consecrated people). -- ephesians 6:18 +. +And [pray] also for me, that [freedom of] utterance may be given me, that I may open my mouth to proclaim boldly the mystery of the good news (the Gospel), -- ephesians 6:19 +. +For which I am an ambassador in a coupling chain [in prison. Pray] that I may declare it boldly and courageously, as I ought to do. -- ephesians 6:20 +. +Now that you may know how I am and what I am doing, Tychicus, the beloved brother and faithful minister in the Lord [and His service], will tell you everything. -- ephesians 6:21 +. +I have sent him to you for this very purpose, that you may know how we are and that he may console and cheer and encourage and strengthen your hearts. -- ephesians 6:22 +. +Peace be to the brethren, and love joined with faith, from God the Father and the Lord Jesus Christ (the Messiah, the Anointed One). -- ephesians 6:23 +. +Grace (God's undeserved favor) be with all who love our Lord Jesus Christ with undying and incorruptible [love]. Amen (so let it be). -- ephesians 6:24 +. +PAUL AND Timothy, bond servants of Christ Jesus (the Messiah), to all the saints (God's consecrated people) in Christ Jesus who are at Philippi, with the bishops (overseers) and deacons (assistants): -- philippians 1:1 +. +Grace (favor and blessing) to you and [heart] peace from God our Father and the Lord Jesus Christ (the Messiah). -- philippians 1:2 +. +I thank my God in all my remembrance of you. -- philippians 1:3 +. +In every prayer of mine I always make my entreaty and petition for you all with joy (delight). -- philippians 1:4 +. +[I thank my God] for your fellowship (your sympathetic cooperation and contributions and partnership) in advancing the good news (the Gospel) from the first day [you heard it] until now. -- philippians 1:5 +. +And I am convinced and sure of this very thing, that He Who began a good work in you will continue until the day of Jesus Christ [right up to the time of His return], developing [that good work] and perfecting and bringing it to full completion in you. -- philippians 1:6 +. +It is right and appropriate for me to have this confidence and feel this way about you all, because you have me in your heart and I hold you in my heart as partakers and sharers, one and all with me, of grace (God's unmerited favor and spiritual blessing). [This is true] both when I am shut up in prison and when I am out in the defense and confirmation of the good news (the Gospel). -- philippians 1:7 +. +For God is my witness how I long for and pursue you all with love, in the tender mercy of Christ Jesus [Himself]! -- philippians 1:8 +. +And this I pray: that your love may abound yet more and more and extend to its fullest development in knowledge and all keen insight [that your love may display itself in greater depth of acquaintance and more comprehensive discernment], -- philippians 1:9 +. +So that you may surely learn to sense what is vital, and approve and prize what is excellent and of real value [recognizing the highest and the best, and distinguishing the moral differences], and that you may be untainted and pure and unerring and blameless [so that with hearts sincere and certain and unsullied, you may approach] the day of Christ [not stumbling nor causing others to stumble]. -- philippians 1:10 +. +May you abound in and be filled with the fruits of righteousness (of right standing with God and right doing) which come through Jesus Christ (the Anointed One), to the honor and praise of God [that His glory may be both manifested and recognized]. -- philippians 1:11 +. +Now I want you to know and continue to rest assured, brethren, that what [has happened] to me [this imprisonment] has actually only served to advance and give a renewed impetus to the [spreading of the] good news (the Gospel). -- philippians 1:12 +. +So much is this a fact that throughout the whole imperial guard and to all the rest [here] my imprisonment has become generally known to be in Christ [that I am a prisoner in His service and for Him]. -- philippians 1:13 +. +And [also] most of the brethren have derived fresh confidence in the Lord because of my chains and are much more bold to speak and publish fearlessly the Word of God [acting with more freedom and indifference to the consequences]. -- philippians 1:14 +. +Some, it is true, [actually] preach Christ (the Messiah) [for no better reason than] out of envy and rivalry (party spirit), but others are doing so out of a loyal spirit and goodwill. -- philippians 1:15 +. +The latter [proclaim Christ] out of love, because they recognize and know that I am [providentially] put here for the defense of the good news (the Gospel). -- philippians 1:16 +. +But the former preach Christ out of a party spirit, insincerely [out of no pure motive, but thinking to annoy me], supposing they are making my bondage more bitter and my chains more galling. -- philippians 1:17 +. +But what does it matter, so long as either way, whether in pretense [for personal ends] or in all honesty [for the furtherance of the Truth], Christ is being proclaimed? And in that I [now] rejoice, yes, and I shall rejoice [hereafter] also. -- philippians 1:18 +. +For I am well assured and indeed know that through your prayers and a bountiful supply of the Spirit of Jesus Christ (the Messiah) this will turn out for my preservation (for the spiritual health and welfare of my own soul) and avail toward the saving work of the Gospel. -- philippians 1:19 +. +This is in keeping with my own eager desire and persistent expectation and hope, that I shall not disgrace myself nor be put to shame in anything; but that with the utmost freedom of speech and unfailing courage, now as always heretofore, Christ (the Messiah) will be magnified and get glory and praise in this body of mine and be boldly exalted in my person, whether through (by) life or through (by) death. -- philippians 1:20 +. +For me to live is Christ [His life in me], and to die is gain [the gain of the glory of eternity]. -- philippians 1:21 +. +If, however, it is to be life in the flesh and I am to live on here, that means fruitful service for me; so I can say nothing as to my personal preference [I cannot choose], -- philippians 1:22 +. +But I am hard pressed between the two. My yearning desire is to depart (to be free of this world, to set forth) and be with Christ, for that is far, far better; -- philippians 1:23 +. +But to remain in my body is more needful and essential for your sake. -- philippians 1:24 +. +Since I am convinced of this, I know that I shall remain and stay by you all, to promote your progress and joy in believing, -- philippians 1:25 +. +So that in me you may have abundant cause for exultation and glorying in Christ Jesus, through my coming to you again. -- philippians 1:26 +. +Only be sure as citizens so to conduct yourselves [that] your manner of life [will be] worthy of the good news (the Gospel) of Christ, so that whether I [do] come and see you or am absent, I may hear this of you: that you are standing firm in united spirit and purpose, striving side by side and contending with a single mind for the faith of the glad tidings (the Gospel). -- philippians 1:27 +. +And do not [for a moment] be frightened or intimidated in anything by your opponents and adversaries, for such [constancy and fearlessness] will be a clear sign (proof and seal) to them of [their impending] destruction, but [a sure token and evidence] of your deliverance and salvation, and that from God. -- philippians 1:28 +. +For you have been granted [the privilege] for Christ's sake not only to believe in (adhere to, rely on, and trust in) Him, but also to suffer in His behalf. -- philippians 1:29 +. +So you are engaged in the same conflict which you saw me [wage] and which you now hear to be mine [still]. -- philippians 1:30 +. +SO BY whatever [appeal to you there is in our mutual dwelling in Christ, by whatever] strengthening and consoling and encouraging [our relationship] in Him [affords], by whatever persuasive incentive there is in love, by whatever participation in the [Holy] Spirit [we share], and by whatever depth of affection and compassionate sympathy, -- philippians 2:1 +. +Fill up and complete my joy by living in harmony and being of the same mind and one in purpose, having the same love, being in full accord and of one harmonious mind and intention. -- philippians 2:2 +. +Do nothing from factional motives [through contentiousness, strife, selfishness, or for unworthy ends] or prompted by conceit and empty arrogance. Instead, in the true spirit of humility (lowliness of mind) let each regard the others as better than and superior to himself [thinking more highly of one another than you do of yourselves]. -- philippians 2:3 +. +Let each of you esteem and look upon and be concerned for not [merely] his own interests, but also each for the interests of others. -- philippians 2:4 +. +Let this same attitude and purpose and [humble] mind be in you which was in Christ Jesus: [Let Him be your example in humility:] -- philippians 2:5 +. +Who, although being essentially one with God and in the form of God [possessing the fullness of the attributes which make God God], did not think this equality with God was a thing to be eagerly grasped or retained, -- philippians 2:6 +. +But stripped Himself [of all privileges and rightful dignity], so as to assume the guise of a servant (slave), in that He became like men and was born a human being. -- philippians 2:7 +. +And after He had appeared in human form, He abased and humbled Himself [still further] and carried His obedience to the extreme of death, even the death of the cross! -- philippians 2:8 +. +Therefore [because He stooped so low] God has highly exalted Him and has freely bestowed on Him the name that is above every name, -- philippians 2:9 +. +That in (at) the name of Jesus every knee should (must) bow, in heaven and on earth and under the earth, -- philippians 2:10 +. +And every tongue [frankly and openly] confess and acknowledge that Jesus Christ is Lord, to the glory of God the Father. -- philippians 2:11 +. +Therefore, my dear ones, as you have always obeyed [my suggestions], so now, not only [with the enthusiasm you would show] in my presence but much more because I am absent, work out (cultivate, carry out to the goal, and fully complete) your own salvation with reverence and awe and trembling (self-distrust, with serious caution, tenderness of conscience, watchfulness against temptation, timidly shrinking from whatever might offend God and discredit the name of Christ). -- philippians 2:12 +. +[Not in your own strength] for it is God Who is all the while effectually at work in you [energizing and creating in you the power and desire], both to will and to work for His good pleasure and satisfaction and delight. -- philippians 2:13 +. +Do all things without grumbling and faultfinding and complaining [against God] and questioning and doubting [among yourselves], -- philippians 2:14 +. +That you may show yourselves to be blameless and guileless, innocent and uncontaminated, children of God without blemish (faultless, unrebukable) in the midst of a crooked and wicked generation [spiritually perverted and perverse], among whom you are seen as bright lights (stars or beacons shining out clearly) in the [dark] world, -- philippians 2:15 +. +Holding out [to it] and offering [to all men] the Word of Life, so that in the day of Christ I may have something of which exultantly to rejoice and glory in that I did not run my race in vain or spend my labor to no purpose. -- philippians 2:16 +. +Even if [my lifeblood] must be poured out as a libation on the sacrificial offering of your faith [to God], still I am glad [to do it] and congratulate you all on [your share in] it. -- philippians 2:17 +. +And you also in like manner be glad and congratulate me on [my share in] it. -- philippians 2:18 +. +But I hope and trust in the Lord Jesus soon to send Timothy to you, so that I may also be encouraged and cheered by learning news of you. -- philippians 2:19 +. +For I have no one like him [no one of so kindred a spirit] who will be so genuinely interested in your welfare and devoted to your interests. -- philippians 2:20 +. +For the others all seek [to advance] their own interests, not those of Jesus Christ (the Messiah). -- philippians 2:21 +. +But Timothy's tested worth you know, how as a son with his father he has toiled with me zealously in [serving and helping to advance] the good news (the Gospel). -- philippians 2:22 +. +I hope therefore to send him promptly, just as soon as I know how my case is going to turn out. -- philippians 2:23 +. +But [really] I am confident and fully trusting in the Lord that shortly I myself shall come to you also. -- philippians 2:24 +. +However, I thought it necessary to send Epaphroditus [back] to you. [He has been] my brother and companion in labor and my fellow soldier, as well as [having come as] your special messenger (apostle) and minister to my need. -- philippians 2:25 +. +For he has been [homesick] longing for you all and has been distressed because you had heard that he was ill. -- philippians 2:26 +. +He certainly was ill [too], near to death. But God had compassion on him, and not only on him but also on me, lest I should have sorrow [over him] coming upon sorrow. -- philippians 2:27 +. +So I have sent him the more willingly and eagerly, that you may be gladdened at seeing him again, and that I may be the less disquieted. -- philippians 2:28 +. +Welcome him [home] then in the Lord with all joy, and honor and highly appreciate men like him, -- philippians 2:29 +. +For it was through working for Christ that he came so near death, risking his [very] life to complete the deficiencies in your service to me [which distance prevented you yourselves from rendering]. -- philippians 2:30 +. +FOR THE rest, my brethren, delight yourselves in the Lord and continue to rejoice that you are in Him. To keep writing to you [over and over] of the same things is not irksome to me, and it is [a precaution] for your safety. -- philippians 3:1 +. +Look out for those dogs [Judaizers, legalists], look out for those mischief-makers, look out for those who mutilate the flesh. -- philippians 3:2 +. +For we [Christians] are the true circumcision, who worship God in spirit and by the Spirit of God and exult and glory and pride ourselves in Jesus Christ, and put no confidence or dependence [on what we are] in the flesh and on outward privileges and physical advantages and external appearances-- -- philippians 3:3 +. +Though for myself I have [at least grounds] to rely on the flesh. If any other man considers that he has or seems to have reason to rely on the flesh and his physical and outward advantages, I have still more! -- philippians 3:4 +. +Circumcised when I was eight days old, of the race of Israel, of the tribe of Benjamin, a Hebrew [and the son] of Hebrews; as to the observance of the Law I was of [the party of] the Pharisees, -- philippians 3:5 +. +As to my zeal, I was a persecutor of the church, and by the Law's standard of righteousness (supposed justice, uprightness, and right standing with God) I was proven to be blameless and no fault was found with me. -- philippians 3:6 +. +But whatever former things I had that might have been gains to me, I have come to consider as [one combined] loss for Christ's sake. -- philippians 3:7 +. +Yes, furthermore, I count everything as loss compared to the possession of the priceless privilege (the overwhelming preciousness, the surpassing worth, and supreme advantage) of knowing Christ Jesus my Lord and of progressively becoming more deeply and intimately acquainted with Him [of perceiving and recognizing and understanding Him more fully and clearly]. For His sake I have lost everything and consider it all to be mere rubbish (refuse, dregs), in order that I may win (gain) Christ (the Anointed One), -- philippians 3:8 +. +And that I may [actually] be found and known as in Him, not having any [self-achieved] righteousness that can be called my own, based on my obedience to the Law's demands (ritualistic uprightness and supposed right standing with God thus acquired), but possessing that [genuine righteousness] which comes through faith in Christ (the Anointed One), the [truly] right standing with God, which comes from God by [saving] faith. -- philippians 3:9 +. +[For my determined purpose is] that I may know Him [that I may progressively become more deeply and intimately acquainted with Him, perceiving and recognizing and understanding the wonders of His Person more strongly and more clearly], and that I may in that same way come to know the power outflowing from His resurrection [which it exerts over believers], and that I may so share His sufferings as to be continually transformed [in spirit into His likeness even] to His death, [in the hope] -- philippians 3:10 +. +That if possible I may attain to the [spiritual and moral] resurrection [that lifts me] out from among the dead [even while in the body]. -- philippians 3:11 +. +Not that I have now attained [this ideal], or have already been made perfect, but I press on to lay hold of (grasp) and make my own, that for which Christ Jesus (the Messiah) has laid hold of me and made me His own. -- philippians 3:12 +. +I do not consider, brethren, that I have captured and made it my own [yet]; but one thing I do [it is my one aspiration]: forgetting what lies behind and straining forward to what lies ahead, -- philippians 3:13 +. +I press on toward the goal to win the [supreme and heavenly] prize to which God in Christ Jesus is calling us upward. -- philippians 3:14 +. +So let those [of us] who are spiritually mature and full-grown have this mind and hold these convictions; and if in any respect you have a different attitude of mind, God will make that clear to you also. -- philippians 3:15 +. +Only let us hold true to what we have already attained and walk and order our lives by that. -- philippians 3:16 +. +Brethren, together follow my example and observe those who live after the pattern we have set for you. -- philippians 3:17 +. +For there are many, of whom I have often told you and now tell you even with tears, who walk (live) as enemies of the cross of Christ (the Anointed One). -- philippians 3:18 +. +They are doomed and their fate is eternal misery (perdition); their god is their stomach (their appetites, their sensuality) and they glory in their shame, siding with earthly things and being of their party. -- philippians 3:19 +. +But we are citizens of the state (commonwealth, homeland) which is in heaven, and from it also we earnestly and patiently await [the coming of] the Lord Jesus Christ (the Messiah) [as] Savior, -- philippians 3:20 +. +Who will transform and fashion anew the body of our humiliation to conform to and be like the body of His glory and majesty, by exerting that power which enables Him even to subject everything to Himself. -- philippians 3:21 +. +THEREFORE, MY brethren, whom I love and yearn to see, my delight and crown (wreath of victory), thus stand firm in the Lord, my beloved. -- philippians 4:1 +. +I entreat and advise Euodia and I entreat and advise Syntyche to agree and to work in harmony in the Lord. -- philippians 4:2 +. +And I exhort you too, [my] genuine yokefellow, help these [two women to keep on cooperating], for they have toiled along with me in [the spreading of] the good news (the Gospel), as have Clement and the rest of my fellow workers whose names are in the Book of Life. -- philippians 4:3 +. +Rejoice in the Lord always [delight, gladden yourselves in Him]; again I say, Rejoice! -- philippians 4:4 +. +Let all men know and perceive and recognize your unselfishness (your considerateness, your forbearing spirit). The Lord is near [He is coming soon]. -- philippians 4:5 +. +Do not fret or have any anxiety about anything, but in every circumstance and in everything, by prayer and petition (definite requests), with thanksgiving, continue to make your wants known to God. -- philippians 4:6 +. +And God's peace [shall be yours, that tranquil state of a soul assured of its salvation through Christ, and so fearing nothing from God and being content with its earthly lot of whatever sort that is, that peace] which transcends all understanding shall garrison and mount guard over your hearts and minds in Christ Jesus. -- philippians 4:7 +. +For the rest, brethren, whatever is true, whatever is worthy of reverence and is honorable and seemly, whatever is just, whatever is pure, whatever is lovely and lovable, whatever is kind and winsome and gracious, if there is any virtue and excellence, if there is anything worthy of praise, think on and weigh and take account of these things [fix your minds on them]. -- philippians 4:8 +. +Practice what you have learned and received and heard and seen in me, and model your way of living on it, and the God of peace (of untroubled, undisturbed well-being) will be with you. -- philippians 4:9 +. +I was made very happy in the Lord that now you have revived your interest in my welfare after so long a time; you were indeed thinking of me, but you had no opportunity to show it. -- philippians 4:10 +. +Not that I am implying that I was in any personal want, for I have learned how to be content (satisfied to the point where I am not disturbed or disquieted) in whatever state I am. -- philippians 4:11 +. +I know how to be abased and live humbly in straitened circumstances, and I know also how to enjoy plenty and live in abundance. I have learned in any and all circumstances the secret of facing every situation, whether well-fed or going hungry, having a sufficiency and enough to spare or going without and being in want. -- philippians 4:12 +. +I have strength for all things in Christ Who empowers me [I am ready for anything and equal to anything through Him Who infuses inner strength into me; I am self-sufficient in Christ's sufficiency]. -- philippians 4:13 +. +But it was right and commendable and noble of you to contribute for my needs and to share my difficulties with me. -- philippians 4:14 +. +And you Philippians yourselves well know that in the early days of the Gospel ministry, when I left Macedonia, no church (assembly) entered into partnership with me and opened up [a debit and credit] account in giving and receiving except you only. -- philippians 4:15 +. +For even in Thessalonica you sent [me contributions] for my needs, not only once but a second time. -- philippians 4:16 +. +Not that I seek or am eager for [your] gift, but I do seek and am eager for the fruit which increases to your credit [the harvest of blessing that is accumulating to your account]. -- philippians 4:17 +. +But I have [your full payment] and more; I have everything I need and am amply supplied, now that I have received from Epaphroditus the gifts you sent me. [They are the] fragrant odor of an offering and sacrifice which God welcomes and in which He delights. -- philippians 4:18 +. +And my God will liberally supply (fill to the full) your every need according to His riches in glory in Christ Jesus. -- philippians 4:19 +. +To our God and Father be glory forever and ever (through the endless eternities of the eternities). Amen (so be it). -- philippians 4:20 +. +Remember me to every saint (every born-again believer) in Christ Jesus. The brethren (my associates) who are with me greet you. -- philippians 4:21 +. +All the saints (God's consecrated ones here) wish to be remembered to you, especially those of Caesar's household. -- philippians 4:22 +. +The grace (spiritual favor and blessing) of the Lord Jesus Christ (the Anointed One) be with your spirit. Amen (so be it). -- philippians 4:23 +. +PAUL, AN apostle (special messenger) of Christ Jesus (the Messiah), by the will of God, and Timothy [our] brother, -- colossians 1:1 +. +To the saints (the consecrated people of God) and believing and faithful brethren in Christ who are at Colossae: Grace (spiritual favor and blessing) to you and [heart] peace from God our Father. -- colossians 1:2 +. +We continually give thanks to God the Father of our Lord Jesus Christ (the Messiah), as we are praying for you, -- colossians 1:3 +. +For we have heard of your faith in Christ Jesus [the leaning of your entire human personality on Him in absolute trust and confidence in His power, wisdom, and goodness] and of the love which you [have and show] for all the saints (God's consecrated ones), -- colossians 1:4 +. +Because of the hope [of experiencing what is] laid up (reserved and waiting) for you in heaven. Of this [hope] you heard in the past in the message of the truth of the Gospel, -- colossians 1:5 +. +Which has come to you. Indeed, in the whole world [that Gospel] is bearing fruit and still is growing [by its own inherent power], even as it has done among yourselves ever since the day you first heard and came to know and understand the grace of God in truth. [You came to know the grace or undeserved favor of God in reality, deeply and clearly and thoroughly, becoming accurately and intimately acquainted with it.] -- colossians 1:6 +. +You so learned it from Epaphras, our beloved fellow servant. He is a faithful minister of Christ in our stead and as our representative and yours. -- colossians 1:7 +. +Also he has informed us of your love in the [Holy] Spirit. -- colossians 1:8 +. +For this reason we also, from the day we heard of it, have not ceased to pray and make [special] request for you, [asking] that you may be filled with the full (deep and clear) knowledge of His will in all spiritual wisdom [in comprehensive insight into the ways and purposes of God] and in understanding and discernment of spiritual things-- -- colossians 1:9 +. +That you may walk (live and conduct yourselves) in a manner worthy of the Lord, fully pleasing to Him and desiring to please Him in all things, bearing fruit in every good work and steadily growing and increasing in and by the knowledge of God [with fuller, deeper, and clearer insight, acquaintance, and recognition]. -- colossians 1:10 +. +[We pray] that you may be invigorated and strengthened with all power according to the might of His glory, [to exercise] every kind of endurance and patience (perseverance and forbearance) with joy, -- colossians 1:11 +. +Giving thanks to the Father, Who has qualified and made us fit to share the portion which is the inheritance of the saints (God's holy people) in the Light. -- colossians 1:12 +. +[The Father] has delivered and drawn us to Himself out of the control and the dominion of darkness and has transferred us into the kingdom of the Son of His love, -- colossians 1:13 +. +In Whom we have our redemption through His blood, [which means] the forgiveness of our sins. -- colossians 1:14 +. +[Now] He is the exact likeness of the unseen God [the visible representation of the invisible]; He is the Firstborn of all creation. -- colossians 1:15 +. +For it was in Him that all things were created, in heaven and on earth, things seen and things unseen, whether thrones, dominions, rulers, or authorities; all things were created and exist through Him [by His service, intervention] and in and for Him. -- colossians 1:16 +. +And He Himself existed before all things, and in Him all things consist (cohere, are held together). -- colossians 1:17 +. +He also is the Head of [His] body, the church; seeing He is the Beginning, the Firstborn from among the dead, so that He alone in everything and in every respect might occupy the chief place [stand first and be preeminent]. -- colossians 1:18 +. +For it has pleased [the Father] that all the divine fullness (the sum total of the divine perfection, powers, and attributes) should dwell in Him permanently. -- colossians 1:19 +. +And God purposed that through (by the service, the intervention of) Him [the Son] all things should be completely reconciled back to Himself, whether on earth or in heaven, as through Him, [the Father] made peace by means of the blood of His cross. -- colossians 1:20 +. +And although you at one time were estranged and alienated from Him and were of hostile attitude of mind in your wicked activities, -- colossians 1:21 +. +Yet now has [Christ, the Messiah] reconciled [you to God] in the body of His flesh through death, in order to present you holy and faultless and irreproachable in His [the Father's] presence. -- colossians 1:22 +. +[And this He will do] provided that you continue to stay with and in the faith [in Christ], well-grounded and settled and steadfast, not shifting or moving away from the hope [which rests on and is inspired by] the glad tidings (the Gospel), which you heard and which has been preached [as being designed for and offered without restrictions] to every person under heaven, and of which [Gospel] I, Paul, became a minister. -- colossians 1:23 +. +[Even] now I rejoice in the midst of my sufferings on your behalf. And in my own person I am making up whatever is still lacking and remains to be completed [on our part] of Christ's afflictions, for the sake of His body, which is the church. -- colossians 1:24 +. +In it I became a minister in accordance with the divine stewardship which was entrusted to me for you [as its object and for your benefit], to make the Word of God fully known [among you]-- -- colossians 1:25 +. +The mystery of which was hidden for ages and generations [from angels and men], but is now revealed to His holy people (the saints), -- colossians 1:26 +. +To whom God was pleased to make known how great for the Gentiles are the riches of the glory of this mystery, which is Christ within and among you, the Hope of [realizing the] glory. -- colossians 1:27 +. +Him we preach and proclaim, warning and admonishing everyone and instructing everyone in all wisdom (comprehensive insight into the ways and purposes of God), that we may present every person mature (full-grown, fully initiated, complete, and perfect) in Christ (the Anointed One). -- colossians 1:28 +. +For this I labor [unto weariness], striving with all the superhuman energy which He so mightily enkindles and works within me. -- colossians 1:29 +. +FOR I want you to know how great is my solicitude for you [how severe an inward struggle I am engaged in for you] and for those [believers] at Laodicea, and for all who [like yourselves] have never seen my face and known me personally. -- colossians 2:1 +. +[For my concern is] that their hearts may be braced (comforted, cheered, and encouraged) as they are knit together in love, that they may come to have all the abounding wealth and blessings of assured conviction of understanding, and that they may become progressively more intimately acquainted with and may know more definitely and accurately and thoroughly that mystic secret of God, [which is] Christ (the Anointed One). -- colossians 2:2 +. +In Him all the treasures of [divine] wisdom (comprehensive insight into the ways and purposes of God) and [all the riches of spiritual] knowledge and enlightenment are stored up and lie hidden. -- colossians 2:3 +. +I say this in order that no one may mislead and delude you by plausible and persuasive and attractive arguments and beguiling speech. -- colossians 2:4 +. +For though I am away from you in body, yet I am with you in spirit, delighted at the sight of your [standing shoulder to shoulder in such] orderly array and the firmness and the solid front and steadfastness of your faith in Christ [that leaning of the entire human personality on Him in absolute trust and confidence in His power, wisdom, and goodness]. -- colossians 2:5 +. +As you have therefore received Christ, [even] Jesus the Lord, [so] walk (regulate your lives and conduct yourselves) in union with and conformity to Him. -- colossians 2:6 +. +Have the roots [of your being] firmly and deeply planted [in Him, fixed and founded in Him], being continually built up in Him, becoming increasingly more confirmed and established in the faith, just as you were taught, and abounding and overflowing in it with thanksgiving. -- colossians 2:7 +. +See to it that no one carries you off as spoil or makes you yourselves captive by his so-called philosophy and intellectualism and vain deceit (idle fancies and plain nonsense), following human tradition (men's ideas of the material rather than the spiritual world), just crude notions following the rudimentary and elemental teachings of the universe and disregarding [the teachings of] Christ (the Messiah). -- colossians 2:8 +. +For in Him the whole fullness of Deity (the Godhead) continues to dwell in bodily form [giving complete expression of the divine nature]. -- colossians 2:9 +. +And you are in Him, made full and having come to fullness of life [in Christ you too are filled with the Godhead--Father, Son and Holy Spirit--and reach full spiritual stature]. And He is the Head of all rule and authority [of every angelic principality and power]. -- colossians 2:10 +. +In Him also you were circumcised with a circumcision not made with hands, but in a [spiritual] circumcision [performed by] Christ by stripping off the body of the flesh (the whole corrupt, carnal nature with its passions and lusts). -- colossians 2:11 +. +[Thus you were circumcised when] you were buried with Him in [your] baptism, in which you were also raised with Him [to a new life] through [your] faith in the working of God [as displayed] when He raised Him up from the dead. -- colossians 2:12 +. +And you who were dead in trespasses and in the uncircumcision of your flesh (your sensuality, your sinful carnal nature), [God] brought to life together with [Christ], having [freely] forgiven us all our transgressions, -- colossians 2:13 +. +Having cancelled and blotted out and wiped away the handwriting of the note (bond) with its legal decrees and demands which was in force and stood against us (hostile to us). This [note with its regulations, decrees, and demands] He set aside and cleared completely out of our way by nailing it to [His] cross. -- colossians 2:14 +. +[God] disarmed the principalities and powers that were ranged against us and made a bold display and public example of them, in triumphing over them in Him and in it [the cross]. -- colossians 2:15 +. +Therefore let no one sit in judgment on you in matters of food and drink, or with regard to a feast day or a New Moon or a Sabbath. -- colossians 2:16 +. +Such [things] are only the shadow of things that are to come, and they have only a symbolic value. But the reality (the substance, the solid fact of what is foreshadowed, the body of it) belongs to Christ. -- colossians 2:17 +. +Let no one defraud you by acting as an umpire and declaring you unworthy and disqualifying you for the prize, insisting on self-abasement and worship of angels, taking his stand on visions [he claims] he has seen, vainly puffed up by his sensuous notions and inflated by his unspiritual thoughts and fleshly conceit, -- colossians 2:18 +. +And not holding fast to the Head, from Whom the entire body, supplied and knit together by means of its joints and ligaments, grows with a growth that is from God. -- colossians 2:19 +. +If then you have died with Christ to material ways of looking at things and have escaped from the world's crude and elemental notions and teachings of externalism, why do you live as if you still belong to the world? [Why do you submit to rules and regulations?--such as] -- colossians 2:20 +. +Do not handle [this], Do not taste [that], Do not even touch [them], -- colossians 2:21 +. +Referring to things all of which perish with being used. To do this is to follow human precepts and doctrines. -- colossians 2:22 +. +Such [practices] have indeed the outward appearance [that popularly passes] for wisdom, in promoting self-imposed rigor of devotion and delight in self-humiliation and severity of discipline of the body, but they are of no value in checking the indulgence of the flesh (the lower nature). [Instead, they do not honor God but serve only to indulge the flesh.] -- colossians 2:23 +. +IF THEN you have been raised with Christ [to a new life, thus sharing His resurrection from the dead], aim at and seek the [rich, eternal treasures] that are above, where Christ is, seated at the right hand of God. -- colossians 3:1 +. +And set your minds and keep them set on what is above (the higher things), not on the things that are on the earth. -- colossians 3:2 +. +For [as far as this world is concerned] you have died, and your [new, real] life is hidden with Christ in God. -- colossians 3:3 +. +When Christ, Who is our life, appears, then you also will appear with Him in [the splendor of His] glory. -- colossians 3:4 +. +So kill (deaden, deprive of power) the evil desire lurking in your members [those animal impulses and all that is earthly in you that is employed in sin]: sexual vice, impurity, sensual appetites, unholy desires, and all greed and covetousness, for that is idolatry (the deifying of self and other created things instead of God). -- colossians 3:5 +. +It is on account of these [very sins] that the [holy] anger of God is ever coming upon the sons of disobedience (those who are obstinately opposed to the divine will), -- colossians 3:6 +. +Among whom you also once walked, when you were living in and addicted to [such practices]. -- colossians 3:7 +. +But now put away and rid yourselves [completely] of all these things: anger, rage, bad feeling toward others, curses and slander, and foulmouthed abuse and shameful utterances from your lips! -- colossians 3:8 +. +Do not lie to one another, for you have stripped off the old (unregenerate) self with its evil practices, -- colossians 3:9 +. +And have clothed yourselves with the new [spiritual self], which is [ever in the process of being] renewed and remolded into [fuller and more perfect knowledge upon] knowledge after the image (the likeness) of Him Who created it. -- colossians 3:10 +. +[In this new creation all distinctions vanish.] There is no room for and there can be neither Greek nor Jew, circumcised nor uncircumcised, [nor difference between nations whether alien] barbarians or Scythians [who are the most savage of all], nor slave or free man; but Christ is all and in all [everything and everywhere, to all men, without distinction of person]. -- colossians 3:11 +. +Clothe yourselves therefore, as God's own chosen ones (His own picked representatives), [who are] purified and holy and well-beloved [by God Himself, by putting on behavior marked by] tenderhearted pity and mercy, kind feeling, a lowly opinion of yourselves, gentle ways, [and] patience [which is tireless and long-suffering, and has the power to endure whatever comes, with good temper]. -- colossians 3:12 +. +Be gentle and forbearing with one another and, if one has a difference (a grievance or complaint) against another, readily pardoning each other; even as the Lord has [freely] forgiven you, so must you also [forgive]. -- colossians 3:13 +. +And above all these [put on] love and enfold yourselves with the bond of perfectness [which binds everything together completely in ideal harmony]. -- colossians 3:14 +. +And let the peace (soul harmony which comes) from Christ rule (act as umpire continually) in your hearts [deciding and settling with finality all questions that arise in your minds, in that peaceful state] to which as [members of Christ's] one body you were also called [to live]. And be thankful (appreciative), [giving praise to God always]. -- colossians 3:15 +. +Let the word [spoken by] Christ (the Messiah) have its home [in your hearts and minds] and dwell in you in [all its] richness, as you teach and admonish and train one another in all insight and intelligence and wisdom [in spiritual things, and as you sing] psalms and hymns and spiritual songs, making melody to God with [His] grace in your hearts. -- colossians 3:16 +. +And whatever you do [no matter what it is] in word or deed, do everything in the name of the Lord Jesus and in [dependence upon] His Person, giving praise to God the Father through Him. -- colossians 3:17 +. +Wives, be subject to your husbands [subordinate and adapt yourselves to them], as is right and fitting and your proper duty in the Lord. -- colossians 3:18 +. +Husbands, love your wives [be affectionate and sympathetic with them] and do not be harsh or bitter or resentful toward them. -- colossians 3:19 +. +Children, obey your parents in everything, for this is pleasing to the Lord. -- colossians 3:20 +. +Fathers, do not provoke or irritate or fret your children [do not be hard on them or harass them], lest they become discouraged and sullen and morose and feel inferior and frustrated. [Do not break their spirit.] -- colossians 3:21 +. +Servants, obey in everything those who are your earthly masters, not only when their eyes are on you as pleasers of men, but in simplicity of purpose [with all your heart] because of your reverence for the Lord and as a sincere expression of your devotion to Him. -- colossians 3:22 +. +Whatever may be your task, work at it heartily (from the soul), as [something done] for the Lord and not for men, -- colossians 3:23 +. +Knowing [with all certainty] that it is from the Lord [and not from men] that you will receive the inheritance which is your [real] reward. [The One Whom] you are actually serving [is] the Lord Christ (the Messiah). -- colossians 3:24 +. +For he who deals wrongfully will [reap the fruit of his folly and] be punished for his wrongdoing. And [with God] there is no partiality [no matter what a person's position may be, whether he is the slave or the master]. -- colossians 3:25 +. +MASTERS, [on your part] deal with your slaves justly and fairly, knowing that also you have a Master in heaven. -- colossians 4:1 +. +Be earnest and unwearied and steadfast in your prayer [life], being [both] alert and intent in [your praying] with thanksgiving. -- colossians 4:2 +. +And at the same time pray for us also, that God may open a door to us for the Word (the Gospel), to proclaim the mystery concerning Christ (the Messiah) on account of which I am in prison; -- colossians 4:3 +. +That I may proclaim it fully and make it clear [speak boldly and unfold that mystery], as is my duty. -- colossians 4:4 +. +Behave yourselves wisely [living prudently and with discretion] in your relations with those of the outside world (the non-Christians), making the very most of the time and seizing (buying up) the opportunity. -- colossians 4:5 +. +Let your speech at all times be gracious (pleasant and winsome), seasoned [as it were] with salt, [so that you may never be at a loss] to know how you ought to answer anyone [who puts a question to you]. -- colossians 4:6 +. +Tychicus will give you full information about my affairs; [he is] a much-loved brother and faithful ministering assistant and fellow servant [with us] in the Lord. -- colossians 4:7 +. +I have sent him to you for this very purpose, that you may know how we are faring and that he may comfort and cheer and encourage your hearts. -- colossians 4:8 +. +And with [him is] Onesimus, [our] faithful and beloved brother, who is [one] of yourselves. They will let you know everything that has taken place here [in Rome]. -- colossians 4:9 +. +Aristarchus my fellow prisoner wishes to be remembered to you, as does Mark the relative of Barnabas. You received instructions concerning him; if he comes to you give him a [hearty] welcome. -- colossians 4:10 +. +And [greetings also from] Jesus, who is called Justus. These [Hebrew Christians] alone of the circumcision are among my fellow workers for [the extension of] God's kingdom, and they have proved a relief and a comfort to me. -- colossians 4:11 +. +Epaphras, who is one of yourselves, a servant of Christ Jesus, sends you greetings. [He is] always striving for you earnestly in his prayers, [pleading] that you may [as persons of ripe character and clear conviction] stand firm and mature [in spiritual growth], convinced and fully assured in everything willed by God. -- colossians 4:12 +. +For I bear him testimony that he has labored hard in your behalf and for [the believers] in Laodicea and those in Hierapolis. -- colossians 4:13 +. +Luke the beloved physician and Demas salute you. -- colossians 4:14 +. +Give my greetings to the brethren at Laodicea, and to Nympha and the assembly (the church) which meets in her house. -- colossians 4:15 +. +And when this epistle has been read before you, [see] that it is read also in the assembly (the church) of the Laodiceans, and also [see] that you yourselves in turn read the [letter that comes to you] from Laodicea. -- colossians 4:16 +. +And say to Archippus, See that you discharge carefully [the duties of] the ministry and fulfill the stewardship which you have received in the Lord. -- colossians 4:17 +. +I, Paul, [add this final] greeting, writing with my own hand. Remember I am still in prison and in chains. May grace (God's unmerited favor and blessing) be with you! Amen (so be it). -- colossians 4:18 +. +PAUL, SILVANUS (Silas), and Timothy, to the assembly (church) of the Thessalonians in God the Father and the Lord Jesus Christ (the Messiah): Grace (spiritual blessing and divine favor) to you and [heart] peace. -- 1 thessalonians 1:1 +. +We are ever giving thanks to God for all of you, continually mentioning [you when engaged] in our prayers, -- 1 thessalonians 1:2 +. +Recalling unceasingly before our God and Father your work energized by faith and service motivated by love and unwavering hope in [the return of] our Lord Jesus Christ (the Messiah). [I Thess. 1:10.] -- 1 thessalonians 1:3 +. + brethren beloved by God, we recognize and know that He has selected (chosen) you; -- 1 thessalonians 1:4 +. +For our [preaching of the] glad tidings (the Gospel) came to you not only in word, but also in [its own inherent] power and in the Holy Spirit and with great conviction and absolute certainty [on our part]. You know what kind of men we proved [ourselves] to be among you for your good. -- 1 thessalonians 1:5 +. +And you [set yourselves to] become imitators of us and [through us] of the Lord Himself, for you welcomed our message in [spite of] much persecution, with joy [inspired] by the Holy Spirit; -- 1 thessalonians 1:6 +. +So that you [thus] became a pattern to all the believers (those who adhere to, trust in, and rely on Christ Jesus) in Macedonia and Achaia (most of Greece). -- 1 thessalonians 1:7 +. +For not only has the Word concerning and from the Lord resounded forth from you unmistakably in Macedonia and Achaia, but everywhere the report has gone forth of your faith in God [of your leaning of your whole personality on Him in complete trust and confidence in His power, wisdom, and goodness]. So we [find that we] never need to tell people anything [further about it]. -- 1 thessalonians 1:8 +. +For they themselves volunteer testimony concerning us, telling what an entrance we had among you, and how you turned to God from [your] idols to serve a God Who is alive and true and genuine, -- 1 thessalonians 1:9 +. +And [how you] look forward to and await the coming of His Son from heaven, Whom He raised from the dead--Jesus, Who personally rescues and delivers us out of and from the wrath [bringing punishment] which is coming [upon the impenitent] and draws us to Himself [investing us with all the privileges and rewards of the new life in Christ, the Messiah]. -- 1 thessalonians 1:10 +. +FOR YOU yourselves know, brethren, that our coming among you was not useless and fruitless. -- 1 thessalonians 2:1 +. +But though we had already suffered and been outrageously treated at Philippi, as you know, yet in [the strength of] our God we summoned courage to proclaim to you unfalteringly the good news (the Gospel) with earnest contention and much conflict and great opposition. -- 1 thessalonians 2:2 +. +For our appeal [in preaching] does not [originate] from delusion or error or impure purpose or motive, nor in fraud or deceit. -- 1 thessalonians 2:3 +. +But just as we have been approved by God to be entrusted with the glad tidings (the Gospel), so we speak not to please men but to please God, Who tests our hearts [expecting them to be approved]. -- 1 thessalonians 2:4 +. +For as you well know, we never resorted either to words of flattery or to any cloak to conceal greedy motives or pretexts for gain, [as] God is our witness. -- 1 thessalonians 2:5 +. +Nor did we seek to extract praise and honor and glory from men, either from you or from anyone else, though we might have asserted our authority [stood on our dignity and claimed honor] as apostles (special missionaries) of Christ (the Messiah). -- 1 thessalonians 2:6 +. +But we behaved gently when we were among you, like a devoted mother nursing and cherishing her own children. -- 1 thessalonians 2:7 +. +So, being thus tenderly and affectionately desirous of you, we continued to share with you not only God's good news (the Gospel) but also our own lives as well, for you had become so very dear to us. -- 1 thessalonians 2:8 +. +For you recall our hard toil and struggles, brethren. We worked night and day [and plied our trade] in order not to be a burden to any of you [for our support] while we proclaimed the glad tidings (the Gospel) of God to you. -- 1 thessalonians 2:9 +. +You are witnesses, [yes] and God [also], how unworldly and upright and blameless was our behavior toward you believers [who adhered to and trusted in and relied on our Lord Jesus Christ]. -- 1 thessalonians 2:10 +. +For you know how, as a father [dealing with] his children, we used to exhort each of you personally, stimulating and encouraging and charging you -- 1 thessalonians 2:11 +. +To live lives worthy of God, Who calls you into His own kingdom and the glorious blessedness [into which true believers will enter after Christ's return]. -- 1 thessalonians 2:12 +. +And we also [especially] thank God continually for this, that when you received the message of God [which you heard] from us, you welcomed it not as the word of [mere] men, but as it truly is, the Word of God, which is effectually at work in you who believe [exercising its superhuman power in those who adhere to and trust in and rely on it]. -- 1 thessalonians 2:13 +. +For you, brethren, became imitators of the assemblies (churches) of God in Christ Jesus which are in Judea, for you too have suffered the same kind of treatment from your own fellow countrymen as they did [who were persecuted at the hands] of the Jews, -- 1 thessalonians 2:14 +. +Who killed both the Lord Jesus and the prophets, and harassed and drove us out, and continue to make themselves hateful and offensive to God and to show themselves foes of all men, -- 1 thessalonians 2:15 +. +Forbidding and hindering us from speaking to the Gentiles (the nations) that they may be saved. So as always they fill up [to the brim the measure of] their sins. But God's wrath has come upon them at last [completely and forever]! -- 1 thessalonians 2:16 +. +But since we were bereft of you, brethren, for a little while in person, [of course] not in heart, we endeavored the more eagerly and with great longing to see you face to face, -- 1 thessalonians 2:17 +. +Because it was our will to come to you. [I mean that] I, Paul, again and again [wanted to come], but Satan hindered and impeded us. -- 1 thessalonians 2:18 +. +For what is our hope or happiness or our victor's wreath of exultant triumph when we stand in the presence of our Lord Jesus at His coming? Is it not you? -- 1 thessalonians 2:19 +. +For you are [indeed] our glory and our joy! -- 1 thessalonians 2:20 +. +THEREFORE, WHEN [the suspense of separation and our yearning for some personal communication from you] became intolerable, we consented to being left behind alone at Athens. -- 1 thessalonians 3:1 +. +And we sent Timothy, our brother and God's servant in [spreading] the good news (the Gospel) of Christ, to strengthen and establish and to exhort and comfort and encourage you in your faith, -- 1 thessalonians 3:2 +. +That no one [of you] should be disturbed and beguiled and led astray by these afflictions and difficulties [to which I have referred]. For you yourselves know that this is [unavoidable in our position, and must be recognized as] our appointed lot. -- 1 thessalonians 3:3 +. +For even when we were with you, [you know] we warned you plainly beforehand that we were to be pressed with difficulties and made to suffer affliction, just as to your own knowledge it has [since] happened. -- 1 thessalonians 3:4 +. +That is the reason that, when I could bear [the suspense] no longer, I sent that I might learn [how you were standing the strain, and the endurance of] your faith, [for I was fearful] lest somehow the tempter had tempted you and our toil [among you should prove to] be fruitless and to no purpose. -- 1 thessalonians 3:5 +. +But now that Timothy has just come back to us from [his visit to] you and has brought us the good news of [the steadfastness of] your faith and [the warmth of your] love, and [reported] how kindly you cherish a constant and affectionate remembrance of us [and that you are] longing to see us as we [are to see] you, -- 1 thessalonians 3:6 +. +Brethren, for this reason, in [spite of all] our stress and crushing difficulties we have been filled with comfort and cheer about you [because of] your faith (the leaning of your whole personality on God in complete trust and confidence). -- 1 thessalonians 3:7 +. +Because now we [really] live, if you stand [firm] in the Lord. -- 1 thessalonians 3:8 +. +For what [adequate] thanksgiving can we render to God for you for all the gladness and delight which we enjoy for your sakes before our God? -- 1 thessalonians 3:9 +. +[And we] continue to pray especially and with most intense earnestness night and day that we may see you face to face and mend and make good whatever may be imperfect and lacking in your faith. -- 1 thessalonians 3:10 +. +Now may our God and Father Himself and our Lord Jesus Christ (the Messiah) guide our steps to you. -- 1 thessalonians 3:11 +. +And may the Lord make you to increase and excel and overflow in love for one another and for all people, just as we also do for you, -- 1 thessalonians 3:12 +. +So that He may strengthen and confirm and establish your hearts faultlessly pure and unblamable in holiness in the sight of our God and Father, at the coming of our Lord Jesus Christ (the Messiah) with all His saints (the holy and glorified people of God)! Amen, (so be it)! -- 1 thessalonians 3:13 +. +FURTHERMORE, BRETHREN, we beg and admonish you in [virtue of our union with] the Lord Jesus, that [you follow the instructions which] you learned from us about how you ought to walk so as to please and gratify God, as indeed you are doing, [and] that you do so even more and more abundantly [attaining yet greater perfection in living this life]. -- 1 thessalonians 4:1 +. +For you know what charges and precepts we gave you [on the authority and by the inspiration of] the Lord Jesus. -- 1 thessalonians 4:2 +. +For this is the will of God, that you should be consecrated (separated and set apart for pure and holy living): that you should abstain and shrink from all sexual vice, -- 1 thessalonians 4:3 +. +That each one of you should know how to possess (control, manage) his own body in consecration (purity, separated from things profane) and honor, -- 1 thessalonians 4:4 +. +Not [to be used] in the passion of lust like the heathen, who are ignorant of the true God and have no knowledge of His will, -- 1 thessalonians 4:5 +. +That no man transgress and overreach his brother and defraud him in this matter or defraud his brother in business. For the Lord is an avenger in all these things, as we have already warned you solemnly and told you plainly. -- 1 thessalonians 4:6 +. +For God has not called us to impurity but to consecration [to dedicate ourselves to the most thorough purity]. -- 1 thessalonians 4:7 +. +Therefore whoever disregards (sets aside and rejects this) disregards not man but God, Whose [very] Spirit [Whom] He gives to you is holy (chaste, pure). -- 1 thessalonians 4:8 +. +But concerning brotherly love [for all other Christians], you have no need to have anyone write you, for you yourselves have been [personally] taught by God to love one another. -- 1 thessalonians 4:9 +. +And indeed you already are [extending and displaying your love] to all the brethren throughout Macedonia. But we beseech and earnestly exhort you, brethren, that you excel [in this matter] more and more, -- 1 thessalonians 4:10 +. +To make it your ambition and definitely endeavor to live quietly and peacefully, to mind your own affairs, and to work with your hands, as we charged you, -- 1 thessalonians 4:11 +. +So that you may bear yourselves becomingly and be correct and honorable and command the respect of the outside world, being dependent on nobody [self-supporting] and having need of nothing. -- 1 thessalonians 4:12 +. +Now also we would not have you ignorant, brethren, about those who fall asleep [in death], that you may not grieve [for them] as the rest do who have no hope [beyond the grave]. -- 1 thessalonians 4:13 +. +For since we believe that Jesus died and rose again, even so God will also bring with Him through Jesus those who have fallen asleep [in death]. -- 1 thessalonians 4:14 +. +For this we declare to you by the Lord's [own] word, that we who are alive and remain until the coming of the Lord shall in no way precede [into His presence] or have any advantage at all over those who have previously fallen asleep [in Him in death]. -- 1 thessalonians 4:15 +. +For the Lord Himself will descend from heaven with a loud cry of summons, with the shout of an archangel, and with the blast of the trumpet of God. And those who have departed this life in Christ will rise first. -- 1 thessalonians 4:16 +. +Then we, the living ones who remain [on the earth], shall simultaneously be caught up along with [the resurrected dead] in the clouds to meet the Lord in the air; and so always (through the eternity of the eternities) we shall be with the Lord! -- 1 thessalonians 4:17 +. +Therefore comfort and encourage one another with these words. -- 1 thessalonians 4:18 +. +BUT AS to the suitable times and the precise seasons and dates, brethren, you have no necessity for anything being written to you. -- 1 thessalonians 5:1 +. +For you yourselves know perfectly well that the day of the [return of the] Lord will come [as unexpectedly and suddenly] as a thief in the night. -- 1 thessalonians 5:2 +. +When people are saying, All is well and secure, and, There is peace and safety, then in a moment unforeseen destruction (ruin and death) will come upon them as suddenly as labor pains come upon a woman with child; and they shall by no means escape, for there will be no escape. -- 1 thessalonians 5:3 +. +But you are not in [given up to the power of] darkness, brethren, for that day to overtake you by surprise like a thief. -- 1 thessalonians 5:4 +. +For you are all sons of light and sons of the day; we do not belong either to the night or to darkness. -- 1 thessalonians 5:5 +. +Accordingly then, let us not sleep, as the rest do, but let us keep wide awake (alert, watchful, cautious, and on our guard) and let us be sober (calm, collected, and circumspect). -- 1 thessalonians 5:6 +. +For those who sleep, sleep at night, and those who are drunk, get drunk at night. -- 1 thessalonians 5:7 +. +But we belong to the day; therefore, let us be sober and put on the breastplate (corslet) of faith and love and for a helmet the hope of salvation. -- 1 thessalonians 5:8 +. +For God has not appointed us to [incur His] wrath [He did not select us to condemn us], but [that we might] obtain [His] salvation through our Lord Jesus Christ (the Messiah) -- 1 thessalonians 5:9 +. +Who died for us so that whether we are still alive or are dead [at Christ's appearing], we might live together with Him and share His life. -- 1 thessalonians 5:10 +. +Therefore encourage (admonish, exhort) one another and edify (strengthen and build up) one another, just as you are doing. -- 1 thessalonians 5:11 +. +Now also we beseech you, brethren, get to know those who labor among you [recognize them for what they are, acknowledge and appreciate and respect them all]--your leaders who are over you in the Lord and those who warn and kindly reprove and exhort you. -- 1 thessalonians 5:12 +. +And hold them in very high and most affectionate esteem in [intelligent and sympathetic] appreciation of their work. Be at peace among yourselves. -- 1 thessalonians 5:13 +. +And we earnestly beseech you, brethren, admonish (warn and seriously advise) those who are out of line [the loafers, the disorderly, and the unruly]; encourage the timid and fainthearted, help and give your support to the weak souls, [and] be very patient with everybody [always keeping your temper]. -- 1 thessalonians 5:14 +. +See that none of you repays another with evil for evil, but always aim to show kindness and seek to do good to one another and to everybody. -- 1 thessalonians 5:15 +. +Be happy [in your faith] and rejoice and be glad-hearted continually (always); -- 1 thessalonians 5:16 +. +Be unceasing in prayer [praying perseveringly]; -- 1 thessalonians 5:17 +. +Thank [God] in everything [no matter what the circumstances may be, be thankful and give thanks], for this is the will of God for you [who are] in Christ Jesus [the Revealer and Mediator of that will]. -- 1 thessalonians 5:18 +. +Do not quench (suppress or subdue) the [Holy] Spirit; -- 1 thessalonians 5:19 +. +Do not spurn the gifts and utterances of the prophets [do not depreciate prophetic revelations nor despise inspired instruction or exhortation or warning]. -- 1 thessalonians 5:20 +. +But test and prove all things [until you can recognize] what is good; [to that] hold fast. -- 1 thessalonians 5:21 +. +Abstain from evil [shrink from it and keep aloof from it] in whatever form or whatever kind it may be. -- 1 thessalonians 5:22 +. +And may the God of peace Himself sanctify you through and through [separate you from profane things, make you pure and wholly consecrated to God]; and may your spirit and soul and body be preserved sound and complete [and found] blameless at the coming of our Lord Jesus Christ (the Messiah). -- 1 thessalonians 5:23 +. +Faithful is He Who is calling you [to Himself] and utterly trustworthy, and He will also do it [fulfill His call by hallowing and keeping you]. -- 1 thessalonians 5:24 +. +Brethren, pray for us. -- 1 thessalonians 5:25 +. +Greet all the brethren with a sacred kiss. -- 1 thessalonians 5:26 +. +I solemnly charge you [in the name of] the Lord to have this letter read before all the brethren. -- 1 thessalonians 5:27 +. +The grace (the unmerited favor and blessings) of our Lord Jesus Christ (the Messiah) be with you all. Amen, (so be it). -- 1 thessalonians 5:28 +. +PAUL, SILVANUS (Silas), and Timothy, to the church (assembly) of the Thessalonians in God our Father and the Lord Jesus Christ (the Messiah, the Anointed One): -- 2 thessalonians 1:1 +. +Grace (unmerited favor) be to you and [heart] peace from God the Father and the Lord Jesus Christ (the Messiah, the Anointed One). -- 2 thessalonians 1:2 +. +We ought and indeed are obligated [as those in debt] to give thanks always to God for you, brethren, as is fitting, because your faith is growing exceedingly and the love of every one of you each toward the others is increasing and abounds. -- 2 thessalonians 1:3 +. +And this is a cause of our mentioning you with pride among the churches (assemblies) of God for your steadfastness (your unflinching endurance and patience) and your firm faith in the midst of all the persecutions and crushing distresses and afflictions under which you are holding up. -- 2 thessalonians 1:4 +. +This is positive proof of the just and right judgment of God to the end that you may be deemed deserving of His kingdom [a plain token of His fair verdict which designs that you should be made and counted worthy of the kingdom of God], for the sake of which you are also suffering. -- 2 thessalonians 1:5 +. +[It is a fair decision] since it is a righteous thing with God to repay with distress and affliction those who distress and afflict you, -- 2 thessalonians 1:6 +. +And to [recompense] you who are so distressed and afflicted [by granting you] relief and rest along with us [your fellow sufferers] when the Lord Jesus is revealed from heaven with His mighty angels in a flame of fire, -- 2 thessalonians 1:7 +. +To deal out retribution (chastisement and vengeance) upon those who do not know or perceive or become acquainted with God, and [upon those] who ignore and refuse to obey the Gospel of our Lord Jesus Christ. -- 2 thessalonians 1:8 +. +Such people will pay the penalty and suffer the punishment of everlasting ruin (destruction and perdition) and eternal exclusion and banishment from the presence of the Lord and from the glory of His power, -- 2 thessalonians 1:9 +. +When He comes to be glorified in His saints [on that day He will be made more glorious in His consecrated people], and [He will] be marveled at and admired [in His glory reflected] in all who have believed [who have adhered to, trusted in, and relied on Him], because our witnessing among you was confidently accepted and believed [and confirmed in your lives]. -- 2 thessalonians 1:10 +. +With this in view we constantly pray for you, that our God may deem and count you worthy of [your] calling and [His] every gracious purpose of goodness, and with power may complete in [your] every particular work of faith (faith which is that leaning of the whole human personality on God in absolute trust and confidence in His power, wisdom, and goodness). -- 2 thessalonians 1:11 +. +Thus may the name of our Lord Jesus Christ be glorified and become more glorious through and in you, and may you [also be glorified] in Him according to the grace (favor and blessing) of our God and the Lord Jesus Christ (the Messiah, the Anointed One). -- 2 thessalonians 1:12 +. +BUT RELATIVE to the coming of our Lord Jesus Christ (the Messiah) and our gathering together to [meet] Him, we beg you, brethren, -- 2 thessalonians 2:1 +. +Not to allow your minds to be quickly unsettled or disturbed or kept excited or alarmed, whether it be by some [pretended] revelation of [the] Spirit or by word or by letter [alleged to be] from us, to the effect that the day of the Lord has [already] arrived and is here. -- 2 thessalonians 2:2 +. +Let no one deceive or beguile you in any way, for that day will not come except the apostasy comes first [unless the predicted great falling away of those who have professed to be Christians has come], and the man of lawlessness (sin) is revealed, who is the son of doom (of perdition), -- 2 thessalonians 2:3 +. +Who opposes and exalts himself so proudly and insolently against and over all that is called God or that is worshiped, [even to his actually] taking his seat in the temple of God, proclaiming that he himself is God. -- 2 thessalonians 2:4 +. +Do you not recollect that when I was still with you, I told you these things? -- 2 thessalonians 2:5 +. +And now you know what is restraining him [from being revealed at this time]; it is so that he may be manifested (revealed) in his own [appointed] time. -- 2 thessalonians 2:6 +. +For the mystery of lawlessness (that hidden principle of rebellion against constituted authority) is already at work in the world, [but it is] restrained only until he who restrains is taken out of the way. -- 2 thessalonians 2:7 +. +And then the lawless one (the antichrist) will be revealed and the Lord Jesus will slay him with the breath of His mouth and bring him to an end by His appearing at His coming. -- 2 thessalonians 2:8 +. +The coming [of the lawless one, the antichrist] is through the activity and working of Satan and will be attended by great power and with all sorts of [pretended] miracles and signs and delusive marvels--[all of them] lying wonders-- -- 2 thessalonians 2:9 +. +And by unlimited seduction to evil and with all wicked deception for those who are perishing (going to perdition) because they did not welcome the Truth but refused to love it that they might be saved. -- 2 thessalonians 2:10 +. +Therefore God sends upon them a misleading influence, a working of error and a strong delusion to make them believe what is false, -- 2 thessalonians 2:11 +. +In order that all may be judged and condemned who did not believe in [who refused to adhere to, trust in, and rely on] the Truth, but [instead] took pleasure in unrighteousness. -- 2 thessalonians 2:12 +. +But we, brethren beloved by the Lord, ought and are obligated [as those who are in debt] to give thanks always to God for you, because God chose you from the beginning as His firstfruits (first converts) for salvation through the sanctifying work of the [Holy] Spirit and [your] belief in (adherence to, trust in, and reliance on) the Truth. -- 2 thessalonians 2:13 +. +[It was] to this end that He called you through our Gospel, so that you may obtain and share in the glory of our Lord Jesus Christ (the Messiah). -- 2 thessalonians 2:14 +. +So then, brethren, stand firm and hold fast to the traditions and instructions which you were taught by us, whether by our word of mouth or by letter. -- 2 thessalonians 2:15 +. +Now may our Lord Jesus Christ Himself and God our Father, Who loved us and gave us everlasting consolation and encouragement and well-founded hope through [His] grace (unmerited favor), -- 2 thessalonians 2:16 +. +Comfort and encourage your hearts and strengthen them [make them steadfast and keep them unswerving] in every good work and word. -- 2 thessalonians 2:17 +. +FURTHERMORE, BRETHREN, do pray for us, that the Word of the Lord may speed on (spread rapidly and run its course) and be glorified (extolled) and triumph, even as [it has done] with you, -- 2 thessalonians 3:1 +. +And that we may be delivered from perverse (improper, unrighteous) and wicked (actively malicious) men, for not everybody has faith and is held by it. -- 2 thessalonians 3:2 +. +Yet the Lord is faithful, and He will strengthen [you] and set you on a firm foundation and guard you from the evil [one]. -- 2 thessalonians 3:3 +. +And we have confidence in the Lord concerning you, that you are doing and will continue to do the things which we suggest and with which we charge you. -- 2 thessalonians 3:4 +. +May the Lord direct your hearts into [realizing and showing] the love of God and into the steadfastness and patience of Christ and in waiting for His return. -- 2 thessalonians 3:5 +. +Now we charge you, brethren, in the name and on the authority of our Lord Jesus Christ (the Messiah) that you withdraw and keep away from every brother (fellow believer) who is slack in the performance of duty and is disorderly, living as a shirker and not walking in accord with the traditions and instructions that you have received from us. -- 2 thessalonians 3:6 +. +For you yourselves know how it is necessary to imitate our example, for we were not disorderly or shirking of duty when we were with you [we were not idle]. -- 2 thessalonians 3:7 +. +Nor did we eat anyone's bread without paying for it, but with toil and struggle we worked night and day, that we might not be a burden or impose on any of you [for our support]. -- 2 thessalonians 3:8 +. +[It was] not because we do not have a right [to such support], but [we wished] to make ourselves an example for you to follow. -- 2 thessalonians 3:9 +. +For while we were yet with you, we gave you this rule and charge: If anyone will not work, neither let him eat. -- 2 thessalonians 3:10 +. +Indeed, we hear that some among you are disorderly [that they are passing their lives in idleness, neglectful of duty], being busy with other people's affairs instead of their own and doing no work. -- 2 thessalonians 3:11 +. +Now we charge and exhort such persons [as ministers in Him exhorting those] in the Lord Jesus Christ (the Messiah) that they work in quietness and earn their own food and other necessities. -- 2 thessalonians 3:12 +. +And as for you, brethren, do not become weary or lose heart in doing right [but continue in well-doing without weakening]. -- 2 thessalonians 3:13 +. +But if anyone [in the church] refuses to obey what we say in this letter, take note of that person and do not associate with him, so that he may be ashamed. -- 2 thessalonians 3:14 +. +Do not regard him as an enemy, but simply admonish and warn him as [being still] a brother. -- 2 thessalonians 3:15 +. +Now may the Lord of peace Himself grant you His peace (the peace of His kingdom) at all times and in all ways [under all circumstances and conditions, whatever comes]. The Lord [be] with you all. -- 2 thessalonians 3:16 +. +I, Paul, write you this final greeting with my own hand. This is the mark and sign [that it is not a forgery] in every letter of mine. It is the way I write [my handwriting and signature]. -- 2 thessalonians 3:17 +. +The grace (spiritual blessing and favor) of our Lord Jesus Christ (the Messiah) be with you all. Amen (so be it). -- 2 thessalonians 3:18 +. +PAUL, AN apostle (special messenger) of Christ Jesus by appointment and command of God our Savior and of Christ Jesus (the Messiah), our Hope, -- 1 timothy 1:1 +. +To Timothy, my true son in the faith: Grace (spiritual blessing and favor), mercy, and [heart] peace [be yours] from God the Father and Christ Jesus our Lord. -- 1 timothy 1:2 +. +As I urged you when I was on my way to Macedonia, stay on where you are at Ephesus in order that you may warn and admonish and charge certain individuals not to teach any different doctrine, -- 1 timothy 1:3 +. +Nor to give importance to or occupy themselves with legends (fables, myths) and endless genealogies, which foster and promote useless speculations and questionings rather than acceptance in faith of God's administration and the divine training that is in faith (in that leaning of the entire human personality on God in absolute trust and confidence)-- -- 1 timothy 1:4 +. +Whereas the object and purpose of our instruction and charge is love, which springs from a pure heart and a good (clear) conscience and sincere (unfeigned) faith. -- 1 timothy 1:5 +. +But certain individuals have missed the mark on this very matter [and] have wandered away into vain arguments and discussions and purposeless talk. -- 1 timothy 1:6 +. +They are ambitious to be doctors of the Law (teachers of the Mosaic ritual), but they have no understanding either of the words and terms they use or of the subjects about which they make [such] dogmatic assertions. -- 1 timothy 1:7 +. +Now we recognize and know that the Law is good if anyone uses it lawfully [for the purpose for which it was designed], -- 1 timothy 1:8 +. +Knowing and understanding this: that the Law is not enacted for the righteous (the upright and just, who are in right standing with God), but for the lawless and unruly, for the ungodly and sinful, for the irreverent and profane, for those who strike and beat and [even] murder fathers and strike and beat and [even] murder mothers, for manslayers, -- 1 timothy 1:9 +. +[For] impure and immoral persons, those who abuse themselves with men, kidnapers, liars, perjurers--and whatever else is opposed to wholesome teaching and sound doctrine -- 1 timothy 1:10 +. +As laid down by the glorious Gospel of the blessed God, with which I have been entrusted. -- 1 timothy 1:11 +. +I give thanks to Him Who has granted me [the needed] strength and made me able [for this], Christ Jesus our Lord, because He has judged and counted me faithful and trustworthy, appointing me to [this stewardship of] the ministry. -- 1 timothy 1:12 +. +Though I formerly blasphemed and persecuted and was shamefully and outrageously and aggressively insulting [to Him], nevertheless, I obtained mercy because I had acted out of ignorance in unbelief. -- 1 timothy 1:13 +. +And the grace (unmerited favor and blessing) of our Lord [actually] flowed out superabundantly and beyond measure for me, accompanied by faith and love that are [to be realized] in Christ Jesus. -- 1 timothy 1:14 +. +The saying is sure and true and worthy of full and universal acceptance, that Christ Jesus (the Messiah) came into the world to save sinners, of whom I am foremost. -- 1 timothy 1:15 +. +But I obtained mercy for the reason that in me, as the foremost [of sinners], Jesus Christ might show forth and display all His perfect long-suffering and patience for an example to [encourage] those who would thereafter believe on Him for [the gaining of] eternal life. -- 1 timothy 1:16 +. +Now to the King of eternity, incorruptible and immortal, invisible, the only God, be honor and glory forever and ever (to the ages of ages). Amen (so be it). -- 1 timothy 1:17 +. +This charge and admonition I commit in trust to you, Timothy, my son, in accordance with prophetic intimations which I formerly received concerning you, so that inspired and aided by them you may wage the good warfare, -- 1 timothy 1:18 +. +Holding fast to faith (that leaning of the entire human personality on God in absolute trust and confidence) and having a good (clear) conscience. By rejecting and thrusting from them [their conscience], some individuals have made shipwreck of their faith. -- 1 timothy 1:19 +. +Among them are Hymenaeus and Alexander, whom I have delivered to Satan in order that they may be disciplined [by punishment and learn] not to blaspheme. -- 1 timothy 1:20 +. +FIRST OF all, then, I admonish and urge that petitions, prayers, intercessions, and thanksgivings be offered on behalf of all men, -- 1 timothy 2:1 +. +For kings and all who are in positions of authority or high responsibility, that [outwardly] we may pass a quiet and undisturbed life [and inwardly] a peaceable one in all godliness and reverence and seriousness in every way. -- 1 timothy 2:2 +. +For such [praying] is good and right, and [it is] pleasing and acceptable to God our Savior, -- 1 timothy 2:3 +. +Who wishes all men to be saved and [increasingly] to perceive and recognize and discern and know precisely and correctly the [divine] Truth. -- 1 timothy 2:4 +. +For there [is only] one God, and [only] one Mediator between God and men, the Man Christ Jesus, -- 1 timothy 2:5 +. +Who gave Himself as a ransom for all [people, a fact that was] attested to at the right and proper time. -- 1 timothy 2:6 +. +And of this matter I was appointed a preacher and an apostle (special messenger)--I am speaking the truth in Christ, I do not falsify [when I say this]--a teacher of the Gentiles in [the realm of] faith and truth. -- 1 timothy 2:7 +. +I desire therefore that in every place men should pray, without anger or quarreling or resentment or doubt [in their minds], lifting up holy hands. -- 1 timothy 2:8 +. +Also [I desire] that women should adorn themselves modestly and appropriately and sensibly in seemly apparel, not with [elaborate] hair arrangement or gold or pearls or expensive clothing, -- 1 timothy 2:9 +. +But by doing good deeds (deeds in themselves good and for the good and advantage of those contacted by them), as befits women who profess reverential fear for and devotion to God. -- 1 timothy 2:10 +. +Let a woman learn in quietness, in entire submissiveness. -- 1 timothy 2:11 +. +I allow no woman to teach or to have authority over men; she is to remain in quietness and keep silence [in religious assemblies]. -- 1 timothy 2:12 +. +For Adam was first formed, then Eve; -- 1 timothy 2:13 +. +And it was not Adam who was deceived, but [the] woman who was deceived and deluded and fell into transgression. -- 1 timothy 2:14 +. +Nevertheless [the sentence put upon women of pain in motherhood does not hinder their souls' salvation, and] they will be saved [eternally] if they continue in faith and love and holiness with self-control, [saved indeed] through the Childbearing or by the birth of the divine Child. -- 1 timothy 2:15 +. +THE SAYING is true and irrefutable: If any man [eagerly] seeks the office of bishop (superintendent, overseer), he desires an excellent task (work). -- 1 timothy 3:1 +. +Now a bishop (superintendent, overseer) must give no grounds for accusation but must be above reproach, the husband of one wife, circumspect and temperate and self-controlled; [he must be] sensible and well behaved and dignified and lead an orderly (disciplined) life; [he must be] hospitable [showing love for and being a friend to the believers, especially strangers or foreigners, and be] a capable and qualified teacher, -- 1 timothy 3:2 +. +Not given to wine, not combative but gentle and considerate, not quarrelsome but forbearing and peaceable, and not a lover of money [insatiable for wealth and ready to obtain it by questionable means]. -- 1 timothy 3:3 +. +He must rule his own household well, keeping his children under control, with true dignity, commanding their respect in every way and keeping them respectful. -- 1 timothy 3:4 +. +For if a man does not know how to rule his own household, how is he to take care of the church of God? -- 1 timothy 3:5 +. +He must not be a new convert, or he may [develop a beclouded and stupid state of mind] as the result of pride [be blinded by conceit, and] fall into the condemnation that the devil [once] did. -- 1 timothy 3:6 +. +Furthermore, he must have a good reputation and be well thought of by those outside [the church], lest he become involved in slander and incur reproach and fall into the devil's trap. -- 1 timothy 3:7 +. +In like manner the deacons [must be] worthy of respect, not shifty and double-talkers but sincere in what they say, not given to much wine, not greedy for base gain [craving wealth and resorting to ignoble and dishonest methods of getting it]. -- 1 timothy 3:8 +. +They must possess the mystic secret of the faith [Christian truth as hidden from ungodly men] with a clear conscience. -- 1 timothy 3:9 +. +And let them also be tried and investigated and proved first; then, if they turn out to be above reproach, let them serve [as deacons]. -- 1 timothy 3:10 +. +[The] women likewise must be worthy of respect and serious, not gossipers, but temperate and self-controlled, [thoroughly] trustworthy in all things. -- 1 timothy 3:11 +. +Let deacons be the husbands of but one wife, and let them manage [their] children and their own households well. -- 1 timothy 3:12 +. +For those who perform well as deacons acquire a good standing for themselves and also gain much confidence and freedom and boldness in the faith which is [founded on and centers] in Christ Jesus. -- 1 timothy 3:13 +. +Although I hope to come to you before long, I am writing these instructions to you so that, -- 1 timothy 3:14 +. +If I am detained, you may know how people ought to conduct themselves in the household of God, which is the church of the living God, the pillar and stay (the prop and support) of the Truth. -- 1 timothy 3:15 +. +And great and important and weighty, we confess, is the hidden truth (the mystic secret) of godliness. He [God] was made visible in human flesh, justified and vindicated in the [Holy] Spirit, was seen by angels, preached among the nations, believed on in the world, [and] taken up in glory. -- 1 timothy 3:16 +. +BUT THE [Holy] Spirit distinctly and expressly declares that in latter times some will turn away from the faith, giving attention to deluding and seducing spirits and doctrines that demons teach, -- 1 timothy 4:1 +. +Through the hypocrisy and pretensions of liars whose consciences are seared (cauterized), -- 1 timothy 4:2 +. +Who forbid people to marry and [teach them] to abstain from [certain kinds of] foods which God created to be received with thanksgiving by those who believe and have [an increasingly clear] knowledge of the truth. -- 1 timothy 4:3 +. +For everything God has created is good, and nothing is to be thrown away or refused if it is received with thanksgiving. -- 1 timothy 4:4 +. +For it is hallowed and consecrated by the Word of God and by prayer. -- 1 timothy 4:5 +. +If you lay all these instructions before the brethren, you will be a worthy steward and a good minister of Christ Jesus, ever nourishing your own self on the truths of the faith and of the good [Christian] instruction which you have closely followed. -- 1 timothy 4:6 +. +But refuse and avoid irreverent legends (profane and impure and godless fictions, mere grandmothers' tales) and silly myths, and express your disapproval of them. Train yourself toward godliness (piety), [keeping yourself spiritually fit]. -- 1 timothy 4:7 +. +For physical training is of some value (useful for a little), but godliness (spiritual training) is useful and of value in everything and in every way, for it holds promise for the present life and also for the life which is to come. -- 1 timothy 4:8 +. +This saying is reliable and worthy of complete acceptance by everybody. -- 1 timothy 4:9 +. +With a view to this we toil and strive, [yes and] suffer reproach, because we have [fixed our] hope on the living God, Who is the Savior (Preserver, Maintainer, Deliverer) of all men, especially of those who believe (trust in, rely on, and adhere to Him). -- 1 timothy 4:10 +. +Continue to command these things and to teach them. -- 1 timothy 4:11 +. +Let no one despise or think less of you because of your youth, but be an example (pattern) for the believers in speech, in conduct, in love, in faith, and in purity. -- 1 timothy 4:12 +. +Till I come, devote yourself to [public and private] reading, to exhortation (preaching and personal appeals), and to teaching and instilling doctrine. -- 1 timothy 4:13 +. +Do not neglect the gift which is in you, [that special inward endowment] which was directly imparted to you [by the Holy Spirit] by prophetic utterance when the elders laid their hands upon you [at your ordination]. -- 1 timothy 4:14 +. +Practice and cultivate and meditate upon these duties; throw yourself wholly into them [as your ministry], so that your progress may be evident to everybody. -- 1 timothy 4:15 +. +Look well to yourself [to your own personality] and to [your] teaching; persevere in these things [hold to them], for by so doing you will save both yourself and those who hear you. -- 1 timothy 4:16 +. +DO NOT sharply censure or rebuke an older man, but entreat and plead with him as [you would with] a father. Treat younger men like brothers; -- 1 timothy 5:1 +. +[Treat] older women like mothers [and] younger women like sisters, in all purity. -- 1 timothy 5:2 +. +[Always] treat with great consideration and give aid to those who are truly widowed (solitary and without support). -- 1 timothy 5:3 +. +But if a widow has children or grandchildren, see to it that these are first made to understand that it is their religious duty [to defray their natural obligation to those] at home, and make return to their parents or grandparents [for all their care by contributing to their maintenance], for this is acceptable in the sight of God. -- 1 timothy 5:4 +. +Now [a woman] who is a real widow and is left entirely alone and desolate has fixed her hope on God and perseveres in supplications and prayers night and day, -- 1 timothy 5:5 +. +Whereas she who lives in pleasure and self-gratification [giving herself up to luxury and self-indulgence] is dead even while she [still] lives. -- 1 timothy 5:6 +. +Charge [the people] thus, so that they may be without reproach and blameless. -- 1 timothy 5:7 +. +If anyone fails to provide for his relatives, and especially for those of his own family, he has disowned the faith [by failing to accompany it with fruits] and is worse than an unbeliever [who performs his obligation in these matters]. -- 1 timothy 5:8 +. +Let no one be put on the roll of widows [who are to receive church support] who is under sixty years of age or who has been the wife of more than one man; -- 1 timothy 5:9 +. +And she must have a reputation for good deeds, as one who has brought up children, who has practiced hospitality to strangers [of the brotherhood], washed the feet of the saints, helped to relieve the distressed, [and] devoted herself diligently to doing good in every way. -- 1 timothy 5:10 +. +But refuse [to enroll on this list the] younger widows, for when they become restive and their natural desires grow strong, they withdraw themselves against Christ [and] wish to marry [again]. -- 1 timothy 5:11 +. +And so they incur condemnation for having set aside and slighted their previous pledge. -- 1 timothy 5:12 +. +Moreover, as they go about from house to house, they learn to be idlers, and not only idlers, but gossips and busybodies, saying what they should not say and talking of things they should not mention. -- 1 timothy 5:13 +. +So I would have younger [widows] marry, bear children, guide the household, [and] not give opponents of the faith occasion for slander or reproach. -- 1 timothy 5:14 +. +For already some [widows] have turned aside after Satan. -- 1 timothy 5:15 +. +If any believing woman or believing man has [relatives or persons in the household who are] widows, let him relieve them; let the church not be burdened [with them], so that it may [be free to] assist those who are truly widows (those who are all alone and are dependent). -- 1 timothy 5:16 +. +Let the elders who perform the duties of their office well be considered doubly worthy of honor [and of adequate financial support], especially those who labor faithfully in preaching and teaching. -- 1 timothy 5:17 +. +For the Scripture says, You shall not muzzle an ox when it is treading out the grain, and again, The laborer is worthy of his hire. -- 1 timothy 5:18 +. +Listen to no accusation [presented before a judge] against an elder unless it is confirmed by the testimony of two or three witnesses. -- 1 timothy 5:19 +. +As for those who are guilty and persist in sin, rebuke and admonish them in the presence of all, so that the rest may be warned and stand in wholesome awe and fear. -- 1 timothy 5:20 +. +I solemnly charge you in the presence of God and of Christ Jesus and of the chosen angels that you guard and keep [these rules] without personal prejudice or favor, doing nothing from partiality. -- 1 timothy 5:21 +. +Do not be in a hurry in the laying on of hands [giving the sanction of the church too hastily in reinstating expelled offenders or in ordination in questionable cases], nor share or participate in another man's sins; keep yourself pure. -- 1 timothy 5:22 +. +Drink water no longer exclusively, but use a little wine for the sake of your stomach and your frequent illnesses. -- 1 timothy 5:23 +. +The sins of some men are conspicuous (openly evident to all eyes), going before them to the judgment [seat] and proclaiming their sentence in advance; but the sins of others appear later [following the offender to the bar of judgment and coming into view there]. -- 1 timothy 5:24 +. +So also, good deeds are evident and conspicuous, and even when they are not, they cannot remain hidden [indefinitely]. -- 1 timothy 5:25 +. +LET ALL who are under the yoke as bond servants esteem their own [personal] masters worthy of honor and fullest respect, so that the name of God and the teaching [about Him] may not be brought into disrepute and blasphemed. -- 1 timothy 6:1 +. +Let those who have believing masters not be disrespectful or scornful [to them] on the grounds that they are brothers [in Christ]; rather, they should serve [them all the better] because those who benefit by their kindly service are believers and beloved. Teach and urge these duties. -- 1 timothy 6:2 +. +But if anyone teaches otherwise and does not assent to the sound and wholesome messages of our Lord Jesus Christ (the Messiah) and the teaching which is in agreement with godliness (piety toward God), -- 1 timothy 6:3 +. +He is puffed up with pride and stupefied with conceit, [although he is] woefully ignorant. He has a morbid fondness for controversy and disputes and strife about words, which result in (produce) envy and jealousy, quarrels and dissension, abuse and insults and slander, and base suspicions, -- 1 timothy 6:4 +. +And protracted wrangling and wearing discussion and perpetual friction among men who are corrupted in mind and bereft of the truth, who imagine that godliness or righteousness is a source of profit [a moneymaking business, a means of livelihood]. From such withdraw. -- 1 timothy 6:5 +. +[And it is, indeed, a source of immense profit, for] godliness accompanied with contentment (that contentment which is a sense of inward sufficiency) is great and abundant gain. -- 1 timothy 6:6 +. +For we brought nothing into the world, and obviously we cannot take anything out of the world; -- 1 timothy 6:7 +. +But if we have food and clothing, with these we shall be content (satisfied). -- 1 timothy 6:8 +. +But those who crave to be rich fall into temptation and a snare and into many foolish (useless, godless) and hurtful desires that plunge men into ruin and destruction and miserable perishing. -- 1 timothy 6:9 +. +For the love of money is a root of all evils; it is through this craving that some have been led astray and have wandered from the faith and pierced themselves through with many acute [mental] pangs. -- 1 timothy 6:10 +. +But as for you, O man of God, flee from all these things; aim at and pursue righteousness (right standing with God and true goodness), godliness (which is the loving fear of God and being Christlike), faith, love, steadfastness (patience), and gentleness of heart. -- 1 timothy 6:11 +. +Fight the good fight of the faith; lay hold of the eternal life to which you were summoned and [for which] you confessed the good confession [of faith] before many witnesses. -- 1 timothy 6:12 +. +In the presence of God, Who preserves alive all living things, and of Christ Jesus, Who in His testimony before Pontius Pilate made the good confession, I [solemnly] charge you -- 1 timothy 6:13 +. +To keep all His precepts unsullied and flawless, irreproachable, until the appearing of our Lord Jesus Christ (the Anointed One), -- 1 timothy 6:14 +. +Which [appearing] will be shown forth in His own proper time by the blessed, only Sovereign (Ruler), the King of kings and the Lord of lords, -- 1 timothy 6:15 +. +Who alone has immortality [in the sense of exemption from every kind of death] and lives in unapproachable light, Whom no man has ever seen or can see. Unto Him be honor and everlasting power and dominion. Amen (so be it). -- 1 timothy 6:16 +. +As for the rich in this world, charge them not to be proud and arrogant and contemptuous of others, nor to set their hopes on uncertain riches, but on God, Who richly and ceaselessly provides us with everything for [our] enjoyment. -- 1 timothy 6:17 +. +[Charge them] to do good, to be rich in good works, to be liberal and generous of heart, ready to share [with others], -- 1 timothy 6:18 +. +In this way laying up for themselves [the riches that endure forever as] a good foundation for the future, so that they may grasp that which is life indeed. -- 1 timothy 6:19 +. +O Timothy, guard and keep the deposit entrusted [to you]! Turn away from the irreverent babble and godless chatter, with the vain and empty and worldly phrases, and the subtleties and the contradictions in what is falsely called knowledge and spiritual illumination. -- 1 timothy 6:20 +. +[For] by making such profession some have erred (missed the mark) as regards the faith. Grace (divine favor and blessing) be with you all! Amen (so be it). -- 1 timothy 6:21 +. +PAUL, AN apostle (special messenger) of Christ Jesus by the will of God, according to the promise of life that is in Christ Jesus, -- 2 timothy 1:1 +. +To Timothy, [my] beloved child: Grace (favor and spiritual blessing), mercy, and [heart] peace from God the Father and Christ Jesus our Lord! -- 2 timothy 1:2 +. +I thank God Whom I worship with a pure conscience, in the spirit of my fathers, when without ceasing I remember you night and day in my prayers, -- 2 timothy 1:3 +. +And when, as I recall your tears, I yearn to see you so that I may be filled with joy. -- 2 timothy 1:4 +. +I am calling up memories of your sincere and unqualified faith (the leaning of your entire personality on God in Christ in absolute trust and confidence in His power, wisdom, and goodness), [a faith] that first lived permanently in [the heart of] your grandmother Lois and your mother Eunice and now, I am [fully] persuaded, [dwells] in you also. -- 2 timothy 1:5 +. +That is why I would remind you to stir up (rekindle the embers of, fan the flame of, and keep burning) the [gracious] gift of God, [the inner fire] that is in you by means of the laying on of my hands [with those of the elders at your ordination]. -- 2 timothy 1:6 +. +For God did not give us a spirit of timidity (of cowardice, of craven and cringing and fawning fear), but [He has given us a spirit] of power and of love and of calm and well-balanced mind and discipline and self-control. -- 2 timothy 1:7 +. +Do not blush or be ashamed then, to testify to and for our Lord, nor of me, a prisoner for His sake, but [with me] take your share of the suffering [to which the preaching] of the Gospel [may expose you, and do it] in the power of God. -- 2 timothy 1:8 +. +[For it is He] Who delivered and saved us and called us with a calling in itself holy and leading to holiness [to a life of consecration, a vocation of holiness]; [He did it] not because of anything of merit that we have done, but because of and to further His own purpose and grace (unmerited favor) which was given us in Christ Jesus before the world began [eternal ages ago]. -- 2 timothy 1:9 +. +[It is that purpose and grace] which He now has made known and has fully disclosed and made real [to us] through the appearing of our Savior Christ Jesus, Who annulled death and made it of no effect and brought life and immortality (immunity from eternal death) to light through the Gospel. -- 2 timothy 1:10 +. +For [the proclaiming of] this [Gospel] I was appointed a herald (preacher) and an apostle (special messenger) and a teacher of the Gentiles. -- 2 timothy 1:11 +. +And this is why I am suffering as I do. Still I am not ashamed, for I know (perceive, have knowledge of, and am acquainted with) Him Whom I have believed (adhered to and trusted in and relied on), and I am [positively] persuaded that He is able to guard and keep that which has been entrusted to me and which I have committed [to Him] until that day. -- 2 timothy 1:12 +. +Hold fast and follow the pattern of wholesome and sound teaching which you have heard from me, in [all] the faith and love which are [for us] in Christ Jesus. -- 2 timothy 1:13 +. +Guard and keep [with the greatest care] the precious and excellently adapted [Truth] which has been entrusted [to you], by the [help of the] Holy Spirit Who makes His home in us. -- 2 timothy 1:14 +. +You already know that all who are in Asia turned away and forsook me, Phygelus and Hermogenes among them. -- 2 timothy 1:15 +. +May the Lord grant [His] mercy to the family of Onesiphorus, for he often showed me kindness and ministered to my needs [comforting and reviving and bracing me like fresh air]! He was not ashamed of my chains and imprisonment [for Christ's sake]. -- 2 timothy 1:16 +. +No, rather when he reached Rome, he searched diligently and eagerly for me and found me. -- 2 timothy 1:17 +. +May the Lord grant to him that he may find mercy from the Lord on that [great] day! And you know how many things he did for me and what a help he was at Ephesus [you know better than I can tell you]. -- 2 timothy 1:18 +. +SO YOU, my son, be strong (strengthened inwardly) in the grace (spiritual blessing) that is [to be found only] in Christ Jesus. -- 2 timothy 2:1 +. +And the [instructions] which you have heard from me along with many witnesses, transmit and entrust [as a deposit] to reliable and faithful men who will be competent and qualified to teach others also. -- 2 timothy 2:2 +. +Take [with me] your share of the hardships and suffering [which you are called to endure] as a good (first-class) soldier of Christ Jesus. -- 2 timothy 2:3 +. +No soldier when in service gets entangled in the enterprises of [civilian] life; his aim is to satisfy and please the one who enlisted him. -- 2 timothy 2:4 +. +And if anyone enters competitive games, he is not crowned unless he competes lawfully (fairly, according to the rules laid down). -- 2 timothy 2:5 +. +[It is] the hard-working farmer [who labors to produce] who must be the first partaker of the fruits. -- 2 timothy 2:6 +. +Think over these things I am saying [understand them and grasp their application], for the Lord will grant you full insight and understanding in everything. -- 2 timothy 2:7 +. +Constantly keep in mind Jesus Christ (the Messiah) [as] risen from the dead, [as the prophesied King] descended from David, according to the good news (the Gospel) that I preach. -- 2 timothy 2:8 +. +For that [Gospel] I am suffering affliction and even wearing chains like a criminal. But the Word of God is not chained or imprisoned! -- 2 timothy 2:9 +. +Therefore I [am ready to] persevere and stand my ground with patience and endure everything for the sake of the elect [God's chosen], so that they too may obtain [the] salvation which is in Christ Jesus, with [the reward of] eternal glory. -- 2 timothy 2:10 +. +The saying is sure and worthy of confidence: If we have died with Him, we shall also live with Him. -- 2 timothy 2:11 +. +If we endure, we shall also reign with Him. If we deny and disown and reject Him, He will also deny and disown and reject us. -- 2 timothy 2:12 +. +If we are faithless [do not believe and are untrue to Him], He remains true (faithful to His Word and His righteous character), for He cannot deny Himself. -- 2 timothy 2:13 +. +Remind [the people] of these facts and [solemnly] charge them in the presence of the Lord to avoid petty controversy over words, which does no good but upsets and undermines the faith of the hearers. -- 2 timothy 2:14 +. +Study and be eager and do your utmost to present yourself to God approved (tested by trial), a workman who has no cause to be ashamed, correctly analyzing and accurately dividing [rightly handling and skillfully teaching] the Word of Truth. -- 2 timothy 2:15 +. +But avoid all empty (vain, useless, idle) talk, for it will lead people into more and more ungodliness. -- 2 timothy 2:16 +. +And their teaching [will devour; it] will eat its way like cancer or spread like gangrene. So it is with Hymenaeus and Philetus, -- 2 timothy 2:17 +. +Who have missed the mark and swerved from the truth by arguing that the resurrection has already taken place. They are undermining the faith of some. -- 2 timothy 2:18 +. +But the firm foundation of (laid by) God stands, sure and unshaken, bearing this seal (inscription): The Lord knows those who are His, and, Let everyone who names [himself by] the name of the Lord give up all iniquity and stand aloof from it. -- 2 timothy 2:19 +. +But in a great house there are not only vessels of gold and silver, but also [utensils] of wood and earthenware, and some for honorable and noble [use] and some for menial and ignoble [use]. -- 2 timothy 2:20 +. +So whoever cleanses himself [from what is ignoble and unclean, who separates himself from contact with contaminating and corrupting influences] will [then himself] be a vessel set apart and useful for honorable and noble purposes, consecrated and profitable to the Master, fit and ready for any good work. -- 2 timothy 2:21 +. +Shun youthful lusts and flee from them, and aim at and pursue righteousness (all that is virtuous and good, right living, conformity to the will of God in thought, word, and deed); [and aim at and pursue] faith, love, [and] peace (harmony and concord with others) in fellowship with all [Christians], who call upon the Lord out of a pure heart. -- 2 timothy 2:22 +. +But refuse (shut your mind against, have nothing to do with) trifling (ill-informed, unedifying, stupid) controversies over ignorant questionings, for you know that they foster strife and breed quarrels. -- 2 timothy 2:23 +. +And the servant of the Lord must not be quarrelsome (fighting and contending). Instead, he must be kindly to everyone and mild-tempered [preserving the bond of peace]; he must be a skilled and suitable teacher, patient and forbearing and willing to suffer wrong. -- 2 timothy 2:24 +. +He must correct his opponents with courtesy and gentleness, in the hope that God may grant that they will repent and come to know the Truth [that they will perceive and recognize and become accurately acquainted with and acknowledge it], -- 2 timothy 2:25 +. +And that they may come to their senses [and] escape out of the snare of the devil, having been held captive by him, [henceforth] to do His [God's] will. -- 2 timothy 2:26 +. +BUT UNDERSTAND this, that in the last days will come (set in) perilous times of great stress and trouble [hard to deal with and hard to bear]. -- 2 timothy 3:1 +. +For people will be lovers of self and [utterly] self-centered, lovers of money and aroused by an inordinate [greedy] desire for wealth, proud and arrogant and contemptuous boasters. They will be abusive (blasphemous, scoffing), disobedient to parents, ungrateful, unholy and profane. -- 2 timothy 3:2 +. +[They will be] without natural [human] affection (callous and inhuman), relentless (admitting of no truce or appeasement); [they will be] slanderers (false accusers, troublemakers), intemperate and loose in morals and conduct, uncontrolled and fierce, haters of good. -- 2 timothy 3:3 +. +[They will be] treacherous [betrayers], rash, [and] inflated with self-conceit. [They will be] lovers of sensual pleasures and vain amusements more than and rather than lovers of God. -- 2 timothy 3:4 +. +For [although] they hold a form of piety (true religion), they deny and reject and are strangers to the power of it [their conduct belies the genuineness of their profession]. Avoid [all] such people [turn away from them]. -- 2 timothy 3:5 +. +For among them are those who worm their way into homes and captivate silly and weak-natured and spiritually dwarfed women, loaded down with [the burden of their] sins [and easily] swayed and led away by various evil desires and seductive impulses. -- 2 timothy 3:6 +. +[These weak women will listen to anybody who will teach them]; they are forever inquiring and getting information, but are never able to arrive at a recognition and knowledge of the Truth. -- 2 timothy 3:7 +. +Now just as Jannes and Jambres were hostile to and resisted Moses, so these men also are hostile to and oppose the Truth. They have depraved and distorted minds, and are reprobate and counterfeit and to be rejected as far as the faith is concerned. -- 2 timothy 3:8 +. +But they will not get very far, for their rash folly will become obvious to everybody, as was that of those [magicians mentioned]. -- 2 timothy 3:9 +. +Now you have closely observed and diligently followed my teaching, conduct, purpose in life, faith, patience, love, steadfastness, -- 2 timothy 3:10 +. +Persecutions, sufferings--such as occurred to me at Antioch, at Iconium, and at Lystra, persecutions I endured, but out of them all the Lord delivered me. -- 2 timothy 3:11 +. +Indeed all who delight in piety and are determined to live a devoted and godly life in Christ Jesus will meet with persecution [will be made to suffer because of their religious stand]. -- 2 timothy 3:12 +. +But wicked men and imposters will go on from bad to worse, deceiving and leading astray others and being deceived and led astray themselves. -- 2 timothy 3:13 +. +But as for you, continue to hold to the things that you have learned and of which you are convinced, knowing from whom you learned [them], -- 2 timothy 3:14 +. +And how from your childhood you have had a knowledge of and been acquainted with the sacred Writings, which are able to instruct you and give you the understanding for salvation which comes through faith in Christ Jesus [through the leaning of the entire human personality on God in Christ Jesus in absolute trust and confidence in His power, wisdom, and goodness]. -- 2 timothy 3:15 +. +Every Scripture is God-breathed (given by His inspiration) and profitable for instruction, for reproof and conviction of sin, for correction of error and discipline in obedience, [and] for training in righteousness (in holy living, in conformity to God's will in thought, purpose, and action), -- 2 timothy 3:16 +. +So that the man of God may be complete and proficient, well fitted and thoroughly equipped for every good work. -- 2 timothy 3:17 +. +I CHARGE [you] in the presence of God and of Christ Jesus, Who is to judge the living and the dead, and by (in the light of) His coming and His kingdom: -- 2 timothy 4:1 +. +Herald and preach the Word! Keep your sense of urgency [stand by, be at hand and ready], whether the opportunity seems to be favorable or unfavorable. [Whether it is convenient or inconvenient, whether it is welcome or unwelcome, you as preacher of the Word are to show people in what way their lives are wrong.] And convince them, rebuking and correcting, warning and urging and encouraging them, being unflagging and inexhaustible in patience and teaching. -- 2 timothy 4:2 +. +For the time is coming when [people] will not tolerate (endure) sound and wholesome instruction, but, having ears itching [for something pleasing and gratifying], they will gather to themselves one teacher after another to a considerable number, chosen to satisfy their own liking and to foster the errors they hold, -- 2 timothy 4:3 +. +And will turn aside from hearing the truth and wander off into myths and man-made fictions. -- 2 timothy 4:4 +. +As for you, be calm and cool and steady, accept and suffer unflinchingly every hardship, do the work of an evangelist, fully perform all the duties of your ministry. -- 2 timothy 4:5 +. +For I am already about to be sacrificed [my life is about to be poured out as a drink offering]; the time of my [spirit's] release [from the body] is at hand and I will soon go free. -- 2 timothy 4:6 +. +I have fought the good (worthy, honorable, and noble) fight, I have finished the race, I have kept (firmly held) the faith. -- 2 timothy 4:7 +. +[As to what remains] henceforth there is laid up for me the [victor's] crown of righteousness [for being right with God and doing right], which the Lord, the righteous Judge, will award to me and recompense me on that [great] day--and not to me only, but also to all those who have loved and yearned for and welcomed His appearing (His return). -- 2 timothy 4:8 +. +Make every effort to come to me soon. -- 2 timothy 4:9 +. +For Demas has deserted me for love of this present world and has gone to Thessalonica; Crescens [has gone] to Galatia, Titus to Dalmatia. -- 2 timothy 4:10 +. +Luke alone is with me. Get Mark and bring him with you, for he is very helpful to me for the ministry. -- 2 timothy 4:11 +. +Tychicus I have sent to Ephesus. -- 2 timothy 4:12 +. +[When] you come, bring the cloak that I left at Troas with Carpus, also the books, especially the parchments. -- 2 timothy 4:13 +. +Alexander the coppersmith did me great wrongs. The Lord will pay him back for his actions. -- 2 timothy 4:14 +. +Beware of him yourself, for he opposed and resisted our message very strongly and exceedingly. -- 2 timothy 4:15 +. +At my first trial no one acted in my defense [as my advocate] or took my part or [even] stood with me, but all forsook me. May it not be charged against them! -- 2 timothy 4:16 +. +But the Lord stood by me and strengthened me, so that through me the [Gospel] message might be fully proclaimed and all the Gentiles might hear it. So I was delivered out of the jaws of the lion. -- 2 timothy 4:17 +. +[And indeed] the Lord will certainly deliver and draw me to Himself from every assault of evil. He will preserve and bring me safe unto His heavenly kingdom. To Him be the glory forever and ever. Amen (so be it). -- 2 timothy 4:18 +. +Give my greetings to Prisca and Aquila and to the household of Onesiphorus. -- 2 timothy 4:19 +. +Erastus stayed on at Corinth, but Trophimus I left ill at Miletus. -- 2 timothy 4:20 +. +Do hasten and try your best to come to me before winter. Eubulus wishes to be remembered to you, as do Pudens and Linus and Claudia and all the brethren. -- 2 timothy 4:21 +. +The Lord Jesus Christ be with your spirit. Grace (God's favor and blessing) be with you. Amen (so be it). -- 2 timothy 4:22 +. +PAUL, A bond servant of God and an apostle (a special messenger) of Jesus Christ (the Messiah) to stimulate and promote the faith of God's chosen ones and to lead them on to accurate discernment and recognition of and acquaintance with the Truth which belongs to and harmonizes with and tends to godliness, -- titus 1:1 +. +[Resting] in the hope of eternal life, [life] which the ever truthful God Who cannot deceive promised before the world or the ages of time began. -- titus 1:2 +. +And [now] in His own appointed time He has made manifest (made known) His Word and revealed it as His message through the preaching entrusted to me by command of God our Savior; -- titus 1:3 +. +To Titus, my true child according to a common (general) faith: Grace (favor and spiritual blessing) and [heart] peace from God the Father and the Lord Christ Jesus our Savior. -- titus 1:4 +. +For this reason I left you [behind] in Crete, that you might set right what was defective and finish what was left undone, and that you might appoint elders and set them over the churches (assemblies) in every city as I directed you. -- titus 1:5 +. +[These elders should be] men who are of unquestionable integrity and are irreproachable, the husband of [but] one wife, whose children are [well trained and are] believers, not open to the accusation of being loose in morals and conduct or unruly and disorderly. -- titus 1:6 +. +For the bishop (an overseer) as God's steward must be blameless, not self-willed or arrogant or presumptuous; he must not be quick-tempered or given to drink or pugnacious (brawling, violent); he must not be grasping and greedy for filthy lucre (financial gain); -- titus 1:7 +. +But he must be hospitable (loving and a friend to believers, especially to strangers and foreigners); [he must be] a lover of goodness [of good people and good things], sober-minded (sensible, discreet), upright and fair-minded, a devout man and religiously correct, temperate and keeping himself in hand. -- titus 1:8 +. +He must hold fast to the sure and trustworthy Word of God as he was taught it, so that he may be able both to give stimulating instruction and encouragement in sound (wholesome) doctrine and to refute and convict those who contradict and oppose it [showing the wayward their error]. -- titus 1:9 +. +For there are many disorderly and unruly men who are idle (vain, empty) and misleading talkers and self-deceivers and deceivers of others. [This is true] especially of those of the circumcision party [who have come over from Judaism]. -- titus 1:10 +. +Their mouths must be stopped, for they are mentally distressing and subverting whole families by teaching what they ought not to teach, for the purpose of getting base advantage and disreputable gain. -- titus 1:11 +. +One of their [very] number, a prophet of their own, said, Cretans are always liars, hurtful beasts, idle and lazy gluttons. -- titus 1:12 +. +And this account of them is [really] true. Because it is [true], rebuke them sharply [deal sternly, even severely with them], so that they may be sound in the faith and free from error, -- titus 1:13 +. +[And may show their soundness by] ceasing to give attention to Jewish myths and fables or to rules [laid down] by [mere] men who reject and turn their backs on the Truth. -- titus 1:14 +. +To the pure [in heart and conscience] all things are pure, but to the defiled and corrupt and unbelieving nothing is pure; their very minds and consciences are defiled and polluted. -- titus 1:15 +. +They profess to know God [to recognize, perceive, and be acquainted with Him], but deny and disown and renounce Him by what they do; they are detestable and loathsome, unbelieving and disobedient and disloyal and rebellious, and [they are] unfit and worthless for good work (deed or enterprise) of any kind. -- titus 1:16 +. +BUT [as for] you, teach what is fitting and becoming to sound (wholesome) doctrine [the character and right living that identify true Christians]. -- titus 2:1 +. +Urge the older men to be temperate, venerable (serious), sensible, self-controlled, and sound in the faith, in the love, and in the steadfastness and patience [of Christ]. -- titus 2:2 +. +Bid the older women similarly to be reverent and devout in their deportment as becomes those engaged in sacred service, not slanderers or slaves to drink. They are to give good counsel and be teachers of what is right and noble, -- titus 2:3 +. +So that they will wisely train the young women to be sane and sober of mind (temperate, disciplined) and to love their husbands and their children, -- titus 2:4 +. +To be self-controlled, chaste, homemakers, good-natured (kindhearted), adapting and subordinating themselves to their husbands, that the word of God may not be exposed to reproach (blasphemed or discredited). -- titus 2:5 +. +In a similar way, urge the younger men to be self-restrained and to behave prudently [taking life seriously]. -- titus 2:6 +. +And show your own self in all respects to be a pattern and a model of good deeds and works, teaching what is unadulterated, showing gravity [having the strictest regard for truth and purity of motive], with dignity and seriousness. -- titus 2:7 +. +And let your instruction be sound and fit and wise and wholesome, vigorous and irrefutable and above censure, so that the opponent may be put to shame, finding nothing discrediting or evil to say about us. -- titus 2:8 +. +[Tell] bond servants to be submissive to their masters, to be pleasing and give satisfaction in every way. [Warn them] not to talk back or contradict, -- titus 2:9 +. +Nor to steal by taking things of small value, but to prove themselves truly loyal and entirely reliable and faithful throughout, so that in everything they may be an ornament and do credit to the teaching [which is] from and about God our Savior. -- titus 2:10 +. +For the grace of God (His unmerited favor and blessing) has come forward (appeared) for the deliverance from sin and the eternal salvation for all mankind. -- titus 2:11 +. +It has trained us to reject and renounce all ungodliness (irreligion) and worldly (passionate) desires, to live discreet (temperate, self-controlled), upright, devout (spiritually whole) lives in this present world, -- titus 2:12 +. +Awaiting and looking for the [fulfillment, the realization of our] blessed hope, even the glorious appearing of our great God and Savior Christ Jesus (the Messiah, the Anointed One), -- titus 2:13 +. +Who gave Himself on our behalf that He might redeem us (purchase our freedom) from all iniquity and purify for Himself a people [to be peculiarly His own, people who are] eager and enthusiastic about [living a life that is good and filled with] beneficial deeds. -- titus 2:14 +. +Tell [them all] these things. Urge (advise, encourage, warn) and rebuke with full authority. Let no one despise or disregard or think little of you [conduct yourself and your teaching so as to command respect]. -- titus 2:15 +. +REMIND PEOPLE to be submissive to [their] magistrates and authorities, to be obedient, to be prepared and willing to do any upright and honorable work, -- titus 3:1 +. +To slander or abuse or speak evil of no one, to avoid being contentious, to be forbearing (yielding, gentle, and conciliatory), and to show unqualified courtesy toward everybody. -- titus 3:2 +. +For we also were once thoughtless and senseless, obstinate and disobedient, deluded and misled; [we too were once] slaves to all sorts of cravings and pleasures, wasting our days in malice and jealousy and envy, hateful (hated, detestable) and hating one another. -- titus 3:3 +. +But when the goodness and loving-kindness of God our Savior to man [as man] appeared, -- titus 3:4 +. +He saved us, not because of any works of righteousness that we had done, but because of His own pity and mercy, by [the] cleansing [bath] of the new birth (regeneration) and renewing of the Holy Spirit, -- titus 3:5 +. +Which He poured out [so] richly upon us through Jesus Christ our Savior. -- titus 3:6 +. +[And He did it in order] that we might be justified by His grace (by His favor, wholly undeserved), [that we might be acknowledged and counted as conformed to the divine will in purpose, thought, and action], and that we might become heirs of eternal life according to [our] hope. -- titus 3:7 +. +This message is most trustworthy, and concerning these things I want you to insist steadfastly, so that those who have believed in (trusted in, relied on) God may be careful to apply themselves to honorable occupations and to doing good, for such things are [not only] excellent and right [in themselves], but [they are] good and profitable for the people. -- titus 3:8 +. +But avoid stupid and foolish controversies and genealogies and dissensions and wrangling about the Law, for they are unprofitable and futile. -- titus 3:9 +. +[As for] a man who is factious [a heretical sectarian and cause of divisions], after admonishing him a first and second time, reject [him from your fellowship and have nothing more to do with him], -- titus 3:10 +. +Well aware that such a person has utterly changed (is perverted and corrupted); he goes on sinning [though he] is convicted of guilt and self-condemned. -- titus 3:11 +. +When I send Artemas or [perhaps] Tychicus to you, lose no time but make every effort to come to me at Nicopolis, for I have decided to spend the winter there. -- titus 3:12 +. +Do your utmost to speed Zenas the lawyer and Apollos on their way; see that they want for (lack) nothing. -- titus 3:13 +. +And let our own [people really] learn to apply themselves to good deeds (to honest labor and honorable employment), so that they may be able to meet necessary demands whenever the occasion may require and not be living idle and uncultivated and unfruitful lives. -- titus 3:14 +. +All who are with me wish to be remembered to you. Greet those who love us in the faith. Grace (God's favor and blessing) be with you all. Amen (so be it). -- titus 3:15 +. +PAUL, A prisoner [for the sake] of Christ Jesus (the Messiah), and our brother Timothy, to Philemon our dearly beloved sharer with us in our work, -- philemon 1:1 +. +And to Apphia our sister and Archippus our fellow soldier [in the Christian warfare], and to the church [assembly that meets] in your house: -- philemon 1:2 +. +Grace (spiritual blessing and favor) be to all of you and [heart] peace from God our Father and the Lord Jesus Christ (the Messiah). -- philemon 1:3 +. +I give thanks to my God for you always when I mention you in my prayers, -- philemon 1:4 +. +Because I continue to hear of your love and of your loyal faith which you have toward the Lord Jesus and [which you show] toward all the saints (God's consecrated people). -- philemon 1:5 +. +[And I pray] that the participation in and sharing of your faith may produce and promote full recognition and appreciation and understanding and precise knowledge of every good [thing] that is ours in [our identification with] Christ Jesus [and unto His glory]. -- philemon 1:6 +. +For I have derived great joy and comfort and encouragement from your love, because the hearts of the saints [who are your fellow Christians] have been cheered and refreshed through you, [my] brother. -- philemon 1:7 +. +Therefore, though I have abundant boldness in Christ to charge you to do what is fitting and required and your duty to do, -- philemon 1:8 +. +Yet for love's sake I prefer to appeal to you just for what I am--I, Paul, an ambassador [of Christ Jesus] and an old man and now a prisoner for His sake also-- -- philemon 1:9 +. +I appeal to you for my [own spiritual] child, Onesimus [meaning profitable], whom I have begotten [in the faith] while a captive in these chains. -- philemon 1:10 +. +Once he was unprofitable to you, but now he is indeed profitable to you as well as to me. -- philemon 1:11 +. +I am sending him back to you in his own person, [and it is like sending] my very heart. -- philemon 1:12 +. +I would have chosen to keep him with me, in order that he might minister to my needs in your stead during my imprisonment for the Gospel's sake. -- philemon 1:13 +. +But it has been my wish to do nothing about it without first consulting you and getting your consent, in order that your benevolence might not seem to be the result of compulsion or of pressure but might be voluntary [on your part]. -- philemon 1:14 +. +Perhaps it was for this reason that he was separated [from you] for a while, that you might have him back as yours forever, -- philemon 1:15 +. +Not as a slave any longer but as [something] more than a slave, as a brother [Christian], especially dear to me but how much more to you, both in the flesh [as a servant] and in the Lord [as a fellow believer]. -- philemon 1:16 +. +If then you consider me a partner and a comrade in fellowship, welcome and receive him as you would [welcome and receive] me. -- philemon 1:17 +. +And if he has done you any wrong in any way or owes anything [to you], charge that to my account. -- philemon 1:18 +. +I, Paul, write it with my own hand, I promise to repay it [in full]--and that is to say nothing [of the fact] that you owe me your very self! -- philemon 1:19 +. +Yes, brother, let me have some profit from you in the Lord. Cheer and refresh my heart in Christ. -- philemon 1:20 +. +I write to you [perfectly] confident of your obedient compliance, knowing that you will do even more than I ask. -- philemon 1:21 +. +At the same time prepare a guest room [in expectation of extending your hospitality] to me, for I am hoping through your prayers to be granted [the gracious privilege of coming] to you. -- philemon 1:22 +. +Greetings to you from Epaphras, my fellow prisoner here in [the cause of] Christ Jesus (the Messiah), -- philemon 1:23 +. +And [from] Mark, Aristarchus, Demas, and Luke, my fellow workers. -- philemon 1:24 +. +The grace (blessing and favor) of the Lord Jesus Christ (the Messiah) be with your spirit. Amen (so be it). -- philemon 1:25 +. +IN MANY separate revelations [each of which set forth a portion of the Truth] and in different ways God spoke of old to [our] forefathers in and by the prophets, -- hebrews 1:1 +. +[But] in the last of these days He has spoken to us in [the person of a] Son, Whom He appointed Heir and lawful Owner of all things, also by and through Whom He created the worlds and the reaches of space and the ages of time [He made, produced, built, operated, and arranged them in order]. -- hebrews 1:2 +. +He is the sole expression of the glory of God [the Light-being, the out-raying or radiance of the divine], and He is the perfect imprint and very image of [God's] nature, upholding and maintaining and guiding and propelling the universe by His mighty word of power. When He had by offering Himself accomplished our cleansing of sins and riddance of guilt, He sat down at the right hand of the divine Majesty on high, -- hebrews 1:3 +. +[Taking a place and rank by which] He Himself became as much superior to angels as the glorious Name (title) which He has inherited is different from and more excellent than theirs. -- hebrews 1:4 +. +For to which of the angels did [God] ever say, You are My Son, today I have begotten You [established You in an official Sonship relation, with kingly dignity]? And again, I will be to Him a Father, and He will be to Me a Son? [II Sam. 7:14; Ps. 2:7.] -- hebrews 1:5 +. +Moreover, when He brings the firstborn Son again into the habitable world, He says, Let all the angels of God worship Him. -- hebrews 1:6 +. +Referring to the angels He says, [God] Who makes His angels winds and His ministering servants flames of fire; -- hebrews 1:7 +. +But as to the Son, He says to Him, Your throne, O God, is forever and ever (to the ages of the ages), and the scepter of Your kingdom is a scepter of absolute righteousness (of justice and straightforwardness). -- hebrews 1:8 +. +You have loved righteousness [You have delighted in integrity, virtue, and uprightness in purpose, thought, and action] and You have hated lawlessness (injustice and iniquity). Therefore God, [even] Your God (Godhead), has anointed You with the oil of exultant joy and gladness above and beyond Your companions. -- hebrews 1:9 +. +And [further], You, Lord, did lay the foundation of the earth in the beginning, and the heavens are the works of Your hands. -- hebrews 1:10 +. +They will perish, but You remain and continue permanently; they will all grow old and wear out like a garment. -- hebrews 1:11 +. +Like a mantle [thrown about one's self] You will roll them up, and they will be changed and replaced by others. But You remain the same, and Your years will never end nor come to failure. -- hebrews 1:12 +. +Besides, to which of the angels has He ever said, Sit at My right hand [associated with Me in My royal dignity] till I make your enemies a stool for your feet? -- hebrews 1:13 +. +Are not the angels all ministering spirits (servants) sent out in the service [of God for the assistance] of those who are to inherit salvation? -- hebrews 1:14 +. +SINCE ALL this is true, we ought to pay much closer attention than ever to the truths that we have heard, lest in any way we drift past [them] and slip away. -- hebrews 2:1 +. +For if the message given through angels [the Law spoken by them to Moses] was authentic and proved sure, and every violation and disobedience received an appropriate (just and adequate) penalty, -- hebrews 2:2 +. +How shall we escape [appropriate retribution] if we neglect and refuse to pay attention to such a great salvation [as is now offered to us, letting it drift past us forever]? For it was declared at first by the Lord [Himself], and it was confirmed to us and proved to be real and genuine by those who personally heard [Him speak]. -- hebrews 2:3 +. +[Besides this evidence] it was also established and plainly endorsed by God, Who showed His approval of it by signs and wonders and various miraculous manifestations of [His] power and by imparting the gifts of the Holy Spirit [to the believers] according to His own will. -- hebrews 2:4 +. +For it was not to angels that God subjected the habitable world of the future, of which we are speaking. -- hebrews 2:5 +. +It has been solemnly and earnestly said in a certain place, What is man that You are mindful of him, or the son of man that You graciously and helpfully care for and visit and look after him? -- hebrews 2:6 +. +For some little time You have ranked him lower than and inferior to the angels; You have crowned him with glory and honor and set him over the works of Your hands, -- hebrews 2:7 +. +For You have put everything in subjection under his feet. Now in putting everything in subjection to man, He left nothing outside [of man's] control. But at present we do not yet see all things subjected to him [man]. -- hebrews 2:8 +. +But we are able to see Jesus, Who was ranked lower than the angels for a little while, crowned with glory and honor because of His having suffered death, in order that by the grace (unmerited favor) of God [to us sinners] He might experience death for every individual person. -- hebrews 2:9 +. +For it was an act worthy [of God] and fitting [to the divine nature] that He, for Whose sake and by Whom all things have their existence, in bringing many sons into glory, should make the Pioneer of their salvation perfect [should bring to maturity the human experience necessary to be perfectly equipped for His office as High Priest] through suffering. -- hebrews 2:10 +. +For both He Who sanctifies [making men holy] and those who are sanctified all have one [Father]. For this reason He is not ashamed to call them brethren; -- hebrews 2:11 +. +For He says, I will declare Your [the Father's] name to My brethren; in the midst of the [worshiping] congregation I will sing hymns of praise to You. -- hebrews 2:12 +. +And again He says, My trust and assured reliance and confident hope shall be fixed in Him. And yet again, Here I am, I and the children whom God has given Me. -- hebrews 2:13 +. +Since, therefore, [these His] children share in flesh and blood [in the physical nature of human beings], He [Himself] in a similar manner partook of the same [nature], that by [going through] death He might bring to nought and make of no effect him who had the power of death--that is, the devil-- -- hebrews 2:14 +. +And also that He might deliver and completely set free all those who through the [haunting] fear of death were held in bondage throughout the whole course of their lives. -- hebrews 2:15 +. +For, as we all know, He [Christ] did not take hold of angels [the fallen angels, to give them a helping and delivering hand], but He did take hold of [the fallen] descendants of Abraham [to reach out to them a helping and delivering hand]. -- hebrews 2:16 +. +So it is evident that it was essential that He be made like His brethren in every respect, in order that He might become a merciful (sympathetic) and faithful High Priest in the things related to God, to make atonement and propitiation for the people's sins. -- hebrews 2:17 +. +For because He Himself [in His humanity] has suffered in being tempted (tested and tried), He is able [immediately] to run to the cry of (assist, relieve) those who are being tempted and tested and tried [and who therefore are being exposed to suffering]. -- hebrews 2:18 +. +SO THEN, brethren, consecrated and set apart for God, who share in the heavenly calling, [thoughtfully and attentively] consider Jesus, the Apostle and High Priest Whom we confessed [as ours when we embraced the Christian faith]. -- hebrews 3:1 +. +[See how] faithful He was to Him Who appointed Him [Apostle and High Priest], as Moses was also faithful in the whole house [of God]. -- hebrews 3:2 +. +Yet Jesus has been considered worthy of much greater honor and glory than Moses, just as the builder of a house has more honor than the house [itself]. -- hebrews 3:3 +. +For [of course] every house is built and furnished by someone, but the Builder of all things and the Furnisher [of the entire equipment of all things] is God. -- hebrews 3:4 +. +And Moses certainly was faithful in the administration of all God's house [but it was only] as a ministering servant. [In his entire ministry he was but] a testimony to the things which were to be spoken [the revelations to be given afterward in Christ]. -- hebrews 3:5 +. +But Christ (the Messiah) was faithful over His [own Father's] house as a Son [and Master of it]. And it is we who are [now members] of this house, if we hold fast and firm to the end our joyful and exultant confidence and sense of triumph in our hope [in Christ]. -- hebrews 3:6 +. +Therefore, as the Holy Spirit says: Today, if you will hear His voice, -- hebrews 3:7 +. +Do not harden your hearts, as [happened] in the rebellion [of Israel] and their provocation and embitterment [of Me] in the day of testing in the wilderness, -- hebrews 3:8 +. +Where your fathers tried [My patience] and tested [My forbearance] and found I stood their test, and they saw My works for forty years. -- hebrews 3:9 +. +And so I was provoked (displeased and sorely grieved) with that generation, and said, They always err and are led astray in their hearts, and they have not perceived or recognized My ways and become progressively better and more experimentally and intimately acquainted with them. -- hebrews 3:10 +. +Accordingly, I swore in My wrath and indignation, They shall not enter into My rest. -- hebrews 3:11 +. +[Therefore beware] brethren, take care, lest there be in any one of you a wicked, unbelieving heart [which refuses to cleave to, trust in, and rely on Him], leading you to turn away and desert or stand aloof from the living God. -- hebrews 3:12 +. +But instead warn (admonish, urge, and encourage) one another every day, as long as it is called Today, that none of you may be hardened [into settled rebellion] by the deceitfulness of sin [by the fraudulence, the stratagem, the trickery which the delusive glamor of his sin may play on him]. -- hebrews 3:13 +. +For we have become fellows with Christ (the Messiah) and share in all He has for us, if only we hold our first newborn confidence and original assured expectation [in virtue of which we are believers] firm and unshaken to the end. -- hebrews 3:14 +. +Then while it is [still] called Today, if you would hear His voice and when you hear it, do not harden your hearts as in the rebellion [in the desert, when the people provoked and irritated and embittered God against them]. -- hebrews 3:15 +. +For who were they who heard and yet were rebellious and provoked [Him]? Was it not all those who came out of Egypt led by Moses? -- hebrews 3:16 +. +And with whom was He irritated and provoked and grieved for forty years? Was it not with those who sinned, whose dismembered bodies were strewn and left in the desert? -- hebrews 3:17 +. +And to whom did He swear that they should not enter His rest, but to those who disobeyed [who had not listened to His word and who refused to be compliant or be persuaded]? -- hebrews 3:18 +. +So we see that they were not able to enter [into His rest], because of their unwillingness to adhere to and trust in and rely on God [unbelief had shut them out]. -- hebrews 3:19 +. +THEREFORE, WHILE the promise of entering His rest still holds and is offered [today], let us be afraid [to distrust it], lest any of you should think he has come too late and has come short of [reaching] it. -- hebrews 4:1 +. +For indeed we have had the glad tidings [Gospel of God] proclaimed to us just as truly as they [the Israelites of old did when the good news of deliverance from bondage came to them]; but the message they heard did not benefit them, because it was not mixed with faith (with the leaning of the entire personality on God in absolute trust and confidence in His power, wisdom, and goodness) by those who heard it; neither were they united in faith with the ones [Joshua and Caleb] who heard (did believe). -- hebrews 4:2 +. +For we who have believed (adhered to and trusted in and relied on God) do enter that rest, in accordance with His declaration that those [who did not believe] should not enter when He said, As I swore in My wrath, They shall not enter My rest; and this He said although [His] works had been completed and prepared [and waiting for all who would believe] from the foundation of the world. -- hebrews 4:3 +. +For in a certain place He has said this about the seventh day: And God rested on the seventh day from all His works. -- hebrews 4:4 +. +And [they forfeited their part in it, for] in this [passage] He said, They shall not enter My rest. -- hebrews 4:5 +. +Seeing then that the promise remains over [from past times] for some to enter that rest, and that those who formerly were given the good news about it and the opportunity, failed to appropriate it and did not enter because of disobedience, -- hebrews 4:6 +. +Again He sets a definite day, [a new] Today, [and gives another opportunity of securing that rest] saying through David after so long a time in the words already quoted, Today, if you would hear His voice and when you hear it, do not harden your hearts. -- hebrews 4:7 +. +[This mention of a rest was not a reference to their entering into Canaan.] For if Joshua had given them rest, He [God] would not speak afterward about another day. -- hebrews 4:8 +. +So then, there is still awaiting a full and complete Sabbath-rest reserved for the [true] people of God; -- hebrews 4:9 +. +For he who has once entered [God's] rest also has ceased from [the weariness and pain] of human labors, just as God rested from those labors peculiarly His own. -- hebrews 4:10 +. +Let us therefore be zealous and exert ourselves and strive diligently to enter that rest [of God, to know and experience it for ourselves], that no one may fall or perish by the same kind of unbelief and disobedience [into which those in the wilderness fell]. -- hebrews 4:11 +. +For the Word that God speaks is alive and full of power [making it active, operative, energizing, and effective]; it is sharper than any two-edged sword, penetrating to the dividing line of the breath of life (soul) and [the immortal] spirit, and of joints and marrow [of the deepest parts of our nature], exposing and sifting and analyzing and judging the very thoughts and purposes of the heart. -- hebrews 4:12 +. +And not a creature exists that is concealed from His sight, but all things are open and exposed, naked and defenseless to the eyes of Him with Whom we have to do. -- hebrews 4:13 +. +Inasmuch then as we have a great High Priest Who has [already] ascended and passed through the heavens, Jesus the Son of God, let us hold fast our confession [of faith in Him]. -- hebrews 4:14 +. +For we do not have a High Priest Who is unable to understand and sympathize and have a shared feeling with our weaknesses and infirmities and liability to the assaults of temptation, but One Who has been tempted in every respect as we are, yet without sinning. -- hebrews 4:15 +. +Let us then fearlessly and confidently and boldly draw near to the throne of grace (the throne of God's unmerited favor to us sinners), that we may receive mercy [for our failures] and find grace to help in good time for every need [appropriate help and well-timed help, coming just when we need it]. -- hebrews 4:16 +. +FOR EVERY high priest chosen from among men is appointed to act on behalf of men in things relating to God, to offer both gifts and sacrifices for sins. -- hebrews 5:1 +. +He is able to exercise gentleness and forbearance toward the ignorant and erring, since he himself also is liable to moral weakness and physical infirmity. -- hebrews 5:2 +. +And because of this he is obliged to offer sacrifice for his own sins, as well as for those of the people. -- hebrews 5:3 +. +Besides, one does not appropriate for himself the honor [of being high priest], but he is called by God and receives it of Him, just as Aaron did. -- hebrews 5:4 +. +So too Christ (the Messiah) did not exalt Himself to be made a high priest, but was appointed and exalted by Him Who said to Him, You are My Son; today I have begotten You; -- hebrews 5:5 +. +As He says also in another place, You are a Priest [appointed] forever after the order (with the rank) of Melchizedek. -- hebrews 5:6 +. +In the days of His flesh [Jesus] offered up definite, special petitions [for that which He not only wanted but needed] and supplications with strong crying and tears to Him Who was [always] able to save Him [out] from death, and He was heard because of His reverence toward God [His godly fear, His piety, in that He shrank from the horrors of separation from the bright presence of the Father]. -- hebrews 5:7 +. +Although He was a Son, He learned [active, special] obedience through what He suffered -- hebrews 5:8 +. +And, [His completed experience] making Him perfectly [equipped], He became the Author and Source of eternal salvation to all those who give heed and obey Him, -- hebrews 5:9 +. +Being designated and recognized and saluted by God as High Priest after the order (with the rank) of Melchizedek. -- hebrews 5:10 +. +Concerning this we have much to say which is hard to explain, since you have become dull in your [spiritual] hearing and sluggish [even slothful in achieving spiritual insight]. -- hebrews 5:11 +. +For even though by this time you ought to be teaching others, you actually need someone to teach you over again the very first principles of God's Word. You have come to need milk, not solid food. -- hebrews 5:12 +. +For everyone who continues to feed on milk is obviously inexperienced and unskilled in the doctrine of righteousness (of conformity to the divine will in purpose, thought, and action), for he is a mere infant [not able to talk yet]! -- hebrews 5:13 +. +But solid food is for full-grown men, for those whose senses and mental faculties are trained by practice to discriminate and distinguish between what is morally good and noble and what is evil and contrary either to divine or human law. -- hebrews 5:14 +. +THEREFORE LET us go on and get past the elementary stage in the teachings and doctrine of Christ (the Messiah), advancing steadily toward the completeness and perfection that belong to spiritual maturity. Let us not again be laying the foundation of repentance and abandonment of dead works (dead formalism) and of the faith [by which you turned] to God, -- hebrews 6:1 +. +With teachings about purifying, the laying on of hands, the resurrection from the dead, and eternal judgment and punishment. [These are all matters of which you should have been fully aware long, long ago.] -- hebrews 6:2 +. +If indeed God permits, we will [now] proceed [to advanced teaching]. -- hebrews 6:3 +. +For it is impossible [to restore and bring again to repentance] those who have been once for all enlightened, who have consciously tasted the heavenly gift and have become sharers of the Holy Spirit, -- hebrews 6:4 +. +And have felt how good the Word of God is and the mighty powers of the age and world to come, -- hebrews 6:5 +. +If they then deviate from the faith and turn away from their allegiance--[it is impossible] to bring them back to repentance, for (because, while, as long as) they nail upon the cross the Son of God afresh [as far as they are concerned] and are holding [Him] up to contempt and shame and public disgrace. -- hebrews 6:6 +. +For the soil which has drunk the rain that repeatedly falls upon it and produces vegetation useful to those for whose benefit it is cultivated partakes of a blessing from God. -- hebrews 6:7 +. +But if [that same soil] persistently bears thorns and thistles, it is considered worthless and near to being cursed, whose end is to be burned. -- hebrews 6:8 +. +Even though we speak this way, yet in your case, beloved, we are now firmly convinced of better things that are near to salvation and accompany it. -- hebrews 6:9 +. +For God is not unrighteous to forget or overlook your labor and the love which you have shown for His name's sake in ministering to the needs of the saints (His own consecrated people), as you still do. -- hebrews 6:10 +. +But we do [strongly and earnestly] desire for each of you to show the same diligence and sincerity [all the way through] in realizing and enjoying the full assurance and development of [your] hope until the end, -- hebrews 6:11 +. +In order that you may not grow disinterested and become [spiritual] sluggards, but imitators, behaving as do those who through faith (by their leaning of the entire personality on God in Christ in absolute trust and confidence in His power, wisdom, and goodness) and by practice of patient endurance and waiting are [now] inheriting the promises. -- hebrews 6:12 +. +For when God made [His] promise to Abraham, He swore by Himself, since He had no one greater by whom to swear, -- hebrews 6:13 +. +Saying, Blessing I certainly will bless you and multiplying I will multiply you. -- hebrews 6:14 +. +And so it was that he [Abraham], having waited long and endured patiently, realized and obtained [in the birth of Isaac as a pledge of what was to come] what God had promised him. -- hebrews 6:15 +. +Men indeed swear by a greater [than themselves], and with them in all disputes the oath taken for confirmation is final [ending strife]. -- hebrews 6:16 +. +Accordingly God also, in His desire to show more convincingly and beyond doubt to those who were to inherit the promise the unchangeableness of His purpose and plan, intervened (mediated) with an oath. -- hebrews 6:17 +. +This was so that, by two unchangeable things [His promise and His oath] in which it is impossible for God ever to prove false or deceive us, we who have fled [to Him] for refuge might have mighty indwelling strength and strong encouragement to grasp and hold fast the hope appointed for us and set before [us]. -- hebrews 6:18 +. +[Now] we have this [hope] as a sure and steadfast anchor of the soul [it cannot slip and it cannot break down under whoever steps out upon it--a hope] that reaches farther and enters into [the very certainty of the Presence] within the veil, -- hebrews 6:19 +. +Where Jesus has entered in for us [in advance], a Forerunner having become a High Priest forever after the order (with the rank) of Melchizedek. -- hebrews 6:20 +. +FOR THIS Melchizedek, king of Salem [and] priest of the Most High God, met Abraham as he returned from the slaughter of the kings and blessed him, -- hebrews 7:1 +. +And Abraham gave to him a tenth portion of all [the spoil]. He is primarily, as his name when translated indicates, king of righteousness, and then he is also king of Salem, which means king of peace. -- hebrews 7:2 +. +Without [record of] father or mother or ancestral line, neither with beginning of days nor ending of life, but, resembling the Son of God, he continues to be a priest without interruption and without successor. -- hebrews 7:3 +. +Now observe and consider how great [a personage] this was to whom even Abraham the patriarch gave a tenth [the topmost or the pick of the heap] of the spoils. -- hebrews 7:4 +. +And it is true that those descendants of Levi who are charged with the priestly office are commanded in the Law to take tithes from the people--which means, from their brethren--though these have descended from Abraham. -- hebrews 7:5 +. +But this person who has not their Levitical ancestry received tithes from Abraham [himself] and blessed him who possessed the promises [of God]. -- hebrews 7:6 +. +Yet it is beyond all contradiction that it is the lesser person who is blessed by the greater one. -- hebrews 7:7 +. +Furthermore, here [in the Levitical priesthood] tithes are received by men who are subject to death; while there [in the case of Melchizedek], they are received by one of whom it is testified that he lives [perpetually]. -- hebrews 7:8 +. +A person might even say that Levi [the father of the priestly tribe] himself, who received tithes (the tenth), paid tithes through Abraham, -- hebrews 7:9 +. +For he was still in the loins of his forefather [Abraham] when Melchizedek met him [Abraham]. -- hebrews 7:10 +. +Now if perfection (a perfect fellowship between God and the worshiper) had been attainable by the Levitical priesthood--for under it the people were given the Law--why was it further necessary that there should arise another and different kind of Priest, one after the order of Melchizedek, rather than one appointed after the order and rank of Aaron? -- hebrews 7:11 +. +For when there is a change in the priesthood, there is of necessity an alteration of the law [concerning the priesthood] as well. -- hebrews 7:12 +. +For the One of Whom these things are said belonged [not to the priestly line but] to another tribe, no member of which has officiated at the altar. -- hebrews 7:13 +. +For it is obvious that our Lord sprang from the tribe of Judah, and Moses mentioned nothing about priests in connection with that tribe. -- hebrews 7:14 +. +And this becomes more plainly evident when another Priest arises Who bears the likeness of Melchizedek, -- hebrews 7:15 +. +Who has been constituted a Priest, not on the basis of a bodily legal requirement [an externally imposed command concerning His physical ancestry], but on the basis of the power of an endless and indestructible Life. -- hebrews 7:16 +. +For it is witnessed of Him, You are a Priest forever after the order (with the rank) of Melchizedek. -- hebrews 7:17 +. +So a previous physical regulation and command is cancelled because of its weakness and ineffectiveness and uselessness-- -- hebrews 7:18 +. +For the Law never made anything perfect--but instead a better hope is introduced through which we [now] come close to God. -- hebrews 7:19 +. +And it was not without the taking of an oath [that Christ was made Priest], -- hebrews 7:20 +. +For those who formerly became priests received their office without its being confirmed by the taking of an oath by God, but this One was designated and addressed and saluted with an oath, The Lord has sworn and will not regret it or change His mind, You are a Priest forever according to the order of Melchizedek. -- hebrews 7:21 +. +In keeping with [the oath's greater strength and force], Jesus has become the Guarantee of a better (stronger) agreement [a more excellent and more advantageous covenant]. -- hebrews 7:22 +. +[Again, the former successive line of priests] was made up of many, because they were each prevented by death from continuing [perpetually in office]; -- hebrews 7:23 +. +But He holds His priesthood unchangeably, because He lives on forever. -- hebrews 7:24 +. +Therefore He is able also to save to the uttermost (completely, perfectly, finally, and for all time and eternity) those who come to God through Him, since He is always living to make petition to God and intercede with Him and intervene for them. -- hebrews 7:25 +. +[Here is] the High Priest [perfectly adapted] to our needs, as was fitting--holy, blameless, unstained by sin, separated from sinners, and exalted higher than the heavens. -- hebrews 7:26 +. +He has no day by day necessity, as [do each of these other] high priests, to offer sacrifice first of all for his own [personal] sins and then for those of the people, because He [met all the requirements] once for all when He brought Himself [as a sacrifice] which He offered up. -- hebrews 7:27 +. +For the Law sets up men in their weakness [frail, sinful, dying human beings] as high priests, but the word of [God's] oath, which [was spoken later] after the institution of the Law, [chooses and appoints as priest One Whose appointment is complete and permanent], a Son Who has been made perfect forever. -- hebrews 7:28 +. +NOW THE main point of what we have to say is this: We have such a High Priest, One Who is seated at the right hand of the majestic [God] in heaven, -- hebrews 8:1 +. +As officiating Priest, a Minister in the holy places and in the true tabernacle which is erected not by man but by the Lord. -- hebrews 8:2 +. +For every high priest is appointed to offer up gifts and sacrifices; so it is essential for this [High Priest] to have some offering to make also. -- hebrews 8:3 +. +If then He were still living on earth, He would not be a priest at all, for there are [already priests] who offer the gifts in accordance with the Law. -- hebrews 8:4 +. +[But these offer] service [merely] as a pattern and as a foreshadowing of [what has its true existence and reality in] the heavenly sanctuary. For when Moses was about to erect the tabernacle, he was warned by God, saying, See to it that you make it all [exactly] according to the copy (the model) which was shown to you on the mountain. -- hebrews 8:5 +. +But as it now is, He [Christ] has acquired a [priestly] ministry which is as much superior and more excellent [than the old] as the covenant (the agreement) of which He is the Mediator (the Arbiter, Agent) is superior and more excellent, [because] it is enacted and rests upon more important (sublimer, higher, and nobler) promises. -- hebrews 8:6 +. +For if that first covenant had been without defect, there would have been no room for another one or an attempt to institute another one. -- hebrews 8:7 +. +However, He finds fault with them [showing its inadequacy] when He says, Behold, the days will come, says the Lord, when I will make and ratify a new covenant or agreement with the house of Israel and with the house of Judah. -- hebrews 8:8 +. +It will not be like the covenant that I made with their forefathers on the day when I grasped them by the hand to help and relieve them and to lead them out from the land of Egypt, for they did not abide in My agreement with them, and so I withdrew My favor and disregarded them, says the Lord. -- hebrews 8:9 +. +For this is the covenant that I will make with the house of Israel after those days, says the Lord: I will imprint My laws upon their minds, even upon their innermost thoughts and understanding, and engrave them upon their hearts; and I will be their God, and they shall be My people. -- hebrews 8:10 +. +And it will nevermore be necessary for each one to teach his neighbor and his fellow citizen or each one his brother, saying, Know (perceive, have knowledge of, and get acquainted by experience with) the Lord, for all will know Me, from the smallest to the greatest of them. -- hebrews 8:11 +. +For I will be merciful and gracious toward their sins and I will remember their deeds of unrighteousness no more. -- hebrews 8:12 +. +When God speaks of a new [covenant or agreement], He makes the first one obsolete (out of use). And what is obsolete (out of use and annulled because of age) is ripe for disappearance and to be dispensed with altogether. -- hebrews 8:13 +. +NOW EVEN the first covenant had its own rules and regulations for divine worship, and it had a sanctuary [but one] of this world. -- hebrews 9:1 +. +For a tabernacle (tent) was erected, in the outer division or compartment of which were the lampstand and the table with [its loaves of] the showbread set forth. [This portion] is called the Holy Place. -- hebrews 9:2 +. +But [inside] beyond the second curtain or veil, [there stood another] tabernacle [division] known as the Holy of Holies. -- hebrews 9:3 +. +It had the golden altar of incense and the ark (chest) of the covenant, covered over with wrought gold. This [ark] contained a golden jar which held the manna and the rod of Aaron that sprouted and the [two stone] slabs of the covenant [bearing the Ten Commandments]. -- hebrews 9:4 +. +Above [the ark] and overshadowing the mercy seat were the representations of the cherubim [winged creatures which were the symbols] of glory. We cannot now go into detail about these things. -- hebrews 9:5 +. +These arrangements having thus been made, the priests enter [habitually] into the outer division of the tabernacle in performance of their ritual acts of worship. -- hebrews 9:6 +. +But into the second [division of the tabernacle] none but the high priest goes, and he only once a year, and never without taking a sacrifice of blood with him, which he offers for himself and for the errors and sins of ignorance and thoughtlessness which the people have committed. -- hebrews 9:7 +. +By this the Holy Spirit points out that the way into the [true Holy of] Holies is not yet thrown open as long as the former [the outer portion of the] tabernacle remains a recognized institution and is still standing, -- hebrews 9:8 +. +Seeing that that first [outer portion of the] tabernacle was a parable (a visible symbol or type or picture of the present age). In it gifts and sacrifices are offered, and yet are incapable of perfecting the conscience or of cleansing and renewing the inner man of the worshiper. -- hebrews 9:9 +. +For [the ceremonies] deal only with clean and unclean meats and drinks and different washings, [mere] external rules and regulations for the body imposed to tide the worshipers over until the time of setting things straight [of reformation, of the complete new order when Christ, the Messiah, shall establish the reality of what these things foreshadow--a better covenant]. -- hebrews 9:10 +. +But [that appointed time came] when Christ (the Messiah) appeared as a High Priest of the better things that have come and are to come. [Then] through the greater and more perfect tabernacle not made with [human] hands, that is, not a part of this material creation, -- hebrews 9:11 +. +He went once for all into the [Holy of] Holies [of heaven], not by virtue of the blood of goats and calves [by which to make reconciliation between God and man], but His own blood, having found and secured a complete redemption (an everlasting release for us). -- hebrews 9:12 +. +For if [the mere] sprinkling of unholy and defiled persons with blood of goats and bulls and with the ashes of a burnt heifer is sufficient for the purification of the body, -- hebrews 9:13 +. +How much more surely shall the blood of Christ, Who by virtue of [His] eternal Spirit [His own preexistent divine personality] has offered Himself as an unblemished sacrifice to God, purify our consciences from dead works and lifeless observances to serve the [ever] living God? -- hebrews 9:14 +. +[Christ, the Messiah] is therefore the Negotiator and Mediator of an [entirely] new agreement (testament, covenant), so that those who are called and offered it may receive the fulfillment of the promised everlasting inheritance--since a death has taken place which rescues and delivers and redeems them from the transgressions committed under the [old] first agreement. -- hebrews 9:15 +. +For where there is a [last] will and testament involved, the death of the one who made it must be established, -- hebrews 9:16 +. +For a will and testament is valid and takes effect only at death, since it has no force or legal power as long as the one who made it is alive. -- hebrews 9:17 +. +So even the [old] first covenant (God's will) was not inaugurated and ratified and put in force without the shedding of blood. -- hebrews 9:18 +. +For when every command of the Law had been read out by Moses to all the people, he took the blood of slain calves and goats, together with water and scarlet wool and with a bunch of hyssop, and sprinkled both the Book (the roll of the Law and covenant) itself and all the people, -- hebrews 9:19 +. +Saying these words: This is the blood that seals and ratifies the agreement (the testament, the covenant) which God commanded [me to deliver to] you. -- hebrews 9:20 +. +And in the same way he sprinkled with the blood both the tabernacle and all the [sacred] vessels and appliances used in [divine] worship. -- hebrews 9:21 +. +[In fact] under the Law almost everything is purified by means of blood, and without the shedding of blood there is neither release from sin and its guilt nor the remission of the due and merited punishment for sins. -- hebrews 9:22 +. +By such means, therefore, it was necessary for the [earthly] copies of the heavenly things to be purified, but the actual heavenly things themselves [required far] better and nobler sacrifices than these. -- hebrews 9:23 +. +For Christ (the Messiah) has not entered into a sanctuary made with [human] hands, only a copy and pattern and type of the true one, but [He has entered] into heaven itself, now to appear in the [very] presence of God on our behalf. -- hebrews 9:24 +. +Nor did He [enter into the heavenly sanctuary to] offer Himself regularly again and again, as the high priest enters the [Holy of] Holies every year with blood not his own. -- hebrews 9:25 +. +For then would He often have had to suffer [over and over again] since the foundation of the world. But as it now is, He has once for all at the consummation and close of the ages appeared to put away and abolish sin by His sacrifice [of Himself]. -- hebrews 9:26 +. +And just as it is appointed for [all] men once to die, and after that the [certain] judgment, -- hebrews 9:27 +. +Even so it is that Christ, having been offered to take upon Himself and bear as a burden the sins of many once and once for all, will appear a second time, not to carry any burden of sin nor to deal with sin, but to bring to full salvation those who are [eagerly, constantly, and patiently] waiting for and expecting Him. -- hebrews 9:28 +. +FOR SINCE the Law has merely a rude outline (foreshadowing) of the good things to come--instead of fully expressing those things--it can never by offering the same sacrifices continually year after year make perfect those who approach [its altars]. -- hebrews 10:1 +. +For if it were otherwise, would [these sacrifices] not have stopped being offered? Since the worshipers had once for all been cleansed, they would no longer have any guilt or consciousness of sin. -- hebrews 10:2 +. +But [as it is] these sacrifices annually bring a fresh remembrance of sins [to be atoned for], -- hebrews 10:3 +. +Because the blood of bulls and goats is powerless to take sins away. -- hebrews 10:4 +. +Hence, when He [Christ] entered into the world, He said, Sacrifices and offerings You have not desired, but instead You have made ready a body for Me [to offer]; -- hebrews 10:5 +. +In burnt offerings and sin offerings You have taken no delight. -- hebrews 10:6 +. +Then I said, Behold, here I am, coming to do Your will, O God--[to fulfill] what is written of Me in the volume of the Book. -- hebrews 10:7 +. +When He said just before, You have neither desired, nor have You taken delight in sacrifices and offerings and burnt offerings and sin offerings--all of which are offered according to the Law-- -- hebrews 10:8 +. +He then went on to say, Behold, [here] I am, coming to do Your will. Thus He does away with and annuls the first (former) order [as a means of expiating sin] so that He might inaugurate and establish the second (latter) order. -- hebrews 10:9 +. +And in accordance with this will [of God], we have been made holy (consecrated and sanctified) through the offering made once for all of the body of Jesus Christ (the Anointed One). -- hebrews 10:10 +. +Furthermore, every [human] priest stands [at his altar of service] ministering daily, offering the same sacrifices over and over again, which never are able to strip [from every side of us] the sins [that envelop us] and take them away-- -- hebrews 10:11 +. +Whereas this One [Christ], after He had offered a single sacrifice for our sins [that shall avail] for all time, sat down at the right hand of God, -- hebrews 10:12 +. +Then to wait until His enemies should be made a stool beneath His feet. -- hebrews 10:13 +. +For by a single offering He has forever completely cleansed and perfected those who are consecrated and made holy. -- hebrews 10:14 +. +And also the Holy Spirit adds His testimony to us [in confirmation of this]. For having said, -- hebrews 10:15 +. +This is the agreement (testament, covenant) that I will set up and conclude with them after those days, says the Lord: I will imprint My laws upon their hearts, and I will inscribe them on their minds (on their inmost thoughts and understanding), -- hebrews 10:16 +. +He then goes on to say, And their sins and their lawbreaking I will remember no more. -- hebrews 10:17 +. +Now where there is absolute remission (forgiveness and cancellation of the penalty) of these [sins and lawbreaking], there is no longer any offering made to atone for sin. -- hebrews 10:18 +. +Therefore, brethren, since we have full freedom and confidence to enter into the [Holy of] Holies [by the power and virtue] in the blood of Jesus, -- hebrews 10:19 +. +By this fresh (new) and living way which He initiated and dedicated and opened for us through the separating curtain (veil of the Holy of Holies), that is, through His flesh, -- hebrews 10:20 +. +And since we have [such] a great and wonderful and noble Priest [Who rules] over the house of God, -- hebrews 10:21 +. +Let us all come forward and draw near with true (honest and sincere) hearts in unqualified assurance and absolute conviction engendered by faith (by that leaning of the entire human personality on God in absolute trust and confidence in His power, wisdom, and goodness), having our hearts sprinkled and purified from a guilty (evil) conscience and our bodies cleansed with pure water. -- hebrews 10:22 +. +So let us seize and hold fast and retain without wavering the hope we cherish and confess and our acknowledgement of it, for He Who promised is reliable (sure) and faithful to His word. -- hebrews 10:23 +. +And let us consider and give attentive, continuous care to watching over one another, studying how we may stir up (stimulate and incite) to love and helpful deeds and noble activities, -- hebrews 10:24 +. +Not forsaking or neglecting to assemble together [as believers], as is the habit of some people, but admonishing (warning, urging, and encouraging) one another, and all the more faithfully as you see the day approaching. -- hebrews 10:25 +. +For if we go on deliberately and willingly sinning after once acquiring the knowledge of the Truth, there is no longer any sacrifice left to atone for [our] sins [no further offering to which to look forward]. -- hebrews 10:26 +. +[There is nothing left for us then] but a kind of awful and fearful prospect and expectation of divine judgment and the fury of burning wrath and indignation which will consume those who put themselves in opposition [to God]. -- hebrews 10:27 +. +Any person who has violated and [thus] rejected and set at naught the Law of Moses is put to death without pity or mercy on the evidence of two or three witnesses. -- hebrews 10:28 +. +How much worse (sterner and heavier) punishment do you suppose he will be judged to deserve who has spurned and [thus] trampled underfoot the Son of God, and who has considered the covenant blood by which he was consecrated common and unhallowed, thus profaning it and insulting and outraging the [Holy] Spirit [Who imparts] grace (the unmerited favor and blessing of God)? -- hebrews 10:29 +. +For we know Him Who said, Vengeance is Mine [retribution and the meting out of full justice rest with Me]; I will repay [I will exact the compensation], says the Lord. And again, The Lord will judge and determine and solve and settle the cause and the cases of His people. -- hebrews 10:30 +. +It is a fearful (formidable and terrible) thing to incur the divine penalties and be cast into the hands of the living God! -- hebrews 10:31 +. +But be ever mindful of the days gone by in which, after you were first spiritually enlightened, you endured a great and painful struggle, -- hebrews 10:32 +. +Sometimes being yourselves a gazingstock, publicly exposed to insults and abuse and distress, and sometimes claiming fellowship and making common cause with others who were so treated. -- hebrews 10:33 +. +For you did sympathize and suffer along with those who were imprisoned, and you bore cheerfully the plundering of your belongings and the confiscation of your property, in the knowledge and consciousness that you yourselves had a better and lasting possession. -- hebrews 10:34 +. +Do not, therefore, fling away your fearless confidence, for it carries a great and glorious compensation of reward. -- hebrews 10:35 +. +For you have need of steadfast patience and endurance, so that you may perform and fully accomplish the will of God, and thus receive and carry away [and enjoy to the full] what is promised. -- hebrews 10:36 +. +For still a little while (a very little while), and the Coming One will come and He will not delay. -- hebrews 10:37 +. +But the just shall live by faith [My righteous servant shall live by his conviction respecting man's relationship to God and divine things, and holy fervor born of faith and conjoined with it]; and if he draws back and shrinks in fear, My soul has no delight or pleasure in him. -- hebrews 10:38 +. +But our way is not that of those who draw back to eternal misery (perdition) and are utterly destroyed, but we are of those who believe [who cleave to and trust in and rely on God through Jesus Christ, the Messiah] and by faith preserve the soul. -- hebrews 10:39 +. +NOW FAITH is the assurance (the confirmation, the title deed) of the things [we] hope for, being the proof of things [we] do not see and the conviction of their reality [faith perceiving as real fact what is not revealed to the senses]. -- hebrews 11:1 +. +For by [faith--trust and holy fervor born of faith] the men of old had divine testimony borne to them and obtained a good report. -- hebrews 11:2 +. +By faith we understand that the worlds [during the successive ages] were framed (fashioned, put in order, and equipped for their intended purpose) by the word of God, so that what we see was not made out of things which are visible. -- hebrews 11:3 +. +[Prompted, actuated] by faith Abel brought God a better and more acceptable sacrifice than Cain, because of which it was testified of him that he was righteous [that he was upright and in right standing with God], and God bore witness by accepting and acknowledging his gifts. And though he died, yet [through the incident] he is still speaking. -- hebrews 11:4 +. +Because of faith Enoch was caught up and transferred to heaven, so that he did not have a glimpse of death; and he was not found, because God had translated him. For even before he was taken to heaven, he received testimony [still on record] that he had pleased and been satisfactory to God. -- hebrews 11:5 +. +But without faith it is impossible to please and be satisfactory to Him. For whoever would come near to God must [necessarily] believe that God exists and that He is the rewarder of those who earnestly and diligently seek Him [out]. -- hebrews 11:6 +. +[Prompted] by faith Noah, being forewarned by God concerning events of which as yet there was no visible sign, took heed and diligently and reverently constructed and prepared an ark for the deliverance of his own family. By this [his faith which relied on God] he passed judgment and sentence on the world's unbelief and became an heir and possessor of righteousness (that relation of being right into which God puts the person who has faith). -- hebrews 11:7 +. +[Urged on] by faith Abraham, when he was called, obeyed and went forth to a place which he was destined to receive as an inheritance; and he went, although he did not know or trouble his mind about where he was to go. -- hebrews 11:8 +. +[Prompted] by faith he dwelt as a temporary resident in the land which was designated in the promise [of God, though he was like a stranger] in a strange country, living in tents with Isaac and Jacob, fellow heirs with him of the same promise. -- hebrews 11:9 +. +For he was [waiting expectantly and confidently] looking forward to the city which has fixed and firm foundations, whose Architect and Builder is God. -- hebrews 11:10 +. +Because of faith also Sarah herself received physical power to conceive a child, even when she was long past the age for it, because she considered [God] Who had given her the promise to be reliable and trustworthy and true to His word. -- hebrews 11:11 +. +So from one man, though he was physically as good as dead, there have sprung descendants whose number is as the stars of heaven and as countless as the innumerable sands on the seashore. -- hebrews 11:12 +. +These people all died controlled and sustained by their faith, but not having received the tangible fulfillment of [God's] promises, only having seen it and greeted it from a great distance by faith, and all the while acknowledging and confessing that they were strangers and temporary residents and exiles upon the earth. -- hebrews 11:13 +. +Now those people who talk as they did show plainly that they are in search of a fatherland (their own country). -- hebrews 11:14 +. +If they had been thinking with [homesick] remembrance of that country from which they were emigrants, they would have found constant opportunity to return to it. -- hebrews 11:15 +. +But the truth is that they were yearning for and aspiring to a better and more desirable country, that is, a heavenly [one]. For that reason God is not ashamed to be called their God [even to be surnamed their God--the God of Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob], for He has prepared a city for them. -- hebrews 11:16 +. +By faith Abraham, when he was put to the test [while the testing of his faith was still in progress], had already brought Isaac for an offering; he who had gladly received and welcomed [God's] promises was ready to sacrifice his only son, -- hebrews 11:17 +. +Of whom it was said, Through Isaac shall your descendants be reckoned. -- hebrews 11:18 +. +For he reasoned that God was able to raise [him] up even from among the dead. Indeed in the sense that Isaac was figuratively dead [potentially sacrificed], he did [actually] receive him back from the dead. -- hebrews 11:19 +. +[With eyes of] faith Isaac, looking far into the future, invoked blessings upon Jacob and Esau. -- hebrews 11:20 +. +[Prompted] by faith Jacob, when he was dying, blessed each of Joseph's sons and bowed in prayer over the top of his staff. -- hebrews 11:21 +. +[Actuated] by faith Joseph, when nearing the end of his life, referred to [the promise of God for] the departure of the Israelites out of Egypt and gave instructions concerning the burial of his own bones. -- hebrews 11:22 +. +[Prompted] by faith Moses, after his birth, was kept concealed for three months by his parents, because they saw how comely the child was; and they were not overawed and terrified by the king's decree. -- hebrews 11:23 +. +[Aroused] by faith Moses, when he had grown to maturity and become great, refused to be called the son of Pharaoh's daughter, -- hebrews 11:24 +. +Because he preferred to share the oppression [suffer the hardships] and bear the shame of the people of God rather than to have the fleeting enjoyment of a sinful life. -- hebrews 11:25 +. +He considered the contempt and abuse and shame [borne for] the Christ (the Messiah Who was to come) to be greater wealth than all the treasures of Egypt, for he looked forward and away to the reward (recompense). -- hebrews 11:26 +. +[Motivated] by faith he left Egypt behind him, being unawed and undismayed by the wrath of the king; for he never flinched but held staunchly to his purpose and endured steadfastly as one who gazed on Him Who is invisible. -- hebrews 11:27 +. +By faith (simple trust and confidence in God) he instituted and carried out the Passover and the sprinkling of the blood [on the doorposts], so that the destroyer of the firstborn (the angel) might not touch those [of the children of Israel]. -- hebrews 11:28 +. +[Urged on] by faith the people crossed the Red Sea as [though] on dry land, but when the Egyptians tried to do the same thing they were swallowed up [by the sea]. -- hebrews 11:29 +. +Because of faith the walls of Jericho fell down after they had been encompassed for seven days [by the Israelites]. -- hebrews 11:30 +. +[Prompted] by faith Rahab the prostitute was not destroyed along with those who refused to believe and obey, because she had received the spies in peace [without enmity]. -- hebrews 11:31 +. +And what shall I say further? For time would fail me to tell of Gideon, Barak, Samson, Jephthah, of David and Samuel and the prophets, -- hebrews 11:32 +. +Who by [the help of] faith subdued kingdoms, administered justice, obtained promised blessings, closed the mouths of lions, -- hebrews 11:33 +. +Extinguished the power of raging fire, escaped the devourings of the sword, out of frailty and weakness won strength and became stalwart, even mighty and resistless in battle, routing alien hosts. -- hebrews 11:34 +. +[Some] women received again their dead by a resurrection. Others were tortured to death with clubs, refusing to accept release [offered on the terms of denying their faith], so that they might be resurrected to a better life. [I Kings 17:17-24; II Kings 4:25-37.] -- hebrews 11:35 +. +Others had to suffer the trial of mocking and scourging and even chains and imprisonment. -- hebrews 11:36 +. +They were stoned to death; they were lured with tempting offers [to renounce their faith]; they were sawn asunder; they were slaughtered by the sword; [while they were alive] they had to go about wrapped in the skins of sheep and goats, utterly destitute, oppressed, cruelly treated-- -- hebrews 11:37 +. +[Men] of whom the world was not worthy--roaming over the desolate places and the mountains, and [living] in caves and caverns and holes of the earth. -- hebrews 11:38 +. +And all of these, though they won divine approval by [means of] their faith, did not receive the fulfillment of what was promised, -- hebrews 11:39 +. +Because God had us in mind and had something better and greater in view for us, so that they [these heroes and heroines of faith] should not come to perfection apart from us [before we could join them]. -- hebrews 11:40 +. +THEREFORE THEN, since we are surrounded by so great a cloud of witnesses [who have borne testimony to the Truth], let us strip off and throw aside every encumbrance (unnecessary weight) and that sin which so readily (deftly and cleverly) clings to and entangles us, and let us run with patient endurance and steady and active persistence the appointed course of the race that is set before us, -- hebrews 12:1 +. +Looking away [from all that will distract] to Jesus, Who is the Leader and the Source of our faith [giving the first incentive for our belief] and is also its Finisher [bringing it to maturity and perfection]. He, for the joy [of obtaining the prize] that was set before Him, endured the cross, despising and ignoring the shame, and is now seated at the right hand of the throne of God. -- hebrews 12:2 +. +Just think of Him Who endured from sinners such grievous opposition and bitter hostility against Himself [reckon up and consider it all in comparison with your trials], so that you may not grow weary or exhausted, losing heart and relaxing and fainting in your minds. -- hebrews 12:3 +. +You have not yet struggled and fought agonizingly against sin, nor have you yet resisted and withstood to the point of pouring out your [own] blood. -- hebrews 12:4 +. +And have you [completely] forgotten the divine word of appeal and encouragement in which you are reasoned with and addressed as sons? My son, do not think lightly or scorn to submit to the correction and discipline of the Lord, nor lose courage and give up and faint when you are reproved or corrected by Him; -- hebrews 12:5 +. +For the Lord corrects and disciplines everyone whom He loves, and He punishes, even scourges, every son whom He accepts and welcomes to His heart and cherishes. -- hebrews 12:6 +. +You must submit to and endure [correction] for discipline; God is dealing with you as with sons. For what son is there whom his father does not [thus] train and correct and discipline? -- hebrews 12:7 +. +Now if you are exempt from correction and left without discipline in which all [of God's children] share, then you are illegitimate offspring and not true sons [at all]. -- hebrews 12:8 +. +Moreover, we have had earthly fathers who disciplined us and we yielded [to them] and respected [them for training us]. Shall we not much more cheerfully submit to the Father of spirits and so [truly] live? -- hebrews 12:9 +. +For [our earthly fathers] disciplined us for only a short period of time and chastised us as seemed proper and good to them; but He disciplines us for our certain good, that we may become sharers in His own holiness. -- hebrews 12:10 +. +For the time being no discipline brings joy, but seems grievous and painful; but afterwards it yields a peaceable fruit of righteousness to those who have been trained by it [a harvest of fruit which consists in righteousness--in conformity to God's will in purpose, thought, and action, resulting in right living and right standing with God]. -- hebrews 12:11 +. +So then, brace up and reinvigorate and set right your slackened and weakened and drooping hands and strengthen your feeble and palsied and tottering knees, -- hebrews 12:12 +. +And cut through and make firm and plain and smooth, straight paths for your feet [yes, make them safe and upright and happy paths that go in the right direction], so that the lame and halting [limbs] may not be put out of joint, but rather may be cured. -- hebrews 12:13 +. +Strive to live in peace with everybody and pursue that consecration and holiness without which no one will [ever] see the Lord. -- hebrews 12:14 +. +Exercise foresight and be on the watch to look [after one another], to see that no one falls back from and fails to secure God's grace (His unmerited favor and spiritual blessing), in order that no root of resentment (rancor, bitterness, or hatred) shoots forth and causes trouble and bitter torment, and the many become contaminated and defiled by it-- -- hebrews 12:15 +. +That no one may become guilty of sexual vice, or become a profane (godless and sacrilegious) person as Esau did, who sold his own birthright for a single meal. -- hebrews 12:16 +. +For you understand that later on, when he wanted [to regain title to] his inheritance of the blessing, he was rejected (disqualified and set aside), for he could find no opportunity to repair by repentance [what he had done, no chance to recall the choice he had made], although he sought for it carefully with [bitter] tears. -- hebrews 12:17 +. +For you have not come [as did the Israelites in the wilderness] to a [material] mountain that can be touched, [a mountain] that is ablaze with fire, and to gloom and darkness and a raging storm, -- hebrews 12:18 +. +And to the blast of a trumpet and a voice whose words make the listeners beg that nothing more be said to them. -- hebrews 12:19 +. +For they could not bear the command that was given: If even a wild animal touches the mountain, it shall be stoned to death. -- hebrews 12:20 +. +In fact, so awful and terrifying was the [phenomenal] sight that Moses said, I am terrified (aghast and trembling with fear). -- hebrews 12:21 +. +But rather, you have come to Mount Zion, even to the city of the living God, the heavenly Jerusalem, and to countless multitudes of angels in festal gathering, -- hebrews 12:22 +. +And to the church (assembly) of the Firstborn who are registered [as citizens] in heaven, and to the God Who is Judge of all, and to the spirits of the righteous (the redeemed in heaven) who have been made perfect, -- hebrews 12:23 +. +And to Jesus, the Mediator (Go-between, Agent) of a new covenant, and to the sprinkled blood which speaks [of mercy], a better and nobler and more gracious message than the blood of Abel [which cried out for vengeance]. -- hebrews 12:24 +. +So see to it that you do not reject Him or refuse to listen to and heed Him Who is speaking [to you now]. For if they [the Israelites] did not escape when they refused to listen and heed Him Who warned and divinely instructed them [here] on earth [revealing with heavenly warnings His will], how much less shall we escape if we reject and turn our backs on Him Who cautions and admonishes [us] from heaven? -- hebrews 12:25 +. +Then [at Mount Sinai] His voice shook the earth, but now He has given a promise: Yet once more I will shake and make tremble not only the earth but also the [starry] heavens. -- hebrews 12:26 +. +Now this expression, Yet once more, indicates the final removal and transformation of all [that can be] shaken--that is, of that which has been created--in order that what cannot be shaken may remain and continue. -- hebrews 12:27 +. +Let us therefore, receiving a kingdom that is firm and stable and cannot be shaken, offer to God pleasing service and acceptable worship, with modesty and pious care and godly fear and awe; -- hebrews 12:28 +. +For our God [is indeed] a consuming fire. -- hebrews 12:29 +. +LET LOVE for your fellow believers continue and be a fixed practice with you [never let it fail]. -- hebrews 13:1 +. +Do not forget or neglect or refuse to extend hospitality to strangers [in the brotherhood--being friendly, cordial, and gracious, sharing the comforts of your home and doing your part generously], for through it some have entertained angels without knowing it. -- hebrews 13:2 +. +Remember those who are in prison as if you were their fellow prisoner, and those who are ill-treated, since you also are liable to bodily sufferings. -- hebrews 13:3 +. +Let marriage be held in honor (esteemed worthy, precious, of great price, and especially dear) in all things. And thus let the marriage bed be undefiled (kept undishonored); for God will judge and punish the unchaste [all guilty of sexual vice] and adulterous. -- hebrews 13:4 +. +Let your character or moral disposition be free from love of money [including greed, avarice, lust, and craving for earthly possessions] and be satisfied with your present [circumstances and with what you have]; for He [God] Himself has said, I will not in any way fail you nor give you up nor leave you without support. [I will] not, [I will] not, [I will] not in any degree leave you helpless nor forsake nor let [you] down (relax My hold on you)! [Assuredly not!] -- hebrews 13:5 +. +So we take comfort and are encouraged and confidently and boldly say, The Lord is my Helper; I will not be seized with alarm [I will not fear or dread or be terrified]. What can man do to me? -- hebrews 13:6 +. +Remember your leaders and superiors in authority [for it was they] who brought to you the Word of God. Observe attentively and consider their manner of living (the outcome of their well-spent lives) and imitate their faith (their conviction that God exists and is the Creator and Ruler of all things, the Provider and Bestower of eternal salvation through Christ, and their leaning of the entire human personality on God in absolute trust and confidence in His power, wisdom, and goodness). -- hebrews 13:7 +. +Jesus Christ (the Messiah) is [always] the same, yesterday, today, [yes] and forever (to the ages). -- hebrews 13:8 +. +Do not be carried about by different and varied and alien teachings; for it is good for the heart to be established and ennobled and strengthened by means of grace (God's favor and spiritual blessing) and not [to be devoted to] foods [rules of diet and ritualistic meals], which bring no [spiritual] benefit or profit to those who observe them. -- hebrews 13:9 +. +We have an altar from which those who serve and worship in the tabernacle have no right to eat. -- hebrews 13:10 +. +For when the blood of animals is brought into the sanctuary by the high priest as a sacrifice for sin, the victims' bodies are burned outside the limits of the camp. -- hebrews 13:11 +. +Therefore Jesus also suffered and died outside the [city's] gate in order that He might purify and consecrate the people through [the shedding of] His own blood and set them apart as holy [for God]. -- hebrews 13:12 +. +Let us then go forth [from all that would prevent us] to Him outside the camp [at Calvary], bearing the contempt and abuse and shame with Him. -- hebrews 13:13 +. +For here we have no permanent city, but we are looking for the one which is to come. -- hebrews 13:14 +. +Through Him, therefore, let us constantly and at all times offer up to God a sacrifice of praise, which is the fruit of lips that thankfully acknowledge and confess and glorify His name. -- hebrews 13:15 +. +Do not forget or neglect to do kindness and good, to be generous and distribute and contribute to the needy [of the church as embodiment and proof of fellowship], for such sacrifices are pleasing to God. -- hebrews 13:16 +. +Obey your spiritual leaders and submit to them [continually recognizing their authority over you], for they are constantly keeping watch over your souls and guarding your spiritual welfare, as men who will have to render an account [of their trust]. [Do your part to] let them do this with gladness and not with sighing and groaning, for that would not be profitable to you [either]. -- hebrews 13:17 +. +Keep praying for us, for we are convinced that we have a good (clear) conscience, that we want to walk uprightly and live a noble life, acting honorably and in complete honesty in all things. -- hebrews 13:18 +. +And I beg of you [to pray for us] the more earnestly, in order that I may be restored to you the sooner. -- hebrews 13:19 +. +Now may the God of peace [Who is the Author and the Giver of peace], Who brought again from among the dead our Lord Jesus, that great Shepherd of the sheep, by the blood [that sealed, ratified] the everlasting agreement (covenant, testament), -- hebrews 13:20 +. +Strengthen (complete, perfect) and make you what you ought to be and equip you with everything good that you may carry out His will; [while He Himself] works in you and accomplishes that which is pleasing in His sight, through Jesus Christ (the Messiah); to Whom be the glory forever and ever (to the ages of the ages). Amen (so be it). -- hebrews 13:21 +. +I call on you, brethren, to listen patiently and bear with this message of exhortation and admonition and encouragement, for I have written to you briefly. -- hebrews 13:22 +. +Notice that our brother Timothy has been released [from prison]. If he comes here soon, I will see you along with him. -- hebrews 13:23 +. +Give our greetings to all of your spiritual leaders and to all of the saints (God's consecrated believers). The Italian Christians send you their greetings [also]. -- hebrews 13:24 +. +Grace (God's favor and spiritual blessing) be with you all. Amen (so be it). -- hebrews 13:25 +. +JAMES, A servant of God and of the Lord Jesus Christ, to the twelve tribes scattered abroad [among the Gentiles in the dispersion]: Greetings (rejoice)! -- james 1:1 +. +Consider it wholly joyful, my brethren, whenever you are enveloped in or encounter trials of any sort or fall into various temptations. -- james 1:2 +. +Be assured and understand that the trial and proving of your faith bring out endurance and steadfastness and patience. -- james 1:3 +. +But let endurance and steadfastness and patience have full play and do a thorough work, so that you may be [people] perfectly and fully developed [with no defects], lacking in nothing. -- james 1:4 +. +If any of you is deficient in wisdom, let him ask of the giving God [Who gives] to everyone liberally and ungrudgingly, without reproaching or faultfinding, and it will be given him. -- james 1:5 +. +Only it must be in faith that he asks with no wavering (no hesitating, no doubting). For the one who wavers (hesitates, doubts) is like the billowing surge out at sea that is blown hither and thither and tossed by the wind. -- james 1:6 +. +For truly, let not such a person imagine that he will receive anything [he asks for] from the Lord, -- james 1:7 +. +[For being as he is] a man of two minds (hesitating, dubious, irresolute), [he is] unstable and unreliable and uncertain about everything [he thinks, feels, decides]. -- james 1:8 +. +Let the brother in humble circumstances glory in his elevation [as a Christian, called to the true riches and to be an heir of God], -- james 1:9 +. +And the rich [person ought to glory] in being humbled [by being shown his human frailty], because like the flower of the grass he will pass away. -- james 1:10 +. +For the sun comes up with a scorching heat and parches the grass; its flower falls off and its beauty fades away. Even so will the rich man wither and die in the midst of his pursuits. -- james 1:11 +. +Blessed (happy, to be envied) is the man who is patient under trial and stands up under temptation, for when he has stood the test and been approved, he will receive [the victor's] crown of life which God has promised to those who love Him. -- james 1:12 +. +Let no one say when he is tempted, I am tempted from God; for God is incapable of being tempted by [what is] evil and He Himself tempts no one. -- james 1:13 +. +But every person is tempted when he is drawn away, enticed and baited by his own evil desire (lust, passions). -- james 1:14 +. +Then the evil desire, when it has conceived, gives birth to sin, and sin, when it is fully matured, brings forth death. -- james 1:15 +. +Do not be misled, my beloved brethren. -- james 1:16 +. +Every good gift and every perfect (free, large, full) gift is from above; it comes down from the Father of all [that gives] light, in [the shining of] Whom there can be no variation [rising or setting] or shadow cast by His turning [as in an eclipse]. -- james 1:17 +. +And it was of His own [free] will that He gave us birth [as sons] by [His] Word of Truth, so that we should be a kind of firstfruits of His creatures [a sample of what He created to be consecrated to Himself]. -- james 1:18 +. +Understand [this], my beloved brethren. Let every man be quick to hear [a ready listener], slow to speak, slow to take offense and to get angry. -- james 1:19 +. +For man's anger does not promote the righteousness God [wishes and requires]. -- james 1:20 +. +So get rid of all uncleanness and the rampant outgrowth of wickedness, and in a humble (gentle, modest) spirit receive and welcome the Word which implanted and rooted [in your hearts] contains the power to save your souls. -- james 1:21 +. +But be doers of the Word [obey the message], and not merely listeners to it, betraying yourselves [into deception by reasoning contrary to the Truth]. -- james 1:22 +. +For if anyone only listens to the Word without obeying it and being a doer of it, he is like a man who looks carefully at his [own] natural face in a mirror; -- james 1:23 +. +For he thoughtfully observes himself, and then goes off and promptly forgets what he was like. -- james 1:24 +. +But he who looks carefully into the faultless law, the [law] of liberty, and is faithful to it and perseveres in looking into it, being not a heedless listener who forgets but an active doer [who obeys], he shall be blessed in his doing (his life of obedience). -- james 1:25 +. +If anyone thinks himself to be religious (piously observant of the external duties of his faith) and does not bridle his tongue but deludes his own heart, this person's religious service is worthless (futile, barren). -- james 1:26 +. +External religious worship [religion as it is expressed in outward acts] that is pure and unblemished in the sight of God the Father is this: to visit and help and care for the orphans and widows in their affliction and need, and to keep oneself unspotted and uncontaminated from the world. -- james 1:27 +. +MY BRETHREN, pay no servile regard to people [show no prejudice, no partiality]. Do not [attempt to] hold and practice the faith of our Lord Jesus Christ [the Lord] of glory [together with snobbery]! -- james 2:1 +. +For if a person comes into your congregation whose hands are adorned with gold rings and who is wearing splendid apparel, and also a poor [man] in shabby clothes comes in, -- james 2:2 +. +And you pay special attention to the one who wears the splendid clothes and say to him, Sit here in this preferable seat! while you tell the poor [man], Stand there! or, Sit there on the floor at my feet! -- james 2:3 +. +Are you not discriminating among your own and becoming critics and judges with wrong motives? -- james 2:4 +. +Listen, my beloved brethren: Has not God chosen those who are poor in the eyes of the world to be rich in faith and in their position as believers and to inherit the kingdom which He has promised to those who love Him? -- james 2:5 +. +But you [in contrast] have insulted (humiliated, dishonored, and shown your contempt for) the poor. Is it not the rich who domineer over you? Is it not they who drag you into the law courts? -- james 2:6 +. +Is it not they who slander and blaspheme that precious name by which you are distinguished and called [the name of Christ invoked in baptism]? -- james 2:7 +. +If indeed you [really] fulfill the royal Law in accordance with the Scripture, You shall love your neighbor as [you love] yourself, you do well. -- james 2:8 +. +But if you show servile regard (prejudice, favoritism) for people, you commit sin and are rebuked and convicted by the Law as violators and offenders. -- james 2:9 +. +For whosoever keeps the Law [as a] whole but stumbles and offends in one [single instance] has become guilty of [breaking] all of it. -- james 2:10 +. +For He Who said, You shall not commit adultery, also said, You shall not kill. If you do not commit adultery but do kill, you have become guilty of transgressing the [whole] Law. -- james 2:11 +. +So speak and so act as [people should] who are to be judged under the law of liberty [the moral instruction given by Christ, especially about love]. -- james 2:12 +. +For to him who has shown no mercy the judgment [will be] merciless, but mercy [full of glad confidence] exults victoriously over judgment. -- james 2:13 +. +What is the use (profit), my brethren, for anyone to profess to have faith if he has no [good] works [to show for it]? Can [such] faith save [his soul]? -- james 2:14 +. +If a brother or sister is poorly clad and lacks food for each day, -- james 2:15 +. +And one of you says to him, Good-bye! Keep [yourself] warm and well fed, without giving him the necessities for the body, what good does that do? -- james 2:16 +. +So also faith, if it does not have works (deeds and actions of obedience to back it up), by itself is destitute of power (inoperative, dead). -- james 2:17 +. +But someone will say [to you then], You [say you] have faith, and I have [good] works. Now you show me your [alleged] faith apart from any [good] works [if you can], and I by [good] works [of obedience] will show you my faith. -- james 2:18 +. +You believe that God is one; you do well. So do the demons believe and shudder [in terror and horror such as make a man's hair stand on end and contract the surface of his skin]! -- james 2:19 +. +Are you willing to be shown [proof], you foolish (unproductive, spiritually deficient) fellow, that faith apart from [good] works is inactive and ineffective and worthless? -- james 2:20 +. +Was not our forefather Abraham [shown to be] justified (made acceptable to God) by [his] works when he brought to the altar as an offering his [own] son Isaac? -- james 2:21 +. +You see that [his] faith was cooperating with his works, and [his] faith was completed and reached its supreme expression [when he implemented it] by [good] works. -- james 2:22 +. +And [so] the Scripture was fulfilled that says, Abraham believed in (adhered to, trusted in, and relied on) God, and this was accounted to him as righteousness (as conformity to God's will in thought and deed), and he was called God's friend. -- james 2:23 +. +You see that a man is justified (pronounced righteous before God) through what he does and not alone through faith [through works of obedience as well as by what he believes]. -- james 2:24 +. +So also with Rahab the harlot--was she not shown to be justified (pronounced righteous before God) by [good] deeds when she took in the scouts (spies) and sent them away by a different route? -- james 2:25 +. +For as the human body apart from the spirit is lifeless, so faith apart from [its] works of obedience is also dead. -- james 2:26 +. +NOT MANY [of you] should become teachers (self-constituted censors and reprovers of others), my brethren, for you know that we [teachers] will be judged by a higher standard and with greater severity [than other people; thus we assume the greater accountability and the more condemnation]. -- james 3:1 +. +For we all often stumble and fall and offend in many things. And if anyone does not offend in speech [never says the wrong things], he is a fully developed character and a perfect man, able to control his whole body and to curb his entire nature. -- james 3:2 +. +If we set bits in the horses' mouths to make them obey us, we can turn their whole bodies about. -- james 3:3 +. +Likewise, look at the ships: though they are so great and are driven by rough winds, they are steered by a very small rudder wherever the impulse of the helmsman determines. -- james 3:4 +. +Even so the tongue is a little member, and it can boast of great things. See how much wood or how great a forest a tiny spark can set ablaze! -- james 3:5 +. +And the tongue is a fire. [The tongue is a] world of wickedness set among our members, contaminating and depraving the whole body and setting on fire the wheel of birth (the cycle of man's nature), being itself ignited by hell (Gehenna). -- james 3:6 +. +For every kind of beast and bird, of reptile and sea animal, can be tamed and has been tamed by human genius (nature). -- james 3:7 +. +But the human tongue can be tamed by no man. It is a restless (undisciplined, irreconcilable) evil, full of deadly poison. -- james 3:8 +. +With it we bless the Lord and Father, and with it we curse men who were made in God's likeness! -- james 3:9 +. +Out of the same mouth come forth blessing and cursing. These things, my brethren, ought not to be so. -- james 3:10 +. +Does a fountain send forth [simultaneously] from the same opening fresh water and bitter? -- james 3:11 +. +Can a fig tree, my brethren, bear olives, or a grapevine figs? Neither can a salt spring furnish fresh water. -- james 3:12 +. +Who is there among you who is wise and intelligent? Then let him by his noble living show forth his [good] works with the [unobtrusive] humility [which is the proper attribute] of true wisdom. -- james 3:13 +. +But if you have bitter jealousy (envy) and contention (rivalry, selfish ambition) in your hearts, do not pride yourselves on it and thus be in defiance of and false to the Truth. -- james 3:14 +. +This [superficial] wisdom is not such as comes down from above, but is earthly, unspiritual (animal), even devilish (demoniacal). -- james 3:15 +. +For wherever there is jealousy (envy) and contention (rivalry and selfish ambition), there will also be confusion (unrest, disharmony, rebellion) and all sorts of evil and vile practices. -- james 3:16 +. +But the wisdom from above is first of all pure (undefiled); then it is peace-loving, courteous (considerate, gentle). [It is willing to] yield to reason, full of compassion and good fruits; it is wholehearted and straightforward, impartial and unfeigned (free from doubts, wavering, and insincerity). -- james 3:17 +. +And the harvest of righteousness (of conformity to God's will in thought and deed) is [the fruit of the seed] sown in peace by those who work for and make peace [in themselves and in others, that peace which means concord, agreement, and harmony between individuals, with undisturbedness, in a peaceful mind free from fears and agitating passions and moral conflicts]. -- james 3:18 +. +WHAT LEADS to strife (discord and feuds) and how do conflicts (quarrels and fightings) originate among you? Do they not arise from your sensual desires that are ever warring in your bodily members? -- james 4:1 +. +You are jealous and covet [what others have] and your desires go unfulfilled; [so] you become murderers. [To hate is to murder as far as your hearts are concerned.] You burn with envy and anger and are not able to obtain [the gratification, the contentment, and the happiness that you seek], so you fight and war. You do not have, because you do not ask. [I John 3:15.] -- james 4:2 +. +[Or] you do ask [God for them] and yet fail to receive, because you ask with wrong purpose and evil, selfish motives. Your intention is [when you get what you desire] to spend it in sensual pleasures. -- james 4:3 +. +You [are like] unfaithful wives [having illicit love affairs with the world and breaking your marriage vow to God]! Do you not know that being the world's friend is being God's enemy? So whoever chooses to be a friend of the world takes his stand as an enemy of God. -- james 4:4 +. +Or do you suppose that the Scripture is speaking to no purpose that says, The Spirit Whom He has caused to dwell in us yearns over us and He yearns for the Spirit [to be welcome] with a jealous love? -- james 4:5 +. +But He gives us more and more grace (power of the Holy Spirit, to meet this evil tendency and all others fully). That is why He says, God sets Himself against the proud and haughty, but gives grace [continually] to the lowly (those who are humble enough to receive it). -- james 4:6 +. +So be subject to God. Resist the devil [stand firm against him], and he will flee from you. -- james 4:7 +. +Come close to God and He will come close to you. [Recognize that you are] sinners, get your soiled hands clean; [realize that you have been disloyal] wavering individuals with divided interests, and purify your hearts [of your spiritual adultery]. -- james 4:8 +. +[As you draw near to God] be deeply penitent and grieve, even weep [over your disloyalty]. Let your laughter be turned to grief and your mirth to dejection and heartfelt shame [for your sins]. -- james 4:9 +. +Humble yourselves [feeling very insignificant] in the presence of the Lord, and He will exalt you [He will lift you up and make your lives significant]. -- james 4:10 +. +[My] brethren, do not speak evil about or accuse one another. He that maligns a brother or judges his brother is maligning and criticizing the Law and judging the Law. But if you judge the Law, you are not a practicer of the Law but a censor and judge [of it]. -- james 4:11 +. +One only is the Lawgiver and Judge Who is able to save and to destroy [the One Who has the absolute power of life and death]. [But you] who are you that [you presume to] pass judgment on your neighbor? -- james 4:12 +. +Come now, you who say, Today or tomorrow we will go into such and such a city and spend a year there and carry on our business and make money. -- james 4:13 +. +Yet you do not know [the least thing] about what may happen tomorrow. What is the nature of your life? You are [really] but a wisp of vapor (a puff of smoke, a mist) that is visible for a little while and then disappears [into thin air]. -- james 4:14 +. +You ought instead to say, If the Lord is willing, we shall live and we shall do this or that [thing]. -- james 4:15 +. +But as it is, you boast [falsely] in your presumption and your self-conceit. All such boasting is wrong. -- james 4:16 +. +So any person who knows what is right to do but does not do it, to him it is sin. -- james 4:17 +. +COME NOW, you rich [people], weep aloud and lament over the miseries (the woes) that are surely coming upon you. -- james 5:1 +. +Your abundant wealth has rotted and is ruined, and your [many] garments have become moth-eaten. -- james 5:2 +. +Your gold and silver are completely rusted through, and their rust will be testimony against you and it will devour your flesh as if it were fire. You have heaped together treasure for the last days. -- james 5:3 +. +[But] look! [Here are] the wages that you have withheld by fraud from the laborers who have reaped your fields, crying out [for vengeance]; and the cries of the harvesters have come to the ears of the Lord of hosts. -- james 5:4 +. +[Here] on earth you have abandoned yourselves to soft (prodigal) living and to [the pleasures of] self-indulgence and self-gratification. You have fattened your hearts in a day of slaughter. -- james 5:5 +. +You have condemned and have murdered the righteous (innocent man), [while] he offers no resistance to you. -- james 5:6 +. +So be patient, brethren, [as you wait] till the coming of the Lord. See how the farmer waits expectantly for the precious harvest from the land. [See how] he keeps up his patient [vigil] over it until it receives the early and late rains. -- james 5:7 +. +So you also must be patient. Establish your hearts [strengthen and confirm them in the final certainty], for the coming of the Lord is very near. -- james 5:8 +. +Do not complain, brethren, against one another, so that you [yourselves] may not be judged. Look! The Judge is [already] standing at the very door. -- james 5:9 +. +[As] an example of suffering and ill-treatment together with patience, brethren, take the prophets who spoke in the name of the Lord [as His messengers]. -- james 5:10 +. +You know how we call those blessed (happy) who were steadfast [who endured]. You have heard of the endurance of Job, and you have seen the Lord's [purpose and how He richly blessed him in the] end, inasmuch as the Lord is full of pity and compassion and tenderness and mercy. -- james 5:11 +. +But above all [things], my brethren, do not swear, either by heaven or by earth or by any other oath; but let your yes be [a simple] yes, and your no be [a simple] no, so that you may not sin and fall under condemnation. -- james 5:12 +. +Is anyone among you afflicted (ill-treated, suffering evil)? He should pray. Is anyone glad at heart? He should sing praise [to God]. -- james 5:13 +. +Is anyone among you sick? He should call in the church elders (the spiritual guides). And they should pray over him, anointing him with oil in the Lord's name. -- james 5:14 +. +And the prayer [that is] of faith will save him who is sick, and the Lord will restore him; and if he has committed sins, he will be forgiven. -- james 5:15 +. +Confess to one another therefore your faults (your slips, your false steps, your offenses, your sins) and pray [also] for one another, that you may be healed and restored [to a spiritual tone of mind and heart]. The earnest (heartfelt, continued) prayer of a righteous man makes tremendous power available [dynamic in its working]. -- james 5:16 +. +Elijah was a human being with a nature such as we have [with feelings, affections, and a constitution like ours]; and he prayed earnestly for it not to rain, and no rain fell on the earth for three years and six months. [I Kings 17:1.] -- james 5:17 +. +And [then] he prayed again and the heavens supplied rain and the land produced its crops [as usual]. [I Kings 18:42-45.] -- james 5:18 +. +[My] brethren, if anyone among you strays from the Truth and falls into error and another [person] brings him back [to God], -- james 5:19 +. +Let the [latter] one be sure that whoever turns a sinner from his evil course will save [that one's] soul from death and will cover a multitude of sins [procure the pardon of the many sins committed by the convert]. -- james 5:20 +. +PETER, AN apostle (a special messenger) of Jesus Christ, [writing] to the elect exiles of the dispersion scattered (sowed) abroad in Pontus, Galatia, Cappadocia, Asia, and Bithynia, -- 1 peter 1:1 +. +Who were chosen and foreknown by God the Father and consecrated (sanctified, made holy) by the Spirit to be obedient to Jesus Christ (the Messiah) and to be sprinkled with [His] blood: May grace (spiritual blessing) and peace be given you in increasing abundance [that spiritual peace to be realized in and through Christ, freedom from fears, agitating passions, and moral conflicts]. -- 1 peter 1:2 +. +Praised (honored, blessed) be the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ (the Messiah)! By His boundless mercy we have been born again to an ever-living hope through the resurrection of Jesus Christ from the dead, -- 1 peter 1:3 +. +[Born anew] into an inheritance which is beyond the reach of change and decay [imperishable], unsullied and unfading, reserved in heaven for you, -- 1 peter 1:4 +. +Who are being guarded (garrisoned) by God's power through [your] faith [till you fully inherit that final] salvation that is ready to be revealed [for you] in the last time. -- 1 peter 1:5 +. +[You should] be exceedingly glad on this account, though now for a little while you may be distressed by trials and suffer temptations, -- 1 peter 1:6 +. +So that [the genuineness] of your faith may be tested, [your faith] which is infinitely more precious than the perishable gold which is tested and purified by fire. [This proving of your faith is intended] to redound to [your] praise and glory and honor when Jesus Christ (the Messiah, the Anointed One) is revealed. -- 1 peter 1:7 +. +Without having seen Him, you love Him; though you do not [even] now see Him, you believe in Him and exult and thrill with inexpressible and glorious (triumphant, heavenly) joy. -- 1 peter 1:8 +. +[At the same time] you receive the result (outcome, consummation) of your faith, the salvation of your souls. -- 1 peter 1:9 +. +The prophets, who prophesied of the grace (divine blessing) which was intended for you, searched and inquired earnestly about this salvation. -- 1 peter 1:10 +. +They sought [to find out] to whom or when this was to come which the Spirit of Christ working within them was indicating when He predicted the sufferings of Christ and the glories that should follow [them]. -- 1 peter 1:11 +. +It was then disclosed to them that the services they were rendering were not meant for themselves and their period of time, but for you. [It is these very] things which have now already been made known plainly to you by those who preached the good news (the Gospel) to you by the [same] Holy Spirit sent from heaven. Into these things [the very] angels long to look! -- 1 peter 1:12 +. +So brace up your minds; be sober (circumspect, morally alert); set your hope wholly and unchangeably on the grace (divine favor) that is coming to you when Jesus Christ (the Messiah) is revealed. -- 1 peter 1:13 +. +[Live] as children of obedience [to God]; do not conform yourselves to the evil desires [that governed you] in your former ignorance [when you did not know the requirements of the Gospel]. -- 1 peter 1:14 +. +But as the One Who called you is holy, you yourselves also be holy in all your conduct and manner of living. -- 1 peter 1:15 +. +For it is written, You shall be holy, for I am holy. -- 1 peter 1:16 +. +And if you call upon Him as [your] Father Who judges each one impartially according to what he does, [then] you should conduct yourselves with true reverence throughout the time of your temporary residence [on the earth, whether long or short]. -- 1 peter 1:17 +. +You must know (recognize) that you were redeemed (ransomed) from the useless (fruitless) way of living inherited by tradition from [your] forefathers, not with corruptible things [such as] silver and gold, -- 1 peter 1:18 +. +But [you were purchased] with the precious blood of Christ (the Messiah), like that of a [sacrificial] lamb without blemish or spot. -- 1 peter 1:19 +. +It is true that He was chosen and foreordained (destined and foreknown for it) before the foundation of the world, but He was brought out to public view (made manifest) in these last days (at the end of the times) for the sake of you. -- 1 peter 1:20 +. +Through Him you believe in (adhere to, rely on) God, Who raised Him up from the dead and gave Him honor and glory, so that your faith and hope are [centered and rest] in God. -- 1 peter 1:21 +. +Since by your obedience to the Truth through the [Holy ] Spirit you have purified your hearts for the sincere affection of the brethren, [see that you] love one another fervently from a pure heart. -- 1 peter 1:22 +. +You have been regenerated (born again), not from a mortal origin (seed, sperm), but from one that is immortal by the ever living and lasting Word of God. -- 1 peter 1:23 +. +For all flesh (mankind) is like grass, and all its glory (honor) like [the] flower of grass. The grass withers and the flower drops off, -- 1 peter 1:24 +. +But the Word of the Lord (divine instruction, the Gospel) endures forever. And this Word is the good news which was preached to you. -- 1 peter 1:25 +. +SO BE done with every trace of wickedness (depravity, malignity) and all deceit and insincerity (pretense, hypocrisy) and grudges (envy, jealousy) and slander and evil speaking of every kind. -- 1 peter 2:1 +. +Like newborn babies you should crave (thirst for, earnestly desire) the pure (unadulterated) spiritual milk, that by it you may be nurtured and grow unto [completed] salvation, -- 1 peter 2:2 +. +Since you have [already] tasted the goodness and kindness of the Lord. -- 1 peter 2:3 +. +Come to Him [then, to that] Living Stone which men tried and threw away, but which is chosen [and] precious in God's sight. -- 1 peter 2:4 +. +[Come] and, like living stones, be yourselves built [into] a spiritual house, for a holy (dedicated, consecrated) priesthood, to offer up [those] spiritual sacrifices [that are] acceptable and pleasing to God through Jesus Christ. -- 1 peter 2:5 +. +For thus it stands in Scripture: Behold, I am laying in Zion a chosen (honored), precious chief Cornerstone, and he who believes in Him [who adheres to, trusts in, and relies on Him] shall never be disappointed or put to shame. -- 1 peter 2:6 +. +To you then who believe (who adhere to, trust in, and rely on Him) is the preciousness; but for those who disbelieve [it is true], The [very] Stone which the builders rejected has become the main Cornerstone, -- 1 peter 2:7 +. +And, A Stone that will cause stumbling and a Rock that will give [men] offense; they stumble because they disobey and disbelieve [God's] Word, as those [who reject Him] were destined (appointed) to do. -- 1 peter 2:8 +. +But you are a chosen race, a royal priesthood, a dedicated nation, [God's] own purchased, special people, that you may set forth the wonderful deeds and display the virtues and perfections of Him Who called you out of darkness into His marvelous light. -- 1 peter 2:9 +. +Once you were not a people [at all], but now you are God's people; once you were unpitied, but now you are pitied and have received mercy. -- 1 peter 2:10 +. +Beloved, I implore you as aliens and strangers and exiles [in this world] to abstain from the sensual urges (the evil desires, the passions of the flesh, your lower nature) that wage war against the soul. -- 1 peter 2:11 +. +Conduct yourselves properly (honorably, righteously) among the Gentiles, so that, although they may slander you as evildoers, [yet] they may by witnessing your good deeds [come to] glorify God in the day of inspection [when God shall look upon you wanderers as a pastor or shepherd looks over his flock]. -- 1 peter 2:12 +. +Be submissive to every human institution and authority for the sake of the Lord, whether it be to the emperor as supreme, -- 1 peter 2:13 +. +Or to governors as sent by him to bring vengeance (punishment, justice) to those who do wrong and to encourage those who do good service. -- 1 peter 2:14 +. +For it is God's will and intention that by doing right [your good and honest lives] should silence (muzzle, gag) the ignorant charges and ill-informed criticisms of foolish persons. -- 1 peter 2:15 +. +[Live] as free people, [yet] without employing your freedom as a pretext for wickedness; but [live at all times] as servants of God. -- 1 peter 2:16 +. +Show respect for all men [treat them honorably]. Love the brotherhood (the Christian fraternity of which Christ is the Head). Reverence God. Honor the emperor. -- 1 peter 2:17 +. +[You who are] household servants, be submissive to your masters with all [proper] respect, not only to those who are kind and considerate and reasonable, but also to those who are surly (overbearing, unjust, and crooked). -- 1 peter 2:18 +. +For one is regarded favorably (is approved, acceptable, and thankworthy) if, as in the sight of God, he endures the pain of unjust suffering. -- 1 peter 2:19 +. +[After all] what kind of glory [is there in it] if, when you do wrong and are punished for it, you take it patiently? But if you bear patiently with suffering [which results] when you do right and that is undeserved, it is acceptable and pleasing to God. -- 1 peter 2:20 +. +For even to this were you called [it is inseparable from your vocation]. For Christ also suffered for you, leaving you [His personal] example, so that you should follow in His footsteps. -- 1 peter 2:21 +. +He was guilty of no sin, neither was deceit (guile) ever found on His lips. -- 1 peter 2:22 +. +When He was reviled and insulted, He did not revile or offer insult in return; [when] He was abused and suffered, He made no threats [of vengeance]; but he trusted [Himself and everything] to Him Who judges fairly. -- 1 peter 2:23 +. +He personally bore our sins in His [own] body on the tree [as on an altar and offered Himself on it], that we might die (cease to exist) to sin and live to righteousness. By His wounds you have been healed. -- 1 peter 2:24 +. +For you were going astray like [so many] sheep, but now you have come back to the Shepherd and Guardian (the Bishop) of your souls. -- 1 peter 2:25 +. +IN LIKE manner, you married women, be submissive to your own husbands [subordinate yourselves as being secondary to and dependent on them, and adapt yourselves to them], so that even if any do not obey the Word [of God], they may be won over not by discussion but by the [godly] lives of their wives, -- 1 peter 3:1 +. +When they observe the pure and modest way in which you conduct yourselves, together with your reverence [for your husband; you are to feel for him all that reverence includes: to respect, defer to, revere him--to honor, esteem, appreciate, prize, and, in the human sense, to adore him, that is, to admire, praise, be devoted to, deeply love, and enjoy your husband]. -- 1 peter 3:2 +. +Let not yours be the [merely] external adorning with [elaborate] interweaving and knotting of the hair, the wearing of jewelry, or changes of clothes; -- 1 peter 3:3 +. +But let it be the inward adorning and beauty of the hidden person of the heart, with the incorruptible and unfading charm of a gentle and peaceful spirit, which [is not anxious or wrought up, but] is very precious in the sight of God. -- 1 peter 3:4 +. +For it was thus that the pious women of old who hoped in God were [accustomed] to beautify themselves and were submissive to their husbands [adapting themselves to them as themselves secondary and dependent upon them]. -- 1 peter 3:5 +. +It was thus that Sarah obeyed Abraham [following his guidance and acknowledging his headship over her by] calling him lord (master, leader, authority). And you are now her true daughters if you do right and let nothing terrify you [not giving way to hysterical fears or letting anxieties unnerve you]. -- 1 peter 3:6 +. +In the same way you married men should live considerately with [your wives], with an intelligent recognition [of the marriage relation], honoring the woman as [physically] the weaker, but [realizing that you] are joint heirs of the grace (God's unmerited favor) of life, in order that your prayers may not be hindered and cut off. [Otherwise you cannot pray effectively.] -- 1 peter 3:7 +. +Finally, all [of you] should be of one and the same mind (united in spirit), sympathizing [with one another], loving [each other] as brethren [of one household], compassionate and courteous (tenderhearted and humble). -- 1 peter 3:8 +. +Never return evil for evil or insult for insult (scolding, tongue-lashing, berating), but on the contrary blessing [praying for their welfare, happiness, and protection, and truly pitying and loving them]. For know that to this you have been called, that you may yourselves inherit a blessing [from God--that you may obtain a blessing as heirs, bringing welfare and happiness and protection]. -- 1 peter 3:9 +. +For let him who wants to enjoy life and see good days [good--whether apparent or not] keep his tongue free from evil and his lips from guile (treachery, deceit). -- 1 peter 3:10 +. +Let him turn away from wickedness and shun it, and let him do right. Let him search for peace (harmony; undisturbedness from fears, agitating passions, and moral conflicts) and seek it eagerly. [Do not merely desire peaceful relations with God, with your fellowmen, and with yourself, but pursue, go after them!] -- 1 peter 3:11 +. +For the eyes of the Lord are upon the righteous (those who are upright and in right standing with God), and His ears are attentive to their prayer. But the face of the Lord is against those who practice evil [to oppose them, to frustrate, and defeat them]. -- 1 peter 3:12 +. +Now who is there to hurt you if you are zealous followers of that which is good? -- 1 peter 3:13 +. +But even in case you should suffer for the sake of righteousness, [you are] blessed (happy, to be envied). Do not dread or be afraid of their threats, nor be disturbed [by their opposition]. -- 1 peter 3:14 +. +But in your hearts set Christ apart as holy [and acknowledge Him] as Lord. Always be ready to give a logical defense to anyone who asks you to account for the hope that is in you, but do it courteously and respectfully. -- 1 peter 3:15 +. +[And see to it that] your conscience is entirely clear (unimpaired), so that, when you are falsely accused as evildoers, those who threaten you abusively and revile your right behavior in Christ may come to be ashamed [of slandering your good lives]. -- 1 peter 3:16 +. +For [it is] better to suffer [unjustly] for doing right, if that should be God's will, than to suffer [justly] for doing wrong. -- 1 peter 3:17 +. +For Christ [the Messiah Himself] died for sins once for all, the Righteous for the unrighteous (the Just for the unjust, the Innocent for the guilty), that He might bring us to God. In His human body He was put to death, but He was made alive in the spirit, -- 1 peter 3:18 +. +In which He went and preached to the spirits in prison, -- 1 peter 3:19 +. +[The souls of those] who long before in the days of Noah had been disobedient, when God's patience waited during the building of the ark in which a few [people], actually eight in number, were saved through water. -- 1 peter 3:20 +. +And baptism, which is a figure [of their deliverance], does now also save you [from inward questionings and fears], not by the removing of outward body filth [bathing], but by [providing you with] the answer of a good and clear conscience (inward cleanness and peace) before God [because you are demonstrating what you believe to be yours] through the resurrection of Jesus Christ. -- 1 peter 3:21 +. +[And He] has now entered into heaven and is at the right hand of God, with [all] angels and authorities and powers made subservient to Him. -- 1 peter 3:22 +. +SO, SINCE Christ suffered in the flesh for us, for you, arm yourselves with the same thought and purpose [patiently to suffer rather than fail to please God]. For whoever has suffered in the flesh [having the mind of Christ] is done with [intentional] sin [has stopped pleasing himself and the world, and pleases God], -- 1 peter 4:1 +. +So that he can no longer spend the rest of his natural life living by [his] human appetites and desires, but [he lives] for what God wills. -- 1 peter 4:2 +. +For the time that is past already suffices for doing what the Gentiles like to do--living [as you have done] in shameless, insolent wantonness, in lustful desires, drunkenness, reveling, drinking bouts and abominable, lawless idolatries. -- 1 peter 4:3 +. +They are astonished and think it very queer that you do not now run hand in hand with them in the same excesses of dissipation, and they abuse [you]. -- 1 peter 4:4 +. +But they will have to give an account to Him Who is ready to judge and pass sentence on the living and the dead. -- 1 peter 4:5 +. +For this is why the good news (the Gospel) was preached [in their lifetime] even to the dead, that though judged in fleshly bodies as men are, they might live in the spirit as God does. -- 1 peter 4:6 +. +But the end and culmination of all things has now come near; keep sound minded and self-restrained and alert therefore for [the practice of] prayer. -- 1 peter 4:7 +. +Above all things have intense and unfailing love for one another, for love covers a multitude of sins [forgives and disregards the offenses of others]. -- 1 peter 4:8 +. +Practice hospitality to one another (those of the household of faith). [Be hospitable, be a lover of strangers, with brotherly affection for the unknown guests, the foreigners, the poor, and all others who come your way who are of Christ's body.] And [in each instance] do it ungrudgingly (cordially and graciously, without complaining but as representing Him). -- 1 peter 4:9 +. +As each of you has received a gift (a particular spiritual talent, a gracious divine endowment), employ it for one another as [befits] good trustees of God's many-sided grace [faithful stewards of the extremely diverse powers and gifts granted to Christians by unmerited favor]. -- 1 peter 4:10 +. +Whoever speaks, [let him do it as one who utters] oracles of God; whoever renders service, [let him do it] as with the strength which God furnishes abundantly, so that in all things God may be glorified through Jesus Christ (the Messiah). To Him be the glory and dominion forever and ever (through endless ages). Amen (so be it). -- 1 peter 4:11 +. +Beloved, do not be amazed and bewildered at the fiery ordeal which is taking place to test your quality, as though something strange (unusual and alien to you and your position) were befalling you. -- 1 peter 4:12 +. +But insofar as you are sharing Christ's sufferings, rejoice, so that when His glory [full of radiance and splendor] is revealed, you may also rejoice with triumph [exultantly]. -- 1 peter 4:13 +. +If you are censured and suffer abuse [because you bear] the name of Christ, blessed [are you--happy, fortunate, to be envied, with life-joy, and satisfaction in God's favor and salvation, regardless of your outward condition], because the Spirit of glory, the Spirit of God, is resting upon you. On their part He is blasphemed, but on your part He is glorified. -- 1 peter 4:14 +. +But let none of you suffer as a murderer or a thief or any sort of criminal, or as a mischief-maker (a meddler) in the affairs of others [infringing on their rights]. -- 1 peter 4:15 +. +But if [one is ill-treated and suffers] as a Christian [which he is contemptuously called], let him not be ashamed, but give glory to God that he is [deemed worthy to suffer] in this name. -- 1 peter 4:16 +. +For the time [has arrived] for judgment to begin with the household of God; and if it begins with us, what will [be] the end of those who do not respect or believe or obey the good news (the Gospel) of God? -- 1 peter 4:17 +. +And if the righteous are barely saved, what will become of the godless and wicked? -- 1 peter 4:18 +. +Therefore, those who are ill-treated and suffer in accordance with God's will must do right and commit their souls [in charge as a deposit] to the One Who created [them] and will never fail [them]. -- 1 peter 4:19 +. +I WARN and counsel the elders among you (the pastors and spiritual guides of the church) as a fellow elder and as an eyewitness [called to testify] of the sufferings of Christ, as well as a sharer in the glory (the honor and splendor) that is to be revealed (disclosed, unfolded): -- 1 peter 5:1 +. +Tend (nurture, guard, guide, and fold) the flock of God that is [your responsibility], not by coercion or constraint, but willingly; not dishonorably motivated by the advantages and profits [belonging to the office], but eagerly and cheerfully; -- 1 peter 5:2 +. +Not domineering [as arrogant, dictatorial, and overbearing persons] over those in your charge, but being examples (patterns and models of Christian living) to the flock (the congregation). -- 1 peter 5:3 +. +And [then] when the Chief Shepherd is revealed, you will win the conqueror's crown of glory. -- 1 peter 5:4 +. +Likewise, you who are younger and of lesser rank, be subject to the elders (the ministers and spiritual guides of the church)--[giving them due respect and yielding to their counsel]. Clothe (apron) yourselves, all of you, with humility [as the garb of a servant, so that its covering cannot possibly be stripped from you, with freedom from pride and arrogance] toward one another. For God sets Himself against the proud (the insolent, the overbearing, the disdainful, the presumptuous, the boastful)--[and He opposes, frustrates, and defeats them], but gives grace (favor, blessing) to the humble. -- 1 peter 5:5 +. +Therefore humble yourselves [demote, lower yourselves in your own estimation] under the mighty hand of God, that in due time He may exalt you, -- 1 peter 5:6 +. +Casting the whole of your care [all your anxieties, all your worries, all your concerns, once and for all] on Him, for He cares for you affectionately and cares about you watchfully. -- 1 peter 5:7 +. +Be well balanced (temperate, sober of mind), be vigilant and cautious at all times; for that enemy of yours, the devil, roams around like a lion roaring [in fierce hunger], seeking someone to seize upon and devour. -- 1 peter 5:8 +. +Withstand him; be firm in faith [against his onset--rooted, established, strong, immovable, and determined], knowing that the same (identical) sufferings are appointed to your brotherhood (the whole body of Christians) throughout the world. -- 1 peter 5:9 +. +And after you have suffered a little while, the God of all grace [Who imparts all blessing and favor], Who has called you to His [own] eternal glory in Christ Jesus, will Himself complete and make you what you ought to be, establish and ground you securely, and strengthen, and settle you. -- 1 peter 5:10 +. +To Him be the dominion (power, authority, rule) forever and ever. Amen (so be it). -- 1 peter 5:11 +. +By Silvanus, a true (loyal, consistent, incorruptible) brother, as I consider him, I have written briefly to you, to counsel and urge and stimulate [you] and to declare [to you] that this is the true [account of the] grace (the undeserved favor) of God. Be steadfast and persevere in it. -- 1 peter 5:12 +. +She [your sister church here] in Babylon, [who is] elect (chosen) with [yourselves], sends you greetings, and [so does] my son (disciple) Mark. -- 1 peter 5:13 +. +Salute one another with a kiss of love [the symbol of mutual affection]. To all of you that are in Christ Jesus (the Messiah), may there be peace (every kind of peace and blessing, especially peace with God, and freedom from fears, agitating passions, and moral conflicts). Amen (so be it). -- 1 peter 5:14 +. +SIMON PETER, a servant and apostle (special messenger) of Jesus Christ, to those who have received (obtained an equal privilege of) like precious faith with ourselves in and through the righteousness of our God and Savior Jesus Christ: -- 2 peter 1:1 +. +May grace (God's favor) and peace (which is perfect well-being, all necessary good, all spiritual prosperity, and freedom from fears and agitating passions and moral conflicts) be multiplied to you in [the full, personal, precise, and correct] knowledge of God and of Jesus our Lord. -- 2 peter 1:2 +. +For His divine power has bestowed upon us all things that [are requisite and suited] to life and godliness, through the [full, personal] knowledge of Him Who called us by and to His own glory and excellence (virtue). -- 2 peter 1:3 +. +By means of these He has bestowed on us His precious and exceedingly great promises, so that through them you may escape [by flight] from the moral decay (rottenness and corruption) that is in the world because of covetousness (lust and greed), and become sharers (partakers) of the divine nature. -- 2 peter 1:4 +. +For this very reason, adding your diligence [to the divine promises], employ every effort in exercising your faith to develop virtue (excellence, resolution, Christian energy), and in [exercising] virtue [develop] knowledge (intelligence), -- 2 peter 1:5 +. +And in [exercising] knowledge [develop] self-control, and in [exercising] self-control [develop] steadfastness (patience, endurance), and in [exercising] steadfastness [develop] godliness (piety), -- 2 peter 1:6 +. +And in [exercising] godliness [develop] brotherly affection, and in [exercising] brotherly affection [develop] Christian love. -- 2 peter 1:7 +. +For as these qualities are yours and increasingly abound in you, they will keep [you] from being idle or unfruitful unto the [full personal] knowledge of our Lord Jesus Christ (the Messiah, the Anointed One). -- 2 peter 1:8 +. +For whoever lacks these qualities is blind, [spiritually] shortsighted, seeing only what is near to him, and has become oblivious [to the fact] that he was cleansed from his old sins. -- 2 peter 1:9 +. +Because of this, brethren, be all the more solicitous and eager to make sure (to ratify, to strengthen, to make steadfast) your calling and election; for if you do this, you will never stumble or fall. -- 2 peter 1:10 +. +Thus there will be richly and abundantly provided for you entry into the eternal kingdom of our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ. -- 2 peter 1:11 +. +So I intend always to remind you about these things, although indeed you know them and are firm in the truth that [you] now [hold]. -- 2 peter 1:12 +. +I think it right, as long as I am in this tabernacle (tent, body), to stir you up by way of remembrance, -- 2 peter 1:13 +. +Since I know that the laying aside of this body of mine will come speedily, as our Lord Jesus Christ made clear to me. -- 2 peter 1:14 +. +Moreover, I will diligently endeavor [to see to it] that [even] after my departure (decease) you may be able at all times to call these things to mind. -- 2 peter 1:15 +. +For we were not following cleverly devised stories when we made known to you the power and coming of our Lord Jesus Christ (the Messiah), but we were eyewitnesses of His majesty (grandeur, authority of sovereign power). -- 2 peter 1:16 +. +For when He was invested with honor and glory from God the Father and a voice was borne to Him by the [splendid] Majestic Glory [in the bright cloud that overshadowed Him, saying], This is My beloved Son in Whom I am well pleased and delight, -- 2 peter 1:17 +. +We [actually] heard this voice borne out of heaven, for we were together with Him on the holy mountain. -- 2 peter 1:18 +. +And we have the prophetic word [made] firmer still. You will do well to pay close attention to it as to a lamp shining in a dismal (squalid and dark) place, until the day breaks through [the gloom] and the Morning Star rises (comes into being) in your hearts. -- 2 peter 1:19 +. +[Yet] first [you must] understand this, that no prophecy of Scripture is [a matter] of any personal or private or special interpretation (loosening, solving). -- 2 peter 1:20 +. +For no prophecy ever originated because some man willed it [to do so--it never came by human impulse], but men spoke from God who were borne along (moved and impelled) by the Holy Spirit. -- 2 peter 1:21 +. +BUT ALSO [in those days] there arose false prophets among the people, just as there will be false teachers among yourselves, who will subtly and stealthily introduce heretical doctrines (destructive heresies), even denying and disowning the Master Who bought them, bringing upon themselves swift destruction. -- 2 peter 2:1 +. +And many will follow their immoral ways and lascivious doings; because of them the true Way will be maligned and defamed. -- 2 peter 2:2 +. +And in their covetousness (lust, greed) they will exploit you with false (cunning) arguments. From of old the sentence [of condemnation] for them has not been idle; their destruction (eternal misery) has not been asleep. -- 2 peter 2:3 +. +For God did not [even] spare angels that sinned, but cast them into hell, delivering them to be kept there in pits of gloom till the judgment and their doom. -- 2 peter 2:4 +. +And He spared not the ancient world, but preserved Noah, a preacher of righteousness, with seven other persons, when He brought a flood upon the world of ungodly [people]. -- 2 peter 2:5 +. +And He condemned to ruin and extinction the cities of Sodom and Gomorrah, reducing them to ashes [and thus] set them forth as an example to those who would be ungodly; -- 2 peter 2:6 +. +And He rescued righteous Lot, greatly worn out and distressed by the wanton ways of the ungodly and lawless-- -- 2 peter 2:7 +. +For that just man, living [there] among them, tortured his righteous soul every day with what he saw and heard of [their] unlawful and wicked deeds-- -- 2 peter 2:8 +. +Now if [all these things are true, then be sure] the Lord knows how to rescue the godly out of temptations and trials, and how to keep the ungodly under chastisement until the day of judgment and doom, -- 2 peter 2:9 +. +And particularly those who walk after the flesh and indulge in the lust of polluting passion and scorn and despise authority. Presumptuous [and] daring [self-willed and self-loving creatures]! They scoff at and revile dignitaries (glorious ones) without trembling, -- 2 peter 2:10 +. +Whereas [even] angels, though superior in might and power, do not bring a defaming charge against them before the Lord. -- 2 peter 2:11 +. +But these [people]! Like unreasoning beasts, mere creatures of instinct, born [only] to be captured and destroyed, railing at things of which they are ignorant, they shall utterly perish in their [own] corruption [in their destroying they shall surely be destroyed], -- 2 peter 2:12 +. +Being destined to receive [punishment as] the reward of [their] unrighteousness [suffering wrong as the hire for their wrongdoing]. They count it a delight to revel in the daytime [living luxuriously and delicately]. They are blots and blemishes, reveling in their deceptions and carousing together [even] as they feast with you. -- 2 peter 2:13 +. +They have eyes full of harlotry, insatiable for sin. They beguile and bait and lure away unstable souls. Their hearts are trained in covetousness (lust, greed), [they are] children of a curse [exposed to cursing]! -- 2 peter 2:14 +. +Forsaking the straight road they have gone astray; they have followed the way of Balaam [the son] of Beor, who loved the reward of wickedness. -- 2 peter 2:15 +. +But he was rebuked for his own transgression when a dumb beast of burden spoke with human voice and checked the prophet's madness. -- 2 peter 2:16 +. +These are springs without water and mists driven along before a tempest, for whom is reserved forever the gloom of darkness. -- 2 peter 2:17 +. +For uttering loud boasts of folly, they beguile and lure with lustful desires of the flesh those who are barely escaping from them who are wrongdoers. -- 2 peter 2:18 +. +They promise them liberty, when they themselves are the slaves of depravity and defilement--for by whatever anyone is made inferior or worse or is overcome, to that [person or thing] he is enslaved. -- 2 peter 2:19 +. +For if, after they have escaped the pollutions of the world through [the full, personal] knowledge of our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ, they again become entangled in them and are overcome, their last condition is worse [for them] than the first. -- 2 peter 2:20 +. +For never to have obtained a [full, personal] knowledge of the way of righteousness would have been better for them than, having obtained [such knowledge], to turn back from the holy commandment which was [verbally] delivered to them. -- 2 peter 2:21 +. +There has befallen them the thing spoken of in the true proverb, The dog turns back to his own vomit, and, The sow is washed only to wallow again in the mire. -- 2 peter 2:22 +. +BELOVED, I am now writing you this second letter. In [both of] them I have stirred up your unsullied (sincere) mind by way of remembrance, -- 2 peter 3:1 +. +That you should recall the predictions of the holy (consecrated, dedicated) prophets and the commandment of the Lord and Savior [given] through your apostles (His special messengers). -- 2 peter 3:2 +. +To begin with, you must know and understand this, that scoffers (mockers) will come in the last days with scoffing, [people who] walk after their own fleshly desires -- 2 peter 3:3 +. +And say, Where is the promise of His coming? For since the forefathers fell asleep, all things have continued exactly as they did from the beginning of creation. -- 2 peter 3:4 +. +For they willfully overlook and forget this [fact], that the heavens [came into] existence long ago by the word of God, and the earth also which was formed out of water and by means of water, -- 2 peter 3:5 +. +Through which the world that then [existed] was deluged with water and perished. -- 2 peter 3:6 +. +But by the same word the present heavens and earth have been stored up (reserved) for fire, being kept until the day of judgment and destruction of the ungodly people. -- 2 peter 3:7 +. +Nevertheless, do not let this one fact escape you, beloved, that with the Lord one day is as a thousand years and a thousand years as one day. -- 2 peter 3:8 +. +The Lord does not delay and is not tardy or slow about what He promises, according to some people's conception of slowness, but He is long-suffering (extraordinarily patient) toward you, not desiring that any should perish, but that all should turn to repentance. -- 2 peter 3:9 +. +But the day of the Lord will come like a thief, and then the heavens will vanish (pass away) with a thunderous crash, and the [material] elements [of the universe] will be dissolved with fire, and the earth and the works that are upon it will be burned up. -- 2 peter 3:10 +. +Since all these things are thus in the process of being dissolved, what kind of person ought [each of] you to be [in the meanwhile] in consecrated and holy behavior and devout and godly qualities, -- 2 peter 3:11 +. +While you wait and earnestly long for (expect and hasten) the coming of the day of God by reason of which the flaming heavens will be dissolved, and the [material] elements [of the universe] will flare and melt with fire? -- 2 peter 3:12 +. +But we look for new heavens and a new earth according to His promise, in which righteousness (uprightness, freedom from sin, and right standing with God) is to abide. -- 2 peter 3:13 +. +So, beloved, since you are expecting these things, be eager to be found by Him [at His coming] without spot or blemish and at peace [in serene confidence, free from fears and agitating passions and moral conflicts]. -- 2 peter 3:14 +. +And consider that the long-suffering of our Lord [His slowness in avenging wrongs and judging the world] is salvation (that which is conducive to the soul's safety), even as our beloved brother Paul also wrote to you according to the spiritual insight given him, -- 2 peter 3:15 +. +Speaking of this as he does in all of his letters. There are some things in those [epistles of Paul] that are difficult to understand, which the ignorant and unstable twist and misconstrue to their own utter destruction, just as [they distort and misinterpret] the rest of the Scriptures. -- 2 peter 3:16 +. +Let me warn you therefore, beloved, that knowing these things beforehand, you should be on your guard, lest you be carried away by the error of lawless and wicked [persons and] fall from your own [present] firm condition [your own steadfastness of mind]. -- 2 peter 3:17 +. +But grow in grace (undeserved favor, spiritual strength) and recognition and knowledge and understanding of our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ (the Messiah). To Him [be] glory (honor, majesty, and splendor) both now and to the day of eternity. Amen (so be it)! -- 2 peter 3:18 +. +[WE ARE writing] about the Word of Life [in] Him Who existed from the beginning, Whom we have heard, Whom we have seen with our [own] eyes, Whom we have gazed upon [for ourselves] and have touched with our [own] hands. -- 1 john 1:1 +. +And the Life [an aspect of His being] was revealed (made manifest, demonstrated), and we saw [as eyewitnesses] and are testifying to and declare to you the Life, the eternal Life [in Him] Who already existed with the Father and Who [actually] was made visible (was revealed) to us [His followers]. -- 1 john 1:2 +. +What we have seen and [ourselves] heard, we are also telling you, so that you too may realize and enjoy fellowship as partners and partakers with us. And [this] fellowship that we have [which is a distinguishing mark of Christians] is with the Father and with His Son Jesus Christ (the Messiah). -- 1 john 1:3 +. +And we are now writing these things to you so that our joy [in seeing you included] may be full [and your joy may be complete]. -- 1 john 1:4 +. +And this is the message [the message of promise] which we have heard from Him and now are reporting to you: God is Light, and there is no darkness in Him at all [no, not in any way]. -- 1 john 1:5 +. +[So] if we say we are partakers together and enjoy fellowship with Him when we live and move and are walking about in darkness, we are [both] speaking falsely and do not live and practice the Truth [which the Gospel presents]. -- 1 john 1:6 +. +But if we [really] are living and walking in the Light, as He [Himself] is in the Light, we have [true, unbroken] fellowship with one another, and the blood of Jesus Christ His Son cleanses (removes) us from all sin and guilt [keeps us cleansed from sin in all its forms and manifestations]. -- 1 john 1:7 +. +If we say we have no sin [refusing to admit that we are sinners], we delude and lead ourselves astray, and the Truth [which the Gospel presents] is not in us [does not dwell in our hearts]. -- 1 john 1:8 +. +If we [freely] admit that we have sinned and confess our sins, He is faithful and just (true to His own nature and promises) and will forgive our sins [dismiss our lawlessness] and [continuously] cleanse us from all unrighteousness [everything not in conformity to His will in purpose, thought, and action]. -- 1 john 1:9 +. +If we say (claim) we have not sinned, we contradict His Word and make Him out to be false and a liar, and His Word is not in us [the divine message of the Gospel is not in our hearts]. -- 1 john 1:10 +. +MY LITTLE children, I write you these things so that you may not violate God's law and sin. But if anyone should sin, we have an Advocate (One Who will intercede for us) with the Father--[it is] Jesus Christ [the all] righteous [upright, just, Who conforms to the Father's will in every purpose, thought, and action]. -- 1 john 2:1 +. +And He [that same Jesus Himself] is the propitiation (the atoning sacrifice) for our sins, and not for ours alone but also for [the sins of] the whole world. -- 1 john 2:2 +. +And this is how we may discern [daily, by experience] that we are coming to know Him [to perceive, recognize, understand, and become better acquainted with Him]: if we keep (bear in mind, observe, practice) His teachings (precepts, commandments). -- 1 john 2:3 +. +Whoever says, I know Him [I perceive, recognize, understand, and am acquainted with Him] but fails to keep and obey His commandments (teachings) is a liar, and the Truth [of the Gospel] is not in him. -- 1 john 2:4 +. +But he who keeps (treasures) His Word [who bears in mind His precepts, who observes His message in its entirety], truly in him has the love of and for God been perfected (completed, reached maturity). By this we may perceive (know, recognize, and be sure) that we are in Him: -- 1 john 2:5 +. +Whoever says he abides in Him ought [as a personal debt] to walk and conduct himself in the same way in which He walked and conducted Himself. -- 1 john 2:6 +. +Beloved, I am writing you no new commandment, but an old commandment which you have had from the beginning; the old commandment is the message which you have heard [the doctrine of salvation through Christ]. -- 1 john 2:7 +. +Yet I am writing you a new commandment, which is true (is realized) in Him and in you, because the darkness (moral blindness) is clearing away and the true Light (the revelation of God in Christ) is already shining. -- 1 john 2:8 +. +Whoever says he is in the Light and [yet] hates his brother [Christian, born-again child of God his Father] is in darkness even until now. -- 1 john 2:9 +. +Whoever loves his brother [believer] abides (lives) in the Light, and in It or in him there is no occasion for stumbling or cause for error or sin. -- 1 john 2:10 +. +But he who hates (detests, despises) his brother [in Christ] is in darkness and walking (living) in the dark; he is straying and does not perceive or know where he is going, because the darkness has blinded his eyes. -- 1 john 2:11 +. +I am writing to you, little children, because for His name's sake your sins are forgiven [pardoned through His name and on account of confessing His name]. -- 1 john 2:12 +. +I am writing to you, fathers, because you have come to know (recognize, be aware of, and understand) Him Who [has existed] from the beginning. I am writing to you, young men, because you have been victorious over the wicked [one]. I write to you, boys (lads), because you have come to know (recognize and be aware) of the Father. -- 1 john 2:13 +. +I write to you, fathers, because you have come to know (recognize, be conscious of, and understand) Him Who [has existed] from the beginning. I write to you, young men, because you are strong and vigorous, and the Word of God is [always] abiding in you (in your hearts), and you have been victorious over the wicked one. -- 1 john 2:14 +. +Do not love or cherish the world or the things that are in the world. If anyone loves the world, love for the Father is not in him. -- 1 john 2:15 +. +For all that is in the world--the lust of the flesh [craving for sensual gratification] and the lust of the eyes [greedy longings of the mind] and the pride of life [assurance in one's own resources or in the stability of earthly things]--these do not come from the Father but are from the world [itself]. -- 1 john 2:16 +. +And the world passes away and disappears, and with it the forbidden cravings (the passionate desires, the lust) of it; but he who does the will of God and carries out His purposes in his life abides (remains) forever. -- 1 john 2:17 +. +Boys (lads), it is the last time (hour, the end of this age). And as you have heard that the antichrist [he who will oppose Christ in the guise of Christ] is coming, even now many antichrists have arisen, which confirms our belief that it is the final (the end) time. -- 1 john 2:18 +. +They went out from our number, but they did not [really] belong to us; for if they had been of us, they would have remained with us. But [they withdrew] that it might be plain that they all are not of us. -- 1 john 2:19 +. +But you have been anointed by [you hold a sacred appointment from, you have been given an unction from] the Holy One, and you all know [the Truth] or you know all things. -- 1 john 2:20 +. +I write to you not because you are ignorant and do not perceive and know the Truth, but because you do perceive and know it, and [know positively] that nothing false (no deception, no lie) is of the Truth. -- 1 john 2:21 +. +Who is [such a] liar as he who denies that Jesus is the Christ (the Messiah)? He is the antichrist (the antagonist of Christ), who [habitually] denies and refuses to acknowledge the Father and the Son. -- 1 john 2:22 +. +No one who [habitually] denies (disowns) the Son even has the Father. Whoever confesses (acknowledges and has) the Son has the Father also. -- 1 john 2:23 +. +As for you, keep in your hearts what you have heard from the beginning. If what you heard from the first dwells and remains in you, then you will dwell in the Son and in the Father [always]. -- 1 john 2:24 +. +And this is what He Himself has promised us--the life, the eternal [life]. -- 1 john 2:25 +. +I write this to you with reference to those who would deceive you [seduce and lead you astray]. -- 1 john 2:26 +. +But as for you, the anointing (the sacred appointment, the unction) which you received from Him abides [permanently] in you; [so] then you have no need that anyone should instruct you. But just as His anointing teaches you concerning everything and is true and is no falsehood, so you must abide in (live in, never depart from) Him [being rooted in Him, knit to Him], just as [His anointing] has taught you [to do]. -- 1 john 2:27 +. +And now, little children, abide (live, remain permanently) in Him, so that when He is made visible, we may have and enjoy perfect confidence (boldness, assurance) and not be ashamed and shrink from Him at His coming. -- 1 john 2:28 +. +If you know (perceive and are sure) that He [Christ] is [absolutely] righteous [conforming to the Father's will in purpose, thought, and action], you may also know (be sure) that everyone who does righteously [and is therefore in like manner conformed to the divine will] is born (begotten) of Him [God]. -- 1 john 2:29 +. +SEE WHAT [an incredible] quality of love the Father has given (shown, bestowed on) us, that we should [be permitted to] be named and called and counted the children of God! And so we are! The reason that the world does not know (recognize, acknowledge) us is that it does not know (recognize, acknowledge) Him. -- 1 john 3:1 +. +Beloved, we are [even here and] now God's children; it is not yet disclosed (made clear) what we shall be [hereafter], but we know that when He comes and is manifested, we shall [as God's children] resemble and be like Him, for we shall see Him just as He [really] is. -- 1 john 3:2 +. +And everyone who has this hope [resting] on Him cleanses (purifies) himself just as He is pure (chaste, undefiled, guiltless). -- 1 john 3:3 +. +Everyone who commits (practices) sin is guilty of lawlessness; for [that is what] sin is, lawlessness (the breaking, violating of God's law by transgression or neglect--being unrestrained and unregulated by His commands and His will). -- 1 john 3:4 +. +You know that He appeared in visible form and became Man to take away [upon Himself] sins, and in Him there is no sin [essentially and forever]. -- 1 john 3:5 +. +No one who abides in Him [who lives and remains in communion with and in obedience to Him--deliberately, knowingly, and habitually] commits (practices) sin. No one who [habitually] sins has either seen or known Him [recognized, perceived, or understood Him, or has had an experiential acquaintance with Him]. -- 1 john 3:6 +. +Boys (lads), let no one deceive and lead you astray. He who practices righteousness [who is upright, conforming to the divine will in purpose, thought, and action, living a consistently conscientious life] is righteous, even as He is righteous. -- 1 john 3:7 +. +[But] he who commits sin [who practices evildoing] is of the devil [takes his character from the evil one], for the devil has sinned (violated the divine law) from the beginning. The reason the Son of God was made manifest (visible) was to undo (destroy, loosen, and dissolve) the works the devil [has done]. -- 1 john 3:8 +. +No one born (begotten) of God [deliberately, knowingly, and habitually] practices sin, for God's nature abides in him [His principle of life, the divine sperm, remains permanently within him]; and he cannot practice sinning because he is born (begotten) of God. -- 1 john 3:9 +. +By this it is made clear who take their nature from God and are His children and who take their nature from the devil and are his children: no one who does not practice righteousness [who does not conform to God's will in purpose, thought, and action] is of God; neither is anyone who does not love his brother (his fellow believer in Christ). -- 1 john 3:10 +. +For this is the message (the announcement) which you have heard from the first, that we should love one another, -- 1 john 3:11 +. +[And] not be like Cain who [took his nature and got his motivation] from the evil one and slew his brother. And why did he slay him? Because his deeds (activities, works) were wicked and malicious and his brother's were righteous (virtuous). -- 1 john 3:12 +. +Do not be surprised and wonder, brethren, that the world detests and pursues you with hatred. -- 1 john 3:13 +. +We know that we have passed over out of death into Life by the fact that we love the brethren (our fellow Christians). He who does not love abides (remains, is held and kept continually) in [spiritual] death. -- 1 john 3:14 +. +Anyone who hates (abominates, detests) his brother [in Christ] is [at heart] a murderer, and you know that no murderer has eternal life abiding (persevering) within him. -- 1 john 3:15 +. +By this we come to know (progressively to recognize, to perceive, to understand) the [essential] love: that He laid down His [own] life for us; and we ought to lay [our] lives down for [those who are our] brothers [in Him]. -- 1 john 3:16 +. +But if anyone has this world's goods (resources for sustaining life) and sees his brother and fellow believer in need, yet closes his heart of compassion against him, how can the love of God live and remain in him? -- 1 john 3:17 +. +Little children, let us not love [merely] in theory or in speech but in deed and in truth (in practice and in sincerity). -- 1 john 3:18 +. +By this we shall come to know (perceive, recognize, and understand) that we are of the Truth, and can reassure (quiet, conciliate, and pacify) our hearts in His presence, -- 1 john 3:19 +. +Whenever our hearts in [tormenting] self-accusation make us feel guilty and condemn us. [For we are in God's hands.] For He is above and greater than our consciences (our hearts), and He knows (perceives and understands) everything [nothing is hidden from Him]. -- 1 john 3:20 +. +And, beloved, if our consciences (our hearts) do not accuse us [if they do not make us feel guilty and condemn us], we have confidence (complete assurance and boldness) before God, -- 1 john 3:21 +. +And we receive from Him whatever we ask, because we [watchfully] obey His orders [observe His suggestions and injunctions, follow His plan for us] and [habitually] practice what is pleasing to Him. -- 1 john 3:22 +. +And this is His order (His command, His injunction): that we should believe in (put our faith and trust in and adhere to and rely on) the name of His Son Jesus Christ (the Messiah), and that we should love one another, just as He has commanded us. -- 1 john 3:23 +. +All who keep His commandments [who obey His orders and follow His plan, live and continue to live, to stay and] abide in Him, and He in them. [They let Christ be a home to them and they are the home of Christ.] And by this we know and understand and have the proof that He [really] lives and makes His home in us: by the [Holy] Spirit Whom He has given us. -- 1 john 3:24 +. +BELOVED, DO not put faith in every spirit, but prove (test) the spirits to discover whether they proceed from God; for many false prophets have gone forth into the world. -- 1 john 4:1 +. +By this you may know (perceive and recognize) the Spirit of God: every spirit which acknowledges and confesses [the fact] that Jesus Christ (the Messiah) [actually] has become man and has come in the flesh is of God [has God for its source]; -- 1 john 4:2 +. +And every spirit which does not acknowledge and confess that Jesus Christ has come in the flesh [but would annul, destroy, sever, disunite Him] is not of God [does not proceed from Him]. This [nonconfession] is the [spirit] of the antichrist, [of] which you heard that it was coming, and now it is already in the world. -- 1 john 4:3 +. +Little children, you are of God [you belong to Him] and have [already] defeated and overcome them [the agents of the antichrist], because He Who lives in you is greater (mightier) than he who is in the world. -- 1 john 4:4 +. +They proceed from the world and are of the world; therefore it is out of the world [its whole economy morally considered] that they speak, and the world listens (pays attention) to them. -- 1 john 4:5 +. +We are [children] of God. Whoever is learning to know God [progressively to perceive, recognize, and understand God by observation and experience, and to get an ever-clearer knowledge of Him] listens to us; and he who is not of God does not listen or pay attention to us. By this we know (recognize) the Spirit of Truth and the spirit of error. -- 1 john 4:6 +. +Beloved, let us love one another, for love is (springs) from God; and he who loves [his fellowmen] is begotten (born) of God and is coming [progressively] to know and understand God [to perceive and recognize and get a better and clearer knowledge of Him]. -- 1 john 4:7 +. +He who does not love has not become acquainted with God [does not and never did know Him], for God is love. -- 1 john 4:8 +. +In this the love of God was made manifest (displayed) where we are concerned: in that God sent His Son, the only begotten or unique [Son], into the world so that we might live through Him. -- 1 john 4:9 +. +In this is love: not that we loved God, but that He loved us and sent His Son to be the propitiation (the atoning sacrifice) for our sins. -- 1 john 4:10 +. +Beloved, if God loved us so [very much], we also ought to love one another. -- 1 john 4:11 +. +No man has at any time [yet] seen God. But if we love one another, God abides (lives and remains) in us and His love (that love which is essentially His) is brought to completion (to its full maturity, runs its full course, is perfected) in us! -- 1 john 4:12 +. +By this we come to know (perceive, recognize, and understand) that we abide (live and remain) in Him and He in us: because He has given (imparted) to us of His [Holy] Spirit. -- 1 john 4:13 +. +And [besides] we ourselves have seen (have deliberately and steadfastly contemplated) and bear witness that the Father has sent the Son [as the] Savior of the world. -- 1 john 4:14 +. +Anyone who confesses (acknowledges, owns) that Jesus is the Son of God, God abides (lives, makes His home) in him and he [abides, lives, makes his home] in God. -- 1 john 4:15 +. +And we know (understand, recognize, are conscious of, by observation and by experience) and believe (adhere to and put faith in and rely on) the love God cherishes for us. God is love, and he who dwells and continues in love dwells and continues in God, and God dwells and continues in him. -- 1 john 4:16 +. +In this [union and communion with Him] love is brought to completion and attains perfection with us, that we may have confidence for the day of judgment [with assurance and boldness to face Him], because as He is, so are we in this world. -- 1 john 4:17 +. +There is no fear in love [dread does not exist], but full-grown (complete, perfect) love turns fear out of doors and expels every trace of terror! For fear brings with it the thought of punishment, and [so] he who is afraid has not reached the full maturity of love [is not yet grown into love's complete perfection]. -- 1 john 4:18 +. +We love Him, because He first loved us. -- 1 john 4:19 +. +If anyone says, I love God, and hates (detests, abominates) his brother [in Christ], he is a liar; for he who does not love his brother, whom he has seen, cannot love God, Whom he has not seen. -- 1 john 4:20 +. +And this command (charge, order, injunction) we have from Him: that he who loves God shall love his brother [believer] also. -- 1 john 4:21 +. +EVERYONE WHO believes (adheres to, trusts, and relies on the fact) that Jesus is the Christ (the Messiah) is a born-again child of God; and everyone who loves the Father also loves the one born of Him (His offspring). -- 1 john 5:1 +. +By this we come to know (recognize and understand) that we love the children of God: when we love God and obey His commands (orders, charges)--[when we keep His ordinances and are mindful of His precepts and His teaching]. -- 1 john 5:2 +. +For the [true] love of God is this: that we do His commands [keep His ordinances and are mindful of His precepts and teaching]. And these orders of His are not irksome (burdensome, oppressive, or grievous). -- 1 john 5:3 +. +For whatever is born of God is victorious over the world; and this is the victory that conquers the world, even our faith. -- 1 john 5:4 +. +Who is it that is victorious over [that conquers] the world but he who believes that Jesus is the Son of God [who adheres to, trusts in, and relies on that fact]? -- 1 john 5:5 +. +This is He Who came by (with) water and blood [His baptism and His death], Jesus Christ (the Messiah)--not by (in) the water only, but by (in) the water and the blood. And it is the [Holy] Spirit Who bears witness, because the [Holy] Spirit is the Truth. -- 1 john 5:6 +. +So there are three witnesses in heaven: the Father, the Word and the Holy Spirit, and these three are One; -- 1 john 5:7 +. +and there are three witnesses on the earth: the Spirit, the water, and the blood; and these three agree [are in unison; their testimony coincides]. -- 1 john 5:8 +. +If we accept [as we do] the testimony of men [if we are willing to take human authority], the testimony of God is greater (of stronger authority), for this is the testimony of God, even the witness which He has borne regarding His Son. -- 1 john 5:9 +. +He who believes in the Son of God [who adheres to, trusts in, and relies on Him] has the testimony [possesses this divine attestation] within himself. He who does not believe God [in this way] has made Him out to be and represented Him as a liar, because he has not believed (put his faith in, adhered to, and relied on) the evidence (the testimony) that God has borne regarding His Son. -- 1 john 5:10 +. +And this is that testimony (that evidence): God gave us eternal life, and this life is in His Son. -- 1 john 5:11 +. +He who possesses the Son has that life; he who does not possess the Son of God does not have that life. -- 1 john 5:12 +. +I write this to you who believe in (adhere to, trust in, and rely on) the name of the Son of God [in the peculiar services and blessings conferred by Him on men], so that you may know [with settled and absolute knowledge] that you [already] have life, yes, eternal life. -- 1 john 5:13 +. +And this is the confidence (the assurance, the privilege of boldness) which we have in Him: [we are sure] that if we ask anything (make any request) according to His will (in agreement with His own plan), He listens to and hears us. -- 1 john 5:14 +. +And if (since) we [positively] know that He listens to us in whatever we ask, we also know [with settled and absolute knowledge] that we have [granted us as our present possessions] the requests made of Him. -- 1 john 5:15 +. +If anyone sees his brother [believer] committing a sin that does not [lead to] death (the extinguishing of life), he will pray and [God] will give him life [yes, He will grant life to all those whose sin is not one leading to death]. There is a sin [that leads] to death; I do not say that one should pray for that. -- 1 john 5:16 +. +All wrongdoing is sin, and there is sin which does not [involve] death [that may be repented of and forgiven]. -- 1 john 5:17 +. +We know [absolutely] that anyone born of God does not [deliberately and knowingly] practice committing sin, but the One Who was begotten of God carefully watches over and protects him [Christ's divine presence within him preserves him against the evil], and the wicked one does not lay hold (get a grip) on him or touch [him]. -- 1 john 5:18 +. +We know [positively] that we are of God, and the whole world [around us] is under the power of the evil one. -- 1 john 5:19 +. +And we [have seen and] know [positively] that the Son of God has [actually] come to this world and has given us understanding and insight [progressively] to perceive (recognize) and come to know better and more clearly Him Who is true; and we are in Him Who is true--in His Son Jesus Christ (the Messiah). This [Man] is the true God and Life eternal. -- 1 john 5:20 +. +Little children, keep yourselves from idols (false gods)--[from anything and everything that would occupy the place in your heart due to God, from any sort of substitute for Him that would take first place in your life]. Amen (so let it be). -- 1 john 5:21 +. +THE ELDERLY elder [of the church addresses this letter] to the elect (chosen) lady (Cyria) and her children, whom I truly love--and not only I but also all who are [progressively] learning to recognize and know and understand the Truth-- -- 2 john 1:1 +. +Because of the Truth which lives and stays on in our hearts and will be with us forever: -- 2 john 1:2 +. +Grace (spiritual blessing), mercy, and [soul] peace will be with us, from God the Father and from Jesus Christ (the Messiah), the Father's Son, in all sincerity (truth) and love. -- 2 john 1:3 +. +I was greatly delighted to find some of your children walking (living) in [the] Truth, just as we have been commanded by the Father [Himself]. -- 2 john 1:4 +. +And now I beg you, lady (Cyria), not as if I were issuing a new charge (injunction or command), but [simply recalling to your mind] the one we have had from the beginning, that we love one another. -- 2 john 1:5 +. +And what this love consists in is this: that we live and walk in accordance with and guided by His commandments (His orders, ordinances, precepts, teaching). This is the commandment, as you have heard from the beginning, that you continue to walk in love [guided by it and following it]. -- 2 john 1:6 +. +For many imposters (seducers, deceivers, and false leaders) have gone out into the world, men who will not acknowledge (confess, admit) the coming of Jesus Christ (the Messiah) in bodily form. Such a one is the imposter (the seducer, the deceiver, the false leader, the antagonist of Christ) and the antichrist. -- 2 john 1:7 +. +Look to yourselves (take care) that you may not lose (throw away or destroy) all that we and you have labored for, but that you may [persevere until you] win and receive back a perfect reward [in full]. -- 2 john 1:8 +. +Anyone who runs on ahead [of God] and does not abide in the doctrine of Christ [who is not content with what He taught] does not have God; but he who continues to live in the doctrine (teaching) of Christ [does have God], he has both the Father and the Son. -- 2 john 1:9 +. +If anyone comes to you and does not bring this doctrine [is disloyal to what Jesus Christ taught], do not receive him [do not accept him, do not welcome or admit him] into [your] house or bid him Godspeed or give him any encouragement. -- 2 john 1:10 +. +For he who wishes him success [who encourages him, wishing him Godspeed] is a partaker in his evil doings. -- 2 john 1:11 +. +I have many things to write to you, but I prefer not to do so with paper and ink; I hope to come to see you and talk with you face to face, so that our joy may be complete. -- 2 john 1:12 +. +The children of your elect (chosen) sister wish to be remembered to you. Amen (so be it). -- 2 john 1:13 +. +THE ELDERLY elder [of the church addresses this letter] to the beloved (esteemed) Gaius, whom I truly love. -- 3 john 1:1 +. +Beloved, I pray that you may prosper in every way and [that your body] may keep well, even as [I know] your soul keeps well and prospers. -- 3 john 1:2 +. +In fact, I greatly rejoiced when [some of] the brethren from time to time arrived and spoke [so highly] of the sincerity and fidelity of your life, as indeed you do live in the Truth [the whole Gospel presents]. -- 3 john 1:3 +. +I have no greater joy than this, to hear that my [spiritual] children are living their lives in the Truth. -- 3 john 1:4 +. +Beloved, it is a fine and faithful work that you are doing when you give any service to the [Christian] brethren, and [especially when they are] strangers. -- 3 john 1:5 +. +They have testified before the church of your love and friendship. You will do well to forward them on their journey [and you will please do so] in a way worthy of God's [service]. -- 3 john 1:6 +. +For these [traveling missionaries] have gone out for the Name's sake (for His sake) and are accepting nothing from the Gentiles (the heathen, the non-Israelites). -- 3 john 1:7 +. +So we ourselves ought to support such people [to welcome and provide for them], in order that we may be fellow workers in the Truth (the whole Gospel) and cooperate with its teachers. -- 3 john 1:8 +. +I have written briefly to the church; but Diotrephes, who likes to take the lead among them and put himself first, does not acknowledge my authority and refuses to accept my suggestions or to listen to me. -- 3 john 1:9 +. +So when I arrive, I will call attention to what he is doing, his boiling over and casting malicious reflections upon us with insinuating language. And not satisfied with that, he refuses to receive and welcome the [missionary] brethren himself, and also interferes with and forbids those who would welcome them, and tries to expel (excommunicate) them from the church. -- 3 john 1:10 +. +Beloved, do not imitate evil, but imitate good. He who does good is of God; he who does evil has not seen (discerned or experienced) God [has enjoyed no vision of Him and does not know Him at all]. -- 3 john 1:11 +. +Demetrius has warm commendation from everyone--and from the Truth itself; we add our testimony also, and you know that our testimony is true. -- 3 john 1:12 +. +I had much [to say to you when I began] to write, but I prefer not to put it down with pen (a reed) and ink; -- 3 john 1:13 +. +I hope to see you soon, and we will talk together face to face. -- 3 john 1:14 +. +JUDE, A servant of Jesus Christ (the Messiah), and brother of James, [writes this letter] to those who are called (chosen), dearly loved by God the Father and separated (set apart) and kept for Jesus Christ: -- jude 1:1 +. +May mercy, [soul] peace, and love be multiplied to you. -- jude 1:2 +. +Beloved, my whole concern was to write to you in regard to our common salvation. [But] I found it necessary and was impelled to write you and urgently appeal to and exhort [you] to contend for the faith which was once for all handed down to the saints [the faith which is that sum of Christian belief which was delivered verbally to the holy people of God]. -- jude 1:3 +. +For certain men have crept in stealthily [gaining entrance secretly by a side door]. Their doom was predicted long ago, ungodly (impious, profane) persons who pervert the grace (the spiritual blessing and favor) of our God into lawlessness and wantonness and immorality, and disown and deny our sole Master and Lord, Jesus Christ (the Messiah, the Anointed One). -- jude 1:4 +. +Now I want to remind you, though you were fully informed once for all, that though the Lord [at one time] delivered a people out of the land of Egypt, He subsequently destroyed those [of them] who did not believe [who refused to adhere to, trust in, and rely upon Him]. -- jude 1:5 +. +And angels who did not keep (care for, guard, and hold to) their own first place of power but abandoned their proper dwelling place--these He has reserved in custody in eternal chains (bonds) under the thick gloom of utter darkness until the judgment and doom of the great day. -- jude 1:6 +. +[The wicked are sentenced to suffer] just as Sodom and Gomorrah and the adjacent towns--which likewise gave themselves over to impurity and indulged in unnatural vice and sensual perversity--are laid out [in plain sight] as an exhibit of perpetual punishment [to warn] of everlasting fire. -- jude 1:7 +. +Nevertheless in like manner, these dreamers also corrupt the body, scorn and reject authority and government, and revile and libel and scoff at [heavenly] glories (the glorious ones). -- jude 1:8 +. +But when [even] the archangel Michael, contending with the devil, judicially argued (disputed) about the body of Moses, he dared not [presume to] bring an abusive condemnation against him, but [simply] said, The Lord rebuke you! -- jude 1:9 +. +But these men revile (scoff and sneer at) anything they do not happen to be acquainted with and do not understand; and whatever they do understand physically [that which they know by mere instinct], like irrational beasts--by these they corrupt themselves and are destroyed (perish). -- jude 1:10 +. +Woe to them! For they have run riotously in the way of Cain, and have abandoned themselves for the sake of gain [it offers them, following] the error of Balaam, and have perished in rebellion [like that] of Korah! -- jude 1:11 +. +These are hidden reefs (elements of danger) in your love feasts, where they boldly feast sumptuously [carousing together in your midst], without scruples providing for themselves [alone]. They are clouds without water, swept along by the winds; trees, without fruit at the late autumn gathering time--twice (doubly) dead, [lifeless and] plucked up by the roots; -- jude 1:12 +. +Wild waves of the sea, flinging up the foam of their own shame and disgrace; wandering stars, for whom the gloom of eternal darkness has been reserved forever. -- jude 1:13 +. +It was of these people, moreover, that Enoch in the seventh [generation] from Adam prophesied when he said, Behold, the Lord comes with His myriads of holy ones (ten thousands of His saints) -- jude 1:14 +. +To execute judgment upon all and to convict all the impious (unholy ones) of all their ungodly deeds which they have committed [in such an] ungodly [way], and of all the severe (abusive, jarring) things which ungodly sinners have spoken against Him. -- jude 1:15 +. +These are inveterate murmurers (grumblers) who complain [of their lot in life], going after their own desires [controlled by their passions]; their talk is boastful and arrogant, [and they claim to] admire men's persons and pay people flattering compliments to gain advantage. -- jude 1:16 +. +But you must remember, beloved, the predictions which were made by the apostles (the special messengers) of our Lord Jesus Christ (the Messiah, the Anointed One). -- jude 1:17 +. +They told you beforehand, In the last days (in the end time) there will be scoffers [who seek to gratify their own unholy desires], following after their own ungodly passions. -- jude 1:18 +. +It is these who are [agitators] setting up distinctions and causing divisions--merely sensual [creatures, carnal, worldly-minded people], devoid of the [Holy] Spirit and destitute of any higher spiritual life. -- jude 1:19 +. +But you, beloved, build yourselves up [founded] on your most holy faith [make progress, rise like an edifice higher and higher], praying in the Holy Spirit; -- jude 1:20 +. +Guard and keep yourselves in the love of God; expect and patiently wait for the mercy of our Lord Jesus Christ (the Messiah)--[which will bring you] unto life eternal. -- jude 1:21 +. +And refute [so as to] convict some who dispute with you, and on some have mercy who waver and doubt. -- jude 1:22 +. +[Strive to] save others, snatching [them] out of [the] fire; on others take pity [but] with fear, loathing even the garment spotted by the flesh and polluted by their sensuality. -- jude 1:23 +. +Now to Him Who is able to keep you without stumbling or slipping or falling, and to present [you] unblemished (blameless and faultless) before the presence of His glory in triumphant joy and exultation [with unspeakable, ecstatic delight]-- -- jude 1:24 +. +To the one only God, our Savior through Jesus Christ our Lord, be glory (splendor), majesty, might and dominion, and power and authority, before all time and now and forever (unto all the ages of eternity). Amen (so be it). -- jude 1:25 +. +[THIS IS] the revelation of Jesus Christ [His unveiling of the divine mysteries]. God gave it to Him to disclose and make known to His bond servants certain things which must shortly and speedily come to pass in their entirety. And He sent and communicated it through His angel (messenger) to His bond servant John, -- revelation 1:1 +. +Who has testified to and vouched for all that he saw [in his visions], the word of God and the testimony of Jesus Christ. -- revelation 1:2 +. +Blessed (happy, to be envied) is the man who reads aloud [in the assemblies] the word of this prophecy; and blessed (happy, to be envied) are those who hear [it read] and who keep themselves true to the things which are written in it [heeding them and laying them to heart], for the time [for them to be fulfilled] is near. -- revelation 1:3 +. +John to the seven assemblies (churches) that are in Asia: May grace (God's unmerited favor) be granted to you and spiritual peace (the peace of Christ's kingdom) from Him Who is and Who was and Who is to come, and from the seven Spirits [the sevenfold Holy Spirit] before His throne, -- revelation 1:4 +. +And from Jesus Christ the faithful and trustworthy Witness, the Firstborn of the dead [first to be brought back to life] and the Prince (Ruler) of the kings of the earth. To Him Who ever loves us and has once [for all] loosed and freed us from our sins by His own blood, -- revelation 1:5 +. +And formed us into a kingdom (a royal race), priests to His God and Father--to Him be the glory and the power and the majesty and the dominion throughout the ages and forever and ever. Amen (so be it). -- revelation 1:6 +. +Behold, He is coming with the clouds, and every eye will see Him, even those who pierced Him; and all the tribes of the earth shall gaze upon Him and beat their breasts and mourn and lament over Him. Even so [must it be]. Amen (so be it). -- revelation 1:7 +. +I am the Alpha and the Omega, the Beginning and the End, says the Lord God, He Who is and Who was and Who is to come, the Almighty (the Ruler of all). -- revelation 1:8 +. +I, John, your brother and companion (sharer and participator) with you in the tribulation and kingdom and patient endurance [which are] in Jesus Christ, was on the isle called Patmos, [banished] on account of [my witnessing to] the Word of God and the testimony (the proof, the evidence) for Jesus Christ. -- revelation 1:9 +. +I was in the Spirit [rapt in His power] on the Lord's Day, and I heard behind me a great voice like the calling of a war trumpet, -- revelation 1:10 +. +Saying, I am the Alpha and the Omega, the First and the Last. Write promptly what you see (your vision) in a book and send it to the seven churches which are in Asia--to Ephesus and to Smyrna and to Pergamum and to Thyatira and to Sardis and to Philadelphia and to Laodicea. -- revelation 1:11 +. +Then I turned to see [whose was] the voice that was speaking to me, and on turning I saw seven golden lampstands, -- revelation 1:12 +. +And in the midst of the lampstands [One] like a Son of Man, clothed with a robe which reached to His feet and with a girdle of gold about His breast. -- revelation 1:13 +. +His head and His hair were white like white wool, [as white] as snow, and His eyes [flashed] like a flame of fire. -- revelation 1:14 +. +His feet glowed like burnished (bright) bronze as it is refined in a furnace, and His voice was like the sound of many waters. -- revelation 1:15 +. +In His right hand He held seven stars, and from His mouth there came forth a sharp two-edged sword, and His face was like the sun shining in full power at midday. -- revelation 1:16 +. +When I saw Him, I fell at His feet as if dead. But He laid His right hand on me and said, Do not be afraid! I am the First and the Last, -- revelation 1:17 +. +And the Ever-living One [I am living in the eternity of the eternities]. I died, but see, I am alive forevermore; and I possess the keys of death and Hades (the realm of the dead). -- revelation 1:18 +. +Write therefore the things you see, what they are [and signify] and what is to take place hereafter. -- revelation 1:19 +. +As to the hidden meaning (the mystery) of the seven stars which you saw on My right hand and the seven lampstands of gold: the seven stars are the seven angels (messengers) of the seven assemblies (churches) and the seven lampstands are the seven churches. -- revelation 1:20 +. +TO THE angel (messenger) of the assembly (church) in Ephesus write: These are the words of Him Who holds the seven stars [which are the messengers of the seven churches] in His right hand, Who goes about among the seven golden lampstands [which are the seven churches]: -- revelation 2:1 +. +I know your industry and activities, laborious toil and trouble, and your patient endurance, and how you cannot tolerate wicked [men] and have tested and critically appraised those who call [themselves] apostles (special messengers of Christ) and yet are not, and have found them to be impostors and liars. -- revelation 2:2 +. +I know you are enduring patiently and are bearing up for My name's sake, and you have not fainted or become exhausted or grown weary. -- revelation 2:3 +. +But I have this [one charge to make] against you: that you have left (abandoned) the love that you had at first [you have deserted Me, your first love]. -- revelation 2:4 +. +Remember then from what heights you have fallen. Repent (change the inner man to meet God's will) and do the works you did previously [when first you knew the Lord], or else I will visit you and remove your lampstand from its place, unless you change your mind and repent. -- revelation 2:5 +. +Yet you have this [in your favor and to your credit]: you hate the works of the Nicolaitans [what they are doing as corrupters of the people], which I Myself also detest. -- revelation 2:6 +. +He who is able to hear, let him listen to and give heed to what the Spirit says to the assemblies (churches). To him who overcomes (is victorious), I will grant to eat [of the fruit] of the tree of life, which is in the paradise of God. -- revelation 2:7 +. +And to the angel (messenger) of the assembly (church) in Smyrna write: These are the words of the First and the Last, Who died and came to life again: -- revelation 2:8 +. +I know your affliction and distress and pressing trouble and your poverty--but you are rich! and how you are abused and reviled and slandered by those who say they are Jews and are not, but are a synagogue of Satan. -- revelation 2:9 +. +Fear nothing that you are about to suffer. [Dismiss your dread and your fears!] Behold, the devil is indeed about to throw some of you into prison, that you may be tested and proved and critically appraised, and for ten days you will have affliction. Be loyally faithful unto death [even if you must die for it], and I will give you the crown of life. -- revelation 2:10 +. +He who is able to hear, let him listen to and heed what the Spirit says to the assemblies (churches). He who overcomes (is victorious) shall in no way be injured by the second death. -- revelation 2:11 +. +Then to the angel (messenger) of the assembly (church) in Pergamum write: These are the words of Him Who has and wields the sharp two-edged sword: -- revelation 2:12 +. +I know where you live--a place where Satan sits enthroned. [Yet] you are clinging to and holding fast My name, and you did not deny My faith, even in the days of Antipas, My witness, My faithful one, who was killed (martyred) in your midst--where Satan dwells. -- revelation 2:13 +. +Nevertheless, I have a few things against you: you have some people there who are clinging to the teaching of Balaam, who taught Balak to set a trap and a stumbling block before the sons of Israel, [to entice them] to eat food that had been sacrificed to idols and to practice lewdness [giving themselves up to sexual vice]. -- revelation 2:14 +. +You also have some who in a similar way are clinging to the teaching of the Nicolaitans [those corrupters of the people] which thing I hate. -- revelation 2:15 +. +Repent [then]! Or else I will come to you quickly and fight against them with the sword of My mouth. -- revelation 2:16 +. +He who is able to hear, let him listen to and heed what the Spirit says to the assemblies (churches). To him who overcomes (conquers), I will give to eat of the manna that is hidden, and I will give him a white stone with a new name engraved on the stone, which no one knows or understands except he who receives it. -- revelation 2:17 +. +And to the angel (messenger) of the assembly (church) in Thyatira write: These are the words of the Son of God, Who has eyes that flash like a flame of fire, and Whose feet glow like bright and burnished and white-hot bronze: -- revelation 2:18 +. +I know your record and what you are doing, your love and faith and service and patient endurance, and that your recent works are more numerous and greater than your first ones. -- revelation 2:19 +. +But I have this against you: that you tolerate the woman Jezebel, who calls herself a prophetess [claiming to be inspired], and who is teaching and leading astray my servants and beguiling them into practicing sexual vice and eating food sacrificed to idols. [I Kings 16:31; II Kings 9:22, 30.] -- revelation 2:20 +. +I gave her time to repent, but she has no desire to repent of her immorality [symbolic of idolatry] and refuses to do so. -- revelation 2:21 +. +Take note: I will throw her on a bed [of anguish], and those who commit adultery with her [her paramours] I will bring down to pressing distress and severe affliction, unless they turn away their minds from conduct [such as] hers and repent of their doings. -- revelation 2:22 +. +And I will strike her children (her proper followers) dead [thoroughly exterminating them]. And all the assemblies (churches) shall recognize and understand that I am He Who searches minds (the thoughts, feelings, and purposes) and the [inmost] hearts, and I will give to each of you [the reward for what you have done] as your work deserves. -- revelation 2:23 +. +But to the rest of you in Thyatira, who do not hold this teaching, who have not explored and known the depths of Satan, as they say--I tell you that I do not lay upon you any other [fresh] burden: -- revelation 2:24 +. +Only hold fast to what you have until I come. -- revelation 2:25 +. +And he who overcomes (is victorious) and who obeys My commands to the [very] end [doing the works that please Me], I will give him authority and power over the nations; -- revelation 2:26 +. +And he shall rule them with a sceptre (rod) of iron, as when earthen pots are broken in pieces, and [his power over them shall be] like that which I Myself have received from My Father; -- revelation 2:27 +. +And I will give him the Morning Star. -- revelation 2:28 +. +He who is able to hear, let him listen to and heed what the [Holy] Spirit says to the assemblies (churches). -- revelation 2:29 +. +AND TO the angel (messenger) of the assembly (church) in Sardis write: These are the words of Him Who has the seven Spirits of God [the sevenfold Holy Spirit] and the seven stars: I know your record and what you are doing; you are supposed to be alive, but [in reality] you are dead. -- revelation 3:1 +. +Rouse yourselves and keep awake, and strengthen and invigorate what remains and is on the point of dying; for I have not found a thing that you have done [any work of yours] meeting the requirements of My God or perfect in His sight. -- revelation 3:2 +. +So call to mind the lessons you received and heard; continually lay them to heart and obey them, and repent. In case you will not rouse yourselves and keep awake and watch, I will come upon you like a thief, and you will not know or suspect at what hour I will come. -- revelation 3:3 +. +Yet you still have a few [persons'] names in Sardis who have not soiled their clothes, and they shall walk with Me in white, because they are worthy and deserving. -- revelation 3:4 +. +Thus shall he who conquers (is victorious) be clad in white garments, and I will not erase or blot out his name from the Book of Life; I will acknowledge him [as Mine] and I will confess his name openly before My Father and before His angels. -- revelation 3:5 +. +He who is able to hear, let him listen to and heed what the [Holy] Spirit says to the assemblies (churches). -- revelation 3:6 +. +And to the angel (messenger) of the assembly (church) in Philadelphia write: These are the words of the Holy One, the True One, He Who has the key of David, Who opens and no one shall shut, Who shuts and no one shall open: -- revelation 3:7 +. +I know your [record of] works and what you are doing. See! I have set before you a door wide open which no one is able to shut; I know that you have but little power, and yet you have kept My Word and guarded My message and have not renounced or denied My name. -- revelation 3:8 +. +Take note! I will make those of the synagogue of Satan who say they are Jews and are not, but lie--behold, I will make them come and bow down before your feet and learn and acknowledge that I have loved you. -- revelation 3:9 +. +Because you have guarded and kept My word of patient endurance [have held fast the lesson of My patience with the expectant endurance that I give you], I also will keep you [safe] from the hour of trial (testing) which is coming on the whole world to try those who dwell upon the earth. -- revelation 3:10 +. +I am coming quickly; hold fast what you have, so that no one may rob you and deprive you of your crown. -- revelation 3:11 +. +He who overcomes (is victorious), I will make him a pillar in the sanctuary of My God; he shall never be put out of it or go out of it, and I will write on him the name of My God and the name of the city of My God, the new Jerusalem, which descends from My God out of heaven, and My own new name. -- revelation 3:12 +. +He who can hear, let him listen to and heed what the Spirit says to the assemblies (churches). -- revelation 3:13 +. +And to the angel (messenger) of the assembly (church) in Laodicea write: These are the words of the Amen, the trusty and faithful and true Witness, the Origin and Beginning and Author of God's creation: -- revelation 3:14 +. +I know your [record of] works and what you are doing; you are neither cold nor hot. Would that you were cold or hot! -- revelation 3:15 +. +So, because you are lukewarm and neither cold nor hot, I will spew you out of My mouth! -- revelation 3:16 +. +For you say, I am rich; I have prospered and grown wealthy, and I am in need of nothing; and you do not realize and understand that you are wretched, pitiable, poor, blind, and naked. -- revelation 3:17 +. +Therefore I counsel you to purchase from Me gold refined and tested by fire, that you may be [truly] wealthy, and white clothes to clothe you and to keep the shame of your nudity from being seen, and salve to put on your eyes, that you may see. -- revelation 3:18 +. +Those whom I [dearly and tenderly] love, I tell their faults and convict and convince and reprove and chasten [I discipline and instruct them]. So be enthusiastic and in earnest and burning with zeal and repent [changing your mind and attitude]. -- revelation 3:19 +. +Behold, I stand at the door and knock; if anyone hears and listens to and heeds My voice and opens the door, I will come in to him and will eat with him, and he [will eat] with Me. -- revelation 3:20 +. +He who overcomes (is victorious), I will grant him to sit beside Me on My throne, as I Myself overcame (was victorious) and sat down beside My Father on His throne. -- revelation 3:21 +. +He who is able to hear, let him listen to and heed what the [Holy] Spirit says to the assemblies (churches). -- revelation 3:22 +. +AFTER THIS I looked, and behold, a door standing open in heaven! And the first voice which I had heard addressing me like [the calling of] a war trumpet said, Come up here, and I will show you what must take place in the future. -- revelation 4:1 +. +At once I came under the [Holy] Spirit's power, and behold, a throne stood in heaven, with One seated on the throne! -- revelation 4:2 +. +And He Who sat there appeared like [the crystalline brightness of] jasper and [the fiery] sardius, and encircling the throne there was a halo that looked like [a rainbow of] emerald. -- revelation 4:3 +. +Twenty-four other thrones surrounded the throne, and seated on these thrones were twenty-four elders (the members of the heavenly Sanhedrin), arrayed in white clothing, with crowns of gold upon their heads. -- revelation 4:4 +. +Out from the throne came flashes of lightning and rumblings and peals of thunder, and in front of the throne seven blazing torches burned, which are the seven Spirits of God [the sevenfold Holy Spirit]; -- revelation 4:5 +. +And in front of the throne there was also what looked like a transparent glassy sea, as if of crystal. And around the throne, in the center at each side of the throne, were four living creatures (beings) who were full of eyes in front and behind [with intelligence as to what is before and at the rear of them]. -- revelation 4:6 +. +The first living creature (being) was like a lion, the second living creature like an ox, the third living creature had the face of a man, and the fourth living creature [was] like a flying eagle. -- revelation 4:7 +. +And the four living creatures, individually having six wings, were full of eyes all over and within [underneath their wings]; and day and night they never stop saying, Holy, holy, holy is the Lord God Almighty (Omnipotent), Who was and Who is and Who is to come. -- revelation 4:8 +. +And whenever the living creatures offer glory and honor and thanksgiving to Him Who sits on the throne, Who lives forever and ever (through the eternities of the eternities), -- revelation 4:9 +. +The twenty-four elders (the members of the heavenly Sanhedrin) fall prostrate before Him Who is sitting on the throne, and they worship Him Who lives forever and ever; and they throw down their crowns before the throne, crying out, -- revelation 4:10 +. +Worthy are You, our Lord and God, to receive the glory and the honor and dominion, for You created all things; by Your will they were [brought into being] and were created. -- revelation 4:11 +. +AND I saw lying on the open hand of Him Who was seated on the throne a scroll (book) written within and on the back, closed and sealed with seven seals; -- revelation 5:1 +. +And I saw a strong angel announcing in a loud voice, Who is worthy to open the scroll? And [who is entitled and deserves and is morally fit] to break its seals? -- revelation 5:2 +. +And no one in heaven or on earth or under the earth [in the realm of the dead, Hades] was able to open the scroll or to take a [single] look at its contents. -- revelation 5:3 +. +And I wept audibly and bitterly because no one was found fit to open the scroll or to inspect it. -- revelation 5:4 +. +Then one of the elders [of the heavenly Sanhedrin] said to me, Stop weeping! See, the Lion of the tribe of Judah, the Root (Source) of David, has won (has overcome and conquered)! He can open the scroll and break its seven seals! -- revelation 5:5 +. +And there between the throne and the four living creatures (beings) and among the elders [of the heavenly Sanhedrin] I saw a Lamb standing, as though it had been slain, with seven horns and with seven eyes, which are the seven Spirits of God [the sevenfold Holy Spirit] Who have been sent [on duty far and wide] into all the earth. -- revelation 5:6 +. +He then went and took the scroll from the right hand of Him Who sat on the throne. -- revelation 5:7 +. +And when He had taken the scroll, the four living creatures and the twenty-four elders [of the heavenly Sanhedrin] prostrated themselves before the Lamb. Each was holding a harp (lute or guitar), and they had golden bowls full of incense (fragrant spices and gums for burning), which are the prayers of God's people (the saints). -- revelation 5:8 +. +And [now] they sing a new song, saying, You are worthy to take the scroll and to break the seals that are on it, for You were slain (sacrificed), and with Your blood You purchased men unto God from every tribe and language and people and nation. -- revelation 5:9 +. +And You have made them a kingdom (royal race) and priests to our God, and they shall reign [as kings] over the earth! -- revelation 5:10 +. +Then I looked, and I heard the voices of many angels on every side of the throne and of the living creatures and the elders [of the heavenly Sanhedrin], and they numbered ten thousand times ten thousand and thousands of thousands, -- revelation 5:11 +. +Saying in a loud voice, Deserving is the Lamb, Who was sacrificed, to receive all the power and riches and wisdom and might and honor and majesty (glory, splendor) and blessing! -- revelation 5:12 +. +And I heard every created thing in heaven and on earth and under the earth [in Hades, the place of departed spirits] and on the sea and all that is in it, crying out together, To Him Who is seated on the throne and to the Lamb be ascribed the blessing and the honor and the majesty (glory, splendor) and the power (might and dominion) forever and ever (through the eternities of the eternities)! -- revelation 5:13 +. +Then the four living creatures (beings) said, Amen (so be it)! And the elders [of the heavenly Sanhedrin] prostrated themselves and worshiped Him Who lives forever and ever. -- revelation 5:14 +. +THEN I saw as the Lamb broke open one of the seven seals, and as if in a voice of thunder I heard one of the four living creatures call out, Come! -- revelation 6:1 +. +And I looked, and saw there a white horse whose rider carried a bow. And a crown was given him, and he rode forth conquering and to conquer. -- revelation 6:2 +. +And when He broke the second seal, I heard the second living creature call out, Come! -- revelation 6:3 +. +And another horse came out, flaming red. And its rider was empowered to take the peace from the earth, so that men slaughtered one another; and he was given a huge sword. -- revelation 6:4 +. +When He broke open the third seal, I heard the third living creature call out, Come and look ! And I saw, and behold, a black horse, and in his hand the rider had a pair of scales (a balance). -- revelation 6:5 +. +And I heard what seemed to be a voice from the midst of the four living creatures, saying, A quart of wheat for a denarius [a whole day's wages], and three quarts of barley for a denarius; but do not harm the oil and the wine! [II Kings 6:25.] -- revelation 6:6 +. +When the Lamb broke open the fourth seal, I heard the fourth living creature call out, Come! -- revelation 6:7 +. +So I looked, and behold, an ashy pale horse [black and blue as if made so by bruising], and its rider's name was Death, and Hades (the realm of the dead) followed him closely. And they were given authority and power over a fourth part of the earth to kill with the sword and with famine and with plague (pestilence, disease) and with wild beasts of the earth. -- revelation 6:8 +. +When the Lamb broke open the fifth seal, I saw at the foot of the altar the souls of those whose lives had been sacrificed for [adhering to] the Word of God and for the testimony they had borne. -- revelation 6:9 +. +They cried in a loud voice, O [Sovereign] Lord, holy and true, how long now before You will sit in judgment and avenge our blood upon those who dwell on the earth? -- revelation 6:10 +. +Then they were each given a long and flowing and festive white robe and told to rest and wait patiently a little while longer, until the number should be complete of their fellow servants and their brethren who were to be killed as they themselves had been. -- revelation 6:11 +. +When He [the Lamb] broke open the sixth seal, I looked, and there was a great earthquake; and the sun grew black as sackcloth of hair, [the full disc of] the moon became like blood. -- revelation 6:12 +. +And the stars of the sky dropped to the earth like a fig tree shedding its unripe fruit out of season when shaken by a strong wind. -- revelation 6:13 +. +And the sky rolled up like a scroll and vanished, and every mountain and island was dislodged from its place. -- revelation 6:14 +. +Then the kings of the earth and their noblemen and their magnates and their military chiefs and the wealthy and the strong and [everyone, whether] slave or free hid themselves in the caves and among the rocks of the mountains, -- revelation 6:15 +. +And they called to the mountains and the rocks, Fall on (before) us and hide us from the face of Him Who sits on the throne and from the deep-seated indignation and wrath of the Lamb. -- revelation 6:16 +. +For the great day of His wrath (vengeance, retribution, indignation) has come, and who is able to stand before it? -- revelation 6:17 +. +AFTER THIS I saw four angels stationed at the four corners of the earth, firmly holding back the four winds of the earth so that no wind should blow on the earth or sea or upon any tree. -- revelation 7:1 +. +Then I saw a second angel coming up from the east (the rising of the sun) and carrying the seal of the living God. And with a loud voice he called out to the four angels who had been given authority and power to injure earth and sea, -- revelation 7:2 +. +Saying, Harm neither the earth nor the sea nor the trees, until we have sealed the bond servants of our God upon their foreheads. -- revelation 7:3 +. +And [then] I heard how many were sealed (marked) out of every tribe of the sons of Israel: there were 144,000. -- revelation 7:4 +. +Twelve thousand were sealed (marked) out of the tribe of Judah, 12,of the tribe of Reuben, 12,000 of the tribe of Gad, -- revelation 7:5 +. +Twelve thousand of the tribe of Asher, 12,of the tribe of Naphtali, 12,000 of the tribe of Manasseh, -- revelation 7:6 +. +Twelve thousand of the tribe of Simeon, 12,of the tribe of Levi, 12,000 of the tribe of Issachar, -- revelation 7:7 +. +Twelve thousand of the tribe of Zebulun, 12,of the tribe of Joseph, 12,000 of the tribe of Benjamin. -- revelation 7:8 +. +After this I looked and a vast host appeared which no one could count, [gathered out] of every nation, from all tribes and peoples and languages. These stood before the throne and before the Lamb; they were attired in white robes, with palm branches in their hands. -- revelation 7:9 +. +In loud voice they cried, saying, [Our] salvation is due to our God, Who is seated on the throne, and to the Lamb [to Them we owe our deliverance]! -- revelation 7:10 +. +And all the angels were standing round the throne and round the elders [of the heavenly Sanhedrin] and the four living creatures, and they fell prostrate before the throne and worshiped God. -- revelation 7:11 +. +Amen! (So be it!) they cried. Blessing and glory and majesty and splendor and wisdom and thanks and honor and power and might [be ascribed] to our God to the ages and ages (forever and ever, throughout the eternities of the eternities)! Amen! (So be it!) -- revelation 7:12 +. +Then, addressing me, one of the elders [of the heavenly Sanhedrin] said, Who are these [people] clothed in the long white robes? And from where have they come? -- revelation 7:13 +. +I replied, Sir, you know. And he said to me, These are they who have come out of the great tribulation (persecution), and have washed their robes and made them white in the blood of the Lamb. -- revelation 7:14 +. +For this reason they are [now] before the [very] throne of God and serve Him day and night in His sanctuary (temple); and He Who is sitting upon the throne will protect and spread His tabernacle over and shelter them with His presence. -- revelation 7:15 +. +They shall hunger no more, neither thirst any more; neither shall the sun smite them, nor any scorching heat. -- revelation 7:16 +. +For the Lamb Who is in the midst of the throne will be their Shepherd, and He will guide them to the springs of the waters of life; and God will wipe away every tear from their eyes. -- revelation 7:17 +. +WHEN HE [the Lamb] broke open the seventh seal, there was silence for about half an hour in heaven. -- revelation 8:1 +. +Then I saw the seven angels who stand before God, and to them were given seven trumpets. -- revelation 8:2 +. +And another angel came and stood over the altar. He had a golden censer, and he was given very much incense (fragrant spices and gums which exhale perfume when burned), that he might mingle it with the prayers of all the people of God (the saints) upon the golden altar before the throne. -- revelation 8:3 +. +And the smoke of the incense (the perfume) arose in the presence of God, with the prayers of the people of God (the saints), from the hand of the angel. -- revelation 8:4 +. +So the angel took the censer and filled it with fire from the altar and cast it upon the earth. Then there followed peals of thunder and loud rumblings and blasts and noises, and flashes of lightning and an earthquake. -- revelation 8:5 +. +Then the seven angels who had the seven trumpets prepared to sound them. -- revelation 8:6 +. +The first angel blew [his] trumpet, and there was a storm of hail and fire mingled with blood cast upon the earth. And a third part of the earth was burned up and a third of the trees was burned up and all the green grass was burned up. -- revelation 8:7 +. +The second angel blew [his] trumpet, and something resembling a great mountain, blazing with fire, was hurled into the sea. -- revelation 8:8 +. +And a third of the sea was turned to blood, a third of the living creatures in the sea perished, and a third of the ships were destroyed. -- revelation 8:9 +. +The third angel blew [his] trumpet, and a huge star fell from heaven, burning like a torch, and it dropped on a third of the rivers and on the springs of water-- -- revelation 8:10 +. +And the name of the star is Wormwood. A third part of the waters was changed into wormwood, and many people died from using the water, because it had become bitter. -- revelation 8:11 +. +Then the fourth angel blew [his] trumpet, and a third of the sun was smitten, and a third of the moon, and a third of the stars, so that [the light of] a third of them was darkened, and a third of the daylight [itself] was withdrawn, and likewise a third [of the light] of the night was kept from shining. -- revelation 8:12 +. +Then I [looked and I] saw a solitary eagle flying in midheaven, and as it flew I heard it crying with a loud voice, Woe, woe, woe to those who dwell on the earth, because of the rest of the trumpet blasts which the three angels are about to sound! -- revelation 8:13 +. +THEN THE fifth angel blew [his] trumpet, and I saw a star that had fallen from the sky to the earth; and to the angel was given the key of the shaft of the Abyss (the bottomless pit). -- revelation 9:1 +. +He opened the long shaft of the Abyss (the bottomless pit), and smoke like the smoke of a huge furnace puffed out of the long shaft, so that the sun and the atmosphere were darkened by the smoke from the long shaft. -- revelation 9:2 +. +Then out of the smoke locusts came forth on the earth, and such power was granted them as the power the earth's scorpions have. -- revelation 9:3 +. +They were told not to injure the herbage of the earth nor any green thing nor any tree, but only [to attack] such human beings as do not have the seal (mark) of God on their foreheads. -- revelation 9:4 +. +They were not permitted to kill them, but to torment (distress, vex) them for five months; and the pain caused them was like the torture of a scorpion when it stings a person. -- revelation 9:5 +. +And in those days people will seek death and will not find it; and they will yearn to die, but death evades and flees from them. -- revelation 9:6 +. +The locusts resembled horses equipped for battle. On their heads was something like golden crowns. Their faces resembled the faces of people. -- revelation 9:7 +. +They had hair like the hair of women, and their teeth were like lions' teeth. -- revelation 9:8 +. +Their breastplates (scales) resembled breastplates made of iron, and the [whirring] noise made by their wings was like the roar of a vast number of horse-drawn chariots going at full speed into battle. -- revelation 9:9 +. +They have tails like scorpions, and they have stings, and in their tails lies their ability to hurt men for [the] five months. -- revelation 9:10 +. +Over them as king they have the angel of the Abyss (of the bottomless pit). In Hebrew his name is Abaddon [destruction], but in Greek he is called Apollyon [destroyer]. -- revelation 9:11 +. +The first woe (calamity) has passed; behold, two others are yet to follow. -- revelation 9:12 +. +Then the sixth angel blew [his] trumpet, and from the four horns of the golden altar which stands before God I heard a solitary voice, -- revelation 9:13 +. +Saying to the sixth angel who had the trumpet, Liberate the four angels who are bound at the great river Euphrates. -- revelation 9:14 +. +So the four angels who had been in readiness for that hour in the appointed day, month, and year were liberated to destroy a third of mankind. -- revelation 9:15 +. +The number of their troops of cavalry was twice ten thousand times ten thousand (200,000,000); I heard what their number was. -- revelation 9:16 +. +And in [my] vision the horses and their riders appeared to me like this: the riders wore breastplates the color of fiery red and sapphire blue and sulphur (brimstone) yellow. The heads of the horses looked like lions' heads, and from their mouths there poured fire and smoke and sulphur (brimstone). -- revelation 9:17 +. +A third of mankind was killed by these three plagues--by the fire and the smoke and the sulphur (brimstone) that poured from the mouths of the horses. -- revelation 9:18 +. +For the power of the horses to do harm is in their mouths and also in their tails. Their tails are like serpents, for they have heads, and it is by means of them that they wound people. -- revelation 9:19 +. +And the rest of humanity who were not killed by these plagues even then did not repent of [the worship of] the works of their [own] hands, so as to cease paying homage to the demons and idols of gold and silver and bronze and stone and wood, which can neither see nor hear nor move. -- revelation 9:20 +. +And they did not repent of their murders or their practice of magic (sorceries) or their sexual vice or their thefts. -- revelation 9:21 +. +THEN I saw another mighty angel coming down from heaven, robed in a cloud, with a [halo like a] rainbow over his head; his face was like the sun, and his feet (legs) were like columns of fire. -- revelation 10:1 +. +He had a little book (scroll) open in his hand. He set his right foot on the sea and his left foot on the land, -- revelation 10:2 +. +And he shouted with a loud voice like the roaring of a lion; and when he had shouted, the seven thunders gave voice and uttered their message in distinct words. -- revelation 10:3 +. +And when the seven thunders had spoken (sounded), I was going to write [it down], but I heard a voice from heaven saying, Seal up what the seven thunders have said! Do not write it down! -- revelation 10:4 +. +Then the [mighty] angel whom I had seen stationed on sea and land raised his right hand to heaven (the sky), -- revelation 10:5 +. +And swore in the name of (by) Him Who lives forever and ever, Who created the heavens (sky) and all they contain, and the earth and all that it contains, and the sea and all that it contains. [He swore] that no more time should intervene and there should be no more waiting or delay, -- revelation 10:6 +. +But that when the days come when the trumpet call of the seventh angel is about to be sounded, then God's mystery (His secret design, His hidden purpose), as He had announced the glad tidings to His servants the prophets, should be fulfilled (accomplished, completed). -- revelation 10:7 +. +Then the voice that I heard from heaven spoke again to me, saying, Go and take the little book (scroll) which is open on the hand of the angel who is standing on the sea and on the land. -- revelation 10:8 +. +So I went up to the angel and asked him to give me the little book. And he said to me, Take it and eat it. It will embitter your stomach, though in your mouth it will be as sweet as honey. -- revelation 10:9 +. +So I took the little book from the angel's hand and ate and swallowed it; it was as sweet as honey in my mouth, but once I had swallowed it, my stomach was embittered. -- revelation 10:10 +. +Then they said to me, You are to make a fresh prophecy concerning many peoples and races and nations and languages and kings. -- revelation 10:11 +. +A REED [as a measuring rod] was then given to me, [shaped] like a staff, and I was told: Rise up and measure the sanctuary of God and the altar [of incense], and [number] those who worship there. -- revelation 11:1 +. +But leave out of your measuring the court outside the sanctuary of God; omit that, for it is given over to the Gentiles (the nations), and they will trample the holy city underfoot for months (three and one-half years). -- revelation 11:2 +. +And I will grant the power of prophecy to My two witnesses for 1,(42 months; three and one-half years), dressed in sackcloth. -- revelation 11:3 +. +These [witnesses] are the two olive trees and the two lampstands which stand before the Lord of the earth. -- revelation 11:4 +. +And if anyone attempts to injure them, fire pours from their mouth and consumes their enemies; if anyone should attempt to harm them, thus he is doomed to be slain. [II Kings 1:10; Jer. 5:14.] -- revelation 11:5 +. +These [two witnesses] have power to shut up the sky, so that no rain may fall during the days of their prophesying (their prediction of events relating to Christ's kingdom and its speedy triumph); and they also have power to turn the waters into blood and to smite and scourge the earth with all manner of plagues as often as they choose. -- revelation 11:6 +. +But when they have finished their testimony and their evidence is all in, the beast (monster) that comes up out of the Abyss (bottomless pit) will wage war on them, and conquer them and kill them. -- revelation 11:7 +. +And their dead bodies [will lie exposed] in the open street (a public square) of the great city which is in a spiritual sense called [by the mystical and allegorical names of] Sodom and Egypt, where also their Lord was crucified. -- revelation 11:8 +. +For three and a half days men from the races and tribes and languages and nations will gaze at their dead bodies and will not allow them to be put in a tomb. -- revelation 11:9 +. +And those who dwell on the earth will gloat and exult over them and rejoice exceedingly, taking their ease and sending presents [in congratulation] to one another, because these two prophets had been such a vexation and trouble and torment to all the dwellers on the earth. -- revelation 11:10 +. +But after three and a half days, by God's gift the breath of life again entered into them, and they rose up on their feet, and great dread and terror fell on those who watched them. -- revelation 11:11 +. +Then [the two witnesses] heard a strong voice from heaven calling to them, Come up here! And before the very eyes of their enemies they ascended into heaven in a cloud. [II Kings 2:11.] -- revelation 11:12 +. +And at that [very] hour there was a tremendous earthquake and one tenth of the city was destroyed (fell); seven thousand people perished in the earthquake, and those who remained were filled with dread and terror and were awe-struck, and they glorified the God of heaven. -- revelation 11:13 +. +The second woe (calamity) has passed; now the third woe is speedily to come. -- revelation 11:14 +. +The seventh angel then blew [his] trumpet, and there were mighty voices in heaven, shouting, The dominion (kingdom, sovereignty, rule) of the world has now come into the possession and become the kingdom of our Lord and of His Christ (the Messiah), and He shall reign forever and ever (for the eternities of the eternities)! -- revelation 11:15 +. +Then the twenty-four elders [of the heavenly Sanhedrin], who sit on their thrones before God, prostrated themselves before Him and worshiped, -- revelation 11:16 +. +Exclaiming, To You we give thanks, Lord God Omnipotent, [the One] Who is and [ever] was, for assuming the high sovereignty and the great power that are Yours and for beginning to reign. -- revelation 11:17 +. +And the heathen (the nations) raged, but Your wrath (retribution, indignation) came, the time when the dead will be judged and Your servants the prophets and saints rewarded--and those who revere (fear) Your name, both low and high and small and great--and [the time] for destroying the corrupters of the earth. -- revelation 11:18 +. +Then the sanctuary of God in heaven was thrown open, and the ark of His covenant was seen standing inside in His sanctuary; and there were flashes of lightning, loud rumblings (blasts, mutterings), peals of thunder, an earthquake, and a terrific hailstorm. [I Kings 8:1-6.] -- revelation 11:19 +. +AND A great sign (wonder)--[warning of future events of ominous significance] appeared in heaven: a woman clothed with the sun, with the moon under her feet, and with a crownlike garland (tiara) of twelve stars on her head. -- revelation 12:1 +. +She was pregnant and she cried out in her birth pangs, in the anguish of her delivery. -- revelation 12:2 +. +Then another ominous sign (wonder) was seen in heaven: Behold, a huge, fiery-red dragon, with seven heads and ten horns, and seven kingly crowns (diadems) upon his heads. -- revelation 12:3 +. +His tail swept [across the sky] and dragged down a third of the stars and flung them to the earth. And the dragon stationed himself in front of the woman who was about to be delivered, so that he might devour her child as soon as she brought it forth. -- revelation 12:4 +. +And she brought forth a male Child, One Who is destined to shepherd (rule) all the nations with an iron staff (scepter), and her Child was caught up to God and to His throne. -- revelation 12:5 +. +And the woman [herself] fled into the desert (wilderness), where she has a retreat prepared [for her] by God, in which she is to be fed and kept safe for 1,days (42 months; three and one-half years). -- revelation 12:6 +. +Then war broke out in heaven; Michael and his angels went forth to battle with the dragon, and the dragon and his angels fought. -- revelation 12:7 +. +But they were defeated, and there was no room found for them in heaven any longer. -- revelation 12:8 +. +And the huge dragon was cast down and out--that age-old serpent, who is called the Devil and Satan, he who is the seducer (deceiver) of all humanity the world over; he was forced out and down to the earth, and his angels were flung out along with him. -- revelation 12:9 +. +Then I heard a strong (loud) voice in heaven, saying, Now it has come--the salvation and the power and the kingdom (the dominion, the reign) of our God, and the power (the sovereignty, the authority) of His Christ (the Messiah); for the accuser of our brethren, he who keeps bringing before our God charges against them day and night, has been cast out! -- revelation 12:10 +. +And they have overcome (conquered) him by means of the blood of the Lamb and by the utterance of their testimony, for they did not love and cling to life even when faced with death [holding their lives cheap till they had to die for their witnessing]. -- revelation 12:11 +. +Therefore be glad (exult), O heavens and you that dwell in them! But woe to you, O earth and sea, for the devil has come down to you in fierce anger (fury), because he knows that he has [only] a short time [left]! -- revelation 12:12 +. +And when the dragon saw that he was cast down to the earth, he went in pursuit of the woman who had given birth to the male Child. -- revelation 12:13 +. +But the woman was supplied with the two wings of a giant eagle, so that she might fly from the presence of the serpent into the desert (wilderness), to the retreat where she is to be kept safe and fed for a time, and times, and half a time (three and one-half years, or 1,days). -- revelation 12:14 +. +Then out of his mouth the serpent spouted forth water like a flood after the woman, that she might be carried off with the torrent. -- revelation 12:15 +. +But the earth came to the rescue of the woman, and the ground opened its mouth and swallowed up the stream of water which the dragon had spouted from his mouth. -- revelation 12:16 +. +So then the dragon was furious (enraged) at the woman, and he went away to wage war on the remainder of her descendants--[on those] who obey God's commandments and who have the testimony of Jesus Christ [and adhere to it and bear witness to Him]. -- revelation 12:17 +. +[AS] I stood on the sandy beach, I saw a beast coming up out of the sea with ten horns and seven heads. On his horns he had ten royal crowns (diadems) and blasphemous titles (names) on his heads. -- revelation 13:1 +. +And the beast that I saw resembled a leopard, but his feet were like those of a bear and his mouth was like that of a lion. And to him the dragon gave his [own] might and power and his [own] throne and great dominion. -- revelation 13:2 +. +And one of his heads seemed to have a deadly wound. But his death stroke was healed; and the whole earth went after the beast in amazement and admiration. -- revelation 13:3 +. +They fell down and paid homage to the dragon, because he had bestowed on the beast all his dominion and authority; they also praised and worshiped the beast, exclaiming, Who is a match for the beast, and, Who can make war against him? -- revelation 13:4 +. +And the beast was given the power of speech, uttering boastful and blasphemous words, and he was given freedom to exert his authority and to exercise his will during forty-two months (three and a half years). -- revelation 13:5 +. +And he opened his mouth to speak slanders against God, blaspheming His name and His abode, [even vilifying] those who live in heaven. -- revelation 13:6 +. +He was further permitted to wage war on God's holy people (the saints) and to overcome them. And power was given him to extend his authority over every tribe and people and tongue and nation, -- revelation 13:7 +. +And all the inhabitants of the earth will fall down in adoration and pay him homage, everyone whose name has not been recorded in the Book of Life of the Lamb that was slain [in sacrifice] from the foundation of the world. -- revelation 13:8 +. +If anyone is able to hear, let him listen: -- revelation 13:9 +. +Whoever leads into captivity will himself go into captivity; if anyone slays with the sword, with the sword must he be slain. Herein is [the call for] the patience and the faith and fidelity of the saints (God's people). -- revelation 13:10 +. +Then I saw another beast rising up out of the land [itself]; he had two horns like a lamb, and he spoke (roared) like a dragon. -- revelation 13:11 +. +He exerts all the power and right of control of the former beast in his presence, and causes the earth and those who dwell upon it to exalt and deify the first beast, whose deadly wound was healed, and to worship him. -- revelation 13:12 +. +He performs great signs (startling miracles), even making fire fall from the sky to the earth in men's sight. -- revelation 13:13 +. +And because of the signs (miracles) which he is allowed to perform in the presence of the [first] beast, he deceives those who inhabit the earth, commanding them to erect a statue (an image) in the likeness of the beast who was wounded by the [small] sword and still lived. -- revelation 13:14 +. +And he is permitted [also] to impart the breath of life into the beast's image, so that the statue of the beast could actually talk and cause to be put to death those who would not bow down and worship the image of the beast. -- revelation 13:15 +. +Also he compels all [alike], both small and great, both the rich and the poor, both free and slave, to be marked with an inscription [stamped] on their right hands or on their foreheads, -- revelation 13:16 +. +So that no one will have power to buy or sell unless he bears the stamp (mark, inscription), [that is] the name of the beast or the number of his name. -- revelation 13:17 +. +Here is [room for] discernment [a call for the wisdom of interpretation]. Let anyone who has intelligence (penetration and insight enough) calculate the number of the beast, for it is a human number [the number of a certain man]; his number is 666. -- revelation 13:18 +. +THEN I looked, and behold, the Lamb stood on Mount Zion, and with Him 144,[men] who had His name and His Father's name inscribed on their foreheads. -- revelation 14:1 +. +And I heard a voice from heaven like the sound of great waters and like the rumbling of mighty thunder; the voice I heard [seemed like the music] of harpists accompanying themselves on their harps. -- revelation 14:2 +. +And they sang a new song before the throne [of God] and before the four living creatures and before the elders [of the heavenly Sanhedrin]. No one could learn [to sing] that song except the 144,who had been ransomed (purchased, redeemed) from the earth. -- revelation 14:3 +. +These are they who have not defiled themselves by relations with women, for they are [pure as] virgins. These are they who follow the Lamb wherever He goes. These are they who have been ransomed (purchased, redeemed) from among men as the firstfruits for God and the Lamb. -- revelation 14:4 +. +No lie was found to be upon their lips, for they are blameless (spotless, untainted, without blemish) before the throne of God. -- revelation 14:5 +. +Then I saw another angel flying in midair, with an eternal Gospel (good news) to tell to the inhabitants of the earth, to every race and tribe and language and people. -- revelation 14:6 +. +And he cried with a mighty voice, Revere God and give Him glory (honor and praise in worship), for the hour of His judgment has arrived. Fall down before Him; pay Him homage and adoration and worship Him Who created heaven and earth, the sea and the springs (fountains) of water. -- revelation 14:7 +. +Then another angel, a second, followed, declaring, Fallen, fallen is Babylon the great! She who made all nations drink of the [maddening] wine of her passionate unchastity [idolatry]. -- revelation 14:8 +. +Then another angel, a third, followed them, saying with a mighty voice, Whoever pays homage to the beast and his statue and permits the [beast's] stamp (mark, inscription) to be put on his forehead or on his hand, -- revelation 14:9 +. +He too shall [have to] drink of the wine of God's indignation and wrath, poured undiluted into the cup of His anger; and he shall be tormented with fire and brimstone in the presence of the holy angels and in the presence of the Lamb. -- revelation 14:10 +. +And the smoke of their torment ascends forever and ever; and they have no respite (no pause, no intermission, no rest, no peace) day or night--these who pay homage to the beast and to his image and whoever receives the stamp of his name upon him. -- revelation 14:11 +. +Here [comes in a call for] the steadfastness of the saints [the patience, the endurance of the people of God], those who [habitually] keep God's commandments and [their] faith in Jesus. -- revelation 14:12 +. +Then I heard further [perceiving the distinct words of] a voice from heaven, saying, Write this: Blessed (happy, to be envied) are the dead from now on who die in the Lord! Yes, blessed (happy, to be envied indeed), says the Spirit, [in] that they may rest from their labors, for their works (deeds) do follow (attend, accompany) them! -- revelation 14:13 +. +Again I looked, and behold, [I saw] a white cloud, and sitting on the cloud One resembling a Son of Man, with a crown of gold on His head and a sharp scythe (sickle) in His hand. -- revelation 14:14 +. +And another angel came out of the temple sanctuary, calling with a mighty voice to Him Who was sitting upon the cloud, Put in Your scythe and reap, for the hour has arrived to gather the harvest, for the earth's crop is fully ripened. -- revelation 14:15 +. +So He Who was sitting upon the cloud swung His scythe (sickle) on the earth, and the earth's crop was harvested. -- revelation 14:16 +. +Then another angel came out of the temple [sanctuary] in heaven, and he also carried a sharp scythe (sickle). -- revelation 14:17 +. +And another angel came forth from the altar, [the angel] who has authority and power over fire, and he called with a loud cry to him who had the sharp scythe (sickle), Put forth your scythe and reap the fruitage of the vine of the earth, for its grapes are entirely ripe. -- revelation 14:18 +. +So the angel swung his scythe on the earth and stripped the grapes and gathered the vintage from the vines of the earth and cast it into the huge winepress of God's indignation and wrath. -- revelation 14:19 +. +And [the grapes in] the winepress were trodden outside the city, and blood poured from the winepress, [reaching] as high as horses' bridles, for a distance of 1,stadia (about 200 miles). -- revelation 14:20 +. +THEN I saw another wonder (sign, token, symbol) in heaven, great and marvelous [warning of events of ominous significance]: There were seven angels bringing seven plagues (afflictions, calamities), which are the last, for with them God's wrath (indignation) is completely expressed [reaches its climax and is ended]. -- revelation 15:1 +. +Then I saw what seemed to be a glassy sea blended with fire, and those who had come off victorious from the beast and from his statue and from the number corresponding to his name were standing beside the glassy sea, with harps of God in their hands. -- revelation 15:2 +. +And they sang the song of Moses the servant of God and the song of the Lamb, saying, Mighty and marvelous are Your works, O Lord God the Omnipotent! Righteous (just) and true are Your ways, O Sovereign of the ages (King of the nations)! -- revelation 15:3 +. +Who shall not reverence and glorify Your name, O Lord [giving You honor and praise in worship]? For You only are holy. All the nations shall come and pay homage and adoration to You, for Your just judgments (Your righteous sentences and deeds) have been made known and displayed. -- revelation 15:4 +. +After this I looked and the sanctuary of the tent of the testimony in heaven was thrown open, -- revelation 15:5 +. +And there came out of the temple sanctuary the seven angels bringing the seven plagues (afflictions, calamities). They were arrayed in pure gleaming linen, and around their breasts they wore golden girdles. -- revelation 15:6 +. +And one of the four living creatures [then] gave the seven angels seven golden bowls full of the wrath and indignation of God, Who lives forever and ever (in the eternities of the eternities). -- revelation 15:7 +. +And the sanctuary was filled with smoke from the glory (the radiance, the splendor) of God and from His might and power, and no one was able to go into the sanctuary until the seven plagues (afflictions, calamities) of the seven angels were ended. [I Kings 8:10; Isa. 6:4; Ezek. 44:4.] -- revelation 15:8 +. +THEN I heard a mighty voice from the temple sanctuary saying to the seven angels, Go and empty out on the earth the seven bowls of God's wrath and indignation. -- revelation 16:1 +. +So the first [angel] went and emptied his bowl on the earth, and foul and painful ulcers (sores) came on the people who were marked with the stamp of the beast and who did homage to his image. -- revelation 16:2 +. +The second [angel] emptied his bowl into the sea, and it turned into blood like that of a corpse [thick, corrupt, ill-smelling, and disgusting], and every living thing that was in the sea perished. -- revelation 16:3 +. +Then the third [angel] emptied out his bowl into the rivers and the springs of water, and they turned into (became) blood. -- revelation 16:4 +. +And I also heard the angel of the waters say, Righteous (just) are You in these Your decisions and judgments, You Who are and were, O Holy One! -- revelation 16:5 +. +Because they have poured out the blood of Your people (the saints) and the prophets, and You have given them blood to drink. Such is their due [they deserve it]! -- revelation 16:6 +. +And [from] the altar I heard [the] cry, Yes, Lord God the Omnipotent, Your judgments (sentences, decisions) are true and just and righteous! -- revelation 16:7 +. +Then the fourth [angel] emptied out his bowl upon the sun, and it was permitted to burn (scorch) humanity with [fierce, glowing] heat (fire). -- revelation 16:8 +. +People were severely burned (scorched) by the fiery heat, and they reviled and blasphemed the name of God, Who has control of these plagues, and they did not repent of their sins [felt no regret, contrition, and compunction for their waywardness, refusing to amend their ways] to give Him glory. -- revelation 16:9 +. +Then the fifth [angel] emptied his bowl on the throne of the beast, and his kingdom was [plunged] in darkness; and people gnawed their tongues for the torment [of their excruciating distress and severe pain] -- revelation 16:10 +. +And blasphemed the God of heaven because of their anguish and their ulcers (sores), and they did not deplore their wicked deeds or repent [for what they had done]. -- revelation 16:11 +. +Then the sixth [angel] emptied his bowl on the mighty river Euphrates, and its water was dried up to make ready a road for [the coming of] the kings of the east (from the rising sun). -- revelation 16:12 +. +And I saw three loathsome spirits like frogs, [leaping] from the mouth of the dragon and from the mouth of the beast and from the mouth of the false prophet. -- revelation 16:13 +. +For really they are the spirits of demons that perform signs (wonders, miracles). And they go forth to the rulers and leaders all over the world, to gather them together for war on the great day of God the Almighty. -- revelation 16:14 +. +Behold, I am going to come like a thief! Blessed (happy, to be envied) is he who stays awake (alert) and who guards his clothes, so that he may not be naked and [have the shame of being] seen exposed! -- revelation 16:15 +. +And they gathered them together at the place which in Hebrew is called Armageddon. [II Kings 9:27.] -- revelation 16:16 +. +Then the seventh [angel] emptied out his bowl into the air, and a mighty voice came out of the sanctuary of heaven from the throne [of God], saying, It is done! [It is all over, it is all accomplished, it has come!] -- revelation 16:17 +. +And there followed lightning flashes, loud rumblings, peals of thunder, and a tremendous earthquake; nothing like it has ever occurred since men dwelt on the earth, so severe and far-reaching was that earthquake. -- revelation 16:18 +. +The mighty city was broken into three parts, and the cities of the nations fell. And God kept in mind mighty Babylon, to make her drain the cup of His furious wrath and indignation. -- revelation 16:19 +. +And every island fled and no mountains could be found. -- revelation 16:20 +. +And great (excessively oppressive) hailstones, as heavy as a talent [between fifty and sixty pounds], of immense size, fell from the sky on the people; and men blasphemed God for the plague of the hail, so very great was [the torture] of that plague. -- revelation 16:21 +. +ONE OF the seven angels who had the seven bowls then came and spoke to me, saying, Come with me! I will show you the doom (sentence, judgment) of the great harlot (idolatress) who is seated on many waters, -- revelation 17:1 +. +[She] with whom the rulers of the earth have joined in prostitution (idolatry) and with the wine of whose immorality (idolatry) the inhabitants of the earth have become intoxicated. -- revelation 17:2 +. +And [the angel] bore me away [rapt] in the Spirit into a desert (wilderness), and I saw a woman seated on a scarlet beast that was all covered with blasphemous titles (names), and he had seven heads and ten horns. -- revelation 17:3 +. +The woman was robed in purple and scarlet and bedecked with gold, precious stones, and pearls, [and she was] holding in her hand a golden cup full of the accursed offenses and the filth of her lewdness and vice. -- revelation 17:4 +. +And on her forehead there was inscribed a name of mystery [with a secret symbolic meaning]: Babylon the great, the mother of prostitutes (idolatresses) and of the filth and atrocities and abominations of the earth. -- revelation 17:5 +. +I also saw that the woman was drunk, [drunk] with the blood of the saints (God's people) and the blood of the martyrs [who witnessed] for Jesus. And when I saw her, I was utterly amazed and wondered greatly. -- revelation 17:6 +. +But the angel said to me, Why do you wonder? I will explain to you the [secret symbolic meaning of the] mystery of the woman, as well as of the beast having the seven heads and ten horns that carries her. -- revelation 17:7 +. +The beast that you saw [once] was, but [now] is no more, and he is going to come up out of the Abyss (the bottomless pit) and proceed to go to perdition. And the inhabitants of the earth whose names have not been recorded in the Book of Life from the foundation of the world will be astonished when they look at the beast, because he [once] was, but [now] is no more, and he is [yet] to come. -- revelation 17:8 +. +This calls for a mind [to consider that is packed] with wisdom and intelligence [it is something for a particular mode of thinking and judging of thoughts, feelings, and purposes]. The seven heads are seven hills upon which the woman is sitting; -- revelation 17:9 +. +And they are also seven kings, five of whom have fallen, one still exists [and is reigning]; the other [the seventh] has not yet appeared, and when he does arrive, he must stay [but] a brief time. -- revelation 17:10 +. +And as for the beast that [once] was, but now is no more, he [himself] is an eighth ruler (king, head), but he is of the seven and belongs to them, and he goes to perdition. -- revelation 17:11 +. +Also the ten horns that you observed are ten rulers (kings) who have as yet received no royal dominion, but together they are to receive power and authority as rulers for a single hour, along with the beast. -- revelation 17:12 +. +These have one common policy (opinion, purpose), and they deliver their power and authority to the beast. -- revelation 17:13 +. +They will wage war against the Lamb, and the Lamb will triumph over them; for He is Lord of lords and King of kings--and those with Him and on His side are chosen and called [elected] and loyal and faithful followers. -- revelation 17:14 +. +And [the angel further] said to me, The waters that you observed, where the harlot is seated, are races and multitudes and nations and dialects (languages). -- revelation 17:15 +. +And the ten horns that you saw, they and the beast will [be the very ones to] hate the harlot (the idolatrous woman); they will make her cheerless (bereaved, desolate), and they will strip her and eat up her flesh and utterly consume her with fire. -- revelation 17:16 +. +For God has put it into their hearts to carry out His own purpose by acting in harmony in surrendering their royal power and authority to the beast, until the prophetic words (intentions and promises) of God shall be fulfilled. -- revelation 17:17 +. +And the woman that you saw is herself the great city which dominates and controls the rulers and the leaders of the earth. -- revelation 17:18 +. +THEN I saw another angel descending from heaven, possessing great authority, and the earth was illuminated with his radiance and splendor. -- revelation 18:1 +. +And he shouted with a mighty voice, She is fallen! Mighty Babylon is fallen! She has become a resort and dwelling place for demons, a dungeon haunted by every loathsome spirit, an abode for every filthy and detestable bird. -- revelation 18:2 +. +For all nations have drunk the wine of her passionate unchastity, and the rulers and leaders of the earth have joined with her in committing fornication (idolatry), and the businessmen of the earth have become rich with the wealth of her excessive luxury and wantonness. -- revelation 18:3 +. +I then heard another voice from heaven saying, Come out from her, my people, so that you may not share in her sins, neither participate in her plagues. -- revelation 18:4 +. +For her iniquities (her crimes and transgressions) are piled up as high as heaven, and God has remembered her wickedness and [her] crimes [and calls them up for settlement]. -- revelation 18:5 +. +Repay to her what she herself has paid [to others] and double [her doom] in accordance with what she has done. Mix a double portion for her in the cup she mixed [for others]. -- revelation 18:6 +. +To the degree that she glorified herself and reveled in her wantonness [living deliciously and luxuriously], to that measure impose on her torment and anguish and tears and mourning. Since in her heart she boasts, I am not a widow; as a queen [on a throne] I sit, and I shall never see suffering or experience sorrow-- -- revelation 18:7 +. +So shall her plagues (afflictions, calamities) come thick upon her in a single day, pestilence and anguish and sorrow and famine; and she shall be utterly consumed (burned up with fire), for mighty is the Lord God Who judges her. -- revelation 18:8 +. +And the rulers and leaders of the earth who joined her in her immorality (idolatry) and luxuriated with her will weep and beat their breasts and lament over her when they see the smoke of her conflagration. -- revelation 18:9 +. +They will stand a long way off, in terror of her torment, and they will cry, Woe and alas, the great city, the mighty city, Babylon! In one single hour how your doom (judgment) has overtaken you! -- revelation 18:10 +. +And earth's businessmen will weep and grieve over her because no one buys their freight (cargo) any more. -- revelation 18:11 +. +Their merchandise is of gold, silver, precious stones, and pearls; of fine linen, purple, silk, and scarlet [stuffs]; all kinds of scented wood, all sorts of articles of ivory, all varieties of objects of costly woods, bronze, iron, and marble; -- revelation 18:12 +. +Of cinnamon, spices, incense, ointment and perfume, and frankincense, of wine and olive oil, fine flour and wheat; of cattle and sheep, horses and conveyances; and of slaves (the bodies) and souls of men! -- revelation 18:13 +. +The ripe fruits and delicacies for which your soul longed have gone from you, and all your luxuries and dainties, your elegance and splendor are lost to you, never again to be recovered or experienced! -- revelation 18:14 +. +The dealers who handled these articles, who grew wealthy through their business with her, will stand a long way off, in terror of her doom and torment, weeping and grieving aloud, and saying, -- revelation 18:15 +. +Alas, alas for the great city that was robed in fine linen, in purple and scarlet, bedecked and glittering with gold, with precious stones, and with pearls! -- revelation 18:16 +. +Because in one [single] hour all the vast wealth has been destroyed (wiped out). And all ship captains and pilots, navigators and all who live by seafaring, the crews and all who ply their trade on the sea, stood a long way off, -- revelation 18:17 +. +And exclaimed as they watched the smoke of her burning, What city could be compared to the great city! -- revelation 18:18 +. +And they threw dust on their heads as they wept and grieved, exclaiming, Woe and alas, for the great city, where all who had ships on the sea grew rich [through her extravagance] from her great wealth! In one single hour she has been destroyed and has become a desert! -- revelation 18:19 +. +Rejoice (celebrate) over her, O heaven! O saints (people of God) and apostles and prophets, because God has executed vengeance for you upon her! -- revelation 18:20 +. +Then a single powerful angel took up a boulder like a great millstone and flung it into the sea, crying, With such violence shall Babylon the great city be hurled down to destruction and shall never again be found. -- revelation 18:21 +. +And the sound of harpists and minstrels and flute players and trumpeters shall never again be heard in you, and no skilled artisan of any craft shall ever again be found in you, and the sound of the millstone shall never again be heard in you. -- revelation 18:22 +. +And never again shall the light of a lamp shine in you, and the voice of bridegroom and bride shall never be heard in you again; for your businessmen were the great and prominent men of the earth, and by your magic spells and poisonous charm all nations were led astray (seduced and deluded). -- revelation 18:23 +. +And in her was found the blood of prophets and of saints, and of all those who have been slain (slaughtered) on earth. -- revelation 18:24 +. +AFTER THIS I heard what sounded like a mighty shout of a great crowd in heaven, exclaiming, Hallelujah (praise the Lord)! Salvation and glory (splendor and majesty) and power (dominion and authority) [belong] to our God! -- revelation 19:1 +. +Because His judgments (His condemnation and punishment, His sentences of doom) are true and sound and just and upright. He has judged (convicted, pronounced sentence, and doomed) the great and notorious harlot (idolatress) who corrupted and demoralized and poisoned the earth with her lewdness and adultery (idolatry). And He has avenged (visited on her the penalty for) the blood of His servants at her hand. -- revelation 19:2 +. +And again they shouted, Hallelujah (praise the Lord)! The smoke of her [burning] shall continue to ascend forever and ever (through the eternities of the eternities). -- revelation 19:3 +. +Then the twenty-four elders [of the heavenly Sanhedrin] and the four living creatures fell prostrate and worshiped [paying divine honors to] God, Who sits on the throne, saying, Amen! Hallelujah (praise the Lord)! -- revelation 19:4 +. +Then from the throne there came a voice, saying, Praise our God, all you servants of His, you who reverence Him, both small and great! -- revelation 19:5 +. +After that I heard what sounded like the shout of a vast throng, like the boom of many pounding waves, and like the roar of terrific and mighty peals of thunder, exclaiming, Hallelujah (praise the Lord)! For now the Lord our God the Omnipotent (the All-Ruler) reigns! -- revelation 19:6 +. +Let us rejoice and shout for joy [exulting and triumphant]! Let us celebrate and ascribe to Him glory and honor, for the marriage of the Lamb [at last] has come, and His bride has prepared herself. -- revelation 19:7 +. +She has been permitted to dress in fine (radiant) linen, dazzling and white--for the fine linen is (signifies, represents) the righteousness (the upright, just, and godly living, deeds, and conduct, and right standing with God) of the saints (God's holy people). -- revelation 19:8 +. +Then [the angel] said to me, Write this down: Blessed (happy, to be envied) are those who are summoned (invited, called) to the marriage supper of the Lamb. And he said to me [further], These are the true words (the genuine and exact declarations) of God. -- revelation 19:9 +. +Then I fell prostrate at his feet to worship (to pay divine honors) to him, but he [restrained me] and said, Refrain! [You must not do that!] I am [only] another servant with you and your brethren who have [accepted and hold] the testimony borne by Jesus. Worship God! For the substance (essence) of the truth revealed by Jesus is the spirit of all prophecy [the vital breath, the inspiration of all inspired preaching and interpretation of the divine will and purpose, including both mine and yours]. -- revelation 19:10 +. +After that I saw heaven opened, and behold, a white horse [appeared]! The One Who was riding it is called Faithful (Trustworthy, Loyal, Incorruptible, Steady) and True, and He passes judgment and wages war in righteousness (holiness, justice, and uprightness). -- revelation 19:11 +. +His eyes [blaze] like a flame of fire, and on His head are many kingly crowns (diadems); and He has a title (name) inscribed which He alone knows or can understand. -- revelation 19:12 +. +He is dressed in a robe dyed by dipping in blood, and the title by which He is called is The Word of God. -- revelation 19:13 +. +And the troops of heaven, clothed in fine linen, dazzling and clean, followed Him on white horses. -- revelation 19:14 +. +From His mouth goes forth a sharp sword with which He can smite (afflict, strike) the nations; and He will shepherd and control them with a staff (scepter, rod) of iron. He will tread the winepress of the fierceness of the wrath and indignation of God the All-Ruler (the Almighty, the Omnipotent). -- revelation 19:15 +. +And on His garment (robe) and on His thigh He has a name (title) inscribed, KING OF KINGS AND LORD OF LORDS. -- revelation 19:16 +. +Then I saw a single angel stationed in the sun's light, and with a mighty voice he shouted to all the birds that fly across the sky, Come, gather yourselves together for the great supper of God, -- revelation 19:17 +. +That you may feast on the flesh of rulers, the flesh of generals and captains, the flesh of powerful and mighty men, the flesh of horses and their riders, and the flesh of all humanity, both free and slave, both small and great! -- revelation 19:18 +. +Then I saw the beast and the rulers and leaders of the earth with their troops mustered to go into battle and make war against Him Who is mounted on the horse and against His troops. -- revelation 19:19 +. +And the beast was seized and overpowered, and with him the false prophet who in his presence had worked wonders and performed miracles by which he led astray those who had accepted or permitted to be placed upon them the stamp (mark) of the beast and those who paid homage and gave divine honors to his statue. Both of them were hurled alive into the fiery lake that burns and blazes with brimstone. -- revelation 19:20 +. +And the rest were killed with the sword that issues from the mouth of Him Who is mounted on the horse, and all the birds fed ravenously and glutted themselves with their flesh. -- revelation 19:21 +. +THEN I saw an angel descending from heaven; he was holding the key of the Abyss (the bottomless pit) and a great chain was in his hand. -- revelation 20:1 +. +And he gripped and overpowered the dragon, that old serpent [of primeval times], who is the devil and Satan, and [securely] bound him for a thousand years. -- revelation 20:2 +. +Then he hurled him into the Abyss (the bottomless pit) and closed it and sealed it above him, so that he should no longer lead astray and deceive and seduce the nations until the thousand years were at an end. After that he must be liberated for a short time. -- revelation 20:3 +. +Then I saw thrones, and sitting on them were those to whom authority to act as judges and to pass sentence was entrusted. Also I saw the souls of those who had been slain with axes [beheaded] for their witnessing to Jesus and [for preaching and testifying] for the Word of God, and who had refused to pay homage to the beast or his statue and had not accepted his mark or permitted it to be stamped on their foreheads or on their hands. And they lived again and ruled with Christ (the Messiah) a thousand years. -- revelation 20:4 +. +The remainder of the dead were not restored to life again until the thousand years were completed. This is the first resurrection. -- revelation 20:5 +. +Blessed (happy, to be envied) and holy (spiritually whole, of unimpaired innocence and proved virtue) is the person who takes part (shares) in the first resurrection! Over them the second death exerts no power or authority, but they shall be ministers of God and of Christ (the Messiah), and they shall rule along with Him a thousand years. -- revelation 20:6 +. +And when the thousand years are completed, Satan will be released from his place of confinement, -- revelation 20:7 +. +And he will go forth to deceive and seduce and lead astray the nations which are in the four quarters of the earth--Gog and Magog--to muster them for war; their number is like the sand of the sea. -- revelation 20:8 +. +And they swarmed up over the broad plain of the earth and encircled the fortress (camp) of God's people (the saints) and the beloved city; but fire descended from heaven and consumed them. [II Kings 1:10-12; Ezek. 38:2, 22.] -- revelation 20:9 +. +Then the devil who had led them astray [deceiving and seducing them] was hurled into the fiery lake of burning brimstone, where the beast and false prophet were; and they will be tormented day and night forever and ever (through the ages of the ages). -- revelation 20:10 +. +Then I saw a great white throne and the One Who was seated upon it, from Whose presence and from the sight of Whose face earth and sky fled away, and no place was found for them. -- revelation 20:11 +. +I [also] saw the dead, great and small; they stood before the throne, and books were opened. Then another book was opened, which is [the Book] of Life. And the dead were judged (sentenced) by what they had done [their whole way of feeling and acting, their aims and endeavors] in accordance with what was recorded in the books. -- revelation 20:12 +. +And the sea delivered up the dead who were in it, death and Hades (the state of death or disembodied existence) surrendered the dead in them, and all were tried and their cases determined by what they had done [according to their motives, aims, and works]. -- revelation 20:13 +. +Then death and Hades (the state of death or disembodied existence) were thrown into the lake of fire. This is the second death, the lake of fire. -- revelation 20:14 +. +And if anyone's [name] was not found recorded in the Book of Life, he was hurled into the lake of fire. -- revelation 20:15 +. +THEN I saw a new sky (heaven) and a new earth, for the former sky and the former earth had passed away (vanished), and there no longer existed any sea. -- revelation 21:1 +. +And I saw the holy city, the new Jerusalem, descending out of heaven from God, all arrayed like a bride beautified and adorned for her husband; -- revelation 21:2 +. +Then I heard a mighty voice from the throne and I perceived its distinct words, saying, See! The abode of God is with men, and He will live (encamp, tent) among them; and they shall be His people, and God shall personally be with them and be their God. -- revelation 21:3 +. +God will wipe away every tear from their eyes; and death shall be no more, neither shall there be anguish (sorrow and mourning) nor grief nor pain any more, for the old conditions and the former order of things have passed away. -- revelation 21:4 +. +And He Who is seated on the throne said, See! I make all things new. Also He said, Record this, for these sayings are faithful (accurate, incorruptible, and trustworthy) and true (genuine). -- revelation 21:5 +. +And He [further] said to me, It is done! I am the Alpha and the Omega, the Beginning and the End. To the thirsty I [Myself] will give water without price from the fountain (springs) of the water of Life. -- revelation 21:6 +. +He who is victorious shall inherit all these things, and I will be God to him and he shall be My son. -- revelation 21:7 +. +But as for the cowards and the ignoble and the contemptible and the cravenly lacking in courage and the cowardly submissive, and as for the unbelieving and faithless, and as for the depraved and defiled with abominations, and as for murderers and the lewd and adulterous and the practicers of magic arts and the idolaters (those who give supreme devotion to anyone or anything other than God) and all liars (those who knowingly convey untruth by word or deed)--[all of these shall have] their part in the lake that blazes with fire and brimstone. This is the second death. -- revelation 21:8 +. +Then one of the seven angels who had the seven bowls filled with the seven final plagues (afflictions, calamities) came and spoke to me. He said, Come with me! I will show you the bride, the Lamb's wife. -- revelation 21:9 +. +Then in the Spirit He conveyed me away to a vast and lofty mountain and exhibited to me the holy (hallowed, consecrated) city of Jerusalem descending out of heaven from God, -- revelation 21:10 +. +Clothed in God's glory [in all its splendor and radiance]. The luster of it resembled a rare and most precious jewel, like jasper, shining clear as crystal. -- revelation 21:11 +. +It had a massive and high wall with twelve [large] gates, and at the gates [there were stationed] twelve angels, and [on the gates] the names of the twelve tribes of the sons of Israel were written: -- revelation 21:12 +. +On the east side three gates, on the north side three gates, on the south side three gates, and on the west side three gates. -- revelation 21:13 +. +And the wall of the city had twelve foundation [stones], and on them the twelve names of the twelve apostles of the Lamb. -- revelation 21:14 +. +And he who spoke to me had a golden measuring reed (rod) to measure the city and its gates and its wall. -- revelation 21:15 +. +The city lies in a square, its length being the same as its width. And he measured the city with his reed--12,stadia (about 1,500 miles); its length and width and height are the same. -- revelation 21:16 +. +He measured its wall also--cubits (about 72 yards) by a man's measure [of a cubit from his elbow to his third fingertip], which is [the measure] of the angel. -- revelation 21:17 +. +The wall was built of jasper, while the city [itself was of] pure gold, clear and transparent like glass. -- revelation 21:18 +. +The foundation [stones] of the wall of the city were ornamented with all of the precious stones. The first foundation [stone] was jasper, the second sapphire, the third chalcedony (or white agate), the fourth emerald, -- revelation 21:19 +. +The fifth onyx, the sixth sardius, the seventh chrysolite, the eighth beryl, the ninth topaz, the tenth chrysoprase, the eleventh jacinth, the twelfth amethyst. -- revelation 21:20 +. +And the twelve gates were twelve pearls, each separate gate being built of one solid pearl. And the main street (the broadway) of the city was of gold as pure and translucent as glass. -- revelation 21:21 +. +I saw no temple in the city, for the Lord God Omnipotent [Himself] and the Lamb [Himself] are its temple. -- revelation 21:22 +. +And the city has no need of the sun nor of the moon to give light to it, for the splendor and radiance (glory) of God illuminate it, and the Lamb is its lamp. -- revelation 21:23 +. +The nations shall walk by its light and the rulers and leaders of the earth shall bring into it their glory. -- revelation 21:24 +. +And its gates shall never be closed by day, and there shall be no night there. -- revelation 21:25 +. +They shall bring the glory (the splendor and majesty) and the honor of the nations into it. -- revelation 21:26 +. +But nothing that defiles or profanes or is unwashed shall ever enter it, nor anyone who commits abominations (unclean, detestable, morally repugnant things) or practices falsehood, but only those whose names are recorded in the Lamb's Book of Life. -- revelation 21:27 +. +THEN HE showed me the river whose waters give life, sparkling like crystal, flowing out from the throne of God and of the Lamb -- revelation 22:1 +. +Through the middle of the broadway of the city; also, on either side of the river was the tree of life with its twelve varieties of fruit, yielding each month its fresh crop; and the leaves of the tree were for the healing and the restoration of the nations. -- revelation 22:2 +. +There shall no longer exist there anything that is accursed (detestable, foul, offensive, impure, hateful, or horrible). But the throne of God and of the Lamb shall be in it, and His servants shall worship Him [pay divine honors to Him and do Him holy service]. -- revelation 22:3 +. +They shall see His face, and His name shall be on their foreheads. -- revelation 22:4 +. +And there shall be no more night; they have no need for lamplight or sunlight, for the Lord God will illuminate them and be their light, and they shall reign [as kings] forever and ever (through the eternities of the eternities). -- revelation 22:5 +. +And he [of the seven angels further] said to me, These statements are reliable (worthy of confidence) and genuine (true). And the Lord, the God of the spirits of the prophets, has sent His messenger (angel) to make known and exhibit to His servants what must soon come to pass. -- revelation 22:6 +. +And behold, I am coming speedily. Blessed (happy and to be envied) is he who observes and lays to heart and keeps the truths of the prophecy (the predictions, consolations, and warnings) contained in this [little] book. -- revelation 22:7 +. +And I, John, am he who heard and witnessed these things. And when I heard and saw them, I fell prostrate before the feet of the messenger (angel) who showed them to me, to worship him. -- revelation 22:8 +. +But he said to me, Refrain! [You must not do that!] I am [only] a fellow servant along with yourself and with your brethren the prophets and with those who are mindful of and practice [the truths contained in] the messages of this book. Worship God! -- revelation 22:9 +. +And he [further] told me, Do not seal up the words of the prophecy of this book and make no secret of them, for the time when things are brought to a crisis and the period of their fulfillment is near. -- revelation 22:10 +. +He who is unrighteous (unjust, wicked), let him be unrighteous still; and he who is filthy (vile, impure), let him be filthy still; and he who is righteous (just, upright, in right standing with God), let him do right still; and he who is holy, let him be holy still. -- revelation 22:11 +. +Behold, I am coming soon, and I shall bring My wages and rewards with Me, to repay and render to each one just what his own actions and his own work merit. -- revelation 22:12 +. +I am the Alpha and the Omega, the First and the Last (the Before all and the End of all). -- revelation 22:13 +. +Blessed (happy and to be envied) are those who cleanse their garments, that they may have the authority and right to [approach] the tree of life and to enter through the gates into the city. -- revelation 22:14 +. +[But] without are the dogs and those who practice sorceries (magic arts) and impurity [the lewd, adulterers] and the murderers and idolaters and everyone who loves and deals in falsehood (untruth, error, deception, cheating). -- revelation 22:15 +. +I, Jesus, have sent My messenger (angel) to you to witness and to give you assurance of these things for the churches (assemblies). I am the Root (the Source) and the Offspring of David, the radiant and brilliant Morning Star. -- revelation 22:16 +. +The [Holy] Spirit and the bride (the church, the true Christians) say, Come! And let him who is listening say, Come! And let everyone come who is thirsty [who is painfully conscious of his need of those things by which the soul is refreshed, supported, and strengthened]; and whoever [earnestly] desires to do it, let him come, take, appropriate, and drink the water of Life without cost. -- revelation 22:17 +. +I [personally solemnly] warn everyone who listens to the statements of the prophecy [the predictions and the consolations and admonitions pertaining to them] in this book: If anyone shall add anything to them, God will add and lay upon him the plagues (the afflictions and the calamities) that are recorded and described in this book. -- revelation 22:18 +. +And if anyone cancels or takes away from the statements of the book of this prophecy [these predictions relating to Christ's kingdom and its speedy triumph, together with the consolations and admonitions or warnings pertaining to them], God will cancel and take away from him his share in the tree of life and in the city of holiness (purity and hallowedness), which are described and promised in this book. -- revelation 22:19 +. +He Who gives this warning and affirms and testifies to these things says, Yes (it is true). [Surely] I am coming quickly (swiftly, speedily). Amen (so let it be)! Yes, come, Lord Jesus! -- revelation 22:20 +. +The grace (blessing and favor) of the Lord Jesus Christ (the Messiah) be with all the saints (God's holy people, those set apart for God, to be, as it were, exclusively His). Amen (so let it be)! -- revelation 22:21 +. + -- mark 9:44 +. + -- mark 9:46 +. +In the beginning God created the heaven and the earth. -- genesis 1:1 +. +And the earth was without form, and void; and darkness was upon the face of the deep. And the Spirit of God moved upon the face of the waters. -- genesis 1:2 +. +And God said, Let there be light: and there was light. -- genesis 1:3 +. +And God saw the light, that it was good: and God divided the light from the darkness. -- genesis 1:4 +. +And God called the light Day, and the darkness he called Night. And the evening and the morning were the first day. -- genesis 1:5 +. +And God said, Let there be a firmament in the midst of the waters, and let it divide the waters from the waters. -- genesis 1:6 +. +And God made the firmament, and divided the waters which were under the firmament from the waters which were above the firmament: and it was so. -- genesis 1:7 +. +And God called the firmament Heaven. And the evening and the morning were the second day. -- genesis 1:8 +. +And God said, Let the waters under the heaven be gathered together unto one place, and let the dry land appear: and it was so. -- genesis 1:9 +. +And God called the dry land Earth; and the gathering together of the waters called he Seas: and God saw that it was good. -- genesis 1:10 +. +And God said, Let the earth bring forth grass, the herb yielding seed, and the fruit tree yielding fruit after his kind, whose seed is in itself, upon the earth: and it was so. -- genesis 1:11 +. +And the earth brought forth grass, and herb yielding seed after his kind, and the tree yielding fruit, whose seed was in itself, after his kind: and God saw that it was good. -- genesis 1:12 +. +And the evening and the morning were the third day. -- genesis 1:13 +. +And God said, Let there be lights in the firmament of the heaven to divide the day from the night; and let them be for signs, and for seasons, and for days, and years: -- genesis 1:14 +. +And let them be for lights in the firmament of the heaven to give light upon the earth: and it was so. -- genesis 1:15 +. +And God made two great lights; the greater light to rule the day, and the lesser light to rule the night: he made the stars also. -- genesis 1:16 +. +And God set them in the firmament of the heaven to give light upon the earth, -- genesis 1:17 +. +And to rule over the day and over the night, and to divide the light from the darkness: and God saw that it was good. -- genesis 1:18 +. +And the evening and the morning were the fourth day. -- genesis 1:19 +. +And God said, Let the waters bring forth abundantly the moving creature that hath life, and fowl that may fly above the earth in the open firmament of heaven. -- genesis 1:20 +. +And God created great whales, and every living creature that moveth, which the waters brought forth abundantly, after their kind, and every winged fowl after his kind: and God saw that it was good. -- genesis 1:21 +. +And God blessed them, saying, Be fruitful, and multiply, and fill the waters in the seas, and let fowl multiply in the earth. -- genesis 1:22 +. +And the evening and the morning were the fifth day. -- genesis 1:23 +. +And God said, Let the earth bring forth the living creature after his kind, cattle, and creeping thing, and beast of the earth after his kind: and it was so. -- genesis 1:24 +. +And God made the beast of the earth after his kind, and cattle after their kind, and every thing that creepeth upon the earth after his kind: and God saw that it was good. -- genesis 1:25 +. +And God said, Let us make man in our image, after our likeness: and let them have dominion over the fish of the sea, and over the fowl of the air, and over the cattle, and over all the earth, and over every creeping thing that creepeth upon the earth. -- genesis 1:26 +. +So God created man in his own image, in the image of God created he him; male and female created he them. -- genesis 1:27 +. +And God blessed them, and God said unto them, Be fruitful, and multiply, and replenish the earth, and subdue it: and have dominion over the fish of the sea, and over the fowl of the air, and over every living thing that moveth upon the earth. -- genesis 1:28 +. +And God said, Behold, I have given you every herb bearing seed, which is upon the face of all the earth, and every tree, in the which is the fruit of a tree yielding seed; to you it shall be for meat. -- genesis 1:29 +. +And to every beast of the earth, and to every fowl of the air, and to every thing that creepeth upon the earth, wherein there is life, I have given every green herb for meat: and it was so. -- genesis 1:30 +. +And God saw every thing that he had made, and, behold, it was very good. And the evening and the morning were the sixth day. -- genesis 1:31 +. +Thus the heavens and the earth were finished, and all the host of them. -- genesis 2:1 +. +And on the seventh day God ended his work which he had made; and he rested on the seventh day from all his work which he had made. -- genesis 2:2 +. +And God blessed the seventh day, and sanctified it: because that in it he had rested from all his work which God created and made. -- genesis 2:3 +. +These are the generations of the heavens and of the earth when they were created, in the day that the LORD God made the earth and the heavens, -- genesis 2:4 +. +And every plant of the field before it was in the earth, and every herb of the field before it grew: for the LORD God had not caused it to rain upon the earth, and there was not a man to till the ground. -- genesis 2:5 +. +But there went up a mist from the earth, and watered the whole face of the ground. -- genesis 2:6 +. +And the LORD God formed man of the dust of the ground, and breathed into his nostrils the breath of life; and man became a living soul. -- genesis 2:7 +. +And the LORD God planted a garden eastward in Eden; and there he put the man whom he had formed. -- genesis 2:8 +. +And out of the ground made the LORD God to grow every tree that is pleasant to the sight, and good for food; the tree of life also in the midst of the garden, and the tree of knowledge of good and evil. -- genesis 2:9 +. +And a river went out of Eden to water the garden; and from thence it was parted, and became into four heads. -- genesis 2:10 +. +The name of the first is Pison: that is it which compasseth the whole land of Havilah, where there is gold; -- genesis 2:11 +. +And the gold of that land is good: there is bdellium and the onyx stone. -- genesis 2:12 +. +And the name of the second river is Gihon: the same is it that compasseth the whole land of Ethiopia. -- genesis 2:13 +. +And the name of the third river is Hiddekel: that is it which goeth toward the east of Assyria. And the fourth river is Euphrates. -- genesis 2:14 +. +And the LORD God took the man, and put him into the garden of Eden to dress it and to keep it. -- genesis 2:15 +. +And the LORD God commanded the man, saying, Of every tree of the garden thou mayest freely eat: -- genesis 2:16 +. +But of the tree of the knowledge of good and evil, thou shalt not eat of it: for in the day that thou eatest thereof thou shalt surely die. -- genesis 2:17 +. +And the LORD God said, It is not good that the man should be alone; I will make him an help meet for him. -- genesis 2:18 +. +And out of the ground the LORD God formed every beast of the field, and every fowl of the air; and brought them unto Adam to see what he would call them: and whatsoever Adam called every living creature, that was the name thereof. -- genesis 2:19 +. +And Adam gave names to all cattle, and to the fowl of the air, and to every beast of the field; but for Adam there was not found an help meet for him. -- genesis 2:20 +. +And the LORD God caused a deep sleep to fall upon Adam, and he slept: and he took one of his ribs, and closed up the flesh instead thereof; -- genesis 2:21 +. +And the rib, which the LORD God had taken from man, made he a woman, and brought her unto the man. -- genesis 2:22 +. +And Adam said, This is now bone of my bones, and flesh of my flesh: she shall be called Woman, because she was taken out of Man. -- genesis 2:23 +. +Therefore shall a man leave his father and his mother, and shall cleave unto his wife: and they shall be one flesh. -- genesis 2:24 +. +And they were both naked, the man and his wife, and were not ashamed. -- genesis 2:25 +. +Now the serpent was more subtil than any beast of the field which the LORD God had made. And he said unto the woman, Yea, hath God said, Ye shall not eat of every tree of the garden? -- genesis 3:1 +. +And the woman said unto the serpent, We may eat of the fruit of the trees of the garden: -- genesis 3:2 +. +But of the fruit of the tree which is in the midst of the garden, God hath said, Ye shall not eat of it, neither shall ye touch it, lest ye die. -- genesis 3:3 +. +And the serpent said unto the woman, Ye shall not surely die: -- genesis 3:4 +. +For God doth know that in the day ye eat thereof, then your eyes shall be opened, and ye shall be as gods, knowing good and evil. -- genesis 3:5 +. +And when the woman saw that the tree was good for food, and that it was pleasant to the eyes, and a tree to be desired to make one wise, she took of the fruit thereof, and did eat, and gave also unto her husband with her; and he did eat. -- genesis 3:6 +. +And the eyes of them both were opened, and they knew that they were naked; and they sewed fig leaves together, and made themselves aprons. -- genesis 3:7 +. +And they heard the voice of the LORD God walking in the garden in the cool of the day: and Adam and his wife hid themselves from the presence of the LORD God amongst the trees of the garden. -- genesis 3:8 +. +And the LORD God called unto Adam, and said unto him, Where art thou? -- genesis 3:9 +. +And he said, I heard thy voice in the garden, and I was afraid, because I was naked; and I hid myself. -- genesis 3:10 +. +And he said, Who told thee that thou wast naked? Hast thou eaten of the tree, whereof I commanded thee that thou shouldest not eat? -- genesis 3:11 +. +And the man said, The woman whom thou gavest to be with me, she gave me of the tree, and I did eat. -- genesis 3:12 +. +And the LORD God said unto the woman, What is this that thou hast done? And the woman said, The serpent beguiled me, and I did eat. -- genesis 3:13 +. +And the LORD God said unto the serpent, Because thou hast done this, thou art cursed above all cattle, and above every beast of the field; upon thy belly shalt thou go, and dust shalt thou eat all the days of thy life: -- genesis 3:14 +. +And I will put enmity between thee and the woman, and between thy seed and her seed; it shall bruise thy head, and thou shalt bruise his heel. -- genesis 3:15 +. +Unto the woman he said, I will greatly multiply thy sorrow and thy conception; in sorrow thou shalt bring forth children; and thy desire shall be to thy husband, and he shall rule over thee. -- genesis 3:16 +. +And unto Adam he said, Because thou hast hearkened unto the voice of thy wife, and hast eaten of the tree, of which I commanded thee, saying, Thou shalt not eat of it: cursed is the ground for thy sake; in sorrow shalt thou eat of it all the days of thy life; -- genesis 3:17 +. +Thorns also and thistles shall it bring forth to thee; and thou shalt eat the herb of the field; -- genesis 3:18 +. +In the sweat of thy face shalt thou eat bread, till thou return unto the ground; for out of it wast thou taken: for dust thou art, and unto dust shalt thou return. -- genesis 3:19 +. +And Adam called his wife's name Eve; because she was the mother of all living. -- genesis 3:20 +. +Unto Adam also and to his wife did the LORD God make coats of skins, and clothed them. -- genesis 3:21 +. +And the LORD God said, Behold, the man is become as one of us, to know good and evil: and now, lest he put forth his hand, and take also of the tree of life, and eat, and live for ever: -- genesis 3:22 +. +Therefore the LORD God sent him forth from the garden of Eden, to till the ground from whence he was taken. -- genesis 3:23 +. +So he drove out the man; and he placed at the east of the garden of Eden Cherubims, and a flaming sword which turned every way, to keep the way of the tree of life. -- genesis 3:24 +. +And Adam knew Eve his wife; and she conceived, and bare Cain, and said, I have gotten a man from the LORD. -- genesis 4:1 +. +And she again bare his brother Abel. And Abel was a keeper of sheep, but Cain was a tiller of the ground. -- genesis 4:2 +. +And in process of time it came to pass, that Cain brought of the fruit of the ground an offering unto the LORD. -- genesis 4:3 +. +And Abel, he also brought of the firstlings of his flock and of the fat thereof. And the LORD had respect unto Abel and to his offering: -- genesis 4:4 +. +But unto Cain and to his offering he had not respect. And Cain was very wroth, and his countenance fell. -- genesis 4:5 +. +And the LORD said unto Cain, Why art thou wroth? and why is thy countenance fallen? -- genesis 4:6 +. +If thou doest well, shalt thou not be accepted? and if thou doest not well, sin lieth at the door. And unto thee shall be his desire, and thou shalt rule over him. -- genesis 4:7 +. +And Cain talked with Abel his brother: and it came to pass, when they were in the field, that Cain rose up against Abel his brother, and slew him. -- genesis 4:8 +. +And the LORD said unto Cain, Where is Abel thy brother? And he said, I know not: Am I my brother's keeper? -- genesis 4:9 +. +And he said, What hast thou done? the voice of thy brother's blood crieth unto me from the ground. -- genesis 4:10 +. +And now art thou cursed from the earth, which hath opened her mouth to receive thy brother's blood from thy hand; -- genesis 4:11 +. +When thou tillest the ground, it shall not henceforth yield unto thee her strength; a fugitive and a vagabond shalt thou be in the earth. -- genesis 4:12 +. +And Cain said unto the LORD, My punishment is greater than I can bear. -- genesis 4:13 +. +Behold, thou hast driven me out this day from the face of the earth; and from thy face shall I be hid; and I shall be a fugitive and a vagabond in the earth; and it shall come to pass, that every one that findeth me shall slay me. -- genesis 4:14 +. +And the LORD said unto him, Therefore whosoever slayeth Cain, vengeance shall be taken on him sevenfold. And the LORD set a mark upon Cain, lest any finding him should kill him. -- genesis 4:15 +. +And Cain went out from the presence of the LORD, and dwelt in the land of Nod, on the east of Eden. -- genesis 4:16 +. +And Cain knew his wife; and she conceived, and bare Enoch: and he builded a city, and called the name of the city, after the name of his son, Enoch. -- genesis 4:17 +. +And unto Enoch was born Irad: and Irad begat Mehujael: and Mehujael begat Methusael: and Methusael begat Lamech. -- genesis 4:18 +. +And Lamech took unto him two wives: the name of the one was Adah, and the name of the other Zillah. -- genesis 4:19 +. +And Adah bare Jabal: he was the father of such as dwell in tents, and of such as have cattle. -- genesis 4:20 +. +And his brother's name was Jubal: he was the father of all such as handle the harp and organ. -- genesis 4:21 +. +And Zillah, she also bare Tubalcain, an instructer of every artificer in brass and iron: and the sister of Tubalcain was Naamah. -- genesis 4:22 +. +And Lamech said unto his wives, Adah and Zillah, Hear my voice; ye wives of Lamech, hearken unto my speech: for I have slain a man to my wounding, and a young man to my hurt. -- genesis 4:23 +. +If Cain shall be avenged sevenfold, truly Lamech seventy and sevenfold. -- genesis 4:24 +. +And Adam knew his wife again; and she bare a son, and called his name Seth: For God, said she, hath appointed me another seed instead of Abel, whom Cain slew. -- genesis 4:25 +. +And to Seth, to him also there was born a son; and he called his name Enos: then began men to call upon the name of the LORD. -- genesis 4:26 +. +This is the book of the generations of Adam. In the day that God created man, in the likeness of God made he him; -- genesis 5:1 +. +Male and female created he them; and blessed them, and called their name Adam, in the day when they were created. -- genesis 5:2 +. +And Adam lived an hundred and thirty years, and begat a son in his own likeness, and after his image; and called his name Seth: -- genesis 5:3 +. +And the days of Adam after he had begotten Seth were eight hundred years: and he begat sons and daughters: -- genesis 5:4 +. +And all the days that Adam lived were nine hundred and thirty years: and he died. -- genesis 5:5 +. +And Seth lived an hundred and five years, and begat Enos: -- genesis 5:6 +. +And Seth lived after he begat Enos eight hundred and seven years, and begat sons and daughters: -- genesis 5:7 +. +And all the days of Seth were nine hundred and twelve years: and he died. -- genesis 5:8 +. +And Enos lived ninety years, and begat Cainan: -- genesis 5:9 +. +And Enos lived after he begat Cainan eight hundred and fifteen years, and begat sons and daughters: -- genesis 5:10 +. +And all the days of Enos were nine hundred and five years: and he died. -- genesis 5:11 +. +And Cainan lived seventy years and begat Mahalaleel: -- genesis 5:12 +. +And Cainan lived after he begat Mahalaleel eight hundred and forty years, and begat sons and daughters: -- genesis 5:13 +. +And all the days of Cainan were nine hundred and ten years: and he died. -- genesis 5:14 +. +And Mahalaleel lived sixty and five years, and begat Jared: -- genesis 5:15 +. +And Mahalaleel lived after he begat Jared eight hundred and thirty years, and begat sons and daughters: -- genesis 5:16 +. +And all the days of Mahalaleel were eight hundred ninety and five years: and he died. -- genesis 5:17 +. +And Jared lived an hundred sixty and two years, and he begat Enoch: -- genesis 5:18 +. +And Jared lived after he begat Enoch eight hundred years, and begat sons and daughters: -- genesis 5:19 +. +And all the days of Jared were nine hundred sixty and two years: and he died. -- genesis 5:20 +. +And Enoch lived sixty and five years, and begat Methuselah: -- genesis 5:21 +. +And Enoch walked with God after he begat Methuselah three hundred years, and begat sons and daughters: -- genesis 5:22 +. +And all the days of Enoch were three hundred sixty and five years: -- genesis 5:23 +. +And Enoch walked with God: and he was not; for God took him. -- genesis 5:24 +. +And Methuselah lived an hundred eighty and seven years, and begat Lamech. -- genesis 5:25 +. +And Methuselah lived after he begat Lamech seven hundred eighty and two years, and begat sons and daughters: -- genesis 5:26 +. +And all the days of Methuselah were nine hundred sixty and nine years: and he died. -- genesis 5:27 +. +And Lamech lived an hundred eighty and two years, and begat a son: -- genesis 5:28 +. +And he called his name Noah, saying, This same shall comfort us concerning our work and toil of our hands, because of the ground which the LORD hath cursed. -- genesis 5:29 +. +And Lamech lived after he begat Noah five hundred ninety and five years, and begat sons and daughters: -- genesis 5:30 +. +And all the days of Lamech were seven hundred seventy and seven years: and he died. -- genesis 5:31 +. +And Noah was five hundred years old: and Noah begat Shem, Ham, and Japheth. -- genesis 5:32 +. +And it came to pass, when men began to multiply on the face of the earth, and daughters were born unto them, -- genesis 6:1 +. +That the sons of God saw the daughters of men that they were fair; and they took them wives of all which they chose. -- genesis 6:2 +. +And the LORD said, My spirit shall not always strive with man, for that he also is flesh: yet his days shall be an hundred and twenty years. -- genesis 6:3 +. +There were giants in the earth in those days; and also after that, when the sons of God came in unto the daughters of men, and they bare children to them, the same became mighty men which were of old, men of renown. -- genesis 6:4 +. +And God saw that the wickedness of man was great in the earth, and that every imagination of the thoughts of his heart was only evil continually. -- genesis 6:5 +. +And it repented the LORD that he had made man on the earth, and it grieved him at his heart. -- genesis 6:6 +. +And the LORD said, I will destroy man whom I have created from the face of the earth; both man, and beast, and the creeping thing, and the fowls of the air; for it repenteth me that I have made them. -- genesis 6:7 +. +But Noah found grace in the eyes of the LORD. -- genesis 6:8 +. +These are the generations of Noah: Noah was a just man and perfect in his generations, and Noah walked with God. -- genesis 6:9 +. +And Noah begat three sons, Shem, Ham, and Japheth. -- genesis 6:10 +. +The earth also was corrupt before God, and the earth was filled with violence. -- genesis 6:11 +. +And God looked upon the earth, and, behold, it was corrupt; for all flesh had corrupted his way upon the earth. -- genesis 6:12 +. +And God said unto Noah, The end of all flesh is come before me; for the earth is filled with violence through them; and, behold, I will destroy them with the earth. -- genesis 6:13 +. +Make thee an ark of gopher wood; rooms shalt thou make in the ark, and shalt pitch it within and without with pitch. -- genesis 6:14 +. +And this is the fashion which thou shalt make it of: The length of the ark shall be three hundred cubits, the breadth of it fifty cubits, and the height of it thirty cubits. -- genesis 6:15 +. +A window shalt thou make to the ark, and in a cubit shalt thou finish it above; and the door of the ark shalt thou set in the side thereof; with lower, second, and third stories shalt thou make it. -- genesis 6:16 +. +And, behold, I, even I, do bring a flood of waters upon the earth, to destroy all flesh, wherein is the breath of life, from under heaven; and every thing that is in the earth shall die. -- genesis 6:17 +. +But with thee will I establish my covenant; and thou shalt come into the ark, thou, and thy sons, and thy wife, and thy sons' wives with thee. -- genesis 6:18 +. +And of every living thing of all flesh, two of every sort shalt thou bring into the ark, to keep them alive with thee; they shall be male and female. -- genesis 6:19 +. +Of fowls after their kind, and of cattle after their kind, of every creeping thing of the earth after his kind, two of every sort shall come unto thee, to keep them alive. -- genesis 6:20 +. +And take thou unto thee of all food that is eaten, and thou shalt gather it to thee; and it shall be for food for thee, and for them. -- genesis 6:21 +. +Thus did Noah; according to all that God commanded him, so did he. -- genesis 6:22 +. +And the LORD said unto Noah, Come thou and all thy house into the ark; for thee have I seen righteous before me in this generation. -- genesis 7:1 +. +Of every clean beast thou shalt take to thee by sevens, the male and his female: and of beasts that are not clean by two, the male and his female. -- genesis 7:2 +. +Of fowls also of the air by sevens, the male and the female; to keep seed alive upon the face of all the earth. -- genesis 7:3 +. +For yet seven days, and I will cause it to rain upon the earth forty days and forty nights; and every living substance that I have made will I destroy from off the face of the earth. -- genesis 7:4 +. +And Noah did according unto all that the LORD commanded him. -- genesis 7:5 +. +And Noah was six hundred years old when the flood of waters was upon the earth. -- genesis 7:6 +. +And Noah went in, and his sons, and his wife, and his sons' wives with him, into the ark, because of the waters of the flood. -- genesis 7:7 +. +Of clean beasts, and of beasts that are not clean, and of fowls, and of every thing that creepeth upon the earth, -- genesis 7:8 +. +There went in two and two unto Noah into the ark, the male and the female, as God had commanded Noah. -- genesis 7:9 +. +And it came to pass after seven days, that the waters of the flood were upon the earth. -- genesis 7:10 +. +In the six hundredth year of Noah's life, in the second month, the seventeenth day of the month, the same day were all the fountains of the great deep broken up, and the windows of heaven were opened. -- genesis 7:11 +. +And the rain was upon the earth forty days and forty nights. -- genesis 7:12 +. +In the selfsame day entered Noah, and Shem, and Ham, and Japheth, the sons of Noah, and Noah's wife, and the three wives of his sons with them, into the ark; -- genesis 7:13 +. +They, and every beast after his kind, and all the cattle after their kind, and every creeping thing that creepeth upon the earth after his kind, and every fowl after his kind, every bird of every sort. -- genesis 7:14 +. +And they went in unto Noah into the ark, two and two of all flesh, wherein is the breath of life. -- genesis 7:15 +. +And they that went in, went in male and female of all flesh, as God had commanded him: and the LORD shut him in. -- genesis 7:16 +. +And the flood was forty days upon the earth; and the waters increased, and bare up the ark, and it was lift up above the earth. -- genesis 7:17 +. +And the waters prevailed, and were increased greatly upon the earth; and the ark went upon the face of the waters. -- genesis 7:18 +. +And the waters prevailed exceedingly upon the earth; and all the high hills, that were under the whole heaven, were covered. -- genesis 7:19 +. +Fifteen cubits upward did the waters prevail; and the mountains were covered. -- genesis 7:20 +. +And all flesh died that moved upon the earth, both of fowl, and of cattle, and of beast, and of every creeping thing that creepeth upon the earth, and every man: -- genesis 7:21 +. +All in whose nostrils was the breath of life, of all that was in the dry land, died. -- genesis 7:22 +. +And every living substance was destroyed which was upon the face of the ground, both man, and cattle, and the creeping things, and the fowl of the heaven; and they were destroyed from the earth: and Noah only remained alive, and they that were with him in the ark. -- genesis 7:23 +. +And the waters prevailed upon the earth an hundred and fifty days. -- genesis 7:24 +. +And God remembered Noah, and every living thing, and all the cattle that was with him in the ark: and God made a wind to pass over the earth, and the waters assuaged; -- genesis 8:1 +. +The fountains also of the deep and the windows of heaven were stopped, and the rain from heaven was restrained; -- genesis 8:2 +. +And the waters returned from off the earth continually: and after the end of the hundred and fifty days the waters were abated. -- genesis 8:3 +. +And the ark rested in the seventh month, on the seventeenth day of the month, upon the mountains of Ararat. -- genesis 8:4 +. +And the waters decreased continually until the tenth month: in the tenth month, on the first day of the month, were the tops of the mountains seen. -- genesis 8:5 +. +And it came to pass at the end of forty days, that Noah opened the window of the ark which he had made: -- genesis 8:6 +. +And he sent forth a raven, which went forth to and fro, until the waters were dried up from off the earth. -- genesis 8:7 +. +Also he sent forth a dove from him, to see if the waters were abated from off the face of the ground; -- genesis 8:8 +. +But the dove found no rest for the sole of her foot, and she returned unto him into the ark, for the waters were on the face of the whole earth: then he put forth his hand, and took her, and pulled her in unto him into the ark. -- genesis 8:9 +. +And he stayed yet other seven days; and again he sent forth the dove out of the ark; -- genesis 8:10 +. +And the dove came in to him in the evening; and, lo, in her mouth was an olive leaf plucked off: so Noah knew that the waters were abated from off the earth. -- genesis 8:11 +. +And he stayed yet other seven days; and sent forth the dove; which returned not again unto him any more. -- genesis 8:12 +. +And it came to pass in the six hundredth and first year, in the first month, the first day of the month, the waters were dried up from off the earth: and Noah removed the covering of the ark, and looked, and, behold, the face of the ground was dry. -- genesis 8:13 +. +And in the second month, on the seven and twentieth day of the month, was the earth dried. -- genesis 8:14 +. +And God spake unto Noah, saying, -- genesis 8:15 +. +Go forth of the ark, thou, and thy wife, and thy sons, and thy sons' wives with thee. -- genesis 8:16 +. +Bring forth with thee every living thing that is with thee, of all flesh, both of fowl, and of cattle, and of every creeping thing that creepeth upon the earth; that they may breed abundantly in the earth, and be fruitful, and multiply upon the earth. -- genesis 8:17 +. +And Noah went forth, and his sons, and his wife, and his sons' wives with him: -- genesis 8:18 +. +Every beast, every creeping thing, and every fowl, and whatsoever creepeth upon the earth, after their kinds, went forth out of the ark. -- genesis 8:19 +. +And Noah builded an altar unto the LORD; and took of every clean beast, and of every clean fowl, and offered burnt offerings on the altar. -- genesis 8:20 +. +And the LORD smelled a sweet savor; and the LORD said in his heart, I will not again curse the ground any more for man's sake; for the imagination of man's heart is evil from his youth; neither will I again smite any more every thing living, as I have done. -- genesis 8:21 +. +While the earth remaineth, seedtime and harvest, and cold and heat, and summer and winter, and day and night shall not cease. -- genesis 8:22 +. +And God blessed Noah and his sons, and said unto them, Be fruitful, and multiply, and replenish the earth. -- genesis 9:1 +. +And the fear of you and the dread of you shall be upon every beast of the earth, and upon every fowl of the air, upon all that moveth upon the earth, and upon all the fishes of the sea; into your hand are they delivered. -- genesis 9:2 +. +Every moving thing that liveth shall be meat for you; even as the green herb have I given you all things. -- genesis 9:3 +. +But flesh with the life thereof, which is the blood thereof, shall ye not eat. -- genesis 9:4 +. +And surely your blood of your lives will I require; at the hand of every beast will I require it, and at the hand of man; at the hand of every man's brother will I require the life of man. -- genesis 9:5 +. +Whoso sheddeth man's blood, by man shall his blood be shed: for in the image of God made he man. -- genesis 9:6 +. +And you, be ye fruitful, and multiply; bring forth abundantly in the earth, and multiply therein. -- genesis 9:7 +. +And God spake unto Noah, and to his sons with him, saying, -- genesis 9:8 +. +And I, behold, I establish my covenant with you, and with your seed after you; -- genesis 9:9 +. +And with every living creature that is with you, of the fowl, of the cattle, and of every beast of the earth with you; from all that go out of the ark, to every beast of the earth. -- genesis 9:10 +. +And I will establish my covenant with you, neither shall all flesh be cut off any more by the waters of a flood; neither shall there any more be a flood to destroy the earth. -- genesis 9:11 +. +And God said, This is the token of the covenant which I make between me and you and every living creature that is with you, for perpetual generations: -- genesis 9:12 +. +I do set my bow in the cloud, and it shall be for a token of a covenant between me and the earth. -- genesis 9:13 +. +And it shall come to pass, when I bring a cloud over the earth, that the bow shall be seen in the cloud: -- genesis 9:14 +. +And I will remember my covenant, which is between me and you and every living creature of all flesh; and the waters shall no more become a flood to destroy all flesh. -- genesis 9:15 +. +And the bow shall be in the cloud; and I will look upon it, that I may remember the everlasting covenant between God and every living creature of all flesh that is upon the earth. -- genesis 9:16 +. +And God said unto Noah, This is the token of the covenant, which I have established between me and all flesh that is upon the earth. -- genesis 9:17 +. +And the sons of Noah, that went forth of the ark, were Shem, and Ham, and Japheth: and Ham is the father of Canaan. -- genesis 9:18 +. +These are the three sons of Noah: and of them was the whole earth overspread. -- genesis 9:19 +. +And Noah began to be an husbandman, and he planted a vineyard: -- genesis 9:20 +. +And he drank of the wine, and was drunken; and he was uncovered within his tent. -- genesis 9:21 +. +And Ham, the father of Canaan, saw the nakedness of his father, and told his two brethren without. -- genesis 9:22 +. +And Shem and Japheth took a garment, and laid it upon both their shoulders, and went backward, and covered the nakedness of their father; and their faces were backward, and they saw not their father's nakedness. -- genesis 9:23 +. +And Noah awoke from his wine, and knew what his younger son had done unto him. -- genesis 9:24 +. +And he said, Cursed be Canaan; a servant of servants shall he be unto his brethren. -- genesis 9:25 +. +And he said, Blessed be the LORD God of Shem; and Canaan shall be his servant. -- genesis 9:26 +. +God shall enlarge Japheth, and he shall dwell in the tents of Shem; and Canaan shall be his servant. -- genesis 9:27 +. +And Noah lived after the flood three hundred and fifty years. -- genesis 9:28 +. +And all the days of Noah were nine hundred and fifty years: and he died. -- genesis 9:29 +. +Now these are the generations of the sons of Noah, Shem, Ham, and Japheth: and unto them were sons born after the flood. -- genesis 10:1 +. +The sons of Japheth; Gomer, and Magog, and Madai, and Javan, and Tubal, and Meshech, and Tiras. -- genesis 10:2 +. +And the sons of Gomer; Ashkenaz, and Riphath, and Togarmah. -- genesis 10:3 +. +And the sons of Javan; Elishah, and Tarshish, Kittim, and Dodanim. -- genesis 10:4 +. +By these were the isles of the Gentiles divided in their lands; every one after his tongue, after their families, in their nations. -- genesis 10:5 +. +And the sons of Ham; Cush, and Mizraim, and Phut, and Canaan. -- genesis 10:6 +. +And the sons of Cush; Seba, and Havilah, and Sabtah, and Raamah, and Sabtechah: and the sons of Raamah; Sheba, and Dedan. -- genesis 10:7 +. +And Cush begat Nimrod: he began to be a mighty one in the earth. -- genesis 10:8 +. +He was a mighty hunter before the LORD: wherefore it is said, Even as Nimrod the mighty hunter before the LORD. -- genesis 10:9 +. +And the beginning of his kingdom was Babel, and Erech, and Accad, and Calneh, in the land of Shinar. -- genesis 10:10 +. +Out of that land went forth Asshur, and builded Nineveh, and the city Rehoboth, and Calah, -- genesis 10:11 +. +And Resen between Nineveh and Calah: the same is a great city. -- genesis 10:12 +. +And Mizraim begat Ludim, and Anamim, and Lehabim, and Naphtuhim, -- genesis 10:13 +. +And Pathrusim, and Casluhim, (out of whom came Philistim,) and Caphtorim. -- genesis 10:14 +. +And Canaan begat Sidon his first born, and Heth, -- genesis 10:15 +. +And the Jebusite, and the Amorite, and the Girgasite, -- genesis 10:16 +. +And the Hivite, and the Arkite, and the Sinite, -- genesis 10:17 +. +And the Arvadite, and the Zemarite, and the Hamathite: and afterward were the families of the Canaanites spread abroad. -- genesis 10:18 +. +And the border of the Canaanites was from Sidon, as thou comest to Gerar, unto Gaza; as thou goest, unto Sodom, and Gomorrah, and Admah, and Zeboim, even unto Lasha. -- genesis 10:19 +. +These are the sons of Ham, after their families, after their tongues, in their countries, and in their nations. -- genesis 10:20 +. +Unto Shem also, the father of all the children of Eber, the brother of Japheth the elder, even to him were children born. -- genesis 10:21 +. +The children of Shem; Elam, and Asshur, and Arphaxad, and Lud, and Aram. -- genesis 10:22 +. +And the children of Aram; Uz, and Hul, and Gether, and Mash. -- genesis 10:23 +. +And Arphaxad begat Salah; and Salah begat Eber. -- genesis 10:24 +. +And unto Eber were born two sons: the name of one was Peleg; for in his days was the earth divided; and his brother's name was Joktan. -- genesis 10:25 +. +And Joktan begat Almodad, and Sheleph, and Hazarmaveth, and Jerah, -- genesis 10:26 +. +And Hadoram, and Uzal, and Diklah, -- genesis 10:27 +. +And Obal, and Abimael, and Sheba, -- genesis 10:28 +. +And Ophir, and Havilah, and Jobab: all these were the sons of Joktan. -- genesis 10:29 +. +And their dwelling was from Mesha, as thou goest unto Sephar a mount of the east. -- genesis 10:30 +. +These are the sons of Shem, after their families, after their tongues, in their lands, after their nations. -- genesis 10:31 +. +These are the families of the sons of Noah, after their generations, in their nations: and by these were the nations divided in the earth after the flood. -- genesis 10:32 +. +And the whole earth was of one language, and of one speech. -- genesis 11:1 +. +And it came to pass, as they journeyed from the east, that they found a plain in the land of Shinar; and they dwelt there. -- genesis 11:2 +. +And they said one to another, Go to, let us make brick, and burn them thoroughly. And they had brick for stone, and slime had they for mortar. -- genesis 11:3 +. +And they said, Go to, let us build us a city and a tower, whose top may reach unto heaven; and let us make us a name, lest we be scattered abroad upon the face of the whole earth. -- genesis 11:4 +. +And the LORD came down to see the city and the tower, which the children of men builded. -- genesis 11:5 +. +And the LORD said, Behold, the people is one, and they have all one language; and this they begin to do: and now nothing will be restrained from them, which they have imagined to do. -- genesis 11:6 +. +Go to, let us go down, and there confound their language, that they may not understand one another's speech. -- genesis 11:7 +. +So the LORD scattered them abroad from thence upon the face of all the earth: and they left off to build the city. -- genesis 11:8 +. +Therefore is the name of it called Babel; because the LORD did there confound the language of all the earth: and from thence did the LORD scatter them abroad upon the face of all the earth. -- genesis 11:9 +. +These are the generations of Shem: Shem was an hundred years old, and begat Arphaxad two years after the flood: -- genesis 11:10 +. +And Shem lived after he begat Arphaxad five hundred years, and begat sons and daughters. -- genesis 11:11 +. +And Arphaxad lived five and thirty years, and begat Salah: -- genesis 11:12 +. +And Arphaxad lived after he begat Salah four hundred and three years, and begat sons and daughters. -- genesis 11:13 +. +And Salah lived thirty years, and begat Eber: -- genesis 11:14 +. +And Salah lived after he begat Eber four hundred and three years, and begat sons and daughters. -- genesis 11:15 +. +And Eber lived four and thirty years, and begat Peleg: -- genesis 11:16 +. +And Eber lived after he begat Peleg four hundred and thirty years, and begat sons and daughters. -- genesis 11:17 +. +And Peleg lived thirty years, and begat Reu: -- genesis 11:18 +. +And Peleg lived after he begat Reu two hundred and nine years, and begat sons and daughters. -- genesis 11:19 +. +And Reu lived two and thirty years, and begat Serug: -- genesis 11:20 +. +And Reu lived after he begat Serug two hundred and seven years, and begat sons and daughters. -- genesis 11:21 +. +And Serug lived thirty years, and begat Nahor: -- genesis 11:22 +. +And Serug lived after he begat Nahor two hundred years, and begat sons and daughters. -- genesis 11:23 +. +And Nahor lived nine and twenty years, and begat Terah: -- genesis 11:24 +. +And Nahor lived after he begat Terah an hundred and nineteen years, and begat sons and daughters. -- genesis 11:25 +. +And Terah lived seventy years, and begat Abram, Nahor, and Haran. -- genesis 11:26 +. +Now these are the generations of Terah: Terah begat Abram, Nahor, and Haran; and Haran begat Lot. -- genesis 11:27 +. +And Haran died before his father Terah in the land of his nativity, in Ur of the Chaldees. -- genesis 11:28 +. +And Abram and Nahor took them wives: the name of Abram's wife was Sarai; and the name of Nahor's wife, Milcah, the daughter of Haran, the father of Milcah, and the father of Iscah. -- genesis 11:29 +. +But Sarai was barren; she had no child. -- genesis 11:30 +. +And Terah took Abram his son, and Lot the son of Haran his son's son, and Sarai his daughter in law, his son Abram's wife; and they went forth with them from Ur of the Chaldees, to go into the land of Canaan; and they came unto Haran, and dwelt there. -- genesis 11:31 +. +And the days of Terah were two hundred and five years: and Terah died in Haran. -- genesis 11:32 +. +Now the LORD had said unto Abram, Get thee out of thy country, and from thy kindred, and from thy father's house, unto a land that I will show thee: -- genesis 12:1 +. +And I will make of thee a great nation, and I will bless thee, and make thy name great; and thou shalt be a blessing: -- genesis 12:2 +. +And I will bless them that bless thee, and curse him that curseth thee: and in thee shall all families of the earth be blessed. -- genesis 12:3 +. +So Abram departed, as the LORD had spoken unto him; and Lot went with him: and Abram was seventy and five years old when he departed out of Haran. -- genesis 12:4 +. +And Abram took Sarai his wife, and Lot his brother's son, and all their substance that they had gathered, and the souls that they had gotten in Haran; and they went forth to go into the land of Canaan; and into the land of Canaan they came. -- genesis 12:5 +. +And Abram passed through the land unto the place of Sichem, unto the plain of Moreh. And the Canaanite was then in the land. -- genesis 12:6 +. +And the LORD appeared unto Abram, and said, Unto thy seed will I give this land: and there builded he an altar unto the LORD, who appeared unto him. -- genesis 12:7 +. +And he removed from thence unto a mountain on the east of Bethel, and pitched his tent, having Bethel on the west, and Hai on the east: and there he builded an altar unto the LORD, and called upon the name of the LORD. -- genesis 12:8 +. +And Abram journeyed, going on still toward the south. -- genesis 12:9 +. +And there was a famine in the land: and Abram went down into Egypt to sojourn there; for the famine was grievous in the land. -- genesis 12:10 +. +And it came to pass, when he was come near to enter into Egypt, that he said unto Sarai his wife, Behold now, I know that thou art a fair woman to look upon: -- genesis 12:11 +. +Therefore it shall come to pass, when the Egyptians shall see thee, that they shall say, This is his wife: and they will kill me, but they will save thee alive. -- genesis 12:12 +. +Say, I pray thee, thou art my sister: that it may be well with me for thy sake; and my soul shall live because of thee. -- genesis 12:13 +. +And it came to pass, that, when Abram was come into Egypt, the Egyptians beheld the woman that she was very fair. -- genesis 12:14 +. +The princes also of Pharaoh saw her, and commended her before Pharaoh: and the woman was taken into Pharaoh's house. -- genesis 12:15 +. +And he entreated Abram well for her sake: and he had sheep, and oxen, and he asses, and menservants, and maidservants, and she asses, and camels. -- genesis 12:16 +. +And the LORD plagued Pharaoh and his house with great plagues because of Sarai Abram's wife. -- genesis 12:17 +. +And Pharaoh called Abram and said, What is this that thou hast done unto me? why didst thou not tell me that she was thy wife? -- genesis 12:18 +. +Why saidst thou, She is my sister? so I might have taken her to me to wife: now therefore behold thy wife, take her, and go thy way. -- genesis 12:19 +. +And Pharaoh commanded his men concerning him: and they sent him away, and his wife, and all that he had. -- genesis 12:20 +. +And Abram went up out of Egypt, he, and his wife, and all that he had, and Lot with him, into the south. -- genesis 13:1 +. +And Abram was very rich in cattle, in silver, and in gold. -- genesis 13:2 +. +And he went on his journeys from the south even to Bethel, unto the place where his tent had been at the beginning, between Bethel and Hai; -- genesis 13:3 +. +Unto the place of the altar, which he had make there at the first: and there Abram called on the name of the LORD. -- genesis 13:4 +. +And Lot also, which went with Abram, had flocks, and herds, and tents. -- genesis 13:5 +. +And the land was not able to bear them, that they might dwell together: for their substance was great, so that they could not dwell together. -- genesis 13:6 +. +And there was a strife between the herdmen of Abram's cattle and the herdmen of Lot's cattle: and the Canaanite and the Perizzite dwelled then in the land. -- genesis 13:7 +. +And Abram said unto Lot, Let there be no strife, I pray thee, between me and thee, and between my herdmen and thy herdmen; for we be brethren. -- genesis 13:8 +. +Is not the whole land before thee? separate thyself, I pray thee, from me: if thou wilt take the left hand, then I will go to the right; or if thou depart to the right hand, then I will go to the left. -- genesis 13:9 +. +And Lot lifted up his eyes, and beheld all the plain of Jordan, that it was well watered every where, before the LORD destroyed Sodom and Gomorrah, even as the garden of the LORD, like the land of Egypt, as thou comest unto Zoar. -- genesis 13:10 +. +Then Lot chose him all the plain of Jordan; and Lot journeyed east: and they separated themselves the one from the other. -- genesis 13:11 +. +Abram dwelled in the land of Canaan, and Lot dwelled in the cities of the plain, and pitched his tent toward Sodom. -- genesis 13:12 +. +But the men of Sodom were wicked and sinners before the LORD exceedingly. -- genesis 13:13 +. +And the LORD said unto Abram, after that Lot was separated from him, Lift up now thine eyes, and look from the place where thou art northward, and southward, and eastward, and westward: -- genesis 13:14 +. +For all the land which thou seest, to thee will I give it, and to thy seed for ever. -- genesis 13:15 +. +And I will make thy seed as the dust of the earth: so that if a man can number the dust of the earth, then shall thy seed also be numbered. -- genesis 13:16 +. +Arise, walk through the land in the length of it and in the breadth of it; for I will give it unto thee. -- genesis 13:17 +. +Then Abram removed his tent, and came and dwelt in the plain of Mamre, which is in Hebron, and built there an altar unto the LORD. -- genesis 13:18 +. +And it came to pass in the days of Amraphel king of Shinar, Arioch king of Ellasar, Chedorlaomer king of Elam, and Tidal king of nations; -- genesis 14:1 +. +That these made war with Bera king of Sodom, and with Birsha king of Gomorrah, Shinab king of Admah, and Shemeber king of Zeboiim, and the king of Bela, which is Zoar. -- genesis 14:2 +. +All these were joined together in the vale of Siddim, which is the salt sea. -- genesis 14:3 +. +Twelve years they served Chedorlaomer, and in the thirteenth year they rebelled. -- genesis 14:4 +. +And in the fourteenth year came Chedorlaomer, and the kings that were with him, and smote the Rephaim in Ashteroth Karnaim, and the Zuzims in Ham, and the Emins in Shaveh Kiriathaim, -- genesis 14:5 +. +And the Horites in their mount Seir, unto Elparan, which is by the wilderness. -- genesis 14:6 +. +And they returned, and came to Enmishpat, which is Kadesh, and smote all the country of the Amalekites, and also the Amorites, that dwelt in Hazezontamar. -- genesis 14:7 +. +And there went out the king of Sodom, and the king of Gomorrah, and the king of Admah, and the king of Zeboiim, and the king of Bela (the same is Zoar;) and they joined battle with them in the vale of Siddim; -- genesis 14:8 +. +With Chedorlaomer the king of Elam, and with Tidal king of nations, and Amraphel king of Shinar, and Arioch king of Ellasar; four kings with five. -- genesis 14:9 +. +And the vale of Siddim was full of slime pits; and the kings of Sodom and Gomorrah fled, and fell there; and they that remained fled to the mountain. -- genesis 14:10 +. +And they took all the goods of Sodom and Gomorrah, and all their victuals, and went their way. -- genesis 14:11 +. +And they took Lot, Abram's brother's son, who dwelt in Sodom, and his goods, and departed. -- genesis 14:12 +. +And there came one that had escaped, and told Abram the Hebrew; for he dwelt in the plain of Mamre the Amorite, brother of Eshcol, and brother of Aner: and these were confederate with Abram. -- genesis 14:13 +. +And when Abram heard that his brother was taken captive, he armed his trained servants, born in his own house, three hundred and eighteen, and pursued them unto Dan. -- genesis 14:14 +. +And he divided himself against them, he and his servants, by night, and smote them, and pursued them unto Hobah, which is on the left hand of Damascus. -- genesis 14:15 +. +And he brought back all the goods, and also brought again his brother Lot, and his goods, and the women also, and the people. -- genesis 14:16 +. +And the king of Sodom went out to meet him after his return from the slaughter of Chedorlaomer, and of the kings that were with him, at the valley of Shaveh, which is the king's dale. -- genesis 14:17 +. +And Melchizedek king of Salem brought forth bread and wine: and he was the priest of the most high God. -- genesis 14:18 +. +And he blessed him, and said, Blessed be Abram of the most high God, possessor of heaven and earth: -- genesis 14:19 +. +And blessed be the most high God, which hath delivered thine enemies into thy hand. And he gave him tithes of all. -- genesis 14:20 +. +And the king of Sodom said unto Abram, Give me the persons, and take the goods to thyself. -- genesis 14:21 +. +And Abram said to the king of Sodom, I have lift up mine hand unto the LORD, the most high God, the possessor of heaven and earth, -- genesis 14:22 +. +That I will not take from a thread even to a shoelatchet, and that I will not take any thing that is thine, lest thou shouldest say, I have made Abram rich: -- genesis 14:23 +. +Save only that which the young men have eaten, and the portion of the men which went with me, Aner, Eshcol, and Mamre; let them take their portion. -- genesis 14:24 +. +After these things the word of the LORD came unto Abram in a vision, saying, Fear not, Abram: I am thy shield, and thy exceeding great reward. -- genesis 15:1 +. +And Abram said, LORD God, what wilt thou give me, seeing I go childless, and the steward of my house is this Eliezer of Damascus? -- genesis 15:2 +. +And Abram said, Behold, to me thou hast given no seed: and, lo, one born in my house is mine heir. -- genesis 15:3 +. +And, behold, the word of the LORD came unto him, saying, This shall not be thine heir; but he that shall come forth out of thine own bowels shall be thine heir. -- genesis 15:4 +. +And he brought him forth abroad, and said, Look now toward heaven, and tell the stars, if thou be able to number them: and he said unto him, So shall thy seed be. -- genesis 15:5 +. +And he believed in the LORD; and he counted it to him for righteousness. -- genesis 15:6 +. +And he said unto him, I am the LORD that brought thee out of Ur of the Chaldees, to give thee this land to inherit it. -- genesis 15:7 +. +And he said, LORD God, whereby shall I know that I shall inherit it? -- genesis 15:8 +. +And he said unto him, Take me an heifer of three years old, and a she goat of three years old, and a ram of three years old, and a turtledove, and a young pigeon. -- genesis 15:9 +. +And he took unto him all these, and divided them in the midst, and laid each piece one against another: but the birds divided he not. -- genesis 15:10 +. +And when the fowls came down upon the carcasses, Abram drove them away. -- genesis 15:11 +. +And when the sun was going down, a deep sleep fell upon Abram; and, lo, an horror of great darkness fell upon him. -- genesis 15:12 +. +And he said unto Abram, Know of a surety that thy seed shall be a stranger in a land that is not theirs, and shall serve them; and they shall afflict them four hundred years; -- genesis 15:13 +. +And also that nation, whom they shall serve, will I judge: and afterward shall they come out with great substance. -- genesis 15:14 +. +And thou shalt go to thy fathers in peace; thou shalt be buried in a good old age. -- genesis 15:15 +. +But in the fourth generation they shall come hither again: for the iniquity of the Amorites is not yet full. -- genesis 15:16 +. +And it came to pass, that, when the sun went down, and it was dark, behold a smoking furnace, and a burning lamp that passed between those pieces. -- genesis 15:17 +. +In the same day the LORD made a covenant with Abram, saying, Unto thy seed have I given this land, from the river of Egypt unto the great river, the river Euphrates: -- genesis 15:18 +. +The Kenites, and the Kenizzites, and the Kadmonites, -- genesis 15:19 +. +And the Hittites, and the Perizzites, and the Rephaim, -- genesis 15:20 +. +And the Amorites, and the Canaanites, and the Girgashites, and the Jebusites. -- genesis 15:21 +. +Now Sarai Abram's wife bare him no children: and she had an handmaid, an Egyptian, whose name was Hagar. -- genesis 16:1 +. +And Sarai said unto Abram, Behold now, the LORD hath restrained me from bearing: I pray thee, go in unto my maid; it may be that I may obtain children by her. And Abram hearkened to the voice of Sarai. -- genesis 16:2 +. +And Sarai Abram's wife took Hagar her maid the Egyptian, after Abram had dwelt ten years in the land of Canaan, and gave her to her husband Abram to be his wife. -- genesis 16:3 +. +And he went in unto Hagar, and she conceived: and when she saw that she had conceived, her mistress was despised in her eyes. -- genesis 16:4 +. +And Sarai said unto Abram, My wrong be upon thee: I have given my maid into thy bosom; and when she saw that she had conceived, I was despised in her eyes: the LORD judge between me and thee. -- genesis 16:5 +. +But Abram said unto Sarai, Behold, thy maid is in thine hand; do to her as it pleaseth thee. And when Sarai dealt hardly with her, she fled from her face. -- genesis 16:6 +. +And the angel of the LORD found her by a fountain of water in the wilderness, by the fountain in the way to Shur. -- genesis 16:7 +. +And he said, Hagar, Sarai's maid, whence camest thou? and whither wilt thou go? And she said, I flee from the face of my mistress Sarai. -- genesis 16:8 +. +And the angel of the LORD said unto her, Return to thy mistress, and submit thyself under her hands. -- genesis 16:9 +. +And the angel of the LORD said unto her, I will multiply thy seed exceedingly, that it shall not be numbered for multitude. -- genesis 16:10 +. +And the angel of the LORD said unto her, Behold, thou art with child and shalt bear a son, and shalt call his name Ishmael; because the LORD hath heard thy affliction. -- genesis 16:11 +. +And he will be a wild man; his hand will be against every man, and every man's hand against him; and he shall dwell in the presence of all his brethren. -- genesis 16:12 +. +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? -- genesis 16:13 +. +Wherefore the well was called Beerlahairoi; behold, it is between Kadesh and Bered. -- genesis 16:14 +. +And Hagar bare Abram a son: and Abram called his son's name, which Hagar bare, Ishmael. -- genesis 16:15 +. +And Abram was fourscore and six years old, when Hagar bare Ishmael to Abram. -- genesis 16:16 +. +And when Abram was ninety years old and nine, the LORD appeared to Abram, and said unto him, I am the Almighty God; walk before me, and be thou perfect. -- genesis 17:1 +. +And I will make my covenant between me and thee, and will multiply thee exceedingly. -- genesis 17:2 +. +And Abram fell on his face: and God talked with him, saying, -- genesis 17:3 +. +As for me, behold, my covenant is with thee, and thou shalt be a father of many nations. -- genesis 17:4 +. +Neither shall thy name any more be called Abram, but thy name shall be Abraham; for a father of many nations have I made thee. -- genesis 17:5 +. +And I will make thee exceeding fruitful, and I will make nations of thee, and kings shall come out of thee. -- genesis 17:6 +. +And I will establish my covenant between me and thee and thy seed after thee in their generations for an everlasting covenant, to be a God unto thee, and to thy seed after thee. -- genesis 17:7 +. +And I will give unto thee, and to thy seed after thee, the land wherein thou art a stranger, all the land of Canaan, for an everlasting possession; and I will be their God. -- genesis 17:8 +. +And God said unto Abraham, Thou shalt keep my covenant therefore, thou, and thy seed after thee in their generations. -- genesis 17:9 +. +This is my covenant, which ye shall keep, between me and you and thy seed after thee; Every man child among you shall be circumcised. -- genesis 17:10 +. +And ye shall circumcise the flesh of your foreskin; and it shall be a token of the covenant betwixt me and you. -- genesis 17:11 +. +And he that is eight days old shall be circumcised among you, every man child in your generations, he that is born in the house, or bought with money of any stranger, which is not of thy seed. -- genesis 17:12 +. +He that is born in thy house, and he that is bought with thy money, must needs be circumcised: and my covenant shall be in your flesh for an everlasting covenant. -- genesis 17:13 +. +And the uncircumcised man child whose flesh of his foreskin is not circumcised, that soul shall be cut off from his people; he hath broken my covenant. -- genesis 17:14 +. +And God said unto Abraham, As for Sarai thy wife, thou shalt not call her name Sarai, but Sarah shall her name be. -- genesis 17:15 +. +And I will bless her, and give thee a son also of her: yea, I will bless her, and she shall be a mother of nations; kings of people shall be of her. -- genesis 17:16 +. +Then Abraham fell upon his face, and laughed, and said in his heart, Shall a child be born unto him that is an hundred years old? and shall Sarah, that is ninety years old, bear? -- genesis 17:17 +. +And Abraham said unto God, O that Ishmael might live before thee! -- genesis 17:18 +. +And God said, Sarah thy wife shall bear thee a son indeed; and thou shalt call his name Isaac: and I will establish my covenant with him for an everlasting covenant, and with his seed after him. -- genesis 17:19 +. +And as for Ishmael, I have heard thee: Behold, I have blessed him, and will make him fruitful, and will multiply him exceedingly; twelve princes shall he beget, and I will make him a great nation. -- genesis 17:20 +. +But my covenant will I establish with Isaac, which Sarah shall bear unto thee at this set time in the next year. -- genesis 17:21 +. +And he left off talking with him, and God went up from Abraham. -- genesis 17:22 +. +And Abraham took Ishmael his son, and all that were born in his house, and all that were bought with his money, every male among the men of Abraham's house; and circumcised the flesh of their foreskin in the selfsame day, as God had said unto him. -- genesis 17:23 +. +And Abraham was ninety years old and nine, when he was circumcised in the flesh of his foreskin. -- genesis 17:24 +. +And Ishmael his son was thirteen years old, when he was circumcised in the flesh of his foreskin. -- genesis 17:25 +. +In the selfsame day was Abraham circumcised, and Ishmael his son. -- genesis 17:26 +. +And all the men of his house, born in the house, and bought with money of the stranger, were circumcised with him. -- genesis 17:27 +. +And the LORD appeared unto him in the plains of Mamre: and he sat in the tent door in the heat of the day; -- genesis 18:1 +. +And he lift up his eyes and looked, and, lo, three men stood by him: and when he saw them, he ran to meet them from the tent door, and bowed himself toward the ground, -- genesis 18:2 +. +And said, My LORD, if now I have found favor in thy sight, pass not away, I pray thee, from thy servant: -- genesis 18:3 +. +Let a little water, I pray you, be fetched, and wash your feet, and rest yourselves under the tree: -- genesis 18:4 +. +And I will fetch a morsel of bread, and comfort ye your hearts; after that ye shall pass on: for therefore are ye come to your servant. And they said, So do, as thou hast said. -- genesis 18:5 +. +And Abraham hastened into the tent unto Sarah, and said, Make ready quickly three measures of fine meal, knead it, and make cakes upon the hearth. -- genesis 18:6 +. +And Abraham ran unto the herd, and fetched a calf tender and good, and gave it unto a young man; and he hasted to dress it. -- genesis 18:7 +. +And he took butter, and milk, and the calf which he had dressed, and set it before them; and he stood by them under the tree, and they did eat. -- genesis 18:8 +. +And they said unto him, Where is Sarah thy wife? And he said, Behold, in the tent. -- genesis 18:9 +. +And he said, I will certainly return unto thee according to the time of life; and, lo, Sarah thy wife shall have a son. And Sarah heard it in the tent door, which was behind him. -- genesis 18:10 +. +Now Abraham and Sarah were old and well stricken in age; and it ceased to be with Sarah after the manner of women. -- genesis 18:11 +. +Therefore Sarah laughed within herself, saying, After I am waxed old shall I have pleasure, my lord being old also? -- genesis 18:12 +. +And the LORD said unto Abraham, Wherefore did Sarah laugh, saying, Shall I of a surety bear a child, which am old? -- genesis 18:13 +. +Is any thing too hard for the LORD? At the time appointed I will return unto thee, according to the time of life, and Sarah shall have a son. -- genesis 18:14 +. +Then Sarah denied, saying, I laughed not; for she was afraid. And he said, Nay; but thou didst laugh. -- genesis 18:15 +. +And the men rose up from thence, and looked toward Sodom: and Abraham went with them to bring them on the way. -- genesis 18:16 +. +And the LORD said, Shall I hide from Abraham that thing which I do; -- genesis 18:17 +. +Seeing that Abraham shall surely become a great and mighty nation, and all the nations of the earth shall be blessed in him? -- genesis 18:18 +. +For I know him, that he will command his children and his household after him, and they shall keep the way of the LORD, to do justice and judgment; that the LORD may bring upon Abraham that which he hath spoken of him. -- genesis 18:19 +. +And the LORD said, Because the cry of Sodom and Gomorrah is great, and because their sin is very grievous; -- genesis 18:20 +. +I will go down now, and see whether they have done altogether according to the cry of it, which is come unto me; and if not, I will know. -- genesis 18:21 +. +And the men turned their faces from thence, and went toward Sodom: but Abraham stood yet before the LORD. -- genesis 18:22 +. +And Abraham drew near, and said, Wilt thou also destroy the righteous with the wicked? -- genesis 18:23 +. +Peradventure there be fifty righteous within the city: wilt thou also destroy and not spare the place for the fifty righteous that are therein? -- genesis 18:24 +. +That be far from thee to do after this manner, to slay the righteous with the wicked: and that the righteous should be as the wicked, that be far from thee: Shall not the Judge of all the earth do right? -- genesis 18:25 +. +And the LORD said, If I find in Sodom fifty righteous within the city, then I will spare all the place for their sakes. -- genesis 18:26 +. +And Abraham answered and said, Behold now, I have taken upon me to speak unto the LORD, which am but dust and ashes: -- genesis 18:27 +. +Peradventure there shall lack five of the fifty righteous: wilt thou destroy all the city for lack of five? And he said, If I find there forty and five, I will not destroy it. -- genesis 18:28 +. +And he spake unto him yet again, and said, Peradventure there shall be forty found there. And he said, I will not do it for forty's sake. -- genesis 18:29 +. +And he said unto him, Oh let not the LORD be angry, and I will speak: Peradventure there shall thirty be found there. And he said, I will not do it, if I find thirty there. -- genesis 18:30 +. +And he said, Behold now, I have taken upon me to speak unto the LORD: Peradventure there shall be twenty found there. And he said, I will not destroy it for twenty's sake. -- genesis 18:31 +. +And he said, Oh let not the LORD be angry, and I will speak yet but this once: Peradventure ten shall be found there. And he said, I will not destroy it for ten's sake. -- genesis 18:32 +. +And the LORD went his way, as soon as he had left communing with Abraham: and Abraham returned unto his place. -- genesis 18:33 +. +And there came two angels to Sodom at even; and Lot sat in the gate of Sodom: and Lot seeing them rose up to meet them; and he bowed himself with his face toward the ground; -- genesis 19:1 +. +And he said, Behold now, my lords, turn in, I pray you, into your servant's house, and tarry all night, and wash your feet, and ye shall rise up early, and go on your ways. And they said, Nay; but we will abide in the street all night. -- genesis 19:2 +. +And he pressed upon them greatly; and they turned in unto him, and entered into his house; and he made them a feast, and did bake unleavened bread, and they did eat. -- genesis 19:3 +. +But before they lay down, the men of the city, even the men of Sodom, compassed the house round, both old and young, all the people from every quarter: -- genesis 19:4 +. +And they called unto Lot, and said unto him, Where are the men which came in to thee this night? bring them out unto us, that we may know them. -- genesis 19:5 +. +And Lot went out at the door unto them, and shut the door after him, -- genesis 19:6 +. +And said, I pray you, brethren, do not so wickedly. -- genesis 19:7 +. +Behold now, I have two daughters which have not known man; let me, I pray you, bring them out unto you, and do ye to them as is good in your eyes: only unto these men do nothing; for therefore came they under the shadow of my roof. -- genesis 19:8 +. +And they said, Stand back. And they said again, This one fellow came in to sojourn, and he will needs be a judge: now will we deal worse with thee, than with them. And they pressed sore upon the man, even Lot, and came near to break the door. -- genesis 19:9 +. +But the men put forth their hand, and pulled Lot into the house to them, and shut to the door. -- genesis 19:10 +. +And they smote the men that were at the door of the house with blindness, both small and great: so that they wearied themselves to find the door. -- genesis 19:11 +. +And the men said unto Lot, Hast thou here any besides? son in law, and thy sons, and thy daughters, and whatsoever thou hast in the city, bring them out of this place: -- genesis 19:12 +. +For we will destroy this place, because the cry of them is waxen great before the face of the LORD; and the LORD hath sent us to destroy it. -- genesis 19:13 +. +And Lot went out, and spake unto his sons in law, which married his daughters, and said, Up, get you out of this place; for the LORD will destroy this city. But he seemed as one that mocked unto his sons in law. -- genesis 19:14 +. +And when the morning arose, then the angels hastened Lot, saying, Arise, take thy wife, and thy two daughters, which are here; lest thou be consumed in the iniquity of the city. -- genesis 19:15 +. +And while he lingered, the men laid hold upon his hand, and upon the hand of his wife, and upon the hand of his two daughters; the LORD being merciful unto him: and they brought him forth, and set him without the city. -- genesis 19:16 +. +And it came to pass, when they had brought them forth abroad, that he said, Escape for thy life; look not behind thee, neither stay thou in all the plain; escape to the mountain, lest thou be consumed. -- genesis 19:17 +. +And Lot said unto them, Oh, not so, my LORD: -- genesis 19:18 +. +Behold now, thy servant hath found grace in thy sight, and thou hast magnified thy mercy, which thou hast showed unto me in saving my life; and I cannot escape to the mountain, lest some evil take me, and I die: -- genesis 19:19 +. +Behold now, this city is near to flee unto, and it is a little one: Oh, let me escape thither, (is it not a little one?) and my soul shall live. -- genesis 19:20 +. +And he said unto him, See, I have accepted thee concerning this thing also, that I will not overthrow this city, for the which thou hast spoken. -- genesis 19:21 +. +Haste thee, escape thither; for I cannot do anything till thou be come thither. Therefore the name of the city was called Zoar. -- genesis 19:22 +. +The sun was risen upon the earth when Lot entered into Zoar. -- genesis 19:23 +. +Then the LORD rained upon Sodom and upon Gomorrah brimstone and fire from the LORD out of heaven; -- genesis 19:24 +. +And he overthrew those cities, and all the plain, and all the inhabitants of the cities, and that which grew upon the ground. -- genesis 19:25 +. +But his wife looked back from behind him, and she became a pillar of salt. -- genesis 19:26 +. +And Abraham gat up early in the morning to the place where he stood before the LORD: -- genesis 19:27 +. +And he looked toward Sodom and Gomorrah, and toward all the land of the plain, and beheld, and, lo, the smoke of the country went up as the smoke of a furnace. -- genesis 19:28 +. +And it came to pass, when God destroyed the cities of the plain, that God remembered Abraham, and sent Lot out of the midst of the overthrow, when he overthrew the cities in the which Lot dwelt. -- genesis 19:29 +. +And Lot went up out of Zoar, and dwelt in the mountain, and his two daughters with him; for he feared to dwell in Zoar: and he dwelt in a cave, he and his two daughters. -- genesis 19:30 +. +And the firstborn said unto the younger, Our father is old, and there is not a man in the earth to come in unto us after the manner of all the earth: -- genesis 19:31 +. +Come, let us make our father drink wine, and we will lie with him, that we may preserve seed of our father. -- genesis 19:32 +. +And they made their father drink wine that night: and the firstborn went in, and lay with her father; and he perceived not when she lay down, nor when she arose. -- genesis 19:33 +. +And it came to pass on the morrow, that the firstborn said unto the younger, Behold, I lay yesternight with my father: let us make him drink wine this night also; and go thou in, and lie with him, that we may preserve seed of our father. -- genesis 19:34 +. +And they made their father drink wine that night also: and the younger arose, and lay with him; and he perceived not when she lay down, nor when she arose. -- genesis 19:35 +. +Thus were both the daughters of Lot with child by their father. -- genesis 19:36 +. +And the first born bare a son, and called his name Moab: the same is the father of the Moabites unto this day. -- genesis 19:37 +. +And the younger, she also bare a son, and called his name Benammi: the same is the father of the children of Ammon unto this day. -- genesis 19:38 +. +And Abraham journeyed from thence toward the south country, and dwelled between Kadesh and Shur, and sojourned in Gerar. -- genesis 20:1 +. +And Abraham said of Sarah his wife, She is my sister: and Abimelech king of Gerar sent, and took Sarah. -- genesis 20:2 +. +But God came to Abimelech in a dream by night, and said to him, Behold, thou art but a dead man, for the woman which thou hast taken; for she is a man's wife. -- genesis 20:3 +. +But Abimelech had not come near her: and he said, LORD, wilt thou slay also a righteous nation? -- genesis 20:4 +. +Said he not unto me, She is my sister? and she, even she herself said, He is my brother: in the integrity of my heart and innocency of my hands have I done this. -- genesis 20:5 +. +And God said unto him in a dream, Yea, I know that thou didst this in the integrity of thy heart; for I also withheld thee from sinning against me: therefore suffered I thee not to touch her. -- genesis 20:6 +. +Now therefore restore the man his wife; for he is a prophet, and he shall pray for thee, and thou shalt live: and if thou restore her not, know thou that thou shalt surely die, thou, and all that are thine. -- genesis 20:7 +. +Therefore Abimelech rose early in the morning, and called all his servants, and told all these things in their ears: and the men were sore afraid. -- genesis 20:8 +. +Then Abimelech called Abraham, and said unto him, What hast thou done unto us? and what have I offended thee, that thou hast brought on me and on my kingdom a great sin? thou hast done deeds unto me that ought not to be done. -- genesis 20:9 +. +And Abimelech said unto Abraham, What sawest thou, that thou hast done this thing? -- genesis 20:10 +. +And Abraham said, Because I thought, Surely the fear of God is not in this place; and they will slay me for my wife's sake. -- genesis 20:11 +. +And yet indeed she is my sister; she is the daughter of my father, but not the daughter of my mother; and she became my wife. -- genesis 20:12 +. +And it came to pass, when God caused me to wander from my father's house, that I said unto her, This is thy kindness which thou shalt show unto me; at every place whither we shall come, say of me, He is my brother. -- genesis 20:13 +. +And Abimelech took sheep, and oxen, and menservants, and womenservants, and gave them unto Abraham, and restored him Sarah his wife. -- genesis 20:14 +. +And Abimelech said, Behold, my land is before thee: dwell where it pleaseth thee. -- genesis 20:15 +. +And unto Sarah he said, Behold, I have given thy brother a thousand pieces of silver: behold, he is to thee a covering of the eyes, unto all that are with thee, and with all other: thus she was reproved. -- genesis 20:16 +. +So Abraham prayed unto God: and God healed Abimelech, and his wife, and his maidservants; and they bare children. -- genesis 20:17 +. +For the LORD had fast closed up all the wombs of the house of Abimelech, because of Sarah Abraham's wife. -- genesis 20:18 +. +And the LORD visited Sarah as he had said, and the LORD did unto Sarah as he had spoken. -- genesis 21:1 +. +For Sarah conceived, and bare Abraham a son in his old age, at the set time of which God had spoken to him. -- genesis 21:2 +. +And Abraham called the name of his son that was born unto him, whom Sarah bare to him, Isaac. -- genesis 21:3 +. +And Abraham circumcised his son Isaac being eight days old, as God had commanded him. -- genesis 21:4 +. +And Abraham was an hundred years old, when his son Isaac was born unto him. -- genesis 21:5 +. +And Sarah said, God hath made me to laugh, so that all that hear will laugh with me. -- genesis 21:6 +. +And she said, Who would have said unto Abraham, that Sarah should have given children suck? for I have born him a son in his old age. -- genesis 21:7 +. +And the child grew, and was weaned: and Abraham made a great feast the same day that Isaac was weaned. -- genesis 21:8 +. +And Sarah saw the son of Hagar the Egyptian, which she had born unto Abraham, mocking. -- genesis 21:9 +. +Wherefore she said unto Abraham, Cast out this bondwoman and her son: for the son of this bondwoman shall not be heir with my son, even with Isaac. -- genesis 21:10 +. +And the thing was very grievous in Abraham's sight because of his son. -- genesis 21:11 +. +And God said unto Abraham, Let it not be grievous in thy sight because of the lad, and because of thy bondwoman; in all that Sarah hath said unto thee, hearken unto her voice; for in Isaac shall thy seed be called. -- genesis 21:12 +. +And also of the son of the bondwoman will I make a nation, because he is thy seed. -- genesis 21:13 +. +And Abraham rose up early in the morning, and took bread, and a bottle of water, and gave it unto Hagar, putting it on her shoulder, and the child, and sent her away: and she departed, and wandered in the wilderness of Beersheba. -- genesis 21:14 +. +And the water was spent in the bottle, and she cast the child under one of the shrubs. -- genesis 21:15 +. +And she went, and sat her down over against him a good way off, as it were a bow shot: for she said, Let me not see the death of the child. And she sat over against him, and lift up her voice, and wept. -- genesis 21:16 +. +And God heard the voice of the lad; and the angel of God called to Hagar out of heaven, and said unto her, What aileth thee, Hagar? fear not; for God hath heard the voice of the lad where he is. -- genesis 21:17 +. +Arise, lift up the lad, and hold him in thine hand; for I will make him a great nation. -- genesis 21:18 +. +And God opened her eyes, and she saw a well of water; and she went, and filled the bottle with water, and gave the lad drink. -- genesis 21:19 +. +And God was with the lad; and he grew, and dwelt in the wilderness, and became an archer. -- genesis 21:20 +. +And he dwelt in the wilderness of Paran: and his mother took him a wife out of the land of Egypt. -- genesis 21:21 +. +And it came to pass at that time, that Abimelech and Phichol the chief captain of his host spake unto Abraham, saying, God is with thee in all that thou doest: -- genesis 21:22 +. +Now therefore swear unto me here by God that thou wilt not deal falsely with me, nor with my son, nor with my son's son: but according to the kindness that I have done unto thee, thou shalt do unto me, and to the land wherein thou hast sojourned. -- genesis 21:23 +. +And Abraham said, I will swear. -- genesis 21:24 +. +And Abraham reproved Abimelech because of a well of water, which Abimelech's servants had violently taken away. -- genesis 21:25 +. +And Abimelech said, I wot not who hath done this thing; neither didst thou tell me, neither yet heard I of it, but to day. -- genesis 21:26 +. +And Abraham took sheep and oxen, and gave them unto Abimelech; and both of them made a covenant. -- genesis 21:27 +. +And Abraham set seven ewe lambs of the flock by themselves. -- genesis 21:28 +. +And Abimelech said unto Abraham, What mean these seven ewe lambs which thou hast set by themselves? -- genesis 21:29 +. +And he said, For these seven ewe lambs shalt thou take of my hand, that they may be a witness unto me, that I have digged this well. -- genesis 21:30 +. +Wherefore he called that place Beersheba; because there they sware both of them. -- genesis 21:31 +. +Thus they made a covenant at Beersheba: then Abimelech rose up, and Phichol the chief captain of his host, and they returned into the land of the Philistines. -- genesis 21:32 +. +And Abraham planted a grove in Beersheba, and called there on the name of the LORD, the everlasting God. -- genesis 21:33 +. +And Abraham sojourned in the Philistines' land many days. -- genesis 21:34 +. +And it came to pass after these things, that God did tempt Abraham, and said unto him, Abraham: and he said, Behold, here I am. -- genesis 22:1 +. +And he said, Take now thy son, thine only son Isaac, whom thou lovest, and get thee into the land of Moriah; and offer him there for a burnt offering upon one of the mountains which I will tell thee of. -- genesis 22:2 +. +And Abraham rose up early in the morning, and saddled his ass, and took two of his young men with him, and Isaac his son, and clave the wood for the burnt offering, and rose up, and went unto the place of which God had told him. -- genesis 22:3 +. +Then on the third day Abraham lifted up his eyes, and saw the place afar off. -- genesis 22:4 +. +And Abraham said unto his young men, Abide ye here with the ass; and I and the lad will go yonder and worship, and come again to you. -- genesis 22:5 +. +And Abraham took the wood of the burnt offering, and laid it upon Isaac his son; and he took the fire in his hand, and a knife; and they went both of them together. -- genesis 22:6 +. +And Isaac spake unto Abraham his father, and said, My father: and he said, Here am I, my son. And he said, Behold the fire and the wood: but where is the lamb for a burnt offering? -- genesis 22:7 +. +And Abraham said, My son, God will provide himself a lamb for a burnt offering: so they went both of them together. -- genesis 22:8 +. +And they came to the place which God had told him of; and Abraham built an altar there, and laid the wood in order, and bound Isaac his son, and laid him on the altar upon the wood. -- genesis 22:9 +. +And Abraham stretched forth his hand, and took the knife to slay his son. -- genesis 22:10 +. +And the angel of the LORD called unto him out of heaven, and said, Abraham, Abraham: and he said, Here am I. -- genesis 22:11 +. +And he said, Lay not thine hand upon the lad, neither do thou any thing unto him: for now I know that thou fearest God, seeing thou hast not withheld thy son, thine only son from me. -- genesis 22:12 +. +And Abraham lifted up his eyes, and looked, and behold behind him a ram caught in a thicket by his horns: and Abraham went and took the ram, and offered him up for a burnt offering in the stead of his son. -- genesis 22:13 +. +And Abraham called the name of that place Jehovahjireh: as it is said to this day, In the mount of the LORD it shall be seen. -- genesis 22:14 +. +And the angel of the LORD called unto Abraham out of heaven the second time, -- genesis 22:15 +. +And said, By myself have I sworn, saith the LORD, for because thou hast done this thing, and hast not withheld thy son, thine only son: -- genesis 22:16 +. +That in blessing I will bless thee, and in multiplying I will multiply thy seed as the stars of the heaven, and as the sand which is upon the sea shore; and thy seed shall possess the gate of his enemies; -- genesis 22:17 +. +And in thy seed shall all the nations of the earth be blessed; because thou hast obeyed my voice. -- genesis 22:18 +. +So Abraham returned unto his young men, and they rose up and went together to Beersheba; and Abraham dwelt at Beersheba. -- genesis 22:19 +. +And it came to pass after these things, that it was told Abraham, saying, Behold, Milcah, she hath also born children unto thy brother Nahor; -- genesis 22:20 +. +Huz his firstborn, and Buz his brother, and Kemuel the father of Aram, -- genesis 22:21 +. +And Chesed, and Hazo, and Pildash, and Jidlaph, and Bethuel. -- genesis 22:22 +. +And Bethuel begat Rebekah: these eight Milcah did bear to Nahor, Abraham's brother. -- genesis 22:23 +. +And his concubine, whose name was Reumah, she bare also Tebah, and Gaham, and Thahash, and Maachah. -- genesis 22:24 +. +And Sarah was an hundred and seven and twenty years old: these were the years of the life of Sarah. -- genesis 23:1 +. +And Sarah died in Kirjatharba; the same is Hebron in the land of Canaan: and Abraham came to mourn for Sarah, and to weep for her. -- genesis 23:2 +. +And Abraham stood up from before his dead, and spake unto the sons of Heth, saying, -- genesis 23:3 +. +I am a stranger and a sojourner with you: give me a possession of a buryingplace with you, that I may bury my dead out of my sight. -- genesis 23:4 +. +And the children of Heth answered Abraham, saying unto him, -- genesis 23:5 +. +Hear us, my lord: thou art a mighty prince among us: in the choice of our sepulchres bury thy dead; none of us shall withhold from thee his sepulchre, but that thou mayest bury thy dead. -- genesis 23:6 +. +And Abraham stood up, and bowed himself to the people of the land, even to the children of Heth. -- genesis 23:7 +. +And he communed with them, saying, If it be your mind that I should bury my dead out of my sight; hear me, and entreat for me to Ephron the son of Zohar, -- genesis 23:8 +. +That he may give me the cave of Machpelah, which he hath, which is in the end of his field; for as much money as it is worth he shall give it me for a possession of a buryingplace amongst you. -- genesis 23:9 +. +And Ephron dwelt among the children of Heth: and Ephron the Hittite answered Abraham in the audience of the children of Heth, even of all that went in at the gate of his city, saying, -- genesis 23:10 +. +Nay, my lord, hear me: the field give I thee, and the cave that is therein, I give it thee; in the presence of the sons of my people give I it thee: bury thy dead. -- genesis 23:11 +. +And Abraham bowed down himself before the people of the land. -- genesis 23:12 +. +And he spake unto Ephron in the audience of the people of the land, saying, But if thou wilt give it, I pray thee, hear me: I will give thee money for the field; take it of me, and I will bury my dead there. -- genesis 23:13 +. +And Ephron answered Abraham, saying unto him, -- genesis 23:14 +. +My lord, hearken unto me: the land is worth four hundred shekels of silver; what is that betwixt me and thee? bury therefore thy dead. -- genesis 23:15 +. +And Abraham hearkened unto Ephron; and Abraham weighed to Ephron the silver, which he had named in the audience of the sons of Heth, four hundred shekels of silver, current money with the merchant. -- genesis 23:16 +. +And the field of Ephron which was in Machpelah, which was before Mamre, the field, and the cave which was therein, and all the trees that were in the field, that were in all the borders round about, were made sure -- genesis 23:17 +. +Unto Abraham for a possession in the presence of the children of Heth, before all that went in at the gate of his city. -- genesis 23:18 +. +And after this, Abraham buried Sarah his wife in the cave of the field of Machpelah before Mamre: the same is Hebron in the land of Canaan. -- genesis 23:19 +. +And the field, and the cave that is therein, were made sure unto Abraham for a possession of a buryingplace by the sons of Heth. -- genesis 23:20 +. +And Abraham was old, and well stricken in age: and the LORD had blessed Abraham in all things. -- genesis 24:1 +. +And Abraham said unto his eldest servant of his house, that ruled over all that he had, Put, I pray thee, thy hand under my thigh: -- genesis 24:2 +. +And I will make thee swear by the LORD, the God of heaven, and the God of the earth, that thou shalt not take a wife unto my son of the daughters of the Canaanites, among whom I dwell: -- genesis 24:3 +. +But thou shalt go unto my country, and to my kindred, and take a wife unto my son Isaac. -- genesis 24:4 +. +And the servant said unto him, Peradventure the woman will not be willing to follow me unto this land: must I needs bring thy son again unto the land from whence thou camest? -- genesis 24:5 +. +And Abraham said unto him, Beware thou that thou bring not my son thither again. -- genesis 24:6 +. +The LORD God of heaven, which took me from my father's house, and from the land of my kindred, and which spake unto me, and that sware unto me, saying, Unto thy seed will I give this land; he shall send his angel before thee, and thou shalt take a wife unto my son from thence. -- genesis 24:7 +. +And if the woman will not be willing to follow thee, then thou shalt be clear from this my oath: only bring not my son thither again. -- genesis 24:8 +. +And the servant put his hand under the thigh of Abraham his master, and sware to him concerning that matter. -- genesis 24:9 +. +And the servant took ten camels of the camels of his master, and departed; for all the goods of his master were in his hand: and he arose, and went to Mesopotamia, unto the city of Nahor. -- genesis 24:10 +. +And he made his camels to kneel down without the city by a well of water at the time of the evening, even the time that women go out to draw water. -- genesis 24:11 +. +And he said O LORD God of my master Abraham, I pray thee, send me good speed this day, and show kindness unto my master Abraham. -- genesis 24:12 +. +Behold, I stand here by the well of water; and the daughters of the men of the city come out to draw water: -- genesis 24:13 +. +And let it come to pass, that the damsel to whom I shall say, Let down thy pitcher, I pray thee, that I may drink; and she shall say, Drink, and I will give thy camels drink also: let the same be she that thou hast appointed for thy servant Isaac; and thereby shall I know that thou hast showed kindness unto my master. -- genesis 24:14 +. +And it came to pass, before he had done speaking, that, behold, Rebekah came out, who was born to Bethuel, son of Milcah, the wife of Nahor, Abraham's brother, with her pitcher upon her shoulder. -- genesis 24:15 +. +And the damsel was very fair to look upon, a virgin, neither had any man known her: and she went down to the well, and filled her pitcher, and came up. -- genesis 24:16 +. +And the servant ran to meet her, and said, Let me, I pray thee, drink a little water of thy pitcher. -- genesis 24:17 +. +And she said, Drink, my lord: and she hasted, and let down her pitcher upon her hand, and gave him drink. -- genesis 24:18 +. +And when she had done giving him drink, she said, I will draw water for thy camels also, until they have done drinking. -- genesis 24:19 +. +And she hasted, and emptied her pitcher into the trough, and ran again unto the well to draw water, and drew for all his camels. -- genesis 24:20 +. +And the man wondering at her held his peace, to wit whether the LORD had made his journey prosperous or not. -- genesis 24:21 +. +And it came to pass, as the camels had done drinking, that the man took a golden earring of half a shekel weight, and two bracelets for her hands of ten shekels weight of gold; -- genesis 24:22 +. +And said, Whose daughter art thou? tell me, I pray thee: is there room in thy father's house for us to lodge in? -- genesis 24:23 +. +And she said unto him, I am the daughter of Bethuel the son of Milcah, which she bare unto Nahor. -- genesis 24:24 +. +She said moreover unto him, We have both straw and provender enough, and room to lodge in. -- genesis 24:25 +. +And the man bowed down his head, and worshipped the LORD. -- genesis 24:26 +. +And he said, Blessed be the LORD God of my master Abraham, who hath not left destitute my master of his mercy and his truth: I being in the way, the LORD led me to the house of my master's brethren. -- genesis 24:27 +. +And the damsel ran, and told them of her mother's house these things. -- genesis 24:28 +. +And Rebekah had a brother, and his name was Laban: and Laban ran out unto the man, unto the well. -- genesis 24:29 +. +And it came to pass, when he saw the earring and bracelets upon his sister's hands, and when he heard the words of Rebekah his sister, saying, Thus spake the man unto me; that he came unto the man; and, behold, he stood by the camels at the well. -- genesis 24:30 +. +And he said, Come in, thou blessed of the LORD; wherefore standest thou without? for I have prepared the house, and room for the camels. -- genesis 24:31 +. +And the man came into the house: and he ungirded his camels, and gave straw and provender for the camels, and water to wash his feet, and the men's feet that were with him. -- genesis 24:32 +. +And there was set meat before him to eat: but he said, I will not eat, until I have told mine errand. And he said, Speak on. -- genesis 24:33 +. +And he said, I am Abraham's servant. -- genesis 24:34 +. +And the LORD hath blessed my master greatly; and he is become great: and he hath given him flocks, and herds, and silver, and gold, and menservants, and maidservants, and camels, and asses. -- genesis 24:35 +. +And Sarah my master's wife bare a son to my master when she was old: and unto him hath he given all that he hath. -- genesis 24:36 +. +And my master made me swear, saying, Thou shalt not take a wife to my son of the daughters of the Canaanites, in whose land I dwell: -- genesis 24:37 +. +But thou shalt go unto my father's house, and to my kindred, and take a wife unto my son. -- genesis 24:38 +. +And I said unto my master, Peradventure the woman will not follow me. -- genesis 24:39 +. +And he said unto me, The LORD, before whom I walk, will send his angel with thee, and prosper thy way; and thou shalt take a wife for my son of my kindred, and of my father's house: -- genesis 24:40 +. +Then shalt thou be clear from this my oath, when thou comest to my kindred; and if they give not thee one, thou shalt be clear from my oath. -- genesis 24:41 +. +And I came this day unto the well, and said, O LORD God of my master Abraham, if now thou do prosper my way which I go: -- genesis 24:42 +. +Behold, I stand by the well of water; and it shall come to pass, that when the virgin cometh forth to draw water, and I say to her, Give me, I pray thee, a little water of thy pitcher to drink; -- genesis 24:43 +. +And she say to me, Both drink thou, and I will also draw for thy camels: let the same be the woman whom the LORD hath appointed out for my master's son. -- genesis 24:44 +. +And before I had done speaking in mine heart, behold, Rebekah came forth with her pitcher on her shoulder; and she went down unto the well, and drew water: and I said unto her, Let me drink, I pray thee. -- genesis 24:45 +. +And she made haste, and let down her pitcher from her shoulder, and said, Drink, and I will give thy camels drink also: so I drank, and she made the camels drink also. -- genesis 24:46 +. +And I asked her, and said, Whose daughter art thou? And she said, the daughter of Bethuel, Nahor's son, whom Milcah bare unto him: and I put the earring upon her face, and the bracelets upon her hands. -- genesis 24:47 +. +And I bowed down my head, and worshipped the LORD, and blessed the LORD God of my master Abraham, which had led me in the right way to take my master's brother's daughter unto his son. -- genesis 24:48 +. +And now if ye will deal kindly and truly with my master, tell me: and if not, tell me; that I may turn to the right hand, or to the left. -- genesis 24:49 +. +Then Laban and Bethuel answered and said, The thing proceedeth from the LORD: we cannot speak unto thee bad or good. -- genesis 24:50 +. +Behold, Rebekah is before thee, take her, and go, and let her be thy master's son's wife, as the LORD hath spoken. -- genesis 24:51 +. +And it came to pass, that, when Abraham's servant heard their words, he worshipped the LORD, bowing himself to the earth. -- genesis 24:52 +. +And the servant brought forth jewels of silver, and jewels of gold, and raiment, and gave them to Rebekah: he gave also to her brother and to her mother precious things. -- genesis 24:53 +. +And they did eat and drink, he and the men that were with him, and tarried all night; and they rose up in the morning, and he said, Send me away unto my master. -- genesis 24:54 +. +And her brother and her mother said, Let the damsel abide with us a few days, at the least ten; after that she shall go. -- genesis 24:55 +. +And he said unto them, Hinder me not, seeing the LORD hath prospered my way; send me away that I may go to my master. -- genesis 24:56 +. +And they said, We will call the damsel, and inquire at her mouth. -- genesis 24:57 +. +And they called Rebekah, and said unto her, Wilt thou go with this man? And she said, I will go. -- genesis 24:58 +. +And they sent away Rebekah their sister, and her nurse, and Abraham's servant, and his men. -- genesis 24:59 +. +And they blessed Rebekah, and said unto her, Thou art our sister, be thou the mother of thousands of millions, and let thy seed possess the gate of those which hate them. -- genesis 24:60 +. +And Rebekah arose, and her damsels, and they rode upon the camels, and followed the man: and the servant took Rebekah, and went his way. -- genesis 24:61 +. +And Isaac came from the way of the well Lahairoi; for he dwelt in the south country. -- genesis 24:62 +. +And Isaac went out to meditate in the field at the eventide: and he lifted up his eyes, and saw, and, behold, the camels were coming. -- genesis 24:63 +. +And Rebekah lifted up her eyes, and when she saw Isaac, she lighted off the camel. -- genesis 24:64 +. +For she had said unto the servant, What man is this that walketh in the field to meet us? And the servant had said, It is my master: therefore she took a vail, and covered herself. -- genesis 24:65 +. +And the servant told Isaac all things that he had done. -- genesis 24:66 +. +And Isaac brought her into his mother Sarah's tent, and took Rebekah, and she became his wife; and he loved her: and Isaac was comforted after his mother's death. -- genesis 24:67 +. +Then again Abraham took a wife, and her name was Keturah. -- genesis 25:1 +. +And she bare him Zimran, and Jokshan, and Medan, and Midian, and Ishbak, and Shuah. -- genesis 25:2 +. +And Jokshan begat Sheba, and Dedan. And the sons of Dedan were Asshurim, and Letushim, and Leummim. -- genesis 25:3 +. +And the sons of Midian; Ephah, and Epher, and Hanoch, and Abidah, and Eldaah. All these were the children of Keturah. -- genesis 25:4 +. +And Abraham gave all that he had unto Isaac. -- genesis 25:5 +. +But unto the sons of the concubines, which Abraham had, Abraham gave gifts, and sent them away from Isaac his son, while he yet lived, eastward, unto the east country. -- genesis 25:6 +. +And these are the days of the years of Abraham's life which he lived, an hundred threescore and fifteen years. -- genesis 25:7 +. +Then Abraham gave up the ghost, and died in a good old age, an old man, and full of years; and was gathered to his people. -- genesis 25:8 +. +And his sons Isaac and Ishmael buried him in the cave of Machpelah, in the field of Ephron the son of Zohar the Hittite, which is before Mamre; -- genesis 25:9 +. +The field which Abraham purchased of the sons of Heth: there was Abraham buried, and Sarah his wife. -- genesis 25:10 +. +And it came to pass after the death of Abraham, that God blessed his son Isaac; and Isaac dwelt by the well Lahairoi. -- genesis 25:11 +. +Now these are the generations of Ishmael, Abraham's son, whom Hagar the Egyptian, Sarah's handmaid, bare unto Abraham: -- genesis 25:12 +. +And these are the names of the sons of Ishmael, by their names, according to their generations: the firstborn of Ishmael, Nebajoth; and Kedar, and Adbeel, and Mibsam, -- genesis 25:13 +. +And Mishma, and Dumah, and Massa, -- genesis 25:14 +. +Hadar, and Tema, Jetur, Naphish, and Kedemah: -- genesis 25:15 +. +These are the sons of Ishmael, and these are their names, by their towns, and by their castles; twelve princes according to their nations. -- genesis 25:16 +. +And these are the years of the life of Ishmael, an hundred and thirty and seven years: and he gave up the ghost and died; and was gathered unto his people. -- genesis 25:17 +. +And they dwelt from Havilah unto Shur, that is before Egypt, as thou goest toward Assyria: and he died in the presence of all his brethren. -- genesis 25:18 +. +And these are the generations of Isaac, Abraham's son: Abraham begat Isaac: -- genesis 25:19 +. +And Isaac was forty years old when he took Rebekah to wife, the daughter of Bethuel the Syrian of Padanaram, the sister to Laban the Syrian. -- genesis 25:20 +. +And Isaac entreated the LORD for his wife, because she was barren: and the LORD was entreated of him, and Rebekah his wife conceived. -- genesis 25:21 +. +And the children struggled together within her; and she said, If it be so, why am I thus? And she went to inquire of the LORD. -- genesis 25:22 +. +And the LORD said unto her, Two nations are in thy womb, and two manner of people shall be separated from thy bowels; and the one people shall be stronger than the other people; and the elder shall serve the younger. -- genesis 25:23 +. +And when her days to be delivered were fulfilled, behold, there were twins in her womb. -- genesis 25:24 +. +And the first came out red, all over like an hairy garment; and they called his name Esau. -- genesis 25:25 +. +And after that came his brother out, and his hand took hold on Esau's heel; and his name was called Jacob: and Isaac was threescore years old when she bare them. -- genesis 25:26 +. +And the boys grew: and Esau was a cunning hunter, a man of the field; and Jacob was a plain man, dwelling in tents. -- genesis 25:27 +. +And Isaac loved Esau, because he did eat of his venison: but Rebekah loved Jacob. -- genesis 25:28 +. +And Jacob sod pottage: and Esau came from the field, and he was faint: -- genesis 25:29 +. +And Esau said to Jacob, Feed me, I pray thee, with that same red pottage; for I am faint: therefore was his name called Edom. -- genesis 25:30 +. +And Jacob said, Sell me this day thy birthright. -- genesis 25:31 +. +And Esau said, Behold, I am at the point to die: and what profit shall this birthright do to me? -- genesis 25:32 +. +And Jacob said, Swear to me this day; and he sware unto him: and he sold his birthright unto Jacob. -- genesis 25:33 +. +Then Jacob gave Esau bread and pottage of lentils; and he did eat and drink, and rose up, and went his way: thus Esau despised his birthright. -- genesis 25:34 +. +And there was a famine in the land, beside the first famine that was in the days of Abraham. And Isaac went unto Abimelech king of the Philistines unto Gerar. -- genesis 26:1 +. +And the LORD appeared unto him, and said, Go not down into Egypt; dwell in the land which I shall tell thee of: -- genesis 26:2 +. +Sojourn in this land, and I will be with thee, and will bless thee; for unto thee, and unto thy seed, I will give all these countries, and I will perform the oath which I sware unto Abraham thy father; -- genesis 26:3 +. +And I will make thy seed to multiply as the stars of heaven, and will give unto thy seed all these countries; and in thy seed shall all the nations of the earth be blessed; -- genesis 26:4 +. +Because that Abraham obeyed my voice, and kept my charge, my commandments, my statutes, and my laws. -- genesis 26:5 +. +And Isaac dwelt in Gerar: -- genesis 26:6 +. +And the men of the place asked him of his wife; and he said, She is my sister: for he feared to say, She is my wife; lest, said he, the men of the place should kill me for Rebekah; because she was fair to look upon. -- genesis 26:7 +. +And it came to pass, when he had been there a long time, that Abimelech king of the Philistines looked out at a window, and saw, and, behold, Isaac was sporting with Rebekah his wife. -- genesis 26:8 +. +And Abimelech called Isaac, and said, Behold, of a surety she is thy wife; and how saidst thou, She is my sister? And Isaac said unto him, Because I said, Lest I die for her. -- genesis 26:9 +. +And Abimelech said, What is this thou hast done unto us? one of the people might lightly have lien with thy wife, and thou shouldest have brought guiltiness upon us. -- genesis 26:10 +. +And Abimelech charged all his people, saying, He that toucheth this man or his wife shall surely be put to death. -- genesis 26:11 +. +Then Isaac sowed in that land, and received in the same year an hundredfold: and the LORD blessed him. -- genesis 26:12 +. +And the man waxed great, and went forward, and grew until he became very great: -- genesis 26:13 +. +For he had possession of flocks, and possession of herds, and great store of servants: and the Philistines envied him. -- genesis 26:14 +. +For all the wells which his father's servants had digged in the days of Abraham his father, the Philistines had stopped them, and filled them with earth. -- genesis 26:15 +. +And Abimelech said unto Isaac, Go from us; for thou art much mightier than we. -- genesis 26:16 +. +And Isaac departed thence, and pitched his tent in the valley of Gerar, and dwelt there. -- genesis 26:17 +. +And Isaac digged again the wells of water, which they had digged in the days of Abraham his father; for the Philistines had stopped them after the death of Abraham: and he called their names after the names by which his father had called them. -- genesis 26:18 +. +And Isaac's servants digged in the valley, and found there a well of springing water. -- genesis 26:19 +. +And the herdmen of Gerar did strive with Isaac's herdmen, saying, The water is ours: and he called the name of the well Esek; because they strove with him. -- genesis 26:20 +. +And they digged another well, and strove for that also: and he called the name of it Sitnah. -- genesis 26:21 +. +And he removed from thence, and digged another well; and for that they strove not: and he called the name of it Rehoboth; and he said, For now the LORD hath made room for us, and we shall be fruitful in the land. -- genesis 26:22 +. +And he went up from thence to Beersheba. -- genesis 26:23 +. +And the LORD appeared unto him the same night, and said, I am the God of Abraham thy father: fear not, for I am with thee, and will bless thee, and multiply thy seed for my servant Abraham's sake. -- genesis 26:24 +. +And he builded an altar there, and called upon the name of the LORD, and pitched his tent there: and there Isaac's servants digged a well. -- genesis 26:25 +. +Then Abimelech went to him from Gerar, and Ahuzzath one of his friends, and Phichol the chief captain of his army. -- genesis 26:26 +. +And Isaac said unto them, Wherefore come ye to me, seeing ye hate me, and have sent me away from you? -- genesis 26:27 +. +And they said, We saw certainly that the LORD was with thee: and we said, Let there be now an oath betwixt us, even betwixt us and thee, and let us make a covenant with thee; -- genesis 26:28 +. +That thou wilt do us no hurt, as we have not touched thee, and as we have done unto thee nothing but good, and have sent thee away in peace: thou art now the blessed of the LORD. -- genesis 26:29 +. +And he made them a feast, and they did eat and drink. -- genesis 26:30 +. +And they rose up betimes in the morning, and sware one to another: and Isaac sent them away, and they departed from him in peace. -- genesis 26:31 +. +And it came to pass the same day, that Isaac's servants came, and told him concerning the well which they had digged, and said unto him, We have found water. -- genesis 26:32 +. +And he called it Shebah: therefore the name of the city is Beersheba unto this day. -- genesis 26:33 +. +And Esau was forty years old when he took to wife Judith the daughter of Beeri the Hittite, and Bashemath the daughter of Elon the Hittite: -- genesis 26:34 +. +Which were a grief of mind unto Isaac and to Rebekah. -- genesis 26:35 +. +And it came to pass, that when Isaac was old, and his eyes were dim, so that he could not see, he called Esau his eldest son, and said unto him, My son: and he said unto him, Behold, here am I. -- genesis 27:1 +. +And he said, Behold now, I am old, I know not the day of my death: -- genesis 27:2 +. +Now therefore take, I pray thee, thy weapons, thy quiver and thy bow, and go out to the field, and take me some venison; -- genesis 27:3 +. +And make me savory meat, such as I love, and bring it to me, that I may eat; that my soul may bless thee before I die. -- genesis 27:4 +. +And Rebekah heard when Isaac spake to Esau his son. And Esau went to the field to hunt for venison, and to bring it. -- genesis 27:5 +. +And Rebekah spake unto Jacob her son, saying, Behold, I heard thy father speak unto Esau thy brother, saying, -- genesis 27:6 +. +Bring me venison, and make me savory meat, that I may eat, and bless thee before the LORD before my death. -- genesis 27:7 +. +Now therefore, my son, obey my voice according to that which I command thee. -- genesis 27:8 +. +Go now to the flock, and fetch me from thence two good kids of the goats; and I will make them savory meat for thy father, such as he loveth: -- genesis 27:9 +. +And thou shalt bring it to thy father, that he may eat, and that he may bless thee before his death. -- genesis 27:10 +. +And Jacob said to Rebekah his mother, Behold, Esau my brother is a hairy man, and I am a smooth man: -- genesis 27:11 +. +My father peradventure will feel me, and I shall seem to him as a deceiver; and I shall bring a curse upon me, and not a blessing. -- genesis 27:12 +. +And his mother said unto him, Upon me be thy curse, my son: only obey my voice, and go fetch me them. -- genesis 27:13 +. +And he went, and fetched, and brought them to his mother: and his mother made savory meat, such as his father loved. -- genesis 27:14 +. +And Rebekah took goodly raiment of her eldest son Esau, which were with her in the house, and put them upon Jacob her younger son: -- genesis 27:15 +. +And she put the skins of the kids of the goats upon his hands, and upon the smooth of his neck: -- genesis 27:16 +. +And she gave the savory meat and the bread, which she had prepared, into the hand of her son Jacob. -- genesis 27:17 +. +And he came unto his father, and said, My father: and he said, Here am I; who art thou, my son? -- genesis 27:18 +. +And Jacob said unto his father, I am Esau thy first born; I have done according as thou badest me: arise, I pray thee, sit and eat of my venison, that thy soul may bless me. -- genesis 27:19 +. +And Isaac said unto his son, How is it that thou hast found it so quickly, my son? And he said, Because the LORD thy God brought it to me. -- genesis 27:20 +. +And Isaac said unto Jacob, Come near, I pray thee, that I may feel thee, my son, whether thou be my very son Esau or not. -- genesis 27:21 +. +And Jacob went near unto Isaac his father; and he felt him, and said, The voice is Jacob's voice, but the hands are the hands of Esau. -- genesis 27:22 +. +And he discerned him not, because his hands were hairy, as his brother Esau's hands: so he blessed him. -- genesis 27:23 +. +And he said, Art thou my very son Esau? And he said, I am. -- genesis 27:24 +. +And he said, Bring it near to me, and I will eat of my son's venison, that my soul may bless thee. And he brought it near to him, and he did eat: and he brought him wine and he drank. -- genesis 27:25 +. +And his father Isaac said unto him, Come near now, and kiss me, my son. -- genesis 27:26 +. +And he came near, and kissed him: and he smelled the smell of his raiment, and blessed him, and said, See, the smell of my son is as the smell of a field which the LORD hath blessed: -- genesis 27:27 +. +Therefore God give thee of the dew of heaven, and the fatness of the earth, and plenty of corn and wine: -- genesis 27:28 +. +Let people serve thee, and nations bow down to thee: be lord over thy brethren, and let thy mother's sons bow down to thee: cursed be every one that curseth thee, and blessed be he that blesseth thee. -- genesis 27:29 +. +And it came to pass, as soon as Isaac had made an end of blessing Jacob, and Jacob was yet scarce gone out from the presence of Isaac his father, that Esau his brother came in from his hunting. -- genesis 27:30 +. +And he also had made savory meat, and brought it unto his father, and said unto his father, Let my father arise, and eat of his son's venison, that thy soul may bless me. -- genesis 27:31 +. +And Isaac his father said unto him, Who art thou? And he said, I am thy son, thy firstborn Esau. -- genesis 27:32 +. +And Isaac trembled very exceedingly, and said, Who? where is he that hath taken venison, and brought it me, and I have eaten of all before thou camest, and have blessed him? yea, and he shall be blessed. -- genesis 27:33 +. +And when Esau heard the words of his father, he cried with a great and exceeding bitter cry, and said unto his father, Bless me, even me also, O my father. -- genesis 27:34 +. +And he said, Thy brother came with subtilty, and hath taken away thy blessing. -- genesis 27:35 +. +And he said, Is not he rightly named Jacob? for he hath supplanted me these two times: he took away my birthright; and, behold, now he hath taken away my blessing. And he said, Hast thou not reserved a blessing for me? -- genesis 27:36 +. +And Isaac answered and said unto Esau, Behold, I have made him thy lord, and all his brethren have I given to him for servants; and with corn and wine have I sustained him: and what shall I do now unto thee, my son? -- genesis 27:37 +. +And Esau said unto his father, Hast thou but one blessing, my father? bless me, even me also, O my father. And Esau lifted up his voice, and wept. -- genesis 27:38 +. +And Isaac his father answered and said unto him, Behold, thy dwelling shall be the fatness of the earth, and of the dew of heaven from above; -- genesis 27:39 +. +And by thy sword shalt thou live, and shalt serve thy brother; and it shall come to pass when thou shalt have the dominion, that thou shalt break his yoke from off thy neck. -- genesis 27:40 +. +And Esau hated Jacob because of the blessing wherewith his father blessed him: and Esau said in his heart, The days of mourning for my father are at hand; then will I slay my brother Jacob. -- genesis 27:41 +. +And these words of Esau her elder son were told to Rebekah: and she sent and called Jacob her younger son, and said unto him, Behold, thy brother Esau, as touching thee, doth comfort himself, purposing to kill thee. -- genesis 27:42 +. +Now therefore, my son, obey my voice; arise, flee thou to Laban my brother to Haran; -- genesis 27:43 +. +And tarry with him a few days, until thy brother's fury turn away; -- genesis 27:44 +. +Until thy brother's anger turn away from thee, and he forget that which thou hast done to him: then I will send, and fetch thee from thence: why should I be deprived also of you both in one day? -- genesis 27:45 +. +And Rebekah said to Isaac, I am weary of my life because of the daughters of Heth: if Jacob take a wife of the daughters of Heth, such as these which are of the daughters of the land, what good shall my life do me? -- genesis 27:46 +. +And Isaac called Jacob, and blessed him, and charged him, and said unto him, Thou shalt not take a wife of the daughters of Canaan. -- genesis 28:1 +. +Arise, go to Padanaram, to the house of Bethuel thy mother's father; and take thee a wife from thence of the daughters of Laban thy mother's brother. -- genesis 28:2 +. +And God Almighty bless thee, and make thee fruitful, and multiply thee, that thou mayest be a multitude of people; -- genesis 28:3 +. +And give thee the blessing of Abraham, to thee, and to thy seed with thee; that thou mayest inherit the land wherein thou art a stranger, which God gave unto Abraham. -- genesis 28:4 +. +And Isaac sent away Jacob: and he went to Padanaram unto Laban, son of Bethuel the Syrian, the brother of Rebekah, Jacob's and Esau's mother. -- genesis 28:5 +. +When Esau saw that Isaac had blessed Jacob, and sent him away to Padanaram, to take him a wife from thence; and that as he blessed him he gave him a charge, saying, Thou shalt not take a wife of the daughters of Canaan; -- genesis 28:6 +. +And that Jacob obeyed his father and his mother, and was gone to Padanaram; -- genesis 28:7 +. +And Esau seeing that the daughters of Canaan pleased not Isaac his father; -- genesis 28:8 +. +Then went Esau unto Ishmael, and took unto the wives which he had Mahalath the daughter of Ishmael Abraham's son, the sister of Nebajoth, to be his wife. -- genesis 28:9 +. +And Jacob went out from Beersheba, and went toward Haran. -- genesis 28:10 +. +And he lighted upon a certain place, and tarried there all night, because the sun was set; and he took of the stones of that place, and put them for his pillows, and lay down in that place to sleep. -- genesis 28:11 +. +And he dreamed, and behold a ladder set up on the earth, and the top of it reached to heaven: and behold the angels of God ascending and descending on it. -- genesis 28:12 +. +And, behold, the LORD stood above it, and said, I am the LORD God of Abraham thy father, and the God of Isaac: the land whereon thou liest, to thee will I give it, and to thy seed; -- genesis 28:13 +. +And thy seed shall be as the dust of the earth, and thou shalt spread abroad to the west, and to the east, and to the north, and to the south: and in thee and in thy seed shall all the families of the earth be blessed. -- genesis 28:14 +. +And, behold, I am with thee, and will keep thee in all places whither thou goest, and will bring thee again into this land; for I will not leave thee, until I have done that which I have spoken to thee of. -- genesis 28:15 +. +And Jacob awaked out of his sleep, and he said, Surely the LORD is in this place; and I knew it not. -- genesis 28:16 +. +And he was afraid, and said, How dreadful is this place! this is none other but the house of God, and this is the gate of heaven. -- genesis 28:17 +. +And Jacob rose up early in the morning, and took the stone that he had put for his pillows, and set it up for a pillar, and poured oil upon the top of it. -- genesis 28:18 +. +And he called the name of that place Bethel: but the name of that city was called Luz at the first. -- genesis 28:19 +. +And Jacob vowed a vow, saying, If God will be with me, and will keep me in this way that I go, and will give me bread to eat, and raiment to put on, -- genesis 28:20 +. +So that I come again to my father's house in peace; then shall the LORD be my God: -- genesis 28:21 +. +And this stone, which I have set for a pillar, shall be God's house: and of all that thou shalt give me I will surely give the tenth unto thee. -- genesis 28:22 +. +Then Jacob went on his journey, and came into the land of the people of the east. -- genesis 29:1 +. +And he looked, and behold a well in the field, and, lo, there were three flocks of sheep lying by it; for out of that well they watered the flocks: and a great stone was upon the well's mouth. -- genesis 29:2 +. +And thither were all the flocks gathered: and they rolled the stone from the well's mouth, and watered the sheep, and put the stone again upon the well's mouth in his place. -- genesis 29:3 +. +And Jacob said unto them, My brethren, whence be ye? And they said, Of Haran are we. -- genesis 29:4 +. +And he said unto them, Know ye Laban the son of Nahor? And they said, We know him. -- genesis 29:5 +. +And he said unto them, Is he well? And they said, He is well: and, behold, Rachel his daughter cometh with the sheep. -- genesis 29:6 +. +And he said, Lo, it is yet high day, neither is it time that the cattle should be gathered together: water ye the sheep, and go and feed them. -- genesis 29:7 +. +And they said, We cannot, until all the flocks be gathered together, and till they roll the stone from the well's mouth; then we water the sheep. -- genesis 29:8 +. +And while he yet spake with them, Rachel came with her father's sheep; for she kept them. -- genesis 29:9 +. +And it came to pass, when Jacob saw Rachel the daughter of Laban his mother's brother, and the sheep of Laban his mother's brother, that Jacob went near, and rolled the stone from the well's mouth, and watered the flock of Laban his mother's brother. -- genesis 29:10 +. +And Jacob kissed Rachel, and lifted up his voice, and wept. -- genesis 29:11 +. +And Jacob told Rachel that he was her father's brother, and that he was Rebekah's son: and she ran and told her father. -- genesis 29:12 +. +And it came to pass, when Laban heard the tidings of Jacob his sister's son, that he ran to meet him, and embraced him, and kissed him, and brought him to his house. And he told Laban all these things. -- genesis 29:13 +. +And Laban said to him, Surely thou art my bone and my flesh. And he abode with him the space of a month. -- genesis 29:14 +. +And Laban said unto Jacob, Because thou art my brother, shouldest thou therefore serve me for nought? tell me, what shall thy wages be? -- genesis 29:15 +. +And Laban had two daughters: the name of the elder was Leah, and the name of the younger was Rachel. -- genesis 29:16 +. +Leah was tender eyed; but Rachel was beautiful and well favored. -- genesis 29:17 +. +And Jacob loved Rachel; and said, I will serve thee seven years for Rachel thy younger daughter. -- genesis 29:18 +. +And Laban said, It is better that I give her to thee, than that I should give her to another man: abide with me. -- genesis 29:19 +. +And Jacob served seven years for Rachel; and they seemed unto him but a few days, for the love he had to her. -- genesis 29:20 +. +And Jacob said unto Laban, Give me my wife, for my days are fulfilled, that I may go in unto her. -- genesis 29:21 +. +And Laban gathered together all the men of the place, and made a feast. -- genesis 29:22 +. +And it came to pass in the evening, that he took Leah his daughter, and brought her to him; and he went in unto her. -- genesis 29:23 +. +And Laban gave unto his daughter Leah Zilpah his maid for an handmaid. -- genesis 29:24 +. +And it came to pass, that in the morning, behold, it was Leah: and he said to Laban, What is this thou hast done unto me? did not I serve with thee for Rachel? wherefore then hast thou beguiled me? -- genesis 29:25 +. +And Laban said, It must not be so done in our country, to give the younger before the firstborn. -- genesis 29:26 +. +Fulfil her week, and we will give thee this also for the service which thou shalt serve with me yet seven other years. -- genesis 29:27 +. +And Jacob did so, and fulfilled her week: and he gave him Rachel his daughter to wife also. -- genesis 29:28 +. +And Laban gave to Rachel his daughter Bilhah his handmaid to be her maid. -- genesis 29:29 +. +And he went in also unto Rachel, and he loved also Rachel more than Leah, and served with him yet seven other years. -- genesis 29:30 +. +And when the LORD saw that Leah was hated, he opened her womb: but Rachel was barren. -- genesis 29:31 +. +And Leah conceived, and bare a son, and she called his name Reuben: for she said, Surely the LORD hath looked upon my affliction; now therefore my husband will love me. -- genesis 29:32 +. +And she conceived again, and bare a son; and said, Because the LORD hath heard I was hated, he hath therefore given me this son also: and she called his name Simeon. -- genesis 29:33 +. +And she conceived again, and bare a son; and said, Now this time will my husband be joined unto me, because I have born him three sons: therefore was his name called Levi. -- genesis 29:34 +. +And she conceived again, and bare a son: and she said, Now will I praise the LORD: therefore she called his name Judah; and left bearing. -- genesis 29:35 +. +And when Rachel saw that she bare Jacob no children, Rachel envied her sister; and said unto Jacob, Give me children, or else I die. -- genesis 30:1 +. +And Jacob's anger was kindled against Rachel: and he said, Am I in God's stead, who hath withheld from thee the fruit of the womb? -- genesis 30:2 +. +And she said, Behold my maid Bilhah, go in unto her; and she shall bear upon my knees, that I may also have children by her. -- genesis 30:3 +. +And she gave him Bilhah her handmaid to wife: and Jacob went in unto her. -- genesis 30:4 +. +And Bilhah conceived, and bare Jacob a son. -- genesis 30:5 +. +And Rachel said, God hath judged me, and hath also heard my voice, and hath given me a son: therefore called she his name Dan. -- genesis 30:6 +. +And Bilhah Rachel's maid conceived again, and bare Jacob a second son. -- genesis 30:7 +. +And Rachel said, With great wrestlings have I wrestled with my sister, and I have prevailed: and she called his name Naphtali. -- genesis 30:8 +. +When Leah saw that she had left bearing, she took Zilpah her maid, and gave her Jacob to wife. -- genesis 30:9 +. +And Zilpah Leah's maid bare Jacob a son. -- genesis 30:10 +. +And Leah said, A troop cometh: and she called his name Gad. -- genesis 30:11 +. +And Zilpah Leah's maid bare Jacob a second son. -- genesis 30:12 +. +And Leah said, Happy am I, for the daughters will call me blessed: and she called his name Asher. -- genesis 30:13 +. +And Reuben went in the days of wheat harvest, and found mandrakes in the field, and brought them unto his mother Leah. Then Rachel said to Leah, Give me, I pray thee, of thy son's mandrakes. -- genesis 30:14 +. +And she said unto her, Is it a small matter that thou hast taken my husband? and wouldest thou take away my son's mandrakes also? And Rachel said, Therefore he shall lie with thee to night for thy son's mandrakes. -- genesis 30:15 +. +And Jacob came out of the field in the evening, and Leah went out to meet him, and said, Thou must come in unto me; for surely I have hired thee with my son's mandrakes. And he lay with her that night. -- genesis 30:16 +. +And God hearkened unto Leah, and she conceived, and bare Jacob the fifth son. -- genesis 30:17 +. +And Leah said, God hath given me my hire, because I have given my maiden to my husband: and she called his name Issachar. -- genesis 30:18 +. +And Leah conceived again, and bare Jacob the sixth son. -- genesis 30:19 +. +And Leah said, God hath endued me with a good dowry; now will my husband dwell with me, because I have born him six sons: and she called his name Zebulun. -- genesis 30:20 +. +And afterwards she bare a daughter, and called her name Dinah. -- genesis 30:21 +. +And God remembered Rachel, and God hearkened to her, and opened her womb. -- genesis 30:22 +. +And she conceived, and bare a son; and said, God hath taken away my reproach: -- genesis 30:23 +. +And she called his name Joseph; and said, The LORD shall add to me another son. -- genesis 30:24 +. +And it came to pass, when Rachel had born Joseph, that Jacob said unto Laban, Send me away, that I may go unto mine own place, and to my country. -- genesis 30:25 +. +Give me my wives and my children, for whom I have served thee, and let me go: for thou knowest my service which I have done thee. -- genesis 30:26 +. +And Laban said unto him, I pray thee, if I have found favor in thine eyes, tarry: for I have learned by experience that the LORD hath blessed me for thy sake. -- genesis 30:27 +. +And he said, Appoint me thy wages, and I will give it. -- genesis 30:28 +. +And he said unto him, Thou knowest how I have served thee, and how thy cattle was with me. -- genesis 30:29 +. +For it was little which thou hadst before I came, and it is now increased unto a multitude; and the LORD hath blessed thee since my coming: and now when shall I provide for mine own house also? -- genesis 30:30 +. +And he said, What shall I give thee? And Jacob said, Thou shalt not give me any thing: if thou wilt do this thing for me, I will again feed and keep thy flock. -- genesis 30:31 +. +I will pass through all thy flock to day, removing from thence all the speckled and spotted cattle, and all the brown cattle among the sheep, and the spotted and speckled among the goats: and of such shall be my hire. -- genesis 30:32 +. +So shall my righteousness answer for me in time to come, when it shall come for my hire before thy face: every one that is not speckled and spotted among the goats, and brown among the sheep, that shall be counted stolen with me. -- genesis 30:33 +. +And Laban said, Behold, I would it might be according to thy word. -- genesis 30:34 +. +And he removed that day the he goats that were ring-streaked and spotted, and all the she goats that were speckled and spotted, and every one that had some white in it, and all the brown among the sheep, and gave them into the hand of his sons. -- genesis 30:35 +. +And he set three days' journey betwixt himself and Jacob: and Jacob fed the rest of Laban's flocks. -- genesis 30:36 +. +And Jacob took him rods of green poplar, and of the hazel and chestnut tree; and pilled white streaks in them, and made the white appear which was in the rods. -- genesis 30:37 +. +And he set the rods which he had pilled before the flocks in the gutters in the watering troughs when the flocks came to drink, that they should conceive when they came to drink. -- genesis 30:38 +. +And the flocks conceived before the rods, and brought forth cattle ring-streaked, speckled, and spotted. -- genesis 30:39 +. +And Jacob did separate the lambs, and set the faces of the flocks toward the ring-streaked, and all the brown in the flock of Laban; and he put his own flocks by themselves, and put them not unto Laban's cattle. -- genesis 30:40 +. +And it came to pass, whensoever the stronger cattle did conceive, that Jacob laid the rods before the eyes of the cattle in the gutters, that they might conceive among the rods. -- genesis 30:41 +. +But when the cattle were feeble, he put them not in: so the feebler were Laban's, and the stronger Jacob's. -- genesis 30:42 +. +And the man increased exceedingly, and had much cattle, and maidservants, and menservants, and camels, and asses. -- genesis 30:43 +. +And he heard the words of Laban's sons, saying, Jacob hath taken away all that was our father's; and of that which was our father's hath he gotten all this glory. -- genesis 31:1 +. +And Jacob beheld the countenance of Laban, and, behold, it was not toward him as before. -- genesis 31:2 +. +And the LORD said unto Jacob, Return unto the land of thy fathers, and to thy kindred; and I will be with thee. -- genesis 31:3 +. +And Jacob sent and called Rachel and Leah to the field unto his flock, -- genesis 31:4 +. +And said unto them, I see your father's countenance, that it is not toward me as before; but the God of my father hath been with me. -- genesis 31:5 +. +And ye know that with all my power I have served your father. -- genesis 31:6 +. +And your father hath deceived me, and changed my wages ten times; but God suffered him not to hurt me. -- genesis 31:7 +. +If he said thus, The speckled shall be thy wages; then all the cattle bare speckled: and if he said thus, The ring-streaked shall be thy hire; then bare all the cattle ring-streaked. -- genesis 31:8 +. +Thus God hath taken away the cattle of your father, and given them to me. -- genesis 31:9 +. +And it came to pass at the time that the cattle conceived, that I lifted up mine eyes, and saw in a dream, and, behold, the rams which leaped upon the cattle were ring-streaked, speckled, and grizzled. -- genesis 31:10 +. +And the angel of God spake unto me in a dream, saying, Jacob: And I said, Here am I. -- genesis 31:11 +. +And he said, Lift up now thine eyes, and see, all the rams which leap upon the cattle are ring-streaked, speckled, and grizzled: for I have seen all that Laban doeth unto thee. -- genesis 31:12 +. +I am the God of Bethel, where thou anointedst the pillar, and where thou vowedst a vow unto me: now arise, get thee out from this land, and return unto the land of thy kindred. -- genesis 31:13 +. +And Rachel and Leah answered and said unto him, Is there yet any portion or inheritance for us in our father's house? -- genesis 31:14 +. +Are we not counted of him strangers? for he hath sold us, and hath quite devoured also our money. -- genesis 31:15 +. +For all the riches which God hath taken from our father, that is ours, and our children's: now then, whatsoever God hath said unto thee, do. -- genesis 31:16 +. +Then Jacob rose up, and set his sons and his wives upon camels; -- genesis 31:17 +. +And he carried away all his cattle, and all his goods which he had gotten, the cattle of his getting, which he had gotten in Padanaram, for to go to Isaac his father in the land of Canaan. -- genesis 31:18 +. +And Laban went to shear his sheep: and Rachel had stolen the images that were her father's. -- genesis 31:19 +. +And Jacob stole away unawares to Laban the Syrian, in that he told him not that he fled. -- genesis 31:20 +. +So he fled with all that he had; and he rose up, and passed over the river, and set his face toward the mount Gilead. -- genesis 31:21 +. +And it was told Laban on the third day that Jacob was fled. -- genesis 31:22 +. +And he took his brethren with him, and pursued after him seven days' journey; and they overtook him in the mount Gilead. -- genesis 31:23 +. +And God came to Laban the Syrian in a dream by night, and said unto him, Take heed that thou speak not to Jacob either good or bad. -- genesis 31:24 +. +Then Laban overtook Jacob. Now Jacob had pitched his tent in the mount: and Laban with his brethren pitched in the mount of Gilead. -- genesis 31:25 +. +And Laban said to Jacob, What hast thou done, that thou hast stolen away unawares to me, and carried away my daughters, as captives taken with the sword? -- genesis 31:26 +. +Wherefore didst thou flee away secretly, and steal away from me; and didst not tell me, that I might have sent thee away with mirth, and with songs, with tabret, and with harp? -- genesis 31:27 +. +And hast not suffered me to kiss my sons and my daughters? thou hast now done foolishly in so doing. -- genesis 31:28 +. +It is in the power of my hand to do you hurt: but the God of your father spake unto me yesternight, saying, Take thou heed that thou speak not to Jacob either good or bad. -- genesis 31:29 +. +And now, though thou wouldest needs be gone, because thou sore longedst after thy father's house, yet wherefore hast thou stolen my gods? -- genesis 31:30 +. +And Jacob answered and said to Laban, Because I was afraid: for I said, Peradventure thou wouldest take by force thy daughters from me. -- genesis 31:31 +. +With whomsoever thou findest thy gods, let him not live: before our brethren discern thou what is thine with me, and take it to thee. For Jacob knew not that Rachel had stolen them. -- genesis 31:32 +. +And Laban went into Jacob's tent, and into Leah's tent, and into the two maidservants' tents; but he found them not. Then went he out of Leah's tent, and entered into Rachel's tent. -- genesis 31:33 +. +Now Rachel had taken the images, and put them in the camel's furniture, and sat upon them. And Laban searched all the tent, but found them not. -- genesis 31:34 +. +And she said to her father, Let it not displease my lord that I cannot rise up before thee; for the custom of women is upon me. And he searched but found not the images. -- genesis 31:35 +. +And Jacob was wroth, and chode with Laban: and Jacob answered and said to Laban, What is my trespass? what is my sin, that thou hast so hotly pursued after me? -- genesis 31:36 +. +Whereas thou hast searched all my stuff, what hast thou found of all thy household stuff? set it here before my brethren and thy brethren, that they may judge betwixt us both. -- genesis 31:37 +. +This twenty years have I been with thee; thy ewes and thy she goats have not cast their young, and the rams of thy flock have I not eaten. -- genesis 31:38 +. +That which was torn of beasts I brought not unto thee; I bare the loss of it; of my hand didst thou require it, whether stolen by day, or stolen by night. -- genesis 31:39 +. +Thus I was; in the day the drought consumed me, and the frost by night; and my sleep departed from mine eyes. -- genesis 31:40 +. +Thus have I been twenty years in thy house; I served thee fourteen years for thy two daughters, and six years for thy cattle: and thou hast changed my wages ten times. -- genesis 31:41 +. +Except the God of my father, the God of Abraham, and the fear of Isaac, had been with me, surely thou hadst sent me away now empty. God hath seen mine affliction and the labor of my hands, and rebuked thee yesternight. -- genesis 31:42 +. +And Laban answered and said unto Jacob, These daughters are my daughters, and these children are my children, and these cattle are my cattle, and all that thou seest is mine: and what can I do this day unto these my daughters, or unto their children which they have born? -- genesis 31:43 +. +Now therefore come thou, let us make a covenant, I and thou; and let it be for a witness between me and thee. -- genesis 31:44 +. +And Jacob took a stone, and set it up for a pillar. -- genesis 31:45 +. +And Jacob said unto his brethren, Gather stones; and they took stones, and made an heap: and they did eat there upon the heap. -- genesis 31:46 +. +And Laban called it Jegarsahadutha: but Jacob called it Galeed. -- genesis 31:47 +. +And Laban said, This heap is a witness between me and thee this day. Therefore was the name of it called Galeed; -- genesis 31:48 +. +And Mizpah; for he said, The LORD watch between me and thee, when we are absent one from another. -- genesis 31:49 +. +If thou shalt afflict my daughters, or if thou shalt take other wives beside my daughters, no man is with us; see, God is witness betwixt me and thee. -- genesis 31:50 +. +And Laban said to Jacob, Behold this heap, and behold this pillar, which I have cast betwixt me and thee: -- genesis 31:51 +. +This heap be witness, and this pillar be witness, that I will not pass over this heap to thee, and that thou shalt not pass over this heap and this pillar unto me, for harm. -- genesis 31:52 +. +The God of Abraham, and the God of Nahor, the God of their father, judge betwixt us. And Jacob sware by the fear of his father Isaac. -- genesis 31:53 +. +Then Jacob offered sacrifice upon the mount, and called his brethren to eat bread: and they did eat bread, and tarried all night in the mount. -- genesis 31:54 +. +And early in the morning Laban rose up, and kissed his sons and his daughters, and blessed them: and Laban departed, and returned unto his place. -- genesis 31:55 +. +And Jacob went on his way, and the angels of God met him. -- genesis 32:1 +. +And when Jacob saw them, he said, This is God's host: and he called the name of that place Mahanaim. -- genesis 32:2 +. +And Jacob sent messengers before him to Esau his brother unto the land of Seir, the country of Edom. -- genesis 32:3 +. +And he commanded them, saying, Thus shall ye speak unto my lord Esau; Thy servant Jacob saith thus, I have sojourned with Laban, and stayed there until now: -- genesis 32:4 +. +And I have oxen, and asses, flocks, and menservants, and womenservants: and I have sent to tell my lord, that I may find grace in thy sight. -- genesis 32:5 +. +And the messengers returned to Jacob, saying, We came to thy brother Esau, and also he cometh to meet thee, and four hundred men with him. -- genesis 32:6 +. +Then Jacob was greatly afraid and distressed: and he divided the people that was with him, and the flocks, and herds, and the camels, into two bands; -- genesis 32:7 +. +And said, If Esau come to the one company, and smite it, then the other company which is left shall escape. -- genesis 32:8 +. +And Jacob said, O God of my father Abraham, and God of my father Isaac, the LORD which saidst unto me, Return unto thy country, and to thy kindred, and I will deal well with thee: -- genesis 32:9 +. +I am not worthy of the least of all the mercies, and of all the truth, which thou hast showed unto thy servant; for with my staff I passed over this Jordan; and now I am become two bands. -- genesis 32:10 +. +Deliver me, I pray thee, from the hand of my brother, from the hand of Esau: for I fear him, lest he will come and smite me, and the mother with the children. -- genesis 32:11 +. +And thou saidst, I will surely do thee good, and make thy seed as the sand of the sea, which cannot be numbered for multitude. -- genesis 32:12 +. +And he lodged there that same night; and took of that which came to his hand a present for Esau his brother; -- genesis 32:13 +. +Two hundred she goats, and twenty he goats, two hundred ewes, and twenty rams, -- genesis 32:14 +. +Thirty milch camels with their colts, forty kine, and ten bulls, twenty she asses, and ten foals. -- genesis 32:15 +. +And he delivered them into the hand of his servants, every drove by themselves; and said unto his servants, Pass over before me, and put a space betwixt drove and drove. -- genesis 32:16 +. +And he commanded the foremost, saying, When Esau my brother meeteth thee, and asketh thee, saying, Whose art thou? and whither goest thou? and whose are these before thee? -- genesis 32:17 +. +Then thou shalt say, They be thy servant Jacob's; it is a present sent unto my lord Esau: and, behold, also he is behind us. -- genesis 32:18 +. +And so commanded he the second, and the third, and all that followed the droves, saying, On this manner shall ye speak unto Esau, when ye find him. -- genesis 32:19 +. +And say ye moreover, Behold, thy servant Jacob is behind us. For he said, I will appease him with the present that goeth before me, and afterward I will see his face; peradventure he will accept of me. -- genesis 32:20 +. +So went the present over before him: and himself lodged that night in the company. -- genesis 32:21 +. +And he rose up that night, and took his two wives, and his two womenservants, and his eleven sons, and passed over the ford Jabbok. -- genesis 32:22 +. +And he took them, and sent them over the brook, and sent over that he had. -- genesis 32:23 +. +And Jacob was left alone; and there wrestled a man with him until the breaking of the day. -- genesis 32:24 +. +And when he saw that he prevailed not against him, he touched the hollow of his thigh; and the hollow of Jacob's thigh was out of joint, as he wrestled with him. -- genesis 32:25 +. +And he said, Let me go, for the day breaketh. And he said, I will not let thee go, except thou bless me. -- genesis 32:26 +. +And he said unto him, What is thy name? And he said, Jacob. -- genesis 32:27 +. +And he said, Thy name shall be called no more Jacob, but Israel: for as a prince hast thou power with God and with men, and hast prevailed. -- genesis 32:28 +. +And Jacob asked him, and said, Tell me, I pray thee, thy name. And he said, Wherefore is it that thou dost ask after my name? And he blessed him there. -- genesis 32:29 +. +And Jacob called the name of the place Peniel: for I have seen God face to face, and my life is preserved. -- genesis 32:30 +. +And as he passed over Penuel the sun rose upon him, and he halted upon his thigh. -- genesis 32:31 +. +Therefore the children of Israel eat not of the sinew which shrank, which is upon the hollow of the thigh, unto this day: because he touched the hollow of Jacob's thigh in the sinew that shrank. -- genesis 32:32 +. +And Jacob lifted up his eyes, and looked, and, behold, Esau came, and with him four hundred men. And he divided the children unto Leah, and unto Rachel, and unto the two handmaids. -- genesis 33:1 +. +And he put the handmaids and their children foremost, and Leah and her children after, and Rachel and Joseph hindermost. -- genesis 33:2 +. +And he passed over before them, and bowed himself to the ground seven times, until he came near to his brother. -- genesis 33:3 +. +And Esau ran to meet him, and embraced him, and fell on his neck, and kissed him: and they wept. -- genesis 33:4 +. +And he lifted up his eyes, and saw the women and the children; and said, Who are those with thee? And he said, The children which God hath graciously given thy servant. -- genesis 33:5 +. +Then the handmaidens came near, they and their children, and they bowed themselves. -- genesis 33:6 +. +And Leah also with her children came near, and bowed themselves: and after came Joseph near and Rachel, and they bowed themselves. -- genesis 33:7 +. +And he said, What meanest thou by all this drove which I met? And he said, These are to find grace in the sight of my lord. -- genesis 33:8 +. +And Esau said, I have enough, my brother; keep that thou hast unto thyself. -- genesis 33:9 +. +And Jacob said, Nay, I pray thee, if now I have found grace in thy sight, then receive my present at my hand: for therefore I have seen thy face, as though I had seen the face of God, and thou wast pleased with me. -- genesis 33:10 +. +Take, I pray thee, my blessing that is brought to thee; because God hath dealt graciously with me, and because I have enough. And he urged him, and he took it. -- genesis 33:11 +. +And he said, Let us take our journey, and let us go, and I will go before thee. -- genesis 33:12 +. +And he said unto him, My lord knoweth that the children are tender, and the flocks and herds with young are with me: and if men should overdrive them one day, all the flock will die. -- genesis 33:13 +. +Let my lord, I pray thee, pass over before his servant: and I will lead on softly, according as the cattle that goeth before me and the children be able to endure, until I come unto my lord unto Seir. -- genesis 33:14 +. +And Esau said, Let me now leave with thee some of the folk that are with me. And he said, What needeth it? let me find grace in the sight of my lord. -- genesis 33:15 +. +So Esau returned that day on his way unto Seir. -- genesis 33:16 +. +And Jacob journeyed to Succoth, and built him an house, and made booths for his cattle: therefore the name of the place is called Succoth. -- genesis 33:17 +. +And Jacob came to Shalem, a city of Shechem, which is in the land of Canaan, when he came from Padanaram; and pitched his tent before the city. -- genesis 33:18 +. +And he bought a parcel of a field, where he had spread his tent, at the hand of the children of Hamor, Shechem's father, for an hundred pieces of money. -- genesis 33:19 +. +And he erected there an altar, and called it EleloheIsrael. -- genesis 33:20 +. +And Dinah the daughter of Leah, which she bare unto Jacob, went out to see the daughters of the land. -- genesis 34:1 +. +And when Shechem the son of Hamor the Hivite, prince of the country, saw her, he took her, and lay with her, and defiled her. -- genesis 34:2 +. +And his soul clave unto Dinah the daughter of Jacob, and he loved the damsel, and spake kindly unto the damsel. -- genesis 34:3 +. +And Shechem spake unto his father Hamor, saying, Get me this damsel to wife. -- genesis 34:4 +. +And Jacob heard that he had defiled Dinah his daughter: now his sons were with his cattle in the field: and Jacob held his peace until they were come. -- genesis 34:5 +. +And Hamor the father of Shechem went out unto Jacob to commune with him. -- genesis 34:6 +. +And the sons of Jacob came out of the field when they heard it: and the men were grieved, and they were very wroth, because he had wrought folly in Israel in lying with Jacob's daughter: which thing ought not to be done. -- genesis 34:7 +. +And Hamor communed with them, saying, The soul of my son Shechem longeth for your daughter: I pray you give her him to wife. -- genesis 34:8 +. +And make ye marriages with us, and give your daughters unto us, and take our daughters unto you. -- genesis 34:9 +. +And ye shall dwell with us: and the land shall be before you; dwell and trade ye therein, and get you possessions therein. -- genesis 34:10 +. +And Shechem said unto her father and unto her brethren, Let me find grace in your eyes, and what ye shall say unto me I will give. -- genesis 34:11 +. +Ask me never so much dowry and gift, and I will give according as ye shall say unto me: but give me the damsel to wife. -- genesis 34:12 +. +And the sons of Jacob answered Shechem and Hamor his father deceitfully, and said, because he had defiled Dinah their sister: -- genesis 34:13 +. +And they said unto them, We cannot do this thing, to give our sister to one that is uncircumcised; for that were a reproach unto us: -- genesis 34:14 +. +But in this will we consent unto you: If ye will be as we be, that every male of you be circumcised; -- genesis 34:15 +. +Then will we give our daughters unto you, and we will take your daughters to us, and we will dwell with you, and we will become one people. -- genesis 34:16 +. +But if ye will not hearken unto us, to be circumcised; then will we take our daughter, and we will be gone. -- genesis 34:17 +. +And their words pleased Hamor, and Shechem Hamor's son. -- genesis 34:18 +. +And the young man deferred not to do the thing, because he had delight in Jacob's daughter: and he was more honorable than all the house of his father. -- genesis 34:19 +. +And Hamor and Shechem his son came unto the gate of their city, and communed with the men of their city, saying, -- genesis 34:20 +. +These men are peaceable with us; therefore let them dwell in the land, and trade therein; for the land, behold, it is large enough for them; let us take their daughters to us for wives, and let us give them our daughters. -- genesis 34:21 +. +Only herein will the men consent unto us for to dwell with us, to be one people, if every male among us be circumcised, as they are circumcised. -- genesis 34:22 +. +Shall not their cattle and their substance and every beast of theirs be ours? only let us consent unto them, and they will dwell with us. -- genesis 34:23 +. +And unto Hamor and unto Shechem his son hearkened all that went out of the gate of his city; and every male was circumcised, all that went out of the gate of his city. -- genesis 34:24 +. +And it came to pass on the third day, when they were sore, that two of the sons of Jacob, Simeon and Levi, Dinah's brethren, took each man his sword, and came upon the city boldly, and slew all the males. -- genesis 34:25 +. +And they slew Hamor and Shechem his son with the edge of the sword, and took Dinah out of Shechem's house, and went out. -- genesis 34:26 +. +The sons of Jacob came upon the slain, and spoiled the city, because they had defiled their sister. -- genesis 34:27 +. +They took their sheep, and their oxen, and their asses, and that which was in the city, and that which was in the field, -- genesis 34:28 +. +And all their wealth, and all their little ones, and their wives took they captive, and spoiled even all that was in the house. -- genesis 34:29 +. +And Jacob said to Simeon and Levi, Ye have troubled me to make me to stink among the inhabitants of the land, among the Canaanites and the Perizzites: and I being few in number, they shall gather themselves together against me, and slay me; and I shall be destroyed, I and my house. -- genesis 34:30 +. +And they said, Should he deal with our sister as with an harlot? -- genesis 34:31 +. +And God said unto Jacob, Arise, go up to Bethel, and dwell there: and make there an altar unto God, that appeared unto thee when thou fleddest from the face of Esau thy brother. -- genesis 35:1 +. +Then Jacob said unto his household, and to all that were with him, Put away the strange gods that are among you, and be clean, and change your garments: -- genesis 35:2 +. +And let us arise, and go up to Bethel; and I will make there an altar unto God, who answered me in the day of my distress, and was with me in the way which I went. -- genesis 35:3 +. +And they gave unto Jacob all the strange gods which were in their hand, and all their earrings which were in their ears; and Jacob hid them under the oak which was by Shechem. -- genesis 35:4 +. +And they journeyed: and the terror of God was upon the cities that were round about them, and they did not pursue after the sons of Jacob. -- genesis 35:5 +. +So Jacob came to Luz, which is in the land of Canaan, that is, Bethel, he and all the people that were with him. -- genesis 35:6 +. +And he built there an altar, and called the place Elbethel: because there God appeared unto him, when he fled from the face of his brother. -- genesis 35:7 +. +But Deborah Rebekah's nurse died, and she was buried beneath Bethel under an oak: and the name of it was called Allonbachuth. -- genesis 35:8 +. +And God appeared unto Jacob again, when he came out of Padanaram, and blessed him. -- genesis 35:9 +. +And God said unto him, Thy name is Jacob: thy name shall not be called any more Jacob, but Israel shall be thy name: and he called his name Israel. -- genesis 35:10 +. +And God said unto him, I am God Almighty: be fruitful and multiply; a nation and a company of nations shall be of thee, and kings shall come out of thy loins; -- genesis 35:11 +. +And the land which I gave Abraham and Isaac, to thee I will give it, and to thy seed after thee will I give the land. -- genesis 35:12 +. +And God went up from him in the place where he talked with him. -- genesis 35:13 +. +And Jacob set up a pillar in the place where he talked with him, even a pillar of stone: and he poured a drink offering thereon, and he poured oil thereon. -- genesis 35:14 +. +And Jacob called the name of the place where God spake with him, Bethel. -- genesis 35:15 +. +And they journeyed from Bethel; and there was but a little way to come to Ephrath: and Rachel travailed, and she had hard labor. -- genesis 35:16 +. +And it came to pass, when she was in hard labor, that the midwife said unto her, Fear not; thou shalt have this son also. -- genesis 35:17 +. +And it came to pass, as her soul was in departing, (for she died) that she called his name Benoni: but his father called him Benjamin. -- genesis 35:18 +. +And Rachel died, and was buried in the way to Ephrath, which is Bethlehem. -- genesis 35:19 +. +And Jacob set a pillar upon her grave: that is the pillar of Rachel's grave unto this day. -- genesis 35:20 +. +And Israel journeyed, and spread his tent beyond the tower of Edar. -- genesis 35:21 +. +And it came to pass, when Israel dwelt in that land, that Reuben went and lay with Bilhah his father's concubine: and Israel heard it. Now the sons of Jacob were twelve: -- genesis 35:22 +. +The sons of Leah; Reuben, Jacob's firstborn, and Simeon, and Levi, and Judah, and Issachar, and Zebulun: -- genesis 35:23 +. +The sons of Rachel; Joseph, and Benjamin: -- genesis 35:24 +. +And the sons of Bilhah, Rachel's handmaid; Dan, and Naphtali: -- genesis 35:25 +. +And the sons of Zilpah, Leah's handmaid: Gad, and Asher: these are the sons of Jacob, which were born to him in Padanaram. -- genesis 35:26 +. +And Jacob came unto Isaac his father unto Mamre, unto the city of Arba, which is Hebron, where Abraham and Isaac sojourned. -- genesis 35:27 +. +And the days of Isaac were an hundred and fourscore years. -- genesis 35:28 +. +And Isaac gave up the ghost, and died, and was gathered unto his people, being old and full of days: and his sons Esau and Jacob buried him. -- genesis 35:29 +. +Now these are the generations of Esau, who is Edom. -- genesis 36:1 +. +Esau took his wives of the daughters of Canaan; Adah the daughter of Elon the Hittite, and Aholibamah the daughter of Anah the daughter of Zibeon the Hivite; -- genesis 36:2 +. +And Bashemath Ishmael's daughter, sister of Nebajoth. -- genesis 36:3 +. +And Adah bare to Esau Eliphaz; and Bashemath bare Reuel; -- genesis 36:4 +. +And Aholibamah bare Jeush, and Jaalam, and Korah: these are the sons of Esau, which were born unto him in the land of Canaan. -- genesis 36:5 +. +And Esau took his wives, and his sons, and his daughters, and all the persons of his house, and his cattle, and all his beasts, and all his substance, which he had got in the land of Canaan; and went into the country from the face of his brother Jacob. -- genesis 36:6 +. +For their riches were more than that they might dwell together; and the land wherein they were strangers could not bear them because of their cattle. -- genesis 36:7 +. +Thus dwelt Esau in mount Seir: Esau is Edom. -- genesis 36:8 +. +And these are the generations of Esau the father of the Edomites in mount Seir: -- genesis 36:9 +. +These are the names of Esau's sons; Eliphaz the son of Adah the wife of Esau, Reuel the son of Bashemath the wife of Esau. -- genesis 36:10 +. +And the sons of Eliphaz were Teman, Omar, Zepho, and Gatam, and Kenaz. -- genesis 36:11 +. +And Timna was concubine to Eliphaz Esau's son; and she bare to Eliphaz Amalek: these were the sons of Adah Esau's wife. -- genesis 36:12 +. +And these are the sons of Reuel; Nahath, and Zerah, Shammah, and Mizzah: these were the sons of Bashemath Esau's wife. -- genesis 36:13 +. +And these were the sons of Aholibamah, the daughter of Anah the daughter of Zibeon, Esau's wife: and she bare to Esau Jeush, and Jaalam, and Korah. -- genesis 36:14 +. +These were dukes of the sons of Esau: the sons of Eliphaz the firstborn son of Esau; duke Teman, duke Omar, duke Zepho, duke Kenaz, -- genesis 36:15 +. +Duke Korah, duke Gatam, and duke Amalek: these are the dukes that came of Eliphaz in the land of Edom; these were the sons of Adah. -- genesis 36:16 +. +And these are the sons of Reuel Esau's son; duke Nahath, duke Zerah, duke Shammah, duke Mizzah: these are the dukes that came of Reuel in the land of Edom; these are the sons of Bashemath Esau's wife. -- genesis 36:17 +. +And these are the sons of Aholibamah Esau's wife; duke Jeush, duke Jaalam, duke Korah: these were the dukes that came of Aholibamah the daughter of Anah, Esau's wife. -- genesis 36:18 +. +These are the sons of Esau, who is Edom, and these are their dukes. -- genesis 36:19 +. +These are the sons of Seir the Horite, who inhabited the land; Lotan, and Shobal, and Zibeon, and Anah, -- genesis 36:20 +. +And Dishon, and Ezer, and Dishan: these are the dukes of the Horites, the children of Seir in the land of Edom. -- genesis 36:21 +. +And the children of Lotan were Hori and Hemam; and Lotan's sister was Timna. -- genesis 36:22 +. +And the children of Shobal were these; Alvan, and Manahath, and Ebal, Shepho, and Onam. -- genesis 36:23 +. +And these are the children of Zibeon; both Ajah, and Anah: this was that Anah that found the mules in the wilderness, as he fed the asses of Zibeon his father. -- genesis 36:24 +. +And the children of Anah were these; Dishon, and Aholibamah the daughter of Anah. -- genesis 36:25 +. +And these are the children of Dishon; Hemdan, and Eshban, and Ithran, and Cheran. -- genesis 36:26 +. +The children of Ezer are these; Bilhan, and Zaavan, and Akan. -- genesis 36:27 +. +The children of Dishan are these; Uz, and Aran. -- genesis 36:28 +. +These are the dukes that came of the Horites; duke Lotan, duke Shobal, duke Zibeon, duke Anah, -- genesis 36:29 +. +Duke Dishon, duke Ezer, duke Dishan: these are the dukes that came of Hori, among their dukes in the land of Seir. -- genesis 36:30 +. +And these are the kings that reigned in the land of Edom, before there reigned any king over the children of Israel. -- genesis 36:31 +. +And Bela the son of Beor reigned in Edom: and the name of his city was Dinhabah. -- genesis 36:32 +. +And Bela died, and Jobab the son of Zerah of Bozrah reigned in his stead. -- genesis 36:33 +. +And Jobab died, and Husham of the land of Temani reigned in his stead. -- genesis 36:34 +. +And Husham died, and Hadad the son of Bedad, who smote Midian in the field of Moab, reigned in his stead: and the name of his city was Avith. -- genesis 36:35 +. +And Hadad died, and Samlah of Masrekah reigned in his stead. -- genesis 36:36 +. +And Samlah died, and Saul of Rehoboth by the river reigned in his stead. -- genesis 36:37 +. +And Saul died, and Baalhanan the son of Achbor reigned in his stead. -- genesis 36:38 +. +And Baalhanan the son of Achbor died, and Hadar reigned in his stead: and the name of his city was Pau; and his wife's name was Mehetabel, the daughter of Matred, the daughter of Mezahab. -- genesis 36:39 +. +And these are the names of the dukes that came of Esau, according to their families, after their places, by their names; duke Timnah, duke Alvah, duke Jetheth, -- genesis 36:40 +. +Duke Aholibamah, duke Elah, duke Pinon, -- genesis 36:41 +. +Duke Kenaz, duke Teman, duke Mibzar, -- genesis 36:42 +. +Duke Magdiel, duke Iram: these be the dukes of Edom, according to their habitations in the land of their possession: he is Esau the father of the Edomites. -- genesis 36:43 +. +And Jacob dwelt in the land wherein his father was a stranger, in the land of Canaan. -- genesis 37:1 +. +These are the generations of Jacob. Joseph, being seventeen years old, was feeding the flock with his brethren; and the lad was with the sons of Bilhah, and with the sons of Zilpah, his father's wives: and Joseph brought unto his father their evil report. -- genesis 37:2 +. +Now Israel loved Joseph more than all his children, because he was the son of his old age: and he made him a coat of many colors. -- genesis 37:3 +. +And when his brethren saw that their father loved him more than all his brethren, they hated him, and could not speak peaceably unto him. -- genesis 37:4 +. +And Joseph dreamed a dream, and he told it his brethren: and they hated him yet the more. -- genesis 37:5 +. +And he said unto them, Hear, I pray you, this dream which I have dreamed: -- genesis 37:6 +. +For, behold, we were binding sheaves in the field, and, lo, my sheaf arose, and also stood upright; and, behold, your sheaves stood round about, and made obeisance to my sheaf. -- genesis 37:7 +. +And his brethren said to him, Shalt thou indeed reign over us? or shalt thou indeed have dominion over us? And they hated him yet the more for his dreams, and for his words. -- genesis 37:8 +. +And he dreamed yet another dream, and told it his brethren, and said, Behold, I have dreamed a dream more; and, behold, the sun and the moon and the eleven stars made obeisance to me. -- genesis 37:9 +. +And he told it to his father, and to his brethren: and his father rebuked him, and said unto him, What is this dream that thou hast dreamed? Shall I and thy mother and thy brethren indeed come to bow down ourselves to thee to the earth? -- genesis 37:10 +. +And his brethren envied him; but his father observed the saying. -- genesis 37:11 +. +And his brethren went to feed their father's flock in Shechem. -- genesis 37:12 +. +And Israel said unto Joseph, Do not thy brethren feed the flock in Shechem? come, and I will send thee unto them. And he said to him, Here am I. -- genesis 37:13 +. +And he said to him, Go, I pray thee, see whether it be well with thy brethren, and well with the flocks; and bring me word again. So he sent him out of the vale of Hebron, and he came to Shechem. -- genesis 37:14 +. +And a certain man found him, and, behold, he was wandering in the field: and the man asked him, saying, What seekest thou? -- genesis 37:15 +. +And he said, I seek my brethren: tell me, I pray thee, where they feed their flocks. -- genesis 37:16 +. +And the man said, They are departed hence; for I heard them say, Let us go to Dothan. And Joseph went after his brethren, and found them in Dothan. -- genesis 37:17 +. +And when they saw him afar off, even before he came near unto them, they conspired against him to slay him. -- genesis 37:18 +. +And they said one to another, Behold, this dreamer cometh. -- genesis 37:19 +. +Come now therefore, and let us slay him, and cast him into some pit, and we will say, Some evil beast hath devoured him: and we shall see what will become of his dreams. -- genesis 37:20 +. +And Reuben heard it, and he delivered him out of their hands; and said, Let us not kill him. -- genesis 37:21 +. +And Reuben said unto them, Shed no blood, but cast him into this pit that is in the wilderness, and lay no hand upon him; that he might rid him out of their hands, to deliver him to his father again. -- genesis 37:22 +. +And it came to pass, when Joseph was come unto his brethren, that they stripped Joseph out of his coat, his coat of many colors that was on him; -- genesis 37:23 +. +And they took him, and cast him into a pit: and the pit was empty, there was no water in it. -- genesis 37:24 +. +And they sat down to eat bread: and they lifted up their eyes and looked, and, behold, a company of Ishmaelites came from Gilead with their camels bearing spicery and balm and myrrh, going to carry it down to Egypt. -- genesis 37:25 +. +And Judah said unto his brethren, What profit is it if we slay our brother, and conceal his blood? -- genesis 37:26 +. +Come, and let us sell him to the Ishmaelites, and let not our hand be upon him; for he is our brother and our flesh. And his brethren were content. -- genesis 37:27 +. +Then there passed by Midianites merchantmen; and they drew and lifted up Joseph out of the pit, and sold Joseph to the Ishmaelites for twenty pieces of silver: and they brought Joseph into Egypt. -- genesis 37:28 +. +And Reuben returned unto the pit; and, behold, Joseph was not in the pit; and he rent his clothes. -- genesis 37:29 +. +And he returned unto his brethren, and said, The child is not; and I, whither shall I go? -- genesis 37:30 +. +And they took Joseph's coat, and killed a kid of the goats, and dipped the coat in the blood; -- genesis 37:31 +. +And they sent the coat of many colors, and they brought it to their father; and said, This have we found: know now whether it be thy son's coat or no. -- genesis 37:32 +. +And he knew it, and said, It is my son's coat; an evil beast hath devoured him; Joseph is without doubt rent in pieces. -- genesis 37:33 +. +And Jacob rent his clothes, and put sackcloth upon his loins, and mourned for his son many days. -- genesis 37:34 +. +And all his sons and all his daughters rose up to comfort him; but he refused to be comforted; and he said, For I will go down into the grave unto my son mourning. Thus his father wept for him. -- genesis 37:35 +. +And the Midianites sold him into Egypt unto Potiphar, an officer of Pharaoh's, and captain of the guard. -- genesis 37:36 +. +And it came to pass at that time, that Judah went down from his brethren, and turned in to a certain Adullamite, whose name was Hirah. -- genesis 38:1 +. +And Judah saw there a daughter of a certain Canaanite, whose name was Shuah; and he took her, and went in unto her. -- genesis 38:2 +. +And she conceived, and bare a son; and he called his name Er. -- genesis 38:3 +. +And she conceived again, and bare a son; and she called his name Onan. -- genesis 38:4 +. +And she yet again conceived, and bare a son; and called his name Shelah: and he was at Chezib, when she bare him. -- genesis 38:5 +. +And Judah took a wife for Er his firstborn, whose name was Tamar. -- genesis 38:6 +. +And Er, Judah's firstborn, was wicked in the sight of the LORD; and the LORD slew him. -- genesis 38:7 +. +And Judah said unto Onan, Go in unto thy brother's wife, and marry her, and raise up seed to thy brother. -- genesis 38:8 +. +And Onan knew that the seed should not be his; and it came to pass, when he went in unto his brother's wife, that he spilled it on the ground, lest that he should give seed to his brother. -- genesis 38:9 +. +And the thing which he did displeased the LORD: wherefore he slew him also. -- genesis 38:10 +. +Then said Judah to Tamar his daughter in law, Remain a widow at thy father's house, till Shelah my son be grown: for he said, Lest peradventure he die also, as his brethren did. And Tamar went and dwelt in her father's house. -- genesis 38:11 +. +And in process of time the daughter of Shuah Judah's wife died; and Judah was comforted, and went up unto his sheepshearers to Timnath, he and his friend Hirah the Adullamite. -- genesis 38:12 +. +And it was told Tamar, saying, Behold thy father in law goeth up to Timnath to shear his sheep. -- genesis 38:13 +. +And she put her widow's garments off from her, and covered her with a vail, and wrapped herself, and sat in an open place, which is by the way to Timnath; for she saw that Shelah was grown, and she was not given unto him to wife. -- genesis 38:14 +. +When Judah saw her, he thought her to be an harlot; because she had covered her face. -- genesis 38:15 +. +And he turned unto her by the way, and said, Go to, I pray thee, let me come in unto thee; (for he knew not that she was his daughter in law.) And she said, What wilt thou give me, that thou mayest come in unto me? -- genesis 38:16 +. +And he said, I will send thee a kid from the flock. And she said, Wilt thou give me a pledge, till thou send it? -- genesis 38:17 +. +And he said, What pledge shall I give thee? And she said, Thy signet, and thy bracelets, and thy staff that is in thine hand. And he gave it her, and came in unto her, and she conceived by him. -- genesis 38:18 +. +And she arose, and went away, and laid by her vail from her, and put on the garments of her widowhood. -- genesis 38:19 +. +And Judah sent the kid by the hand of his friend the Adullamite, to receive his pledge from the woman's hand: but he found her not. -- genesis 38:20 +. +Then he asked the men of that place, saying, Where is the harlot, that was openly by the way side? And they said, There was no harlot in this place. -- genesis 38:21 +. +And he returned to Judah, and said, I cannot find her; and also the men of the place said, that there was no harlot in this place. -- genesis 38:22 +. +And Judah said, Let her take it to her, lest we be shamed: behold, I sent this kid, and thou hast not found her. -- genesis 38:23 +. +And it came to pass about three months after, that it was told Judah, saying, Tamar thy daughter in law hath played the harlot; and also, behold, she is with child by whoredom. And Judah said, Bring her forth, and let her be burnt. -- genesis 38:24 +. +When she was brought forth, she sent to her father in law, saying, By the man, whose these are, am I with child: and she said, Discern, I pray thee, whose are these, the signet, and bracelets, and staff. -- genesis 38:25 +. +And Judah acknowledged them, and said, She hath been more righteous than I; because that I gave her not to Shelah my son. And he knew her again no more. -- genesis 38:26 +. +And it came to pass in the time of her travail, that, behold, twins were in her womb. -- genesis 38:27 +. +And it came to pass, when she travailed, that the one put out his hand: and the midwife took and bound upon his hand a scarlet thread, saying, This came out first. -- genesis 38:28 +. +And it came to pass, as he drew back his hand, that, behold, his brother came out: and she said, How hast thou broken forth? this breach be upon thee: therefore his name was called Pharez. -- genesis 38:29 +. +And afterward came out his brother, that had the scarlet thread upon his hand: and his name was called Zarah. -- genesis 38:30 +. +And Joseph was brought down to Egypt; and Potiphar, an officer of Pharaoh, captain of the guard, an Egyptian, bought him of the hands of the Ishmaelites, which had brought him down thither. -- genesis 39:1 +. +And the LORD was with Joseph, and he was a prosperous man; and he was in the house of his master the Egyptian. -- genesis 39:2 +. +And his master saw that the LORD was with him, and that the LORD made all that he did to prosper in his hand. -- genesis 39:3 +. +And Joseph found grace in his sight, and he served him: and he made him overseer over his house, and all that he had he put into his hand. -- genesis 39:4 +. +And it came to pass from the time that he had made him overseer in his house, and over all that he had, that the LORD blessed the Egyptian's house for Joseph's sake; and the blessing of the LORD was upon all that he had in the house, and in the field. -- genesis 39:5 +. +And he left all that he had in Joseph's hand; and he knew not ought he had, save the bread which he did eat. And Joseph was a goodly person, and well favored. -- genesis 39:6 +. +And it came to pass after these things, that his master's wife cast her eyes upon Joseph; and she said, Lie with me. -- genesis 39:7 +. +But he refused, and said unto his master's wife, Behold, my master wotteth not what is with me in the house, and he hath committed all that he hath to my hand; -- genesis 39:8 +. +There is none greater in this house than I; neither hath he kept back any thing from me but thee, because thou art his wife: how then can I do this great wickedness, and sin against God? -- genesis 39:9 +. +And it came to pass, as she spake to Joseph day by day, that he hearkened not unto her, to lie by her, or to be with her. -- genesis 39:10 +. +And it came to pass about this time, that Joseph went into the house to do his business; and there was none of the men of the house there within. -- genesis 39:11 +. +And she caught him by his garment, saying, Lie with me: and he left his garment in her hand, and fled, and got him out. -- genesis 39:12 +. +And it came to pass, when she saw that he had left his garment in her hand, and was fled forth, -- genesis 39:13 +. +That she called unto the men of her house, and spake unto them, saying, See, he hath brought in an Hebrew unto us to mock us; he came in unto me to lie with me, and I cried with a loud voice: -- genesis 39:14 +. +And it came to pass, when he heard that I lifted up my voice and cried, that he left his garment with me, and fled, and got him out. -- genesis 39:15 +. +And she laid up his garment by her, until his lord came home. -- genesis 39:16 +. +And she spake unto him according to these words, saying, The Hebrew servant, which thou hast brought unto us, came in unto me to mock me: -- genesis 39:17 +. +And it came to pass, as I lifted up my voice and cried, that he left his garment with me, and fled out. -- genesis 39:18 +. +And it came to pass, when his master heard the words of his wife, which she spake unto him, saying, After this manner did thy servant to me; that his wrath was kindled. -- genesis 39:19 +. +And Joseph's master took him, and put him into the prison, a place where the king's prisoners were bound: and he was there in the prison. -- genesis 39:20 +. +But the LORD was with Joseph, and showed him mercy, and gave him favor in the sight of the keeper of the prison. -- genesis 39:21 +. +And the keeper of the prison committed to Joseph's hand all the prisoners that were in the prison; and whatsoever they did there, he was the doer of it. -- genesis 39:22 +. +The keeper of the prison looked not to any thing that was under his hand; because the LORD was with him, and that which he did, the LORD made it to prosper. -- genesis 39:23 +. +And it came to pass after these things, that the butler of the king of Egypt and his baker had offended their lord the king of Egypt. -- genesis 40:1 +. +And Pharaoh was wroth against two of his officers, against the chief of the butlers, and against the chief of the bakers. -- genesis 40:2 +. +And he put them in ward in the house of the captain of the guard, into the prison, the place where Joseph was bound. -- genesis 40:3 +. +And the captain of the guard charged Joseph with them, and he served them: and they continued a season in ward. -- genesis 40:4 +. +And they dreamed a dream both of them, each man his dream in one night, each man according to the interpretation of his dream, the butler and the baker of the king of Egypt, which were bound in the prison. -- genesis 40:5 +. +And Joseph came in unto them in the morning, and looked upon them, and, behold, they were sad. -- genesis 40:6 +. +And he asked Pharaoh's officers that were with him in the ward of his lord's house, saying, Wherefore look ye so sadly to day? -- genesis 40:7 +. +And they said unto him, We have dreamed a dream, and there is no interpreter of it. And Joseph said unto them, Do not interpretations belong to God? tell me them, I pray you. -- genesis 40:8 +. +And the chief butler told his dream to Joseph, and said to him, In my dream, behold, a vine was before me; -- genesis 40:9 +. +And in the vine were three branches: and it was as though it budded, and her blossoms shot forth; and the clusters thereof brought forth ripe grapes: -- genesis 40:10 +. +And Pharaoh's cup was in my hand: and I took the grapes, and pressed them into Pharaoh's cup, and I gave the cup into Pharaoh's hand. -- genesis 40:11 +. +And Joseph said unto him, This is the interpretation of it: The three branches are three days: -- genesis 40:12 +. +Yet within three days shall Pharaoh lift up thine head, and restore thee unto thy place: and thou shalt deliver Pharaoh's cup into his hand, after the former manner when thou wast his butler. -- genesis 40:13 +. +But think on me when it shall be well with thee, and show kindness, I pray thee, unto me, and make mention of me unto Pharaoh, and bring me out of this house: -- genesis 40:14 +. +For indeed I was stolen away out of the land of the Hebrews: and here also have I done nothing that they should put me into the dungeon. -- genesis 40:15 +. +When the chief baker saw that the interpretation was good, he said unto Joseph, I also was in my dream, and, behold, I had three white baskets on my head: -- genesis 40:16 +. +And in the uppermost basket there was of all manner of bakemeats for Pharaoh; and the birds did eat them out of the basket upon my head. -- genesis 40:17 +. +And Joseph answered and said, This is the interpretation thereof: The three baskets are three days: -- genesis 40:18 +. +Yet within three days shall Pharaoh lift up thy head from off thee, and shall hang thee on a tree; and the birds shall eat thy flesh from off thee. -- genesis 40:19 +. +And it came to pass the third day, which was Pharaoh's birthday, that he made a feast unto all his servants: and he lifted up the head of the chief butler and of the chief baker among his servants. -- genesis 40:20 +. +And he restored the chief butler unto his butlership again; and he gave the cup into Pharaoh's hand: -- genesis 40:21 +. +But he hanged the chief baker: as Joseph had interpreted to them. -- genesis 40:22 +. +Yet did not the chief butler remember Joseph, but forgat him. -- genesis 40:23 +. +And it came to pass at the end of two full years, that Pharaoh dreamed: and, behold, he stood by the river. -- genesis 41:1 +. +And, behold, there came up out of the river seven well favored kine and fatfleshed; and they fed in a meadow. -- genesis 41:2 +. +And, behold, seven other kine came up after them out of the river, ill favored and leanfleshed; and stood by the other kine upon the brink of the river. -- genesis 41:3 +. +And the ill favored and leanfleshed kine did eat up the seven well favored and fat kine. So Pharaoh awoke. -- genesis 41:4 +. +And he slept and dreamed the second time: and, behold, seven ears of corn came up upon one stalk, rank and good. -- genesis 41:5 +. +And, behold, seven thin ears and blasted with the east wind sprung up after them. -- genesis 41:6 +. +And the seven thin ears devoured the seven rank and full ears. And Pharaoh awoke, and, behold, it was a dream. -- genesis 41:7 +. +And it came to pass in the morning that his spirit was troubled; and he sent and called for all the magicians of Egypt, and all the wise men thereof: and Pharaoh told them his dream; but there was none that could interpret them unto Pharaoh. -- genesis 41:8 +. +Then spake the chief butler unto Pharaoh, saying, I do remember my faults this day: -- genesis 41:9 +. +Pharaoh was wroth with his servants, and put me in ward in the captain of the guard's house, both me and the chief baker: -- genesis 41:10 +. +And we dreamed a dream in one night, I and he; we dreamed each man according to the interpretation of his dream. -- genesis 41:11 +. +And there was there with us a young man, an Hebrew, servant to the captain of the guard; and we told him, and he interpreted to us our dreams; to each man according to his dream he did interpret. -- genesis 41:12 +. +And it came to pass, as he interpreted to us, so it was; me he restored unto mine office, and him he hanged. -- genesis 41:13 +. +Then Pharaoh sent and called Joseph, and they brought him hastily out of the dungeon: and he shaved himself, and changed his raiment, and came in unto Pharaoh. -- genesis 41:14 +. +And Pharaoh said unto Joseph, I have dreamed a dream, and there is none that can interpret it: and I have heard say of thee, that thou canst understand a dream to interpret it. -- genesis 41:15 +. +And Joseph answered Pharaoh, saying, It is not in me: God shall give Pharaoh an answer of peace. -- genesis 41:16 +. +And Pharaoh said unto Joseph, In my dream, behold, I stood upon the bank of the river: -- genesis 41:17 +. +And, behold, there came up out of the river seven kine, fatfleshed and well favored; and they fed in a meadow: -- genesis 41:18 +. +And, behold, seven other kine came up after them, poor and very ill favored and leanfleshed, such as I never saw in all the land of Egypt for badness: -- genesis 41:19 +. +And the lean and the ill favored kine did eat up the first seven fat kine: -- genesis 41:20 +. +And when they had eaten them up, it could not be known that they had eaten them; but they were still ill favored, as at the beginning. So I awoke. -- genesis 41:21 +. +And I saw in my dream, and, behold, seven ears came up in one stalk, full and good: -- genesis 41:22 +. +And, behold, seven ears, withered, thin, and blasted with the east wind, sprung up after them: -- genesis 41:23 +. +And the thin ears devoured the seven good ears: and I told this unto the magicians; but there was none that could declare it to me. -- genesis 41:24 +. +And Joseph said unto Pharaoh, The dream of Pharaoh is one: God hath showed Pharaoh what he is about to do. -- genesis 41:25 +. +The seven good kine are seven years; and the seven good ears are seven years: the dream is one. -- genesis 41:26 +. +And the seven thin and ill favored kine that came up after them are seven years; and the seven empty ears blasted with the east wind shall be seven years of famine. -- genesis 41:27 +. +This is the thing which I have spoken unto Pharaoh: What God is about to do he showeth unto Pharaoh. -- genesis 41:28 +. +Behold, there come seven years of great plenty throughout all the land of Egypt: -- genesis 41:29 +. +And there shall arise after them seven years of famine; and all the plenty shall be forgotten in the land of Egypt; and the famine shall consume the land; -- genesis 41:30 +. +And the plenty shall not be known in the land by reason of that famine following; for it shall be very grievous. -- genesis 41:31 +. +And for that the dream was doubled unto Pharaoh twice; it is because the thing is established by God, and God will shortly bring it to pass. -- genesis 41:32 +. +Now therefore let Pharaoh look out a man discreet and wise, and set him over the land of Egypt. -- genesis 41:33 +. +Let Pharaoh do this, and let him appoint officers over the land, and take up the fifth part of the land of Egypt in the seven plenteous years. -- genesis 41:34 +. +And let them gather all the food of those good years that come, and lay up corn under the hand of Pharaoh, and let them keep food in the cities. -- genesis 41:35 +. +And that food shall be for store to the land against the seven years of famine, which shall be in the land of Egypt; that the land perish not through the famine. -- genesis 41:36 +. +And the thing was good in the eyes of Pharaoh, and in the eyes of all his servants. -- genesis 41:37 +. +And Pharaoh said unto his servants, Can we find such a one as this is, a man in whom the Spirit of God is? -- genesis 41:38 +. +And Pharaoh said unto Joseph, Forasmuch as God hath showed thee all this, there is none so discreet and wise as thou art: -- genesis 41:39 +. +Thou shalt be over my house, and according unto thy word shall all my people be ruled: only in the throne will I be greater than thou. -- genesis 41:40 +. +And Pharaoh said unto Joseph, See, I have set thee over all the land of Egypt. -- genesis 41:41 +. +And Pharaoh took off his ring from his hand, and put it upon Joseph's hand, and arrayed him in vestures of fine linen, and put a gold chain about his neck; -- genesis 41:42 +. +And he made him to ride in the second chariot which he had; and they cried before him, Bow the knee: and he made him ruler over all the land of Egypt. -- genesis 41:43 +. +And Pharaoh said unto Joseph, I am Pharaoh, and without thee shall no man lift up his hand or foot in all the land of Egypt. -- genesis 41:44 +. +And Pharaoh called Joseph's name Zaphnathpaaneah; and he gave him to wife Asenath the daughter of Potipherah priest of On. And Joseph went out over all the land of Egypt. -- genesis 41:45 +. +And Joseph was thirty years old when he stood before Pharaoh king of Egypt. And Joseph went out from the presence of Pharaoh, and went throughout all the land of Egypt. -- genesis 41:46 +. +And in the seven plenteous years the earth brought forth by handfuls. -- genesis 41:47 +. +And he gathered up all the food of the seven years, which were in the land of Egypt, and laid up the food in the cities: the food of the field, which was round about every city, laid he up in the same. -- genesis 41:48 +. +And Joseph gathered corn as the sand of the sea, very much, until he left numbering; for it was without number. -- genesis 41:49 +. +And unto Joseph were born two sons before the years of famine came, which Asenath the daughter of Potipherah priest of On bare unto him. -- genesis 41:50 +. +And Joseph called the name of the firstborn Manasseh: For God, said he, hath made me forget all my toil, and all my father's house. -- genesis 41:51 +. +And the name of the second called he Ephraim: For God hath caused me to be fruitful in the land of my affliction. -- genesis 41:52 +. +And the seven years of plenteousness, that was in the land of Egypt, were ended. -- genesis 41:53 +. +And the seven years of dearth began to come, according as Joseph had said: and the dearth was in all lands; but in all the land of Egypt there was bread. -- genesis 41:54 +. +And when all the land of Egypt was famished, the people cried to Pharaoh for bread: and Pharaoh said unto all the Egyptians, Go unto Joseph; what he saith to you, do. -- genesis 41:55 +. +And the famine was over all the face of the earth: and Joseph opened all the storehouses, and sold unto the Egyptians; and the famine waxed sore in the land of Egypt. -- genesis 41:56 +. +And all countries came into Egypt to Joseph for to buy corn; because that the famine was so sore in all lands. -- genesis 41:57 +. +Now when Jacob saw that there was corn in Egypt, Jacob said unto his sons, Why do ye look one upon another? -- genesis 42:1 +. +And he said, Behold, I have heard that there is corn in Egypt: get you down thither, and buy for us from thence; that we may live, and not die. -- genesis 42:2 +. +And Joseph's ten brethren went down to buy corn in Egypt. -- genesis 42:3 +. +But Benjamin, Joseph's brother, Jacob sent not with his brethren; for he said, Lest peradventure mischief befall him. -- genesis 42:4 +. +And the sons of Israel came to buy corn among those that came: for the famine was in the land of Canaan. -- genesis 42:5 +. +And Joseph was the governor over the land, and he it was that sold to all the people of the land: and Joseph's brethren came, and bowed down themselves before him with their faces to the earth. -- genesis 42:6 +. +And Joseph saw his brethren, and he knew them, but made himself strange unto them, and spake roughly unto them; and he said unto them, Whence come ye? And they said, From the land of Canaan to buy food. -- genesis 42:7 +. +And Joseph knew his brethren, but they knew not him. -- genesis 42:8 +. +And Joseph remembered the dreams which he dreamed of them, and said unto them, Ye are spies; to see the nakedness of the land ye are come. -- genesis 42:9 +. +And they said unto him, Nay, my lord, but to buy food are thy servants come. -- genesis 42:10 +. +We are all one man's sons; we are true men, thy servants are no spies. -- genesis 42:11 +. +And he said unto them, Nay, but to see the nakedness of the land ye are come. -- genesis 42:12 +. +And they said, Thy servants are twelve brethren, the sons of one man in the land of Canaan; and, behold, the youngest is this day with our father, and one is not. -- genesis 42:13 +. +And Joseph said unto them, That is it that I spake unto you, saying, Ye are spies: -- genesis 42:14 +. +Hereby ye shall be proved: By the life of Pharaoh ye shall not go forth hence, except your youngest brother come hither. -- genesis 42:15 +. +Send one of you, and let him fetch your brother, and ye shall be kept in prison, that your words may be proved, whether there be any truth in you: or else by the life of Pharaoh surely ye are spies. -- genesis 42:16 +. +And he put them all together into ward three days. -- genesis 42:17 +. +And Joseph said unto them the third day, This do, and live; for I fear God: -- genesis 42:18 +. +If ye be true men, let one of your brethren be bound in the house of your prison: go ye, carry corn for the famine of your houses: -- genesis 42:19 +. +But bring your youngest brother unto me; so shall your words be verified, and ye shall not die. And they did so. -- genesis 42:20 +. +And they said one to another, We are verily guilty concerning our brother, in that we saw the anguish of his soul, when he besought us, and we would not hear; therefore is this distress come upon us. -- genesis 42:21 +. +And Reuben answered them, saying, Spake I not unto you, saying, Do not sin against the child; and ye would not hear? therefore, behold, also his blood is required. -- genesis 42:22 +. +And they knew not that Joseph understood them; for he spake unto them by an interpreter. -- genesis 42:23 +. +And he turned himself about from them, and wept; and returned to them again, and communed with them, and took from them Simeon, and bound him before their eyes. -- genesis 42:24 +. +Then Joseph commanded to fill their sacks with corn, and to restore every man's money into his sack, and to give them provision for the way: and thus did he unto them. -- genesis 42:25 +. +And they laded their asses with the corn, and departed thence. -- genesis 42:26 +. +And as one of them opened his sack to give his ass provender in the inn, he espied his money; for, behold, it was in his sack's mouth. -- genesis 42:27 +. +And he said unto his brethren, My money is restored; and, lo, it is even in my sack: and their heart failed them, and they were afraid, saying one to another, What is this that God hath done unto us? -- genesis 42:28 +. +And they came unto Jacob their father unto the land of Canaan, and told him all that befell unto them; saying, -- genesis 42:29 +. +The man, who is the lord of the land, spake roughly to us, and took us for spies of the country. -- genesis 42:30 +. +And we said unto him, We are true men; we are no spies: -- genesis 42:31 +. +We be twelve brethren, sons of our father; one is not, and the youngest is this day with our father in the land of Canaan. -- genesis 42:32 +. +And the man, the lord of the country, said unto us, Hereby shall I know that ye are true men; leave one of your brethren here with me, and take food for the famine of your households, and be gone: -- genesis 42:33 +. +And bring your youngest brother unto me: then shall I know that ye are no spies, but that ye are true men: so will I deliver you your brother, and ye shall traffic in the land. -- genesis 42:34 +. +And it came to pass as they emptied their sacks, that, behold, every man's bundle of money was in his sack: and when both they and their father saw the bundles of money, they were afraid. -- genesis 42:35 +. +And Jacob their father said unto them, Me have ye bereaved of my children: Joseph is not, and Simeon is not, and ye will take Benjamin away: all these things are against me. -- genesis 42:36 +. +And Reuben spake unto his father, saying, Slay my two sons, if I bring him not to thee: deliver him into my hand, and I will bring him to thee again. -- genesis 42:37 +. +And he said, My son shall not go down with you; for his brother is dead, and he is left alone: if mischief befall him by the way in the which ye go, then shall ye bring down my gray hairs with sorrow to the grave. -- genesis 42:38 +. +And the famine was sore in the land. -- genesis 43:1 +. +And it came to pass, when they had eaten up the corn which they had brought out of Egypt, their father said unto them, Go again, buy us a little food. -- genesis 43:2 +. +And Judah spake unto him, saying, The man did solemnly protest unto us, saying, Ye shall not see my face, except your brother be with you. -- genesis 43:3 +. +If thou wilt send our brother with us, we will go down and buy thee food: -- genesis 43:4 +. +But if thou wilt not send him, we will not go down: for the man said unto us, Ye shall not see my face, except your brother be with you. -- genesis 43:5 +. +And Israel said, Wherefore dealt ye so ill with me, as to tell the man whether ye had yet a brother? -- genesis 43:6 +. +And they said, The man asked us straitly of our state, and of our kindred, saying, Is your father yet alive? have ye another brother? and we told him according to the tenor of these words: could we certainly know that he would say, Bring your brother down? -- genesis 43:7 +. +And Judah said unto Israel his father, Send the lad with me, and we will arise and go; that we may live, and not die, both we, and thou, and also our little ones. -- genesis 43:8 +. +I will be surety for him; of my hand shalt thou require him: if I bring him not unto thee, and set him before thee, then let me bear the blame for ever: -- genesis 43:9 +. +For except we had lingered, surely now we had returned this second time. -- genesis 43:10 +. +And their father Israel said unto them, If it must be so now, do this; take of the best fruits in the land in your vessels, and carry down the man a present, a little balm, and a little honey, spices, and myrrh, nuts, and almonds: -- genesis 43:11 +. +And take double money in your hand; and the money that was brought again in the mouth of your sacks, carry it again in your hand; peradventure it was an oversight: -- genesis 43:12 +. +Take also your brother, and arise, go again unto the man: -- genesis 43:13 +. +And God Almighty give you mercy before the man, that he may send away your other brother, and Benjamin. If I be bereaved of my children, I am bereaved. -- genesis 43:14 +. +And the men took that present, and they took double money in their hand and Benjamin; and rose up, and went down to Egypt, and stood before Joseph. -- genesis 43:15 +. +And when Joseph saw Benjamin with them, he said to the ruler of his house, Bring these men home, and slay, and make ready; for these men shall dine with me at noon. -- genesis 43:16 +. +And the man did as Joseph bade; and the man brought the men into Joseph's house. -- genesis 43:17 +. +And the men were afraid, because they were brought into Joseph's house; and they said, Because of the money that was returned in our sacks at the first time are we brought in; that he may seek occasion against us, and fall upon us, and take us for bondmen, and our asses. -- genesis 43:18 +. +And they came near to the steward of Joseph's house, and they communed with him at the door of the house, -- genesis 43:19 +. +And said, O sir, we came indeed down at the first time to buy food: -- genesis 43:20 +. +And it came to pass, when we came to the inn, that we opened our sacks, and, behold, every man's money was in the mouth of his sack, our money in full weight: and we have brought it again in our hand. -- genesis 43:21 +. +And other money have we brought down in our hands to buy food: we cannot tell who put our money in our sacks. -- genesis 43:22 +. +And he said, Peace be to you, fear not: your God, and the God of your father, hath given you treasure in your sacks: I had your money. And he brought Simeon out unto them. -- genesis 43:23 +. +And the man brought the men into Joseph's house, and gave them water, and they washed their feet; and he gave their asses provender. -- genesis 43:24 +. +And they made ready the present against Joseph came at noon: for they heard that they should eat bread there. -- genesis 43:25 +. +And when Joseph came home, they brought him the present which was in their hand into the house, and bowed themselves to him to the earth. -- genesis 43:26 +. +And he asked them of their welfare, and said, Is your father well, the old man of whom ye spake? Is he yet alive? -- genesis 43:27 +. +And they answered, Thy servant our father is in good health, he is yet alive. And they bowed down their heads, and made obeisance. -- genesis 43:28 +. +And he lifted up his eyes, and saw his brother Benjamin, his mother's son, and said, Is this your younger brother, of whom ye spake unto me? And he said, God be gracious unto thee, my son. -- genesis 43:29 +. +And Joseph made haste; for his bowels did yearn upon his brother: and he sought where to weep; and he entered into his chamber, and wept there. -- genesis 43:30 +. +And he washed his face, and went out, and refrained himself, and said, Set on bread. -- genesis 43:31 +. +And they set on for him by himself, and for them by themselves, and for the Egyptians, which did eat with him, by themselves: because the Egyptians might not eat bread with the Hebrews; for that is an abomination unto the Egyptians. -- genesis 43:32 +. +And they sat before him, the firstborn according to his birthright, and the youngest according to his youth: and the men marveled one at another. -- genesis 43:33 +. +And he took and sent messes unto them from before him: but Benjamin's mess was five times so much as any of theirs. And they drank, and were merry with him. -- genesis 43:34 +. +And he commanded the steward of his house, saying, Fill the men's sacks with food, as much as they can carry, and put every man's money in his sack's mouth. -- genesis 44:1 +. +And put my cup, the silver cup, in the sack's mouth of the youngest, and his corn money. And he did according to the word that Joseph had spoken. -- genesis 44:2 +. +As soon as the morning was light, the men were sent away, they and their asses. -- genesis 44:3 +. +And when they were gone out of the city, and not yet far off, Joseph said unto his steward, Up, follow after the men; and when thou dost overtake them, say unto them, Wherefore have ye rewarded evil for good? -- genesis 44:4 +. +Is not this it in which my lord drinketh, and whereby indeed he divineth? ye have done evil in so doing. -- genesis 44:5 +. +And he overtook them, and he spake unto them these same words. -- genesis 44:6 +. +And they said unto him, Wherefore saith my lord these words? God forbid that thy servants should do according to this thing: -- genesis 44:7 +. +Behold, the money, which we found in our sacks' mouths, we brought again unto thee out of the land of Canaan: how then should we steal out of thy lord's house silver or gold? -- genesis 44:8 +. +With whomsoever of thy servants it be found, both let him die, and we also will be my lord's bondmen. -- genesis 44:9 +. +And he said, Now also let it be according unto your words: he with whom it is found shall be my servant; and ye shall be blameless. -- genesis 44:10 +. +Then they speedily took down every man his sack to the ground, and opened every man his sack. -- genesis 44:11 +. +And he searched, and began at the eldest, and left at the youngest: and the cup was found in Benjamin's sack. -- genesis 44:12 +. +Then they rent their clothes, and laded every man his ass, and returned to the city. -- genesis 44:13 +. +And Judah and his brethren came to Joseph's house; for he was yet there: and they fell before him on the ground. -- genesis 44:14 +. +And Joseph said unto them, What deed is this that ye have done? wot ye not that such a man as I can certainly divine? -- genesis 44:15 +. +And Judah said, What shall we say unto my lord? what shall we speak? or how shall we clear ourselves? God hath found out the iniquity of thy servants: behold, we are my lord's servants, both we, and he also with whom the cup is found. -- genesis 44:16 +. +And he said, God forbid that I should do so: but the man in whose hand the cup is found, he shall be my servant; and as for you, get you up in peace unto your father. -- genesis 44:17 +. +Then Judah came near unto him, and said, Oh my lord, let thy servant, I pray thee, speak a word in my lord's ears, and let not thine anger burn against thy servant: for thou art even as Pharaoh. -- genesis 44:18 +. +My lord asked his servants, saying, Have ye a father, or a brother? -- genesis 44:19 +. +And we said unto my lord, We have a father, an old man, and a child of his old age, a little one; and his brother is dead, and he alone is left of his mother, and his father loveth him. -- genesis 44:20 +. +And thou saidst unto thy servants, Bring him down unto me, that I may set mine eyes upon him. -- genesis 44:21 +. +And we said unto my lord, The lad cannot leave his father: for if he should leave his father, his father would die. -- genesis 44:22 +. +And thou saidst unto thy servants, Except your youngest brother come down with you, ye shall see my face no more. -- genesis 44:23 +. +And it came to pass when we came up unto thy servant my father, we told him the words of my lord. -- genesis 44:24 +. +And our father said, Go again, and buy us a little food. -- genesis 44:25 +. +And we said, We cannot go down: if our youngest brother be with us, then will we go down: for we may not see the man's face, except our youngest brother be with us. -- genesis 44:26 +. +And thy servant my father said unto us, Ye know that my wife bare me two sons: -- genesis 44:27 +. +And the one went out from me, and I said, Surely he is torn in pieces; and I saw him not since: -- genesis 44:28 +. +And if ye take this also from me, and mischief befall him, ye shall bring down my gray hairs with sorrow to the grave. -- genesis 44:29 +. +Now therefore when I come to thy servant my father, and the lad be not with us; seeing that his life is bound up in the lad's life; -- genesis 44:30 +. +It shall come to pass, when he seeth that the lad is not with us, that he will die: and thy servants shall bring down the gray hairs of thy servant our father with sorrow to the grave. -- genesis 44:31 +. +For thy servant became surety for the lad unto my father, saying, If I bring him not unto thee, then I shall bear the blame to my father for ever. -- genesis 44:32 +. +Now therefore, I pray thee, let thy servant abide instead of the lad a bondman to my lord; and let the lad go up with his brethren. -- genesis 44:33 +. +For how shall I go up to my father, and the lad be not with me? lest peradventure I see the evil that shall come on my father. -- genesis 44:34 +. +Then Joseph could not refrain himself before all them that stood by him; and he cried, Cause every man to go out from me. And there stood no man with him, while Joseph made himself known unto his brethren. -- genesis 45:1 +. +And he wept aloud: and the Egyptians and the house of Pharaoh heard. -- genesis 45:2 +. +And Joseph said unto his brethren, I am Joseph; doth my father yet live? And his brethren could not answer him; for they were troubled at his presence. -- genesis 45:3 +. +And Joseph said unto his brethren, Come near to me, I pray you. And they came near. And he said, I am Joseph your brother, whom ye sold into Egypt. -- genesis 45:4 +. +Now therefore be not grieved, nor angry with yourselves, that ye sold me hither: for God did send me before you to preserve life. -- genesis 45:5 +. +For these two years hath the famine been in the land: and yet there are five years, in the which there shall neither be earing nor harvest. -- genesis 45:6 +. +And God sent me before you to preserve you a posterity in the earth, and to save your lives by a great deliverance. -- genesis 45:7 +. +So now it was not you that sent me hither, but God: and he hath made me a father to Pharaoh, and lord of all his house, and a ruler throughout all the land of Egypt. -- genesis 45:8 +. +Haste ye, and go up to my father, and say unto him, Thus saith thy son Joseph, God hath made me lord of all Egypt: come down unto me, tarry not: -- genesis 45:9 +. +And thou shalt dwell in the land of Goshen, and thou shalt be near unto me, thou, and thy children, and thy children's children, and thy flocks, and thy herds, and all that thou hast: -- genesis 45:10 +. +And there will I nourish thee; for yet there are five years of famine; lest thou, and thy household, and all that thou hast, come to poverty. -- genesis 45:11 +. +And, behold, your eyes see, and the eyes of my brother Benjamin, that it is my mouth that speaketh unto you. -- genesis 45:12 +. +And ye shall tell my father of all my glory in Egypt, and of all that ye have seen; and ye shall haste and bring down my father hither. -- genesis 45:13 +. +And he fell upon his brother Benjamin's neck, and wept; and Benjamin wept upon his neck. -- genesis 45:14 +. +Moreover he kissed all his brethren, and wept upon them: and after that his brethren talked with him. -- genesis 45:15 +. +And the fame thereof was heard in Pharaoh's house, saying, Joseph's brethren are come: and it pleased Pharaoh well, and his servants. -- genesis 45:16 +. +And Pharaoh said unto Joseph, Say unto thy brethren, This do ye; lade your beasts, and go, get you unto the land of Canaan; -- genesis 45:17 +. +And take your father and your households, and come unto me: and I will give you the good of the land of Egypt, and ye shall eat the fat of the land. -- genesis 45:18 +. +Now thou art commanded, this do ye; take you wagons out of the land of Egypt for your little ones, and for your wives, and bring your father, and come. -- genesis 45:19 +. +Also regard not your stuff; for the good of all the land of Egypt is yours. -- genesis 45:20 +. +And the children of Israel did so: and Joseph gave them wagons, according to the commandment of Pharaoh, and gave them provision for the way. -- genesis 45:21 +. +To all of them he gave each man changes of raiment; but to Benjamin he gave three hundred pieces of silver, and five changes of raiment. -- genesis 45:22 +. +And to his father he sent after this manner; ten asses laden with the good things of Egypt, and ten she asses laden with corn and bread and meat for his father by the way. -- genesis 45:23 +. +So he sent his brethren away, and they departed: and he said unto them, See that ye fall not out by the way. -- genesis 45:24 +. +And they went up out of Egypt, and came into the land of Canaan unto Jacob their father, -- genesis 45:25 +. +And told him, saying, Joseph is yet alive, and he is governor over all the land of Egypt. And Jacob's heart fainted, for he believed them not. -- genesis 45:26 +. +And they told him all the words of Joseph, which he had said unto them: and when he saw the wagons which Joseph had sent to carry him, the spirit of Jacob their father revived: -- genesis 45:27 +. +And Israel said, It is enough; Joseph my son is yet alive: I will go and see him before I die. -- genesis 45:28 +. +And Israel took his journey with all that he had, and came to Beersheba, and offered sacrifices unto the God of his father Isaac. -- genesis 46:1 +. +And God spake unto Israel in the visions of the night, and said, Jacob, Jacob. And he said, Here am I. -- genesis 46:2 +. +And he said, I am God, the God of thy father: fear not to go down into Egypt; for I will there make of thee a great nation: -- genesis 46:3 +. +I will go down with thee into Egypt; and I will also surely bring thee up again: and Joseph shall put his hand upon thine eyes. -- genesis 46:4 +. +And Jacob rose up from Beersheba: and the sons of Israel carried Jacob their father, and their little ones, and their wives, in the wagons which Pharaoh had sent to carry him. -- genesis 46:5 +. +And they took their cattle, and their goods, which they had gotten in the land of Canaan, and came into Egypt, Jacob, and all his seed with him: -- genesis 46:6 +. +His sons, and his sons' sons with him, his daughters, and his sons' daughters, and all his seed brought he with him into Egypt. -- genesis 46:7 +. +And these are the names of the children of Israel, which came into Egypt, Jacob and his sons: Reuben, Jacob's firstborn. -- genesis 46:8 +. +And the sons of Reuben; Hanoch, and Phallu, and Hezron, and Carmi. -- genesis 46:9 +. +And the sons of Simeon; Jemuel, and Jamin, and Ohad, and Jachin, and Zohar, and Shaul the son of a Canaanitish woman. -- genesis 46:10 +. +And the sons of Levi; Gershon, Kohath, and Merari. -- genesis 46:11 +. +And the sons of Judah; Er, and Onan, and Shelah, and Pharez, and Zarah: but Er and Onan died in the land of Canaan. And the sons of Pharez were Hezron and Hamul. -- genesis 46:12 +. +And the sons of Issachar; Tola, and Phuvah, and Job, and Shimron. -- genesis 46:13 +. +And the sons of Zebulun; Sered, and Elon, and Jahleel. -- genesis 46:14 +. +These be the sons of Leah, which she bare unto Jacob in Padanaram, with his daughter Dinah: all the souls of his sons and his daughters were thirty and three. -- genesis 46:15 +. +And the sons of Gad; Ziphion, and Haggi, Shuni, and Ezbon, Eri, and Arodi, and Areli. -- genesis 46:16 +. +And the sons of Asher; Jimnah, and Ishuah, and Isui, and Beriah, and Serah their sister: and the sons of Beriah; Heber, and Malchiel. -- genesis 46:17 +. +These are the sons of Zilpah, whom Laban gave to Leah his daughter, and these she bare unto Jacob, even sixteen souls. -- genesis 46:18 +. +The sons of Rachel Jacob's wife; Joseph, and Benjamin. -- genesis 46:19 +. +And unto Joseph in the land of Egypt were born Manasseh and Ephraim, which Asenath the daughter of Potipherah priest of On bare unto him. -- genesis 46:20 +. +And the sons of Benjamin were Belah, and Becher, and Ashbel, Gera, and Naaman, Ehi, and Rosh, Muppim, and Huppim, and Ard. -- genesis 46:21 +. +These are the sons of Rachel, which were born to Jacob: all the souls were fourteen. -- genesis 46:22 +. +And the sons of Dan; Hushim. -- genesis 46:23 +. +And the sons of Naphtali; Jahzeel, and Guni, and Jezer, and Shillem. -- genesis 46:24 +. +These are the sons of Bilhah, which Laban gave unto Rachel his daughter, and she bare these unto Jacob: all the souls were seven. -- genesis 46:25 +. +All the souls that came with Jacob into Egypt, which came out of his loins, besides Jacob's sons' wives, all the souls were threescore and six; -- genesis 46:26 +. +And the sons of Joseph, which were born him in Egypt, were two souls: all the souls of the house of Jacob, which came into Egypt, were threescore and ten. -- genesis 46:27 +. +And he sent Judah before him unto Joseph, to direct his face unto Goshen; and they came into the land of Goshen. -- genesis 46:28 +. +And Joseph made ready his chariot, and went up to meet Israel his father, to Goshen, and presented himself unto him; and he fell on his neck, and wept on his neck a good while. -- genesis 46:29 +. +And Israel said unto Joseph, Now let me die, since I have seen thy face, because thou art yet alive. -- genesis 46:30 +. +And Joseph said unto his brethren, and unto his father's house, I will go up, and show Pharaoh, and say unto him, My brethren, and my father's house, which were in the land of Canaan, are come unto me; -- genesis 46:31 +. +And the men are shepherds, for their trade hath been to feed cattle; and they have brought their flocks, and their herds, and all that they have. -- genesis 46:32 +. +And it shall come to pass, when Pharaoh shall call you, and shall say, What is your occupation? -- genesis 46:33 +. +That ye shall say, Thy servants' trade hath been about cattle from our youth even until now, both we, and also our fathers: that ye may dwell in the land of Goshen; for every shepherd is an abomination unto the Egyptians. -- genesis 46:34 +. +Then Joseph came and told Pharaoh, and said, My father and my brethren, and their flocks, and their herds, and all that they have, are come out of the land of Canaan; and, behold, they are in the land of Goshen. -- genesis 47:1 +. +And he took some of his brethren, even five men, and presented them unto Pharaoh. -- genesis 47:2 +. +And Pharaoh said unto his brethren, What is your occupation? And they said unto Pharaoh, Thy servants are shepherds, both we, and also our fathers. -- genesis 47:3 +. +They said moreover unto Pharaoh, For to sojourn in the land are we come; for thy servants have no pasture for their flocks; for the famine is sore in the land of Canaan: now therefore, we pray thee, let thy servants dwell in the land of Goshen. -- genesis 47:4 +. +And Pharaoh spake unto Joseph, saying, Thy father and thy brethren are come unto thee: -- genesis 47:5 +. +The land of Egypt is before thee; in the best of the land make thy father and brethren to dwell; in the land of Goshen let them dwell: and if thou knowest any men of activity among them, then make them rulers over my cattle. -- genesis 47:6 +. +And Joseph brought in Jacob his father, and set him before Pharaoh: and Jacob blessed Pharaoh. -- genesis 47:7 +. +And Pharaoh said unto Jacob, How old art thou? -- genesis 47:8 +. +And Jacob said unto Pharaoh, The days of the years of my pilgrimage are an hundred and thirty years: few and evil have the days of the years of my life been, and have not attained unto the days of the years of the life of my fathers in the days of their pilgrimage. -- genesis 47:9 +. +And Jacob blessed Pharaoh, and went out from before Pharaoh. -- genesis 47:10 +. +And Joseph placed his father and his brethren, and gave them a possession in the land of Egypt, in the best of the land, in the land of Rameses, as Pharaoh had commanded. -- genesis 47:11 +. +And Joseph nourished his father, and his brethren, and all his father's household, with bread, according to their families. -- genesis 47:12 +. +And there was no bread in all the land; for the famine was very sore, so that the land of Egypt and all the land of Canaan fainted by reason of the famine. -- genesis 47:13 +. +And Joseph gathered up all the money that was found in the land of Egypt, and in the land of Canaan, for the corn which they bought: and Joseph brought the money into Pharaoh's house. -- genesis 47:14 +. +And when money failed in the land of Egypt, and in the land of Canaan, all the Egyptians came unto Joseph, and said, Give us bread: for why should we die in thy presence? for the money faileth. -- genesis 47:15 +. +And Joseph said, Give your cattle; and I will give you for your cattle, if money fail. -- genesis 47:16 +. +And they brought their cattle unto Joseph: and Joseph gave them bread in exchange for horses, and for the flocks, and for the cattle of the herds, and for the asses: and he fed them with bread for all their cattle for that year. -- genesis 47:17 +. +When that year was ended, they came unto him the second year, and said unto him, We will not hide it from my lord, how that our money is spent; my lord also hath our herds of cattle; there is not ought left in the sight of my lord, but our bodies, and our lands: -- genesis 47:18 +. +Wherefore shall we die before thine eyes, both we and our land? buy us and our land for bread, and we and our land will be servants unto Pharaoh: and give us seed, that we may live, and not die, that the land be not desolate. -- genesis 47:19 +. +And Joseph bought all the land of Egypt for Pharaoh; for the Egyptians sold every man his field, because the famine prevailed over them: so the land became Pharaoh's. -- genesis 47:20 +. +And as for the people, he removed them to cities from one end of the borders of Egypt even to the other end thereof. -- genesis 47:21 +. +Only the land of the priests bought he not; for the priests had a portion assigned them of Pharaoh, and did eat their portion which Pharaoh gave them: wherefore they sold not their lands. -- genesis 47:22 +. +Then Joseph said unto the people, Behold, I have bought you this day and your land for Pharaoh: lo, here is seed for you, and ye shall sow the land. -- genesis 47:23 +. +And it shall come to pass in the increase, that ye shall give the fifth part unto Pharaoh, and four parts shall be your own, for seed of the field, and for your food, and for them of your households, and for food for your little ones. -- genesis 47:24 +. +And they said, Thou hast saved our lives: let us find grace in the sight of my lord, and we will be Pharaoh's servants. -- genesis 47:25 +. +And Joseph made it a law over the land of Egypt unto this day, that Pharaoh should have the fifth part, except the land of the priests only, which became not Pharaoh's. -- genesis 47:26 +. +And Israel dwelt in the land of Egypt, in the country of Goshen; and they had possessions therein, and grew, and multiplied exceedingly. -- genesis 47:27 +. +And Jacob lived in the land of Egypt seventeen years: so the whole age of Jacob was an hundred forty and seven years. -- genesis 47:28 +. +And the time drew nigh that Israel must die: and he called his son Joseph, and said unto him, If now I have found grace in thy sight, put, I pray thee, thy hand under my thigh, and deal kindly and truly with me; bury me not, I pray thee, in Egypt: -- genesis 47:29 +. +But I will lie with my fathers, and thou shalt carry me out of Egypt, and bury me in their buryingplace. And he said, I will do as thou hast said. -- genesis 47:30 +. +And he said, Swear unto me. And he sware unto him. And Israel bowed himself upon the bed's head. -- genesis 47:31 +. +And it came to pass after these things, that one told Joseph, Behold, thy father is sick: and he took with him his two sons, Manasseh and Ephraim. -- genesis 48:1 +. +And one told Jacob, and said, Behold, thy son Joseph cometh unto thee: and Israel strengthened himself, and sat upon the bed. -- genesis 48:2 +. +And Jacob said unto Joseph, God Almighty appeared unto me at Luz in the land of Canaan, and blessed me, -- genesis 48:3 +. +And said unto me, Behold, I will make thee fruitful, and multiply thee, and I will make of thee a multitude of people; and will give this land to thy seed after thee for an everlasting possession. -- genesis 48:4 +. +And now thy two sons, Ephraim and Manasseh, which were born unto thee in the land of Egypt before I came unto thee into Egypt, are mine; as Reuben and Simeon, they shall be mine. -- genesis 48:5 +. +And thy issue, which thou begettest after them, shall be thine, and shall be called after the name of their brethren in their inheritance. -- genesis 48:6 +. +And as for me, when I came from Padan, Rachel died by me in the land of Canaan in the way, when yet there was but a little way to come unto Ephrath: and I buried her there in the way of Ephrath; the same is Bethlehem. -- genesis 48:7 +. +And Israel beheld Joseph's sons, and said, Who are these? -- genesis 48:8 +. +And Joseph said unto his father, They are my sons, whom God hath given me in this place. And he said, Bring them, I pray thee, unto me, and I will bless them. -- genesis 48:9 +. +Now the eyes of Israel were dim for age, so that he could not see. And he brought them near unto him; and he kissed them, and embraced them. -- genesis 48:10 +. +And Israel said unto Joseph, I had not thought to see thy face: and, lo, God hath showed me also thy seed. -- genesis 48:11 +. +And Joseph brought them out from between his knees, and he bowed himself with his face to the earth. -- genesis 48:12 +. +And Joseph took them both, Ephraim in his right hand toward Israel's left hand, and Manasseh in his left hand toward Israel's right hand, and brought them near unto him. -- genesis 48:13 +. +And Israel stretched out his right hand, and laid it upon Ephraim's head, who was the younger, and his left hand upon Manasseh's head, guiding his hands wittingly; for Manasseh was the firstborn. -- genesis 48:14 +. +And he blessed Joseph, and said, God, before whom my fathers Abraham and Isaac did walk, the God which fed me all my life long unto this day, -- genesis 48:15 +. +The Angel which redeemed me from all evil, bless the lads; and let my name be named on them, and the name of my fathers Abraham and Isaac; and let them grow into a multitude in the midst of the earth. -- genesis 48:16 +. +And when Joseph saw that his father laid his right hand upon the head of Ephraim, it displeased him: and he held up his father's hand, to remove it from Ephraim's head unto Manasseh's head. -- genesis 48:17 +. +And Joseph said unto his father, Not so, my father: for this is the firstborn; put thy right hand upon his head. -- genesis 48:18 +. +And his father refused, and said, I know it, my son, I know it: he also shall become a people, and he also shall be great: but truly his younger brother shall be greater than he, and his seed shall become a multitude of nations. -- genesis 48:19 +. +And he blessed them that day, saying, In thee shall Israel bless, saying, God make thee as Ephraim and as Manasseh: and he set Ephraim before Manasseh. -- genesis 48:20 +. +And Israel said unto Joseph, Behold, I die: but God shall be with you, and bring you again unto the land of your fathers. -- genesis 48:21 +. +Moreover I have given to thee one portion above thy brethren, which I took out of the hand of the Amorite with my sword and with my bow. -- genesis 48:22 +. +And Jacob called unto his sons, and said, Gather yourselves together, that I may tell you that which shall befall you in the last days. -- genesis 49:1 +. +Gather yourselves together, and hear, ye sons of Jacob; and hearken unto Israel your father. -- genesis 49:2 +. +Reuben, thou art my firstborn, my might, and the beginning of my strength, the excellency of dignity, and the excellency of power: -- genesis 49:3 +. +Unstable as water, thou shalt not excel; because thou wentest up to thy father's bed; then defiledst thou it: he went up to my couch. -- genesis 49:4 +. +Simeon and Levi are brethren; instruments of cruelty are in their habitations. -- genesis 49:5 +. +O my soul, come not thou into their secret; unto their assembly, mine honor, be not thou united: for in their anger they slew a man, and in their self-will they digged down a wall. -- genesis 49:6 +. +Cursed be their anger, for it was fierce; and their wrath, for it was cruel: I will divide them in Jacob, and scatter them in Israel. -- genesis 49:7 +. +Judah, thou art he whom thy brethren shall praise: thy hand shall be in the neck of thine enemies; thy father's children shall bow down before thee. -- genesis 49:8 +. +Judah is a lion's whelp: from the prey, my son, thou art gone up: he stooped down, he couched as a lion, and as an old lion; who shall rouse him up? -- genesis 49:9 +. +The sceptre shall not depart from Judah, nor a lawgiver from between his feet, until Shiloh come; and unto him shall the gathering of the people be. -- genesis 49:10 +. +Binding his foal unto the vine, and his ass's colt unto the choice vine; he washed his garments in wine, and his clothes in the blood of grapes: -- genesis 49:11 +. +His eyes shall be red with wine, and his teeth white with milk. -- genesis 49:12 +. +Zebulun shall dwell at the haven of the sea; and he shall be for an haven of ships; and his border shall be unto Zidon. -- genesis 49:13 +. +Issachar is a strong ass couching down between two burdens: -- genesis 49:14 +. +And he saw that rest was good, and the land that it was pleasant; and bowed his shoulder to bear, and became a servant unto tribute. -- genesis 49:15 +. +Dan shall judge his people, as one of the tribes of Israel. -- genesis 49:16 +. +Dan shall be a serpent by the way, an adder in the path, that biteth the horse heels, so that his rider shall fall backward. -- genesis 49:17 +. +I have waited for thy salvation, O LORD. -- genesis 49:18 +. +Gad, a troop shall overcome him: but he shall overcome at the last. -- genesis 49:19 +. +Out of Asher his bread shall be fat, and he shall yield royal dainties. -- genesis 49:20 +. +Naphtali is a hind let loose: he giveth goodly words. -- genesis 49:21 +. +Joseph is a fruitful bough, even a fruitful bough by a well; whose branches run over the wall: -- genesis 49:22 +. +The archers have sorely grieved him, and shot at him, and hated him: -- genesis 49:23 +. +But his bow abode in strength, and the arms of his hands were made strong by the hands of the mighty God of Jacob; (from thence is the shepherd, the stone of Israel:) -- genesis 49:24 +. +Even by the God of thy father, who shall help thee; and by the Almighty, who shall bless thee with blessings of heaven above, blessings of the deep that lieth under, blessings of the breasts, and of the womb: -- genesis 49:25 +. +The blessings of thy father have prevailed above the blessings of my progenitors unto the utmost bound of the everlasting hills: they shall be on the head of Joseph, and on the crown of the head of him that was separate from his brethren. -- genesis 49:26 +. +Benjamin shall raven as a wolf: in the morning he shall devour the prey, and at night he shall divide the spoil. -- genesis 49:27 +. +All these are the twelve tribes of Israel: and this is it that their father spake unto them, and blessed them; every one according to his blessing he blessed them. -- genesis 49:28 +. +And he charged them, and said unto them, I am to be gathered unto my people: bury me with my fathers in the cave that is in the field of Ephron the Hittite, -- genesis 49:29 +. +In the cave that is in the field of Machpelah, which is before Mamre, in the land of Canaan, which Abraham bought with the field of Ephron the Hittite for a possession of a buryingplace. -- genesis 49:30 +. +There they buried Abraham and Sarah his wife; there they buried Isaac and Rebekah his wife; and there I buried Leah. -- genesis 49:31 +. +The purchase of the field and of the cave that is therein was from the children of Heth. -- genesis 49:32 +. +And when Jacob had made an end of commanding his sons, he gathered up his feet into the bed, and yielded up the ghost, and was gathered unto his people. -- genesis 49:33 +. +And Joseph fell upon his father's face, and wept upon him, and kissed him. -- genesis 50:1 +. +And Joseph commanded his servants the physicians to embalm his father: and the physicians embalmed Israel. -- genesis 50:2 +. +And forty days were fulfilled for him; for so are fulfilled the days of those which are embalmed: and the Egyptians mourned for him threescore and ten days. -- genesis 50:3 +. +And when the days of his mourning were past, Joseph spake unto the house of Pharaoh, saying, If now I have found grace in your eyes, speak, I pray you, in the ears of Pharaoh, saying, -- genesis 50:4 +. +My father made me swear, saying, Lo, I die: in my grave which I have digged for me in the land of Canaan, there shalt thou bury me. Now therefore let me go up, I pray thee, and bury my father, and I will come again. -- genesis 50:5 +. +And Pharaoh said, Go up, and bury thy father, according as he made thee swear. -- genesis 50:6 +. +And Joseph went up to bury his father: and with him went up all the servants of Pharaoh, the elders of his house, and all the elders of the land of Egypt, -- genesis 50:7 +. +And all the house of Joseph, and his brethren, and his father's house: only their little ones, and their flocks, and their herds, they left in the land of Goshen. -- genesis 50:8 +. +And there went up with him both chariots and horsemen: and it was a very great company. -- genesis 50:9 +. +And they came to the threshingfloor of Atad, which is beyond Jordan, and there they mourned with a great and very sore lamentation: and he made a mourning for his father seven days. -- genesis 50:10 +. +And when the inhabitants of the land, the Canaanites, saw the mourning in the floor of Atad, they said, This is a grievous mourning to the Egyptians: wherefore the name of it was called Abelmizraim, which is beyond Jordan. -- genesis 50:11 +. +And his sons did unto him according as he commanded them: -- genesis 50:12 +. +For his sons carried him into the land of Canaan, and buried him in the cave of the field of Machpelah, which Abraham bought with the field for a possession of a buryingplace of Ephron the Hittite, before Mamre. -- genesis 50:13 +. +And Joseph returned into Egypt, he, and his brethren, and all that went up with him to bury his father, after he had buried his father. -- genesis 50:14 +. +And when Joseph's brethren saw that their father was dead, they said, Joseph will peradventure hate us, and will certainly requite us all the evil which we did unto him. -- genesis 50:15 +. +And they sent a messenger unto Joseph, saying, Thy father did command before he died, saying, -- genesis 50:16 +. +So shall ye say unto Joseph, Forgive, I pray thee now, the trespass of thy brethren, and their sin; for they did unto thee evil: and now, we pray thee, forgive the trespass of the servants of the God of thy father. And Joseph wept when they spake unto him. -- genesis 50:17 +. +And his brethren also went and fell down before his face; and they said, Behold, we be thy servants. -- genesis 50:18 +. +And Joseph said unto them, Fear not: for am I in the place of God? -- genesis 50:19 +. +But as for you, ye thought evil against me; but God meant it unto good, to bring to pass, as it is this day, to save much people alive. -- genesis 50:20 +. +Now therefore fear ye not: I will nourish you, and your little ones. And he comforted them, and spake kindly unto them. -- genesis 50:21 +. +And Joseph dwelt in Egypt, he, and his father's house: and Joseph lived an hundred and ten years. -- genesis 50:22 +. +And Joseph saw Ephraim's children of the third generation: the children also of Machir the son of Manasseh were brought up upon Joseph's knees. -- genesis 50:23 +. +And Joseph said unto his brethren, I die: and God will surely visit you, and bring you out of this land unto the land which he sware to Abraham, to Isaac, and to Jacob. -- genesis 50:24 +. +And Joseph took an oath of the children of Israel, saying, God will surely visit you, and ye shall carry up my bones from hence. -- genesis 50:25 +. +So Joseph died, being an hundred and ten years old: and they embalmed him, and he was put in a coffin in Egypt. -- genesis 50:26 +. +Now these are the names of the children of Israel, which came into Egypt; every man and his household came with Jacob. -- exodus 1:1 +. +Reuben, Simeon, Levi, and Judah, -- exodus 1:2 +. +Issachar, Zebulun, and Benjamin, -- exodus 1:3 +. +Dan, and Naphtali, Gad, and Asher. -- exodus 1:4 +. +And all the souls that came out of the loins of Jacob were seventy souls: for Joseph was in Egypt already. -- exodus 1:5 +. +And Joseph died, and all his brethren, and all that generation. -- exodus 1:6 +. +And the children of Israel were fruitful, and increased abundantly, and multiplied, and waxed exceeding mighty; and the land was filled with them. -- exodus 1:7 +. +Now there arose up a new king over Egypt, which knew not Joseph. -- exodus 1:8 +. +And he said unto his people, Behold, the people of the children of Israel are more and mightier than we: -- exodus 1:9 +. +Come on, let us deal wisely with them; lest they multiply, and it come to pass, that, when there falleth out any war, they join also unto our enemies, and fight against us, and so get them up out of the land. -- exodus 1:10 +. +Therefore they did set over them taskmasters to afflict them with their burdens. And they built for Pharaoh treasure cities, Pithom and Raamses. -- exodus 1:11 +. +But the more they afflicted them, the more they multiplied and grew. And they were grieved because of the children of Israel. -- exodus 1:12 +. +And the Egyptians made the children of Israel to serve with rigor: -- exodus 1:13 +. +And they made their lives bitter with hard bondage, in mortar, and in brick, and in all manner of service in the field: all their service, wherein they made them serve, was with rigor. -- exodus 1:14 +. +And the king of Egypt spake to the Hebrew midwives, of which the name of the one was Shiphrah, and the name of the other Puah: -- exodus 1:15 +. +And he said, When ye do the office of a midwife to the Hebrew women, and see them upon the stools; if it be a son, then ye shall kill him: but if it be a daughter, then she shall live. -- exodus 1:16 +. +But the midwives feared God, and did not as the king of Egypt commanded them, but saved the men children alive. -- exodus 1:17 +. +And the king of Egypt called for the midwives, and said unto them, Why have ye done this thing, and have saved the men children alive? -- exodus 1:18 +. +And the midwives said unto Pharaoh, Because the Hebrew women are not as the Egyptian women; for they are lively, and are delivered ere the midwives come in unto them. -- exodus 1:19 +. +Therefore God dealt well with the midwives: and the people multiplied, and waxed very mighty. -- exodus 1:20 +. +And it came to pass, because the midwives feared God, that he made them houses. -- exodus 1:21 +. +And Pharaoh charged all his people, saying, Every son that is born ye shall cast into the river, and every daughter ye shall save alive. -- exodus 1:22 +. +And there went a man of the house of Levi, and took to wife a daughter of Levi. -- exodus 2:1 +. +And the woman conceived, and bare a son: and when she saw him that he was a goodly child, she hid him three months. -- exodus 2:2 +. +And when she could not longer hide him, she took for him an ark of bulrushes, and daubed it with slime and with pitch, and put the child therein; and she laid it in the flags by the river's brink. -- exodus 2:3 +. +And his sister stood afar off, to wit what would be done to him. -- exodus 2:4 +. +And the daughter of Pharaoh came down to wash herself at the river; and her maidens walked along by the river's side; and when she saw the ark among the flags, she sent her maid to fetch it. -- exodus 2:5 +. +And when she had opened it, she saw the child: and, behold, the babe wept. And she had compassion on him, and said, This is one of the Hebrews' children. -- exodus 2:6 +. +Then said his sister to Pharaoh's daughter, Shall I go and call to thee a nurse of the Hebrew women, that she may nurse the child for thee? -- exodus 2:7 +. +And Pharaoh's daughter said to her, Go. And the maid went and called the child's mother. -- exodus 2:8 +. +And Pharaoh's daughter said unto her, Take this child away, and nurse it for me, and I will give thee thy wages. And the women took the child, and nursed it. -- exodus 2:9 +. +And the child grew, and she brought him unto Pharaoh's daughter, and he became her son. And she called his name Moses: and she said, Because I drew him out of the water. -- exodus 2:10 +. +And it came to pass in those days, when Moses was grown, that he went out unto his brethren, and looked on their burdens: and he spied an Egyptian smiting an Hebrew, one of his brethren. -- exodus 2:11 +. +And he looked this way and that way, and when he saw that there was no man, he slew the Egyptian, and hid him in the sand. -- exodus 2:12 +. +And when he went out the second day, behold, two men of the Hebrews strove together: and he said to him that did the wrong, Wherefore smitest thou thy fellow? -- exodus 2:13 +. +And he said, Who made thee a prince and a judge over us? intendest thou to kill me, as thou killedst the Egyptian? And Moses feared, and said, Surely this thing is known. -- exodus 2:14 +. +Now when Pharaoh heard this thing, he sought to slay Moses. But Moses fled from the face of Pharaoh, and dwelt in the land of Midian: and he sat down by a well. -- exodus 2:15 +. +Now the priest of Midian had seven daughters: and they came and drew water, and filled the troughs to water their father's flock. -- exodus 2:16 +. +And the shepherds came and drove them away: but Moses stood up and helped them, and watered their flock. -- exodus 2:17 +. +And when they came to Reuel their father, he said, How is it that ye are come so soon to day? -- exodus 2:18 +. +And they said, An Egyptian delivered us out of the hand of the shepherds, and also drew water enough for us, and watered the flock. -- exodus 2:19 +. +And he said unto his daughters, And where is he? why is it that ye have left the man? call him, that he may eat bread. -- exodus 2:20 +. +And Moses was content to dwell with the man: and he gave Moses Zipporah his daughter. -- exodus 2:21 +. +And she bare him a son, and he called his name Gershom: for he said, I have been a stranger in a strange land. -- exodus 2:22 +. +And it came to pass in process of time, that the king of Egypt died: and the children of Israel sighed by reason of the bondage, and they cried, and their cry came up unto God by reason of the bondage. -- exodus 2:23 +. +And God heard their groaning, and God remembered his covenant with Abraham, with Isaac, and with Jacob. -- exodus 2:24 +. +And God looked upon the children of Israel, and God had respect unto them. -- exodus 2:25 +. +Now Moses kept the flock of Jethro his father in law, the priest of Midian: and he led the flock to the backside of the desert, and came to the mountain of God, even to Horeb. -- exodus 3:1 +. +And the angel of the LORD appeared unto him in a flame of fire out of the midst of a bush: and he looked, and, behold, the bush burned with fire, and the bush was not consumed. -- exodus 3:2 +. +And Moses said, I will now turn aside, and see this great sight, why the bush is not burnt. -- exodus 3:3 +. +And when the LORD saw that he turned aside to see, God called unto him out of the midst of the bush, and said, Moses, Moses. And he said, Here am I. -- exodus 3:4 +. +And he said, Draw not nigh hither: put off thy shoes from off thy feet, for the place whereon thou standest is holy ground. -- exodus 3:5 +. +Moreover he said, I am the God of thy father, the God of Abraham, the God of Isaac, and the God of Jacob. And Moses hid his face; for he was afraid to look upon God. -- exodus 3:6 +. +And the LORD said, I have surely seen the affliction of my people which are in Egypt, and have heard their cry by reason of their taskmasters; for I know their sorrows; -- exodus 3:7 +. +And I am come down to deliver them out of the hand of the Egyptians, and to bring them up out of that land unto a good land and a large, unto a land flowing with milk and honey; unto the place of the Canaanites, and the Hittites, and the Amorites, and the Perizzites, and the Hivites, and the Jebusites. -- exodus 3:8 +. +Now therefore, behold, the cry of the children of Israel is come unto me: and I have also seen the oppression wherewith the Egyptians oppress them. -- exodus 3:9 +. +Come now therefore, and I will send thee unto Pharaoh, that thou mayest bring forth my people the children of Israel out of Egypt. -- exodus 3:10 +. +And Moses said unto God, Who am I, that I should go unto Pharaoh, and that I should bring forth the children of Israel out of Egypt? -- exodus 3:11 +. +And he said, Certainly I will be with thee; and this shall be a token unto thee, that I have sent thee: When thou hast brought forth the people out of Egypt, ye shall serve God upon this mountain. -- exodus 3:12 +. +And Moses said unto God, Behold, when I come unto the children of Israel, and shall say unto them, The God of your fathers hath sent me unto you; and they shall say to me, What is his name? what shall I say unto them? -- exodus 3:13 +. +And God said unto Moses, I AM THAT I AM: and he said, Thus shalt thou say unto the children of Israel, I AM hath sent me unto you. -- exodus 3:14 +. +And God said moreover unto Moses, Thus shalt thou say unto the children of Israel, the LORD God of your fathers, the God of Abraham, the God of Isaac, and the God of Jacob, hath sent me unto you: this is my name for ever, and this is my memorial unto all generations. -- exodus 3:15 +. +Go, and gather the elders of Israel together, and say unto them, The LORD God of your fathers, the God of Abraham, of Isaac, and of Jacob, appeared unto me, saying, I have surely visited you, and seen that which is done to you in Egypt: -- exodus 3:16 +. +And I have said, I will bring you up out of the affliction of Egypt unto the land of the Canaanites, and the Hittites, and the Amorites, and the Perizzites, and the Hivites, and the Jebusites, unto a land flowing with milk and honey. -- exodus 3:17 +. +And they shall hearken to thy voice: and thou shalt come, thou and the elders of Israel, unto the king of Egypt, and ye shall say unto him, The LORD God of the Hebrews hath met with us: and now let us go, we beseech thee, three days' journey into the wilderness, that we may sacrifice to the LORD our God. -- exodus 3:18 +. +And I am sure that the king of Egypt will not let you go, no, not by a mighty hand. -- exodus 3:19 +. +And I will stretch out my hand, and smite Egypt with all my wonders which I will do in the midst thereof: and after that he will let you go. -- exodus 3:20 +. +And I will give this people favor in the sight of the Egyptians: and it shall come to pass, that, when ye go, ye shall not go empty. -- exodus 3:21 +. +But every woman shall borrow of her neighbor, and of her that sojourneth in her house, jewels of silver, and jewels of gold, and raiment: and ye shall put them upon your sons, and upon your daughters; and ye shall spoil the Egyptians. -- exodus 3:22 +. +And Moses answered and said, But, behold, they will not believe me, nor hearken unto my voice: for they will say, The LORD hath not appeared unto thee. -- exodus 4:1 +. +And the LORD said unto him, What is that in thine hand? And he said, A rod. -- exodus 4:2 +. +And he said, Cast it on the ground. And he cast it on the ground, and it became a serpent; and Moses fled from before it. -- exodus 4:3 +. +And the LORD said unto Moses, Put forth thine hand, and take it by the tail. And he put forth his hand, and caught it, and it became a rod in his hand: -- exodus 4:4 +. +That they may believe that the LORD God of their fathers, the God of Abraham, the God of Isaac, and the God of Jacob, hath appeared unto thee. -- exodus 4:5 +. +And the LORD said furthermore unto him, Put now thine hand into thy bosom. And he put his hand into his bosom: and when he took it out, behold, his hand was leprous as snow. -- exodus 4:6 +. +And he said, Put thine hand into thy bosom again. And he put his hand into his bosom again; and plucked it out of his bosom, and, behold, it was turned again as his other flesh. -- exodus 4:7 +. +And it shall come to pass, if they will not believe thee, neither hearken to the voice of the first sign, that they will believe the voice of the latter sign. -- exodus 4:8 +. +And it shall come to pass, if they will not believe also these two signs, neither hearken unto thy voice, that thou shalt take of the water of the river, and pour it upon the dry land: and the water which thou takest out of the river shall become blood upon the dry land. -- exodus 4:9 +. +And Moses said unto the LORD, O my LORD, I am not eloquent, neither heretofore, nor since thou hast spoken unto thy servant: but I am slow of speech, and of a slow tongue. -- exodus 4:10 +. +And the LORD said unto him, Who hath made man's mouth? or who maketh the dumb, or deaf, or the seeing, or the blind? have not I the LORD? -- exodus 4:11 +. +Now therefore go, and I will be with thy mouth, and teach thee what thou shalt say. -- exodus 4:12 +. +And he said, O my LORD, send, I pray thee, by the hand of him whom thou wilt send. -- exodus 4:13 +. +And the anger of the LORD was kindled against Moses, and he said, Is not Aaron the Levite thy brother? I know that he can speak well. And also, behold, he cometh forth to meet thee: and when he seeth thee, he will be glad in his heart. -- exodus 4:14 +. +And thou shalt speak unto him, and put words in his mouth: and I will be with thy mouth, and with his mouth, and will teach you what ye shall do. -- exodus 4:15 +. +And he shall be thy spokesman unto the people: and he shall be, even he shall be to thee instead of a mouth, and thou shalt be to him instead of God. -- exodus 4:16 +. +And thou shalt take this rod in thine hand, wherewith thou shalt do signs. -- exodus 4:17 +. +And Moses went and returned to Jethro his father in law, and said unto him, Let me go, I pray thee, and return unto my brethren which are in Egypt, and see whether they be yet alive. And Jethro said to Moses, Go in peace. -- exodus 4:18 +. +And the LORD said unto Moses in Midian, Go, return into Egypt: for all the men are dead which sought thy life. -- exodus 4:19 +. +And Moses took his wife and his sons, and set them upon an ass, and he returned to the land of Egypt: and Moses took the rod of God in his hand. -- exodus 4:20 +. +And the LORD said unto Moses, When thou goest to return into Egypt, see that thou do all those wonders before Pharaoh, which I have put in thine hand: but I will harden his heart, that he shall not let the people go. -- exodus 4:21 +. +And thou shalt say unto Pharaoh, Thus saith the LORD, Israel is my son, even my firstborn: -- exodus 4:22 +. +And I say unto thee, Let my son go, that he may serve me: and if thou refuse to let him go, behold, I will slay thy son, even thy firstborn. -- exodus 4:23 +. +And it came to pass by the way in the inn, that the LORD met him, and sought to kill him. -- exodus 4:24 +. +Then Zipporah took a sharp stone, and cut off the foreskin of her son, and cast it at his feet, and said, Surely a bloody husband art thou to me. -- exodus 4:25 +. +So he let him go: then she said, A bloody husband thou art, because of the circumcision. -- exodus 4:26 +. +And the LORD said to Aaron, Go into the wilderness to meet Moses. And he went, and met him in the mount of God, and kissed him. -- exodus 4:27 +. +And Moses told Aaron all the words of the LORD who had sent him, and all the signs which he had commanded him. -- exodus 4:28 +. +And Moses and Aaron went and gathered together all the elders of the children of Israel: -- exodus 4:29 +. +And Aaron spake all the words which the LORD had spoken unto Moses, and did the signs in the sight of the people. -- exodus 4:30 +. +And the people believed: and when they heard that the LORD had visited the children of Israel, and that he had looked upon their affliction, then they bowed their heads and worshipped. -- exodus 4:31 +. +And afterward Moses and Aaron went in, and told Pharaoh, Thus saith the LORD God of Israel, Let my people go, that they may hold a feast unto me in the wilderness. -- exodus 5:1 +. +And Pharaoh said, Who is the LORD, that I should obey his voice to let Israel go? I know not the LORD, neither will I let Israel go. -- exodus 5:2 +. +And they said, The God of the Hebrews hath met with us: let us go, we pray thee, three days' journey into the desert, and sacrifice unto the LORD our God; lest he fall upon us with pestilence, or with the sword. -- exodus 5:3 +. +And the king of Egypt said unto them, Wherefore do ye, Moses and Aaron, let the people from their works? get you unto your burdens. -- exodus 5:4 +. +And Pharaoh said, Behold, the people of the land now are many, and ye make them rest from their burdens. -- exodus 5:5 +. +And Pharaoh commanded the same day the taskmasters of the people, and their officers, saying, -- exodus 5:6 +. +Ye shall no more give the people straw to make brick, as heretofore: let them go and gather straw for themselves. -- exodus 5:7 +. +And the tale of the bricks, which they did make heretofore, ye shall lay upon them; ye shall not diminish ought thereof: for they be idle; therefore they cry, saying, Let us go and sacrifice to our God. -- exodus 5:8 +. +Let there more work be laid upon the men, that they may labor therein; and let them not regard vain words. -- exodus 5:9 +. +And the taskmasters of the people went out, and their officers, and they spake to the people, saying, Thus saith Pharaoh, I will not give you straw. -- exodus 5:10 +. +Go ye, get you straw where ye can find it: yet not ought of your work shall be diminished. -- exodus 5:11 +. +So the people were scattered abroad throughout all the land of Egypt to gather stubble instead of straw. -- exodus 5:12 +. +And the taskmasters hasted them, saying, Fulfil your works, your daily tasks, as when there was straw. -- exodus 5:13 +. +And the officers of the children of Israel, which Pharaoh's taskmasters had set over them, were beaten, and demanded, Wherefore have ye not fulfilled your task in making brick both yesterday and to day, as heretofore? -- exodus 5:14 +. +Then the officers of the children of Israel came and cried unto Pharaoh, saying, Wherefore dealest thou thus with thy servants? -- exodus 5:15 +. +There is no straw given unto thy servants, and they say to us, Make brick: and, behold, thy servants are beaten; but the fault is in thine own people. -- exodus 5:16 +. +But he said, Ye are idle, ye are idle: therefore ye say, Let us go and do sacrifice to the LORD. -- exodus 5:17 +. +Go therefore now, and work; for there shall no straw be given you, yet shall ye deliver the tale of bricks. -- exodus 5:18 +. +And the officers of the children of Israel did see that they were in evil case, after it was said, Ye shall not minish ought from your bricks of your daily task. -- exodus 5:19 +. +And they met Moses and Aaron, who stood in the way, as they came forth from Pharaoh: -- exodus 5:20 +. +And they said unto them, The LORD look upon you, and judge; because ye have made our savor to be abhorred in the eyes of Pharaoh, and in the eyes of his servants, to put a sword in their hand to slay us. -- exodus 5:21 +. +And Moses returned unto the LORD, and said, LORD, wherefore hast thou so evil entreated this people? why is it that thou hast sent me? -- exodus 5:22 +. +For since I came to Pharaoh to speak in thy name, he hath done evil to this people; neither hast thou delivered thy people at all. -- exodus 5:23 +. +Then the LORD said unto Moses, Now shalt thou see what I will do to Pharaoh: for with a strong hand shall he let them go, and with a strong hand shall he drive them out of his land. -- exodus 6:1 +. +And God spake unto Moses, and said unto him, I am the LORD: -- exodus 6:2 +. +And I appeared unto Abraham, unto Isaac, and unto Jacob, by the name of God Almighty, but by my name JEHOVAH was I not known to them. -- exodus 6:3 +. +And I have also established my covenant with them, to give them the land of Canaan, the land of their pilgrimage, wherein they were strangers. -- exodus 6:4 +. +And I have also heard the groaning of the children of Israel, whom the Egyptians keep in bondage; and I have remembered my covenant. -- exodus 6:5 +. +Wherefore say unto the children of Israel, I am the LORD, and I will bring you out from under the burdens of the Egyptians, and I will rid you out of their bondage, and I will redeem you with a stretched out arm, and with great judgments: -- exodus 6:6 +. +And I will take you to me for a people, and I will be to you a God: and ye shall know that I am the LORD your God, which bringeth you out from under the burdens of the Egyptians. -- exodus 6:7 +. +And I will bring you in unto the land, concerning the which I did swear to give it to Abraham, to Isaac, and to Jacob; and I will give it you for an heritage: I am the LORD. -- exodus 6:8 +. +And Moses spake so unto the children of Israel: but they hearkened not unto Moses for anguish of spirit, and for cruel bondage. -- exodus 6:9 +. +And the LORD spake unto Moses, saying, -- exodus 6:10 +. +Go in, speak unto Pharaoh king of Egypt, that he let the children of Israel go out of his land. -- exodus 6:11 +. +And Moses spake before the LORD, saying, Behold, the children of Israel have not hearkened unto me; how then shall Pharaoh hear me, who am of uncircumcised lips? -- exodus 6:12 +. +And the LORD spake unto Moses and unto Aaron, and gave them a charge unto the children of Israel, and unto Pharaoh king of Egypt, to bring the children of Israel out of the land of Egypt. -- exodus 6:13 +. +These be the heads of their fathers' houses: The sons of Reuben the firstborn of Israel; Hanoch, and Pallu, Hezron, and Carmi: these be the families of Reuben. -- exodus 6:14 +. +And the sons of Simeon; Jemuel, and Jamin, and Ohad, and Jachin, and Zohar, and Shaul the son of a Canaanitish woman: these are the families of Simeon. -- exodus 6:15 +. +And these are the names of the sons of Levi according to their generations; Gershon, and Kohath, and Merari: and the years of the life of Levi were an hundred thirty and seven years. -- exodus 6:16 +. +The sons of Gershon; Libni, and Shimi, according to their families. -- exodus 6:17 +. +And the sons of Kohath; Amram, and Izhar, and Hebron, and Uzziel: and the years of the life of Kohath were an hundred thirty and three years. -- exodus 6:18 +. +And the sons of Merari; Mahali and Mushi: these are the families of Levi according to their generations. -- exodus 6:19 +. +And Amram took him Jochebed his father's sister to wife; and she bare him Aaron and Moses: and the years of the life of Amram were an hundred and thirty and seven years. -- exodus 6:20 +. +And the sons of Izhar; Korah, and Nepheg, and Zichri. -- exodus 6:21 +. +And the sons of Uzziel; Mishael, and Elzaphan, and Zithri. -- exodus 6:22 +. +And Aaron took him Elisheba, daughter of Amminadab, sister of Naashon, to wife; and she bare him Nadab, and Abihu, Eleazar, and Ithamar. -- exodus 6:23 +. +And the sons of Korah; Assir, and Elkanah, and Abiasaph: these are the families of the Korhites. -- exodus 6:24 +. +And Eleazar Aaron's son took him one of the daughters of Putiel to wife; and she bare him Phinehas: these are the heads of the fathers of the Levites according to their families. -- exodus 6:25 +. +These are that Aaron and Moses, to whom the LORD said, Bring out the children of Israel from the land of Egypt according to their armies. -- exodus 6:26 +. +These are they which spake to Pharaoh king of Egypt, to bring out the children of Israel from Egypt: these are that Moses and Aaron. -- exodus 6:27 +. +And it came to pass on the day when the LORD spake unto Moses in the land of Egypt, -- exodus 6:28 +. +That the LORD spake unto Moses, saying, I am the LORD: speak thou unto Pharaoh king of Egypt all that I say unto thee. -- exodus 6:29 +. +And Moses said before the LORD, Behold, I am of uncircumcised lips, and how shall Pharaoh hearken unto me? -- exodus 6:30 +. +And the LORD said unto Moses, See, I have made thee a god to Pharaoh: and Aaron thy brother shall be thy prophet. -- exodus 7:1 +. +Thou shalt speak all that I command thee: and Aaron thy brother shall speak unto Pharaoh, that he send the children of Israel out of his land. -- exodus 7:2 +. +And I will harden Pharaoh's heart, and multiply my signs and my wonders in the land of Egypt. -- exodus 7:3 +. +But Pharaoh shall not hearken unto you, that I may lay my hand upon Egypt, and bring forth mine armies, and my people the children of Israel, out of the land of Egypt by great judgments. -- exodus 7:4 +. +And the Egyptians shall know that I am the LORD, when I stretch forth mine hand upon Egypt, and bring out the children of Israel from among them. -- exodus 7:5 +. +And Moses and Aaron did as the LORD commanded them, so did they. -- exodus 7:6 +. +And Moses was fourscore years old, and Aaron fourscore and three years old, when they spake unto Pharaoh. -- exodus 7:7 +. +And the LORD spake unto Moses and unto Aaron, saying, -- exodus 7:8 +. +When Pharaoh shall speak unto you, saying, Show a miracle for you: then thou shalt say unto Aaron, Take thy rod, and cast it before Pharaoh, and it shall become a serpent. -- exodus 7:9 +. +And Moses and Aaron went in unto Pharaoh, and they did so as the LORD had commanded: and Aaron cast down his rod before Pharaoh, and before his servants, and it became a serpent. -- exodus 7:10 +. +Then Pharaoh also called the wise men and the sorcerers: now the magicians of Egypt, they also did in like manner with their enchantments. -- exodus 7:11 +. +For they cast down every man his rod, and they became serpents: but Aaron's rod swallowed up their rods. -- exodus 7:12 +. +And he hardened Pharaoh's heart, that he hearkened not unto them; as the LORD had said. -- exodus 7:13 +. +And the LORD said unto Moses, Pharaoh's heart is hardened, he refuseth to let the people go. -- exodus 7:14 +. +Get thee unto Pharaoh in the morning; lo, he goeth out unto the water; and thou shalt stand by the river's brink against he come; and the rod which was turned to a serpent shalt thou take in thine hand. -- exodus 7:15 +. +And thou shalt say unto him, The LORD God of the Hebrews hath sent me unto thee, saying, Let my people go, that they may serve me in the wilderness: and, behold, hitherto thou wouldest not hear. -- exodus 7:16 +. +Thus saith the LORD, In this thou shalt know that I am the LORD: behold, I will smite with the rod that is in mine hand upon the waters which are in the river, and they shall be turned to blood. -- exodus 7:17 +. +And the fish that is in the river shall die, and the river shall stink; and the Egyptians shall loathe to drink of the water of the river. -- exodus 7:18 +. +And the LORD spake unto Moses, Say unto Aaron, Take thy rod, and stretch out thine hand upon the waters of Egypt, upon their streams, upon their rivers, and upon their ponds, and upon all their pools of water, that they may become blood; and that there may be blood throughout all the land of Egypt, both in vessels of wood, and in vessels of stone. -- exodus 7:19 +. +And Moses and Aaron did so, as the LORD commanded; and he lifted up the rod, and smote the waters that were in the river, in the sight of Pharaoh, and in the sight of his servants; and all the waters that were in the river were turned to blood. -- exodus 7:20 +. +And the fish that was in the river died; and the river stank, and the Egyptians could not drink of the water of the river; and there was blood throughout all the land of Egypt. -- exodus 7:21 +. +And the magicians of Egypt did so with their enchantments: and Pharaoh's heart was hardened, neither did he hearken unto them; as the LORD had said. -- exodus 7:22 +. +And Pharaoh turned and went into his house, neither did he set his heart to this also. -- exodus 7:23 +. +And all the Egyptians digged round about the river for water to drink; for they could not drink of the water of the river. -- exodus 7:24 +. +And seven days were fulfilled, after that the LORD had smitten the river. -- exodus 7:25 +. +And the LORD spake unto Moses, Go unto Pharaoh, and say unto him, Thus saith the LORD, Let my people go, that they may serve me. -- exodus 8:1 +. +And if thou refuse to let them go, behold, I will smite all thy borders with frogs: -- exodus 8:2 +. +And the river shall bring forth frogs abundantly, which shall go up and come into thine house, and into thy bedchamber, and upon thy bed, and into the house of thy servants, and upon thy people, and into thine ovens, and into thy kneadingtroughs: -- exodus 8:3 +. +And the frogs shall come up both on thee, and upon thy people, and upon all thy servants. -- exodus 8:4 +. +And the LORD spake unto Moses, Say unto Aaron, Stretch forth thine hand with thy rod over the streams, over the rivers, and over the ponds, and cause frogs to come up upon the land of Egypt. -- exodus 8:5 +. +And Aaron stretched out his hand over the waters of Egypt; and the frogs came up, and covered the land of Egypt. -- exodus 8:6 +. +And the magicians did so with their enchantments, and brought up frogs upon the land of Egypt. -- exodus 8:7 +. +Then Pharaoh called for Moses and Aaron, and said, Entreat the LORD, that he may take away the frogs from me, and from my people; and I will let the people go, that they may do sacrifice unto the LORD. -- exodus 8:8 +. +And Moses said unto Pharaoh, Glory over me: when shall I entreat for thee, and for thy servants, and for thy people, to destroy the frogs from thee and thy houses, that they may remain in the river only? -- exodus 8:9 +. +And he said, To morrow. And he said, Be it according to thy word: that thou mayest know that there is none like unto the LORD our God. -- exodus 8:10 +. +And the frogs shall depart from thee, and from thy houses, and from thy servants, and from thy people; they shall remain in the river only. -- exodus 8:11 +. +And Moses and Aaron went out from Pharaoh: and Moses cried unto the LORD because of the frogs which he had brought against Pharaoh. -- exodus 8:12 +. +And the LORD did according to the word of Moses; and the frogs died out of the houses, out of the villages, and out of the fields. -- exodus 8:13 +. +And they gathered them together upon heaps: and the land stank. -- exodus 8:14 +. +But when Pharaoh saw that there was respite, he hardened his heart, and hearkened not unto them; as the LORD had said. -- exodus 8:15 +. +And the LORD said unto Moses, Say unto Aaron, Stretch out thy rod, and smite the dust of the land, that it may become lice throughout all the land of Egypt. -- exodus 8:16 +. +And they did so; for Aaron stretched out his hand with his rod, and smote the dust of the earth, and it became lice in man, and in beast; all the dust of the land became lice throughout all the land of Egypt. -- exodus 8:17 +. +And the magicians did so with their enchantments to bring forth lice, but they could not: so there were lice upon man, and upon beast. -- exodus 8:18 +. +Then the magicians said unto Pharaoh, This is the finger of God: and Pharaoh's heart was hardened, and he hearkened not unto them; as the LORD had said. -- exodus 8:19 +. +And the LORD said unto Moses, Rise up early in the morning, and stand before Pharaoh; lo, he cometh forth to the water; and say unto him, Thus saith the LORD, Let my people go, that they may serve me. -- exodus 8:20 +. +Else, if thou wilt not let my people go, behold, I will send swarms of flies upon thee, and upon thy servants, and upon thy people, and into thy houses: and the houses of the Egyptians shall be full of swarms of flies, and also the ground whereon they are. -- exodus 8:21 +. +And I will sever in that day the land of Goshen, in which my people dwell, that no swarms of flies shall be there; to the end thou mayest know that I am the LORD in the midst of the earth. -- exodus 8:22 +. +And I will put a division between my people and thy people: to morrow shall this sign be. -- exodus 8:23 +. +And the LORD did so; and there came a grievous swarm of flies into the house of Pharaoh, and into his servants' houses, and into all the land of Egypt: the land was corrupted by reason of the swarm of flies. -- exodus 8:24 +. +And Pharaoh called for Moses and for Aaron, and said, Go ye, sacrifice to your God in the land. -- exodus 8:25 +. +And Moses said, It is not meet so to do; for we shall sacrifice the abomination of the Egyptians to the LORD our God: lo, shall we sacrifice the abomination of the Egyptians before their eyes, and will they not stone us? -- exodus 8:26 +. +We will go three days' journey into the wilderness, and sacrifice to the LORD our God, as he shall command us. -- exodus 8:27 +. +And Pharaoh said, I will let you go, that ye may sacrifice to the LORD your God in the wilderness; only ye shall not go very far away: entreat for me. -- exodus 8:28 +. +And Moses said, Behold, I go out from thee, and I will entreat the LORD that the swarms of flies may depart from Pharaoh, from his servants, and from his people, to morrow: but let not Pharaoh deal deceitfully any more in not letting the people go to sacrifice to the LORD. -- exodus 8:29 +. +And Moses went out from Pharaoh, and entreated the LORD. -- exodus 8:30 +. +And the LORD did according to the word of Moses; and he removed the swarms of flies from Pharaoh, from his servants, and from his people; there remained not one. -- exodus 8:31 +. +And Pharaoh hardened his heart at this time also, neither would he let the people go. -- exodus 8:32 +. +Then the LORD said unto Moses, Go in unto Pharaoh, and tell him, Thus saith the LORD God of the Hebrews, Let my people go, that they may serve me. -- exodus 9:1 +. +For if thou refuse to let them go, and wilt hold them still, -- exodus 9:2 +. +Behold, the hand of the LORD is upon thy cattle which is in the field, upon the horses, upon the asses, upon the camels, upon the oxen, and upon the sheep: there shall be a very grievous murrain. -- exodus 9:3 +. +And the LORD shall sever between the cattle of Israel and the cattle of Egypt: and there shall nothing die of all that is the children's of Israel. -- exodus 9:4 +. +And the LORD appointed a set time, saying, To morrow the LORD shall do this thing in the land. -- exodus 9:5 +. +And the LORD did that thing on the morrow, and all the cattle of Egypt died: but of the cattle of the children of Israel died not one. -- exodus 9:6 +. +And Pharaoh sent, and, behold, there was not one of the cattle of the Israelites dead. And the heart of Pharaoh was hardened, and he did not let the people go. -- exodus 9:7 +. +And the LORD said unto Moses and unto Aaron, Take to you handfuls of ashes of the furnace, and let Moses sprinkle it toward the heaven in the sight of Pharaoh. -- exodus 9:8 +. +And it shall become small dust in all the land of Egypt, and shall be a boil breaking forth with blains upon man, and upon beast, throughout all the land of Egypt. -- exodus 9:9 +. +And they took ashes of the furnace, and stood before Pharaoh; and Moses sprinkled it up toward heaven; and it became a boil breaking forth with blains upon man, and upon beast. -- exodus 9:10 +. +And the magicians could not stand before Moses because of the boils; for the boil was upon the magicians, and upon all the Egyptians. -- exodus 9:11 +. +And the LORD hardened the heart of Pharaoh, and he hearkened not unto them; as the LORD had spoken unto Moses. -- exodus 9:12 +. +And the LORD said unto Moses, Rise up early in the morning, and stand before Pharaoh, and say unto him, Thus saith the LORD God of the Hebrews, Let my people go, that they may serve me. -- exodus 9:13 +. +For I will at this time send all my plagues upon thine heart, and upon thy servants, and upon thy people; that thou mayest know that there is none like me in all the earth. -- exodus 9:14 +. +For now I will stretch out my hand, that I may smite thee and thy people with pestilence; and thou shalt be cut off from the earth. -- exodus 9:15 +. +And in very deed for this cause have I raised thee up, for to show in thee my power; and that my name may be declared throughout all the earth. -- exodus 9:16 +. +As yet exaltest thou thyself against my people, that thou wilt not let them go? -- exodus 9:17 +. +Behold, to morrow about this time I will cause it to rain a very grievous hail, such as hath not been in Egypt since the foundation thereof even until now. -- exodus 9:18 +. +Send therefore now, and gather thy cattle, and all that thou hast in the field; for upon every man and beast which shall be found in the field, and shall not be brought home, the hail shall come down upon them, and they shall die. -- exodus 9:19 +. +He that feared the word of the LORD among the servants of Pharaoh made his servants and his cattle flee into the houses: -- exodus 9:20 +. +And he that regarded not the word of the LORD left his servants and his cattle in the field. -- exodus 9:21 +. +And the LORD said unto Moses, Stretch forth thine hand toward heaven, that there may be hail in all the land of Egypt, upon man, and upon beast, and upon every herb of the field, throughout the land of Egypt. -- exodus 9:22 +. +And Moses stretched forth his rod toward heaven: and the LORD sent thunder and hail, and the fire ran along upon the ground; and the LORD rained hail upon the land of Egypt. -- exodus 9:23 +. +So there was hail, and fire mingled with the hail, very grievous, such as there was none like it in all the land of Egypt since it became a nation. -- exodus 9:24 +. +And the hail smote throughout all the land of Egypt all that was in the field, both man and beast; and the hail smote every herb of the field, and brake every tree of the field. -- exodus 9:25 +. +Only in the land of Goshen, where the children of Israel were, was there no hail. -- exodus 9:26 +. +And Pharaoh sent, and called for Moses and Aaron, and said unto them, I have sinned this time: the LORD is righteous, and I and my people are wicked. -- exodus 9:27 +. +Entreat the LORD (for it is enough) that there be no more mighty thunderings and hail; and I will let you go, and ye shall stay no longer. -- exodus 9:28 +. +And Moses said unto him, As soon as I am gone out of the city, I will spread abroad my hands unto the LORD; and the thunder shall cease, neither shall there be any more hail; that thou mayest know how that the earth is the LORD's. -- exodus 9:29 +. +But as for thee and thy servants, I know that ye will not yet fear the LORD God. -- exodus 9:30 +. +And the flax and the barley was smitten: for the barley was in the ear, and the flax was bolled. -- exodus 9:31 +. +But the wheat and the rye were not smitten: for they were not grown up. -- exodus 9:32 +. +And Moses went out of the city from Pharaoh, and spread abroad his hands unto the LORD: and the thunders and hail ceased, and the rain was not poured upon the earth. -- exodus 9:33 +. +And when Pharaoh saw that the rain and the hail and the thunders were ceased, he sinned yet more, and hardened his heart, he and his servants. -- exodus 9:34 +. +And the heart of Pharaoh was hardened, neither would he let the children of Israel go; as the LORD had spoken by Moses. -- exodus 9:35 +. +And the LORD said unto Moses, Go in unto Pharaoh: for I have hardened his heart, and the heart of his servants, that I might show these my signs before him: -- exodus 10:1 +. +And that thou mayest tell in the ears of thy son, and of thy son's son, what things I have wrought in Egypt, and my signs which I have done among them; that ye may know how that I am the LORD. -- exodus 10:2 +. +And Moses and Aaron came in unto Pharaoh, and said unto him, Thus saith the LORD God of the Hebrews, How long wilt thou refuse to humble thyself before me? let my people go, that they may serve me. -- exodus 10:3 +. +Else, if thou refuse to let my people go, behold, to morrow will I bring the locusts into thy coast: -- exodus 10:4 +. +And they shall cover the face of the earth, that one cannot be able to see the earth: and they shall eat the residue of that which is escaped, which remaineth unto you from the hail, and shall eat every tree which groweth for you out of the field: -- exodus 10:5 +. +And they shall fill thy houses, and the houses of all thy servants, and the houses of all the Egyptians; which neither thy fathers, nor thy fathers' fathers have seen, since the day that they were upon the earth unto this day. And he turned himself, and went out from Pharaoh. -- exodus 10:6 +. +And Pharaoh's servants said unto him, How long shall this man be a snare unto us? let the men go, that they may serve the LORD their God: knowest thou not yet that Egypt is destroyed? -- exodus 10:7 +. +And Moses and Aaron were brought again unto Pharaoh: and he said unto them, Go, serve the LORD your God: but who are they that shall go? -- exodus 10:8 +. +And Moses said, We will go with our young and with our old, with our sons and with our daughters, with our flocks and with our herds will we go; for we must hold a feast unto the LORD. -- exodus 10:9 +. +And he said unto them, Let the LORD be so with you, as I will let you go, and your little ones: look to it; for evil is before you. -- exodus 10:10 +. +Not so: go now ye that are men, and serve the LORD; for that ye did desire. And they were driven out from Pharaoh's presence. -- exodus 10:11 +. +And the LORD said unto Moses, Stretch out thine hand over the land of Egypt for the locusts, that they may come up upon the land of Egypt, and eat every herb of the land, even all that the hail hath left. -- exodus 10:12 +. +And Moses stretched forth his rod over the land of Egypt, and the LORD brought an east wind upon the land all that day, and all that night; and when it was morning, the east wind brought the locusts. -- exodus 10:13 +. +And the locust went up over all the land of Egypt, and rested in all the coasts of Egypt: very grievous were they; before them there were no such locusts as they, neither after them shall be such. -- exodus 10:14 +. +For they covered the face of the whole earth, so that the land was darkened; and they did eat every herb of the land, and all the fruit of the trees which the hail had left: and there remained not any green thing in the trees, or in the herbs of the field, through all the land of Egypt. -- exodus 10:15 +. +Then Pharaoh called for Moses and Aaron in haste; and he said, I have sinned against the LORD your God, and against you. -- exodus 10:16 +. +Now therefore forgive, I pray thee, my sin only this once, and entreat the LORD your God, that he may take away from me this death only. -- exodus 10:17 +. +And he went out from Pharaoh, and entreated the LORD. -- exodus 10:18 +. +And the LORD turned a mighty strong west wind, which took away the locusts, and cast them into the Red sea; there remained not one locust in all the coasts of Egypt. -- exodus 10:19 +. +But the LORD hardened Pharaoh's heart, so that he would not let the children of Israel go. -- exodus 10:20 +. +And the LORD said unto Moses, Stretch out thine hand toward heaven, that there may be darkness over the land of Egypt, even darkness which may be felt. -- exodus 10:21 +. +And Moses stretched forth his hand toward heaven; and there was a thick darkness in all the land of Egypt three days: -- exodus 10:22 +. +They saw not one another, neither rose any from his place for three days: but all the children of Israel had light in their dwellings. -- exodus 10:23 +. +And Pharaoh called unto Moses, and said, Go ye, serve the LORD; only let your flocks and your herds be stayed: let your little ones also go with you. -- exodus 10:24 +. +And Moses said, Thou must give us also sacrifices and burnt offerings, that we may sacrifice unto the LORD our God. -- exodus 10:25 +. +Our cattle also shall go with us; there shall not an hoof be left behind; for thereof must we take to serve the LORD our God; and we know not with what we must serve the LORD, until we come thither. -- exodus 10:26 +. +But the LORD hardened Pharaoh's heart, and he would not let them go. -- exodus 10:27 +. +And Pharaoh said unto him, Get thee from me, take heed to thyself, see my face no more; for in that day thou seest my face thou shalt die. -- exodus 10:28 +. +And Moses said, Thou hast spoken well, I will see thy face again no more. -- exodus 10:29 +. +And the LORD said unto Moses, Yet will I bring one plague more upon Pharaoh, and upon Egypt; afterwards he will let you go hence: when he shall let you go, he shall surely thrust you out hence altogether. -- exodus 11:1 +. +Speak now in the ears of the people, and let every man borrow of his neighbor, and every woman of her neighbor, jewels of silver and jewels of gold. -- exodus 11:2 +. +And the LORD gave the people favor in the sight of the Egyptians. Moreover the man Moses was very great in the land of Egypt, in the sight of Pharaoh's servants, and in the sight of the people. -- exodus 11:3 +. +And Moses said, Thus saith the LORD, About midnight will I go out into the midst of Egypt: -- exodus 11:4 +. +And all the firstborn in the land of Egypt shall die, from the first born of Pharaoh that sitteth upon his throne, even unto the firstborn of the maidservant that is behind the mill; and all the firstborn of beasts. -- exodus 11:5 +. +And there shall be a great cry throughout all the land of Egypt, such as there was none like it, nor shall be like it any more. -- exodus 11:6 +. +But against any of the children of Israel shall not a dog move his tongue, against man or beast: that ye may know how that the LORD doth put a difference between the Egyptians and Israel. -- exodus 11:7 +. +And all these thy servants shall come down unto me, and bow down themselves unto me, saying, Get thee out, and all the people that follow thee: and after that I will go out. And he went out from Pharaoh in a great anger. -- exodus 11:8 +. +And the LORD said unto Moses, Pharaoh shall not hearken unto you; that my wonders may be multiplied in the land of Egypt. -- exodus 11:9 +. +And Moses and Aaron did all these wonders before Pharaoh: and the LORD hardened Pharaoh's heart, so that he would not let the children of Israel go out of his land. -- exodus 11:10 +. +And the LORD spake unto Moses and Aaron in the land of Egypt saying, -- exodus 12:1 +. +This month shall be unto you the beginning of months: it shall be the first month of the year to you. -- exodus 12:2 +. +Speak ye unto all the congregation of Israel, saying, In the tenth day of this month they shall take to them every man a lamb, according to the house of their fathers, a lamb for an house: -- exodus 12:3 +. +And if the household be too little for the lamb, let him and his neighbor next unto his house take it according to the number of the souls; every man according to his eating shall make your count for the lamb. -- exodus 12:4 +. +Your lamb shall be without blemish, a male of the first year: ye shall take it out from the sheep, or from the goats: -- exodus 12:5 +. +And ye shall keep it up until the fourteenth day of the same month: and the whole assembly of the congregation of Israel shall kill it in the evening. -- exodus 12:6 +. +And they shall take of the blood, and strike it on the two side posts and on the upper door post of the houses, wherein they shall eat it. -- exodus 12:7 +. +And they shall eat the flesh in that night, roast with fire, and unleavened bread; and with bitter herbs they shall eat it. -- exodus 12:8 +. +Eat not of it raw, nor sodden at all with water, but roast with fire; his head with his legs, and with the purtenance thereof. -- exodus 12:9 +. +And ye shall let nothing of it remain until the morning; and that which remaineth of it until the morning ye shall burn with fire. -- exodus 12:10 +. +And thus shall ye eat it; with your loins girded, your shoes on your feet, and your staff in your hand; and ye shall eat it in haste: it is the LORD's passover. -- exodus 12:11 +. +For I will pass through the land of Egypt this night, and will smite all the firstborn in the land of Egypt, both man and beast; and against all the gods of Egypt I will execute judgment: I am the LORD. -- exodus 12:12 +. +And the blood shall be to you for a token upon the houses where ye are: and when I see the blood, I will pass over you, and the plague shall not be upon you to destroy you, when I smite the land of Egypt. -- exodus 12:13 +. +And this day shall be unto you for a memorial; and ye shall keep it a feast to the LORD throughout your generations; ye shall keep it a feast by an ordinance for ever. -- exodus 12:14 +. +Seven days shall ye eat unleavened bread; even the first day ye shall put away leaven out of your houses: for whosoever eateth leavened bread from the first day until the seventh day, that soul shall be cut off from Israel. -- exodus 12:15 +. +And in the first day there shall be an holy convocation, and in the seventh day there shall be an holy convocation to you; no manner of work shall be done in them, save that which every man must eat, that only may be done of you. -- exodus 12:16 +. +And ye shall observe the feast of unleavened bread; for in this selfsame day have I brought your armies out of the land of Egypt: therefore shall ye observe this day in your generations by an ordinance for ever. -- exodus 12:17 +. +In the first month, on the fourteenth day of the month at even, ye shall eat unleavened bread, until the one and twentieth day of the month at even. -- exodus 12:18 +. +Seven days shall there be no leaven found in your houses: for whosoever eateth that which is leavened, even that soul shall be cut off from the congregation of Israel, whether he be a stranger, or born in the land. -- exodus 12:19 +. +Ye shall eat nothing leavened; in all your habitations shall ye eat unleavened bread. -- exodus 12:20 +. +Then Moses called for all the elders of Israel, and said unto them, Draw out and take you a lamb according to your families, and kill the passover. -- exodus 12:21 +. +And ye shall take a bunch of hyssop, and dip it in the blood that is in the basin, and strike the lintel and the two side posts with the blood that is in the basin; and none of you shall go out at the door of his house until the morning. -- exodus 12:22 +. +For the LORD will pass through to smite the Egyptians; and when he seeth the blood upon the lintel, and on the two side posts, the LORD will pass over the door, and will not suffer the destroyer to come in unto your houses to smite you. -- exodus 12:23 +. +And ye shall observe this thing for an ordinance to thee and to thy sons for ever. -- exodus 12:24 +. +And it shall come to pass, when ye be come to the land which the LORD will give you, according as he hath promised, that ye shall keep this service. -- exodus 12:25 +. +And it shall come to pass, when your children shall say unto you, What mean ye by this service? -- exodus 12:26 +. +That ye shall say, It is the sacrifice of the LORD's passover, who passed over the houses of the children of Israel in Egypt, when he smote the Egyptians, and delivered our houses. And the people bowed the head and worshipped. -- exodus 12:27 +. +And the children of Israel went away, and did as the LORD had commanded Moses and Aaron, so did they. -- exodus 12:28 +. +And it came to pass, that at midnight the LORD smote all the firstborn in the land of Egypt, from the firstborn of Pharaoh that sat on his throne unto the firstborn of the captive that was in the dungeon; and all the firstborn of cattle. -- exodus 12:29 +. +And Pharaoh rose up in the night, he, and all his servants, and all the Egyptians; and there was a great cry in Egypt; for there was not a house where there was not one dead. -- exodus 12:30 +. +And he called for Moses and Aaron by night, and said, Rise up, and get you forth from among my people, both ye and the children of Israel; and go, serve the LORD, as ye have said. -- exodus 12:31 +. +Also take your flocks and your herds, as ye have said, and be gone; and bless me also. -- exodus 12:32 +. +And the Egyptians were urgent upon the people, that they might send them out of the land in haste; for they said, We be all dead men. -- exodus 12:33 +. +And the people took their dough before it was leavened, their kneadingtroughs being bound up in their clothes upon their shoulders. -- exodus 12:34 +. +And the children of Israel did according to the word of Moses; and they borrowed of the Egyptians jewels of silver, and jewels of gold, and raiment: -- exodus 12:35 +. +And the LORD gave the people favor in the sight of the Egyptians, so that they lent unto them such things as they required. And they spoiled the Egyptians. -- exodus 12:36 +. +And the children of Israel journeyed from Rameses to Succoth, about six hundred thousand on foot that were men, beside children. -- exodus 12:37 +. +And a mixed multitude went up also with them; and flocks, and herds, even very much cattle. -- exodus 12:38 +. +And they baked unleavened cakes of the dough which they brought forth out of Egypt, for it was not leavened; because they were thrust out of Egypt, and could not tarry, neither had they prepared for themselves any victual. -- exodus 12:39 +. +Now the sojourning of the children of Israel, who dwelt in Egypt, was four hundred and thirty years. -- exodus 12:40 +. +And it came to pass at the end of the four hundred and thirty years, even the selfsame day it came to pass, that all the hosts of the LORD went out from the land of Egypt. -- exodus 12:41 +. +It is a night to be much observed unto the LORD for bringing them out from the land of Egypt: this is that night of the LORD to be observed of all the children of Israel in their generations. -- exodus 12:42 +. +And the LORD said unto Moses and Aaron, This is the ordinance of the passover: There shall no stranger eat thereof: -- exodus 12:43 +. +But every man's servant that is bought for money, when thou hast circumcised him, then shall he eat thereof. -- exodus 12:44 +. +A foreigner and an hired servant shall not eat thereof. -- exodus 12:45 +. +In one house shall it be eaten; thou shalt not carry forth ought of the flesh abroad out of the house; neither shall ye break a bone thereof. -- exodus 12:46 +. +All the congregation of Israel shall keep it. -- exodus 12:47 +. +And when a stranger shall sojourn with thee, and will keep the passover to the LORD, let all his males be circumcised, and then let him come near and keep it; and he shall be as one that is born in the land: for no uncircumcised person shall eat thereof. -- exodus 12:48 +. +One law shall be to him that is homeborn, and unto the stranger that sojourneth among you. -- exodus 12:49 +. +Thus did all the children of Israel; as the LORD commanded Moses and Aaron, so did they. -- exodus 12:50 +. +And it came to pass the selfsame day, that the LORD did bring the children of Israel out of the land of Egypt by their armies. -- exodus 12:51 +. +And the LORD spake unto Moses, saying, -- exodus 13:1 +. +Sanctify unto me all the firstborn, whatsoever openeth the womb among the children of Israel, both of man and of beast: it is mine. -- exodus 13:2 +. +And Moses said unto the people, Remember this day, in which ye came out from Egypt, out of the house of bondage; for by strength of hand the LORD brought you out from this place: there shall no leavened bread be eaten. -- exodus 13:3 +. +This day came ye out in the month Abib. -- exodus 13:4 +. +And it shall be when the LORD shall bring thee into the land of the Canaanites, and the Hittites, and the Amorites, and the Hivites, and the Jebusites, which he sware unto thy fathers to give thee, a land flowing with milk and honey, that thou shalt keep this service in this month. -- exodus 13:5 +. +Seven days thou shalt eat unleavened bread, and in the seventh day shall be a feast to the LORD. -- exodus 13:6 +. +Unleavened bread shall be eaten seven days; and there shall no leavened bread be seen with thee, neither shall there be leaven seen with thee in all thy quarters. -- exodus 13:7 +. +And thou shalt show thy son in that day, saying, This is done because of that which the LORD did unto me when I came forth out of Egypt. -- exodus 13:8 +. +And it shall be for a sign unto thee upon thine hand, and for a memorial between thine eyes, that the LORD's law may be in thy mouth: for with a strong hand hath the LORD brought thee out of Egypt. -- exodus 13:9 +. +Thou shalt therefore keep this ordinance in his season from year to year. -- exodus 13:10 +. +And it shall be when the LORD shall bring thee into the land of the Canaanites, as he sware unto thee and to thy fathers, and shall give it thee, -- exodus 13:11 +. +That thou shalt set apart unto the LORD all that openeth the matrix, and every firstling that cometh of a beast which thou hast; the males shall be the LORD's. -- exodus 13:12 +. +And every firstling of an ass thou shalt redeem with a lamb; and if thou wilt not redeem it, then thou shalt break his neck: and all the firstborn of man among thy children shalt thou redeem. -- exodus 13:13 +. +And it shall be when thy son asketh thee in time to come, saying, What is this? that thou shalt say unto him, By strength of hand the LORD brought us out from Egypt, from the house of bondage: -- exodus 13:14 +. +And it came to pass, when Pharaoh would hardly let us go, that the LORD slew all the firstborn in the land of Egypt, both the firstborn of man, and the firstborn of beast: therefore I sacrifice to the LORD all that openeth the matrix, being males; but all the firstborn of my children I redeem. -- exodus 13:15 +. +And it shall be for a token upon thine hand, and for frontlets between thine eyes: for by strength of hand the LORD brought us forth out of Egypt. -- exodus 13:16 +. +And it came to pass, when Pharaoh had let the people go, that God led them not through the way of the land of the Philistines, although that was near; for God said, Lest peradventure the people repent when they see war, and they return to Egypt: -- exodus 13:17 +. +But God led the people about, through the way of the wilderness of the Red sea: and the children of Israel went up harnessed out of the land of Egypt. -- exodus 13:18 +. +And Moses took the bones of Joseph with him: for he had straitly sworn the children of Israel, saying, God will surely visit you; and ye shall carry up my bones away hence with you. -- exodus 13:19 +. +And they took their journey from Succoth, and encamped in Etham, in the edge of the wilderness. -- exodus 13:20 +. +And the LORD went before them by day in a pillar of a cloud, to lead them the way; and by night in a pillar of fire, to give them light; to go by day and night: -- exodus 13:21 +. +He took not away the pillar of the cloud by day, nor the pillar of fire by night, from before the people. -- exodus 13:22 +. +And the LORD spake unto Moses, saying, -- exodus 14:1 +. +Speak unto the children of Israel, that they turn and encamp before Pihahiroth, between Migdol and the sea, over against Baalzephon: before it shall ye encamp by the sea. -- exodus 14:2 +. +For Pharaoh will say of the children of Israel, They are entangled in the land, the wilderness hath shut them in. -- exodus 14:3 +. +And I will harden Pharaoh's heart, that he shall follow after them; and I will be honored upon Pharaoh, and upon all his host; that the Egyptians may know that I am the LORD. And they did so. -- exodus 14:4 +. +And it was told the king of Egypt that the people fled: and the heart of Pharaoh and of his servants was turned against the people, and they said, Why have we done this, that we have let Israel go from serving us? -- exodus 14:5 +. +And he made ready his chariot, and took his people with him: -- exodus 14:6 +. +And he took six hundred chosen chariots, and all the chariots of Egypt, and captains over every one of them. -- exodus 14:7 +. +And the LORD hardened the heart of Pharaoh king of Egypt, and he pursued after the children of Israel: and the children of Israel went out with an high hand. -- exodus 14:8 +. +But the Egyptians pursued after them, all the horses and chariots of Pharaoh, and his horsemen, and his army, and overtook them encamping by the sea, beside Pihahiroth, before Baalzephon. -- exodus 14:9 +. +And when Pharaoh drew nigh, the children of Israel lifted up their eyes, and, behold, the Egyptians marched after them; and they were sore afraid: and the children of Israel cried out unto the LORD. -- exodus 14:10 +. +And they said unto Moses, Because there were no graves in Egypt, hast thou taken us away to die in the wilderness? wherefore hast thou dealt thus with us, to carry us forth out of Egypt? -- exodus 14:11 +. +Is not this the word that we did tell thee in Egypt, saying, Let us alone, that we may serve the Egyptians? For it had been better for us to serve the Egyptians, than that we should die in the wilderness. -- exodus 14:12 +. +And Moses said unto the people, Fear ye not, stand still, and see the salvation of the LORD, which he will show to you to day: for the Egyptians whom ye have seen to day, ye shall see them again no more for ever. -- exodus 14:13 +. +The LORD shall fight for you, and ye shall hold your peace. -- exodus 14:14 +. +And the LORD said unto Moses, Wherefore criest thou unto me? speak unto the children of Israel, that they go forward: -- exodus 14:15 +. +But lift thou up thy rod, and stretch out thine hand over the sea, and divide it: and the children of Israel shall go on dry ground through the midst of the sea. -- exodus 14:16 +. +And I, behold, I will harden the hearts of the Egyptians, and they shall follow them: and I will get me honor upon Pharaoh, and upon all his host, upon his chariots, and upon his horsemen. -- exodus 14:17 +. +And the Egyptians shall know that I am the LORD, when I have gotten me honor upon Pharaoh, upon his chariots, and upon his horsemen. -- exodus 14:18 +. +And the angel of God, which went before the camp of Israel, removed and went behind them; and the pillar of the cloud went from before their face, and stood behind them: -- exodus 14:19 +. +And it came between the camp of the Egyptians and the camp of Israel; and it was a cloud and darkness to them, but it gave light by night to these: so that the one came not near the other all the night. -- exodus 14:20 +. +And Moses stretched out his hand over the sea; and the LORD caused the sea to go back by a strong east wind all that night, and made the sea dry land, and the waters were divided. -- exodus 14:21 +. +And the children of Israel went into the midst of the sea upon the dry ground: and the waters were a wall unto them on their right hand, and on their left. -- exodus 14:22 +. +And the Egyptians pursued, and went in after them to the midst of the sea, even all Pharaoh's horses, his chariots, and his horsemen. -- exodus 14:23 +. +And it came to pass, that in the morning watch the LORD looked unto the host of the Egyptians through the pillar of fire and of the cloud, and troubled the host of the Egyptians, -- exodus 14:24 +. +And took off their chariot wheels, that they drave them heavily: so that the Egyptians said, Let us flee from the face of Israel; for the LORD fighteth for them against the Egyptians. -- exodus 14:25 +. +And the LORD said unto Moses, Stretch out thine hand over the sea, that the waters may come again upon the Egyptians, upon their chariots, and upon their horsemen. -- exodus 14:26 +. +And Moses stretched forth his hand over the sea, and the sea returned to his strength when the morning appeared; and the Egyptians fled against it; and the LORD overthrew the Egyptians in the midst of the sea. -- exodus 14:27 +. +And the waters returned, and covered the chariots, and the horsemen, and all the host of Pharaoh that came into the sea after them; there remained not so much as one of them. -- exodus 14:28 +. +But the children of Israel walked upon dry land in the midst of the sea; and the waters were a wall unto them on their right hand, and on their left. -- exodus 14:29 +. +Thus the LORD saved Israel that day out of the hand of the Egyptians; and Israel saw the Egyptians dead upon the sea shore. -- exodus 14:30 +. +And Israel saw that great work which the LORD did upon the Egyptians: and the people feared the LORD, and believed the LORD, and his servant Moses. -- exodus 14:31 +. +Then sang Moses and the children of Israel this song unto the LORD, and spake, saying, I will sing unto the LORD, for he hath triumphed gloriously: the horse and his rider hath he thrown into the sea. -- exodus 15:1 +. +The LORD is my strength and song, and he is become my salvation: he is my God, and I will prepare him an habitation; my father's God, and I will exalt him. -- exodus 15:2 +. +The LORD is a man of war: the LORD is his name. -- exodus 15:3 +. +Pharaoh's chariots and his host hath he cast into the sea: his chosen captains also are drowned in the Red sea. -- exodus 15:4 +. +The depths have covered them: they sank into the bottom as a stone. -- exodus 15:5 +. +Thy right hand, O LORD, is become glorious in power: thy right hand, O LORD, hath dashed in pieces the enemy. -- exodus 15:6 +. +And in the greatness of thine excellency thou hast overthrown them that rose up against thee: thou sentest forth thy wrath, which consumed them as stubble. -- exodus 15:7 +. +And with the blast of thy nostrils the waters were gathered together, the floods stood upright as an heap, and the depths were congealed in the heart of the sea. -- exodus 15:8 +. +The enemy said, I will pursue, I will overtake, I will divide the spoil; my lust shall be satisfied upon them; I will draw my sword, my hand shall destroy them. -- exodus 15:9 +. +Thou didst blow with thy wind, the sea covered them: they sank as lead in the mighty waters. -- exodus 15:10 +. +Who is like unto thee, O LORD, among the gods? who is like thee, glorious in holiness, fearful in praises, doing wonders? -- exodus 15:11 +. +Thou stretchedst out thy right hand, the earth swallowed them. -- exodus 15:12 +. +Thou in thy mercy hast led forth the people which thou hast redeemed: thou hast guided them in thy strength unto thy holy habitation. -- exodus 15:13 +. +The people shall hear, and be afraid: sorrow shall take hold on the inhabitants of Palestina. -- exodus 15:14 +. +Then the dukes of Edom shall be amazed; the mighty men of Moab, trembling shall take hold upon them; all the inhabitants of Canaan shall melt away. -- exodus 15:15 +. +Fear and dread shall fall upon them; by the greatness of thine arm they shall be as still as a stone; till thy people pass over, O LORD, till the people pass over, which thou hast purchased. -- exodus 15:16 +. +Thou shalt bring them in, and plant them in the mountain of thine inheritance, in the place, O LORD, which thou hast made for thee to dwell in, in the Sanctuary, O LORD, which thy hands have established. -- exodus 15:17 +. +The LORD shall reign for ever and ever. -- exodus 15:18 +. +For the horse of Pharaoh went in with his chariots and with his horsemen into the sea, and the LORD brought again the waters of the sea upon them; but the children of Israel went on dry land in the midst of the sea. -- exodus 15:19 +. +And Miriam the prophetess, the sister of Aaron, took a timbrel in her hand; and all the women went out after her with timbrels and with dances. -- exodus 15:20 +. +And Miriam answered them, Sing ye to the LORD, for he hath triumphed gloriously; the horse and his rider hath he thrown into the sea. -- exodus 15:21 +. +So Moses brought Israel from the Red sea, and they went out into the wilderness of Shur; and they went three days in the wilderness, and found no water. -- exodus 15:22 +. +And when they came to Marah, they could not drink of the waters of Marah, for they were bitter: therefore the name of it was called Marah. -- exodus 15:23 +. +And the people murmured against Moses, saying, What shall we drink? -- exodus 15:24 +. +And he cried unto the LORD; and the LORD showed him a tree, which when he had cast into the waters, the waters were made sweet: there he made for them a statute and an ordinance, and there he proved them, -- exodus 15:25 +. +And said, If thou wilt diligently hearken to the voice of the LORD thy God, and wilt do that which is right in his sight, and wilt give ear to his commandments, and keep all his statutes, I will put none of these diseases upon thee, which I have brought upon the Egyptians: for I am the LORD that healeth thee. -- exodus 15:26 +. +And they came to Elim, where were twelve wells of water, and threescore and ten palm trees: and they encamped there by the waters. -- exodus 15:27 +. +And they took their journey from Elim, and all the congregation of the children of Israel came unto the wilderness of Sin, which is between Elim and Sinai, on the fifteenth day of the second month after their departing out of the land of Egypt. -- exodus 16:1 +. +And the whole congregation of the children of Israel murmured against Moses and Aaron in the wilderness: -- exodus 16:2 +. +And the children of Israel said unto them, Would to God we had died by the hand of the LORD in the land of Egypt, when we sat by the flesh pots, and when we did eat bread to the full; for ye have brought us forth into this wilderness, to kill this whole assembly with hunger. -- exodus 16:3 +. +Then said the LORD unto Moses, Behold, I will rain bread from heaven for you; and the people shall go out and gather a certain rate every day, that I may prove them, whether they will walk in my law, or no. -- exodus 16:4 +. +And it shall come to pass, that on the sixth day they shall prepare that which they bring in; and it shall be twice as much as they gather daily. -- exodus 16:5 +. +And Moses and Aaron said unto all the children of Israel, At even, then ye shall know that the LORD hath brought you out from the land of Egypt: -- exodus 16:6 +. +And in the morning, then ye shall see the glory of the LORD; for that he heareth your murmurings against the LORD: and what are we, that ye murmur against us? -- exodus 16:7 +. +And Moses said, This shall be, when the LORD shall give you in the evening flesh to eat, and in the morning bread to the full; for that the LORD heareth your murmurings which ye murmur against him: and what are we? your murmurings are not against us, but against the LORD. -- exodus 16:8 +. +And Moses spake unto Aaron, Say unto all the congregation of the children of Israel, Come near before the LORD: for he hath heard your murmurings. -- exodus 16:9 +. +And it came to pass, as Aaron spake unto the whole congregation of the children of Israel, that they looked toward the wilderness, and, behold, the glory of the LORD appeared in the cloud. -- exodus 16:10 +. +And the LORD spake unto Moses, saying, -- exodus 16:11 +. +I have heard the murmurings of the children of Israel: speak unto them, saying, At even ye shall eat flesh, and in the morning ye shall be filled with bread; and ye shall know that I am the LORD your God. -- exodus 16:12 +. +And it came to pass, that at even the quails came up, and covered the camp: and in the morning the dew lay round about the host. -- exodus 16:13 +. +And when the dew that lay was gone up, behold, upon the face of the wilderness there lay a small round thing, as small as the hoar frost on the ground. -- exodus 16:14 +. +And when the children of Israel saw it, they said one to another, It is manna: for they wist not what it was. And Moses said unto them, This is the bread which the LORD hath given you to eat. -- exodus 16:15 +. +This is the thing which the LORD hath commanded, Gather of it every man according to his eating, an omer for every man, according to the number of your persons; take ye every man for them which are in his tents. -- exodus 16:16 +. +And the children of Israel did so, and gathered, some more, some less. -- exodus 16:17 +. +And when they did mete it with an omer, he that gathered much had nothing over, and he that gathered little had no lack; they gathered every man according to his eating. -- exodus 16:18 +. +And Moses said, Let no man leave of it till the morning. -- exodus 16:19 +. +Notwithstanding they hearkened not unto Moses; but some of them left of it until the morning, and it bred worms, and stank: and Moses was wroth with them. -- exodus 16:20 +. +And they gathered it every morning, every man according to his eating: and when the sun waxed hot, it melted. -- exodus 16:21 +. +And it came to pass, that on the sixth day they gathered twice as much bread, two omers for one man: and all the rulers of the congregation came and told Moses. -- exodus 16:22 +. +And he said unto them, This is that which the LORD hath said, To morrow is the rest of the holy sabbath unto the LORD: bake that which ye will bake to day, and seethe that ye will seethe; and that which remaineth over lay up for you to be kept until the morning. -- exodus 16:23 +. +And they laid it up till the morning, as Moses bade: and it did not stink, neither was there any worm therein. -- exodus 16:24 +. +And Moses said, Eat that to day; for to day is a sabbath unto the LORD: to day ye shall not find it in the field. -- exodus 16:25 +. +Six days ye shall gather it; but on the seventh day, which is the sabbath, in it there shall be none. -- exodus 16:26 +. +And it came to pass, that there went out some of the people on the seventh day for to gather, and they found none. -- exodus 16:27 +. +And the LORD said unto Moses, How long refuse ye to keep my commandments and my laws? -- exodus 16:28 +. +See, for that the LORD hath given you the sabbath, therefore he giveth you on the sixth day the bread of two days; abide ye every man in his place, let no man go out of his place on the seventh day. -- exodus 16:29 +. +So the people rested on the seventh day. -- exodus 16:30 +. +And the house of Israel called the name thereof Manna: and it was like coriander seed, white; and the taste of it was like wafers made with honey. -- exodus 16:31 +. +And Moses said, This is the thing which the LORD commandeth, Fill an omer of it to be kept for your generations; that they may see the bread wherewith I have fed you in the wilderness, when I brought you forth from the land of Egypt. -- exodus 16:32 +. +And Moses said unto Aaron, Take a pot, and put an omer full of manna therein, and lay it up before the LORD, to be kept for your generations. -- exodus 16:33 +. +As the LORD commanded Moses, so Aaron laid it up before the Testimony, to be kept. -- exodus 16:34 +. +And the children of Israel did eat manna forty years, until they came to a land inhabited; they did eat manna, until they came unto the borders of the land of Canaan. -- exodus 16:35 +. +Now an omer is the tenth part of an ephah. -- exodus 16:36 +. +And all the congregation of the children of Israel journeyed from the wilderness of Sin, after their journeys, according to the commandment of the LORD, and pitched in Rephidim: and there was no water for the people to drink. -- exodus 17:1 +. +Wherefore the people did chide with Moses, and said, Give us water that we may drink. And Moses said unto them, Why chide ye with me? wherefore do ye tempt the LORD? -- exodus 17:2 +. +And the people thirsted there for water; and the people murmured against Moses, and said, Wherefore is this that thou hast brought us up out of Egypt, to kill us and our children and our cattle with thirst? -- exodus 17:3 +. +And Moses cried unto the LORD, saying, What shall I do unto this people? they be almost ready to stone me. -- exodus 17:4 +. +And the LORD said unto Moses, Go on before the people, and take with thee of the elders of Israel; and thy rod, wherewith thou smotest the river, take in thine hand, and go. -- exodus 17:5 +. +Behold, I will stand before thee there upon the rock in Horeb; and thou shalt smite the rock, and there shall come water out of it, that the people may drink. And Moses did so in the sight of the elders of Israel. -- exodus 17:6 +. +And he called the name of the place Massah, and Meribah, because of the chiding of the children of Israel, and because they tempted the LORD, saying, Is the LORD among us, or not? -- exodus 17:7 +. +Then came Amalek, and fought with Israel in Rephidim. -- exodus 17:8 +. +And Moses said unto Joshua, Choose us out men, and go out, fight with Amalek: to morrow I will stand on the top of the hill with the rod of God in mine hand. -- exodus 17:9 +. +So Joshua did as Moses had said to him, and fought with Amalek: and Moses, Aaron, and Hur went up to the top of the hill. -- exodus 17:10 +. +And it came to pass, when Moses held up his hand, that Israel prevailed: and when he let down his hand, Amalek prevailed. -- exodus 17:11 +. +But Moses hands were heavy; and they took a stone, and put it under him, and he sat thereon; and Aaron and Hur stayed up his hands, the one on the one side, and the other on the other side; and his hands were steady until the going down of the sun. -- exodus 17:12 +. +And Joshua discomfited Amalek and his people with the edge of the sword. -- exodus 17:13 +. +And the LORD said unto Moses, Write this for a memorial in a book, and rehearse it in the ears of Joshua: for I will utterly put out the remembrance of Amalek from under heaven. -- exodus 17:14 +. +And Moses built an altar, and called the name of it Jehovahnissi: -- exodus 17:15 +. +For he said, Because the LORD hath sworn that the LORD will have war with Amalek from generation to generation. -- exodus 17:16 +. +When Jethro, the priest of Midian, Moses' father in law, heard of all that God had done for Moses, and for Israel his people, and that the LORD had brought Israel out of Egypt; -- exodus 18:1 +. +Then Jethro, Moses' father in law, took Zipporah, Moses' wife, after he had sent her back, -- exodus 18:2 +. +And her two sons; of which the name of the one was Gershom; for he said, I have been an alien in a strange land: -- exodus 18:3 +. +And the name of the other was Eliezer; for the God of my father, said he, was mine help, and delivered me from the sword of Pharaoh: -- exodus 18:4 +. +And Jethro, Moses' father in law, came with his sons and his wife unto Moses into the wilderness, where he encamped at the mount of God: -- exodus 18:5 +. +And he said unto Moses, I thy father in law Jethro am come unto thee, and thy wife, and her two sons with her. -- exodus 18:6 +. +And Moses went out to meet his father in law, and did obeisance, and kissed him; and they asked each other of their welfare; and they came into the tent. -- exodus 18:7 +. +And Moses told his father in law all that the LORD had done unto Pharaoh and to the Egyptians for Israel's sake, and all the travail that had come upon them by the way, and how the LORD delivered them. -- exodus 18:8 +. +And Jethro rejoiced for all the goodness which the LORD had done to Israel, whom he had delivered out of the hand of the Egyptians. -- exodus 18:9 +. +And Jethro said, Blessed be the LORD, who hath delivered you out of the hand of the Egyptians, and out of the hand of Pharaoh, who hath delivered the people from under the hand of the Egyptians. -- exodus 18:10 +. +Now I know that the LORD is greater than all gods: for in the thing wherein they dealt proudly he was above them. -- exodus 18:11 +. +And Jethro, Moses' father in law, took a burnt offering and sacrifices for God: and Aaron came, and all the elders of Israel, to eat bread with Moses' father in law before God. -- exodus 18:12 +. +And it came to pass on the morrow, that Moses sat to judge the people: and the people stood by Moses from the morning unto the evening. -- exodus 18:13 +. +And when Moses' father in law saw all that he did to the people, he said, What is this thing that thou doest to the people? why sittest thou thyself alone, and all the people stand by thee from morning unto even? -- exodus 18:14 +. +And Moses said unto his father in law, Because the people come unto me to inquire of God: -- exodus 18:15 +. +When they have a matter, they come unto me; and I judge between one and another, and I do make them know the statutes of God, and his laws. -- exodus 18:16 +. +And Moses' father in law said unto him, The thing that thou doest is not good. -- exodus 18:17 +. +Thou wilt surely wear away, both thou, and this people that is with thee: for this thing is too heavy for thee; thou art not able to perform it thyself alone. -- exodus 18:18 +. +Hearken now unto my voice, I will give thee counsel, and God shall be with thee: Be thou for the people to God-ward, that thou mayest bring the causes unto God: -- exodus 18:19 +. +And thou shalt teach them ordinances and laws, and shalt show them the way wherein they must walk, and the work that they must do. -- exodus 18:20 +. +Moreover thou shalt provide out of all the people able men, such as fear God, men of truth, hating covetousness; and place such over them, to be rulers of thousands, and rulers of hundreds, rulers of fifties, and rulers of tens: -- exodus 18:21 +. +And let them judge the people at all seasons: and it shall be, that every great matter they shall bring unto thee, but every small matter they shall judge: so shall it be easier for thyself, and they shall bear the burden with thee. -- exodus 18:22 +. +If thou shalt do this thing, and God command thee so, then thou shalt be able to endure, and all this people shall also go to their place in peace. -- exodus 18:23 +. +So Moses hearkened to the voice of his father in law, and did all that he had said. -- exodus 18:24 +. +And Moses chose able men out of all Israel, and made them heads over the people, rulers of thousands, rulers of hundreds, rulers of fifties, and rulers of tens. -- exodus 18:25 +. +And they judged the people at all seasons: the hard causes they brought unto Moses, but every small matter they judged themselves. -- exodus 18:26 +. +And Moses let his father in law depart; and he went his way into his own land. -- exodus 18:27 +. +In the third month, when the children of Israel were gone forth out of the land of Egypt, the same day came they into the wilderness of Sinai. -- exodus 19:1 +. +For they were departed from Rephidim, and were come to the desert of Sinai, and had pitched in the wilderness; and there Israel camped before the mount. -- exodus 19:2 +. +And Moses went up unto God, and the LORD called unto him out of the mountain, saying, Thus shalt thou say to the house of Jacob, and tell the children of Israel; -- exodus 19:3 +. +Ye have seen what I did unto the Egyptians, and how I bare you on eagles' wings, and brought you unto myself. -- exodus 19:4 +. +Now therefore, if ye will obey my voice indeed, and keep my covenant, then ye shall be a peculiar treasure unto me above all people: for all the earth is mine: -- exodus 19:5 +. +And ye shall be unto me a kingdom of priests, and an holy nation. These are the words which thou shalt speak unto the children of Israel. -- exodus 19:6 +. +And Moses came and called for the elders of the people, and laid before their faces all these words which the LORD commanded him. -- exodus 19:7 +. +And all the people answered together, and said, All that the LORD hath spoken we will do. And Moses returned the words of the people unto the LORD. -- exodus 19:8 +. +And the LORD said unto Moses, Lo, I come unto thee in a thick cloud, that the people may hear when I speak with thee, and believe thee for ever. And Moses told the words of the people unto the LORD. -- exodus 19:9 +. +And the LORD said unto Moses, Go unto the people, and sanctify them to day and to morrow, and let them wash their clothes, -- exodus 19:10 +. +And be ready against the third day: for the third day the LORD will come down in the sight of all the people upon mount Sinai. -- exodus 19:11 +. +And thou shalt set bounds unto the people round about, saying, Take heed to yourselves, that ye go not up into the mount, or touch the border of it: whosoever toucheth the mount shall be surely put to death: -- exodus 19:12 +. +There shall not an hand touch it, but he shall surely be stoned, or shot through; whether it be beast or man, it shall not live: when the trumpet soundeth long, they shall come up to the mount. -- exodus 19:13 +. +And Moses went down from the mount unto the people, and sanctified the people; and they washed their clothes. -- exodus 19:14 +. +And he said unto the people, Be ready against the third day: come not at your wives. -- exodus 19:15 +. +And it came to pass on the third day in the morning, that there were thunders and lightnings, and a thick cloud upon the mount, and the voice of the trumpet exceeding loud; so that all the people that was in the camp trembled. -- exodus 19:16 +. +And Moses brought forth the people out of the camp to meet with God; and they stood at the nether part of the mount. -- exodus 19:17 +. +And mount Sinai was altogether on a smoke, because the LORD descended upon it in fire: and the smoke thereof ascended as the smoke of a furnace, and the whole mount quaked greatly. -- exodus 19:18 +. +And when the voice of the trumpet sounded long, and waxed louder and louder, Moses spake, and God answered him by a voice. -- exodus 19:19 +. +And the LORD came down upon mount Sinai, on the top of the mount: and the LORD called Moses up to the top of the mount; and Moses went up. -- exodus 19:20 +. +And the LORD said unto Moses, Go down, charge the people, lest they break through unto the LORD to gaze, and many of them perish. -- exodus 19:21 +. +And let the priests also, which come near to the LORD, sanctify themselves, lest the LORD break forth upon them. -- exodus 19:22 +. +And Moses said unto the LORD, The people cannot come up to mount Sinai: for thou chargedst us, saying, Set bounds about the mount, and sanctify it. -- exodus 19:23 +. +And the LORD said unto him, Away, get thee down, and thou shalt come up, thou, and Aaron with thee: but let not the priests and the people break through to come up unto the LORD, lest he break forth upon them. -- exodus 19:24 +. +So Moses went down unto the people, and spake unto them. -- exodus 19:25 +. +And God spake all these words, saying, -- exodus 20:1 +. +I am the LORD thy God, which have brought thee out of the land of Egypt, out of the house of bondage. -- exodus 20:2 +. +Thou shalt have no other gods before me. -- exodus 20:3 +. +Thou shalt not make unto thee any graven image, or any likeness of any thing that is in heaven above, or that is in the earth beneath, or that is in the water under the earth. -- exodus 20:4 +. +Thou shalt not bow down thyself to them, nor serve them: for I the LORD thy God am a jealous God, visiting the iniquity of the fathers upon the children unto the third and fourth generation of them that hate me; -- exodus 20:5 +. +And showing mercy unto thousands of them that love me, and keep my commandments. -- exodus 20:6 +. +Thou shalt not take the name of the LORD thy God in vain; for the LORD will not hold him guiltless that taketh his name in vain. -- exodus 20:7 +. +Remember the sabbath day, to keep it holy. -- exodus 20:8 +. +Six days shalt thou labor, and do all thy work: -- exodus 20:9 +. +But the seventh day is the sabbath of the LORD thy God: in it thou shalt not do any work, thou, nor thy son, nor thy daughter, thy manservant, nor thy maidservant, nor thy cattle, nor thy stranger that is within thy gates: -- exodus 20:10 +. +For in six days the LORD made heaven and earth, the sea, and all that in them is, and rested the seventh day: wherefore the LORD blessed the sabbath day, and hallowed it. -- exodus 20:11 +. +Honor thy father and thy mother: that thy days may be long upon the land which the LORD thy God giveth thee. -- exodus 20:12 +. +Thou shalt not kill. -- exodus 20:13 +. +Thou shalt not commit adultery. -- exodus 20:14 +. +Thou shalt not steal. -- exodus 20:15 +. +Thou shalt not bear false witness against thy neighbor. -- exodus 20:16 +. +Thou shalt not covet thy neighbor's house, thou shalt not covet thy neighbor's wife, nor his manservant, nor his maidservant, nor his ox, nor his ass, nor any thing that is thy neighbor's. -- exodus 20:17 +. +And all the people saw the thunderings, and the lightnings, and the noise of the trumpet, and the mountain smoking: and when the people saw it, they removed, and stood afar off. -- exodus 20:18 +. +And they said unto Moses, Speak thou with us, and we will hear: but let not God speak with us, lest we die. -- exodus 20:19 +. +And Moses said unto the people, Fear not: for God is come to prove you, and that his fear may be before your faces, that ye sin not. -- exodus 20:20 +. +And the people stood afar off, and Moses drew near unto the thick darkness where God was. -- exodus 20:21 +. +And the LORD said unto Moses, Thus thou shalt say unto the children of Israel, Ye have seen that I have talked with you from heaven. -- exodus 20:22 +. +Ye shall not make with me gods of silver, neither shall ye make unto you gods of gold. -- exodus 20:23 +. +An altar of earth thou shalt make unto me, and shalt sacrifice thereon thy burnt offerings, and thy peace offerings, thy sheep, and thine oxen: in all places where I record my name I will come unto thee, and I will bless thee. -- exodus 20:24 +. +And if thou wilt make me an altar of stone, thou shalt not build it of hewn stone: for if thou lift up thy tool upon it, thou hast polluted it. -- exodus 20:25 +. +Neither shalt thou go up by steps unto mine altar, that thy nakedness be not discovered thereon. -- exodus 20:26 +. +Now these are the judgments which thou shalt set before them. -- exodus 21:1 +. +If thou buy an Hebrew servant, six years he shall serve: and in the seventh he shall go out free for nothing. -- exodus 21:2 +. +If he came in by himself, he shall go out by himself: if he were married, then his wife shall go out with him. -- exodus 21:3 +. +If his master have given him a wife, and she have born him sons or daughters; the wife and her children shall be her master's, and he shall go out by himself. -- exodus 21:4 +. +And if the servant shall plainly say, I love my master, my wife, and my children; I will not go out free: -- exodus 21:5 +. +Then his master shall bring him unto the judges; he shall also bring him to the door, or unto the door post; and his master shall bore his ear through with an awl; and he shall serve him for ever. -- exodus 21:6 +. +And if a man sell his daughter to be a maidservant, she shall not go out as the menservants do. -- exodus 21:7 +. +If she please not her master, who hath betrothed her to himself, then shall he let her be redeemed: to sell her unto a strange nation he shall have no power, seeing he hath dealt deceitfully with her. -- exodus 21:8 +. +And if he have betrothed her unto his son, he shall deal with her after the manner of daughters. -- exodus 21:9 +. +If he take him another wife; her food, her raiment, and her duty of marriage, shall he not diminish. -- exodus 21:10 +. +And if he do not these three unto her, then shall she go out free without money. -- exodus 21:11 +. +He that smiteth a man, so that he die, shall be surely put to death. -- exodus 21:12 +. +And if a man lie not in wait, but God deliver him into his hand; then I will appoint thee a place whither he shall flee. -- exodus 21:13 +. +But if a man come presumptuously upon his neighbor, to slay him with guile; thou shalt take him from mine altar, that he may die. -- exodus 21:14 +. +And he that smiteth his father, or his mother, shall be surely put to death. -- exodus 21:15 +. +And he that stealeth a man, and selleth him, or if he be found in his hand, he shall surely be put to death. -- exodus 21:16 +. +And he that curseth his father, or his mother, shall surely be put to death. -- exodus 21:17 +. +And if men strive together, and one smite another with a stone, or with his fist, and he die not, but keepeth his bed: -- exodus 21:18 +. +If he rise again, and walk abroad upon his staff, then shall he that smote him be quit: only he shall pay for the loss of his time, and shall cause him to be thoroughly healed. -- exodus 21:19 +. +And if a man smite his servant, or his maid, with a rod, and he die under his hand; he shall be surely punished. -- exodus 21:20 +. +Notwithstanding, if he continue a day or two, he shall not be punished: for he is his money. -- exodus 21:21 +. +If men strive, and hurt a woman with child, so that her fruit depart from her, and yet no mischief follow: he shall be surely punished, according as the woman's husband will lay upon him; and he shall pay as the judges determine. -- exodus 21:22 +. +And if any mischief follow, then thou shalt give life for life, -- exodus 21:23 +. +Eye for eye, tooth for tooth, hand for hand, foot for foot, -- exodus 21:24 +. +Burning for burning, wound for wound, stripe for stripe. -- exodus 21:25 +. +And if a man smite the eye of his servant, or the eye of his maid, that it perish; he shall let him go free for his eye's sake. -- exodus 21:26 +. +And if he smite out his manservant's tooth, or his maidservant's tooth; he shall let him go free for his tooth's sake. -- exodus 21:27 +. +If an ox gore a man or a woman, that they die: then the ox shall be surely stoned, and his flesh shall not be eaten; but the owner of the ox shall be quit. -- exodus 21:28 +. +But if the ox were wont to push with his horn in time past, and it hath been testified to his owner, and he hath not kept him in, but that he hath killed a man or a woman; the ox shall be stoned, and his owner also shall be put to death. -- exodus 21:29 +. +If there be laid on him a sum of money, then he shall give for the ransom of his life whatsoever is laid upon him. -- exodus 21:30 +. +Whether he have gored a son, or have gored a daughter, according to this judgment shall it be done unto him. -- exodus 21:31 +. +If the ox shall push a manservant or a maidservant; he shall give unto their master thirty shekels of silver, and the ox shall be stoned. -- exodus 21:32 +. +And if a man shall open a pit, or if a man shall dig a pit, and not cover it, and an ox or an ass fall therein; -- exodus 21:33 +. +The owner of the pit shall make it good, and give money unto the owner of them; and the dead beast shall be his. -- exodus 21:34 +. +And if one man's ox hurt another's, that he die; then they shall sell the live ox, and divide the money of it; and the dead ox also they shall divide. -- exodus 21:35 +. +Or if it be known that the ox hath used to push in time past, and his owner hath not kept him in; he shall surely pay ox for ox; and the dead shall be his own. -- exodus 21:36 +. +If a man shall steal an ox, or a sheep, and kill it, or sell it; he shall restore five oxen for an ox, and four sheep for a sheep. -- exodus 22:1 +. +If a thief be found breaking up, and be smitten that he die, there shall no blood be shed for him. -- exodus 22:2 +. +If the sun be risen upon him, there shall be blood shed for him; for he should make full restitution; if he have nothing, then he shall be sold for his theft. -- exodus 22:3 +. +If the theft be certainly found in his hand alive, whether it be ox, or ass, or sheep; he shall restore double. -- exodus 22:4 +. +If a man shall cause a field or vineyard to be eaten, and shall put in his beast, and shall feed in another man's field; of the best of his own field, and of the best of his own vineyard, shall he make restitution. -- exodus 22:5 +. +If fire break out, and catch in thorns, so that the stacks of corn, or the standing corn, or the field, be consumed therewith; he that kindled the fire shall surely make restitution. -- exodus 22:6 +. +If a man shall deliver unto his neighbor money or stuff to keep, and it be stolen out of the man's house; if the thief be found, let him pay double. -- exodus 22:7 +. +If the thief be not found, then the master of the house shall be brought unto the judges, to see whether he have put his hand unto his neighbor's goods. -- exodus 22:8 +. +For all manner of trespass, whether it be for ox, for ass, for sheep, for raiment, or for any manner of lost thing which another challengeth to be his, the cause of both parties shall come before the judges; and whom the judges shall condemn, he shall pay double unto his neighbor. -- exodus 22:9 +. +If a man deliver unto his neighbor an ass, or an ox, or a sheep, or any beast, to keep; and it die, or be hurt, or driven away, no man seeing it: -- exodus 22:10 +. +Then shall an oath of the LORD be between them both, that he hath not put his hand unto his neighbor's goods; and the owner of it shall accept thereof, and he shall not make it good. -- exodus 22:11 +. +And if it be stolen from him, he shall make restitution unto the owner thereof. -- exodus 22:12 +. +If it be torn in pieces, then let him bring it for witness, and he shall not make good that which was torn. -- exodus 22:13 +. +And if a man borrow ought of his neighbor, and it be hurt, or die, the owner thereof being not with it, he shall surely make it good. -- exodus 22:14 +. +But if the owner thereof be with it, he shall not make it good: if it be an hired thing, it came for his hire. -- exodus 22:15 +. +And if a man entice a maid that is not betrothed, and lie with her, he shall surely endow her to be his wife. -- exodus 22:16 +. +If her father utterly refuse to give her unto him, he shall pay money according to the dowry of virgins. -- exodus 22:17 +. +Thou shalt not suffer a witch to live. -- exodus 22:18 +. +Whosoever lieth with a beast shall surely be put to death. -- exodus 22:19 +. +He that sacrificeth unto any god, save unto the LORD only, he shall be utterly destroyed. -- exodus 22:20 +. +Thou shalt neither vex a stranger, nor oppress him: for ye were strangers in the land of Egypt. -- exodus 22:21 +. +Ye shall not afflict any widow, or fatherless child. -- exodus 22:22 +. +If thou afflict them in any wise, and they cry at all unto me, I will surely hear their cry; -- exodus 22:23 +. +And my wrath shall wax hot, and I will kill you with the sword; and your wives shall be widows, and your children fatherless. -- exodus 22:24 +. +If thou lend money to any of my people that is poor by thee, thou shalt not be to him as an usurer, neither shalt thou lay upon him usury. -- exodus 22:25 +. +If thou at all take thy neighbor's raiment to pledge, thou shalt deliver it unto him by that the sun goeth down: -- exodus 22:26 +. +For that is his covering only, it is his raiment for his skin: wherein shall he sleep? and it shall come to pass, when he crieth unto me, that I will hear; for I am gracious. -- exodus 22:27 +. +Thou shalt not revile the gods, nor curse the ruler of thy people. -- exodus 22:28 +. +Thou shalt not delay to offer the first of thy ripe fruits, and of thy liquors: the firstborn of thy sons shalt thou give unto me. -- exodus 22:29 +. +Likewise shalt thou do with thine oxen, and with thy sheep: seven days it shall be with his dam; on the eighth day thou shalt give it me. -- exodus 22:30 +. +And ye shall be holy men unto me: neither shall ye eat any flesh that is torn of beasts in the field; ye shall cast it to the dogs. -- exodus 22:31 +. +Thou shalt not raise a false report: put not thine hand with the wicked to be an unrighteous witness. -- exodus 23:1 +. +Thou shalt not follow a multitude to do evil; neither shalt thou speak in a cause to decline after many to wrest judgment: -- exodus 23:2 +. +Neither shalt thou countenance a poor man in his cause. -- exodus 23:3 +. +If thou meet thine enemy's ox or his ass going astray, thou shalt surely bring it back to him again. -- exodus 23:4 +. +If thou see the ass of him that hateth thee lying under his burden, and wouldest forbear to help him, thou shalt surely help with him. -- exodus 23:5 +. +Thou shalt not wrest the judgment of thy poor in his cause. -- exodus 23:6 +. +Keep thee far from a false matter; and the innocent and righteous slay thou not: for I will not justify the wicked. -- exodus 23:7 +. +And thou shalt take no gift: for the gift blindeth the wise, and perverteth the words of the righteous. -- exodus 23:8 +. +Also thou shalt not oppress a stranger: for ye know the heart of a stranger, seeing ye were strangers in the land of Egypt. -- exodus 23:9 +. +And six years thou shalt sow thy land, and shalt gather in the fruits thereof: -- exodus 23:10 +. +But the seventh year thou shalt let it rest and lie still; that the poor of thy people may eat: and what they leave the beasts of the field shall eat. In like manner thou shalt deal with thy vineyard, and with thy oliveyard. -- exodus 23:11 +. +Six days thou shalt do thy work, and on the seventh day thou shalt rest: that thine ox and thine ass may rest, and the son of thy handmaid, and the stranger, may be refreshed. -- exodus 23:12 +. +And in all things that I have said unto you be circumspect: and make no mention of the name of other gods, neither let it be heard out of thy mouth. -- exodus 23:13 +. +Three times thou shalt keep a feast unto me in the year. -- exodus 23:14 +. +Thou shalt keep the feast of unleavened bread: (thou shalt eat unleavened bread seven days, as I commanded thee, in the time appointed of the month Abib; for in it thou camest out from Egypt: and none shall appear before me empty:) -- exodus 23:15 +. +And the feast of harvest, the firstfruits of thy labors, which thou hast sown in the field: and the feast of ingathering, which is in the end of the year, when thou hast gathered in thy labors out of the field. -- exodus 23:16 +. +Three items in the year all thy males shall appear before the LORD God. -- exodus 23:17 +. +Thou shalt not offer the blood of my sacrifice with leavened bread; neither shall the fat of my sacrifice remain until the morning. -- exodus 23:18 +. +The first of the firstfruits of thy land thou shalt bring into the house of the LORD thy God. Thou shalt not seethe a kid in his mother's milk. -- exodus 23:19 +. +Behold, I send an Angel before thee, to keep thee in the way, and to bring thee into the place which I have prepared. -- exodus 23:20 +. +Beware of him, and obey his voice, provoke him not; for he will not pardon your transgressions: for my name is in him. -- exodus 23:21 +. +But if thou shalt indeed obey his voice, and do all that I speak; then I will be an enemy unto thine enemies, and an adversary unto thine adversaries. -- exodus 23:22 +. +For mine Angel shall go before thee, and bring thee in unto the Amorites, and the Hittites, and the Perizzites, and the Canaanites, the Hivites, and the Jebusites: and I will cut them off. -- exodus 23:23 +. +Thou shalt not bow down to their gods, nor serve them, nor do after their works: but thou shalt utterly overthrow them, and quite break down their images. -- exodus 23:24 +. +And ye shall serve the LORD your God, and he shall bless thy bread, and thy water; and I will take sickness away from the midst of thee. -- exodus 23:25 +. +There shall nothing cast their young, nor be barren, in thy land: the number of thy days I will fulfil. -- exodus 23:26 +. +I will send my fear before thee, and will destroy all the people to whom thou shalt come, and I will make all thine enemies turn their backs unto thee. -- exodus 23:27 +. +And I will send hornets before thee, which shall drive out the Hivite, the Canaanite, and the Hittite, from before thee. -- exodus 23:28 +. +I will not drive them out from before thee in one year; lest the land become desolate, and the beast of the field multiply against thee. -- exodus 23:29 +. +By little and little I will drive them out from before thee, until thou be increased, and inherit the land. -- exodus 23:30 +. +And I will set thy bounds from the Red sea even unto the sea of the Philistines, and from the desert unto the river: for I will deliver the inhabitants of the land into your hand; and thou shalt drive them out before thee. -- exodus 23:31 +. +Thou shalt make no covenant with them, nor with their gods. -- exodus 23:32 +. +They shall not dwell in thy land, lest they make thee sin against me: for if thou serve their gods, it will surely be a snare unto thee. -- exodus 23:33 +. +And he said unto Moses, Come up unto the LORD, thou, and Aaron, Nadab, and Abihu, and seventy of the elders of Israel; and worship ye afar off. -- exodus 24:1 +. +And Moses alone shall come near the LORD: but they shall not come nigh; neither shall the people go up with him. -- exodus 24:2 +. +And Moses came and told the people all the words of the LORD, and all the judgments: and all the people answered with one voice, and said, All the words which the LORD hath said will we do. -- exodus 24:3 +. +And Moses wrote all the words of the LORD, and rose up early in the morning, and builded an altar under the hill, and twelve pillars, according to the twelve tribes of Israel. -- exodus 24:4 +. +And he sent young men of the children of Israel, which offered burnt offerings, and sacrificed peace offerings of oxen unto the LORD. -- exodus 24:5 +. +And Moses took half of the blood, and put it in basins; and half of the blood he sprinkled on the altar. -- exodus 24:6 +. +And he took the book of the covenant, and read in the audience of the people: and they said, All that the LORD hath said will we do, and be obedient. -- exodus 24:7 +. +And Moses took the blood, and sprinkled it on the people, and said, Behold the blood of the covenant, which the LORD hath made with you concerning all these words. -- exodus 24:8 +. +Then went up Moses, and Aaron, Nadab, and Abihu, and seventy of the elders of Israel: -- exodus 24:9 +. +And they saw the God of Israel: and there was under his feet as it were a paved work of a sapphire stone, and as it were the body of heaven in his clearness. -- exodus 24:10 +. +And upon the nobles of the children of Israel he laid not his hand: also they saw God, and did eat and drink. -- exodus 24:11 +. +And the LORD said unto Moses, Come up to me into the mount, and be there: and I will give thee tables of stone, and a law, and commandments which I have written; that thou mayest teach them. -- exodus 24:12 +. +And Moses rose up, and his minister Joshua: and Moses went up into the mount of God. -- exodus 24:13 +. +And he said unto the elders, Tarry ye here for us, until we come again unto you: and, behold, Aaron and Hur are with you: if any man have any matters to do, let him come unto them. -- exodus 24:14 +. +And Moses went up into the mount, and a cloud covered the mount. -- exodus 24:15 +. +And the glory of the LORD abode upon mount Sinai, and the cloud covered it six days: and the seventh day he called unto Moses out of the midst of the cloud. -- exodus 24:16 +. +And the sight of the glory of the LORD was like devouring fire on the top of the mount in the eyes of the children of Israel. -- exodus 24:17 +. +And Moses went into the midst of the cloud, and gat him up into the mount: and Moses was in the mount forty days and forty nights. -- exodus 24:18 +. +And the LORD spake unto Moses, saying, -- exodus 25:1 +. +Speak unto the children of Israel, that they bring me an offering: of every man that giveth it willingly with his heart ye shall take my offering. -- exodus 25:2 +. +And this is the offering which ye shall take of them; gold, and silver, and brass, -- exodus 25:3 +. +And blue, and purple, and scarlet, and fine linen, and goats' hair, -- exodus 25:4 +. +And rams' skins dyed red, and badgers' skins, and shittim wood, -- exodus 25:5 +. +Oil for the light, spices for anointing oil, and for sweet incense, -- exodus 25:6 +. +Onyx stones, and stones to be set in the ephod, and in the breastplate. -- exodus 25:7 +. +And let them make me a sanctuary; that I may dwell among them. -- exodus 25:8 +. +According to all that I show thee, after the pattern of the tabernacle, and the pattern of all the instruments thereof, even so shall ye make it. -- exodus 25:9 +. +And they shall make an ark of shittim wood: two cubits and a half shall be the length thereof, and a cubit and a half the breadth thereof, and a cubit and a half the height thereof. -- exodus 25:10 +. +And thou shalt overlay it with pure gold, within and without shalt thou overlay it, and shalt make upon it a crown of gold round about. -- exodus 25:11 +. +And thou shalt cast four rings of gold for it, and put them in the four corners thereof; and two rings shall be in the one side of it, and two rings in the other side of it. -- exodus 25:12 +. +And thou shalt make staves of shittim wood, and overlay them with gold. -- exodus 25:13 +. +And thou shalt put the staves into the rings by the sides of the ark, that the ark may be borne with them. -- exodus 25:14 +. +The staves shall be in the rings of the ark: they shall not be taken from it. -- exodus 25:15 +. +And thou shalt put into the ark the testimony which I shall give thee. -- exodus 25:16 +. +And thou shalt make a mercy seat of pure gold: two cubits and a half shall be the length thereof, and a cubit and a half the breadth thereof. -- exodus 25:17 +. +And thou shalt make two cherubim of gold, of beaten work shalt thou make them, in the two ends of the mercy seat. -- exodus 25:18 +. +And make one cherub on the one end, and the other cherub on the other end: even of the mercy seat shall ye make the cherubim on the two ends thereof. -- exodus 25:19 +. +And the cherubim shall stretch forth their wings on high, covering the mercy seat with their wings, and their faces shall look one to another; toward the mercy seat shall the faces of the cherubim be. -- exodus 25:20 +. +And thou shalt put the mercy seat above upon the ark; and in the ark thou shalt put the testimony that I shall give thee. -- exodus 25:21 +. +And there I will meet with thee, and I will commune with thee from above the mercy seat, from between the two cherubim which are upon the ark of the testimony, of all things which I will give thee in commandment unto the children of Israel. -- exodus 25:22 +. +Thou shalt also make a table of shittim wood: two cubits shall be the length thereof, and a cubit the breadth thereof, and a cubit and a half the height thereof. -- exodus 25:23 +. +And thou shalt overlay it with pure gold, and make thereto a crown of gold round about. -- exodus 25:24 +. +And thou shalt make unto it a border of an hand breadth round about, and thou shalt make a golden crown to the border thereof round about. -- exodus 25:25 +. +And thou shalt make for it four rings of gold, and put the rings in the four corners that are on the four feet thereof. -- exodus 25:26 +. +Over against the border shall the rings be for places of the staves to bear the table. -- exodus 25:27 +. +And thou shalt make the staves of shittim wood, and overlay them with gold, that the table may be borne with them. -- exodus 25:28 +. +And thou shalt make the dishes thereof, and spoons thereof, and covers thereof, and bowls thereof, to cover withal: of pure gold shalt thou make them. -- exodus 25:29 +. +And thou shalt set upon the table showbread before me always. -- exodus 25:30 +. +And thou shalt make a candlestick of pure gold: of beaten work shall the candlestick be made: his shaft, and his branches, his bowls, his knops, and his flowers, shall be of the same. -- exodus 25:31 +. +And six branches shall come out of the sides of it; three branches of the candlestick out of the one side, and three branches of the candlestick out of the other side: -- exodus 25:32 +. +Three bowls made like unto almonds, with a knop and a flower in one branch; and three bowls made like almonds in the other branch, with a knop and a flower: so in the six branches that come out of the candlestick. -- exodus 25:33 +. +And in the candlesticks shall be four bowls made like unto almonds, with their knops and their flowers. -- exodus 25:34 +. +And there shall be a knop under two branches of the same, and a knop under two branches of the same, and a knop under two branches of the same, according to the six branches that proceed out of the candlestick. -- exodus 25:35 +. +Their knops and their branches shall be of the same: all it shall be one beaten work of pure gold. -- exodus 25:36 +. +And thou shalt make the seven lamps thereof: and they shall light the lamps thereof, that they may give light over against it. -- exodus 25:37 +. +And the tongs thereof, and the snuffdishes thereof, shall be of pure gold. -- exodus 25:38 +. +Of a talent of pure gold shall he make it, with all these vessels. -- exodus 25:39 +. +And look that thou make them after their pattern, which was showed thee in the mount. -- exodus 25:40 +. +Moreover thou shalt make the tabernacle with ten curtains of fine twined linen, and blue, and purple, and scarlet: with cherubim of cunning work shalt thou make them. -- exodus 26:1 +. +The length of one curtain shall be eight and twenty cubits, and the breadth of one curtain four cubits: and every one of the curtains shall have one measure. -- exodus 26:2 +. +The five curtains shall be coupled together one to another; and other five curtains shall be coupled one to another. -- exodus 26:3 +. +And thou shalt make loops of blue upon the edge of the one curtain from the selvedge in the coupling; and likewise shalt thou make in the uttermost edge of another curtain, in the coupling of the second. -- exodus 26:4 +. +Fifty loops shalt thou make in the one curtain, and fifty loops shalt thou make in the edge of the curtain that is in the coupling of the second; that the loops may take hold one of another. -- exodus 26:5 +. +And thou shalt make fifty taches of gold, and couple the curtains together with the taches: and it shall be one tabernacle. -- exodus 26:6 +. +And thou shalt make curtains of goats' hair to be a covering upon the tabernacle: eleven curtains shalt thou make. -- exodus 26:7 +. +The length of one curtain shall be thirty cubits, and the breadth of one curtain four cubits: and the eleven curtains shall be all of one measure. -- exodus 26:8 +. +And thou shalt couple five curtains by themselves, and six curtains by themselves, and shalt double the sixth curtain in the forefront of the tabernacle. -- exodus 26:9 +. +And thou shalt make fifty loops on the edge of the one curtain that is outmost in the coupling, and fifty loops in the edge of the curtain which coupleth the second. -- exodus 26:10 +. +And thou shalt make fifty taches of brass, and put the taches into the loops, and couple the tent together, that it may be one. -- exodus 26:11 +. +And the remnant that remaineth of the curtains of the tent, the half curtain that remaineth, shall hang over the backside of the tabernacle. -- exodus 26:12 +. +And a cubit on the one side, and a cubit on the other side of that which remaineth in the length of the curtains of the tent, it shall hang over the sides of the tabernacle on this side and on that side, to cover it. -- exodus 26:13 +. +And thou shalt make a covering for the tent of rams' skins dyed red, and a covering above of badgers' skins. -- exodus 26:14 +. +And thou shalt make boards for the tabernacle of shittim wood standing up. -- exodus 26:15 +. +Ten cubits shall be the length of a board, and a cubit and a half shall be the breadth of one board. -- exodus 26:16 +. +Two tenons shall there be in one board, set in order one against another: thus shalt thou make for all the boards of the tabernacle. -- exodus 26:17 +. +And thou shalt make the boards for the tabernacle, twenty boards on the south side southward. -- exodus 26:18 +. +And thou shalt make forty sockets of silver under the twenty boards; two sockets under one board for his two tenons, and two sockets under another board for his two tenons. -- exodus 26:19 +. +And for the second side of the tabernacle on the north side there shall be twenty boards: -- exodus 26:20 +. +And their forty sockets of silver; two sockets under one board, and two sockets under another board. -- exodus 26:21 +. +And for the sides of the tabernacle westward thou shalt make six boards. -- exodus 26:22 +. +And two boards shalt thou make for the corners of the tabernacle in the two sides. -- exodus 26:23 +. +And they shall be coupled together beneath, and they shall be coupled together above the head of it unto one ring: thus shall it be for them both; they shall be for the two corners. -- exodus 26:24 +. +And they shall be eight boards, and their sockets of silver, sixteen sockets; two sockets under one board, and two sockets under another board. -- exodus 26:25 +. +And thou shalt make bars of shittim wood; five for the boards of the one side of the tabernacle, -- exodus 26:26 +. +And five bars for the boards of the other side of the tabernacle, and five bars for the boards of the side of the tabernacle, for the two sides westward. -- exodus 26:27 +. +And the middle bar in the midst of the boards shall reach from end to end. -- exodus 26:28 +. +And thou shalt overlay the boards with gold, and make their rings of gold for places for the bars: and thou shalt overlay the bars with gold. -- exodus 26:29 +. +And thou shalt rear up the tabernacle according to the fashion thereof which was showed thee in the mount. -- exodus 26:30 +. +And thou shalt make a vail of blue, and purple, and scarlet, and fine twined linen of cunning work: with cherubim shall it be made: -- exodus 26:31 +. +And thou shalt hang it upon four pillars of shittim wood overlaid with gold: their hooks shall be of gold, upon the four sockets of silver. -- exodus 26:32 +. +And thou shalt hang up the vail under the taches, that thou mayest bring in thither within the vail the ark of the testimony: and the vail shall divide unto you between the holy place and the most holy. -- exodus 26:33 +. +And thou shalt put the mercy seat upon the ark of the testimony in the most holy place. -- exodus 26:34 +. +And thou shalt set the table without the vail, and the candlestick over against the table on the side of the tabernacle toward the south: and thou shalt put the table on the north side. -- exodus 26:35 +. +And thou shalt make an hanging for the door of the tent, of blue, and purple, and scarlet, and fine twined linen, wrought with needlework. -- exodus 26:36 +. +And thou shalt make for the hanging five pillars of shittim wood, and overlay them with gold, and their hooks shall be of gold: and thou shalt cast five sockets of brass for them. -- exodus 26:37 +. +And thou shalt make an altar of shittim wood, five cubits long, and five cubits broad; the altar shall be foursquare: and the height thereof shall be three cubits. -- exodus 27:1 +. +And thou shalt make the horns of it upon the four corners thereof: his horns shall be of the same: and thou shalt overlay it with brass. -- exodus 27:2 +. +And thou shalt make his pans to receive his ashes, and his shovels, and his basins, and his fleshhooks, and his firepans: all the vessels thereof thou shalt make of brass. -- exodus 27:3 +. +And thou shalt make for it a grate of network of brass; and upon the net shalt thou make four brazen rings in the four corners thereof. -- exodus 27:4 +. +And thou shalt put it under the compass of the altar beneath, that the net may be even to the midst of the altar. -- exodus 27:5 +. +And thou shalt make staves for the altar, staves of shittim wood, and overlay them with brass. -- exodus 27:6 +. +And the staves shall be put into the rings, and the staves shall be upon the two sides of the altar, to bear it. -- exodus 27:7 +. +Hollow with boards shalt thou make it: as it was showed thee in the mount, so shall they make it. -- exodus 27:8 +. +And thou shalt make the court of the tabernacle: for the south side southward there shall be hangings for the court of fine twined linen of an hundred cubits long for one side: -- exodus 27:9 +. +And the twenty pillars thereof and their twenty sockets shall be of brass; the hooks of the pillars and their fillets shall be of silver. -- exodus 27:10 +. +And likewise for the north side in length there shall be hangings of an hundred cubits long, and his twenty pillars and their twenty sockets of brass; the hooks of the pillars and their fillets of silver. -- exodus 27:11 +. +And for the breadth of the court on the west side shall be hangings of fifty cubits: their pillars ten, and their sockets ten. -- exodus 27:12 +. +And the breadth of the court on the east side eastward shall be fifty cubits. -- exodus 27:13 +. +The hangings of one side of the gate shall be fifteen cubits: their pillars three, and their sockets three. -- exodus 27:14 +. +And on the other side shall be hangings fifteen cubits: their pillars three, and their sockets three. -- exodus 27:15 +. +And for the gate of the court shall be an hanging of twenty cubits, of blue, and purple, and scarlet, and fine twined linen, wrought with needlework: and their pillars shall be four, and their sockets four. -- exodus 27:16 +. +All the pillars round about the court shall be filleted with silver; their hooks shall be of silver, and their sockets of brass. -- exodus 27:17 +. +The length of the court shall be an hundred cubits, and the breadth fifty every where, and the height five cubits of fine twined linen, and their sockets of brass. -- exodus 27:18 +. +All the vessels of the tabernacle in all the service thereof, and all the pins thereof, and all the pins of the court, shall be of brass. -- exodus 27:19 +. +And thou shalt command the children of Israel, that they bring thee pure oil olive beaten for the light, to cause the lamp to burn always. -- exodus 27:20 +. +In the tabernacle of the congregation without the vail, which is before the testimony, Aaron and his sons shall order it from evening to morning before the LORD: it shall be a statute for ever unto their generations on the behalf of the children of Israel. -- exodus 27:21 +. +And take thou unto thee Aaron thy brother, and his sons with him, from among the children of Israel, that he may minister unto me in the priest's office, even Aaron, Nadab and Abihu, Eleazar and Ithamar, Aaron's sons. -- exodus 28:1 +. +And thou shalt make holy garments for Aaron thy brother for glory and for beauty. -- exodus 28:2 +. +And thou shalt speak unto all that are wise hearted, whom I have filled with the spirit of wisdom, that they may make Aaron's garments to consecrate him, that he may minister unto me in the priest's office. -- exodus 28:3 +. +And these are the garments which they shall make; a breastplate, and an ephod, and a robe, and a broidered coat, a mitre, and a girdle: and they shall make holy garments for Aaron thy brother, and his sons, that he may minister unto me in the priest's office. -- exodus 28:4 +. +And they shall take gold, and blue, and purple, and scarlet, and fine linen. -- exodus 28:5 +. +And they shall make the ephod of gold, of blue, and of purple, of scarlet, and fine twined linen, with cunning work. -- exodus 28:6 +. +It shall have the two shoulderpieces thereof joined at the two edges thereof; and so it shall be joined together. -- exodus 28:7 +. +And the curious girdle of the ephod, which is upon it, shall be of the same, according to the work thereof; even of gold, of blue, and purple, and scarlet, and fine twined linen. -- exodus 28:8 +. +And thou shalt take two onyx stones, and grave on them the names of the children of Israel: -- exodus 28:9 +. +Six of their names on one stone, and the other six names of the rest on the other stone, according to their birth. -- exodus 28:10 +. +With the work of an engraver in stone, like the engravings of a signet, shalt thou engrave the two stones with the names of the children of Israel: thou shalt make them to be set in ouches of gold. -- exodus 28:11 +. +And thou shalt put the two stones upon the shoulders of the ephod for stones of memorial unto the children of Israel: and Aaron shall bear their names before the LORD upon his two shoulders for a memorial. -- exodus 28:12 +. +And thou shalt make ouches of gold; -- exodus 28:13 +. +And two chains of pure gold at the ends; of wreathed work shalt thou make them, and fasten the wreathed chains to the ouches. -- exodus 28:14 +. +And thou shalt make the breastplate of judgment with cunning work; after the work of the ephod thou shalt make it; of gold, of blue, and of purple, and of scarlet, and of fine twined linen, shalt thou make it. -- exodus 28:15 +. +Foursquare it shall be being doubled; a span shall be the length thereof, and a span shall be the breadth thereof. -- exodus 28:16 +. +And thou shalt set in it settings of stones, even four rows of stones: the first row shall be a sardius, a topaz, and a carbuncle: this shall be the first row. -- exodus 28:17 +. +And the second row shall be an emerald, a sapphire, and a diamond. -- exodus 28:18 +. +And the third row a ligure, an agate, and an amethyst. -- exodus 28:19 +. +And the fourth row a beryl, and an onyx, and a jasper: they shall be set in gold in their inclosings. -- exodus 28:20 +. +And the stones shall be with the names of the children of Israel, twelve, according to their names, like the engravings of a signet; every one with his name shall they be according to the twelve tribes. -- exodus 28:21 +. +And thou shalt make upon the breastplate chains at the ends of wreathed work of pure gold. -- exodus 28:22 +. +And thou shalt make upon the breastplate two rings of gold, and shalt put the two rings on the two ends of the breastplate. -- exodus 28:23 +. +And thou shalt put the two wreathed chains of gold in the two rings which are on the ends of the breastplate. -- exodus 28:24 +. +And the other two ends of the two wreathed chains thou shalt fasten in the two ouches, and put them on the shoulderpieces of the ephod before it. -- exodus 28:25 +. +And thou shalt make two rings of gold, and thou shalt put them upon the two ends of the breastplate in the border thereof, which is in the side of the ephod inward. -- exodus 28:26 +. +And two other rings of gold thou shalt make, and shalt put them on the two sides of the ephod underneath, toward the forepart thereof, over against the other coupling thereof, above the curious girdle of the ephod. -- exodus 28:27 +. +And they shall bind the breastplate by the rings thereof unto the rings of the ephod with a lace of blue, that it may be above the curious girdle of the ephod, and that the breastplate be not loosed from the ephod. -- exodus 28:28 +. +And Aaron shall bear the names of the children of Israel in the breastplate of judgment upon his heart, when he goeth in unto the holy place, for a memorial before the LORD continually. -- exodus 28:29 +. +And thou shalt put in the breastplate of judgment the Urim and the Thummim; and they shall be upon Aaron's heart, when he goeth in before the LORD: and Aaron shall bear the judgment of the children of Israel upon his heart before the LORD continually. -- exodus 28:30 +. +And thou shalt make the robe of the ephod all of blue. -- exodus 28:31 +. +And there shall be an hole in the top of it, in the midst thereof: it shall have a binding of woven work round about the hole of it, as it were the hole of an habergeon, that it be not rent. -- exodus 28:32 +. +And beneath upon the hem of it thou shalt make pomegranates of blue, and of purple, and of scarlet, round about the hem thereof; and bells of gold between them round about: -- exodus 28:33 +. +A golden bell and a pomegranate, a golden bell and a pomegranate, upon the hem of the robe round about. -- exodus 28:34 +. +And it shall be upon Aaron to minister: and his sound shall be heard when he goeth in unto the holy place before the LORD, and when he cometh out, that he die not. -- exodus 28:35 +. +And thou shalt make a plate of pure gold, and grave upon it, like the engravings of a signet, HOLINESS TO THE LORD. -- exodus 28:36 +. +And thou shalt put it on a blue lace, that it may be upon the mitre; upon the forefront of the mitre it shall be. -- exodus 28:37 +. +And it shall be upon Aaron's forehead, that Aaron may bear the iniquity of the holy things, which the children of Israel shall hallow in all their holy gifts; and it shall be always upon his forehead, that they may be accepted before the LORD. -- exodus 28:38 +. +And thou shalt embroider the coat of fine linen, and thou shalt make the mitre of fine linen, and thou shalt make the girdle of needlework. -- exodus 28:39 +. +And for Aaron's sons thou shalt make coats, and thou shalt make for them girdles, and bonnets shalt thou make for them, for glory and for beauty. -- exodus 28:40 +. +And thou shalt put them upon Aaron thy brother, and his sons with him; and shalt anoint them, and consecrate them, and sanctify them, that they may minister unto me in the priest's office. -- exodus 28:41 +. +And thou shalt make them linen breeches to cover their nakedness; from the loins even unto the thighs they shall reach: -- exodus 28:42 +. +And they shall be upon Aaron, and upon his sons, when they come in unto the tabernacle of the congregation, or when they come near unto the altar to minister in the holy place; that they bear not iniquity, and die: it shall be a statute for ever unto him and his seed after him. -- exodus 28:43 +. +And this is the thing that thou shalt do unto them to hallow them, to minister unto me in the priest's office: Take one young bullock, and two rams without blemish, -- exodus 29:1 +. +And unleavened bread, and cakes unleavened tempered with oil, and wafers unleavened anointed with oil: of wheaten flour shalt thou make them. -- exodus 29:2 +. +And thou shalt put them into one basket, and bring them in the basket, with the bullock and the two rams. -- exodus 29:3 +. +And Aaron and his sons thou shalt bring unto the door of the tabernacle of the congregation, and shalt wash them with water. -- exodus 29:4 +. +And thou shalt take the garments, and put upon Aaron the coat, and the robe of the ephod, and the ephod, and the breastplate, and gird him with the curious girdle of the ephod: -- exodus 29:5 +. +And thou shalt put the mitre upon his head, and put the holy crown upon the mitre. -- exodus 29:6 +. +Then shalt thou take the anointing oil, and pour it upon his head, and anoint him. -- exodus 29:7 +. +And thou shalt bring his sons, and put coats upon them. -- exodus 29:8 +. +And thou shalt gird them with girdles, Aaron and his sons, and put the bonnets on them: and the priest's office shall be theirs for a perpetual statute: and thou shalt consecrate Aaron and his sons. -- exodus 29:9 +. +And thou shalt cause a bullock to be brought before the tabernacle of the congregation: and Aaron and his sons shall put their hands upon the head of the bullock. -- exodus 29:10 +. +And thou shalt kill the bullock before the LORD, by the door of the tabernacle of the congregation. -- exodus 29:11 +. +And thou shalt take of the blood of the bullock, and put it upon the horns of the altar with thy finger, and pour all the blood beside the bottom of the altar. -- exodus 29:12 +. +And thou shalt take all the fat that covereth the inwards, and the caul that is above the liver, and the two kidneys, and the fat that is upon them, and burn them upon the altar. -- exodus 29:13 +. +But the flesh of the bullock, and his skin, and his dung, shalt thou burn with fire without the camp: it is a sin offering. -- exodus 29:14 +. +Thou shalt also take one ram; and Aaron and his sons shall put their hands upon the head of the ram. -- exodus 29:15 +. +And thou shalt slay the ram, and thou shalt take his blood, and sprinkle it round about upon the altar. -- exodus 29:16 +. +And thou shalt cut the ram in pieces, and wash the inwards of him, and his legs, and put them unto his pieces, and unto his head. -- exodus 29:17 +. +And thou shalt burn the whole ram upon the altar: it is a burnt offering unto the LORD: it is a sweet savor, an offering made by fire unto the LORD. -- exodus 29:18 +. +And thou shalt take the other ram; and Aaron and his sons shall put their hands upon the head of the ram. -- exodus 29:19 +. +Then shalt thou kill the ram, and take of his blood, and put it upon the tip of the right ear of Aaron, and upon the tip of the right ear of his sons, and upon the thumb of their right hand, and upon the great toe of their right foot, and sprinkle the blood upon the altar round about. -- exodus 29:20 +. +And thou shalt take of the blood that is upon the altar, and of the anointing oil, and sprinkle it upon Aaron, and upon his garments, and upon his sons, and upon the garments of his sons with him: and he shall be hallowed, and his garments, and his sons, and his sons' garments with him. -- exodus 29:21 +. +Also thou shalt take of the ram the fat and the rump, and the fat that covereth the inwards, and the caul above the liver, and the two kidneys, and the fat that is upon them, and the right shoulder; for it is a ram of consecration: -- exodus 29:22 +. +And one loaf of bread, and one cake of oiled bread, and one wafer out of the basket of the unleavened bread that is before the LORD: -- exodus 29:23 +. +And thou shalt put all in the hands of Aaron, and in the hands of his sons; and shalt wave them for a wave offering before the LORD. -- exodus 29:24 +. +And thou shalt receive them of their hands, and burn them upon the altar for a burnt offering, for a sweet savor before the LORD: it is an offering made by fire unto the LORD. -- exodus 29:25 +. +And thou shalt take the breast of the ram of Aaron's consecration, and wave it for a wave offering before the LORD: and it shall be thy part. -- exodus 29:26 +. +And thou shalt sanctify the breast of the wave offering, and the shoulder of the heave offering, which is waved, and which is heaved up, of the ram of the consecration, even of that which is for Aaron, and of that which is for his sons: -- exodus 29:27 +. +And it shall be Aaron's and his sons' by a statute for ever from the children of Israel: for it is an heave offering: and it shall be an heave offering from the children of Israel of the sacrifice of their peace offerings, even their heave offering unto the LORD. -- exodus 29:28 +. +And the holy garments of Aaron shall be his sons' after him, to be anointed therein, and to be consecrated in them. -- exodus 29:29 +. +And that son that is priest in his stead shall put them on seven days, when he cometh into the tabernacle of the congregation to minister in the holy place. -- exodus 29:30 +. +And thou shalt take the ram of the consecration, and seethe his flesh in the holy place. -- exodus 29:31 +. +And Aaron and his sons shall eat the flesh of the ram, and the bread that is in the basket by the door of the tabernacle of the congregation. -- exodus 29:32 +. +And they shall eat those things wherewith the atonement was made, to consecrate and to sanctify them: but a stranger shall not eat thereof, because they are holy. -- exodus 29:33 +. +And if ought of the flesh of the consecrations, or of the bread, remain unto the morning, then thou shalt burn the remainder with fire: it shall not be eaten, because it is holy. -- exodus 29:34 +. +And thus shalt thou do unto Aaron, and to his sons, according to all things which I have commanded thee: seven days shalt thou consecrate them. -- exodus 29:35 +. +And thou shalt offer every day a bullock for a sin offering for atonement: and thou shalt cleanse the altar, when thou hast made an atonement for it, and thou shalt anoint it, to sanctify it. -- exodus 29:36 +. +Seven days thou shalt make an atonement for the altar, and sanctify it; and it shall be an altar most holy: whatsoever toucheth the altar shall be holy. -- exodus 29:37 +. +Now this is that which thou shalt offer upon the altar; two lambs of the first year day by day continually. -- exodus 29:38 +. +The one lamb thou shalt offer in the morning; and the other lamb thou shalt offer at even: -- exodus 29:39 +. +And with the one lamb a tenth deal of flour mingled with the fourth part of an hin of beaten oil; and the fourth part of an hin of wine for a drink offering. -- exodus 29:40 +. +And the other lamb thou shalt offer at even, and shalt do thereto according to the meat offering of the morning, and according to the drink offering thereof, for a sweet savor, an offering made by fire unto the LORD. -- exodus 29:41 +. +This shall be a continual burnt offering throughout your generations at the door of the tabernacle of the congregation before the LORD: where I will meet you, to speak there unto thee. -- exodus 29:42 +. +And there I will meet with the children of Israel, and the tabernacle shall be sanctified by my glory. -- exodus 29:43 +. +And I will sanctify the tabernacle of the congregation, and the altar: I will sanctify also both Aaron and his sons, to minister to me in the priest's office. -- exodus 29:44 +. +And I will dwell among the children of Israel, and will be their God. -- exodus 29:45 +. +And they shall know that I am the LORD their God, that brought them forth out of the land of Egypt, that I may dwell among them: I am the LORD their God. -- exodus 29:46 +. +And thou shalt make an altar to burn incense upon: of shittim wood shalt thou make it. -- exodus 30:1 +. +A cubit shall be the length thereof, and a cubit the breadth thereof; foursquare shall it be: and two cubits shall be the height thereof: the horns thereof shall be of the same. -- exodus 30:2 +. +And thou shalt overlay it with pure gold, the top thereof, and the sides thereof round about, and the horns thereof; and thou shalt make unto it a crown of gold round about. -- exodus 30:3 +. +And two golden rings shalt thou make to it under the crown of it, by the two corners thereof, upon the two sides of it shalt thou make it; and they shall be for places for the staves to bear it withal. -- exodus 30:4 +. +And thou shalt make the staves of shittim wood, and overlay them with gold. -- exodus 30:5 +. +And thou shalt put it before the vail that is by the ark of the testimony, before the mercy seat that is over the testimony, where I will meet with thee. -- exodus 30:6 +. +And Aaron shall burn thereon sweet incense every morning: when he dresseth the lamps, he shall burn incense upon it. -- exodus 30:7 +. +And when Aaron lighteth the lamps at even, he shall burn incense upon it, a perpetual incense before the LORD throughout your generations. -- exodus 30:8 +. +Ye shall offer no strange incense thereon, nor burnt sacrifice, nor meat offering; neither shall ye pour drink offering thereon. -- exodus 30:9 +. +And Aaron shall make an atonement upon the horns of it once in a year with the blood of the sin offering of atonements: once in the year shall he make atonement upon it throughout your generations: it is most holy unto the LORD. -- exodus 30:10 +. +And the LORD spake unto Moses, saying, -- exodus 30:11 +. +When thou takest the sum of the children of Israel after their number, then shall they give every man a ransom for his soul unto the LORD, when thou numberest them; that there be no plague among them, when thou numberest them. -- exodus 30:12 +. +This they shall give, every one that passeth among them that are numbered, half a shekel after the shekel of the sanctuary: (a shekel is twenty gerahs:) an half shekel shall be the offering of the LORD. -- exodus 30:13 +. +Every one that passeth among them that are numbered, from twenty years old and above, shall give an offering unto the LORD. -- exodus 30:14 +. +The rich shall not give more, and the poor shall not give less than half a shekel, when they give an offering unto the LORD, to make an atonement for your souls. -- exodus 30:15 +. +And thou shalt take the atonement money of the children of Israel, and shalt appoint it for the service of the tabernacle of the congregation; that it may be a memorial unto the children of Israel before the LORD, to make an atonement for your souls. -- exodus 30:16 +. +And the LORD spake unto Moses, saying, -- exodus 30:17 +. +Thou shalt also make a laver of brass, and his foot also of brass, to wash withal: and thou shalt put it between the tabernacle of the congregation and the altar, and thou shalt put water therein. -- exodus 30:18 +. +For Aaron and his sons shall wash their hands and their feet thereat: -- exodus 30:19 +. +When they go into the tabernacle of the congregation, they shall wash with water, that they die not; or when they come near to the altar to minister, to burn offering made by fire unto the LORD: -- exodus 30:20 +. +So they shall wash their hands and their feet, that they die not: and it shall be a statute for ever to them, even to him and to his seed throughout their generations. -- exodus 30:21 +. +Moreover the LORD spake unto Moses, saying, -- exodus 30:22 +. +Take thou also unto thee principal spices, of pure myrrh five hundred shekels, and of sweet cinnamon half so much, even two hundred and fifty shekels, and of sweet calamus two hundred and fifty shekels, -- exodus 30:23 +. +And of cassia five hundred shekels, after the shekel of the sanctuary, and of oil olive an hin: -- exodus 30:24 +. +And thou shalt make it an oil of holy ointment, an ointment compound after the art of the apothecary: it shall be an holy anointing oil. -- exodus 30:25 +. +And thou shalt anoint the tabernacle of the congregation therewith, and the ark of the testimony, -- exodus 30:26 +. +And the table and all his vessels, and the candlestick and his vessels, and the altar of incense, -- exodus 30:27 +. +And the altar of burnt offering with all his vessels, and the laver and his foot. -- exodus 30:28 +. +And thou shalt sanctify them, that they may be most holy: whatsoever toucheth them shall be holy. -- exodus 30:29 +. +And thou shalt anoint Aaron and his sons, and consecrate them, that they may minister unto me in the priest's office. -- exodus 30:30 +. +And thou shalt speak unto the children of Israel, saying, This shall be an holy anointing oil unto me throughout your generations. -- exodus 30:31 +. +Upon man's flesh shall it not be poured, neither shall ye make any other like it, after the composition of it: it is holy, and it shall be holy unto you. -- exodus 30:32 +. +Whosoever compoundeth any like it, or whosoever putteth any of it upon a stranger, shall even be cut off from his people. -- exodus 30:33 +. +And the LORD said unto Moses, Take unto thee sweet spices, stacte, and onycha, and galbanum; these sweet spices with pure frankincense: of each shall there be a like weight: -- exodus 30:34 +. +And thou shalt make it a perfume, a confection after the art of the apothecary, tempered together, pure and holy: -- exodus 30:35 +. +And thou shalt beat some of it very small, and put of it before the testimony in the tabernacle of the congregation, where I will meet with thee: it shall be unto you most holy. -- exodus 30:36 +. +And as for the perfume which thou shalt make, ye shall not make to yourselves according to the composition thereof: it shall be unto thee holy for the LORD. -- exodus 30:37 +. +Whosoever shall make like unto that, to smell thereto, shall even be cut off from his people. -- exodus 30:38 +. +And the LORD spake unto Moses, saying, -- exodus 31:1 +. +See, I have called by name Bezaleel the son of Uri, the son of Hur, of the tribe of Judah: -- exodus 31:2 +. +And I have filled him with the spirit of God, in wisdom, and in understanding, and in knowledge, and in all manner of workmanship, -- exodus 31:3 +. +To devise cunning works, to work in gold, and in silver, and in brass, -- exodus 31:4 +. +And in cutting of stones, to set them, and in carving of timber, to work in all manner of workmanship. -- exodus 31:5 +. +And I, behold, I have given with him Aholiab, the son of Ahisamach, of the tribe of Dan: and in the hearts of all that are wise hearted I have put wisdom, that they may make all that I have commanded thee; -- exodus 31:6 +. +The tabernacle of the congregation, and the ark of the testimony, and the mercy seat that is thereupon, and all the furniture of the tabernacle, -- exodus 31:7 +. +And the table and his furniture, and the pure candlestick with all his furniture, and the altar of incense, -- exodus 31:8 +. +And the altar of burnt offering with all his furniture, and the laver and his foot, -- exodus 31:9 +. +And the cloths of service, and the holy garments for Aaron the priest, and the garments of his sons, to minister in the priest's office, -- exodus 31:10 +. +And the anointing oil, and sweet incense for the holy place: according to all that I have commanded thee shall they do. -- exodus 31:11 +. +And the LORD spake unto Moses, saying, -- exodus 31:12 +. +Speak thou also unto the children of Israel, saying, Verily my sabbaths ye shall keep: for it is a sign between me and you throughout your generations; that ye may know that I am the LORD that doth sanctify you. -- exodus 31:13 +. +Ye shall keep the sabbath therefore; for it is holy unto you: every one that defileth it shall surely be put to death: for whosoever doeth any work therein, that soul shall be cut off from among his people. -- exodus 31:14 +. +Six days may work be done; but in the seventh is the sabbath of rest, holy to the LORD: whosoever doeth any work in the sabbath day, he shall surely be put to death. -- exodus 31:15 +. +Wherefore the children of Israel shall keep the sabbath, to observe the sabbath throughout their generations, for a perpetual covenant. -- exodus 31:16 +. +It is a sign between me and the children of Israel for ever: for in six days the LORD made heaven and earth, and on the seventh day he rested, and was refreshed. -- exodus 31:17 +. +And he gave unto Moses, when he had made an end of communing with him upon mount Sinai, two tables of testimony, tables of stone, written with the finger of God. -- exodus 31:18 +. +And when the people saw that Moses delayed to come down out of the mount, the people gathered themselves together unto Aaron, and said unto him, Up, make us gods, which shall go before us; for as for this Moses, the man that brought us up out of the land of Egypt, we wot not what is become of him. -- exodus 32:1 +. +And Aaron said unto them, Break off the golden earrings, which are in the ears of your wives, of your sons, and of your daughters, and bring them unto me. -- exodus 32:2 +. +And all the people brake off the golden earrings which were in their ears, and brought them unto Aaron. -- exodus 32:3 +. +And he received them at their hand, and fashioned it with a graving tool, after he had made it a molten calf: and they said, These be thy gods, O Israel, which brought thee up out of the land of Egypt. -- exodus 32:4 +. +And when Aaron saw it, he built an altar before it; and Aaron made proclamation, and said, To morrow is a feast to the LORD. -- exodus 32:5 +. +And they rose up early on the morrow, and offered burnt offerings, and brought peace offerings; and the people sat down to eat and to drink, and rose up to play. -- exodus 32:6 +. +And the LORD said unto Moses, Go, get thee down; for thy people, which thou broughtest out of the land of Egypt, have corrupted themselves: -- exodus 32:7 +. +They have turned aside quickly out of the way which I commanded them: they have made them a molten calf, and have worshipped it, and have sacrificed thereunto, and said, These be thy gods, O Israel, which have brought thee up out of the land of Egypt. -- exodus 32:8 +. +And the LORD said unto Moses, I have seen this people, and, behold, it is a stiffnecked people: -- exodus 32:9 +. +Now therefore let me alone, that my wrath may wax hot against them, and that I may consume them: and I will make of thee a great nation. -- exodus 32:10 +. +And Moses besought the LORD his God, and said, LORD, why doth thy wrath wax hot against thy people, which thou hast brought forth out of the land of Egypt with great power, and with a mighty hand? -- exodus 32:11 +. +Wherefore should the Egyptians speak, and say, For mischief did he bring them out, to slay them in the mountains, and to consume them from the face of the earth? Turn from thy fierce wrath, and repent of this evil against thy people. -- exodus 32:12 +. +Remember Abraham, Isaac, and Israel, thy servants, to whom thou swarest by thine own self, and saidst unto them, I will multiply your seed as the stars of heaven, and all this land that I have spoken of will I give unto your seed, and they shall inherit it for ever. -- exodus 32:13 +. +And the LORD repented of the evil which he thought to do unto his people. -- exodus 32:14 +. +And Moses turned, and went down from the mount, and the two tables of the testimony were in his hand: the tables were written on both their sides; on the one side and on the other were they written. -- exodus 32:15 +. +And the tables were the work of God, and the writing was the writing of God, graven upon the tables. -- exodus 32:16 +. +And when Joshua heard the noise of the people as they shouted, he said unto Moses, There is a noise of war in the camp. -- exodus 32:17 +. +And he said, It is not the voice of them that shout for mastery, neither is it the voice of them that cry for being overcome: but the noise of them that sing do I hear. -- exodus 32:18 +. +And it came to pass, as soon as he came nigh unto the camp, that he saw the calf, and the dancing: and Moses' anger waxed hot, and he cast the tables out of his hands, and brake them beneath the mount. -- exodus 32:19 +. +And he took the calf which they had made, and burnt it in the fire, and ground it to powder, and strewed it upon the water, and made the children of Israel drink of it. -- exodus 32:20 +. +And Moses said unto Aaron, What did this people unto thee, that thou hast brought so great a sin upon them? -- exodus 32:21 +. +And Aaron said, Let not the anger of my lord wax hot: thou knowest the people, that they are set on mischief. -- exodus 32:22 +. +For they said unto me, Make us gods, which shall go before us: for as for this Moses, the man that brought us up out of the land of Egypt, we wot not what is become of him. -- exodus 32:23 +. +And I said unto them, Whosoever hath any gold, let them break it off. So they gave it me: then I cast it into the fire, and there came out this calf. -- exodus 32:24 +. +And when Moses saw that the people were naked; (for Aaron had made them naked unto their shame among their enemies:) -- exodus 32:25 +. +Then Moses stood in the gate of the camp, and said, Who is on the LORD's side? let him come unto me. And all the sons of Levi gathered themselves together unto him. -- exodus 32:26 +. +And he said unto them, Thus saith the LORD God of Israel, Put every man his sword by his side, and go in and out from gate to gate throughout the camp, and slay every man his brother, and every man his companion, and every man his neighbor. -- exodus 32:27 +. +And the children of Levi did according to the word of Moses: and there fell of the people that day about three thousand men. -- exodus 32:28 +. +For Moses had said, Consecrate yourselves today to the LORD, even every man upon his son, and upon his brother; that he may bestow upon you a blessing this day. -- exodus 32:29 +. +And it came to pass on the morrow, that Moses said unto the people, Ye have sinned a great sin: and now I will go up unto the LORD; peradventure I shall make an atonement for your sin. -- exodus 32:30 +. +And Moses returned unto the LORD, and said, Oh, this people have sinned a great sin, and have made them gods of gold. -- exodus 32:31 +. +Yet now, if thou wilt forgive their sin--; and if not, blot me, I pray thee, out of thy book which thou hast written. -- exodus 32:32 +. +And the LORD said unto Moses, Whosoever hath sinned against me, him will I blot out of my book. -- exodus 32:33 +. +Therefore now go, lead the people unto the place of which I have spoken unto thee: behold, mine Angel shall go before thee: nevertheless in the day when I visit I will visit their sin upon them. -- exodus 32:34 +. +And the LORD plagued the people, because they made the calf, which Aaron made. -- exodus 32:35 +. +And the LORD said unto Moses, Depart, and go up hence, thou and the people which thou hast brought up out of the land of Egypt, unto the land which I sware unto Abraham, to Isaac, and to Jacob, saying, Unto thy seed will I give it: -- exodus 33:1 +. +And I will send an angel before thee; and I will drive out the Canaanite, the Amorite, and the Hittite, and the Perizzite, the Hivite, and the Jebusite: -- exodus 33:2 +. +Unto a land flowing with milk and honey: for I will not go up in the midst of thee; for thou art a stiffnecked people: lest I consume thee in the way. -- exodus 33:3 +. +And when the people heard these evil tidings, they mourned: and no man did put on him his ornaments. -- exodus 33:4 +. +For the LORD had said unto Moses, Say unto the children of Israel, Ye are a stiffnecked people: I will come up into the midst of thee in a moment, and consume thee: therefore now put off thy ornaments from thee, that I may know what to do unto thee. -- exodus 33:5 +. +And the children of Israel stripped themselves of their ornaments by the mount Horeb. -- exodus 33:6 +. +And Moses took the tabernacle, and pitched it without the camp, afar off from the camp, and called it the Tabernacle of the congregation. And it came to pass, that every one which sought the LORD went out unto the tabernacle of the congregation, which was without the camp. -- exodus 33:7 +. +And it came to pass, when Moses went out unto the tabernacle, that all the people rose up, and stood every man at his tent door, and looked after Moses, until he was gone into the tabernacle. -- exodus 33:8 +. +And it came to pass, as Moses entered into the tabernacle, the cloudy pillar descended, and stood at the door of the tabernacle, and the Lord talked with Moses. -- exodus 33:9 +. +And all the people saw the cloudy pillar stand at the tabernacle door: and all the people rose up and worshipped, every man in his tent door. -- exodus 33:10 +. +And the LORD spake unto Moses face to face, as a man speaketh unto his friend. And he turned again into the camp: but his servant Joshua, the son of Nun, a young man, departed not out of the tabernacle. -- exodus 33:11 +. +And Moses said unto the LORD, See, thou sayest unto me, Bring up this people: and thou hast not let me know whom thou wilt send with me. Yet thou hast said, I know thee by name, and thou hast also found grace in my sight. -- exodus 33:12 +. +Now therefore, I pray thee, if I have found grace in thy sight, show me now thy way, that I may know thee, that I may find grace in thy sight: and consider that this nation is thy people. -- exodus 33:13 +. +And he said, My presence shall go with thee, and I will give thee rest. -- exodus 33:14 +. +And he said unto him, If thy presence go not with me, carry us not up hence. -- exodus 33:15 +. +For wherein shall it be known here that I and thy people have found grace in thy sight? is it not in that thou goest with us? so shall we be separated, I and thy people, from all the people that are upon the face of the earth. -- exodus 33:16 +. +And the LORD said unto Moses, I will do this thing also that thou hast spoken: for thou hast found grace in my sight, and I know thee by name. -- exodus 33:17 +. +And he said, I beseech thee, show me thy glory. -- exodus 33:18 +. +And he said, I will make all my goodness pass before thee, and I will proclaim the name of the LORD before thee; and will be gracious to whom I will be gracious, and will show mercy on whom I will show mercy. -- exodus 33:19 +. +And he said, Thou canst not see my face: for there shall no man see me, and live. -- exodus 33:20 +. +And the LORD said, Behold, there is a place by me, and thou shalt stand upon a rock: -- exodus 33:21 +. +And it shall come to pass, while my glory passeth by, that I will put thee in a cleft of the rock, and will cover thee with my hand while I pass by: -- exodus 33:22 +. +And I will take away mine hand, and thou shalt see my back parts: but my face shall not be seen. -- exodus 33:23 +. +And the LORD said unto Moses, Hew thee two tables of stone like unto the first: and I will write upon these tables the words that were in the first tables, which thou brakest. -- exodus 34:1 +. +And be ready in the morning, and come up in the morning unto mount Sinai, and present thyself there to me in the top of the mount. -- exodus 34:2 +. +And no man shall come up with thee, neither let any man be seen throughout all the mount; neither let the flocks nor herds feed before that mount. -- exodus 34:3 +. +And he hewed two tables of stone like unto the first; and Moses rose up early in the morning, and went up unto mount Sinai, as the LORD had commanded him, and took in his hand the two tables of stone. -- exodus 34:4 +. +And the LORD descended in the cloud, and stood with him there, and proclaimed the name of the LORD. -- exodus 34:5 +. +And the LORD passed by before him, and proclaimed, The LORD, The LORD God, merciful and gracious, long-suffering, and abundant in goodness and truth, -- exodus 34:6 +. +Keeping mercy for thousands, forgiving iniquity and transgression and sin, and that will by no means clear the guilty; visiting the iniquity of the fathers upon the children, and upon the children's children, unto the third and to the fourth generation. -- exodus 34:7 +. +And Moses made haste, and bowed his head toward the earth, and worshipped. -- exodus 34:8 +. +And he said, If now I have found grace in thy sight, O LORD, let my LORD, I pray thee, go among us; for it is a stiffnecked people; and pardon our iniquity and our sin, and take us for thine inheritance. -- exodus 34:9 +. +And he said, Behold, I make a covenant: before all thy people I will do marvels, such as have not been done in all the earth, nor in any nation: and all the people among which thou art shall see the work of the LORD: for it is a terrible thing that I will do with thee. -- exodus 34:10 +. +Observe thou that which I command thee this day: behold, I drive out before thee the Amorite, and the Canaanite, and the Hittite, and the Perizzite, and the Hivite, and the Jebusite. -- exodus 34:11 +. +Take heed to thyself, lest thou make a covenant with the inhabitants of the land whither thou goest, lest it be for a snare in the midst of thee: -- exodus 34:12 +. +But ye shall destroy their altars, break their images, and cut down their groves: -- exodus 34:13 +. +For thou shalt worship no other god: for the LORD, whose name is Jealous, is a jealous God: -- exodus 34:14 +. +Lest thou make a covenant with the inhabitants of the land, and they go a whoring after their gods, and do sacrifice unto their gods, and one call thee, and thou eat of his sacrifice; -- exodus 34:15 +. +And thou take of their daughters unto thy sons, and their daughters go a whoring after their gods, and make thy sons go a whoring after their gods. -- exodus 34:16 +. +Thou shalt make thee no molten gods. -- exodus 34:17 +. +The feast of unleavened bread shalt thou keep. Seven days thou shalt eat unleavened bread, as I commanded thee, in the time of the month Abib: for in the month Abib thou camest out from Egypt. -- exodus 34:18 +. +All that openeth the matrix is mine; and every firstling among thy cattle, whether ox or sheep, that is male. -- exodus 34:19 +. +But the firstling of an ass thou shalt redeem with a lamb: and if thou redeem him not, then shalt thou break his neck. All the firstborn of thy sons thou shalt redeem. And none shall appear before me empty. -- exodus 34:20 +. +Six days thou shalt work, but on the seventh day thou shalt rest: in earing time and in harvest thou shalt rest. -- exodus 34:21 +. +And thou shalt observe the feast of weeks, of the firstfruits of wheat harvest, and the feast of ingathering at the year's end. -- exodus 34:22 +. +Thrice in the year shall all your men children appear before the LORD God, the God of Israel. -- exodus 34:23 +. +For I will cast out the nations before thee, and enlarge thy borders: neither shall any man desire thy land, when thou shalt go up to appear before the LORD thy God thrice in the year. -- exodus 34:24 +. +Thou shalt not offer the blood of my sacrifice with leaven; neither shall the sacrifice of the feast of the passover be left unto the morning. -- exodus 34:25 +. +The first of the firstfruits of thy land thou shalt bring unto the house of the LORD thy God. Thou shalt not seethe a kid in his mother's milk. -- exodus 34:26 +. +And the LORD said unto Moses, Write thou these words: for after the tenor of these words I have made a covenant with thee and with Israel. -- exodus 34:27 +. +And he was there with the LORD forty days and forty nights; he did neither eat bread, nor drink water. And he wrote upon the tables the words of the covenant, the ten commandments. -- exodus 34:28 +. +And it came to pass, when Moses came down from mount Sinai with the two tables of testimony in Moses' hand, when he came down from the mount, that Moses wist not that the skin of his face shone while he talked with him. -- exodus 34:29 +. +And when Aaron and all the children of Israel saw Moses, behold, the skin of his face shone; and they were afraid to come nigh him. -- exodus 34:30 +. +And Moses called unto them; and Aaron and all the rulers of the congregation returned unto him: and Moses talked with them. -- exodus 34:31 +. +And afterward all the children of Israel came nigh: and he gave them in commandment all that the LORD had spoken with him in mount Sinai. -- exodus 34:32 +. +And till Moses had done speaking with them, he put a vail on his face. -- exodus 34:33 +. +But when Moses went in before the LORD to speak with him, he took the vail off, until he came out. And he came out, and spake unto the children of Israel that which he was commanded. -- exodus 34:34 +. +And the children of Israel saw the face of Moses, that the skin of Moses' face shone: and Moses put the vail upon his face again, until he went in to speak with him. -- exodus 34:35 +. +And Moses gathered all the congregation of the children of Israel together, and said unto them, These are the words which the LORD hath commanded, that ye should do them. -- exodus 35:1 +. +Six days shall work be done, but on the seventh day there shall be to you an holy day, a sabbath of rest to the LORD: whosoever doeth work therein shall be put to death. -- exodus 35:2 +. +Ye shall kindle no fire throughout your habitations upon the sabbath day. -- exodus 35:3 +. +And Moses spake unto all the congregation of the children of Israel, saying, This is the thing which the LORD commanded, saying, -- exodus 35:4 +. +Take ye from among you an offering unto the LORD: whosoever is of a willing heart, let him bring it, an offering of the LORD; gold, and silver, and brass, -- exodus 35:5 +. +And blue, and purple, and scarlet, and fine linen, and goats' hair, -- exodus 35:6 +. +And rams' skins dyed red, and badgers' skins, and shittim wood, -- exodus 35:7 +. +And oil for the light, and spices for anointing oil, and for the sweet incense, -- exodus 35:8 +. +And onyx stones, and stones to be set for the ephod, and for the breastplate. -- exodus 35:9 +. +And every wise hearted among you shall come, and make all that the LORD hath commanded; -- exodus 35:10 +. +The tabernacle, his tent, and his covering, his taches, and his boards, his bars, his pillars, and his sockets, -- exodus 35:11 +. +The ark, and the staves thereof, with the mercy seat, and the vail of the covering, -- exodus 35:12 +. +The table, and his staves, and all his vessels, and the showbread, -- exodus 35:13 +. +The candlestick also for the light, and his furniture, and his lamps, with the oil for the light, -- exodus 35:14 +. +And the incense altar, and his staves, and the anointing oil, and the sweet incense, and the hanging for the door at the entering in of the tabernacle, -- exodus 35:15 +. +The altar of burnt offering, with his brazen grate, his staves, and all his vessels, the laver and his foot, -- exodus 35:16 +. +The hangings of the court, his pillars, and their sockets, and the hanging for the door of the court, -- exodus 35:17 +. +The pins of the tabernacle, and the pins of the court, and their cords, -- exodus 35:18 +. +The cloths of service, to do service in the holy place, the holy garments for Aaron the priest, and the garments of his sons, to minister in the priest's office. -- exodus 35:19 +. +And all the congregation of the children of Israel departed from the presence of Moses. -- exodus 35:20 +. +And they came, every one whose heart stirred him up, and every one whom his spirit made willing, and they brought the LORD's offering to the work of the tabernacle of the congregation, and for all his service, and for the holy garments. -- exodus 35:21 +. +And they came, both men and women, as many as were willing hearted, and brought bracelets, and earrings, and rings, and tablets, all jewels of gold: and every man that offered, offered an offering of gold unto the LORD. -- exodus 35:22 +. +And every man, with whom was found blue, and purple, and scarlet, and fine linen, and goats' hair, and red skins of rams, and badgers' skins, brought them. -- exodus 35:23 +. +Every one that did offer an offering of silver and brass brought the LORD's offering: and every man, with whom was found shittim wood for any work of the service, brought it. -- exodus 35:24 +. +And all the women that were wise hearted did spin with their hands, and brought that which they had spun, both of blue, and of purple, and of scarlet, and of fine linen. -- exodus 35:25 +. +And all the women whose heart stirred them up in wisdom spun goats' hair. -- exodus 35:26 +. +And the rulers brought onyx stones, and stones to be set, for the ephod, and for the breastplate; -- exodus 35:27 +. +And spice, and oil for the light, and for the anointing oil, and for the sweet incense. -- exodus 35:28 +. +The children of Israel brought a willing offering unto the LORD, every man and woman, whose heart made them willing to bring for all manner of work, which the LORD had commanded to be made by the hand of Moses. -- exodus 35:29 +. +And Moses said unto the children of Israel, See, the LORD hath called by name Bezaleel the son of Uri, the son of Hur, of the tribe of Judah; -- exodus 35:30 +. +And he hath filled him with the spirit of God, in wisdom, in understanding, and in knowledge, and in all manner of workmanship; -- exodus 35:31 +. +And to devise curious works, to work in gold, and in silver, and in brass, -- exodus 35:32 +. +And in the cutting of stones, to set them, and in carving of wood, to make any manner of cunning work. -- exodus 35:33 +. +And he hath put in his heart that he may teach, both he, and Aholiab, the son of Ahisamach, of the tribe of Dan. -- exodus 35:34 +. +Them hath he filled with wisdom of heart, to work all manner of work, of the engraver, and of the cunning workman, and of the embroiderer, in blue, and in purple, in scarlet, and in fine linen, and of the weaver, even of them that do any work, and of those that devise cunning work. -- exodus 35:35 +. +Then wrought Bezaleel and Aholiab, and every wise hearted man, in whom the LORD put wisdom and understanding to know how to work all manner of work for the service of the sanctuary, according to all that the LORD had commanded. -- exodus 36:1 +. +And Moses called Bezaleel and Aholiab, and every wise hearted man, in whose heart the LORD had put wisdom, even every one whose heart stirred him up to come unto the work to do it: -- exodus 36:2 +. +And they received of Moses all the offering, which the children of Israel had brought for the work of the service of the sanctuary, to make it withal. And they brought yet unto him free offerings every morning. -- exodus 36:3 +. +And all the wise men, that wrought all the work of the sanctuary, came every man from his work which they made; -- exodus 36:4 +. +And they spake unto Moses, saying, The people bring much more than enough for the service of the work, which the LORD commanded to make. -- exodus 36:5 +. +And Moses gave commandment, and they caused it to be proclaimed throughout the camp, saying, Let neither man nor woman make any more work for the offering of the sanctuary. So the people were restrained from bringing. -- exodus 36:6 +. +For the stuff they had was sufficient for all the work to make it, and too much. -- exodus 36:7 +. +And every wise hearted man among them that wrought the work of the tabernacle made ten curtains of fine twined linen, and blue, and purple, and scarlet: with cherubim of cunning work made he them. -- exodus 36:8 +. +The length of one curtain was twenty and eight cubits, and the breadth of one curtain four cubits: the curtains were all of one size. -- exodus 36:9 +. +And he coupled the five curtains one unto another: and the other five curtains he coupled one unto another. -- exodus 36:10 +. +And he made loops of blue on the edge of one curtain from the selvedge in the coupling: likewise he made in the uttermost side of another curtain, in the coupling of the second. -- exodus 36:11 +. +Fifty loops made he in one curtain, and fifty loops made he in the edge of the curtain which was in the coupling of the second: the loops held one curtain to another. -- exodus 36:12 +. +And he made fifty taches of gold, and coupled the curtains one unto another with the taches: so it became one tabernacle. -- exodus 36:13 +. +And he made curtains of goats' hair for the tent over the tabernacle: eleven curtains he made them. -- exodus 36:14 +. +The length of one curtain was thirty cubits, and four cubits was the breadth of one curtain: the eleven curtains were of one size. -- exodus 36:15 +. +And he coupled five curtains by themselves, and six curtains by themselves. -- exodus 36:16 +. +And he made fifty loops upon the uttermost edge of the curtain in the coupling, and fifty loops made he upon the edge of the curtain which coupleth the second. -- exodus 36:17 +. +And he made fifty taches of brass to couple the tent together, that it might be one. -- exodus 36:18 +. +And he made a covering for the tent of rams' skins dyed red, and a covering of badgers' skins above that. -- exodus 36:19 +. +And he made boards for the tabernacle of shittim wood, standing up. -- exodus 36:20 +. +The length of a board was ten cubits, and the breadth of a board one cubit and a half. -- exodus 36:21 +. +One board had two tenons, equally distant one from another: thus did he make for all the boards of the tabernacle. -- exodus 36:22 +. +And he made boards for the tabernacle; twenty boards for the south side southward: -- exodus 36:23 +. +And forty sockets of silver he made under the twenty boards; two sockets under one board for his two tenons, and two sockets under another board for his two tenons. -- exodus 36:24 +. +And for the other side of the tabernacle, which is toward the north corner, he made twenty boards, -- exodus 36:25 +. +And their forty sockets of silver; two sockets under one board, and two sockets under another board. -- exodus 36:26 +. +And for the sides of the tabernacle westward he made six boards. -- exodus 36:27 +. +And two boards made he for the corners of the tabernacle in the two sides. -- exodus 36:28 +. +And they were coupled beneath, and coupled together at the head thereof, to one ring: thus he did to both of them in both the corners. -- exodus 36:29 +. +And there were eight boards; and their sockets were sixteen sockets of silver, under every board two sockets. -- exodus 36:30 +. +And he made bars of shittim wood; five for the boards of the one side of the tabernacle, -- exodus 36:31 +. +And five bars for the boards of the other side of the tabernacle, and five bars for the boards of the tabernacle for the sides westward. -- exodus 36:32 +. +And he made the middle bar to shoot through the boards from the one end to the other. -- exodus 36:33 +. +And he overlaid the boards with gold, and made their rings of gold to be places for the bars, and overlaid the bars with gold. -- exodus 36:34 +. +And he made a vail of blue, and purple, and scarlet, and fine twined linen: with cherubim made he it of cunning work. -- exodus 36:35 +. +And he made thereunto four pillars of shittim wood, and overlaid them with gold: their hooks were of gold; and he cast for them four sockets of silver. -- exodus 36:36 +. +And he made an hanging for the tabernacle door of blue, and purple, and scarlet, and fine twined linen, of needlework; -- exodus 36:37 +. +And the five pillars of it with their hooks: and he overlaid their chapiters and their fillets with gold: but their five sockets were of brass. -- exodus 36:38 +. +And Bezaleel made the ark of shittim wood: two cubits and a half was the length of it, and a cubit and a half the breadth of it, and a cubit and a half the height of it: -- exodus 37:1 +. +And he overlaid it with pure gold within and without, and made a crown of gold to it round about. -- exodus 37:2 +. +And he cast for it four rings of gold, to be set by the four corners of it; even two rings upon the one side of it, and two rings upon the other side of it. -- exodus 37:3 +. +And he made staves of shittim wood, and overlaid them with gold. -- exodus 37:4 +. +And he put the staves into the rings by the sides of the ark, to bear the ark. -- exodus 37:5 +. +And he made the mercy seat of pure gold: two cubits and a half was the length thereof, and one cubit and a half the breadth thereof. -- exodus 37:6 +. +And he made two cherubim of gold, beaten out of one piece made he them, on the two ends of the mercy seat; -- exodus 37:7 +. +One cherub on the end on this side, and another cherub on the other end on that side: out of the mercy seat made he the cherubim on the two ends thereof. -- exodus 37:8 +. +And the cherubim spread out their wings on high, and covered with their wings over the mercy seat, with their faces one to another; even to the mercy seatward were the faces of the cherubim. -- exodus 37:9 +. +And he made the table of shittim wood: two cubits was the length thereof, and a cubit the breadth thereof, and a cubit and a half the height thereof: -- exodus 37:10 +. +And he overlaid it with pure gold, and made thereunto a crown of gold round about. -- exodus 37:11 +. +Also he made thereunto a border of an handbreadth round about; and made a crown of gold for the border thereof round about. -- exodus 37:12 +. +And he cast for it four rings of gold, and put the rings upon the four corners that were in the four feet thereof. -- exodus 37:13 +. +Over against the border were the rings, the places for the staves to bear the table. -- exodus 37:14 +. +And he made the staves of shittim wood, and overlaid them with gold, to bear the table. -- exodus 37:15 +. +And he made the vessels which were upon the table, his dishes, and his spoons, and his bowls, and his covers to cover withal, of pure gold. -- exodus 37:16 +. +And he made the candlestick of pure gold: of beaten work made he the candlestick; his shaft, and his branch, his bowls, his knops, and his flowers, were of the same: -- exodus 37:17 +. +And six branches going out of the sides thereof; three branches of the candlestick out of the one side thereof, and three branches of the candlestick out of the other side thereof: -- exodus 37:18 +. +Three bowls made after the fashion of almonds in one branch, a knop and a flower; and three bowls made like almonds in another branch, a knop and a flower: so throughout the six branches going out of the candlestick. -- exodus 37:19 +. +And in the candlestick were four bowls made like almonds, his knops, and his flowers: -- exodus 37:20 +. +And a knop under two branches of the same, and a knop under two branches of the same, and a knop under two branches of the same, according to the six branches going out of it. -- exodus 37:21 +. +Their knops and their branches were of the same: all of it was one beaten work of pure gold. -- exodus 37:22 +. +And he made his seven lamps, and his snuffers, and his snuffdishes, of pure gold. -- exodus 37:23 +. +Of a talent of pure gold made he it, and all the vessels thereof. -- exodus 37:24 +. +And he made the incense altar of shittim wood: the length of it was a cubit, and the breadth of it a cubit; it was foursquare; and two cubits was the height of it; the horns thereof were of the same. -- exodus 37:25 +. +And he overlaid it with pure gold, both the top of it, and the sides thereof round about, and the horns of it: also he made unto it a crown of gold round about. -- exodus 37:26 +. +And he made two rings of gold for it under the crown thereof, by the two corners of it, upon the two sides thereof, to be places for the staves to bear it withal. -- exodus 37:27 +. +And he made the staves of shittim wood, and overlaid them with gold. -- exodus 37:28 +. +And he made the holy anointing oil, and the pure incense of sweet spices, according to the work of the apothecary. -- exodus 37:29 +. +And he made the altar of burnt offering of shittim wood: five cubits was the length thereof, and five cubits the breadth thereof; it was foursquare; and three cubits the height thereof. -- exodus 38:1 +. +And he made the horns thereof on the four corners of it; the horns thereof were of the same: and he overlaid it with brass. -- exodus 38:2 +. +And he made all the vessels of the altar, the pots, and the shovels, and the basins, and the fleshhooks, and the firepans: all the vessels thereof made he of brass. -- exodus 38:3 +. +And he made for the altar a brazen grate of network under the compass thereof beneath unto the midst of it. -- exodus 38:4 +. +And he cast four rings for the four ends of the grate of brass, to be places for the staves. -- exodus 38:5 +. +And he made the staves of shittim wood, and overlaid them with brass. -- exodus 38:6 +. +And he put the staves into the rings on the sides of the altar, to bear it withal; he made the altar hollow with boards. -- exodus 38:7 +. +And he made the laver of brass, and the foot of it of brass, of the lookingglasses of the women assembling, which assembled at the door of the tabernacle of the congregation. -- exodus 38:8 +. +And he made the court: on the south side southward the hangings of the court were of fine twined linen, an hundred cubits: -- exodus 38:9 +. +Their pillars were twenty, and their brazen sockets twenty; the hooks of the pillars and their fillets were of silver. -- exodus 38:10 +. +And for the north side the hangings were an hundred cubits, their pillars were twenty, and their sockets of brass twenty; the hooks of the pillars and their fillets of silver. -- exodus 38:11 +. +And for the west side were hangings of fifty cubits, their pillars ten, and their sockets ten; the hooks of the pillars and their fillets of silver. -- exodus 38:12 +. +And for the east side eastward fifty cubits. -- exodus 38:13 +. +The hangings of the one side of the gate were fifteen cubits; their pillars three, and their sockets three. -- exodus 38:14 +. +And for the other side of the court gate, on this hand and that hand, were hangings of fifteen cubits; their pillars three, and their sockets three. -- exodus 38:15 +. +All the hangings of the court round about were of fine twined linen. -- exodus 38:16 +. +And the sockets for the pillars were of brass; the hooks of the pillars and their fillets of silver; and the overlaying of their chapiters of silver; and all the pillars of the court were filleted with silver. -- exodus 38:17 +. +And the hanging for the gate of the court was needlework, of blue, and purple, and scarlet, and fine twined linen: and twenty cubits was the length, and the height in the breadth was five cubits, answerable to the hangings of the court. -- exodus 38:18 +. +And their pillars were four, and their sockets of brass four; their hooks of silver, and the overlaying of their chapiters and their fillets of silver. -- exodus 38:19 +. +And all the pins of the tabernacle, and of the court round about, were of brass. -- exodus 38:20 +. +This is the sum of the tabernacle, even of the tabernacle of testimony, as it was counted, according to the commandment of Moses, for the service of the Levites, by the hand of Ithamar, son to Aaron the priest. -- exodus 38:21 +. +And Bezaleel the son Uri, the son of Hur, of the tribe of Judah, made all that the LORD commanded Moses. -- exodus 38:22 +. +And with him was Aholiab, son of Ahisamach, of the tribe of Dan, an engraver, and a cunning workman, and an embroiderer in blue, and in purple, and in scarlet, and fine linen. -- exodus 38:23 +. +All the gold that was occupied for the work in all the work of the holy place, even the gold of the offering, was twenty and nine talents, and seven hundred and thirty shekels, after the shekel of the sanctuary. -- exodus 38:24 +. +And the silver of them that were numbered of the congregation was an hundred talents, and a thousand seven hundred and threescore and fifteen shekels, after the shekel of the sanctuary: -- exodus 38:25 +. +A bekah for every man, that is, half a shekel, after the shekel of the sanctuary, for every one that went to be numbered, from twenty years old and upward, for six hundred thousand and three thousand and five hundred and fifty men. -- exodus 38:26 +. +And of the hundred talents of silver were cast the sockets of the sanctuary, and the sockets of the vail; an hundred sockets of the hundred talents, a talent for a socket. -- exodus 38:27 +. +And of the thousand seven hundred seventy and five shekels he made hooks for the pillars, and overlaid their chapiters, and filleted them. -- exodus 38:28 +. +And the brass of the offering was seventy talents, and two thousand and four hundred shekels. -- exodus 38:29 +. +And therewith he made the sockets to the door of the tabernacle of the congregation, and the brazen altar, and the brazen grate for it, and all the vessels of the altar, -- exodus 38:30 +. +And the sockets of the court round about, and the sockets of the court gate, and all the pins of the tabernacle, and all the pins of the court round about. -- exodus 38:31 +. +And of the blue, and purple, and scarlet, they made cloths of service, to do service in the holy place, and made the holy garments for Aaron; as the LORD commanded Moses. -- exodus 39:1 +. +And he made the ephod of gold, blue, and purple, and scarlet, and fine twined linen. -- exodus 39:2 +. +And they did beat the gold into thin plates, and cut it into wires, to work it in the blue, and in the purple, and in the scarlet, and in the fine linen, with cunning work. -- exodus 39:3 +. +They made shoulderpieces for it, to couple it together: by the two edges was it coupled together. -- exodus 39:4 +. +And the curious girdle of his ephod, that was upon it, was of the same, according to the work thereof; of gold, blue, and purple, and scarlet, and fine twined linen; as the LORD commanded Moses. -- exodus 39:5 +. +And they wrought onyx stones inclosed in ouches of gold, graven, as signets are graven, with the names of the children of Israel. -- exodus 39:6 +. +And he put them on the shoulders of the ephod, that they should be stones for a memorial to the children of Israel; as the LORD commanded Moses. -- exodus 39:7 +. +And he made the breastplate of cunning work, like the work of the ephod; of gold, blue, and purple, and scarlet, and fine twined linen. -- exodus 39:8 +. +It was foursquare; they made the breastplate double: a span was the length thereof, and a span the breadth thereof, being doubled. -- exodus 39:9 +. +And they set in it four rows of stones: the first row was a sardius, a topaz, and a carbuncle: this was the first row. -- exodus 39:10 +. +And the second row, an emerald, a sapphire, and a diamond. -- exodus 39:11 +. +And the third row, a ligure, an agate, and an amethyst. -- exodus 39:12 +. +And the fourth row, a beryl, an onyx, and a jasper: they were inclosed in ouches of gold in their inclosings. -- exodus 39:13 +. +And the stones were according to the names of the children of Israel, twelve, according to their names, like the engravings of a signet, every one with his name, according to the twelve tribes. -- exodus 39:14 +. +And they made upon the breastplate chains at the ends, of wreathed work of pure gold. -- exodus 39:15 +. +And they made two ouches of gold, and two gold rings; and put the two rings in the two ends of the breastplate. -- exodus 39:16 +. +And they put the two wreathed chains of gold in the two rings on the ends of the breastplate. -- exodus 39:17 +. +And the two ends of the two wreathed chains they fastened in the two ouches, and put them on the shoulderpieces of the ephod, before it. -- exodus 39:18 +. +And they made two rings of gold, and put them on the two ends of the breastplate, upon the border of it, which was on the side of the ephod inward. -- exodus 39:19 +. +And they made two other golden rings, and put them on the two sides of the ephod underneath, toward the forepart of it, over against the other coupling thereof, above the curious girdle of the ephod. -- exodus 39:20 +. +And they did bind the breastplate by his rings unto the rings of the ephod with a lace of blue, that it might be above the curious girdle of the ephod, and that the breastplate might not be loosed from the ephod; as the LORD commanded Moses. -- exodus 39:21 +. +And he made the robe of the ephod of woven work, all of blue. -- exodus 39:22 +. +And there was an hole in the midst of the robe, as the hole of an habergeon, with a band round about the hole, that it should not rend. -- exodus 39:23 +. +And they made upon the hems of the robe pomegranates of blue, and purple, and scarlet, and twined linen. -- exodus 39:24 +. +And they made bells of pure gold, and put the bells between the pomegranates upon the hem of the robe, round about between the pomegranates; -- exodus 39:25 +. +A bell and a pomegranate, a bell and a pomegranate, round about the hem of the robe to minister in; as the LORD commanded Moses. -- exodus 39:26 +. +And they made coats of fine linen of woven work for Aaron, and for his sons, -- exodus 39:27 +. +And a mitre of fine linen, and goodly bonnets of fine linen, and linen breeches of fine twined linen, -- exodus 39:28 +. +And a girdle of fine twined linen, and blue, and purple, and scarlet, of needlework; as the LORD commanded Moses. -- exodus 39:29 +. +And they made the plate of the holy crown of pure gold, and wrote upon it a writing, like to the engravings of a signet, HOLINESS TO THE LORD. -- exodus 39:30 +. +And they tied unto it a lace of blue, to fasten it on high upon the mitre; as the LORD commanded Moses. -- exodus 39:31 +. +Thus was all the work of the tabernacle of the tent of the congregation finished: and the children of Israel did according to all that the LORD commanded Moses, so did they. -- exodus 39:32 +. +And they brought the tabernacle unto Moses, the tent, and all his furniture, his taches, his boards, his bars, and his pillars, and his sockets, -- exodus 39:33 +. +And the covering of rams' skins dyed red, and the covering of badgers' skins, and the vail of the covering, -- exodus 39:34 +. +The ark of the testimony, and the staves thereof, and the mercy seat, -- exodus 39:35 +. +The table, and all the vessels thereof, and the showbread, -- exodus 39:36 +. +The pure candlestick, with the lamps thereof, even with the lamps to be set in order, and all the vessels thereof, and the oil for light, -- exodus 39:37 +. +And the golden altar, and the anointing oil, and the sweet incense, and the hanging for the tabernacle door, -- exodus 39:38 +. +The brazen altar, and his grate of brass, his staves, and all his vessels, the laver and his foot, -- exodus 39:39 +. +The hangings of the court, his pillars, and his sockets, and the hanging for the court gate, his cords, and his pins, and all the vessels of the service of the tabernacle, for the tent of the congregation, -- exodus 39:40 +. +The cloths of service to do service in the holy place, and the holy garments for Aaron the priest, and his sons' garments, to minister in the priest's office. -- exodus 39:41 +. +According to all that the LORD commanded Moses, so the children of Israel made all the work. -- exodus 39:42 +. +And Moses did look upon all the work, and, behold, they had done it as the LORD had commanded, even so had they done it: and Moses blessed them. -- exodus 39:43 +. +And the LORD spake unto Moses, saying, -- exodus 40:1 +. +On the first day of the first month shalt thou set up the tabernacle of the tent of the congregation. -- exodus 40:2 +. +And thou shalt put therein the ark of the testimony, and cover the ark with the vail. -- exodus 40:3 +. +And thou shalt bring in the table, and set in order the things that are to be set in order upon it; and thou shalt bring in the candlestick, and light the lamps thereof. -- exodus 40:4 +. +And thou shalt set the altar of gold for the incense before the ark of the testimony, and put the hanging of the door to the tabernacle. -- exodus 40:5 +. +And thou shalt set the altar of the burnt offering before the door of the tabernacle of the tent of the congregation. -- exodus 40:6 +. +And thou shalt set the laver between the tent of the congregation and the altar, and shalt put water therein. -- exodus 40:7 +. +And thou shalt set up the court round about, and hang up the hanging at the court gate. -- exodus 40:8 +. +And thou shalt take the anointing oil, and anoint the tabernacle, and all that is therein, and shalt hallow it, and all the vessels thereof: and it shall be holy. -- exodus 40:9 +. +And thou shalt anoint the altar of the burnt offering, and all his vessels, and sanctify the altar: and it shall be an altar most holy. -- exodus 40:10 +. +And thou shalt anoint the laver and his foot, and sanctify it. -- exodus 40:11 +. +And thou shalt bring Aaron and his sons unto the door of the tabernacle of the congregation, and wash them with water. -- exodus 40:12 +. +And thou shalt put upon Aaron the holy garments, and anoint him, and sanctify him; that he may minister unto me in the priest's office. -- exodus 40:13 +. +And thou shalt bring his sons, and clothe them with coats: -- exodus 40:14 +. +And thou shalt anoint them, as thou didst anoint their father, that they may minister unto me in the priest's office: for their anointing shall surely be an everlasting priesthood throughout their generations. -- exodus 40:15 +. +Thus did Moses: according to all that the LORD commanded him, so did he. -- exodus 40:16 +. +And it came to pass in the first month in the second year, on the first day of the month, that the tabernacle was reared up. -- exodus 40:17 +. +And Moses reared up the tabernacle, and fastened his sockets, and set up the boards thereof, and put in the bars thereof, and reared up his pillars. -- exodus 40:18 +. +And he spread abroad the tent over the tabernacle, and put the covering of the tent above upon it; as the LORD commanded Moses. -- exodus 40:19 +. +And he took and put the testimony into the ark, and set the staves on the ark, and put the mercy seat above upon the ark: -- exodus 40:20 +. +And he brought the ark into the tabernacle, and set up the vail of the covering, and covered the ark of the testimony; as the LORD commanded Moses. -- exodus 40:21 +. +And he put the table in the tent of the congregation, upon the side of the tabernacle northward, without the vail. -- exodus 40:22 +. +And he set the bread in order upon it before the LORD; as the LORD had commanded Moses. -- exodus 40:23 +. +And he put the candlestick in the tent of the congregation, over against the table, on the side of the tabernacle southward. -- exodus 40:24 +. +And he lighted the lamps before the LORD; as the LORD commanded Moses. -- exodus 40:25 +. +And he put the golden altar in the tent of the congregation before the vail: -- exodus 40:26 +. +And he burnt sweet incense thereon; as the LORD commanded Moses. -- exodus 40:27 +. +And he set up the hanging at the door of the tabernacle. -- exodus 40:28 +. +And he put the altar of burnt offering by the door of the tabernacle of the tent of the congregation, and offered upon it the burnt offering and the meat offering; as the LORD commanded Moses. -- exodus 40:29 +. +And he set the laver between the tent of the congregation and the altar, and put water there, to wash withal. -- exodus 40:30 +. +And Moses and Aaron and his sons washed their hands and their feet thereat: -- exodus 40:31 +. +When they went into the tent of the congregation, and when they came near unto the altar, they washed; as the LORD commanded Moses. -- exodus 40:32 +. +And he reared up the court round about the tabernacle and the altar, and set up the hanging of the court gate. So Moses finished the work. -- exodus 40:33 +. +Then a cloud covered the tent of the congregation, and the glory of the LORD filled the tabernacle. -- exodus 40:34 +. +And Moses was not able to enter into the tent of the congregation, because the cloud abode thereon, and the glory of the LORD filled the tabernacle. -- exodus 40:35 +. +And when the cloud was taken up from over the tabernacle, the children of Israel went onward in all their journeys: -- exodus 40:36 +. +But if the cloud were not taken up, then they journeyed not till the day that it was taken up. -- exodus 40:37 +. +For the cloud of the LORD was upon the tabernacle by day, and fire was on it by night, in the sight of all the house of Israel, throughout all their journeys. -- exodus 40:38 +. +And the LORD called unto Moses, and spake unto him out of the tabernacle of the congregation, saying, -- leviticus 1:1 +. +Speak unto the children of Israel, and say unto them, If any man of you bring an offering unto the LORD, ye shall bring your offering of the cattle, even of the herd, and of the flock. -- leviticus 1:2 +. +If his offering be a burnt sacrifice of the herd, let him offer a male without blemish: he shall offer it of his own voluntary will at the door of the tabernacle of the congregation before the LORD. -- leviticus 1:3 +. +And he shall put his hand upon the head of the burnt offering; and it shall be accepted for him to make atonement for him. -- leviticus 1:4 +. +And he shall kill the bullock before the LORD: and the priests, Aaron's sons, shall bring the blood, and sprinkle the blood round about upon the altar that is by the door of the tabernacle of the congregation. -- leviticus 1:5 +. +And he shall flay the burnt offering, and cut it into his pieces. -- leviticus 1:6 +. +And the sons of Aaron the priest shall put fire upon the altar, and lay the wood in order upon the fire: -- leviticus 1:7 +. +And the priests, Aaron's sons, shall lay the parts, the head, and the fat, in order upon the wood that is on the fire which is upon the altar: -- leviticus 1:8 +. +But his inwards and his legs shall he wash in water: and the priest shall burn all on the altar, to be a burnt sacrifice, an offering made by fire, of a sweet savor unto the LORD. -- leviticus 1:9 +. +And if his offering be of the flocks, namely, of the sheep, or of the goats, for a burnt sacrifice; he shall bring it a male without blemish. -- leviticus 1:10 +. +And he shall kill it on the side of the altar northward before the LORD: and the priests, Aaron's sons, shall sprinkle his blood round about upon the altar. -- leviticus 1:11 +. +And he shall cut it into his pieces, with his head and his fat: and the priest shall lay them in order on the wood that is on the fire which is upon the altar: -- leviticus 1:12 +. +But he shall wash the inwards and the legs with water: and the priest shall bring it all, and burn it upon the altar: it is a burnt sacrifice, an offering made by fire, of a sweet savor unto the LORD. -- leviticus 1:13 +. +And if the burnt sacrifice for his offering to the LORD be of fowls, then he shall bring his offering of turtledoves, or of young pigeons. -- leviticus 1:14 +. +And the priest shall bring it unto the altar, and wring off his head, and burn it on the altar; and the blood thereof shall be wrung out at the side of the altar: -- leviticus 1:15 +. +And he shall pluck away his crop with his feathers, and cast it beside the altar on the east part, by the place of the ashes: -- leviticus 1:16 +. +And he shall cleave it with the wings thereof, but shall not divide it asunder: and the priest shall burn it upon the altar, upon the wood that is upon the fire: it is a burnt sacrifice, an offering made by fire, of a sweet savor unto the LORD. -- leviticus 1:17 +. +And when any will offer a meat offering unto the LORD, his offering shall be of fine flour; and he shall pour oil upon it, and put frankincense thereon: -- leviticus 2:1 +. +And he shall bring it to Aaron's sons the priests: and he shall take thereout his handful of the flour thereof, and of the oil thereof, with all the frankincense thereof; and the priest shall burn the memorial of it upon the altar, to be an offering made by fire, of a sweet savor unto the LORD: -- leviticus 2:2 +. +And the remnant of the meat offering shall be Aaron's and his sons': it is a thing most holy of the offerings of the LORD made by fire. -- leviticus 2:3 +. +And if thou bring an oblation of a meat offering baked in the oven, it shall be unleavened cakes of fine flour mingled with oil, or unleavened wafers anointed with oil. -- leviticus 2:4 +. +And if thy oblation be a meat offering baked in a pan, it shall be of fine flour unleavened, mingled with oil. -- leviticus 2:5 +. +Thou shalt part it in pieces, and pour oil thereon: it is a meat offering. -- leviticus 2:6 +. +And if thy oblation be a meat offering baked in the frying pan, it shall be made of fine flour with oil. -- leviticus 2:7 +. +And thou shalt bring the meat offering that is made of these things unto the LORD: and when it is presented unto the priest, he shall bring it unto the altar. -- leviticus 2:8 +. +And the priest shall take from the meat offering a memorial thereof, and shall burn it upon the altar: it is an offering made by fire, of a sweet savor unto the LORD. -- leviticus 2:9 +. +And that which is left of the meat offering shall be Aaron's and his sons': it is a thing most holy of the offerings of the LORD made by fire. -- leviticus 2:10 +. +No meat offering, which ye shall bring unto the LORD, shall be made with leaven: for ye shall burn no leaven, nor any honey, in any offering of the LORD made by fire. -- leviticus 2:11 +. +As for the oblation of the firstfruits, ye shall offer them unto the LORD: but they shall not be burnt on the altar for a sweet savor. -- leviticus 2:12 +. +And every oblation of thy meat offering shalt thou season with salt; neither shalt thou suffer the salt of the covenant of thy God to be lacking from thy meat offering: with all thine offerings thou shalt offer salt. -- leviticus 2:13 +. +And if thou offer a meat offering of thy firstfruits unto the LORD, thou shalt offer for the meat offering of thy firstfruits green ears of corn dried by the fire, even corn beaten out of full ears. -- leviticus 2:14 +. +And thou shalt put oil upon it, and lay frankincense thereon: it is a meat offering. -- leviticus 2:15 +. +And the priest shall burn the memorial of it, part of the beaten corn thereof, and part of the oil thereof, with all the frankincense thereof: it is an offering made by fire unto the LORD. -- leviticus 2:16 +. +And if his oblation be a sacrifice of peace offering, if he offer it of the herd; whether it be a male or female, he shall offer it without blemish before the LORD. -- leviticus 3:1 +. +And he shall lay his hand upon the head of his offering, and kill it at the door of the tabernacle of the congregation: and Aaron's sons the priests shall sprinkle the blood upon the altar round about. -- leviticus 3:2 +. +And he shall offer of the sacrifice of the peace offering an offering made by fire unto the LORD; the fat that covereth the inwards, and all the fat that is upon the inwards, -- leviticus 3:3 +. +And the two kidneys, and the fat that is on them, which is by the flanks, and the caul above the liver, with the kidneys, it shall he take away. -- leviticus 3:4 +. +And Aaron's sons shall burn it on the altar upon the burnt sacrifice, which is upon the wood that is on the fire: it is an offering made by fire, of a sweet savor unto the LORD. -- leviticus 3:5 +. +And if his offering for a sacrifice of peace offering unto the LORD be of the flock; male or female, he shall offer it without blemish. -- leviticus 3:6 +. +If he offer a lamb for his offering, then shall he offer it before the LORD. -- leviticus 3:7 +. +And he shall lay his hand upon the head of his offering, and kill it before the tabernacle of the congregation: and Aaron's sons shall sprinkle the blood thereof round about upon the altar. -- leviticus 3:8 +. +And he shall offer of the sacrifice of the peace offering an offering made by fire unto the LORD; the fat thereof, and the whole rump, it shall he take off hard by the backbone; and the fat that covereth the inwards, and all the fat that is upon the inwards, -- leviticus 3:9 +. +And the two kidneys, and the fat that is upon them, which is by the flanks, and the caul above the liver, with the kidneys, it shall he take away. -- leviticus 3:10 +. +And the priest shall burn it upon the altar: it is the food of the offering made by fire unto the LORD. -- leviticus 3:11 +. +And if his offering be a goat, then he shall offer it before the LORD. -- leviticus 3:12 +. +And he shall lay his hand upon the head of it, and kill it before the tabernacle of the congregation: and the sons of Aaron shall sprinkle the blood thereof upon the altar round about. -- leviticus 3:13 +. +And he shall offer thereof his offering, even an offering made by fire unto the LORD; the fat that covereth the inwards, and all the fat that is upon the inwards, -- leviticus 3:14 +. +And the two kidneys, and the fat that is upon them, which is by the flanks, and the caul above the liver, with the kidneys, it shall he take away. -- leviticus 3:15 +. +And the priest shall burn them upon the altar: it is the food of the offering made by fire for a sweet savor: all the fat is the LORD's. -- leviticus 3:16 +. +It shall be a perpetual statute for your generations throughout all your dwellings, that ye eat neither fat nor blood. -- leviticus 3:17 +. +And the LORD spake unto Moses, saying, -- leviticus 4:1 +. +Speak unto the children of Israel, saying, If a soul shall sin through ignorance against any of the commandments of the LORD concerning things which ought not to be done, and shall do against any of them: -- leviticus 4:2 +. +If the priest that is anointed do sin according to the sin of the people; then let him bring for his sin, which he hath sinned, a young bullock without blemish unto the LORD for a sin offering. -- leviticus 4:3 +. +And he shall bring the bullock unto the door of the tabernacle of the congregation before the LORD; and shall lay his hand upon the bullock's head, and kill the bullock before the LORD. -- leviticus 4:4 +. +And the priest that is anointed shall take of the bullock's blood, and bring it to the tabernacle of the congregation: -- leviticus 4:5 +. +And the priest shall dip his finger in the blood, and sprinkle of the blood seven times before the LORD, before the vail of the sanctuary. -- leviticus 4:6 +. +And the priest shall put some of the blood upon the horns of the altar of sweet incense before the LORD, which is in the tabernacle of the congregation; and shall pour all the blood of the bullock at the bottom of the altar of the burnt offering, which is at the door of the tabernacle of the congregation. -- leviticus 4:7 +. +And he shall take off from it all the fat of the bullock for the sin offering; the fat that covereth the inwards, and all the fat that is upon the inwards, -- leviticus 4:8 +. +And the two kidneys, and the fat that is upon them, which is by the flanks, and the caul above the liver, with the kidneys, it shall he take away, -- leviticus 4:9 +. +As it was taken off from the bullock of the sacrifice of peace offerings: and the priest shall burn them upon the altar of the burnt offering. -- leviticus 4:10 +. +And the skin of the bullock, and all his flesh, with his head, and with his legs, and his inwards, and his dung, -- leviticus 4:11 +. +Even the whole bullock shall he carry forth without the camp unto a clean place, where the ashes are poured out, and burn him on the wood with fire: where the ashes are poured out shall he be burnt. -- leviticus 4:12 +. +And if the whole congregation of Israel sin through ignorance, and the thing be hid from the eyes of the assembly, and they have done somewhat against any of the commandments of the LORD concerning things which should not be done, and are guilty; -- leviticus 4:13 +. +When the sin, which they have sinned against it, is known, then the congregation shall offer a young bullock for the sin, and bring him before the tabernacle of the congregation. -- leviticus 4:14 +. +And the elders of the congregation shall lay their hands upon the head of the bullock before the LORD: and the bullock shall be killed before the LORD. -- leviticus 4:15 +. +And the priest that is anointed shall bring of the bullock's blood to the tabernacle of the congregation: -- leviticus 4:16 +. +And the priest shall dip his finger in some of the blood, and sprinkle it seven times before the LORD, even before the vail. -- leviticus 4:17 +. +And he shall put some of the blood upon the horns of the altar which is before the LORD, that is in the tabernacle of the congregation, and shall pour out all the blood at the bottom of the altar of the burnt offering, which is at the door of the tabernacle of the congregation. -- leviticus 4:18 +. +And he shall take all his fat from him, and burn it upon the altar. -- leviticus 4:19 +. +And he shall do with the bullock as he did with the bullock for a sin offering, so shall he do with this: and the priest shall make an atonement for them, and it shall be forgiven them. -- leviticus 4:20 +. +And he shall carry forth the bullock without the camp, and burn him as he burned the first bullock: it is a sin offering for the congregation. -- leviticus 4:21 +. +When a ruler hath sinned, and done somewhat through ignorance against any of the commandments of the LORD his God concerning things which should not be done, and is guilty; -- leviticus 4:22 +. +Or if his sin, wherein he hath sinned, come to his knowledge; he shall bring his offering, a kid of the goats, a male without blemish: -- leviticus 4:23 +. +And he shall lay his hand upon the head of the goat, and kill it in the place where they kill the burnt offering before the LORD: it is a sin offering. -- leviticus 4:24 +. +And the priest shall take of the blood of the sin offering with his finger, and put it upon the horns of the altar of burnt offering, and shall pour out his blood at the bottom of the altar of burnt offering. -- leviticus 4:25 +. +And he shall burn all his fat upon the altar, as the fat of the sacrifice of peace offerings: and the priest shall make an atonement for him as concerning his sin, and it shall be forgiven him. -- leviticus 4:26 +. +And if any one of the common people sin through ignorance, while he doeth somewhat against any of the commandments of the LORD concerning things which ought not to be done, and be guilty; -- leviticus 4:27 +. +Or if his sin, which he hath sinned, come to his knowledge: then he shall bring his offering, a kid of the goats, a female without blemish, for his sin which he hath sinned. -- leviticus 4:28 +. +And he shall lay his hand upon the head of the sin offering, and slay the sin offering in the place of the burnt offering. -- leviticus 4:29 +. +And the priest shall take of the blood thereof with his finger, and put it upon the horns of the altar of burnt offering, and shall pour out all the blood thereof at the bottom of the altar. -- leviticus 4:30 +. +And he shall take away all the fat thereof, as the fat is taken away from off the sacrifice of peace offerings; and the priest shall burn it upon the altar for a sweet savor unto the LORD; and the priest shall make an atonement for him, and it shall be forgiven him. -- leviticus 4:31 +. +And if he bring a lamb for a sin offering, he shall bring it a female without blemish. -- leviticus 4:32 +. +And he shall lay his hand upon the head of the sin offering, and slay it for a sin offering in the place where they kill the burnt offering. -- leviticus 4:33 +. +And the priest shall take of the blood of the sin offering with his finger, and put it upon the horns of the altar of burnt offering, and shall pour out all the blood thereof at the bottom of the altar: -- leviticus 4:34 +. +And he shall take away all the fat thereof, as the fat of the lamb is taken away from the sacrifice of the peace offerings; and the priest shall burn them upon the altar, according to the offerings made by fire unto the LORD: and the priest shall make an atonement for his sin that he hath committed, and it shall be forgiven him. -- leviticus 4:35 +. +And if a soul sin, and hear the voice of swearing, and is a witness, whether he hath seen or known of it; if he do not utter it, then he shall bear his iniquity. -- leviticus 5:1 +. +Or if a soul touch any unclean thing, whether it be a carcass of an unclean beast, or a carcass of unclean cattle, or the carcass of unclean creeping things, and if it be hidden from him; he also shall be unclean, and guilty. -- leviticus 5:2 +. +Or if he touch the uncleanness of man, whatsoever uncleanness it be that a man shall be defiled withal, and it be hid from him; when he knoweth of it, then he shall be guilty. -- leviticus 5:3 +. +Or if a soul swear, pronouncing with his lips to do evil, or to do good, whatsoever it be that a man shall pronounce with an oath, and it be hid from him; when he knoweth of it, then he shall be guilty in one of these. -- leviticus 5:4 +. +And it shall be, when he shall be guilty in one of these things, that he shall confess that he hath sinned in that thing: -- leviticus 5:5 +. +And he shall bring his trespass offering unto the LORD for his sin which he hath sinned, a female from the flock, a lamb or a kid of the goats, for a sin offering; and the priest shall make an atonement for him concerning his sin. -- leviticus 5:6 +. +And if he be not able to bring a lamb, then he shall bring for his trespass, which he hath committed, two turtledoves, or two young pigeons, unto the LORD; one for a sin offering, and the other for a burnt offering. -- leviticus 5:7 +. +And he shall bring them unto the priest, who shall offer that which is for the sin offering first, and wring off his head from his neck, but shall not divide it asunder: -- leviticus 5:8 +. +And he shall sprinkle of the blood of the sin offering upon the side of the altar; and the rest of the blood shall be wrung out at the bottom of the altar: it is a sin offering. -- leviticus 5:9 +. +And he shall offer the second for a burnt offering, according to the manner: and the priest shall make an atonement for him for his sin which he hath sinned, and it shall be forgiven him. -- leviticus 5:10 +. +But if he be not able to bring two turtledoves, or two young pigeons, then he that sinned shall bring for his offering the tenth part of an ephah of fine flour for a sin offering; he shall put no oil upon it, neither shall he put any frankincense thereon: for it is a sin offering. -- leviticus 5:11 +. +Then shall he bring it to the priest, and the priest shall take his handful of it, even a memorial thereof, and burn it on the altar, according to the offerings made by fire unto the LORD: it is a sin offering. -- leviticus 5:12 +. +And the priest shall make an atonement for him as touching his sin that he hath sinned in one of these, and it shall be forgiven him: and the remnant shall be the priest's, as a meat offering. -- leviticus 5:13 +. +And the LORD spake unto Moses, saying, -- leviticus 5:14 +. +If a soul commit a trespass, and sin through ignorance, in the holy things of the LORD; then he shall bring for his trespass unto the LORD a ram without blemish out of the flocks, with thy estimation by shekels of silver, after the shekel of the sanctuary, for a trespass offering. -- leviticus 5:15 +. +And he shall make amends for the harm that he hath done in the holy thing, and shall add the fifth part thereto, and give it unto the priest: and the priest shall make an atonement for him with the ram of the trespass offering, and it shall be forgiven him. -- leviticus 5:16 +. +And if a soul sin, and commit any of these things which are forbidden to be done by the commandments of the LORD; though he wist it not, yet is he guilty, and shall bear his iniquity. -- leviticus 5:17 +. +And he shall bring a ram without blemish out of the flock, with thy estimation, for a trespass offering, unto the priest: and the priest shall make an atonement for him concerning his ignorance wherein he erred and wist it not, and it shall be forgiven him. -- leviticus 5:18 +. +It is a trespass offering: he hath certainly trespassed against the LORD. -- leviticus 5:19 +. +And the LORD spake unto Moses, saying, -- leviticus 6:1 +. +If a soul sin, and commit a trespass against the LORD, and lie unto his neighbor in that which was delivered him to keep, or in fellowship, or in a thing taken away by violence, or hath deceived his neighbor; -- leviticus 6:2 +. +Or have found that which was lost, and lieth concerning it, and sweareth falsely; in any of all these that a man doeth, sinning therein: -- leviticus 6:3 +. +Then it shall be, because he hath sinned, and is guilty, that he shall restore that which he took violently away, or the thing which he hath deceitfully gotten, or that which was delivered him to keep, or the lost thing which he found, -- leviticus 6:4 +. +Or all that about which he hath sworn falsely; he shall even restore it in the principal, and shall add the fifth part more thereto, and give it unto him to whom it appertaineth, in the day of his trespass offering. -- leviticus 6:5 +. +And he shall bring his trespass offering unto the LORD, a ram without blemish out of the flock, with thy estimation, for a trespass offering, unto the priest: -- leviticus 6:6 +. +And the priest shall make an atonement for him before the LORD: and it shall be forgiven him for any thing of all that he hath done in trespassing therein. -- leviticus 6:7 +. +And the LORD spake unto Moses, saying, -- leviticus 6:8 +. +Command Aaron and his sons, saying, This is the law of the burnt offering: It is the burnt offering, because of the burning upon the altar all night unto the morning, and the fire of the altar shall be burning in it. -- leviticus 6:9 +. +And the priest shall put on his linen garment, and his linen breeches shall he put upon his flesh, and take up the ashes which the fire hath consumed with the burnt offering on the altar, and he shall put them beside the altar. -- leviticus 6:10 +. +And he shall put off his garments, and put on other garments, and carry forth the ashes without the camp unto a clean place. -- leviticus 6:11 +. +And the fire upon the altar shall be burning in it; it shall not be put out: and the priest shall burn wood on it every morning, and lay the burnt offering in order upon it; and he shall burn thereon the fat of the peace offerings. -- leviticus 6:12 +. +The fire shall ever be burning upon the altar; it shall never go out. -- leviticus 6:13 +. +And this is the law of the meat offering: the sons of Aaron shall offer it before the LORD, before the altar. -- leviticus 6:14 +. +And he shall take of it his handful, of the flour of the meat offering, and of the oil thereof, and all the frankincense which is upon the meat offering, and shall burn it upon the altar for a sweet savor, even the memorial of it, unto the LORD. -- leviticus 6:15 +. +And the remainder thereof shall Aaron and his sons eat: with unleavened bread shall it be eaten in the holy place; in the court of the tabernacle of the congregation they shall eat it. -- leviticus 6:16 +. +It shall not be baked with leaven. I have given it unto them for their portion of my offerings made by fire; it is most holy, as is the sin offering, and as the trespass offering. -- leviticus 6:17 +. +All the males among the children of Aaron shall eat of it. It shall be a statute for ever in your generations concerning the offerings of the LORD made by fire: every one that toucheth them shall be holy. -- leviticus 6:18 +. +And the LORD spake unto Moses, saying, -- leviticus 6:19 +. +This is the offering of Aaron and of his sons, which they shall offer unto the LORD in the day when he is anointed; the tenth part of an ephah of fine flour for a meat offering perpetual, half of it in the morning, and half thereof at night. -- leviticus 6:20 +. +In a pan it shall be made with oil; and when it is baked, thou shalt bring it in: and the baked pieces of the meat offering shalt thou offer for a sweet savor unto the LORD. -- leviticus 6:21 +. +And the priest of his sons that is anointed in his stead shall offer it: it is a statute for ever unto the LORD; it shall be wholly burnt. -- leviticus 6:22 +. +For every meat offering for the priest shall be wholly burnt: it shall not be eaten. -- leviticus 6:23 +. +And the LORD spake unto Moses, saying, -- leviticus 6:24 +. +Speak unto Aaron and to his sons, saying, This is the law of the sin offering: In the place where the burnt offering is killed shall the sin offering be killed before the LORD: it is most holy. -- leviticus 6:25 +. +The priest that offereth it for sin shall eat it: in the holy place shall it be eaten, in the court of the tabernacle of the congregation. -- leviticus 6:26 +. +Whatsoever shall touch the flesh thereof shall be holy: and when there is sprinkled of the blood thereof upon any garment, thou shalt wash that whereon it was sprinkled in the holy place. -- leviticus 6:27 +. +But the earthen vessel wherein it is sodden shall be broken: and if it be sodden in a brazen pot, it shall be both scoured, and rinsed in water. -- leviticus 6:28 +. +All the males among the priests shall eat thereof: it is most holy. -- leviticus 6:29 +. +And no sin offering, whereof any of the blood is brought into the tabernacle of the congregation to reconcile withal in the holy place, shall be eaten: it shall be burnt in the fire. -- leviticus 6:30 +. +Likewise this is the law of the trespass offering: it is most holy. -- leviticus 7:1 +. +In the place where they kill the burnt offering shall they kill the trespass offering: and the blood thereof shall he sprinkle round about upon the altar. -- leviticus 7:2 +. +And he shall offer of it all the fat thereof; the rump, and the fat that covereth the inwards, -- leviticus 7:3 +. +And the two kidneys, and the fat that is on them, which is by the flanks, and the caul that is above the liver, with the kidneys, it shall he take away: -- leviticus 7:4 +. +And the priest shall burn them upon the altar for an offering made by fire unto the LORD: it is a trespass offering. -- leviticus 7:5 +. +Every male among the priests shall eat thereof: it shall be eaten in the holy place: it is most holy. -- leviticus 7:6 +. +As the sin offering is, so is the trespass offering: there is one law for them: the priest that maketh atonement therewith shall have it. -- leviticus 7:7 +. +And the priest that offereth any man's burnt offering, even the priest shall have to himself the skin of the burnt offering which he hath offered. -- leviticus 7:8 +. +And all the meat offering that is baked in the oven, and all that is dressed in the frying pan, and in the pan, shall be the priest's that offereth it. -- leviticus 7:9 +. +And every meat offering, mingled with oil, and dry, shall all the sons of Aaron have, one as much as another. -- leviticus 7:10 +. +And this is the law of the sacrifice of peace offerings, which he shall offer unto the LORD. -- leviticus 7:11 +. +If he offer it for a thanksgiving, then he shall offer with the sacrifice of thanksgiving unleavened cakes mingled with oil, and unleavened wafers anointed with oil, and cakes mingled with oil, of fine flour, fried. -- leviticus 7:12 +. +Besides the cakes, he shall offer for his offering leavened bread with the sacrifice of thanksgiving of his peace offerings. -- leviticus 7:13 +. +And of it he shall offer one out of the whole oblation for an heave offering unto the LORD, and it shall be the priest's that sprinkleth the blood of the peace offerings. -- leviticus 7:14 +. +And the flesh of the sacrifice of his peace offerings for thanksgiving shall be eaten the same day that it is offered; he shall not leave any of it until the morning. -- leviticus 7:15 +. +But if the sacrifice of his offering be a vow, or a voluntary offering, it shall be eaten the same day that he offereth his sacrifice: and on the morrow also the remainder of it shall be eaten: -- leviticus 7:16 +. +But the remainder of the flesh of the sacrifice on the third day shall be burnt with fire. -- leviticus 7:17 +. +And if any of the flesh of the sacrifice of his peace offerings be eaten at all on the third day, it shall not be accepted, neither shall it be imputed unto him that offereth it: it shall be an abomination, and the soul that eateth of it shall bear his iniquity. -- leviticus 7:18 +. +And the flesh that toucheth any unclean thing shall not be eaten; it shall be burnt with fire: and as for the flesh, all that be clean shall eat thereof. -- leviticus 7:19 +. +But the soul that eateth of the flesh of the sacrifice of peace offerings, that pertain unto the LORD, having his uncleanness upon him, even that soul shall be cut off from his people. -- leviticus 7:20 +. +Moreover the soul that shall touch any unclean thing, as the uncleanness of man, or any unclean beast, or any abominable unclean thing, and eat of the flesh of the sacrifice of peace offerings, which pertain unto the LORD, even that soul shall be cut off from his people. -- leviticus 7:21 +. +And the LORD spake unto Moses, saying, -- leviticus 7:22 +. +Speak unto the children of Israel, saying, Ye shall eat no manner of fat, of ox, or of sheep, or of goat. -- leviticus 7:23 +. +And the fat of the beast that dieth of itself, and the fat of that which is torn with beasts, may be used in any other use: but ye shall in no wise eat of it. -- leviticus 7:24 +. +For whosoever eateth the fat of the beast, of which men offer an offering made by fire unto the LORD, even the soul that eateth it shall be cut off from his people. -- leviticus 7:25 +. +Moreover ye shall eat no manner of blood, whether it be of fowl or of beast, in any of your dwellings. -- leviticus 7:26 +. +Whatsoever soul it be that eateth any manner of blood, even that soul shall be cut off from his people. -- leviticus 7:27 +. +And the LORD spake unto Moses, saying, -- leviticus 7:28 +. +Speak unto the children of Israel, saying, He that offereth the sacrifice of his peace offerings unto the LORD shall bring his oblation unto the LORD of the sacrifice of his peace offerings. -- leviticus 7:29 +. +His own hands shall bring the offerings of the LORD made by fire, the fat with the breast, it shall he bring, that the breast may be waved for a wave offering before the LORD. -- leviticus 7:30 +. +And the priest shall burn the fat upon the altar: but the breast shall be Aaron's and his sons'. -- leviticus 7:31 +. +And the right shoulder shall ye give unto the priest for an heave offering of the sacrifices of your peace offerings. -- leviticus 7:32 +. +He among the sons of Aaron, that offereth the blood of the peace offerings, and the fat, shall have the right shoulder for his part. -- leviticus 7:33 +. +For the wave breast and the heave shoulder have I taken of the children of Israel from off the sacrifices of their peace offerings, and have given them unto Aaron the priest and unto his sons by a statute for ever from among the children of Israel. -- leviticus 7:34 +. +This is the portion of the anointing of Aaron, and of the anointing of his sons, out of the offerings of the LORD made by fire, in the day when he presented them to minister unto the LORD in the priest's office; -- leviticus 7:35 +. +Which the LORD commanded to be given them of the children of Israel, in the day that he anointed them, by a statute for ever throughout their generations. -- leviticus 7:36 +. +This is the law of the burnt offering, of the meat offering, and of the sin offering, and of the trespass offering, and of the consecrations, and of the sacrifice of the peace offerings; -- leviticus 7:37 +. +Which the LORD commanded Moses in mount Sinai, in the day that he commanded the children of Israel to offer their oblations unto the LORD, in the wilderness of Sinai. -- leviticus 7:38 +. +And the LORD spake unto Moses, saying, -- leviticus 8:1 +. +Take Aaron and his sons with him, and the garments, and the anointing oil, and a bullock for the sin offering, and two rams, and a basket of unleavened bread; -- leviticus 8:2 +. +And gather thou all the congregation together unto the door of the tabernacle of the congregation. -- leviticus 8:3 +. +And Moses did as the LORD commanded him; and the assembly was gathered together unto the door of the tabernacle of the congregation. -- leviticus 8:4 +. +And Moses said unto the congregation, This is the thing which the LORD commanded to be done. -- leviticus 8:5 +. +And Moses brought Aaron and his sons, and washed them with water. -- leviticus 8:6 +. +And he put upon him the coat, and girded him with the girdle, and clothed him with the robe, and put the ephod upon him, and he girded him with the curious girdle of the ephod, and bound it unto him therewith. -- leviticus 8:7 +. +And he put the breastplate upon him: also he put in the breastplate the Urim and the Thummim. -- leviticus 8:8 +. +And he put the mitre upon his head; also upon the mitre, even upon his forefront, did he put the golden plate, the holy crown; as the LORD commanded Moses. -- leviticus 8:9 +. +And Moses took the anointing oil, and anointed the tabernacle and all that was therein, and sanctified them. -- leviticus 8:10 +. +And he sprinkled thereof upon the altar seven times, and anointed the altar and all his vessels, both the laver and his foot, to sanctify them. -- leviticus 8:11 +. +And he poured of the anointing oil upon Aaron's head, and anointed him, to sanctify him. -- leviticus 8:12 +. +And Moses brought Aaron's sons, and put coats upon them, and girded them with girdles, and put bonnets upon them; as the LORD commanded Moses. -- leviticus 8:13 +. +And he brought the bullock for the sin offering: and Aaron and his sons laid their hands upon the head of the bullock for the sin offering. -- leviticus 8:14 +. +And he slew it; and Moses took the blood, and put it upon the horns of the altar round about with his finger, and purified the altar, and poured the blood at the bottom of the altar, and sanctified it, to make reconciliation upon it. -- leviticus 8:15 +. +And he took all the fat that was upon the inwards, and the caul above the liver, and the two kidneys, and their fat, and Moses burned it upon the altar. -- leviticus 8:16 +. +But the bullock, and his hide, his flesh, and his dung, he burnt with fire without the camp; as the LORD commanded Moses. -- leviticus 8:17 +. +And he brought the ram for the burnt offering: and Aaron and his sons laid their hands upon the head of the ram. -- leviticus 8:18 +. +And he killed it; and Moses sprinkled the blood upon the altar round about. -- leviticus 8:19 +. +And he cut the ram into pieces; and Moses burnt the head, and the pieces, and the fat. -- leviticus 8:20 +. +And he washed the inwards and the legs in water; and Moses burnt the whole ram upon the altar: it was a burnt sacrifice for a sweet savor, and an offering made by fire unto the LORD; as the LORD commanded Moses. -- leviticus 8:21 +. +And he brought the other ram, the ram of consecration: and Aaron and his sons laid their hands upon the head of the ram. -- leviticus 8:22 +. +And he slew it; and Moses took of the blood of it, and put it upon the tip of Aaron's right ear, and upon the thumb of his right hand, and upon the great toe of his right foot. -- leviticus 8:23 +. +And he brought Aaron's sons, and Moses put of the blood upon the tip of their right ear, and upon the thumbs of their right hands, and upon the great toes of their right feet: and Moses sprinkled the blood upon the altar round about. -- leviticus 8:24 +. +And he took the fat, and the rump, and all the fat that was upon the inwards, and the caul above the liver, and the two kidneys, and their fat, and the right shoulder: -- leviticus 8:25 +. +And out of the basket of unleavened bread, that was before the LORD, he took one unleavened cake, and a cake of oiled bread, and one wafer, and put them on the fat, and upon the right shoulder: -- leviticus 8:26 +. +And he put all upon Aaron's hands, and upon his sons' hands, and waved them for a wave offering before the LORD. -- leviticus 8:27 +. +And Moses took them from off their hands, and burnt them on the altar upon the burnt offering: they were consecrations for a sweet savor: it is an offering made by fire unto the LORD. -- leviticus 8:28 +. +And Moses took the breast, and waved it for a wave offering before the LORD: for of the ram of consecration it was Moses' part; as the LORD commanded Moses. -- leviticus 8:29 +. +And Moses took of the anointing oil, and of the blood which was upon the altar, and sprinkled it upon Aaron, and upon his garments, and upon his sons, and upon his sons' garments with him; and sanctified Aaron, and his garments, and his sons, and his sons' garments with him. -- leviticus 8:30 +. +And Moses said unto Aaron and to his sons, Boil the flesh at the door of the tabernacle of the congregation: and there eat it with the bread that is in the basket of consecrations, as I commanded, saying, Aaron and his sons shall eat it. -- leviticus 8:31 +. +And that which remaineth of the flesh and of the bread shall ye burn with fire. -- leviticus 8:32 +. +And ye shall not go out of the door of the tabernacle of the congregation in seven days, until the days of your consecration be at an end: for seven days shall he consecrate you. -- leviticus 8:33 +. +As he hath done this day, so the LORD hath commanded to do, to make an atonement for you. -- leviticus 8:34 +. +Therefore shall ye abide at the door of the tabernacle of the congregation day and night seven days, and keep the charge of the LORD, that ye die not: for so I am commanded. -- leviticus 8:35 +. +So Aaron and his sons did all things which the LORD commanded by the hand of Moses. -- leviticus 8:36 +. +And it came to pass on the eighth day, that Moses called Aaron and his sons, and the elders of Israel; -- leviticus 9:1 +. +And he said unto Aaron, Take thee a young calf for a sin offering, and a ram for a burnt offering, without blemish, and offer them before the LORD. -- leviticus 9:2 +. +And unto the children of Israel thou shalt speak, saying, Take ye a kid of the goats for a sin offering; and a calf and a lamb, both of the first year, without blemish, for a burnt offering; -- leviticus 9:3 +. +Also a bullock and a ram for peace offerings, to sacrifice before the LORD; and a meat offering mingled with oil: for to day the LORD will appear unto you. -- leviticus 9:4 +. +And they brought that which Moses commanded before the tabernacle of the congregation: and all the congregation drew near and stood before the LORD. -- leviticus 9:5 +. +And Moses said, This is the thing which the LORD commanded that ye should do: and the glory of the LORD shall appear unto you. -- leviticus 9:6 +. +And Moses said unto Aaron, Go unto the altar, and offer thy sin offering, and thy burnt offering, and make an atonement for thyself, and for the people: and offer the offering of the people, and make an atonement for them; as the LORD commanded. -- leviticus 9:7 +. +Aaron therefore went unto the altar, and slew the calf of the sin offering, which was for himself. -- leviticus 9:8 +. +And the sons of Aaron brought the blood unto him: and he dipped his finger in the blood, and put it upon the horns of the altar, and poured out the blood at the bottom of the altar: -- leviticus 9:9 +. +But the fat, and the kidneys, and the caul above the liver of the sin offering, he burnt upon the altar; as the LORD commanded Moses. -- leviticus 9:10 +. +And the flesh and the hide he burnt with fire without the camp. -- leviticus 9:11 +. +And he slew the burnt offering; and Aaron's sons presented unto him the blood, which he sprinkled round about upon the altar. -- leviticus 9:12 +. +And they presented the burnt offering unto him, with the pieces thereof, and the head: and he burnt them upon the altar. -- leviticus 9:13 +. +And he did wash the inwards and the legs, and burnt them upon the burnt offering on the altar. -- leviticus 9:14 +. +And he brought the people's offering, and took the goat, which was the sin offering for the people, and slew it, and offered it for sin, as the first. -- leviticus 9:15 +. +And he brought the burnt offering, and offered it according to the manner. -- leviticus 9:16 +. +And he brought the meat offering, and took an handful thereof, and burnt it upon the altar, beside the burnt sacrifice of the morning. -- leviticus 9:17 +. +He slew also the bullock and the ram for a sacrifice of peace offerings, which was for the people: and Aaron's sons presented unto him the blood, which he sprinkled upon the altar round about, -- leviticus 9:18 +. +And the fat of the bullock and of the ram, the rump, and that which covereth the inwards, and the kidneys, and the caul above the liver: -- leviticus 9:19 +. +And they put the fat upon the breasts, and he burnt the fat upon the altar: -- leviticus 9:20 +. +And the breasts and the right shoulder Aaron waved for a wave offering before the LORD; as Moses commanded. -- leviticus 9:21 +. +And Aaron lifted up his hand toward the people, and blessed them, and came down from offering of the sin offering, and the burnt offering, and peace offerings. -- leviticus 9:22 +. +And Moses and Aaron went into the tabernacle of the congregation, and came out, and blessed the people: and the glory of the LORD appeared unto all the people. -- leviticus 9:23 +. +And there came a fire out from before the LORD, and consumed upon the altar the burnt offering and the fat: which when all the people saw, they shouted, and fell on their faces. -- leviticus 9:24 +. +And Nadab and Abihu, the sons of Aaron, took either of them his censer, and put fire therein, and put incense thereon, and offered strange fire before the LORD, which he commanded them not. -- leviticus 10:1 +. +And there went out fire from the LORD, and devoured them, and they died before the LORD. -- leviticus 10:2 +. +Then Moses said unto Aaron, This is it that the LORD spake, saying, I will be sanctified in them that come nigh me, and before all the people I will be glorified. And Aaron held his peace. -- leviticus 10:3 +. +And Moses called Mishael and Elzaphan, the sons of Uzziel the uncle of Aaron, and said unto them, Come near, carry your brethren from before the sanctuary out of the camp. -- leviticus 10:4 +. +So they went near, and carried them in their coats out of the camp; as Moses had said. -- leviticus 10:5 +. +And Moses said unto Aaron, and unto Eleazar and unto Ithamar, his sons, Uncover not your heads, neither rend your clothes; lest ye die, and lest wrath come upon all the people: but let your brethren, the whole house of Israel, bewail the burning which the LORD hath kindled. -- leviticus 10:6 +. +And ye shall not go out from the door of the tabernacle of the congregation, lest ye die: for the anointing oil of the LORD is upon you. And they did according to the word of Moses. -- leviticus 10:7 +. +And the LORD spake unto Aaron, saying, -- leviticus 10:8 +. +Do not drink wine nor strong drink, thou, nor thy sons with thee, when ye go into the tabernacle of the congregation, lest ye die: it shall be a statute for ever throughout your generations: -- leviticus 10:9 +. +And that ye may put difference between holy and unholy, and between unclean and clean; -- leviticus 10:10 +. +And that ye may teach the children of Israel all the statutes which the LORD hath spoken unto them by the hand of Moses. -- leviticus 10:11 +. +And Moses spake unto Aaron, and unto Eleazar and unto Ithamar, his sons that were left, Take the meat offering that remaineth of the offerings of the LORD made by fire, and eat it without leaven beside the altar: for it is most holy: -- leviticus 10:12 +. +And ye shall eat it in the holy place, because it is thy due, and thy sons' due, of the sacrifices of the LORD made by fire: for so I am commanded. -- leviticus 10:13 +. +And the wave breast and heave shoulder shall ye eat in a clean place; thou, and thy sons, and thy daughters with thee: for they be thy due, and thy sons' due, which are given out of the sacrifices of peace offerings of the children of Israel. -- leviticus 10:14 +. +The heave shoulder and the wave breast shall they bring with the offerings made by fire of the fat, to wave it for a wave offering before the LORD; and it shall be thine, and thy sons' with thee, by a statute for ever; as the LORD hath commanded. -- leviticus 10:15 +. +And Moses diligently sought the goat of the sin offering, and, behold, it was burnt: and he was angry with Eleazar and Ithamar, the sons of Aaron which were left alive, saying, -- leviticus 10:16 +. +Wherefore have ye not eaten the sin offering in the holy place, seeing it is most holy, and God hath given it you to bear the iniquity of the congregation, to make atonement for them before the LORD? -- leviticus 10:17 +. +Behold, the blood of it was not brought in within the holy place: ye should indeed have eaten it in the holy place, as I commanded. -- leviticus 10:18 +. +And Aaron said unto Moses, Behold, this day have they offered their sin offering and their burnt offering before the LORD; and such things have befallen me: and if I had eaten the sin offering to day, should it have been accepted in the sight of the LORD? -- leviticus 10:19 +. +And when Moses heard that, he was content. -- leviticus 10:20 +. +And the LORD spake unto Moses and to Aaron, saying unto them, -- leviticus 11:1 +. +Speak unto the children of Israel, saying, These are the beasts which ye shall eat among all the beasts that are on the earth. -- leviticus 11:2 +. +Whatsoever parteth the hoof, and is cloven-footed, and cheweth the cud, among the beasts, that shall ye eat. -- leviticus 11:3 +. +Nevertheless these shall ye not eat of them that chew the cud, or of them that divide the hoof: as the camel, because he cheweth the cud, but divideth not the hoof; he is unclean unto you. -- leviticus 11:4 +. +And the coney, because he cheweth the cud, but divideth not the hoof; he is unclean unto you. -- leviticus 11:5 +. +And the hare, because he cheweth the cud, but divideth not the hoof; he is unclean unto you. -- leviticus 11:6 +. +And the swine, though he divide the hoof, and be cloven-footed, yet he cheweth not the cud; he is unclean to you. -- leviticus 11:7 +. +Of their flesh shall ye not eat, and their carcass shall ye not touch; they are unclean to you. -- leviticus 11:8 +. +These shall ye eat of all that are in the waters: whatsoever hath fins and scales in the waters, in the seas, and in the rivers, them shall ye eat. -- leviticus 11:9 +. +And all that have not fins and scales in the seas, and in the rivers, of all that move in the waters, and of any living thing which is in the waters, they shall be an abomination unto you: -- leviticus 11:10 +. +They shall be even an abomination unto you; ye shall not eat of their flesh, but ye shall have their carcasses in abomination. -- leviticus 11:11 +. +Whatsoever hath no fins nor scales in the waters, that shall be an abomination unto you. -- leviticus 11:12 +. +And these are they which ye shall have in abomination among the fowls; they shall not be eaten, they are an abomination: the eagle, and the ossifrage, and the ospray, -- leviticus 11:13 +. +And the vulture, and the kite after his kind; -- leviticus 11:14 +. +Every raven after his kind; -- leviticus 11:15 +. +And the owl, and the night hawk, and the cuckoo, and the hawk after his kind, -- leviticus 11:16 +. +And the little owl, and the cormorant, and the great owl, -- leviticus 11:17 +. +And the swan, and the pelican, and the gier eagle, -- leviticus 11:18 +. +And the stork, the heron after her kind, and the lapwing, and the bat. -- leviticus 11:19 +. +All fowls that creep, going upon all four, shall be an abomination unto you. -- leviticus 11:20 +. +Yet these may ye eat of every flying creeping thing that goeth upon all four, which have legs above their feet, to leap withal upon the earth; -- leviticus 11:21 +. +Even these of them ye may eat; the locust after his kind, and the bald locust after his kind, and the beetle after his kind, and the grasshopper after his kind. -- leviticus 11:22 +. +But all other flying creeping things, which have four feet, shall be an abomination unto you. -- leviticus 11:23 +. +And for these ye shall be unclean: whosoever toucheth the carcass of them shall be unclean until the even. -- leviticus 11:24 +. +And whosoever beareth ought of the carcass of them shall wash his clothes, and be unclean until the even. -- leviticus 11:25 +. +The carcasses of every beast which divideth the hoof, and is not cloven-footed, nor cheweth the cud, are unclean unto you: every one that toucheth them shall be unclean. -- leviticus 11:26 +. +And whatsoever goeth upon his paws, among all manner of beasts that go on all four, those are unclean unto you: whoso toucheth their carcass shall be unclean until the even. -- leviticus 11:27 +. +And he that beareth the carcass of them shall wash his clothes, and be unclean until the even: they are unclean unto you. -- leviticus 11:28 +. +These also shall be unclean unto you among the creeping things that creep upon the earth; the weasel, and the mouse, and the tortoise after his kind, -- leviticus 11:29 +. +And the ferret, and the chameleon, and the lizard, and the snail, and the mole. -- leviticus 11:30 +. +These are unclean to you among all that creep: whosoever doth touch them, when they be dead, shall be unclean until the even. -- leviticus 11:31 +. +And upon whatsoever any of them, when they are dead, doth fall, it shall be unclean; whether it be any vessel of wood, or raiment, or skin, or sack, whatsoever vessel it be, wherein any work is done, it must be put into water, and it shall be unclean until the even; so it shall be cleansed. -- leviticus 11:32 +. +And every earthen vessel, whereinto any of them falleth, whatsoever is in it shall be unclean; and ye shall break it. -- leviticus 11:33 +. +Of all meat which may be eaten, that on which such water cometh shall be unclean: and all drink that may be drunk in every such vessel shall be unclean. -- leviticus 11:34 +. +And every thing whereupon any part of their carcass falleth shall be unclean; whether it be oven, or ranges for pots, they shall be broken down: for they are unclean and shall be unclean unto you. -- leviticus 11:35 +. +Nevertheless a fountain or pit, wherein there is plenty of water, shall be clean: but that which toucheth their carcass shall be unclean. -- leviticus 11:36 +. +And if any part of their carcass fall upon any sowing seed which is to be sown, it shall be clean. -- leviticus 11:37 +. +But if any water be put upon the seed, and any part of their carcass fall thereon, it shall be unclean unto you. -- leviticus 11:38 +. +And if any beast, of which ye may eat, die; he that toucheth the carcass thereof shall be unclean until the even. -- leviticus 11:39 +. +And he that eateth of the carcass of it shall wash his clothes, and be unclean until the even: he also that beareth the carcass of it shall wash his clothes, and be unclean until the even. -- leviticus 11:40 +. +And every creeping thing that creepeth upon the earth shall be an abomination; it shall not be eaten. -- leviticus 11:41 +. +Whatsoever goeth upon the belly, and whatsoever goeth upon all four, or whatsoever hath more feet among all creeping things that creep upon the earth, them ye shall not eat; for they are an abomination. -- leviticus 11:42 +. +Ye shall not make yourselves abominable with any creeping thing that creepeth, neither shall ye make yourselves unclean with them, that ye should be defiled thereby. -- leviticus 11:43 +. +For I am the LORD your God: ye shall therefore sanctify yourselves, and ye shall be holy; for I am holy: neither shall ye defile yourselves with any manner of creeping thing that creepeth upon the earth. -- leviticus 11:44 +. +For I am the LORD that bringeth you up out of the land of Egypt, to be your God: ye shall therefore be holy, for I am holy. -- leviticus 11:45 +. +This is the law of the beasts, and of the fowl, and of every living creature that moveth in the waters, and of every creature that creepeth upon the earth: -- leviticus 11:46 +. +To make a difference between the unclean and the clean, and between the beast that may be eaten and the beast that may not be eaten. -- leviticus 11:47 +. +And the LORD spake unto Moses, saying, -- leviticus 12:1 +. +Speak unto the children of Israel, saying, If a woman have conceived seed, and born a man child: then she shall be unclean seven days; according to the days of the separation for her infirmity shall she be unclean. -- leviticus 12:2 +. +And in the eighth day the flesh of his foreskin shall be circumcised. -- leviticus 12:3 +. +And she shall then continue in the blood of her purifying three and thirty days; she shall touch no hallowed thing, nor come into the sanctuary, until the days of her purifying be fulfilled. -- leviticus 12:4 +. +But if she bear a maid child, then she shall be unclean two weeks, as in her separation: and she shall continue in the blood of her purifying threescore and six days. -- leviticus 12:5 +. +And when the days of her purifying are fulfilled, for a son, or for a daughter, she shall bring a lamb of the first year for a burnt offering, and a young pigeon, or a turtledove, for a sin offering, unto the door of the tabernacle of the congregation, unto the priest: -- leviticus 12:6 +. +Who shall offer it before the LORD, and make an atonement for her; and she shall be cleansed from the issue of her blood. This is the law for her that hath born a male or a female. -- leviticus 12:7 +. +And if she be not able to bring a lamb, then she shall bring two turtles, or two young pigeons; the one for the burnt offering, and the other for a sin offering: and the priest shall make an atonement for her, and she shall be clean. -- leviticus 12:8 +. +And the LORD spake unto Moses and Aaron, saying, -- leviticus 13:1 +. +When a man shall have in the skin of his flesh a rising, a scab, or bright spot, and it be in the skin of his flesh like the plague of leprosy; then he shall be brought unto Aaron the priest, or unto one of his sons the priests: -- leviticus 13:2 +. +And the priest shall look on the plague in the skin of the flesh: and when the hair in the plague is turned white, and the plague in sight be deeper than the skin of his flesh, it is a plague of leprosy: and the priest shall look on him, and pronounce him unclean. -- leviticus 13:3 +. +If the bright spot be white in the skin of his flesh, and in sight be not deeper than the skin, and the hair thereof be not turned white; then the priest shall shut up him that hath the plague seven days: -- leviticus 13:4 +. +And the priest shall look on him the seventh day: and, behold, if the plague in his sight be at a stay, and the plague spread not in the skin; then the priest shall shut him up seven days more: -- leviticus 13:5 +. +And the priest shall look on him again the seventh day: and, behold, if the plague be somewhat dark, and the plague spread not in the skin, the priest shall pronounce him clean: it is but a scab: and he shall wash his clothes, and be clean. -- leviticus 13:6 +. +But if the scab spread much abroad in the skin, after that he hath been seen of the priest for his cleansing, he shall be seen of the priest again. -- leviticus 13:7 +. +And if the priest see that, behold, the scab spreadeth in the skin, then the priest shall pronounce him unclean: it is a leprosy. -- leviticus 13:8 +. +When the plague of leprosy is in a man, then he shall be brought unto the priest; -- leviticus 13:9 +. +And the priest shall see him: and, behold, if the rising be white in the skin, and it have turned the hair white, and there be quick raw flesh in the rising; -- leviticus 13:10 +. +It is an old leprosy in the skin of his flesh, and the priest shall pronounce him unclean, and shall not shut him up: for he is unclean. -- leviticus 13:11 +. +And if a leprosy break out abroad in the skin, and the leprosy cover all the skin of him that hath the plague from his head even to his foot, wheresoever the priest looketh; -- leviticus 13:12 +. +Then the priest shall consider: and, behold, if the leprosy have covered all his flesh, he shall pronounce him clean that hath the plague: it is all turned white: he is clean. -- leviticus 13:13 +. +But when raw flesh appeareth in him, he shall be unclean. -- leviticus 13:14 +. +And the priest shall see the raw flesh, and pronounce him to be unclean: for the raw flesh is unclean: it is a leprosy. -- leviticus 13:15 +. +Or if the raw flesh turn again, and be changed unto white, he shall come unto the priest; -- leviticus 13:16 +. +And the priest shall see him: and, behold, if the plague be turned into white; then the priest shall pronounce him clean that hath the plague: he is clean. -- leviticus 13:17 +. +The flesh also, in which, even in the skin thereof, was a boil, and is healed, -- leviticus 13:18 +. +And in the place of the boil there be a white rising, or a bright spot, white, and somewhat reddish, and it be showed to the priest; -- leviticus 13:19 +. +And if, when the priest seeth it, behold, it be in sight lower than the skin, and the hair thereof be turned white; the priest shall pronounce him unclean: it is a plague of leprosy broken out of the boil. -- leviticus 13:20 +. +But if the priest look on it, and, behold, there be no white hairs therein, and if it be not lower than the skin, but be somewhat dark; then the priest shall shut him up seven days: -- leviticus 13:21 +. +And if it spread much abroad in the skin, then the priest shall pronounce him unclean: it is a plague. -- leviticus 13:22 +. +But if the bright spot stay in his place, and spread not, it is a burning boil; and the priest shall pronounce him clean. -- leviticus 13:23 +. +Or if there be any flesh, in the skin whereof there is a hot burning, and the quick flesh that burneth have a white bright spot, somewhat reddish, or white; -- leviticus 13:24 +. +Then the priest shall look upon it: and, behold, if the hair in the bright spot be turned white, and it be in sight deeper than the skin; it is a leprosy broken out of the burning: wherefore the priest shall pronounce him unclean: it is the plague of leprosy. -- leviticus 13:25 +. +But if the priest look on it, and, behold, there be no white hair in the bright spot, and it be no lower than the other skin, but be somewhat dark; then the priest shall shut him up seven days: -- leviticus 13:26 +. +And the priest shall look upon him the seventh day: and if it be spread much abroad in the skin, then the priest shall pronounce him unclean: it is the plague of leprosy. -- leviticus 13:27 +. +And if the bright spot stay in his place, and spread not in the skin, but it be somewhat dark; it is a rising of the burning, and the priest shall pronounce him clean: for it is an inflammation of the burning. -- leviticus 13:28 +. +If a man or woman have a plague upon the head or the beard; -- leviticus 13:29 +. +Then the priest shall see the plague: and, behold, if it be in sight deeper than the skin; and there be in it a yellow thin hair; then the priest shall pronounce him unclean: it is a dry scall, even a leprosy upon the head or beard. -- leviticus 13:30 +. +And if the priest look on the plague of the scall, and, behold, it be not in sight deeper than the skin, and that there is no black hair in it; then the priest shall shut up him that hath the plague of the scall seven days: -- leviticus 13:31 +. +And in the seventh day the priest shall look on the plague: and, behold, if the scall spread not, and there be in it no yellow hair, and the scall be not in sight deeper than the skin; -- leviticus 13:32 +. +He shall be shaven, but the scall shall he not shave; and the priest shall shut up him that hath the scall seven days more: -- leviticus 13:33 +. +And in the seventh day the priest shall look on the scall: and, behold, if the scall be not spread in the skin, nor be in sight deeper than the skin; then the priest shall pronounce him clean: and he shall wash his clothes, and be clean. -- leviticus 13:34 +. +But if the scall spread much in the skin after his cleansing; -- leviticus 13:35 +. +Then the priest shall look on him: and, behold, if the scall be spread in the skin, the priest shall not seek for yellow hair; he is unclean. -- leviticus 13:36 +. +But if the scall be in his sight at a stay, and that there is black hair grown up therein; the scall is healed, he is clean: and the priest shall pronounce him clean. -- leviticus 13:37 +. +If a man also or a woman have in the skin of their flesh bright spots, even white bright spots; -- leviticus 13:38 +. +Then the priest shall look: and, behold, if the bright spots in the skin of their flesh be darkish white; it is a freckled spot that groweth in the skin; he is clean. -- leviticus 13:39 +. +And the man whose hair is fallen off his head, he is bald; yet is he clean. -- leviticus 13:40 +. +And he that hath his hair fallen off from the part of his head toward his face, he is forehead bald: yet is he clean. -- leviticus 13:41 +. +And if there be in the bald head, or bald forehead, a white reddish sore; it is a leprosy sprung up in his bald head, or his bald forehead. -- leviticus 13:42 +. +Then the priest shall look upon it: and, behold, if the rising of the sore be white reddish in his bald head, or in his bald forehead, as the leprosy appeareth in the skin of the flesh; -- leviticus 13:43 +. +He is a leprous man, he is unclean: the priest shall pronounce him utterly unclean; his plague is in his head. -- leviticus 13:44 +. +And the leper in whom the plague is, his clothes shall be rent, and his head bare, and he shall put a covering upon his upper lip, and shall cry, Unclean, unclean. -- leviticus 13:45 +. +All the days wherein the plague shall be in him he shall be defiled; he is unclean: he shall dwell alone; without the camp shall his habitation be. -- leviticus 13:46 +. +The garment also that the plague of leprosy is in, whether it be a woolen garment, or a linen garment; -- leviticus 13:47 +. +Whether it be in the warp, or woof; of linen, or of woolen; whether in a skin, or in any thing made of skin; -- leviticus 13:48 +. +And if the plague be greenish or reddish in the garment, or in the skin, either in the warp, or in the woof, or in any thing of skin; it is a plague of leprosy, and shall be showed unto the priest: -- leviticus 13:49 +. +And the priest shall look upon the plague, and shut up it that hath the plague seven days: -- leviticus 13:50 +. +And he shall look on the plague on the seventh day: if the plague be spread in the garment, either in the warp, or in the woof, or in a skin, or in any work that is made of skin; the plague is a fretting leprosy; it is unclean. -- leviticus 13:51 +. +He shall therefore burn that garment, whether warp or woof, in woolen or in linen, or any thing of skin, wherein the plague is: for it is a fretting leprosy; it shall be burnt in the fire. -- leviticus 13:52 +. +And if the priest shall look, and, behold, the plague be not spread in the garment, either in the warp, or in the woof, or in any thing of skin; -- leviticus 13:53 +. +Then the priest shall command that they wash the thing wherein the plague is, and he shall shut it up seven days more: -- leviticus 13:54 +. +And the priest shall look on the plague, after that it is washed: and, behold, if the plague have not changed his color, and the plague be not spread; it is unclean; thou shalt burn it in the fire; it is fret inward, whether it be bare within or without. -- leviticus 13:55 +. +And if the priest look, and, behold, the plague be somewhat dark after the washing of it; then he shall rend it out of the garment, or out of the skin, or out of the warp, or out of the woof: -- leviticus 13:56 +. +And if it appear still in the garment, either in the warp, or in the woof, or in any thing of skin; it is a spreading plague: thou shalt burn that wherein the plague is with fire. -- leviticus 13:57 +. +And the garment, either warp, or woof, or whatsoever thing of skin it be, which thou shalt wash, if the plague be departed from them, then it shall be washed the second time, and shall be clean. -- leviticus 13:58 +. +This is the law of the plague of leprosy in a garment of woolen or linen, either in the warp, or woof, or any thing of skins, to pronounce it clean, or to pronounce it unclean. -- leviticus 13:59 +. +And the LORD spake unto Moses, saying, -- leviticus 14:1 +. +This shall be the law of the leper in the day of his cleansing: He shall be brought unto the priest: -- leviticus 14:2 +. +And the priest shall go forth out of the camp; and the priest shall look, and, behold, if the plague of leprosy be healed in the leper; -- leviticus 14:3 +. +Then shall the priest command to take for him that is to be cleansed two birds alive and clean, and cedar wood, and scarlet, and hyssop: -- leviticus 14:4 +. +And the priest shall command that one of the birds be killed in an earthen vessel over running water: -- leviticus 14:5 +. +As for the living bird, he shall take it, and the cedar wood, and the scarlet, and the hyssop, and shall dip them and the living bird in the blood of the bird that was killed over the running water: -- leviticus 14:6 +. +And he shall sprinkle upon him that is to be cleansed from the leprosy seven times, and shall pronounce him clean, and shall let the living bird loose into the open field. -- leviticus 14:7 +. +And he that is to be cleansed shall wash his clothes, and shave off all his hair, and wash himself in water, that he may be clean: and after that he shall come into the camp, and shall tarry abroad out of his tent seven days. -- leviticus 14:8 +. +But it shall be on the seventh day, that he shall shave all his hair off his head and his beard and his eyebrows, even all his hair he shall shave off: and he shall wash his clothes, also he shall wash his flesh in water, and he shall be clean. -- leviticus 14:9 +. +And on the eighth day he shall take two he lambs without blemish, and one ewe lamb of the first year without blemish, and three tenth deals of fine flour for a meat offering, mingled with oil, and one log of oil. -- leviticus 14:10 +. +And the priest that maketh him clean shall present the man that is to be made clean, and those things, before the LORD, at the door of the tabernacle of the congregation: -- leviticus 14:11 +. +And the priest shall take one he lamb, and offer him for a trespass offering, and the log of oil, and wave them for a wave offering before the LORD: -- leviticus 14:12 +. +And he shall slay the lamb in the place where he shall kill the sin offering and the burnt offering, in the holy place: for as the sin offering is the priest's, so is the trespass offering: it is most holy: -- leviticus 14:13 +. +And the priest shall take some of the blood of the trespass offering, and the priest shall put it upon the tip of the right ear of him that is to be cleansed, and upon the thumb of his right hand, and upon the great toe of his right foot: -- leviticus 14:14 +. +And the priest shall take some of the log of oil, and pour it into the palm of his own left hand: -- leviticus 14:15 +. +And the priest shall dip his right finger in the oil that is in his left hand, and shall sprinkle of the oil with his finger seven times before the LORD: -- leviticus 14:16 +. +And of the rest of the oil that is in his hand shall the priest put upon the tip of the right ear of him that is to be cleansed, and upon the thumb of his right hand, and upon the great toe of his right foot, upon the blood of the trespass offering: -- leviticus 14:17 +. +And the remnant of the oil that is in the priest's hand he shall pour upon the head of him that is to be cleansed: and the priest shall make an atonement for him before the LORD. -- leviticus 14:18 +. +And the priest shall offer the sin offering, and make an atonement for him that is to be cleansed from his uncleanness; and afterward he shall kill the burnt offering: -- leviticus 14:19 +. +And the priest shall offer the burnt offering and the meat offering upon the altar: and the priest shall make an atonement for him, and he shall be clean. -- leviticus 14:20 +. +And if he be poor, and cannot get so much; then he shall take one lamb for a trespass offering to be waved, to make an atonement for him, and one tenth deal of fine flour mingled with oil for a meat offering, and a log of oil; -- leviticus 14:21 +. +And two turtledoves, or two young pigeons, such as he is able to get; and the one shall be a sin offering, and the other a burnt offering. -- leviticus 14:22 +. +And he shall bring them on the eighth day for his cleansing unto the priest, unto the door of the tabernacle of the congregation, before the LORD. -- leviticus 14:23 +. +And the priest shall take the lamb of the trespass offering, and the log of oil, and the priest shall wave them for a wave offering before the LORD: -- leviticus 14:24 +. +And he shall kill the lamb of the trespass offering, and the priest shall take some of the blood of the trespass offering, and put it upon the tip of the right ear of him that is to be cleansed, and upon the thumb of his right hand, and upon the great toe of his right foot: -- leviticus 14:25 +. +And the priest shall pour of the oil into the palm of his own left hand: -- leviticus 14:26 +. +And the priest shall sprinkle with his right finger some of the oil that is in his left hand seven times before the LORD: -- leviticus 14:27 +. +And the priest shall put of the oil that is in his hand upon the tip of the right ear of him that is to be cleansed, and upon the thumb of his right hand, and upon the great toe of his right foot, upon the place of the blood of the trespass offering: -- leviticus 14:28 +. +And the rest of the oil that is in the priest's hand he shall put upon the head of him that is to be cleansed, to make an atonement for him before the LORD. -- leviticus 14:29 +. +And he shall offer the one of the turtledoves, or of the young pigeons, such as he can get; -- leviticus 14:30 +. +Even such as he is able to get, the one for a sin offering, and the other for a burnt offering, with the meat offering: and the priest shall make an atonement for him that is to be cleansed before the LORD. -- leviticus 14:31 +. +This is the law of him in whom is the plague of leprosy, whose hand is not able to get that which pertaineth to his cleansing. -- leviticus 14:32 +. +And the LORD spake unto Moses and unto Aaron, saying, -- leviticus 14:33 +. +When ye be come into the land of Canaan, which I give to you for a possession, and I put the plague of leprosy in a house of the land of your possession; -- leviticus 14:34 +. +And he that owneth the house shall come and tell the priest, saying, It seemeth to me there is as it were a plague in the house: -- leviticus 14:35 +. +Then the priest shall command that they empty the house, before the priest go into it to see the plague, that all that is in the house be not made unclean: and afterward the priest shall go in to see the house: -- leviticus 14:36 +. +And he shall look on the plague, and, behold, if the plague be in the walls of the house with hollow streaks, greenish or reddish, which in sight are lower than the wall; -- leviticus 14:37 +. +Then the priest shall go out of the house to the door of the house, and shut up the house seven days: -- leviticus 14:38 +. +And the priest shall come again the seventh day, and shall look: and, behold, if the plague be spread in the walls of the house; -- leviticus 14:39 +. +Then the priest shall command that they take away the stones in which the plague is, and they shall cast them into an unclean place without the city: -- leviticus 14:40 +. +And he shall cause the house to be scraped within round about, and they shall pour out the dust that they scrape off without the city into an unclean place: -- leviticus 14:41 +. +And they shall take other stones, and put them in the place of those stones; and he shall take other mortar, and shall plaster the house. -- leviticus 14:42 +. +And if the plague come again, and break out in the house, after that he hath taken away the stones, and after he hath scraped the house, and after it is plastered; -- leviticus 14:43 +. +Then the priest shall come and look, and, behold, if the plague be spread in the house, it is a fretting leprosy in the house; it is unclean. -- leviticus 14:44 +. +And he shall break down the house, the stones of it, and the timber thereof, and all the mortar of the house; and he shall carry them forth out of the city into an unclean place. -- leviticus 14:45 +. +Moreover he that goeth into the house all the while that it is shut up shall be unclean until the even. -- leviticus 14:46 +. +And he that lieth in the house shall wash his clothes; and he that eateth in the house shall wash his clothes. -- leviticus 14:47 +. +And if the priest shall come in, and look upon it, and, behold, the plague hath not spread in the house, after the house was plastered: then the priest shall pronounce the house clean, because the plague is healed. -- leviticus 14:48 +. +And he shall take to cleanse the house two birds, and cedar wood, and scarlet, and hyssop: -- leviticus 14:49 +. +And he shall kill the one of the birds in an earthen vessel over running water: -- leviticus 14:50 +. +And he shall take the cedar wood, and the hyssop, and the scarlet, and the living bird, and dip them in the blood of the slain bird, and in the running water, and sprinkle the house seven times: -- leviticus 14:51 +. +And he shall cleanse the house with the blood of the bird, and with the running water, and with the living bird, and with the cedar wood, and with the hyssop, and with the scarlet: -- leviticus 14:52 +. +But he shall let go the living bird out of the city into the open fields, and make an atonement for the house: and it shall be clean. -- leviticus 14:53 +. +This is the law for all manner of plague of leprosy, and scall, -- leviticus 14:54 +. +And for the leprosy of a garment, and of a house, -- leviticus 14:55 +. +And for a rising, and for a scab, and for a bright spot: -- leviticus 14:56 +. +To teach when it is unclean, and when it is clean: this is the law of leprosy. -- leviticus 14:57 +. +And the LORD spake unto Moses and to Aaron, saying, -- leviticus 15:1 +. +Speak unto the children of Israel, and say unto them, When any man hath a running issue out of his flesh, because of his issue he is unclean. -- leviticus 15:2 +. +And this shall be his uncleanness in his issue: whether his flesh run with his issue, or his flesh be stopped from his issue, it is his uncleanness. -- leviticus 15:3 +. +Every bed, whereon he lieth that hath the issue, is unclean: and every thing, whereon he sitteth, shall be unclean. -- leviticus 15:4 +. +And whosoever toucheth his bed shall wash his clothes, and bathe himself in water, and be unclean until the even. -- leviticus 15:5 +. +And he that sitteth on any thing whereon he sat that hath the issue shall wash his clothes, and bathe himself in water, and be unclean until the even. -- leviticus 15:6 +. +And he that toucheth the flesh of him that hath the issue shall wash his clothes, and bathe himself in water, and be unclean until the even. -- leviticus 15:7 +. +And if he that hath the issue spit upon him that is clean; then he shall wash his clothes, and bathe himself in water, and be unclean until the even. -- leviticus 15:8 +. +And what saddle soever he rideth upon that hath the issue shall be unclean. -- leviticus 15:9 +. +And whosoever toucheth any thing that was under him shall be unclean until the even: and he that beareth any of those things shall wash his clothes, and bathe himself in water, and be unclean until the even. -- leviticus 15:10 +. +And whomsoever he toucheth that hath the issue, and hath not rinsed his hands in water, he shall wash his clothes, and bathe himself in water, and be unclean until the even. -- leviticus 15:11 +. +And the vessel of earth, that he toucheth which hath the issue, shall be broken: and every vessel of wood shall be rinsed in water. -- leviticus 15:12 +. +And when he that hath an issue is cleansed of his issue; then he shall number to himself seven days for his cleansing, and wash his clothes, and bathe his flesh in running water, and shall be clean. -- leviticus 15:13 +. +And on the eighth day he shall take to him two turtledoves, or two young pigeons, and come before the LORD unto the door of the tabernacle of the congregation, and give them unto the priest: -- leviticus 15:14 +. +And the priest shall offer them, the one for a sin offering, and the other for a burnt offering; and the priest shall make an atonement for him before the LORD for his issue. -- leviticus 15:15 +. +And if any man's seed of copulation go out from him, then he shall wash all his flesh in water, and be unclean until the even. -- leviticus 15:16 +. +And every garment, and every skin, whereon is the seed of copulation, shall be washed with water, and be unclean until the even. -- leviticus 15:17 +. +The woman also with whom man shall lie with seed of copulation, they shall both bathe themselves in water, and be unclean until the even. -- leviticus 15:18 +. +And if a woman have an issue, and her issue in her flesh be blood, she shall be put apart seven days: and whosoever toucheth her shall be unclean until the even. -- leviticus 15:19 +. +And every thing that she lieth upon in her separation shall be unclean: every thing also that she sitteth upon shall be unclean. -- leviticus 15:20 +. +And whosoever toucheth her bed shall wash his clothes, and bathe himself in water, and be unclean until the even. -- leviticus 15:21 +. +And whosoever toucheth any thing that she sat upon shall wash his clothes, and bathe himself in water, and be unclean until the even. -- leviticus 15:22 +. +And if it be on her bed, or on any thing whereon she sitteth, when he toucheth it, he shall be unclean until the even. -- leviticus 15:23 +. +And if any man lie with her at all, and her flowers be upon him, he shall be unclean seven days; and all the bed whereon he lieth shall be unclean. -- leviticus 15:24 +. +And if a woman have an issue of her blood many days out of the time of her separation, or if it run beyond the time of her separation; all the days of the issue of her uncleanness shall be as the days of her separation: she shall be unclean. -- leviticus 15:25 +. +Every bed whereon she lieth all the days of her issue shall be unto her as the bed of her separation: and whatsoever she sitteth upon shall be unclean, as the uncleanness of her separation. -- leviticus 15:26 +. +And whosoever toucheth those things shall be unclean, and shall wash his clothes, and bathe himself in water, and be unclean until the even. -- leviticus 15:27 +. +But if she be cleansed of her issue, then she shall number to herself seven days, and after that she shall be clean. -- leviticus 15:28 +. +And on the eighth day she shall take unto her two turtles, or two young pigeons, and bring them unto the priest, to the door of the tabernacle of the congregation. -- leviticus 15:29 +. +And the priest shall offer the one for a sin offering, and the other for a burnt offering; and the priest shall make an atonement for her before the LORD for the issue of her uncleanness. -- leviticus 15:30 +. +Thus shall ye separate the children of Israel from their uncleanness; that they die not in their uncleanness, when they defile my tabernacle that is among them. -- leviticus 15:31 +. +This is the law of him that hath an issue, and of him whose seed goeth from him, and is defiled therewith; -- leviticus 15:32 +. +And of her that is sick of her flowers, and of him that hath an issue, of the man, and of the woman, and of him that lieth with her that is unclean. -- leviticus 15:33 +. +And the LORD spake unto Moses after the death of the two sons of Aaron, when they offered before the LORD, and died; -- leviticus 16:1 +. +And the LORD said unto Moses, Speak unto Aaron thy brother, that he come not at all times into the holy place within the vail before the mercy seat, which is upon the ark; that he die not: for I will appear in the cloud upon the mercy seat. -- leviticus 16:2 +. +Thus shall Aaron come into the holy place: with a young bullock for a sin offering, and a ram for a burnt offering. -- leviticus 16:3 +. +He shall put on the holy linen coat, and he shall have the linen breeches upon his flesh, and shall be girded with a linen girdle, and with the linen mitre shall he be attired: these are holy garments; therefore shall he wash his flesh in water, and so put them on. -- leviticus 16:4 +. +And he shall take of the congregation of the children of Israel two kids of the goats for a sin offering, and one ram for a burnt offering. -- leviticus 16:5 +. +And Aaron shall offer his bullock of the sin offering, which is for himself, and make an atonement for himself, and for his house. -- leviticus 16:6 +. +And he shall take the two goats, and present them before the LORD at the door of the tabernacle of the congregation. -- leviticus 16:7 +. +And Aaron shall cast lots upon the two goats; one lot for the LORD, and the other lot for the scapegoat. -- leviticus 16:8 +. +And Aaron shall bring the goat upon which the LORD's lot fell, and offer him for a sin offering. -- leviticus 16:9 +. +But the goat, on which the lot fell to be the scapegoat, shall be presented alive before the LORD, to make an atonement with him, and to let him go for a scapegoat into the wilderness. -- leviticus 16:10 +. +And Aaron shall bring the bullock of the sin offering, which is for himself, and shall make an atonement for himself, and for his house, and shall kill the bullock of the sin offering which is for himself: -- leviticus 16:11 +. +And he shall take a censer full of burning coals of fire from off the altar before the LORD, and his hands full of sweet incense beaten small, and bring it within the vail: -- leviticus 16:12 +. +And he shall put the incense upon the fire before the LORD, that the cloud of the incense may cover the mercy seat that is upon the testimony, that he die not: -- leviticus 16:13 +. +And he shall take of the blood of the bullock, and sprinkle it with his finger upon the mercy seat eastward; and before the mercy seat shall he sprinkle of the blood with his finger seven times. -- leviticus 16:14 +. +Then shall he kill the goat of the sin offering, that is for the people, and bring his blood within the vail, and do with that blood as he did with the blood of the bullock, and sprinkle it upon the mercy seat, and before the mercy seat: -- leviticus 16:15 +. +And he shall make an atonement for the holy place, because of the uncleanness of the children of Israel, and because of their transgressions in all their sins: and so shall he do for the tabernacle of the congregation, that remaineth among them in the midst of their uncleanness. -- leviticus 16:16 +. +And there shall be no man in the tabernacle of the congregation when he goeth in to make an atonement in the holy place, until he come out, and have made an atonement for himself, and for his household, and for all the congregation of Israel. -- leviticus 16:17 +. +And he shall go out unto the altar that is before the LORD, and make an atonement for it; and shall take of the blood of the bullock, and of the blood of the goat, and put it upon the horns of the altar round about. -- leviticus 16:18 +. +And he shall sprinkle of the blood upon it with his finger seven times, and cleanse it, and hallow it from the uncleanness of the children of Israel. -- leviticus 16:19 +. +And when he hath made an end of reconciling the holy place, and the tabernacle of the congregation, and the altar, he shall bring the live goat: -- leviticus 16:20 +. +And Aaron shall lay both his hands upon the head of the live goat, and confess over him all the iniquities of the children of Israel, and all their transgressions in all their sins, putting them upon the head of the goat, and shall send him away by the hand of a fit man into the wilderness: -- leviticus 16:21 +. +And the goat shall bear upon him all their iniquities unto a land not inhabited: and he shall let go the goat in the wilderness. -- leviticus 16:22 +. +And Aaron shall come into the tabernacle of the congregation, and shall put off the linen garments, which he put on when he went into the holy place, and shall leave them there: -- leviticus 16:23 +. +And he shall wash his flesh with water in the holy place, and put on his garments, and come forth, and offer his burnt offering, and the burnt offering of the people, and make an atonement for himself, and for the people. -- leviticus 16:24 +. +And the fat of the sin offering shall he burn upon the altar. -- leviticus 16:25 +. +And he that let go the goat for the scapegoat shall wash his clothes, and bathe his flesh in water, and afterward come into the camp. -- leviticus 16:26 +. +And the bullock for the sin offering, and the goat for the sin offering, whose blood was brought in to make atonement in the holy place, shall one carry forth without the camp; and they shall burn in the fire their skins, and their flesh, and their dung. -- leviticus 16:27 +. +And he that burneth them shall wash his clothes, and bathe his flesh in water, and afterward he shall come into the camp. -- leviticus 16:28 +. +And this shall be a statute for ever unto you: that in the seventh month, on the tenth day of the month, ye shall afflict your souls, and do no work at all, whether it be one of your own country, or a stranger that sojourneth among you: -- leviticus 16:29 +. +For on that day shall the priest make an atonement for you, to cleanse you, that ye may be clean from all your sins before the LORD. -- leviticus 16:30 +. +It shall be a sabbath of rest unto you, and ye shall afflict your souls, by a statute for ever. -- leviticus 16:31 +. +And the priest, whom he shall anoint, and whom he shall consecrate to minister in the priest's office in his father's stead, shall make the atonement, and shall put on the linen clothes, even the holy garments: -- leviticus 16:32 +. +And he shall make an atonement for the holy sanctuary, and he shall make an atonement for the tabernacle of the congregation, and for the altar, and he shall make an atonement for the priests, and for all the people of the congregation. -- leviticus 16:33 +. +And this shall be an everlasting statute unto you, to make an atonement for the children of Israel for all their sins once a year. And he did as the LORD commanded Moses. -- leviticus 16:34 +. +And the LORD spake unto Moses, saying, -- leviticus 17:1 +. +Speak unto Aaron, and unto his sons, and unto all the children of Israel, and say unto them; This is the thing which the LORD hath commanded, saying, -- leviticus 17:2 +. +What man soever there be of the house of Israel, that killeth an ox, or lamb, or goat, in the camp, or that killeth it out of the camp, -- leviticus 17:3 +. +And bringeth it not unto the door of the tabernacle of the congregation, to offer an offering unto the LORD before the tabernacle of the LORD; blood shall be imputed unto that man; he hath shed blood; and that man shall be cut off from among his people: -- leviticus 17:4 +. +To the end that the children of Israel may bring their sacrifices, which they offer in the open field, even that they may bring them unto the LORD, unto the door of the tabernacle of the congregation, unto the priest, and offer them for peace offerings unto the LORD. -- leviticus 17:5 +. +And the priest shall sprinkle the blood upon the altar of the LORD at the door of the tabernacle of the congregation, and burn the fat for a sweet savor unto the LORD. -- leviticus 17:6 +. +And they shall no more offer their sacrifices unto devils, after whom they have gone a whoring. This shall be a statute for ever unto them throughout their generations. -- leviticus 17:7 +. +And thou shalt say unto them, Whatsoever man there be of the house of Israel, or of the strangers which sojourn among you, that offereth a burnt offering or sacrifice, -- leviticus 17:8 +. +And bringeth it not unto the door of the tabernacle of the congregation, to offer it unto the LORD; even that man shall be cut off from among his people. -- leviticus 17:9 +. +And whatsoever man there be of the house of Israel, or of the strangers that sojourn among you, that eateth any manner of blood; I will even set my face against that soul that eateth blood, and will cut him off from among his people. -- leviticus 17:10 +. +For the life of the flesh is in the blood: and I have given it to you upon the altar to make an atonement for your souls: for it is the blood that maketh an atonement for the soul. -- leviticus 17:11 +. +Therefore I said unto the children of Israel, No soul of you shall eat blood, neither shall any stranger that sojourneth among you eat blood. -- leviticus 17:12 +. +And whatsoever man there be of the children of Israel, or of the strangers that sojourn among you, which hunteth and catcheth any beast or fowl that may be eaten; he shall even pour out the blood thereof, and cover it with dust. -- leviticus 17:13 +. +For it is the life of all flesh; the blood of it is for the life thereof: therefore I said unto the children of Israel, Ye shall eat the blood of no manner of flesh: for the life of all flesh is the blood thereof: whosoever eateth it shall be cut off. -- leviticus 17:14 +. +And every soul that eateth that which died of itself, or that which was torn with beasts, whether it be one of your own country, or a stranger, he shall both wash his clothes, and bathe himself in water, and be unclean until the even: then shall he be clean. -- leviticus 17:15 +. +But if he wash them not, nor bathe his flesh; then he shall bear his iniquity. -- leviticus 17:16 +. +And the LORD spake unto Moses, saying, -- leviticus 18:1 +. +Speak unto the children of Israel, and say unto them, I am the LORD your God. -- leviticus 18:2 +. +After the doings of the land of Egypt, wherein ye dwelt, shall ye not do: and after the doings of the land of Canaan, whither I bring you, shall ye not do: neither shall ye walk in their ordinances. -- leviticus 18:3 +. +Ye shall do my judgments, and keep mine ordinances, to walk therein: I am the LORD your God. -- leviticus 18:4 +. +Ye shall therefore keep my statutes, and my judgments: which if a man do, he shall live in them: I am the LORD. -- leviticus 18:5 +. +None of you shall approach to any that is near of kin to him, to uncover their nakedness: I am the LORD. -- leviticus 18:6 +. +The nakedness of thy father, or the nakedness of thy mother, shalt thou not uncover: she is thy mother; thou shalt not uncover her nakedness. -- leviticus 18:7 +. +The nakedness of thy father's wife shalt thou not uncover: it is thy father's nakedness. -- leviticus 18:8 +. +The nakedness of thy sister, the daughter of thy father, or daughter of thy mother, whether she be born at home, or born abroad, even their nakedness thou shalt not uncover. -- leviticus 18:9 +. +The nakedness of thy son's daughter, or of thy daughter's daughter, even their nakedness thou shalt not uncover: for theirs is thine own nakedness. -- leviticus 18:10 +. +The nakedness of thy father's wife's daughter, begotten of thy father, she is thy sister, thou shalt not uncover her nakedness. -- leviticus 18:11 +. +Thou shalt not uncover the nakedness of thy father's sister: she is thy father's near kinswoman. -- leviticus 18:12 +. +Thou shalt not uncover the nakedness of thy mother's sister: for she is thy mother's near kinswoman. -- leviticus 18:13 +. +Thou shalt not uncover the nakedness of thy father's brother, thou shalt not approach to his wife: she is thine aunt. -- leviticus 18:14 +. +Thou shalt not uncover the nakedness of thy daughter in law: she is thy son's wife; thou shalt not uncover her nakedness. -- leviticus 18:15 +. +Thou shalt not uncover the nakedness of thy brother's wife: it is thy brother's nakedness. -- leviticus 18:16 +. +Thou shalt not uncover the nakedness of a woman and her daughter, neither shalt thou take her son's daughter, or her daughter's daughter, to uncover her nakedness; for they are her near kinswomen: it is wickedness. -- leviticus 18:17 +. +Neither shalt thou take a wife to her sister, to vex her, to uncover her nakedness, beside the other in her life time. -- leviticus 18:18 +. +Also thou shalt not approach unto a woman to uncover her nakedness, as long as she is put apart for her uncleanness. -- leviticus 18:19 +. +Moreover thou shalt not lie carnally with thy neighbor's wife, to defile thyself with her. -- leviticus 18:20 +. +And thou shalt not let any of thy seed pass through the fire to Molech, neither shalt thou profane the name of thy God: I am the LORD. -- leviticus 18:21 +. +Thou shalt not lie with mankind, as with womankind: it is abomination. -- leviticus 18:22 +. +Neither shalt thou lie with any beast to defile thyself therewith: neither shall any woman stand before a beast to lie down thereto: it is confusion. -- leviticus 18:23 +. +Defile not ye yourselves in any of these things: for in all these the nations are defiled which I cast out before you: -- leviticus 18:24 +. +And the land is defiled: therefore I do visit the iniquity thereof upon it, and the land itself vomiteth out her inhabitants. -- leviticus 18:25 +. +Ye shall therefore keep my statutes and my judgments, and shall not commit any of these abominations; neither any of your own nation, nor any stranger that sojourneth among you: -- leviticus 18:26 +. +(For all these abominations have the men of the land done, which were before you, and the land is defiled;) -- leviticus 18:27 +. +That the land spue not you out also, when ye defile it, as it spued out the nations that were before you. -- leviticus 18:28 +. +For whosoever shall commit any of these abominations, even the souls that commit them shall be cut off from among their people. -- leviticus 18:29 +. +Therefore shall ye keep mine ordinance, that ye commit not any one of these abominable customs, which were committed before you, and that ye defile not yourselves therein: I am the LORD your God. -- leviticus 18:30 +. +And the LORD spake unto Moses, saying, -- leviticus 19:1 +. +Speak unto all the congregation of the children of Israel, and say unto them, Ye shall be holy: for I the LORD your God am holy. -- leviticus 19:2 +. +Ye shall fear every man his mother, and his father, and keep my sabbaths: I am the LORD your God. -- leviticus 19:3 +. +Turn ye not unto idols, nor make to yourselves molten gods: I am the LORD your God. -- leviticus 19:4 +. +And if ye offer a sacrifice of peace offerings unto the LORD, ye shall offer it at your own will. -- leviticus 19:5 +. +It shall be eaten the same day ye offer it, and on the morrow: and if ought remain until the third day, it shall be burnt in the fire. -- leviticus 19:6 +. +And if it be eaten at all on the third day, it is abominable; it shall not be accepted. -- leviticus 19:7 +. +Therefore every one that eateth it shall bear his iniquity, because he hath profaned the hallowed thing of the LORD: and that soul shall be cut off from among his people. -- leviticus 19:8 +. +And when ye reap the harvest of your land, thou shalt not wholly reap the corners of thy field, neither shalt thou gather the gleanings of thy harvest. -- leviticus 19:9 +. +And thou shalt not glean thy vineyard, neither shalt thou gather every grape of thy vineyard; thou shalt leave them for the poor and stranger: I am the LORD your God. -- leviticus 19:10 +. +Ye shall not steal, neither deal falsely, neither lie one to another. -- leviticus 19:11 +. +And ye shall not swear by my name falsely, neither shalt thou profane the name of thy God: I am the LORD. -- leviticus 19:12 +. +Thou shalt not defraud thy neighbor, neither rob him: the wages of him that is hired shall not abide with thee all night until the morning. -- leviticus 19:13 +. +Thou shalt not curse the deaf, nor put a stumbling-block before the blind, but shalt fear thy God: I am the LORD. -- leviticus 19:14 +. +Ye shall do no unrighteousness in judgment: thou shalt not respect the person of the poor, nor honor the person of the mighty: but in righteousness shalt thou judge thy neighbor. -- leviticus 19:15 +. +Thou shalt not go up and down as a talebearer among thy people: neither shalt thou stand against the blood of thy neighbor; I am the LORD. -- leviticus 19:16 +. +Thou shalt not hate thy brother in thine heart: thou shalt in any wise rebuke thy neighbor, and not suffer sin upon him. -- leviticus 19:17 +. +Thou shalt not avenge, nor bear any grudge against the children of thy people, but thou shalt love thy neighbor as thyself: I am the LORD. -- leviticus 19:18 +. +Ye shall keep my statutes. Thou shalt not let thy cattle gender with a diverse kind: thou shalt not sow thy field with mingled seed: neither shall a garment mingled of linen and woolen come upon thee. -- leviticus 19:19 +. +And whosoever lieth carnally with a woman, that is a bondmaid, betrothed to an husband, and not at all redeemed, nor freedom given her; she shall be scourged; they shall not be put to death, because she was not free. -- leviticus 19:20 +. +And he shall bring his trespass offering unto the LORD, unto the door of the tabernacle of the congregation, even a ram for a trespass offering. -- leviticus 19:21 +. +And the priest shall make an atonement for him with the ram of the trespass offering before the LORD for his sin which he hath done: and the sin which he hath done shall be forgiven him. -- leviticus 19:22 +. +And when ye shall come into the land, and shall have planted all manner of trees for food, then ye shall count the fruit thereof as uncircumcised: three years shall it be as uncircumcised unto you: it shall not be eaten of. -- leviticus 19:23 +. +But in the fourth year all the fruit thereof shall be holy to praise the LORD withal. -- leviticus 19:24 +. +And in the fifth year shall ye eat of the fruit thereof, that it may yield unto you the increase thereof: I am the LORD your God. -- leviticus 19:25 +. +Ye shall not eat any thing with the blood: neither shall ye use enchantment, nor observe times. -- leviticus 19:26 +. +Ye shall not round the corners of your heads, neither shalt thou mar the corners of thy beard. -- leviticus 19:27 +. +Ye shall not make any cuttings in your flesh for the dead, nor print any marks upon you: I am the LORD. -- leviticus 19:28 +. +Do not prostitute thy daughter, to cause her to be a whore; lest the land fall to whoredom, and the land become full of wickedness. -- leviticus 19:29 +. +Ye shall keep my sabbaths, and reverence my sanctuary: I am the LORD. -- leviticus 19:30 +. +Regard not them that have familiar spirits, neither seek after wizards, to be defiled by them: I am the LORD your God. -- leviticus 19:31 +. +Thou shalt rise up before the hoary head, and honor the face of the old man, and fear thy God: I am the LORD. -- leviticus 19:32 +. +And if a stranger sojourn with thee in your land, ye shall not vex him. -- leviticus 19:33 +. +But the stranger that dwelleth with you shall be unto you as one born among you, and thou shalt love him as thyself; for ye were strangers in the land of Egypt: I am the LORD your God. -- leviticus 19:34 +. +Ye shall do no unrighteousness in judgment, in meteyard, in weight, or in measure. -- leviticus 19:35 +. +Just balances, just weights, a just ephah, and a just hin, shall ye have: I am the LORD your God, which brought you out of the land of Egypt. -- leviticus 19:36 +. +Therefore shall ye observe all my statutes, and all my judgments, and do them: I am the LORD. -- leviticus 19:37 +. +And the LORD spake unto Moses, saying, -- leviticus 20:1 +. +Again, thou shalt say to the children of Israel, Whosoever he be of the children of Israel, or of the strangers that sojourn in Israel, that giveth any of his seed unto Molech; he shall surely be put to death: the people of the land shall stone him with stones. -- leviticus 20:2 +. +And I will set my face against that man, and will cut him off from among his people; because he hath given of his seed unto Molech, to defile my sanctuary, and to profane my holy name. -- leviticus 20:3 +. +And if the people of the land do any ways hide their eyes from the man, when he giveth of his seed unto Molech, and kill him not: -- leviticus 20:4 +. +Then I will set my face against that man, and against his family, and will cut him off, and all that go a whoring after him, to commit whoredom with Molech, from among their people. -- leviticus 20:5 +. +And the soul that turneth after such as have familiar spirits, and after wizards, to go a whoring after them, I will even set my face against that soul, and will cut him off from among his people. -- leviticus 20:6 +. +Sanctify yourselves therefore, and be ye holy: for I am the LORD your God. -- leviticus 20:7 +. +And ye shall keep my statutes, and do them: I am the LORD which sanctify you. -- leviticus 20:8 +. +For every one that curseth his father or his mother shall be surely put to death: he hath cursed his father or his mother; his blood shall be upon him. -- leviticus 20:9 +. +And the man that committeth adultery with another man's wife, even he that committeth adultery with his neighbor's wife, the adulterer and the adulteress shall surely be put to death. -- leviticus 20:10 +. +And the man that lieth with his father's wife hath uncovered his father's nakedness: both of them shall surely be put to death; their blood shall be upon them. -- leviticus 20:11 +. +And if a man lie with his daughter in law, both of them shall surely be put to death: they have wrought confusion; their blood shall be upon them. -- leviticus 20:12 +. +If a man also lie with mankind, as he lieth with a woman, both of them have committed an abomination: they shall surely be put to death; their blood shall be upon them. -- leviticus 20:13 +. +And if a man take a wife and her mother, it is wickedness: they shall be burnt with fire, both he and they; that there be no wickedness among you. -- leviticus 20:14 +. +And if a man lie with a beast, he shall surely be put to death: and ye shall slay the beast. -- leviticus 20:15 +. +And if a woman approach unto any beast, and lie down thereto, thou shalt kill the woman, and the beast: they shall surely be put to death; their blood shall be upon them. -- leviticus 20:16 +. +And if a man shall take his sister, his father's daughter, or his mother's daughter, and see her nakedness, and she see his nakedness; it is a wicked thing; and they shall be cut off in the sight of their people: he hath uncovered his sister's nakedness; he shall bear his iniquity. -- leviticus 20:17 +. +And if a man shall lie with a woman having her sickness, and shall uncover her nakedness; he hath discovered her fountain, and she hath uncovered the fountain of her blood: and both of them shall be cut off from among their people. -- leviticus 20:18 +. +And thou shalt not uncover the nakedness of thy mother's sister, nor of thy father's sister: for he uncovereth his near kin: they shall bear their iniquity. -- leviticus 20:19 +. +And if a man shall lie with his uncle's wife, he hath uncovered his uncle's nakedness: they shall bear their sin; they shall die childless. -- leviticus 20:20 +. +And if a man shall take his brother's wife, it is an unclean thing: he hath uncovered his brother's nakedness; they shall be childless. -- leviticus 20:21 +. +Ye shall therefore keep all my statutes, and all my judgments, and do them: that the land, whither I bring you to dwell therein, spue you not out. -- leviticus 20:22 +. +And ye shall not walk in the manners of the nation, which I cast out before you: for they committed all these things, and therefore I abhorred them. -- leviticus 20:23 +. +But I have said unto you, Ye shall inherit their land, and I will give it unto you to possess it, a land that floweth with milk and honey: I am the LORD your God, which have separated you from other people. -- leviticus 20:24 +. +Ye shall therefore put difference between clean beasts and unclean, and between unclean fowls and clean: and ye shall not make your souls abominable by beast, or by fowl, or by any manner of living thing that creepeth on the ground, which I have separated from you as unclean. -- leviticus 20:25 +. +And ye shall be holy unto me: for I the LORD am holy, and have severed you from other people, that ye should be mine. -- leviticus 20:26 +. +A man also or woman that hath a familiar spirit, or that is a wizard, shall surely be put to death: they shall stone them with stones: their blood shall be upon them. -- leviticus 20:27 +. +And the LORD said unto Moses, Speak unto the priests the sons of Aaron, and say unto them, There shall none be defiled for the dead among his people: -- leviticus 21:1 +. +But for his kin, that is near unto him, that is, for his mother, and for his father, and for his son, and for his daughter, and for his brother. -- leviticus 21:2 +. +And for his sister a virgin, that is nigh unto him, which hath had no husband; for her may he be defiled. -- leviticus 21:3 +. +But he shall not defile himself, being a chief man among his people, to profane himself. -- leviticus 21:4 +. +They shall not make baldness upon their head, neither shall they shave off the corner of their beard, nor make any cuttings in their flesh. -- leviticus 21:5 +. +They shall be holy unto their God, and not profane the name of their God: for the offerings of the LORD made by fire, and the bread of their God, they do offer: therefore they shall be holy. -- leviticus 21:6 +. +They shall not take a wife that is a whore, or profane; neither shall they take a woman put away from her husband: for he is holy unto his God. -- leviticus 21:7 +. +Thou shalt sanctify him therefore; for he offereth the bread of thy God: he shall be holy unto thee: for I the LORD, which sanctify you, am holy. -- leviticus 21:8 +. +And the daughter of any priest, if she profane herself by playing the whore, she profaneth her father: she shall be burnt with fire. -- leviticus 21:9 +. +And he that is the high priest among his brethren, upon whose head the anointing oil was poured, and that is consecrated to put on the garments, shall not uncover his head, nor rend his clothes; -- leviticus 21:10 +. +Neither shall he go in to any dead body, nor defile himself for his father, or for his mother; -- leviticus 21:11 +. +Neither shall he go out of the sanctuary, nor profane the sanctuary of his God; for the crown of the anointing oil of his God is upon him: I am the LORD. -- leviticus 21:12 +. +And he shall take a wife in her virginity. -- leviticus 21:13 +. +A widow, or a divorced woman, or profane, or an harlot, these shall he not take: but he shall take a virgin of his own people to wife. -- leviticus 21:14 +. +Neither shall he profane his seed among his people: for I the LORD do sanctify him. -- leviticus 21:15 +. +And the LORD spake unto Moses, saying, -- leviticus 21:16 +. +Speak unto Aaron, saying, Whosoever he be of thy seed in their generations that hath any blemish, let him not approach to offer the bread of his God. -- leviticus 21:17 +. +For whatsoever man he be that hath a blemish, he shall not approach: a blind man, or a lame, or he that hath a flat nose, or any thing superfluous, -- leviticus 21:18 +. +Or a man that is broken-footed, or broken-handed, -- leviticus 21:19 +. +Or crookbacked, or a dwarf, or that hath a blemish in his eye, or be scurvy, or scabbed, or hath his stones broken; -- leviticus 21:20 +. +No man that hath a blemish of the seed of Aaron the priest shall come nigh to offer the offerings of the LORD made by fire: he hath a blemish; he shall not come nigh to offer the bread of his God. -- leviticus 21:21 +. +He shall eat the bread of his God, both of the most holy, and of the holy. -- leviticus 21:22 +. +Only he shall not go in unto the vail, nor come nigh unto the altar, because he hath a blemish; that he profane not my sanctuaries: for I the LORD do sanctify them. -- leviticus 21:23 +. +And Moses told it unto Aaron, and to his sons, and unto all the children of Israel. -- leviticus 21:24 +. +And the LORD spake unto Moses, saying, -- leviticus 22:1 +. +Speak unto Aaron and to his sons, that they separate themselves from the holy things of the children of Israel, and that they profane not my holy name in those things which they hallow unto me: I am the LORD. -- leviticus 22:2 +. +Say unto them, Whosoever he be of all your seed among your generations, that goeth unto the holy things, which the children of Israel hallow unto the LORD, having his uncleanness upon him, that soul shall be cut off from my presence: I am the LORD. -- leviticus 22:3 +. +What man soever of the seed of Aaron is a leper, or hath a running issue; he shall not eat of the holy things, until he be clean. And whoso toucheth any thing that is unclean by the dead, or a man whose seed goeth from him; -- leviticus 22:4 +. +Or whosoever toucheth any creeping thing, whereby he may be made unclean, or a man of whom he may take uncleanness, whatsoever uncleanness he hath; -- leviticus 22:5 +. +The soul which hath touched any such shall be unclean until even, and shall not eat of the holy things, unless he wash his flesh with water. -- leviticus 22:6 +. +And when the sun is down, he shall be clean, and shall afterward eat of the holy things; because it is his food. -- leviticus 22:7 +. +That which dieth of itself, or is torn with beasts, he shall not eat to defile himself therewith; I am the LORD. -- leviticus 22:8 +. +They shall therefore keep mine ordinance, lest they bear sin for it, and die therefore, if they profane it: I the LORD do sanctify them. -- leviticus 22:9 +. +There shall no stranger eat of the holy thing: a sojourner of the priest, or an hired servant, shall not eat of the holy thing. -- leviticus 22:10 +. +But if the priest buy any soul with his money, he shall eat of it, and he that is born in his house: they shall eat of his meat. -- leviticus 22:11 +. +If the priest's daughter also be married unto a stranger, she may not eat of an offering of the holy things. -- leviticus 22:12 +. +But if the priest's daughter be a widow, or divorced, and have no child, and is returned unto her father's house, as in her youth, she shall eat of her father's meat: but there shall be no stranger eat thereof. -- leviticus 22:13 +. +And if a man eat of the holy thing unwittingly, then he shall put the fifth part thereof unto it, and shall give it unto the priest with the holy thing. -- leviticus 22:14 +. +And they shall not profane the holy things of the children of Israel, which they offer unto the LORD; -- leviticus 22:15 +. +Or suffer them to bear the iniquity of trespass, when they eat their holy things: for I the LORD do sanctify them. -- leviticus 22:16 +. +And the LORD spake unto Moses, saying, -- leviticus 22:17 +. +Speak unto Aaron, and to his sons, and unto all the children of Israel, and say unto them, Whatsoever he be of the house of Israel, or of the strangers in Israel, that will offer his oblation for all his vows, and for all his freewill offerings, which they will offer unto the LORD for a burnt offering; -- leviticus 22:18 +. +Ye shall offer at your own will a male without blemish, of the beeves, of the sheep, or of the goats. -- leviticus 22:19 +. +But whatsoever hath a blemish, that shall ye not offer: for it shall not be acceptable for you. -- leviticus 22:20 +. +And whosoever offereth a sacrifice of peace offerings unto the LORD to accomplish his vow, or a freewill offering in beeves or sheep, it shall be perfect to be accepted; there shall be no blemish therein. -- leviticus 22:21 +. +Blind, or broken, or maimed, or having a wen, or scurvy, or scabbed, ye shall not offer these unto the LORD, nor make an offering by fire of them upon the altar unto the LORD. -- leviticus 22:22 +. +Either a bullock or a lamb that hath any thing superfluous or lacking in his parts, that mayest thou offer for a freewill offering; but for a vow it shall not be accepted. -- leviticus 22:23 +. +Ye shall not offer unto the LORD that which is bruised, or crushed, or broken, or cut; neither shall ye make any offering thereof in your land. -- leviticus 22:24 +. +Neither from a stranger's hand shall ye offer the bread of your God of any of these; because their corruption is in them, and blemishes be in them: they shall not be accepted for you. -- leviticus 22:25 +. +And the LORD spake unto Moses, saying, -- leviticus 22:26 +. +When a bullock, or a sheep, or a goat, is brought forth, then it shall be seven days under the dam; and from the eighth day and thenceforth it shall be accepted for an offering made by fire unto the LORD. -- leviticus 22:27 +. +And whether it be cow, or ewe, ye shall not kill it and her young both in one day. -- leviticus 22:28 +. +And when ye will offer a sacrifice of thanksgiving unto the LORD, offer it at your own will. -- leviticus 22:29 +. +On the same day it shall be eaten up; ye shall leave none of it until the morrow: I am the LORD. -- leviticus 22:30 +. +Therefore shall ye keep my commandments, and do them: I am the LORD. -- leviticus 22:31 +. +Neither shall ye profane my holy name; but I will be hallowed among the children of Israel: I am the LORD which hallow you, -- leviticus 22:32 +. +That brought you out of the land of Egypt, to be your God: I am the LORD. -- leviticus 22:33 +. +And the LORD spake unto Moses, saying, -- leviticus 23:1 +. +Speak unto the children of Israel, and say unto them, Concerning the feasts of the LORD, which ye shall proclaim to be holy convocations, even these are my feasts. -- leviticus 23:2 +. +Six days shall work be done: but the seventh day is the sabbath of rest, an holy convocation; ye shall do no work therein: it is the sabbath of the LORD in all your dwellings. -- leviticus 23:3 +. +These are the feasts of the LORD, even holy convocations, which ye shall proclaim in their seasons. -- leviticus 23:4 +. +In the fourteenth day of the first month at even is the LORD's passover. -- leviticus 23:5 +. +And on the fifteenth day of the same month is the feast of unleavened bread unto the LORD: seven days ye must eat unleavened bread. -- leviticus 23:6 +. +In the first day ye shall have an holy convocation: ye shall do no servile work therein. -- leviticus 23:7 +. +But ye shall offer an offering made by fire unto the LORD seven days: in the seventh day is an holy convocation: ye shall do no servile work therein. -- leviticus 23:8 +. +And the LORD spake unto Moses, saying, -- leviticus 23:9 +. +Speak unto the children of Israel, and say unto them, When ye be come into the land which I give unto you, and shall reap the harvest thereof, then ye shall bring a sheaf of the firstfruits of your harvest unto the priest: -- leviticus 23:10 +. +And he shall wave the sheaf before the LORD, to be accepted for you: on the morrow after the sabbath the priest shall wave it. -- leviticus 23:11 +. +And ye shall offer that day when ye wave the sheaf an he lamb without blemish of the first year for a burnt offering unto the LORD. -- leviticus 23:12 +. +And the meat offering thereof shall be two tenth deals of fine flour mingled with oil, an offering made by fire unto the LORD for a sweet savor: and the drink offering thereof shall be of wine, the fourth part of an hin. -- leviticus 23:13 +. +And ye shall eat neither bread, nor parched corn, nor green ears, until the selfsame day that ye have brought an offering unto your God: it shall be a statute for ever throughout your generations in all your dwellings. -- leviticus 23:14 +. +And ye shall count unto you from the morrow after the sabbath, from the day that ye brought the sheaf of the wave offering; seven sabbaths shall be complete: -- leviticus 23:15 +. +Even unto the morrow after the seventh sabbath shall ye number fifty days; and ye shall offer a new meat offering unto the LORD. -- leviticus 23:16 +. +Ye shall bring out of your habitations two wave loaves of two tenth deals; they shall be of fine flour; they shall be baked with leaven; they are the firstfruits unto the LORD. -- leviticus 23:17 +. +And ye shall offer with the bread seven lambs without blemish of the first year, and one young bullock, and two rams: they shall be for a burnt offering unto the LORD, with their meat offering, and their drink offerings, even an offering made by fire, of sweet savor unto the LORD. -- leviticus 23:18 +. +Then ye shall sacrifice one kid of the goats for a sin offering, and two lambs of the first year for a sacrifice of peace offerings. -- leviticus 23:19 +. +And the priest shall wave them with the bread of the firstfruits for a wave offering before the LORD, with the two lambs: they shall be holy to the LORD for the priest. -- leviticus 23:20 +. +And ye shall proclaim on the selfsame day, that it may be an holy convocation unto you: ye shall do no servile work therein: it shall be a statute for ever in all your dwellings throughout your generations. -- leviticus 23:21 +. +And when ye reap the harvest of your land, thou shalt not make clean riddance of the corners of thy field when thou reapest, neither shalt thou gather any gleaning of thy harvest: thou shalt leave them unto the poor, and to the stranger: I am the LORD your God. -- leviticus 23:22 +. +And the LORD spake unto Moses, saying, -- leviticus 23:23 +. +Speak unto the children of Israel, saying, In the seventh month, in the first day of the month, shall ye have a sabbath, a memorial of blowing of trumpets, an holy convocation. -- leviticus 23:24 +. +Ye shall do no servile work therein: but ye shall offer an offering made by fire unto the LORD. -- leviticus 23:25 +. +And the LORD spake unto Moses, saying, -- leviticus 23:26 +. +Also on the tenth day of this seventh month there shall be a day of atonement: it shall be an holy convocation unto you; and ye shall afflict your souls, and offer an offering made by fire unto the LORD. -- leviticus 23:27 +. +And ye shall do no work in that same day: for it is a day of atonement, to make an atonement for you before the LORD your God. -- leviticus 23:28 +. +For whatsoever soul it be that shall not be afflicted in that same day, he shall be cut off from among his people. -- leviticus 23:29 +. +And whatsoever soul it be that doeth any work in that same day, the same soul will I destroy from among his people. -- leviticus 23:30 +. +Ye shall do no manner of work: it shall be a statute for ever throughout your generations in all your dwellings. -- leviticus 23:31 +. +It shall be unto you a sabbath of rest, and ye shall afflict your souls: in the ninth day of the month at even, from even unto even, shall ye celebrate your sabbath. -- leviticus 23:32 +. +And the LORD spake unto Moses, saying, -- leviticus 23:33 +. +Speak unto the children of Israel, saying, The fifteenth day of this seventh month shall be the feast of tabernacles for seven days unto the LORD. -- leviticus 23:34 +. +On the first day shall be an holy convocation: ye shall do no servile work therein. -- leviticus 23:35 +. +Seven days ye shall offer an offering made by fire unto the LORD: on the eighth day shall be an holy convocation unto you; and ye shall offer an offering made by fire unto the LORD: it is a solemn assembly; and ye shall do no servile work therein. -- leviticus 23:36 +. +These are the feasts of the LORD, which ye shall proclaim to be holy convocations, to offer an offering made by fire unto the LORD, a burnt offering, and a meat offering, a sacrifice, and drink offerings, every thing upon his day: -- leviticus 23:37 +. +Beside the sabbaths of the LORD, and beside your gifts, and beside all your vows, and beside all your freewill offerings, which ye give unto the LORD. -- leviticus 23:38 +. +Also in the fifteenth day of the seventh month, when ye have gathered in the fruit of the land, ye shall keep a feast unto the LORD seven days: on the first day shall be a sabbath, and on the eighth day shall be a sabbath. -- leviticus 23:39 +. +And ye shall take you on the first day the boughs of goodly trees, branches of palm trees, and the boughs of thick trees, and willows of the brook; and ye shall rejoice before the LORD your God seven days. -- leviticus 23:40 +. +And ye shall keep it a feast unto the LORD seven days in the year. It shall be a statute for ever in your generations: ye shall celebrate it in the seventh month. -- leviticus 23:41 +. +Ye shall dwell in booths seven days; all that are Israelites born shall dwell in booths: -- leviticus 23:42 +. +That your generations may know that I made the children of Israel to dwell in booths, when I brought them out of the land of Egypt: I am the LORD your God. -- leviticus 23:43 +. +And Moses declared unto the children of Israel the feasts of the LORD. -- leviticus 23:44 +. +And the LORD spake unto Moses, saying, -- leviticus 24:1 +. +Command the children of Israel, that they bring unto thee pure oil olive beaten for the light, to cause the lamps to burn continually. -- leviticus 24:2 +. +Without the vail of the testimony, in the tabernacle of the congregation, shall Aaron order it from the evening unto the morning before the LORD continually: it shall be a statute for ever in your generations. -- leviticus 24:3 +. +He shall order the lamps upon the pure candlestick before the LORD continually. -- leviticus 24:4 +. +And thou shalt take fine flour, and bake twelve cakes thereof: two tenth deals shall be in one cake. -- leviticus 24:5 +. +And thou shalt set them in two rows, six on a row, upon the pure table before the LORD. -- leviticus 24:6 +. +And thou shalt put pure frankincense upon each row, that it may be on the bread for a memorial, even an offering made by fire unto the LORD. -- leviticus 24:7 +. +Every sabbath he shall set it in order before the LORD continually, being taken from the children of Israel by an everlasting covenant. -- leviticus 24:8 +. +And it shall be Aaron's and his sons'; and they shall eat it in the holy place: for it is most holy unto him of the offerings of the LORD made by fire by a perpetual statute. -- leviticus 24:9 +. +And the son of an Israelitish woman, whose father was an Egyptian, went out among the children of Israel: and this son of the Israelitish woman and a man of Israel strove together in the camp; -- leviticus 24:10 +. +And the Israelitish woman's son blasphemed the name of the Lord, and cursed. And they brought him unto Moses: (and his mother's name was Shelomith, the daughter of Dibri, of the tribe of Dan:) -- leviticus 24:11 +. +And they put him in ward, that the mind of the LORD might be showed them. -- leviticus 24:12 +. +And the LORD spake unto Moses, saying, -- leviticus 24:13 +. +Bring forth him that hath cursed without the camp; and let all that heard him lay their hands upon his head, and let all the congregation stone him. -- leviticus 24:14 +. +And thou shalt speak unto the children of Israel, saying, Whosoever curseth his God shall bear his sin. -- leviticus 24:15 +. +And he that blasphemeth the name of the LORD, he shall surely be put to death, and all the congregation shall certainly stone him: as well the stranger, as he that is born in the land, when he blasphemeth the name of the Lord, shall be put to death. -- leviticus 24:16 +. +And he that killeth any man shall surely be put to death. -- leviticus 24:17 +. +And he that killeth a beast shall make it good; beast for beast. -- leviticus 24:18 +. +And if a man cause a blemish in his neighbor; as he hath done, so shall it be done to him; -- leviticus 24:19 +. +Breach for breach, eye for eye, tooth for tooth: as he hath caused a blemish in a man, so shall it be done to him again. -- leviticus 24:20 +. +And he that killeth a beast, he shall restore it: and he that killeth a man, he shall be put to death. -- leviticus 24:21 +. +Ye shall have one manner of law, as well for the stranger, as for one of your own country: for I am the LORD your God. -- leviticus 24:22 +. +And Moses spake to the children of Israel, that they should bring forth him that had cursed out of the camp, and stone him with stones. And the children of Israel did as the LORD commanded Moses. -- leviticus 24:23 +. +And the LORD spake unto Moses in mount Sinai, saying, -- leviticus 25:1 +. +Speak unto the children of Israel, and say unto them, When ye come into the land which I give you, then shall the land keep a sabbath unto the LORD. -- leviticus 25:2 +. +Six years thou shalt sow thy field, and six years thou shalt prune thy vineyard, and gather in the fruit thereof; -- leviticus 25:3 +. +But in the seventh year shall be a sabbath of rest unto the land, a sabbath for the LORD: thou shalt neither sow thy field, nor prune thy vineyard. -- leviticus 25:4 +. +That which groweth of its own accord of thy harvest thou shalt not reap, neither gather the grapes of thy vine undressed: for it is a year of rest unto the land. -- leviticus 25:5 +. +And the sabbath of the land shall be meat for you; for thee, and for thy servant, and for thy maid, and for thy hired servant, and for thy stranger that sojourneth with thee. -- leviticus 25:6 +. +And for thy cattle, and for the beast that are in thy land, shall all the increase thereof be meat. -- leviticus 25:7 +. +And thou shalt number seven sabbaths of years unto thee, seven times seven years; and the space of the seven sabbaths of years shall be unto thee forty and nine years. -- leviticus 25:8 +. +Then shalt thou cause the trumpet of the jubilee to sound on the tenth day of the seventh month, in the day of atonement shall ye make the trumpet sound throughout all your land. -- leviticus 25:9 +. +And ye shall hallow the fiftieth year, and proclaim liberty throughout all the land unto all the inhabitants thereof: it shall be a jubilee unto you; and ye shall return every man unto his possession, and ye shall return every man unto his family. -- leviticus 25:10 +. +A jubilee shall that fiftieth year be unto you: ye shall not sow, neither reap that which groweth of itself in it, nor gather the grapes in it of thy vine undressed. -- leviticus 25:11 +. +For it is the jubilee; it shall be holy unto you: ye shall eat the increase thereof out of the field. -- leviticus 25:12 +. +In the year of this jubilee ye shall return every man unto his possession. -- leviticus 25:13 +. +And if thou sell ought unto thy neighbor, or buyest ought of thy neighbor's hand, ye shall not oppress one another: -- leviticus 25:14 +. +According to the number of years after the jubilee thou shalt buy of thy neighbor, and according unto the number of years of the fruits he shall sell unto thee: -- leviticus 25:15 +. +According to the multitude of years thou shalt increase the price thereof, and according to the fewness of years thou shalt diminish the price of it: for according to the number of the years of the fruits doth he sell unto thee. -- leviticus 25:16 +. +Ye shall not therefore oppress one another; but thou shalt fear thy God: for I am the LORD your God. -- leviticus 25:17 +. +Wherefore ye shall do my statutes, and keep my judgments, and do them; and ye shall dwell in the land in safety. -- leviticus 25:18 +. +And the land shall yield her fruit, and ye shall eat your fill, and dwell therein in safety. -- leviticus 25:19 +. +And if ye shall say, What shall we eat the seventh year? behold, we shall not sow, nor gather in our increase: -- leviticus 25:20 +. +Then I will command my blessing upon you in the sixth year, and it shall bring forth fruit for three years. -- leviticus 25:21 +. +And ye shall sow the eighth year, and eat yet of old fruit until the ninth year; until her fruits come in ye shall eat of the old store. -- leviticus 25:22 +. +The land shall not be sold for ever: for the land is mine, for ye are strangers and sojourners with me. -- leviticus 25:23 +. +And in all the land of your possession ye shall grant a redemption for the land. -- leviticus 25:24 +. +If thy brother be waxen poor, and hath sold away some of his possession, and if any of his kin come to redeem it, then shall he redeem that which his brother sold. -- leviticus 25:25 +. +And if the man have none to redeem it, and himself be able to redeem it; -- leviticus 25:26 +. +Then let him count the years of the sale thereof, and restore the overplus unto the man to whom he sold it; that he may return unto his possession. -- leviticus 25:27 +. +But if he be not able to restore it to him, then that which is sold shall remain in the hand of him that hath bought it until the year of jubilee: and in the jubilee it shall go out, and he shall return unto his possession. -- leviticus 25:28 +. +And if a man sell a dwelling house in a walled city, then he may redeem it within a whole year after it is sold; within a full year may he redeem it. -- leviticus 25:29 +. +And if it be not redeemed within the space of a full year, then the house that is in the walled city shall be established for ever to him that bought it throughout his generations: it shall not go out in the jubilee. -- leviticus 25:30 +. +But the houses of the villages which have no wall round about them shall be counted as the fields of the country: they may be redeemed, and they shall go out in the jubilee. -- leviticus 25:31 +. +Notwithstanding the cities of the Levites, and the houses of the cities of their possession, may the Levites redeem at any time. -- leviticus 25:32 +. +And if a man purchase of the Levites, then the house that was sold, and the city of his possession, shall go out in the year of jubilee: for the houses of the cities of the Levites are their possession among the children of Israel. -- leviticus 25:33 +. +But the field of the suburbs of their cities may not be sold; for it is their perpetual possession. -- leviticus 25:34 +. +And if thy brother be waxen poor, and fallen in decay with thee; then thou shalt relieve him: yea, though he be a stranger, or a sojourner; that he may live with thee. -- leviticus 25:35 +. +Take thou no usury of him, or increase: but fear thy God; that thy brother may live with thee. -- leviticus 25:36 +. +Thou shalt not give him thy money upon usury, nor lend him thy victuals for increase. -- leviticus 25:37 +. +I am the LORD your God, which brought you forth out of the land of Egypt, to give you the land of Canaan, and to be your God. -- leviticus 25:38 +. +And if thy brother that dwelleth by thee be waxen poor, and be sold unto thee; thou shalt not compel him to serve as a bondservant: -- leviticus 25:39 +. +But as an hired servant, and as a sojourner, he shall be with thee, and shall serve thee unto the year of jubilee. -- leviticus 25:40 +. +And then shall he depart from thee, both he and his children with him, and shall return unto his own family, and unto the possession of his fathers shall he return. -- leviticus 25:41 +. +For they are my servants, which I brought forth out of the land of Egypt: they shall not be sold as bondmen. -- leviticus 25:42 +. +Thou shalt not rule over him with rigor; but shalt fear thy God. -- leviticus 25:43 +. +Both thy bondmen, and thy bondmaids, which thou shalt have, shall be of the heathen that are round about you; of them shall ye buy bondmen and bondmaids. -- leviticus 25:44 +. +Moreover of the children of the strangers that do sojourn among you, of them shall ye buy, and of their families that are with you, which they begat in your land: and they shall be your possession. -- leviticus 25:45 +. +And ye shall take them as an inheritance for your children after you, to inherit them for a possession; they shall be your bondmen for ever: but over your brethren the children of Israel, ye shall not rule one over another with rigor. -- leviticus 25:46 +. +And if a sojourner or stranger wax rich by thee, and thy brother that dwelleth by him wax poor, and sell himself unto the stranger or sojourner by thee, or to the stock of the stranger's family: -- leviticus 25:47 +. +After that he is sold he may be redeemed again; one of his brethren may redeem him: -- leviticus 25:48 +. +Either his uncle, or his uncle's son, may redeem him, or any that is nigh of kin unto him of his family may redeem him; or if he be able, he may redeem himself. -- leviticus 25:49 +. +And he shall reckon with him that bought him from the year that he was sold to him unto the year of jubilee: and the price of his sale shall be according unto the number of years, according to the time of an hired servant shall it be with him. -- leviticus 25:50 +. +If there be yet many years behind, according unto them he shall give again the price of his redemption out of the money that he was bought for. -- leviticus 25:51 +. +And if there remain but few years unto the year of jubilee, then he shall count with him, and according unto his years shall he give him again the price of his redemption. -- leviticus 25:52 +. +And as a yearly hired servant shall he be with him: and the other shall not rule with rigor over him in thy sight. -- leviticus 25:53 +. +And if he be not redeemed in these years, then he shall go out in the year of jubilee, both he, and his children with him. -- leviticus 25:54 +. +For unto me the children of Israel are servants; they are my servants whom I brought forth out of the land of Egypt: I am the LORD your God. -- leviticus 25:55 +. +Ye shall make you no idols nor graven image, neither rear you up a standing image, neither shall ye set up any image of stone in your land, to bow down unto it: for I am the LORD your God. -- leviticus 26:1 +. +Ye shall keep my sabbaths, and reverence my sanctuary: I am the LORD. -- leviticus 26:2 +. +If ye walk in my statutes, and keep my commandments, and do them; -- leviticus 26:3 +. +Then I will give you rain in due season, and the land shall yield her increase, and the trees of the field shall yield their fruit. -- leviticus 26:4 +. +And your threshing shall reach unto the vintage, and the vintage shall reach unto the sowing time: and ye shall eat your bread to the full, and dwell in your land safely. -- leviticus 26:5 +. +And I will give peace in the land, and ye shall lie down, and none shall make you afraid: and I will rid evil beasts out of the land, neither shall the sword go through your land. -- leviticus 26:6 +. +And ye shall chase your enemies, and they shall fall before you by the sword. -- leviticus 26:7 +. +And five of you shall chase an hundred, and an hundred of you shall put ten thousand to flight: and your enemies shall fall before you by the sword. -- leviticus 26:8 +. +For I will have respect unto you, and make you fruitful, and multiply you, and establish my covenant with you. -- leviticus 26:9 +. +And ye shall eat old store, and bring forth the old because of the new. -- leviticus 26:10 +. +And I set my tabernacle among you: and my soul shall not abhor you. -- leviticus 26:11 +. +And I will walk among you, and will be your God, and ye shall be my people. -- leviticus 26:12 +. +I am the LORD your God, which brought you forth out of the land of Egypt, that ye should not be their bondmen; and I have broken the bands of your yoke, and made you go upright. -- leviticus 26:13 +. +But if ye will not hearken unto me, and will not do all these commandments; -- leviticus 26:14 +. +And if ye shall despise my statutes, or if your soul abhor my judgments, so that ye will not do all my commandments, but that ye break my covenant: -- leviticus 26:15 +. +I also will do this unto you; I will even appoint over you terror, consumption, and the burning ague, that shall consume the eyes, and cause sorrow of heart: and ye shall sow your seed in vain, for your enemies shall eat it. -- leviticus 26:16 +. +And I will set my face against you, and ye shall be slain before your enemies: they that hate you shall reign over you; and ye shall flee when none pursueth you. -- leviticus 26:17 +. +And if ye will not yet for all this hearken unto me, then I will punish you seven times more for your sins. -- leviticus 26:18 +. +And I will break the pride of your power; and I will make your heaven as iron, and your earth as brass: -- leviticus 26:19 +. +And your strength shall be spent in vain: for your land shall not yield her increase, neither shall the trees of the land yield their fruits. -- leviticus 26:20 +. +And if ye walk contrary unto me, and will not hearken unto me; I will bring seven times more plagues upon you according to your sins. -- leviticus 26:21 +. +I will also send wild beasts among you, which shall rob you of your children, and destroy your cattle, and make you few in number; and your high ways shall be desolate. -- leviticus 26:22 +. +And if ye will not be reformed by me by these things, but will walk contrary unto me; -- leviticus 26:23 +. +Then will I also walk contrary unto you, and will punish you yet seven times for your sins. -- leviticus 26:24 +. +And I will bring a sword upon you, that shall avenge the quarrel of my covenant: and when ye are gathered together within your cities, I will send the pestilence among you; and ye shall be delivered into the hand of the enemy. -- leviticus 26:25 +. +And when I have broken the staff of your bread, ten women shall bake your bread in one oven, and they shall deliver you your bread again by weight: and ye shall eat, and not be satisfied. -- leviticus 26:26 +. +And if ye will not for all this hearken unto me, but walk contrary unto me; -- leviticus 26:27 +. +Then I will walk contrary unto you also in fury; and I, even I, will chastise you seven times for your sins. -- leviticus 26:28 +. +And ye shall eat the flesh of your sons, and the flesh of your daughters shall ye eat. -- leviticus 26:29 +. +And I will destroy your high places, and cut down your images, and cast your carcasses upon the carcasses of your idols, and my soul shall abhor you. -- leviticus 26:30 +. +And I will make your cities waste, and bring your sanctuaries unto desolation, and I will not smell the savor of your sweet odors. -- leviticus 26:31 +. +And I will bring the land into desolation: and your enemies which dwell therein shall be astonished at it. -- leviticus 26:32 +. +And I will scatter you among the heathen, and will draw out a sword after you: and your land shall be desolate, and your cities waste. -- leviticus 26:33 +. +Then shall the land enjoy her sabbaths, as long as it lieth desolate, and ye be in your enemies' land; even then shall the land rest, and enjoy her sabbaths. -- leviticus 26:34 +. +As long as it lieth desolate it shall rest; because it did not rest in your sabbaths, when ye dwelt upon it. -- leviticus 26:35 +. +And upon them that are left alive of you I will send a faintness into their hearts in the lands of their enemies; and the sound of a shaken leaf shall chase them; and they shall flee, as fleeing from a sword; and they shall fall when none pursueth. -- leviticus 26:36 +. +And they shall fall one upon another, as it were before a sword, when none pursueth: and ye shall have no power to stand before your enemies. -- leviticus 26:37 +. +And ye shall perish among the heathen, and the land of your enemies shall eat you up. -- leviticus 26:38 +. +And they that are left of you shall pine away in their iniquity in your enemies' lands; and also in the iniquities of their fathers shall they pine away with them. -- leviticus 26:39 +. +If they shall confess their iniquity, and the iniquity of their fathers, with their trespass which they trespassed against me, and that also they have walked contrary unto me; -- leviticus 26:40 +. +And that I also have walked contrary unto them, and have brought them into the land of their enemies; if then their uncircumcised hearts be humbled, and they then accept of the punishment of their iniquity: -- leviticus 26:41 +. +Then will I remember my covenant with Jacob, and also my covenant with Isaac, and also my covenant with Abraham will I remember; and I will remember the land. -- leviticus 26:42 +. +The land also shall be left of them, and shall enjoy her sabbaths, while she lieth desolate without them: and they shall accept of the punishment of their iniquity: because, even because they despised my judgments, and because their soul abhorred my statutes. -- leviticus 26:43 +. +And yet for all that, when they be in the land of their enemies, I will not cast them away, neither will I abhor them, to destroy them utterly, and to break my covenant with them: for I am the LORD their God. -- leviticus 26:44 +. +But I will for their sakes remember the covenant of their ancestors, whom I brought forth out of the land of Egypt in the sight of the heathen, that I might be their God: I am the LORD. -- leviticus 26:45 +. +These are the statutes and judgments and laws, which the LORD made between him and the children of Israel in mount Sinai by the hand of Moses. -- leviticus 26:46 +. +And the LORD spake unto Moses, saying, -- leviticus 27:1 +. +Speak unto the children of Israel, and say unto them, When a man shall make a singular vow, the persons shall be for the LORD by thy estimation. -- leviticus 27:2 +. +And thy estimation shall be of the male from twenty years old even unto sixty years old, even thy estimation shall be fifty shekels of silver, after the shekel of the sanctuary. -- leviticus 27:3 +. +And if it be a female, then thy estimation shall be thirty shekels. -- leviticus 27:4 +. +And if it be from five years old even unto twenty years old, then thy estimation shall be of the male twenty shekels, and for the female ten shekels. -- leviticus 27:5 +. +And if it be from a month old even unto five years old, then thy estimation shall be of the male five shekels of silver, and for the female thy estimation shall be three shekels of silver. -- leviticus 27:6 +. +And if it be from sixty years old and above; if it be a male, then thy estimation shall be fifteen shekels, and for the female ten shekels. -- leviticus 27:7 +. +But if he be poorer than thy estimation, then he shall present himself before the priest, and the priest shall value him; according to his ability that vowed shall the priest value him. -- leviticus 27:8 +. +And if it be a beast, whereof men bring an offering unto the LORD, all that any man giveth of such unto the LORD shall be holy. -- leviticus 27:9 +. +He shall not alter it, nor change it, a good for a bad, or a bad for a good: and if he shall at all change beast for beast, then it and the exchange thereof shall be holy. -- leviticus 27:10 +. +And if it be any unclean beast, of which they do not offer a sacrifice unto the LORD, then he shall present the beast before the priest: -- leviticus 27:11 +. +And the priest shall value it, whether it be good or bad: as thou valuest it, who art the priest, so shall it be. -- leviticus 27:12 +. +But if he will at all redeem it, then he shall add a fifth part thereof unto thy estimation. -- leviticus 27:13 +. +And when a man shall sanctify his house to be holy unto the LORD, then the priest shall estimate it, whether it be good or bad: as the priest shall estimate it, so shall it stand. -- leviticus 27:14 +. +And if he that sanctified it will redeem his house, then he shall add the fifth part of the money of thy estimation unto it, and it shall be his. -- leviticus 27:15 +. +And if a man shall sanctify unto the LORD some part of a field of his possession, then thy estimation shall be according to the seed thereof: an homer of barley seed shall be valued at fifty shekels of silver. -- leviticus 27:16 +. +If he sanctify his field from the year of jubilee, according to thy estimation it shall stand. -- leviticus 27:17 +. +But if he sanctify his field after the jubilee, then the priest shall reckon unto him the money according to the years that remain, even unto the year of the jubilee, and it shall be abated from thy estimation. -- leviticus 27:18 +. +And if he that sanctified the field will in any wise redeem it, then he shall add the fifth part of the money of thy estimation unto it, and it shall be assured to him. -- leviticus 27:19 +. +And if he will not redeem the field, or if he have sold the field to another man, it shall not be redeemed any more. -- leviticus 27:20 +. +But the field, when it goeth out in the jubilee, shall be holy unto the LORD, as a field devoted; the possession thereof shall be the priest's. -- leviticus 27:21 +. +And if a man sanctify unto the LORD a field which he hath bought, which is not of the fields of his possession; -- leviticus 27:22 +. +Then the priest shall reckon unto him the worth of thy estimation, even unto the year of the jubilee: and he shall give thine estimation in that day, as a holy thing unto the LORD. -- leviticus 27:23 +. +In the year of the jubilee the field shall return unto him of whom it was bought, even to him to whom the possession of the land did belong. -- leviticus 27:24 +. +And all thy estimations shall be according to the shekel of the sanctuary: twenty gerahs shall be the shekel. -- leviticus 27:25 +. +Only the firstling of the beasts, which should be the LORD's firstling, no man shall sanctify it; whether it be ox, or sheep: it is the LORD's. -- leviticus 27:26 +. +And if it be of an unclean beast, then he shall redeem it according to thine estimation, and shall add a fifth part of it thereto: or if it be not redeemed, then it shall be sold according to thy estimation. -- leviticus 27:27 +. +Notwithstanding no devoted thing, that a man shall devote unto the LORD of all that he hath, both of man and beast, and of the field of his possession, shall be sold or redeemed: every devoted thing is most holy unto the LORD. -- leviticus 27:28 +. +None devoted, which shall be devoted of men, shall be redeemed; but shall surely be put to death. -- leviticus 27:29 +. +And all the tithe of the land, whether of the seed of the land, or of the fruit of the tree, is the LORD's: it is holy unto the LORD. -- leviticus 27:30 +. +And if a man will at all redeem ought of his tithes, he shall add thereto the fifth part thereof. -- leviticus 27:31 +. +And concerning the tithe of the herd, or of the flock, even of whatsoever passeth under the rod, the tenth shall be holy unto the LORD. -- leviticus 27:32 +. +He shall not search whether it be good or bad, neither shall he change it: and if he change it at all, then both it and the change thereof shall be holy; it shall not be redeemed. -- leviticus 27:33 +. +These are the commandments, which the LORD commanded Moses for the children of Israel in mount Sinai. -- leviticus 27:34 +. +And the LORD spake unto Moses in the wilderness of Sinai, in the tabernacle of the congregation, on the first day of the second month, in the second year after they were come out of the land of Egypt, saying, -- numbers 1:1 +. +Take ye the sum of all the congregation of the children of Israel, after their families, by the house of their fathers, with the number of their names, every male by their polls; -- numbers 1:2 +. +From twenty years old and upward, all that are able to go forth to war in Israel: thou and Aaron shall number them by their armies. -- numbers 1:3 +. +And with you there shall be a man of every tribe; every one head of the house of his fathers. -- numbers 1:4 +. +And these are the names of the men that shall stand with you: of the tribe of Reuben; Elizur the son of Shedeur. -- numbers 1:5 +. +Of Simeon; Shelumiel the son of Zurishaddai. -- numbers 1:6 +. +Of Judah; Nahshon the son of Amminadab. -- numbers 1:7 +. +Of Issachar; Nethaneel the son of Zuar. -- numbers 1:8 +. +Of Zebulun; Eliab the son of Helon. -- numbers 1:9 +. +Of the children of Joseph: of Ephraim; Elishama the son of Ammihud: of Manasseh; Gamaliel the son of Pedahzur. -- numbers 1:10 +. +Of Benjamin; Abidan the son of Gideoni. -- numbers 1:11 +. +Of Dan; Ahiezer the son of Ammishaddai. -- numbers 1:12 +. +Of Asher; Pagiel the son of Ocran. -- numbers 1:13 +. +Of Gad; Eliasaph the son of Deuel. -- numbers 1:14 +. +Of Naphtali; Ahira the son of Enan. -- numbers 1:15 +. +These were the renowned of the congregation, princes of the tribes of their fathers, heads of thousands in Israel. -- numbers 1:16 +. +And Moses and Aaron took these men which are expressed by their names: -- numbers 1:17 +. +And they assembled all the congregation together on the first day of the second month, and they declared their pedigrees after their families, by the house of their fathers, according to the number of the names, from twenty years old and upward, by their polls. -- numbers 1:18 +. +As the LORD commanded Moses, so he numbered them in the wilderness of Sinai. -- numbers 1:19 +. +And the children of Reuben, Israel's eldest son, by their generations, after their families, by the house of their fathers, according to the number of the names, by their polls, every male from twenty years old and upward, all that were able to go forth to war; -- numbers 1:20 +. +Those that were numbered of them, even of the tribe of Reuben, were forty and six thousand and five hundred. -- numbers 1:21 +. +Of the children of Simeon, by their generations, after their families, by the house of their fathers, those that were numbered of them, according to the number of the names, by their polls, every male from twenty years old and upward, all that were able to go forth to war; -- numbers 1:22 +. +Those that were numbered of them, even of the tribe of Simeon, were fifty and nine thousand and three hundred. -- numbers 1:23 +. +Of the children of Gad, by their generations, after their families, by the house of their fathers, according to the number of the names, from twenty years old and upward, all that were able to go forth to war; -- numbers 1:24 +. +Those that were numbered of them, even of the tribe of Gad, were forty and five thousand six hundred and fifty. -- numbers 1:25 +. +Of the children of Judah, by their generations, after their families, by the house of their fathers, according to the number of the names, from twenty years old and upward, all that were able to go forth to war; -- numbers 1:26 +. +Those that were numbered of them, even of the tribe of Judah, were threescore and fourteen thousand and six hundred. -- numbers 1:27 +. +Of the children of Issachar, by their generations, after their families, by the house of their fathers, according to the number of the names, from twenty years old and upward, all that were able to go forth to war; -- numbers 1:28 +. +Those that were numbered of them, even of the tribe of Issachar, were fifty and four thousand and four hundred. -- numbers 1:29 +. +Of the children of Zebulun, by their generations, after their families, by the house of their fathers, according to the number of the names, from twenty years old and upward, all that were able to go forth to war; -- numbers 1:30 +. +Those that were numbered of them, even of the tribe of Zebulun, were fifty and seven thousand and four hundred. -- numbers 1:31 +. +Of the children of Joseph, namely, of the children of Ephraim, by their generations, after their families, by the house of their fathers, according to the number of the names, from twenty years old and upward, all that were able to go forth to war; -- numbers 1:32 +. +Those that were numbered of them, even of the tribe of Ephraim, were forty thousand and five hundred. -- numbers 1:33 +. +Of the children of Manasseh, by their generations, after their families, by the house of their fathers, according to the number of the names, from twenty years old and upward, all that were able to go forth to war; -- numbers 1:34 +. +Those that were numbered of them, even of the tribe of Manasseh, were thirty and two thousand and two hundred. -- numbers 1:35 +. +Of the children of Benjamin, by their generations, after their families, by the house of their fathers, according to the number of the names, from twenty years old and upward, all that were able to go forth to war; -- numbers 1:36 +. +Those that were numbered of them, even of the tribe of Benjamin, were thirty and five thousand and four hundred. -- numbers 1:37 +. +Of the children of Dan, by their generations, after their families, by the house of their fathers, according to the number of the names, from twenty years old and upward, all that were able to go forth to war; -- numbers 1:38 +. +Those that were numbered of them, even of the tribe of Dan, were threescore and two thousand and seven hundred. -- numbers 1:39 +. +Of the children of Asher, by their generations, after their families, by the house of their fathers, according to the number of the names, from twenty years old and upward, all that were able to go forth to war; -- numbers 1:40 +. +Those that were numbered of them, even of the tribe of Asher, were forty and one thousand and five hundred. -- numbers 1:41 +. +Of the children of Naphtali, throughout their generations, after their families, by the house of their fathers, according to the number of the names, from twenty years old and upward, all that were able to go forth to war; -- numbers 1:42 +. +Those that were numbered of them, even of the tribe of Naphtali, were fifty and three thousand and four hundred. -- numbers 1:43 +. +These are those that were numbered, which Moses and Aaron numbered, and the princes of Israel, being twelve men: each one was for the house of his fathers. -- numbers 1:44 +. +So were all those that were numbered of the children of Israel, by the house of their fathers, from twenty years old and upward, all that were able to go forth to war in Israel; -- numbers 1:45 +. +Even all they that were numbered were six hundred thousand and three thousand and five hundred and fifty. -- numbers 1:46 +. +But the Levites after the tribe of their fathers were not numbered among them. -- numbers 1:47 +. +For the LORD had spoken unto Moses, saying, -- numbers 1:48 +. +Only thou shalt not number the tribe of Levi, neither take the sum of them among the children of Israel: -- numbers 1:49 +. +But thou shalt appoint the Levites over the tabernacle of testimony, and over all the vessels thereof, and over all things that belong to it: they shall bear the tabernacle, and all the vessels thereof; and they shall minister unto it, and shall encamp round about the tabernacle. -- numbers 1:50 +. +And when the tabernacle setteth forward, the Levites shall take it down: and when the tabernacle is to be pitched, the Levites shall set it up: and the stranger that cometh nigh shall be put to death. -- numbers 1:51 +. +And the children of Israel shall pitch their tents, every man by his own camp, and every man by his own standard, throughout their hosts. -- numbers 1:52 +. +But the Levites shall pitch round about the tabernacle of testimony, that there be no wrath upon the congregation of the children of Israel: and the Levites shall keep the charge of the tabernacle of testimony. -- numbers 1:53 +. +And the children of Israel did according to all that the LORD commanded Moses, so did they. -- numbers 1:54 +. +And the LORD spake unto Moses and unto Aaron, saying, -- numbers 2:1 +. +Every man of the children of Israel shall pitch by his own standard, with the ensign of their father's house: far off about the tabernacle of the congregation shall they pitch. -- numbers 2:2 +. +And on the east side toward the rising of the sun shall they of the standard of the camp of Judah pitch throughout their armies: and Nahshon the son of Amminadab shall be captain of the children of Judah. -- numbers 2:3 +. +And his host, and those that were numbered of them, were threescore and fourteen thousand and six hundred. -- numbers 2:4 +. +And those that do pitch next unto him shall be the tribe of Issachar: and Nethaneel the son of Zuar shall be captain of the children of Issachar. -- numbers 2:5 +. +And his host, and those that were numbered thereof, were fifty and four thousand and four hundred. -- numbers 2:6 +. +Then the tribe of Zebulun: and Eliab the son of Helon shall be captain of the children of Zebulun. -- numbers 2:7 +. +And his host, and those that were numbered thereof, were fifty and seven thousand and four hundred. -- numbers 2:8 +. +All that were numbered in the camp of Judah were an hundred thousand and fourscore thousand and six thousand and four hundred, throughout their armies. These shall first set forth. -- numbers 2:9 +. +On the south side shall be the standard of the camp of Reuben according to their armies: and the captain of the children of Reuben shall be Elizur the son of Shedeur. -- numbers 2:10 +. +And his host, and those that were numbered thereof, were forty and six thousand and five hundred. -- numbers 2:11 +. +And those which pitch by him shall be the tribe of Simeon: and the captain of the children of Simeon shall be Shelumiel the son of Zurishaddai. -- numbers 2:12 +. +And his host, and those that were numbered of them, were fifty and nine thousand and three hundred. -- numbers 2:13 +. +Then the tribe of Gad: and the captain of the sons of Gad shall be Eliasaph the son of Reuel. -- numbers 2:14 +. +And his host, and those that were numbered of them, were forty and five thousand and six hundred and fifty. -- numbers 2:15 +. +All that were numbered in the camp of Reuben were an hundred thousand and fifty and one thousand and four hundred and fifty, throughout their armies. And they shall set forth in the second rank. -- numbers 2:16 +. +Then the tabernacle of the congregation shall set forward with the camp of the Levites in the midst of the camp: as they encamp, so shall they set forward, every man in his place by their standards. -- numbers 2:17 +. +On the west side shall be the standard of the camp of Ephraim according to their armies: and the captain of the sons of Ephraim shall be Elishama the son of Ammihud. -- numbers 2:18 +. +And his host, and those that were numbered of them, were forty thousand and five hundred. -- numbers 2:19 +. +And by him shall be the tribe of Manasseh: and the captain of the children of Manasseh shall be Gamaliel the son of Pedahzur. -- numbers 2:20 +. +And his host, and those that were numbered of them, were thirty and two thousand and two hundred. -- numbers 2:21 +. +Then the tribe of Benjamin: and the captain of the sons of Benjamin shall be Abidan the son of Gideoni. -- numbers 2:22 +. +And his host, and those that were numbered of them, were thirty and five thousand and four hundred. -- numbers 2:23 +. +All that were numbered of the camp of Ephraim were an hundred thousand and eight thousand and an hundred, throughout their armies. And they shall go forward in the third rank. -- numbers 2:24 +. +The standard of the camp of Dan shall be on the north side by their armies: and the captain of the children of Dan shall be Ahiezer the son of Ammishaddai. -- numbers 2:25 +. +And his host, and those that were numbered of them, were threescore and two thousand and seven hundred. -- numbers 2:26 +. +And those that encamp by him shall be the tribe of Asher: and the captain of the children of Asher shall be Pagiel the son of Ocran. -- numbers 2:27 +. +And his host, and those that were numbered of them, were forty and one thousand and five hundred. -- numbers 2:28 +. +Then the tribe of Naphtali: and the captain of the children of Naphtali shall be Ahira the son of Enan. -- numbers 2:29 +. +And his host, and those that were numbered of them, were fifty and three thousand and four hundred. -- numbers 2:30 +. +All they that were numbered in the camp of Dan were an hundred thousand and fifty and seven thousand and six hundred. They shall go hindmost with their standards. -- numbers 2:31 +. +These are those which were numbered of the children of Israel by the house of their fathers: all those that were numbered of the camps throughout their hosts were six hundred thousand and three thousand and five hundred and fifty. -- numbers 2:32 +. +But the Levites were not numbered among the children of Israel; as the LORD commanded Moses. -- numbers 2:33 +. +And the children of Israel did according to all that the LORD commanded Moses: so they pitched by their standards, and so they set forward, every one after their families, according to the house of their fathers. -- numbers 2:34 +. +These also are the generations of Aaron and Moses in the day that the LORD spake with Moses in mount Sinai. -- numbers 3:1 +. +And these are the names of the sons of Aaron; Nadab the firstborn, and Abihu, Eleazar, and Ithamar. -- numbers 3:2 +. +These are the names of the sons of Aaron, the priests which were anointed, whom he consecrated to minister in the priest's office. -- numbers 3:3 +. +And Nadab and Abihu died before the LORD, when they offered strange fire before the LORD, in the wilderness of Sinai, and they had no children: and Eleazar and Ithamar ministered in the priest's office in the sight of Aaron their father. -- numbers 3:4 +. +And the LORD spake unto Moses, saying, -- numbers 3:5 +. +Bring the tribe of Levi near, and present them before Aaron the priest, that they may minister unto him. -- numbers 3:6 +. +And they shall keep his charge, and the charge of the whole congregation before the tabernacle of the congregation, to do the service of the tabernacle. -- numbers 3:7 +. +And they shall keep all the instruments of the tabernacle of the congregation, and the charge of the children of Israel, to do the service of the tabernacle. -- numbers 3:8 +. +And thou shalt give the Levites unto Aaron and to his sons: they are wholly given unto him out of the children of Israel. -- numbers 3:9 +. +And thou shalt appoint Aaron and his sons, and they shall wait on their priest's office: and the stranger that cometh nigh shall be put to death. -- numbers 3:10 +. +And the LORD spake unto Moses, saying, -- numbers 3:11 +. +And I, behold, I have taken the Levites from among the children of Israel instead of all the firstborn that openeth the matrix among the children of Israel: therefore the Levites shall be mine; -- numbers 3:12 +. +Because all the firstborn are mine; for on the day that I smote all the firstborn in the land of Egypt I hallowed unto me all the firstborn in Israel, both man and beast: mine shall they be: I am the LORD. -- numbers 3:13 +. +And the LORD spake unto Moses in the wilderness of Sinai, saying, -- numbers 3:14 +. +Number the children of Levi after the house of their fathers, by their families: every male from a month old and upward shalt thou number them. -- numbers 3:15 +. +And Moses numbered them according to the word of the LORD, as he was commanded. -- numbers 3:16 +. +And these were the sons of Levi by their names; Gershon, and Kohath, and Merari. -- numbers 3:17 +. +And these are the names of the sons of Gershon by their families; Libni, and Shimei. -- numbers 3:18 +. +And the sons of Kohath by their families; Amram, and Izehar, Hebron, and Uzziel. -- numbers 3:19 +. +And the sons of Merari by their families; Mahli, and Mushi. These are the families of the Levites according to the house of their fathers. -- numbers 3:20 +. +Of Gershon was the family of the Libnites, and the family of the Shimites: these are the families of the Gershonites. -- numbers 3:21 +. +Those that were numbered of them, according to the number of all the males, from a month old and upward, even those that were numbered of them were seven thousand and five hundred. -- numbers 3:22 +. +The families of the Gershonites shall pitch behind the tabernacle westward. -- numbers 3:23 +. +And the chief of the house of the father of the Gershonites shall be Eliasaph the son of Lael. -- numbers 3:24 +. +And the charge of the sons of Gershon in the tabernacle of the congregation shall be the tabernacle, and the tent, the covering thereof, and the hanging for the door of the tabernacle of the congregation, -- numbers 3:25 +. +And the hangings of the court, and the curtain for the door of the court, which is by the tabernacle, and by the altar round about, and the cords of it for all the service thereof. -- numbers 3:26 +. +And of Kohath was the family of the Amramites, and the family of the Izeharites, and the family of the Hebronites, and the family of the Uzzielites: these are the families of the Kohathites. -- numbers 3:27 +. +In the number of all the males, from a month old and upward, were eight thousand and six hundred, keeping the charge of the sanctuary. -- numbers 3:28 +. +The families of the sons of Kohath shall pitch on the side of the tabernacle southward. -- numbers 3:29 +. +And the chief of the house of the father of the families of the Kohathites shall be Elizaphan the son of Uzziel. -- numbers 3:30 +. +And their charge shall be the ark, and the table, and the candlestick, and the altars, and the vessels of the sanctuary wherewith they minister, and the hanging, and all the service thereof. -- numbers 3:31 +. +And Eleazar the son of Aaron the priest shall be chief over the chief of the Levites, and have the oversight of them that keep the charge of the sanctuary. -- numbers 3:32 +. +Of Merari was the family of the Mahlites, and the family of the Mushites: these are the families of Merari. -- numbers 3:33 +. +And those that were numbered of them, according to the number of all the males, from a month old and upward, were six thousand and two hundred. -- numbers 3:34 +. +And the chief of the house of the father of the families of Merari was Zuriel the son of Abihail: these shall pitch on the side of the tabernacle northward. -- numbers 3:35 +. +And under the custody and charge of the sons of Merari shall be the boards of the tabernacle, and the bars thereof, and the pillars thereof, and the sockets thereof, and all the vessels thereof, and all that serveth thereto, -- numbers 3:36 +. +And the pillars of the court round about, and their sockets, and their pins, and their cords. -- numbers 3:37 +. +But those that encamp before the tabernacle toward the east, even before the tabernacle of the congregation eastward, shall be Moses, and Aaron and his sons, keeping the charge of the sanctuary for the charge of the children of Israel; and the stranger that cometh nigh shall be put to death. -- numbers 3:38 +. +All that were numbered of the Levites, which Moses and Aaron numbered at the commandment of the LORD, throughout their families, all the males from a month old and upward, were twenty and two thousand. -- numbers 3:39 +. +And the LORD said unto Moses, Number all the firstborn of the males of the children of Israel from a month old and upward, and take the number of their names. -- numbers 3:40 +. +And thou shalt take the Levites for me (I am the LORD) instead of all the firstborn among the children of Israel; and the cattle of the Levites instead of all the firstlings among the cattle of the children of Israel. -- numbers 3:41 +. +And Moses numbered, as the LORD commanded him, all the firstborn among the children of Israel. -- numbers 3:42 +. +And all the firstborn males by the number of names, from a month old and upward, of those that were numbered of them, were twenty and two thousand two hundred and threescore and thirteen. -- numbers 3:43 +. +And the LORD spake unto Moses, saying, -- numbers 3:44 +. +Take the Levites instead of all the firstborn among the children of Israel, and the cattle of the Levites instead of their cattle; and the Levites shall be mine: I am the LORD. -- numbers 3:45 +. +And for those that are to be redeemed of the two hundred and threescore and thirteen of the firstborn of the children of Israel, which are more than the Levites; -- numbers 3:46 +. +Thou shalt even take five shekels apiece by the poll, after the shekel of the sanctuary shalt thou take them: (the shekel is twenty gerahs:) -- numbers 3:47 +. +And thou shalt give the money, wherewith the odd number of them is to be redeemed, unto Aaron and to his sons. -- numbers 3:48 +. +And Moses took the redemption money of them that were over and above them that were redeemed by the Levites: -- numbers 3:49 +. +Of the firstborn of the children of Israel took he the money; a thousand three hundred and threescore and five shekels, after the shekel of the sanctuary: -- numbers 3:50 +. +And Moses gave the money of them that were redeemed unto Aaron and to his sons, according to the word of the LORD, as the LORD commanded Moses. -- numbers 3:51 +. +And the LORD spake unto Moses and unto Aaron, saying, -- numbers 4:1 +. +Take the sum of the sons of Kohath from among the sons of Levi, after their families, by the house of their fathers, -- numbers 4:2 +. +From thirty years old and upward even until fifty years old, all that enter into the host, to do the work in the tabernacle of the congregation. -- numbers 4:3 +. +This shall be the service of the sons of Kohath in the tabernacle of the congregation, about the most holy things: -- numbers 4:4 +. +And when the camp setteth forward, Aaron shall come, and his sons, and they shall take down the covering vail, and cover the ark of testimony with it: -- numbers 4:5 +. +And shall put thereon the covering of badgers' skins, and shall spread over it a cloth wholly of blue, and shall put in the staves thereof. -- numbers 4:6 +. +And upon the table of showbread they shall spread a cloth of blue, and put thereon the dishes, and the spoons, and the bowls, and covers to cover withal: and the continual bread shall be thereon: -- numbers 4:7 +. +And they shall spread upon them a cloth of scarlet, and cover the same with a covering of badgers' skins, and shall put in the staves thereof. -- numbers 4:8 +. +And they shall take a cloth of blue, and cover the candlestick of the light, and his lamps, and his tongs, and his snuffdishes, and all the oil vessels thereof, wherewith they minister unto it: -- numbers 4:9 +. +And they shall put it and all the vessels thereof within a covering of badgers' skins, and shall put it upon a bar. -- numbers 4:10 +. +And upon the golden altar they shall spread a cloth of blue, and cover it with a covering of badgers' skins, and shall put to the staves thereof: -- numbers 4:11 +. +And they shall take all the instruments of ministry, wherewith they minister in the sanctuary, and put them in a cloth of blue, and cover them with a covering of badgers' skins, and shall put them on a bar: -- numbers 4:12 +. +And they shall take away the ashes from the altar, and spread a purple cloth thereon: -- numbers 4:13 +. +And they shall put upon it all the vessels thereof, wherewith they minister about it, even the censers, the fleshhooks, and the shovels, and the basins, all the vessels of the altar; and they shall spread upon it a covering of badgers' skins, and put to the staves of it. -- numbers 4:14 +. +And when Aaron and his sons have made an end of covering the sanctuary, and all the vessels of the sanctuary, as the camp is to set forward; after that, the sons of Kohath shall come to bear it: but they shall not touch any holy thing, lest they die. These things are the burden of the sons of Kohath in the tabernacle of the congregation. -- numbers 4:15 +. +And to the office of Eleazar the son of Aaron the priest pertaineth the oil for the light, and the sweet incense, and the daily meat offering, and the anointing oil, and the oversight of all the tabernacle, and of all that therein is, in the sanctuary, and in the vessels thereof. -- numbers 4:16 +. +And the LORD spake unto Moses and unto Aaron saying, -- numbers 4:17 +. +Cut ye not off the tribe of the families of the Kohathites from among the Levites: -- numbers 4:18 +. +But thus do unto them, that they may live, and not die, when they approach unto the most holy things: Aaron and his sons shall go in, and appoint them every one to his service and to his burden: -- numbers 4:19 +. +But they shall not go in to see when the holy things are covered, lest they die. -- numbers 4:20 +. +And the LORD spake unto Moses, saying, -- numbers 4:21 +. +Take also the sum of the sons of Gershon, throughout the houses of their fathers, by their families; -- numbers 4:22 +. +From thirty years old and upward until fifty years old shalt thou number them; all that enter in to perform the service, to do the work in the tabernacle of the congregation. -- numbers 4:23 +. +This is the service of the families of the Gershonites, to serve, and for burdens: -- numbers 4:24 +. +And they shall bear the curtains of the tabernacle, and the tabernacle of the congregation, his covering, and the covering of the badgers' skins that is above upon it, and the hanging for the door of the tabernacle of the congregation, -- numbers 4:25 +. +And the hangings of the court, and the hanging for the door of the gate of the court, which is by the tabernacle and by the altar round about, and their cords, and all the instruments of their service, and all that is made for them: so shall they serve. -- numbers 4:26 +. +At the appointment of Aaron and his sons shall be all the service of the sons of the Gershonites, in all their burdens, and in all their service: and ye shall appoint unto them in charge all their burdens. -- numbers 4:27 +. +This is the service of the families of the sons of Gershon in the tabernacle of the congregation: and their charge shall be under the hand of Ithamar the son of Aaron the priest. -- numbers 4:28 +. +As for the sons of Merari, thou shalt number them after their families, by the house of their fathers; -- numbers 4:29 +. +From thirty years old and upward even unto fifty years old shalt thou number them, every one that entereth into the service, to do the work of the tabernacle of the congregation. -- numbers 4:30 +. +And this is the charge of their burden, according to all their service in the tabernacle of the congregation; the boards of the tabernacle, and the bars thereof, and the pillars thereof, and sockets thereof, -- numbers 4:31 +. +And the pillars of the court round about, and their sockets, and their pins, and their cords, with all their instruments, and with all their service: and by name ye shall reckon the instruments of the charge of their burden. -- numbers 4:32 +. +This is the service of the families of the sons of Merari, according to all their service, in the tabernacle of the congregation, under the hand of Ithamar the son of Aaron the priest. -- numbers 4:33 +. +And Moses and Aaron and the chief of the congregation numbered the sons of the Kohathites after their families, and after the house of their fathers, -- numbers 4:34 +. +From thirty years old and upward even unto fifty years old, every one that entereth into the service, for the work in the tabernacle of the congregation: -- numbers 4:35 +. +And those that were numbered of them by their families were two thousand seven hundred and fifty. -- numbers 4:36 +. +These were they that were numbered of the families of the Kohathites, all that might do service in the tabernacle of the congregation, which Moses and Aaron did number according to the commandment of the LORD by the hand of Moses. -- numbers 4:37 +. +And those that were numbered of the sons of Gershon, throughout their families, and by the house of their fathers, -- numbers 4:38 +. +From thirty years old and upward even unto fifty years old, every one that entereth into the service, for the work in the tabernacle of the congregation, -- numbers 4:39 +. +Even those that were numbered of them, throughout their families, by the house of their fathers, were two thousand and six hundred and thirty. -- numbers 4:40 +. +These are they that were numbered of the families of the sons of Gershon, of all that might do service in the tabernacle of the congregation, whom Moses and Aaron did number according to the commandment of the LORD. -- numbers 4:41 +. +And those that were numbered of the families of the sons of Merari, throughout their families, by the house of their fathers, -- numbers 4:42 +. +From thirty years old and upward even unto fifty years old, every one that entereth into the service, for the work in the tabernacle of the congregation, -- numbers 4:43 +. +Even those that were numbered of them after their families, were three thousand and two hundred. -- numbers 4:44 +. +These be those that were numbered of the families of the sons of Merari, whom Moses and Aaron numbered according to the word of the LORD by the hand of Moses. -- numbers 4:45 +. +All those that were numbered of the Levites, whom Moses and Aaron and the chief of Israel numbered, after their families, and after the house of their fathers, -- numbers 4:46 +. +From thirty years old and upward even unto fifty years old, every one that came to do the service of the ministry, and the service of the burden in the tabernacle of the congregation. -- numbers 4:47 +. +Even those that were numbered of them, were eight thousand and five hundred and fourscore, -- numbers 4:48 +. +According to the commandment of the LORD they were numbered by the hand of Moses, every one according to his service, and according to his burden: thus were they numbered of him, as the LORD commanded Moses. -- numbers 4:49 +. +And the LORD spake unto Moses, saying, -- numbers 5:1 +. +Command the children of Israel, that they put out of the camp every leper, and every one that hath an issue, and whosoever is defiled by the dead: -- numbers 5:2 +. +Both male and female shall ye put out, without the camp shall ye put them; that they defile not their camps, in the midst whereof I dwell. -- numbers 5:3 +. +And the children of Israel did so, and put them out without the camp: as the LORD spake unto Moses, so did the children of Israel. -- numbers 5:4 +. +And the LORD spake unto Moses, saying, -- numbers 5:5 +. +Speak unto the children of Israel, When a man or woman shall commit any sin that men commit, to do a trespass against the LORD, and that person be guilty; -- numbers 5:6 +. +Then they shall confess their sin which they have done: and he shall recompense his trespass with the principal thereof, and add unto it the fifth part thereof, and give it unto him against whom he hath trespassed. -- numbers 5:7 +. +But if the man have no kinsman to recompense the trespass unto, let the trespass be recompensed unto the LORD, even to the priest; beside the ram of the atonement, whereby an atonement shall be made for him. -- numbers 5:8 +. +And every offering of all the holy things of the children of Israel, which they bring unto the priest, shall be his. -- numbers 5:9 +. +And every man's hallowed things shall be his: whatsoever any man giveth the priest, it shall be his. -- numbers 5:10 +. +And the LORD spake unto Moses, saying, -- numbers 5:11 +. +Speak unto the children of Israel, and say unto them, If any man's wife go aside, and commit a trespass against him, -- numbers 5:12 +. +And a man lie with her carnally, and it be hid from the eyes of her husband, and be kept close, and she be defiled, and there be no witness against her, neither she be taken with the manner; -- numbers 5:13 +. +And the spirit of jealousy come upon him, and he be jealous of his wife, and she be defiled: or if the spirit of jealousy come upon him, and he be jealous of his wife, and she be not defiled: -- numbers 5:14 +. +Then shall the man bring his wife unto the priest, and he shall bring her offering for her, the tenth part of an ephah of barley meal; he shall pour no oil upon it, nor put frankincense thereon; for it is an offering of jealousy, an offering of memorial, bringing iniquity to remembrance. -- numbers 5:15 +. +And the priest shall bring her near, and set her before the LORD: -- numbers 5:16 +. +And the priest shall take holy water in an earthen vessel; and of the dust that is in the floor of the tabernacle the priest shall take, and put it into the water: -- numbers 5:17 +. +And the priest shall set the woman before the LORD, and uncover the woman's head, and put the offering of memorial in her hands, which is the jealousy offering: and the priest shall have in his hand the bitter water that causeth the curse: -- numbers 5:18 +. +And the priest shall charge her by an oath, and say unto the woman, If no man have lain with thee, and if thou hast not gone aside to uncleanness with another instead of thy husband, be thou free from this bitter water that causeth the curse: -- numbers 5:19 +. +But if thou hast gone aside to another instead of thy husband, and if thou be defiled, and some man have lain with thee beside thine husband: -- numbers 5:20 +. +Then the priest shall charge the woman with an oath of cursing, and the priest shall say unto the woman, The LORD make thee a curse and an oath among thy people, when the LORD doth make thy thigh to rot, and thy belly to swell; -- numbers 5:21 +. +And this water that causeth the curse shall go into thy bowels, to make thy belly to swell, and thy thigh to rot: And the woman shall say, Amen, amen. -- numbers 5:22 +. +And the priest shall write these curses in a book, and he shall blot them out with the bitter water: -- numbers 5:23 +. +And he shall cause the woman to drink the bitter water that causeth the curse: and the water that causeth the curse shall enter into her, and become bitter. -- numbers 5:24 +. +Then the priest shall take the jealousy offering out of the woman's hand, and shall wave the offering before the LORD, and offer it upon the altar: -- numbers 5:25 +. +And the priest shall take an handful of the offering, even the memorial thereof, and burn it upon the altar, and afterward shall cause the woman to drink the water. -- numbers 5:26 +. +And when he hath made her to drink the water, then it shall come to pass, that, if she be defiled, and have done trespass against her husband, that the water that causeth the curse shall enter into her, and become bitter, and her belly shall swell, and her thigh shall rot: and the woman shall be a curse among her people. -- numbers 5:27 +. +And if the woman be not defiled, but be clean; then she shall be free, and shall conceive seed. -- numbers 5:28 +. +This is the law of jealousies, when a wife goeth aside to another instead of her husband, and is defiled; -- numbers 5:29 +. +Or when the spirit of jealousy cometh upon him, and he be jealous over his wife, and shall set the woman before the LORD, and the priest shall execute upon her all this law. -- numbers 5:30 +. +Then shall the man be guiltless from iniquity, and this woman shall bear her iniquity. -- numbers 5:31 +. +And the LORD spake unto Moses, saying, -- numbers 6:1 +. +Speak unto the children of Israel, and say unto them, When either man or woman shall separate themselves to vow a vow of a Nazarite, to separate themselves unto the LORD: -- numbers 6:2 +. +He shall separate himself from wine and strong drink, and shall drink no vinegar of wine, or vinegar of strong drink, neither shall he drink any liquor of grapes, nor eat moist grapes, or dried. -- numbers 6:3 +. +All the days of his separation shall he eat nothing that is made of the vine tree, from the kernels even to the husk. -- numbers 6:4 +. +All the days of the vow of his separation there shall no razor come upon his head: until the days be fulfilled, in the which he separateth himself unto the LORD, he shall be holy, and shall let the locks of the hair of his head grow. -- numbers 6:5 +. +All the days that he separateth himself unto the LORD he shall come at no dead body. -- numbers 6:6 +. +He shall not make himself unclean for his father, or for his mother, for his brother, or for his sister, when they die: because the consecration of his God is upon his head. -- numbers 6:7 +. +All the days of his separation he is holy unto the LORD. -- numbers 6:8 +. +And if any man die very suddenly by him, and he hath defiled the head of his consecration; then he shall shave his head in the day of his cleansing, on the seventh day shall he shave it. -- numbers 6:9 +. +And on the eighth day he shall bring two turtles, or two young pigeons, to the priest, to the door of the tabernacle of the congregation: -- numbers 6:10 +. +And the priest shall offer the one for a sin offering, and the other for a burnt offering, and make an atonement for him, for that he sinned by the dead, and shall hallow his head that same day. -- numbers 6:11 +. +And he shall consecrate unto the LORD the days of his separation, and shall bring a lamb of the first year for a trespass offering: but the days that were before shall be lost, because his separation was defiled. -- numbers 6:12 +. +And this is the law of the Nazarite, when the days of his separation are fulfilled: he shall be brought unto the door of the tabernacle of the congregation: -- numbers 6:13 +. +And he shall offer his offering unto the LORD, one he lamb of the first year without blemish for a burnt offering, and one ewe lamb of the first year without blemish for a sin offering, and one ram without blemish for peace offerings, -- numbers 6:14 +. +And a basket of unleavened bread, cakes of fine flour mingled with oil, and wafers of unleavened bread anointed with oil, and their meat offering, and their drink offerings. -- numbers 6:15 +. +And the priest shall bring them before the LORD, and shall offer his sin offering, and his burnt offering: -- numbers 6:16 +. +And he shall offer the ram for a sacrifice of peace offerings unto the LORD, with the basket of unleavened bread: the priest shall offer also his meat offering, and his drink offering. -- numbers 6:17 +. +And the Nazarite shall shave the head of his separation at the door of the tabernacle of the congregation, and shall take the hair of the head of his separation, and put it in the fire which is under the sacrifice of the peace offerings. -- numbers 6:18 +. +And the priest shall take the sodden shoulder of the ram, and one unleavened cake out of the basket, and one unleavened wafer, and shall put them upon the hands of the Nazarite, after the hair of his separation is shaven: -- numbers 6:19 +. +And the priest shall wave them for a wave offering before the LORD: this is holy for the priest, with the wave breast and heave shoulder: and after that the Nazarite may drink wine. -- numbers 6:20 +. +This is the law of the Nazarite who hath vowed, and of his offering unto the LORD for his separation, beside that that his hand shall get: according to the vow which he vowed, so he must do after the law of his separation. -- numbers 6:21 +. +And the LORD spake unto Moses, saying, -- numbers 6:22 +. +Speak unto Aaron and unto his sons, saying, On this wise ye shall bless the children of Israel, saying unto them, -- numbers 6:23 +. +The LORD bless thee, and keep thee: -- numbers 6:24 +. +The LORD make his face shine upon thee, and be gracious unto thee: -- numbers 6:25 +. +The LORD lift up his countenance upon thee, and give thee peace. -- numbers 6:26 +. +And they shall put my name upon the children of Israel, and I will bless them. -- numbers 6:27 +. +And it came to pass on the day that Moses had fully set up the tabernacle, and had anointed it, and sanctified it, and all the instruments thereof, both the altar and all the vessels thereof, and had anointed them, and sanctified them; -- numbers 7:1 +. +That the princes of Israel, heads of the house of their fathers, who were the princes of the tribes, and were over them that were numbered, offered: -- numbers 7:2 +. +And they brought their offering before the LORD, six covered wagons, and twelve oxen; a wagon for two of the princes, and for each one an ox: and they brought them before the tabernacle. -- numbers 7:3 +. +And the LORD spake unto Moses, saying, -- numbers 7:4 +. +Take it of them, that they may be to do the service of the tabernacle of the congregation; and thou shalt give them unto the Levites, to every man according to his service. -- numbers 7:5 +. +And Moses took the wagons and the oxen, and gave them unto the Levites. -- numbers 7:6 +. +Two wagons and four oxen he gave unto the sons of Gershon, according to their service: -- numbers 7:7 +. +And four wagons and eight oxen he gave unto the sons of Merari, according unto their service, under the hand of Ithamar the son of Aaron the priest. -- numbers 7:8 +. +But unto the sons of Kohath he gave none: because the service of the sanctuary belonging unto them was that they should bear upon their shoulders. -- numbers 7:9 +. +And the princes offered for dedicating of the altar in the day that it was anointed, even the princes offered their offering before the altar. -- numbers 7:10 +. +And the LORD said unto Moses, They shall offer their offering, each prince on his day, for the dedicating of the altar. -- numbers 7:11 +. +And he that offered his offering the first day was Nahshon the son of Amminadab, of the tribe of Judah: -- numbers 7:12 +. +And his offering was one silver charger, the weight thereof was an hundred and thirty shekels, one silver bowl of seventy shekels, after the shekel of the sanctuary; both of them were full of fine flour mingled with oil for a meat offering: -- numbers 7:13 +. +One spoon of ten shekels of gold, full of incense: -- numbers 7:14 +. +One young bullock, one ram, one lamb of the first year, for a burnt offering: -- numbers 7:15 +. +One kid of the goats for a sin offering: -- numbers 7:16 +. +And for a sacrifice of peace offerings, two oxen, five rams, five he goats, five lambs of the first year: this was the offering of Nahshon the son of Amminadab. -- numbers 7:17 +. +On the second day Nethaneel the son of Zuar, prince of Issachar, did offer: -- numbers 7:18 +. +He offered for his offering one silver charger, the weight whereof was an hundred and thirty shekels, one silver bowl of seventy shekels, after the shekel of the sanctuary; both of them full of fine flour mingled with oil for a meat offering: -- numbers 7:19 +. +One spoon of gold of ten shekels, full of incense: -- numbers 7:20 +. +One young bullock, one ram, one lamb of the first year, for a burnt offering: -- numbers 7:21 +. +One kid of the goats for a sin offering: -- numbers 7:22 +. +And for a sacrifice of peace offerings, two oxen, five rams, five he goats, five lambs of the first year: this was the offering of Nethaneel the son of Zuar. -- numbers 7:23 +. +On the third day Eliab the son of Helon, prince of the children of Zebulun, did offer: -- numbers 7:24 +. +His offering was one silver charger, the weight whereof was an hundred and thirty shekels, one silver bowl of seventy shekels, after the shekel of the sanctuary; both of them full of fine flour mingled with oil for a meat offering: -- numbers 7:25 +. +One golden spoon of ten shekels, full of incense: -- numbers 7:26 +. +One young bullock, one ram, one lamb of the first year, for a burnt offering: -- numbers 7:27 +. +One kid of the goats for a sin offering: -- numbers 7:28 +. +And for a sacrifice of peace offerings, two oxen, five rams, five he goats, five lambs of the first year: this was the offering of Eliab the son of Helon. -- numbers 7:29 +. +On the fourth day Elizur the son of Shedeur, prince of the children of Reuben, did offer: -- numbers 7:30 +. +His offering was one silver charger of the weight of an hundred and thirty shekels, one silver bowl of seventy shekels, after the shekel of the sanctuary; both of them full of fine flour mingled with oil for a meat offering: -- numbers 7:31 +. +One golden spoon of ten shekels, full of incense: -- numbers 7:32 +. +One young bullock, one ram, one lamb of the first year, for a burnt offering: -- numbers 7:33 +. +One kid of the goats for a sin offering: -- numbers 7:34 +. +And for a sacrifice of peace offerings, two oxen, five rams, five he goats, five lambs of the first year: this was the offering of Elizur the son of Shedeur. -- numbers 7:35 +. +On the fifth day Shelumiel the son of Zurishaddai, prince of the children of Simeon, did offer: -- numbers 7:36 +. +His offering was one silver charger, the weight whereof was an hundred and thirty shekels, one silver bowl of seventy shekels, after the shekel of the sanctuary; both of them full of fine flour mingled with oil for a meat offering: -- numbers 7:37 +. +One golden spoon of ten shekels, full of incense: -- numbers 7:38 +. +One young bullock, one ram, one lamb of the first year, for a burnt offering: -- numbers 7:39 +. +One kid of the goats for a sin offering: -- numbers 7:40 +. +And for a sacrifice of peace offerings, two oxen, five rams, five he goats, five lambs of the first year: this was the offering of Shelumiel the son of Zurishaddai. -- numbers 7:41 +. +On the sixth day Eliasaph the son of Deuel, prince of the children of Gad, offered: -- numbers 7:42 +. +His offering was one silver charger of the weight of an hundred and thirty shekels, a silver bowl of seventy shekels, after the shekel of the sanctuary; both of them full of fine flour mingled with oil for a meat offering: -- numbers 7:43 +. +One golden spoon of ten shekels, full of incense: -- numbers 7:44 +. +One young bullock, one ram, one lamb of the first year, for a burnt offering: -- numbers 7:45 +. +One kid of the goats for a sin offering: -- numbers 7:46 +. +And for a sacrifice of peace offerings, two oxen, five rams, five he goats, five lambs of the first year: this was the offering of Eliasaph the son of Deuel. -- numbers 7:47 +. +On the seventh day Elishama the son of Ammihud, prince of the children of Ephraim, offered: -- numbers 7:48 +. +His offering was one silver charger, the weight whereof was an hundred and thirty shekels, one silver bowl of seventy shekels, after the shekel of the sanctuary; both of them full of fine flour mingled with oil for a meat offering: -- numbers 7:49 +. +One golden spoon of ten shekels, full of incense: -- numbers 7:50 +. +One young bullock, one ram, one lamb of the first year, for a burnt offering: -- numbers 7:51 +. +One kid of the goats for a sin offering: -- numbers 7:52 +. +And for a sacrifice of peace offerings, two oxen, five rams, five he goats, five lambs of the first year: this was the offering of Elishama the son of Ammihud. -- numbers 7:53 +. +On the eighth day offered Gamaliel the son of Pedahzur, prince of the children of Manasseh: -- numbers 7:54 +. +His offering was one silver charger of the weight of an hundred and thirty shekels, one silver bowl of seventy shekels, after the shekel of the sanctuary; both of them full of fine flour mingled with oil for a meat offering: -- numbers 7:55 +. +One golden spoon of ten shekels, full of incense: -- numbers 7:56 +. +One young bullock, one ram, one lamb of the first year, for a burnt offering: -- numbers 7:57 +. +One kid of the goats for a sin offering: -- numbers 7:58 +. +And for a sacrifice of peace offerings, two oxen, five rams, five he goats, five lambs of the first year: this was the offering of Gamaliel the son of Pedahzur. -- numbers 7:59 +. +On the ninth day Abidan the son of Gideoni, prince of the children of Benjamin, offered: -- numbers 7:60 +. +His offering was one silver charger, the weight whereof was an hundred and thirty shekels, one silver bowl of seventy shekels, after the shekel of the sanctuary; both of them full of fine flour mingled with oil for a meat offering: -- numbers 7:61 +. +One golden spoon of ten shekels, full of incense: -- numbers 7:62 +. +One young bullock, one ram, one lamb of the first year, for a burnt offering: -- numbers 7:63 +. +One kid of the goats for a sin offering: -- numbers 7:64 +. +And for a sacrifice of peace offerings, two oxen, five rams, five he goats, five lambs of the first year: this was the offering of Abidan the son of Gideoni. -- numbers 7:65 +. +On the tenth day Ahiezer the son of Ammishaddai, prince of the children of Dan, offered: -- numbers 7:66 +. +His offering was one silver charger, the weight whereof was an hundred and thirty shekels, one silver bowl of seventy shekels, after the shekel of the sanctuary; both of them full of fine flour mingled with oil for a meat offering: -- numbers 7:67 +. +One golden spoon of ten shekels, full of incense: -- numbers 7:68 +. +One young bullock, one ram, one lamb of the first year, for a burnt offering: -- numbers 7:69 +. +One kid of the goats for a sin offering: -- numbers 7:70 +. +And for a sacrifice of peace offerings, two oxen, five rams, five he goats, five lambs of the first year: this was the offering of Ahiezer the son of Ammishaddai. -- numbers 7:71 +. +On the eleventh day Pagiel the son of Ocran, prince of the children of Asher, offered: -- numbers 7:72 +. +His offering was one silver charger, the weight whereof was an hundred and thirty shekels, one silver bowl of seventy shekels, after the shekel of the sanctuary; both of them full of fine flour mingled with oil for a meat offering: -- numbers 7:73 +. +One golden spoon of ten shekels, full of incense: -- numbers 7:74 +. +One young bullock, one ram, one lamb of the first year, for a burnt offering: -- numbers 7:75 +. +One kid of the goats for a sin offering: -- numbers 7:76 +. +And for a sacrifice of peace offerings, two oxen, five rams, five he goats, five lambs of the first year: this was the offering of Pagiel the son of Ocran. -- numbers 7:77 +. +On the twelfth day Ahira the son of Enan, prince of the children of Naphtali, offered: -- numbers 7:78 +. +His offering was one silver charger, the weight whereof was an hundred and thirty shekels, one silver bowl of seventy shekels, after the shekel of the sanctuary; both of them full of fine flour mingled with oil for a meat offering: -- numbers 7:79 +. +One golden spoon of ten shekels, full of incense: -- numbers 7:80 +. +One young bullock, one ram, one lamb of the first year, for a burnt offering: -- numbers 7:81 +. +One kid of the goats for a sin offering: -- numbers 7:82 +. +And for a sacrifice of peace offerings, two oxen, five rams, five he goats, five lambs of the first year: this was the offering of Ahira the son of Enan. -- numbers 7:83 +. +This was the dedication of the altar, in the day when it was anointed, by the princes of Israel: twelve chargers of silver, twelve silver bowls, twelve spoons of gold: -- numbers 7:84 +. +Each charger of silver weighing an hundred and thirty shekels, each bowl seventy: all the silver vessels weighed two thousand and four hundred shekels, after the shekel of the sanctuary: -- numbers 7:85 +. +The golden spoons were twelve, full of incense, weighing ten shekels apiece, after the shekel of the sanctuary: all the gold of the spoons was an hundred and twenty shekels. -- numbers 7:86 +. +All the oxen for the burnt offering were twelve bullocks, the rams twelve, the lambs of the first year twelve, with their meat offering: and the kids of the goats for sin offering twelve. -- numbers 7:87 +. +And all the oxen for the sacrifice of the peace offerings were twenty and four bullocks, the rams sixty, the he goats sixty, the lambs of the first year sixty. This was the dedication of the altar, after that it was anointed. -- numbers 7:88 +. +And when Moses was gone into the tabernacle of the congregation to speak with him, then he heard the voice of one speaking unto him from off the mercy seat that was upon the ark of testimony, from between the two cherubim: and he spake unto him. -- numbers 7:89 +. +And the LORD spake unto Moses, saying, -- numbers 8:1 +. +Speak unto Aaron and say unto him, When thou lightest the lamps, the seven lamps shall give light over against the candlestick. -- numbers 8:2 +. +And Aaron did so; he lighted the lamps thereof over against the candlestick, as the LORD commanded Moses. -- numbers 8:3 +. +And this work of the candlestick was of beaten gold, unto the shaft thereof, unto the flowers thereof, was beaten work: according unto the pattern which the LORD had showed Moses, so he made the candlestick. -- numbers 8:4 +. +And the LORD spake unto Moses, saying, -- numbers 8:5 +. +Take the Levites from among the children of Israel, and cleanse them. -- numbers 8:6 +. +And thus shalt thou do unto them, to cleanse them: Sprinkle water of purifying upon them, and let them shave all their flesh, and let them wash their clothes, and so make themselves clean. -- numbers 8:7 +. +Then let them take a young bullock with his meat offering, even fine flour mingled with oil, and another young bullock shalt thou take for a sin offering. -- numbers 8:8 +. +And thou shalt bring the Levites before the tabernacle of the congregation: and thou shalt gather the whole assembly of the children of Israel together: -- numbers 8:9 +. +And thou shalt bring the Levites before the LORD: and the children of Israel shall put their hands upon the Levites: -- numbers 8:10 +. +And Aaron shall offer the Levites before the LORD for an offering of the children of Israel, that they may execute the service of the LORD. -- numbers 8:11 +. +And the Levites shall lay their hands upon the heads of the bullocks: and thou shalt offer the one for a sin offering, and the other for a burnt offering, unto the LORD, to make an atonement for the Levites. -- numbers 8:12 +. +And thou shalt set the Levites before Aaron, and before his sons, and offer them for an offering unto the LORD. -- numbers 8:13 +. +Thus shalt thou separate the Levites from among the children of Israel: and the Levites shall be mine. -- numbers 8:14 +. +And after that shall the Levites go in to do the service of the tabernacle of the congregation: and thou shalt cleanse them, and offer them for an offering. -- numbers 8:15 +. +For they are wholly given unto me from among the children of Israel; instead of such as open every womb, even instead of the firstborn of all the children of Israel, have I taken them unto me. -- numbers 8:16 +. +For all the firstborn of the children of Israel are mine, both man and beast: on the day that I smote every firstborn in the land of Egypt I sanctified them for myself. -- numbers 8:17 +. +And I have taken the Levites for all the firstborn of the children of Israel. -- numbers 8:18 +. +And I have given the Levites as a gift to Aaron and to his sons from among the children of Israel, to do the service of the children of Israel in the tabernacle of the congregation, and to make an atonement for the children of Israel: that there be no plague among the children of Israel, when the children of Israel come nigh unto the sanctuary. -- numbers 8:19 +. +And Moses, and Aaron, and all the congregation of the children of Israel, did to the Levites according unto all that the LORD commanded Moses concerning the Levites, so did the children of Israel unto them. -- numbers 8:20 +. +And the Levites were purified, and they washed their clothes; and Aaron offered them as an offering before the LORD; and Aaron made an atonement for them to cleanse them. -- numbers 8:21 +. +And after that went the Levites in to do their service in the tabernacle of the congregation before Aaron, and before his sons: as the LORD had commanded Moses concerning the Levites, so did they unto them. -- numbers 8:22 +. +And the LORD spake unto Moses, saying, -- numbers 8:23 +. +This is it that belongeth unto the Levites: from twenty and five years old and upward they shall go in to wait upon the service of the tabernacle of the congregation: -- numbers 8:24 +. +And from the age of fifty years they shall cease waiting upon the service thereof, and shall serve no more: -- numbers 8:25 +. +But shall minister with their brethren in the tabernacle of the congregation, to keep the charge, and shall do no service. Thus shalt thou do unto the Levites touching their charge. -- numbers 8:26 +. +And the LORD spake unto Moses in the wilderness of Sinai, in the first month of the second year after they were come out of the land of Egypt, saying, -- numbers 9:1 +. +Let the children of Israel also keep the passover at his appointed season. -- numbers 9:2 +. +In the fourteenth day of this month, at even, ye shall keep it in his appointed season: according to all the rites of it, and according to all the ceremonies thereof, shall ye keep it. -- numbers 9:3 +. +And Moses spake unto the children of Israel, that they should keep the passover. -- numbers 9:4 +. +And they kept the passover on the fourteenth day of the first month at even in the wilderness of Sinai: according to all that the LORD commanded Moses, so did the children of Israel. -- numbers 9:5 +. +And there were certain men, who were defiled by the dead body of a man, that they could not keep the passover on that day: and they came before Moses and before Aaron on that day: -- numbers 9:6 +. +And those men said unto him, We are defiled by the dead body of a man: wherefore are we kept back, that we may not offer an offering of the LORD in his appointed season among the children of Israel? -- numbers 9:7 +. +And Moses said unto them, Stand still, and I will hear what the LORD will command concerning you. -- numbers 9:8 +. +And the LORD spake unto Moses, saying, -- numbers 9:9 +. +Speak unto the children of Israel, saying, If any man of you or of your posterity shall be unclean by reason of a dead body, or be in a journey afar off, yet he shall keep the passover unto the LORD. -- numbers 9:10 +. +The fourteenth day of the second month at even they shall keep it, and eat it with unleavened bread and bitter herbs. -- numbers 9:11 +. +They shall leave none of it unto the morning, nor break any bone of it: according to all the ordinances of the passover they shall keep it. -- numbers 9:12 +. +But the man that is clean, and is not in a journey, and forbeareth to keep the passover, even the same soul shall be cut off from among his people: because he brought not the offering of the LORD in his appointed season, that man shall bear his sin. -- numbers 9:13 +. +And if a stranger shall sojourn among you, and will keep the passover unto the LORD; according to the ordinance of the passover, and according to the manner thereof, so shall he do: ye shall have one ordinance, both for the stranger, and for him that was born in the land. -- numbers 9:14 +. +And on the day that the tabernacle was reared up the cloud covered the tabernacle, namely, the tent of the testimony: and at even there was upon the tabernacle as it were the appearance of fire, until the morning. -- numbers 9:15 +. +So it was alway: the cloud covered it by day, and the appearance of fire by night. -- numbers 9:16 +. +And when the cloud was taken up from the tabernacle, then after that the children of Israel journeyed: and in the place where the cloud abode, there the children of Israel pitched their tents. -- numbers 9:17 +. +At the commandment of the LORD the children of Israel journeyed, and at the commandment of the LORD they pitched: as long as the cloud abode upon the tabernacle they rested in their tents. -- numbers 9:18 +. +And when the cloud tarried long upon the tabernacle many days, then the children of Israel kept the charge of the LORD, and journeyed not. -- numbers 9:19 +. +And so it was, when the cloud was a few days upon the tabernacle; according to the commandment of the LORD they abode in their tents, and according to the commandment of the LORD they journeyed. -- numbers 9:20 +. +And so it was, when the cloud abode from even unto the morning, and that the cloud was taken up in the morning, then they journeyed: whether it was by day or by night that the cloud was taken up, they journeyed. -- numbers 9:21 +. +Or whether it were two days, or a month, or a year, that the cloud tarried upon the tabernacle, remaining thereon, the children of Israel abode in their tents, and journeyed not: but when it was taken up, they journeyed. -- numbers 9:22 +. +At the commandment of the LORD they rested in the tents, and at the commandment of the LORD they journeyed: they kept the charge of the LORD, at the commandment of the LORD by the hand of Moses. -- numbers 9:23 +. +And the LORD spake unto Moses, saying, -- numbers 10:1 +. +Make thee two trumpets of silver; of a whole piece shalt thou make them: that thou mayest use them for the calling of the assembly, and for the journeying of the camps. -- numbers 10:2 +. +And when they shall blow with them, all the assembly shall assemble themselves to thee at the door of the tabernacle of the congregation. -- numbers 10:3 +. +And if they blow but with one trumpet, then the princes, which are heads of the thousands of Israel, shall gather themselves unto thee. -- numbers 10:4 +. +When ye blow an alarm, then the camps that lie on the east parts shall go forward. -- numbers 10:5 +. +When ye blow an alarm the second time, then the camps that lie on the south side shall take their journey: they shall blow an alarm for their journeys. -- numbers 10:6 +. +But when the congregation is to be gathered together, ye shall blow, but ye shall not sound an alarm. -- numbers 10:7 +. +And the sons of Aaron, the priests, shall blow with the trumpets; and they shall be to you for an ordinance for ever throughout your generations. -- numbers 10:8 +. +And if ye go to war in your land against the enemy that oppresseth you, then ye shall blow an alarm with the trumpets; and ye shall be remembered before the LORD your God, and ye shall be saved from your enemies. -- numbers 10:9 +. +Also in the day of your gladness, and in your solemn days, and in the beginnings of your months, ye shall blow with the trumpets over your burnt offerings, and over the sacrifices of your peace offerings; that they may be to you for a memorial before your God: I am the LORD your God. -- numbers 10:10 +. +And it came to pass on the twentieth day of the second month, in the second year, that the cloud was taken up from off the tabernacle of the testimony. -- numbers 10:11 +. +And the children of Israel took their journeys out of the wilderness of Sinai; and the cloud rested in the wilderness of Paran. -- numbers 10:12 +. +And they first took their journey according to the commandment of the LORD by the hand of Moses. -- numbers 10:13 +. +In the first place went the standard of the camp of the children of Judah according to their armies: and over his host was Nahshon the son of Amminadab. -- numbers 10:14 +. +And over the host of the tribe of the children of Issachar was Nethaneel the son of Zuar. -- numbers 10:15 +. +And over the host of the tribe of the children of Zebulun was Eliab the son of Helon. -- numbers 10:16 +. +And the tabernacle was taken down; and the sons of Gershon and the sons of Merari set forward, bearing the tabernacle. -- numbers 10:17 +. +And the standard of the camp of Reuben set forward according to their armies: and over his host was Elizur the son of Shedeur. -- numbers 10:18 +. +And over the host of the tribe of the children of Simeon was Shelumiel the son of Zurishaddai. -- numbers 10:19 +. +And over the host of the tribe of the children of Gad was Eliasaph the son of Deuel. -- numbers 10:20 +. +And the Kohathites set forward, bearing the sanctuary: and the other did set up the tabernacle against they came. -- numbers 10:21 +. +And the standard of the camp of the children of Ephraim set forward according to their armies: and over his host was Elishama the son of Ammihud. -- numbers 10:22 +. +And over the host of the tribe of the children of Manasseh was Gamaliel the son of Pedahzur. -- numbers 10:23 +. +And over the host of the tribe of the children of Benjamin was Abidan the son of Gideoni. -- numbers 10:24 +. +And the standard of the camp of the children of Dan set forward, which was the rearward of all the camps throughout their hosts: and over his host was Ahiezer the son of Ammishaddai. -- numbers 10:25 +. +And over the host of the tribe of the children of Asher was Pagiel the son of Ocran. -- numbers 10:26 +. +And over the host of the tribe of the children of Naphtali was Ahira the son of Enan. -- numbers 10:27 +. +Thus were the journeyings of the children of Israel according to their armies, when they set forward. -- numbers 10:28 +. +And Moses said unto Hobab, the son of Raguel the Midianite, Moses' father in law, We are journeying unto the place of which the LORD said, I will give it you: come thou with us, and we will do thee good: for the LORD hath spoken good concerning Israel. -- numbers 10:29 +. +And he said unto him, I will not go; but I will depart to mine own land, and to my kindred. -- numbers 10:30 +. +And he said, Leave us not, I pray thee; forasmuch as thou knowest how we are to encamp in the wilderness, and thou mayest be to us instead of eyes. -- numbers 10:31 +. +And it shall be, if thou go with us, yea, it shall be, that what goodness the LORD shall do unto us, the same will we do unto thee. -- numbers 10:32 +. +And they departed from the mount of the LORD three days' journey: and the ark of the covenant of the LORD went before them in the three days' journey, to search out a resting place for them. -- numbers 10:33 +. +And the cloud of the LORD was upon them by day, when they went out of the camp. -- numbers 10:34 +. +And it came to pass, when the ark set forward, that Moses said, Rise up, LORD, and let thine enemies be scattered; and let them that hate thee flee before thee. -- numbers 10:35 +. +And when it rested, he said, Return, O LORD, unto the many thousands of Israel. -- numbers 10:36 +. +And when the people complained, it displeased the LORD: and the LORD heard it; and his anger was kindled; and the fire of the LORD burnt among them, and consumed them that were in the uttermost parts of the camp. -- numbers 11:1 +. +And the people cried unto Moses; and when Moses prayed unto the LORD, the fire was quenched. -- numbers 11:2 +. +And he called the name of the place Taberah: because the fire of the LORD burnt among them. -- numbers 11:3 +. +And the mixed multitude that was among them fell a lusting: and the children of Israel also wept again, and said, Who shall give us flesh to eat? -- numbers 11:4 +. +We remember the fish, which we did eat in Egypt freely; the cucumbers, and the melons, and the leeks, and the onions, and the garlic: -- numbers 11:5 +. +But now our soul is dried away: there is nothing at all, beside this manna, before our eyes. -- numbers 11:6 +. +And the manna was as coriander seed, and the color thereof as the color of bdellium. -- numbers 11:7 +. +And the people went about, and gathered it, and ground it in mills, or beat it in a mortar, and baked it in pans, and made cakes of it: and the taste of it was as the taste of fresh oil. -- numbers 11:8 +. +And when the dew fell upon the camp in the night, the manna fell upon it. -- numbers 11:9 +. +Then Moses heard the people weep throughout their families, every man in the door of his tent: and the anger of the LORD was kindled greatly; Moses also was displeased. -- numbers 11:10 +. +And Moses said unto the LORD, Wherefore hast thou afflicted thy servant? and wherefore have I not found favor in thy sight, that thou layest the burden of all this people upon me? -- numbers 11:11 +. +Have I conceived all this people? have I begotten them, that thou shouldest say unto me, Carry them in thy bosom, as a nursing father beareth the sucking child, unto the land which thou swarest unto their fathers? -- numbers 11:12 +. +Whence should I have flesh to give unto all this people? for they weep unto me, saying, Give us flesh, that we may eat. -- numbers 11:13 +. +I am not able to bear all this people alone, because it is too heavy for me. -- numbers 11:14 +. +And if thou deal thus with me, kill me, I pray thee, out of hand, if I have found favor in thy sight; and let me not see my wretchedness. -- numbers 11:15 +. +And the LORD said unto Moses, Gather unto me seventy men of the elders of Israel, whom thou knowest to be the elders of the people, and officers over them; and bring them unto the tabernacle of the congregation, that they may stand there with thee. -- numbers 11:16 +. +And I will come down and talk with thee there: and I will take of the spirit which is upon thee, and will put it upon them; and they shall bear the burden of the people with thee, that thou bear it not thyself alone. -- numbers 11:17 +. +And say thou unto the people, Sanctify yourselves against to morrow, and ye shall eat flesh: for ye have wept in the ears of the LORD, saying, Who shall give us flesh to eat? for it was well with us in Egypt: therefore the LORD will give you flesh, and ye shall eat. -- numbers 11:18 +. +Ye shall not eat one day, nor two days, nor five days, neither ten days, nor twenty days; -- numbers 11:19 +. +But even a whole month, until it come out at your nostrils, and it be loathsome unto you: because that ye have despised the LORD which is among you, and have wept before him, saying, Why came we forth out of Egypt? -- numbers 11:20 +. +And Moses said, The people, among whom I am, are six hundred thousand footmen; and thou hast said, I will give them flesh, that they may eat a whole month. -- numbers 11:21 +. +Shall the flocks and the herds be slain for them, to suffice them? or shall all the fish of the sea be gathered together for them, to suffice them? -- numbers 11:22 +. +And the LORD said unto Moses, Is the LORD's hand waxed short? thou shalt see now whether my word shall come to pass unto thee or not. -- numbers 11:23 +. +And Moses went out, and told the people the words of the LORD, and gathered the seventy men of the elders of the people, and set them round about the tabernacle. -- numbers 11:24 +. +And the LORD came down in a cloud, and spake unto him, and took of the spirit that was upon him, and gave it unto the seventy elders: and it came to pass, that, when the spirit rested upon them, they prophesied, and did not cease. -- numbers 11:25 +. +But there remained two of the men in the camp, the name of the one was Eldad, and the name of the other Medad: and the spirit rested upon them; and they were of them that were written, but went not out unto the tabernacle: and they prophesied in the camp. -- numbers 11:26 +. +And there ran a young man, and told Moses, and said, Eldad and Medad do prophesy in the camp. -- numbers 11:27 +. +And Joshua the son of Nun, the servant of Moses, one of his young men, answered and said, My lord Moses, forbid them. -- numbers 11:28 +. +And Moses said unto him, Enviest thou for my sake? would God that all the LORD's people were prophets, and that the LORD would put his spirit upon them! -- numbers 11:29 +. +And Moses gat him into the camp, he and the elders of Israel. -- numbers 11:30 +. +And there went forth a wind from the LORD, and brought quails from the sea, and let them fall by the camp, as it were a day's journey on this side, and as it were a day's journey on the other side, round about the camp, and as it were two cubits high upon the face of the earth. -- numbers 11:31 +. +And the people stood up all that day, and all that night, and all the next day, and they gathered the quails: he that gathered least gathered ten homers: and they spread them all abroad for themselves round about the camp. -- numbers 11:32 +. +And while the flesh was yet between their teeth, ere it was chewed, the wrath of the LORD was kindled against the people, and the LORD smote the people with a very great plague. -- numbers 11:33 +. +And he called the name of that place Kibrothhattaavah: because there they buried the people that lusted. -- numbers 11:34 +. +And the people journeyed from Kibrothhattaavah unto Hazeroth; and abode at Hazeroth. -- numbers 11:35 +. +And Miriam and Aaron spake against Moses because of the Ethiopian woman whom he had married: for he had married an Ethiopian woman. -- numbers 12:1 +. +And they said, Hath the LORD indeed spoken only by Moses? hath he not spoken also by us? And the LORD heard it. -- numbers 12:2 +. +(Now the man Moses was very meek, above all the men which were upon the face of the earth.) -- numbers 12:3 +. +And the LORD spake suddenly unto Moses, and unto Aaron, and unto Miriam, Come out ye three unto the tabernacle of the congregation. And they three came out. -- numbers 12:4 +. +And the LORD came down in the pillar of the cloud, and stood in the door of the tabernacle, and called Aaron and Miriam: and they both came forth. -- numbers 12:5 +. +And he said, Hear now my words: If there be a prophet among you, I the LORD will make myself known unto him in a vision, and will speak unto him in a dream. -- numbers 12:6 +. +My servant Moses is not so, who is faithful in all mine house. -- numbers 12:7 +. +With him will I speak mouth to mouth, even apparently, and not in dark speeches; and the similitude of the LORD shall he behold: wherefore then were ye not afraid to speak against my servant Moses? -- numbers 12:8 +. +And the anger of the LORD was kindled against them; and he departed. -- numbers 12:9 +. +And the cloud departed from off the tabernacle; and, behold, Miriam became leprous, white as snow: and Aaron looked upon Miriam, and, behold, she was leprous. -- numbers 12:10 +. +And Aaron said unto Moses, Alas, my lord, I beseech thee, lay not the sin upon us, wherein we have done foolishly, and wherein we have sinned. -- numbers 12:11 +. +Let her not be as one dead, of whom the flesh is half consumed when he cometh out of his mother's womb. -- numbers 12:12 +. +And Moses cried unto the LORD, saying, Heal her now, O God, I beseech thee. -- numbers 12:13 +. +And the LORD said unto Moses, If her father had but spit in her face, should she not be ashamed seven days? let her be shut out from the camp seven days, and after that let her be received in again. -- numbers 12:14 +. +And Miriam was shut out from the camp seven days: and the people journeyed not till Miriam was brought in again. -- numbers 12:15 +. +And afterward the people removed from Hazeroth, and pitched in the wilderness of Paran. -- numbers 12:16 +. +And the LORD spake unto Moses, saying, -- numbers 13:1 +. +Send thou men, that they may search the land of Canaan, which I give unto the children of Israel: of every tribe of their fathers shall ye send a man, every one a ruler among them. -- numbers 13:2 +. +And Moses by the commandment of the LORD sent them from the wilderness of Paran: all those men were heads of the children of Israel. -- numbers 13:3 +. +And these were their names: of the tribe of Reuben, Shammua the son of Zaccur. -- numbers 13:4 +. +Of the tribe of Simeon, Shaphat the son of Hori. -- numbers 13:5 +. +Of the tribe of Judah, Caleb the son of Jephunneh. -- numbers 13:6 +. +Of the tribe of Issachar, Igal the son of Joseph. -- numbers 13:7 +. +Of the tribe of Ephraim, Oshea the son of Nun. -- numbers 13:8 +. +Of the tribe of Benjamin, Palti the son of Raphu. -- numbers 13:9 +. +Of the tribe of Zebulun, Gaddiel the son of Sodi. -- numbers 13:10 +. +Of the tribe of Joseph, namely, of the tribe of Manasseh, Gaddi the son of Susi. -- numbers 13:11 +. +Of the tribe of Dan, Ammiel the son of Gemalli. -- numbers 13:12 +. +Of the tribe of Asher, Sethur the son of Michael. -- numbers 13:13 +. +Of the tribe of Naphtali, Nahbi the son of Vophsi. -- numbers 13:14 +. +Of the tribe of Gad, Geuel the son of Machi. -- numbers 13:15 +. +These are the names of the men which Moses sent to spy out the land. And Moses called Oshea the son of Nun Jehoshua. -- numbers 13:16 +. +And Moses sent them to spy out the land of Canaan, and said unto them, Get you up this way southward, and go up into the mountain: -- numbers 13:17 +. +And see the land, what it is, and the people that dwelleth therein, whether they be strong or weak, few or many; -- numbers 13:18 +. +And what the land is that they dwell in, whether it be good or bad; and what cities they be that they dwell in, whether in tents, or in strong holds; -- numbers 13:19 +. +And what the land is, whether it be fat or lean, whether there be wood therein, or not. And be ye of good courage, and bring of the fruit of the land. Now the time was the time of the first ripe grapes. -- numbers 13:20 +. +So they went up, and searched the land from the wilderness of Zin unto Rehob, as men come to Hamath. -- numbers 13:21 +. +And they ascended by the south, and came unto Hebron; where Ahiman, Sheshai, and Talmai, the children of Anak, were. (Now Hebron was built seven years before Zoan in Egypt.) -- numbers 13:22 +. +And they came unto the brook of Eshcol, and cut down from thence a branch with one cluster of grapes, and they bare it between two upon a staff; and they brought of the pomegranates, and of the figs. -- numbers 13:23 +. +The place was called the brook Eshcol, because of the cluster of grapes which the children of Israel cut down from thence. -- numbers 13:24 +. +And they returned from searching of the land after forty days. -- numbers 13:25 +. +And they went and came to Moses, and to Aaron, and to all the congregation of the children of Israel, unto the wilderness of Paran, to Kadesh; and brought back word unto them, and unto all the congregation, and showed them the fruit of the land. -- numbers 13:26 +. +And they told him, and said, We came unto the land whither thou sentest us, and surely it floweth with milk and honey; and this is the fruit of it. -- numbers 13:27 +. +Nevertheless the people be strong that dwell in the land, and the cities are walled, and very great: and moreover we saw the children of Anak there. -- numbers 13:28 +. +The Amalekites dwell in the land of the south: and the Hittites, and the Jebusites, and the Amorites, dwell in the mountains: and the Canaanites dwell by the sea, and by the coast of Jordan. -- numbers 13:29 +. +And Caleb stilled the people before Moses, and said, Let us go up at once, and possess it; for we are well able to overcome it. -- numbers 13:30 +. +But the men that went up with him said, We be not able to go up against the people; for they are stronger than we. -- numbers 13:31 +. +And they brought up an evil report of the land which they had searched unto the children of Israel, saying, The land, through which we have gone to search it, is a land that eateth up the inhabitants thereof; and all the people that we saw in it are men of a great stature. -- numbers 13:32 +. +And there we saw the giants, the sons of Anak, which come of the giants: and we were in our own sight as grasshoppers, and so we were in their sight. -- numbers 13:33 +. +And all the congregation lifted up their voice, and cried; and the people wept that night. -- numbers 14:1 +. +And all the children of Israel murmured against Moses and against Aaron: and the whole congregation said unto them, Would God that we had died in the land of Egypt! or would God we had died in this wilderness! -- numbers 14:2 +. +And wherefore hath the LORD brought us unto this land, to fall by the sword, that our wives and our children should be a prey? were it not better for us to return into Egypt? -- numbers 14:3 +. +And they said one to another, Let us make a captain, and let us return into Egypt. -- numbers 14:4 +. +Then Moses and Aaron fell on their faces before all the assembly of the congregation of the children of Israel. -- numbers 14:5 +. +And Joshua the son of Nun, and Caleb the son of Jephunneh, which were of them that searched the land, rent their clothes: -- numbers 14:6 +. +And they spake unto all the company of the children of Israel, saying, The land, which we passed through to search it, is an exceeding good land. -- numbers 14:7 +. +If the LORD delight in us, then he will bring us into this land, and give it us; a land which floweth with milk and honey. -- numbers 14:8 +. +Only rebel not ye against the LORD, neither fear ye the people of the land; for they are bread for us: their defense is departed from them, and the LORD is with us: fear them not. -- numbers 14:9 +. +But all the congregation bade stone them with stones. And the glory of the LORD appeared in the tabernacle of the congregation before all the children of Israel. -- numbers 14:10 +. +And the LORD said unto Moses, How long will this people provoke me? and how long will it be ere they believe me, for all the signs which I have showed among them? -- numbers 14:11 +. +I will smite them with the pestilence, and disinherit them, and will make of thee a greater nation and mightier than they. -- numbers 14:12 +. +And Moses said unto the LORD, Then the Egyptians shall hear it, (for thou broughtest up this people in thy might from among them;) -- numbers 14:13 +. +And they will tell it to the inhabitants of this land: for they have heard that thou LORD art among this people, that thou LORD art seen face to face, and that thy cloud standeth over them, and that thou goest before them, by day time in a pillar of a cloud, and in a pillar of fire by night. -- numbers 14:14 +. +Now if thou shalt kill all this people as one man, then the nations which have heard the fame of thee will speak, saying, -- numbers 14:15 +. +Because the LORD was not able to bring this people into the land which he sware unto them, therefore he hath slain them in the wilderness. -- numbers 14:16 +. +And now, I beseech thee, let the power of my Lord be great, according as thou hast spoken, saying, -- numbers 14:17 +. +The LORD is long-suffering, and of great mercy, forgiving iniquity and transgression, and by no means clearing the guilty, visiting the iniquity of the fathers upon the children unto the third and fourth generation. -- numbers 14:18 +. +Pardon, I beseech thee, the iniquity of this people according unto the greatness of thy mercy, and as thou hast forgiven this people, from Egypt even until now. -- numbers 14:19 +. +And the LORD said, I have pardoned according to thy word: -- numbers 14:20 +. +But as truly as I live, all the earth shall be filled with the glory of the LORD. -- numbers 14:21 +. +Because all those men which have seen my glory, and my miracles, which I did in Egypt and in the wilderness, and have tempted me now these ten times, and have not hearkened to my voice; -- numbers 14:22 +. +Surely they shall not see the land which I sware unto their fathers, neither shall any of them that provoked me see it: -- numbers 14:23 +. +But my servant Caleb, because he had another spirit with him, and hath followed me fully, him will I bring into the land whereinto he went; and his seed shall possess it. -- numbers 14:24 +. +(Now the Amalekites and the Canaanites dwelt in the valley.) Tomorrow turn you, and get you into the wilderness by the way of the Red sea. -- numbers 14:25 +. +And the LORD spake unto Moses and unto Aaron, saying, -- numbers 14:26 +. +How long shall I bear with this evil congregation, which murmur against me? I have heard the murmurings of the children of Israel, which they murmur against me. -- numbers 14:27 +. +Say unto them, As truly as I live, saith the LORD, as ye have spoken in mine ears, so will I do to you: -- numbers 14:28 +. +Your carcasses shall fall in this wilderness; and all that were numbered of you, according to your whole number, from twenty years old and upward which have murmured against me. -- numbers 14:29 +. +Doubtless ye shall not come into the land, concerning which I sware to make you dwell therein, save Caleb the son of Jephunneh, and Joshua the son of Nun. -- numbers 14:30 +. +But your little ones, which ye said should be a prey, them will I bring in, and they shall know the land which ye have despised. -- numbers 14:31 +. +But as for you, your carcasses, they shall fall in this wilderness. -- numbers 14:32 +. +And your children shall wander in the wilderness forty years, and bear your whoredoms, until your carcasses be wasted in the wilderness. -- numbers 14:33 +. +After the number of the days in which ye searched the land, even forty days, each day for a year, shall ye bear your iniquities, even forty years, and ye shall know my breach of promise. -- numbers 14:34 +. +I the LORD have said, I will surely do it unto all this evil congregation, that are gathered together against me: in this wilderness they shall be consumed, and there they shall die. -- numbers 14:35 +. +And the men, which Moses sent to search the land, who returned, and made all the congregation to murmur against him, by bringing up a slander upon the land, -- numbers 14:36 +. +Even those men that did bring up the evil report upon the land, died by the plague before the LORD. -- numbers 14:37 +. +But Joshua the son of Nun, and Caleb the son of Jephunneh, which were of the men that went to search the land, lived still. -- numbers 14:38 +. +And Moses told these sayings unto all the children of Israel: and the people mourned greatly. -- numbers 14:39 +. +And they rose up early in the morning, and gat them up into the top of the mountain, saying, Lo, we be here, and will go up unto the place which the LORD hath promised: for we have sinned. -- numbers 14:40 +. +And Moses said, Wherefore now do ye transgress the commandment of the LORD? but it shall not prosper. -- numbers 14:41 +. +Go not up, for the LORD is not among you; that ye be not smitten before your enemies. -- numbers 14:42 +. +For the Amalekites and the Canaanites are there before you, and ye shall fall by the sword: because ye are turned away from the LORD, therefore the LORD will not be with you. -- numbers 14:43 +. +But they presumed to go up unto the hill top: nevertheless the ark of the covenant of the LORD, and Moses, departed not out of the camp. -- numbers 14:44 +. +Then the Amalekites came down, and the Canaanites which dwelt in that hill, and smote them, and discomfited them, even unto Hormah. -- numbers 14:45 +. +And the LORD spake unto Moses, saying, -- numbers 15:1 +. +Speak unto the children of Israel, and say unto them, When ye be come into the land of your habitations, which I give unto you, -- numbers 15:2 +. +And will make an offering by fire unto the LORD, a burnt offering, or a sacrifice in performing a vow, or in a freewill offering, or in your solemn feasts, to make a sweet savor unto the LORD, of the herd or of the flock: -- numbers 15:3 +. +Then shall he that offereth his offering unto the LORD bring a meat offering of a tenth deal of flour mingled with the fourth part of an hin of oil. -- numbers 15:4 +. +And the fourth part of an hin of wine for a drink offering shalt thou prepare with the burnt offering or sacrifice, for one lamb. -- numbers 15:5 +. +Or for a ram, thou shalt prepare for a meat offering two tenth deals of flour mingled with the third part of an hin of oil. -- numbers 15:6 +. +And for a drink offering thou shalt offer the third part of an hin of wine, for a sweet savor unto the LORD. -- numbers 15:7 +. +And when thou preparest a bullock for a burnt offering, or for a sacrifice in performing a vow, or peace offerings unto the LORD: -- numbers 15:8 +. +Then shall he bring with a bullock a meat offering of three tenth deals of flour mingled with half an hin of oil. -- numbers 15:9 +. +And thou shalt bring for a drink offering half an hin of wine, for an offering made by fire, of a sweet savor unto the LORD. -- numbers 15:10 +. +Thus shall it be done for one bullock, or for one ram, or for a lamb, or a kid. -- numbers 15:11 +. +According to the number that ye shall prepare, so shall ye do to every one according to their number. -- numbers 15:12 +. +All that are born of the country shall do these things after this manner, in offering an offering made by fire, of a sweet savor unto the LORD. -- numbers 15:13 +. +And if a stranger sojourn with you, or whosoever be among you in your generations, and will offer an offering made by fire, of a sweet savor unto the LORD; as ye do, so he shall do. -- numbers 15:14 +. +One ordinance shall be both for you of the congregation, and also for the stranger that sojourneth with you, an ordinance for ever in your generations: as ye are, so shall the stranger be before the LORD. -- numbers 15:15 +. +One law and one manner shall be for you, and for the stranger that sojourneth with you. -- numbers 15:16 +. +And the LORD spake unto Moses, saying, -- numbers 15:17 +. +Speak unto the children of Israel, and say unto them, When ye come into the land whither I bring you, -- numbers 15:18 +. +Then it shall be, that, when ye eat of the bread of the land, ye shall offer up an heave offering unto the LORD. -- numbers 15:19 +. +Ye shall offer up a cake of the first of your dough for an heave offering: as ye do the heave offering of the threshingfloor, so shall ye heave it. -- numbers 15:20 +. +Of the first of your dough ye shall give unto the LORD an heave offering in your generations. -- numbers 15:21 +. +And if ye have erred, and not observed all these commandments, which the LORD hath spoken unto Moses, -- numbers 15:22 +. +Even all that the LORD hath commanded you by the hand of Moses, from the day that the LORD commanded Moses, and henceforward among your generations; -- numbers 15:23 +. +Then it shall be, if ought be committed by ignorance without the knowledge of the congregation, that all the congregation shall offer one young bullock for a burnt offering, for a sweet savor unto the LORD, with his meat offering, and his drink offering, according to the manner, and one kid of the goats for a sin offering. -- numbers 15:24 +. +And the priest shall make an atonement for all the congregation of the children of Israel, and it shall be forgiven them; for it is ignorance: and they shall bring their offering, a sacrifice made by fire unto the LORD, and their sin offering before the LORD, for their ignorance: -- numbers 15:25 +. +And it shall be forgiven all the congregation of the children of Israel, and the stranger that sojourneth among them; seeing all the people were in ignorance. -- numbers 15:26 +. +And if any soul sin through ignorance, then he shall bring a she goat of the first year for a sin offering. -- numbers 15:27 +. +And the priest shall make an atonement for the soul that sinneth ignorantly, when he sinneth by ignorance before the LORD, to make an atonement for him; and it shall be forgiven him. -- numbers 15:28 +. +Ye shall have one law for him that sinneth through ignorance, both for him that is born among the children of Israel, and for the stranger that sojourneth among them. -- numbers 15:29 +. +But the soul that doeth ought presumptuously, whether he be born in the land, or a stranger, the same reproacheth the LORD; and that soul shall be cut off from among his people. -- numbers 15:30 +. +Because he hath despised the word of the LORD, and hath broken his commandment, that soul shall utterly be cut off; his iniquity shall be upon him. -- numbers 15:31 +. +And while the children of Israel were in the wilderness, they found a man that gathered sticks upon the sabbath day. -- numbers 15:32 +. +And they that found him gathering sticks brought him unto Moses and Aaron, and unto all the congregation. -- numbers 15:33 +. +And they put him in ward, because it was not declared what should be done to him. -- numbers 15:34 +. +And the LORD said unto Moses, The man shall be surely put to death: all the congregation shall stone him with stones without the camp. -- numbers 15:35 +. +And all the congregation brought him without the camp, and stoned him with stones, and he died; as the LORD commanded Moses. -- numbers 15:36 +. +And the LORD spake unto Moses, saying, -- numbers 15:37 +. +Speak unto the children of Israel, and bid them that they make them fringes in the borders of their garments throughout their generations, and that they put upon the fringe of the borders a ribband of blue: -- numbers 15:38 +. +And it shall be unto you for a fringe, that ye may look upon it, and remember all the commandments of the LORD, and do them; and that ye seek not after your own heart and your own eyes, after which ye use to go a whoring: -- numbers 15:39 +. +That ye may remember, and do all my commandments, and be holy unto your God. -- numbers 15:40 +. +I am the LORD your God, which brought you out of the land of Egypt, to be your God: I am the LORD your God. -- numbers 15:41 +. +Now Korah, the son of Izhar, the son of Kohath, the son of Levi, and Dathan and Abiram, the sons of Eliab, and On, the son of Peleth, sons of Reuben, took men: -- numbers 16:1 +. +And they rose up before Moses, with certain of the children of Israel, two hundred and fifty princes of the assembly, famous in the congregation, men of renown: -- numbers 16:2 +. +And they gathered themselves together against Moses and against Aaron, and said unto them, Ye take too much upon you, seeing all the congregation are holy, every one of them, and the LORD is among them: wherefore then lift ye up yourselves above the congregation of the LORD? -- numbers 16:3 +. +And when Moses heard it, he fell upon his face: -- numbers 16:4 +. +And he spake unto Korah and unto all his company, saying, Even to morrow the LORD will show who are his, and who is holy; and will cause him to come near unto him: even him whom he hath chosen will he cause to come near unto him. -- numbers 16:5 +. +This do; Take you censers, Korah, and all his company; -- numbers 16:6 +. +And put fire therein, and put incense in them before the LORD to morrow: and it shall be that the man whom the LORD doth choose, he shall be holy: ye take too much upon you, ye sons of Levi. -- numbers 16:7 +. +And Moses said unto Korah, Hear, I pray you, ye sons of Levi: -- numbers 16:8 +. +Seemeth it but a small thing unto you, that the God of Israel hath separated you from the congregation of Israel, to bring you near to himself to do the service of the tabernacle of the LORD, and to stand before the congregation to minister unto them? -- numbers 16:9 +. +And he hath brought thee near to him, and all thy brethren the sons of Levi with thee: and seek ye the priesthood also? -- numbers 16:10 +. +For which cause both thou and all thy company are gathered together against the LORD: and what is Aaron, that ye murmur against him? -- numbers 16:11 +. +And Moses sent to call Dathan and Abiram, the sons of Eliab: which said, We will not come up: -- numbers 16:12 +. +Is it a small thing that thou hast brought us up out of a land that floweth with milk and honey, to kill us in the wilderness, except thou make thyself altogether a prince over us? -- numbers 16:13 +. +Moreover thou hast not brought us into a land that floweth with milk and honey, or given us inheritance of fields and vineyards: wilt thou put out the eyes of these men? we will not come up. -- numbers 16:14 +. +And Moses was very wroth, and said unto the LORD, Respect not thou their offering: I have not taken one ass from them, neither have I hurt one of them. -- numbers 16:15 +. +And Moses said unto Korah, Be thou and all thy company before the LORD, thou, and they, and Aaron, to morrow: -- numbers 16:16 +. +And take every man his censer, and put incense in them, and bring ye before the LORD every man his censer, two hundred and fifty censers; thou also, and Aaron, each of you his censer. -- numbers 16:17 +. +And they took every man his censer, and put fire in them, and laid incense thereon, and stood in the door of the tabernacle of the congregation with Moses and Aaron. -- numbers 16:18 +. +And Korah gathered all the congregation against them unto the door of the tabernacle of the congregation: and the glory of the LORD appeared unto all the congregation. -- numbers 16:19 +. +And the LORD spake unto Moses and unto Aaron, saying, -- numbers 16:20 +. +Separate yourselves from among this congregation, that I may consume them in a moment. -- numbers 16:21 +. +And they fell upon their faces, and said, O God, the God of the spirits of all flesh, shall one man sin, and wilt thou be wroth with all the congregation? -- numbers 16:22 +. +And the LORD spake unto Moses, saying, -- numbers 16:23 +. +Speak unto the congregation, saying, Get you up from about the tabernacle of Korah, Dathan, and Abiram. -- numbers 16:24 +. +And Moses rose up and went unto Dathan and Abiram; and the elders of Israel followed him. -- numbers 16:25 +. +And he spake unto the congregation, saying, Depart, I pray you, from the tents of these wicked men, and touch nothing of theirs, lest ye be consumed in all their sins. -- numbers 16:26 +. +So they gat up from the tabernacle of Korah, Dathan, and Abiram, on every side: and Dathan and Abiram came out, and stood in the door of their tents, and their wives, and their sons, and their little children. -- numbers 16:27 +. +And Moses said, Hereby ye shall know that the LORD hath sent me to do all these works; for I have not done them of mine own mind. -- numbers 16:28 +. +If these men die the common death of all men, or if they be visited after the visitation of all men; then the LORD hath not sent me. -- numbers 16:29 +. +But if the LORD make a new thing, and the earth open her mouth, and swallow them up, with all that appertain unto them, and they go down quick into the pit; then ye shall understand that these men have provoked the LORD. -- numbers 16:30 +. +And it came to pass, as he had made an end of speaking all these words, that the ground clave asunder that was under them: -- numbers 16:31 +. +And the earth opened her mouth, and swallowed them up, and their houses, and all the men that appertained unto Korah, and all their goods. -- numbers 16:32 +. +They, and all that appertained to them, went down alive into the pit, and the earth closed upon them: and they perished from among the congregation. -- numbers 16:33 +. +And all Israel that were round about them fled at the cry of them: for they said, Lest the earth swallow us up also. -- numbers 16:34 +. +And there came out a fire from the LORD, and consumed the two hundred and fifty men that offered incense. -- numbers 16:35 +. +And the LORD spake unto Moses, saying, -- numbers 16:36 +. +Speak unto Eleazar the son of Aaron the priest, that he take up the censers out of the burning, and scatter thou the fire yonder; for they are hallowed. -- numbers 16:37 +. +The censers of these sinners against their own souls, let them make them broad plates for a covering of the altar: for they offered them before the LORD, therefore they are hallowed: and they shall be a sign unto the children of Israel. -- numbers 16:38 +. +And Eleazar the priest took the brazen censers, wherewith they that were burnt had offered; and they were made broad plates for a covering of the altar: -- numbers 16:39 +. +To be a memorial unto the children of Israel, that no stranger, which is not of the seed of Aaron, come near to offer incense before the LORD; that he be not as Korah, and as his company: as the LORD said to him by the hand of Moses. -- numbers 16:40 +. +But on the morrow all the congregation of the children of Israel murmured against Moses and against Aaron, saying, Ye have killed the people of the LORD. -- numbers 16:41 +. +And it came to pass, when the congregation was gathered against Moses and against Aaron, that they looked toward the tabernacle of the congregation: and, behold, the cloud covered it, and the glory of the LORD appeared. -- numbers 16:42 +. +And Moses and Aaron came before the tabernacle of the congregation. -- numbers 16:43 +. +And the LORD spake unto Moses, saying, -- numbers 16:44 +. +Get you up from among this congregation, that I may consume them as in a moment. And they fell upon their faces. -- numbers 16:45 +. +And Moses said unto Aaron, Take a censer, and put fire therein from off the altar, and put on incense, and go quickly unto the congregation, and make an atonement for them: for there is wrath gone out from the LORD; the plague is begun. -- numbers 16:46 +. +And Aaron took as Moses commanded, and ran into the midst of the congregation; and, behold, the plague was begun among the people: and he put on incense, and made an atonement for the people. -- numbers 16:47 +. +And he stood between the dead and the living; and the plague was stayed. -- numbers 16:48 +. +Now they that died in the plague were fourteen thousand and seven hundred, beside them that died about the matter of Korah. -- numbers 16:49 +. +And Aaron returned unto Moses unto the door of the tabernacle of the congregation: and the plague was stayed. -- numbers 16:50 +. +And the LORD spake unto Moses, saying, -- numbers 17:1 +. +Speak unto the children of Israel, and take of every one of them a rod according to the house of their fathers, of all their princes according to the house of their fathers twelve rods: write thou every man's name upon his rod. -- numbers 17:2 +. +And thou shalt write Aaron's name upon the rod of Levi: for one rod shall be for the head of the house of their fathers. -- numbers 17:3 +. +And thou shalt lay them up in the tabernacle of the congregation before the testimony, where I will meet with you. -- numbers 17:4 +. +And it shall come to pass, that the man's rod, whom I shall choose, shall blossom: and I will make to cease from me the murmurings of the children of Israel, whereby they murmur against you. -- numbers 17:5 +. +And Moses spake unto the children of Israel, and every one of their princes gave him a rod apiece, for each prince one, according to their fathers' houses, even twelve rods: and the rod of Aaron was among their rods. -- numbers 17:6 +. +And Moses laid up the rods before the LORD in the tabernacle of witness. -- numbers 17:7 +. +And it came to pass, that on the morrow Moses went into the tabernacle of witness; and, behold, the rod of Aaron for the house of Levi was budded, and brought forth buds, and bloomed blossoms, and yielded almonds. -- numbers 17:8 +. +And Moses brought out all the rods from before the LORD unto all the children of Israel: and they looked, and took every man his rod. -- numbers 17:9 +. +And the LORD said unto Moses, Bring Aaron's rod again before the testimony, to be kept for a token against the rebels; and thou shalt quite take away their murmurings from me, that they die not. -- numbers 17:10 +. +And Moses did so: as the LORD commanded him, so did he. -- numbers 17:11 +. +And the children of Israel spake unto Moses, saying, Behold, we die, we perish, we all perish. -- numbers 17:12 +. +Whosoever cometh any thing near unto the tabernacle of the LORD shall die: shall we be consumed with dying? -- numbers 17:13 +. +And the LORD said unto Aaron, Thou and thy sons and thy father's house with thee shall bear the iniquity of the sanctuary: and thou and thy sons with thee shall bear the iniquity of your priesthood. -- numbers 18:1 +. +And thy brethren also of the tribe of Levi, the tribe of thy father, bring thou with thee, that they may be joined unto thee, and minister unto thee: but thou and thy sons with thee shall minister before the tabernacle of witness. -- numbers 18:2 +. +And they shall keep thy charge, and the charge of all the tabernacle: only they shall not come nigh the vessels of the sanctuary and the altar, that neither they, nor ye also, die. -- numbers 18:3 +. +And they shall be joined unto thee, and keep the charge of the tabernacle of the congregation, for all the service of the tabernacle: and a stranger shall not come nigh unto you. -- numbers 18:4 +. +And ye shall keep the charge of the sanctuary, and the charge of the altar: that there be no wrath any more upon the children of Israel. -- numbers 18:5 +. +And I, behold, I have taken your brethren the Levites from among the children of Israel: to you they are given as a gift for the LORD, to do the service of the tabernacle of the congregation. -- numbers 18:6 +. +Therefore thou and thy sons with thee shall keep your priest's office for everything of the altar, and within the vail; and ye shall serve: I have given your priest's office unto you as a service of gift: and the stranger that cometh nigh shall be put to death. -- numbers 18:7 +. +And the LORD spake unto Aaron, Behold, I also have given thee the charge of mine heave offerings of all the hallowed things of the children of Israel; unto thee have I given them by reason of the anointing, and to thy sons, by an ordinance for ever. -- numbers 18:8 +. +This shall be thine of the most holy things, reserved from the fire: every oblation of theirs, every meat offering of theirs, and every sin offering of theirs, and every trespass offering of theirs which they shall render unto me, shall be most holy for thee and for thy sons. -- numbers 18:9 +. +In the most holy place shalt thou eat it; every male shall eat it: it shall be holy unto thee. -- numbers 18:10 +. +And this is thine; the heave offering of their gift, with all the wave offerings of the children of Israel: I have given them unto thee, and to thy sons and to thy daughters with thee, by a statute for ever: every one that is clean in thy house shall eat of it. -- numbers 18:11 +. +All the best of the oil, and all the best of the wine, and of the wheat, the firstfruits of them which they shall offer unto the LORD, them have I given thee. -- numbers 18:12 +. +And whatsoever is first ripe in the land, which they shall bring unto the LORD, shall be thine; every one that is clean in thine house shall eat of it. -- numbers 18:13 +. +Every thing devoted in Israel shall be thine. -- numbers 18:14 +. +Every thing that openeth the matrix in all flesh, which they bring unto the LORD, whether it be of men or beasts, shall be thine: nevertheless the firstborn of man shalt thou surely redeem, and the firstling of unclean beasts shalt thou redeem. -- numbers 18:15 +. +And those that are to be redeemed from a month old shalt thou redeem, according to thine estimation, for the money of five shekels, after the shekel of the sanctuary, which is twenty gerahs. -- numbers 18:16 +. +But the firstling of a cow, or the firstling of a sheep, or the firstling of a goat, thou shalt not redeem; they are holy: thou shalt sprinkle their blood upon the altar, and shalt burn their fat for an offering made by fire, for a sweet savor unto the LORD. -- numbers 18:17 +. +And the flesh of them shall be thine, as the wave breast and as the right shoulder are thine. -- numbers 18:18 +. +All the heave offerings of the holy things, which the children of Israel offer unto the LORD, have I given thee, and thy sons and thy daughters with thee, by a statute for ever: it is a covenant of salt for ever before the LORD unto thee and to thy seed with thee. -- numbers 18:19 +. +And the LORD spake unto Aaron, Thou shalt have no inheritance in their land, neither shalt thou have any part among them: I am thy part and thine inheritance among the children of Israel. -- numbers 18:20 +. +And, behold, I have given the children of Levi all the tenth in Israel for an inheritance, for their service which they serve, even the service of the tabernacle of the congregation. -- numbers 18:21 +. +Neither must the children of Israel henceforth come nigh the tabernacle of the congregation, lest they bear sin, and die. -- numbers 18:22 +. +But the Levites shall do the service of the tabernacle of the congregation, and they shall bear their iniquity: it shall be a statute for ever throughout your generations, that among the children of Israel they have no inheritance. -- numbers 18:23 +. +But the tithes of the children of Israel, which they offer as an heave offering unto the LORD, I have given to the Levites to inherit: therefore I have said unto them, Among the children of Israel they shall have no inheritance. -- numbers 18:24 +. +And the LORD spake unto Moses, saying, -- numbers 18:25 +. +Thus speak unto the Levites, and say unto them, When ye take of the children of Israel the tithes which I have given you from them for your inheritance, then ye shall offer up an heave offering of it for the LORD, even a tenth part of the tithe. -- numbers 18:26 +. +And this your heave offering shall be reckoned unto you, as though it were the corn of the threshingfloor, and as the fulness of the winepress. -- numbers 18:27 +. +Thus ye also shall offer an heave offering unto the LORD of all your tithes, which ye receive of the children of Israel; and ye shall give thereof the LORD's heave offering to Aaron the priest. -- numbers 18:28 +. +Out of all your gifts ye shall offer every heave offering of the LORD, of all the best thereof, even the hallowed part thereof out of it. -- numbers 18:29 +. +Therefore thou shalt say unto them, When ye have heaved the best thereof from it, then it shall be counted unto the Levites as the increase of the threshingfloor, and as the increase of the winepress. -- numbers 18:30 +. +And ye shall eat it in every place, ye and your households: for it is your reward for your service in the tabernacle of the congregation. -- numbers 18:31 +. +And ye shall bear no sin by reason of it, when ye have heaved from it the best of it: neither shall ye pollute the holy things of the children of Israel, lest ye die. -- numbers 18:32 +. +And the LORD spake unto Moses and unto Aaron, saying, -- numbers 19:1 +. +This is the ordinance of the law which the LORD hath commanded, saying, Speak unto the children of Israel, that they bring thee a red heifer without spot, wherein is no blemish, and upon which never came yoke: -- numbers 19:2 +. +And ye shall give her unto Eleazar the priest, that he may bring her forth without the camp, and one shall slay her before his face: -- numbers 19:3 +. +And Eleazar the priest shall take of her blood with his finger, and sprinkle of her blood directly before the tabernacle of the congregation seven times: -- numbers 19:4 +. +And one shall burn the heifer in his sight; her skin, and her flesh, and her blood, with her dung, shall he burn: -- numbers 19:5 +. +And the priest shall take cedar wood, and hyssop, and scarlet, and cast it into the midst of the burning of the heifer. -- numbers 19:6 +. +Then the priest shall wash his clothes, and he shall bathe his flesh in water, and afterward he shall come into the camp, and the priest shall be unclean until the even. -- numbers 19:7 +. +And he that burneth her shall wash his clothes in water, and bathe his flesh in water, and shall be unclean until the even. -- numbers 19:8 +. +And a man that is clean shall gather up the ashes of the heifer, and lay them up without the camp in a clean place, and it shall be kept for the congregation of the children of Israel for a water of separation: it is a purification for sin. -- numbers 19:9 +. +And he that gathereth the ashes of the heifer shall wash his clothes, and be unclean until the even: and it shall be unto the children of Israel, and unto the stranger that sojourneth among them, for a statute for ever. -- numbers 19:10 +. +He that toucheth the dead body of any man shall be unclean seven days. -- numbers 19:11 +. +He shall purify himself with it on the third day, and on the seventh day he shall be clean: but if he purify not himself the third day, then the seventh day he shall not be clean. -- numbers 19:12 +. +Whosoever toucheth the dead body of any man that is dead, and purifieth not himself, defileth the tabernacle of the LORD; and that soul shall be cut off from Israel: because the water of separation was not sprinkled upon him, he shall be unclean; his uncleanness is yet upon him. -- numbers 19:13 +. +This is the law, when a man dieth in a tent: all that come into the tent, and all that is in the tent, shall be unclean seven days. -- numbers 19:14 +. +And every open vessel, which hath no covering bound upon it, is unclean. -- numbers 19:15 +. +And whosoever toucheth one that is slain with a sword in the open fields, or a dead body, or a bone of a man, or a grave, shall be unclean seven days. -- numbers 19:16 +. +And for an unclean person they shall take of the ashes of the burnt heifer of purification for sin, and running water shall be put thereto in a vessel: -- numbers 19:17 +. +And a clean person shall take hyssop, and dip it in the water, and sprinkle it upon the tent, and upon all the vessels, and upon the persons that were there, and upon him that touched a bone, or one slain, or one dead, or a grave: -- numbers 19:18 +. +And the clean person shall sprinkle upon the unclean on the third day, and on the seventh day: and on the seventh day he shall purify himself, and wash his clothes, and bathe himself in water, and shall be clean at even. -- numbers 19:19 +. +But the man that shall be unclean, and shall not purify himself, that soul shall be cut off from among the congregation, because he hath defiled the sanctuary of the LORD: the water of separation hath not been sprinkled upon him; he is unclean. -- numbers 19:20 +. +And it shall be a perpetual statute unto them, that he that sprinkleth the water of separation shall wash his clothes; and he that toucheth the water of separation shall be unclean until even. -- numbers 19:21 +. +And whatsoever the unclean person toucheth shall be unclean; and the soul that toucheth it shall be unclean until even. -- numbers 19:22 +. +Then came the children of Israel, even the whole congregation, into the desert of Zin in the first month: and the people abode in Kadesh; and Miriam died there, and was buried there. -- numbers 20:1 +. +And there was no water for the congregation: and they gathered themselves together against Moses and against Aaron. -- numbers 20:2 +. +And the people chode with Moses, and spake, saying, Would God that we had died when our brethren died before the LORD! -- numbers 20:3 +. +And why have ye brought up the congregation of the LORD into this wilderness, that we and our cattle should die there? -- numbers 20:4 +. +And wherefore have ye made us to come up out of Egypt, to bring us in unto this evil place? it is no place of seed, or of figs, or of vines, or of pomegranates; neither is there any water to drink. -- numbers 20:5 +. +And Moses and Aaron went from the presence of the assembly unto the door of the tabernacle of the congregation, and they fell upon their faces: and the glory of the LORD appeared unto them. -- numbers 20:6 +. +And the LORD spake unto Moses, saying, -- numbers 20:7 +. +Take the rod, and gather thou the assembly together, thou, and Aaron thy brother, and speak ye unto the rock before their eyes; and it shall give forth his water, and thou shalt bring forth to them water out of the rock: so thou shalt give the congregation and their beasts drink. -- numbers 20:8 +. +And Moses took the rod from before the LORD, as he commanded him. -- numbers 20:9 +. +And Moses and Aaron gathered the congregation together before the rock, and he said unto them, Hear now, ye rebels; must we fetch you water out of this rock? -- numbers 20:10 +. +And Moses lifted up his hand, and with his rod he smote the rock twice: and the water came out abundantly, and the congregation drank, and their beasts also. -- numbers 20:11 +. +And the LORD spake unto Moses and Aaron, Because ye believed me not, to sanctify me in the eyes of the children of Israel, therefore ye shall not bring this congregation into the land which I have given them. -- numbers 20:12 +. +This is the water of Meribah; because the children of Israel strove with the LORD, and he was sanctified in them. -- numbers 20:13 +. +And Moses sent messengers from Kadesh unto the king of Edom, Thus saith thy brother Israel, Thou knowest all the travail that hath befallen us: -- numbers 20:14 +. +How our fathers went down into Egypt, and we have dwelt in Egypt a long time; and the Egyptians vexed us, and our fathers: -- numbers 20:15 +. +And when we cried unto the LORD, he heard our voice, and sent an angel, and hath brought us forth out of Egypt: and, behold, we are in Kadesh, a city in the uttermost of thy border: -- numbers 20:16 +. +Let us pass, I pray thee, through thy country: we will not pass through the fields, or through the vineyards, neither will we drink of the water of the wells: we will go by the king's high way, we will not turn to the right hand nor to the left, until we have passed thy borders. -- numbers 20:17 +. +And Edom said unto him, Thou shalt not pass by me, lest I come out against thee with the sword. -- numbers 20:18 +. +And the children of Israel said unto him, We will go by the high way: and if I and my cattle drink of thy water, then I will pay for it: I will only, without doing anything else, go through on my feet. -- numbers 20:19 +. +And he said, Thou shalt not go through. And Edom came out against him with much people, and with a strong hand. -- numbers 20:20 +. +Thus Edom refused to give Israel passage through his border: wherefore Israel turned away from him. -- numbers 20:21 +. +And the children of Israel, even the whole congregation, journeyed from Kadesh, and came unto mount Hor. -- numbers 20:22 +. +And the LORD spake unto Moses and Aaron in mount Hor, by the coast of the land of Edom, saying, -- numbers 20:23 +. +Aaron shall be gathered unto his people: for he shall not enter into the land which I have given unto the children of Israel, because ye rebelled against my word at the water of Meribah. -- numbers 20:24 +. +Take Aaron and Eleazar his son, and bring them up unto mount Hor: -- numbers 20:25 +. +And strip Aaron of his garments, and put them upon Eleazar his son: and Aaron shall be gathered unto his people, and shall die there. -- numbers 20:26 +. +And Moses did as the LORD commanded: and they went up into mount Hor in the sight of all the congregation. -- numbers 20:27 +. +And Moses stripped Aaron of his garments, and put them upon Eleazar his son; and Aaron died there in the top of the mount: and Moses and Eleazar came down from the mount. -- numbers 20:28 +. +And when all the congregation saw that Aaron was dead, they mourned for Aaron thirty days, even all the house of Israel. -- numbers 20:29 +. +And when king Arad the Canaanite, which dwelt in the south, heard tell that Israel came by the way of the spies; then he fought against Israel, and took some of them prisoners. -- numbers 21:1 +. +And Israel vowed a vow unto the LORD, and said, If thou wilt indeed deliver this people into my hand, then I will utterly destroy their cities. -- numbers 21:2 +. +And the LORD hearkened to the voice of Israel, and delivered up the Canaanites; and they utterly destroyed them and their cities: and he called the name of the place Hormah. -- numbers 21:3 +. +And they journeyed from mount Hor by the way of the Red sea, to compass the land of Edom: and the soul of the people was much discouraged because of the way. -- numbers 21:4 +. +And the people spake against God, and against Moses, Wherefore have ye brought us up out of Egypt to die in the wilderness? for there is no bread, neither is there any water; and our soul loatheth this light bread. -- numbers 21:5 +. +And the LORD sent fiery serpents among the people, and they bit the people; and much people of Israel died. -- numbers 21:6 +. +Therefore the people came to Moses, and said, We have sinned, for we have spoken against the LORD, and against thee; pray unto the LORD, that he take away the serpents from us. And Moses prayed for the people. -- numbers 21:7 +. +And the LORD said unto Moses, Make thee a fiery serpent, and set it upon a pole: and it shall come to pass, that every one that is bitten, when he looketh upon it, shall live. -- numbers 21:8 +. +And Moses made a serpent of brass, and put it upon a pole, and it came to pass, that if a serpent had bitten any man, when he beheld the serpent of brass, he lived. -- numbers 21:9 +. +And the children of Israel set forward, and pitched in Oboth. -- numbers 21:10 +. +And they journeyed from Oboth, and pitched at Ijeabarim, in the wilderness which is before Moab, toward the sunrising. -- numbers 21:11 +. +From thence they removed, and pitched in the valley of Zared. -- numbers 21:12 +. +From thence they removed, and pitched on the other side of Arnon, which is in the wilderness that cometh out of the coasts of the Amorites: for Arnon is the border of Moab, between Moab and the Amorites. -- numbers 21:13 +. +Wherefore it is said in the book of the wars of the LORD, What he did in the Red sea, and in the brooks of Arnon, -- numbers 21:14 +. +And at the stream of the brooks that goeth down to the dwelling of Ar, and lieth upon the border of Moab. -- numbers 21:15 +. +And from thence they went to Beer: that is the well whereof the LORD spake unto Moses, Gather the people together, and I will give them water. -- numbers 21:16 +. +Then Israel sang this song, Spring up, O well; sing ye unto it: -- numbers 21:17 +. +The princes digged the well, the nobles of the people digged it, by the direction of the lawgiver, with their staves. And from the wilderness they went to Mattanah: -- numbers 21:18 +. +And from Mattanah to Nahaliel: and from Nahaliel to Bamoth: -- numbers 21:19 +. +And from Bamoth in the valley, that is in the country of Moab, to the top of Pisgah, which looketh toward Jeshimon. -- numbers 21:20 +. +And Israel sent messengers unto Sihon king of the Amorites, saying, -- numbers 21:21 +. +Let me pass through thy land: we will not turn into the fields, or into the vineyards; we will not drink of the waters of the well: but we will go along by the king's high way, until we be past thy borders. -- numbers 21:22 +. +And Sihon would not suffer Israel to pass through his border: but Sihon gathered all his people together, and went out against Israel into the wilderness: and he came to Jahaz, and fought against Israel. -- numbers 21:23 +. +And Israel smote him with the edge of the sword, and possessed his land from Arnon unto Jabbok, even unto the children of Ammon: for the border of the children of Ammon was strong. -- numbers 21:24 +. +And Israel took all these cities: and Israel dwelt in all the cities of the Amorites, in Heshbon, and in all the villages thereof. -- numbers 21:25 +. +For Heshbon was the city of Sihon the king of the Amorites, who had fought against the former king of Moab, and taken all his land out of his hand, even unto Arnon. -- numbers 21:26 +. +Wherefore they that speak in proverbs say, Come into Heshbon, let the city of Sihon be built and prepared: -- numbers 21:27 +. +For there is a fire gone out of Heshbon, a flame from the city of Sihon: it hath consumed Ar of Moab, and the lords of the high places of Arnon. -- numbers 21:28 +. +Woe to thee, Moab! thou art undone, O people of Chemosh: he hath given his sons that escaped, and his daughters, into captivity unto Sihon king of the Amorites. -- numbers 21:29 +. +We have shot at them; Heshbon is perished even unto Dibon, and we have laid them waste even unto Nophah, which reacheth unto Medeba. -- numbers 21:30 +. +Thus Israel dwelt in the land of the Amorites. -- numbers 21:31 +. +And Moses sent to spy out Jaazer, and they took the villages thereof, and drove out the Amorites that were there. -- numbers 21:32 +. +And they turned and went up by the way of Bashan: and Og the king of Bashan went out against them, he, and all his people, to the battle at Edrei. -- numbers 21:33 +. +And the LORD said unto Moses, Fear him not: for I have delivered him into thy hand, and all his people, and his land; and thou shalt do to him as thou didst unto Sihon king of the Amorites, which dwelt at Heshbon. -- numbers 21:34 +. +So they smote him, and his sons, and all his people, until there was none left him alive: and they possessed his land. -- numbers 21:35 +. +And the children of Israel set forward, and pitched in the plains of Moab on this side Jordan by Jericho. -- numbers 22:1 +. +And Balak the son of Zippor saw all that Israel had done to the Amorites. -- numbers 22:2 +. +And Moab was sore afraid of the people, because they were many: and Moab was distressed because of the children of Israel. -- numbers 22:3 +. +And Moab said unto the elders of Midian, Now shall this company lick up all that are round about us, as the ox licketh up the grass of the field. And Balak the son of Zippor was king of the Moabites at that time. -- numbers 22:4 +. +He sent messengers therefore unto Balaam the son of Beor to Pethor, which is by the river of the land of the children of his people, to call him, saying, Behold, there is a people come out from Egypt: behold, they cover the face of the earth, and they abide over against me: -- numbers 22:5 +. +Come now therefore, I pray thee, curse me this people; for they are too mighty for me: peradventure I shall prevail, that we may smite them, and that I may drive them out of the land: for I wot that he whom thou blessest is blessed, and he whom thou cursest is cursed. -- numbers 22:6 +. +And the elders of Moab and the elders of Midian departed with the rewards of divination in their hand; and they came unto Balaam, and spake unto him the words of Balak. -- numbers 22:7 +. +And he said unto them, Lodge here this night, and I will bring you word again, as the LORD shall speak unto me: and the princes of Moab abode with Balaam. -- numbers 22:8 +. +And God came unto Balaam, and said, What men are these with thee? -- numbers 22:9 +. +And Balaam said unto God, Balak the son of Zippor, king of Moab, hath sent unto me, saying, -- numbers 22:10 +. +Behold, there is a people come out of Egypt, which covereth the face of the earth: come now, curse me them; peradventure I shall be able to overcome them, and drive them out. -- numbers 22:11 +. +And God said unto Balaam, Thou shalt not go with them; thou shalt not curse the people: for they are blessed. -- numbers 22:12 +. +And Balaam rose up in the morning, and said unto the princes of Balak, Get you into your land: for the LORD refuseth to give me leave to go with you. -- numbers 22:13 +. +And the princes of Moab rose up, and they went unto Balak, and said, Balaam refuseth to come with us. -- numbers 22:14 +. +And Balak sent yet again princes, more, and more honorable than they. -- numbers 22:15 +. +And they came to Balaam, and said to him, Thus saith Balak the son of Zippor, Let nothing, I pray thee, hinder thee from coming unto me: -- numbers 22:16 +. +For I will promote thee unto very great honor, and I will do whatsoever thou sayest unto me: come therefore, I pray thee, curse me this people. -- numbers 22:17 +. +And Balaam answered and said unto the servants of Balak, If Balak would give me his house full of silver and gold, I cannot go beyond the word of the LORD my God, to do less or more. -- numbers 22:18 +. +Now therefore, I pray you, tarry ye also here this night, that I may know what the LORD will say unto me more. -- numbers 22:19 +. +And God came unto Balaam at night, and said unto him, If the men come to call thee, rise up, and go with them; but yet the word which I shall say unto thee, that shalt thou do. -- numbers 22:20 +. +And Balaam rose up in the morning, and saddled his ass, and went with the princes of Moab. -- numbers 22:21 +. +And God's anger was kindled because he went: and the angel of the LORD stood in the way for an adversary against him. Now he was riding upon his ass, and his two servants were with him. -- numbers 22:22 +. +And the ass saw the angel of the LORD standing in the way, and his sword drawn in his hand: and the ass turned aside out of the way, and went into the field: and Balaam smote the ass, to turn her into the way. -- numbers 22:23 +. +But the angel of the LORD stood in a path of the vineyards, a wall being on this side, and a wall on that side. -- numbers 22:24 +. +And when the ass saw the angel of the LORD, she thrust herself unto the wall, and crushed Balaam's foot against the wall: and he smote her again. -- numbers 22:25 +. +And the angel of the LORD went further, and stood in a narrow place, where was no way to turn either to the right hand or to the left. -- numbers 22:26 +. +And when the ass saw the angel of the LORD, she fell down under Balaam: and Balaam's anger was kindled, and he smote the ass with a staff. -- numbers 22:27 +. +And the LORD opened the mouth of the ass, and she said unto Balaam, What have I done unto thee, that thou hast smitten me these three times? -- numbers 22:28 +. +And Balaam said unto the ass, Because thou hast mocked me: I would there were a sword in mine hand, for now would I kill thee. -- numbers 22:29 +. +And the ass said unto Balaam, Am not I thine ass, upon which thou hast ridden ever since I was thine unto this day? was I ever wont to do so unto thee? And he said, Nay. -- numbers 22:30 +. +Then the LORD opened the eyes of Balaam, and he saw the angel of the LORD standing in the way, and his sword drawn in his hand: and he bowed down his head, and fell flat on his face. -- numbers 22:31 +. +And the angel of the LORD said unto him, Wherefore hast thou smitten thine ass these three times? behold, I went out to withstand thee, because thy way is perverse before me: -- numbers 22:32 +. +And the ass saw me, and turned from me these three times: unless she had turned from me, surely now also I had slain thee, and saved her alive. -- numbers 22:33 +. +And Balaam said unto the angel of the LORD, I have sinned; for I knew not that thou stoodest in the way against me: now therefore, if it displease thee, I will get me back again. -- numbers 22:34 +. +And the angel of the LORD said unto Balaam, Go with the men: but only the word that I shall speak unto thee, that thou shalt speak. So Balaam went with the princes of Balak. -- numbers 22:35 +. +And when Balak heard that Balaam was come, he went out to meet him unto a city of Moab, which is in the border of Arnon, which is in the utmost coast. -- numbers 22:36 +. +And Balak said unto Balaam, Did I not earnestly send unto thee to call thee? wherefore camest thou not unto me? am I not able indeed to promote thee to honor? -- numbers 22:37 +. +And Balaam said unto Balak, Lo, I am come unto thee: have I now any power at all to say any thing? the word that God putteth in my mouth, that shall I speak. -- numbers 22:38 +. +And Balaam went with Balak, and they came unto Kirjathhuzoth. -- numbers 22:39 +. +And Balak offered oxen and sheep, and sent to Balaam, and to the princes that were with him. -- numbers 22:40 +. +And it came to pass on the morrow, that Balak took Balaam, and brought him up into the high places of Baal, that thence he might see the utmost part of the people. -- numbers 22:41 +. +And Balaam said unto Balak, Build me here seven altars, and prepare me here seven oxen and seven rams. -- numbers 23:1 +. +And Balak did as Balaam had spoken; and Balak and Balaam offered on every altar a bullock and a ram. -- numbers 23:2 +. +And Balaam said unto Balak, Stand by thy burnt offering, and I will go: peradventure the LORD will come to meet me: and whatsoever he showeth me I will tell thee. And he went to an high place. -- numbers 23:3 +. +And God met Balaam: and he said unto him, I have prepared seven altars, and I have offered upon every altar a bullock and a ram. -- numbers 23:4 +. +And the LORD put a word in Balaam's mouth, and said, Return unto Balak, and thus thou shalt speak. -- numbers 23:5 +. +And he returned unto him, and, lo, he stood by his burnt sacrifice, he, and all the princes of Moab. -- numbers 23:6 +. +And he took up his parable, and said, Balak the king of Moab hath brought me from Aram, out of the mountains of the east, saying, Come, curse me Jacob, and come, defy Israel. -- numbers 23:7 +. +How shall I curse, whom God hath not cursed? or how shall I defy, whom the LORD hath not defied? -- numbers 23:8 +. +For from the top of the rocks I see him, and from the hills I behold him: lo, the people shall dwell alone, and shall not be reckoned among the nations. -- numbers 23:9 +. +Who can count the dust of Jacob, and the number of the fourth part of Israel? Let me die the death of the righteous, and let my last end be like his! -- numbers 23:10 +. +And Balak said unto Balaam, What hast thou done unto me? I took thee to curse mine enemies, and, behold, thou hast blessed them altogether. -- numbers 23:11 +. +And he answered and said, Must I not take heed to speak that which the LORD hath put in my mouth? -- numbers 23:12 +. +And Balak said unto him, Come, I pray thee, with me unto another place, from whence thou mayest see them: thou shalt see but the utmost part of them, and shalt not see them all: and curse me them from thence. -- numbers 23:13 +. +And he brought him into the field of Zophim, to the top of Pisgah, and built seven altars, and offered a bullock and a ram on every altar. -- numbers 23:14 +. +And he said unto Balak, Stand here by thy burnt offering, while I meet the LORD yonder. -- numbers 23:15 +. +And the LORD met Balaam, and put a word in his mouth, and said, Go again unto Balak, and say thus. -- numbers 23:16 +. +And when he came to him, behold, he stood by his burnt offering, and the princes of Moab with him. And Balak said unto him, What hath the LORD spoken? -- numbers 23:17 +. +And he took up his parable, and said, Rise up, Balak, and hear; hearken unto me, thou son of Zippor: -- numbers 23:18 +. +God is not a man, that he should lie; neither the son of man, that he should repent: hath he said, and shall he not do it? or hath he spoken, and shall he not make it good? -- numbers 23:19 +. +Behold, I have received commandment to bless: and he hath blessed; and I cannot reverse it. -- numbers 23:20 +. +He hath not beheld iniquity in Jacob, neither hath he seen perverseness in Israel: the LORD his God is with him, and the shout of a king is among them. -- numbers 23:21 +. +God brought them out of Egypt; he hath as it were the strength of an unicorn. -- numbers 23:22 +. +Surely there is no enchantment against Jacob, neither is there any divination against Israel: according to this time it shall be said of Jacob and of Israel, What hath God wrought! -- numbers 23:23 +. +Behold, the people shall rise up as a great lion, and lift up himself as a young lion: he shall not lie down until he eat of the prey, and drink the blood of the slain. -- numbers 23:24 +. +And Balak said unto Balaam, Neither curse them at all, nor bless them at all. -- numbers 23:25 +. +But Balaam answered and said unto Balak, Told not I thee, saying, All that the LORD speaketh, that I must do? -- numbers 23:26 +. +And Balak said unto Balaam, Come, I pray thee, I will bring thee unto another place; peradventure it will please God that thou mayest curse me them from thence. -- numbers 23:27 +. +And Balak brought Balaam unto the top of Peor, that looketh toward Jeshimon. -- numbers 23:28 +. +And Balaam said unto Balak, Build me here seven altars, and prepare me here seven bullocks and seven rams. -- numbers 23:29 +. +And Balak did as Balaam had said, and offered a bullock and a ram on every altar. -- numbers 23:30 +. +And when Balaam saw that it pleased the LORD to bless Israel, he went not, as at other times, to seek for enchantments, but he set his face toward the wilderness. -- numbers 24:1 +. +And Balaam lifted up his eyes, and he saw Israel abiding in his tents according to their tribes; and the spirit of God came upon him. -- numbers 24:2 +. +And he took up his parable, and said, Balaam the son of Beor hath said, and the man whose eyes are open hath said: -- numbers 24:3 +. +He hath said, which heard the words of God, which saw the vision of the Almighty, falling into a trance, but having his eyes open: -- numbers 24:4 +. +How goodly are thy tents, O Jacob, and thy tabernacles, O Israel! -- numbers 24:5 +. +As the valleys are they spread forth, as gardens by the river's side, as the trees of lign aloes which the LORD hath planted, and as cedar trees beside the waters. -- numbers 24:6 +. +He shall pour the water out of his buckets, and his seed shall be in many waters, and his king shall be higher than Agag, and his kingdom shall be exalted. -- numbers 24:7 +. +God brought him forth out of Egypt; he hath as it were the strength of an unicorn: he shall eat up the nations his enemies, and shall break their bones, and pierce them through with his arrows. -- numbers 24:8 +. +He couched, he lay down as a lion, and as a great lion: who shall stir him up? Blessed is he that blesseth thee, and cursed is he that curseth thee. -- numbers 24:9 +. +And Balak's anger was kindled against Balaam, and he smote his hands together: and Balak said unto Balaam, I called thee to curse mine enemies, and, behold, thou hast altogether blessed them these three times. -- numbers 24:10 +. +Therefore now flee thou to thy place: I thought to promote thee unto great honor; but, lo, the LORD hath kept thee back from honor. -- numbers 24:11 +. +And Balaam said unto Balak, Spake I not also to thy messengers which thou sentest unto me, saying, -- numbers 24:12 +. +If Balak would give me his house full of silver and gold, I cannot go beyond the commandment of the LORD, to do either good or bad of mine own mind; but what the LORD saith, that will I speak? -- numbers 24:13 +. +And now, behold, I go unto my people: come therefore, and I will advertise thee what this people shall do to thy people in the latter days. -- numbers 24:14 +. +And he took up his parable, and said, Balaam the son of Beor hath said, and the man whose eyes are open hath said: -- numbers 24:15 +. +He hath said, which heard the words of God, and knew the knowledge of the most High, which saw the vision of the Almighty, falling into a trance, but having his eyes open: -- numbers 24:16 +. +I shall see him, but not now: I shall behold him, but not nigh: there shall come a Star out of Jacob, and a Sceptre shall rise out of Israel, and shall smite the corners of Moab, and destroy all the children of Sheth. -- numbers 24:17 +. +And Edom shall be a possession, Seir also shall be a possession for his enemies; and Israel shall do valiantly. -- numbers 24:18 +. +Out of Jacob shall come he that shall have dominion, and shall destroy him that remaineth of the city. -- numbers 24:19 +. +And when he looked on Amalek, he took up his parable, and said, Amalek was the first of the nations; but his latter end shall be that he perish for ever. -- numbers 24:20 +. +And he looked on the Kenites, and took up his parable, and said, Strong is thy dwelling place, and thou puttest thy nest in a rock. -- numbers 24:21 +. +Nevertheless the Kenite shall be wasted, until Asshur shall carry thee away captive. -- numbers 24:22 +. +And he took up his parable, and said, Alas, who shall live when God doeth this! -- numbers 24:23 +. +And ships shall come from the coast of Chittim, and shall afflict Asshur, and shall afflict Eber, and he also shall perish for ever. -- numbers 24:24 +. +And Balaam rose up, and went and returned to his place: and Balak also went his way. -- numbers 24:25 +. +And Israel abode in Shittim, and the people began to commit whoredom with the daughters of Moab. -- numbers 25:1 +. +And they called the people unto the sacrifices of their gods: and the people did eat, and bowed down to their gods. -- numbers 25:2 +. +And Israel joined himself unto Baalpeor: and the anger of the LORD was kindled against Israel. -- numbers 25:3 +. +And the LORD said unto Moses, Take all the heads of the people, and hang them up before the LORD against the sun, that the fierce anger of the LORD may be turned away from Israel. -- numbers 25:4 +. +And Moses said unto the judges of Israel, Slay ye every one his men that were joined unto Baalpeor. -- numbers 25:5 +. +And, behold, one of the children of Israel came and brought unto his brethren a Midianitish woman in the sight of Moses, and in the sight of all the congregation of the children of Israel, who were weeping before the door of the tabernacle of the congregation. -- numbers 25:6 +. +And when Phinehas, the son of Eleazar, the son of Aaron the priest, saw it, he rose up from among the congregation, and took a javelin in his hand; -- numbers 25:7 +. +And he went after the man of Israel into the tent, and thrust both of them through, the man of Israel, and the woman through her belly. So the plague was stayed from the children of Israel. -- numbers 25:8 +. +And those that died in the plague were twenty and four thousand. -- numbers 25:9 +. +And the LORD spake unto Moses, saying, -- numbers 25:10 +. +Phinehas, the son of Eleazar, the son of Aaron the priest, hath turned my wrath away from the children of Israel, while he was zealous for my sake among them, that I consumed not the children of Israel in my jealousy. -- numbers 25:11 +. +Wherefore say, Behold, I give unto him my covenant of peace: -- numbers 25:12 +. +And he shall have it, and his seed after him, even the covenant of an everlasting priesthood; because he was zealous for his God, and made an atonement for the children of Israel. -- numbers 25:13 +. +Now the name of the Israelite that was slain, even that was slain with the Midianitish woman, was Zimri, the son of Salu, a prince of a chief house among the Simeonites. -- numbers 25:14 +. +And the name of the Midianitish woman that was slain was Cozbi, the daughter of Zur; he was head over a people, and of a chief house in Midian. -- numbers 25:15 +. +And the LORD spake unto Moses, saying, -- numbers 25:16 +. +Vex the Midianites, and smite them: -- numbers 25:17 +. +For they vex you with their wiles, wherewith they have beguiled you in the matter of Peor, and in the matter of Cozbi, the daughter of a prince of Midian, their sister, which was slain in the day of the plague for Peor's sake. -- numbers 25:18 +. +And it came to pass after the plague, that the LORD spake unto Moses and unto Eleazar the son of Aaron the priest, saying, -- numbers 26:1 +. +Take the sum of all the congregation of the children of Israel, from twenty years old and upward, throughout their fathers' house, all that are able to go to war in Israel. -- numbers 26:2 +. +And Moses and Eleazar the priest spake with them in the plains of Moab by Jordan near Jericho, saying, -- numbers 26:3 +. +Take the sum of the people, from twenty years old and upward; as the LORD commanded Moses and the children of Israel, which went forth out of the land of Egypt. -- numbers 26:4 +. +Reuben, the eldest son of Israel: the children of Reuben; Hanoch, of whom cometh the family of the Hanochites: of Pallu, the family of the Palluites: -- numbers 26:5 +. +Of Hezron, the family of the Hezronites: of Carmi, the family of the Carmites. -- numbers 26:6 +. +These are the families of the Reubenites: and they that were numbered of them were forty and three thousand and seven hundred and thirty. -- numbers 26:7 +. +And the sons of Pallu; Eliab. -- numbers 26:8 +. +And the sons of Eliab; Nemuel, and Dathan, and Abiram. This is that Dathan and Abiram, which were famous in the congregation, who strove against Moses and against Aaron in the company of Korah, when they strove against the LORD: -- numbers 26:9 +. +And the earth opened her mouth, and swallowed them up together with Korah, when that company died, what time the fire devoured two hundred and fifty men: and they became a sign. -- numbers 26:10 +. +Notwithstanding the children of Korah died not. -- numbers 26:11 +. +The sons of Simeon after their families: of Nemuel, the family of the Nemuelites: of Jamin, the family of the Jaminites: of Jachin, the family of the Jachinites: -- numbers 26:12 +. +Of Zerah, the family of the Zarhites: of Shaul, the family of the Shaulites. -- numbers 26:13 +. +These are the families of the Simeonites, twenty and two thousand and two hundred. -- numbers 26:14 +. +The children of Gad after their families: of Zephon, the family of the Zephonites: of Haggi, the family of the Haggites: of Shuni, the family of the Shunites: -- numbers 26:15 +. +Of Ozni, the family of the Oznites: of Eri, the family of the Erites: -- numbers 26:16 +. +Of Arod, the family of the Arodites: of Areli, the family of the Arelites. -- numbers 26:17 +. +These are the families of the children of Gad according to those that were numbered of them, forty thousand and five hundred. -- numbers 26:18 +. +The sons of Judah were Er and Onan: and Er and Onan died in the land of Canaan. -- numbers 26:19 +. +And the sons of Judah after their families were; of Shelah, the family of the Shelanites: of Pharez, the family of the Pharzites: of Zerah, the family of the Zarhites. -- numbers 26:20 +. +And the sons of Pharez were; of Hezron, the family of the Hezronites: of Hamul, the family of the Hamulites. -- numbers 26:21 +. +These are the families of Judah according to those that were numbered of them, threescore and sixteen thousand and five hundred. -- numbers 26:22 +. +Of the sons of Issachar after their families: of Tola, the family of the Tolaites: of Pua, the family of the Punites: -- numbers 26:23 +. +Of Jashub, the family of the Jashubites: of Shimron, the family of the Shimronites. -- numbers 26:24 +. +These are the families of Issachar according to those that were numbered of them, threescore and four thousand and three hundred. -- numbers 26:25 +. +Of the sons of Zebulun after their families: of Sered, the family of the Sardites: of Elon, the family of the Elonites: of Jahleel, the family of the Jahleelites. -- numbers 26:26 +. +These are the families of the Zebulunites according to those that were numbered of them, threescore thousand and five hundred. -- numbers 26:27 +. +The sons of Joseph after their families were Manasseh and Ephraim. -- numbers 26:28 +. +Of the sons of Manasseh: of Machir, the family of the Machirites: and Machir begat Gilead: of Gilead come the family of the Gileadites. -- numbers 26:29 +. +These are the sons of Gilead: of Jeezer, the family of the Jeezerites: of Helek, the family of the Helekites: -- numbers 26:30 +. +And of Asriel, the family of the Asrielites: and of Shechem, the family of the Shechemites: -- numbers 26:31 +. +And of Shemida, the family of the Shemidaites: and of Hepher, the family of the Hepherites. -- numbers 26:32 +. +And Zelophehad the son of Hepher had no sons, but daughters: and the names of the daughters of Zelophehad were Mahlah, and Noah, Hoglah, Milcah, and Tirzah. -- numbers 26:33 +. +These are the families of Manasseh, and those that were numbered of them, fifty and two thousand and seven hundred. -- numbers 26:34 +. +These are the sons of Ephraim after their families: of Shuthelah, the family of the Shuthalhites: of Becher, the family of the Bachrites: of Tahan, the family of the Tahanites. -- numbers 26:35 +. +And these are the sons of Shuthelah: of Eran, the family of the Eranites. -- numbers 26:36 +. +These are the families of the sons of Ephraim according to those that were numbered of them, thirty and two thousand and five hundred. These are the sons of Joseph after their families. -- numbers 26:37 +. +The sons of Benjamin after their families: of Bela, the family of the Belaites: of Ashbel, the family of the Ashbelites: of Ahiram, the family of the Ahiramites: -- numbers 26:38 +. +Of Shupham, the family of the Shuphamites: of Hupham, the family of the Huphamites. -- numbers 26:39 +. +And the sons of Bela were Ard and Naaman: of Ard, the family of the Ardites: and of Naaman, the family of the Naamites. -- numbers 26:40 +. +These are the sons of Benjamin after their families: and they that were numbered of them were forty and five thousand and six hundred. -- numbers 26:41 +. +These are the sons of Dan after their families: of Shuham, the family of the Shuhamites. These are the families of Dan after their families. -- numbers 26:42 +. +All the families of the Shuhamites, according to those that were numbered of them, were threescore and four thousand and four hundred. -- numbers 26:43 +. +Of the children of Asher after their families: of Jimna, the family of the Jimnites: of Jesui, the family of the Jesuites: of Beriah, the family of the Beriites. -- numbers 26:44 +. +Of the sons of Beriah: of Heber, the family of the Heberites: of Malchiel, the family of the Malchielites. -- numbers 26:45 +. +And the name of the daughter of Asher was Sarah. -- numbers 26:46 +. +These are the families of the sons of Asher according to those that were numbered of them; who were fifty and three thousand and four hundred. -- numbers 26:47 +. +Of the sons of Naphtali after their families: of Jahzeel, the family of the Jahzeelites: of Guni, the family of the Gunites: -- numbers 26:48 +. +Of Jezer, the family of the Jezerites: of Shillem, the family of the Shillemites. -- numbers 26:49 +. +These are the families of Naphtali according to their families: and they that were numbered of them were forty and five thousand and four hundred. -- numbers 26:50 +. +These were the numbered of the children of Israel, six hundred thousand and a thousand seven hundred and thirty. -- numbers 26:51 +. +And the LORD spake unto Moses, saying, -- numbers 26:52 +. +Unto these the land shall be divided for an inheritance according to the number of names. -- numbers 26:53 +. +To many thou shalt give the more inheritance, and to few thou shalt give the less inheritance: to every one shall his inheritance be given according to those that were numbered of him. -- numbers 26:54 +. +Notwithstanding the land shall be divided by lot: according to the names of the tribes of their fathers they shall inherit. -- numbers 26:55 +. +According to the lot shall the possession thereof be divided between many and few. -- numbers 26:56 +. +And these are they that were numbered of the Levites after their families: of Gershon, the family of the Gershonites: of Kohath, the family of the Kohathites: of Merari, the family of the Merarites. -- numbers 26:57 +. +These are the families of the Levites: the family of the Libnites, the family of the Hebronites, the family of the Mahlites, the family of the Mushites, the family of the Korathites. And Kohath begat Amram. -- numbers 26:58 +. +And the name of Amram's wife was Jochebed, the daughter of Levi, whom her mother bare to Levi in Egypt: and she bare unto Amram Aaron and Moses, and Miriam their sister. -- numbers 26:59 +. +And unto Aaron was born Nadab, and Abihu, Eleazar, and Ithamar. -- numbers 26:60 +. +And Nadab and Abihu died, when they offered strange fire before the LORD. -- numbers 26:61 +. +And those that were numbered of them were twenty and three thousand, all males from a month old and upward: for they were not numbered among the children of Israel, because there was no inheritance given them among the children of Israel. -- numbers 26:62 +. +These are they that were numbered by Moses and Eleazar the priest, who numbered the children of Israel in the plains of Moab by Jordan near Jericho. -- numbers 26:63 +. +But among these there was not a man of them whom Moses and Aaron the priest numbered, when they numbered the children of Israel in the wilderness of Sinai. -- numbers 26:64 +. +For the LORD had said of them, They shall surely die in the wilderness. And there was not left a man of them, save Caleb the son of Jephunneh, and Joshua the son of Nun. -- numbers 26:65 +. +Then came the daughters of Zelophehad, the son of Hepher, the son of Gilead, the son of Machir, the son of Manasseh, of the families of Manasseh the son of Joseph: and these are the names of his daughters; Mahlah, Noah, and Hoglah, and Milcah, and Tirzah. -- numbers 27:1 +. +And they stood before Moses, and before Eleazar the priest, and before the princes and all the congregation, by the door of the tabernacle of the congregation, saying, -- numbers 27:2 +. +Our father died in the wilderness, and he was not in the company of them that gathered themselves together against the LORD in the company of Korah; but died in his own sin, and had no sons. -- numbers 27:3 +. +Why should the name of our father be done away from among his family, because he hath no son? Give unto us therefore a possession among the brethren of our father. -- numbers 27:4 +. +And Moses brought their cause before the LORD. -- numbers 27:5 +. +And the LORD spake unto Moses, saying, -- numbers 27:6 +. +The daughters of Zelophehad speak right: thou shalt surely give them a possession of an inheritance among their father's brethren; and thou shalt cause the inheritance of their father to pass unto them. -- numbers 27:7 +. +And thou shalt speak unto the children of Israel, saying, If a man die, and have no son, then ye shall cause his inheritance to pass unto his daughter. -- numbers 27:8 +. +And if he have no daughter, then ye shall give his inheritance unto his brethren. -- numbers 27:9 +. +And if he have no brethren, then ye shall give his inheritance unto his father's brethren. -- numbers 27:10 +. +And if his father have no brethren, then ye shall give his inheritance unto his kinsman that is next to him of his family, and he shall possess it: and it shall be unto the children of Israel a statute of judgment, as the LORD commanded Moses. -- numbers 27:11 +. +And the LORD said unto Moses, Get thee up into this mount Abarim, and see the land which I have given unto the children of Israel. -- numbers 27:12 +. +And when thou hast seen it, thou also shalt be gathered unto thy people, as Aaron thy brother was gathered. -- numbers 27:13 +. +For ye rebelled against my commandment in the desert of Zin, in the strife of the congregation, to sanctify me at the water before their eyes: that is the water of Meribah in Kadesh in the wilderness of Zin. -- numbers 27:14 +. +And Moses spake unto the LORD, saying, -- numbers 27:15 +. +Let the LORD, the God of the spirits of all flesh, set a man over the congregation, -- numbers 27:16 +. +Which may go out before them, and which may go in before them, and which may lead them out, and which may bring them in; that the congregation of the LORD be not as sheep which have no shepherd. -- numbers 27:17 +. +And the LORD said unto Moses, Take thee Joshua the son of Nun, a man in whom is the spirit, and lay thine hand upon him; -- numbers 27:18 +. +And set him before Eleazar the priest, and before all the congregation; and give him a charge in their sight. -- numbers 27:19 +. +And thou shalt put some of thine honor upon him, that all the congregation of the children of Israel may be obedient. -- numbers 27:20 +. +And he shall stand before Eleazar the priest, who shall ask counsel for him after the judgment of Urim before the LORD: at his word shall they go out, and at his word they shall come in, both he, and all the children of Israel with him, even all the congregation. -- numbers 27:21 +. +And Moses did as the LORD commanded him: and he took Joshua, and set him before Eleazar the priest, and before all the congregation: -- numbers 27:22 +. +And he laid his hands upon him, and gave him a charge, as the LORD commanded by the hand of Moses. -- numbers 27:23 +. +And the LORD spake unto Moses, saying, -- numbers 28:1 +. +Command the children of Israel, and say unto them, My offering, and my bread for my sacrifices made by fire, for a sweet savor unto me, shall ye observe to offer unto me in their due season. -- numbers 28:2 +. +And thou shalt say unto them, This is the offering made by fire which ye shall offer unto the LORD; two lambs of the first year without spot day by day, for a continual burnt offering. -- numbers 28:3 +. +The one lamb shalt thou offer in the morning, and the other lamb shalt thou offer at even; -- numbers 28:4 +. +And a tenth part of an ephah of flour for a meat offering, mingled with the fourth part of an hin of beaten oil. -- numbers 28:5 +. +It is a continual burnt offering, which was ordained in mount Sinai for a sweet savor, a sacrifice made by fire unto the LORD. -- numbers 28:6 +. +And the drink offering thereof shall be the fourth part of an hin for the one lamb: in the holy place shalt thou cause the strong wine to be poured unto the LORD for a drink offering. -- numbers 28:7 +. +And the other lamb shalt thou offer at even: as the meat offering of the morning, and as the drink offering thereof, thou shalt offer it, a sacrifice made by fire, of a sweet savor unto the LORD. -- numbers 28:8 +. +And on the sabbath day two lambs of the first year without spot, and two tenth deals of flour for a meat offering, mingled with oil, and the drink offering thereof: -- numbers 28:9 +. +This is the burnt offering of every sabbath, beside the continual burnt offering, and his drink offering. -- numbers 28:10 +. +And in the beginnings of your months ye shall offer a burnt offering unto the LORD; two young bullocks, and one ram, seven lambs of the first year without spot; -- numbers 28:11 +. +And three tenth deals of flour for a meat offering, mingled with oil, for one bullock; and two tenth deals of flour for a meat offering, mingled with oil, for one ram; -- numbers 28:12 +. +And a several tenth deal of flour mingled with oil for a meat offering unto one lamb; for a burnt offering of a sweet savor, a sacrifice made by fire unto the LORD. -- numbers 28:13 +. +And their drink offerings shall be half an hin of wine unto a bullock, and the third part of an hin unto a ram, and a fourth part of an hin unto a lamb: this is the burnt offering of every month throughout the months of the year. -- numbers 28:14 +. +And one kid of the goats for a sin offering unto the LORD shall be offered, beside the continual burnt offering, and his drink offering. -- numbers 28:15 +. +And in the fourteenth day of the first month is the passover of the LORD. -- numbers 28:16 +. +And in the fifteenth day of this month is the feast: seven days shall unleavened bread be eaten. -- numbers 28:17 +. +In the first day shall be an holy convocation; ye shall do no manner of servile work therein: -- numbers 28:18 +. +But ye shall offer a sacrifice made by fire for a burnt offering unto the LORD; two young bullocks, and one ram, and seven lambs of the first year: they shall be unto you without blemish: -- numbers 28:19 +. +And their meat offering shall be of flour mingled with oil: three tenth deals shall ye offer for a bullock, and two tenth deals for a ram; -- numbers 28:20 +. +A several tenth deal shalt thou offer for every lamb, throughout the seven lambs: -- numbers 28:21 +. +And one goat for a sin offering, to make an atonement for you. -- numbers 28:22 +. +Ye shall offer these beside the burnt offering in the morning, which is for a continual burnt offering. -- numbers 28:23 +. +After this manner ye shall offer daily, throughout the seven days, the meat of the sacrifice made by fire, of a sweet savor unto the LORD: it shall be offered beside the continual burnt offering, and his drink offering. -- numbers 28:24 +. +And on the seventh day ye shall have an holy convocation; ye shall do no servile work. -- numbers 28:25 +. +Also in the day of the firstfruits, when ye bring a new meat offering unto the LORD, after your weeks be out, ye shall have an holy convocation; ye shall do no servile work: -- numbers 28:26 +. +But ye shall offer the burnt offering for a sweet savor unto the LORD; two young bullocks, one ram, seven lambs of the first year; -- numbers 28:27 +. +And their meat offering of flour mingled with oil, three tenth deals unto one bullock, two tenth deals unto one ram, -- numbers 28:28 +. +A several tenth deal unto one lamb, throughout the seven lambs; -- numbers 28:29 +. +And one kid of the goats, to make an atonement for you. -- numbers 28:30 +. +Ye shall offer them beside the continual burnt offering, and his meat offering, (they shall be unto you without blemish) and their drink offerings. -- numbers 28:31 +. +And in the seventh month, on the first day of the month, ye shall have an holy convocation; ye shall do no servile work: it is a day of blowing the trumpets unto you. -- numbers 29:1 +. +And ye shall offer a burnt offering for a sweet savor unto the LORD; one young bullock, one ram, and seven lambs of the first year without blemish: -- numbers 29:2 +. +And their meat offering shall be of flour mingled with oil, three tenth deals for a bullock, and two tenth deals for a ram, -- numbers 29:3 +. +And one tenth deal for one lamb, throughout the seven lambs: -- numbers 29:4 +. +And one kid of the goats for a sin offering, to make an atonement for you: -- numbers 29:5 +. +Beside the burnt offering of the month, and his meat offering, and the daily burnt offering, and his meat offering, and their drink offerings, according unto their manner, for a sweet savor, a sacrifice made by fire unto the LORD. -- numbers 29:6 +. +And ye shall have on the tenth day of this seventh month an holy convocation; and ye shall afflict your souls: ye shall not do any work therein: -- numbers 29:7 +. +But ye shall offer a burnt offering unto the LORD for a sweet savor; one young bullock, one ram, and seven lambs of the first year; they shall be unto you without blemish: -- numbers 29:8 +. +And their meat offering shall be of flour mingled with oil, three tenth deals to a bullock, and two tenth deals to one ram, -- numbers 29:9 +. +A several tenth deal for one lamb, throughout the seven lambs: -- numbers 29:10 +. +One kid of the goats for a sin offering; beside the sin offering of atonement, and the continual burnt offering, and the meat offering of it, and their drink offerings. -- numbers 29:11 +. +And on the fifteenth day of the seventh month ye shall have an holy convocation; ye shall do no servile work, and ye shall keep a feast unto the LORD seven days: -- numbers 29:12 +. +And ye shall offer a burnt offering, a sacrifice made by fire, of a sweet savor unto the LORD; thirteen young bullocks, two rams, and fourteen lambs of the first year; they shall be without blemish: -- numbers 29:13 +. +And their meat offering shall be of flour mingled with oil, three tenth deals unto every bullock of the thirteen bullocks, two tenth deals to each ram of the two rams, -- numbers 29:14 +. +And a several tenth deal to each lamb of the fourteen lambs: -- numbers 29:15 +. +And one kid of the goats for a sin offering; beside the continual burnt offering, his meat offering, and his drink offering. -- numbers 29:16 +. +And on the second day ye shall offer twelve young bullocks, two rams, fourteen lambs of the first year without spot: -- numbers 29:17 +. +And their meat offering and their drink offerings for the bullocks, for the rams, and for the lambs, shall be according to their number, after the manner: -- numbers 29:18 +. +And one kid of the goats for a sin offering; beside the continual burnt offering, and the meat offering thereof, and their drink offerings. -- numbers 29:19 +. +And on the third day eleven bullocks, two rams, fourteen lambs of the first year without blemish; -- numbers 29:20 +. +And their meat offering and their drink offerings for the bullocks, for the rams, and for the lambs, shall be according to their number, after the manner: -- numbers 29:21 +. +And one goat for a sin offering; beside the continual burnt offering, and his meat offering, and his drink offering. -- numbers 29:22 +. +And on the fourth day ten bullocks, two rams, and fourteen lambs of the first year without blemish: -- numbers 29:23 +. +Their meat offering and their drink offerings for the bullocks, for the rams, and for the lambs, shall be according to their number, after the manner: -- numbers 29:24 +. +And one kid of the goats for a sin offering; beside the continual burnt offering, his meat offering, and his drink offering. -- numbers 29:25 +. +And on the fifth day nine bullocks, two rams, and fourteen lambs of the first year without spot: -- numbers 29:26 +. +And their meat offering and their drink offerings for the bullocks, for the rams, and for the lambs, shall be according to their number, after the manner: -- numbers 29:27 +. +And one goat for a sin offering; beside the continual burnt offering, and his meat offering, and his drink offering. -- numbers 29:28 +. +And on the sixth day eight bullocks, two rams, and fourteen lambs of the first year without blemish: -- numbers 29:29 +. +And their meat offering and their drink offerings for the bullocks, for the rams, and for the lambs, shall be according to their number, after the manner: -- numbers 29:30 +. +And one goat for a sin offering; beside the continual burnt offering, his meat offering, and his drink offering. -- numbers 29:31 +. +And on the seventh day seven bullocks, two rams, and fourteen lambs of the first year without blemish: -- numbers 29:32 +. +And their meat offering and their drink offerings for the bullocks, for the rams, and for the lambs, shall be according to their number, after the manner: -- numbers 29:33 +. +And one goat for a sin offering; beside the continual burnt offering, his meat offering, and his drink offering. -- numbers 29:34 +. +On the eighth day ye shall have a solemn assembly: ye shall do no servile work therein: -- numbers 29:35 +. +But ye shall offer a burnt offering, a sacrifice made by fire, of a sweet savor unto the LORD: one bullock, one ram, seven lambs of the first year without blemish: -- numbers 29:36 +. +Their meat offering and their drink offerings for the bullock, for the ram, and for the lambs, shall be according to their number, after the manner: -- numbers 29:37 +. +And one goat for a sin offering; beside the continual burnt offering, and his meat offering, and his drink offering. -- numbers 29:38 +. +These things ye shall do unto the LORD in your set feasts, beside your vows, and your freewill offerings, for your burnt offerings, and for your meat offerings, and for your drink offerings, and for your peace offerings. -- numbers 29:39 +. +And Moses told the children of Israel according to all that the LORD commanded Moses. -- numbers 29:40 +. +And Moses spake unto the heads of the tribes concerning the children of Israel, saying, This is the thing which the LORD hath commanded. -- numbers 30:1 +. +If a man vow a vow unto the LORD, or swear an oath to bind his soul with a bond; he shall not break his word, he shall do according to all that proceedeth out of his mouth. -- numbers 30:2 +. +If a woman also vow a vow unto the LORD, and bind herself by a bond, being in her father's house in her youth; -- numbers 30:3 +. +And her father hear her vow, and her bond wherewith she hath bound her soul, and her father shall hold his peace at her; then all her vows shall stand, and every bond wherewith she hath bound her soul shall stand. -- numbers 30:4 +. +But if her father disallow her in the day that he heareth; not any of her vows, or of her bonds wherewith she hath bound her soul, shall stand: and the LORD shall forgive her, because her father disallowed her. -- numbers 30:5 +. +And if she had at all an husband, when she vowed, or uttered ought out of her lips, wherewith she bound her soul; -- numbers 30:6 +. +And her husband heard it, and held his peace at her in the day that he heard it: then her vows shall stand, and her bonds wherewith she bound her soul shall stand. -- numbers 30:7 +. +But if her husband disallowed her on the day that he heard it; then he shall make her vow which she vowed, and that which she uttered with her lips, wherewith she bound her soul, of none effect: and the LORD shall forgive her. -- numbers 30:8 +. +But every vow of a widow, and of her that is divorced, wherewith they have bound their souls, shall stand against her. -- numbers 30:9 +. +And if she vowed in her husband's house, or bound her soul by a bond with an oath; -- numbers 30:10 +. +And her husband heard it, and held his peace at her, and disallowed her not: then all her vows shall stand, and every bond wherewith she bound her soul shall stand. -- numbers 30:11 +. +But if her husband hath utterly made them void on the day he heard them; then whatsoever proceeded out of her lips concerning her vows, or concerning the bond of her soul, shall not stand: her husband hath made them void; and the LORD shall forgive her. -- numbers 30:12 +. +Every vow, and every binding oath to afflict the soul, her husband may establish it, or her husband may make it void. -- numbers 30:13 +. +But if her husband altogether hold his peace at her from day to day; then he establisheth all her vows, or all her bonds, which are upon her: he confirmeth them, because he held his peace at her in the day that he heard them. -- numbers 30:14 +. +But if he shall any ways make them void after that he hath heard them; then he shall bear her iniquity. -- numbers 30:15 +. +These are the statutes, which the LORD commanded Moses, between a man and his wife, between the father and his daughter, being yet in her youth in her father's house. -- numbers 30:16 +. +And the LORD spake unto Moses, saying, -- numbers 31:1 +. +Avenge the children of Israel of the Midianites: afterward shalt thou be gathered unto thy people. -- numbers 31:2 +. +And Moses spake unto the people, saying, Arm some of yourselves unto the war, and let them go against the Midianites, and avenge the LORD of Midian. -- numbers 31:3 +. +Of every tribe a thousand, throughout all the tribes of Israel, shall ye send to the war. -- numbers 31:4 +. +So there were delivered out of the thousands of Israel, a thousand of every tribe, twelve thousand armed for war. -- numbers 31:5 +. +And Moses sent them to the war, a thousand of every tribe, them and Phinehas the son of Eleazar the priest, to the war, with the holy instruments, and the trumpets to blow in his hand. -- numbers 31:6 +. +And they warred against the Midianites, as the LORD commanded Moses; and they slew all the males. -- numbers 31:7 +. +And they slew the kings of Midian, beside the rest of them that were slain; namely, Evi, and Rekem, and Zur, and Hur, and Reba, five kings of Midian: Balaam also the son of Beor they slew with the sword. -- numbers 31:8 +. +And the children of Israel took all the women of Midian captives, and their little ones, and took the spoil of all their cattle, and all their flocks, and all their goods. -- numbers 31:9 +. +And they burnt all their cities wherein they dwelt, and all their goodly castles, with fire. -- numbers 31:10 +. +And they took all the spoil, and all the prey, both of men and of beasts. -- numbers 31:11 +. +And they brought the captives, and the prey, and the spoil, unto Moses, and Eleazar the priest, and unto the congregation of the children of Israel, unto the camp at the plains of Moab, which are by Jordan near Jericho. -- numbers 31:12 +. +And Moses, and Eleazar the priest, and all the princes of the congregation, went forth to meet them without the camp. -- numbers 31:13 +. +And Moses was wroth with the officers of the host, with the captains over thousands, and captains over hundreds, which came from the battle. -- numbers 31:14 +. +And Moses said unto them, Have ye saved all the women alive? -- numbers 31:15 +. +Behold, these caused the children of Israel, through the counsel of Balaam, to commit trespass against the LORD in the matter of Peor, and there was a plague among the congregation of the LORD. -- numbers 31:16 +. +Now therefore kill every male among the little ones, and kill every woman that hath known man by lying with him. -- numbers 31:17 +. +But all the women children, that have not known a man by lying with him, keep alive for yourselves. -- numbers 31:18 +. +And do ye abide without the camp seven days: whosoever hath killed any person, and whosoever hath touched any slain, purify both yourselves and your captives on the third day, and on the seventh day. -- numbers 31:19 +. +And purify all your raiment, and all that is made of skins, and all work of goats' hair, and all things made of wood. -- numbers 31:20 +. +And Eleazar the priest said unto the men of war which went to the battle, This is the ordinance of the law which the LORD commanded Moses; -- numbers 31:21 +. +Only the gold, and the silver, the brass, the iron, the tin, and the lead, -- numbers 31:22 +. +Every thing that may abide the fire, ye shall make it go through the fire, and it shall be clean: nevertheless it shall be purified with the water of separation: and all that abideth not the fire ye shall make go through the water. -- numbers 31:23 +. +And ye shall wash your clothes on the seventh day, and ye shall be clean, and afterward ye shall come into the camp. -- numbers 31:24 +. +And the LORD spake unto Moses, saying, -- numbers 31:25 +. +Take the sum of the prey that was taken, both of man and of beast, thou, and Eleazar the priest, and the chief fathers of the congregation: -- numbers 31:26 +. +And divide the prey into two parts; between them that took the war upon them, who went out to battle, and between all the congregation: -- numbers 31:27 +. +And levy a tribute unto the LORD of the men of war which went out to battle: one soul of five hundred, both of the persons, and of the beeves, and of the asses, and of the sheep: -- numbers 31:28 +. +Take it of their half, and give it unto Eleazar the priest, for an heave offering of the LORD. -- numbers 31:29 +. +And of the children of Israel's half, thou shalt take one portion of fifty, of the persons, of the beeves, of the asses, and of the flocks, of all manner of beasts, and give them unto the Levites, which keep the charge of the tabernacle of the LORD. -- numbers 31:30 +. +And Moses and Eleazar the priest did as the LORD commanded Moses. -- numbers 31:31 +. +And the booty, being the rest of the prey which the men of war had caught, was six hundred thousand and seventy thousand and five thousand sheep, -- numbers 31:32 +. +And threescore and twelve thousand beeves, -- numbers 31:33 +. +And threescore and one thousand asses, -- numbers 31:34 +. +And thirty and two thousand persons in all, of women that had not known man by lying with him. -- numbers 31:35 +. +And the half, which was the portion of them that went out to war, was in number three hundred thousand and seven and thirty thousand and five hundred sheep: -- numbers 31:36 +. +And the LORD's tribute of the sheep was six hundred and threescore and fifteen. -- numbers 31:37 +. +And the beeves were thirty and six thousand; of which the LORD's tribute was threescore and twelve. -- numbers 31:38 +. +And the asses were thirty thousand and five hundred; of which the LORD's tribute was threescore and one. -- numbers 31:39 +. +And the persons were sixteen thousand; of which the LORD's tribute was thirty and two persons. -- numbers 31:40 +. +And Moses gave the tribute, which was the LORD's heave offering, unto Eleazar the priest, as the LORD commanded Moses. -- numbers 31:41 +. +And of the children of Israel's half, which Moses divided from the men that warred, -- numbers 31:42 +. +(Now the half that pertained unto the congregation was three hundred thousand and thirty thousand and seven thousand and five hundred sheep, -- numbers 31:43 +. +And thirty and six thousand beeves, -- numbers 31:44 +. +And thirty thousand asses and five hundred, -- numbers 31:45 +. +And sixteen thousand persons;) -- numbers 31:46 +. +Even of the children of Israel's half, Moses took one portion of fifty, both of man and of beast, and gave them unto the Levites, which kept the charge of the tabernacle of the LORD; as the LORD commanded Moses. -- numbers 31:47 +. +And the officers which were over thousands of the host, the captains of thousands, and captains of hundreds, came near unto Moses: -- numbers 31:48 +. +And they said unto Moses, Thy servants have taken the sum of the men of war which are under our charge, and there lacketh not one man of us. -- numbers 31:49 +. +We have therefore brought an oblation for the LORD, what every man hath gotten, of jewels of gold, chains, and bracelets, rings, earrings, and tablets, to make an atonement for our souls before the LORD. -- numbers 31:50 +. +And Moses and Eleazar the priest took the gold of them, even all wrought jewels. -- numbers 31:51 +. +And all the gold of the offering that they offered up to the LORD, of the captains of thousands, and of the captains of hundreds, was sixteen thousand seven hundred and fifty shekels. -- numbers 31:52 +. +(For the men of war had taken spoil, every man for himself.) -- numbers 31:53 +. +And Moses and Eleazar the priest took the gold of the captains of thousands and of hundreds, and brought it into the tabernacle of the congregation, for a memorial for the children of Israel before the LORD. -- numbers 31:54 +. +Now the children of Reuben and the children of Gad had a very great multitude of cattle: and when they saw the land of Jazer, and the land of Gilead, that, behold, the place was a place for cattle; -- numbers 32:1 +. +The children of Gad and the children of Reuben came and spake unto Moses, and to Eleazar the priest, and unto the princes of the congregation, saying, -- numbers 32:2 +. +Ataroth, and Dibon, and Jazer, and Nimrah, and Heshbon, and Elealeh, and Shebam, and Nebo, and Beon, -- numbers 32:3 +. +Even the country which the LORD smote before the congregation of Israel, is a land for cattle, and thy servants have cattle: -- numbers 32:4 +. +Wherefore, said they, if we have found grace in thy sight, let this land be given unto thy servants for a possession, and bring us not over Jordan. -- numbers 32:5 +. +And Moses said unto the children of Gad and to the children of Reuben, Shall your brethren go to war, and shall ye sit here? -- numbers 32:6 +. +And wherefore discourage ye the heart of the children of Israel from going over into the land which the LORD hath given them? -- numbers 32:7 +. +Thus did your fathers, when I sent them from Kadeshbarnea to see the land. -- numbers 32:8 +. +For when they went up unto the valley of Eshcol, and saw the land, they discouraged the heart of the children of Israel, that they should not go into the land which the LORD had given them. -- numbers 32:9 +. +And the LORD's anger was kindled the same time, and he sware, saying, -- numbers 32:10 +. +Surely none of the men that came up out of Egypt, from twenty years old and upward, shall see the land which I sware unto Abraham, unto Isaac, and unto Jacob; because they have not wholly followed me: -- numbers 32:11 +. +Save Caleb the son of Jephunneh the Kenezite, and Joshua the son of Nun: for they have wholly followed the LORD. -- numbers 32:12 +. +And the LORD's anger was kindled against Israel, and he made them wander in the wilderness forty years, until all the generation, that had done evil in the sight of the LORD, was consumed. -- numbers 32:13 +. +And, behold, ye are risen up in your fathers' stead, an increase of sinful men, to augment yet the fierce anger of the LORD toward Israel. -- numbers 32:14 +. +For if ye turn away from after him, he will yet again leave them in the wilderness; and ye shall destroy all this people. -- numbers 32:15 +. +And they came near unto him, and said, We will build sheepfolds here for our cattle, and cities for our little ones: -- numbers 32:16 +. +But we ourselves will go ready armed before the children of Israel, until we have brought them unto their place: and our little ones shall dwell in the fenced cities because of the inhabitants of the land. -- numbers 32:17 +. +We will not return unto our houses, until the children of Israel have inherited every man his inheritance. -- numbers 32:18 +. +For we will not inherit with them on yonder side Jordan, or forward; because our inheritance is fallen to us on this side Jordan eastward. -- numbers 32:19 +. +And Moses said unto them, If ye will do this thing, if ye will go armed before the LORD to war, -- numbers 32:20 +. +And will go all of you armed over Jordan before the LORD, until he hath driven out his enemies from before him, -- numbers 32:21 +. +And the land be subdued before the LORD: then afterward ye shall return, and be guiltless before the LORD, and before Israel; and this land shall be your possession before the LORD. -- numbers 32:22 +. +But if ye will not do so, behold, ye have sinned against the LORD: and be sure your sin will find you out. -- numbers 32:23 +. +Build you cities for your little ones, and folds for your sheep; and do that which hath proceeded out of your mouth. -- numbers 32:24 +. +And the children of Gad and the children of Reuben spake unto Moses, saying, Thy servants will do as my lord commandeth. -- numbers 32:25 +. +Our little ones, our wives, our flocks, and all our cattle, shall be there in the cities of Gilead: -- numbers 32:26 +. +But thy servants will pass over, every man armed for war, before the Lord to battle, as my lord saith. -- numbers 32:27 +. +So concerning them Moses commanded Eleazar the priest, and Joshua the son of Nun, and the chief fathers of the tribes of the children of Israel: -- numbers 32:28 +. +And Moses said unto them, If the children of Gad and the children of Reuben will pass with you over Jordan, every man armed to battle, before the LORD, and the land shall be subdued before you; then ye shall give them the land of Gilead for a possession: -- numbers 32:29 +. +But if they will not pass over with you armed, they shall have possessions among you in the land of Canaan. -- numbers 32:30 +. +And the children of Gad and the children of Reuben answered, saying, As the LORD hath said unto thy servants, so will we do. -- numbers 32:31 +. +We will pass over armed before the LORD into the land of Canaan, that the possession of our inheritance on this side Jordan may be ours. -- numbers 32:32 +. +And Moses gave unto them, even to the children of Gad, and to the children of Reuben, and unto half the tribe of Manasseh the son of Joseph, the kingdom of Sihon king of the Amorites, and the kingdom of Og king of Bashan, the land, with the cities thereof in the coasts, even the cities of the country round about. -- numbers 32:33 +. +And the children of Gad built Dibon, and Ataroth, and Aroer, -- numbers 32:34 +. +And Atroth, Shophan, and Jaazer, and Jogbehah, -- numbers 32:35 +. +And Bethnimrah, and Bethharan, fenced cities: and folds for sheep. -- numbers 32:36 +. +And the children of Reuben built Heshbon, and Elealeh, and Kirjathaim, -- numbers 32:37 +. +And Nebo, and Baalmeon, (their names being changed,) and Shibmah: and gave other names unto the cities which they builded. -- numbers 32:38 +. +And the children of Machir the son of Manasseh went to Gilead, and took it, and dispossessed the Amorite which was in it. -- numbers 32:39 +. +And Moses gave Gilead unto Machir the son of Manasseh; and he dwelt therein. -- numbers 32:40 +. +And Jair the son of Manasseh went and took the small towns thereof, and called them Havothjair. -- numbers 32:41 +. +And Nobah went and took Kenath, and the villages thereof, and called it Nobah, after his own name. -- numbers 32:42 +. +These are the journeys of the children of Israel, which went forth out of the land of Egypt with their armies under the hand of Moses and Aaron. -- numbers 33:1 +. +And Moses wrote their goings out according to their journeys by the commandment of the LORD: and these are their journeys according to their goings out. -- numbers 33:2 +. +And they departed from Rameses in the first month, on the fifteenth day of the first month; on the morrow after the passover the children of Israel went out with an high hand in the sight of all the Egyptians. -- numbers 33:3 +. +For the Egyptians buried all their firstborn, which the LORD had smitten among them: upon their gods also the LORD executed judgments. -- numbers 33:4 +. +And the children of Israel removed from Rameses, and pitched in Succoth. -- numbers 33:5 +. +And they departed from Succoth, and pitched in Etham, which is in the edge of the wilderness. -- numbers 33:6 +. +And they removed from Etham, and turned again unto Pihahiroth, which is before Baalzephon: and they pitched before Migdol. -- numbers 33:7 +. +And they departed from before Pihahiroth, and passed through the midst of the sea into the wilderness, and went three days' journey in the wilderness of Etham, and pitched in Marah. -- numbers 33:8 +. +And they removed from Marah, and came unto Elim: and in Elim were twelve fountains of water, and threescore and ten palm trees; and they pitched there. -- numbers 33:9 +. +And they removed from Elim, and encamped by the Red sea. -- numbers 33:10 +. +And they removed from the Red sea, and encamped in the wilderness of Sin. -- numbers 33:11 +. +And they took their journey out of the wilderness of Sin, and encamped in Dophkah. -- numbers 33:12 +. +And they departed from Dophkah, and encamped in Alush. -- numbers 33:13 +. +And they removed from Alush, and encamped at Rephidim, where was no water for the people to drink. -- numbers 33:14 +. +And they departed from Rephidim, and pitched in the wilderness of Sinai. -- numbers 33:15 +. +And they removed from the desert of Sinai, and pitched at Kibrothhattaavah. -- numbers 33:16 +. +And they departed from Kibrothhattaavah, and encamped at Hazeroth. -- numbers 33:17 +. +And they departed from Hazeroth, and pitched in Rithmah. -- numbers 33:18 +. +And they departed from Rithmah, and pitched at Rimmonparez. -- numbers 33:19 +. +And they departed from Rimmonparez, and pitched in Libnah. -- numbers 33:20 +. +And they removed from Libnah, and pitched at Rissah. -- numbers 33:21 +. +And they journeyed from Rissah, and pitched in Kehelathah. -- numbers 33:22 +. +And they went from Kehelathah, and pitched in mount Shapher. -- numbers 33:23 +. +And they removed from mount Shapher, and encamped in Haradah. -- numbers 33:24 +. +And they removed from Haradah, and pitched in Makheloth. -- numbers 33:25 +. +And they removed from Makheloth, and encamped at Tahath. -- numbers 33:26 +. +And they departed from Tahath, and pitched at Tarah. -- numbers 33:27 +. +And they removed from Tarah, and pitched in Mithcah. -- numbers 33:28 +. +And they went from Mithcah, and pitched in Hashmonah. -- numbers 33:29 +. +And they departed from Hashmonah, and encamped at Moseroth. -- numbers 33:30 +. +And they departed from Moseroth, and pitched in Benejaakan. -- numbers 33:31 +. +And they removed from Benejaakan, and encamped at Horhagidgad. -- numbers 33:32 +. +And they went from Horhagidgad, and pitched in Jotbathah. -- numbers 33:33 +. +And they removed from Jotbathah, and encamped at Ebronah. -- numbers 33:34 +. +And they departed from Ebronah, and encamped at Eziongaber. -- numbers 33:35 +. +And they removed from Eziongaber, and pitched in the wilderness of Zin, which is Kadesh. -- numbers 33:36 +. +And they removed from Kadesh, and pitched in mount Hor, in the edge of the land of Edom. -- numbers 33:37 +. +And Aaron the priest went up into mount Hor at the commandment of the LORD, and died there, in the fortieth year after the children of Israel were come out of the land of Egypt, in the first day of the fifth month. -- numbers 33:38 +. +And Aaron was an hundred and twenty and three years old when he died in mount Hor. -- numbers 33:39 +. +And king Arad the Canaanite, which dwelt in the south in the land of Canaan, heard of the coming of the children of Israel. -- numbers 33:40 +. +And they departed from mount Hor, and pitched in Zalmonah. -- numbers 33:41 +. +And they departed from Zalmonah, and pitched in Punon. -- numbers 33:42 +. +And they departed from Punon, and pitched in Oboth. -- numbers 33:43 +. +And they departed from Oboth, and pitched in Ijeabarim, in the border of Moab. -- numbers 33:44 +. +And they departed from Iim, and pitched in Dibongad. -- numbers 33:45 +. +And they removed from Dibongad, and encamped in Almondiblathaim. -- numbers 33:46 +. +And they removed from Almondiblathaim, and pitched in the mountains of Abarim, before Nebo. -- numbers 33:47 +. +And they departed from the mountains of Abarim, and pitched in the plains of Moab by Jordan near Jericho. -- numbers 33:48 +. +And they pitched by Jordan, from Bethjesimoth even unto Abelshittim in the plains of Moab. -- numbers 33:49 +. +And the LORD spake unto Moses in the plains of Moab by Jordan near Jericho, saying, -- numbers 33:50 +. +Speak unto the children of Israel, and say unto them, When ye are passed over Jordan into the land of Canaan; -- numbers 33:51 +. +Then ye shall drive out all the inhabitants of the land from before you, and destroy all their pictures, and destroy all their molten images, and quite pluck down all their high places: -- numbers 33:52 +. +And ye shall dispossess the inhabitants of the land, and dwell therein: for I have given you the land to possess it. -- numbers 33:53 +. +And ye shall divide the land by lot for an inheritance among your families: and to the more ye shall give the more inheritance, and to the fewer ye shall give the less inheritance: every man's inheritance shall be in the place where his lot falleth; according to the tribes of your fathers ye shall inherit. -- numbers 33:54 +. +But if ye will not drive out the inhabitants of the land from before you; then it shall come to pass, that those which ye let remain of them shall be pricks in your eyes, and thorns in your sides, and shall vex you in the land wherein ye dwell. -- numbers 33:55 +. +Moreover it shall come to pass, that I shall do unto you, as I thought to do unto them. -- numbers 33:56 +. +And the LORD spake unto Moses, saying, -- numbers 34:1 +. +Command the children of Israel, and say unto them, When ye come into the land of Canaan; (this is the land that shall fall unto you for an inheritance, even the land of Canaan with the coasts thereof:) -- numbers 34:2 +. +Then your south quarter shall be from the wilderness of Zin along by the coast of Edom, and your south border shall be the outmost coast of the salt sea eastward: -- numbers 34:3 +. +And your border shall turn from the south to the ascent of Akrabbim, and pass on to Zin: and the going forth thereof shall be from the south to Kadeshbarnea, and shall go on to Hazaraddar, and pass on to Azmon: -- numbers 34:4 +. +And the border shall fetch a compass from Azmon unto the river of Egypt, and the goings out of it shall be at the sea. -- numbers 34:5 +. +And as for the western border, ye shall even have the great sea for a border: this shall be your west border. -- numbers 34:6 +. +And this shall be your north border: from the great sea ye shall point out for you mount Hor: -- numbers 34:7 +. +From mount Hor ye shall point out your border unto the entrance of Hamath; and the goings forth of the border shall be to Zedad: -- numbers 34:8 +. +And the border shall go on to Ziphron, and the goings out of it shall be at Hazarenan: this shall be your north border. -- numbers 34:9 +. +And ye shall point out your east border from Hazarenan to Shepham: -- numbers 34:10 +. +And the coast shall go down from Shepham to Riblah, on the east side of Ain; and the border shall descend, and shall reach unto the side of the sea of Chinnereth eastward: -- numbers 34:11 +. +And the border shall go down to Jordan, and the goings out of it shall be at the salt sea: this shall be your land with the coasts thereof round about. -- numbers 34:12 +. +And Moses commanded the children of Israel, saying, This is the land which ye shall inherit by lot, which the LORD commanded to give unto the nine tribes, and to the half tribe: -- numbers 34:13 +. +For the tribe of the children of Reuben according to the house of their fathers, and the tribe of the children of Gad according to the house of their fathers, have received their inheritance; and half the tribe of Manasseh have received their inheritance: -- numbers 34:14 +. +The two tribes and the half tribe have received their inheritance on this side Jordan near Jericho eastward, toward the sunrising. -- numbers 34:15 +. +And the LORD spake unto Moses, saying, -- numbers 34:16 +. +These are the names of the men which shall divide the land unto you: Eleazar the priest, and Joshua the son of Nun. -- numbers 34:17 +. +And ye shall take one prince of every tribe, to divide the land by inheritance. -- numbers 34:18 +. +And the names of the men are these: Of the tribe of Judah, Caleb the son of Jephunneh. -- numbers 34:19 +. +And of the tribe of the children of Simeon, Shemuel the son of Ammihud. -- numbers 34:20 +. +Of the tribe of Benjamin, Elidad the son of Chislon. -- numbers 34:21 +. +And the prince of the tribe of the children of Dan, Bukki the son of Jogli. -- numbers 34:22 +. +The prince of the children of Joseph, for the tribe of the children of Manasseh, Hanniel the son of Ephod. -- numbers 34:23 +. +And the prince of the tribe of the children of Ephraim, Kemuel the son of Shiphtan. -- numbers 34:24 +. +And the prince of the tribe of the children of Zebulun, Elizaphan the son of Parnach. -- numbers 34:25 +. +And the prince of the tribe of the children of Issachar, Paltiel the son of Azzan. -- numbers 34:26 +. +And the prince of the tribe of the children of Asher, Ahihud the son of Shelomi. -- numbers 34:27 +. +And the prince of the tribe of the children of Naphtali, Pedahel the son of Ammihud. -- numbers 34:28 +. +These are they whom the LORD commanded to divide the inheritance unto the children of Israel in the land of Canaan. -- numbers 34:29 +. +And the LORD spake unto Moses in the plains of Moab by Jordan near Jericho, saying, -- numbers 35:1 +. +Command the children of Israel, that they give unto the Levites of the inheritance of their possession cities to dwell in; and ye shall give also unto the Levites suburbs for the cities round about them. -- numbers 35:2 +. +And the cities shall they have to dwell in; and the suburbs of them shall be for their cattle, and for their goods, and for all their beasts. -- numbers 35:3 +. +And the suburbs of the cities, which ye shall give unto the Levites, shall reach from the wall of the city and outward a thousand cubits round about. -- numbers 35:4 +. +And ye shall measure from without the city on the east side two thousand cubits, and on the south side two thousand cubits, and on the west side two thousand cubits, and on the north side two thousand cubits; and the city shall be in the midst: this shall be to them the suburbs of the cities. -- numbers 35:5 +. +And among the cities which ye shall give unto the Levites there shall be six cities for refuge, which ye shall appoint for the manslayer, that he may flee thither: and to them ye shall add forty and two cities. -- numbers 35:6 +. +So all the cities which ye shall give to the Levites shall be forty and eight cities: them shall ye give with their suburbs. -- numbers 35:7 +. +And the cities which ye shall give shall be of the possession of the children of Israel: from them that have many ye shall give many; but from them that have few ye shall give few: every one shall give of his cities unto the Levites according to his inheritance which he inheriteth. -- numbers 35:8 +. +And the LORD spake unto Moses, saying, -- numbers 35:9 +. +Speak unto the children of Israel, and say unto them, When ye be come over Jordan into the land of Canaan; -- numbers 35:10 +. +Then ye shall appoint you cities to be cities of refuge for you; that the slayer may flee thither, which killeth any person at unawares. -- numbers 35:11 +. +And they shall be unto you cities for refuge from the avenger; that the manslayer die not, until he stand before the congregation in judgment. -- numbers 35:12 +. +And of these cities which ye shall give six cities shall ye have for refuge. -- numbers 35:13 +. +Ye shall give three cities on this side Jordan, and three cities shall ye give in the land of Canaan, which shall be cities of refuge. -- numbers 35:14 +. +These six cities shall be a refuge, both for the children of Israel, and for the stranger, and for the sojourner among them: that every one that killeth any person unawares may flee thither. -- numbers 35:15 +. +And if he smite him with an instrument of iron, so that he die, he is a murderer: the murderer shall surely be put to death. -- numbers 35:16 +. +And if he smite him with throwing a stone, wherewith he may die, and he die, he is a murderer: the murderer shall surely be put to death. -- numbers 35:17 +. +Or if he smite him with an hand weapon of wood, wherewith he may die, and he die, he is a murderer: the murderer shall surely be put to death. -- numbers 35:18 +. +The revenger of blood himself shall slay the murderer: when he meeteth him, he shall slay him. -- numbers 35:19 +. +But if he thrust him of hatred, or hurl at him by laying of wait, that he die; -- numbers 35:20 +. +Or in enmity smite him with his hand, that he die: he that smote him shall surely be put to death; for he is a murderer: the revenger of blood shall slay the murderer, when he meeteth him. -- numbers 35:21 +. +But if he thrust him suddenly without enmity, or have cast upon him any thing without laying of wait, -- numbers 35:22 +. +Or with any stone, wherewith a man may die, seeing him not, and cast it upon him, that he die, and was not his enemy, neither sought his harm: -- numbers 35:23 +. +Then the congregation shall judge between the slayer and the revenger of blood according to these judgments: -- numbers 35:24 +. +And the congregation shall deliver the slayer out of the hand of the revenger of blood, and the congregation shall restore him to the city of his refuge, whither he was fled: and he shall abide in it unto the death of the high priest, which was anointed with the holy oil. -- numbers 35:25 +. +But if the slayer shall at any time come without the border of the city of his refuge, whither he was fled; -- numbers 35:26 +. +And the revenger of blood find him without the borders of the city of his refuge, and the revenger of blood kill the slayer; he shall not be guilty of blood: -- numbers 35:27 +. +Because he should have remained in the city of his refuge until the death of the high priest: but after the death of the high priest the slayer shall return into the land of his possession. -- numbers 35:28 +. +So these things shall be for a statute of judgment unto you throughout your generations in all your dwellings. -- numbers 35:29 +. +Whoso killeth any person, the murderer shall be put to death by the mouth of witnesses: but one witness shall not testify against any person to cause him to die. -- numbers 35:30 +. +Moreover ye shall take no satisfaction for the life of a murderer, which is guilty of death: but he shall be surely put to death. -- numbers 35:31 +. +And ye shall take no satisfaction for him that is fled to the city of his refuge, that he should come again to dwell in the land, until the death of the priest. -- numbers 35:32 +. +So ye shall not pollute the land wherein ye are: for blood it defileth the land: and the land cannot be cleansed of the blood that is shed therein, but by the blood of him that shed it. -- numbers 35:33 +. +Defile not therefore the land which ye shall inhabit, wherein I dwell: for I the LORD dwell among the children of Israel. -- numbers 35:34 +. +And the chief fathers of the families of the children of Gilead, the son of Machir, the son of Manasseh, of the families of the sons of Joseph, came near, and spake before Moses, and before the princes, the chief fathers of the children of Israel: -- numbers 36:1 +. +And they said, The LORD commanded my lord to give the land for an inheritance by lot to the children of Israel: and my lord was commanded by the LORD to give the inheritance of Zelophehad our brother unto his daughters. -- numbers 36:2 +. +And if they be married to any of the sons of the other tribes of the children of Israel, then shall their inheritance be taken from the inheritance of our fathers, and shall be put to the inheritance of the tribe whereunto they are received: so shall it be taken from the lot of our inheritance. -- numbers 36:3 +. +And when the jubilee of the children of Israel shall be, then shall their inheritance be put unto the inheritance of the tribe whereunto they are received: so shall their inheritance be taken away from the inheritance of the tribe of our fathers. -- numbers 36:4 +. +And Moses commanded the children of Israel according to the word of the LORD, saying, The tribe of the sons of Joseph hath said well. -- numbers 36:5 +. +This is the thing which the LORD doth command concerning the daughters of Zelophehad, saying, Let them marry to whom they think best; only to the family of the tribe of their father shall they marry. -- numbers 36:6 +. +So shall not the inheritance of the children of Israel remove from tribe to tribe: for every one of the children of Israel shall keep himself to the inheritance of the tribe of his fathers. -- numbers 36:7 +. +And every daughter, that possesseth an inheritance in any tribe of the children of Israel, shall be wife unto one of the family of the tribe of her father, that the children of Israel may enjoy every man the inheritance of his fathers. -- numbers 36:8 +. +Neither shall the inheritance remove from one tribe to another tribe; but every one of the tribes of the children of Israel shall keep himself to his own inheritance. -- numbers 36:9 +. +Even as the LORD commanded Moses, so did the daughters of Zelophehad: -- numbers 36:10 +. +For Mahlah, Tirzah, and Hoglah, and Milcah, and Noah, the daughters of Zelophehad, were married unto their father's brothers' sons: -- numbers 36:11 +. +And they were married into the families of the sons of Manasseh the son of Joseph, and their inheritance remained in the tribe of the family of their father. -- numbers 36:12 +. +These are the commandments and the judgments, which the LORD commanded by the hand of Moses unto the children of Israel in the plains of Moab by Jordan near Jericho. -- numbers 36:13 +. +These be the words which Moses spake unto all Israel on this side Jordan in the wilderness, in the plain over against the Red sea, between Paran, and Tophel, and Laban, and Hazeroth, and Dizahab. -- deuteronomy 1:1 +. +(There are eleven days' journey from Horeb by the way of mount Seir unto Kadeshbarnea.) -- deuteronomy 1:2 +. +And it came to pass in the fortieth year, in the eleventh month, on the first day of the month, that Moses spake unto the children of Israel, according unto all that the LORD had given him in commandment unto them; -- deuteronomy 1:3 +. +After he had slain Sihon the king of the Amorites, which dwelt in Heshbon, and Og the king of Bashan, which dwelt at Astaroth in Edrei: -- deuteronomy 1:4 +. +On this side Jordan, in the land of Moab, began Moses to declare this law, saying, -- deuteronomy 1:5 +. +The LORD our God spake unto us in Horeb, saying, Ye have dwelt long enough in this mount: -- deuteronomy 1:6 +. +Turn you, and take your journey, and go to the mount of the Amorites, and unto all the places nigh thereunto, in the plain, in the hills, and in the vale, and in the south, and by the sea side, to the land of the Canaanites, and unto Lebanon, unto the great river, the river Euphrates. -- deuteronomy 1:7 +. +Behold, I have set the land before you: go in and possess the land which the LORD sware unto your fathers, Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob, to give unto them and to their seed after them. -- deuteronomy 1:8 +. +And I spake unto you at that time, saying, I am not able to bear you myself alone: -- deuteronomy 1:9 +. +The LORD your God hath multiplied you, and, behold, ye are this day as the stars of heaven for multitude. -- deuteronomy 1:10 +. +(The LORD God of your fathers make you a thousand times so many more as ye are, and bless you, as he hath promised you!) -- deuteronomy 1:11 +. +How can I myself alone bear your cumbrance, and your burden, and your strife? -- deuteronomy 1:12 +. +Take you wise men, and understanding, and known among your tribes, and I will make them rulers over you. -- deuteronomy 1:13 +. +And ye answered me, and said, The thing which thou hast spoken is good for us to do. -- deuteronomy 1:14 +. +So I took the chief of your tribes, wise men, and known, and made them heads over you, captains over thousands, and captains over hundreds, and captains over fifties, and captains over tens, and officers among your tribes. -- deuteronomy 1:15 +. +And I charged your judges at that time, saying, Hear the causes between your brethren, and judge righteously between every man and his brother, and the stranger that is with him. -- deuteronomy 1:16 +. +Ye shall not respect persons in judgment; but ye shall hear the small as well as the great; ye shall not be afraid of the face of man; for the judgment is God's: and the cause that is too hard for you, bring it unto me, and I will hear it. -- deuteronomy 1:17 +. +And I commanded you at that time all the things which ye should do. -- deuteronomy 1:18 +. +And when we departed from Horeb, we went through all that great and terrible wilderness, which ye saw by the way of the mountain of the Amorites, as the LORD our God commanded us; and we came to Kadeshbarnea. -- deuteronomy 1:19 +. +And I said unto you, Ye are come unto the mountain of the Amorites, which the LORD our God doth give unto us. -- deuteronomy 1:20 +. +Behold, the LORD thy God hath set the land before thee: go up and possess it, as the LORD God of thy fathers hath said unto thee; fear not, neither be discouraged. -- deuteronomy 1:21 +. +And ye came near unto me every one of you, and said, We will send men before us, and they shall search us out the land, and bring us word again by what way we must go up, and into what cities we shall come. -- deuteronomy 1:22 +. +And the saying pleased me well: and I took twelve men of you, one of a tribe: -- deuteronomy 1:23 +. +And they turned and went up into the mountain, and came unto the valley of Eshcol, and searched it out. -- deuteronomy 1:24 +. +And they took of the fruit of the land in their hands, and brought it down unto us, and brought us word again, and said, It is a good land which the LORD our God doth give us. -- deuteronomy 1:25 +. +Notwithstanding ye would not go up, but rebelled against the commandment of the LORD your God: -- deuteronomy 1:26 +. +And ye murmured in your tents, and said, Because the LORD hated us, he hath brought us forth out of the land of Egypt, to deliver us into the hand of the Amorites, to destroy us. -- deuteronomy 1:27 +. +Whither shall we go up? our brethren have discouraged our heart, saying, The people is greater and taller than we; the cities are great and walled up to heaven; and moreover we have seen the sons of the Anakims there. -- deuteronomy 1:28 +. +Then I said unto you, Dread not, neither be afraid of them. -- deuteronomy 1:29 +. +The LORD your God which goeth before you, he shall fight for you, according to all that he did for you in Egypt before your eyes; -- deuteronomy 1:30 +. +And in the wilderness, where thou hast seen how that the LORD thy God bare thee, as a man doth bear his son, in all the way that ye went, until ye came into this place. -- deuteronomy 1:31 +. +Yet in this thing ye did not believe the LORD your God, -- deuteronomy 1:32 +. +Who went in the way before you, to search you out a place to pitch your tents in, in fire by night, to show you by what way ye should go, and in a cloud by day. -- deuteronomy 1:33 +. +And the LORD heard the voice of your words, and was wroth, and sware, saying, -- deuteronomy 1:34 +. +Surely there shall not one of these men of this evil generation see that good land, which I sware to give unto your fathers. -- deuteronomy 1:35 +. +Save Caleb the son of Jephunneh; he shall see it, and to him will I give the land that he hath trodden upon, and to his children, because he hath wholly followed the LORD. -- deuteronomy 1:36 +. +Also the LORD was angry with me for your sakes, saying, Thou also shalt not go in thither. -- deuteronomy 1:37 +. +But Joshua the son of Nun, which standeth before thee, he shall go in thither: encourage him: for he shall cause Israel to inherit it. -- deuteronomy 1:38 +. +Moreover your little ones, which ye said should be a prey, and your children, which in that day had no knowledge between good and evil, they shall go in thither, and unto them will I give it, and they shall possess it. -- deuteronomy 1:39 +. +But as for you, turn you, and take your journey into the wilderness by the way of the Red sea. -- deuteronomy 1:40 +. +Then ye answered and said unto me, We have sinned against the LORD, we will go up and fight, according to all that the LORD our God commanded us. And when ye had girded on every man his weapons of war, ye were ready to go up into the hill. -- deuteronomy 1:41 +. +And the LORD said unto me, Say unto them. Go not up, neither fight; for I am not among you; lest ye be smitten before your enemies. -- deuteronomy 1:42 +. +So I spake unto you; and ye would not hear, but rebelled against the commandment of the LORD, and went presumptuously up into the hill. -- deuteronomy 1:43 +. +And the Amorites, which dwelt in that mountain, came out against you, and chased you, as bees do, and destroyed you in Seir, even unto Hormah. -- deuteronomy 1:44 +. +And ye returned and wept before the LORD; but the LORD would not hearken to your voice, nor give ear unto you. -- deuteronomy 1:45 +. +So ye abode in Kadesh many days, according unto the days that ye abode there. -- deuteronomy 1:46 +. +Then we turned, and took our journey into the wilderness by the way of the Red sea, as the LORD spake unto me: and we compassed mount Seir many days. -- deuteronomy 2:1 +. +And the LORD spake unto me, saying, -- deuteronomy 2:2 +. +Ye have compassed this mountain long enough: turn you northward. -- deuteronomy 2:3 +. +And command thou the people, saying, Ye are to pass through the coast of your brethren the children of Esau, which dwell in Seir; and they shall be afraid of you: take ye good heed unto yourselves therefore: -- deuteronomy 2:4 +. +Meddle not with them; for I will not give you of their land, no, not so much as a foot breadth; because I have given mount Seir unto Esau for a possession. -- deuteronomy 2:5 +. +Ye shall buy meat of them for money, that ye may eat; and ye shall also buy water of them for money, that ye may drink. -- deuteronomy 2:6 +. +For the LORD thy God hath blessed thee in all the works of thy hand: he knoweth thy walking through this great wilderness: these forty years the LORD thy God hath been with thee; thou hast lacked nothing. -- deuteronomy 2:7 +. +And when we passed by from our brethren the children of Esau, which dwelt in Seir, through the way of the plain from Elath, and from Eziongaber, we turned and passed by the way of the wilderness of Moab. -- deuteronomy 2:8 +. +And the LORD said unto me, Distress not the Moabites, neither contend with them in battle: for I will not give thee of their land for a possession; because I have given Ar unto the children of Lot for a possession. -- deuteronomy 2:9 +. +The Emims dwelt therein in times past, a people great, and many, and tall, as the Anakims; -- deuteronomy 2:10 +. +Which also were accounted giants, as the Anakims; but the Moabites called them Emims. -- deuteronomy 2:11 +. +The Horims also dwelt in Seir beforetime; but the children of Esau succeeded them, when they had destroyed them from before them, and dwelt in their stead; as Israel did unto the land of his possession, which the LORD gave unto them. -- deuteronomy 2:12 +. +Now rise up, said I, and get you over the brook Zered. And we went over the brook Zered. -- deuteronomy 2:13 +. +And the space in which we came from Kadeshbarnea, until we were come over the brook Zered, was thirty and eight years; until all the generation of the men of war were wasted out from among the host, as the LORD sware unto them. -- deuteronomy 2:14 +. +For indeed the hand of the LORD was against them, to destroy them from among the host, until they were consumed. -- deuteronomy 2:15 +. +So it came to pass, when all the men of war were consumed and dead from among the people, -- deuteronomy 2:16 +. +That the LORD spake unto me, saying, -- deuteronomy 2:17 +. +Thou art to pass over through Ar, the coast of Moab, this day: -- deuteronomy 2:18 +. +And when thou comest nigh over against the children of Ammon, distress them not, nor meddle with them: for I will not give thee of the land of the children of Ammon any possession; because I have given it unto the children of Lot for a possession. -- deuteronomy 2:19 +. +(That also was accounted a land of giants: giants dwelt therein in old time; and the Ammonites call them Zamzummims; -- deuteronomy 2:20 +. +A people great, and many, and tall, as the Anakims; but the LORD destroyed them before them; and they succeeded them, and dwelt in their stead: -- deuteronomy 2:21 +. +As he did to the children of Esau, which dwelt in Seir, when he destroyed the Horims from before them; and they succeeded them, and dwelt in their stead even unto this day: -- deuteronomy 2:22 +. +And the Avims which dwelt in Hazerim, even unto Azzah, the Caphtorims, which came forth out of Caphtor, destroyed them, and dwelt in their stead.) -- deuteronomy 2:23 +. +Rise ye up, take your journey, and pass over the river Arnon: behold, I have given into thine hand Sihon the Amorite, king of Heshbon, and his land: begin to possess it, and contend with him in battle. -- deuteronomy 2:24 +. +This day will I begin to put the dread of thee and the fear of thee upon the nations that are under the whole heaven, who shall hear report of thee, and shall tremble, and be in anguish because of thee. -- deuteronomy 2:25 +. +And I sent messengers out of the wilderness of Kedemoth unto Sihon king of Heshbon with words of peace, saying, -- deuteronomy 2:26 +. +Let me pass through thy land: I will go along by the high way, I will neither turn unto the right hand nor to the left. -- deuteronomy 2:27 +. +Thou shalt sell me meat for money, that I may eat; and give me water for money, that I may drink: only I will pass through on my feet; -- deuteronomy 2:28 +. +(As the children of Esau which dwell in Seir, and the Moabites which dwell in Ar, did unto me;) until I shall pass over Jordan into the land which the LORD our God giveth us. -- deuteronomy 2:29 +. +But Sihon king of Heshbon would not let us pass by him: for the LORD thy God hardened his spirit, and made his heart obstinate, that he might deliver him into thy hand, as appeareth this day. -- deuteronomy 2:30 +. +And the LORD said unto me, Behold, I have begun to give Sihon and his land before thee: begin to possess, that thou mayest inherit his land. -- deuteronomy 2:31 +. +Then Sihon came out against us, he and all his people, to fight at Jahaz. -- deuteronomy 2:32 +. +And the LORD our God delivered him before us; and we smote him, and his sons, and all his people. -- deuteronomy 2:33 +. +And we took all his cities at that time, and utterly destroyed the men, and the women, and the little ones, of every city, we left none to remain: -- deuteronomy 2:34 +. +Only the cattle we took for a prey unto ourselves, and the spoil of the cities which we took. -- deuteronomy 2:35 +. +From Aroer, which is by the brink of the river of Arnon, and from the city that is by the river, even unto Gilead, there was not one city too strong for us: the LORD our God delivered all unto us: -- deuteronomy 2:36 +. +Only unto the land of the children of Ammon thou camest not, nor unto any place of the river Jabbok, nor unto the cities in the mountains, nor unto whatsoever the LORD our God forbade us. -- deuteronomy 2:37 +. +Then we turned, and went up the way to Bashan: and Og the king of Bashan came out against us, he and all his people, to battle at Edrei. -- deuteronomy 3:1 +. +And the LORD said unto me, Fear him not: for I will deliver him, and all his people, and his land, into thy hand; and thou shalt do unto him as thou didst unto Sihon king of the Amorites, which dwelt at Heshbon. -- deuteronomy 3:2 +. +So the LORD our God delivered into our hands Og also, the king of Bashan, and all his people: and we smote him until none was left to him remaining. -- deuteronomy 3:3 +. +And we took all his cities at that time, there was not a city which we took not from them, threescore cities, all the region of Argob, the kingdom of Og in Bashan. -- deuteronomy 3:4 +. +All these cities were fenced with high walls, gates, and bars; beside unwalled towns a great many. -- deuteronomy 3:5 +. +And we utterly destroyed them, as we did unto Sihon king of Heshbon, utterly destroying the men, women, and children, of every city. -- deuteronomy 3:6 +. +But all the cattle, and the spoil of the cities, we took for a prey to ourselves. -- deuteronomy 3:7 +. +And we took at that time out of the hand of the two kings of the Amorites the land that was on this side Jordan, from the river of Arnon unto mount Hermon; -- deuteronomy 3:8 +. +(Which Hermon the Sidonians call Sirion; and the Amorites call it Shenir;) -- deuteronomy 3:9 +. +All the cities of the plain, and all Gilead, and all Bashan, unto Salchah and Edrei, cities of the kingdom of Og in Bashan. -- deuteronomy 3:10 +. +For only Og king of Bashan remained of the remnant of giants; behold his bedstead was a bedstead of iron; is it not in Rabbath of the children of Ammon? nine cubits was the length thereof, and four cubits the breadth of it, after the cubit of a man. -- deuteronomy 3:11 +. +And this land, which we possessed at that time, from Aroer, which is by the river Arnon, and half mount Gilead, and the cities thereof, gave I unto the Reubenites and to the Gadites. -- deuteronomy 3:12 +. +And the rest of Gilead, and all Bashan, being the kingdom of Og, gave I unto the half tribe of Manasseh; all the region of Argob, with all Bashan, which was called the land of giants. -- deuteronomy 3:13 +. +Jair the son of Manasseh took all the country of Argob unto the coasts of Geshuri and Maachathi; and called them after his own name, Bashanhavothjair, unto this day. -- deuteronomy 3:14 +. +And I gave Gilead unto Machir. -- deuteronomy 3:15 +. +And unto the Reubenites and unto the Gadites I gave from Gilead even unto the river Arnon half the valley, and the border even unto the river Jabbok, which is the border of the children of Ammon; -- deuteronomy 3:16 +. +The plain also, and Jordan, and the coast thereof, from Chinnereth even unto the sea of the plain, even the salt sea, under Ashdothpisgah eastward. -- deuteronomy 3:17 +. +And I commanded you at that time, saying, The LORD your God hath given you this land to possess it: ye shall pass over armed before your brethren the children of Israel, all that are meet for the war. -- deuteronomy 3:18 +. +But your wives, and your little ones, and your cattle, (for I know that ye have much cattle,) shall abide in your cities which I have given you; -- deuteronomy 3:19 +. +Until the LORD have given rest unto your brethren, as well as unto you, and until they also possess the land which the LORD your God hath given them beyond Jordan: and then shall ye return every man unto his possession, which I have given you. -- deuteronomy 3:20 +. +And I commanded Joshua at that time, saying, Thine eyes have seen all that the LORD your God hath done unto these two kings: so shall the LORD do unto all the kingdoms whither thou passest. -- deuteronomy 3:21 +. +Ye shall not fear them: for the LORD your God he shall fight for you. -- deuteronomy 3:22 +. +And I besought the LORD at that time, saying, -- deuteronomy 3:23 +. +O Lord GOD, thou hast begun to show thy servant thy greatness, and thy mighty hand: for what God is there in heaven or in earth, that can do according to thy works, and according to thy might? -- deuteronomy 3:24 +. +I pray thee, let me go over, and see the good land that is beyond Jordan, that goodly mountain, and Lebanon. -- deuteronomy 3:25 +. +But the LORD was wroth with me for your sakes, and would not hear me: and the LORD said unto me, Let it suffice thee; speak no more unto me of this matter. -- deuteronomy 3:26 +. +Get thee up into the top of Pisgah, and lift up thine eyes westward, and northward, and southward, and eastward, and behold it with thine eyes: for thou shalt not go over this Jordan. -- deuteronomy 3:27 +. +But charge Joshua, and encourage him, and strengthen him: for he shall go over before this people, and he shall cause them to inherit the land which thou shalt see. -- deuteronomy 3:28 +. +So we abode in the valley over against Bethpeor. -- deuteronomy 3:29 +. +Now therefore hearken, O Israel, unto the statutes and unto the judgments, which I teach you, for to do them, that ye may live, and go in and possess the land which the LORD God of your fathers giveth you. -- deuteronomy 4:1 +. +Ye shall not add unto the word which I command you, neither shall ye diminish ought from it, that ye may keep the commandments of the LORD your God which I command you. -- deuteronomy 4:2 +. +Your eyes have seen what the LORD did because of Baalpeor: for all the men that followed Baalpeor, the LORD thy God hath destroyed them from among you. -- deuteronomy 4:3 +. +But ye that did cleave unto the LORD your God are alive every one of you this day. -- deuteronomy 4:4 +. +Behold, I have taught you statutes and judgments, even as the LORD my God commanded me, that ye should do so in the land whither ye go to possess it. -- deuteronomy 4:5 +. +Keep therefore and do them; for this is your wisdom and your understanding in the sight of the nations, which shall hear all these statutes, and say, Surely this great nation is a wise and understanding people. -- deuteronomy 4:6 +. +For what nation is there so great, who hath God so nigh unto them, as the LORD our God is in all things that we call upon him for? -- deuteronomy 4:7 +. +And what nation is there so great, that hath statutes and judgments so righteous as all this law, which I set before you this day? -- deuteronomy 4:8 +. +Only take heed to thyself, and keep thy soul diligently, lest thou forget the things which thine eyes have seen, and lest they depart from thy heart all the days of thy life: but teach them thy sons, and thy sons' sons; -- deuteronomy 4:9 +. +Specially the day that thou stoodest before the LORD thy God in Horeb, when the LORD said unto me, Gather me the people together, and I will make them hear my words, that they may learn to fear me all the days that they shall live upon the earth, and that they may teach their children. -- deuteronomy 4:10 +. +And ye came near and stood under the mountain; and the mountain burned with fire unto the midst of heaven, with darkness, clouds, and thick darkness. -- deuteronomy 4:11 +. +And the LORD spake unto you out of the midst of the fire: ye heard the voice of the words, but saw no similitude; only ye heard a voice. -- deuteronomy 4:12 +. +And he declared unto you his covenant, which he commanded you to perform, even ten commandments; and he wrote them upon two tables of stone. -- deuteronomy 4:13 +. +And the LORD commanded me at that time to teach you statutes and judgments, that ye might do them in the land whither ye go over to possess it. -- deuteronomy 4:14 +. +Take ye therefore good heed unto yourselves; for ye saw no manner of similitude on the day that the LORD spake unto you in Horeb out of the midst of the fire: -- deuteronomy 4:15 +. +Lest ye corrupt yourselves, and make you a graven image, the similitude of any figure, the likeness of male or female, -- deuteronomy 4:16 +. +The likeness of any beast that is on the earth, the likeness of any winged fowl that flieth in the air, -- deuteronomy 4:17 +. +The likeness of any thing that creepeth on the ground, the likeness of any fish that is in the waters beneath the earth: -- deuteronomy 4:18 +. +And lest thou lift up thine eyes unto heaven, and when thou seest the sun, and the moon, and the stars, even all the host of heaven, shouldest be driven to worship them, and serve them, which the LORD thy God hath divided unto all nations under the whole heaven. -- deuteronomy 4:19 +. +But the LORD hath taken you, and brought you forth out of the iron furnace, even out of Egypt, to be unto him a people of inheritance, as ye are this day. -- deuteronomy 4:20 +. +Furthermore the LORD was angry with me for your sakes, and sware that I should not go over Jordan, and that I should not go in unto that good land, which the LORD thy God giveth thee for an inheritance: -- deuteronomy 4:21 +. +But I must die in this land, I must not go over Jordan: but ye shall go over, and possess that good land. -- deuteronomy 4:22 +. +Take heed unto yourselves, lest ye forget the covenant of the LORD your God, which he made with you, and make you a graven image, or the likeness of any thing, which the LORD thy God hath forbidden thee. -- deuteronomy 4:23 +. +For the LORD thy God is a consuming fire, even a jealous God. -- deuteronomy 4:24 +. +When thou shalt beget children, and children's children, and ye shall have remained long in the land, and shall corrupt yourselves, and make a graven image, or the likeness of any thing, and shall do evil in the sight of the LORD thy God, to provoke him to anger: -- deuteronomy 4:25 +. +I call heaven and earth to witness against you this day, that ye shall soon utterly perish from off the land whereunto ye go over Jordan to possess it; ye shall not prolong your days upon it, but shall utterly be destroyed. -- deuteronomy 4:26 +. +And the LORD shall scatter you among the nations, and ye shall be left few in number among the heathen, whither the LORD shall lead you. -- deuteronomy 4:27 +. +And there ye shall serve gods, the work of men's hands, wood and stone, which neither see, nor hear, nor eat, nor smell. -- deuteronomy 4:28 +. +But if from thence thou shalt seek the LORD thy God, thou shalt find him, if thou seek him with all thy heart and with all thy soul. -- deuteronomy 4:29 +. +When thou art in tribulation, and all these things are come upon thee, even in the latter days, if thou turn to the LORD thy God, and shalt be obedient unto his voice; -- deuteronomy 4:30 +. +(For the LORD thy God is a merciful God;) he will not forsake thee, neither destroy thee, nor forget the covenant of thy fathers which he sware unto them. -- deuteronomy 4:31 +. +For ask now of the days that are past, which were before thee, since the day that God created man upon the earth, and ask from the one side of heaven unto the other, whether there hath been any such thing as this great thing is, or hath been heard like it? -- deuteronomy 4:32 +. +Did ever people hear the voice of God speaking out of the midst of the fire, as thou hast heard, and live? -- deuteronomy 4:33 +. +Or hath God assayed to go and take him a nation from the midst of another nation, by temptations, by signs, and by wonders, and by war, and by a mighty hand, and by a stretched out arm, and by great terrors, according to all that the LORD your God did for you in Egypt before your eyes? -- deuteronomy 4:34 +. +Unto thee it was showed, that thou mightest know that the LORD he is God; there is none else beside him. -- deuteronomy 4:35 +. +Out of heaven he made thee to hear his voice, that he might instruct thee: and upon earth he showed thee his great fire; and thou heardest his words out of the midst of the fire. -- deuteronomy 4:36 +. +And because he loved thy fathers, therefore he chose their seed after them, and brought thee out in his sight with his mighty power out of Egypt; -- deuteronomy 4:37 +. +To drive out nations from before thee greater and mightier than thou art, to bring thee in, to give thee their land for an inheritance, as it is this day. -- deuteronomy 4:38 +. +Know therefore this day, and consider it in thine heart, that the LORD he is God in heaven above, and upon the earth beneath: there is none else. -- deuteronomy 4:39 +. +Thou shalt keep therefore his statutes, and his commandments, which I command thee this day, that it may go well with thee, and with thy children after thee, and that thou mayest prolong thy days upon the earth, which the LORD thy God giveth thee, for ever. -- deuteronomy 4:40 +. +Then Moses severed three cities on this side Jordan toward the sunrising; -- deuteronomy 4:41 +. +That the slayer might flee thither, which should kill his neighbor unawares, and hated him not in times past; and that fleeing unto one of these cities he might live: -- deuteronomy 4:42 +. +Namely, Bezer in the wilderness, in the plain country, of the Reubenites; and Ramoth in Gilead, of the Gadites; and Golan in Bashan, of the Manassites. -- deuteronomy 4:43 +. +And this is the law which Moses set before the children of Israel: -- deuteronomy 4:44 +. +These are the testimonies, and the statutes, and the judgments, which Moses spake unto the children of Israel, after they came forth out of Egypt. -- deuteronomy 4:45 +. +On this side Jordan, in the valley over against Bethpeor, in the land of Sihon king of the Amorites, who dwelt at Heshbon, whom Moses and the children of Israel smote, after they were come forth out of Egypt: -- deuteronomy 4:46 +. +And they possessed his land, and the land of Og king of Bashan, two kings of the Amorites, which were on this side Jordan toward the sunrising; -- deuteronomy 4:47 +. +From Aroer, which is by the bank of the river Arnon, even unto mount Sion, which is Hermon, -- deuteronomy 4:48 +. +And all the plain on this side Jordan eastward, even unto the sea of the plain, under the springs of Pisgah. -- deuteronomy 4:49 +. +And Moses called all Israel, and said unto them, Hear, O Israel, the statutes and judgments which I speak in your ears this day, that ye may learn them, and keep, and do them. -- deuteronomy 5:1 +. +The LORD our God made a covenant with us in Horeb. -- deuteronomy 5:2 +. +The LORD made not this covenant with our fathers, but with us, even us, who are all of us here alive this day. -- deuteronomy 5:3 +. +The LORD talked with you face to face in the mount out of the midst of the fire, -- deuteronomy 5:4 +. +(I stood between the LORD and you at that time, to show you the word of the LORD: for ye were afraid by reason of the fire, and went not up into the mount;) saying, -- deuteronomy 5:5 +. +I am the LORD thy God, which brought thee out of the land of Egypt, from the house of bondage. -- deuteronomy 5:6 +. +Thou shalt have none other gods before me. -- deuteronomy 5:7 +. +Thou shalt not make thee any graven image, or any likeness of any thing that is in heaven above, or that is in the earth beneath, or that is in the waters beneath the earth: -- deuteronomy 5:8 +. +Thou shalt not bow down thyself unto them, nor serve them: for I the LORD thy God am a jealous God, visiting the iniquity of the fathers upon the children unto the third and fourth generation of them that hate me, -- deuteronomy 5:9 +. +And showing mercy unto thousands of them that love me and keep my commandments. -- deuteronomy 5:10 +. +Thou shalt not take the name of the LORD thy God in vain: for the LORD will not hold him guiltless that taketh his name in vain. -- deuteronomy 5:11 +. +Keep the sabbath day to sanctify it, as the LORD thy God hath commanded thee. -- deuteronomy 5:12 +. +Six days thou shalt labor, and do all thy work: -- deuteronomy 5:13 +. +But the seventh day is the sabbath of the LORD thy God: in it thou shalt not do any work, thou, nor thy son, nor thy daughter, nor thy manservant, nor thy maidservant, nor thine ox, nor thine ass, nor any of thy cattle, nor thy stranger that is within thy gates; that thy manservant and thy maidservant may rest as well as thou. -- deuteronomy 5:14 +. +And remember that thou wast a servant in the land of Egypt, and that the LORD thy God brought thee out thence through a mighty hand and by a stretched out arm: therefore the LORD thy God commanded thee to keep the sabbath day. -- deuteronomy 5:15 +. +Honor thy father and thy mother, as the LORD thy God hath commanded thee; that thy days may be prolonged, and that it may go well with thee, in the land which the LORD thy God giveth thee. -- deuteronomy 5:16 +. +Thou shalt not kill. -- deuteronomy 5:17 +. +Neither shalt thou commit adultery. -- deuteronomy 5:18 +. +Neither shalt thou steal. -- deuteronomy 5:19 +. +Neither shalt thou bear false witness against thy neighbor. -- deuteronomy 5:20 +. +Neither shalt thou desire thy neighbor's wife, neither shalt thou covet thy neighbor's house, his field, or his manservant, or his maidservant, his ox, or his ass, or any thing that is thy neighbor's. -- deuteronomy 5:21 +. +These words the LORD spake unto all your assembly in the mount out of the midst of the fire, of the cloud, and of the thick darkness, with a great voice: and he added no more. And he wrote them in two tables of stone, and delivered them unto me. -- deuteronomy 5:22 +. +And it came to pass, when ye heard the voice out of the midst of the darkness, (for the mountain did burn with fire,) that ye came near unto me, even all the heads of your tribes, and your elders; -- deuteronomy 5:23 +. +And ye said, Behold, the LORD our God hath showed us his glory and his greatness, and we have heard his voice out of the midst of the fire: we have seen this day that God doth talk with man, and he liveth. -- deuteronomy 5:24 +. +Now therefore why should we die? for this great fire will consume us: if we hear the voice of the LORD our God any more, then we shall die. -- deuteronomy 5:25 +. +For who is there of all flesh, that hath heard the voice of the living God speaking out of the midst of the fire, as we have, and lived? -- deuteronomy 5:26 +. +Go thou near, and hear all that the LORD our God shall say: and speak thou unto us all that the LORD our God shall speak unto thee; and we will hear it, and do it. -- deuteronomy 5:27 +. +And the LORD heard the voice of your words, when ye spake unto me; and the LORD said unto me, I have heard the voice of the words of this people, which they have spoken unto thee: they have well said all that they have spoken. -- deuteronomy 5:28 +. +O that there were such an heart in them, that they would fear me, and keep all my commandments always, that it might be well with them, and with their children for ever! -- deuteronomy 5:29 +. +Go say to them, Get you into your tents again. -- deuteronomy 5:30 +. +But as for thee, stand thou here by me, and I will speak unto thee all the commandments, and the statutes, and the judgments, which thou shalt teach them, that they may do them in the land which I give them to possess it. -- deuteronomy 5:31 +. +Ye shall observe to do therefore as the LORD your God hath commanded you: ye shall not turn aside to the right hand or to the left. -- deuteronomy 5:32 +. +Ye shall walk in all the ways which the LORD your God hath commanded you, that ye may live, and that it may be well with you, and that ye may prolong your days in the land which ye shall possess. -- deuteronomy 5:33 +. +Now these are the commandments, the statutes, and the judgments, which the LORD your God commanded to teach you, that ye might do them in the land whither ye go to possess it: -- deuteronomy 6:1 +. +That thou mightest fear the LORD thy God, to keep all his statutes and his commandments, which I command thee, thou, and thy son, and thy son's son, all the days of thy life; and that thy days may be prolonged. -- deuteronomy 6:2 +. +Hear therefore, O Israel, and observe to do it; that it may be well with thee, and that ye may increase mightily, as the LORD God of thy fathers hath promised thee, in the land that floweth with milk and honey. -- deuteronomy 6:3 +. +Hear, O Israel: The LORD our God is one LORD: -- deuteronomy 6:4 +. +And thou shalt love the LORD thy God with all thine heart, and with all thy soul, and with all thy might. -- deuteronomy 6:5 +. +And these words, which I command thee this day, shall be in thine heart: -- deuteronomy 6:6 +. +And thou shalt teach them diligently unto thy children, and shalt talk of them when thou sittest in thine house, and when thou walkest by the way, and when thou liest down, and when thou risest up. -- deuteronomy 6:7 +. +And thou shalt bind them for a sign upon thine hand, and they shall be as frontlets between thine eyes. -- deuteronomy 6:8 +. +And thou shalt write them upon the posts of thy house, and on thy gates. -- deuteronomy 6:9 +. +And it shall be, when the LORD thy God shall have brought thee into the land which he sware unto thy fathers, to Abraham, to Isaac, and to Jacob, to give thee great and goodly cities, which thou buildedst not, -- deuteronomy 6:10 +. +And houses full of all good things, which thou filledst not, and wells digged, which thou diggedst not, vineyards and olive trees, which thou plantedst not; when thou shalt have eaten and be full; -- deuteronomy 6:11 +. +Then beware lest thou forget the LORD, which brought thee forth out of the land of Egypt, from the house of bondage. -- deuteronomy 6:12 +. +Thou shalt fear the LORD thy God, and serve him, and shalt swear by his name. -- deuteronomy 6:13 +. +Ye shall not go after other gods, of the gods of the people which are round about you; -- deuteronomy 6:14 +. +(For the LORD thy God is a jealous God among you) lest the anger of the LORD thy God be kindled against thee, and destroy thee from off the face of the earth. -- deuteronomy 6:15 +. +Ye shall not tempt the LORD your God, as ye tempted him in Massah. -- deuteronomy 6:16 +. +Ye shall diligently keep the commandments of the LORD your God, and his testimonies, and his statutes, which he hath commanded thee. -- deuteronomy 6:17 +. +And thou shalt do that which is right and good in the sight of the LORD: that it may be well with thee, and that thou mayest go in and possess the good land which the LORD sware unto thy fathers. -- deuteronomy 6:18 +. +To cast out all thine enemies from before thee, as the LORD hath spoken. -- deuteronomy 6:19 +. +And when thy son asketh thee in time to come, saying, What mean the testimonies, and the statutes, and the judgments, which the LORD our God hath commanded you? -- deuteronomy 6:20 +. +Then thou shalt say unto thy son, We were Pharaoh's bondmen in Egypt; and the LORD brought us out of Egypt with a mighty hand: -- deuteronomy 6:21 +. +And the LORD showed signs and wonders, great and sore, upon Egypt, upon Pharaoh, and upon all his household, before our eyes: -- deuteronomy 6:22 +. +And he brought us out from thence, that he might bring us in, to give us the land which he sware unto our fathers. -- deuteronomy 6:23 +. +And the LORD commanded us to do all these statutes, to fear the LORD our God, for our good always, that he might preserve us alive, as it is at this day. -- deuteronomy 6:24 +. +And it shall be our righteousness, if we observe to do all these commandments before the LORD our God, as he hath commanded us. -- deuteronomy 6:25 +. +When the LORD thy God shall bring thee into the land whither thou goest to possess it, and hath cast out many nations before thee, the Hittites, and the Girgashites, and the Amorites, and the Canaanites, and the Perizzites, and the Hivites, and the Jebusites, seven nations greater and mightier than thou; -- deuteronomy 7:1 +. +And when the LORD thy God shall deliver them before thee; thou shalt smite them, and utterly destroy them; thou shalt make no covenant with them, nor show mercy unto them: -- deuteronomy 7:2 +. +Neither shalt thou make marriages with them; thy daughter thou shalt not give unto his son, nor his daughter shalt thou take unto thy son. -- deuteronomy 7:3 +. +For they will turn away thy son from following me, that they may serve other gods: so will the anger of the LORD be kindled against you, and destroy thee suddenly. -- deuteronomy 7:4 +. +But thus shall ye deal with them; ye shall destroy their altars, and break down their images, and cut down their groves, and burn their graven images with fire. -- deuteronomy 7:5 +. +For thou art an holy people unto the LORD thy God: the LORD thy God hath chosen thee to be a special people unto himself, above all people that are upon the face of the earth. -- deuteronomy 7:6 +. +The LORD did not set his love upon you, nor choose you, because ye were more in number than any people; for ye were the fewest of all people: -- deuteronomy 7:7 +. +But because the LORD loved you, and because he would keep the oath which he had sworn unto your fathers, hath the LORD brought you out with a mighty hand, and redeemed you out of the house of bondmen, from the hand of Pharaoh king of Egypt. -- deuteronomy 7:8 +. +Know therefore that the LORD thy God, he is God, the faithful God, which keepeth covenant and mercy with them that love him and keep his commandments to a thousand generations; -- deuteronomy 7:9 +. +And repayeth them that hate him to their face, to destroy them: he will not be slack to him that hateth him, he will repay him to his face. -- deuteronomy 7:10 +. +Thou shalt therefore keep the commandments, and the statutes, and the judgments, which I command thee this day, to do them. -- deuteronomy 7:11 +. +Wherefore it shall come to pass, if ye hearken to these judgments, and keep, and do them, that the LORD thy God shall keep unto thee the covenant and the mercy which he sware unto thy fathers: -- deuteronomy 7:12 +. +And he will love thee, and bless thee, and multiply thee: he will also bless the fruit of thy womb, and the fruit of thy land, thy corn, and thy wine, and thine oil, the increase of thy kine, and the flocks of thy sheep, in the land which he sware unto thy fathers to give thee. -- deuteronomy 7:13 +. +Thou shalt be blessed above all people: there shall not be male or female barren among you, or among your cattle. -- deuteronomy 7:14 +. +And the LORD will take away from thee all sickness, and will put none of the evil diseases of Egypt, which thou knowest, upon thee; but will lay them upon all them that hate thee. -- deuteronomy 7:15 +. +And thou shalt consume all the people which the LORD thy God shall deliver thee; thine eye shall have no pity upon them: neither shalt thou serve their gods; for that will be a snare unto thee. -- deuteronomy 7:16 +. +If thou shalt say in thine heart, These nations are more than I; how can I dispossess them? -- deuteronomy 7:17 +. +Thou shalt not be afraid of them: but shalt well remember what the LORD thy God did unto Pharaoh, and unto all Egypt; -- deuteronomy 7:18 +. +The great temptations which thine eyes saw, and the signs, and the wonders, and the mighty hand, and the stretched out arm, whereby the LORD thy God brought thee out: so shall the LORD thy God do unto all the people of whom thou art afraid. -- deuteronomy 7:19 +. +Moreover the LORD thy God will send the hornet among them, until they that are left, and hide themselves from thee, be destroyed. -- deuteronomy 7:20 +. +Thou shalt not be affrighted at them: for the LORD thy God is among you, a mighty God and terrible. -- deuteronomy 7:21 +. +And the LORD thy God will put out those nations before thee by little and little: thou mayest not consume them at once, lest the beasts of the field increase upon thee. -- deuteronomy 7:22 +. +But the LORD thy God shall deliver them unto thee, and shall destroy them with a mighty destruction, until they be destroyed. -- deuteronomy 7:23 +. +And he shall deliver their kings into thine hand, and thou shalt destroy their name from under heaven: there shall no man be able to stand before thee, until thou have destroyed them. -- deuteronomy 7:24 +. +The graven images of their gods shall ye burn with fire: thou shalt not desire the silver or gold that is on them, nor take it unto thee, lest thou be snared therein: for it is an abomination to the LORD thy God. -- deuteronomy 7:25 +. +Neither shalt thou bring an abomination into thine house, lest thou be a cursed thing like it: but thou shalt utterly detest it, and thou shalt utterly abhor it; for it is a cursed thing. -- deuteronomy 7:26 +. +All the commandments which I command thee this day shall ye observe to do, that ye may live, and multiply, and go in and possess the land which the LORD sware unto your fathers. -- deuteronomy 8:1 +. +And thou shalt remember all the way which the LORD thy God led thee these forty years in the wilderness, to humble thee, and to prove thee, to know what was in thine heart, whether thou wouldest keep his commandments, or no. -- deuteronomy 8:2 +. +And he humbled thee, and suffered thee to hunger, and fed thee with manna, which thou knewest not, neither did thy fathers know; that he might make thee know that man doth not live by bread only, but by every word that proceedeth out of the mouth of the LORD doth man live. -- deuteronomy 8:3 +. +Thy raiment waxed not old upon thee, neither did thy foot swell, these forty years. -- deuteronomy 8:4 +. +Thou shalt also consider in thine heart, that, as a man chasteneth his son, so the LORD thy God chasteneth thee. -- deuteronomy 8:5 +. +Therefore thou shalt keep the commandments of the LORD thy God, to walk in his ways, and to fear him. -- deuteronomy 8:6 +. +For the LORD thy God bringeth thee into a good land, a land of brooks of water, of fountains and depths that spring out of valleys and hills; -- deuteronomy 8:7 +. +A land of wheat, and barley, and vines, and fig trees, and pomegranates; a land of oil olive, and honey; -- deuteronomy 8:8 +. +A land wherein thou shalt eat bread without scarceness, thou shalt not lack any thing in it; a land whose stones are iron, and out of whose hills thou mayest dig brass. -- deuteronomy 8:9 +. +When thou hast eaten and art full, then thou shalt bless the LORD thy God for the good land which he hath given thee. -- deuteronomy 8:10 +. +Beware that thou forget not the LORD thy God, in not keeping his commandments, and his judgments, and his statutes, which I command thee this day: -- deuteronomy 8:11 +. +Lest when thou hast eaten and art full, and hast built goodly houses, and dwelt therein; -- deuteronomy 8:12 +. +And when thy herds and thy flocks multiply, and thy silver and thy gold is multiplied, and all that thou hast is multiplied; -- deuteronomy 8:13 +. +Then thine heart be lifted up, and thou forget the LORD thy God, which brought thee forth out of the land of Egypt, from the house of bondage; -- deuteronomy 8:14 +. +Who led thee through that great and terrible wilderness, wherein were fiery serpents, and scorpions, and drought, where there was no water; who brought thee forth water out of the rock of flint; -- deuteronomy 8:15 +. +Who fed thee in the wilderness with manna, which thy fathers knew not, that he might humble thee, and that he might prove thee, to do thee good at thy latter end; -- deuteronomy 8:16 +. +And thou say in thine heart, My power and the might of mine hand hath gotten me this wealth. -- deuteronomy 8:17 +. +But thou shalt remember the LORD thy God: for it is he that giveth thee power to get wealth, that he may establish his covenant which he sware unto thy fathers, as it is this day. -- deuteronomy 8:18 +. +And it shall be, if thou do at all forget the LORD thy God, and walk after other gods, and serve them, and worship them, I testify against you this day that ye shall surely perish. -- deuteronomy 8:19 +. +As the nations which the LORD destroyeth before your face, so shall ye perish; because ye would not be obedient unto the voice of the LORD your God. -- deuteronomy 8:20 +. +Hear, O Israel: Thou art to pass over Jordan this day, to go in to possess nations greater and mightier than thyself, cities great and fenced up to heaven, -- deuteronomy 9:1 +. +A people great and tall, the children of the Anakims, whom thou knowest, and of whom thou hast heard say, Who can stand before the children of Anak! -- deuteronomy 9:2 +. +Understand therefore this day, that the LORD thy God is he which goeth over before thee; as a consuming fire he shall destroy them, and he shall bring them down before thy face: so shalt thou drive them out, and destroy them quickly, as the LORD hath said unto thee. -- deuteronomy 9:3 +. +Speak not thou in thine heart, after that the LORD thy God hath cast them out from before thee, saying, For my righteousness the LORD hath brought me in to possess this land: but for the wickedness of these nations the LORD doth drive them out from before thee. -- deuteronomy 9:4 +. +Not for thy righteousness, or for the uprightness of thine heart, dost thou go to possess their land: but for the wickedness of these nations the LORD thy God doth drive them out from before thee, and that he may perform the word which the LORD sware unto thy fathers, Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob. -- deuteronomy 9:5 +. +Understand therefore, that the LORD thy God giveth thee not this good land to possess it for thy righteousness; for thou art a stiffnecked people. -- deuteronomy 9:6 +. +Remember, and forget not, how thou provokedst the LORD thy God to wrath in the wilderness: from the day that thou didst depart out of the land of Egypt, until ye came unto this place, ye have been rebellious against the LORD. -- deuteronomy 9:7 +. +Also in Horeb ye provoked the LORD to wrath, so that the LORD was angry with you to have destroyed you. -- deuteronomy 9:8 +. +When I was gone up into the mount to receive the tables of stone, even the tables of the covenant which the LORD made with you, then I abode in the mount forty days and forty nights, I neither did eat bread nor drink water: -- deuteronomy 9:9 +. +And the LORD delivered unto me two tables of stone written with the finger of God; and on them was written according to all the words, which the LORD spake with you in the mount out of the midst of the fire in the day of the assembly. -- deuteronomy 9:10 +. +And it came to pass at the end of forty days and forty nights, that the LORD gave me the two tables of stone, even the tables of the covenant. -- deuteronomy 9:11 +. +And the LORD said unto me, Arise, get thee down quickly from hence; for thy people which thou hast brought forth out of Egypt have corrupted themselves; they are quickly turned aside out of the way which I commanded them; they have made them a molten image. -- deuteronomy 9:12 +. +Furthermore the LORD spake unto me, saying, I have seen this people, and, behold, it is a stiffnecked people: -- deuteronomy 9:13 +. +Let me alone, that I may destroy them, and blot out their name from under heaven: and I will make of thee a nation mightier and greater than they. -- deuteronomy 9:14 +. +So I turned and came down from the mount, and the mount burned with fire: and the two tables of the covenant were in my two hands. -- deuteronomy 9:15 +. +And I looked, and, behold, ye had sinned against the LORD your God, and had made you a molten calf: ye had turned aside quickly out of the way which the LORD had commanded you. -- deuteronomy 9:16 +. +And I took the two tables, and cast them out of my two hands, and brake them before your eyes. -- deuteronomy 9:17 +. +And I fell down before the LORD, as at the first, forty days and forty nights: I did neither eat bread, nor drink water, because of all your sins which ye sinned, in doing wickedly in the sight of the LORD, to provoke him to anger. -- deuteronomy 9:18 +. +For I was afraid of the anger and hot displeasure, wherewith the LORD was wroth against you to destroy you. But the LORD hearkened unto me at that time also. -- deuteronomy 9:19 +. +And the LORD was very angry with Aaron to have destroyed him: and I prayed for Aaron also the same time. -- deuteronomy 9:20 +. +And I took your sin, the calf which ye had made, and burnt it with fire, and stamped it, and ground it very small, even until it was as small as dust: and I cast the dust thereof into the brook that descended out of the mount. -- deuteronomy 9:21 +. +And at Taberah, and at Massah, and at Kibrothhattaavah, ye provoked the LORD to wrath. -- deuteronomy 9:22 +. +Likewise when the LORD sent you from Kadeshbarnea, saying, Go up and possess the land which I have given you; then ye rebelled against the commandment of the LORD your God, and ye believed him not, nor hearkened to his voice. -- deuteronomy 9:23 +. +Ye have been rebellious against the LORD from the day that I knew you. -- deuteronomy 9:24 +. +Thus I fell down before the LORD forty days and forty nights, as I fell down at the first; because the LORD had said he would destroy you. -- deuteronomy 9:25 +. +I prayed therefore unto the LORD, and said, O Lord GOD, destroy not thy people and thine inheritance, which thou hast redeemed through thy greatness, which thou hast brought forth out of Egypt with a mighty hand. -- deuteronomy 9:26 +. +Remember thy servants, Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob; look not unto the stubbornness of this people, nor to their wickedness, nor to their sin: -- deuteronomy 9:27 +. +Lest the land whence thou broughtest us out say, Because the LORD was not able to bring them into the land which he promised them, and because he hated them, he hath brought them out to slay them in the wilderness. -- deuteronomy 9:28 +. +Yet they are thy people and thine inheritance, which thou broughtest out by thy mighty power and by thy stretched out arm. -- deuteronomy 9:29 +. +At that time the LORD said unto me, Hew thee two tables of stone like unto the first, and come up unto me into the mount, and make thee an ark of wood. -- deuteronomy 10:1 +. +And I will write on the tables the words that were in the first tables which thou brakest, and thou shalt put them in the ark. -- deuteronomy 10:2 +. +And I made an ark of shittim wood, and hewed two tables of stone like unto the first, and went up into the mount, having the two tables in mine hand. -- deuteronomy 10:3 +. +And he wrote on the tables, according to the first writing, the ten commandments, which the LORD spake unto you in the mount out of the midst of the fire in the day of the assembly: and the LORD gave them unto me. -- deuteronomy 10:4 +. +And I turned myself and came down from the mount, and put the tables in the ark which I had made; and there they be, as the LORD commanded me. -- deuteronomy 10:5 +. +And the children of Israel took their journey from Beeroth of the children of Jaakan to Mosera: there Aaron died, and there he was buried; and Eleazar his son ministered in the priest's office in his stead. -- deuteronomy 10:6 +. +From thence they journeyed unto Gudgodah; and from Gudgodah to Jotbath, a land of rivers of waters. -- deuteronomy 10:7 +. +At that time the LORD separated the tribe of Levi, to bear the ark of the covenant of the LORD, to stand before the LORD to minister unto him, and to bless in his name, unto this day. -- deuteronomy 10:8 +. +Wherefore Levi hath no part nor inheritance with his brethren; the LORD is his inheritance, according as the LORD thy God promised him. -- deuteronomy 10:9 +. +And I stayed in the mount, according to the first time, forty days and forty nights; and the LORD hearkened unto me at that time also, and the LORD would not destroy thee. -- deuteronomy 10:10 +. +And the LORD said unto me, Arise, take thy journey before the people, that they may go in and possess the land, which I sware unto their fathers to give unto them. -- deuteronomy 10:11 +. +And now, Israel, what doth the LORD thy God require of thee, but to fear the LORD thy God, to walk in all his ways, and to love him, and to serve the LORD thy God with all thy heart and with all thy soul, -- deuteronomy 10:12 +. +To keep the commandments of the LORD, and his statutes, which I command thee this day for thy good? -- deuteronomy 10:13 +. +Behold, the heaven and the heaven of heavens is the LORD's thy God, the earth also, with all that therein is. -- deuteronomy 10:14 +. +Only the LORD had a delight in thy fathers to love them, and he chose their seed after them, even you above all people, as it is this day. -- deuteronomy 10:15 +. +Circumcise therefore the foreskin of your heart, and be no more stiffnecked. -- deuteronomy 10:16 +. +For the LORD your God is God of gods, and Lord of lords, a great God, a mighty, and a terrible, which regardeth not persons, nor taketh reward: -- deuteronomy 10:17 +. +He doth execute the judgment of the fatherless and widow, and loveth the stranger, in giving him food and raiment. -- deuteronomy 10:18 +. +Love ye therefore the stranger: for ye were strangers in the land of Egypt. -- deuteronomy 10:19 +. +Thou shalt fear the LORD thy God; him shalt thou serve, and to him shalt thou cleave, and swear by his name. -- deuteronomy 10:20 +. +He is thy praise, and he is thy God, that hath done for thee these great and terrible things, which thine eyes have seen. -- deuteronomy 10:21 +. +Thy fathers went down into Egypt with threescore and ten persons; and now the LORD thy God hath made thee as the stars of heaven for multitude. -- deuteronomy 10:22 +. +Therefore thou shalt love the LORD thy God, and keep his charge, and his statutes, and his judgments, and his commandments, alway. -- deuteronomy 11:1 +. +And know ye this day: for I speak not with your children which have not known, and which have not seen the chastisement of the LORD your God, his greatness, his mighty hand, and his stretched out arm, -- deuteronomy 11:2 +. +And his miracles, and his acts, which he did in the midst of Egypt unto Pharaoh the king of Egypt, and unto all his land; -- deuteronomy 11:3 +. +And what he did unto the army of Egypt, unto their horses, and to their chariots; how he made the water of the Red sea to overflow them as they pursued after you, and how the LORD hath destroyed them unto this day; -- deuteronomy 11:4 +. +And what he did unto you in the wilderness, until ye came into this place; -- deuteronomy 11:5 +. +And what he did unto Dathan and Abiram, the sons of Eliab, the son of Reuben: how the earth opened her mouth, and swallowed them up, and their households, and their tents, and all the substance that was in their possession, in the midst of all Israel: -- deuteronomy 11:6 +. +But your eyes have seen all the great acts of the LORD which he did. -- deuteronomy 11:7 +. +Therefore shall ye keep all the commandments which I command you this day, that ye may be strong, and go in and possess the land, whither ye go to possess it; -- deuteronomy 11:8 +. +And that ye may prolong your days in the land, which the LORD sware unto your fathers to give unto them and to their seed, a land that floweth with milk and honey. -- deuteronomy 11:9 +. +For the land, whither thou goest in to possess it, is not as the land of Egypt, from whence ye came out, where thou sowedst thy seed, and wateredst it with thy foot, as a garden of herbs: -- deuteronomy 11:10 +. +But the land, whither ye go to possess it, is a land of hills and valleys, and drinketh water of the rain of heaven: -- deuteronomy 11:11 +. +A land which the LORD thy God careth for: the eyes of the LORD thy God are always upon it, from the beginning of the year even unto the end of the year. -- deuteronomy 11:12 +. +And it shall come to pass, if ye shall hearken diligently unto my commandments which I command you this day, to love the LORD your God, and to serve him with all your heart and with all your soul, -- deuteronomy 11:13 +. +That I will give you the rain of your land in his due season, the first rain and the latter rain, that thou mayest gather in thy corn, and thy wine, and thine oil. -- deuteronomy 11:14 +. +And I will send grass in thy fields for thy cattle, that thou mayest eat and be full. -- deuteronomy 11:15 +. +Take heed to yourselves, that your heart be not deceived, and ye turn aside, and serve other gods, and worship them; -- deuteronomy 11:16 +. +And then the LORD's wrath be kindled against you, and he shut up the heaven, that there be no rain, and that the land yield not her fruit; and lest ye perish quickly from off the good land which the LORD giveth you. -- deuteronomy 11:17 +. +Therefore shall ye lay up these my words in your heart and in your soul, and bind them for a sign upon your hand, that they may be as frontlets between your eyes. -- deuteronomy 11:18 +. +And ye shall teach them your children, speaking of them when thou sittest in thine house, and when thou walkest by the way, when thou liest down, and when thou risest up. -- deuteronomy 11:19 +. +And thou shalt write them upon the door posts of thine house, and upon thy gates: -- deuteronomy 11:20 +. +That your days may be multiplied, and the days of your children, in the land which the LORD sware unto your fathers to give them, as the days of heaven upon the earth. -- deuteronomy 11:21 +. +For if ye shall diligently keep all these commandments which I command you, to do them, to love the LORD your God, to walk in all his ways, and to cleave unto him; -- deuteronomy 11:22 +. +Then will the LORD drive out all these nations from before you, and ye shall possess greater nations and mightier than yourselves. -- deuteronomy 11:23 +. +Every place whereon the soles of your feet shall tread shall be yours: from the wilderness and Lebanon, from the river, the river Euphrates, even unto the uttermost sea shall your coast be. -- deuteronomy 11:24 +. +There shall no man be able to stand before you: for the LORD your God shall lay the fear of you and the dread of you upon all the land that ye shall tread upon, as he hath said unto you. -- deuteronomy 11:25 +. +Behold, I set before you this day a blessing and a curse; -- deuteronomy 11:26 +. +A blessing, if ye obey the commandments of the LORD your God, which I command you this day: -- deuteronomy 11:27 +. +And a curse, if ye will not obey the commandments of the LORD your God, but turn aside out of the way which I command you this day, to go after other gods, which ye have not known. -- deuteronomy 11:28 +. +And it shall come to pass, when the LORD thy God hath brought thee in unto the land whither thou goest to possess it, that thou shalt put the blessing upon mount Gerizim, and the curse upon mount Ebal. -- deuteronomy 11:29 +. +Are they not on the other side Jordan, by the way where the sun goeth down, in the land of the Canaanites, which dwell in the champaign over against Gilgal, beside the plains of Moreh? -- deuteronomy 11:30 +. +For ye shall pass over Jordan to go in to possess the land which the LORD your God giveth you, and ye shall possess it, and dwell therein. -- deuteronomy 11:31 +. +And ye shall observe to do all the statutes and judgments which I set before you this day. -- deuteronomy 11:32 +. +These are the statutes and judgments, which ye shall observe to do in the land, which the LORD God of thy fathers giveth thee to possess it, all the days that ye live upon the earth. -- deuteronomy 12:1 +. +Ye shall utterly destroy all the places, wherein the nations which ye shall possess served their gods, upon the high mountains, and upon the hills, and under every green tree: -- deuteronomy 12:2 +. +And ye shall overthrow their altars, and break their pillars, and burn their groves with fire; and ye shall hew down the graven images of their gods, and destroy the names of them out of that place. -- deuteronomy 12:3 +. +Ye shall not do so unto the LORD your God. -- deuteronomy 12:4 +. +But unto the place which the LORD your God shall choose out of all your tribes to put his name there, even unto his habitation shall ye seek, and thither thou shalt come: -- deuteronomy 12:5 +. +And thither ye shall bring your burnt offerings, and your sacrifices, and your tithes, and heave offerings of your hand, and your vows, and your freewill offerings, and the firstlings of your herds and of your flocks: -- deuteronomy 12:6 +. +And there ye shall eat before the LORD your God, and ye shall rejoice in all that ye put your hand unto, ye and your households, wherein the LORD thy God hath blessed thee. -- deuteronomy 12:7 +. +Ye shall not do after all the things that we do here this day, every man whatsoever is right in his own eyes. -- deuteronomy 12:8 +. +For ye are not as yet come to the rest and to the inheritance, which the LORD your God giveth you. -- deuteronomy 12:9 +. +But when ye go over Jordan, and dwell in the land which the LORD your God giveth you to inherit, and when he giveth you rest from all your enemies round about, so that ye dwell in safety; -- deuteronomy 12:10 +. +Then there shall be a place which the LORD your God shall choose to cause his name to dwell there; thither shall ye bring all that I command you; your burnt offerings, and your sacrifices, your tithes, and the heave offering of your hand, and all your choice vows which ye vow unto the LORD: -- deuteronomy 12:11 +. +And ye shall rejoice before the LORD your God, ye, and your sons, and your daughters, and your menservants, and your maidservants, and the Levite that is within your gates; forasmuch as he hath no part nor inheritance with you. -- deuteronomy 12:12 +. +Take heed to thyself that thou offer not thy burnt offerings in every place that thou seest: -- deuteronomy 12:13 +. +But in the place which the LORD shall choose in one of thy tribes, there thou shalt offer thy burnt offerings, and there thou shalt do all that I command thee. -- deuteronomy 12:14 +. +Notwithstanding thou mayest kill and eat flesh in all thy gates, whatsoever thy soul lusteth after, according to the blessing of the LORD thy God which he hath given thee: the unclean and the clean may eat thereof, as of the roebuck, and as of the hart. -- deuteronomy 12:15 +. +Only ye shall not eat the blood; ye shall pour it upon the earth as water. -- deuteronomy 12:16 +. +Thou mayest not eat within thy gates the tithe of thy corn, or of thy wine, or of thy oil, or the firstlings of thy herds or of thy flock, nor any of thy vows which thou vowest, nor thy freewill offerings, or heave offering of thine hand: -- deuteronomy 12:17 +. +But thou must eat them before the LORD thy God in the place which the LORD thy God shall choose, thou, and thy son, and thy daughter, and thy manservant, and thy maidservant, and the Levite that is within thy gates: and thou shalt rejoice before the LORD thy God in all that thou puttest thine hands unto. -- deuteronomy 12:18 +. +Take heed to thyself that thou forsake not the Levite as long as thou livest upon the earth. -- deuteronomy 12:19 +. +When the LORD thy God shall enlarge thy border, as he hath promised thee, and thou shalt say, I will eat flesh, because thy soul longeth to eat flesh; thou mayest eat flesh, whatsoever thy soul lusteth after. -- deuteronomy 12:20 +. +If the place which the LORD thy God hath chosen to put his name there be too far from thee, then thou shalt kill of thy herd and of thy flock, which the LORD hath given thee, as I have commanded thee, and thou shalt eat in thy gates whatsoever thy soul lusteth after. -- deuteronomy 12:21 +. +Even as the roebuck and the hart is eaten, so thou shalt eat them: the unclean and the clean shall eat of them alike. -- deuteronomy 12:22 +. +Only be sure that thou eat not the blood: for the blood is the life; and thou mayest not eat the life with the flesh. -- deuteronomy 12:23 +. +Thou shalt not eat it; thou shalt pour it upon the earth as water. -- deuteronomy 12:24 +. +Thou shalt not eat it; that it may go well with thee, and with thy children after thee, when thou shalt do that which is right in the sight of the LORD. -- deuteronomy 12:25 +. +Only thy holy things which thou hast, and thy vows, thou shalt take, and go unto the place which the LORD shall choose: -- deuteronomy 12:26 +. +And thou shalt offer thy burnt offerings, the flesh and the blood, upon the altar of the LORD thy God: and the blood of thy sacrifices shall be poured out upon the altar of the LORD thy God, and thou shalt eat the flesh. -- deuteronomy 12:27 +. +Observe and hear all these words which I command thee, that it may go well with thee, and with thy children after thee for ever, when thou doest that which is good and right in the sight of the LORD thy God. -- deuteronomy 12:28 +. +When the LORD thy God shall cut off the nations from before thee, whither thou goest to possess them, and thou succeedest them, and dwellest in their land; -- deuteronomy 12:29 +. +Take heed to thyself that thou be not snared by following them, after that they be destroyed from before thee; and that thou inquire not after their gods, saying, How did these nations serve their gods? even so will I do likewise. -- deuteronomy 12:30 +. +Thou shalt not do so unto the LORD thy God: for every abomination to the LORD, which he hateth, have they done unto their gods; for even their sons and their daughters they have burnt in the fire to their gods. -- deuteronomy 12:31 +. +What thing soever I command you, observe to do it: thou shalt not add thereto, nor diminish from it. -- deuteronomy 12:32 +. +If there arise among you a prophet, or a dreamer of dreams, and giveth thee a sign or a wonder, -- deuteronomy 13:1 +. +And the sign or the wonder come to pass, whereof he spake unto thee, saying, Let us go after other gods, which thou hast not known, and let us serve them; -- deuteronomy 13:2 +. +Thou shalt not hearken unto the words of that prophet, or that dreamer of dreams: for the LORD your God proveth you, to know whether ye love the LORD your God with all your heart and with all your soul. -- deuteronomy 13:3 +. +Ye shall walk after the LORD your God, and fear him, and keep his commandments, and obey his voice, and ye shall serve him, and cleave unto him. -- deuteronomy 13:4 +. +And that prophet, or that dreamer of dreams, shall be put to death; because he hath spoken to turn you away from the LORD your God, which brought you out of the land of Egypt, and redeemed you out of the house of bondage, to thrust thee out of the way which the LORD thy God commanded thee to walk in. So shalt thou put the evil away from the midst of thee. -- deuteronomy 13:5 +. +If thy brother, the son of thy mother, or thy son, or thy daughter, or the wife of thy bosom, or thy friend, which is as thine own soul, entice thee secretly, saying, Let us go and serve other gods, which thou hast not known, thou, nor thy fathers; -- deuteronomy 13:6 +. +Namely, of the gods of the people which are round about you, nigh unto thee, or far off from thee, from the one end of the earth even unto the other end of the earth; -- deuteronomy 13:7 +. +Thou shalt not consent unto him, nor hearken unto him; neither shall thine eye pity him, neither shalt thou spare, neither shalt thou conceal him: -- deuteronomy 13:8 +. +But thou shalt surely kill him; thine hand shall be first upon him to put him to death, and afterwards the hand of all the people. -- deuteronomy 13:9 +. +And thou shalt stone him with stones, that he die; because he hath sought to thrust thee away from the LORD thy God, which brought thee out of the land of Egypt, from the house of bondage. -- deuteronomy 13:10 +. +And all Israel shall hear, and fear, and shall do no more any such wickedness as this is among you. -- deuteronomy 13:11 +. +If thou shalt hear say in one of thy cities, which the LORD thy God hath given thee to dwell there, saying, -- deuteronomy 13:12 +. +Certain men, the children of Belial, are gone out from among you, and have withdrawn the inhabitants of their city, saying, Let us go and serve other gods, which ye have not known; -- deuteronomy 13:13 +. +Then shalt thou inquire, and make search, and ask diligently; and, behold, if it be truth, and the thing certain, that such abomination is wrought among you; -- deuteronomy 13:14 +. +Thou shalt surely smite the inhabitants of that city with the edge of the sword, destroying it utterly, and all that is therein, and the cattle thereof, with the edge of the sword. -- deuteronomy 13:15 +. +And thou shalt gather all the spoil of it into the midst of the street thereof, and shalt burn with fire the city, and all the spoil thereof every whit, for the LORD thy God: and it shall be an heap for ever; it shall not be built again. -- deuteronomy 13:16 +. +And there shall cleave nought of the cursed thing to thine hand: that the LORD may turn from the fierceness of his anger, and show thee mercy, and have compassion upon thee, and multiply thee, as he hath sworn unto thy fathers; -- deuteronomy 13:17 +. +When thou shalt hearken to the voice of the LORD thy God, to keep all his commandments which I command thee this day, to do that which is right in the eyes of the LORD thy God. -- deuteronomy 13:18 +. +Ye are the children of the LORD your God: ye shall not cut yourselves, nor make any baldness between your eyes for the dead. -- deuteronomy 14:1 +. +For thou art an holy people unto the LORD thy God, and the LORD hath chosen thee to be a peculiar people unto himself, above all the nations that are upon the earth. -- deuteronomy 14:2 +. +Thou shalt not eat any abominable thing. -- deuteronomy 14:3 +. +These are the beasts which ye shall eat: the ox, the sheep, and the goat, -- deuteronomy 14:4 +. +The hart, and the roebuck, and the fallow deer, and the wild goat, and the pygarg, and the wild ox, and the chamois. -- deuteronomy 14:5 +. +And every beast that parteth the hoof, and cleaveth the cleft into two claws, and cheweth the cud among the beasts, that ye shall eat. -- deuteronomy 14:6 +. +Nevertheless these ye shall not eat of them that chew the cud, or of them that divide the cloven hoof; as the camel, and the hare, and the coney: for they chew the cud, but divide not the hoof; therefore they are unclean unto you. -- deuteronomy 14:7 +. +And the swine, because it divideth the hoof, yet cheweth not the cud, it is unclean unto you: ye shall not eat of their flesh, nor touch their dead carcass. -- deuteronomy 14:8 +. +These ye shall eat of all that are in the waters: all that have fins and scales shall ye eat: -- deuteronomy 14:9 +. +And whatsoever hath not fins and scales ye may not eat; it is unclean unto you. -- deuteronomy 14:10 +. +Of all clean birds ye shall eat. -- deuteronomy 14:11 +. +But these are they of which ye shall not eat: the eagle, and the ossifrage, and the ospray, -- deuteronomy 14:12 +. +And the glede, and the kite, and the vulture after his kind, -- deuteronomy 14:13 +. +And every raven after his kind, -- deuteronomy 14:14 +. +And the owl, and the night hawk, and the cuckoo, and the hawk after his kind, -- deuteronomy 14:15 +. +The little owl, and the great owl, and the swan, -- deuteronomy 14:16 +. +And the pelican, and the gier eagle, and the cormorant, -- deuteronomy 14:17 +. +And the stork, and the heron after her kind, and the lapwing, and the bat. -- deuteronomy 14:18 +. +And every creeping thing that flieth is unclean unto you: they shall not be eaten. -- deuteronomy 14:19 +. +But of all clean fowls ye may eat. -- deuteronomy 14:20 +. +Ye shall not eat of anything that dieth of itself: thou shalt give it unto the stranger that is in thy gates, that he may eat it; or thou mayest sell it unto an alien: for thou art an holy people unto the LORD thy God. Thou shalt not seethe a kid in his mother's milk. -- deuteronomy 14:21 +. +Thou shalt truly tithe all the increase of thy seed, that the field bringeth forth year by year. -- deuteronomy 14:22 +. +And thou shalt eat before the LORD thy God, in the place which he shall choose to place his name there, the tithe of thy corn, of thy wine, and of thine oil, and the firstlings of thy herds and of thy flocks; that thou mayest learn to fear the LORD thy God always. -- deuteronomy 14:23 +. +And if the way be too long for thee, so that thou art not able to carry it; or if the place be too far from thee, which the LORD thy God shall choose to set his name there, when the LORD thy God hath blessed thee: -- deuteronomy 14:24 +. +Then shalt thou turn it into money, and bind up the money in thine hand, and shalt go unto the place which the LORD thy God shall choose: -- deuteronomy 14:25 +. +And thou shalt bestow that money for whatsoever thy soul lusteth after, for oxen, or for sheep, or for wine, or for strong drink, or for whatsoever thy soul desireth: and thou shalt eat there before the LORD thy God, and thou shalt rejoice, thou, and thine household, -- deuteronomy 14:26 +. +And the Levite that is within thy gates; thou shalt not forsake him; for he hath no part nor inheritance with thee. -- deuteronomy 14:27 +. +At the end of three years thou shalt bring forth all the tithe of thine increase the same year, and shalt lay it up within thy gates: -- deuteronomy 14:28 +. +And the Levite, (because he hath no part nor inheritance with thee,) and the stranger, and the fatherless, and the widow, which are within thy gates, shall come, and shall eat and be satisfied; that the LORD thy God may bless thee in all the work of thine hand which thou doest. -- deuteronomy 14:29 +. +At the end of every seven years thou shalt make a release. -- deuteronomy 15:1 +. +And this is the manner of the release: Every creditor that lendeth ought unto his neighbor shall release it; he shall not exact it of his neighbor, or of his brother; because it is called the LORD's release. -- deuteronomy 15:2 +. +Of a foreigner thou mayest exact it again: but that which is thine with thy brother thine hand shall release; -- deuteronomy 15:3 +. +Save when there shall be no poor among you; for the LORD shall greatly bless thee in the land which the LORD thy God giveth thee for an inheritance to possess it: -- deuteronomy 15:4 +. +Only if thou carefully hearken unto the voice of the LORD thy God, to observe to do all these commandments which I command thee this day. -- deuteronomy 15:5 +. +For the LORD thy God blesseth thee, as he promised thee: and thou shalt lend unto many nations, but thou shalt not borrow; and thou shalt reign over many nations, but they shall not reign over thee. -- deuteronomy 15:6 +. +If there be among you a poor man of one of thy brethren within any of thy gates in thy land which the LORD thy God giveth thee, thou shalt not harden thine heart, nor shut thine hand from thy poor brother: -- deuteronomy 15:7 +. +But thou shalt open thine hand wide unto him, and shalt surely lend him sufficient for his need, in that which he wanteth. -- deuteronomy 15:8 +. +Beware that there be not a thought in thy wicked heart, saying, The seventh year, the year of release, is at hand; and thine eye be evil against thy poor brother, and thou givest him nought; and he cry unto the LORD against thee, and it be sin unto thee. -- deuteronomy 15:9 +. +Thou shalt surely give him, and thine heart shall not be grieved when thou givest unto him: because that for this thing the LORD thy God shall bless thee in all thy works, and in all that thou puttest thine hand unto. -- deuteronomy 15:10 +. +For the poor shall never cease out of the land: therefore I command thee, saying, Thou shalt open thine hand wide unto thy brother, to thy poor, and to thy needy, in thy land. -- deuteronomy 15:11 +. +And if thy brother, an Hebrew man, or an Hebrew woman, be sold unto thee, and serve thee six years; then in the seventh year thou shalt let him go free from thee. -- deuteronomy 15:12 +. +And when thou sendest him out free from thee, thou shalt not let him go away empty: -- deuteronomy 15:13 +. +Thou shalt furnish him liberally out of thy flock, and out of thy floor, and out of thy winepress: of that wherewith the LORD thy God hath blessed thee thou shalt give unto him. -- deuteronomy 15:14 +. +And thou shalt remember that thou wast a bondman in the land of Egypt, and the LORD thy God redeemed thee: therefore I command thee this thing to day. -- deuteronomy 15:15 +. +And it shall be, if he say unto thee, I will not go away from thee; because he loveth thee and thine house, because he is well with thee; -- deuteronomy 15:16 +. +Then thou shalt take an awl, and thrust it through his ear unto the door, and he shall be thy servant for ever. And also unto thy maidservant thou shalt do likewise. -- deuteronomy 15:17 +. +It shall not seem hard unto thee, when thou sendest him away free from thee; for he hath been worth a double hired servant to thee, in serving thee six years: and the LORD thy God shall bless thee in all that thou doest. -- deuteronomy 15:18 +. +All the firstling males that come of thy herd and of thy flock thou shalt sanctify unto the LORD thy God: thou shalt do no work with the firstling of thy bullock, nor shear the firstling of thy sheep. -- deuteronomy 15:19 +. +Thou shalt eat it before the LORD thy God year by year in the place which the LORD shall choose, thou and thy household. -- deuteronomy 15:20 +. +And if there be any blemish therein, as if it be lame, or blind, or have any ill blemish, thou shalt not sacrifice it unto the LORD thy God. -- deuteronomy 15:21 +. +Thou shalt eat it within thy gates: the unclean and the clean person shall eat it alike, as the roebuck, and as the hart. -- deuteronomy 15:22 +. +Only thou shalt not eat the blood thereof; thou shalt pour it upon the ground as water. -- deuteronomy 15:23 +. +Observe the month of Abib, and keep the passover unto the LORD thy God: for in the month of Abib the LORD thy God brought thee forth out of Egypt by night. -- deuteronomy 16:1 +. +Thou shalt therefore sacrifice the passover unto the LORD thy God, of the flock and the herd, in the place which the LORD shall choose to place his name there. -- deuteronomy 16:2 +. +Thou shalt eat no leavened bread with it; seven days shalt thou eat unleavened bread therewith, even the bread of affliction; for thou camest forth out of the land of Egypt in haste: that thou mayest remember the day when thou camest forth out of the land of Egypt all the days of thy life. -- deuteronomy 16:3 +. +And there shall be no leavened bread seen with thee in all thy coast seven days; neither shall there any thing of the flesh, which thou sacrificedst the first day at even, remain all night until the morning. -- deuteronomy 16:4 +. +Thou mayest not sacrifice the passover within any of thy gates, which the LORD thy God giveth thee: -- deuteronomy 16:5 +. +But at the place which the LORD thy God shall choose to place his name in, there thou shalt sacrifice the passover at even, at the going down of the sun, at the season that thou camest forth out of Egypt. -- deuteronomy 16:6 +. +And thou shalt roast and eat it in the place which the LORD thy God shall choose: and thou shalt turn in the morning, and go unto thy tents. -- deuteronomy 16:7 +. +Six days thou shalt eat unleavened bread: and on the seventh day shall be a solemn assembly to the LORD thy God: thou shalt do no work therein. -- deuteronomy 16:8 +. +Seven weeks shalt thou number unto thee: begin to number the seven weeks from such time as thou beginnest to put the sickle to the corn. -- deuteronomy 16:9 +. +And thou shalt keep the feast of weeks unto the LORD thy God with a tribute of a freewill offering of thine hand, which thou shalt give unto the LORD thy God, according as the LORD thy God hath blessed thee: -- deuteronomy 16:10 +. +And thou shalt rejoice before the LORD thy God, thou, and thy son, and thy daughter, and thy manservant, and thy maidservant, and the Levite that is within thy gates, and the stranger, and the fatherless, and the widow, that are among you, in the place which the LORD thy God hath chosen to place his name there. -- deuteronomy 16:11 +. +And thou shalt remember that thou wast a bondman in Egypt: and thou shalt observe and do these statutes. -- deuteronomy 16:12 +. +Thou shalt observe the feast of tabernacles seven days, after that thou hast gathered in thy corn and thy wine: -- deuteronomy 16:13 +. +And thou shalt rejoice in thy feast, thou, and thy son, and thy daughter, and thy manservant, and thy maidservant, and the Levite, the stranger, and the fatherless, and the widow, that are within thy gates. -- deuteronomy 16:14 +. +Seven days shalt thou keep a solemn feast unto the LORD thy God in the place which the LORD shall choose: because the LORD thy God shall bless thee in all thine increase, and in all the works of thine hands, therefore thou shalt surely rejoice. -- deuteronomy 16:15 +. +Three times in a year shall all thy males appear before the LORD thy God in the place which he shall choose; in the feast of unleavened bread, and in the feast of weeks, and in the feast of tabernacles: and they shall not appear before the LORD empty: -- deuteronomy 16:16 +. +Every man shall give as he is able, according to the blessing of the LORD thy God which he hath given thee. -- deuteronomy 16:17 +. +Judges and officers shalt thou make thee in all thy gates, which the LORD thy God giveth thee, throughout thy tribes: and they shall judge the people with just judgment. -- deuteronomy 16:18 +. +Thou shalt not wrest judgment; thou shalt not respect persons, neither take a gift: for a gift doth blind the eyes of the wise, and pervert the words of the righteous. -- deuteronomy 16:19 +. +That which is altogether just shalt thou follow, that thou mayest live, and inherit the land which the LORD thy God giveth thee. -- deuteronomy 16:20 +. +Thou shalt not plant thee a grove of any trees near unto the altar of the LORD thy God, which thou shalt make thee. -- deuteronomy 16:21 +. +Neither shalt thou set thee up any image; which the LORD thy God hateth. -- deuteronomy 16:22 +. +Thou shalt not sacrifice unto the LORD thy God any bullock, or sheep, wherein is blemish, or any evilfavouredness: for that is an abomination unto the LORD thy God. -- deuteronomy 17:1 +. +If there be found among you, within any of thy gates which the LORD thy God giveth thee, man or woman, that hath wrought wickedness in the sight of the LORD thy God, in transgressing his covenant, -- deuteronomy 17:2 +. +And hath gone and served other gods, and worshipped them, either the sun, or moon, or any of the host of heaven, which I have not commanded; -- deuteronomy 17:3 +. +And it be told thee, and thou hast heard of it, and inquired diligently, and, behold, it be true, and the thing certain, that such abomination is wrought in Israel: -- deuteronomy 17:4 +. +Then shalt thou bring forth that man or that woman, which have committed that wicked thing, unto thy gates, even that man or that woman, and shalt stone them with stones, till they die. -- deuteronomy 17:5 +. +At the mouth of two witnesses, or three witnesses, shall he that is worthy of death be put to death; but at the mouth of one witness he shall not be put to death. -- deuteronomy 17:6 +. +The hands of the witnesses shall be first upon him to put him to death, and afterward the hands of all the people. So thou shalt put the evil away from among you. -- deuteronomy 17:7 +. +If there arise a matter too hard for thee in judgment, between blood and blood, between plea and plea, and between stroke and stroke, being matters of controversy within thy gates: then shalt thou arise, and get thee up into the place which the LORD thy God shall choose; -- deuteronomy 17:8 +. +And thou shalt come unto the priests the Levites, and unto the judge that shall be in those days, and inquire; and they shall show thee the sentence of judgment: -- deuteronomy 17:9 +. +And thou shalt do according to the sentence, which they of that place which the LORD shall choose shall show thee; and thou shalt observe to do according to all that they inform thee: -- deuteronomy 17:10 +. +According to the sentence of the law which they shall teach thee, and according to the judgment which they shall tell thee, thou shalt do: thou shalt not decline from the sentence which they shall show thee, to the right hand, nor to the left. -- deuteronomy 17:11 +. +And the man that will do presumptuously, and will not hearken unto the priest that standeth to minister there before the LORD thy God, or unto the judge, even that man shall die: and thou shalt put away the evil from Israel. -- deuteronomy 17:12 +. +And all the people shall hear, and fear, and do no more presumptuously. -- deuteronomy 17:13 +. +When thou art come unto the land which the LORD thy God giveth thee, and shalt possess it, and shalt dwell therein, and shalt say, I will set a king over me, like as all the nations that are about me; -- deuteronomy 17:14 +. +Thou shalt in any wise set him king over thee, whom the LORD thy God shall choose: one from among thy brethren shalt thou set king over thee: thou mayest not set a stranger over thee, which is not thy brother. -- deuteronomy 17:15 +. +But he shall not multiply horses to himself, nor cause the people to return to Egypt, to the end that he should multiply horses: forasmuch as the LORD hath said unto you, Ye shall henceforth return no more that way. -- deuteronomy 17:16 +. +Neither shall he multiply wives to himself, that his heart turn not away: neither shall he greatly multiply to himself silver and gold. -- deuteronomy 17:17 +. +And it shall be, when he sitteth upon the throne of his kingdom, that he shall write him a copy of this law in a book out of that which is before the priests the Levites: -- deuteronomy 17:18 +. +And it shall be with him, and he shall read therein all the days of his life: that he may learn to fear the LORD his God, to keep all the words of this law and these statutes, to do them: -- deuteronomy 17:19 +. +That his heart be not lifted up above his brethren, and that he turn not aside from the commandment, to the right hand, or to the left: to the end that he may prolong his days in his kingdom, he, and his children, in the midst of Israel. -- deuteronomy 17:20 +. +The priests the Levites, and all the tribe of Levi, shall have no part nor inheritance with Israel: they shall eat the offerings of the LORD made by fire, and his inheritance. -- deuteronomy 18:1 +. +Therefore shall they have no inheritance among their brethren: the LORD is their inheritance, as he hath said unto them. -- deuteronomy 18:2 +. +And this shall be the priest's due from the people, from them that offer a sacrifice, whether it be ox or sheep; and they shall give unto the priest the shoulder, and the two cheeks, and the maw. -- deuteronomy 18:3 +. +The firstfruit also of thy corn, of thy wine, and of thine oil, and the first of the fleece of thy sheep, shalt thou give him. -- deuteronomy 18:4 +. +For the LORD thy God hath chosen him out of all thy tribes, to stand to minister in the name of the LORD, him and his sons for ever. -- deuteronomy 18:5 +. +And if a Levite come from any of thy gates out of all Israel, where he sojourned, and come with all the desire of his mind unto the place which the LORD shall choose; -- deuteronomy 18:6 +. +Then he shall minister in the name of the LORD his God, as all his brethren the Levites do, which stand there before the LORD. -- deuteronomy 18:7 +. +They shall have like portions to eat, beside that which cometh of the sale of his patrimony. -- deuteronomy 18:8 +. +When thou art come into the land which the LORD thy God giveth thee, thou shalt not learn to do after the abominations of those nations. -- deuteronomy 18:9 +. +There shall not be found among you any one that maketh his son or his daughter to pass through the fire, or that useth divination, or an observer of times, or an enchanter, or a witch. -- deuteronomy 18:10 +. +Or a charmer, or a consulter with familiar spirits, or a wizard, or a necromancer. -- deuteronomy 18:11 +. +For all that do these things are an abomination unto the LORD: and because of these abominations the LORD thy God doth drive them out from before thee. -- deuteronomy 18:12 +. +Thou shalt be perfect with the LORD thy God. -- deuteronomy 18:13 +. +For these nations, which thou shalt possess, hearkened unto observers of times, and unto diviners: but as for thee, the LORD thy God hath not suffered thee so to do. -- deuteronomy 18:14 +. +The LORD thy God will raise up unto thee a Prophet from the midst of thee, of thy brethren, like unto me; unto him ye shall hearken; -- deuteronomy 18:15 +. +According to all that thou desiredst of the LORD thy God in Horeb in the day of the assembly, saying, Let me not hear again the voice of the LORD my God, neither let me see this great fire any more, that I die not. -- deuteronomy 18:16 +. +And the LORD said unto me, They have well spoken that which they have spoken. -- deuteronomy 18:17 +. +I will raise them up a Prophet from among their brethren, like unto thee, and will put my words in his mouth; and he shall speak unto them all that I shall command him. -- deuteronomy 18:18 +. +And it shall come to pass, that whosoever will not hearken unto my words which he shall speak in my name, I will require it of him. -- deuteronomy 18:19 +. +But the prophet, which shall presume to speak a word in my name, which I have not commanded him to speak, or that shall speak in the name of other gods, even that prophet shall die. -- deuteronomy 18:20 +. +And if thou say in thine heart, How shall we know the word which the LORD hath not spoken? -- deuteronomy 18:21 +. +When a prophet speaketh in the name of the LORD, if the thing follow not, nor come to pass, that is the thing which the LORD hath not spoken, but the prophet hath spoken it presumptuously: thou shalt not be afraid of him. -- deuteronomy 18:22 +. +When the LORD thy God hath cut off the nations, whose land the LORD thy God giveth thee, and thou succeedest them, and dwellest in their cities, and in their houses; -- deuteronomy 19:1 +. +Thou shalt separate three cities for thee in the midst of thy land, which the LORD thy God giveth thee to possess it. -- deuteronomy 19:2 +. +Thou shalt prepare thee a way, and divide the coasts of thy land, which the LORD thy God giveth thee to inherit, into three parts, that every slayer may flee thither. -- deuteronomy 19:3 +. +And this is the case of the slayer, which shall flee thither, that he may live: Whoso killeth his neighbor ignorantly, whom he hated not in time past; -- deuteronomy 19:4 +. +As when a man goeth into the wood with his neighbor to hew wood, and his hand fetcheth a stroke with the axe to cut down the tree, and the head slippeth from the helve, and lighteth upon his neighbor, that he die; he shall flee unto one of those cities, and live: -- deuteronomy 19:5 +. +Lest the avenger of the blood pursue the slayer, while his heart is hot, and overtake him, because the way is long, and slay him; whereas he was not worthy of death, inasmuch as he hated him not in time past. -- deuteronomy 19:6 +. +Wherefore I command thee, saying, Thou shalt separate three cities for thee. -- deuteronomy 19:7 +. +And if the LORD thy God enlarge thy coast, as he hath sworn unto thy fathers, and give thee all the land which he promised to give unto thy fathers; -- deuteronomy 19:8 +. +If thou shalt keep all these commandments to do them, which I command thee this day, to love the LORD thy God, and to walk ever in his ways; then shalt thou add three cities more for thee, beside these three: -- deuteronomy 19:9 +. +That innocent blood be not shed in thy land, which the LORD thy God giveth thee for an inheritance, and so blood be upon thee. -- deuteronomy 19:10 +. +But if any man hate his neighbor, and lie in wait for him, and rise up against him, and smite him mortally that he die, and fleeth into one of these cities: -- deuteronomy 19:11 +. +Then the elders of his city shall send and fetch him thence, and deliver him into the hand of the avenger of blood, that he may die. -- deuteronomy 19:12 +. +Thine eye shall not pity him, but thou shalt put away the guilt of innocent blood from Israel, that it may go well with thee. -- deuteronomy 19:13 +. +Thou shalt not remove thy neighbor's landmark, which they of old time have set in thine inheritance, which thou shalt inherit in the land that the LORD thy God giveth thee to possess it. -- deuteronomy 19:14 +. +One witness shall not rise up against a man for any iniquity, or for any sin, in any sin that he sinneth: at the mouth of two witnesses, or at the mouth of three witnesses, shall the matter be established. -- deuteronomy 19:15 +. +If a false witness rise up against any man to testify against him that which is wrong; -- deuteronomy 19:16 +. +Then both the men, between whom the controversy is, shall stand before the LORD, before the priests and the judges, which shall be in those days; -- deuteronomy 19:17 +. +And the judges shall make diligent inquisition: and, behold, if the witness be a false witness, and hath testified falsely against his brother; -- deuteronomy 19:18 +. +Then shall ye do unto him, as he had thought to have done unto his brother: so shalt thou put the evil away from among you. -- deuteronomy 19:19 +. +And those which remain shall hear, and fear, and shall henceforth commit no more any such evil among you. -- deuteronomy 19:20 +. +And thine eye shall not pity; but life shall go for life, eye for eye, tooth for tooth, hand for hand, foot for foot. -- deuteronomy 19:21 +. +When thou goest out to battle against thine enemies, and seest horses, and chariots, and a people more than thou, be not afraid of them: for the LORD thy God is with thee, which brought thee up out of the land of Egypt. -- deuteronomy 20:1 +. +And it shall be, when ye are come nigh unto the battle, that the priest shall approach and speak unto the people, -- deuteronomy 20:2 +. +And shall say unto them, Hear, O Israel, ye approach this day unto battle against your enemies: let not your hearts faint, fear not, and do not tremble, neither be ye terrified because of them; -- deuteronomy 20:3 +. +For the LORD your God is he that goeth with you, to fight for you against your enemies, to save you. -- deuteronomy 20:4 +. +And the officers shall speak unto the people, saying, What man is there that hath built a new house, and hath not dedicated it? let him go and return to his house, lest he die in the battle, and another man dedicate it. -- deuteronomy 20:5 +. +And what man is he that hath planted a vineyard, and hath not yet eaten of it? let him also go and return unto his house, lest he die in the battle, and another man eat of it. -- deuteronomy 20:6 +. +And what man is there that hath betrothed a wife, and hath not taken her? let him go and return unto his house, lest he die in the battle, and another man take her. -- deuteronomy 20:7 +. +And the officers shall speak further unto the people, and they shall say, What man is there that is fearful and fainthearted? let him go and return unto his house, lest his brethren's heart faint as well as his heart. -- deuteronomy 20:8 +. +And it shall be, when the officers have made an end of speaking unto the people that they shall make captains of the armies to lead the people. -- deuteronomy 20:9 +. +When thou comest nigh unto a city to fight against it, then proclaim peace unto it. -- deuteronomy 20:10 +. +And it shall be, if it make thee answer of peace, and open unto thee, then it shall be, that all the people that is found therein shall be tributaries unto thee, and they shall serve thee. -- deuteronomy 20:11 +. +And if it will make no peace with thee, but will make war against thee, then thou shalt besiege it: -- deuteronomy 20:12 +. +And when the LORD thy God hath delivered it into thine hands, thou shalt smite every male thereof with the edge of the sword: -- deuteronomy 20:13 +. +But the women, and the little ones, and the cattle, and all that is in the city, even all the spoil thereof, shalt thou take unto thyself; and thou shalt eat the spoil of thine enemies, which the LORD thy God hath given thee. -- deuteronomy 20:14 +. +Thus shalt thou do unto all the cities which are very far off from thee, which are not of the cities of these nations. -- deuteronomy 20:15 +. +But of the cities of these people, which the LORD thy God doth give thee for an inheritance, thou shalt save alive nothing that breatheth: -- deuteronomy 20:16 +. +But thou shalt utterly destroy them; namely, the Hittites, and the Amorites, the Canaanites, and the Perizzites, the Hivites, and the Jebusites; as the LORD thy God hath commanded thee: -- deuteronomy 20:17 +. +That they teach you not to do after all their abominations, which they have done unto their gods; so should ye sin against the LORD your God. -- deuteronomy 20:18 +. +When thou shalt besiege a city a long time, in making war against it to take it, thou shalt not destroy the trees thereof by forcing an axe against them: for thou mayest eat of them, and thou shalt not cut them down (for the tree of the field is man's life) to employ them in the siege: -- deuteronomy 20:19 +. +Only the trees which thou knowest that they be not trees for meat, thou shalt destroy and cut them down; and thou shalt build bulwarks against the city that maketh war with thee, until it be subdued. -- deuteronomy 20:20 +. +If one be found slain in the land which the LORD thy God giveth thee to possess it, lying in the field, and it be not known who hath slain him: -- deuteronomy 21:1 +. +Then thy elders and thy judges shall come forth, and they shall measure unto the cities which are round about him that is slain: -- deuteronomy 21:2 +. +And it shall be, that the city which is next unto the slain man, even the elders of that city shall take an heifer, which hath not been wrought with, and which hath not drawn in the yoke; -- deuteronomy 21:3 +. +And the elders of that city shall bring down the heifer unto a rough valley, which is neither eared nor sown, and shall strike off the heifer's neck there in the valley: -- deuteronomy 21:4 +. +And the priests the sons of Levi shall come near; for them the LORD thy God hath chosen to minister unto him, and to bless in the name of the LORD; and by their word shall every controversy and every stroke be tried: -- deuteronomy 21:5 +. +And all the elders of that city, that are next unto the slain man, shall wash their hands over the heifer that is beheaded in the valley: -- deuteronomy 21:6 +. +And they shall answer and say, Our hands have not shed this blood, neither have our eyes seen it. -- deuteronomy 21:7 +. +Be merciful, O LORD, unto thy people Israel, whom thou hast redeemed, and lay not innocent blood unto thy people of Israel's charge. And the blood shall be forgiven them. -- deuteronomy 21:8 +. +So shalt thou put away the guilt of innocent blood from among you, when thou shalt do that which is right in the sight of the LORD. -- deuteronomy 21:9 +. +When thou goest forth to war against thine enemies, and the LORD thy God hath delivered them into thine hands, and thou hast taken them captive, -- deuteronomy 21:10 +. +And seest among the captives a beautiful woman, and hast a desire unto her, that thou wouldest have her to thy wife; -- deuteronomy 21:11 +. +Then thou shalt bring her home to thine house, and she shall shave her head, and pare her nails; -- deuteronomy 21:12 +. +And she shall put the raiment of her captivity from off her, and shall remain in thine house, and bewail her father and her mother a full month: and after that thou shalt go in unto her, and be her husband, and she shall be thy wife. -- deuteronomy 21:13 +. +And it shall be, if thou have no delight in her, then thou shalt let her go whither she will; but thou shalt not sell her at all for money, thou shalt not make merchandise of her, because thou hast humbled her. -- deuteronomy 21:14 +. +If a man have two wives, one beloved, and another hated, and they have born him children, both the beloved and the hated; and if the firstborn son be hers that was hated: -- deuteronomy 21:15 +. +Then it shall be, when he maketh his sons to inherit that which he hath, that he may not make the son of the beloved firstborn before the son of the hated, which is indeed the firstborn: -- deuteronomy 21:16 +. +But he shall acknowledge the son of the hated for the firstborn, by giving him a double portion of all that he hath: for he is the beginning of his strength; the right of the firstborn is his. -- deuteronomy 21:17 +. +If a man have a stubborn and rebellious son, which will not obey the voice of his father, or the voice of his mother, and that, when they have chastened him, will not hearken unto them: -- deuteronomy 21:18 +. +Then shall his father and his mother lay hold on him, and bring him out unto the elders of his city, and unto the gate of his place; -- deuteronomy 21:19 +. +And they shall say unto the elders of his city, This our son is stubborn and rebellious, he will not obey our voice; he is a glutton, and a drunkard. -- deuteronomy 21:20 +. +And all the men of his city shall stone him with stones, that he die: so shalt thou put evil away from among you; and all Israel shall hear, and fear. -- deuteronomy 21:21 +. +And if a man have committed a sin worthy of death, and he be to be put to death, and thou hang him on a tree: -- deuteronomy 21:22 +. +His body shall not remain all night upon the tree, but thou shalt in any wise bury him that day; (for he that is hanged is accursed of God;) that thy land be not defiled, which the LORD thy God giveth thee for an inheritance. -- deuteronomy 21:23 +. +Thou shalt not see thy brother's ox or his sheep go astray, and hide thyself from them: thou shalt in any case bring them again unto thy brother. -- deuteronomy 22:1 +. +And if thy brother be not nigh unto thee, or if thou know him not, then thou shalt bring it unto thine own house, and it shall be with thee until thy brother seek after it, and thou shalt restore it to him again. -- deuteronomy 22:2 +. +In like manner shalt thou do with his ass; and so shalt thou do with his raiment; and with all lost thing of thy brother's, which he hath lost, and thou hast found, shalt thou do likewise: thou mayest not hide thyself. -- deuteronomy 22:3 +. +Thou shalt not see thy brother's ass or his ox fall down by the way, and hide thyself from them: thou shalt surely help him to lift them up again. -- deuteronomy 22:4 +. +The woman shall not wear that which pertaineth unto a man, neither shall a man put on a woman's garment: for all that do so are abomination unto the LORD thy God. -- deuteronomy 22:5 +. +If a bird's nest chance to be before thee in the way in any tree, or on the ground, whether they be young ones, or eggs, and the dam sitting upon the young, or upon the eggs, thou shalt not take the dam with the young: -- deuteronomy 22:6 +. +But thou shalt in any wise let the dam go, and take the young to thee; that it may be well with thee, and that thou mayest prolong thy days. -- deuteronomy 22:7 +. +When thou buildest a new house, then thou shalt make a battlement for thy roof, that thou bring not blood upon thine house, if any man fall from thence. -- deuteronomy 22:8 +. +Thou shalt not sow thy vineyard with divers seeds: lest the fruit of thy seed which thou hast sown, and the fruit of thy vineyard, be defiled. -- deuteronomy 22:9 +. +Thou shalt not plow with an ox and an ass together. -- deuteronomy 22:10 +. +Thou shalt not wear a garment of divers sorts, as of woolen and linen together. -- deuteronomy 22:11 +. +Thou shalt make thee fringes upon the four quarters of thy vesture, wherewith thou coverest thyself. -- deuteronomy 22:12 +. +If any man take a wife, and go in unto her, and hate her, -- deuteronomy 22:13 +. +And give occasions of speech against her, and bring up an evil name upon her, and say, I took this woman, and when I came to her, I found her not a maid: -- deuteronomy 22:14 +. +Then shall the father of the damsel, and her mother, take and bring forth the tokens of the damsel's virginity unto the elders of the city in the gate: -- deuteronomy 22:15 +. +And the damsel's father shall say unto the elders, I gave my daughter unto this man to wife, and he hateth her; -- deuteronomy 22:16 +. +And, lo, he hath given occasions of speech against her, saying, I found not thy daughter a maid; and yet these are the tokens of my daughter's virginity. And they shall spread the cloth before the elders of the city. -- deuteronomy 22:17 +. +And the elders of that city shall take that man and chastise him; -- deuteronomy 22:18 +. +And they shall amerce him in an hundred shekels of silver, and give them unto the father of the damsel, because he hath brought up an evil name upon a virgin of Israel: and she shall be his wife; he may not put her away all his days. -- deuteronomy 22:19 +. +But if this thing be true, and the tokens of virginity be not found for the damsel: -- deuteronomy 22:20 +. +Then they shall bring out the damsel to the door of her father's house, and the men of her city shall stone her with stones that she die: because she hath wrought folly in Israel, to play the whore in her father's house: so shalt thou put evil away from among you. -- deuteronomy 22:21 +. +If a man be found lying with a woman married to an husband, then they shall both of them die, both the man that lay with the woman, and the woman: so shalt thou put away evil from Israel. -- deuteronomy 22:22 +. +If a damsel that is a virgin be betrothed unto an husband, and a man find her in the city, and lie with her; -- deuteronomy 22:23 +. +Then ye shall bring them both out unto the gate of that city, and ye shall stone them with stones that they die; the damsel, because she cried not, being in the city; and the man, because he hath humbled his neighbor's wife: so thou shalt put away evil from among you. -- deuteronomy 22:24 +. +But if a man find a betrothed damsel in the field, and the man force her, and lie with her: then the man only that lay with her shall die. -- deuteronomy 22:25 +. +But unto the damsel thou shalt do nothing; there is in the damsel no sin worthy of death: for as when a man riseth against his neighbor, and slayeth him, even so is this matter: -- deuteronomy 22:26 +. +For he found her in the field, and the betrothed damsel cried, and there was none to save her. -- deuteronomy 22:27 +. +If a man find a damsel that is a virgin, which is not betrothed, and lay hold on her, and lie with her, and they be found; -- deuteronomy 22:28 +. +Then the man that lay with her shall give unto the damsel's father fifty shekels of silver, and she shall be his wife; because he hath humbled her, he may not put her away all his days. -- deuteronomy 22:29 +. +A man shall not take his father's wife, nor discover his father's skirt. -- deuteronomy 22:30 +. +He that is wounded in the stones, or hath his privy member cut off, shall not enter into the congregation of the LORD. -- deuteronomy 23:1 +. +A bastard shall not enter into the congregation of the LORD; even to his tenth generation shall he not enter into the congregation of the LORD. -- deuteronomy 23:2 +. +An Ammonite or Moabite shall not enter into the congregation of the LORD; even to their tenth generation shall they not enter into the congregation of the LORD for ever: -- deuteronomy 23:3 +. +Because they met you not with bread and with water in the way, when ye came forth out of Egypt; and because they hired against thee Balaam the son of Beor of Pethor of Mesopotamia, to curse thee. -- deuteronomy 23:4 +. +Nevertheless the LORD thy God would not hearken unto Balaam; but the LORD thy God turned the curse into a blessing unto thee, because the LORD thy God loved thee. -- deuteronomy 23:5 +. +Thou shalt not seek their peace nor their prosperity all thy days for ever. -- deuteronomy 23:6 +. +Thou shalt not abhor an Edomite; for he is thy brother: thou shalt not abhor an Egyptian; because thou wast a stranger in his land. -- deuteronomy 23:7 +. +The children that are begotten of them shall enter into the congregation of the LORD in their third generation. -- deuteronomy 23:8 +. +When the host goeth forth against thine enemies, then keep thee from every wicked thing. -- deuteronomy 23:9 +. +If there be among you any man, that is not clean by reason of uncleanness that chanceth him by night, then shall he go abroad out of the camp, he shall not come within the camp: -- deuteronomy 23:10 +. +But it shall be, when evening cometh on, he shall wash himself with water: and when the sun is down, he shall come into the camp again. -- deuteronomy 23:11 +. +Thou shalt have a place also without the camp, whither thou shalt go forth abroad: -- deuteronomy 23:12 +. +And thou shalt have a paddle upon thy weapon; and it shall be, when thou wilt ease thyself abroad, thou shalt dig therewith, and shalt turn back and cover that which cometh from thee: -- deuteronomy 23:13 +. +For the LORD thy God walketh in the midst of thy camp, to deliver thee, and to give up thine enemies before thee; therefore shall thy camp be holy: that he see no unclean thing in thee, and turn away from thee. -- deuteronomy 23:14 +. +Thou shalt not deliver unto his master the servant which is escaped from his master unto thee: -- deuteronomy 23:15 +. +He shall dwell with thee, even among you, in that place which he shall choose in one of thy gates, where it liketh him best: thou shalt not oppress him. -- deuteronomy 23:16 +. +There shall be no whore of the daughters of Israel, nor a sodomite of the sons of Israel. -- deuteronomy 23:17 +. +Thou shalt not bring the hire of a whore, or the price of a dog, into the house of the LORD thy God for any vow: for even both these are abomination unto the LORD thy God. -- deuteronomy 23:18 +. +Thou shalt not lend upon usury to thy brother; usury of money, usury of victuals, usury of any thing that is lent upon usury: -- deuteronomy 23:19 +. +Unto a stranger thou mayest lend upon usury; but unto thy brother thou shalt not lend upon usury: that the LORD thy God may bless thee in all that thou settest thine hand to in the land whither thou goest to possess it. -- deuteronomy 23:20 +. +When thou shalt vow a vow unto the LORD thy God, thou shalt not slack to pay it: for the LORD thy God will surely require it of thee; and it would be sin in thee. -- deuteronomy 23:21 +. +But if thou shalt forbear to vow, it shall be no sin in thee. -- deuteronomy 23:22 +. +That which is gone out of thy lips thou shalt keep and perform; even a freewill offering, according as thou hast vowed unto the LORD thy God, which thou hast promised with thy mouth. -- deuteronomy 23:23 +. +When thou comest into thy neighbor's vineyard, then thou mayest eat grapes thy fill at thine own pleasure; but thou shalt not put any in thy vessel. -- deuteronomy 23:24 +. +When thou comest into the standing corn of thy neighbor, then thou mayest pluck the ears with thine hand; but thou shalt not move a sickle unto thy neighbor's standing corn. -- deuteronomy 23:25 +. +When a man hath taken a wife, and married her, and it come to pass that she find no favor in his eyes, because he hath found some uncleanness in her: then let him write her a bill of divorcement, and give it in her hand, and send her out of his house. -- deuteronomy 24:1 +. +And when she is departed out of his house, she may go and be another man's wife. -- deuteronomy 24:2 +. +And if the latter husband hate her, and write her a bill of divorcement, and giveth it in her hand, and sendeth her out of his house; or if the latter husband die, which took her to be his wife; -- deuteronomy 24:3 +. +Her former husband, which sent her away, may not take her again to be his wife, after that she is defiled; for that is abomination before the LORD: and thou shalt not cause the land to sin, which the LORD thy God giveth thee for an inheritance. -- deuteronomy 24:4 +. +When a man hath taken a new wife, he shall not go out to war, neither shall he be charged with any business: but he shall be free at home one year, and shall cheer up his wife which he hath taken. -- deuteronomy 24:5 +. +No man shall take the nether or the upper millstone to pledge: for he taketh a man's life to pledge. -- deuteronomy 24:6 +. +If a man be found stealing any of his brethren of the children of Israel, and maketh merchandise of him, or selleth him; then that thief shall die; and thou shalt put evil away from among you. -- deuteronomy 24:7 +. +Take heed in the plague of leprosy, that thou observe diligently, and do according to all that the priests the Levites shall teach you: as I commanded them, so ye shall observe to do. -- deuteronomy 24:8 +. +Remember what the LORD thy God did unto Miriam by the way, after that ye were come forth out of Egypt. -- deuteronomy 24:9 +. +When thou dost lend thy brother any thing, thou shalt not go into his house to fetch his pledge. -- deuteronomy 24:10 +. +Thou shalt stand abroad, and the man to whom thou dost lend shall bring out the pledge abroad unto thee. -- deuteronomy 24:11 +. +And if the man be poor, thou shalt not sleep with his pledge: -- deuteronomy 24:12 +. +In any case thou shalt deliver him the pledge again when the sun goeth down, that he may sleep in his own raiment, and bless thee: and it shall be righteousness unto thee before the LORD thy God. -- deuteronomy 24:13 +. +Thou shalt not oppress an hired servant that is poor and needy, whether he be of thy brethren, or of thy strangers that are in thy land within thy gates: -- deuteronomy 24:14 +. +At his day thou shalt give him his hire, neither shall the sun go down upon it; for he is poor, and setteth his heart upon it: lest he cry against thee unto the LORD, and it be sin unto thee. -- deuteronomy 24:15 +. +The fathers shall not be put to death for the children, neither shall the children be put to death for the fathers: every man shall be put to death for his own sin. -- deuteronomy 24:16 +. +Thou shalt not pervert the judgment of the stranger, nor of the fatherless; nor take a widow's raiment to pledge: -- deuteronomy 24:17 +. +But thou shalt remember that thou wast a bondman in Egypt, and the LORD thy God redeemed thee thence: therefore I command thee to do this thing. -- deuteronomy 24:18 +. +When thou cuttest down thine harvest in thy field, and hast forgot a sheaf in the field, thou shalt not go again to fetch it: it shall be for the stranger, for the fatherless, and for the widow: that the LORD thy God may bless thee in all the work of thine hands. -- deuteronomy 24:19 +. +When thou beatest thine olive tree, thou shalt not go over the boughs again: it shall be for the stranger, for the fatherless, and for the widow. -- deuteronomy 24:20 +. +When thou gatherest the grapes of thy vineyard, thou shalt not glean it afterward: it shall be for the stranger, for the fatherless, and for the widow. -- deuteronomy 24:21 +. +And thou shalt remember that thou wast a bondman in the land of Egypt: therefore I command thee to do this thing. -- deuteronomy 24:22 +. +If there be a controversy between men, and they come unto judgment, that the judges may judge them; then they shall justify the righteous, and condemn the wicked. -- deuteronomy 25:1 +. +And it shall be, if the wicked man be worthy to be beaten, that the judge shall cause him to lie down, and to be beaten before his face, according to his fault, by a certain number. -- deuteronomy 25:2 +. +Forty stripes he may give him, and not exceed: lest, if he should exceed, and beat him above these with many stripes, then thy brother should seem vile unto thee. -- deuteronomy 25:3 +. +Thou shalt not muzzle the ox when he treadeth out the corn. -- deuteronomy 25:4 +. +If brethren dwell together, and one of them die, and have no child, the wife of the dead shall not marry without unto a stranger: her husband's brother shall go in unto her, and take her to him to wife, and perform the duty of an husband's brother unto her. -- deuteronomy 25:5 +. +And it shall be, that the firstborn which she beareth shall succeed in the name of his brother which is dead, that his name be not put out of Israel. -- deuteronomy 25:6 +. +And if the man like not to take his brother's wife, then let his brother's wife go up to the gate unto the elders, and say, My husband's brother refuseth to raise up unto his brother a name in Israel, he will not perform the duty of my husband's brother. -- deuteronomy 25:7 +. +Then the elders of his city shall call him, and speak unto him: and if he stand to it, and say, I like not to take her; -- deuteronomy 25:8 +. +Then shall his brother's wife come unto him in the presence of the elders, and loose his shoe from off his foot, and spit in his face, and shall answer and say, So shall it be done unto that man that will not build up his brother's house. -- deuteronomy 25:9 +. +And his name shall be called in Israel, The house of him that hath his shoe loosed. -- deuteronomy 25:10 +. +When men strive together one with another, and the wife of the one draweth near for to deliver her husband out of the hand of him that smiteth him, and putteth forth her hand, and taketh him by the secrets: -- deuteronomy 25:11 +. +Then thou shalt cut off her hand, thine eye shall not pity her. -- deuteronomy 25:12 +. +Thou shalt not have in thy bag divers weights, a great and a small. -- deuteronomy 25:13 +. +Thou shalt not have in thine house divers measures, a great and a small. -- deuteronomy 25:14 +. +But thou shalt have a perfect and just weight, a perfect and just measure shalt thou have: that thy days may be lengthened in the land which the LORD thy God giveth thee. -- deuteronomy 25:15 +. +For all that do such things, and all that do unrighteously, are an abomination unto the LORD thy God. -- deuteronomy 25:16 +. +Remember what Amalek did unto thee by the way, when ye were come forth out of Egypt; -- deuteronomy 25:17 +. +How he met thee by the way, and smote the hindmost of thee, even all that were feeble behind thee, when thou wast faint and weary; and he feared not God. -- deuteronomy 25:18 +. +Therefore it shall be, when the LORD thy God hath given thee rest from all thine enemies round about, in the land which the LORD thy God giveth thee for an inheritance to possess it, that thou shalt blot out the remembrance of Amalek from under heaven; thou shalt not forget it. -- deuteronomy 25:19 +. +And it shall be, when thou art come in unto the land which the LORD thy God giveth thee for an inheritance, and possessest it, and dwellest therein; -- deuteronomy 26:1 +. +That thou shalt take of the first of all the fruit of the earth, which thou shalt bring of thy land that the LORD thy God giveth thee, and shalt put it in a basket, and shalt go unto the place which the LORD thy God shall choose to place his name there. -- deuteronomy 26:2 +. +And thou shalt go unto the priest that shall be in those days, and say unto him, I profess this day unto the LORD thy God, that I am come unto the country which the LORD sware unto our fathers for to give us. -- deuteronomy 26:3 +. +And the priest shall take the basket out of thine hand, and set it down before the altar of the LORD thy God. -- deuteronomy 26:4 +. +And thou shalt speak and say before the LORD thy God, A Syrian ready to perish was my father, and he went down into Egypt, and sojourned there with a few, and became there a nation, great, mighty, and populous: -- deuteronomy 26:5 +. +And the Egyptians evil entreated us, and afflicted us, and laid upon us hard bondage: -- deuteronomy 26:6 +. +And when we cried unto the LORD God of our fathers, the LORD heard our voice, and looked on our affliction, and our labor, and our oppression: -- deuteronomy 26:7 +. +And the LORD brought us forth out of Egypt with a mighty hand, and with an outstretched arm, and with great terribleness, and with signs, and with wonders: -- deuteronomy 26:8 +. +And he hath brought us into this place, and hath given us this land, even a land that floweth with milk and honey. -- deuteronomy 26:9 +. +And now, behold, I have brought the firstfruits of the land, which thou, O LORD, hast given me. And thou shalt set it before the LORD thy God, and worship before the LORD thy God: -- deuteronomy 26:10 +. +And thou shalt rejoice in every good thing which the LORD thy God hath given unto thee, and unto thine house, thou, and the Levite, and the stranger that is among you. -- deuteronomy 26:11 +. +When thou hast made an end of tithing all the tithes of thine increase the third year, which is the year of tithing, and hast given it unto the Levite, the stranger, the fatherless, and the widow, that they may eat within thy gates, and be filled; -- deuteronomy 26:12 +. +Then thou shalt say before the LORD thy God, I have brought away the hallowed things out of mine house, and also have given them unto the Levite, and unto the stranger, to the fatherless, and to the widow, according to all thy commandments which thou hast commanded me: I have not transgressed thy commandments, neither have I forgotten them. -- deuteronomy 26:13 +. +I have not eaten thereof in my mourning, neither have I taken away ought thereof for any unclean use, nor given ought thereof for the dead: but I have hearkened to the voice of the LORD my God, and have done according to all that thou hast commanded me. -- deuteronomy 26:14 +. +Look down from thy holy habitation, from heaven, and bless thy people Israel, and the land which thou hast given us, as thou swarest unto our fathers, a land that floweth with milk and honey. -- deuteronomy 26:15 +. +This day the LORD thy God hath commanded thee to do these statutes and judgments: thou shalt therefore keep and do them with all thine heart, and with all thy soul. -- deuteronomy 26:16 +. +Thou hast avouched the LORD this day to be thy God, and to walk in his ways, and to keep his statutes, and his commandments, and his judgments, and to hearken unto his voice: -- deuteronomy 26:17 +. +And the LORD hath avouched thee this day to be his peculiar people, as he hath promised thee, and that thou shouldest keep all his commandments; -- deuteronomy 26:18 +. +And to make thee high above all nations which he hath made, in praise, and in name, and in honor; and that thou mayest be an holy people unto the LORD thy God, as he hath spoken. -- deuteronomy 26:19 +. +And Moses with the elders of Israel commanded the people, saying, Keep all the commandments which I command you this day. -- deuteronomy 27:1 +. +And it shall be on the day when ye shall pass over Jordan unto the land which the LORD thy God giveth thee, that thou shalt set thee up great stones, and plaster them with plaster: -- deuteronomy 27:2 +. +And thou shalt write upon them all the words of this law, when thou art passed over, that thou mayest go in unto the land which the LORD thy God giveth thee, a land that floweth with milk and honey; as the LORD God of thy fathers hath promised thee. -- deuteronomy 27:3 +. +Therefore it shall be when ye be gone over Jordan, that ye shall set up these stones, which I command you this day, in mount Ebal, and thou shalt plaster them with plaster. -- deuteronomy 27:4 +. +And there shalt thou build an altar unto the LORD thy God, an altar of stones: thou shalt not lift up any iron tool upon them. -- deuteronomy 27:5 +. +Thou shalt build the altar of the LORD thy God of whole stones: and thou shalt offer burnt offerings thereon unto the LORD thy God: -- deuteronomy 27:6 +. +And thou shalt offer peace offerings, and shalt eat there, and rejoice before the LORD thy God. -- deuteronomy 27:7 +. +And thou shalt write upon the stones all the words of this law very plainly. -- deuteronomy 27:8 +. +And Moses and the priests the Levites spake unto all Israel, saying, Take heed, and hearken, O Israel; this day thou art become the people of the LORD thy God. -- deuteronomy 27:9 +. +Thou shalt therefore obey the voice of the LORD thy God, and do his commandments and his statutes, which I command thee this day. -- deuteronomy 27:10 +. +And Moses charged the people the same day, saying, -- deuteronomy 27:11 +. +These shall stand upon mount Gerizim to bless the people, when ye are come over Jordan; Simeon, and Levi, and Judah, and Issachar, and Joseph, and Benjamin: -- deuteronomy 27:12 +. +And these shall stand upon mount Ebal to curse; Reuben, Gad, and Asher, and Zebulun, Dan, and Naphtali. -- deuteronomy 27:13 +. +And the Levites shall speak, and say unto all the men of Israel with a loud voice, -- deuteronomy 27:14 +. +Cursed be the man that maketh any graven or molten image, an abomination unto the LORD, the work of the hands of the craftsman, and putteth it in a secret place. And all the people shall answer and say, Amen. -- deuteronomy 27:15 +. +Cursed be he that setteth light by his father or his mother. And all the people shall say, Amen. -- deuteronomy 27:16 +. +Cursed be he that removeth his neighbor's landmark. And all the people shall say, Amen. -- deuteronomy 27:17 +. +Cursed be he that maketh the blind to wander out of the way. And all the people shall say, Amen. -- deuteronomy 27:18 +. +Cursed be he that perverteth the judgment of the stranger, fatherless, and widow. And all the people shall say, Amen. -- deuteronomy 27:19 +. +Cursed be he that lieth with his father's wife; because he uncovereth his father's skirt. And all the people shall say, Amen. -- deuteronomy 27:20 +. +Cursed be he that lieth with any manner of beast. And all the people shall say, Amen. -- deuteronomy 27:21 +. +Cursed be he that lieth with his sister, the daughter of his father, or the daughter of his mother. And all the people shall say, Amen. -- deuteronomy 27:22 +. +Cursed be he that lieth with his mother in law. And all the people shall say, Amen. -- deuteronomy 27:23 +. +Cursed be he that smiteth his neighbor secretly. And all the people shall say, Amen. -- deuteronomy 27:24 +. +Cursed be he that taketh reward to slay an innocent person. And all the people shall say, Amen. -- deuteronomy 27:25 +. +Cursed be he that confirmeth not all the words of this law to do them. And all the people shall say, Amen. -- deuteronomy 27:26 +. +And it shall come to pass, if thou shalt hearken diligently unto the voice of the LORD thy God, to observe and to do all his commandments which I command thee this day, that the LORD thy God will set thee on high above all nations of the earth: -- deuteronomy 28:1 +. +And all these blessings shall come on thee, and overtake thee, if thou shalt hearken unto the voice of the LORD thy God. -- deuteronomy 28:2 +. +Blessed shalt thou be in the city, and blessed shalt thou be in the field. -- deuteronomy 28:3 +. +Blessed shall be the fruit of thy body, and the fruit of thy ground, and the fruit of thy cattle, the increase of thy kine, and the flocks of thy sheep. -- deuteronomy 28:4 +. +Blessed shall be thy basket and thy store. -- deuteronomy 28:5 +. +Blessed shalt thou be when thou comest in, and blessed shalt thou be when thou goest out. -- deuteronomy 28:6 +. +The LORD shall cause thine enemies that rise up against thee to be smitten before thy face: they shall come out against thee one way, and flee before thee seven ways. -- deuteronomy 28:7 +. +The LORD shall command the blessing upon thee in thy storehouses, and in all that thou settest thine hand unto; and he shall bless thee in the land which the LORD thy God giveth thee. -- deuteronomy 28:8 +. +The LORD shall establish thee an holy people unto himself, as he hath sworn unto thee, if thou shalt keep the commandments of the LORD thy God, and walk in his ways. -- deuteronomy 28:9 +. +And all people of the earth shall see that thou art called by the name of the LORD; and they shall be afraid of thee. -- deuteronomy 28:10 +. +And the LORD shall make thee plenteous in goods, in the fruit of thy body, and in the fruit of thy cattle, and in the fruit of thy ground, in the land which the LORD sware unto thy fathers to give thee. -- deuteronomy 28:11 +. +The LORD shall open unto thee his good treasure, the heaven to give the rain unto thy land in his season, and to bless all the work of thine hand: and thou shalt lend unto many nations, and thou shalt not borrow. -- deuteronomy 28:12 +. +And the LORD shall make thee the head, and not the tail; and thou shalt be above only, and thou shalt not be beneath; if that thou hearken unto the commandments of the LORD thy God, which I command thee this day, to observe and to do them: -- deuteronomy 28:13 +. +And thou shalt not go aside from any of the words which I command thee this day, to the right hand, or to the left, to go after other gods to serve them. -- deuteronomy 28:14 +. +But it shall come to pass, if thou wilt not hearken unto the voice of the LORD thy God, to observe to do all his commandments and his statutes which I command thee this day; that all these curses shall come upon thee, and overtake thee: -- deuteronomy 28:15 +. +Cursed shalt thou be in the city, and cursed shalt thou be in the field. -- deuteronomy 28:16 +. +Cursed shall be thy basket and thy store. -- deuteronomy 28:17 +. +Cursed shall be the fruit of thy body, and the fruit of thy land, the increase of thy kine, and the flocks of thy sheep. -- deuteronomy 28:18 +. +Cursed shalt thou be when thou comest in, and cursed shalt thou be when thou goest out. -- deuteronomy 28:19 +. +The LORD shall send upon thee cursing, vexation, and rebuke, in all that thou settest thine hand unto for to do, until thou be destroyed, and until thou perish quickly; because of the wickedness of thy doings, whereby thou hast forsaken me. -- deuteronomy 28:20 +. +The LORD shall make the pestilence cleave unto thee, until he have consumed thee from off the land, whither thou goest to possess it. -- deuteronomy 28:21 +. +The LORD shall smite thee with a consumption, and with a fever, and with an inflammation, and with an extreme burning, and with the sword, and with blasting, and with mildew; and they shall pursue thee until thou perish. -- deuteronomy 28:22 +. +And thy heaven that is over thy head shall be brass, and the earth that is under thee shall be iron. -- deuteronomy 28:23 +. +The LORD shall make the rain of thy land powder and dust: from heaven shall it come down upon thee, until thou be destroyed. -- deuteronomy 28:24 +. +The LORD shall cause thee to be smitten before thine enemies: thou shalt go out one way against them, and flee seven ways before them: and shalt be removed into all the kingdoms of the earth. -- deuteronomy 28:25 +. +And thy carcass shall be meat unto all fowls of the air, and unto the beasts of the earth, and no man shall fray them away. -- deuteronomy 28:26 +. +The LORD will smite thee with the botch of Egypt, and with the emerods, and with the scab, and with the itch, whereof thou canst not be healed. -- deuteronomy 28:27 +. +The LORD shall smite thee with madness, and blindness, and astonishment of heart: -- deuteronomy 28:28 +. +And thou shalt grope at noonday, as the blind gropeth in darkness, and thou shalt not prosper in thy ways: and thou shalt be only oppressed and spoiled evermore, and no man shall save thee. -- deuteronomy 28:29 +. +Thou shalt betroth a wife, and another man shall lie with her: thou shalt build an house, and thou shalt not dwell therein: thou shalt plant a vineyard, and shalt not gather the grapes thereof. -- deuteronomy 28:30 +. +Thine ox shall be slain before thine eyes, and thou shalt not eat thereof: thine ass shall be violently taken away from before thy face, and shall not be restored to thee: thy sheep shall be given unto thine enemies, and thou shalt have none to rescue them. -- deuteronomy 28:31 +. +Thy sons and thy daughters shall be given unto another people, and thine eyes shall look, and fail with longing for them all the day long; and there shall be no might in thine hand. -- deuteronomy 28:32 +. +The fruit of thy land, and all thy labors, shall a nation which thou knowest not eat up; and thou shalt be only oppressed and crushed alway: -- deuteronomy 28:33 +. +So that thou shalt be mad for the sight of thine eyes which thou shalt see. -- deuteronomy 28:34 +. +The LORD shall smite thee in the knees, and in the legs, with a sore botch that cannot be healed, from the sole of thy foot unto the top of thy head. -- deuteronomy 28:35 +. +The LORD shall bring thee, and thy king which thou shalt set over thee, unto a nation which neither thou nor thy fathers have known; and there shalt thou serve other gods, wood and stone. -- deuteronomy 28:36 +. +And thou shalt become an astonishment, a proverb, and a byword, among all nations whither the LORD shall lead thee. -- deuteronomy 28:37 +. +Thou shalt carry much seed out into the field, and shalt gather but little in; for the locust shall consume it. -- deuteronomy 28:38 +. +Thou shalt plant vineyards, and dress them, but shalt neither drink of the wine, nor gather the grapes; for the worms shall eat them. -- deuteronomy 28:39 +. +Thou shalt have olive trees throughout all thy coasts, but thou shalt not anoint thyself with the oil; for thine olive shall cast his fruit. -- deuteronomy 28:40 +. +Thou shalt beget sons and daughters, but thou shalt not enjoy them; for they shall go into captivity. -- deuteronomy 28:41 +. +All thy trees and fruit of thy land shall the locust consume. -- deuteronomy 28:42 +. +The stranger that is within thee shall get up above thee very high; and thou shalt come down very low. -- deuteronomy 28:43 +. +He shall lend to thee, and thou shalt not lend to him: he shall be the head, and thou shalt be the tail. -- deuteronomy 28:44 +. +Moreover all these curses shall come upon thee, and shall pursue thee, and overtake thee, till thou be destroyed; because thou hearkenedst not unto the voice of the LORD thy God, to keep his commandments and his statutes which he commanded thee: -- deuteronomy 28:45 +. +And they shall be upon thee for a sign and for a wonder, and upon thy seed for ever. -- deuteronomy 28:46 +. +Because thou servedst not the LORD thy God with joyfulness, and with gladness of heart, for the abundance of all things; -- deuteronomy 28:47 +. +Therefore shalt thou serve thine enemies which the LORD shall send against thee, in hunger, and in thirst, and in nakedness, and in want of all things: and he shall put a yoke of iron upon thy neck, until he have destroyed thee. -- deuteronomy 28:48 +. +The LORD shall bring a nation against thee from far, from the end of the earth, as swift as the eagle flieth; a nation whose tongue thou shalt not understand; -- deuteronomy 28:49 +. +A nation of fierce countenance, which shall not regard the person of the old, nor show favor to the young: -- deuteronomy 28:50 +. +And he shall eat the fruit of thy cattle, and the fruit of thy land, until thou be destroyed: which also shall not leave thee either corn, wine, or oil, or the increase of thy kine, or flocks of thy sheep, until he have destroyed thee. -- deuteronomy 28:51 +. +And he shall besiege thee in all thy gates, until thy high and fenced walls come down, wherein thou trustedst, throughout all thy land: and he shall besiege thee in all thy gates throughout all thy land, which the LORD thy God hath given thee. -- deuteronomy 28:52 +. +And thou shalt eat the fruit of thine own body, the flesh of thy sons and of thy daughters, which the LORD thy God hath given thee, in the siege, and in the straitness, wherewith thine enemies shall distress thee: -- deuteronomy 28:53 +. +So that the man that is tender among you, and very delicate, his eye shall be evil toward his brother, and toward the wife of his bosom, and toward the remnant of his children which he shall leave: -- deuteronomy 28:54 +. +So that he will not give to any of them of the flesh of his children whom he shall eat: because he hath nothing left him in the siege, and in the straitness, wherewith thine enemies shall distress thee in all thy gates. -- deuteronomy 28:55 +. +The tender and delicate woman among you, which would not adventure to set the sole of her foot upon the ground for delicateness and tenderness, her eye shall be evil toward the husband of her bosom, and toward her son, and toward her daughter, -- deuteronomy 28:56 +. +And toward her young one that cometh out from between her feet, and toward her children which she shall bear: for she shall eat them for want of all things secretly in the siege and straitness, wherewith thine enemy shall distress thee in thy gates. -- deuteronomy 28:57 +. +If thou wilt not observe to do all the words of this law that are written in this book, that thou mayest fear this glorious and fearful name, THE LORD THY GOD; -- deuteronomy 28:58 +. +Then the LORD will make thy plagues wonderful, and the plagues of thy seed, even great plagues, and of long continuance, and sore sicknesses, and of long continuance. -- deuteronomy 28:59 +. +Moreover he will bring upon thee all the diseases of Egypt, which thou wast afraid of; and they shall cleave unto thee. -- deuteronomy 28:60 +. +Also every sickness, and every plague, which is not written in the book of this law, them will the LORD bring upon thee, until thou be destroyed. -- deuteronomy 28:61 +. +And ye shall be left few in number, whereas ye were as the stars of heaven for multitude; because thou wouldest not obey the voice of the LORD thy God. -- deuteronomy 28:62 +. +And it shall come to pass, that as the LORD rejoiced over you to do you good, and to multiply you; so the LORD will rejoice over you to destroy you, and to bring you to nought; and ye shall be plucked from off the land whither thou goest to possess it. -- deuteronomy 28:63 +. +And the LORD shall scatter thee among all people, from the one end of the earth even unto the other; and there thou shalt serve other gods, which neither thou nor thy fathers have known, even wood and stone. -- deuteronomy 28:64 +. +And among these nations shalt thou find no ease, neither shall the sole of thy foot have rest: but the LORD shall give thee there a trembling heart, and failing of eyes, and sorrow of mind: -- deuteronomy 28:65 +. +And thy life shall hang in doubt before thee; and thou shalt fear day and night, and shalt have none assurance of thy life: -- deuteronomy 28:66 +. +In the morning thou shalt say, Would God it were even! and at even thou shalt say, Would God it were morning! for the fear of thine heart wherewith thou shalt fear, and for the sight of thine eyes which thou shalt see. -- deuteronomy 28:67 +. +And the LORD shall bring thee into Egypt again with ships, by the way whereof I spake unto thee, Thou shalt see it no more again: and there ye shall be sold unto your enemies for bondmen and bondwomen, and no man shall buy you. -- deuteronomy 28:68 +. +These are the words of the covenant, which the LORD commanded Moses to make with the children of Israel in the land of Moab, beside the covenant which he made with them in Horeb. -- deuteronomy 29:1 +. +And Moses called unto all Israel, and said unto them, Ye have seen all that the LORD did before your eyes in the land of Egypt unto Pharaoh, and unto all his servants, and unto all his land; -- deuteronomy 29:2 +. +The great temptations which thine eyes have seen, the signs, and those great miracles: -- deuteronomy 29:3 +. +Yet the LORD hath not given you an heart to perceive, and eyes to see, and ears to hear, unto this day. -- deuteronomy 29:4 +. +And I have led you forty years in the wilderness: your clothes are not waxen old upon you, and thy shoe is not waxen old upon thy foot. -- deuteronomy 29:5 +. +Ye have not eaten bread, neither have ye drunk wine or strong drink: that ye might know that I am the LORD your God. -- deuteronomy 29:6 +. +And when ye came unto this place, Sihon the king of Heshbon, and Og the king of Bashan, came out against us unto battle, and we smote them: -- deuteronomy 29:7 +. +And we took their land, and gave it for an inheritance unto the Reubenites, and to the Gadites, and to the half tribe of Manasseh. -- deuteronomy 29:8 +. +Keep therefore the words of this covenant, and do them, that ye may prosper in all that ye do. -- deuteronomy 29:9 +. +Ye stand this day all of you before the LORD your God; your captains of your tribes, your elders, and your officers, with all the men of Israel, -- deuteronomy 29:10 +. +Your little ones, your wives, and thy stranger that is in thy camp, from the hewer of thy wood unto the drawer of thy water: -- deuteronomy 29:11 +. +That thou shouldest enter into covenant with the LORD thy God, and into his oath, which the LORD thy God maketh with thee this day: -- deuteronomy 29:12 +. +That he may establish thee to day for a people unto himself, and that he may be unto thee a God, as he hath said unto thee, and as he hath sworn unto thy fathers, to Abraham, to Isaac, and to Jacob. -- deuteronomy 29:13 +. +Neither with you only do I make this covenant and this oath; -- deuteronomy 29:14 +. +But with him that standeth here with us this day before the LORD our God, and also with him that is not here with us this day: -- deuteronomy 29:15 +. +(For ye know how we have dwelt in the land of Egypt; and how we came through the nations which ye passed by; -- deuteronomy 29:16 +. +And ye have seen their abominations, and their idols, wood and stone, silver and gold, which were among them:) -- deuteronomy 29:17 +. +Lest there should be among you man, or woman, or family, or tribe, whose heart turneth away this day from the LORD our God, to go and serve the gods of these nations; lest there should be among you a root that beareth gall and wormwood; -- deuteronomy 29:18 +. +And it come to pass, when he heareth the words of this curse, that he bless himself in his heart, saying, I shall have peace, though I walk in the imagination of mine heart, to add drunkenness to thirst: -- deuteronomy 29:19 +. +The LORD will not spare him, but then the anger of the LORD and his jealousy shall smoke against that man, and all the curses that are written in this book shall lie upon him, and the LORD shall blot out his name from under heaven. -- deuteronomy 29:20 +. +And the LORD shall separate him unto evil out of all the tribes of Israel, according to all the curses of the covenant that are written in this book of the law: -- deuteronomy 29:21 +. +So that the generation to come of your children that shall rise up after you, and the stranger that shall come from a far land, shall say, when they see the plagues of that land, and the sicknesses which the LORD hath laid upon it; -- deuteronomy 29:22 +. +And that the whole land thereof is brimstone, and salt, and burning, that it is not sown, nor beareth, nor any grass groweth therein, like the overthrow of Sodom, and Gomorrah, Admah, and Zeboim, which the LORD overthrew in his anger, and in his wrath: -- deuteronomy 29:23 +. +Even all nations shall say, Wherefore hath the LORD done thus unto this land? what meaneth the heat of this great anger? -- deuteronomy 29:24 +. +Then men shall say, Because they have forsaken the covenant of the LORD God of their fathers, which he made with them when he brought them forth out of the land of Egypt: -- deuteronomy 29:25 +. +For they went and served other gods, and worshipped them, gods whom they knew not, and whom he had not given unto them: -- deuteronomy 29:26 +. +And the anger of the LORD was kindled against this land, to bring upon it all the curses that are written in this book: -- deuteronomy 29:27 +. +And the LORD rooted them out of their land in anger, and in wrath, and in great indignation, and cast them into another land, as it is this day. -- deuteronomy 29:28 +. +The secret things belong unto the LORD our God: but those things which are revealed belong unto us and to our children for ever, that we may do all the words of this law. -- deuteronomy 29:29 +. +And it shall come to pass, when all these things are come upon thee, the blessing and the curse, which I have set before thee, and thou shalt call them to mind among all the nations, whither the LORD thy God hath driven thee, -- deuteronomy 30:1 +. +And shalt return unto the LORD thy God, and shalt obey his voice according to all that I command thee this day, thou and thy children, with all thine heart, and with all thy soul; -- deuteronomy 30:2 +. +That then the LORD thy God will turn thy captivity, and have compassion upon thee, and will return and gather thee from all the nations, whither the LORD thy God hath scattered thee. -- deuteronomy 30:3 +. +If any of thine be driven out unto the outmost parts of heaven, from thence will the LORD thy God gather thee, and from thence will he fetch thee: -- deuteronomy 30:4 +. +And the LORD thy God will bring thee into the land which thy fathers possessed, and thou shalt possess it; and he will do thee good, and multiply thee above thy fathers. -- deuteronomy 30:5 +. +And the LORD thy God will circumcise thine heart, and the heart of thy seed, to love the LORD thy God with all thine heart, and with all thy soul, that thou mayest live. -- deuteronomy 30:6 +. +And the LORD thy God will put all these curses upon thine enemies, and on them that hate thee, which persecuted thee. -- deuteronomy 30:7 +. +And thou shalt return and obey the voice of the LORD, and do all his commandments which I command thee this day. -- deuteronomy 30:8 +. +And the LORD thy God will make thee plenteous in every work of thine hand, in the fruit of thy body, and in the fruit of thy cattle, and in the fruit of thy land, for good: for the LORD will again rejoice over thee for good, as he rejoiced over thy fathers: -- deuteronomy 30:9 +. +If thou shalt hearken unto the voice of the LORD thy God, to keep his commandments and his statutes which are written in this book of the law, and if thou turn unto the LORD thy God with all thine heart, and with all thy soul. -- deuteronomy 30:10 +. +For this commandment which I command thee this day, it is not hidden from thee, neither is it far off. -- deuteronomy 30:11 +. +It is not in heaven, that thou shouldest say, Who shall go up for us to heaven, and bring it unto us, that we may hear it, and do it? -- deuteronomy 30:12 +. +Neither is it beyond the sea, that thou shouldest say, Who shall go over the sea for us, and bring it unto us, that we may hear it, and do it? -- deuteronomy 30:13 +. +But the word is very nigh unto thee, in thy mouth, and in thy heart, that thou mayest do it. -- deuteronomy 30:14 +. +See, I have set before thee this day life and good, and death and evil; -- deuteronomy 30:15 +. +In that I command thee this day to love the LORD thy God, to walk in his ways, and to keep his commandments and his statutes and his judgments, that thou mayest live and multiply: and the LORD thy God shall bless thee in the land whither thou goest to possess it. -- deuteronomy 30:16 +. +But if thine heart turn away, so that thou wilt not hear, but shalt be drawn away, and worship other gods, and serve them; -- deuteronomy 30:17 +. +I denounce unto you this day, that ye shall surely perish, and that ye shall not prolong your days upon the land, whither thou passest over Jordan to go to possess it. -- deuteronomy 30:18 +. +I call heaven and earth to record this day against you, that I have set before you life and death, blessing and cursing: therefore choose life, that both thou and thy seed may live: -- deuteronomy 30:19 +. +That thou mayest love the LORD thy God, and that thou mayest obey his voice, and that thou mayest cleave unto him: for he is thy life, and the length of thy days: that thou mayest dwell in the land which the LORD sware unto thy fathers, to Abraham, to Isaac, and to Jacob, to give them. -- deuteronomy 30:20 +. +And Moses went and spake these words unto all Israel. -- deuteronomy 31:1 +. +And he said unto them, I am an hundred and twenty years old this day; I can no more go out and come in: also the LORD hath said unto me, Thou shalt not go over this Jordan. -- deuteronomy 31:2 +. +The LORD thy God, he will go over before thee, and he will destroy these nations from before thee, and thou shalt possess them: and Joshua, he shall go over before thee, as the LORD hath said. -- deuteronomy 31:3 +. +And the LORD shall do unto them as he did to Sihon and to Og, kings of the Amorites, and unto the land of them, whom he destroyed. -- deuteronomy 31:4 +. +And the LORD shall give them up before your face, that ye may do unto them according unto all the commandments which I have commanded you. -- deuteronomy 31:5 +. +Be strong and of a good courage, fear not, nor be afraid of them: for the LORD thy God, he it is that doth go with thee; he will not fail thee, nor forsake thee. -- deuteronomy 31:6 +. +And Moses called unto Joshua, and said unto him in the sight of all Israel, Be strong and of a good courage: for thou must go with this people unto the land which the LORD hath sworn unto their fathers to give them; and thou shalt cause them to inherit it. -- deuteronomy 31:7 +. +And the LORD, he it is that doth go before thee; he will be with thee, he will not fail thee, neither forsake thee: fear not, neither be dismayed. -- deuteronomy 31:8 +. +And Moses wrote this law, and delivered it unto the priests the sons of Levi, which bare the ark of the covenant of the LORD, and unto all the elders of Israel. -- deuteronomy 31:9 +. +And Moses commanded them, saying, At the end of every seven years, in the solemnity of the year of release, in the feast of tabernacles, -- deuteronomy 31:10 +. +When all Israel is come to appear before the LORD thy God in the place which he shall choose, thou shalt read this law before all Israel in their hearing. -- deuteronomy 31:11 +. +Gather the people together, men and women, and children, and thy stranger that is within thy gates, that they may hear, and that they may learn, and fear the LORD your God, and observe to do all the words of this law: -- deuteronomy 31:12 +. +And that their children, which have not known any thing, may hear, and learn to fear the LORD your God, as long as ye live in the land whither ye go over Jordan to possess it. -- deuteronomy 31:13 +. +And the LORD said unto Moses, Behold, thy days approach that thou must die: call Joshua, and present yourselves in the tabernacle of the congregation, that I may give him a charge. And Moses and Joshua went, and presented themselves in the tabernacle of the congregation. -- deuteronomy 31:14 +. +And the LORD appeared in the tabernacle in a pillar of a cloud: and the pillar of the cloud stood over the door of the tabernacle. -- deuteronomy 31:15 +. +And the LORD said unto Moses, Behold, thou shalt sleep with thy fathers; and this people will rise up, and go a whoring after the gods of the strangers of the land, whither they go to be among them, and will forsake me, and break my covenant which I have made with them. -- deuteronomy 31:16 +. +Then my anger shall be kindled against them in that day, and I will forsake them, and I will hide my face from them, and they shall be devoured, and many evils and troubles shall befall them; so that they will say in that day, Are not these evils come upon us, because our God is not among us? -- deuteronomy 31:17 +. +And I will surely hide my face in that day for all the evils which they shall have wrought, in that they are turned unto other gods. -- deuteronomy 31:18 +. +Now therefore write ye this song for you, and teach it the children of Israel: put it in their mouths, that this song may be a witness for me against the children of Israel. -- deuteronomy 31:19 +. +For when I shall have brought them into the land which I sware unto their fathers, that floweth with milk and honey; and they shall have eaten and filled themselves, and waxen fat; then will they turn unto other gods, and serve them, and provoke me, and break my covenant. -- deuteronomy 31:20 +. +And it shall come to pass, when many evils and troubles are befallen them, that this song shall testify against them as a witness; for it shall not be forgotten out of the mouths of their seed: for I know their imagination which they go about, even now, before I have brought them into the land which I sware. -- deuteronomy 31:21 +. +Moses therefore wrote this song the same day, and taught it the children of Israel. -- deuteronomy 31:22 +. +And he gave Joshua the son of Nun a charge, and said, Be strong and of a good courage: for thou shalt bring the children of Israel into the land which I sware unto them: and I will be with thee. -- deuteronomy 31:23 +. +And it came to pass, when Moses had made an end of writing the words of this law in a book, until they were finished, -- deuteronomy 31:24 +. +That Moses commanded the Levites, which bare the ark of the covenant of the LORD, saying, -- deuteronomy 31:25 +. +Take this book of the law, and put it in the side of the ark of the covenant of the LORD your God, that it may be there for a witness against thee. -- deuteronomy 31:26 +. +For I know thy rebellion, and thy stiff neck: behold, while I am yet alive with you this day, ye have been rebellious against the LORD; and how much more after my death? -- deuteronomy 31:27 +. +Gather unto me all the elders of your tribes, and your officers, that I may speak these words in their ears, and call heaven and earth to record against them. -- deuteronomy 31:28 +. +For I know that after my death ye will utterly corrupt yourselves, and turn aside from the way which I have commanded you; and evil will befall you in the latter days; because ye will do evil in the sight of the LORD, to provoke him to anger through the work of your hands. -- deuteronomy 31:29 +. +And Moses spake in the ears of all the congregation of Israel the words of this song, until they were ended. -- deuteronomy 31:30 +. +Give ear, O ye heavens, and I will speak; and hear, O earth, the words of my mouth. -- deuteronomy 32:1 +. +My doctrine shall drop as the rain, my speech shall distil as the dew, as the small rain upon the tender herb, and as the showers upon the grass: -- deuteronomy 32:2 +. +Because I will publish the name of the LORD: ascribe ye greatness unto our God. -- deuteronomy 32:3 +. +He is the Rock, his work is perfect: for all his ways are judgment: a God of truth and without iniquity, just and right is he. -- deuteronomy 32:4 +. +They have corrupted themselves, their spot is not the spot of his children: they are a perverse and crooked generation. -- deuteronomy 32:5 +. +Do ye thus requite the LORD, O foolish people and unwise? is not he thy father that hath bought thee? hath he not made thee, and established thee? -- deuteronomy 32:6 +. +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. -- deuteronomy 32:7 +. +When the Most High divided to the nations their inheritance, when he separated the sons of Adam, he set the bounds of the people according to the number of the children of Israel. -- deuteronomy 32:8 +. +For the LORD's portion is his people; Jacob is the lot of his inheritance. -- deuteronomy 32:9 +. +He found him in a desert land, and in the waste howling wilderness; he led him about, he instructed him, he kept him as the apple of his eye. -- deuteronomy 32:10 +. +As an eagle stirreth up her nest, fluttereth over her young, spreadeth abroad her wings, taketh them, beareth them on her wings: -- deuteronomy 32:11 +. +So the LORD alone did lead him, and there was no strange god with him. -- deuteronomy 32:12 +. +He made him ride on the high places of the earth, that he might eat the increase of the fields; and he made him to suck honey out of the rock, and oil out of the flinty rock; -- deuteronomy 32:13 +. +Butter of kine, and milk of sheep, with fat of lambs, and rams of the breed of Bashan, and goats, with the fat of kidneys of wheat; and thou didst drink the pure blood of the grape. -- deuteronomy 32:14 +. +But Jeshurun waxed fat, and kicked: thou art waxen fat, thou art grown thick, thou art covered with fatness; then he forsook God which made him, and lightly esteemed the Rock of his salvation. -- deuteronomy 32:15 +. +They provoked him to jealousy with strange gods, with abominations provoked they him to anger. -- deuteronomy 32:16 +. +They sacrificed unto devils, not to God; to gods whom they knew not, to new gods that came newly up, whom your fathers feared not. -- deuteronomy 32:17 +. +Of the Rock that begat thee thou art unmindful, and hast forgotten God that formed thee. -- deuteronomy 32:18 +. +And when the LORD saw it, he abhorred them, because of the provoking of his sons, and of his daughters. -- deuteronomy 32:19 +. +And he said, I will hide my face from them, I will see what their end shall be: for they are a very froward generation, children in whom is no faith. -- deuteronomy 32:20 +. +They have moved me to jealousy with that which is not God; they have provoked me to anger with their vanities: and I will move them to jealousy with those which are not a people; I will provoke them to anger with a foolish nation. -- deuteronomy 32:21 +. +For a fire is kindled in mine anger, and shall burn unto the lowest hell, and shall consume the earth with her increase, and set on fire the foundations of the mountains. -- deuteronomy 32:22 +. +I will heap mischiefs upon them; I will spend mine arrows upon them. -- deuteronomy 32:23 +. +They shall be burnt with hunger, and devoured with burning heat, and with bitter destruction: I will also send the teeth of beasts upon them, with the poison of serpents of the dust. -- deuteronomy 32:24 +. +The sword without, and terror within, shall destroy both the young man and the virgin, the suckling also with the man of gray hairs. -- deuteronomy 32:25 +. +I said, I would scatter them into corners, I would make the remembrance of them to cease from among men: -- deuteronomy 32:26 +. +Were it not that I feared the wrath of the enemy, lest their adversaries should behave themselves strangely, and lest they should say, Our hand is high, and the LORD hath not done all this. -- deuteronomy 32:27 +. +For they are a nation void of counsel, neither is there any understanding in them. -- deuteronomy 32:28 +. +O that they were wise, that they understood this, that they would consider their latter end! -- deuteronomy 32:29 +. +How should one chase a thousand, and two put ten thousand to flight, except their Rock had sold them, and the LORD had shut them up? -- deuteronomy 32:30 +. +For their rock is not as our Rock, even our enemies themselves being judges. -- deuteronomy 32:31 +. +For their vine is of the vine of Sodom, and of the fields of Gomorrah: their grapes are grapes of gall, their clusters are bitter: -- deuteronomy 32:32 +. +Their wine is the poison of dragons, and the cruel venom of asps. -- deuteronomy 32:33 +. +Is not this laid up in store with me, and sealed up among my treasures? -- deuteronomy 32:34 +. +To me belongeth vengeance and recompence; their foot shall slide in due time: for the day of their calamity is at hand, and the things that shall come upon them make haste. -- deuteronomy 32:35 +. +For the LORD shall judge his people, and repent himself for his servants, when he seeth that their power is gone, and there is none shut up, or left. -- deuteronomy 32:36 +. +And he shall say, Where are their gods, their rock in whom they trusted, -- deuteronomy 32:37 +. +Which did eat the fat of their sacrifices, and drank the wine of their drink offerings? let them rise up and help you, and be your protection. -- deuteronomy 32:38 +. +See now that I, even I, am he, and there is no god with me: I kill, and I make alive; I wound, and I heal: neither is there any that can deliver out of my hand. -- deuteronomy 32:39 +. +For I lift up my hand to heaven, and say, I live for ever. -- deuteronomy 32:40 +. +If I whet my glittering sword, and mine hand take hold on judgment; I will render vengeance to mine enemies, and will reward them that hate me. -- deuteronomy 32:41 +. +I will make mine arrows drunk with blood, and my sword shall devour flesh; and that with the blood of the slain and of the captives, from the beginning of revenges upon the enemy. -- deuteronomy 32:42 +. +Rejoice, O ye nations, with his people: for he will avenge the blood of his servants, and will render vengeance to his adversaries, and will be merciful unto his land, and to his people. -- deuteronomy 32:43 +. +And Moses came and spake all the words of this song in the ears of the people, he, and Hoshea the son of Nun. -- deuteronomy 32:44 +. +And Moses made an end of speaking all these words to all Israel: -- deuteronomy 32:45 +. +And he said unto them, Set your hearts unto all the words which I testify among you this day, which ye shall command your children to observe to do, all the words of this law. -- deuteronomy 32:46 +. +For it is not a vain thing for you; because it is your life: and through this thing ye shall prolong your days in the land, whither ye go over Jordan to possess it. -- deuteronomy 32:47 +. +And the LORD spake unto Moses that selfsame day, saying, -- deuteronomy 32:48 +. +Get thee up into this mountain Abarim, unto mount Nebo, which is in the land of Moab, that is over against Jericho; and behold the land of Canaan, which I give unto the children of Israel for a possession: -- deuteronomy 32:49 +. +And die in the mount whither thou goest up, and be gathered unto thy people; as Aaron thy brother died in mount Hor, and was gathered unto his people: -- deuteronomy 32:50 +. +Because ye trespassed against me among the children of Israel at the waters of MeribahKadesh, in the wilderness of Zin; because ye sanctified me not in the midst of the children of Israel. -- deuteronomy 32:51 +. +Yet thou shalt see the land before thee; but thou shalt not go thither unto the land which I give the children of Israel. -- deuteronomy 32:52 +. +And this is the blessing, wherewith Moses the man of God blessed the children of Israel before his death. -- deuteronomy 33:1 +. +And he said, The LORD came from Sinai, and rose up from Seir unto them; he shined forth from mount Paran, and he came with ten thousands of saints: from his right hand went a fiery law for them. -- deuteronomy 33:2 +. +Yea, he loved the people; all his saints are in thy hand: and they sat down at thy feet; every one shall receive of thy words. -- deuteronomy 33:3 +. +Moses commanded us a law, even the inheritance of the congregation of Jacob. -- deuteronomy 33:4 +. +And he was king in Jeshurun, when the heads of the people and the tribes of Israel were gathered together. -- deuteronomy 33:5 +. +Let Reuben live, and not die; and let not his men be few. -- deuteronomy 33:6 +. +And this is the blessing of Judah: and he said, Hear, LORD, the voice of Judah, and bring him unto his people: let his hands be sufficient for him; and be thou an help to him from his enemies. -- deuteronomy 33:7 +. +And of Levi he said, Let thy Thummim and thy Urim be with thy holy one, whom thou didst prove at Massah, and with whom thou didst strive at the waters of Meribah; -- deuteronomy 33:8 +. +Who said unto his father and to his mother, I have not seen him; neither did he acknowledge his brethren, nor knew his own children: for they have observed thy word, and kept thy covenant. -- deuteronomy 33:9 +. +They shall teach Jacob thy judgments, and Israel thy law: they shall put incense before thee, and whole burnt sacrifice upon thine altar. -- deuteronomy 33:10 +. +Bless, LORD, his substance, and accept the work of his hands; smite through the loins of them that rise against him, and of them that hate him, that they rise not again. -- deuteronomy 33:11 +. +And of Benjamin he said, The beloved of the LORD shall dwell in safety by him; and the Lord shall cover him all the day long, and he shall dwell between his shoulders. -- deuteronomy 33:12 +. +And of Joseph he said, Blessed of the LORD be his land, for the precious things of heaven, for the dew, and for the deep that coucheth beneath, -- deuteronomy 33:13 +. +And for the precious fruits brought forth by the sun, and for the precious things put forth by the moon, -- deuteronomy 33:14 +. +And for the chief things of the ancient mountains, and for the precious things of the lasting hills, -- deuteronomy 33:15 +. +And for the precious things of the earth and fulness thereof, and for the good will of him that dwelt in the bush: let the blessing come upon the head of Joseph, and upon the top of the head of him that was separated from his brethren. -- deuteronomy 33:16 +. +His glory is like the firstling of his bullock, and his horns are like the horns of unicorns: with them he shall push the people together to the ends of the earth: and they are the ten thousands of Ephraim, and they are the thousands of Manasseh. -- deuteronomy 33:17 +. +And of Zebulun he said, Rejoice, Zebulun, in thy going out; and, Issachar, in thy tents. -- deuteronomy 33:18 +. +They shall call the people unto the mountain; there they shall offer sacrifices of righteousness: for they shall suck of the abundance of the seas, and of treasures hid in the sand. -- deuteronomy 33:19 +. +And of Gad he said, Blessed be he that enlargeth Gad: he dwelleth as a lion, and teareth the arm with the crown of the head. -- deuteronomy 33:20 +. +And he provided the first part for himself, because there, in a portion of the lawgiver, was he seated; and he came with the heads of the people, he executed the justice of the LORD, and his judgments with Israel. -- deuteronomy 33:21 +. +And of Dan he said, Dan is a lion's whelp: he shall leap from Bashan. -- deuteronomy 33:22 +. +And of Naphtali he said, O Naphtali, satisfied with favor, and full with the blessing of the LORD: possess thou the west and the south. -- deuteronomy 33:23 +. +And of Asher he said, Let Asher be blessed with children; let him be acceptable to his brethren, and let him dip his foot in oil. -- deuteronomy 33:24 +. +Thy shoes shall be iron and brass; and as thy days, so shall thy strength be. -- deuteronomy 33:25 +. +There is none like unto the God of Jeshurun, who rideth upon the heaven in thy help, and in his excellency on the sky. -- deuteronomy 33:26 +. +The eternal God is thy refuge, and underneath are the everlasting arms: and he shall thrust out the enemy from before thee; and shall say, Destroy them. -- deuteronomy 33:27 +. +Israel then shall dwell in safety alone: the fountain of Jacob shall be upon a land of corn and wine; also his heavens shall drop down dew. -- deuteronomy 33:28 +. +Happy art thou, O Israel: who is like unto thee, O people saved by the LORD, the shield of thy help, and who is the sword of thy excellency! and thine enemies shall be found liars unto thee; and thou shalt tread upon their high places. -- deuteronomy 33:29 +. +And Moses went up from the plains of Moab unto the mountain of Nebo, to the top of Pisgah, that is over against Jericho. And the LORD showed him all the land of Gilead, unto Dan, -- deuteronomy 34:1 +. +And all Naphtali, and the land of Ephraim, and Manasseh, and all the land of Judah, unto the utmost sea, -- deuteronomy 34:2 +. +And the south, and the plain of the valley of Jericho, the city of palm trees, unto Zoar. -- deuteronomy 34:3 +. +And the LORD said unto him, This is the land which I sware unto Abraham, unto Isaac, and unto Jacob, saying, I will give it unto thy seed: I have caused thee to see it with thine eyes, but thou shalt not go over thither. -- deuteronomy 34:4 +. +So Moses the servant of the LORD died there in the land of Moab, according to the word of the LORD. -- deuteronomy 34:5 +. +And he buried him in a valley in the land of Moab, over against Bethpeor: but no man knoweth of his sepulchre unto this day. -- deuteronomy 34:6 +. +And Moses was an hundred and twenty years old when he died: his eye was not dim, nor his natural force abated. -- deuteronomy 34:7 +. +And the children of Israel wept for Moses in the plains of Moab thirty days: so the days of weeping and mourning for Moses were ended. -- deuteronomy 34:8 +. +And Joshua the son of Nun was full of the spirit of wisdom; for Moses had laid his hands upon him: and the children of Israel hearkened unto him, and did as the LORD commanded Moses. -- deuteronomy 34:9 +. +And there arose not a prophet since in Israel like unto Moses, whom the LORD knew face to face, -- deuteronomy 34:10 +. +In all the signs and the wonders, which the LORD sent him to do in the land of Egypt to Pharaoh, and to all his servants, and to all his land, -- deuteronomy 34:11 +. +And in all that mighty hand, and in all the great terror which Moses showed in the sight of all Israel. -- deuteronomy 34:12 +. +Now after the death of Moses the servant of the LORD it came to pass, that the LORD spake unto Joshua the son of Nun, Moses' minister, saying, -- joshua 1:1 +. +Moses my servant is dead; now therefore arise, go over this Jordan, thou, and all this people, unto the land which I do give to them, even to the children of Israel. -- joshua 1:2 +. +Every place that the sole of your foot shall tread upon, that have I given unto you, as I said unto Moses. -- joshua 1:3 +. +From the wilderness and this Lebanon even unto the great river, the river Euphrates, all the land of the Hittites, and unto the great sea toward the going down of the sun, shall be your coast. -- joshua 1:4 +. +There shall not any man be able to stand before thee all the days of thy life: as I was with Moses, so I will be with thee: I will not fail thee, nor forsake thee. -- joshua 1:5 +. +Be strong and of a good courage: for unto this people shalt thou divide for an inheritance the land, which I sware unto their fathers to give them. -- joshua 1:6 +. +Only be thou strong and very courageous, that thou mayest observe to do according to all the law, which Moses my servant commanded thee: turn not from it to the right hand or to the left, that thou mayest prosper whithersoever thou goest. -- joshua 1:7 +. +This book of the law shall not depart out of thy mouth; but thou shalt meditate therein day and night, that thou mayest observe to do according to all that is written therein: for then thou shalt make thy way prosperous, and then thou shalt have good success. -- joshua 1:8 +. +Have not I commanded thee? Be strong and of a good courage; be not afraid, neither be thou dismayed: for the LORD thy God is with thee whithersoever thou goest. -- joshua 1:9 +. +Then Joshua commanded the officers of the people, saying, -- joshua 1:10 +. +Pass through the host, and command the people, saying, Prepare you victuals; for within three days ye shall pass over this Jordan, to go in to possess the land, which the LORD your God giveth you to possess it. -- joshua 1:11 +. +And to the Reubenites, and to the Gadites, and to half the tribe of Manasseh, spake Joshua, saying, -- joshua 1:12 +. +Remember the word which Moses the servant of the LORD commanded you, saying, The LORD your God hath given you rest, and hath given you this land. -- joshua 1:13 +. +Your wives, your little ones, and your cattle, shall remain in the land which Moses gave you on this side Jordan; but ye shall pass before your brethren armed, all the mighty men of valor, and help them; -- joshua 1:14 +. +Until the LORD have given your brethren rest, as he hath given you, and they also have possessed the land which the LORD your God giveth them: then ye shall return unto the land of your possession, and enjoy it, which Moses the LORD's servant gave you on this side Jordan toward the sunrising. -- joshua 1:15 +. +And they answered Joshua, saying, All that thou commandest us we will do, and whithersoever thou sendest us, we will go. -- joshua 1:16 +. +According as we hearkened unto Moses in all things, so will we hearken unto thee: only the LORD thy God be with thee, as he was with Moses. -- joshua 1:17 +. +Whosoever he be that doth rebel against thy commandment, and will not hearken unto thy words in all that thou commandest him, he shall be put to death: only be strong and of a good courage. -- joshua 1:18 +. +And Joshua the son of Nun sent out of Shittim two men to spy secretly, saying, Go view the land, even Jericho. And they went, and came into an harlot's house, named Rahab, and lodged there. -- joshua 2:1 +. +And it was told the king of Jericho, saying, Behold, there came men in hither to night of the children of Israel to search out the country. -- joshua 2:2 +. +And the king of Jericho sent unto Rahab, saying, Bring forth the men that are come to thee, which are entered into thine house: for they be come to search out all the country. -- joshua 2:3 +. +And the woman took the two men, and hid them, and said thus, There came men unto me, but I wist not whence they were: -- joshua 2:4 +. +And it came to pass about the time of shutting of the gate, when it was dark, that the men went out: whither the men went I wot not: pursue after them quickly; for ye shall overtake them. -- joshua 2:5 +. +But she had brought them up to the roof of the house, and hid them with the stalks of flax, which she had laid in order upon the roof. -- joshua 2:6 +. +And the men pursued after them the way to Jordan unto the fords: and as soon as they which pursued after them were gone out, they shut the gate. -- joshua 2:7 +. +And before they were laid down, she came up unto them upon the roof; -- joshua 2:8 +. +And she said unto the men, I know that the LORD hath given you the land, and that your terror is fallen upon us, and that all the inhabitants of the land faint because of you. -- joshua 2:9 +. +For we have heard how the LORD dried up the water of the Red sea for you, when ye came out of Egypt; and what ye did unto the two kings of the Amorites, that were on the other side Jordan, Sihon and Og, whom ye utterly destroyed. -- joshua 2:10 +. +And as soon as we had heard these things, our hearts did melt, neither did there remain any more courage in any man, because of you: for the LORD your God, he is God in heaven above, and in earth beneath. -- joshua 2:11 +. +Now therefore, I pray you, swear unto me by the LORD, since I have showed you kindness, that ye will also show kindness unto my father's house, and give me a true token: -- joshua 2:12 +. +And that ye will save alive my father, and my mother, and my brethren, and my sisters, and all that they have, and deliver our lives from death. -- joshua 2:13 +. +And the men answered her, Our life for yours, if ye utter not this our business. And it shall be, when the LORD hath given us the land, that we will deal kindly and truly with thee. -- joshua 2:14 +. +Then she let them down by a cord through the window: for her house was upon the town wall, and she dwelt upon the wall. -- joshua 2:15 +. +And she said unto them, Get you to the mountain, lest the pursuers meet you; and hide yourselves there three days, until the pursuers be returned: and afterward may ye go your way. -- joshua 2:16 +. +And the men said unto her, We will be blameless of this thine oath which thou hast made us swear. -- joshua 2:17 +. +Behold, when we come into the land, thou shalt bind this line of scarlet thread in the window which thou didst let us down by: and thou shalt bring thy father, and thy mother, and thy brethren, and all thy father's household, home unto thee. -- joshua 2:18 +. +And it shall be, that whosoever shall go out of the doors of thy house into the street, his blood shall be upon his head, and we will be guiltless: and whosoever shall be with thee in the house, his blood shall be on our head, if any hand be upon him. -- joshua 2:19 +. +And if thou utter this our business, then we will be quit of thine oath which thou hast made us to swear. -- joshua 2:20 +. +And she said, According unto your words, so be it. And she sent them away, and they departed: and she bound the scarlet line in the window. -- joshua 2:21 +. +And they went, and came unto the mountain, and abode there three days, until the pursuers were returned: and the pursuers sought them throughout all the way, but found them not. -- joshua 2:22 +. +So the two men returned, and descended from the mountain, and passed over, and came to Joshua the son of Nun, and told him all things that befell them: -- joshua 2:23 +. +And they said unto Joshua, Truly the LORD hath delivered into our hands all the land; for even all the inhabitants of the country do faint because of us. -- joshua 2:24 +. +And Joshua rose early in the morning; and they removed from Shittim, and came to Jordan, he and all the children of Israel, and lodged there before they passed over. -- joshua 3:1 +. +And it came to pass after three days, that the officers went through the host; -- joshua 3:2 +. +And they commanded the people, saying, When ye see the ark of the covenant of the LORD your God, and the priests the Levites bearing it, then ye shall remove from your place, and go after it. -- joshua 3:3 +. +Yet there shall be a space between you and it, about two thousand cubits by measure: come not near unto it, that ye may know the way by which ye must go: for ye have not passed this way heretofore. -- joshua 3:4 +. +And Joshua said unto the people, Sanctify yourselves: for to morrow the LORD will do wonders among you. -- joshua 3:5 +. +And Joshua spake unto the priests, saying, Take up the ark of the covenant, and pass over before the people. And they took up the ark of the covenant, and went before the people. -- joshua 3:6 +. +And the LORD said unto Joshua, This day will I begin to magnify thee in the sight of all Israel, that they may know that, as I was with Moses, so I will be with thee. -- joshua 3:7 +. +And thou shalt command the priests that bear the ark of the covenant, saying, When ye are come to the brink of the water of Jordan, ye shall stand still in Jordan. -- joshua 3:8 +. +And Joshua said unto the children of Israel, Come hither, and hear the words of the LORD your God. -- joshua 3:9 +. +And Joshua said, Hereby ye shall know that the living God is among you, and that he will without fail drive out from before you the Canaanites, and the Hittites, and the Hivites, and the Perizzites, and the Girgashites, and the Amorites, and the Jebusites. -- joshua 3:10 +. +Behold, the ark of the covenant of the LORD of all the earth passeth over before you into Jordan. -- joshua 3:11 +. +Now therefore take you twelve men out of the tribes of Israel, out of every tribe a man. -- joshua 3:12 +. +And it shall come to pass, as soon as the soles of the feet of the priests that bear the ark of the LORD, the LORD of all the earth, shall rest in the waters of Jordan, that the waters of Jordan shall be cut off from the waters that come down from above; and they shall stand upon an heap. -- joshua 3:13 +. +And it came to pass, when the people removed from their tents, to pass over Jordan, and the priests bearing the ark of the covenant before the people; -- joshua 3:14 +. +And as they that bare the ark were come unto Jordan, and the feet of the priests that bare the ark were dipped in the brim of the water, (for Jordan overfloweth all his banks all the time of harvest,) -- joshua 3:15 +. +That the waters which came down from above stood and rose up upon an heap very far from the city Adam, that is beside Zaretan: and those that came down toward the sea of the plain, even the salt sea, failed, and were cut off: and the people passed over right against Jericho. -- joshua 3:16 +. +And the priests that bare the ark of the covenant of the LORD stood firm on dry ground in the midst of Jordan, and all the Israelites passed over on dry ground, until all the people were passed clean over Jordan. -- joshua 3:17 +. +And it came to pass, when all the people were clean passed over Jordan, that the LORD spake unto Joshua, saying, -- joshua 4:1 +. +Take you twelve men out of the people, out of every tribe a man, -- joshua 4:2 +. +And command ye them, saying, Take you hence out of the midst of Jordan, out of the place where the priests' feet stood firm, twelve stones, and ye shall carry them over with you, and leave them in the lodging place, where ye shall lodge this night. -- joshua 4:3 +. +Then Joshua called the twelve men, whom he had prepared of the children of Israel, out of every tribe a man: -- joshua 4:4 +. +And Joshua said unto them, Pass over before the ark of the LORD your God into the midst of Jordan, and take you up every man of you a stone upon his shoulder, according unto the number of the tribes of the children of Israel: -- joshua 4:5 +. +That this may be a sign among you, that when your children ask their fathers in time to come, saying, What mean ye by these stones? -- joshua 4:6 +. +Then ye shall answer them, That the waters of Jordan were cut off before the ark of the covenant of the LORD; when it passed over Jordan, the waters of Jordan were cut off: and these stones shall be for a memorial unto the children of Israel for ever. -- joshua 4:7 +. +And the children of Israel did so as Joshua commanded, and took up twelve stones out of the midst of Jordan, as the LORD spake unto Joshua, according to the number of the tribes of the children of Israel, and carried them over with them unto the place where they lodged, and laid them down there. -- joshua 4:8 +. +And Joshua set up twelve stones in the midst of Jordan, in the place where the feet of the priests which bare the ark of the covenant stood: and they are there unto this day. -- joshua 4:9 +. +For the priests which bare the ark stood in the midst of Jordan, until everything was finished that the LORD commanded Joshua to speak unto the people, according to all that Moses commanded Joshua: and the people hasted and passed over. -- joshua 4:10 +. +And it came to pass, when all the people were clean passed over, that the ark of the LORD passed over, and the priests, in the presence of the people. -- joshua 4:11 +. +And the children of Reuben, and the children of Gad, and half the tribe of Manasseh, passed over armed before the children of Israel, as Moses spake unto them: -- joshua 4:12 +. +About forty thousand prepared for war passed over before the LORD unto battle, to the plains of Jericho. -- joshua 4:13 +. +On that day the LORD magnified Joshua in the sight of all Israel; and they feared him, as they feared Moses, all the days of his life. -- joshua 4:14 +. +And the LORD spake unto Joshua, saying, -- joshua 4:15 +. +Command the priests that bear the ark of the testimony, that they come up out of Jordan. -- joshua 4:16 +. +Joshua therefore commanded the priests, saying, Come ye up out of Jordan. -- joshua 4:17 +. +And it came to pass, when the priests that bare the ark of the covenant of the LORD were come up out of the midst of Jordan, and the soles of the priests' feet were lifted up unto the dry land, that the waters of Jordan returned unto their place, and flowed over all his banks, as they did before. -- joshua 4:18 +. +And the people came up out of Jordan on the tenth day of the first month, and encamped in Gilgal, in the east border of Jericho. -- joshua 4:19 +. +And those twelve stones, which they took out of Jordan, did Joshua pitch in Gilgal. -- joshua 4:20 +. +And he spake unto the children of Israel, saying, When your children shall ask their fathers in time to come, saying, What mean these stones? -- joshua 4:21 +. +Then ye shall let your children know, saying, Israel came over this Jordan on dry land. -- joshua 4:22 +. +For the LORD your God dried up the waters of Jordan from before you, until ye were passed over, as the LORD your God did to the Red sea, which he dried up from before us, until we were gone over: -- joshua 4:23 +. +That all the people of the earth might know the hand of the LORD, that it is mighty: that ye might fear the LORD your God for ever. -- joshua 4:24 +. +And it came to pass, when all the kings of the Amorites, which were on the side of Jordan westward, and all the kings of the Canaanites, which were by the sea, heard that the LORD had dried up the waters of Jordan from before the children of Israel, until we were passed over, that their heart melted, neither was there spirit in them any more, because of the children of Israel. -- joshua 5:1 +. +At that time the LORD said unto Joshua, Make thee sharp knives, and circumcise again the children of Israel the second time. -- joshua 5:2 +. +And Joshua made him sharp knives, and circumcised the children of Israel at the hill of the foreskins. -- joshua 5:3 +. +And this is the cause why Joshua did circumcise: All the people that came out of Egypt, that were males, even all the men of war, died in the wilderness by the way, after they came out of Egypt. -- joshua 5:4 +. +Now all the people that came out were circumcised: but all the people that were born in the wilderness by the way as they came forth out of Egypt, them they had not circumcised. -- joshua 5:5 +. +For the children of Israel walked forty years in the wilderness, till all the people that were men of war, which came out of Egypt, were consumed, because they obeyed not the voice of the LORD: unto whom the LORD sware that he would not show them the land, which the LORD sware unto their fathers that he would give us, a land that floweth with milk and honey. -- joshua 5:6 +. +And their children, whom he raised up in their stead, them Joshua circumcised: for they were uncircumcised, because they had not circumcised them by the way. -- joshua 5:7 +. +And it came to pass, when they had done circumcising all the people, that they abode in their places in the camp, till they were whole. -- joshua 5:8 +. +And the LORD said unto Joshua, This day have I rolled away the reproach of Egypt from off you. Wherefore the name of the place is called Gilgal unto this day. -- joshua 5:9 +. +And the children of Israel encamped in Gilgal, and kept the passover on the fourteenth day of the month at even in the plains of Jericho. -- joshua 5:10 +. +And they did eat of the old corn of the land on the morrow after the passover, unleavened cakes, and parched corn in the selfsame day. -- joshua 5:11 +. +And the manna ceased on the morrow after they had eaten of the old corn of the land; neither had the children of Israel manna any more; but they did eat of the fruit of the land of Canaan that year. -- joshua 5:12 +. +And it came to pass, when Joshua was by Jericho, that he lifted up his eyes and looked, and, behold, there stood a man over against him with his sword drawn in his hand: and Joshua went unto him, and said unto him, Art thou for us, or for our adversaries? -- joshua 5:13 +. +And he said, Nay; but as captain of the host of the LORD am I now come. And Joshua fell on his face to the earth, and did worship, and said unto him, What saith my Lord unto his servant? -- joshua 5:14 +. +And the captain of the LORD's host said unto Joshua, Loose thy shoe from off thy foot; for the place whereon thou standest is holy. And Joshua did so. -- joshua 5:15 +. +Now Jericho was straitly shut up because of the children of Israel: none went out, and none came in. -- joshua 6:1 +. +And the LORD said unto Joshua, See, I have given into thine hand Jericho, and the king thereof, and the mighty men of valor. -- joshua 6:2 +. +And ye shall compass the city, all ye men of war, and go round about the city once. Thus shalt thou do six days. -- joshua 6:3 +. +And seven priests shall bear before the ark seven trumpets of rams' horns: and the seventh day ye shall compass the city seven times, and the priests shall blow with the trumpets. -- joshua 6:4 +. +And it shall come to pass, that when they make a long blast with the ram's horn, and when ye hear the sound of the trumpet, all the people shall shout with a great shout; and the wall of the city shall fall down flat, and the people shall ascend up every man straight before him. -- joshua 6:5 +. +And Joshua the son of Nun called the priests, and said unto them, Take up the ark of the covenant, and let seven priests bear seven trumpets of rams' horns before the ark of the LORD. -- joshua 6:6 +. +And he said unto the people, Pass on, and compass the city, and let him that is armed pass on before the ark of the LORD. -- joshua 6:7 +. +And it came to pass, when Joshua had spoken unto the people, that the seven priests bearing the seven trumpets of rams' horns passed on before the LORD, and blew with the trumpets: and the ark of the covenant of the LORD followed them. -- joshua 6:8 +. +And the armed men went before the priests that blew with the trumpets, and the rearward came after the ark, the priests going on, and blowing with the trumpets. -- joshua 6:9 +. +And Joshua had commanded the people, saying, Ye shall not shout, nor make any noise with your voice, neither shall any word proceed out of your mouth, until the day I bid you shout; then shall ye shout. -- joshua 6:10 +. +So the ark of the LORD compassed the city, going about it once: and they came into the camp, and lodged in the camp. -- joshua 6:11 +. +And Joshua rose early in the morning, and the priests took up the ark of the LORD. -- joshua 6:12 +. +And seven priests bearing seven trumpets of rams' horns before the ark of the LORD went on continually, and blew with the trumpets: and the armed men went before them; but the rearward came after the ark of the LORD, the priests going on, and blowing with the trumpets. -- joshua 6:13 +. +And the second day they compassed the city once, and returned into the camp: so they did six days. -- joshua 6:14 +. +And it came to pass on the seventh day, that they rose early about the dawning of the day, and compassed the city after the same manner seven times: only on that day they compassed the city seven times. -- joshua 6:15 +. +And it came to pass at the seventh time, when the priests blew with the trumpets, Joshua said unto the people, Shout; for the LORD hath given you the city. -- joshua 6:16 +. +And the city shall be accursed, even it, and all that are therein, to the LORD: only Rahab the harlot shall live, she and all that are with her in the house, because she hid the messengers that we sent. -- joshua 6:17 +. +And ye, in any wise keep yourselves from the accursed thing, lest ye make yourselves accursed, when ye take of the accursed thing, and make the camp of Israel a curse, and trouble it. -- joshua 6:18 +. +But all the silver, and gold, and vessels of brass and iron, are consecrated unto the LORD: they shall come into the treasury of the LORD. -- joshua 6:19 +. +So the people shouted when the priests blew with the trumpets: and it came to pass, when the people heard the sound of the trumpet, and the people shouted with a great shout, that the wall fell down flat, so that the people went up into the city, every man straight before him, and they took the city. -- joshua 6:20 +. +And they utterly destroyed all that was in the city, both man and woman, young and old, and ox, and sheep, and ass, with the edge of the sword. -- joshua 6:21 +. +But Joshua had said unto the two men that had spied out the country, Go into the harlot's house, and bring out thence the woman, and all that she hath, as ye sware unto her. -- joshua 6:22 +. +And the young men that were spies went in, and brought out Rahab, and her father, and her mother, and her brethren, and all that she had; and they brought out all her kindred, and left them without the camp of Israel. -- joshua 6:23 +. +And they burnt the city with fire, and all that was therein: only the silver, and the gold, and the vessels of brass and of iron, they put into the treasury of the house of the LORD. -- joshua 6:24 +. +And Joshua saved Rahab the harlot alive, and her father's household, and all that she had; and she dwelleth in Israel even unto this day; because she hid the messengers, which Joshua sent to spy out Jericho. -- joshua 6:25 +. +And Joshua adjured them at that time, saying, Cursed be the man before the LORD, that riseth up and buildeth this city Jericho: he shall lay the foundation thereof in his firstborn, and in his youngest son shall he set up the gates of it. -- joshua 6:26 +. +So the LORD was with Joshua; and his fame was noised throughout all the country. -- joshua 6:27 +. +But the children of Israel committed a trespass in the accursed thing: for Achan, the son of Carmi, the son of Zabdi, the son of Zerah, of the tribe of Judah, took of the accursed thing: and the anger of the LORD was kindled against the children of Israel. -- joshua 7:1 +. +And Joshua sent men from Jericho to Ai, which is beside Bethaven, on the east of Bethel, and spake unto them, saying, Go up and view the country. And the men went up and viewed Ai. -- joshua 7:2 +. +And they returned to Joshua, and said unto him, Let not all the people go up; but let about two or three thousand men go up and smite Ai; and make not all the people to labor thither; for they are but few. -- joshua 7:3 +. +So there went up thither of the people about three thousand men: and they fled before the men of Ai. -- joshua 7:4 +. +And the men of Ai smote of them about thirty and six men: for they chased them from before the gate even unto Shebarim, and smote them in the going down: wherefore the hearts of the people melted, and became as water. -- joshua 7:5 +. +And Joshua rent his clothes, and fell to the earth upon his face before the ark of the LORD until the eventide, he and the elders of Israel, and put dust upon their heads. -- joshua 7:6 +. +And Joshua said, Alas, O LORD God, wherefore hast thou at all brought this people over Jordan, to deliver us into the hand of the Amorites, to destroy us? would to God we had been content, and dwelt on the other side Jordan! -- joshua 7:7 +. +O LORD, what shall I say, when Israel turneth their backs before their enemies! -- joshua 7:8 +. +For the Canaanites and all the inhabitants of the land shall hear of it, and shall environ us round, and cut off our name from the earth: and what wilt thou do unto thy great name? -- joshua 7:9 +. +And the LORD said unto Joshua, Get thee up; wherefore liest thou thus upon thy face? -- joshua 7:10 +. +Israel hath sinned, and they have also transgressed my covenant which I commanded them: for they have even taken of the accursed thing, and have also stolen, and dissembled also, and they have put it even among their own stuff. -- joshua 7:11 +. +Therefore the children of Israel could not stand before their enemies, but turned their backs before their enemies, because they were accursed: neither will I be with you any more, except ye destroy the accursed from among you. -- joshua 7:12 +. +Up, sanctify the people, and say, Sanctify yourselves against to morrow: for thus saith the LORD God of Israel, There is an accursed thing in the midst of thee, O Israel: thou canst not stand before thine enemies, until ye take away the accursed thing from among you. -- joshua 7:13 +. +In the morning therefore ye shall be brought according to your tribes: and it shall be, that the tribe which the LORD taketh shall come according to the families thereof; and the family which the LORD shall take shall come by households; and the household which the LORD shall take shall come man by man. -- joshua 7:14 +. +And it shall be, that he that is taken with the accursed thing shall be burnt with fire, he and all that he hath: because he hath transgressed the covenant of the LORD, and because he hath wrought folly in Israel. -- joshua 7:15 +. +So Joshua rose up early in the morning, and brought Israel by their tribes; and the tribe of Judah was taken: -- joshua 7:16 +. +And he brought the family of Judah; and he took the family of the Zarhites: and he brought the family of the Zarhites man by man; and Zabdi was taken: -- joshua 7:17 +. +And he brought his household man by man; and Achan, the son of Carmi, the son of Zabdi, the son of Zerah, of the tribe of Judah, was taken. -- joshua 7:18 +. +And Joshua said unto Achan, My son, give, I pray thee, glory to the LORD God of Israel, and make confession unto him; and tell me now what thou hast done; hide it not from me. -- joshua 7:19 +. +And Achan answered Joshua, and said, Indeed I have sinned against the LORD God of Israel, and thus and thus have I done: -- joshua 7:20 +. +When I saw among the spoils a goodly Babylonish garment, and two hundred shekels of silver, and a wedge of gold of fifty shekels weight, then I coveted them, and took them; and, behold, they are hid in the earth in the midst of my tent, and the silver under it. -- joshua 7:21 +. +So Joshua sent messengers, and they ran unto the tent; and, behold, it was hid in his tent, and the silver under it. -- joshua 7:22 +. +And they took them out of the midst of the tent, and brought them unto Joshua, and unto all the children of Israel, and laid them out before the LORD. -- joshua 7:23 +. +And Joshua, and all Israel with him, took Achan the son of Zerah, and the silver, and the garment, and the wedge of gold, and his sons, and his daughters, and his oxen, and his asses, and his sheep, and his tent, and all that he had: and they brought them unto the valley of Achor. -- joshua 7:24 +. +And Joshua said, Why hast thou troubled us? the LORD shall trouble thee this day. And all Israel stoned him with stones, and burned them with fire, after they had stoned them with stones. -- joshua 7:25 +. +And they raised over him a great heap of stones unto this day. So the LORD turned from the fierceness of his anger. Wherefore the name of that place was called, The valley of Achor, unto this day. -- joshua 7:26 +. +And the LORD said unto Joshua, Fear not, neither be thou dismayed: take all the people of war with thee, and arise, go up to Ai: see, I have given into thy hand the king of Ai, and his people, and his city, and his land: -- joshua 8:1 +. +And thou shalt do to Ai and her king as thou didst unto Jericho and her king: only the spoil thereof, and the cattle thereof, shall ye take for a prey unto yourselves: lay thee an ambush for the city behind it. -- joshua 8:2 +. +So Joshua arose, and all the people of war, to go up against Ai: and Joshua chose out thirty thousand mighty men of valor, and sent them away by night. -- joshua 8:3 +. +And he commanded them, saying, Behold, ye shall lie in wait against the city, even behind the city: go not very far from the city, but be ye all ready: -- joshua 8:4 +. +And I, and all the people that are with me, will approach unto the city: and it shall come to pass, when they come out against us, as at the first, that we will flee before them, -- joshua 8:5 +. +(For they will come out after us) till we have drawn them from the city; for they will say, They flee before us, as at the first: therefore we will flee before them. -- joshua 8:6 +. +Then ye shall rise up from the ambush, and seize upon the city: for the LORD your God will deliver it into your hand. -- joshua 8:7 +. +And it shall be, when ye have taken the city, that ye shall set the city on fire: according to the commandment of the LORD shall ye do. See, I have commanded you. -- joshua 8:8 +. +Joshua therefore sent them forth: and they went to lie in ambush, and abode between Bethel and Ai, on the west side of Ai: but Joshua lodged that night among the people. -- joshua 8:9 +. +And Joshua rose up early in the morning, and numbered the people, and went up, he and the elders of Israel, before the people to Ai. -- joshua 8:10 +. +And all the people, even the people of war that were with him, went up, and drew nigh, and came before the city, and pitched on the north side of Ai: now there was a valley between them and Ai. -- joshua 8:11 +. +And he took about five thousand men, and set them to lie in ambush between Bethel and Ai, on the west side of the city. -- joshua 8:12 +. +And when they had set the people, even all the host that was on the north of the city, and their liers in wait on the west of the city, Joshua went that night into the midst of the valley. -- joshua 8:13 +. +And it came to pass, when the king of Ai saw it, that they hasted and rose up early, and the men of the city went out against Israel to battle, he and all his people, at a time appointed, before the plain; but he wist not that there were liers in ambush against him behind the city. -- joshua 8:14 +. +And Joshua and all Israel made as if they were beaten before them, and fled by the way of the wilderness. -- joshua 8:15 +. +And all the people that were in Ai were called together to pursue after them: and they pursued after Joshua, and were drawn away from the city. -- joshua 8:16 +. +And there was not a man left in Ai or Bethel, that went not out after Israel: and they left the city open, and pursued after Israel. -- joshua 8:17 +. +And the LORD said unto Joshua, Stretch out the spear that is in thy hand toward Ai; for I will give it into thine hand. And Joshua stretched out the spear that he had in his hand toward the city. -- joshua 8:18 +. +And the ambush arose quickly out of their place, and they ran as soon as he had stretched out his hand: and they entered into the city, and took it, and hasted and set the city on fire. -- joshua 8:19 +. +And when the men of Ai looked behind them, they saw, and, behold, the smoke of the city ascended up to heaven, and they had no power to flee this way or that way: and the people that fled to the wilderness turned back upon the pursuers. -- joshua 8:20 +. +And when Joshua and all Israel saw that the ambush had taken the city, and that the smoke of the city ascended, then they turned again, and slew the men of Ai. -- joshua 8:21 +. +And the other issued out of the city against them; so they were in the midst of Israel, some on this side, and some on that side: and they smote them, so that they let none of them remain or escape. -- joshua 8:22 +. +And the king of Ai they took alive, and brought him to Joshua. -- joshua 8:23 +. +And it came to pass, when Israel had made an end of slaying all the inhabitants of Ai in the field, in the wilderness wherein they chased them, and when they were all fallen on the edge of the sword, until they were consumed, that all the Israelites returned unto Ai, and smote it with the edge of the sword. -- joshua 8:24 +. +And so it was, that all that fell that day, both of men and women, were twelve thousand, even all the men of Ai. -- joshua 8:25 +. +For Joshua drew not his hand back, wherewith he stretched out the spear, until he had utterly destroyed all the inhabitants of Ai. -- joshua 8:26 +. +Only the cattle and the spoil of that city Israel took for a prey unto themselves, according unto the word of the LORD which he commanded Joshua. -- joshua 8:27 +. +And Joshua burnt Ai, and made it an heap for ever, even a desolation unto this day. -- joshua 8:28 +. +And the king of Ai he hanged on a tree until eventide: and as soon as the sun was down, Joshua commanded that they should take his carcass down from the tree, and cast it at the entering of the gate of the city, and raise thereon a great heap of stones, that remaineth unto this day. -- joshua 8:29 +. +Then Joshua built an altar unto the LORD God of Israel in mount Ebal, -- joshua 8:30 +. +As Moses the servant of the LORD commanded the children of Israel, as it is written in the book of the law of Moses, an altar of whole stones, over which no man hath lift up any iron: and they offered thereon burnt offerings unto the LORD, and sacrificed peace offerings. -- joshua 8:31 +. +And he wrote there upon the stones a copy of the law of Moses, which he wrote in the presence of the children of Israel. -- joshua 8:32 +. +And all Israel, and their elders, and officers, and their judges, stood on this side the ark and on that side before the priests the Levites, which bare the ark of the covenant of the LORD, as well the stranger, as he that was born among them; half of them over against mount Gerizim, and half of them over against mount Ebal; as Moses the servant of the LORD had commanded before, that they should bless the people of Israel. -- joshua 8:33 +. +And afterward he read all the words of the law, the blessings and cursings, according to all that is written in the book of the law. -- joshua 8:34 +. +There was not a word of all that Moses commanded, which Joshua read not before all the congregation of Israel, with the women, and the little ones, and the strangers that were conversant among them. -- joshua 8:35 +. +And it came to pass, when all the kings which were on this side Jordan, in the hills, and in the valleys, and in all the coasts of the great sea over against Lebanon, the Hittite, and the Amorite, the Canaanite, the Perizzite, the Hivite, and the Jebusite, heard thereof; -- joshua 9:1 +. +That they gathered themselves together, to fight with Joshua and with Israel, with one accord. -- joshua 9:2 +. +And when the inhabitants of Gibeon heard what Joshua had done unto Jericho and to Ai, -- joshua 9:3 +. +They did work wilily, and went and made as if they had been ambassadors, and took old sacks upon their asses, and wine bottles, old, and rent, and bound up; -- joshua 9:4 +. +And old shoes and clouted upon their feet, and old garments upon them; and all the bread of their provision was dry and mouldy. -- joshua 9:5 +. +And they went to Joshua unto the camp at Gilgal, and said unto him, and to the men of Israel, We be come from a far country: now therefore make ye a league with us. -- joshua 9:6 +. +And the men of Israel said unto the Hivites, Peradventure ye dwell among us; and how shall we make a league with you? -- joshua 9:7 +. +And they said unto Joshua, We are thy servants. And Joshua said unto them, Who are ye? and from whence come ye? -- joshua 9:8 +. +And they said unto him, From a very far country thy servants are come because of the name of the LORD thy God: for we have heard the fame of him, and all that he did in Egypt, -- joshua 9:9 +. +And all that he did to the two kings of the Amorites, that were beyond Jordan, to Sihon king of Heshbon, and to Og king of Bashan, which was at Ashtaroth. -- joshua 9:10 +. +Wherefore our elders and all the inhabitants of our country spake to us, saying, Take victuals with you for the journey, and go to meet them, and say unto them, We are your servants: therefore now make ye a league with us. -- joshua 9:11 +. +This our bread we took hot for our provision out of our houses on the day we came forth to go unto you; but now, behold, it is dry, and it is mouldy: -- joshua 9:12 +. +And these bottles of wine, which we filled, were new; and, behold, they be rent: and these our garments and our shoes are become old by reason of the very long journey. -- joshua 9:13 +. +And the men took of their victuals, and asked not counsel at the mouth of the LORD. -- joshua 9:14 +. +And Joshua made peace with them, and made a league with them, to let them live: and the princes of the congregation sware unto them. -- joshua 9:15 +. +And it came to pass at the end of three days after they had made a league with them, that they heard that they were their neighbors, and that they dwelt among them. -- joshua 9:16 +. +And the children of Israel journeyed, and came unto their cities on the third day. Now their cities were Gibeon, and Chephirah, and Beeroth, and Kirjathjearim. -- joshua 9:17 +. +And the children of Israel smote them not, because the princes of the congregation had sworn unto them by the LORD God of Israel. And all the congregation murmured against the princes. -- joshua 9:18 +. +But all the princes said unto all the congregation, We have sworn unto them by the LORD God of Israel: now therefore we may not touch them. -- joshua 9:19 +. +This we will do to them; we will even let them live, lest wrath be upon us, because of the oath which we sware unto them. -- joshua 9:20 +. +And the princes said unto them, Let them live; but let them be hewers of wood and drawers of water unto all the congregation; as the princes had promised them. -- joshua 9:21 +. +And Joshua called for them, and he spake unto them, saying, Wherefore have ye beguiled us, saying, We are very far from you; when ye dwell among us? -- joshua 9:22 +. +Now therefore ye are cursed, and there shall none of you be freed from being bondmen, and hewers of wood and drawers of water for the house of my God. -- joshua 9:23 +. +And they answered Joshua, and said, Because it was certainly told thy servants, how that the LORD thy God commanded his servant Moses to give you all the land, and to destroy all the inhabitants of the land from before you, therefore we were sore afraid of our lives because of you, and have done this thing. -- joshua 9:24 +. +And now, behold, we are in thine hand: as it seemeth good and right unto thee to do unto us, do. -- joshua 9:25 +. +And so did he unto them, and delivered them out of the hand of the children of Israel, that they slew them not. -- joshua 9:26 +. +And Joshua made them that day hewers of wood and drawers of water for the congregation, and for the altar of the LORD, even unto this day, in the place which he should choose. -- joshua 9:27 +. +Now it came to pass, when Adonizedec king of Jerusalem had heard how Joshua had taken Ai, and had utterly destroyed it; as he had done to Jericho and her king, so he had done to Ai and her king; and how the inhabitants of Gibeon had made peace with Israel, and were among them; -- joshua 10:1 +. +That they feared greatly, because Gibeon was a great city, as one of the royal cities, and because it was greater than Ai, and all the men thereof were mighty. -- joshua 10:2 +. +Wherefore Adonizedec king of Jerusalem, sent unto Hoham king of Hebron, and unto Piram king of Jarmuth, and unto Japhia king of Lachish, and unto Debir king of Eglon, saying, -- joshua 10:3 +. +Come up unto me, and help me, that we may smite Gibeon: for it hath made peace with Joshua and with the children of Israel. -- joshua 10:4 +. +Therefore the five kings of the Amorites, the king of Jerusalem, the king of Hebron, the king of Jarmuth, the king of Lachish, the king of Eglon, gathered themselves together, and went up, they and all their hosts, and encamped before Gibeon, and made war against it. -- joshua 10:5 +. +And the men of Gibeon sent unto Joshua to the camp to Gilgal, saying, Slack not thy hand from thy servants; come up to us quickly, and save us, and help us: for all the kings of the Amorites that dwell in the mountains are gathered together against us. -- joshua 10:6 +. +So Joshua ascended from Gilgal, he, and all the people of war with him, and all the mighty men of valor. -- joshua 10:7 +. +And the LORD said unto Joshua, Fear them not: for I have delivered them into thine hand; there shall not a man of them stand before thee. -- joshua 10:8 +. +Joshua therefore came unto them suddenly, and went up from Gilgal all night. -- joshua 10:9 +. +And the LORD discomfited them before Israel, and slew them with a great slaughter at Gibeon, and chased them along the way that goeth up to Bethhoron, and smote them to Azekah, and unto Makkedah. -- joshua 10:10 +. +And it came to pass, as they fled from before Israel, and were in the going down to Bethhoron, that the LORD cast down great stones from heaven upon them unto Azekah, and they died: they were more which died with hailstones than they whom the children of Israel slew with the sword. -- joshua 10:11 +. +Then spake Joshua to the LORD in the day when the LORD delivered up the Amorites before the children of Israel, and he said in the sight of Israel, Sun, stand thou still upon Gibeon; and thou, Moon, in the valley of Ajalon. -- joshua 10:12 +. +And the sun stood still, and the moon stayed, until the people had avenged themselves upon their enemies. Is not this written in the book of Jasher? So the sun stood still in the midst of heaven, and hasted not to go down about a whole day. -- joshua 10:13 +. +And there was no day like that before it or after it, that the LORD hearkened unto the voice of a man: for the LORD fought for Israel. -- joshua 10:14 +. +And Joshua returned, and all Israel with him, unto the camp to Gilgal. -- joshua 10:15 +. +But these five kings fled, and hid themselves in a cave at Makkedah. -- joshua 10:16 +. +And it was told Joshua, saying, The five kings are found hid in a cave at Makkedah. -- joshua 10:17 +. +And Joshua said, Roll great stones upon the mouth of the cave, and set men by it for to keep them: -- joshua 10:18 +. +And stay ye not, but pursue after your enemies, and smite the hindmost of them; suffer them not to enter into their cities: for the LORD your God hath delivered them into your hand. -- joshua 10:19 +. +And it came to pass, when Joshua and the children of Israel had made an end of slaying them with a very great slaughter, till they were consumed, that the rest which remained of them entered into fenced cities. -- joshua 10:20 +. +And all the people returned to the camp to Joshua at Makkedah in peace: none moved his tongue against any of the children of Israel. -- joshua 10:21 +. +Then said Joshua, Open the mouth of the cave, and bring out those five kings unto me out of the cave. -- joshua 10:22 +. +And they did so, and brought forth those five kings unto him out of the cave, the king of Jerusalem, the king of Hebron, the king of Jarmuth, the king of Lachish, and the king of Eglon. -- joshua 10:23 +. +And it came to pass, when they brought out those kings unto Joshua, that Joshua called for all the men of Israel, and said unto the captains of the men of war which went with him, Come near, put your feet upon the necks of these kings. And they came near, and put their feet upon the necks of them. -- joshua 10:24 +. +And Joshua said unto them, Fear not, nor be dismayed, be strong and of good courage: for thus shall the LORD do to all your enemies against whom ye fight. -- joshua 10:25 +. +And afterward Joshua smote them, and slew them, and hanged them on five trees: and they were hanging upon the trees until the evening. -- joshua 10:26 +. +And it came to pass at the time of the going down of the sun, that Joshua commanded, and they took them down off the trees, and cast them into the cave wherein they had been hid, and laid great stones in the cave's mouth, which remain until this very day. -- joshua 10:27 +. +And that day Joshua took Makkedah, and smote it with the edge of the sword, and the king thereof he utterly destroyed, them, and all the souls that were therein; he let none remain: and he did to the king of Makkedah as he did unto the king of Jericho. -- joshua 10:28 +. +Then Joshua passed from Makkedah, and all Israel with him, unto Libnah, and fought against Libnah: -- joshua 10:29 +. +And the LORD delivered it also, and the king thereof, into the hand of Israel; and he smote it with the edge of the sword, and all the souls that were therein; he let none remain in it; but did unto the king thereof as he did unto the king of Jericho. -- joshua 10:30 +. +And Joshua passed from Libnah, and all Israel with him, unto Lachish, and encamped against it, and fought against it: -- joshua 10:31 +. +And the LORD delivered Lachish into the hand of Israel, which took it on the second day, and smote it with the edge of the sword, and all the souls that were therein, according to all that he had done to Libnah. -- joshua 10:32 +. +Then Horam king of Gezer came up to help Lachish; and Joshua smote him and his people, until he had left him none remaining. -- joshua 10:33 +. +And from Lachish Joshua passed unto Eglon, and all Israel with him; and they encamped against it, and fought against it: -- joshua 10:34 +. +And they took it on that day, and smote it with the edge of the sword, and all the souls that were therein he utterly destroyed that day, according to all that he had done to Lachish. -- joshua 10:35 +. +And Joshua went up from Eglon, and all Israel with him, unto Hebron; and they fought against it: -- joshua 10:36 +. +And they took it, and smote it with the edge of the sword, and the king thereof, and all the cities thereof, and all the souls that were therein; he left none remaining, according to all that he had done to Eglon; but destroyed it utterly, and all the souls that were therein. -- joshua 10:37 +. +And Joshua returned, and all Israel with him, to Debir; and fought against it: -- joshua 10:38 +. +And he took it, and the king thereof, and all the cities thereof; and they smote them with the edge of the sword, and utterly destroyed all the souls that were therein; he left none remaining: as he had done to Hebron, so he did to Debir, and to the king thereof; as he had done also to Libnah, and to her king. -- joshua 10:39 +. +So Joshua smote all the country of the hills, and of the south, and of the vale, and of the springs, and all their kings: he left none remaining, but utterly destroyed all that breathed, as the LORD God of Israel commanded. -- joshua 10:40 +. +And Joshua smote them from Kadeshbarnea even unto Gaza, and all the country of Goshen, even unto Gibeon. -- joshua 10:41 +. +And all these kings and their land did Joshua take at one time, because the LORD God of Israel fought for Israel. -- joshua 10:42 +. +And Joshua returned, and all Israel with him, unto the camp to Gilgal. -- joshua 10:43 +. +And it came to pass, when Jabin king of Hazor had heard those things, that he sent to Jobab king of Madon, and to the king of Shimron, and to the king of Achshaph, -- joshua 11:1 +. +And to the kings that were on the north of the mountains, and of the plains south of Chinneroth, and in the valley, and in the borders of Dor on the west, -- joshua 11:2 +. +And to the Canaanite on the east and on the west, and to the Amorite, and the Hittite, and the Perizzite, and the Jebusite in the mountains, and to the Hivite under Hermon in the land of Mizpeh. -- joshua 11:3 +. +And they went out, they and all their hosts with them, much people, even as the sand that is upon the sea shore in multitude, with horses and chariots very many. -- joshua 11:4 +. +And when all these kings were met together, they came and pitched together at the waters of Merom, to fight against Israel. -- joshua 11:5 +. +And the LORD said unto Joshua, Be not afraid because of them: for to morrow about this time will I deliver them up all slain before Israel: thou shalt hough their horses, and burn their chariots with fire. -- joshua 11:6 +. +So Joshua came, and all the people of war with him, against them by the waters of Merom suddenly; and they fell upon them. -- joshua 11:7 +. +And the LORD delivered them into the hand of Israel, who smote them, and chased them unto great Zidon, and unto Misrephothmaim, and unto the valley of Mizpeh eastward; and they smote them, until they left them none remaining. -- joshua 11:8 +. +And Joshua did unto them as the LORD bade him: he houghed their horses, and burnt their chariots with fire. -- joshua 11:9 +. +And Joshua at that time turned back, and took Hazor, and smote the king thereof with the sword: for Hazor beforetime was the head of all those kingdoms. -- joshua 11:10 +. +And they smote all the souls that were therein with the edge of the sword, utterly destroying them: there was not any left to breathe: and he burnt Hazor with fire. -- joshua 11:11 +. +And all the cities of those kings, and all the kings of them, did Joshua take, and smote them with the edge of the sword, and he utterly destroyed them, as Moses the servant of the LORD commanded. -- joshua 11:12 +. +But as for the cities that stood still in their strength, Israel burned none of them, save Hazor only; that did Joshua burn. -- joshua 11:13 +. +And all the spoil of these cities, and the cattle, the children of Israel took for a prey unto themselves; but every man they smote with the edge of the sword, until they had destroyed them, neither left they any to breathe. -- joshua 11:14 +. +As the LORD commanded Moses his servant, so did Moses command Joshua, and so did Joshua; he left nothing undone of all that the LORD commanded Moses. -- joshua 11:15 +. +So Joshua took all that land, the hills, and all the south country, and all the land of Goshen, and the valley, and the plain, and the mountain of Israel, and the valley of the same; -- joshua 11:16 +. +Even from the mount Halak, that goeth up to Seir, even unto Baalgad in the valley of Lebanon under mount Hermon: and all their kings he took, and smote them, and slew them. -- joshua 11:17 +. +Joshua made war a long time with all those kings. -- joshua 11:18 +. +There was not a city that made peace with the children of Israel, save the Hivites the inhabitants of Gibeon: all other they took in battle. -- joshua 11:19 +. +For it was of the LORD to harden their hearts, that they should come against Israel in battle, that he might destroy them utterly, and that they might have no favor, but that he might destroy them, as the LORD commanded Moses. -- joshua 11:20 +. +And at that time came Joshua, and cut off the Anakims from the mountains, from Hebron, from Debir, from Anab, and from all the mountains of Judah, and from all the mountains of Israel: Joshua destroyed them utterly with their cities. -- joshua 11:21 +. +There was none of the Anakims left in the land of the children of Israel: only in Gaza, in Gath, and in Ashdod, there remained. -- joshua 11:22 +. +So Joshua took the whole land, according to all that the LORD said unto Moses; and Joshua gave it for an inheritance unto Israel according to their divisions by their tribes. And the land rested from war. -- joshua 11:23 +. +Now these are the kings of the land, which the children of Israel smote, and possessed their land on the other side Jordan toward the rising of the sun, from the river Arnon unto mount Hermon, and all the plain on the east: -- joshua 12:1 +. +Sihon king of the Amorites, who dwelt in Heshbon, and ruled from Aroer, which is upon the bank of the river Arnon, and from the middle of the river, and from half Gilead, even unto the river Jabbok, which is the border of the children of Ammon; -- joshua 12:2 +. +And from the plain to the sea of Chinneroth on the east, and unto the sea of the plain, even the salt sea on the east, the way to Bethjeshimoth; and from the south, under Ashdothpisgah: -- joshua 12:3 +. +And the coast of Og king of Bashan, which was of the remnant of the giants, that dwelt at Ashtaroth and at Edrei, -- joshua 12:4 +. +And reigned in mount Hermon, and in Salcah, and in all Bashan, unto the border of the Geshurites and the Maachathites, and half Gilead, the border of Sihon king of Heshbon. -- joshua 12:5 +. +Them did Moses the servant of the LORD and the children of Israel smite: and Moses the servant of the LORD gave it for a possession unto the Reubenites, and the Gadites, and the half tribe of Manasseh. -- joshua 12:6 +. +And these are the kings of the country which Joshua and the children of Israel smote on this side Jordan on the west, from Baalgad in the valley of Lebanon even unto the mount Halak, that goeth up to Seir; which Joshua gave unto the tribes of Israel for a possession according to their divisions; -- joshua 12:7 +. +In the mountains, and in the valleys, and in the plains, and in the springs, and in the wilderness, and in the south country; the Hittites, the Amorites, and the Canaanites, the Perizzites, the Hivites, and the Jebusites: -- joshua 12:8 +. +The king of Jericho, one; the king of Ai, which is beside Bethel, one; -- joshua 12:9 +. +The king of Jerusalem, one; the king of Hebron, one; -- joshua 12:10 +. +The king of Jarmuth, one; the king of Lachish, one; -- joshua 12:11 +. +The king of Eglon, one; the king of Gezer, one; -- joshua 12:12 +. +The king of Debir, one; the king of Geder, one; -- joshua 12:13 +. +The king of Hormah, one; the king of Arad, one; -- joshua 12:14 +. +The king of Libnah, one; the king of Adullam, one; -- joshua 12:15 +. +The king of Makkedah, one; the king of Bethel, one; -- joshua 12:16 +. +The king of Tappuah, one; the king of Hepher, one; -- joshua 12:17 +. +The king of Aphek, one; the king of Lasharon, one; -- joshua 12:18 +. +The king of Madon, one; the king of Hazor, one; -- joshua 12:19 +. +The king of Shimronmeron, one; the king of Achshaph, one; -- joshua 12:20 +. +The king of Taanach, one; the king of Megiddo, one; -- joshua 12:21 +. +The king of Kedesh, one; the king of Jokneam of Carmel, one; -- joshua 12:22 +. +The king of Dor in the coast of Dor, one; the king of the nations of Gilgal, one; -- joshua 12:23 +. +The king of Tirzah, one: all the kings thirty and one. -- joshua 12:24 +. +Now Joshua was old and stricken in years; and the LORD said unto him, Thou art old and stricken in years, and there remaineth yet very much land to be possessed. -- joshua 13:1 +. +This is the land that yet remaineth: all the borders of the Philistines, and all Geshuri, -- joshua 13:2 +. +From Sihor, which is before Egypt, even unto the borders of Ekron northward, which is counted to the Canaanite: five lords of the Philistines; the Gazathites, and the Ashdothites, the Eshkalonites, the Gittites, and the Ekronites; also the Avites: -- joshua 13:3 +. +From the south, all the land of the Canaanites, and Mearah that is beside the Sidonians unto Aphek, to the borders of the Amorites: -- joshua 13:4 +. +And the land of the Giblites, and all Lebanon, toward the sunrising, from Baalgad under mount Hermon unto the entering into Hamath. -- joshua 13:5 +. +All the inhabitants of the hill country from Lebanon unto Misrephothmaim, and all the Sidonians, them will I drive out from before the children of Israel: only divide thou it by lot unto the Israelites for an inheritance, as I have commanded thee. -- joshua 13:6 +. +Now therefore divide this land for an inheritance unto the nine tribes, and the half tribe of Manasseh, -- joshua 13:7 +. +With whom the Reubenites and the Gadites have received their inheritance, which Moses gave them, beyond Jordan eastward, even as Moses the servant of the LORD gave them; -- joshua 13:8 +. +From Aroer, that is upon the bank of the river Arnon, and the city that is in the midst of the river, and all the plain of Medeba unto Dibon; -- joshua 13:9 +. +And all the cities of Sihon king of the Amorites, which reigned in Heshbon, unto the border of the children of Ammon; -- joshua 13:10 +. +And Gilead, and the border of the Geshurites and Maachathites, and all mount Hermon, and all Bashan unto Salcah; -- joshua 13:11 +. +All the kingdom of Og in Bashan, which reigned in Ashtaroth and in Edrei, who remained of the remnant of the giants: for these did Moses smite, and cast them out. -- joshua 13:12 +. +Nevertheless the children of Israel expelled not the Geshurites, nor the Maachathites: but the Geshurites and the Maachathites dwell among the Israelites until this day. -- joshua 13:13 +. +Only unto the tribes of Levi he gave none inheritance; the sacrifices of the LORD God of Israel made by fire are their inheritance, as he said unto them. -- joshua 13:14 +. +And Moses gave unto the tribe of the children of Reuben inheritance according to their families. -- joshua 13:15 +. +And their coast was from Aroer, that is on the bank of the river Arnon, and the city that is in the midst of the river, and all the plain by Medeba; -- joshua 13:16 +. +Heshbon, and all her cities that are in the plain; Dibon, and Bamothbaal, and Bethbaalmeon, -- joshua 13:17 +. +And Jahaza, and Kedemoth, and Mephaath, -- joshua 13:18 +. +And Kirjathaim, and Sibmah, and Zarethshahar in the mount of the valley, -- joshua 13:19 +. +And Bethpeor, and Ashdothpisgah, and Bethjeshimoth, -- joshua 13:20 +. +And all the cities of the plain, and all the kingdom of Sihon king of the Amorites, which reigned in Heshbon, whom Moses smote with the princes of Midian, Evi, and Rekem, and Zur, and Hur, and Reba, which were dukes of Sihon, dwelling in the country. -- joshua 13:21 +. +Balaam also the son of Beor, the soothsayer, did the children of Israel slay with the sword among them that were slain by them. -- joshua 13:22 +. +And the border of the children of Reuben was Jordan, and the border thereof. This was the inheritance of the children of Reuben after their families, the cities and the villages thereof. -- joshua 13:23 +. +And Moses gave inheritance unto the tribe of Gad, even unto the children of Gad according to their families. -- joshua 13:24 +. +And their coast was Jazer, and all the cities of Gilead, and half the land of the children of Ammon, unto Aroer that is before Rabbah; -- joshua 13:25 +. +And from Heshbon unto Ramathmizpeh, and Betonim; and from Mahanaim unto the border of Debir; -- joshua 13:26 +. +And in the valley, Betharam, and Bethnimrah, and Succoth, and Zaphon, the rest of the kingdom of Sihon king of Heshbon, Jordan and his border, even unto the edge of the sea of Chinnereth on the other side Jordan eastward. -- joshua 13:27 +. +This is the inheritance of the children of Gad after their families, the cities, and their villages. -- joshua 13:28 +. +And Moses gave inheritance unto the half tribe of Manasseh: and this was the possession of the half tribe of the children of Manasseh by their families. -- joshua 13:29 +. +And their coast was from Mahanaim, all Bashan, all the kingdom of Og king of Bashan, and all the towns of Jair, which are in Bashan, threescore cities: -- joshua 13:30 +. +And half Gilead, and Ashtaroth, and Edrei, cities of the kingdom of Og in Bashan, were pertaining unto the children of Machir the son of Manasseh, even to the one half of the children of Machir by their families. -- joshua 13:31 +. +These are the countries which Moses did distribute for inheritance in the plains of Moab, on the other side Jordan, by Jericho, eastward. -- joshua 13:32 +. +But unto the tribe of Levi Moses gave not any inheritance: the LORD God of Israel was their inheritance, as he said unto them. -- joshua 13:33 +. +And these are the countries which the children of Israel inherited in the land of Canaan, which Eleazar the priest, and Joshua the son of Nun, and the heads of the fathers of the tribes of the children of Israel, distributed for inheritance to them. -- joshua 14:1 +. +By lot was their inheritance, as the LORD commanded by the hand of Moses, for the nine tribes, and for the half tribe. -- joshua 14:2 +. +For Moses had given the inheritance of two tribes and an half tribe on the other side Jordan: but unto the Levites he gave none inheritance among them. -- joshua 14:3 +. +For the children of Joseph were two tribes, Manasseh and Ephraim: therefore they gave no part unto the Levites in the land, save cities to dwell in, with their suburbs for their cattle and for their substance. -- joshua 14:4 +. +As the LORD commanded Moses, so the children of Israel did, and they divided the land. -- joshua 14:5 +. +Then the children of Judah came unto Joshua in Gilgal: and Caleb the son of Jephunneh the Kenezite said unto him, Thou knowest the thing that the LORD said unto Moses the man of God concerning me and thee in Kadeshbarnea. -- joshua 14:6 +. +Forty years old was I when Moses the servant of the LORD sent me from Kadeshbarnea to espy out the land; and I brought him word again as it was in mine heart. -- joshua 14:7 +. +Nevertheless my brethren that went up with me made the heart of the people melt: but I wholly followed the LORD my God. -- joshua 14:8 +. +And Moses sware on that day, saying, Surely the land whereon thy feet have trodden shall be thine inheritance, and thy children's for ever, because thou hast wholly followed the LORD my God. -- joshua 14:9 +. +And now, behold, the LORD hath kept me alive, as he said, these forty and five years, even since the LORD spake this word unto Moses, while the children of Israel wandered in the wilderness: and now, lo, I am this day fourscore and five years old. -- joshua 14:10 +. +As yet I am as strong this day as I was in the day that Moses sent me: as my strength was then, even so is my strength now, for war, both to go out, and to come in. -- joshua 14:11 +. +Now therefore give me this mountain, whereof the LORD spake in that day; for thou heardest in that day how the Anakims were there, and that the cities were great and fenced: if so be the LORD will be with me, then I shall be able to drive them out, as the LORD said. -- joshua 14:12 +. +And Joshua blessed him, and gave unto Caleb the son of Jephunneh Hebron for an inheritance. -- joshua 14:13 +. +Hebron therefore became the inheritance of Caleb the son of Jephunneh the Kenezite unto this day, because that he wholly followed the LORD God of Israel. -- joshua 14:14 +. +And the name of Hebron before was Kirjatharba; which Arba was a great man among the Anakims. And the land had rest from war. -- joshua 14:15 +. +This then was the lot of the tribe of the children of Judah by their families; even to the border of Edom the wilderness of Zin southward was the uttermost part of the south coast. -- joshua 15:1 +. +And their south border was from the shore of the salt sea, from the bay that looketh southward: -- joshua 15:2 +. +And it went out to the south side to Maalehacrabbim, and passed along to Zin, and ascended up on the south side unto Kadeshbarnea, and passed along to Hezron, and went up to Adar, and fetched a compass to Karkaa: -- joshua 15:3 +. +From thence it passed toward Azmon, and went out unto the river of Egypt; and the goings out of that coast were at the sea: this shall be your south coast. -- joshua 15:4 +. +And the east border was the salt sea, even unto the end of Jordan. And their border in the north quarter was from the bay of the sea at the uttermost part of Jordan: -- joshua 15:5 +. +And the border went up to Bethhogla, and passed along by the north of Betharabah; and the border went up to the stone of Bohan the son of Reuben: -- joshua 15:6 +. +And the border went up toward Debir from the valley of Achor, and so northward, looking toward Gilgal, that is before the going up to Adummim, which is on the south side of the river: and the border passed toward the waters of Enshemesh, and the goings out thereof were at Enrogel: -- joshua 15:7 +. +And the border went up by the valley of the son of Hinnom unto the south side of the Jebusite; the same is Jerusalem: and the border went up to the top of the mountain that lieth before the valley of Hinnom westward, which is at the end of the valley of the giants northward: -- joshua 15:8 +. +And the border was drawn from the top of the hill unto the fountain of the water of Nephtoah, and went out to the cities of mount Ephron; and the border was drawn to Baalah, which is Kirjathjearim: -- joshua 15:9 +. +And the border compassed from Baalah westward unto mount Seir, and passed along unto the side of mount Jearim, which is Chesalon, on the north side, and went down to Bethshemesh, and passed on to Timnah: -- joshua 15:10 +. +And the border went out unto the side of Ekron northward: and the border was drawn to Shicron, and passed along to mount Baalah, and went out unto Jabneel; and the goings out of the border were at the sea. -- joshua 15:11 +. +And the west border was to the great sea, and the coast thereof. This is the coast of the children of Judah round about according to their families. -- joshua 15:12 +. +And unto Caleb the son of Jephunneh he gave a part among the children of Judah, according to the commandment of the LORD to Joshua, even the city of Arba the father of Anak, which city is Hebron. -- joshua 15:13 +. +And Caleb drove thence the three sons of Anak, Sheshai, and Ahiman, and Talmai, the children of Anak. -- joshua 15:14 +. +And he went up thence to the inhabitants of Debir: and the name of Debir before was Kirjathsepher. -- joshua 15:15 +. +And Caleb said, He that smiteth Kirjathsepher, and taketh it, to him will I give Achsah my daughter to wife. -- joshua 15:16 +. +And Othniel the son of Kenaz, the brother of Caleb, took it: and he gave him Achsah his daughter to wife. -- joshua 15:17 +. +And it came to pass, as she came unto him, that she moved him to ask of her father a field: and she lighted off her ass; and Caleb said unto her, What wouldest thou? -- joshua 15:18 +. +Who answered, Give me a blessing; for thou hast given me a south land; give me also springs of water. And he gave her the upper springs, and the nether springs. -- joshua 15:19 +. +This is the inheritance of the tribe of the children of Judah according to their families. -- joshua 15:20 +. +And the uttermost cities of the tribe of the children of Judah toward the coast of Edom southward were Kabzeel, and Eder, and Jagur, -- joshua 15:21 +. +And Kinah, and Dimonah, and Adadah, -- joshua 15:22 +. +And Kedesh, and Hazor, and Ithnan, -- joshua 15:23 +. +Ziph, and Telem, and Bealoth, -- joshua 15:24 +. +And Hazor, Hadattah, and Kerioth, and Hezron, which is Hazor, -- joshua 15:25 +. +Amam, and Shema, and Moladah, -- joshua 15:26 +. +And Hazargaddah, and Heshmon, and Bethpalet, -- joshua 15:27 +. +And Hazarshual, and Beersheba, and Bizjothjah, -- joshua 15:28 +. +Baalah, and Iim, and Azem, -- joshua 15:29 +. +And Eltolad, and Chesil, and Hormah, -- joshua 15:30 +. +And Ziklag, and Madmannah, and Sansannah, -- joshua 15:31 +. +And Lebaoth, and Shilhim, and Ain, and Rimmon: all the cities are twenty and nine, with their villages: -- joshua 15:32 +. +And in the valley, Eshtaol, and Zoreah, and Ashnah, -- joshua 15:33 +. +And Zanoah, and Engannim, Tappuah, and Enam, -- joshua 15:34 +. +Jarmuth, and Adullam, Socoh, and Azekah, -- joshua 15:35 +. +And Sharaim, and Adithaim, and Gederah, and Gederothaim; fourteen cities with their villages: -- joshua 15:36 +. +Zenan, and Hadashah, and Migdalgad, -- joshua 15:37 +. +And Dilean, and Mizpeh, and Joktheel, -- joshua 15:38 +. +Lachish, and Bozkath, and Eglon, -- joshua 15:39 +. +And Cabbon, and Lahmam, and Kithlish, -- joshua 15:40 +. +And Gederoth, Bethdagon, and Naamah, and Makkedah; sixteen cities with their villages: -- joshua 15:41 +. +Libnah, and Ether, and Ashan, -- joshua 15:42 +. +And Jiphtah, and Ashnah, and Nezib, -- joshua 15:43 +. +And Keilah, and Achzib, and Mareshah; nine cities with their villages: -- joshua 15:44 +. +Ekron, with her towns and her villages: -- joshua 15:45 +. +From Ekron even unto the sea, all that lay near Ashdod, with their villages: -- joshua 15:46 +. +Ashdod with her towns and her villages, Gaza with her towns and her villages, unto the river of Egypt, and the great sea, and the border thereof: -- joshua 15:47 +. +And in the mountains, Shamir, and Jattir, and Socoh, -- joshua 15:48 +. +And Dannah, and Kirjathsannah, which is Debir, -- joshua 15:49 +. +And Anab, and Eshtemoh, and Anim, -- joshua 15:50 +. +And Goshen, and Holon, and Giloh; eleven cities with their villages: -- joshua 15:51 +. +Arab, and Dumah, and Eshean, -- joshua 15:52 +. +And Janum, and Bethtappuah, and Aphekah, -- joshua 15:53 +. +And Humtah, and Kirjatharba, which is Hebron, and Zior; nine cities with their villages: -- joshua 15:54 +. +Maon, Carmel, and Ziph, and Juttah, -- joshua 15:55 +. +And Jezreel, and Jokdeam, and Zanoah, -- joshua 15:56 +. +Cain, Gibeah, and Timnah; ten cities with their villages: -- joshua 15:57 +. +Halhul, Bethzur, and Gedor, -- joshua 15:58 +. +And Maarath, and Bethanoth, and Eltekon; six cities with their villages: -- joshua 15:59 +. +Kirjathbaal, which is Kirjathjearim, and Rabbah; two cities with their villages: -- joshua 15:60 +. +In the wilderness, Betharabah, Middin, and Secacah, -- joshua 15:61 +. +And Nibshan, and the city of Salt, and Engedi; six cities with their villages. -- joshua 15:62 +. +As for the Jebusites the inhabitants of Jerusalem, the children of Judah could not drive them out; but the Jebusites dwell with the children of Judah at Jerusalem unto this day. -- joshua 15:63 +. +And the lot of the children of Joseph fell from Jordan by Jericho, unto the water of Jericho on the east, to the wilderness that goeth up from Jericho throughout mount Bethel, -- joshua 16:1 +. +And goeth out from Bethel to Luz, and passeth along unto the borders of Archi to Ataroth, -- joshua 16:2 +. +And goeth down westward to the coast of Japhleti, unto the coast of Bethhoron the nether, and to Gezer; and the goings out thereof are at the sea. -- joshua 16:3 +. +So the children of Joseph, Manasseh and Ephraim, took their inheritance. -- joshua 16:4 +. +And the border of the children of Ephraim according to their families was thus: even the border of their inheritance on the east side was Atarothaddar, unto Bethhoron the upper; -- joshua 16:5 +. +And the border went out toward the sea to Michmethah on the north side; and the border went about eastward unto Taanathshiloh, and passed by it on the east to Janohah; -- joshua 16:6 +. +And it went down from Janohah to Ataroth, and to Naarath, and came to Jericho, and went out at Jordan. -- joshua 16:7 +. +The border went out from Tappuah westward unto the river Kanah; and the goings out thereof were at the sea. This is the inheritance of the tribe of the children of Ephraim by their families. -- joshua 16:8 +. +And the separate cities for the children of Ephraim were among the inheritance of the children of Manasseh, all the cities with their villages. -- joshua 16:9 +. +And they drave not out the Canaanites that dwelt in Gezer: but the Canaanites dwell among the Ephraimites unto this day, and serve under tribute. -- joshua 16:10 +. +There was also a lot for the tribe of Manasseh; for he was the firstborn of Joseph; to wit, for Machir the firstborn of Manasseh, the father of Gilead: because he was a man of war, therefore he had Gilead and Bashan. -- joshua 17:1 +. +There was also a lot for the rest of the children of Manasseh by their families; for the children of Abiezer, and for the children of Helek, and for the children of Asriel, and for the children of Shechem, and for the children of Hepher, and for the children of Shemida: these were the male children of Manasseh the son of Joseph by their families. -- joshua 17:2 +. +But Zelophehad, the son of Hepher, the son of Gilead, the son of Machir, the son of Manasseh, had no sons, but daughters: and these are the names of his daughters, Mahlah, and Noah, Hoglah, Milcah, and Tirzah. -- joshua 17:3 +. +And they came near before Eleazar the priest, and before Joshua the son of Nun, and before the princes, saying, The LORD commanded Moses to give us an inheritance among our brethren. Therefore according to the commandment of the LORD he gave them an inheritance among the brethren of their father. -- joshua 17:4 +. +And there fell ten portions to Manasseh, beside the land of Gilead and Bashan, which were on the other side Jordan; -- joshua 17:5 +. +Because the daughters of Manasseh had an inheritance among his sons: and the rest of Manasseh's sons had the land of Gilead. -- joshua 17:6 +. +And the coast of Manasseh was from Asher to Michmethah, that lieth before Shechem; and the border went along on the right hand unto the inhabitants of Entappuah. -- joshua 17:7 +. +Now Manasseh had the land of Tappuah: but Tappuah on the border of Manasseh belonged to the children of Ephraim; -- joshua 17:8 +. +And the coast descended unto the river Kanah, southward of the river: these cities of Ephraim are among the cities of Manasseh: the coast of Manasseh also was on the north side of the river, and the outgoings of it were at the sea: -- joshua 17:9 +. +Southward it was Ephraim's, and northward it was Manasseh's, and the sea is his border; and they met together in Asher on the north, and in Issachar on the east. -- joshua 17:10 +. +And Manasseh had in Issachar and in Asher Bethshean and her towns, and Ibleam and her towns, and the inhabitants of Dor and her towns, and the inhabitants of Endor and her towns, and the inhabitants of Taanach and her towns, and the inhabitants of Megiddo and her towns, even three countries. -- joshua 17:11 +. +Yet the children of Manasseh could not drive out the inhabitants of those cities; but the Canaanites would dwell in that land. -- joshua 17:12 +. +Yet it came to pass, when the children of Israel were waxen strong, that they put the Canaanites to tribute, but did not utterly drive them out. -- joshua 17:13 +. +And the children of Joseph spake unto Joshua, saying, Why hast thou given me but one lot and one portion to inherit, seeing I am a great people, forasmuch as the LORD hath blessed me hitherto? -- joshua 17:14 +. +And Joshua answered them, If thou be a great people, then get thee up to the wood country, and cut down for thyself there in the land of the Perizzites and of the giants, if mount Ephraim be too narrow for thee. -- joshua 17:15 +. +And the children of Joseph said, The hill is not enough for us: and all the Canaanites that dwell in the land of the valley have chariots of iron, both they who are of Bethshean and her towns, and they who are of the valley of Jezreel. -- joshua 17:16 +. +And Joshua spake unto the house of Joseph, even to Ephraim and to Manasseh, saying, Thou art a great people, and hast great power: thou shalt not have one lot only: -- joshua 17:17 +. +But the mountain shall be thine; for it is a wood, and thou shalt cut it down: and the outgoings of it shall be thine: for thou shalt drive out the Canaanites, though they have iron chariots, and though they be strong. -- joshua 17:18 +. +And the whole congregation of the children of Israel assembled together at Shiloh, and set up the tabernacle of the congregation there. And the land was subdued before them. -- joshua 18:1 +. +And there remained among the children of Israel seven tribes, which had not yet received their inheritance. -- joshua 18:2 +. +And Joshua said unto the children of Israel, How long are ye slack to go to possess the land, which the LORD God of your fathers hath given you? -- joshua 18:3 +. +Give out from among you three men for each tribe: and I will send them, and they shall rise, and go through the land, and describe it according to the inheritance of them; and they shall come again to me. -- joshua 18:4 +. +And they shall divide it into seven parts: Judah shall abide in their coast on the south, and the house of Joseph shall abide in their coasts on the north. -- joshua 18:5 +. +Ye shall therefore describe the land into seven parts, and bring the description hither to me, that I may cast lots for you here before the LORD our God. -- joshua 18:6 +. +But the Levites have no part among you; for the priesthood of the LORD is their inheritance: and Gad, and Reuben, and half the tribe of Manasseh, have received their inheritance beyond Jordan on the east, which Moses the servant of the LORD gave them. -- joshua 18:7 +. +And the men arose, and went away: and Joshua charged them that went to describe the land, saying, Go and walk through the land, and describe it, and come again to me, that I may here cast lots for you before the LORD in Shiloh. -- joshua 18:8 +. +And the men went and passed through the land, and described it by cities into seven parts in a book, and came again to Joshua to the host at Shiloh. -- joshua 18:9 +. +And Joshua cast lots for them in Shiloh before the LORD: and there Joshua divided the land unto the children of Israel according to their divisions. -- joshua 18:10 +. +And the lot of the tribe of the children of Benjamin came up according to their families: and the coast of their lot came forth between the children of Judah and the children of Joseph. -- joshua 18:11 +. +And their border on the north side was from Jordan; and the border went up to the side of Jericho on the north side, and went up through the mountains westward; and the goings out thereof were at the wilderness of Bethaven. -- joshua 18:12 +. +And the border went over from thence toward Luz, to the side of Luz, which is Bethel, southward; and the border descended to Atarothadar, near the hill that lieth on the south side of the nether Bethhoron. -- joshua 18:13 +. +And the border was drawn thence, and compassed the corner of the sea southward, from the hill that lieth before Bethhoron southward; and the goings out thereof were at Kirjathbaal, which is Kirjathjearim, a city of the children of Judah: this was the west quarter. -- joshua 18:14 +. +And the south quarter was from the end of Kirjathjearim, and the border went out on the west, and went out to the well of waters of Nephtoah: -- joshua 18:15 +. +And the border came down to the end of the mountain that lieth before the valley of the son of Hinnom, and which is in the valley of the giants on the north, and descended to the valley of Hinnom, to the side of Jebusi on the south, and descended to Enrogel, -- joshua 18:16 +. +And was drawn from the north, and went forth to Enshemesh, and went forth toward Geliloth, which is over against the going up of Adummim, and descended to the stone of Bohan the son of Reuben, -- joshua 18:17 +. +And passed along toward the side over against Arabah northward, and went down unto Arabah: -- joshua 18:18 +. +And the border passed along to the side of Bethhoglah northward: and the outgoings of the border were at the north bay of the salt sea at the south end of Jordan: this was the south coast. -- joshua 18:19 +. +And Jordan was the border of it on the east side. This was the inheritance of the children of Benjamin, by the coasts thereof round about, according to their families. -- joshua 18:20 +. +Now the cities of the tribe of the children of Benjamin according to their families were Jericho, and Bethhoglah, and the valley of Keziz, -- joshua 18:21 +. +And Betharabah, and Zemaraim, and Bethel, -- joshua 18:22 +. +And Avim, and Pharah, and Ophrah, -- joshua 18:23 +. +And Chepharhaammonai, and Ophni, and Gaba; twelve cities with their villages: -- joshua 18:24 +. +Gibeon, and Ramah, and Beeroth, -- joshua 18:25 +. +And Mizpeh, and Chephirah, and Mozah, -- joshua 18:26 +. +And Rekem, and Irpeel, and Taralah, -- joshua 18:27 +. +And Zelah, Eleph, and Jebusi, which is Jerusalem, Gibeath, and Kirjath; fourteen cities with their villages. This is the inheritance of the children of Benjamin according to their families. -- joshua 18:28 +. +And the second lot came forth to Simeon, even for the tribe of the children of Simeon according to their families: and their inheritance was within the inheritance of the children of Judah. -- joshua 19:1 +. +And they had in their inheritance Beersheba, and Sheba, and Moladah, -- joshua 19:2 +. +And Hazarshual, and Balah, and Azem, -- joshua 19:3 +. +And Eltolad, and Bethul, and Hormah, -- joshua 19:4 +. +And Ziklag, and Bethmarcaboth, and Hazarsusah, -- joshua 19:5 +. +And Bethlebaoth, and Sharuhen; thirteen cities and their villages: -- joshua 19:6 +. +Ain, Remmon, and Ether, and Ashan; four cities and their villages: -- joshua 19:7 +. +And all the villages that were round about these cities to Baalathbeer, Ramath of the south. This is the inheritance of the tribe of the children of Simeon according to their families. -- joshua 19:8 +. +Out of the portion of the children of Judah was the inheritance of the children of Simeon: for the part of the children of Judah was too much for them: therefore the children of Simeon had their inheritance within the inheritance of them. -- joshua 19:9 +. +And the third lot came up for the children of Zebulun according to their families: and the border of their inheritance was unto Sarid: -- joshua 19:10 +. +And their border went up toward the sea, and Maralah, and reached to Dabbasheth, and reached to the river that is before Jokneam; -- joshua 19:11 +. +And turned from Sarid eastward toward the sunrising unto the border of Chislothtabor, and then goeth out to Daberath, and goeth up to Japhia, -- joshua 19:12 +. +And from thence passeth on along on the east to Gittahhepher, to Ittahkazin, and goeth out to Remmonmethoar to Neah; -- joshua 19:13 +. +And the border compasseth it on the north side to Hannathon: and the outgoings thereof are in the valley of Jiphthahel: -- joshua 19:14 +. +And Kattath, and Nahallal, and Shimron, and Idalah, and Bethlehem: twelve cities with their villages. -- joshua 19:15 +. +This is the inheritance of the children of Zebulun according to their families, these cities with their villages. -- joshua 19:16 +. +And the fourth lot came out to Issachar, for the children of Issachar according to their families. -- joshua 19:17 +. +And their border was toward Jezreel, and Chesulloth, and Shunem, -- joshua 19:18 +. +And Haphraim, and Shihon, and Anaharath, -- joshua 19:19 +. +And Rabbith, and Kishion, and Abez, -- joshua 19:20 +. +And Remeth, and Engannim, and Enhaddah, and Bethpazzez; -- joshua 19:21 +. +And the coast reacheth to Tabor, and Shahazimah, and Bethshemesh; and the outgoings of their border were at Jordan: sixteen cities with their villages. -- joshua 19:22 +. +This is the inheritance of the tribe of the children of Issachar according to their families, the cities and their villages. -- joshua 19:23 +. +And the fifth lot came out for the tribe of the children of Asher according to their families. -- joshua 19:24 +. +And their border was Helkath, and Hali, and Beten, and Achshaph, -- joshua 19:25 +. +And Alammelech, and Amad, and Misheal; and reacheth to Carmel westward, and to Shihorlibnath; -- joshua 19:26 +. +And turneth toward the sunrising to Bethdagon, and reacheth to Zebulun, and to the valley of Jiphthahel toward the north side of Bethemek, and Neiel, and goeth out to Cabul on the left hand, -- joshua 19:27 +. +And Hebron, and Rehob, and Hammon, and Kanah, even unto great Zidon; -- joshua 19:28 +. +And then the coast turneth to Ramah, and to the strong city Tyre; and the coast turneth to Hosah; and the outgoings thereof are at the sea from the coast to Achzib: -- joshua 19:29 +. +Ummah also, and Aphek, and Rehob: twenty and two cities with their villages. -- joshua 19:30 +. +This is the inheritance of the tribe of the children of Asher according to their families, these cities with their villages. -- joshua 19:31 +. +The sixth lot came out to the children of Naphtali, even for the children of Naphtali according to their families. -- joshua 19:32 +. +And their coast was from Heleph, from Allon to Zaanannim, and Adami, Nekeb, and Jabneel, unto Lakum; and the outgoings thereof were at Jordan: -- joshua 19:33 +. +And then the coast turneth westward to Aznothtabor, and goeth out from thence to Hukkok, and reacheth to Zebulun on the south side, and reacheth to Asher on the west side, and to Judah upon Jordan toward the sunrising. -- joshua 19:34 +. +And the fenced cities are Ziddim, Zer, and Hammath, Rakkath, and Chinnereth, -- joshua 19:35 +. +And Adamah, and Ramah, and Hazor, -- joshua 19:36 +. +And Kedesh, and Edrei, and Enhazor, -- joshua 19:37 +. +And Iron, and Migdalel, Horem, and Bethanath, and Bethshemesh; nineteen cities with their villages. -- joshua 19:38 +. +This is the inheritance of the tribe of the children of Naphtali according to their families, the cities and their villages. -- joshua 19:39 +. +And the seventh lot came out for the tribe of the children of Dan according to their families. -- joshua 19:40 +. +And the coast of their inheritance was Zorah, and Eshtaol, and Irshemesh, -- joshua 19:41 +. +And Shaalabbin, and Ajalon, and Jethlah, -- joshua 19:42 +. +And Elon, and Thimnathah, and Ekron, -- joshua 19:43 +. +And Eltekeh, and Gibbethon, and Baalath, -- joshua 19:44 +. +And Jehud, and Beneberak, and Gathrimmon, -- joshua 19:45 +. +And Mejarkon, and Rakkon, with the border before Japho. -- joshua 19:46 +. +And the coast of the children of Dan went out too little for them: therefore the children of Dan went up to fight against Leshem, and took it, and smote it with the edge of the sword, and possessed it, and dwelt therein, and called Leshem, Dan, after the name of Dan their father. -- joshua 19:47 +. +This is the inheritance of the tribe of the children of Dan according to their families, these cities with their villages. -- joshua 19:48 +. +When they had made an end of dividing the land for inheritance by their coasts, the children of Israel gave an inheritance to Joshua the son of Nun among them: -- joshua 19:49 +. +According to the word of the LORD they gave him the city which he asked, even Timnathserah in mount Ephraim: and he built the city, and dwelt therein. -- joshua 19:50 +. +These are the inheritances, which Eleazar the priest, and Joshua the son of Nun, and the heads of the fathers of the tribes of the children of Israel, divided for an inheritance by lot in Shiloh before the LORD, at the door of the tabernacle of the congregation. So they made an end of dividing the country. -- joshua 19:51 +. +The LORD also spake unto Joshua, saying, -- joshua 20:1 +. +Speak to the children of Israel, saying, Appoint out for you cities of refuge, whereof I spake unto you by the hand of Moses: -- joshua 20:2 +. +That the slayer that killeth any person unawares and unwittingly may flee thither: and they shall be your refuge from the avenger of blood. -- joshua 20:3 +. +And when he that doth flee unto one of those cities shall stand at the entering of the gate of the city, and shall declare his cause in the ears of the elders of that city, they shall take him into the city unto them, and give him a place, that he may dwell among them. -- joshua 20:4 +. +And if the avenger of blood pursue after him, then they shall not deliver the slayer up into his hand; because he smote his neighbor unwittingly, and hated him not beforetime. -- joshua 20:5 +. +And he shall dwell in that city, until he stand before the congregation for judgment, and until the death of the high priest that shall be in those days: then shall the slayer return, and come unto his own city, and unto his own house, unto the city from whence he fled. -- joshua 20:6 +. +And they appointed Kedesh in Galilee in mount Naphtali, and Shechem in mount Ephraim, and Kirjatharba, which is Hebron, in the mountain of Judah. -- joshua 20:7 +. +And on the other side Jordan by Jericho eastward, they assigned Bezer in the wilderness upon the plain out of the tribe of Reuben, and Ramoth in Gilead out of the tribe of Gad, and Golan in Bashan out of the tribe of Manasseh. -- joshua 20:8 +. +These were the cities appointed for all the children of Israel, and for the stranger that sojourneth among them, that whosoever killeth any person at unawares might flee thither, and not die by the hand of the avenger of blood, until he stood before the congregation. -- joshua 20:9 +. +Then came near the heads of the fathers of the Levites unto Eleazar the priest, and unto Joshua the son of Nun, and unto the heads of the fathers of the tribes of the children of Israel; -- joshua 21:1 +. +And they spake unto them at Shiloh in the land of Canaan, saying, The LORD commanded by the hand of Moses to give us cities to dwell in, with the suburbs thereof for our cattle. -- joshua 21:2 +. +And the children of Israel gave unto the Levites out of their inheritance, at the commandment of the LORD, these cities and their suburbs. -- joshua 21:3 +. +And the lot came out for the families of the Kohathites: and the children of Aaron the priest, which were of the Levites, had by lot out of the tribe of Judah, and out of the tribe of Simeon, and out of the tribe of Benjamin, thirteen cities. -- joshua 21:4 +. +And the rest of the children of Kohath had by lot out of the families of the tribe of Ephraim, and out of the tribe of Dan, and out of the half tribe of Manasseh, ten cities. -- joshua 21:5 +. +And the children of Gershon had by lot out of the families of the tribe of Issachar, and out of the tribe of Asher, and out of the tribe of Naphtali, and out of the half tribe of Manasseh in Bashan, thirteen cities. -- joshua 21:6 +. +The children of Merari by their families had out of the tribe of Reuben, and out of the tribe of Gad, and out of the tribe of Zebulun, twelve cities. -- joshua 21:7 +. +And the children of Israel gave by lot unto the Levites these cities with their suburbs, as the LORD commanded by the hand of Moses. -- joshua 21:8 +. +And they gave out of the tribe of the children of Judah, and out of the tribe of the children of Simeon, these cities which are here mentioned by name. -- joshua 21:9 +. +Which the children of Aaron, being of the families of the Kohathites, who were of the children of Levi, had: for theirs was the first lot. -- joshua 21:10 +. +And they gave them the city of Arba the father of Anak, which city is Hebron, in the hill country of Judah, with the suburbs thereof round about it. -- joshua 21:11 +. +But the fields of the city, and the villages thereof, gave they to Caleb the son of Jephunneh for his possession. -- joshua 21:12 +. +Thus they gave to the children of Aaron the priest Hebron with her suburbs, to be a city of refuge for the slayer; and Libnah with her suburbs, -- joshua 21:13 +. +And Jattir with her suburbs, and Eshtemoa with her suburbs, -- joshua 21:14 +. +And Holon with her suburbs, and Debir with her suburbs, -- joshua 21:15 +. +And Ain with her suburbs, and Juttah with her suburbs, and Bethshemesh with her suburbs; nine cities out of those two tribes. -- joshua 21:16 +. +And out of the tribe of Benjamin, Gibeon with her suburbs, Geba with her suburbs, -- joshua 21:17 +. +Anathoth with her suburbs, and Almon with her suburbs; four cities. -- joshua 21:18 +. +All the cities of the children of Aaron, the priests, were thirteen cities with their suburbs. -- joshua 21:19 +. +And the families of the children of Kohath, the Levites which remained of the children of Kohath, even they had the cities of their lot out of the tribe of Ephraim. -- joshua 21:20 +. +For they gave them Shechem with her suburbs in mount Ephraim, to be a city of refuge for the slayer; and Gezer with her suburbs, -- joshua 21:21 +. +And Kibzaim with her suburbs, and Bethhoron with her suburbs; four cities. -- joshua 21:22 +. +And out of the tribe of Dan, Eltekeh with her suburbs, Gibbethon with her suburbs, -- joshua 21:23 +. +Aijalon with her suburbs, Gathrimmon with her suburbs; four cities. -- joshua 21:24 +. +And out of the half tribe of Manasseh, Tanach with her suburbs, and Gathrimmon with her suburbs; two cities. -- joshua 21:25 +. +All the cities were ten with their suburbs for the families of the children of Kohath that remained. -- joshua 21:26 +. +And unto the children of Gershon, of the families of the Levites, out of the other half tribe of Manasseh they gave Golan in Bashan with her suburbs, to be a city of refuge for the slayer; and Beeshterah with her suburbs; two cities. -- joshua 21:27 +. +And out of the tribe of Issachar, Kishon with her suburbs, Dabareh with her suburbs, -- joshua 21:28 +. +Jarmuth with her suburbs, Engannim with her suburbs; four cities. -- joshua 21:29 +. +And out of the tribe of Asher, Mishal with her suburbs, Abdon with her suburbs, -- joshua 21:30 +. +Helkath with her suburbs, and Rehob with her suburbs; four cities. -- joshua 21:31 +. +And out of the tribe of Naphtali, Kedesh in Galilee with her suburbs, to be a city of refuge for the slayer; and Hammothdor with her suburbs, and Kartan with her suburbs; three cities. -- joshua 21:32 +. +All the cities of the Gershonites according to their families were thirteen cities with their suburbs. -- joshua 21:33 +. +And unto the families of the children of Merari, the rest of the Levites, out of the tribe of Zebulun, Jokneam with her suburbs, and Kartah with her suburbs, -- joshua 21:34 +. +Dimnah with her suburbs, Nahalal with her suburbs; four cities. -- joshua 21:35 +. +And out of the tribe of Reuben, Bezer with her suburbs, and Jahazah with her suburbs, -- joshua 21:36 +. +Kedemoth with her suburbs, and Mephaath with her suburbs; four cities. -- joshua 21:37 +. +And out of the tribe of Gad, Ramoth in Gilead with her suburbs, to be a city of refuge for the slayer; and Mahanaim with her suburbs, -- joshua 21:38 +. +Heshbon with her suburbs, Jazer with her suburbs; four cities in all. -- joshua 21:39 +. +So all the cities for the children of Merari by their families, which were remaining of the families of the Levites, were by their lot twelve cities. -- joshua 21:40 +. +All the cities of the Levites within the possession of the children of Israel were forty and eight cities with their suburbs. -- joshua 21:41 +. +These cities were every one with their suburbs round about them: thus were all these cities. -- joshua 21:42 +. +And the LORD gave unto Israel all the land which he sware to give unto their fathers; and they possessed it, and dwelt therein. -- joshua 21:43 +. +And the LORD gave them rest round about, according to all that he sware unto their fathers: and there stood not a man of all their enemies before them; the LORD delivered all their enemies into their hand. -- joshua 21:44 +. +There failed not ought of any good thing which the LORD had spoken unto the house of Israel; all came to pass. -- joshua 21:45 +. +Then Joshua called the Reubenites, and the Gadites, and the half tribe of Manasseh, -- joshua 22:1 +. +And said unto them, Ye have kept all that Moses the servant of the LORD commanded you, and have obeyed my voice in all that I commanded you: -- joshua 22:2 +. +Ye have not left your brethren these many days unto this day, but have kept the charge of the commandment of the LORD your God. -- joshua 22:3 +. +And now the LORD your God hath given rest unto your brethren, as he promised them: therefore now return ye, and get you unto your tents, and unto the land of your possession, which Moses the servant of the LORD gave you on the other side Jordan. -- joshua 22:4 +. +But take diligent heed to do the commandment and the law, which Moses the servant of the LORD charged you, to love the LORD your God, and to walk in all his ways, and to keep his commandments, and to cleave unto him, and to serve him with all your heart and with all your soul. -- joshua 22:5 +. +So Joshua blessed them, and sent them away: and they went unto their tents. -- joshua 22:6 +. +Now to the one half of the tribe of Manasseh Moses had given possession in Bashan: but unto the other half thereof gave Joshua among their brethren on this side Jordan westward. And when Joshua sent them away also unto their tents, then he blessed them, -- joshua 22:7 +. +And he spake unto them, saying, Return with much riches unto your tents, and with very much cattle, with silver, and with gold, and with brass, and with iron, and with very much raiment: divide the spoil of your enemies with your brethren. -- joshua 22:8 +. +And the children of Reuben and the children of Gad and the half tribe of Manasseh returned, and departed from the children of Israel out of Shiloh, which is in the land of Canaan, to go unto the country of Gilead, to the land of their possession, whereof they were possessed, according to the word of the LORD by the hand of Moses. -- joshua 22:9 +. +And when they came unto the borders of Jordan, that are in the land of Canaan, the children of Reuben and the children of Gad and the half tribe of Manasseh built there an altar by Jordan, a great altar to see to. -- joshua 22:10 +. +And the children of Israel heard say, Behold, the children of Reuben and the children of Gad and the half tribe of Manasseh have built an altar over against the land of Canaan, in the borders of Jordan, at the passage of the children of Israel. -- joshua 22:11 +. +And when the children of Israel heard of it, the whole congregation of the children of Israel gathered themselves together at Shiloh, to go up to war against them. -- joshua 22:12 +. +And the children of Israel sent unto the children of Reuben, and to the children of Gad, and to the half tribe of Manasseh, into the land of Gilead, Phinehas the son of Eleazar the priest, -- joshua 22:13 +. +And with him ten princes, of each chief house a prince throughout all the tribes of Israel; and each one was an head of the house of their fathers among the thousands of Israel. -- joshua 22:14 +. +And they came unto the children of Reuben, and to the children of Gad, and to the half tribe of Manasseh, unto the land of Gilead, and they spake with them, saying, -- joshua 22:15 +. +Thus saith the whole congregation of the LORD, What trespass is this that ye have committed against the God of Israel, to turn away this day from following the LORD, in that ye have builded you an altar, that ye might rebel this day against the LORD? -- joshua 22:16 +. +Is the iniquity of Peor too little for us, from which we are not cleansed until this day, although there was a plague in the congregation of the LORD, -- joshua 22:17 +. +But that ye must turn away this day from following the LORD? and it will be, seeing ye rebel to day against the LORD, that to morrow he will be wroth with the whole congregation of Israel. -- joshua 22:18 +. +Notwithstanding, if the land of your possession be unclean, then pass ye over unto the land of the possession of the LORD, wherein the LORD's tabernacle dwelleth, and take possession among us: but rebel not against the LORD, nor rebel against us, in building you an altar beside the altar of the LORD our God. -- joshua 22:19 +. +Did not Achan the son of Zerah commit a trespass in the accursed thing, and wrath fell on all the congregation of Israel? and that man perished not alone in his iniquity. -- joshua 22:20 +. +Then the children of Reuben and the children of Gad and the half tribe of Manasseh answered, and said unto the heads of the thousands of Israel, -- joshua 22:21 +. +The LORD God of gods, the LORD God of gods, he knoweth, and Israel he shall know; if it be in rebellion, or if in transgression against the LORD, (save us not this day,) -- joshua 22:22 +. +That we have built us an altar to turn from following the LORD, or if to offer thereon burnt offering or meat offering, or if to offer peace offerings thereon, let the LORD himself require it; -- joshua 22:23 +. +And if we have not rather done it for fear of this thing, saying, In time to come your children might speak unto our children, saying, What have ye to do with the LORD God of Israel? -- joshua 22:24 +. +For the LORD hath made Jordan a border between us and you, ye children of Reuben and children of Gad; ye have no part in the LORD: so shall your children make our children cease from fearing the LORD. -- joshua 22:25 +. +Therefore we said, Let us now prepare to build us an altar, not for burnt offering, nor for sacrifice: -- joshua 22:26 +. +But that it may be a witness between us, and you, and our generations after us, that we might do the service of the LORD before him with our burnt offerings, and with our sacrifices, and with our peace offerings; that your children may not say to our children in time to come, Ye have no part in the LORD. -- joshua 22:27 +. +Therefore said we, that it shall be, when they should so say to us or to our generations in time to come, that we may say again, Behold the pattern of the altar of the LORD, which our fathers made, not for burnt offerings, nor for sacrifices; but it is a witness between us and you. -- joshua 22:28 +. +God forbid that we should rebel against the LORD, and turn this day from following the LORD, to build an altar for burnt offerings, for meat offerings, or for sacrifices, beside the altar of the LORD our God that is before his tabernacle. -- joshua 22:29 +. +And when Phinehas the priest, and the princes of the congregation and heads of the thousands of Israel which were with him, heard the words that the children of Reuben and the children of Gad and the children of Manasseh spake, it pleased them. -- joshua 22:30 +. +And Phinehas the son of Eleazar the priest said unto the children of Reuben, and to the children of Gad, and to the children of Manasseh, This day we perceive that the LORD is among us, because ye have not committed this trespass against the LORD: now ye have delivered the children of Israel out of the hand of the LORD. -- joshua 22:31 +. +And Phinehas the son of Eleazar the priest, and the princes, returned from the children of Reuben, and from the children of Gad, out of the land of Gilead, unto the land of Canaan, to the children of Israel, and brought them word again. -- joshua 22:32 +. +And the thing pleased the children of Israel; and the children of Israel blessed God, and did not intend to go up against them in battle, to destroy the land wherein the children of Reuben and Gad dwelt. -- joshua 22:33 +. +And the children of Reuben and the children of Gad called the altar Ed: for it shall be a witness between us that the LORD is God. -- joshua 22:34 +. +And it came to pass a long time after that the LORD had given rest unto Israel from all their enemies round about, that Joshua waxed old and stricken in age. -- joshua 23:1 +. +And Joshua called for all Israel, and for their elders, and for their heads, and for their judges, and for their officers, and said unto them, I am old and stricken in age: -- joshua 23:2 +. +And ye have seen all that the LORD your God hath done unto all these nations because of you; for the LORD your God is he that hath fought for you. -- joshua 23:3 +. +Behold, I have divided unto you by lot these nations that remain, to be an inheritance for your tribes, from Jordan, with all the nations that I have cut off, even unto the great sea westward. -- joshua 23:4 +. +And the LORD your God, he shall expel them from before you, and drive them from out of your sight; and ye shall possess their land, as the LORD your God hath promised unto you. -- joshua 23:5 +. +Be ye therefore very courageous to keep and to do all that is written in the book of the law of Moses, that ye turn not aside therefrom to the right hand or to the left; -- joshua 23:6 +. +That ye come not among these nations, these that remain among you; neither make mention of the name of their gods, nor cause to swear by them, neither serve them, nor bow yourselves unto them: -- joshua 23:7 +. +But cleave unto the LORD your God, as ye have done unto this day. -- joshua 23:8 +. +For the LORD hath driven out from before you great nations and strong: but as for you, no man hath been able to stand before you unto this day. -- joshua 23:9 +. +One man of you shall chase a thousand: for the LORD your God, he it is that fighteth for you, as he hath promised you. -- joshua 23:10 +. +Take good heed therefore unto yourselves, that ye love the LORD your God. -- joshua 23:11 +. +Else if ye do in any wise go back, and cleave unto the remnant of these nations, even these that remain among you, and shall make marriages with them, and go in unto them, and they to you: -- joshua 23:12 +. +Know for a certainty that the LORD your God will no more drive out any of these nations from before you; but they shall be snares and traps unto you, and scourges in your sides, and thorns in your eyes, until ye perish from off this good land which the LORD your God hath given you. -- joshua 23:13 +. +And, behold, this day I am going the way of all the earth: and ye know in all your hearts and in all your souls, that not one thing hath failed of all the good things which the LORD your God spake concerning you; all are come to pass unto you, and not one thing hath failed thereof. -- joshua 23:14 +. +Therefore it shall come to pass, that as all good things are come upon you, which the LORD your God promised you; so shall the LORD bring upon you all evil things, until he have destroyed you from off this good land which the LORD your God hath given you. -- joshua 23:15 +. +When ye have transgressed the covenant of the LORD your God, which he commanded you, and have gone and served other gods, and bowed yourselves to them; then shall the anger of the LORD be kindled against you, and ye shall perish quickly from off the good land which he hath given unto you. -- joshua 23:16 +. +And Joshua gathered all the tribes of Israel to Shechem, and called for the elders of Israel, and for their heads, and for their judges, and for their officers; and they presented themselves before God. -- joshua 24:1 +. +And Joshua said unto all the people, Thus saith the LORD God of Israel, Your fathers dwelt on the other side of the flood in old time, even Terah, the father of Abraham, and the father of Nachor: and they served other gods. -- joshua 24:2 +. +And I took your father Abraham from the other side of the flood, and led him throughout all the land of Canaan, and multiplied his seed, and gave him Isaac. -- joshua 24:3 +. +And I gave unto Isaac Jacob and Esau: and I gave unto Esau mount Seir, to possess it; but Jacob and his children went down into Egypt. -- joshua 24:4 +. +I sent Moses also and Aaron, and I plagued Egypt, according to that which I did among them: and afterward I brought you out. -- joshua 24:5 +. +And I brought your fathers out of Egypt: and ye came unto the sea; and the Egyptians pursued after your fathers with chariots and horsemen unto the Red sea. -- joshua 24:6 +. +And when they cried unto the LORD, he put darkness between you and the Egyptians, and brought the sea upon them, and covered them; and your eyes have seen what I have done in Egypt: and ye dwelt in the wilderness a long season. -- joshua 24:7 +. +And I brought you into the land of the Amorites, which dwelt on the other side Jordan; and they fought with you: and I gave them into your hand, that ye might possess their land; and I destroyed them from before you. -- joshua 24:8 +. +Then Balak the son of Zippor, king of Moab, arose and warred against Israel, and sent and called Balaam the son of Beor to curse you: -- joshua 24:9 +. +But I would not hearken unto Balaam; therefore he blessed you still: so I delivered you out of his hand. -- joshua 24:10 +. +And you went over Jordan, and came unto Jericho: and the men of Jericho fought against you, the Amorites, and the Perizzites, and the Canaanites, and the Hittites, and the Girgashites, the Hivites, and the Jebusites; and I delivered them into your hand. -- joshua 24:11 +. +And I sent the hornet before you, which drave them out from before you, even the two kings of the Amorites; but not with thy sword, nor with thy bow. -- joshua 24:12 +. +And I have given you a land for which ye did not labor, and cities which ye built not, and ye dwell in them; of the vineyards and oliveyards which ye planted not do ye eat. -- joshua 24:13 +. +Now therefore fear the LORD, and serve him in sincerity and in truth: and put away the gods which your fathers served on the other side of the flood, and in Egypt; and serve ye the LORD. -- joshua 24:14 +. +And if it seem evil unto you to serve the LORD, choose you this day whom ye will serve; whether the gods which your fathers served that were on the other side of the flood, or the gods of the Amorites, in whose land ye dwell: but as for me and my house, we will serve the LORD. -- joshua 24:15 +. +And the people answered and said, God forbid that we should forsake the LORD, to serve other gods; -- joshua 24:16 +. +For the LORD our God, he it is that brought us up and our fathers out of the land of Egypt, from the house of bondage, and which did those great signs in our sight, and preserved us in all the way wherein we went, and among all the people through whom we passed: -- joshua 24:17 +. +And the LORD drave out from before us all the people, even the Amorites which dwelt in the land: therefore will we also serve the LORD; for he is our God. -- joshua 24:18 +. +And Joshua said unto the people, Ye cannot serve the LORD: for he is an holy God; he is a jealous God; he will not forgive your transgressions nor your sins. -- joshua 24:19 +. +If ye forsake the LORD, and serve strange gods, then he will turn and do you hurt, and consume you, after that he hath done you good. -- joshua 24:20 +. +And the people said unto Joshua, Nay; but we will serve the LORD. -- joshua 24:21 +. +And Joshua said unto the people, Ye are witnesses against yourselves that ye have chosen you the LORD, to serve him. And they said, We are witnesses. -- joshua 24:22 +. +Now therefore put away, said he, the strange gods which are among you, and incline your heart unto the LORD God of Israel. -- joshua 24:23 +. +And the people said unto Joshua, The LORD our God will we serve, and his voice will we obey. -- joshua 24:24 +. +So Joshua made a covenant with the people that day, and set them a statute and an ordinance in Shechem. -- joshua 24:25 +. +And Joshua wrote these words in the book of the law of God, and took a great stone, and set it up there under an oak, that was by the sanctuary of the LORD. -- joshua 24:26 +. +And Joshua said unto all the people, Behold, this stone shall be a witness unto us; for it hath heard all the words of the LORD which he spake unto us: it shall be therefore a witness unto you, lest ye deny your God. -- joshua 24:27 +. +So Joshua let the people depart, every man unto his inheritance. -- joshua 24:28 +. +And it came to pass after these things, that Joshua the son of Nun, the servant of the LORD, died, being an hundred and ten years old. -- joshua 24:29 +. +And they buried him in the border of his inheritance in Timnathserah, which is in mount Ephraim, on the north side of the hill of Gaash. -- joshua 24:30 +. +And Israel served the LORD all the days of Joshua, and all the days of the elders that overlived Joshua, and which had known all the works of the LORD, that he had done for Israel. -- joshua 24:31 +. +And the bones of Joseph, which the children of Israel brought up out of Egypt, buried they in Shechem, in a parcel of ground which Jacob bought of the sons of Hamor the father of Shechem for an hundred pieces of silver: and it became the inheritance of the children of Joseph. -- joshua 24:32 +. +And Eleazar the son of Aaron died; and they buried him in a hill that pertained to Phinehas his son, which was given him in mount Ephraim. -- joshua 24:33 +. +Now after the death of Joshua it came to pass, that the children of Israel asked the LORD, saying, Who shall go up for us against the Canaanites first, to fight against them? -- judges 1:1 +. +And the LORD said, Judah shall go up: behold, I have delivered the land into his hand. -- judges 1:2 +. +And Judah said unto Simeon his brother, Come up with me into my lot, that we may fight against the Canaanites; and I likewise will go with thee into thy lot. So Simeon went with him. -- judges 1:3 +. +And Judah went up; and the LORD delivered the Canaanites and the Perizzites into their hand: and they slew of them in Bezek ten thousand men. -- judges 1:4 +. +And they found Adonibezek in Bezek: and they fought against him, and they slew the Canaanites and the Perizzites. -- judges 1:5 +. +But Adonibezek fled; and they pursued after him, and caught him, and cut off his thumbs and his great toes. -- judges 1:6 +. +And Adonibezek said, Threescore and ten kings, having their thumbs and their great toes cut off, gathered their meat under my table: as I have done, so God hath requited me. And they brought him to Jerusalem, and there he died. -- judges 1:7 +. +Now the children of Judah had fought against Jerusalem, and had taken it, and smitten it with the edge of the sword, and set the city on fire. -- judges 1:8 +. +And afterward the children of Judah went down to fight against the Canaanites, that dwelt in the mountain, and in the south, and in the valley. -- judges 1:9 +. +And Judah went against the Canaanites that dwelt in Hebron: (now the name of Hebron before was Kirjatharba:) and they slew Sheshai, and Ahiman, and Talmai. -- judges 1:10 +. +And from thence he went against the inhabitants of Debir: and the name of Debir before was Kirjathsepher: -- judges 1:11 +. +And Caleb said, He that smiteth Kirjathsepher, and taketh it, to him will I give Achsah my daughter to wife. -- judges 1:12 +. +And Othniel the son of Kenaz, Caleb's younger brother, took it: and he gave him Achsah his daughter to wife. -- judges 1:13 +. +And it came to pass, when she came to him, that she moved him to ask of her father a field: and she lighted from off her ass; and Caleb said unto her, What wilt thou? -- judges 1:14 +. +And she said unto him, Give me a blessing: for thou hast given me a south land; give me also springs of water. And Caleb gave her the upper springs and the nether springs. -- judges 1:15 +. +And the children of the Kenite, Moses' father in law, went up out of the city of palm trees with the children of Judah into the wilderness of Judah, which lieth in the south of Arad; and they went and dwelt among the people. -- judges 1:16 +. +And Judah went with Simeon his brother, and they slew the Canaanites that inhabited Zephath, and utterly destroyed it. And the name of the city was called Hormah. -- judges 1:17 +. +Also Judah took Gaza with the coast thereof, and Askelon with the coast thereof, and Ekron with the coast thereof. -- judges 1:18 +. +And the LORD was with Judah; and he drave out the inhabitants of the mountain; but could not drive out the inhabitants of the valley, because they had chariots of iron. -- judges 1:19 +. +And they gave Hebron unto Caleb, as Moses said: and he expelled thence the three sons of Anak. -- judges 1:20 +. +And the children of Benjamin did not drive out the Jebusites that inhabited Jerusalem; but the Jebusites dwell with the children of Benjamin in Jerusalem unto this day. -- judges 1:21 +. +And the house of Joseph, they also went up against Bethel: and the LORD was with them. -- judges 1:22 +. +And the house of Joseph sent to descry Bethel. (Now the name of the city before was Luz.) -- judges 1:23 +. +And the spies saw a man come forth out of the city, and they said unto him, Show us, we pray thee, the entrance into the city, and we will show thee mercy. -- judges 1:24 +. +And when he showed them the entrance into the city, they smote the city with the edge of the sword; but they let go the man and all his family. -- judges 1:25 +. +And the man went into the land of the Hittites, and built a city, and called the name thereof Luz: which is the name thereof unto this day. -- judges 1:26 +. +Neither did Manasseh drive out the inhabitants of Bethshean and her towns, nor Taanach and her towns, nor the inhabitants of Dor and her towns, nor the inhabitants of Ibleam and her towns, nor the inhabitants of Megiddo and her towns: but the Canaanites would dwell in that land. -- judges 1:27 +. +And it came to pass, when Israel was strong, that they put the Canaanites to tribute, and did not utterly drive them out. -- judges 1:28 +. +Neither did Ephraim drive out the Canaanites that dwelt in Gezer; but the Canaanites dwelt in Gezer among them. -- judges 1:29 +. +Neither did Zebulun drive out the inhabitants of Kitron, nor the inhabitants of Nahalol; but the Canaanites dwelt among them, and became tributaries. -- judges 1:30 +. +Neither did Asher drive out the inhabitants of Accho, nor the inhabitants of Zidon, nor of Ahlab, nor of Achzib, nor of Helbah, nor of Aphik, nor of Rehob: -- judges 1:31 +. +But the Asherites dwelt among the Canaanites, the inhabitants of the land: for they did not drive them out. -- judges 1:32 +. +Neither did Naphtali drive out the inhabitants of Bethshemesh, nor the inhabitants of Bethanath; but he dwelt among the Canaanites, the inhabitants of the land: nevertheless the inhabitants of Bethshemesh and of Bethanath became tributaries unto them. -- judges 1:33 +. +And the Amorites forced the children of Dan into the mountain: for they would not suffer them to come down to the valley: -- judges 1:34 +. +But the Amorites would dwell in mount Heres in Aijalon, and in Shaalbim: yet the hand of the house of Joseph prevailed, so that they became tributaries. -- judges 1:35 +. +And the coast of the Amorites was from the going up to Akrabbim, from the rock, and upward. -- judges 1:36 +. +And an angel of the LORD came up from Gilgal to Bochim, and said, I made you to go up out of Egypt, and have brought you unto the land which I sware unto your fathers; and I said, I will never break my covenant with you. -- judges 2:1 +. +And ye shall make no league with the inhabitants of this land; ye shall throw down their altars: but ye have not obeyed my voice: why have ye done this? -- judges 2:2 +. +Wherefore I also said, I will not drive them out from before you; but they shall be as thorns in your sides, and their gods shall be a snare unto you. -- judges 2:3 +. +And it came to pass, when the angel of the LORD spake these words unto all the children of Israel, that the people lifted up their voice, and wept. -- judges 2:4 +. +And they called the name of that place Bochim: and they sacrificed there unto the LORD. -- judges 2:5 +. +And when Joshua had let the people go, the children of Israel went every man unto his inheritance to possess the land. -- judges 2:6 +. +And the people served the LORD all the days of Joshua, and all the days of the elders that outlived Joshua, who had seen all the great works of the LORD, that he did for Israel. -- judges 2:7 +. +And Joshua the son of Nun, the servant of the LORD, died, being an hundred and ten years old. -- judges 2:8 +. +And they buried him in the border of his inheritance in Timnathheres, in the mount of Ephraim, on the north side of the hill Gaash. -- judges 2:9 +. +And also all that generation were gathered unto their fathers: and there arose another generation after them, which knew not the LORD, nor yet the works which he had done for Israel. -- judges 2:10 +. +And the children of Israel did evil in the sight of the LORD, and served Baalim: -- judges 2:11 +. +And they forsook the LORD God of their fathers, which brought them out of the land of Egypt, and followed other gods, of the gods of the people that were round about them, and bowed themselves unto them, and provoked the LORD to anger. -- judges 2:12 +. +And they forsook the LORD, and served Baal and Ashtaroth. -- judges 2:13 +. +And the anger of the LORD was hot against Israel, and he delivered them into the hands of spoilers that spoiled them, and he sold them into the hands of their enemies round about, so that they could not any longer stand before their enemies. -- judges 2:14 +. +Whithersoever they went out, the hand of the LORD was against them for evil, as the LORD had said, and as the LORD had sworn unto them: and they were greatly distressed. -- judges 2:15 +. +Nevertheless the LORD raised up judges, which delivered them out of the hand of those that spoiled them. -- judges 2:16 +. +And yet they would not hearken unto their judges, but they went a whoring after other gods, and bowed themselves unto them: they turned quickly out of the way which their fathers walked in, obeying the commandments of the LORD; but they did not so. -- judges 2:17 +. +And when the LORD raised them up judges, then the LORD was with the judge, and delivered them out of the hand of their enemies all the days of the judge: for it repented the LORD because of their groanings by reason of them that oppressed them and vexed them. -- judges 2:18 +. +And it came to pass, when the judge was dead, that they returned, and corrupted themselves more than their fathers, in following other gods to serve them, and to bow down unto them; they ceased not from their own doings, nor from their stubborn way. -- judges 2:19 +. +And the anger of the LORD was hot against Israel; and he said, Because that this people hath transgressed my covenant which I commanded their fathers, and have not hearkened unto my voice; -- judges 2:20 +. +I also will not henceforth drive out any from before them of the nations which Joshua left when he died: -- judges 2:21 +. +That through them I may prove Israel, whether they will keep the way of the LORD to walk therein, as their fathers did keep it, or not. -- judges 2:22 +. +Therefore the LORD left those nations, without driving them out hastily; neither delivered he them into the hand of Joshua. -- judges 2:23 +. +Now these are the nations which the LORD left, to prove Israel by them, even as many of Israel as had not known all the wars of Canaan; -- judges 3:1 +. +Only that the generations of the children of Israel might know, to teach them war, at the least such as before knew nothing thereof; -- judges 3:2 +. +Namely, five lords of the Philistines, and all the Canaanites, and the Sidonians, and the Hivites that dwelt in mount Lebanon, from mount Baalhermon unto the entering in of Hamath. -- judges 3:3 +. +And they were to prove Israel by them, to know whether they would hearken unto the commandments of the LORD, which he commanded their fathers by the hand of Moses. -- judges 3:4 +. +And the children of Israel dwelt among the Canaanites, Hittites, and Amorites, and Perizzites, and Hivites, and Jebusites: -- judges 3:5 +. +And they took their daughters to be their wives, and gave their daughters to their sons, and served their gods. -- judges 3:6 +. +And the children of Israel did evil in the sight of the LORD, and forgat the LORD their God, and served Baalim and the groves. -- judges 3:7 +. +Therefore the anger of the LORD was hot against Israel, and he sold them into the hand of Chushanrishathaim king of Mesopotamia: and the children of Israel served Chushanrishathaim eight years. -- judges 3:8 +. +And when the children of Israel cried unto the LORD, the LORD raised up a deliverer to the children of Israel, who delivered them, even Othniel the son of Kenaz, Caleb's younger brother. -- judges 3:9 +. +And the Spirit of the LORD came upon him, and he judged Israel, and went out to war: and the LORD delivered Chushanrishathaim king of Mesopotamia into his hand; and his hand prevailed against Chushanrishathaim. -- judges 3:10 +. +And the land had rest forty years. And Othniel the son of Kenaz died. -- judges 3:11 +. +And the children of Israel did evil again in the sight of the LORD: and the LORD strengthened Eglon the king of Moab against Israel, because they had done evil in the sight of the LORD. -- judges 3:12 +. +And he gathered unto him the children of Ammon and Amalek, and went and smote Israel, and possessed the city of palm trees. -- judges 3:13 +. +So the children of Israel served Eglon the king of Moab eighteen years. -- judges 3:14 +. +But when the children of Israel cried unto the LORD, the LORD raised them up a deliverer, Ehud the son of Gera, a Benjamite, a man lefthanded: and by him the children of Israel sent a present unto Eglon the king of Moab. -- judges 3:15 +. +But Ehud made him a dagger which had two edges, of a cubit length; and he did gird it under his raiment upon his right thigh. -- judges 3:16 +. +And he brought the present unto Eglon king of Moab: and Eglon was a very fat man. -- judges 3:17 +. +And when he had made an end to offer the present, he sent away the people that bare the present. -- judges 3:18 +. +But he himself turned again from the quarries that were by Gilgal, and said, I have a secret errand unto thee, O king: who said, Keep silence. And all that stood by him went out from him. -- judges 3:19 +. +And Ehud came unto him; and he was sitting in a summer parlor, which he had for himself alone. And Ehud said, I have a message from God unto thee. And he arose out of his seat. -- judges 3:20 +. +And Ehud put forth his left hand, and took the dagger from his right thigh, and thrust it into his belly: -- judges 3:21 +. +And the haft also went in after the blade; and the fat closed upon the blade, so that he could not draw the dagger out of his belly; and the dirt came out. -- judges 3:22 +. +Then Ehud went forth through the porch, and shut the doors of the parlor upon him, and locked them. -- judges 3:23 +. +When he was gone out, his servants came; and when they saw that, behold, the doors of the parlor were locked, they said, Surely he covereth his feet in his summer chamber. -- judges 3:24 +. +And they tarried till they were ashamed: and, behold, he opened not the doors of the parlor; therefore they took a key, and opened them: and, behold, their lord was fallen down dead on the earth. -- judges 3:25 +. +And Ehud escaped while they tarried, and passed beyond the quarries, and escaped unto Seirath. -- judges 3:26 +. +And it came to pass, when he was come, that he blew a trumpet in the mountain of Ephraim, and the children of Israel went down with him from the mount, and he before them. -- judges 3:27 +. +And he said unto them, Follow after me: for the LORD hath delivered your enemies the Moabites into your hand. And they went down after him, and took the fords of Jordan toward Moab, and suffered not a man to pass over. -- judges 3:28 +. +And they slew of Moab at that time about ten thousand men, all lusty, and all men of valor; and there escaped not a man. -- judges 3:29 +. +So Moab was subdued that day under the hand of Israel. And the land had rest fourscore years. -- judges 3:30 +. +And after him was Shamgar the son of Anath, which slew of the Philistines six hundred men with an ox goad: and he also delivered Israel. -- judges 3:31 +. +And the children of Israel again did evil in the sight of the LORD, when Ehud was dead. -- judges 4:1 +. +And the LORD sold them into the hand of Jabin king of Canaan, that reigned in Hazor; the captain of whose host was Sisera, which dwelt in Harosheth of the Gentiles. -- judges 4:2 +. +And the children of Israel cried unto the LORD: for he had nine hundred chariots of iron; and twenty years he mightily oppressed the children of Israel. -- judges 4:3 +. +And Deborah, a prophetess, the wife of Lapidoth, she judged Israel at that time. -- judges 4:4 +. +And she dwelt under the palm tree of Deborah between Ramah and Bethel in mount Ephraim: and the children of Israel came up to her for judgment. -- judges 4:5 +. +And she sent and called Barak the son of Abinoam out of Kedeshnaphtali, and said unto him, Hath not the LORD God of Israel commanded, saying, Go and draw toward mount Tabor, and take with thee ten thousand men of the children of Naphtali and of the children of Zebulun? -- judges 4:6 +. +And I will draw unto thee to the river Kishon Sisera, the captain of Jabin's army, with his chariots and his multitude; and I will deliver him into thine hand. -- judges 4:7 +. +And Barak said unto her, If thou wilt go with me, then I will go: but if thou wilt not go with me, then I will not go. -- judges 4:8 +. +And she said, I will surely go with thee: notwithstanding the journey that thou takest shall not be for thine honor; for the LORD shall sell Sisera into the hand of a woman. And Deborah arose, and went with Barak to Kedesh. -- judges 4:9 +. +And Barak called Zebulun and Naphtali to Kedesh; and he went up with ten thousand men at his feet: and Deborah went up with him. -- judges 4:10 +. +Now Heber the Kenite, which was of the children of Hobab the father in law of Moses, had severed himself from the Kenites, and pitched his tent unto the plain of Zaanaim, which is by Kedesh. -- judges 4:11 +. +And they showed Sisera that Barak the son of Abinoam was gone up to mount Tabor. -- judges 4:12 +. +And Sisera gathered together all his chariots, even nine hundred chariots of iron, and all the people that were with him, from Harosheth of the Gentiles unto the river of Kishon. -- judges 4:13 +. +And Deborah said unto Barak, Up; for this is the day in which the LORD hath delivered Sisera into thine hand: is not the LORD gone out before thee? So Barak went down from mount Tabor, and ten thousand men after him. -- judges 4:14 +. +And the LORD discomfited Sisera, and all his chariots, and all his host, with the edge of the sword before Barak; so that Sisera lighted down off his chariot, and fled away on his feet. -- judges 4:15 +. +But Barak pursued after the chariots, and after the host, unto Harosheth of the Gentiles: and all the host of Sisera fell upon the edge of the sword; and there was not a man left. -- judges 4:16 +. +Howbeit Sisera fled away on his feet to the tent of Jael the wife of Heber the Kenite: for there was peace between Jabin the king of Hazor and the house of Heber the Kenite. -- judges 4:17 +. +And Jael went out to meet Sisera, and said unto him, Turn in, my lord, turn in to me; fear not. And when he had turned in unto her into the tent, she covered him with a mantle. -- judges 4:18 +. +And he said unto her, Give me, I pray thee, a little water to drink; for I am thirsty. And she opened a bottle of milk, and gave him drink, and covered him. -- judges 4:19 +. +Again he said unto her, Stand in the door of the tent, and it shall be, when any man doth come and inquire of thee, and say, Is there any man here? that thou shalt say, No. -- judges 4:20 +. +Then Jael Heber's wife took a nail of the tent, and took an hammer in her hand, and went softly unto him, and smote the nail into his temples, and fastened it into the ground: for he was fast asleep and weary. So he died. -- judges 4:21 +. +And, behold, as Barak pursued Sisera, Jael came out to meet him, and said unto him, Come, and I will show thee the man whom thou seekest. And when he came into her tent, behold, Sisera lay dead, and the nail was in his temples. -- judges 4:22 +. +So God subdued on that day Jabin the king of Canaan before the children of Israel. -- judges 4:23 +. +And the hand of the children of Israel prospered, and prevailed against Jabin the king of Canaan, until they had destroyed Jabin king of Canaan. -- judges 4:24 +. +Then sang Deborah and Barak the son of Abinoam on that day, saying, -- judges 5:1 +. +Praise ye the LORD for the avenging of Israel, when the people willingly offered themselves. -- judges 5:2 +. +Hear, O ye kings; give ear, O ye princes; I, even I, will sing unto the LORD; I will sing praise to the LORD God of Israel. -- judges 5:3 +. +LORD, when thou wentest out of Seir, when thou marchedst out of the field of Edom, the earth trembled, and the heavens dropped, the clouds also dropped water. -- judges 5:4 +. +The mountains melted from before the LORD, even that Sinai from before the LORD God of Israel. -- judges 5:5 +. +In the days of Shamgar the son of Anath, in the days of Jael, the highways were unoccupied, and the travellers walked through byways. -- judges 5:6 +. +The inhabitants of the villages ceased, they ceased in Israel, until that I Deborah arose, that I arose a mother in Israel. -- judges 5:7 +. +They chose new gods; then was war in the gates: was there a shield or spear seen among forty thousand in Israel? -- judges 5:8 +. +My heart is toward the governors of Israel, that offered themselves willingly among the people. Bless ye the LORD. -- judges 5:9 +. +Speak, ye that ride on white asses, ye that sit in judgment, and walk by the way. -- judges 5:10 +. +They that are delivered from the noise of archers in the places of drawing water, there shall they rehearse the righteous acts of the LORD, even the righteous acts toward the inhabitants of his villages in Israel: then shall the people of the LORD go down to the gates. -- judges 5:11 +. +Awake, awake, Deborah: awake, awake, utter a song: arise, Barak, and lead thy captivity captive, thou son of Abinoam. -- judges 5:12 +. +Then he made him that remaineth have dominion over the nobles among the people: the LORD made me have dominion over the mighty. -- judges 5:13 +. +Out of Ephraim was there a root of them against Amalek; after thee, Benjamin, among thy people; out of Machir came down governors, and out of Zebulun they that handle the pen of the writer. -- judges 5:14 +. +And the princes of Issachar were with Deborah; even Issachar, and also Barak: he was sent on foot into the valley. For the divisions of Reuben there were great thoughts of heart. -- judges 5:15 +. +Why abodest thou among the sheepfolds, to hear the bleatings of the flocks? For the divisions of Reuben there were great searchings of heart. -- judges 5:16 +. +Gilead abode beyond Jordan: and why did Dan remain in ships? Asher continued on the sea shore, and abode in his breaches. -- judges 5:17 +. +Zebulun and Naphtali were a people that jeoparded their lives unto the death in the high places of the field. -- judges 5:18 +. +The kings came and fought, then fought the kings of Canaan in Taanach by the waters of Megiddo; they took no gain of money. -- judges 5:19 +. +They fought from heaven; the stars in their courses fought against Sisera. -- judges 5:20 +. +The river of Kishon swept them away, that ancient river, the river Kishon. O my soul, thou hast trodden down strength. -- judges 5:21 +. +Then were the horsehoofs broken by the means of the pransings, the pransings of their mighty ones. -- judges 5:22 +. +Curse ye Meroz, said the angel of the LORD, curse ye bitterly the inhabitants thereof; because they came not to the help of the LORD, to the help of the LORD against the mighty. -- judges 5:23 +. +Blessed above women shall Jael the wife of Heber the Kenite be, blessed shall she be above women in the tent. -- judges 5:24 +. +He asked water, and she gave him milk; she brought forth butter in a lordly dish. -- judges 5:25 +. +She put her hand to the nail, and her right hand to the workmen's hammer; and with the hammer she smote Sisera, she smote off his head, when she had pierced and stricken through his temples. -- judges 5:26 +. +At her feet he bowed, he fell, he lay down: at her feet he bowed, he fell: where he bowed, there he fell down dead. -- judges 5:27 +. +The mother of Sisera looked out at a window, and cried through the lattice, Why is his chariot so long in coming? why tarry the wheels of his chariots? -- judges 5:28 +. +Her wise ladies answered her, yea, she returned answer to herself, -- judges 5:29 +. +Have they not sped? have they not divided the prey; to every man a damsel or two; to Sisera a prey of divers colors, a prey of divers colors of needlework, of divers colors of needlework on both sides, meet for the necks of them that take the spoil? -- judges 5:30 +. +So let all thine enemies perish, O LORD: but let them that love him be as the sun when he goeth forth in his might. And the land had rest forty years. -- judges 5:31 +. +And the children of Israel did evil in the sight of the LORD: and the LORD delivered them into the hand of Midian seven years. -- judges 6:1 +. +And the hand of Midian prevailed against Israel: and because of the Midianites the children of Israel made them the dens which are in the mountains, and caves, and strong holds. -- judges 6:2 +. +And so it was, when Israel had sown, that the Midianites came up, and the Amalekites, and the children of the east, even they came up against them; -- judges 6:3 +. +And they encamped against them, and destroyed the increase of the earth, till thou come unto Gaza, and left no sustenance for Israel, neither sheep, nor ox, nor ass. -- judges 6:4 +. +For they came up with their cattle and their tents, and they came as grasshoppers for multitude; for both they and their camels were without number: and they entered into the land to destroy it. -- judges 6:5 +. +And Israel was greatly impoverished because of the Midianites; and the children of Israel cried unto the LORD. -- judges 6:6 +. +And it came to pass, when the children of Israel cried unto the LORD because of the Midianites, -- judges 6:7 +. +That the LORD sent a prophet unto the children of Israel, which said unto them, Thus saith the LORD God of Israel, I brought you up from Egypt, and brought you forth out of the house of bondage; -- judges 6:8 +. +And I delivered you out of the hand of the Egyptians, and out of the hand of all that oppressed you, and drave them out from before you, and gave you their land; -- judges 6:9 +. +And I said unto you, I am the LORD your God; fear not the gods of the Amorites, in whose land ye dwell: but ye have not obeyed my voice. -- judges 6:10 +. +And there came an angel of the LORD, and sat under an oak which was in Ophrah, that pertained unto Joash the Abiezrite: and his son Gideon threshed wheat by the winepress, to hide it from the Midianites. -- judges 6:11 +. +And the angel of the LORD appeared unto him, and said unto him, The LORD is with thee, thou mighty man of valor. -- judges 6:12 +. +And Gideon said unto him, Oh my Lord, if the LORD be with us, why then is all this befallen us? and where be all his miracles which our fathers told us of, saying, Did not the LORD bring us up from Egypt? but now the LORD hath forsaken us, and delivered us into the hands of the Midianites. -- judges 6:13 +. +And the LORD looked upon him, and said, Go in this thy might, and thou shalt save Israel from the hand of the Midianites: have not I sent thee? -- judges 6:14 +. +And he said unto him, Oh my Lord, wherewith shall I save Israel? behold, my family is poor in Manasseh, and I am the least in my father's house. -- judges 6:15 +. +And the LORD said unto him, Surely I will be with thee, and thou shalt smite the Midianites as one man. -- judges 6:16 +. +And he said unto him, If now I have found grace in thy sight, then show me a sign that thou talkest with me. -- judges 6:17 +. +Depart not hence, I pray thee, until I come unto thee, and bring forth my present, and set it before thee. And he said, I will tarry until thou come again. -- judges 6:18 +. +And Gideon went in, and made ready a kid, and unleavened cakes of an ephah of flour: the flesh he put in a basket, and he put the broth in a pot, and brought it out unto him under the oak, and presented it. -- judges 6:19 +. +And the angel of God said unto him, Take the flesh and the unleavened cakes, and lay them upon this rock, and pour out the broth. And he did so. -- judges 6:20 +. +Then the angel of the LORD put forth the end of the staff that was in his hand, and touched the flesh and the unleavened cakes; and there rose up fire out of the rock, and consumed the flesh and the unleavened cakes. Then the angel of the LORD departed out of his sight. -- judges 6:21 +. +And when Gideon perceived that he was an angel of the LORD, Gideon said, Alas, O LORD God! for because I have seen an angel of the LORD face to face. -- judges 6:22 +. +And the LORD said unto him, Peace be unto thee; fear not: thou shalt not die. -- judges 6:23 +. +Then Gideon built an altar there unto the LORD, and called it Jehovahshalom: unto this day it is yet in Ophrah of the Abiezrites. -- judges 6:24 +. +And it came to pass the same night, that the LORD said unto him, Take thy father's young bullock, even the second bullock of seven years old, and throw down the altar of Baal that thy father hath, and cut down the grove that is by it: -- judges 6:25 +. +And build an altar unto the LORD thy God upon the top of this rock, in the ordered place, and take the second bullock, and offer a burnt sacrifice with the wood of the grove which thou shalt cut down. -- judges 6:26 +. +Then Gideon took ten men of his servants, and did as the LORD had said unto him: and so it was, because he feared his father's household, and the men of the city, that he could not do it by day, that he did it by night. -- judges 6:27 +. +And when the men of the city arose early in the morning, behold, the altar of Baal was cast down, and the grove was cut down that was by it, and the second bullock was offered upon the altar that was built. -- judges 6:28 +. +And they said one to another, Who hath done this thing? And when they inquired and asked, they said, Gideon the son of Joash hath done this thing. -- judges 6:29 +. +Then the men of the city said unto Joash, Bring out thy son, that he may die: because he hath cast down the altar of Baal, and because he hath cut down the grove that was by it. -- judges 6:30 +. +And Joash said unto all that stood against him, Will ye plead for Baal? will ye save him? he that will plead for him, let him be put to death whilst it is yet morning: if he be a god, let him plead for himself, because one hath cast down his altar. -- judges 6:31 +. +Therefore on that day he called him Jerubbaal, saying, Let Baal plead against him, because he hath thrown down his altar. -- judges 6:32 +. +Then all the Midianites and the Amalekites and the children of the east were gathered together, and went over, and pitched in the valley of Jezreel. -- judges 6:33 +. +But the Spirit of the LORD came upon Gideon, and he blew a trumpet; and Abiezer was gathered after him. -- judges 6:34 +. +And he sent messengers throughout all Manasseh; who also was gathered after him: and he sent messengers unto Asher, and unto Zebulun, and unto Naphtali; and they came up to meet them. -- judges 6:35 +. +And Gideon said unto God, If thou wilt save Israel by mine hand, as thou hast said, -- judges 6:36 +. +Behold, I will put a fleece of wool in the floor; and if the dew be on the fleece only, and it be dry upon all the earth beside, then shall I know that thou wilt save Israel by mine hand, as thou hast said. -- judges 6:37 +. +And it was so: for he rose up early on the morrow, and thrust the fleece together, and wringed the dew out of the fleece, a bowl full of water. -- judges 6:38 +. +And Gideon said unto God, Let not thine anger be hot against me, and I will speak but this once: let me prove, I pray thee, but this once with the fleece; let it now be dry only upon the fleece, and upon all the ground let there be dew. -- judges 6:39 +. +And God did so that night: for it was dry upon the fleece only, and there was dew on all the ground. -- judges 6:40 +. +Then Jerubbaal, who is Gideon, and all the people that were with him, rose up early, and pitched beside the well of Harod: so that the host of the Midianites were on the north side of them, by the hill of Moreh, in the valley. -- judges 7:1 +. +And the LORD said unto Gideon, The people that are with thee are too many for me to give the Midianites into their hands, lest Israel vaunt themselves against me, saying, Mine own hand hath saved me. -- judges 7:2 +. +Now therefore go to, proclaim in the ears of the people, saying, Whosoever is fearful and afraid, let him return and depart early from mount Gilead. And there returned of the people twenty and two thousand; and there remained ten thousand. -- judges 7:3 +. +And the LORD said unto Gideon, The people are yet too many; bring them down unto the water, and I will try them for thee there: and it shall be, that of whom I say unto thee, This shall go with thee, the same shall go with thee; and of whomsoever I say unto thee, This shall not go with thee, the same shall not go. -- judges 7:4 +. +So he brought down the people unto the water: and the LORD said unto Gideon, Every one that lappeth of the water with his tongue, as a dog lappeth, him shalt thou set by himself; likewise every one that boweth down upon his knees to drink. -- judges 7:5 +. +And the number of them that lapped, putting their hand to their mouth, were three hundred men: but all the rest of the people bowed down upon their knees to drink water. -- judges 7:6 +. +And the LORD said unto Gideon, By the three hundred men that lapped will I save you, and deliver the Midianites into thine hand: and let all the other people go every man unto his place. -- judges 7:7 +. +So the people took victuals in their hand, and their trumpets: and he sent all the rest of Israel every man unto his tent, and retained those three hundred men: and the host of Midian was beneath him in the valley. -- judges 7:8 +. +And it came to pass the same night, that the LORD said unto him, Arise, get thee down unto the host; for I have delivered it into thine hand. -- judges 7:9 +. +But if thou fear to go down, go thou with Phurah thy servant down to the host: -- judges 7:10 +. +And thou shalt hear what they say; and afterward shall thine hands be strengthened to go down unto the host. Then went he down with Phurah his servant unto the outside of the armed men that were in the host. -- judges 7:11 +. +And the Midianites and the Amalekites and all the children of the east lay along in the valley like grasshoppers for multitude; and their camels were without number, as the sand by the sea side for multitude. -- judges 7:12 +. +And when Gideon was come, behold, there was a man that told a dream unto his fellow, and said, Behold, I dreamed a dream, and, lo, a cake of barley bread tumbled into the host of Midian, and came unto a tent, and smote it that it fell, and overturned it, that the tent lay along. -- judges 7:13 +. +And his fellow answered and said, This is nothing else save the sword of Gideon the son of Joash, a man of Israel: for into his hand hath God delivered Midian, and all the host. -- judges 7:14 +. +And it was so, when Gideon heard the telling of the dream, and the interpretation thereof, that he worshipped, and returned into the host of Israel, and said, Arise; for the LORD hath delivered into your hand the host of Midian. -- judges 7:15 +. +And he divided the three hundred men into three companies, and he put a trumpet in every man's hand, with empty pitchers, and lamps within the pitchers. -- judges 7:16 +. +And he said unto them, Look on me, and do likewise: and, behold, when I come to the outside of the camp, it shall be that, as I do, so shall ye do. -- judges 7:17 +. +When I blow with a trumpet, I and all that are with me, then blow ye the trumpets also on every side of all the camp, and say, The sword of the LORD, and of Gideon. -- judges 7:18 +. +So Gideon, and the hundred men that were with him, came unto the outside of the camp in the beginning of the middle watch; and they had but newly set the watch: and they blew the trumpets, and brake the pitchers that were in their hands. -- judges 7:19 +. +And the three companies blew the trumpets, and brake the pitchers, and held the lamps in their left hands, and the trumpets in their right hands to blow withal: and they cried, The sword of the LORD, and of Gideon. -- judges 7:20 +. +And they stood every man in his place round about the camp; and all the host ran, and cried, and fled. -- judges 7:21 +. +And the three hundred blew the trumpets, and the LORD set every man's sword against his fellow, even throughout all the host: and the host fled to Bethshittah in Zererath, and to the border of Abelmeholah, unto Tabbath. -- judges 7:22 +. +And the men of Israel gathered themselves together out of Naphtali, and out of Asher, and out of all Manasseh, and pursued after the Midianites. -- judges 7:23 +. +And Gideon sent messengers throughout all mount Ephraim, saying, come down against the Midianites, and take before them the waters unto Bethbarah and Jordan. Then all the men of Ephraim gathered themselves together, and took the waters unto Bethbarah and Jordan. -- judges 7:24 +. +And they took two princes of the Midianites, Oreb and Zeeb; and they slew Oreb upon the rock Oreb, and Zeeb they slew at the winepress of Zeeb, and pursued Midian, and brought the heads of Oreb and Zeeb to Gideon on the other side Jordan. -- judges 7:25 +. +And the men of Ephraim said unto him, Why hast thou served us thus, that thou calledst us not, when thou wentest to fight with the Midianites? And they did chide with him sharply. -- judges 8:1 +. +And he said unto them, What have I done now in comparison of you? Is not the gleaning of the grapes of Ephraim better than the vintage of Abiezer? -- judges 8:2 +. +God hath delivered into your hands the princes of Midian, Oreb and Zeeb: and what was I able to do in comparison of you? Then their anger was abated toward him, when he had said that. -- judges 8:3 +. +And Gideon came to Jordan, and passed over, he, and the three hundred men that were with him, faint, yet pursuing them. -- judges 8:4 +. +And he said unto the men of Succoth, Give, I pray you, loaves of bread unto the people that follow me; for they be faint, and I am pursuing after Zebah and Zalmunna, kings of Midian. -- judges 8:5 +. +And the princes of Succoth said, Are the hands of Zebah and Zalmunna now in thine hand, that we should give bread unto thine army? -- judges 8:6 +. +And Gideon said, Therefore when the LORD hath delivered Zebah and Zalmunna into mine hand, then I will tear your flesh with the thorns of the wilderness and with briers. -- judges 8:7 +. +And he went up thence to Penuel, and spake unto them likewise: and the men of Penuel answered him as the men of Succoth had answered him. -- judges 8:8 +. +And he spake also unto the men of Penuel, saying, When I come again in peace, I will break down this tower. -- judges 8:9 +. +Now Zebah and Zalmunna were in Karkor, and their hosts with them, about fifteen thousand men, all that were left of all the hosts of the children of the east: for there fell an hundred and twenty thousand men that drew sword. -- judges 8:10 +. +And Gideon went up by the way of them that dwelt in tents on the east of Nobah and Jogbehah, and smote the host; for the host was secure. -- judges 8:11 +. +And when Zebah and Zalmunna fled, he pursued after them, and took the two kings of Midian, Zebah and Zalmunna, and discomfited all the host. -- judges 8:12 +. +And Gideon the son of Joash returned from battle before the sun was up, -- judges 8:13 +. +And caught a young man of the men of Succoth, and inquired of him: and he described unto him the princes of Succoth, and the elders thereof, even threescore and seventeen men. -- judges 8:14 +. +And he came unto the men of Succoth, and said, Behold Zebah and Zalmunna, with whom ye did upbraid me, saying, Are the hands of Zebah and Zalmunna now in thine hand, that we should give bread unto thy men that are weary? -- judges 8:15 +. +And he took the elders of the city, and thorns of the wilderness and briers, and with them he taught the men of Succoth. -- judges 8:16 +. +And he beat down the tower of Penuel, and slew the men of the city. -- judges 8:17 +. +Then said he unto Zebah and Zalmunna, What manner of men were they whom ye slew at Tabor? And they answered, As thou art, so were they; each one resembled the children of a king. -- judges 8:18 +. +And he said, They were my brethren, even the sons of my mother: as the LORD liveth, if ye had saved them alive, I would not slay you. -- judges 8:19 +. +And he said unto Jether his firstborn, Up, and slay them. But the youth drew not his sword: for he feared, because he was yet a youth. -- judges 8:20 +. +Then Zebah and Zalmunna said, Rise thou, and fall upon us: for as the man is, so is his strength. And Gideon arose, and slew Zebah and Zalmunna, and took away the ornaments that were on their camels' necks. -- judges 8:21 +. +Then the men of Israel said unto Gideon, Rule thou over us, both thou, and thy son, and thy son's son also: for thou hast delivered us from the hand of Midian. -- judges 8:22 +. +And Gideon said unto them, I will not rule over you, neither shall my son rule over you: the LORD shall rule over you. -- judges 8:23 +. +And Gideon said unto them, I would desire a request of you, that ye would give me every man the earrings of his prey. (For they had golden earrings, because they were Ishmaelites.) -- judges 8:24 +. +And they answered, We will willingly give them. And they spread a garment, and did cast therein every man the earrings of his prey. -- judges 8:25 +. +And the weight of the golden earrings that he requested was a thousand and seven hundred shekels of gold; beside ornaments, and collars, and purple raiment that was on the kings of Midian, and beside the chains that were about their camels' necks. -- judges 8:26 +. +And Gideon made an ephod thereof, and put it in his city, even in Ophrah: and all Israel went thither a whoring after it: which thing became a snare unto Gideon, and to his house. -- judges 8:27 +. +Thus was Midian subdued before the children of Israel, so that they lifted up their heads no more. And the country was in quietness forty years in the days of Gideon. -- judges 8:28 +. +And Jerubbaal the son of Joash went and dwelt in his own house. -- judges 8:29 +. +And Gideon had threescore and ten sons of his body begotten: for he had many wives. -- judges 8:30 +. +And his concubine that was in Shechem, she also bare him a son, whose name he called Abimelech. -- judges 8:31 +. +And Gideon the son of Joash died in a good old age, and was buried in the sepulchre of Joash his father, in Ophrah of the Abiezrites. -- judges 8:32 +. +And it came to pass, as soon as Gideon was dead, that the children of Israel turned again, and went a whoring after Baalim, and made Baalberith their god. -- judges 8:33 +. +And the children of Israel remembered not the LORD their God, who had delivered them out of the hands of all their enemies on every side: -- judges 8:34 +. +Neither showed they kindness to the house of Jerubbaal, namely, Gideon, according to all the goodness which he had showed unto Israel. -- judges 8:35 +. +And Abimelech the son of Jerubbaal went to Shechem unto his mother's brethren, and communed with them, and with all the family of the house of his mother's father, saying, -- judges 9:1 +. +Speak, I pray you, in the ears of all the men of Shechem, Whether is better for you, either that all the sons of Jerubbaal, which are threescore and ten persons, reign over you, or that one reign over you? remember also that I am your bone and your flesh. -- judges 9:2 +. +And his mother's brethren spake of him in the ears of all the men of Shechem all these words: and their hearts inclined to follow Abimelech; for they said, He is our brother. -- judges 9:3 +. +And they gave him threescore and ten pieces of silver out of the house of Baalberith, wherewith Abimelech hired vain and light persons, which followed him. -- judges 9:4 +. +And he went unto his father's house at Ophrah, and slew his brethren the sons of Jerubbaal, being threescore and ten persons, upon one stone: notwithstanding yet Jotham the youngest son of Jerubbaal was left; for he hid himself. -- judges 9:5 +. +And all the men of Shechem gathered together, and all the house of Millo, and went, and made Abimelech king, by the plain of the pillar that was in Shechem. -- judges 9:6 +. +And when they told it to Jotham, he went and stood in the top of mount Gerizim, and lifted up his voice, and cried, and said unto them, Hearken unto me, ye men of Shechem, that God may hearken unto you. -- judges 9:7 +. +The trees went forth on a time to anoint a king over them; and they said unto the olive tree, Reign thou over us. -- judges 9:8 +. +But the olive tree said unto them, Should I leave my fatness, wherewith by me they honor God and man, and go to be promoted over the trees? -- judges 9:9 +. +And the trees said to the fig tree, Come thou, and reign over us. -- judges 9:10 +. +But the fig tree said unto them, Should I forsake my sweetness, and my good fruit, and go to be promoted over the trees? -- judges 9:11 +. +Then said the trees unto the vine, Come thou, and reign over us. -- judges 9:12 +. +And the vine said unto them, Should I leave my wine, which cheereth God and man, and go to be promoted over the trees? -- judges 9:13 +. +Then said all the trees unto the bramble, Come thou, and reign over us. -- judges 9:14 +. +And the bramble said unto the trees, If in truth ye anoint me king over you, then come and put your trust in my shadow: and if not, let fire come out of the bramble, and devour the cedars of Lebanon. -- judges 9:15 +. +Now therefore, if ye have done truly and sincerely, in that ye have made Abimelech king, and if ye have dealt well with Jerubbaal and his house, and have done unto him according to the deserving of his hands; -- judges 9:16 +. +(For my father fought for you, and adventured his life far, and delivered you out of the hand of Midian: -- judges 9:17 +. +And ye are risen up against my father's house this day, and have slain his sons, threescore and ten persons, upon one stone, and have made Abimelech, the son of his maidservant, king over the men of Shechem, because he is your brother;) -- judges 9:18 +. +If ye then have dealt truly and sincerely with Jerubbaal and with his house this day, then rejoice ye in Abimelech, and let him also rejoice in you: -- judges 9:19 +. +But if not, let fire come out from Abimelech, and devour the men of Shechem, and the house of Millo; and let fire come out from the men of Shechem, and from the house of Millo, and devour Abimelech. -- judges 9:20 +. +And Jotham ran away, and fled, and went to Beer, and dwelt there, for fear of Abimelech his brother. -- judges 9:21 +. +When Abimelech had reigned three years over Israel, -- judges 9:22 +. +Then God sent an evil spirit between Abimelech and the men of Shechem; and the men of Shechem dealt treacherously with Abimelech: -- judges 9:23 +. +That the cruelty done to the threescore and ten sons of Jerubbaal might come, and their blood be laid upon Abimelech their brother, which slew them; and upon the men of Shechem, which aided him in the killing of his brethren. -- judges 9:24 +. +And the men of Shechem set liers in wait for him in the top of the mountains, and they robbed all that came along that way by them: and it was told Abimelech. -- judges 9:25 +. +And Gaal the son of Ebed came with his brethren, and went over to Shechem: and the men of Shechem put their confidence in him. -- judges 9:26 +. +And they went out into the fields, and gathered their vineyards, and trode the grapes, and made merry, and went into the house of their god, and did eat and drink, and cursed Abimelech. -- judges 9:27 +. +And Gaal the son of Ebed said, Who is Abimelech, and who is Shechem, that we should serve him? is not he the son of Jerubbaal? and Zebul his officer? serve the men of Hamor the father of Shechem: for why should we serve him? -- judges 9:28 +. +And would to God this people were under my hand! then would I remove Abimelech. And he said to Abimelech, Increase thine army, and come out. -- judges 9:29 +. +And when Zebul the ruler of the city heard the words of Gaal the son of Ebed, his anger was kindled. -- judges 9:30 +. +And he sent messengers unto Abimelech privily, saying, Behold, Gaal the son of Ebed and his brethren be come to Shechem; and, behold, they fortify the city against thee. -- judges 9:31 +. +Now therefore up by night, thou and the people that is with thee, and lie in wait in the field: -- judges 9:32 +. +And it shall be, that in the morning, as soon as the sun is up, thou shalt rise early, and set upon the city: and, behold, when he and the people that is with him come out against thee, then mayest thou do to them as thou shalt find occasion. -- judges 9:33 +. +And Abimelech rose up, and all the people that were with him, by night, and they laid wait against Shechem in four companies. -- judges 9:34 +. +And Gaal the son of Ebed went out, and stood in the entering of the gate of the city: and Abimelech rose up, and the people that were with him, from lying in wait. -- judges 9:35 +. +And when Gaal saw the people, he said to Zebul, Behold, there come people down from the top of the mountains. And Zebul said unto him, Thou seest the shadow of the mountains as if they were men. -- judges 9:36 +. +And Gaal spake again, and said, See there come people down by the middle of the land, and another company come along by the plain of Meonenim. -- judges 9:37 +. +Then said Zebul unto him, Where is now thy mouth, wherewith thou saidst, Who is Abimelech, that we should serve him? is not this the people that thou hast despised? go out, I pray now, and fight with them. -- judges 9:38 +. +And Gaal went out before the men of Shechem, and fought with Abimelech. -- judges 9:39 +. +And Abimelech chased him, and he fled before him, and many were overthrown and wounded, even unto the entering of the gate. -- judges 9:40 +. +And Abimelech dwelt at Arumah: and Zebul thrust out Gaal and his brethren, that they should not dwell in Shechem. -- judges 9:41 +. +And it came to pass on the morrow, that the people went out into the field; and they told Abimelech. -- judges 9:42 +. +And he took the people, and divided them into three companies, and laid wait in the field, and looked, and, behold, the people were come forth out of the city; and he rose up against them, and smote them. -- judges 9:43 +. +And Abimelech, and the company that was with him, rushed forward, and stood in the entering of the gate of the city: and the two other companies ran upon all the people that were in the fields, and slew them. -- judges 9:44 +. +And Abimelech fought against the city all that day; and he took the city, and slew the people that was therein, and beat down the city, and sowed it with salt. -- judges 9:45 +. +And when all the men of the tower of Shechem heard that, they entered into an hold of the house of the god Berith. -- judges 9:46 +. +And it was told Abimelech, that all the men of the tower of Shechem were gathered together. -- judges 9:47 +. +And Abimelech gat him up to mount Zalmon, he and all the people that were with him; and Abimelech took an axe in his hand, and cut down a bough from the trees, and took it, and laid it on his shoulder, and said unto the people that were with him, What ye have seen me do, make haste, and do as I have done. -- judges 9:48 +. +And all the people likewise cut down every man his bough, and followed Abimelech, and put them to the hold, and set the hold on fire upon them; so that all the men of the tower of Shechem died also, about a thousand men and women. -- judges 9:49 +. +Then went Abimelech to Thebez, and encamped against Thebez, and took it. -- judges 9:50 +. +But there was a strong tower within the city, and thither fled all the men and women, and all they of the city, and shut it to them, and gat them up to the top of the tower. -- judges 9:51 +. +And Abimelech came unto the tower, and fought against it, and went hard unto the door of the tower to burn it with fire. -- judges 9:52 +. +And a certain woman cast a piece of a millstone upon Abimelech's head, and all to brake his skull. -- judges 9:53 +. +Then he called hastily unto the young man his armourbearer, and said unto him, Draw thy sword, and slay me, that men say not of me, A women slew him. And his young man thrust him through, and he died. -- judges 9:54 +. +And when the men of Israel saw that Abimelech was dead, they departed every man unto his place. -- judges 9:55 +. +Thus God rendered the wickedness of Abimelech, which he did unto his father, in slaying his seventy brethren: -- judges 9:56 +. +And all the evil of the men of Shechem did God render upon their heads: and upon them came the curse of Jotham the son of Jerubbaal. -- judges 9:57 +. +And after Abimelech there arose to defend Israel Tola the son of Puah, the son of Dodo, a man of Issachar; and he dwelt in Shamir in mount Ephraim. -- judges 10:1 +. +And he judged Israel twenty and three years, and died, and was buried in Shamir. -- judges 10:2 +. +And after him arose Jair, a Gileadite, and judged Israel twenty and two years. -- judges 10:3 +. +And he had thirty sons that rode on thirty ass colts, and they had thirty cities, which are called Havothjair unto this day, which are in the land of Gilead. -- judges 10:4 +. +And Jair died, and was buried in Camon. -- judges 10:5 +. +And the children of Israel did evil again in the sight of the LORD, and served Baalim, and Ashtaroth, and the gods of Syria, and the gods of Zidon, and the gods of Moab, and the gods of the children of Ammon, and the gods of the Philistines, and forsook the LORD, and served not him. -- judges 10:6 +. +And the anger of the LORD was hot against Israel, and he sold them into the hands of the Philistines, and into the hands of the children of Ammon. -- judges 10:7 +. +And that year they vexed and oppressed the children of Israel: eighteen years, all the children of Israel that were on the other side Jordan in the land of the Amorites, which is in Gilead. -- judges 10:8 +. +Moreover the children of Ammon passed over Jordan to fight also against Judah, and against Benjamin, and against the house of Ephraim; so that Israel was sore distressed. -- judges 10:9 +. +And the children of Israel cried unto the LORD, saying, We have sinned against thee, both because we have forsaken our God, and also served Baalim. -- judges 10:10 +. +And the LORD said unto the children of Israel, Did not I deliver you from the Egyptians, and from the Amorites, from the children of Ammon, and from the Philistines? -- judges 10:11 +. +The Zidonians also, and the Amalekites, and the Maonites, did oppress you; and ye cried to me, and I delivered you out of their hand. -- judges 10:12 +. +Yet ye have forsaken me, and served other gods: wherefore I will deliver you no more. -- judges 10:13 +. +Go and cry unto the gods which ye have chosen; let them deliver you in the time of your tribulation. -- judges 10:14 +. +And the children of Israel said unto the LORD, We have sinned: do thou unto us whatsoever seemeth good unto thee; deliver us only, we pray thee, this day. -- judges 10:15 +. +And they put away the strange gods from among them, and served the LORD: and his soul was grieved for the misery of Israel. -- judges 10:16 +. +Then the children of Ammon were gathered together, and encamped in Gilead. And the children of Israel assembled themselves together, and encamped in Mizpeh. -- judges 10:17 +. +And the people and princes of Gilead said one to another, What man is he that will begin to fight against the children of Ammon? he shall be head over all the inhabitants of Gilead. -- judges 10:18 +. +Now Jephthah the Gileadite was a mighty man of valor, and he was the son of an harlot: and Gilead begat Jephthah. -- judges 11:1 +. +And Gilead's wife bare him sons; and his wife's sons grew up, and they thrust out Jephthah, and said unto him, Thou shalt not inherit in our father's house; for thou art the son of a strange woman. -- judges 11:2 +. +Then Jephthah fled from his brethren, and dwelt in the land of Tob: and there were gathered vain men to Jephthah, and went out with him. -- judges 11:3 +. +And it came to pass in process of time, that the children of Ammon made war against Israel. -- judges 11:4 +. +And it was so, that when the children of Ammon made war against Israel, the elders of Gilead went to fetch Jephthah out of the land of Tob: -- judges 11:5 +. +And they said unto Jephthah, Come, and be our captain, that we may fight with the children of Ammon. -- judges 11:6 +. +And Jephthah said unto the elders of Gilead, Did not ye hate me, and expel me out of my father's house? and why are ye come unto me now when ye are in distress? -- judges 11:7 +. +And the elders of Gilead said unto Jephthah, Therefore we turn again to thee now, that thou mayest go with us, and fight against the children of Ammon, and be our head over all the inhabitants of Gilead. -- judges 11:8 +. +And Jephthah said unto the elders of Gilead, If ye bring me home again to fight against the children of Ammon, and the LORD deliver them before me, shall I be your head? -- judges 11:9 +. +And the elders of Gilead said unto Jephthah, The LORD be witness between us, if we do not so according to thy words. -- judges 11:10 +. +Then Jephthah went with the elders of Gilead, and the people made him head and captain over them: and Jephthah uttered all his words before the LORD in Mizpeh. -- judges 11:11 +. +And Jephthah sent messengers unto the king of the children of Ammon, saying, What hast thou to do with me, that thou art come against me to fight in my land? -- judges 11:12 +. +And the king of the children of Ammon answered unto the messengers of Jephthah, Because Israel took away my land, when they came up out of Egypt, from Arnon even unto Jabbok, and unto Jordan: now therefore restore those lands again peaceably. -- judges 11:13 +. +And Jephthah sent messengers again unto the king of the children of Ammon: -- judges 11:14 +. +And said unto him, Thus saith Jephthah, Israel took not away the land of Moab, nor the land of the children of Ammon: -- judges 11:15 +. +But when Israel came up from Egypt, and walked through the wilderness unto the Red sea, and came to Kadesh; -- judges 11:16 +. +Then Israel sent messengers unto the king of Edom, saying, Let me, I pray thee, pass through thy land: but the king of Edom would not hearken thereto. And in like manner they sent unto the king of Moab: but he would not consent: and Israel abode in Kadesh. -- judges 11:17 +. +Then they went along through the wilderness, and compassed the land of Edom, and the land of Moab, and came by the east side of the land of Moab, and pitched on the other side of Arnon, but came not within the border of Moab: for Arnon was the border of Moab. -- judges 11:18 +. +And Israel sent messengers unto Sihon king of the Amorites, the king of Heshbon; and Israel said unto him, Let us pass, we pray thee, through thy land into my place. -- judges 11:19 +. +But Sihon trusted not Israel to pass through his coast: but Sihon gathered all his people together, and pitched in Jahaz, and fought against Israel. -- judges 11:20 +. +And the LORD God of Israel delivered Sihon and all his people into the hand of Israel, and they smote them: so Israel possessed all the land of the Amorites, the inhabitants of that country. -- judges 11:21 +. +And they possessed all the coasts of the Amorites, from Arnon even unto Jabbok, and from the wilderness even unto Jordan. -- judges 11:22 +. +So now the LORD God of Israel hath dispossessed the Amorites from before his people Israel, and shouldest thou possess it? -- judges 11:23 +. +Wilt not thou possess that which Chemosh thy god giveth thee to possess? So whomsoever the LORD our God shall drive out from before us, them will we possess. -- judges 11:24 +. +And now art thou any thing better than Balak the son of Zippor, king of Moab? did he ever strive against Israel, or did he ever fight against them, -- judges 11:25 +. +While Israel dwelt in Heshbon and her towns, and in Aroer and her towns, and in all the cities that be along by the coasts of Arnon, three hundred years? why therefore did ye not recover them within that time? -- judges 11:26 +. +Wherefore I have not sinned against thee, but thou doest me wrong to war against me: the LORD the Judge be judge this day between the children of Israel and the children of Ammon. -- judges 11:27 +. +Howbeit the king of the children of Ammon hearkened not unto the words of Jephthah which he sent him. -- judges 11:28 +. +Then the Spirit of the LORD came upon Jephthah, and he passed over Gilead, and Manasseh, and passed over Mizpeh of Gilead, and from Mizpeh of Gilead he passed over unto the children of Ammon. -- judges 11:29 +. +And Jephthah vowed a vow unto the LORD, and said, If thou shalt without fail deliver the children of Ammon into mine hands, -- judges 11:30 +. +Then it shall be, that whatsoever cometh forth of the doors of my house to meet me, when I return in peace from the children of Ammon, shall surely be the LORD's, and I will offer it up for a burnt offering. -- judges 11:31 +. +So Jephthah passed over unto the children of Ammon to fight against them; and the LORD delivered them into his hands. -- judges 11:32 +. +And he smote them from Aroer, even till thou come to Minnith, even twenty cities, and unto the plain of the vineyards, with a very great slaughter. Thus the children of Ammon were subdued before the children of Israel. -- judges 11:33 +. +And Jephthah came to Mizpeh unto his house, and, behold, his daughter came out to meet him with timbrels and with dances: and she was his only child; beside her he had neither son nor daughter. -- judges 11:34 +. +And it came to pass, when he saw her, that he rent his clothes, and said, Alas, my daughter! thou hast brought me very low, and thou art one of them that trouble me: for I have opened my mouth unto the LORD, and I cannot go back. -- judges 11:35 +. +And she said unto him, My father, if thou hast opened thy mouth unto the LORD, do to me according to that which hath proceeded out of thy mouth; forasmuch as the LORD hath taken vengeance for thee of thine enemies, even of the children of Ammon. -- judges 11:36 +. +And she said unto her father, Let this thing be done for me: let me alone two months, that I may go up and down upon the mountains, and bewail my virginity, I and my fellows. -- judges 11:37 +. +And he said, Go. And he sent her away for two months: and she went with her companions, and bewailed her virginity upon the mountains. -- judges 11:38 +. +And it came to pass at the end of two months, that she returned unto her father, who did with her according to his vow which he had vowed: and she knew no man. And it was a custom in Israel, -- judges 11:39 +. +That the daughters of Israel went yearly to lament the daughter of Jephthah the Gileadite four days in a year. -- judges 11:40 +. +And the men of Ephraim gathered themselves together, and went northward, and said unto Jephthah, Wherefore passedst thou over to fight against the children of Ammon, and didst not call us to go with thee? we will burn thine house upon thee with fire. -- judges 12:1 +. +And Jephthah said unto them, I and my people were at great strife with the children of Ammon; and when I called you, ye delivered me not out of their hands. -- judges 12:2 +. +And when I saw that ye delivered me not, I put my life in my hands, and passed over against the children of Ammon, and the LORD delivered them into my hand: wherefore then are ye come up unto me this day, to fight against me? -- judges 12:3 +. +Then Jephthah gathered together all the men of Gilead, and fought with Ephraim: and the men of Gilead smote Ephraim, because they said, Ye Gileadites are fugitives of Ephraim among the Ephraimites, and among the Manassites. -- judges 12:4 +. +And the Gileadites took the passages of Jordan before the Ephraimites: and it was so, that when those Ephraimites which were escaped said, Let me go over; that the men of Gilead said unto him, Art thou an Ephraimite? If he said, Nay; -- judges 12:5 +. +Then said they unto him, Say now Shibboleth: and he said Sibboleth: for he could not frame to pronounce it right. Then they took him, and slew him at the passages of Jordan: and there fell at that time of the Ephraimites forty and two thousand. -- judges 12:6 +. +And Jephthah judged Israel six years. Then died Jephthah the Gileadite, and was buried in one of the cities of Gilead. -- judges 12:7 +. +And after him Ibzan of Bethlehem judged Israel. -- judges 12:8 +. +And he had thirty sons, and thirty daughters, whom he sent abroad, and took in thirty daughters from abroad for his sons. And he judged Israel seven years. -- judges 12:9 +. +Then died Ibzan, and was buried at Bethlehem. -- judges 12:10 +. +And after him Elon, a Zebulonite, judged Israel; and he judged Israel ten years. -- judges 12:11 +. +And Elon the Zebulonite died, and was buried in Aijalon in the country of Zebulun. -- judges 12:12 +. +And after him Abdon the son of Hillel, a Pirathonite, judged Israel. -- judges 12:13 +. +And he had forty sons and thirty nephews, that rode on threescore and ten ass colts: and he judged Israel eight years. -- judges 12:14 +. +And Abdon the son of Hillel the Pirathonite died, and was buried in Pirathon in the land of Ephraim, in the mount of the Amalekites. -- judges 12:15 +. +And the children of Israel did evil again in the sight of the LORD; and the LORD delivered them into the hand of the Philistines forty years. -- judges 13:1 +. +And there was a certain man of Zorah, of the family of the Danites, whose name was Manoah; and his wife was barren, and bare not. -- judges 13:2 +. +And the angel of the LORD appeared unto the woman, and said unto her, Behold now, thou art barren, and bearest not: but thou shalt conceive, and bear a son. -- judges 13:3 +. +Now therefore beware, I pray thee, and drink not wine nor strong drink, and eat not any unclean thing: -- judges 13:4 +. +For, lo, thou shalt conceive, and bear a son; and no razor shall come on his head: for the child shall be a Nazarite unto God from the womb: and he shall begin to deliver Israel out of the hand of the Philistines. -- judges 13:5 +. +Then the woman came and told her husband, saying, A man of God came unto me, and his countenance was like the countenance of an angel of God, very terrible: but I asked him not whence he was, neither told he me his name: -- judges 13:6 +. +But he said unto me, Behold, thou shalt conceive, and bear a son; and now drink no wine nor strong drink, neither eat any unclean thing: for the child shall be a Nazarite to God from the womb to the day of his death. -- judges 13:7 +. +Then Manoah intreated the LORD, and said, O my Lord, let the man of God which thou didst send come again unto us, and teach us what we shall do unto the child that shall be born. -- judges 13:8 +. +And God hearkened to the voice of Manoah; and the angel of God came again unto the woman as she sat in the field: but Manoah her husband was not with her. -- judges 13:9 +. +And the woman made haste, and ran, and showed her husband, and said unto him, Behold, the man hath appeared unto me, that came unto me the other day. -- judges 13:10 +. +And Manoah arose, and went after his wife, and came to the man, and said unto him, Art thou the man that spakest unto the woman? And he said, I am. -- judges 13:11 +. +And Manoah said, Now let thy words come to pass. How shall we order the child, and how shall we do unto him? -- judges 13:12 +. +And the angel of the LORD said unto Manoah, Of all that I said unto the woman let her beware. -- judges 13:13 +. +She may not eat of any thing that cometh of the vine, neither let her drink wine or strong drink, nor eat any unclean thing: all that I commanded her let her observe. -- judges 13:14 +. +And Manoah said unto the angel of the LORD, I pray thee, let us detain thee, until we shall have made ready a kid for thee. -- judges 13:15 +. +And the angel of the LORD said unto Manoah, Though thou detain me, I will not eat of thy bread: and if thou wilt offer a burnt offering, thou must offer it unto the LORD. For Manoah knew not that he was an angel of the LORD. -- judges 13:16 +. +And Manoah said unto the angel of the LORD, What is thy name, that when thy sayings come to pass we may do thee honor? -- judges 13:17 +. +And the angel of the LORD said unto him, Why askest thou thus after my name, seeing it is secret? -- judges 13:18 +. +So Manoah took a kid with a meat offering, and offered it upon a rock unto the LORD: and the angel did wonderously; and Manoah and his wife looked on. -- judges 13:19 +. +For it came to pass, when the flame went up toward heaven from off the altar, that the angel of the LORD ascended in the flame of the altar. And Manoah and his wife looked on it, and fell on their faces to the ground. -- judges 13:20 +. +But the angel of the LORD did no more appear to Manoah and to his wife. Then Manoah knew that he was an angel of the LORD. -- judges 13:21 +. +And Manoah said unto his wife, We shall surely die, because we have seen God. -- judges 13:22 +. +But his wife said unto him, If the LORD were pleased to kill us, he would not have received a burnt offering and a meat offering at our hands, neither would he have showed us all these things, nor would as at this time have told us such things as these. -- judges 13:23 +. +And the woman bare a son, and called his name Samson: and the child grew, and the LORD blessed him. -- judges 13:24 +. +And the Spirit of the LORD began to move him at times in the camp of Dan between Zorah and Eshtaol. -- judges 13:25 +. +And Samson went down to Timnath, and saw a woman in Timnath of the daughters of the Philistines. -- judges 14:1 +. +And he came up, and told his father and his mother, and said, I have seen a woman in Timnath of the daughters of the Philistines: now therefore get her for me to wife. -- judges 14:2 +. +Then his father and his mother said unto him, Is there never a woman among the daughters of thy brethren, or among all my people, that thou goest to take a wife of the uncircumcised Philistines? And Samson said unto his father, Get her for me; for she pleaseth me well. -- judges 14:3 +. +But his father and his mother knew not that it was of the LORD, that he sought an occasion against the Philistines: for at that time the Philistines had dominion over Israel. -- judges 14:4 +. +Then went Samson down, and his father and his mother, to Timnath, and came to the vineyards of Timnath: and, behold, a young lion roared against him. -- judges 14:5 +. +And the Spirit of the LORD came mightily upon him, and he rent him as he would have rent a kid, and he had nothing in his hand: but he told not his father or his mother what he had done. -- judges 14:6 +. +And he went down, and talked with the woman; and she pleased Samson well. -- judges 14:7 +. +And after a time he returned to take her, and he turned aside to see the carcass of the lion: and, behold, there was a swarm of bees and honey in the carcass of the lion. -- judges 14:8 +. +And he took thereof in his hands, and went on eating, and came to his father and mother, and he gave them, and they did eat: but he told not them that he had taken the honey out of the carcass of the lion. -- judges 14:9 +. +So his father went down unto the woman: and Samson made there a feast; for so used the young men to do. -- judges 14:10 +. +And it came to pass, when they saw him, that they brought thirty companions to be with him. -- judges 14:11 +. +And Samson said unto them, I will now put forth a riddle unto you: if ye can certainly declare it me within the seven days of the feast, and find it out, then I will give you thirty sheets and thirty change of garments: -- judges 14:12 +. +But if ye cannot declare it me, then shall ye give me thirty sheets and thirty change of garments. And they said unto him, Put forth thy riddle, that we may hear it. -- judges 14:13 +. +And he said unto them, Out of the eater came forth meat, and out of the strong came forth sweetness. And they could not in three days expound the riddle. -- judges 14:14 +. +And it came to pass on the seventh day, that they said unto Samson's wife, Entice thy husband, that he may declare unto us the riddle, lest we burn thee and thy father's house with fire: have ye called us to take that we have? is it not so? -- judges 14:15 +. +And Samson's wife wept before him, and said, Thou dost but hate me, and lovest me not: thou hast put forth a riddle unto the children of my people, and hast not told it me. And he said unto her, Behold, I have not told it my father nor my mother, and shall I tell it thee? -- judges 14:16 +. +And she wept before him the seven days, while their feast lasted: and it came to pass on the seventh day, that he told her, because she lay sore upon him: and she told the riddle to the children of her people. -- judges 14:17 +. +And the men of the city said unto him on the seventh day before the sun went down, What is sweeter than honey? And what is stronger than a lion? and he said unto them, If ye had not plowed with my heifer, ye had not found out my riddle. -- judges 14:18 +. +And the Spirit of the LORD came upon him, and he went down to Ashkelon, and slew thirty men of them, and took their spoil, and gave change of garments unto them which expounded the riddle. And his anger was kindled, and he went up to his father's house. -- judges 14:19 +. +But Samson's wife was given to his companion, whom he had used as his friend. -- judges 14:20 +. +But it came to pass within a while after, in the time of wheat harvest, that Samson visited his wife with a kid; and he said, I will go in to my wife into the chamber. But her father would not suffer him to go in. -- judges 15:1 +. +And her father said, I verily thought that thou hadst utterly hated her; therefore I gave her to thy companion: is not her younger sister fairer than she? take her, I pray thee, instead of her. -- judges 15:2 +. +And Samson said concerning them, Now shall I be more blameless than the Philistines, though I do them a displeasure. -- judges 15:3 +. +And Samson went and caught three hundred foxes, and took firebrands, and turned tail to tail, and put a firebrand in the midst between two tails. -- judges 15:4 +. +And when he had set the brands on fire, he let them go into the standing corn of the Philistines, and burnt up both the shocks, and also the standing corn, with the vineyards and olives. -- judges 15:5 +. +Then the Philistines said, Who hath done this? And they answered, Samson, the son in law of the Timnite, because he had taken his wife, and given her to his companion. And the Philistines came up, and burnt her and her father with fire. -- judges 15:6 +. +And Samson said unto them, Though ye have done this, yet will I be avenged of you, and after that I will cease. -- judges 15:7 +. +And he smote them hip and thigh with a great slaughter: and he went down and dwelt in the top of the rock Etam. -- judges 15:8 +. +Then the Philistines went up, and pitched in Judah, and spread themselves in Lehi. -- judges 15:9 +. +And the men of Judah said, Why are ye come up against us? And they answered, To bind Samson are we come up, to do to him as he hath done to us. -- judges 15:10 +. +Then three thousand men of Judah went to the top of the rock Etam, and said to Samson, Knowest thou not that the Philistines are rulers over us? what is this that thou hast done unto us? And he said unto them, As they did unto me, so have I done unto them. -- judges 15:11 +. +And they said unto him, We are come down to bind thee, that we may deliver thee into the hand of the Philistines. And Samson said unto them, Swear unto me, that ye will not fall upon me yourselves. -- judges 15:12 +. +And they spake unto him, saying, No; but we will bind thee fast, and deliver thee into their hand: but surely we will not kill thee. And they bound him with two new cords, and brought him up from the rock. -- judges 15:13 +. +And when he came unto Lehi, the Philistines shouted against him: and the Spirit of the LORD came mightily upon him, and the cords that were upon his arms became as flax that was burnt with fire, and his bands loosed from off his hands. -- judges 15:14 +. +And he found a new jawbone of an ass, and put forth his hand, and took it, and slew a thousand men therewith. -- judges 15:15 +. +And Samson said, With the jawbone of an ass, heaps upon heaps, with the jaw of an ass have I slain a thousand men. -- judges 15:16 +. +And it came to pass, when he had made an end of speaking, that he cast away the jawbone out of his hand, and called that place Ramathlehi. -- judges 15:17 +. +And he was sore athirst, and called on the LORD, and said, Thou hast given this great deliverance into the hand of thy servant: and now shall I die for thirst, and fall into the hand of the uncircumcised? -- judges 15:18 +. +But God clave an hollow place that was in the jaw, and there came water thereout; and when he had drunk, his spirit came again, and he revived: wherefore he called the name thereof Enhakkore, which is in Lehi unto this day. -- judges 15:19 +. +And he judged Israel in the days of the Philistines twenty years. -- judges 15:20 +. +Then went Samson to Gaza, and saw there an harlot, and went in unto her. -- judges 16:1 +. +And it was told the Gazites, saying, Samson is come hither. And they compassed him in, and laid wait for him all night in the gate of the city, and were quiet all the night, saying, In the morning, when it is day, we shall kill him. -- judges 16:2 +. +And Samson lay till midnight, and arose at midnight, and took the doors of the gate of the city, and the two posts, and went away with them, bar and all, and put them upon his shoulders, and carried them up to the top of an hill that is before Hebron. -- judges 16:3 +. +And it came to pass afterward, that he loved a woman in the valley of Sorek, whose name was Delilah. -- judges 16:4 +. +And the lords of the Philistines came up unto her, and said unto her, Entice him, and see wherein his great strength lieth, and by what means we may prevail against him, that we may bind him to afflict him; and we will give thee every one of us eleven hundred pieces of silver. -- judges 16:5 +. +And Delilah said to Samson, Tell me, I pray thee, wherein thy great strength lieth, and wherewith thou mightest be bound to afflict thee. -- judges 16:6 +. +And Samson said unto her, If they bind me with seven green withes that were never dried, then shall I be weak, and be as another man. -- judges 16:7 +. +Then the lords of the Philistines brought up to her seven green withes which had not been dried, and she bound him with them. -- judges 16:8 +. +Now there were men lying in wait, abiding with her in the chamber. And she said unto him, The Philistines be upon thee, Samson. And he brake the withes, as a thread of tow is broken when it toucheth the fire. So his strength was not known. -- judges 16:9 +. +And Delilah said unto Samson, Behold, thou hast mocked me, and told me lies: now tell me, I pray thee, wherewith thou mightest be bound. -- judges 16:10 +. +And he said unto her, If they bind me fast with new ropes that never were occupied, then shall I be weak, and be as another man. -- judges 16:11 +. +Delilah therefore took new ropes, and bound him therewith, and said unto him, The Philistines be upon thee, Samson. And there were liers in wait abiding in the chamber. And he brake them from off his arms like a thread. -- judges 16:12 +. +And Delilah said unto Samson, Hitherto thou hast mocked me, and told me lies: tell me wherewith thou mightest be bound. And he said unto her, If thou weavest the seven locks of my head with the web. -- judges 16:13 +. +And she fastened it with the pin, and said unto him, The Philistines be upon thee, Samson. And he awaked out of his sleep, and went away with the pin of the beam, and with the web. -- judges 16:14 +. +And she said unto him, How canst thou say, I love thee, when thine heart is not with me? thou hast mocked me these three times, and hast not told me wherein thy great strength lieth. -- judges 16:15 +. +And it came to pass, when she pressed him daily with her words, and urged him, so that his soul was vexed unto death; -- judges 16:16 +. +That he told her all his heart, and said unto her, There hath not come a razor upon mine head; for I have been a Nazarite unto God from my mother's womb: if I be shaven, then my strength will go from me, and I shall become weak, and be like any other man. -- judges 16:17 +. +And when Delilah saw that he had told her all his heart, she sent and called for the lords of the Philistines, saying, Come up this once, for he hath showed me all his heart. Then the lords of the Philistines came up unto her, and brought money in their hand. -- judges 16:18 +. +And she made him sleep upon her knees; and she called for a man, and she caused him to shave off the seven locks of his head; and she began to afflict him, and his strength went from him. -- judges 16:19 +. +And she said, The Philistines be upon thee, Samson. And he awoke out of his sleep, and said, I will go out as at other times before, and shake myself. And he wist not that the LORD was departed from him. -- judges 16:20 +. +But the Philistines took him, and put out his eyes, and brought him down to Gaza, and bound him with fetters of brass; and he did grind in the prison house. -- judges 16:21 +. +Howbeit the hair of his head began to grow again after he was shaven. -- judges 16:22 +. +Then the lords of the Philistines gathered them together for to offer a great sacrifice unto Dagon their god, and to rejoice: for they said, Our god hath delivered Samson our enemy into our hand. -- judges 16:23 +. +And when the people saw him, they praised their god: for they said, Our god hath delivered into our hands our enemy, and the destroyer of our country, which slew many of us. -- judges 16:24 +. +And it came to pass, when their hearts were merry, that they said, Call for Samson, that he may make us sport. And they called for Samson out of the prison house; and he made them sport: and they set him between the pillars. -- judges 16:25 +. +And Samson said unto the lad that held him by the hand, Suffer me that I may feel the pillars whereupon the house standeth, that I may lean upon them. -- judges 16:26 +. +Now the house was full of men and women; and all the lords of the Philistines were there; and there were upon the roof about three thousand men and women, that beheld while Samson made sport. -- judges 16:27 +. +And Samson called unto the LORD, and said, O Lord God, remember me, I pray thee, and strengthen me, I pray thee, only this once, O God, that I may be at once avenged of the Philistines for my two eyes. -- judges 16:28 +. +And Samson took hold of the two middle pillars upon which the house stood, and on which it was borne up, of the one with his right hand, and of the other with his left. -- judges 16:29 +. +And Samson said, Let me die with the Philistines. And he bowed himself with all his might; and the house fell upon the lords, and upon all the people that were therein. So the dead which he slew at his death were more than they which he slew in his life. -- judges 16:30 +. +Then his brethren and all the house of his father came down, and took him, and brought him up, and buried him between Zorah and Eshtaol in the buryingplace of Manoah his father. And he judged Israel twenty years. -- judges 16:31 +. +And there was a man of mount Ephraim, whose name was Micah. -- judges 17:1 +. +And he said unto his mother, The eleven hundred shekels of silver that were taken from thee, about which thou cursedst, and spakest of also in mine ears, behold, the silver is with me; I took it. And his mother said, Blessed be thou of the LORD, my son. -- judges 17:2 +. +And when he had restored the eleven hundred shekels of silver to his mother, his mother said, I had wholly dedicated the silver unto the LORD from my hand for my son, to make a graven image and a molten image: now therefore I will restore it unto thee. -- judges 17:3 +. +Yet he restored the money unto his mother; and his mother took two hundred shekels of silver, and gave them to the founder, who made thereof a graven image and a molten image: and they were in the house of Micah. -- judges 17:4 +. +And the man Micah had an house of gods, and made an ephod, and teraphim, and consecrated one of his sons, who became his priest. -- judges 17:5 +. +In those days there was no king in Israel, but every man did that which was right in his own eyes. -- judges 17:6 +. +And there was a young man out of Bethlehemjudah of the family of Judah, who was a Levite, and he sojourned there. -- judges 17:7 +. +And the man departed out of the city from Bethlehemjudah to sojourn where he could find a place: and he came to mount Ephraim to the house of Micah, as he journeyed. -- judges 17:8 +. +And Micah said unto him, Whence comest thou? And he said unto him, I am a Levite of Bethlehemjudah, and I go to sojourn where I may find a place. -- judges 17:9 +. +And Micah said unto him, Dwell with me, and be unto me a father and a priest, and I will give thee ten shekels of silver by the year, and a suit of apparel, and thy victuals. So the Levite went in. -- judges 17:10 +. +And the Levite was content to dwell with the man; and the young man was unto him as one of his sons. -- judges 17:11 +. +And Micah consecrated the Levite; and the young man became his priest, and was in the house of Micah. -- judges 17:12 +. +Then said Micah, Now know I that the LORD will do me good, seeing I have a Levite to my priest. -- judges 17:13 +. +In those days there was no king in Israel: and in those days the tribe of the Danites sought them an inheritance to dwell in; for unto that day all their inheritance had not fallen unto them among the tribes of Israel. -- judges 18:1 +. +And the children of Dan sent of their family five men from their coasts, men of valor, from Zorah, and from Eshtaol, to spy out the land, and to search it; and they said unto them, Go, search the land: who when they came to mount Ephraim, to the house of Micah, they lodged there. -- judges 18:2 +. +When they were by the house of Micah, they knew the voice of the young man the Levite: and they turned in thither, and said unto him, Who brought thee hither? and what makest thou in this place? and what hast thou here? -- judges 18:3 +. +And he said unto them, Thus and thus dealeth Micah with me, and hath hired me, and I am his priest. -- judges 18:4 +. +And they said unto him, Ask counsel, we pray thee, of God, that we may know whether our way which we go shall be prosperous. -- judges 18:5 +. +And the priest said unto them, Go in peace: before the LORD is your way wherein ye go. -- judges 18:6 +. +Then the five men departed, and came to Laish, and saw the people that were therein, how they dwelt careless, after the manner of the Zidonians, quiet and secure; and there was no magistrate in the land, that might put them to shame in any thing; and they were far from the Zidonians, and had no business with any man. -- judges 18:7 +. +And they came unto their brethren to Zorah and Eshtaol: and their brethren said unto them, What say ye? -- judges 18:8 +. +And they said, Arise, that we may go up against them: for we have seen the land, and, behold, it is very good: and are ye still? be not slothful to go, and to enter to possess the land. -- judges 18:9 +. +When ye go, ye shall come unto a people secure, and to a large land: for God hath given it into your hands; a place where there is no want of any thing that is in the earth. -- judges 18:10 +. +And there went from thence of the family of the Danites, out of Zorah and out of Eshtaol, six hundred men appointed with weapons of war. -- judges 18:11 +. +And they went up, and pitched in Kirjathjearim, in Judah: wherefore they called that place Mahanehdan unto this day: behold, it is behind Kirjathjearim. -- judges 18:12 +. +And they passed thence unto mount Ephraim, and came unto the house of Micah. -- judges 18:13 +. +Then answered the five men that went to spy out the country of Laish, and said unto their brethren, Do ye know that there is in these houses an ephod, and teraphim, and a graven image, and a molten image? now therefore consider what ye have to do. -- judges 18:14 +. +And they turned thitherward, and came to the house of the young man the Levite, even unto the house of Micah, and saluted him. -- judges 18:15 +. +And the six hundred men appointed with their weapons of war, which were of the children of Dan, stood by the entering of the gate. -- judges 18:16 +. +And the five men that went to spy out the land went up, and came in thither, and took the graven image, and the ephod, and the teraphim, and the molten image: and the priest stood in the entering of the gate with the six hundred men that were appointed with weapons of war. -- judges 18:17 +. +And these went into Micah's house, and fetched the carved image, the ephod, and the teraphim, and the molten image. Then said the priest unto them, What do ye? -- judges 18:18 +. +And they said unto him, Hold thy peace, lay thine hand upon thy mouth, and go with us, and be to us a father and a priest: is it better for thee to be a priest unto the house of one man, or that thou be a priest unto a tribe and a family in Israel? -- judges 18:19 +. +And the priest's heart was glad, and he took the ephod, and the teraphim, and the graven image, and went in the midst of the people. -- judges 18:20 +. +So they turned and departed, and put the little ones and the cattle and the carriage before them. -- judges 18:21 +. +And when they were a good way from the house of Micah, the men that were in the houses near to Micah's house were gathered together, and overtook the children of Dan. -- judges 18:22 +. +And they cried unto the children of Dan. And they turned their faces, and said unto Micah, What aileth thee, that thou comest with such a company? -- judges 18:23 +. +And he said, Ye have taken away my gods which I made, and the priest, and ye are gone away: and what have I more? and what is this that ye say unto me, What aileth thee? -- judges 18:24 +. +And the children of Dan said unto him, Let not thy voice be heard among us, lest angry fellows run upon thee, and thou lose thy life, with the lives of thy household. -- judges 18:25 +. +And the children of Dan went their way: and when Micah saw that they were too strong for him, he turned and went back unto his house. -- judges 18:26 +. +And they took the things which Micah had made, and the priest which he had, and came unto Laish, unto a people that were at quiet and secure: and they smote them with the edge of the sword, and burnt the city with fire. -- judges 18:27 +. +And there was no deliverer, because it was far from Zidon, and they had no business with any man; and it was in the valley that lieth by Bethrehob. And they built a city, and dwelt therein. -- judges 18:28 +. +And they called the name of the city Dan, after the name of Dan their father, who was born unto Israel: howbeit the name of the city was Laish at the first. -- judges 18:29 +. +And the children of Dan set up the graven image: and Jonathan, the son of Gershom, the son of Manasseh, he and his sons were priests to the tribe of Dan until the day of the captivity of the land. -- judges 18:30 +. +And they set them up Micah's graven image, which he made, all the time that the house of God was in Shiloh. -- judges 18:31 +. +And it came to pass in those days, when there was no king in Israel, that there was a certain Levite sojourning on the side of mount Ephraim, who took to him a concubine out of Bethlehemjudah. -- judges 19:1 +. +And his concubine played the whore against him, and went away from him unto her father's house to Bethlehemjudah, and was there four whole months. -- judges 19:2 +. +And her husband arose, and went after her, to speak friendly unto her, and to bring her again, having his servant with him, and a couple of asses: and she brought him into her father's house: and when the father of the damsel saw him, he rejoiced to meet him. -- judges 19:3 +. +And his father in law, the damsel's father, retained him; and he abode with him three days: so they did eat and drink, and lodged there. -- judges 19:4 +. +And it came to pass on the fourth day, when they arose early in the morning, that he rose up to depart: and the damsel's father said unto his son in law, Comfort thine heart with a morsel of bread, and afterward go your way. -- judges 19:5 +. +And they sat down, and did eat and drink both of them together: for the damsel's father had said unto the man, Be content, I pray thee, and tarry all night, and let thine heart be merry. -- judges 19:6 +. +And when the man rose up to depart, his father in law urged him: therefore he lodged there again. -- judges 19:7 +. +And he arose early in the morning on the fifth day to depart; and the damsel's father said, Comfort thine heart, I pray thee. And they tarried until afternoon, and they did eat both of them. -- judges 19:8 +. +And when the man rose up to depart, he, and his concubine, and his servant, his father in law, the damsel's father, said unto him, Behold, now the day draweth toward evening, I pray you tarry all night: behold, the day groweth to an end, lodge here, that thine heart may be merry; and to morrow get you early on your way, that thou mayest go home. -- judges 19:9 +. +But the man would not tarry that night, but he rose up and departed, and came over against Jebus, which is Jerusalem; and there were with him two asses saddled, his concubine also was with him. -- judges 19:10 +. +And when they were by Jebus, the day was far spent; and the servant said unto his master, Come, I pray thee, and let us turn in into this city of the Jebusites, and lodge in it. -- judges 19:11 +. +And his master said unto him, We will not turn aside hither into the city of a stranger, that is not of the children of Israel; we will pass over to Gibeah. -- judges 19:12 +. +And he said unto his servant, Come, and let us draw near to one of these places to lodge all night, in Gibeah, or in Ramah. -- judges 19:13 +. +And they passed on and went their way; and the sun went down upon them when they were by Gibeah, which belongeth to Benjamin. -- judges 19:14 +. +And they turned aside thither, to go in and to lodge in Gibeah: and when he went in, he sat him down in a street of the city: for there was no man that took them into his house to lodging. -- judges 19:15 +. +And, behold, there came an old man from his work out of the field at even, which was also of mount Ephraim; and he sojourned in Gibeah: but the men of the place were Benjamites. -- judges 19:16 +. +And when he had lifted up his eyes, he saw a wayfaring man in the street of the city: and the old man said, Whither goest thou? and whence comest thou? -- judges 19:17 +. +And he said unto him, We are passing from Bethlehemjudah toward the side of mount Ephraim; from thence am I: and I went to Bethlehemjudah, but I am now going to the house of the LORD; and there is no man that receiveth me to house. -- judges 19:18 +. +Yet there is both straw and provender for our asses; and there is bread and wine also for me, and for thy handmaid, and for the young man which is with thy servants: there is no want of any thing. -- judges 19:19 +. +And the old man said, Peace be with thee; howsoever let all thy wants lie upon me; only lodge not in the street. -- judges 19:20 +. +So he brought him into his house, and gave provender unto the asses: and they washed their feet, and did eat and drink. -- judges 19:21 +. +Now as they were making their hearts merry, behold, the men of the city, certain sons of Belial, beset the house round about, and beat at the door, and spake to the master of the house, the old man, saying, Bring forth the man that came into thine house, that we may know him. -- judges 19:22 +. +And the man, the master of the house, went out unto them, and said unto them, Nay, my brethren, nay, I pray you, do not so wickedly; seeing that this man is come into mine house, do not this folly. -- judges 19:23 +. +Behold, here is my daughter a maiden, and his concubine; them I will bring out now, and humble ye them, and do with them what seemeth good unto you: but unto this man do not so vile a thing. -- judges 19:24 +. +But the men would not hearken to him: so the man took his concubine, and brought her forth unto them; and they knew her, and abused her all the night until the morning: and when the day began to spring, they let her go. -- judges 19:25 +. +Then came the woman in the dawning of the day, and fell down at the door of the man's house where her lord was, till it was light. -- judges 19:26 +. +And her lord rose up in the morning, and opened the doors of the house, and went out to go his way: and, behold, the woman his concubine was fallen down at the door of the house, and her hands were upon the threshold. -- judges 19:27 +. +And he said unto her, Up, and let us be going. But none answered. Then the man took her up upon an ass, and the man rose up, and gat him unto his place. -- judges 19:28 +. +And when he was come into his house, he took a knife, and laid hold on his concubine, and divided her, together with her bones, into twelve pieces, and sent her into all the coasts of Israel. -- judges 19:29 +. +And it was so, that all that saw it said, There was no such deed done nor seen from the day that the children of Israel came up out of the land of Egypt unto this day: consider of it, take advice, and speak your minds. -- judges 19:30 +. +Then all the children of Israel went out, and the congregation was gathered together as one man, from Dan even to Beersheba, with the land of Gilead, unto the LORD in Mizpeh. -- judges 20:1 +. +And the chief of all the people, even of all the tribes of Israel, presented themselves in the assembly of the people of God, four hundred thousand footmen that drew sword. -- judges 20:2 +. +(Now the children of Benjamin heard that the children of Israel were gone up to Mizpeh.) Then said the children of Israel, Tell us, how was this wickedness? -- judges 20:3 +. +And the Levite, the husband of the woman that was slain, answered and said, I came into Gibeah that belongeth to Benjamin, I and my concubine, to lodge. -- judges 20:4 +. +And the men of Gibeah rose against me, and beset the house round about upon me by night, and thought to have slain me: and my concubine have they forced, that she is dead. -- judges 20:5 +. +And I took my concubine, and cut her in pieces, and sent her throughout all the country of the inheritance of Israel: for they have committed lewdness and folly in Israel. -- judges 20:6 +. +Behold, ye are all children of Israel; give here your advice and counsel. -- judges 20:7 +. +And all the people arose as one man, saying, We will not any of us go to his tent, neither will we any of us turn into his house. -- judges 20:8 +. +But now this shall be the thing which we will do to Gibeah; we will go up by lot against it; -- judges 20:9 +. +And we will take ten men of an hundred throughout all the tribes of Israel, and an hundred of a thousand, and a thousand out of ten thousand, to fetch victual for the people, that they may do, when they come to Gibeah of Benjamin, according to all the folly that they have wrought in Israel. -- judges 20:10 +. +So all the men of Israel were gathered against the city, knit together as one man. -- judges 20:11 +. +And the tribes of Israel sent men through all the tribe of Benjamin, saying, What wickedness is this that is done among you? -- judges 20:12 +. +Now therefore deliver us the men, the children of Belial, which are in Gibeah, that we may put them to death, and put away evil from Israel. But the children of Benjamin would not hearken to the voice of their brethren the children of Israel. -- judges 20:13 +. +But the children of Benjamin gathered themselves together out of the cities unto Gibeah, to go out to battle against the children of Israel. -- judges 20:14 +. +And the children of Benjamin were numbered at that time out of the cities twenty and six thousand men that drew sword, beside the inhabitants of Gibeah, which were numbered seven hundred chosen men. -- judges 20:15 +. +Among all this people there were seven hundred chosen men lefthanded; every one could sling stones at an hair breadth, and not miss. -- judges 20:16 +. +And the men of Israel, beside Benjamin, were numbered four hundred thousand men that drew sword: all these were men of war. -- judges 20:17 +. +And the children of Israel arose, and went up to the house of God, and asked counsel of God, and said, Which of us shall go up first to the battle against the children of Benjamin? And the LORD said, Judah shall go up first. -- judges 20:18 +. +And the children of Israel rose up in the morning, and encamped against Gibeah. -- judges 20:19 +. +And the men of Israel went out to battle against Benjamin; and the men of Israel put themselves in array to fight against them at Gibeah. -- judges 20:20 +. +And the children of Benjamin came forth out of Gibeah, and destroyed down to the ground of the Israelites that day twenty and two thousand men. -- judges 20:21 +. +And the people the men of Israel encouraged themselves, and set their battle again in array in the place where they put themselves in array the first day. -- judges 20:22 +. +(And the children of Israel went up and wept before the LORD until even, and asked counsel of the LORD, saying, Shall I go up again to battle against the children of Benjamin my brother? And the LORD said, Go up against him.) -- judges 20:23 +. +And the children of Israel came near against the children of Benjamin the second day. -- judges 20:24 +. +And Benjamin went forth against them out of Gibeah the second day, and destroyed down to the ground of the children of Israel again eighteen thousand men; all these drew the sword. -- judges 20:25 +. +Then all the children of Israel, and all the people, went up, and came unto the house of God, and wept, and sat there before the LORD, and fasted that day until even, and offered burnt offerings and peace offerings before the LORD. -- judges 20:26 +. +And the children of Israel inquired of the LORD, (for the ark of the covenant of God was there in those days, -- judges 20:27 +. +And Phinehas, the son of Eleazar, the son of Aaron, stood before it in those days,) saying, Shall I yet again go out to battle against the children of Benjamin my brother, or shall I cease? And the LORD said, Go up; for to morrow I will deliver them into thine hand. -- judges 20:28 +. +And Israel set liers in wait round about Gibeah. -- judges 20:29 +. +And the children of Israel went up against the children of Benjamin on the third day, and put themselves in array against Gibeah, as at other times. -- judges 20:30 +. +And the children of Benjamin went out against the people, and were drawn away from the city; and they began to smite of the people, and kill, as at other times, in the highways, of which one goeth up to the house of God, and the other to Gibeah in the field, about thirty men of Israel. -- judges 20:31 +. +And the children of Benjamin said, They are smitten down before us, as at the first. But the children of Israel said, Let us flee, and draw them from the city unto the highways. -- judges 20:32 +. +And all the men of Israel rose up out of their place, and put themselves in array at Baaltamar: and the liers in wait of Israel came forth out of their places, even out of the meadows of Gibeah. -- judges 20:33 +. +And there came against Gibeah ten thousand chosen men out of all Israel, and the battle was sore: but they knew not that evil was near them. -- judges 20:34 +. +And the LORD smote Benjamin before Israel: and the children of Israel destroyed of the Benjamites that day twenty and five thousand and an hundred men: all these drew the sword. -- judges 20:35 +. +So the children of Benjamin saw that they were smitten: for the men of Israel gave place to the Benjamites, because they trusted unto the liers in wait which they had set beside Gibeah. -- judges 20:36 +. +And the liers in wait hasted, and rushed upon Gibeah; and the liers in wait drew themselves along, and smote all the city with the edge of the sword. -- judges 20:37 +. +Now there was an appointed sign between the men of Israel and the liers in wait, that they should make a great flame with smoke rise up out of the city. -- judges 20:38 +. +And when the men of Israel retired in the battle, Benjamin began to smite and kill of the men of Israel about thirty persons: for they said, Surely they are smitten down before us, as in the first battle. -- judges 20:39 +. +But when the flame began to arise up out of the city with a pillar of smoke, the Benjamites looked behind them, and, behold, the flame of the city ascended up to heaven. -- judges 20:40 +. +And when the men of Israel turned again, the men of Benjamin were amazed: for they saw that evil was come upon them. -- judges 20:41 +. +Therefore they turned their backs before the men of Israel unto the way of the wilderness; but the battle overtook them; and them which came out of the cities they destroyed in the midst of them. -- judges 20:42 +. +Thus they inclosed the Benjamites round about, and chased them, and trode them down with ease over against Gibeah toward the sunrising. -- judges 20:43 +. +And there fell of Benjamin eighteen thousand men; all these were men of valor. -- judges 20:44 +. +And they turned and fled toward the wilderness unto the rock of Rimmon: and they gleaned of them in the highways five thousand men; and pursued hard after them unto Gidom, and slew two thousand men of them. -- judges 20:45 +. +So that all which fell that day of Benjamin were twenty and five thousand men that drew the sword; all these were men of valor. -- judges 20:46 +. +But six hundred men turned and fled to the wilderness unto the rock Rimmon, and abode in the rock Rimmon four months. -- judges 20:47 +. +And the men of Israel turned again upon the children of Benjamin, and smote them with the edge of the sword, as well the men of every city, as the beast, and all that came to hand: also they set on fire all the cities that they came to. -- judges 20:48 +. +Now the men of Israel had sworn in Mizpeh, saying, There shall not any of us give his daughter unto Benjamin to wife. -- judges 21:1 +. +And the people came to the house of God, and abode there till even before God, and lifted up their voices, and wept sore; -- judges 21:2 +. +And said, O LORD God of Israel, why is this come to pass in Israel, that there should be to day one tribe lacking in Israel? -- judges 21:3 +. +And it came to pass on the morrow, that the people rose early, and built there an altar, and offered burnt offerings and peace offerings. -- judges 21:4 +. +And the children of Israel said, Who is there among all the tribes of Israel that came not up with the congregation unto the LORD? For they had made a great oath concerning him that came not up to the LORD to Mizpeh, saying, He shall surely be put to death. -- judges 21:5 +. +And the children of Israel repented them for Benjamin their brother, and said, There is one tribe cut off from Israel this day. -- judges 21:6 +. +How shall we do for wives for them that remain, seeing we have sworn by the LORD that we will not give them of our daughters to wives? -- judges 21:7 +. +And they said, What one is there of the tribes of Israel that came not up to Mizpeh to the LORD? And, behold, there came none to the camp from Jabeshgilead to the assembly. -- judges 21:8 +. +For the people were numbered, and, behold, there were none of the inhabitants of Jabeshgilead there. -- judges 21:9 +. +And the congregation sent thither twelve thousand men of the valiantest, and commanded them, saying, Go and smite the inhabitants of Jabeshgilead with the edge of the sword, with the women and the children. -- judges 21:10 +. +And this is the thing that ye shall do, Ye shall utterly destroy every male, and every woman that hath lain by man. -- judges 21:11 +. +And they found among the inhabitants of Jabeshgilead four hundred young virgins, that had known no man by lying with any male: and they brought them unto the camp to Shiloh, which is in the land of Canaan. -- judges 21:12 +. +And the whole congregation sent some to speak to the children of Benjamin that were in the rock Rimmon, and to call peaceably unto them. -- judges 21:13 +. +And Benjamin came again at that time; and they gave them wives which they had saved alive of the women of Jabeshgilead: and yet so they sufficed them not. -- judges 21:14 +. +And the people repented them for Benjamin, because that the LORD had made a breach in the tribes of Israel. -- judges 21:15 +. +Then the elders of the congregation said, How shall we do for wives for them that remain, seeing the women are destroyed out of Benjamin? -- judges 21:16 +. +And they said, There must be an inheritance for them that be escaped of Benjamin, that a tribe be not destroyed out of Israel. -- judges 21:17 +. +Howbeit we may not give them wives of our daughters: for the children of Israel have sworn, saying, Cursed be he that giveth a wife to Benjamin. -- judges 21:18 +. +Then they said, Behold, there is a feast of the LORD in Shiloh yearly in a place which is on the north side of Bethel, on the east side of the highway that goeth up from Bethel to Shechem, and on the south of Lebonah. -- judges 21:19 +. +Therefore they commanded the children of Benjamin, saying, Go and lie in wait in the vineyards; -- judges 21:20 +. +And see, and, behold, if the daughters of Shiloh come out to dance in dances, then come ye out of the vineyards, and catch you every man his wife of the daughters of Shiloh, and go to the land of Benjamin. -- judges 21:21 +. +And it shall be, when their fathers or their brethren come unto us to complain, that we will say unto them, Be favorable unto them for our sakes: because we reserved not to each man his wife in the war: for ye did not give unto them at this time, that ye should be guilty. -- judges 21:22 +. +And the children of Benjamin did so, and took them wives, according to their number, of them that danced, whom they caught: and they went and returned unto their inheritance, and repaired the cities, and dwelt in them. -- judges 21:23 +. +And the children of Israel departed thence at that time, every man to his tribe and to his family, and they went out from thence every man to his inheritance. -- judges 21:24 +. +In those days there was no king in Israel: every man did that which was right in his own eyes. -- judges 21:25 +. +Now it came to pass in the days when the judges ruled, that there was a famine in the land. And a certain man of Bethlehemjudah went to sojourn in the country of Moab, he, and his wife, and his two sons. -- ruth 1:1 +. +And the name of the man was Elimelech, and the name of his wife Naomi, and the name of his two sons Mahlon and Chilion, Ephrathites of Bethlehemjudah. And they came into the country of Moab, and continued there. -- ruth 1:2 +. +And Elimelech Naomi's husband died; and she was left, and her two sons. -- ruth 1:3 +. +And they took them wives of the women of Moab; the name of the one was Orpah, and the name of the other Ruth: and they dwelled there about ten years. -- ruth 1:4 +. +And Mahlon and Chilion died also both of them; and the woman was left of her two sons and her husband. -- ruth 1:5 +. +Then she arose with her daughters in law, that she might return from the country of Moab: for she had heard in the country of Moab how that the LORD had visited his people in giving them bread. -- ruth 1:6 +. +Wherefore she went forth out of the place where she was, and her two daughters in law with her; and they went on the way to return unto the land of Judah. -- ruth 1:7 +. +And Naomi said unto her two daughters in law, Go, return each to her mother's house: the LORD deal kindly with you, as ye have dealt with the dead, and with me. -- ruth 1:8 +. +The LORD grant you that ye may find rest, each of you in the house of her husband. Then she kissed them; and they lifted up their voice, and wept. -- ruth 1:9 +. +And they said unto her, Surely we will return with thee unto thy people. -- ruth 1:10 +. +And Naomi said, Turn again, my daughters: why will ye go with me? are there yet any more sons in my womb, that they may be your husbands? -- ruth 1:11 +. +Turn again, my daughters, go your way; for I am too old to have an husband. If I should say, I have hope, if I should have an husband also to night, and should also bear sons; -- ruth 1:12 +. +Would ye tarry for them till they were grown? would ye stay for them from having husbands? nay, my daughters; for it grieveth me much for your sakes that the hand of the LORD is gone out against me. -- ruth 1:13 +. +And they lifted up their voice, and wept again: and Orpah kissed her mother in law; but Ruth clave unto her. -- ruth 1:14 +. +And she said, Behold, thy sister in law is gone back unto her people, and unto her gods: return thou after thy sister in law. -- ruth 1:15 +. +And Ruth said, Entreat me not to leave thee, or to return from following after thee: for whither thou goest, I will go; and where thou lodgest, I will lodge: thy people shall be my people, and thy God my God: -- ruth 1:16 +. +Where thou diest, will I die, and there will I be buried: the LORD do so to me, and more also, if ought but death part thee and me. -- ruth 1:17 +. +When she saw that she was stedfastly minded to go with her, then she left speaking unto her. -- ruth 1:18 +. +So they two went until they came to Bethlehem. And it came to pass, when they were come to Bethlehem, that all the city was moved about them, and they said, Is this Naomi? -- ruth 1:19 +. +And she said unto them, Call me not Naomi, call me Mara: for the Almighty hath dealt very bitterly with me. -- ruth 1:20 +. +I went out full and the LORD hath brought me home again empty: why then call ye me Naomi, seeing the LORD hath testified against me, and the Almighty hath afflicted me? -- ruth 1:21 +. +So Naomi returned, and Ruth the Moabitess, her daughter in law, with her, which returned out of the country of Moab: and they came to Bethlehem in the beginning of barley harvest. -- ruth 1:22 +. +And Naomi had a kinsman of her husband's, a mighty man of wealth, of the family of Elimelech; and his name was Boaz. -- ruth 2:1 +. +And Ruth the Moabitess said unto Naomi, Let me now go to the field, and glean ears of corn after him in whose sight I shall find grace. And she said unto her, Go, my daughter. -- ruth 2:2 +. +And she went, and came, and gleaned in the field after the reapers: and her hap was to light on a part of the field belonging unto Boaz, who was of the kindred of Elimelech. -- ruth 2:3 +. +And, behold, Boaz came from Bethlehem, and said unto the reapers, The LORD be with you. And they answered him, The LORD bless thee. -- ruth 2:4 +. +Then said Boaz unto his servant that was set over the reapers, Whose damsel is this? -- ruth 2:5 +. +And the servant that was set over the reapers answered and said, It is the Moabitish damsel that came back with Naomi out of the country of Moab: -- ruth 2:6 +. +And she said, I pray you, let me glean and gather after the reapers among the sheaves: so she came, and hath continued even from the morning until now, that she tarried a little in the house. -- ruth 2:7 +. +Then said Boaz unto Ruth, Hearest thou not, my daughter? Go not to glean in another field, neither go from hence, but abide here fast by my maidens: -- ruth 2:8 +. +Let thine eyes be on the field that they do reap, and go thou after them: have I not charged the young men that they shall not touch thee? and when thou art athirst, go unto the vessels, and drink of that which the young men have drawn. -- ruth 2:9 +. +Then she fell on her face, and bowed herself to the ground, and said unto him, Why have I found grace in thine eyes, that thou shouldest take knowledge of me, seeing I am a stranger? -- ruth 2:10 +. +And Boaz answered and said unto her, It hath fully been showed me, all that thou hast done unto thy mother in law since the death of thine husband: and how thou hast left thy father and thy mother, and the land of thy nativity, and art come unto a people which thou knewest not heretofore. -- ruth 2:11 +. +The LORD recompense thy work, and a full reward be given thee of the LORD God of Israel, under whose wings thou art come to trust. -- ruth 2:12 +. +Then she said, Let me find favor in thy sight, my lord; for that thou hast comforted me, and for that thou hast spoken friendly unto thine handmaid, though I be not like unto one of thine handmaidens. -- ruth 2:13 +. +And Boaz said unto her, At mealtime come thou hither, and eat of the bread, and dip thy morsel in the vinegar. And she sat beside the reapers: and he reached her parched corn, and she did eat, and was sufficed, and left. -- ruth 2:14 +. +And when she was risen up to glean, Boaz commanded his young men, saying, Let her glean even among the sheaves, and reproach her not: -- ruth 2:15 +. +And let fall also some of the handfuls of purpose for her, and leave them, that she may glean them, and rebuke her not. -- ruth 2:16 +. +So she gleaned in the field until even, and beat out that she had gleaned: and it was about an ephah of barley. -- ruth 2:17 +. +And she took it up, and went into the city: and her mother in law saw what she had gleaned: and she brought forth, and gave to her that she had reserved after she was sufficed. -- ruth 2:18 +. +And her mother in law said unto her, Where hast thou gleaned to day? and where wroughtest thou? blessed be he that did take knowledge of thee. And she showed her mother in law with whom she had wrought, and said, The man's name with whom I wrought to day is Boaz. -- ruth 2:19 +. +And Naomi said unto her daughter in law, Blessed be he of the LORD, who hath not left off his kindness to the living and to the dead. And Naomi said unto her, The man is near of kin unto us, one of our next kinsmen. -- ruth 2:20 +. +And Ruth the Moabitess said, He said unto me also, Thou shalt keep fast by my young men, until they have ended all my harvest. -- ruth 2:21 +. +And Naomi said unto Ruth her daughter in law, It is good, my daughter, that thou go out with his maidens, that they meet thee not in any other field. -- ruth 2:22 +. +So she kept fast by the maidens of Boaz to glean unto the end of barley harvest and of wheat harvest; and dwelt with her mother in law. -- ruth 2:23 +. +Then Naomi her mother in law said unto her, My daughter, shall I not seek rest for thee, that it may be well with thee? -- ruth 3:1 +. +And now is not Boaz of our kindred, with whose maidens thou wast? Behold, he winnoweth barley to night in the threshingfloor. -- ruth 3:2 +. +Wash thyself therefore, and anoint thee, and put thy raiment upon thee, and get thee down to the floor: but make not thyself known unto the man, until he shall have done eating and drinking. -- ruth 3:3 +. +And it shall be, when he lieth down, that thou shalt mark the place where he shall lie, and thou shalt go in, and uncover his feet, and lay thee down; and he will tell thee what thou shalt do. -- ruth 3:4 +. +And she said unto her, All that thou sayest unto me I will do. -- ruth 3:5 +. +And she went down unto the floor, and did according to all that her mother in law bade her. -- ruth 3:6 +. +And when Boaz had eaten and drunk, and his heart was merry, he went to lie down at the end of the heap of corn: and she came softly, and uncovered his feet, and laid her down. -- ruth 3:7 +. +And it came to pass at midnight, that the man was afraid, and turned himself: and, behold, a woman lay at his feet. -- ruth 3:8 +. +And he said, Who art thou? And she answered, I am Ruth thine handmaid: spread therefore thy skirt over thine handmaid; for thou art a near kinsman. -- ruth 3:9 +. +And he said, Blessed be thou of the LORD, my daughter: for thou hast showed more kindness in the latter end than at the beginning, inasmuch as thou followedst not young men, whether poor or rich. -- ruth 3:10 +. +And now, my daughter, fear not; I will do to thee all that thou requirest: for all the city of my people doth know that thou art a virtuous woman. -- ruth 3:11 +. +And now it is true that I am thy near kinsman: howbeit there is a kinsman nearer than I. -- ruth 3:12 +. +Tarry this night, and it shall be in the morning, that if he will perform unto thee the part of a kinsman, well; let him do the kinsman's part: but if he will not do the part of a kinsman to thee, then will I do the part of a kinsman to thee, as the LORD liveth: lie down until the morning. -- ruth 3:13 +. +And she lay at his feet until the morning: and she rose up before one could know another. And he said, Let it not be known that a woman came into the floor. -- ruth 3:14 +. +Also he said, Bring the vail that thou hast upon thee, and hold it. And when she held it, he measured six measures of barley, and laid it on her: and she went into the city. -- ruth 3:15 +. +And when she came to her mother in law, she said, Who art thou, my daughter? And she told her all that the man had done to her. -- ruth 3:16 +. +And she said, These six measures of barley gave he me; for he said to me, Go not empty unto thy mother in law. -- ruth 3:17 +. +Then said she, Sit still, my daughter, until thou know how the matter will fall: for the man will not be in rest, until he have finished the thing this day. -- ruth 3:18 +. +Then went Boaz up to the gate, and sat him down there: and, behold, the kinsman of whom Boaz spake came by; unto whom he said, Ho, such a one! turn aside, sit down here. And he turned aside, and sat down. -- ruth 4:1 +. +And he took ten men of the elders of the city, and said, Sit ye down here. And they sat down. -- ruth 4:2 +. +And he said unto the kinsman, Naomi, that is come again out of the country of Moab, selleth a parcel of land, which was our brother Elimelech's: -- ruth 4:3 +. +And I thought to advertise thee, saying, Buy it before the inhabitants, and before the elders of my people. If thou wilt redeem it, redeem it: but if thou wilt not redeem it, then tell me, that I may know: for there is none to redeem it beside thee; and I am after thee. And he said, I will redeem it. -- ruth 4:4 +. +Then said Boaz, What day thou buyest the field of the hand of Naomi, thou must buy it also of Ruth the Moabitess, the wife of the dead, to raise up the name of the dead upon his inheritance. -- ruth 4:5 +. +And the kinsman said, I cannot redeem it for myself, lest I mar mine own inheritance: redeem thou my right to thyself; for I cannot redeem it. -- ruth 4:6 +. +Now this was the manner in former time in Israel concerning redeeming and concerning changing, for to confirm all things; a man plucked off his shoe, and gave it to his neighbor: and this was a testimony in Israel. -- ruth 4:7 +. +Therefore the kinsman said unto Boaz, Buy it for thee. So he drew off his shoe. -- ruth 4:8 +. +And Boaz said unto the elders, and unto all the people, Ye are witnesses this day, that I have bought all that was Elimelech's, and all that was Chilion's and Mahlon's, of the hand of Naomi. -- ruth 4:9 +. +Moreover Ruth the Moabitess, the wife of Mahlon, have I purchased to be my wife, to raise up the name of the dead upon his inheritance, that the name of the dead be not cut off from among his brethren, and from the gate of his place: ye are witnesses this day. -- ruth 4:10 +. +And all the people that were in the gate, and the elders, said, We are witnesses. The LORD make the woman that is come into thine house like Rachel and like Leah, which two did build the house of Israel: and do thou worthily in Ephratah, and be famous in Bethlehem: -- ruth 4:11 +. +And let thy house be like the house of Pharez, whom Tamar bare unto Judah, of the seed which the LORD shall give thee of this young woman. -- ruth 4:12 +. +So Boaz took Ruth, and she was his wife: and when he went in unto her, the LORD gave her conception, and she bare a son. -- ruth 4:13 +. +And the women said unto Naomi, Blessed be the LORD, which hath not left thee this day without a kinsman, that his name may be famous in Israel. -- ruth 4:14 +. +And he shall be unto thee a restorer of thy life, and a nourisher of thine old age: for thy daughter in law, which loveth thee, which is better to thee than seven sons, hath born him. -- ruth 4:15 +. +And Naomi took the child, and laid it in her bosom, and became nurse unto it. -- ruth 4:16 +. +And the women her neighbors gave it a name, saying, There is a son born to Naomi; and they called his name Obed: he is the father of Jesse, the father of David. -- ruth 4:17 +. +Now these are the generations of Pharez: Pharez begat Hezron, -- ruth 4:18 +. +And Hezron begat Ram, and Ram begat Amminadab, -- ruth 4:19 +. +And Amminadab begat Nahshon, and Nahshon begat Salmon, -- ruth 4:20 +. +And Salmon begat Boaz, and Boaz begat Obed, -- ruth 4:21 +. +And Obed begat Jesse, and Jesse begat David. -- ruth 4:22 +. +Now there was a certain man of Ramathaimzophim, of mount Ephraim, and his name was Elkanah, the son of Jeroham, the son of Elihu, the son of Tohu, the son of Zuph, an Ephrathite: -- 1 samuel 1:1 +. +And he had two wives; the name of the one was Hannah, and the name of the other Peninnah: and Peninnah had children, but Hannah had no children. -- 1 samuel 1:2 +. +And this man went up out of his city yearly to worship and to sacrifice unto the LORD of hosts in Shiloh. And the two sons of Eli, Hophni and Phinehas, the priests of the LORD, were there. -- 1 samuel 1:3 +. +And when the time was that Elkanah offered, he gave to Peninnah his wife, and to all her sons and her daughters, portions: -- 1 samuel 1:4 +. +But unto Hannah he gave a worthy portion; for he loved Hannah: but the LORD had shut up her womb. -- 1 samuel 1:5 +. +And her adversary also provoked her sore, for to make her fret, because the LORD had shut up her womb. -- 1 samuel 1:6 +. +And as he did so year by year, when she went up to the house of the LORD, so she provoked her; therefore she wept, and did not eat. -- 1 samuel 1:7 +. +Then said Elkanah her husband to her, Hannah, why weepest thou? and why eatest thou not? and why is thy heart grieved? am not I better to thee than ten sons? -- 1 samuel 1:8 +. +So Hannah rose up after they had eaten in Shiloh, and after they had drunk. Now Eli the priest sat upon a seat by a post of the temple of the LORD. -- 1 samuel 1:9 +. +And she was in bitterness of soul, and prayed unto the LORD, and wept sore. -- 1 samuel 1:10 +. +And she vowed a vow, and said, O LORD of hosts, if thou wilt indeed look on the affliction of thine handmaid, and remember me, and not forget thine handmaid, but wilt give unto thine handmaid a man child, then I will give him unto the LORD all the days of his life, and there shall no razor come upon his head. -- 1 samuel 1:11 +. +And it came to pass, as she continued praying before the LORD, that Eli marked her mouth. -- 1 samuel 1:12 +. +Now Hannah, she spake in her heart; only her lips moved, but her voice was not heard: therefore Eli thought she had been drunken. -- 1 samuel 1:13 +. +And Eli said unto her, How long wilt thou be drunken? put away thy wine from thee. -- 1 samuel 1:14 +. +And Hannah answered and said, No, my lord, I am a woman of a sorrowful spirit: I have drunk neither wine nor strong drink, but have poured out my soul before the LORD. -- 1 samuel 1:15 +. +Count not thine handmaid for a daughter of Belial: for out of the abundance of my complaint and grief have I spoken hitherto. -- 1 samuel 1:16 +. +Then Eli answered and said, Go in peace: and the God of Israel grant thee thy petition that thou hast asked of him. -- 1 samuel 1:17 +. +And she said, Let thine handmaid find grace in thy sight. So the woman went her way, and did eat, and her countenance was no more sad. -- 1 samuel 1:18 +. +And they rose up in the morning early, and worshipped before the LORD, and returned, and came to their house to Ramah: and Elkanah knew Hannah his wife; and the LORD remembered her. -- 1 samuel 1:19 +. +Wherefore it came to pass, when the time was come about after Hannah had conceived, that she bare a son, and called his name Samuel, saying, Because I have asked him of the LORD. -- 1 samuel 1:20 +. +And the man Elkanah, and all his house, went up to offer unto the LORD the yearly sacrifice, and his vow. -- 1 samuel 1:21 +. +But Hannah went not up; for she said unto her husband, I will not go up until the child be weaned, and then I will bring him, that he may appear before the LORD, and there abide for ever. -- 1 samuel 1:22 +. +And Elkanah her husband said unto her, Do what seemeth thee good; tarry until thou have weaned him; only the LORD establish his word. So the woman abode, and gave her son suck until she weaned him. -- 1 samuel 1:23 +. +And when she had weaned him, she took him up with her, with three bullocks, and one ephah of flour, and a bottle of wine, and brought him unto the house of the LORD in Shiloh: and the child was young. -- 1 samuel 1:24 +. +And they slew a bullock, and brought the child to Eli. -- 1 samuel 1:25 +. +And she said, Oh my lord, as thy soul liveth, my lord, I am the woman that stood by thee here, praying unto the LORD. -- 1 samuel 1:26 +. +For this child I prayed; and the LORD hath given me my petition which I asked of him: -- 1 samuel 1:27 +. +Therefore also I have lent him to the LORD; as long as he liveth he shall be lent to the LORD. And he worshipped the LORD there. -- 1 samuel 1:28 +. +And Hannah prayed, and said, My heart rejoiceth in the LORD, mine horn is exalted in the LORD: my mouth is enlarged over mine enemies; because I rejoice in thy salvation. -- 1 samuel 2:1 +. +There is none holy as the LORD: for there is none beside thee: neither is there any rock like our God. -- 1 samuel 2:2 +. +Talk no more so exceeding proudly; let not arrogancy come out of your mouth: for the LORD is a God of knowledge, and by him actions are weighed. -- 1 samuel 2:3 +. +The bows of the mighty men are broken, and they that stumbled are girded with strength. -- 1 samuel 2:4 +. +They that were full have hired out themselves for bread; and they that were hungry ceased: so that the barren hath born seven; and she that hath many children is waxed feeble. -- 1 samuel 2:5 +. +The LORD killeth, and maketh alive: he bringeth down to the grave, and bringeth up. -- 1 samuel 2:6 +. +The LORD maketh poor, and maketh rich: he bringeth low, and lifteth up. -- 1 samuel 2:7 +. +He raiseth up the poor out of the dust, and lifteth up the beggar from the dunghill, to set them among princes, and to make them inherit the throne of glory: for the pillars of the earth are the LORD's, and he hath set the world upon them. -- 1 samuel 2:8 +. +He will keep the feet of his saints, and the wicked shall be silent in darkness; for by strength shall no man prevail. -- 1 samuel 2:9 +. +The adversaries of the LORD shall be broken to pieces; out of heaven shall he thunder upon them: the LORD shall judge the ends of the earth; and he shall give strength unto his king, and exalt the horn of his anointed. -- 1 samuel 2:10 +. +And Elkanah went to Ramah to his house. And the child did minister unto the LORD before Eli the priest. -- 1 samuel 2:11 +. +Now the sons of Eli were sons of Belial; they knew not the LORD. -- 1 samuel 2:12 +. +And the priest's custom with the people was, that, when any man offered sacrifice, the priest's servant came, while the flesh was in seething, with a fleshhook of three teeth in his hand; -- 1 samuel 2:13 +. +And he struck it into the pan, or kettle, or caldron, or pot; all that the fleshhook brought up the priest took for himself. So they did in Shiloh unto all the Israelites that came thither. -- 1 samuel 2:14 +. +Also before they burnt the fat, the priest's servant came, and said to the man that sacrificed, Give flesh to roast for the priest; for he will not have sodden flesh of thee, but raw. -- 1 samuel 2:15 +. +And if any man said unto him, Let them not fail to burn the fat presently, and then take as much as thy soul desireth; then he would answer him, Nay; but thou shalt give it me now: and if not, I will take it by force. -- 1 samuel 2:16 +. +Wherefore the sin of the young men was very great before the LORD: for men abhorred the offering of the LORD. -- 1 samuel 2:17 +. +But Samuel ministered before the LORD, being a child, girded with a linen ephod. -- 1 samuel 2:18 +. +Moreover his mother made him a little coat, and brought it to him from year to year, when she came up with her husband to offer the yearly sacrifice. -- 1 samuel 2:19 +. +And Eli blessed Elkanah and his wife, and said, The LORD give thee seed of this woman for the loan which is lent to the LORD. And they went unto their own home. -- 1 samuel 2:20 +. +And the LORD visited Hannah, so that she conceived, and bare three sons and two daughters. And the child Samuel grew before the LORD. -- 1 samuel 2:21 +. +Now Eli was very old, and heard all that his sons did unto all Israel; and how they lay with the women that assembled at the door of the tabernacle of the congregation. -- 1 samuel 2:22 +. +And he said unto them, Why do ye such things? for I hear of your evil dealings by all this people. -- 1 samuel 2:23 +. +Nay, my sons; for it is no good report that I hear: ye make the LORD's people to transgress. -- 1 samuel 2:24 +. +If one man sin against another, the judge shall judge him: but if a man sin against the LORD, who shall entreat for him? Notwithstanding they hearkened not unto the voice of their father, because the LORD would slay them. -- 1 samuel 2:25 +. +And the child Samuel grew on, and was in favor both with the LORD, and also with men. -- 1 samuel 2:26 +. +And there came a man of God unto Eli, and said unto him, Thus saith the LORD, Did I plainly appear unto the house of thy father, when they were in Egypt in Pharaoh's house? -- 1 samuel 2:27 +. +And did I choose him out of all the tribes of Israel to be my priest, to offer upon mine altar, to burn incense, to wear an ephod before me? and did I give unto the house of thy father all the offerings made by fire of the children of Israel? -- 1 samuel 2:28 +. +Wherefore kick ye at my sacrifice and at mine offering, which I have commanded in my habitation; and honorest thy sons above me, to make yourselves fat with the chiefest of all the offerings of Israel my people? -- 1 samuel 2:29 +. +Wherefore the LORD God of Israel saith, I said indeed that thy house, and the house of thy father, should walk before me for ever: but now the LORD saith, Be it far from me; for them that honor me I will honor, and they that despise me shall be lightly esteemed. -- 1 samuel 2:30 +. +Behold, the days come, that I will cut off thine arm, and the arm of thy father's house, that there shall not be an old man in thine house. -- 1 samuel 2:31 +. +And thou shalt see an enemy in my habitation, in all the wealth which God shall give Israel: and there shall not be an old man in thine house for ever. -- 1 samuel 2:32 +. +And the man of thine, whom I shall not cut off from mine altar, shall be to consume thine eyes, and to grieve thine heart: and all the increase of thine house shall die in the flower of their age. -- 1 samuel 2:33 +. +And this shall be a sign unto thee, that shall come upon thy two sons, on Hophni and Phinehas; in one day they shall die both of them. -- 1 samuel 2:34 +. +And I will raise me up a faithful priest, that shall do according to that which is in mine heart and in my mind: and I will build him a sure house; and he shall walk before mine anointed for ever. -- 1 samuel 2:35 +. +And it shall come to pass, that every one that is left in thine house shall come and crouch to him for a piece of silver and a morsel of bread, and shall say, Put me, I pray thee, into one of the priests' offices, that I may eat a piece of bread. -- 1 samuel 2:36 +. +And the child Samuel ministered unto the LORD before Eli. And the word of the LORD was precious in those days; there was no open vision. -- 1 samuel 3:1 +. +And it came to pass at that time, when Eli was laid down in his place, and his eyes began to wax dim, that he could not see; -- 1 samuel 3:2 +. +And ere the lamp of God went out in the temple of the LORD, where the ark of God was, and Samuel was laid down to sleep; -- 1 samuel 3:3 +. +That the LORD called Samuel: and he answered, Here am I. -- 1 samuel 3:4 +. +And he ran unto Eli, and said, Here am I; for thou calledst me. And he said, I called not; lie down again. And he went and lay down. -- 1 samuel 3:5 +. +And the LORD called yet again, Samuel. And Samuel arose and went to Eli, and said, Here am I; for thou didst call me. And he answered, I called not, my son; lie down again. -- 1 samuel 3:6 +. +Now Samuel did not yet know the LORD, neither was the word of the LORD yet revealed unto him. -- 1 samuel 3:7 +. +And the LORD called Samuel again the third time. And he arose and went to Eli, and said, Here am I; for thou didst call me. And Eli perceived that the LORD had called the child. -- 1 samuel 3:8 +. +Therefore Eli said unto Samuel, Go, lie down: and it shall be, if he call thee, that thou shalt say, Speak, LORD; for thy servant heareth. So Samuel went and lay down in his place. -- 1 samuel 3:9 +. +And the LORD came, and stood, and called as at other times, Samuel, Samuel. Then Samuel answered, Speak; for thy servant heareth. -- 1 samuel 3:10 +. +And the LORD said to Samuel, Behold, I will do a thing in Israel, at which both the ears of every one that heareth it shall tingle. -- 1 samuel 3:11 +. +In that day I will perform against Eli all things which I have spoken concerning his house: when I begin, I will also make an end. -- 1 samuel 3:12 +. +For I have told him that I will judge his house for ever for the iniquity which he knoweth; because his sons made themselves vile, and he restrained them not. -- 1 samuel 3:13 +. +And therefore I have sworn unto the house of Eli, that the iniquity of Eli's house shall not be purged with sacrifice nor offering for ever. -- 1 samuel 3:14 +. +And Samuel lay until the morning, and opened the doors of the house of the LORD. And Samuel feared to show Eli the vision. -- 1 samuel 3:15 +. +Then Eli called Samuel, and said, Samuel, my son. And he answered, Here am I. -- 1 samuel 3:16 +. +And he said, What is the thing that the LORD hath said unto thee? I pray thee hide it not from me: God do so to thee, and more also, if thou hide any thing from me of all the things that he said unto thee. -- 1 samuel 3:17 +. +And Samuel told him every whit, and hid nothing from him. And he said, It is the LORD: let him do what seemeth him good. -- 1 samuel 3:18 +. +And Samuel grew, and the LORD was with him, and did let none of his words fall to the ground. -- 1 samuel 3:19 +. +And all Israel from Dan even to Beersheba knew that Samuel was established to be a prophet of the LORD. -- 1 samuel 3:20 +. +And the LORD appeared again in Shiloh: for the LORD revealed himself to Samuel in Shiloh by the word of the LORD. -- 1 samuel 3:21 +. +And the word of Samuel came to all Israel. Now Israel went out against the Philistines to battle, and pitched beside Ebenezer: and the Philistines pitched in Aphek. -- 1 samuel 4:1 +. +And the Philistines put themselves in array against Israel: and when they joined battle, Israel was smitten before the Philistines: and they slew of the army in the field about four thousand men. -- 1 samuel 4:2 +. +And when the people were come into the camp, the elders of Israel said, Wherefore hath the LORD smitten us to day before the Philistines? Let us fetch the ark of the covenant of the LORD out of Shiloh unto us, that, when it cometh among us, it may save us out of the hand of our enemies. -- 1 samuel 4:3 +. +So the people sent to Shiloh, that they might bring from thence the ark of the covenant of the LORD of hosts, which dwelleth between the cherubim: and the two sons of Eli, Hophni and Phinehas, were there with the ark of the covenant of God. -- 1 samuel 4:4 +. +And when the ark of the covenant of the LORD came into the camp, all Israel shouted with a great shout, so that the earth rang again. -- 1 samuel 4:5 +. +And when the Philistines heard the noise of the shout, they said, What meaneth the noise of this great shout in the camp of the Hebrews? And they understood that the ark of the LORD was come into the camp. -- 1 samuel 4:6 +. +And the Philistines were afraid, for they said, God is come into the camp. And they said, Woe unto us! for there hath not been such a thing heretofore. -- 1 samuel 4:7 +. +Woe unto us! who shall deliver us out of the hand of these mighty Gods? these are the Gods that smote the Egyptians with all the plagues in the wilderness. -- 1 samuel 4:8 +. +Be strong and quit yourselves like men, O ye Philistines, that ye be not servants unto the Hebrews, as they have been to you: quit yourselves like men, and fight. -- 1 samuel 4:9 +. +And the Philistines fought, and Israel was smitten, and they fled every man into his tent: and there was a very great slaughter; for there fell of Israel thirty thousand footmen. -- 1 samuel 4:10 +. +And the ark of God was taken; and the two sons of Eli, Hophni and Phinehas, were slain. -- 1 samuel 4:11 +. +And there ran a man of Benjamin out of the army, and came to Shiloh the same day with his clothes rent, and with earth upon his head. -- 1 samuel 4:12 +. +And when he came, lo, Eli sat upon a seat by the wayside watching: for his heart trembled for the ark of God. And when the man came into the city, and told it, all the city cried out. -- 1 samuel 4:13 +. +And when Eli heard the noise of the crying, he said, What meaneth the noise of this tumult? And the man came in hastily, and told Eli. -- 1 samuel 4:14 +. +Now Eli was ninety and eight years old; and his eyes were dim, that he could not see. -- 1 samuel 4:15 +. +And the man said unto Eli, I am he that came out of the army, and I fled to day out of the army. And he said, What is there done, my son? -- 1 samuel 4:16 +. +And the messenger answered and said, Israel is fled before the Philistines, and there hath been also a great slaughter among the people, and thy two sons also, Hophni and Phinehas, are dead, and the ark of God is taken. -- 1 samuel 4:17 +. +And it came to pass, when he made mention of the ark of God, that he fell from off the seat backward by the side of the gate, and his neck brake, and he died: for he was an old man, and heavy. And he had judged Israel forty years. -- 1 samuel 4:18 +. +And his daughter in law, Phinehas' wife, was with child, near to be delivered: and when she heard the tidings that the ark of God was taken, and that her father in law and her husband were dead, she bowed herself and travailed; for her pains came upon her. -- 1 samuel 4:19 +. +And about the time of her death the women that stood by her said unto her, Fear not; for thou hast born a son. But she answered not, neither did she regard it. -- 1 samuel 4:20 +. +And she named the child Ichabod, saying, The glory is departed from Israel: because the ark of God was taken, and because of her father in law and her husband. -- 1 samuel 4:21 +. +And she said, The glory is departed from Israel: for the ark of God is taken. -- 1 samuel 4:22 +. +And the Philistines took the ark of God, and brought it from Ebenezer unto Ashdod. -- 1 samuel 5:1 +. +When the Philistines took the ark of God, they brought it into the house of Dagon, and set it by Dagon. -- 1 samuel 5:2 +. +And when they of Ashdod arose early on the morrow, behold, Dagon was fallen upon his face to the earth before the ark of the LORD. And they took Dagon, and set him in his place again. -- 1 samuel 5:3 +. +And when they arose early on the morrow morning, behold, Dagon was fallen upon his face to the ground before the ark of the LORD; and the head of Dagon and both the palms of his hands were cut off upon the threshold; only the stump of Dagon was left to him. -- 1 samuel 5:4 +. +Therefore neither the priests of Dagon, nor any that come into Dagon's house, tread on the threshold of Dagon in Ashdod unto this day. -- 1 samuel 5:5 +. +But the hand of the LORD was heavy upon them of Ashdod, and he destroyed them, and smote them with emerods, even Ashdod and the coasts thereof. -- 1 samuel 5:6 +. +And when the men of Ashdod saw that it was so, they said, The ark of the God of Israel shall not abide with us: for his hand is sore upon us, and upon Dagon our god. -- 1 samuel 5:7 +. +They sent therefore and gathered all the lords of the Philistines unto them, and said, What shall we do with the ark of the God of Israel? And they answered, Let the ark of the God of Israel be carried about unto Gath. And they carried the ark of the God of Israel about thither. -- 1 samuel 5:8 +. +And it was so, that, after they had carried it about, the hand of the LORD was against the city with a very great destruction: and he smote the men of the city, both small and great, and they had emerods in their secret parts. -- 1 samuel 5:9 +. +Therefore they sent the ark of God to Ekron. And it came to pass, as the ark of God came to Ekron, that the Ekronites cried out, saying, They have brought about the ark of the God of Israel to us, to slay us and our people. -- 1 samuel 5:10 +. +So they sent and gathered together all the lords of the Philistines, and said, Send away the ark of the God of Israel, and let it go again to his own place, that it slay us not, and our people: for there was a deadly destruction throughout all the city; the hand of God was very heavy there. -- 1 samuel 5:11 +. +And the men that died not were smitten with the emerods: and the cry of the city went up to heaven. -- 1 samuel 5:12 +. +And the ark of the LORD was in the country of the Philistines seven months. -- 1 samuel 6:1 +. +And the Philistines called for the priests and the diviners, saying, What shall we do to the ark of the LORD? tell us wherewith we shall send it to his place. -- 1 samuel 6:2 +. +And they said, If ye send away the ark of the God of Israel, send it not empty; but in any wise return him a trespass offering: then ye shall be healed, and it shall be known to you why his hand is not removed from you. -- 1 samuel 6:3 +. +Then said they, What shall be the trespass offering which we shall return to him? They answered, Five golden emerods, and five golden mice, according to the number of the lords of the Philistines: for one plague was on you all, and on your lords. -- 1 samuel 6:4 +. +Wherefore ye shall make images of your emerods, and images of your mice that mar the land; and ye shall give glory unto the God of Israel: peradventure he will lighten his hand from off you, and from off your gods, and from off your land. -- 1 samuel 6:5 +. +Wherefore then do ye harden your hearts, as the Egyptians and Pharaoh hardened their hearts? when he had wrought wonderfully among them, did they not let the people go, and they departed? -- 1 samuel 6:6 +. +Now therefore make a new cart, and take two milch kine, on which there hath come no yoke, and tie the kine to the cart, and bring their calves home from them: -- 1 samuel 6:7 +. +And take the ark of the LORD, and lay it upon the cart; and put the jewels of gold, which ye return him for a trespass offering, in a coffer by the side thereof; and send it away, that it may go. -- 1 samuel 6:8 +. +And see, if it goeth up by the way of his own coast to Bethshemesh, then he hath done us this great evil: but if not, then we shall know that it is not his hand that smote us: it was a chance that happened to us. -- 1 samuel 6:9 +. +And the men did so; and took two milch kine, and tied them to the cart, and shut up their calves at home: -- 1 samuel 6:10 +. +And they laid the ark of the LORD upon the cart, and the coffer with the mice of gold and the images of their emerods. -- 1 samuel 6:11 +. +And the kine took the straight way to the way of Bethshemesh, and went along the highway, lowing as they went, and turned not aside to the right hand or to the left; and the lords of the Philistines went after them unto the border of Bethshemesh. -- 1 samuel 6:12 +. +And they of Bethshemesh were reaping their wheat harvest in the valley: and they lifted up their eyes, and saw the ark, and rejoiced to see it. -- 1 samuel 6:13 +. +And the cart came into the field of Joshua, a Bethshemite, and stood there, where there was a great stone: and they clave the wood of the cart, and offered the kine a burnt offering unto the LORD. -- 1 samuel 6:14 +. +And the Levites took down the ark of the LORD, and the coffer that was with it, wherein the jewels of gold were, and put them on the great stone: and the men of Bethshemesh offered burnt offerings and sacrificed sacrifices the same day unto the LORD. -- 1 samuel 6:15 +. +And when the five lords of the Philistines had seen it, they returned to Ekron the same day. -- 1 samuel 6:16 +. +And these are the golden emerods which the Philistines returned for a trespass offering unto the LORD; for Ashdod one, for Gaza one, for Askelon one, for Gath one, for Ekron one; -- 1 samuel 6:17 +. +And the golden mice, according to the number of all the cities of the Philistines belonging to the five lords, both of fenced cities, and of country villages, even unto the great stone of Abel, whereon they set down the ark of the LORD: which stone remaineth unto this day in the field of Joshua, the Bethshemite. -- 1 samuel 6:18 +. +And he smote the men of Bethshemesh, because they had looked into the ark of the LORD, even he smote of the people fifty thousand and threescore and ten men: and the people lamented, because the LORD had smitten many of the people with a great slaughter. -- 1 samuel 6:19 +. +And the men of Bethshemesh said, Who is able to stand before this holy LORD God? and to whom shall he go up from us? -- 1 samuel 6:20 +. +And they sent messengers to the inhabitants of Kirjathjearim, saying, The Philistines have brought again the ark of the LORD; come ye down, and fetch it up to you. -- 1 samuel 6:21 +. +And the men of Kirjathjearim came, and fetched up the ark of the LORD, and brought it into the house of Abinadab in the hill, and sanctified Eleazar his son to keep the ark of the LORD. -- 1 samuel 7:1 +. +And it came to pass, while the ark abode in Kirjathjearim, that the time was long; for it was twenty years: and all the house of Israel lamented after the LORD. -- 1 samuel 7:2 +. +And Samuel spake unto all the house of Israel, saying, If ye do return unto the LORD with all your hearts, then put away the strange gods and Ashtaroth from among you, and prepare your hearts unto the LORD, and serve him only: and he will deliver you out of the hand of the Philistines. -- 1 samuel 7:3 +. +Then the children of Israel did put away Baalim and Ashtaroth, and served the LORD only. -- 1 samuel 7:4 +. +And Samuel said, Gather all Israel to Mizpeh, and I will pray for you unto the LORD. -- 1 samuel 7:5 +. +And they gathered together to Mizpeh, and drew water, and poured it out before the LORD, and fasted on that day, and said there, We have sinned against the LORD. And Samuel judged the children of Israel in Mizpeh. -- 1 samuel 7:6 +. +And when the Philistines heard that the children of Israel were gathered together to Mizpeh, the lords of the Philistines went up against Israel. And when the children of Israel heard it, they were afraid of the Philistines. -- 1 samuel 7:7 +. +And the children of Israel said to Samuel, Cease not to cry unto the LORD our God for us, that he will save us out of the hand of the Philistines. -- 1 samuel 7:8 +. +And Samuel took a sucking lamb, and offered it for a burnt offering wholly unto the LORD: and Samuel cried unto the LORD for Israel; and the LORD heard him. -- 1 samuel 7:9 +. +And as Samuel was offering up the burnt offering, the Philistines drew near to battle against Israel: but the LORD thundered with a great thunder on that day upon the Philistines, and discomfited them; and they were smitten before Israel. -- 1 samuel 7:10 +. +And the men of Israel went out of Mizpeh, and pursued the Philistines, and smote them, until they came under Bethcar. -- 1 samuel 7:11 +. +Then Samuel took a stone, and set it between Mizpeh and Shen, and called the name of it Ebenezer, saying, Hitherto hath the LORD helped us. -- 1 samuel 7:12 +. +So the Philistines were subdued, and they came no more into the coast of Israel: and the hand of the LORD was against the Philistines all the days of Samuel. -- 1 samuel 7:13 +. +And the cities which the Philistines had taken from Israel were restored to Israel, from Ekron even unto Gath; and the coasts thereof did Israel deliver out of the hands of the Philistines. And there was peace between Israel and the Amorites. -- 1 samuel 7:14 +. +And Samuel judged Israel all the days of his life. -- 1 samuel 7:15 +. +And he went from year to year in circuit to Bethel, and Gilgal, and Mizpeh, and judged Israel in all those places. -- 1 samuel 7:16 +. +And his return was to Ramah; for there was his house; and there he judged Israel; and there he built an altar unto the LORD. -- 1 samuel 7:17 +. +And it came to pass, when Samuel was old, that he made his sons judges over Israel. -- 1 samuel 8:1 +. +Now the name of his firstborn was Joel; and the name of his second, Abiah: they were judges in Beersheba. -- 1 samuel 8:2 +. +And his sons walked not in his ways, but turned aside after lucre, and took bribes, and perverted judgment. -- 1 samuel 8:3 +. +Then all the elders of Israel gathered themselves together, and came to Samuel unto Ramah, -- 1 samuel 8:4 +. +And said unto him, Behold, thou art old, and thy sons walk not in thy ways: now make us a king to judge us like all the nations. -- 1 samuel 8:5 +. +But the thing displeased Samuel, when they said, Give us a king to judge us. And Samuel prayed unto the LORD. -- 1 samuel 8:6 +. +And the LORD said unto Samuel, Hearken unto the voice of the people in all that they say unto thee: for they have not rejected thee, but they have rejected me, that I should not reign over them. -- 1 samuel 8:7 +. +According to all the works which they have done since the day that I brought them up out of Egypt even unto this day, wherewith they have forsaken me, and served other gods, so do they also unto thee. -- 1 samuel 8:8 +. +Now therefore hearken unto their voice: howbeit yet protest solemnly unto them, and show them the manner of the king that shall reign over them. -- 1 samuel 8:9 +. +And Samuel told all the words of the LORD unto the people that asked of him a king. -- 1 samuel 8:10 +. +And he said, This will be the manner of the king that shall reign over you: He will take your sons, and appoint them for himself, for his chariots, and to be his horsemen; and some shall run before his chariots. -- 1 samuel 8:11 +. +And he will appoint him captains over thousands, and captains over fifties; and will set them to ear his ground, and to reap his harvest, and to make his instruments of war, and instruments of his chariots. -- 1 samuel 8:12 +. +And he will take your daughters to be confectionaries, and to be cooks, and to be bakers. -- 1 samuel 8:13 +. +And he will take your fields, and your vineyards, and your oliveyards, even the best of them, and give them to his servants. -- 1 samuel 8:14 +. +And he will take the tenth of your seed, and of your vineyards, and give to his officers, and to his servants. -- 1 samuel 8:15 +. +And he will take your menservants, and your maidservants, and your goodliest young men, and your asses, and put them to his work. -- 1 samuel 8:16 +. +He will take the tenth of your sheep: and ye shall be his servants. -- 1 samuel 8:17 +. +And ye shall cry out in that day because of your king which ye shall have chosen you; and the LORD will not hear you in that day. -- 1 samuel 8:18 +. +Nevertheless the people refused to obey the voice of Samuel; and they said, Nay; but we will have a king over us; -- 1 samuel 8:19 +. +That we also may be like all the nations; and that our king may judge us, and go out before us, and fight our battles. -- 1 samuel 8:20 +. +And Samuel heard all the words of the people, and he rehearsed them in the ears of the LORD. -- 1 samuel 8:21 +. +And the LORD said to Samuel, Hearken unto their voice, and make them a king. And Samuel said unto the men of Israel, Go ye every man unto his city. -- 1 samuel 8:22 +. +Now there was a man of Benjamin, whose name was Kish, the son of Abiel, the son of Zeror, the son of Bechorath, the son of Aphiah, a Benjamite, a mighty man of power. -- 1 samuel 9:1 +. +And he had a son, whose name was Saul, a choice young man, and a goodly: and there was not among the children of Israel a goodlier person than he: from his shoulders and upward he was higher than any of the people. -- 1 samuel 9:2 +. +And the asses of Kish Saul's father were lost. And Kish said to Saul his son, Take now one of the servants with thee, and arise, go seek the asses. -- 1 samuel 9:3 +. +And he passed through mount Ephraim, and passed through the land of Shalisha, but they found them not: then they passed through the land of Shalim, and there they were not: and he passed through the land of the Benjamites, but they found them not. -- 1 samuel 9:4 +. +And when they were come to the land of Zuph, Saul said to his servant that was with him, Come, and let us return; lest my father leave caring for the asses, and take thought for us. -- 1 samuel 9:5 +. +And he said unto him, Behold now, there is in this city a man of God, and he is an honorable man; all that he saith cometh surely to pass: now let us go thither; peradventure he can show us our way that we should go. -- 1 samuel 9:6 +. +Then said Saul to his servant, But, behold, if we go, what shall we bring the man? for the bread is spent in our vessels, and there is not a present to bring to the man of God: what have we? -- 1 samuel 9:7 +. +And the servant answered Saul again, and said, Behold, I have here at hand the fourth part of a shekel of silver: that will I give to the man of God, to tell us our way. -- 1 samuel 9:8 +. +(Beforetime in Israel, when a man went to inquire of God, thus he spake, Come, and let us go to the seer: for he that is now called a Prophet was beforetime called a Seer.) -- 1 samuel 9:9 +. +Then said Saul to his servant, Well said; come, let us go. So they went unto the city where the man of God was. -- 1 samuel 9:10 +. +And as they went up the hill to the city, they found young maidens going out to draw water, and said unto them, Is the seer here? -- 1 samuel 9:11 +. +And they answered them, and said, He is; behold, he is before you: make haste now, for he came to day to the city; for there is a sacrifice of the people to day in the high place: -- 1 samuel 9:12 +. +As soon as ye be come into the city, ye shall straightway find him, before he go up to the high place to eat: for the people will not eat until he come, because he doth bless the sacrifice; and afterwards they eat that be bidden. Now therefore get you up; for about this time ye shall find him. -- 1 samuel 9:13 +. +And they went up into the city: and when they were come into the city, behold, Samuel came out against them, for to go up to the high place. -- 1 samuel 9:14 +. +Now the LORD had told Samuel in his ear a day before Saul came, saying, -- 1 samuel 9:15 +. +To morrow about this time I will send thee a man out of the land of Benjamin, and thou shalt anoint him to be captain over my people Israel, that he may save my people out of the hand of the Philistines: for I have looked upon my people, because their cry is come unto me. -- 1 samuel 9:16 +. +And when Samuel saw Saul, the LORD said unto him, Behold the man whom I spake to thee of! this same shall reign over my people. -- 1 samuel 9:17 +. +Then Saul drew near to Samuel in the gate, and said, Tell me, I pray thee, where the seer's house is. -- 1 samuel 9:18 +. +And Samuel answered Saul, and said, I am the seer: go up before me unto the high place; for ye shall eat with me to day, and to morrow I will let thee go, and will tell thee all that is in thine heart. -- 1 samuel 9:19 +. +And as for thine asses that were lost three days ago, set not thy mind on them; for they are found. And on whom is all the desire of Israel? Is it not on thee, and on all thy father's house? -- 1 samuel 9:20 +. +And Saul answered and said, Am not I a Benjamite, of the smallest of the tribes of Israel? and my family the least of all the families of the tribe of Benjamin? wherefore then speakest thou so to me? -- 1 samuel 9:21 +. +And Samuel took Saul and his servant, and brought them into the parlor, and made them sit in the chiefest place among them that were bidden, which were about thirty persons. -- 1 samuel 9:22 +. +And Samuel said unto the cook, Bring the portion which I gave thee, of which I said unto thee, Set it by thee. -- 1 samuel 9:23 +. +And the cook took up the shoulder, and that which was upon it, and set it before Saul. And Samuel said, Behold that which is left! set it before thee, and eat: for unto this time hath it been kept for thee since I said, I have invited the people. So Saul did eat with Samuel that day. -- 1 samuel 9:24 +. +And when they were come down from the high place into the city, Samuel communed with Saul upon the top of the house. -- 1 samuel 9:25 +. +And they arose early: and it came to pass about the spring of the day, that Samuel called Saul to the top of the house, saying, Up, that I may send thee away. And Saul arose, and they went out both of them, he and Samuel, abroad. -- 1 samuel 9:26 +. +And as they were going down to the end of the city, Samuel said to Saul, Bid the servant pass on before us, (and he passed on), but stand thou still a while, that I may show thee the word of God. -- 1 samuel 9:27 +. +Then Samuel took a vial of oil, and poured it upon his head, and kissed him, and said, Is it not because the LORD hath anointed thee to be captain over his inheritance? -- 1 samuel 10:1 +. +When thou art departed from me to day, then thou shalt find two men by Rachel's sepulchre in the border of Benjamin at Zelzah; and they will say unto thee, The asses which thou wentest to seek are found: and, lo, thy father hath left the care of the asses, and sorroweth for you, saying, What shall I do for my son? -- 1 samuel 10:2 +. +Then shalt thou go on forward from thence, and thou shalt come to the plain of Tabor, and there shall meet thee three men going up to God to Bethel, one carrying three kids, and another carrying three loaves of bread, and another carrying a bottle of wine: -- 1 samuel 10:3 +. +And they will salute thee, and give thee two loaves of bread; which thou shalt receive of their hands. -- 1 samuel 10:4 +. +After that thou shalt come to the hill of God, where is the garrison of the Philistines: and it shall come to pass, when thou art come thither to the city, that thou shalt meet a company of prophets coming down from the high place with a psaltery, and a tabret, and a pipe, and a harp, before them; and they shall prophesy: -- 1 samuel 10:5 +. +And the Spirit of the LORD will come upon thee, and thou shalt prophesy with them, and shalt be turned into another man. -- 1 samuel 10:6 +. +And let it be, when these signs are come unto thee, that thou do as occasion serve thee; for God is with thee. -- 1 samuel 10:7 +. +And thou shalt go down before me to Gilgal; and, behold, I will come down unto thee, to offer burnt offerings, and to sacrifice sacrifices of peace offerings: seven days shalt thou tarry, till I come to thee, and show thee what thou shalt do. -- 1 samuel 10:8 +. +And it was so, that when he had turned his back to go from Samuel, God gave him another heart: and all those signs came to pass that day. -- 1 samuel 10:9 +. +And when they came thither to the hill, behold, a company of prophets met him; and the Spirit of God came upon him, and he prophesied among them. -- 1 samuel 10:10 +. +And it came to pass, when all that knew him beforetime saw that, behold, he prophesied among the prophets, then the people said one to another, What is this that is come unto the son of Kish? Is Saul also among the prophets? -- 1 samuel 10:11 +. +And one of the same place answered and said, But who is their father? Therefore it became a proverb, Is Saul also among the prophets? -- 1 samuel 10:12 +. +And when he had made an end of prophesying, he came to the high place. -- 1 samuel 10:13 +. +And Saul's uncle said unto him and to his servant, Whither went ye? And he said, To seek the asses: and when we saw that they were no where, we came to Samuel. -- 1 samuel 10:14 +. +And Saul's uncle said, Tell me, I pray thee, what Samuel said unto you. -- 1 samuel 10:15 +. +And Saul said unto his uncle, He told us plainly that the asses were found. But of the matter of the kingdom, whereof Samuel spake, he told him not. -- 1 samuel 10:16 +. +And Samuel called the people together unto the LORD to Mizpeh; -- 1 samuel 10:17 +. +And said unto the children of Israel, Thus saith the LORD God of Israel, I brought up Israel out of Egypt, and delivered you out of the hand of the Egyptians, and out of the hand of all kingdoms, and of them that oppressed you: -- 1 samuel 10:18 +. +And ye have this day rejected your God, who himself saved you out of all your adversities and your tribulations; and ye have said unto him, Nay, but set a king over us. Now therefore present yourselves before the LORD by your tribes, and by your thousands. -- 1 samuel 10:19 +. +And when Samuel had caused all the tribes of Israel to come near, the tribe of Benjamin was taken. -- 1 samuel 10:20 +. +When he had caused the tribe of Benjamin to come near by their families, the family of Matri was taken, and Saul the son of Kish was taken: and when they sought him, he could not be found. -- 1 samuel 10:21 +. +Therefore they inquired of the LORD further, if the man should yet come thither. And the LORD answered, Behold he hath hid himself among the stuff. -- 1 samuel 10:22 +. +And they ran and fetched him thence: and when he stood among the people, he was higher than any of the people from his shoulders and upward. -- 1 samuel 10:23 +. +And Samuel said to all the people, See ye him whom the LORD hath chosen, that there is none like him among all the people? And all the people shouted, and said, God save the king. -- 1 samuel 10:24 +. +Then Samuel told the people the manner of the kingdom, and wrote it in a book, and laid it up before the LORD. And Samuel sent all the people away, every man to his house. -- 1 samuel 10:25 +. +And Saul also went home to Gibeah; and there went with him a band of men, whose hearts God had touched. -- 1 samuel 10:26 +. +But the children of Belial said, How shall this man save us? And they despised him, and brought no presents. But he held his peace. -- 1 samuel 10:27 +. +Then Nahash the Ammonite came up, and encamped against Jabeshgilead: and all the men of Jabesh said unto Nahash, Make a covenant with us, and we will serve thee. -- 1 samuel 11:1 +. +And Nahash the Ammonite answered them, On this condition will I make a covenant with you, that I may thrust out all your right eyes, and lay it for a reproach upon all Israel. -- 1 samuel 11:2 +. +And the elders of Jabesh said unto him, Give us seven days' respite, that we may send messengers unto all the coasts of Israel: and then, if there be no man to save us, we will come out to thee. -- 1 samuel 11:3 +. +Then came the messengers to Gibeah of Saul, and told the tidings in the ears of the people: and all the people lifted up their voices, and wept. -- 1 samuel 11:4 +. +And, behold, Saul came after the herd out of the field; and Saul said, What aileth the people that they weep? And they told him the tidings of the men of Jabesh. -- 1 samuel 11:5 +. +And the Spirit of God came upon Saul when he heard those tidings, and his anger was kindled greatly. -- 1 samuel 11:6 +. +And he took a yoke of oxen, and hewed them in pieces, and sent them throughout all the coasts of Israel by the hands of messengers, saying, Whosoever cometh not forth after Saul and after Samuel, so shall it be done unto his oxen. And the fear of the LORD fell on the people, and they came out with one consent. -- 1 samuel 11:7 +. +And when he numbered them in Bezek, the children of Israel were three hundred thousand, and the men of Judah thirty thousand. -- 1 samuel 11:8 +. +And they said unto the messengers that came, Thus shall ye say unto the men of Jabeshgilead, To morrow, by that time the sun be hot, ye shall have help. And the messengers came and showed it to the men of Jabesh; and they were glad. -- 1 samuel 11:9 +. +Therefore the men of Jabesh said, To morrow we will come out unto you, and ye shall do with us all that seemeth good unto you. -- 1 samuel 11:10 +. +And it was so on the morrow, that Saul put the people in three companies; and they came into the midst of the host in the morning watch, and slew the Ammonites until the heat of the day: and it came to pass, that they which remained were scattered, so that two of them were not left together. -- 1 samuel 11:11 +. +And the people said unto Samuel, Who is he that said, Shall Saul reign over us? bring the men, that we may put them to death. -- 1 samuel 11:12 +. +And Saul said, There shall not a man be put to death this day: for to day the LORD hath wrought salvation in Israel. -- 1 samuel 11:13 +. +Then said Samuel to the people, Come, and let us go to Gilgal, and renew the kingdom there. -- 1 samuel 11:14 +. +And all the people went to Gilgal; and there they made Saul king before the LORD in Gilgal; and there they sacrificed sacrifices of peace offerings before the LORD; and there Saul and all the men of Israel rejoiced greatly. -- 1 samuel 11:15 +. +And Samuel said unto all Israel, Behold, I have hearkened unto your voice in all that ye said unto me, and have made a king over you. -- 1 samuel 12:1 +. +And now, behold, the king walketh before you: and I am old and grayheaded; and, behold, my sons are with you: and I have walked before you from my childhood unto this day. -- 1 samuel 12:2 +. +Behold, here I am: witness against me before the LORD, and before his anointed: whose ox have I taken? or whose ass have I taken? or whom have I defrauded? whom have I oppressed? or of whose hand have I received any bribe to blind mine eyes therewith? and I will restore it you. -- 1 samuel 12:3 +. +And they said, Thou hast not defrauded us, nor oppressed us, neither hast thou taken ought of any man's hand. -- 1 samuel 12:4 +. +And he said unto them, The LORD is witness against you, and his anointed is witness this day, that ye have not found ought in my hand. And they answered, He is witness. -- 1 samuel 12:5 +. +And Samuel said unto the people, It is the LORD that advanced Moses and Aaron, and that brought your fathers up out of the land of Egypt. -- 1 samuel 12:6 +. +Now therefore stand still, that I may reason with you before the LORD of all the righteous acts of the LORD, which he did to you and to your fathers. -- 1 samuel 12:7 +. +When Jacob was come into Egypt, and your fathers cried unto the LORD, then the LORD sent Moses and Aaron, which brought forth your fathers out of Egypt, and made them dwell in this place. -- 1 samuel 12:8 +. +And when they forgat the LORD their God, he sold them into the hand of Sisera, captain of the host of Hazor, and into the hand of the Philistines, and into the hand of the king of Moab, and they fought against them. -- 1 samuel 12:9 +. +And they cried unto the LORD, and said, We have sinned, because we have forsaken the LORD, and have served Baalim and Ashtaroth: but now deliver us out of the hand of our enemies, and we will serve thee. -- 1 samuel 12:10 +. +And the LORD sent Jerubbaal, and Bedan, and Jephthah, and Samuel, and delivered you out of the hand of your enemies on every side, and ye dwelled safe. -- 1 samuel 12:11 +. +And when ye saw that Nahash the king of the children of Ammon came against you, ye said unto me, Nay; but a king shall reign over us: when the LORD your God was your king. -- 1 samuel 12:12 +. +Now therefore behold the king whom ye have chosen, and whom ye have desired! and, behold, the LORD hath set a king over you. -- 1 samuel 12:13 +. +If ye will fear the LORD, and serve him, and obey his voice, and not rebel against the commandment of the LORD, then shall both ye and also the king that reigneth over you continue following the LORD your God: -- 1 samuel 12:14 +. +But if ye will not obey the voice of the LORD, but rebel against the commandment of the LORD, then shall the hand of the LORD be against you, as it was against your fathers. -- 1 samuel 12:15 +. +Now therefore stand and see this great thing, which the LORD will do before your eyes. -- 1 samuel 12:16 +. +Is it not wheat harvest to day? I will call unto the LORD, and he shall send thunder and rain; that ye may perceive and see that your wickedness is great, which ye have done in the sight of the LORD, in asking you a king. -- 1 samuel 12:17 +. +So Samuel called unto the LORD; and the LORD sent thunder and rain that day: and all the people greatly feared the LORD and Samuel. -- 1 samuel 12:18 +. +And all the people said unto Samuel, Pray for thy servants unto the LORD thy God, that we die not: for we have added unto all our sins this evil, to ask us a king. -- 1 samuel 12:19 +. +And Samuel said unto the people, Fear not: ye have done all this wickedness: yet turn not aside from following the LORD, but serve the LORD with all your heart; -- 1 samuel 12:20 +. +And turn ye not aside: for then should ye go after vain things, which cannot profit nor deliver; for they are vain. -- 1 samuel 12:21 +. +For the LORD will not forsake his people for his great name's sake: because it hath pleased the LORD to make you his people. -- 1 samuel 12:22 +. +Moreover as for me, God forbid that I should sin against the LORD in ceasing to pray for you: but I will teach you the good and the right way: -- 1 samuel 12:23 +. +Only fear the LORD, and serve him in truth with all your heart: for consider how great things he hath done for you. -- 1 samuel 12:24 +. +But if ye shall still do wickedly, ye shall be consumed, both ye and your king. -- 1 samuel 12:25 +. +Saul reigned one year; and when he had reigned two years over Israel, -- 1 samuel 13:1 +. +Saul chose him three thousand men of Israel; whereof two thousand were with Saul in Michmash and in mount Bethel, and a thousand were with Jonathan in Gibeah of Benjamin: and the rest of the people he sent every man to his tent. -- 1 samuel 13:2 +. +And Jonathan smote the garrison of the Philistines that was in Geba, and the Philistines heard of it. And Saul blew the trumpet throughout all the land, saying, Let the Hebrews hear. -- 1 samuel 13:3 +. +And all Israel heard say that Saul had smitten a garrison of the Philistines, and that Israel also was had in abomination with the Philistines. And the people were called together after Saul to Gilgal. -- 1 samuel 13:4 +. +And the Philistines gathered themselves together to fight with Israel, thirty thousand chariots, and six thousand horsemen, and people as the sand which is on the sea shore in multitude: and they came up, and pitched in Michmash, eastward from Bethaven. -- 1 samuel 13:5 +. +When the men of Israel saw that they were in a strait, (for the people were distressed,) then the people did hide themselves in caves, and in thickets, and in rocks, and in high places, and in pits. -- 1 samuel 13:6 +. +And some of the Hebrews went over Jordan to the land of Gad and Gilead. As for Saul, he was yet in Gilgal, and all the people followed him trembling. -- 1 samuel 13:7 +. +And he tarried seven days, according to the set time that Samuel had appointed: but Samuel came not to Gilgal; and the people were scattered from him. -- 1 samuel 13:8 +. +And Saul said, Bring hither a burnt offering to me, and peace offerings. And he offered the burnt offering. -- 1 samuel 13:9 +. +And it came to pass, that as soon as he had made an end of offering the burnt offering, behold, Samuel came; and Saul went out to meet him, that he might salute him. -- 1 samuel 13:10 +. +And Samuel said, What hast thou done? And Saul said, Because I saw that the people were scattered from me, and that thou camest not within the days appointed, and that the Philistines gathered themselves together at Michmash; -- 1 samuel 13:11 +. +Therefore said I, The Philistines will come down now upon me to Gilgal, and I have not made supplication unto the LORD: I forced myself therefore, and offered a burnt offering. -- 1 samuel 13:12 +. +And Samuel said to Saul, Thou hast done foolishly: thou hast not kept the commandment of the LORD thy God, which he commanded thee: for now would the LORD have established thy kingdom upon Israel for ever. -- 1 samuel 13:13 +. +But now thy kingdom shall not continue: the LORD hath sought him a man after his own heart, and the LORD hath commanded him to be captain over his people, because thou hast not kept that which the LORD commanded thee. -- 1 samuel 13:14 +. +And Samuel arose, and gat him up from Gilgal unto Gibeah of Benjamin. And Saul numbered the people that were present with him, about six hundred men. -- 1 samuel 13:15 +. +And Saul, and Jonathan his son, and the people that were present with them, abode in Gibeah of Benjamin: but the Philistines encamped in Michmash. -- 1 samuel 13:16 +. +And the spoilers came out of the camp of the Philistines in three companies: one company turned unto the way that leadeth to Ophrah, unto the land of Shual: -- 1 samuel 13:17 +. +And another company turned the way to Bethhoron: and another company turned to the way of the border that looketh to the valley of Zeboim toward the wilderness. -- 1 samuel 13:18 +. +Now there was no smith found throughout all the land of Israel: for the Philistines said, Lest the Hebrews make them swords or spears: -- 1 samuel 13:19 +. +But all the Israelites went down to the Philistines, to sharpen every man his share, and his coulter, and his axe, and his mattock. -- 1 samuel 13:20 +. +Yet they had a file for the mattocks, and for the coulters, and for the forks, and for the axes, and to sharpen the goads. -- 1 samuel 13:21 +. +So it came to pass in the day of battle, that there was neither sword nor spear found in the hand of any of the people that were with Saul and Jonathan: but with Saul and with Jonathan his son was there found. -- 1 samuel 13:22 +. +And the garrison of the Philistines went out to the passage of Michmash. -- 1 samuel 13:23 +. +Now it came to pass upon a day, that Jonathan the son of Saul said unto the young man that bare his armor, Come, and let us go over to the Philistines' garrison, that is on the other side. But he told not his father. -- 1 samuel 14:1 +. +And Saul tarried in the uttermost part of Gibeah under a pomegranate tree which is in Migron: and the people that were with him were about six hundred men; -- 1 samuel 14:2 +. +And Ahiah, the son of Ahitub, Ichabod's brother, the son of Phinehas, the son of Eli, the LORD's priest in Shiloh, wearing an ephod. And the people knew not that Jonathan was gone. -- 1 samuel 14:3 +. +And between the passages, by which Jonathan sought to go over unto the Philistines' garrison, there was a sharp rock on the one side, and a sharp rock on the other side: and the name of the one was Bozez, and the name of the other Seneh. -- 1 samuel 14:4 +. +The forefront of the one was situate northward over against Michmash, and the other southward over against Gibeah. -- 1 samuel 14:5 +. +And Jonathan said to the young man that bare his armor, Come, and let us go over unto the garrison of these uncircumcised: it may be that the LORD will work for us: for there is no restraint to the LORD to save by many or by few. -- 1 samuel 14:6 +. +And his armourbearer said unto him, Do all that is in thine heart: turn thee; behold, I am with thee according to thy heart. -- 1 samuel 14:7 +. +Then said Jonathan, Behold, we will pass over unto these men, and we will discover ourselves unto them. -- 1 samuel 14:8 +. +If they say thus unto us, Tarry until we come to you; then we will stand still in our place, and will not go up unto them. -- 1 samuel 14:9 +. +But if they say thus, Come up unto us; then we will go up: for the LORD hath delivered them into our hand: and this shall be a sign unto us. -- 1 samuel 14:10 +. +And both of them discovered themselves unto the garrison of the Philistines: and the Philistines said, Behold, the Hebrews come forth out of the holes where they had hid themselves. -- 1 samuel 14:11 +. +And the men of the garrison answered Jonathan and his armourbearer, and said, Come up to us, and we will show you a thing. And Jonathan said unto his armourbearer, Come up after me: for the LORD hath delivered them into the hand of Israel. -- 1 samuel 14:12 +. +And Jonathan climbed up upon his hands and upon his feet, and his armourbearer after him: and they fell before Jonathan; and his armourbearer slew after him. -- 1 samuel 14:13 +. +And that first slaughter, which Jonathan and his armourbearer made, was about twenty men, within as it were an half acre of land, which a yoke of oxen might plow. -- 1 samuel 14:14 +. +And there was trembling in the host, in the field, and among all the people: the garrison, and the spoilers, they also trembled, and the earth quaked: so it was a very great trembling. -- 1 samuel 14:15 +. +And the watchmen of Saul in Gibeah of Benjamin looked; and, behold, the multitude melted away, and they went on beating down one another. -- 1 samuel 14:16 +. +Then said Saul unto the people that were with him, Number now, and see who is gone from us. And when they had numbered, behold, Jonathan and his armourbearer were not there. -- 1 samuel 14:17 +. +And Saul said unto Ahiah, Bring hither the ark of God. For the ark of God was at that time with the children of Israel. -- 1 samuel 14:18 +. +And it came to pass, while Saul talked unto the priest, that the noise that was in the host of the Philistines went on and increased: and Saul said unto the priest, Withdraw thine hand. -- 1 samuel 14:19 +. +And Saul and all the people that were with him assembled themselves, and they came to the battle: and, behold, every man's sword was against his fellow, and there was a very great discomfiture. -- 1 samuel 14:20 +. +Moreover the Hebrews that were with the Philistines before that time, which went up with them into the camp from the country round about, even they also turned to be with the Israelites that were with Saul and Jonathan. -- 1 samuel 14:21 +. +Likewise all the men of Israel which had hid themselves in mount Ephraim, when they heard that the Philistines fled, even they also followed hard after them in the battle. -- 1 samuel 14:22 +. +So the LORD saved Israel that day: and the battle passed over unto Bethaven. -- 1 samuel 14:23 +. +And the men of Israel were distressed that day: for Saul had adjured the people, saying, Cursed be the man that eateth any food until evening, that I may be avenged on mine enemies. So none of the people tasted any food. -- 1 samuel 14:24 +. +And all they of the land came to a wood; and there was honey upon the ground. -- 1 samuel 14:25 +. +And when the people were come into the wood, behold, the honey dropped; but no man put his hand to his mouth: for the people feared the oath. -- 1 samuel 14:26 +. +But Jonathan heard not when his father charged the people with the oath: wherefore he put forth the end of the rod that was in his hand, and dipped it in an honeycomb, and put his hand to his mouth; and his eyes were enlightened. -- 1 samuel 14:27 +. +Then answered one of the people, and said, Thy father straitly charged the people with an oath, saying, Cursed be the man that eateth any food this day. And the people were faint. -- 1 samuel 14:28 +. +Then said Jonathan, My father hath troubled the land: see, I pray you, how mine eyes have been enlightened, because I tasted a little of this honey. -- 1 samuel 14:29 +. +How much more, if haply the people had eaten freely to day of the spoil of their enemies which they found? for had there not been now a much greater slaughter among the Philistines? -- 1 samuel 14:30 +. +And they smote the Philistines that day from Michmash to Aijalon: and the people were very faint. -- 1 samuel 14:31 +. +And the people flew upon the spoil, and took sheep, and oxen, and calves, and slew them on the ground: and the people did eat them with the blood. -- 1 samuel 14:32 +. +Then they told Saul, saying, Behold, the people sin against the LORD, in that they eat with the blood. And he said, Ye have transgressed: roll a great stone unto me this day. -- 1 samuel 14:33 +. +And Saul said, Disperse yourselves among the people, and say unto them, Bring me hither every man his ox, and every man his sheep, and slay them here, and eat; and sin not against the LORD in eating with the blood. And all the people brought every man his ox with him that night, and slew them there. -- 1 samuel 14:34 +. +And Saul built an altar unto the LORD: the same was the first altar that he built unto the LORD. -- 1 samuel 14:35 +. +And Saul said, Let us go down after the Philistines by night, and spoil them until the morning light, and let us not leave a man of them. And they said, Do whatsoever seemeth good unto thee. Then said the priest, Let us draw near hither unto God. -- 1 samuel 14:36 +. +And Saul asked counsel of God, Shall I go down after the Philistines? wilt thou deliver them into the hand of Israel? But he answered him not that day. -- 1 samuel 14:37 +. +And Saul said, Draw ye near hither, all the chief of the people: and know and see wherein this sin hath been this day. -- 1 samuel 14:38 +. +For, as the LORD liveth, which saveth Israel, though it be in Jonathan my son, he shall surely die. But there was not a man among all the people that answered him. -- 1 samuel 14:39 +. +Then said he unto all Israel, Be ye on one side, and I and Jonathan my son will be on the other side. And the people said unto Saul, Do what seemeth good unto thee. -- 1 samuel 14:40 +. +Therefore Saul said unto the LORD God of Israel, Give a perfect lot. And Saul and Jonathan were taken: but the people escaped. -- 1 samuel 14:41 +. +And Saul said, Cast lots between me and Jonathan my son. And Jonathan was taken. -- 1 samuel 14:42 +. +Then Saul said to Jonathan, Tell me what thou hast done. And Jonathan told him, and said, I did but taste a little honey with the end of the rod that was in mine hand, and, lo, I must die. -- 1 samuel 14:43 +. +And Saul answered, God do so and more also: for thou shalt surely die, Jonathan. -- 1 samuel 14:44 +. +And the people said unto Saul, Shall Jonathan die, who hath wrought this great salvation in Israel? God forbid: as the LORD liveth, there shall not one hair of his head fall to the ground; for he hath wrought with God this day. So the people rescued Jonathan, that he died not. -- 1 samuel 14:45 +. +Then Saul went up from following the Philistines: and the Philistines went to their own place. -- 1 samuel 14:46 +. +So Saul took the kingdom over Israel, and fought against all his enemies on every side, against Moab, and against the children of Ammon, and against Edom, and against the kings of Zobah, and against the Philistines: and whithersoever he turned himself, he vexed them. -- 1 samuel 14:47 +. +And he gathered an host, and smote the Amalekites, and delivered Israel out of the hands of them that spoiled them. -- 1 samuel 14:48 +. +Now the sons of Saul were Jonathan, and Ishui, and Melchishua: and the names of his two daughters were these; the name of the firstborn Merab, and the name of the younger Michal: -- 1 samuel 14:49 +. +And the name of Saul's wife was Ahinoam, the daughter of Ahimaaz: and the name of the captain of his host was Abner, the son of Ner, Saul's uncle. -- 1 samuel 14:50 +. +And Kish was the father of Saul; and Ner the father of Abner was the son of Abiel. -- 1 samuel 14:51 +. +And there was sore war against the Philistines all the days of Saul: and when Saul saw any strong man, or any valiant man, he took him unto him. -- 1 samuel 14:52 +. +Samuel also said unto Saul, The LORD sent me to anoint thee to be king over his people, over Israel: now therefore hearken thou unto the voice of the words of the LORD. -- 1 samuel 15:1 +. +Thus saith the LORD of hosts, I remember that which Amalek did to Israel, how he laid wait for him in the way, when he came up from Egypt. -- 1 samuel 15:2 +. +Now go and smite Amalek, and utterly destroy all that they have, and spare them not; but slay both man and woman, infant and suckling, ox and sheep, camel and ass. -- 1 samuel 15:3 +. +And Saul gathered the people together, and numbered them in Telaim, two hundred thousand footmen, and ten thousand men of Judah. -- 1 samuel 15:4 +. +And Saul came to a city of Amalek, and laid wait in the valley. -- 1 samuel 15:5 +. +And Saul said unto the Kenites, Go, depart, get you down from among the Amalekites, lest I destroy you with them: for ye showed kindness to all the children of Israel, when they came up out of Egypt. So the Kenites departed from among the Amalekites. -- 1 samuel 15:6 +. +And Saul smote the Amalekites from Havilah until thou comest to Shur, that is over against Egypt. -- 1 samuel 15:7 +. +And he took Agag the king of the Amalekites alive, and utterly destroyed all the people with the edge of the sword. -- 1 samuel 15:8 +. +But Saul and the people spared Agag, and the best of the sheep, and of the oxen, and of the fatlings, and the lambs, and all that was good, and would not utterly destroy them: but every thing that was vile and refuse, that they destroyed utterly. -- 1 samuel 15:9 +. +Then came the word of the LORD unto Samuel, saying, -- 1 samuel 15:10 +. +It repenteth me that I have set up Saul to be king: for he is turned back from following me, and hath not performed my commandments. And it grieved Samuel; and he cried unto the LORD all night. -- 1 samuel 15:11 +. +And when Samuel rose early to meet Saul in the morning, it was told Samuel, saying, Saul came to Carmel, and, behold, he set him up a place, and is gone about, and passed on, and gone down to Gilgal. -- 1 samuel 15:12 +. +And Samuel came to Saul: and Saul said unto him, Blessed be thou of the LORD: I have performed the commandment of the LORD. -- 1 samuel 15:13 +. +And Samuel said, What meaneth then this bleating of the sheep in mine ears, and the lowing of the oxen which I hear? -- 1 samuel 15:14 +. +And Saul said, They have brought them from the Amalekites: for the people spared the best of the sheep and of the oxen, to sacrifice unto the LORD thy God; and the rest we have utterly destroyed. -- 1 samuel 15:15 +. +Then Samuel said unto Saul, Stay, and I will tell thee what the LORD hath said to me this night. And he said unto him, Say on. -- 1 samuel 15:16 +. +And Samuel said, When thou wast little in thine own sight, wast thou not made the head of the tribes of Israel, and the LORD anointed thee king over Israel? -- 1 samuel 15:17 +. +And the LORD sent thee on a journey, and said, Go and utterly destroy the sinners the Amalekites, and fight against them until they be consumed. -- 1 samuel 15:18 +. +Wherefore then didst thou not obey the voice of the LORD, but didst fly upon the spoil, and didst evil in the sight of the LORD? -- 1 samuel 15:19 +. +And Saul said unto Samuel, Yea, I have obeyed the voice of the LORD, and have gone the way which the LORD sent me, and have brought Agag the king of Amalek, and have utterly destroyed the Amalekites. -- 1 samuel 15:20 +. +But the people took of the spoil, sheep and oxen, the chief of the things which should have been utterly destroyed, to sacrifice unto the LORD thy God in Gilgal. -- 1 samuel 15:21 +. +And Samuel said, Hath the LORD as great delight in burnt offerings and sacrifices, as in obeying the voice of the LORD? Behold, to obey is better than sacrifice, and to hearken than the fat of rams. -- 1 samuel 15:22 +. +For rebellion is as the sin of witchcraft, and stubbornness is as iniquity and idolatry. Because thou hast rejected the word of the LORD, he hath also rejected thee from being king. -- 1 samuel 15:23 +. +And Saul said unto Samuel, I have sinned: for I have transgressed the commandment of the LORD, and thy words: because I feared the people, and obeyed their voice. -- 1 samuel 15:24 +. +Now therefore, I pray thee, pardon my sin, and turn again with me, that I may worship the LORD. -- 1 samuel 15:25 +. +And Samuel said unto Saul, I will not return with thee: for thou hast rejected the word of the LORD, and the LORD hath rejected thee from being king over Israel. -- 1 samuel 15:26 +. +And as Samuel turned about to go away, he laid hold upon the skirt of his mantle, and it rent. -- 1 samuel 15:27 +. +And Samuel said unto him, The LORD hath rent the kingdom of Israel from thee this day, and hath given it to a neighbor of thine, that is better than thou. -- 1 samuel 15:28 +. +And also the Strength of Israel will not lie nor repent: for he is not a man, that he should repent. -- 1 samuel 15:29 +. +Then he said, I have sinned: yet honor me now, I pray thee, before the elders of my people, and before Israel, and turn again with me, that I may worship the LORD thy God. -- 1 samuel 15:30 +. +So Samuel turned again after Saul; and Saul worshipped the LORD. -- 1 samuel 15:31 +. +Then said Samuel, Bring ye hither to me Agag the king of the Amalekites. And Agag came unto him delicately. And Agag said, Surely the bitterness of death is past. -- 1 samuel 15:32 +. +And Samuel said, As the sword hath made women childless, so shall thy mother be childless among women. And Samuel hewed Agag in pieces before the LORD in Gilgal. -- 1 samuel 15:33 +. +Then Samuel went to Ramah; and Saul went up to his house to Gibeah of Saul. -- 1 samuel 15:34 +. +And Samuel came no more to see Saul until the day of his death: nevertheless Samuel mourned for Saul: and the LORD repented that he had made Saul king over Israel. -- 1 samuel 15:35 +. +And the LORD said unto Samuel, How long wilt thou mourn for Saul, seeing I have rejected him from reigning over Israel? fill thine horn with oil, and go, I will send thee to Jesse the Bethlehemite: for I have provided me a king among his sons. -- 1 samuel 16:1 +. +And Samuel said, How can I go? if Saul hear it, he will kill me. And the LORD said, Take an heifer with thee, and say, I am come to sacrifice to the LORD. -- 1 samuel 16:2 +. +And call Jesse to the sacrifice, and I will show thee what thou shalt do: and thou shalt anoint unto me him whom I name unto thee. -- 1 samuel 16:3 +. +And Samuel did that which the LORD spake, and came to Bethlehem. And the elders of the town trembled at his coming, and said, Comest thou peaceably? -- 1 samuel 16:4 +. +And he said, Peaceably: I am come to sacrifice unto the LORD: sanctify yourselves, and come with me to the sacrifice. And he sanctified Jesse and his sons, and called them to the sacrifice. -- 1 samuel 16:5 +. +And it came to pass, when they were come, that he looked on Eliab, and said, Surely the LORD's anointed is before him. -- 1 samuel 16:6 +. +But the LORD said unto Samuel, Look not on his countenance, or on the height of his stature; because I have refused him: for the LORD seeth not as man seeth; for man looketh on the outward appearance, but the LORD looketh on the heart. -- 1 samuel 16:7 +. +Then Jesse called Abinadab, and made him pass before Samuel. And he said, Neither hath the LORD chosen this. -- 1 samuel 16:8 +. +Then Jesse made Shammah to pass by. And he said, Neither hath the LORD chosen this. -- 1 samuel 16:9 +. +Again, Jesse made seven of his sons to pass before Samuel. And Samuel said unto Jesse, The LORD hath not chosen these. -- 1 samuel 16:10 +. +And Samuel said unto Jesse, Are here all thy children? And he said, There remaineth yet the youngest, and, behold, he keepeth the sheep. And Samuel said unto Jesse, Send and fetch him: for we will not sit down till he come hither. -- 1 samuel 16:11 +. +And he sent, and brought him in. Now he was ruddy, and withal of a beautiful countenance, and goodly to look to. And the LORD said, Arise, anoint him: for this is he. -- 1 samuel 16:12 +. +Then Samuel took the horn of oil, and anointed him in the midst of his brethren: and the Spirit of the LORD came upon David from that day forward. So Samuel rose up, and went to Ramah. -- 1 samuel 16:13 +. +But the Spirit of the LORD departed from Saul, and an evil spirit from the LORD troubled him. -- 1 samuel 16:14 +. +And Saul's servants said unto him, Behold now, an evil spirit from God troubleth thee. -- 1 samuel 16:15 +. +Let our lord now command thy servants, which are before thee, to seek out a man, who is a cunning player on an harp: and it shall come to pass, when the evil spirit from God is upon thee, that he shall play with his hand, and thou shalt be well. -- 1 samuel 16:16 +. +And Saul said unto his servants, Provide me now a man that can play well, and bring him to me. -- 1 samuel 16:17 +. +Then answered one of the servants, and said, Behold, I have seen a son of Jesse the Bethlehemite, that is cunning in playing, and a mighty valiant man, and a man of war, and prudent in matters, and a comely person, and the LORD is with him. -- 1 samuel 16:18 +. +Wherefore Saul sent messengers unto Jesse, and said, Send me David thy son, which is with the sheep. -- 1 samuel 16:19 +. +And Jesse took an ass laden with bread, and a bottle of wine, and a kid, and sent them by David his son unto Saul. -- 1 samuel 16:20 +. +And David came to Saul, and stood before him: and he loved him greatly; and he became his armourbearer. -- 1 samuel 16:21 +. +And Saul sent to Jesse, saying, Let David, I pray thee, stand before me; for he hath found favor in my sight. -- 1 samuel 16:22 +. +And it came to pass, when the evil spirit from God was upon Saul, that David took an harp, and played with his hand: so Saul was refreshed, and was well, and the evil spirit departed from him. -- 1 samuel 16:23 +. +Now the Philistines gathered together their armies to battle, and were gathered together at Shochoh, which belongeth to Judah, and pitched between Shochoh and Azekah, in Ephesdammim. -- 1 samuel 17:1 +. +And Saul and the men of Israel were gathered together, and pitched by the valley of Elah, and set the battle in array against the Philistines. -- 1 samuel 17:2 +. +And the Philistines stood on a mountain on the one side, and Israel stood on a mountain on the other side: and there was a valley between them. -- 1 samuel 17:3 +. +And there went out a champion out of the camp of the Philistines, named Goliath, of Gath, whose height was six cubits and a span. -- 1 samuel 17:4 +. +And he had an helmet of brass upon his head, and he was armed with a coat of mail; and the weight of the coat was five thousand shekels of brass. -- 1 samuel 17:5 +. +And he had greaves of brass upon his legs, and a target of brass between his shoulders. -- 1 samuel 17:6 +. +And the staff of his spear was like a weaver's beam; and his spear's head weighed six hundred shekels of iron: and one bearing a shield went before him. -- 1 samuel 17:7 +. +And he stood and cried unto the armies of Israel, and said unto them, Why are ye come out to set your battle in array? am not I a Philistine, and ye servants to Saul? choose you a man for you, and let him come down to me. -- 1 samuel 17:8 +. +If he be able to fight with me, and to kill me, then will we be your servants: but if I prevail against him, and kill him, then shall ye be our servants, and serve us. -- 1 samuel 17:9 +. +And the Philistine said, I defy the armies of Israel this day; give me a man, that we may fight together. -- 1 samuel 17:10 +. +When Saul and all Israel heard those words of the Philistine, they were dismayed, and greatly afraid. -- 1 samuel 17:11 +. +Now David was the son of that Ephrathite of Bethlehemjudah, whose name was Jesse; and he had eight sons: and the man went among men for an old man in the days of Saul. -- 1 samuel 17:12 +. +And the three eldest sons of Jesse went and followed Saul to the battle: and the names of his three sons that went to the battle were Eliab the firstborn, and next unto him Abinadab, and the third Shammah. -- 1 samuel 17:13 +. +And David was the youngest: and the three eldest followed Saul. -- 1 samuel 17:14 +. +But David went and returned from Saul to feed his father's sheep at Bethlehem. -- 1 samuel 17:15 +. +And the Philistine drew near morning and evening, and presented himself forty days. -- 1 samuel 17:16 +. +And Jesse said unto David his son, Take now for thy brethren an ephah of this parched corn, and these ten loaves, and run to the camp of thy brethren; -- 1 samuel 17:17 +. +And carry these ten cheeses unto the captain of their thousand, and look how thy brethren fare, and take their pledge. -- 1 samuel 17:18 +. +Now Saul, and they, and all the men of Israel, were in the valley of Elah, fighting with the Philistines. -- 1 samuel 17:19 +. +And David rose up early in the morning, and left the sheep with a keeper, and took, and went, as Jesse had commanded him; and he came to the trench, as the host was going forth to the fight, and shouted for the battle. -- 1 samuel 17:20 +. +For Israel and the Philistines had put the battle in array, army against army. -- 1 samuel 17:21 +. +And David left his carriage in the hand of the keeper of the carriage, and ran into the army, and came and saluted his brethren. -- 1 samuel 17:22 +. +And as he talked with them, behold, there came up the champion, the Philistine of Gath, Goliath by name, out of the armies of the Philistines, and spake according to the same words: and David heard them. -- 1 samuel 17:23 +. +And all the men of Israel, when they saw the man, fled from him, and were sore afraid. -- 1 samuel 17:24 +. +And the men of Israel said, Have ye seen this man that is come up? surely to defy Israel is he come up: and it shall be, that the man who killeth him, the king will enrich him with great riches, and will give him his daughter, and make his father's house free in Israel. -- 1 samuel 17:25 +. +And David spake to the men that stood by him, saying, What shall be done to the man that killeth this Philistine, and taketh away the reproach from Israel? for who is this uncircumcised Philistine, that he should defy the armies of the living God? -- 1 samuel 17:26 +. +And the people answered him after this manner, saying, So shall it be done to the man that killeth him. -- 1 samuel 17:27 +. +And Eliab his eldest brother heard when he spake unto the men; and Eliab's anger was kindled against David, and he said, Why camest thou down hither? and with whom hast thou left those few sheep in the wilderness? I know thy pride, and the naughtiness of thine heart; for thou art come down that thou mightest see the battle. -- 1 samuel 17:28 +. +And David said, What have I now done? Is there not a cause? -- 1 samuel 17:29 +. +And he turned from him toward another, and spake after the same manner: and the people answered him again after the former manner. -- 1 samuel 17:30 +. +And when the words were heard which David spake, they rehearsed them before Saul: and he sent for him. -- 1 samuel 17:31 +. +And David said to Saul, Let no man's heart fail because of him; thy servant will go and fight with this Philistine. -- 1 samuel 17:32 +. +And Saul said to David, Thou art not able to go against this Philistine to fight with him: for thou art but a youth, and he a man of war from his youth. -- 1 samuel 17:33 +. +And David said unto Saul, Thy servant kept his father's sheep, and there came a lion, and a bear, and took a lamb out of the flock: -- 1 samuel 17:34 +. +And I went out after him, and smote him, and delivered it out of his mouth: and when he arose against me, I caught him by his beard, and smote him, and slew him. -- 1 samuel 17:35 +. +Thy servant slew both the lion and the bear: and this uncircumcised Philistine shall be as one of them, seeing he hath defied the armies of the living God. -- 1 samuel 17:36 +. +David said moreover, The LORD that delivered me out of the paw of the lion, and out of the paw of the bear, he will deliver me out of the hand of this Philistine. And Saul said unto David, Go, and the LORD be with thee. -- 1 samuel 17:37 +. +And Saul armed David with his armor, and he put an helmet of brass upon his head; also he armed him with a coat of mail. -- 1 samuel 17:38 +. +And David girded his sword upon his armor, and he assayed to go; for he had not proved it. And David said unto Saul, I cannot go with these; for I have not proved them. And David put them off him. -- 1 samuel 17:39 +. +And he took his staff in his hand, and chose him five smooth stones out of the brook, and put them in a shepherd's bag which he had, even in a scrip; and his sling was in his hand: and he drew near to the Philistine. -- 1 samuel 17:40 +. +And the Philistine came on and drew near unto David; and the man that bare the shield went before him. -- 1 samuel 17:41 +. +And when the Philistine looked about, and saw David, he disdained him: for he was but a youth, and ruddy, and of a fair countenance. -- 1 samuel 17:42 +. +And the Philistine said unto David, Am I a dog, that thou comest to me with staves? And the Philistine cursed David by his gods. -- 1 samuel 17:43 +. +And the Philistine said to David, Come to me, and I will give thy flesh unto the fowls of the air, and to the beasts of the field. -- 1 samuel 17:44 +. +Then said David to the Philistine, Thou comest to me with a sword, and with a spear, and with a shield: but I come to thee in the name of the LORD of hosts, the God of the armies of Israel, whom thou hast defied. -- 1 samuel 17:45 +. +This day will the LORD deliver thee into mine hand; and I will smite thee, and take thine head from thee; and I will give the carcasses of the host of the Philistines this day unto the fowls of the air, and to the wild beasts of the earth; that all the earth may know that there is a God in Israel. -- 1 samuel 17:46 +. +And all this assembly shall know that the LORD saveth not with sword and spear: for the battle is the LORD's, and he will give you into our hands. -- 1 samuel 17:47 +. +And it came to pass, when the Philistine arose, and came, and drew nigh to meet David, that David hastened, and ran toward the army to meet the Philistine. -- 1 samuel 17:48 +. +And David put his hand in his bag, and took thence a stone, and slang it, and smote the Philistine in his forehead, that the stone sunk into his forehead; and he fell upon his face to the earth. -- 1 samuel 17:49 +. +So David prevailed over the Philistine with a sling and with a stone, and smote the Philistine, and slew him; but there was no sword in the hand of David. -- 1 samuel 17:50 +. +Therefore David ran, and stood upon the Philistine, and took his sword, and drew it out of the sheath thereof, and slew him, and cut off his head therewith. And when the Philistines saw their champion was dead, they fled. -- 1 samuel 17:51 +. +And the men of Israel and of Judah arose, and shouted, and pursued the Philistines, until thou come to the valley, and to the gates of Ekron. And the wounded of the Philistines fell down by the way to Shaaraim, even unto Gath, and unto Ekron. -- 1 samuel 17:52 +. +And the children of Israel returned from chasing after the Philistines, and they spoiled their tents. -- 1 samuel 17:53 +. +And David took the head of the Philistine, and brought it to Jerusalem; but he put his armor in his tent. -- 1 samuel 17:54 +. +And when Saul saw David go forth against the Philistine, he said unto Abner, the captain of the host, Abner, whose son is this youth? And Abner said, As thy soul liveth, O king, I cannot tell. -- 1 samuel 17:55 +. +And the king said, Inquire thou whose son the stripling is. -- 1 samuel 17:56 +. +And as David returned from the slaughter of the Philistine, Abner took him, and brought him before Saul with the head of the Philistine in his hand. -- 1 samuel 17:57 +. +And Saul said to him, Whose son art thou, thou young man? And David answered, I am the son of thy servant Jesse the Bethlehemite. -- 1 samuel 17:58 +. +And it came to pass, when he had made an end of speaking unto Saul, that the soul of Jonathan was knit with the soul of David, and Jonathan loved him as his own soul. -- 1 samuel 18:1 +. +And Saul took him that day, and would let him go no more home to his father's house. -- 1 samuel 18:2 +. +Then Jonathan and David made a covenant, because he loved him as his own soul. -- 1 samuel 18:3 +. +And Jonathan stripped himself of the robe that was upon him, and gave it to David, and his garments, even to his sword, and to his bow, and to his girdle. -- 1 samuel 18:4 +. +And David went out whithersoever Saul sent him, and behaved himself wisely: and Saul set him over the men of war, and he was accepted in the sight of all the people, and also in the sight of Saul's servants. -- 1 samuel 18:5 +. +And it came to pass as they came, when David was returned from the slaughter of the Philistine, that the women came out of all cities of Israel, singing and dancing, to meet king Saul, with tabrets, with joy, and with instruments of music. -- 1 samuel 18:6 +. +And the women answered one another as they played, and said, Saul hath slain his thousands, and David his ten thousands. -- 1 samuel 18:7 +. +And Saul was very wroth, and the saying displeased him; and he said, They have ascribed unto David ten thousands, and to me they have ascribed but thousands: and what can he have more but the kingdom? -- 1 samuel 18:8 +. +And Saul eyed David from that day and forward. -- 1 samuel 18:9 +. +And it came to pass on the morrow, that the evil spirit from God came upon Saul, and he prophesied in the midst of the house: and David played with his hand, as at other times: and there was a javelin in Saul's hand. -- 1 samuel 18:10 +. +And Saul cast the javelin; for he said, I will smite David even to the wall with it. And David avoided out of his presence twice. -- 1 samuel 18:11 +. +And Saul was afraid of David, because the LORD was with him, and was departed from Saul. -- 1 samuel 18:12 +. +Therefore Saul removed him from him, and made him his captain over a thousand; and he went out and came in before the people. -- 1 samuel 18:13 +. +And David behaved himself wisely in all his ways; and the LORD was with him. -- 1 samuel 18:14 +. +Wherefore when Saul saw that he behaved himself very wisely, he was afraid of him. -- 1 samuel 18:15 +. +But all Israel and Judah loved David, because he went out and came in before them. -- 1 samuel 18:16 +. +And Saul said to David, Behold my elder daughter Merab, her will I give thee to wife: only be thou valiant for me, and fight the LORD's battles. For Saul said, Let not mine hand be upon him, but let the hand of the Philistines be upon him. -- 1 samuel 18:17 +. +And David said unto Saul, Who am I? and what is my life, or my father's family in Israel, that I should be son in law to the king? -- 1 samuel 18:18 +. +But it came to pass at the time when Merab Saul's daughter should have been given to David, that she was given unto Adriel the Meholathite to wife. -- 1 samuel 18:19 +. +And Michal Saul's daughter loved David: and they told Saul, and the thing pleased him. -- 1 samuel 18:20 +. +And Saul said, I will give him her, that she may be a snare to him, and that the hand of the Philistines may be against him. Wherefore Saul said to David, Thou shalt this day be my son in law in the one of the twain. -- 1 samuel 18:21 +. +And Saul commanded his servants, saying, Commune with David secretly, and say, Behold, the king hath delight in thee, and all his servants love thee: now therefore be the king's son in law. -- 1 samuel 18:22 +. +And Saul's servants spake those words in the ears of David. And David said, Seemeth it to you a light thing to be a king's son in law, seeing that I am a poor man, and lightly esteemed? -- 1 samuel 18:23 +. +And the servants of Saul told him, saying, On this manner spake David. -- 1 samuel 18:24 +. +And Saul said, Thus shall ye say to David, The king desireth not any dowry, but an hundred foreskins of the Philistines, to be avenged of the king's enemies. But Saul thought to make David fall by the hand of the Philistines. -- 1 samuel 18:25 +. +And when his servants told David these words, it pleased David well to be the king's son in law: and the days were not expired. -- 1 samuel 18:26 +. +Wherefore David arose and went, he and his men, and slew of the Philistines two hundred men; and David brought their foreskins, and they gave them in full tale to the king, that he might be the king's son in law. And Saul gave him Michal his daughter to wife. -- 1 samuel 18:27 +. +And Saul saw and knew that the LORD was with David, and that Michal Saul's daughter loved him. -- 1 samuel 18:28 +. +And Saul was yet the more afraid of David; and Saul became David's enemy continually. -- 1 samuel 18:29 +. +Then the princes of the Philistines went forth: and it came to pass, after they went forth, that David behaved himself more wisely than all the servants of Saul; so that his name was much set by. -- 1 samuel 18:30 +. +And Saul spake to Jonathan his son, and to all his servants, that they should kill David. -- 1 samuel 19:1 +. +But Jonathan Saul's son delighted much in David: and Jonathan told David, saying, Saul my father seeketh to kill thee: now therefore, I pray thee, take heed to thyself until the morning, and abide in a secret place, and hide thyself: -- 1 samuel 19:2 +. +And I will go out and stand beside my father in the field where thou art, and I will commune with my father of thee; and what I see, that I will tell thee. -- 1 samuel 19:3 +. +And Jonathan spake good of David unto Saul his father, and said unto him, Let not the king sin against his servant, against David; because he hath not sinned against thee, and because his works have been to thee-ward very good: -- 1 samuel 19:4 +. +For he did put his life in his hand, and slew the Philistine, and the LORD wrought a great salvation for all Israel: thou sawest it, and didst rejoice: wherefore then wilt thou sin against innocent blood, to slay David without a cause? -- 1 samuel 19:5 +. +And Saul hearkened unto the voice of Jonathan: and Saul sware, As the LORD liveth, he shall not be slain. -- 1 samuel 19:6 +. +And Jonathan called David, and Jonathan showed him all those things. And Jonathan brought David to Saul, and he was in his presence, as in times past. -- 1 samuel 19:7 +. +And there was war again: and David went out, and fought with the Philistines, and slew them with a great slaughter; and they fled from him. -- 1 samuel 19:8 +. +And the evil spirit from the LORD was upon Saul, as he sat in his house with his javelin in his hand: and David played with his hand. -- 1 samuel 19:9 +. +And Saul sought to smite David even to the wall with the javelin: but he slipped away out of Saul's presence, and he smote the javelin into the wall: and David fled, and escaped that night. -- 1 samuel 19:10 +. +Saul also sent messengers unto David's house, to watch him, and to slay him in the morning: and Michal David's wife told him, saying, If thou save not thy life to night, to morrow thou shalt be slain. -- 1 samuel 19:11 +. +So Michal let David down through a window: and he went, and fled, and escaped. -- 1 samuel 19:12 +. +And Michal took an image, and laid it in the bed, and put a pillow of goats' hair for his bolster, and covered it with a cloth. -- 1 samuel 19:13 +. +And when Saul sent messengers to take David, she said, He is sick. -- 1 samuel 19:14 +. +And Saul sent the messengers again to see David, saying, Bring him up to me in the bed, that I may slay him. -- 1 samuel 19:15 +. +And when the messengers were come in, behold, there was an image in the bed, with a pillow of goats' hair for his bolster. -- 1 samuel 19:16 +. +And Saul said unto Michal, Why hast thou deceived me so, and sent away mine enemy, that he is escaped? And Michal answered Saul, He said unto me, Let me go; why should I kill thee? -- 1 samuel 19:17 +. +So David fled, and escaped, and came to Samuel to Ramah, and told him all that Saul had done to him. And he and Samuel went and dwelt in Naioth. -- 1 samuel 19:18 +. +And it was told Saul, saying, Behold, David is at Naioth in Ramah. -- 1 samuel 19:19 +. +And Saul sent messengers to take David: and when they saw the company of the prophets prophesying, and Samuel standing as appointed over them, the Spirit of God was upon the messengers of Saul, and they also prophesied. -- 1 samuel 19:20 +. +And when it was told Saul, he sent other messengers, and they prophesied likewise. And Saul sent messengers again the third time, and they prophesied also. -- 1 samuel 19:21 +. +Then went he also to Ramah, and came to a great well that is in Sechu: and he asked and said, Where are Samuel and David? And one said, Behold, they be at Naioth in Ramah. -- 1 samuel 19:22 +. +And he went thither to Naioth in Ramah: and the Spirit of God was upon him also, and he went on, and prophesied, until he came to Naioth in Ramah. -- 1 samuel 19:23 +. +And he stripped off his clothes also, and prophesied before Samuel in like manner, and lay down naked all that day and all that night. Wherefore they say, Is Saul also among the prophets? -- 1 samuel 19:24 +. +And David fled from Naioth in Ramah, and came and said before Jonathan, What have I done? what is mine iniquity? and what is my sin before thy father, that he seeketh my life? -- 1 samuel 20:1 +. +And he said unto him, God forbid; thou shalt not die: behold, my father will do nothing either great or small, but that he will show it me: and why should my father hide this thing from me? it is not so. -- 1 samuel 20:2 +. +And David sware moreover, and said, Thy father certainly knoweth that I have found grace in thine eyes; and he saith, Let not Jonathan know this, lest he be grieved: but truly as the LORD liveth, and as thy soul liveth, there is but a step between me and death. -- 1 samuel 20:3 +. +Then said Jonathan unto David, Whatsoever thy soul desireth, I will even do it for thee. -- 1 samuel 20:4 +. +And David said unto Jonathan, Behold, to morrow is the new moon, and I should not fail to sit with the king at meat: but let me go, that I may hide myself in the field unto the third day at even. -- 1 samuel 20:5 +. +If thy father at all miss me, then say, David earnestly asked leave of me that he might run to Bethlehem his city: for there is a yearly sacrifice there for all the family. -- 1 samuel 20:6 +. +If he say thus, It is well; thy servant shall have peace: but if he be very wroth, then be sure that evil is determined by him. -- 1 samuel 20:7 +. +Therefore thou shalt deal kindly with thy servant; for thou hast brought thy servant into a covenant of the LORD with thee: notwithstanding, if there be in me iniquity, slay me thyself; for why shouldest thou bring me to thy father? -- 1 samuel 20:8 +. +And Jonathan said, Far be it from thee: for if I knew certainly that evil were determined by my father to come upon thee, then would not I tell it thee? -- 1 samuel 20:9 +. +Then said David to Jonathan, Who shall tell me? or what if thy father answer thee roughly? -- 1 samuel 20:10 +. +And Jonathan said unto David, Come, and let us go out into the field. And they went out both of them into the field. -- 1 samuel 20:11 +. +And Jonathan said unto David, O LORD God of Israel, when I have sounded my father about to morrow any time, or the third day, and, behold, if there be good toward David, and I then send not unto thee, and show it thee; -- 1 samuel 20:12 +. +The LORD do so and much more to Jonathan: but if it please my father to do thee evil, then I will show it thee, and send thee away, that thou mayest go in peace: and the LORD be with thee, as he hath been with my father. -- 1 samuel 20:13 +. +And thou shalt not only while yet I live show me the kindness of the LORD, that I die not: -- 1 samuel 20:14 +. +But also thou shalt not cut off thy kindness from my house for ever: no, not when the LORD hath cut off the enemies of David every one from the face of the earth. -- 1 samuel 20:15 +. +So Jonathan made a covenant with the house of David, saying, Let the LORD even require it at the hand of David's enemies. -- 1 samuel 20:16 +. +And Jonathan caused David to swear again, because he loved him: for he loved him as he loved his own soul. -- 1 samuel 20:17 +. +Then Jonathan said to David, To morrow is the new moon: and thou shalt be missed, because thy seat will be empty. -- 1 samuel 20:18 +. +And when thou hast stayed three days, then thou shalt go down quickly, and come to the place where thou didst hide thyself when the business was in hand, and shalt remain by the stone Ezel. -- 1 samuel 20:19 +. +And I will shoot three arrows on the side thereof, as though I shot at a mark. -- 1 samuel 20:20 +. +And, behold, I will send a lad, saying, Go, find out the arrows. If I expressly say unto the lad, Behold, the arrows are on this side of thee, take them; then come thou: for there is peace to thee, and no hurt; as the LORD liveth. -- 1 samuel 20:21 +. +But if I say thus unto the young man, Behold, the arrows are beyond thee; go thy way: for the LORD hath sent thee away. -- 1 samuel 20:22 +. +And as touching the matter which thou and I have spoken of, behold, the LORD be between thee and me for ever. -- 1 samuel 20:23 +. +So David hid himself in the field: and when the new moon was come, the king sat him down to eat meat. -- 1 samuel 20:24 +. +And the king sat upon his seat, as at other times, even upon a seat by the wall: and Jonathan arose, and Abner sat by Saul's side, and David's place was empty. -- 1 samuel 20:25 +. +Nevertheless Saul spake not any thing that day: for he thought, Something hath befallen him, he is not clean; surely he is not clean. -- 1 samuel 20:26 +. +And it came to pass on the morrow, which was the second day of the month, that David's place was empty: and Saul said unto Jonathan his son, Wherefore cometh not the son of Jesse to meat, neither yesterday, nor to day? -- 1 samuel 20:27 +. +And Jonathan answered Saul, David earnestly asked leave of me to go to Bethlehem: -- 1 samuel 20:28 +. +And he said, Let me go, I pray thee; for our family hath a sacrifice in the city; and my brother, he hath commanded me to be there: and now, if I have found favor in thine eyes, let me get away, I pray thee, and see my brethren. Therefore he cometh not unto the king's table. -- 1 samuel 20:29 +. +Then Saul's anger was kindled against Jonathan, and he said unto him, Thou son of the perverse rebellious woman, do not I know that thou hast chosen the son of Jesse to thine own confusion, and unto the confusion of thy mother's nakedness? -- 1 samuel 20:30 +. +For as long as the son of Jesse liveth upon the ground, thou shalt not be established, nor thy kingdom. Wherefore now send and fetch him unto me, for he shall surely die. -- 1 samuel 20:31 +. +And Jonathan answered Saul his father, and said unto him, Wherefore shall he be slain? what hath he done? -- 1 samuel 20:32 +. +And Saul cast a javelin at him to smite him: whereby Jonathan knew that it was determined of his father to slay David. -- 1 samuel 20:33 +. +So Jonathan arose from the table in fierce anger, and did eat no meat the second day of the month: for he was grieved for David, because his father had done him shame. -- 1 samuel 20:34 +. +And it came to pass in the morning, that Jonathan went out into the field at the time appointed with David, and a little lad with him. -- 1 samuel 20:35 +. +And he said unto his lad, Run, find out now the arrows which I shoot. And as the lad ran, he shot an arrow beyond him. -- 1 samuel 20:36 +. +And when the lad was come to the place of the arrow which Jonathan had shot, Jonathan cried after the lad, and said, Is not the arrow beyond thee? -- 1 samuel 20:37 +. +And Jonathan cried after the lad, Make speed, haste, stay not. And Jonathan's lad gathered up the arrows, and came to his master. -- 1 samuel 20:38 +. +But the lad knew not any thing: only Jonathan and David knew the matter. -- 1 samuel 20:39 +. +And Jonathan gave his artillery unto his lad, and said unto him, Go, carry them to the city. -- 1 samuel 20:40 +. +And as soon as the lad was gone, David arose out of a place toward the south, and fell on his face to the ground, and bowed himself three times: and they kissed one another, and wept one with another, until David exceeded. -- 1 samuel 20:41 +. +And Jonathan said to David, Go in peace, forasmuch as we have sworn both of us in the name of the LORD, saying, The LORD be between me and thee, and between my seed and thy seed for ever. And he arose and departed: and Jonathan went into the city. -- 1 samuel 20:42 +. +Then came David to Nob to Ahimelech the priest: and Ahimelech was afraid at the meeting of David, and said unto him, Why art thou alone, and no man with thee? -- 1 samuel 21:1 +. +And David said unto Ahimelech the priest, The king hath commanded me a business, and hath said unto me, Let no man know any thing of the business whereabout I send thee, and what I have commanded thee: and I have appointed my servants to such and such a place. -- 1 samuel 21:2 +. +Now therefore what is under thine hand? give me five loaves of bread in mine hand, or what there is present. -- 1 samuel 21:3 +. +And the priest answered David, and said, There is no common bread under mine hand, but there is hallowed bread; if the young men have kept themselves at least from women. -- 1 samuel 21:4 +. +And David answered the priest, and said unto him, Of a truth women have been kept from us about these three days, since I came out, and the vessels of the young men are holy, and the bread is in a manner common, yea, though it were sanctified this day in the vessel. -- 1 samuel 21:5 +. +So the priest gave him hallowed bread: for there was no bread there but the showbread, that was taken from before the LORD, to put hot bread in the day when it was taken away. -- 1 samuel 21:6 +. +Now a certain man of the servants of Saul was there that day, detained before the LORD; and his name was Doeg, an Edomite, the chiefest of the herdmen that belonged to Saul. -- 1 samuel 21:7 +. +And David said unto Ahimelech, And is there not here under thine hand spear or sword? for I have neither brought my sword nor my weapons with me, because the king's business required haste. -- 1 samuel 21:8 +. +And the priest said, The sword of Goliath the Philistine, whom thou slewest in the valley of Elah, behold, it is here wrapped in a cloth behind the ephod: if thou wilt take that, take it: for there is no other save that here. And David said, There is none like that; give it me. -- 1 samuel 21:9 +. +And David arose and fled that day for fear of Saul, and went to Achish the king of Gath. -- 1 samuel 21:10 +. +And the servants of Achish said unto him, Is not this David the king of the land? did they not sing one to another of him in dances, saying, Saul hath slain his thousands, and David his ten thousands? -- 1 samuel 21:11 +. +And David laid up these words in his heart, and was sore afraid of Achish the king of Gath. -- 1 samuel 21:12 +. +And he changed his behavior before them, and feigned himself mad in their hands, and scrabbled on the doors of the gate, and let his spittle fall down upon his beard. -- 1 samuel 21:13 +. +Then said Achish unto his servants, Lo, ye see the man is mad: wherefore then have ye brought him to me? -- 1 samuel 21:14 +. +Have I need of mad men, that ye have brought this fellow to play the mad man in my presence? shall this fellow come into my house? -- 1 samuel 21:15 +. +David therefore departed thence, and escaped to the cave Adullam: and when his brethren and all his father's house heard it, they went down thither to him. -- 1 samuel 22:1 +. +And every one that was in distress, and every one that was in debt, and every one that was discontented, gathered themselves unto him; and he became a captain over them: and there were with him about four hundred men. -- 1 samuel 22:2 +. +And David went thence to Mizpeh of Moab: and he said unto the king of Moab, Let my father and my mother, I pray thee, come forth, and be with you, till I know what God will do for me. -- 1 samuel 22:3 +. +And he brought them before the king of Moab: and they dwelt with him all the while that David was in the hold. -- 1 samuel 22:4 +. +And the prophet Gad said unto David, Abide not in the hold; depart, and get thee into the land of Judah. Then David departed, and came into the forest of Hareth. -- 1 samuel 22:5 +. +When Saul heard that David was discovered, and the men that were with him, (now Saul abode in Gibeah under a tree in Ramah, having his spear in his hand, and all his servants were standing about him;) -- 1 samuel 22:6 +. +Then Saul said unto his servants that stood about him, Hear now, ye Benjamites; will the son of Jesse give every one of you fields and vineyards, and make you all captains of thousands, and captains of hundreds; -- 1 samuel 22:7 +. +That all of you have conspired against me, and there is none that showeth me that my son hath made a league with the son of Jesse, and there is none of you that is sorry for me, or showeth unto me that my son hath stirred up my servant against me, to lie in wait, as at this day? -- 1 samuel 22:8 +. +Then answered Doeg the Edomite, which was set over the servants of Saul, and said, I saw the son of Jesse coming to Nob, to Ahimelech the son of Ahitub. -- 1 samuel 22:9 +. +And he inquired of the LORD for him, and gave him victuals, and gave him the sword of Goliath the Philistine. -- 1 samuel 22:10 +. +Then the king sent to call Ahimelech the priest, the son of Ahitub, and all his father's house, the priests that were in Nob: and they came all of them to the king. -- 1 samuel 22:11 +. +And Saul said, Hear now, thou son of Ahitub. And he answered, Here I am, my lord. -- 1 samuel 22:12 +. +And Saul said unto him, Why have ye conspired against me, thou and the son of Jesse, in that thou hast given him bread, and a sword, and hast inquired of God for him, that he should rise against me, to lie in wait, as at this day? -- 1 samuel 22:13 +. +Then Ahimelech answered the king, and said, And who is so faithful among all thy servants as David, which is the king's son in law, and goeth at thy bidding, and is honorable in thine house? -- 1 samuel 22:14 +. +Did I then begin to inquire of God for him? be it far from me: let not the king impute any thing unto his servant, nor to all the house of my father: for thy servant knew nothing of all this, less or more. -- 1 samuel 22:15 +. +And the king said, Thou shalt surely die, Ahimelech, thou, and all thy father's house. -- 1 samuel 22:16 +. +And the king said unto the footmen that stood about him, Turn, and slay the priests of the LORD: because their hand also is with David, and because they knew when he fled, and did not show it to me. But the servants of the king would not put forth their hand to fall upon the priests of the LORD. -- 1 samuel 22:17 +. +And the king said to Doeg, Turn thou, and fall upon the priests. And Doeg the Edomite turned, and he fell upon the priests, and slew on that day fourscore and five persons that did wear a linen ephod. -- 1 samuel 22:18 +. +And Nob, the city of the priests, smote he with the edge of the sword, both men and women, children and sucklings, and oxen, and asses, and sheep, with the edge of the sword. -- 1 samuel 22:19 +. +And one of the sons of Ahimelech the son of Ahitub, named Abiathar, escaped, and fled after David. -- 1 samuel 22:20 +. +And Abiathar showed David that Saul had slain the LORD's priests. -- 1 samuel 22:21 +. +And David said unto Abiathar, I knew it that day, when Doeg the Edomite was there, that he would surely tell Saul: I have occasioned the death of all the persons of thy father's house. -- 1 samuel 22:22 +. +Abide thou with me, fear not: for he that seeketh my life seeketh thy life: but with me thou shalt be in safeguard. -- 1 samuel 22:23 +. +Then they told David, saying, Behold, the Philistines fight against Keilah, and they rob the threshingfloors. -- 1 samuel 23:1 +. +Therefore David inquired of the LORD, saying, Shall I go and smite these Philistines? And the LORD said unto David, Go, and smite the Philistines, and save Keilah. -- 1 samuel 23:2 +. +And David's men said unto him, Behold, we be afraid here in Judah: how much more then if we come to Keilah against the armies of the Philistines? -- 1 samuel 23:3 +. +Then David inquired of the LORD yet again. And the LORD answered him and said, Arise, go down to Keilah; for I will deliver the Philistines into thine hand. -- 1 samuel 23:4 +. +So David and his men went to Keilah, and fought with the Philistines, and brought away their cattle, and smote them with a great slaughter. So David saved the inhabitants of Keilah. -- 1 samuel 23:5 +. +And it came to pass, when Abiathar the son of Ahimelech fled to David to Keilah, that he came down with an ephod in his hand. -- 1 samuel 23:6 +. +And it was told Saul that David was come to Keilah. And Saul said, God hath delivered him into mine hand; for he is shut in, by entering into a town that hath gates and bars. -- 1 samuel 23:7 +. +And Saul called all the people together to war, to go down to Keilah, to besiege David and his men. -- 1 samuel 23:8 +. +And David knew that Saul secretly practiced mischief against him; and he said to Abiathar the priest, Bring hither the ephod. -- 1 samuel 23:9 +. +Then said David, O LORD God of Israel, thy servant hath certainly heard that Saul seeketh to come to Keilah, to destroy the city for my sake. -- 1 samuel 23:10 +. +Will the men of Keilah deliver me up into his hand? will Saul come down, as thy servant hath heard? O LORD God of Israel, I beseech thee, tell thy servant. And the LORD said, He will come down. -- 1 samuel 23:11 +. +Then said David, Will the men of Keilah deliver me and my men into the hand of Saul? And the LORD said, They will deliver thee up. -- 1 samuel 23:12 +. +Then David and his men, which were about six hundred, arose and departed out of Keilah, and went whithersoever they could go. And it was told Saul that David was escaped from Keilah; and he forbare to go forth. -- 1 samuel 23:13 +. +And David abode in the wilderness in strong holds, and remained in a mountain in the wilderness of Ziph. And Saul sought him every day, but God delivered him not into his hand. -- 1 samuel 23:14 +. +And David saw that Saul was come out to seek his life: and David was in the wilderness of Ziph in a wood. -- 1 samuel 23:15 +. +And Jonathan Saul's son arose, and went to David into the wood, and strengthened his hand in God. -- 1 samuel 23:16 +. +And he said unto him, Fear not: for the hand of Saul my father shall not find thee; and thou shalt be king over Israel, and I shall be next unto thee; and that also Saul my father knoweth. -- 1 samuel 23:17 +. +And they two made a covenant before the LORD: and David abode in the wood, and Jonathan went to his house. -- 1 samuel 23:18 +. +Then came up the Ziphites to Saul to Gibeah, saying, Doth not David hide himself with us in strong holds in the wood, in the hill of Hachilah, which is on the south of Jeshimon? -- 1 samuel 23:19 +. +Now therefore, O king, come down according to all the desire of thy soul to come down; and our part shall be to deliver him into the king's hand. -- 1 samuel 23:20 +. +And Saul said, Blessed be ye of the LORD; for ye have compassion on me. -- 1 samuel 23:21 +. +Go, I pray you, prepare yet, and know and see his place where his haunt is, and who hath seen him there: for it is told me that he dealeth very subtilly. -- 1 samuel 23:22 +. +See therefore, and take knowledge of all the lurking places where he hideth himself, and come ye again to me with the certainty, and I will go with you: and it shall come to pass, if he be in the land, that I will search him out throughout all the thousands of Judah. -- 1 samuel 23:23 +. +And they arose, and went to Ziph before Saul: but David and his men were in the wilderness of Maon, in the plain on the south of Jeshimon. -- 1 samuel 23:24 +. +Saul also and his men went to seek him. And they told David; wherefore he came down into a rock, and abode in the wilderness of Maon. And when Saul heard that, he pursued after David in the wilderness of Maon. -- 1 samuel 23:25 +. +And Saul went on this side of the mountain, and David and his men on that side of the mountain: and David made haste to get away for fear of Saul; for Saul and his men compassed David and his men round about to take them. -- 1 samuel 23:26 +. +But there came a messenger unto Saul, saying, Haste thee, and come; for the Philistines have invaded the land. -- 1 samuel 23:27 +. +Wherefore Saul returned from pursuing after David, and went against the Philistines: therefore they called that place Selahammahlekoth. -- 1 samuel 23:28 +. +And David went up from thence, and dwelt in strong holds at Engedi. -- 1 samuel 23:29 +. +And it came to pass, when Saul was returned from following the Philistines, that it was told him, saying, Behold, David is in the wilderness of Engedi. -- 1 samuel 24:1 +. +Then Saul took three thousand chosen men out of all Israel, and went to seek David and his men upon the rocks of the wild goats. -- 1 samuel 24:2 +. +And he came to the sheepcotes by the way, where was a cave; and Saul went in to cover his feet: and David and his men remained in the sides of the cave. -- 1 samuel 24:3 +. +And the men of David said unto him, Behold the day of which the LORD said unto thee, Behold, I will deliver thine enemy into thine hand, that thou mayest do to him as it shall seem good unto thee. Then David arose, and cut off the skirt of Saul's robe privily. -- 1 samuel 24:4 +. +And it came to pass afterward, that David's heart smote him, because he had cut off Saul's skirt. -- 1 samuel 24:5 +. +And he said unto his men, The LORD forbid that I should do this thing unto my master, the LORD's anointed, to stretch forth mine hand against him, seeing he is the anointed of the LORD. -- 1 samuel 24:6 +. +So David stayed his servants with these words, and suffered them not to rise against Saul. But Saul rose up out of the cave, and went on his way. -- 1 samuel 24:7 +. +David also arose afterward, and went out of the cave, and cried after Saul, saying, My lord the king. And when Saul looked behind him, David stooped with his face to the earth, and bowed himself. -- 1 samuel 24:8 +. +And David said to Saul, Wherefore hearest thou men's words, saying, Behold, David seeketh thy hurt? -- 1 samuel 24:9 +. +Behold, this day thine eyes have seen how that the LORD had delivered thee to day into mine hand in the cave: and some bade me kill thee: but mine eye spared thee; and I said, I will not put forth mine hand against my lord; for he is the LORD's anointed. -- 1 samuel 24:10 +. +Moreover, my father, see, yea, see the skirt of thy robe in my hand: for in that I cut off the skirt of thy robe, and killed thee not, know thou and see that there is neither evil nor transgression in mine hand, and I have not sinned against thee; yet thou huntest my soul to take it. -- 1 samuel 24:11 +. +The LORD judge between me and thee, and the LORD avenge me of thee: but mine hand shall not be upon thee. -- 1 samuel 24:12 +. +As saith the proverb of the ancients, Wickedness proceedeth from the wicked: but mine hand shall not be upon thee. -- 1 samuel 24:13 +. +After whom is the king of Israel come out? after whom dost thou pursue? after a dead dog, after a flea. -- 1 samuel 24:14 +. +The LORD therefore be judge, and judge between me and thee, and see, and plead my cause, and deliver me out of thine hand. -- 1 samuel 24:15 +. +And it came to pass, when David had made an end of speaking these words unto Saul, that Saul said, Is this thy voice, my son David? And Saul lifted up his voice, and wept. -- 1 samuel 24:16 +. +And he said to David, Thou art more righteous than I: for thou hast rewarded me good, whereas I have rewarded thee evil. -- 1 samuel 24:17 +. +And thou hast showed this day how that thou hast dealt well with me: forasmuch as when the LORD had delivered me into thine hand, thou killedst me not. -- 1 samuel 24:18 +. +For if a man find his enemy, will he let him go well away? wherefore the LORD reward thee good for that thou hast done unto me this day. -- 1 samuel 24:19 +. +And now, behold, I know well that thou shalt surely be king, and that the kingdom of Israel shall be established in thine hand. -- 1 samuel 24:20 +. +Swear now therefore unto me by the LORD, that thou wilt not cut off my seed after me, and that thou wilt not destroy my name out of my father's house. -- 1 samuel 24:21 +. +And David sware unto Saul. And Saul went home; but David and his men gat them up unto the hold. -- 1 samuel 24:22 +. +And Samuel died; and all the Israelites were gathered together, and lamented him, and buried him in his house at Ramah. And David arose, and went down to the wilderness of Paran. -- 1 samuel 25:1 +. +And there was a man in Maon, whose possessions were in Carmel; and the man was very great, and he had three thousand sheep, and a thousand goats: and he was shearing his sheep in Carmel. -- 1 samuel 25:2 +. +Now the name of the man was Nabal; and the name of his wife Abigail: and she was a woman of good understanding, and of a beautiful countenance: but the man was churlish and evil in his doings; and he was of the house of Caleb. -- 1 samuel 25:3 +. +And David heard in the wilderness that Nabal did shear his sheep. -- 1 samuel 25:4 +. +And David sent out ten young men, and David said unto the young men, Get you up to Carmel, and go to Nabal, and greet him in my name: -- 1 samuel 25:5 +. +And thus shall ye say to him that liveth in prosperity, Peace be both to thee, and peace be to thine house, and peace be unto all that thou hast. -- 1 samuel 25:6 +. +And now I have heard that thou hast shearers: now thy shepherds which were with us, we hurt them not, neither was there ought missing unto them, all the while they were in Carmel. -- 1 samuel 25:7 +. +Ask thy young men, and they will show thee. Wherefore let the young men find favor in thine eyes: for we come in a good day: give, I pray thee, whatsoever cometh to thine hand unto thy servants, and to thy son David. -- 1 samuel 25:8 +. +And when David's young men came, they spake to Nabal according to all those words in the name of David, and ceased. -- 1 samuel 25:9 +. +And Nabal answered David's servants, and said, Who is David? and who is the son of Jesse? there be many servants now a days that break away every man from his master. -- 1 samuel 25:10 +. +Shall I then take my bread, and my water, and my flesh that I have killed for my shearers, and give it unto men, whom I know not whence they be? -- 1 samuel 25:11 +. +So David's young men turned their way, and went again, and came and told him all those sayings. -- 1 samuel 25:12 +. +And David said unto his men, Gird ye on every man his sword. And they girded on every man his sword; and David also girded on his sword: and there went up after David about four hundred men; and two hundred abode by the stuff. -- 1 samuel 25:13 +. +But one of the young men told Abigail, Nabal's wife, saying, Behold, David sent messengers out of the wilderness to salute our master; and he railed on them. -- 1 samuel 25:14 +. +But the men were very good unto us, and we were not hurt, neither missed we any thing, as long as we were conversant with them, when we were in the fields: -- 1 samuel 25:15 +. +They were a wall unto us both by night and day, all the while we were with them keeping the sheep. -- 1 samuel 25:16 +. +Now therefore know and consider what thou wilt do; for evil is determined against our master, and against all his household: for he is such a son of Belial, that a man cannot speak to him. -- 1 samuel 25:17 +. +Then Abigail made haste, and took two hundred loaves, and two bottles of wine, and five sheep ready dressed, and five measures of parched corn, and an hundred clusters of raisins, and two hundred cakes of figs, and laid them on asses. -- 1 samuel 25:18 +. +And she said unto her servants, Go on before me; behold, I come after you. But she told not her husband Nabal. -- 1 samuel 25:19 +. +And it was so, as she rode on the ass, that she came down by the covert on the hill, and, behold, David and his men came down against her; and she met them. -- 1 samuel 25:20 +. +Now David had said, Surely in vain have I kept all that this fellow hath in the wilderness, so that nothing was missed of all that pertained unto him: and he hath requited me evil for good. -- 1 samuel 25:21 +. +So and more also do God unto the enemies of David, if I leave of all that pertain to him by the morning light any that pisseth against the wall. -- 1 samuel 25:22 +. +And when Abigail saw David, she hasted, and lighted off the ass, and fell before David on her face, and bowed herself to the ground, -- 1 samuel 25:23 +. +And fell at his feet, and said, Upon me, my lord, upon me let this iniquity be: and let thine handmaid, I pray thee, speak in thine audience, and hear the words of thine handmaid. -- 1 samuel 25:24 +. +Let not my lord, I pray thee, regard this man of Belial, even Nabal: for as his name is, so is he; Nabal is his name, and folly is with him: but I thine handmaid saw not the young men of my lord, whom thou didst send. -- 1 samuel 25:25 +. +Now therefore, my lord, as the LORD liveth, and as thy soul liveth, seeing the LORD hath withholden thee from coming to shed blood, and from avenging thyself with thine own hand, now let thine enemies, and they that seek evil to my lord, be as Nabal. -- 1 samuel 25:26 +. +And now this blessing which thine handmaid hath brought unto my lord, let it even be given unto the young men that follow my lord. -- 1 samuel 25:27 +. +I pray thee, forgive the trespass of thine handmaid: for the LORD will certainly make my lord a sure house; because my lord fighteth the battles of the LORD, and evil hath not been found in thee all thy days. -- 1 samuel 25:28 +. +Yet a man is risen to pursue thee, and to seek thy soul: but the soul of my lord shall be bound in the bundle of life with the LORD thy God; and the souls of thine enemies, them shall he sling out, as out of the middle of a sling. -- 1 samuel 25:29 +. +And it shall come to pass, when the LORD shall have done to my lord according to all the good that he hath spoken concerning thee, and shall have appointed thee ruler over Israel; -- 1 samuel 25:30 +. +That this shall be no grief unto thee, nor offense of heart unto my lord, either that thou hast shed blood causeless, or that my lord hath avenged himself: but when the LORD shall have dealt well with my lord, then remember thine handmaid. -- 1 samuel 25:31 +. +And David said to Abigail, Blessed be the LORD God of Israel, which sent thee this day to meet me: -- 1 samuel 25:32 +. +And blessed be thy advice, and blessed be thou, which hast kept me this day from coming to shed blood, and from avenging myself with mine own hand. -- 1 samuel 25:33 +. +For in very deed, as the LORD God of Israel liveth, which hath kept me back from hurting thee, except thou hadst hasted and come to meet me, surely there had not been left unto Nabal by the morning light any that pisseth against the wall. -- 1 samuel 25:34 +. +So David received of her hand that which she had brought him, and said unto her, Go up in peace to thine house; see, I have hearkened to thy voice, and have accepted thy person. -- 1 samuel 25:35 +. +And Abigail came to Nabal; and, behold, he held a feast in his house, like the feast of a king; and Nabal's heart was merry within him, for he was very drunken: wherefore she told him nothing, less or more, until the morning light. -- 1 samuel 25:36 +. +But it came to pass in the morning, when the wine was gone out of Nabal, and his wife had told him these things, that his heart died within him, and he became as a stone. -- 1 samuel 25:37 +. +And it came to pass about ten days after, that the LORD smote Nabal, that he died. -- 1 samuel 25:38 +. +And when David heard that Nabal was dead, he said, Blessed be the LORD, that hath pleaded the cause of my reproach from the hand of Nabal, and hath kept his servant from evil: for the LORD hath returned the wickedness of Nabal upon his own head. And David sent and communed with Abigail, to take her to him to wife. -- 1 samuel 25:39 +. +And when the servants of David were come to Abigail to Carmel, they spake unto her, saying, David sent us unto thee, to take thee to him to wife. -- 1 samuel 25:40 +. +And she arose, and bowed herself on her face to the earth, and said, Behold, let thine handmaid be a servant to wash the feet of the servants of my lord. -- 1 samuel 25:41 +. +And Abigail hasted, and arose and rode upon an ass, with five damsels of hers that went after her; and she went after the messengers of David, and became his wife. -- 1 samuel 25:42 +. +David also took Ahinoam of Jezreel; and they were also both of them his wives. -- 1 samuel 25:43 +. +But Saul had given Michal his daughter, David's wife, to Phalti the son of Laish, which was of Gallim. -- 1 samuel 25:44 +. +And the Ziphites came unto Saul to Gibeah, saying, Doth not David hide himself in the hill of Hachilah, which is before Jeshimon? -- 1 samuel 26:1 +. +Then Saul arose, and went down to the wilderness of Ziph, having three thousand chosen men of Israel with him, to seek David in the wilderness of Ziph. -- 1 samuel 26:2 +. +And Saul pitched in the hill of Hachilah, which is before Jeshimon, by the way. But David abode in the wilderness, and he saw that Saul came after him into the wilderness. -- 1 samuel 26:3 +. +David therefore sent out spies, and understood that Saul was come in very deed. -- 1 samuel 26:4 +. +And David arose, and came to the place where Saul had pitched: and David beheld the place where Saul lay, and Abner the son of Ner, the captain of his host: and Saul lay in the trench, and the people pitched round about him. -- 1 samuel 26:5 +. +Then answered David and said to Ahimelech the Hittite, and to Abishai the son of Zeruiah, brother to Joab, saying, Who will go down with me to Saul to the camp? And Abishai said, I will go down with thee. -- 1 samuel 26:6 +. +So David and Abishai came to the people by night: and, behold, Saul lay sleeping within the trench, and his spear stuck in the ground at his bolster: but Abner and the people lay round about him. -- 1 samuel 26:7 +. +Then said Abishai to David, God hath delivered thine enemy into thine hand this day: now therefore let me smite him, I pray thee, with the spear even to the earth at once, and I will not smite him the second time. -- 1 samuel 26:8 +. +And David said to Abishai, Destroy him not: for who can stretch forth his hand against the LORD's anointed, and be guiltless? -- 1 samuel 26:9 +. +David said furthermore, As the LORD liveth, the LORD shall smite him; or his day shall come to die; or he shall descend into battle, and perish. -- 1 samuel 26:10 +. +The LORD forbid that I should stretch forth mine hand against the LORD's anointed: but, I pray thee, take thou now the spear that is at his bolster, and the cruse of water, and let us go. -- 1 samuel 26:11 +. +So David took the spear and the cruse of water from Saul's bolster; and they gat them away, and no man saw it, nor knew it, neither awaked: for they were all asleep; because a deep sleep from the LORD was fallen upon them. -- 1 samuel 26:12 +. +Then David went over to the other side, and stood on the top of an hill afar off; a great space being between them: -- 1 samuel 26:13 +. +And David cried to the people, and to Abner the son of Ner, saying, Answerest thou not, Abner? Then Abner answered and said, Who art thou that criest to the king? -- 1 samuel 26:14 +. +And David said to Abner, Art not thou a valiant man? and who is like to thee in Israel? wherefore then hast thou not kept thy lord the king? for there came one of the people in to destroy the king thy lord. -- 1 samuel 26:15 +. +This thing is not good that thou hast done. As the LORD liveth, ye are worthy to die, because ye have not kept your master, the LORD's anointed. And now see where the king's spear is, and the cruse of water that was at his bolster. -- 1 samuel 26:16 +. +And Saul knew David's voice, and said, Is this thy voice, my son David? And David said, It is my voice, my lord, O king. -- 1 samuel 26:17 +. +And he said, Wherefore doth my lord thus pursue after his servant? for what have I done? or what evil is in mine hand? -- 1 samuel 26:18 +. +Now therefore, I pray thee, let my lord the king hear the words of his servant. If the LORD have stirred thee up against me, let him accept an offering: but if they be the children of men, cursed be they before the LORD; for they have driven me out this day from abiding in the inheritance of the LORD, saying, Go, serve other gods. -- 1 samuel 26:19 +. +Now therefore, let not my blood fall to the earth before the face of the LORD: for the king of Israel is come out to seek a flea, as when one doth hunt a partridge in the mountains. -- 1 samuel 26:20 +. +Then said Saul, I have sinned: return, my son David: for I will no more do thee harm, because my soul was precious in thine eyes this day: behold, I have played the fool, and have erred exceedingly. -- 1 samuel 26:21 +. +And David answered and said, Behold the king's spear! and let one of the young men come over and fetch it. -- 1 samuel 26:22 +. +The LORD render to every man his righteousness and his faithfulness; for the LORD delivered thee into my hand to day, but I would not stretch forth mine hand against the LORD's anointed. -- 1 samuel 26:23 +. +And, behold, as thy life was much set by this day in mine eyes, so let my life be much set by in the eyes of the LORD, and let him deliver me out of all tribulation. -- 1 samuel 26:24 +. +Then Saul said to David, Blessed be thou, my son David: thou shalt both do great things, and also shalt still prevail. So David went on his way, and Saul returned to his place. -- 1 samuel 26:25 +. +And David said in his heart, I shall now perish one day by the hand of Saul: there is nothing better for me than that I should speedily escape into the land of the Philistines; and Saul shall despair of me, to seek me any more in any coast of Israel: so shall I escape out of his hand. -- 1 samuel 27:1 +. +And David arose, and he passed over with the six hundred men that were with him unto Achish, the son of Maoch, king of Gath. -- 1 samuel 27:2 +. +And David dwelt with Achish at Gath, he and his men, every man with his household, even David with his two wives, Ahinoam the Jezreelitess, and Abigail the Carmelitess, Nabal's wife. -- 1 samuel 27:3 +. +And it was told Saul that David was fled to Gath: and he sought no more again for him. -- 1 samuel 27:4 +. +And David said unto Achish, If I have now found grace in thine eyes, let them give me a place in some town in the country, that I may dwell there: for why should thy servant dwell in the royal city with thee? -- 1 samuel 27:5 +. +Then Achish gave him Ziklag that day: wherefore Ziklag pertaineth unto the kings of Judah unto this day. -- 1 samuel 27:6 +. +And the time that David dwelt in the country of the Philistines was a full year and four months. -- 1 samuel 27:7 +. +And David and his men went up, and invaded the Geshurites, and the Gezrites, and the Amalekites: for those nations were of old the inhabitants of the land, as thou goest to Shur, even unto the land of Egypt. -- 1 samuel 27:8 +. +And David smote the land, and left neither man nor woman alive, and took away the sheep, and the oxen, and the asses, and the camels, and the apparel, and returned, and came to Achish. -- 1 samuel 27:9 +. +And Achish said, Whither have ye made a road to day? And David said, Against the south of Judah, and against the south of the Jerahmeelites, and against the south of the Kenites. -- 1 samuel 27:10 +. +And David saved neither man nor woman alive, to bring tidings to Gath, saying, Lest they should tell on us, saying, So did David, and so will be his manner all the while he dwelleth in the country of the Philistines. -- 1 samuel 27:11 +. +And Achish believed David, saying, He hath made his people Israel utterly to abhor him; therefore he shall be my servant for ever. -- 1 samuel 27:12 +. +And it came to pass in those days, that the Philistines gathered their armies together for warfare, to fight with Israel. And Achish said unto David, Know thou assuredly, that thou shalt go out with me to battle, thou and thy men. -- 1 samuel 28:1 +. +And David said to Achish, Surely thou shalt know what thy servant can do. And Achish said to David, Therefore will I make thee keeper of mine head for ever. -- 1 samuel 28:2 +. +Now Samuel was dead, and all Israel had lamented him, and buried him in Ramah, even in his own city. And Saul had put away those that had familiar spirits, and the wizards, out of the land. -- 1 samuel 28:3 +. +And the Philistines gathered themselves together, and came and pitched in Shunem: and Saul gathered all Israel together, and they pitched in Gilboa. -- 1 samuel 28:4 +. +And when Saul saw the host of the Philistines, he was afraid, and his heart greatly trembled. -- 1 samuel 28:5 +. +And when Saul inquired of the LORD, the LORD answered him not, neither by dreams, nor by Urim, nor by prophets. -- 1 samuel 28:6 +. +Then said Saul unto his servants, Seek me a woman that hath a familiar spirit, that I may go to her, and inquire of her. And his servants said to him, Behold, there is a woman that hath a familiar spirit at Endor. -- 1 samuel 28:7 +. +And Saul disguised himself, and put on other raiment, and he went, and two men with him, and they came to the woman by night: and he said, I pray thee, divine unto me by the familiar spirit, and bring me him up, whom I shall name unto thee. -- 1 samuel 28:8 +. +And the woman said unto him, Behold, thou knowest what Saul hath done, how he hath cut off those that have familiar spirits, and the wizards, out of the land: wherefore then layest thou a snare for my life, to cause me to die? -- 1 samuel 28:9 +. +And Saul sware to her by the LORD, saying, As the LORD liveth, there shall no punishment happen to thee for this thing. -- 1 samuel 28:10 +. +Then said the woman, Whom shall I bring up unto thee? And he said, Bring me up Samuel. -- 1 samuel 28:11 +. +And when the woman saw Samuel, she cried with a loud voice: and the woman spake to Saul, saying, Why hast thou deceived me? for thou art Saul. -- 1 samuel 28:12 +. +And the king said unto her, Be not afraid: for what sawest thou? And the woman said unto Saul, I saw gods ascending out of the earth. -- 1 samuel 28:13 +. +And he said unto her, What form is he of? And she said, An old man cometh up; and he is covered with a mantle. And Saul perceived that it was Samuel, and he stooped with his face to the ground, and bowed himself. -- 1 samuel 28:14 +. +And Samuel said to Saul, Why hast thou disquieted me, to bring me up? And Saul answered, I am sore distressed; for the Philistines make war against me, and God is departed from me, and answereth me no more, neither by prophets, nor by dreams: therefore I have called thee, that thou mayest make known unto me what I shall do. -- 1 samuel 28:15 +. +Then said Samuel, Wherefore then dost thou ask of me, seeing the LORD is departed from thee, and is become thine enemy? -- 1 samuel 28:16 +. +And the LORD hath done to him, as he spake by me: for the LORD hath rent the kingdom out of thine hand, and given it to thy neighbor, even to David: -- 1 samuel 28:17 +. +Because thou obeyedst not the voice of the LORD, nor executedst his fierce wrath upon Amalek, therefore hath the LORD done this thing unto thee this day. -- 1 samuel 28:18 +. +Moreover the LORD will also deliver Israel with thee into the hand of the Philistines: and to morrow shalt thou and thy sons be with me: the LORD also shall deliver the host of Israel into the hand of the Philistines. -- 1 samuel 28:19 +. +Then Saul fell straightway all along on the earth, and was sore afraid, because of the words of Samuel: and there was no strength in him; for he had eaten no bread all the day, nor all the night. -- 1 samuel 28:20 +. +And the woman came unto Saul, and saw that he was sore troubled, and said unto him, Behold, thine handmaid hath obeyed thy voice, and I have put my life in my hand, and have hearkened unto thy words which thou spakest unto me. -- 1 samuel 28:21 +. +Now therefore, I pray thee, hearken thou also unto the voice of thine handmaid, and let me set a morsel of bread before thee; and eat, that thou mayest have strength, when thou goest on thy way. -- 1 samuel 28:22 +. +But he refused, and said, I will not eat. But his servants, together with the woman, compelled him; and he hearkened unto their voice. So he arose from the earth, and sat upon the bed. -- 1 samuel 28:23 +. +And the woman had a fat calf in the house; and she hasted, and killed it, and took flour, and kneaded it, and did bake unleavened bread thereof: -- 1 samuel 28:24 +. +And she brought it before Saul, and before his servants; and they did eat. Then they rose up, and went away that night. -- 1 samuel 28:25 +. +Now the Philistines gathered together all their armies to Aphek: and the Israelites pitched by a fountain which is in Jezreel. -- 1 samuel 29:1 +. +And the lords of the Philistines passed on by hundreds, and by thousands: but David and his men passed on in the rearward with Achish. -- 1 samuel 29:2 +. +Then said the princes of the Philistines, What do these Hebrews here? And Achish said unto the princes of the Philistines, Is not this David, the servant of Saul the king of Israel, which hath been with me these days, or these years, and I have found no fault in him since he fell unto me unto this day? -- 1 samuel 29:3 +. +And the princes of the Philistines were wroth with him; and the princes of the Philistines said unto him, Make this fellow return, that he may go again to his place which thou hast appointed him, and let him not go down with us to battle, lest in the battle he be an adversary to us: for wherewith should he reconcile himself unto his master? should it not be with the heads of these men? -- 1 samuel 29:4 +. +Is not this David, of whom they sang one to another in dances, saying, Saul slew his thousands, and David his ten thousands? -- 1 samuel 29:5 +. +Then Achish called David, and said unto him, Surely, as the LORD liveth, thou hast been upright, and thy going out and thy coming in with me in the host is good in my sight: for I have not found evil in thee since the day of thy coming unto me unto this day: nevertheless the lords favor thee not. -- 1 samuel 29:6 +. +Wherefore now return, and go in peace, that thou displease not the lords of the Philistines. -- 1 samuel 29:7 +. +And David said unto Achish, But what have I done? and what hast thou found in thy servant so long as I have been with thee unto this day, that I may not go fight against the enemies of my lord the king? -- 1 samuel 29:8 +. +And Achish answered and said to David, I know that thou art good in my sight, as an angel of God: notwithstanding the princes of the Philistines have said, He shall not go up with us to the battle. -- 1 samuel 29:9 +. +Wherefore now rise up early in the morning with thy master's servants that are come with thee: and as soon as ye be up early in the morning, and have light, depart. -- 1 samuel 29:10 +. +So David and his men rose up early to depart in the morning, to return into the land of the Philistines. And the Philistines went up to Jezreel. -- 1 samuel 29:11 +. +And it came to pass, when David and his men were come to Ziklag on the third day, that the Amalekites had invaded the south, and Ziklag, and smitten Ziklag, and burned it with fire; -- 1 samuel 30:1 +. +And had taken the women captives, that were therein: they slew not any, either great or small, but carried them away, and went on their way. -- 1 samuel 30:2 +. +So David and his men came to the city, and, behold, it was burned with fire; and their wives, and their sons, and their daughters, were taken captives. -- 1 samuel 30:3 +. +Then David and the people that were with him lifted up their voice and wept, until they had no more power to weep. -- 1 samuel 30:4 +. +And David's two wives were taken captives, Ahinoam the Jezreelitess, and Abigail the wife of Nabal the Carmelite. -- 1 samuel 30:5 +. +And David was greatly distressed; for the people spake of stoning him, because the soul of all the people was grieved, every man for his sons and for his daughters: but David encouraged himself in the LORD his God. -- 1 samuel 30:6 +. +And David said to Abiathar the priest, Ahimelech's son, I pray thee, bring me hither the ephod. And Abiathar brought thither the ephod to David. -- 1 samuel 30:7 +. +And David inquired at the LORD, saying, Shall I pursue after this troop? shall I overtake them? And he answered him, Pursue: for thou shalt surely overtake them, and without fail recover all. -- 1 samuel 30:8 +. +So David went, he and the six hundred men that were with him, and came to the brook Besor, where those that were left behind stayed. -- 1 samuel 30:9 +. +But David pursued, he and four hundred men: for two hundred abode behind, which were so faint that they could not go over the brook Besor. -- 1 samuel 30:10 +. +And they found an Egyptian in the field, and brought him to David, and gave him bread, and he did eat; and they made him drink water; -- 1 samuel 30:11 +. +And they gave him a piece of a cake of figs, and two clusters of raisins: and when he had eaten, his spirit came again to him: for he had eaten no bread, nor drunk any water, three days and three nights. -- 1 samuel 30:12 +. +And David said unto him, To whom belongest thou? and whence art thou? And he said, I am a young man of Egypt, servant to an Amalekite; and my master left me, because three days agone I fell sick. -- 1 samuel 30:13 +. +We made an invasion upon the south of the Cherethites, and upon the coast which belongeth to Judah, and upon the south of Caleb; and we burned Ziklag with fire. -- 1 samuel 30:14 +. +And David said to him, Canst thou bring me down to this company? And he said, Swear unto me by God, that thou wilt neither kill me, nor deliver me into the hands of my master, and I will bring thee down to this company. -- 1 samuel 30:15 +. +And when he had brought him down, behold, they were spread abroad upon all the earth, eating and drinking, and dancing, because of all the great spoil that they had taken out of the land of the Philistines, and out of the land of Judah. -- 1 samuel 30:16 +. +And David smote them from the twilight even unto the evening of the next day: and there escaped not a man of them, save four hundred young men, which rode upon camels, and fled. -- 1 samuel 30:17 +. +And David recovered all that the Amalekites had carried away: and David rescued his two wives. -- 1 samuel 30:18 +. +And there was nothing lacking to them, neither small nor great, neither sons nor daughters, neither spoil, nor any thing that they had taken to them: David recovered all. -- 1 samuel 30:19 +. +And David took all the flocks and the herds, which they drave before those other cattle, and said, This is David's spoil. -- 1 samuel 30:20 +. +And David came to the two hundred men, which were so faint that they could not follow David, whom they had made also to abide at the brook Besor: and they went forth to meet David, and to meet the people that were with him: and when David came near to the people, he saluted them. -- 1 samuel 30:21 +. +Then answered all the wicked men and men of Belial, of those that went with David, and said, Because they went not with us, we will not give them ought of the spoil that we have recovered, save to every man his wife and his children, that they may lead them away, and depart. -- 1 samuel 30:22 +. +Then said David, Ye shall not do so, my brethren, with that which the LORD hath given us, who hath preserved us, and delivered the company that came against us into our hand. -- 1 samuel 30:23 +. +For who will hearken unto you in this matter? but as his part is that goeth down to the battle, so shall his part be that tarrieth by the stuff: they shall part alike. -- 1 samuel 30:24 +. +And it was so from that day forward, that he made it a statute and an ordinance for Israel unto this day. -- 1 samuel 30:25 +. +And when David came to Ziklag, he sent of the spoil unto the elders of Judah, even to his friends, saying, Behold a present for you of the spoil of the enemies of the LORD; -- 1 samuel 30:26 +. +To them which were in Bethel, and to them which were in south Ramoth, and to them which were in Jattir, -- 1 samuel 30:27 +. +And to them which were in Aroer, and to them which were in Siphmoth, and to them which were in Eshtemoa, -- 1 samuel 30:28 +. +And to them which were in Rachal, and to them which were in the cities of the Jerahmeelites, and to them which were in the cities of the Kenites, -- 1 samuel 30:29 +. +And to them which were in Hormah, and to them which were in Chorashan, and to them which were in Athach, -- 1 samuel 30:30 +. +And to them which were in Hebron, and to all the places where David himself and his men were wont to haunt. -- 1 samuel 30:31 +. +Now the Philistines fought against Israel: and the men of Israel fled from before the Philistines, and fell down slain in mount Gilboa. -- 1 samuel 31:1 +. +And the Philistines followed hard upon Saul and upon his sons; and the Philistines slew Jonathan, and Abinadab, and Melchishua, Saul's sons. -- 1 samuel 31:2 +. +And the battle went sore against Saul, and the archers hit him; and he was sore wounded of the archers. -- 1 samuel 31:3 +. +Then said Saul unto his armourbearer, Draw thy sword, and thrust me through therewith; lest these uncircumcised come and thrust me through, and abuse me. But his armourbearer would not; for he was sore afraid. Therefore Saul took a sword, and fell upon it. -- 1 samuel 31:4 +. +And when his armourbearer saw that Saul was dead, he fell likewise upon his sword, and died with him. -- 1 samuel 31:5 +. +So Saul died, and his three sons, and his armourbearer, and all his men, that same day together. -- 1 samuel 31:6 +. +And when the men of Israel that were on the other side of the valley, and they that were on the other side Jordan, saw that the men of Israel fled, and that Saul and his sons were dead, they forsook the cities, and fled; and the Philistines came and dwelt in them. -- 1 samuel 31:7 +. +And it came to pass on the morrow, when the Philistines came to strip the slain, that they found Saul and his three sons fallen in mount Gilboa. -- 1 samuel 31:8 +. +And they cut off his head, and stripped off his armor, and sent into the land of the Philistines round about, to publish it in the house of their idols, and among the people. -- 1 samuel 31:9 +. +And they put his armor in the house of Ashtaroth: and they fastened his body to the wall of Bethshan. -- 1 samuel 31:10 +. +And when the inhabitants of Jabeshgilead heard of that which the Philistines had done to Saul; -- 1 samuel 31:11 +. +All the valiant men arose, and went all night, and took the body of Saul and the bodies of his sons from the wall of Bethshan, and came to Jabesh, and burnt them there. -- 1 samuel 31:12 +. +And they took their bones, and buried them under a tree at Jabesh, and fasted seven days. -- 1 samuel 31:13 +. +Now it came to pass after the death of Saul, when David was returned from the slaughter of the Amalekites, and David had abode two days in Ziklag; -- 2 samuel 1:1 +. +It came even to pass on the third day, that, behold, a man came out of the camp from Saul with his clothes rent, and earth upon his head: and so it was, when he came to David, that he fell to the earth, and did obeisance. -- 2 samuel 1:2 +. +And David said unto him, From whence comest thou? And he said unto him, Out of the camp of Israel am I escaped. -- 2 samuel 1:3 +. +And David said unto him, How went the matter? I pray thee, tell me. And he answered, That the people are fled from the battle, and many of the people also are fallen and dead; and Saul and Jonathan his son are dead also. -- 2 samuel 1:4 +. +And David said unto the young man that told him, How knowest thou that Saul and Jonathan his son be dead? -- 2 samuel 1:5 +. +And the young man that told him said, As I happened by chance upon mount Gilboa, behold, Saul leaned upon his spear; and, lo, the chariots and horsemen followed hard after him. -- 2 samuel 1:6 +. +And when he looked behind him, he saw me, and called unto me. And I answered, Here am I. -- 2 samuel 1:7 +. +And he said unto me, Who art thou? And I answered him, I am an Amalekite. -- 2 samuel 1:8 +. +He said unto me again, Stand, I pray thee, upon me, and slay me: for anguish is come upon me, because my life is yet whole in me. -- 2 samuel 1:9 +. +So I stood upon him, and slew him, because I was sure that he could not live after that he was fallen: and I took the crown that was upon his head, and the bracelet that was on his arm, and have brought them hither unto my lord. -- 2 samuel 1:10 +. +Then David took hold on his clothes, and rent them; and likewise all the men that were with him: -- 2 samuel 1:11 +. +And they mourned, and wept, and fasted until even, for Saul, and for Jonathan his son, and for the people of the LORD, and for the house of Israel; because they were fallen by the sword. -- 2 samuel 1:12 +. +And David said unto the young man that told him, Whence art thou? And he answered, I am the son of a stranger, an Amalekite. -- 2 samuel 1:13 +. +And David said unto him, How wast thou not afraid to stretch forth thine hand to destroy the LORD's anointed? -- 2 samuel 1:14 +. +And David called one of the young men, and said, Go near, and fall upon him. And he smote him that he died. -- 2 samuel 1:15 +. +And David said unto him, Thy blood be upon thy head; for thy mouth hath testified against thee, saying, I have slain the LORD's anointed. -- 2 samuel 1:16 +. +And David lamented with this lamentation over Saul and over Jonathan his son: -- 2 samuel 1:17 +. +(Also he bade them teach the children of Judah the use of the bow: behold, it is written in the book of Jasher.) -- 2 samuel 1:18 +. +The beauty of Israel is slain upon thy high places: how are the mighty fallen! -- 2 samuel 1:19 +. +Tell it not in Gath, publish it not in the streets of Askelon; lest the daughters of the Philistines rejoice, lest the daughters of the uncircumcised triumph. -- 2 samuel 1:20 +. +Ye mountains of Gilboa, let there be no dew, neither let there be rain, upon you, nor fields of offerings: for there the shield of the mighty is vilely cast away, the shield of Saul, as though he had not been anointed with oil. -- 2 samuel 1:21 +. +From the blood of the slain, from the fat of the mighty, the bow of Jonathan turned not back, and the sword of Saul returned not empty. -- 2 samuel 1:22 +. +Saul and Jonathan were lovely and pleasant in their lives, and in their death they were not divided: they were swifter than eagles, they were stronger than lions. -- 2 samuel 1:23 +. +Ye daughters of Israel, weep over Saul, who clothed you in scarlet, with other delights, who put on ornaments of gold upon your apparel. -- 2 samuel 1:24 +. +How are the mighty fallen in the midst of the battle! O Jonathan, thou wast slain in thine high places. -- 2 samuel 1:25 +. +I am distressed for thee, my brother Jonathan: very pleasant hast thou been unto me: thy love to me was wonderful, passing the love of women. -- 2 samuel 1:26 +. +How are the mighty fallen, and the weapons of war perished! -- 2 samuel 1:27 +. +And it came to pass after this, that David inquired of the LORD, saying, Shall I go up into any of the cities of Judah? And the LORD said unto him, Go up. And David said, Whither shall I go up? And he said, Unto Hebron. -- 2 samuel 2:1 +. +So David went up thither, and his two wives also, Ahinoam the Jezreelitess, and Abigail Nabal's wife the Carmelite. -- 2 samuel 2:2 +. +And his men that were with him did David bring up, every man with his household: and they dwelt in the cities of Hebron. -- 2 samuel 2:3 +. +And the men of Judah came, and there they anointed David king over the house of Judah. And they told David, saying, That the men of Jabeshgilead were they that buried Saul. -- 2 samuel 2:4 +. +And David sent messengers unto the men of Jabeshgilead, and said unto them, Blessed be ye of the LORD, that ye have showed this kindness unto your lord, even unto Saul, and have buried him. -- 2 samuel 2:5 +. +And now the LORD show kindness and truth unto you: and I also will requite you this kindness, because ye have done this thing. -- 2 samuel 2:6 +. +Therefore now let your hands be strengthened, and be ye valiant: for your master Saul is dead, and also the house of Judah have anointed me king over them. -- 2 samuel 2:7 +. +But Abner the son of Ner, captain of Saul's host, took Ishbosheth the son of Saul, and brought him over to Mahanaim; -- 2 samuel 2:8 +. +And made him king over Gilead, and over the Ashurites, and over Jezreel, and over Ephraim, and over Benjamin, and over all Israel. -- 2 samuel 2:9 +. +Ishbosheth Saul's son was forty years old when he began to reign over Israel, and reigned two years. But the house of Judah followed David. -- 2 samuel 2:10 +. +And the time that David was king in Hebron over the house of Judah was seven years and six months. -- 2 samuel 2:11 +. +And Abner the son of Ner, and the servants of Ishbosheth the son of Saul, went out from Mahanaim to Gibeon. -- 2 samuel 2:12 +. +And Joab the son of Zeruiah, and the servants of David, went out, and met together by the pool of Gibeon: and they sat down, the one on the one side of the pool, and the other on the other side of the pool. -- 2 samuel 2:13 +. +And Abner said to Joab, Let the young men now arise, and play before us. And Joab said, Let them arise. -- 2 samuel 2:14 +. +Then there arose and went over by number twelve of Benjamin, which pertained to Ishbosheth the son of Saul, and twelve of the servants of David. -- 2 samuel 2:15 +. +And they caught every one his fellow by the head, and thrust his sword in his fellow's side; so they fell down together: wherefore that place was called Helkathhazzurim, which is in Gibeon. -- 2 samuel 2:16 +. +And there was a very sore battle that day; and Abner was beaten, and the men of Israel, before the servants of David. -- 2 samuel 2:17 +. +And there were three sons of Zeruiah there, Joab, and Abishai, and Asahel: and Asahel was as light of foot as a wild roe. -- 2 samuel 2:18 +. +And Asahel pursued after Abner; and in going he turned not to the right hand nor to the left from following Abner. -- 2 samuel 2:19 +. +Then Abner looked behind him, and said, Art thou Asahel? And he answered, I am. -- 2 samuel 2:20 +. +And Abner said to him, Turn thee aside to thy right hand or to thy left, and lay thee hold on one of the young men, and take thee his armor. But Asahel would not turn aside from following of him. -- 2 samuel 2:21 +. +And Abner said again to Asahel, Turn thee aside from following me: wherefore should I smite thee to the ground? how then should I hold up my face to Joab thy brother? -- 2 samuel 2:22 +. +Howbeit he refused to turn aside: wherefore Abner with the hinder end of the spear smote him under the fifth rib, that the spear came out behind him; and he fell down there, and died in the same place: and it came to pass, that as many as came to the place where Asahel fell down and died stood still. -- 2 samuel 2:23 +. +Joab also and Abishai pursued after Abner: and the sun went down when they were come to the hill of Ammah, that lieth before Giah by the way of the wilderness of Gibeon. -- 2 samuel 2:24 +. +And the children of Benjamin gathered themselves together after Abner, and became one troop, and stood on the top of an hill. -- 2 samuel 2:25 +. +Then Abner called to Joab, and said, Shall the sword devour for ever? knowest thou not that it will be bitterness in the latter end? how long shall it be then, ere thou bid the people return from following their brethren? -- 2 samuel 2:26 +. +And Joab said, As God liveth, unless thou hadst spoken, surely then in the morning the people had gone up every one from following his brother. -- 2 samuel 2:27 +. +So Joab blew a trumpet, and all the people stood still, and pursued after Israel no more, neither fought they any more. -- 2 samuel 2:28 +. +And Abner and his men walked all that night through the plain, and passed over Jordan, and went through all Bithron, and they came to Mahanaim. -- 2 samuel 2:29 +. +And Joab returned from following Abner: and when he had gathered all the people together, there lacked of David's servants nineteen men and Asahel. -- 2 samuel 2:30 +. +But the servants of David had smitten of Benjamin, and of Abner's men, so that three hundred and threescore men died. -- 2 samuel 2:31 +. +And they took up Asahel, and buried him in the sepulchre of his father, which was in Bethlehem. And Joab and his men went all night, and they came to Hebron at break of day. -- 2 samuel 2:32 +. +Now there was long war between the house of Saul and the house of David: but David waxed stronger and stronger, and the house of Saul waxed weaker and weaker. -- 2 samuel 3:1 +. +And unto David were sons born in Hebron: and his firstborn was Amnon, of Ahinoam the Jezreelitess; -- 2 samuel 3:2 +. +And his second, Chileab, of Abigail the wife of Nabal the Carmelite; and the third, Absalom the son of Maacah the daughter of Talmai king of Geshur; -- 2 samuel 3:3 +. +And the fourth, Adonijah the son of Haggith; and the fifth, Shephatiah the son of Abital; -- 2 samuel 3:4 +. +And the sixth, Ithream, by Eglah David's wife. These were born to David in Hebron. -- 2 samuel 3:5 +. +And it came to pass, while there was war between the house of Saul and the house of David, that Abner made himself strong for the house of Saul. -- 2 samuel 3:6 +. +And Saul had a concubine, whose name was Rizpah, the daughter of Aiah: and Ishbosheth said to Abner, Wherefore hast thou gone in unto my father's concubine? -- 2 samuel 3:7 +. +Then was Abner very wroth for the words of Ishbosheth, and said, Am I a dog's head, which against Judah do show kindness this day unto the house of Saul thy father, to his brethren, and to his friends, and have not delivered thee into the hand of David, that thou chargest me to day with a fault concerning this woman? -- 2 samuel 3:8 +. +So do God to Abner, and more also, except, as the LORD hath sworn to David, even so I do to him; -- 2 samuel 3:9 +. +To translate the kingdom from the house of Saul, and to set up the throne of David over Israel and over Judah, from Dan even to Beersheba. -- 2 samuel 3:10 +. +And he could not answer Abner a word again, because he feared him. -- 2 samuel 3:11 +. +And Abner sent messengers to David on his behalf, saying, Whose is the land? saying also, Make thy league with me, and, behold, my hand shall be with thee, to bring about all Israel unto thee. -- 2 samuel 3:12 +. +And he said, Well; I will make a league with thee: but one thing I require of thee, that is, Thou shalt not see my face, except thou first bring Michal Saul's daughter, when thou comest to see my face. -- 2 samuel 3:13 +. +And David sent messengers to Ishbosheth Saul's son, saying, Deliver me my wife Michal, which I espoused to me for an hundred foreskins of the Philistines. -- 2 samuel 3:14 +. +And Ishbosheth sent, and took her from her husband, even from Phaltiel the son of Laish. -- 2 samuel 3:15 +. +And her husband went with her along weeping behind her to Bahurim. Then said Abner unto him, Go, return. And he returned. -- 2 samuel 3:16 +. +And Abner had communication with the elders of Israel, saying, Ye sought for David in times past to be king over you: -- 2 samuel 3:17 +. +Now then do it: for the LORD hath spoken of David, saying, By the hand of my servant David I will save my people Israel out of the hand of the Philistines, and out of the hand of all their enemies. -- 2 samuel 3:18 +. +And Abner also spake in the ears of Benjamin: and Abner went also to speak in the ears of David in Hebron all that seemed good to Israel, and that seemed good to the whole house of Benjamin. -- 2 samuel 3:19 +. +So Abner came to David to Hebron, and twenty men with him. And David made Abner and the men that were with him a feast. -- 2 samuel 3:20 +. +And Abner said unto David, I will arise and go, and will gather all Israel unto my lord the king, that they may make a league with thee, and that thou mayest reign over all that thine heart desireth. And David sent Abner away; and he went in peace. -- 2 samuel 3:21 +. +And, behold, the servants of David and Joab came from pursuing a troop, and brought in a great spoil with them: but Abner was not with David in Hebron; for he had sent him away, and he was gone in peace. -- 2 samuel 3:22 +. +When Joab and all the host that was with him were come, they told Joab, saying, Abner the son of Ner came to the king, and he hath sent him away, and he is gone in peace. -- 2 samuel 3:23 +. +Then Joab came to the king, and said, What hast thou done? behold, Abner came unto thee; why is it that thou hast sent him away, and he is quite gone? -- 2 samuel 3:24 +. +Thou knowest Abner the son of Ner, that he came to deceive thee, and to know thy going out and thy coming in, and to know all that thou doest. -- 2 samuel 3:25 +. +And when Joab was come out from David, he sent messengers after Abner, which brought him again from the well of Sirah: but David knew it not. -- 2 samuel 3:26 +. +And when Abner was returned to Hebron, Joab took him aside in the gate to speak with him quietly, and smote him there under the fifth rib, that he died, for the blood of Asahel his brother. -- 2 samuel 3:27 +. +And afterward when David heard it, he said, I and my kingdom are guiltless before the LORD for ever from the blood of Abner the son of Ner: -- 2 samuel 3:28 +. +Let it rest on the head of Joab, and on all his father's house; and let there not fail from the house of Joab one that hath an issue, or that is a leper, or that leaneth on a staff, or that falleth on the sword, or that lacketh bread. -- 2 samuel 3:29 +. +So Joab, and Abishai his brother slew Abner, because he had slain their brother Asahel at Gibeon in the battle. -- 2 samuel 3:30 +. +And David said to Joab, and to all the people that were with him, Rend your clothes, and gird you with sackcloth, and mourn before Abner. And king David himself followed the bier. -- 2 samuel 3:31 +. +And they buried Abner in Hebron: and the king lifted up his voice, and wept at the grave of Abner; and all the people wept. -- 2 samuel 3:32 +. +And the king lamented over Abner, and said, Died Abner as a fool dieth? -- 2 samuel 3:33 +. +Thy hands were not bound, nor thy feet put into fetters: as a man falleth before wicked men, so fellest thou. And all the people wept again over him. -- 2 samuel 3:34 +. +And when all the people came to cause David to eat meat while it was yet day, David sware, saying, So do God to me, and more also, if I taste bread, or ought else, till the sun be down. -- 2 samuel 3:35 +. +And all the people took notice of it, and it pleased them: as whatsoever the king did pleased all the people. -- 2 samuel 3:36 +. +For all the people and all Israel understood that day that it was not of the king to slay Abner the son of Ner. -- 2 samuel 3:37 +. +And the king said unto his servants, Know ye not that there is a prince and a great man fallen this day in Israel? -- 2 samuel 3:38 +. +And I am this day weak, though anointed king; and these men the sons of Zeruiah be too hard for me: the LORD shall reward the doer of evil according to his wickedness. -- 2 samuel 3:39 +. +And when Saul's son heard that Abner was dead in Hebron, his hands were feeble, and all the Israelites were troubled. -- 2 samuel 4:1 +. +And Saul's son had two men that were captains of bands: the name of the one was Baanah, and the name of the other Rechab, the sons of Rimmon a Beerothite, of the children of Benjamin: (for Beeroth also was reckoned to Benjamin. -- 2 samuel 4:2 +. +And the Beerothites fled to Gittaim, and were sojourners there until this day.) -- 2 samuel 4:3 +. +And Jonathan, Saul's son, had a son that was lame of his feet. He was five years old when the tidings came of Saul and Jonathan out of Jezreel, and his nurse took him up, and fled: and it came to pass, as she made haste to flee, that he fell, and became lame. And his name was Mephibosheth. -- 2 samuel 4:4 +. +And the sons of Rimmon the Beerothite, Rechab and Baanah, went, and came about the heat of the day to the house of Ishbosheth, who lay on a bed at noon. -- 2 samuel 4:5 +. +And they came thither into the midst of the house, as though they would have fetched wheat; and they smote him under the fifth rib: and Rechab and Baanah his brother escaped. -- 2 samuel 4:6 +. +For when they came into the house, he lay on his bed in his bedchamber, and they smote him, and slew him, and beheaded him, and took his head, and gat them away through the plain all night. -- 2 samuel 4:7 +. +And they brought the head of Ishbosheth unto David to Hebron, and said to the king, Behold the head of Ishbosheth the son of Saul thine enemy, which sought thy life; and the LORD hath avenged my lord the king this day of Saul, and of his seed. -- 2 samuel 4:8 +. +And David answered Rechab and Baanah his brother, the sons of Rimmon the Beerothite, and said unto them, As the LORD liveth, who hath redeemed my soul out of all adversity, -- 2 samuel 4:9 +. +When one told me, saying, Behold, Saul is dead, thinking to have brought good tidings, I took hold of him, and slew him in Ziklag, who thought that I would have given him a reward for his tidings: -- 2 samuel 4:10 +. +How much more, when wicked men have slain a righteous person in his own house upon his bed? shall I not therefore now require his blood of your hand, and take you away from the earth? -- 2 samuel 4:11 +. +And David commanded his young men, and they slew them, and cut off their hands and their feet, and hanged them up over the pool in Hebron. But they took the head of Ishbosheth, and buried it in the sepulchre of Abner in Hebron. -- 2 samuel 4:12 +. +Then came all the tribes of Israel to David unto Hebron, and spake, saying, Behold, we are thy bone and thy flesh. -- 2 samuel 5:1 +. +Also in time past, when Saul was king over us, thou wast he that leddest out and broughtest in Israel: and the LORD said to thee, Thou shalt feed my people Israel, and thou shalt be a captain over Israel. -- 2 samuel 5:2 +. +So all the elders of Israel came to the king to Hebron; and king David made a league with them in Hebron before the LORD: and they anointed David king over Israel. -- 2 samuel 5:3 +. +David was thirty years old when he began to reign, and he reigned forty years. -- 2 samuel 5:4 +. +In Hebron he reigned over Judah seven years and six months: and in Jerusalem he reigned thirty and three years over all Israel and Judah. -- 2 samuel 5:5 +. +And the king and his men went to Jerusalem unto the Jebusites, the inhabitants of the land: which spake unto David, saying, Except thou take away the blind and the lame, thou shalt not come in hither: thinking, David cannot come in hither. -- 2 samuel 5:6 +. +Nevertheless David took the strong hold of Zion: the same is the city of David. -- 2 samuel 5:7 +. +And David said on that day, Whosoever getteth up to the gutter, and smiteth the Jebusites, and the lame and the blind that are hated of David's soul, he shall be chief and captain. Wherefore they said, The blind and the lame shall not come into the house. -- 2 samuel 5:8 +. +So David dwelt in the fort, and called it the city of David. And David built round about from Millo and inward. -- 2 samuel 5:9 +. +And David went on, and grew great, and the LORD God of hosts was with him. -- 2 samuel 5:10 +. +And Hiram king of Tyre sent messengers to David, and cedar trees, and carpenters, and masons: and they built David an house. -- 2 samuel 5:11 +. +And David perceived that the LORD had established him king over Israel, and that he had exalted his kingdom for his people Israel's sake. -- 2 samuel 5:12 +. +And David took him more concubines and wives out of Jerusalem, after he was come from Hebron: and there were yet sons and daughters born to David. -- 2 samuel 5:13 +. +And these be the names of those that were born unto him in Jerusalem; Shammuah, and Shobab, and Nathan, and Solomon, -- 2 samuel 5:14 +. +Ibhar also, and Elishua, and Nepheg, and Japhia, -- 2 samuel 5:15 +. +And Elishama, and Eliada, and Eliphalet. -- 2 samuel 5:16 +. +But when the Philistines heard that they had anointed David king over Israel, all the Philistines came up to seek David; and David heard of it, and went down to the hold. -- 2 samuel 5:17 +. +The Philistines also came and spread themselves in the valley of Rephaim. -- 2 samuel 5:18 +. +And David inquired of the LORD, saying, Shall I go up to the Philistines? wilt thou deliver them into mine hand? And the LORD said unto David, Go up: for I will doubtless deliver the Philistines into thine hand. -- 2 samuel 5:19 +. +And David came to Baalperazim, and David smote them there, and said, The LORD hath broken forth upon mine enemies before me, as the breach of waters. Therefore he called the name of that place Baalperazim. -- 2 samuel 5:20 +. +And there they left their images, and David and his men burned them. -- 2 samuel 5:21 +. +And the Philistines came up yet again, and spread themselves in the valley of Rephaim. -- 2 samuel 5:22 +. +And when David inquired of the LORD, he said, Thou shalt not go up; but fetch a compass behind them, and come upon them over against the mulberry trees. -- 2 samuel 5:23 +. +And let it be, when thou hearest the sound of a going in the tops of the mulberry trees, that then thou shalt bestir thyself: for then shall the LORD go out before thee, to smite the host of the Philistines. -- 2 samuel 5:24 +. +And David did so, as the LORD had commanded him; and smote the Philistines from Geba until thou come to Gazer. -- 2 samuel 5:25 +. +Again, David gathered together all the chosen men of Israel, thirty thousand. -- 2 samuel 6:1 +. +And David arose, and went with all the people that were with him from Baale of Judah, to bring up from thence the ark of God, whose name is called by the name of the LORD of hosts that dwelleth between the cherubim. -- 2 samuel 6:2 +. +And they set the ark of God upon a new cart, and brought it out of the house of Abinadab that was in Gibeah: and Uzzah and Ahio, the sons of Abinadab, drave the new cart. -- 2 samuel 6:3 +. +And they brought it out of the house of Abinadab which was at Gibeah, accompanying the ark of God: and Ahio went before the ark. -- 2 samuel 6:4 +. +And David and all the house of Israel played before the LORD on all manner of instruments made of fir wood, even on harps, and on psalteries, and on timbrels, and on cornets, and on cymbals. -- 2 samuel 6:5 +. +And when they came to Nachon's threshingfloor, Uzzah put forth his hand to the ark of God, and took hold of it; for the oxen shook it. -- 2 samuel 6:6 +. +And the anger of the LORD was kindled against Uzzah; and God smote him there for his error; and there he died by the ark of God. -- 2 samuel 6:7 +. +And David was displeased, because the LORD had made a breach upon Uzzah: and he called the name of the place Perezuzzah to this day. -- 2 samuel 6:8 +. +And David was afraid of the LORD that day, and said, How shall the ark of the LORD come to me? -- 2 samuel 6:9 +. +So David would not remove the ark of the LORD unto him into the city of David: but David carried it aside into the house of Obededom the Gittite. -- 2 samuel 6:10 +. +And the ark of the LORD continued in the house of Obededom the Gittite three months: and the LORD blessed Obededom, and all his household. -- 2 samuel 6:11 +. +And it was told king David, saying, The LORD hath blessed the house of Obededom, and all that pertaineth unto him, because of the ark of God. So David went and brought up the ark of God from the house of Obededom into the city of David with gladness. -- 2 samuel 6:12 +. +And it was so, that when they that bare the ark of the LORD had gone six paces, he sacrificed oxen and fatlings. -- 2 samuel 6:13 +. +And David danced before the LORD with all his might; and David was girded with a linen ephod. -- 2 samuel 6:14 +. +So David and all the house of Israel brought up the ark of the LORD with shouting, and with the sound of the trumpet. -- 2 samuel 6:15 +. +And as the ark of the LORD came into the city of David, Michal Saul's daughter looked through a window, and saw king David leaping and dancing before the LORD; and she despised him in her heart. -- 2 samuel 6:16 +. +And they brought in the ark of the LORD, and set it in his place, in the midst of the tabernacle that David had pitched for it: and David offered burnt offerings and peace offerings before the LORD. -- 2 samuel 6:17 +. +And as soon as David had made an end of offering burnt offerings and peace offerings, he blessed the people in the name of the LORD of hosts. -- 2 samuel 6:18 +. +And he dealt among all the people, even among the whole multitude of Israel, as well to the women as men, to every one a cake of bread, and a good piece of flesh, and a flagon of wine. So all the people departed every one to his house. -- 2 samuel 6:19 +. +Then David returned to bless his household. And Michal the daughter of Saul came out to meet David, and said, How glorious was the king of Israel to day, who uncovered himself to day in the eyes of the handmaids of his servants, as one of the vain fellows shamelessly uncovereth himself! -- 2 samuel 6:20 +. +And David said unto Michal, It was before the LORD, which chose me before thy father, and before all his house, to appoint me ruler over the people of the LORD, over Israel: therefore will I play before the LORD. -- 2 samuel 6:21 +. +And I will yet be more vile than thus, and will be base in mine own sight: and of the maidservants which thou hast spoken of, of them shall I be had in honor. -- 2 samuel 6:22 +. +Therefore Michal the daughter of Saul had no child unto the day of her death. -- 2 samuel 6:23 +. +And it came to pass, when the king sat in his house, and the LORD had given him rest round about from all his enemies; -- 2 samuel 7:1 +. +That the king said unto Nathan the prophet, See now, I dwell in an house of cedar, but the ark of God dwelleth within curtains. -- 2 samuel 7:2 +. +And Nathan said to the king, Go, do all that is in thine heart; for the LORD is with thee. -- 2 samuel 7:3 +. +And it came to pass that night, that the word of the LORD came unto Nathan, saying, -- 2 samuel 7:4 +. +Go and tell my servant David, Thus saith the LORD, Shalt thou build me an house for me to dwell in? -- 2 samuel 7:5 +. +Whereas I have not dwelt in any house since the time that I brought up the children of Israel out of Egypt, even to this day, but have walked in a tent and in a tabernacle. -- 2 samuel 7:6 +. +In all the places wherein I have walked with all the children of Israel spake I a word with any of the tribes of Israel, whom I commanded to feed my people Israel, saying, Why build ye not me an house of cedar? -- 2 samuel 7:7 +. +Now therefore so shalt thou say unto my servant David, Thus saith the LORD of hosts, I took thee from the sheepcote, from following the sheep, to be ruler over my people, over Israel: -- 2 samuel 7:8 +. +And I was with thee whithersoever thou wentest, and have cut off all thine enemies out of thy sight, and have made thee a great name, like unto the name of the great men that are in the earth. -- 2 samuel 7:9 +. +Moreover I will appoint a place for my people Israel, and will plant them, that they may dwell in a place of their own, and move no more; neither shall the children of wickedness afflict them any more, as beforetime, -- 2 samuel 7:10 +. +And as since the time that I commanded judges to be over my people Israel, and have caused thee to rest from all thine enemies. Also the LORD telleth thee that he will make thee an house. -- 2 samuel 7:11 +. +And when thy days be fulfilled, and thou shalt sleep with thy fathers, I will set up thy seed after thee, which shall proceed out of thy bowels, and I will establish his kingdom. -- 2 samuel 7:12 +. +He shall build an house for my name, and I will stablish the throne of his kingdom for ever. -- 2 samuel 7:13 +. +I will be his father, and he shall be my son. If he commit iniquity, I will chasten him with the rod of men, and with the stripes of the children of men: -- 2 samuel 7:14 +. +But my mercy shall not depart away from him, as I took it from Saul, whom I put away before thee. -- 2 samuel 7:15 +. +And thine house and thy kingdom shall be established for ever before thee: thy throne shall be established for ever. -- 2 samuel 7:16 +. +According to all these words, and according to all this vision, so did Nathan speak unto David. -- 2 samuel 7:17 +. +Then went king David in, and sat before the LORD, and he said, Who am I, O Lord GOD? and what is my house, that thou hast brought me hitherto? -- 2 samuel 7:18 +. +And this was yet a small thing in thy sight, O Lord GOD; but thou hast spoken also of thy servant's house for a great while to come. And is this the manner of man, O Lord GOD? -- 2 samuel 7:19 +. +And what can David say more unto thee? for thou, Lord GOD, knowest thy servant. -- 2 samuel 7:20 +. +For thy word's sake, and according to thine own heart, hast thou done all these great things, to make thy servant know them. -- 2 samuel 7:21 +. +Wherefore thou art great, O LORD God: for there is none like thee, neither is there any God beside thee, according to all that we have heard with our ears. -- 2 samuel 7:22 +. +And what one nation in the earth is like thy people, even like Israel, whom God went to redeem for a people to himself, and to make him a name, and to do for you great things and terrible, for thy land, before thy people, which thou redeemedst to thee from Egypt, from the nations and their gods? -- 2 samuel 7:23 +. +For thou hast confirmed to thyself thy people Israel to be a people unto thee for ever: and thou, LORD, art become their God. -- 2 samuel 7:24 +. +And now, O LORD God, the word that thou hast spoken concerning thy servant, and concerning his house, establish it for ever, and do as thou hast said. -- 2 samuel 7:25 +. +And let thy name be magnified for ever, saying, The LORD of hosts is the God over Israel: and let the house of thy servant David be established before thee. -- 2 samuel 7:26 +. +For thou, O LORD of hosts, God of Israel, hast revealed to thy servant, saying, I will build thee an house: therefore hath thy servant found in his heart to pray this prayer unto thee. -- 2 samuel 7:27 +. +And now, O Lord GOD, thou art that God, and thy words be true, and thou hast promised this goodness unto thy servant: -- 2 samuel 7:28 +. +Therefore now let it please thee to bless the house of thy servant, that it may continue for ever before thee: for thou, O Lord GOD, hast spoken it: and with thy blessing let the house of thy servant be blessed for ever. -- 2 samuel 7:29 +. +And after this it came to pass that David smote the Philistines, and subdued them: and David took Methegammah out of the hand of the Philistines. -- 2 samuel 8:1 +. +And he smote Moab, and measured them with a line, casting them down to the ground; even with two lines measured he to put to death, and with one full line to keep alive. And so the Moabites became David's servants, and brought gifts. -- 2 samuel 8:2 +. +David smote also Hadadezer, the son of Rehob, king of Zobah, as he went to recover his border at the river Euphrates. -- 2 samuel 8:3 +. +And David took from him a thousand chariots, and seven hundred horsemen, and twenty thousand footmen: and David houghed all the chariot horses, but reserved of them for an hundred chariots. -- 2 samuel 8:4 +. +And when the Syrians of Damascus came to succor Hadadezer king of Zobah, David slew of the Syrians two and twenty thousand men. -- 2 samuel 8:5 +. +Then David put garrisons in Syria of Damascus: and the Syrians became servants to David, and brought gifts. And the LORD preserved David whithersoever he went. -- 2 samuel 8:6 +. +And David took the shields of gold that were on the servants of Hadadezer, and brought them to Jerusalem. -- 2 samuel 8:7 +. +And from Betah, and from Berothai, cities of Hadadezer, king David took exceeding much brass. -- 2 samuel 8:8 +. +When Toi king of Hamath heard that David had smitten all the host of Hadadezer, -- 2 samuel 8:9 +. +Then Toi sent Joram his son unto king David, to salute him, and to bless him, because he had fought against Hadadezer, and smitten him: for Hadadezer had wars with Toi. And Joram brought with him vessels of silver, and vessels of gold, and vessels of brass: -- 2 samuel 8:10 +. +Which also king David did dedicate unto the LORD, with the silver and gold that he had dedicated of all nations which he subdued; -- 2 samuel 8:11 +. +Of Syria, and of Moab, and of the children of Ammon, and of the Philistines, and of Amalek, and of the spoil of Hadadezer, son of Rehob, king of Zobah. -- 2 samuel 8:12 +. +And David gat him a name when he returned from smiting of the Syrians in the valley of salt, being eighteen thousand men. -- 2 samuel 8:13 +. +And he put garrisons in Edom; throughout all Edom put he garrisons, and all they of Edom became David's servants. And the LORD preserved David whithersoever he went. -- 2 samuel 8:14 +. +And David reigned over all Israel; and David executed judgment and justice unto all his people. -- 2 samuel 8:15 +. +And Joab the son of Zeruiah was over the host; and Jehoshaphat the son of Ahilud was recorder; -- 2 samuel 8:16 +. +And Zadok the son of Ahitub, and Ahimelech the son of Abiathar, were the priests; and Seraiah was the scribe; -- 2 samuel 8:17 +. +And Benaiah the son of Jehoiada was over both the Cherethites and the Pelethites; and David's sons were chief rulers. -- 2 samuel 8:18 +. +And David said, Is there yet any that is left of the house of Saul, that I may show him kindness for Jonathan's sake? -- 2 samuel 9:1 +. +And there was of the house of Saul a servant whose name was Ziba. And when they had called him unto David, the king said unto him, Art thou Ziba? And he said, Thy servant is he. -- 2 samuel 9:2 +. +And the king said, Is there not yet any of the house of Saul, that I may show the kindness of God unto him? And Ziba said unto the king, Jonathan hath yet a son, which is lame on his feet. -- 2 samuel 9:3 +. +And the king said unto him, Where is he? And Ziba said unto the king, Behold, he is in the house of Machir, the son of Ammiel, in Lodebar. -- 2 samuel 9:4 +. +Then king David sent, and fetched him out of the house of Machir, the son of Ammiel, from Lodebar. -- 2 samuel 9:5 +. +Now when Mephibosheth, the son of Jonathan, the son of Saul, was come unto David, he fell on his face, and did reverence. And David said, Mephibosheth. And he answered, Behold thy servant! -- 2 samuel 9:6 +. +And David said unto him, Fear not: for I will surely show thee kindness for Jonathan thy father's sake, and will restore thee all the land of Saul thy father; and thou shalt eat bread at my table continually. -- 2 samuel 9:7 +. +And he bowed himself, and said, What is thy servant, that thou shouldest look upon such a dead dog as I am? -- 2 samuel 9:8 +. +Then the king called to Ziba, Saul's servant, and said unto him, I have given unto thy master's son all that pertained to Saul and to all his house. -- 2 samuel 9:9 +. +Thou therefore, and thy sons, and thy servants, shall till the land for him, and thou shalt bring in the fruits, that thy master's son may have food to eat: but Mephibosheth thy master's son shall eat bread alway at my table. Now Ziba had fifteen sons and twenty servants. -- 2 samuel 9:10 +. +Then said Ziba unto the king, According to all that my lord the king hath commanded his servant, so shall thy servant do. As for Mephibosheth, said the king, he shall eat at my table, as one of the king's sons. -- 2 samuel 9:11 +. +And Mephibosheth had a young son, whose name was Micha. And all that dwelt in the house of Ziba were servants unto Mephibosheth. -- 2 samuel 9:12 +. +So Mephibosheth dwelt in Jerusalem: for he did eat continually at the king's table; and was lame on both his feet. -- 2 samuel 9:13 +. +And it came to pass after this, that the king of the children of Ammon died, and Hanun his son reigned in his stead. -- 2 samuel 10:1 +. +Then said David, I will show kindness unto Hanun the son of Nahash, as his father showed kindness unto me. And David sent to comfort him by the hand of his servants for his father. And David's servants came into the land of the children of Ammon. -- 2 samuel 10:2 +. +And the princes of the children of Ammon said unto Hanun their lord, Thinkest thou that David doth honor thy father, that he hath sent comforters unto thee? hath not David rather sent his servants unto thee, to search the city, and to spy it out, and to overthrow it? -- 2 samuel 10:3 +. +Wherefore Hanun took David's servants, and shaved off the one half of their beards, and cut off their garments in the middle, even to their buttocks, and sent them away. -- 2 samuel 10:4 +. +When they told it unto David, he sent to meet them, because the men were greatly ashamed: and the king said, Tarry at Jericho until your beards be grown, and then return. -- 2 samuel 10:5 +. +And when the children of Ammon saw that they stank before David, the children of Ammon sent and hired the Syrians of Bethrehob and the Syrians of Zoba, twenty thousand footmen, and of king Maacah a thousand men, and of Ishtob twelve thousand men. -- 2 samuel 10:6 +. +And when David heard of it, he sent Joab, and all the host of the mighty men. -- 2 samuel 10:7 +. +And the children of Ammon came out, and put the battle in array at the entering in of the gate: and the Syrians of Zoba, and of Rehob, and Ishtob, and Maacah, were by themselves in the field. -- 2 samuel 10:8 +. +When Joab saw that the front of the battle was against him before and behind, he chose of all the choice men of Israel, and put them in array against the Syrians: -- 2 samuel 10:9 +. +And the rest of the people he delivered into the hand of Abishai his brother, that he might put them in array against the children of Ammon. -- 2 samuel 10:10 +. +And he said, If the Syrians be too strong for me, then thou shalt help me: but if the children of Ammon be too strong for thee, then I will come and help thee. -- 2 samuel 10:11 +. +Be of good courage, and let us play the men for our people, and for the cities of our God: and the LORD do that which seemeth him good. -- 2 samuel 10:12 +. +And Joab drew nigh, and the people that were with him, unto the battle against the Syrians: and they fled before him. -- 2 samuel 10:13 +. +And when the children of Ammon saw that the Syrians were fled, then fled they also before Abishai, and entered into the city. So Joab returned from the children of Ammon, and came to Jerusalem. -- 2 samuel 10:14 +. +And when the Syrians saw that they were smitten before Israel, they gathered themselves together. -- 2 samuel 10:15 +. +And Hadarezer sent, and brought out the Syrians that were beyond the river: and they came to Helam; and Shobach the captain of the host of Hadarezer went before them. -- 2 samuel 10:16 +. +And when it was told David, he gathered all Israel together, and passed over Jordan, and came to Helam. And the Syrians set themselves in array against David, and fought with him. -- 2 samuel 10:17 +. +And the Syrians fled before Israel; and David slew the men of seven hundred chariots of the Syrians, and forty thousand horsemen, and smote Shobach the captain of their host, who died there. -- 2 samuel 10:18 +. +And when all the kings that were servants to Hadarezer saw that they were smitten before Israel, they made peace with Israel, and served them. So the Syrians feared to help the children of Ammon any more. -- 2 samuel 10:19 +. +And it came to pass, after the year was expired, at the time when kings go forth to battle, that David sent Joab, and his servants with him, and all Israel; and they destroyed the children of Ammon, and besieged Rabbah. But David tarried still at Jerusalem. -- 2 samuel 11:1 +. +And it came to pass in an eveningtide, that David arose from off his bed, and walked upon the roof of the king's house: and from the roof he saw a woman washing herself; and the woman was very beautiful to look upon. -- 2 samuel 11:2 +. +And David sent and inquired after the woman. And one said, Is not this Bathsheba, the daughter of Eliam, the wife of Uriah the Hittite? -- 2 samuel 11:3 +. +And David sent messengers, and took her; and she came in unto him, and he lay with her; for she was purified from her uncleanness: and she returned unto her house. -- 2 samuel 11:4 +. +And the woman conceived, and sent and told David, and said, I am with child. -- 2 samuel 11:5 +. +And David sent to Joab, saying, Send me Uriah the Hittite. And Joab sent Uriah to David. -- 2 samuel 11:6 +. +And when Uriah was come unto him, David demanded of him how Joab did, and how the people did, and how the war prospered. -- 2 samuel 11:7 +. +And David said to Uriah, Go down to thy house, and wash thy feet. And Uriah departed out of the king's house, and there followed him a mess of meat from the king. -- 2 samuel 11:8 +. +But Uriah slept at the door of the king's house with all the servants of his lord, and went not down to his house. -- 2 samuel 11:9 +. +And when they had told David, saying, Uriah went not down unto his house, David said unto Uriah, Camest thou not from thy journey? why then didst thou not go down unto thine house? -- 2 samuel 11:10 +. +And Uriah said unto David, The ark, and Israel, and Judah, abide in tents; and my lord Joab, and the servants of my lord, are encamped in the open fields; shall I then go into mine house, to eat and to drink, and to lie with my wife? as thou livest, and as thy soul liveth, I will not do this thing. -- 2 samuel 11:11 +. +And David said to Uriah, Tarry here to day also, and to morrow I will let thee depart. So Uriah abode in Jerusalem that day, and the morrow. -- 2 samuel 11:12 +. +And when David had called him, he did eat and drink before him; and he made him drunk: and at even he went out to lie on his bed with the servants of his lord, but went not down to his house. -- 2 samuel 11:13 +. +And it came to pass in the morning, that David wrote a letter to Joab, and sent it by the hand of Uriah. -- 2 samuel 11:14 +. +And he wrote in the letter, saying, Set ye Uriah in the forefront of the hottest battle, and retire ye from him, that he may be smitten, and die. -- 2 samuel 11:15 +. +And it came to pass, when Joab observed the city, that he assigned Uriah unto a place where he knew that valiant men were. -- 2 samuel 11:16 +. +And the men of the city went out, and fought with Joab: and there fell some of the people of the servants of David; and Uriah the Hittite died also. -- 2 samuel 11:17 +. +Then Joab sent and told David all the things concerning the war; -- 2 samuel 11:18 +. +And charged the messenger, saying, When thou hast made an end of telling the matters of the war unto the king, -- 2 samuel 11:19 +. +And if so be that the king's wrath arise, and he say unto thee, Wherefore approached ye so nigh unto the city when ye did fight? knew ye not that they would shoot from the wall? -- 2 samuel 11:20 +. +Who smote Abimelech the son of Jerubbesheth? did not a woman cast a piece of a millstone upon him from the wall, that he died in Thebez? why went ye nigh the wall? then say thou, Thy servant Uriah the Hittite is dead also. -- 2 samuel 11:21 +. +So the messenger went, and came and showed David all that Joab had sent him for. -- 2 samuel 11:22 +. +And the messenger said unto David, Surely the men prevailed against us, and came out unto us into the field, and we were upon them even unto the entering of the gate. -- 2 samuel 11:23 +. +And the shooters shot from off the wall upon thy servants; and some of the king's servants be dead, and thy servant Uriah the Hittite is dead also. -- 2 samuel 11:24 +. +Then David said unto the messenger, Thus shalt thou say unto Joab, Let not this thing displease thee, for the sword devoureth one as well as another: make thy battle more strong against the city, and overthrow it: and encourage thou him. -- 2 samuel 11:25 +. +And when the wife of Uriah heard that Uriah her husband was dead, she mourned for her husband. -- 2 samuel 11:26 +. +And when the mourning was past, David sent and fetched her to his house, and she became his wife, and bare him a son. But the thing that David had done displeased the LORD. -- 2 samuel 11:27 +. +And the LORD sent Nathan unto David. And he came unto him, and said unto him, There were two men in one city; the one rich, and the other poor. -- 2 samuel 12:1 +. +The rich man had exceeding many flocks and herds: -- 2 samuel 12:2 +. +But the poor man had nothing, save one little ewe lamb, which he had bought and nourished up: and it grew up together with him, and with his children; it did eat of his own meat, and drank of his own cup, and lay in his bosom, and was unto him as a daughter. -- 2 samuel 12:3 +. +And there came a traveler unto the rich man, and he spared to take of his own flock and of his own herd, to dress for the wayfaring man that was come unto him; but took the poor man's lamb, and dressed it for the man that was come to him. -- 2 samuel 12:4 +. +And David's anger was greatly kindled against the man; and he said to Nathan, As the LORD liveth, the man that hath done this thing shall surely die: -- 2 samuel 12:5 +. +And he shall restore the lamb fourfold, because he did this thing, and because he had no pity. -- 2 samuel 12:6 +. +And Nathan said to David, Thou art the man. Thus saith the LORD God of Israel, I anointed thee king over Israel, and I delivered thee out of the hand of Saul; -- 2 samuel 12:7 +. +And I gave thee thy master's house, and thy master's wives into thy bosom, and gave thee the house of Israel and of Judah; and if that had been too little, I would moreover have given unto thee such and such things. -- 2 samuel 12:8 +. +Wherefore hast thou despised the commandment of the LORD, to do evil in his sight? thou hast killed Uriah the Hittite with the sword, and hast taken his wife to be thy wife, and hast slain him with the sword of the children of Ammon. -- 2 samuel 12:9 +. +Now therefore the sword shall never depart from thine house; because thou hast despised me, and hast taken the wife of Uriah the Hittite to be thy wife. -- 2 samuel 12:10 +. +Thus saith the LORD, Behold, I will raise up evil against thee out of thine own house, and I will take thy wives before thine eyes, and give them unto thy neighbor, and he shall lie with thy wives in the sight of this sun. -- 2 samuel 12:11 +. +For thou didst it secretly: but I will do this thing before all Israel, and before the sun. -- 2 samuel 12:12 +. +And David said unto Nathan, I have sinned against the LORD. And Nathan said unto David, The LORD also hath put away thy sin; thou shalt not die. -- 2 samuel 12:13 +. +Howbeit, because by this deed thou hast given great occasion to the enemies of the LORD to blaspheme, the child also that is born unto thee shall surely die. -- 2 samuel 12:14 +. +And Nathan departed unto his house. And the LORD struck the child that Uriah's wife bare unto David, and it was very sick. -- 2 samuel 12:15 +. +David therefore besought God for the child; and David fasted, and went in, and lay all night upon the earth. -- 2 samuel 12:16 +. +And the elders of his house arose, and went to him, to raise him up from the earth: but he would not, neither did he eat bread with them. -- 2 samuel 12:17 +. +And it came to pass on the seventh day, that the child died. And the servants of David feared to tell him that the child was dead: for they said, Behold, while the child was yet alive, we spake unto him, and he would not hearken unto our voice: how will he then vex himself, if we tell him that the child is dead? -- 2 samuel 12:18 +. +But when David saw that his servants whispered, David perceived that the child was dead: therefore David said unto his servants, Is the child dead? And they said, He is dead. -- 2 samuel 12:19 +. +Then David arose from the earth, and washed, and anointed himself, and changed his apparel, and came into the house of the LORD, and worshipped: then he came to his own house; and when he required, they set bread before him, and he did eat. -- 2 samuel 12:20 +. +Then said his servants unto him, What thing is this that thou hast done? thou didst fast and weep for the child, while it was alive; but when the child was dead, thou didst rise and eat bread. -- 2 samuel 12:21 +. +And he said, While the child was yet alive, I fasted and wept: for I said, Who can tell whether GOD will be gracious to me, that the child may live? -- 2 samuel 12:22 +. +But now he is dead, wherefore should I fast? can I bring him back again? I shall go to him, but he shall not return to me. -- 2 samuel 12:23 +. +And David comforted Bathsheba his wife, and went in unto her, and lay with her: and she bare a son, and he called his name Solomon: and the LORD loved him. -- 2 samuel 12:24 +. +And he sent by the hand of Nathan the prophet; and he called his name Jedidiah, because of the LORD. -- 2 samuel 12:25 +. +And Joab fought against Rabbah of the children of Ammon, and took the royal city. -- 2 samuel 12:26 +. +And Joab sent messengers to David, and said, I have fought against Rabbah, and have taken the city of waters. -- 2 samuel 12:27 +. +Now therefore gather the rest of the people together, and encamp against the city, and take it: lest I take the city, and it be called after my name. -- 2 samuel 12:28 +. +And David gathered all the people together, and went to Rabbah, and fought against it, and took it. -- 2 samuel 12:29 +. +And he took their king's crown from off his head, the weight whereof was a talent of gold with the precious stones: and it was set on David's head. And he brought forth the spoil of the city in great abundance. -- 2 samuel 12:30 +. +And he brought forth the people that were therein, and put them under saws, and under harrows of iron, and under axes of iron, and made them pass through the brick-kiln: and thus did he unto all the cities of the children of Ammon. So David and all the people returned unto Jerusalem. -- 2 samuel 12:31 +. +And it came to pass after this, that Absalom the son of David had a fair sister, whose name was Tamar; and Amnon the son of David loved her. -- 2 samuel 13:1 +. +And Amnon was so vexed, that he fell sick for his sister Tamar; for she was a virgin; and Amnon thought it hard for him to do anything to her. -- 2 samuel 13:2 +. +But Amnon had a friend, whose name was Jonadab, the son of Shimeah David's brother: and Jonadab was a very subtil man. -- 2 samuel 13:3 +. +And he said unto him, Why art thou, being the king's son, lean from day to day? wilt thou not tell me? And Amnon said unto him, I love Tamar, my brother Absalom's sister. -- 2 samuel 13:4 +. +And Jonadab said unto him, Lay thee down on thy bed, and make thyself sick: and when thy father cometh to see thee, say unto him, I pray thee, let my sister Tamar come, and give me meat, and dress the meat in my sight, that I may see it, and eat it at her hand. -- 2 samuel 13:5 +. +So Amnon lay down, and made himself sick: and when the king was come to see him, Amnon said unto the king, I pray thee, let Tamar my sister come, and make me a couple of cakes in my sight, that I may eat at her hand. -- 2 samuel 13:6 +. +Then David sent home to Tamar, saying, Go now to thy brother Amnon's house, and dress him meat. -- 2 samuel 13:7 +. +So Tamar went to her brother Amnon's house; and he was laid down. And she took flour, and kneaded it, and made cakes in his sight, and did bake the cakes. -- 2 samuel 13:8 +. +And she took a pan, and poured them out before him; but he refused to eat. And Amnon said, Have out all men from me. And they went out every man from him. -- 2 samuel 13:9 +. +And Amnon said unto Tamar, Bring the meat into the chamber, that I may eat of thine hand. And Tamar took the cakes which she had made, and brought them into the chamber to Amnon her brother. -- 2 samuel 13:10 +. +And when she had brought them unto him to eat, he took hold of her, and said unto her, Come lie with me, my sister. -- 2 samuel 13:11 +. +And she answered him, Nay, my brother, do not force me; for no such thing ought to be done in Israel: do not thou this folly. -- 2 samuel 13:12 +. +And I, whither shall I cause my shame to go? and as for thee, thou shalt be as one of the fools in Israel. Now therefore, I pray thee, speak unto the king; for he will not withhold me from thee. -- 2 samuel 13:13 +. +Howbeit he would not hearken unto her voice: but, being stronger than she, forced her, and lay with her. -- 2 samuel 13:14 +. +Then Amnon hated her exceedingly; so that the hatred wherewith he hated her was greater than the love wherewith he had loved her. And Amnon said unto her, Arise, be gone. -- 2 samuel 13:15 +. +And she said unto him, There is no cause: this evil in sending me away is greater than the other that thou didst unto me. But he would not hearken unto her. -- 2 samuel 13:16 +. +Then he called his servant that ministered unto him, and said, Put now this woman out from me, and bolt the door after her. -- 2 samuel 13:17 +. +And she had a garment of divers colors upon her: for with such robes were the king's daughters that were virgins apparelled. Then his servant brought her out, and bolted the door after her. -- 2 samuel 13:18 +. +And Tamar put ashes on her head, and rent her garment of divers colors that was on her, and laid her hand on her head, and went on crying. -- 2 samuel 13:19 +. +And Absalom her brother said unto her, Hath Amnon thy brother been with thee? but hold now thy peace, my sister: he is thy brother; regard not this thing. So Tamar remained desolate in her brother Absalom's house. -- 2 samuel 13:20 +. +But when king David heard of all these things, he was very wroth. -- 2 samuel 13:21 +. +And Absalom spake unto his brother Amnon neither good nor bad: for Absalom hated Amnon, because he had forced his sister Tamar. -- 2 samuel 13:22 +. +And it came to pass after two full years, that Absalom had sheepshearers in Baalhazor, which is beside Ephraim: and Absalom invited all the king's sons. -- 2 samuel 13:23 +. +And Absalom came to the king, and said, Behold now, thy servant hath sheepshearers; let the king, I beseech thee, and his servants go with thy servant. -- 2 samuel 13:24 +. +And the king said to Absalom, Nay, my son, let us not all now go, lest we be chargeable unto thee. And he pressed him: howbeit he would not go, but blessed him. -- 2 samuel 13:25 +. +Then said Absalom, If not, I pray thee, let my brother Amnon go with us. And the king said unto him, Why should he go with thee? -- 2 samuel 13:26 +. +But Absalom pressed him, that he let Amnon and all the king's sons go with him. -- 2 samuel 13:27 +. +Now Absalom had commanded his servants, saying, Mark ye now when Amnon's heart is merry with wine, and when I say unto you, Smite Amnon; then kill him, fear not: have not I commanded you? be courageous, and be valiant. -- 2 samuel 13:28 +. +And the servants of Absalom did unto Amnon as Absalom had commanded. Then all the king's sons arose, and every man gat him up upon his mule, and fled. -- 2 samuel 13:29 +. +And it came to pass, while they were in the way, that tidings came to David, saying, Absalom hath slain all the king's sons, and there is not one of them left. -- 2 samuel 13:30 +. +Then the king arose, and tare his garments, and lay on the earth; and all his servants stood by with their clothes rent. -- 2 samuel 13:31 +. +And Jonadab, the son of Shimeah David's brother, answered and said, Let not my lord suppose that they have slain all the young men the king's sons; for Amnon only is dead: for by the appointment of Absalom this hath been determined from the day that he forced his sister Tamar. -- 2 samuel 13:32 +. +Now therefore let not my lord the king take the thing to his heart, to think that all the king's sons are dead: for Amnon only is dead. -- 2 samuel 13:33 +. +But Absalom fled. And the young man that kept the watch lifted up his eyes, and looked, and, behold, there came much people by the way of the hill side behind him. -- 2 samuel 13:34 +. +And Jonadab said unto the king, Behold, the king's sons come: as thy servant said, so it is. -- 2 samuel 13:35 +. +And it came to pass, as soon as he had made an end of speaking, that, behold, the king's sons came, and lifted up their voice and wept: and the king also and all his servants wept very sore. -- 2 samuel 13:36 +. +But Absalom fled, and went to Talmai, the son of Ammihud, king of Geshur. And David mourned for his son every day. -- 2 samuel 13:37 +. +So Absalom fled, and went to Geshur, and was there three years. -- 2 samuel 13:38 +. +And the soul of king David longed to go forth unto Absalom: for he was comforted concerning Amnon, seeing he was dead. -- 2 samuel 13:39 +. +Now Joab the son of Zeruiah perceived that the king's heart was toward Absalom. -- 2 samuel 14:1 +. +And Joab sent to Tekoah, and fetched thence a wise woman, and said unto her, I pray thee, feign thyself to be a mourner, and put on now mourning apparel, and anoint not thyself with oil, but be as a woman that had a long time mourned for the dead: -- 2 samuel 14:2 +. +And come to the king, and speak on this manner unto him. So Joab put the words in her mouth. -- 2 samuel 14:3 +. +And when the woman of Tekoah spake to the king, she fell on her face to the ground, and did obeisance, and said, Help, O king. -- 2 samuel 14:4 +. +And the king said unto her, What aileth thee? And she answered, I am indeed a widow woman, and mine husband is dead. -- 2 samuel 14:5 +. +And thy handmaid had two sons, and they two strove together in the field, and there was none to part them, but the one smote the other, and slew him. -- 2 samuel 14:6 +. +And, behold, the whole family is risen against thine handmaid, and they said, Deliver him that smote his brother, that we may kill him, for the life of his brother whom he slew; and we will destroy the heir also: and so they shall quench my coal which is left, and shall not leave to my husband neither name nor remainder upon the earth. -- 2 samuel 14:7 +. +And the king said unto the woman, Go to thine house, and I will give charge concerning thee. -- 2 samuel 14:8 +. +And the woman of Tekoah said unto the king, My lord, O king, the iniquity be on me, and on my father's house: and the king and his throne be guiltless. -- 2 samuel 14:9 +. +And the king said, Whoever saith ought unto thee, bring him to me, and he shall not touch thee any more. -- 2 samuel 14:10 +. +Then said she, I pray thee, let the king remember the LORD thy God, that thou wouldest not suffer the revengers of blood to destroy any more, lest they destroy my son. And he said, As the LORD liveth, there shall not one hair of thy son fall to the earth. -- 2 samuel 14:11 +. +Then the woman said, Let thine handmaid, I pray thee, speak one word unto my lord the king. And he said, Say on. -- 2 samuel 14:12 +. +And the woman said, Wherefore then hast thou thought such a thing against the people of God? for the king doth speak this thing as one which is faulty, in that the king doth not fetch home again his banished. -- 2 samuel 14:13 +. +For we must needs die, and are as water spilt on the ground, which cannot be gathered up again; neither doth God respect any person: yet doth he devise means, that his banished be not expelled from him. -- 2 samuel 14:14 +. +Now therefore that I am come to speak of this thing unto my lord the king, it is because the people have made me afraid: and thy handmaid said, I will now speak unto the king; it may be that the king will perform the request of his handmaid. -- 2 samuel 14:15 +. +For the king will hear, to deliver his handmaid out of the hand of the man that would destroy me and my son together out of the inheritance of God. -- 2 samuel 14:16 +. +Then thine handmaid said, The word of my lord the king shall now be comfortable: for as an angel of God, so is my lord the king to discern good and bad: therefore the LORD thy God will be with thee. -- 2 samuel 14:17 +. +Then the king answered and said unto the woman, Hide not from me, I pray thee, the thing that I shall ask thee. And the woman said, Let my lord the king now speak. -- 2 samuel 14:18 +. +And the king said, Is not the hand of Joab with thee in all this? And the woman answered and said, As thy soul liveth, my lord the king, none can turn to the right hand or to the left from ought that my lord the king hath spoken: for thy servant Joab, he bade me, and he put all these words in the mouth of thine handmaid: -- 2 samuel 14:19 +. +To fetch about this form of speech hath thy servant Joab done this thing: and my lord is wise, according to the wisdom of an angel of God, to know all things that are in the earth. -- 2 samuel 14:20 +. +And the king said unto Joab, Behold now, I have done this thing: go therefore, bring the young man Absalom again. -- 2 samuel 14:21 +. +And Joab fell to the ground on his face, and bowed himself, and thanked the king: and Joab said, To day thy servant knoweth that I have found grace in thy sight, my lord, O king, in that the king hath fulfilled the request of his servant. -- 2 samuel 14:22 +. +So Joab arose and went to Geshur, and brought Absalom to Jerusalem. -- 2 samuel 14:23 +. +And the king said, Let him turn to his own house, and let him not see my face. So Absalom returned to his own house, and saw not the king's face. -- 2 samuel 14:24 +. +But in all Israel there was none to be so much praised as Absalom for his beauty: from the sole of his foot even to the crown of his head there was no blemish in him. -- 2 samuel 14:25 +. +And when he polled his head, (for it was at every year's end that he polled it: because the hair was heavy on him, therefore he polled it:) he weighed the hair of his head at two hundred shekels after the king's weight. -- 2 samuel 14:26 +. +And unto Absalom there were born three sons, and one daughter, whose name was Tamar: she was a woman of a fair countenance. -- 2 samuel 14:27 +. +So Absalom dwelt two full years in Jerusalem, and saw not the king's face. -- 2 samuel 14:28 +. +Therefore Absalom sent for Joab, to have sent him to the king; but he would not come to him: and when he sent again the second time, he would not come. -- 2 samuel 14:29 +. +Therefore he said unto his servants, See, Joab's field is near mine, and he hath barley there; go and set it on fire. And Absalom's servants set the field on fire. -- 2 samuel 14:30 +. +Then Joab arose, and came to Absalom unto his house, and said unto him, Wherefore have thy servants set my field on fire? -- 2 samuel 14:31 +. +And Absalom answered Joab, Behold, I sent unto thee, saying, Come hither, that I may send thee to the king, to say, Wherefore am I come from Geshur? it had been good for me to have been there still: now therefore let me see the king's face; and if there be any iniquity in me, let him kill me. -- 2 samuel 14:32 +. +So Joab came to the king, and told him: and when he had called for Absalom, he came to the king, and bowed himself on his face to the ground before the king: and the king kissed Absalom. -- 2 samuel 14:33 +. +And it came to pass after this, that Absalom prepared him chariots and horses, and fifty men to run before him. -- 2 samuel 15:1 +. +And Absalom rose up early, and stood beside the way of the gate: and it was so, that when any man that had a controversy came to the king for judgment, then Absalom called unto him, and said, Of what city art thou? And he said, Thy servant is of one of the tribes of Israel. -- 2 samuel 15:2 +. +And Absalom said unto him, See, thy matters are good and right; but there is no man deputed of the king to hear thee. -- 2 samuel 15:3 +. +Absalom said moreover, Oh that I were made judge in the land, that every man which hath any suit or cause might come unto me, and I would do him justice! -- 2 samuel 15:4 +. +And it was so, that when any man came nigh to him to do him obeisance, he put forth his hand, and took him, and kissed him. -- 2 samuel 15:5 +. +And on this manner did Absalom to all Israel that came to the king for judgment: so Absalom stole the hearts of the men of Israel. -- 2 samuel 15:6 +. +And it came to pass after forty years, that Absalom said unto the king, I pray thee, let me go and pay my vow, which I have vowed unto the LORD, in Hebron. -- 2 samuel 15:7 +. +For thy servant vowed a vow while I abode at Geshur in Syria, saying, If the LORD shall bring me again indeed to Jerusalem, then I will serve the LORD. -- 2 samuel 15:8 +. +And the king said unto him, Go in peace. So he arose, and went to Hebron. -- 2 samuel 15:9 +. +But Absalom sent spies throughout all the tribes of Israel, saying, As soon as ye hear the sound of the trumpet, then ye shall say, Absalom reigneth in Hebron. -- 2 samuel 15:10 +. +And with Absalom went two hundred men out of Jerusalem, that were called; and they went in their simplicity, and they knew not any thing. -- 2 samuel 15:11 +. +And Absalom sent for Ahithophel the Gilonite, David's counselor, from his city, even from Giloh, while he offered sacrifices. And the conspiracy was strong; for the people increased continually with Absalom. -- 2 samuel 15:12 +. +And there came a messenger to David, saying, The hearts of the men of Israel are after Absalom. -- 2 samuel 15:13 +. +And David said unto all his servants that were with him at Jerusalem, Arise, and let us flee; for we shall not else escape from Absalom: make speed to depart, lest he overtake us suddenly, and bring evil upon us, and smite the city with the edge of the sword. -- 2 samuel 15:14 +. +And the king's servants said unto the king, Behold, thy servants are ready to do whatsoever my lord the king shall appoint. -- 2 samuel 15:15 +. +And the king went forth, and all his household after him. And the king left ten women, which were concubines, to keep the house. -- 2 samuel 15:16 +. +And the king went forth, and all the people after him, and tarried in a place that was far off. -- 2 samuel 15:17 +. +And all his servants passed on beside him; and all the Cherethites, and all the Pelethites, and all the Gittites, six hundred men which came after him from Gath, passed on before the king. -- 2 samuel 15:18 +. +Then said the king to Ittai the Gittite, Wherefore goest thou also with us? return to thy place, and abide with the king: for thou art a stranger, and also an exile. -- 2 samuel 15:19 +. +Whereas thou camest but yesterday, should I this day make thee go up and down with us? seeing I go whither I may, return thou, and take back thy brethren: mercy and truth be with thee. -- 2 samuel 15:20 +. +And Ittai answered the king, and said, As the LORD liveth, and as my lord the king liveth, surely in what place my lord the king shall be, whether in death or life, even there also will thy servant be. -- 2 samuel 15:21 +. +And David said to Ittai, Go and pass over. And Ittai the Gittite passed over, and all his men, and all the little ones that were with him. -- 2 samuel 15:22 +. +And all the country wept with a loud voice, and all the people passed over: the king also himself passed over the brook Kidron, and all the people passed over, toward the way of the wilderness. -- 2 samuel 15:23 +. +And lo Zadok also, and all the Levites were with him, bearing the ark of the covenant of God: and they set down the ark of God; and Abiathar went up, until all the people had done passing out of the city. -- 2 samuel 15:24 +. +And the king said unto Zadok, Carry back the ark of God into the city: if I shall find favor in the eyes of the LORD, he will bring me again, and show me both it, and his habitation: -- 2 samuel 15:25 +. +But if he thus say, I have no delight in thee; behold, here am I, let him do to me as seemeth good unto him. -- 2 samuel 15:26 +. +The king said also unto Zadok the priest, Art not thou a seer? return into the city in peace, and your two sons with you, Ahimaaz thy son, and Jonathan the son of Abiathar. -- 2 samuel 15:27 +. +See, I will tarry in the plain of the wilderness, until there come word from you to certify me. -- 2 samuel 15:28 +. +Zadok therefore and Abiathar carried the ark of God again to Jerusalem: and they tarried there. -- 2 samuel 15:29 +. +And David went up by the ascent of mount Olivet, and wept as he went up, and had his head covered, and he went barefoot: and all the people that was with him covered every man his head, and they went up, weeping as they went up. -- 2 samuel 15:30 +. +And one told David, saying, Ahithophel is among the conspirators with Absalom. And David said, O LORD, I pray thee, turn the counsel of Ahithophel into foolishness. -- 2 samuel 15:31 +. +And it came to pass, that when David was come to the top of the mount, where he worshipped God, behold, Hushai the Archite came to meet him with his coat rent, and earth upon his head: -- 2 samuel 15:32 +. +Unto whom David said, If thou passest on with me, then thou shalt be a burden unto me: -- 2 samuel 15:33 +. +But if thou return to the city, and say unto Absalom, I will be thy servant, O king; as I have been thy father's servant hitherto, so will I now also be thy servant: then mayest thou for me defeat the counsel of Ahithophel. -- 2 samuel 15:34 +. +And hast thou not there with thee Zadok and Abiathar the priests? therefore it shall be, that what thing soever thou shalt hear out of the king's house, thou shalt tell it to Zadok and Abiathar the priests. -- 2 samuel 15:35 +. +Behold, they have there with them their two sons, Ahimaaz Zadok's son, and Jonathan Abiathar's son; and by them ye shall send unto me every thing that ye can hear. -- 2 samuel 15:36 +. +So Hushai David's friend came into the city, and Absalom came into Jerusalem. -- 2 samuel 15:37 +. +And when David was a little past the top of the hill, behold, Ziba the servant of Mephibosheth met him, with a couple of asses saddled, and upon them two hundred loaves of bread, and an hundred bunches of raisins, and an hundred of summer fruits, and a bottle of wine. -- 2 samuel 16:1 +. +And the king said unto Ziba, What meanest thou by these? And Ziba said, The asses be for the king's household to ride on; and the bread and summer fruit for the young men to eat; and the wine, that such as be faint in the wilderness may drink. -- 2 samuel 16:2 +. +And the king said, And where is thy master's son? And Ziba said unto the king, Behold, he abideth at Jerusalem: for he said, To day shall the house of Israel restore me the kingdom of my father. -- 2 samuel 16:3 +. +Then said the king to Ziba, Behold, thine are all that pertained unto Mephibosheth. And Ziba said, I humbly beseech thee that I may find grace in thy sight, my lord, O king. -- 2 samuel 16:4 +. +And when king David came to Bahurim, behold, thence came out a man of the family of the house of Saul, whose name was Shimei, the son of Gera: he came forth, and cursed still as he came. -- 2 samuel 16:5 +. +And he cast stones at David, and at all the servants of king David: and all the people and all the mighty men were on his right hand and on his left. -- 2 samuel 16:6 +. +And thus said Shimei when he cursed, Come out, come out, thou bloody man, and thou man of Belial: -- 2 samuel 16:7 +. +The LORD hath returned upon thee all the blood of the house of Saul, in whose stead thou hast reigned; and the LORD hath delivered the kingdom into the hand of Absalom thy son: and, behold, thou art taken in thy mischief, because thou art a bloody man. -- 2 samuel 16:8 +. +Then said Abishai the son of Zeruiah unto the king, Why should this dead dog curse my lord the king? let me go over, I pray thee, and take off his head. -- 2 samuel 16:9 +. +And the king said, What have I to do with you, ye sons of Zeruiah? so let him curse, because the LORD hath said unto him, Curse David. Who shall then say, Wherefore hast thou done so? -- 2 samuel 16:10 +. +And David said to Abishai, and to all his servants, Behold, my son, which came forth of my bowels, seeketh my life: how much more now may this Benjamite do it? let him alone, and let him curse; for the LORD hath bidden him. -- 2 samuel 16:11 +. +It may be that the LORD will look on mine affliction, and that the LORD will requite me good for his cursing this day. -- 2 samuel 16:12 +. +And as David and his men went by the way, Shimei went along on the hill's side over against him, and cursed as he went, and threw stones at him, and cast dust. -- 2 samuel 16:13 +. +And the king, and all the people that were with him, came weary, and refreshed themselves there. -- 2 samuel 16:14 +. +And Absalom, and all the people the men of Israel, came to Jerusalem, and Ahithophel with him. -- 2 samuel 16:15 +. +And it came to pass, when Hushai the Archite, David's friend, was come unto Absalom, that Hushai said unto Absalom, God save the king, God save the king. -- 2 samuel 16:16 +. +And Absalom said to Hushai, Is this thy kindness to thy friend? why wentest thou not with thy friend? -- 2 samuel 16:17 +. +And Hushai said unto Absalom, Nay; but whom the LORD, and this people, and all the men of Israel, choose, his will I be, and with him will I abide. -- 2 samuel 16:18 +. +And again, whom should I serve? should I not serve in the presence of his son? as I have served in thy father's presence, so will I be in thy presence. -- 2 samuel 16:19 +. +Then said Absalom to Ahithophel, Give counsel among you what we shall do. -- 2 samuel 16:20 +. +And Ahithophel said unto Absalom, Go in unto thy father's concubines, which he hath left to keep the house; and all Israel shall hear that thou art abhorred of thy father: then shall the hands of all that are with thee be strong. -- 2 samuel 16:21 +. +So they spread Absalom a tent upon the top of the house; and Absalom went in unto his father's concubines in the sight of all Israel. -- 2 samuel 16:22 +. +And the counsel of Ahithophel, which he counseled in those days, was as if a man had inquired at the oracle of God: so was all the counsel of Ahithophel both with David and with Absalom. -- 2 samuel 16:23 +. +Moreover Ahithophel said unto Absalom, Let me now choose out twelve thousand men, and I will arise and pursue after David this night: -- 2 samuel 17:1 +. +And I will come upon him while he is weary and weak handed, and will make him afraid: and all the people that are with him shall flee; and I will smite the king only: -- 2 samuel 17:2 +. +And I will bring back all the people unto thee: the man whom thou seekest is as if all returned: so all the people shall be in peace. -- 2 samuel 17:3 +. +And the saying pleased Absalom well, and all the elders of Israel. -- 2 samuel 17:4 +. +Then said Absalom, Call now Hushai the Archite also, and let us hear likewise what he saith. -- 2 samuel 17:5 +. +And when Hushai was come to Absalom, Absalom spake unto him, saying, Ahithophel hath spoken after this manner: shall we do after his saying? if not; speak thou. -- 2 samuel 17:6 +. +And Hushai said unto Absalom, The counsel that Ahithophel hath given is not good at this time. -- 2 samuel 17:7 +. +For, said Hushai, thou knowest thy father and his men, that they be mighty men, and they be chafed in their minds, as a bear robbed of her whelps in the field: and thy father is a man of war, and will not lodge with the people. -- 2 samuel 17:8 +. +Behold, he is hid now in some pit, or in some other place: and it will come to pass, when some of them be overthrown at the first, that whosoever heareth it will say, There is a slaughter among the people that follow Absalom. -- 2 samuel 17:9 +. +And he also that is valiant, whose heart is as the heart of a lion, shall utterly melt: for all Israel knoweth that thy father is a mighty man, and they which be with him are valiant men. -- 2 samuel 17:10 +. +Therefore I counsel that all Israel be generally gathered unto thee, from Dan even to Beersheba, as the sand that is by the sea for multitude; and that thou go to battle in thine own person. -- 2 samuel 17:11 +. +So shall we come upon him in some place where he shall be found, and we will light upon him as the dew falleth on the ground: and of him and of all the men that are with him there shall not be left so much as one. -- 2 samuel 17:12 +. +Moreover, if he be gotten into a city, then shall all Israel bring ropes to that city, and we will draw it into the river, until there be not one small stone found there. -- 2 samuel 17:13 +. +And Absalom and all the men of Israel said, The counsel of Hushai the Archite is better than the counsel of Ahithophel. For the LORD had appointed to defeat the good counsel of Ahithophel, to the intent that the LORD might bring evil upon Absalom. -- 2 samuel 17:14 +. +Then said Hushai unto Zadok and to Abiathar the priests, Thus and thus did Ahithophel counsel Absalom and the elders of Israel; and thus and thus have I counseled. -- 2 samuel 17:15 +. +Now therefore send quickly, and tell David, saying, Lodge not this night in the plains of the wilderness, but speedily pass over; lest the king be swallowed up, and all the people that are with him. -- 2 samuel 17:16 +. +Now Jonathan and Ahimaaz stayed by Enrogel; for they might not be seen to come into the city: and a wench went and told them; and they went and told king David. -- 2 samuel 17:17 +. +Nevertheless a lad saw them, and told Absalom: but they went both of them away quickly, and came to a man's house in Bahurim, which had a well in his court; whither they went down. -- 2 samuel 17:18 +. +And the woman took and spread a covering over the well's mouth, and spread ground corn thereon; and the thing was not known. -- 2 samuel 17:19 +. +And when Absalom's servants came to the woman to the house, they said, Where is Ahimaaz and Jonathan? And the woman said unto them, They be gone over the brook of water. And when they had sought and could not find them, they returned to Jerusalem. -- 2 samuel 17:20 +. +And it came to pass, after they were departed, that they came up out of the well, and went and told king David, and said unto David, Arise, and pass quickly over the water: for thus hath Ahithophel counseled against you. -- 2 samuel 17:21 +. +Then David arose, and all the people that were with him, and they passed over Jordan: by the morning light there lacked not one of them that was not gone over Jordan. -- 2 samuel 17:22 +. +And when Ahithophel saw that his counsel was not followed, he saddled his ass, and arose, and gat him home to his house, to his city, and put his household in order, and hanged himself, and died, and was buried in the sepulchre of his father. -- 2 samuel 17:23 +. +Then David came to Mahanaim. And Absalom passed over Jordan, he and all the men of Israel with him. -- 2 samuel 17:24 +. +And Absalom made Amasa captain of the host instead of Joab: which Amasa was a man's son, whose name was Ithra an Israelite, that went in to Abigail the daughter of Nahash, sister to Zeruiah Joab's mother. -- 2 samuel 17:25 +. +So Israel and Absalom pitched in the land of Gilead. -- 2 samuel 17:26 +. +And it came to pass, when David was come to Mahanaim, that Shobi the son of Nahash of Rabbah of the children of Ammon, and Machir the son of Ammiel of Lodebar, and Barzillai the Gileadite of Rogelim, -- 2 samuel 17:27 +. +Brought beds, and basins, and earthen vessels, and wheat, and barley, and flour, and parched corn, and beans, and lentils, and parched pulse, -- 2 samuel 17:28 +. +And honey, and butter, and sheep, and cheese of kine, for David, and for the people that were with him, to eat: for they said, The people is hungry, and weary, and thirsty, in the wilderness. -- 2 samuel 17:29 +. +And David numbered the people that were with him, and set captains of thousands, and captains of hundreds over them. -- 2 samuel 18:1 +. +And David sent forth a third part of the people under the hand of Joab, and a third part under the hand of Abishai the son of Zeruiah, Joab's brother, and a third part under the hand of Ittai the Gittite. And the king said unto the people, I will surely go forth with you myself also. -- 2 samuel 18:2 +. +But the people answered, Thou shalt not go forth: for if we flee away, they will not care for us; neither if half of us die, will they care for us: but now thou art worth ten thousand of us: therefore now it is better that thou succor us out of the city. -- 2 samuel 18:3 +. +And the king said unto them, What seemeth you best I will do. And the king stood by the gate side, and all the people came out by hundreds and by thousands. -- 2 samuel 18:4 +. +And the king commanded Joab and Abishai and Ittai, saying, Deal gently for my sake with the young man, even with Absalom. And all the people heard when the king gave all the captains charge concerning Absalom. -- 2 samuel 18:5 +. +So the people went out into the field against Israel: and the battle was in the wood of Ephraim; -- 2 samuel 18:6 +. +Where the people of Israel were slain before the servants of David, and there was there a great slaughter that day of twenty thousand men. -- 2 samuel 18:7 +. +For the battle was there scattered over the face of all the country: and the wood devoured more people that day than the sword devoured. -- 2 samuel 18:8 +. +And Absalom met the servants of David. And Absalom rode upon a mule, and the mule went under the thick boughs of a great oak, and his head caught hold of the oak, and he was taken up between the heaven and the earth; and the mule that was under him went away. -- 2 samuel 18:9 +. +And a certain man saw it, and told Joab, and said, Behold, I saw Absalom hanged in an oak. -- 2 samuel 18:10 +. +And Joab said unto the man that told him, And, behold, thou sawest him, and why didst thou not smite him there to the ground? and I would have given thee ten shekels of silver, and a girdle. -- 2 samuel 18:11 +. +And the man said unto Joab, Though I should receive a thousand shekels of silver in mine hand, yet would I not put forth mine hand against the king's son: for in our hearing the king charged thee and Abishai and Ittai, saying, Beware that none touch the young man Absalom. -- 2 samuel 18:12 +. +Otherwise I should have wrought falsehood against mine own life: for there is no matter hid from the king, and thou thyself wouldest have set thyself against me. -- 2 samuel 18:13 +. +Then said Joab, I may not tarry thus with thee. And he took three darts in his hand, and thrust them through the heart of Absalom, while he was yet alive in the midst of the oak. -- 2 samuel 18:14 +. +And ten young men that bare Joab's armor compassed about and smote Absalom, and slew him. -- 2 samuel 18:15 +. +And Joab blew the trumpet, and the people returned from pursuing after Israel: for Joab held back the people. -- 2 samuel 18:16 +. +And they took Absalom, and cast him into a great pit in the wood, and laid a very great heap of stones upon him: and all Israel fled every one to his tent. -- 2 samuel 18:17 +. +Now Absalom in his lifetime had taken and reared up for himself a pillar, which is in the king's dale: for he said, I have no son to keep my name in remembrance: and he called the pillar after his own name: and it is called unto this day, Absalom's place. -- 2 samuel 18:18 +. +Then said Ahimaaz the son of Zadok, Let me now run, and bear the king tidings, how that the LORD hath avenged him of his enemies. -- 2 samuel 18:19 +. +And Joab said unto him, Thou shalt not bear tidings this day, but thou shalt bear tidings another day: but this day thou shalt bear no tidings, because the king's son is dead. -- 2 samuel 18:20 +. +Then said Joab to Cushy, Go tell the king what thou hast seen. And Cushy bowed himself unto Joab, and ran. -- 2 samuel 18:21 +. +Then said Ahimaaz the son of Zadok yet again to Joab, But howsoever, let me, I pray thee, also run after Cushy. And Joab said, Wherefore wilt thou run, my son, seeing that thou hast no tidings ready? -- 2 samuel 18:22 +. +But howsoever, said he, let me run. And he said unto him, Run. Then Ahimaaz ran by the way of the plain, and overran Cushy. -- 2 samuel 18:23 +. +And David sat between the two gates: and the watchman went up to the roof over the gate unto the wall, and lifted up his eyes, and looked, and behold a man running alone. -- 2 samuel 18:24 +. +And the watchman cried, and told the king. And the king said, If he be alone, there is tidings in his mouth. And he came apace, and drew near. -- 2 samuel 18:25 +. +And the watchman saw another man running: and the watchman called unto the porter, and said, Behold another man running alone. And the king said, He also bringeth tidings. -- 2 samuel 18:26 +. +And the watchman said, Me thinketh the running of the foremost is like the running of Ahimaaz the son of Zadok. And the king said, He is a good man, and cometh with good tidings. -- 2 samuel 18:27 +. +And Ahimaaz called, and said unto the king, All is well. And he fell down to the earth upon his face before the king, and said, Blessed be the LORD thy God, which hath delivered up the men that lifted up their hand against my lord the king. -- 2 samuel 18:28 +. +And the king said, Is the young man Absalom safe? And Ahimaaz answered, When Joab sent the king's servant, and me thy servant, I saw a great tumult, but I knew not what it was. -- 2 samuel 18:29 +. +And the king said unto him, Turn aside, and stand here. And he turned aside, and stood still. -- 2 samuel 18:30 +. +And, behold, Cushy came; and Cushy said, Tidings, my lord the king: for the LORD hath avenged thee this day of all them that rose up against thee. -- 2 samuel 18:31 +. +And the king said unto Cushy, Is the young man Absalom safe? And Cushy answered, The enemies of my lord the king, and all that rise against thee to do thee hurt, be as that young man is. -- 2 samuel 18:32 +. +And the king was much moved, and went up to the chamber over the gate, and wept: and as he went, thus he said, O my son Absalom, my son, my son Absalom! would God I had died for thee, O Absalom, my son, my son! -- 2 samuel 18:33 +. +And it was told Joab, Behold, the king weepeth and mourneth for Absalom. -- 2 samuel 19:1 +. +And the victory that day was turned into mourning unto all the people: for the people heard say that day how the king was grieved for his son. -- 2 samuel 19:2 +. +And the people gat them by stealth that day into the city, as people being ashamed steal away when they flee in battle. -- 2 samuel 19:3 +. +But the king covered his face, and the king cried with a loud voice, O my son Absalom, O Absalom, my son, my son! -- 2 samuel 19:4 +. +And Joab came into the house to the king, and said, Thou hast shamed this day the faces of all thy servants, which this day have saved thy life, and the lives of thy sons and of thy daughters, and the lives of thy wives, and the lives of thy concubines; -- 2 samuel 19:5 +. +In that thou lovest thine enemies, and hatest thy friends. For thou hast declared this day, that thou regardest neither princes nor servants: for this day I perceive, that if Absalom had lived, and all we had died this day, then it had pleased thee well. -- 2 samuel 19:6 +. +Now therefore arise, go forth, and speak comfortably unto thy servants: for I swear by the LORD, if thou go not forth, there will not tarry one with thee this night: and that will be worse unto thee than all the evil that befell thee from thy youth until now. -- 2 samuel 19:7 +. +Then the king arose, and sat in the gate. And they told unto all the people, saying, Behold, the king doth sit in the gate. And all the people came before the king: for Israel had fled every man to his tent. -- 2 samuel 19:8 +. +And all the people were at strife throughout all the tribes of Israel, saying, The king saved us out of the hand of our enemies, and he delivered us out of the hand of the Philistines; and now he is fled out of the land for Absalom. -- 2 samuel 19:9 +. +And Absalom, whom we anointed over us, is dead in battle. Now therefore why speak ye not a word of bringing the king back? -- 2 samuel 19:10 +. +And king David sent to Zadok and to Abiathar the priests, saying, Speak unto the elders of Judah, saying, Why are ye the last to bring the king back to his house? seeing the speech of all Israel is come to the king, even to his house. -- 2 samuel 19:11 +. +Ye are my brethren, ye are my bones and my flesh: wherefore then are ye the last to bring back the king? -- 2 samuel 19:12 +. +And say ye to Amasa, Art thou not of my bone, and of my flesh? God do so to me, and more also, if thou be not captain of the host before me continually in the room of Joab. -- 2 samuel 19:13 +. +And he bowed the heart of all the men of Judah, even as the heart of one man; so that they sent this word unto the king, Return thou, and all thy servants. -- 2 samuel 19:14 +. +So the king returned, and came to Jordan. And Judah came to Gilgal, to go to meet the king, to conduct the king over Jordan. -- 2 samuel 19:15 +. +And Shimei the son of Gera, a Benjamite, which was of Bahurim, hasted and came down with the men of Judah to meet king David. -- 2 samuel 19:16 +. +And there were a thousand men of Benjamin with him, and Ziba the servant of the house of Saul, and his fifteen sons and his twenty servants with him; and they went over Jordan before the king. -- 2 samuel 19:17 +. +And there went over a ferry boat to carry over the king's household, and to do what he thought good. And Shimei the son of Gera fell down before the king, as he was come over Jordan; -- 2 samuel 19:18 +. +And said unto the king, Let not my lord impute iniquity unto me, neither do thou remember that which thy servant did perversely the day that my lord the king went out of Jerusalem, that the king should take it to his heart. -- 2 samuel 19:19 +. +For thy servant doth know that I have sinned: therefore, behold, I am come the first this day of all the house of Joseph to go down to meet my lord the king. -- 2 samuel 19:20 +. +But Abishai the son of Zeruiah answered and said, Shall not Shimei be put to death for this, because he cursed the LORD's anointed? -- 2 samuel 19:21 +. +And David said, What have I to do with you, ye sons of Zeruiah, that ye should this day be adversaries unto me? shall there any man be put to death this day in Israel? for do not I know that I am this day king over Israel? -- 2 samuel 19:22 +. +Therefore the king said unto Shimei, Thou shalt not die. And the king sware unto him. -- 2 samuel 19:23 +. +And Mephibosheth the son of Saul came down to meet the king, and had neither dressed his feet, nor trimmed his beard, nor washed his clothes, from the day the king departed until the day he came again in peace. -- 2 samuel 19:24 +. +And it came to pass, when he was come to Jerusalem to meet the king, that the king said unto him, Wherefore wentest not thou with me, Mephibosheth? -- 2 samuel 19:25 +. +And he answered, My lord, O king, my servant deceived me: for thy servant said, I will saddle me an ass, that I may ride thereon, and go to the king; because thy servant is lame. -- 2 samuel 19:26 +. +And he hath slandered thy servant unto my lord the king; but my lord the king is as an angel of God: do therefore what is good in thine eyes. -- 2 samuel 19:27 +. +For all of my father's house were but dead men before my lord the king: yet didst thou set thy servant among them that did eat at thine own table. What right therefore have I yet to cry any more unto the king? -- 2 samuel 19:28 +. +And the king said unto him, Why speakest thou any more of thy matters? I have said, Thou and Ziba divide the land. -- 2 samuel 19:29 +. +And Mephibosheth said unto the king, Yea, let him take all, forasmuch as my lord the king is come again in peace unto his own house. -- 2 samuel 19:30 +. +And Barzillai the Gileadite came down from Rogelim, and went over Jordan with the king, to conduct him over Jordan. -- 2 samuel 19:31 +. +Now Barzillai was a very aged man, even fourscore years old: and he had provided the king of sustenance while he lay at Mahanaim; for he was a very great man. -- 2 samuel 19:32 +. +And the king said unto Barzillai, Come thou over with me, and I will feed thee with me in Jerusalem. -- 2 samuel 19:33 +. +And Barzillai said unto the king, How long have I to live, that I should go up with the king unto Jerusalem? -- 2 samuel 19:34 +. +I am this day fourscore years old: and can I discern between good and evil? can thy servant taste what I eat or what I drink? can I hear any more the voice of singing men and singing women? wherefore then should thy servant be yet a burden unto my lord the king? -- 2 samuel 19:35 +. +Thy servant will go a little way over Jordan with the king: and why should the king recompense it me with such a reward? -- 2 samuel 19:36 +. +Let thy servant, I pray thee, turn back again, that I may die in mine own city, and be buried by the grave of my father and of my mother. But behold thy servant Chimham; let him go over with my lord the king; and do to him what shall seem good unto thee. -- 2 samuel 19:37 +. +And the king answered, Chimham shall go over with me, and I will do to him that which shall seem good unto thee: and whatsoever thou shalt require of me, that will I do for thee. -- 2 samuel 19:38 +. +And all the people went over Jordan. And when the king was come over, the king kissed Barzillai, and blessed him; and he returned unto his own place. -- 2 samuel 19:39 +. +Then the king went on to Gilgal, and Chimham went on with him: and all the people of Judah conducted the king, and also half the people of Israel. -- 2 samuel 19:40 +. +And, behold, all the men of Israel came to the king, and said unto the king, Why have our brethren the men of Judah stolen thee away, and have brought the king, and his household, and all David's men with him, over Jordan? -- 2 samuel 19:41 +. +And all the men of Judah answered the men of Israel, Because the king is near of kin to us: wherefore then be ye angry for this matter? have we eaten at all of the king's cost? or hath he given us any gift? -- 2 samuel 19:42 +. +And the men of Israel answered the men of Judah, and said, We have ten parts in the king, and we have also more right in David than ye: why then did ye despise us, that our advice should not be first had in bringing back our king? And the words of the men of Judah were fiercer than the words of the men of Israel. -- 2 samuel 19:43 +. +And there happened to be there a man of Belial, whose name was Sheba, the son of Bichri, a Benjamite: and he blew a trumpet, and said, We have no part in David, neither have we inheritance in the son of Jesse: every man to his tents, O Israel. -- 2 samuel 20:1 +. +So every man of Israel went up from after David, and followed Sheba the son of Bichri: but the men of Judah clave unto their king, from Jordan even to Jerusalem. -- 2 samuel 20:2 +. +And David came to his house at Jerusalem; and the king took the ten women his concubines, whom he had left to keep the house, and put them in ward, and fed them, but went not in unto them. So they were shut up unto the day of their death, living in widowhood. -- 2 samuel 20:3 +. +Then said the king to Amasa, Assemble me the men of Judah within three days, and be thou here present. -- 2 samuel 20:4 +. +So Amasa went to assemble the men of Judah: but he tarried longer than the set time which he had appointed him. -- 2 samuel 20:5 +. +And David said to Abishai, Now shall Sheba the son of Bichri do us more harm than did Absalom: take thou thy lord's servants, and pursue after him, lest he get him fenced cities, and escape us. -- 2 samuel 20:6 +. +And there went out after him Joab's men, and the Cherethites, and the Pelethites, and all the mighty men: and they went out of Jerusalem, to pursue after Sheba the son of Bichri. -- 2 samuel 20:7 +. +When they were at the great stone which is in Gibeon, Amasa went before them. And Joab's garment that he had put on was girded unto him, and upon it a girdle with a sword fastened upon his loins in the sheath thereof; and as he went forth it fell out. -- 2 samuel 20:8 +. +And Joab said to Amasa, Art thou in health, my brother? And Joab took Amasa by the beard with the right hand to kiss him. -- 2 samuel 20:9 +. +But Amasa took no heed to the sword that was in Joab's hand: so he smote him therewith in the fifth rib, and shed out his bowels to the ground, and struck him not again; and he died. So Joab and Abishai his brother pursued after Sheba the son of Bichri. -- 2 samuel 20:10 +. +And one of Joab's men stood by him, and said, He that favoreth Joab, and he that is for David, let him go after Joab. -- 2 samuel 20:11 +. +And Amasa wallowed in blood in the midst of the highway. And when the man saw that all the people stood still, he removed Amasa out of the highway into the field, and cast a cloth upon him, when he saw that every one that came by him stood still. -- 2 samuel 20:12 +. +When he was removed out of the highway, all the people went on after Joab, to pursue after Sheba the son of Bichri. -- 2 samuel 20:13 +. +And he went through all the tribes of Israel unto Abel, and to Bethmaachah, and all the Berites: and they were gathered together, and went also after him. -- 2 samuel 20:14 +. +And they came and besieged him in Abel of Bethmaachah, and they cast up a bank against the city, and it stood in the trench: and all the people that were with Joab battered the wall, to throw it down. -- 2 samuel 20:15 +. +Then cried a wise woman out of the city, Hear, hear; say, I pray you, unto Joab, Come near hither, that I may speak with thee. -- 2 samuel 20:16 +. +And when he was come near unto her, the woman said, Art thou Joab? And he answered, I am he. Then she said unto him, Hear the words of thine handmaid. And he answered, I do hear. -- 2 samuel 20:17 +. +Then she spake, saying, They were wont to speak in old time, saying, They shall surely ask counsel at Abel: and so they ended the matter. -- 2 samuel 20:18 +. +I am one of them that are peaceable and faithful in Israel: thou seekest to destroy a city and a mother in Israel: why wilt thou swallow up the inheritance of the LORD? -- 2 samuel 20:19 +. +And Joab answered and said, Far be it, far be it from me, that I should swallow up or destroy. -- 2 samuel 20:20 +. +The matter is not so: but a man of mount Ephraim, Sheba the son of Bichri by name, hath lifted up his hand against the king, even against David: deliver him only, and I will depart from the city. And the woman said unto Joab, Behold, his head shall be thrown to thee over the wall. -- 2 samuel 20:21 +. +Then the woman went unto all the people in her wisdom. And they cut off the head of Sheba the son of Bichri, and cast it out to Joab. And he blew a trumpet, and they retired from the city, every man to his tent. And Joab returned to Jerusalem unto the king. -- 2 samuel 20:22 +. +Now Joab was over all the host of Israel: and Benaiah the son of Jehoiada was over the Cherethites and over the Pelethites: -- 2 samuel 20:23 +. +And Adoram was over the tribute: and Jehoshaphat the son of Ahilud was recorder: -- 2 samuel 20:24 +. +And Sheva was scribe: and Zadok and Abiathar were the priests: -- 2 samuel 20:25 +. +And Ira also the Jairite was a chief ruler about David. -- 2 samuel 20:26 +. +Then there was a famine in the days of David three years, year after year; and David inquired of the LORD. And the LORD answered, It is for Saul, and for his bloody house, because he slew the Gibeonites. -- 2 samuel 21:1 +. +And the king called the Gibeonites, and said unto them; (now the Gibeonites were not of the children of Israel, but of the remnant of the Amorites; and the children of Israel had sworn unto them: and Saul sought to slay them in his zeal to the children of Israel and Judah.) -- 2 samuel 21:2 +. +Wherefore David said unto the Gibeonites, What shall I do for you? and wherewith shall I make the atonement, that ye may bless the inheritance of the LORD? -- 2 samuel 21:3 +. +And the Gibeonites said unto him, We will have no silver nor gold of Saul, nor of his house; neither for us shalt thou kill any man in Israel. And he said, What ye shall say, that will I do for you. -- 2 samuel 21:4 +. +And they answered the king, The man that consumed us, and that devised against us that we should be destroyed from remaining in any of the coasts of Israel, -- 2 samuel 21:5 +. +Let seven men of his sons be delivered unto us, and we will hang them up unto the LORD in Gibeah of Saul, whom the LORD did choose. And the king said, I will give them. -- 2 samuel 21:6 +. +But the king spared Mephibosheth, the son of Jonathan the son of Saul, because of the LORD's oath that was between them, between David and Jonathan the son of Saul. -- 2 samuel 21:7 +. +But the king took the two sons of Rizpah the daughter of Aiah, whom she bare unto Saul, Armoni and Mephibosheth; and the five sons of Michal the daughter of Saul, whom she brought up for Adriel the son of Barzillai the Meholathite: -- 2 samuel 21:8 +. +And he delivered them into the hands of the Gibeonites, and they hanged them in the hill before the LORD: and they fell all seven together, and were put to death in the days of harvest, in the first days, in the beginning of barley harvest. -- 2 samuel 21:9 +. +And Rizpah the daughter of Aiah took sackcloth, and spread it for her upon the rock, from the beginning of harvest until water dropped upon them out of heaven, and suffered neither the birds of the air to rest on them by day, nor the beasts of the field by night. -- 2 samuel 21:10 +. +And it was told David what Rizpah the daughter of Aiah, the concubine of Saul, had done. -- 2 samuel 21:11 +. +And David went and took the bones of Saul and the bones of Jonathan his son from the men of Jabeshgilead, which had stolen them from the street of Bethshan, where the Philistines had hanged them, when the Philistines had slain Saul in Gilboa: -- 2 samuel 21:12 +. +And he brought up from thence the bones of Saul and the bones of Jonathan his son; and they gathered the bones of them that were hanged. -- 2 samuel 21:13 +. +And the bones of Saul and Jonathan his son buried they in the country of Benjamin in Zelah, in the sepulchre of Kish his father: and they performed all that the king commanded. And after that God was intreated for the land. -- 2 samuel 21:14 +. +Moreover the Philistines had yet war again with Israel; and David went down, and his servants with him, and fought against the Philistines: and David waxed faint. -- 2 samuel 21:15 +. +And Ishbibenob, which was of the sons of the giant, the weight of whose spear weighed three hundred shekels of brass in weight, he being girded with a new sword, thought to have slain David. -- 2 samuel 21:16 +. +But Abishai the son of Zeruiah succored him, and smote the Philistine, and killed him. Then the men of David sware unto him, saying, Thou shalt go no more out with us to battle, that thou quench not the light of Israel. -- 2 samuel 21:17 +. +And it came to pass after this, that there was again a battle with the Philistines at Gob: then Sibbechai the Hushathite slew Saph, which was of the sons of the giant. -- 2 samuel 21:18 +. +And there was again a battle in Gob with the Philistines, where Elhanan the son of Jaareoregim, a Bethlehemite, slew the brother of Goliath the Gittite, the staff of whose spear was like a weaver's beam. -- 2 samuel 21:19 +. +And there was yet a battle in Gath, where was a man of great stature, that had on every hand six fingers, and on every foot six toes, four and twenty in number; and he also was born to the giant. -- 2 samuel 21:20 +. +And when he defied Israel, Jonathan the son of Shimeah the brother of David slew him. -- 2 samuel 21:21 +. +These four were born to the giant in Gath, and fell by the hand of David, and by the hand of his servants. -- 2 samuel 21:22 +. +And David spake unto the LORD the words of this song in the day that the LORD had delivered him out of the hand of all his enemies, and out of the hand of Saul: -- 2 samuel 22:1 +. +And he said, The LORD is my rock, and my fortress, and my deliverer; -- 2 samuel 22:2 +. +The God of my rock; in him will I trust: he is my shield, and the horn of my salvation, my high tower, and my refuge, my saviour; thou savest me from violence. -- 2 samuel 22:3 +. +I will call on the LORD, who is worthy to be praised: so shall I be saved from mine enemies. -- 2 samuel 22:4 +. +When the waves of death compassed me, the floods of ungodly men made me afraid; -- 2 samuel 22:5 +. +The sorrows of hell compassed me about; the snares of death prevented me; -- 2 samuel 22:6 +. +In my distress I called upon the LORD, and cried to my God: and he did hear my voice out of his temple, and my cry did enter into his ears. -- 2 samuel 22:7 +. +Then the earth shook and trembled; the foundations of heaven moved and shook, because he was wroth. -- 2 samuel 22:8 +. +There went up a smoke out of his nostrils, and fire out of his mouth devoured: coals were kindled by it. -- 2 samuel 22:9 +. +He bowed the heavens also, and came down; and darkness was under his feet. -- 2 samuel 22:10 +. +And he rode upon a cherub, and did fly: and he was seen upon the wings of the wind. -- 2 samuel 22:11 +. +And he made darkness pavilions round about him, dark waters, and thick clouds of the skies. -- 2 samuel 22:12 +. +Through the brightness before him were coals of fire kindled. -- 2 samuel 22:13 +. +The LORD thundered from heaven, and the most High uttered his voice. -- 2 samuel 22:14 +. +And he sent out arrows, and scattered them; lightning, and discomfited them. -- 2 samuel 22:15 +. +And the channels of the sea appeared, the foundations of the world were discovered, at the rebuking of the LORD, at the blast of the breath of his nostrils. -- 2 samuel 22:16 +. +He sent from above, he took me; he drew me out of many waters; -- 2 samuel 22:17 +. +He delivered me from my strong enemy, and from them that hated me: for they were too strong for me. -- 2 samuel 22:18 +. +They prevented me in the day of my calamity: but the LORD was my stay. -- 2 samuel 22:19 +. +He brought me forth also into a large place: he delivered me, because he delighted in me. -- 2 samuel 22:20 +. +The LORD rewarded me according to my righteousness: according to the cleanness of my hands hath he recompensed me. -- 2 samuel 22:21 +. +For I have kept the ways of the LORD, and have not wickedly departed from my God. -- 2 samuel 22:22 +. +For all his judgments were before me: and as for his statutes, I did not depart from them. -- 2 samuel 22:23 +. +I was also upright before him, and have kept myself from mine iniquity. -- 2 samuel 22:24 +. +Therefore the LORD hath recompensed me according to my righteousness; according to my cleanness in his eye sight. -- 2 samuel 22:25 +. +With the merciful thou wilt show thyself merciful, and with the upright man thou wilt show thyself upright. -- 2 samuel 22:26 +. +With the pure thou wilt show thyself pure; and with the froward thou wilt show thyself unsavory. -- 2 samuel 22:27 +. +And the afflicted people thou wilt save: but thine eyes are upon the haughty, that thou mayest bring them down. -- 2 samuel 22:28 +. +For thou art my lamp, O LORD: and the LORD will lighten my darkness. -- 2 samuel 22:29 +. +For by thee I have run through a troop: by my God have I leaped over a wall. -- 2 samuel 22:30 +. +As for God, his way is perfect; the word of the LORD is tried: he is a buckler to all them that trust in him. -- 2 samuel 22:31 +. +For who is God, save the LORD? and who is a rock, save our God? -- 2 samuel 22:32 +. +God is my strength and power: and he maketh my way perfect. -- 2 samuel 22:33 +. +He maketh my feet like hinds' feet: and setteth me upon my high places. -- 2 samuel 22:34 +. +He teacheth my hands to war; so that a bow of steel is broken by mine arms. -- 2 samuel 22:35 +. +Thou hast also given me the shield of thy salvation: and thy gentleness hath made me great. -- 2 samuel 22:36 +. +Thou hast enlarged my steps under me; so that my feet did not slip. -- 2 samuel 22:37 +. +I have pursued mine enemies, and destroyed them; and turned not again until I had consumed them. -- 2 samuel 22:38 +. +And I have consumed them, and wounded them, that they could not arise: yea, they are fallen under my feet. -- 2 samuel 22:39 +. +For thou hast girded me with strength to battle: them that rose up against me hast thou subdued under me. -- 2 samuel 22:40 +. +Thou hast also given me the necks of mine enemies, that I might destroy them that hate me. -- 2 samuel 22:41 +. +They looked, but there was none to save; even unto the LORD, but he answered them not. -- 2 samuel 22:42 +. +Then did I beat them as small as the dust of the earth, I did stamp them as the mire of the street, and did spread them abroad. -- 2 samuel 22:43 +. +Thou also hast delivered me from the strivings of my people, thou hast kept me to be head of the heathen: a people which I knew not shall serve me. -- 2 samuel 22:44 +. +Strangers shall submit themselves unto me: as soon as they hear, they shall be obedient unto me. -- 2 samuel 22:45 +. +Strangers shall fade away, and they shall be afraid out of their close places. -- 2 samuel 22:46 +. +The LORD liveth; and blessed be my rock; and exalted be the God of the rock of my salvation. -- 2 samuel 22:47 +. +It is God that avengeth me, and that bringeth down the people under me. -- 2 samuel 22:48 +. +And that bringeth me forth from mine enemies: thou also hast lifted me up on high above them that rose up against me: thou hast delivered me from the violent man. -- 2 samuel 22:49 +. +Therefore I will give thanks unto thee, O LORD, among the heathen, and I will sing praises unto thy name. -- 2 samuel 22:50 +. +He is the tower of salvation for his king: and sheweth mercy to his anointed, unto David, and to his seed for evermore. -- 2 samuel 22:51 +. +Now these be the last words of David. David the son of Jesse said, and the man who was raised up on high, the anointed of the God of Jacob, and the sweet psalmist of Israel, said, -- 2 samuel 23:1 +. +The Spirit of the LORD spake by me, and his word was in my tongue. -- 2 samuel 23:2 +. +The God of Israel said, the Rock of Israel spake to me, He that ruleth over men must be just, ruling in the fear of God. -- 2 samuel 23:3 +. +And he shall be as the light of the morning, when the sun riseth, even a morning without clouds; as the tender grass springing out of the earth by clear shining after rain. -- 2 samuel 23:4 +. +Although my house be not so with God; yet he hath made with me an everlasting covenant, ordered in all things, and sure: for this is all my salvation, and all my desire, although he make it not to grow. -- 2 samuel 23:5 +. +But the sons of Belial shall be all of them as thorns thrust away, because they cannot be taken with hands: -- 2 samuel 23:6 +. +But the man that shall touch them must be fenced with iron and the staff of a spear; and they shall be utterly burned with fire in the same place. -- 2 samuel 23:7 +. +These be the names of the mighty men whom David had: The Tachmonite that sat in the seat, chief among the captains; the same was Adino the Eznite: he lift up his spear against eight hundred, whom he slew at one time. -- 2 samuel 23:8 +. +And after him was Eleazar the son of Dodo the Ahohite, one of the three mighty men with David, when they defied the Philistines that were there gathered together to battle, and the men of Israel were gone away: -- 2 samuel 23:9 +. +He arose, and smote the Philistines until his hand was weary, and his hand clave unto the sword: and the LORD wrought a great victory that day; and the people returned after him only to spoil. -- 2 samuel 23:10 +. +And after him was Shammah the son of Agee the Hararite. And the Philistines were gathered together into a troop, where was a piece of ground full of lentils: and the people fled from the Philistines. -- 2 samuel 23:11 +. +But he stood in the midst of the ground, and defended it, and slew the Philistines: and the LORD wrought a great victory. -- 2 samuel 23:12 +. +And three of the thirty chief went down, and came to David in the harvest time unto the cave of Adullam: and the troop of the Philistines pitched in the valley of Rephaim. -- 2 samuel 23:13 +. +And David was then in an hold, and the garrison of the Philistines was then in Bethlehem. -- 2 samuel 23:14 +. +And David longed, and said, Oh that one would give me drink of the water of the well of Bethlehem, which is by the gate! -- 2 samuel 23:15 +. +And the three mighty men brake through the host of the Philistines, and drew water out of the well of Bethlehem, that was by the gate, and took it, and brought it to David: nevertheless he would not drink thereof, but poured it out unto the LORD. -- 2 samuel 23:16 +. +And he said, Be it far from me, O LORD, that I should do this: is not this the blood of the men that went in jeopardy of their lives? therefore he would not drink it. These things did these three mighty men. -- 2 samuel 23:17 +. +And Abishai, the brother of Joab, the son of Zeruiah, was chief among three. And he lifted up his spear against three hundred, and slew them, and had the name among three. -- 2 samuel 23:18 +. +Was he not most honorable of three? therefore he was their captain: howbeit he attained not unto the first three. -- 2 samuel 23:19 +. +And Benaiah the son of Jehoiada, the son of a valiant man, of Kabzeel, who had done many acts, he slew two lionlike men of Moab: he went down also and slew a lion in the midst of a pit in time of snow: -- 2 samuel 23:20 +. +And he slew an Egyptian, a goodly man: and the Egyptian had a spear in his hand; but he went down to him with a staff, and plucked the spear out of the Egyptian's hand, and slew him with his own spear. -- 2 samuel 23:21 +. +These things did Benaiah the son of Jehoiada, and had the name among three mighty men. -- 2 samuel 23:22 +. +He was more honorable than the thirty, but he attained not to the first three. And David set him over his guard. -- 2 samuel 23:23 +. +Asahel the brother of Joab was one of the thirty; Elhanan the son of Dodo of Bethlehem, -- 2 samuel 23:24 +. +Shammah the Harodite, Elika the Harodite, -- 2 samuel 23:25 +. +Helez the Paltite, Ira the son of Ikkesh the Tekoite, -- 2 samuel 23:26 +. +Abiezer the Anethothite, Mebunnai the Hushathite, -- 2 samuel 23:27 +. +Zalmon the Ahohite, Maharai the Netophathite, -- 2 samuel 23:28 +. +Heleb the son of Baanah, a Netophathite, Ittai the son of Ribai out of Gibeah of the children of Benjamin, -- 2 samuel 23:29 +. +Benaiah the Pirathonite, Hiddai of the brooks of Gaash, -- 2 samuel 23:30 +. +Abialbon the Arbathite, Azmaveth the Barhumite, -- 2 samuel 23:31 +. +Eliahba the Shaalbonite, of the sons of Jashen, Jonathan, -- 2 samuel 23:32 +. +Shammah the Hararite, Ahiam the son of Sharar the Hararite, -- 2 samuel 23:33 +. +Eliphelet the son of Ahasbai, the son of the Maachathite, Eliam the son of Ahithophel the Gilonite, -- 2 samuel 23:34 +. +Hezrai the Carmelite, Paarai the Arbite, -- 2 samuel 23:35 +. +Igal the son of Nathan of Zobah, Bani the Gadite, -- 2 samuel 23:36 +. +Zelek the Ammonite, Nahari the Beerothite, armourbearer to Joab the son of Zeruiah, -- 2 samuel 23:37 +. +Ira an Ithrite, Gareb an Ithrite, -- 2 samuel 23:38 +. +Uriah the Hittite: thirty and seven in all. -- 2 samuel 23:39 +. +And again the anger of the LORD was kindled against Israel, and he moved David against them to say, Go, number Israel and Judah. -- 2 samuel 24:1 +. +For the king said to Joab the captain of the host, which was with him, Go now through all the tribes of Israel, from Dan even to Beersheba, and number ye the people, that I may know the number of the people. -- 2 samuel 24:2 +. +And Joab said unto the king, Now the LORD thy God add unto the people, how many soever they be, an hundredfold, and that the eyes of my lord the king may see it: but why doth my lord the king delight in this thing? -- 2 samuel 24:3 +. +Notwithstanding the king's word prevailed against Joab, and against the captains of the host. And Joab and the captains of the host went out from the presence of the king, to number the people of Israel. -- 2 samuel 24:4 +. +And they passed over Jordan, and pitched in Aroer, on the right side of the city that lieth in the midst of the river of Gad, and toward Jazer: -- 2 samuel 24:5 +. +Then they came to Gilead, and to the land of Tahtimhodshi; and they came to Danjaan, and about to Zidon, -- 2 samuel 24:6 +. +And came to the strong hold of Tyre, and to all the cities of the Hivites, and of the Canaanites: and they went out to the south of Judah, even to Beersheba. -- 2 samuel 24:7 +. +So when they had gone through all the land, they came to Jerusalem at the end of nine months and twenty days. -- 2 samuel 24:8 +. +And Joab gave up the sum of the number of the people unto the king: and there were in Israel eight hundred thousand valiant men that drew the sword; and the men of Judah were five hundred thousand men. -- 2 samuel 24:9 +. +And David's heart smote him after that he had numbered the people. And David said unto the LORD, I have sinned greatly in that I have done: and now, I beseech thee, O LORD, take away the iniquity of thy servant; for I have done very foolishly. -- 2 samuel 24:10 +. +For when David was up in the morning, the word of the LORD came unto the prophet Gad, David's seer, saying, -- 2 samuel 24:11 +. +Go and say unto David, Thus saith the LORD, I offer thee three things; choose thee one of them, that I may do it unto thee. -- 2 samuel 24:12 +. +So Gad came to David, and told him, and said unto him, Shall seven years of famine come unto thee in thy land? or wilt thou flee three months before thine enemies, while they pursue thee? or that there be three days' pestilence in thy land? now advise, and see what answer I shall return to him that sent me. -- 2 samuel 24:13 +. +And David said unto Gad, I am in a great strait: let us fall now into the hand of the LORD; for his mercies are great: and let me not fall into the hand of man. -- 2 samuel 24:14 +. +So the LORD sent a pestilence upon Israel from the morning even to the time appointed: and there died of the people from Dan even to Beersheba seventy thousand men. -- 2 samuel 24:15 +. +And when the angel stretched out his hand upon Jerusalem to destroy it, the LORD repented him of the evil, and said to the angel that destroyed the people, It is enough: stay now thine hand. And the angel of the LORD was by the threshingplace of Araunah the Jebusite. -- 2 samuel 24:16 +. +And David spake unto the LORD when he saw the angel that smote the people, and said, Lo, I have sinned, and I have done wickedly: but these sheep, what have they done? let thine hand, I pray thee, be against me, and against my father's house. -- 2 samuel 24:17 +. +And Gad came that day to David, and said unto him, Go up, rear an altar unto the LORD in the threshingfloor of Araunah the Jebusite. -- 2 samuel 24:18 +. +And David, according to the saying of Gad, went up as the LORD commanded. -- 2 samuel 24:19 +. +And Araunah looked, and saw the king and his servants coming on toward him: and Araunah went out, and bowed himself before the king on his face upon the ground. -- 2 samuel 24:20 +. +And Araunah said, Wherefore is my lord the king come to his servant? And David said, To buy the threshingfloor of thee, to build an altar unto the LORD, that the plague may be stayed from the people. -- 2 samuel 24:21 +. +And Araunah said unto David, Let my lord the king take and offer up what seemeth good unto him: behold, here be oxen for burnt sacrifice, and threshing instruments and other instruments of the oxen for wood. -- 2 samuel 24:22 +. +All these things did Araunah, as a king, give unto the king. And Araunah said unto the king, The LORD thy God accept thee. -- 2 samuel 24:23 +. +And the king said unto Araunah, Nay; but I will surely buy it of thee at a price: neither will I offer burnt offerings unto the LORD my God of that which doth cost me nothing. So David bought the threshingfloor and the oxen for fifty shekels of silver. -- 2 samuel 24:24 +. +And David built there an altar unto the LORD, and offered burnt offerings and peace offerings. So the LORD was intreated for the land, and the plague was stayed from Israel. -- 2 samuel 24:25 +. +Now king David was old and stricken in years; and they covered him with clothes, but he gat no heat. -- 1 kings 1:1 +. +Wherefore his servants said unto him, Let there be sought for my lord the king a young virgin: and let her stand before the king, and let her cherish him, and let her lie in thy bosom, that my lord the king may get heat. -- 1 kings 1:2 +. +So they sought for a fair damsel throughout all the coasts of Israel, and found Abishag a Shunammite, and brought her to the king. -- 1 kings 1:3 +. +And the damsel was very fair, and cherished the king, and ministered to him: but the king knew her not. -- 1 kings 1:4 +. +Then Adonijah the son of Haggith exalted himself, saying, I will be king: and he prepared him chariots and horsemen, and fifty men to run before him. -- 1 kings 1:5 +. +And his father had not displeased him at any time in saying, Why hast thou done so? and he also was a very goodly man; and his mother bare him after Absalom. -- 1 kings 1:6 +. +And he conferred with Joab the son of Zeruiah, and with Abiathar the priest: and they following Adonijah helped him. -- 1 kings 1:7 +. +But Zadok the priest, and Benaiah the son of Jehoiada, and Nathan the prophet, and Shimei, and Rei, and the mighty men which belonged to David, were not with Adonijah. -- 1 kings 1:8 +. +And Adonijah slew sheep and oxen and fat cattle by the stone of Zoheleth, which is by Enrogel, and called all his brethren the king's sons, and all the men of Judah the king's servants: -- 1 kings 1:9 +. +But Nathan the prophet, and Benaiah, and the mighty men, and Solomon his brother, he called not. -- 1 kings 1:10 +. +Wherefore Nathan spake unto Bathsheba the mother of Solomon, saying, Hast thou not heard that Adonijah the son of Haggith doth reign, and David our lord knoweth it not? -- 1 kings 1:11 +. +Now therefore come, let me, I pray thee, give thee counsel, that thou mayest save thine own life, and the life of thy son Solomon. -- 1 kings 1:12 +. +Go and get thee in unto king David, and say unto him, Didst not thou, my lord, O king, swear unto thine handmaid, saying, Assuredly Solomon thy son shall reign after me, and he shall sit upon my throne? why then doth Adonijah reign? -- 1 kings 1:13 +. +Behold, while thou yet talkest there with the king, I also will come in after thee, and confirm thy words. -- 1 kings 1:14 +. +And Bathsheba went in unto the king into the chamber: and the king was very old; and Abishag the Shunammite ministered unto the king. -- 1 kings 1:15 +. +And Bathsheba bowed, and did obeisance unto the king. And the king said, What wouldest thou? -- 1 kings 1:16 +. +And she said unto him, My lord, thou swarest by the LORD thy God unto thine handmaid, saying, Assuredly Solomon thy son shall reign after me, and he shall sit upon my throne. -- 1 kings 1:17 +. +And now, behold, Adonijah reigneth; and now, my lord the king, thou knowest it not: -- 1 kings 1:18 +. +And he hath slain oxen and fat cattle and sheep in abundance, and hath called all the sons of the king, and Abiathar the priest, and Joab the captain of the host: but Solomon thy servant hath he not called. -- 1 kings 1:19 +. +And thou, my lord, O king, the eyes of all Israel are upon thee, that thou shouldest tell them who shall sit on the throne of my lord the king after him. -- 1 kings 1:20 +. +Otherwise it shall come to pass, when my lord the king shall sleep with his fathers, that I and my son Solomon shall be counted offenders. -- 1 kings 1:21 +. +And, lo, while she yet talked with the king, Nathan the prophet also came in. -- 1 kings 1:22 +. +And they told the king, saying, Behold Nathan the prophet. And when he was come in before the king, he bowed himself before the king with his face to the ground. -- 1 kings 1:23 +. +And Nathan said, My lord, O king, hast thou said, Adonijah shall reign after me, and he shall sit upon my throne? -- 1 kings 1:24 +. +For he is gone down this day, and hath slain oxen and fat cattle and sheep in abundance, and hath called all the king's sons, and the captains of the host, and Abiathar the priest; and, behold, they eat and drink before him, and say, God save king Adonijah. -- 1 kings 1:25 +. +But me, even me thy servant, and Zadok the priest, and Benaiah the son of Jehoiada, and thy servant Solomon, hath he not called. -- 1 kings 1:26 +. +Is this thing done by my lord the king, and thou hast not showed it unto thy servant, who should sit on the throne of my lord the king after him? -- 1 kings 1:27 +. +Then king David answered and said, Call me Bathsheba. And she came into the king's presence, and stood before the king. -- 1 kings 1:28 +. +And the king sware, and said, As the LORD liveth, that hath redeemed my soul out of all distress, -- 1 kings 1:29 +. +Even as I sware unto thee by the LORD God of Israel, saying, Assuredly Solomon thy son shall reign after me, and he shall sit upon my throne in my stead; even so will I certainly do this day. -- 1 kings 1:30 +. +Then Bathsheba bowed with her face to the earth, and did reverence to the king, and said, Let my lord king David live for ever. -- 1 kings 1:31 +. +And king David said, Call me Zadok the priest, and Nathan the prophet, and Benaiah the son of Jehoiada. And they came before the king. -- 1 kings 1:32 +. +The king also said unto them, Take with you the servants of your lord, and cause Solomon my son to ride upon mine own mule, and bring him down to Gihon: -- 1 kings 1:33 +. +And let Zadok the priest and Nathan the prophet anoint him there king over Israel: and blow ye with the trumpet, and say, God save king Solomon. -- 1 kings 1:34 +. +Then ye shall come up after him, that he may come and sit upon my throne; for he shall be king in my stead: and I have appointed him to be ruler over Israel and over Judah. -- 1 kings 1:35 +. +And Benaiah the son of Jehoiada answered the king, and said, Amen: the LORD God of my lord the king say so too. -- 1 kings 1:36 +. +As the LORD hath been with my lord the king, even so be he with Solomon, and make his throne greater than the throne of my lord king David. -- 1 kings 1:37 +. +So Zadok the priest, and Nathan the prophet, and Benaiah the son of Jehoiada, and the Cherethites, and the Pelethites, went down, and caused Solomon to ride upon king David's mule, and brought him to Gihon. -- 1 kings 1:38 +. +And Zadok the priest took an horn of oil out of the tabernacle, and anointed Solomon. And they blew the trumpet; and all the people said, God save king Solomon. -- 1 kings 1:39 +. +And all the people came up after him, and the people piped with pipes, and rejoiced with great joy, so that the earth rent with the sound of them. -- 1 kings 1:40 +. +And Adonijah and all the guests that were with him heard it as they had made an end of eating. And when Joab heard the sound of the trumpet, he said, Wherefore is this noise of the city being in an uproar? -- 1 kings 1:41 +. +And while he yet spake, behold, Jonathan the son of Abiathar the priest came; and Adonijah said unto him, Come in; for thou art a valiant man, and bringest good tidings. -- 1 kings 1:42 +. +And Jonathan answered and said to Adonijah, Verily our lord king David hath made Solomon king. -- 1 kings 1:43 +. +And the king hath sent with him Zadok the priest, and Nathan the prophet, and Benaiah the son of Jehoiada, and the Cherethites, and the Pelethites, and they have caused him to ride upon the king's mule: -- 1 kings 1:44 +. +And Zadok the priest and Nathan the prophet have anointed him king in Gihon: and they are come up from thence rejoicing, so that the city rang again. This is the noise that ye have heard. -- 1 kings 1:45 +. +And also Solomon sitteth on the throne of the kingdom. -- 1 kings 1:46 +. +And moreover the king's servants came to bless our lord king David, saying, God make the name of Solomon better than thy name, and make his throne greater than thy throne. And the king bowed himself upon the bed. -- 1 kings 1:47 +. +And also thus said the king, Blessed be the LORD God of Israel, which hath given one to sit on my throne this day, mine eyes even seeing it. -- 1 kings 1:48 +. +And all the guests that were with Adonijah were afraid, and rose up, and went every man his way. -- 1 kings 1:49 +. +And Adonijah feared because of Solomon, and arose, and went, and caught hold on the horns of the altar. -- 1 kings 1:50 +. +And it was told Solomon, saying, Behold, Adonijah feareth king Solomon: for, lo, he hath caught hold on the horns of the altar, saying, Let king Solomon swear unto me today that he will not slay his servant with the sword. -- 1 kings 1:51 +. +And Solomon said, If he will show himself a worthy man, there shall not an hair of him fall to the earth: but if wickedness shall be found in him, he shall die. -- 1 kings 1:52 +. +So king Solomon sent, and they brought him down from the altar. And he came and bowed himself to king Solomon: and Solomon said unto him, Go to thine house. -- 1 kings 1:53 +. +Now the days of David drew nigh that he should die; and he charged Solomon his son, saying, -- 1 kings 2:1 +. +I go the way of all the earth: be thou strong therefore, and show thyself a man; -- 1 kings 2:2 +. +And keep the charge of the LORD thy God, to walk in his ways, to keep his statutes, and his commandments, and his judgments, and his testimonies, as it is written in the law of Moses, that thou mayest prosper in all that thou doest, and whithersoever thou turnest thyself: -- 1 kings 2:3 +. +That the LORD may continue his word which he spake concerning me, saying, If thy children take heed to their way, to walk before me in truth with all their heart and with all their soul, there shall not fail thee (said he) a man on the throne of Israel. -- 1 kings 2:4 +. +Moreover thou knowest also what Joab the son of Zeruiah did to me, and what he did to the two captains of the hosts of Israel, unto Abner the son of Ner, and unto Amasa the son of Jether, whom he slew, and shed the blood of war in peace, and put the blood of war upon his girdle that was about his loins, and in his shoes that were on his feet. -- 1 kings 2:5 +. +Do therefore according to thy wisdom, and let not his hoar head go down to the grave in peace. -- 1 kings 2:6 +. +But show kindness unto the sons of Barzillai the Gileadite, and let them be of those that eat at thy table: for so they came to me when I fled because of Absalom thy brother. -- 1 kings 2:7 +. +And, behold, thou hast with thee Shimei the son of Gera, a Benjamite of Bahurim, which cursed me with a grievous curse in the day when I went to Mahanaim: but he came down to meet me at Jordan, and I sware to him by the LORD, saying, I will not put thee to death with the sword. -- 1 kings 2:8 +. +Now therefore hold him not guiltless: for thou art a wise man, and knowest what thou oughtest to do unto him; but his hoar head bring thou down to the grave with blood. -- 1 kings 2:9 +. +So David slept with his fathers, and was buried in the city of David. -- 1 kings 2:10 +. +And the days that David reigned over Israel were forty years: seven years reigned he in Hebron, and thirty and three years reigned he in Jerusalem. -- 1 kings 2:11 +. +Then sat Solomon upon the throne of David his father; and his kingdom was established greatly. -- 1 kings 2:12 +. +And Adonijah the son of Haggith came to Bathsheba the mother of Solomon. And she said, Comest thou peaceably? And he said, Peaceably. -- 1 kings 2:13 +. +He said moreover, I have somewhat to say unto thee. And she said, Say on. -- 1 kings 2:14 +. +And he said, Thou knowest that the kingdom was mine, and that all Israel set their faces on me, that I should reign: howbeit the kingdom is turned about, and is become my brother's: for it was his from the LORD. -- 1 kings 2:15 +. +And now I ask one petition of thee, deny me not. And she said unto him, Say on. -- 1 kings 2:16 +. +And he said, Speak, I pray thee, unto Solomon the king, (for he will not say thee nay,) that he give me Abishag the Shunammite to wife. -- 1 kings 2:17 +. +And Bathsheba said, Well; I will speak for thee unto the king. -- 1 kings 2:18 +. +Bathsheba therefore went unto king Solomon, to speak unto him for Adonijah. And the king rose up to meet her, and bowed himself unto her, and sat down on his throne, and caused a seat to be set for the king's mother; and she sat on his right hand. -- 1 kings 2:19 +. +Then she said, I desire one small petition of thee; I pray thee, say me not nay. And the king said unto her, Ask on, my mother: for I will not say thee nay. -- 1 kings 2:20 +. +And she said, Let Abishag the Shunammite be given to Adonijah thy brother to wife. -- 1 kings 2:21 +. +And king Solomon answered and said unto his mother, And why dost thou ask Abishag the Shunammite for Adonijah? ask for him the kingdom also; for he is mine elder brother; even for him, and for Abiathar the priest, and for Joab the son of Zeruiah. -- 1 kings 2:22 +. +Then king Solomon sware by the LORD, saying, God do so to me, and more also, if Adonijah have not spoken this word against his own life. -- 1 kings 2:23 +. +Now therefore, as the LORD liveth, which hath established me, and set me on the throne of David my father, and who hath made me an house, as he promised, Adonijah shall be put to death this day. -- 1 kings 2:24 +. +And king Solomon sent by the hand of Benaiah the son of Jehoiada; and he fell upon him that he died. -- 1 kings 2:25 +. +And unto Abiathar the priest said the king, Get thee to Anathoth, unto thine own fields; for thou art worthy of death: but I will not at this time put thee to death, because thou barest the ark of the LORD God before David my father, and because thou hast been afflicted in all wherein my father was afflicted. -- 1 kings 2:26 +. +So Solomon thrust out Abiathar from being priest unto the LORD; that he might fulfil the word of the LORD, which he spake concerning the house of Eli in Shiloh. -- 1 kings 2:27 +. +Then tidings came to Joab: for Joab had turned after Adonijah, though he turned not after Absalom. And Joab fled unto the tabernacle of the LORD, and caught hold on the horns of the altar. -- 1 kings 2:28 +. +And it was told king Solomon that Joab was fled unto the tabernacle of the LORD; and, behold, he is by the altar. Then Solomon sent Benaiah the son of Jehoiada, saying, Go, fall upon him. -- 1 kings 2:29 +. +And Benaiah came to the tabernacle of the LORD, and said unto him, Thus saith the king, Come forth. And he said, Nay; but I will die here. And Benaiah brought the king word again, saying, Thus said Joab, and thus he answered me. -- 1 kings 2:30 +. +And the king said unto him, Do as he hath said, and fall upon him, and bury him; that thou mayest take away the innocent blood, which Joab shed, from me, and from the house of my father. -- 1 kings 2:31 +. +And the LORD shall return his blood upon his own head, who fell upon two men more righteous and better than he, and slew them with the sword, my father David not knowing thereof, to wit, Abner the son of Ner, captain of the host of Israel, and Amasa the son of Jether, captain of the host of Judah. -- 1 kings 2:32 +. +Their blood shall therefore return upon the head of Joab, and upon the head of his seed for ever: but upon David, and upon his seed, and upon his house, and upon his throne, shall there be peace for ever from the LORD. -- 1 kings 2:33 +. +So Benaiah the son of Jehoiada went up, and fell upon him, and slew him: and he was buried in his own house in the wilderness. -- 1 kings 2:34 +. +And the king put Benaiah the son of Jehoiada in his room over the host: and Zadok the priest did the king put in the room of Abiathar. -- 1 kings 2:35 +. +And the king sent and called for Shimei, and said unto him, Build thee an house in Jerusalem, and dwell there, and go not forth thence any whither. -- 1 kings 2:36 +. +For it shall be, that on the day thou goest out, and passest over the brook Kidron, thou shalt know for certain that thou shalt surely die: thy blood shall be upon thine own head. -- 1 kings 2:37 +. +And Shimei said unto the king, The saying is good: as my lord the king hath said, so will thy servant do. And Shimei dwelt in Jerusalem many days. -- 1 kings 2:38 +. +And it came to pass at the end of three years, that two of the servants of Shimei ran away unto Achish son of Maachah king of Gath. And they told Shimei, saying, Behold, thy servants be in Gath. -- 1 kings 2:39 +. +And Shimei arose, and saddled his ass, and went to Gath to Achish to seek his servants: and Shimei went, and brought his servants from Gath. -- 1 kings 2:40 +. +And it was told Solomon that Shimei had gone from Jerusalem to Gath, and was come again. -- 1 kings 2:41 +. +And the king sent and called for Shimei, and said unto him, Did I not make thee to swear by the LORD, and protested unto thee, saying, Know for a certain, on the day thou goest out, and walkest abroad any whither, that thou shalt surely die? and thou saidst unto me, The word that I have heard is good. -- 1 kings 2:42 +. +Why then hast thou not kept the oath of the LORD, and the commandment that I have charged thee with? -- 1 kings 2:43 +. +The king said moreover to Shimei, Thou knowest all the wickedness which thine heart is privy to, that thou didst to David my father: therefore the LORD shall return thy wickedness upon thine own head; -- 1 kings 2:44 +. +And king Solomon shall be blessed, and the throne of David shall be established before the LORD for ever. -- 1 kings 2:45 +. +So the king commanded Benaiah the son of Jehoiada; which went out, and fell upon him, that he died. And the kingdom was established in the hand of Solomon. -- 1 kings 2:46 +. +And Solomon made affinity with Pharaoh king of Egypt, and took Pharaoh's daughter, and brought her into the city of David, until he had made an end of building his own house, and the house of the LORD, and the wall of Jerusalem round about. -- 1 kings 3:1 +. +Only the people sacrificed in high places, because there was no house built unto the name of the LORD, until those days. -- 1 kings 3:2 +. +And Solomon loved the LORD, walking in the statutes of David his father: only he sacrificed and burnt incense in high places. -- 1 kings 3:3 +. +And the king went to Gibeon to sacrifice there; for that was the great high place: a thousand burnt offerings did Solomon offer upon that altar. -- 1 kings 3:4 +. +In Gibeon the LORD appeared to Solomon in a dream by night: and God said, Ask what I shall give thee. -- 1 kings 3:5 +. +And Solomon said, Thou hast showed unto thy servant David my father great mercy, according as he walked before thee in truth, and in righteousness, and in uprightness of heart with thee; and thou hast kept for him this great kindness, that thou hast given him a son to sit on his throne, as it is this day. -- 1 kings 3:6 +. +And now, O LORD my God, thou hast made thy servant king instead of David my father: and I am but a little child: I know not how to go out or come in. -- 1 kings 3:7 +. +And thy servant is in the midst of thy people which thou hast chosen, a great people, that cannot be numbered nor counted for multitude. -- 1 kings 3:8 +. +Give therefore thy servant an understanding heart to judge thy people, that I may discern between good and bad: for who is able to judge this thy so great a people? -- 1 kings 3:9 +. +And the speech pleased the LORD, that Solomon had asked this thing. -- 1 kings 3:10 +. +And God said unto him, Because thou hast asked this thing, and hast not asked for thyself long life; neither hast asked riches for thyself, nor hast asked the life of thine enemies; but hast asked for thyself understanding to discern judgment; -- 1 kings 3:11 +. +Behold, I have done according to thy words: lo, I have given thee a wise and an understanding heart; so that there was none like thee before thee, neither after thee shall any arise like unto thee. -- 1 kings 3:12 +. +And I have also given thee that which thou hast not asked, both riches, and honor: so that there shall not be any among the kings like unto thee all thy days. -- 1 kings 3:13 +. +And if thou wilt walk in my ways, to keep my statutes and my commandments, as thy father David did walk, then I will lengthen thy days. -- 1 kings 3:14 +. +And Solomon awoke; and, behold, it was a dream. And he came to Jerusalem, and stood before the ark of the covenant of the LORD, and offered up burnt offerings, and offered peace offerings, and made a feast to all his servants. -- 1 kings 3:15 +. +Then came there two women, that were harlots, unto the king, and stood before him. -- 1 kings 3:16 +. +And the one woman said, O my lord, I and this woman dwell in one house; and I was delivered of a child with her in the house. -- 1 kings 3:17 +. +And it came to pass the third day after that I was delivered, that this woman was delivered also: and we were together; there was no stranger with us in the house, save we two in the house. -- 1 kings 3:18 +. +And this woman's child died in the night; because she overlaid it. -- 1 kings 3:19 +. +And she arose at midnight, and took my son from beside me, while thine handmaid slept, and laid it in her bosom, and laid her dead child in my bosom. -- 1 kings 3:20 +. +And when I rose in the morning to give my child suck, behold, it was dead: but when I had considered it in the morning, behold, it was not my son, which I did bear. -- 1 kings 3:21 +. +And the other woman said, Nay; but the living is my son, and the dead is thy son. And this said, No; but the dead is thy son, and the living is my son. Thus they spake before the king. -- 1 kings 3:22 +. +Then said the king, The one saith, This is my son that liveth, and thy son is the dead: and the other saith, Nay; but thy son is the dead, and my son is the living. -- 1 kings 3:23 +. +And the king said, Bring me a sword. And they brought a sword before the king. -- 1 kings 3:24 +. +And the king said, Divide the living child in two, and give half to the one, and half to the other. -- 1 kings 3:25 +. +Then spake the woman whose the living child was unto the king, for her bowels yearned upon her son, and she said, O my lord, give her the living child, and in no wise slay it. But the other said, Let it be neither mine nor thine, but divide it. -- 1 kings 3:26 +. +Then the king answered and said, Give her the living child, and in no wise slay it: she is the mother thereof. -- 1 kings 3:27 +. +And all Israel heard of the judgment which the king had judged; and they feared the king: for they saw that the wisdom of God was in him, to do judgment. -- 1 kings 3:28 +. +So king Solomon was king over all Israel. -- 1 kings 4:1 +. +And these were the princes which he had; Azariah the son of Zadok the priest, -- 1 kings 4:2 +. +Elihoreph and Ahiah, the sons of Shisha, scribes; Jehoshaphat the son of Ahilud, the recorder. -- 1 kings 4:3 +. +And Benaiah the son of Jehoiada was over the host: and Zadok and Abiathar were the priests: -- 1 kings 4:4 +. +And Azariah the son of Nathan was over the officers: and Zabud the son of Nathan was principal officer, and the king's friend: -- 1 kings 4:5 +. +And Ahishar was over the household: and Adoniram the son of Abda was over the tribute. -- 1 kings 4:6 +. +And Solomon had twelve officers over all Israel, which provided victuals for the king and his household: each man his month in a year made provision. -- 1 kings 4:7 +. +And these are their names: The son of Hur, in mount Ephraim: -- 1 kings 4:8 +. +The son of Dekar, in Makaz, and in Shaalbim, and Bethshemesh, and Elonbethhanan: -- 1 kings 4:9 +. +The son of Hesed, in Aruboth; to him pertained Sochoh, and all the land of Hepher: -- 1 kings 4:10 +. +The son of Abinadab, in all the region of Dor; which had Taphath the daughter of Solomon to wife: -- 1 kings 4:11 +. +Baana the son of Ahilud; to him pertained Taanach and Megiddo, and all Bethshean, which is by Zartanah beneath Jezreel, from Bethshean to Abelmeholah, even unto the place that is beyond Jokneam: -- 1 kings 4:12 +. +The son of Geber, in Ramothgilead; to him pertained the towns of Jair the son of Manasseh, which are in Gilead; to him also pertained the region of Argob, which is in Bashan, threescore great cities with walls and brazen bars: -- 1 kings 4:13 +. +Ahinadab the son of Iddo had Mahanaim: -- 1 kings 4:14 +. +Ahimaaz was in Naphtali; he also took Basmath the daughter of Solomon to wife: -- 1 kings 4:15 +. +Baanah the son of Hushai was in Asher and in Aloth: -- 1 kings 4:16 +. +Jehoshaphat the son of Paruah, in Issachar: -- 1 kings 4:17 +. +Shimei the son of Elah, in Benjamin: -- 1 kings 4:18 +. +Geber the son of Uri was in the country of Gilead, in the country of Sihon king of the Amorites, and of Og king of Bashan; and he was the only officer which was in the land. -- 1 kings 4:19 +. +Judah and Israel were many, as the sand which is by the sea in multitude, eating and drinking, and making merry. -- 1 kings 4:20 +. +And Solomon reigned over all kingdoms from the river unto the land of the Philistines, and unto the border of Egypt: they brought presents, and served Solomon all the days of his life. -- 1 kings 4:21 +. +And Solomon's provision for one day was thirty measures of fine flour, and threescore measures of meal, -- 1 kings 4:22 +. +Ten fat oxen, and twenty oxen out of the pastures, and an hundred sheep, beside harts, and roebucks, and fallowdeer, and fatted fowl. -- 1 kings 4:23 +. +For he had dominion over all the region on this side the river, from Tiphsah even to Azzah, over all the kings on this side the river: and he had peace on all sides round about him. -- 1 kings 4:24 +. +And Judah and Israel dwelt safely, every man under his vine and under his fig tree, from Dan even to Beersheba, all the days of Solomon. -- 1 kings 4:25 +. +And Solomon had forty thousand stalls of horses for his chariots, and twelve thousand horsemen. -- 1 kings 4:26 +. +And those officers provided victual for king Solomon, and for all that came unto king Solomon's table, every man in his month: they lacked nothing. -- 1 kings 4:27 +. +Barley also and straw for the horses and dromedaries brought they unto the place where the officers were, every man according to his charge. -- 1 kings 4:28 +. +And God gave Solomon wisdom and understanding exceeding much, and largeness of heart, even as the sand that is on the sea shore. -- 1 kings 4:29 +. +And Solomon's wisdom excelled the wisdom of all the children of the east country, and all the wisdom of Egypt. -- 1 kings 4:30 +. +For he was wiser than all men; than Ethan the Ezrahite, and Heman, and Chalcol, and Darda, the sons of Mahol: and his fame was in all nations round about. -- 1 kings 4:31 +. +And he spake three thousand proverbs: and his songs were a thousand and five. -- 1 kings 4:32 +. +And he spake of trees, from the cedar tree that is in Lebanon even unto the hyssop that springeth out of the wall: he spake also of beasts, and of fowl, and of creeping things, and of fishes. -- 1 kings 4:33 +. +And there came of all people to hear the wisdom of Solomon, from all kings of the earth, which had heard of his wisdom. -- 1 kings 4:34 +. +And Hiram king of Tyre sent his servants unto Solomon; for he had heard that they had anointed him king in the room of his father: for Hiram was ever a lover of David. -- 1 kings 5:1 +. +And Solomon sent to Hiram, saying, -- 1 kings 5:2 +. +Thou knowest how that David my father could not build an house unto the name of the LORD his God for the wars which were about him on every side, until the LORD put them under the soles of his feet. -- 1 kings 5:3 +. +But now the LORD my God hath given me rest on every side, so that there is neither adversary nor evil occurrent. -- 1 kings 5:4 +. +And, behold, I purpose to build an house unto the name of the LORD my God, as the LORD spake unto David my father, saying, Thy son, whom I will set upon thy throne in thy room, he shall build an house unto my name. -- 1 kings 5:5 +. +Now therefore command thou that they hew me cedar trees out of Lebanon; and my servants shall be with thy servants: and unto thee will I give hire for thy servants according to all that thou shalt appoint: for thou knowest that there is not among us any that can skill to hew timber like unto the Sidonians. -- 1 kings 5:6 +. +And it came to pass, when Hiram heard the words of Solomon, that he rejoiced greatly, and said, Blessed be the LORD this day, which hath given unto David a wise son over this great people. -- 1 kings 5:7 +. +And Hiram sent to Solomon, saying, I have considered the things which thou sentest to me for: and I will do all thy desire concerning timber of cedar, and concerning timber of fir. -- 1 kings 5:8 +. +My servants shall bring them down from Lebanon unto the sea: and I will convey them by sea in floats unto the place that thou shalt appoint me, and will cause them to be discharged there, and thou shalt receive them: and thou shalt accomplish my desire, in giving food for my household. -- 1 kings 5:9 +. +So Hiram gave Solomon cedar trees and fir trees according to all his desire. -- 1 kings 5:10 +. +And Solomon gave Hiram twenty thousand measures of wheat for food to his household, and twenty measures of pure oil: thus gave Solomon to Hiram year by year. -- 1 kings 5:11 +. +And the LORD gave Solomon wisdom, as he promised him: and there was peace between Hiram and Solomon; and they two made a league together. -- 1 kings 5:12 +. +And king Solomon raised a levy out of all Israel; and the levy was thirty thousand men. -- 1 kings 5:13 +. +And he sent them to Lebanon, ten thousand a month by courses: a month they were in Lebanon, and two months at home: and Adoniram was over the levy. -- 1 kings 5:14 +. +And Solomon had threescore and ten thousand that bare burdens, and fourscore thousand hewers in the mountains; -- 1 kings 5:15 +. +Beside the chief of Solomon's officers which were over the work, three thousand and three hundred, which ruled over the people that wrought in the work. -- 1 kings 5:16 +. +And the king commanded, and they brought great stones, costly stones, and hewed stones, to lay the foundation of the house. -- 1 kings 5:17 +. +And Solomon's builders and Hiram's builders did hew them, and the stonesquarers: so they prepared timber and stones to build the house. -- 1 kings 5:18 +. +And it came to pass in the four hundred and eightieth year after the children of Israel were come out of the land of Egypt, in the fourth year of Solomon's reign over Israel, in the month Zif, which is the second month, that he began to build the house of the LORD. -- 1 kings 6:1 +. +And the house which king Solomon built for the LORD, the length thereof was threescore cubits, and the breadth thereof twenty cubits, and the height thereof thirty cubits. -- 1 kings 6:2 +. +And the porch before the temple of the house, twenty cubits was the length thereof, according to the breadth of the house; and ten cubits was the breadth thereof before the house. -- 1 kings 6:3 +. +And for the house he made windows of narrow lights. -- 1 kings 6:4 +. +And against the wall of the house he built chambers round about, against the walls of the house round about, both of the temple and of the oracle: and he made chambers round about: -- 1 kings 6:5 +. +The nethermost chamber was five cubits broad, and the middle was six cubits broad, and the third was seven cubits broad: for without in the wall of the house he made narrowed rests round about, that the beams should not be fastened in the walls of the house. -- 1 kings 6:6 +. +And the house, when it was in building, was built of stone made ready before it was brought thither: so that there was neither hammer nor axe nor any tool of iron heard in the house, while it was in building. -- 1 kings 6:7 +. +The door for the middle chamber was in the right side of the house: and they went up with winding stairs into the middle chamber, and out of the middle into the third. -- 1 kings 6:8 +. +So he built the house, and finished it; and covered the house with beams and boards of cedar. -- 1 kings 6:9 +. +And then he built chambers against all the house, five cubits high: and they rested on the house with timber of cedar. -- 1 kings 6:10 +. +And the word of the LORD came to Solomon, saying, -- 1 kings 6:11 +. +Concerning this house which thou art in building, if thou wilt walk in my statutes, and execute my judgments, and keep all my commandments to walk in them; then will I perform my word with thee, which I spake unto David thy father: -- 1 kings 6:12 +. +And I will dwell among the children of Israel, and will not forsake my people Israel. -- 1 kings 6:13 +. +So Solomon built the house, and finished it. -- 1 kings 6:14 +. +And he built the walls of the house within with boards of cedar, both the floor of the house, and the walls of the ceiling: and he covered them on the inside with wood, and covered the floor of the house with planks of fir. -- 1 kings 6:15 +. +And he built twenty cubits on the sides of the house, both the floor and the walls with boards of cedar: he even built them for it within, even for the oracle, even for the most holy place. -- 1 kings 6:16 +. +And the house, that is, the temple before it, was forty cubits long. -- 1 kings 6:17 +. +And the cedar of the house within was carved with knops and open flowers: all was cedar; there was no stone seen. -- 1 kings 6:18 +. +And the oracle he prepared in the house within, to set there the ark of the covenant of the LORD. -- 1 kings 6:19 +. +And the oracle in the forepart was twenty cubits in length, and twenty cubits in breadth, and twenty cubits in the height thereof: and he overlaid it with pure gold; and so covered the altar which was of cedar. -- 1 kings 6:20 +. +So Solomon overlaid the house within with pure gold: and he made a partition by the chains of gold before the oracle; and he overlaid it with gold. -- 1 kings 6:21 +. +And the whole house he overlaid with gold, until he had finished all the house: also the whole altar that was by the oracle he overlaid with gold. -- 1 kings 6:22 +. +And within the oracle he made two cherubim of olive tree, each ten cubits high. -- 1 kings 6:23 +. +And five cubits was the one wing of the cherub, and five cubits the other wing of the cherub: from the uttermost part of the one wing unto the uttermost part of the other were ten cubits. -- 1 kings 6:24 +. +And the other cherub was ten cubits: both the cherubim were of one measure and one size. -- 1 kings 6:25 +. +The height of the one cherub was ten cubits, and so was it of the other cherub. -- 1 kings 6:26 +. +And he set the cherubim within the inner house: and they stretched forth the wings of the cherubim, so that the wing of the one touched the one wall, and the wing of the other cherub touched the other wall; and their wings touched one another in the midst of the house. -- 1 kings 6:27 +. +And he overlaid the cherubim with gold. -- 1 kings 6:28 +. +And he carved all the walls of the house round about with carved figures of cherubim and palm trees and open flowers, within and without. -- 1 kings 6:29 +. +And the floors of the house he overlaid with gold, within and without. -- 1 kings 6:30 +. +And for the entering of the oracle he made doors of olive tree: the lintel and side posts were a fifth part of the wall. -- 1 kings 6:31 +. +The two doors also were of olive tree; and he carved upon them carvings of cherubim and palm trees and open flowers, and overlaid them with gold, and spread gold upon the cherubim, and upon the palm trees. -- 1 kings 6:32 +. +So also made he for the door of the temple posts of olive tree, a fourth part of the wall. -- 1 kings 6:33 +. +And the two doors were of fir tree: the two leaves of the one door were folding, and the two leaves of the other door were folding. -- 1 kings 6:34 +. +And he carved thereon cherubim and palm trees and open flowers: and covered them with gold fitted upon the carved work. -- 1 kings 6:35 +. +And he built the inner court with three rows of hewed stone, and a row of cedar beams. -- 1 kings 6:36 +. +In the fourth year was the foundation of the house of the LORD laid, in the month Zif: -- 1 kings 6:37 +. +And in the eleventh year, in the month Bul, which is the eighth month, was the house finished throughout all the parts thereof, and according to all the fashion of it. So was he seven years in building it. -- 1 kings 6:38 +. +But Solomon was building his own house thirteen years, and he finished all his house. -- 1 kings 7:1 +. +He built also the house of the forest of Lebanon; the length thereof was an hundred cubits, and the breadth thereof fifty cubits, and the height thereof thirty cubits, upon four rows of cedar pillars, with cedar beams upon the pillars. -- 1 kings 7:2 +. +And it was covered with cedar above upon the beams, that lay on forty five pillars, fifteen in a row. -- 1 kings 7:3 +. +And there were windows in three rows, and light was against light in three ranks. -- 1 kings 7:4 +. +And all the doors and posts were square, with the windows: and light was against light in three ranks. -- 1 kings 7:5 +. +And he made a porch of pillars; the length thereof was fifty cubits, and the breadth thereof thirty cubits: and the porch was before them: and the other pillars and the thick beam were before them. -- 1 kings 7:6 +. +Then he made a porch for the throne where he might judge, even the porch of judgment: and it was covered with cedar from one side of the floor to the other. -- 1 kings 7:7 +. +And his house where he dwelt had another court within the porch, which was of the like work. Solomon made also an house for Pharaoh's daughter, whom he had taken to wife, like unto this porch. -- 1 kings 7:8 +. +All these were of costly stones, according to the measures of hewed stones, sawed with saws, within and without, even from the foundation unto the coping, and so on the outside toward the great court. -- 1 kings 7:9 +. +And the foundation was of costly stones, even great stones, stones of ten cubits, and stones of eight cubits. -- 1 kings 7:10 +. +And above were costly stones, after the measures of hewed stones, and cedars. -- 1 kings 7:11 +. +And the great court round about was with three rows of hewed stones, and a row of cedar beams, both for the inner court of the house of the LORD, and for the porch of the house. -- 1 kings 7:12 +. +And king Solomon sent and fetched Hiram out of Tyre. -- 1 kings 7:13 +. +He was a widow's son of the tribe of Naphtali, and his father was a man of Tyre, a worker in brass: and he was filled with wisdom, and understanding, and cunning to work all works in brass. And he came to king Solomon, and wrought all his work. -- 1 kings 7:14 +. +For he cast two pillars of brass, of eighteen cubits high apiece: and a line of twelve cubits did compass either of them about. -- 1 kings 7:15 +. +And he made two chapiters of molten brass, to set upon the tops of the pillars: the height of the one chapiter was five cubits, and the height of the other chapiter was five cubits: -- 1 kings 7:16 +. +And nets of checker work, and wreaths of chain work, for the chapiters which were upon the top of the pillars; seven for the one chapiter, and seven for the other chapiter. -- 1 kings 7:17 +. +And he made the pillars, and two rows round about upon the one network, to cover the chapiters that were upon the top, with pomegranates: and so did he for the other chapiter. -- 1 kings 7:18 +. +And the chapiters that were upon the top of the pillars were of lily work in the porch, four cubits. -- 1 kings 7:19 +. +And the chapiters upon the two pillars had pomegranates also above, over against the belly which was by the network: and the pomegranates were two hundred in rows round about upon the other chapiter. -- 1 kings 7:20 +. +And he set up the pillars in the porch of the temple: and he set up the right pillar, and called the name thereof Jachin: and he set up the left pillar, and called the name thereof Boaz. -- 1 kings 7:21 +. +And upon the top of the pillars was lily work: so was the work of the pillars finished. -- 1 kings 7:22 +. +And he made a molten sea, ten cubits from the one brim to the other: it was round all about, and his height was five cubits: and a line of thirty cubits did compass it round about. -- 1 kings 7:23 +. +And under the brim of it round about there were knops compassing it, ten in a cubit, compassing the sea round about: the knops were cast in two rows, when it was cast. -- 1 kings 7:24 +. +It stood upon twelve oxen, three looking toward the north, and three looking toward the west, and three looking toward the south, and three looking toward the east: and the sea was set above upon them, and all their hinder parts were inward. -- 1 kings 7:25 +. +And it was an hand breadth thick, and the brim thereof was wrought like the brim of a cup, with flowers of lilies: it contained two thousand baths. -- 1 kings 7:26 +. +And he made ten bases of brass; four cubits was the length of one base, and four cubits the breadth thereof, and three cubits the height of it. -- 1 kings 7:27 +. +And the work of the bases was on this manner: they had borders, and the borders were between the ledges: -- 1 kings 7:28 +. +And on the borders that were between the ledges were lions, oxen, and cherubim: and upon the ledges there was a base above: and beneath the lions and oxen were certain additions made of thin work. -- 1 kings 7:29 +. +And every base had four brazen wheels, and plates of brass: and the four corners thereof had undersetters: under the laver were undersetters molten, at the side of every addition. -- 1 kings 7:30 +. +And the mouth of it within the chapiter and above was a cubit: but the mouth thereof was round after the work of the base, a cubit and an half: and also upon the mouth of it were gravings with their borders, foursquare, not round. -- 1 kings 7:31 +. +And under the borders were four wheels; and the axletrees of the wheels were joined to the base: and the height of a wheel was a cubit and half a cubit. -- 1 kings 7:32 +. +And the work of the wheels was like the work of a chariot wheel: their axletrees, and their naves, and their felloes, and their spokes, were all molten. -- 1 kings 7:33 +. +And there were four undersetters to the four corners of one base: and the undersetters were of the very base itself. -- 1 kings 7:34 +. +And in the top of the base was there a round compass of half a cubit high: and on the top of the base the ledges thereof and the borders thereof were of the same. -- 1 kings 7:35 +. +For on the plates of the ledges thereof, and on the borders thereof, he graved cherubim, lions, and palm trees, according to the proportion of every one, and additions round about. -- 1 kings 7:36 +. +After this manner he made the ten bases: all of them had one casting, one measure, and one size. -- 1 kings 7:37 +. +Then made he ten lavers of brass: one laver contained forty baths: and every laver was four cubits: and upon every one of the ten bases one laver. -- 1 kings 7:38 +. +And he put five bases on the right side of the house, and five on the left side of the house: and he set the sea on the right side of the house eastward over against the south. -- 1 kings 7:39 +. +And Hiram made the lavers, and the shovels, and the basins. So Hiram made an end of doing all the work that he made king Solomon for the house of the LORD: -- 1 kings 7:40 +. +The two pillars, and the two bowls of the chapiters that were on the top of the two pillars; and the two networks, to cover the two bowls of the chapiters which were upon the top of the pillars; -- 1 kings 7:41 +. +And four hundred pomegranates for the two networks, even two rows of pomegranates for one network, to cover the two bowls of the chapiters that were upon the pillars; -- 1 kings 7:42 +. +And the ten bases, and ten lavers on the bases; -- 1 kings 7:43 +. +And one sea, and twelve oxen under the sea; -- 1 kings 7:44 +. +And the pots, and the shovels, and the basins: and all these vessels, which Hiram made to king Solomon for the house of the LORD, were of bright brass. -- 1 kings 7:45 +. +In the plain of Jordan did the king cast them, in the clay ground between Succoth and Zarthan. -- 1 kings 7:46 +. +And Solomon left all the vessels unweighed, because they were exceeding many: neither was the weight of the brass found out. -- 1 kings 7:47 +. +And Solomon made all the vessels that pertained unto the house of the LORD: the altar of gold, and the table of gold, whereupon the shewbread was, -- 1 kings 7:48 +. +And the candlesticks of pure gold, five on the right side, and five on the left, before the oracle, with the flowers, and the lamps, and the tongs of gold, -- 1 kings 7:49 +. +And the bowls, and the snuffers, and the basins, and the spoons, and the censers of pure gold; and the hinges of gold, both for the doors of the inner house, the most holy place, and for the doors of the house, to wit, of the temple. -- 1 kings 7:50 +. +So was ended all the work that king Solomon made for the house of the LORD. And Solomon brought in the things which David his father had dedicated; even the silver, and the gold, and the vessels, did he put among the treasures of the house of the LORD. -- 1 kings 7:51 +. +Then Solomon assembled the elders of Israel, and all the heads of the tribes, the chief of the fathers of the children of Israel, unto king Solomon in Jerusalem, that they might bring up the ark of the covenant of the LORD out of the city of David, which is Zion. -- 1 kings 8:1 +. +And all the men of Israel assembled themselves unto king Solomon at the feast in the month Ethanim, which is the seventh month. -- 1 kings 8:2 +. +And all the elders of Israel came, and the priests took up the ark. -- 1 kings 8:3 +. +And they brought up the ark of the LORD, and the tabernacle of the congregation, and all the holy vessels that were in the tabernacle, even those did the priests and the Levites bring up. -- 1 kings 8:4 +. +And king Solomon, and all the congregation of Israel, that were assembled unto him, were with him before the ark, sacrificing sheep and oxen, that could not be told nor numbered for multitude. -- 1 kings 8:5 +. +And the priests brought in the ark of the covenant of the LORD unto his place, into the oracle of the house, to the most holy place, even under the wings of the cherubim. -- 1 kings 8:6 +. +For the cherubim spread forth their two wings over the place of the ark, and the cherubim covered the ark and the staves thereof above. -- 1 kings 8:7 +. +And they drew out the staves, that the ends of the staves were seen out in the holy place before the oracle, and they were not seen without: and there they are unto this day. -- 1 kings 8:8 +. +There was nothing in the ark save the two tables of stone, which Moses put there at Horeb, when the LORD made a covenant with the children of Israel, when they came out of the land of Egypt. -- 1 kings 8:9 +. +And it came to pass, when the priests were come out of the holy place, that the cloud filled the house of the LORD, -- 1 kings 8:10 +. +So that the priests could not stand to minister because of the cloud: for the glory of the LORD had filled the house of the LORD. -- 1 kings 8:11 +. +Then spake Solomon, The LORD said that he would dwell in the thick darkness. -- 1 kings 8:12 +. +I have surely built thee an house to dwell in, a settled place for thee to abide in for ever. -- 1 kings 8:13 +. +And the king turned his face about, and blessed all the congregation of Israel: (and all the congregation of Israel stood;) -- 1 kings 8:14 +. +And he said, Blessed be the LORD God of Israel, which spake with his mouth unto David my father, and hath with his hand fulfilled it, saying, -- 1 kings 8:15 +. +Since the day that I brought forth my people Israel out of Egypt, I chose no city out of all the tribes of Israel to build an house, that my name might be therein; but I chose David to be over my people Israel. -- 1 kings 8:16 +. +And it was in the heart of David my father to build an house for the name of the LORD God of Israel. -- 1 kings 8:17 +. +And the LORD said unto David my father, Whereas it was in thine heart to build an house unto my name, thou didst well that it was in thine heart. -- 1 kings 8:18 +. +Nevertheless thou shalt not build the house; but thy son that shall come forth out of thy loins, he shall build the house unto my name. -- 1 kings 8:19 +. +And the LORD hath performed his word that he spake, and I am risen up in the room of David my father, and sit on the throne of Israel, as the LORD promised, and have built an house for the name of the LORD God of Israel. -- 1 kings 8:20 +. +And I have set there a place for the ark, wherein is the covenant of the LORD, which he made with our fathers, when he brought them out of the land of Egypt. -- 1 kings 8:21 +. +And Solomon stood before the altar of the LORD in the presence of all the congregation of Israel, and spread forth his hands toward heaven: -- 1 kings 8:22 +. +And he said, LORD God of Israel, there is no God like thee, in heaven above, or on earth beneath, who keepest covenant and mercy with thy servants that walk before thee with all their heart: -- 1 kings 8:23 +. +Who hast kept with thy servant David my father that thou promisedst him: thou spakest also with thy mouth, and hast fulfilled it with thine hand, as it is this day. -- 1 kings 8:24 +. +Therefore now, LORD God of Israel, keep with thy servant David my father that thou promisedst him, saying, There shall not fail thee a man in my sight to sit on the throne of Israel; so that thy children take heed to their way, that they walk before me as thou hast walked before me. -- 1 kings 8:25 +. +And now, O God of Israel, let thy word, I pray thee, be verified, which thou spakest unto thy servant David my father. -- 1 kings 8:26 +. +But will God indeed dwell on the earth? behold, the heaven and heaven of heavens cannot contain thee; how much less this house that I have builded? -- 1 kings 8:27 +. +Yet have thou respect unto the prayer of thy servant, and to his supplication, O LORD my God, to hearken unto the cry and to the prayer, which thy servant prayeth before thee to day: -- 1 kings 8:28 +. +That thine eyes may be open toward this house night and day, even toward the place of which thou hast said, My name shall be there: that thou mayest hearken unto the prayer which thy servant shall make toward this place. -- 1 kings 8:29 +. +And hearken thou to the supplication of thy servant, and of thy people Israel, when they shall pray toward this place: and hear thou in heaven thy dwelling place: and when thou hearest, forgive. -- 1 kings 8:30 +. +If any man trespass against his neighbor, and an oath be laid upon him to cause him to swear, and the oath come before thine altar in this house: -- 1 kings 8:31 +. +Then hear thou in heaven, and do, and judge thy servants, condemning the wicked, to bring his way upon his head; and justifying the righteous, to give him according to his righteousness. -- 1 kings 8:32 +. +When thy people Israel be smitten down before the enemy, because they have sinned against thee, and shall turn again to thee, and confess thy name, and pray, and make supplication unto thee in this house: -- 1 kings 8:33 +. +Then hear thou in heaven, and forgive the sin of thy people Israel, and bring them again unto the land which thou gavest unto their fathers. -- 1 kings 8:34 +. +When heaven is shut up, and there is no rain, because they have sinned against thee; if they pray toward this place, and confess thy name, and turn from their sin, when thou afflictest them: -- 1 kings 8:35 +. +Then hear thou in heaven, and forgive the sin of thy servants, and of thy people Israel, that thou teach them the good way wherein they should walk, and give rain upon thy land, which thou hast given to thy people for an inheritance. -- 1 kings 8:36 +. +If there be in the land famine, if there be pestilence, blasting, mildew, locust, or if there be caterpillar; if their enemy besiege them in the land of their cities; whatsoever plague, whatsoever sickness there be; -- 1 kings 8:37 +. +What prayer and supplication soever be made by any man, or by all thy people Israel, which shall know every man the plague of his own heart, and spread forth his hands toward this house: -- 1 kings 8:38 +. +Then hear thou in heaven thy dwelling place, and forgive, and do, and give to every man according to his ways, whose heart thou knowest; (for thou, even thou only, knowest the hearts of all the children of men;) -- 1 kings 8:39 +. +That they may fear thee all the days that they live in the land which thou gavest unto our fathers. -- 1 kings 8:40 +. +Moreover concerning a stranger, that is not of thy people Israel, but cometh out of a far country for thy name's sake; -- 1 kings 8:41 +. +(For they shall hear of thy great name, and of thy strong hand, and of thy stretched out arm;) when he shall come and pray toward this house; -- 1 kings 8:42 +. +Hear thou in heaven thy dwelling place, and do according to all that the stranger calleth to thee for: that all people of the earth may know thy name, to fear thee, as do thy people Israel; and that they may know that this house, which I have builded, is called by thy name. -- 1 kings 8:43 +. +If thy people go out to battle against their enemy, whithersoever thou shalt send them, and shall pray unto the LORD toward the city which thou hast chosen, and toward the house that I have built for thy name: -- 1 kings 8:44 +. +Then hear thou in heaven their prayer and their supplication, and maintain their cause. -- 1 kings 8:45 +. +If they sin against thee, (for there is no man that sinneth not,) and thou be angry with them, and deliver them to the enemy, so that they carry them away captives unto the land of the enemy, far or near; -- 1 kings 8:46 +. +Yet if they shall bethink themselves in the land whither they were carried captives, and repent, and make supplication unto thee in the land of them that carried them captives, saying, We have sinned, and have done perversely, we have committed wickedness; -- 1 kings 8:47 +. +And so return unto thee with all their heart, and with all their soul, in the land of their enemies, which led them away captive, and pray unto thee toward their land, which thou gavest unto their fathers, the city which thou hast chosen, and the house which I have built for thy name: -- 1 kings 8:48 +. +Then hear thou their prayer and their supplication in heaven thy dwelling place, and maintain their cause, -- 1 kings 8:49 +. +And forgive thy people that have sinned against thee, and all their transgressions wherein they have transgressed against thee, and give them compassion before them who carried them captive, that they may have compassion on them: -- 1 kings 8:50 +. +For they be thy people, and thine inheritance, which thou broughtest forth out of Egypt, from the midst of the furnace of iron: -- 1 kings 8:51 +. +That thine eyes may be open unto the supplication of thy servant, and unto the supplication of thy people Israel, to hearken unto them in all that they call for unto thee. -- 1 kings 8:52 +. +For thou didst separate them from among all the people of the earth, to be thine inheritance, as thou spakest by the hand of Moses thy servant, when thou broughtest our fathers out of Egypt, O LORD God. -- 1 kings 8:53 +. +And it was so, that when Solomon had made an end of praying all this prayer and supplication unto the LORD, he arose from before the altar of the LORD, from kneeling on his knees with his hands spread up to heaven. -- 1 kings 8:54 +. +And he stood, and blessed all the congregation of Israel with a loud voice, saying, -- 1 kings 8:55 +. +Blessed be the LORD, that hath given rest unto his people Israel, according to all that he promised: there hath not failed one word of all his good promise, which he promised by the hand of Moses his servant. -- 1 kings 8:56 +. +The LORD our God be with us, as he was with our fathers: let him not leave us, nor forsake us: -- 1 kings 8:57 +. +That he may incline our hearts unto him, to walk in all his ways, and to keep his commandments, and his statutes, and his judgments, which he commanded our fathers. -- 1 kings 8:58 +. +And let these my words, wherewith I have made supplication before the LORD, be nigh unto the LORD our God day and night, that he maintain the cause of his servant, and the cause of his people Israel at all times, as the matter shall require: -- 1 kings 8:59 +. +That all the people of the earth may know that the LORD is God, and that there is none else. -- 1 kings 8:60 +. +Let your heart therefore be perfect with the LORD our God, to walk in his statutes, and to keep his commandments, as at this day. -- 1 kings 8:61 +. +And the king, and all Israel with him, offered sacrifice before the LORD. -- 1 kings 8:62 +. +And Solomon offered a sacrifice of peace offerings, which he offered unto the LORD, two and twenty thousand oxen, and an hundred and twenty thousand sheep. So the king and all the children of Israel dedicated the house of the LORD. -- 1 kings 8:63 +. +The same day did the king hallow the middle of the court that was before the house of the LORD: for there he offered burnt offerings, and meat offerings, and the fat of the peace offerings: because the brazen altar that was before the LORD was too little to receive the burnt offerings, and meat offerings, and the fat of the peace offerings. -- 1 kings 8:64 +. +And at that time Solomon held a feast, and all Israel with him, a great congregation, from the entering in of Hamath unto the river of Egypt, before the LORD our God, seven days and seven days, even fourteen days. -- 1 kings 8:65 +. +On the eighth day he sent the people away: and they blessed the king, and went unto their tents joyful and glad of heart for all the goodness that the LORD had done for David his servant, and for Israel his people. -- 1 kings 8:66 +. +And it came to pass, when Solomon had finished the building of the house of the LORD, and the king's house, and all Solomon's desire which he was pleased to do, -- 1 kings 9:1 +. +That the LORD appeared to Solomon the second time, as he had appeared unto him at Gibeon. -- 1 kings 9:2 +. +And the LORD said unto him, I have heard thy prayer and thy supplication, that thou hast made before me: I have hallowed this house, which thou hast built, to put my name there for ever; and mine eyes and mine heart shall be there perpetually. -- 1 kings 9:3 +. +And if thou wilt walk before me, as David thy father walked, in integrity of heart, and in uprightness, to do according to all that I have commanded thee, and wilt keep my statutes and my judgments: -- 1 kings 9:4 +. +Then I will establish the throne of thy kingdom upon Israel for ever, as I promised to David thy father, saying, There shall not fail thee a man upon the throne of Israel. -- 1 kings 9:5 +. +But if ye shall at all turn from following me, ye or your children, and will not keep my commandments and my statutes which I have set before you, but go and serve other gods, and worship them: -- 1 kings 9:6 +. +Then will I cut off Israel out of the land which I have given them; and this house, which I have hallowed for my name, will I cast out of my sight; and Israel shall be a proverb and a byword among all people: -- 1 kings 9:7 +. +And at this house, which is high, every one that passeth by it shall be astonished, and shall hiss; and they shall say, Why hath the LORD done thus unto this land, and to this house? -- 1 kings 9:8 +. +And they shall answer, Because they forsook the LORD their God, who brought forth their fathers out of the land of Egypt, and have taken hold upon other gods, and have worshipped them, and served them: therefore hath the LORD brought upon them all this evil. -- 1 kings 9:9 +. +And it came to pass at the end of twenty years, when Solomon had built the two houses, the house of the LORD, and the king's house, -- 1 kings 9:10 +. +(Now Hiram the king of Tyre had furnished Solomon with cedar trees and fir trees, and with gold, according to all his desire,) that then king Solomon gave Hiram twenty cities in the land of Galilee. -- 1 kings 9:11 +. +And Hiram came out from Tyre to see the cities which Solomon had given him; and they pleased him not. -- 1 kings 9:12 +. +And he said, What cities are these which thou hast given me, my brother? And he called them the land of Cabul unto this day. -- 1 kings 9:13 +. +And Hiram sent to the king sixscore talents of gold. -- 1 kings 9:14 +. +And this is the reason of the levy which king Solomon raised; for to build the house of the LORD, and his own house, and Millo, and the wall of Jerusalem, and Hazor, and Megiddo, and Gezer. -- 1 kings 9:15 +. +For Pharaoh king of Egypt had gone up, and taken Gezer, and burnt it with fire, and slain the Canaanites that dwelt in the city, and given it for a present unto his daughter, Solomon's wife. -- 1 kings 9:16 +. +And Solomon built Gezer, and Bethhoron the nether, -- 1 kings 9:17 +. +And Baalath, and Tadmor in the wilderness, in the land, -- 1 kings 9:18 +. +And all the cities of store that Solomon had, and cities for his chariots, and cities for his horsemen, and that which Solomon desired to build in Jerusalem, and in Lebanon, and in all the land of his dominion. -- 1 kings 9:19 +. +And all the people that were left of the Amorites, Hittites, Perizzites, Hivites, and Jebusites, which were not of the children of Israel, -- 1 kings 9:20 +. +Their children that were left after them in the land, whom the children of Israel also were not able utterly to destroy, upon those did Solomon levy a tribute of bondservice unto this day. -- 1 kings 9:21 +. +But of the children of Israel did Solomon make no bondmen: but they were men of war, and his servants, and his princes, and his captains, and rulers of his chariots, and his horsemen. -- 1 kings 9:22 +. +These were the chief of the officers that were over Solomon's work, five hundred and fifty, which bare rule over the people that wrought in the work. -- 1 kings 9:23 +. +But Pharaoh's daughter came up out of the city of David unto her house which Solomon had built for her: then did he build Millo. -- 1 kings 9:24 +. +And three times in a year did Solomon offer burnt offerings and peace offerings upon the altar which he built unto the LORD, and he burnt incense upon the altar that was before the LORD. So he finished the house. -- 1 kings 9:25 +. +And king Solomon made a navy of ships in Eziongeber, which is beside Eloth, on the shore of the Red sea, in the land of Edom. -- 1 kings 9:26 +. +And Hiram sent in the navy his servants, shipmen that had knowledge of the sea, with the servants of Solomon. -- 1 kings 9:27 +. +And they came to Ophir, and fetched from thence gold, four hundred and twenty talents, and brought it to king Solomon. -- 1 kings 9:28 +. +And when the queen of Sheba heard of the fame of Solomon concerning the name of the LORD, she came to prove him with hard questions. -- 1 kings 10:1 +. +And she came to Jerusalem with a very great train, with camels that bare spices, and very much gold, and precious stones: and when she was come to Solomon, she communed with him of all that was in her heart. -- 1 kings 10:2 +. +And Solomon told her all her questions: there was not any thing hid from the king, which he told her not. -- 1 kings 10:3 +. +And when the queen of Sheba had seen all Solomon's wisdom, and the house that he had built, -- 1 kings 10:4 +. +And the meat of his table, and the sitting of his servants, and the attendance of his ministers, and their apparel, and his cupbearers, and his ascent by which he went up unto the house of the LORD; there was no more spirit in her. -- 1 kings 10:5 +. +And she said to the king, It was a true report that I heard in mine own land of thy acts and of thy wisdom. -- 1 kings 10:6 +. +Howbeit I believed not the words, until I came, and mine eyes had seen it: and, behold, the half was not told me: thy wisdom and prosperity exceedeth the fame which I heard. -- 1 kings 10:7 +. +Happy are thy men, happy are these thy servants, which stand continually before thee, and that hear thy wisdom. -- 1 kings 10:8 +. +Blessed be the LORD thy God, which delighted in thee, to set thee on the throne of Israel: because the LORD loved Israel for ever, therefore made he thee king, to do judgment and justice. -- 1 kings 10:9 +. +And she gave the king an hundred and twenty talents of gold, and of spices very great store, and precious stones: there came no more such abundance of spices as these which the queen of Sheba gave to king Solomon. -- 1 kings 10:10 +. +And the navy also of Hiram, that brought gold from Ophir, brought in from Ophir great plenty of almug trees, and precious stones. -- 1 kings 10:11 +. +And the king made of the almug trees pillars for the house of the LORD, and for the king's house, harps also and psalteries for singers: there came no such almug trees, nor were seen unto this day. -- 1 kings 10:12 +. +And king Solomon gave unto the queen of Sheba all her desire, whatsoever she asked, beside that which Solomon gave her of his royal bounty. So she turned and went to her own country, she and her servants. -- 1 kings 10:13 +. +Now the weight of gold that came to Solomon in one year was six hundred threescore and six talents of gold, -- 1 kings 10:14 +. +Beside that he had of the merchantmen, and of the traffic of the spice merchants, and of all the kings of Arabia, and of the governors of the country. -- 1 kings 10:15 +. +And king Solomon made two hundred targets of beaten gold: six hundred shekels of gold went to one target. -- 1 kings 10:16 +. +And he made three hundred shields of beaten gold; three pound of gold went to one shield: and the king put them in the house of the forest of Lebanon. -- 1 kings 10:17 +. +Moreover the king made a great throne of ivory, and overlaid it with the best gold. -- 1 kings 10:18 +. +The throne had six steps, and the top of the throne was round behind: and there were stays on either side on the place of the seat, and two lions stood beside the stays. -- 1 kings 10:19 +. +And twelve lions stood there on the one side and on the other upon the six steps: there was not the like made in any kingdom. -- 1 kings 10:20 +. +And 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. -- 1 kings 10:21 +. +For the king had at sea a navy of Tharshish with the navy of Hiram: once in three years came the navy of Tharshish, bringing gold, and silver, ivory, and apes, and peacocks. -- 1 kings 10:22 +. +So king Solomon exceeded all the kings of the earth for riches and for wisdom. -- 1 kings 10:23 +. +And all the earth sought to Solomon, to hear his wisdom, which God had put in his heart. -- 1 kings 10:24 +. +And they brought every man his present, vessels of silver, and vessels of gold, and garments, and armor, and spices, horses, and mules, a rate year by year. -- 1 kings 10:25 +. +And Solomon gathered together chariots and horsemen: and he had a thousand and four hundred chariots, and twelve thousand horsemen, whom he bestowed in the cities for chariots, and with the king at Jerusalem. -- 1 kings 10:26 +. +And the king made silver to be in Jerusalem as stones, and cedars made he to be as the sycamore trees that are in the vale, for abundance. -- 1 kings 10:27 +. +And Solomon had horses brought out of Egypt, and linen yarn: the king's merchants received the linen yarn at a price. -- 1 kings 10:28 +. +And a chariot came up and went out of Egypt for six hundred shekels of silver, and an horse for an hundred and fifty: and so for all the kings of the Hittites, and for the kings of Syria, did they bring them out by their means. -- 1 kings 10:29 +. +But king Solomon loved many strange women, together with the daughter of Pharaoh, women of the Moabites, Ammonites, Edomites, Zidonians, and Hittites: -- 1 kings 11:1 +. +Of the nations concerning which the LORD said unto the children of Israel, Ye shall not go in to them, neither shall they come in unto you: for surely they will turn away your heart after their gods: Solomon clave unto these in love. -- 1 kings 11:2 +. +And he had seven hundred wives, princesses, and three hundred concubines: and his wives turned away his heart. -- 1 kings 11:3 +. +For it came to pass, when Solomon was old, that his wives turned away his heart after other gods: and his heart was not perfect with the LORD his God, as was the heart of David his father. -- 1 kings 11:4 +. +For Solomon went after Ashtoreth the goddess of the Zidonians, and after Milcom the abomination of the Ammonites. -- 1 kings 11:5 +. +And Solomon did evil in the sight of the LORD, and went not fully after the LORD, as did David his father. -- 1 kings 11:6 +. +Then did Solomon build an high place for Chemosh, the abomination of Moab, in the hill that is before Jerusalem, and for Molech, the abomination of the children of Ammon. -- 1 kings 11:7 +. +And likewise did he for all his strange wives, which burnt incense and sacrificed unto their gods. -- 1 kings 11:8 +. +And the LORD was angry with Solomon, because his heart was turned from the LORD God of Israel, which had appeared unto him twice, -- 1 kings 11:9 +. +And had commanded him concerning this thing, that he should not go after other gods: but he kept not that which the LORD commanded. -- 1 kings 11:10 +. +Wherefore the LORD said unto Solomon, Forasmuch as this is done of thee, and thou hast not kept my covenant and my statutes, which I have commanded thee, I will surely rend the kingdom from thee, and will give it to thy servant. -- 1 kings 11:11 +. +Notwithstanding in thy days I will not do it for David thy father's sake: but I will rend it out of the hand of thy son. -- 1 kings 11:12 +. +Howbeit I will not rend away all the kingdom; but will give one tribe to thy son for David my servant's sake, and for Jerusalem's sake which I have chosen. -- 1 kings 11:13 +. +And the LORD stirred up an adversary unto Solomon, Hadad the Edomite: he was of the king's seed in Edom. -- 1 kings 11:14 +. +For it came to pass, when David was in Edom, and Joab the captain of the host was gone up to bury the slain, after he had smitten every male in Edom; -- 1 kings 11:15 +. +(For six months did Joab remain there with all Israel, until he had cut off every male in Edom:) -- 1 kings 11:16 +. +That Hadad fled, he and certain Edomites of his father's servants with him, to go into Egypt; Hadad being yet a little child. -- 1 kings 11:17 +. +And they arose out of Midian, and came to Paran: and they took men with them out of Paran, and they came to Egypt, unto Pharaoh king of Egypt; which gave him an house, and appointed him victuals, and gave him land. -- 1 kings 11:18 +. +And Hadad found great favor in the sight of Pharaoh, so that he gave him to wife the sister of his own wife, the sister of Tahpenes the queen. -- 1 kings 11:19 +. +And the sister of Tahpenes bare him Genubath his son, whom Tahpenes weaned in Pharaoh's house: and Genubath was in Pharaoh's household among the sons of Pharaoh. -- 1 kings 11:20 +. +And when Hadad heard in Egypt that David slept with his fathers, and that Joab the captain of the host was dead, Hadad said to Pharaoh, Let me depart, that I may go to mine own country. -- 1 kings 11:21 +. +Then Pharaoh said unto him, But what hast thou lacked with me, that, behold, thou seekest to go to thine own country? And he answered, Nothing: howbeit let me go in any wise. -- 1 kings 11:22 +. +And God stirred him up another adversary, Rezon the son of Eliadah, which fled from his lord Hadadezer king of Zobah: -- 1 kings 11:23 +. +And he gathered men unto him, and became captain over a band, when David slew them of Zobah: and they went to Damascus, and dwelt therein, and reigned in Damascus. -- 1 kings 11:24 +. +And he was an adversary to Israel all the days of Solomon, beside the mischief that Hadad did: and he abhorred Israel, and reigned over Syria. -- 1 kings 11:25 +. +And Jeroboam the son of Nebat, an Ephrathite of Zereda, Solomon's servant, whose mother's name was Zeruah, a widow woman, even he lifted up his hand against the king. -- 1 kings 11:26 +. +And this was the cause that he lifted up his hand against the king: Solomon built Millo, and repaired the breaches of the city of David his father. -- 1 kings 11:27 +. +And the man Jeroboam was a mighty man of valor: and Solomon seeing the young man that he was industrious, he made him ruler over all the charge of the house of Joseph. -- 1 kings 11:28 +. +And it came to pass at that time when Jeroboam went out of Jerusalem, that the prophet Ahijah the Shilonite found him in the way; and he had clad himself with a new garment; and they two were alone in the field: -- 1 kings 11:29 +. +And Ahijah caught the new garment that was on him, and rent it in twelve pieces: -- 1 kings 11:30 +. +And he said to Jeroboam, Take thee ten pieces: for thus saith the LORD, the God of Israel, Behold, I will rend the kingdom out of the hand of Solomon, and will give ten tribes to thee: -- 1 kings 11:31 +. +(But he shall have one tribe for my servant David's sake, and for Jerusalem's sake, the city which I have chosen out of all the tribes of Israel:) -- 1 kings 11:32 +. +Because that they have forsaken me, and have worshipped Ashtoreth the goddess of the Zidonians, Chemosh the god of the Moabites, and Milcom the god of the children of Ammon, and have not walked in my ways, to do that which is right in mine eyes, and to keep my statutes and my judgments, as did David his father. -- 1 kings 11:33 +. +Howbeit I will not take the whole kingdom out of his hand: but I will make him prince all the days of his life for David my servant's sake, whom I chose, because he kept my commandments and my statutes: -- 1 kings 11:34 +. +But I will take the kingdom out of his son's hand, and will give it unto thee, even ten tribes. -- 1 kings 11:35 +. +And unto his son will I give one tribe, that David my servant may have a light alway before me in Jerusalem, the city which I have chosen me to put my name there. -- 1 kings 11:36 +. +And I will take thee, and thou shalt reign according to all that thy soul desireth, and shalt be king over Israel. -- 1 kings 11:37 +. +And it shall be, if thou wilt hearken unto all that I command thee, and wilt walk in my ways, and do that is right in my sight, to keep my statutes and my commandments, as David my servant did; that I will be with thee, and build thee a sure house, as I built for David, and will give Israel unto thee. -- 1 kings 11:38 +. +And I will for this afflict the seed of David, but not for ever. -- 1 kings 11:39 +. +Solomon sought therefore to kill Jeroboam. And Jeroboam arose, and fled into Egypt, unto Shishak king of Egypt, and was in Egypt until the death of Solomon. -- 1 kings 11:40 +. +And the rest of the acts of Solomon, and all that he did, and his wisdom, are they not written in the book of the acts of Solomon? -- 1 kings 11:41 +. +And the time that Solomon reigned in Jerusalem over all Israel was forty years. -- 1 kings 11:42 +. +And Solomon slept with his fathers, and was buried in the city of David his father: and Rehoboam his son reigned in his stead. -- 1 kings 11:43 +. +And Rehoboam went to Shechem: for all Israel were come to Shechem to make him king. -- 1 kings 12:1 +. +And it came to pass, when Jeroboam the son of Nebat, who was yet in Egypt, heard of it, (for he was fled from the presence of king Solomon, and Jeroboam dwelt in Egypt;) -- 1 kings 12:2 +. +That they sent and called him. And Jeroboam and all the congregation of Israel came, and spake unto Rehoboam, saying, -- 1 kings 12:3 +. +Thy father made our yoke grievous: now therefore make thou the grievous service of thy father, and his heavy yoke which he put upon us, lighter, and we will serve thee. -- 1 kings 12:4 +. +And he said unto them, Depart yet for three days, then come again to me. And the people departed. -- 1 kings 12:5 +. +And king Rehoboam consulted with the old men, that stood before Solomon his father while he yet lived, and said, How do ye advise that I may answer this people? -- 1 kings 12:6 +. +And they spake unto him, saying, If thou wilt be a servant unto this people this day, and wilt serve them, and answer them, and speak good words to them, then they will be thy servants for ever. -- 1 kings 12:7 +. +But he forsook the counsel of the old men, which they had given him, and consulted with the young men that were grown up with him, and which stood before him: -- 1 kings 12:8 +. +And he said unto them, What counsel give ye that we may answer this people, who have spoken to me, saying, Make the yoke which thy father did put upon us lighter? -- 1 kings 12:9 +. +And the young men that were grown up with him spake unto him, saying, Thus shalt thou speak unto this people that spake unto thee, saying, Thy father made our yoke heavy, but make thou it lighter unto us; thus shalt thou say unto them, My little finger shall be thicker than my father's loins. -- 1 kings 12:10 +. +And now whereas my father did lade you with a heavy yoke, I will add to your yoke: my father hath chastised you with whips, but I will chastise you with scorpions. -- 1 kings 12:11 +. +So Jeroboam and all the people came to Rehoboam the third day, as the king had appointed, saying, Come to me again the third day. -- 1 kings 12:12 +. +And the king answered the people roughly, and forsook the old men's counsel that they gave him; -- 1 kings 12:13 +. +And spake to them after the counsel of the young men, saying, My father made your yoke heavy, and I will add to your yoke: my father also chastised you with whips, but I will chastise you with scorpions. -- 1 kings 12:14 +. +Wherefore the king hearkened not unto the people; for the cause was from the LORD, that he might perform his saying, which the LORD spake by Ahijah the Shilonite unto Jeroboam the son of Nebat. -- 1 kings 12:15 +. +So when all Israel saw that the king hearkened not unto them, the people answered the king, saying, What portion have we in David? neither have we inheritance in the son of Jesse: to your tents, O Israel: now see to thine own house, David. So Israel departed unto their tents. -- 1 kings 12:16 +. +But as for the children of Israel which dwelt in the cities of Judah, Rehoboam reigned over them. -- 1 kings 12:17 +. +Then king Rehoboam sent Adoram, who was over the tribute; and all Israel stoned him with stones, that he died. Therefore king Rehoboam made speed to get him up to his chariot, to flee to Jerusalem. -- 1 kings 12:18 +. +So Israel rebelled against the house of David unto this day. -- 1 kings 12:19 +. +And it came to pass, when all Israel heard that Jeroboam was come again, that they sent and called him unto the congregation, and made him king over all Israel: there was none that followed the house of David, but the tribe of Judah only. -- 1 kings 12:20 +. +And when Rehoboam was come to Jerusalem, he assembled all the house of Judah, with the tribe of Benjamin, an hundred and fourscore thousand chosen men, which were warriors, to fight against the house of Israel, to bring the kingdom again to Rehoboam the son of Solomon. -- 1 kings 12:21 +. +But the word of God came unto Shemaiah the man of God, saying, -- 1 kings 12:22 +. +Speak unto Rehoboam, the son of Solomon, king of Judah, and unto all the house of Judah and Benjamin, and to the remnant of the people, saying, -- 1 kings 12:23 +. +Thus saith the LORD, Ye shall not go up, nor fight against your brethren the children of Israel: return every man to his house; for this thing is from me. They hearkened therefore to the word of the LORD, and returned to depart, according to the word of the LORD. -- 1 kings 12:24 +. +Then Jeroboam built Shechem in mount Ephraim, and dwelt therein; and went out from thence, and built Penuel. -- 1 kings 12:25 +. +And Jeroboam said in his heart, Now shall the kingdom return to the house of David: -- 1 kings 12:26 +. +If this people go up to do sacrifice in the house of the LORD at Jerusalem, then shall the heart of this people turn again unto their lord, even unto Rehoboam king of Judah, and they shall kill me, and go again to Rehoboam king of Judah. -- 1 kings 12:27 +. +Whereupon the king took counsel, and made two calves of gold, and said unto them, It is too much for you to go up to Jerusalem: behold thy gods, O Israel, which brought thee up out of the land of Egypt. -- 1 kings 12:28 +. +And he set the one in Bethel, and the other put he in Dan. -- 1 kings 12:29 +. +And this thing became a sin: for the people went to worship before the one, even unto Dan. -- 1 kings 12:30 +. +And he made an house of high places, and made priests of the lowest of the people, which were not of the sons of Levi. -- 1 kings 12:31 +. +And Jeroboam ordained a feast in the eighth month, on the fifteenth day of the month, like unto the feast that is in Judah, and he offered upon the altar. So did he in Bethel, sacrificing unto the calves that he had made: and he placed in Bethel the priests of the high places which he had made. -- 1 kings 12:32 +. +So he offered upon the altar which he had made in Bethel the fifteenth day of the eighth month, even in the month which he had devised of his own heart; and ordained a feast unto the children of Israel: and he offered upon the altar, and burnt incense. -- 1 kings 12:33 +. +And, behold, there came a man of God out of Judah by the word of the LORD unto Bethel: and Jeroboam stood by the altar to burn incense. -- 1 kings 13:1 +. +And he cried against the altar in the word of the LORD, and said, O altar, altar, thus saith the LORD; Behold, a child shall be born unto the house of David, Josiah by name; and upon thee shall he offer the priests of the high places that burn incense upon thee, and men's bones shall be burnt upon thee. -- 1 kings 13:2 +. +And he gave a sign the same day, saying, This is the sign which the LORD hath spoken; Behold, the altar shall be rent, and the ashes that are upon it shall be poured out. -- 1 kings 13:3 +. +And it came to pass, when king Jeroboam heard the saying of the man of God, which had cried against the altar in Bethel, that he put forth his hand from the altar, saying, Lay hold on him. And his hand, which he put forth against him, dried up, so that he could not pull it in again to him. -- 1 kings 13:4 +. +The altar also was rent, and the ashes poured out from the altar, according to the sign which the man of God had given by the word of the LORD. -- 1 kings 13:5 +. +And the king answered and said unto the man of God, Entreat now the face of the LORD thy God, and pray for me, that my hand may be restored me again. And the man of God besought the LORD, and the king's hand was restored him again, and became as it was before. -- 1 kings 13:6 +. +And the king said unto the man of God, Come home with me, and refresh thyself, and I will give thee a reward. -- 1 kings 13:7 +. +And the man of God said unto the king, If thou wilt give me half thine house, I will not go in with thee, neither will I eat bread nor drink water in this place: -- 1 kings 13:8 +. +For so was it charged me by the word of the LORD, saying, Eat no bread, nor drink water, nor turn again by the same way that thou camest. -- 1 kings 13:9 +. +So he went another way, and returned not by the way that he came to Bethel. -- 1 kings 13:10 +. +Now there dwelt an old prophet in Bethel; and his sons came and told him all the works that the man of God had done that day in Bethel: the words which he had spoken unto the king, them they told also to their father. -- 1 kings 13:11 +. +And their father said unto them, What way went he? For his sons had seen what way the man of God went, which came from Judah. -- 1 kings 13:12 +. +And he said unto his sons, Saddle me the ass. So they saddled him the ass: and he rode thereon, -- 1 kings 13:13 +. +And went after the man of God, and found him sitting under an oak: and he said unto him, Art thou the man of God that camest from Judah? And he said, I am. -- 1 kings 13:14 +. +Then he said unto him, Come home with me, and eat bread. -- 1 kings 13:15 +. +And he said, I may not return with thee, nor go in with thee: neither will I eat bread nor drink water with thee in this place: -- 1 kings 13:16 +. +For it was said to me by the word of the LORD, Thou shalt eat no bread nor drink water there, nor turn again to go by the way that thou camest. -- 1 kings 13:17 +. +He said unto him, I am a prophet also as thou art; and an angel spake unto me by the word of the LORD, saying, Bring him back with thee into thine house, that he may eat bread and drink water. But he lied unto him. -- 1 kings 13:18 +. +So he went back with him, and did eat bread in his house, and drank water. -- 1 kings 13:19 +. +And it came to pass, as they sat at the table, that the word of the LORD came unto the prophet that brought him back: -- 1 kings 13:20 +. +And he cried unto the man of God that came from Judah, saying, Thus saith the LORD, Forasmuch as thou hast disobeyed the mouth of the LORD, and hast not kept the commandment which the LORD thy God commanded thee, -- 1 kings 13:21 +. +But camest back, and hast eaten bread and drunk water in the place, of the which the Lord did say to thee, Eat no bread, and drink no water; thy carcass shall not come unto the sepulchre of thy fathers. -- 1 kings 13:22 +. +And it came to pass, after he had eaten bread, and after he had drunk, that he saddled for him the ass, to wit, for the prophet whom he had brought back. -- 1 kings 13:23 +. +And when he was gone, a lion met him by the way, and slew him: and his carcass was cast in the way, and the ass stood by it, the lion also stood by the carcass. -- 1 kings 13:24 +. +And, behold, men passed by, and saw the carcass cast in the way, and the lion standing by the carcass: and they came and told it in the city where the old prophet dwelt. -- 1 kings 13:25 +. +And when the prophet that brought him back from the way heard thereof, he said, It is the man of God, who was disobedient unto the word of the LORD: therefore the LORD hath delivered him unto the lion, which hath torn him, and slain him, according to the word of the LORD, which he spake unto him. -- 1 kings 13:26 +. +And he spake to his sons, saying, Saddle me the ass. And they saddled him. -- 1 kings 13:27 +. +And he went and found his carcass cast in the way, and the ass and the lion standing by the carcass: the lion had not eaten the carcass, nor torn the ass. -- 1 kings 13:28 +. +And the prophet took up the carcass of the man of God, and laid it upon the ass, and brought it back: and the old prophet came to the city, to mourn and to bury him. -- 1 kings 13:29 +. +And he laid his carcass in his own grave; and they mourned over him, saying, Alas, my brother! -- 1 kings 13:30 +. +And it came to pass, after he had buried him, that he spake to his sons, saying, When I am dead, then bury me in the sepulchre wherein the man of God is buried; lay my bones beside his bones: -- 1 kings 13:31 +. +For the saying which he cried by the word of the LORD against the altar in Bethel, and against all the houses of the high places which are in the cities of Samaria, shall surely come to pass. -- 1 kings 13:32 +. +After this thing Jeroboam returned not from his evil way, but made again of the lowest of the people priests of the high places: whosoever would, he consecrated him, and he became one of the priests of the high places. -- 1 kings 13:33 +. +And this thing became sin unto the house of Jeroboam, even to cut it off, and to destroy it from off the face of the earth. -- 1 kings 13:34 +. +At that time Abijah the son of Jeroboam fell sick. -- 1 kings 14:1 +. +And Jeroboam said to his wife, Arise, I pray thee, and disguise thyself, that thou be not known to be the wife of Jeroboam; and get thee to Shiloh: behold, there is Ahijah the prophet, which told me that I should be king over this people. -- 1 kings 14:2 +. +And take with thee ten loaves, and cracknels, and a cruse of honey, and go to him: he shall tell thee what shall become of the child. -- 1 kings 14:3 +. +And Jeroboam's wife did so, and arose, and went to Shiloh, and came to the house of Ahijah. But Ahijah could not see; for his eyes were set by reason of his age. -- 1 kings 14:4 +. +And the LORD said unto Ahijah, Behold, the wife of Jeroboam cometh to ask a thing of thee for her son; for he is sick: thus and thus shalt thou say unto her: for it shall be, when she cometh in, that she shall feign herself to be another woman. -- 1 kings 14:5 +. +And it was so, when Ahijah heard the sound of her feet, as she came in at the door, that he said, Come in, thou wife of Jeroboam; why feignest thou thyself to be another? for I am sent to thee with heavy tidings. -- 1 kings 14:6 +. +Go, tell Jeroboam, Thus saith the LORD God of Israel, Forasmuch as I exalted thee from among the people, and made thee prince over my people Israel, -- 1 kings 14:7 +. +And rent the kingdom away from the house of David, and gave it thee: and yet thou hast not been as my servant David, who kept my commandments, and who followed me with all his heart, to do that only which was right in mine eyes; -- 1 kings 14:8 +. +But hast done evil above all that were before thee: for thou hast gone and made thee other gods, and molten images, to provoke me to anger, and hast cast me behind thy back: -- 1 kings 14:9 +. +Therefore, behold, I will bring evil upon the house of Jeroboam, and will cut off from Jeroboam him that pisseth against the wall, and him that is shut up and left in Israel, and will take away the remnant of the house of Jeroboam, as a man taketh away dung, till it be all gone. -- 1 kings 14:10 +. +Him that dieth of Jeroboam in the city shall the dogs eat; and him that dieth in the field shall the fowls of the air eat: for the LORD hath spoken it. -- 1 kings 14:11 +. +Arise thou therefore, get thee to thine own house: and when thy feet enter into the city, the child shall die. -- 1 kings 14:12 +. +And all Israel shall mourn for him, and bury him: for he only of Jeroboam shall come to the grave, because in him there is found some good thing toward the LORD God of Israel in the house of Jeroboam. -- 1 kings 14:13 +. +Moreover the LORD shall raise him up a king over Israel, who shall cut off the house of Jeroboam that day: but what? even now. -- 1 kings 14:14 +. +For the LORD shall smite Israel, as a reed is shaken in the water, and he shall root up Israel out of this good land, which he gave to their fathers, and shall scatter them beyond the river, because they have made their groves, provoking the LORD to anger. -- 1 kings 14:15 +. +And he shall give Israel up because of the sins of Jeroboam, who did sin, and who made Israel to sin. -- 1 kings 14:16 +. +And Jeroboam's wife arose, and departed, and came to Tirzah: and when she came to the threshold of the door, the child died; -- 1 kings 14:17 +. +And they buried him; and all Israel mourned for him, according to the word of the LORD, which he spake by the hand of his servant Ahijah the prophet. -- 1 kings 14:18 +. +And the rest of the acts of Jeroboam, how he warred, and how he reigned, behold, they are written in the book of the chronicles of the kings of Israel. -- 1 kings 14:19 +. +And the days which Jeroboam reigned were two and twenty years: and he slept with his fathers, and Nadab his son reigned in his stead. -- 1 kings 14:20 +. +And Rehoboam the son of Solomon reigned in Judah. Rehoboam was forty and one years old when he began to reign, and he reigned seventeen years in Jerusalem, the city which the LORD did choose out of all the tribes of Israel, to put his name there. And his mother's name was Naamah an Ammonitess. -- 1 kings 14:21 +. +And Judah did evil in the sight of the LORD, and they provoked him to jealousy with their sins which they had committed, above all that their fathers had done. -- 1 kings 14:22 +. +For they also built them high places, and images, and groves, on every high hill, and under every green tree. -- 1 kings 14:23 +. +And there were also sodomites in the land: and they did according to all the abominations of the nations which the LORD cast out before the children of Israel. -- 1 kings 14:24 +. +And it came to pass in the fifth year of king Rehoboam, that Shishak king of Egypt came up against Jerusalem: -- 1 kings 14:25 +. +And he took away the treasures of the house of the LORD, and the treasures of the king's house; he even took away all: and he took away all the shields of gold which Solomon had made. -- 1 kings 14:26 +. +And king Rehoboam made in their stead brazen shields, and committed them unto the hands of the chief of the guard, which kept the door of the king's house. -- 1 kings 14:27 +. +And it was so, when the king went into the house of the LORD, that the guard bare them, and brought them back into the guard chamber. -- 1 kings 14:28 +. +Now the rest of the acts of Rehoboam, and all that he did, are they not written in the book of the chronicles of the kings of Judah? -- 1 kings 14:29 +. +And there was war between Rehoboam and Jeroboam all their days. -- 1 kings 14:30 +. +And Rehoboam slept with his fathers, and was buried with his fathers in the city of David. And his mother's name was Naamah an Ammonitess. And Abijam his son reigned in his stead. -- 1 kings 14:31 +. +Now in the eighteenth year of king Jeroboam the son of Nebat reigned Abijam over Judah. -- 1 kings 15:1 +. +Three years reigned he in Jerusalem. and his mother's name was Maachah, the daughter of Abishalom. -- 1 kings 15:2 +. +And he walked in all the sins of his father, which he had done before him: and his heart was not perfect with the LORD his God, as the heart of David his father. -- 1 kings 15:3 +. +Nevertheless for David's sake did the LORD his God give him a lamp in Jerusalem, to set up his son after him, and to establish Jerusalem: -- 1 kings 15:4 +. +Because David did that which was right in the eyes of the LORD, and turned not aside from any thing that he commanded him all the days of his life, save only in the matter of Uriah the Hittite. -- 1 kings 15:5 +. +And there was war between Rehoboam and Jeroboam all the days of his life. -- 1 kings 15:6 +. +Now the rest of the acts of Abijam, and all that he did, are they not written in the book of the chronicles of the kings of Judah? And there was war between Abijam and Jeroboam. -- 1 kings 15:7 +. +And Abijam slept with his fathers; and they buried him in the city of David: and Asa his son reigned in his stead. -- 1 kings 15:8 +. +And in the twentieth year of Jeroboam king of Israel reigned Asa over Judah. -- 1 kings 15:9 +. +And forty and one years reigned he in Jerusalem. And his mother's name was Maachah, the daughter of Abishalom. -- 1 kings 15:10 +. +And Asa did that which was right in the eyes of the LORD, as did David his father. -- 1 kings 15:11 +. +And he took away the sodomites out of the land, and removed all the idols that his fathers had made. -- 1 kings 15:12 +. +And also Maachah his mother, even her he removed from being queen, because she had made an idol in a grove; and Asa destroyed her idol, and burnt it by the brook Kidron. -- 1 kings 15:13 +. +But the high places were not removed: nevertheless Asa's heart was perfect with the LORD all his days. -- 1 kings 15:14 +. +And he brought in the things which his father had dedicated, and the things which himself had dedicated, into the house of the LORD, silver, and gold, and vessels. -- 1 kings 15:15 +. +And there was war between Asa and Baasha king of Israel all their days. -- 1 kings 15:16 +. +And Baasha king of Israel went up against Judah, and built Ramah, that he might not suffer any to go out or come in to Asa king of Judah. -- 1 kings 15:17 +. +Then Asa took all the silver and the gold that were left in the treasures of the house of the LORD, and the treasures of the king's house, and delivered them into the hand of his servants: and king Asa sent them to Benhadad, the son of Tabrimon, the son of Hezion, king of Syria, that dwelt at Damascus, saying, -- 1 kings 15:18 +. +There is a league between me and thee, and between my father and thy father: behold, I have sent unto thee a present of silver and gold; come and break thy league with Baasha king of Israel, that he may depart from me. -- 1 kings 15:19 +. +So Benhadad hearkened unto king Asa, and sent the captains of the hosts which he had against the cities of Israel, and smote Ijon, and Dan, and Abelbethmaachah, and all Cinneroth, with all the land of Naphtali. -- 1 kings 15:20 +. +And it came to pass, when Baasha heard thereof, that he left off building of Ramah, and dwelt in Tirzah. -- 1 kings 15:21 +. +Then king Asa made a proclamation throughout all Judah; none was exempted: and they took away the stones of Ramah, and the timber thereof, wherewith Baasha had builded; and king Asa built with them Geba of Benjamin, and Mizpah. -- 1 kings 15:22 +. +The rest of all the acts of Asa, and all his might, and all that he did, and the cities which he built, are they not written in the book of the chronicles of the kings of Judah? Nevertheless in the time of his old age he was diseased in his feet. -- 1 kings 15:23 +. +And Asa slept with his fathers, and was buried with his fathers in the city of David his father: and Jehoshaphat his son reigned in his stead. -- 1 kings 15:24 +. +And Nadab the son of Jeroboam began to reign over Israel in the second year of Asa king of Judah, and reigned over Israel two years. -- 1 kings 15:25 +. +And he did evil in the sight of the LORD, and walked in the way of his father, and in his sin wherewith he made Israel to sin. -- 1 kings 15:26 +. +And Baasha the son of Ahijah, of the house of Issachar, conspired against him; and Baasha smote him at Gibbethon, which belonged to the Philistines; for Nadab and all Israel laid siege to Gibbethon. -- 1 kings 15:27 +. +Even in the third year of Asa king of Judah did Baasha slay him, and reigned in his stead. -- 1 kings 15:28 +. +And it came to pass, when he reigned, that he smote all the house of Jeroboam; he left not to Jeroboam any that breathed, until he had destroyed him, according unto the saying of the LORD, which he spake by his servant Ahijah the Shilonite: -- 1 kings 15:29 +. +Because of the sins of Jeroboam which he sinned, and which he made Israel sin, by his provocation wherewith he provoked the LORD God of Israel to anger. -- 1 kings 15:30 +. +Now the rest of the acts of Nadab, and all that he did, are they not written in the book of the chronicles of the kings of Israel? -- 1 kings 15:31 +. +And there was war between Asa and Baasha king of Israel all their days. -- 1 kings 15:32 +. +In the third year of Asa king of Judah began Baasha the son of Ahijah to reign over all Israel in Tirzah, twenty and four years. -- 1 kings 15:33 +. +And he did evil in the sight of the LORD, and walked in the way of Jeroboam, and in his sin wherewith he made Israel to sin. -- 1 kings 15:34 +. +Then the word of the LORD came to Jehu the son of Hanani against Baasha, saying, -- 1 kings 16:1 +. +Forasmuch as I exalted thee out of the dust, and made thee prince over my people Israel; and thou hast walked in the way of Jeroboam, and hast made my people Israel to sin, to provoke me to anger with their sins; -- 1 kings 16:2 +. +Behold, I will take away the posterity of Baasha, and the posterity of his house; and will make thy house like the house of Jeroboam the son of Nebat. -- 1 kings 16:3 +. +Him that dieth of Baasha in the city shall the dogs eat; and him that dieth of his in the fields shall the fowls of the air eat. -- 1 kings 16:4 +. +Now the rest of the acts of Baasha, and what he did, and his might, are they not written in the book of the chronicles of the kings of Israel? -- 1 kings 16:5 +. +So Baasha slept with his fathers, and was buried in Tirzah: and Elah his son reigned in his stead. -- 1 kings 16:6 +. +And also by the hand of the prophet Jehu the son of Hanani came the word of the LORD against Baasha, and against his house, even for all the evil that he did in the sight of the LORD, in provoking him to anger with the work of his hands, in being like the house of Jeroboam; and because he killed him. -- 1 kings 16:7 +. +In the twenty and sixth year of Asa king of Judah began Elah the son of Baasha to reign over Israel in Tirzah, two years. -- 1 kings 16:8 +. +And his servant Zimri, captain of half his chariots, conspired against him, as he was in Tirzah, drinking himself drunk in the house of Arza steward of his house in Tirzah. -- 1 kings 16:9 +. +And Zimri went in and smote him, and killed him, in the twenty and seventh year of Asa king of Judah, and reigned in his stead. -- 1 kings 16:10 +. +And it came to pass, when he began to reign, as soon as he sat on his throne, that he slew all the house of Baasha: he left him not one that pisseth against a wall, neither of his kinsfolk, nor of his friends. -- 1 kings 16:11 +. +Thus did Zimri destroy all the house of Baasha, according to the word of the LORD, which he spake against Baasha by Jehu the prophet. -- 1 kings 16:12 +. +For all the sins of Baasha, and the sins of Elah his son, by which they sinned, and by which they made Israel to sin, in provoking the LORD God of Israel to anger with their vanities. -- 1 kings 16:13 +. +Now the rest of the acts of Elah, and all that he did, are they not written in the book of the chronicles of the kings of Israel? -- 1 kings 16:14 +. +In the twenty and seventh year of Asa king of Judah did Zimri reign seven days in Tirzah. And the people were encamped against Gibbethon, which belonged to the Philistines. -- 1 kings 16:15 +. +And the people that were encamped heard say, Zimri hath conspired, and hath also slain the king: wherefore all Israel made Omri, the captain of the host, king over Israel that day in the camp. -- 1 kings 16:16 +. +And Omri went up from Gibbethon, and all Israel with him, and they besieged Tirzah. -- 1 kings 16:17 +. +And it came to pass, when Zimri saw that the city was taken, that he went into the palace of the king's house, and burnt the king's house over him with fire, and died. -- 1 kings 16:18 +. +For his sins which he sinned in doing evil in the sight of the LORD, in walking in the way of Jeroboam, and in his sin which he did, to make Israel to sin. -- 1 kings 16:19 +. +Now the rest of the acts of Zimri, and his treason that he wrought, are they not written in the book of the chronicles of the kings of Israel? -- 1 kings 16:20 +. +Then were the people of Israel divided into two parts: half of the people followed Tibni the son of Ginath, to make him king; and half followed Omri. -- 1 kings 16:21 +. +But the people that followed Omri prevailed against the people that followed Tibni the son of Ginath: so Tibni died, and Omri reigned. -- 1 kings 16:22 +. +In the thirty and first year of Asa king of Judah began Omri to reign over Israel, twelve years: six years reigned he in Tirzah. -- 1 kings 16:23 +. +And he bought the hill Samaria of Shemer for two talents of silver, and built on the hill, and called the name of the city which he built, after the name of Shemer, owner of the hill, Samaria. -- 1 kings 16:24 +. +But Omri wrought evil in the eyes of the LORD, and did worse than all that were before him. -- 1 kings 16:25 +. +For he walked in all the way of Jeroboam the son of Nebat, and in his sin wherewith he made Israel to sin, to provoke the LORD God of Israel to anger with their vanities. -- 1 kings 16:26 +. +Now the rest of the acts of Omri which he did, and his might that he showed, are they not written in the book of the chronicles of the kings of Israel? -- 1 kings 16:27 +. +So Omri slept with his fathers, and was buried in Samaria: and Ahab his son reigned in his stead. -- 1 kings 16:28 +. +And in the thirty and eighth year of Asa king of Judah began Ahab the son of Omri to reign over Israel: and Ahab the son of Omri reigned over Israel in Samaria twenty and two years. -- 1 kings 16:29 +. +And Ahab the son of Omri did evil in the sight of the LORD above all that were before him. -- 1 kings 16:30 +. +And it came to pass, as if it had been a light thing for him to walk in the sins of Jeroboam the son of Nebat, that he took to wife Jezebel the daughter of Ethbaal king of the Zidonians, and went and served Baal, and worshipped him. -- 1 kings 16:31 +. +And he reared up an altar for Baal in the house of Baal, which he had built in Samaria. -- 1 kings 16:32 +. +And Ahab made a grove; and Ahab did more to provoke the LORD God of Israel to anger than all the kings of Israel that were before him. -- 1 kings 16:33 +. +In his days did Hiel the Bethelite build Jericho: he laid the foundation thereof in Abiram his firstborn, and set up the gates thereof in his youngest son Segub, according to the word of the LORD, which he spake by Joshua the son of Nun. -- 1 kings 16:34 +. +And Elijah the Tishbite, who was of the inhabitants of Gilead, said unto Ahab, As the LORD God of Israel liveth, before whom I stand, there shall not be dew nor rain these years, but according to my word. -- 1 kings 17:1 +. +And the word of the LORD came unto him, saying, -- 1 kings 17:2 +. +Get thee hence, and turn thee eastward, and hide thyself by the brook Cherith, that is before Jordan. -- 1 kings 17:3 +. +And it shall be, that thou shalt drink of the brook; and I have commanded the ravens to feed thee there. -- 1 kings 17:4 +. +So he went and did according unto the word of the LORD: for he went and dwelt by the brook Cherith, that is before Jordan. -- 1 kings 17:5 +. +And the ravens brought him bread and flesh in the morning, and bread and flesh in the evening; and he drank of the brook. -- 1 kings 17:6 +. +And it came to pass after a while, that the brook dried up, because there had been no rain in the land. -- 1 kings 17:7 +. +And the word of the LORD came unto him, saying, -- 1 kings 17:8 +. +Arise, get thee to Zarephath, which belongeth to Zidon, and dwell there: behold, I have commanded a widow woman there to sustain thee. -- 1 kings 17:9 +. +So he arose and went to Zarephath. And when he came to the gate of the city, behold, the widow woman was there gathering of sticks: and he called to her, and said, Fetch me, I pray thee, a little water in a vessel, that I may drink. -- 1 kings 17:10 +. +And as she was going to fetch it, he called to her, and said, Bring me, I pray thee, a morsel of bread in thine hand. -- 1 kings 17:11 +. +And she said, As the LORD thy God liveth, I have not a cake, but an handful of meal in a barrel, and a little oil in a cruse: and, behold, I am gathering two sticks, that I may go in and dress it for me and my son, that we may eat it, and die. -- 1 kings 17:12 +. +And Elijah said unto her, Fear not; go and do as thou hast said: but make me thereof a little cake first, and bring it unto me, and after make for thee and for thy son. -- 1 kings 17:13 +. +For thus saith the LORD God of Israel, The barrel of meal shall not waste, neither shall the cruse of oil fail, until the day that the LORD sendeth rain upon the earth. -- 1 kings 17:14 +. +And she went and did according to the saying of Elijah: and she, and he, and her house, did eat many days. -- 1 kings 17:15 +. +And the barrel of meal wasted not, neither did the cruse of oil fail, according to the word of the LORD, which he spake by Elijah. -- 1 kings 17:16 +. +And it came to pass after these things, that the son of the woman, the mistress of the house, fell sick; and his sickness was so sore, that there was no breath left in him. -- 1 kings 17:17 +. +And she said unto Elijah, What have I to do with thee, O thou man of God? art thou come unto me to call my sin to remembrance, and to slay my son? -- 1 kings 17:18 +. +And he said unto her, Give me thy son. And he took him out of her bosom, and carried him up into a loft, where he abode, and laid him upon his own bed. -- 1 kings 17:19 +. +And he cried unto the LORD, and said, O LORD my God, hast thou also brought evil upon the widow with whom I sojourn, by slaying her son? -- 1 kings 17:20 +. +And he stretched himself upon the child three times, and cried unto the LORD, and said, O LORD my God, I pray thee, let this child's soul come into him again. -- 1 kings 17:21 +. +And the LORD heard the voice of Elijah; and the soul of the child came into him again, and he revived. -- 1 kings 17:22 +. +And Elijah took the child, and brought him down out of the chamber into the house, and delivered him unto his mother: and Elijah said, See, thy son liveth. -- 1 kings 17:23 +. +And the woman said to Elijah, Now by this I know that thou art a man of God, and that the word of the LORD in thy mouth is truth. -- 1 kings 17:24 +. +And it came to pass after many days, that the word of the LORD came to Elijah in the third year, saying, Go, show thyself unto Ahab; and I will send rain upon the earth. -- 1 kings 18:1 +. +And Elijah went to show himself unto Ahab. And there was a sore famine in Samaria. -- 1 kings 18:2 +. +And Ahab called Obadiah, which was the governor of his house. (Now Obadiah feared the LORD greatly: -- 1 kings 18:3 +. +For it was so, when Jezebel cut off the prophets of the LORD, that Obadiah took an hundred prophets, and hid them by fifty in a cave, and fed them with bread and water.) -- 1 kings 18:4 +. +And Ahab said unto Obadiah, Go into the land, unto all fountains of water, and unto all brooks: peradventure we may find grass to save the horses and mules alive, that we lose not all the beasts. -- 1 kings 18:5 +. +So they divided the land between them to pass throughout it: Ahab went one way by himself, and Obadiah went another way by himself. -- 1 kings 18:6 +. +And as Obadiah was in the way, behold, Elijah met him: and he knew him, and fell on his face, and said, Art thou that my lord Elijah? -- 1 kings 18:7 +. +And he answered him, I am: go, tell thy lord, Behold, Elijah is here. -- 1 kings 18:8 +. +And he said, What have I sinned, that thou wouldest deliver thy servant into the hand of Ahab, to slay me? -- 1 kings 18:9 +. +As the LORD thy God liveth, there is no nation or kingdom, whither my lord hath not sent to seek thee: and when they said, He is not there; he took an oath of the kingdom and nation, that they found thee not. -- 1 kings 18:10 +. +And now thou sayest, Go, tell thy lord, Behold, Elijah is here. -- 1 kings 18:11 +. +And it shall come to pass, as soon as I am gone from thee, that the Spirit of the LORD shall carry thee whither I know not; and so when I come and tell Ahab, and he cannot find thee, he shall slay me: but I thy servant fear the LORD from my youth. -- 1 kings 18:12 +. +Was it not told my lord what I did when Jezebel slew the prophets of the LORD, how I hid an hundred men of the LORD's prophets by fifty in a cave, and fed them with bread and water? -- 1 kings 18:13 +. +And now thou sayest, Go, tell thy lord, Behold, Elijah is here: and he shall slay me. -- 1 kings 18:14 +. +And Elijah said, As the LORD of hosts liveth, before whom I stand, I will surely show myself unto him to day. -- 1 kings 18:15 +. +So Obadiah went to meet Ahab, and told him: and Ahab went to meet Elijah. -- 1 kings 18:16 +. +And it came to pass, when Ahab saw Elijah, that Ahab said unto him, Art thou he that troubleth Israel? -- 1 kings 18:17 +. +And he answered, I have not troubled Israel; but thou, and thy father's house, in that ye have forsaken the commandments of the LORD, and thou hast followed Baalim. -- 1 kings 18:18 +. +Now therefore send, and gather to me all Israel unto mount Carmel, and the prophets of Baal four hundred and fifty, and the prophets of the groves four hundred, which eat at Jezebel's table. -- 1 kings 18:19 +. +So Ahab sent unto all the children of Israel, and gathered the prophets together unto mount Carmel. -- 1 kings 18:20 +. +And Elijah came unto all the people, and said, How long halt ye between two opinions? if the LORD be God, follow him: but if Baal, then follow him. And the people answered him not a word. -- 1 kings 18:21 +. +Then said Elijah unto the people, I, even I only, remain a prophet of the LORD; but Baal's prophets are four hundred and fifty men. -- 1 kings 18:22 +. +Let them therefore give us two bullocks; and let them choose one bullock for themselves, and cut it in pieces, and lay it on wood, and put no fire under: and I will dress the other bullock, and lay it on wood, and put no fire under: -- 1 kings 18:23 +. +And call ye on the name of your gods, and I will call on the name of the LORD: and the God that answereth by fire, let him be God. And all the people answered and said, It is well spoken. -- 1 kings 18:24 +. +And Elijah said unto the prophets of Baal, Choose you one bullock for yourselves, and dress it first; for ye are many; and call on the name of your gods, but put no fire under. -- 1 kings 18:25 +. +And they took the bullock which was given them, and they dressed it, and called on the name of Baal from morning even until noon, saying, O Baal, hear us. But there was no voice, nor any that answered. And they leaped upon the altar which was made. -- 1 kings 18:26 +. +And it came to pass at noon, that Elijah mocked them, and said, Cry aloud: for he is a god; either he is talking, or he is pursuing, or he is in a journey, or peradventure he sleepeth, and must be awaked. -- 1 kings 18:27 +. +And they cried aloud, and cut themselves after their manner with knives and lancets, till the blood gushed out upon them. -- 1 kings 18:28 +. +And it came to pass, when midday was past, and they prophesied until the time of the offering of the evening sacrifice, that there was neither voice, nor any to answer, nor any that regarded. -- 1 kings 18:29 +. +And Elijah said unto all the people, Come near unto me. And all the people came near unto him. And he repaired the altar of the LORD that was broken down. -- 1 kings 18:30 +. +And Elijah took twelve stones, according to the number of the tribes of the sons of Jacob, unto whom the word of the LORD came, saying, Israel shall be thy name: -- 1 kings 18:31 +. +And with the stones he built an altar in the name of the LORD: and he made a trench about the altar, as great as would contain two measures of seed. -- 1 kings 18:32 +. +And he put the wood in order, and cut the bullock in pieces, and laid him on the wood, and said, Fill four barrels with water, and pour it on the burnt sacrifice, and on the wood. -- 1 kings 18:33 +. +And he said, Do it the second time. And they did it the second time. And he said, Do it the third time. And they did it the third time. -- 1 kings 18:34 +. +And the water ran round about the altar; and he filled the trench also with water. -- 1 kings 18:35 +. +And it came to pass at the time of the offering of the evening sacrifice, that Elijah the prophet came near, and said, LORD God of Abraham, Isaac, and of Israel, let it be known this day that thou art God in Israel, and that I am thy servant, and that I have done all these things at thy word. -- 1 kings 18:36 +. +Hear me, O LORD, hear me, that this people may know that thou art the LORD God, and that thou hast turned their heart back again. -- 1 kings 18:37 +. +Then the fire of the LORD fell, and consumed the burnt sacrifice, and the wood, and the stones, and the dust, and licked up the water that was in the trench. -- 1 kings 18:38 +. +And when all the people saw it, they fell on their faces: and they said, The LORD, he is the God; the LORD, he is the God. -- 1 kings 18:39 +. +And Elijah said unto them, Take the prophets of Baal; let not one of them escape. And they took them: and Elijah brought them down to the brook Kishon, and slew them there. -- 1 kings 18:40 +. +And Elijah said unto Ahab, Get thee up, eat and drink; for there is a sound of abundance of rain. -- 1 kings 18:41 +. +So Ahab went up to eat and to drink. And Elijah went up to the top of Carmel; and he cast himself down upon the earth, and put his face between his knees, -- 1 kings 18:42 +. +And said to his servant, Go up now, look toward the sea. And he went up, and looked, and said, There is nothing. And he said, Go again seven times. -- 1 kings 18:43 +. +And it came to pass at the seventh time, that he said, Behold, there ariseth a little cloud out of the sea, like a man's hand. And he said, Go up, say unto Ahab, Prepare thy chariot, and get thee down that the rain stop thee not. -- 1 kings 18:44 +. +And it came to pass in the mean while, that the heaven was black with clouds and wind, and there was a great rain. And Ahab rode, and went to Jezreel. -- 1 kings 18:45 +. +And the hand of the LORD was on Elijah; and he girded up his loins, and ran before Ahab to the entrance of Jezreel. -- 1 kings 18:46 +. +And Ahab told Jezebel all that Elijah had done, and withal how he had slain all the prophets with the sword. -- 1 kings 19:1 +. +Then Jezebel sent a messenger unto Elijah, saying, So let the gods do to me, and more also, if I make not thy life as the life of one of them by to morrow about this time. -- 1 kings 19:2 +. +And when he saw that, he arose, and went for his life, and came to Beersheba, which belongeth to Judah, and left his servant there. -- 1 kings 19:3 +. +But he himself went a day's journey into the wilderness, and came and sat down under a juniper tree: and he requested for himself that he might die; and said, It is enough; now, O LORD, take away my life; for I am not better than my fathers. -- 1 kings 19:4 +. +And as he lay and slept under a juniper tree, behold, then an angel touched him, and said unto him, Arise and eat. -- 1 kings 19:5 +. +And he looked, and, behold, there was a cake baken on the coals, and a cruse of water at his head. And he did eat and drink, and laid him down again. -- 1 kings 19:6 +. +And the angel of the LORD came again the second time, and touched him, and said, Arise and eat; because the journey is too great for thee. -- 1 kings 19:7 +. +And he arose, and did eat and drink, and went in the strength of that meat forty days and forty nights unto Horeb the mount of God. -- 1 kings 19:8 +. +And he came thither unto a cave, and lodged there; and, behold, the word of the LORD came to him, and he said unto him, What doest thou here, Elijah? -- 1 kings 19:9 +. +And he said, I have been very jealous for the LORD God of hosts: for the children of Israel have forsaken thy covenant, thrown down thine altars, and slain thy prophets with the sword; and I, even I only, am left; and they seek my life, to take it away. -- 1 kings 19:10 +. +And he said, Go forth, and stand upon the mount before the LORD. And, behold, the LORD passed by, and a great and strong wind rent the mountains, and brake in pieces the rocks before the LORD; but the LORD was not in the wind: and after the wind an earthquake; but the LORD was not in the earthquake: -- 1 kings 19:11 +. +And after the earthquake a fire; but the LORD was not in the fire: and after the fire a still small voice. -- 1 kings 19:12 +. +And it was so, when Elijah heard it, that he wrapped his face in his mantle, and went out, and stood in the entering in of the cave. And, behold, there came a voice unto him, and said, What doest thou here, Elijah? -- 1 kings 19:13 +. +And he said, I have been very jealous for the LORD God of hosts: because the children of Israel have forsaken thy covenant, thrown down thine altars, and slain thy prophets with the sword; and I, even I only, am left; and they seek my life, to take it away. -- 1 kings 19:14 +. +And the LORD said unto him, Go, return on thy way to the wilderness of Damascus: and when thou comest, anoint Hazael to be king over Syria: -- 1 kings 19:15 +. +And Jehu the son of Nimshi shalt thou anoint to be king over Israel: and Elisha the son of Shaphat of Abelmeholah shalt thou anoint to be prophet in thy room. -- 1 kings 19:16 +. +And it shall come to pass, that him that escapeth the sword of Hazael shall Jehu slay: and him that escapeth from the sword of Jehu shall Elisha slay. -- 1 kings 19:17 +. +Yet I have left me seven thousand in Israel, all the knees which have not bowed unto Baal, and every mouth which hath not kissed him. -- 1 kings 19:18 +. +So he departed thence, and found Elisha the son of Shaphat, who was plowing with twelve yoke of oxen before him, and he with the twelfth: and Elijah passed by him, and cast his mantle upon him. -- 1 kings 19:19 +. +And he left the oxen, and ran after Elijah, and said, Let me, I pray thee, kiss my father and my mother, and then I will follow thee. And he said unto him, Go back again: for what have I done to thee? -- 1 kings 19:20 +. +And he returned back from him, and took a yoke of oxen, and slew them, and boiled their flesh with the instruments of the oxen, and gave unto the people, and they did eat. Then he arose, and went after Elijah, and ministered unto him. -- 1 kings 19:21 +. +And Benhadad the king of Syria gathered all his host together: and there were thirty and two kings with him, and horses, and chariots; and he went up and besieged Samaria, and warred against it. -- 1 kings 20:1 +. +And he sent messengers to Ahab king of Israel into the city, and said unto him, Thus saith Benhadad, -- 1 kings 20:2 +. +Thy silver and thy gold is mine; thy wives also and thy children, even the goodliest, are mine. -- 1 kings 20:3 +. +And the king of Israel answered and said, My lord, O king, according to thy saying, I am thine, and all that I have. -- 1 kings 20:4 +. +And the messengers came again, and said, Thus speaketh Benhadad, saying, Although I have sent unto thee, saying, Thou shalt deliver me thy silver, and thy gold, and thy wives, and thy children; -- 1 kings 20:5 +. +Yet I will send my servants unto thee to morrow about this time, and they shall search thine house, and the houses of thy servants; and it shall be, that whatsoever is pleasant in thine eyes, they shall put it in their hand, and take it away. -- 1 kings 20:6 +. +Then the king of Israel called all the elders of the land, and said, Mark, I pray you, and see how this man seeketh mischief: for he sent unto me for my wives, and for my children, and for my silver, and for my gold; and I denied him not. -- 1 kings 20:7 +. +And all the elders and all the people said unto him, Hearken not unto him, nor consent. -- 1 kings 20:8 +. +Wherefore he said unto the messengers of Benhadad, Tell my lord the king, All that thou didst send for to thy servant at the first I will do: but this thing I may not do. And the messengers departed, and brought him word again. -- 1 kings 20:9 +. +And Benhadad sent unto him, and said, The gods do so unto me, and more also, if the dust of Samaria shall suffice for handfuls for all the people that follow me. -- 1 kings 20:10 +. +And the king of Israel answered and said, Tell him, Let not him that girdeth on his harness boast himself as he that putteth it off. -- 1 kings 20:11 +. +And it came to pass, when Ben-hadad heard this message, as he was drinking, he and the kings in the pavilions, that he said unto his servants, Set yourselves in array. And they set themselves in array against the city. -- 1 kings 20:12 +. +And, behold, there came a prophet unto Ahab king of Israel, saying, Thus saith the LORD, Hast thou seen all this great multitude? behold, I will deliver it into thine hand this day; and thou shalt know that I am the LORD. -- 1 kings 20:13 +. +And Ahab said, By whom? And he said, Thus saith the LORD, Even by the young men of the princes of the provinces. Then he said, Who shall order the battle? And he answered, Thou. -- 1 kings 20:14 +. +Then he numbered the young men of the princes of the provinces, and they were two hundred and thirty two: and after them he numbered all the people, even all the children of Israel, being seven thousand. -- 1 kings 20:15 +. +And they went out at noon. But Benhadad was drinking himself drunk in the pavilions, he and the kings, the thirty and two kings that helped him. -- 1 kings 20:16 +. +And the young men of the princes of the provinces went out first; and Benhadad sent out, and they told him, saying, There are men come out of Samaria. -- 1 kings 20:17 +. +And he said, Whether they be come out for peace, take them alive; or whether they be come out for war, take them alive. -- 1 kings 20:18 +. +So these young men of the princes of the provinces came out of the city, and the army which followed them. -- 1 kings 20:19 +. +And they slew every one his man: and the Syrians fled; and Israel pursued them: and Benhadad the king of Syria escaped on an horse with the horsemen. -- 1 kings 20:20 +. +And the king of Israel went out, and smote the horses and chariots, and slew the Syrians with a great slaughter. -- 1 kings 20:21 +. +And the prophet came to the king of Israel, and said unto him, Go, strengthen thyself, and mark, and see what thou doest: for at the return of the year the king of Syria will come up against thee. -- 1 kings 20:22 +. +And the servants of the king of Syria said unto him, Their gods are gods of the hills; therefore they were stronger than we; but let us fight against them in the plain, and surely we shall be stronger than they. -- 1 kings 20:23 +. +And do this thing, Take the kings away, every man out of his place, and put captains in their rooms: -- 1 kings 20:24 +. +And number thee an army, like the army that thou hast lost, horse for horse, and chariot for chariot: and we will fight against them in the plain, and surely we shall be stronger than they. And he hearkened unto their voice, and did so. -- 1 kings 20:25 +. +And it came to pass at the return of the year, that Benhadad numbered the Syrians, and went up to Aphek, to fight against Israel. -- 1 kings 20:26 +. +And the children of Israel were numbered, and were all present, and went against them: and the children of Israel pitched before them like two little flocks of kids; but the Syrians filled the country. -- 1 kings 20:27 +. +And there came a man of God, and spake unto the king of Israel, and said, Thus saith the LORD, Because the Syrians have said, The LORD is God of the hills, but he is not God of the valleys, therefore will I deliver all this great multitude into thine hand, and ye shall know that I am the LORD. -- 1 kings 20:28 +. +And they pitched one over against the other seven days. And so it was, that in the seventh day the battle was joined: and the children of Israel slew of the Syrians an hundred thousand footmen in one day. -- 1 kings 20:29 +. +But the rest fled to Aphek, into the city; and there a wall fell upon twenty and seven thousand of the men that were left. And Benhadad fled, and came into the city, into an inner chamber. -- 1 kings 20:30 +. +And his servants said unto him, Behold now, we have heard that the kings of the house of Israel are merciful kings: let us, I pray thee, put sackcloth on our loins, and ropes upon our heads, and go out to the king of Israel: peradventure he will save thy life. -- 1 kings 20:31 +. +So they girded sackcloth on their loins, and put ropes on their heads, and came to the king of Israel, and said, Thy servant Benhadad saith, I pray thee, let me live. And he said, Is he yet alive? he is my brother. -- 1 kings 20:32 +. +Now the men did diligently observe whether any thing would come from him, and did hastily catch it: and they said, Thy brother Benhadad. Then he said, Go ye, bring him. Then Benhadad came forth to him; and he caused him to come up into the chariot. -- 1 kings 20:33 +. +And Ben-hadad said unto him, The cities, which my father took from thy father, I will restore; and thou shalt make streets for thee in Damascus, as my father made in Samaria. Then said Ahab, I will send thee away with this covenant. So he made a covenant with him, and sent him away. -- 1 kings 20:34 +. +And a certain man of the sons of the prophets said unto his neighbor in the word of the LORD, Smite me, I pray thee. And the man refused to smite him. -- 1 kings 20:35 +. +Then said he unto him, Because thou hast not obeyed the voice of the LORD, behold, as soon as thou art departed from me, a lion shall slay thee. And as soon as he was departed from him, a lion found him, and slew him. -- 1 kings 20:36 +. +Then he found another man, and said, Smite me, I pray thee. And the man smote him, so that in smiting he wounded him. -- 1 kings 20:37 +. +So the prophet departed, and waited for the king by the way, and disguised himself with ashes upon his face. -- 1 kings 20:38 +. +And as the king passed by, he cried unto the king: and he said, Thy servant went out into the midst of the battle; and, behold, a man turned aside, and brought a man unto me, and said, Keep this man: if by any means he be missing, then shall thy life be for his life, or else thou shalt pay a talent of silver. -- 1 kings 20:39 +. +And as thy servant was busy here and there, he was gone. And the king of Israel said unto him, So shall thy judgment be; thyself hast decided it. -- 1 kings 20:40 +. +And he hasted, and took the ashes away from his face; and the king of Israel discerned him that he was of the prophets. -- 1 kings 20:41 +. +And he said unto him, Thus saith the LORD, Because thou hast let go out of thy hand a man whom I appointed to utter destruction, therefore thy life shall go for his life, and thy people for his people. -- 1 kings 20:42 +. +And the king of Israel went to his house heavy and displeased, and came to Samaria. -- 1 kings 20:43 +. +And it came to pass after these things, that Naboth the Jezreelite had a vineyard, which was in Jezreel, hard by the palace of Ahab king of Samaria. -- 1 kings 21:1 +. +And Ahab spake unto Naboth, saying, Give me thy vineyard, that I may have it for a garden of herbs, because it is near unto my house: and I will give thee for it a better vineyard than it; or, if it seem good to thee, I will give thee the worth of it in money. -- 1 kings 21:2 +. +And Naboth said to Ahab, The LORD forbid it me, that I should give the inheritance of my fathers unto thee. -- 1 kings 21:3 +. +And Ahab came into his house heavy and displeased because of the word which Naboth the Jezreelite had spoken to him: for he had said, I will not give thee the inheritance of my fathers. And he laid him down upon his bed, and turned away his face, and would eat no bread. -- 1 kings 21:4 +. +But Jezebel his wife came to him, and said unto him, Why is thy spirit so sad, that thou eatest no bread? -- 1 kings 21:5 +. +And he said unto her, Because I spake unto Naboth the Jezreelite, and said unto him, Give me thy vineyard for money; or else, if it please thee, I will give thee another vineyard for it: and he answered, I will not give thee my vineyard. -- 1 kings 21:6 +. +And Jezebel his wife said unto him, Dost thou now govern the kingdom of Israel? arise, and eat bread, and let thine heart be merry: I will give thee the vineyard of Naboth the Jezreelite. -- 1 kings 21:7 +. +So she wrote letters in Ahab's name, and sealed them with his seal, and sent the letters unto the elders and to the nobles that were in his city, dwelling with Naboth. -- 1 kings 21:8 +. +And she wrote in the letters, saying, Proclaim a fast, and set Naboth on high among the people: -- 1 kings 21:9 +. +And set two men, sons of Belial, before him, to bear witness against him, saying, Thou didst blaspheme God and the king. And then carry him out, and stone him, that he may die. -- 1 kings 21:10 +. +And the men of his city, even the elders and the nobles who were the inhabitants in his city, did as Jezebel had sent unto them, and as it was written in the letters which she had sent unto them. -- 1 kings 21:11 +. +They proclaimed a fast, and set Naboth on high among the people. -- 1 kings 21:12 +. +And there came in two men, children of Belial, and sat before him: and the men of Belial witnessed against him, even against Naboth, in the presence of the people, saying, Naboth did blaspheme God and the king. Then they carried him forth out of the city, and stoned him with stones, that he died. -- 1 kings 21:13 +. +Then they sent to Jezebel, saying, Naboth is stoned, and is dead. -- 1 kings 21:14 +. +And it came to pass, when Jezebel heard that Naboth was stoned, and was dead, that Jezebel said to Ahab, Arise, take possession of the vineyard of Naboth the Jezreelite, which he refused to give thee for money: for Naboth is not alive, but dead. -- 1 kings 21:15 +. +And it came to pass, when Ahab heard that Naboth was dead, that Ahab rose up to go down to the vineyard of Naboth the Jezreelite, to take possession of it. -- 1 kings 21:16 +. +And the word of the LORD came to Elijah the Tishbite, saying, -- 1 kings 21:17 +. +Arise, go down to meet Ahab king of Israel, which is in Samaria: behold, he is in the vineyard of Naboth, whither he is gone down to possess it. -- 1 kings 21:18 +. +And thou shalt speak unto him, saying, Thus saith the LORD, Hast thou killed, and also taken possession? And thou shalt speak unto him, saying, Thus saith the LORD, In the place where dogs licked the blood of Naboth shall dogs lick thy blood, even thine. -- 1 kings 21:19 +. +And Ahab said to Elijah, Hast thou found me, O mine enemy? And he answered, I have found thee: because thou hast sold thyself to work evil in the sight of the LORD. -- 1 kings 21:20 +. +Behold, I will bring evil upon thee, and will take away thy posterity, and will cut off from Ahab him that pisseth against the wall, and him that is shut up and left in Israel, -- 1 kings 21:21 +. +And will make thine house like the house of Jeroboam the son of Nebat, and like the house of Baasha the son of Ahijah, for the provocation wherewith thou hast provoked me to anger, and made Israel to sin. -- 1 kings 21:22 +. +And of Jezebel also spake the LORD, saying, The dogs shall eat Jezebel by the wall of Jezreel. -- 1 kings 21:23 +. +Him that dieth of Ahab in the city the dogs shall eat; and him that dieth in the field shall the fowls of the air eat. -- 1 kings 21:24 +. +But there was none like unto Ahab, which did sell himself to work wickedness in the sight of the LORD, whom Jezebel his wife stirred up. -- 1 kings 21:25 +. +And he did very abominably in following idols, according to all things as did the Amorites, whom the LORD cast out before the children of Israel. -- 1 kings 21:26 +. +And it came to pass, when Ahab heard those words, that he rent his clothes, and put sackcloth upon his flesh, and fasted, and lay in sackcloth, and went softly. -- 1 kings 21:27 +. +And the word of the LORD came to Elijah the Tishbite, saying, -- 1 kings 21:28 +. +Seest thou how Ahab humbleth himself before me? because he humbleth himself before me, I will not bring the evil in his days: but in his son's days will I bring the evil upon his house. -- 1 kings 21:29 +. +And they continued three years without war between Syria and Israel. -- 1 kings 22:1 +. +And it came to pass in the third year, that Jehoshaphat the king of Judah came down to the king of Israel. -- 1 kings 22:2 +. +And the king of Israel said unto his servants, Know ye that Ramoth in Gilead is ours, and we be still, and take it not out of the hand of the king of Syria? -- 1 kings 22:3 +. +And he said unto Jehoshaphat, Wilt thou go with me to battle to Ramothgilead? And Jehoshaphat said to the king of Israel, I am as thou art, my people as thy people, my horses as thy horses. -- 1 kings 22:4 +. +And Jehoshaphat said unto the king of Israel, Enquire, I pray thee, at the word of the LORD to day. -- 1 kings 22:5 +. +Then the king of Israel gathered the prophets together, about four hundred men, and said unto them, Shall I go against Ramothgilead to battle, or shall I forbear? And they said, Go up; for the LORD shall deliver it into the hand of the king. -- 1 kings 22:6 +. +And Jehoshaphat said, Is there not here a prophet of the LORD besides, that we might enquire of him? -- 1 kings 22:7 +. +And the king of Israel said unto Jehoshaphat, There is yet one man, Micaiah the son of Imlah, by whom we may enquire of the LORD: but I hate him; for he doth not prophesy good concerning me, but evil. And Jehoshaphat said, Let not the king say so. -- 1 kings 22:8 +. +Then the king of Israel called an officer, and said, Hasten hither Micaiah the son of Imlah. -- 1 kings 22:9 +. +And the king of Israel and Jehoshaphat the king of Judah sat each on his throne, having put on their robes, in a void place in the entrance of the gate of Samaria; and all the prophets prophesied before them. -- 1 kings 22:10 +. +And Zedekiah the son of Chenaanah made him horns of iron: and he said, Thus saith the LORD, With these shalt thou push the Syrians, until thou have consumed them. -- 1 kings 22:11 +. +And all the prophets prophesied so, saying, Go up to Ramothgilead, and prosper: for the LORD shall deliver it into the king's hand. -- 1 kings 22:12 +. +And the messenger that was gone to call Micaiah spake unto him, saying, Behold now, the words of the prophets declare good unto the king with one mouth: let thy word, I pray thee, be like the word of one of them, and speak that which is good. -- 1 kings 22:13 +. +And Micaiah said, As the LORD liveth, what the LORD saith unto me, that will I speak. -- 1 kings 22:14 +. +So he came to the king. And the king said unto him, Micaiah, shall we go against Ramothgilead to battle, or shall we forbear? And he answered him, Go, and prosper: for the LORD shall deliver it into the hand of the king. -- 1 kings 22:15 +. +And the king said unto him, How many times shall I adjure thee that thou tell me nothing but that which is true in the name of the LORD? -- 1 kings 22:16 +. +And he said, I saw all Israel scattered upon the hills, as sheep that have not a shepherd: and the LORD said, These have no master: let them return every man to his house in peace. -- 1 kings 22:17 +. +And the king of Israel said unto Jehoshaphat, Did I not tell thee that he would prophesy no good concerning me, but evil? -- 1 kings 22:18 +. +And he said, Hear thou therefore the word of the LORD: I saw the LORD sitting on his throne, and all the host of heaven standing by him on his right hand and on his left. -- 1 kings 22:19 +. +And the LORD said, Who shall persuade Ahab, that he may go up and fall at Ramothgilead? And one said on this manner, and another said on that manner. -- 1 kings 22:20 +. +And there came forth a spirit, and stood before the LORD, and said, I will persuade him. -- 1 kings 22:21 +. +And the LORD said unto him, Wherewith? And he said, I will go forth, and I will be a lying spirit in the mouth of all his prophets. And he said, Thou shalt persuade him, and prevail also: go forth, and do so. -- 1 kings 22:22 +. +Now therefore, behold, the LORD hath put a lying spirit in the mouth of all these thy prophets, and the LORD hath spoken evil concerning thee. -- 1 kings 22:23 +. +But Zedekiah the son of Chenaanah went near, and smote Micaiah on the cheek, and said, Which way went the Spirit of the LORD from me to speak unto thee? -- 1 kings 22:24 +. +And Micaiah said, Behold, thou shalt see in that day, when thou shalt go into an inner chamber to hide thyself. -- 1 kings 22:25 +. +And the king of Israel said, Take Micaiah, and carry him back unto Amon the governor of the city, and to Joash the king's son; -- 1 kings 22:26 +. +And say, Thus saith the king, Put this fellow in the prison, and feed him with bread of affliction and with water of affliction, until I come in peace. -- 1 kings 22:27 +. +And Micaiah said, If thou return at all in peace, the LORD hath not spoken by me. And he said, Hearken, O people, every one of you. -- 1 kings 22:28 +. +So the king of Israel and Jehoshaphat the king of Judah went up to Ramothgilead. -- 1 kings 22:29 +. +And the king of Israel said unto Jehoshaphat, I will disguise myself, and enter into the battle; but put thou on thy robes. And the king of Israel disguised himself, and went into the battle. -- 1 kings 22:30 +. +But the king of Syria commanded his thirty and two captains that had rule over his chariots, saying, Fight neither with small nor great, save only with the king of Israel. -- 1 kings 22:31 +. +And it came to pass, when the captains of the chariots saw Jehoshaphat, that they said, Surely it is the king of Israel. And they turned aside to fight against him: and Jehoshaphat cried out. -- 1 kings 22:32 +. +And it came to pass, when the captains of the chariots perceived that it was not the king of Israel, that they turned back from pursuing him. -- 1 kings 22:33 +. +And a certain man drew a bow at a venture, and smote the king of Israel between the joints of the harness: wherefore he said unto the driver of his chariot, Turn thine hand, and carry me out of the host; for I am wounded. -- 1 kings 22:34 +. +And the battle increased that day: and the king was stayed up in his chariot against the Syrians, and died at even: and the blood ran out of the wound into the midst of the chariot. -- 1 kings 22:35 +. +And there went a proclamation throughout the host about the going down of the sun, saying, Every man to his city, and every man to his own country. -- 1 kings 22:36 +. +So the king died, and was brought to Samaria; and they buried the king in Samaria. -- 1 kings 22:37 +. +And one washed the chariot in the pool of Samaria; and the dogs licked up his blood; and they washed his armor; according unto the word of the LORD which he spake. -- 1 kings 22:38 +. +Now the rest of the acts of Ahab, and all that he did, and the ivory house which he made, and all the cities that he built, are they not written in the book of the chronicles of the kings of Israel? -- 1 kings 22:39 +. +So Ahab slept with his fathers; and Ahaziah his son reigned in his stead. -- 1 kings 22:40 +. +And Jehoshaphat the son of Asa began to reign over Judah in the fourth year of Ahab king of Israel. -- 1 kings 22:41 +. +Jehoshaphat was thirty and five years old when he began to reign; and he reigned twenty and five years in Jerusalem. And his mother's name was Azubah the daughter of Shilhi. -- 1 kings 22:42 +. +And he walked in all the ways of Asa his father; he turned not aside from it, doing that which was right in the eyes of the LORD: nevertheless the high places were not taken away; for the people offered and burnt incense yet in the high places. -- 1 kings 22:43 +. +And Jehoshaphat made peace with the king of Israel. -- 1 kings 22:44 +. +Now the rest of the acts of Jehoshaphat, and his might that he showed, and how he warred, are they not written in the book of the chronicles of the kings of Judah? -- 1 kings 22:45 +. +And the remnant of the sodomites, which remained in the days of his father Asa, he took out of the land. -- 1 kings 22:46 +. +There was then no king in Edom: a deputy was king. -- 1 kings 22:47 +. +Jehoshaphat made ships of Tharshish to go to Ophir for gold: but they went not; for the ships were broken at Eziongeber. -- 1 kings 22:48 +. +Then said Ahaziah the son of Ahab unto Jehoshaphat, Let my servants go with thy servants in the ships. But Jehoshaphat would not. -- 1 kings 22:49 +. +And Jehoshaphat slept with his fathers, and was buried with his fathers in the city of David his father: and Jehoram his son reigned in his stead. -- 1 kings 22:50 +. +Ahaziah the son of Ahab began to reign over Israel in Samaria the seventeenth year of Jehoshaphat king of Judah, and reigned two years over Israel. -- 1 kings 22:51 +. +And he did evil in the sight of the LORD, and walked in the way of his father, and in the way of his mother, and in the way of Jeroboam the son of Nebat, who made Israel to sin: -- 1 kings 22:52 +. +For he served Baal, and worshipped him, and provoked to anger the LORD God of Israel, according to all that his father had done. -- 1 kings 22:53 +. +Then Moab rebelled against Israel after the death of Ahab. -- 2 kings 1:1 +. +And Ahaziah fell down through a lattice in his upper chamber that was in Samaria, and was sick: and he sent messengers, and said unto them, Go, enquire of Baalzebub the god of Ekron whether I shall recover of this disease. -- 2 kings 1:2 +. +But the angel of the LORD said to Elijah the Tishbite, Arise, go up to meet the messengers of the king of Samaria, and say unto them, Is it not because there is not a God in Israel, that ye go to enquire of Baalzebub the god of Ekron? -- 2 kings 1:3 +. +Now therefore thus saith the LORD, Thou shalt not come down from that bed on which thou art gone up, but shalt surely die. And Elijah departed. -- 2 kings 1:4 +. +And when the messengers turned back unto him, he said unto them, Why are ye now turned back? -- 2 kings 1:5 +. +And they said unto him, There came a man up to meet us, and said unto us, Go, turn again unto the king that sent you, and say unto him, Thus saith the LORD, Is it not because there is not a God in Israel, that thou sendest to enquire of Baalzebub the god of Ekron? therefore thou shalt not come down from that bed on which thou art gone up, but shalt surely die. -- 2 kings 1:6 +. +And he said unto them, What manner of man was he which came up to meet you, and told you these words? -- 2 kings 1:7 +. +And they answered him, He was an hairy man, and girt with a girdle of leather about his loins. And he said, It is Elijah the Tishbite. -- 2 kings 1:8 +. +Then the king sent unto him a captain of fifty with his fifty. And he went up to him: and, behold, he sat on the top of an hill. And he spake unto him, Thou man of God, the king hath said, Come down. -- 2 kings 1:9 +. +And Elijah answered and said to the captain of fifty, If I be a man of God, then let fire come down from heaven, and consume thee and thy fifty. And there came down fire from heaven, and consumed him and his fifty. -- 2 kings 1:10 +. +Again also he sent unto him another captain of fifty with his fifty. And he answered and said unto him, O man of God, thus hath the king said, Come down quickly. -- 2 kings 1:11 +. +And Elijah answered and said unto them, If I be a man of God, let fire come down from heaven, and consume thee and thy fifty. And the fire of God came down from heaven, and consumed him and his fifty. -- 2 kings 1:12 +. +And he sent again a captain of the third fifty with his fifty. And the third captain of fifty went up, and came and fell on his knees before Elijah, and besought him, and said unto him, O man of God, I pray thee, let my life, and the life of these fifty thy servants, be precious in thy sight. -- 2 kings 1:13 +. +Behold, there came fire down from heaven, and burnt up the two captains of the former fifties with their fifties: therefore let my life now be precious in thy sight. -- 2 kings 1:14 +. +And the angel of the LORD said unto Elijah, Go down with him: be not afraid of him. And he arose, and went down with him unto the king. -- 2 kings 1:15 +. +And he said unto him, Thus saith the LORD, Forasmuch as thou hast sent messengers to enquire of Baalzebub the god of Ekron, is it not because there is no God in Israel to enquire of his word? therefore thou shalt not come down off that bed on which thou art gone up, but shalt surely die. -- 2 kings 1:16 +. +So he died according to the word of the LORD which Elijah had spoken. And Jehoram reigned in his stead in the second year of Jehoram the son of Jehoshaphat king of Judah; because he had no son. -- 2 kings 1:17 +. +Now the rest of the acts of Ahaziah which he did, are they not written in the book of the chronicles of the kings of Israel? -- 2 kings 1:18 +. +And it came to pass, when the LORD would take up Elijah into heaven by a whirlwind, that Elijah went with Elisha from Gilgal. -- 2 kings 2:1 +. +And Elijah said unto Elisha, Tarry here, I pray thee; for the LORD hath sent me to Bethel. And Elisha said unto him, As the LORD liveth, and as thy soul liveth, I will not leave thee. So they went down to Bethel. -- 2 kings 2:2 +. +And the sons of the prophets that were at Bethel came forth to Elisha, and said unto him, Knowest thou that the LORD will take away thy master from thy head to day? And he said, Yea, I know it; hold ye your peace. -- 2 kings 2:3 +. +And Elijah said unto him, Elisha, tarry here, I pray thee; for the LORD hath sent me to Jericho. And he said, As the LORD liveth, and as thy soul liveth, I will not leave thee. So they came to Jericho. -- 2 kings 2:4 +. +And the sons of the prophets that were at Jericho came to Elisha, and said unto him, Knowest thou that the LORD will take away thy master from thy head to day? And he answered, Yea, I know it; hold ye your peace. -- 2 kings 2:5 +. +And Elijah said unto him, Tarry, I pray thee, here; for the LORD hath sent me to Jordan. And he said, As the LORD liveth, and as thy soul liveth, I will not leave thee. And they two went on. -- 2 kings 2:6 +. +And fifty men of the sons of the prophets went, and stood to view afar off: and they two stood by Jordan. -- 2 kings 2:7 +. +And Elijah took his mantle, and wrapped it together, and smote the waters, and they were divided hither and thither, so that they two went over on dry ground. -- 2 kings 2:8 +. +And it came to pass, when they were gone over, that Elijah said unto Elisha, Ask what I shall do for thee, before I be taken away from thee. And Elisha said, I pray thee, let a double portion of thy spirit be upon me. -- 2 kings 2:9 +. +And he said, Thou hast asked a hard thing: nevertheless, if thou see me when I am taken from thee, it shall be so unto thee; but if not, it shall not be so. -- 2 kings 2:10 +. +And it came to pass, as they still went on, and talked, that, behold, there appeared a chariot of fire, and horses of fire, and parted them both asunder; and Elijah went up by a whirlwind into heaven. -- 2 kings 2:11 +. +And Elisha saw it, and he cried, My father, my father, the chariot of Israel, and the horsemen thereof. And he saw him no more: and he took hold of his own clothes, and rent them in two pieces. -- 2 kings 2:12 +. +He took up also the mantle of Elijah that fell from him, and went back, and stood by the bank of Jordan; -- 2 kings 2:13 +. +And he took the mantle of Elijah that fell from him, and smote the waters, and said, Where is the LORD God of Elijah? and when he also had smitten the waters, they parted hither and thither: and Elisha went over. -- 2 kings 2:14 +. +And when the sons of the prophets which were to view at Jericho saw him, they said, The spirit of Elijah doth rest on Elisha. And they came to meet him, and bowed themselves to the ground before him. -- 2 kings 2:15 +. +And they said unto him, Behold now, there be with thy servants fifty strong men; let them go, we pray thee, and seek thy master: lest peradventure the Spirit of the LORD hath taken him up, and cast him upon some mountain, or into some valley. And he said, Ye shall not send. -- 2 kings 2:16 +. +And when they urged him till he was ashamed, he said, Send. They sent therefore fifty men; and they sought three days, but found him not. -- 2 kings 2:17 +. +And when they came again to him, (for he tarried at Jericho,) he said unto them, Did I not say unto you, Go not? -- 2 kings 2:18 +. +And the men of the city said unto Elisha, Behold, I pray thee, the situation of this city is pleasant, as my lord seeth: but the water is naught, and the ground barren. -- 2 kings 2:19 +. +And he said, Bring me a new cruse, and put salt therein. And they brought it to him. -- 2 kings 2:20 +. +And he went forth unto the spring of the waters, and cast the salt in there, and said, Thus saith the LORD, I have healed these waters; there shall not be from thence any more death or barren land. -- 2 kings 2:21 +. +So the waters were healed unto this day, according to the saying of Elisha which he spake. -- 2 kings 2:22 +. +And he went up from thence unto Bethel: and as he was going up by the way, there came forth little children out of the city, and mocked him, and said unto him, Go up, thou bald head; go up, thou bald head. -- 2 kings 2:23 +. +And he turned back, and looked on them, and cursed them in the name of the LORD. And there came forth two she bears out of the wood, and tare forty and two children of them. -- 2 kings 2:24 +. +And he went from thence to mount Carmel, and from thence he returned to Samaria. -- 2 kings 2:25 +. +Now Jehoram the son of Ahab began to reign over Israel in Samaria the eighteenth year of Jehoshaphat king of Judah, and reigned twelve years. -- 2 kings 3:1 +. +And he wrought evil in the sight of the LORD; but not like his father, and like his mother: for he put away the image of Baal that his father had made. -- 2 kings 3:2 +. +Nevertheless he cleaved unto the sins of Jeroboam the son of Nebat, which made Israel to sin; he departed not therefrom. -- 2 kings 3:3 +. +And Mesha king of Moab was a sheepmaster, and rendered unto the king of Israel an hundred thousand lambs, and an hundred thousand rams, with the wool. -- 2 kings 3:4 +. +But it came to pass, when Ahab was dead, that the king of Moab rebelled against the king of Israel. -- 2 kings 3:5 +. +And king Jehoram went out of Samaria the same time, and numbered all Israel. -- 2 kings 3:6 +. +And he went and sent to Jehoshaphat the king of Judah, saying, The king of Moab hath rebelled against me: wilt thou go with me against Moab to battle? And he said, I will go up: I am as thou art, my people as thy people, and my horses as thy horses. -- 2 kings 3:7 +. +And he said, Which way shall we go up? And he answered, The way through the wilderness of Edom. -- 2 kings 3:8 +. +So the king of Israel went, and the king of Judah, and the king of Edom: and they fetched a compass of seven days' journey: and there was no water for the host, and for the cattle that followed them. -- 2 kings 3:9 +. +And the king of Israel said, Alas! that the LORD hath called these three kings together, to deliver them into the hand of Moab! -- 2 kings 3:10 +. +But Jehoshaphat said, Is there not here a prophet of the LORD, that we may enquire of the LORD by him? And one of the king of Israel's servants answered and said, Here is Elisha the son of Shaphat, which poured water on the hands of Elijah. -- 2 kings 3:11 +. +And Jehoshaphat said, The word of the LORD is with him. So the king of Israel and Jehoshaphat and the king of Edom went down to him. -- 2 kings 3:12 +. +And Elisha said unto the king of Israel, What have I to do with thee? get thee to the prophets of thy father, and to the prophets of thy mother. And the king of Israel said unto him, Nay: for the LORD hath called these three kings together, to deliver them into the hand of Moab. -- 2 kings 3:13 +. +And Elisha said, As the LORD of hosts liveth, before whom I stand, surely, were it not that I regard the presence of Jehoshaphat the king of Judah, I would not look toward thee, nor see thee. -- 2 kings 3:14 +. +But now bring me a minstrel. And it came to pass, when the minstrel played, that the hand of the LORD came upon him. -- 2 kings 3:15 +. +And he said, Thus saith the LORD, Make this valley full of ditches. -- 2 kings 3:16 +. +For thus saith the LORD, Ye shall not see wind, neither shall ye see rain; yet that valley shall be filled with water, that ye may drink, both ye, and your cattle, and your beasts. -- 2 kings 3:17 +. +And this is but a light thing in the sight of the LORD: he will deliver the Moabites also into your hand. -- 2 kings 3:18 +. +And ye shall smite every fenced city, and every choice city, and shall fell every good tree, and stop all wells of water, and mar every good piece of land with stones. -- 2 kings 3:19 +. +And it came to pass in the morning, when the meat offering was offered, that, behold, there came water by the way of Edom, and the country was filled with water. -- 2 kings 3:20 +. +And when all the Moabites heard that the kings were come up to fight against them, they gathered all that were able to put on armor, and upward, and stood in the border. -- 2 kings 3:21 +. +And they rose up early in the morning, and the sun shone upon the water, and the Moabites saw the water on the other side as red as blood: -- 2 kings 3:22 +. +And they said, This is blood: the kings are surely slain, and they have smitten one another: now therefore, Moab, to the spoil. -- 2 kings 3:23 +. +And when they came to the camp of Israel, the Israelites rose up and smote the Moabites, so that they fled before them: but they went forward smiting the Moabites, even in their country. -- 2 kings 3:24 +. +And they beat down the cities, and on every good piece of land cast every man his stone, and filled it; and they stopped all the wells of water, and felled all the good trees: only in Kirharaseth left they the stones thereof; howbeit the slingers went about it, and smote it. -- 2 kings 3:25 +. +And when the king of Moab saw that the battle was too sore for him, he took with him seven hundred men that drew swords, to break through even unto the king of Edom: but they could not. -- 2 kings 3:26 +. +Then he took his eldest son that should have reigned in his stead, and offered him for a burnt offering upon the wall. And there was great indignation against Israel: and they departed from him, and returned to their own land. -- 2 kings 3:27 +. +Now there cried a certain woman of the wives of the sons of the prophets unto Elisha, saying, Thy servant my husband is dead; and thou knowest that thy servant did fear the LORD: and the creditor is come to take unto him my two sons to be bondmen. -- 2 kings 4:1 +. +And Elisha said unto her, What shall I do for thee? tell me, what hast thou in the house? And she said, Thine handmaid hath not any thing in the house, save a pot of oil. -- 2 kings 4:2 +. +Then he said, Go, borrow thee vessels abroad of all thy neighbors, even empty vessels; borrow not a few. -- 2 kings 4:3 +. +And when thou art come in, thou shalt shut the door upon thee and upon thy sons, and shalt pour out into all those vessels, and thou shalt set aside that which is full. -- 2 kings 4:4 +. +So she went from him, and shut the door upon her and upon her sons, who brought the vessels to her; and she poured out. -- 2 kings 4:5 +. +And it came to pass, when the vessels were full, that she said unto her son, Bring me yet a vessel. And he said unto her, There is not a vessel more. And the oil stayed. -- 2 kings 4:6 +. +Then she came and told the man of God. And he said, Go, sell the oil, and pay thy debt, and live thou and thy children of the rest. -- 2 kings 4:7 +. +And it fell on a day, that Elisha passed to Shunem, where was a great woman; and she constrained him to eat bread. And so it was, that as oft as he passed by, he turned in thither to eat bread. -- 2 kings 4:8 +. +And she said unto her husband, Behold now, I perceive that this is an holy man of God, which passeth by us continually. -- 2 kings 4:9 +. +Let us make a little chamber, I pray thee, on the wall; and let us set for him there a bed, and a table, and a stool, and a candlestick: and it shall be, when he cometh to us, that he shall turn in thither. -- 2 kings 4:10 +. +And it fell on a day, that he came thither, and he turned into the chamber, and lay there. -- 2 kings 4:11 +. +And he said to Gehazi his servant, Call this Shunammite. And when he had called her, she stood before him. -- 2 kings 4:12 +. +And he said unto him, Say now unto her, Behold, thou hast been careful for us with all this care; what is to be done for thee? wouldest thou be spoken for to the king, or to the captain of the host? And she answered, I dwell among mine own people. -- 2 kings 4:13 +. +And he said, What then is to be done for her? And Gehazi answered, Verily she hath no child, and her husband is old. -- 2 kings 4:14 +. +And he said, Call her. And when he had called her, she stood in the door. -- 2 kings 4:15 +. +And he said, About this season, according to the time of life, thou shalt embrace a son. And she said, Nay, my lord, thou man of God, do not lie unto thine handmaid. -- 2 kings 4:16 +. +And the woman conceived, and bare a son at that season that Elisha had said unto her, according to the time of life. -- 2 kings 4:17 +. +And when the child was grown, it fell on a day, that he went out to his father to the reapers. -- 2 kings 4:18 +. +And he said unto his father, My head, my head. And he said to a lad, Carry him to his mother. -- 2 kings 4:19 +. +And when he had taken him, and brought him to his mother, he sat on her knees till noon, and then died. -- 2 kings 4:20 +. +And she went up, and laid him on the bed of the man of God, and shut the door upon him, and went out. -- 2 kings 4:21 +. +And she called unto her husband, and said, Send me, I pray thee, one of the young men, and one of the asses, that I may run to the man of God, and come again. -- 2 kings 4:22 +. +And he said, Wherefore wilt thou go to him to day? it is neither new moon, nor sabbath. And she said, It shall be well. -- 2 kings 4:23 +. +Then she saddled an ass, and said to her servant, Drive, and go forward; slack not thy riding for me, except I bid thee. -- 2 kings 4:24 +. +So she went and came unto the man of God to mount Carmel. And it came to pass, when the man of God saw her afar off, that he said to Gehazi his servant, Behold, yonder is that Shunammite: -- 2 kings 4:25 +. +Run now, I pray thee, to meet her, and say unto her, Is it well with thee? is it well with thy husband? is it well with the child? And she answered, It is well: -- 2 kings 4:26 +. +And when she came to the man of God to the hill, she caught him by the feet: but Gehazi came near to thrust her away. And the man of God said, Let her alone; for her soul is vexed within her: and the LORD hath hid it from me, and hath not told me. -- 2 kings 4:27 +. +Then she said, Did I desire a son of my lord? did I not say, Do not deceive me? -- 2 kings 4:28 +. +Then he said to Gehazi, Gird up thy loins, and take my staff in thine hand, and go thy way: if thou meet any man, salute him not; and if any salute thee, answer him not again: and lay my staff upon the face of the child. -- 2 kings 4:29 +. +And the mother of the child said, As the LORD liveth, and as thy soul liveth, I will not leave thee. And he arose, and followed her. -- 2 kings 4:30 +. +And Gehazi passed on before them, and laid the staff upon the face of the child; but there was neither voice, nor hearing. Wherefore he went again to meet him, and told him, saying, The child is not awaked. -- 2 kings 4:31 +. +And when Elisha was come into the house, behold, the child was dead, and laid upon his bed. -- 2 kings 4:32 +. +He went in therefore, and shut the door upon them twain, and prayed unto the LORD. -- 2 kings 4:33 +. +And he went up, and lay upon the child, and put his mouth upon his mouth, and his eyes upon his eyes, and his hands upon his hands: and stretched himself upon the child; and the flesh of the child waxed warm. -- 2 kings 4:34 +. +Then he returned, and walked in the house to and fro; and went up, and stretched himself upon him: and the child sneezed seven times, and the child opened his eyes. -- 2 kings 4:35 +. +And he called Gehazi, and said, Call this Shunammite. So he called her. And when she was come in unto him, he said, Take up thy son. -- 2 kings 4:36 +. +Then she went in, and fell at his feet, and bowed herself to the ground, and took up her son, and went out. -- 2 kings 4:37 +. +And Elisha came again to Gilgal: and there was a dearth in the land; and the sons of the prophets were sitting before him: and he said unto his servant, Set on the great pot, and seethe pottage for the sons of the prophets. -- 2 kings 4:38 +. +And one went out into the field to gather herbs, and found a wild vine, and gathered thereof wild gourds his lap full, and came and shred them into the pot of pottage: for they knew them not. -- 2 kings 4:39 +. +So they poured out for the men to eat. And it came to pass, as they were eating of the pottage, that they cried out, and said, O thou man of God, there is death in the pot. And they could not eat thereof. -- 2 kings 4:40 +. +But he said, Then bring meal. And he cast it into the pot; and he said, Pour out for the people, that they may eat. And there was no harm in the pot. -- 2 kings 4:41 +. +And there came a man from Baalshalisha, and brought the man of God bread of the firstfruits, twenty loaves of barley, and full ears of corn in the husk thereof. And he said, Give unto the people, that they may eat. -- 2 kings 4:42 +. +And his servitor said, What, should I set this before an hundred men? He said again, Give the people, that they may eat: for thus saith the LORD, They shall eat, and shall leave thereof. -- 2 kings 4:43 +. +So he set it before them, and they did eat, and left thereof, according to the word of the LORD. -- 2 kings 4:44 +. +Now Naaman, captain of the host of the king of Syria, was a great man with his master, and honorable, because by him the LORD had given deliverance unto Syria: he was also a mighty man in valor, but he was a leper. -- 2 kings 5:1 +. +And the Syrians had gone out by companies, and had brought away captive out of the land of Israel a little maid; and she waited on Naaman's wife. -- 2 kings 5:2 +. +And she said unto her mistress, Would God my lord were with the prophet that is in Samaria! for he would recover him of his leprosy. -- 2 kings 5:3 +. +And one went in, and told his lord, saying, Thus and thus said the maid that is of the land of Israel. -- 2 kings 5:4 +. +And the king of Syria said, Go to, go, and I will send a letter unto the king of Israel. And he departed, and took with him ten talents of silver, and six thousand pieces of gold, and ten changes of raiment. -- 2 kings 5:5 +. +And he brought the letter to the king of Israel, saying, Now when this letter is come unto thee, behold, I have therewith sent Naaman my servant to thee, that thou mayest recover him of his leprosy. -- 2 kings 5:6 +. +And it came to pass, when the king of Israel had read the letter, that he rent his clothes, and said, Am I God, to kill and to make alive, that this man doth send unto me to recover a man of his leprosy? wherefore consider, I pray you, and see how he seeketh a quarrel against me. -- 2 kings 5:7 +. +And it was so, when Elisha the man of God had heard that the king of Israel had rent his clothes, that he sent to the king, saying, Wherefore hast thou rent thy clothes? let him come now to me, and he shall know that there is a prophet in Israel. -- 2 kings 5:8 +. +So Naaman came with his horses and with his chariot, and stood at the door of the house of Elisha. -- 2 kings 5:9 +. +And Elisha sent a messenger unto him, saying, Go and wash in Jordan seven times, and thy flesh shall come again to thee, and thou shalt be clean. -- 2 kings 5:10 +. +But Naaman was wroth, and went away, and said, Behold, I thought, He will surely come out to me, and stand, and call on the name of the LORD his God, and strike his hand over the place, and recover the leper. -- 2 kings 5:11 +. +Are not Abana and Pharpar, rivers of Damascus, better than all the waters of Israel? may I not wash in them, and be clean? So he turned and went away in a rage. -- 2 kings 5:12 +. +And his servants came near, and spake unto him, and said, My father, if the prophet had bid thee do some great thing, wouldest thou not have done it? how much rather then, when he saith to thee, Wash, and be clean? -- 2 kings 5:13 +. +Then went he down, and dipped himself seven times in Jordan, according to the saying of the man of God: and his flesh came again like unto the flesh of a little child, and he was clean. -- 2 kings 5:14 +. +And he returned to the man of God, he and all his company, and came, and stood before him: and he said, Behold, now I know that there is no God in all the earth, but in Israel: now therefore, I pray thee, take a blessing of thy servant. -- 2 kings 5:15 +. +But he said, As the LORD liveth, before whom I stand, I will receive none. And he urged him to take it; but he refused. -- 2 kings 5:16 +. +And Naaman said, Shall there not then, I pray thee, be given to thy servant two mules' burden of earth? for thy servant will henceforth offer neither burnt offering nor sacrifice unto other gods, but unto the LORD. -- 2 kings 5:17 +. +In this thing the LORD pardon thy servant, that when my master goeth into the house of Rimmon to worship there, and he leaneth on my hand, and I bow myself in the house of Rimmon: when I bow down myself in the house of Rimmon, the LORD pardon thy servant in this thing. -- 2 kings 5:18 +. +And he said unto him, Go in peace. So he departed from him a little way. -- 2 kings 5:19 +. +But Gehazi, the servant of Elisha the man of God, said, Behold, my master hath spared Naaman this Syrian, in not receiving at his hands that which he brought: but, as the LORD liveth, I will run after him, and take somewhat of him. -- 2 kings 5:20 +. +So Gehazi followed after Naaman. And when Naaman saw him running after him, he lighted down from the chariot to meet him, and said, Is all well? -- 2 kings 5:21 +. +And he said, All is well. My master hath sent me, saying, Behold, even now there be come to me from mount Ephraim two young men of the sons of the prophets: give them, I pray thee, a talent of silver, and two changes of garments. -- 2 kings 5:22 +. +And Naaman said, Be content, take two talents. And he urged him, and bound two talents of silver in two bags, with two changes of garments, and laid them upon two of his servants; and they bare them before him. -- 2 kings 5:23 +. +And when he came to the tower, he took them from their hand, and bestowed them in the house: and he let the men go, and they departed. -- 2 kings 5:24 +. +But he went in, and stood before his master. And Elisha said unto him, Whence comest thou, Gehazi? And he said, Thy servant went no whither. -- 2 kings 5:25 +. +And he said unto him, Went not mine heart with thee, when the man turned again from his chariot to meet thee? Is it a time to receive money, and to receive garments, and oliveyards, and vineyards, and sheep, and oxen, and menservants, and maidservants? -- 2 kings 5:26 +. +The leprosy therefore of Naaman shall cleave unto thee, and unto thy seed for ever. And he went out from his presence a leper as white as snow. -- 2 kings 5:27 +. +And the sons of the prophets said unto Elisha, Behold now, the place where we dwell with thee is too strait for us. -- 2 kings 6:1 +. +Let us go, we pray thee, unto Jordan, and take thence every man a beam, and let us make us a place there, where we may dwell. And he answered, Go ye. -- 2 kings 6:2 +. +And one said, Be content, I pray thee, and go with thy servants. And he answered, I will go. -- 2 kings 6:3 +. +So he went with them. And when they came to Jordan, they cut down wood. -- 2 kings 6:4 +. +But as one was felling a beam, the axe head fell into the water: and he cried, and said, Alas, master! for it was borrowed. -- 2 kings 6:5 +. +And the man of God said, Where fell it? And he showed him the place. And he cut down a stick, and cast it in thither; and the iron did swim. -- 2 kings 6:6 +. +Therefore said he, Take it up to thee. And he put out his hand, and took it. -- 2 kings 6:7 +. +Then the king of Syria warred against Israel, and took counsel with his servants, saying, In such and such a place shall be my camp. -- 2 kings 6:8 +. +And the man of God sent unto the king of Israel, saying, Beware that thou pass not such a place; for thither the Syrians are come down. -- 2 kings 6:9 +. +And the king of Israel sent to the place which the man of God told him and warned him of, and saved himself there, not once nor twice. -- 2 kings 6:10 +. +Therefore the heart of the king of Syria was sore troubled for this thing; and he called his servants, and said unto them, Will ye not show me which of us is for the king of Israel? -- 2 kings 6:11 +. +And one of his servants said, None, my lord, O king: but Elisha, the prophet that is in Israel, telleth the king of Israel the words that thou speakest in thy bedchamber. -- 2 kings 6:12 +. +And he said, Go and spy where he is, that I may send and fetch him. And it was told him, saying, Behold, he is in Dothan. -- 2 kings 6:13 +. +Therefore sent he thither horses, and chariots, and a great host: and they came by night, and compassed the city about. -- 2 kings 6:14 +. +And when the servant of the man of God was risen early, and gone forth, behold, an host compassed the city both with horses and chariots. And his servant said unto him, Alas, my master! how shall we do? -- 2 kings 6:15 +. +And he answered, Fear not: for they that be with us are more than they that be with them. -- 2 kings 6:16 +. +And Elisha prayed, and said, LORD, I pray thee, open his eyes, that he may see. And the LORD opened the eyes of the young man; and he saw: and, behold, the mountain was full of horses and chariots of fire round about Elisha. -- 2 kings 6:17 +. +And when they came down to him, Elisha prayed unto the LORD, and said, Smite this people, I pray thee, with blindness. And he smote them with blindness according to the word of Elisha. -- 2 kings 6:18 +. +And Elisha said unto them, This is not the way, neither is this the city: follow me, and I will bring you to the man whom ye seek. But he led them to Samaria. -- 2 kings 6:19 +. +And it came to pass, when they were come into Samaria, that Elisha said, LORD, open the eyes of these men, that they may see. And the LORD opened their eyes, and they saw; and, behold, they were in the midst of Samaria. -- 2 kings 6:20 +. +And the king of Israel said unto Elisha, when he saw them, My father, shall I smite them? shall I smite them? -- 2 kings 6:21 +. +And he answered, Thou shalt not smite them: wouldest thou smite those whom thou hast taken captive with thy sword and with thy bow? set bread and water before them, that they may eat and drink, and go to their master. -- 2 kings 6:22 +. +And he prepared great provision for them: and when they had eaten and drunk, he sent them away, and they went to their master. So the bands of Syria came no more into the land of Israel. -- 2 kings 6:23 +. +And it came to pass after this, that Benhadad king of Syria gathered all his host, and went up, and besieged Samaria. -- 2 kings 6:24 +. +And there was a great famine in Samaria: and, behold, they besieged it, until an ass's head was sold for fourscore pieces of silver, and the fourth part of a cab of dove's dung for five pieces of silver. -- 2 kings 6:25 +. +And as the king of Israel was passing by upon the wall, there cried a woman unto him, saying, Help, my lord, O king. -- 2 kings 6:26 +. +And he said, If the LORD do not help thee, whence shall I help thee? out of the barnfloor, or out of the winepress? -- 2 kings 6:27 +. +And the king said unto her, What aileth thee? And she answered, This woman said unto me, Give thy son, that we may eat him to day, and we will eat my son to morrow. -- 2 kings 6:28 +. +So we boiled my son, and did eat him: and I said unto her on the next day, Give thy son, that we may eat him: and she hath hid her son. -- 2 kings 6:29 +. +And it came to pass, when the king heard the words of the woman, that he rent his clothes; and he passed by upon the wall, and the people looked, and, behold, he had sackcloth within upon his flesh. -- 2 kings 6:30 +. +Then he said, God do so and more also to me, if the head of Elisha the son of Shaphat shall stand on him this day. -- 2 kings 6:31 +. +But Elisha sat in his house, and the elders sat with him; and the king sent a man from before him: but ere the messenger came to him, he said to the elders, See ye how this son of a murderer hath sent to take away mine head? look, when the messenger cometh, shut the door, and hold him fast at the door: is not the sound of his master's feet behind him? -- 2 kings 6:32 +. +And while he yet talked with them, behold, the messenger came down unto him: and he said, Behold, this evil is of the LORD; what should I wait for the LORD any longer? -- 2 kings 6:33 +. +Then Elisha said, Hear ye the word of the LORD; Thus saith the LORD, To morrow about this time shall a measure of fine flour be sold for a shekel, and two measures of barley for a shekel, in the gate of Samaria. -- 2 kings 7:1 +. +Then a lord on whose hand the king leaned answered the man of God, and said, Behold, if the LORD would make windows in heaven, might this thing be? And he said, Behold, thou shalt see it with thine eyes, but shalt not eat thereof. -- 2 kings 7:2 +. +And there were four leprous men at the entering in of the gate: and they said one to another, Why sit we here until we die? -- 2 kings 7:3 +. +If we say, We will enter into the city, then the famine is in the city, and we shall die there: and if we sit still here, we die also. Now therefore come, and let us fall unto the host of the Syrians: if they save us alive, we shall live; and if they kill us, we shall but die. -- 2 kings 7:4 +. +And they rose up in the twilight, to go unto the camp of the Syrians: and when they were come to the uttermost part of the camp of Syria, behold, there was no man there. -- 2 kings 7:5 +. +For the LORD had made the host of the Syrians to hear a noise of chariots, and a noise of horses, even the noise of a great host: and they said one to another, Lo, the king of Israel hath hired against us the kings of the Hittites, and the kings of the Egyptians, to come upon us. -- 2 kings 7:6 +. +Wherefore they arose and fled in the twilight, and left their tents, and their horses, and their asses, even the camp as it was, and fled for their life. -- 2 kings 7:7 +. +And when these lepers came to the uttermost part of the camp, they went into one tent, and did eat and drink, and carried thence silver, and gold, and raiment, and went and hid it; and came again, and entered into another tent, and carried thence also, and went and hid it. -- 2 kings 7:8 +. +Then they said one to another, We do not well: this day is a day of good tidings, and we hold our peace: if we tarry till the morning light, some mischief will come upon us: now therefore come, that we may go and tell the king's household. -- 2 kings 7:9 +. +So they came and called unto the porter of the city: and they told them, saying, We came to the camp of the Syrians, and, behold, there was no man there, neither voice of man, but horses tied, and asses tied, and the tents as they were. -- 2 kings 7:10 +. +And he called the porters; and they told it to the king's house within. -- 2 kings 7:11 +. +And the king arose in the night, and said unto his servants, I will now show you what the Syrians have done to us. They know that we be hungry; therefore are they gone out of the camp to hide themselves in the field, saying, When they come out of the city, we shall catch them alive, and get into the city. -- 2 kings 7:12 +. +And one of his servants answered and said, Let some take, I pray thee, five of the horses that remain, which are left in the city, (behold, they are as all the multitude of Israel that are left in it: behold, I say, they are even as all the multitude of the Israelites that are consumed:) and let us send and see. -- 2 kings 7:13 +. +They took therefore two chariot horses; and the king sent after the host of the Syrians, saying, Go and see. -- 2 kings 7:14 +. +And they went after them unto Jordan: and, lo, all the way was full of garments and vessels, which the Syrians had cast away in their haste. And the messengers returned, and told the king. -- 2 kings 7:15 +. +And the people went out, and spoiled the tents of the Syrians. So a measure of fine flour was sold for a shekel, and two measures of barley for a shekel, according to the word of the LORD. -- 2 kings 7:16 +. +And the king appointed the lord on whose hand he leaned to have the charge of the gate: and the people trode upon him in the gate, and he died, as the man of God had said, who spake when the king came down to him. -- 2 kings 7:17 +. +And it came to pass as the man of God had spoken to the king, saying, Two measures of barley for a shekel, and a measure of fine flour for a shekel, shall be to morrow about this time in the gate of Samaria: -- 2 kings 7:18 +. +And that lord answered the man of God, and said, Now, behold, if the LORD should make windows in heaven, might such a thing be? And he said, Behold, thou shalt see it with thine eyes, but shalt not eat thereof. -- 2 kings 7:19 +. +And so it fell out unto him: for the people trode upon him in the gate, and he died. -- 2 kings 7:20 +. +Then spake Elisha unto the woman, whose son he had restored to life, saying, Arise, and go thou and thine household, and sojourn wheresoever thou canst sojourn: for the LORD hath called for a famine; and it shall also come upon the land seven years. -- 2 kings 8:1 +. +And the woman arose, and did after the saying of the man of God: and she went with her household, and sojourned in the land of the Philistines seven years. -- 2 kings 8:2 +. +And it came to pass at the seven years' end, that the woman returned out of the land of the Philistines: and she went forth to cry unto the king for her house and for her land. -- 2 kings 8:3 +. +And the king talked with Gehazi the servant of the man of God, saying, Tell me, I pray thee, all the great things that Elisha hath done. -- 2 kings 8:4 +. +And it came to pass, as he was telling the king how he had restored a dead body to life, that, behold, the woman, whose son he had restored to life, cried to the king for her house and for her land. And Gehazi said, My lord, O king, this is the woman, and this is her son, whom Elisha restored to life. -- 2 kings 8:5 +. +And when the king asked the woman, she told him. So the king appointed unto her a certain officer, saying, Restore all that was hers, and all the fruits of the field since the day that she left the land, even until now. -- 2 kings 8:6 +. +And Elisha came to Damascus; and Benhadad the king of Syria was sick; and it was told him, saying, The man of God is come hither. -- 2 kings 8:7 +. +And the king said unto Hazael, Take a present in thine hand, and go, meet the man of God, and enquire of the LORD by him, saying, Shall I recover of this disease? -- 2 kings 8:8 +. +So Hazael went to meet him, and took a present with him, even of every good thing of Damascus, forty camels' burden, and came and stood before him, and said, Thy son Benhadad king of Syria hath sent me to thee, saying, Shall I recover of this disease? -- 2 kings 8:9 +. +And Elisha said unto him, Go, say unto him, Thou mayest certainly recover: howbeit the LORD hath showed me that he shall surely die. -- 2 kings 8:10 +. +And he settled his countenance stedfastly, until he was ashamed: and the man of God wept. -- 2 kings 8:11 +. +And Hazael said, Why weepeth my lord? And he answered, Because I know the evil that thou wilt do unto the children of Israel: their strong holds wilt thou set on fire, and their young men wilt thou slay with the sword, and wilt dash their children, and rip up their women with child. -- 2 kings 8:12 +. +And Hazael said, But what, is thy servant a dog, that he should do this great thing? And Elisha answered, The LORD hath showed me that thou shalt be king over Syria. -- 2 kings 8:13 +. +So he departed from Elisha, and came to his master; who said to him, What said Elisha to thee? And he answered, He told me that thou shouldest surely recover. -- 2 kings 8:14 +. +And it came to pass on the morrow, that he took a thick cloth, and dipped it in water, and spread it on his face, so that he died: and Hazael reigned in his stead. -- 2 kings 8:15 +. +And in the fifth year of Joram the son of Ahab king of Israel, Jehoshaphat being then king of Judah, Jehoram the son of Jehoshaphat king of Judah began to reign. -- 2 kings 8:16 +. +Thirty and two years old was he when he began to reign; and he reigned eight years in Jerusalem. -- 2 kings 8:17 +. +And he walked in the way of the kings of Israel, as did the house of Ahab: for the daughter of Ahab was his wife: and he did evil in the sight of the LORD. -- 2 kings 8:18 +. +Yet the LORD would not destroy Judah for David his servant's sake, as he promised him to give him alway a light, and to his children. -- 2 kings 8:19 +. +In his days Edom revolted from under the hand of Judah, and made a king over themselves. -- 2 kings 8:20 +. +So Joram went over to Zair, and all the chariots with him: and he rose by night, and smote the Edomites which compassed him about, and the captains of the chariots: and the people fled into their tents. -- 2 kings 8:21 +. +Yet Edom revolted from under the hand of Judah unto this day. Then Libnah revolted at the same time. -- 2 kings 8:22 +. +And the rest of the acts of Joram, and all that he did, are they not written in the book of the chronicles of the kings of Judah? -- 2 kings 8:23 +. +And Joram slept with his fathers, and was buried with his fathers in the city of David: and Ahaziah his son reigned in his stead. -- 2 kings 8:24 +. +In the twelfth year of Joram the son of Ahab king of Israel did Ahaziah the son of Jehoram king of Judah begin to reign. -- 2 kings 8:25 +. +Two and twenty years old was Ahaziah when he began to reign; and he reigned one year in Jerusalem. And his mother's name was Athaliah, the daughter of Omri king of Israel. -- 2 kings 8:26 +. +And he walked in the way of the house of Ahab, and did evil in the sight of the LORD, as did the house of Ahab: for he was the son in law of the house of Ahab. -- 2 kings 8:27 +. +And he went with Joram the son of Ahab to the war against Hazael king of Syria in Ramothgilead; and the Syrians wounded Joram. -- 2 kings 8:28 +. +And king Joram went back to be healed in Jezreel of the wounds which the Syrians had given him at Ramah, when he fought against Hazael king of Syria. And Ahaziah the son of Jehoram king of Judah went down to see Joram the son of Ahab in Jezreel, because he was sick. -- 2 kings 8:29 +. +And Elisha the prophet called one of the children of the prophets, and said unto him, Gird up thy loins, and take this box of oil in thine hand, and go to Ramothgilead: -- 2 kings 9:1 +. +And when thou comest thither, look out there Jehu the son of Jehoshaphat the son of Nimshi, and go in, and make him arise up from among his brethren, and carry him to an inner chamber; -- 2 kings 9:2 +. +Then take the box of oil, and pour it on his head, and say, Thus saith the LORD, I have anointed thee king over Israel. Then open the door, and flee, and tarry not. -- 2 kings 9:3 +. +So the young man, even the young man the prophet, went to Ramothgilead. -- 2 kings 9:4 +. +And when he came, behold, the captains of the host were sitting; and he said, I have an errand to thee, O captain. And Jehu said, Unto which of all us? And he said, To thee, O captain. -- 2 kings 9:5 +. +And he arose, and went into the house; and he poured the oil on his head, and said unto him, Thus saith the LORD God of Israel, I have anointed thee king over the people of the LORD, even over Israel. -- 2 kings 9:6 +. +And thou shalt smite the house of Ahab thy master, that I may avenge the blood of my servants the prophets, and the blood of all the servants of the LORD, at the hand of Jezebel. -- 2 kings 9:7 +. +For the whole house of Ahab shall perish: and I will cut off from Ahab him that pisseth against the wall, and him that is shut up and left in Israel: -- 2 kings 9:8 +. +And I will make the house of Ahab like the house of Jeroboam the son of Nebat, and like the house of Baasha the son of Ahijah: -- 2 kings 9:9 +. +And the dogs shall eat Jezebel in the portion of Jezreel, and there shall be none to bury her. And he opened the door, and fled. -- 2 kings 9:10 +. +Then Jehu came forth to the servants of his lord: and one said unto him, Is all well? wherefore came this mad fellow to thee? And he said unto them, Ye know the man, and his communication. -- 2 kings 9:11 +. +And they said, It is false; tell us now. And he said, Thus and thus spake he to me, saying, Thus saith the LORD, I have anointed thee king over Israel. -- 2 kings 9:12 +. +Then they hasted, and took every man his garment, and put it under him on the top of the stairs, and blew with trumpets, saying, Jehu is king. -- 2 kings 9:13 +. +So Jehu the son of Jehoshaphat the son of Nimshi conspired against Joram. (Now Joram had kept Ramothgilead, he and all Israel, because of Hazael king of Syria. -- 2 kings 9:14 +. +But king Joram was returned to be healed in Jezreel of the wounds which the Syrians had given him, when he fought with Hazael king of Syria.) And Jehu said, If it be your minds, then let none go forth nor escape out of the city to go to tell it in Jezreel. -- 2 kings 9:15 +. +So Jehu rode in a chariot, and went to Jezreel; for Joram lay there. And Ahaziah king of Judah was come down to see Joram. -- 2 kings 9:16 +. +And there stood a watchman on the tower in Jezreel, and he spied the company of Jehu as he came, and said, I see a company. And Joram said, Take an horseman, and send to meet them, and let him say, Is it peace? -- 2 kings 9:17 +. +So there went one on horseback to meet him, and said, Thus saith the king, Is it peace? And Jehu said, What hast thou to do with peace? turn thee behind me. And the watchman told, saying, The messenger came to them, but he cometh not again. -- 2 kings 9:18 +. +Then he sent out a second on horseback, which came to them, and said, Thus saith the king, Is it peace? And Jehu answered, What hast thou to do with peace? turn thee behind me. -- 2 kings 9:19 +. +And the watchman told, saying, He came even unto them, and cometh not again: and the driving is like the driving of Jehu the son of Nimshi; for he driveth furiously. -- 2 kings 9:20 +. +And Joram said, Make ready. And his chariot was made ready. And Joram king of Israel and Ahaziah king of Judah went out, each in his chariot, and they went out against Jehu, and met him in the portion of Naboth the Jezreelite. -- 2 kings 9:21 +. +And it came to pass, when Joram saw Jehu, that he said, Is it peace, Jehu? And he answered, What peace, so long as the whoredoms of thy mother Jezebel and her witchcrafts are so many? -- 2 kings 9:22 +. +And Joram turned his hands, and fled, and said to Ahaziah, There is treachery, O Ahaziah. -- 2 kings 9:23 +. +And Jehu drew a bow with his full strength, and smote Jehoram between his arms, and the arrow went out at his heart, and he sunk down in his chariot. -- 2 kings 9:24 +. +Then said Jehu to Bidkar his captain, Take up, and cast him in the portion of the field of Naboth the Jezreelite: for remember how that, when I and thou rode together after Ahab his father, the LORD laid this burden upon him; -- 2 kings 9:25 +. +Surely I have seen yesterday the blood of Naboth, and the blood of his sons, saith the LORD; and I will requite thee in this plat, saith the LORD. Now therefore take and cast him into the plat of ground, according to the word of the LORD. -- 2 kings 9:26 +. +But when Ahaziah the king of Judah saw this, he fled by the way of the garden house. And Jehu followed after him, and said, Smite him also in the chariot. And they did so at the going up to Gur, which is by Ibleam. And he fled to Megiddo, and died there. -- 2 kings 9:27 +. +And his servants carried him in a chariot to Jerusalem, and buried him in his sepulchre with his fathers in the city of David. -- 2 kings 9:28 +. +And in the eleventh year of Joram the son of Ahab began Ahaziah to reign over Judah. -- 2 kings 9:29 +. +And when Jehu was come to Jezreel, Jezebel heard of it; and she painted her face, and tired her head, and looked out at a window. -- 2 kings 9:30 +. +And as Jehu entered in at the gate, she said, Had Zimri peace, who slew his master? -- 2 kings 9:31 +. +And he lifted up his face to the window, and said, Who is on my side? who? And there looked out to him two or three eunuchs. -- 2 kings 9:32 +. +And he said, Throw her down. So they threw her down: and some of her blood was sprinkled on the wall, and on the horses: and he trode her under foot. -- 2 kings 9:33 +. +And when he was come in, he did eat and drink, and said, Go, see now this cursed woman, and bury her: for she is a king's daughter. -- 2 kings 9:34 +. +And they went to bury her: but they found no more of her than the skull, and the feet, and the palms of her hands. -- 2 kings 9:35 +. +Wherefore they came again, and told him. And he said, This is the word of the LORD, which he spake by his servant Elijah the Tishbite, saying, In the portion of Jezreel shall dogs eat the flesh of Jezebel: -- 2 kings 9:36 +. +And the carcass of Jezebel shall be as dung upon the face of the field in the portion of Jezreel; so that they shall not say, This is Jezebel. -- 2 kings 9:37 +. +And Ahab had seventy sons in Samaria. And Jehu wrote letters, and sent to Samaria, unto the rulers of Jezreel, to the elders, and to them that brought up Ahab's children, saying, -- 2 kings 10:1 +. +Now as soon as this letter cometh to you, seeing your master's sons are with you, and there are with you chariots and horses, a fenced city also, and armor; -- 2 kings 10:2 +. +Look even out the best and meetest of your master's sons, and set him on his father's throne, and fight for your master's house. -- 2 kings 10:3 +. +But they were exceedingly afraid, and said, Behold, two kings stood not before him: how then shall we stand? -- 2 kings 10:4 +. +And he that was over the house, and he that was over the city, the elders also, and the bringers up of the children, sent to Jehu, saying, We are thy servants, and will do all that thou shalt bid us; we will not make any king: do thou that which is good in thine eyes. -- 2 kings 10:5 +. +Then he wrote a letter the second time to them, saying, If ye be mine, and if ye will hearken unto my voice, take ye the heads of the men your master's sons, and come to me to Jezreel by to morrow this time. Now the king's sons, being seventy persons, were with the great men of the city, which brought them up. -- 2 kings 10:6 +. +And it came to pass, when the letter came to them, that they took the king's sons, and slew seventy persons, and put their heads in baskets, and sent him them to Jezreel. -- 2 kings 10:7 +. +And there came a messenger, and told him, saying, They have brought the heads of the king's sons. And he said, Lay ye them in two heaps at the entering in of the gate until the morning. -- 2 kings 10:8 +. +And it came to pass in the morning, that he went out, and stood, and said to all the people, Ye be righteous: behold, I conspired against my master, and slew him: but who slew all these? -- 2 kings 10:9 +. +Know now that there shall fall unto the earth nothing of the word of the LORD, which the LORD spake concerning the house of Ahab: for the LORD hath done that which he spake by his servant Elijah. -- 2 kings 10:10 +. +So Jehu slew all that remained of the house of Ahab in Jezreel, and all his great men, and his kinsfolk, and his priests, until he left him none remaining. -- 2 kings 10:11 +. +And he arose and departed, and came to Samaria. And as he was at the shearing house in the way, -- 2 kings 10:12 +. +Jehu met with the brethren of Ahaziah king of Judah, and said, Who are ye? And they answered, We are the brethren of Ahaziah; and we go down to salute the children of the king and the children of the queen. -- 2 kings 10:13 +. +And he said, Take them alive. And they took them alive, and slew them at the pit of the shearing house, even two and forty men; neither left he any of them. -- 2 kings 10:14 +. +And when he was departed thence, he lighted on Jehonadab the son of Rechab coming to meet him: and he saluted him, and said to him, Is thine heart right, as my heart is with thy heart? And Jehonadab answered, It is. If it be, give me thine hand. And he gave him his hand; and he took him up to him into the chariot. -- 2 kings 10:15 +. +And he said, Come with me, and see my zeal for the LORD. So they made him ride in his chariot. -- 2 kings 10:16 +. +And when he came to Samaria, he slew all that remained unto Ahab in Samaria, till he had destroyed him, according to the saying of the LORD, which he spake to Elijah. -- 2 kings 10:17 +. +And Jehu gathered all the people together, and said unto them, Ahab served Baal a little; but Jehu shall serve him much. -- 2 kings 10:18 +. +Now therefore call unto me all the prophets of Baal, all his servants, and all his priests; let none be wanting: for I have a great sacrifice to do to Baal; whosoever shall be wanting, he shall not live. But Jehu did it in subtilty, to the intent that he might destroy the worshippers of Baal. -- 2 kings 10:19 +. +And Jehu said, Proclaim a solemn assembly for Baal. And they proclaimed it. -- 2 kings 10:20 +. +And Jehu sent through all Israel: and all the worshippers of Baal came, so that there was not a man left that came not. And they came into the house of Baal; and the house of Baal was full from one end to another. -- 2 kings 10:21 +. +And he said unto him that was over the vestry, Bring forth vestments for all the worshippers of Baal. And he brought them forth vestments. -- 2 kings 10:22 +. +And Jehu went, and Jehonadab the son of Rechab, into the house of Baal, and said unto the worshippers of Baal, Search, and look that there be here with you none of the servants of the LORD, but the worshippers of Baal only. -- 2 kings 10:23 +. +And when they went in to offer sacrifices and burnt offerings, Jehu appointed fourscore men without, and said, If any of the men whom I have brought into your hands escape, he that letteth him go, his life shall be for the life of him. -- 2 kings 10:24 +. +And it came to pass, as soon as he had made an end of offering the burnt offering, that Jehu said to the guard and to the captains, Go in, and slay them; let none come forth. And they smote them with the edge of the sword; and the guard and the captains cast them out, and went to the city of the house of Baal. -- 2 kings 10:25 +. +And they brought forth the images out of the house of Baal, and burned them. -- 2 kings 10:26 +. +And they brake down the image of Baal, and brake down the house of Baal, and made it a draught house unto this day. -- 2 kings 10:27 +. +Thus Jehu destroyed Baal out of Israel. -- 2 kings 10:28 +. +Howbeit from the sins of Jeroboam the son of Nebat, who made Israel to sin, Jehu departed not from after them, to wit, the golden calves that were in Bethel, and that were in Dan. -- 2 kings 10:29 +. +And the LORD said unto Jehu, Because thou hast done well in executing that which is right in mine eyes, and hast done unto the house of Ahab according to all that was in mine heart, thy children of the fourth generation shall sit on the throne of Israel. -- 2 kings 10:30 +. +But Jehu took no heed to walk in the law of the LORD God of Israel with all his heart: for he departed not from the sins of Jeroboam, which made Israel to sin. -- 2 kings 10:31 +. +In those days the LORD began to cut Israel short: and Hazael smote them in all the coasts of Israel; -- 2 kings 10:32 +. +From Jordan eastward, all the land of Gilead, the Gadites, and the Reubenites, and the Manassites, from Aroer, which is by the river Arnon, even Gilead and Bashan. -- 2 kings 10:33 +. +Now the rest of the acts of Jehu, and all that he did, and all his might, are they not written in the book of the chronicles of the kings of Israel? -- 2 kings 10:34 +. +And Jehu slept with his fathers: and they buried him in Samaria. And Jehoahaz his son reigned in his stead. -- 2 kings 10:35 +. +And the time that Jehu reigned over Israel in Samaria was twenty and eight years. -- 2 kings 10:36 +. +And when Athaliah the mother of Ahaziah saw that her son was dead, she arose and destroyed all the seed royal. -- 2 kings 11:1 +. +But Jehosheba, the daughter of king Joram, sister of Ahaziah, took Joash the son of Ahaziah, and stole him from among the king's sons which were slain; and they hid him, even him and his nurse, in the bedchamber from Athaliah, so that he was not slain. -- 2 kings 11:2 +. +And he was with her hid in the house of the LORD six years. And Athaliah did reign over the land. -- 2 kings 11:3 +. +And the seventh year Jehoiada sent and fetched the rulers over hundreds, with the captains and the guard, and brought them to him into the house of the LORD, and made a covenant with them, and took an oath of them in the house of the LORD, and showed them the king's son. -- 2 kings 11:4 +. +And he commanded them, saying, This is the thing that ye shall do; A third part of you that enter in on the sabbath shall even be keepers of the watch of the king's house; -- 2 kings 11:5 +. +And a third part shall be at the gate of Sur; and a third part at the gate behind the guard: so shall ye keep the watch of the house, that it be not broken down. -- 2 kings 11:6 +. +And two parts of all you that go forth on the sabbath, even they shall keep the watch of the house of the LORD about the king. -- 2 kings 11:7 +. +And ye shall compass the king round about, every man with his weapons in his hand: and he that cometh within the ranges, let him be slain: and be ye with the king as he goeth out and as he cometh in. -- 2 kings 11:8 +. +And the captains over the hundreds did according to all things that Jehoiada the priest commanded: and they took every man his men that were to come in on the sabbath, with them that should go out on the sabbath, and came to Jehoiada the priest. -- 2 kings 11:9 +. +And to the captains over hundreds did the priest give king David's spears and shields, that were in the temple of the LORD. -- 2 kings 11:10 +. +And the guard stood, every man with his weapons in his hand, round about the king, from the right corner of the temple to the left corner of the temple, along by the altar and the temple. -- 2 kings 11:11 +. +And he brought forth the king's son, and put the crown upon him, and gave him the testimony; and they made him king, and anointed him; and they clapped their hands, and said, God save the king. -- 2 kings 11:12 +. +And when Athaliah heard the noise of the guard and of the people, she came to the people into the temple of the LORD. -- 2 kings 11:13 +. +And when she looked, behold, the king stood by a pillar, as the manner was, and the princes and the trumpeters by the king, and all the people of the land rejoiced, and blew with trumpets: and Athaliah rent her clothes, and cried, Treason, Treason. -- 2 kings 11:14 +. +But Jehoiada the priest commanded the captains of the hundreds, the officers of the host, and said unto them, Have her forth without the ranges: and him that followeth her kill with the sword. For the priest had said, Let her not be slain in the house of the LORD. -- 2 kings 11:15 +. +And they laid hands on her; and she went by the way by the which the horses came into the king's house: and there was she slain. -- 2 kings 11:16 +. +And Jehoiada made a covenant between the LORD and the king and the people, that they should be the LORD's people; between the king also and the people. -- 2 kings 11:17 +. +And all the people of the land went into the house of Baal, and brake it down; his altars and his images brake they in pieces thoroughly, and slew Mattan the priest of Baal before the altars. And the priest appointed officers over the house of the LORD. -- 2 kings 11:18 +. +And he took the rulers over hundreds, and the captains, and the guard, and all the people of the land; and they brought down the king from the house of the LORD, and came by the way of the gate of the guard to the king's house. And he sat on the throne of the kings. -- 2 kings 11:19 +. +And all the people of the land rejoiced, and the city was in quiet: and they slew Athaliah with the sword beside the king's house. -- 2 kings 11:20 +. +Seven years old was Jehoash when he began to reign. -- 2 kings 11:21 +. +In the seventh year of Jehu Jehoash began to reign; and forty years reigned he in Jerusalem. And his mother's name was Zibiah of Beersheba. -- 2 kings 12:1 +. +And Jehoash did that which was right in the sight of the LORD all his days wherein Jehoiada the priest instructed him. -- 2 kings 12:2 +. +But the high places were not taken away: the people still sacrificed and burnt incense in the high places. -- 2 kings 12:3 +. +And Jehoash said to the priests, All the money of the dedicated things that is brought into the house of the LORD, even the money of every one that passeth the account, the money that every man is set at, and all the money that cometh into any man's heart to bring into the house of the LORD, -- 2 kings 12:4 +. +Let the priests take it to them, every man of his acquaintance: and let them repair the breaches of the house, wheresoever any breach shall be found. -- 2 kings 12:5 +. +But it was so, that in the three and twentieth year of king Jehoash the priests had not repaired the breaches of the house. -- 2 kings 12:6 +. +Then king Jehoash called for Jehoiada the priest, and the other priests, and said unto them, Why repair ye not the breaches of the house? now therefore receive no more money of your acquaintance, but deliver it for the breaches of the house. -- 2 kings 12:7 +. +And the priests consented to receive no more money of the people, neither to repair the breaches of the house. -- 2 kings 12:8 +. +But Jehoiada the priest took a chest, and bored a hole in the lid of it, and set it beside the altar, on the right side as one cometh into the house of the LORD: and the priests that kept the door put therein all the money that was brought into the house of the LORD. -- 2 kings 12:9 +. +And it was so, when they saw that there was much money in the chest, that the king's scribe and the high priest came up, and they put up in bags, and told the money that was found in the house of the LORD. -- 2 kings 12:10 +. +And they gave the money, being told, into the hands of them that did the work, that had the oversight of the house of the LORD: and they laid it out to the carpenters and builders, that wrought upon the house of the LORD, -- 2 kings 12:11 +. +And to masons, and hewers of stone, and to buy timber and hewed stone to repair the breaches of the house of the LORD, and for all that was laid out for the house to repair it. -- 2 kings 12:12 +. +Howbeit there were not made for the house of the LORD bowls of silver, snuffers, basins, trumpets, any vessels of gold, or vessels of silver, of the money that was brought into the house of the LORD: -- 2 kings 12:13 +. +But they gave that to the workmen, and repaired therewith the house of the LORD. -- 2 kings 12:14 +. +Moreover they reckoned not with the men, into whose hand they delivered the money to be bestowed on workmen: for they dealt faithfully. -- 2 kings 12:15 +. +The trespass money and sin money was not brought into the house of the LORD: it was the priests'. -- 2 kings 12:16 +. +Then Hazael king of Syria went up, and fought against Gath, and took it: and Hazael set his face to go up to Jerusalem. -- 2 kings 12:17 +. +And Jehoash king of Judah took all the hallowed things that Jehoshaphat, and Jehoram, and Ahaziah, his fathers, kings of Judah, had dedicated, and his own hallowed things, and all the gold that was found in the treasures of the house of the LORD, and in the king's house, and sent it to Hazael king of Syria: and he went away from Jerusalem. -- 2 kings 12:18 +. +And the rest of the acts of Joash, and all that he did, are they not written in the book of the chronicles of the kings of Judah? -- 2 kings 12:19 +. +And his servants arose, and made a conspiracy, and slew Joash in the house of Millo, which goeth down to Silla. -- 2 kings 12:20 +. +For Jozachar the son of Shimeath, and Jehozabad the son of Shomer, his servants, smote him, and he died; and they buried him with his fathers in the city of David: and Amaziah his son reigned in his stead. -- 2 kings 12:21 +. +In the three and twentieth year of Joash the son of Ahaziah king of Judah Jehoahaz the son of Jehu began to reign over Israel in Samaria, and reigned seventeen years. -- 2 kings 13:1 +. +And he did that which was evil in the sight of the LORD, and followed the sins of Jeroboam the son of Nebat, which made Israel to sin; he departed not therefrom. -- 2 kings 13:2 +. +And the anger of the LORD was kindled against Israel, and he delivered them into the hand of Hazael king of Syria, and into the hand of Benhadad the son of Hazael, all their days. -- 2 kings 13:3 +. +And Jehoahaz besought the LORD, and the LORD hearkened unto him: for he saw the oppression of Israel, because the king of Syria oppressed them. -- 2 kings 13:4 +. +(And the LORD gave Israel a saviour, so that they went out from under the hand of the Syrians: and the children of Israel dwelt in their tents, as beforetime. -- 2 kings 13:5 +. +Nevertheless they departed not from the sins of the house of Jeroboam, who made Israel sin, but walked therein: and there remained the grove also in Samaria.) -- 2 kings 13:6 +. +Neither did he leave of the people to Jehoahaz but fifty horsemen, and ten chariots, and ten thousand footmen; for the king of Syria had destroyed them, and had made them like the dust by threshing. -- 2 kings 13:7 +. +Now the rest of the acts of Jehoahaz, and all that he did, and his might, are they not written in the book of the chronicles of the kings of Israel? -- 2 kings 13:8 +. +And Jehoahaz slept with his fathers; and they buried him in Samaria: and Joash his son reigned in his stead. -- 2 kings 13:9 +. +In the thirty and seventh year of Joash king of Judah began Jehoash the son of Jehoahaz to reign over Israel in Samaria, and reigned sixteen years. -- 2 kings 13:10 +. +And he did that which was evil in the sight of the LORD; he departed not from all the sins of Jeroboam the son of Nebat, who made Israel sin: but he walked therein. -- 2 kings 13:11 +. +And the rest of the acts of Joash, and all that he did, and his might wherewith he fought against Amaziah king of Judah, are they not written in the book of the chronicles of the kings of Israel? -- 2 kings 13:12 +. +And Joash slept with his fathers; and Jeroboam sat upon his throne: and Joash was buried in Samaria with the kings of Israel. -- 2 kings 13:13 +. +Now Elisha was fallen sick of his sickness whereof he died. And Joash the king of Israel came down unto him, and wept over his face, and said, O my father, my father, the chariot of Israel, and the horsemen thereof. -- 2 kings 13:14 +. +And Elisha said unto him, Take bow and arrows. And he took unto him bow and arrows. -- 2 kings 13:15 +. +And he said to the king of Israel, Put thine hand upon the bow. And he put his hand upon it: and Elisha put his hands upon the king's hands. -- 2 kings 13:16 +. +And he said, Open the window eastward. And he opened it. Then Elisha said, Shoot. And he shot. And he said, The arrow of the LORD's deliverance, and the arrow of deliverance from Syria: for thou shalt smite the Syrians in Aphek, till thou have consumed them. -- 2 kings 13:17 +. +And he said, Take the arrows. And he took them. And he said unto the king of Israel, Smite upon the ground. And he smote thrice, and stayed. -- 2 kings 13:18 +. +And the man of God was wroth with him, and said, Thou shouldest have smitten five or six times; then hadst thou smitten Syria till thou hadst consumed it: whereas now thou shalt smite Syria but thrice. -- 2 kings 13:19 +. +And Elisha died, and they buried him. And the bands of the Moabites invaded the land at the coming in of the year. -- 2 kings 13:20 +. +And it came to pass, as they were burying a man, that, behold, they spied a band of men; and they cast the man into the sepulchre of Elisha: and when the man was let down, and touched the bones of Elisha, he revived, and stood up on his feet. -- 2 kings 13:21 +. +But Hazael king of Syria oppressed Israel all the days of Jehoahaz. -- 2 kings 13:22 +. +And the LORD was gracious unto them, and had compassion on them, and had respect unto them, because of his covenant with Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob, and would not destroy them, neither cast he them from his presence as yet. -- 2 kings 13:23 +. +So Hazael king of Syria died; and Benhadad his son reigned in his stead. -- 2 kings 13:24 +. +And Jehoash the son of Jehoahaz took again out of the hand of Benhadad the son of Hazael the cities, which he had taken out of the hand of Jehoahaz his father by war. Three times did Joash beat him, and recovered the cities of Israel. -- 2 kings 13:25 +. +In the second year of Joash son of Jehoahaz king of Israel reigned Amaziah the son of Joash king of Judah. -- 2 kings 14:1 +. +He was twenty and five years old when he began to reign, and reigned twenty and nine years in Jerusalem. And his mother's name was Jehoaddan of Jerusalem. -- 2 kings 14:2 +. +And he did that which was right in the sight of the LORD, yet not like David his father: he did according to all things as Joash his father did. -- 2 kings 14:3 +. +Howbeit the high places were not taken away: as yet the people did sacrifice and burnt incense on the high places. -- 2 kings 14:4 +. +And it came to pass, as soon as the kingdom was confirmed in his hand, that he slew his servants which had slain the king his father. -- 2 kings 14:5 +. +But the children of the murderers he slew not: according unto that which is written in the book of the law of Moses, wherein the LORD commanded, saying, The fathers shall not be put to death for the children, nor the children be put to death for the fathers; but every man shall be put to death for his own sin. -- 2 kings 14:6 +. +He slew of Edom in the valley of salt ten thousand, and took Selah by war, and called the name of it Joktheel unto this day. -- 2 kings 14:7 +. +Then Amaziah sent messengers to Jehoash, the son of Jehoahaz son of Jehu, king of Israel, saying, Come, let us look one another in the face. -- 2 kings 14:8 +. +And Jehoash the king of Israel sent to Amaziah king of Judah, saying, The thistle that was in Lebanon sent to the cedar that was in Lebanon, saying, Give thy daughter to my son to wife: and there passed by a wild beast that was in Lebanon, and trode down the thistle. -- 2 kings 14:9 +. +Thou hast indeed smitten Edom, and thine heart hath lifted thee up: glory of this, and tarry at home: for why shouldest thou meddle to thy hurt, that thou shouldest fall, even thou, and Judah with thee? -- 2 kings 14:10 +. +But Amaziah would not hear. Therefore Jehoash king of Israel went up; and he and Amaziah king of Judah looked one another in the face at Bethshemesh, which belongeth to Judah. -- 2 kings 14:11 +. +And Judah was put to the worse before Israel; and they fled every man to their tents. -- 2 kings 14:12 +. +And Jehoash king of Israel took Amaziah king of Judah, the son of Jehoash the son of Ahaziah, at Bethshemesh, and came to Jerusalem, and brake down the wall of Jerusalem from the gate of Ephraim unto the corner gate, four hundred cubits. -- 2 kings 14:13 +. +And he took all the gold and silver, and all the vessels that were found in the house of the LORD, and in the treasures of the king's house, and hostages, and returned to Samaria. -- 2 kings 14:14 +. +Now the rest of the acts of Jehoash which he did, and his might, and how he fought with Amaziah king of Judah, are they not written in the book of the chronicles of the kings of Israel? -- 2 kings 14:15 +. +And Jehoash slept with his fathers, and was buried in Samaria with the kings of Israel; and Jeroboam his son reigned in his stead. -- 2 kings 14:16 +. +And Amaziah the son of Joash king of Judah lived after the death of Jehoash son of Jehoahaz king of Israel fifteen years. -- 2 kings 14:17 +. +And the rest of the acts of Amaziah, are they not written in the book of the chronicles of the kings of Judah? -- 2 kings 14:18 +. +Now they made a conspiracy against him in Jerusalem: and he fled to Lachish; but they sent after him to Lachish, and slew him there. -- 2 kings 14:19 +. +And they brought him on horses: and he was buried at Jerusalem with his fathers in the city of David. -- 2 kings 14:20 +. +And all the people of Judah took Azariah, which was sixteen years old, and made him king instead of his father Amaziah. -- 2 kings 14:21 +. +He built Elath, and restored it to Judah, after that the king slept with his fathers. -- 2 kings 14:22 +. +In the fifteenth year of Amaziah the son of Joash king of Judah Jeroboam the son of Joash king of Israel began to reign in Samaria, and reigned forty and one years. -- 2 kings 14:23 +. +And he did that which was evil in the sight of the LORD: he departed not from all the sins of Jeroboam the son of Nebat, who made Israel to sin. -- 2 kings 14:24 +. +He restored the coast of Israel from the entering of Hamath unto the sea of the plain, according to the word of the LORD God of Israel, which he spake by the hand of his servant Jonah, the son of Amittai, the prophet, which was of Gathhepher. -- 2 kings 14:25 +. +For the LORD saw the affliction of Israel, that it was very bitter: for there was not any shut up, nor any left, nor any helper for Israel. -- 2 kings 14:26 +. +And the LORD said not that he would blot out the name of Israel from under heaven: but he saved them by the hand of Jeroboam the son of Joash. -- 2 kings 14:27 +. +Now the rest of the acts of Jeroboam, and all that he did, and his might, how he warred, and how he recovered Damascus, and Hamath, which belonged to Judah, for Israel, are they not written in the book of the chronicles of the kings of Israel? -- 2 kings 14:28 +. +And Jeroboam slept with his fathers, even with the kings of Israel; and Zachariah his son reigned in his stead. -- 2 kings 14:29 +. +In the twenty and seventh year of Jeroboam king of Israel began Azariah son of Amaziah king of Judah to reign. -- 2 kings 15:1 +. +Sixteen years old was he when he began to reign, and he reigned two and fifty years in Jerusalem. And his mother's name was Jecholiah of Jerusalem. -- 2 kings 15:2 +. +And he did that which was right in the sight of the LORD, according to all that his father Amaziah had done; -- 2 kings 15:3 +. +Save that the high places were not removed: the people sacrificed and burnt incense still on the high places. -- 2 kings 15:4 +. +And the LORD smote the king, so that he was a leper unto the day of his death, and dwelt in a several house. And Jotham the king's son was over the house, judging the people of the land. -- 2 kings 15:5 +. +And the rest of the acts of Azariah, and all that he did, are they not written in the book of the chronicles of the kings of Judah? -- 2 kings 15:6 +. +So Azariah slept with his fathers; and they buried him with his fathers in the city of David: and Jotham his son reigned in his stead. -- 2 kings 15:7 +. +In the thirty and eighth year of Azariah king of Judah did Zachariah the son of Jeroboam reign over Israel in Samaria six months. -- 2 kings 15:8 +. +And he did that which was evil in the sight of the LORD, as his fathers had done: he departed not from the sins of Jeroboam the son of Nebat, who made Israel to sin. -- 2 kings 15:9 +. +And Shallum the son of Jabesh conspired against him, and smote him before the people, and slew him, and reigned in his stead. -- 2 kings 15:10 +. +And the rest of the acts of Zachariah, behold, they are written in the book of the chronicles of the kings of Israel. -- 2 kings 15:11 +. +This was the word of the LORD which he spake unto Jehu, saying, Thy sons shall sit on the throne of Israel unto the fourth generation. And so it came to pass. -- 2 kings 15:12 +. +Shallum the son of Jabesh began to reign in the nine and thirtieth year of Uzziah king of Judah; and he reigned a full month in Samaria. -- 2 kings 15:13 +. +For Menahem the son of Gadi went up from Tirzah, and came to Samaria, and smote Shallum the son of Jabesh in Samaria, and slew him, and reigned in his stead. -- 2 kings 15:14 +. +And the rest of the acts of Shallum, and his conspiracy which he made, behold, they are written in the book of the chronicles of the kings of Israel. -- 2 kings 15:15 +. +Then Menahem smote Tiphsah, and all that were therein, and the coasts thereof from Tirzah: because they opened not to him, therefore he smote it; and all the women therein that were with child he ripped up. -- 2 kings 15:16 +. +In the nine and thirtieth year of Azariah king of Judah began Menahem the son of Gadi to reign over Israel, and reigned ten years in Samaria. -- 2 kings 15:17 +. +And he did that which was evil in the sight of the LORD: he departed not all his days from the sins of Jeroboam the son of Nebat, who made Israel to sin. -- 2 kings 15:18 +. +And Pul the king of Assyria came against the land: and Menahem gave Pul a thousand talents of silver, that his hand might be with him to confirm the kingdom in his hand. -- 2 kings 15:19 +. +And Menahem exacted the money of Israel, even of all the mighty men of wealth, of each man fifty shekels of silver, to give to the king of Assyria. So the king of Assyria turned back, and stayed not there in the land. -- 2 kings 15:20 +. +And the rest of the acts of Menahem, and all that he did, are they not written in the book of the chronicles of the kings of Israel? -- 2 kings 15:21 +. +And Menahem slept with his fathers; and Pekahiah his son reigned in his stead. -- 2 kings 15:22 +. +In the fiftieth year of Azariah king of Judah Pekahiah the son of Menahem began to reign over Israel in Samaria, and reigned two years. -- 2 kings 15:23 +. +And he did that which was evil in the sight of the LORD: he departed not from the sins of Jeroboam the son of Nebat, who made Israel to sin. -- 2 kings 15:24 +. +But Pekah the son of Remaliah, a captain of his, conspired against him, and smote him in Samaria, in the palace of the king's house, with Argob and Arieh, and with him fifty men of the Gileadites: and he killed him, and reigned in his room. -- 2 kings 15:25 +. +And the rest of the acts of Pekahiah, and all that he did, behold, they are written in the book of the chronicles of the kings of Israel. -- 2 kings 15:26 +. +In the two and fiftieth year of Azariah king of Judah Pekah the son of Remaliah began to reign over Israel in Samaria, and reigned twenty years. -- 2 kings 15:27 +. +And he did that which was evil in the sight of the LORD: he departed not from the sins of Jeroboam the son of Nebat, who made Israel to sin. -- 2 kings 15:28 +. +In the days of Pekah king of Israel came Tiglathpileser king of Assyria, and took Ijon, and Abelbethmaachah, and Janoah, and Kedesh, and Hazor, and Gilead, and Galilee, all the land of Naphtali, and carried them captive to Assyria. -- 2 kings 15:29 +. +And Hoshea the son of Elah made a conspiracy against Pekah the son of Remaliah, and smote him, and slew him, and reigned in his stead, in the twentieth year of Jotham the son of Uzziah. -- 2 kings 15:30 +. +And the rest of the acts of Pekah, and all that he did, behold, they are written in the book of the chronicles of the kings of Israel. -- 2 kings 15:31 +. +In the second year of Pekah the son of Remaliah king of Israel began Jotham the son of Uzziah king of Judah to reign. -- 2 kings 15:32 +. +Five and twenty years old was he when he began to reign, and he reigned sixteen years in Jerusalem. And his mother's name was Jerusha, the daughter of Zadok. -- 2 kings 15:33 +. +And he did that which was right in the sight of the LORD: he did according to all that his father Uzziah had done. -- 2 kings 15:34 +. +Howbeit the high places were not removed: the people sacrificed and burned incense still in the high places. He built the higher gate of the house of the LORD. -- 2 kings 15:35 +. +Now the rest of the acts of Jotham, and all that he did, are they not written in the book of the chronicles of the kings of Judah? -- 2 kings 15:36 +. +In those days the LORD began to send against Judah Rezin the king of Syria, and Pekah the son of Remaliah. -- 2 kings 15:37 +. +And Jotham slept with his fathers, and was buried with his fathers in the city of David his father: and Ahaz his son reigned in his stead. -- 2 kings 15:38 +. +In the seventeenth year of Pekah the son of Remaliah Ahaz the son of Jotham king of Judah began to reign. -- 2 kings 16:1 +. +Twenty years old was Ahaz when he began to reign, and reigned sixteen years in Jerusalem, and did not that which was right in the sight of the LORD his God, like David his father. -- 2 kings 16:2 +. +But he walked in the way of the kings of Israel, yea, and made his son to pass through the fire, according to the abominations of the heathen, whom the LORD cast out from before the children of Israel. -- 2 kings 16:3 +. +And he sacrificed and burnt incense in the high places, and on the hills, and under every green tree. -- 2 kings 16:4 +. +Then Rezin king of Syria and Pekah son of Remaliah king of Israel came up to Jerusalem to war: and they besieged Ahaz, but could not overcome him. -- 2 kings 16:5 +. +At that time Rezin king of Syria recovered Elath to Syria, and drave the Jews from Elath: and the Syrians came to Elath, and dwelt there unto this day. -- 2 kings 16:6 +. +So Ahaz sent messengers to Tiglathpileser king of Assyria, saying, I am thy servant and thy son: come up, and save me out of the hand of the king of Syria, and out of the hand of the king of Israel, which rise up against me. -- 2 kings 16:7 +. +And Ahaz took the silver and gold that was found in the house of the LORD, and in the treasures of the king's house, and sent it for a present to the king of Assyria. -- 2 kings 16:8 +. +And the king of Assyria hearkened unto him: for the king of Assyria went up against Damascus, and took it, and carried the people of it captive to Kir, and slew Rezin. -- 2 kings 16:9 +. +And king Ahaz went to Damascus to meet Tiglathpileser king of Assyria, and saw an altar that was at Damascus: and king Ahaz sent to Urijah the priest the fashion of the altar, and the pattern of it, according to all the workmanship thereof. -- 2 kings 16:10 +. +And Urijah the priest built an altar according to all that king Ahaz had sent from Damascus: so Urijah the priest made it against king Ahaz came from Damascus. -- 2 kings 16:11 +. +And when the king was come from Damascus, the king saw the altar: and the king approached to the altar, and offered thereon. -- 2 kings 16:12 +. +And he burnt his burnt offering and his meat offering, and poured his drink offering, and sprinkled the blood of his peace offerings, upon the altar. -- 2 kings 16:13 +. +And he brought also the brazen altar, which was before the LORD, from the forefront of the house, from between the altar and the house of the LORD, and put it on the north side of the altar. -- 2 kings 16:14 +. +And king Ahaz commanded Urijah the priest, saying, Upon the great altar burn the morning burnt offering, and the evening meat offering, and the king's burnt sacrifice, and his meat offering, with the burnt offering of all the people of the land, and their meat offering, and their drink offerings; and sprinkle upon it all the blood of the burnt offering, and all the blood of the sacrifice: and the brazen altar shall be for me to enquire by. -- 2 kings 16:15 +. +Thus did Urijah the priest, according to all that king Ahaz commanded. -- 2 kings 16:16 +. +And king Ahaz cut off the borders of the bases, and removed the laver from off them; and took down the sea from off the brazen oxen that were under it, and put it upon the pavement of stones. -- 2 kings 16:17 +. +And the covert for the sabbath that they had built in the house, and the king's entry without, turned he from the house of the LORD for the king of Assyria. -- 2 kings 16:18 +. +Now the rest of the acts of Ahaz which he did, are they not written in the book of the chronicles of the kings of Judah? -- 2 kings 16:19 +. +And Ahaz slept with his fathers, and was buried with his fathers in the city of David: and Hezekiah his son reigned in his stead. -- 2 kings 16:20 +. +In the twelfth year of Ahaz king of Judah began Hoshea the son of Elah to reign in Samaria over Israel nine years. -- 2 kings 17:1 +. +And he did that which was evil in the sight of the LORD, but not as the kings of Israel that were before him. -- 2 kings 17:2 +. +Against him came up Shalmaneser king of Assyria; and Hoshea became his servant, and gave him presents. -- 2 kings 17:3 +. +And the king of Assyria found conspiracy in Hoshea: for he had sent messengers to So king of Egypt, and brought no present to the king of Assyria, as he had done year by year: therefore the king of Assyria shut him up, and bound him in prison. -- 2 kings 17:4 +. +Then the king of Assyria came up throughout all the land, and went up to Samaria, and besieged it three years. -- 2 kings 17:5 +. +In the ninth year of Hoshea the king of Assyria took Samaria, and carried Israel away into Assyria, and placed them in Halah and in Habor by the river of Gozan, and in the cities of the Medes. -- 2 kings 17:6 +. +For so it was, that the children of Israel had sinned against the LORD their God, which had brought them up out of the land of Egypt, from under the hand of Pharaoh king of Egypt, and had feared other gods, -- 2 kings 17:7 +. +And walked in the statutes of the heathen, whom the LORD cast out from before the children of Israel, and of the kings of Israel, which they had made. -- 2 kings 17:8 +. +And the children of Israel did secretly those things that were not right against the LORD their God, and they built them high places in all their cities, from the tower of the watchmen to the fenced city. -- 2 kings 17:9 +. +And they set them up images and groves in every high hill, and under every green tree: -- 2 kings 17:10 +. +And there they burnt incense in all the high places, as did the heathen whom the LORD carried away before them; and wrought wicked things to provoke the LORD to anger: -- 2 kings 17:11 +. +For they served idols, whereof the LORD had said unto them, Ye shall not do this thing. -- 2 kings 17:12 +. +Yet the LORD testified against Israel, and against Judah, by all the prophets, and by all the seers, saying, Turn ye from your evil ways, and keep my commandments and my statutes, according to all the law which I commanded your fathers, and which I sent to you by my servants the prophets. -- 2 kings 17:13 +. +Notwithstanding they would not hear, but hardened their necks, like to the neck of their fathers, that did not believe in the LORD their God. -- 2 kings 17:14 +. +And they rejected his statutes, and his covenant that he made with their fathers, and his testimonies which he testified against them; and they followed vanity, and became vain, and went after the heathen that were round about them, concerning whom the LORD had charged them, that they should not do like them. -- 2 kings 17:15 +. +And they left all the commandments of the LORD their God, and made them molten images, even two calves, and made a grove, and worshipped all the host of heaven, and served Baal. -- 2 kings 17:16 +. +And they caused their sons and their daughters to pass through the fire, and used divination and enchantments, and sold themselves to do evil in the sight of the LORD, to provoke him to anger. -- 2 kings 17:17 +. +Therefore the LORD was very angry with Israel, and removed them out of his sight: there was none left but the tribe of Judah only. -- 2 kings 17:18 +. +Also Judah kept not the commandments of the LORD their God, but walked in the statutes of Israel which they made. -- 2 kings 17:19 +. +And the LORD rejected all the seed of Israel, and afflicted them, and delivered them into the hand of spoilers, until he had cast them out of his sight. -- 2 kings 17:20 +. +For he rent Israel from the house of David; and they made Jeroboam the son of Nebat king: and Jeroboam drave Israel from following the LORD, and made them sin a great sin. -- 2 kings 17:21 +. +For the children of Israel walked in all the sins of Jeroboam which he did; they departed not from them; -- 2 kings 17:22 +. +Until the LORD removed Israel out of his sight, as he had said by all his servants the prophets. So was Israel carried away out of their own land to Assyria unto this day. -- 2 kings 17:23 +. +And the king of Assyria brought men from Babylon, and from Cuthah, and from Ava, and from Hamath, and from Sepharvaim, and placed them in the cities of Samaria instead of the children of Israel: and they possessed Samaria, and dwelt in the cities thereof. -- 2 kings 17:24 +. +And so it was at the beginning of their dwelling there, that they feared not the LORD: therefore the LORD sent lions among them, which slew some of them. -- 2 kings 17:25 +. +Wherefore they spake to the king of Assyria, saying, The nations which thou hast removed, and placed in the cities of Samaria, know not the manner of the God of the land: therefore he hath sent lions among them, and, behold, they slay them, because they know not the manner of the God of the land. -- 2 kings 17:26 +. +Then the king of Assyria commanded, saying, Carry thither one of the priests whom ye brought from thence; and let them go and dwell there, and let him teach them the manner of the God of the land. -- 2 kings 17:27 +. +Then one of the priests whom they had carried away from Samaria came and dwelt in Bethel, and taught them how they should fear the LORD. -- 2 kings 17:28 +. +Howbeit every nation made gods of their own, and put them in the houses of the high places which the Samaritans had made, every nation in their cities wherein they dwelt. -- 2 kings 17:29 +. +And the men of Babylon made Succothbenoth, and the men of Cuth made Nergal, and the men of Hamath made Ashima, -- 2 kings 17:30 +. +And the Avites made Nibhaz and Tartak, and the Sepharvites burnt their children in fire to Adrammelech and Anammelech, the gods of Sepharvaim. -- 2 kings 17:31 +. +So they feared the LORD, and made unto themselves of the lowest of them priests of the high places, which sacrificed for them in the houses of the high places. -- 2 kings 17:32 +. +They feared the LORD, and served their own gods, after the manner of the nations whom they carried away from thence. -- 2 kings 17:33 +. +Unto this day they do after the former manners: they fear not the LORD, neither do they after their statutes, or after their ordinances, or after the law and commandment which the LORD commanded the children of Jacob, whom he named Israel; -- 2 kings 17:34 +. +With whom the LORD had made a covenant, and charged them, saying, Ye shall not fear other gods, nor bow yourselves to them, nor serve them, nor sacrifice to them: -- 2 kings 17:35 +. +But the LORD, who brought you up out of the land of Egypt with great power and a stretched out arm, him shall ye fear, and him shall ye worship, and to him shall ye do sacrifice. -- 2 kings 17:36 +. +And the statutes, and the ordinances, and the law, and the commandment, which he wrote for you, ye shall observe to do for evermore; and ye shall not fear other gods. -- 2 kings 17:37 +. +And the covenant that I have made with you ye shall not forget; neither shall ye fear other gods. -- 2 kings 17:38 +. +But the LORD your God ye shall fear; and he shall deliver you out of the hand of all your enemies. -- 2 kings 17:39 +. +Howbeit they did not hearken, but they did after their former manner. -- 2 kings 17:40 +. +So these nations feared the LORD, and served their graven images, both their children, and their children's children: as did their fathers, so do they unto this day. -- 2 kings 17:41 +. +Now it came to pass in the third year of Hoshea son of Elah king of Israel, that Hezekiah the son of Ahaz king of Judah began to reign. -- 2 kings 18:1 +. +Twenty and five years old was he when he began to reign; and he reigned twenty and nine years in Jerusalem. His mother's name also was Abi, the daughter of Zachariah. -- 2 kings 18:2 +. +And he did that which was right in the sight of the LORD, according to all that David his father did. -- 2 kings 18:3 +. +He removed the high places, and brake the images, and cut down the groves, and brake in pieces the brazen serpent that Moses had made: for unto those days the children of Israel did burn incense to it: and he called it Nehushtan. -- 2 kings 18:4 +. +He trusted in the LORD God of Israel; so that after him was none like him among all the kings of Judah, nor any that were before him. -- 2 kings 18:5 +. +For he clave to the LORD, and departed not from following him, but kept his commandments, which the LORD commanded Moses. -- 2 kings 18:6 +. +And the LORD was with him; and he prospered whithersoever he went forth: and he rebelled against the king of Assyria, and served him not. -- 2 kings 18:7 +. +He smote the Philistines, even unto Gaza, and the borders thereof, from the tower of the watchmen to the fenced city. -- 2 kings 18:8 +. +And it came to pass in the fourth year of king Hezekiah, which was the seventh year of Hoshea son of Elah king of Israel, that Shalmaneser king of Assyria came up against Samaria, and besieged it. -- 2 kings 18:9 +. +And at the end of three years they took it: even in the sixth year of Hezekiah, that is in the ninth year of Hoshea king of Israel, Samaria was taken. -- 2 kings 18:10 +. +And the king of Assyria did carry away Israel unto Assyria, and put them in Halah and in Habor by the river of Gozan, and in the cities of the Medes: -- 2 kings 18:11 +. +Because they obeyed not the voice of the LORD their God, but transgressed his covenant, and all that Moses the servant of the LORD commanded, and would not hear them, nor do them. -- 2 kings 18:12 +. +Now in the fourteenth year of king Hezekiah did Sennacherib king of Assyria come up against all the fenced cities of Judah, and took them. -- 2 kings 18:13 +. +And Hezekiah king of Judah sent to the king of Assyria to Lachish, saying, I have offended; return from me: that which thou puttest on me will I bear. And the king of Assyria appointed unto Hezekiah king of Judah three hundred talents of silver and thirty talents of gold. -- 2 kings 18:14 +. +And Hezekiah gave him all the silver that was found in the house of the LORD, and in the treasures of the king's house. -- 2 kings 18:15 +. +At that time did Hezekiah cut off the gold from the doors of the temple of the LORD, and from the pillars which Hezekiah king of Judah had overlaid, and gave it to the king of Assyria. -- 2 kings 18:16 +. +And the king of Assyria sent Tartan and Rabsaris and Rabshakeh from Lachish to king Hezekiah with a great host against Jerusalem. And they went up and came to Jerusalem. And when they were come up, they came and stood by the conduit of the upper pool, which is in the highway of the fuller's field. -- 2 kings 18:17 +. +And when they had called to the king, there came out to them Eliakim the son of Hilkiah, which was over the household, and Shebna the scribe, and Joah the son of Asaph the recorder. -- 2 kings 18:18 +. +And Rabshakeh said unto them, Speak ye now to Hezekiah, Thus saith the great king, the king of Assyria, What confidence is this wherein thou trustest? -- 2 kings 18:19 +. +Thou sayest, (but they are but vain words,) I have counsel and strength for the war. Now on whom dost thou trust, that thou rebellest against me? -- 2 kings 18:20 +. +Now, behold, thou trustest upon the staff of this bruised reed, even upon Egypt, on which if a man lean, it will go into his hand, and pierce it: so is Pharaoh king of Egypt unto all that trust on him. -- 2 kings 18:21 +. +But if ye say unto me, We trust in the LORD our God: is not that he, whose high places and whose altars Hezekiah hath taken away, and hath said to Judah and Jerusalem, Ye shall worship before this altar in Jerusalem? -- 2 kings 18:22 +. +Now therefore, I pray thee, give pledges to my lord the king of Assyria, and I will deliver thee two thousand horses, if thou be able on thy part to set riders upon them. -- 2 kings 18:23 +. +How then wilt thou turn away the face of one captain of the least of my master's servants, and put thy trust on Egypt for chariots and for horsemen? -- 2 kings 18:24 +. +Am I now come up without the LORD against this place to destroy it? The LORD said to me, Go up against this land, and destroy it. -- 2 kings 18:25 +. +Then said Eliakim the son of Hilkiah, and Shebna, and Joah, unto Rabshakeh, Speak, I pray thee, to thy servants in the Syrian language; for we understand it: and talk not with us in the Jews' language in the ears of the people that are on the wall. -- 2 kings 18:26 +. +But Rabshakeh said unto them, Hath my master sent me to thy master, and to thee, to speak these words? hath he not sent me to the men which sit on the wall, that they may eat their own dung, and drink their own piss with you? -- 2 kings 18:27 +. +Then Rabshakeh stood and cried with a loud voice in the Jews' language, and spake, saying, Hear the word of the great king, the king of Assyria: -- 2 kings 18:28 +. +Thus saith the king, Let not Hezekiah deceive you: for he shall not be able to deliver you out of his hand: -- 2 kings 18:29 +. +Neither let Hezekiah make you trust in the LORD, saying, The LORD will surely deliver us, and this city shall not be delivered into the hand of the king of Assyria. -- 2 kings 18:30 +. +Hearken not to Hezekiah: for thus saith the king of Assyria, Make an agreement with me by a present, and come out to me, and then eat ye every man of his own vine, and every one of his fig tree, and drink ye every one the waters of his cistern: -- 2 kings 18:31 +. +Until I come and take you away to a land like your own land, a land of corn and wine, a land of bread and vineyards, a land of oil olive and of honey, that ye may live, and not die: and hearken not unto Hezekiah, when he persuadeth you, saying, The LORD will deliver us. -- 2 kings 18:32 +. +Hath any of the gods of the nations delivered at all his land out of the hand of the king of Assyria? -- 2 kings 18:33 +. +Where are the gods of Hamath, and of Arpad? where are the gods of Sepharvaim, Hena, and Ivah? have they delivered Samaria out of mine hand? -- 2 kings 18:34 +. +Who are they among all the gods of the countries, that have delivered their country out of mine hand, that the LORD should deliver Jerusalem out of mine hand? -- 2 kings 18:35 +. +But the people held their peace, and answered him not a word: for the king's commandment was, saying, Answer him not. -- 2 kings 18:36 +. +Then came Eliakim the son of Hilkiah, which was over the household, and Shebna the scribe, and Joah the son of Asaph the recorder, to Hezekiah with their clothes rent, and told him the words of Rabshakeh. -- 2 kings 18:37 +. +And it came to pass, when king Hezekiah heard it, that he rent his clothes, and covered himself with sackcloth, and went into the house of the LORD. -- 2 kings 19:1 +. +And he sent Eliakim, which was over the household, and Shebna the scribe, and the elders of the priests, covered with sackcloth, to Isaiah the prophet the son of Amoz. -- 2 kings 19:2 +. +And they said unto him, Thus saith Hezekiah, This day is a day of trouble, and of rebuke, and blasphemy; for the children are come to the birth, and there is not strength to bring forth. -- 2 kings 19:3 +. +It may be the LORD thy God will hear all the words of Rabshakeh, whom the king of Assyria his master hath sent to reproach the living God; and will reprove the words which the LORD thy God hath heard: wherefore lift up thy prayer for the remnant that are left. -- 2 kings 19:4 +. +So the servants of king Hezekiah came to Isaiah. -- 2 kings 19:5 +. +And Isaiah said unto them, Thus shall ye say to your master, Thus saith the LORD, Be not afraid of the words which thou hast heard, with which the servants of the king of Assyria have blasphemed me. -- 2 kings 19:6 +. +Behold, I will send a blast upon him, and he shall hear a rumor, and shall return to his own land; and I will cause him to fall by the sword in his own land. -- 2 kings 19:7 +. +So Rabshakeh returned, and found the king of Assyria warring against Libnah: for he had heard that he was departed from Lachish. -- 2 kings 19:8 +. +And when he heard say of Tirhakah king of Ethiopia, Behold, he is come out to fight against thee: he sent messengers again unto Hezekiah, saying, -- 2 kings 19:9 +. +Thus shall ye speak to Hezekiah king of Judah, saying, Let not thy God in whom thou trustest deceive thee, saying, Jerusalem shall not be delivered into the hand of the king of Assyria. -- 2 kings 19:10 +. +Behold, thou hast heard what the kings of Assyria have done to all lands, by destroying them utterly: and shalt thou be delivered? -- 2 kings 19:11 +. +Have the gods of the nations delivered them which my fathers have destroyed; as Gozan, and Haran, and Rezeph, and the children of Eden which were in Thelasar? -- 2 kings 19:12 +. +Where is the king of Hamath, and the king of Arpad, and the king of the city of Sepharvaim, of Hena, and Ivah? -- 2 kings 19:13 +. +And Hezekiah received the letter of the hand of the messengers, and read it: and Hezekiah went up into the house of the LORD, and spread it before the LORD. -- 2 kings 19:14 +. +And Hezekiah prayed before the LORD, and said, O LORD God of Israel, which dwellest between the cherubim, thou art the God, even thou alone, of all the kingdoms of the earth; thou hast made heaven and earth. -- 2 kings 19:15 +. +LORD, bow down thine ear, and hear: open, LORD, thine eyes, and see: and hear the words of Sennacherib, which hath sent him to reproach the living God. -- 2 kings 19:16 +. +Of a truth, LORD, the kings of Assyria have destroyed the nations and their lands, -- 2 kings 19:17 +. +And have cast their gods into the fire: for they were no gods, but the work of men's hands, wood and stone: therefore they have destroyed them. -- 2 kings 19:18 +. +Now therefore, O LORD our God, I beseech thee, save thou us out of his hand, that all the kingdoms of the earth may know that thou art the LORD God, even thou only. -- 2 kings 19:19 +. +Then Isaiah the son of Amoz sent to Hezekiah, saying, Thus saith the LORD God of Israel, That which thou hast prayed to me against Sennacherib king of Assyria I have heard. -- 2 kings 19:20 +. +This is the word that the LORD hath spoken concerning him; The virgin the daughter of Zion hath despised thee, and laughed thee to scorn; the daughter of Jerusalem hath shaken her head at thee. -- 2 kings 19:21 +. +Whom hast thou reproached and blasphemed? and against whom hast thou exalted thy voice, and lifted up thine eyes on high? even against the Holy One of Israel. -- 2 kings 19:22 +. +By thy messengers thou hast reproached the LORD, and hast said, With the multitude of my chariots I am come up to the height of the mountains, to the sides of Lebanon, and will cut down the tall cedar trees thereof, and the choice fir trees thereof: and I will enter into the lodgings of his borders, and into the forest of his Carmel. -- 2 kings 19:23 +. +I have digged and drunk strange waters, and with the sole of my feet have I dried up all the rivers of besieged places. -- 2 kings 19:24 +. +Hast thou not heard long ago how I have done it, and of ancient times that I have formed it? now have I brought it to pass, that thou shouldest be to lay waste fenced cities into ruinous heaps. -- 2 kings 19:25 +. +Therefore their inhabitants were of small power, they were dismayed and confounded; they were as the grass of the field, and as the green herb, as the grass on the house tops, and as corn blasted before it be grown up. -- 2 kings 19:26 +. +But I know thy abode, and thy going out, and thy coming in, and thy rage against me. -- 2 kings 19:27 +. +Because thy rage against me and thy tumult is come up into mine ears, therefore I will put my hook in thy nose, and my bridle in thy lips, and I will turn thee back by the way by which thou camest. -- 2 kings 19:28 +. +And this shall be a sign unto thee, Ye shall eat this year such things as grow of themselves, and in the second year that which springeth of the same; and in the third year sow ye, and reap, and plant vineyards, and eat the fruits thereof. -- 2 kings 19:29 +. +And the remnant that is escaped of the house of Judah shall yet again take root downward, and bear fruit upward. -- 2 kings 19:30 +. +For out of Jerusalem shall go forth a remnant, and they that escape out of mount Zion: the zeal of the LORD of hosts shall do this. -- 2 kings 19:31 +. +Therefore thus saith the LORD concerning the king of Assyria, He shall not come into this city, nor shoot an arrow there, nor come before it with shield, nor cast a bank against it. -- 2 kings 19:32 +. +By the way that he came, by the same shall he return, and shall not come into this city, saith the LORD. -- 2 kings 19:33 +. +For I will defend this city, to save it, for mine own sake, and for my servant David's sake. -- 2 kings 19:34 +. +And it came to pass that night, that the angel of the LORD went out, and smote in the camp of the Assyrians an hundred fourscore and five thousand: and when they arose early in the morning, behold, they were all dead corpses. -- 2 kings 19:35 +. +So Sennacherib king of Assyria departed, and went and returned, and dwelt at Nineveh. -- 2 kings 19:36 +. +And it came to pass, as he was worshipping in the house of Nisroch his god, that Adrammelech and Sharezer his sons smote him with the sword: and they escaped into the land of Armenia. And Esarhaddon his son reigned in his stead. -- 2 kings 19:37 +. +In those days was Hezekiah sick unto death. And the prophet Isaiah the son of Amoz came to him, and said unto him, Thus saith the LORD, Set thine house in order; for thou shalt die, and not live. -- 2 kings 20:1 +. +Then he turned his face to the wall, and prayed unto the LORD, saying, -- 2 kings 20:2 +. +I beseech thee, O LORD, remember now how I have walked before thee in truth and with a perfect heart, and have done that which is good in thy sight. And Hezekiah wept sore. -- 2 kings 20:3 +. +And it came to pass, afore Isaiah was gone out into the middle court, that the word of the LORD came to him, saying, -- 2 kings 20:4 +. +Turn again, and tell Hezekiah the captain of my people, Thus saith the LORD, the God of David thy father, I have heard thy prayer, I have seen thy tears: behold, I will heal thee: on the third day thou shalt go up unto the house of the LORD. -- 2 kings 20:5 +. +And I will add unto thy days fifteen years; and I will deliver thee and this city out of the hand of the king of Assyria; and I will defend this city for mine own sake, and for my servant David's sake. -- 2 kings 20:6 +. +And Isaiah said, Take a lump of figs. And they took and laid it on the boil, and he recovered. -- 2 kings 20:7 +. +And Hezekiah said unto Isaiah, What shall be the sign that the LORD will heal me, and that I shall go up into the house of the LORD the third day? -- 2 kings 20:8 +. +And Isaiah said, This sign shalt thou have of the LORD, that the LORD will do the thing that he hath spoken: shall the shadow go forward ten degrees, or go back ten degrees? -- 2 kings 20:9 +. +And Hezekiah answered, It is a light thing for the shadow to go down ten degrees: nay, but let the shadow return backward ten degrees. -- 2 kings 20:10 +. +And Isaiah the prophet cried unto the LORD: and he brought the shadow ten degrees backward, by which it had gone down in the dial of Ahaz. -- 2 kings 20:11 +. +At that time Berodachbaladan, the son of Baladan, king of Babylon, sent letters and a present unto Hezekiah: for he had heard that Hezekiah had been sick. -- 2 kings 20:12 +. +And Hezekiah hearkened unto them, and showed them all the house of his precious things, the silver, and the gold, and the spices, and the precious ointment, and all the house of his armor, and all that was found in his treasures: there was nothing in his house, nor in all his dominion, that Hezekiah showed them not. -- 2 kings 20:13 +. +Then came Isaiah the prophet unto king Hezekiah, and said unto him, What said these men? and from whence came they unto thee? And Hezekiah said, They are come from a far country, even from Babylon. -- 2 kings 20:14 +. +And he said, What have they seen in thine house? And Hezekiah answered, All the things that are in mine house have they seen: there is nothing among my treasures that I have not showed them. -- 2 kings 20:15 +. +And Isaiah said unto Hezekiah, Hear the word of the LORD. -- 2 kings 20:16 +. +Behold, the days come, that all that is in thine house, and that which thy fathers have laid up in store unto this day, shall be carried into Babylon: nothing shall be left, saith the LORD. -- 2 kings 20:17 +. +And of thy sons that shall issue from thee, which thou shalt beget, shall they take away; and they shall be eunuchs in the palace of the king of Babylon. -- 2 kings 20:18 +. +Then said Hezekiah unto Isaiah, Good is the word of the LORD which thou hast spoken. And he said, Is it not good, if peace and truth be in my days? -- 2 kings 20:19 +. +And the rest of the acts of Hezekiah, and all his might, and how he made a pool, and a conduit, and brought water into the city, are they not written in the book of the chronicles of the kings of Judah? -- 2 kings 20:20 +. +And Hezekiah slept with his fathers: and Manasseh his son reigned in his stead. -- 2 kings 20:21 +. +Manasseh was twelve years old when he began to reign, and reigned fifty and five years in Jerusalem. And his mother's name was Hephzibah. -- 2 kings 21:1 +. +And he did that which was evil in the sight of the LORD, after the abominations of the heathen, whom the LORD cast out before the children of Israel. -- 2 kings 21:2 +. +For he built up again the high places which Hezekiah his father had destroyed; and he reared up altars for Baal, and made a grove, as did Ahab king of Israel; and worshipped all the host of heaven, and served them. -- 2 kings 21:3 +. +And he built altars in the house of the LORD, of which the LORD said, In Jerusalem will I put my name. -- 2 kings 21:4 +. +And he built altars for all the host of heaven in the two courts of the house of the LORD. -- 2 kings 21:5 +. +And he made his son pass through the fire, and observed times, and used enchantments, and dealt with familiar spirits and wizards: he wrought much wickedness in the sight of the LORD, to provoke him to anger. -- 2 kings 21:6 +. +And he set a graven image of the grove that he had made in the house, of which the LORD said to David, and to Solomon his son, In this house, and in Jerusalem, which I have chosen out of all tribes of Israel, will I put my name for ever: -- 2 kings 21:7 +. +Neither will I make the feet of Israel move any more out of the land which I gave their fathers; only if they will observe to do according to all that I have commanded them, and according to all the law that my servant Moses commanded them. -- 2 kings 21:8 +. +But they hearkened not: and Manasseh seduced them to do more evil than did the nations whom the LORD destroyed before the children of Israel. -- 2 kings 21:9 +. +And the LORD spake by his servants the prophets, saying, -- 2 kings 21:10 +. +Because Manasseh king of Judah hath done these abominations, and hath done wickedly above all that the Amorites did, which were before him, and hath made Judah also to sin with his idols: -- 2 kings 21:11 +. +Therefore thus saith the LORD God of Israel, Behold, I am bringing such evil upon Jerusalem and Judah, that whosoever heareth of it, both his ears shall tingle. -- 2 kings 21:12 +. +And I will stretch over Jerusalem the line of Samaria, and the plummet of the house of Ahab: and I will wipe Jerusalem as a man wipeth a dish, wiping it, and turning it upside down. -- 2 kings 21:13 +. +And I will forsake the remnant of mine inheritance, and deliver them into the hand of their enemies; and they shall become a prey and a spoil to all their enemies; -- 2 kings 21:14 +. +Because they have done that which was evil in my sight, and have provoked me to anger, since the day their fathers came forth out of Egypt, even unto this day. -- 2 kings 21:15 +. +Moreover Manasseh shed innocent blood very much, till he had filled Jerusalem from one end to another; beside his sin wherewith he made Judah to sin, in doing that which was evil in the sight of the LORD. -- 2 kings 21:16 +. +Now the rest of the acts of Manasseh, and all that he did, and his sin that he sinned, are they not written in the book of the chronicles of the kings of Judah? -- 2 kings 21:17 +. +And Manasseh slept with his fathers, and was buried in the garden of his own house, in the garden of Uzza: and Amon his son reigned in his stead. -- 2 kings 21:18 +. +Amon was twenty and two years old when he began to reign, and he reigned two years in Jerusalem. And his mother's name was Meshullemeth, the daughter of Haruz of Jotbah. -- 2 kings 21:19 +. +And he did that which was evil in the sight of the LORD, as his father Manasseh did. -- 2 kings 21:20 +. +And he walked in all the way that his father walked in, and served the idols that his father served, and worshipped them: -- 2 kings 21:21 +. +And he forsook the LORD God of his fathers, and walked not in the way of the LORD. -- 2 kings 21:22 +. +And the servants of Amon conspired against him, and slew the king in his own house. -- 2 kings 21:23 +. +And the people of the land slew all them that had conspired against king Amon; and the people of the land made Josiah his son king in his stead. -- 2 kings 21:24 +. +Now the rest of the acts of Amon which he did, are they not written in the book of the chronicles of the kings of Judah? -- 2 kings 21:25 +. +And he was buried in his sepulchre in the garden of Uzza: and Josiah his son reigned in his stead. -- 2 kings 21:26 +. +Josiah was eight years old when he began to reign, and he reigned thirty and one years in Jerusalem. And his mother's name was Jedidah, the daughter of Adaiah of Boscath. -- 2 kings 22:1 +. +And he did that which was right in the sight of the LORD, and walked in all the way of David his father, and turned not aside to the right hand or to the left. -- 2 kings 22:2 +. +And it came to pass in the eighteenth year of king Josiah, that the king sent Shaphan the son of Azaliah, the son of Meshullam, the scribe, to the house of the LORD, saying, -- 2 kings 22:3 +. +Go up to Hilkiah the high priest, that he may sum the silver which is brought into the house of the LORD, which the keepers of the door have gathered of the people: -- 2 kings 22:4 +. +And let them deliver it into the hand of the doers of the work, that have the oversight of the house of the LORD: and let them give it to the doers of the work which is in the house of the LORD, to repair the breaches of the house, -- 2 kings 22:5 +. +Unto carpenters, and builders, and masons, and to buy timber and hewn stone to repair the house. -- 2 kings 22:6 +. +Howbeit there was no reckoning made with them of the money that was delivered into their hand, because they dealt faithfully. -- 2 kings 22:7 +. +And Hilkiah the high priest said unto Shaphan the scribe, I have found the book of the law in the house of the LORD. And Hilkiah gave the book to Shaphan, and he read it. -- 2 kings 22:8 +. +And Shaphan the scribe came to the king, and brought the king word again, and said, Thy servants have gathered the money that was found in the house, and have delivered it into the hand of them that do the work, that have the oversight of the house of the LORD. -- 2 kings 22:9 +. +And Shaphan the scribe showed the king, saying, Hilkiah the priest hath delivered me a book. And Shaphan read it before the king. -- 2 kings 22:10 +. +And it came to pass, when the king had heard the words of the book of the law, that he rent his clothes. -- 2 kings 22:11 +. +And the king commanded Hilkiah the priest, and Ahikam the son of Shaphan, and Achbor the son of Michaiah, and Shaphan the scribe, and Asahiah a servant of the king's, saying, -- 2 kings 22:12 +. +Go ye, enquire of the LORD for me, and for the people, and for all Judah, concerning the words of this book that is found: for great is the wrath of the LORD that is kindled against us, because our fathers have not hearkened unto the words of this book, to do according unto all that which is written concerning us. -- 2 kings 22:13 +. +So Hilkiah the priest, and Ahikam, and Achbor, and Shaphan, and Asahiah, went unto Huldah the prophetess, the wife of Shallum the son of Tikvah, the son of Harhas, keeper of the wardrobe; (now she dwelt in Jerusalem in the college;) and they communed with her. -- 2 kings 22:14 +. +And she said unto them, Thus saith the LORD God of Israel, Tell the man that sent you to me, -- 2 kings 22:15 +. +Thus saith the LORD, Behold, I will bring evil upon this place, and upon the inhabitants thereof, even all the words of the book which the king of Judah hath read: -- 2 kings 22:16 +. +Because they have forsaken me, and have burned incense unto other gods, that they might provoke me to anger with all the works of their hands; therefore my wrath shall be kindled against this place, and shall not be quenched. -- 2 kings 22:17 +. +But to the king of Judah which sent you to enquire of the LORD, thus shall ye say to him, Thus saith the LORD God of Israel, As touching the words which thou hast heard; -- 2 kings 22:18 +. +Because thine heart was tender, and thou hast humbled thyself before the LORD, when thou heardest what I spake against this place, and against the inhabitants thereof, that they should become a desolation and a curse, and hast rent thy clothes, and wept before me; I also have heard thee, saith the LORD. -- 2 kings 22:19 +. +Behold therefore, I will gather thee unto thy fathers, and thou shalt be gathered into thy grave in peace; and thine eyes shall not see all the evil which I will bring upon this place. And they brought the king word again. -- 2 kings 22:20 +. +And the king sent, and they gathered unto him all the elders of Judah and of Jerusalem. -- 2 kings 23:1 +. +And the king went up into the house of the LORD, and all the men of Judah and all the inhabitants of Jerusalem with him, and the priests, and the prophets, and all the people, both small and great: and he read in their ears all the words of the book of the covenant which was found in the house of the LORD. -- 2 kings 23:2 +. +And the king stood by a pillar, and made a covenant before the LORD, to walk after the LORD, and to keep his commandments and his testimonies and his statutes with all their heart and all their soul, to perform the words of this covenant that were written in this book. And all the people stood to the covenant. -- 2 kings 23:3 +. +And the king commanded Hilkiah the high priest, and the priests of the second order, and the keepers of the door, to bring forth out of the temple of the LORD all the vessels that were made for Baal, and for the grove, and for all the host of heaven: and he burned them without Jerusalem in the fields of Kidron, and carried the ashes of them unto Bethel. -- 2 kings 23:4 +. +And he put down the idolatrous priests, whom the kings of Judah had ordained to burn incense in the high places in the cities of Judah, and in the places round about Jerusalem; them also that burned incense unto Baal, to the sun, and to the moon, and to the planets, and to all the host of heaven. -- 2 kings 23:5 +. +And he brought out the grove from the house of the LORD, without Jerusalem, unto the brook Kidron, and burned it at the brook Kidron, and stamped it small to powder, and cast the powder thereof upon the graves of the children of the people. -- 2 kings 23:6 +. +And he brake down the houses of the sodomites, that were by the house of the LORD, where the women wove hangings for the grove. -- 2 kings 23:7 +. +And he brought all the priests out of the cities of Judah, and defiled the high places where the priests had burned incense, from Geba to Beersheba, and brake down the high places of the gates that were in the entering in of the gate of Joshua the governor of the city, which were on a man's left hand at the gate of the city. -- 2 kings 23:8 +. +Nevertheless the priests of the high places came not up to the altar of the LORD in Jerusalem, but they did eat of the unleavened bread among their brethren. -- 2 kings 23:9 +. +And he defiled Topheth, which is in the valley of the children of Hinnom, that no man might make his son or his daughter to pass through the fire to Molech. -- 2 kings 23:10 +. +And he took away the horses that the kings of Judah had given to the sun, at the entering in of the house of the LORD, by the chamber of Nathanmelech the chamberlain, which was in the suburbs, and burned the chariots of the sun with fire. -- 2 kings 23:11 +. +And the altars that were on the top of the upper chamber of Ahaz, which the kings of Judah had made, and the altars which Manasseh had made in the two courts of the house of the LORD, did the king beat down, and brake them down from thence, and cast the dust of them into the brook Kidron. -- 2 kings 23:12 +. +And the high places that were before Jerusalem, which were on the right hand of the mount of corruption, which Solomon the king of Israel had builded for Ashtoreth the abomination of the Zidonians, and for Chemosh the abomination of the Moabites, and for Milcom the abomination of the children of Ammon, did the king defile. -- 2 kings 23:13 +. +And he brake in pieces the images, and cut down the groves, and filled their places with the bones of men. -- 2 kings 23:14 +. +Moreover the altar that was at Bethel, and the high place which Jeroboam the son of Nebat, who made Israel to sin, had made, both that altar and the high place he brake down, and burned the high place, and stamped it small to powder, and burned the grove. -- 2 kings 23:15 +. +And as Josiah turned himself, he spied the sepulchres that were there in the mount, and sent, and took the bones out of the sepulchres, and burned them upon the altar, and polluted it, according to the word of the LORD which the man of God proclaimed, who proclaimed these words. -- 2 kings 23:16 +. +Then he said, What title is that that I see? And the men of the city told him, It is the sepulchre of the man of God, which came from Judah, and proclaimed these things that thou hast done against the altar of Bethel. -- 2 kings 23:17 +. +And he said, Let him alone; let no man move his bones. So they let his bones alone, with the bones of the prophet that came out of Samaria. -- 2 kings 23:18 +. +And all the houses also of the high places that were in the cities of Samaria, which the kings of Israel had made to provoke the Lord to anger, Josiah took away, and did to them according to all the acts that he had done in Bethel. -- 2 kings 23:19 +. +And he slew all the priests of the high places that were there upon the altars, and burned men's bones upon them, and returned to Jerusalem. -- 2 kings 23:20 +. +And the king commanded all the people, saying, Keep the passover unto the LORD your God, as it is written in the book of this covenant. -- 2 kings 23:21 +. +Surely there was not holden such a passover from the days of the judges that judged Israel, nor in all the days of the kings of Israel, nor of the kings of Judah; -- 2 kings 23:22 +. +But in the eighteenth year of king Josiah, wherein this passover was holden to the LORD in Jerusalem. -- 2 kings 23:23 +. +Moreover the workers with familiar spirits, and the wizards, and the images, and the idols, and all the abominations that were spied in the land of Judah and in Jerusalem, did Josiah put away, that he might perform the words of the law which were written in the book that Hilkiah the priest found in the house of the LORD. -- 2 kings 23:24 +. +And like unto him was there no king before him, that turned to the LORD with all his heart, and with all his soul, and with all his might, according to all the law of Moses; neither after him arose there any like him. -- 2 kings 23:25 +. +Notwithstanding the LORD turned not from the fierceness of his great wrath, wherewith his anger was kindled against Judah, because of all the provocations that Manasseh had provoked him withal. -- 2 kings 23:26 +. +And the LORD said, I will remove Judah also out of my sight, as I have removed Israel, and will cast off this city Jerusalem which I have chosen, and the house of which I said, My name shall be there. -- 2 kings 23:27 +. +Now the rest of the acts of Josiah, and all that he did, are they not written in the book of the chronicles of the kings of Judah? -- 2 kings 23:28 +. +In his days Pharaohnechoh king of Egypt went up against the king of Assyria to the river Euphrates: and king Josiah went against him; and he slew him at Megiddo, when he had seen him. -- 2 kings 23:29 +. +And his servants carried him in a chariot dead from Megiddo, and brought him to Jerusalem, and buried him in his own sepulchre. And the people of the land took Jehoahaz the son of Josiah, and anointed him, and made him king in his father's stead. -- 2 kings 23:30 +. +Jehoahaz was twenty and three years old when he began to reign; and he reigned three months in Jerusalem. And his mother's name was Hamutal, the daughter of Jeremiah of Libnah. -- 2 kings 23:31 +. +And he did that which was evil in the sight of the LORD, according to all that his fathers had done. -- 2 kings 23:32 +. +And Pharaohnechoh put him in bands at Riblah in the land of Hamath, that he might not reign in Jerusalem; and put the land to a tribute of an hundred talents of silver, and a talent of gold. -- 2 kings 23:33 +. +And Pharaohnechoh made Eliakim the son of Josiah king in the room of Josiah his father, and turned his name to Jehoiakim, and took Jehoahaz away: and he came to Egypt, and died there. -- 2 kings 23:34 +. +And Jehoiakim gave the silver and the gold to Pharaoh; but he taxed the land to give the money according to the commandment of Pharaoh: he exacted the silver and the gold of the people of the land, of every one according to his taxation, to give it unto Pharaohnechoh. -- 2 kings 23:35 +. +Jehoiakim was twenty and five years old when he began to reign; and he reigned eleven years in Jerusalem. And his mother's name was Zebudah, the daughter of Pedaiah of Rumah. -- 2 kings 23:36 +. +And he did that which was evil in the sight of the LORD, according to all that his fathers had done. -- 2 kings 23:37 +. +In his days Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon came up, and Jehoiakim became his servant three years: then he turned and rebelled against him. -- 2 kings 24:1 +. +And the LORD sent against him bands of the Chaldees, and bands of the Syrians, and bands of the Moabites, and bands of the children of Ammon, and sent them against Judah to destroy it, according to the word of the LORD, which he spake by his servants the prophets. -- 2 kings 24:2 +. +Surely at the commandment of the LORD came this upon Judah, to remove them out of his sight, for the sins of Manasseh, according to all that he did; -- 2 kings 24:3 +. +And also for the innocent blood that he shed: for he filled Jerusalem with innocent blood; which the LORD would not pardon. -- 2 kings 24:4 +. +Now the rest of the acts of Jehoiakim, and all that he did, are they not written in the book of the chronicles of the kings of Judah? -- 2 kings 24:5 +. +So Jehoiakim slept with his fathers: and Jehoiachin his son reigned in his stead. -- 2 kings 24:6 +. +And the king of Egypt came not again any more out of his land: for the king of Babylon had taken from the river of Egypt unto the river Euphrates all that pertained to the king of Egypt. -- 2 kings 24:7 +. +Jehoiachin was eighteen years old when he began to reign, and he reigned in Jerusalem three months. And his mother's name was Nehushta, the daughter of Elnathan of Jerusalem. -- 2 kings 24:8 +. +And he did that which was evil in the sight of the LORD, according to all that his father had done. -- 2 kings 24:9 +. +At that time the servants of Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon came up against Jerusalem, and the city was besieged. -- 2 kings 24:10 +. +And Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon came against the city, and his servants did besiege it. -- 2 kings 24:11 +. +And Jehoiachin the king of Judah went out to the king of Babylon, he, and his mother, and his servants, and his princes, and his officers: and the king of Babylon took him in the eighth year of his reign. -- 2 kings 24:12 +. +And he carried out thence all the treasures of the house of the LORD, and the treasures of the king's house, and cut in pieces all the vessels of gold which Solomon king of Israel had made in the temple of the LORD, as the LORD had said. -- 2 kings 24:13 +. +And he carried away all Jerusalem, and all the princes, and all the mighty men of valor, even ten thousand captives, and all the craftsmen and smiths: none remained, save the poorest sort of the people of the land. -- 2 kings 24:14 +. +And he carried away Jehoiachin to Babylon, and the king's mother, and the king's wives, and his officers, and the mighty of the land, those carried he into captivity from Jerusalem to Babylon. -- 2 kings 24:15 +. +And all the men of might, even seven thousand, and craftsmen and smiths a thousand, all that were strong and apt for war, even them the king of Babylon brought captive to Babylon. -- 2 kings 24:16 +. +And the king of Babylon made Mattaniah his father's brother king in his stead, and changed his name to Zedekiah. -- 2 kings 24:17 +. +Zedekiah was twenty and one years old when he began to reign, and he reigned eleven years in Jerusalem. And his mother's name was Hamutal, the daughter of Jeremiah of Libnah. -- 2 kings 24:18 +. +And he did that which was evil in the sight of the LORD, according to all that Jehoiakim had done. -- 2 kings 24:19 +. +For through the anger of the LORD it came to pass in Jerusalem and Judah, until he had cast them out from his presence, that Zedekiah rebelled against the king of Babylon. -- 2 kings 24:20 +. +And it came to pass in the ninth year of his reign, in the tenth month, in the tenth day of the month, that Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon came, he, and all his host, against Jerusalem, and pitched against it; and they built forts against it round about. -- 2 kings 25:1 +. +And the city was besieged unto the eleventh year of king Zedekiah. -- 2 kings 25:2 +. +And on the ninth day of the fourth month the famine prevailed in the city, and there was no bread for the people of the land. -- 2 kings 25:3 +. +And the city was broken up, and all the men of war fled by night by the way of the gate between two walls, which is by the king's garden: (now the Chaldees were against the city round about:) and the king went the way toward the plain. -- 2 kings 25:4 +. +And the army of the Chaldees pursued after the king, and overtook him in the plains of Jericho: and all his army were scattered from him. -- 2 kings 25:5 +. +So they took the king, and brought him up to the king of Babylon to Riblah; and they gave judgment upon him. -- 2 kings 25:6 +. +And they slew the sons of Zedekiah before his eyes, and put out the eyes of Zedekiah, and bound him with fetters of brass, and carried him to Babylon. -- 2 kings 25:7 +. +And in the fifth month, on the seventh day of the month, which is the nineteenth year of king Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon, came Nebuzaradan, captain of the guard, a servant of the king of Babylon, unto Jerusalem: -- 2 kings 25:8 +. +And he burnt the house of the LORD, and the king's house, and all the houses of Jerusalem, and every great man's house burnt he with fire. -- 2 kings 25:9 +. +And all the army of the Chaldees, that were with the captain of the guard, brake down the walls of Jerusalem round about. -- 2 kings 25:10 +. +Now the rest of the people that were left in the city, and the fugitives that fell away to the king of Babylon, with the remnant of the multitude, did Nebuzaradan the captain of the guard carry away. -- 2 kings 25:11 +. +But the captain of the guard left of the door of the poor of the land to be vinedressers and husbandmen. -- 2 kings 25:12 +. +And the pillars of brass that were in the house of the LORD, and the bases, and the brazen sea that was in the house of the LORD, did the Chaldees break in pieces, and carried the brass of them to Babylon. -- 2 kings 25:13 +. +And the pots, and the shovels, and the snuffers, and the spoons, and all the vessels of brass wherewith they ministered, took they away. -- 2 kings 25:14 +. +And the firepans, and the bowls, and such things as were of gold, in gold, and of silver, in silver, the captain of the guard took away. -- 2 kings 25:15 +. +The two pillars, one sea, and the bases which Solomon had made for the house of the LORD; the brass of all these vessels was without weight. -- 2 kings 25:16 +. +The height of the one pillar was eighteen cubits, and the chapiter upon it was brass: and the height of the chapiter three cubits; and the wreathed work, and pomegranates upon the chapiter round about, all of brass: and like unto these had the second pillar with wreathed work. -- 2 kings 25:17 +. +And the captain of the guard took Seraiah the chief priest, and Zephaniah the second priest, and the three keepers of the door: -- 2 kings 25:18 +. +And out of the city he took an officer that was set over the men of war, and five men of them that were in the king's presence, which were found in the city, and the principal scribe of the host, which mustered the people of the land, and threescore men of the people of the land that were found in the city: -- 2 kings 25:19 +. +And Nebuzaradan captain of the guard took these, and brought them to the king of Babylon to Riblah: -- 2 kings 25:20 +. +And the king of Babylon smote them, and slew them at Riblah in the land of Hamath. So Judah was carried away out of their land. -- 2 kings 25:21 +. +And as for the people that remained in the land of Judah, whom Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon had left, even over them he made Gedaliah the son of Ahikam, the son of Shaphan, ruler. -- 2 kings 25:22 +. +And when all the captains of the armies, they and their men, heard that the king of Babylon had made Gedaliah governor, there came to Gedaliah to Mizpah, even Ishmael the son of Nethaniah, and Johanan the son of Careah, and Seraiah the son of Tanhumeth the Netophathite, and Jaazaniah the son of a Maachathite, they and their men. -- 2 kings 25:23 +. +And Gedaliah sware to them, and to their men, and said unto them, Fear not to be the servants of the Chaldees: dwell in the land, and serve the king of Babylon; and it shall be well with you. -- 2 kings 25:24 +. +But it came to pass in the seventh month, that Ishmael the son of Nethaniah, the son of Elishama, of the seed royal, came, and ten men with him, and smote Gedaliah, that he died, and the Jews and the Chaldees that were with him at Mizpah. -- 2 kings 25:25 +. +And all the people, both small and great, and the captains of the armies, arose, and came to Egypt: for they were afraid of the Chaldees. -- 2 kings 25:26 +. +And it came to pass in the seven and thirtieth year of the captivity of Jehoiachin king of Judah, in the twelfth month, on the seven and twentieth day of the month, that Evilmerodach king of Babylon in the year that he began to reign did lift up the head of Jehoiachin king of Judah out of prison; -- 2 kings 25:27 +. +And he spake kindly to him, and set his throne above the throne of the kings that were with him in Babylon; -- 2 kings 25:28 +. +And changed his prison garments: and he did eat bread continually before him all the days of his life. -- 2 kings 25:29 +. +And his allowance was a continual allowance given him of the king, a daily rate for every day, all the days of his life. -- 2 kings 25:30 +. +Adam, Sheth, Enosh, -- 1 chronicles 1:1 +. +Kenan, Mahalaleel, Jered, -- 1 chronicles 1:2 +. +Henoch, Methuselah, Lamech, -- 1 chronicles 1:3 +. +Noah, Shem, Ham, and Japheth. -- 1 chronicles 1:4 +. +The sons of Japheth; Gomer, and Magog, and Madai, and Javan, and Tubal, and Meshech, and Tiras. -- 1 chronicles 1:5 +. +And the sons of Gomer; Ashchenaz, and Riphath, and Togarmah. -- 1 chronicles 1:6 +. +And the sons of Javan; Elishah, and Tarshish, Kittim, and Dodanim. -- 1 chronicles 1:7 +. +The sons of Ham; Cush, and Mizraim, Put, and Canaan. -- 1 chronicles 1:8 +. +And the sons of Cush; Seba, and Havilah, and Sabta, and Raamah, and Sabtecha. And the sons of Raamah; Sheba, and Dedan. -- 1 chronicles 1:9 +. +And Cush begat Nimrod: he began to be mighty upon the earth. -- 1 chronicles 1:10 +. +And Mizraim begat Ludim, and Anamim, and Lehabim, and Naphtuhim, -- 1 chronicles 1:11 +. +And Pathrusim, and Casluhim, (of whom came the Philistines,) and Caphthorim. -- 1 chronicles 1:12 +. +And Canaan begat Zidon his firstborn, and Heth, -- 1 chronicles 1:13 +. +The Jebusite also, and the Amorite, and the Girgashite, -- 1 chronicles 1:14 +. +And the Hivite, and the Arkite, and the Sinite, -- 1 chronicles 1:15 +. +And the Arvadite, and the Zemarite, and the Hamathite. -- 1 chronicles 1:16 +. +The sons of Shem; Elam, and Asshur, and Arphaxad, and Lud, and Aram, and Uz, and Hul, and Gether, and Meshech. -- 1 chronicles 1:17 +. +And Arphaxad begat Shelah, and Shelah begat Eber. -- 1 chronicles 1:18 +. +And unto Eber were born two sons: the name of the one was Peleg; because in his days the earth was divided: and his brother's name was Joktan. -- 1 chronicles 1:19 +. +And Joktan begat Almodad, and Sheleph, and Hazarmaveth, and Jerah, -- 1 chronicles 1:20 +. +Hadoram also, and Uzal, and Diklah, -- 1 chronicles 1:21 +. +And Ebal, and Abimael, and Sheba, -- 1 chronicles 1:22 +. +And Ophir, and Havilah, and Jobab. All these were the sons of Joktan. -- 1 chronicles 1:23 +. +Shem, Arphaxad, Shelah, -- 1 chronicles 1:24 +. +Eber, Peleg, Reu, -- 1 chronicles 1:25 +. +Serug, Nahor, Terah, -- 1 chronicles 1:26 +. +Abram; the same is Abraham. -- 1 chronicles 1:27 +. +The sons of Abraham; Isaac, and Ishmael. -- 1 chronicles 1:28 +. +These are their generations: The firstborn of Ishmael, Nebaioth; then Kedar, and Adbeel, and Mibsam, -- 1 chronicles 1:29 +. +Mishma, and Dumah, Massa, Hadad, and Tema, -- 1 chronicles 1:30 +. +Jetur, Naphish, and Kedemah. These are the sons of Ishmael. -- 1 chronicles 1:31 +. +Now the sons of Keturah, Abraham's concubine: she bare Zimran, and Jokshan, and Medan, and Midian, and Ishbak, and Shuah. And the sons of Jokshan; Sheba, and Dedan. -- 1 chronicles 1:32 +. +And the sons of Midian; Ephah, and Epher, and Henoch, and Abida, and Eldaah. All these are the sons of Keturah. -- 1 chronicles 1:33 +. +And Abraham begat Isaac. The sons of Isaac; Esau and Israel. -- 1 chronicles 1:34 +. +The sons of Esau; Eliphaz, Reuel, and Jeush, and Jaalam, and Korah. -- 1 chronicles 1:35 +. +The sons of Eliphaz; Teman, and Omar, Zephi, and Gatam, Kenaz, and Timna, and Amalek. -- 1 chronicles 1:36 +. +The sons of Reuel; Nahath, Zerah, Shammah, and Mizzah. -- 1 chronicles 1:37 +. +And the sons of Seir; Lotan, and Shobal, and Zibeon, and Anah, and Dishon, and Ezar, and Dishan. -- 1 chronicles 1:38 +. +And the sons of Lotan; Hori, and Homam: and Timna was Lotan's sister. -- 1 chronicles 1:39 +. +The sons of Shobal; Alian, and Manahath, and Ebal, Shephi, and Onam. and the sons of Zibeon; Aiah, and Anah. -- 1 chronicles 1:40 +. +The sons of Anah; Dishon. And the sons of Dishon; Amram, and Eshban, and Ithran, and Cheran. -- 1 chronicles 1:41 +. +The sons of Ezer; Bilhan, and Zavan, and Jakan. The sons of Dishan; Uz, and Aran. -- 1 chronicles 1:42 +. +Now these are the kings that reigned in the land of Edom before any king reigned over the children of Israel; Bela the son of Beor: and the name of his city was Dinhabah. -- 1 chronicles 1:43 +. +And when Bela was dead, Jobab the son of Zerah of Bozrah reigned in his stead. -- 1 chronicles 1:44 +. +And when Jobab was dead, Husham of the land of the Temanites reigned in his stead. -- 1 chronicles 1:45 +. +And when Husham was dead, Hadad the son of Bedad, which smote Midian in the field of Moab, reigned in his stead: and the name of his city was Avith. -- 1 chronicles 1:46 +. +And when Hadad was dead, Samlah of Masrekah reigned in his stead. -- 1 chronicles 1:47 +. +And when Samlah was dead, Shaul of Rehoboth by the river reigned in his stead. -- 1 chronicles 1:48 +. +And when Shaul was dead, Baalhanan the son of Achbor reigned in his stead. -- 1 chronicles 1:49 +. +And when Baalhanan was dead, Hadad reigned in his stead: and the name of his city was Pai; and his wife's name was Mehetabel, the daughter of Matred, the daughter of Mezahab. -- 1 chronicles 1:50 +. +Hadad died also. And the dukes of Edom were; duke Timnah, duke Aliah, duke Jetheth, -- 1 chronicles 1:51 +. +Duke Aholibamah, duke Elah, duke Pinon, -- 1 chronicles 1:52 +. +Duke Kenaz, duke Teman, duke Mibzar, -- 1 chronicles 1:53 +. +Duke Magdiel, duke Iram. These are the dukes of Edom. -- 1 chronicles 1:54 +. +These are the sons of Israel; Reuben, Simeon, Levi, and Judah, Issachar, and Zebulun, -- 1 chronicles 2:1 +. +Dan, Joseph, and Benjamin, Naphtali, Gad, and Asher. -- 1 chronicles 2:2 +. +The sons of Judah; Er, and Onan, and Shelah: which three were born unto him of the daughter of Shua the Canaanitess. And Er, the firstborn of Judah, was evil in the sight of the LORD; and he slew him. -- 1 chronicles 2:3 +. +And Tamar his daughter in law bore him Pharez and Zerah. All the sons of Judah were five. -- 1 chronicles 2:4 +. +The sons of Pharez; Hezron, and Hamul. -- 1 chronicles 2:5 +. +And the sons of Zerah; Zimri, and Ethan, and Heman, and Calcol, and Dara: five of them in all. -- 1 chronicles 2:6 +. +And the sons of Carmi; Achar, the troubler of Israel, who transgressed in the thing accursed. -- 1 chronicles 2:7 +. +And the sons of Ethan; Azariah. -- 1 chronicles 2:8 +. +The sons also of Hezron, that were born unto him; Jerahmeel, and Ram, and Chelubai. -- 1 chronicles 2:9 +. +And Ram begat Amminadab; and Amminadab begat Nahshon, prince of the children of Judah; -- 1 chronicles 2:10 +. +And Nahshon begat Salma, and Salma begat Boaz, -- 1 chronicles 2:11 +. +And Boaz begat Obed, and Obed begat Jesse, -- 1 chronicles 2:12 +. +And Jesse begat his firstborn Eliab, and Abinadab the second, and Shimma the third, -- 1 chronicles 2:13 +. +Nethaneel the fourth, Raddai the fifth, -- 1 chronicles 2:14 +. +Ozem the sixth, David the seventh: -- 1 chronicles 2:15 +. +Whose sisters were Zeruiah, and Abigail. And the sons of Zeruiah; Abishai, and Joab, and Asahel, three. -- 1 chronicles 2:16 +. +And Abigail bare Amasa: and the father of Amasa was Jether the Ishmeelite. -- 1 chronicles 2:17 +. +And Caleb the son of Hezron begat children of Azubah his wife, and of Jerioth: her sons are these; Jesher, and Shobab, and Ardon. -- 1 chronicles 2:18 +. +And when Azubah was dead, Caleb took unto him Ephrath, which bare him Hur. -- 1 chronicles 2:19 +. +And Hur begat Uri, and Uri begat Bezaleel. -- 1 chronicles 2:20 +. +And afterward Hezron went in to the daughter of Machir the father of Gilead, whom he married when he was threescore years old; and she bare him Segub. -- 1 chronicles 2:21 +. +And Segub begat Jair, who had three and twenty cities in the land of Gilead. -- 1 chronicles 2:22 +. +And he took Geshur, and Aram, with the towns of Jair, from them, with Kenath, and the towns thereof, even threescore cities. All these belonged to the sons of Machir the father of Gilead. -- 1 chronicles 2:23 +. +And after that Hezron was dead in Calebephratah, then Abiah Hezron's wife bare him Ashur the father of Tekoa. -- 1 chronicles 2:24 +. +And the sons of Jerahmeel the firstborn of Hezron were, Ram the firstborn, and Bunah, and Oren, and Ozem, and Ahijah. -- 1 chronicles 2:25 +. +Jerahmeel had also another wife, whose name was Atarah; she was the mother of Onam. -- 1 chronicles 2:26 +. +And the sons of Ram the firstborn of Jerahmeel were, Maaz, and Jamin, and Eker. -- 1 chronicles 2:27 +. +And the sons of Onam were, Shammai, and Jada. And the sons of Shammai; Nadab and Abishur. -- 1 chronicles 2:28 +. +And the name of the wife of Abishur was Abihail, and she bare him Ahban, and Molid. -- 1 chronicles 2:29 +. +And the sons of Nadab; Seled, and Appaim: but Seled died without children. -- 1 chronicles 2:30 +. +And the sons of Appaim; Ishi. And the sons of Ishi; Sheshan. And the children of Sheshan; Ahlai. -- 1 chronicles 2:31 +. +And the sons of Jada the brother of Shammai; Jether, and Jonathan: and Jether died without children. -- 1 chronicles 2:32 +. +And the sons of Jonathan; Peleth, and Zaza. These were the sons of Jerahmeel. -- 1 chronicles 2:33 +. +Now Sheshan had no sons, but daughters. And Sheshan had a servant, an Egyptian, whose name was Jarha. -- 1 chronicles 2:34 +. +And Sheshan gave his daughter to Jarha his servant to wife; and she bare him Attai. -- 1 chronicles 2:35 +. +And Attai begat Nathan, and Nathan begat Zabad, -- 1 chronicles 2:36 +. +And Zabad begat Ephlal, and Ephlal begat Obed, -- 1 chronicles 2:37 +. +And Obed begat Jehu, and Jehu begat Azariah, -- 1 chronicles 2:38 +. +And Azariah begat Helez, and Helez begat Eleasah, -- 1 chronicles 2:39 +. +And Eleasah begat Sisamai, and Sisamai begat Shallum, -- 1 chronicles 2:40 +. +And Shallum begat Jekamiah, and Jekamiah begat Elishama. -- 1 chronicles 2:41 +. +Now the sons of Caleb the brother of Jerahmeel were, Mesha his firstborn, which was the father of Ziph; and the sons of Mareshah the father of Hebron. -- 1 chronicles 2:42 +. +And the sons of Hebron; Korah, and Tappuah, and Rekem, and Shema. -- 1 chronicles 2:43 +. +And Shema begat Raham, the father of Jorkoam: and Rekem begat Shammai. -- 1 chronicles 2:44 +. +And the son of Shammai was Maon: and Maon was the father of Bethzur. -- 1 chronicles 2:45 +. +And Ephah, Caleb's concubine, bare Haran, and Moza, and Gazez: and Haran begat Gazez. -- 1 chronicles 2:46 +. +And the sons of Jahdai; Regem, and Jotham, and Gesham, and Pelet, and Ephah, and Shaaph. -- 1 chronicles 2:47 +. +Maachah, Caleb's concubine, bare Sheber, and Tirhanah. -- 1 chronicles 2:48 +. +She bare also Shaaph the father of Madmannah, Sheva the father of Machbenah, and the father of Gibea: and the daughter of Caleb was Achsa. -- 1 chronicles 2:49 +. +These were the sons of Caleb the son of Hur, the firstborn of Ephratah; Shobal the father of Kirjathjearim. -- 1 chronicles 2:50 +. +Salma the father of Bethlehem, Hareph the father of Bethgader. -- 1 chronicles 2:51 +. +And Shobal the father of Kirjathjearim had sons; Haroeh, and half of the Manahethites. -- 1 chronicles 2:52 +. +And the families of Kirjathjearim; the Ithrites, and the Puhites, and the Shumathites, and the Mishraites; of them came the Zareathites, and the Eshtaulites, -- 1 chronicles 2:53 +. +The sons of Salma; Bethlehem, and the Netophathites, Ataroth, the house of Joab, and half of the Manahethites, the Zorites. -- 1 chronicles 2:54 +. +And the families of the scribes which dwelt at Jabez; the Tirathites, the Shimeathites, and Suchathites. These are the Kenites that came of Hemath, the father of the house of Rechab. -- 1 chronicles 2:55 +. +Now these were the sons of David, which were born unto him in Hebron; the firstborn Amnon, of Ahinoam the Jezreelitess; the second Daniel, of Abigail the Carmelitess: -- 1 chronicles 3:1 +. +The third, Absalom the son of Maachah the daughter of Talmai king of Geshur: the fourth, Adonijah the son of Haggith: -- 1 chronicles 3:2 +. +The fifth, Shephatiah of Abital: the sixth, Ithream by Eglah his wife. -- 1 chronicles 3:3 +. +These six were born unto him in Hebron; and there he reigned seven years and six months: and in Jerusalem he reigned thirty and three years. -- 1 chronicles 3:4 +. +And these were born unto him in Jerusalem; Shimea, and Shobab, and Nathan, and Solomon, four, of Bathshua the daughter of Ammiel: -- 1 chronicles 3:5 +. +Ibhar also, and Elishama, and Eliphelet, -- 1 chronicles 3:6 +. +And Nogah, and Nepheg, and Japhia, -- 1 chronicles 3:7 +. +And Elishama, and Eliada, and Eliphelet, nine. -- 1 chronicles 3:8 +. +These were all the sons of David, beside the sons of the concubines, and Tamar their sister. -- 1 chronicles 3:9 +. +And Solomon's son was Rehoboam, Abia his son, Asa his son, Jehoshaphat his son, -- 1 chronicles 3:10 +. +Joram his son, Ahaziah his son, Joash his son, -- 1 chronicles 3:11 +. +Amaziah his son, Azariah his son, Jotham his son, -- 1 chronicles 3:12 +. +Ahaz his son, Hezekiah his son, Manasseh his son, -- 1 chronicles 3:13 +. +Amon his son, Josiah his son. -- 1 chronicles 3:14 +. +And the sons of Josiah were, the firstborn Johanan, the second Jehoiakim, the third Zedekiah, the fourth Shallum. -- 1 chronicles 3:15 +. +And the sons of Jehoiakim: Jeconiah his son, Zedekiah his son. -- 1 chronicles 3:16 +. +And the sons of Jeconiah; Assir, Salathiel his son, -- 1 chronicles 3:17 +. +Malchiram also, and Pedaiah, and Shenazar, Jecamiah, Hoshama, and Nedabiah. -- 1 chronicles 3:18 +. +And the sons of Pedaiah were, Zerubbabel, and Shimei: and the sons of Zerubbabel; Meshullam, and Hananiah, and Shelomith their sister: -- 1 chronicles 3:19 +. +And Hashubah, and Ohel, and Berechiah, and Hasadiah, Jushabhesed, five. -- 1 chronicles 3:20 +. +And the sons of Hananiah; Pelatiah, and Jesaiah: the sons of Rephaiah, the sons of Arnan, the sons of Obadiah, the sons of Shechaniah. -- 1 chronicles 3:21 +. +And the sons of Shechaniah; Shemaiah: and the sons of Shemaiah; Hattush, and Igeal, and Bariah, and Neariah, and Shaphat, six. -- 1 chronicles 3:22 +. +And the sons of Neariah; Elioenai, and Hezekiah, and Azrikam, three. -- 1 chronicles 3:23 +. +And the sons of Elioenai were, Hodaiah, and Eliashib, and Pelaiah, and Akkub, and Johanan, and Dalaiah, and Anani, seven. -- 1 chronicles 3:24 +. +The sons of Judah; Pharez, Hezron, and Carmi, and Hur, and Shobal. -- 1 chronicles 4:1 +. +And Reaiah the son of Shobal begat Jahath; and Jahath begat Ahumai, and Lahad. These are the families of the Zorathites. -- 1 chronicles 4:2 +. +And these were of the father of Etam; Jezreel, and Ishma, and Idbash: and the name of their sister was Hazelelponi: -- 1 chronicles 4:3 +. +And Penuel the father of Gedor, and Ezer the father of Hushah. These are the sons of Hur, the firstborn of Ephratah, the father of Bethlehem. -- 1 chronicles 4:4 +. +And Ashur the father of Tekoa had two wives, Helah and Naarah. -- 1 chronicles 4:5 +. +And Naarah bare him Ahuzam, and Hepher, and Temeni, and Haahashtari. These were the sons of Naarah. -- 1 chronicles 4:6 +. +And the sons of Helah were, Zereth, and Jezoar, and Ethnan. -- 1 chronicles 4:7 +. +And Coz begat Anub, and Zobebah, and the families of Aharhel the son of Harum. -- 1 chronicles 4:8 +. +And Jabez was more honorable than his brethren: and his mother called his name Jabez, saying, Because I bare him with sorrow. -- 1 chronicles 4:9 +. +And Jabez called on the God of Israel, saying, Oh that thou wouldest bless me indeed, and enlarge my coast, and that thine hand might be with me, and that thou wouldest keep me from evil, that it may not grieve me! And God granted him that which he requested. -- 1 chronicles 4:10 +. +And Chelub the brother of Shuah begat Mehir, which was the father of Eshton. -- 1 chronicles 4:11 +. +And Eshton begat Bethrapha, and Paseah, and Tehinnah the father of Irnahash. These are the men of Rechah. -- 1 chronicles 4:12 +. +And the sons of Kenaz; Othniel, and Seraiah: and the sons of Othniel; Hathath. -- 1 chronicles 4:13 +. +And Meonothai begat Ophrah: and Seraiah begat Joab, the father of the valley of Charashim; for they were craftsmen. -- 1 chronicles 4:14 +. +And the sons of Caleb the son of Jephunneh; Iru, Elah, and Naam: and the sons of Elah, even Kenaz. -- 1 chronicles 4:15 +. +And the sons of Jehaleleel; Ziph, and Ziphah, Tiria, and Asareel. -- 1 chronicles 4:16 +. +And the sons of Ezra were, Jether, and Mered, and Epher, and Jalon: and she bare Miriam, and Shammai, and Ishbah the father of Eshtemoa. -- 1 chronicles 4:17 +. +And his wife Jehudijah bare Jered the father of Gedor, and Heber the father of Socho, and Jekuthiel the father of Zanoah. And these are the sons of Bithiah the daughter of Pharaoh, which Mered took. -- 1 chronicles 4:18 +. +And the sons of his wife Hodiah the sister of Naham, the father of Keilah the Garmite, and Eshtemoa the Maachathite. -- 1 chronicles 4:19 +. +And the sons of Shimon were, Amnon, and Rinnah, Benhanan, and Tilon. And the sons of Ishi were, Zoheth, and Benzoheth. -- 1 chronicles 4:20 +. +The sons of Shelah the son of Judah were, Er the father of Lecah, and Laadah the father of Mareshah, and the families of the house of them that wrought fine linen, of the house of Ashbea, -- 1 chronicles 4:21 +. +And Jokim, and the men of Chozeba, and Joash, and Saraph, who had the dominion in Moab, and Jashubilehem. And these are ancient things. -- 1 chronicles 4:22 +. +These were the potters, and those that dwelt among plants and hedges: there they dwelt with the king for his work. -- 1 chronicles 4:23 +. +The sons of Simeon were, Nemuel, and Jamin, Jarib, Zerah, and Shaul: -- 1 chronicles 4:24 +. +Shallum his son, Mibsam his son, Mishma his son. -- 1 chronicles 4:25 +. +And the sons of Mishma; Hamuel his son, Zacchur his son, Shimei his son. -- 1 chronicles 4:26 +. +And Shimei had sixteen sons and six daughters: but his brethren had not many children, neither did all their family multiply, like to the children of Judah. -- 1 chronicles 4:27 +. +And they dwelt at Beersheba, and Moladah, and Hazarshual, -- 1 chronicles 4:28 +. +And at Bilhah, and at Ezem, and at Tolad, -- 1 chronicles 4:29 +. +And at Bethuel, and at Hormah, and at Ziklag, -- 1 chronicles 4:30 +. +And at Bethmarcaboth, and Hazarsusim, and at Bethbirei, and at Shaaraim. These were their cities unto the reign of David. -- 1 chronicles 4:31 +. +And their villages were, Etam, and Ain, Rimmon, and Tochen, and Ashan, five cities: -- 1 chronicles 4:32 +. +And all their villages that were round about the same cities, unto Baal. These were their habitations, and their genealogy. -- 1 chronicles 4:33 +. +And Meshobab, and Jamlech, and Joshah, the son of Amaziah, -- 1 chronicles 4:34 +. +And Joel, and Jehu the son of Josibiah, the son of Seraiah, the son of Asiel, -- 1 chronicles 4:35 +. +And Elioenai, and Jaakobah, and Jeshohaiah, and Asaiah, and Adiel, and Jesimiel, and Benaiah, -- 1 chronicles 4:36 +. +And Ziza the son of Shiphi, the son of Allon, the son of Jedaiah, the son of Shimri, the son of Shemaiah; -- 1 chronicles 4:37 +. +These mentioned by their names were princes in their families: and the house of their fathers increased greatly. -- 1 chronicles 4:38 +. +And they went to the entrance of Gedor, even unto the east side of the valley, to seek pasture for their flocks. -- 1 chronicles 4:39 +. +And they found fat pasture and good, and the land was wide, and quiet, and peaceable; for they of Ham had dwelt there of old. -- 1 chronicles 4:40 +. +And these written by name came in the days of Hezekiah king of Judah, and smote their tents, and the habitations that were found there, and destroyed them utterly unto this day, and dwelt in their rooms: because there was pasture there for their flocks. -- 1 chronicles 4:41 +. +And some of them, even of the sons of Simeon, five hundred men, went to mount Seir, having for their captains Pelatiah, and Neariah, and Rephaiah, and Uzziel, the sons of Ishi. -- 1 chronicles 4:42 +. +And they smote the rest of the Amalekites that were escaped, and dwelt there unto this day. -- 1 chronicles 4:43 +. +Now the sons of Reuben the firstborn of Israel, (for he was the firstborn; but forasmuch as he defiled his father's bed, his birthright was given unto the sons of Joseph the son of Israel: and the genealogy is not to be reckoned after the birthright. -- 1 chronicles 5:1 +. +For Judah prevailed above his brethren, and of him came the chief ruler; but the birthright was Joseph's:) -- 1 chronicles 5:2 +. +The sons, I say, of Reuben the firstborn of Israel were, Hanoch, and Pallu, Hezron, and Carmi. -- 1 chronicles 5:3 +. +The sons of Joel; Shemaiah his son, Gog his son, Shimei his son, -- 1 chronicles 5:4 +. +Micah his son, Reaia his son, Baal his son, -- 1 chronicles 5:5 +. +Beerah his son, whom Tilgathpilneser king of Assyria carried away captive: he was prince of the Reubenites. -- 1 chronicles 5:6 +. +And his brethren by their families, when the genealogy of their generations was reckoned, were the chief, Jeiel, and Zechariah, -- 1 chronicles 5:7 +. +And Bela the son of Azaz, the son of Shema, the son of Joel, who dwelt in Aroer, even unto Nebo and Baalmeon: -- 1 chronicles 5:8 +. +And eastward he inhabited unto the entering in of the wilderness from the river Euphrates: because their cattle were multiplied in the land of Gilead. -- 1 chronicles 5:9 +. +And in the days of Saul they made war with the Hagarites, who fell by their hand: and they dwelt in their tents throughout all the east land of Gilead. -- 1 chronicles 5:10 +. +And the children of Gad dwelt over against them, in the land of Bashan unto Salcah: -- 1 chronicles 5:11 +. +Joel the chief, and Shapham the next, and Jaanai, and Shaphat in Bashan. -- 1 chronicles 5:12 +. +And their brethren of the house of their fathers were, Michael, and Meshullam, and Sheba, and Jorai, and Jachan, and Zia, and Heber, seven. -- 1 chronicles 5:13 +. +These are the children of Abihail the son of Huri, the son of Jaroah, the son of Gilead, the son of Michael, the son of Jeshishai, the son of Jahdo, the son of Buz; -- 1 chronicles 5:14 +. +Ahi the son of Abdiel, the son of Guni, chief of the house of their fathers. -- 1 chronicles 5:15 +. +And they dwelt in Gilead in Bashan, and in her towns, and in all the suburbs of Sharon, upon their borders. -- 1 chronicles 5:16 +. +All these were reckoned by genealogies in the days of Jotham king of Judah, and in the days of Jeroboam king of Israel. -- 1 chronicles 5:17 +. +The sons of Reuben, and the Gadites, and half the tribe of Manasseh, of valiant men, men able to bear buckler and sword, and to shoot with bow, and skillful in war, were four and forty thousand seven hundred and threescore, that went out to the war. -- 1 chronicles 5:18 +. +And they made war with the Hagarites, with Jetur, and Nephish, and Nodab. -- 1 chronicles 5:19 +. +And they were helped against them, and the Hagarites were delivered into their hand, and all that were with them: for they cried to God in the battle, and he was intreated of them; because they put their trust in him. -- 1 chronicles 5:20 +. +And they took away their cattle; of their camels fifty thousand, and of sheep two hundred and fifty thousand, and of asses two thousand, and of men an hundred thousand. -- 1 chronicles 5:21 +. +For there fell down many slain, because the war was of God. And they dwelt in their steads until the captivity. -- 1 chronicles 5:22 +. +And the children of the half tribe of Manasseh dwelt in the land: they increased from Bashan unto Baalhermon and Senir, and unto mount Hermon. -- 1 chronicles 5:23 +. +And these were the heads of the house of their fathers, even Epher, and Ishi, and Eliel, and Azriel, and Jeremiah, and Hodaviah, and Jahdiel, mighty men of valor, famous men, and heads of the house of their fathers. -- 1 chronicles 5:24 +. +And they transgressed against the God of their fathers, and went a whoring after the gods of the people of the land, whom God destroyed before them. -- 1 chronicles 5:25 +. +And the God of Israel stirred up the spirit of Pul king of Assyria, and the spirit of Tilgathpilneser king of Assyria, and he carried them away, even the Reubenites, and the Gadites, and the half tribe of Manasseh, and brought them unto Halah, and Habor, and Hara, and to the river Gozan, unto this day. -- 1 chronicles 5:26 +. +The sons of Levi; Gershon, Kohath, and Merari. -- 1 chronicles 6:1 +. +And the sons of Kohath; Amram, Izhar, and Hebron, and Uzziel. -- 1 chronicles 6:2 +. +And the children of Amram; Aaron, and Moses, and Miriam. The sons also of Aaron; Nadab, and Abihu, Eleazar, and Ithamar. -- 1 chronicles 6:3 +. +Eleazar begat Phinehas, Phinehas begat Abishua, -- 1 chronicles 6:4 +. +And Abishua begat Bukki, and Bukki begat Uzzi, -- 1 chronicles 6:5 +. +And Uzzi begat Zerahiah, and Zerahiah begat Meraioth, -- 1 chronicles 6:6 +. +Meraioth begat Amariah, and Amariah begat Ahitub, -- 1 chronicles 6:7 +. +And Ahitub begat Zadok, and Zadok begat Ahimaaz, -- 1 chronicles 6:8 +. +And Ahimaaz begat Azariah, and Azariah begat Johanan, -- 1 chronicles 6:9 +. +And Johanan begat Azariah, (he it is that executed the priest's office in the temple that Solomon built in Jerusalem:) -- 1 chronicles 6:10 +. +And Azariah begat Amariah, and Amariah begat Ahitub, -- 1 chronicles 6:11 +. +And Ahitub begat Zadok, and Zadok begat Shallum, -- 1 chronicles 6:12 +. +And Shallum begat Hilkiah, and Hilkiah begat Azariah, -- 1 chronicles 6:13 +. +And Azariah begat Seraiah, and Seraiah begat Jehozadak, -- 1 chronicles 6:14 +. +And Jehozadak went into captivity, when the LORD carried away Judah and Jerusalem by the hand of Nebuchadnezzar. -- 1 chronicles 6:15 +. +The sons of Levi; Gershom, Kohath, and Merari. -- 1 chronicles 6:16 +. +And these be the names of the sons of Gershom; Libni, and Shimei. -- 1 chronicles 6:17 +. +And the sons of Kohath were, Amram, and Izhar, and Hebron, and Uzziel. -- 1 chronicles 6:18 +. +The sons of Merari; Mahli, and Mushi. And these are the families of the Levites according to their fathers. -- 1 chronicles 6:19 +. +Of Gershom; Libni his son, Jahath his son, Zimmah his son, -- 1 chronicles 6:20 +. +Joah his son, Iddo his son, Zerah his son, Jeaterai his son. -- 1 chronicles 6:21 +. +The sons of Kohath; Amminadab his son, Korah his son, Assir his son, -- 1 chronicles 6:22 +. +Elkanah his son, and Ebiasaph his son, and Assir his son, -- 1 chronicles 6:23 +. +Tahath his son, Uriel his son, Uzziah his son, and Shaul his son. -- 1 chronicles 6:24 +. +And the sons of Elkanah; Amasai, and Ahimoth. -- 1 chronicles 6:25 +. +As for Elkanah: the sons of Elkanah; Zophai his son, and Nahath his son, -- 1 chronicles 6:26 +. +Eliab his son, Jeroham his son, Elkanah his son. -- 1 chronicles 6:27 +. +And the sons of Samuel; the firstborn Vashni, and Abiah. -- 1 chronicles 6:28 +. +The sons of Merari; Mahli, Libni his son, Shimei his son, Uzza his son, -- 1 chronicles 6:29 +. +Shimea his son, Haggiah his son, Asaiah his son. -- 1 chronicles 6:30 +. +And these are they whom David set over the service of song in the house of the LORD, after that the ark had rest. -- 1 chronicles 6:31 +. +And they ministered before the dwelling place of the tabernacle of the congregation with singing, until Solomon had built the house of the LORD in Jerusalem: and then they waited on their office according to their order. -- 1 chronicles 6:32 +. +And these are they that waited with their children. Of the sons of the Kohathites: Heman a singer, the son of Joel, the son of Shemuel, -- 1 chronicles 6:33 +. +The son of Elkanah, the son of Jeroham, the son of Eliel, the son of Toah, -- 1 chronicles 6:34 +. +The son of Zuph, the son of Elkanah, the son of Mahath, the son of Amasai, -- 1 chronicles 6:35 +. +The son of Elkanah, the son of Joel, the son of Azariah, the son of Zephaniah, -- 1 chronicles 6:36 +. +The son of Tahath, the son of Assir, the son of Ebiasaph, the son of Korah, -- 1 chronicles 6:37 +. +The son of Izhar, the son of Kohath, the son of Levi, the son of Israel. -- 1 chronicles 6:38 +. +And his brother Asaph, who stood on his right hand, even Asaph the son of Berachiah, the son of Shimea, -- 1 chronicles 6:39 +. +The son of Michael, the son of Baaseiah, the son of Malchiah, -- 1 chronicles 6:40 +. +The son of Ethni, the son of Zerah, the son of Adaiah, -- 1 chronicles 6:41 +. +The son of Ethan, the son of Zimmah, the son of Shimei, -- 1 chronicles 6:42 +. +The son of Jahath, the son of Gershom, the son of Levi. -- 1 chronicles 6:43 +. +And their brethren the sons of Merari stood on the left hand: Ethan the son of Kishi, the son of Abdi, the son of Malluch, -- 1 chronicles 6:44 +. +The son of Hashabiah, the son of Amaziah, the son of Hilkiah, -- 1 chronicles 6:45 +. +The son of Amzi, the son of Bani, the son of Shamer, -- 1 chronicles 6:46 +. +The son of Mahli, the son of Mushi, the son of Merari, the son of Levi. -- 1 chronicles 6:47 +. +Their brethren also the Levites were appointed unto all manner of service of the tabernacle of the house of God. -- 1 chronicles 6:48 +. +But Aaron and his sons offered upon the altar of the burnt offering, and on the altar of incense, and were appointed for all the work of the place most holy, and to make an atonement for Israel, according to all that Moses the servant of God had commanded. -- 1 chronicles 6:49 +. +And these are the sons of Aaron; Eleazar his son, Phinehas his son, Abishua his son, -- 1 chronicles 6:50 +. +Bukki his son, Uzzi his son, Zerahiah his son, -- 1 chronicles 6:51 +. +Meraioth his son, Amariah his son, Ahitub his son, -- 1 chronicles 6:52 +. +Zadok his son, Ahimaaz his son. -- 1 chronicles 6:53 +. +Now these are their dwelling places throughout their castles in their coasts, of the sons of Aaron, of the families of the Kohathites: for theirs was the lot. -- 1 chronicles 6:54 +. +And they gave them Hebron in the land of Judah, and the suburbs thereof round about it. -- 1 chronicles 6:55 +. +But the fields of the city, and the villages thereof, they gave to Caleb the son of Jephunneh. -- 1 chronicles 6:56 +. +And to the sons of Aaron they gave the cities of Judah, namely, Hebron, the city of refuge, and Libnah with her suburbs, and Jattir, and Eshtemoa, with their suburbs, -- 1 chronicles 6:57 +. +And Hilen with her suburbs, Debir with her suburbs, -- 1 chronicles 6:58 +. +And Ashan with her suburbs, and Bethshemesh with her suburbs: -- 1 chronicles 6:59 +. +And out of the tribe of Benjamin; Geba with her suburbs, and Alemeth with her suburbs, and Anathoth with her suburbs. All their cities throughout their families were thirteen cities. -- 1 chronicles 6:60 +. +And unto the sons of Kohath, which were left of the family of that tribe, were cities given out of the half tribe, namely, out of the half tribe of Manasseh, by lot, ten cities. -- 1 chronicles 6:61 +. +And to the sons of Gershom throughout their families out of the tribe of Issachar, and out of the tribe of Asher, and out of the tribe of Naphtali, and out of the tribe of Manasseh in Bashan, thirteen cities. -- 1 chronicles 6:62 +. +Unto the sons of Merari were given by lot, throughout their families, out of the tribe of Reuben, and out of the tribe of Gad, and out of the tribe of Zebulun, twelve cities. -- 1 chronicles 6:63 +. +And the children of Israel gave to the Levites these cities with their suburbs. -- 1 chronicles 6:64 +. +And they gave by lot out of the tribe of the children of Judah, and out of the tribe of the children of Simeon, and out of the tribe of the children of Benjamin, these cities, which are called by their names. -- 1 chronicles 6:65 +. +And the residue of the families of the sons of Kohath had cities of their coasts out of the tribe of Ephraim. -- 1 chronicles 6:66 +. +And they gave unto them, of the cities of refuge, Shechem in mount Ephraim with her suburbs; they gave also Gezer with her suburbs, -- 1 chronicles 6:67 +. +And Jokmeam with her suburbs, and Bethhoron with her suburbs, -- 1 chronicles 6:68 +. +And Aijalon with her suburbs, and Gathrimmon with her suburbs: -- 1 chronicles 6:69 +. +And out of the half tribe of Manasseh; Aner with her suburbs, and Bileam with her suburbs, for the family of the remnant of the sons of Kohath. -- 1 chronicles 6:70 +. +Unto the sons of Gershom were given out of the family of the half tribe of Manasseh, Golan in Bashan with her suburbs, and Ashtaroth with her suburbs: -- 1 chronicles 6:71 +. +And out of the tribe of Issachar; Kedesh with her suburbs, Daberath with her suburbs, -- 1 chronicles 6:72 +. +And Ramoth with her suburbs, and Anem with her suburbs: -- 1 chronicles 6:73 +. +And out of the tribe of Asher; Mashal with her suburbs, and Abdon with her suburbs, -- 1 chronicles 6:74 +. +And Hukok with her suburbs, and Rehob with her suburbs: -- 1 chronicles 6:75 +. +And out of the tribe of Naphtali; Kedesh in Galilee with her suburbs, and Hammon with her suburbs, and Kirjathaim with her suburbs. -- 1 chronicles 6:76 +. +Unto the rest of the children of Merari were given out of the tribe of Zebulun, Rimmon with her suburbs, Tabor with her suburbs: -- 1 chronicles 6:77 +. +And on the other side Jordan by Jericho, on the east side of Jordan, were given them out of the tribe of Reuben, Bezer in the wilderness with her suburbs, and Jahzah with her suburbs, -- 1 chronicles 6:78 +. +Kedemoth also with her suburbs, and Mephaath with her suburbs: -- 1 chronicles 6:79 +. +And out of the tribe of Gad; Ramoth in Gilead with her suburbs, and Mahanaim with her suburbs, -- 1 chronicles 6:80 +. +And Heshbon with her suburbs, and Jazer with her suburbs. -- 1 chronicles 6:81 +. +Now the sons of Issachar were, Tola, and Puah, Jashub, and Shimrom, four. -- 1 chronicles 7:1 +. +And the sons of Tola; Uzzi, and Rephaiah, and Jeriel, and Jahmai, and Jibsam, and Shemuel, heads of their father's house, to wit, of Tola: they were valiant men of might in their generations; whose number was in the days of David two and twenty thousand and six hundred. -- 1 chronicles 7:2 +. +And the sons of Uzzi; Izrahiah: and the sons of Izrahiah; Michael, and Obadiah, and Joel, Ishiah, five: all of them chief men. -- 1 chronicles 7:3 +. +And with them, by their generations, after the house of their fathers, were bands of soldiers for war, six and thirty thousand men: for they had many wives and sons. -- 1 chronicles 7:4 +. +And their brethren among all the families of Issachar were valiant men of might, reckoned in all by their genealogies fourscore and seven thousand. -- 1 chronicles 7:5 +. +The sons of Benjamin; Bela, and Becher, and Jediael, three. -- 1 chronicles 7:6 +. +And the sons of Bela; Ezbon, and Uzzi, and Uzziel, and Jerimoth, and Iri, five; heads of the house of their fathers, mighty men of valor; and were reckoned by their genealogies twenty and two thousand and thirty and four. -- 1 chronicles 7:7 +. +And the sons of Becher; Zemira, and Joash, and Eliezer, and Elioenai, and Omri, and Jerimoth, and Abiah, and Anathoth, and Alameth. All these are the sons of Becher. -- 1 chronicles 7:8 +. +And the number of them, after their genealogy by their generations, heads of the house of their fathers, mighty men of valor, was twenty thousand and two hundred. -- 1 chronicles 7:9 +. +The sons also of Jediael; Bilhan: and the sons of Bilhan; Jeush, and Benjamin, and Ehud, and Chenaanah, and Zethan, and Tharshish, and Ahishahar. -- 1 chronicles 7:10 +. +All these the sons of Jediael, by the heads of their fathers, mighty men of valor, were seventeen thousand and two hundred soldiers, fit to go out for war and battle. -- 1 chronicles 7:11 +. +Shuppim also, and Huppim, the children of Ir, and Hushim, the sons of Aher. -- 1 chronicles 7:12 +. +The sons of Naphtali; Jahziel, and Guni, and Jezer, and Shallum, the sons of Bilhah. -- 1 chronicles 7:13 +. +The sons of Manasseh; Ashriel, whom she bare: (but his concubine the Aramitess bare Machir the father of Gilead: -- 1 chronicles 7:14 +. +And Machir took to wife the sister of Huppim and Shuppim, whose sister's name was Maachah;) and the name of the second was Zelophehad: and Zelophehad had daughters. -- 1 chronicles 7:15 +. +And Maachah the wife of Machir bare a son, and she called his name Peresh; and the name of his brother was Sheresh; and his sons were Ulam and Rakem. -- 1 chronicles 7:16 +. +And the sons of Ulam; Bedan. These were the sons of Gilead, the son of Machir, the son of Manasseh. -- 1 chronicles 7:17 +. +And his sister Hammoleketh bare Ishod, and Abiezer, and Mahalah. -- 1 chronicles 7:18 +. +And the sons of Shemidah were, Ahian, and Shechem, and Likhi, and Aniam. -- 1 chronicles 7:19 +. +And the sons of Ephraim; Shuthelah, and Bered his son, and Tahath his son, and Eladah his son, and Tahath his son, -- 1 chronicles 7:20 +. +And Zabad his son, and Shuthelah his son, and Ezer, and Elead, whom the men of Gath that were born in that land slew, because they came down to take away their cattle. -- 1 chronicles 7:21 +. +And Ephraim their father mourned many days, and his brethren came to comfort him. -- 1 chronicles 7:22 +. +And when he went in to his wife, she conceived, and bare a son, and he called his name Beriah, because it went evil with his house. -- 1 chronicles 7:23 +. +(And his daughter was Sherah, who built Bethhoron the nether, and the upper, and Uzzensherah.) -- 1 chronicles 7:24 +. +And Rephah was his son, also Resheph, and Telah his son, and Tahan his son. -- 1 chronicles 7:25 +. +Laadan his son, Ammihud his son, Elishama his son. -- 1 chronicles 7:26 +. +Non his son, Jehoshuah his son. -- 1 chronicles 7:27 +. +And their possessions and habitations were, Bethel and the towns thereof, and eastward Naaran, and westward Gezer, with the towns thereof; Shechem also and the towns thereof, unto Gaza and the towns thereof: -- 1 chronicles 7:28 +. +And by the borders of the children of Manasseh, Bethshean and her towns, Taanach and her towns, Megiddo and her towns, Dor and her towns. In these dwelt the children of Joseph the son of Israel. -- 1 chronicles 7:29 +. +The sons of Asher; Imnah, and Isuah, and Ishuai, and Beriah, and Serah their sister. -- 1 chronicles 7:30 +. +And the sons of Beriah; Heber, and Malchiel, who is the father of Birzavith. -- 1 chronicles 7:31 +. +And Heber begat Japhlet, and Shomer, and Hotham, and Shua their sister. -- 1 chronicles 7:32 +. +And the sons of Japhlet; Pasach, and Bimhal, and Ashvath. These are the children of Japhlet. -- 1 chronicles 7:33 +. +And the sons of Shamer; Ahi, and Rohgah, Jehubbah, and Aram. -- 1 chronicles 7:34 +. +And the sons of his brother Helem; Zophah, and Imna, and Shelesh, and Amal. -- 1 chronicles 7:35 +. +The sons of Zophah; Suah, and Harnepher, and Shual, and Beri, and Imrah, -- 1 chronicles 7:36 +. +Bezer, and Hod, and Shamma, and Shilshah, and Ithran, and Beera. -- 1 chronicles 7:37 +. +And the sons of Jether; Jephunneh, and Pispah, and Ara. -- 1 chronicles 7:38 +. +And the sons of Ulla; Arah, and Haniel, and Rezia. -- 1 chronicles 7:39 +. +All these were the children of Asher, heads of their father's house, choice and mighty men of valor, chief of the princes. And the number throughout the genealogy of them that were apt to the war and to battle was twenty and six thousand men. -- 1 chronicles 7:40 +. +Now Benjamin begat Bela his firstborn, Ashbel the second, and Aharah the third, -- 1 chronicles 8:1 +. +Nohah the fourth, and Rapha the fifth. -- 1 chronicles 8:2 +. +And the sons of Bela were, Addar, and Gera, and Abihud, -- 1 chronicles 8:3 +. +And Abishua, and Naaman, and Ahoah, -- 1 chronicles 8:4 +. +And Gera, and Shephuphan, and Huram. -- 1 chronicles 8:5 +. +And these are the sons of Ehud: these are the heads of the fathers of the inhabitants of Geba, and they removed them to Manahath: -- 1 chronicles 8:6 +. +And Naaman, and Ahiah, and Gera, he removed them, and begat Uzza, and Ahihud. -- 1 chronicles 8:7 +. +And Shaharaim begat children in the country of Moab, after he had sent them away; Hushim and Baara were his wives. -- 1 chronicles 8:8 +. +And he begat of Hodesh his wife, Jobab, and Zibia, and Mesha, and Malcham, -- 1 chronicles 8:9 +. +And Jeuz, and Shachia, and Mirma. These were his sons, heads of the fathers. -- 1 chronicles 8:10 +. +And of Hushim he begat Abitub, and Elpaal. -- 1 chronicles 8:11 +. +The sons of Elpaal; Eber, and Misham, and Shamed, who built Ono, and Lod, with the towns thereof: -- 1 chronicles 8:12 +. +Beriah also, and Shema, who were heads of the fathers of the inhabitants of Aijalon, who drove away the inhabitants of Gath: -- 1 chronicles 8:13 +. +And Ahio, Shashak, and Jeremoth, -- 1 chronicles 8:14 +. +And Zebadiah, and Arad, and Ader, -- 1 chronicles 8:15 +. +And Michael, and Ispah, and Joha, the sons of Beriah; -- 1 chronicles 8:16 +. +And Zebadiah, and Meshullam, and Hezeki, and Heber, -- 1 chronicles 8:17 +. +Ishmerai also, and Jezliah, and Jobab, the sons of Elpaal; -- 1 chronicles 8:18 +. +And Jakim, and Zichri, and Zabdi, -- 1 chronicles 8:19 +. +And Elienai, and Zilthai, and Eliel, -- 1 chronicles 8:20 +. +And Adaiah, and Beraiah, and Shimrath, the sons of Shimhi; -- 1 chronicles 8:21 +. +And Ishpan, and Heber, and Eliel, -- 1 chronicles 8:22 +. +And Abdon, and Zichri, and Hanan, -- 1 chronicles 8:23 +. +And Hananiah, and Elam, and Antothijah, -- 1 chronicles 8:24 +. +And Iphedeiah, and Penuel, the sons of Shashak; -- 1 chronicles 8:25 +. +And Shamsherai, and Shehariah, and Athaliah, -- 1 chronicles 8:26 +. +And Jaresiah, and Eliah, and Zichri, the sons of Jeroham. -- 1 chronicles 8:27 +. +These were heads of the fathers, by their generations, chief men. These dwelt in Jerusalem. -- 1 chronicles 8:28 +. +And at Gibeon dwelt the father of Gibeon; whose wife's name was Maachah: -- 1 chronicles 8:29 +. +And his firstborn son Abdon, and Zur, and Kish, and Baal, and Nadab, -- 1 chronicles 8:30 +. +And Gedor, and Ahio, and Zacher. -- 1 chronicles 8:31 +. +And Mikloth begat Shimeah. And these also dwelt with their brethren in Jerusalem, over against them. -- 1 chronicles 8:32 +. +And Ner begat Kish, and Kish begat Saul, and Saul begat Jonathan, and Malchishua, and Abinadab, and Eshbaal. -- 1 chronicles 8:33 +. +And the son of Jonathan was Meribbaal; and Meribbaal begat Micah. -- 1 chronicles 8:34 +. +And the sons of Micah were, Pithon, and Melech, and Tarea, and Ahaz. -- 1 chronicles 8:35 +. +And Ahaz begat Jehoadah; and Jehoadah begat Alemeth, and Azmaveth, and Zimri; and Zimri begat Moza, -- 1 chronicles 8:36 +. +And Moza begat Binea: Rapha was his son, Eleasah his son, Azel his son: -- 1 chronicles 8:37 +. +And Azel had six sons, whose names are these, Azrikam, Bocheru, and Ishmael, and Sheariah, and Obadiah, and Hanan. All these were the sons of Azel. -- 1 chronicles 8:38 +. +And the sons of Eshek his brother were, Ulam his firstborn, Jehush the second, and Eliphelet the third. -- 1 chronicles 8:39 +. +And the sons of Ulam were mighty men of valor, archers, and had many sons, and sons' sons, an hundred and fifty. All these are of the sons of Benjamin. -- 1 chronicles 8:40 +. +So all Israel were reckoned by genealogies; and, behold, they were written in the book of the kings of Israel and Judah, who were carried away to Babylon for their transgression. -- 1 chronicles 9:1 +. +Now the first inhabitants that dwelt in their possessions in their cities were, the Israelites, the priests, Levites, and the Nethinims. -- 1 chronicles 9:2 +. +And in Jerusalem dwelt of the children of Judah, and of the children of Benjamin, and of the children of Ephraim, and Manasseh; -- 1 chronicles 9:3 +. +Uthai the son of Ammihud, the son of Omri, the son of Imri, the son of Bani, of the children of Pharez the son of Judah. -- 1 chronicles 9:4 +. +And of the Shilonites; Asaiah the firstborn, and his sons. -- 1 chronicles 9:5 +. +And of the sons of Zerah; Jeuel, and their brethren, six hundred and ninety. -- 1 chronicles 9:6 +. +And of the sons of Benjamin; Sallu the son of Meshullam, the son of Hodaviah, the son of Hasenuah, -- 1 chronicles 9:7 +. +And Ibneiah the son of Jeroham, and Elah the son of Uzzi, the son of Michri, and Meshullam the son of Shephathiah, the son of Reuel, the son of Ibnijah; -- 1 chronicles 9:8 +. +And their brethren, according to their generations, nine hundred and fifty and six. All these men were chief of the fathers in the house of their fathers. -- 1 chronicles 9:9 +. +And of the priests; Jedaiah, and Jehoiarib, and Jachin, -- 1 chronicles 9:10 +. +And Azariah the son of Hilkiah, the son of Meshullam, the son of Zadok, the son of Meraioth, the son of Ahitub, the ruler of the house of God; -- 1 chronicles 9:11 +. +And Adaiah the son of Jeroham, the son of Pashur, the son of Malchijah, and Maasiai the son of Adiel, the son of Jahzerah, the son of Meshullam, the son of Meshillemith, the son of Immer; -- 1 chronicles 9:12 +. +And their brethren, heads of the house of their fathers, a thousand and seven hundred and threescore; very able men for the work of the service of the house of God. -- 1 chronicles 9:13 +. +And of the Levites; Shemaiah the son of Hasshub, the son of Azrikam, the son of Hashabiah, of the sons of Merari; -- 1 chronicles 9:14 +. +And Bakbakkar, Heresh, and Galal, and Mattaniah the son of Micah, the son of Zichri, the son of Asaph; -- 1 chronicles 9:15 +. +And Obadiah the son of Shemaiah, the son of Galal, the son of Jeduthun, and Berechiah the son of Asa, the son of Elkanah, that dwelt in the villages of the Netophathites. -- 1 chronicles 9:16 +. +And the porters were, Shallum, and Akkub, and Talmon, and Ahiman, and their brethren: Shallum was the chief; -- 1 chronicles 9:17 +. +Who hitherto waited in the king's gate eastward: they were porters in the companies of the children of Levi. -- 1 chronicles 9:18 +. +And Shallum the son of Kore, the son of Ebiasaph, the son of Korah, and his brethren, of the house of his father, the Korahites, were over the work of the service, keepers of the gates of the tabernacle: and their fathers, being over the host of the LORD, were keepers of the entry. -- 1 chronicles 9:19 +. +And Phinehas the son of Eleazar was the ruler over them in time past, and the LORD was with him. -- 1 chronicles 9:20 +. +And Zechariah the son of Meshelemiah was porter of the door of the tabernacle of the congregation. -- 1 chronicles 9:21 +. +All these which were chosen to be porters in the gates were two hundred and twelve. These were reckoned by their genealogy in their villages, whom David and Samuel the seer did ordain in their set office. -- 1 chronicles 9:22 +. +So they and their children had the oversight of the gates of the house of the LORD, namely, the house of the tabernacle, by wards. -- 1 chronicles 9:23 +. +In four quarters were the porters, toward the east, west, north, and south. -- 1 chronicles 9:24 +. +And their brethren, which were in their villages, were to come after seven days from time to time with them. -- 1 chronicles 9:25 +. +For these Levites, the four chief porters, were in their set office, and were over the chambers and treasuries of the house of God. -- 1 chronicles 9:26 +. +And they lodged round about the house of God, because the charge was upon them, and the opening thereof every morning pertained to them. -- 1 chronicles 9:27 +. +And certain of them had the charge of the ministering vessels, that they should bring them in and out by tale. -- 1 chronicles 9:28 +. +Some of them also were appointed to oversee the vessels, and all the instruments of the sanctuary, and the fine flour, and the wine, and the oil, and the frankincense, and the spices. -- 1 chronicles 9:29 +. +And some of the sons of the priests made the ointment of the spices. -- 1 chronicles 9:30 +. +And Mattithiah, one of the Levites, who was the firstborn of Shallum the Korahite, had the set office over the things that were made in the pans. -- 1 chronicles 9:31 +. +And other of their brethren, of the sons of the Kohathites, were over the shewbread, to prepare it every sabbath. -- 1 chronicles 9:32 +. +And these are the singers, chief of the fathers of the Levites, who remaining in the chambers were free: for they were employed in that work day and night. -- 1 chronicles 9:33 +. +These chief fathers of the Levites were chief throughout their generations; these dwelt at Jerusalem. -- 1 chronicles 9:34 +. +And in Gibeon dwelt the father of Gibeon, Jehiel, whose wife's name was Maachah: -- 1 chronicles 9:35 +. +And his firstborn son Abdon, then Zur, and Kish, and Baal, and Ner, and Nadab. -- 1 chronicles 9:36 +. +And Gedor, and Ahio, and Zechariah, and Mikloth. -- 1 chronicles 9:37 +. +And Mikloth begat Shimeam. And they also dwelt with their brethren at Jerusalem, over against their brethren. -- 1 chronicles 9:38 +. +And Ner begat Kish; and Kish begat Saul; and Saul begat Jonathan, and Malchishua, and Abinadab, and Eshbaal. -- 1 chronicles 9:39 +. +And the son of Jonathan was Meribbaal: and Meribbaal begat Micah. -- 1 chronicles 9:40 +. +And the sons of Micah were, Pithon, and Melech, and Tahrea, and Ahaz. -- 1 chronicles 9:41 +. +And Ahaz begat Jarah; and Jarah begat Alemeth, and Azmaveth, and Zimri; and Zimri begat Moza; -- 1 chronicles 9:42 +. +And Moza begat Binea; and Rephaiah his son, Eleasah his son, Azel his son. -- 1 chronicles 9:43 +. +And Azel had six sons, whose names are these, Azrikam, Bocheru, and Ishmael, and Sheariah, and Obadiah, and Hanan: these were the sons of Azel. -- 1 chronicles 9:44 +. +Now the Philistines fought against Israel; and the men of Israel fled from before the Philistines, and fell down slain in mount Gilboa. -- 1 chronicles 10:1 +. +And the Philistines followed hard after Saul, and after his sons; and the Philistines slew Jonathan, and Abinadab, and Malchishua, the sons of Saul. -- 1 chronicles 10:2 +. +And the battle went sore against Saul, and the archers hit him, and he was wounded of the archers. -- 1 chronicles 10:3 +. +Then said Saul to his armourbearer, Draw thy sword, and thrust me through therewith; lest these uncircumcised come and abuse me. But his armourbearer would not; for he was sore afraid. So Saul took a sword, and fell upon it. -- 1 chronicles 10:4 +. +And when his armourbearer saw that Saul was dead, he fell likewise on the sword, and died. -- 1 chronicles 10:5 +. +So Saul died, and his three sons, and all his house died together. -- 1 chronicles 10:6 +. +And when all the men of Israel that were in the valley saw that they fled, and that Saul and his sons were dead, then they forsook their cities, and fled: and the Philistines came and dwelt in them. -- 1 chronicles 10:7 +. +And it came to pass on the morrow, when the Philistines came to strip the slain, that they found Saul and his sons fallen in mount Gilboa. -- 1 chronicles 10:8 +. +And when they had stripped him, they took his head, and his armor, and sent into the land of the Philistines round about, to carry tidings unto their idols, and to the people. -- 1 chronicles 10:9 +. +And they put his armor in the house of their gods, and fastened his head in the temple of Dagon. -- 1 chronicles 10:10 +. +And when all Jabeshgilead heard all that the Philistines had done to Saul, -- 1 chronicles 10:11 +. +They arose, all the valiant men, and took away the body of Saul, and the bodies of his sons, and brought them to Jabesh, and buried their bones under the oak in Jabesh, and fasted seven days. -- 1 chronicles 10:12 +. +So Saul died for his transgression which he committed against the LORD, even against the word of the LORD, which he kept not, and also for asking counsel of one that had a familiar spirit, to enquire of it; -- 1 chronicles 10:13 +. +And inquired not of the LORD: therefore he slew him, and turned the kingdom unto David the son of Jesse. -- 1 chronicles 10:14 +. +Then all Israel gathered themselves to David unto Hebron, saying, Behold, we are thy bone and thy flesh. -- 1 chronicles 11:1 +. +And moreover in time past, even when Saul was king, thou wast he that leddest out and broughtest in Israel: and the LORD thy God said unto thee, Thou shalt feed my people Israel, and thou shalt be ruler over my people Israel. -- 1 chronicles 11:2 +. +Therefore came all the elders of Israel to the king to Hebron; and David made a covenant with them in Hebron before the LORD; and they anointed David king over Israel, according to the word of the LORD by Samuel. -- 1 chronicles 11:3 +. +And David and all Israel went to Jerusalem, which is Jebus; where the Jebusites were, the inhabitants of the land. -- 1 chronicles 11:4 +. +And the inhabitants of Jebus said to David, Thou shalt not come hither. Nevertheless David took the castle of Zion, which is the city of David. -- 1 chronicles 11:5 +. +And David said, Whosoever smiteth the Jebusites first shall be chief and captain. So Joab the son of Zeruiah went first up, and was chief. -- 1 chronicles 11:6 +. +And David dwelt in the castle; therefore they called it the city of David. -- 1 chronicles 11:7 +. +And he built the city round about, even from Millo round about: and Joab repaired the rest of the city. -- 1 chronicles 11:8 +. +So David waxed greater and greater: for the LORD of hosts was with him. -- 1 chronicles 11:9 +. +These also are the chief of the mighty men whom David had, who strengthened themselves with him in his kingdom, and with all Israel, to make him king, according to the word of the LORD concerning Israel. -- 1 chronicles 11:10 +. +And this is the number of the mighty men whom David had; Jashobeam, an Hachmonite, the chief of the captains: he lifted up his spear against three hundred slain by him at one time. -- 1 chronicles 11:11 +. +And after him was Eleazar the son of Dodo, the Ahohite, who was one of the three mighties. -- 1 chronicles 11:12 +. +He was with David at Pasdammim, and there the Philistines were gathered together to battle, where was a parcel of ground full of barley; and the people fled from before the Philistines. -- 1 chronicles 11:13 +. +And they set themselves in the midst of that parcel, and delivered it, and slew the Philistines; and the LORD saved them by a great deliverance. -- 1 chronicles 11:14 +. +Now three of the thirty captains went down to the rock to David, into the cave of Adullam; and the host of the Philistines encamped in the valley of Rephaim. -- 1 chronicles 11:15 +. +And David was then in the hold, and the Philistines' garrison was then at Bethlehem. -- 1 chronicles 11:16 +. +And David longed, and said, Oh that one would give me drink of the water of the well of Bethlehem, that is at the gate! -- 1 chronicles 11:17 +. +And the three brake through the host of the Philistines, and drew water out of the well of Bethlehem, that was by the gate, and took it, and brought it to David: but David would not drink of it, but poured it out to the LORD. -- 1 chronicles 11:18 +. +And said, My God forbid it me, that I should do this thing: shall I drink the blood of these men that have put their lives in jeopardy? for with the jeopardy of their lives they brought it. Therefore he would not drink it. These things did these three mightiest. -- 1 chronicles 11:19 +. +And Abishai the brother of Joab, he was chief of the three: for lifting up his spear against three hundred, he slew them, and had a name among the three. -- 1 chronicles 11:20 +. +Of the three, he was more honorable than the two; for he was their captain: howbeit he attained not to the first three. -- 1 chronicles 11:21 +. +Benaiah the son of Jehoiada, the son of a valiant man of Kabzeel, who had done many acts; he slew two lionlike men of Moab: also he went down and slew a lion in a pit in a snowy day. -- 1 chronicles 11:22 +. +And he slew an Egyptian, a man of great stature, five cubits high; and in the Egyptian's hand was a spear like a weaver's beam; and he went down to him with a staff, and plucked the spear out of the Egyptian's hand, and slew him with his own spear. -- 1 chronicles 11:23 +. +These things did Benaiah the son of Jehoiada, and had the name among the three mighties. -- 1 chronicles 11:24 +. +Behold, he was honorable among the thirty, but attained not to the first three: and David set him over his guard. -- 1 chronicles 11:25 +. +Also the valiant men of the armies were, Asahel the brother of Joab, Elhanan the son of Dodo of Bethlehem, -- 1 chronicles 11:26 +. +Shammoth the Harorite, Helez the Pelonite, -- 1 chronicles 11:27 +. +Ira the son of Ikkesh the Tekoite, Abiezer the Antothite, -- 1 chronicles 11:28 +. +Sibbecai the Hushathite, Ilai the Ahohite, -- 1 chronicles 11:29 +. +Maharai the Netophathite, Heled the son of Baanah the Netophathite, -- 1 chronicles 11:30 +. +Ithai the son of Ribai of Gibeah, that pertained to the children of Benjamin, Benaiah the Pirathonite, -- 1 chronicles 11:31 +. +Hurai of the brooks of Gaash, Abiel the Arbathite, -- 1 chronicles 11:32 +. +Azmaveth the Baharumite, Eliahba the Shaalbonite, -- 1 chronicles 11:33 +. +The sons of Hashem the Gizonite, Jonathan the son of Shage the Hararite, -- 1 chronicles 11:34 +. +Ahiam the son of Sacar the Hararite, Eliphal the son of Ur, -- 1 chronicles 11:35 +. +Hepher the Mecherathite, Ahijah the Pelonite, -- 1 chronicles 11:36 +. +Hezro the Carmelite, Naarai the son of Ezbai, -- 1 chronicles 11:37 +. +Joel the brother of Nathan, Mibhar the son of Haggeri, -- 1 chronicles 11:38 +. +Zelek the Ammonite, Naharai the Berothite, the armourbearer of Joab the son of Zeruiah, -- 1 chronicles 11:39 +. +Ira the Ithrite, Gareb the Ithrite, -- 1 chronicles 11:40 +. +Uriah the Hittite, Zabad the son of Ahlai, -- 1 chronicles 11:41 +. +Adina the son of Shiza the Reubenite, a captain of the Reubenites, and thirty with him, -- 1 chronicles 11:42 +. +Hanan the son of Maachah, and Joshaphat the Mithnite, -- 1 chronicles 11:43 +. +Uzzia the Ashterathite, Shama and Jehiel the sons of Hothan the Aroerite, -- 1 chronicles 11:44 +. +Jediael the son of Shimri, and Joha his brother, the Tizite, -- 1 chronicles 11:45 +. +Eliel the Mahavite, and Jeribai, and Joshaviah, the sons of Elnaam, and Ithmah the Moabite, -- 1 chronicles 11:46 +. +Eliel, and Obed, and Jasiel the Mesobaite. -- 1 chronicles 11:47 +. +Now these are they that came to David to Ziklag, while he yet kept himself close because of Saul the son of Kish: and they were among the mighty men, helpers of the war. -- 1 chronicles 12:1 +. +They were armed with bows, and could use both the right hand and the left in hurling stones and shooting arrows out of a bow, even of Saul's brethren of Benjamin. -- 1 chronicles 12:2 +. +The chief was Ahiezer, then Joash, the sons of Shemaah the Gibeathite; and Jeziel, and Pelet, the sons of Azmaveth; and Berachah, and Jehu the Antothite. -- 1 chronicles 12:3 +. +And Ismaiah the Gibeonite, a mighty man among the thirty, and over the thirty; and Jeremiah, and Jahaziel, and Johanan, and Josabad the Gederathite, -- 1 chronicles 12:4 +. +Eluzai, and Jerimoth, and Bealiah, and Shemariah, and Shephatiah the Haruphite, -- 1 chronicles 12:5 +. +Elkanah, and Jesiah, and Azareel, and Joezer, and Jashobeam, the Korhites, -- 1 chronicles 12:6 +. +And Joelah, and Zebadiah, the sons of Jeroham of Gedor. -- 1 chronicles 12:7 +. +And of the Gadites there separated themselves unto David into the hold to the wilderness men of might, and men of war fit for the battle, that could handle shield and buckler, whose faces were like the faces of lions, and were as swift as the roes upon the mountains; -- 1 chronicles 12:8 +. +Ezer the first, Obadiah the second, Eliab the third, -- 1 chronicles 12:9 +. +Mishmannah the fourth, Jeremiah the fifth, -- 1 chronicles 12:10 +. +Attai the sixth, Eliel the seventh, -- 1 chronicles 12:11 +. +Johanan the eighth, Elzabad the ninth, -- 1 chronicles 12:12 +. +Jeremiah the tenth, Machbanai the eleventh. -- 1 chronicles 12:13 +. +These were of the sons of Gad, captains of the host: one of the least was over an hundred, and the greatest over a thousand. -- 1 chronicles 12:14 +. +These are they that went over Jordan in the first month, when it had overflown all his banks; and they put to flight all them of the valleys, both toward the east, and toward the west. -- 1 chronicles 12:15 +. +And there came of the children of Benjamin and Judah to the hold unto David. -- 1 chronicles 12:16 +. +And David went out to meet them, and answered and said unto them, If ye be come peaceably unto me to help me, mine heart shall be knit unto you: but if ye be come to betray me to mine enemies, seeing there is no wrong in mine hands, the God of our fathers look thereon, and rebuke it. -- 1 chronicles 12:17 +. +Then the spirit came upon Amasai, who was chief of the captains, and he said, Thine are we, David, and on thy side, thou son of Jesse: peace, peace be unto thee, and peace be to thine helpers; for thy God helpeth thee. Then David received them, and made them captains of the band. -- 1 chronicles 12:18 +. +And there fell some of Manasseh to David, when he came with the Philistines against Saul to battle: but they helped them not: for the lords of the Philistines upon advisement sent him away, saying, He will fall to his master Saul to the jeopardy of our heads. -- 1 chronicles 12:19 +. +As he went to Ziklag, there fell to him of Manasseh, Adnah, and Jozabad, and Jediael, and Michael, and Jozabad, and Elihu, and Zilthai, captains of the thousands that were of Manasseh. -- 1 chronicles 12:20 +. +And they helped David against the band of the rovers: for they were all mighty men of valor, and were captains in the host. -- 1 chronicles 12:21 +. +For at that time day by day there came to David to help him, until it was a great host, like the host of God. -- 1 chronicles 12:22 +. +And these are the numbers of the bands that were ready armed to the war, and came to David to Hebron, to turn the kingdom of Saul to him, according to the word of the LORD. -- 1 chronicles 12:23 +. +The children of Judah that bare shield and spear were six thousand and eight hundred, ready armed to the war. -- 1 chronicles 12:24 +. +Of the children of Simeon, mighty men of valor for the war, seven thousand and one hundred. -- 1 chronicles 12:25 +. +Of the children of Levi four thousand and six hundred. -- 1 chronicles 12:26 +. +And Jehoiada was the leader of the Aaronites, and with him were three thousand and seven hundred; -- 1 chronicles 12:27 +. +And Zadok, a young man mighty of valor, and of his father's house twenty and two captains. -- 1 chronicles 12:28 +. +And of the children of Benjamin, the kindred of Saul, three thousand: for hitherto the greatest part of them had kept the ward of the house of Saul. -- 1 chronicles 12:29 +. +And of the children of Ephraim twenty thousand and eight hundred, mighty men of valor, famous throughout the house of their fathers. -- 1 chronicles 12:30 +. +And of the half tribe of Manasseh eighteen thousand, which were expressed by name, to come and make David king. -- 1 chronicles 12:31 +. +And of the children of Issachar, which were men that had understanding of the times, to know what Israel ought to do; the heads of them were two hundred; and all their brethren were at their commandment. -- 1 chronicles 12:32 +. +Of Zebulun, such as went forth to battle, expert in war, with all instruments of war, fifty thousand, which could keep rank: they were not of double heart. -- 1 chronicles 12:33 +. +And of Naphtali a thousand captains, and with them with shield and spear thirty and seven thousand. -- 1 chronicles 12:34 +. +And of the Danites expert in war twenty and eight thousand and six hundred. -- 1 chronicles 12:35 +. +And of Asher, such as went forth to battle, expert in war, forty thousand. -- 1 chronicles 12:36 +. +And on the other side of Jordan, of the Reubenites, and the Gadites, and of the half tribe of Manasseh, with all manner of instruments of war for the battle, an hundred and twenty thousand. -- 1 chronicles 12:37 +. +All these men of war, that could keep rank, came with a perfect heart to Hebron, to make David king over all Israel: and all the rest also of Israel were of one heart to make David king. -- 1 chronicles 12:38 +. +And there they were with David three days, eating and drinking: for their brethren had prepared for them. -- 1 chronicles 12:39 +. +Moreover they that were nigh them, even unto Issachar and Zebulun and Naphtali, brought bread on asses, and on camels, and on mules, and on oxen, and meat, meal, cakes of figs, and bunches of raisins, and wine, and oil, and oxen, and sheep abundantly: for there was joy in Israel. -- 1 chronicles 12:40 +. +And David consulted with the captains of thousands and hundreds, and with every leader. -- 1 chronicles 13:1 +. +And David said unto all the congregation of Israel, If it seem good unto you, and that it be of the LORD our God, let us send abroad unto our brethren every where, that are left in all the land of Israel, and with them also to the priests and Levites which are in their cities and suburbs, that they may gather themselves unto us: -- 1 chronicles 13:2 +. +And let us bring again the ark of our God to us: for we inquired not at it in the days of Saul. -- 1 chronicles 13:3 +. +And all the congregation said that they would do so: for the thing was right in the eyes of all the people. -- 1 chronicles 13:4 +. +So David gathered all Israel together, from Shihor of Egypt even unto the entering of Hemath, to bring the ark of God from Kirjathjearim. -- 1 chronicles 13:5 +. +And David went up, and all Israel, to Baalah, that is, to Kirjathjearim, which belonged to Judah, to bring up thence the ark of God the LORD, that dwelleth between the cherubim, whose name is called on it. -- 1 chronicles 13:6 +. +And they carried the ark of God in a new cart out of the house of Abinadab: and Uzza and Ahio drave the cart. -- 1 chronicles 13:7 +. +And David and all Israel played before God with all their might, and with singing, and with harps, and with psalteries, and with timbrels, and with cymbals, and with trumpets. -- 1 chronicles 13:8 +. +And when they came unto the threshingfloor of Chidon, Uzza put forth his hand to hold the ark; for the oxen stumbled. -- 1 chronicles 13:9 +. +And the anger of the LORD was kindled against Uzza, and he smote him, because he put his hand to the ark: and there he died before God. -- 1 chronicles 13:10 +. +And David was displeased, because the LORD had made a breach upon Uzza: wherefore that place is called Perezuzza to this day. -- 1 chronicles 13:11 +. +And David was afraid of God that day, saying, How shall I bring the ark of God home to me? -- 1 chronicles 13:12 +. +So David brought not the ark home to himself to the city of David, but carried it aside into the house of Obededom the Gittite. -- 1 chronicles 13:13 +. +And the ark of God remained with the family of Obededom in his house three months. And the LORD blessed the house of Obededom, and all that he had. -- 1 chronicles 13:14 +. +Now Hiram king of Tyre sent messengers to David, and timber of cedars, with masons and carpenters, to build him an house. -- 1 chronicles 14:1 +. +And David perceived that the LORD had confirmed him king over Israel, for his kingdom was lifted up on high, because of his people Israel. -- 1 chronicles 14:2 +. +And David took more wives at Jerusalem: and David begat more sons and daughters. -- 1 chronicles 14:3 +. +Now these are the names of his children which he had in Jerusalem; Shammua, and Shobab, Nathan, and Solomon, -- 1 chronicles 14:4 +. +And Ibhar, and Elishua, and Elpalet, -- 1 chronicles 14:5 +. +And Nogah, and Nepheg, and Japhia, -- 1 chronicles 14:6 +. +And Elishama, and Beeliada, and Eliphalet. -- 1 chronicles 14:7 +. +And when the Philistines heard that David was anointed king over all Israel, all the Philistines went up to seek David. And David heard of it, and went out against them. -- 1 chronicles 14:8 +. +And the Philistines came and spread themselves in the valley of Rephaim. -- 1 chronicles 14:9 +. +And David inquired of God, saying, Shall I go up against the Philistines? And wilt thou deliver them into mine hand? And the LORD said unto him, Go up; for I will deliver them into thine hand. -- 1 chronicles 14:10 +. +So they came up to Baalperazim; and David smote them there. Then David said, God hath broken in upon mine enemies by mine hand like the breaking forth of waters: therefore they called the name of that place Baalperazim. -- 1 chronicles 14:11 +. +And when they had left their gods there, David gave a commandment, and they were burned with fire. -- 1 chronicles 14:12 +. +And the Philistines yet again spread themselves abroad in the valley. -- 1 chronicles 14:13 +. +Therefore David inquired again of God; and God said unto him, Go not up after them; turn away from them, and come upon them over against the mulberry trees. -- 1 chronicles 14:14 +. +And it shall be, when thou shalt hear a sound of going in the tops of the mulberry trees, that then thou shalt go out to battle: for God is gone forth before thee to smite the host of the Philistines. -- 1 chronicles 14:15 +. +David therefore did as God commanded him: and they smote the host of the Philistines from Gibeon even to Gazer. -- 1 chronicles 14:16 +. +And the fame of David went out into all lands; and the LORD brought the fear of him upon all nations. -- 1 chronicles 14:17 +. +And David made him houses in the city of David, and prepared a place for the ark of God, and pitched for it a tent. -- 1 chronicles 15:1 +. +Then David said, None ought to carry the ark of God but the Levites: for them hath the LORD chosen to carry the ark of God, and to minister unto him for ever. -- 1 chronicles 15:2 +. +And David gathered all Israel together to Jerusalem, to bring up the ark of the LORD unto his place, which he had prepared for it. -- 1 chronicles 15:3 +. +And David assembled the children of Aaron, and the Levites: -- 1 chronicles 15:4 +. +Of the sons of Kohath; Uriel the chief, and his brethren an hundred and twenty: -- 1 chronicles 15:5 +. +Of the sons of Merari; Asaiah the chief, and his brethren two hundred and twenty: -- 1 chronicles 15:6 +. +Of the sons of Gershom; Joel the chief and his brethren an hundred and thirty: -- 1 chronicles 15:7 +. +Of the sons of Elizaphan; Shemaiah the chief, and his brethren two hundred: -- 1 chronicles 15:8 +. +Of the sons of Hebron; Eliel the chief, and his brethren fourscore: -- 1 chronicles 15:9 +. +Of the sons of Uzziel; Amminadab the chief, and his brethren an hundred and twelve. -- 1 chronicles 15:10 +. +And David called for Zadok and Abiathar the priests, and for the Levites, for Uriel, Asaiah, and Joel, Shemaiah, and Eliel, and Amminadab, -- 1 chronicles 15:11 +. +And said unto them, Ye are the chief of the fathers of the Levites: sanctify yourselves, both ye and your brethren, that ye may bring up the ark of the LORD God of Israel unto the place that I have prepared for it. -- 1 chronicles 15:12 +. +For because ye did it not at the first, the LORD our God made a breach upon us, for that we sought him not after the due order. -- 1 chronicles 15:13 +. +So the priests and the Levites sanctified themselves to bring up the ark of the LORD God of Israel. -- 1 chronicles 15:14 +. +And the children of the Levites bare the ark of God upon their shoulders with the staves thereon, as Moses commanded according to the word of the LORD. -- 1 chronicles 15:15 +. +And David spake to the chief of the Levites to appoint their brethren to be the singers with instruments of music, psalteries and harps and cymbals, sounding, by lifting up the voice with joy. -- 1 chronicles 15:16 +. +So the Levites appointed Heman the son of Joel; and of his brethren, Asaph the son of Berechiah; and of the sons of Merari their brethren, Ethan the son of Kushaiah; -- 1 chronicles 15:17 +. +And with them their brethren of the second degree, Zechariah, Ben, and Jaaziel, and Shemiramoth, and Jehiel, and Unni, Eliab, and Benaiah, and Maaseiah, and Mattithiah, and Elipheleh, and Mikneiah, and Obededom, and Jeiel, the porters. -- 1 chronicles 15:18 +. +So the singers, Heman, Asaph, and Ethan, were appointed to sound with cymbals of brass; -- 1 chronicles 15:19 +. +And Zechariah, and Aziel, and Shemiramoth, and Jehiel, and Unni, and Eliab, and Maaseiah, and Benaiah, with psalteries on Alamoth; -- 1 chronicles 15:20 +. +And Mattithiah, and Elipheleh, and Mikneiah, and Obededom, and Jeiel, and Azaziah, with harps on the Sheminith to excel. -- 1 chronicles 15:21 +. +And Chenaniah, chief of the Levites, was for song: he instructed about the song, because he was skillful. -- 1 chronicles 15:22 +. +And Berechiah and Elkanah were doorkeepers for the ark. -- 1 chronicles 15:23 +. +And Shebaniah, and Jehoshaphat, and Nethaneel, and Amasai, and Zechariah, and Benaiah, and Eliezer, the priests, did blow with the trumpets before the ark of God: and Obededom and Jehiah were doorkeepers for the ark. -- 1 chronicles 15:24 +. +So David, and the elders of Israel, and the captains over thousands, went to bring up the ark of the covenant of the LORD out of the house of Obededom with joy. -- 1 chronicles 15:25 +. +And it came to pass, when God helped the Levites that bare the ark of the covenant of the LORD, that they offered seven bullocks and seven rams. -- 1 chronicles 15:26 +. +And David was clothed with a robe of fine linen, and all the Levites that bare the ark, and the singers, and Chenaniah the master of the song with the singers: David also had upon him an ephod of linen. -- 1 chronicles 15:27 +. +Thus all Israel brought up the ark of the covenant of the LORD with shouting, and with sound of the cornet, and with trumpets, and with cymbals, making a noise with psalteries and harps. -- 1 chronicles 15:28 +. +And it came to pass, as the ark of the covenant of the LORD came to the city of David, that Michal, the daughter of Saul looking out at a window saw king David dancing and playing: and she despised him in her heart. -- 1 chronicles 15:29 +. +So they brought the ark of God, and set it in the midst of the tent that David had pitched for it: and they offered burnt sacrifices and peace offerings before God. -- 1 chronicles 16:1 +. +And when David had made an end of offering the burnt offerings and the peace offerings, he blessed the people in the name of the LORD. -- 1 chronicles 16:2 +. +And he dealt to every one of Israel, both man and woman, to every one a loaf of bread, and a good piece of flesh, and a flagon of wine. -- 1 chronicles 16:3 +. +And he appointed certain of the Levites to minister before the ark of the LORD, and to record, and to thank and praise the LORD God of Israel: -- 1 chronicles 16:4 +. +Asaph the chief, and next to him Zechariah, Jeiel, and Shemiramoth, and Jehiel, and Mattithiah, and Eliab, and Benaiah, and Obededom: and Jeiel with psalteries and with harps; but Asaph made a sound with cymbals; -- 1 chronicles 16:5 +. +Benaiah also and Jahaziel the priests with trumpets continually before the ark of the covenant of God. -- 1 chronicles 16:6 +. +Then on that day David delivered first this psalm to thank the LORD into the hand of Asaph and his brethren. -- 1 chronicles 16:7 +. +Give thanks unto the LORD, call upon his name, make known his deeds among the people. -- 1 chronicles 16:8 +. +Sing unto him, sing psalms unto him, talk ye of all his wondrous works. -- 1 chronicles 16:9 +. +Glory ye in his holy name: let the heart of them rejoice that seek the LORD. -- 1 chronicles 16:10 +. +Seek the LORD and his strength, seek his face continually. -- 1 chronicles 16:11 +. +Remember his marvelous works that he hath done, his wonders, and the judgments of his mouth; -- 1 chronicles 16:12 +. +O ye seed of Israel his servant, ye children of Jacob, his chosen ones. -- 1 chronicles 16:13 +. +He is the LORD our God; his judgments are in all the earth. -- 1 chronicles 16:14 +. +Be ye mindful always of his covenant; the word which he commanded to a thousand generations; -- 1 chronicles 16:15 +. +Even of the covenant which he made with Abraham, and of his oath unto Isaac; -- 1 chronicles 16:16 +. +And hath confirmed the same to Jacob for a law, and to Israel for an everlasting covenant, -- 1 chronicles 16:17 +. +Saying, Unto thee will I give the land of Canaan, the lot of your inheritance; -- 1 chronicles 16:18 +. +When ye were but few, even a few, and strangers in it. -- 1 chronicles 16:19 +. +And when they went from nation to nation, and from one kingdom to another people; -- 1 chronicles 16:20 +. +He suffered no man to do them wrong: yea, he reproved kings for their sakes, -- 1 chronicles 16:21 +. +Saying, Touch not mine anointed, and do my prophets no harm. -- 1 chronicles 16:22 +. +Sing unto the LORD, all the earth; show forth from day to day his salvation. -- 1 chronicles 16:23 +. +Declare his glory among the heathen; his marvelous works among all nations. -- 1 chronicles 16:24 +. +For great is the LORD, and greatly to be praised: he also is to be feared above all gods. -- 1 chronicles 16:25 +. +For all the gods of the people are idols: but the LORD made the heavens. -- 1 chronicles 16:26 +. +Glory and honor are in his presence; strength and gladness are in his place. -- 1 chronicles 16:27 +. +Give unto the LORD, ye kindred of the people, give unto the LORD glory and strength. -- 1 chronicles 16:28 +. +Give unto the LORD the glory due unto his name: bring an offering, and come before him: worship the LORD in the beauty of holiness. -- 1 chronicles 16:29 +. +Fear before him, all the earth: the world also shall be stable, that it be not moved. -- 1 chronicles 16:30 +. +Let the heavens be glad, and let the earth rejoice: and let men say among the nations, The LORD reigneth. -- 1 chronicles 16:31 +. +Let the sea roar, and the fulness thereof: let the fields rejoice, and all that is therein. -- 1 chronicles 16:32 +. +Then shall the trees of the wood sing out at the presence of the LORD, because he cometh to judge the earth. -- 1 chronicles 16:33 +. +O give thanks unto the LORD; for he is good; for his mercy endureth for ever. -- 1 chronicles 16:34 +. +And say ye, Save us, O God of our salvation, and gather us together, and deliver us from the heathen, that we may give thanks to thy holy name, and glory in thy praise. -- 1 chronicles 16:35 +. +Blessed be the LORD God of Israel for ever and ever. And all the people said, Amen, and praised the LORD. -- 1 chronicles 16:36 +. +So he left there before the ark of the covenant of the LORD Asaph and his brethren, to minister before the ark continually, as every day's work required: -- 1 chronicles 16:37 +. +And Obededom with their brethren, threescore and eight; Obededom also the son of Jeduthun and Hosah to be porters: -- 1 chronicles 16:38 +. +And Zadok the priest, and his brethren the priests, before the tabernacle of the LORD in the high place that was at Gibeon, -- 1 chronicles 16:39 +. +To offer burnt offerings unto the LORD upon the altar of the burnt offering continually morning and evening, and to do according to all that is written in the law of the LORD, which he commanded Israel; -- 1 chronicles 16:40 +. +And with them Heman and Jeduthun, and the rest that were chosen, who were expressed by name, to give thanks to the LORD, because his mercy endureth for ever; -- 1 chronicles 16:41 +. +And with them Heman and Jeduthun with trumpets and cymbals for those that should make a sound, and with musical instruments of God. And the sons of Jeduthun were porters. -- 1 chronicles 16:42 +. +And all the people departed every man to his house: and David returned to bless his house. -- 1 chronicles 16:43 +. +Now it came to pass, as David sat in his house, that David said to Nathan the prophet, Lo, I dwell in an house of cedars, but the ark of the covenant of the LORD remaineth under curtains. -- 1 chronicles 17:1 +. +Then Nathan said unto David, Do all that is in thine heart; for God is with thee. -- 1 chronicles 17:2 +. +And it came to pass the same night, that the word of God came to Nathan, saying, -- 1 chronicles 17:3 +. +Go and tell David my servant, Thus saith the LORD, Thou shalt not build me an house to dwell in: -- 1 chronicles 17:4 +. +For I have not dwelt in an house since the day that I brought up Israel unto this day; but have gone from tent to tent, and from one tabernacle to another. -- 1 chronicles 17:5 +. +Wheresoever I have walked with all Israel, spake I a word to any of the judges of Israel, whom I commanded to feed my people, saying, Why have ye not built me an house of cedars? -- 1 chronicles 17:6 +. +Now therefore thus shalt thou say unto my servant David, Thus saith the LORD of hosts, I took thee from the sheepcote, even from following the sheep, that thou shouldest be ruler over my people Israel: -- 1 chronicles 17:7 +. +And I have been with thee whithersoever thou hast walked, and have cut off all thine enemies from before thee, and have made thee a name like the name of the great men that are in the earth. -- 1 chronicles 17:8 +. +Also I will ordain a place for my people Israel, and will plant them, and they shall dwell in their place, and shall be moved no more; neither shall the children of wickedness waste them any more, as at the beginning, -- 1 chronicles 17:9 +. +And since the time that I commanded judges to be over my people Israel. Moreover I will subdue all thine enemies. Furthermore I tell thee that the LORD will build thee an house. -- 1 chronicles 17:10 +. +And it shall come to pass, when thy days be expired that thou must go to be with thy fathers, that I will raise up thy seed after thee, which shall be of thy sons; and I will establish his kingdom. -- 1 chronicles 17:11 +. +He shall build me an house, and I will stablish his throne for ever. -- 1 chronicles 17:12 +. +I will be his father, and he shall be my son: and I will not take my mercy away from him, as I took it from him that was before thee: -- 1 chronicles 17:13 +. +But I will settle him in mine house and in my kingdom for ever: and his throne shall be established for evermore. -- 1 chronicles 17:14 +. +According to all these words, and according to all this vision, so did Nathan speak unto David. -- 1 chronicles 17:15 +. +And David the king came and sat before the LORD, and said, Who am I, O LORD God, and what is mine house, that thou hast brought me hitherto? -- 1 chronicles 17:16 +. +And yet this was a small thing in thine eyes, O God; for thou hast also spoken of thy servant's house for a great while to come, and hast regarded me according to the estate of a man of high degree, O LORD God. -- 1 chronicles 17:17 +. +What can David speak more to thee for the honor of thy servant? for thou knowest thy servant. -- 1 chronicles 17:18 +. +O LORD, for thy servant's sake, and according to thine own heart, hast thou done all this greatness, in making known all these great things. -- 1 chronicles 17:19 +. +O LORD, there is none like thee, neither is there any God beside thee, according to all that we have heard with our ears. -- 1 chronicles 17:20 +. +And what one nation in the earth is like thy people Israel, whom God went to redeem to be his own people, to make thee a name of greatness and terribleness, by driving out nations from before thy people whom thou hast redeemed out of Egypt? -- 1 chronicles 17:21 +. +For thy people Israel didst thou make thine own people for ever; and thou, LORD, becamest their God. -- 1 chronicles 17:22 +. +Therefore now, LORD, let the thing that thou hast spoken concerning thy servant and concerning his house be established for ever, and do as thou hast said. -- 1 chronicles 17:23 +. +Let it even be established, that thy name may be magnified for ever, saying, The LORD of hosts is the God of Israel, even a God to Israel: and let the house of David thy servant be established before thee. -- 1 chronicles 17:24 +. +For thou, O my God, hast told thy servant that thou wilt build him an house: therefore thy servant hath found in his heart to pray before thee. -- 1 chronicles 17:25 +. +And now, LORD, thou art God, and hast promised this goodness unto thy servant: -- 1 chronicles 17:26 +. +Now therefore let it please thee to bless the house of thy servant, that it may be before thee for ever: for thou blessest, O LORD, and it shall be blessed for ever. -- 1 chronicles 17:27 +. +Now after this it came to pass, that David smote the Philistines, and subdued them, and took Gath and her towns out of the hand of the Philistines. -- 1 chronicles 18:1 +. +And he smote Moab; and the Moabites became David's servants, and brought gifts. -- 1 chronicles 18:2 +. +And David smote Hadarezer king of Zobah unto Hamath, as he went to stablish his dominion by the river Euphrates. -- 1 chronicles 18:3 +. +And David took from him a thousand chariots, and seven thousand horsemen, and twenty thousand footmen: David also houghed all the chariot horses, but reserved of them an hundred chariots. -- 1 chronicles 18:4 +. +And when the Syrians of Damascus came to help Hadarezer king of Zobah, David slew of the Syrians two and twenty thousand men. -- 1 chronicles 18:5 +. +Then David put garrisons in Syriadamascus; and the Syrians became David's servants, and brought gifts. Thus the LORD preserved David whithersoever he went. -- 1 chronicles 18:6 +. +And David took the shields of gold that were on the servants of Hadarezer, and brought them to Jerusalem. -- 1 chronicles 18:7 +. +Likewise from Tibhath, and from Chun, cities of Hadarezer, brought David very much brass, wherewith Solomon made the brazen sea, and the pillars, and the vessels of brass. -- 1 chronicles 18:8 +. +Now when Tou king of Hamath heard how David had smitten all the host of Hadarezer king of Zobah; -- 1 chronicles 18:9 +. +He sent Hadoram his son to king David, to enquire of his welfare, and to congratulate him, because he had fought against Hadarezer, and smitten him; (for Hadarezer had war with Tou;) and with him all manner of vessels of gold and silver and brass. -- 1 chronicles 18:10 +. +Them also king David dedicated unto the LORD, with the silver and the gold that he brought from all these nations; from Edom, and from Moab, and from the children of Ammon, and from the Philistines, and from Amalek. -- 1 chronicles 18:11 +. +Moreover Abishai the son of Zeruiah slew of the Edomites in the valley of salt eighteen thousand. -- 1 chronicles 18:12 +. +And he put garrisons in Edom; and all the Edomites became David's servants. Thus the LORD preserved David whithersoever he went. -- 1 chronicles 18:13 +. +So David reigned over all Israel, and executed judgment and justice among all his people. -- 1 chronicles 18:14 +. +And Joab the son of Zeruiah was over the host; and Jehoshaphat the son of Ahilud, recorder. -- 1 chronicles 18:15 +. +And Zadok the son of Ahitub, and Abimelech the son of Abiathar, were the priests; and Shavsha was scribe; -- 1 chronicles 18:16 +. +And Benaiah the son of Jehoiada was over the Cherethites and the Pelethites; and the sons of David were chief about the king. -- 1 chronicles 18:17 +. +Now it came to pass after this, that Nahash the king of the children of Ammon died, and his son reigned in his stead. -- 1 chronicles 19:1 +. +And David said, I will show kindness unto Hanun the son of Nahash, because his father showed kindness to me. And David sent messengers to comfort him concerning his father. So the servants of David came into the land of the children of Ammon to Hanun, to comfort him. -- 1 chronicles 19:2 +. +But the princes of the children of Ammon said to Hanun, Thinkest thou that David doth honor thy father, that he hath sent comforters unto thee? are not his servants come unto thee for to search, and to overthrow, and to spy out the land? -- 1 chronicles 19:3 +. +Wherefore Hanun took David's servants, and shaved them, and cut off their garments in the midst hard by their buttocks, and sent them away. -- 1 chronicles 19:4 +. +Then there went certain, and told David how the men were served. And he sent to meet them: for the men were greatly ashamed. And the king said, Tarry at Jericho until your beards be grown, and then return. -- 1 chronicles 19:5 +. +And when the children of Ammon saw that they had made themselves odious to David, Hanun and the children of Ammon sent a thousand talents of silver to hire them chariots and horsemen out of Mesopotamia, and out of Syriamaachah, and out of Zobah. -- 1 chronicles 19:6 +. +So they hired thirty and two thousand chariots, and the king of Maachah and his people; who came and pitched before Medeba. And the children of Ammon gathered themselves together from their cities, and came to battle. -- 1 chronicles 19:7 +. +And when David heard of it, he sent Joab, and all the host of the mighty men. -- 1 chronicles 19:8 +. +And the children of Ammon came out, and put the battle in array before the gate of the city: and the kings that were come were by themselves in the field. -- 1 chronicles 19:9 +. +Now when Joab saw that the battle was set against him before and behind, he chose out of all the choice of Israel, and put them in array against the Syrians. -- 1 chronicles 19:10 +. +And the rest of the people he delivered unto the hand of Abishai his brother, and they set themselves in array against the children of Ammon. -- 1 chronicles 19:11 +. +And he said, If the Syrians be too strong for me, then thou shalt help me: but if the children of Ammon be too strong for thee, then I will help thee. -- 1 chronicles 19:12 +. +Be of good courage, and let us behave ourselves valiantly for our people, and for the cities of our God: and let the LORD do that which is good in his sight. -- 1 chronicles 19:13 +. +So Joab and the people that were with him drew nigh before the Syrians unto the battle; and they fled before him. -- 1 chronicles 19:14 +. +And when the children of Ammon saw that the Syrians were fled, they likewise fled before Abishai his brother, and entered into the city. Then Joab came to Jerusalem. -- 1 chronicles 19:15 +. +And when the Syrians saw that they were put to the worse before Israel, they sent messengers, and drew forth the Syrians that were beyond the river: and Shophach the captain of the host of Hadarezer went before them. -- 1 chronicles 19:16 +. +And it was told David; and he gathered all Israel, and passed over Jordan, and came upon them, and set the battle in array against them. So when David had put the battle in array against the Syrians, they fought with him. -- 1 chronicles 19:17 +. +But the Syrians fled before Israel; and David slew of the Syrians seven thousand men which fought in chariots, and forty thousand footmen, and killed Shophach the captain of the host. -- 1 chronicles 19:18 +. +And when the servants of Hadarezer saw that they were put to the worse before Israel, they made peace with David, and became his servants: neither would the Syrians help the children of Ammon any more. -- 1 chronicles 19:19 +. +And it came to pass, that after the year was expired, at the time that kings go out to battle, Joab led forth the power of the army, and wasted the country of the children of Ammon, and came and besieged Rabbah. But David tarried at Jerusalem. And Joab smote Rabbah, and destroyed it. -- 1 chronicles 20:1 +. +And David took the crown of their king from off his head, and found it to weigh a talent of gold, and there were precious stones in it; and it was set upon David's head: and he brought also exceeding much spoil out of the city. -- 1 chronicles 20:2 +. +And he brought out the people that were in it, and cut them with saws, and with harrows of iron, and with axes. Even so dealt David with all the cities of the children of Ammon. And David and all the people returned to Jerusalem. -- 1 chronicles 20:3 +. +And it came to pass after this, that there arose war at Gezer with the Philistines; at which time Sibbechai the Hushathite slew Sippai, that was of the children of the giant: and they were subdued. -- 1 chronicles 20:4 +. +And there was war again with the Philistines; and Elhanan the son of Jair slew Lahmi the brother of Goliath the Gittite, whose spear staff was like a weaver's beam. -- 1 chronicles 20:5 +. +And yet again there was war at Gath, where was a man of great stature, whose fingers and toes were four and twenty, six on each hand, and six on each foot and he also was the son of the giant. -- 1 chronicles 20:6 +. +But when he defied Israel, Jonathan the son of Shimea David's brother slew him. -- 1 chronicles 20:7 +. +These were born unto the giant in Gath; and they fell by the hand of David, and by the hand of his servants. -- 1 chronicles 20:8 +. +And Satan stood up against Israel, and provoked David to number Israel. -- 1 chronicles 21:1 +. +And David said to Joab and to the rulers of the people, Go, number Israel from Beersheba even to Dan; and bring the number of them to me, that I may know it. -- 1 chronicles 21:2 +. +And Joab answered, The LORD make his people an hundred times so many more as they be: but, my lord the king, are they not all my lord's servants? why then doth my lord require this thing? why will he be a cause of trespass to Israel? -- 1 chronicles 21:3 +. +Nevertheless the king's word prevailed against Joab. Wherefore Joab departed, and went throughout all Israel, and came to Jerusalem. -- 1 chronicles 21:4 +. +And Joab gave the sum of the number of the people unto David. And all they of Israel were a thousand thousand and an hundred thousand men that drew sword: and Judah was four hundred threescore and ten thousand men that drew sword. -- 1 chronicles 21:5 +. +But Levi and Benjamin counted he not among them: for the king's word was abominable to Joab. -- 1 chronicles 21:6 +. +And God was displeased with this thing; therefore he smote Israel. -- 1 chronicles 21:7 +. +And David said unto God, I have sinned greatly, because I have done this thing: but now, I beseech thee, do away the iniquity of thy servant; for I have done very foolishly. -- 1 chronicles 21:8 +. +And the LORD spake unto Gad, David's seer, saying, -- 1 chronicles 21:9 +. +Go and tell David, saying, Thus saith the LORD, I offer thee three things: choose thee one of them, that I may do it unto thee. -- 1 chronicles 21:10 +. +So Gad came to David, and said unto him, Thus saith the LORD, Choose thee -- 1 chronicles 21:11 +. +Either three years' famine; or three months to be destroyed before thy foes, while that the sword of thine enemies overtaketh thee; or else three days the sword of the LORD, even the pestilence, in the land, and the angel of the LORD destroying throughout all the coasts of Israel. Now therefore advise thyself what word I shall bring again to him that sent me. -- 1 chronicles 21:12 +. +And David said unto Gad, I am in a great strait: let me fall now into the hand of the LORD; for very great are his mercies: but let me not fall into the hand of man. -- 1 chronicles 21:13 +. +So the LORD sent pestilence upon Israel: and there fell of Israel seventy thousand men. -- 1 chronicles 21:14 +. +And God sent an angel unto Jerusalem to destroy it: and as he was destroying, the LORD beheld, and he repented him of the evil, and said to the angel that destroyed, It is enough, stay now thine hand. And the angel of the LORD stood by the threshingfloor of Ornan the Jebusite. -- 1 chronicles 21:15 +. +And David lifted up his eyes, and saw the angel of the LORD stand between the earth and the heaven, having a drawn sword in his hand stretched out over Jerusalem. Then David and the elders of Israel, who were clothed in sackcloth, fell upon their faces. -- 1 chronicles 21:16 +. +And David said unto God, Is it not I that commanded the people to be numbered? even I it is that have sinned and done evil indeed; but as for these sheep, what have they done? let thine hand, I pray thee, O LORD my God, be on me, and on my father's house; but not on thy people, that they should be plagued. -- 1 chronicles 21:17 +. +Then the angel of the LORD commanded Gad to say to David, that David should go up, and set up an altar unto the LORD in the threshingfloor of Ornan the Jebusite. -- 1 chronicles 21:18 +. +And David went up at the saying of Gad, which he spake in the name of the LORD. -- 1 chronicles 21:19 +. +And Ornan turned back, and saw the angel; and his four sons with him hid themselves. Now Ornan was threshing wheat. -- 1 chronicles 21:20 +. +And as David came to Ornan, Ornan looked and saw David, and went out of the threshingfloor, and bowed himself to David with his face to the ground. -- 1 chronicles 21:21 +. +Then David said to Ornan, Grant me the place of this threshingfloor, that I may build an altar therein unto the LORD: thou shalt grant it me for the full price: that the plague may be stayed from the people. -- 1 chronicles 21:22 +. +And Ornan said unto David, Take it to thee, and let my lord the king do that which is good in his eyes: lo, I give thee the oxen also for burnt offerings, and the threshing instruments for wood, and the wheat for the meat offering; I give it all. -- 1 chronicles 21:23 +. +And king David said to Ornan, Nay; but I will verily buy it for the full price: for I will not take that which is thine for the LORD, nor offer burnt offerings without cost. -- 1 chronicles 21:24 +. +So David gave to Ornan for the place six hundred shekels of gold by weight. -- 1 chronicles 21:25 +. +And David built there an altar unto the LORD, and offered burnt offerings and peace offerings, and called upon the LORD; and he answered him from heaven by fire upon the altar of burnt offering. -- 1 chronicles 21:26 +. +And the LORD commanded the angel; and he put up his sword again into the sheath thereof. -- 1 chronicles 21:27 +. +At that time when David saw that the LORD had answered him in the threshingfloor of Ornan the Jebusite, then he sacrificed there. -- 1 chronicles 21:28 +. +For the tabernacle of the LORD, which Moses made in the wilderness, and the altar of the burnt offering, were at that season in the high place at Gibeon. -- 1 chronicles 21:29 +. +But David could not go before it to enquire of God: for he was afraid because of the sword of the angel of the LORD. -- 1 chronicles 21:30 +. +Then David said, This is the house of the LORD God, and this is the altar of the burnt offering for Israel. -- 1 chronicles 22:1 +. +And David commanded to gather together the strangers that were in the land of Israel; and he set masons to hew wrought stones to build the house of God. -- 1 chronicles 22:2 +. +And David prepared iron in abundance for the nails for the doors of the gates, and for the joinings; and brass in abundance without weight; -- 1 chronicles 22:3 +. +Also cedar trees in abundance: for the Zidonians and they of Tyre brought much cedar wood to David. -- 1 chronicles 22:4 +. +And David said, Solomon my son is young and tender, and the house that is to be builded for the LORD must be exceeding magnificent, of fame and of glory throughout all countries: I will therefore now make preparation for it. So David prepared abundantly before his death. -- 1 chronicles 22:5 +. +Then he called for Solomon his son, and charged him to build an house for the LORD God of Israel. -- 1 chronicles 22:6 +. +And David said to Solomon, My son, as for me, it was in my mind to build an house unto the name of the LORD my God: -- 1 chronicles 22:7 +. +But the word of the LORD came to me, saying, Thou hast shed blood abundantly, and hast made great wars: thou shalt not build an house unto my name, because thou hast shed much blood upon the earth in my sight. -- 1 chronicles 22:8 +. +Behold, a son shall be born to thee, who shall be a man of rest; and I will give him rest from all his enemies round about: for his name shall be Solomon, and I will give peace and quietness unto Israel in his days. -- 1 chronicles 22:9 +. +He shall build an house for my name; and he shall be my son, and I will be his father; and I will establish the throne of his kingdom over Israel for ever. -- 1 chronicles 22:10 +. +Now, my son, the LORD be with thee; and prosper thou, and build the house of the LORD thy God, as he hath said of thee. -- 1 chronicles 22:11 +. +Only the LORD give thee wisdom and understanding, and give thee charge concerning Israel, that thou mayest keep the law of the LORD thy God. -- 1 chronicles 22:12 +. +Then shalt thou prosper, if thou takest heed to fulfil the statutes and judgments which the LORD charged Moses with concerning Israel: be strong, and of good courage; dread not, nor be dismayed. -- 1 chronicles 22:13 +. +Now, behold, in my trouble I have prepared for the house of the LORD an hundred thousand talents of gold, and a thousand thousand talents of silver; and of brass and iron without weight; for it is in abundance: timber also and stone have I prepared; and thou mayest add thereto. -- 1 chronicles 22:14 +. +Moreover there are workmen with thee in abundance, hewers and workers of stone and timber, and all manner of cunning men for every manner of work. -- 1 chronicles 22:15 +. +Of the gold, the silver, and the brass, and the iron, there is no number. Arise therefore, and be doing, and the LORD be with thee. -- 1 chronicles 22:16 +. +David also commanded all the princes of Israel to help Solomon his son, saying, -- 1 chronicles 22:17 +. +Is not the LORD your God with you? and hath he not given you rest on every side? for he hath given the inhabitants of the land into mine hand; and the land is subdued before the LORD, and before his people. -- 1 chronicles 22:18 +. +Now set your heart and your soul to seek the LORD your God; arise therefore, and build ye the sanctuary of the LORD God, to bring the ark of the covenant of the LORD, and the holy vessels of God, into the house that is to be built to the name of the LORD. -- 1 chronicles 22:19 +. +So when David was old and full of days, he made Solomon his son king over Israel. -- 1 chronicles 23:1 +. +And he gathered together all the princes of Israel, with the priests and the Levites. -- 1 chronicles 23:2 +. +Now the Levites were numbered from the age of thirty years and upward: and their number by their polls, man by man, was thirty and eight thousand. -- 1 chronicles 23:3 +. +Of which, twenty and four thousand were to set forward the work of the house of the LORD; and six thousand were officers and judges: -- 1 chronicles 23:4 +. +Moreover four thousand were porters; and four thousand praised the LORD with the instruments which I made, said David, to praise therewith. -- 1 chronicles 23:5 +. +And David divided them into courses among the sons of Levi, namely, Gershon, Kohath, and Merari. -- 1 chronicles 23:6 +. +Of the Gershonites were, Laadan, and Shimei. -- 1 chronicles 23:7 +. +The sons of Laadan; the chief was Jehiel, and Zetham, and Joel, three. -- 1 chronicles 23:8 +. +The sons of Shimei; Shelomith, and Haziel, and Haran, three. These were the chief of the fathers of Laadan. -- 1 chronicles 23:9 +. +And the sons of Shimei were, Jahath, Zina, and Jeush, and Beriah. These four were the sons of Shimei. -- 1 chronicles 23:10 +. +And Jahath was the chief, and Zizah the second: but Jeush and Beriah had not many sons; therefore they were in one reckoning, according to their father's house. -- 1 chronicles 23:11 +. +The sons of Kohath; Amram, Izhar, Hebron, and Uzziel, four. -- 1 chronicles 23:12 +. +The sons of Amram; Aaron and Moses: and Aaron was separated, that he should sanctify the most holy things, he and his sons for ever, to burn incense before the LORD, to minister unto him, and to bless in his name for ever. -- 1 chronicles 23:13 +. +Now concerning Moses the man of God, his sons were named of the tribe of Levi. -- 1 chronicles 23:14 +. +The sons of Moses were, Gershom, and Eliezer. -- 1 chronicles 23:15 +. +Of the sons of Gershom, Shebuel was the chief. -- 1 chronicles 23:16 +. +And the sons of Eliezer were, Rehabiah the chief. And Eliezer had none other sons; but the sons of Rehabiah were very many. -- 1 chronicles 23:17 +. +Of the sons of Izhar; Shelomith the chief. -- 1 chronicles 23:18 +. +Of the sons of Hebron; Jeriah the first, Amariah the second, Jahaziel the third, and Jekameam the fourth. -- 1 chronicles 23:19 +. +Of the sons of Uzziel; Micah the first and Jesiah the second. -- 1 chronicles 23:20 +. +The sons of Merari; Mahli, and Mushi. The sons of Mahli; Eleazar, and Kish. -- 1 chronicles 23:21 +. +And Eleazar died, and had no sons, but daughters: and their brethren the sons of Kish took them. -- 1 chronicles 23:22 +. +The sons of Mushi; Mahli, and Eder, and Jeremoth, three. -- 1 chronicles 23:23 +. +These were the sons of Levi after the house of their fathers; even the chief of the fathers, as they were counted by number of names by their polls, that did the work for the service of the house of the LORD, from the age of twenty years and upward. -- 1 chronicles 23:24 +. +For David said, The LORD God of Israel hath given rest unto his people, that they may dwell in Jerusalem for ever: -- 1 chronicles 23:25 +. +And also unto the Levites; they shall no more carry the tabernacle, nor any vessels of it for the service thereof. -- 1 chronicles 23:26 +. +For by the last words of David the Levites were numbered from twenty years old and above: -- 1 chronicles 23:27 +. +Because their office was to wait on the sons of Aaron for the service of the house of the LORD, in the courts, and in the chambers, and in the purifying of all holy things, and the work of the service of the house of God; -- 1 chronicles 23:28 +. +Both for the shewbread, and for the fine flour for meat offering, and for the unleavened cakes, and for that which is baked in the pan, and for that which is fried, and for all manner of measure and size; -- 1 chronicles 23:29 +. +And to stand every morning to thank and praise the LORD, and likewise at even: -- 1 chronicles 23:30 +. +And to offer all burnt sacrifices unto the LORD in the sabbaths, in the new moons, and on the set feasts, by number, according to the order commanded unto them, continually before the LORD: -- 1 chronicles 23:31 +. +And that they should keep the charge of the tabernacle of the congregation, and the charge of the holy place, and the charge of the sons of Aaron their brethren, in the service of the house of the LORD. -- 1 chronicles 23:32 +. +Now these are the divisions of the sons of Aaron. The sons of Aaron; Nadab, and Abihu, Eleazar, and Ithamar. -- 1 chronicles 24:1 +. +But Nadab and Abihu died before their father, and had no children: therefore Eleazar and Ithamar executed the priest's office. -- 1 chronicles 24:2 +. +And David distributed them, both Zadok of the sons of Eleazar, and Ahimelech of the sons of Ithamar, according to their offices in their service. -- 1 chronicles 24:3 +. +And there were more chief men found of the sons of Eleazar than of the sons of Ithamar, and thus were they divided. Among the sons of Eleazar there were sixteen chief men of the house of their fathers, and eight among the sons of Ithamar according to the house of their fathers. -- 1 chronicles 24:4 +. +Thus were they divided by lot, one sort with another; for the governors of the sanctuary, and governors of the house of God, were of the sons of Eleazar, and of the sons of Ithamar. -- 1 chronicles 24:5 +. +And Shemaiah the son of Nethaneel the scribe, one of the Levites, wrote them before the king, and the princes, and Zadok the priest, and Ahimelech the son of Abiathar, and before the chief of the fathers of the priests and Levites: one principal household being taken for Eleazar, and one taken for Ithamar. -- 1 chronicles 24:6 +. +Now the first lot came forth to Jehoiarib, the second to Jedaiah, -- 1 chronicles 24:7 +. +The third to Harim, the fourth to Seorim, -- 1 chronicles 24:8 +. +The fifth to Malchijah, the sixth to Mijamin, -- 1 chronicles 24:9 +. +The seventh to Hakkoz, the eighth to Abijah, -- 1 chronicles 24:10 +. +The ninth to Jeshuah, the tenth to Shecaniah, -- 1 chronicles 24:11 +. +The eleventh to Eliashib, the twelfth to Jakim, -- 1 chronicles 24:12 +. +The thirteenth to Huppah, the fourteenth to Jeshebeab, -- 1 chronicles 24:13 +. +The fifteenth to Bilgah, the sixteenth to Immer, -- 1 chronicles 24:14 +. +The seventeenth to Hezir, the eighteenth to Aphses, -- 1 chronicles 24:15 +. +The nineteenth to Pethahiah, the twentieth to Jehezekel, -- 1 chronicles 24:16 +. +The one and twentieth to Jachin, the two and twentieth to Gamul, -- 1 chronicles 24:17 +. +The three and twentieth to Delaiah, the four and twentieth to Maaziah. -- 1 chronicles 24:18 +. +These were the orderings of them in their service to come into the house of the LORD, according to their manner, under Aaron their father, as the LORD God of Israel had commanded him. -- 1 chronicles 24:19 +. +And the rest of the sons of Levi were these: Of the sons of Amram; Shubael: of the sons of Shubael; Jehdeiah. -- 1 chronicles 24:20 +. +Concerning Rehabiah: of the sons of Rehabiah, the first was Isshiah. -- 1 chronicles 24:21 +. +Of the Izharites; Shelomoth: of the sons of Shelomoth; Jahath. -- 1 chronicles 24:22 +. +And the sons of Hebron; Jeriah the first, Amariah the second, Jahaziel the third, Jekameam the fourth. -- 1 chronicles 24:23 +. +Of the sons of Uzziel; Michah: of the sons of Michah; Shamir. -- 1 chronicles 24:24 +. +The brother of Michah was Isshiah: of the sons of Isshiah; Zechariah. -- 1 chronicles 24:25 +. +The sons of Merari were Mahli and Mushi: the sons of Jaaziah; Beno. -- 1 chronicles 24:26 +. +The sons of Merari by Jaaziah; Beno, and Shoham, and Zaccur, and Ibri. -- 1 chronicles 24:27 +. +Of Mahli came Eleazar, who had no sons. -- 1 chronicles 24:28 +. +Concerning Kish: the son of Kish was Jerahmeel. -- 1 chronicles 24:29 +. +The sons also of Mushi; Mahli, and Eder, and Jerimoth. These were the sons of the Levites after the house of their fathers. -- 1 chronicles 24:30 +. +These likewise cast lots over against their brethren the sons of Aaron in the presence of David the king, and Zadok, and Ahimelech, and the chief of the fathers of the priests and Levites, even the principal fathers over against their younger brethren. -- 1 chronicles 24:31 +. +Moreover David and the captains of the host separated to the service of the sons of Asaph, and of Heman, and of Jeduthun, who should prophesy with harps, with psalteries, and with cymbals: and the number of the workmen according to their service was: -- 1 chronicles 25:1 +. +Of the sons of Asaph; Zaccur, and Joseph, and Nethaniah, and Asarelah, the sons of Asaph under the hands of Asaph, which prophesied according to the order of the king. -- 1 chronicles 25:2 +. +Of Jeduthun: the sons of Jeduthun; Gedaliah, and Zeri, and Jeshaiah, Hashabiah, and Mattithiah, six, under the hands of their father Jeduthun, who prophesied with a harp, to give thanks and to praise the LORD. -- 1 chronicles 25:3 +. +Of Heman: the sons of Heman: Bukkiah, Mattaniah, Uzziel, Shebuel, and Jerimoth, Hananiah, Hanani, Eliathah, Giddalti, and Romamtiezer, Joshbekashah, Mallothi, Hothir, and Mahazioth: -- 1 chronicles 25:4 +. +All these were the sons of Heman the king's seer in the words of God, to lift up the horn. And God gave to Heman fourteen sons and three daughters. -- 1 chronicles 25:5 +. +All these were under the hands of their father for song in the house of the LORD, with cymbals, psalteries, and harps, for the service of the house of God, according to the king's order to Asaph, Jeduthun, and Heman. -- 1 chronicles 25:6 +. +So the number of them, with their brethren that were instructed in the songs of the LORD, even all that were cunning, was two hundred fourscore and eight. -- 1 chronicles 25:7 +. +And they cast lots, ward against ward, as well the small as the great, the teacher as the scholar. -- 1 chronicles 25:8 +. +Now the first lot came forth for Asaph to Joseph: the second to Gedaliah, who with his brethren and sons were twelve: -- 1 chronicles 25:9 +. +The third to Zaccur, he, his sons, and his brethren, were twelve: -- 1 chronicles 25:10 +. +The fourth to Izri, he, his sons, and his brethren, were twelve: -- 1 chronicles 25:11 +. +The fifth to Nethaniah, he, his sons, and his brethren, were twelve: -- 1 chronicles 25:12 +. +The sixth to Bukkiah, he, his sons, and his brethren, were twelve: -- 1 chronicles 25:13 +. +The seventh to Jesharelah, he, his sons, and his brethren, were twelve: -- 1 chronicles 25:14 +. +The eighth to Jeshaiah, he, his sons, and his brethren, were twelve: -- 1 chronicles 25:15 +. +The ninth to Mattaniah, he, his sons, and his brethren, were twelve: -- 1 chronicles 25:16 +. +The tenth to Shimei, he, his sons, and his brethren, were twelve: -- 1 chronicles 25:17 +. +The eleventh to Azareel, he, his sons, and his brethren, were twelve: -- 1 chronicles 25:18 +. +The twelfth to Hashabiah, he, his sons, and his brethren, were twelve: -- 1 chronicles 25:19 +. +The thirteenth to Shubael, he, his sons, and his brethren, were twelve: -- 1 chronicles 25:20 +. +The fourteenth to Mattithiah, he, his sons, and his brethren, were twelve: -- 1 chronicles 25:21 +. +The fifteenth to Jeremoth, he, his sons, and his brethren, were twelve: -- 1 chronicles 25:22 +. +The sixteenth to Hananiah, he, his sons, and his brethren, were twelve: -- 1 chronicles 25:23 +. +The seventeenth to Joshbekashah, he, his sons, and his brethren, were twelve: -- 1 chronicles 25:24 +. +The eighteenth to Hanani, he, his sons, and his brethren, were twelve: -- 1 chronicles 25:25 +. +The nineteenth to Mallothi, he, his sons, and his brethren, were twelve: -- 1 chronicles 25:26 +. +The twentieth to Eliathah, he, his sons, and his brethren, were twelve: -- 1 chronicles 25:27 +. +The one and twentieth to Hothir, he, his sons, and his brethren, were twelve: -- 1 chronicles 25:28 +. +The two and twentieth to Giddalti, he, his sons, and his brethren, were twelve: -- 1 chronicles 25:29 +. +The three and twentieth to Mahazioth, he, his sons, and his brethren, were twelve: -- 1 chronicles 25:30 +. +The four and twentieth to Romamtiezer, he, his sons, and his brethren, were twelve. -- 1 chronicles 25:31 +. +Concerning the divisions of the porters: Of the Korhites was Meshelemiah the son of Kore, of the sons of Asaph. -- 1 chronicles 26:1 +. +And the sons of Meshelemiah were, Zechariah the firstborn, Jediael the second, Zebadiah the third, Jathniel the fourth, -- 1 chronicles 26:2 +. +Elam the fifth, Jehohanan the sixth, Elioenai the seventh. -- 1 chronicles 26:3 +. +Moreover the sons of Obededom were, Shemaiah the firstborn, Jehozabad the second, Joah the third, and Sacar the fourth, and Nethaneel the fifth. -- 1 chronicles 26:4 +. +Ammiel the sixth, Issachar the seventh, Peulthai the eighth: for God blessed him. -- 1 chronicles 26:5 +. +Also unto Shemaiah his son were sons born, that ruled throughout the house of their father: for they were mighty men of valor. -- 1 chronicles 26:6 +. +The sons of Shemaiah; Othni, and Rephael, and Obed, Elzabad, whose brethren were strong men, Elihu, and Semachiah. -- 1 chronicles 26:7 +. +All these of the sons of Obededom: they and their sons and their brethren, able men for strength for the service, were threescore and two of Obededom. -- 1 chronicles 26:8 +. +And Meshelemiah had sons and brethren, strong men, eighteen. -- 1 chronicles 26:9 +. +Also Hosah, of the children of Merari, had sons; Simri the chief, (for though he was not the firstborn, yet his father made him the chief;) -- 1 chronicles 26:10 +. +Hilkiah the second, Tebaliah the third, Zechariah the fourth: all the sons and brethren of Hosah were thirteen. -- 1 chronicles 26:11 +. +Among these were the divisions of the porters, even among the chief men, having wards one against another, to minister in the house of the LORD. -- 1 chronicles 26:12 +. +And they cast lots, as well the small as the great, according to the house of their fathers, for every gate. -- 1 chronicles 26:13 +. +And the lot eastward fell to Shelemiah. Then for Zechariah his son, a wise counselor, they cast lots; and his lot came out northward. -- 1 chronicles 26:14 +. +To Obededom southward; and to his sons the house of Asuppim. -- 1 chronicles 26:15 +. +To Shuppim and Hosah the lot came forth westward, with the gate Shallecheth, by the causeway of the going up, ward against ward. -- 1 chronicles 26:16 +. +Eastward were six Levites, northward four a day, southward four a day, and toward Asuppim two and two. -- 1 chronicles 26:17 +. +At Parbar westward, four at the causeway, and two at Parbar. -- 1 chronicles 26:18 +. +These are the divisions of the porters among the sons of Kore, and among the sons of Merari. -- 1 chronicles 26:19 +. +And of the Levites, Ahijah was over the treasures of the house of God, and over the treasures of the dedicated things. -- 1 chronicles 26:20 +. +As concerning the sons of Laadan; the sons of the Gershonite Laadan, chief fathers, even of Laadan the Gershonite, were Jehieli. -- 1 chronicles 26:21 +. +The sons of Jehieli; Zetham, and Joel his brother, which were over the treasures of the house of the LORD. -- 1 chronicles 26:22 +. +Of the Amramites, and the Izharites, the Hebronites, and the Uzzielites: -- 1 chronicles 26:23 +. +And Shebuel the son of Gershom, the son of Moses, was ruler of the treasures. -- 1 chronicles 26:24 +. +And his brethren by Eliezer; Rehabiah his son, and Jeshaiah his son, and Joram his son, and Zichri his son, and Shelomith his son. -- 1 chronicles 26:25 +. +Which Shelomith and his brethren were over all the treasures of the dedicated things, which David the king, and the chief fathers, the captains over thousands and hundreds, and the captains of the host, had dedicated. -- 1 chronicles 26:26 +. +Out of the spoils won in battles did they dedicate to maintain the house of the LORD. -- 1 chronicles 26:27 +. +And all that Samuel the seer, and Saul the son of Kish, and Abner the son of Ner, and Joab the son of Zeruiah, had dedicated; and whosoever had dedicated any thing, it was under the hand of Shelomith, and of his brethren. -- 1 chronicles 26:28 +. +Of the Izharites, Chenaniah and his sons were for the outward business over Israel, for officers and judges. -- 1 chronicles 26:29 +. +And of the Hebronites, Hashabiah and his brethren, men of valor, a thousand and seven hundred, were officers among them of Israel on this side Jordan westward in all the business of the LORD, and in the service of the king. -- 1 chronicles 26:30 +. +Among the Hebronites was Jerijah the chief, even among the Hebronites, according to the generations of his fathers. In the fortieth year of the reign of David they were sought for, and there were found among them mighty men of valor at Jazer of Gilead. -- 1 chronicles 26:31 +. +And his brethren, men of valor, were two thousand and seven hundred chief fathers, whom king David made rulers over the Reubenites, the Gadites, and the half tribe of Manasseh, for every matter pertaining to God, and affairs of the king. -- 1 chronicles 26:32 +. +Now the children of Israel after their number, to wit, the chief fathers and captains of thousands and hundreds, and their officers that served the king in any matter of the courses, which came in and went out month by month throughout all the months of the year, of every course were twenty and four thousand. -- 1 chronicles 27:1 +. +Over the first course for the first month was Jashobeam the son of Zabdiel: and in his course were twenty and four thousand. -- 1 chronicles 27:2 +. +Of the children of Perez was the chief of all the captains of the host for the first month. -- 1 chronicles 27:3 +. +And over the course of the second month was Dodai an Ahohite, and of his course was Mikloth also the ruler: in his course likewise were twenty and four thousand. -- 1 chronicles 27:4 +. +The third captain of the host for the third month was Benaiah the son of Jehoiada, a chief priest: and in his course were twenty and four thousand. -- 1 chronicles 27:5 +. +This is that Benaiah, who was mighty among the thirty, and above the thirty: and in his course was Ammizabad his son. -- 1 chronicles 27:6 +. +The fourth captain for the fourth month was Asahel the brother of Joab, and Zebadiah his son after him: and in his course were twenty and four thousand. -- 1 chronicles 27:7 +. +The fifth captain for the fifth month was Shamhuth the Izrahite: and in his course were twenty and four thousand. -- 1 chronicles 27:8 +. +The sixth captain for the sixth month was Ira the son of Ikkesh the Tekoite: and in his course were twenty and four thousand. -- 1 chronicles 27:9 +. +The seventh captain for the seventh month was Helez the Pelonite, of the children of Ephraim: and in his course were twenty and four thousand. -- 1 chronicles 27:10 +. +The eighth captain for the eighth month was Sibbecai the Hushathite, of the Zarhites: and in his course were twenty and four thousand. -- 1 chronicles 27:11 +. +The ninth captain for the ninth month was Abiezer the Anetothite, of the Benjamites: and in his course were twenty and four thousand. -- 1 chronicles 27:12 +. +The tenth captain for the tenth month was Maharai the Netophathite, of the Zarhites: and in his course were twenty and four thousand. -- 1 chronicles 27:13 +. +The eleventh captain for the eleventh month was Benaiah the Pirathonite, of the children of Ephraim: and in his course were twenty and four thousand. -- 1 chronicles 27:14 +. +The twelfth captain for the twelfth month was Heldai the Netophathite, of Othniel: and in his course were twenty and four thousand. -- 1 chronicles 27:15 +. +Furthermore over the tribes of Israel: the ruler of the Reubenites was Eliezer the son of Zichri: of the Simeonites, Shephatiah the son of Maachah: -- 1 chronicles 27:16 +. +Of the Levites, Hashabiah the son of Kemuel: of the Aaronites, Zadok: -- 1 chronicles 27:17 +. +Of Judah, Elihu, one of the brethren of David: of Issachar, Omri the son of Michael: -- 1 chronicles 27:18 +. +Of Zebulun, Ishmaiah the son of Obadiah: of Naphtali, Jerimoth the son of Azriel: -- 1 chronicles 27:19 +. +Of the children of Ephraim, Hoshea the son of Azaziah: of the half tribe of Manasseh, Joel the son of Pedaiah: -- 1 chronicles 27:20 +. +Of the half tribe of Manasseh in Gilead, Iddo the son of Zechariah: of Benjamin, Jaasiel the son of Abner: -- 1 chronicles 27:21 +. +Of Dan, Azareel the son of Jeroham. These were the princes of the tribes of Israel. -- 1 chronicles 27:22 +. +But David took not the number of them from twenty years old and under: because the LORD had said he would increase Israel like to the stars of the heavens. -- 1 chronicles 27:23 +. +Joab the son of Zeruiah began to number, but he finished not, because there fell wrath for it against Israel; neither was the number put in the account of the chronicles of king David. -- 1 chronicles 27:24 +. +And over the king's treasures was Azmaveth the son of Adiel: and over the storehouses in the fields, in the cities, and in the villages, and in the castles, was Jehonathan the son of Uzziah: -- 1 chronicles 27:25 +. +And over them that did the work of the field for tillage of the ground was Ezri the son of Chelub: -- 1 chronicles 27:26 +. +And over the vineyards was Shimei the Ramathite: over the increase of the vineyards for the wine cellars was Zabdi the Shiphmite: -- 1 chronicles 27:27 +. +And over the olive trees and the sycamore trees that were in the low plains was Baalhanan the Gederite: and over the cellars of oil was Joash: -- 1 chronicles 27:28 +. +And over the herds that fed in Sharon was Shitrai the Sharonite: and over the herds that were in the valleys was Shaphat the son of Adlai: -- 1 chronicles 27:29 +. +Over the camels also was Obil the Ishmaelite: and over the asses was Jehdeiah the Meronothite: -- 1 chronicles 27:30 +. +And over the flocks was Jaziz the Hagerite. All these were the rulers of the substance which was king David's. -- 1 chronicles 27:31 +. +Also Jonathan David's uncle was a counselor, a wise man, and a scribe: and Jehiel the son of Hachmoni was with the king's sons: -- 1 chronicles 27:32 +. +And Ahithophel was the king's counselor: and Hushai the Archite was the king's companion: -- 1 chronicles 27:33 +. +And after Ahithophel was Jehoiada the son of Benaiah, and Abiathar: and the general of the king's army was Joab. -- 1 chronicles 27:34 +. +And David assembled all the princes of Israel, the princes of the tribes, and the captains of the companies that ministered to the king by course, and the captains over the thousands, and captains over the hundreds, and the stewards over all the substance and possession of the king, and of his sons, with the officers, and with the mighty men, and with all the valiant men, unto Jerusalem. -- 1 chronicles 28:1 +. +Then David the king stood up upon his feet, and said, Hear me, my brethren, and my people: As for me, I had in mine heart to build an house of rest for the ark of the covenant of the LORD, and for the footstool of our God, and had made ready for the building: -- 1 chronicles 28:2 +. +But God said unto me, Thou shalt not build an house for my name, because thou hast been a man of war, and hast shed blood. -- 1 chronicles 28:3 +. +Howbeit the LORD God of Israel chose me before all the house of my father to be king over Israel for ever: for he hath chosen Judah to be the ruler; and of the house of Judah, the house of my father; and among the sons of my father he liked me to make me king over all Israel: -- 1 chronicles 28:4 +. +And of all my sons, (for the LORD hath given me many sons,) he hath chosen Solomon my son to sit upon the throne of the kingdom of the LORD over Israel. -- 1 chronicles 28:5 +. +And he said unto me, Solomon thy son, he shall build my house and my courts: for I have chosen him to be my son, and I will be his father. -- 1 chronicles 28:6 +. +Moreover I will establish his kingdom for ever, if he be constant to do my commandments and my judgments, as at this day. -- 1 chronicles 28:7 +. +Now therefore in the sight of all Israel the congregation of the LORD, and in the audience of our God, keep and seek for all the commandments of the LORD your God: that ye may possess this good land, and leave it for an inheritance for your children after you for ever. -- 1 chronicles 28:8 +. +And thou, Solomon my son, know thou the God of thy father, and serve him with a perfect heart and with a willing mind: for the LORD searcheth all hearts, and understandeth all the imaginations of the thoughts: if thou seek him, he will be found of thee; but if thou forsake him, he will cast thee off for ever. -- 1 chronicles 28:9 +. +Take heed now; for the LORD hath chosen thee to build an house for the sanctuary: be strong, and do it. -- 1 chronicles 28:10 +. +Then David gave to Solomon his son the pattern of the porch, and of the houses thereof, and of the treasuries thereof, and of the upper chambers thereof, and of the inner parlors thereof, and of the place of the mercy seat, -- 1 chronicles 28:11 +. +And the pattern of all that he had by the spirit, of the courts of the house of the LORD, and of all the chambers round about, of the treasuries of the house of God, and of the treasuries of the dedicated things: -- 1 chronicles 28:12 +. +Also for the courses of the priests and the Levites, and for all the work of the service of the house of the LORD, and for all the vessels of service in the house of the LORD. -- 1 chronicles 28:13 +. +He gave of gold by weight for things of gold, for all instruments of all manner of service; silver also for all instruments of silver by weight, for all instruments of every kind of service: -- 1 chronicles 28:14 +. +Even the weight for the candlesticks of gold, and for their lamps of gold, by weight for every candlestick, and for the lamps thereof: and for the candlesticks of silver by weight, both for the candlestick, and also for the lamps thereof, according to the use of every candlestick. -- 1 chronicles 28:15 +. +And by weight he gave gold for the tables of shewbread, for every table; and likewise silver for the tables of silver: -- 1 chronicles 28:16 +. +Also pure gold for the fleshhooks, and the bowls, and the cups: and for the golden basins he gave gold by weight for every basin; and likewise silver by weight for every basin of silver: -- 1 chronicles 28:17 +. +And for the altar of incense refined gold by weight; and gold for the pattern of the chariot of the cherubim, that spread out their wings, and covered the ark of the covenant of the LORD. -- 1 chronicles 28:18 +. +All this, said David, the LORD made me understand in writing by his hand upon me, even all the works of this pattern. -- 1 chronicles 28:19 +. +And David said to Solomon his son, Be strong and of good courage, and do it: fear not, nor be dismayed: for the LORD God, even my God, will be with thee; he will not fail thee, nor forsake thee, until thou hast finished all the work for the service of the house of the LORD. -- 1 chronicles 28:20 +. +And, behold, the courses of the priests and the Levites, even they shall be with thee for all the service of the house of God: and there shall be with thee for all manner of workmanship every willing skillful man, for any manner of service: also the princes and all the people will be wholly at thy commandment. -- 1 chronicles 28:21 +. +Furthermore David the king said unto all the congregation, Solomon my son, whom alone God hath chosen, is yet young and tender, and the work is great: for the palace is not for man, but for the LORD God. -- 1 chronicles 29:1 +. +Now I have prepared with all my might for the house of my God the gold for things to be made of gold, and the silver for things of silver, and the brass for things of brass, the iron for things of iron, and wood for things of wood; onyx stones, and stones to be set, glistering stones, and of divers colors, and all manner of precious stones, and marble stones in abundance. -- 1 chronicles 29:2 +. +Moreover, because I have set my affection to the house of my God, I have of mine own proper good, of gold and silver, which I have given to the house of my God, over and above all that I have prepared for the holy house. -- 1 chronicles 29:3 +. +Even three thousand talents of gold, of the gold of Ophir, and seven thousand talents of refined silver, to overlay the walls of the houses withal: -- 1 chronicles 29:4 +. +The gold for things of gold, and the silver for things of silver, and for all manner of work to be made by the hands of artificers. And who then is willing to consecrate his service this day unto the LORD? -- 1 chronicles 29:5 +. +Then the chief of the fathers and princes of the tribes of Israel and the captains of thousands and of hundreds, with the rulers of the king's work, offered willingly, -- 1 chronicles 29:6 +. +And gave for the service of the house of God of gold five thousand talents and ten thousand drams, and of silver ten thousand talents, and of brass eighteen thousand talents, and one hundred thousand talents of iron. -- 1 chronicles 29:7 +. +And they with whom precious stones were found gave them to the treasure of the house of the LORD, by the hand of Jehiel the Gershonite. -- 1 chronicles 29:8 +. +Then the people rejoiced, for that they offered willingly, because with perfect heart they offered willingly to the LORD: and David the king also rejoiced with great joy. -- 1 chronicles 29:9 +. +Wherefore David blessed the LORD before all the congregation: and David said, Blessed be thou, LORD God of Israel our father, for ever and ever. -- 1 chronicles 29:10 +. +Thine, O LORD is the greatness, and the power, and the glory, and the victory, and the majesty: for all that is in the heaven and in the earth is thine; thine is the kingdom, O LORD, and thou art exalted as head above all. -- 1 chronicles 29:11 +. +Both riches and honor come of thee, and thou reignest over all; and in thine hand is power and might; and in thine hand it is to make great, and to give strength unto all. -- 1 chronicles 29:12 +. +Now therefore, our God, we thank thee, and praise thy glorious name. -- 1 chronicles 29:13 +. +But who am I, and what is my people, that we should be able to offer so willingly after this sort? for all things come of thee, and of thine own have we given thee. -- 1 chronicles 29:14 +. +For we are strangers before thee, and sojourners, as were all our fathers: our days on the earth are as a shadow, and there is none abiding. -- 1 chronicles 29:15 +. +O LORD our God, all this store that we have prepared to build thee an house for thine holy name cometh of thine hand, and is all thine own. -- 1 chronicles 29:16 +. +I know also, my God, that thou triest the heart, and hast pleasure in uprightness. As for me, in the uprightness of mine heart I have willingly offered all these things: and now have I seen with joy thy people, which are present here, to offer willingly unto thee. -- 1 chronicles 29:17 +. +O LORD God of Abraham, Isaac, and of Israel, our fathers, keep this for ever in the imagination of the thoughts of the heart of thy people, and prepare their heart unto thee: -- 1 chronicles 29:18 +. +And give unto Solomon my son a perfect heart, to keep thy commandments, thy testimonies, and thy statutes, and to do all these things, and to build the palace, for the which I have made provision. -- 1 chronicles 29:19 +. +And David said to all the congregation, Now bless the LORD your God. And all the congregation blessed the LORD God of their fathers, and bowed down their heads, and worshipped the LORD, and the king. -- 1 chronicles 29:20 +. +And they sacrificed sacrifices unto the LORD, and offered burnt offerings unto the LORD, on the morrow after that day, even a thousand bullocks, a thousand rams, and a thousand lambs, with their drink offerings, and sacrifices in abundance for all Israel: -- 1 chronicles 29:21 +. +And did eat and drink before the LORD on that day with great gladness. And they made Solomon the son of David king the second time, and anointed him unto the LORD to be the chief governor, and Zadok to be priest. -- 1 chronicles 29:22 +. +Then Solomon sat on the throne of the LORD as king instead of David his father, and prospered; and all Israel obeyed him. -- 1 chronicles 29:23 +. +And all the princes, and the mighty men, and all the sons likewise of king David, submitted themselves unto Solomon the king. -- 1 chronicles 29:24 +. +And the LORD magnified Solomon exceedingly in the sight of all Israel, and bestowed upon him such royal majesty as had not been on any king before him in Israel. -- 1 chronicles 29:25 +. +Thus David the son of Jesse reigned over all Israel. -- 1 chronicles 29:26 +. +And the time that he reigned over Israel was forty years; seven years reigned he in Hebron, and thirty and three years reigned he in Jerusalem. -- 1 chronicles 29:27 +. +And he died in a good old age, full of days, riches, and honor: and Solomon his son reigned in his stead. -- 1 chronicles 29:28 +. +Now the acts of David the king, first and last, behold, they are written in the book of Samuel the seer, and in the book of Nathan the prophet, and in the book of Gad the seer, -- 1 chronicles 29:29 +. +With all his reign and his might, and the times that went over him, and over Israel, and over all the kingdoms of the countries. -- 1 chronicles 29:30 +. +And Solomon the son of David was strengthened in his kingdom, and the LORD his God was with him, and magnified him exceedingly. -- 2 chronicles 1:1 +. +Then Solomon spake unto all Israel, to the captains of thousands and of hundreds, and to the judges, and to every governor in all Israel, the chief of the fathers. -- 2 chronicles 1:2 +. +So Solomon, and all the congregation with him, went to the high place that was at Gibeon; for there was the tabernacle of the congregation of God, which Moses the servant of the LORD had made in the wilderness. -- 2 chronicles 1:3 +. +But the ark of God had David brought up from Kirjathjearim to the place which David had prepared for it: for he had pitched a tent for it at Jerusalem. -- 2 chronicles 1:4 +. +Moreover the brazen altar, that Bezaleel the son of Uri, the son of Hur, had made, he put before the tabernacle of the LORD: and Solomon and the congregation sought unto it. -- 2 chronicles 1:5 +. +And Solomon went up thither to the brazen altar before the LORD, which was at the tabernacle of the congregation, and offered a thousand burnt offerings upon it. -- 2 chronicles 1:6 +. +In that night did God appear unto Solomon, and said unto him, Ask what I shall give thee. -- 2 chronicles 1:7 +. +And Solomon said unto God, Thou hast showed great mercy unto David my father, and hast made me to reign in his stead. -- 2 chronicles 1:8 +. +Now, O LORD God, let thy promise unto David my father be established: for thou hast made me king over a people like the dust of the earth in multitude. -- 2 chronicles 1:9 +. +Give me now wisdom and knowledge, that I may go out and come in before this people: for who can judge this thy people, that is so great? -- 2 chronicles 1:10 +. +And God said to Solomon, Because this was in thine heart, and thou hast not asked riches, wealth, or honor, nor the life of thine enemies, neither yet hast asked long life; but hast asked wisdom and knowledge for thyself, that thou mayest judge my people, over whom I have made thee king: -- 2 chronicles 1:11 +. +Wisdom and knowledge is granted unto thee; and I will give thee riches, and wealth, and honor, such as none of the kings have had that have been before thee, neither shall there any after thee have the like. -- 2 chronicles 1:12 +. +Then Solomon came from his journey to the high place that was at Gibeon to Jerusalem, from before the tabernacle of the congregation, and reigned over Israel. -- 2 chronicles 1:13 +. +And Solomon gathered chariots and horsemen: and he had a thousand and four hundred chariots, and twelve thousand horsemen, which he placed in the chariot cities, and with the king at Jerusalem. -- 2 chronicles 1:14 +. +And the king made silver and gold at Jerusalem as plenteous as stones, and cedar trees made he as the sycamore trees that are in the vale for abundance. -- 2 chronicles 1:15 +. +And Solomon had horses brought out of Egypt, and linen yarn: the king's merchants received the linen yarn at a price. -- 2 chronicles 1:16 +. +And they fetched up, and brought forth out of Egypt a chariot for six hundred shekels of silver, and an horse for an hundred and fifty: and so brought they out horses for all the kings of the Hittites, and for the kings of Syria, by their means. -- 2 chronicles 1:17 +. +And Solomon determined to build an house for the name of the LORD, and an house for his kingdom. -- 2 chronicles 2:1 +. +And Solomon told out threescore and ten thousand men to bear burdens, and fourscore thousand to hew in the mountain, and three thousand and six hundred to oversee them. -- 2 chronicles 2:2 +. +And Solomon sent to Huram the king of Tyre, saying, As thou didst deal with David my father, and didst send him cedars to build him an house to dwell therein, even so deal with me. -- 2 chronicles 2:3 +. +Behold, I build an house to the name of the LORD my God, to dedicate it to him, and to burn before him sweet incense, and for the continual shewbread, and for the burnt offerings morning and evening, on the sabbaths, and on the new moons, and on the solemn feasts of the LORD our God. This is an ordinance for ever to Israel. -- 2 chronicles 2:4 +. +And the house which I build is great: for great is our God above all gods. -- 2 chronicles 2:5 +. +But who is able to build him an house, seeing the heaven and heaven of heavens cannot contain him? who am I then, that I should build him an house, save only to burn sacrifice before him? -- 2 chronicles 2:6 +. +Send me now therefore a man cunning to work in gold, and in silver, and in brass, and in iron, and in purple, and crimson, and blue, and that can skill to grave with the cunning men that are with me in Judah and in Jerusalem, whom David my father did provide. -- 2 chronicles 2:7 +. +Send me also cedar trees, fir trees, and algum trees, out of Lebanon: for I know that thy servants can skill to cut timber in Lebanon; and, behold, my servants shall be with thy servants, -- 2 chronicles 2:8 +. +Even to prepare me timber in abundance: for the house which I am about to build shall be wonderful great. -- 2 chronicles 2:9 +. +And, behold, I will give to thy servants, the hewers that cut timber, twenty thousand measures of beaten wheat, and twenty thousand measures of barley, and twenty thousand baths of wine, and twenty thousand baths of oil. -- 2 chronicles 2:10 +. +Then Huram the king of Tyre answered in writing, which he sent to Solomon, Because the LORD hath loved his people, he hath made thee king over them. -- 2 chronicles 2:11 +. +Huram said moreover, Blessed be the LORD God of Israel, that made heaven and earth, who hath given to David the king a wise son, endued with prudence and understanding, that might build an house for the LORD, and an house for his kingdom. -- 2 chronicles 2:12 +. +And now I have sent a cunning man, endued with understanding, of Huram my father's, -- 2 chronicles 2:13 +. +The son of a woman of the daughters of Dan, and his father was a man of Tyre, skillful to work in gold, and in silver, in brass, in iron, in stone, and in timber, in purple, in blue, and in fine linen, and in crimson; also to grave any manner of graving, and to find out every device which shall be put to him, with thy cunning men, and with the cunning men of my lord David thy father. -- 2 chronicles 2:14 +. +Now therefore the wheat, and the barley, the oil, and the wine, which my lord hath spoken of, let him send unto his servants: -- 2 chronicles 2:15 +. +And we will cut wood out of Lebanon, as much as thou shalt need: and we will bring it to thee in floats by sea to Joppa; and thou shalt carry it up to Jerusalem. -- 2 chronicles 2:16 +. +And Solomon numbered all the strangers that were in the land of Israel, after the numbering wherewith David his father had numbered them; and they were found an hundred and fifty thousand and three thousand and six hundred. -- 2 chronicles 2:17 +. +And he set threescore and ten thousand of them to be bearers of burdens, and fourscore thousand to be hewers in the mountain, and three thousand and six hundred overseers to set the people a work. -- 2 chronicles 2:18 +. +Then Solomon began to build the house of the LORD at Jerusalem in mount Moriah, where the Lord appeared unto David his father, in the place that David had prepared in the threshingfloor of Ornan the Jebusite. -- 2 chronicles 3:1 +. +And he began to build in the second day of the second month, in the fourth year of his reign. -- 2 chronicles 3:2 +. +Now these are the things wherein Solomon was instructed for the building of the house of God. The length by cubits after the first measure was threescore cubits, and the breadth twenty cubits. -- 2 chronicles 3:3 +. +And the porch that was in the front of the house, the length of it was according to the breadth of the house, twenty cubits, and the height was an hundred and twenty: and he overlaid it within with pure gold. -- 2 chronicles 3:4 +. +And the greater house he cieled with fir tree, which he overlaid with fine gold, and set thereon palm trees and chains. -- 2 chronicles 3:5 +. +And he garnished the house with precious stones for beauty: and the gold was gold of Parvaim. -- 2 chronicles 3:6 +. +He overlaid also the house, the beams, the posts, and the walls thereof, and the doors thereof, with gold; and graved cherubim on the walls. -- 2 chronicles 3:7 +. +And he made the most holy house, the length whereof was according to the breadth of the house, twenty cubits, and the breadth thereof twenty cubits: and he overlaid it with fine gold, amounting to six hundred talents. -- 2 chronicles 3:8 +. +And the weight of the nails was fifty shekels of gold. And he overlaid the upper chambers with gold. -- 2 chronicles 3:9 +. +And in the most holy house he made two cherubim of image work, and overlaid them with gold. -- 2 chronicles 3:10 +. +And the wings of the cherubim were twenty cubits long: one wing of the one cherub was five cubits, reaching to the wall of the house: and the other wing was likewise five cubits, reaching to the wing of the other cherub. -- 2 chronicles 3:11 +. +And one wing of the other cherub was five cubits, reaching to the wall of the house: and the other wing was five cubits also, joining to the wing of the other cherub. -- 2 chronicles 3:12 +. +The wings of these cherubim spread themselves forth twenty cubits: and they stood on their feet, and their faces were inward. -- 2 chronicles 3:13 +. +And he made the vail of blue, and purple, and crimson, and fine linen, and wrought cherubim thereon. -- 2 chronicles 3:14 +. +Also he made before the house two pillars of thirty and five cubits high, and the chapiter that was on the top of each of them was five cubits. -- 2 chronicles 3:15 +. +And he made chains, as in the oracle, and put them on the heads of the pillars; and made an hundred pomegranates, and put them on the chains. -- 2 chronicles 3:16 +. +And he reared up the pillars before the temple, one on the right hand, and the other on the left; and called the name of that on the right hand Jachin, and the name of that on the left Boaz. -- 2 chronicles 3:17 +. +Moreover he made an altar of brass, twenty cubits the length thereof, and twenty cubits the breadth thereof, and ten cubits the height thereof. -- 2 chronicles 4:1 +. +Also he made a molten sea of ten cubits from brim to brim, round in compass, and five cubits the height thereof; and a line of thirty cubits did compass it round about. -- 2 chronicles 4:2 +. +And under it was the similitude of oxen, which did compass it round about: ten in a cubit, compassing the sea round about. Two rows of oxen were cast, when it was cast. -- 2 chronicles 4:3 +. +It stood upon twelve oxen, three looking toward the north, and three looking toward the west, and three looking toward the south, and three looking toward the east: and the sea was set above upon them, and all their hinder parts were inward. -- 2 chronicles 4:4 +. +And the thickness of it was an handbreadth, and the brim of it like the work of the brim of a cup, with flowers of lilies; and it received and held three thousand baths. -- 2 chronicles 4:5 +. +He made also ten lavers, and put five on the right hand, and five on the left, to wash in them: such things as they offered for the burnt offering they washed in them; but the sea was for the priests to wash in. -- 2 chronicles 4:6 +. +And he made ten candlesticks of gold according to their form, and set them in the temple, five on the right hand, and five on the left. -- 2 chronicles 4:7 +. +He made also ten tables, and placed them in the temple, five on the right side, and five on the left. And he made an hundred basins of gold. -- 2 chronicles 4:8 +. +Furthermore he made the court of the priests, and the great court, and doors for the court, and overlaid the doors of them with brass. -- 2 chronicles 4:9 +. +And he set the sea on the right side of the east end, over against the south. -- 2 chronicles 4:10 +. +And Huram made the pots, and the shovels, and the basins. And Huram finished the work that he was to make for king Solomon for the house of God; -- 2 chronicles 4:11 +. +To wit, the two pillars, and the pommels, and the chapiters which were on the top of the two pillars, and the two wreaths to cover the two pommels of the chapiters which were on the top of the pillars; -- 2 chronicles 4:12 +. +And four hundred pomegranates on the two wreaths; two rows of pomegranates on each wreath, to cover the two pommels of the chapiters which were upon the pillars. -- 2 chronicles 4:13 +. +He made also bases, and lavers made he upon the bases; -- 2 chronicles 4:14 +. +One sea, and twelve oxen under it. -- 2 chronicles 4:15 +. +The pots also, and the shovels, and the fleshhooks, and all their instruments, did Huram his father make to king Solomon for the house of the LORD of bright brass. -- 2 chronicles 4:16 +. +In the plain of Jordan did the king cast them, in the clay ground between Succoth and Zeredathah. -- 2 chronicles 4:17 +. +Thus Solomon made all these vessels in great abundance: for the weight of the brass could not be found out. -- 2 chronicles 4:18 +. +And Solomon made all the vessels that were for the house of God, the golden altar also, and the tables whereon the shewbread was set; -- 2 chronicles 4:19 +. +Moreover the candlesticks with their lamps, that they should burn after the manner before the oracle, of pure gold; -- 2 chronicles 4:20 +. +And the flowers, and the lamps, and the tongs, made he of gold, and that perfect gold; -- 2 chronicles 4:21 +. +And the snuffers, and the basins, and the spoons, and the censers, of pure gold: and the entry of the house, the inner doors thereof for the most holy place, and the doors of the house of the temple, were of gold. -- 2 chronicles 4:22 +. +Thus all the work that Solomon made for the house of the LORD was finished: and Solomon brought in all the things that David his father had dedicated; and the silver, and the gold, and all the instruments, put he among the treasures of the house of God. -- 2 chronicles 5:1 +. +Then Solomon assembled the elders of Israel, and all the heads of the tribes, the chief of the fathers of the children of Israel, unto Jerusalem, to bring up the ark of the covenant of the LORD out of the city of David, which is Zion. -- 2 chronicles 5:2 +. +Wherefore all the men of Israel assembled themselves unto the king in the feast which was in the seventh month. -- 2 chronicles 5:3 +. +And all the elders of Israel came; and the Levites took up the ark. -- 2 chronicles 5:4 +. +And they brought up the ark, and the tabernacle of the congregation, and all the holy vessels that were in the tabernacle, these did the priests and the Levites bring up. -- 2 chronicles 5:5 +. +Also king Solomon, and all the congregation of Israel that were assembled unto him before the ark, sacrificed sheep and oxen, which could not be told nor numbered for multitude. -- 2 chronicles 5:6 +. +And the priests brought in the ark of the covenant of the LORD unto his place, to the oracle of the house, into the most holy place, even under the wings of the cherubim: -- 2 chronicles 5:7 +. +For the cherubim spread forth their wings over the place of the ark, and the cherubim covered the ark and the staves thereof above. -- 2 chronicles 5:8 +. +And they drew out the staves of the ark, that the ends of the staves were seen from the ark before the oracle; but they were not seen without. And there it is unto this day. -- 2 chronicles 5:9 +. +There was nothing in the ark save the two tables which Moses put therein at Horeb, when the LORD made a covenant with the children of Israel, when they came out of Egypt. -- 2 chronicles 5:10 +. +And it came to pass, when the priests were come out of the holy place: (for all the priests that were present were sanctified, and did not then wait by course: -- 2 chronicles 5:11 +. +Also the Levites which were the singers, all of them of Asaph, of Heman, of Jeduthun, with their sons and their brethren, being arrayed in white linen, having cymbals and psalteries and harps, stood at the east end of the altar, and with them an hundred and twenty priests sounding with trumpets:) -- 2 chronicles 5:12 +. +It came even to pass, as the trumpeters and singers were as one, to make one sound to be heard in praising and thanking the LORD; and when they lifted up their voice with the trumpets and cymbals and instruments of music, and praised the LORD, saying, For he is good; for his mercy endureth for ever: that then the house was filled with a cloud, even the house of the LORD; -- 2 chronicles 5:13 +. +So that the priests could not stand to minister by reason of the cloud: for the glory of the LORD had filled the house of God. -- 2 chronicles 5:14 +. +Then said Solomon, The LORD hath said that he would dwell in the thick darkness. -- 2 chronicles 6:1 +. +But I have built an house of habitation for thee, and a place for thy dwelling for ever. -- 2 chronicles 6:2 +. +And the king turned his face, and blessed the whole congregation of Israel: and all the congregation of Israel stood. -- 2 chronicles 6:3 +. +And he said, Blessed be the LORD God of Israel, who hath with his hands fulfilled that which he spake with his mouth to my father David, saying, -- 2 chronicles 6:4 +. +Since the day that I brought forth my people out of the land of Egypt I chose no city among all the tribes of Israel to build an house in, that my name might be there; neither chose I any man to be a ruler over my people Israel: -- 2 chronicles 6:5 +. +But I have chosen Jerusalem, that my name might be there; and have chosen David to be over my people Israel. -- 2 chronicles 6:6 +. +Now it was in the heart of David my father to build an house for the name of the LORD God of Israel. -- 2 chronicles 6:7 +. +But the LORD said to David my father, Forasmuch as it was in thine heart to build an house for my name, thou didst well in that it was in thine heart: -- 2 chronicles 6:8 +. +Notwithstanding thou shalt not build the house; but thy son which shall come forth out of thy loins, he shall build the house for my name. -- 2 chronicles 6:9 +. +The LORD therefore hath performed his word that he hath spoken: for I am risen up in the room of David my father, and am set on the throne of Israel, as the LORD promised, and have built the house for the name of the LORD God of Israel. -- 2 chronicles 6:10 +. +And in it have I put the ark, wherein is the covenant of the LORD, that he made with the children of Israel. -- 2 chronicles 6:11 +. +And he stood before the altar of the LORD in the presence of all the congregation of Israel, and spread forth his hands: -- 2 chronicles 6:12 +. +For Solomon had made a brazen scaffold of five cubits long, and five cubits broad, and three cubits high, and had set it in the midst of the court: and upon it he stood, and kneeled down upon his knees before all the congregation of Israel, and spread forth his hands toward heaven. -- 2 chronicles 6:13 +. +And said, O LORD God of Israel, there is no God like thee in the heaven, nor in the earth; which keepest covenant, and showest mercy unto thy servants, that walk before thee with all their hearts: -- 2 chronicles 6:14 +. +Thou which hast kept with thy servant David my father that which thou hast promised him; and spakest with thy mouth, and hast fulfilled it with thine hand, as it is this day. -- 2 chronicles 6:15 +. +Now therefore, O LORD God of Israel, keep with thy servant David my father that which thou hast promised him, saying, There shall not fail thee a man in my sight to sit upon the throne of Israel; yet so that thy children take heed to their way to walk in my law, as thou hast walked before me. -- 2 chronicles 6:16 +. +Now then, O LORD God of Israel, let thy word be verified, which thou hast spoken unto thy servant David. -- 2 chronicles 6:17 +. +But will God in very deed dwell with men on the earth? behold, heaven and the heaven of heavens cannot contain thee; how much less this house which I have built! -- 2 chronicles 6:18 +. +Have respect therefore to the prayer of thy servant, and to his supplication, O LORD my God, to hearken unto the cry and the prayer which thy servant prayeth before thee: -- 2 chronicles 6:19 +. +That thine eyes may be open upon this house day and night, upon the place whereof thou hast said that thou wouldest put thy name there; to hearken unto the prayer which thy servant prayeth toward this place. -- 2 chronicles 6:20 +. +Hearken therefore unto the supplications of thy servant, and of thy people Israel, which they shall make toward this place: hear thou from thy dwelling place, even from heaven; and when thou hearest, forgive. -- 2 chronicles 6:21 +. +If a man sin against his neighbor, and an oath be laid upon him to make him swear, and the oath come before thine altar in this house; -- 2 chronicles 6:22 +. +Then hear thou from heaven, and do, and judge thy servants, by requiting the wicked, by recompensing his way upon his own head; and by justifying the righteous, by giving him according to his righteousness. -- 2 chronicles 6:23 +. +And if thy people Israel be put to the worse before the enemy, because they have sinned against thee; and shall return and confess thy name, and pray and make supplication before thee in this house; -- 2 chronicles 6:24 +. +Then hear thou from the heavens, and forgive the sin of thy people Israel, and bring them again unto the land which thou gavest to them and to their fathers. -- 2 chronicles 6:25 +. +When the heaven is shut up, and there is no rain, because they have sinned against thee; yet if they pray toward this place, and confess thy name, and turn from their sin, when thou dost afflict them; -- 2 chronicles 6:26 +. +Then hear thou from heaven, and forgive the sin of thy servants, and of thy people Israel, when thou hast taught them the good way, wherein they should walk; and send rain upon thy land, which thou hast given unto thy people for an inheritance. -- 2 chronicles 6:27 +. +If there be dearth in the land, if there be pestilence, if there be blasting, or mildew, locusts, or caterpillars; if their enemies besiege them in the cities of their land; whatsoever sore or whatsoever sickness there be: -- 2 chronicles 6:28 +. +Then what prayer or what supplication soever shall be made of any man, or of all thy people Israel, when every one shall know his own sore and his own grief, and shall spread forth his hands in this house: -- 2 chronicles 6:29 +. +Then hear thou from heaven thy dwelling place, and forgive, and render unto every man according unto all his ways, whose heart thou knowest; (for thou only knowest the hearts of the children of men:) -- 2 chronicles 6:30 +. +That they may fear thee, to walk in thy ways, so long as they live in the land which thou gavest unto our fathers. -- 2 chronicles 6:31 +. +Moreover concerning the stranger, which is not of thy people Israel, but is come from a far country for thy great name's sake, and thy mighty hand, and thy stretched out arm; if they come and pray in this house; -- 2 chronicles 6:32 +. +Then hear thou from the heavens, even from thy dwelling place, and do according to all that the stranger calleth to thee for; that all people of the earth may know thy name, and fear thee, as doth thy people Israel, and may know that this house which I have built is called by thy name. -- 2 chronicles 6:33 +. +If thy people go out to war against their enemies by the way that thou shalt send them, and they pray unto thee toward this city which thou hast chosen, and the house which I have built for thy name; -- 2 chronicles 6:34 +. +Then hear thou from the heavens their prayer and their supplication, and maintain their cause. -- 2 chronicles 6:35 +. +If they sin against thee, (for there is no man which sinneth not,) and thou be angry with them, and deliver them over before their enemies, and they carry them away captives unto a land far off or near; -- 2 chronicles 6:36 +. +Yet if they bethink themselves in the land whither they are carried captive, and turn and pray unto thee in the land of their captivity, saying, We have sinned, we have done amiss, and have dealt wickedly; -- 2 chronicles 6:37 +. +If they return to thee with all their heart and with all their soul in the land of their captivity, whither they have carried them captives, and pray toward their land, which thou gavest unto their fathers, and toward the city which thou hast chosen, and toward the house which I have built for thy name: -- 2 chronicles 6:38 +. +Then hear thou from the heavens, even from thy dwelling place, their prayer and their supplications, and maintain their cause, and forgive thy people which have sinned against thee. -- 2 chronicles 6:39 +. +Now, my God, let, I beseech thee, thine eyes be open, and let thine ears be attent unto the prayer that is made in this place. -- 2 chronicles 6:40 +. +Now therefore arise, O LORD God, into thy resting place, thou, and the ark of thy strength: let thy priests, O LORD God, be clothed with salvation, and let thy saints rejoice in goodness. -- 2 chronicles 6:41 +. +O LORD God, turn not away the face of thine anointed: remember the mercies of David thy servant. -- 2 chronicles 6:42 +. +Now when Solomon had made an end of praying, the fire came down from heaven, and consumed the burnt offering and the sacrifices; and the glory of the LORD filled the house. -- 2 chronicles 7:1 +. +And the priests could not enter into the house of the LORD, because the glory of the LORD had filled the LORD's house. -- 2 chronicles 7:2 +. +And when all the children of Israel saw how the fire came down, and the glory of the LORD upon the house, they bowed themselves with their faces to the ground upon the pavement, and worshipped, and praised the LORD, saying, For he is good; for his mercy endureth for ever. -- 2 chronicles 7:3 +. +Then the king and all the people offered sacrifices before the LORD. -- 2 chronicles 7:4 +. +And king Solomon offered a sacrifice of twenty and two thousand oxen, and an hundred and twenty thousand sheep: so the king and all the people dedicated the house of God. -- 2 chronicles 7:5 +. +And the priests waited on their offices: the Levites also with instruments of music of the LORD, which David the king had made to praise the LORD, because his mercy endureth for ever, when David praised by their ministry; and the priests sounded trumpets before them, and all Israel stood. -- 2 chronicles 7:6 +. +Moreover Solomon hallowed the middle of the court that was before the house of the LORD: for there he offered burnt offerings, and the fat of the peace offerings, because the brazen altar which Solomon had made was not able to receive the burnt offerings, and the meat offerings, and the fat. -- 2 chronicles 7:7 +. +Also at the same time Solomon kept the feast seven days, and all Israel with him, a very great congregation, from the entering in of Hamath unto the river of Egypt. -- 2 chronicles 7:8 +. +And in the eighth day they made a solemn assembly: for they kept the dedication of the altar seven days, and the feast seven days. -- 2 chronicles 7:9 +. +And on the three and twentieth day of the seventh month he sent the people away into their tents, glad and merry in heart for the goodness that the LORD had showed unto David, and to Solomon, and to Israel his people. -- 2 chronicles 7:10 +. +Thus Solomon finished the house of the LORD, and the king's house: and all that came into Solomon's heart to make in the house of the LORD, and in his own house, he prosperously effected. -- 2 chronicles 7:11 +. +And the LORD appeared to Solomon by night, and said unto him, I have heard thy prayer, and have chosen this place to myself for an house of sacrifice. -- 2 chronicles 7:12 +. +If I shut up heaven that there be no rain, or if I command the locusts to devour the land, or if I send pestilence among my people; -- 2 chronicles 7:13 +. +If my people, which are called by my name, shall humble themselves, and pray, and seek my face, and turn from their wicked ways; then will I hear from heaven, and will forgive their sin, and will heal their land. -- 2 chronicles 7:14 +. +Now mine eyes shall be open, and mine ears attent unto the prayer that is made in this place. -- 2 chronicles 7:15 +. +For now have I chosen and sanctified this house, that my name may be there for ever: and mine eyes and mine heart shall be there perpetually. -- 2 chronicles 7:16 +. +And as for thee, if thou wilt walk before me, as David thy father walked, and do according to all that I have commanded thee, and shalt observe my statutes and my judgments; -- 2 chronicles 7:17 +. +Then will I stablish the throne of thy kingdom, according as I have covenanted with David thy father, saying, There shall not fail thee a man to be ruler in Israel. -- 2 chronicles 7:18 +. +But if ye turn away, and forsake my statutes and my commandments, which I have set before you, and shall go and serve other gods, and worship them; -- 2 chronicles 7:19 +. +Then will I pluck them up by the roots out of my land which I have given them; and this house, which I have sanctified for my name, will I cast out of my sight, and will make it to be a proverb and a byword among all nations. -- 2 chronicles 7:20 +. +And this house, which is high, shall be an astonishment to every one that passeth by it; so that he shall say, Why hath the LORD done thus unto this land, and unto this house? -- 2 chronicles 7:21 +. +And it shall be answered, Because they forsook the LORD God of their fathers, which brought them forth out of the land of Egypt, and laid hold on other gods, and worshipped them, and served them: therefore hath he brought all this evil upon them. -- 2 chronicles 7:22 +. +And it came to pass at the end of twenty years, wherein Solomon had built the house of the LORD, and his own house, -- 2 chronicles 8:1 +. +That the cities which Huram had restored to Solomon, Solomon built them, and caused the children of Israel to dwell there. -- 2 chronicles 8:2 +. +And Solomon went to Hamathzobah, and prevailed against it. -- 2 chronicles 8:3 +. +And he built Tadmor in the wilderness, and all the store cities, which he built in Hamath. -- 2 chronicles 8:4 +. +Also he built Bethhoron the upper, and Bethhoron the nether, fenced cities, with walls, gates, and bars; -- 2 chronicles 8:5 +. +And Baalath, and all the store cities that Solomon had, and all the chariot cities, and the cities of the horsemen, and all that Solomon desired to build in Jerusalem, and in Lebanon, and throughout all the land of his dominion. -- 2 chronicles 8:6 +. +As for all the people that were left of the Hittites, and the Amorites, and the Perizzites, and the Hivites, and the Jebusites, which were not of Israel, -- 2 chronicles 8:7 +. +But of their children, who were left after them in the land, whom the children of Israel consumed not, them did Solomon make to pay tribute until this day. -- 2 chronicles 8:8 +. +But of the children of Israel did Solomon make no servants for his work; but they were men of war, and chief of his captains, and captains of his chariots and horsemen. -- 2 chronicles 8:9 +. +And these were the chief of king Solomon's officers, even two hundred and fifty, that bare rule over the people. -- 2 chronicles 8:10 +. +And Solomon brought up the daughter of Pharaoh out of the city of David unto the house that he had built for her: for he said, My wife shall not dwell in the house of David king of Israel, because the places are holy, whereunto the ark of the LORD hath come. -- 2 chronicles 8:11 +. +Then Solomon offered burnt offerings unto the LORD on the altar of the LORD, which he had built before the porch, -- 2 chronicles 8:12 +. +Even after a certain rate every day, offering according to the commandment of Moses, on the sabbaths, and on the new moons, and on the solemn feasts, three times in the year, even in the feast of unleavened bread, and in the feast of weeks, and in the feast of tabernacles. -- 2 chronicles 8:13 +. +And he appointed, according to the order of David his father, the courses of the priests to their service, and the Levites to their charges, to praise and minister before the priests, as the duty of every day required: the porters also by their courses at every gate: for so had David the man of God commanded. -- 2 chronicles 8:14 +. +And they departed not from the commandment of the king unto the priests and Levites concerning any matter, or concerning the treasures. -- 2 chronicles 8:15 +. +Now all the work of Solomon was prepared unto the day of the foundation of the house of the LORD, and until it was finished. So the house of the LORD was perfected. -- 2 chronicles 8:16 +. +Then went Solomon to Eziongeber, and to Eloth, at the sea side in the land of Edom. -- 2 chronicles 8:17 +. +And Huram sent him by the hands of his servants ships, and servants that had knowledge of the sea; and they went with the servants of Solomon to Ophir, and took thence four hundred and fifty talents of gold, and brought them to king Solomon. -- 2 chronicles 8:18 +. +And when the queen of Sheba heard of the fame of Solomon, she came to prove Solomon with hard questions at Jerusalem, with a very great company, and camels that bare spices, and gold in abundance, and precious stones: and when she was come to Solomon, she communed with him of all that was in her heart. -- 2 chronicles 9:1 +. +And Solomon told her all her questions: and there was nothing hid from Solomon which he told her not. -- 2 chronicles 9:2 +. +And when the queen of Sheba had seen the wisdom of Solomon, and the house that he had built, -- 2 chronicles 9:3 +. +And the meat of his table, and the sitting of his servants, and the attendance of his ministers, and their apparel; his cupbearers also, and their apparel; and his ascent by which he went up into the house of the LORD; there was no more spirit in her. -- 2 chronicles 9:4 +. +And she said to the king, It was a true report which I heard in mine own land of thine acts, and of thy wisdom: -- 2 chronicles 9:5 +. +Howbeit I believed not their words, until I came, and mine eyes had seen it: and, behold, the one half of the greatness of thy wisdom was not told me: for thou exceedest the fame that I heard. -- 2 chronicles 9:6 +. +Happy are thy men, and happy are these thy servants, which stand continually before thee, and hear thy wisdom. -- 2 chronicles 9:7 +. +Blessed be the LORD thy God, which delighted in thee to set thee on his throne, to be king for the LORD thy God: because thy God loved Israel, to establish them for ever, therefore made he thee king over them, to do judgment and justice. -- 2 chronicles 9:8 +. +And she gave the king an hundred and twenty talents of gold, and of spices great abundance, and precious stones: neither was there any such spice as the queen of Sheba gave king Solomon. -- 2 chronicles 9:9 +. +And the servants also of Huram, and the servants of Solomon, which brought gold from Ophir, brought algum trees and precious stones. -- 2 chronicles 9:10 +. +And the king made of the algum trees terraces to the house of the LORD, and to the king's palace, and harps and psalteries for singers: and there were none such seen before in the land of Judah. -- 2 chronicles 9:11 +. +And king Solomon gave to the queen of Sheba all her desire, whatsoever she asked, beside that which she had brought unto the king. So she turned, and went away to her own land, she and her servants. -- 2 chronicles 9:12 +. +Now the weight of gold that came to Solomon in one year was six hundred and threescore and six talents of gold; -- 2 chronicles 9:13 +. +Beside that which chapmen and merchants brought. And all the kings of Arabia and governors of the country brought gold and silver to Solomon. -- 2 chronicles 9:14 +. +And king Solomon made two hundred targets of beaten gold: six hundred shekels of beaten gold went to one target. -- 2 chronicles 9:15 +. +And three hundred shields made he of beaten gold: three hundred shekels of gold went to one shield. And the king put them in the house of the forest of Lebanon. -- 2 chronicles 9:16 +. +Moreover the king made a great throne of ivory, and overlaid it with pure gold. -- 2 chronicles 9:17 +. +And there were six steps to the throne, with a footstool of gold, which were fastened to the throne, and stays on each side of the sitting place, and two lions standing by the stays: -- 2 chronicles 9:18 +. +And twelve lions stood there on the one side and on the other upon the six steps. There was not the like made in any kingdom. -- 2 chronicles 9:19 +. +And all the drinking vessels of king Solomon 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 not any thing accounted of in the days of Solomon. -- 2 chronicles 9:20 +. +For the king's ships went to Tarshish with the servants of Huram: every three years once came the ships of Tarshish bringing gold, and silver, ivory, and apes, and peacocks. -- 2 chronicles 9:21 +. +And king Solomon passed all the kings of the earth in riches and wisdom. -- 2 chronicles 9:22 +. +And all the kings of the earth sought the presence of Solomon, to hear his wisdom, that God had put in his heart. -- 2 chronicles 9:23 +. +And they brought every man his present, vessels of silver, and vessels of gold, and raiment, harness, and spices, horses, and mules, a rate year by year. -- 2 chronicles 9:24 +. +And Solomon had four thousand stalls for horses and chariots, and twelve thousand horsemen; whom he bestowed in the chariot cities, and with the king at Jerusalem. -- 2 chronicles 9:25 +. +And he reigned over all the kings from the river even unto the land of the Philistines, and to the border of Egypt. -- 2 chronicles 9:26 +. +And the king made silver in Jerusalem as stones, and cedar trees made he as the sycamore trees that are in the low plains in abundance. -- 2 chronicles 9:27 +. +And they brought unto Solomon horses out of Egypt, and out of all lands. -- 2 chronicles 9:28 +. +Now the rest of the acts of Solomon, first and last, are they not written in the book of Nathan the prophet, and in the prophecy of Ahijah the Shilonite, and in the visions of Iddo the seer against Jeroboam the son of Nebat? -- 2 chronicles 9:29 +. +And Solomon reigned in Jerusalem over all Israel forty years. -- 2 chronicles 9:30 +. +And Solomon slept with his fathers, and he was buried in the city of David his father: and Rehoboam his son reigned in his stead. -- 2 chronicles 9:31 +. +And Rehoboam went to Shechem: for to Shechem were all Israel come to make him king. -- 2 chronicles 10:1 +. +And it came to pass, when Jeroboam the son of Nebat, who was in Egypt, whither he fled from the presence of Solomon the king, heard it, that Jeroboam returned out of Egypt. -- 2 chronicles 10:2 +. +And they sent and called him. So Jeroboam and all Israel came and spake to Rehoboam, saying, -- 2 chronicles 10:3 +. +Thy father made our yoke grievous: now therefore ease thou somewhat the grievous servitude of thy father, and his heavy yoke that he put upon us, and we will serve thee. -- 2 chronicles 10:4 +. +And he said unto them, Come again unto me after three days. And the people departed. -- 2 chronicles 10:5 +. +And king Rehoboam took counsel with the old men that had stood before Solomon his father while he yet lived, saying, What counsel give ye me to return answer to this people? -- 2 chronicles 10:6 +. +And they spake unto him, saying, If thou be kind to this people, and please them, and speak good words to them, they will be thy servants for ever. -- 2 chronicles 10:7 +. +But he forsook the counsel which the old men gave him, and took counsel with the young men that were brought up with him, that stood before him. -- 2 chronicles 10:8 +. +And he said unto them, What advice give ye that we may return answer to this people, which have spoken to me, saying, Ease somewhat the yoke that thy father did put upon us? -- 2 chronicles 10:9 +. +And the young men that were brought up with him spake unto him, saying, Thus shalt thou answer the people that spake unto thee, saying, Thy father made our yoke heavy, but make thou it somewhat lighter for us; thus shalt thou say unto them, My little finger shall be thicker than my father's loins. -- 2 chronicles 10:10 +. +For whereas my father put a heavy yoke upon you, I will put more to your yoke: my father chastised you with whips, but I will chastise you with scorpions. -- 2 chronicles 10:11 +. +So Jeroboam and all the people came to Rehoboam on the third day, as the king bade, saying, Come again to me on the third day. -- 2 chronicles 10:12 +. +And the king answered them roughly; and king Rehoboam forsook the counsel of the old men, -- 2 chronicles 10:13 +. +And answered them after the advice of the young men, saying, My father made your yoke heavy, but I will add thereto: my father chastised you with whips, but I will chastise you with scorpions. -- 2 chronicles 10:14 +. +So the king hearkened not unto the people: for the cause was of God, that the LORD might perform his word, which he spake by the hand of Ahijah the Shilonite to Jeroboam the son of Nebat. -- 2 chronicles 10:15 +. +And when all Israel saw that the king would not hearken unto them, the people answered the king, saying, What portion have we in David? and we have none inheritance in the son of Jesse: every man to your tents, O Israel: and now, David, see to thine own house. So all Israel went to their tents. -- 2 chronicles 10:16 +. +But as for the children of Israel that dwelt in the cities of Judah, Rehoboam reigned over them. -- 2 chronicles 10:17 +. +Then king Rehoboam sent Hadoram that was over the tribute; and the children of Israel stoned him with stones, that he died. But king Rehoboam made speed to get him up to his chariot, to flee to Jerusalem. -- 2 chronicles 10:18 +. +And Israel rebelled against the house of David unto this day. -- 2 chronicles 10:19 +. +And when Rehoboam was come to Jerusalem, he gathered of the house of Judah and Benjamin an hundred and fourscore thousand chosen men, which were warriors, to fight against Israel, that he might bring the kingdom again to Rehoboam. -- 2 chronicles 11:1 +. +But the word of the LORD came to Shemaiah the man of God, saying, -- 2 chronicles 11:2 +. +Speak unto Rehoboam the son of Solomon, king of Judah, and to all Israel in Judah and Benjamin, saying, -- 2 chronicles 11:3 +. +Thus saith the LORD, Ye shall not go up, nor fight against your brethren: return every man to his house: for this thing is done of me. And they obeyed the words of the LORD, and returned from going against Jeroboam. -- 2 chronicles 11:4 +. +And Rehoboam dwelt in Jerusalem, and built cities for defense in Judah. -- 2 chronicles 11:5 +. +He built even Bethlehem, and Etam, and Tekoa, -- 2 chronicles 11:6 +. +And Bethzur, and Shoco, and Adullam, -- 2 chronicles 11:7 +. +And Gath, and Mareshah, and Ziph, -- 2 chronicles 11:8 +. +And Adoraim, and Lachish, and Azekah, -- 2 chronicles 11:9 +. +And Zorah, and Aijalon, and Hebron, which are in Judah and in Benjamin fenced cities. -- 2 chronicles 11:10 +. +And he fortified the strong holds, and put captains in them, and store of victual, and of oil and wine. -- 2 chronicles 11:11 +. +And in every several city he put shields and spears, and made them exceeding strong, having Judah and Benjamin on his side. -- 2 chronicles 11:12 +. +And the priests and the Levites that were in all Israel resorted to him out of all their coasts. -- 2 chronicles 11:13 +. +For the Levites left their suburbs and their possession, and came to Judah and Jerusalem: for Jeroboam and his sons had cast them off from executing the priest's office unto the LORD: -- 2 chronicles 11:14 +. +And he ordained him priests for the high places, and for the devils, and for the calves which he had made. -- 2 chronicles 11:15 +. +And after them out of all the tribes of Israel such as set their hearts to seek the LORD God of Israel came to Jerusalem, to sacrifice unto the LORD God of their fathers. -- 2 chronicles 11:16 +. +So they strengthened the kingdom of Judah, and made Rehoboam the son of Solomon strong, three years: for three years they walked in the way of David and Solomon. -- 2 chronicles 11:17 +. +And Rehoboam took him Mahalath the daughter of Jerimoth the son of David to wife, and Abihail the daughter of Eliab the son of Jesse; -- 2 chronicles 11:18 +. +Which bare him children; Jeush, and Shamariah, and Zaham. -- 2 chronicles 11:19 +. +And after her he took Maachah the daughter of Absalom; which bare him Abijah, and Attai, and Ziza, and Shelomith. -- 2 chronicles 11:20 +. +And Rehoboam loved Maachah the daughter of Absalom above all his wives and his concubines: (for he took eighteen wives, and threescore concubines; and begat twenty and eight sons, and threescore daughters.) -- 2 chronicles 11:21 +. +And Rehoboam made Abijah the son of Maachah the chief, to be ruler among his brethren: for he thought to make him king. -- 2 chronicles 11:22 +. +And he dealt wisely, and dispersed of all his children throughout all the countries of Judah and Benjamin, unto every fenced city: and he gave them victual in abundance. And he desired many wives. -- 2 chronicles 11:23 +. +And it came to pass, when Rehoboam had established the kingdom, and had strengthened himself, he forsook the law of the LORD, and all Israel with him. -- 2 chronicles 12:1 +. +And it came to pass, that in the fifth year of king Rehoboam Shishak king of Egypt came up against Jerusalem, because they had transgressed against the LORD, -- 2 chronicles 12:2 +. +With twelve hundred chariots, and threescore thousand horsemen: and the people were without number that came with him out of Egypt; the Lubims, the Sukkiims, and the Ethiopians. -- 2 chronicles 12:3 +. +And he took the fenced cities which pertained to Judah, and came to Jerusalem. -- 2 chronicles 12:4 +. +Then came Shemaiah the prophet to Rehoboam, and to the princes of Judah, that were gathered together to Jerusalem because of Shishak, and said unto them, Thus saith the LORD, Ye have forsaken me, and therefore have I also left you in the hand of Shishak. -- 2 chronicles 12:5 +. +Whereupon the princes of Israel and the king humbled themselves; and they said, The LORD is righteous. -- 2 chronicles 12:6 +. +And when the LORD saw that they humbled themselves, the word of the LORD came to Shemaiah, saying, They have humbled themselves; therefore I will not destroy them, but I will grant them some deliverance; and my wrath shall not be poured out upon Jerusalem by the hand of Shishak. -- 2 chronicles 12:7 +. +Nevertheless they shall be his servants; that they may know my service, and the service of the kingdoms of the countries. -- 2 chronicles 12:8 +. +So Shishak king of Egypt came up against Jerusalem, and took away the treasures of the house of the LORD, and the treasures of the king's house; he took all: he carried away also the shields of gold which Solomon had made. -- 2 chronicles 12:9 +. +Instead of which king Rehoboam made shields of brass, and committed them to the hands of the chief of the guard, that kept the entrance of the king's house. -- 2 chronicles 12:10 +. +And when the king entered into the house of the LORD, the guard came and fetched them, and brought them again into the guard chamber. -- 2 chronicles 12:11 +. +And when he humbled himself, the wrath of the LORD turned from him, that he would not destroy him altogether: and also in Judah things went well. -- 2 chronicles 12:12 +. +So king Rehoboam strengthened himself in Jerusalem, and reigned: for Rehoboam was one and forty years old when he began to reign, and he reigned seventeen years in Jerusalem, the city which the LORD had chosen out of all the tribes of Israel, to put his name there. And his mother's name was Naamah an Ammonitess. -- 2 chronicles 12:13 +. +And he did evil, because he prepared not his heart to seek the LORD. -- 2 chronicles 12:14 +. +Now the acts of Rehoboam, first and last, are they not written in the book of Shemaiah the prophet, and of Iddo the seer concerning genealogies? And there were wars between Rehoboam and Jeroboam continually. -- 2 chronicles 12:15 +. +And Rehoboam slept with his fathers, and was buried in the city of David: and Abijah his son reigned in his stead. -- 2 chronicles 12:16 +. +Now in the eighteenth year of king Jeroboam began Abijah to reign over Judah. -- 2 chronicles 13:1 +. +He reigned three years in Jerusalem. His mother's name also was Michaiah the daughter of Uriel of Gibeah. And there was war between Abijah and Jeroboam. -- 2 chronicles 13:2 +. +And Abijah set the battle in array with an army of valiant men of war, even four hundred thousand chosen men: Jeroboam also set the battle in array against him with eight hundred thousand chosen men, being mighty men of valor. -- 2 chronicles 13:3 +. +And Abijah stood up upon mount Zemaraim, which is in mount Ephraim, and said, Hear me, thou Jeroboam, and all Israel; -- 2 chronicles 13:4 +. +Ought ye not to know that the LORD God of Israel gave the kingdom over Israel to David for ever, even to him and to his sons by a covenant of salt? -- 2 chronicles 13:5 +. +Yet Jeroboam the son of Nebat, the servant of Solomon the son of David, is risen up, and hath rebelled against his lord. -- 2 chronicles 13:6 +. +And there are gathered unto him vain men, the children of Belial, and have strengthened themselves against Rehoboam the son of Solomon, when Rehoboam was young and tenderhearted, and could not withstand them. -- 2 chronicles 13:7 +. +And now ye think to withstand the kingdom of the LORD in the hand of the sons of David; and ye be a great multitude, and there are with your golden calves, which Jeroboam made you for gods. -- 2 chronicles 13:8 +. +Have ye not cast out the priests of the LORD, the sons of Aaron, and the Levites, and have made you priests after the manner of the nations of other lands? so that whosoever cometh to consecrate himself with a young bullock and seven rams, the same may be a priest of them that are no gods. -- 2 chronicles 13:9 +. +But as for us, the LORD is our God, and we have not forsaken him; and the priests, which minister unto the LORD, are the sons of Aaron, and the Levites wait upon their business: -- 2 chronicles 13:10 +. +And they burn unto the LORD every morning and every evening burnt sacrifices and sweet incense: the shewbread also set they in order upon the pure table; and the candlestick of gold with the lamps thereof, to burn every evening: for we keep the charge of the LORD our God; but ye have forsaken him. -- 2 chronicles 13:11 +. +And, behold, God himself is with us for our captain, and his priests with sounding trumpets to cry alarm against you. O children of Israel, fight ye not against the LORD God of your fathers; for ye shall not prosper. -- 2 chronicles 13:12 +. +But Jeroboam caused an ambushment to come about behind them: so they were before Judah, and the ambushment was behind them. -- 2 chronicles 13:13 +. +And when Judah looked back, behold, the battle was before and behind: and they cried unto the LORD, and the priests sounded with the trumpets. -- 2 chronicles 13:14 +. +Then the men of Judah gave a shout: and as the men of Judah shouted, it came to pass, that God smote Jeroboam and all Israel before Abijah and Judah. -- 2 chronicles 13:15 +. +And the children of Israel fled before Judah: and God delivered them into their hand. -- 2 chronicles 13:16 +. +And Abijah and his people slew them with a great slaughter: so there fell down slain of Israel five hundred thousand chosen men. -- 2 chronicles 13:17 +. +Thus the children of Israel were brought under at that time, and the children of Judah prevailed, because they relied upon the LORD God of their fathers. -- 2 chronicles 13:18 +. +And Abijah pursued after Jeroboam, and took cities from him, Bethel with the towns thereof, and Jeshanah with the towns thereof, and Ephraim with the towns thereof. -- 2 chronicles 13:19 +. +Neither did Jeroboam recover strength again in the days of Abijah: and the LORD struck him, and he died. -- 2 chronicles 13:20 +. +But Abijah waxed mighty, and married fourteen wives, and begat twenty and two sons, and sixteen daughters. -- 2 chronicles 13:21 +. +And the rest of the acts of Abijah, and his ways, and his sayings, are written in the story of the prophet Iddo. -- 2 chronicles 13:22 +. +So Abijah slept with his fathers, and they buried him in the city of David: and Asa his son reigned in his stead. In his days the land was quiet ten years. -- 2 chronicles 14:1 +. +And Asa did that which was good and right in the eyes of the LORD his God: -- 2 chronicles 14:2 +. +For he took away the altars of the strange gods, and the high places, and brake down the images, and cut down the groves: -- 2 chronicles 14:3 +. +And commanded Judah to seek the LORD God of their fathers, and to do the law and the commandment. -- 2 chronicles 14:4 +. +Also he took away out of all the cities of Judah the high places and the images: and the kingdom was quiet before him. -- 2 chronicles 14:5 +. +And he built fenced cities in Judah: for the land had rest, and he had no war in those years; because the LORD had given him rest. -- 2 chronicles 14:6 +. +Therefore he said unto Judah, Let us build these cities, and make about them walls, and towers, gates, and bars, while the land is yet before us; because we have sought the LORD our God, we have sought him, and he hath given us rest on every side. So they built and prospered. -- 2 chronicles 14:7 +. +And Asa had an army of men that bare targets and spears, out of Judah three hundred thousand; and out of Benjamin, that bare shields and drew bows, two hundred and fourscore thousand: all these were mighty men of valor. -- 2 chronicles 14:8 +. +And there came out against them Zerah the Ethiopian with an host of a thousand thousand, and three hundred chariots; and came unto Mareshah. -- 2 chronicles 14:9 +. +Then Asa went out against him, and they set the battle in array in the valley of Zephathah at Mareshah. -- 2 chronicles 14:10 +. +And Asa cried unto the LORD his God, and said, LORD, it is nothing with thee to help, whether with many, or with them that have no power: help us, O LORD our God; for we rest on thee, and in thy name we go against this multitude. O LORD, thou art our God; let no man prevail against thee. -- 2 chronicles 14:11 +. +So the LORD smote the Ethiopians before Asa, and before Judah; and the Ethiopians fled. -- 2 chronicles 14:12 +. +And Asa and the people that were with him pursued them unto Gerar: and the Ethiopians were overthrown, that they could not recover themselves; for they were destroyed before the LORD, and before his host; and they carried away very much spoil. -- 2 chronicles 14:13 +. +And they smote all the cities round about Gerar; for the fear of the LORD came upon them: and they spoiled all the cities; for there was exceeding much spoil in them. -- 2 chronicles 14:14 +. +They smote also the tents of cattle, and carried away sheep and camels in abundance, and returned to Jerusalem. -- 2 chronicles 14:15 +. +And the Spirit of God came upon Azariah the son of Oded: -- 2 chronicles 15:1 +. +And he went out to meet Asa, and said unto him, Hear ye me, Asa, and all Judah and Benjamin; The LORD is with you, while ye be with him; and if ye seek him, he will be found of you; but if ye forsake him, he will forsake you. -- 2 chronicles 15:2 +. +Now for a long season Israel hath been without the true God, and without a teaching priest, and without law. -- 2 chronicles 15:3 +. +But when they in their trouble did turn unto the LORD God of Israel, and sought him, he was found of them. -- 2 chronicles 15:4 +. +And in those times there was no peace to him that went out, nor to him that came in, but great vexations were upon all the inhabitants of the countries. -- 2 chronicles 15:5 +. +And nation was destroyed of nation, and city of city: for God did vex them with all adversity. -- 2 chronicles 15:6 +. +Be ye strong therefore, and let not your hands be weak: for your work shall be rewarded. -- 2 chronicles 15:7 +. +And when Asa heard these words, and the prophecy of Oded the prophet, he took courage, and put away the abominable idols out of all the land of Judah and Benjamin, and out of the cities which he had taken from mount Ephraim, and renewed the altar of the LORD, that was before the porch of the LORD. -- 2 chronicles 15:8 +. +And he gathered all Judah and Benjamin, and the strangers with them out of Ephraim and Manasseh, and out of Simeon: for they fell to him out of Israel in abundance, when they saw that the LORD his God was with him. -- 2 chronicles 15:9 +. +So they gathered themselves together at Jerusalem in the third month, in the fifteenth year of the reign of Asa. -- 2 chronicles 15:10 +. +And they offered unto the LORD the same time, of the spoil which they had brought, seven hundred oxen and seven thousand sheep. -- 2 chronicles 15:11 +. +And they entered into a covenant to seek the LORD God of their fathers with all their heart and with all their soul; -- 2 chronicles 15:12 +. +That whosoever would not seek the LORD God of Israel should be put to death, whether small or great, whether man or woman. -- 2 chronicles 15:13 +. +And they sware unto the LORD with a loud voice, and with shouting, and with trumpets, and with cornets. -- 2 chronicles 15:14 +. +And all Judah rejoiced at the oath: for they had sworn with all their heart, and sought him with their whole desire; and he was found of them: and the LORD gave them rest round about. -- 2 chronicles 15:15 +. +And also concerning Maachah the mother of Asa the king, he removed her from being queen, because she had made an idol in a grove: and Asa cut down her idol, and stamped it, and burnt it at the brook Kidron. -- 2 chronicles 15:16 +. +But the high places were not taken away out of Israel: nevertheless the heart of Asa was perfect all his days. -- 2 chronicles 15:17 +. +And he brought into the house of God the things that his father had dedicated, and that he himself had dedicated, silver, and gold, and vessels. -- 2 chronicles 15:18 +. +And there was no more war unto the five and thirtieth year of the reign of Asa. -- 2 chronicles 15:19 +. +In the six and thirtieth year of the reign of Asa Baasha king of Israel came up against Judah, and built Ramah, to the intent that he might let none go out or come in to Asa king of Judah. -- 2 chronicles 16:1 +. +Then Asa brought out silver and gold out of the treasures of the house of the LORD and of the king's house, and sent to Benhadad king of Syria, that dwelt at Damascus, saying, -- 2 chronicles 16:2 +. +There is a league between me and thee, as there was between my father and thy father: behold, I have sent thee silver and gold; go, break thy league with Baasha king of Israel, that he may depart from me. -- 2 chronicles 16:3 +. +And Benhadad hearkened unto king Asa, and sent the captains of his armies against the cities of Israel; and they smote Ijon, and Dan, and Abelmaim, and all the store cities of Naphtali. -- 2 chronicles 16:4 +. +And it came to pass, when Baasha heard it, that he left off building of Ramah, and let his work cease. -- 2 chronicles 16:5 +. +Then Asa the king took all Judah; and they carried away the stones of Ramah, and the timber thereof, wherewith Baasha was building; and he built therewith Geba and Mizpah. -- 2 chronicles 16:6 +. +And at that time Hanani the seer came to Asa king of Judah, and said unto him, Because thou hast relied on the king of Syria, and not relied on the LORD thy God, therefore is the host of the king of Syria escaped out of thine hand. -- 2 chronicles 16:7 +. +Were not the Ethiopians and the Lubims a huge host, with very many chariots and horsemen? yet, because thou didst rely on the LORD, he delivered them into thine hand. -- 2 chronicles 16:8 +. +For the eyes of the LORD run to and fro throughout the whole earth, to show himself strong in the behalf of them whose heart is perfect toward him. Herein thou hast done foolishly: therefore from henceforth thou shalt have wars. -- 2 chronicles 16:9 +. +Then Asa was wroth with the seer, and put him in a prison house; for he was in a rage with him because of this thing. And Asa oppressed some of the people the same time. -- 2 chronicles 16:10 +. +And, behold, the acts of Asa, first and last, lo, they are written in the book of the kings of Judah and Israel. -- 2 chronicles 16:11 +. +And Asa in the thirty and ninth year of his reign was diseased in his feet, until his disease was exceeding great: yet in his disease he sought not to the LORD, but to the physicians. -- 2 chronicles 16:12 +. +And Asa slept with his fathers, and died in the one and fortieth year of his reign. -- 2 chronicles 16:13 +. +And they buried him in his own sepulchres, which he had made for himself in the city of David, and laid him in the bed which was filled with sweet odorous and divers kinds of spices prepared by the apothecaries' art: and they made a very great burning for him. -- 2 chronicles 16:14 +. +And Jehoshaphat his son reigned in his stead, and strengthened himself against Israel. -- 2 chronicles 17:1 +. +And he placed forces in all the fenced cities of Judah, and set garrisons in the land of Judah, and in the cities of Ephraim, which Asa his father had taken. -- 2 chronicles 17:2 +. +And the LORD was with Jehoshaphat, because he walked in the first ways of his father David, and sought not unto Baalim; -- 2 chronicles 17:3 +. +But sought to the Lord God of his father, and walked in his commandments, and not after the doings of Israel. -- 2 chronicles 17:4 +. +Therefore the LORD stablished the kingdom in his hand; and all Judah brought to Jehoshaphat presents; and he had riches and honor in abundance. -- 2 chronicles 17:5 +. +And his heart was lifted up in the ways of the LORD: moreover he took away the high places and groves out of Judah. -- 2 chronicles 17:6 +. +Also in the third year of his reign he sent to his princes, even to Benhail, and to Obadiah, and to Zechariah, and to Nethaneel, and to Michaiah, to teach in the cities of Judah. -- 2 chronicles 17:7 +. +And with them he sent Levites, even Shemaiah, and Nethaniah, and Zebadiah, and Asahel, and Shemiramoth, and Jehonathan, and Adonijah, and Tobijah, and Tobadonijah, Levites; and with them Elishama and Jehoram, priests. -- 2 chronicles 17:8 +. +And they taught in Judah, and had the book of the law of the LORD with them, and went about throughout all the cities of Judah, and taught the people. -- 2 chronicles 17:9 +. +And the fear of the LORD fell upon all the kingdoms of the lands that were round about Judah, so that they made no war against Jehoshaphat. -- 2 chronicles 17:10 +. +Also some of the Philistines brought Jehoshaphat presents, and tribute silver; and the Arabians brought him flocks, seven thousand and seven hundred rams, and seven thousand and seven hundred he goats. -- 2 chronicles 17:11 +. +And Jehoshaphat waxed great exceedingly; and he built in Judah castles, and cities of store. -- 2 chronicles 17:12 +. +And he had much business in the cities of Judah: and the men of war, mighty men of valor, were in Jerusalem. -- 2 chronicles 17:13 +. +And these are the numbers of them according to the house of their fathers: Of Judah, the captains of thousands; Adnah the chief, and with him mighty men of valor three hundred thousand. -- 2 chronicles 17:14 +. +And next to him was Jehohanan the captain, and with him two hundred and fourscore thousand. -- 2 chronicles 17:15 +. +And next him was Amasiah the son of Zichri, who willingly offered himself unto the LORD; and with him two hundred thousand mighty men of valor. -- 2 chronicles 17:16 +. +And of Benjamin; Eliada a mighty man of valor, and with him armed men with bow and shield two hundred thousand. -- 2 chronicles 17:17 +. +And next him was Jehozabad, and with him an hundred and fourscore thousand ready prepared for the war. -- 2 chronicles 17:18 +. +These waited on the king, beside those whom the king put in the fenced cities throughout all Judah. -- 2 chronicles 17:19 +. +Now Jehoshaphat had riches and honor in abundance, and joined affinity with Ahab. -- 2 chronicles 18:1 +. +And after certain years he went down to Ahab to Samaria. And Ahab killed sheep and oxen for him in abundance, and for the people that he had with him, and persuaded him to go up with him to Ramothgilead. -- 2 chronicles 18:2 +. +And Ahab king of Israel said unto Jehoshaphat king of Judah, Wilt thou go with me to Ramothgilead? And he answered him, I am as thou art, and my people as thy people; and we will be with thee in the war. -- 2 chronicles 18:3 +. +And Jehoshaphat said unto the king of Israel, Enquire, I pray thee, at the word of the LORD to day. -- 2 chronicles 18:4 +. +Therefore the king of Israel gathered together of prophets four hundred men, and said unto them, Shall we go to Ramothgilead to battle, or shall I forbear? And they said, Go up; for God will deliver it into the king's hand. -- 2 chronicles 18:5 +. +But Jehoshaphat said, Is there not here a prophet of the LORD besides, that we might enquire of him? -- 2 chronicles 18:6 +. +And the king of Israel said unto Jehoshaphat, There is yet one man, by whom we may enquire of the LORD: but I hate him; for he never prophesied good unto me, but always evil: the same is Micaiah the son of Imla. And Jehoshaphat said, Let not the king say so. -- 2 chronicles 18:7 +. +And the king of Israel called for one of his officers, and said, Fetch quickly Micaiah the son of Imla. -- 2 chronicles 18:8 +. +And the king of Israel and Jehoshaphat king of Judah sat either of them on his throne, clothed in their robes, and they sat in a void place at the entering in of the gate of Samaria; and all the prophets prophesied before them. -- 2 chronicles 18:9 +. +And Zedekiah the son of Chenaanah had made him horns of iron, and said, Thus saith the LORD, With these thou shalt push Syria until they be consumed. -- 2 chronicles 18:10 +. +And all the prophets prophesied so, saying, Go up to Ramothgilead, and prosper: for the LORD shall deliver it into the hand of the king. -- 2 chronicles 18:11 +. +And the messenger that went to call Micaiah spake to him, saying, Behold, the words of the prophets declare good to the king with one assent; let thy word therefore, I pray thee, be like one of theirs, and speak thou good. -- 2 chronicles 18:12 +. +And Micaiah said, As the LORD liveth, even what my God saith, that will I speak. -- 2 chronicles 18:13 +. +And when he was come to the king, the king said unto him, Micaiah, shall we go to Ramothgilead to battle, or shall I forbear? And he said, Go ye up, and prosper, and they shall be delivered into your hand. -- 2 chronicles 18:14 +. +And the king said to him, How many times shall I adjure thee that thou say nothing but the truth to me in the name of the LORD? -- 2 chronicles 18:15 +. +Then he said, I did see all Israel scattered upon the mountains, as sheep that have no shepherd: and the LORD said, These have no master; let them return therefore every man to his house in peace. -- 2 chronicles 18:16 +. +And the king of Israel said to Jehoshaphat, Did I not tell thee that he would not prophesy good unto me, but evil? -- 2 chronicles 18:17 +. +Again he said, Therefore hear the word of the LORD; I saw the LORD sitting upon his throne, and all the host of heaven standing on his right hand and on his left. -- 2 chronicles 18:18 +. +And the LORD said, Who shall entice Ahab king of Israel, that he may go up and fall at Ramothgilead? And one spake saying after this manner, and another saying after that manner. -- 2 chronicles 18:19 +. +Then there came out a spirit, and stood before the LORD, and said, I will entice him. And the LORD said unto him, Wherewith? -- 2 chronicles 18:20 +. +And he said, I will go out, and be a lying spirit in the mouth of all his prophets. And the Lord said, Thou shalt entice him, and thou shalt also prevail: go out, and do even so. -- 2 chronicles 18:21 +. +Now therefore, behold, the LORD hath put a lying spirit in the mouth of these thy prophets, and the LORD hath spoken evil against thee. -- 2 chronicles 18:22 +. +Then Zedekiah the son of Chenaanah came near, and smote Micaiah upon the cheek, and said, Which way went the Spirit of the LORD from me to speak unto thee? -- 2 chronicles 18:23 +. +And Micaiah said, Behold, thou shalt see on that day when thou shalt go into an inner chamber to hide thyself. -- 2 chronicles 18:24 +. +Then the king of Israel said, Take ye Micaiah, and carry him back to Amon the governor of the city, and to Joash the king's son; -- 2 chronicles 18:25 +. +And say, Thus saith the king, Put this fellow in the prison, and feed him with bread of affliction and with water of affliction, until I return in peace. -- 2 chronicles 18:26 +. +And Micaiah said, If thou certainly return in peace, then hath not the LORD spoken by me. And he said, Hearken, all ye people. -- 2 chronicles 18:27 +. +So the king of Israel and Jehoshaphat the king of Judah went up to Ramothgilead. -- 2 chronicles 18:28 +. +And the king of Israel said unto Jehoshaphat, I will disguise myself, and I will go to the battle; but put thou on thy robes. So the king of Israel disguised himself; and they went to the battle. -- 2 chronicles 18:29 +. +Now the king of Syria had commanded the captains of the chariots that were with him, saying, Fight ye not with small or great, save only with the king of Israel. -- 2 chronicles 18:30 +. +And it came to pass, when the captains of the chariots saw Jehoshaphat, that they said, It is the king of Israel. Therefore they compassed about him to fight: but Jehoshaphat cried out, and the LORD helped him; and God moved them to depart from him. -- 2 chronicles 18:31 +. +For it came to pass, that, when the captains of the chariots perceived that it was not the king of Israel, they turned back again from pursuing him. -- 2 chronicles 18:32 +. +And a certain man drew a bow at a venture, and smote the king of Israel between the joints of the harness: therefore he said to his chariot man, Turn thine hand, that thou mayest carry me out of the host; for I am wounded. -- 2 chronicles 18:33 +. +And the battle increased that day: howbeit the king of Israel stayed himself up in his chariot against the Syrians until the even: and about the time of the sun going down he died. -- 2 chronicles 18:34 +. +And Jehoshaphat the king of Judah returned to his house in peace to Jerusalem. -- 2 chronicles 19:1 +. +And Jehu the son of Hanani the seer went out to meet him, and said to king Jehoshaphat, Shouldest thou help the ungodly, and love them that hate the LORD? therefore is wrath upon thee from before the LORD. -- 2 chronicles 19:2 +. +Nevertheless there are good things found in thee, in that thou hast taken away the groves out of the land, and hast prepared thine heart to seek God. -- 2 chronicles 19:3 +. +And Jehoshaphat dwelt at Jerusalem: and he went out again through the people from Beersheba to mount Ephraim, and brought them back unto the LORD God of their fathers. -- 2 chronicles 19:4 +. +And he set judges in the land throughout all the fenced cities of Judah, city by city, -- 2 chronicles 19:5 +. +And said to the judges, Take heed what ye do: for ye judge not for man, but for the LORD, who is with you in the judgment. -- 2 chronicles 19:6 +. +Wherefore now let the fear of the LORD be upon you; take heed and do it: for there is no iniquity with the LORD our God, nor respect of persons, nor taking of gifts. -- 2 chronicles 19:7 +. +Moreover in Jerusalem did Jehoshaphat set of the Levites, and of the priests, and of the chief of the fathers of Israel, for the judgment of the LORD, and for controversies, when they returned to Jerusalem. -- 2 chronicles 19:8 +. +And he charged them, saying, Thus shall ye do in the fear of the LORD, faithfully, and with a perfect heart. -- 2 chronicles 19:9 +. +And what cause soever shall come to you of your brethren that dwell in your cities, between blood and blood, between law and commandment, statutes and judgments, ye shall even warn them that they trespass not against the LORD, and so wrath come upon you, and upon your brethren: this do, and ye shall not trespass. -- 2 chronicles 19:10 +. +And, behold, Amariah the chief priest is over you in all matters of the LORD; and Zebadiah the son of Ishmael, the ruler of the house of Judah, for all the king's matters: also the Levites shall be officers before you. Deal courageously, and the LORD shall be with the good. -- 2 chronicles 19:11 +. +It came to pass after this also, that the children of Moab, and the children of Ammon, and with them other beside the Ammonites, came against Jehoshaphat to battle. -- 2 chronicles 20:1 +. +Then there came some that told Jehoshaphat, saying, There cometh a great multitude against thee from beyond the sea on this side Syria; and, behold, they be in Hazazontamar, which is Engedi. -- 2 chronicles 20:2 +. +And Jehoshaphat feared, and set himself to seek the LORD, and proclaimed a fast throughout all Judah. -- 2 chronicles 20:3 +. +And Judah gathered themselves together, to ask help of the LORD: even out of all the cities of Judah they came to seek the LORD. -- 2 chronicles 20:4 +. +And Jehoshaphat stood in the congregation of Judah and Jerusalem, in the house of the LORD, before the new court, -- 2 chronicles 20:5 +. +And said, O LORD God of our fathers, art not thou God in heaven? and rulest not thou over all the kingdoms of the heathen? and in thine hand is there not power and might, so that none is able to withstand thee? -- 2 chronicles 20:6 +. +Art not thou our God, who didst drive out the inhabitants of this land before thy people Israel, and gavest it to the seed of Abraham thy friend for ever? -- 2 chronicles 20:7 +. +And they dwelt therein, and have built thee a sanctuary therein for thy name, saying, -- 2 chronicles 20:8 +. +If, when evil cometh upon us, as the sword, judgment, or pestilence, or famine, we stand before this house, and in thy presence, (for thy name is in this house,) and cry unto thee in our affliction, then thou wilt hear and help. -- 2 chronicles 20:9 +. +And now, behold, the children of Ammon and Moab and mount Seir, whom thou wouldest not let Israel invade, when they came out of the land of Egypt, but they turned from them, and destroyed them not; -- 2 chronicles 20:10 +. +Behold, I say, how they reward us, to come to cast us out of thy possession, which thou hast given us to inherit. -- 2 chronicles 20:11 +. +O our God, wilt thou not judge them? for we have no might against this great company that cometh against us; neither know we what to do: but our eyes are upon thee. -- 2 chronicles 20:12 +. +And all Judah stood before the LORD, with their little ones, their wives, and their children. -- 2 chronicles 20:13 +. +Then upon Jahaziel the son of Zechariah, the son of Benaiah, the son of Jeiel, the son of Mattaniah, a Levite of the sons of Asaph, came the Spirit of the LORD in the midst of the congregation; -- 2 chronicles 20:14 +. +And he said, Hearken ye, all Judah, and ye inhabitants of Jerusalem, and thou king Jehoshaphat, Thus saith the LORD unto you, Be not afraid nor dismayed by reason of this great multitude; for the battle is not yours, but God's. -- 2 chronicles 20:15 +. +To morrow go ye down against them: behold, they come up by the cliff of Ziz; and ye shall find them at the end of the brook, before the wilderness of Jeruel. -- 2 chronicles 20:16 +. +Ye shall not need to fight in this battle: set yourselves, stand ye still, and see the salvation of the LORD with you, O Judah and Jerusalem: fear not, nor be dismayed; to morrow go out against them: for the LORD will be with you. -- 2 chronicles 20:17 +. +And Jehoshaphat bowed his head with his face to the ground: and all Judah and the inhabitants of Jerusalem fell before the LORD, worshipping the LORD. -- 2 chronicles 20:18 +. +And the Levites, of the children of the Kohathites, and of the children of the Korhites, stood up to praise the LORD God of Israel with a loud voice on high. -- 2 chronicles 20:19 +. +And they rose early in the morning, and went forth into the wilderness of Tekoa: and as they went forth, Jehoshaphat stood and said, Hear me, O Judah, and ye inhabitants of Jerusalem; Believe in the LORD your God, so shall ye be established; believe his prophets, so shall ye prosper. -- 2 chronicles 20:20 +. +And when he had consulted with the people, he appointed singers unto the LORD, and that should praise the beauty of holiness, as they went out before the army, and to say, Praise the LORD; for his mercy endureth for ever. -- 2 chronicles 20:21 +. +And when they began to sing and to praise, the LORD set ambushments against the children of Ammon, Moab, and mount Seir, which were come against Judah; and they were smitten. -- 2 chronicles 20:22 +. +For the children of Ammon and Moab stood up against the inhabitants of mount Seir, utterly to slay and destroy them: and when they had made an end of the inhabitants of Seir, every one helped to destroy another. -- 2 chronicles 20:23 +. +And when Judah came toward the watch tower in the wilderness, they looked unto the multitude, and, behold, they were dead bodies fallen to the earth, and none escaped. -- 2 chronicles 20:24 +. +And when Jehoshaphat and his people came to take away the spoil of them, they found among them in abundance both riches with the dead bodies, and precious jewels, which they stripped off for themselves, more than they could carry away: and they were three days in gathering of the spoil, it was so much. -- 2 chronicles 20:25 +. +And on the fourth day they assembled themselves in the valley of Berachah; for there they blessed the LORD: therefore the name of the same place was called, The valley of Berachah, unto this day. -- 2 chronicles 20:26 +. +Then they returned, every man of Judah and Jerusalem, and Jehoshaphat in the forefront of them, to go again to Jerusalem with joy; for the LORD had made them to rejoice over their enemies. -- 2 chronicles 20:27 +. +And they came to Jerusalem with psalteries and harps and trumpets unto the house of the LORD. -- 2 chronicles 20:28 +. +And the fear of God was on all the kingdoms of those countries, when they had heard that the LORD fought against the enemies of Israel. -- 2 chronicles 20:29 +. +So the realm of Jehoshaphat was quiet: for his God gave him rest round about. -- 2 chronicles 20:30 +. +And Jehoshaphat reigned over Judah: he was thirty and five years old when he began to reign, and he reigned twenty and five years in Jerusalem. And his mother's name was Azubah the daughter of Shilhi. -- 2 chronicles 20:31 +. +And he walked in the way of Asa his father, and departed not from it, doing that which was right in the sight of the LORD. -- 2 chronicles 20:32 +. +Howbeit the high places were not taken away: for as yet the people had not prepared their hearts unto the God of their fathers. -- 2 chronicles 20:33 +. +Now the rest of the acts of Jehoshaphat, first and last, behold, they are written in the book of Jehu the son of Hanani, who is mentioned in the book of the kings of Israel. -- 2 chronicles 20:34 +. +And after this did Jehoshaphat king of Judah join himself with Ahaziah king of Israel, who did very wickedly: -- 2 chronicles 20:35 +. +And he joined himself with him to make ships to go to Tarshish: and they made the ships in Eziongaber. -- 2 chronicles 20:36 +. +Then Eliezer the son of Dodavah of Mareshah prophesied against Jehoshaphat, saying, Because thou hast joined thyself with Ahaziah, the LORD hath broken thy works. And the ships were broken, that they were not able to go to Tarshish. -- 2 chronicles 20:37 +. +Now Jehoshaphat slept with his fathers, and was buried with his fathers in the city of David. And Jehoram his son reigned in his stead. -- 2 chronicles 21:1 +. +And he had brethren the sons of Jehoshaphat, Azariah, and Jehiel, and Zechariah, and Azariah, and Michael, and Shephatiah: all these were the sons of Jehoshaphat king of Israel. -- 2 chronicles 21:2 +. +And their father gave them great gifts of silver, and of gold, and of precious things, with fenced cities in Judah: but the kingdom gave he to Jehoram; because he was the firstborn. -- 2 chronicles 21:3 +. +Now when Jehoram was risen up to the kingdom of his father, he strengthened himself, and slew all his brethren with the sword, and divers also of the princes of Israel. -- 2 chronicles 21:4 +. +Jehoram was thirty and two years old when he began to reign, and he reigned eight years in Jerusalem. -- 2 chronicles 21:5 +. +And he walked in the way of the kings of Israel, like as did the house of Ahab: for he had the daughter of Ahab to wife: and he wrought that which was evil in the eyes of the LORD. -- 2 chronicles 21:6 +. +Howbeit the LORD would not destroy the house of David, because of the covenant that he had made with David, and as he promised to give a light to him and to his sons for ever. -- 2 chronicles 21:7 +. +In his days the Edomites revolted from under the dominion of Judah, and made themselves a king. -- 2 chronicles 21:8 +. +Then Jehoram went forth with his princes, and all his chariots with him: and he rose up by night, and smote the Edomites which compassed him in, and the captains of the chariots. -- 2 chronicles 21:9 +. +So the Edomites revolted from under the hand of Judah unto this day. The same time also did Libnah revolt from under his hand; because he had forsaken the LORD God of his fathers. -- 2 chronicles 21:10 +. +Moreover he made high places in the mountains of Judah and caused the inhabitants of Jerusalem to commit fornication, and compelled Judah thereto. -- 2 chronicles 21:11 +. +And there came a writing to him from Elijah the prophet, saying, Thus saith the LORD God of David thy father, Because thou hast not walked in the ways of Jehoshaphat thy father, nor in the ways of Asa king of Judah, -- 2 chronicles 21:12 +. +But hast walked in the way of the kings of Israel, and hast made Judah and the inhabitants of Jerusalem to go a whoring, like to the whoredoms of the house of Ahab, and also hast slain thy brethren of thy father's house, which were better than thyself: -- 2 chronicles 21:13 +. +Behold, with a great plague will the LORD smite thy people, and thy children, and thy wives, and all thy goods: -- 2 chronicles 21:14 +. +And thou shalt have great sickness by disease of thy bowels, until thy bowels fall out by reason of the sickness day by day. -- 2 chronicles 21:15 +. +Moreover the LORD stirred up against Jehoram the spirit of the Philistines, and of the Arabians, that were near the Ethiopians: -- 2 chronicles 21:16 +. +And they came up into Judah, and brake into it, and carried away all the substance that was found in the king's house, and his sons also, and his wives; so that there was never a son left him, save Jehoahaz, the youngest of his sons. -- 2 chronicles 21:17 +. +And after all this the LORD smote him in his bowels with an incurable disease. -- 2 chronicles 21:18 +. +And it came to pass, that in process of time, after the end of two years, his bowels fell out by reason of his sickness: so he died of sore diseases. And his people made no burning for him, like the burning of his fathers. -- 2 chronicles 21:19 +. +Thirty and two years old was he when he began to reign, and he reigned in Jerusalem eight years, and departed without being desired. Howbeit they buried him in the city of David, but not in the sepulchres of the kings. -- 2 chronicles 21:20 +. +And the inhabitants of Jerusalem made Ahaziah his youngest son king in his stead: for the band of men that came with the Arabians to the camp had slain all the eldest. So Ahaziah the son of Jehoram king of Judah reigned. -- 2 chronicles 22:1 +. +Forty and two years old was Ahaziah when he began to reign, and he reigned one year in Jerusalem. His mother's name also was Athaliah the daughter of Omri. -- 2 chronicles 22:2 +. +He also walked in the ways of the house of Ahab: for his mother was his counselor to do wickedly. -- 2 chronicles 22:3 +. +Wherefore he did evil in the sight of the LORD like the house of Ahab: for they were his counselors after the death of his father to his destruction. -- 2 chronicles 22:4 +. +He walked also after their counsel, and went with Jehoram the son of Ahab king of Israel to war against Hazael king of Syria at Ramothgilead: and the Syrians smote Joram. -- 2 chronicles 22:5 +. +And he returned to be healed in Jezreel because of the wounds which were given him at Ramah, when he fought with Hazael king of Syria. And Azariah the son of Jehoram king of Judah went down to see Jehoram the son of Ahab at Jezreel, because he was sick. -- 2 chronicles 22:6 +. +And the destruction of Ahaziah was of God by coming to Joram: for when he was come, he went out with Jehoram against Jehu the son of Nimshi, whom the LORD had anointed to cut off the house of Ahab. -- 2 chronicles 22:7 +. +And it came to pass, that, when Jehu was executing judgment upon the house of Ahab, and found the princes of Judah, and the sons of the brethren of Ahaziah, that ministered to Ahaziah, he slew them. -- 2 chronicles 22:8 +. +And he sought Ahaziah: and they caught him, (for he was hid in Samaria,) and brought him to Jehu: and when they had slain him, they buried him: Because, said they, he is the son of Jehoshaphat, who sought the LORD with all his heart. So the house of Ahaziah had no power to keep still the kingdom. -- 2 chronicles 22:9 +. +But when Athaliah the mother of Ahaziah saw that her son was dead, she arose and destroyed all the seed royal of the house of Judah. -- 2 chronicles 22:10 +. +But Jehoshabeath, the daughter of the king, took Joash the son of Ahaziah, and stole him from among the king's sons that were slain, and put him and his nurse in a bedchamber. So Jehoshabeath, the daughter of king Jehoram, the wife of Jehoiada the priest, (for she was the sister of Ahaziah,) hid him from Athaliah, so that she slew him not. -- 2 chronicles 22:11 +. +And he was with them hid in the house of God six years: and Athaliah reigned over the land. -- 2 chronicles 22:12 +. +And in the seventh year Jehoiada strengthened himself, and took the captains of hundreds, Azariah the son of Jeroham, and Ishmael the son of Jehohanan, and Azariah the son of Obed, and Maaseiah the son of Adaiah, and Elishaphat the son of Zichri, into covenant with him. -- 2 chronicles 23:1 +. +And they went about in Judah, and gathered the Levites out of all the cities of Judah, and the chief of the fathers of Israel, and they came to Jerusalem. -- 2 chronicles 23:2 +. +And all the congregation made a covenant with the king in the house of God. And he said unto them, Behold, the king's son shall reign, as the LORD hath said of the sons of David. -- 2 chronicles 23:3 +. +This is the thing that ye shall do; A third part of you entering on the sabbath, of the priests and of the Levites, shall be porters of the doors; -- 2 chronicles 23:4 +. +And a third part shall be at the king's house; and a third part at the gate of the foundation: and all the people shall be in the courts of the house of the LORD. -- 2 chronicles 23:5 +. +But let none come into the house of the LORD, save the priests, and they that minister of the Levites; they shall go in, for they are holy: but all the people shall keep the watch of the LORD. -- 2 chronicles 23:6 +. +And the Levites shall compass the king round about, every man with his weapons in his hand; and whosoever else cometh into the house, he shall be put to death: but be ye with the king when he cometh in, and when he goeth out. -- 2 chronicles 23:7 +. +So the Levites and all Judah did according to all things that Jehoiada the priest had commanded, and took every man his men that were to come in on the sabbath, with them that were to go out on the sabbath: for Jehoiada the priest dismissed not the courses. -- 2 chronicles 23:8 +. +Moreover Jehoiada the priest delivered to the captains of hundreds spears, and bucklers, and shields, that had been king David's, which were in the house of God. -- 2 chronicles 23:9 +. +And he set all the people, every man having his weapon in his hand, from the right side of the temple to the left side of the temple, along by the altar and the temple, by the king round about. -- 2 chronicles 23:10 +. +Then they brought out the king's son, and put upon him the crown, and gave him the testimony, and made him king. And Jehoiada and his sons anointed him, and said, God save the king. -- 2 chronicles 23:11 +. +Now when Athaliah heard the noise of the people running and praising the king, she came to the people into the house of the LORD: -- 2 chronicles 23:12 +. +And she looked, and, behold, the king stood at his pillar at the entering in, and the princes and the trumpets by the king: and all the people of the land rejoiced, and sounded with trumpets, also the singers with instruments of music, and such as taught to sing praise. Then Athaliah rent her clothes, and said, Treason, Treason. -- 2 chronicles 23:13 +. +Then Jehoiada the priest brought out the captains of hundreds that were set over the host, and said unto them, Have her forth of the ranges: and whoso followeth her, let him be slain with the sword. For the priest said, Slay her not in the house of the LORD. -- 2 chronicles 23:14 +. +So they laid hands on her; and when she was come to the entering of the horse gate by the king's house, they slew her there. -- 2 chronicles 23:15 +. +And Jehoiada made a covenant between him, and between all the people, and between the king, that they should be the LORD's people. -- 2 chronicles 23:16 +. +Then all the people went to the house of Baal, and brake it down, and brake his altars and his images in pieces, and slew Mattan the priest of Baal before the altars. -- 2 chronicles 23:17 +. +Also Jehoiada appointed the offices of the house of the LORD by the hand of the priests the Levites, whom David had distributed in the house of the LORD, to offer the burnt offerings of the LORD, as it is written in the law of Moses, with rejoicing and with singing, as it was ordained by David. -- 2 chronicles 23:18 +. +And he set the porters at the gates of the house of the LORD, that none which was unclean in any thing should enter in. -- 2 chronicles 23:19 +. +And he took the captains of hundreds, and the nobles, and the governors of the people, and all the people of the land, and brought down the king from the house of the LORD: and they came through the high gate into the king's house, and set the king upon the throne of the kingdom. -- 2 chronicles 23:20 +. +And all the people of the land rejoiced: and the city was quiet, after that they had slain Athaliah with the sword. -- 2 chronicles 23:21 +. +Joash was seven years old when he began to reign, and he reigned forty years in Jerusalem. His mother's name also was Zibiah of Beersheba. -- 2 chronicles 24:1 +. +And Joash did that which was right in the sight of the LORD all the days of Jehoiada the priest. -- 2 chronicles 24:2 +. +And Jehoiada took for him two wives; and he begat sons and daughters. -- 2 chronicles 24:3 +. +And it came to pass after this, that Joash was minded to repair the house of the LORD. -- 2 chronicles 24:4 +. +And he gathered together the priests and the Levites, and said to them, Go out unto the cities of Judah, and gather of all Israel money to repair the house of your God from year to year, and see that ye hasten the matter. Howbeit the Levites hastened it not. -- 2 chronicles 24:5 +. +And the king called for Jehoiada the chief, and said unto him, Why hast thou not required of the Levites to bring in out of Judah and out of Jerusalem the collection, according to the commandment of Moses the servant of the LORD, and of the congregation of Israel, for the tabernacle of witness? -- 2 chronicles 24:6 +. +For the sons of Athaliah, that wicked woman, had broken up the house of God; and also all the dedicated things of the house of the LORD did they bestow upon Baalim. -- 2 chronicles 24:7 +. +And at the king's commandment they made a chest, and set it without at the gate of the house of the LORD. -- 2 chronicles 24:8 +. +And they made a proclamation through Judah and Jerusalem, to bring in to the LORD the collection that Moses the servant of God laid upon Israel in the wilderness. -- 2 chronicles 24:9 +. +And all the princes and all the people rejoiced, and brought in, and cast into the chest, until they had made an end. -- 2 chronicles 24:10 +. +Now it came to pass, that at what time the chest was brought unto the king's office by the hand of the Levites, and when they saw that there was much money, the king's scribe and the high priest's officer came and emptied the chest, and took it, and carried it to his place again. Thus they did day by day, and gathered money in abundance. -- 2 chronicles 24:11 +. +And the king and Jehoiada gave it to such as did the work of the service of the house of the LORD, and hired masons and carpenters to repair the house of the LORD, and also such as wrought iron and brass to mend the house of the LORD. -- 2 chronicles 24:12 +. +So the workmen wrought, and the work was perfected by them, and they set the house of God in his state, and strengthened it. -- 2 chronicles 24:13 +. +And when they had finished it, they brought the rest of the money before the king and Jehoiada, whereof were made vessels for the house of the LORD, even vessels to minister, and to offer withal, and spoons, and vessels of gold and silver. And they offered burnt offerings in the house of the LORD continually all the days of Jehoiada. -- 2 chronicles 24:14 +. +But Jehoiada waxed old, and was full of days when he died; an hundred and thirty years old was he when he died. -- 2 chronicles 24:15 +. +And they buried him in the city of David among the kings, because he had done good in Israel, both toward God, and toward his house. -- 2 chronicles 24:16 +. +Now after the death of Jehoiada came the princes of Judah, and made obeisance to the king. Then the king hearkened unto them. -- 2 chronicles 24:17 +. +And they left the house of the LORD God of their fathers, and served groves and idols: and wrath came upon Judah and Jerusalem for this their trespass. -- 2 chronicles 24:18 +. +Yet he sent prophets to them, to bring them again unto the LORD; and they testified against them: but they would not give ear. -- 2 chronicles 24:19 +. +And the Spirit of God came upon Zechariah the son of Jehoiada the priest, which stood above the people, and said unto them, Thus saith God, Why transgress ye the commandments of the LORD, that ye cannot prosper? because ye have forsaken the LORD, he hath also forsaken you. -- 2 chronicles 24:20 +. +And they conspired against him, and stoned him with stones at the commandment of the king in the court of the house of the LORD. -- 2 chronicles 24:21 +. +Thus Joash the king remembered not the kindness which Jehoiada his father had done to him, but slew his son. And when he died, he said, The LORD look upon it, and require it. -- 2 chronicles 24:22 +. +And it came to pass at the end of the year, that the host of Syria came up against him: and they came to Judah and Jerusalem, and destroyed all the princes of the people from among the people, and sent all the spoil of them unto the king of Damascus. -- 2 chronicles 24:23 +. +For the army of the Syrians came with a small company of men, and the LORD delivered a very great host into their hand, because they had forsaken the LORD God of their fathers. So they executed judgment against Joash. -- 2 chronicles 24:24 +. +And when they were departed from him, (for they left him in great diseases,) his own servants conspired against him for the blood of the sons of Jehoiada the priest, and slew him on his bed, and he died: and they buried him in the city of David, but they buried him not in the sepulchres of the kings. -- 2 chronicles 24:25 +. +And these are they that conspired against him; Zabad the son of Shimeath an Ammonitess, and Jehozabad the son of Shimrith a Moabitess. -- 2 chronicles 24:26 +. +Now concerning his sons, and the greatness of the burdens laid upon him, and the repairing of the house of God, behold, they are written in the story of the book of the kings. And Amaziah his son reigned in his stead. -- 2 chronicles 24:27 +. +Amaziah was twenty and five years old when he began to reign, and he reigned twenty and nine years in Jerusalem. And his mother's name was Jehoaddan of Jerusalem. -- 2 chronicles 25:1 +. +And he did that which was right in the sight of the LORD, but not with a perfect heart. -- 2 chronicles 25:2 +. +Now it came to pass, when the kingdom was established to him, that he slew his servants that had killed the king his father. -- 2 chronicles 25:3 +. +But he slew not their children, but did as it is written in the law in the book of Moses, where the LORD commanded, saying, The fathers shall not die for the children, neither shall the children die for the fathers, but every man shall die for his own sin. -- 2 chronicles 25:4 +. +Moreover Amaziah gathered Judah together, and made them captains over thousands, and captains over hundreds, according to the houses of their fathers, throughout all Judah and Benjamin: and he numbered them from twenty years old and above, and found them three hundred thousand choice men, able to go forth to war, that could handle spear and shield. -- 2 chronicles 25:5 +. +He hired also an hundred thousand mighty men of valor out of Israel for an hundred talents of silver. -- 2 chronicles 25:6 +. +But there came a man of God to him, saying, O king, let not the army of Israel go with thee; for the LORD is not with Israel, to wit, with all the children of Ephraim. -- 2 chronicles 25:7 +. +But if thou wilt go, do it; be strong for the battle: God shall make thee fall before the enemy: for God hath power to help, and to cast down. -- 2 chronicles 25:8 +. +And Amaziah said to the man of God, But what shall we do for the hundred talents which I have given to the army of Israel? And the man of God answered, The LORD is able to give thee much more than this. -- 2 chronicles 25:9 +. +Then Amaziah separated them, to wit, the army that was come to him out of Ephraim, to go home again: wherefore their anger was greatly kindled against Judah, and they returned home in great anger. -- 2 chronicles 25:10 +. +And Amaziah strengthened himself, and led forth his people, and went to the valley of salt, and smote of the children of Seir ten thousand. -- 2 chronicles 25:11 +. +And other ten thousand left alive did the children of Judah carry away captive, and brought them unto the top of the rock, and cast them down from the top of the rock, that they all were broken in pieces. -- 2 chronicles 25:12 +. +But the soldiers of the army which Amaziah sent back, that they should not go with him to battle, fell upon the cities of Judah, from Samaria even unto Bethhoron, and smote three thousand of them, and took much spoil. -- 2 chronicles 25:13 +. +Now it came to pass, after that Amaziah was come from the slaughter of the Edomites, that he brought the gods of the children of Seir, and set them up to be his gods, and bowed down himself before them, and burned incense unto them. -- 2 chronicles 25:14 +. +Wherefore the anger of the LORD was kindled against Amaziah, and he sent unto him a prophet, which said unto him, Why hast thou sought after the gods of the people, which could not deliver their own people out of thine hand? -- 2 chronicles 25:15 +. +And it came to pass, as he talked with him, that the king said unto him, Art thou made of the king's counsel? forbear; why shouldest thou be smitten? Then the prophet forbare, and said, I know that God hath determined to destroy thee, because thou hast done this, and hast not hearkened unto my counsel. -- 2 chronicles 25:16 +. +Then Amaziah king of Judah took advice, and sent to Joash, the son of Jehoahaz, the son of Jehu, king of Israel, saying, Come, let us see one another in the face. -- 2 chronicles 25:17 +. +And Joash king of Israel sent to Amaziah king of Judah, saying, The thistle that was in Lebanon sent to the cedar that was in Lebanon, saying, Give thy daughter to my son to wife: and there passed by a wild beast that was in Lebanon, and trode down the thistle. -- 2 chronicles 25:18 +. +Thou sayest, Lo, thou hast smitten the Edomites; and thine heart lifteth thee up to boast: abide now at home; why shouldest thou meddle to thine hurt, that thou shouldest fall, even thou, and Judah with thee? -- 2 chronicles 25:19 +. +But Amaziah would not hear; for it came of God, that he might deliver them into the hand of their enemies, because they sought after the gods of Edom. -- 2 chronicles 25:20 +. +So Joash the king of Israel went up; and they saw one another in the face, both he and Amaziah king of Judah, at Bethshemesh, which belongeth to Judah. -- 2 chronicles 25:21 +. +And Judah was put to the worse before Israel, and they fled every man to his tent. -- 2 chronicles 25:22 +. +And Joash the king of Israel took Amaziah king of Judah, the son of Joash, the son of Jehoahaz, at Bethshemesh, and brought him to Jerusalem, and brake down the wall of Jerusalem from the gate of Ephraim to the corner gate, four hundred cubits. -- 2 chronicles 25:23 +. +And he took all the gold and the silver, and all the vessels that were found in the house of God with Obededom, and the treasures of the king's house, the hostages also, and returned to Samaria. -- 2 chronicles 25:24 +. +And Amaziah the son of Joash king of Judah lived after the death of Joash son of Jehoahaz king of Israel fifteen years. -- 2 chronicles 25:25 +. +Now the rest of the acts of Amaziah, first and last, behold, are they not written in the book of the kings of Judah and Israel? -- 2 chronicles 25:26 +. +Now after the time that Amaziah did turn away from following the LORD they made a conspiracy against him in Jerusalem; and he fled to Lachish: but they sent to Lachish after him, and slew him there. -- 2 chronicles 25:27 +. +And they brought him upon horses, and buried him with his fathers in the city of Judah. -- 2 chronicles 25:28 +. +Then all the people of Judah took Uzziah, who was sixteen years old, and made him king in the room of his father Amaziah. -- 2 chronicles 26:1 +. +He built Eloth, and restored it to Judah, after that the king slept with his fathers. -- 2 chronicles 26:2 +. +Sixteen years old was Uzziah when he began to reign, and he reigned fifty and two years in Jerusalem. His mother's name also was Jecoliah of Jerusalem. -- 2 chronicles 26:3 +. +And he did that which was right in the sight of the LORD, according to all that his father Amaziah did. -- 2 chronicles 26:4 +. +And he sought God in the days of Zechariah, who had understanding in the visions of God: and as long as he sought the LORD, God made him to prosper. -- 2 chronicles 26:5 +. +And he went forth and warred against the Philistines, and brake down the wall of Gath, and the wall of Jabneh, and the wall of Ashdod, and built cities about Ashdod, and among the Philistines. -- 2 chronicles 26:6 +. +And God helped him against the Philistines, and against the Arabians that dwelt in Gurbaal, and the Mehunims. -- 2 chronicles 26:7 +. +And the Ammonites gave gifts to Uzziah: and his name spread abroad even to the entering in of Egypt; for he strengthened himself exceedingly. -- 2 chronicles 26:8 +. +Moreover Uzziah built towers in Jerusalem at the corner gate, and at the valley gate, and at the turning of the wall, and fortified them. -- 2 chronicles 26:9 +. +Also he built towers in the desert, and digged many wells: for he had much cattle, both in the low country, and in the plains: husbandmen also, and vine dressers in the mountains, and in Carmel: for he loved husbandry. -- 2 chronicles 26:10 +. +Moreover Uzziah had an host of fighting men, that went out to war by bands, according to the number of their account by the hand of Jeiel the scribe and Maaseiah the ruler, under the hand of Hananiah, one of the king's captains. -- 2 chronicles 26:11 +. +The whole number of the chief of the fathers of the mighty men of valor were two thousand and six hundred. -- 2 chronicles 26:12 +. +And under their hand was an army, three hundred thousand and seven thousand and five hundred, that made war with mighty power, to help the king against the enemy. -- 2 chronicles 26:13 +. +And Uzziah prepared for them throughout all the host shields, and spears, and helmets, and habergeons, and bows, and slings to cast stones. -- 2 chronicles 26:14 +. +And he made in Jerusalem engines, invented by cunning men, to be on the towers and upon the bulwarks, to shoot arrows and great stones withal. And his name spread far abroad; for he was marvelously helped, till he was strong. -- 2 chronicles 26:15 +. +But when he was strong, his heart was lifted up to his destruction: for he transgressed against the LORD his God, and went into the temple of the LORD to burn incense upon the altar of incense. -- 2 chronicles 26:16 +. +And Azariah the priest went in after him, and with him fourscore priests of the LORD, that were valiant men: -- 2 chronicles 26:17 +. +And they withstood Uzziah the king, and said unto him, It appertaineth not unto thee, Uzziah, to burn incense unto the LORD, but to the priests the sons of Aaron, that are consecrated to burn incense: go out of the sanctuary; for thou hast trespassed; neither shall it be for thine honor from the LORD God. -- 2 chronicles 26:18 +. +Then Uzziah was wroth, and had a censer in his hand to burn incense: and while he was wroth with the priests, the leprosy even rose up in his forehead before the priests in the house of the LORD, from beside the incense altar. -- 2 chronicles 26:19 +. +And Azariah the chief priest, and all the priests, looked upon him, and, behold, he was leprous in his forehead, and they thrust him out from thence; yea, himself hasted also to go out, because the LORD had smitten him. -- 2 chronicles 26:20 +. +And Uzziah the king was a leper unto the day of his death, and dwelt in a several house, being a leper; for he was cut off from the house of the LORD: and Jotham his son was over the king's house, judging the people of the land. -- 2 chronicles 26:21 +. +Now the rest of the acts of Uzziah, first and last, did Isaiah the prophet, the son of Amoz, write. -- 2 chronicles 26:22 +. +So Uzziah slept with his fathers, and they buried him with his fathers in the field of the burial which belonged to the kings; for they said, He is a leper: and Jotham his son reigned in his stead. -- 2 chronicles 26:23 +. +Jotham was twenty and five years old when he began to reign, and he reigned sixteen years in Jerusalem. His mother's name also was Jerushah, the daughter of Zadok. -- 2 chronicles 27:1 +. +And he did that which was right in the sight of the LORD, according to all that his father Uzziah did: howbeit he entered not into the temple of the LORD. And the people did yet corruptly. -- 2 chronicles 27:2 +. +He built the high gate of the house of the LORD, and on the wall of Ophel he built much. -- 2 chronicles 27:3 +. +Moreover he built cities in the mountains of Judah, and in the forests he built castles and towers. -- 2 chronicles 27:4 +. +He fought also with the king of the Ammonites, and prevailed against them. And the children of Ammon gave him the same year an hundred talents of silver, and ten thousand measures of wheat, and ten thousand of barley. So much did the children of Ammon pay unto him, both the second year, and the third. -- 2 chronicles 27:5 +. +So Jotham became mighty, because he prepared his ways before the LORD his God. -- 2 chronicles 27:6 +. +Now the rest of the acts of Jotham, and all his wars, and his ways, lo, they are written in the book of the kings of Israel and Judah. -- 2 chronicles 27:7 +. +He was five and twenty years old when he began to reign, and reigned sixteen years in Jerusalem. -- 2 chronicles 27:8 +. +And Jotham slept with his fathers, and they buried him in the city of David: and Ahaz his son reigned in his stead. -- 2 chronicles 27:9 +. +Ahaz was twenty years old when he began to reign, and he reigned sixteen years in Jerusalem: but he did not that which was right in the sight of the LORD, like David his father: -- 2 chronicles 28:1 +. +For he walked in the ways of the kings of Israel, and made also molten images for Baalim. -- 2 chronicles 28:2 +. +Moreover he burnt incense in the valley of the son of Hinnom, and burnt his children in the fire, after the abominations of the heathen whom the LORD had cast out before the children of Israel. -- 2 chronicles 28:3 +. +He sacrificed also and burnt incense in the high places, and on the hills, and under every green tree. -- 2 chronicles 28:4 +. +Wherefore the LORD his God delivered him into the hand of the king of Syria; and they smote him, and carried away a great multitude of them captives, and brought them to Damascus. And he was also delivered into the hand of the king of Israel, who smote him with a great slaughter. -- 2 chronicles 28:5 +. +For Pekah the son of Remaliah slew in Judah an hundred and twenty thousand in one day, which were all valiant men; because they had forsaken the LORD God of their fathers. -- 2 chronicles 28:6 +. +And Zichri, a mighty man of Ephraim, slew Maaseiah the king's son, and Azrikam the governor of the house, and Elkanah that was next to the king. -- 2 chronicles 28:7 +. +And the children of Israel carried away captive of their brethren two hundred thousand, women, sons, and daughters, and took also away much spoil from them, and brought the spoil to Samaria. -- 2 chronicles 28:8 +. +But a prophet of the LORD was there, whose name was Oded: and he went out before the host that came to Samaria, and said unto them, Behold, because the LORD God of your fathers was wroth with Judah, he hath delivered them into your hand, and ye have slain them in a rage that reacheth up unto heaven. -- 2 chronicles 28:9 +. +And now ye purpose to keep under the children of Judah and Jerusalem for bondmen and bondwomen unto you: but are there not with you, even with you, sins against the LORD your God? -- 2 chronicles 28:10 +. +Now hear me therefore, and deliver the captives again, which ye have taken captive of your brethren: for the fierce wrath of the LORD is upon you. -- 2 chronicles 28:11 +. +Then certain of the heads of the children of Ephraim, Azariah the son of Johanan, Berechiah the son of Meshillemoth, and Jehizkiah the son of Shallum, and Amasa the son of Hadlai, stood up against them that came from the war, -- 2 chronicles 28:12 +. +And said unto them, Ye shall not bring in the captives hither: for whereas we have offended against the LORD already, ye intend to add more to our sins and to our trespass: for our trespass is great, and there is fierce wrath against Israel. -- 2 chronicles 28:13 +. +So the armed men left the captives and the spoil before the princes and all the congregation. -- 2 chronicles 28:14 +. +And the men which were expressed by name rose up, and took the captives, and with the spoil clothed all that were naked among them, and arrayed them, and shod them, and gave them to eat and to drink, and anointed them, and carried all the feeble of them upon asses, and brought them to Jericho, the city of palm trees, to their brethren: then they returned to Samaria. -- 2 chronicles 28:15 +. +At that time did king Ahaz send unto the kings of Assyria to help him. -- 2 chronicles 28:16 +. +For again the Edomites had come and smitten Judah, and carried away captives. -- 2 chronicles 28:17 +. +The Philistines also had invaded the cities of the low country, and of the south of Judah, and had taken Bethshemesh, and Ajalon, and Gederoth, and Shocho with the villages thereof, and Timnah with the villages thereof, Gimzo also and the villages thereof: and they dwelt there. -- 2 chronicles 28:18 +. +For the LORD brought Judah low because of Ahaz king of Israel; for he made Judah naked, and transgressed sore against the LORD. -- 2 chronicles 28:19 +. +And Tilgathpilneser king of Assyria came unto him, and distressed him, but strengthened him not. -- 2 chronicles 28:20 +. +For Ahaz took away a portion out of the house of the LORD, and out of the house of the king, and of the princes, and gave it unto the king of Assyria: but he helped him not. -- 2 chronicles 28:21 +. +And in the time of his distress did he trespass yet more against the LORD: this is that king Ahaz. -- 2 chronicles 28:22 +. +For he sacrificed unto the gods of Damascus, which smote him: and he said, Because the gods of the kings of Syria help them, therefore will I sacrifice to them, that they may help me. But they were the ruin of him, and of all Israel. -- 2 chronicles 28:23 +. +And Ahaz gathered together the vessels of the house of God, and cut in pieces the vessels of the house of God, and shut up the doors of the house of the LORD, and he made him altars in every corner of Jerusalem. -- 2 chronicles 28:24 +. +And in every several city of Judah he made high places to burn incense unto other gods, and provoked to anger the LORD God of his fathers. -- 2 chronicles 28:25 +. +Now the rest of his acts and of all his ways, first and last, behold, they are written in the book of the kings of Judah and Israel. -- 2 chronicles 28:26 +. +And Ahaz slept with his fathers, and they buried him in the city, even in Jerusalem: but they brought him not into the sepulchres of the kings of Israel: and Hezekiah his son reigned in his stead. -- 2 chronicles 28:27 +. +Hezekiah began to reign when he was five and twenty years old, and he reigned nine and twenty years in Jerusalem. And his mother's name was Abijah, the daughter of Zechariah. -- 2 chronicles 29:1 +. +And he did that which was right in the sight of the LORD, according to all that David his father had done. -- 2 chronicles 29:2 +. +He in the first year of his reign, in the first month, opened the doors of the house of the LORD, and repaired them. -- 2 chronicles 29:3 +. +And he brought in the priests and the Levites, and gathered them together into the east street, -- 2 chronicles 29:4 +. +And said unto them, Hear me, ye Levites, sanctify now yourselves, and sanctify the house of the LORD God of your fathers, and carry forth the filthiness out of the holy place. -- 2 chronicles 29:5 +. +For our fathers have trespassed, and done that which was evil in the eyes of the LORD our God, and have forsaken him, and have turned away their faces from the habitation of the LORD, and turned their backs. -- 2 chronicles 29:6 +. +Also they have shut up the doors of the porch, and put out the lamps, and have not burned incense nor offered burnt offerings in the holy place unto the God of Israel. -- 2 chronicles 29:7 +. +Wherefore the wrath of the LORD was upon Judah and Jerusalem, and he hath delivered them to trouble, to astonishment, and to hissing, as ye see with your eyes. -- 2 chronicles 29:8 +. +For, lo, our fathers have fallen by the sword, and our sons and our daughters and our wives are in captivity for this. -- 2 chronicles 29:9 +. +Now it is in mine heart to make a covenant with the LORD God of Israel, that his fierce wrath may turn away from us. -- 2 chronicles 29:10 +. +My sons, be not now negligent: for the LORD hath chosen you to stand before him, to serve him, and that ye should minister unto him, and burn incense. -- 2 chronicles 29:11 +. +Then the Levites arose, Mahath the son of Amasai, and Joel the son of Azariah, of the sons of the Kohathites: and of the sons of Merari, Kish the son of Abdi, and Azariah the son of Jehalelel: and of the Gershonites; Joah the son of Zimmah, and Eden the son of Joah: -- 2 chronicles 29:12 +. +And of the sons of Elizaphan; Shimri, and Jeiel: and of the sons of Asaph; Zechariah, and Mattaniah: -- 2 chronicles 29:13 +. +And of the sons of Heman; Jehiel, and Shimei: and of the sons of Jeduthun; Shemaiah, and Uzziel. -- 2 chronicles 29:14 +. +And they gathered their brethren, and sanctified themselves, and came, according to the commandment of the king, by the words of the LORD, to cleanse the house of the LORD. -- 2 chronicles 29:15 +. +And the priests went into the inner part of the house of the LORD, to cleanse it, and brought out all the uncleanness that they found in the temple of the LORD into the court of the house of the LORD. And the Levites took it, to carry it out abroad into the brook Kidron. -- 2 chronicles 29:16 +. +Now they began on the first day of the first month to sanctify, and on the eighth day of the month came they to the porch of the LORD: so they sanctified the house of the LORD in eight days; and in the sixteenth day of the first month they made an end. -- 2 chronicles 29:17 +. +Then they went in to Hezekiah the king, and said, We have cleansed all the house of the LORD, and the altar of burnt offering, with all the vessels thereof, and the shewbread table, with all the vessels thereof. -- 2 chronicles 29:18 +. +Moreover all the vessels, which king Ahaz in his reign did cast away in his transgression, have we prepared and sanctified, and, behold, they are before the altar of the LORD. -- 2 chronicles 29:19 +. +Then Hezekiah the king rose early, and gathered the rulers of the city, and went up to the house of the LORD. -- 2 chronicles 29:20 +. +And they brought seven bullocks, and seven rams, and seven lambs, and seven he goats, for a sin offering for the kingdom, and for the sanctuary, and for Judah. And he commanded the priests the sons of Aaron to offer them on the altar of the LORD. -- 2 chronicles 29:21 +. +So they killed the bullocks, and the priests received the blood, and sprinkled it on the altar: likewise, when they had killed the rams, they sprinkled the blood upon the altar: they killed also the lambs, and they sprinkled the blood upon the altar. -- 2 chronicles 29:22 +. +And they brought forth the he goats for the sin offering before the king and the congregation; and they laid their hands upon them: -- 2 chronicles 29:23 +. +And the priests killed them, and they made reconciliation with their blood upon the altar, to make an atonement for all Israel: for the king commanded that the burnt offering and the sin offering should be made for all Israel. -- 2 chronicles 29:24 +. +And he set the Levites in the house of the LORD with cymbals, with psalteries, and with harps, according to the commandment of David, and of Gad the king's seer, and Nathan the prophet: for so was the commandment of the LORD by his prophets. -- 2 chronicles 29:25 +. +And the Levites stood with the instruments of David, and the priests with the trumpets. -- 2 chronicles 29:26 +. +And Hezekiah commanded to offer the burnt offering upon the altar. And when the burnt offering began, the song of the LORD began also with the trumpets, and with the instruments ordained by David king of Israel. -- 2 chronicles 29:27 +. +And all the congregation worshipped, and the singers sang, and the trumpeters sounded: and all this continued until the burnt offering was finished. -- 2 chronicles 29:28 +. +And when they had made an end of offering, the king and all that were present with him bowed themselves, and worshipped. -- 2 chronicles 29:29 +. +Moreover Hezekiah the king and the princes commanded the Levites to sing praise unto the LORD with the words of David, and of Asaph the seer. And they sang praises with gladness, and they bowed their heads and worshipped. -- 2 chronicles 29:30 +. +Then Hezekiah answered and said, Now ye have consecrated yourselves unto the LORD, come near and bring sacrifices and thank offerings into the house of the LORD. And the congregation brought in sacrifices and thank offerings; and as many as were of a free heart burnt offerings. -- 2 chronicles 29:31 +. +And the number of the burnt offerings, which the congregation brought, was threescore and ten bullocks, an hundred rams, and two hundred lambs: all these were for a burnt offering to the LORD. -- 2 chronicles 29:32 +. +And the consecrated things were six hundred oxen and three thousand sheep. -- 2 chronicles 29:33 +. +But the priests were too few, so that they could not flay all the burnt offerings: wherefore their brethren the Levites did help them, till the work was ended, and until the other priests had sanctified themselves: for the Levites were more upright in heart to sanctify themselves than the priests. -- 2 chronicles 29:34 +. +And also the burnt offerings were in abundance, with the fat of the peace offerings, and the drink offerings for every burnt offering. So the service of the house of the LORD was set in order. -- 2 chronicles 29:35 +. +And Hezekiah rejoiced, and all the people, that God had prepared the people: for the thing was done suddenly. -- 2 chronicles 29:36 +. +And Hezekiah sent to all Israel and Judah, and wrote letters also to Ephraim and Manasseh, that they should come to the house of the LORD at Jerusalem, to keep the passover unto the LORD God of Israel. -- 2 chronicles 30:1 +. +For the king had taken counsel, and his princes, and all the congregation in Jerusalem, to keep the passover in the second month. -- 2 chronicles 30:2 +. +For they could not keep it at that time, because the priests had not sanctified themselves sufficiently, neither had the people gathered themselves together to Jerusalem. -- 2 chronicles 30:3 +. +And the thing pleased the king and all the congregation. -- 2 chronicles 30:4 +. +So they established a decree to make proclamation throughout all Israel, from Beersheba even to Dan, that they should come to keep the passover unto the LORD God of Israel at Jerusalem: for they had not done it of a long time in such sort as it was written. -- 2 chronicles 30:5 +. +So the posts went with the letters from the king and his princes throughout all Israel and Judah, and according to the commandment of the king, saying, Ye children of Israel, turn again unto the LORD God of Abraham, Isaac, and Israel, and he will return to the remnant of you, that are escaped out of the hand of the kings of Assyria. -- 2 chronicles 30:6 +. +And be not ye like your fathers, and like your brethren, which trespassed against the LORD God of their fathers, who therefore gave them up to desolation, as ye see. -- 2 chronicles 30:7 +. +Now be ye not stiffnecked, as your fathers were, but yield yourselves unto the LORD, and enter into his sanctuary, which he hath sanctified for ever: and serve the LORD your God, that the fierceness of his wrath may turn away from you. -- 2 chronicles 30:8 +. +For if ye turn again unto the LORD, your brethren and your children shall find compassion before them that lead them captive, so that they shall come again into this land: for the LORD your God is gracious and merciful, and will not turn away his face from you, if ye return unto him. -- 2 chronicles 30:9 +. +So the posts passed from city to city through the country of Ephraim and Manasseh even unto Zebulun: but they laughed them to scorn, and mocked them. -- 2 chronicles 30:10 +. +Nevertheless divers of Asher and Manasseh and of Zebulun humbled themselves, and came to Jerusalem. -- 2 chronicles 30:11 +. +Also in Judah the hand of God was to give them one heart to do the commandment of the king and of the princes, by the word of the LORD. -- 2 chronicles 30:12 +. +And there assembled at Jerusalem much people to keep the feast of unleavened bread in the second month, a very great congregation. -- 2 chronicles 30:13 +. +And they arose and took away the altars that were in Jerusalem, and all the altars for incense took they away, and cast them into the brook Kidron. -- 2 chronicles 30:14 +. +Then they killed the passover on the fourteenth day of the second month: and the priests and the Levites were ashamed, and sanctified themselves, and brought in the burnt offerings into the house of the LORD. -- 2 chronicles 30:15 +. +And they stood in their place after their manner, according to the law of Moses the man of God: the priests sprinkled the blood, which they received of the hand of the Levites. -- 2 chronicles 30:16 +. +For there were many in the congregation that were not sanctified: therefore the Levites had the charge of the killing of the passovers for every one that was not clean, to sanctify them unto the LORD. -- 2 chronicles 30:17 +. +For a multitude of the people, even many of Ephraim, and Manasseh, Issachar, and Zebulun, had not cleansed themselves, yet did they eat the passover otherwise than it was written. But Hezekiah prayed for them, saying, The good LORD pardon every one -- 2 chronicles 30:18 +. +That prepareth his heart to seek God, the LORD God of his fathers, though he be not cleansed according to the purification of the sanctuary. -- 2 chronicles 30:19 +. +And the LORD hearkened to Hezekiah, and healed the people. -- 2 chronicles 30:20 +. +And the children of Israel that were present at Jerusalem kept the feast of unleavened bread seven days with great gladness: and the Levites and the priests praised the LORD day by day, singing with loud instruments unto the LORD. -- 2 chronicles 30:21 +. +And Hezekiah spake comfortably unto all the Levites that taught the good knowledge of the LORD: and they did eat throughout the feast seven days, offering peace offerings, and making confession to the LORD God of their fathers. -- 2 chronicles 30:22 +. +And the whole assembly took counsel to keep other seven days: and they kept other seven days with gladness. -- 2 chronicles 30:23 +. +For Hezekiah king of Judah did give to the congregation a thousand bullocks and seven thousand sheep; and the princes gave to the congregation a thousand bullocks and ten thousand sheep: and a great number of priests sanctified themselves. -- 2 chronicles 30:24 +. +And all the congregation of Judah, with the priests and the Levites, and all the congregation that came out of Israel, and the strangers that came out of the land of Israel, and that dwelt in Judah, rejoiced. -- 2 chronicles 30:25 +. +So there was great joy in Jerusalem: for since the time of Solomon the son of David king of Israel there was not the like in Jerusalem. -- 2 chronicles 30:26 +. +Then the priests the Levites arose and blessed the people: and their voice was heard, and their prayer came up to his holy dwelling place, even unto heaven. -- 2 chronicles 30:27 +. +Now when all this was finished, all Israel that were present went out to the cities of Judah, and brake the images in pieces, and cut down the groves, and threw down the high places and the altars out of all Judah and Benjamin, in Ephraim also and Manasseh, until they had utterly destroyed them all. Then all the children of Israel returned, every man to his possession, into their own cities. -- 2 chronicles 31:1 +. +And Hezekiah appointed the courses of the priests and the Levites after their courses, every man according to his service, the priests and Levites for burnt offerings and for peace offerings, to minister, and to give thanks, and to praise in the gates of the tents of the LORD. -- 2 chronicles 31:2 +. +He appointed also the king's portion of his substance for the burnt offerings, to wit, for the morning and evening burnt offerings, and the burnt offerings for the sabbaths, and for the new moons, and for the set feasts, as it is written in the law of the LORD. -- 2 chronicles 31:3 +. +Moreover he commanded the people that dwelt in Jerusalem to give the portion of the priests and the Levites, that they might be encouraged in the law of the LORD. -- 2 chronicles 31:4 +. +And as soon as the commandment came abroad, the children of Israel brought in abundance the firstfruits of corn, wine, and oil, and honey, and of all the increase of the field; and the tithe of all things brought they in abundantly. -- 2 chronicles 31:5 +. +And concerning the children of Israel and Judah, that dwelt in the cities of Judah, they also brought in the tithe of oxen and sheep, and the tithe of holy things which were consecrated unto the LORD their God, and laid them by heaps. -- 2 chronicles 31:6 +. +In the third month they began to lay the foundation of the heaps, and finished them in the seventh month. -- 2 chronicles 31:7 +. +And when Hezekiah and the princes came and saw the heaps, they blessed the LORD, and his people Israel. -- 2 chronicles 31:8 +. +Then Hezekiah questioned with the priests and the Levites concerning the heaps. -- 2 chronicles 31:9 +. +And Azariah the chief priest of the house of Zadok answered him, and said, Since the people began to bring the offerings into the house of the LORD, we have had enough to eat, and have left plenty: for the LORD hath blessed his people; and that which is left is this great store. -- 2 chronicles 31:10 +. +Then Hezekiah commanded to prepare chambers in the house of the LORD; and they prepared them, -- 2 chronicles 31:11 +. +And brought in the offerings and the tithes and the dedicated things faithfully: over which Cononiah the Levite was ruler, and Shimei his brother was the next. -- 2 chronicles 31:12 +. +And Jehiel, and Azaziah, and Nahath, and Asahel, and Jerimoth, and Jozabad, and Eliel, and Ismachiah, and Mahath, and Benaiah, were overseers under the hand of Cononiah and Shimei his brother, at the commandment of Hezekiah the king, and Azariah the ruler of the house of God. -- 2 chronicles 31:13 +. +And Kore the son of Imnah the Levite, the porter toward the east, was over the freewill offerings of God, to distribute the oblations of the LORD, and the most holy things. -- 2 chronicles 31:14 +. +And next him were Eden, and Miniamin, and Jeshua, and Shemaiah, Amariah, and Shecaniah, in the cities of the priests, in their set office, to give to their brethren by courses, as well to the great as to the small: -- 2 chronicles 31:15 +. +Beside their genealogy of males, from three years old and upward, even unto every one that entereth into the house of the LORD, his daily portion for their service in their charges according to their courses; -- 2 chronicles 31:16 +. +Both to the genealogy of the priests by the house of their fathers, and the Levites from twenty years old and upward, in their charges by their courses; -- 2 chronicles 31:17 +. +And to the genealogy of all their little ones, their wives, and their sons, and their daughters, through all the congregation: for in their set office they sanctified themselves in holiness: -- 2 chronicles 31:18 +. +Also of the sons of Aaron the priests, which were in the fields of the suburbs of their cities, in every several city, the men that were expressed by name, to give portions to all the males among the priests, and to all that were reckoned by genealogies among the Levites. -- 2 chronicles 31:19 +. +And thus did Hezekiah throughout all Judah, and wrought that which was good and right and truth before the LORD his God. -- 2 chronicles 31:20 +. +And in every work that he began in the service of the house of God, and in the law, and in the commandments, to seek his God, he did it with all his heart, and prospered. -- 2 chronicles 31:21 +. +After these things, and the establishment thereof, Sennacherib king of Assyria came, and entered into Judah, and encamped against the fenced cities, and thought to win them for himself. -- 2 chronicles 32:1 +. +And when Hezekiah saw that Sennacherib was come, and that he was purposed to fight against Jerusalem, -- 2 chronicles 32:2 +. +He took counsel with his princes and his mighty men to stop the waters of the fountains which were without the city: and they did help him. -- 2 chronicles 32:3 +. +So there was gathered much people together, who stopped all the fountains, and the brook that ran through the midst of the land, saying, Why should the kings of Assyria come, and find much water? -- 2 chronicles 32:4 +. +Also he strengthened himself, and built up all the wall that was broken, and raised it up to the towers, and another wall without, and repaired Millo in the city of David, and made darts and shields in abundance. -- 2 chronicles 32:5 +. +And he set captains of war over the people, and gathered them together to him in the street of the gate of the city, and spake comfortably to them, saying, -- 2 chronicles 32:6 +. +Be strong and courageous, be not afraid nor dismayed for the king of Assyria, nor for all the multitude that is with him: for there be more with us than with him: -- 2 chronicles 32:7 +. +With him is an arm of flesh; but with us is the LORD our God to help us, and to fight our battles. And the people rested themselves upon the words of Hezekiah king of Judah. -- 2 chronicles 32:8 +. +After this did Sennacherib king of Assyria send his servants to Jerusalem, (but he himself laid siege against Lachish, and all his power with him,) unto Hezekiah king of Judah, and unto all Judah that were at Jerusalem, saying, -- 2 chronicles 32:9 +. +Thus saith Sennacherib king of Assyria, Whereon do ye trust, that ye abide in the siege in Jerusalem? -- 2 chronicles 32:10 +. +Doth not Hezekiah persuade you to give over yourselves to die by famine and by thirst, saying, The LORD our God shall deliver us out of the hand of the king of Assyria? -- 2 chronicles 32:11 +. +Hath not the same Hezekiah taken away his high places and his altars, and commanded Judah and Jerusalem, saying, Ye shall worship before one altar, and burn incense upon it? -- 2 chronicles 32:12 +. +Know ye not what I and my fathers have done unto all the people of other lands? were the gods of the nations of those lands any ways able to deliver their lands out of mine hand? -- 2 chronicles 32:13 +. +Who was there among all the gods of those nations that my fathers utterly destroyed, that could deliver his people out of mine hand, that your God should be able to deliver you out of mine hand? -- 2 chronicles 32:14 +. +Now therefore let not Hezekiah deceive you, nor persuade you on this manner, neither yet believe him: for no god of any nation or kingdom was able to deliver his people out of mine hand, and out of the hand of my fathers: how much less shall your God deliver you out of mine hand? -- 2 chronicles 32:15 +. +And his servants spake yet more against the LORD God, and against his servant Hezekiah. -- 2 chronicles 32:16 +. +He wrote also letters to rail on the LORD God of Israel, and to speak against him, saying, As the gods of the nations of other lands have not delivered their people out of mine hand, so shall not the God of Hezekiah deliver his people out of mine hand. -- 2 chronicles 32:17 +. +Then they cried with a loud voice in the Jews' speech unto the people of Jerusalem that were on the wall, to affright them, and to trouble them; that they might take the city. -- 2 chronicles 32:18 +. +And they spake against the God of Jerusalem, as against the gods of the people of the earth, which were the work of the hands of man. -- 2 chronicles 32:19 +. +And for this cause Hezekiah the king, and the prophet Isaiah the son of Amoz, prayed and cried to heaven. -- 2 chronicles 32:20 +. +And the LORD sent an angel, which cut off all the mighty men of valor, and the leaders and captains in the camp of the king of Assyria. So he returned with shame of face to his own land. And when he was come into the house of his god, they that came forth of his own bowels slew him there with the sword. -- 2 chronicles 32:21 +. +Thus the LORD saved Hezekiah and the inhabitants of Jerusalem from the hand of Sennacherib the king of Assyria, and from the hand of all other, and guided them on every side. -- 2 chronicles 32:22 +. +And many brought gifts unto the LORD to Jerusalem, and presents to Hezekiah king of Judah: so that he was magnified in the sight of all nations from thenceforth. -- 2 chronicles 32:23 +. +In those days Hezekiah was sick to the death, and prayed unto the LORD: and he spake unto him, and he gave him a sign. -- 2 chronicles 32:24 +. +But Hezekiah rendered not again according to the benefit done unto him; for his heart was lifted up: therefore there was wrath upon him, and upon Judah and Jerusalem. -- 2 chronicles 32:25 +. +Notwithstanding Hezekiah humbled himself for the pride of his heart, both he and the inhabitants of Jerusalem, so that the wrath of the LORD came not upon them in the days of Hezekiah. -- 2 chronicles 32:26 +. +And Hezekiah had exceeding much riches and honor: and he made himself treasuries for silver, and for gold, and for precious stones, and for spices, and for shields, and for all manner of pleasant jewels; -- 2 chronicles 32:27 +. +Storehouses also for the increase of corn, and wine, and oil; and stalls for all manner of beasts, and cotes for flocks. -- 2 chronicles 32:28 +. +Moreover he provided him cities, and possessions of flocks and herds in abundance: for God had given him substance very much. -- 2 chronicles 32:29 +. +This same Hezekiah also stopped the upper watercourse of Gihon, and brought it straight down to the west side of the city of David. And Hezekiah prospered in all his works. -- 2 chronicles 32:30 +. +Howbeit in the business of the ambassadors of the princes of Babylon, who sent unto him to enquire of the wonder that was done in the land, God left him, to try him, that he might know all that was in his heart. -- 2 chronicles 32:31 +. +Now the rest of the acts of Hezekiah, and his goodness, behold, they are written in the vision of Isaiah the prophet, the son of Amoz, and in the book of the kings of Judah and Israel. -- 2 chronicles 32:32 +. +And Hezekiah slept with his fathers, and they buried him in the chiefest of the sepulchres of the sons of David: and all Judah and the inhabitants of Jerusalem did him honor at his death. And Manasseh his son reigned in his stead. -- 2 chronicles 32:33 +. +Manasseh was twelve years old when he began to reign, and he reigned fifty and five years in Jerusalem: -- 2 chronicles 33:1 +. +But did that which was evil in the sight of the LORD, like unto the abominations of the heathen, whom the LORD had cast out before the children of Israel. -- 2 chronicles 33:2 +. +For he built again the high places which Hezekiah his father had broken down, and he reared up altars for Baalim, and made groves, and worshipped all the host of heaven, and served them. -- 2 chronicles 33:3 +. +Also he built altars in the house of the LORD, whereof the LORD had said, In Jerusalem shall my name be for ever. -- 2 chronicles 33:4 +. +And he built altars for all the host of heaven in the two courts of the house of the LORD. -- 2 chronicles 33:5 +. +And he caused his children to pass through the fire in the valley of the son of Hinnom: also he observed times, and used enchantments, and used witchcraft, and dealt with a familiar spirit, and with wizards: he wrought much evil in the sight of the LORD, to provoke him to anger. -- 2 chronicles 33:6 +. +And he set a carved image, the idol which he had made, in the house of God, of which God had said to David and to Solomon his son, In this house, and in Jerusalem, which I have chosen before all the tribes of Israel, will I put my name for ever: -- 2 chronicles 33:7 +. +Neither will I any more remove the foot of Israel from out of the land which I have appointed for your fathers; so that they will take heed to do all that I have commanded them, according to the whole law and the statutes and the ordinances by the hand of Moses. -- 2 chronicles 33:8 +. +So Manasseh made Judah and the inhabitants of Jerusalem to err, and to do worse than the heathen, whom the LORD had destroyed before the children of Israel. -- 2 chronicles 33:9 +. +And the LORD spake to Manasseh, and to his people: but they would not hearken. -- 2 chronicles 33:10 +. +Wherefore the LORD brought upon them the captains of the host of the king of Assyria, which took Manasseh among the thorns, and bound him with fetters, and carried him to Babylon. -- 2 chronicles 33:11 +. +And when he was in affliction, he besought the LORD his God, and humbled himself greatly before the God of his fathers, -- 2 chronicles 33:12 +. +And prayed unto him: and he was intreated of him, and heard his supplication, and brought him again to Jerusalem into his kingdom. Then Manasseh knew that the LORD he was God. -- 2 chronicles 33:13 +. +Now after this he built a wall without the city of David, on the west side of Gihon, in the valley, even to the entering in at the fish gate, and compassed about Ophel, and raised it up a very great height, and put captains of war in all the fenced cities of Judah. -- 2 chronicles 33:14 +. +And he took away the strange gods, and the idol out of the house of the LORD, and all the altars that he had built in the mount of the house of the LORD, and in Jerusalem, and cast them out of the city. -- 2 chronicles 33:15 +. +And he repaired the altar of the LORD, and sacrificed thereon peace offerings and thank offerings, and commanded Judah to serve the LORD God of Israel. -- 2 chronicles 33:16 +. +Nevertheless the people did sacrifice still in the high places, yet unto the LORD their God only. -- 2 chronicles 33:17 +. +Now the rest of the acts of Manasseh, and his prayer unto his God, and the words of the seers that spake to him in the name of the LORD God of Israel, behold, they are written in the book of the kings of Israel. -- 2 chronicles 33:18 +. +His prayer also, and how God was intreated of him, and all his sins, and his trespass, and the places wherein he built high places, and set up groves and graven images, before he was humbled: behold, they are written among the sayings of the seers. -- 2 chronicles 33:19 +. +So Manasseh slept with his fathers, and they buried him in his own house: and Amon his son reigned in his stead. -- 2 chronicles 33:20 +. +Amon was two and twenty years old when he began to reign, and reigned two years in Jerusalem. -- 2 chronicles 33:21 +. +But he did that which was evil in the sight of the LORD, as did Manasseh his father: for Amon sacrificed unto all the carved images which Manasseh his father had made, and served them; -- 2 chronicles 33:22 +. +And humbled not himself before the LORD, as Manasseh his father had humbled himself; but Amon trespassed more and more. -- 2 chronicles 33:23 +. +And his servants conspired against him, and slew him in his own house. -- 2 chronicles 33:24 +. +But the people of the land slew all them that had conspired against king Amon; and the people of the land made Josiah his son king in his stead. -- 2 chronicles 33:25 +. +Josiah was eight years old when he began to reign, and he reigned in Jerusalem one and thirty years. -- 2 chronicles 34:1 +. +And he did that which was right in the sight of the LORD, and walked in the ways of David his father, and declined neither to the right hand, nor to the left. -- 2 chronicles 34:2 +. +For in the eighth year of his reign, while he was yet young, he began to seek after the God of David his father: and in the twelfth year he began to purge Judah and Jerusalem from the high places, and the groves, and the carved images, and the molten images. -- 2 chronicles 34:3 +. +And they brake down the altars of Baalim in his presence; and the images, that were on high above them, he cut down; and the groves, and the carved images, and the molten images, he brake in pieces, and made dust of them, and strewed it upon the graves of them that had sacrificed unto them. -- 2 chronicles 34:4 +. +And he burnt the bones of the priests upon their altars, and cleansed Judah and Jerusalem. -- 2 chronicles 34:5 +. +And so did he in the cities of Manasseh, and Ephraim, and Simeon, even unto Naphtali, with their mattocks round about. -- 2 chronicles 34:6 +. +And when he had broken down the altars and the groves, and had beaten the graven images into powder, and cut down all the idols throughout all the land of Israel, he returned to Jerusalem. -- 2 chronicles 34:7 +. +Now in the eighteenth year of his reign, when he had purged the land, and the house, he sent Shaphan the son of Azaliah, and Maaseiah the governor of the city, and Joah the son of Joahaz the recorder, to repair the house of the LORD his God. -- 2 chronicles 34:8 +. +And when they came to Hilkiah the high priest, they delivered the money that was brought into the house of God, which the Levites that kept the doors had gathered of the hand of Manasseh and Ephraim, and of all the remnant of Israel, and of all Judah and Benjamin; and they returned to Jerusalem. -- 2 chronicles 34:9 +. +And they put it in the hand of the workmen that had the oversight of the house of the LORD, and they gave it to the workmen that wrought in the house of the LORD, to repair and amend the house: -- 2 chronicles 34:10 +. +Even to the artificers and builders gave they it, to buy hewn stone, and timber for couplings, and to floor the houses which the kings of Judah had destroyed. -- 2 chronicles 34:11 +. +And the men did the work faithfully: and the overseers of them were Jahath and Obadiah, the Levites, of the sons of Merari; and Zechariah and Meshullam, of the sons of the Kohathites, to set it forward; and other of the Levites, all that could skill of instruments of music. -- 2 chronicles 34:12 +. +Also they were over the bearers of burdens, and were overseers of all that wrought the work in any manner of service: and of the Levites there were scribes, and officers, and porters. -- 2 chronicles 34:13 +. +And when they brought out the money that was brought into the house of the LORD, Hilkiah the priest found a book of the law of the LORD given by Moses. -- 2 chronicles 34:14 +. +And Hilkiah answered and said to Shaphan the scribe, I have found the book of the law in the house of the LORD. And Hilkiah delivered the book to Shaphan. -- 2 chronicles 34:15 +. +And Shaphan carried the book to the king, and brought the king word back again, saying, All that was committed to thy servants, they do it. -- 2 chronicles 34:16 +. +And they have gathered together the money that was found in the house of the LORD, and have delivered it into the hand of the overseers, and to the hand of the workmen. -- 2 chronicles 34:17 +. +Then Shaphan the scribe told the king, saying, Hilkiah the priest hath given me a book. And Shaphan read it before the king. -- 2 chronicles 34:18 +. +And it came to pass, when the king had heard the words of the law, that he rent his clothes. -- 2 chronicles 34:19 +. +And the king commanded Hilkiah, and Ahikam the son of Shaphan, and Abdon the son of Micah, and Shaphan the scribe, and Asaiah a servant of the king's, saying, -- 2 chronicles 34:20 +. +Go, enquire of the LORD for me, and for them that are left in Israel and in Judah, concerning the words of the book that is found: for great is the wrath of the LORD that is poured out upon us, because our fathers have not kept the word of the LORD, to do after all that is written in this book. -- 2 chronicles 34:21 +. +And Hilkiah, and they that the king had appointed, went to Huldah the prophetess, the wife of Shallum the son of Tikvath, the son of Hasrah, keeper of the wardrobe; (now she dwelt in Jerusalem in the college:) and they spake to her to that effect. -- 2 chronicles 34:22 +. +And she answered them, Thus saith the LORD God of Israel, Tell ye the man that sent you to me, -- 2 chronicles 34:23 +. +Thus saith the LORD, Behold, I will bring evil upon this place, and upon the inhabitants thereof, even all the curses that are written in the book which they have read before the king of Judah: -- 2 chronicles 34:24 +. +Because they have forsaken me, and have burned incense unto other gods, that they might provoke me to anger with all the works of their hands; therefore my wrath shall be poured out upon this place, and shall not be quenched. -- 2 chronicles 34:25 +. +And as for the king of Judah, who sent you to enquire of the LORD, so shall ye say unto him, Thus saith the LORD God of Israel concerning the words which thou hast heard; -- 2 chronicles 34:26 +. +Because thine heart was tender, and thou didst humble thyself before God, when thou heardest his words against this place, and against the inhabitants thereof, and humbledst thyself before me, and didst rend thy clothes, and weep before me; I have even heard thee also, saith the LORD. -- 2 chronicles 34:27 +. +Behold, I will gather thee to thy fathers, and thou shalt be gathered to thy grave in peace, neither shall thine eyes see all the evil that I will bring upon this place, and upon the inhabitants of the same. So they brought the king word again. -- 2 chronicles 34:28 +. +Then the king sent and gathered together all the elders of Judah and Jerusalem. -- 2 chronicles 34:29 +. +And the king went up into the house of the LORD, and all the men of Judah, and the inhabitants of Jerusalem, and the priests, and the Levites, and all the people, great and small: and he read in their ears all the words of the book of the covenant that was found in the house of the LORD. -- 2 chronicles 34:30 +. +And the king stood in his place, and made a covenant before the LORD, to walk after the LORD, and to keep his commandments, and his testimonies, and his statutes, with all his heart, and with all his soul, to perform the words of the covenant which are written in this book. -- 2 chronicles 34:31 +. +And he caused all that were present in Jerusalem and Benjamin to stand to it. And the inhabitants of Jerusalem did according to the covenant of God, the God of their fathers. -- 2 chronicles 34:32 +. +And Josiah took away all the abominations out of all the countries that pertained to the children of Israel, and made all that were present in Israel to serve, even to serve the LORD their God. And all his days they departed not from following the LORD, the God of their fathers. -- 2 chronicles 34:33 +. +Moreover Josiah kept a passover unto the LORD in Jerusalem: and they killed the passover on the fourteenth day of the first month. -- 2 chronicles 35:1 +. +And he set the priests in their charges, and encouraged them to the service of the house of the LORD, -- 2 chronicles 35:2 +. +And said unto the Levites that taught all Israel, which were holy unto the LORD, Put the holy ark in the house which Solomon the son of David king of Israel did build; it shall not be a burden upon your shoulders: serve now the LORD your God, and his people Israel, -- 2 chronicles 35:3 +. +And prepare yourselves by the houses of your fathers, after your courses, according to the writing of David king of Israel, and according to the writing of Solomon his son. -- 2 chronicles 35:4 +. +And stand in the holy place according to the divisions of the families of the fathers of your brethren the people, and after the division of the families of the Levites. -- 2 chronicles 35:5 +. +So kill the passover, and sanctify yourselves, and prepare your brethren, that they may do according to the word of the LORD by the hand of Moses. -- 2 chronicles 35:6 +. +And Josiah gave to the people, of the flock, lambs and kids, all for the passover offerings, for all that were present, to the number of thirty thousand, and three thousand bullocks: these were of the king's substance. -- 2 chronicles 35:7 +. +And his princes gave willingly unto the people, to the priests, and to the Levites: Hilkiah and Zechariah and Jehiel, rulers of the house of God, gave unto the priests for the passover offerings two thousand and six hundred small cattle and three hundred oxen. -- 2 chronicles 35:8 +. +Conaniah also, and Shemaiah and Nethaneel, his brethren, and Hashabiah and Jeiel and Jozabad, chief of the Levites, gave unto the Levites for passover offerings five thousand small cattle, and five hundred oxen. -- 2 chronicles 35:9 +. +So the service was prepared, and the priests stood in their place, and the Levites in their courses, according to the king's commandment. -- 2 chronicles 35:10 +. +And they killed the passover, and the priests sprinkled the blood from their hands, and the Levites flayed them. -- 2 chronicles 35:11 +. +And they removed the burnt offerings, that they might give according to the divisions of the families of the people, to offer unto the LORD, as it is written in the book of Moses. And so did they with the oxen. -- 2 chronicles 35:12 +. +And they roasted the passover with fire according to the ordinance: but the other holy offerings sod they in pots, and in caldrons, and in pans, and divided them speedily among all the people. -- 2 chronicles 35:13 +. +And afterward they made ready for themselves, and for the priests: because the priests the sons of Aaron were busied in offering of burnt offerings and the fat until night; therefore the Levites prepared for themselves, and for the priests the sons of Aaron. -- 2 chronicles 35:14 +. +And the singers the sons of Asaph were in their place, according to the commandment of David, and Asaph, and Heman, and Jeduthun the king's seer; and the porters waited at every gate; they might not depart from their service; for their brethren the Levites prepared for them. -- 2 chronicles 35:15 +. +So all the service of the LORD was prepared the same day, to keep the passover, and to offer burnt offerings upon the altar of the LORD, according to the commandment of king Josiah. -- 2 chronicles 35:16 +. +And the children of Israel that were present kept the passover at that time, and the feast of unleavened bread seven days. -- 2 chronicles 35:17 +. +And there was no passover like to that kept in Israel from the days of Samuel the prophet; neither did all the kings of Israel keep such a passover as Josiah kept, and the priests, and the Levites, and all Judah and Israel that were present, and the inhabitants of Jerusalem. -- 2 chronicles 35:18 +. +In the eighteenth year of the reign of Josiah was this passover kept. -- 2 chronicles 35:19 +. +After all this, when Josiah had prepared the temple, Necho king of Egypt came up to fight against Charchemish by Euphrates: and Josiah went out against him. -- 2 chronicles 35:20 +. +But he sent ambassadors to him, saying, What have I to do with thee, thou king of Judah? I come not against thee this day, but against the house wherewith I have war: for God commanded me to make haste: forbear thee from meddling with God, who is with me, that he destroy thee not. -- 2 chronicles 35:21 +. +Nevertheless Josiah would not turn his face from him, but disguised himself, that he might fight with him, and hearkened not unto the words of Necho from the mouth of God, and came to fight in the valley of Megiddo. -- 2 chronicles 35:22 +. +And the archers shot at king Josiah; and the king said to his servants, Have me away; for I am sore wounded. -- 2 chronicles 35:23 +. +His servants therefore took him out of that chariot, and put him in the second chariot that he had; and they brought him to Jerusalem, and he died, and was buried in one of the sepulchres of his fathers. And all Judah and Jerusalem mourned for Josiah. -- 2 chronicles 35:24 +. +And Jeremiah lamented for Josiah: and all the singing men and the singing women spake of Josiah in their lamentations to this day, and made them an ordinance in Israel: and, behold, they are written in the lamentations. -- 2 chronicles 35:25 +. +Now the rest of the acts of Josiah, and his goodness, according to that which was written in the law of the LORD, -- 2 chronicles 35:26 +. +And his deeds, first and last, behold, they are written in the book of the kings of Israel and Judah. -- 2 chronicles 35:27 +. +Then the people of the land took Jehoahaz the son of Josiah, and made him king in his father's stead in Jerusalem. -- 2 chronicles 36:1 +. +Jehoahaz was twenty and three years old when he began to reign, and he reigned three months in Jerusalem. -- 2 chronicles 36:2 +. +And the king of Egypt put him down at Jerusalem, and condemned the land in an hundred talents of silver and a talent of gold. -- 2 chronicles 36:3 +. +And the king of Egypt made Eliakim his brother king over Judah and Jerusalem, and turned his name to Jehoiakim. And Necho took Jehoahaz his brother, and carried him to Egypt. -- 2 chronicles 36:4 +. +Jehoiakim was twenty and five years old when he began to reign, and he reigned eleven years in Jerusalem: and he did that which was evil in the sight of the LORD his God. -- 2 chronicles 36:5 +. +Against him came up Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon, and bound him in fetters, to carry him to Babylon. -- 2 chronicles 36:6 +. +Nebuchadnezzar also carried of the vessels of the house of the LORD to Babylon, and put them in his temple at Babylon. -- 2 chronicles 36:7 +. +Now the rest of the acts of Jehoiakim, and his abominations which he did, and that which was found in him, behold, they are written in the book of the kings of Israel and Judah: and Jehoiachin his son reigned in his stead. -- 2 chronicles 36:8 +. +Jehoiachin was eight years old when he began to reign, and he reigned three months and ten days in Jerusalem: and he did that which was evil in the sight of the LORD. -- 2 chronicles 36:9 +. +And when the year was expired, king Nebuchadnezzar sent, and brought him to Babylon, with the goodly vessels of the house of the LORD, and made Zedekiah his brother king over Judah and Jerusalem. -- 2 chronicles 36:10 +. +Zedekiah was one and twenty years old when he began to reign, and reigned eleven years in Jerusalem. -- 2 chronicles 36:11 +. +And he did that which was evil in the sight of the LORD his God, and humbled not himself before Jeremiah the prophet speaking from the mouth of the LORD. -- 2 chronicles 36:12 +. +And he also rebelled against king Nebuchadnezzar, who had made him swear by God: but he stiffened his neck, and hardened his heart from turning unto the LORD God of Israel. -- 2 chronicles 36:13 +. +Moreover all the chief of the priests, and the people, transgressed very much after all the abominations of the heathen; and polluted the house of the LORD which he had hallowed in Jerusalem. -- 2 chronicles 36:14 +. +And the LORD God of their fathers sent to them by his messengers, rising up betimes, and sending; because he had compassion on his people, and on his dwelling place: -- 2 chronicles 36:15 +. +But they mocked the messengers of God, and despised his words, and misused his prophets, until the wrath of the LORD arose against his people, till there was no remedy. -- 2 chronicles 36:16 +. +Therefore he brought upon them the king of the Chaldees, who slew their young men with the sword in the house of their sanctuary, and had no compassion upon young man or maiden, old man, or him that stooped for age: he gave them all into his hand. -- 2 chronicles 36:17 +. +And all the vessels of the house of God, great and small, and the treasures of the house of the LORD, and the treasures of the king, and of his princes; all these he brought to Babylon. -- 2 chronicles 36:18 +. +And they burnt the house of God, and brake down the wall of Jerusalem, and burnt all the palaces thereof with fire, and destroyed all the goodly vessels thereof. -- 2 chronicles 36:19 +. +And them that had escaped from the sword carried he away to Babylon; where they were servants to him and his sons until the reign of the kingdom of Persia: -- 2 chronicles 36:20 +. +To fulfil the word of the LORD by the mouth of Jeremiah, until the land had enjoyed her sabbaths: for as long as she lay desolate she kept sabbath, to fulfil threescore and ten years. -- 2 chronicles 36:21 +. +Now in the first year of Cyrus king of Persia, that the word of the LORD spoken by the mouth of Jeremiah might be accomplished, the LORD stirred up the spirit of Cyrus king of Persia, that he made a proclamation throughout all his kingdom, and put it also in writing, saying, -- 2 chronicles 36:22 +. +Thus saith Cyrus king of Persia, All the kingdoms of the earth hath the LORD God of heaven given me; and he hath charged me to build him an house in Jerusalem, which is in Judah. Who is there among you of all his people? The LORD his God be with him, and let him go up. -- 2 chronicles 36:23 +. +Now in the first year of Cyrus king of Persia, that the word of the LORD by the mouth of Jeremiah might be fulfilled, the LORD stirred up the spirit of Cyrus king of Persia, that he made a proclamation throughout all his kingdom, and put it also in writing, saying, -- ezra 1:1 +. +Thus saith Cyrus king of Persia, The LORD God of heaven hath given me all the kingdoms of the earth; and he hath charged me to build him an house at Jerusalem, which is in Judah. -- ezra 1:2 +. +Who is there among you of all his people? his God be with him, and let him go up to Jerusalem, which is in Judah, and build the house of the LORD God of Israel, (he is the God,) which is in Jerusalem. -- ezra 1:3 +. +And whosoever remaineth in any place where he sojourneth, let the men of his place help him with silver, and with gold, and with goods, and with beasts, beside the freewill offering for the house of God that is in Jerusalem. -- ezra 1:4 +. +Then rose up the chief of the fathers of Judah and Benjamin, and the priests, and the Levites, with all them whose spirit God had raised, to go up to build the house of the LORD which is in Jerusalem. -- ezra 1:5 +. +And all they that were about them strengthened their hands with vessels of silver, with gold, with goods, and with beasts, and with precious things, beside all that was willingly offered. -- ezra 1:6 +. +Also Cyrus the king brought forth the vessels of the house of the LORD, which Nebuchadnezzar had brought forth out of Jerusalem, and had put them in the house of his gods; -- ezra 1:7 +. +Even those did Cyrus king of Persia bring forth by the hand of Mithredath the treasurer, and numbered them unto Sheshbazzar, the prince of Judah. -- ezra 1:8 +. +And this is the number of them: thirty chargers of gold, a thousand chargers of silver, nine and twenty knives, -- ezra 1:9 +. +Thirty basins of gold, silver basins of a second sort four hundred and ten, and other vessels a thousand. -- ezra 1:10 +. +All the vessels of gold and of silver were five thousand and four hundred. All these did Sheshbazzar bring up with them of the captivity that were brought up from Babylon unto Jerusalem. -- ezra 1:11 +. +Now these are the children of the province that went up out of the captivity, of those which had been carried away, whom Nebuchadnezzar the king of Babylon had carried away unto Babylon, and came again unto Jerusalem and Judah, every one unto his city; -- ezra 2:1 +. +Which came with Zerubbabel: Jeshua, Nehemiah, Seraiah, Reelaiah, Mordecai, Bilshan, Mizpar, Bigvai, Rehum, Baanah. The number of the men of the people of Israel: -- ezra 2:2 +. +The children of Parosh, two thousand an hundred seventy and two. -- ezra 2:3 +. +The children of Shephatiah, three hundred seventy and two. -- ezra 2:4 +. +The children of Arah, seven hundred seventy and five. -- ezra 2:5 +. +The children of Pahathmoab, of the children of Jeshua and Joab, two thousand eight hundred and twelve. -- ezra 2:6 +. +The children of Elam, a thousand two hundred fifty and four. -- ezra 2:7 +. +The children of Zattu, nine hundred forty and five. -- ezra 2:8 +. +The children of Zaccai, seven hundred and threescore. -- ezra 2:9 +. +The children of Bani, six hundred forty and two. -- ezra 2:10 +. +The children of Bebai, six hundred twenty and three. -- ezra 2:11 +. +The children of Azgad, a thousand two hundred twenty and two. -- ezra 2:12 +. +The children of Adonikam, six hundred sixty and six. -- ezra 2:13 +. +The children of Bigvai, two thousand fifty and six. -- ezra 2:14 +. +The children of Adin, four hundred fifty and four. -- ezra 2:15 +. +The children of Ater of Hezekiah, ninety and eight. -- ezra 2:16 +. +The children of Bezai, three hundred twenty and three. -- ezra 2:17 +. +The children of Jorah, an hundred and twelve. -- ezra 2:18 +. +The children of Hashum, two hundred twenty and three. -- ezra 2:19 +. +The children of Gibbar, ninety and five. -- ezra 2:20 +. +The children of Bethlehem, an hundred twenty and three. -- ezra 2:21 +. +The men of Netophah, fifty and six. -- ezra 2:22 +. +The men of Anathoth, an hundred twenty and eight. -- ezra 2:23 +. +The children of Azmaveth, forty and two. -- ezra 2:24 +. +The children of Kirjatharim, Chephirah, and Beeroth, seven hundred and forty and three. -- ezra 2:25 +. +The children of Ramah and Gaba, six hundred twenty and one. -- ezra 2:26 +. +The men of Michmas, an hundred twenty and two. -- ezra 2:27 +. +The men of Bethel and Ai, two hundred twenty and three. -- ezra 2:28 +. +The children of Nebo, fifty and two. -- ezra 2:29 +. +The children of Magbish, an hundred fifty and six. -- ezra 2:30 +. +The children of the other Elam, a thousand two hundred fifty and four. -- ezra 2:31 +. +The children of Harim, three hundred and twenty. -- ezra 2:32 +. +The children of Lod, Hadid, and Ono, seven hundred twenty and five. -- ezra 2:33 +. +The children of Jericho, three hundred forty and five. -- ezra 2:34 +. +The children of Senaah, three thousand and six hundred and thirty. -- ezra 2:35 +. +The priests: the children of Jedaiah, of the house of Jeshua, nine hundred seventy and three. -- ezra 2:36 +. +The children of Immer, a thousand fifty and two. -- ezra 2:37 +. +The children of Pashur, a thousand two hundred forty and seven. -- ezra 2:38 +. +The children of Harim, a thousand and seventeen. -- ezra 2:39 +. +The Levites: the children of Jeshua and Kadmiel, of the children of Hodaviah, seventy and four. -- ezra 2:40 +. +The singers: the children of Asaph, an hundred twenty and eight. -- ezra 2:41 +. +The children of the porters: the children of Shallum, the children of Ater, the children of Talmon, the children of Akkub, the children of Hatita, the children of Shobai, in all an hundred thirty and nine. -- ezra 2:42 +. +The Nethinims: the children of Ziha, the children of Hasupha, the children of Tabbaoth, -- ezra 2:43 +. +The children of Keros, the children of Siaha, the children of Padon, -- ezra 2:44 +. +The children of Lebanah, the children of Hagabah, the children of Akkub, -- ezra 2:45 +. +The children of Hagab, the children of Shalmai, the children of Hanan, -- ezra 2:46 +. +The children of Giddel, the children of Gahar, the children of Reaiah, -- ezra 2:47 +. +The children of Rezin, the children of Nekoda, the children of Gazzam, -- ezra 2:48 +. +The children of Uzza, the children of Paseah, the children of Besai, -- ezra 2:49 +. +The children of Asnah, the children of Mehunim, the children of Nephusim, -- ezra 2:50 +. +The children of Bakbuk, the children of Hakupha, the children of Harhur, -- ezra 2:51 +. +The children of Bazluth, the children of Mehida, the children of Harsha, -- ezra 2:52 +. +The children of Barkos, the children of Sisera, the children of Thamah, -- ezra 2:53 +. +The children of Neziah, the children of Hatipha. -- ezra 2:54 +. +The children of Solomon's servants: the children of Sotai, the children of Sophereth, the children of Peruda, -- ezra 2:55 +. +The children of Jaalah, the children of Darkon, the children of Giddel, -- ezra 2:56 +. +The children of Shephatiah, the children of Hattil, the children of Pochereth of Zebaim, the children of Ami. -- ezra 2:57 +. +All the Nethinims, and the children of Solomon's servants, were three hundred ninety and two. -- ezra 2:58 +. +And these were they which went up from Telmelah, Telharsa, Cherub, Addan, and Immer: but they could not shew their father's house, and their seed, whether they were of Israel: -- ezra 2:59 +. +The children of Delaiah, the children of Tobiah, the children of Nekoda, six hundred fifty and two. -- ezra 2:60 +. +And of the children of the priests: the children of Habaiah, the children of Koz, the children of Barzillai; which took a wife of the daughters of Barzillai the Gileadite, and was called after their name: -- ezra 2:61 +. +These sought their register among those that were reckoned by genealogy, but they were not found: therefore were they, as polluted, put from the priesthood. -- ezra 2:62 +. +And the Tirshatha said unto them, that they should not eat of the most holy things, till there stood up a priest with Urim and with Thummim. -- ezra 2:63 +. +The whole congregation together was forty and two thousand three hundred and threescore, -- ezra 2:64 +. +Beside their servants and their maids, of whom there were seven thousand three hundred thirty and seven: and there were among them two hundred singing men and singing women. -- ezra 2:65 +. +Their horses were seven hundred thirty and six; their mules, two hundred forty and five; -- ezra 2:66 +. +Their camels, four hundred thirty and five; their asses, six thousand seven hundred and twenty. -- ezra 2:67 +. +And some of the chief of the fathers, when they came to the house of the LORD which is at Jerusalem, offered freely for the house of God to set it up in his place: -- ezra 2:68 +. +They gave after their ability unto the treasure of the work threescore and one thousand drams of gold, and five thousand pound of silver, and one hundred priests' garments. -- ezra 2:69 +. +So the priests, and the Levites, and some of the people, and the singers, and the porters, and the Nethinims, dwelt in their cities, and all Israel in their cities. -- ezra 2:70 +. +And when the seventh month was come, and the children of Israel were in the cities, the people gathered themselves together as one man to Jerusalem. -- ezra 3:1 +. +Then stood up Jeshua the son of Jozadak, and his brethren the priests, and Zerubbabel the son of Shealtiel, and his brethren, and builded the altar of the God of Israel, to offer burnt offerings thereon, as it is written in the law of Moses the man of God. -- ezra 3:2 +. +And they set the altar upon his bases; for fear was upon them because of the people of those countries: and they offered burnt offerings thereon unto the LORD, even burnt offerings morning and evening. -- ezra 3:3 +. +They kept also the feast of tabernacles, as it is written, and offered the daily burnt offerings by number, according to the custom, as the duty of every day required; -- ezra 3:4 +. +And afterward offered the continual burnt offering, both of the new moons, and of all the set feasts of the LORD that were consecrated, and of every one that willingly offered a freewill offering unto the LORD. -- ezra 3:5 +. +From the first day of the seventh month began they to offer burnt offerings unto the LORD. But the foundation of the temple of the LORD was not yet laid. -- ezra 3:6 +. +They gave money also unto the masons, and to the carpenters; and meat, and drink, and oil, unto them of Zidon, and to them of Tyre, to bring cedar trees from Lebanon to the sea of Joppa, according to the grant that they had of Cyrus king of Persia. -- ezra 3:7 +. +Now in the second year of their coming unto the house of God at Jerusalem, in the second month, began Zerubbabel the son of Shealtiel, and Jeshua the son of Jozadak, and the remnant of their brethren the priests and the Levites, and all they that were come out of the captivity unto Jerusalem; and appointed the Levites, from twenty years old and upward, to set forward the work of the house of the LORD. -- ezra 3:8 +. +Then stood Jeshua with his sons and his brethren, Kadmiel and his sons, the sons of Judah, together, to set forward the workmen in the house of God: the sons of Henadad, with their sons and their brethren the Levites. -- ezra 3:9 +. +And when the builders laid the foundation of the temple of the LORD, they set the priests in their apparel with trumpets, and the Levites the sons of Asaph with cymbals, to praise the LORD, after the ordinance of David king of Israel. -- ezra 3:10 +. +And they sang together by course in praising and giving thanks unto the LORD; because he is good, for his mercy endureth for ever toward Israel. And all the people shouted with a great shout, when they praised the LORD, because the foundation of the house of the LORD was laid. -- ezra 3:11 +. +But many of the priests and Levites and chief of the fathers, who were ancient men, that had seen the first house, when the foundation of this house was laid before their eyes, wept with a loud voice; and many shouted aloud for joy: -- ezra 3:12 +. +So that the people could not discern the noise of the shout of joy from the noise of the weeping of the people: for the people shouted with a loud shout, and the noise was heard afar off. -- ezra 3:13 +. +Now when the adversaries of Judah and Benjamin heard that the children of the captivity builded the temple unto the LORD God of Israel; -- ezra 4:1 +. +Then they came to Zerubbabel, and to the chief of the fathers, and said unto them, Let us build with you: for we seek your God, as ye do; and we do sacrifice unto him since the days of Esarhaddon king of Assur, which brought us up hither. -- ezra 4:2 +. +But Zerubbabel, and Jeshua, and the rest of the chief of the fathers of Israel, said unto them, Ye have nothing to do with us to build an house unto our God; but we ourselves together will build unto the LORD God of Israel, as king Cyrus the king of Persia hath commanded us. -- ezra 4:3 +. +Then the people of the land weakened the hands of the people of Judah, and troubled them in building, -- ezra 4:4 +. +And hired counsellors against them, to frustrate their purpose, all the days of Cyrus king of Persia, even until the reign of Darius king of Persia. -- ezra 4:5 +. +And in the reign of Ahasuerus, in the beginning of his reign, wrote they unto him an accusation against the inhabitants of Judah and Jerusalem. -- ezra 4:6 +. +And in the days of Artaxerxes wrote Bishlam, Mithredath, Tabeel, and the rest of their companions, unto Artaxerxes king of Persia; and the writing of the letter was written in the Syrian tongue, and interpreted in the Syrian tongue. -- ezra 4:7 +. +Rehum the chancellor and Shimshai the scribe wrote a letter against Jerusalem to Artaxerxes the king in this sort: -- ezra 4:8 +. +Then wrote Rehum the chancellor, and Shimshai the scribe, and the rest of their companions; the Dinaites, the Apharsathchites, the Tarpelites, the Apharsites, the Archevites, the Babylonians, the Susanchites, the Dehavites, and the Elamites, -- ezra 4:9 +. +And the rest of the nations whom the great and noble Asnapper brought over, and set in the cities of Samaria, and the rest that are on this side the river, and at such a time. -- ezra 4:10 +. +This is the copy of the letter that they sent unto him, even unto Artaxerxes the king; Thy servants the men on this side the river, and at such a time. -- ezra 4:11 +. +Be it known unto the king, that the Jews which came up from thee to us are come unto Jerusalem, building the rebellious and the bad city, and have set up the walls thereof, and joined the foundations. -- ezra 4:12 +. +Be it known now unto the king, that, if this city be builded, and the walls set up again, then will they not pay toll, tribute, and custom, and so thou shalt endamage the revenue of the kings. -- ezra 4:13 +. +Now because we have maintenance from the king's palace, and it was not meet for us to see the king's dishonour, therefore have we sent and certified the king; -- ezra 4:14 +. +That search may be made in the book of the records of thy fathers: so shalt thou find in the book of the records, and know that this city is a rebellious city, and hurtful unto kings and provinces, and that they have moved sedition within the same of old time: for which cause was this city destroyed. -- ezra 4:15 +. +We certify the king that, if this city be builded again, and the walls thereof set up, by this means thou shalt have no portion on this side the river. -- ezra 4:16 +. +Then sent the king an answer unto Rehum the chancellor, and to Shimshai the scribe, and to the rest of their companions that dwell in Samaria, and unto the rest beyond the river, Peace, and at such a time. -- ezra 4:17 +. +The letter which ye sent unto us hath been plainly read before me. -- ezra 4:18 +. +And I commanded, and search hath been made, and it is found that this city of old time hath made insurrection against kings, and that rebellion and sedition have been made therein. -- ezra 4:19 +. +There have been mighty kings also over Jerusalem, which have ruled over all countries beyond the river; and toll, tribute, and custom, was paid unto them. -- ezra 4:20 +. +Give ye now commandment to cause these men to cease, and that this city be not builded, until another commandment shall be given from me. -- ezra 4:21 +. +Take heed now that ye fail not to do this: why should damage grow to the hurt of the kings? -- ezra 4:22 +. +Now when the copy of king Artaxerxes' letter was read before Rehum, and Shimshai the scribe, and their companions, they went up in haste to Jerusalem unto the Jews, and made them to cease by force and power. -- ezra 4:23 +. +Then ceased the work of the house of God which is at Jerusalem. So it ceased unto the second year of the reign of Darius king of Persia. -- ezra 4:24 +. +Then the prophets, Haggai the prophet, and Zechariah the son of Iddo, prophesied unto the Jews that were in Judah and Jerusalem in the name of the God of Israel, even unto them. -- ezra 5:1 +. +Then rose up Zerubbabel the son of Shealtiel, and Jeshua the son of Jozadak, and began to build the house of God which is at Jerusalem: and with them were the prophets of God helping them. -- ezra 5:2 +. +At the same time came to them Tatnai, governor on this side the river, and Shetharboznai and their companions, and said thus unto them, Who hath commanded you to build this house, and to make up this wall? -- ezra 5:3 +. +Then said we unto them after this manner, What are the names of the men that make this building? -- ezra 5:4 +. +But the eye of their God was upon the elders of the Jews, that they could not cause them to cease, till the matter came to Darius: and then they returned answer by letter concerning this matter. -- ezra 5:5 +. +The copy of the letter that Tatnai, governor on this side the river, and Shetharboznai and his companions the Apharsachites, which were on this side the river, sent unto Darius the king: -- ezra 5:6 +. +They sent a letter unto him, wherein was written thus; Unto Darius the king, all peace. -- ezra 5:7 +. +Be it known unto the king, that we went into the province of Judea, to the house of the great God, which is builded with great stones, and timber is laid in the walls, and this work goeth fast on, and prospereth in their hands. -- ezra 5:8 +. +Then asked we those elders, and said unto them thus, Who commanded you to build this house, and to make up these walls? -- ezra 5:9 +. +We asked their names also, to certify thee, that we might write the names of the men that were the chief of them. -- ezra 5:10 +. +And thus they returned us answer, saying, We are the servants of the God of heaven and earth, and build the house that was builded these many years ago, which a great king of Israel builded and set up. -- ezra 5:11 +. +But after that our fathers had provoked the God of heaven unto wrath, he gave them into the hand of Nebuchadnezzar the king of Babylon, the Chaldean, who destroyed this house, and carried the people away into Babylon. -- ezra 5:12 +. +But in the first year of Cyrus the king of Babylon the same king Cyrus made a decree to build this house of God. -- ezra 5:13 +. +And the vessels also of gold and silver of the house of God, which Nebuchadnezzar took out of the temple that was in Jerusalem, and brought them into the temple of Babylon, those did Cyrus the king take out of the temple of Babylon, and they were delivered unto one, whose name was Sheshbazzar, whom he had made governor; -- ezra 5:14 +. +And said unto him, Take these vessels, go, carry them into the temple that is in Jerusalem, and let the house of God be builded in his place. -- ezra 5:15 +. +Then came the same Sheshbazzar, and laid the foundation of the house of God which is in Jerusalem: and since that time even until now hath it been in building, and yet it is not finished. -- ezra 5:16 +. +Now therefore, if it seem good to the king, let there be search made in the king's treasure house, which is there at Babylon, whether it be so, that a decree was made of Cyrus the king to build this house of God at Jerusalem, and let the king send his pleasure to us concerning this matter. -- ezra 5:17 +. +Then Darius the king made a decree, and search was made in the house of the rolls, where the treasures were laid up in Babylon. -- ezra 6:1 +. +And there was found at Achmetha, in the palace that is in the province of the Medes, a roll, and therein was a record thus written: -- ezra 6:2 +. +In the first year of Cyrus the king the same Cyrus the king made a decree concerning the house of God at Jerusalem, Let the house be builded, the place where they offered sacrifices, and let the foundations thereof be strongly laid; the height thereof threescore cubits, and the breadth thereof threescore cubits; -- ezra 6:3 +. +With three rows of great stones, and a row of new timber: and let the expenses be given out of the king's house: -- ezra 6:4 +. +And also let the golden and silver vessels of the house of God, which Nebuchadnezzar took forth out of the temple which is at Jerusalem, and brought unto Babylon, be restored, and brought again unto the temple which is at Jerusalem, every one to his place, and place them in the house of God. -- ezra 6:5 +. +Now therefore, Tatnai, governor beyond the river, Shetharboznai, and your companions the Apharsachites, which are beyond the river, be ye far from thence: -- ezra 6:6 +. +Let the work of this house of God alone; let the governor of the Jews and the elders of the Jews build this house of God in his place. -- ezra 6:7 +. +Moreover I make a decree what ye shall do to the elders of these Jews for the building of this house of God: that of the king's goods, even of the tribute beyond the river, forthwith expenses be given unto these men, that they be not hindered. -- ezra 6:8 +. +And that which they have need of, both young bullocks, and rams, and lambs, for the burnt offerings of the God of heaven, wheat, salt, wine, and oil, according to the appointment of the priests which are at Jerusalem, let it be given them day by day without fail: -- ezra 6:9 +. +That they may offer sacrifices of sweet savours unto the God of heaven, and pray for the life of the king, and of his sons. -- ezra 6:10 +. +Also I have made a decree, that whosoever shall alter this word, let timber be pulled down from his house, and being set up, let him be hanged thereon; and let his house be made a dunghill for this. -- ezra 6:11 +. +And the God that hath caused his name to dwell there destroy all kings and people, that shall put to their hand to alter and to destroy this house of God which is at Jerusalem. I Darius have made a decree; let it be done with speed. -- ezra 6:12 +. +Then Tatnai, governor on this side the river, Shetharboznai, and their companions, according to that which Darius the king had sent, so they did speedily. -- ezra 6:13 +. +And the elders of the Jews builded, and they prospered through the prophesying of Haggai the prophet and Zechariah the son of Iddo. And they builded, and finished it, according to the commandment of the God of Israel, and according to the commandment of Cyrus, and Darius, and Artaxerxes king of Persia. -- ezra 6:14 +. +And this house was finished on the third day of the month Adar, which was in the sixth year of the reign of Darius the king. -- ezra 6:15 +. +And the children of Israel, the priests, and the Levites, and the rest of the children of the captivity, kept the dedication of this house of God with joy. -- ezra 6:16 +. +And offered at the dedication of this house of God an hundred bullocks, two hundred rams, four hundred lambs; and for a sin offering for all Israel, twelve he goats, according to the number of the tribes of Israel. -- ezra 6:17 +. +And they set the priests in their divisions, and the Levites in their courses, for the service of God, which is at Jerusalem; as it is written in the book of Moses. -- ezra 6:18 +. +And the children of the captivity kept the passover upon the fourteenth day of the first month. -- ezra 6:19 +. +For the priests and the Levites were purified together, all of them were pure, and killed the passover for all the children of the captivity, and for their brethren the priests, and for themselves. -- ezra 6:20 +. +And the children of Israel, which were come again out of captivity, and all such as had separated themselves unto them from the filthiness of the heathen of the land, to seek the LORD God of Israel, did eat, -- ezra 6:21 +. +And kept the feast of unleavened bread seven days with joy: for the LORD had made them joyful, and turned the heart of the king of Assyria unto them, to strengthen their hands in the work of the house of God, the God of Israel. -- ezra 6:22 +. +Now after these things, in the reign of Artaxerxes king of Persia, Ezra the son of Seraiah, the son of Azariah, the son of Hilkiah, -- ezra 7:1 +. +The son of Shallum, the son of Zadok, the son of Ahitub, -- ezra 7:2 +. +The son of Amariah, the son of Azariah, the son of Meraioth, -- ezra 7:3 +. +The son of Zerahiah, the son of Uzzi, the son of Bukki, -- ezra 7:4 +. +The son of Abishua, the son of Phinehas, the son of Eleazar, the son of Aaron the chief priest: -- ezra 7:5 +. +This Ezra went up from Babylon; and he was a ready scribe in the law of Moses, which the LORD God of Israel had given: and the king granted him all his request, according to the hand of the LORD his God upon him. -- ezra 7:6 +. +And there went up some of the children of Israel, and of the priests, and the Levites, and the singers, and the porters, and the Nethinims, unto Jerusalem, in the seventh year of Artaxerxes the king. -- ezra 7:7 +. +And he came to Jerusalem in the fifth month, which was in the seventh year of the king. -- ezra 7:8 +. +For upon the first day of the first month began he to go up from Babylon, and on the first day of the fifth month came he to Jerusalem, according to the good hand of his God upon him. -- ezra 7:9 +. +For Ezra had prepared his heart to seek the law of the LORD, and to do it, and to teach in Israel statutes and judgments. -- ezra 7:10 +. +Now this is the copy of the letter that the king Artaxerxes gave unto Ezra the priest, the scribe, even a scribe of the words of the commandments of the LORD, and of his statutes to Israel. -- ezra 7:11 +. +Artaxerxes, king of kings, unto Ezra the priest, a scribe of the law of the God of heaven, perfect peace, and at such a time. -- ezra 7:12 +. +I make a decree, that all they of the people of Israel, and of his priests and Levites, in my realm, which are minded of their own freewill to go up to Jerusalem, go with thee. -- ezra 7:13 +. +Forasmuch as thou art sent of the king, and of his seven counsellors, to enquire concerning Judah and Jerusalem, according to the law of thy God which is in thine hand; -- ezra 7:14 +. +And to carry the silver and gold, which the king and his counsellors have freely offered unto the God of Israel, whose habitation is in Jerusalem, -- ezra 7:15 +. +And all the silver and gold that thou canst find in all the province of Babylon, with the freewill offering of the people, and of the priests, offering willingly for the house of their God which is in Jerusalem: -- ezra 7:16 +. +That thou mayest buy speedily with this money bullocks, rams, lambs, with their meat offerings and their drink offerings, and offer them upon the altar of the house of your God which is in Jerusalem. -- ezra 7:17 +. +And whatsoever shall seem good to thee, and to thy brethren, to do with the rest of the silver and the gold, that do after the will of your God. -- ezra 7:18 +. +The vessels also that are given thee for the service of the house of thy God, those deliver thou before the God of Jerusalem. -- ezra 7:19 +. +And whatsoever more shall be needful for the house of thy God, which thou shalt have occasion to bestow, bestow it out of the king's treasure house. -- ezra 7:20 +. +And I, even I Artaxerxes the king, do make a decree to all the treasurers which are beyond the river, that whatsoever Ezra the priest, the scribe of the law of the God of heaven, shall require of you, it be done speedily, -- ezra 7:21 +. +Unto an hundred talents of silver, and to an hundred measures of wheat, and to an hundred baths of wine, and to an hundred baths of oil, and salt without prescribing how much. -- ezra 7:22 +. +Whatsoever is commanded by the God of heaven, let it be diligently done for the house of the God of heaven: for why should there be wrath against the realm of the king and his sons? -- ezra 7:23 +. +Also we certify you, that touching any of the priests and Levites, singers, porters, Nethinims, or ministers of this house of God, it shall not be lawful to impose toll, tribute, or custom, upon them. -- ezra 7:24 +. +And thou, Ezra, after the wisdom of thy God, that is in thine hand, set magistrates and judges, which may judge all the people that are beyond the river, all such as know the laws of thy God; and teach ye them that know them not. -- ezra 7:25 +. +And whosoever will not do the law of thy God, and the law of the king, let judgment be executed speedily upon him, whether it be unto death, or to banishment, or to confiscation of goods, or to imprisonment. -- ezra 7:26 +. +Blessed be the LORD God of our fathers, which hath put such a thing as this in the king's heart, to beautify the house of the LORD which is in Jerusalem: -- ezra 7:27 +. +And hath extended mercy unto me before the king, and his counsellors, and before all the king's mighty princes. And I was strengthened as the hand of the LORD my God was upon me, and I gathered together out of Israel chief men to go up with me. -- ezra 7:28 +. +These are now the chief of their fathers, and this is the genealogy of them that went up with me from Babylon, in the reign of Artaxerxes the king. -- ezra 8:1 +. +Of the sons of Phinehas; Gershom: of the sons of Ithamar; Daniel: of the sons of David; Hattush. -- ezra 8:2 +. +Of the sons of Shechaniah, of the sons of Pharosh; Zechariah: and with him were reckoned by genealogy of the males an hundred and fifty. -- ezra 8:3 +. +Of the sons of Pahathmoab; Elihoenai the son of Zerahiah, and with him two hundred males. -- ezra 8:4 +. +Of the sons of Shechaniah; the son of Jahaziel, and with him three hundred males. -- ezra 8:5 +. +Of the sons also of Adin; Ebed the son of Jonathan, and with him fifty males. -- ezra 8:6 +. +And of the sons of Elam; Jeshaiah the son of Athaliah, and with him seventy males. -- ezra 8:7 +. +And of the sons of Shephatiah; Zebadiah the son of Michael, and with him fourscore males. -- ezra 8:8 +. +Of the sons of Joab; Obadiah the son of Jehiel, and with him two hundred and eighteen males. -- ezra 8:9 +. +And of the sons of Shelomith; the son of Josiphiah, and with him an hundred and threescore males. -- ezra 8:10 +. +And of the sons of Bebai; Zechariah the son of Bebai, and with him twenty and eight males. -- ezra 8:11 +. +And of the sons of Azgad; Johanan the son of Hakkatan, and with him an hundred and ten males. -- ezra 8:12 +. +And of the last sons of Adonikam, whose names are these, Eliphelet, Jeiel, and Shemaiah, and with them threescore males. -- ezra 8:13 +. +Of the sons also of Bigvai; Uthai, and Zabbud, and with them seventy males. -- ezra 8:14 +. +And I gathered them together to the river that runneth to Ahava; and there abode we in tents three days: and I viewed the people, and the priests, and found there none of the sons of Levi. -- ezra 8:15 +. +Then sent I for Eliezer, for Ariel, for Shemaiah, and for Elnathan, and for Jarib, and for Elnathan, and for Nathan, and for Zechariah, and for Meshullam, chief men; also for Joiarib, and for Elnathan, men of understanding. -- ezra 8:16 +. +And I sent them with commandment unto Iddo the chief at the place Casiphia, and I told them what they should say unto Iddo, and to his brethren the Nethinims, at the place Casiphia, that they should bring unto us ministers for the house of our God. -- ezra 8:17 +. +And by the good hand of our God upon us they brought us a man of understanding, of the sons of Mahli, the son of Levi, the son of Israel; and Sherebiah, with his sons and his brethren, eighteen; -- ezra 8:18 +. +And Hashabiah, and with him Jeshaiah of the sons of Merari, his brethren and their sons, twenty; -- ezra 8:19 +. +Also of the Nethinims, whom David and the princes had appointed for the service of the Levites, two hundred and twenty Nethinims: all of them were expressed by name. -- ezra 8:20 +. +Then I proclaimed a fast there, at the river of Ahava, that we might afflict ourselves before our God, to seek of him a right way for us, and for our little ones, and for all our substance. -- ezra 8:21 +. +For I was ashamed to require of the king a band of soldiers and horsemen to help us against the enemy in the way: because we had spoken unto the king, saying, The hand of our God is upon all them for good that seek him; but his power and his wrath is against all them that forsake him. -- ezra 8:22 +. +So we fasted and besought our God for this: and he was intreated of us. -- ezra 8:23 +. +Then I separated twelve of the chief of the priests, Sherebiah, Hashabiah, and ten of their brethren with them, -- ezra 8:24 +. +And weighed unto them the silver, and the gold, and the vessels, even the offering of the house of our God, which the king, and his counsellors, and his lords, and all Israel there present, had offered: -- ezra 8:25 +. +I even weighed unto their hand six hundred and fifty talents of silver, and silver vessels an hundred talents, and of gold an hundred talents; -- ezra 8:26 +. +Also twenty basons of gold, of a thousand drams; and two vessels of fine copper, precious as gold. -- ezra 8:27 +. +And I said unto them, Ye are holy unto the LORD; the vessels are holy also; and the silver and the gold are a freewill offering unto the LORD God of your fathers. -- ezra 8:28 +. +Watch ye, and keep them, until ye weigh them before the chief of the priests and the Levites, and chief of the fathers of Israel, at Jerusalem, in the chambers of the house of the LORD. -- ezra 8:29 +. +So took the priests and the Levites the weight of the silver, and the gold, and the vessels, to bring them to Jerusalem unto the house of our God. -- ezra 8:30 +. +Then we departed from the river of Ahava on the twelfth day of the first month, to go unto Jerusalem: and the hand of our God was upon us, and he delivered us from the hand of the enemy, and of such as lay in wait by the way. -- ezra 8:31 +. +And we came to Jerusalem, and abode there three days. -- ezra 8:32 +. +Now on the fourth day was the silver and the gold and the vessels weighed in the house of our God by the hand of Meremoth the son of Uriah the priest; and with him was Eleazar the son of Phinehas; and with them was Jozabad the son of Jeshua, and Noadiah the son of Binnui, Levites; -- ezra 8:33 +. +By number and by weight of every one: and all the weight was written at that time. -- ezra 8:34 +. +Also the children of those that had been carried away, which were come out of the captivity, offered burnt offerings unto the God of Israel, twelve bullocks for all Israel, ninety and six rams, seventy and seven lambs, twelve he goats for a sin offering: all this was a burnt offering unto the LORD. -- ezra 8:35 +. +And they delivered the king's commissions unto the king's lieutenants, and to the governors on this side the river: and they furthered the people, and the house of God. -- ezra 8:36 +. +Now when these things were done, the princes came to me, saying, The people of Israel, and the priests, and the Levites, have not separated themselves from the people of the lands, doing according to their abominations, even of the Canaanites, the Hittites, the Perizzites, the Jebusites, the Ammonites, the Moabites, the Egyptians, and the Amorites. -- ezra 9:1 +. +For they have taken of their daughters for themselves, and for their sons: so that the holy seed have mingled themselves with the people of those lands: yea, the hand of the princes and rulers hath been chief in this trespass. -- ezra 9:2 +. +And when I heard this thing, I rent my garment and my mantle, and plucked off the hair of my head and of my beard, and sat down astonied. -- ezra 9:3 +. +Then were assembled unto me every one that trembled at the words of the God of Israel, because of the transgression of those that had been carried away; and I sat astonied until the evening sacrifice. -- ezra 9:4 +. +And at the evening sacrifice I arose up from my heaviness; and having rent my garment and my mantle, I fell upon my knees, and spread out my hands unto the LORD my God, -- ezra 9:5 +. +And said, O my God, I am ashamed and blush to lift up my face to thee, my God: for our iniquities are increased over our head, and our trespass is grown up unto the heavens. -- ezra 9:6 +. +Since the days of our fathers have we been in a great trespass unto this day; and for our iniquities have we, our kings, and our priests, been delivered into the hand of the kings of the lands, to the sword, to captivity, and to a spoil, and to confusion of face, as it is this day. -- ezra 9:7 +. +And now for a little space grace hath been shewed from the LORD our God, to leave us a remnant to escape, and to give us a nail in his holy place, that our God may lighten our eyes, and give us a little reviving in our bondage. -- ezra 9:8 +. +For we were bondmen; yet our God hath not forsaken us in our bondage, but hath extended mercy unto us in the sight of the kings of Persia, to give us a reviving, to set up the house of our God, and to repair the desolations thereof, and to give us a wall in Judah and in Jerusalem. -- ezra 9:9 +. +And now, O our God, what shall we say after this? for we have forsaken thy commandments, -- ezra 9:10 +. +Which thou hast commanded by thy servants the prophets, saying, The land, unto which ye go to possess it, is an unclean land with the filthiness of the people of the lands, with their abominations, which have filled it from one end to another with their uncleanness. -- ezra 9:11 +. +Now therefore give not your daughters unto their sons, neither take their daughters unto your sons, nor seek their peace or their wealth for ever: that ye may be strong, and eat the good of the land, and leave it for an inheritance to your children for ever. -- ezra 9:12 +. +And after all that is come upon us for our evil deeds, and for our great trespass, seeing that thou our God hast punished us less than our iniquities deserve, and hast given us such deliverance as this; -- ezra 9:13 +. +Should we again break thy commandments, and join in affinity with the people of these abominations? wouldest not thou be angry with us till thou hadst consumed us, so that there should be no remnant nor escaping? -- ezra 9:14 +. +O LORD God of Israel, thou art righteous: for we remain yet escaped, as it is this day: behold, we are before thee in our trespasses: for we cannot stand before thee because of this. -- ezra 9:15 +. +Now when Ezra had prayed, and when he had confessed, weeping and casting himself down before the house of God, there assembled unto him out of Israel a very great congregation of men and women and children: for the people wept very sore. -- ezra 10:1 +. +And Shechaniah the son of Jehiel, one of the sons of Elam, answered and said unto Ezra, We have trespassed against our God, and have taken strange wives of the people of the land: yet now there is hope in Israel concerning this thing. -- ezra 10:2 +. +Now therefore let us make a covenant with our God to put away all the wives, and such as are born of them, according to the counsel of my lord, and of those that tremble at the commandment of our God; and let it be done according to the law. -- ezra 10:3 +. +Arise; for this matter belongeth unto thee: we also will be with thee: be of good courage, and do it. -- ezra 10:4 +. +Then arose Ezra, and made the chief priests, the Levites, and all Israel, to swear that they should do according to this word. And they sware. -- ezra 10:5 +. +Then Ezra rose up from before the house of God, and went into the chamber of Johanan the son of Eliashib: and when he came thither, he did eat no bread, nor drink water: for he mourned because of the transgression of them that had been carried away. -- ezra 10:6 +. +And they made proclamation throughout Judah and Jerusalem unto all the children of the captivity, that they should gather themselves together unto Jerusalem; -- ezra 10:7 +. +And that whosoever would not come within three days, according to the counsel of the princes and the elders, all his substance should be forfeited, and himself separated from the congregation of those that had been carried away. -- ezra 10:8 +. +Then all the men of Judah and Benjamin gathered themselves together unto Jerusalem within three days. It was the ninth month, on the twentieth day of the month; and all the people sat in the street of the house of God, trembling because of this matter, and for the great rain. -- ezra 10:9 +. +And Ezra the priest stood up, and said unto them, Ye have transgressed, and have taken strange wives, to increase the trespass of Israel. -- ezra 10:10 +. +Now therefore make confession unto the LORD God of your fathers, and do his pleasure: and separate yourselves from the people of the land, and from the strange wives. -- ezra 10:11 +. +Then all the congregation answered and said with a loud voice, As thou hast said, so must we do. -- ezra 10:12 +. +But the people are many, and it is a time of much rain, and we are not able to stand without, neither is this a work of one day or two: for we are many that have transgressed in this thing. -- ezra 10:13 +. +Let now our rulers of all the congregation stand, and let all them which have taken strange wives in our cities come at appointed times, and with them the elders of every city, and the judges thereof, until the fierce wrath of our God for this matter be turned from us. -- ezra 10:14 +. +Only Jonathan the son of Asahel and Jahaziah the son of Tikvah were employed about this matter: and Meshullam and Shabbethai the Levite helped them. -- ezra 10:15 +. +And the children of the captivity did so. And Ezra the priest, with certain chief of the fathers, after the house of their fathers, and all of them by their names, were separated, and sat down in the first day of the tenth month to examine the matter. -- ezra 10:16 +. +And they made an end with all the men that had taken strange wives by the first day of the first month. -- ezra 10:17 +. +And among the sons of the priests there were found that had taken strange wives: namely, of the sons of Jeshua the son of Jozadak, and his brethren; Maaseiah, and Eliezer, and Jarib, and Gedaliah. -- ezra 10:18 +. +And they gave their hands that they would put away their wives; and being guilty, they offered a ram of the flock for their trespass. -- ezra 10:19 +. +And of the sons of Immer; Hanani, and Zebadiah. -- ezra 10:20 +. +And of the sons of Harim; Maaseiah, and Elijah, and Shemaiah, and Jehiel, and Uzziah. -- ezra 10:21 +. +And of the sons of Pashur; Elioenai, Maaseiah, Ishmael, Nethaneel, Jozabad, and Elasah. -- ezra 10:22 +. +Also of the Levites; Jozabad, and Shimei, and Kelaiah, (the same is Kelita,) Pethahiah, Judah, and Eliezer. -- ezra 10:23 +. +Of the singers also; Eliashib: and of the porters; Shallum, and Telem, and Uri. -- ezra 10:24 +. +Moreover of Israel: of the sons of Parosh; Ramiah, and Jeziah, and Malchiah, and Miamin, and Eleazar, and Malchijah, and Benaiah. -- ezra 10:25 +. +And of the sons of Elam; Mattaniah, Zechariah, and Jehiel, and Abdi, and Jeremoth, and Eliah. -- ezra 10:26 +. +And of the sons of Zattu; Elioenai, Eliashib, Mattaniah, and Jeremoth, and Zabad, and Aziza. -- ezra 10:27 +. +Of the sons also of Bebai; Jehohanan, Hananiah, Zabbai, and Athlai. -- ezra 10:28 +. +And of the sons of Bani; Meshullam, Malluch, and Adaiah, Jashub, and Sheal, and Ramoth. -- ezra 10:29 +. +And of the sons of Pahathmoab; Adna, and Chelal, Benaiah, Maaseiah, Mattaniah, Bezaleel, and Binnui, and Manasseh. -- ezra 10:30 +. +And of the sons of Harim; Eliezer, Ishijah, Malchiah, Shemaiah, Shimeon, -- ezra 10:31 +. +Benjamin, Malluch, and Shemariah. -- ezra 10:32 +. +Of the sons of Hashum; Mattenai, Mattathah, Zabad, Eliphelet, Jeremai, Manasseh, and Shimei. -- ezra 10:33 +. +Of the sons of Bani; Maadai, Amram, and Uel, -- ezra 10:34 +. +Benaiah, Bedeiah, Chelluh, -- ezra 10:35 +. +Vaniah, Meremoth, Eliashib, -- ezra 10:36 +. +Mattaniah, Mattenai, and Jaasau, -- ezra 10:37 +. +And Bani, and Binnui, Shimei, -- ezra 10:38 +. +And Shelemiah, and Nathan, and Adaiah, -- ezra 10:39 +. +Machnadebai, Shashai, Sharai, -- ezra 10:40 +. +Azareel, and Shelemiah, Shemariah, -- ezra 10:41 +. +Shallum, Amariah, and Joseph. -- ezra 10:42 +. +Of the sons of Nebo; Jeiel, Mattithiah, Zabad, Zebina, Jadau, and Joel, Benaiah. -- ezra 10:43 +. +All these had taken strange wives: and some of them had wives by whom they had children. -- ezra 10:44 +. +The words of Nehemiah the son of Hachaliah. And it came to pass in the month Chisleu, in the twentieth year, as I was in Shushan the palace, -- nehemiah 1:1 +. +That Hanani, one of my brethren, came, he and certain men of Judah; and I asked them concerning the Jews that had escaped, which were left of the captivity, and concerning Jerusalem. -- nehemiah 1:2 +. +And they said unto me, The remnant that are left of the captivity there in the province are in great affliction and reproach: the wall of Jerusalem also is broken down, and the gates thereof are burned with fire. -- nehemiah 1:3 +. +And it came to pass, when I heard these words, that I sat down and wept, and mourned certain days, and fasted, and prayed before the God of heaven, -- nehemiah 1:4 +. +And said, I beseech thee, O LORD God of heaven, the great and terrible God, that keepeth covenant and mercy for them that love him and observe his commandments: -- nehemiah 1:5 +. +Let thine ear now be attentive, and thine eyes open, that thou mayest hear the prayer of thy servant, which I pray before thee now, day and night, for the children of Israel thy servants, and confess the sins of the children of Israel, which we have sinned against thee: both I and my father's house have sinned. -- nehemiah 1:6 +. +We have dealt very corruptly against thee, and have not kept the commandments, nor the statutes, nor the judgments, which thou commandedst thy servant Moses. -- nehemiah 1:7 +. +Remember, I beseech thee, the word that thou commandedst thy servant Moses, saying, If ye transgress, I will scatter you abroad among the nations: -- nehemiah 1:8 +. +But if ye turn unto me, and keep my commandments, and do them; though there were of you cast out unto the uttermost part of the heaven, yet will I gather them from thence, and will bring them unto the place that I have chosen to set my name there. -- nehemiah 1:9 +. +Now these are thy servants and thy people, whom thou hast redeemed by thy great power, and by thy strong hand. -- nehemiah 1:10 +. +O LORD, I beseech thee, let now thine ear be attentive to the prayer of thy servant, and to the prayer of thy servants, who desire to fear thy name: and prosper, I pray thee, thy servant this day, and grant him mercy in the sight of this man. For I was the king's cupbearer. -- nehemiah 1:11 +. +And it came to pass in the month Nisan, in the twentieth year of Artaxerxes the king, that wine was before him: and I took up the wine, and gave it unto the king. Now I had not been beforetime sad in his presence. -- nehemiah 2:1 +. +Wherefore the king said unto me, Why is thy countenance sad, seeing thou art not sick? this is nothing else but sorrow of heart. Then I was very sore afraid, -- nehemiah 2:2 +. +And said unto the king, Let the king live for ever: why should not my countenance be sad, when the city, the place of my fathers' sepulchres, lieth waste, and the gates thereof are consumed with fire? -- nehemiah 2:3 +. +Then the king said unto me, For what dost thou make request? So I prayed to the God of heaven. -- nehemiah 2:4 +. +And I said unto the king, If it please the king, and if thy servant have found favour in thy sight, that thou wouldest send me unto Judah, unto the city of my fathers' sepulchres, that I may build it. -- nehemiah 2:5 +. +And the king said unto me, (the queen also sitting by him,) For how long shall thy journey be? and when wilt thou return? So it pleased the king to send me; and I set him a time. -- nehemiah 2:6 +. +Moreover I said unto the king, If it please the king, let letters be given me to the governors beyond the river, that they may convey me over till I come into Judah; -- nehemiah 2:7 +. +And a letter unto Asaph the keeper of the king's forest, that he may give me timber to make beams for the gates of the palace which appertained to the house, and for the wall of the city, and for the house that I shall enter into. And the king granted me, according to the good hand of my God upon me. -- nehemiah 2:8 +. +Then I came to the governors beyond the river, and gave them the king's letters. Now the king had sent captains of the army and horsemen with me. -- nehemiah 2:9 +. +When Sanballat the Horonite, and Tobiah the servant, the Ammonite, heard of it, it grieved them exceedingly that there was come a man to seek the welfare of the children of Israel. -- nehemiah 2:10 +. +So I came to Jerusalem, and was there three days. -- nehemiah 2:11 +. +And I arose in the night, I and some few men with me; neither told I any man what my God had put in my heart to do at Jerusalem: neither was there any beast with me, save the beast that I rode upon. -- nehemiah 2:12 +. +And I went out by night by the gate of the valley, even before the dragon well, and to the dung port, and viewed the walls of Jerusalem, which were broken down, and the gates thereof were consumed with fire. -- nehemiah 2:13 +. +Then I went on to the gate of the fountain, and to the king's pool: but there was no place for the beast that was under me to pass. -- nehemiah 2:14 +. +Then went I up in the night by the brook, and viewed the wall, and turned back, and entered by the gate of the valley, and so returned. -- nehemiah 2:15 +. +And the rulers knew not whither I went, or what I did; neither had I as yet told it to the Jews, nor to the priests, nor to the nobles, nor to the rulers, nor to the rest that did the work. -- nehemiah 2:16 +. +Then said I unto them, Ye see the distress that we are in, how Jerusalem lieth waste, and the gates thereof are burned with fire: come, and let us build up the wall of Jerusalem, that we be no more a reproach. -- nehemiah 2:17 +. +Then I told them of the hand of my God which was good upon me; as also the king's words that he had spoken unto me. And they said, Let us rise up and build. So they strengthened their hands for this good work. -- nehemiah 2:18 +. +But when Sanballat the Horonite, and Tobiah the servant, the Ammonite, and Geshem the Arabian, heard it, they laughed us to scorn, and despised us, and said, What is this thing that ye do? will ye rebel against the king? -- nehemiah 2:19 +. +Then answered I them, and said unto them, The God of heaven, he will prosper us; therefore we his servants will arise and build: but ye have no portion, nor right, nor memorial, in Jerusalem. -- nehemiah 2:20 +. +Then Eliashib the high priest rose up with his brethren the priests, and they builded the sheep gate; they sanctified it, and set up the doors of it; even unto the tower of Meah they sanctified it, unto the tower of Hananeel. -- nehemiah 3:1 +. +And next unto him builded the men of Jericho. And next to them builded Zaccur the son of Imri. -- nehemiah 3:2 +. +But the fish gate did the sons of Hassenaah build, who also laid the beams thereof, and set up the doors thereof, the locks thereof, and the bars thereof. -- nehemiah 3:3 +. +And next unto them repaired Meremoth the son of Urijah, the son of Koz. And next unto them repaired Meshullam the son of Berechiah, the son of Meshezabeel. And next unto them repaired Zadok the son of Baana. -- nehemiah 3:4 +. +And next unto them the Tekoites repaired; but their nobles put not their necks to the work of their LORD. -- nehemiah 3:5 +. +Moreover the old gate repaired Jehoiada the son of Paseah, and Meshullam the son of Besodeiah; they laid the beams thereof, and set up the doors thereof, and the locks thereof, and the bars thereof. -- nehemiah 3:6 +. +And next unto them repaired Melatiah the Gibeonite, and Jadon the Meronothite, the men of Gibeon, and of Mizpah, unto the throne of the governor on this side the river. -- nehemiah 3:7 +. +Next unto him repaired Uzziel the son of Harhaiah, of the goldsmiths. Next unto him also repaired Hananiah the son of one of the apothecaries, and they fortified Jerusalem unto the broad wall. -- nehemiah 3:8 +. +And next unto them repaired Rephaiah the son of Hur, the ruler of the half part of Jerusalem. -- nehemiah 3:9 +. +And next unto them repaired Jedaiah the son of Harumaph, even over against his house. And next unto him repaired Hattush the son of Hashabniah. -- nehemiah 3:10 +. +Malchijah the son of Harim, and Hashub the son of Pahathmoab, repaired the other piece, and the tower of the furnaces. -- nehemiah 3:11 +. +And next unto him repaired Shallum the son of Halohesh, the ruler of the half part of Jerusalem, he and his daughters. -- nehemiah 3:12 +. +The valley gate repaired Hanun, and the inhabitants of Zanoah; they built it, and set up the doors thereof, the locks thereof, and the bars thereof, and a thousand cubits on the wall unto the dung gate. -- nehemiah 3:13 +. +But the dung gate repaired Malchiah the son of Rechab, the ruler of part of Bethhaccerem; he built it, and set up the doors thereof, the locks thereof, and the bars thereof. -- nehemiah 3:14 +. +But the gate of the fountain repaired Shallun the son of Colhozeh, the ruler of part of Mizpah; he built it, and covered it, and set up the doors thereof, the locks thereof, and the bars thereof, and the wall of the pool of Siloah by the king's garden, and unto the stairs that go down from the city of David. -- nehemiah 3:15 +. +After him repaired Nehemiah the son of Azbuk, the ruler of the half part of Bethzur, unto the place over against the sepulchres of David, and to the pool that was made, and unto the house of the mighty. -- nehemiah 3:16 +. +After him repaired the Levites, Rehum the son of Bani. Next unto him repaired Hashabiah, the ruler of the half part of Keilah, in his part. -- nehemiah 3:17 +. +After him repaired their brethren, Bavai the son of Henadad, the ruler of the half part of Keilah. -- nehemiah 3:18 +. +And next to him repaired Ezer the son of Jeshua, the ruler of Mizpah, another piece over against the going up to the armoury at the turning of the wall. -- nehemiah 3:19 +. +After him Baruch the son of Zabbai earnestly repaired the other piece, from the turning of the wall unto the door of the house of Eliashib the high priest. -- nehemiah 3:20 +. +After him repaired Meremoth the son of Urijah the son of Koz another piece, from the door of the house of Eliashib even to the end of the house of Eliashib. -- nehemiah 3:21 +. +And after him repaired the priests, the men of the plain. -- nehemiah 3:22 +. +After him repaired Benjamin and Hashub over against their house. After him repaired Azariah the son of Maaseiah the son of Ananiah by his house. -- nehemiah 3:23 +. +After him repaired Binnui the son of Henadad another piece, from the house of Azariah unto the turning of the wall, even unto the corner. -- nehemiah 3:24 +. +Palal the son of Uzai, over against the turning of the wall, and the tower which lieth out from the king's high house, that was by the court of the prison. After him Pedaiah the son of Parosh. -- nehemiah 3:25 +. +Moreover the Nethinims dwelt in Ophel, unto the place over against the water gate toward the east, and the tower that lieth out. -- nehemiah 3:26 +. +After them the Tekoites repaired another piece, over against the great tower that lieth out, even unto the wall of Ophel. -- nehemiah 3:27 +. +From above the horse gate repaired the priests, every one over against his house. -- nehemiah 3:28 +. +After them repaired Zadok the son of Immer over against his house. After him repaired also Shemaiah the son of Shechaniah, the keeper of the east gate. -- nehemiah 3:29 +. +After him repaired Hananiah the son of Shelemiah, and Hanun the sixth son of Zalaph, another piece. After him repaired Meshullam the son of Berechiah over against his chamber. -- nehemiah 3:30 +. +After him repaired Malchiah the goldsmith's son unto the place of the Nethinims, and of the merchants, over against the gate Miphkad, and to the going up of the corner. -- nehemiah 3:31 +. +And between the going up of the corner unto the sheep gate repaired the goldsmiths and the merchants. -- nehemiah 3:32 +. +But it came to pass, that when Sanballat heard that we builded the wall, he was wroth, and took great indignation, and mocked the Jews. -- nehemiah 4:1 +. +And he spake before his brethren and the army of Samaria, and said, What do these feeble Jews? will they fortify themselves? will they sacrifice? will they make an end in a day? will they revive the stones out of the heaps of the rubbish which are burned? -- nehemiah 4:2 +. +Now Tobiah the Ammonite was by him, and he said, Even that which they build, if a fox go up, he shall even break down their stone wall. -- nehemiah 4:3 +. +Hear, O our God; for we are despised: and turn their reproach upon their own head, and give them for a prey in the land of captivity: -- nehemiah 4:4 +. +And cover not their iniquity, and let not their sin be blotted out from before thee: for they have provoked thee to anger before the builders. -- nehemiah 4:5 +. +So built we the wall; and all the wall was joined together unto the half thereof: for the people had a mind to work. -- nehemiah 4:6 +. +But it came to pass, that when Sanballat, and Tobiah, and the Arabians, and the Ammonites, and the Ashdodites, heard that the walls of Jerusalem were made up, and that the breaches began to be stopped, then they were very wroth, -- nehemiah 4:7 +. +And conspired all of them together to come and to fight against Jerusalem, and to hinder it. -- nehemiah 4:8 +. +Nevertheless we made our prayer unto our God, and set a watch against them day and night, because of them. -- nehemiah 4:9 +. +And Judah said, The strength of the bearers of burdens is decayed, and there is much rubbish; so that we are not able to build the wall. -- nehemiah 4:10 +. +And our adversaries said, They shall not know, neither see, till we come in the midst among them, and slay them, and cause the work to cease. -- nehemiah 4:11 +. +And it came to pass, that when the Jews which dwelt by them came, they said unto us ten times, From all places whence ye shall return unto us they will be upon you. -- nehemiah 4:12 +. +Therefore set I in the lower places behind the wall, and on the higher places, I even set the people after their families with their swords, their spears, and their bows. -- nehemiah 4:13 +. +And I looked, and rose up, and said unto the nobles, and to the rulers, and to the rest of the people, Be not ye afraid of them: remember the LORD, which is great and terrible, and fight for your brethren, your sons, and your daughters, your wives, and your houses. -- nehemiah 4:14 +. +And it came to pass, when our enemies heard that it was known unto us, and God had brought their counsel to nought, that we returned all of us to the wall, every one unto his work. -- nehemiah 4:15 +. +And it came to pass from that time forth, that the half of my servants wrought in the work, and the other half of them held both the spears, the shields, and the bows, and the habergeons; and the rulers were behind all the house of Judah. -- nehemiah 4:16 +. +They which builded on the wall, and they that bare burdens, with those that laded, every one with one of his hands wrought in the work, and with the other hand held a weapon. -- nehemiah 4:17 +. +For the builders, every one had his sword girded by his side, and so builded. And he that sounded the trumpet was by me. -- nehemiah 4:18 +. +And I said unto the nobles, and to the rulers, and to the rest of the people, The work is great and large, and we are separated upon the wall, one far from another. -- nehemiah 4:19 +. +In what place therefore ye hear the sound of the trumpet, resort ye thither unto us: our God shall fight for us. -- nehemiah 4:20 +. +So we laboured in the work: and half of them held the spears from the rising of the morning till the stars appeared. -- nehemiah 4:21 +. +Likewise at the same time said I unto the people, Let every one with his servant lodge within Jerusalem, that in the night they may be a guard to us, and labour on the day. -- nehemiah 4:22 +. +So neither I, nor my brethren, nor my servants, nor the men of the guard which followed me, none of us put off our clothes, saving that every one put them off for washing. -- nehemiah 4:23 +. +And there was a great cry of the people and of their wives against their brethren the Jews. -- nehemiah 5:1 +. +For there were that said, We, our sons, and our daughters, are many: therefore we take up corn for them, that we may eat, and live. -- nehemiah 5:2 +. +Some also there were that said, We have mortgaged our lands, vineyards, and houses, that we might buy corn, because of the dearth. -- nehemiah 5:3 +. +There were also that said, We have borrowed money for the king's tribute, and that upon our lands and vineyards. -- nehemiah 5:4 +. +Yet now our flesh is as the flesh of our brethren, our children as their children: and, lo, we bring into bondage our sons and our daughters to be servants, and some of our daughters are brought unto bondage already: neither is it in our power to redeem them; for other men have our lands and vineyards. -- nehemiah 5:5 +. +And I was very angry when I heard their cry and these words. -- nehemiah 5:6 +. +Then I consulted with myself, and I rebuked the nobles, and the rulers, and said unto them, Ye exact usury, every one of his brother. And I set a great assembly against them. -- nehemiah 5:7 +. +And I said unto them, We after our ability have redeemed our brethren the Jews, which were sold unto the heathen; and will ye even sell your brethren? or shall they be sold unto us? Then held they their peace, and found nothing to answer. -- nehemiah 5:8 +. +Also I said, It is not good that ye do: ought ye not to walk in the fear of our God because of the reproach of the heathen our enemies? -- nehemiah 5:9 +. +I likewise, and my brethren, and my servants, might exact of them money and corn: I pray you, let us leave off this usury. -- nehemiah 5:10 +. +Restore, I pray you, to them, even this day, their lands, their vineyards, their oliveyards, and their houses, also the hundredth part of the money, and of the corn, the wine, and the oil, that ye exact of them. -- nehemiah 5:11 +. +Then said they, We will restore them, and will require nothing of them; so will we do as thou sayest. Then I called the priests, and took an oath of them, that they should do according to this promise. -- nehemiah 5:12 +. +Also I shook my lap, and said, So God shake out every man from his house, and from his labour, that performeth not this promise, even thus be he shaken out, and emptied. And all the congregation said, Amen, and praised the LORD. And the people did according to this promise. -- nehemiah 5:13 +. +Moreover from the time that I was appointed to be their governor in the land of Judah, from the twentieth year even unto the two and thirtieth year of Artaxerxes the king, that is, twelve years, I and my brethren have not eaten the bread of the governor. -- nehemiah 5:14 +. +But the former governors that had been before me were chargeable unto the people, and had taken of them bread and wine, beside forty shekels of silver; yea, even their servants bare rule over the people: but so did not I, because of the fear of God. -- nehemiah 5:15 +. +Yea, also I continued in the work of this wall, neither bought we any land: and all my servants were gathered thither unto the work. -- nehemiah 5:16 +. +Moreover there were at my table an hundred and fifty of the Jews and rulers, beside those that came unto us from among the heathen that are about us. -- nehemiah 5:17 +. +Now that which was prepared for me daily was one ox and six choice sheep; also fowls were prepared for me, and once in ten days store of all sorts of wine: yet for all this required not I the bread of the governor, because the bondage was heavy upon this people. -- nehemiah 5:18 +. +Think upon me, my God, for good, according to all that I have done for this people. -- nehemiah 5:19 +. +Now it came to pass when Sanballat, and Tobiah, and Geshem the Arabian, and the rest of our enemies, heard that I had builded the wall, and that there was no breach left therein; (though at that time I had not set up the doors upon the gates;) -- nehemiah 6:1 +. +That Sanballat and Geshem sent unto me, saying, Come, let us meet together in some one of the villages in the plain of Ono. But they thought to do me mischief. -- nehemiah 6:2 +. +And I sent messengers unto them, saying, I am doing a great work, so that I cannot come down: why should the work cease, whilst I leave it, and come down to you? -- nehemiah 6:3 +. +Yet they sent unto me four times after this sort; and I answered them after the same manner. -- nehemiah 6:4 +. +Then sent Sanballat his servant unto me in like manner the fifth time with an open letter in his hand; -- nehemiah 6:5 +. +Wherein was written, It is reported among the heathen, and Gashmu saith it, that thou and the Jews think to rebel: for which cause thou buildest the wall, that thou mayest be their king, according to these words. -- nehemiah 6:6 +. +And thou hast also appointed prophets to preach of thee at Jerusalem, saying, There is a king in Judah: and now shall it be reported to the king according to these words. Come now therefore, and let us take counsel together. -- nehemiah 6:7 +. +Then I sent unto him, saying, There are no such things done as thou sayest, but thou feignest them out of thine own heart. -- nehemiah 6:8 +. +For they all made us afraid, saying, Their hands shall be weakened from the work, that it be not done. Now therefore, O God, strengthen my hands. -- nehemiah 6:9 +. +Afterward I came unto the house of Shemaiah the son of Delaiah the son of Mehetabeel, who was shut up; and he said, Let us meet together in the house of God, within the temple, and let us shut the doors of the temple: for they will come to slay thee; yea, in the night will they come to slay thee. -- nehemiah 6:10 +. +And I said, Should such a man as I flee? and who is there, that, being as I am, would go into the temple to save his life? I will not go in. -- nehemiah 6:11 +. +And, lo, I perceived that God had not sent him; but that he pronounced this prophecy against me: for Tobiah and Sanballat had hired him. -- nehemiah 6:12 +. +Therefore was he hired, that I should be afraid, and do so, and sin, and that they might have matter for an evil report, that they might reproach me. -- nehemiah 6:13 +. +My God, think thou upon Tobiah and Sanballat according to these their works, and on the prophetess Noadiah, and the rest of the prophets, that would have put me in fear. -- nehemiah 6:14 +. +So the wall was finished in the twenty and fifth day of the month Elul, in fifty and two days. -- nehemiah 6:15 +. +And it came to pass, that when all our enemies heard thereof, and all the heathen that were about us saw these things, they were much cast down in their own eyes: for they perceived that this work was wrought of our God. -- nehemiah 6:16 +. +Moreover in those days the nobles of Judah sent many letters unto Tobiah, and the letters of Tobiah came unto them. -- nehemiah 6:17 +. +For there were many in Judah sworn unto him, because he was the son in law of Shechaniah the son of Arah; and his son Johanan had taken the daughter of Meshullam the son of Berechiah. -- nehemiah 6:18 +. +Also they reported his good deeds before me, and uttered my words to him. And Tobiah sent letters to put me in fear. -- nehemiah 6:19 +. +Now it came to pass, when the wall was built, and I had set up the doors, and the porters and the singers and the Levites were appointed, -- nehemiah 7:1 +. +That I gave my brother Hanani, and Hananiah the ruler of the palace, charge over Jerusalem: for he was a faithful man, and feared God above many. -- nehemiah 7:2 +. +And I said unto them, Let not the gates of Jerusalem be opened until the sun be hot; and while they stand by, let them shut the doors, and bar them: and appoint watches of the inhabitants of Jerusalem, every one in his watch, and every one to be over against his house. -- nehemiah 7:3 +. +Now the city was large and great: but the people were few therein, and the houses were not builded. -- nehemiah 7:4 +. +And my God put into mine heart to gather together the nobles, and the rulers, and the people, that they might be reckoned by genealogy. And I found a register of the genealogy of them which came up at the first, and found written therein, -- nehemiah 7:5 +. +These are the children of the province, that went up out of the captivity, of those that had been carried away, whom Nebuchadnezzar the king of Babylon had carried away, and came again to Jerusalem and to Judah, every one unto his city; -- nehemiah 7:6 +. +Who came with Zerubbabel, Jeshua, Nehemiah, Azariah, Raamiah, Nahamani, Mordecai, Bilshan, Mispereth, Bigvai, Nehum, Baanah. The number, I say, of the men of the people of Israel was this; -- nehemiah 7:7 +. +The children of Parosh, two thousand an hundred seventy and two. -- nehemiah 7:8 +. +The children of Shephatiah, three hundred seventy and two. -- nehemiah 7:9 +. +The children of Arah, six hundred fifty and two. -- nehemiah 7:10 +. +The children of Pahathmoab, of the children of Jeshua and Joab, two thousand and eight hundred and eighteen. -- nehemiah 7:11 +. +The children of Elam, a thousand two hundred fifty and four. -- nehemiah 7:12 +. +The children of Zattu, eight hundred forty and five. -- nehemiah 7:13 +. +The children of Zaccai, seven hundred and threescore. -- nehemiah 7:14 +. +The children of Binnui, six hundred forty and eight. -- nehemiah 7:15 +. +The children of Bebai, six hundred twenty and eight. -- nehemiah 7:16 +. +The children of Azgad, two thousand three hundred twenty and two. -- nehemiah 7:17 +. +The children of Adonikam, six hundred threescore and seven. -- nehemiah 7:18 +. +The children of Bigvai, two thousand threescore and seven. -- nehemiah 7:19 +. +The children of Adin, six hundred fifty and five. -- nehemiah 7:20 +. +The children of Ater of Hezekiah, ninety and eight. -- nehemiah 7:21 +. +The children of Hashum, three hundred twenty and eight. -- nehemiah 7:22 +. +The children of Bezai, three hundred twenty and four. -- nehemiah 7:23 +. +The children of Hariph, an hundred and twelve. -- nehemiah 7:24 +. +The children of Gibeon, ninety and five. -- nehemiah 7:25 +. +The men of Bethlehem and Netophah, an hundred fourscore and eight. -- nehemiah 7:26 +. +The men of Anathoth, an hundred twenty and eight. -- nehemiah 7:27 +. +The men of Bethazmaveth, forty and two. -- nehemiah 7:28 +. +The men of Kirjathjearim, Chephirah, and Beeroth, seven hundred forty and three. -- nehemiah 7:29 +. +The men of Ramah and Gaba, six hundred twenty and one. -- nehemiah 7:30 +. +The men of Michmas, an hundred and twenty and two. -- nehemiah 7:31 +. +The men of Bethel and Ai, an hundred twenty and three. -- nehemiah 7:32 +. +The men of the other Nebo, fifty and two. -- nehemiah 7:33 +. +The children of the other Elam, a thousand two hundred fifty and four. -- nehemiah 7:34 +. +The children of Harim, three hundred and twenty. -- nehemiah 7:35 +. +The children of Jericho, three hundred forty and five. -- nehemiah 7:36 +. +The children of Lod, Hadid, and Ono, seven hundred twenty and one. -- nehemiah 7:37 +. +The children of Senaah, three thousand nine hundred and thirty. -- nehemiah 7:38 +. +The priests: the children of Jedaiah, of the house of Jeshua, nine hundred seventy and three. -- nehemiah 7:39 +. +The children of Immer, a thousand fifty and two. -- nehemiah 7:40 +. +The children of Pashur, a thousand two hundred forty and seven. -- nehemiah 7:41 +. +The children of Harim, a thousand and seventeen. -- nehemiah 7:42 +. +The Levites: the children of Jeshua, of Kadmiel, and of the children of Hodevah, seventy and four. -- nehemiah 7:43 +. +The singers: the children of Asaph, an hundred forty and eight. -- nehemiah 7:44 +. +The porters: the children of Shallum, the children of Ater, the children of Talmon, the children of Akkub, the children of Hatita, the children of Shobai, an hundred thirty and eight. -- nehemiah 7:45 +. +The Nethinims: the children of Ziha, the children of Hashupha, the children of Tabbaoth, -- nehemiah 7:46 +. +The children of Keros, the children of Sia, the children of Padon, -- nehemiah 7:47 +. +The children of Lebana, the children of Hagaba, the children of Shalmai, -- nehemiah 7:48 +. +The children of Hanan, the children of Giddel, the children of Gahar, -- nehemiah 7:49 +. +The children of Reaiah, the children of Rezin, the children of Nekoda, -- nehemiah 7:50 +. +The children of Gazzam, the children of Uzza, the children of Phaseah, -- nehemiah 7:51 +. +The children of Besai, the children of Meunim, the children of Nephishesim, -- nehemiah 7:52 +. +The children of Bakbuk, the children of Hakupha, the children of Harhur, -- nehemiah 7:53 +. +The children of Bazlith, the children of Mehida, the children of Harsha, -- nehemiah 7:54 +. +The children of Barkos, the children of Sisera, the children of Tamah, -- nehemiah 7:55 +. +The children of Neziah, the children of Hatipha. -- nehemiah 7:56 +. +The children of Solomon's servants: the children of Sotai, the children of Sophereth, the children of Perida, -- nehemiah 7:57 +. +The children of Jaala, the children of Darkon, the children of Giddel, -- nehemiah 7:58 +. +The children of Shephatiah, the children of Hattil, the children of Pochereth of Zebaim, the children of Amon. -- nehemiah 7:59 +. +All the Nethinims, and the children of Solomon's servants, were three hundred ninety and two. -- nehemiah 7:60 +. +And these were they which went up also from Telmelah, Telharesha, Cherub, Addon, and Immer: but they could not shew their father's house, nor their seed, whether they were of Israel. -- nehemiah 7:61 +. +The children of Delaiah, the children of Tobiah, the children of Nekoda, six hundred forty and two. -- nehemiah 7:62 +. +And of the priests: the children of Habaiah, the children of Koz, the children of Barzillai, which took one of the daughters of Barzillai the Gileadite to wife, and was called after their name. -- nehemiah 7:63 +. +These sought their register among those that were reckoned by genealogy, but it was not found: therefore were they, as polluted, put from the priesthood. -- nehemiah 7:64 +. +And the Tirshatha said unto them, that they should not eat of the most holy things, till there stood up a priest with Urim and Thummim. -- nehemiah 7:65 +. +The whole congregation together was forty and two thousand three hundred and threescore, -- nehemiah 7:66 +. +Beside their manservants and their maidservants, of whom there were seven thousand three hundred thirty and seven: and they had two hundred forty and five singing men and singing women. -- nehemiah 7:67 +. +Their horses, seven hundred thirty and six: their mules, two hundred forty and five: -- nehemiah 7:68 +. +Their camels, four hundred thirty and five: six thousand seven hundred and twenty asses. -- nehemiah 7:69 +. +And some of the chief of the fathers gave unto the work. The Tirshatha gave to the treasure a thousand drams of gold, fifty basons, five hundred and thirty priests' garments. -- nehemiah 7:70 +. +And some of the chief of the fathers gave to the treasure of the work twenty thousand drams of gold, and two thousand and two hundred pound of silver. -- nehemiah 7:71 +. +And that which the rest of the people gave was twenty thousand drams of gold, and two thousand pound of silver, and threescore and seven priests' garments. -- nehemiah 7:72 +. +So the priests, and the Levites, and the porters, and the singers, and some of the people, and the Nethinims, and all Israel, dwelt in their cities; and when the seventh month came, the children of Israel were in their cities. -- nehemiah 7:73 +. +And all the people gathered themselves together as one man into the street that was before the water gate; and they spake unto Ezra the scribe to bring the book of the law of Moses, which the LORD had commanded to Israel. -- nehemiah 8:1 +. +And Ezra the priest brought the law before the congregation both of men and women, and all that could hear with understanding, upon the first day of the seventh month. -- nehemiah 8:2 +. +And he read therein before the street that was before the water gate from the morning until midday, before the men and the women, and those that could understand; and the ears of all the people were attentive unto the book of the law. -- nehemiah 8:3 +. +And Ezra the scribe stood upon a pulpit of wood, which they had made for the purpose; and beside him stood Mattithiah, and Shema, and Anaiah, and Urijah, and Hilkiah, and Maaseiah, on his right hand; and on his left hand, Pedaiah, and Mishael, and Malchiah, and Hashum, and Hashbadana, Zechariah, and Meshullam. -- nehemiah 8:4 +. +And Ezra opened the book in the sight of all the people; (for he was above all the people;) and when he opened it, all the people stood up: -- nehemiah 8:5 +. +And Ezra blessed the LORD, the great God. And all the people answered, Amen, Amen, with lifting up their hands: and they bowed their heads, and worshipped the LORD with their faces to the ground. -- nehemiah 8:6 +. +Also Jeshua, and Bani, and Sherebiah, Jamin, Akkub, Shabbethai, Hodijah, Maaseiah, Kelita, Azariah, Jozabad, Hanan, Pelaiah, and the Levites, caused the people to understand the law: and the people stood in their place. -- nehemiah 8:7 +. +So they read in the book in the law of God distinctly, and gave the sense, and caused them to understand the reading. -- nehemiah 8:8 +. +And Nehemiah, which is the Tirshatha, and Ezra the priest the scribe, and the Levites that taught the people, said unto all the people, This day is holy unto the LORD your God; mourn not, nor weep. For all the people wept, when they heard the words of the law. -- nehemiah 8:9 +. +Then he said unto them, Go your way, eat the fat, and drink the sweet, and send portions unto them for whom nothing is prepared: for this day is holy unto our LORD: neither be ye sorry; for the joy of the LORD is your strength. -- nehemiah 8:10 +. +So the Levites stilled all the people, saying, Hold your peace, for the day is holy; neither be ye grieved. -- nehemiah 8:11 +. +And all the people went their way to eat, and to drink, and to send portions, and to make great mirth, because they had understood the words that were declared unto them. -- nehemiah 8:12 +. +And on the second day were gathered together the chief of the fathers of all the people, the priests, and the Levites, unto Ezra the scribe, even to understand the words of the law. -- nehemiah 8:13 +. +And they found written in the law which the LORD had commanded by Moses, that the children of Israel should dwell in booths in the feast of the seventh month: -- nehemiah 8:14 +. +And that they should publish and proclaim in all their cities, and in Jerusalem, saying, Go forth unto the mount, and fetch olive branches, and pine branches, and myrtle branches, and palm branches, and branches of thick trees, to make booths, as it is written. -- nehemiah 8:15 +. +So the people went forth, and brought them, and made themselves booths, every one upon the roof of his house, and in their courts, and in the courts of the house of God, and in the street of the water gate, and in the street of the gate of Ephraim. -- nehemiah 8:16 +. +And all the congregation of them that were come again out of the captivity made booths, and sat under the booths: for since the days of Jeshua the son of Nun unto that day had not the children of Israel done so. And there was very great gladness. -- nehemiah 8:17 +. +Also day by day, from the first day unto the last day, he read in the book of the law of God. And they kept the feast seven days; and on the eighth day was a solemn assembly, according unto the manner. -- nehemiah 8:18 +. +Now in the twenty and fourth day of this month the children of Israel were assembled with fasting, and with sackclothes, and earth upon them. -- nehemiah 9:1 +. +And the seed of Israel separated themselves from all strangers, and stood and confessed their sins, and the iniquities of their fathers. -- nehemiah 9:2 +. +And they stood up in their place, and read in the book of the law of the LORD their God one fourth part of the day; and another fourth part they confessed, and worshipped the LORD their God. -- nehemiah 9:3 +. +Then stood up upon the stairs, of the Levites, Jeshua, and Bani, Kadmiel, Shebaniah, Bunni, Sherebiah, Bani, and Chenani, and cried with a loud voice unto the LORD their God. -- nehemiah 9:4 +. +Then the Levites, Jeshua, and Kadmiel, Bani, Hashabniah, Sherebiah, Hodijah, Shebaniah, and Pethahiah, said, Stand up and bless the LORD your God for ever and ever: and blessed be thy glorious name, which is exalted above all blessing and praise. -- nehemiah 9:5 +. +Thou, even thou, art LORD alone; thou hast made heaven, the heaven of heavens, with all their host, the earth, and all things that are therein, the seas, and all that is therein, and thou preservest them all; and the host of heaven worshippeth thee. -- nehemiah 9:6 +. +Thou art the LORD the God, who didst choose Abram, and broughtest him forth out of Ur of the Chaldees, and gavest him the name of Abraham; -- nehemiah 9:7 +. +And foundest his heart faithful before thee, and madest a covenant with him to give the land of the Canaanites, the Hittites, the Amorites, and the Perizzites, and the Jebusites, and the Girgashites, to give it, I say, to his seed, and hast performed thy words; for thou art righteous: -- nehemiah 9:8 +. +And didst see the affliction of our fathers in Egypt, and heardest their cry by the Red sea; -- nehemiah 9:9 +. +And shewedst signs and wonders upon Pharaoh, and on all his servants, and on all the people of his land: for thou knewest that they dealt proudly against them. So didst thou get thee a name, as it is this day. -- nehemiah 9:10 +. +And thou didst divide the sea before them, so that they went through the midst of the sea on the dry land; and their persecutors thou threwest into the deeps, as a stone into the mighty waters. -- nehemiah 9:11 +. +Moreover thou leddest them in the day by a cloudy pillar; and in the night by a pillar of fire, to give them light in the way wherein they should go. -- nehemiah 9:12 +. +Thou camest down also upon mount Sinai, and spakest with them from heaven, and gavest them right judgments, and true laws, good statutes and commandments: -- nehemiah 9:13 +. +And madest known unto them thy holy sabbath, and commandedst them precepts, statutes, and laws, by the hand of Moses thy servant: -- nehemiah 9:14 +. +And gavest them bread from heaven for their hunger, and broughtest forth water for them out of the rock for their thirst, and promisedst them that they should go in to possess the land which thou hadst sworn to give them. -- nehemiah 9:15 +. +But they and our fathers dealt proudly, and hardened their necks, and hearkened not to thy commandments, -- nehemiah 9:16 +. +And refused to obey, neither were mindful of thy wonders that thou didst among them; but hardened their necks, and in their rebellion appointed a captain to return to their bondage: but thou art a God ready to pardon, gracious and merciful, slow to anger, and of great kindness, and forsookest them not. -- nehemiah 9:17 +. +Yea, when they had made them a molten calf, and said, This is thy God that brought thee up out of Egypt, and had wrought great provocations; -- nehemiah 9:18 +. +Yet thou in thy manifold mercies forsookest them not in the wilderness: the pillar of the cloud departed not from them by day, to lead them in the way; neither the pillar of fire by night, to shew them light, and the way wherein they should go. -- nehemiah 9:19 +. +Thou gavest also thy good spirit to instruct them, and withheldest not thy manna from their mouth, and gavest them water for their thirst. -- nehemiah 9:20 +. +Yea, forty years didst thou sustain them in the wilderness, so that they lacked nothing; their clothes waxed not old, and their feet swelled not. -- nehemiah 9:21 +. +Moreover thou gavest them kingdoms and nations, and didst divide them into corners: so they possessed the land of Sihon, and the land of the king of Heshbon, and the land of Og king of Bashan. -- nehemiah 9:22 +. +Their children also multipliedst thou as the stars of heaven, and broughtest them into the land, concerning which thou hadst promised to their fathers, that they should go in to possess it. -- nehemiah 9:23 +. +So the children went in and possessed the land, and thou subduedst before them the inhabitants of the land, the Canaanites, and gavest them into their hands, with their kings, and the people of the land, that they might do with them as they would. -- nehemiah 9:24 +. +And they took strong cities, and a fat land, and possessed houses full of all goods, wells digged, vineyards, and oliveyards, and fruit trees in abundance: so they did eat, and were filled, and became fat, and delighted themselves in thy great goodness. -- nehemiah 9:25 +. +Nevertheless they were disobedient, and rebelled against thee, and cast thy law behind their backs, and slew thy prophets which testified against them to turn them to thee, and they wrought great provocations. -- nehemiah 9:26 +. +Therefore thou deliveredst them into the hand of their enemies, who vexed them: and in the time of their trouble, when they cried unto thee, thou heardest them from heaven; and according to thy manifold mercies thou gavest them saviours, who saved them out of the hand of their enemies. -- nehemiah 9:27 +. +But after they had rest, they did evil again before thee: therefore leftest thou them in the land of their enemies, so that they had the dominion over them: yet when they returned, and cried unto thee, thou heardest them from heaven; and many times didst thou deliver them according to thy mercies; -- nehemiah 9:28 +. +And testifiedst against them, that thou mightest bring them again unto thy law: yet they dealt proudly, and hearkened not unto thy commandments, but sinned against thy judgments, (which if a man do, he shall live in them;) and withdrew the shoulder, and hardened their neck, and would not hear. -- nehemiah 9:29 +. +Yet many years didst thou forbear them, and testifiedst against them by thy spirit in thy prophets: yet would they not give ear: therefore gavest thou them into the hand of the people of the lands. -- nehemiah 9:30 +. +Nevertheless for thy great mercies' sake thou didst not utterly consume them, nor forsake them; for thou art a gracious and merciful God. -- nehemiah 9:31 +. +Now therefore, our God, the great, the mighty, and the terrible God, who keepest covenant and mercy, let not all the trouble seem little before thee, that hath come upon us, on our kings, on our princes, and on our priests, and on our prophets, and on our fathers, and on all thy people, since the time of the kings of Assyria unto this day. -- nehemiah 9:32 +. +Howbeit thou art just in all that is brought upon us; for thou hast done right, but we have done wickedly: -- nehemiah 9:33 +. +Neither have our kings, our princes, our priests, nor our fathers, kept thy law, nor hearkened unto thy commandments and thy testimonies, wherewith thou didst testify against them. -- nehemiah 9:34 +. +For they have not served thee in their kingdom, and in thy great goodness that thou gavest them, and in the large and fat land which thou gavest before them, neither turned they from their wicked works. -- nehemiah 9:35 +. +Behold, we are servants this day, and for the land that thou gavest unto our fathers to eat the fruit thereof and the good thereof, behold, we are servants in it: -- nehemiah 9:36 +. +And it yieldeth much increase unto the kings whom thou hast set over us because of our sins: also they have dominion over our bodies, and over our cattle, at their pleasure, and we are in great distress. -- nehemiah 9:37 +. +And because of all this we make a sure covenant, and write it; and our princes, Levites, and priests, seal unto it. -- nehemiah 9:38 +. +Now those that sealed were, Nehemiah, the Tirshatha, the son of Hachaliah, and Zidkijah, -- nehemiah 10:1 +. +Seraiah, Azariah, Jeremiah, -- nehemiah 10:2 +. +Pashur, Amariah, Malchijah, -- nehemiah 10:3 +. +Hattush, Shebaniah, Malluch, -- nehemiah 10:4 +. +Harim, Meremoth, Obadiah, -- nehemiah 10:5 +. +Daniel, Ginnethon, Baruch, -- nehemiah 10:6 +. +Meshullam, Abijah, Mijamin, -- nehemiah 10:7 +. +Maaziah, Bilgai, Shemaiah: these were the priests. -- nehemiah 10:8 +. +And the Levites: both Jeshua the son of Azaniah, Binnui of the sons of Henadad, Kadmiel; -- nehemiah 10:9 +. +And their brethren, Shebaniah, Hodijah, Kelita, Pelaiah, Hanan, -- nehemiah 10:10 +. +Micha, Rehob, Hashabiah, -- nehemiah 10:11 +. +Zaccur, Sherebiah, Shebaniah, -- nehemiah 10:12 +. +Hodijah, Bani, Beninu. -- nehemiah 10:13 +. +The chief of the people; Parosh, Pahathmoab, Elam, Zatthu, Bani, -- nehemiah 10:14 +. +Bunni, Azgad, Bebai, -- nehemiah 10:15 +. +Adonijah, Bigvai, Adin, -- nehemiah 10:16 +. +Ater, Hizkijah, Azzur, -- nehemiah 10:17 +. +Hodijah, Hashum, Bezai, -- nehemiah 10:18 +. +Hariph, Anathoth, Nebai, -- nehemiah 10:19 +. +Magpiash, Meshullam, Hezir, -- nehemiah 10:20 +. +Meshezabeel, Zadok, Jaddua, -- nehemiah 10:21 +. +Pelatiah, Hanan, Anaiah, -- nehemiah 10:22 +. +Hoshea, Hananiah, Hashub, -- nehemiah 10:23 +. +Hallohesh, Pileha, Shobek, -- nehemiah 10:24 +. +Rehum, Hashabnah, Maaseiah, -- nehemiah 10:25 +. +And Ahijah, Hanan, Anan, -- nehemiah 10:26 +. +Malluch, Harim, Baanah. -- nehemiah 10:27 +. +And the rest of the people, the priests, the Levites, the porters, the singers, the Nethinims, and all they that had separated themselves from the people of the lands unto the law of God, their wives, their sons, and their daughters, every one having knowledge, and having understanding; -- nehemiah 10:28 +. +They clave to their brethren, their nobles, and entered into a curse, and into an oath, to walk in God's law, which was given by Moses the servant of God, and to observe and do all the commandments of the LORD our Lord, and his judgments and his statutes; -- nehemiah 10:29 +. +And that we would not give our daughters unto the people of the land, not take their daughters for our sons: -- nehemiah 10:30 +. +And if the people of the land bring ware or any victuals on the sabbath day to sell, that we would not buy it of them on the sabbath, or on the holy day: and that we would leave the seventh year, and the exaction of every debt. -- nehemiah 10:31 +. +Also we made ordinances for us, to charge ourselves yearly with the third part of a shekel for the service of the house of our God; -- nehemiah 10:32 +. +For the shewbread, and for the continual meat offering, and for the continual burnt offering, of the sabbaths, of the new moons, for the set feasts, and for the holy things, and for the sin offerings to make an atonement for Israel, and for all the work of the house of our God. -- nehemiah 10:33 +. +And we cast the lots among the priests, the Levites, and the people, for the wood offering, to bring it into the house of our God, after the houses of our fathers, at times appointed year by year, to burn upon the altar of the LORD our God, as it is written in the law: -- nehemiah 10:34 +. +And to bring the firstfruits of our ground, and the firstfruits of all fruit of all trees, year by year, unto the house of the LORD: -- nehemiah 10:35 +. +Also the firstborn of our sons, and of our cattle, as it is written in the law, and the firstlings of our herds and of our flocks, to bring to the house of our God, unto the priests that minister in the house of our God: -- nehemiah 10:36 +. +And that we should bring the firstfruits of our dough, and our offerings, and the fruit of all manner of trees, of wine and of oil, unto the priests, to the chambers of the house of our God; and the tithes of our ground unto the Levites, that the same Levites might have the tithes in all the cities of our tillage. -- nehemiah 10:37 +. +And the priest the son of Aaron shall be with the Levites, when the Levites take tithes: and the Levites shall bring up the tithe of the tithes unto the house of our God, to the chambers, into the treasure house. -- nehemiah 10:38 +. +For the children of Israel and the children of Levi shall bring the offering of the corn, of the new wine, and the oil, unto the chambers, where are the vessels of the sanctuary, and the priests that minister, and the porters, and the singers: and we will not forsake the house of our God. -- nehemiah 10:39 +. +And the rulers of the people dwelt at Jerusalem: the rest of the people also cast lots, to bring one of ten to dwell in Jerusalem the holy city, and nine parts to dwell in other cities. -- nehemiah 11:1 +. +And the people blessed all the men, that willingly offered themselves to dwell at Jerusalem. -- nehemiah 11:2 +. +Now these are the chief of the province that dwelt in Jerusalem: but in the cities of Judah dwelt every one in his possession in their cities, to wit, Israel, the priests, and the Levites, and the Nethinims, and the children of Solomon's servants. -- nehemiah 11:3 +. +And at Jerusalem dwelt certain of the children of Judah, and of the children of Benjamin. Of the children of Judah; Athaiah the son of Uzziah, the son of Zechariah, the son of Amariah, the son of Shephatiah, the son of Mahalaleel, of the children of Perez; -- nehemiah 11:4 +. +And Maaseiah the son of Baruch, the son of Colhozeh, the son of Hazaiah, the son of Adaiah, the son of Joiarib, the son of Zechariah, the son of Shiloni. -- nehemiah 11:5 +. +All the sons of Perez that dwelt at Jerusalem were four hundred threescore and eight valiant men. -- nehemiah 11:6 +. +And these are the sons of Benjamin; Sallu the son of Meshullam, the son of Joed, the son of Pedaiah, the son of Kolaiah, the son of Maaseiah, the son of Ithiel, the son of Jesaiah. -- nehemiah 11:7 +. +And after him Gabbai, Sallai, nine hundred twenty and eight. -- nehemiah 11:8 +. +And Joel the son of Zichri was their overseer: and Judah the son of Senuah was second over the city. -- nehemiah 11:9 +. +Of the priests: Jedaiah the son of Joiarib, Jachin. -- nehemiah 11:10 +. +Seraiah the son of Hilkiah, the son of Meshullam, the son of Zadok, the son of Meraioth, the son of Ahitub, was the ruler of the house of God. -- nehemiah 11:11 +. +And their brethren that did the work of the house were eight hundred twenty and two: and Adaiah the son of Jeroham, the son of Pelaliah, the son of Amzi, the son of Zechariah, the son of Pashur, the son of Malchiah. -- nehemiah 11:12 +. +And his brethren, chief of the fathers, two hundred forty and two: and Amashai the son of Azareel, the son of Ahasai, the son of Meshillemoth, the son of Immer, -- nehemiah 11:13 +. +And their brethren, mighty men of valour, an hundred twenty and eight: and their overseer was Zabdiel, the son of one of the great men. -- nehemiah 11:14 +. +Also of the Levites: Shemaiah the son of Hashub, the son of Azrikam, the son of Hashabiah, the son of Bunni; -- nehemiah 11:15 +. +And Shabbethai and Jozabad, of the chief of the Levites, had the oversight of the outward business of the house of God. -- nehemiah 11:16 +. +And Mattaniah the son of Micha, the son of Zabdi, the son of Asaph, was the principal to begin the thanksgiving in prayer: and Bakbukiah the second among his brethren, and Abda the son of Shammua, the son of Galal, the son of Jeduthun. -- nehemiah 11:17 +. +All the Levites in the holy city were two hundred fourscore and four. -- nehemiah 11:18 +. +Moreover the porters, Akkub, Talmon, and their brethren that kept the gates, were an hundred seventy and two. -- nehemiah 11:19 +. +And the residue of Israel, of the priests, and the Levites, were in all the cities of Judah, every one in his inheritance. -- nehemiah 11:20 +. +But the Nethinims dwelt in Ophel: and Ziha and Gispa were over the Nethinims. -- nehemiah 11:21 +. +The overseer also of the Levites at Jerusalem was Uzzi the son of Bani, the son of Hashabiah, the son of Mattaniah, the son of Micha. Of the sons of Asaph, the singers were over the business of the house of God. -- nehemiah 11:22 +. +For it was the king's commandment concerning them, that a certain portion should be for the singers, due for every day. -- nehemiah 11:23 +. +And Pethahiah the son of Meshezabeel, of the children of Zerah the son of Judah, was at the king's hand in all matters concerning the people. -- nehemiah 11:24 +. +And for the villages, with their fields, some of the children of Judah dwelt at Kirjatharba, and in the villages thereof, and at Dibon, and in the villages thereof, and at Jekabzeel, and in the villages thereof, -- nehemiah 11:25 +. +And at Jeshua, and at Moladah, and at Bethphelet, -- nehemiah 11:26 +. +And at Hazarshual, and at Beersheba, and in the villages thereof, -- nehemiah 11:27 +. +And at Ziklag, and at Mekonah, and in the villages thereof, -- nehemiah 11:28 +. +And at Enrimmon, and at Zareah, and at Jarmuth, -- nehemiah 11:29 +. +Zanoah, Adullam, and in their villages, at Lachish, and the fields thereof, at Azekah, and in the villages thereof. And they dwelt from Beersheba unto the valley of Hinnom. -- nehemiah 11:30 +. +The children also of Benjamin from Geba dwelt at Michmash, and Aija, and Bethel, and in their villages. -- nehemiah 11:31 +. +And at Anathoth, Nob, Ananiah, -- nehemiah 11:32 +. +Hazor, Ramah, Gittaim, -- nehemiah 11:33 +. +Hadid, Zeboim, Neballat, -- nehemiah 11:34 +. +Lod, and Ono, the valley of craftsmen. -- nehemiah 11:35 +. +And of the Levites were divisions in Judah, and in Benjamin. -- nehemiah 11:36 +. +Now these are the priests and the Levites that went up with Zerubbabel the son of Shealtiel, and Jeshua: Seraiah, Jeremiah, Ezra, -- nehemiah 12:1 +. +Amariah, Malluch, Hattush, -- nehemiah 12:2 +. +Shechaniah, Rehum, Meremoth, -- nehemiah 12:3 +. +Iddo, Ginnetho, Abijah, -- nehemiah 12:4 +. +Miamin, Maadiah, Bilgah, -- nehemiah 12:5 +. +Shemaiah, and Joiarib, Jedaiah, -- nehemiah 12:6 +. +Sallu, Amok, Hilkiah, Jedaiah. These were the chief of the priests and of their brethren in the days of Jeshua. -- nehemiah 12:7 +. +Moreover the Levites: Jeshua, Binnui, Kadmiel, Sherebiah, Judah, and Mattaniah, which was over the thanksgiving, he and his brethren. -- nehemiah 12:8 +. +Also Bakbukiah and Unni, their brethren, were over against them in the watches. -- nehemiah 12:9 +. +And Jeshua begat Joiakim, Joiakim also begat Eliashib, and Eliashib begat Joiada, -- nehemiah 12:10 +. +And Joiada begat Jonathan, and Jonathan begat Jaddua. -- nehemiah 12:11 +. +And in the days of Joiakim were priests, the chief of the fathers: of Seraiah, Meraiah; of Jeremiah, Hananiah; -- nehemiah 12:12 +. +Of Ezra, Meshullam; of Amariah, Jehohanan; -- nehemiah 12:13 +. +Of Melicu, Jonathan; of Shebaniah, Joseph; -- nehemiah 12:14 +. +Of Harim, Adna; of Meraioth, Helkai; -- nehemiah 12:15 +. +Of Iddo, Zechariah; of Ginnethon, Meshullam; -- nehemiah 12:16 +. +Of Abijah, Zichri; of Miniamin, of Moadiah, Piltai: -- nehemiah 12:17 +. +Of Bilgah, Shammua; of Shemaiah, Jehonathan; -- nehemiah 12:18 +. +And of Joiarib, Mattenai; of Jedaiah, Uzzi; -- nehemiah 12:19 +. +Of Sallai, Kallai; of Amok, Eber; -- nehemiah 12:20 +. +Of Hilkiah, Hashabiah; of Jedaiah, Nethaneel. -- nehemiah 12:21 +. +The Levites in the days of Eliashib, Joiada, and Johanan, and Jaddua, were recorded chief of the fathers: also the priests, to the reign of Darius the Persian. -- nehemiah 12:22 +. +The sons of Levi, the chief of the fathers, were written in the book of the chronicles, even until the days of Johanan the son of Eliashib. -- nehemiah 12:23 +. +And the chief of the Levites: Hashabiah, Sherebiah, and Jeshua the son of Kadmiel, with their brethren over against them, to praise and to give thanks, according to the commandment of David the man of God, ward over against ward. -- nehemiah 12:24 +. +Mattaniah, and Bakbukiah, Obadiah, Meshullam, Talmon, Akkub, were porters keeping the ward at the thresholds of the gates. -- nehemiah 12:25 +. +These were in the days of Joiakim the son of Jeshua, the son of Jozadak, and in the days of Nehemiah the governor, and of Ezra the priest, the scribe. -- nehemiah 12:26 +. +And at the dedication of the wall of Jerusalem they sought the Levites out of all their places, to bring them to Jerusalem, to keep the dedication with gladness, both with thanksgivings, and with singing, with cymbals, psalteries, and with harps. -- nehemiah 12:27 +. +And the sons of the singers gathered themselves together, both out of the plain country round about Jerusalem, and from the villages of Netophathi; -- nehemiah 12:28 +. +Also from the house of Gilgal, and out of the fields of Geba and Azmaveth: for the singers had builded them villages round about Jerusalem. -- nehemiah 12:29 +. +And the priests and the Levites purified themselves, and purified the people, and the gates, and the wall. -- nehemiah 12:30 +. +Then I brought up the princes of Judah upon the wall, and appointed two great companies of them that gave thanks, whereof one went on the right hand upon the wall toward the dung gate: -- nehemiah 12:31 +. +And after them went Hoshaiah, and half of the princes of Judah, -- nehemiah 12:32 +. +And Azariah, Ezra, and Meshullam, -- nehemiah 12:33 +. +Judah, and Benjamin, and Shemaiah, and Jeremiah, -- nehemiah 12:34 +. +And certain of the priests' sons with trumpets; namely, Zechariah the son of Jonathan, the son of Shemaiah, the son of Mattaniah, the son of Michaiah, the son of Zaccur, the son of Asaph: -- nehemiah 12:35 +. +And his brethren, Shemaiah, and Azarael, Milalai, Gilalai, Maai, Nethaneel, and Judah, Hanani, with the musical instruments of David the man of God, and Ezra the scribe before them. -- nehemiah 12:36 +. +And at the fountain gate, which was over against them, they went up by the stairs of the city of David, at the going up of the wall, above the house of David, even unto the water gate eastward. -- nehemiah 12:37 +. +And the other company of them that gave thanks went over against them, and I after them, and the half of the people upon the wall, from beyond the tower of the furnaces even unto the broad wall; -- nehemiah 12:38 +. +And from above the gate of Ephraim, and above the old gate, and above the fish gate, and the tower of Hananeel, and the tower of Meah, even unto the sheep gate: and they stood still in the prison gate. -- nehemiah 12:39 +. +So stood the two companies of them that gave thanks in the house of God, and I, and the half of the rulers with me: -- nehemiah 12:40 +. +And the priests; Eliakim, Maaseiah, Miniamin, Michaiah, Elioenai, Zechariah, and Hananiah, with trumpets; -- nehemiah 12:41 +. +And Maaseiah, and Shemaiah, and Eleazar, and Uzzi, and Jehohanan, and Malchijah, and Elam, and Ezer. And the singers sang loud, with Jezrahiah their overseer. -- nehemiah 12:42 +. +Also that day they offered great sacrifices, and rejoiced: for God had made them rejoice with great joy: the wives also and the children rejoiced: so that the joy of Jerusalem was heard even afar off. -- nehemiah 12:43 +. +And at that time were some appointed over the chambers for the treasures, for the offerings, for the firstfruits, and for the tithes, to gather into them out of the fields of the cities the portions of the law for the priests and Levites: for Judah rejoiced for the priests and for the Levites that waited. -- nehemiah 12:44 +. +And both the singers and the porters kept the ward of their God, and the ward of the purification, according to the commandment of David, and of Solomon his son. -- nehemiah 12:45 +. +For in the days of David and Asaph of old there were chief of the singers, and songs of praise and thanksgiving unto God. -- nehemiah 12:46 +. +And all Israel in the days of Zerubbabel, and in the days of Nehemiah, gave the portions of the singers and the porters, every day his portion: and they sanctified holy things unto the Levites; and the Levites sanctified them unto the children of Aaron. -- nehemiah 12:47 +. +On that day they read in the book of Moses in the audience of the people; and therein was found written, that the Ammonite and the Moabite should not come into the congregation of God for ever; -- nehemiah 13:1 +. +Because they met not the children of Israel with bread and with water, but hired Balaam against them, that he should curse them: howbeit our God turned the curse into a blessing. -- nehemiah 13:2 +. +Now it came to pass, when they had heard the law, that they separated from Israel all the mixed multitude. -- nehemiah 13:3 +. +And before this, Eliashib the priest, having the oversight of the chamber of the house of our God, was allied unto Tobiah: -- nehemiah 13:4 +. +And he had prepared for him a great chamber, where aforetime they laid the meat offerings, the frankincense, and the vessels, and the tithes of the corn, the new wine, and the oil, which was commanded to be given to the Levites, and the singers, and the porters; and the offerings of the priests. -- nehemiah 13:5 +. +But in all this time was not I at Jerusalem: for in the two and thirtieth year of Artaxerxes king of Babylon came I unto the king, and after certain days obtained I leave of the king: -- nehemiah 13:6 +. +And I came to Jerusalem, and understood of the evil that Eliashib did for Tobiah, in preparing him a chamber in the courts of the house of God. -- nehemiah 13:7 +. +And it grieved me sore: therefore I cast forth all the household stuff to Tobiah out of the chamber. -- nehemiah 13:8 +. +Then I commanded, and they cleansed the chambers: and thither brought I again the vessels of the house of God, with the meat offering and the frankincense. -- nehemiah 13:9 +. +And I perceived that the portions of the Levites had not been given them: for the Levites and the singers, that did the work, were fled every one to his field. -- nehemiah 13:10 +. +Then contended I with the rulers, and said, Why is the house of God forsaken? And I gathered them together, and set them in their place. -- nehemiah 13:11 +. +Then brought all Judah the tithe of the corn and the new wine and the oil unto the treasuries. -- nehemiah 13:12 +. +And I made treasurers over the treasuries, Shelemiah the priest, and Zadok the scribe, and of the Levites, Pedaiah: and next to them was Hanan the son of Zaccur, the son of Mattaniah: for they were counted faithful, and their office was to distribute unto their brethren. -- nehemiah 13:13 +. +Remember me, O my God, concerning this, and wipe not out my good deeds that I have done for the house of my God, and for the offices thereof. -- nehemiah 13:14 +. +In those days saw I in Judah some treading wine presses on the sabbath, and bringing in sheaves, and lading asses; as also wine, grapes, and figs, and all manner of burdens, which they brought into Jerusalem on the sabbath day: and I testified against them in the day wherein they sold victuals. -- nehemiah 13:15 +. +There dwelt men of Tyre also therein, which brought fish, and all manner of ware, and sold on the sabbath unto the children of Judah, and in Jerusalem. -- nehemiah 13:16 +. +Then I contended with the nobles of Judah, and said unto them, What evil thing is this that ye do, and profane the sabbath day? -- nehemiah 13:17 +. +Did not your fathers thus, and did not our God bring all this evil upon us, and upon this city? yet ye bring more wrath upon Israel by profaning the sabbath. -- nehemiah 13:18 +. +And it came to pass, that when the gates of Jerusalem began to be dark before the sabbath, I commanded that the gates should be shut, and charged that they should not be opened till after the sabbath: and some of my servants set I at the gates, that there should no burden be brought in on the sabbath day. -- nehemiah 13:19 +. +So the merchants and sellers of all kind of ware lodged without Jerusalem once or twice. -- nehemiah 13:20 +. +Then I testified against them, and said unto them, Why lodge ye about the wall? if ye do so again, I will lay hands on you. From that time forth came they no more on the sabbath. -- nehemiah 13:21 +. +And I commanded the Levites that they should cleanse themselves, and that they should come and keep the gates, to sanctify the sabbath day. Remember me, O my God, concerning this also, and spare me according to the greatness of thy mercy. -- nehemiah 13:22 +. +In those days also saw I Jews that had married wives of Ashdod, of Ammon, and of Moab: -- nehemiah 13:23 +. +And their children spake half in the speech of Ashdod, and could not speak in the Jews' language, but according to the language of each people. -- nehemiah 13:24 +. +And I contended with them, and cursed them, and smote certain of them, and plucked off their hair, and made them swear by God, saying, Ye shall not give your daughters unto their sons, nor take their daughters unto your sons, or for yourselves. -- nehemiah 13:25 +. +Did not Solomon king of Israel sin by these things? yet among many nations was there no king like him, who was beloved of his God, and God made him king over all Israel: nevertheless even him did outlandish women cause to sin. -- nehemiah 13:26 +. +Shall we then hearken unto you to do all this great evil, to transgress against our God in marrying strange wives? -- nehemiah 13:27 +. +And one of the sons of Joiada, the son of Eliashib the high priest, was son in law to Sanballat the Horonite: therefore I chased him from me. -- nehemiah 13:28 +. +Remember them, O my God, because they have defiled the priesthood, and the covenant of the priesthood, and of the Levites. -- nehemiah 13:29 +. +Thus cleansed I them from all strangers, and appointed the wards of the priests and the Levites, every one in his business; -- nehemiah 13:30 +. +And for the wood offering, at times appointed, and for the firstfruits. Remember me, O my God, for good. -- nehemiah 13:31 +. +Now it came to pass in the days of Ahasuerus, (this is Ahasuerus which reigned, from India even unto Ethiopia, over an hundred and seven and twenty provinces:) -- esther 1:1 +. +That in those days, when the king Ahasuerus sat on the throne of his kingdom, which was in Shushan the palace, -- esther 1:2 +. +In the third year of his reign, he made a feast unto all his princes and his servants; the power of Persia and Media, the nobles and princes of the provinces, being before him: -- esther 1:3 +. +When he shewed the riches of his glorious kingdom and the honour of his excellent majesty many days, even an hundred and fourscore days. -- esther 1:4 +. +And when these days were expired, the king made a feast unto all the people that were present in Shushan the palace, both unto great and small, seven days, in the court of the garden of the king's palace; -- esther 1:5 +. +Where were white, green, and blue, hangings, fastened with cords of fine linen and purple to silver rings and pillars of marble: the beds were of gold and silver, upon a pavement of red, and blue, and white, and black, marble. -- esther 1:6 +. +And they gave them drink in vessels of gold, (the vessels being diverse one from another,) and royal wine in abundance, according to the state of the king. -- esther 1:7 +. +And the drinking was according to the law; none did compel: for so the king had appointed to all the officers of his house, that they should do according to every man's pleasure. -- esther 1:8 +. +Also Vashti the queen made a feast for the women in the royal house which belonged to king Ahasuerus. -- esther 1:9 +. +On the seventh day, when the heart of the king was merry with wine, he commanded Mehuman, Biztha, Harbona, Bigtha, and Abagtha, Zethar, and Carcas, the seven chamberlains that served in the presence of Ahasuerus the king, -- esther 1:10 +. +To bring Vashti the queen before the king with the crown royal, to shew the people and the princes her beauty: for she was fair to look on. -- esther 1:11 +. +But the queen Vashti refused to come at the king's commandment by his chamberlains: therefore was the king very wroth, and his anger burned in him. -- esther 1:12 +. +Then the king said to the wise men, which knew the times, (for so was the king's manner toward all that knew law and judgment: -- esther 1:13 +. +And the next unto him was Carshena, Shethar, Admatha, Tarshish, Meres, Marsena, and Memucan, the seven princes of Persia and Media, which saw the king's face, and which sat the first in the kingdom;) -- esther 1:14 +. +What shall we do unto the queen Vashti according to law, because she hath not performed the commandment of the king Ahasuerus by the chamberlains? -- esther 1:15 +. +And Memucan answered before the king and the princes, Vashti the queen hath not done wrong to the king only, but also to all the princes, and to all the people that are in all the provinces of the king Ahasuerus. -- esther 1:16 +. +For this deed of the queen shall come abroad unto all women, so that they shall despise their husbands in their eyes, when it shall be reported, The king Ahasuerus commanded Vashti the queen to be brought in before him, but she came not. -- esther 1:17 +. +Likewise shall the ladies of Persia and Media say this day unto all the king's princes, which have heard of the deed of the queen. Thus shall there arise too much contempt and wrath. -- esther 1:18 +. +If it please the king, let there go a royal commandment from him, and let it be written among the laws of the Persians and the Medes, that it be not altered, That Vashti come no more before king Ahasuerus; and let the king give her royal estate unto another that is better than she. -- esther 1:19 +. +And when the king's decree which he shall make shall be published throughout all his empire, (for it is great,) all the wives shall give to their husbands honour, both to great and small. -- esther 1:20 +. +And the saying pleased the king and the princes; and the king did according to the word of Memucan: -- esther 1:21 +. +For he sent letters into all the king's provinces, into every province according to the writing thereof, and to every people after their language, that every man should bear rule in his own house, and that it should be published according to the language of every people. -- esther 1:22 +. +After these things, when the wrath of king Ahasuerus was appeased, he remembered Vashti, and what she had done, and what was decreed against her. -- esther 2:1 +. +Then said the king's servants that ministered unto him, Let there be fair young virgins sought for the king: -- esther 2:2 +. +And let the king appoint officers in all the provinces of his kingdom, that they may gather together all the fair young virgins unto Shushan the palace, to the house of the women, unto the custody of Hege the king's chamberlain, keeper of the women; and let their things for purification be given them: -- esther 2:3 +. +And let the maiden which pleaseth the king be queen instead of Vashti. And the thing pleased the king; and he did so. -- esther 2:4 +. +Now in Shushan the palace there was a certain Jew, whose name was Mordecai, the son of Jair, the son of Shimei, the son of Kish, a Benjamite; -- esther 2:5 +. +Who had been carried away from Jerusalem with the captivity which had been carried away with Jeconiah king of Judah, whom Nebuchadnezzar the king of Babylon had carried away. -- esther 2:6 +. +And he brought up Hadassah, that is, Esther, his uncle's daughter: for she had neither father nor mother, and the maid was fair and beautiful; whom Mordecai, when her father and mother were dead, took for his own daughter. -- esther 2:7 +. +So it came to pass, when the king's commandment and his decree was heard, and when many maidens were gathered together unto Shushan the palace, to the custody of Hegai, that Esther was brought also unto the king's house, to the custody of Hegai, keeper of the women. -- esther 2:8 +. +And the maiden pleased him, and she obtained kindness of him; and he speedily gave her her things for purification, with such things as belonged to her, and seven maidens, which were meet to be given her, out of the king's house: and he preferred her and her maids unto the best place of the house of the women. -- esther 2:9 +. +Esther had not shewed her people nor her kindred: for Mordecai had charged her that she should not shew it. -- esther 2:10 +. +And Mordecai walked every day before the court of the women's house, to know how Esther did, and what should become of her. -- esther 2:11 +. +Now when every maid's turn was come to go in to king Ahasuerus, after that she had been twelve months, according to the manner of the women, (for so were the days of their purifications accomplished, to wit, six months with oil of myrrh, and six months with sweet odours, and with other things for the purifying of the women;) -- esther 2:12 +. +Then thus came every maiden unto the king; whatsoever she desired was given her to go with her out of the house of the women unto the king's house. -- esther 2:13 +. +In the evening she went, and on the morrow she returned into the second house of the women, to the custody of Shaashgaz, the king's chamberlain, which kept the concubines: she came in unto the king no more, except the king delighted in her, and that she were called by name. -- esther 2:14 +. +Now when the turn of Esther, the daughter of Abihail the uncle of Mordecai, who had taken her for his daughter, was come to go in unto the king, she required nothing but what Hegai the king's chamberlain, the keeper of the women, appointed. And Esther obtained favour in the sight of all them that looked upon her. -- esther 2:15 +. +So Esther was taken unto king Ahasuerus into his house royal in the tenth month, which is the month Tebeth, in the seventh year of his reign. -- esther 2:16 +. +And the king loved Esther above all the women, and she obtained grace and favour in his sight more than all the virgins; so that he set the royal crown upon her head, and made her queen instead of Vashti. -- esther 2:17 +. +Then the king made a great feast unto all his princes and his servants, even Esther's feast; and he made a release to the provinces, and gave gifts, according to the state of the king. -- esther 2:18 +. +And when the virgins were gathered together the second time, then Mordecai sat in the king's gate. -- esther 2:19 +. +Esther had not yet shewed her kindred nor her people; as Mordecai had charged her: for Esther did the commandment of Mordecai, like as when she was brought up with him. -- esther 2:20 +. +In those days, while Mordecai sat in the king's gate, two of the king's chamberlains, Bigthan and Teresh, of those which kept the door, were wroth, and sought to lay hands on the king Ahasuerus. -- esther 2:21 +. +And the thing was known to Mordecai, who told it unto Esther the queen; and Esther certified the king thereof in Mordecai's name. -- esther 2:22 +. +And when inquisition was made of the matter, it was found out; therefore they were both hanged on a tree: and it was written in the book of the chronicles before the king. -- esther 2:23 +. +After these things did king Ahasuerus promote Haman the son of Hammedatha the Agagite, and advanced him, and set his seat above all the princes that were with him. -- esther 3:1 +. +And all the king's servants, that were in the king's gate, bowed, and reverenced Haman: for the king had so commanded concerning him. But Mordecai bowed not, nor did him reverence. -- esther 3:2 +. +Then the king's servants, which were in the king's gate, said unto Mordecai, Why transgressest thou the king's commandment? -- esther 3:3 +. +Now it came to pass, when they spake daily unto him, and he hearkened not unto them, that they told Haman, to see whether Mordecai's matters would stand: for he had told them that he was a Jew. -- esther 3:4 +. +And when Haman saw that Mordecai bowed not, nor did him reverence, then was Haman full of wrath. -- esther 3:5 +. +And he thought scorn to lay hands on Mordecai alone; for they had shewed him the people of Mordecai: wherefore Haman sought to destroy all the Jews that were throughout the whole kingdom of Ahasuerus, even the people of Mordecai. -- esther 3:6 +. +In the first month, that is, the month Nisan, in the twelfth year of king Ahasuerus, they cast Pur, that is, the lot, before Haman from day to day, and from month to month, to the twelfth month, that is, the month Adar. -- esther 3:7 +. +And Haman said unto king Ahasuerus, There is a certain people scattered abroad and dispersed among the people in all the provinces of thy kingdom; and their laws are diverse from all people; neither keep they the king's laws: therefore it is not for the king's profit to suffer them. -- esther 3:8 +. +If it please the king, let it be written that they may be destroyed: and I will pay ten thousand talents of silver to the hands of those that have the charge of the business, to bring it into the king's treasuries. -- esther 3:9 +. +And the king took his ring from his hand, and gave it unto Haman the son of Hammedatha the Agagite, the Jews' enemy. -- esther 3:10 +. +And the king said unto Haman, The silver is given to thee, the people also, to do with them as it seemeth good to thee. -- esther 3:11 +. +Then were the king's scribes called on the thirteenth day of the first month, and there was written according to all that Haman had commanded unto the king's lieutenants, and to the governors that were over every province, and to the rulers of every people of every province according to the writing thereof, and to every people after their language; in the name of king Ahasuerus was it written, and sealed with the king's ring. -- esther 3:12 +. +And the letters were sent by posts into all the king's provinces, to destroy, to kill, and to cause to perish, all Jews, both young and old, little children and women, in one day, even upon the thirteenth day of the twelfth month, which is the month Adar, and to take the spoil of them for a prey. -- esther 3:13 +. +The copy of the writing for a commandment to be given in every province was published unto all people, that they should be ready against that day. -- esther 3:14 +. +The posts went out, being hastened by the king's commandment, and the decree was given in Shushan the palace. And the king and Haman sat down to drink; but the city Shushan was perplexed. -- esther 3:15 +. +When Mordecai perceived all that was done, Mordecai rent his clothes, and put on sackcloth with ashes, and went out into the midst of the city, and cried with a loud and a bitter cry; -- esther 4:1 +. +And came even before the king's gate: for none might enter into the king's gate clothed with sackcloth. -- esther 4:2 +. +And in every province, whithersoever the king's commandment and his decree came, there was great mourning among the Jews, and fasting, and weeping, and wailing; and many lay in sackcloth and ashes. -- esther 4:3 +. +So Esther's maids and her chamberlains came and told it her. Then was the queen exceedingly grieved; and she sent raiment to clothe Mordecai, and to take away his sackcloth from him: but he received it not. -- esther 4:4 +. +Then called Esther for Hatach, one of the king's chamberlains, whom he had appointed to attend upon her, and gave him a commandment to Mordecai, to know what it was, and why it was. -- esther 4:5 +. +So Hatach went forth to Mordecai unto the street of the city, which was before the king's gate. -- esther 4:6 +. +And Mordecai told him of all that had happened unto him, and of the sum of the money that Haman had promised to pay to the king's treasuries for the Jews, to destroy them. -- esther 4:7 +. +Also he gave him the copy of the writing of the decree that was given at Shushan to destroy them, to shew it unto Esther, and to declare it unto her, and to charge her that she should go in unto the king, to make supplication unto him, and to make request before him for her people. -- esther 4:8 +. +And Hatach came and told Esther the words of Mordecai. -- esther 4:9 +. +Again Esther spake unto Hatach, and gave him commandment unto Mordecai; -- esther 4:10 +. +All the king's servants, and the people of the king's provinces, do know, that whosoever, whether man or women, shall come unto the king into the inner court, who is not called, there is one law of his to put him to death, except such to whom the king shall hold out the golden sceptre, that he may live: but I have not been called to come in unto the king these thirty days. -- esther 4:11 +. +And they told to Mordecai Esther's words. -- esther 4:12 +. +Then Mordecai commanded to answer Esther, Think not with thyself that thou shalt escape in the king's house, more than all the Jews. -- esther 4:13 +. +For if thou altogether holdest thy peace at this time, then shall there enlargement and deliverance arise to the Jews from another place; but thou and thy father's house shall be destroyed: and who knoweth whether thou art come to the kingdom for such a time as this? -- esther 4:14 +. +Then Esther bade them return Mordecai this answer, -- esther 4:15 +. +Go, gather together all the Jews that are present in Shushan, and fast ye for me, and neither eat nor drink three days, night or day: I also and my maidens will fast likewise; and so will I go in unto the king, which is not according to the law: and if I perish, I perish. -- esther 4:16 +. +So Mordecai went his way, and did according to all that Esther had commanded him. -- esther 4:17 +. +Now it came to pass on the third day, that Esther put on her royal apparel, and stood in the inner court of the king's house, over against the king's house: and the king sat upon his royal throne in the royal house, over against the gate of the house. -- esther 5:1 +. +And it was so, when the king saw Esther the queen standing in the court, that she obtained favour in his sight: and the king held out to Esther the golden sceptre that was in his hand. So Esther drew near, and touched the top of the sceptre. -- esther 5:2 +. +Then said the king unto her, What wilt thou, queen Esther? and what is thy request? it shall be even given thee to the half of the kingdom. -- esther 5:3 +. +And Esther answered, If it seem good unto the king, let the king and Haman come this day unto the banquet that I have prepared for him. -- esther 5:4 +. +Then the king said, Cause Haman to make haste, that he may do as Esther hath said. So the king and Haman came to the banquet that Esther had prepared. -- esther 5:5 +. +And the king said unto Esther at the banquet of wine, What is thy petition? and it shall be granted thee: and what is thy request? even to the half of the kingdom it shall be performed. -- esther 5:6 +. +Then answered Esther, and said, My petition and my request is; -- esther 5:7 +. +If I have found favour in the sight of the king, and if it please the king to grant my petition, and to perform my request, let the king and Haman come to the banquet that I shall prepare for them, and I will do to morrow as the king hath said. -- esther 5:8 +. +Then went Haman forth that day joyful and with a glad heart: but when Haman saw Mordecai in the king's gate, that he stood not up, nor moved for him, he was full of indignation against Mordecai. -- esther 5:9 +. +Nevertheless Haman refrained himself: and when he came home, he sent and called for his friends, and Zeresh his wife. -- esther 5:10 +. +And Haman told them of the glory of his riches, and the multitude of his children, and all the things wherein the king had promoted him, and how he had advanced him above the princes and servants of the king. -- esther 5:11 +. +Haman said moreover, Yea, Esther the queen did let no man come in with the king unto the banquet that she had prepared but myself; and to morrow am I invited unto her also with the king. -- esther 5:12 +. +Yet all this availeth me nothing, so long as I see Mordecai the Jew sitting at the king's gate. -- esther 5:13 +. +Then said Zeresh his wife and all his friends unto him, Let a gallows be made of fifty cubits high, and to morrow speak thou unto the king that Mordecai may be hanged thereon: then go thou in merrily with the king unto the banquet. And the thing pleased Haman; and he caused the gallows to be made. -- esther 5:14 +. +On that night could not the king sleep, and he commanded to bring the book of records of the chronicles; and they were read before the king. -- esther 6:1 +. +And it was found written, that Mordecai had told of Bigthana and Teresh, two of the king's chamberlains, the keepers of the door, who sought to lay hand on the king Ahasuerus. -- esther 6:2 +. +And the king said, What honour and dignity hath been done to Mordecai for this? Then said the king's servants that ministered unto him, There is nothing done for him. -- esther 6:3 +. +And the king said, Who is in the court? Now Haman was come into the outward court of the king's house, to speak unto the king to hang Mordecai on the gallows that he had prepared for him. -- esther 6:4 +. +And the king's servants said unto him, Behold, Haman standeth in the court. And the king said, Let him come in. -- esther 6:5 +. +So Haman came in. And the king said unto him, What shall be done unto the man whom the king delighteth to honour? Now Haman thought in his heart, To whom would the king delight to do honour more than to myself? -- esther 6:6 +. +And Haman answered the king, For the man whom the king delighteth to honour, -- esther 6:7 +. +Let the royal apparel be brought which the king useth to wear, and the horse that the king rideth upon, and the crown royal which is set upon his head: -- esther 6:8 +. +And let this apparel and horse be delivered to the hand of one of the king's most noble princes, that they may array the man withal whom the king delighteth to honour, and bring him on horseback through the street of the city, and proclaim before him, Thus shall it be done to the man whom the king delighteth to honour. -- esther 6:9 +. +Then the king said to Haman, Make haste, and take the apparel and the horse, as thou hast said, and do even so to Mordecai the Jew, that sitteth at the king's gate: let nothing fail of all that thou hast spoken. -- esther 6:10 +. +Then took Haman the apparel and the horse, and arrayed Mordecai, and brought him on horseback through the street of the city, and proclaimed before him, Thus shall it be done unto the man whom the king delighteth to honour. -- esther 6:11 +. +And Mordecai came again to the king's gate. But Haman hasted to his house mourning, and having his head covered. -- esther 6:12 +. +And Haman told Zeresh his wife and all his friends every thing that had befallen him. Then said his wise men and Zeresh his wife unto him, If Mordecai be of the seed of the Jews, before whom thou hast begun to fall, thou shalt not prevail against him, but shalt surely fall before him. -- esther 6:13 +. +And while they were yet talking with him, came the king's chamberlains, and hasted to bring Haman unto the banquet that Esther had prepared. -- esther 6:14 +. +So the king and Haman came to banquet with Esther the queen. -- esther 7:1 +. +And the king said again unto Esther on the second day at the banquet of wine, What is thy petition, queen Esther? and it shall be granted thee: and what is thy request? and it shall be performed, even to the half of the kingdom. -- esther 7:2 +. +Then Esther the queen answered and said, If I have found favour in thy sight, O king, and if it please the king, let my life be given me at my petition, and my people at my request: -- esther 7:3 +. +For we are sold, I and my people, to be destroyed, to be slain, and to perish. But if we had been sold for bondmen and bondwomen, I had held my tongue, although the enemy could not countervail the king's damage. -- esther 7:4 +. +Then the king Ahasuerus answered and said unto Esther the queen, Who is he, and where is he, that durst presume in his heart to do so? -- esther 7:5 +. +And Esther said, The adversary and enemy is this wicked Haman. Then Haman was afraid before the king and the queen. -- esther 7:6 +. +And the king arising from the banquet of wine in his wrath went into the palace garden: and Haman stood up to make request for his life to Esther the queen; for he saw that there was evil determined against him by the king. -- esther 7:7 +. +Then the king returned out of the palace garden into the place of the banquet of wine; and Haman was fallen upon the bed whereon Esther was. Then said the king, Will he force the queen also before me in the house? As the word went out of king's mouth, they covered Haman's face. -- esther 7:8 +. +And Harbonah, one of the chamberlains, said before the king, Behold also, the gallows fifty cubits high, which Haman had made for Mordecai, who spoken good for the king, standeth in the house of Haman. Then the king said, Hang him thereon. -- esther 7:9 +. +So they hanged Haman on the gallows that he had prepared for Mordecai. Then was the king's wrath pacified. -- esther 7:10 +. +On that day did the king Ahasuerus give the house of Haman the Jews' enemy unto Esther the queen. And Mordecai came before the king; for Esther had told what he was unto her. -- esther 8:1 +. +And the king took off his ring, which he had taken from Haman, and gave it unto Mordecai. And Esther set Mordecai over the house of Haman. -- esther 8:2 +. +And Esther spake yet again before the king, and fell down at his feet, and besought him with tears to put away the mischief of Haman the Agagite, and his device that he had devised against the Jews. -- esther 8:3 +. +Then the king held out the golden sceptre toward Esther. So Esther arose, and stood before the king, -- esther 8:4 +. +And said, If it please the king, and if I have favour in his sight, and the thing seem right before the king, and I be pleasing in his eyes, let it be written to reverse the letters devised by Haman the son of Hammedatha the Agagite, which he wrote to destroy the Jews which are in all the king's provinces: -- esther 8:5 +. +For how can I endure to see the evil that shall come unto my people? or how can I endure to see the destruction of my kindred? -- esther 8:6 +. +Then the king Ahasuerus said unto Esther the queen and to Mordecai the Jew, Behold, I have given Esther the house of Haman, and him they have hanged upon the gallows, because he laid his hand upon the Jews. -- esther 8:7 +. +Write ye also for the Jews, as it liketh you, in the king's name, and seal it with the king's ring: for the writing which is written in the king's name, and sealed with the king's ring, may no man reverse. -- esther 8:8 +. +Then were the king's scribes called at that time in the third month, that is, the month Sivan, on the three and twentieth day thereof; and it was written according to all that Mordecai commanded unto the Jews, and to the lieutenants, and the deputies and rulers of the provinces which are from India unto Ethiopia, an hundred twenty and seven provinces, unto every province according to the writing thereof, and unto every people after their language, and to the Jews according to their writing, and according to their language. -- esther 8:9 +. +And he wrote in the king Ahasuerus' name, and sealed it with the king's ring, and sent letters by posts on horseback, and riders on mules, camels, and young dromedaries: -- esther 8:10 +. +Wherein the king granted the Jews which were in every city to gather themselves together, and to stand for their life, to destroy, to slay and to cause to perish, all the power of the people and province that would assault them, both little ones and women, and to take the spoil of them for a prey, -- esther 8:11 +. +Upon one day in all the provinces of king Ahasuerus, namely, upon the thirteenth day of the twelfth month, which is the month Adar. -- esther 8:12 +. +The copy of the writing for a commandment to be given in every province was published unto all people, and that the Jews should be ready against that day to avenge themselves on their enemies. -- esther 8:13 +. +So the posts that rode upon mules and camels went out, being hastened and pressed on by the king's commandment. And the decree was given at Shushan the palace. -- esther 8:14 +. +And Mordecai went out from the presence of the king in royal apparel of blue and white, and with a great crown of gold, and with a garment of fine linen and purple: and the city of Shushan rejoiced and was glad. -- esther 8:15 +. +The Jews had light, and gladness, and joy, and honour. -- esther 8:16 +. +And in every province, and in every city, whithersoever the king's commandment and his decree came, the Jews had joy and gladness, a feast and a good day. And many of the people of the land became Jews; for the fear of the Jews fell upon them. -- esther 8:17 +. +Now in the twelfth month, that is, the month Adar, on the thirteenth day of the same, when the king's commandment and his decree drew near to be put in execution, in the day that the enemies of the Jews hoped to have power over them, (though it was turned to the contrary, that the Jews had rule over them that hated them;) -- esther 9:1 +. +The Jews gathered themselves together in their cities throughout all the provinces of the king Ahasuerus, to lay hand on such as sought their hurt: and no man could withstand them; for the fear of them fell upon all people. -- esther 9:2 +. +And all the rulers of the provinces, and the lieutenants, and the deputies, and officers of the king, helped the Jews; because the fear of Mordecai fell upon them. -- esther 9:3 +. +For Mordecai was great in the king's house, and his fame went out throughout all the provinces: for this man Mordecai waxed greater and greater. -- esther 9:4 +. +Thus the Jews smote all their enemies with the stroke of the sword, and slaughter, and destruction, and did what they would unto those that hated them. -- esther 9:5 +. +And in Shushan the palace the Jews slew and destroyed five hundred men. -- esther 9:6 +. +And Parshandatha, and Dalphon, and Aspatha, -- esther 9:7 +. +And Poratha, and Adalia, and Aridatha, -- esther 9:8 +. +And Parmashta, and Arisai, and Aridai, and Vajezatha, -- esther 9:9 +. +The ten sons of Haman the son of Hammedatha, the enemy of the Jews, slew they; but on the spoil laid they not their hand. -- esther 9:10 +. +On that day the number of those that were slain in Shushan the palace was brought before the king. -- esther 9:11 +. +And the king said unto Esther the queen, The Jews have slain and destroyed five hundred men in Shushan the palace, and the ten sons of Haman; what have they done in the rest of the king's provinces? now what is thy petition? and it shall be granted thee: or what is thy request further? and it shall be done. -- esther 9:12 +. +Then said Esther, If it please the king, let it be granted to the Jews which are in Shushan to do to morrow also according unto this day's decree, and let Haman's ten sons be hanged upon the gallows. -- esther 9:13 +. +And the king commanded it so to be done: and the decree was given at Shushan; and they hanged Haman's ten sons. -- esther 9:14 +. +For the Jews that were in Shushan gathered themselves together on the fourteenth day also of the month Adar, and slew three hundred men at Shushan; but on the prey they laid not their hand. -- esther 9:15 +. +But the other Jews that were in the king's provinces gathered themselves together, and stood for their lives, and had rest from their enemies, and slew of their foes seventy and five thousand, but they laid not their hands on the prey, -- esther 9:16 +. +On the thirteenth day of the month Adar; and on the fourteenth day of the same rested they, and made it a day of feasting and gladness. -- esther 9:17 +. +But the Jews that were at Shushan assembled together on the thirteenth day thereof, and on the fourteenth thereof; and on the fifteenth day of the same they rested, and made it a day of feasting and gladness. -- esther 9:18 +. +Therefore the Jews of the villages, that dwelt in the unwalled towns, made the fourteenth day of the month Adar a day of gladness and feasting, and a good day, and of sending portions one to another. -- esther 9:19 +. +And Mordecai wrote these things, and sent letters unto all the Jews that were in all the provinces of the king Ahasuerus, both nigh and far, -- esther 9:20 +. +To stablish this among them, that they should keep the fourteenth day of the month Adar, and the fifteenth day of the same, yearly, -- esther 9:21 +. +As the days wherein the Jews rested from their enemies, and the month which was turned unto them from sorrow to joy, and from mourning into a good day: that they should make them days of feasting and joy, and of sending portions one to another, and gifts to the poor. -- esther 9:22 +. +And the Jews undertook to do as they had begun, and as Mordecai had written unto them; -- esther 9:23 +. +Because Haman the son of Hammedatha, the Agagite, the enemy of all the Jews, had devised against the Jews to destroy them, and had cast Pur, that is, the lot, to consume them, and to destroy them; -- esther 9:24 +. +But when Esther came before the king, he commanded by letters that his wicked device, which he devised against the Jews, should return upon his own head, and that he and his sons should be hanged on the gallows. -- esther 9:25 +. +Wherefore they called these days Purim after the name of Pur. Therefore for all the words of this letter, and of that which they had seen concerning this matter, and which had come unto them, -- esther 9:26 +. +The Jews ordained, and took upon them, and upon their seed, and upon all such as joined themselves unto them, so as it should not fail, that they would keep these two days according to their writing, and according to their appointed time every year; -- esther 9:27 +. +And that these days should be remembered and kept throughout every generation, every family, every province, and every city; and that these days of Purim should not fail from among the Jews, nor the memorial of them perish from their seed. -- esther 9:28 +. +Then Esther the queen, the daughter of Abihail, and Mordecai the Jew, wrote with all authority, to confirm this second letter of Purim. -- esther 9:29 +. +And he sent the letters unto all the Jews, to the hundred twenty and seven provinces of the kingdom of Ahasuerus, with words of peace and truth, -- esther 9:30 +. +To confirm these days of Purim in their times appointed, according as Mordecai the Jew and Esther the queen had enjoined them, and as they had decreed for themselves and for their seed, the matters of the fastings and their cry. -- esther 9:31 +. +And the decree of Esther confirmed these matters of Purim; and it was written in the book. -- esther 9:32 +. +And the king Ahasuerus laid a tribute upon the land, and upon the isles of the sea. -- esther 10:1 +. +And all the acts of his power and of his might, and the declaration of the greatness of Mordecai, whereunto the king advanced him, are they not written in the book of the chronicles of the kings of Media and Persia? -- esther 10:2 +. +For Mordecai the Jew was next unto king Ahasuerus, and great among the Jews, and accepted of the multitude of his brethren, seeking the wealth of his people, and speaking peace to all his seed. -- esther 10:3 +. +There was a man in the land of Uz, whose name was Job; and that man was perfect and upright, and one that feared God, and eschewed evil. -- job 1:1 +. +And there were born unto him seven sons and three daughters. -- job 1:2 +. +His substance also was seven thousand sheep, and three thousand camels, and five hundred yoke of oxen, and five hundred she asses, and a very great household; so that this man was the greatest of all the men of the east. -- job 1:3 +. +And his sons went and feasted in their houses, every one his day; and sent and called for their three sisters to eat and to drink with them. -- job 1:4 +. +And it was so, when the days of their feasting were gone about, that Job sent and sanctified them, and rose up early in the morning, and offered burnt offerings according to the number of them all: for Job said, It may be that my sons have sinned, and cursed God in their hearts. Thus did Job continually. -- job 1:5 +. +Now there was a day when the sons of God came to present themselves before the LORD, and Satan came also among them. -- job 1:6 +. +And the LORD said unto Satan, Whence comest thou? Then Satan answered the LORD, and said, From going to and fro in the earth, and from walking up and down in it. -- job 1:7 +. +And the LORD said unto Satan, Hast thou considered my servant Job, that there is none like him in the earth, a perfect and an upright man, one that feareth God, and escheweth evil? -- job 1:8 +. +Then Satan answered the LORD, and said, Doth Job fear God for nought? -- job 1:9 +. +Hast not thou made an hedge about him, and about his house, and about all that he hath on every side? thou hast blessed the work of his hands, and his substance is increased in the land. -- job 1:10 +. +But put forth thine hand now, and touch all that he hath, and he will curse thee to thy face. -- job 1:11 +. +And the LORD said unto Satan, Behold, all that he hath is in thy power; only upon himself put not forth thine hand. So Satan went forth from the presence of the LORD. -- job 1:12 +. +And there was a day when his sons and his daughters were eating and drinking wine in their eldest brother's house: -- job 1:13 +. +And there came a messenger unto Job, and said, The oxen were plowing, and the asses feeding beside them: -- job 1:14 +. +And the Sabeans fell upon them, and took them away; yea, they have slain the servants with the edge of the sword; and I only am escaped alone to tell thee. -- job 1:15 +. +While he was yet speaking, there came also another, and said, The fire of God is fallen from heaven, and hath burned up the sheep, and the servants, and consumed them; and I only am escaped alone to tell thee. -- job 1:16 +. +While he was yet speaking, there came also another, and said, The Chaldeans made out three bands, and fell upon the camels, and have carried them away, yea, and slain the servants with the edge of the sword; and I only am escaped alone to tell thee. -- job 1:17 +. +While he was yet speaking, there came also another, and said, Thy sons and thy daughters were eating and drinking wine in their eldest brother's house: -- job 1:18 +. +And, behold, there came a great wind from the wilderness, and smote the four corners of the house, and it fell upon the young men, and they are dead; and I only am escaped alone to tell thee. -- job 1:19 +. +Then Job arose, and rent his mantle, and shaved his head, and fell down upon the ground, and worshipped, -- job 1:20 +. +And said, Naked came I out of my mother's womb, and naked shall I return thither: the LORD gave, and the LORD hath taken away; blessed be the name of the LORD. -- job 1:21 +. +In all this Job sinned not, nor charged God foolishly. -- job 1:22 +. +Again there was a day when the sons of God came to present themselves before the LORD, and Satan came also among them to present himself before the LORD. -- job 2:1 +. +And the LORD said unto Satan, From whence comest thou? And Satan answered the LORD, and said, From going to and fro in the earth, and from walking up and down in it. -- job 2:2 +. +And the LORD said unto Satan, Hast thou considered my servant Job, that there is none like him in the earth, a perfect and an upright man, one that feareth God, and escheweth evil? and still he holdeth fast his integrity, although thou movedst me against him, to destroy him without cause. -- job 2:3 +. +And Satan answered the LORD, and said, Skin for skin, yea, all that a man hath will he give for his life. -- job 2:4 +. +But put forth thine hand now, and touch his bone and his flesh, and he will curse thee to thy face. -- job 2:5 +. +And the LORD said unto Satan, Behold, he is in thine hand; but save his life. -- job 2:6 +. +So went Satan forth from the presence of the LORD, and smote Job with sore boils from the sole of his foot unto his crown. -- job 2:7 +. +And he took him a potsherd to scrape himself withal; and he sat down among the ashes. -- job 2:8 +. +Then said his wife unto him, Dost thou still retain thine integrity? curse God, and die. -- job 2:9 +. +But he said unto her, Thou speakest as one of the foolish women speaketh. What? shall we receive good at the hand of God, and shall we not receive evil? In all this did not Job sin with his lips. -- job 2:10 +. +Now when Job's three friends heard of all this evil that was come upon him, they came every one from his own place; Eliphaz the Temanite, and Bildad the Shuhite, and Zophar the Naamathite: for they had made an appointment together to come to mourn with him and to comfort him. -- job 2:11 +. +And when they lifted up their eyes afar off, and knew him not, they lifted up their voice, and wept; and they rent every one his mantle, and sprinkled dust upon their heads toward heaven. -- job 2:12 +. +So they sat down with him upon the ground seven days and seven nights, and none spake a word unto him: for they saw that his grief was very great. -- job 2:13 +. +After this opened Job his mouth, and cursed his day. -- job 3:1 +. +And Job spake, and said, -- job 3:2 +. +Let the day perish wherein I was born, and the night in which it was said, There is a man child conceived. -- job 3:3 +. +Let that day be darkness; let not God regard it from above, neither let the light shine upon it. -- job 3:4 +. +Let darkness and the shadow of death stain it; let a cloud dwell upon it; let the blackness of the day terrify it. -- job 3:5 +. +As for that night, let darkness seize upon it; let it not be joined unto the days of the year, let it not come into the number of the months. -- job 3:6 +. +Lo, let that night be solitary, let no joyful voice come therein. -- job 3:7 +. +Let them curse it that curse the day, who are ready to raise up their mourning. -- job 3:8 +. +Let the stars of the twilight thereof be dark; let it look for light, but have none; neither let it see the dawning of the day: -- job 3:9 +. +Because it shut not up the doors of my mother's womb, nor hid sorrow from mine eyes. -- job 3:10 +. +Why died I not from the womb? why did I not give up the ghost when I came out of the belly? -- job 3:11 +. +Why did the knees prevent me? or why the breasts that I should suck? -- job 3:12 +. +For now should I have lain still and been quiet, I should have slept: then had I been at rest, -- job 3:13 +. +With kings and counsellors of the earth, which build desolate places for themselves; -- job 3:14 +. +Or with princes that had gold, who filled their houses with silver: -- job 3:15 +. +Or as an hidden untimely birth I had not been; as infants which never saw light. -- job 3:16 +. +There the wicked cease from troubling; and there the weary be at rest. -- job 3:17 +. +There the prisoners rest together; they hear not the voice of the oppressor. -- job 3:18 +. +The small and great are there; and the servant is free from his master. -- job 3:19 +. +Wherefore is light given to him that is in misery, and life unto the bitter in soul; -- job 3:20 +. +Which long for death, but it cometh not; and dig for it more than for hid treasures; -- job 3:21 +. +Which rejoice exceedingly, and are glad, when they can find the grave? -- job 3:22 +. +Why is light given to a man whose way is hid, and whom God hath hedged in? -- job 3:23 +. +For my sighing cometh before I eat, and my roarings are poured out like the waters. -- job 3:24 +. +For the thing which I greatly feared is come upon me, and that which I was afraid of is come unto me. -- job 3:25 +. +I was not in safety, neither had I rest, neither was I quiet; yet trouble came. -- job 3:26 +. +Then Eliphaz the Temanite answered and said, -- job 4:1 +. +If we assay to commune with thee, wilt thou be grieved? but who can withhold himself from speaking? -- job 4:2 +. +Behold, thou hast instructed many, and thou hast strengthened the weak hands. -- job 4:3 +. +Thy words have upholden him that was falling, and thou hast strengthened the feeble knees. -- job 4:4 +. +But now it is come upon thee, and thou faintest; it toucheth thee, and thou art troubled. -- job 4:5 +. +Is not this thy fear, thy confidence, thy hope, and the uprightness of thy ways? -- job 4:6 +. +Remember, I pray thee, who ever perished, being innocent? or where were the righteous cut off? -- job 4:7 +. +Even as I have seen, they that plow iniquity, and sow wickedness, reap the same. -- job 4:8 +. +By the blast of God they perish, and by the breath of his nostrils are they consumed. -- job 4:9 +. +The roaring of the lion, and the voice of the fierce lion, and the teeth of the young lions, are broken. -- job 4:10 +. +The old lion perisheth for lack of prey, and the stout lion's whelps are scattered abroad. -- job 4:11 +. +Now a thing was secretly brought to me, and mine ear received a little thereof. -- job 4:12 +. +In thoughts from the visions of the night, when deep sleep falleth on men, -- job 4:13 +. +Fear came upon me, and trembling, which made all my bones to shake. -- job 4:14 +. +Then a spirit passed before my face; the hair of my flesh stood up: -- job 4:15 +. +It stood still, but I could not discern the form thereof: an image was before mine eyes, there was silence, and I heard a voice, saying, -- job 4:16 +. +Shall mortal man be more just than God? shall a man be more pure than his maker? -- job 4:17 +. +Behold, he put no trust in his servants; and his angels he charged with folly: -- job 4:18 +. +How much less in them that dwell in houses of clay, whose foundation is in the dust, which are crushed before the moth? -- job 4:19 +. +They are destroyed from morning to evening: they perish for ever without any regarding it. -- job 4:20 +. +Doth not their excellency which is in them go away? they die, even without wisdom. -- job 4:21 +. +Call now, if there be any that will answer thee; and to which of the saints wilt thou turn? -- job 5:1 +. +For wrath killeth the foolish man, and envy slayeth the silly one. -- job 5:2 +. +I have seen the foolish taking root: but suddenly I cursed his habitation. -- job 5:3 +. +His children are far from safety, and they are crushed in the gate, neither is there any to deliver them. -- job 5:4 +. +Whose harvest the hungry eateth up, and taketh it even out of the thorns, and the robber swalloweth up their substance. -- job 5:5 +. +Although affliction cometh not forth of the dust, neither doth trouble spring out of the ground; -- job 5:6 +. +Yet man is born unto trouble, as the sparks fly upward. -- job 5:7 +. +I would seek unto God, and unto God would I commit my cause: -- job 5:8 +. +Which doeth great things and unsearchable; marvellous things without number: -- job 5:9 +. +Who giveth rain upon the earth, and sendeth waters upon the fields: -- job 5:10 +. +To set up on high those that be low; that those which mourn may be exalted to safety. -- job 5:11 +. +He disappointeth the devices of the crafty, so that their hands cannot perform their enterprise. -- job 5:12 +. +He taketh the wise in their own craftiness: and the counsel of the froward is carried headlong. -- job 5:13 +. +They meet with darkness in the day time, and grope in the noonday as in the night. -- job 5:14 +. +But he saveth the poor from the sword, from their mouth, and from the hand of the mighty. -- job 5:15 +. +So the poor hath hope, and iniquity stoppeth her mouth. -- job 5:16 +. +Behold, happy is the man whom God correcteth: therefore despise not thou the chastening of the Almighty: -- job 5:17 +. +For he maketh sore, and bindeth up: he woundeth, and his hands make whole. -- job 5:18 +. +He shall deliver thee in six troubles: yea, in seven there shall no evil touch thee. -- job 5:19 +. +In famine he shall redeem thee from death: and in war from the power of the sword. -- job 5:20 +. +Thou shalt be hid from the scourge of the tongue: neither shalt thou be afraid of destruction when it cometh. -- job 5:21 +. +At destruction and famine thou shalt laugh: neither shalt thou be afraid of the beasts of the earth. -- job 5:22 +. +For thou shalt be in league with the stones of the field: and the beasts of the field shall be at peace with thee. -- job 5:23 +. +And thou shalt know that thy tabernacle shall be in peace; and thou shalt visit thy habitation, and shalt not sin. -- job 5:24 +. +Thou shalt know also that thy seed shall be great, and thine offspring as the grass of the earth. -- job 5:25 +. +Thou shalt come to thy grave in a full age, like as a shock of corn cometh in in his season. -- job 5:26 +. +Lo this, we have searched it, so it is; hear it, and know thou it for thy good. -- job 5:27 +. +But Job answered and said, -- job 6:1 +. +Oh that my grief were throughly weighed, and my calamity laid in the balances together! -- job 6:2 +. +For now it would be heavier than the sand of the sea: therefore my words are swallowed up. -- job 6:3 +. +For the arrows of the Almighty are within me, the poison whereof drinketh up my spirit: the terrors of God do set themselves in array against me. -- job 6:4 +. +Doth the wild ass bray when he hath grass? or loweth the ox over his fodder? -- job 6:5 +. +Can that which is unsavoury be eaten without salt? or is there any taste in the white of an egg? -- job 6:6 +. +The things that my soul refused to touch are as my sorrowful meat. -- job 6:7 +. +Oh that I might have my request; and that God would grant me the thing that I long for! -- job 6:8 +. +Even that it would please God to destroy me; that he would let loose his hand, and cut me off! -- job 6:9 +. +Then should I yet have comfort; yea, I would harden myself in sorrow: let him not spare; for I have not concealed the words of the Holy One. -- job 6:10 +. +What is my strength, that I should hope? and what is mine end, that I should prolong my life? -- job 6:11 +. +Is my strength the strength of stones? or is my flesh of brass? -- job 6:12 +. +Is not my help in me? and is wisdom driven quite from me? -- job 6:13 +. +To him that is afflicted pity should be shewed from his friend; but he forsaketh the fear of the Almighty. -- job 6:14 +. +My brethren have dealt deceitfully as a brook, and as the stream of brooks they pass away; -- job 6:15 +. +Which are blackish by reason of the ice, and wherein the snow is hid: -- job 6:16 +. +What time they wax warm, they vanish: when it is hot, they are consumed out of their place. -- job 6:17 +. +The paths of their way are turned aside; they go to nothing, and perish. -- job 6:18 +. +The troops of Tema looked, the companies of Sheba waited for them. -- job 6:19 +. +They were confounded because they had hoped; they came thither, and were ashamed. -- job 6:20 +. +For now ye are nothing; ye see my casting down, and are afraid. -- job 6:21 +. +Did I say, Bring unto me? or, Give a reward for me of your substance? -- job 6:22 +. +Or, Deliver me from the enemy's hand? or, Redeem me from the hand of the mighty? -- job 6:23 +. +Teach me, and I will hold my tongue: and cause me to understand wherein I have erred. -- job 6:24 +. +How forcible are right words! but what doth your arguing reprove? -- job 6:25 +. +Do ye imagine to reprove words, and the speeches of one that is desperate, which are as wind? -- job 6:26 +. +Yea, ye overwhelm the fatherless, and ye dig a pit for your friend. -- job 6:27 +. +Now therefore be content, look upon me; for it is evident unto you if I lie. -- job 6:28 +. +Return, I pray you, let it not be iniquity; yea, return again, my righteousness is in it. -- job 6:29 +. +Is there iniquity in my tongue? cannot my taste discern perverse things? -- job 6:30 +. +Is there not an appointed time to man upon earth? are not his days also like the days of an hireling? -- job 7:1 +. +As a servant earnestly desireth the shadow, and as an hireling looketh for the reward of his work: -- job 7:2 +. +So am I made to possess months of vanity, and wearisome nights are appointed to me. -- job 7:3 +. +When I lie down, I say, When shall I arise, and the night be gone? and I am full of tossings to and fro unto the dawning of the day. -- job 7:4 +. +My flesh is clothed with worms and clods of dust; my skin is broken, and become loathsome. -- job 7:5 +. +My days are swifter than a weaver's shuttle, and are spent without hope. -- job 7:6 +. +O remember that my life is wind: mine eye shall no more see good. -- job 7:7 +. +The eye of him that hath seen me shall see me no more: thine eyes are upon me, and I am not. -- job 7:8 +. +As the cloud is consumed and vanisheth away: so he that goeth down to the grave shall come up no more. -- job 7:9 +. +He shall return no more to his house, neither shall his place know him any more. -- job 7:10 +. +Therefore I will not refrain my mouth; I will speak in the anguish of my spirit; I will complain in the bitterness of my soul. -- job 7:11 +. +Am I a sea, or a whale, that thou settest a watch over me? -- job 7:12 +. +When I say, My bed shall comfort me, my couch shall ease my complaints; -- job 7:13 +. +Then thou scarest me with dreams, and terrifiest me through visions: -- job 7:14 +. +So that my soul chooseth strangling, and death rather than my life. -- job 7:15 +. +I loathe it; I would not live alway: let me alone; for my days are vanity. -- job 7:16 +. +What is man, that thou shouldest magnify him? and that thou shouldest set thine heart upon him? -- job 7:17 +. +And that thou shouldest visit him every morning, and try him every moment? -- job 7:18 +. +How long wilt thou not depart from me, nor let me alone till I swallow down my spittle? -- job 7:19 +. +I have sinned; what shall I do unto thee, O thou preserver of men? why hast thou set me as a mark against thee, so that I am a burden to myself? -- job 7:20 +. +And why dost thou not pardon my transgression, and take away my iniquity? for now shall I sleep in the dust; and thou shalt seek me in the morning, but I shall not be. -- job 7:21 +. +Then answered Bildad the Shuhite, and said, -- job 8:1 +. +How long wilt thou speak these things? and how long shall the words of thy mouth be like a strong wind? -- job 8:2 +. +Doth God pervert judgment? or doth the Almighty pervert justice? -- job 8:3 +. +If thy children have sinned against him, and he have cast them away for their transgression; -- job 8:4 +. +If thou wouldest seek unto God betimes, and make thy supplication to the Almighty; -- job 8:5 +. +If thou wert pure and upright; surely now he would awake for thee, and make the habitation of thy righteousness prosperous. -- job 8:6 +. +Though thy beginning was small, yet thy latter end should greatly increase. -- job 8:7 +. +For enquire, I pray thee, of the former age, and prepare thyself to the search of their fathers: -- job 8:8 +. +(For we are but of yesterday, and know nothing, because our days upon earth are a shadow:) -- job 8:9 +. +Shall not they teach thee, and tell thee, and utter words out of their heart? -- job 8:10 +. +Can the rush grow up without mire? can the flag grow without water? -- job 8:11 +. +Whilst it is yet in his greenness, and not cut down, it withereth before any other herb. -- job 8:12 +. +So are the paths of all that forget God; and the hypocrite's hope shall perish: -- job 8:13 +. +Whose hope shall be cut off, and whose trust shall be a spider's web. -- job 8:14 +. +He shall lean upon his house, but it shall not stand: he shall hold it fast, but it shall not endure. -- job 8:15 +. +He is green before the sun, and his branch shooteth forth in his garden. -- job 8:16 +. +His roots are wrapped about the heap, and seeth the place of stones. -- job 8:17 +. +If he destroy him from his place, then it shall deny him, saying, I have not seen thee. -- job 8:18 +. +Behold, this is the joy of his way, and out of the earth shall others grow. -- job 8:19 +. +Behold, God will not cast away a perfect man, neither will he help the evil doers: -- job 8:20 +. +Till he fill thy mouth with laughing, and thy lips with rejoicing. -- job 8:21 +. +They that hate thee shall be clothed with shame; and the dwelling place of the wicked shall come to nought. -- job 8:22 +. +Then Job answered and said, -- job 9:1 +. +I know it is so of a truth: but how should man be just with God? -- job 9:2 +. +If he will contend with him, he cannot answer him one of a thousand. -- job 9:3 +. +He is wise in heart, and mighty in strength: who hath hardened himself against him, and hath prospered? -- job 9:4 +. +Which removeth the mountains, and they know not: which overturneth them in his anger. -- job 9:5 +. +Which shaketh the earth out of her place, and the pillars thereof tremble. -- job 9:6 +. +Which commandeth the sun, and it riseth not; and sealeth up the stars. -- job 9:7 +. +Which alone spreadeth out the heavens, and treadeth upon the waves of the sea. -- job 9:8 +. +Which maketh Arcturus, Orion, and Pleiades, and the chambers of the south. -- job 9:9 +. +Which doeth great things past finding out; yea, and wonders without number. -- job 9:10 +. +Lo, he goeth by me, and I see him not: he passeth on also, but I perceive him not. -- job 9:11 +. +Behold, he taketh away, who can hinder him? who will say unto him, What doest thou? -- job 9:12 +. +If God will not withdraw his anger, the proud helpers do stoop under him. -- job 9:13 +. +How much less shall I answer him, and choose out my words to reason with him? -- job 9:14 +. +Whom, though I were righteous, yet would I not answer, but I would make supplication to my judge. -- job 9:15 +. +If I had called, and he had answered me; yet would I not believe that he had hearkened unto my voice. -- job 9:16 +. +For he breaketh me with a tempest, and multiplieth my wounds without cause. -- job 9:17 +. +He will not suffer me to take my breath, but filleth me with bitterness. -- job 9:18 +. +If I speak of strength, lo, he is strong: and if of judgment, who shall set me a time to plead? -- job 9:19 +. +If I justify myself, mine own mouth shall condemn me: if I say, I am perfect, it shall also prove me perverse. -- job 9:20 +. +Though I were perfect, yet would I not know my soul: I would despise my life. -- job 9:21 +. +This is one thing, therefore I said it, He destroyeth the perfect and the wicked. -- job 9:22 +. +If the scourge slay suddenly, he will laugh at the trial of the innocent. -- job 9:23 +. +The earth is given into the hand of the wicked: he covereth the faces of the judges thereof; if not, where, and who is he? -- job 9:24 +. +Now my days are swifter than a post: they flee away, they see no good. -- job 9:25 +. +They are passed away as the swift ships: as the eagle that hasteth to the prey. -- job 9:26 +. +If I say, I will forget my complaint, I will leave off my heaviness, and comfort myself: -- job 9:27 +. +I am afraid of all my sorrows, I know that thou wilt not hold me innocent. -- job 9:28 +. +If I be wicked, why then labour I in vain? -- job 9:29 +. +If I wash myself with snow water, and make my hands never so clean; -- job 9:30 +. +Yet shalt thou plunge me in the ditch, and mine own clothes shall abhor me. -- job 9:31 +. +For he is not a man, as I am, that I should answer him, and we should come together in judgment. -- job 9:32 +. +Neither is there any daysman betwixt us, that might lay his hand upon us both. -- job 9:33 +. +Let him take his rod away from me, and let not his fear terrify me: -- job 9:34 +. +Then would I speak, and not fear him; but it is not so with me. -- job 9:35 +. +My soul is weary of my life; I will leave my complaint upon myself; I will speak in the bitterness of my soul. -- job 10:1 +. +I will say unto God, Do not condemn me; shew me wherefore thou contendest with me. -- job 10:2 +. +Is it good unto thee that thou shouldest oppress, that thou shouldest despise the work of thine hands, and shine upon the counsel of the wicked? -- job 10:3 +. +Hast thou eyes of flesh? or seest thou as man seeth? -- job 10:4 +. +Are thy days as the days of man? are thy years as man's days, -- job 10:5 +. +That thou enquirest after mine iniquity, and searchest after my sin? -- job 10:6 +. +Thou knowest that I am not wicked; and there is none that can deliver out of thine hand. -- job 10:7 +. +Thine hands have made me and fashioned me together round about; yet thou dost destroy me. -- job 10:8 +. +Remember, I beseech thee, that thou hast made me as the clay; and wilt thou bring me into dust again? -- job 10:9 +. +Hast thou not poured me out as milk, and curdled me like cheese? -- job 10:10 +. +Thou hast clothed me with skin and flesh, and hast fenced me with bones and sinews. -- job 10:11 +. +Thou hast granted me life and favour, and thy visitation hath preserved my spirit. -- job 10:12 +. +And these things hast thou hid in thine heart: I know that this is with thee. -- job 10:13 +. +If I sin, then thou markest me, and thou wilt not acquit me from mine iniquity. -- job 10:14 +. +If I be wicked, woe unto me; and if I be righteous, yet will I not lift up my head. I am full of confusion; therefore see thou mine affliction; -- job 10:15 +. +For it increaseth. Thou huntest me as a fierce lion: and again thou shewest thyself marvellous upon me. -- job 10:16 +. +Thou renewest thy witnesses against me, and increasest thine indignation upon me; changes and war are against me. -- job 10:17 +. +Wherefore then hast thou brought me forth out of the womb? Oh that I had given up the ghost, and no eye had seen me! -- job 10:18 +. +I should have been as though I had not been; I should have been carried from the womb to the grave. -- job 10:19 +. +Are not my days few? cease then, and let me alone, that I may take comfort a little, -- job 10:20 +. +Before I go whence I shall not return, even to the land of darkness and the shadow of death; -- job 10:21 +. +A land of darkness, as darkness itself; and of the shadow of death, without any order, and where the light is as darkness. -- job 10:22 +. +Then answered Zophar the Naamathite, and said, -- job 11:1 +. +Should not the multitude of words be answered? and should a man full of talk be justified? -- job 11:2 +. +Should thy lies make men hold their peace? and when thou mockest, shall no man make thee ashamed? -- job 11:3 +. +For thou hast said, My doctrine is pure, and I am clean in thine eyes. -- job 11:4 +. +But oh that God would speak, and open his lips against thee; -- job 11:5 +. +And that he would shew thee the secrets of wisdom, that they are double to that which is! Know therefore that God exacteth of thee less than thine iniquity deserveth. -- job 11:6 +. +Canst thou by searching find out God? canst thou find out the Almighty unto perfection? -- job 11:7 +. +It is as high as heaven; what canst thou do? deeper than hell; what canst thou know? -- job 11:8 +. +The measure thereof is longer than the earth, and broader than the sea. -- job 11:9 +. +If he cut off, and shut up, or gather together, then who can hinder him? -- job 11:10 +. +For he knoweth vain men: he seeth wickedness also; will he not then consider it? -- job 11:11 +. +For vain men would be wise, though man be born like a wild ass's colt. -- job 11:12 +. +If thou prepare thine heart, and stretch out thine hands toward him; -- job 11:13 +. +If iniquity be in thine hand, put it far away, and let not wickedness dwell in thy tabernacles. -- job 11:14 +. +For then shalt thou lift up thy face without spot; yea, thou shalt be stedfast, and shalt not fear: -- job 11:15 +. +Because thou shalt forget thy misery, and remember it as waters that pass away: -- job 11:16 +. +And thine age shall be clearer than the noonday: thou shalt shine forth, thou shalt be as the morning. -- job 11:17 +. +And thou shalt be secure, because there is hope; yea, thou shalt dig about thee, and thou shalt take thy rest in safety. -- job 11:18 +. +Also thou shalt lie down, and none shall make thee afraid; yea, many shall make suit unto thee. -- job 11:19 +. +But the eyes of the wicked shall fail, and they shall not escape, and their hope shall be as the giving up of the ghost. -- job 11:20 +. +And Job answered and said, -- job 12:1 +. +No doubt but ye are the people, and wisdom shall die with you. -- job 12:2 +. +But I have understanding as well as you; I am not inferior to you: yea, who knoweth not such things as these? -- job 12:3 +. +I am as one mocked of his neighbour, who calleth upon God, and he answereth him: the just upright man is laughed to scorn. -- job 12:4 +. +He that is ready to slip with his feet is as a lamp despised in the thought of him that is at ease. -- job 12:5 +. +The tabernacles of robbers prosper, and they that provoke God are secure; into whose hand God bringeth abundantly. -- job 12:6 +. +But ask now the beasts, and they shall teach thee; and the fowls of the air, and they shall tell thee: -- job 12:7 +. +Or speak to the earth, and it shall teach thee: and the fishes of the sea shall declare unto thee. -- job 12:8 +. +Who knoweth not in all these that the hand of the LORD hath wrought this? -- job 12:9 +. +In whose hand is the soul of every living thing, and the breath of all mankind. -- job 12:10 +. +Doth not the ear try words? and the mouth taste his meat? -- job 12:11 +. +With the ancient is wisdom; and in length of days understanding. -- job 12:12 +. +With him is wisdom and strength, he hath counsel and understanding. -- job 12:13 +. +Behold, he breaketh down, and it cannot be built again: he shutteth up a man, and there can be no opening. -- job 12:14 +. +Behold, he withholdeth the waters, and they dry up: also he sendeth them out, and they overturn the earth. -- job 12:15 +. +With him is strength and wisdom: the deceived and the deceiver are his. -- job 12:16 +. +He leadeth counsellors away spoiled, and maketh the judges fools. -- job 12:17 +. +He looseth the bond of kings, and girdeth their loins with a girdle. -- job 12:18 +. +He leadeth princes away spoiled, and overthroweth the mighty. -- job 12:19 +. +He removeth away the speech of the trusty, and taketh away the understanding of the aged. -- job 12:20 +. +He poureth contempt upon princes, and weakeneth the strength of the mighty. -- job 12:21 +. +He discovereth deep things out of darkness, and bringeth out to light the shadow of death. -- job 12:22 +. +He increaseth the nations, and destroyeth them: he enlargeth the nations, and straiteneth them again. -- job 12:23 +. +He taketh away the heart of the chief of the people of the earth, and causeth them to wander in a wilderness where there is no way. -- job 12:24 +. +They grope in the dark without light, and he maketh them to stagger like a drunken man. -- job 12:25 +. +Lo, mine eye hath seen all this, mine ear hath heard and understood it. -- job 13:1 +. +What ye know, the same do I know also: I am not inferior unto you. -- job 13:2 +. +Surely I would speak to the Almighty, and I desire to reason with God. -- job 13:3 +. +But ye are forgers of lies, ye are all physicians of no value. -- job 13:4 +. +O that ye would altogether hold your peace! and it should be your wisdom. -- job 13:5 +. +Hear now my reasoning, and hearken to the pleadings of my lips. -- job 13:6 +. +Will ye speak wickedly for God? and talk deceitfully for him? -- job 13:7 +. +Will ye accept his person? will ye contend for God? -- job 13:8 +. +Is it good that he should search you out? or as one man mocketh another, do ye so mock him? -- job 13:9 +. +He will surely reprove you, if ye do secretly accept persons. -- job 13:10 +. +Shall not his excellency make you afraid? and his dread fall upon you? -- job 13:11 +. +Your remembrances are like unto ashes, your bodies to bodies of clay. -- job 13:12 +. +Hold your peace, let me alone, that I may speak, and let come on me what will. -- job 13:13 +. +Wherefore do I take my flesh in my teeth, and put my life in mine hand? -- job 13:14 +. +Though he slay me, yet will I trust in him: but I will maintain mine own ways before him. -- job 13:15 +. +He also shall be my salvation: for an hypocrite shall not come before him. -- job 13:16 +. +Hear diligently my speech, and my declaration with your ears. -- job 13:17 +. +Behold now, I have ordered my cause; I know that I shall be justified. -- job 13:18 +. +Who is he that will plead with me? for now, if I hold my tongue, I shall give up the ghost. -- job 13:19 +. +Only do not two things unto me: then will I not hide myself from thee. -- job 13:20 +. +Withdraw thine hand far from me: and let not thy dread make me afraid. -- job 13:21 +. +Then call thou, and I will answer: or let me speak, and answer thou me. -- job 13:22 +. +How many are mine iniquities and sins? make me to know my transgression and my sin. -- job 13:23 +. +Wherefore hidest thou thy face, and holdest me for thine enemy? -- job 13:24 +. +Wilt thou break a leaf driven to and fro? and wilt thou pursue the dry stubble? -- job 13:25 +. +For thou writest bitter things against me, and makest me to possess the iniquities of my youth. -- job 13:26 +. +Thou puttest my feet also in the stocks, and lookest narrowly unto all my paths; thou settest a print upon the heels of my feet. -- job 13:27 +. +And he, as a rotten thing, consumeth, as a garment that is moth eaten. -- job 13:28 +. +Man that is born of a woman is of few days and full of trouble. -- job 14:1 +. +He cometh forth like a flower, and is cut down: he fleeth also as a shadow, and continueth not. -- job 14:2 +. +And doth thou open thine eyes upon such an one, and bringest me into judgment with thee? -- job 14:3 +. +Who can bring a clean thing out of an unclean? not one. -- job 14:4 +. +Seeing his days are determined, the number of his months are with thee, thou hast appointed his bounds that he cannot pass; -- job 14:5 +. +Turn from him, that he may rest, till he shall accomplish, as an hireling, his day. -- job 14:6 +. +For there is hope of a tree, if it be cut down, that it will sprout again, and that the tender branch thereof will not cease. -- job 14:7 +. +Though the root thereof wax old in the earth, and the stock thereof die in the ground; -- job 14:8 +. +Yet through the scent of water it will bud, and bring forth boughs like a plant. -- job 14:9 +. +But man dieth, and wasteth away: yea, man giveth up the ghost, and where is he? -- job 14:10 +. +As the waters fail from the sea, and the flood decayeth and drieth up: -- job 14:11 +. +So man lieth down, and riseth not: till the heavens be no more, they shall not awake, nor be raised out of their sleep. -- job 14:12 +. +O that thou wouldest hide me in the grave, that thou wouldest keep me secret, until thy wrath be past, that thou wouldest appoint me a set time, and remember me! -- job 14:13 +. +If a man die, shall he live again? all the days of my appointed time will I wait, till my change come. -- job 14:14 +. +Thou shalt call, and I will answer thee: thou wilt have a desire to the work of thine hands. -- job 14:15 +. +For now thou numberest my steps: dost thou not watch over my sin? -- job 14:16 +. +My transgression is sealed up in a bag, and thou sewest up mine iniquity. -- job 14:17 +. +And surely the mountains falling cometh to nought, and the rock is removed out of his place. -- job 14:18 +. +The waters wear the stones: thou washest away the things which grow out of the dust of the earth; and thou destroyest the hope of man. -- job 14:19 +. +Thou prevailest for ever against him, and he passeth: thou changest his countenance, and sendest him away. -- job 14:20 +. +His sons come to honour, and he knoweth it not; and they are brought low, but he perceiveth it not of them. -- job 14:21 +. +But his flesh upon him shall have pain, and his soul within him shall mourn. -- job 14:22 +. +Then answered Eliphaz the Temanite, and said, -- job 15:1 +. +Should a wise man utter vain knowledge, and fill his belly with the east wind? -- job 15:2 +. +Should he reason with unprofitable talk? or with speeches wherewith he can do no good? -- job 15:3 +. +Yea, thou castest off fear, and restrainest prayer before God. -- job 15:4 +. +For thy mouth uttereth thine iniquity, and thou choosest the tongue of the crafty. -- job 15:5 +. +Thine own mouth condemneth thee, and not I: yea, thine own lips testify against thee. -- job 15:6 +. +Art thou the first man that was born? or wast thou made before the hills? -- job 15:7 +. +Hast thou heard the secret of God? and dost thou restrain wisdom to thyself? -- job 15:8 +. +What knowest thou, that we know not? what understandest thou, which is not in us? -- job 15:9 +. +With us are both the grayheaded and very aged men, much elder than thy father. -- job 15:10 +. +Are the consolations of God small with thee? is there any secret thing with thee? -- job 15:11 +. +Why doth thine heart carry thee away? and what do thy eyes wink at, -- job 15:12 +. +That thou turnest thy spirit against God, and lettest such words go out of thy mouth? -- job 15:13 +. +What is man, that he should be clean? and he which is born of a woman, that he should be righteous? -- job 15:14 +. +Behold, he putteth no trust in his saints; yea, the heavens are not clean in his sight. -- job 15:15 +. +How much more abominable and filthy is man, which drinketh iniquity like water? -- job 15:16 +. +I will shew thee, hear me; and that which I have seen I will declare; -- job 15:17 +. +Which wise men have told from their fathers, and have not hid it: -- job 15:18 +. +Unto whom alone the earth was given, and no stranger passed among them. -- job 15:19 +. +The wicked man travaileth with pain all his days, and the number of years is hidden to the oppressor. -- job 15:20 +. +A dreadful sound is in his ears: in prosperity the destroyer shall come upon him. -- job 15:21 +. +He believeth not that he shall return out of darkness, and he is waited for of the sword. -- job 15:22 +. +He wandereth abroad for bread, saying, Where is it? he knoweth that the day of darkness is ready at his hand. -- job 15:23 +. +Trouble and anguish shall make him afraid; they shall prevail against him, as a king ready to the battle. -- job 15:24 +. +For he stretcheth out his hand against God, and strengtheneth himself against the Almighty. -- job 15:25 +. +He runneth upon him, even on his neck, upon the thick bosses of his bucklers: -- job 15:26 +. +Because he covereth his face with his fatness, and maketh collops of fat on his flanks. -- job 15:27 +. +And he dwelleth in desolate cities, and in houses which no man inhabiteth, which are ready to become heaps. -- job 15:28 +. +He shall not be rich, neither shall his substance continue, neither shall he prolong the perfection thereof upon the earth. -- job 15:29 +. +He shall not depart out of darkness; the flame shall dry up his branches, and by the breath of his mouth shall he go away. -- job 15:30 +. +Let not him that is deceived trust in vanity: for vanity shall be his recompence. -- job 15:31 +. +It shall be accomplished before his time, and his branch shall not be green. -- job 15:32 +. +He shall shake off his unripe grape as the vine, and shall cast off his flower as the olive. -- job 15:33 +. +For the congregation of hypocrites shall be desolate, and fire shall consume the tabernacles of bribery. -- job 15:34 +. +They conceive mischief, and bring forth vanity, and their belly prepareth deceit. -- job 15:35 +. +Then Job answered and said, -- job 16:1 +. +I have heard many such things: miserable comforters are ye all. -- job 16:2 +. +Shall vain words have an end? or what emboldeneth thee that thou answerest? -- job 16:3 +. +I also could speak as ye do: if your soul were in my soul's stead, I could heap up words against you, and shake mine head at you. -- job 16:4 +. +But I would strengthen you with my mouth, and the moving of my lips should asswage your grief. -- job 16:5 +. +Though I speak, my grief is not asswaged: and though I forbear, what am I eased? -- job 16:6 +. +But now he hath made me weary: thou hast made desolate all my company. -- job 16:7 +. +And thou hast filled me with wrinkles, which is a witness against me: and my leanness rising up in me beareth witness to my face. -- job 16:8 +. +He teareth me in his wrath, who hateth me: he gnasheth upon me with his teeth; mine enemy sharpeneth his eyes upon me. -- job 16:9 +. +They have gaped upon me with their mouth; they have smitten me upon the cheek reproachfully; they have gathered themselves together against me. -- job 16:10 +. +God hath delivered me to the ungodly, and turned me over into the hands of the wicked. -- job 16:11 +. +I was at ease, but he hath broken me asunder: he hath also taken me by my neck, and shaken me to pieces, and set me up for his mark. -- job 16:12 +. +His archers compass me round about, he cleaveth my reins asunder, and doth not spare; he poureth out my gall upon the ground. -- job 16:13 +. +He breaketh me with breach upon breach, he runneth upon me like a giant. -- job 16:14 +. +I have sewed sackcloth upon my skin, and defiled my horn in the dust. -- job 16:15 +. +My face is foul with weeping, and on my eyelids is the shadow of death; -- job 16:16 +. +Not for any injustice in mine hands: also my prayer is pure. -- job 16:17 +. +O earth, cover not thou my blood, and let my cry have no place. -- job 16:18 +. +Also now, behold, my witness is in heaven, and my record is on high. -- job 16:19 +. +My friends scorn me: but mine eye poureth out tears unto God. -- job 16:20 +. +O that one might plead for a man with God, as a man pleadeth for his neighbour! -- job 16:21 +. +When a few years are come, then I shall go the way whence I shall not return. -- job 16:22 +. +My breath is corrupt, my days are extinct, the graves are ready for me. -- job 17:1 +. +Are there not mockers with me? and doth not mine eye continue in their provocation? -- job 17:2 +. +Lay down now, put me in a surety with thee; who is he that will strike hands with me? -- job 17:3 +. +For thou hast hid their heart from understanding: therefore shalt thou not exalt them. -- job 17:4 +. +He that speaketh flattery to his friends, even the eyes of his children shall fail. -- job 17:5 +. +He hath made me also a byword of the people; and aforetime I was as a tabret. -- job 17:6 +. +Mine eye also is dim by reason of sorrow, and all my members are as a shadow. -- job 17:7 +. +Upright men shall be astonied at this, and the innocent shall stir up himself against the hypocrite. -- job 17:8 +. +The righteous also shall hold on his way, and he that hath clean hands shall be stronger and stronger. -- job 17:9 +. +But as for you all, do ye return, and come now: for I cannot find one wise man among you. -- job 17:10 +. +My days are past, my purposes are broken off, even the thoughts of my heart. -- job 17:11 +. +They change the night into day: the light is short because of darkness. -- job 17:12 +. +If I wait, the grave is mine house: I have made my bed in the darkness. -- job 17:13 +. +I have said to corruption, Thou art my father: to the worm, Thou art my mother, and my sister. -- job 17:14 +. +And where is now my hope? as for my hope, who shall see it? -- job 17:15 +. +They shall go down to the bars of the pit, when our rest together is in the dust. -- job 17:16 +. +Then answered Bildad the Shuhite, and said, -- job 18:1 +. +How long will it be ere ye make an end of words? mark, and afterwards we will speak. -- job 18:2 +. +Wherefore are we counted as beasts, and reputed vile in your sight? -- job 18:3 +. +He teareth himself in his anger: shall the earth be forsaken for thee? and shall the rock be removed out of his place? -- job 18:4 +. +Yea, the light of the wicked shall be put out, and the spark of his fire shall not shine. -- job 18:5 +. +The light shall be dark in his tabernacle, and his candle shall be put out with him. -- job 18:6 +. +The steps of his strength shall be straitened, and his own counsel shall cast him down. -- job 18:7 +. +For he is cast into a net by his own feet, and he walketh upon a snare. -- job 18:8 +. +The gin shall take him by the heel, and the robber shall prevail against him. -- job 18:9 +. +The snare is laid for him in the ground, and a trap for him in the way. -- job 18:10 +. +Terrors shall make him afraid on every side, and shall drive him to his feet. -- job 18:11 +. +His strength shall be hungerbitten, and destruction shall be ready at his side. -- job 18:12 +. +It shall devour the strength of his skin: even the firstborn of death shall devour his strength. -- job 18:13 +. +His confidence shall be rooted out of his tabernacle, and it shall bring him to the king of terrors. -- job 18:14 +. +It shall dwell in his tabernacle, because it is none of his: brimstone shall be scattered upon his habitation. -- job 18:15 +. +His roots shall be dried up beneath, and above shall his branch be cut off. -- job 18:16 +. +His remembrance shall perish from the earth, and he shall have no name in the street. -- job 18:17 +. +He shall be driven from light into darkness, and chased out of the world. -- job 18:18 +. +He shall neither have son nor nephew among his people, nor any remaining in his dwellings. -- job 18:19 +. +They that come after him shall be astonied at his day, as they that went before were affrighted. -- job 18:20 +. +Surely such are the dwellings of the wicked, and this is the place of him that knoweth not God. -- job 18:21 +. +Then Job answered and said, -- job 19:1 +. +How long will ye vex my soul, and break me in pieces with words? -- job 19:2 +. +These ten times have ye reproached me: ye are not ashamed that ye make yourselves strange to me. -- job 19:3 +. +And be it indeed that I have erred, mine error remaineth with myself. -- job 19:4 +. +If indeed ye will magnify yourselves against me, and plead against me my reproach: -- job 19:5 +. +Know now that God hath overthrown me, and hath compassed me with his net. -- job 19:6 +. +Behold, I cry out of wrong, but I am not heard: I cry aloud, but there is no judgment. -- job 19:7 +. +He hath fenced up my way that I cannot pass, and he hath set darkness in my paths. -- job 19:8 +. +He hath stripped me of my glory, and taken the crown from my head. -- job 19:9 +. +He hath destroyed me on every side, and I am gone: and mine hope hath he removed like a tree. -- job 19:10 +. +He hath also kindled his wrath against me, and he counteth me unto him as one of his enemies. -- job 19:11 +. +His troops come together, and raise up their way against me, and encamp round about my tabernacle. -- job 19:12 +. +He hath put my brethren far from me, and mine acquaintance are verily estranged from me. -- job 19:13 +. +My kinsfolk have failed, and my familiar friends have forgotten me. -- job 19:14 +. +They that dwell in mine house, and my maids, count me for a stranger: I am an alien in their sight. -- job 19:15 +. +I called my servant, and he gave me no answer; I intreated him with my mouth. -- job 19:16 +. +My breath is strange to my wife, though I intreated for the children's sake of mine own body. -- job 19:17 +. +Yea, young children despised me; I arose, and they spake against me. -- job 19:18 +. +All my inward friends abhorred me: and they whom I loved are turned against me. -- job 19:19 +. +My bone cleaveth to my skin and to my flesh, and I am escaped with the skin of my teeth. -- job 19:20 +. +Have pity upon me, have pity upon me, O ye my friends; for the hand of God hath touched me. -- job 19:21 +. +Why do ye persecute me as God, and are not satisfied with my flesh? -- job 19:22 +. +Oh that my words were now written! oh that they were printed in a book! -- job 19:23 +. +That they were graven with an iron pen and lead in the rock for ever! -- job 19:24 +. +For I know that my redeemer liveth, and that he shall stand at the latter day upon the earth: -- job 19:25 +. +And though after my skin worms destroy this body, yet in my flesh shall I see God: -- job 19:26 +. +Whom I shall see for myself, and mine eyes shall behold, and not another; though my reins be consumed within me. -- job 19:27 +. +But ye should say, Why persecute we him, seeing the root of the matter is found in me? -- job 19:28 +. +Be ye afraid of the sword: for wrath bringeth the punishments of the sword, that ye may know there is a judgment. -- job 19:29 +. +Then answered Zophar the Naamathite, and said, -- job 20:1 +. +Therefore do my thoughts cause me to answer, and for this I make haste. -- job 20:2 +. +I have heard the check of my reproach, and the spirit of my understanding causeth me to answer. -- job 20:3 +. +Knowest thou not this of old, since man was placed upon earth, -- job 20:4 +. +That the triumphing of the wicked is short, and the joy of the hypocrite but for a moment? -- job 20:5 +. +Though his excellency mount up to the heavens, and his head reach unto the clouds; -- job 20:6 +. +Yet he shall perish for ever like his own dung: they which have seen him shall say, Where is he? -- job 20:7 +. +He shall fly away as a dream, and shall not be found: yea, he shall be chased away as a vision of the night. -- job 20:8 +. +The eye also which saw him shall see him no more; neither shall his place any more behold him. -- job 20:9 +. +His children shall seek to please the poor, and his hands shall restore their goods. -- job 20:10 +. +His bones are full of the sin of his youth, which shall lie down with him in the dust. -- job 20:11 +. +Though wickedness be sweet in his mouth, though he hide it under his tongue; -- job 20:12 +. +Though he spare it, and forsake it not; but keep it still within his mouth: -- job 20:13 +. +Yet his meat in his bowels is turned, it is the gall of asps within him. -- job 20:14 +. +He hath swallowed down riches, and he shall vomit them up again: God shall cast them out of his belly. -- job 20:15 +. +He shall suck the poison of asps: the viper's tongue shall slay him. -- job 20:16 +. +He shall not see the rivers, the floods, the brooks of honey and butter. -- job 20:17 +. +That which he laboured for shall he restore, and shall not swallow it down: according to his substance shall the restitution be, and he shall not rejoice therein. -- job 20:18 +. +Because he hath oppressed and hath forsaken the poor; because he hath violently taken away an house which he builded not; -- job 20:19 +. +Surely he shall not feel quietness in his belly, he shall not save of that which he desired. -- job 20:20 +. +There shall none of his meat be left; therefore shall no man look for his goods. -- job 20:21 +. +In the fulness of his sufficiency he shall be in straits: every hand of the wicked shall come upon him. -- job 20:22 +. +When he is about to fill his belly, God shall cast the fury of his wrath upon him, and shall rain it upon him while he is eating. -- job 20:23 +. +He shall flee from the iron weapon, and the bow of steel shall strike him through. -- job 20:24 +. +It is drawn, and cometh out of the body; yea, the glittering sword cometh out of his gall: terrors are upon him. -- job 20:25 +. +All darkness shall be hid in his secret places: a fire not blown shall consume him; it shall go ill with him that is left in his tabernacle. -- job 20:26 +. +The heaven shall reveal his iniquity; and the earth shall rise up against him. -- job 20:27 +. +The increase of his house shall depart, and his goods shall flow away in the day of his wrath. -- job 20:28 +. +This is the portion of a wicked man from God, and the heritage appointed unto him by God. -- job 20:29 +. +But Job answered and said, -- job 21:1 +. +Hear diligently my speech, and let this be your consolations. -- job 21:2 +. +Suffer me that I may speak; and after that I have spoken, mock on. -- job 21:3 +. +As for me, is my complaint to man? and if it were so, why should not my spirit be troubled? -- job 21:4 +. +Mark me, and be astonished, and lay your hand upon your mouth. -- job 21:5 +. +Even when I remember I am afraid, and trembling taketh hold on my flesh. -- job 21:6 +. +Wherefore do the wicked live, become old, yea, are mighty in power? -- job 21:7 +. +Their seed is established in their sight with them, and their offspring before their eyes. -- job 21:8 +. +Their houses are safe from fear, neither is the rod of God upon them. -- job 21:9 +. +Their bull gendereth, and faileth not; their cow calveth, and casteth not her calf. -- job 21:10 +. +They send forth their little ones like a flock, and their children dance. -- job 21:11 +. +They take the timbrel and harp, and rejoice at the sound of the organ. -- job 21:12 +. +They spend their days in wealth, and in a moment go down to the grave. -- job 21:13 +. +Therefore they say unto God, Depart from us; for we desire not the knowledge of thy ways. -- job 21:14 +. +What is the Almighty, that we should serve him? and what profit should we have, if we pray unto him? -- job 21:15 +. +Lo, their good is not in their hand: the counsel of the wicked is far from me. -- job 21:16 +. +How oft is the candle of the wicked put out! and how oft cometh their destruction upon them! God distributeth sorrows in his anger. -- job 21:17 +. +They are as stubble before the wind, and as chaff that the storm carrieth away. -- job 21:18 +. +God layeth up his iniquity for his children: he rewardeth him, and he shall know it. -- job 21:19 +. +His eyes shall see his destruction, and he shall drink of the wrath of the Almighty. -- job 21:20 +. +For what pleasure hath he in his house after him, when the number of his months is cut off in the midst? -- job 21:21 +. +Shall any teach God knowledge? seeing he judgeth those that are high. -- job 21:22 +. +One dieth in his full strength, being wholly at ease and quiet. -- job 21:23 +. +His breasts are full of milk, and his bones are moistened with marrow. -- job 21:24 +. +And another dieth in the bitterness of his soul, and never eateth with pleasure. -- job 21:25 +. +They shall lie down alike in the dust, and the worms shall cover them. -- job 21:26 +. +Behold, I know your thoughts, and the devices which ye wrongfully imagine against me. -- job 21:27 +. +For ye say, Where is the house of the prince? and where are the dwelling places of the wicked? -- job 21:28 +. +Have ye not asked them that go by the way? and do ye not know their tokens, -- job 21:29 +. +That the wicked is reserved to the day of destruction? they shall be brought forth to the day of wrath. -- job 21:30 +. +Who shall declare his way to his face? and who shall repay him what he hath done? -- job 21:31 +. +Yet shall he be brought to the grave, and shall remain in the tomb. -- job 21:32 +. +The clods of the valley shall be sweet unto him, and every man shall draw after him, as there are innumerable before him. -- job 21:33 +. +How then comfort ye me in vain, seeing in your answers there remaineth falsehood? -- job 21:34 +. +Then Eliphaz the Temanite answered and said, -- job 22:1 +. +Can a man be profitable unto God, as he that is wise may be profitable unto himself? -- job 22:2 +. +Is it any pleasure to the Almighty, that thou art righteous? or is it gain to him, that thou makest thy ways perfect? -- job 22:3 +. +Will he reprove thee for fear of thee? will he enter with thee into judgment? -- job 22:4 +. +Is not thy wickedness great? and thine iniquities infinite? -- job 22:5 +. +For thou hast taken a pledge from thy brother for nought, and stripped the naked of their clothing. -- job 22:6 +. +Thou hast not given water to the weary to drink, and thou hast withholden bread from the hungry. -- job 22:7 +. +But as for the mighty man, he had the earth; and the honourable man dwelt in it. -- job 22:8 +. +Thou hast sent widows away empty, and the arms of the fatherless have been broken. -- job 22:9 +. +Therefore snares are round about thee, and sudden fear troubleth thee; -- job 22:10 +. +Or darkness, that thou canst not see; and abundance of waters cover thee. -- job 22:11 +. +Is not God in the height of heaven? and behold the height of the stars, how high they are! -- job 22:12 +. +And thou sayest, How doth God know? can he judge through the dark cloud? -- job 22:13 +. +Thick clouds are a covering to him, that he seeth not; and he walketh in the circuit of heaven. -- job 22:14 +. +Hast thou marked the old way which wicked men have trodden? -- job 22:15 +. +Which were cut down out of time, whose foundation was overflown with a flood: -- job 22:16 +. +Which said unto God, Depart from us: and what can the Almighty do for them? -- job 22:17 +. +Yet he filled their houses with good things: but the counsel of the wicked is far from me. -- job 22:18 +. +The righteous see it, and are glad: and the innocent laugh them to scorn. -- job 22:19 +. +Whereas our substance is not cut down, but the remnant of them the fire consumeth. -- job 22:20 +. +Acquaint now thyself with him, and be at peace: thereby good shall come unto thee. -- job 22:21 +. +Receive, I pray thee, the law from his mouth, and lay up his words in thine heart. -- job 22:22 +. +If thou return to the Almighty, thou shalt be built up, thou shalt put away iniquity far from thy tabernacles. -- job 22:23 +. +Then shalt thou lay up gold as dust, and the gold of Ophir as the stones of the brooks. -- job 22:24 +. +Yea, the Almighty shall be thy defence, and thou shalt have plenty of silver. -- job 22:25 +. +For then shalt thou have thy delight in the Almighty, and shalt lift up thy face unto God. -- job 22:26 +. +Thou shalt make thy prayer unto him, and he shall hear thee, and thou shalt pay thy vows. -- job 22:27 +. +Thou shalt also decree a thing, and it shall be established unto thee: and the light shall shine upon thy ways. -- job 22:28 +. +When men are cast down, then thou shalt say, There is lifting up; and he shall save the humble person. -- job 22:29 +. +He shall deliver the island of the innocent: and it is delivered by the pureness of thine hands. -- job 22:30 +. +Then Job answered and said, -- job 23:1 +. +Even to day is my complaint bitter: my stroke is heavier than my groaning. -- job 23:2 +. +Oh that I knew where I might find him! that I might come even to his seat! -- job 23:3 +. +I would order my cause before him, and fill my mouth with arguments. -- job 23:4 +. +I would know the words which he would answer me, and understand what he would say unto me. -- job 23:5 +. +Will he plead against me with his great power? No; but he would put strength in me. -- job 23:6 +. +There the righteous might dispute with him; so should I be delivered for ever from my judge. -- job 23:7 +. +Behold, I go forward, but he is not there; and backward, but I cannot perceive him: -- job 23:8 +. +On the left hand, where he doth work, but I cannot behold him: he hideth himself on the right hand, that I cannot see him: -- job 23:9 +. +But he knoweth the way that I take: when he hath tried me, I shall come forth as gold. -- job 23:10 +. +My foot hath held his steps, his way have I kept, and not declined. -- job 23:11 +. +Neither have I gone back from the commandment of his lips; I have esteemed the words of his mouth more than my necessary food. -- job 23:12 +. +But he is in one mind, and who can turn him? and what his soul desireth, even that he doeth. -- job 23:13 +. +For he performeth the thing that is appointed for me: and many such things are with him. -- job 23:14 +. +Therefore am I troubled at his presence: when I consider, I am afraid of him. -- job 23:15 +. +For God maketh my heart soft, and the Almighty troubleth me: -- job 23:16 +. +Because I was not cut off before the darkness, neither hath he covered the darkness from my face. -- job 23:17 +. +Why, seeing times are not hidden from the Almighty, do they that know him not see his days? -- job 24:1 +. +Some remove the landmarks; they violently take away flocks, and feed thereof. -- job 24:2 +. +They drive away the ass of the fatherless, they take the widow's ox for a pledge. -- job 24:3 +. +They turn the needy out of the way: the poor of the earth hide themselves together. -- job 24:4 +. +Behold, as wild asses in the desert, go they forth to their work; rising betimes for a prey: the wilderness yieldeth food for them and for their children. -- job 24:5 +. +They reap every one his corn in the field: and they gather the vintage of the wicked. -- job 24:6 +. +They cause the naked to lodge without clothing, that they have no covering in the cold. -- job 24:7 +. +They are wet with the showers of the mountains, and embrace the rock for want of a shelter. -- job 24:8 +. +They pluck the fatherless from the breast, and take a pledge of the poor. -- job 24:9 +. +They cause him to go naked without clothing, and they take away the sheaf from the hungry; -- job 24:10 +. +Which make oil within their walls, and tread their winepresses, and suffer thirst. -- job 24:11 +. +Men groan from out of the city, and the soul of the wounded crieth out: yet God layeth not folly to them. -- job 24:12 +. +They are of those that rebel against the light; they know not the ways thereof, nor abide in the paths thereof. -- job 24:13 +. +The murderer rising with the light killeth the poor and needy, and in the night is as a thief. -- job 24:14 +. +The eye also of the adulterer waiteth for the twilight, saying, No eye shall see me: and disguiseth his face. -- job 24:15 +. +In the dark they dig through houses, which they had marked for themselves in the daytime: they know not the light. -- job 24:16 +. +For the morning is to them even as the shadow of death: if one know them, they are in the terrors of the shadow of death. -- job 24:17 +. +He is swift as the waters; their portion is cursed in the earth: he beholdeth not the way of the vineyards. -- job 24:18 +. +Drought and heat consume the snow waters: so doth the grave those which have sinned. -- job 24:19 +. +The womb shall forget him; the worm shall feed sweetly on him; he shall be no more remembered; and wickedness shall be broken as a tree. -- job 24:20 +. +He evil entreateth the barren that beareth not: and doeth not good to the widow. -- job 24:21 +. +He draweth also the mighty with his power: he riseth up, and no man is sure of life. -- job 24:22 +. +Though it be given him to be in safety, whereon he resteth; yet his eyes are upon their ways. -- job 24:23 +. +They are exalted for a little while, but are gone and brought low; they are taken out of the way as all other, and cut off as the tops of the ears of corn. -- job 24:24 +. +And if it be not so now, who will make me a liar, and make my speech nothing worth? -- job 24:25 +. +Then answered Bildad the Shuhite, and said, -- job 25:1 +. +Dominion and fear are with him, he maketh peace in his high places. -- job 25:2 +. +Is there any number of his armies? and upon whom doth not his light arise? -- job 25:3 +. +How then can man be justified with God? or how can he be clean that is born of a woman? -- job 25:4 +. +Behold even to the moon, and it shineth not; yea, the stars are not pure in his sight. -- job 25:5 +. +How much less man, that is a worm? and the son of man, which is a worm? -- job 25:6 +. +But Job answered and said, -- job 26:1 +. +How hast thou helped him that is without power? how savest thou the arm that hath no strength? -- job 26:2 +. +How hast thou counselled him that hath no wisdom? and how hast thou plentifully declared the thing as it is? -- job 26:3 +. +To whom hast thou uttered words? and whose spirit came from thee? -- job 26:4 +. +Dead things are formed from under the waters, and the inhabitants thereof. -- job 26:5 +. +Hell is naked before him, and destruction hath no covering. -- job 26:6 +. +He stretcheth out the north over the empty place, and hangeth the earth upon nothing. -- job 26:7 +. +He bindeth up the waters in his thick clouds; and the cloud is not rent under them. -- job 26:8 +. +He holdeth back the face of his throne, and spreadeth his cloud upon it. -- job 26:9 +. +He hath compassed the waters with bounds, until the day and night come to an end. -- job 26:10 +. +The pillars of heaven tremble and are astonished at his reproof. -- job 26:11 +. +He divideth the sea with his power, and by his understanding he smiteth through the proud. -- job 26:12 +. +By his spirit he hath garnished the heavens; his hand hath formed the crooked serpent. -- job 26:13 +. +Lo, these are parts of his ways: but how little a portion is heard of him? but the thunder of his power who can understand? -- job 26:14 +. +Moreover Job continued his parable, and said, -- job 27:1 +. +As God liveth, who hath taken away my judgment; and the Almighty, who hath vexed my soul; -- job 27:2 +. +All the while my breath is in me, and the spirit of God is in my nostrils; -- job 27:3 +. +My lips shall not speak wickedness, nor my tongue utter deceit. -- job 27:4 +. +God forbid that I should justify you: till I die I will not remove mine integrity from me. -- job 27:5 +. +My righteousness I hold fast, and will not let it go: my heart shall not reproach me so long as I live. -- job 27:6 +. +Let mine enemy be as the wicked, and he that riseth up against me as the unrighteous. -- job 27:7 +. +For what is the hope of the hypocrite, though he hath gained, when God taketh away his soul? -- job 27:8 +. +Will God hear his cry when trouble cometh upon him? -- job 27:9 +. +Will he delight himself in the Almighty? will he always call upon God? -- job 27:10 +. +I will teach you by the hand of God: that which is with the Almighty will I not conceal. -- job 27:11 +. +Behold, all ye yourselves have seen it; why then are ye thus altogether vain? -- job 27:12 +. +This is the portion of a wicked man with God, and the heritage of oppressors, which they shall receive of the Almighty. -- job 27:13 +. +If his children be multiplied, it is for the sword: and his offspring shall not be satisfied with bread. -- job 27:14 +. +Those that remain of him shall be buried in death: and his widows shall not weep. -- job 27:15 +. +Though he heap up silver as the dust, and prepare raiment as the clay; -- job 27:16 +. +He may prepare it, but the just shall put it on, and the innocent shall divide the silver. -- job 27:17 +. +He buildeth his house as a moth, and as a booth that the keeper maketh. -- job 27:18 +. +The rich man shall lie down, but he shall not be gathered: he openeth his eyes, and he is not. -- job 27:19 +. +Terrors take hold on him as waters, a tempest stealeth him away in the night. -- job 27:20 +. +The east wind carrieth him away, and he departeth: and as a storm hurleth him out of his place. -- job 27:21 +. +For God shall cast upon him, and not spare: he would fain flee out of his hand. -- job 27:22 +. +Men shall clap their hands at him, and shall hiss him out of his place. -- job 27:23 +. +Surely there is a vein for the silver, and a place for gold where they fine it. -- job 28:1 +. +Iron is taken out of the earth, and brass is molten out of the stone. -- job 28:2 +. +He setteth an end to darkness, and searcheth out all perfection: the stones of darkness, and the shadow of death. -- job 28:3 +. +The flood breaketh out from the inhabitant; even the waters forgotten of the foot: they are dried up, they are gone away from men. -- job 28:4 +. +As for the earth, out of it cometh bread: and under it is turned up as it were fire. -- job 28:5 +. +The stones of it are the place of sapphires: and it hath dust of gold. -- job 28:6 +. +There is a path which no fowl knoweth, and which the vulture's eye hath not seen: -- job 28:7 +. +The lion's whelps have not trodden it, nor the fierce lion passed by it. -- job 28:8 +. +He putteth forth his hand upon the rock; he overturneth the mountains by the roots. -- job 28:9 +. +He cutteth out rivers among the rocks; and his eye seeth every precious thing. -- job 28:10 +. +He bindeth the floods from overflowing; and the thing that is hid bringeth he forth to light. -- job 28:11 +. +But where shall wisdom be found? and where is the place of understanding? -- job 28:12 +. +Man knoweth not the price thereof; neither is it found in the land of the living. -- job 28:13 +. +The depth saith, It is not in me: and the sea saith, It is not with me. -- job 28:14 +. +It cannot be gotten for gold, neither shall silver be weighed for the price thereof. -- job 28:15 +. +It cannot be valued with the gold of Ophir, with the precious onyx, or the sapphire. -- job 28:16 +. +The gold and the crystal cannot equal it: and the exchange of it shall not be for jewels of fine gold. -- job 28:17 +. +No mention shall be made of coral, or of pearls: for the price of wisdom is above rubies. -- job 28:18 +. +The topaz of Ethiopia shall not equal it, neither shall it be valued with pure gold. -- job 28:19 +. +Whence then cometh wisdom? and where is the place of understanding? -- job 28:20 +. +Seeing it is hid from the eyes of all living, and kept close from the fowls of the air. -- job 28:21 +. +Destruction and death say, We have heard the fame thereof with our ears. -- job 28:22 +. +God understandeth the way thereof, and he knoweth the place thereof. -- job 28:23 +. +For he looketh to the ends of the earth, and seeth under the whole heaven; -- job 28:24 +. +To make the weight for the winds; and he weigheth the waters by measure. -- job 28:25 +. +When he made a decree for the rain, and a way for the lightning of the thunder: -- job 28:26 +. +Then did he see it, and declare it; he prepared it, yea, and searched it out. -- job 28:27 +. +And unto man he said, Behold, the fear of the LORD, that is wisdom; and to depart from evil is understanding. -- job 28:28 +. +Moreover Job continued his parable, and said, -- job 29:1 +. +Oh that I were as in months past, as in the days when God preserved me; -- job 29:2 +. +When his candle shined upon my head, and when by his light I walked through darkness; -- job 29:3 +. +As I was in the days of my youth, when the secret of God was upon my tabernacle; -- job 29:4 +. +When the Almighty was yet with me, when my children were about me; -- job 29:5 +. +When I washed my steps with butter, and the rock poured me out rivers of oil; -- job 29:6 +. +When I went out to the gate through the city, when I prepared my seat in the street! -- job 29:7 +. +The young men saw me, and hid themselves: and the aged arose, and stood up. -- job 29:8 +. +The princes refrained talking, and laid their hand on their mouth. -- job 29:9 +. +The nobles held their peace, and their tongue cleaved to the roof of their mouth. -- job 29:10 +. +When the ear heard me, then it blessed me; and when the eye saw me, it gave witness to me: -- job 29:11 +. +Because I delivered the poor that cried, and the fatherless, and him that had none to help him. -- job 29:12 +. +The blessing of him that was ready to perish came upon me: and I caused the widow's heart to sing for joy. -- job 29:13 +. +I put on righteousness, and it clothed me: my judgment was as a robe and a diadem. -- job 29:14 +. +I was eyes to the blind, and feet was I to the lame. -- job 29:15 +. +I was a father to the poor: and the cause which I knew not I searched out. -- job 29:16 +. +And I brake the jaws of the wicked, and plucked the spoil out of his teeth. -- job 29:17 +. +Then I said, I shall die in my nest, and I shall multiply my days as the sand. -- job 29:18 +. +My root was spread out by the waters, and the dew lay all night upon my branch. -- job 29:19 +. +My glory was fresh in me, and my bow was renewed in my hand. -- job 29:20 +. +Unto me men gave ear, and waited, and kept silence at my counsel. -- job 29:21 +. +After my words they spake not again; and my speech dropped upon them. -- job 29:22 +. +And they waited for me as for the rain; and they opened their mouth wide as for the latter rain. -- job 29:23 +. +If I laughed on them, they believed it not; and the light of my countenance they cast not down. -- job 29:24 +. +I chose out their way, and sat chief, and dwelt as a king in the army, as one that comforteth the mourners. -- job 29:25 +. +But now they that are younger than I have me in derision, whose fathers I would have disdained to have set with the dogs of my flock. -- job 30:1 +. +Yea, whereto might the strength of their hands profit me, in whom old age was perished? -- job 30:2 +. +For want and famine they were solitary; fleeing into the wilderness in former time desolate and waste. -- job 30:3 +. +Who cut up mallows by the bushes, and juniper roots for their meat. -- job 30:4 +. +They were driven forth from among men, (they cried after them as after a thief;) -- job 30:5 +. +To dwell in the cliffs of the valleys, in caves of the earth, and in the rocks. -- job 30:6 +. +Among the bushes they brayed; under the nettles they were gathered together. -- job 30:7 +. +They were children of fools, yea, children of base men: they were viler than the earth. -- job 30:8 +. +And now am I their song, yea, I am their byword. -- job 30:9 +. +They abhor me, they flee far from me, and spare not to spit in my face. -- job 30:10 +. +Because he hath loosed my cord, and afflicted me, they have also let loose the bridle before me. -- job 30:11 +. +Upon my right hand rise the youth; they push away my feet, and they raise up against me the ways of their destruction. -- job 30:12 +. +They mar my path, they set forward my calamity, they have no helper. -- job 30:13 +. +They came upon me as a wide breaking in of waters: in the desolation they rolled themselves upon me. -- job 30:14 +. +Terrors are turned upon me: they pursue my soul as the wind: and my welfare passeth away as a cloud. -- job 30:15 +. +And now my soul is poured out upon me; the days of affliction have taken hold upon me. -- job 30:16 +. +My bones are pierced in me in the night season: and my sinews take no rest. -- job 30:17 +. +By the great force of my disease is my garment changed: it bindeth me about as the collar of my coat. -- job 30:18 +. +He hath cast me into the mire, and I am become like dust and ashes. -- job 30:19 +. +I cry unto thee, and thou dost not hear me: I stand up, and thou regardest me not. -- job 30:20 +. +Thou art become cruel to me: with thy strong hand thou opposest thyself against me. -- job 30:21 +. +Thou liftest me up to the wind; thou causest me to ride upon it, and dissolvest my substance. -- job 30:22 +. +For I know that thou wilt bring me to death, and to the house appointed for all living. -- job 30:23 +. +Howbeit he will not stretch out his hand to the grave, though they cry in his destruction. -- job 30:24 +. +Did not I weep for him that was in trouble? was not my soul grieved for the poor? -- job 30:25 +. +When I looked for good, then evil came unto me: and when I waited for light, there came darkness. -- job 30:26 +. +My bowels boiled, and rested not: the days of affliction prevented me. -- job 30:27 +. +I went mourning without the sun: I stood up, and I cried in the congregation. -- job 30:28 +. +I am a brother to dragons, and a companion to owls. -- job 30:29 +. +My skin is black upon me, and my bones are burned with heat. -- job 30:30 +. +My harp also is turned to mourning, and my organ into the voice of them that weep. -- job 30:31 +. +I made a covenant with mine eyes; why then should I think upon a maid? -- job 31:1 +. +For what portion of God is there from above? and what inheritance of the Almighty from on high? -- job 31:2 +. +Is not destruction to the wicked? and a strange punishment to the workers of iniquity? -- job 31:3 +. +Doth not he see my ways, and count all my steps? -- job 31:4 +. +If I have walked with vanity, or if my foot hath hasted to deceit; -- job 31:5 +. +Let me be weighed in an even balance that God may know mine integrity. -- job 31:6 +. +If my step hath turned out of the way, and mine heart walked after mine eyes, and if any blot hath cleaved to mine hands; -- job 31:7 +. +Then let me sow, and let another eat; yea, let my offspring be rooted out. -- job 31:8 +. +If mine heart have been deceived by a woman, or if I have laid wait at my neighbour's door; -- job 31:9 +. +Then let my wife grind unto another, and let others bow down upon her. -- job 31:10 +. +For this is an heinous crime; yea, it is an iniquity to be punished by the judges. -- job 31:11 +. +For it is a fire that consumeth to destruction, and would root out all mine increase. -- job 31:12 +. +If I did despise the cause of my manservant or of my maidservant, when they contended with me; -- job 31:13 +. +What then shall I do when God riseth up? and when he visiteth, what shall I answer him? -- job 31:14 +. +Did not he that made me in the womb make him? and did not one fashion us in the womb? -- job 31:15 +. +If I have withheld the poor from their desire, or have caused the eyes of the widow to fail; -- job 31:16 +. +Or have eaten my morsel myself alone, and the fatherless hath not eaten thereof; -- job 31:17 +. +(For from my youth he was brought up with me, as with a father, and I have guided her from my mother's womb;) -- job 31:18 +. +If I have seen any perish for want of clothing, or any poor without covering; -- job 31:19 +. +If his loins have not blessed me, and if he were not warmed with the fleece of my sheep; -- job 31:20 +. +If I have lifted up my hand against the fatherless, when I saw my help in the gate: -- job 31:21 +. +Then let mine arm fall from my shoulder blade, and mine arm be broken from the bone. -- job 31:22 +. +For destruction from God was a terror to me, and by reason of his highness I could not endure. -- job 31:23 +. +If I have made gold my hope, or have said to the fine gold, Thou art my confidence; -- job 31:24 +. +If I rejoice because my wealth was great, and because mine hand had gotten much; -- job 31:25 +. +If I beheld the sun when it shined, or the moon walking in brightness; -- job 31:26 +. +And my heart hath been secretly enticed, or my mouth hath kissed my hand: -- job 31:27 +. +This also were an iniquity to be punished by the judge: for I should have denied the God that is above. -- job 31:28 +. +If I rejoice at the destruction of him that hated me, or lifted up myself when evil found him: -- job 31:29 +. +Neither have I suffered my mouth to sin by wishing a curse to his soul. -- job 31:30 +. +If the men of my tabernacle said not, Oh that we had of his flesh! we cannot be satisfied. -- job 31:31 +. +The stranger did not lodge in the street: but I opened my doors to the traveller. -- job 31:32 +. +If I covered my transgressions as Adam, by hiding mine iniquity in my bosom: -- job 31:33 +. +Did I fear a great multitude, or did the contempt of families terrify me, that I kept silence, and went not out of the door? -- job 31:34 +. +Oh that one would hear me! behold, my desire is, that the Almighty would answer me, and that mine adversary had written a book. -- job 31:35 +. +Surely I would take it upon my shoulder, and bind it as a crown to me. -- job 31:36 +. +I would declare unto him the number of my steps; as a prince would I go near unto him. -- job 31:37 +. +If my land cry against me, or that the furrows likewise thereof complain; -- job 31:38 +. +If I have eaten the fruits thereof without money, or have caused the owners thereof to lose their life: -- job 31:39 +. +Let thistles grow instead of wheat, and cockle instead of barley. The words of Job are ended. -- job 31:40 +. +So these three men ceased to answer Job, because he was righteous in his own eyes. -- job 32:1 +. +Then was kindled the wrath of Elihu the son of Barachel the Buzite, of the kindred of Ram: against Job was his wrath kindled, because he justified himself rather than God. -- job 32:2 +. +Also against his three friends was his wrath kindled, because they had found no answer, and yet had condemned Job. -- job 32:3 +. +Now Elihu had waited till Job had spoken, because they were elder than he. -- job 32:4 +. +When Elihu saw that there was no answer in the mouth of these three men, then his wrath was kindled. -- job 32:5 +. +And Elihu the son of Barachel the Buzite answered and said, I am young, and ye are very old; wherefore I was afraid, and durst not shew you mine opinion. -- job 32:6 +. +I said, Days should speak, and multitude of years should teach wisdom. -- job 32:7 +. +But there is a spirit in man: and the inspiration of the Almighty giveth them understanding. -- job 32:8 +. +Great men are not always wise: neither do the aged understand judgment. -- job 32:9 +. +Therefore I said, Hearken to me; I also will shew mine opinion. -- job 32:10 +. +Behold, I waited for your words; I gave ear to your reasons, whilst ye searched out what to say. -- job 32:11 +. +Yea, I attended unto you, and, behold, there was none of you that convinced Job, or that answered his words: -- job 32:12 +. +Lest ye should say, We have found out wisdom: God thrusteth him down, not man. -- job 32:13 +. +Now he hath not directed his words against me: neither will I answer him with your speeches. -- job 32:14 +. +They were amazed, they answered no more: they left off speaking. -- job 32:15 +. +When I had waited, (for they spake not, but stood still, and answered no more;) -- job 32:16 +. +I said, I will answer also my part, I also will shew mine opinion. -- job 32:17 +. +For I am full of matter, the spirit within me constraineth me. -- job 32:18 +. +Behold, my belly is as wine which hath no vent; it is ready to burst like new bottles. -- job 32:19 +. +I will speak, that I may be refreshed: I will open my lips and answer. -- job 32:20 +. +Let me not, I pray you, accept any man's person, neither let me give flattering titles unto man. -- job 32:21 +. +For I know not to give flattering titles; in so doing my maker would soon take me away. -- job 32:22 +. +Wherefore, Job, I pray thee, hear my speeches, and hearken to all my words. -- job 33:1 +. +Behold, now I have opened my mouth, my tongue hath spoken in my mouth. -- job 33:2 +. +My words shall be of the uprightness of my heart: and my lips shall utter knowledge clearly. -- job 33:3 +. +The spirit of God hath made me, and the breath of the Almighty hath given me life. -- job 33:4 +. +If thou canst answer me, set thy words in order before me, stand up. -- job 33:5 +. +Behold, I am according to thy wish in God's stead: I also am formed out of the clay. -- job 33:6 +. +Behold, my terror shall not make thee afraid, neither shall my hand be heavy upon thee. -- job 33:7 +. +Surely thou hast spoken in mine hearing, and I have heard the voice of thy words, saying, -- job 33:8 +. +I am clean without transgression, I am innocent; neither is there iniquity in me. -- job 33:9 +. +Behold, he findeth occasions against me, he counteth me for his enemy, -- job 33:10 +. +He putteth my feet in the stocks, he marketh all my paths. -- job 33:11 +. +Behold, in this thou art not just: I will answer thee, that God is greater than man. -- job 33:12 +. +Why dost thou strive against him? for he giveth not account of any of his matters. -- job 33:13 +. +For God speaketh once, yea twice, yet man perceiveth it not. -- job 33:14 +. +In a dream, in a vision of the night, when deep sleep falleth upon men, in slumberings upon the bed; -- job 33:15 +. +Then he openeth the ears of men, and sealeth their instruction, -- job 33:16 +. +That he may withdraw man from his purpose, and hide pride from man. -- job 33:17 +. +He keepeth back his soul from the pit, and his life from perishing by the sword. -- job 33:18 +. +He is chastened also with pain upon his bed, and the multitude of his bones with strong pain: -- job 33:19 +. +So that his life abhorreth bread, and his soul dainty meat. -- job 33:20 +. +His flesh is consumed away, that it cannot be seen; and his bones that were not seen stick out. -- job 33:21 +. +Yea, his soul draweth near unto the grave, and his life to the destroyers. -- job 33:22 +. +If there be a messenger with him, an interpreter, one among a thousand, to shew unto man his uprightness: -- job 33:23 +. +Then he is gracious unto him, and saith, Deliver him from going down to the pit: I have found a ransom. -- job 33:24 +. +His flesh shall be fresher than a child's: he shall return to the days of his youth: -- job 33:25 +. +He shall pray unto God, and he will be favourable unto him: and he shall see his face with joy: for he will render unto man his righteousness. -- job 33:26 +. +He looketh upon men, and if any say, I have sinned, and perverted that which was right, and it profited me not; -- job 33:27 +. +He will deliver his soul from going into the pit, and his life shall see the light. -- job 33:28 +. +Lo, all these things worketh God oftentimes with man, -- job 33:29 +. +To bring back his soul from the pit, to be enlightened with the light of the living. -- job 33:30 +. +Mark well, O Job, hearken unto me: hold thy peace, and I will speak. -- job 33:31 +. +If thou hast anything to say, answer me: speak, for I desire to justify thee. -- job 33:32 +. +If not, hearken unto me: hold thy peace, and I shall teach thee wisdom. -- job 33:33 +. +Furthermore Elihu answered and said, -- job 34:1 +. +Hear my words, O ye wise men; and give ear unto me, ye that have knowledge. -- job 34:2 +. +For the ear trieth words, as the mouth tasteth meat. -- job 34:3 +. +Let us choose to us judgment: let us know among ourselves what is good. -- job 34:4 +. +For Job hath said, I am righteous: and God hath taken away my judgment. -- job 34:5 +. +Should I lie against my right? my wound is incurable without transgression. -- job 34:6 +. +What man is like Job, who drinketh up scorning like water? -- job 34:7 +. +Which goeth in company with the workers of iniquity, and walketh with wicked men. -- job 34:8 +. +For he hath said, It profiteth a man nothing that he should delight himself with God. -- job 34:9 +. +Therefore hearken unto me ye men of understanding: far be it from God, that he should do wickedness; and from the Almighty, that he should commit iniquity. -- job 34:10 +. +For the work of a man shall he render unto him, and cause every man to find according to his ways. -- job 34:11 +. +Yea, surely God will not do wickedly, neither will the Almighty pervert judgment. -- job 34:12 +. +Who hath given him a charge over the earth? or who hath disposed the whole world? -- job 34:13 +. +If he set his heart upon man, if he gather unto himself his spirit and his breath; -- job 34:14 +. +All flesh shall perish together, and man shall turn again unto dust. -- job 34:15 +. +If now thou hast understanding, hear this: hearken to the voice of my words. -- job 34:16 +. +Shall even he that hateth right govern? and wilt thou condemn him that is most just? -- job 34:17 +. +Is it fit to say to a king, Thou art wicked? and to princes, Ye are ungodly? -- job 34:18 +. +How much less to him that accepteth not the persons of princes, nor regardeth the rich more than the poor? for they all are the work of his hands. -- job 34:19 +. +In a moment shall they die, and the people shall be troubled at midnight, and pass away: and the mighty shall be taken away without hand. -- job 34:20 +. +For his eyes are upon the ways of man, and he seeth all his goings. -- job 34:21 +. +There is no darkness, nor shadow of death, where the workers of iniquity may hide themselves. -- job 34:22 +. +For he will not lay upon man more than right; that he should enter into judgment with God. -- job 34:23 +. +He shall break in pieces mighty men without number, and set others in their stead. -- job 34:24 +. +Therefore he knoweth their works, and he overturneth them in the night, so that they are destroyed. -- job 34:25 +. +He striketh them as wicked men in the open sight of others; -- job 34:26 +. +Because they turned back from him, and would not consider any of his ways: -- job 34:27 +. +So that they cause the cry of the poor to come unto him, and he heareth the cry of the afflicted. -- job 34:28 +. +When he giveth quietness, who then can make trouble? and when he hideth his face, who then can behold him? whether it be done against a nation, or against a man only: -- job 34:29 +. +That the hypocrite reign not, lest the people be ensnared. -- job 34:30 +. +Surely it is meet to be said unto God, I have borne chastisement, I will not offend any more: -- job 34:31 +. +That which I see not teach thou me: if I have done iniquity, I will do no more. -- job 34:32 +. +Should it be according to thy mind? he will recompense it, whether thou refuse, or whether thou choose; and not I: therefore speak what thou knowest. -- job 34:33 +. +Let men of understanding tell me, and let a wise man hearken unto me. -- job 34:34 +. +Job hath spoken without knowledge, and his words were without wisdom. -- job 34:35 +. +My desire is that Job may be tried unto the end because of his answers for wicked men. -- job 34:36 +. +For he addeth rebellion unto his sin, he clappeth his hands among us, and multiplieth his words against God. -- job 34:37 +. +Elihu spake moreover, and said, -- job 35:1 +. +Thinkest thou this to be right, that thou saidst, My righteousness is more than God's? -- job 35:2 +. +For thou saidst, What advantage will it be unto thee? and, What profit shall I have, if I be cleansed from my sin? -- job 35:3 +. +I will answer thee, and thy companions with thee. -- job 35:4 +. +Look unto the heavens, and see; and behold the clouds which are higher than thou. -- job 35:5 +. +If thou sinnest, what doest thou against him? or if thy transgressions be multiplied, what doest thou unto him? -- job 35:6 +. +If thou be righteous, what givest thou him? or what receiveth he of thine hand? -- job 35:7 +. +Thy wickedness may hurt a man as thou art; and thy righteousness may profit the son of man. -- job 35:8 +. +By reason of the multitude of oppressions they make the oppressed to cry: they cry out by reason of the arm of the mighty. -- job 35:9 +. +But none saith, Where is God my maker, who giveth songs in the night; -- job 35:10 +. +Who teacheth us more than the beasts of the earth, and maketh us wiser than the fowls of heaven? -- job 35:11 +. +There they cry, but none giveth answer, because of the pride of evil men. -- job 35:12 +. +Surely God will not hear vanity, neither will the Almighty regard it. -- job 35:13 +. +Although thou sayest thou shalt not see him, yet judgment is before him; therefore trust thou in him. -- job 35:14 +. +But now, because it is not so, he hath visited in his anger; yet he knoweth it not in great extremity: -- job 35:15 +. +Therefore doth Job open his mouth in vain; he multiplieth words without knowledge. -- job 35:16 +. +Elihu also proceeded, and said, -- job 36:1 +. +Suffer me a little, and I will shew thee that I have yet to speak on God's behalf. -- job 36:2 +. +I will fetch my knowledge from afar, and will ascribe righteousness to my Maker. -- job 36:3 +. +For truly my words shall not be false: he that is perfect in knowledge is with thee. -- job 36:4 +. +Behold, God is mighty, and despiseth not any: he is mighty in strength and wisdom. -- job 36:5 +. +He preserveth not the life of the wicked: but giveth right to the poor. -- job 36:6 +. +He withdraweth not his eyes from the righteous: but with kings are they on the throne; yea, he doth establish them for ever, and they are exalted. -- job 36:7 +. +And if they be bound in fetters, and be holden in cords of affliction; -- job 36:8 +. +Then he sheweth them their work, and their transgressions that they have exceeded. -- job 36:9 +. +He openeth also their ear to discipline, and commandeth that they return from iniquity. -- job 36:10 +. +If they obey and serve him, they shall spend their days in prosperity, and their years in pleasures. -- job 36:11 +. +But if they obey not, they shall perish by the sword, and they shall die without knowledge. -- job 36:12 +. +But the hypocrites in heart heap up wrath: they cry not when he bindeth them. -- job 36:13 +. +They die in youth, and their life is among the unclean. -- job 36:14 +. +He delivereth the poor in his affliction, and openeth their ears in oppression. -- job 36:15 +. +Even so would he have removed thee out of the strait into a broad place, where there is no straitness; and that which should be set on thy table should be full of fatness. -- job 36:16 +. +But thou hast fulfilled the judgment of the wicked: judgment and justice take hold on thee. -- job 36:17 +. +Because there is wrath, beware lest he take thee away with his stroke: then a great ransom cannot deliver thee. -- job 36:18 +. +Will he esteem thy riches? no, not gold, nor all the forces of strength. -- job 36:19 +. +Desire not the night, when people are cut off in their place. -- job 36:20 +. +Take heed, regard not iniquity: for this hast thou chosen rather than affliction. -- job 36:21 +. +Behold, God exalteth by his power: who teacheth like him? -- job 36:22 +. +Who hath enjoined him his way? or who can say, Thou hast wrought iniquity? -- job 36:23 +. +Remember that thou magnify his work, which men behold. -- job 36:24 +. +Every man may see it; man may behold it afar off. -- job 36:25 +. +Behold, God is great, and we know him not, neither can the number of his years be searched out. -- job 36:26 +. +For he maketh small the drops of water: they pour down rain according to the vapour thereof: -- job 36:27 +. +Which the clouds do drop and distil upon man abundantly. -- job 36:28 +. +Also can any understand the spreadings of the clouds, or the noise of his tabernacle? -- job 36:29 +. +Behold, he spreadeth his light upon it, and covereth the bottom of the sea. -- job 36:30 +. +For by them judgeth he the people; he giveth meat in abundance. -- job 36:31 +. +With clouds he covereth the light; and commandeth it not to shine by the cloud that cometh betwixt. -- job 36:32 +. +The noise thereof sheweth concerning it, the cattle also concerning the vapour. -- job 36:33 +. +At this also my heart trembleth, and is moved out of his place. -- job 37:1 +. +Hear attentively the noise of his voice, and the sound that goeth out of his mouth. -- job 37:2 +. +He directeth it under the whole heaven, and his lightning unto the ends of the earth. -- job 37:3 +. +After it a voice roareth: he thundereth with the voice of his excellency; and he will not stay them when his voice is heard. -- job 37:4 +. +God thundereth marvellously with his voice; great things doeth he, which we cannot comprehend. -- job 37:5 +. +For he saith to the snow, Be thou on the earth; likewise to the small rain, and to the great rain of his strength. -- job 37:6 +. +He sealeth up the hand of every man; that all men may know his work. -- job 37:7 +. +Then the beasts go into dens, and remain in their places. -- job 37:8 +. +Out of the south cometh the whirlwind: and cold out of the north. -- job 37:9 +. +By the breath of God frost is given: and the breadth of the waters is straitened. -- job 37:10 +. +Also by watering he wearieth the thick cloud: he scattereth his bright cloud: -- job 37:11 +. +And it is turned round about by his counsels: that they may do whatsoever he commandeth them upon the face of the world in the earth. -- job 37:12 +. +He causeth it to come, whether for correction, or for his land, or for mercy. -- job 37:13 +. +Hearken unto this, O Job: stand still, and consider the wondrous works of God. -- job 37:14 +. +Dost thou know when God disposed them, and caused the light of his cloud to shine? -- job 37:15 +. +Dost thou know the balancings of the clouds, the wondrous works of him which is perfect in knowledge? -- job 37:16 +. +How thy garments are warm, when he quieteth the earth by the south wind? -- job 37:17 +. +Hast thou with him spread out the sky, which is strong, and as a molten looking glass? -- job 37:18 +. +Teach us what we shall say unto him; for we cannot order our speech by reason of darkness. -- job 37:19 +. +Shall it be told him that I speak? if a man speak, surely he shall be swallowed up. -- job 37:20 +. +And now men see not the bright light which is in the clouds: but the wind passeth, and cleanseth them. -- job 37:21 +. +Fair weather cometh out of the north: with God is terrible majesty. -- job 37:22 +. +Touching the Almighty, we cannot find him out: he is excellent in power, and in judgment, and in plenty of justice: he will not afflict. -- job 37:23 +. +Men do therefore fear him: he respecteth not any that are wise of heart. -- job 37:24 +. +Then the LORD answered Job out of the whirlwind, and said, -- job 38:1 +. +Who is this that darkeneth counsel by words without knowledge? -- job 38:2 +. +Gird up now thy loins like a man; for I will demand of thee, and answer thou me. -- job 38:3 +. +Where wast thou when I laid the foundations of the earth? declare, if thou hast understanding. -- job 38:4 +. +Who hath laid the measures thereof, if thou knowest? or who hath stretched the line upon it? -- job 38:5 +. +Whereupon are the foundations thereof fastened? or who laid the corner stone thereof; -- job 38:6 +. +When the morning stars sang together, and all the sons of God shouted for joy? -- job 38:7 +. +Or who shut up the sea with doors, when it brake forth, as if it had issued out of the womb? -- job 38:8 +. +When I made the cloud the garment thereof, and thick darkness a swaddlingband for it, -- job 38:9 +. +And brake up for it my decreed place, and set bars and doors, -- job 38:10 +. +And said, Hitherto shalt thou come, but no further: and here shall thy proud waves be stayed? -- job 38:11 +. +Hast thou commanded the morning since thy days; and caused the dayspring to know his place; -- job 38:12 +. +That it might take hold of the ends of the earth, that the wicked might be shaken out of it? -- job 38:13 +. +It is turned as clay to the seal; and they stand as a garment. -- job 38:14 +. +And from the wicked their light is withholden, and the high arm shall be broken. -- job 38:15 +. +Hast thou entered into the springs of the sea? or hast thou walked in the search of the depth? -- job 38:16 +. +Have the gates of death been opened unto thee? or hast thou seen the doors of the shadow of death? -- job 38:17 +. +Hast thou perceived the breadth of the earth? declare if thou knowest it all. -- job 38:18 +. +Where is the way where light dwelleth? and as for darkness, where is the place thereof, -- job 38:19 +. +That thou shouldest take it to the bound thereof, and that thou shouldest know the paths to the house thereof? -- job 38:20 +. +Knowest thou it, because thou wast then born? or because the number of thy days is great? -- job 38:21 +. +Hast thou entered into the treasures of the snow? or hast thou seen the treasures of the hail, -- job 38:22 +. +Which I have reserved against the time of trouble, against the day of battle and war? -- job 38:23 +. +By what way is the light parted, which scattereth the east wind upon the earth? -- job 38:24 +. +Who hath divided a watercourse for the overflowing of waters, or a way for the lightning of thunder; -- job 38:25 +. +To cause it to rain on the earth, where no man is; on the wilderness, wherein there is no man; -- job 38:26 +. +To satisfy the desolate and waste ground; and to cause the bud of the tender herb to spring forth? -- job 38:27 +. +Hath the rain a father? or who hath begotten the drops of dew? -- job 38:28 +. +Out of whose womb came the ice? and the hoary frost of heaven, who hath gendered it? -- job 38:29 +. +The waters are hid as with a stone, and the face of the deep is frozen. -- job 38:30 +. +Canst thou bind the sweet influences of Pleiades, or loose the bands of Orion? -- job 38:31 +. +Canst thou bring forth Mazzaroth in his season? or canst thou guide Arcturus with his sons? -- job 38:32 +. +Knowest thou the ordinances of heaven? canst thou set the dominion thereof in the earth? -- job 38:33 +. +Canst thou lift up thy voice to the clouds, that abundance of waters may cover thee? -- job 38:34 +. +Canst thou send lightnings, that they may go and say unto thee, Here we are? -- job 38:35 +. +Who hath put wisdom in the inward parts? or who hath given understanding to the heart? -- job 38:36 +. +Who can number the clouds in wisdom? or who can stay the bottles of heaven, -- job 38:37 +. +When the dust groweth into hardness, and the clods cleave fast together? -- job 38:38 +. +Wilt thou hunt the prey for the lion? or fill the appetite of the young lions, -- job 38:39 +. +When they couch in their dens, and abide in the covert to lie in wait? -- job 38:40 +. +Who provideth for the raven his food? when his young ones cry unto God, they wander for lack of meat. -- job 38:41 +. +Knowest thou the time when the wild goats of the rock bring forth? or canst thou mark when the hinds do calve? -- job 39:1 +. +Canst thou number the months that they fulfil? or knowest thou the time when they bring forth? -- job 39:2 +. +They bow themselves, they bring forth their young ones, they cast out their sorrows. -- job 39:3 +. +Their young ones are in good liking, they grow up with corn; they go forth, and return not unto them. -- job 39:4 +. +Who hath sent out the wild ass free? or who hath loosed the bands of the wild ass? -- job 39:5 +. +Whose house I have made the wilderness, and the barren land his dwellings. -- job 39:6 +. +He scorneth the multitude of the city, neither regardeth he the crying of the driver. -- job 39:7 +. +The range of the mountains is his pasture, and he searcheth after every green thing. -- job 39:8 +. +Will the unicorn be willing to serve thee, or abide by thy crib? -- job 39:9 +. +Canst thou bind the unicorn with his band in the furrow? or will he harrow the valleys after thee? -- job 39:10 +. +Wilt thou trust him, because his strength is great? or wilt thou leave thy labour to him? -- job 39:11 +. +Wilt thou believe him, that he will bring home thy seed, and gather it into thy barn? -- job 39:12 +. +Gavest thou the goodly wings unto the peacocks? or wings and feathers unto the ostrich? -- job 39:13 +. +Which leaveth her eggs in the earth, and warmeth them in dust, -- job 39:14 +. +And forgetteth that the foot may crush them, or that the wild beast may break them. -- job 39:15 +. +She is hardened against her young ones, as though they were not her's: her labour is in vain without fear; -- job 39:16 +. +Because God hath deprived her of wisdom, neither hath he imparted to her understanding. -- job 39:17 +. +What time she lifteth up herself on high, she scorneth the horse and his rider. -- job 39:18 +. +Hast thou given the horse strength? hast thou clothed his neck with thunder? -- job 39:19 +. +Canst thou make him afraid as a grasshopper? the glory of his nostrils is terrible. -- job 39:20 +. +He paweth in the valley, and rejoiceth in his strength: he goeth on to meet the armed men. -- job 39:21 +. +He mocketh at fear, and is not affrighted; neither turneth he back from the sword. -- job 39:22 +. +The quiver rattleth against him, the glittering spear and the shield. -- job 39:23 +. +He swalloweth the ground with fierceness and rage: neither believeth he that it is the sound of the trumpet. -- job 39:24 +. +He saith among the trumpets, Ha, ha; and he smelleth the battle afar off, the thunder of the captains, and the shouting. -- job 39:25 +. +Doth the hawk fly by thy wisdom, and stretch her wings toward the south? -- job 39:26 +. +Doth the eagle mount up at thy command, and make her nest on high? -- job 39:27 +. +She dwelleth and abideth on the rock, upon the crag of the rock, and the strong place. -- job 39:28 +. +From thence she seeketh the prey, and her eyes behold afar off. -- job 39:29 +. +Her young ones also suck up blood: and where the slain are, there is she. -- job 39:30 +. +Moreover the LORD answered Job, and said, -- job 40:1 +. +Shall he that contendeth with the Almighty instruct him? he that reproveth God, let him answer it. -- job 40:2 +. +Then Job answered the LORD, and said, -- job 40:3 +. +Behold, I am vile; what shall I answer thee? I will lay mine hand upon my mouth. -- job 40:4 +. +Once have I spoken; but I will not answer: yea, twice; but I will proceed no further. -- job 40:5 +. +Then answered the LORD unto Job out of the whirlwind, and said, -- job 40:6 +. +Gird up thy loins now like a man: I will demand of thee, and declare thou unto me. -- job 40:7 +. +Wilt thou also disannul my judgment? wilt thou condemn me, that thou mayest be righteous? -- job 40:8 +. +Hast thou an arm like God? or canst thou thunder with a voice like him? -- job 40:9 +. +Deck thyself now with majesty and excellency; and array thyself with glory and beauty. -- job 40:10 +. +Cast abroad the rage of thy wrath: and behold every one that is proud, and abase him. -- job 40:11 +. +Look on every one that is proud, and bring him low; and tread down the wicked in their place. -- job 40:12 +. +Hide them in the dust together; and bind their faces in secret. -- job 40:13 +. +Then will I also confess unto thee that thine own right hand can save thee. -- job 40:14 +. +Behold now behemoth, which I made with thee; he eateth grass as an ox. -- job 40:15 +. +Lo now, his strength is in his loins, and his force is in the navel of his belly. -- job 40:16 +. +He moveth his tail like a cedar: the sinews of his stones are wrapped together. -- job 40:17 +. +His bones are as strong pieces of brass; his bones are like bars of iron. -- job 40:18 +. +He is the chief of the ways of God: he that made him can make his sword to approach unto him. -- job 40:19 +. +Surely the mountains bring him forth food, where all the beasts of the field play. -- job 40:20 +. +He lieth under the shady trees, in the covert of the reed, and fens. -- job 40:21 +. +The shady trees cover him with their shadow; the willows of the brook compass him about. -- job 40:22 +. +Behold, he drinketh up a river, and hasteth not: he trusteth that he can draw up Jordan into his mouth. -- job 40:23 +. +He taketh it with his eyes: his nose pierceth through snares. -- job 40:24 +. +Canst thou draw out leviathan with an hook? or his tongue with a cord which thou lettest down? -- job 41:1 +. +Canst thou put an hook into his nose? or bore his jaw through with a thorn? -- job 41:2 +. +Will he make many supplications unto thee? will he speak soft words unto thee? -- job 41:3 +. +Will he make a covenant with thee? wilt thou take him for a servant for ever? -- job 41:4 +. +Wilt thou play with him as with a bird? or wilt thou bind him for thy maidens? -- job 41:5 +. +Shall the companions make a banquet of him? shall they part him among the merchants? -- job 41:6 +. +Canst thou fill his skin with barbed irons? or his head with fish spears? -- job 41:7 +. +Lay thine hand upon him, remember the battle, do no more. -- job 41:8 +. +Behold, the hope of him is in vain: shall not one be cast down even at the sight of him? -- job 41:9 +. +None is so fierce that dare stir him up: who then is able to stand before me? -- job 41:10 +. +Who hath prevented me, that I should repay him? whatsoever is under the whole heaven is mine. -- job 41:11 +. +I will not conceal his parts, nor his power, nor his comely proportion. -- job 41:12 +. +Who can discover the face of his garment? or who can come to him with his double bridle? -- job 41:13 +. +Who can open the doors of his face? his teeth are terrible round about. -- job 41:14 +. +His scales are his pride, shut up together as with a close seal. -- job 41:15 +. +One is so near to another, that no air can come between them. -- job 41:16 +. +They are joined one to another, they stick together, that they cannot be sundered. -- job 41:17 +. +By his neesings a light doth shine, and his eyes are like the eyelids of the morning. -- job 41:18 +. +Out of his mouth go burning lamps, and sparks of fire leap out. -- job 41:19 +. +Out of his nostrils goeth smoke, as out of a seething pot or caldron. -- job 41:20 +. +His breath kindleth coals, and a flame goeth out of his mouth. -- job 41:21 +. +In his neck remaineth strength, and sorrow is turned into joy before him. -- job 41:22 +. +The flakes of his flesh are joined together: they are firm in themselves; they cannot be moved. -- job 41:23 +. +His heart is as firm as a stone; yea, as hard as a piece of the nether millstone. -- job 41:24 +. +When he raiseth up himself, the mighty are afraid: by reason of breakings they purify themselves. -- job 41:25 +. +The sword of him that layeth at him cannot hold: the spear, the dart, nor the habergeon. -- job 41:26 +. +He esteemeth iron as straw, and brass as rotten wood. -- job 41:27 +. +The arrow cannot make him flee: slingstones are turned with him into stubble. -- job 41:28 +. +Darts are counted as stubble: he laugheth at the shaking of a spear. -- job 41:29 +. +Sharp stones are under him: he spreadeth sharp pointed things upon the mire. -- job 41:30 +. +He maketh the deep to boil like a pot: he maketh the sea like a pot of ointment. -- job 41:31 +. +He maketh a path to shine after him; one would think the deep to be hoary. -- job 41:32 +. +Upon earth there is not his like, who is made without fear. -- job 41:33 +. +He beholdeth all high things: he is a king over all the children of pride. -- job 41:34 +. +Then Job answered the LORD, and said, -- job 42:1 +. +I know that thou canst do every thing, and that no thought can be withholden from thee. -- job 42:2 +. +Who is he that hideth counsel without knowledge? therefore have I uttered that I understood not; things too wonderful for me, which I knew not. -- job 42:3 +. +Hear, I beseech thee, and I will speak: I will demand of thee, and declare thou unto me. -- job 42:4 +. +I have heard of thee by the hearing of the ear: but now mine eye seeth thee. -- job 42:5 +. +Wherefore I abhor myself, and repent in dust and ashes. -- job 42:6 +. +And it was so, that after the LORD had spoken these words unto Job, the LORD said to Eliphaz the Temanite, My wrath is kindled against thee, and against thy two friends: for ye have not spoken of me the thing that is right, as my servant Job hath. -- job 42:7 +. +Therefore take unto you now seven bullocks and seven rams, and go to my servant Job, and offer up for yourselves a burnt offering; and my servant Job shall pray for you: for him will I accept: lest I deal with you after your folly, in that ye have not spoken of me the thing which is right, like my servant Job. -- job 42:8 +. +So Eliphaz the Temanite and Bildad the Shuhite and Zophar the Naamathite went, and did according as the LORD commanded them: the LORD also accepted Job. -- job 42:9 +. +And the LORD turned the captivity of Job, when he prayed for his friends: also the LORD gave Job twice as much as he had before. -- job 42:10 +. +Then came there unto him all his brethren, and all his sisters, and all they that had been of his acquaintance before, and did eat bread with him in his house: and they bemoaned him, and comforted him over all the evil that the LORD had brought upon him: every man also gave him a piece of money, and every one an earring of gold. -- job 42:11 +. +So the LORD blessed the latter end of Job more than his beginning: for he had fourteen thousand sheep, and six thousand camels, and a thousand yoke of oxen, and a thousand she asses. -- job 42:12 +. +He had also seven sons and three daughters. -- job 42:13 +. +And he called the name of the first, Jemima; and the name of the second, Kezia; and the name of the third, Kerenhappuch. -- job 42:14 +. +And in all the land were no women found so fair as the daughters of Job: and their father gave them inheritance among their brethren. -- job 42:15 +. +After this lived Job an hundred and forty years, and saw his sons, and his sons' sons, even four generations. -- job 42:16 +. +So Job died, being old and full of days. -- job 42:17 +. +Blessed is the man that walketh not in the counsel of the ungodly, nor standeth in the way of sinners, nor sitteth in the seat of the scornful. -- psalms 1:1 +. +But his delight is in the law of the LORD; and in his law doth he meditate day and night. -- psalms 1:2 +. +And he shall be like a tree planted by the rivers of water, that bringeth forth his fruit in his season; his leaf also shall not wither; and whatsoever he doeth shall prosper. -- psalms 1:3 +. +The ungodly are not so: but are like the chaff which the wind driveth away. -- psalms 1:4 +. +Therefore the ungodly shall not stand in the judgment, nor sinners in the congregation of the righteous. -- psalms 1:5 +. +For the LORD knoweth the way of the righteous: but the way of the ungodly shall perish. -- psalms 1:6 +. +Why do the heathen rage, and the people imagine a vain thing? -- psalms 2:1 +. +The kings of the earth set themselves, and the rulers take counsel together, against the LORD, and against his anointed, saying, -- psalms 2:2 +. +Let us break their bands asunder, and cast away their cords from us. -- psalms 2:3 +. +He that sitteth in the heavens shall laugh: the LORD shall have them in derision. -- psalms 2:4 +. +Then shall he speak unto them in his wrath, and vex them in his sore displeasure. -- psalms 2:5 +. +Yet have I set my king upon my holy hill of Zion. -- psalms 2:6 +. +I will declare the decree: the LORD hath said unto me, Thou art my Son; this day have I begotten thee. -- psalms 2:7 +. +Ask of me, and I shall give thee the heathen for thine inheritance, and the uttermost parts of the earth for thy possession. -- psalms 2:8 +. +Thou shalt break them with a rod of iron; thou shalt dash them in pieces like a potter's vessel. -- psalms 2:9 +. +Be wise now therefore, O ye kings: be instructed, ye judges of the earth. -- psalms 2:10 +. +Serve the LORD with fear, and rejoice with trembling. -- psalms 2:11 +. +Kiss the Son, lest he be angry, and ye perish from the way, when his wrath is kindled but a little. Blessed are all they that put their trust in him. -- psalms 2:12 +. +Lord, how are they increased that trouble me! many are they that rise up against me. -- psalms 3:1 +. +Many there be which say of my soul, There is no help for him in God. Selah. -- psalms 3:2 +. +But thou, O LORD, art a shield for me; my glory, and the lifter up of mine head. -- psalms 3:3 +. +I cried unto the LORD with my voice, and he heard me out of his holy hill. Selah. -- psalms 3:4 +. +I laid me down and slept; I awaked; for the LORD sustained me. -- psalms 3:5 +. +I will not be afraid of ten thousands of people, that have set themselves against me round about. -- psalms 3:6 +. +Arise, O LORD; save me, O my God: for thou hast smitten all mine enemies upon the cheek bone; thou hast broken the teeth of the ungodly. -- psalms 3:7 +. +Salvation belongeth unto the LORD: thy blessing is upon thy people. Selah. -- psalms 3:8 +. +Hear me when I call, O God of my righteousness: thou hast enlarged me when I was in distress; have mercy upon me, and hear my prayer. -- psalms 4:1 +. +O ye sons of men, how long will ye turn my glory into shame? how long will ye love vanity, and seek after leasing? Selah. -- psalms 4:2 +. +But know that the LORD hath set apart him that is godly for himself: the LORD will hear when I call unto him. -- psalms 4:3 +. +Stand in awe, and sin not: commune with your own heart upon your bed, and be still. Selah. -- psalms 4:4 +. +Offer the sacrifices of righteousness, and put your trust in the LORD. -- psalms 4:5 +. +There be many that say, Who will shew us any good? LORD, lift thou up the light of thy countenance upon us. -- psalms 4:6 +. +Thou hast put gladness in my heart, more than in the time that their corn and their wine increased. -- psalms 4:7 +. +I will both lay me down in peace, and sleep: for thou, LORD, only makest me dwell in safety. -- psalms 4:8 +. +Give ear to my words, O LORD, consider my meditation. -- psalms 5:1 +. +Hearken unto the voice of my cry, my King, and my God: for unto thee will I pray. -- psalms 5:2 +. +My voice shalt thou hear in the morning, O LORD; in the morning will I direct my prayer unto thee, and will look up. -- psalms 5:3 +. +For thou art not a God that hath pleasure in wickedness: neither shall evil dwell with thee. -- psalms 5:4 +. +The foolish shall not stand in thy sight: thou hatest all workers of iniquity. -- psalms 5:5 +. +Thou shalt destroy them that speak leasing: the LORD will abhor the bloody and deceitful man. -- psalms 5:6 +. +But as for me, I will come into thy house in the multitude of thy mercy: and in thy fear will I worship toward thy holy temple. -- psalms 5:7 +. +Lead me, O LORD, in thy righteousness because of mine enemies; make thy way straight before my face. -- psalms 5:8 +. +For there is no faithfulness in their mouth; their inward part is very wickedness; their throat is an open sepulchre; they flatter with their tongue. -- psalms 5:9 +. +Destroy thou them, O God; let them fall by their own counsels; cast them out in the multitude of their transgressions; for they have rebelled against thee. -- psalms 5:10 +. +But let all those that put their trust in thee rejoice: let them ever shout for joy, because thou defendest them: let them also that love thy name be joyful in thee. -- psalms 5:11 +. +For thou, LORD, wilt bless the righteous; with favour wilt thou compass him as with a shield. -- psalms 5:12 +. +O LORD, rebuke me not in thine anger, neither chasten me in thy hot displeasure. -- psalms 6:1 +. +Have mercy upon me, O LORD; for I am weak: O LORD, heal me; for my bones are vexed. -- psalms 6:2 +. +My soul is also sore vexed: but thou, O LORD, how long? -- psalms 6:3 +. +Return, O LORD, deliver my soul: oh save me for thy mercies' sake. -- psalms 6:4 +. +For in death there is no remembrance of thee: in the grave who shall give thee thanks? -- psalms 6:5 +. +I am weary with my groaning; all the night make I my bed to swim; I water my couch with my tears. -- psalms 6:6 +. +Mine eye is consumed because of grief; it waxeth old because of all mine enemies. -- psalms 6:7 +. +Depart from me, all ye workers of iniquity; for the LORD hath heard the voice of my weeping. -- psalms 6:8 +. +The LORD hath heard my supplication; the LORD will receive my prayer. -- psalms 6:9 +. +Let all mine enemies be ashamed and sore vexed: let them return and be ashamed suddenly. -- psalms 6:10 +. +O LORD my God, in thee do I put my trust: save me from all them that persecute me, and deliver me: -- psalms 7:1 +. +Lest he tear my soul like a lion, rending it in pieces, while there is none to deliver. -- psalms 7:2 +. +O LORD my God, If I have done this; if there be iniquity in my hands; -- psalms 7:3 +. +If I have rewarded evil unto him that was at peace with me; (yea, I have delivered him that without cause is mine enemy:) -- psalms 7:4 +. +Let the enemy persecute my soul, and take it; yea, let him tread down my life upon the earth, and lay mine honour in the dust. Selah. -- psalms 7:5 +. +Arise, O LORD, in thine anger, lift up thyself because of the rage of mine enemies: and awake for me to the judgment that thou hast commanded. -- psalms 7:6 +. +So shall the congregation of the people compass thee about: for their sakes therefore return thou on high. -- psalms 7:7 +. +The LORD shall judge the people: judge me, O LORD, according to my righteousness, and according to mine integrity that is in me. -- psalms 7:8 +. +Oh let the wickedness of the wicked come to an end; but establish the just: for the righteous God trieth the hearts and reins. -- psalms 7:9 +. +My defence is of God, which saveth the upright in heart. -- psalms 7:10 +. +God judgeth the righteous, and God is angry with the wicked every day. -- psalms 7:11 +. +If he turn not, he will whet his sword; he hath bent his bow, and made it ready. -- psalms 7:12 +. +He hath also prepared for him the instruments of death; he ordaineth his arrows against the persecutors. -- psalms 7:13 +. +Behold, he travaileth with iniquity, and hath conceived mischief, and brought forth falsehood. -- psalms 7:14 +. +He made a pit, and digged it, and is fallen into the ditch which he made. -- psalms 7:15 +. +His mischief shall return upon his own head, and his violent dealing shall come down upon his own pate. -- psalms 7:16 +. +I will praise the LORD according to his righteousness: and will sing praise to the name of the LORD most high. -- psalms 7:17 +. +O LORD, our Lord, how excellent is thy name in all the earth! who hast set thy glory above the heavens. -- psalms 8:1 +. +Out of the mouth of babes and sucklings hast thou ordained strength because of thine enemies, that thou mightest still the enemy and the avenger. -- psalms 8:2 +. +When I consider thy heavens, the work of thy fingers, the moon and the stars, which thou hast ordained; -- psalms 8:3 +. +What is man, that thou art mindful of him? and the son of man, that thou visitest him? -- psalms 8:4 +. +For thou hast made him a little lower than the angels, and hast crowned him with glory and honour. -- psalms 8:5 +. +Thou madest him to have dominion over the works of thy hands; thou hast put all things under his feet: -- psalms 8:6 +. +All sheep and oxen, yea, and the beasts of the field; -- psalms 8:7 +. +The fowl of the air, and the fish of the sea, and whatsoever passeth through the paths of the seas. -- psalms 8:8 +. +O LORD our Lord, how excellent is thy name in all the earth! -- psalms 8:9 +. +I will praise thee, O LORD, with my whole heart; I will shew forth all thy marvellous works. -- psalms 9:1 +. +I will be glad and rejoice in thee: I will sing praise to thy name, O thou most High. -- psalms 9:2 +. +When mine enemies are turned back, they shall fall and perish at thy presence. -- psalms 9:3 +. +For thou hast maintained my right and my cause; thou satest in the throne judging right. -- psalms 9:4 +. +Thou hast rebuked the heathen, thou hast destroyed the wicked, thou hast put out their name for ever and ever. -- psalms 9:5 +. +O thou enemy, destructions are come to a perpetual end: and thou hast destroyed cities; their memorial is perished with them. -- psalms 9:6 +. +But the LORD shall endure for ever: he hath prepared his throne for judgment. -- psalms 9:7 +. +And he shall judge the world in righteousness, he shall minister judgment to the people in uprightness. -- psalms 9:8 +. +The LORD also will be a refuge for the oppressed, a refuge in times of trouble. -- psalms 9:9 +. +And they that know thy name will put their trust in thee: for thou, LORD, hast not forsaken them that seek thee. -- psalms 9:10 +. +Sing praises to the LORD, which dwelleth in Zion: declare among the people his doings. -- psalms 9:11 +. +When he maketh inquisition for blood, he remembereth them: he forgetteth not the cry of the humble. -- psalms 9:12 +. +Have mercy upon me, O LORD; consider my trouble which I suffer of them that hate me, thou that liftest me up from the gates of death: -- psalms 9:13 +. +That I may shew forth all thy praise in the gates of the daughter of Zion: I will rejoice in thy salvation. -- psalms 9:14 +. +The heathen are sunk down in the pit that they made: in the net which they hid is their own foot taken. -- psalms 9:15 +. +The LORD is known by the judgment which he executeth: the wicked is snared in the work of his own hands. Higgaion. Selah. -- psalms 9:16 +. +The wicked shall be turned into hell, and all the nations that forget God. -- psalms 9:17 +. +For the needy shall not alway be forgotten: the expectation of the poor shall not perish for ever. -- psalms 9:18 +. +Arise, O LORD; let not man prevail: let the heathen be judged in thy sight. -- psalms 9:19 +. +Put them in fear, O LORD: that the nations may know themselves to be but men. Selah. -- psalms 9:20 +. +Why standest thou afar off, O LORD? why hidest thou thyself in times of trouble? -- psalms 10:1 +. +The wicked in his pride doth persecute the poor: let them be taken in the devices that they have imagined. -- psalms 10:2 +. +For the wicked boasteth of his heart's desire, and blesseth the covetous, whom the LORD abhorreth. -- psalms 10:3 +. +The wicked, through the pride of his countenance, will not seek after God: God is not in all his thoughts. -- psalms 10:4 +. +His ways are always grievous; thy judgments are far above out of his sight: as for all his enemies, he puffeth at them. -- psalms 10:5 +. +He hath said in his heart, I shall not be moved: for I shall never be in adversity. -- psalms 10:6 +. +His mouth is full of cursing and deceit and fraud: under his tongue is mischief and vanity. -- psalms 10:7 +. +He sitteth in the lurking places of the villages: in the secret places doth he murder the innocent: his eyes are privily set against the poor. -- psalms 10:8 +. +He lieth in wait secretly as a lion in his den: he lieth in wait to catch the poor: he doth catch the poor, when he draweth him into his net. -- psalms 10:9 +. +He croucheth, and humbleth himself, that the poor may fall by his strong ones. -- psalms 10:10 +. +He hath said in his heart, God hath forgotten: he hideth his face; he will never see it. -- psalms 10:11 +. +Arise, O LORD; O God, lift up thine hand: forget not the humble. -- psalms 10:12 +. +Wherefore doth the wicked contemn God? he hath said in his heart, Thou wilt not require it. -- psalms 10:13 +. +Thou hast seen it; for thou beholdest mischief and spite, to requite it with thy hand: the poor committeth himself unto thee; thou art the helper of the fatherless. -- psalms 10:14 +. +Break thou the arm of the wicked and the evil man: seek out his wickedness till thou find none. -- psalms 10:15 +. +The LORD is King for ever and ever: the heathen are perished out of his land. -- psalms 10:16 +. +LORD, thou hast heard the desire of the humble: thou wilt prepare their heart, thou wilt cause thine ear to hear: -- psalms 10:17 +. +To judge the fatherless and the oppressed, that the man of the earth may no more oppress. -- psalms 10:18 +. +In the LORD put I my trust: how say ye to my soul, Flee as a bird to your mountain? -- psalms 11:1 +. +For, lo, the wicked bend their bow, they make ready their arrow upon the string, that they may privily shoot at the upright in heart. -- psalms 11:2 +. +If the foundations be destroyed, what can the righteous do? -- psalms 11:3 +. +The LORD is in his holy temple, the LORD's throne is in heaven: his eyes behold, his eyelids try, the children of men. -- psalms 11:4 +. +The LORD trieth the righteous: but the wicked and him that loveth violence his soul hateth. -- psalms 11:5 +. +Upon the wicked he shall rain snares, fire and brimstone, and an horrible tempest: this shall be the portion of their cup. -- psalms 11:6 +. +For the righteous LORD loveth righteousness; his countenance doth behold the upright. -- psalms 11:7 +. +Help, LORD; for the godly man ceaseth; for the faithful fail from among the children of men. -- psalms 12:1 +. +They speak vanity every one with his neighbour: with flattering lips and with a double heart do they speak. -- psalms 12:2 +. +The LORD shall cut off all flattering lips, and the tongue that speaketh proud things: -- psalms 12:3 +. +Who have said, With our tongue will we prevail; our lips are our own: who is lord over us? -- psalms 12:4 +. +For the oppression of the poor, for the sighing of the needy, now will I arise, saith the LORD; I will set him in safety from him that puffeth at him. -- psalms 12:5 +. +The words of the LORD are pure words: as silver tried in a furnace of earth, purified seven times. -- psalms 12:6 +. +Thou shalt keep them, O LORD, thou shalt preserve them from this generation for ever. -- psalms 12:7 +. +The wicked walk on every side, when the vilest men are exalted. -- psalms 12:8 +. +How long wilt thou forget me, O LORD? for ever? how long wilt thou hide thy face from me? -- psalms 13:1 +. +How long shall I take counsel in my soul, having sorrow in my heart daily? how long shall mine enemy be exalted over me? -- psalms 13:2 +. +Consider and hear me, O LORD my God: lighten mine eyes, lest I sleep the sleep of death; -- psalms 13:3 +. +Lest mine enemy say, I have prevailed against him; and those that trouble me rejoice when I am moved. -- psalms 13:4 +. +But I have trusted in thy mercy; my heart shall rejoice in thy salvation. -- psalms 13:5 +. +I will sing unto the LORD, because he hath dealt bountifully with me. -- psalms 13:6 +. +The fool hath said in his heart, There is no God. They are corrupt, they have done abominable works, there is none that doeth good. -- psalms 14:1 +. +The LORD looked down from heaven upon the children of men, to see if there were any that did understand, and seek God. -- psalms 14:2 +. +They are all gone aside, they are all together become filthy: there is none that doeth good, no, not one. -- psalms 14:3 +. +Have all the workers of iniquity no knowledge? who eat up my people as they eat bread, and call not upon the LORD. -- psalms 14:4 +. +There were they in great fear: for God is in the generation of the righteous. -- psalms 14:5 +. +Ye have shamed the counsel of the poor, because the LORD is his refuge. -- psalms 14:6 +. +Oh that the salvation of Israel were come out of Zion! when the LORD bringeth back the captivity of his people, Jacob shall rejoice, and Israel shall be glad. -- psalms 14:7 +. +Lord, who shall abide in thy tabernacle? who shall dwell in thy holy hill? -- psalms 15:1 +. +He that walketh uprightly, and worketh righteousness, and speaketh the truth in his heart. -- psalms 15:2 +. +He that backbiteth not with his tongue, nor doeth evil to his neighbour, nor taketh up a reproach against his neighbour. -- psalms 15:3 +. +In whose eyes a vile person is contemned; but he honoureth them that fear the LORD. He that sweareth to his own hurt, and changeth not. -- psalms 15:4 +. +He that putteth not out his money to usury, nor taketh reward against the innocent. He that doeth these things shall never be moved. -- psalms 15:5 +. +Preserve me, O God: for in thee do I put my trust. -- psalms 16:1 +. +O my soul, thou hast said unto the LORD, Thou art my Lord: my goodness extendeth not to thee; -- psalms 16:2 +. +But to the saints that are in the earth, and to the excellent, in whom is all my delight. -- psalms 16:3 +. +Their sorrows shall be multiplied that hasten after another god: their drink offerings of blood will I not offer, nor take up their names into my lips. -- psalms 16:4 +. +The LORD is the portion of mine inheritance and of my cup: thou maintainest my lot. -- psalms 16:5 +. +The lines are fallen unto me in pleasant places; yea, I have a goodly heritage. -- psalms 16:6 +. +I will bless the LORD, who hath given me counsel: my reins also instruct me in the night seasons. -- psalms 16:7 +. +I have set the LORD always before me: because he is at my right hand, I shall not be moved. -- psalms 16:8 +. +Therefore my heart is glad, and my glory rejoiceth: my flesh also shall rest in hope. -- psalms 16:9 +. +For thou wilt not leave my soul in hell; neither wilt thou suffer thine Holy One to see corruption. -- psalms 16:10 +. +Thou wilt shew me the path of life: in thy presence is fulness of joy; at thy right hand there are pleasures for evermore. -- psalms 16:11 +. +Hear the right, O LORD, attend unto my cry, give ear unto my prayer, that goeth not out of feigned lips. -- psalms 17:1 +. +Let my sentence come forth from thy presence; let thine eyes behold the things that are equal. -- psalms 17:2 +. +Thou hast proved mine heart; thou hast visited me in the night; thou hast tried me, and shalt find nothing; I am purposed that my mouth shall not transgress. -- psalms 17:3 +. +Concerning the works of men, by the word of thy lips I have kept me from the paths of the destroyer. -- psalms 17:4 +. +Hold up my goings in thy paths, that my footsteps slip not. -- psalms 17:5 +. +I have called upon thee, for thou wilt hear me, O God: incline thine ear unto me, and hear my speech. -- psalms 17:6 +. +Shew thy marvellous lovingkindness, O thou that savest by thy right hand them which put their trust in thee from those that rise up against them. -- psalms 17:7 +. +Keep me as the apple of the eye, hide me under the shadow of thy wings, -- psalms 17:8 +. +From the wicked that oppress me, from my deadly enemies, who compass me about. -- psalms 17:9 +. +They are inclosed in their own fat: with their mouth they speak proudly. -- psalms 17:10 +. +They have now compassed us in our steps: they have set their eyes bowing down to the earth; -- psalms 17:11 +. +Like as a lion that is greedy of his prey, and as it were a young lion lurking in secret places. -- psalms 17:12 +. +Arise, O LORD, disappoint him, cast him down: deliver my soul from the wicked, which is thy sword: -- psalms 17:13 +. +From men which are thy hand, O LORD, from men of the world, which have their portion in this life, and whose belly thou fillest with thy hid treasure: they are full of children, and leave the rest of their substance to their babes. -- psalms 17:14 +. +As for me, I will behold thy face in righteousness: I shall be satisfied, when I awake, with thy likeness. -- psalms 17:15 +. +I will love thee, O LORD, my strength. -- psalms 18:1 +. +The LORD is my rock, and my fortress, and my deliverer; my God, my strength, in whom I will trust; my buckler, and the horn of my salvation, and my high tower. -- psalms 18:2 +. +I will call upon the LORD, who is worthy to be praised: so shall I be saved from mine enemies. -- psalms 18:3 +. +The sorrows of death compassed me, and the floods of ungodly men made me afraid. -- psalms 18:4 +. +The sorrows of hell compassed me about: the snares of death prevented me. -- psalms 18:5 +. +In my distress I called upon the LORD, and cried unto my God: he heard my voice out of his temple, and my cry came before him, even into his ears. -- psalms 18:6 +. +Then the earth shook and trembled; the foundations also of the hills moved and were shaken, because he was wroth. -- psalms 18:7 +. +There went up a smoke out of his nostrils, and fire out of his mouth devoured: coals were kindled by it. -- psalms 18:8 +. +He bowed the heavens also, and came down: and darkness was under his feet. -- psalms 18:9 +. +And he rode upon a cherub, and did fly: yea, he did fly upon the wings of the wind. -- psalms 18:10 +. +He made darkness his secret place; his pavilion round about him were dark waters and thick clouds of the skies. -- psalms 18:11 +. +At the brightness that was before him his thick clouds passed, hail stones and coals of fire. -- psalms 18:12 +. +The LORD also thundered in the heavens, and the Highest gave his voice; hail stones and coals of fire. -- psalms 18:13 +. +Yea, he sent out his arrows, and scattered them; and he shot out lightnings, and discomfited them. -- psalms 18:14 +. +Then the channels of waters were seen, and the foundations of the world were discovered at thy rebuke, O LORD, at the blast of the breath of thy nostrils. -- psalms 18:15 +. +He sent from above, he took me, he drew me out of many waters. -- psalms 18:16 +. +He delivered me from my strong enemy, and from them which hated me: for they were too strong for me. -- psalms 18:17 +. +They prevented me in the day of my calamity: but the LORD was my stay. -- psalms 18:18 +. +He brought me forth also into a large place; he delivered me, because he delighted in me. -- psalms 18:19 +. +The LORD rewarded me according to my righteousness; according to the cleanness of my hands hath he recompensed me. -- psalms 18:20 +. +For I have kept the ways of the LORD, and have not wickedly departed from my God. -- psalms 18:21 +. +For all his judgments were before me, and I did not put away his statutes from me. -- psalms 18:22 +. +I was also upright before him, and I kept myself from mine iniquity. -- psalms 18:23 +. +Therefore hath the LORD recompensed me according to my righteousness, according to the cleanness of my hands in his eyesight. -- psalms 18:24 +. +With the merciful thou wilt shew thyself merciful; with an upright man thou wilt shew thyself upright; -- psalms 18:25 +. +With the pure thou wilt shew thyself pure; and with the froward thou wilt shew thyself froward. -- psalms 18:26 +. +For thou wilt save the afflicted people; but wilt bring down high looks. -- psalms 18:27 +. +For thou wilt light my candle: the LORD my God will enlighten my darkness. -- psalms 18:28 +. +For by thee I have run through a troop; and by my God have I leaped over a wall. -- psalms 18:29 +. +As for God, his way is perfect: the word of the LORD is tried: he is a buckler to all those that trust in him. -- psalms 18:30 +. +For who is God save the LORD? or who is a rock save our God? -- psalms 18:31 +. +It is God that girdeth me with strength, and maketh my way perfect. -- psalms 18:32 +. +He maketh my feet like hinds' feet, and setteth me upon my high places. -- psalms 18:33 +. +He teacheth my hands to war, so that a bow of steel is broken by mine arms. -- psalms 18:34 +. +Thou hast also given me the shield of thy salvation: and thy right hand hath holden me up, and thy gentleness hath made me great. -- psalms 18:35 +. +Thou hast enlarged my steps under me, that my feet did not slip. -- psalms 18:36 +. +I have pursued mine enemies, and overtaken them: neither did I turn again till they were consumed. -- psalms 18:37 +. +I have wounded them that they were not able to rise: they are fallen under my feet. -- psalms 18:38 +. +For thou hast girded me with strength unto the battle: thou hast subdued under me those that rose up against me. -- psalms 18:39 +. +Thou hast also given me the necks of mine enemies; that I might destroy them that hate me. -- psalms 18:40 +. +They cried, but there was none to save them: even unto the LORD, but he answered them not. -- psalms 18:41 +. +Then did I beat them small as the dust before the wind: I did cast them out as the dirt in the streets. -- psalms 18:42 +. +Thou hast delivered me from the strivings of the people; and thou hast made me the head of the heathen: a people whom I have not known shall serve me. -- psalms 18:43 +. +As soon as they hear of me, they shall obey me: the strangers shall submit themselves unto me. -- psalms 18:44 +. +The strangers shall fade away, and be afraid out of their close places. -- psalms 18:45 +. +The LORD liveth; and blessed be my rock; and let the God of my salvation be exalted. -- psalms 18:46 +. +It is God that avengeth me, and subdueth the people under me. -- psalms 18:47 +. +He delivereth me from mine enemies: yea, thou liftest me up above those that rise up against me: thou hast delivered me from the violent man. -- psalms 18:48 +. +Therefore will I give thanks unto thee, O LORD, among the heathen, and sing praises unto thy name. -- psalms 18:49 +. +Great deliverance giveth he to his king; and sheweth mercy to his anointed, to David, and to his seed for evermore. -- psalms 18:50 +. +The heavens declare the glory of God; and the firmament sheweth his handywork. -- psalms 19:1 +. +Day unto day uttereth speech, and night unto night sheweth knowledge. -- psalms 19:2 +. +There is no speech nor language, where their voice is not heard. -- psalms 19:3 +. +Their line is gone out through all the earth, and their words to the end of the world. In them hath he set a tabernacle for the sun, -- psalms 19:4 +. +Which is as a bridegroom coming out of his chamber, and rejoiceth as a strong man to run a race. -- psalms 19:5 +. +His going forth is from the end of the heaven, and his circuit unto the ends of it: and there is nothing hid from the heat thereof. -- psalms 19:6 +. +The law of the LORD is perfect, converting the soul: the testimony of the LORD is sure, making wise the simple. -- psalms 19:7 +. +The statutes of the LORD are right, rejoicing the heart: the commandment of the LORD is pure, enlightening the eyes. -- psalms 19:8 +. +The fear of the LORD is clean, enduring for ever: the judgments of the LORD are true and righteous altogether. -- psalms 19:9 +. +More to be desired are they than gold, yea, than much fine gold: sweeter also than honey and the honeycomb. -- psalms 19:10 +. +Moreover by them is thy servant warned: and in keeping of them there is great reward. -- psalms 19:11 +. +Who can understand his errors? cleanse thou me from secret faults. -- psalms 19:12 +. +Keep back thy servant also from presumptuous sins; let them not have dominion over me: then shall I be upright, and I shall be innocent from the great transgression. -- psalms 19:13 +. +Let the words of my mouth, and the meditation of my heart, be acceptable in thy sight, O LORD, my strength, and my redeemer. -- psalms 19:14 +. +The LORD hear thee in the day of trouble; the name of the God of Jacob defend thee; -- psalms 20:1 +. +Send thee help from the sanctuary, and strengthen thee out of Zion; -- psalms 20:2 +. +Remember all thy offerings, and accept thy burnt sacrifice; Selah. -- psalms 20:3 +. +Grant thee according to thine own heart, and fulfil all thy counsel. -- psalms 20:4 +. +We will rejoice in thy salvation, and in the name of our God we will set up our banners: the LORD fulfil all thy petitions. -- psalms 20:5 +. +Now know I that the LORD saveth his anointed; he will hear him from his holy heaven with the saving strength of his right hand. -- psalms 20:6 +. +Some trust in chariots, and some in horses: but we will remember the name of the LORD our God. -- psalms 20:7 +. +They are brought down and fallen: but we are risen, and stand upright. -- psalms 20:8 +. +Save, LORD: let the king hear us when we call. -- psalms 20:9 +. +The king shall joy in thy strength, O LORD; and in thy salvation how greatly shall he rejoice! -- psalms 21:1 +. +Thou hast given him his heart's desire, and hast not withholden the request of his lips. Selah. -- psalms 21:2 +. +For thou preventest him with the blessings of goodness: thou settest a crown of pure gold on his head. -- psalms 21:3 +. +He asked life of thee, and thou gavest it him, even length of days for ever and ever. -- psalms 21:4 +. +His glory is great in thy salvation: honour and majesty hast thou laid upon him. -- psalms 21:5 +. +For thou hast made him most blessed for ever: thou hast made him exceeding glad with thy countenance. -- psalms 21:6 +. +For the king trusteth in the LORD, and through the mercy of the most High he shall not be moved. -- psalms 21:7 +. +Thine hand shall find out all thine enemies: thy right hand shall find out those that hate thee. -- psalms 21:8 +. +Thou shalt make them as a fiery oven in the time of thine anger: the LORD shall swallow them up in his wrath, and the fire shall devour them. -- psalms 21:9 +. +Their fruit shalt thou destroy from the earth, and their seed from among the children of men. -- psalms 21:10 +. +For they intended evil against thee: they imagined a mischievous device, which they are not able to perform. -- psalms 21:11 +. +Therefore shalt thou make them turn their back, when thou shalt make ready thine arrows upon thy strings against the face of them. -- psalms 21:12 +. +Be thou exalted, LORD, in thine own strength: so will we sing and praise thy power. -- psalms 21:13 +. +My God, my God, why hast thou forsaken me? why art thou so far from helping me, and from the words of my roaring? -- psalms 22:1 +. +O my God, I cry in the day time, but thou hearest not; and in the night season, and am not silent. -- psalms 22:2 +. +But thou art holy, O thou that inhabitest the praises of Israel. -- psalms 22:3 +. +Our fathers trusted in thee: they trusted, and thou didst deliver them. -- psalms 22:4 +. +They cried unto thee, and were delivered: they trusted in thee, and were not confounded. -- psalms 22:5 +. +But I am a worm, and no man; a reproach of men, and despised of the people. -- psalms 22:6 +. +All they that see me laugh me to scorn: they shoot out the lip, they shake the head, saying, -- psalms 22:7 +. +He trusted on the LORD that he would deliver him: let him deliver him, seeing he delighted in him. -- psalms 22:8 +. +But thou art he that took me out of the womb: thou didst make me hope when I was upon my mother's breasts. -- psalms 22:9 +. +I was cast upon thee from the womb: thou art my God from my mother's belly. -- psalms 22:10 +. +Be not far from me; for trouble is near; for there is none to help. -- psalms 22:11 +. +Many bulls have compassed me: strong bulls of Bashan have beset me round. -- psalms 22:12 +. +They gaped upon me with their mouths, as a ravening and a roaring lion. -- psalms 22:13 +. +I am poured out like water, and all my bones are out of joint: my heart is like wax; it is melted in the midst of my bowels. -- psalms 22:14 +. +My strength is dried up like a potsherd; and my tongue cleaveth to my jaws; and thou hast brought me into the dust of death. -- psalms 22:15 +. +For dogs have compassed me: the assembly of the wicked have inclosed me: they pierced my hands and my feet. -- psalms 22:16 +. +I may tell all my bones: they look and stare upon me. -- psalms 22:17 +. +They part my garments among them, and cast lots upon my vesture. -- psalms 22:18 +. +But be not thou far from me, O LORD: O my strength, haste thee to help me. -- psalms 22:19 +. +Deliver my soul from the sword; my darling from the power of the dog. -- psalms 22:20 +. +Save me from the lion's mouth: for thou hast heard me from the horns of the unicorns. -- psalms 22:21 +. +I will declare thy name unto my brethren: in the midst of the congregation will I praise thee. -- psalms 22:22 +. +Ye that fear the LORD, praise him; all ye the seed of Jacob, glorify him; and fear him, all ye the seed of Israel. -- psalms 22:23 +. +For he hath not despised nor abhorred the affliction of the afflicted; neither hath he hid his face from him; but when he cried unto him, he heard. -- psalms 22:24 +. +My praise shall be of thee in the great congregation: I will pay my vows before them that fear him. -- psalms 22:25 +. +The meek shall eat and be satisfied: they shall praise the LORD that seek him: your heart shall live for ever. -- psalms 22:26 +. +All the ends of the world shall remember and turn unto the LORD: and all the kindreds of the nations shall worship before thee. -- psalms 22:27 +. +For the kingdom is the LORD's: and he is the governor among the nations. -- psalms 22:28 +. +All they that be fat upon earth shall eat and worship: all they that go down to the dust shall bow before him: and none can keep alive his own soul. -- psalms 22:29 +. +A seed shall serve him; it shall be accounted to the Lord for a generation. -- psalms 22:30 +. +They shall come, and shall declare his righteousness unto a people that shall be born, that he hath done this. -- psalms 22:31 +. +The LORD is my shepherd; I shall not want. -- psalms 23:1 +. +He maketh me to lie down in green pastures: he leadeth me beside the still waters. -- psalms 23:2 +. +He restoreth my soul: he leadeth me in the paths of righteousness for his name's sake. -- psalms 23:3 +. +Yea, though I walk through the valley of the shadow of death, I will fear no evil: for thou art with me; thy rod and thy staff they comfort me. -- psalms 23:4 +. +Thou preparest a table before me in the presence of mine enemies: thou anointest my head with oil; my cup runneth over. -- psalms 23:5 +. +Surely goodness and mercy shall follow me all the days of my life: and I will dwell in the house of the LORD for ever. -- psalms 23:6 +. +The earth is the LORD's, and the fulness thereof; the world, and they that dwell therein. -- psalms 24:1 +. +For he hath founded it upon the seas, and established it upon the floods. -- psalms 24:2 +. +Who shall ascend into the hill of the LORD? or who shall stand in his holy place? -- psalms 24:3 +. +He that hath clean hands, and a pure heart; who hath not lifted up his soul unto vanity, nor sworn deceitfully. -- psalms 24:4 +. +He shall receive the blessing from the LORD, and righteousness from the God of his salvation. -- psalms 24:5 +. +This is the generation of them that seek him, that seek thy face, O Jacob. Selah. -- psalms 24:6 +. +Lift up your heads, O ye gates; and be ye lift up, ye everlasting doors; and the King of glory shall come in. -- psalms 24:7 +. +Who is this King of glory? The LORD strong and mighty, the LORD mighty in battle. -- psalms 24:8 +. +Lift up your heads, O ye gates; even lift them up, ye everlasting doors; and the King of glory shall come in. -- psalms 24:9 +. +Who is this King of glory? The LORD of hosts, he is the King of glory. Selah. -- psalms 24:10 +. +Unto thee, O LORD, do I lift up my soul. -- psalms 25:1 +. +O my God, I trust in thee: let me not be ashamed, let not mine enemies triumph over me. -- psalms 25:2 +. +Yea, let none that wait on thee be ashamed: let them be ashamed which transgress without cause. -- psalms 25:3 +. +Shew me thy ways, O LORD; teach me thy paths. -- psalms 25:4 +. +Lead me in thy truth, and teach me: for thou art the God of my salvation; on thee do I wait all the day. -- psalms 25:5 +. +Remember, O LORD, thy tender mercies and thy lovingkindnesses; for they have been ever of old. -- psalms 25:6 +. +Remember not the sins of my youth, nor my transgressions: according to thy mercy remember thou me for thy goodness' sake, O LORD. -- psalms 25:7 +. +Good and upright is the LORD: therefore will he teach sinners in the way. -- psalms 25:8 +. +The meek will he guide in judgment: and the meek will he teach his way. -- psalms 25:9 +. +All the paths of the LORD are mercy and truth unto such as keep his covenant and his testimonies. -- psalms 25:10 +. +For thy name's sake, O LORD, pardon mine iniquity; for it is great. -- psalms 25:11 +. +What man is he that feareth the LORD? him shall he teach in the way that he shall choose. -- psalms 25:12 +. +His soul shall dwell at ease; and his seed shall inherit the earth. -- psalms 25:13 +. +The secret of the LORD is with them that fear him; and he will shew them his covenant. -- psalms 25:14 +. +Mine eyes are ever toward the LORD; for he shall pluck my feet out of the net. -- psalms 25:15 +. +Turn thee unto me, and have mercy upon me; for I am desolate and afflicted. -- psalms 25:16 +. +The troubles of my heart are enlarged: O bring thou me out of my distresses. -- psalms 25:17 +. +Look upon mine affliction and my pain; and forgive all my sins. -- psalms 25:18 +. +Consider mine enemies; for they are many; and they hate me with cruel hatred. -- psalms 25:19 +. +O keep my soul, and deliver me: let me not be ashamed; for I put my trust in thee. -- psalms 25:20 +. +Let integrity and uprightness preserve me; for I wait on thee. -- psalms 25:21 +. +Redeem Israel, O God, out of all his troubles. -- psalms 25:22 +. +Judge me, O LORD; for I have walked in mine integrity: I have trusted also in the LORD; therefore I shall not slide. -- psalms 26:1 +. +Examine me, O LORD, and prove me; try my reins and my heart. -- psalms 26:2 +. +For thy lovingkindness is before mine eyes: and I have walked in thy truth. -- psalms 26:3 +. +I have not sat with vain persons, neither will I go in with dissemblers. -- psalms 26:4 +. +I have hated the congregation of evil doers; and will not sit with the wicked. -- psalms 26:5 +. +I will wash mine hands in innocency: so will I compass thine altar, O LORD: -- psalms 26:6 +. +That I may publish with the voice of thanksgiving, and tell of all thy wondrous works. -- psalms 26:7 +. +LORD, I have loved the habitation of thy house, and the place where thine honour dwelleth. -- psalms 26:8 +. +Gather not my soul with sinners, nor my life with bloody men: -- psalms 26:9 +. +In whose hands is mischief, and their right hand is full of bribes. -- psalms 26:10 +. +But as for me, I will walk in mine integrity: redeem me, and be merciful unto me. -- psalms 26:11 +. +My foot standeth in an even place: in the congregations will I bless the LORD. -- psalms 26:12 +. +The LORD is my light and my salvation; whom shall I fear? the LORD is the strength of my life; of whom shall I be afraid? -- psalms 27:1 +. +When the wicked, even mine enemies and my foes, came upon me to eat up my flesh, they stumbled and fell. -- psalms 27:2 +. +Though an host should encamp against me, my heart shall not fear: though war should rise against me, in this will I be confident. -- psalms 27:3 +. +One thing have I desired of the LORD, that will I seek after; that I may dwell in the house of the LORD all the days of my life, to behold the beauty of the LORD, and to enquire in his temple. -- psalms 27:4 +. +For in the time of trouble he shall hide me in his pavilion: in the secret of his tabernacle shall he hide me; he shall set me up upon a rock. -- psalms 27:5 +. +And now shall mine head be lifted up above mine enemies round about me: therefore will I offer in his tabernacle sacrifices of joy; I will sing, yea, I will sing praises unto the LORD. -- psalms 27:6 +. +Hear, O LORD, when I cry with my voice: have mercy also upon me, and answer me. -- psalms 27:7 +. +When thou saidst, Seek ye my face; my heart said unto thee, Thy face, LORD, will I seek. -- psalms 27:8 +. +Hide not thy face far from me; put not thy servant away in anger: thou hast been my help; leave me not, neither forsake me, O God of my salvation. -- psalms 27:9 +. +When my father and my mother forsake me, then the LORD will take me up. -- psalms 27:10 +. +Teach me thy way, O LORD, and lead me in a plain path, because of mine enemies. -- psalms 27:11 +. +Deliver me not over unto the will of mine enemies: for false witnesses are risen up against me, and such as breathe out cruelty. -- psalms 27:12 +. +I had fainted, unless I had believed to see the goodness of the LORD in the land of the living. -- psalms 27:13 +. +Wait on the LORD: be of good courage, and he shall strengthen thine heart: wait, I say, on the LORD. -- psalms 27:14 +. +Unto thee will I cry, O LORD my rock; be not silent to me: lest, if thou be silent to me, I become like them that go down into the pit. -- psalms 28:1 +. +Hear the voice of my supplications, when I cry unto thee, when I lift up my hands toward thy holy oracle. -- psalms 28:2 +. +Draw me not away with the wicked, and with the workers of iniquity, which speak peace to their neighbours, but mischief is in their hearts. -- psalms 28:3 +. +Give them according to their deeds, and according to the wickedness of their endeavours: give them after the work of their hands; render to them their desert. -- psalms 28:4 +. +Because they regard not the works of the LORD, nor the operation of his hands, he shall destroy them, and not build them up. -- psalms 28:5 +. +Blessed be the LORD, because he hath heard the voice of my supplications. -- psalms 28:6 +. +The LORD is my strength and my shield; my heart trusted in him, and I am helped: therefore my heart greatly rejoiceth; and with my song will I praise him. -- psalms 28:7 +. +The LORD is their strength, and he is the saving strength of his anointed. -- psalms 28:8 +. +Save thy people, and bless thine inheritance: feed them also, and lift them up for ever. -- psalms 28:9 +. +Give unto the LORD, O ye mighty, give unto the LORD glory and strength. -- psalms 29:1 +. +Give unto the LORD the glory due unto his name; worship the LORD in the beauty of holiness. -- psalms 29:2 +. +The voice of the LORD is upon the waters: the God of glory thundereth: the LORD is upon many waters. -- psalms 29:3 +. +The voice of the LORD is powerful; the voice of the LORD is full of majesty. -- psalms 29:4 +. +The voice of the LORD breaketh the cedars; yea, the LORD breaketh the cedars of Lebanon. -- psalms 29:5 +. +He maketh them also to skip like a calf; Lebanon and Sirion like a young unicorn. -- psalms 29:6 +. +The voice of the LORD divideth the flames of fire. -- psalms 29:7 +. +The voice of the LORD shaketh the wilderness; the LORD shaketh the wilderness of Kadesh. -- psalms 29:8 +. +The voice of the LORD maketh the hinds to calve, and discovereth the forests: and in his temple doth every one speak of his glory. -- psalms 29:9 +. +The LORD sitteth upon the flood; yea, the LORD sitteth King for ever. -- psalms 29:10 +. +The LORD will give strength unto his people; the LORD will bless his people with peace. -- psalms 29:11 +. +I will extol thee, O LORD; for thou hast lifted me up, and hast not made my foes to rejoice over me. -- psalms 30:1 +. +O LORD my God, I cried unto thee, and thou hast healed me. -- psalms 30:2 +. +O LORD, thou hast brought up my soul from the grave: thou hast kept me alive, that I should not go down to the pit. -- psalms 30:3 +. +Sing unto the LORD, O ye saints of his, and give thanks at the remembrance of his holiness. -- psalms 30:4 +. +For his anger endureth but a moment; in his favour is life: weeping may endure for a night, but joy cometh in the morning. -- psalms 30:5 +. +And in my prosperity I said, I shall never be moved. -- psalms 30:6 +. +LORD, by thy favour thou hast made my mountain to stand strong: thou didst hide thy face, and I was troubled. -- psalms 30:7 +. +I cried to thee, O LORD; and unto the LORD I made supplication. -- psalms 30:8 +. +What profit is there in my blood, when I go down to the pit? Shall the dust praise thee? shall it declare thy truth? -- psalms 30:9 +. +Hear, O LORD, and have mercy upon me: LORD, be thou my helper. -- psalms 30:10 +. +Thou hast turned for me my mourning into dancing: thou hast put off my sackcloth, and girded me with gladness; -- psalms 30:11 +. +To the end that my glory may sing praise to thee, and not be silent. O LORD my God, I will give thanks unto thee for ever. -- psalms 30:12 +. +In thee, O LORD, do I put my trust; let me never be ashamed: deliver me in thy righteousness. -- psalms 31:1 +. +Bow down thine ear to me; deliver me speedily: be thou my strong rock, for an house of defence to save me. -- psalms 31:2 +. +For thou art my rock and my fortress; therefore for thy name's sake lead me, and guide me. -- psalms 31:3 +. +Pull me out of the net that they have laid privily for me: for thou art my strength. -- psalms 31:4 +. +Into thine hand I commit my spirit: thou hast redeemed me, O LORD God of truth. -- psalms 31:5 +. +I have hated them that regard lying vanities: but I trust in the LORD. -- psalms 31:6 +. +I will be glad and rejoice in thy mercy: for thou hast considered my trouble; thou hast known my soul in adversities; -- psalms 31:7 +. +And hast not shut me up into the hand of the enemy: thou hast set my feet in a large room. -- psalms 31:8 +. +Have mercy upon me, O LORD, for I am in trouble: mine eye is consumed with grief, yea, my soul and my belly. -- psalms 31:9 +. +For my life is spent with grief, and my years with sighing: my strength faileth because of mine iniquity, and my bones are consumed. -- psalms 31:10 +. +I was a reproach among all mine enemies, but especially among my neighbours, and a fear to mine acquaintance: they that did see me without fled from me. -- psalms 31:11 +. +I am forgotten as a dead man out of mind: I am like a broken vessel. -- psalms 31:12 +. +For I have heard the slander of many: fear was on every side: while they took counsel together against me, they devised to take away my life. -- psalms 31:13 +. +But I trusted in thee, O LORD: I said, Thou art my God. -- psalms 31:14 +. +My times are in thy hand: deliver me from the hand of mine enemies, and from them that persecute me. -- psalms 31:15 +. +Make thy face to shine upon thy servant: save me for thy mercies' sake. -- psalms 31:16 +. +Let me not be ashamed, O LORD; for I have called upon thee: let the wicked be ashamed, and let them be silent in the grave. -- psalms 31:17 +. +Let the lying lips be put to silence; which speak grievous things proudly and contemptuously against the righteous. -- psalms 31:18 +. +Oh how great is thy goodness, which thou hast laid up for them that fear thee; which thou hast wrought for them that trust in thee before the sons of men! -- psalms 31:19 +. +Thou shalt hide them in the secret of thy presence from the pride of man: thou shalt keep them secretly in a pavilion from the strife of tongues. -- psalms 31:20 +. +Blessed be the LORD: for he hath shewed me his marvellous kindness in a strong city. -- psalms 31:21 +. +For I said in my haste, I am cut off from before thine eyes: nevertheless thou heardest the voice of my supplications when I cried unto thee. -- psalms 31:22 +. +O love the LORD, all ye his saints: for the LORD preserveth the faithful, and plentifully rewardeth the proud doer. -- psalms 31:23 +. +Be of good courage, and he shall strengthen your heart, all ye that hope in the LORD. -- psalms 31:24 +. +Blessed is he whose transgression is forgiven, whose sin is covered. -- psalms 32:1 +. +Blessed is the man unto whom the LORD imputeth not iniquity, and in whose spirit there is no guile. -- psalms 32:2 +. +When I kept silence, my bones waxed old through my roaring all the day long. -- psalms 32:3 +. +For day and night thy hand was heavy upon me: my moisture is turned into the drought of summer. Selah. -- psalms 32:4 +. +I acknowledge my sin unto thee, and mine iniquity have I not hid. I said, I will confess my transgressions unto the LORD; and thou forgavest the iniquity of my sin. Selah. -- psalms 32:5 +. +For this shall every one that is godly pray unto thee in a time when thou mayest be found: surely in the floods of great waters they shall not come nigh unto him. -- psalms 32:6 +. +Thou art my hiding place; thou shalt preserve me from trouble; thou shalt compass me about with songs of deliverance. Selah. -- psalms 32:7 +. +I will instruct thee and teach thee in the way which thou shalt go: I will guide thee with mine eye. -- psalms 32:8 +. +Be ye not as the horse, or as the mule, which have no understanding: whose mouth must be held in with bit and bridle, lest they come near unto thee. -- psalms 32:9 +. +Many sorrows shall be to the wicked: but he that trusteth in the LORD, mercy shall compass him about. -- psalms 32:10 +. +Be glad in the LORD, and rejoice, ye righteous: and shout for joy, all ye that are upright in heart. -- psalms 32:11 +. +Rejoice in the LORD, O ye righteous: for praise is comely for the upright. -- psalms 33:1 +. +Praise the LORD with harp: sing unto him with the psaltery and an instrument of ten strings. -- psalms 33:2 +. +Sing unto him a new song; play skilfully with a loud noise. -- psalms 33:3 +. +For the word of the LORD is right; and all his works are done in truth. -- psalms 33:4 +. +He loveth righteousness and judgment: the earth is full of the goodness of the LORD. -- psalms 33:5 +. +By the word of the LORD were the heavens made; and all the host of them by the breath of his mouth. -- psalms 33:6 +. +He gathereth the waters of the sea together as an heap: he layeth up the depth in storehouses. -- psalms 33:7 +. +Let all the earth fear the LORD: let all the inhabitants of the world stand in awe of him. -- psalms 33:8 +. +For he spake, and it was done; he commanded, and it stood fast. -- psalms 33:9 +. +The LORD bringeth the counsel of the heathen to nought: he maketh the devices of the people of none effect. -- psalms 33:10 +. +The counsel of the LORD standeth for ever, the thoughts of his heart to all generations. -- psalms 33:11 +. +Blessed is the nation whose God is the LORD; and the people whom he hath chosen for his own inheritance. -- psalms 33:12 +. +The LORD looketh from heaven; he beholdeth all the sons of men. -- psalms 33:13 +. +From the place of his habitation he looketh upon all the inhabitants of the earth. -- psalms 33:14 +. +He fashioneth their hearts alike; he considereth all their works. -- psalms 33:15 +. +There is no king saved by the multitude of an host: a mighty man is not delivered by much strength. -- psalms 33:16 +. +An horse is a vain thing for safety: neither shall he deliver any by his great strength. -- psalms 33:17 +. +Behold, the eye of the LORD is upon them that fear him, upon them that hope in his mercy; -- psalms 33:18 +. +To deliver their soul from death, and to keep them alive in famine. -- psalms 33:19 +. +Our soul waiteth for the LORD: he is our help and our shield. -- psalms 33:20 +. +For our heart shall rejoice in him, because we have trusted in his holy name. -- psalms 33:21 +. +Let thy mercy, O LORD, be upon us, according as we hope in thee. -- psalms 33:22 +. +I will bless the LORD at all times: his praise shall continually be in my mouth. -- psalms 34:1 +. +My soul shall make her boast in the LORD: the humble shall hear thereof, and be glad. -- psalms 34:2 +. +O magnify the LORD with me, and let us exalt his name together. -- psalms 34:3 +. +I sought the LORD, and he heard me, and delivered me from all my fears. -- psalms 34:4 +. +They looked unto him, and were lightened: and their faces were not ashamed. -- psalms 34:5 +. +This poor man cried, and the LORD heard him, and saved him out of all his troubles. -- psalms 34:6 +. +The angel of the LORD encampeth round about them that fear him, and delivereth them. -- psalms 34:7 +. +O taste and see that the LORD is good: blessed is the man that trusteth in him. -- psalms 34:8 +. +O fear the LORD, ye his saints: for there is no want to them that fear him. -- psalms 34:9 +. +The young lions do lack, and suffer hunger: but they that seek the LORD shall not want any good thing. -- psalms 34:10 +. +Come, ye children, hearken unto me: I will teach you the fear of the LORD. -- psalms 34:11 +. +What man is he that desireth life, and loveth many days, that he may see good? -- psalms 34:12 +. +Keep thy tongue from evil, and thy lips from speaking guile. -- psalms 34:13 +. +Depart from evil, and do good; seek peace, and pursue it. -- psalms 34:14 +. +The eyes of the LORD are upon the righteous, and his ears are open unto their cry. -- psalms 34:15 +. +The face of the LORD is against them that do evil, to cut off the remembrance of them from the earth. -- psalms 34:16 +. +The righteous cry, and the LORD heareth, and delivereth them out of all their troubles. -- psalms 34:17 +. +The LORD is nigh unto them that are of a broken heart; and saveth such as be of a contrite spirit. -- psalms 34:18 +. +Many are the afflictions of the righteous: but the LORD delivereth him out of them all. -- psalms 34:19 +. +He keepeth all his bones: not one of them is broken. -- psalms 34:20 +. +Evil shall slay the wicked: and they that hate the righteous shall be desolate. -- psalms 34:21 +. +The LORD redeemeth the soul of his servants: and none of them that trust in him shall be desolate. -- psalms 34:22 +. +Plead my cause, O LORD, with them that strive with me: fight against them that fight against me. -- psalms 35:1 +. +Take hold of shield and buckler, and stand up for mine help. -- psalms 35:2 +. +Draw out also the spear, and stop the way against them that persecute me: say unto my soul, I am thy salvation. -- psalms 35:3 +. +Let them be confounded and put to shame that seek after my soul: let them be turned back and brought to confusion that devise my hurt. -- psalms 35:4 +. +Let them be as chaff before the wind: and let the angel of the LORD chase them. -- psalms 35:5 +. +Let their way be dark and slippery: and let the angel of the LORD persecute them. -- psalms 35:6 +. +For without cause have they hid for me their net in a pit, which without cause they have digged for my soul. -- psalms 35:7 +. +Let destruction come upon him at unawares; and let his net that he hath hid catch himself: into that very destruction let him fall. -- psalms 35:8 +. +And my soul shall be joyful in the LORD: it shall rejoice in his salvation. -- psalms 35:9 +. +All my bones shall say, LORD, who is like unto thee, which deliverest the poor from him that is too strong for him, yea, the poor and the needy from him that spoileth him? -- psalms 35:10 +. +False witnesses did rise up; they laid to my charge things that I knew not. -- psalms 35:11 +. +They rewarded me evil for good to the spoiling of my soul. -- psalms 35:12 +. +But as for me, when they were sick, my clothing was sackcloth: I humbled my soul with fasting; and my prayer returned into mine own bosom. -- psalms 35:13 +. +I behaved myself as though he had been my friend or brother: I bowed down heavily, as one that mourneth for his mother. -- psalms 35:14 +. +But in mine adversity they rejoiced, and gathered themselves together: yea, the abjects gathered themselves together against me, and I knew it not; they did tear me, and ceased not: -- psalms 35:15 +. +With hypocritical mockers in feasts, they gnashed upon me with their teeth. -- psalms 35:16 +. +Lord, how long wilt thou look on? rescue my soul from their destructions, my darling from the lions. -- psalms 35:17 +. +I will give thee thanks in the great congregation: I will praise thee among much people. -- psalms 35:18 +. +Let not them that are mine enemies wrongfully rejoice over me: neither let them wink with the eye that hate me without a cause. -- psalms 35:19 +. +For they speak not peace: but they devise deceitful matters against them that are quiet in the land. -- psalms 35:20 +. +Yea, they opened their mouth wide against me, and said, Aha, aha, our eye hath seen it. -- psalms 35:21 +. +This thou hast seen, O LORD: keep not silence: O Lord, be not far from me. -- psalms 35:22 +. +Stir up thyself, and awake to my judgment, even unto my cause, my God and my Lord. -- psalms 35:23 +. +Judge me, O LORD my God, according to thy righteousness; and let them not rejoice over me. -- psalms 35:24 +. +Let them not say in their hearts, Ah, so would we have it: let them not say, We have swallowed him up. -- psalms 35:25 +. +Let them be ashamed and brought to confusion together that rejoice at mine hurt: let them be clothed with shame and dishonour that magnify themselves against me. -- psalms 35:26 +. +Let them shout for joy, and be glad, that favour my righteous cause: yea, let them say continually, Let the LORD be magnified, which hath pleasure in the prosperity of his servant. -- psalms 35:27 +. +And my tongue shall speak of thy righteousness and of thy praise all the day long. -- psalms 35:28 +. +The transgression of the wicked saith within my heart, that there is no fear of God before his eyes. -- psalms 36:1 +. +For he flattereth himself in his own eyes, until his iniquity be found to be hateful. -- psalms 36:2 +. +The words of his mouth are iniquity and deceit: he hath left off to be wise, and to do good. -- psalms 36:3 +. +He deviseth mischief upon his bed; he setteth himself in a way that is not good; he abhorreth not evil. -- psalms 36:4 +. +Thy mercy, O LORD, is in the heavens; and thy faithfulness reacheth unto the clouds. -- psalms 36:5 +. +Thy righteousness is like the great mountains; thy judgments are a great deep: O LORD, thou preservest man and beast. -- psalms 36:6 +. +How excellent is thy lovingkindness, O God! therefore the children of men put their trust under the shadow of thy wings. -- psalms 36:7 +. +They shall be abundantly satisfied with the fatness of thy house; and thou shalt make them drink of the river of thy pleasures. -- psalms 36:8 +. +For with thee is the fountain of life: in thy light shall we see light. -- psalms 36:9 +. +O continue thy lovingkindness unto them that know thee; and thy righteousness to the upright in heart. -- psalms 36:10 +. +Let not the foot of pride come against me, and let not the hand of the wicked remove me. -- psalms 36:11 +. +There are the workers of iniquity fallen: they are cast down, and shall not be able to rise. -- psalms 36:12 +. +Fret not thyself because of evildoers, neither be thou envious against the workers of iniquity. -- psalms 37:1 +. +For they shall soon be cut down like the grass, and wither as the green herb. -- psalms 37:2 +. +Trust in the LORD, and do good; so shalt thou dwell in the land, and verily thou shalt be fed. -- psalms 37:3 +. +Delight thyself also in the LORD: and he shall give thee the desires of thine heart. -- psalms 37:4 +. +Commit thy way unto the LORD; trust also in him; and he shall bring it to pass. -- psalms 37:5 +. +And he shall bring forth thy righteousness as the light, and thy judgment as the noonday. -- psalms 37:6 +. +Rest in the LORD, and wait patiently for him: fret not thyself because of him who prospereth in his way, because of the man who bringeth wicked devices to pass. -- psalms 37:7 +. +Cease from anger, and forsake wrath: fret not thyself in any wise to do evil. -- psalms 37:8 +. +For evildoers shall be cut off: but those that wait upon the LORD, they shall inherit the earth. -- psalms 37:9 +. +For yet a little while, and the wicked shall not be: yea, thou shalt diligently consider his place, and it shall not be. -- psalms 37:10 +. +But the meek shall inherit the earth; and shall delight themselves in the abundance of peace. -- psalms 37:11 +. +The wicked plotteth against the just, and gnasheth upon him with his teeth. -- psalms 37:12 +. +The LORD shall laugh at him: for he seeth that his day is coming. -- psalms 37:13 +. +The wicked have drawn out the sword, and have bent their bow, to cast down the poor and needy, and to slay such as be of upright conversation. -- psalms 37:14 +. +Their sword shall enter into their own heart, and their bows shall be broken. -- psalms 37:15 +. +A little that a righteous man hath is better than the riches of many wicked. -- psalms 37:16 +. +For the arms of the wicked shall be broken: but the LORD upholdeth the righteous. -- psalms 37:17 +. +The LORD knoweth the days of the upright: and their inheritance shall be for ever. -- psalms 37:18 +. +They shall not be ashamed in the evil time: and in the days of famine they shall be satisfied. -- psalms 37:19 +. +But the wicked shall perish, and the enemies of the LORD shall be as the fat of lambs: they shall consume; into smoke shall they consume away. -- psalms 37:20 +. +The wicked borroweth, and payeth not again: but the righteous sheweth mercy, and giveth. -- psalms 37:21 +. +For such as be blessed of him shall inherit the earth; and they that be cursed of him shall be cut off. -- psalms 37:22 +. +The steps of a good man are ordered by the LORD: and he delighteth in his way. -- psalms 37:23 +. +Though he fall, he shall not be utterly cast down: for the LORD upholdeth him with his hand. -- psalms 37:24 +. +I have been young, and now am old; yet have I not seen the righteous forsaken, nor his seed begging bread. -- psalms 37:25 +. +He is ever merciful, and lendeth; and his seed is blessed. -- psalms 37:26 +. +Depart from evil, and do good; and dwell for evermore. -- psalms 37:27 +. +For the LORD loveth judgment, and forsaketh not his saints; they are preserved for ever: but the seed of the wicked shall be cut off. -- psalms 37:28 +. +The righteous shall inherit the land, and dwell therein for ever. -- psalms 37:29 +. +The mouth of the righteous speaketh wisdom, and his tongue talketh of judgment. -- psalms 37:30 +. +The law of his God is in his heart; none of his steps shall slide. -- psalms 37:31 +. +The wicked watcheth the righteous, and seeketh to slay him. -- psalms 37:32 +. +The LORD will not leave him in his hand, nor condemn him when he is judged. -- psalms 37:33 +. +Wait on the LORD, and keep his way, and he shall exalt thee to inherit the land: when the wicked are cut off, thou shalt see it. -- psalms 37:34 +. +I have seen the wicked in great power, and spreading himself like a green bay tree. -- psalms 37:35 +. +Yet he passed away, and, lo, he was not: yea, I sought him, but he could not be found. -- psalms 37:36 +. +Mark the perfect man, and behold the upright: for the end of that man is peace. -- psalms 37:37 +. +But the transgressors shall be destroyed together: the end of the wicked shall be cut off. -- psalms 37:38 +. +But the salvation of the righteous is of the LORD: he is their strength in the time of trouble. -- psalms 37:39 +. +And the LORD shall help them, and deliver them: he shall deliver them from the wicked, and save them, because they trust in him. -- psalms 37:40 +. +O lord, rebuke me not in thy wrath: neither chasten me in thy hot displeasure. -- psalms 38:1 +. +For thine arrows stick fast in me, and thy hand presseth me sore. -- psalms 38:2 +. +There is no soundness in my flesh because of thine anger; neither is there any rest in my bones because of my sin. -- psalms 38:3 +. +For mine iniquities are gone over mine head: as an heavy burden they are too heavy for me. -- psalms 38:4 +. +My wounds stink and are corrupt because of my foolishness. -- psalms 38:5 +. +I am troubled; I am bowed down greatly; I go mourning all the day long. -- psalms 38:6 +. +For my loins are filled with a loathsome disease: and there is no soundness in my flesh. -- psalms 38:7 +. +I am feeble and sore broken: I have roared by reason of the disquietness of my heart. -- psalms 38:8 +. +Lord, all my desire is before thee; and my groaning is not hid from thee. -- psalms 38:9 +. +My heart panteth, my strength faileth me: as for the light of mine eyes, it also is gone from me. -- psalms 38:10 +. +My lovers and my friends stand aloof from my sore; and my kinsmen stand afar off. -- psalms 38:11 +. +They also that seek after my life lay snares for me: and they that seek my hurt speak mischievous things, and imagine deceits all the day long. -- psalms 38:12 +. +But I, as a deaf man, heard not; and I was as a dumb man that openeth not his mouth. -- psalms 38:13 +. +Thus I was as a man that heareth not, and in whose mouth are no reproofs. -- psalms 38:14 +. +For in thee, O LORD, do I hope: thou wilt hear, O Lord my God. -- psalms 38:15 +. +For I said, Hear me, lest otherwise they should rejoice over me: when my foot slippeth, they magnify themselves against me. -- psalms 38:16 +. +For I am ready to halt, and my sorrow is continually before me. -- psalms 38:17 +. +For I will declare mine iniquity; I will be sorry for my sin. -- psalms 38:18 +. +But mine enemies are lively, and they are strong: and they that hate me wrongfully are multiplied. -- psalms 38:19 +. +They also that render evil for good are mine adversaries; because I follow the thing that good is. -- psalms 38:20 +. +Forsake me not, O LORD: O my God, be not far from me. -- psalms 38:21 +. +Make haste to help me, O Lord my salvation. -- psalms 38:22 +. +I said, I will take heed to my ways, that I sin not with my tongue: I will keep my mouth with a bridle, while the wicked is before me. -- psalms 39:1 +. +I was dumb with silence, I held my peace, even from good; and my sorrow was stirred. -- psalms 39:2 +. +My heart was hot within me, while I was musing the fire burned: then spake I with my tongue, -- psalms 39:3 +. +LORD, make me to know mine end, and the measure of my days, what it is: that I may know how frail I am. -- psalms 39:4 +. +Behold, thou hast made my days as an handbreadth; and mine age is as nothing before thee: verily every man at his best state is altogether vanity. Selah. -- psalms 39:5 +. +Surely every man walketh in a vain shew: surely they are disquieted in vain: he heapeth up riches, and knoweth not who shall gather them. -- psalms 39:6 +. +And now, Lord, what wait I for? my hope is in thee. -- psalms 39:7 +. +Deliver me from all my transgressions: make me not the reproach of the foolish. -- psalms 39:8 +. +I was dumb, I opened not my mouth; because thou didst it. -- psalms 39:9 +. +Remove thy stroke away from me: I am consumed by the blow of thine hand. -- psalms 39:10 +. +When thou with rebukes dost correct man for iniquity, thou makest his beauty to consume away like a moth: surely every man is vanity. Selah. -- psalms 39:11 +. +Hear my prayer, O LORD, and give ear unto my cry; hold not thy peace at my tears: for I am a stranger with thee, and a sojourner, as all my fathers were. -- psalms 39:12 +. +O spare me, that I may recover strength, before I go hence, and be no more. -- psalms 39:13 +. +I waited patiently for the LORD; and he inclined unto me, and heard my cry. -- psalms 40:1 +. +He brought me up also out of an horrible pit, out of the miry clay, and set my feet upon a rock, and established my goings. -- psalms 40:2 +. +And he hath put a new song in my mouth, even praise unto our God: many shall see it, and fear, and shall trust in the LORD. -- psalms 40:3 +. +Blessed is that man that maketh the LORD his trust, and respecteth not the proud, nor such as turn aside to lies. -- psalms 40:4 +. +Many, O LORD my God, are thy wonderful works which thou hast done, and thy thoughts which are to us-ward: they cannot be reckoned up in order unto thee: if I would declare and speak of them, they are more than can be numbered. -- psalms 40:5 +. +Sacrifice and offering thou didst not desire; mine ears hast thou opened: burnt offering and sin offering hast thou not required. -- psalms 40:6 +. +Then said I, Lo, I come: in the volume of the book it is written of me, -- psalms 40:7 +. +I delight to do thy will, O my God: yea, thy law is within my heart. -- psalms 40:8 +. +I have preached righteousness in the great congregation: lo, I have not refrained my lips, O LORD, thou knowest. -- psalms 40:9 +. +I have not hid thy righteousness within my heart; I have declared thy faithfulness and thy salvation: I have not concealed thy lovingkindness and thy truth from the great congregation. -- psalms 40:10 +. +Withhold not thou thy tender mercies from me, O LORD: let thy lovingkindness and thy truth continually preserve me. -- psalms 40:11 +. +For innumerable evils have compassed me about: mine iniquities have taken hold upon me, so that I am not able to look up; they are more than the hairs of mine head: therefore my heart faileth me. -- psalms 40:12 +. +Be pleased, O LORD, to deliver me: O LORD, make haste to help me. -- psalms 40:13 +. +Let them be ashamed and confounded together that seek after my soul to destroy it; let them be driven backward and put to shame that wish me evil. -- psalms 40:14 +. +Let them be desolate for a reward of their shame that say unto me, Aha, aha. -- psalms 40:15 +. +Let all those that seek thee rejoice and be glad in thee: let such as love thy salvation say continually, The LORD be magnified. -- psalms 40:16 +. +But I am poor and needy; yet the Lord thinketh upon me: thou art my help and my deliverer; make no tarrying, O my God. -- psalms 40:17 +. +Blessed is he that considereth the poor: the LORD will deliver him in time of trouble. -- psalms 41:1 +. +The LORD will preserve him, and keep him alive; and he shall be blessed upon the earth: and thou wilt not deliver him unto the will of his enemies. -- psalms 41:2 +. +The LORD will strengthen him upon the bed of languishing: thou wilt make all his bed in his sickness. -- psalms 41:3 +. +I said, LORD, be merciful unto me: heal my soul; for I have sinned against thee. -- psalms 41:4 +. +Mine enemies speak evil of me, When shall he die, and his name perish? -- psalms 41:5 +. +And if he come to see me, he speaketh vanity: his heart gathereth iniquity to itself; when he goeth abroad, he telleth it. -- psalms 41:6 +. +All that hate me whisper together against me: against me do they devise my hurt. -- psalms 41:7 +. +An evil disease, say they, cleaveth fast unto him: and now that he lieth he shall rise up no more. -- psalms 41:8 +. +Yea, mine own familiar friend, in whom I trusted, which did eat of my bread, hath lifted up his heel against me. -- psalms 41:9 +. +But thou, O LORD, be merciful unto me, and raise me up, that I may requite them. -- psalms 41:10 +. +By this I know that thou favourest me, because mine enemy doth not triumph over me. -- psalms 41:11 +. +And as for me, thou upholdest me in mine integrity, and settest me before thy face for ever. -- psalms 41:12 +. +Blessed be the LORD God of Israel from everlasting, and to everlasting. Amen, and Amen. -- psalms 41:13 +. +As the hart panteth after the water brooks, so panteth my soul after thee, O God. -- psalms 42:1 +. +My soul thirsteth for God, for the living God: when shall I come and appear before God? -- psalms 42:2 +. +My tears have been my meat day and night, while they continually say unto me, Where is thy God? -- psalms 42:3 +. +When I remember these things, I pour out my soul in me: for I had gone with the multitude, I went with them to the house of God, with the voice of joy and praise, with a multitude that kept holyday. -- psalms 42:4 +. +Why art thou cast down, O my soul? and why art thou disquieted in me? hope thou in God: for I shall yet praise him for the help of his countenance. -- psalms 42:5 +. +O my God, my soul is cast down within me: therefore will I remember thee from the land of Jordan, and of the Hermonites, from the hill Mizar. -- psalms 42:6 +. +Deep calleth unto deep at the noise of thy waterspouts: all thy waves and thy billows are gone over me. -- psalms 42:7 +. +Yet the LORD will command his lovingkindness in the day time, and in the night his song shall be with me, and my prayer unto the God of my life. -- psalms 42:8 +. +I will say unto God my rock, Why hast thou forgotten me? why go I mourning because of the oppression of the enemy? -- psalms 42:9 +. +As with a sword in my bones, mine enemies reproach me; while they say daily unto me, Where is thy God? -- psalms 42:10 +. +Why art thou cast down, O my soul? and why art thou disquieted within me? hope thou in God: for I shall yet praise him, who is the health of my countenance, and my God. -- psalms 42:11 +. +Judge me, O God, and plead my cause against an ungodly nation: O deliver me from the deceitful and unjust man. -- psalms 43:1 +. +For thou art the God of my strength: why dost thou cast me off? why go I mourning because of the oppression of the enemy? -- psalms 43:2 +. +O send out thy light and thy truth: let them lead me; let them bring me unto thy holy hill, and to thy tabernacles. -- psalms 43:3 +. +Then will I go unto the altar of God, unto God my exceeding joy: yea, upon the harp will I praise thee, O God my God. -- psalms 43:4 +. +Why art thou cast down, O my soul? and why art thou disquieted within me? hope in God: for I shall yet praise him, who is the health of my countenance, and my God. -- psalms 43:5 +. +We have heard with our ears, O God, our fathers have told us, what work thou didst in their days, in the times of old. -- psalms 44:1 +. +How thou didst drive out the heathen with thy hand, and plantedst them; how thou didst afflict the people, and cast them out. -- psalms 44:2 +. +For they got not the land in possession by their own sword, neither did their own arm save them: but thy right hand, and thine arm, and the light of thy countenance, because thou hadst a favour unto them. -- psalms 44:3 +. +Thou art my King, O God: command deliverances for Jacob. -- psalms 44:4 +. +Through thee will we push down our enemies: through thy name will we tread them under that rise up against us. -- psalms 44:5 +. +For I will not trust in my bow, neither shall my sword save me. -- psalms 44:6 +. +But thou hast saved us from our enemies, and hast put them to shame that hated us. -- psalms 44:7 +. +In God we boast all the day long, and praise thy name for ever. Selah. -- psalms 44:8 +. +But thou hast cast off, and put us to shame; and goest not forth with our armies. -- psalms 44:9 +. +Thou makest us to turn back from the enemy: and they which hate us spoil for themselves. -- psalms 44:10 +. +Thou hast given us like sheep appointed for meat; and hast scattered us among the heathen. -- psalms 44:11 +. +Thou sellest thy people for nought, and dost not increase thy wealth by their price. -- psalms 44:12 +. +Thou makest us a reproach to our neighbours, a scorn and a derision to them that are round about us. -- psalms 44:13 +. +Thou makest us a byword among the heathen, a shaking of the head among the people. -- psalms 44:14 +. +My confusion is continually before me, and the shame of my face hath covered me, -- psalms 44:15 +. +For the voice of him that reproacheth and blasphemeth; by reason of the enemy and avenger. -- psalms 44:16 +. +All this is come upon us; yet have we not forgotten thee, neither have we dealt falsely in thy covenant. -- psalms 44:17 +. +Our heart is not turned back, neither have our steps declined from thy way; -- psalms 44:18 +. +Though thou hast sore broken us in the place of dragons, and covered us with the shadow of death. -- psalms 44:19 +. +If we have forgotten the name of our God, or stretched out our hands to a strange god; -- psalms 44:20 +. +Shall not God search this out? for he knoweth the secrets of the heart. -- psalms 44:21 +. +Yea, for thy sake are we killed all the day long; we are counted as sheep for the slaughter. -- psalms 44:22 +. +Awake, why sleepest thou, O Lord? arise, cast us not off for ever. -- psalms 44:23 +. +Wherefore hidest thou thy face, and forgettest our affliction and our oppression? -- psalms 44:24 +. +For our soul is bowed down to the dust: our belly cleaveth unto the earth. -- psalms 44:25 +. +Arise for our help, and redeem us for thy mercies' sake. -- psalms 44:26 +. +My heart is inditing a good matter: I speak of the things which I have made touching the king: my tongue is the pen of a ready writer. -- psalms 45:1 +. +Thou art fairer than the children of men: grace is poured into thy lips: therefore God hath blessed thee for ever. -- psalms 45:2 +. +Gird thy sword upon thy thigh, O most mighty, with thy glory and thy majesty. -- psalms 45:3 +. +And in thy majesty ride prosperously because of truth and meekness and righteousness; and thy right hand shall teach thee terrible things. -- psalms 45:4 +. +Thine arrows are sharp in the heart of the king's enemies; whereby the people fall under thee. -- psalms 45:5 +. +Thy throne, O God, is for ever and ever: the sceptre of thy kingdom is a right sceptre. -- psalms 45:6 +. +Thou lovest righteousness, and hatest wickedness: therefore God, thy God, hath anointed thee with the oil of gladness above thy fellows. -- psalms 45:7 +. +All thy garments smell of myrrh, and aloes, and cassia, out of the ivory palaces, whereby they have made thee glad. -- psalms 45:8 +. +Kings' daughters were among thy honourable women: upon thy right hand did stand the queen in gold of Ophir. -- psalms 45:9 +. +Hearken, O daughter, and consider, and incline thine ear; forget also thine own people, and thy father's house; -- psalms 45:10 +. +So shall the king greatly desire thy beauty: for he is thy Lord; and worship thou him. -- psalms 45:11 +. +And the daughter of Tyre shall be there with a gift; even the rich among the people shall intreat thy favour. -- psalms 45:12 +. +The king's daughter is all glorious within: her clothing is of wrought gold. -- psalms 45:13 +. +She shall be brought unto the king in raiment of needlework: the virgins her companions that follow her shall be brought unto thee. -- psalms 45:14 +. +With gladness and rejoicing shall they be brought: they shall enter into the king's palace. -- psalms 45:15 +. +Instead of thy fathers shall be thy children, whom thou mayest make princes in all the earth. -- psalms 45:16 +. +I will make thy name to be remembered in all generations: therefore shall the people praise thee for ever and ever. -- psalms 45:17 +. +God is our refuge and strength, a very present help in trouble. -- psalms 46:1 +. +Therefore will not we fear, though the earth be removed, and though the mountains be carried into the midst of the sea; -- psalms 46:2 +. +Though the waters thereof roar and be troubled, though the mountains shake with the swelling thereof. Selah. -- psalms 46:3 +. +There is a river, the streams whereof shall make glad the city of God, the holy place of the tabernacles of the most High. -- psalms 46:4 +. +God is in the midst of her; she shall not be moved: God shall help her, and that right early. -- psalms 46:5 +. +The heathen raged, the kingdoms were moved: he uttered his voice, the earth melted. -- psalms 46:6 +. +The LORD of hosts is with us; the God of Jacob is our refuge. Selah. -- psalms 46:7 +. +Come, behold the works of the LORD, what desolations he hath made in the earth. -- psalms 46:8 +. +He maketh wars to cease unto the end of the earth; he breaketh the bow, and cutteth the spear in sunder; he burneth the chariot in the fire. -- psalms 46:9 +. +Be still, and know that I am God: I will be exalted among the heathen, I will be exalted in the earth. -- psalms 46:10 +. +The LORD of hosts is with us; the God of Jacob is our refuge. Selah. -- psalms 46:11 +. +O clap your hands, all ye people; shout unto God with the voice of triumph. -- psalms 47:1 +. +For the LORD most high is terrible; he is a great King over all the earth. -- psalms 47:2 +. +He shall subdue the people under us, and the nations under our feet. -- psalms 47:3 +. +He shall choose our inheritance for us, the excellency of Jacob whom he loved. Selah. -- psalms 47:4 +. +God is gone up with a shout, the LORD with the sound of a trumpet. -- psalms 47:5 +. +Sing praises to God, sing praises: sing praises unto our King, sing praises. -- psalms 47:6 +. +For God is the King of all the earth: sing ye praises with understanding. -- psalms 47:7 +. +God reigneth over the heathen: God sitteth upon the throne of his holiness. -- psalms 47:8 +. +The princes of the people are gathered together, even the people of the God of Abraham: for the shields of the earth belong unto God: he is greatly exalted. -- psalms 47:9 +. +Great is the LORD, and greatly to be praised in the city of our God, in the mountain of his holiness. -- psalms 48:1 +. +Beautiful for situation, the joy of the whole earth, is mount Zion, on the sides of the north, the city of the great King. -- psalms 48:2 +. +God is known in her palaces for a refuge. -- psalms 48:3 +. +For, lo, the kings were assembled, they passed by together. -- psalms 48:4 +. +They saw it, and so they marvelled; they were troubled, and hasted away. -- psalms 48:5 +. +Fear took hold upon them there, and pain, as of a woman in travail. -- psalms 48:6 +. +Thou breakest the ships of Tarshish with an east wind. -- psalms 48:7 +. +As we have heard, so have we seen in the city of the LORD of hosts, in the city of our God: God will establish it for ever. Selah. -- psalms 48:8 +. +We have thought of thy lovingkindness, O God, in the midst of thy temple. -- psalms 48:9 +. +According to thy name, O God, so is thy praise unto the ends of the earth: thy right hand is full of righteousness. -- psalms 48:10 +. +Let mount Zion rejoice, let the daughters of Judah be glad, because of thy judgments. -- psalms 48:11 +. +Walk about Zion, and go round about her: tell the towers thereof. -- psalms 48:12 +. +Mark ye well her bulwarks, consider her palaces; that ye may tell it to the generation following. -- psalms 48:13 +. +For this God is our God for ever and ever: he will be our guide even unto death. -- psalms 48:14 +. +Hear this, all ye people; give ear, all ye inhabitants of the world: -- psalms 49:1 +. +Both low and high, rich and poor, together. -- psalms 49:2 +. +My mouth shall speak of wisdom; and the meditation of my heart shall be of understanding. -- psalms 49:3 +. +I will incline mine ear to a parable: I will open my dark saying upon the harp. -- psalms 49:4 +. +Wherefore should I fear in the days of evil, when the iniquity of my heels shall compass me about? -- psalms 49:5 +. +They that trust in their wealth, and boast themselves in the multitude of their riches; -- psalms 49:6 +. +None of them can by any means redeem his brother, nor give to God a ransom for him: -- psalms 49:7 +. +(For the redemption of their soul is precious, and it ceaseth for ever:) -- psalms 49:8 +. +That he should still live for ever, and not see corruption. -- psalms 49:9 +. +For he seeth that wise men die, likewise the fool and the brutish person perish, and leave their wealth to others. -- psalms 49:10 +. +Their inward thought is, that their houses shall continue for ever, and their dwelling places to all generations; they call their lands after their own names. -- psalms 49:11 +. +Nevertheless man being in honour abideth not: he is like the beasts that perish. -- psalms 49:12 +. +This their way is their folly: yet their posterity approve their sayings. Selah. -- psalms 49:13 +. +Like sheep they are laid in the grave; death shall feed on them; and the upright shall have dominion over them in the morning; and their beauty shall consume in the grave from their dwelling. -- psalms 49:14 +. +But God will redeem my soul from the power of the grave: for he shall receive me. Selah. -- psalms 49:15 +. +Be not thou afraid when one is made rich, when the glory of his house is increased; -- psalms 49:16 +. +For when he dieth he shall carry nothing away: his glory shall not descend after him. -- psalms 49:17 +. +Though while he lived he blessed his soul: and men will praise thee, when thou doest well to thyself. -- psalms 49:18 +. +He shall go to the generation of his fathers; they shall never see light. -- psalms 49:19 +. +Man that is in honour, and understandeth not, is like the beasts that perish. -- psalms 49:20 +. +The mighty God, even the LORD, hath spoken, and called the earth from the rising of the sun unto the going down thereof. -- psalms 50:1 +. +Out of Zion, the perfection of beauty, God hath shined. -- psalms 50:2 +. +Our God shall come, and shall not keep silence: a fire shall devour before him, and it shall be very tempestuous round about him. -- psalms 50:3 +. +He shall call to the heavens from above, and to the earth, that he may judge his people. -- psalms 50:4 +. +Gather my saints together unto me; those that have made a covenant with me by sacrifice. -- psalms 50:5 +. +And the heavens shall declare his righteousness: for God is judge himself. Selah. -- psalms 50:6 +. +Hear, O my people, and I will speak; O Israel, and I will testify against thee: I am God, even thy God. -- psalms 50:7 +. +I will not reprove thee for thy sacrifices or thy burnt offerings, to have been continually before me. -- psalms 50:8 +. +I will take no bullock out of thy house, nor he goats out of thy folds. -- psalms 50:9 +. +For every beast of the forest is mine, and the cattle upon a thousand hills. -- psalms 50:10 +. +I know all the fowls of the mountains: and the wild beasts of the field are mine. -- psalms 50:11 +. +If I were hungry, I would not tell thee: for the world is mine, and the fulness thereof. -- psalms 50:12 +. +Will I eat the flesh of bulls, or drink the blood of goats? -- psalms 50:13 +. +Offer unto God thanksgiving; and pay thy vows unto the most High: -- psalms 50:14 +. +And call upon me in the day of trouble: I will deliver thee, and thou shalt glorify me. -- psalms 50:15 +. +But unto the wicked God saith, What hast thou to do to declare my statutes, or that thou shouldest take my covenant in thy mouth? -- psalms 50:16 +. +Seeing thou hatest instruction, and casteth my words behind thee. -- psalms 50:17 +. +When thou sawest a thief, then thou consentedst with him, and hast been partaker with adulterers. -- psalms 50:18 +. +Thou givest thy mouth to evil, and thy tongue frameth deceit. -- psalms 50:19 +. +Thou sittest and speakest against thy brother; thou slanderest thine own mother's son. -- psalms 50:20 +. +These things hast thou done, and I kept silence; thou thoughtest that I was altogether such an one as thyself: but I will reprove thee, and set them in order before thine eyes. -- psalms 50:21 +. +Now consider this, ye that forget God, lest I tear you in pieces, and there be none to deliver. -- psalms 50:22 +. +Whoso offereth praise glorifieth me: and to him that ordereth his conversation aright will I shew the salvation of God. -- psalms 50:23 +. +Have mercy upon me, O God, according to thy lovingkindness: according unto the multitude of thy tender mercies blot out my transgressions. -- psalms 51:1 +. +Wash me throughly from mine iniquity, and cleanse me from my sin. -- psalms 51:2 +. +For I acknowledge my transgressions: and my sin is ever before me. -- psalms 51:3 +. +Against thee, thee only, have I sinned, and done this evil in thy sight: that thou mightest be justified when thou speakest, and be clear when thou judgest. -- psalms 51:4 +. +Behold, I was shapen in iniquity; and in sin did my mother conceive me. -- psalms 51:5 +. +Behold, thou desirest truth in the inward parts: and in the hidden part thou shalt make me to know wisdom. -- psalms 51:6 +. +Purge me with hyssop, and I shall be clean: wash me, and I shall be whiter than snow. -- psalms 51:7 +. +Make me to hear joy and gladness; that the bones which thou hast broken may rejoice. -- psalms 51:8 +. +Hide thy face from my sins, and blot out all mine iniquities. -- psalms 51:9 +. +Create in me a clean heart, O God; and renew a right spirit within me. -- psalms 51:10 +. +Cast me not away from thy presence; and take not thy holy spirit from me. -- psalms 51:11 +. +Restore unto me the joy of thy salvation; and uphold me with thy free spirit. -- psalms 51:12 +. +Then will I teach transgressors thy ways; and sinners shall be converted unto thee. -- psalms 51:13 +. +Deliver me from bloodguiltiness, O God, thou God of my salvation: and my tongue shall sing aloud of thy righteousness. -- psalms 51:14 +. +O Lord, open thou my lips; and my mouth shall shew forth thy praise. -- psalms 51:15 +. +For thou desirest not sacrifice; else would I give it: thou delightest not in burnt offering. -- psalms 51:16 +. +The sacrifices of God are a broken spirit: a broken and a contrite heart, O God, thou wilt not despise. -- psalms 51:17 +. +Do good in thy good pleasure unto Zion: build thou the walls of Jerusalem. -- psalms 51:18 +. +Then shalt thou be pleased with the sacrifices of righteousness, with burnt offering and whole burnt offering: then shall they offer bullocks upon thine altar. -- psalms 51:19 +. +Why boastest thou thyself in mischief, O mighty man? the goodness of God endureth continually. -- psalms 52:1 +. +The tongue deviseth mischiefs; like a sharp razor, working deceitfully. -- psalms 52:2 +. +Thou lovest evil more than good; and lying rather than to speak righteousness. Selah. -- psalms 52:3 +. +Thou lovest all devouring words, O thou deceitful tongue. -- psalms 52:4 +. +God shall likewise destroy thee for ever, he shall take thee away, and pluck thee out of thy dwelling place, and root thee out of the land of the living. Selah. -- psalms 52:5 +. +The righteous also shall see, and fear, and shall laugh at him: -- psalms 52:6 +. +Lo, this is the man that made not God his strength; but trusted in the abundance of his riches, and strengthened himself in his wickedness. -- psalms 52:7 +. +But I am like a green olive tree in the house of God: I trust in the mercy of God for ever and ever. -- psalms 52:8 +. +I will praise thee for ever, because thou hast done it: and I will wait on thy name; for it is good before thy saints. -- psalms 52:9 +. +The fool hath said in his heart, There is no God. Corrupt are they, and have done abominable iniquity: there is none that doeth good. -- psalms 53:1 +. +God looked down from heaven upon the children of men, to see if there were any that did understand, that did seek God. -- psalms 53:2 +. +Every one of them is gone back: they are altogether become filthy; there is none that doeth good, no, not one. -- psalms 53:3 +. +Have the workers of iniquity no knowledge? who eat up my people as they eat bread: they have not called upon God. -- psalms 53:4 +. +There were they in great fear, where no fear was: for God hath scattered the bones of him that encampeth against thee: thou hast put them to shame, because God hath despised them. -- psalms 53:5 +. +Oh that the salvation of Israel were come out of Zion! When God bringeth back the captivity of his people, Jacob shall rejoice, and Israel shall be glad. -- psalms 53:6 +. +Save me, O God, by thy name, and judge me by thy strength. -- psalms 54:1 +. +Hear my prayer, O God; give ear to the words of my mouth. -- psalms 54:2 +. +For strangers are risen up against me, and oppressors seek after my soul: they have not set God before them. Selah. -- psalms 54:3 +. +Behold, God is mine helper: the Lord is with them that uphold my soul. -- psalms 54:4 +. +He shall reward evil unto mine enemies: cut them off in thy truth. -- psalms 54:5 +. +I will freely sacrifice unto thee: I will praise thy name, O LORD; for it is good. -- psalms 54:6 +. +For he hath delivered me out of all trouble: and mine eye hath seen his desire upon mine enemies. -- psalms 54:7 +. +Give ear to my prayer, O God; and hide not thyself from my supplication. -- psalms 55:1 +. +Attend unto me, and hear me: I mourn in my complaint, and make a noise; -- psalms 55:2 +. +Because of the voice of the enemy, because of the oppression of the wicked: for they cast iniquity upon me, and in wrath they hate me. -- psalms 55:3 +. +My heart is sore pained within me: and the terrors of death are fallen upon me. -- psalms 55:4 +. +Fearfulness and trembling are come upon me, and horror hath overwhelmed me. -- psalms 55:5 +. +And I said, Oh that I had wings like a dove! for then would I fly away, and be at rest. -- psalms 55:6 +. +Lo, then would I wander far off, and remain in the wilderness. Selah. -- psalms 55:7 +. +I would hasten my escape from the windy storm and tempest. -- psalms 55:8 +. +Destroy, O Lord, and divide their tongues: for I have seen violence and strife in the city. -- psalms 55:9 +. +Day and night they go about it upon the walls thereof: mischief also and sorrow are in the midst of it. -- psalms 55:10 +. +Wickedness is in the midst thereof: deceit and guile depart not from her streets. -- psalms 55:11 +. +For it was not an enemy that reproached me; then I could have borne it: neither was it he that hated me that did magnify himself against me; then I would have hid myself from him: -- psalms 55:12 +. +But it was thou, a man mine equal, my guide, and mine acquaintance. -- psalms 55:13 +. +We took sweet counsel together, and walked unto the house of God in company. -- psalms 55:14 +. +Let death seize upon them, and let them go down quick into hell: for wickedness is in their dwellings, and among them. -- psalms 55:15 +. +As for me, I will call upon God; and the LORD shall save me. -- psalms 55:16 +. +Evening, and morning, and at noon, will I pray, and cry aloud: and he shall hear my voice. -- psalms 55:17 +. +He hath delivered my soul in peace from the battle that was against me: for there were many with me. -- psalms 55:18 +. +God shall hear, and afflict them, even he that abideth of old. Selah. Because they have no changes, therefore they fear not God. -- psalms 55:19 +. +He hath put forth his hands against such as be at peace with him: he hath broken his covenant. -- psalms 55:20 +. +The words of his mouth were smoother than butter, but war was in his heart: his words were softer than oil, yet were they drawn swords. -- psalms 55:21 +. +Cast thy burden upon the LORD, and he shall sustain thee: he shall never suffer the righteous to be moved. -- psalms 55:22 +. +But thou, O God, shalt bring them down into the pit of destruction: bloody and deceitful men shall not live out half their days; but I will trust in thee. -- psalms 55:23 +. +Be merciful unto me, O God: for man would swallow me up; he fighting daily oppresseth me. -- psalms 56:1 +. +Mine enemies would daily swallow me up: for they be many that fight against me, O thou most High. -- psalms 56:2 +. +What time I am afraid, I will trust in thee. -- psalms 56:3 +. +In God I will praise his word, in God I have put my trust; I will not fear what flesh can do unto me. -- psalms 56:4 +. +Every day they wrest my words: all their thoughts are against me for evil. -- psalms 56:5 +. +They gather themselves together, they hide themselves, they mark my steps, when they wait for my soul. -- psalms 56:6 +. +Shall they escape by iniquity? in thine anger cast down the people, O God. -- psalms 56:7 +. +Thou tellest my wanderings: put thou my tears into thy bottle: are they not in thy book? -- psalms 56:8 +. +When I cry unto thee, then shall mine enemies turn back: this I know; for God is for me. -- psalms 56:9 +. +In God will I praise his word: in the LORD will I praise his word. -- psalms 56:10 +. +In God have I put my trust: I will not be afraid what man can do unto me. -- psalms 56:11 +. +Thy vows are upon me, O God: I will render praises unto thee. -- psalms 56:12 +. +For thou hast delivered my soul from death: wilt not thou deliver my feet from falling, that I may walk before God in the light of the living? -- psalms 56:13 +. +Be merciful unto me, O God, be merciful unto me: for my soul trusteth in thee: yea, in the shadow of thy wings will I make my refuge, until these calamities be overpast. -- psalms 57:1 +. +I will cry unto God most high; unto God that performeth all things for me. -- psalms 57:2 +. +He shall send from heaven, and save me from the reproach of him that would swallow me up. Selah. God shall send forth his mercy and his truth. -- psalms 57:3 +. +My soul is among lions: and I lie even among them that are set on fire, even the sons of men, whose teeth are spears and arrows, and their tongue a sharp sword. -- psalms 57:4 +. +Be thou exalted, O God, above the heavens; let thy glory be above all the earth. -- psalms 57:5 +. +They have prepared a net for my steps; my soul is bowed down: they have digged a pit before me, into the midst whereof they are fallen themselves. Selah. -- psalms 57:6 +. +My heart is fixed, O God, my heart is fixed: I will sing and give praise. -- psalms 57:7 +. +Awake up, my glory; awake, psaltery and harp: I myself will awake early. -- psalms 57:8 +. +I will praise thee, O Lord, among the people: I will sing unto thee among the nations. -- psalms 57:9 +. +For thy mercy is great unto the heavens, and thy truth unto the clouds. -- psalms 57:10 +. +Be thou exalted, O God, above the heavens: let thy glory be above all the earth. -- psalms 57:11 +. +Do ye indeed speak righteousness, O congregation? do ye judge uprightly, O ye sons of men? -- psalms 58:1 +. +Yea, in heart ye work wickedness; ye weigh the violence of your hands in the earth. -- psalms 58:2 +. +The wicked are estranged from the womb: they go astray as soon as they be born, speaking lies. -- psalms 58:3 +. +Their poison is like the poison of a serpent: they are like the deaf adder that stoppeth her ear; -- psalms 58:4 +. +Which will not hearken to the voice of charmers, charming never so wisely. -- psalms 58:5 +. +Break their teeth, O God, in their mouth: break out the great teeth of the young lions, O LORD. -- psalms 58:6 +. +Let them melt away as waters which run continually: when he bendeth his bow to shoot his arrows, let them be as cut in pieces. -- psalms 58:7 +. +As a snail which melteth, let every one of them pass away: like the untimely birth of a woman, that they may not see the sun. -- psalms 58:8 +. +Before your pots can feel the thorns, he shall take them away as with a whirlwind, both living, and in his wrath. -- psalms 58:9 +. +The righteous shall rejoice when he seeth the vengeance: he shall wash his feet in the blood of the wicked. -- psalms 58:10 +. +So that a man shall say, Verily there is a reward for the righteous: verily he is a God that judgeth in the earth. -- psalms 58:11 +. +Deliver me from mine enemies, O my God: defend me from them that rise up against me. -- psalms 59:1 +. +Deliver me from the workers of iniquity, and save me from bloody men. -- psalms 59:2 +. +For, lo, they lie in wait for my soul: the mighty are gathered against me; not for my transgression, nor for my sin, O LORD. -- psalms 59:3 +. +They run and prepare themselves without my fault: awake to help me, and behold. -- psalms 59:4 +. +Thou therefore, O LORD God of hosts, the God of Israel, awake to visit all the heathen: be not merciful to any wicked transgressors. Selah. -- psalms 59:5 +. +They return at evening: they make a noise like a dog, and go round about the city. -- psalms 59:6 +. +Behold, they belch out with their mouth: swords are in their lips: for who, say they, doth hear? -- psalms 59:7 +. +But thou, O LORD, shalt laugh at them; thou shalt have all the heathen in derision. -- psalms 59:8 +. +Because of his strength will I wait upon thee: for God is my defence. -- psalms 59:9 +. +The God of my mercy shall prevent me: God shall let me see my desire upon mine enemies. -- psalms 59:10 +. +Slay them not, lest my people forget: scatter them by thy power; and bring them down, O Lord our shield. -- psalms 59:11 +. +For the sin of their mouth and the words of their lips let them even be taken in their pride: and for cursing and lying which they speak. -- psalms 59:12 +. +Consume them in wrath, consume them, that they may not be: and let them know that God ruleth in Jacob unto the ends of the earth. Selah. -- psalms 59:13 +. +And at evening let them return; and let them make a noise like a dog, and go round about the city. -- psalms 59:14 +. +Let them wander up and down for meat, and grudge if they be not satisfied. -- psalms 59:15 +. +But I will sing of thy power; yea, I will sing aloud of thy mercy in the morning: for thou hast been my defence and refuge in the day of my trouble. -- psalms 59:16 +. +Unto thee, O my strength, will I sing: for God is my defence, and the God of my mercy. -- psalms 59:17 +. +O God, thou hast cast us off, thou hast scattered us, thou hast been displeased; O turn thyself to us again. -- psalms 60:1 +. +Thou hast made the earth to tremble; thou hast broken it: heal the breaches thereof; for it shaketh. -- psalms 60:2 +. +Thou hast shewed thy people hard things: thou hast made us to drink the wine of astonishment. -- psalms 60:3 +. +Thou hast given a banner to them that fear thee, that it may be displayed because of the truth. Selah. -- psalms 60:4 +. +That thy beloved may be delivered; save with thy right hand, and hear me. -- psalms 60:5 +. +God hath spoken in his holiness; I will rejoice, I will divide Shechem, and mete out the valley of Succoth. -- psalms 60:6 +. +Gilead is mine, and Manasseh is mine; Ephraim also is the strength of mine head; Judah is my lawgiver; -- psalms 60:7 +. +Moab is my washpot; over Edom will I cast out my shoe: Philistia, triumph thou because of me. -- psalms 60:8 +. +Who will bring me into the strong city? who will lead me into Edom? -- psalms 60:9 +. +Wilt not thou, O God, which hadst cast us off? and thou, O God, which didst not go out with our armies? -- psalms 60:10 +. +Give us help from trouble: for vain is the help of man. -- psalms 60:11 +. +Through God we shall do valiantly: for he it is that shall tread down our enemies. -- psalms 60:12 +. +Hear my cry, O God; attend unto my prayer. -- psalms 61:1 +. +From the end of the earth will I cry unto thee, when my heart is overwhelmed: lead me to the rock that is higher than I. -- psalms 61:2 +. +For thou hast been a shelter for me, and a strong tower from the enemy. -- psalms 61:3 +. +I will abide in thy tabernacle for ever: I will trust in the covert of thy wings. Selah. -- psalms 61:4 +. +For thou, O God, hast heard my vows: thou hast given me the heritage of those that fear thy name. -- psalms 61:5 +. +Thou wilt prolong the king's life: and his years as many generations. -- psalms 61:6 +. +He shall abide before God for ever: O prepare mercy and truth, which may preserve him. -- psalms 61:7 +. +So will I sing praise unto thy name for ever, that I may daily perform my vows. -- psalms 61:8 +. +Truly my soul waiteth upon God: from him cometh my salvation. -- psalms 62:1 +. +He only is my rock and my salvation; he is my defence; I shall not be greatly moved. -- psalms 62:2 +. +How long will ye imagine mischief against a man? ye shall be slain all of you: as a bowing wall shall ye be, and as a tottering fence. -- psalms 62:3 +. +They only consult to cast him down from his excellency: they delight in lies: they bless with their mouth, but they curse inwardly. Selah. -- psalms 62:4 +. +My soul, wait thou only upon God; for my expectation is from him. -- psalms 62:5 +. +He only is my rock and my salvation: he is my defence; I shall not be moved. -- psalms 62:6 +. +In God is my salvation and my glory: the rock of my strength, and my refuge, is in God. -- psalms 62:7 +. +Trust in him at all times; ye people, pour out your heart before him: God is a refuge for us. Selah. -- psalms 62:8 +. +Surely men of low degree are vanity, and men of high degree are a lie: to be laid in the balance, they are altogether lighter than vanity. -- psalms 62:9 +. +Trust not in oppression, and become not vain in robbery: if riches increase, set not your heart upon them. -- psalms 62:10 +. +God hath spoken once; twice have I heard this; that power belongeth unto God. -- psalms 62:11 +. +Also unto thee, O Lord, belongeth mercy: for thou renderest to every man according to his work. -- psalms 62:12 +. +O God, thou art my God; early will I seek thee: my soul thirsteth for thee, my flesh longeth for thee in a dry and thirsty land, where no water is; -- psalms 63:1 +. +To see thy power and thy glory, so as I have seen thee in the sanctuary. -- psalms 63:2 +. +Because thy lovingkindness is better than life, my lips shall praise thee. -- psalms 63:3 +. +Thus will I bless thee while I live: I will lift up my hands in thy name. -- psalms 63:4 +. +My soul shall be satisfied as with marrow and fatness; and my mouth shall praise thee with joyful lips: -- psalms 63:5 +. +When I remember thee upon my bed, and meditate on thee in the night watches. -- psalms 63:6 +. +Because thou hast been my help, therefore in the shadow of thy wings will I rejoice. -- psalms 63:7 +. +My soul followeth hard after thee: thy right hand upholdeth me. -- psalms 63:8 +. +But those that seek my soul, to destroy it, shall go into the lower parts of the earth. -- psalms 63:9 +. +They shall fall by the sword: they shall be a portion for foxes. -- psalms 63:10 +. +But the king shall rejoice in God; every one that sweareth by him shall glory: but the mouth of them that speak lies shall be stopped. -- psalms 63:11 +. +Hear my voice, O God, in my prayer: preserve my life from fear of the enemy. -- psalms 64:1 +. +Hide me from the secret counsel of the wicked; from the insurrection of the workers of iniquity: -- psalms 64:2 +. +Who whet their tongue like a sword, and bend their bows to shoot their arrows, even bitter words: -- psalms 64:3 +. +That they may shoot in secret at the perfect: suddenly do they shoot at him, and fear not. -- psalms 64:4 +. +They encourage themselves in an evil matter: they commune of laying snares privily; they say, Who shall see them? -- psalms 64:5 +. +They search out iniquities; they accomplish a diligent search: both the inward thought of every one of them, and the heart, is deep. -- psalms 64:6 +. +But God shall shoot at them with an arrow; suddenly shall they be wounded. -- psalms 64:7 +. +So they shall make their own tongue to fall upon themselves: all that see them shall flee away. -- psalms 64:8 +. +And all men shall fear, and shall declare the work of God; for they shall wisely consider of his doing. -- psalms 64:9 +. +The righteous shall be glad in the LORD, and shall trust in him; and all the upright in heart shall glory. -- psalms 64:10 +. +Praise waiteth for thee, O God, in Sion: and unto thee shall the vow be performed. -- psalms 65:1 +. +O thou that hearest prayer, unto thee shall all flesh come. -- psalms 65:2 +. +Iniquities prevail against me: as for our transgressions, thou shalt purge them away. -- psalms 65:3 +. +Blessed is the man whom thou choosest, and causest to approach unto thee, that he may dwell in thy courts: we shall be satisfied with the goodness of thy house, even of thy holy temple. -- psalms 65:4 +. +By terrible things in righteousness wilt thou answer us, O God of our salvation; who art the confidence of all the ends of the earth, and of them that are afar off upon the sea: -- psalms 65:5 +. +Which by his strength setteth fast the mountains; being girded with power: -- psalms 65:6 +. +Which stilleth the noise of the seas, the noise of their waves, and the tumult of the people. -- psalms 65:7 +. +They also that dwell in the uttermost parts are afraid at thy tokens: thou makest the outgoings of the morning and evening to rejoice. -- psalms 65:8 +. +Thou visitest the earth, and waterest it: thou greatly enrichest it with the river of God, which is full of water: thou preparest them corn, when thou hast so provided for it. -- psalms 65:9 +. +Thou waterest the ridges thereof abundantly: thou settlest the furrows thereof: thou makest it soft with showers: thou blessest the springing thereof. -- psalms 65:10 +. +Thou crownest the year with thy goodness; and thy paths drop fatness. -- psalms 65:11 +. +They drop upon the pastures of the wilderness: and the little hills rejoice on every side. -- psalms 65:12 +. +The pastures are clothed with flocks; the valleys also are covered over with corn; they shout for joy, they also sing. -- psalms 65:13 +. +Make a joyful noise unto God, all ye lands: -- psalms 66:1 +. +Sing forth the honour of his name: make his praise glorious. -- psalms 66:2 +. +Say unto God, How terrible art thou in thy works! through the greatness of thy power shall thine enemies submit themselves unto thee. -- psalms 66:3 +. +All the earth shall worship thee, and shall sing unto thee; they shall sing to thy name. Selah. -- psalms 66:4 +. +Come and see the works of God: he is terrible in his doing toward the children of men. -- psalms 66:5 +. +He turned the sea into dry land: they went through the flood on foot: there did we rejoice in him. -- psalms 66:6 +. +He ruleth by his power for ever; his eyes behold the nations: let not the rebellious exalt themselves. Selah. -- psalms 66:7 +. +O bless our God, ye people, and make the voice of his praise to be heard: -- psalms 66:8 +. +Which holdeth our soul in life, and suffereth not our feet to be moved. -- psalms 66:9 +. +For thou, O God, hast proved us: thou hast tried us, as silver is tried. -- psalms 66:10 +. +Thou broughtest us into the net; thou laidst affliction upon our loins. -- psalms 66:11 +. +Thou hast caused men to ride over our heads; we went through fire and through water: but thou broughtest us out into a wealthy place. -- psalms 66:12 +. +I will go into thy house with burnt offerings: I will pay thee my vows, -- psalms 66:13 +. +Which my lips have uttered, and my mouth hath spoken, when I was in trouble. -- psalms 66:14 +. +I will offer unto thee burnt sacrifices of fatlings, with the incense of rams; I will offer bullocks with goats. Selah. -- psalms 66:15 +. +Come and hear, all ye that fear God, and I will declare what he hath done for my soul. -- psalms 66:16 +. +I cried unto him with my mouth, and he was extolled with my tongue. -- psalms 66:17 +. +If I regard iniquity in my heart, the Lord will not hear me: -- psalms 66:18 +. +But verily God hath heard me; he hath attended to the voice of my prayer. -- psalms 66:19 +. +Blessed be God, which hath not turned away my prayer, nor his mercy from me. -- psalms 66:20 +. +God be merciful unto us, and bless us; and cause his face to shine upon us; Selah. -- psalms 67:1 +. +That thy way may be known upon earth, thy saving health among all nations. -- psalms 67:2 +. +Let the people praise thee, O God; let all the people praise thee. -- psalms 67:3 +. +O let the nations be glad and sing for joy: for thou shalt judge the people righteously, and govern the nations upon earth. Selah. -- psalms 67:4 +. +Let the people praise thee, O God; let all the people praise thee. -- psalms 67:5 +. +Then shall the earth yield her increase; and God, even our own God, shall bless us. -- psalms 67:6 +. +God shall bless us; and all the ends of the earth shall fear him. -- psalms 67:7 +. +Let God arise, let his enemies be scattered: let them also that hate him flee before him. -- psalms 68:1 +. +As smoke is driven away, so drive them away: as wax melteth before the fire, so let the wicked perish at the presence of God. -- psalms 68:2 +. +But let the righteous be glad; let them rejoice before God: yea, let them exceedingly rejoice. -- psalms 68:3 +. +Sing unto God, sing praises to his name: extol him that rideth upon the heavens by his name JAH, and rejoice before him. -- psalms 68:4 +. +A father of the fatherless, and a judge of the widows, is God in his holy habitation. -- psalms 68:5 +. +God setteth the solitary in families: he bringeth out those which are bound with chains: but the rebellious dwell in a dry land. -- psalms 68:6 +. +O God, when thou wentest forth before thy people, when thou didst march through the wilderness; Selah: -- psalms 68:7 +. +The earth shook, the heavens also dropped at the presence of God: even Sinai itself was moved at the presence of God, the God of Israel. -- psalms 68:8 +. +Thou, O God, didst send a plentiful rain, whereby thou didst confirm thine inheritance, when it was weary. -- psalms 68:9 +. +Thy congregation hath dwelt therein: thou, O God, hast prepared of thy goodness for the poor. -- psalms 68:10 +. +The Lord gave the word: great was the company of those that published it. -- psalms 68:11 +. +Kings of armies did flee apace: and she that tarried at home divided the spoil. -- psalms 68:12 +. +Though ye have lien among the pots, yet shall ye be as the wings of a dove covered with silver, and her feathers with yellow gold. -- psalms 68:13 +. +When the Almighty scattered kings in it, it was white as snow in Salmon. -- psalms 68:14 +. +The hill of God is as the hill of Bashan; an high hill as the hill of Bashan. -- psalms 68:15 +. +Why leap ye, ye high hills? this is the hill which God desireth to dwell in; yea, the LORD will dwell in it for ever. -- psalms 68:16 +. +The chariots of God are twenty thousand, even thousands of angels: the Lord is among them, as in Sinai, in the holy place. -- psalms 68:17 +. +Thou hast ascended on high, thou hast led captivity captive: thou hast received gifts for men; yea, for the rebellious also, that the LORD God might dwell among them. -- psalms 68:18 +. +Blessed be the Lord, who daily loadeth us with benefits, even the God of our salvation. Selah. -- psalms 68:19 +. +He that is our God is the God of salvation; and unto GOD the Lord belong the issues from death. -- psalms 68:20 +. +But God shall wound the head of his enemies, and the hairy scalp of such an one as goeth on still in his trespasses. -- psalms 68:21 +. +The Lord said, I will bring again from Bashan, I will bring my people again from the depths of the sea: -- psalms 68:22 +. +That thy foot may be dipped in the blood of thine enemies, and the tongue of thy dogs in the same. -- psalms 68:23 +. +They have seen thy goings, O God; even the goings of my God, my King, in the sanctuary. -- psalms 68:24 +. +The singers went before, the players on instruments followed after; among them were the damsels playing with timbrels. -- psalms 68:25 +. +Bless ye God in the congregations, even the Lord, from the fountain of Israel. -- psalms 68:26 +. +There is little Benjamin with their ruler, the princes of Judah and their council, the princes of Zebulun, and the princes of Naphtali. -- psalms 68:27 +. +Thy God hath commanded thy strength: strengthen, O God, that which thou hast wrought for us. -- psalms 68:28 +. +Because of thy temple at Jerusalem shall kings bring presents unto thee. -- psalms 68:29 +. +Rebuke the company of spearmen, the multitude of the bulls, with the calves of the people, till every one submit himself with pieces of silver: scatter thou the people that delight in war. -- psalms 68:30 +. +Princes shall come out of Egypt; Ethiopia shall soon stretch out her hands unto God. -- psalms 68:31 +. +Sing unto God, ye kingdoms of the earth; O sing praises unto the Lord; Selah: -- psalms 68:32 +. +To him that rideth upon the heavens of heavens, which were of old; lo, he doth send out his voice, and that a mighty voice. -- psalms 68:33 +. +Ascribe ye strength unto God: his excellency is over Israel, and his strength is in the clouds. -- psalms 68:34 +. +O God, thou art terrible out of thy holy places: the God of Israel is he that giveth strength and power unto his people. Blessed be God. -- psalms 68:35 +. +Save me, O God; for the waters are come in unto my soul. -- psalms 69:1 +. +I sink in deep mire, where there is no standing: I am come into deep waters, where the floods overflow me. -- psalms 69:2 +. +I am weary of my crying: my throat is dried: mine eyes fail while I wait for my God. -- psalms 69:3 +. +They that hate me without a cause are more than the hairs of mine head: they that would destroy me, being mine enemies wrongfully, are mighty: then I restored that which I took not away. -- psalms 69:4 +. +O God, thou knowest my foolishness; and my sins are not hid from thee. -- psalms 69:5 +. +Let not them that wait on thee, O Lord GOD of hosts, be ashamed for my sake: let not those that seek thee be confounded for my sake, O God of Israel. -- psalms 69:6 +. +Because for thy sake I have borne reproach; shame hath covered my face. -- psalms 69:7 +. +I am become a stranger unto my brethren, and an alien unto my mother's children. -- psalms 69:8 +. +For the zeal of thine house hath eaten me up; and the reproaches of them that reproached thee are fallen upon me. -- psalms 69:9 +. +When I wept, and chastened my soul with fasting, that was to my reproach. -- psalms 69:10 +. +I made sackcloth also my garment; and I became a proverb to them. -- psalms 69:11 +. +They that sit in the gate speak against me; and I was the song of the drunkards. -- psalms 69:12 +. +But as for me, my prayer is unto thee, O LORD, in an acceptable time: O God, in the multitude of thy mercy hear me, in the truth of thy salvation. -- psalms 69:13 +. +Deliver me out of the mire, and let me not sink: let me be delivered from them that hate me, and out of the deep waters. -- psalms 69:14 +. +Let not the waterflood overflow me, neither let the deep swallow me up, and let not the pit shut her mouth upon me. -- psalms 69:15 +. +Hear me, O LORD; for thy lovingkindness is good: turn unto me according to the multitude of thy tender mercies. -- psalms 69:16 +. +And hide not thy face from thy servant; for I am in trouble: hear me speedily. -- psalms 69:17 +. +Draw nigh unto my soul, and redeem it: deliver me because of mine enemies. -- psalms 69:18 +. +Thou hast known my reproach, and my shame, and my dishonour: mine adversaries are all before thee. -- psalms 69:19 +. +Reproach hath broken my heart; and I am full of heaviness: and I looked for some to take pity, but there was none; and for comforters, but I found none. -- psalms 69:20 +. +They gave me also gall for my meat; and in my thirst they gave me vinegar to drink. -- psalms 69:21 +. +Let their table become a snare before them: and that which should have been for their welfare, let it become a trap. -- psalms 69:22 +. +Let their eyes be darkened, that they see not; and make their loins continually to shake. -- psalms 69:23 +. +Pour out thine indignation upon them, and let thy wrathful anger take hold of them. -- psalms 69:24 +. +Let their habitation be desolate; and let none dwell in their tents. -- psalms 69:25 +. +For they persecute him whom thou hast smitten; and they talk to the grief of those whom thou hast wounded. -- psalms 69:26 +. +Add iniquity unto their iniquity: and let them not come into thy righteousness. -- psalms 69:27 +. +Let them be blotted out of the book of the living, and not be written with the righteous. -- psalms 69:28 +. +But I am poor and sorrowful: let thy salvation, O God, set me up on high. -- psalms 69:29 +. +I will praise the name of God with a song, and will magnify him with thanksgiving. -- psalms 69:30 +. +This also shall please the LORD better than an ox or bullock that hath horns and hoofs. -- psalms 69:31 +. +The humble shall see this, and be glad: and your heart shall live that seek God. -- psalms 69:32 +. +For the LORD heareth the poor, and despiseth not his prisoners. -- psalms 69:33 +. +Let the heaven and earth praise him, the seas, and every thing that moveth therein. -- psalms 69:34 +. +For God will save Zion, and will build the cities of Judah: that they may dwell there, and have it in possession. -- psalms 69:35 +. +The seed also of his servants shall inherit it: and they that love his name shall dwell therein. -- psalms 69:36 +. +MAKE HASTE, O GOD, TO DELIVER ME; MAKE HASTE TO HELP ME, O LORD. -- psalms 70:1 +. +Let them be ashamed and confounded that seek after my soul: let them be turned backward, and put to confusion, that desire my hurt. -- psalms 70:2 +. +Let them be turned back for a reward of their shame that say, Aha, aha. -- psalms 70:3 +. +Let all those that seek thee rejoice and be glad in thee: and let such as love thy salvation say continually, Let God be magnified. -- psalms 70:4 +. +But I am poor and needy: make haste unto me, O God: thou art my help and my deliverer; O LORD, make no tarrying. -- psalms 70:5 +. +In thee, O LORD, do I put my trust: let me never be put to confusion. -- psalms 71:1 +. +Deliver me in thy righteousness, and cause me to escape: incline thine ear unto me, and save me. -- psalms 71:2 +. +Be thou my strong habitation, whereunto I may continually resort: thou hast given commandment to save me; for thou art my rock and my fortress. -- psalms 71:3 +. +Deliver me, O my God, out of the hand of the wicked, out of the hand of the unrighteous and cruel man. -- psalms 71:4 +. +For thou art my hope, O Lord GOD: thou art my trust from my youth. -- psalms 71:5 +. +By thee have I been holden up from the womb: thou art he that took me out of my mother's bowels: my praise shall be continually of thee. -- psalms 71:6 +. +I am as a wonder unto many; but thou art my strong refuge. -- psalms 71:7 +. +Let my mouth be filled with thy praise and with thy honour all the day. -- psalms 71:8 +. +Cast me not off in the time of old age; forsake me not when my strength faileth. -- psalms 71:9 +. +For mine enemies speak against me; and they that lay wait for my soul take counsel together, -- psalms 71:10 +. +Saying, God hath forsaken him: persecute and take him; for there is none to deliver him. -- psalms 71:11 +. +O God, be not far from me: O my God, make haste for my help. -- psalms 71:12 +. +Let them be confounded and consumed that are adversaries to my soul; let them be covered with reproach and dishonour that seek my hurt. -- psalms 71:13 +. +But I will hope continually, and will yet praise thee more and more. -- psalms 71:14 +. +My mouth shall shew forth thy righteousness and thy salvation all the day; for I know not the numbers thereof. -- psalms 71:15 +. +I will go in the strength of the Lord GOD: I will make mention of thy righteousness, even of thine only. -- psalms 71:16 +. +O God, thou hast taught me from my youth: and hitherto have I declared thy wondrous works. -- psalms 71:17 +. +Now also when I am old and greyheaded, O God, forsake me not; until I have shewed thy strength unto this generation, and thy power to every one that is to come. -- psalms 71:18 +. +Thy righteousness also, O God, is very high, who hast done great things: O God, who is like unto thee! -- psalms 71:19 +. +Thou, which hast shewed me great and sore troubles, shalt quicken me again, and shalt bring me up again from the depths of the earth. -- psalms 71:20 +. +Thou shalt increase my greatness, and comfort me on every side. -- psalms 71:21 +. +I will also praise thee with the psaltery, even thy truth, O my God: unto thee will I sing with the harp, O thou Holy One of Israel. -- psalms 71:22 +. +My lips shall greatly rejoice when I sing unto thee; and my soul, which thou hast redeemed. -- psalms 71:23 +. +My tongue also shall talk of thy righteousness all the day long: for they are confounded, for they are brought unto shame, that seek my hurt. -- psalms 71:24 +. +Give the king thy judgments, O God, and thy righteousness unto the king's son. -- psalms 72:1 +. +He shall judge thy people with righteousness, and thy poor with judgment. -- psalms 72:2 +. +The mountains shall bring peace to the people, and the little hills, by righteousness. -- psalms 72:3 +. +He shall judge the poor of the people, he shall save the children of the needy, and shall break in pieces the oppressor. -- psalms 72:4 +. +They shall fear thee as long as the sun and moon endure, throughout all generations. -- psalms 72:5 +. +He shall come down like rain upon the mown grass: as showers that water the earth. -- psalms 72:6 +. +In his days shall the righteous flourish; and abundance of peace so long as the moon endureth. -- psalms 72:7 +. +He shall have dominion also from sea to sea, and from the river unto the ends of the earth. -- psalms 72:8 +. +They that dwell in the wilderness shall bow before him; and his enemies shall lick the dust. -- psalms 72:9 +. +The kings of Tarshish and of the isles shall bring presents: the kings of Sheba and Seba shall offer gifts. -- psalms 72:10 +. +Yea, all kings shall fall down before him: all nations shall serve him. -- psalms 72:11 +. +For he shall deliver the needy when he crieth; the poor also, and him that hath no helper. -- psalms 72:12 +. +He shall spare the poor and needy, and shall save the souls of the needy. -- psalms 72:13 +. +He shall redeem their soul from deceit and violence: and precious shall their blood be in his sight. -- psalms 72:14 +. +And he shall live, and to him shall be given of the gold of Sheba: prayer also shall be made for him continually; and daily shall he be praised. -- psalms 72:15 +. +There shall be an handful of corn in the earth upon the top of the mountains; the fruit thereof shall shake like Lebanon: and they of the city shall flourish like grass of the earth. -- psalms 72:16 +. +His name shall endure for ever: his name shall be continued as long as the sun: and men shall be blessed in him: all nations shall call him blessed. -- psalms 72:17 +. +Blessed be the LORD God, the God of Israel, who only doeth wondrous things. -- psalms 72:18 +. +And blessed be his glorious name for ever: and let the whole earth be filled with his glory; Amen, and Amen. -- psalms 72:19 +. +The prayers of David the son of Jesse are ended. -- psalms 72:20 +. +Truly God is good to Israel, even to such as are of a clean heart. -- psalms 73:1 +. +But as for me, my feet were almost gone; my steps had well nigh slipped. -- psalms 73:2 +. +For I was envious at the foolish, when I saw the prosperity of the wicked. -- psalms 73:3 +. +For there are no bands in their death: but their strength is firm. -- psalms 73:4 +. +They are not in trouble as other men; neither are they plagued like other men. -- psalms 73:5 +. +Therefore pride compasseth them about as a chain; violence covereth them as a garment. -- psalms 73:6 +. +Their eyes stand out with fatness: they have more than heart could wish. -- psalms 73:7 +. +They are corrupt, and speak wickedly concerning oppression: they speak loftily. -- psalms 73:8 +. +They set their mouth against the heavens, and their tongue walketh through the earth. -- psalms 73:9 +. +Therefore his people return hither: and waters of a full cup are wrung out to them. -- psalms 73:10 +. +And they say, How doth God know? and is there knowledge in the most High? -- psalms 73:11 +. +Behold, these are the ungodly, who prosper in the world; they increase in riches. -- psalms 73:12 +. +Verily I have cleansed my heart in vain, and washed my hands in innocency. -- psalms 73:13 +. +For all the day long have I been plagued, and chastened every morning. -- psalms 73:14 +. +If I say, I will speak thus; behold, I should offend against the generation of thy children. -- psalms 73:15 +. +When I thought to know this, it was too painful for me; -- psalms 73:16 +. +Until I went into the sanctuary of God; then understood I their end. -- psalms 73:17 +. +Surely thou didst set them in slippery places: thou castedst them down into destruction. -- psalms 73:18 +. +How are they brought into desolation, as in a moment! they are utterly consumed with terrors. -- psalms 73:19 +. +As a dream when one awaketh; so, O Lord, when thou awakest, thou shalt despise their image. -- psalms 73:20 +. +Thus my heart was grieved, and I was pricked in my reins. -- psalms 73:21 +. +So foolish was I, and ignorant: I was as a beast before thee. -- psalms 73:22 +. +Nevertheless I am continually with thee: thou hast holden me by my right hand. -- psalms 73:23 +. +Thou shalt guide me with thy counsel, and afterward receive me to glory. -- psalms 73:24 +. +Whom have I in heaven but thee? and there is none upon earth that I desire beside thee. -- psalms 73:25 +. +My flesh and my heart faileth: but God is the strength of my heart, and my portion for ever. -- psalms 73:26 +. +For, lo, they that are far from thee shall perish: thou hast destroyed all them that go a whoring from thee. -- psalms 73:27 +. +But it is good for me to draw near to God: I have put my trust in the Lord GOD, that I may declare all thy works. -- psalms 73:28 +. +O God, why hast thou cast us off for ever? why doth thine anger smoke against the sheep of thy pasture? -- psalms 74:1 +. +Remember thy congregation, which thou hast purchased of old; the rod of thine inheritance, which thou hast redeemed; this mount Zion, wherein thou hast dwelt. -- psalms 74:2 +. +Lift up thy feet unto the perpetual desolations; even all that the enemy hath done wickedly in the sanctuary. -- psalms 74:3 +. +Thine enemies roar in the midst of thy congregations; they set up their ensigns for signs. -- psalms 74:4 +. +A man was famous according as he had lifted up axes upon the thick trees. -- psalms 74:5 +. +But now they break down the carved work thereof at once with axes and hammers. -- psalms 74:6 +. +They have cast fire into thy sanctuary, they have defiled by casting down the dwelling place of thy name to the ground. -- psalms 74:7 +. +They said in their hearts, Let us destroy them together: they have burned up all the synagogues of God in the land. -- psalms 74:8 +. +We see not our signs: there is no more any prophet: neither is there among us any that knoweth how long. -- psalms 74:9 +. +O God, how long shall the adversary reproach? shall the enemy blaspheme thy name for ever? -- psalms 74:10 +. +Why withdrawest thou thy hand, even thy right hand? pluck it out of thy bosom. -- psalms 74:11 +. +For God is my King of old, working salvation in the midst of the earth. -- psalms 74:12 +. +Thou didst divide the sea by thy strength: thou brakest the heads of the dragons in the waters. -- psalms 74:13 +. +Thou brakest the heads of leviathan in pieces, and gavest him to be meat to the people inhabiting the wilderness. -- psalms 74:14 +. +Thou didst cleave the fountain and the flood: thou driedst up mighty rivers. -- psalms 74:15 +. +The day is thine, the night also is thine: thou hast prepared the light and the sun. -- psalms 74:16 +. +Thou hast set all the borders of the earth: thou hast made summer and winter. -- psalms 74:17 +. +Remember this, that the enemy hath reproached, O LORD, and that the foolish people have blasphemed thy name. -- psalms 74:18 +. +O deliver not the soul of thy turtledove unto the multitude of the wicked: forget not the congregation of thy poor for ever. -- psalms 74:19 +. +Have respect unto the covenant: for the dark places of the earth are full of the habitations of cruelty. -- psalms 74:20 +. +O let not the oppressed return ashamed: let the poor and needy praise thy name. -- psalms 74:21 +. +Arise, O God, plead thine own cause: remember how the foolish man reproacheth thee daily. -- psalms 74:22 +. +Forget not the voice of thine enemies: the tumult of those that rise up against thee increaseth continually. -- psalms 74:23 +. +Unto thee, O God, do we give thanks, unto thee do we give thanks: for that thy name is near thy wondrous works declare. -- psalms 75:1 +. +When I shall receive the congregation I will judge uprightly. -- psalms 75:2 +. +The earth and all the inhabitants thereof are dissolved: I bear up the pillars of it. Selah. -- psalms 75:3 +. +I said unto the fools, Deal not foolishly: and to the wicked, Lift not up the horn: -- psalms 75:4 +. +Lift not up your horn on high: speak not with a stiff neck. -- psalms 75:5 +. +For promotion cometh neither from the east, nor from the west, nor from the south. -- psalms 75:6 +. +But God is the judge: he putteth down one, and setteth up another. -- psalms 75:7 +. +For in the hand of the LORD there is a cup, and the wine is red; it is full of mixture; and he poureth out of the same: but the dregs thereof, all the wicked of the earth shall wring them out, and drink them. -- psalms 75:8 +. +But I will declare for ever; I will sing praises to the God of Jacob. -- psalms 75:9 +. +All the horns of the wicked also will I cut off; but the horns of the righteous shall be exalted. -- psalms 75:10 +. +In Judah is God known: his name is great in Israel. -- psalms 76:1 +. +In Salem also is his tabernacle, and his dwelling place in Zion. -- psalms 76:2 +. +There brake he the arrows of the bow, the shield, and the sword, and the battle. Selah. -- psalms 76:3 +. +Thou art more glorious and excellent than the mountains of prey. -- psalms 76:4 +. +The stouthearted are spoiled, they have slept their sleep: and none of the men of might have found their hands. -- psalms 76:5 +. +At thy rebuke, O God of Jacob, both the chariot and horse are cast into a dead sleep. -- psalms 76:6 +. +Thou, even thou, art to be feared: and who may stand in thy sight when once thou art angry? -- psalms 76:7 +. +Thou didst cause judgment to be heard from heaven; the earth feared, and was still, -- psalms 76:8 +. +When God arose to judgment, to save all the meek of the earth. Selah. -- psalms 76:9 +. +Surely the wrath of man shall praise thee: the remainder of wrath shalt thou restrain. -- psalms 76:10 +. +Vow, and pay unto the LORD your God: let all that be round about him bring presents unto him that ought to be feared. -- psalms 76:11 +. +He shall cut off the spirit of princes: he is terrible to the kings of the earth. -- psalms 76:12 +. +I cried unto God with my voice, even unto God with my voice; and he gave ear unto me. -- psalms 77:1 +. +In the day of my trouble I sought the Lord: my sore ran in the night, and ceased not: my soul refused to be comforted. -- psalms 77:2 +. +I remembered God, and was troubled: I complained, and my spirit was overwhelmed. Selah. -- psalms 77:3 +. +Thou holdest mine eyes waking: I am so troubled that I cannot speak. -- psalms 77:4 +. +I have considered the days of old, the years of ancient times. -- psalms 77:5 +. +I call to remembrance my song in the night: I commune with mine own heart: and my spirit made diligent search. -- psalms 77:6 +. +Will the Lord cast off for ever? and will he be favourable no more? -- psalms 77:7 +. +Is his mercy clean gone for ever? doth his promise fail for evermore? -- psalms 77:8 +. +Hath God forgotten to be gracious? hath he in anger shut up his tender mercies? Selah. -- psalms 77:9 +. +And I said, This is my infirmity: but I will remember the years of the right hand of the most High. -- psalms 77:10 +. +I will remember the works of the LORD: surely I will remember thy wonders of old. -- psalms 77:11 +. +I will meditate also of all thy work, and talk of thy doings. -- psalms 77:12 +. +Thy way, O God, is in the sanctuary: who is so great a God as our God? -- psalms 77:13 +. +Thou art the God that doest wonders: thou hast declared thy strength among the people. -- psalms 77:14 +. +Thou hast with thine arm redeemed thy people, the sons of Jacob and Joseph. Selah. -- psalms 77:15 +. +The waters saw thee, O God, the waters saw thee; they were afraid: the depths also were troubled. -- psalms 77:16 +. +The clouds poured out water: the skies sent out a sound: thine arrows also went abroad. -- psalms 77:17 +. +The voice of thy thunder was in the heaven: the lightnings lightened the world: the earth trembled and shook. -- psalms 77:18 +. +Thy way is in the sea, and thy path in the great waters, and thy footsteps are not known. -- psalms 77:19 +. +Thou leddest thy people like a flock by the hand of Moses and Aaron. -- psalms 77:20 +. +Give ear, O my people, to my law: incline your ears to the words of my mouth. -- psalms 78:1 +. +I will open my mouth in a parable: I will utter dark sayings of old: -- psalms 78:2 +. +Which we have heard and known, and our fathers have told us. -- psalms 78:3 +. +We will not hide them from their children, shewing to the generation to come the praises of the LORD, and his strength, and his wonderful works that he hath done. -- psalms 78:4 +. +For he established a testimony in Jacob, and appointed a law in Israel, which he commanded our fathers, that they should make them known to their children: -- psalms 78:5 +. +That the generation to come might know them, even the children which should be born; who should arise and declare them to their children: -- psalms 78:6 +. +That they might set their hope in God, and not forget the works of God, but keep his commandments: -- psalms 78:7 +. +And might not be as their fathers, a stubborn and rebellious generation; a generation that set not their heart aright, and whose spirit was not stedfast with God. -- psalms 78:8 +. +The children of Ephraim, being armed, and carrying bows, turned back in the day of battle. -- psalms 78:9 +. +They kept not the covenant of God, and refused to walk in his law; -- psalms 78:10 +. +And forgat his works, and his wonders that he had shewed them. -- psalms 78:11 +. +Marvellous things did he in the sight of their fathers, in the land of Egypt, in the field of Zoan. -- psalms 78:12 +. +He divided the sea, and caused them to pass through; and he made the waters to stand as an heap. -- psalms 78:13 +. +In the daytime also he led them with a cloud, and all the night with a light of fire. -- psalms 78:14 +. +He clave the rocks in the wilderness, and gave them drink as out of the great depths. -- psalms 78:15 +. +He brought streams also out of the rock, and caused waters to run down like rivers. -- psalms 78:16 +. +And they sinned yet more against him by provoking the most High in the wilderness. -- psalms 78:17 +. +And they tempted God in their heart by asking meat for their lust. -- psalms 78:18 +. +Yea, they spake against God; they said, Can God furnish a table in the wilderness? -- psalms 78:19 +. +Behold, he smote the rock, that the waters gushed out, and the streams overflowed; can he give bread also? can he provide flesh for his people? -- psalms 78:20 +. +Therefore the LORD heard this, and was wroth: so a fire was kindled against Jacob, and anger also came up against Israel; -- psalms 78:21 +. +Because they believed not in God, and trusted not in his salvation: -- psalms 78:22 +. +Though he had commanded the clouds from above, and opened the doors of heaven, -- psalms 78:23 +. +And had rained down manna upon them to eat, and had given them of the corn of heaven. -- psalms 78:24 +. +Man did eat angels' food: he sent them meat to the full. -- psalms 78:25 +. +He caused an east wind to blow in the heaven: and by his power he brought in the south wind. -- psalms 78:26 +. +He rained flesh also upon them as dust, and feathered fowls like as the sand of the sea: -- psalms 78:27 +. +And he let it fall in the midst of their camp, round about their habitations. -- psalms 78:28 +. +So they did eat, and were well filled: for he gave them their own desire; -- psalms 78:29 +. +They were not estranged from their lust. But while their meat was yet in their mouths, -- psalms 78:30 +. +The wrath of God came upon them, and slew the fattest of them, and smote down the chosen men of Israel. -- psalms 78:31 +. +For all this they sinned still, and believed not for his wondrous works. -- psalms 78:32 +. +Therefore their days did he consume in vanity, and their years in trouble. -- psalms 78:33 +. +When he slew them, then they sought him: and they returned and enquired early after God. -- psalms 78:34 +. +And they remembered that God was their rock, and the high God their redeemer. -- psalms 78:35 +. +Nevertheless they did flatter him with their mouth, and they lied unto him with their tongues. -- psalms 78:36 +. +For their heart was not right with him, neither were they stedfast in his covenant. -- psalms 78:37 +. +But he, being full of compassion, forgave their iniquity, and destroyed them not: yea, many a time turned he his anger away, and did not stir up all his wrath. -- psalms 78:38 +. +For he remembered that they were but flesh; a wind that passeth away, and cometh not again. -- psalms 78:39 +. +How oft did they provoke him in the wilderness, and grieve him in the desert! -- psalms 78:40 +. +Yea, they turned back and tempted God, and limited the Holy One of Israel. -- psalms 78:41 +. +They remembered not his hand, nor the day when he delivered them from the enemy. -- psalms 78:42 +. +How he had wrought his signs in Egypt, and his wonders in the field of Zoan. -- psalms 78:43 +. +And had turned their rivers into blood; and their floods, that they could not drink. -- psalms 78:44 +. +He sent divers sorts of flies among them, which devoured them; and frogs, which destroyed them. -- psalms 78:45 +. +He gave also their increase unto the caterpiller, and their labour unto the locust. -- psalms 78:46 +. +He destroyed their vines with hail, and their sycomore trees with frost. -- psalms 78:47 +. +He gave up their cattle also to the hail, and their flocks to hot thunderbolts. -- psalms 78:48 +. +He cast upon them the fierceness of his anger, wrath, and indignation, and trouble, by sending evil angels among them. -- psalms 78:49 +. +He made a way to his anger; he spared not their soul from death, but gave their life over to the pestilence; -- psalms 78:50 +. +And smote all the firstborn in Egypt; the chief of their strength in the tabernacles of Ham: -- psalms 78:51 +. +But made his own people to go forth like sheep, and guided them in the wilderness like a flock. -- psalms 78:52 +. +And he led them on safely, so that they feared not: but the sea overwhelmed their enemies. -- psalms 78:53 +. +And he brought them to the border of his sanctuary, even to this mountain, which his right hand had purchased. -- psalms 78:54 +. +He cast out the heathen also before them, and divided them an inheritance by line, and made the tribes of Israel to dwell in their tents. -- psalms 78:55 +. +Yet they tempted and provoked the most high God, and kept not his testimonies: -- psalms 78:56 +. +But turned back, and dealt unfaithfully like their fathers: they were turned aside like a deceitful bow. -- psalms 78:57 +. +For they provoked him to anger with their high places, and moved him to jealousy with their graven images. -- psalms 78:58 +. +When God heard this, he was wroth, and greatly abhorred Israel: -- psalms 78:59 +. +So that he forsook the tabernacle of Shiloh, the tent which he placed among men; -- psalms 78:60 +. +And delivered his strength into captivity, and his glory into the enemy's hand. -- psalms 78:61 +. +He gave his people over also unto the sword; and was wroth with his inheritance. -- psalms 78:62 +. +The fire consumed their young men; and their maidens were not given to marriage. -- psalms 78:63 +. +Their priests fell by the sword; and their widows made no lamentation. -- psalms 78:64 +. +Then the LORD awaked as one out of sleep, and like a mighty man that shouteth by reason of wine. -- psalms 78:65 +. +And he smote his enemies in the hinder parts: he put them to a perpetual reproach. -- psalms 78:66 +. +Moreover he refused the tabernacle of Joseph, and chose not the tribe of Ephraim: -- psalms 78:67 +. +But chose the tribe of Judah, the mount Zion which he loved. -- psalms 78:68 +. +And he built his sanctuary like high palaces, like the earth which he hath established for ever. -- psalms 78:69 +. +He chose David also his servant, and took him from the sheepfolds: -- psalms 78:70 +. +From following the ewes great with young he brought him to feed Jacob his people, and Israel his inheritance. -- psalms 78:71 +. +So he fed them according to the integrity of his heart; and guided them by the skilfulness of his hands. -- psalms 78:72 +. +O god, the heathen are come into thine inheritance; thy holy temple have they defiled; they have laid Jerusalem on heaps. -- psalms 79:1 +. +The dead bodies of thy servants have they given to be meat unto the fowls of the heaven, the flesh of thy saints unto the beasts of the earth. -- psalms 79:2 +. +Their blood have they shed like water round about Jerusalem; and there was none to bury them. -- psalms 79:3 +. +We are become a reproach to our neighbours, a scorn and derision to them that are round about us. -- psalms 79:4 +. +How long, LORD? wilt thou be angry for ever? shall thy jealousy burn like fire? -- psalms 79:5 +. +Pour out thy wrath upon the heathen that have not known thee, and upon the kingdoms that have not called upon thy name. -- psalms 79:6 +. +For they have devoured Jacob, and laid waste his dwelling place. -- psalms 79:7 +. +O remember not against us former iniquities: let thy tender mercies speedily prevent us: for we are brought very low. -- psalms 79:8 +. +Help us, O God of our salvation, for the glory of thy name: and deliver us, and purge away our sins, for thy name's sake. -- psalms 79:9 +. +Wherefore should the heathen say, Where is their God? let him be known among the heathen in our sight by the revenging of the blood of thy servants which is shed. -- psalms 79:10 +. +Let the sighing of the prisoner come before thee; according to the greatness of thy power preserve thou those that are appointed to die; -- psalms 79:11 +. +And render unto our neighbours sevenfold into their bosom their reproach, wherewith they have reproached thee, O Lord. -- psalms 79:12 +. +So we thy people and sheep of thy pasture will give thee thanks for ever: we will shew forth thy praise to all generations. -- psalms 79:13 +. +Give ear, O Shepherd of Israel, thou that leadest Joseph like a flock; thou that dwellest between the cherubims, shine forth. -- psalms 80:1 +. +Before Ephraim and Benjamin and Manasseh stir up thy strength, and come and save us. -- psalms 80:2 +. +Turn us again, O God, and cause thy face to shine; and we shall be saved. -- psalms 80:3 +. +O LORD God of hosts, how long wilt thou be angry against the prayer of thy people? -- psalms 80:4 +. +Thou feedest them with the bread of tears; and givest them tears to drink in great measure. -- psalms 80:5 +. +Thou makest us a strife unto our neighbours: and our enemies laugh among themselves. -- psalms 80:6 +. +Turn us again, O God of hosts, and cause thy face to shine; and we shall be saved. -- psalms 80:7 +. +Thou hast brought a vine out of Egypt: thou hast cast out the heathen, and planted it. -- psalms 80:8 +. +Thou preparedst room before it, and didst cause it to take deep root, and it filled the land. -- psalms 80:9 +. +The hills were covered with the shadow of it, and the boughs thereof were like the goodly cedars. -- psalms 80:10 +. +She sent out her boughs unto the sea, and her branches unto the river. -- psalms 80:11 +. +Why hast thou then broken down her hedges, so that all they which pass by the way do pluck her? -- psalms 80:12 +. +The boar out of the wood doth waste it, and the wild beast of the field doth devour it. -- psalms 80:13 +. +Return, we beseech thee, O God of hosts: look down from heaven, and behold, and visit this vine; -- psalms 80:14 +. +And the vineyard which thy right hand hath planted, and the branch that thou madest strong for thyself. -- psalms 80:15 +. +It is burned with fire, it is cut down: they perish at the rebuke of thy countenance. -- psalms 80:16 +. +Let thy hand be upon the man of thy right hand, upon the son of man whom thou madest strong for thyself. -- psalms 80:17 +. +So will not we go back from thee: quicken us, and we will call upon thy name. -- psalms 80:18 +. +Turn us again, O LORD God of hosts, cause thy face to shine; and we shall be saved. -- psalms 80:19 +. +Sing aloud unto God our strength: make a joyful noise unto the God of Jacob. -- psalms 81:1 +. +Take a psalm, and bring hither the timbrel, the pleasant harp with the psaltery. -- psalms 81:2 +. +Blow up the trumpet in the new moon, in the time appointed, on our solemn feast day. -- psalms 81:3 +. +For this was a statute for Israel, and a law of the God of Jacob. -- psalms 81:4 +. +This he ordained in Joseph for a testimony, when he went out through the land of Egypt: where I heard a language that I understood not. -- psalms 81:5 +. +I removed his shoulder from the burden: his hands were delivered from the pots. -- psalms 81:6 +. +Thou calledst in trouble, and I delivered thee; I answered thee in the secret place of thunder: I proved thee at the waters of Meribah. Selah. -- psalms 81:7 +. +Hear, O my people, and I will testify unto thee: O Israel, if thou wilt hearken unto me; -- psalms 81:8 +. +There shall no strange god be in thee; neither shalt thou worship any strange god. -- psalms 81:9 +. +I am the LORD thy God, which brought thee out of the land of Egypt: open thy mouth wide, and I will fill it. -- psalms 81:10 +. +But my people would not hearken to my voice; and Israel would none of me. -- psalms 81:11 +. +So I gave them up unto their own hearts' lust: and they walked in their own counsels. -- psalms 81:12 +. +Oh that my people had hearkened unto me, and Israel had walked in my ways! -- psalms 81:13 +. +I should soon have subdued their enemies, and turned my hand against their adversaries. -- psalms 81:14 +. +The haters of the LORD should have submitted themselves unto him: but their time should have endured for ever. -- psalms 81:15 +. +He should have fed them also with the finest of the wheat: and with honey out of the rock should I have satisfied thee. -- psalms 81:16 +. +God standeth in the congregation of the mighty; he judgeth among the gods. -- psalms 82:1 +. +How long will ye judge unjustly, and accept the persons of the wicked? Selah. -- psalms 82:2 +. +Defend the poor and fatherless: do justice to the afflicted and needy. -- psalms 82:3 +. +Deliver the poor and needy: rid them out of the hand of the wicked. -- psalms 82:4 +. +They know not, neither will they understand; they walk on in darkness: all the foundations of the earth are out of course. -- psalms 82:5 +. +I have said, Ye are gods; and all of you are children of the most High. -- psalms 82:6 +. +But ye shall die like men, and fall like one of the princes. -- psalms 82:7 +. +Arise, O God, judge the earth: for thou shalt inherit all nations. -- psalms 82:8 +. +Keep not thou silence, O God: hold not thy peace, and be not still, O God. -- psalms 83:1 +. +For, lo, thine enemies make a tumult: and they that hate thee have lifted up the head. -- psalms 83:2 +. +They have taken crafty counsel against thy people, and consulted against thy hidden ones. -- psalms 83:3 +. +They have said, Come, and let us cut them off from being a nation; that the name of Israel may be no more in remembrance. -- psalms 83:4 +. +For they have consulted together with one consent: they are confederate against thee: -- psalms 83:5 +. +The tabernacles of Edom, and the Ishmaelites; of Moab, and the Hagarenes; -- psalms 83:6 +. +Gebal, and Ammon, and Amalek; the Philistines with the inhabitants of Tyre; -- psalms 83:7 +. +Assur also is joined with them: they have holpen the children of Lot. Selah. -- psalms 83:8 +. +Do unto them as unto the Midianites; as to Sisera, as to Jabin, at the brook of Kison: -- psalms 83:9 +. +Which perished at Endor: they became as dung for the earth. -- psalms 83:10 +. +Make their nobles like Oreb, and like Zeeb: yea, all their princes as Zebah, and as Zalmunna: -- psalms 83:11 +. +Who said, Let us take to ourselves the houses of God in possession. -- psalms 83:12 +. +O my God, make them like a wheel; as the stubble before the wind. -- psalms 83:13 +. +As the fire burneth a wood, and as the flame setteth the mountains on fire; -- psalms 83:14 +. +So persecute them with thy tempest, and make them afraid with thy storm. -- psalms 83:15 +. +Fill their faces with shame; that they may seek thy name, O LORD. -- psalms 83:16 +. +Let them be confounded and troubled for ever; yea, let them be put to shame, and perish: -- psalms 83:17 +. +That men may know that thou, whose name alone is JEHOVAH, art the most high over all the earth. -- psalms 83:18 +. +How amiable are thy tabernacles, O LORD of hosts! -- psalms 84:1 +. +My soul longeth, yea, even fainteth for the courts of the LORD: my heart and my flesh crieth out for the living God. -- psalms 84:2 +. +Yea, the sparrow hath found an house, and the swallow a nest for herself, where she may lay her young, even thine altars, O LORD of hosts, my King, and my God. -- psalms 84:3 +. +Blessed are they that dwell in thy house: they will be still praising thee. Selah. -- psalms 84:4 +. +Blessed is the man whose strength is in thee; in whose heart are the ways of them. -- psalms 84:5 +. +Who passing through the valley of Baca make it a well; the rain also filleth the pools. -- psalms 84:6 +. +They go from strength to strength, every one of them in Zion appeareth before God. -- psalms 84:7 +. +O LORD God of hosts, hear my prayer: give ear, O God of Jacob. Selah. -- psalms 84:8 +. +Behold, O God our shield, and look upon the face of thine anointed. -- psalms 84:9 +. +For a day in thy courts is better than a thousand. I had rather be a doorkeeper in the house of my God, than to dwell in the tents of wickedness. -- psalms 84:10 +. +For the LORD God is a sun and shield: the LORD will give grace and glory: no good thing will he withhold from them that walk uprightly. -- psalms 84:11 +. +O LORD of hosts, blessed is the man that trusteth in thee. -- psalms 84:12 +. +Lord, thou hast been favourable unto thy land: thou hast brought back the captivity of Jacob. -- psalms 85:1 +. +Thou hast forgiven the iniquity of thy people, thou hast covered all their sin. Selah. -- psalms 85:2 +. +Thou hast taken away all thy wrath: thou hast turned thyself from the fierceness of thine anger. -- psalms 85:3 +. +Turn us, O God of our salvation, and cause thine anger toward us to cease. -- psalms 85:4 +. +Wilt thou be angry with us for ever? wilt thou draw out thine anger to all generations? -- psalms 85:5 +. +Wilt thou not revive us again: that thy people may rejoice in thee? -- psalms 85:6 +. +Shew us thy mercy, O LORD, and grant us thy salvation. -- psalms 85:7 +. +I will hear what God the LORD will speak: for he will speak peace unto his people, and to his saints: but let them not turn again to folly. -- psalms 85:8 +. +Surely his salvation is nigh them that fear him; that glory may dwell in our land. -- psalms 85:9 +. +Mercy and truth are met together; righteousness and peace have kissed each other. -- psalms 85:10 +. +Truth shall spring out of the earth; and righteousness shall look down from heaven. -- psalms 85:11 +. +Yea, the LORD shall give that which is good; and our land shall yield her increase. -- psalms 85:12 +. +Righteousness shall go before him; and shall set us in the way of his steps. -- psalms 85:13 +. +Bow down thine ear, O LORD, hear me: for I am poor and needy. -- psalms 86:1 +. +Preserve my soul; for I am holy: O thou my God, save thy servant that trusteth in thee. -- psalms 86:2 +. +Be merciful unto me, O Lord: for I cry unto thee daily. -- psalms 86:3 +. +Rejoice the soul of thy servant: for unto thee, O Lord, do I lift up my soul. -- psalms 86:4 +. +For thou, Lord, art good, and ready to forgive; and plenteous in mercy unto all them that call upon thee. -- psalms 86:5 +. +Give ear, O LORD, unto my prayer; and attend to the voice of my supplications. -- psalms 86:6 +. +In the day of my trouble I will call upon thee: for thou wilt answer me. -- psalms 86:7 +. +Among the gods there is none like unto thee, O Lord; neither are there any works like unto thy works. -- psalms 86:8 +. +All nations whom thou hast made shall come and worship before thee, O Lord; and shall glorify thy name. -- psalms 86:9 +. +For thou art great, and doest wondrous things: thou art God alone. -- psalms 86:10 +. +Teach me thy way, O LORD; I will walk in thy truth: unite my heart to fear thy name. -- psalms 86:11 +. +I will praise thee, O Lord my God, with all my heart: and I will glorify thy name for evermore. -- psalms 86:12 +. +For great is thy mercy toward me: and thou hast delivered my soul from the lowest hell. -- psalms 86:13 +. +O God, the proud are risen against me, and the assemblies of violent men have sought after my soul; and have not set thee before them. -- psalms 86:14 +. +But thou, O Lord, art a God full of compassion, and gracious, longsuffering, and plenteous in mercy and truth. -- psalms 86:15 +. +O turn unto me, and have mercy upon me; give thy strength unto thy servant, and save the son of thine handmaid. -- psalms 86:16 +. +Shew me a token for good; that they which hate me may see it, and be ashamed: because thou, LORD, hast holpen me, and comforted me. -- psalms 86:17 +. +His foundation is in the holy mountains. -- psalms 87:1 +. +The LORD loveth the gates of Zion more than all the dwellings of Jacob. -- psalms 87:2 +. +Glorious things are spoken of thee, O city of God. Selah. -- psalms 87:3 +. +I will make mention of Rahab and Babylon to them that know me: behold Philistia, and Tyre, with Ethiopia; this man was born there. -- psalms 87:4 +. +And of Zion it shall be said, This and that man was born in her: and the highest himself shall establish her. -- psalms 87:5 +. +The LORD shall count, when he writeth up the people, that this man was born there. Selah. -- psalms 87:6 +. +As well the singers as the players on instruments shall be there: all my springs are in thee. -- psalms 87:7 +. +O lord God of my salvation, I have cried day and night before thee: -- psalms 88:1 +. +Let my prayer come before thee: incline thine ear unto my cry; -- psalms 88:2 +. +For my soul is full of troubles: and my life draweth nigh unto the grave. -- psalms 88:3 +. +I am counted with them that go down into the pit: I am as a man that hath no strength: -- psalms 88:4 +. +Free among the dead, like the slain that lie in the grave, whom thou rememberest no more: and they are cut off from thy hand. -- psalms 88:5 +. +Thou hast laid me in the lowest pit, in darkness, in the deeps. -- psalms 88:6 +. +Thy wrath lieth hard upon me, and thou hast afflicted me with all thy waves. Selah. -- psalms 88:7 +. +Thou hast put away mine acquaintance far from me; thou hast made me an abomination unto them: I am shut up, and I cannot come forth. -- psalms 88:8 +. +Mine eye mourneth by reason of affliction: LORD, I have called daily upon thee, I have stretched out my hands unto thee. -- psalms 88:9 +. +Wilt thou shew wonders to the dead? shall the dead arise and praise thee? Selah. -- psalms 88:10 +. +Shall thy lovingkindness be declared in the grave? or thy faithfulness in destruction? -- psalms 88:11 +. +Shall thy wonders be known in the dark? and thy righteousness in the land of forgetfulness? -- psalms 88:12 +. +But unto thee have I cried, O LORD; and in the morning shall my prayer prevent thee. -- psalms 88:13 +. +LORD, why castest thou off my soul? why hidest thou thy face from me? -- psalms 88:14 +. +I am afflicted and ready to die from my youth up: while I suffer thy terrors I am distracted. -- psalms 88:15 +. +Thy fierce wrath goeth over me; thy terrors have cut me off. -- psalms 88:16 +. +They came round about me daily like water; they compassed me about together. -- psalms 88:17 +. +Lover and friend hast thou put far from me, and mine acquaintance into darkness. -- psalms 88:18 +. +I will sing of the mercies of the LORD for ever: with my mouth will I make known thy faithfulness to all generations. -- psalms 89:1 +. +For I have said, Mercy shall be built up for ever: thy faithfulness shalt thou establish in the very heavens. -- psalms 89:2 +. +I have made a covenant with my chosen, I have sworn unto David my servant, -- psalms 89:3 +. +Thy seed will I establish for ever, and build up thy throne to all generations. Selah. -- psalms 89:4 +. +And the heavens shall praise thy wonders, O LORD: thy faithfulness also in the congregation of the saints. -- psalms 89:5 +. +For who in the heaven can be compared unto the LORD? who among the sons of the mighty can be likened unto the LORD? -- psalms 89:6 +. +God is greatly to be feared in the assembly of the saints, and to be had in reverence of all them that are about him. -- psalms 89:7 +. +O LORD God of hosts, who is a strong LORD like unto thee? or to thy faithfulness round about thee? -- psalms 89:8 +. +Thou rulest the raging of the sea: when the waves thereof arise, thou stillest them. -- psalms 89:9 +. +Thou hast broken Rahab in pieces, as one that is slain; thou hast scattered thine enemies with thy strong arm. -- psalms 89:10 +. +The heavens are thine, the earth also is thine: as for the world and the fulness thereof, thou hast founded them. -- psalms 89:11 +. +The north and the south thou hast created them: Tabor and Hermon shall rejoice in thy name. -- psalms 89:12 +. +Thou hast a mighty arm: strong is thy hand, and high is thy right hand. -- psalms 89:13 +. +Justice and judgment are the habitation of thy throne: mercy and truth shall go before thy face. -- psalms 89:14 +. +Blessed is the people that know the joyful sound: they shall walk, O LORD, in the light of thy countenance. -- psalms 89:15 +. +In thy name shall they rejoice all the day: and in thy righteousness shall they be exalted. -- psalms 89:16 +. +For thou art the glory of their strength: and in thy favour our horn shall be exalted. -- psalms 89:17 +. +For the LORD is our defence; and the Holy One of Israel is our king. -- psalms 89:18 +. +Then thou spakest in vision to thy holy one, and saidst, I have laid help upon one that is mighty; I have exalted one chosen out of the people. -- psalms 89:19 +. +I have found David my servant; with my holy oil have I anointed him: -- psalms 89:20 +. +With whom my hand shall be established: mine arm also shall strengthen him. -- psalms 89:21 +. +The enemy shall not exact upon him; nor the son of wickedness afflict him. -- psalms 89:22 +. +And I will beat down his foes before his face, and plague them that hate him. -- psalms 89:23 +. +But my faithfulness and my mercy shall be with him: and in my name shall his horn be exalted. -- psalms 89:24 +. +I will set his hand also in the sea, and his right hand in the rivers. -- psalms 89:25 +. +He shall cry unto me, Thou art my father, my God, and the rock of my salvation. -- psalms 89:26 +. +Also I will make him my firstborn, higher than the kings of the earth. -- psalms 89:27 +. +My mercy will I keep for him for evermore, and my covenant shall stand fast with him. -- psalms 89:28 +. +His seed also will I make to endure for ever, and his throne as the days of heaven. -- psalms 89:29 +. +If his children forsake my law, and walk not in my judgments; -- psalms 89:30 +. +If they break my statutes, and keep not my commandments; -- psalms 89:31 +. +Then will I visit their transgression with the rod, and their iniquity with stripes. -- psalms 89:32 +. +Nevertheless my lovingkindness will I not utterly take from him, nor suffer my faithfulness to fail. -- psalms 89:33 +. +My covenant will I not break, nor alter the thing that is gone out of my lips. -- psalms 89:34 +. +Once have I sworn by my holiness that I will not lie unto David. -- psalms 89:35 +. +His seed shall endure for ever, and his throne as the sun before me. -- psalms 89:36 +. +It shall be established for ever as the moon, and as a faithful witness in heaven. Selah. -- psalms 89:37 +. +But thou hast cast off and abhorred, thou hast been wroth with thine anointed. -- psalms 89:38 +. +Thou hast made void the covenant of thy servant: thou hast profaned his crown by casting it to the ground. -- psalms 89:39 +. +Thou hast broken down all his hedges; thou hast brought his strong holds to ruin. -- psalms 89:40 +. +All that pass by the way spoil him: he is a reproach to his neighbours. -- psalms 89:41 +. +Thou hast set up the right hand of his adversaries; thou hast made all his enemies to rejoice. -- psalms 89:42 +. +Thou hast also turned the edge of his sword, and hast not made him to stand in the battle. -- psalms 89:43 +. +Thou hast made his glory to cease, and cast his throne down to the ground. -- psalms 89:44 +. +The days of his youth hast thou shortened: thou hast covered him with shame. Selah. -- psalms 89:45 +. +How long, LORD? wilt thou hide thyself for ever? shall thy wrath burn like fire? -- psalms 89:46 +. +Remember how short my time is: wherefore hast thou made all men in vain? -- psalms 89:47 +. +What man is he that liveth, and shall not see death? shall he deliver his soul from the hand of the grave? Selah. -- psalms 89:48 +. +Lord, where are thy former lovingkindnesses, which thou swarest unto David in thy truth? -- psalms 89:49 +. +Remember, Lord, the reproach of thy servants; how I do bear in my bosom the reproach of all the mighty people; -- psalms 89:50 +. +Wherewith thine enemies have reproached, O LORD; wherewith they have reproached the footsteps of thine anointed. -- psalms 89:51 +. +Blessed be the LORD for evermore. Amen, and Amen. -- psalms 89:52 +. +Lord, thou hast been our dwelling place in all generations. -- psalms 90:1 +. +Before the mountains were brought forth, or ever thou hadst formed the earth and the world, even from everlasting to everlasting, thou art God. -- psalms 90:2 +. +Thou turnest man to destruction; and sayest, Return, ye children of men. -- psalms 90:3 +. +For a thousand years in thy sight are but as yesterday when it is past, and as a watch in the night. -- psalms 90:4 +. +Thou carriest them away as with a flood; they are as a sleep: in the morning they are like grass which groweth up. -- psalms 90:5 +. +In the morning it flourisheth, and groweth up; in the evening it is cut down, and withereth. -- psalms 90:6 +. +For we are consumed by thine anger, and by thy wrath are we troubled. -- psalms 90:7 +. +Thou hast set our iniquities before thee, our secret sins in the light of thy countenance. -- psalms 90:8 +. +For all our days are passed away in thy wrath: we spend our years as a tale that is told. -- psalms 90:9 +. +The days of our years are threescore years and ten; and if by reason of strength they be fourscore years, yet is their strength labour and sorrow; for it is soon cut off, and we fly away. -- psalms 90:10 +. +Who knoweth the power of thine anger? even according to thy fear, so is thy wrath. -- psalms 90:11 +. +So teach us to number our days, that we may apply our hearts unto wisdom. -- psalms 90:12 +. +Return, O LORD, how long? and let it repent thee concerning thy servants. -- psalms 90:13 +. +O satisfy us early with thy mercy; that we may rejoice and be glad all our days. -- psalms 90:14 +. +Make us glad according to the days wherein thou hast afflicted us, and the years wherein we have seen evil. -- psalms 90:15 +. +Let thy work appear unto thy servants, and thy glory unto their children. -- psalms 90:16 +. +And let the beauty of the LORD our God be upon us: and establish thou the work of our hands upon us; yea, the work of our hands establish thou it. -- psalms 90:17 +. +He that dwelleth in the secret place of the most High shall abide under the shadow of the Almighty. -- psalms 91:1 +. +I will say of the LORD, He is my refuge and my fortress: my God; in him will I trust. -- psalms 91:2 +. +Surely he shall deliver thee from the snare of the fowler, and from the noisome pestilence. -- psalms 91:3 +. +He shall cover thee with his feathers, and under his wings shalt thou trust: his truth shall be thy shield and buckler. -- psalms 91:4 +. +Thou shalt not be afraid for the terror by night; nor for the arrow that flieth by day; -- psalms 91:5 +. +Nor for the pestilence that walketh in darkness; nor for the destruction that wasteth at noonday. -- psalms 91:6 +. +A thousand shall fall at thy side, and ten thousand at thy right hand; but it shall not come nigh thee. -- psalms 91:7 +. +Only with thine eyes shalt thou behold and see the reward of the wicked. -- psalms 91:8 +. +Because thou hast made the LORD, which is my refuge, even the most High, thy habitation; -- psalms 91:9 +. +There shall no evil befall thee, neither shall any plague come nigh thy dwelling. -- psalms 91:10 +. +For he shall give his angels charge over thee, to keep thee in all thy ways. -- psalms 91:11 +. +They shall bear thee up in their hands, lest thou dash thy foot against a stone. -- psalms 91:12 +. +Thou shalt tread upon the lion and adder: the young lion and the dragon shalt thou trample under feet. -- psalms 91:13 +. +Because he hath set his love upon me, therefore will I deliver him: I will set him on high, because he hath known my name. -- psalms 91:14 +. +He shall call upon me, and I will answer him: I will be with him in trouble; I will deliver him, and honour him. -- psalms 91:15 +. +With long life will I satisfy him, and shew him my salvation. -- psalms 91:16 +. +IT IS A GOOD THING TO GIVE THANKS UNTO THE LORD, AND TO SING PRAISES UNTO THY NAME, O MOST HIGH: -- psalms 92:1 +. +To shew forth thy lovingkindness in the morning, and thy faithfulness every night, -- psalms 92:2 +. +Upon an instrument of ten strings, and upon the psaltery; upon the harp with a solemn sound. -- psalms 92:3 +. +For thou, LORD, hast made me glad through thy work: I will triumph in the works of thy hands. -- psalms 92:4 +. +O LORD, how great are thy works! and thy thoughts are very deep. -- psalms 92:5 +. +A brutish man knoweth not; neither doth a fool understand this. -- psalms 92:6 +. +When the wicked spring as the grass, and when all the workers of iniquity do flourish; it is that they shall be destroyed for ever: -- psalms 92:7 +. +But thou, LORD, art most high for evermore. -- psalms 92:8 +. +For, lo, thine enemies, O LORD, for, lo, thine enemies shall perish; all the workers of iniquity shall be scattered. -- psalms 92:9 +. +But my horn shalt thou exalt like the horn of an unicorn: I shall be anointed with fresh oil. -- psalms 92:10 +. +Mine eye also shall see my desire on mine enemies, and mine ears shall hear my desire of the wicked that rise up against me. -- psalms 92:11 +. +The righteous shall flourish like the palm tree: he shall grow like a cedar in Lebanon. -- psalms 92:12 +. +Those that be planted in the house of the LORD shall flourish in the courts of our God. -- psalms 92:13 +. +They shall still bring forth fruit in old age; they shall be fat and flourishing; -- psalms 92:14 +. +To shew that the LORD is upright: he is my rock, and there is no unrighteousness in him. -- psalms 92:15 +. +The LORD reigneth, he is clothed with majesty; the LORD is clothed with strength, wherewith he hath girded himself: the world also is stablished, that it cannot be moved. -- psalms 93:1 +. +Thy throne is established of old: thou art from everlasting. -- psalms 93:2 +. +The floods have lifted up, O LORD, the floods have lifted up their voice; the floods lift up their waves. -- psalms 93:3 +. +The LORD on high is mightier than the noise of many waters, yea, than the mighty waves of the sea. -- psalms 93:4 +. +Thy testimonies are very sure: holiness becometh thine house, O LORD, for ever. -- psalms 93:5 +. +O Lord God, to whom vengeance belongeth; O God, to whom vengeance belongeth, shew thyself. -- psalms 94:1 +. +Lift up thyself, thou judge of the earth: render a reward to the proud. -- psalms 94:2 +. +LORD, how long shall the wicked, how long shall the wicked triumph? -- psalms 94:3 +. +How long shall they utter and speak hard things? and all the workers of iniquity boast themselves? -- psalms 94:4 +. +They break in pieces thy people, O LORD, and afflict thine heritage. -- psalms 94:5 +. +They slay the widow and the stranger, and murder the fatherless. -- psalms 94:6 +. +Yet they say, The LORD shall not see, neither shall the God of Jacob regard it. -- psalms 94:7 +. +Understand, ye brutish among the people: and ye fools, when will ye be wise? -- psalms 94:8 +. +He that planted the ear, shall he not hear? he that formed the eye, shall he not see? -- psalms 94:9 +. +He that chastiseth the heathen, shall not he correct? he that teacheth man knowledge, shall not he know? -- psalms 94:10 +. +The LORD knoweth the thoughts of man, that they are vanity. -- psalms 94:11 +. +Blessed is the man whom thou chastenest, O LORD, and teachest him out of thy law; -- psalms 94:12 +. +That thou mayest give him rest from the days of adversity, until the pit be digged for the wicked. -- psalms 94:13 +. +For the LORD will not cast off his people, neither will he forsake his inheritance. -- psalms 94:14 +. +But judgment shall return unto righteousness: and all the upright in heart shall follow it. -- psalms 94:15 +. +Who will rise up for me against the evildoers? or who will stand up for me against the workers of iniquity? -- psalms 94:16 +. +Unless the LORD had been my help, my soul had almost dwelt in silence. -- psalms 94:17 +. +When I said, My foot slippeth; thy mercy, O LORD, held me up. -- psalms 94:18 +. +In the multitude of my thoughts within me thy comforts delight my soul. -- psalms 94:19 +. +Shall the throne of iniquity have fellowship with thee, which frameth mischief by a law? -- psalms 94:20 +. +They gather themselves together against the soul of the righteous, and condemn the innocent blood. -- psalms 94:21 +. +But the LORD is my defence; and my God is the rock of my refuge. -- psalms 94:22 +. +And he shall bring upon them their own iniquity, and shall cut them off in their own wickedness; yea, the LORD our God shall cut them off. -- psalms 94:23 +. +O come, let us sing unto the LORD: let us make a joyful noise to the rock of our salvation. -- psalms 95:1 +. +Let us come before his presence with thanksgiving, and make a joyful noise unto him with psalms. -- psalms 95:2 +. +For the LORD is a great God, and a great King above all gods. -- psalms 95:3 +. +In his hand are the deep places of the earth: the strength of the hills is his also. -- psalms 95:4 +. +The sea is his, and he made it: and his hands formed the dry land. -- psalms 95:5 +. +O come, let us worship and bow down: let us kneel before the LORD our maker. -- psalms 95:6 +. +For he is our God; and we are the people of his pasture, and the sheep of his hand. To day if ye will hear his voice, -- psalms 95:7 +. +Harden not your heart, as in the provocation, and as in the day of temptation in the wilderness: -- psalms 95:8 +. +When your fathers tempted me, proved me, and saw my work. -- psalms 95:9 +. +Forty years long was I grieved with this generation, and said, It is a people that do err in their heart, and they have not known my ways: -- psalms 95:10 +. +Unto whom I sware in my wrath that they should not enter into my rest. -- psalms 95:11 +. +O sing unto the LORD a new song: sing unto the LORD, all the earth. -- psalms 96:1 +. +Sing unto the LORD, bless his name; shew forth his salvation from day to day. -- psalms 96:2 +. +Declare his glory among the heathen, his wonders among all people. -- psalms 96:3 +. +For the LORD is great, and greatly to be praised: he is to be feared above all gods. -- psalms 96:4 +. +For all the gods of the nations are idols: but the LORD made the heavens. -- psalms 96:5 +. +Honour and majesty are before him: strength and beauty are in his sanctuary. -- psalms 96:6 +. +Give unto the LORD, O ye kindreds of the people, give unto the LORD glory and strength. -- psalms 96:7 +. +Give unto the LORD the glory due unto his name: bring an offering, and come into his courts. -- psalms 96:8 +. +O worship the LORD in the beauty of holiness: fear before him, all the earth. -- psalms 96:9 +. +Say among the heathen that the LORD reigneth: the world also shall be established that it shall not be moved: he shall judge the people righteously. -- psalms 96:10 +. +Let the heavens rejoice, and let the earth be glad; let the sea roar, and the fulness thereof. -- psalms 96:11 +. +Let the field be joyful, and all that is therein: then shall all the trees of the wood rejoice -- psalms 96:12 +. +Before the LORD: for he cometh, for he cometh to judge the earth: he shall judge the world with righteousness, and the people with his truth. -- psalms 96:13 +. +The LORD reigneth; let the earth rejoice; let the multitude of isles be glad thereof. -- psalms 97:1 +. +Clouds and darkness are round about him: righteousness and judgment are the habitation of his throne. -- psalms 97:2 +. +A fire goeth before him, and burneth up his enemies round about. -- psalms 97:3 +. +His lightnings enlightened the world: the earth saw, and trembled. -- psalms 97:4 +. +The hills melted like wax at the presence of the LORD, at the presence of the Lord of the whole earth. -- psalms 97:5 +. +The heavens declare his righteousness, and all the people see his glory. -- psalms 97:6 +. +Confounded be all they that serve graven images, that boast themselves of idols: worship him, all ye gods. -- psalms 97:7 +. +Zion heard, and was glad; and the daughters of Judah rejoiced because of thy judgments, O LORD. -- psalms 97:8 +. +For thou, LORD, art high above all the earth: thou art exalted far above all gods. -- psalms 97:9 +. +Ye that love the LORD, hate evil: he preserveth the souls of his saints; he delivereth them out of the hand of the wicked. -- psalms 97:10 +. +Light is sown for the righteous, and gladness for the upright in heart. -- psalms 97:11 +. +Rejoice in the LORD, ye righteous; and give thanks at the remembrance of his holiness. -- psalms 97:12 +. +O sing unto the LORD a new song; for he hath done marvellous things: his right hand, and his holy arm, hath gotten him the victory. -- psalms 98:1 +. +The LORD hath made known his salvation: his righteousness hath he openly shewed in the sight of the heathen. -- psalms 98:2 +. +He hath remembered his mercy and his truth toward the house of Israel: all the ends of the earth have seen the salvation of our God. -- psalms 98:3 +. +Make a joyful noise unto the LORD, all the earth: make a loud noise, and rejoice, and sing praise. -- psalms 98:4 +. +Sing unto the LORD with the harp; with the harp, and the voice of a psalm. -- psalms 98:5 +. +With trumpets and sound of cornet make a joyful noise before the LORD, the King. -- psalms 98:6 +. +Let the sea roar, and the fulness thereof; the world, and they that dwell therein. -- psalms 98:7 +. +Let the floods clap their hands: let the hills be joyful together -- psalms 98:8 +. +Before the LORD; for he cometh to judge the earth: with righteousness shall he judge the world, and the people with equity. -- psalms 98:9 +. +The LORD reigneth; let the people tremble: he sitteth between the cherubims; let the earth be moved. -- psalms 99:1 +. +The LORD is great in Zion; and he is high above all the people. -- psalms 99:2 +. +Let them praise thy great and terrible name; for it is holy. -- psalms 99:3 +. +The king's strength also loveth judgment; thou dost establish equity, thou executest judgment and righteousness in Jacob. -- psalms 99:4 +. +Exalt ye the LORD our God, and worship at his footstool; for he is holy. -- psalms 99:5 +. +Moses and Aaron among his priests, and Samuel among them that call upon his name; they called upon the LORD, and he answered them. -- psalms 99:6 +. +He spake unto them in the cloudy pillar: they kept his testimonies, and the ordinance that he gave them. -- psalms 99:7 +. +Thou answeredst them, O LORD our God: thou wast a God that forgavest them, though thou tookest vengeance of their inventions. -- psalms 99:8 +. +Exalt the LORD our God, and worship at his holy hill; for the LORD our God is holy. -- psalms 99:9 +. +Make a joyful noise unto the LORD, all ye lands. -- psalms 100:1 +. +Serve the LORD with gladness: come before his presence with singing. -- psalms 100:2 +. +Know ye that the LORD he is God: it is he that hath made us, and not we ourselves; we are his people, and the sheep of his pasture. -- psalms 100:3 +. +Enter into his gates with thanksgiving, and into his courts with praise: be thankful unto him, and bless his name. -- psalms 100:4 +. +For the LORD is good; his mercy is everlasting; and his truth endureth to all generations. -- psalms 100:5 +. +I will sing of mercy and judgment: unto thee, O LORD, will I sing. -- psalms 101:1 +. +I will behave myself wisely in a perfect way. O when wilt thou come unto me? I will walk within my house with a perfect heart. -- psalms 101:2 +. +I will set no wicked thing before mine eyes: I hate the work of them that turn aside; it shall not cleave to me. -- psalms 101:3 +. +A froward heart shall depart from me: I will not know a wicked person. -- psalms 101:4 +. +Whoso privily slandereth his neighbour, him will I cut off: him that hath an high look and a proud heart will not I suffer. -- psalms 101:5 +. +Mine eyes shall be upon the faithful of the land, that they may dwell with me: he that walketh in a perfect way, he shall serve me. -- psalms 101:6 +. +He that worketh deceit shall not dwell within my house: he that telleth lies shall not tarry in my sight. -- psalms 101:7 +. +I will early destroy all the wicked of the land; that I may cut off all wicked doers from the city of the LORD. -- psalms 101:8 +. +Hear my prayer, O LORD, and let my cry come unto thee. -- psalms 102:1 +. +Hide not thy face from me in the day when I am in trouble; incline thine ear unto me: in the day when I call answer me speedily. -- psalms 102:2 +. +For my days are consumed like smoke, and my bones are burned as an hearth. -- psalms 102:3 +. +My heart is smitten, and withered like grass; so that I forget to eat my bread. -- psalms 102:4 +. +By reason of the voice of my groaning my bones cleave to my skin. -- psalms 102:5 +. +I am like a pelican of the wilderness: I am like an owl of the desert. -- psalms 102:6 +. +I watch, and am as a sparrow alone upon the house top. -- psalms 102:7 +. +Mine enemies reproach me all the day; and they that are mad against me are sworn against me. -- psalms 102:8 +. +For I have eaten ashes like bread, and mingled my drink with weeping. -- psalms 102:9 +. +Because of thine indignation and thy wrath: for thou hast lifted me up, and cast me down. -- psalms 102:10 +. +My days are like a shadow that declineth; and I am withered like grass. -- psalms 102:11 +. +But thou, O LORD, shall endure for ever; and thy remembrance unto all generations. -- psalms 102:12 +. +Thou shalt arise, and have mercy upon Zion: for the time to favour her, yea, the set time, is come. -- psalms 102:13 +. +For thy servants take pleasure in her stones, and favour the dust thereof. -- psalms 102:14 +. +So the heathen shall fear the name of the LORD, and all the kings of the earth thy glory. -- psalms 102:15 +. +When the LORD shall build up Zion, he shall appear in his glory. -- psalms 102:16 +. +He will regard the prayer of the destitute, and not despise their prayer. -- psalms 102:17 +. +This shall be written for the generation to come: and the people which shall be created shall praise the LORD. -- psalms 102:18 +. +For he hath looked down from the height of his sanctuary; from heaven did the LORD behold the earth; -- psalms 102:19 +. +To hear the groaning of the prisoner; to loose those that are appointed to death; -- psalms 102:20 +. +To declare the name of the LORD in Zion, and his praise in Jerusalem; -- psalms 102:21 +. +When the people are gathered together, and the kingdoms, to serve the LORD. -- psalms 102:22 +. +He weakened my strength in the way; he shortened my days. -- psalms 102:23 +. +I said, O my God, take me not away in the midst of my days: thy years are throughout all generations. -- psalms 102:24 +. +Of old hast thou laid the foundation of the earth: and the heavens are the work of thy hands. -- psalms 102:25 +. +They shall perish, but thou shalt endure: yea, all of them shall wax old like a garment; as a vesture shalt thou change them, and they shall be changed: -- psalms 102:26 +. +But thou art the same, and thy years shall have no end. -- psalms 102:27 +. +The children of thy servants shall continue, and their seed shall be established before thee. -- psalms 102:28 +. +Bless the LORD, O my soul: and all that is within me, bless his holy name. -- psalms 103:1 +. +Bless the LORD, O my soul, and forget not all his benefits: -- psalms 103:2 +. +Who forgiveth all thine iniquities; who healeth all thy diseases; -- psalms 103:3 +. +Who redeemeth thy life from destruction; who crowneth thee with lovingkindness and tender mercies; -- psalms 103:4 +. +Who satisfieth thy mouth with good things; so that thy youth is renewed like the eagle's. -- psalms 103:5 +. +The LORD executeth righteousness and judgment for all that are oppressed. -- psalms 103:6 +. +He made known his ways unto Moses, his acts unto the children of Israel. -- psalms 103:7 +. +The LORD is merciful and gracious, slow to anger, and plenteous in mercy. -- psalms 103:8 +. +He will not always chide: neither will he keep his anger for ever. -- psalms 103:9 +. +He hath not dealt with us after our sins; nor rewarded us according to our iniquities. -- psalms 103:10 +. +For as the heaven is high above the earth, so great is his mercy toward them that fear him. -- psalms 103:11 +. +As far as the east is from the west, so far hath he removed our transgressions from us. -- psalms 103:12 +. +Like as a father pitieth his children, so the LORD pitieth them that fear him. -- psalms 103:13 +. +For he knoweth our frame; he remembereth that we are dust. -- psalms 103:14 +. +As for man, his days are as grass: as a flower of the field, so he flourisheth. -- psalms 103:15 +. +For the wind passeth over it, and it is gone; and the place thereof shall know it no more. -- psalms 103:16 +. +But the mercy of the LORD is from everlasting to everlasting upon them that fear him, and his righteousness unto children's children; -- psalms 103:17 +. +To such as keep his covenant, and to those that remember his commandments to do them. -- psalms 103:18 +. +The LORD hath prepared his throne in the heavens; and his kingdom ruleth over all. -- psalms 103:19 +. +Bless the LORD, ye his angels, that excel in strength, that do his commandments, hearkening unto the voice of his word. -- psalms 103:20 +. +Bless ye the LORD, all ye his hosts; ye ministers of his, that do his pleasure. -- psalms 103:21 +. +Bless the LORD, all his works in all places of his dominion: bless the LORD, O my soul. -- psalms 103:22 +. +Bless the LORD, O my soul. O LORD my God, thou art very great; thou art clothed with honour and majesty. -- psalms 104:1 +. +Who coverest thyself with light as with a garment: who stretchest out the heavens like a curtain: -- psalms 104:2 +. +Who layeth the beams of his chambers in the waters: who maketh the clouds his chariot: who walketh upon the wings of the wind: -- psalms 104:3 +. +Who maketh his angels spirits; his ministers a flaming fire: -- psalms 104:4 +. +Who laid the foundations of the earth, that it should not be removed for ever. -- psalms 104:5 +. +Thou coveredst it with the deep as with a garment: the waters stood above the mountains. -- psalms 104:6 +. +At thy rebuke they fled; at the voice of thy thunder they hasted away. -- psalms 104:7 +. +They go up by the mountains; they go down by the valleys unto the place which thou hast founded for them. -- psalms 104:8 +. +Thou hast set a bound that they may not pass over; that they turn not again to cover the earth. -- psalms 104:9 +. +He sendeth the springs into the valleys, which run among the hills. -- psalms 104:10 +. +They give drink to every beast of the field: the wild asses quench their thirst. -- psalms 104:11 +. +By them shall the fowls of the heaven have their habitation, which sing among the branches. -- psalms 104:12 +. +He watereth the hills from his chambers: the earth is satisfied with the fruit of thy works. -- psalms 104:13 +. +He causeth the grass to grow for the cattle, and herb for the service of man: that he may bring forth food out of the earth; -- psalms 104:14 +. +And wine that maketh glad the heart of man, and oil to make his face to shine, and bread which strengtheneth man's heart. -- psalms 104:15 +. +The trees of the LORD are full of sap; the cedars of Lebanon, which he hath planted; -- psalms 104:16 +. +Where the birds make their nests: as for the stork, the fir trees are her house. -- psalms 104:17 +. +The high hills are a refuge for the wild goats; and the rocks for the conies. -- psalms 104:18 +. +He appointed the moon for seasons: the sun knoweth his going down. -- psalms 104:19 +. +Thou makest darkness, and it is night: wherein all the beasts of the forest do creep forth. -- psalms 104:20 +. +The young lions roar after their prey, and seek their meat from God. -- psalms 104:21 +. +The sun ariseth, they gather themselves together, and lay them down in their dens. -- psalms 104:22 +. +Man goeth forth unto his work and to his labour until the evening. -- psalms 104:23 +. +O LORD, how manifold are thy works! in wisdom hast thou made them all: the earth is full of thy riches. -- psalms 104:24 +. +So is this great and wide sea, wherein are things creeping innumerable, both small and great beasts. -- psalms 104:25 +. +There go the ships: there is that leviathan, whom thou hast made to play therein. -- psalms 104:26 +. +These wait all upon thee; that thou mayest give them their meat in due season. -- psalms 104:27 +. +That thou givest them they gather: thou openest thine hand, they are filled with good. -- psalms 104:28 +. +Thou hidest thy face, they are troubled: thou takest away their breath, they die, and return to their dust. -- psalms 104:29 +. +Thou sendest forth thy spirit, they are created: and thou renewest the face of the earth. -- psalms 104:30 +. +The glory of the LORD shall endure for ever: the LORD shall rejoice in his works. -- psalms 104:31 +. +He looketh on the earth, and it trembleth: he toucheth the hills, and they smoke. -- psalms 104:32 +. +I will sing unto the LORD as long as I live: I will sing praise to my God while I have my being. -- psalms 104:33 +. +My meditation of him shall be sweet: I will be glad in the LORD. -- psalms 104:34 +. +Let the sinners be consumed out of the earth, and let the wicked be no more. Bless thou the LORD, O my soul. Praise ye the LORD. -- psalms 104:35 +. +O give thanks unto the LORD; call upon his name: make known his deeds among the people. -- psalms 105:1 +. +Sing unto him, sing psalms unto him: talk ye of all his wondrous works. -- psalms 105:2 +. +Glory ye in his holy name: let the heart of them rejoice that seek the LORD. -- psalms 105:3 +. +Seek the LORD, and his strength: seek his face evermore. -- psalms 105:4 +. +Remember his marvellous works that he hath done; his wonders, and the judgments of his mouth; -- psalms 105:5 +. +O ye seed of Abraham his servant, ye children of Jacob his chosen. -- psalms 105:6 +. +He is the LORD our God: his judgments are in all the earth. -- psalms 105:7 +. +He hath remembered his covenant for ever, the word which he commanded to a thousand generations. -- psalms 105:8 +. +Which covenant he made with Abraham, and his oath unto Isaac; -- psalms 105:9 +. +And confirmed the same unto Jacob for a law, and to Israel for an everlasting covenant: -- psalms 105:10 +. +Saying, Unto thee will I give the land of Canaan, the lot of your inheritance: -- psalms 105:11 +. +When they were but a few men in number; yea, very few, and strangers in it. -- psalms 105:12 +. +When they went from one nation to another, from one kingdom to another people; -- psalms 105:13 +. +He suffered no man to do them wrong: yea, he reproved kings for their sakes; -- psalms 105:14 +. +Saying, Touch not mine anointed, and do my prophets no harm. -- psalms 105:15 +. +Moreover he called for a famine upon the land: he brake the whole staff of bread. -- psalms 105:16 +. +He sent a man before them, even Joseph, who was sold for a servant: -- psalms 105:17 +. +Whose feet they hurt with fetters: he was laid in iron: -- psalms 105:18 +. +Until the time that his word came: the word of the LORD tried him. -- psalms 105:19 +. +The king sent and loosed him; even the ruler of the people, and let him go free. -- psalms 105:20 +. +He made him lord of his house, and ruler of all his substance: -- psalms 105:21 +. +To bind his princes at his pleasure; and teach his senators wisdom. -- psalms 105:22 +. +Israel also came into Egypt; and Jacob sojourned in the land of Ham. -- psalms 105:23 +. +And he increased his people greatly; and made them stronger than their enemies. -- psalms 105:24 +. +He turned their heart to hate his people, to deal subtilly with his servants. -- psalms 105:25 +. +He sent Moses his servant; and Aaron whom he had chosen. -- psalms 105:26 +. +They shewed his signs among them, and wonders in the land of Ham. -- psalms 105:27 +. +He sent darkness, and made it dark; and they rebelled not against his word. -- psalms 105:28 +. +He turned their waters into blood, and slew their fish. -- psalms 105:29 +. +Their land brought forth frogs in abundance, in the chambers of their kings. -- psalms 105:30 +. +He spake, and there came divers sorts of flies, and lice in all their coasts. -- psalms 105:31 +. +He gave them hail for rain, and flaming fire in their land. -- psalms 105:32 +. +He smote their vines also and their fig trees; and brake the trees of their coasts. -- psalms 105:33 +. +He spake, and the locusts came, and caterpillers, and that without number, -- psalms 105:34 +. +And did eat up all the herbs in their land, and devoured the fruit of their ground. -- psalms 105:35 +. +He smote also all the firstborn in their land, the chief of all their strength. -- psalms 105:36 +. +He brought them forth also with silver and gold: and there was not one feeble person among their tribes. -- psalms 105:37 +. +Egypt was glad when they departed: for the fear of them fell upon them. -- psalms 105:38 +. +He spread a cloud for a covering; and fire to give light in the night. -- psalms 105:39 +. +The people asked, and he brought quails, and satisfied them with the bread of heaven. -- psalms 105:40 +. +He opened the rock, and the waters gushed out; they ran in the dry places like a river. -- psalms 105:41 +. +For he remembered his holy promise, and Abraham his servant. -- psalms 105:42 +. +And he brought forth his people with joy, and his chosen with gladness: -- psalms 105:43 +. +And gave them the lands of the heathen: and they inherited the labour of the people; -- psalms 105:44 +. +That they might observe his statutes, and keep his laws. Praise ye the LORD. -- psalms 105:45 +. +Praise ye the LORD. O give thanks unto the LORD; for he is good: for his mercy endureth for ever. -- psalms 106:1 +. +Who can utter the mighty acts of the LORD? who can shew forth all his praise? -- psalms 106:2 +. +Blessed are they that keep judgment, and he that doeth righteousness at all times. -- psalms 106:3 +. +Remember me, O LORD, with the favour that thou bearest unto thy people: O visit me with thy salvation; -- psalms 106:4 +. +That I may see the good of thy chosen, that I may rejoice in the gladness of thy nation, that I may glory with thine inheritance. -- psalms 106:5 +. +We have sinned with our fathers, we have committed iniquity, we have done wickedly. -- psalms 106:6 +. +Our fathers understood not thy wonders in Egypt; they remembered not the multitude of thy mercies; but provoked him at the sea, even at the Red sea. -- psalms 106:7 +. +Nevertheless he saved them for his name's sake, that he might make his mighty power to be known. -- psalms 106:8 +. +He rebuked the Red sea also, and it was dried up: so he led them through the depths, as through the wilderness. -- psalms 106:9 +. +And he saved them from the hand of him that hated them, and redeemed them from the hand of the enemy. -- psalms 106:10 +. +And the waters covered their enemies: there was not one of them left. -- psalms 106:11 +. +Then believed they his words; they sang his praise. -- psalms 106:12 +. +They soon forgat his works; they waited not for his counsel: -- psalms 106:13 +. +But lusted exceedingly in the wilderness, and tempted God in the desert. -- psalms 106:14 +. +And he gave them their request; but sent leanness into their soul. -- psalms 106:15 +. +They envied Moses also in the camp, and Aaron the saint of the LORD. -- psalms 106:16 +. +The earth opened and swallowed up Dathan and covered the company of Abiram. -- psalms 106:17 +. +And a fire was kindled in their company; the flame burned up the wicked. -- psalms 106:18 +. +They made a calf in Horeb, and worshipped the molten image. -- psalms 106:19 +. +Thus they changed their glory into the similitude of an ox that eateth grass. -- psalms 106:20 +. +They forgat God their saviour, which had done great things in Egypt; -- psalms 106:21 +. +Wondrous works in the land of Ham, and terrible things by the Red sea. -- psalms 106:22 +. +Therefore he said that he would destroy them, had not Moses his chosen stood before him in the breach, to turn away his wrath, lest he should destroy them. -- psalms 106:23 +. +Yea, they despised the pleasant land, they believed not his word: -- psalms 106:24 +. +But murmured in their tents, and hearkened not unto the voice of the LORD. -- psalms 106:25 +. +Therefore he lifted up his hand against them, to overthrow them in the wilderness: -- psalms 106:26 +. +To overthrow their seed also among the nations, and to scatter them in the lands. -- psalms 106:27 +. +They joined themselves also unto Baalpeor, and ate the sacrifices of the dead. -- psalms 106:28 +. +Thus they provoked him to anger with their inventions: and the plague brake in upon them. -- psalms 106:29 +. +Then stood up Phinehas, and executed judgment: and so the plague was stayed. -- psalms 106:30 +. +And that was counted unto him for righteousness unto all generations for evermore. -- psalms 106:31 +. +They angered him also at the waters of strife, so that it went ill with Moses for their sakes: -- psalms 106:32 +. +Because they provoked his spirit, so that he spake unadvisedly with his lips. -- psalms 106:33 +. +They did not destroy the nations, concerning whom the LORD commanded them: -- psalms 106:34 +. +But were mingled among the heathen, and learned their works. -- psalms 106:35 +. +And they served their idols: which were a snare unto them. -- psalms 106:36 +. +Yea, they sacrificed their sons and their daughters unto devils, -- psalms 106:37 +. +And shed innocent blood, even the blood of their sons and of their daughters, whom they sacrificed unto the idols of Canaan: and the land was polluted with blood. -- psalms 106:38 +. +Thus were they defiled with their own works, and went a whoring with their own inventions. -- psalms 106:39 +. +Therefore was the wrath of the LORD kindled against his people, insomuch that he abhorred his own inheritance. -- psalms 106:40 +. +And he gave them into the hand of the heathen; and they that hated them ruled over them. -- psalms 106:41 +. +Their enemies also oppressed them, and they were brought into subjection under their hand. -- psalms 106:42 +. +Many times did he deliver them; but they provoked him with their counsel, and were brought low for their iniquity. -- psalms 106:43 +. +Nevertheless he regarded their affliction, when he heard their cry: -- psalms 106:44 +. +And he remembered for them his covenant, and repented according to the multitude of his mercies. -- psalms 106:45 +. +He made them also to be pitied of all those that carried them captives. -- psalms 106:46 +. +Save us, O LORD our God, and gather us from among the heathen, to give thanks unto thy holy name, and to triumph in thy praise. -- psalms 106:47 +. +Blessed be the LORD God of Israel from everlasting to everlasting: and let all the people say, Amen. Praise ye the LORD. -- psalms 106:48 +. +O give thanks unto the LORD, for he is good: for his mercy endureth for ever. -- psalms 107:1 +. +Let the redeemed of the LORD say so, whom he hath redeemed from the hand of the enemy; -- psalms 107:2 +. +And gathered them out of the lands, from the east, and from the west, from the north, and from the south. -- psalms 107:3 +. +They wandered in the wilderness in a solitary way; they found no city to dwell in. -- psalms 107:4 +. +Hungry and thirsty, their soul fainted in them. -- psalms 107:5 +. +Then they cried unto the LORD in their trouble, and he delivered them out of their distresses. -- psalms 107:6 +. +And he led them forth by the right way, that they might go to a city of habitation. -- psalms 107:7 +. +Oh that men would praise the LORD for his goodness, and for his wonderful works to the children of men! -- psalms 107:8 +. +For he satisfieth the longing soul, and filleth the hungry soul with goodness. -- psalms 107:9 +. +Such as sit in darkness and in the shadow of death, being bound in affliction and iron; -- psalms 107:10 +. +Because they rebelled against the words of God, and contemned the counsel of the most High: -- psalms 107:11 +. +Therefore he brought down their heart with labour; they fell down, and there was none to help. -- psalms 107:12 +. +Then they cried unto the LORD in their trouble, and he saved them out of their distresses. -- psalms 107:13 +. +He brought them out of darkness and the shadow of death, and brake their bands in sunder. -- psalms 107:14 +. +Oh that men would praise the LORD for his goodness, and for his wonderful works to the children of men! -- psalms 107:15 +. +For he hath broken the gates of brass, and cut the bars of iron in sunder. -- psalms 107:16 +. +Fools because of their transgression, and because of their iniquities, are afflicted. -- psalms 107:17 +. +Their soul abhorreth all manner of meat; and they draw near unto the gates of death. -- psalms 107:18 +. +Then they cry unto the LORD in their trouble, and he saveth them out of their distresses. -- psalms 107:19 +. +He sent his word, and healed them, and delivered them from their destructions. -- psalms 107:20 +. +Oh that men would praise the LORD for his goodness, and for his wonderful works to the children of men! -- psalms 107:21 +. +And let them sacrifice the sacrifices of thanksgiving, and declare his works with rejoicing. -- psalms 107:22 +. +They that go down to the sea in ships, that do business in great waters; -- psalms 107:23 +. +These see the works of the LORD, and his wonders in the deep. -- psalms 107:24 +. +For he commandeth, and raiseth the stormy wind, which lifteth up the waves thereof. -- psalms 107:25 +. +They mount up to the heaven, they go down again to the depths: their soul is melted because of trouble. -- psalms 107:26 +. +They reel to and fro, and stagger like a drunken man, and are at their wit's end. -- psalms 107:27 +. +Then they cry unto the LORD in their trouble, and he bringeth them out of their distresses. -- psalms 107:28 +. +He maketh the storm a calm, so that the waves thereof are still. -- psalms 107:29 +. +Then are they glad because they be quiet; so he bringeth them unto their desired haven. -- psalms 107:30 +. +Oh that men would praise the LORD for his goodness, and for his wonderful works to the children of men! -- psalms 107:31 +. +Let them exalt him also in the congregation of the people, and praise him in the assembly of the elders. -- psalms 107:32 +. +He turneth rivers into a wilderness, and the watersprings into dry ground; -- psalms 107:33 +. +A fruitful land into barrenness, for the wickedness of them that dwell therein. -- psalms 107:34 +. +He turneth the wilderness into a standing water, and dry ground into watersprings. -- psalms 107:35 +. +And there he maketh the hungry to dwell, that they may prepare a city for habitation; -- psalms 107:36 +. +And sow the fields, and plant vineyards, which may yield fruits of increase. -- psalms 107:37 +. +He blesseth them also, so that they are multiplied greatly; and suffereth not their cattle to decrease. -- psalms 107:38 +. +Again, they are minished and brought low through oppression, affliction, and sorrow. -- psalms 107:39 +. +He poureth contempt upon princes, and causeth them to wander in the wilderness, where there is no way. -- psalms 107:40 +. +Yet setteth he the poor on high from affliction, and maketh him families like a flock. -- psalms 107:41 +. +The righteous shall see it, and rejoice: and all iniquity shall stop her mouth. -- psalms 107:42 +. +Whoso is wise, and will observe these things, even they shall understand the lovingkindness of the LORD. -- psalms 107:43 +. +O god, my heart is fixed; I will sing and give praise, even with my glory. -- psalms 108:1 +. +Awake, psaltery and harp: I myself will awake early. -- psalms 108:2 +. +I will praise thee, O LORD, among the people: and I will sing praises unto thee among the nations. -- psalms 108:3 +. +For thy mercy is great above the heavens: and thy truth reacheth unto the clouds. -- psalms 108:4 +. +Be thou exalted, O God, above the heavens: and thy glory above all the earth; -- psalms 108:5 +. +That thy beloved may be delivered: save with thy right hand, and answer me. -- psalms 108:6 +. +God hath spoken in his holiness; I will rejoice, I will divide Shechem, and mete out the valley of Succoth. -- psalms 108:7 +. +Gilead is mine; Manasseh is mine; Ephraim also is the strength of mine head; Judah is my lawgiver; -- psalms 108:8 +. +Moab is my washpot; over Edom will I cast out my shoe; over Philistia will I triumph. -- psalms 108:9 +. +Who will bring me into the strong city? who will lead me into Edom? -- psalms 108:10 +. +Wilt not thou, O God, who hast cast us off? and wilt not thou, O God, go forth with our hosts? -- psalms 108:11 +. +Give us help from trouble: for vain is the help of man. -- psalms 108:12 +. +Through God we shall do valiantly: for he it is that shall tread down our enemies. -- psalms 108:13 +. +Hold not thy peace, O God of my praise; -- psalms 109:1 +. +For the mouth of the wicked and the mouth of the deceitful are opened against me: they have spoken against me with a lying tongue. -- psalms 109:2 +. +They compassed me about also with words of hatred; and fought against me without a cause. -- psalms 109:3 +. +For my love they are my adversaries: but I give myself unto prayer. -- psalms 109:4 +. +And they have rewarded me evil for good, and hatred for my love. -- psalms 109:5 +. +Set thou a wicked man over him: and let Satan stand at his right hand. -- psalms 109:6 +. +When he shall be judged, let him be condemned: and let his prayer become sin. -- psalms 109:7 +. +Let his days be few; and let another take his office. -- psalms 109:8 +. +Let his children be fatherless, and his wife a widow. -- psalms 109:9 +. +Let his children be continually vagabonds, and beg: let them seek their bread also out of their desolate places. -- psalms 109:10 +. +Let the extortioner catch all that he hath; and let the strangers spoil his labour. -- psalms 109:11 +. +Let there be none to extend mercy unto him: neither let there be any to favour his fatherless children. -- psalms 109:12 +. +Let his posterity be cut off; and in the generation following let their name be blotted out. -- psalms 109:13 +. +Let the iniquity of his fathers be remembered with the LORD; and let not the sin of his mother be blotted out. -- psalms 109:14 +. +Let them be before the LORD continually, that he may cut off the memory of them from the earth. -- psalms 109:15 +. +Because that he remembered not to shew mercy, but persecuted the poor and needy man, that he might even slay the broken in heart. -- psalms 109:16 +. +As he loved cursing, so let it come unto him: as he delighted not in blessing, so let it be far from him. -- psalms 109:17 +. +As he clothed himself with cursing like as with his garment, so let it come into his bowels like water, and like oil into his bones. -- psalms 109:18 +. +Let it be unto him as the garment which covereth him, and for a girdle wherewith he is girded continually. -- psalms 109:19 +. +Let this be the reward of mine adversaries from the LORD, and of them that speak evil against my soul. -- psalms 109:20 +. +But do thou for me, O GOD the Lord, for thy name's sake: because thy mercy is good, deliver thou me. -- psalms 109:21 +. +For I am poor and needy, and my heart is wounded within me. -- psalms 109:22 +. +I am gone like the shadow when it declineth: I am tossed up and down as the locust. -- psalms 109:23 +. +My knees are weak through fasting; and my flesh faileth of fatness. -- psalms 109:24 +. +I became also a reproach unto them: when they looked upon me they shaked their heads. -- psalms 109:25 +. +Help me, O LORD my God: O save me according to thy mercy: -- psalms 109:26 +. +That they may know that this is thy hand; that thou, LORD, hast done it. -- psalms 109:27 +. +Let them curse, but bless thou: when they arise, let them be ashamed; but let thy servant rejoice. -- psalms 109:28 +. +Let mine adversaries be clothed with shame, and let them cover themselves with their own confusion, as with a mantle. -- psalms 109:29 +. +I will greatly praise the LORD with my mouth; yea, I will praise him among the multitude. -- psalms 109:30 +. +For he shall stand at the right hand of the poor, to save him from those that condemn his soul. -- psalms 109:31 +. +The LORD said unto my Lord, Sit thou at my right hand, until I make thine enemies thy footstool. -- psalms 110:1 +. +The LORD shall send the rod of thy strength out of Zion: rule thou in the midst of thine enemies. -- psalms 110:2 +. +Thy people shall be willing in the day of thy power, in the beauties of holiness from the womb of the morning: thou hast the dew of thy youth. -- psalms 110:3 +. +The LORD hath sworn, and will not repent, Thou art a priest for ever after the order of Melchizedek. -- psalms 110:4 +. +The Lord at thy right hand shall strike through kings in the day of his wrath. -- psalms 110:5 +. +He shall judge among the heathen, he shall fill the places with the dead bodies; he shall wound the heads over many countries. -- psalms 110:6 +. +He shall drink of the brook in the way: therefore shall he lift up the head. -- psalms 110:7 +. +Praise ye the LORD. I will praise the LORD with my whole heart, in the assembly of the upright, and in the congregation. -- psalms 111:1 +. +The works of the LORD are great, sought out of all them that have pleasure therein. -- psalms 111:2 +. +His work is honourable and glorious: and his righteousness endureth for ever. -- psalms 111:3 +. +He hath made his wonderful works to be remembered: the LORD is gracious and full of compassion. -- psalms 111:4 +. +He hath given meat unto them that fear him: he will ever be mindful of his covenant. -- psalms 111:5 +. +He hath shewed his people the power of his works, that he may give them the heritage of the heathen. -- psalms 111:6 +. +The works of his hands are verity and judgment; all his commandments are sure. -- psalms 111:7 +. +They stand fast for ever and ever, and are done in truth and uprightness. -- psalms 111:8 +. +He sent redemption unto his people: he hath commanded his covenant for ever: holy and reverend is his name. -- psalms 111:9 +. +The fear of the LORD is the beginning of wisdom: a good understanding have all they that do his commandments: his praise endureth for ever. -- psalms 111:10 +. +Praise ye the LORD. Blessed is the man that feareth the LORD, that delighteth greatly in his commandments. -- psalms 112:1 +. +His seed shall be mighty upon earth: the generation of the upright shall be blessed. -- psalms 112:2 +. +Wealth and riches shall be in his house: and his righteousness endureth for ever. -- psalms 112:3 +. +Unto the upright there ariseth light in the darkness: he is gracious, and full of compassion, and righteous. -- psalms 112:4 +. +A good man sheweth favour, and lendeth: he will guide his affairs with discretion. -- psalms 112:5 +. +Surely he shall not be moved for ever: the righteous shall be in everlasting remembrance. -- psalms 112:6 +. +He shall not be afraid of evil tidings: his heart is fixed, trusting in the LORD. -- psalms 112:7 +. +His heart is established, he shall not be afraid, until he see his desire upon his enemies. -- psalms 112:8 +. +He hath dispersed, he hath given to the poor; his righteousness endureth for ever; his horn shall be exalted with honour. -- psalms 112:9 +. +The wicked shall see it, and be grieved; he shall gnash with his teeth, and melt away: the desire of the wicked shall perish. -- psalms 112:10 +. +Praise ye the LORD. Praise, O ye servants of the LORD, praise the name of the LORD. -- psalms 113:1 +. +Blessed be the name of the LORD from this time forth and for evermore. -- psalms 113:2 +. +From the rising of the sun unto the going down of the same the LORD's name is to be praised. -- psalms 113:3 +. +The LORD is high above all nations, and his glory above the heavens. -- psalms 113:4 +. +Who is like unto the LORD our God, who dwelleth on high, -- psalms 113:5 +. +Who humbleth himself to behold the things that are in heaven, and in the earth! -- psalms 113:6 +. +He raiseth up the poor out of the dust, and lifteth the needy out of the dunghill; -- psalms 113:7 +. +That he may set him with princes, even with the princes of his people. -- psalms 113:8 +. +He maketh the barren woman to keep house, and to be a joyful mother of children. Praise ye the LORD. -- psalms 113:9 +. +When Israel went out of Egypt, the house of Jacob from a people of strange language; -- psalms 114:1 +. +Judah was his sanctuary, and Israel his dominion. -- psalms 114:2 +. +The sea saw it, and fled: Jordan was driven back. -- psalms 114:3 +. +The mountains skipped like rams, and the little hills like lambs. -- psalms 114:4 +. +What ailed thee, O thou sea, that thou fleddest? thou Jordan, that thou wast driven back? -- psalms 114:5 +. +Ye mountains, that ye skipped like rams; and ye little hills, like lambs? -- psalms 114:6 +. +Tremble, thou earth, at the presence of the Lord, at the presence of the God of Jacob; -- psalms 114:7 +. +Which turned the rock into a standing water, the flint into a fountain of waters. -- psalms 114:8 +. +Not unto us, O LORD, not unto us, but unto thy name give glory, for thy mercy, and for thy truth's sake. -- psalms 115:1 +. +Wherefore should the heathen say, Where is now their God? -- psalms 115:2 +. +But our God is in the heavens: he hath done whatsoever he hath pleased. -- psalms 115:3 +. +Their idols are silver and gold, the work of men's hands. -- psalms 115:4 +. +They have mouths, but they speak not: eyes have they, but they see not: -- psalms 115:5 +. +They have ears, but they hear not: noses have they, but they smell not: -- psalms 115:6 +. +They have hands, but they handle not: feet have they, but they walk not: neither speak they through their throat. -- psalms 115:7 +. +They that make them are like unto them; so is every one that trusteth in them. -- psalms 115:8 +. +O Israel, trust thou in the LORD: he is their help and their shield. -- psalms 115:9 +. +O house of Aaron, trust in the LORD: he is their help and their shield. -- psalms 115:10 +. +Ye that fear the LORD, trust in the LORD: he is their help and their shield. -- psalms 115:11 +. +The LORD hath been mindful of us: he will bless us; he will bless the house of Israel; he will bless the house of Aaron. -- psalms 115:12 +. +He will bless them that fear the LORD, both small and great. -- psalms 115:13 +. +The LORD shall increase you more and more, you and your children. -- psalms 115:14 +. +Ye are blessed of the LORD which made heaven and earth. -- psalms 115:15 +. +The heaven, even the heavens, are the LORD's: but the earth hath he given to the children of men. -- psalms 115:16 +. +The dead praise not the LORD, neither any that go down into silence. -- psalms 115:17 +. +But we will bless the LORD from this time forth and for evermore. Praise the LORD. -- psalms 115:18 +. +I love the LORD, because he hath heard my voice and my supplications. -- psalms 116:1 +. +Because he hath inclined his ear unto me, therefore will I call upon him as long as I live. -- psalms 116:2 +. +The sorrows of death compassed me, and the pains of hell gat hold upon me: I found trouble and sorrow. -- psalms 116:3 +. +Then called I upon the name of the LORD; O LORD, I beseech thee, deliver my soul. -- psalms 116:4 +. +Gracious is the LORD, and righteous; yea, our God is merciful. -- psalms 116:5 +. +The LORD preserveth the simple: I was brought low, and he helped me. -- psalms 116:6 +. +Return unto thy rest, O my soul; for the LORD hath dealt bountifully with thee. -- psalms 116:7 +. +For thou hast delivered my soul from death, mine eyes from tears, and my feet from falling. -- psalms 116:8 +. +I will walk before the LORD in the land of the living. -- psalms 116:9 +. +I believed, therefore have I spoken: I was greatly afflicted: -- psalms 116:10 +. +I said in my haste, All men are liars. -- psalms 116:11 +. +What shall I render unto the LORD for all his benefits toward me? -- psalms 116:12 +. +I will take the cup of salvation, and call upon the name of the LORD. -- psalms 116:13 +. +I will pay my vows unto the LORD now in the presence of all his people. -- psalms 116:14 +. +Precious in the sight of the LORD is the death of his saints. -- psalms 116:15 +. +O LORD, truly I am thy servant; I am thy servant, and the son of thine handmaid: thou hast loosed my bonds. -- psalms 116:16 +. +I will offer to thee the sacrifice of thanksgiving, and will call upon the name of the LORD. -- psalms 116:17 +. +I will pay my vows unto the LORD now in the presence of all his people. -- psalms 116:18 +. +In the courts of the LORD's house, in the midst of thee, O Jerusalem. Praise ye the LORD. -- psalms 116:19 +. +O praise the LORD, all ye nations: praise him, all ye people. -- psalms 117:1 +. +For his merciful kindness is great toward us: and the truth of the LORD endureth for ever. Praise ye the LORD. -- psalms 117:2 +. +O give thanks unto the LORD; for he is good: because his mercy endureth for ever. -- psalms 118:1 +. +Let Israel now say, that his mercy endureth for ever. -- psalms 118:2 +. +Let the house of Aaron now say, that his mercy endureth for ever. -- psalms 118:3 +. +Let them now that fear the LORD say, that his mercy endureth for ever. -- psalms 118:4 +. +I called upon the LORD in distress: the LORD answered me, and set me in a large place. -- psalms 118:5 +. +The LORD is on my side; I will not fear: what can man do unto me? -- psalms 118:6 +. +The LORD taketh my part with them that help me: therefore shall I see my desire upon them that hate me. -- psalms 118:7 +. +It is better to trust in the LORD than to put confidence in man. -- psalms 118:8 +. +It is better to trust in the LORD than to put confidence in princes. -- psalms 118:9 +. +All nations compassed me about: but in the name of the LORD will I destroy them. -- psalms 118:10 +. +They compassed me about; yea, they compassed me about: but in the name of the LORD I will destroy them. -- psalms 118:11 +. +They compassed me about like bees: they are quenched as the fire of thorns: for in the name of the LORD I will destroy them. -- psalms 118:12 +. +Thou hast thrust sore at me that I might fall: but the LORD helped me. -- psalms 118:13 +. +The LORD is my strength and song, and is become my salvation. -- psalms 118:14 +. +The voice of rejoicing and salvation is in the tabernacles of the righteous: the right hand of the LORD doeth valiantly. -- psalms 118:15 +. +The right hand of the LORD is exalted: the right hand of the LORD doeth valiantly. -- psalms 118:16 +. +I shall not die, but live, and declare the works of the LORD. -- psalms 118:17 +. +The LORD hath chastened me sore: but he hath not given me over unto death. -- psalms 118:18 +. +Open to me the gates of righteousness: I will go into them, and I will praise the LORD: -- psalms 118:19 +. +This gate of the LORD, into which the righteous shall enter. -- psalms 118:20 +. +I will praise thee: for thou hast heard me, and art become my salvation. -- psalms 118:21 +. +The stone which the builders refused is become the head stone of the corner. -- psalms 118:22 +. +This is the LORD's doing; it is marvellous in our eyes. -- psalms 118:23 +. +This is the day which the LORD hath made; we will rejoice and be glad in it. -- psalms 118:24 +. +Save now, I beseech thee, O LORD: O LORD, I beseech thee, send now prosperity. -- psalms 118:25 +. +Blessed be he that cometh in the name of the LORD: we have blessed you out of the house of the LORD. -- psalms 118:26 +. +God is the LORD, which hath shewed us light: bind the sacrifice with cords, even unto the horns of the altar. -- psalms 118:27 +. +Thou art my God, and I will praise thee: thou art my God, I will exalt thee. -- psalms 118:28 +. +O give thanks unto the LORD; for he is good: for his mercy endureth for ever. -- psalms 118:29 +. +Blessed are the undefiled in the way, who walk in the law of the LORD. -- psalms 119:1 +. +Blessed are they that keep his testimonies, and that seek him with the whole heart. -- psalms 119:2 +. +They also do no iniquity: they walk in his ways. -- psalms 119:3 +. +Thou hast commanded us to keep thy precepts diligently. -- psalms 119:4 +. +O that my ways were directed to keep thy statutes! -- psalms 119:5 +. +Then shall I not be ashamed, when I have respect unto all thy commandments. -- psalms 119:6 +. +I will praise thee with uprightness of heart, when I shall have learned thy righteous judgments. -- psalms 119:7 +. +I will keep thy statutes: O forsake me not utterly. -- psalms 119:8 +. +Wherewithal shall a young man cleanse his way? by taking heed thereto according to thy word. -- psalms 119:9 +. +With my whole heart have I sought thee: O let me not wander from thy commandments. -- psalms 119:10 +. +Thy word have I hid in mine heart, that I might not sin against thee. -- psalms 119:11 +. +Blessed art thou, O LORD: teach me thy statutes. -- psalms 119:12 +. +With my lips have I declared all the judgments of thy mouth. -- psalms 119:13 +. +I have rejoiced in the way of thy testimonies, as much as in all riches. -- psalms 119:14 +. +I will meditate in thy precepts, and have respect unto thy ways. -- psalms 119:15 +. +I will delight myself in thy statutes: I will not forget thy word. -- psalms 119:16 +. +Deal bountifully with thy servant, that I may live, and keep thy word. -- psalms 119:17 +. +Open thou mine eyes, that I may behold wondrous things out of thy law. -- psalms 119:18 +. +I am a stranger in the earth: hide not thy commandments from me. -- psalms 119:19 +. +My soul breaketh for the longing that it hath unto thy judgments at all times. -- psalms 119:20 +. +Thou hast rebuked the proud that are cursed, which do err from thy commandments. -- psalms 119:21 +. +Remove from me reproach and contempt; for I have kept thy testimonies. -- psalms 119:22 +. +Princes also did sit and speak against me: but thy servant did meditate in thy statutes. -- psalms 119:23 +. +Thy testimonies also are my delight and my counsellors. -- psalms 119:24 +. +My soul cleaveth unto the dust: quicken thou me according to thy word. -- psalms 119:25 +. +I have declared my ways, and thou heardest me: teach me thy statutes. -- psalms 119:26 +. +Make me to understand the way of thy precepts: so shall I talk of thy wondrous works. -- psalms 119:27 +. +My soul melteth for heaviness: strengthen thou me according unto thy word. -- psalms 119:28 +. +Remove from me the way of lying: and grant me thy law graciously. -- psalms 119:29 +. +I have chosen the way of truth: thy judgments have I laid before me. -- psalms 119:30 +. +I have stuck unto thy testimonies: O LORD, put me not to shame. -- psalms 119:31 +. +I will run the way of thy commandments, when thou shalt enlarge my heart. -- psalms 119:32 +. +Teach me, O LORD, the way of thy statutes; and I shall keep it unto the end. -- psalms 119:33 +. +Give me understanding, and I shall keep thy law; yea, I shall observe it with my whole heart. -- psalms 119:34 +. +Make me to go in the path of thy commandments; for therein do I delight. -- psalms 119:35 +. +Incline my heart unto thy testimonies, and not to covetousness. -- psalms 119:36 +. +Turn away mine eyes from beholding vanity; and quicken thou me in thy way. -- psalms 119:37 +. +Stablish thy word unto thy servant, who is devoted to thy fear. -- psalms 119:38 +. +Turn away my reproach which I fear: for thy judgments are good. -- psalms 119:39 +. +Behold, I have longed after thy precepts: quicken me in thy righteousness. -- psalms 119:40 +. +Let thy mercies come also unto me, O LORD, even thy salvation, according to thy word. -- psalms 119:41 +. +So shall I have wherewith to answer him that reproacheth me: for I trust in thy word. -- psalms 119:42 +. +And take not the word of truth utterly out of my mouth; for I have hoped in thy judgments. -- psalms 119:43 +. +So shall I keep thy law continually for ever and ever. -- psalms 119:44 +. +And I will walk at liberty: for I seek thy precepts. -- psalms 119:45 +. +I will speak of thy testimonies also before kings, and will not be ashamed. -- psalms 119:46 +. +And I will delight myself in thy commandments, which I have loved. -- psalms 119:47 +. +My hands also will I lift up unto thy commandments, which I have loved; and I will meditate in thy statutes. -- psalms 119:48 +. +Remember the word unto thy servant, upon which thou hast caused me to hope. -- psalms 119:49 +. +This is my comfort in my affliction: for thy word hath quickened me. -- psalms 119:50 +. +The proud have had me greatly in derision: yet have I not declined from thy law. -- psalms 119:51 +. +I remembered thy judgments of old, O LORD; and have comforted myself. -- psalms 119:52 +. +Horror hath taken hold upon me because of the wicked that forsake thy law. -- psalms 119:53 +. +Thy statutes have been my songs in the house of my pilgrimage. -- psalms 119:54 +. +I have remembered thy name, O LORD, in the night, and have kept thy law. -- psalms 119:55 +. +This I had, because I kept thy precepts. -- psalms 119:56 +. +Thou art my portion, O LORD: I have said that I would keep thy words. -- psalms 119:57 +. +I intreated thy favour with my whole heart: be merciful unto me according to thy word. -- psalms 119:58 +. +I thought on my ways, and turned my feet unto thy testimonies. -- psalms 119:59 +. +I made haste, and delayed not to keep thy commandments. -- psalms 119:60 +. +The bands of the wicked have robbed me: but I have not forgotten thy law. -- psalms 119:61 +. +At midnight I will rise to give thanks unto thee because of thy righteous judgments. -- psalms 119:62 +. +I am a companion of all them that fear thee, and of them that keep thy precepts. -- psalms 119:63 +. +The earth, O LORD, is full of thy mercy: teach me thy statutes. -- psalms 119:64 +. +Thou hast dealt well with thy servant, O LORD, according unto thy word. -- psalms 119:65 +. +Teach me good judgment and knowledge: for I have believed thy commandments. -- psalms 119:66 +. +Before I was afflicted I went astray: but now have I kept thy word. -- psalms 119:67 +. +Thou art good, and doest good; teach me thy statutes. -- psalms 119:68 +. +The proud have forged a lie against me: but I will keep thy precepts with my whole heart. -- psalms 119:69 +. +Their heart is as fat as grease; but I delight in thy law. -- psalms 119:70 +. +It is good for me that I have been afflicted; that I might learn thy statutes. -- psalms 119:71 +. +The law of thy mouth is better unto me than thousands of gold and silver. -- psalms 119:72 +. +Thy hands have made me and fashioned me: give me understanding, that I may learn thy commandments. -- psalms 119:73 +. +They that fear thee will be glad when they see me; because I have hoped in thy word. -- psalms 119:74 +. +I know, O LORD, that thy judgments are right, and that thou in faithfulness hast afflicted me. -- psalms 119:75 +. +Let, I pray thee, thy merciful kindness be for my comfort, according to thy word unto thy servant. -- psalms 119:76 +. +Let thy tender mercies come unto me, that I may live: for thy law is my delight. -- psalms 119:77 +. +Let the proud be ashamed; for they dealt perversely with me without a cause: but I will meditate in thy precepts. -- psalms 119:78 +. +Let those that fear thee turn unto me, and those that have known thy testimonies. -- psalms 119:79 +. +Let my heart be sound in thy statutes; that I be not ashamed. -- psalms 119:80 +. +My soul fainteth for thy salvation: but I hope in thy word. -- psalms 119:81 +. +Mine eyes fail for thy word, saying, When wilt thou comfort me? -- psalms 119:82 +. +For I am become like a bottle in the smoke; yet do I not forget thy statutes. -- psalms 119:83 +. +How many are the days of thy servant? when wilt thou execute judgment on them that persecute me? -- psalms 119:84 +. +The proud have digged pits for me, which are not after thy law. -- psalms 119:85 +. +All thy commandments are faithful: they persecute me wrongfully; help thou me. -- psalms 119:86 +. +They had almost consumed me upon earth; but I forsook not thy precepts. -- psalms 119:87 +. +Quicken me after thy lovingkindness; so shall I keep the testimony of thy mouth. -- psalms 119:88 +. +For ever, O LORD, thy word is settled in heaven. -- psalms 119:89 +. +Thy faithfulness is unto all generations: thou hast established the earth, and it abideth. -- psalms 119:90 +. +They continue this day according to thine ordinances: for all are thy servants. -- psalms 119:91 +. +Unless thy law had been my delights, I should then have perished in mine affliction. -- psalms 119:92 +. +I will never forget thy precepts: for with them thou hast quickened me. -- psalms 119:93 +. +I am thine, save me: for I have sought thy precepts. -- psalms 119:94 +. +The wicked have waited for me to destroy me: but I will consider thy testimonies. -- psalms 119:95 +. +I have seen an end of all perfection: but thy commandment is exceeding broad. -- psalms 119:96 +. +O how I love thy law! it is my meditation all the day. -- psalms 119:97 +. +Thou through thy commandments hast made me wiser than mine enemies: for they are ever with me. -- psalms 119:98 +. +I have more understanding than all my teachers: for thy testimonies are my meditation. -- psalms 119:99 +. +I understand more than the ancients, because I keep thy precepts. -- psalms 119:100 +. +I have refrained my feet from every evil way, that I might keep thy word. -- psalms 119:101 +. +I have not departed from thy judgments: for thou hast taught me. -- psalms 119:102 +. +How sweet are thy words unto my taste! yea, sweeter than honey to my mouth! -- psalms 119:103 +. +Through thy precepts I get understanding: therefore I hate every false way. -- psalms 119:104 +. +Thy word is a lamp unto my feet, and a light unto my path. -- psalms 119:105 +. +I have sworn, and I will perform it, that I will keep thy righteous judgments. -- psalms 119:106 +. +I am afflicted very much: quicken me, O LORD, according unto thy word. -- psalms 119:107 +. +Accept, I beseech thee, the freewill offerings of my mouth, O LORD, and teach me thy judgments. -- psalms 119:108 +. +My soul is continually in my hand: yet do I not forget thy law. -- psalms 119:109 +. +The wicked have laid a snare for me: yet I erred not from thy precepts. -- psalms 119:110 +. +Thy testimonies have I taken as an heritage for ever: for they are the rejoicing of my heart. -- psalms 119:111 +. +I have inclined mine heart to perform thy statutes alway, even unto the end. -- psalms 119:112 +. +I hate vain thoughts: but thy law do I love. -- psalms 119:113 +. +Thou art my hiding place and my shield: I hope in thy word. -- psalms 119:114 +. +Depart from me, ye evildoers: for I will keep the commandments of my God. -- psalms 119:115 +. +Uphold me according unto thy word, that I may live: and let me not be ashamed of my hope. -- psalms 119:116 +. +Hold thou me up, and I shall be safe: and I will have respect unto thy statutes continually. -- psalms 119:117 +. +Thou hast trodden down all them that err from thy statutes: for their deceit is falsehood. -- psalms 119:118 +. +Thou puttest away all the wicked of the earth like dross: therefore I love thy testimonies. -- psalms 119:119 +. +My flesh trembleth for fear of thee; and I am afraid of thy judgments. -- psalms 119:120 +. +I have done judgment and justice: leave me not to mine oppressors. -- psalms 119:121 +. +Be surety for thy servant for good: let not the proud oppress me. -- psalms 119:122 +. +Mine eyes fail for thy salvation, and for the word of thy righteousness. -- psalms 119:123 +. +Deal with thy servant according unto thy mercy, and teach me thy statutes. -- psalms 119:124 +. +I am thy servant; give me understanding, that I may know thy testimonies. -- psalms 119:125 +. +It is time for thee, LORD, to work: for they have made void thy law. -- psalms 119:126 +. +Therefore I love thy commandments above gold; yea, above fine gold. -- psalms 119:127 +. +Therefore I esteem all thy precepts concerning all things to be right; and I hate every false way. -- psalms 119:128 +. +Thy testimonies are wonderful: therefore doth my soul keep them. -- psalms 119:129 +. +The entrance of thy words giveth light; it giveth understanding unto the simple. -- psalms 119:130 +. +I opened my mouth, and panted: for I longed for thy commandments. -- psalms 119:131 +. +Look thou upon me, and be merciful unto me, as thou usest to do unto those that love thy name. -- psalms 119:132 +. +Order my steps in thy word: and let not any iniquity have dominion over me. -- psalms 119:133 +. +Deliver me from the oppression of man: so will I keep thy precepts. -- psalms 119:134 +. +Make thy face to shine upon thy servant; and teach me thy statutes. -- psalms 119:135 +. +Rivers of waters run down mine eyes, because they keep not thy law. -- psalms 119:136 +. +Righteous art thou, O LORD, and upright are thy judgments. -- psalms 119:137 +. +Thy testimonies that thou hast commanded are righteous and very faithful. -- psalms 119:138 +. +My zeal hath consumed me, because mine enemies have forgotten thy words. -- psalms 119:139 +. +Thy word is very pure: therefore thy servant loveth it. -- psalms 119:140 +. +I am small and despised: yet do not I forget thy precepts. -- psalms 119:141 +. +Thy righteousness is an everlasting righteousness, and thy law is the truth. -- psalms 119:142 +. +Trouble and anguish have taken hold on me: yet thy commandments are my delights. -- psalms 119:143 +. +The righteousness of thy testimonies is everlasting: give me understanding, and I shall live. -- psalms 119:144 +. +I cried with my whole heart; hear me, O LORD: I will keep thy statutes. -- psalms 119:145 +. +I cried unto thee; save me, and I shall keep thy testimonies. -- psalms 119:146 +. +I prevented the dawning of the morning, and cried: I hoped in thy word. -- psalms 119:147 +. +Mine eyes prevent the night watches, that I might meditate in thy word. -- psalms 119:148 +. +Hear my voice according unto thy lovingkindness: O LORD, quicken me according to thy judgment. -- psalms 119:149 +. +They draw nigh that follow after mischief: they are far from thy law. -- psalms 119:150 +. +Thou art near, O LORD; and all thy commandments are truth. -- psalms 119:151 +. +Concerning thy testimonies, I have known of old that thou hast founded them for ever. -- psalms 119:152 +. +Consider mine affliction, and deliver me: for I do not forget thy law. -- psalms 119:153 +. +Plead my cause, and deliver me: quicken me according to thy word. -- psalms 119:154 +. +Salvation is far from the wicked: for they seek not thy statutes. -- psalms 119:155 +. +Great are thy tender mercies, O LORD: quicken me according to thy judgments. -- psalms 119:156 +. +Many are my persecutors and mine enemies; yet do I not decline from thy testimonies. -- psalms 119:157 +. +I beheld the transgressors, and was grieved; because they kept not thy word. -- psalms 119:158 +. +Consider how I love thy precepts: quicken me, O LORD, according to thy lovingkindness. -- psalms 119:159 +. +Thy word is true from the beginning: and every one of thy righteous judgments endureth for ever. -- psalms 119:160 +. +Princes have persecuted me without a cause: but my heart standeth in awe of thy word. -- psalms 119:161 +. +I rejoice at thy word, as one that findeth great spoil. -- psalms 119:162 +. +I hate and abhor lying: but thy law do I love. -- psalms 119:163 +. +Seven times a day do I praise thee because of thy righteous judgments. -- psalms 119:164 +. +Great peace have they which love thy law: and nothing shall offend them. -- psalms 119:165 +. +LORD, I have hoped for thy salvation, and done thy commandments. -- psalms 119:166 +. +My soul hath kept thy testimonies; and I love them exceedingly. -- psalms 119:167 +. +I have kept thy precepts and thy testimonies: for all my ways are before thee. -- psalms 119:168 +. +Let my cry come near before thee, O LORD: give me understanding according to thy word. -- psalms 119:169 +. +Let my supplication come before thee: deliver me according to thy word. -- psalms 119:170 +. +My lips shall utter praise, when thou hast taught me thy statutes. -- psalms 119:171 +. +My tongue shall speak of thy word: for all thy commandments are righteousness. -- psalms 119:172 +. +Let thine hand help me; for I have chosen thy precepts. -- psalms 119:173 +. +I have longed for thy salvation, O LORD; and thy law is my delight. -- psalms 119:174 +. +Let my soul live, and it shall praise thee; and let thy judgments help me. -- psalms 119:175 +. +I have gone astray like a lost sheep; seek thy servant; for I do not forget thy commandments. -- psalms 119:176 +. +In my distress I cried unto the LORD, and he heard me. -- psalms 120:1 +. +Deliver my soul, O LORD, from lying lips, and from a deceitful tongue. -- psalms 120:2 +. +What shall be given unto thee? or what shall be done unto thee, thou false tongue? -- psalms 120:3 +. +Sharp arrows of the mighty, with coals of juniper. -- psalms 120:4 +. +Woe is me, that I sojourn in Mesech, that I dwell in the tents of Kedar! -- psalms 120:5 +. +My soul hath long dwelt with him that hateth peace. -- psalms 120:6 +. +I am for peace: but when I speak, they are for war. -- psalms 120:7 +. +I will lift up mine eyes unto the hills, from whence cometh my help. -- psalms 121:1 +. +My help cometh from the LORD, which made heaven and earth. -- psalms 121:2 +. +He will not suffer thy foot to be moved: he that keepeth thee will not slumber. -- psalms 121:3 +. +Behold, he that keepeth Israel shall neither slumber nor sleep. -- psalms 121:4 +. +The LORD is thy keeper: the LORD is thy shade upon thy right hand. -- psalms 121:5 +. +The sun shall not smite thee by day, nor the moon by night. -- psalms 121:6 +. +The LORD shall preserve thee from all evil: he shall preserve thy soul. -- psalms 121:7 +. +The LORD shall preserve thy going out and thy coming in from this time forth, and even for evermore. -- psalms 121:8 +. +I was glad when they said unto me, Let us go into the house of the LORD. -- psalms 122:1 +. +Our feet shall stand within thy gates, O Jerusalem. -- psalms 122:2 +. +Jerusalem is builded as a city that is compact together: -- psalms 122:3 +. +Whither the tribes go up, the tribes of the LORD, unto the testimony of Israel, to give thanks unto the name of the LORD. -- psalms 122:4 +. +For there are set thrones of judgment, the thrones of the house of David. -- psalms 122:5 +. +Pray for the peace of Jerusalem: they shall prosper that love thee. -- psalms 122:6 +. +Peace be within thy walls, and prosperity within thy palaces. -- psalms 122:7 +. +For my brethren and companions' sakes, I will now say, Peace be within thee. -- psalms 122:8 +. +Because of the house of the LORD our God I will seek thy good. -- psalms 122:9 +. +Unto thee lift I up mine eyes, O thou that dwellest in the heavens. -- psalms 123:1 +. +Behold, as the eyes of servants look unto the hand of their masters, and as the eyes of a maiden unto the hand of her mistress; so our eyes wait upon the LORD our God, until that he have mercy upon us. -- psalms 123:2 +. +Have mercy upon us, O LORD, have mercy upon us: for we are exceedingly filled with contempt. -- psalms 123:3 +. +Our soul is exceedingly filled with the scorning of those that are at ease, and with the contempt of the proud. -- psalms 123:4 +. +If it had not been the LORD who was on our side, now may Israel say; -- psalms 124:1 +. +If it had not been the LORD who was on our side, when men rose up against us: -- psalms 124:2 +. +Then they had swallowed us up quick, when their wrath was kindled against us: -- psalms 124:3 +. +Then the waters had overwhelmed us, the stream had gone over our soul: -- psalms 124:4 +. +Then the proud waters had gone over our soul. -- psalms 124:5 +. +Blessed be the LORD, who hath not given us as a prey to their teeth. -- psalms 124:6 +. +Our soul is escaped as a bird out of the snare of the fowlers: the snare is broken, and we are escaped. -- psalms 124:7 +. +Our help is in the name of the LORD, who made heaven and earth. -- psalms 124:8 +. +They that trust in the LORD shall be as mount Zion, which cannot be removed, but abideth for ever. -- psalms 125:1 +. +As the mountains are round about Jerusalem, so the LORD is round about his people from henceforth even for ever. -- psalms 125:2 +. +For the rod of the wicked shall not rest upon the lot of the righteous; lest the righteous put forth their hands unto iniquity. -- psalms 125:3 +. +Do good, O LORD, unto those that be good, and to them that are upright in their hearts. -- psalms 125:4 +. +As for such as turn aside unto their crooked ways, the LORD shall lead them forth with the workers of iniquity: but peace shall be upon Israel. -- psalms 125:5 +. +When the LORD turned again the captivity of Zion, we were like them that dream. -- psalms 126:1 +. +Then was our mouth filled with laughter, and our tongue with singing: then said they among the heathen, The LORD hath done great things for them. -- psalms 126:2 +. +The LORD hath done great things for us; whereof we are glad. -- psalms 126:3 +. +Turn again our captivity, O LORD, as the streams in the south. -- psalms 126:4 +. +They that sow in tears shall reap in joy. -- psalms 126:5 +. +He that goeth forth and weepeth, bearing precious seed, shall doubtless come again with rejoicing, bringing his sheaves with him. -- psalms 126:6 +. +Except the LORD build the house, they labour in vain that build it: except the LORD keep the city, the watchman waketh but in vain. -- psalms 127:1 +. +It is vain for you to rise up early, to sit up late, to eat the bread of sorrows: for so he giveth his beloved sleep. -- psalms 127:2 +. +Lo, children are an heritage of the LORD: and the fruit of the womb is his reward. -- psalms 127:3 +. +As arrows are in the hand of a mighty man; so are children of the youth. -- psalms 127:4 +. +Happy is the man that hath his quiver full of them: they shall not be ashamed, but they shall speak with the enemies in the gate. -- psalms 127:5 +. +Blessed is every one that feareth the LORD; that walketh in his ways. -- psalms 128:1 +. +For thou shalt eat the labour of thine hands: happy shalt thou be, and it shall be well with thee. -- psalms 128:2 +. +Thy wife shall be as a fruitful vine by the sides of thine house: thy children like olive plants round about thy table. -- psalms 128:3 +. +Behold, that thus shall the man be blessed that feareth the LORD. -- psalms 128:4 +. +The LORD shall bless thee out of Zion: and thou shalt see the good of Jerusalem all the days of thy life. -- psalms 128:5 +. +Yea, thou shalt see thy children's children, and peace upon Israel. -- psalms 128:6 +. +Many a time have they afflicted me from my youth, may Israel now say: -- psalms 129:1 +. +Many a time have they afflicted me from my youth: yet they have not prevailed against me. -- psalms 129:2 +. +The plowers plowed upon my back: they made long their furrows. -- psalms 129:3 +. +The LORD is righteous: he hath cut asunder the cords of the wicked. -- psalms 129:4 +. +Let them all be confounded and turned back that hate Zion. -- psalms 129:5 +. +Let them be as the grass upon the housetops, which withereth afore it groweth up: -- psalms 129:6 +. +Wherewith the mower filleth not his hand; nor he that bindeth sheaves his bosom. -- psalms 129:7 +. +Neither do they which go by say, The blessing of the LORD be upon you: we bless you in the name of the LORD. -- psalms 129:8 +. +Out of the depths have I cried unto thee, O LORD. -- psalms 130:1 +. +Lord, hear my voice: let thine ears be attentive to the voice of my supplications. -- psalms 130:2 +. +If thou, LORD, shouldest mark iniquities, O Lord, who shall stand? -- psalms 130:3 +. +But there is forgiveness with thee, that thou mayest be feared. -- psalms 130:4 +. +I wait for the LORD, my soul doth wait, and in his word do I hope. -- psalms 130:5 +. +My soul waiteth for the Lord more than they that watch for the morning: I say, more than they that watch for the morning. -- psalms 130:6 +. +Let Israel hope in the LORD: for with the LORD there is mercy, and with him is plenteous redemption. -- psalms 130:7 +. +And he shall redeem Israel from all his iniquities. -- psalms 130:8 +. +Lord, my heart is not haughty, nor mine eyes lofty: neither do I exercise myself in great matters, or in things too high for me. -- psalms 131:1 +. +Surely I have behaved and quieted myself, as a child that is weaned of his mother: my soul is even as a weaned child. -- psalms 131:2 +. +Let Israel hope in the LORD from henceforth and for ever. -- psalms 131:3 +. +Lord, remember David, and all his afflictions: -- psalms 132:1 +. +How he sware unto the LORD, and vowed unto the mighty God of Jacob; -- psalms 132:2 +. +Surely I will not come into the tabernacle of my house, nor go up into my bed; -- psalms 132:3 +. +I will not give sleep to mine eyes, or slumber to mine eyelids, -- psalms 132:4 +. +Until I find out a place for the LORD, an habitation for the mighty God of Jacob. -- psalms 132:5 +. +Lo, we heard of it at Ephratah: we found it in the fields of the wood. -- psalms 132:6 +. +We will go into his tabernacles: we will worship at his footstool. -- psalms 132:7 +. +Arise, O LORD, into thy rest; thou, and the ark of thy strength. -- psalms 132:8 +. +Let thy priests be clothed with righteousness; and let thy saints shout for joy. -- psalms 132:9 +. +For thy servant David's sake turn not away the face of thine anointed. -- psalms 132:10 +. +The LORD hath sworn in truth unto David; he will not turn from it; Of the fruit of thy body will I set upon thy throne. -- psalms 132:11 +. +If thy children will keep my covenant and my testimony that I shall teach them, their children shall also sit upon thy throne for evermore. -- psalms 132:12 +. +For the LORD hath chosen Zion; he hath desired it for his habitation. -- psalms 132:13 +. +This is my rest for ever: here will I dwell; for I have desired it. -- psalms 132:14 +. +I will abundantly bless her provision: I will satisfy her poor with bread. -- psalms 132:15 +. +I will also clothe her priests with salvation: and her saints shall shout aloud for joy. -- psalms 132:16 +. +There will I make the horn of David to bud: I have ordained a lamp for mine anointed. -- psalms 132:17 +. +His enemies will I clothe with shame: but upon himself shall his crown flourish. -- psalms 132:18 +. +Behold, how good and how pleasant it is for brethren to dwell together in unity! -- psalms 133:1 +. +It is like the precious ointment upon the head, that ran down upon the beard, even Aaron's beard: that went down to the skirts of his garments; -- psalms 133:2 +. +As the dew of Hermon, and as the dew that descended upon the mountains of Zion: for there the LORD commanded the blessing, even life for evermore. -- psalms 133:3 +. +Behold, bless ye the LORD, all ye servants of the LORD, which by night stand in the house of the LORD. -- psalms 134:1 +. +Lift up your hands in the sanctuary, and bless the LORD. -- psalms 134:2 +. +The LORD that made heaven and earth bless thee out of Zion. -- psalms 134:3 +. +Praise ye the LORD. Praise ye the name of the LORD; praise him, O ye servants of the LORD. -- psalms 135:1 +. +Ye that stand in the house of the LORD, in the courts of the house of our God. -- psalms 135:2 +. +Praise the LORD; for the LORD is good: sing praises unto his name; for it is pleasant. -- psalms 135:3 +. +For the LORD hath chosen Jacob unto himself, and Israel for his peculiar treasure. -- psalms 135:4 +. +For I know that the LORD is great, and that our Lord is above all gods. -- psalms 135:5 +. +Whatsoever the LORD pleased, that did he in heaven, and in earth, in the seas, and all deep places. -- psalms 135:6 +. +He causeth the vapours to ascend from the ends of the earth; he maketh lightnings for the rain; he bringeth the wind out of his treasuries. -- psalms 135:7 +. +Who smote the firstborn of Egypt, both of man and beast. -- psalms 135:8 +. +Who sent tokens and wonders into the midst of thee, O Egypt, upon Pharaoh, and upon all his servants. -- psalms 135:9 +. +Who smote great nations, and slew mighty kings; -- psalms 135:10 +. +Sihon king of the Amorites, and Og king of Bashan, and all the kingdoms of Canaan: -- psalms 135:11 +. +And gave their land for an heritage, an heritage unto Israel his people. -- psalms 135:12 +. +Thy name, O LORD, endureth for ever; and thy memorial, O LORD, throughout all generations. -- psalms 135:13 +. +For the LORD will judge his people, and he will repent himself concerning his servants. -- psalms 135:14 +. +The idols of the heathen are silver and gold, the work of men's hands. -- psalms 135:15 +. +They have mouths, but they speak not; eyes have they, but they see not; -- psalms 135:16 +. +They have ears, but they hear not; neither is there any breath in their mouths. -- psalms 135:17 +. +They that make them are like unto them: so is every one that trusteth in them. -- psalms 135:18 +. +Bless the LORD, O house of Israel: bless the LORD, O house of Aaron: -- psalms 135:19 +. +Bless the LORD, O house of Levi: ye that fear the LORD, bless the LORD. -- psalms 135:20 +. +Blessed be the LORD out of Zion, which dwelleth at Jerusalem. Praise ye the LORD. -- psalms 135:21 +. +O give thanks unto the LORD; for he is good: for his mercy endureth for ever. -- psalms 136:1 +. +O give thanks unto the God of gods: for his mercy endureth for ever. -- psalms 136:2 +. +O give thanks to the Lord of lords: for his mercy endureth for ever. -- psalms 136:3 +. +To him who alone doeth great wonders: for his mercy endureth for ever. -- psalms 136:4 +. +To him that by wisdom made the heavens: for his mercy endureth for ever. -- psalms 136:5 +. +To him that stretched out the earth above the waters: for his mercy endureth for ever. -- psalms 136:6 +. +To him that made great lights: for his mercy endureth for ever: -- psalms 136:7 +. +The sun to rule by day: for his mercy endureth for ever: -- psalms 136:8 +. +The moon and stars to rule by night: for his mercy endureth for ever. -- psalms 136:9 +. +To him that smote Egypt in their firstborn: for his mercy endureth for ever: -- psalms 136:10 +. +And brought out Israel from among them: for his mercy endureth for ever: -- psalms 136:11 +. +With a strong hand, and with a stretched out arm: for his mercy endureth for ever. -- psalms 136:12 +. +To him which divided the Red sea into parts: for his mercy endureth for ever: -- psalms 136:13 +. +And made Israel to pass through the midst of it: for his mercy endureth for ever: -- psalms 136:14 +. +But overthrew Pharaoh and his host in the Red sea: for his mercy endureth for ever. -- psalms 136:15 +. +To him which led his people through the wilderness: for his mercy endureth for ever. -- psalms 136:16 +. +To him which smote great kings: for his mercy endureth for ever: -- psalms 136:17 +. +And slew famous kings: for his mercy endureth for ever: -- psalms 136:18 +. +Sihon king of the Amorites: for his mercy endureth for ever: -- psalms 136:19 +. +And Og the king of Bashan: for his mercy endureth for ever: -- psalms 136:20 +. +And gave their land for an heritage: for his mercy endureth for ever: -- psalms 136:21 +. +Even an heritage unto Israel his servant: for his mercy endureth for ever. -- psalms 136:22 +. +Who remembered us in our low estate: for his mercy endureth for ever: -- psalms 136:23 +. +And hath redeemed us from our enemies: for his mercy endureth for ever. -- psalms 136:24 +. +Who giveth food to all flesh: for his mercy endureth for ever. -- psalms 136:25 +. +O give thanks unto the God of heaven: for his mercy endureth for ever. -- psalms 136:26 +. +By the rivers of Babylon, there we sat down, yea, we wept, when we remembered Zion. -- psalms 137:1 +. +We hanged our harps upon the willows in the midst thereof. -- psalms 137:2 +. +For there they that carried us away captive required of us a song; and they that wasted us required of us mirth, saying, Sing us one of the songs of Zion. -- psalms 137:3 +. +How shall we sing the LORD's song in a strange land? -- psalms 137:4 +. +If I forget thee, O Jerusalem, let my right hand forget her cunning. -- psalms 137:5 +. +If I do not remember thee, let my tongue cleave to the roof of my mouth; if I prefer not Jerusalem above my chief joy. -- psalms 137:6 +. +Remember, O LORD, the children of Edom in the day of Jerusalem; who said, Rase it, rase it, even to the foundation thereof. -- psalms 137:7 +. +O daughter of Babylon, who art to be destroyed; happy shall he be, that rewardeth thee as thou hast served us. -- psalms 137:8 +. +Happy shall he be, that taketh and dasheth thy little ones against the stones. -- psalms 137:9 +. +I will praise thee with my whole heart: before the gods will I sing praise unto thee. -- psalms 138:1 +. +I will worship toward thy holy temple, and praise thy name for thy lovingkindness and for thy truth: for thou hast magnified thy word above all thy name. -- psalms 138:2 +. +In the day when I cried thou answeredst me, and strengthenedst me with strength in my soul. -- psalms 138:3 +. +All the kings of the earth shall praise thee, O LORD, when they hear the words of thy mouth. -- psalms 138:4 +. +Yea, they shall sing in the ways of the LORD: for great is the glory of the LORD. -- psalms 138:5 +. +Though the LORD be high, yet hath he respect unto the lowly: but the proud he knoweth afar off. -- psalms 138:6 +. +Though I walk in the midst of trouble, thou wilt revive me: thou shalt stretch forth thine hand against the wrath of mine enemies, and thy right hand shall save me. -- psalms 138:7 +. +The LORD will perfect that which concerneth me: thy mercy, O LORD, endureth for ever: forsake not the works of thine own hands. -- psalms 138:8 +. +O lord, thou hast searched me, and known me. -- psalms 139:1 +. +Thou knowest my downsitting and mine uprising, thou understandest my thought afar off. -- psalms 139:2 +. +Thou compassest my path and my lying down, and art acquainted with all my ways. -- psalms 139:3 +. +For there is not a word in my tongue, but, lo, O LORD, thou knowest it altogether. -- psalms 139:4 +. +Thou hast beset me behind and before, and laid thine hand upon me. -- psalms 139:5 +. +Such knowledge is too wonderful for me; it is high, I cannot attain unto it. -- psalms 139:6 +. +Whither shall I go from thy spirit? or whither shall I flee from thy presence? -- psalms 139:7 +. +If I ascend up into heaven, thou art there: if I make my bed in hell, behold, thou art there. -- psalms 139:8 +. +If I take the wings of the morning, and dwell in the uttermost parts of the sea; -- psalms 139:9 +. +Even there shall thy hand lead me, and thy right hand shall hold me. -- psalms 139:10 +. +If I say, Surely the darkness shall cover me; even the night shall be light about me. -- psalms 139:11 +. +Yea, the darkness hideth not from thee; but the night shineth as the day: the darkness and the light are both alike to thee. -- psalms 139:12 +. +For thou hast possessed my reins: thou hast covered me in my mother's womb. -- psalms 139:13 +. +I will praise thee; for I am fearfully and wonderfully made: marvellous are thy works; and that my soul knoweth right well. -- psalms 139:14 +. +My substance was not hid from thee, when I was made in secret, and curiously wrought in the lowest parts of the earth. -- psalms 139:15 +. +Thine eyes did see my substance, yet being unperfect; and in thy book all my members were written, which in continuance were fashioned, when as yet there was none of them. -- psalms 139:16 +. +How precious also are thy thoughts unto me, O God! how great is the sum of them! -- psalms 139:17 +. +If I should count them, they are more in number than the sand: when I awake, I am still with thee. -- psalms 139:18 +. +Surely thou wilt slay the wicked, O God: depart from me therefore, ye bloody men. -- psalms 139:19 +. +For they speak against thee wickedly, and thine enemies take thy name in vain. -- psalms 139:20 +. +Do not I hate them, O LORD, that hate thee? and am not I grieved with those that rise up against thee? -- psalms 139:21 +. +I hate them with perfect hatred: I count them mine enemies. -- psalms 139:22 +. +Search me, O God, and know my heart: try me, and know my thoughts: -- psalms 139:23 +. +And see if there be any wicked way in me, and lead me in the way everlasting. -- psalms 139:24 +. +Deliver me, O LORD, from the evil man: preserve me from the violent man; -- psalms 140:1 +. +Which imagine mischiefs in their heart; continually are they gathered together for war. -- psalms 140:2 +. +They have sharpened their tongues like a serpent; adders' poison is under their lips. Selah. -- psalms 140:3 +. +Keep me, O LORD, from the hands of the wicked; preserve me from the violent man; who have purposed to overthrow my goings. -- psalms 140:4 +. +The proud have hid a snare for me, and cords; they have spread a net by the wayside; they have set gins for me. Selah. -- psalms 140:5 +. +I said unto the LORD, Thou art my God: hear the voice of my supplications, O LORD. -- psalms 140:6 +. +O GOD the Lord, the strength of my salvation, thou hast covered my head in the day of battle. -- psalms 140:7 +. +Grant not, O LORD, the desires of the wicked: further not his wicked device; lest they exalt themselves. Selah. -- psalms 140:8 +. +As for the head of those that compass me about, let the mischief of their own lips cover them. -- psalms 140:9 +. +Let burning coals fall upon them: let them be cast into the fire; into deep pits, that they rise not up again. -- psalms 140:10 +. +Let not an evil speaker be established in the earth: evil shall hunt the violent man to overthrow him. -- psalms 140:11 +. +I know that the LORD will maintain the cause of the afflicted, and the right of the poor. -- psalms 140:12 +. +Surely the righteous shall give thanks unto thy name: the upright shall dwell in thy presence. -- psalms 140:13 +. +Lord, I cry unto thee: make haste unto me; give ear unto my voice, when I cry unto thee. -- psalms 141:1 +. +Let my prayer be set forth before thee as incense; and the lifting up of my hands as the evening sacrifice. -- psalms 141:2 +. +Set a watch, O LORD, before my mouth; keep the door of my lips. -- psalms 141:3 +. +Incline not my heart to any evil thing, to practise wicked works with men that work iniquity: and let me not eat of their dainties. -- psalms 141:4 +. +Let the righteous smite me; it shall be a kindness: and let him reprove me; it shall be an excellent oil, which shall not break my head: for yet my prayer also shall be in their calamities. -- psalms 141:5 +. +When their judges are overthrown in stony places, they shall hear my words; for they are sweet. -- psalms 141:6 +. +Our bones are scattered at the grave's mouth, as when one cutteth and cleaveth wood upon the earth. -- psalms 141:7 +. +But mine eyes are unto thee, O GOD the Lord: in thee is my trust; leave not my soul destitute. -- psalms 141:8 +. +Keep me from the snares which they have laid for me, and the gins of the workers of iniquity. -- psalms 141:9 +. +Let the wicked fall into their own nets, whilst that I withal escape. -- psalms 141:10 +. +I cried unto the LORD with my voice; with my voice unto the LORD did I make my supplication. -- psalms 142:1 +. +I poured out my complaint before him; I shewed before him my trouble. -- psalms 142:2 +. +When my spirit was overwhelmed within me, then thou knewest my path. In the way wherein I walked have they privily laid a snare for me. -- psalms 142:3 +. +I looked on my right hand, and beheld, but there was no man that would know me: refuge failed me; no man cared for my soul. -- psalms 142:4 +. +I cried unto thee, O LORD: I said, Thou art my refuge and my portion in the land of the living. -- psalms 142:5 +. +Attend unto my cry; for I am brought very low: deliver me from my persecutors; for they are stronger than I. -- psalms 142:6 +. +Bring my soul out of prison, that I may praise thy name: the righteous shall compass me about; for thou shalt deal bountifully with me. -- psalms 142:7 +. +Hear my prayer, O LORD, give ear to my supplications: in thy faithfulness answer me, and in thy righteousness. -- psalms 143:1 +. +And enter not into judgment with thy servant: for in thy sight shall no man living be justified. -- psalms 143:2 +. +For the enemy hath persecuted my soul; he hath smitten my life down to the ground; he hath made me to dwell in darkness, as those that have been long dead. -- psalms 143:3 +. +Therefore is my spirit overwhelmed within me; my heart within me is desolate. -- psalms 143:4 +. +I remember the days of old; I meditate on all thy works; I muse on the work of thy hands. -- psalms 143:5 +. +I stretch forth my hands unto thee: my soul thirsteth after thee, as a thirsty land. Selah. -- psalms 143:6 +. +Hear me speedily, O LORD: my spirit faileth: hide not thy face from me, lest I be like unto them that go down into the pit. -- psalms 143:7 +. +Cause me to hear thy lovingkindness in the morning; for in thee do I trust: cause me to know the way wherein I should walk; for I lift up my soul unto thee. -- psalms 143:8 +. +Deliver me, O LORD, from mine enemies: I flee unto thee to hide me. -- psalms 143:9 +. +Teach me to do thy will; for thou art my God: thy spirit is good; lead me into the land of uprightness. -- psalms 143:10 +. +Quicken me, O LORD, for thy name's sake: for thy righteousness' sake bring my soul out of trouble. -- psalms 143:11 +. +And of thy mercy cut off mine enemies, and destroy all them that afflict my soul: for I am thy servant. -- psalms 143:12 +. +Blessed be the LORD my strength which teacheth my hands to war, and my fingers to fight: -- psalms 144:1 +. +My goodness, and my fortress; my high tower, and my deliverer; my shield, and he in whom I trust; who subdueth my people under me. -- psalms 144:2 +. +LORD, what is man, that thou takest knowledge of him! or the son of man, that thou makest account of him! -- psalms 144:3 +. +Man is like to vanity: his days are as a shadow that passeth away. -- psalms 144:4 +. +Bow thy heavens, O LORD, and come down: touch the mountains, and they shall smoke. -- psalms 144:5 +. +Cast forth lightning, and scatter them: shoot out thine arrows, and destroy them. -- psalms 144:6 +. +Send thine hand from above; rid me, and deliver me out of great waters, from the hand of strange children; -- psalms 144:7 +. +Whose mouth speaketh vanity, and their right hand is a right hand of falsehood. -- psalms 144:8 +. +I will sing a new song unto thee, O God: upon a psaltery and an instrument of ten strings will I sing praises unto thee. -- psalms 144:9 +. +It is he that giveth salvation unto kings: who delivereth David his servant from the hurtful sword. -- psalms 144:10 +. +Rid me, and deliver me from the hand of strange children, whose mouth speaketh vanity, and their right hand is a right hand of falsehood: -- psalms 144:11 +. +That our sons may be as plants grown up in their youth; that our daughters may be as corner stones, polished after the similitude of a palace: -- psalms 144:12 +. +That our garners may be full, affording all manner of store: that our sheep may bring forth thousands and ten thousands in our streets: -- psalms 144:13 +. +That our oxen may be strong to labour; that there be no breaking in, nor going out; that there be no complaining in our streets. -- psalms 144:14 +. +Happy is that people, that is in such a case: yea, happy is that people, whose God is the LORD. -- psalms 144:15 +. +I will extol thee, my God, O king; and I will bless thy name for ever and ever. -- psalms 145:1 +. +Every day will I bless thee; and I will praise thy name for ever and ever. -- psalms 145:2 +. +Great is the LORD, and greatly to be praised; and his greatness is unsearchable. -- psalms 145:3 +. +One generation shall praise thy works to another, and shall declare thy mighty acts. -- psalms 145:4 +. +I will speak of the glorious honour of thy majesty, and of thy wondrous works. -- psalms 145:5 +. +And men shall speak of the might of thy terrible acts: and I will declare thy greatness. -- psalms 145:6 +. +They shall abundantly utter the memory of thy great goodness, and shall sing of thy righteousness. -- psalms 145:7 +. +The LORD is gracious, and full of compassion; slow to anger, and of great mercy. -- psalms 145:8 +. +The LORD is good to all: and his tender mercies are over all his works. -- psalms 145:9 +. +All thy works shall praise thee, O LORD; and thy saints shall bless thee. -- psalms 145:10 +. +They shall speak of the glory of thy kingdom, and talk of thy power; -- psalms 145:11 +. +To make known to the sons of men his mighty acts, and the glorious majesty of his kingdom. -- psalms 145:12 +. +Thy kingdom is an everlasting kingdom, and thy dominion endureth throughout all generations. -- psalms 145:13 +. +The LORD upholdeth all that fall, and raiseth up all those that be bowed down. -- psalms 145:14 +. +The eyes of all wait upon thee; and thou givest them their meat in due season. -- psalms 145:15 +. +Thou openest thine hand, and satisfiest the desire of every living thing. -- psalms 145:16 +. +The LORD is righteous in all his ways, and holy in all his works. -- psalms 145:17 +. +The LORD is nigh unto all them that call upon him, to all that call upon him in truth. -- psalms 145:18 +. +He will fulfil the desire of them that fear him: he also will hear their cry, and will save them. -- psalms 145:19 +. +The LORD preserveth all them that love him: but all the wicked will he destroy. -- psalms 145:20 +. +My mouth shall speak the praise of the LORD: and let all flesh bless his holy name for ever and ever. -- psalms 145:21 +. +Praise ye the LORD. Praise the LORD, O my soul. -- psalms 146:1 +. +While I live will I praise the LORD: I will sing praises unto my God while I have any being. -- psalms 146:2 +. +Put not your trust in princes, nor in the son of man, in whom there is no help. -- psalms 146:3 +. +His breath goeth forth, he returneth to his earth; in that very day his thoughts perish. -- psalms 146:4 +. +Happy is he that hath the God of Jacob for his help, whose hope is in the LORD his God: -- psalms 146:5 +. +Which made heaven, and earth, the sea, and all that therein is: which keepeth truth for ever: -- psalms 146:6 +. +Which executeth judgment for the oppressed: which giveth food to the hungry. The LORD looseth the prisoners: -- psalms 146:7 +. +The LORD openeth the eyes of the blind: the LORD raiseth them that are bowed down: the LORD loveth the righteous: -- psalms 146:8 +. +The LORD preserveth the strangers; he relieveth the fatherless and widow: but the way of the wicked he turneth upside down. -- psalms 146:9 +. +The LORD shall reign for ever, even thy God, O Zion, unto all generations. Praise ye the LORD. -- psalms 146:10 +. +Praise ye the LORD: for it is good to sing praises unto our God; for it is pleasant; and praise is comely. -- psalms 147:1 +. +The LORD doth build up Jerusalem: he gathereth together the outcasts of Israel. -- psalms 147:2 +. +He healeth the broken in heart, and bindeth up their wounds. -- psalms 147:3 +. +He telleth the number of the stars; he calleth them all by their names. -- psalms 147:4 +. +Great is our Lord, and of great power: his understanding is infinite. -- psalms 147:5 +. +The LORD lifteth up the meek: he casteth the wicked down to the ground. -- psalms 147:6 +. +Sing unto the LORD with thanksgiving; sing praise upon the harp unto our God: -- psalms 147:7 +. +Who covereth the heaven with clouds, who prepareth rain for the earth, who maketh grass to grow upon the mountains. -- psalms 147:8 +. +He giveth to the beast his food, and to the young ravens which cry. -- psalms 147:9 +. +He delighteth not in the strength of the horse: he taketh not pleasure in the legs of a man. -- psalms 147:10 +. +The LORD taketh pleasure in them that fear him, in those that hope in his mercy. -- psalms 147:11 +. +Praise the LORD, O Jerusalem; praise thy God, O Zion. -- psalms 147:12 +. +For he hath strengthened the bars of thy gates; he hath blessed thy children within thee. -- psalms 147:13 +. +He maketh peace in thy borders, and filleth thee with the finest of the wheat. -- psalms 147:14 +. +He sendeth forth his commandment upon earth: his word runneth very swiftly. -- psalms 147:15 +. +He giveth snow like wool: he scattereth the hoarfrost like ashes. -- psalms 147:16 +. +He casteth forth his ice like morsels: who can stand before his cold? -- psalms 147:17 +. +He sendeth out his word, and melteth them: he causeth his wind to blow, and the waters flow. -- psalms 147:18 +. +He sheweth his word unto Jacob, his statutes and his judgments unto Israel. -- psalms 147:19 +. +He hath not dealt so with any nation: and as for his judgments, they have not known them. Praise ye the LORD. -- psalms 147:20 +. +Praise ye the LORD. Praise ye the LORD from the heavens: praise him in the heights. -- psalms 148:1 +. +Praise ye him, all his angels: praise ye him, all his hosts. -- psalms 148:2 +. +Praise ye him, sun and moon: praise him, all ye stars of light. -- psalms 148:3 +. +Praise him, ye heavens of heavens, and ye waters that be above the heavens. -- psalms 148:4 +. +Let them praise the name of the LORD: for he commanded, and they were created. -- psalms 148:5 +. +He hath also stablished them for ever and ever: he hath made a decree which shall not pass. -- psalms 148:6 +. +Praise the LORD from the earth, ye dragons, and all deeps: -- psalms 148:7 +. +Fire, and hail; snow, and vapours; stormy wind fulfilling his word: -- psalms 148:8 +. +Mountains, and all hills; fruitful trees, and all cedars: -- psalms 148:9 +. +Beasts, and all cattle; creeping things, and flying fowl: -- psalms 148:10 +. +Kings of the earth, and all people; princes, and all judges of the earth: -- psalms 148:11 +. +Both young men, and maidens; old men, and children: -- psalms 148:12 +. +Let them praise the name of the LORD: for his name alone is excellent; his glory is above the earth and heaven. -- psalms 148:13 +. +He also exalteth the horn of his people, the praise of all his saints; even of the children of Israel, a people near unto him. Praise ye the LORD. -- psalms 148:14 +. +Praise ye the LORD. Sing unto the LORD a new song, and his praise in the congregation of saints. -- psalms 149:1 +. +Let Israel rejoice in him that made him: let the children of Zion be joyful in their King. -- psalms 149:2 +. +Let them praise his name in the dance: let them sing praises unto him with the timbrel and harp. -- psalms 149:3 +. +For the LORD taketh pleasure in his people: he will beautify the meek with salvation. -- psalms 149:4 +. +Let the saints be joyful in glory: let them sing aloud upon their beds. -- psalms 149:5 +. +Let the high praises of God be in their mouth, and a two-edged sword in their hand; -- psalms 149:6 +. +To execute vengeance upon the heathen, and punishments upon the people; -- psalms 149:7 +. +To bind their kings with chains, and their nobles with fetters of iron; -- psalms 149:8 +. +To execute upon them the judgment written: this honour have all his saints. Praise ye the LORD. -- psalms 149:9 +. +Praise ye the LORD. Praise God in his sanctuary: praise him in the firmament of his power. -- psalms 150:1 +. +Praise him for his mighty acts: praise him according to his excellent greatness. -- psalms 150:2 +. +Praise him with the sound of the trumpet: praise him with the psaltery and harp. -- psalms 150:3 +. +Praise him with the timbrel and dance: praise him with stringed instruments and organs. -- psalms 150:4 +. +Praise him upon the loud cymbals: praise him upon the high sounding cymbals. -- psalms 150:5 +. +Let every thing that hath breath praise the LORD. Praise ye the LORD. -- psalms 150:6 +. +The proverbs of Solomon the son of David, king of Israel; -- proverbs 1:1 +. +To know wisdom and instruction; to perceive the words of understanding; -- proverbs 1:2 +. +To receive the instruction of wisdom, justice, and judgment, and equity; -- proverbs 1:3 +. +To give subtilty to the simple, to the young man knowledge and discretion. -- proverbs 1:4 +. +A wise man will hear, and will increase learning; and a man of understanding shall attain unto wise counsels: -- proverbs 1:5 +. +To understand a proverb, and the interpretation; the words of the wise, and their dark sayings. -- proverbs 1:6 +. +The fear of the LORD is the beginning of knowledge: but fools despise wisdom and instruction. -- proverbs 1:7 +. +My son, hear the instruction of thy father, and forsake not the law of thy mother: -- proverbs 1:8 +. +For they shall be an ornament of grace unto thy head, and chains about thy neck. -- proverbs 1:9 +. +My son, if sinners entice thee, consent thou not. -- proverbs 1:10 +. +If they say, Come with us, let us lay wait for blood, let us lurk privily for the innocent without cause: -- proverbs 1:11 +. +Let us swallow them up alive as the grave; and whole, as those that go down into the pit: -- proverbs 1:12 +. +We shall find all precious substance, we shall fill our houses with spoil: -- proverbs 1:13 +. +Cast in thy lot among us; let us all have one purse: -- proverbs 1:14 +. +My son, walk not thou in the way with them; refrain thy foot from their path: -- proverbs 1:15 +. +For their feet run to evil, and make haste to shed blood. -- proverbs 1:16 +. +Surely in vain the net is spread in the sight of any bird. -- proverbs 1:17 +. +And they lay wait for their own blood; they lurk privily for their own lives. -- proverbs 1:18 +. +So are the ways of every one that is greedy of gain; which taketh away the life of the owners thereof. -- proverbs 1:19 +. +Wisdom crieth without; she uttereth her voice in the streets: -- proverbs 1:20 +. +She crieth in the chief place of concourse, in the openings of the gates: in the city she uttereth her words, saying, -- proverbs 1:21 +. +How long, ye simple ones, will ye love simplicity? and the scorners delight in their scorning, and fools hate knowledge? -- proverbs 1:22 +. +Turn you at my reproof: behold, I will pour out my spirit unto you, I will make known my words unto you. -- proverbs 1:23 +. +Because I have called, and ye refused; I have stretched out my hand, and no man regarded; -- proverbs 1:24 +. +But ye have set at nought all my counsel, and would none of my reproof: -- proverbs 1:25 +. +I also will laugh at your calamity; I will mock when your fear cometh; -- proverbs 1:26 +. +When your fear cometh as desolation, and your destruction cometh as a whirlwind; when distress and anguish cometh upon you. -- proverbs 1:27 +. +Then shall they call upon me, but I will not answer; they shall seek me early, but they shall not find me: -- proverbs 1:28 +. +For that they hated knowledge, and did not choose the fear of the LORD: -- proverbs 1:29 +. +They would none of my counsel: they despised all my reproof. -- proverbs 1:30 +. +Therefore shall they eat of the fruit of their own way, and be filled with their own devices. -- proverbs 1:31 +. +For the turning away of the simple shall slay them, and the prosperity of fools shall destroy them. -- proverbs 1:32 +. +But whoso hearkeneth unto me shall dwell safely, and shall be quiet from fear of evil. -- proverbs 1:33 +. +My son, if thou wilt receive my words, and hide my commandments with thee; -- proverbs 2:1 +. +So that thou incline thine ear unto wisdom, and apply thine heart to understanding; -- proverbs 2:2 +. +Yea, if thou criest after knowledge, and liftest up thy voice for understanding; -- proverbs 2:3 +. +If thou seekest her as silver, and searchest for her as for hid treasures; -- proverbs 2:4 +. +Then shalt thou understand the fear of the LORD, and find the knowledge of God. -- proverbs 2:5 +. +For the LORD giveth wisdom: out of his mouth cometh knowledge and understanding. -- proverbs 2:6 +. +He layeth up sound wisdom for the righteous: he is a buckler to them that walk uprightly. -- proverbs 2:7 +. +He keepeth the paths of judgment, and preserveth the way of his saints. -- proverbs 2:8 +. +Then shalt thou understand righteousness, and judgment, and equity; yea, every good path. -- proverbs 2:9 +. +When wisdom entereth into thine heart, and knowledge is pleasant unto thy soul; -- proverbs 2:10 +. +Discretion shall preserve thee, understanding shall keep thee: -- proverbs 2:11 +. +To deliver thee from the way of the evil man, from the man that speaketh froward things; -- proverbs 2:12 +. +Who leave the paths of uprightness, to walk in the ways of darkness; -- proverbs 2:13 +. +Who rejoice to do evil, and delight in the frowardness of the wicked; -- proverbs 2:14 +. +Whose ways are crooked, and they froward in their paths: -- proverbs 2:15 +. +To deliver thee from the strange woman, even from the stranger which flattereth with her words; -- proverbs 2:16 +. +Which forsaketh the guide of her youth, and forgetteth the covenant of her God. -- proverbs 2:17 +. +For her house inclineth unto death, and her paths unto the dead. -- proverbs 2:18 +. +None that go unto her return again, neither take they hold of the paths of life. -- proverbs 2:19 +. +That thou mayest walk in the way of good men, and keep the paths of the righteous. -- proverbs 2:20 +. +For the upright shall dwell in the land, and the perfect shall remain in it. -- proverbs 2:21 +. +But the wicked shall be cut off from the earth, and the transgressors shall be rooted out of it. -- proverbs 2:22 +. +My son, forget not my law; but let thine heart keep my commandments: -- proverbs 3:1 +. +For length of days, and long life, and peace, shall they add to thee. -- proverbs 3:2 +. +Let not mercy and truth forsake thee: bind them about thy neck; write them upon the table of thine heart: -- proverbs 3:3 +. +So shalt thou find favour and good understanding in the sight of God and man. -- proverbs 3:4 +. +Trust in the LORD with all thine heart; and lean not unto thine own understanding. -- proverbs 3:5 +. +In all thy ways acknowledge him, and he shall direct thy paths. -- proverbs 3:6 +. +Be not wise in thine own eyes: fear the LORD, and depart from evil. -- proverbs 3:7 +. +It shall be health to thy navel, and marrow to thy bones. -- proverbs 3:8 +. +Honour the LORD with thy substance, and with the firstfruits of all thine increase: -- proverbs 3:9 +. +So shall thy barns be filled with plenty, and thy presses shall burst out with new wine. -- proverbs 3:10 +. +My son, despise not the chastening of the LORD; neither be weary of his correction: -- proverbs 3:11 +. +For whom the LORD loveth he correcteth; even as a father the son in whom he delighteth. -- proverbs 3:12 +. +Happy is the man that findeth wisdom, and the man that getteth understanding. -- proverbs 3:13 +. +For the merchandise of it is better than the merchandise of silver, and the gain thereof than fine gold. -- proverbs 3:14 +. +She is more precious than rubies: and all the things thou canst desire are not to be compared unto her. -- proverbs 3:15 +. +Length of days is in her right hand; and in her left hand riches and honour. -- proverbs 3:16 +. +Her ways are ways of pleasantness, and all her paths are peace. -- proverbs 3:17 +. +She is a tree of life to them that lay hold upon her: and happy is every one that retaineth her. -- proverbs 3:18 +. +The LORD by wisdom hath founded the earth; by understanding hath he established the heavens. -- proverbs 3:19 +. +By his knowledge the depths are broken up, and the clouds drop down the dew. -- proverbs 3:20 +. +My son, let not them depart from thine eyes: keep sound wisdom and discretion: -- proverbs 3:21 +. +So shall they be life unto thy soul, and grace to thy neck. -- proverbs 3:22 +. +Then shalt thou walk in thy way safely, and thy foot shall not stumble. -- proverbs 3:23 +. +When thou liest down, thou shalt not be afraid: yea, thou shalt lie down, and thy sleep shall be sweet. -- proverbs 3:24 +. +Be not afraid of sudden fear, neither of the desolation of the wicked, when it cometh. -- proverbs 3:25 +. +For the LORD shall be thy confidence, and shall keep thy foot from being taken. -- proverbs 3:26 +. +Withhold not good from them to whom it is due, when it is in the power of thine hand to do it. -- proverbs 3:27 +. +Say not unto thy neighbour, Go, and come again, and to morrow I will give; when thou hast it by thee. -- proverbs 3:28 +. +Devise not evil against thy neighbour, seeing he dwelleth securely by thee. -- proverbs 3:29 +. +Strive not with a man without cause, if he have done thee no harm. -- proverbs 3:30 +. +Envy thou not the oppressor, and choose none of his ways. -- proverbs 3:31 +. +For the froward is abomination to the LORD: but his secret is with the righteous. -- proverbs 3:32 +. +The curse of the LORD is in the house of the wicked: but he blesseth the habitation of the just. -- proverbs 3:33 +. +Surely he scorneth the scorners: but he giveth grace unto the lowly. -- proverbs 3:34 +. +The wise shall inherit glory: but shame shall be the promotion of fools. -- proverbs 3:35 +. +Hear, ye children, the instruction of a father, and attend to know understanding. -- proverbs 4:1 +. +For I give you good doctrine, forsake ye not my law. -- proverbs 4:2 +. +For I was my father's son, tender and only beloved in the sight of my mother. -- proverbs 4:3 +. +He taught me also, and said unto me, Let thine heart retain my words: keep my commandments, and live. -- proverbs 4:4 +. +Get wisdom, get understanding: forget it not; neither decline from the words of my mouth. -- proverbs 4:5 +. +Forsake her not, and she shall preserve thee: love her, and she shall keep thee. -- proverbs 4:6 +. +Wisdom is the principal thing; therefore get wisdom: and with all thy getting get understanding. -- proverbs 4:7 +. +Exalt her, and she shall promote thee: she shall bring thee to honour, when thou dost embrace her. -- proverbs 4:8 +. +She shall give to thine head an ornament of grace: a crown of glory shall she deliver to thee. -- proverbs 4:9 +. +Hear, O my son, and receive my sayings; and the years of thy life shall be many. -- proverbs 4:10 +. +I have taught thee in the way of wisdom; I have led thee in right paths. -- proverbs 4:11 +. +When thou goest, thy steps shall not be straitened; and when thou runnest, thou shalt not stumble. -- proverbs 4:12 +. +Take fast hold of instruction; let her not go: keep her; for she is thy life. -- proverbs 4:13 +. +Enter not into the path of the wicked, and go not in the way of evil men. -- proverbs 4:14 +. +Avoid it, pass not by it, turn from it, and pass away. -- proverbs 4:15 +. +For they sleep not, except they have done mischief; and their sleep is taken away, unless they cause some to fall. -- proverbs 4:16 +. +For they eat the bread of wickedness, and drink the wine of violence. -- proverbs 4:17 +. +But the path of the just is as the shining light, that shineth more and more unto the perfect day. -- proverbs 4:18 +. +The way of the wicked is as darkness: they know not at what they stumble. -- proverbs 4:19 +. +My son, attend to my words; incline thine ear unto my sayings. -- proverbs 4:20 +. +Let them not depart from thine eyes; keep them in the midst of thine heart. -- proverbs 4:21 +. +For they are life unto those that find them, and health to all their flesh. -- proverbs 4:22 +. +Keep thy heart with all diligence; for out of it are the issues of life. -- proverbs 4:23 +. +Put away from thee a froward mouth, and perverse lips put far from thee. -- proverbs 4:24 +. +Let thine eyes look right on, and let thine eyelids look straight before thee. -- proverbs 4:25 +. +Ponder the path of thy feet, and let all thy ways be established. -- proverbs 4:26 +. +Turn not to the right hand nor to the left: remove thy foot from evil. -- proverbs 4:27 +. +My son, attend unto my wisdom, and bow thine ear to my understanding: -- proverbs 5:1 +. +That thou mayest regard discretion, and that thy lips may keep knowledge. -- proverbs 5:2 +. +For the lips of a strange woman drop as an honeycomb, and her mouth is smoother than oil: -- proverbs 5:3 +. +But her end is bitter as wormwood, sharp as a two-edged sword. -- proverbs 5:4 +. +Her feet go down to death; her steps take hold on hell. -- proverbs 5:5 +. +Lest thou shouldest ponder the path of life, her ways are moveable, that thou canst not know them. -- proverbs 5:6 +. +Hear me now therefore, O ye children, and depart not from the words of my mouth. -- proverbs 5:7 +. +Remove thy way far from her, and come not nigh the door of her house: -- proverbs 5:8 +. +Lest thou give thine honour unto others, and thy years unto the cruel: -- proverbs 5:9 +. +Lest strangers be filled with thy wealth; and thy labours be in the house of a stranger; -- proverbs 5:10 +. +And thou mourn at the last, when thy flesh and thy body are consumed, -- proverbs 5:11 +. +And say, How have I hated instruction, and my heart despised reproof; -- proverbs 5:12 +. +And have not obeyed the voice of my teachers, nor inclined mine ear to them that instructed me! -- proverbs 5:13 +. +I was almost in all evil in the midst of the congregation and assembly. -- proverbs 5:14 +. +Drink waters out of thine own cistern, and running waters out of thine own well. -- proverbs 5:15 +. +Let thy fountains be dispersed abroad, and rivers of waters in the streets. -- proverbs 5:16 +. +Let them be only thine own, and not strangers' with thee. -- proverbs 5:17 +. +Let thy fountain be blessed: and rejoice with the wife of thy youth. -- proverbs 5:18 +. +Let her be as the loving hind and pleasant roe; let her breasts satisfy thee at all times; and be thou ravished always with her love. -- proverbs 5:19 +. +And why wilt thou, my son, be ravished with a strange woman, and embrace the bosom of a stranger? -- proverbs 5:20 +. +For the ways of man are before the eyes of the LORD, and he pondereth all his goings. -- proverbs 5:21 +. +His own iniquities shall take the wicked himself, and he shall be holden with the cords of his sins. -- proverbs 5:22 +. +He shall die without instruction; and in the greatness of his folly he shall go astray. -- proverbs 5:23 +. +My son, if thou be surety for thy friend, if thou hast stricken thy hand with a stranger, -- proverbs 6:1 +. +Thou art snared with the words of thy mouth, thou art taken with the words of thy mouth. -- proverbs 6:2 +. +Do this now, my son, and deliver thyself, when thou art come into the hand of thy friend; go, humble thyself, and make sure thy friend. -- proverbs 6:3 +. +Give not sleep to thine eyes, nor slumber to thine eyelids. -- proverbs 6:4 +. +Deliver thyself as a roe from the hand of the hunter, and as a bird from the hand of the fowler. -- proverbs 6:5 +. +Go to the ant, thou sluggard; consider her ways, and be wise: -- proverbs 6:6 +. +Which having no guide, overseer, or ruler, -- proverbs 6:7 +. +Provideth her meat in the summer, and gathereth her food in the harvest. -- proverbs 6:8 +. +How long wilt thou sleep, O sluggard? when wilt thou arise out of thy sleep? -- proverbs 6:9 +. +Yet a little sleep, a little slumber, a little folding of the hands to sleep: -- proverbs 6:10 +. +So shall thy poverty come as one that travelleth, and thy want as an armed man. -- proverbs 6:11 +. +A naughty person, a wicked man, walketh with a froward mouth. -- proverbs 6:12 +. +He winketh with his eyes, he speaketh with his feet, he teacheth with his fingers; -- proverbs 6:13 +. +Frowardness is in his heart, he deviseth mischief continually; he soweth discord. -- proverbs 6:14 +. +Therefore shall his calamity come suddenly; suddenly shall he be broken without remedy. -- proverbs 6:15 +. +These six things doth the LORD hate: yea, seven are an abomination unto him: -- proverbs 6:16 +. +A proud look, a lying tongue, and hands that shed innocent blood, -- proverbs 6:17 +. +An heart that deviseth wicked imaginations, feet that be swift in running to mischief, -- proverbs 6:18 +. +A false witness that speaketh lies, and he that soweth discord among brethren. -- proverbs 6:19 +. +My son, keep thy father's commandment, and forsake not the law of thy mother: -- proverbs 6:20 +. +Bind them continually upon thine heart, and tie them about thy neck. -- proverbs 6:21 +. +When thou goest, it shall lead thee; when thou sleepest, it shall keep thee; and when thou awakest, it shall talk with thee. -- proverbs 6:22 +. +For the commandment is a lamp; and the law is light; and reproofs of instruction are the way of life: -- proverbs 6:23 +. +To keep thee from the evil woman, from the flattery of the tongue of a strange woman. -- proverbs 6:24 +. +Lust not after her beauty in thine heart; neither let her take thee with her eyelids. -- proverbs 6:25 +. +For by means of a whorish woman a man is brought to a piece of bread: and the adultress will hunt for the precious life. -- proverbs 6:26 +. +Can a man take fire in his bosom, and his clothes not be burned? -- proverbs 6:27 +. +Can one go upon hot coals, and his feet not be burned? -- proverbs 6:28 +. +So he that goeth in to his neighbour's wife; whosoever toucheth her shall not be innocent. -- proverbs 6:29 +. +Men do not despise a thief, if he steal to satisfy his soul when he is hungry; -- proverbs 6:30 +. +But if he be found, he shall restore sevenfold; he shall give all the substance of his house. -- proverbs 6:31 +. +But whoso committeth adultery with a woman lacketh understanding: he that doeth it destroyeth his own soul. -- proverbs 6:32 +. +A wound and dishonour shall he get; and his reproach shall not be wiped away. -- proverbs 6:33 +. +For jealousy is the rage of a man: therefore he will not spare in the day of vengeance. -- proverbs 6:34 +. +He will not regard any ransom; neither will he rest content, though thou givest many gifts. -- proverbs 6:35 +. +My son, keep my words, and lay up my commandments with thee. -- proverbs 7:1 +. +Keep my commandments, and live; and my law as the apple of thine eye. -- proverbs 7:2 +. +Bind them upon thy fingers, write them upon the table of thine heart. -- proverbs 7:3 +. +Say unto wisdom, Thou art my sister; and call understanding thy kinswoman: -- proverbs 7:4 +. +That they may keep thee from the strange woman, from the stranger which flattereth with her words. -- proverbs 7:5 +. +For at the window of my house I looked through my casement, -- proverbs 7:6 +. +And beheld among the simple ones, I discerned among the youths, a young man void of understanding, -- proverbs 7:7 +. +Passing through the street near her corner; and he went the way to her house, -- proverbs 7:8 +. +In the twilight, in the evening, in the black and dark night: -- proverbs 7:9 +. +And, behold, there met him a woman with the attire of an harlot, and subtil of heart. -- proverbs 7:10 +. +(She is loud and stubborn; her feet abide not in her house: -- proverbs 7:11 +. +Now is she without, now in the streets, and lieth in wait at every corner.) -- proverbs 7:12 +. +So she caught him, and kissed him, and with an impudent face said unto him, -- proverbs 7:13 +. +I have peace offerings with me; this day have I payed my vows. -- proverbs 7:14 +. +Therefore came I forth to meet thee, diligently to seek thy face, and I have found thee. -- proverbs 7:15 +. +I have decked my bed with coverings of tapestry, with carved works, with fine linen of Egypt. -- proverbs 7:16 +. +I have perfumed my bed with myrrh, aloes, and cinnamon. -- proverbs 7:17 +. +Come, let us take our fill of love until the morning: let us solace ourselves with loves. -- proverbs 7:18 +. +For the goodman is not at home, he is gone a long journey: -- proverbs 7:19 +. +He hath taken a bag of money with him, and will come home at the day appointed. -- proverbs 7:20 +. +With her much fair speech she caused him to yield, with the flattering of her lips she forced him. -- proverbs 7:21 +. +He goeth after her straightway, as an ox goeth to the slaughter, or as a fool to the correction of the stocks; -- proverbs 7:22 +. +Till a dart strike through his liver; as a bird hasteth to the snare, and knoweth not that it is for his life. -- proverbs 7:23 +. +Hearken unto me now therefore, O ye children, and attend to the words of my mouth. -- proverbs 7:24 +. +Let not thine heart decline to her ways, go not astray in her paths. -- proverbs 7:25 +. +For she hath cast down many wounded: yea, many strong men have been slain by her. -- proverbs 7:26 +. +Her house is the way to hell, going down to the chambers of death. -- proverbs 7:27 +. +Doth not wisdom cry? and understanding put forth her voice? -- proverbs 8:1 +. +She standeth in the top of high places, by the way in the places of the paths. -- proverbs 8:2 +. +She crieth at the gates, at the entry of the city, at the coming in at the doors. -- proverbs 8:3 +. +Unto you, O men, I call; and my voice is to the sons of man. -- proverbs 8:4 +. +O ye simple, understand wisdom: and, ye fools, be ye of an understanding heart. -- proverbs 8:5 +. +Hear; for I will speak of excellent things; and the opening of my lips shall be right things. -- proverbs 8:6 +. +For my mouth shall speak truth; and wickedness is an abomination to my lips. -- proverbs 8:7 +. +All the words of my mouth are in righteousness; there is nothing froward or perverse in them. -- proverbs 8:8 +. +They are all plain to him that understandeth, and right to them that find knowledge. -- proverbs 8:9 +. +Receive my instruction, and not silver; and knowledge rather than choice gold. -- proverbs 8:10 +. +For wisdom is better than rubies; and all the things that may be desired are not to be compared to it. -- proverbs 8:11 +. +I wisdom dwell with prudence, and find out knowledge of witty inventions. -- proverbs 8:12 +. +The fear of the LORD is to hate evil: pride, and arrogancy, and the evil way, and the froward mouth, do I hate. -- proverbs 8:13 +. +Counsel is mine, and sound wisdom: I am understanding; I have strength. -- proverbs 8:14 +. +By me kings reign, and princes decree justice. -- proverbs 8:15 +. +By me princes rule, and nobles, even all the judges of the earth. -- proverbs 8:16 +. +I love them that love me; and those that seek me early shall find me. -- proverbs 8:17 +. +Riches and honour are with me; yea, durable riches and righteousness. -- proverbs 8:18 +. +My fruit is better than gold, yea, than fine gold; and my revenue than choice silver. -- proverbs 8:19 +. +I lead in the way of righteousness, in the midst of the paths of judgment: -- proverbs 8:20 +. +That I may cause those that love me to inherit substance; and I will fill their treasures. -- proverbs 8:21 +. +The LORD possessed me in the beginning of his way, before his works of old. -- proverbs 8:22 +. +I was set up from everlasting, from the beginning, or ever the earth was. -- proverbs 8:23 +. +When there were no depths, I was brought forth; when there were no fountains abounding with water. -- proverbs 8:24 +. +Before the mountains were settled, before the hills was I brought forth: -- proverbs 8:25 +. +While as yet he had not made the earth, nor the fields, nor the highest part of the dust of the world. -- proverbs 8:26 +. +When he prepared the heavens, I was there: when he set a compass upon the face of the depth: -- proverbs 8:27 +. +When he established the clouds above: when he strengthened the fountains of the deep: -- proverbs 8:28 +. +When he gave to the sea his decree, that the waters should not pass his commandment: when he appointed the foundations of the earth: -- proverbs 8:29 +. +Then I was by him, as one brought up with him: and I was daily his delight, rejoicing always before him; -- proverbs 8:30 +. +Rejoicing in the habitable part of his earth; and my delights were with the sons of men. -- proverbs 8:31 +. +Now therefore hearken unto me, O ye children: for blessed are they that keep my ways. -- proverbs 8:32 +. +Hear instruction, and be wise, and refuse it not. -- proverbs 8:33 +. +Blessed is the man that heareth me, watching daily at my gates, waiting at the posts of my doors. -- proverbs 8:34 +. +For whoso findeth me findeth life, and shall obtain favour of the LORD. -- proverbs 8:35 +. +But he that sinneth against me wrongeth his own soul: all they that hate me love death. -- proverbs 8:36 +. +Wisdom hath builded her house, she hath hewn out her seven pillars: -- proverbs 9:1 +. +She hath killed her beasts; she hath mingled her wine; she hath also furnished her table. -- proverbs 9:2 +. +She hath sent forth her maidens: she crieth upon the highest places of the city, -- proverbs 9:3 +. +Whoso is simple, let him turn in hither: as for him that wanteth understanding, she saith to him, -- proverbs 9:4 +. +Come, eat of my bread, and drink of the wine which I have mingled. -- proverbs 9:5 +. +Forsake the foolish, and live; and go in the way of understanding. -- proverbs 9:6 +. +He that reproveth a scorner getteth to himself shame: and he that rebuketh a wicked man getteth himself a blot. -- proverbs 9:7 +. +Reprove not a scorner, lest he hate thee: rebuke a wise man, and he will love thee. -- proverbs 9:8 +. +Give instruction to a wise man, and he will be yet wiser: teach a just man, and he will increase in learning. -- proverbs 9:9 +. +The fear of the LORD is the beginning of wisdom: and the knowledge of the holy is understanding. -- proverbs 9:10 +. +For by me thy days shall be multiplied, and the years of thy life shall be increased. -- proverbs 9:11 +. +If thou be wise, thou shalt be wise for thyself: but if thou scornest, thou alone shalt bear it. -- proverbs 9:12 +. +A foolish woman is clamorous: she is simple, and knoweth nothing. -- proverbs 9:13 +. +For she sitteth at the door of her house, on a seat in the high places of the city, -- proverbs 9:14 +. +To call passengers who go right on their ways: -- proverbs 9:15 +. +Whoso is simple, let him turn in hither: and as for him that wanteth understanding, she saith to him, -- proverbs 9:16 +. +Stolen waters are sweet, and bread eaten in secret is pleasant. -- proverbs 9:17 +. +But he knoweth not that the dead are there; and that her guests are in the depths of hell. -- proverbs 9:18 +. +The proverbs of Solomon. A wise son maketh a glad father: but a foolish son is the heaviness of his mother. -- proverbs 10:1 +. +Treasures of wickedness profit nothing: but righteousness delivereth from death. -- proverbs 10:2 +. +The LORD will not suffer the soul of the righteous to famish: but he casteth away the substance of the wicked. -- proverbs 10:3 +. +He becometh poor that dealeth with a slack hand: but the hand of the diligent maketh rich. -- proverbs 10:4 +. +He that gathereth in summer is a wise son: but he that sleepeth in harvest is a son that causeth shame. -- proverbs 10:5 +. +Blessings are upon the head of the just: but violence covereth the mouth of the wicked. -- proverbs 10:6 +. +The memory of the just is blessed: but the name of the wicked shall rot. -- proverbs 10:7 +. +The wise in heart will receive commandments: but a prating fool shall fall. -- proverbs 10:8 +. +He that walketh uprightly walketh surely: but he that perverteth his ways shall be known. -- proverbs 10:9 +. +He that winketh with the eye causeth sorrow: but a prating fool shall fall. -- proverbs 10:10 +. +The mouth of a righteous man is a well of life: but violence covereth the mouth of the wicked. -- proverbs 10:11 +. +Hatred stirreth up strifes: but love covereth all sins. -- proverbs 10:12 +. +In the lips of him that hath understanding wisdom is found: but a rod is for the back of him that is void of understanding. -- proverbs 10:13 +. +Wise men lay up knowledge: but the mouth of the foolish is near destruction. -- proverbs 10:14 +. +The rich man's wealth is his strong city: the destruction of the poor is their poverty. -- proverbs 10:15 +. +The labour of the righteous tendeth to life: the fruit of the wicked to sin. -- proverbs 10:16 +. +He is in the way of life that keepeth instruction: but he that refuseth reproof erreth. -- proverbs 10:17 +. +He that hideth hatred with lying lips, and he that uttereth a slander, is a fool. -- proverbs 10:18 +. +In the multitude of words there wanteth not sin: but he that refraineth his lips is wise. -- proverbs 10:19 +. +The tongue of the just is as choice silver: the heart of the wicked is little worth. -- proverbs 10:20 +. +The lips of the righteous feed many: but fools die for want of wisdom. -- proverbs 10:21 +. +The blessing of the LORD, it maketh rich, and he addeth no sorrow with it. -- proverbs 10:22 +. +It is as sport to a fool to do mischief: but a man of understanding hath wisdom. -- proverbs 10:23 +. +The fear of the wicked, it shall come upon him: but the desire of the righteous shall be granted. -- proverbs 10:24 +. +As the whirlwind passeth, so is the wicked no more: but the righteous is an everlasting foundation. -- proverbs 10:25 +. +As vinegar to the teeth, and as smoke to the eyes, so is the sluggard to them that send him. -- proverbs 10:26 +. +The fear of the LORD prolongeth days: but the years of the wicked shall be shortened. -- proverbs 10:27 +. +The hope of the righteous shall be gladness: but the expectation of the wicked shall perish. -- proverbs 10:28 +. +The way of the LORD is strength to the upright: but destruction shall be to the workers of iniquity. -- proverbs 10:29 +. +The righteous shall never be removed: but the wicked shall not inhabit the earth. -- proverbs 10:30 +. +The mouth of the just bringeth forth wisdom: but the froward tongue shall be cut out. -- proverbs 10:31 +. +The lips of the righteous know what is acceptable: but the mouth of the wicked speaketh frowardness. -- proverbs 10:32 +. +A false balance is abomination to the LORD: but a just weight is his delight. -- proverbs 11:1 +. +When pride cometh, then cometh shame: but with the lowly is wisdom. -- proverbs 11:2 +. +The integrity of the upright shall guide them: but the perverseness of transgressors shall destroy them. -- proverbs 11:3 +. +Riches profit not in the day of wrath: but righteousness delivereth from death. -- proverbs 11:4 +. +The righteousness of the perfect shall direct his way: but the wicked shall fall by his own wickedness. -- proverbs 11:5 +. +The righteousness of the upright shall deliver them: but transgressors shall be taken in their own naughtiness. -- proverbs 11:6 +. +When a wicked man dieth, his expectation shall perish: and the hope of unjust men perisheth. -- proverbs 11:7 +. +The righteous is delivered out of trouble, and the wicked cometh in his stead. -- proverbs 11:8 +. +An hypocrite with his mouth destroyeth his neighbour: but through knowledge shall the just be delivered. -- proverbs 11:9 +. +When it goeth well with the righteous, the city rejoiceth: and when the wicked perish, there is shouting. -- proverbs 11:10 +. +By the blessing of the upright the city is exalted: but it is overthrown by the mouth of the wicked. -- proverbs 11:11 +. +He that is void of wisdom despiseth his neighbour: but a man of understanding holdeth his peace. -- proverbs 11:12 +. +A talebearer revealeth secrets: but he that is of a faithful spirit concealeth the matter. -- proverbs 11:13 +. +Where no counsel is, the people fall: but in the multitude of counsellors there is safety. -- proverbs 11:14 +. +He that is surety for a stranger shall smart for it: and he that hateth suretiship is sure. -- proverbs 11:15 +. +A gracious woman retaineth honour: and strong men retain riches. -- proverbs 11:16 +. +The merciful man doeth good to his own soul: but he that is cruel troubleth his own flesh. -- proverbs 11:17 +. +The wicked worketh a deceitful work: but to him that soweth righteousness shall be a sure reward. -- proverbs 11:18 +. +As righteousness tendeth to life: so he that pursueth evil pursueth it to his own death. -- proverbs 11:19 +. +They that are of a froward heart are abomination to the LORD: but such as are upright in their way are his delight. -- proverbs 11:20 +. +Though hand join in hand, the wicked shall not be unpunished: but the seed of the righteous shall be delivered. -- proverbs 11:21 +. +As a jewel of gold in a swine's snout, so is a fair woman which is without discretion. -- proverbs 11:22 +. +The desire of the righteous is only good: but the expectation of the wicked is wrath. -- proverbs 11:23 +. +There is that scattereth, and yet increaseth; and there is that withholdeth more than is meet, but it tendeth to poverty. -- proverbs 11:24 +. +The liberal soul shall be made fat: and he that watereth shall be watered also himself. -- proverbs 11:25 +. +He that withholdeth corn, the people shall curse him: but blessing shall be upon the head of him that selleth it. -- proverbs 11:26 +. +He that diligently seeketh good procureth favour: but he that seeketh mischief, it shall come unto him. -- proverbs 11:27 +. +He that trusteth in his riches shall fall; but the righteous shall flourish as a branch. -- proverbs 11:28 +. +He that troubleth his own house shall inherit the wind: and the fool shall be servant to the wise of heart. -- proverbs 11:29 +. +The fruit of the righteous is a tree of life; and he that winneth souls is wise. -- proverbs 11:30 +. +Behold, the righteous shall be recompensed in the earth: much more the wicked and the sinner. -- proverbs 11:31 +. +Whoso loveth instruction loveth knowledge: but he that hateth reproof is brutish. -- proverbs 12:1 +. +A good man obtaineth favour of the LORD: but a man of wicked devices will he condemn. -- proverbs 12:2 +. +A man shall not be established by wickedness: but the root of the righteous shall not be moved. -- proverbs 12:3 +. +A virtuous woman is a crown to her husband: but she that maketh ashamed is as rottenness in his bones. -- proverbs 12:4 +. +The thoughts of the righteous are right: but the counsels of the wicked are deceit. -- proverbs 12:5 +. +The words of the wicked are to lie in wait for blood: but the mouth of the upright shall deliver them. -- proverbs 12:6 +. +The wicked are overthrown, and are not: but the house of the righteous shall stand. -- proverbs 12:7 +. +A man shall be commended according to his wisdom: but he that is of a perverse heart shall be despised. -- proverbs 12:8 +. +He that is despised, and hath a servant, is better than he that honoureth himself, and lacketh bread. -- proverbs 12:9 +. +A righteous man regardeth the life of his beast: but the tender mercies of the wicked are cruel. -- proverbs 12:10 +. +He that tilleth his land shall be satisfied with bread: but he that followeth vain persons is void of understanding. -- proverbs 12:11 +. +The wicked desireth the net of evil men: but the root of the righteous yieldeth fruit. -- proverbs 12:12 +. +The wicked is snared by the transgression of his lips: but the just shall come out of trouble. -- proverbs 12:13 +. +A man shall be satisfied with good by the fruit of his mouth: and the recompence of a man's hands shall be rendered unto him. -- proverbs 12:14 +. +The way of a fool is right in his own eyes: but he that hearkeneth unto counsel is wise. -- proverbs 12:15 +. +A fool's wrath is presently known: but a prudent man covereth shame. -- proverbs 12:16 +. +He that speaketh truth sheweth forth righteousness: but a false witness deceit. -- proverbs 12:17 +. +There is that speaketh like the piercings of a sword: but the tongue of the wise is health. -- proverbs 12:18 +. +The lip of truth shall be established for ever: but a lying tongue is but for a moment. -- proverbs 12:19 +. +Deceit is in the heart of them that imagine evil: but to the counsellors of peace is joy. -- proverbs 12:20 +. +There shall no evil happen to the just: but the wicked shall be filled with mischief. -- proverbs 12:21 +. +Lying lips are abomination to the LORD: but they that deal truly are his delight. -- proverbs 12:22 +. +A prudent man concealeth knowledge: but the heart of fools proclaimeth foolishness. -- proverbs 12:23 +. +The hand of the diligent shall bear rule: but the slothful shall be under tribute. -- proverbs 12:24 +. +Heaviness in the heart of man maketh it stoop: but a good word maketh it glad. -- proverbs 12:25 +. +The righteous is more excellent than his neighbour: but the way of the wicked seduceth them. -- proverbs 12:26 +. +The slothful man roasteth not that which he took in hunting: but the substance of a diligent man is precious. -- proverbs 12:27 +. +In the way of righteousness is life: and in the pathway thereof there is no death. -- proverbs 12:28 +. +A wise son heareth his father's instruction: but a scorner heareth not rebuke. -- proverbs 13:1 +. +A man shall eat good by the fruit of his mouth: but the soul of the transgressors shall eat violence. -- proverbs 13:2 +. +He that keepeth his mouth keepeth his life: but he that openeth wide his lips shall have destruction. -- proverbs 13:3 +. +The soul of the sluggard desireth, and hath nothing: but the soul of the diligent shall be made fat. -- proverbs 13:4 +. +A righteous man hateth lying: but a wicked man is loathsome, and cometh to shame. -- proverbs 13:5 +. +Righteousness keepeth him that is upright in the way: but wickedness overthroweth the sinner. -- proverbs 13:6 +. +There is that maketh himself rich, yet hath nothing: there is that maketh himself poor, yet hath great riches. -- proverbs 13:7 +. +The ransom of a man's life are his riches: but the poor heareth not rebuke. -- proverbs 13:8 +. +The light of the righteous rejoiceth: but the lamp of the wicked shall be put out. -- proverbs 13:9 +. +Only by pride cometh contention: but with the well advised is wisdom. -- proverbs 13:10 +. +Wealth gotten by vanity shall be diminished: but he that gathereth by labour shall increase. -- proverbs 13:11 +. +Hope deferred maketh the heart sick: but when the desire cometh, it is a tree of life. -- proverbs 13:12 +. +Whoso despiseth the word shall be destroyed: but he that feareth the commandment shall be rewarded. -- proverbs 13:13 +. +The law of the wise is a fountain of life, to depart from the snares of death. -- proverbs 13:14 +. +Good understanding giveth favour: but the way of transgressors is hard. -- proverbs 13:15 +. +Every prudent man dealeth with knowledge: but a fool layeth open his folly. -- proverbs 13:16 +. +A wicked messenger falleth into mischief: but a faithful ambassador is health. -- proverbs 13:17 +. +Poverty and shame shall be to him that refuseth instruction: but he that regardeth reproof shall be honoured. -- proverbs 13:18 +. +The desire accomplished is sweet to the soul: but it is abomination to fools to depart from evil. -- proverbs 13:19 +. +He that walketh with wise men shall be wise: but a companion of fools shall be destroyed. -- proverbs 13:20 +. +Evil pursueth sinners: but to the righteous good shall be repayed. -- proverbs 13:21 +. +A good man leaveth an inheritance to his children's children: and the wealth of the sinner is laid up for the just. -- proverbs 13:22 +. +Much food is in the tillage of the poor: but there is that is destroyed for want of judgment. -- proverbs 13:23 +. +He that spareth his rod hateth his son: but he that loveth him chasteneth him betimes. -- proverbs 13:24 +. +The righteous eateth to the satisfying of his soul: but the belly of the wicked shall want. -- proverbs 13:25 +. +Every wise woman buildeth her house: but the foolish plucketh it down with her hands. -- proverbs 14:1 +. +He that walketh in his uprightness feareth the LORD: but he that is perverse in his ways despiseth him. -- proverbs 14:2 +. +In the mouth of the foolish is a rod of pride: but the lips of the wise shall preserve them. -- proverbs 14:3 +. +Where no oxen are, the crib is clean: but much increase is by the strength of the ox. -- proverbs 14:4 +. +A faithful witness will not lie: but a false witness will utter lies. -- proverbs 14:5 +. +A scorner seeketh wisdom, and findeth it not: but knowledge is easy unto him that understandeth. -- proverbs 14:6 +. +Go from the presence of a foolish man, when thou perceivest not in him the lips of knowledge. -- proverbs 14:7 +. +The wisdom of the prudent is to understand his way: but the folly of fools is deceit. -- proverbs 14:8 +. +Fools make a mock at sin: but among the righteous there is favour. -- proverbs 14:9 +. +The heart knoweth his own bitterness; and a stranger doth not intermeddle with his joy. -- proverbs 14:10 +. +The house of the wicked shall be overthrown: but the tabernacle of the upright shall flourish. -- proverbs 14:11 +. +There is a way which seemeth right unto a man, but the end thereof are the ways of death. -- proverbs 14:12 +. +Even in laughter the heart is sorrowful; and the end of that mirth is heaviness. -- proverbs 14:13 +. +The backslider in heart shall be filled with his own ways: and a good man shall be satisfied from himself. -- proverbs 14:14 +. +The simple believeth every word: but the prudent man looketh well to his going. -- proverbs 14:15 +. +A wise man feareth, and departeth from evil: but the fool rageth, and is confident. -- proverbs 14:16 +. +He that is soon angry dealeth foolishly: and a man of wicked devices is hated. -- proverbs 14:17 +. +The simple inherit folly: but the prudent are crowned with knowledge. -- proverbs 14:18 +. +The evil bow before the good; and the wicked at the gates of the righteous. -- proverbs 14:19 +. +The poor is hated even of his own neighbour: but the rich hath many friends. -- proverbs 14:20 +. +He that despiseth his neighbour sinneth: but he that hath mercy on the poor, happy is he. -- proverbs 14:21 +. +Do they not err that devise evil? but mercy and truth shall be to them that devise good. -- proverbs 14:22 +. +In all labour there is profit: but the talk of the lips tendeth only to penury. -- proverbs 14:23 +. +The crown of the wise is their riches: but the foolishness of fools is folly. -- proverbs 14:24 +. +A true witness delivereth souls: but a deceitful witness speaketh lies. -- proverbs 14:25 +. +In the fear of the LORD is strong confidence: and his children shall have a place of refuge. -- proverbs 14:26 +. +The fear of the LORD is a fountain of life, to depart from the snares of death. -- proverbs 14:27 +. +In the multitude of people is the king's honour: but in the want of people is the destruction of the prince. -- proverbs 14:28 +. +He that is slow to wrath is of great understanding: but he that is hasty of spirit exalteth folly. -- proverbs 14:29 +. +A sound heart is the life of the flesh: but envy the rottenness of the bones. -- proverbs 14:30 +. +He that oppresseth the poor reproacheth his Maker: but he that honoureth him hath mercy on the poor. -- proverbs 14:31 +. +The wicked is driven away in his wickedness: but the righteous hath hope in his death. -- proverbs 14:32 +. +Wisdom resteth in the heart of him that hath understanding: but that which is in the midst of fools is made known. -- proverbs 14:33 +. +Righteousness exalteth a nation: but sin is a reproach to any people. -- proverbs 14:34 +. +The king's favour is toward a wise servant: but his wrath is against him that causeth shame. -- proverbs 14:35 +. +A soft answer turneth away wrath: but grievous words stir up anger. -- proverbs 15:1 +. +The tongue of the wise useth knowledge aright: but the mouth of fools poureth out foolishness. -- proverbs 15:2 +. +The eyes of the LORD are in every place, beholding the evil and the good. -- proverbs 15:3 +. +A wholesome tongue is a tree of life: but perverseness therein is a breach in the spirit. -- proverbs 15:4 +. +A fool despiseth his father's instruction: but he that regardeth reproof is prudent. -- proverbs 15:5 +. +In the house of the righteous is much treasure: but in the revenues of the wicked is trouble. -- proverbs 15:6 +. +The lips of the wise disperse knowledge: but the heart of the foolish doeth not so. -- proverbs 15:7 +. +The sacrifice of the wicked is an abomination to the LORD: but the prayer of the upright is his delight. -- proverbs 15:8 +. +The way of the wicked is an abomination unto the LORD: but he loveth him that followeth after righteousness. -- proverbs 15:9 +. +Correction is grievous unto him that forsaketh the way: and he that hateth reproof shall die. -- proverbs 15:10 +. +Hell and destruction are before the LORD: how much more then the hearts of the children of men? -- proverbs 15:11 +. +A scorner loveth not one that reproveth him: neither will he go unto the wise. -- proverbs 15:12 +. +A merry heart maketh a cheerful countenance: but by sorrow of the heart the spirit is broken. -- proverbs 15:13 +. +The heart of him that hath understanding seeketh knowledge: but the mouth of fools feedeth on foolishness. -- proverbs 15:14 +. +All the days of the afflicted are evil: but he that is of a merry heart hath a continual feast. -- proverbs 15:15 +. +Better is little with the fear of the LORD than great treasure and trouble therewith. -- proverbs 15:16 +. +Better is a dinner of herbs where love is, than a stalled ox and hatred therewith. -- proverbs 15:17 +. +A wrathful man stirreth up strife: but he that is slow to anger appeaseth strife. -- proverbs 15:18 +. +The way of the slothful man is as an hedge of thorns: but the way of the righteous is made plain. -- proverbs 15:19 +. +A wise son maketh a glad father: but a foolish man despiseth his mother. -- proverbs 15:20 +. +Folly is joy to him that is destitute of wisdom: but a man of understanding walketh uprightly. -- proverbs 15:21 +. +Without counsel purposes are disappointed: but in the multitude of counsellors they are established. -- proverbs 15:22 +. +A man hath joy by the answer of his mouth: and a word spoken in due season, how good is it! -- proverbs 15:23 +. +The way of life is above to the wise, that he may depart from hell beneath. -- proverbs 15:24 +. +The LORD will destroy the house of the proud: but he will establish the border of the widow. -- proverbs 15:25 +. +The thoughts of the wicked are an abomination to the LORD: but the words of the pure are pleasant words. -- proverbs 15:26 +. +He that is greedy of gain troubleth his own house; but he that hateth gifts shall live. -- proverbs 15:27 +. +The heart of the righteous studieth to answer: but the mouth of the wicked poureth out evil things. -- proverbs 15:28 +. +The LORD is far from the wicked: but he heareth the prayer of the righteous. -- proverbs 15:29 +. +The light of the eyes rejoiceth the heart: and a good report maketh the bones fat. -- proverbs 15:30 +. +The ear that heareth the reproof of life abideth among the wise. -- proverbs 15:31 +. +He that refuseth instruction despiseth his own soul: but he that heareth reproof getteth understanding. -- proverbs 15:32 +. +The fear of the LORD is the instruction of wisdom; and before honour is humility. -- proverbs 15:33 +. +The preparations of the heart in man, and the answer of the tongue, is from the LORD. -- proverbs 16:1 +. +All the ways of a man are clean in his own eyes; but the LORD weigheth the spirits. -- proverbs 16:2 +. +Commit thy works unto the LORD, and thy thoughts shall be established. -- proverbs 16:3 +. +The LORD hath made all things for himself: yea, even the wicked for the day of evil. -- proverbs 16:4 +. +Every one that is proud in heart is an abomination to the LORD: though hand join in hand, he shall not be unpunished. -- proverbs 16:5 +. +By mercy and truth iniquity is purged: and by the fear of the LORD men depart from evil. -- proverbs 16:6 +. +When a man's ways please the LORD, he maketh even his enemies to be at peace with him. -- proverbs 16:7 +. +Better is a little with righteousness than great revenues without right. -- proverbs 16:8 +. +A man's heart deviseth his way: but the LORD directeth his steps. -- proverbs 16:9 +. +A divine sentence is in the lips of the king: his mouth transgresseth not in judgment. -- proverbs 16:10 +. +A just weight and balance are the LORD's: all the weights of the bag are his work. -- proverbs 16:11 +. +It is an abomination to kings to commit wickedness: for the throne is established by righteousness. -- proverbs 16:12 +. +Righteous lips are the delight of kings; and they love him that speaketh right. -- proverbs 16:13 +. +The wrath of a king is as messengers of death: but a wise man will pacify it. -- proverbs 16:14 +. +In the light of the king's countenance is life; and his favour is as a cloud of the latter rain. -- proverbs 16:15 +. +How much better is it to get wisdom than gold! and to get understanding rather to be chosen than silver! -- proverbs 16:16 +. +The highway of the upright is to depart from evil: he that keepeth his way preserveth his soul. -- proverbs 16:17 +. +Pride goeth before destruction, and an haughty spirit before a fall. -- proverbs 16:18 +. +Better it is to be of an humble spirit with the lowly, than to divide the spoil with the proud. -- proverbs 16:19 +. +He that handleth a matter wisely shall find good: and whoso trusteth in the LORD, happy is he. -- proverbs 16:20 +. +The wise in heart shall be called prudent: and the sweetness of the lips increaseth learning. -- proverbs 16:21 +. +Understanding is a wellspring of life unto him that hath it: but the instruction of fools is folly. -- proverbs 16:22 +. +The heart of the wise teacheth his mouth, and addeth learning to his lips. -- proverbs 16:23 +. +Pleasant words are as an honeycomb, sweet to the soul, and health to the bones. -- proverbs 16:24 +. +There is a way that seemeth right unto a man, but the end thereof are the ways of death. -- proverbs 16:25 +. +He that laboureth laboureth for himself; for his mouth craveth it of him. -- proverbs 16:26 +. +An ungodly man diggeth up evil: and in his lips there is as a burning fire. -- proverbs 16:27 +. +A froward man soweth strife: and a whisperer separateth chief friends. -- proverbs 16:28 +. +A violent man enticeth his neighbour, and leadeth him into the way that is not good. -- proverbs 16:29 +. +He shutteth his eyes to devise froward things: moving his lips he bringeth evil to pass. -- proverbs 16:30 +. +The hoary head is a crown of glory, if it be found in the way of righteousness. -- proverbs 16:31 +. +He that is slow to anger is better than the mighty; and he that ruleth his spirit than he that taketh a city. -- proverbs 16:32 +. +The lot is cast into the lap; but the whole disposing thereof is of the LORD. -- proverbs 16:33 +. +Better is a dry morsel, and quietness therewith, than an house full of sacrifices with strife. -- proverbs 17:1 +. +A wise servant shall have rule over a son that causeth shame, and shall have part of the inheritance among the brethren. -- proverbs 17:2 +. +The fining pot is for silver, and the furnace for gold: but the LORD trieth the hearts. -- proverbs 17:3 +. +A wicked doer giveth heed to false lips; and a liar giveth ear to a naughty tongue. -- proverbs 17:4 +. +Whoso mocketh the poor reproacheth his Maker: and he that is glad at calamities shall not be unpunished. -- proverbs 17:5 +. +Children's children are the crown of old men; and the glory of children are their fathers. -- proverbs 17:6 +. +Excellent speech becometh not a fool: much less do lying lips a prince. -- proverbs 17:7 +. +A gift is as a precious stone in the eyes of him that hath it: whithersoever it turneth, it prospereth. -- proverbs 17:8 +. +He that covereth a transgression seeketh love; but he that repeateth a matter separateth very friends. -- proverbs 17:9 +. +A reproof entereth more into a wise man than an hundred stripes into a fool. -- proverbs 17:10 +. +An evil man seeketh only rebellion: therefore a cruel messenger shall be sent against him. -- proverbs 17:11 +. +Let a bear robbed of her whelps meet a man, rather than a fool in his folly. -- proverbs 17:12 +. +Whoso rewardeth evil for good, evil shall not depart from his house. -- proverbs 17:13 +. +The beginning of strife is as when one letteth out water: therefore leave off contention, before it be meddled with. -- proverbs 17:14 +. +He that justifieth the wicked, and he that condemneth the just, even they both are abomination to the LORD. -- proverbs 17:15 +. +Wherefore is there a price in the hand of a fool to get wisdom, seeing he hath no heart to it? -- proverbs 17:16 +. +A friend loveth at all times, and a brother is born for adversity. -- proverbs 17:17 +. +A man void of understanding striketh hands, and becometh surety in the presence of his friend. -- proverbs 17:18 +. +He loveth transgression that loveth strife: and he that exalteth his gate seeketh destruction. -- proverbs 17:19 +. +He that hath a froward heart findeth no good: and he that hath a perverse tongue falleth into mischief. -- proverbs 17:20 +. +He that begetteth a fool doeth it to his sorrow: and the father of a fool hath no joy. -- proverbs 17:21 +. +A merry heart doeth good like a medicine: but a broken spirit drieth the bones. -- proverbs 17:22 +. +A wicked man taketh a gift out of the bosom to pervert the ways of judgment. -- proverbs 17:23 +. +Wisdom is before him that hath understanding; but the eyes of a fool are in the ends of the earth. -- proverbs 17:24 +. +A foolish son is a grief to his father, and bitterness to her that bare him. -- proverbs 17:25 +. +Also to punish the just is not good, nor to strike princes for equity. -- proverbs 17:26 +. +He that hath knowledge spareth his words: and a man of understanding is of an excellent spirit. -- proverbs 17:27 +. +Even a fool, when he holdeth his peace, is counted wise: and he that shutteth his lips is esteemed a man of understanding. -- proverbs 17:28 +. +Through desire a man, having separated himself, seeketh and intermeddleth with all wisdom. -- proverbs 18:1 +. +A fool hath no delight in understanding, but that his heart may discover itself. -- proverbs 18:2 +. +When the wicked cometh, then cometh also contempt, and with ignominy reproach. -- proverbs 18:3 +. +The words of a man's mouth are as deep waters, and the wellspring of wisdom as a flowing brook. -- proverbs 18:4 +. +It is not good to accept the person of the wicked, to overthrow the righteous in judgment. -- proverbs 18:5 +. +A fool's lips enter into contention, and his mouth calleth for strokes. -- proverbs 18:6 +. +A fool's mouth is his destruction, and his lips are the snare of his soul. -- proverbs 18:7 +. +The words of a talebearer are as wounds, and they go down into the innermost parts of the belly. -- proverbs 18:8 +. +He also that is slothful in his work is brother to him that is a great waster. -- proverbs 18:9 +. +The name of the LORD is a strong tower: the righteous runneth into it, and is safe. -- proverbs 18:10 +. +The rich man's wealth is his strong city, and as an high wall in his own conceit. -- proverbs 18:11 +. +Before destruction the heart of man is haughty, and before honour is humility. -- proverbs 18:12 +. +He that answereth a matter before he heareth it, it is folly and shame unto him. -- proverbs 18:13 +. +The spirit of a man will sustain his infirmity; but a wounded spirit who can bear? -- proverbs 18:14 +. +The heart of the prudent getteth knowledge; and the ear of the wise seeketh knowledge. -- proverbs 18:15 +. +A man's gift maketh room for him, and bringeth him before great men. -- proverbs 18:16 +. +He that is first in his own cause seemeth just; but his neighbour cometh and searcheth him. -- proverbs 18:17 +. +The lot causeth contentions to cease, and parteth between the mighty. -- proverbs 18:18 +. +A brother offended is harder to be won than a strong city: and their contentions are like the bars of a castle. -- proverbs 18:19 +. +A man's belly shall be satisfied with the fruit of his mouth; and with the increase of his lips shall he be filled. -- proverbs 18:20 +. +Death and life are in the power of the tongue: and they that love it shall eat the fruit thereof. -- proverbs 18:21 +. +Whoso findeth a wife findeth a good thing, and obtaineth favour of the LORD. -- proverbs 18:22 +. +The poor useth intreaties; but the rich answereth roughly. -- proverbs 18:23 +. +A man that hath friends must shew himself friendly: and there is a friend that sticketh closer than a brother. -- proverbs 18:24 +. +Better is the poor that walketh in his integrity, than he that is perverse in his lips, and is a fool. -- proverbs 19:1 +. +Also, that the soul be without knowledge, it is not good; and he that hasteth with his feet sinneth. -- proverbs 19:2 +. +The foolishness of man perverteth his way: and his heart fretteth against the LORD. -- proverbs 19:3 +. +Wealth maketh many friends; but the poor is separated from his neighbour. -- proverbs 19:4 +. +A false witness shall not be unpunished, and he that speaketh lies shall not escape. -- proverbs 19:5 +. +Many will intreat the favour of the prince: and every man is a friend to him that giveth gifts. -- proverbs 19:6 +. +All the brethren of the poor do hate him: how much more do his friends go far from him? he pursueth them with words, yet they are wanting to him. -- proverbs 19:7 +. +He that getteth wisdom loveth his own soul: he that keepeth understanding shall find good. -- proverbs 19:8 +. +A false witness shall not be unpunished, and he that speaketh lies shall perish. -- proverbs 19:9 +. +Delight is not seemly for a fool; much less for a servant to have rule over princes. -- proverbs 19:10 +. +The discretion of a man deferreth his anger; and it is his glory to pass over a transgression. -- proverbs 19:11 +. +The king's wrath is as the roaring of a lion; but his favour is as dew upon the grass. -- proverbs 19:12 +. +A foolish son is the calamity of his father: and the contentions of a wife are a continual dropping. -- proverbs 19:13 +. +House and riches are the inheritance of fathers: and a prudent wife is from the LORD. -- proverbs 19:14 +. +Slothfulness casteth into a deep sleep; and an idle soul shall suffer hunger. -- proverbs 19:15 +. +He that keepeth the commandment keepeth his own soul; but he that despiseth his ways shall die. -- proverbs 19:16 +. +He that hath pity upon the poor lendeth unto the LORD; and that which he hath given will he pay him again. -- proverbs 19:17 +. +Chasten thy son while there is hope, and let not thy soul spare for his crying. -- proverbs 19:18 +. +A man of great wrath shall suffer punishment: for if thou deliver him, yet thou must do it again. -- proverbs 19:19 +. +Hear counsel, and receive instruction, that thou mayest be wise in thy latter end. -- proverbs 19:20 +. +There are many devices in a man's heart; nevertheless the counsel of the LORD, that shall stand. -- proverbs 19:21 +. +The desire of a man is his kindness: and a poor man is better than a liar. -- proverbs 19:22 +. +The fear of the LORD tendeth to life: and he that hath it shall abide satisfied; he shall not be visited with evil. -- proverbs 19:23 +. +A slothful man hideth his hand in his bosom, and will not so much as bring it to his mouth again. -- proverbs 19:24 +. +Smite a scorner, and the simple will beware: and reprove one that hath understanding, and he will understand knowledge. -- proverbs 19:25 +. +He that wasteth his father, and chaseth away his mother, is a son that causeth shame, and bringeth reproach. -- proverbs 19:26 +. +Cease, my son, to hear the instruction that causeth to err from the words of knowledge. -- proverbs 19:27 +. +An ungodly witness scorneth judgment: and the mouth of the wicked devoureth iniquity. -- proverbs 19:28 +. +Judgments are prepared for scorners, and stripes for the back of fools. -- proverbs 19:29 +. +Wine is a mocker, strong drink is raging: and whosoever is deceived thereby is not wise. -- proverbs 20:1 +. +The fear of a king is as the roaring of a lion: whoso provoketh him to anger sinneth against his own soul. -- proverbs 20:2 +. +It is an honour for a man to cease from strife: but every fool will be meddling. -- proverbs 20:3 +. +The sluggard will not plow by reason of the cold; therefore shall he beg in harvest, and have nothing. -- proverbs 20:4 +. +Counsel in the heart of man is like deep water; but a man of understanding will draw it out. -- proverbs 20:5 +. +Most men will proclaim every one his own goodness: but a faithful man who can find? -- proverbs 20:6 +. +The just man walketh in his integrity: his children are blessed after him. -- proverbs 20:7 +. +A king that sitteth in the throne of judgment scattereth away all evil with his eyes. -- proverbs 20:8 +. +Who can say, I have made my heart clean, I am pure from my sin? -- proverbs 20:9 +. +Divers weights, and divers measures, both of them are alike abomination to the LORD. -- proverbs 20:10 +. +Even a child is known by his doings, whether his work be pure, and whether it be right. -- proverbs 20:11 +. +The hearing ear, and the seeing eye, the LORD hath made even both of them. -- proverbs 20:12 +. +Love not sleep, lest thou come to poverty; open thine eyes, and thou shalt be satisfied with bread. -- proverbs 20:13 +. +It is naught, it is naught, saith the buyer: but when he is gone his way, then he boasteth. -- proverbs 20:14 +. +There is gold, and a multitude of rubies: but the lips of knowledge are a precious jewel. -- proverbs 20:15 +. +Take his garment that is surety for a stranger: and take a pledge of him for a strange woman. -- proverbs 20:16 +. +Bread of deceit is sweet to a man; but afterwards his mouth shall be filled with gravel. -- proverbs 20:17 +. +Every purpose is established by counsel: and with good advice make war. -- proverbs 20:18 +. +He that goeth about as a talebearer revealeth secrets: therefore meddle not with him that flattereth with his lips. -- proverbs 20:19 +. +Whoso curseth his father or his mother, his lamp shall be put out in obscure darkness. -- proverbs 20:20 +. +An inheritance may be gotten hastily at the beginning; but the end thereof shall not be blessed. -- proverbs 20:21 +. +Say not thou, I will recompense evil; but wait on the LORD, and he shall save thee. -- proverbs 20:22 +. +Divers weights are an abomination unto the LORD; and a false balance is not good. -- proverbs 20:23 +. +Man's goings are of the LORD; how can a man then understand his own way? -- proverbs 20:24 +. +It is a snare to the man who devoureth that which is holy, and after vows to make enquiry. -- proverbs 20:25 +. +A wise king scattereth the wicked, and bringeth the wheel over them. -- proverbs 20:26 +. +The spirit of man is the candle of the LORD, searching all the inward parts of the belly. -- proverbs 20:27 +. +Mercy and truth preserve the king: and his throne is upholden by mercy. -- proverbs 20:28 +. +The glory of young men is their strength: and the beauty of old men is the grey head. -- proverbs 20:29 +. +The blueness of a wound cleanseth away evil: so do stripes the inward parts of the belly. -- proverbs 20:30 +. +The king's heart is in the hand of the LORD, as the rivers of water: he turneth it whithersoever he will. -- proverbs 21:1 +. +Every way of a man is right in his own eyes: but the LORD pondereth the hearts. -- proverbs 21:2 +. +To do justice and judgment is more acceptable to the LORD than sacrifice. -- proverbs 21:3 +. +An high look, and a proud heart, and the plowing of the wicked, is sin. -- proverbs 21:4 +. +The thoughts of the diligent tend only to plenteousness; but of every one that is hasty only to want. -- proverbs 21:5 +. +The getting of treasures by a lying tongue is a vanity tossed to and fro of them that seek death. -- proverbs 21:6 +. +The robbery of the wicked shall destroy them; because they refuse to do judgment. -- proverbs 21:7 +. +The way of man is froward and strange: but as for the pure, his work is right. -- proverbs 21:8 +. +It is better to dwell in a corner of the housetop, than with a brawling woman in a wide house. -- proverbs 21:9 +. +The soul of the wicked desireth evil: his neighbour findeth no favour in his eyes. -- proverbs 21:10 +. +When the scorner is punished, the simple is made wise: and when the wise is instructed, he receiveth knowledge. -- proverbs 21:11 +. +The righteous man wisely considereth the house of the wicked: but God overthroweth the wicked for their wickedness. -- proverbs 21:12 +. +Whoso stoppeth his ears at the cry of the poor, he also shall cry himself, but shall not be heard. -- proverbs 21:13 +. +A gift in secret pacifieth anger: and a reward in the bosom strong wrath. -- proverbs 21:14 +. +It is joy to the just to do judgment: but destruction shall be to the workers of iniquity. -- proverbs 21:15 +. +The man that wandereth out of the way of understanding shall remain in the congregation of the dead. -- proverbs 21:16 +. +He that loveth pleasure shall be a poor man: he that loveth wine and oil shall not be rich. -- proverbs 21:17 +. +The wicked shall be a ransom for the righteous, and the transgressor for the upright. -- proverbs 21:18 +. +It is better to dwell in the wilderness, than with a contentious and an angry woman. -- proverbs 21:19 +. +There is treasure to be desired and oil in the dwelling of the wise; but a foolish man spendeth it up. -- proverbs 21:20 +. +He that followeth after righteousness and mercy findeth life, righteousness, and honour. -- proverbs 21:21 +. +A wise man scaleth the city of the mighty, and casteth down the strength of the confidence thereof. -- proverbs 21:22 +. +Whoso keepeth his mouth and his tongue keepeth his soul from troubles. -- proverbs 21:23 +. +Proud and haughty scorner is his name, who dealeth in proud wrath. -- proverbs 21:24 +. +The desire of the slothful killeth him; for his hands refuse to labour. -- proverbs 21:25 +. +He coveteth greedily all the day long: but the righteous giveth and spareth not. -- proverbs 21:26 +. +The sacrifice of the wicked is abomination: how much more, when he bringeth it with a wicked mind? -- proverbs 21:27 +. +A false witness shall perish: but the man that heareth speaketh constantly. -- proverbs 21:28 +. +A wicked man hardeneth his face: but as for the upright, he directeth his way. -- proverbs 21:29 +. +There is no wisdom nor understanding nor counsel against the LORD. -- proverbs 21:30 +. +The horse is prepared against the day of battle: but safety is of the LORD. -- proverbs 21:31 +. +A GOOD name is rather to be chosen than great riches, and loving favour rather than silver and gold. -- proverbs 22:1 +. +The rich and poor meet together: the LORD is the maker of them all. -- proverbs 22:2 +. +A prudent man foreseeth the evil, and hideth himself: but the simple pass on, and are punished. -- proverbs 22:3 +. +By humility and the fear of the LORD are riches, and honour, and life. -- proverbs 22:4 +. +Thorns and snares are in the way of the froward: he that doth keep his soul shall be far from them. -- proverbs 22:5 +. +Train up a child in the way he should go: and when he is old, he will not depart from it. -- proverbs 22:6 +. +The rich ruleth over the poor, and the borrower is servant to the lender. -- proverbs 22:7 +. +He that soweth iniquity shall reap vanity: and the rod of his anger shall fail. -- proverbs 22:8 +. +He that hath a bountiful eye shall be blessed; for he giveth of his bread to the poor. -- proverbs 22:9 +. +Cast out the scorner, and contention shall go out; yea, strife and reproach shall cease. -- proverbs 22:10 +. +He that loveth pureness of heart, for the grace of his lips the king shall be his friend. -- proverbs 22:11 +. +The eyes of the LORD preserve knowledge, and he overthroweth the words of the transgressor. -- proverbs 22:12 +. +The slothful man saith, There is a lion without, I shall be slain in the streets. -- proverbs 22:13 +. +The mouth of strange women is a deep pit: he that is abhorred of the LORD shall fall therein. -- proverbs 22:14 +. +Foolishness is bound in the heart of a child; but the rod of correction shall drive it far from him. -- proverbs 22:15 +. +He that oppresseth the poor to increase his riches, and he that giveth to the rich, shall surely come to want. -- proverbs 22:16 +. +Bow down thine ear, and hear the words of the wise, and apply thine heart unto my knowledge. -- proverbs 22:17 +. +For it is a pleasant thing if thou keep them within thee; they shall withal be fitted in thy lips. -- proverbs 22:18 +. +That thy trust may be in the LORD, I have made known to thee this day, even to thee. -- proverbs 22:19 +. +Have not I written to thee excellent things in counsels and knowledge, -- proverbs 22:20 +. +That I might make thee know the certainty of the words of truth; that thou mightest answer the words of truth to them that send unto thee? -- proverbs 22:21 +. +Rob not the poor, because he is poor: neither oppress the afflicted in the gate: -- proverbs 22:22 +. +For the LORD will plead their cause, and spoil the soul of those that spoiled them. -- proverbs 22:23 +. +Make no friendship with an angry man; and with a furious man thou shalt not go: -- proverbs 22:24 +. +Lest thou learn his ways, and get a snare to thy soul. -- proverbs 22:25 +. +Be not thou one of them that strike hands, or of them that are sureties for debts. -- proverbs 22:26 +. +If thou hast nothing to pay, why should he take away thy bed from under thee? -- proverbs 22:27 +. +Remove not the ancient landmark, which thy fathers have set. -- proverbs 22:28 +. +Seest thou a man diligent in his business? he shall stand before kings; he shall not stand before mean men. -- proverbs 22:29 +. +When thou sittest to eat with a ruler, consider diligently what is before thee: -- proverbs 23:1 +. +And put a knife to thy throat, if thou be a man given to appetite. -- proverbs 23:2 +. +Be not desirous of his dainties: for they are deceitful meat. -- proverbs 23:3 +. +Labour not to be rich: cease from thine own wisdom. -- proverbs 23:4 +. +Wilt thou set thine eyes upon that which is not? for riches certainly make themselves wings; they fly away as an eagle toward heaven. -- proverbs 23:5 +. +Eat thou not the bread of him that hath an evil eye, neither desire thou his dainty meats: -- proverbs 23:6 +. +For as he thinketh in his heart, so is he: Eat and drink, saith he to thee; but his heart is not with thee. -- proverbs 23:7 +. +The morsel which thou hast eaten shalt thou vomit up, and lose thy sweet words. -- proverbs 23:8 +. +Speak not in the ears of a fool: for he will despise the wisdom of thy words. -- proverbs 23:9 +. +Remove not the old landmark; and enter not into the fields of the fatherless: -- proverbs 23:10 +. +For their redeemer is mighty; he shall plead their cause with thee. -- proverbs 23:11 +. +Apply thine heart unto instruction, and thine ears to the words of knowledge. -- proverbs 23:12 +. +Withhold not correction from the child: for if thou beatest him with the rod, he shall not die. -- proverbs 23:13 +. +Thou shalt beat him with the rod, and shalt deliver his soul from hell. -- proverbs 23:14 +. +My son, if thine heart be wise, my heart shall rejoice, even mine. -- proverbs 23:15 +. +Yea, my reins shall rejoice, when thy lips speak right things. -- proverbs 23:16 +. +Let not thine heart envy sinners: but be thou in the fear of the LORD all the day long. -- proverbs 23:17 +. +For surely there is an end; and thine expectation shall not be cut off. -- proverbs 23:18 +. +Hear thou, my son, and be wise, and guide thine heart in the way. -- proverbs 23:19 +. +Be not among winebibbers; among riotous eaters of flesh: -- proverbs 23:20 +. +For the drunkard and the glutton shall come to poverty: and drowsiness shall clothe a man with rags. -- proverbs 23:21 +. +Hearken unto thy father that begat thee, and despise not thy mother when she is old. -- proverbs 23:22 +. +Buy the truth, and sell it not; also wisdom, and instruction, and understanding. -- proverbs 23:23 +. +The father of the righteous shall greatly rejoice: and he that begetteth a wise child shall have joy of him. -- proverbs 23:24 +. +Thy father and thy mother shall be glad, and she that bare thee shall rejoice. -- proverbs 23:25 +. +My son, give me thine heart, and let thine eyes observe my ways. -- proverbs 23:26 +. +For a whore is a deep ditch; and a strange woman is a narrow pit. -- proverbs 23:27 +. +She also lieth in wait as for a prey, and increaseth the transgressors among men. -- proverbs 23:28 +. +Who hath woe? who hath sorrow? who hath contentions? who hath babbling? who hath wounds without cause? who hath redness of eyes? -- proverbs 23:29 +. +They that tarry long at the wine; they that go to seek mixed wine. -- proverbs 23:30 +. +Look not thou upon the wine when it is red, when it giveth his colour in the cup, when it moveth itself aright. -- proverbs 23:31 +. +At the last it biteth like a serpent, and stingeth like an adder. -- proverbs 23:32 +. +Thine eyes shall behold strange women, and thine heart shall utter perverse things. -- proverbs 23:33 +. +Yea, thou shalt be as he that lieth down in the midst of the sea, or as he that lieth upon the top of a mast. -- proverbs 23:34 +. +They have stricken me, shalt thou say, and I was not sick; they have beaten me, and I felt it not: when shall I awake? I will seek it yet again. -- proverbs 23:35 +. +Be not thou envious against evil men, neither desire to be with them. -- proverbs 24:1 +. +For their heart studieth destruction, and their lips talk of mischief. -- proverbs 24:2 +. +Through wisdom is an house builded; and by understanding it is established: -- proverbs 24:3 +. +And by knowledge shall the chambers be filled with all precious and pleasant riches. -- proverbs 24:4 +. +A wise man is strong; yea, a man of knowledge increaseth strength. -- proverbs 24:5 +. +For by wise counsel thou shalt make thy war: and in multitude of counsellors there is safety. -- proverbs 24:6 +. +Wisdom is too high for a fool: he openeth not his mouth in the gate. -- proverbs 24:7 +. +He that deviseth to do evil shall be called a mischievous person. -- proverbs 24:8 +. +The thought of foolishness is sin: and the scorner is an abomination to men. -- proverbs 24:9 +. +If thou faint in the day of adversity, thy strength is small. -- proverbs 24:10 +. +If thou forbear to deliver them that are drawn unto death, and those that are ready to be slain; -- proverbs 24:11 +. +If thou sayest, Behold, we knew it not; doth not he that pondereth the heart consider it? and he that keepeth thy soul, doth not he know it? and shall not he render to every man according to his works? -- proverbs 24:12 +. +My son, eat thou honey, because it is good; and the honeycomb, which is sweet to thy taste: -- proverbs 24:13 +. +So shall the knowledge of wisdom be unto thy soul: when thou hast found it, then there shall be a reward, and thy expectation shall not be cut off. -- proverbs 24:14 +. +Lay not wait, O wicked man, against the dwelling of the righteous; spoil not his resting place: -- proverbs 24:15 +. +For a just man falleth seven times, and riseth up again: but the wicked shall fall into mischief. -- proverbs 24:16 +. +Rejoice not when thine enemy falleth, and let not thine heart be glad when he stumbleth: -- proverbs 24:17 +. +Lest the LORD see it, and it displease him, and he turn away his wrath from him. -- proverbs 24:18 +. +Fret not thyself because of evil men, neither be thou envious at the wicked: -- proverbs 24:19 +. +For there shall be no reward to the evil man; the candle of the wicked shall be put out. -- proverbs 24:20 +. +My son, fear thou the LORD and the king: and meddle not with them that are given to change: -- proverbs 24:21 +. +For their calamity shall rise suddenly; and who knoweth the ruin of them both? -- proverbs 24:22 +. +These things also belong to the wise. It is not good to have respect of persons in judgment. -- proverbs 24:23 +. +He that saith unto the wicked, Thou are righteous; him shall the people curse, nations shall abhor him: -- proverbs 24:24 +. +But to them that rebuke him shall be delight, and a good blessing shall come upon them. -- proverbs 24:25 +. +Every man shall kiss his lips that giveth a right answer. -- proverbs 24:26 +. +Prepare thy work without, and make it fit for thyself in the field; and afterwards build thine house. -- proverbs 24:27 +. +Be not a witness against thy neighbour without cause; and deceive not with thy lips. -- proverbs 24:28 +. +Say not, I will do so to him as he hath done to me: I will render to the man according to his work. -- proverbs 24:29 +. +I went by the field of the slothful, and by the vineyard of the man void of understanding; -- proverbs 24:30 +. +And, lo, it was all grown over with thorns, and nettles had covered the face thereof, and the stone wall thereof was broken down. -- proverbs 24:31 +. +Then I saw, and considered it well: I looked upon it, and received instruction. -- proverbs 24:32 +. +Yet a little sleep, a little slumber, a little folding of the hands to sleep: -- proverbs 24:33 +. +So shall thy poverty come as one that travelleth; and thy want as an armed man. -- proverbs 24:34 +. +These are also proverbs of Solomon, which the men of Hezekiah king of Judah copied out. -- proverbs 25:1 +. +It is the glory of God to conceal a thing: but the honour of kings is to search out a matter. -- proverbs 25:2 +. +The heaven for height, and the earth for depth, and the heart of kings is unsearchable. -- proverbs 25:3 +. +Take away the dross from the silver, and there shall come forth a vessel for the finer. -- proverbs 25:4 +. +Take away the wicked from before the king, and his throne shall be established in righteousness. -- proverbs 25:5 +. +Put not forth thyself in the presence of the king, and stand not in the place of great men: -- proverbs 25:6 +. +For better it is that it be said unto thee, Come up hither; than that thou shouldest be put lower in the presence of the prince whom thine eyes have seen. -- proverbs 25:7 +. +Go not forth hastily to strive, lest thou know not what to do in the end thereof, when thy neighbour hath put thee to shame. -- proverbs 25:8 +. +Debate thy cause with thy neighbour himself; and discover not a secret to another: -- proverbs 25:9 +. +Lest he that heareth it put thee to shame, and thine infamy turn not away. -- proverbs 25:10 +. +A word fitly spoken is like apples of gold in pictures of silver. -- proverbs 25:11 +. +As an earring of gold, and an ornament of fine gold, so is a wise reprover upon an obedient ear. -- proverbs 25:12 +. +As the cold of snow in the time of harvest, so is a faithful messenger to them that send him: for he refresheth the soul of his masters. -- proverbs 25:13 +. +Whoso boasteth himself of a false gift is like clouds and wind without rain. -- proverbs 25:14 +. +By long forbearing is a prince persuaded, and a soft tongue breaketh the bone. -- proverbs 25:15 +. +Hast thou found honey? eat so much as is sufficient for thee, lest thou be filled therewith, and vomit it. -- proverbs 25:16 +. +Withdraw thy foot from thy neighbour's house; lest he be weary of thee, and so hate thee. -- proverbs 25:17 +. +A man that beareth false witness against his neighbour is a maul, and a sword, and a sharp arrow. -- proverbs 25:18 +. +Confidence in an unfaithful man in time of trouble is like a broken tooth, and a foot out of joint. -- proverbs 25:19 +. +As he that taketh away a garment in cold weather, and as vinegar upon nitre, so is he that singeth songs to an heavy heart. -- proverbs 25:20 +. +If thine enemy be hungry, give him bread to eat; and if he be thirsty, give him water to drink: -- proverbs 25:21 +. +For thou shalt heap coals of fire upon his head, and the LORD shall reward thee. -- proverbs 25:22 +. +The north wind driveth away rain: so doth an angry countenance a backbiting tongue. -- proverbs 25:23 +. +It is better to dwell in the corner of the housetop, than with a brawling woman and in a wide house. -- proverbs 25:24 +. +As cold waters to a thirsty soul, so is good news from a far country. -- proverbs 25:25 +. +A righteous man falling down before the wicked is as a troubled fountain, and a corrupt spring. -- proverbs 25:26 +. +It is not good to eat much honey: so for men to search their own glory is not glory. -- proverbs 25:27 +. +He that hath no rule over his own spirit is like a city that is broken down, and without walls. -- proverbs 25:28 +. +As snow in summer, and as rain in harvest, so honour is not seemly for a fool. -- proverbs 26:1 +. +As the bird by wandering, as the swallow by flying, so the curse causeless shall not come. -- proverbs 26:2 +. +A whip for the horse, a bridle for the ass, and a rod for the fool's back. -- proverbs 26:3 +. +Answer not a fool according to his folly, lest thou also be like unto him. -- proverbs 26:4 +. +Answer a fool according to his folly, lest he be wise in his own conceit. -- proverbs 26:5 +. +He that sendeth a message by the hand of a fool cutteth off the feet, and drinketh damage. -- proverbs 26:6 +. +The legs of the lame are not equal: so is a parable in the mouth of fools. -- proverbs 26:7 +. +As he that bindeth a stone in a sling, so is he that giveth honour to a fool. -- proverbs 26:8 +. +As a thorn goeth up into the hand of a drunkard, so is a parable in the mouths of fools. -- proverbs 26:9 +. +The great God that formed all things both rewardeth the fool, and rewardeth transgressors. -- proverbs 26:10 +. +As a dog returneth to his vomit, so a fool returneth to his folly. -- proverbs 26:11 +. +Seest thou a man wise in his own conceit? there is more hope of a fool than of him. -- proverbs 26:12 +. +The slothful man saith, There is a lion in the way; a lion is in the streets. -- proverbs 26:13 +. +As the door turneth upon his hinges, so doth the slothful upon his bed. -- proverbs 26:14 +. +The slothful hideth his hand in his bosom; it grieveth him to bring it again to his mouth. -- proverbs 26:15 +. +The sluggard is wiser in his own conceit than seven men that can render a reason. -- proverbs 26:16 +. +He that passeth by, and meddleth with strife belonging not to him, is like one that taketh a dog by the ears. -- proverbs 26:17 +. +As a mad man who casteth firebrands, arrows, and death, -- proverbs 26:18 +. +So is the man that deceiveth his neighbour, and saith, Am not I in sport? -- proverbs 26:19 +. +Where no wood is, there the fire goeth out: so where there is no talebearer, the strife ceaseth. -- proverbs 26:20 +. +As coals are to burning coals, and wood to fire; so is a contentious man to kindle strife. -- proverbs 26:21 +. +The words of a talebearer are as wounds, and they go down into the innermost parts of the belly. -- proverbs 26:22 +. +Burning lips and a wicked heart are like a potsherd covered with silver dross. -- proverbs 26:23 +. +He that hateth dissembleth with his lips, and layeth up deceit within him; -- proverbs 26:24 +. +When he speaketh fair, believe him not: for there are seven abominations in his heart. -- proverbs 26:25 +. +Whose hatred is covered by deceit, his wickedness shall be shewed before the whole congregation. -- proverbs 26:26 +. +Whoso diggeth a pit shall fall therein: and he that rolleth a stone, it will return upon him. -- proverbs 26:27 +. +A lying tongue hateth those that are afflicted by it; and a flattering mouth worketh ruin. -- proverbs 26:28 +. +Boast not thyself of to morrow; for thou knowest not what a day may bring forth. -- proverbs 27:1 +. +Let another man praise thee, and not thine own mouth; a stranger, and not thine own lips. -- proverbs 27:2 +. +A stone is heavy, and the sand weighty; but a fool's wrath is heavier than them both. -- proverbs 27:3 +. +Wrath is cruel, and anger is outrageous; but who is able to stand before envy? -- proverbs 27:4 +. +Open rebuke is better than secret love. -- proverbs 27:5 +. +Faithful are the wounds of a friend; but the kisses of an enemy are deceitful. -- proverbs 27:6 +. +The full soul loatheth an honeycomb; but to the hungry soul every bitter thing is sweet. -- proverbs 27:7 +. +As a bird that wandereth from her nest, so is a man that wandereth from his place. -- proverbs 27:8 +. +Ointment and perfume rejoice the heart: so doth the sweetness of a man's friend by hearty counsel. -- proverbs 27:9 +. +Thine own friend, and thy father's friend, forsake not; neither go into thy brother's house in the day of thy calamity: for better is a neighbour that is near than a brother far off. -- proverbs 27:10 +. +My son, be wise, and make my heart glad, that I may answer him that reproacheth me. -- proverbs 27:11 +. +A prudent man foreseeth the evil, and hideth himself; but the simple pass on, and are punished. -- proverbs 27:12 +. +Take his garment that is surety for a stranger, and take a pledge of him for a strange woman. -- proverbs 27:13 +. +He that blesseth his friend with a loud voice, rising early in the morning, it shall be counted a curse to him. -- proverbs 27:14 +. +A continual dropping in a very rainy day and a contentious woman are alike. -- proverbs 27:15 +. +Whosoever hideth her hideth the wind, and the ointment of his right hand, which bewrayeth itself. -- proverbs 27:16 +. +Iron sharpeneth iron; so a man sharpeneth the countenance of his friend. -- proverbs 27:17 +. +Whoso keepeth the fig tree shall eat the fruit thereof: so he that waiteth on his master shall be honoured. -- proverbs 27:18 +. +As in water face answereth to face, so the heart of man to man. -- proverbs 27:19 +. +Hell and destruction are never full; so the eyes of man are never satisfied. -- proverbs 27:20 +. +As the fining pot for silver, and the furnace for gold; so is a man to his praise. -- proverbs 27:21 +. +Though thou shouldest bray a fool in a mortar among wheat with a pestle, yet will not his foolishness depart from him. -- proverbs 27:22 +. +Be thou diligent to know the state of thy flocks, and look well to thy herds. -- proverbs 27:23 +. +For riches are not for ever: and doth the crown endure to every generation? -- proverbs 27:24 +. +The hay appeareth, and the tender grass sheweth itself, and herbs of the mountains are gathered. -- proverbs 27:25 +. +The lambs are for thy clothing, and the goats are the price of the field. -- proverbs 27:26 +. +And thou shalt have goats' milk enough for thy food, for the food of thy household, and for the maintenance for thy maidens. -- proverbs 27:27 +. +The wicked flee when no man pursueth: but the righteous are bold as a lion. -- proverbs 28:1 +. +For the transgression of a land many are the princes thereof: but by a man of understanding and knowledge the state thereof shall be prolonged. -- proverbs 28:2 +. +A poor man that oppresseth the poor is like a sweeping rain which leaveth no food. -- proverbs 28:3 +. +They that forsake the law praise the wicked: but such as keep the law contend with them. -- proverbs 28:4 +. +Evil men understand not judgment: but they that seek the LORD understand all things. -- proverbs 28:5 +. +Better is the poor that walketh in his uprightness, than he that is perverse in his ways, though he be rich. -- proverbs 28:6 +. +Whoso keepeth the law is a wise son: but he that is a companion of riotous men shameth his father. -- proverbs 28:7 +. +He that by usury and unjust gain increaseth his substance, he shall gather it for him that will pity the poor. -- proverbs 28:8 +. +He that turneth away his ear from hearing the law, even his prayer shall be abomination. -- proverbs 28:9 +. +Whoso causeth the righteous to go astray in an evil way, he shall fall himself into his own pit: but the upright shall have good things in possession. -- proverbs 28:10 +. +The rich man is wise in his own conceit; but the poor that hath understanding searcheth him out. -- proverbs 28:11 +. +When righteous men do rejoice, there is great glory: but when the wicked rise, a man is hidden. -- proverbs 28:12 +. +He that covereth his sins shall not prosper: but whoso confesseth and forsaketh them shall have mercy. -- proverbs 28:13 +. +Happy is the man that feareth alway: but he that hardeneth his heart shall fall into mischief. -- proverbs 28:14 +. +As a roaring lion, and a ranging bear; so is a wicked ruler over the poor people. -- proverbs 28:15 +. +The prince that wanteth understanding is also a great oppressor: but he that hateth covetousness shall prolong his days. -- proverbs 28:16 +. +A man that doeth violence to the blood of any person shall flee to the pit; let no man stay him. -- proverbs 28:17 +. +Whoso walketh uprightly shall be saved: but he that is perverse in his ways shall fall at once. -- proverbs 28:18 +. +He that tilleth his land shall have plenty of bread: but he that followeth after vain persons shall have poverty enough. -- proverbs 28:19 +. +A faithful man shall abound with blessings: but he that maketh haste to be rich shall not be innocent. -- proverbs 28:20 +. +To have respect of persons is not good: for for a piece of bread that man will transgress. -- proverbs 28:21 +. +He that hasteth to be rich hath an evil eye, and considereth not that poverty shall come upon him. -- proverbs 28:22 +. +He that rebuketh a man afterwards shall find more favour than he that flattereth with the tongue. -- proverbs 28:23 +. +Whoso robbeth his father or his mother, and saith, It is no transgression; the same is the companion of a destroyer. -- proverbs 28:24 +. +He that is of a proud heart stirreth up strife: but he that putteth his trust in the LORD shall be made fat. -- proverbs 28:25 +. +He that trusteth in his own heart is a fool: but whoso walketh wisely, he shall be delivered. -- proverbs 28:26 +. +He that giveth unto the poor shall not lack: but he that hideth his eyes shall have many a curse. -- proverbs 28:27 +. +When the wicked rise, men hide themselves: but when they perish, the righteous increase. -- proverbs 28:28 +. +He, that being often reproved hardeneth his neck, shall suddenly be destroyed, and that without remedy. -- proverbs 29:1 +. +When the righteous are in authority, the people rejoice: but when the wicked beareth rule, the people mourn. -- proverbs 29:2 +. +Whoso loveth wisdom rejoiceth his father: but he that keepeth company with harlots spendeth his substance. -- proverbs 29:3 +. +The king by judgment establisheth the land: but he that receiveth gifts overthroweth it. -- proverbs 29:4 +. +A man that flattereth his neighbour spreadeth a net for his feet. -- proverbs 29:5 +. +In the transgression of an evil man there is a snare: but the righteous doth sing and rejoice. -- proverbs 29:6 +. +The righteous considereth the cause of the poor: but the wicked regardeth not to know it. -- proverbs 29:7 +. +Scornful men bring a city into a snare: but wise men turn away wrath. -- proverbs 29:8 +. +If a wise man contendeth with a foolish man, whether he rage or laugh, there is no rest. -- proverbs 29:9 +. +The bloodthirsty hate the upright: but the just seek his soul. -- proverbs 29:10 +. +A fool uttereth all his mind: but a wise man keepeth it in till afterwards. -- proverbs 29:11 +. +If a ruler hearken to lies, all his servants are wicked. -- proverbs 29:12 +. +The poor and the deceitful man meet together: the LORD lighteneth both their eyes. -- proverbs 29:13 +. +The king that faithfully judgeth the poor, his throne shall be established for ever. -- proverbs 29:14 +. +The rod and reproof give wisdom: but a child left to himself bringeth his mother to shame. -- proverbs 29:15 +. +When the wicked are multiplied, transgression increaseth: but the righteous shall see their fall. -- proverbs 29:16 +. +Correct thy son, and he shall give thee rest; yea, he shall give delight unto thy soul. -- proverbs 29:17 +. +Where there is no vision, the people perish: but he that keepeth the law, happy is he. -- proverbs 29:18 +. +A servant will not be corrected by words: for though he understand he will not answer. -- proverbs 29:19 +. +Seest thou a man that is hasty in his words? there is more hope of a fool than of him. -- proverbs 29:20 +. +He that delicately bringeth up his servant from a child shall have him become his son at the length. -- proverbs 29:21 +. +An angry man stirreth up strife, and a furious man aboundeth in transgression. -- proverbs 29:22 +. +A man's pride shall bring him low: but honour shall uphold the humble in spirit. -- proverbs 29:23 +. +Whoso is partner with a thief hateth his own soul: he heareth cursing, and bewrayeth it not. -- proverbs 29:24 +. +The fear of man bringeth a snare: but whoso putteth his trust in the LORD shall be safe. -- proverbs 29:25 +. +Many seek the ruler's favour; but every man's judgment cometh from the LORD. -- proverbs 29:26 +. +An unjust man is an abomination to the just: and he that is upright in the way is abomination to the wicked. -- proverbs 29:27 +. +The words of Agur the son of Jakeh, even the prophecy: the man spake unto Ithiel, even unto Ithiel and Ucal, -- proverbs 30:1 +. +Surely I am more brutish than any man, and have not the understanding of a man. -- proverbs 30:2 +. +I neither learned wisdom, nor have the knowledge of the holy. -- proverbs 30:3 +. +Who hath ascended up into heaven, or descended? who hath gathered the wind in his fists? who hath bound the waters in a garment? who hath established all the ends of the earth? what is his name, and what is his son's name, if thou canst tell? -- proverbs 30:4 +. +Every word of God is pure: he is a shield unto them that put their trust in him. -- proverbs 30:5 +. +Add thou not unto his words, lest he reprove thee, and thou be found a liar. -- proverbs 30:6 +. +Two things have I required of thee; deny me them not before I die: -- proverbs 30:7 +. +Remove far from me vanity and lies: give me neither poverty nor riches; feed me with food convenient for me: -- proverbs 30:8 +. +Lest I be full, and deny thee, and say, Who is the LORD? or lest I be poor, and steal, and take the name of my God in vain. -- proverbs 30:9 +. +Accuse not a servant unto his master, lest he curse thee, and thou be found guilty. -- proverbs 30:10 +. +There is a generation that curseth their father, and doth not bless their mother. -- proverbs 30:11 +. +There is a generation that are pure in their own eyes, and yet is not washed from their filthiness. -- proverbs 30:12 +. +There is a generation, O how lofty are their eyes! and their eyelids are lifted up. -- proverbs 30:13 +. +There is a generation, whose teeth are as swords, and their jaw teeth as knives, to devour the poor from off the earth, and the needy from among men. -- proverbs 30:14 +. +The horseleach hath two daughters, crying, Give, give. There are three things that are never satisfied, yea, four things say not, It is enough: -- proverbs 30:15 +. +The grave; and the barren womb; the earth that is not filled with water; and the fire that saith not, It is enough. -- proverbs 30:16 +. +The eye that mocketh at his father, and despiseth to obey his mother, the ravens of the valley shall pick it out, and the young eagles shall eat it. -- proverbs 30:17 +. +There be three things which are too wonderful for me, yea, four which I know not: -- proverbs 30:18 +. +The way of an eagle in the air; the way of a serpent upon a rock; the way of a ship in the midst of the sea; and the way of a man with a maid. -- proverbs 30:19 +. +Such is the way of an adulterous woman; she eateth, and wipeth her mouth, and saith, I have done no wickedness. -- proverbs 30:20 +. +For three things the earth is disquieted, and for four which it cannot bear: -- proverbs 30:21 +. +For a servant when he reigneth; and a fool when he is filled with meat; -- proverbs 30:22 +. +For an odious woman when she is married; and an handmaid that is heir to her mistress. -- proverbs 30:23 +. +There be four things which are little upon the earth, but they are exceeding wise: -- proverbs 30:24 +. +The ants are a people not strong, yet they prepare their meat in the summer; -- proverbs 30:25 +. +The conies are but a feeble folk, yet make they their houses in the rocks; -- proverbs 30:26 +. +The locusts have no king, yet go they forth all of them by bands; -- proverbs 30:27 +. +The spider taketh hold with her hands, and is in kings' palaces. -- proverbs 30:28 +. +There be three things which go well, yea, four are comely in going: -- proverbs 30:29 +. +A lion which is strongest among beasts, and turneth not away for any; -- proverbs 30:30 +. +A greyhound; an he goat also; and a king, against whom there is no rising up. -- proverbs 30:31 +. +If thou hast done foolishly in lifting up thyself, or if thou hast thought evil, lay thine hand upon thy mouth. -- proverbs 30:32 +. +Surely the churning of milk bringeth forth butter, and the wringing of the nose bringeth forth blood: so the forcing of wrath bringeth forth strife. -- proverbs 30:33 +. +The words of king Lemuel, the prophecy that his mother taught him. -- proverbs 31:1 +. +What, my son? and what, the son of my womb? and what, the son of my vows? -- proverbs 31:2 +. +Give not thy strength unto women, nor thy ways to that which destroyeth kings. -- proverbs 31:3 +. +It is not for kings, O Lemuel, it is not for kings to drink wine; nor for princes strong drink: -- proverbs 31:4 +. +Lest they drink, and forget the law, and pervert the judgment of any of the afflicted. -- proverbs 31:5 +. +Give strong drink unto him that is ready to perish, and wine unto those that be of heavy hearts. -- proverbs 31:6 +. +Let him drink, and forget his poverty, and remember his misery no more. -- proverbs 31:7 +. +Open thy mouth for the dumb in the cause of all such as are appointed to destruction. -- proverbs 31:8 +. +Open thy mouth, judge righteously, and plead the cause of the poor and needy. -- proverbs 31:9 +. +Who can find a virtuous woman? for her price is far above rubies. -- proverbs 31:10 +. +The heart of her husband doth safely trust in her, so that he shall have no need of spoil. -- proverbs 31:11 +. +She will do him good and not evil all the days of her life. -- proverbs 31:12 +. +She seeketh wool, and flax, and worketh willingly with her hands. -- proverbs 31:13 +. +She is like the merchants' ships; she bringeth her food from afar. -- proverbs 31:14 +. +She riseth also while it is yet night, and giveth meat to her household, and a portion to her maidens. -- proverbs 31:15 +. +She considereth a field, and buyeth it: with the fruit of her hands she planteth a vineyard. -- proverbs 31:16 +. +She girdeth her loins with strength, and strengtheneth her arms. -- proverbs 31:17 +. +She perceiveth that her merchandise is good: her candle goeth not out by night. -- proverbs 31:18 +. +She layeth her hands to the spindle, and her hands hold the distaff. -- proverbs 31:19 +. +She stretcheth out her hand to the poor; yea, she reacheth forth her hands to the needy. -- proverbs 31:20 +. +She is not afraid of the snow for her household: for all her household are clothed with scarlet. -- proverbs 31:21 +. +She maketh herself coverings of tapestry; her clothing is silk and purple. -- proverbs 31:22 +. +Her husband is known in the gates, when he sitteth among the elders of the land. -- proverbs 31:23 +. +She maketh fine linen, and selleth it; and delivereth girdles unto the merchant. -- proverbs 31:24 +. +Strength and honour are her clothing; and she shall rejoice in time to come. -- proverbs 31:25 +. +She openeth her mouth with wisdom; and in her tongue is the law of kindness. -- proverbs 31:26 +. +She looketh well to the ways of her household, and eateth not the bread of idleness. -- proverbs 31:27 +. +Her children arise up, and call her blessed; her husband also, and he praiseth her. -- proverbs 31:28 +. +Many daughters have done virtuously, but thou excellest them all. -- proverbs 31:29 +. +Favour is deceitful, and beauty is vain: but a woman that feareth the LORD, she shall be praised. -- proverbs 31:30 +. +Give her of the fruit of her hands; and let her own works praise her in the gates. -- proverbs 31:31 +. +The words of the Preacher, the son of David, king in Jerusalem. -- ecclesiastes 1:1 +. +Vanity of vanities, saith the Preacher, vanity of vanities; all is vanity. -- ecclesiastes 1:2 +. +What profit hath a man of all his labour which he taketh under the sun? -- ecclesiastes 1:3 +. +One generation passeth away, and another generation cometh: but the earth abideth for ever. -- ecclesiastes 1:4 +. +The sun also ariseth, and the sun goeth down, and hasteth to his place where he arose. -- ecclesiastes 1:5 +. +The wind goeth toward the south, and turneth about unto the north; it whirleth about continually, and the wind returneth again according to his circuits. -- ecclesiastes 1:6 +. +All the rivers run into the sea; yet the sea is not full; unto the place from whence the rivers come, thither they return again. -- ecclesiastes 1:7 +. +All things are full of labour; man cannot utter it: the eye is not satisfied with seeing, nor the ear filled with hearing. -- ecclesiastes 1:8 +. +The thing that hath been, it is that which shall be; and that which is done is that which shall be done: and there is no new thing under the sun. -- ecclesiastes 1:9 +. +Is there any thing whereof it may be said, See, this is new? it hath been already of old time, which was before us. -- ecclesiastes 1:10 +. +There is no remembrance of former things; neither shall there be any remembrance of things that are to come with those that shall come after. -- ecclesiastes 1:11 +. +I the Preacher was king over Israel in Jerusalem. -- ecclesiastes 1:12 +. +And I gave my heart to seek and search out by wisdom concerning all things that are done under heaven: this sore travail hath God given to the sons of man to be exercised therewith. -- ecclesiastes 1:13 +. +I have seen all the works that are done under the sun; and, behold, all is vanity and vexation of spirit. -- ecclesiastes 1:14 +. +That which is crooked cannot be made straight: and that which is wanting cannot be numbered. -- ecclesiastes 1:15 +. +I communed with mine own heart, saying, Lo, I am come to great estate, and have gotten more wisdom than all they that have been before me in Jerusalem: yea, my heart had great experience of wisdom and knowledge. -- ecclesiastes 1:16 +. +And I gave my heart to know wisdom, and to know madness and folly: I perceived that this also is vexation of spirit. -- ecclesiastes 1:17 +. +For in much wisdom is much grief: and he that increaseth knowledge increaseth sorrow. -- ecclesiastes 1:18 +. +I said in mine heart, Go to now, I will prove thee with mirth, therefore enjoy pleasure: and, behold, this also is vanity. -- ecclesiastes 2:1 +. +I said of laughter, It is mad: and of mirth, What doeth it? -- ecclesiastes 2:2 +. +I sought in mine heart to give myself unto wine, yet acquainting mine heart with wisdom; and to lay hold on folly, till I might see what was that good for the sons of men, which they should do under the heaven all the days of their life. -- ecclesiastes 2:3 +. +I made me great works; I builded me houses; I planted me vineyards: -- ecclesiastes 2:4 +. +I made me gardens and orchards, and I planted trees in them of all kind of fruits: -- ecclesiastes 2:5 +. +I made me pools of water, to water therewith the wood that bringeth forth trees: -- ecclesiastes 2:6 +. +I got me servants and maidens, and had servants born in my house; also I had great possessions of great and small cattle above all that were in Jerusalem before me: -- ecclesiastes 2:7 +. +I gathered me also silver and gold, and the peculiar treasure of kings and of the provinces: I gat me men singers and women singers, and the delights of the sons of men, as musical instruments, and that of all sorts. -- ecclesiastes 2:8 +. +So I was great, and increased more than all that were before me in Jerusalem: also my wisdom remained with me. -- ecclesiastes 2:9 +. +And whatsoever mine eyes desired I kept not from them, I withheld not my heart from any joy; for my heart rejoiced in all my labour: and this was my portion of all my labour. -- ecclesiastes 2:10 +. +Then I looked on all the works that my hands had wrought, and on the labour that I had laboured to do: and, behold, all was vanity and vexation of spirit, and there was no profit under the sun. -- ecclesiastes 2:11 +. +And I turned myself to behold wisdom, and madness, and folly: for what can the man do that cometh after the king? even that which hath been already done. -- ecclesiastes 2:12 +. +Then I saw that wisdom excelleth folly, as far as light excelleth darkness. -- ecclesiastes 2:13 +. +The wise man's eyes are in his head; but the fool walketh in darkness: and I myself perceived also that one event happeneth to them all. -- ecclesiastes 2:14 +. +Then said I in my heart, As it happeneth to the fool, so it happeneth even to me; and why was I then more wise? Then I said in my heart, that this also is vanity. -- ecclesiastes 2:15 +. +For there is no remembrance of the wise more than of the fool for ever; seeing that which now is in the days to come shall all be forgotten. And how dieth the wise man? as the fool. -- ecclesiastes 2:16 +. +Therefore I hated life; because the work that is wrought under the sun is grievous unto me: for all is vanity and vexation of spirit. -- ecclesiastes 2:17 +. +Yea, I hated all my labour which I had taken under the sun: because I should leave it unto the man that shall be after me. -- ecclesiastes 2:18 +. +And who knoweth whether he shall be a wise man or a fool? yet shall he have rule over all my labour wherein I have laboured, and wherein I have shewed myself wise under the sun. This is also vanity. -- ecclesiastes 2:19 +. +Therefore I went about to cause my heart to despair of all the labour which I took under the sun. -- ecclesiastes 2:20 +. +For there is a man whose labour is in wisdom, and in knowledge, and in equity; yet to a man that hath not laboured therein shall he leave it for his portion. This also is vanity and a great evil. -- ecclesiastes 2:21 +. +For what hath man of all his labour, and of the vexation of his heart, wherein he hath laboured under the sun? -- ecclesiastes 2:22 +. +For all his days are sorrows, and his travail grief; yea, his heart taketh not rest in the night. This is also vanity. -- ecclesiastes 2:23 +. +There is nothing better for a man, than that he should eat and drink, and that he should make his soul enjoy good in his labour. This also I saw, that it was from the hand of God. -- ecclesiastes 2:24 +. +For who can eat, or who else can hasten hereunto, more than I? -- ecclesiastes 2:25 +. +For God giveth to a man that is good in his sight wisdom, and knowledge, and joy: but to the sinner he giveth travail, to gather and to heap up, that he may give to him that is good before God. This also is vanity and vexation of spirit. -- ecclesiastes 2:26 +. +To every thing there is a season, and a time to every purpose under the heaven: -- ecclesiastes 3:1 +. +A time to be born, and a time to die; a time to plant, and a time to pluck up that which is planted; -- ecclesiastes 3:2 +. +A time to kill, and a time to heal; a time to break down, and a time to build up; -- ecclesiastes 3:3 +. +A time to weep, and a time to laugh; a time to mourn, and a time to dance; -- ecclesiastes 3:4 +. +A time to cast away stones, and a time to gather stones together; a time to embrace, and a time to refrain from embracing; -- ecclesiastes 3:5 +. +A time to get, and a time to lose; a time to keep, and a time to cast away; -- ecclesiastes 3:6 +. +A time to rend, and a time to sew; a time to keep silence, and a time to speak; -- ecclesiastes 3:7 +. +A time to love, and a time to hate; a time of war, and a time of peace. -- ecclesiastes 3:8 +. +What profit hath he that worketh in that wherein he laboureth? -- ecclesiastes 3:9 +. +I have seen the travail, which God hath given to the sons of men to be exercised in it. -- ecclesiastes 3:10 +. +He hath made every thing beautiful in his time: also he hath set the world in their heart, so that no man can find out the work that God maketh from the beginning to the end. -- ecclesiastes 3:11 +. +I know that there is no good in them, but for a man to rejoice, and to do good in his life. -- ecclesiastes 3:12 +. +And also that every man should eat and drink, and enjoy the good of all his labour, it is the gift of God. -- ecclesiastes 3:13 +. +I know that, whatsoever God doeth, it shall be for ever: nothing can be put to it, nor any thing taken from it: and God doeth it, that men should fear before him. -- ecclesiastes 3:14 +. +That which hath been is now; and that which is to be hath already been; and God requireth that which is past. -- ecclesiastes 3:15 +. +And moreover I saw under the sun the place of judgment, that wickedness was there; and the place of righteousness, that iniquity was there. -- ecclesiastes 3:16 +. +I said in mine heart, God shall judge the righteous and the wicked: for there is a time there for every purpose and for every work. -- ecclesiastes 3:17 +. +I said in mine heart concerning the estate of the sons of men, that God might manifest them, and that they might see that they themselves are beasts. -- ecclesiastes 3:18 +. +For that which befalleth the sons of men befalleth beasts; even one thing befalleth them: as the one dieth, so dieth the other; yea, they have all one breath; so that a man hath no preeminence above a beast: for all is vanity. -- ecclesiastes 3:19 +. +All go unto one place; all are of the dust, and all turn to dust again. -- ecclesiastes 3:20 +. +Who knoweth the spirit of man that goeth upward, and the spirit of the beast that goeth downward to the earth? -- ecclesiastes 3:21 +. +Wherefore I perceive that there is nothing better, than that a man should rejoice in his own works; for that is his portion: for who shall bring him to see what shall be after him? -- ecclesiastes 3:22 +. +So I returned, and considered all the oppressions that are done under the sun: and behold the tears of such as were oppressed, and they had no comforter; and on the side of their oppressors there was power; but they had no comforter. -- ecclesiastes 4:1 +. +Wherefore I praised the dead which are already dead more than the living which are yet alive. -- ecclesiastes 4:2 +. +Yea, better is he than both they, which hath not yet been, who hath not seen the evil work that is done under the sun. -- ecclesiastes 4:3 +. +Again, I considered all travail, and every right work, that for this a man is envied of his neighbour. This is also vanity and vexation of spirit. -- ecclesiastes 4:4 +. +The fool foldeth his hands together, and eateth his own flesh. -- ecclesiastes 4:5 +. +Better is an handful with quietness, than both the hands full with travail and vexation of spirit. -- ecclesiastes 4:6 +. +Then I returned, and I saw vanity under the sun. -- ecclesiastes 4:7 +. +There is one alone, and there is not a second; yea, he hath neither child nor brother: yet is there no end of all his labour; neither is his eye satisfied with riches; neither saith he, For whom do I labour, and bereave my soul of good? This is also vanity, yea, it is a sore travail. -- ecclesiastes 4:8 +. +Two are better than one; because they have a good reward for their labour. -- ecclesiastes 4:9 +. +For if they fall, the one will lift up his fellow: but woe to him that is alone when he falleth; for he hath not another to help him up. -- ecclesiastes 4:10 +. +Again, if two lie together, then they have heat: but how can one be warm alone? -- ecclesiastes 4:11 +. +And if one prevail against him, two shall withstand him; and a threefold cord is not quickly broken. -- ecclesiastes 4:12 +. +Better is a poor and a wise child than an old and foolish king, who will no more be admonished. -- ecclesiastes 4:13 +. +For out of prison he cometh to reign; whereas also he that is born in his kingdom becometh poor. -- ecclesiastes 4:14 +. +I considered all the living which walk under the sun, with the second child that shall stand up in his stead. -- ecclesiastes 4:15 +. +There is no end of all the people, even of all that have been before them: they also that come after shall not rejoice in him. Surely this also is vanity and vexation of spirit. -- ecclesiastes 4:16 +. +Keep thy foot when thou goest to the house of God, and be more ready to hear, than to give the sacrifice of fools: for they consider not that they do evil. -- ecclesiastes 5:1 +. +Be not rash with thy mouth, and let not thine heart be hasty to utter any thing before God: for God is in heaven, and thou upon earth: therefore let thy words be few. -- ecclesiastes 5:2 +. +For a dream cometh through the multitude of business; and a fool's voice is known by multitude of words. -- ecclesiastes 5:3 +. +When thou vowest a vow unto God, defer not to pay it; for he hath no pleasure in fools: pay that which thou hast vowed. -- ecclesiastes 5:4 +. +Better is it that thou shouldest not vow, than that thou shouldest vow and not pay. -- ecclesiastes 5:5 +. +Suffer not thy mouth to cause thy flesh to sin; neither say thou before the angel, that it was an error: wherefore should God be angry at thy voice, and destroy the work of thine hands? -- ecclesiastes 5:6 +. +For in the multitude of dreams and many words there are also divers vanities: but fear thou God. -- ecclesiastes 5:7 +. +If thou seest the oppression of the poor, and violent perverting of judgment and justice in a province, marvel not at the matter: for he that is higher than the highest regardeth; and there be higher than they. -- ecclesiastes 5:8 +. +Moreover the profit of the earth is for all: the king himself is served by the field. -- ecclesiastes 5:9 +. +He that loveth silver shall not be satisfied with silver; nor he that loveth abundance with increase: this is also vanity. -- ecclesiastes 5:10 +. +When goods increase, they are increased that eat them: and what good is there to the owners thereof, saving the beholding of them with their eyes? -- ecclesiastes 5:11 +. +The sleep of a labouring man is sweet, whether he eat little or much: but the abundance of the rich will not suffer him to sleep. -- ecclesiastes 5:12 +. +There is a sore evil which I have seen under the sun, namely, riches kept for the owners thereof to their hurt. -- ecclesiastes 5:13 +. +But those riches perish by evil travail: and he begetteth a son, and there is nothing in his hand. -- ecclesiastes 5:14 +. +As he came forth of his mother's womb, naked shall he return to go as he came, and shall take nothing of his labour, which he may carry away in his hand. -- ecclesiastes 5:15 +. +And this also is a sore evil, that in all points as he came, so shall he go: and what profit hath he that hath laboured for the wind? -- ecclesiastes 5:16 +. +All his days also he eateth in darkness, and he hath much sorrow and wrath with his sickness. -- ecclesiastes 5:17 +. +Behold that which I have seen: it is good and comely for one to eat and to drink, and to enjoy the good of all his labour that he taketh under the sun all the days of his life, which God giveth him: for it is his portion. -- ecclesiastes 5:18 +. +Every man also to whom God hath given riches and wealth, and hath given him power to eat thereof, and to take his portion, and to rejoice in his labour; this is the gift of God. -- ecclesiastes 5:19 +. +For he shall not much remember the days of his life; because God answereth him in the joy of his heart. -- ecclesiastes 5:20 +. +There is an evil which I have seen under the sun, and it is common among men: -- ecclesiastes 6:1 +. +A man to whom God hath given riches, wealth, and honour, so that he wanteth nothing for his soul of all that he desireth, yet God giveth him not power to eat thereof, but a stranger eateth it: this is vanity, and it is an evil disease. -- ecclesiastes 6:2 +. +If a man beget an hundred children, and live many years, so that the days of his years be many, and his soul be not filled with good, and also that he have no burial; I say, that an untimely birth is better than he. -- ecclesiastes 6:3 +. +For he cometh in with vanity, and departeth in darkness, and his name shall be covered with darkness. -- ecclesiastes 6:4 +. +Moreover he hath not seen the sun, nor known any thing: this hath more rest than the other. -- ecclesiastes 6:5 +. +Yea, though he live a thousand years twice told, yet hath he seen no good: do not all go to one place? -- ecclesiastes 6:6 +. +All the labour of man is for his mouth, and yet the appetite is not filled. -- ecclesiastes 6:7 +. +For what hath the wise more than the fool? what hath the poor, that knoweth to walk before the living? -- ecclesiastes 6:8 +. +Better is the sight of the eyes than the wandering of the desire: this is also vanity and vexation of spirit. -- ecclesiastes 6:9 +. +That which hath been is named already, and it is known that it is man: neither may he contend with him that is mightier than he. -- ecclesiastes 6:10 +. +Seeing there be many things that increase vanity, what is man the better? -- ecclesiastes 6:11 +. +For who knoweth what is good for man in this life, all the days of his vain life which he spendeth as a shadow? for who can tell a man what shall be after him under the sun? -- ecclesiastes 6:12 +. +A good name is better than precious ointment; and the day of death than the day of one's birth. -- ecclesiastes 7:1 +. +It is better to go to the house of mourning, than to go to the house of feasting: for that is the end of all men; and the living will lay it to his heart. -- ecclesiastes 7:2 +. +Sorrow is better than laughter: for by the sadness of the countenance the heart is made better. -- ecclesiastes 7:3 +. +The heart of the wise is in the house of mourning; but the heart of fools is in the house of mirth. -- ecclesiastes 7:4 +. +It is better to hear the rebuke of the wise, than for a man to hear the song of fools. -- ecclesiastes 7:5 +. +For as the crackling of thorns under a pot, so is the laughter of the fool: this also is vanity. -- ecclesiastes 7:6 +. +Surely oppression maketh a wise man mad; and a gift destroyeth the heart. -- ecclesiastes 7:7 +. +Better is the end of a thing than the beginning thereof: and the patient in spirit is better than the proud in spirit. -- ecclesiastes 7:8 +. +Be not hasty in thy spirit to be angry: for anger resteth in the bosom of fools. -- ecclesiastes 7:9 +. +Say not thou, What is the cause that the former days were better than these? for thou dost not enquire wisely concerning this. -- ecclesiastes 7:10 +. +Wisdom is good with an inheritance: and by it there is profit to them that see the sun. -- ecclesiastes 7:11 +. +For wisdom is a defence, and money is a defence: but the excellency of knowledge is, that wisdom giveth life to them that have it. -- ecclesiastes 7:12 +. +Consider the work of God: for who can make that straight, which he hath made crooked? -- ecclesiastes 7:13 +. +In the day of prosperity be joyful, but in the day of adversity consider: God also hath set the one over against the other, to the end that man should find nothing after him. -- ecclesiastes 7:14 +. +All things have I seen in the days of my vanity: there is a just man that perisheth in his righteousness, and there is a wicked man that prolongeth his life in his wickedness. -- ecclesiastes 7:15 +. +Be not righteous over much; neither make thyself over wise: why shouldest thou destroy thyself ? -- ecclesiastes 7:16 +. +Be not over much wicked, neither be thou foolish: why shouldest thou die before thy time? -- ecclesiastes 7:17 +. +It is good that thou shouldest take hold of this; yea, also from this withdraw not thine hand: for he that feareth God shall come forth of them all. -- ecclesiastes 7:18 +. +Wisdom strengtheneth the wise more than ten mighty men which are in the city. -- ecclesiastes 7:19 +. +For there is not a just man upon earth, that doeth good, and sinneth not. -- ecclesiastes 7:20 +. +Also take no heed unto all words that are spoken; lest thou hear thy servant curse thee: -- ecclesiastes 7:21 +. +For oftentimes also thine own heart knoweth that thou thyself likewise hast cursed others. -- ecclesiastes 7:22 +. +All this have I proved by wisdom: I said, I will be wise; but it was far from me. -- ecclesiastes 7:23 +. +That which is far off, and exceeding deep, who can find it out? -- ecclesiastes 7:24 +. +I applied mine heart to know, and to search, and to seek out wisdom, and the reason of things, and to know the wickedness of folly, even of foolishness and madness: -- ecclesiastes 7:25 +. +And I find more bitter than death the woman, whose heart is snares and nets, and her hands as bands: whoso pleaseth God shall escape from her; but the sinner shall be taken by her. -- ecclesiastes 7:26 +. +Behold, this have I found, saith the preacher, counting one by one, to find out the account: -- ecclesiastes 7:27 +. +Which yet my soul seeketh, but I find not: one man among a thousand have I found; but a woman among all those have I not found. -- ecclesiastes 7:28 +. +Lo, this only have I found, that God hath made man upright; but they have sought out many inventions. -- ecclesiastes 7:29 +. +Who is as the wise man? and who knoweth the interpretation of a thing? a man's wisdom maketh his face to shine, and the boldness of his face shall be changed. -- ecclesiastes 8:1 +. +I counsel thee to keep the king's commandment, and that in regard of the oath of God. -- ecclesiastes 8:2 +. +Be not hasty to go out of his sight: stand not in an evil thing; for he doeth whatsoever pleaseth him. -- ecclesiastes 8:3 +. +Where the word of a king is, there is power: and who may say unto him, What doest thou? -- ecclesiastes 8:4 +. +Whoso keepeth the commandment shall feel no evil thing: and a wise man's heart discerneth both time and judgment. -- ecclesiastes 8:5 +. +Because to every purpose there is time and judgment, therefore the misery of man is great upon him. -- ecclesiastes 8:6 +. +For he knoweth not that which shall be: for who can tell him when it shall be? -- ecclesiastes 8:7 +. +There is no man that hath power over the spirit to retain the spirit; neither hath he power in the day of death: and there is no discharge in that war; neither shall wickedness deliver those that are given to it. -- ecclesiastes 8:8 +. +All this have I seen, and applied my heart unto every work that is done under the sun: there is a time wherein one man ruleth over another to his own hurt. -- ecclesiastes 8:9 +. +And so I saw the wicked buried, who had come and gone from the place of the holy, and they were forgotten in the city where they had so done: this is also vanity. -- ecclesiastes 8:10 +. +Because sentence against an evil work is not executed speedily, therefore the heart of the sons of men is fully set in them to do evil. -- ecclesiastes 8:11 +. +Though a sinner do evil an hundred times, and his days be prolonged, yet surely I know that it shall be well with them that fear God, which fear before him: -- ecclesiastes 8:12 +. +But it shall not be well with the wicked, neither shall he prolong his days, which are as a shadow; because he feareth not before God. -- ecclesiastes 8:13 +. +There is a vanity which is done upon the earth; that there be just men, unto whom it happeneth according to the work of the wicked; again, there be wicked men, to whom it happeneth according to the work of the righteous: I said that this also is vanity. -- ecclesiastes 8:14 +. +Then I commended mirth, because a man hath no better thing under the sun, than to eat, and to drink, and to be merry: for that shall abide with him of his labour the days of his life, which God giveth him under the sun. -- ecclesiastes 8:15 +. +When I applied mine heart to know wisdom, and to see the business that is done upon the earth: (for also there is that neither day nor night seeth sleep with his eyes:) -- ecclesiastes 8:16 +. +Then I beheld all the work of God, that a man cannot find out the work that is done under the sun: because though a man labour to seek it out, yet he shall not find it; yea farther; though a wise man think to know it, yet shall he not be able to find it. -- ecclesiastes 8:17 +. +For all this I considered in my heart even to declare all this, that the righteous, and the wise, and their works, are in the hand of God: no man knoweth either love or hatred by all that is before them. -- ecclesiastes 9:1 +. +All things come alike to all: there is one event to the righteous, and to the wicked; to the good and to the clean, and to the unclean; to him that sacrificeth, and to him that sacrificeth not: as is the good, so is the sinner; and he that sweareth, as he that feareth an oath. -- ecclesiastes 9:2 +. +This is an evil among all things that are done under the sun, that there is one event unto all: yea, also the heart of the sons of men is full of evil, and madness is in their heart while they live, and after that they go to the dead. -- ecclesiastes 9:3 +. +For to him that is joined to all the living there is hope: for a living dog is better than a dead lion. -- ecclesiastes 9:4 +. +For the living know that they shall die: but the dead know not any thing, neither have they any more a reward; for the memory of them is forgotten. -- ecclesiastes 9:5 +. +Also their love, and their hatred, and their envy, is now perished; neither have they any more a portion for ever in any thing that is done under the sun. -- ecclesiastes 9:6 +. +Go thy way, eat thy bread with joy, and drink thy wine with a merry heart; for God now accepteth thy works. -- ecclesiastes 9:7 +. +Let thy garments be always white; and let thy head lack no ointment. -- ecclesiastes 9:8 +. +Live joyfully with the wife whom thou lovest all the days of the life of thy vanity, which he hath given thee under the sun, all the days of thy vanity: for that is thy portion in this life, and in thy labour which thou takest under the sun. -- ecclesiastes 9:9 +. +Whatsoever thy hand findeth to do, do it with thy might; for there is no work, nor device, nor knowledge, nor wisdom, in the grave, whither thou goest. -- ecclesiastes 9:10 +. +I returned, and saw under the sun, that the race is not to the swift, nor the battle to the strong, neither yet bread to the wise, nor yet riches to men of understanding, nor yet favour to men of skill; but time and chance happeneth to them all. -- ecclesiastes 9:11 +. +For man also knoweth not his time: as the fishes that are taken in an evil net, and as the birds that are caught in the snare; so are the sons of men snared in an evil time, when it falleth suddenly upon them. -- ecclesiastes 9:12 +. +This wisdom have I seen also under the sun, and it seemed great unto me: -- ecclesiastes 9:13 +. +There was a little city, and few men within it; and there came a great king against it, and besieged it, and built great bulwarks against it: -- ecclesiastes 9:14 +. +Now there was found in it a poor wise man, and he by his wisdom delivered the city; yet no man remembered that same poor man. -- ecclesiastes 9:15 +. +Then said I, Wisdom is better than strength: nevertheless the poor man's wisdom is despised, and his words are not heard. -- ecclesiastes 9:16 +. +The words of wise men are heard in quiet more than the cry of him that ruleth among fools. -- ecclesiastes 9:17 +. +Wisdom is better than weapons of war: but one sinner destroyeth much good. -- ecclesiastes 9:18 +. +Dead flies cause the ointment of the apothecary to send forth a stinking savour: so doth a little folly him that is in reputation for wisdom and honour. -- ecclesiastes 10:1 +. +A wise man's heart is at his right hand; but a fool's heart at his left. -- ecclesiastes 10:2 +. +Yea also, when he that is a fool walketh by the way, his wisdom faileth him, and he saith to every one that he is a fool. -- ecclesiastes 10:3 +. +If the spirit of the ruler rise up against thee, leave not thy place; for yielding pacifieth great offences. -- ecclesiastes 10:4 +. +There is an evil which I have seen under the sun, as an error which proceedeth from the ruler: -- ecclesiastes 10:5 +. +Folly is set in great dignity, and the rich sit in low place. -- ecclesiastes 10:6 +. +I have seen servants upon horses, and princes walking as servants upon the earth. -- ecclesiastes 10:7 +. +He that diggeth a pit shall fall into it; and whoso breaketh an hedge, a serpent shall bite him. -- ecclesiastes 10:8 +. +Whoso removeth stones shall be hurt therewith; and he that cleaveth wood shall be endangered thereby. -- ecclesiastes 10:9 +. +If the iron be blunt, and he do not whet the edge, then must he put to more strength: but wisdom is profitable to direct. -- ecclesiastes 10:10 +. +Surely the serpent will bite without enchantment; and a babbler is no better. -- ecclesiastes 10:11 +. +The words of a wise man's mouth are gracious; but the lips of a fool will swallow up himself. -- ecclesiastes 10:12 +. +The beginning of the words of his mouth is foolishness: and the end of his talk is mischievous madness. -- ecclesiastes 10:13 +. +A fool also is full of words: a man cannot tell what shall be; and what shall be after him, who can tell him? -- ecclesiastes 10:14 +. +The labour of the foolish wearieth every one of them, because he knoweth not how to go to the city. -- ecclesiastes 10:15 +. +Woe to thee, O land, when thy king is a child, and thy princes eat in the morning! -- ecclesiastes 10:16 +. +Blessed art thou, O land, when thy king is the son of nobles, and thy princes eat in due season, for strength, and not for drunkenness! -- ecclesiastes 10:17 +. +By much slothfulness the building decayeth; and through idleness of the hands the house droppeth through. -- ecclesiastes 10:18 +. +A feast is made for laughter, and wine maketh merry: but money answereth all things. -- ecclesiastes 10:19 +. +Curse not the king, no not in thy thought; and curse not the rich in thy bedchamber: for a bird of the air shall carry the voice, and that which hath wings shall tell the matter. -- ecclesiastes 10:20 +. +Cast thy bread upon the waters: for thou shalt find it after many days. -- ecclesiastes 11:1 +. +Give a portion to seven, and also to eight; for thou knowest not what evil shall be upon the earth. -- ecclesiastes 11:2 +. +If the clouds be full of rain, they empty themselves upon the earth: and if the tree fall toward the south, or toward the north, in the place where the tree falleth, there it shall be. -- ecclesiastes 11:3 +. +He that observeth the wind shall not sow; and he that regardeth the clouds shall not reap. -- ecclesiastes 11:4 +. +As thou knowest not what is the way of the spirit, nor how the bones do grow in the womb of her that is with child: even so thou knowest not the works of God who maketh all. -- ecclesiastes 11:5 +. +In the morning sow thy seed, and in the evening withhold not thine hand: for thou knowest not whether shall prosper, either this or that, or whether they both shall be alike good. -- ecclesiastes 11:6 +. +Truly the light is sweet, and a pleasant thing it is for the eyes to behold the sun: -- ecclesiastes 11:7 +. +But if a man live many years, and rejoice in them all; yet let him remember the days of darkness; for they shall be many. All that cometh is vanity. -- ecclesiastes 11:8 +. +Rejoice, O young man, in thy youth; and let thy heart cheer thee in the days of thy youth, and walk in the ways of thine heart, and in the sight of thine eyes: but know thou, that for all these things God will bring thee into judgment. -- ecclesiastes 11:9 +. +Therefore remove sorrow from thy heart, and put away evil from thy flesh: for childhood and youth are vanity. -- ecclesiastes 11:10 +. +Remember now thy Creator in the days of thy youth, while the evil days come not, nor the years draw nigh, when thou shalt say, I have no pleasure in them; -- ecclesiastes 12:1 +. +While the sun, or the light, or the moon, or the stars, be not darkened, nor the clouds return after the rain: -- ecclesiastes 12:2 +. +In the day when the keepers of the house shall tremble, and the strong men shall bow themselves, and the grinders cease because they are few, and those that look out of the windows be darkened, -- ecclesiastes 12:3 +. +And the doors shall be shut in the streets, when the sound of the grinding is low, and he shall rise up at the voice of the bird, and all the daughters of musick shall be brought low; -- ecclesiastes 12:4 +. +Also when they shall be afraid of that which is high, and fears shall be in the way, and the almond tree shall flourish, and the grasshopper shall be a burden, and desire shall fail: because man goeth to his long home, and the mourners go about the streets: -- ecclesiastes 12:5 +. +Or ever the silver cord be loosed, or the golden bowl be broken, or the pitcher be broken at the fountain, or the wheel broken at the cistern. -- ecclesiastes 12:6 +. +Then shall the dust return to the earth as it was: and the spirit shall return unto God who gave it. -- ecclesiastes 12:7 +. +Vanity of vanities, saith the preacher; all is vanity. -- ecclesiastes 12:8 +. +And moreover, because the preacher was wise, he still taught the people knowledge; yea, he gave good heed, and sought out, and set in order many proverbs. -- ecclesiastes 12:9 +. +The preacher sought to find out acceptable words: and that which was written was upright, even words of truth. -- ecclesiastes 12:10 +. +The words of the wise are as goads, and as nails fastened by the masters of assemblies, which are given from one shepherd. -- ecclesiastes 12:11 +. +And further, by these, my son, be admonished: of making many books there is no end; and much study is a weariness of the flesh. -- ecclesiastes 12:12 +. +Let us hear the conclusion of the whole matter: Fear God, and keep his commandments: for this is the whole duty of man. -- ecclesiastes 12:13 +. +For God shall bring every work into judgment, with every secret thing, whether it be good, or whether it be evil. -- ecclesiastes 12:14 +. +The song of songs, which is Solomon's. -- song of solomon 1:1 +. +Let him kiss me with the kisses of his mouth: for thy love is better than wine. -- song of solomon 1:2 +. +Because of the savour of thy good ointments thy name is as ointment poured forth, therefore do the virgins love thee. -- song of solomon 1:3 +. +Draw me, we will run after thee: the king hath brought me into his chambers: we will be glad and rejoice in thee, we will remember thy love more than wine: the upright love thee. -- song of solomon 1:4 +. +I am black, but comely, O ye daughters of Jerusalem, as the tents of Kedar, as the curtains of Solomon. -- song of solomon 1:5 +. +Look not upon me, because I am black, because the sun hath looked upon me: my mother's children were angry with me; they made me the keeper of the vineyards; but mine own vineyard have I not kept. -- song of solomon 1:6 +. +Tell me, O thou whom my soul loveth, where thou feedest, where thou makest thy flock to rest at noon: for why should I be as one that turneth aside by the flocks of thy companions? -- song of solomon 1:7 +. +If thou know not, O thou fairest among women, go thy way forth by the footsteps of the flock, and feed thy kids beside the shepherds' tents. -- song of solomon 1:8 +. +I have compared thee, O my love, to a company of horses in Pharaoh's chariots. -- song of solomon 1:9 +. +Thy cheeks are comely with rows of jewels, thy neck with chains of gold. -- song of solomon 1:10 +. +We will make thee borders of gold with studs of silver. -- song of solomon 1:11 +. +While the king sitteth at his table, my spikenard sendeth forth the smell thereof. -- song of solomon 1:12 +. +A bundle of myrrh is my well-beloved unto me; he shall lie all night betwixt my breasts. -- song of solomon 1:13 +. +My beloved is unto me as a cluster of camphire in the vineyards of Engedi. -- song of solomon 1:14 +. +Behold, thou art fair, my love; behold, thou art fair; thou hast doves' eyes. -- song of solomon 1:15 +. +Behold, thou art fair, my beloved, yea, pleasant: also our bed is green. -- song of solomon 1:16 +. +The beams of our house are cedar, and our rafters of fir. -- song of solomon 1:17 +. +I am the rose of Sharon, and the lily of the valleys. -- song of solomon 2:1 +. +As the lily among thorns, so is my love among the daughters. -- song of solomon 2:2 +. +As the apple tree among the trees of the wood, so is my beloved among the sons. I sat down under his shadow with great delight, and his fruit was sweet to my taste. -- song of solomon 2:3 +. +He brought me to the banqueting house, and his banner over me was love. -- song of solomon 2:4 +. +Stay me with flagons, comfort me with apples: for I am sick of love. -- song of solomon 2:5 +. +His left hand is under my head, and his right hand doth embrace me. -- song of solomon 2:6 +. +I charge you, O ye daughters of Jerusalem, by the roes, and by the hinds of the field, that ye stir not up, nor awake my love, till he please. -- song of solomon 2:7 +. +The voice of my beloved! behold, he cometh leaping upon the mountains, skipping upon the hills. -- song of solomon 2:8 +. +My beloved is like a roe or a young hart: behold, he standeth behind our wall, he looketh forth at the windows, shewing himself through the lattice. -- song of solomon 2:9 +. +My beloved spake, and said unto me, Rise up, my love, my fair one, and come away. -- song of solomon 2:10 +. +For, lo, the winter is past, the rain is over and gone; -- song of solomon 2:11 +. +The flowers appear on the earth; the time of the singing of birds is come, and the voice of the turtle is heard in our land; -- song of solomon 2:12 +. +The fig tree putteth forth her green figs, and the vines with the tender grape give a good smell. Arise, my love, my fair one, and come away. -- song of solomon 2:13 +. +O my dove, that art in the clefts of the rock, in the secret places of the stairs, let me see thy countenance, let me hear thy voice; for sweet is thy voice, and thy countenance is comely. -- song of solomon 2:14 +. +Take us the foxes, the little foxes, that spoil the vines: for our vines have tender grapes. -- song of solomon 2:15 +. +My beloved is mine, and I am his: he feedeth among the lilies. -- song of solomon 2:16 +. +Until the day break, and the shadows flee away, turn, my beloved, and be thou like a roe or a young hart upon the mountains of Bether. -- song of solomon 2:17 +. +By night on my bed I sought him whom my soul loveth: I sought him, but I found him not. -- song of solomon 3:1 +. +I will rise now, and go about the city in the streets, and in the broad ways I will seek him whom my soul loveth: I sought him, but I found him not. -- song of solomon 3:2 +. +The watchmen that go about the city found me: to whom I said, Saw ye him whom my soul loveth? -- song of solomon 3:3 +. +It was but a little that I passed from them, but I found him whom my soul loveth: I held him, and would not let him go, until I had brought him into my mother's house, and into the chamber of her that conceived me. -- song of solomon 3:4 +. +I charge you, O ye daughters of Jerusalem, by the roes, and by the hinds of the field, that ye stir not up, nor awake my love, till he please. -- song of solomon 3:5 +. +Who is this that cometh out of the wilderness like pillars of smoke, perfumed with myrrh and frankincense, with all powders of the merchant? -- song of solomon 3:6 +. +Behold his bed, which is Solomon's; threescore valiant men are about it, of the valiant of Israel. -- song of solomon 3:7 +. +They all hold swords, being expert in war: every man hath his sword upon his thigh because of fear in the night. -- song of solomon 3:8 +. +King Solomon made himself a chariot of the wood of Lebanon. -- song of solomon 3:9 +. +He made the pillars thereof of silver, the bottom thereof of gold, the covering of it of purple, the midst thereof being paved with love, for the daughters of Jerusalem. -- song of solomon 3:10 +. +Go forth, O ye daughters of Zion, and behold king Solomon with the crown wherewith his mother crowned him in the day of his espousals, and in the day of the gladness of his heart. -- song of solomon 3:11 +. +Behold, thou art fair, my love; behold, thou art fair; thou hast doves' eyes within thy locks: thy hair is as a flock of goats, that appear from mount Gilead. -- song of solomon 4:1 +. +Thy teeth are like a flock of sheep that are even shorn, which came up from the washing; whereof every one bear twins, and none is barren among them. -- song of solomon 4:2 +. +Thy lips are like a thread of scarlet, and thy speech is comely: thy temples are like a piece of a pomegranate within thy locks. -- song of solomon 4:3 +. +Thy neck is like the tower of David builded for an armoury, whereon there hang a thousand bucklers, all shields of mighty men. -- song of solomon 4:4 +. +Thy two breasts are like two young roes that are twins, which feed among the lilies. -- song of solomon 4:5 +. +Until the day break, and the shadows flee away, I will get me to the mountain of myrrh, and to the hill of frankincense. -- song of solomon 4:6 +. +Thou art all fair, my love; there is no spot in thee. -- song of solomon 4:7 +. +Come with me from Lebanon, my spouse, with me from Lebanon: look from the top of Amana, from the top of Shenir and Hermon, from the lions' dens, from the mountains of the leopards. -- song of solomon 4:8 +. +Thou hast ravished my heart, my sister, my spouse; thou hast ravished my heart with one of thine eyes, with one chain of thy neck. -- song of solomon 4:9 +. +How fair is thy love, my sister, my spouse! how much better is thy love than wine! and the smell of thine ointments than all spices! -- song of solomon 4:10 +. +Thy lips, O my spouse, drop as the honeycomb: honey and milk are under thy tongue; and the smell of thy garments is like the smell of Lebanon. -- song of solomon 4:11 +. +A garden inclosed is my sister, my spouse; a spring shut up, a fountain sealed. -- song of solomon 4:12 +. +Thy plants are an orchard of pomegranates, with pleasant fruits; camphire, with spikenard, -- song of solomon 4:13 +. +Spikenard and saffron; calamus and cinnamon, with all trees of frankincense; myrrh and aloes, with all the chief spices: -- song of solomon 4:14 +. +A fountain of gardens, a well of living waters, and streams from Lebanon. -- song of solomon 4:15 +. +Awake, O north wind; and come, thou south; blow upon my garden, that the spices thereof may flow out. Let my beloved come into his garden, and eat his pleasant fruits. -- song of solomon 4:16 +. +I am come into my garden, my sister, my spouse: I have gathered my myrrh with my spice; I have eaten my honeycomb with my honey; I have drunk my wine with my milk: eat, O friends; drink, yea, drink abundantly, O beloved. -- song of solomon 5:1 +. +I sleep, but my heart waketh: it is the voice of my beloved that knocketh, saying, Open to me, my sister, my love, my dove, my undefiled: for my head is filled with dew, and my locks with the drops of the night. -- song of solomon 5:2 +. +I have put off my coat; how shall I put it on? I have washed my feet; how shall I defile them? -- song of solomon 5:3 +. +My beloved put in his hand by the hole of the door, and my bowels were moved for him. -- song of solomon 5:4 +. +I rose up to open to my beloved; and my hands dropped with myrrh, and my fingers with sweet smelling myrrh, upon the handles of the lock. -- song of solomon 5:5 +. +I opened to my beloved; but my beloved had withdrawn himself, and was gone: my soul failed when he spake: I sought him, but I could not find him; I called him, but he gave me no answer. -- song of solomon 5:6 +. +The watchmen that went about the city found me, they smote me, they wounded me; the keepers of the walls took away my veil from me. -- song of solomon 5:7 +. +I charge you, O daughters of Jerusalem, if ye find my beloved, that ye tell him, that I am sick of love. -- song of solomon 5:8 +. +What is thy beloved more than another beloved, O thou fairest among women? what is thy beloved more than another beloved, that thou dost so charge us? -- song of solomon 5:9 +. +My beloved is white and ruddy, the chiefest among ten thousand. -- song of solomon 5:10 +. +His head is as the most fine gold, his locks are bushy, and black as a raven. -- song of solomon 5:11 +. +His eyes are as the eyes of doves by the rivers of waters, washed with milk, and fitly set. -- song of solomon 5:12 +. +His cheeks are as a bed of spices, as sweet flowers: his lips like lilies, dropping sweet smelling myrrh. -- song of solomon 5:13 +. +His hands are as gold rings set with the beryl: his belly is as bright ivory overlaid with sapphires. -- song of solomon 5:14 +. +His legs are as pillars of marble, set upon sockets of fine gold: his countenance is as Lebanon, excellent as the cedars. -- song of solomon 5:15 +. +His mouth is most sweet: yea, he is altogether lovely. This is my beloved, and this is my friend, O daughters of Jerusalem. -- song of solomon 5:16 +. +Whither is thy beloved gone, O thou fairest among women? whither is thy beloved turned aside? that we may seek him with thee. -- song of solomon 6:1 +. +My beloved is gone down into his garden, to the beds of spices, to feed in the gardens, and to gather lilies. -- song of solomon 6:2 +. +I am my beloved's, and my beloved is mine: he feedeth among the lilies. -- song of solomon 6:3 +. +Thou art beautiful, O my love, as Tirzah, comely as Jerusalem, terrible as an army with banners. -- song of solomon 6:4 +. +Turn away thine eyes from me, for they have overcome me: thy hair is as a flock of goats that appear from Gilead. -- song of solomon 6:5 +. +Thy teeth are as a flock of sheep which go up from the washing, whereof every one beareth twins, and there is not one barren among them. -- song of solomon 6:6 +. +As a piece of a pomegranate are thy temples within thy locks. -- song of solomon 6:7 +. +There are threescore queens, and fourscore concubines, and virgins without number. -- song of solomon 6:8 +. +My dove, my undefiled is but one; she is the only one of her mother, she is the choice one of her that bare her. The daughters saw her, and blessed her; yea, the queens and the concubines, and they praised her. -- song of solomon 6:9 +. +Who is she that looketh forth as the morning, fair as the moon, clear as the sun, and terrible as an army with banners? -- song of solomon 6:10 +. +I went down into the garden of nuts to see the fruits of the valley, and to see whether the vine flourished and the pomegranates budded. -- song of solomon 6:11 +. +Or ever I was aware, my soul made me like the chariots of Amminadib. -- song of solomon 6:12 +. +Return, return, O Shulamite; return, return, that we may look upon thee. What will ye see in the Shulamite? As it were the company of two armies. -- song of solomon 6:13 +. +How beautiful are thy feet with shoes, O prince's daughter! the joints of thy thighs are like jewels, the work of the hands of a cunning workman. -- song of solomon 7:1 +. +Thy navel is like a round goblet, which wanteth not liquor: thy belly is like an heap of wheat set about with lilies. -- song of solomon 7:2 +. +Thy two breasts are like two young roes that are twins. -- song of solomon 7:3 +. +Thy neck is as a tower of ivory; thine eyes like the fishpools in Heshbon, by the gate of Bathrabbim: thy nose is as the tower of Lebanon which looketh toward Damascus. -- song of solomon 7:4 +. +Thine head upon thee is like Carmel, and the hair of thine head like purple; the king is held in the galleries. -- song of solomon 7:5 +. +How fair and how pleasant art thou, O love, for delights! -- song of solomon 7:6 +. +This thy stature is like to a palm tree, and thy breasts to clusters of grapes. -- song of solomon 7:7 +. +I said, I will go up to the palm tree, I will take hold of the boughs thereof: now also thy breasts shall be as clusters of the vine, and the smell of thy nose like apples; -- song of solomon 7:8 +. +And the roof of thy mouth like the best wine for my beloved, that goeth down sweetly, causing the lips of those that are asleep to speak. -- song of solomon 7:9 +. +I am my beloved's, and his desire is toward me. -- song of solomon 7:10 +. +Come, my beloved, let us go forth into the field; let us lodge in the villages. -- song of solomon 7:11 +. +Let us get up early to the vineyards; let us see if the vine flourish, whether the tender grape appear, and the pomegranates bud forth: there will I give thee my loves. -- song of solomon 7:12 +. +The mandrakes give a smell, and at our gates are all manner of pleasant fruits, new and old, which I have laid up for thee, O my beloved. -- song of solomon 7:13 +. +O that thou wert as my brother, that sucked the breasts of my mother! when I should find thee without, I would kiss thee; yea, I should not be despised. -- song of solomon 8:1 +. +I would lead thee, and bring thee into my mother's house, who would instruct me: I would cause thee to drink of spiced wine of the juice of my pomegranate. -- song of solomon 8:2 +. +His left hand should be under my head, and his right hand should embrace me. -- song of solomon 8:3 +. +I charge you, O daughters of Jerusalem, that ye stir not up, nor awake my love, until he please. -- song of solomon 8:4 +. +Who is this that cometh up from the wilderness, leaning upon her beloved? I raised thee up under the apple tree: there thy mother brought thee forth: there she brought thee forth that bare thee. -- song of solomon 8:5 +. +Set me as a seal upon thine heart, as a seal upon thine arm: for love is strong as death; jealousy is cruel as the grave: the coals thereof are coals of fire, which hath a most vehement flame. -- song of solomon 8:6 +. +Many waters cannot quench love, neither can the floods drown it: if a man would give all the substance of his house for love, it would utterly be contemned. -- song of solomon 8:7 +. +We have a little sister, and she hath no breasts: what shall we do for our sister in the day when she shall be spoken for? -- song of solomon 8:8 +. +If she be a wall, we will build upon her a palace of silver: and if she be a door, we will inclose her with boards of cedar. -- song of solomon 8:9 +. +I am a wall, and my breasts like towers: then was I in his eyes as one that found favour. -- song of solomon 8:10 +. +Solomon had a vineyard at Baalhamon; he let out the vineyard unto keepers; every one for the fruit thereof was to bring a thousand pieces of silver. -- song of solomon 8:11 +. +My vineyard, which is mine, is before me: thou, O Solomon, must have a thousand, and those that keep the fruit thereof two hundred. -- song of solomon 8:12 +. +Thou that dwellest in the gardens, the companions hearken to thy voice: cause me to hear it. -- song of solomon 8:13 +. +Make haste, my beloved, and be thou like to a roe or to a young hart upon the mountains of spices. -- song of solomon 8:14 +. +The vision of Isaiah the son of Amoz, which he saw concerning Judah and Jerusalem in the days of Uzziah, Jotham, Ahaz, and Hezekiah, kings of Judah. -- isaiah 1:1 +. +Hear, O heavens, and give ear, O earth: for the LORD hath spoken, I have nourished and brought up children, and they have rebelled against me. -- isaiah 1:2 +. +The ox knoweth his owner, and the ass his master's crib: but Israel doth not know, my people doth not consider. -- isaiah 1:3 +. +Ah sinful nation, a people laden with iniquity, a seed of evildoers, children that are corrupters: they have forsaken the LORD, they have provoked the Holy One of Israel unto anger, they are gone away backward. -- isaiah 1:4 +. +Why should ye be stricken any more? ye will revolt more and more: the whole head is sick, and the whole heart faint. -- isaiah 1:5 +. +From the sole of the foot even unto the head there is no soundness in it; but wounds, and bruises, and putrifying sores: they have not been closed, neither bound up, neither mollified with ointment. -- isaiah 1:6 +. +Your country is desolate, your cities are burned with fire: your land, strangers devour it in your presence, and it is desolate, as overthrown by strangers. -- isaiah 1:7 +. +And the daughter of Zion is left as a cottage in a vineyard, as a lodge in a garden of cucumbers, as a besieged city. -- isaiah 1:8 +. +Except the LORD of hosts had left unto us a very small remnant, we should have been as Sodom, and we should have been like unto Gomorrah. -- isaiah 1:9 +. +Hear the word of the LORD, ye rulers of Sodom; give ear unto the law of our God, ye people of Gomorrah. -- isaiah 1:10 +. +To what purpose is the multitude of your sacrifices unto me? saith the LORD: I am full of the burnt offerings of rams, and the fat of fed beasts; and I delight not in the blood of bullocks, or of lambs, or of he goats. -- isaiah 1:11 +. +When ye come to appear before me, who hath required this at your hand, to tread my courts? -- isaiah 1:12 +. +Bring no more vain oblations; incense is an abomination unto me; the new moons and sabbaths, the calling of assemblies, I cannot away with; it is iniquity, even the solemn meeting. -- isaiah 1:13 +. +Your new moons and your appointed feasts my soul hateth: they are a trouble unto me; I am weary to bear them. -- isaiah 1:14 +. +And when ye spread forth your hands, I will hide mine eyes from you: yea, when ye make many prayers, I will not hear: your hands are full of blood. -- isaiah 1:15 +. +Wash you, make you clean; put away the evil of your doings from before mine eyes; cease to do evil; -- isaiah 1:16 +. +Learn to do well; seek judgment, relieve the oppressed, judge the fatherless, plead for the widow. -- isaiah 1:17 +. +Come now, and let us reason together, saith the LORD: though your sins be as scarlet, they shall be as white as snow; though they be red like crimson, they shall be as wool. -- isaiah 1:18 +. +If ye be willing and obedient, ye shall eat the good of the land: -- isaiah 1:19 +. +But if ye refuse and rebel, ye shall be devoured with the sword: for the mouth of the LORD hath spoken it. -- isaiah 1:20 +. +How is the faithful city become an harlot! it was full of judgment; righteousness lodged in it; but now murderers. -- isaiah 1:21 +. +Thy silver is become dross, thy wine mixed with water: -- isaiah 1:22 +. +Thy princes are rebellious, and companions of thieves: every one loveth gifts, and followeth after rewards: they judge not the fatherless, neither doth the cause of the widow come unto them. -- isaiah 1:23 +. +Therefore saith the LORD, the LORD of hosts, the mighty One of Israel, Ah, I will ease me of mine adversaries, and avenge me of mine enemies: -- isaiah 1:24 +. +And I will turn my hand upon thee, and purely purge away thy dross, and take away all thy tin: -- isaiah 1:25 +. +And I will restore thy judges as at the first, and thy counsellors as at the beginning: afterward thou shalt be called, The city of righteousness, the faithful city. -- isaiah 1:26 +. +Zion shall be redeemed with judgment, and her converts with righteousness. -- isaiah 1:27 +. +And the destruction of the transgressors and of the sinners shall be together, and they that forsake the LORD shall be consumed. -- isaiah 1:28 +. +For they shall be ashamed of the oaks which ye have desired, and ye shall be confounded for the gardens that ye have chosen. -- isaiah 1:29 +. +For ye shall be as an oak whose leaf fadeth, and as a garden that hath no water. -- isaiah 1:30 +. +And the strong shall be as tow, and the maker of it as a spark, and they shall both burn together, and none shall quench them. -- isaiah 1:31 +. +The word that Isaiah the son of Amoz saw concerning Judah and Jerusalem. -- isaiah 2:1 +. +And it shall come to pass in the last days, that the mountain of the LORD's house shall be established in the top of the mountains, and shall be exalted above the hills; and all nations shall flow unto it. -- isaiah 2:2 +. +And many people shall go and say, Come ye, and let us go up to the mountain of the LORD, to the house of the God of Jacob; and he will teach us of his ways, and we will walk in his paths: for out of Zion shall go forth the law, and the word of the LORD from Jerusalem. -- isaiah 2:3 +. +And he shall judge among the nations, and shall rebuke many people: and they shall beat their swords into plowshares, and their spears into pruninghooks: nation shall not lift up sword against nation, neither shall they learn war any more. -- isaiah 2:4 +. +O house of Jacob, come ye, and let us walk in the light of the LORD. -- isaiah 2:5 +. +Therefore thou hast forsaken thy people the house of Jacob, because they be replenished from the east, and are soothsayers like the Philistines, and they please themselves in the children of strangers. -- isaiah 2:6 +. +Their land also is full of silver and gold, neither is there any end of their treasures; their land is also full of horses, neither is there any end of their chariots: -- isaiah 2:7 +. +Their land also is full of idols; they worship the work of their own hands, that which their own fingers have made: -- isaiah 2:8 +. +And the mean man boweth down, and the great man humbleth himself: therefore forgive them not. -- isaiah 2:9 +. +Enter into the rock, and hide thee in the dust, for fear of the LORD, and for the glory of his majesty. -- isaiah 2:10 +. +The lofty looks of man shall be humbled, and the haughtiness of men shall be bowed down, and the LORD alone shall be exalted in that day. -- isaiah 2:11 +. +For the day of the LORD of hosts shall be upon every one that is proud and lofty, and upon every one that is lifted up; and he shall be brought low: -- isaiah 2:12 +. +And upon all the cedars of Lebanon, that are high and lifted up, and upon all the oaks of Bashan, -- isaiah 2:13 +. +And upon all the high mountains, and upon all the hills that are lifted up, -- isaiah 2:14 +. +And upon every high tower, and upon every fenced wall, -- isaiah 2:15 +. +And upon all the ships of Tarshish, and upon all pleasant pictures. -- isaiah 2:16 +. +And the loftiness of man shall be bowed down, and the haughtiness of men shall be made low: and the LORD alone shall be exalted in that day. -- isaiah 2:17 +. +And the idols he shall utterly abolish. -- isaiah 2:18 +. +And they shall go into the holes of the rocks, and into the caves of the earth, for fear of the LORD, and for the glory of his majesty, when he ariseth to shake terribly the earth. -- isaiah 2:19 +. +In that day a man shall cast his idols of silver, and his idols of gold, which they made each one for himself to worship, to the moles and to the bats; -- isaiah 2:20 +. +To go into the clefts of the rocks, and into the tops of the ragged rocks, for fear of the LORD, and for the glory of his majesty, when he ariseth to shake terribly the earth. -- isaiah 2:21 +. +Cease ye from man, whose breath is in his nostrils: for wherein is he to be accounted of ? -- isaiah 2:22 +. +For, behold, the Lord, the LORD of hosts, doth take away from Jerusalem and from Judah the stay and the staff, the whole stay of bread, and the whole stay of water. -- isaiah 3:1 +. +The mighty man, and the man of war, the judge, and the prophet, and the prudent, and the ancient, -- isaiah 3:2 +. +The captain of fifty, and the honourable man, and the counsellor, and the cunning artificer, and the eloquent orator. -- isaiah 3:3 +. +And I will give children to be their princes, and babes shall rule over them. -- isaiah 3:4 +. +And the people shall be oppressed, every one by another, and every one by his neighbour: the child shall behave himself proudly against the ancient, and the base against the honourable. -- isaiah 3:5 +. +When a man shall take hold of his brother of the house of his father, saying, Thou hast clothing, be thou our ruler, and let this ruin be under thy hand: -- isaiah 3:6 +. +In that day shall he swear, saying, I will not be an healer; for in my house is neither bread nor clothing: make me not a ruler of the people. -- isaiah 3:7 +. +For Jerusalem is ruined, and Judah is fallen: because their tongue and their doings are against the LORD, to provoke the eyes of his glory. -- isaiah 3:8 +. +The shew of their countenance doth witness against them; and they declare their sin as Sodom, they hide it not. Woe unto their soul! for they have rewarded evil unto themselves. -- isaiah 3:9 +. +Say ye to the righteous, that it shall be well with him: for they shall eat the fruit of their doings. -- isaiah 3:10 +. +Woe unto the wicked! it shall be ill with him: for the reward of his hands shall be given him. -- isaiah 3:11 +. +As for my people, children are their oppressors, and women rule over them. O my people, they which lead thee cause thee to err, and destroy the way of thy paths. -- isaiah 3:12 +. +The LORD standeth up to plead, and standeth to judge the people. -- isaiah 3:13 +. +The LORD will enter into judgment with the ancients of his people, and the princes thereof: for ye have eaten up the vineyard; the spoil of the poor is in your houses. -- isaiah 3:14 +. +What mean ye that ye beat my people to pieces, and grind the faces of the poor? saith the Lord GOD of hosts. -- isaiah 3:15 +. +Moreover the LORD saith, Because the daughters of Zion are haughty, and walk with stretched forth necks and wanton eyes, walking and mincing as they go, and making a tinkling with their feet: -- isaiah 3:16 +. +Therefore the LORD will smite with a scab the crown of the head of the daughters of Zion, and the LORD will discover their secret parts. -- isaiah 3:17 +. +In that day the Lord will take away the bravery of their tinkling ornaments about their feet, and their cauls, and their round tires like the moon, -- isaiah 3:18 +. +The chains, and the bracelets, and the mufflers, -- isaiah 3:19 +. +The bonnets, and the ornaments of the legs, and the headbands, and the tablets, and the earrings, -- isaiah 3:20 +. +The rings, and nose jewels, -- isaiah 3:21 +. +The changeable suits of apparel, and the mantles, and the wimples, and the crisping pins, -- isaiah 3:22 +. +The glasses, and the fine linen, and the hoods, and the vails. -- isaiah 3:23 +. +And it shall come to pass, that instead of sweet smell there shall be stink; and instead of a girdle a rent; and instead of well set hair baldness; and instead of a stomacher a girding of sackcloth; and burning instead of beauty. -- isaiah 3:24 +. +Thy men shall fall by the sword, and thy mighty in the war. -- isaiah 3:25 +. +And her gates shall lament and mourn; and she being desolate shall sit upon the ground. -- isaiah 3:26 +. +And in that day seven women shall take hold of one man, saying, We will eat our own bread, and wear our own apparel: only let us be called by thy name, to take away our reproach. -- isaiah 4:1 +. +In that day shall the branch of the LORD be beautiful and glorious, and the fruit of the earth shall be excellent and comely for them that are escaped of Israel. -- isaiah 4:2 +. +And it shall come to pass, that he that is left in Zion, and he that remaineth in Jerusalem, shall be called holy, even every one that is written among the living in Jerusalem: -- isaiah 4:3 +. +When the Lord shall have washed away the filth of the daughters of Zion, and shall have purged the blood of Jerusalem from the midst thereof by the spirit of judgment, and by the spirit of burning. -- isaiah 4:4 +. +And the LORD will create upon every dwelling place of mount Zion, and upon her assemblies, a cloud and smoke by day, and the shining of a flaming fire by night: for upon all the glory shall be a defence. -- isaiah 4:5 +. +And there shall be a tabernacle for a shadow in the day time from the heat, and for a place of refuge, and for a covert from storm and from rain. -- isaiah 4:6 +. +Now will I sing to my wellbeloved a song of my beloved touching his vineyard. My wellbeloved hath a vineyard in a very fruitful hill: -- isaiah 5:1 +. +And he fenced it, and gathered out the stones thereof, and planted it with the choicest vine, and built a tower in the midst of it, and also made a winepress therein: and he looked that it should bring forth grapes, and it brought forth wild grapes. -- isaiah 5:2 +. +And now, O inhabitants of Jerusalem, and men of Judah, judge, I pray you, betwixt me and my vineyard. -- isaiah 5:3 +. +What could have been done more to my vineyard, that I have not done in it? wherefore, when I looked that it should bring forth grapes, brought it forth wild grapes? -- isaiah 5:4 +. +And now go to; I will tell you what I will do to my vineyard: I will take away the hedge thereof, and it shall be eaten up; and break down the wall thereof, and it shall be trodden down: -- isaiah 5:5 +. +And I will lay it waste: it shall not be pruned, nor digged; but there shall come up briers and thorns: I will also command the clouds that they rain no rain upon it. -- isaiah 5:6 +. +For the vineyard of the LORD of hosts is the house of Israel, and the men of Judah his pleasant plant: and he looked for judgment, but behold oppression; for righteousness, but behold a cry. -- isaiah 5:7 +. +Woe unto them that join house to house, that lay field to field, till there be no place, that they may be placed alone in the midst of the earth! -- isaiah 5:8 +. +In mine ears said the LORD of hosts, Of a truth many houses shall be desolate, even great and fair, without inhabitant. -- isaiah 5:9 +. +Yea, ten acres of vineyard shall yield one bath, and the seed of an homer shall yield an ephah. -- isaiah 5:10 +. +Woe unto them that rise up early in the morning, that they may follow strong drink; that continue until night, till wine inflame them! -- isaiah 5:11 +. +And the harp, and the viol, the tabret, and pipe, and wine, are in their feasts: but they regard not the work of the LORD, neither consider the operation of his hands. -- isaiah 5:12 +. +Therefore my people are gone into captivity, because they have no knowledge: and their honourable men are famished, and their multitude dried up with thirst. -- isaiah 5:13 +. +Therefore hell hath enlarged herself, and opened her mouth without measure: and their glory, and their multitude, and their pomp, and he that rejoiceth, shall descend into it. -- isaiah 5:14 +. +And the mean man shall be brought down, and the mighty man shall be humbled, and the eyes of the lofty shall be humbled: -- isaiah 5:15 +. +But the LORD of hosts shall be exalted in judgment, and God that is holy shall be sanctified in righteousness. -- isaiah 5:16 +. +Then shall the lambs feed after their manner, and the waste places of the fat ones shall strangers eat. -- isaiah 5:17 +. +Woe unto them that draw iniquity with cords of vanity, and sin as it were with a cart rope: -- isaiah 5:18 +. +That say, Let him make speed, and hasten his work, that we may see it: and let the counsel of the Holy One of Israel draw nigh and come, that we may know it! -- isaiah 5:19 +. +Woe unto them that call evil good, and good evil; that put darkness for light, and light for darkness; that put bitter for sweet, and sweet for bitter! -- isaiah 5:20 +. +Woe unto them that are wise in their own eyes, and prudent in their own sight! -- isaiah 5:21 +. +Woe unto them that are mighty to drink wine, and men of strength to mingle strong drink: -- isaiah 5:22 +. +Which justify the wicked for reward, and take away the righteousness of the righteous from him! -- isaiah 5:23 +. +Therefore as the fire devoureth the stubble, and the flame consumeth the chaff, so their root shall be as rottenness, and their blossom shall go up as dust: because they have cast away the law of the LORD of hosts, and despised the word of the Holy One of Israel. -- isaiah 5:24 +. +Therefore is the anger of the LORD kindled against his people, and he hath stretched forth his hand against them, and hath smitten them: and the hills did tremble, and their carcases were torn in the midst of the streets. For all this his anger is not turned away, but his hand is stretched out still. -- isaiah 5:25 +. +And he will lift up an ensign to the nations from far, and will hiss unto them from the end of the earth: and, behold, they shall come with speed swiftly: -- isaiah 5:26 +. +None shall be weary nor stumble among them; none shall slumber nor sleep; neither shall the girdle of their loins be loosed, nor the latchet of their shoes be broken: -- isaiah 5:27 +. +Whose arrows are sharp, and all their bows bent, their horses' hoofs shall be counted like flint, and their wheels like a whirlwind: -- isaiah 5:28 +. +Their roaring shall be like a lion, they shall roar like young lions: yea, they shall roar, and lay hold of the prey, and shall carry it away safe, and none shall deliver it. -- isaiah 5:29 +. +And in that day they shall roar against them like the roaring of the sea: and if one look unto the land, behold darkness and sorrow, and the light is darkened in the heavens thereof. -- isaiah 5:30 +. +In the year that king Uzziah died I saw also the LORD sitting upon a throne, high and lifted up, and his train filled the temple. -- isaiah 6:1 +. +Above it stood the seraphims: each one had six wings; with twain he covered his face, and with twain he covered his feet, and with twain he did fly. -- isaiah 6:2 +. +And one cried unto another, and said, Holy, holy, holy, is the LORD of hosts: the whole earth is full of his glory. -- isaiah 6:3 +. +And the posts of the door moved at the voice of him that cried, and the house was filled with smoke. -- isaiah 6:4 +. +Then said I, Woe is me! for I am undone; because I am a man of unclean lips, and I dwell in the midst of a people of unclean lips: for mine eyes have seen the King, the LORD of hosts. -- isaiah 6:5 +. +Then flew one of the seraphims unto me, having a live coal in his hand, which he had taken with the tongs from off the altar: -- isaiah 6:6 +. +And he laid it upon my mouth, and said, Lo, this hath touched thy lips; and thine iniquity is taken away, and thy sin purged. -- isaiah 6:7 +. +Also I heard the voice of the Lord, saying, Whom shall I send, and who will go for us? Then said I, Here am I; send me. -- isaiah 6:8 +. +And he said, Go, and tell this people, Hear ye indeed, but understand not; and see ye indeed, but perceive not. -- isaiah 6:9 +. +Make the heart of this people fat, and make their ears heavy, and shut their eyes; lest they see with their eyes, and hear with their ears, and understand with their heart, and convert, and be healed. -- isaiah 6:10 +. +Then said I, Lord, how long? And he answered, Until the cities be wasted without inhabitant, and the houses without man, and the land be utterly desolate, -- isaiah 6:11 +. +And the LORD have removed men far away, and there be a great forsaking in the midst of the land. -- isaiah 6:12 +. +But yet in it shall be a tenth, and it shall return, and shall be eaten: as a teil tree, and as an oak, whose substance is in them, when they cast their leaves: so the holy seed shall be the substance thereof. -- isaiah 6:13 +. +And it came to pass in the days of Ahaz the son of Jotham, the son of Uzziah, king of Judah, that Rezin the king of Syria, and Pekah the son of Remaliah, king of Israel, went up toward Jerusalem to war against it, but could not prevail against it. -- isaiah 7:1 +. +And it was told the house of David, saying, Syria is confederate with Ephraim. And his heart was moved, and the heart of his people, as the trees of the wood are moved with the wind. -- isaiah 7:2 +. +Then said the LORD unto Isaiah, Go forth now to meet Ahaz, thou, and Shearjashub thy son, at the end of the conduit of the upper pool in the highway of the fuller's field; -- isaiah 7:3 +. +And say unto him, Take heed, and be quiet; fear not, neither be fainthearted for the two tails of these smoking firebrands, for the fierce anger of Rezin with Syria, and of the son of Remaliah. -- isaiah 7:4 +. +Because Syria, Ephraim, and the son of Remaliah, have taken evil counsel against thee, saying, -- isaiah 7:5 +. +Let us go up against Judah, and vex it, and let us make a breach therein for us, and set a king in the midst of it, even the son of Tabeal: -- isaiah 7:6 +. +Thus saith the Lord GOD, It shall not stand, neither shall it come to pass. -- isaiah 7:7 +. +For the head of Syria is Damascus, and the head of Damascus is Rezin; and within threescore and five years shall Ephraim be broken, that it be not a people. -- isaiah 7:8 +. +And the head of Ephraim is Samaria, and the head of Samaria is Remaliah's son. If ye will not believe, surely ye shall not be established. -- isaiah 7:9 +. +Moreover the LORD spake again unto Ahaz, saying, -- isaiah 7:10 +. +Ask thee a sign of the LORD thy God; ask it either in the depth, or in the height above. -- isaiah 7:11 +. +But Ahaz said, I will not ask, neither will I tempt the LORD. -- isaiah 7:12 +. +And he said, Hear ye now, O house of David; Is it a small thing for you to weary men, but will ye weary my God also? -- isaiah 7:13 +. +Therefore the Lord himself shall give you a sign; Behold, a virgin shall conceive, and bear a son, and shall call his name Immanuel. -- isaiah 7:14 +. +Butter and honey shall he eat, that he may know to refuse the evil, and choose the good. -- isaiah 7:15 +. +For before the child shall know to refuse the evil, and choose the good, the land that thou abhorrest shall be forsaken of both her kings. -- isaiah 7:16 +. +The LORD shall bring upon thee, and upon thy people, and upon thy father's house, days that have not come, from the day that Ephraim departed from Judah; even the king of Assyria. -- isaiah 7:17 +. +And it shall come to pass in that day, that the LORD shall hiss for the fly that is in the uttermost part of the rivers of Egypt, and for the bee that is in the land of Assyria. -- isaiah 7:18 +. +And they shall come, and shall rest all of them in the desolate valleys, and in the holes of the rocks, and upon all thorns, and upon all bushes. -- isaiah 7:19 +. +In the same day shall the Lord shave with a razor that is hired, namely, by them beyond the river, by the king of Assyria, the head, and the hair of the feet: and it shall also consume the beard. -- isaiah 7:20 +. +And it shall come to pass in that day, that a man shall nourish a young cow, and two sheep; -- isaiah 7:21 +. +And it shall come to pass, for the abundance of milk that they shall give he shall eat butter: for butter and honey shall every one eat that is left in the land. -- isaiah 7:22 +. +And it shall come to pass in that day, that every place shall be, where there were a thousand vines at a thousand silverlings, it shall even be for briers and thorns. -- isaiah 7:23 +. +With arrows and with bows shall men come thither; because all the land shall become briers and thorns. -- isaiah 7:24 +. +And on all hills that shall be digged with the mattock, there shall not come thither the fear of briers and thorns: but it shall be for the sending forth of oxen, and for the treading of lesser cattle. -- isaiah 7:25 +. +Moreover the LORD said unto me, Take thee a great roll, and write in it with a man's pen concerning Mahershalalhashbaz. -- isaiah 8:1 +. +And I took unto me faithful witnesses to record, Uriah the priest, and Zechariah the son of Jeberechiah. -- isaiah 8:2 +. +And I went unto the prophetess; and she conceived, and bare a son. Then said the LORD to me, Call his name Mahershalalhashbaz. -- isaiah 8:3 +. +For before the child shall have knowledge to cry, My father, and my mother, the riches of Damascus and the spoil of Samaria shall be taken away before the king of Assyria. -- isaiah 8:4 +. +The LORD spake also unto me again, saying, -- isaiah 8:5 +. +Forasmuch as this people refuseth the waters of Shiloah that go softly, and rejoice in Rezin and Remaliah's son; -- isaiah 8:6 +. +Now therefore, behold, the Lord bringeth up upon them the waters of the river, strong and many, even the king of Assyria, and all his glory: and he shall come up over all his channels, and go over all his banks: -- isaiah 8:7 +. +And he shall pass through Judah; he shall overflow and go over, he shall reach even to the neck; and the stretching out of his wings shall fill the breadth of thy land, O Immanuel. -- isaiah 8:8 +. +Associate yourselves, O ye people, and ye shall be broken in pieces; and give ear, all ye of far countries: gird yourselves, and ye shall be broken in pieces; gird yourselves, and ye shall be broken in pieces. -- isaiah 8:9 +. +Take counsel together, and it shall come to nought; speak the word, and it shall not stand: for God is with us. -- isaiah 8:10 +. +For the LORD spake thus to me with a strong hand, and instructed me that I should not walk in the way of this people, saying, -- isaiah 8:11 +. +Say ye not, A confederacy, to all them to whom this people shall say, A confederacy; neither fear ye their fear, nor be afraid. -- isaiah 8:12 +. +Sanctify the LORD of hosts himself; and let him be your fear, and let him be your dread. -- isaiah 8:13 +. +And he shall be for a sanctuary; but for a stone of stumbling and for a rock of offence to both the houses of Israel, for a gin and for a snare to the inhabitants of Jerusalem. -- isaiah 8:14 +. +And many among them shall stumble, and fall, and be broken, and be snared, and be taken. -- isaiah 8:15 +. +Bind up the testimony, seal the law among my disciples. -- isaiah 8:16 +. +And I will wait upon the LORD, that hideth his face from the house of Jacob, and I will look for him. -- isaiah 8:17 +. +Behold, I and the children whom the LORD hath given me are for signs and for wonders in Israel from the LORD of hosts, which dwelleth in mount Zion. -- isaiah 8:18 +. +And when they shall say unto you, Seek unto them that have familiar spirits, and unto wizards that peep, and that mutter: should not a people seek unto their God? for the living to the dead? -- isaiah 8:19 +. +To the law and to the testimony: if they speak not according to this word, it is because there is no light in them. -- isaiah 8:20 +. +And they shall pass through it, hardly bestead and hungry: and it shall come to pass, that when they shall be hungry, they shall fret themselves, and curse their king and their God, and look upward. -- isaiah 8:21 +. +And they shall look unto the earth; and behold trouble and darkness, dimness of anguish; and they shall be driven to darkness. -- isaiah 8:22 +. +Nevertheless the dimness shall not be such as was in her vexation, when at the first he lightly afflicted the land of Zebulun and the land of Naphtali, and afterward did more grievously afflict her by the way of the sea, beyond Jordan, in Galilee of the nations. -- isaiah 9:1 +. +The people that walked in darkness have seen a great light: they that dwell in the land of the shadow of death, upon them hath the light shined. -- isaiah 9:2 +. +Thou hast multiplied the nation, and not increased the joy: they joy before thee according to the joy in harvest, and as men rejoice when they divide the spoil. -- isaiah 9:3 +. +For thou hast broken the yoke of his burden, and the staff of his shoulder, the rod of his oppressor, as in the day of Midian. -- isaiah 9:4 +. +For every battle of the warrior is with confused noise, and garments rolled in blood; but this shall be with burning and fuel of fire. -- isaiah 9:5 +. +For unto us a child is born, unto us a son is given: and the government shall be upon his shoulder: and his name shall be called Wonderful, Counsellor, The mighty God, The everlasting Father, The Prince of Peace. -- isaiah 9:6 +. +Of the increase of his government and peace there shall be no end, upon the throne of David, and upon his kingdom, to order it, and to establish it with judgment and with justice from henceforth even for ever. The zeal of the LORD of hosts will perform this. -- isaiah 9:7 +. +The Lord sent a word into Jacob, and it hath lighted upon Israel. -- isaiah 9:8 +. +And all the people shall know, even Ephraim and the inhabitant of Samaria, that say in the pride and stoutness of heart, -- isaiah 9:9 +. +The bricks are fallen down, but we will build with hewn stones: the sycomores are cut down, but we will change them into cedars. -- isaiah 9:10 +. +Therefore the LORD shall set up the adversaries of Rezin against him, and join his enemies together; -- isaiah 9:11 +. +The Syrians before, and the Philistines behind; and they shall devour Israel with open mouth. For all this his anger is not turned away, but his hand is stretched out still. -- isaiah 9:12 +. +For the people turneth not unto him that smiteth them, neither do they seek the LORD of hosts. -- isaiah 9:13 +. +Therefore the LORD will cut off from Israel head and tail, branch and rush, in one day. -- isaiah 9:14 +. +The ancient and honourable, he is the head; and the prophet that teacheth lies, he is the tail. -- isaiah 9:15 +. +For the leaders of this people cause them to err; and they that are led of them are destroyed. -- isaiah 9:16 +. +Therefore the LORD shall have no joy in their young men, neither shall have mercy on their fatherless and widows: for every one is an hypocrite and an evildoer, and every mouth speaketh folly. For all this his anger is not turned away, but his hand is stretched out still. -- isaiah 9:17 +. +For wickedness burneth as the fire: it shall devour the briers and thorns, and shall kindle in the thickets of the forest, and they shall mount up like the lifting up of smoke. -- isaiah 9:18 +. +Through the wrath of the LORD of hosts is the land darkened, and the people shall be as the fuel of the fire: no man shall spare his brother. -- isaiah 9:19 +. +And he shall snatch on the right hand, and be hungry; and he shall eat on the left hand, and they shall not be satisfied: they shall eat every man the flesh of his own arm: -- isaiah 9:20 +. +Manasseh, Ephraim; and Ephraim, Manasseh: and they together shall be against Judah. For all this his anger is not turned away, but his hand is stretched out still. -- isaiah 9:21 +. +Woe unto them that decree unrighteous decrees, and that write grievousness which they have prescribed; -- isaiah 10:1 +. +To turn aside the needy from judgment, and to take away the right from the poor of my people, that widows may be their prey, and that they may rob the fatherless! -- isaiah 10:2 +. +And what will ye do in the day of visitation, and in the desolation which shall come from far? to whom will ye flee for help? and where will ye leave your glory? -- isaiah 10:3 +. +Without me they shall bow down under the prisoners, and they shall fall under the slain. For all this his anger is not turned away, but his hand is stretched out still. -- isaiah 10:4 +. +O Assyrian, the rod of mine anger, and the staff in their hand is mine indignation. -- isaiah 10:5 +. +I will send him against an hypocritical nation, and against the people of my wrath will I give him a charge, to take the spoil, and to take the prey, and to tread them down like the mire of the streets. -- isaiah 10:6 +. +Howbeit he meaneth not so, neither doth his heart think so; but it is in his heart to destroy and cut off nations not a few. -- isaiah 10:7 +. +For he saith, Are not my princes altogether kings? -- isaiah 10:8 +. +Is not Calno as Carchemish? is not Hamath as Arpad? is not Samaria as Damascus? -- isaiah 10:9 +. +As my hand hath found the kingdoms of the idols, and whose graven images did excel them of Jerusalem and of Samaria; -- isaiah 10:10 +. +Shall I not, as I have done unto Samaria and her idols, so do to Jerusalem and her idols? -- isaiah 10:11 +. +Wherefore it shall come to pass, that when the Lord hath performed his whole work upon mount Zion and on Jerusalem, I will punish the fruit of the stout heart of the king of Assyria, and the glory of his high looks. -- isaiah 10:12 +. +For he saith, By the strength of my hand I have done it, and by my wisdom; for I am prudent: and I have removed the bounds of the people, and have robbed their treasures, and I have put down the inhabitants like a valiant man: -- isaiah 10:13 +. +And my hand hath found as a nest the riches of the people: and as one gathereth eggs that are left, have I gathered all the earth; and there was none that moved the wing, or opened the mouth, or peeped. -- isaiah 10:14 +. +Shall the axe boast itself against him that heweth therewith? or shall the saw magnify itself against him that shaketh it? as if the rod should shake itself against them that lift it up, or as if the staff should lift up itself, as if it were no wood. -- isaiah 10:15 +. +Therefore shall the Lord, the Lord of hosts, send among his fat ones leanness; and under his glory he shall kindle a burning like the burning of a fire. -- isaiah 10:16 +. +And the light of Israel shall be for a fire, and his Holy One for a flame: and it shall burn and devour his thorns and his briers in one day; -- isaiah 10:17 +. +And shall consume the glory of his forest, and of his fruitful field, both soul and body: and they shall be as when a standard-bearer fainteth. -- isaiah 10:18 +. +And the rest of the trees of his forest shall be few, that a child may write them. -- isaiah 10:19 +. +And it shall come to pass in that day, that the remnant of Israel, and such as are escaped of the house of Jacob, shall no more again stay upon him that smote them; but shall stay upon the LORD, the Holy One of Israel, in truth. -- isaiah 10:20 +. +The remnant shall return, even the remnant of Jacob, unto the mighty God. -- isaiah 10:21 +. +For though thy people Israel be as the sand of the sea, yet a remnant of them shall return: the consumption decreed shall overflow with righteousness. -- isaiah 10:22 +. +For the Lord GOD of hosts shall make a consumption, even determined, in the midst of all the land. -- isaiah 10:23 +. +Therefore thus saith the Lord GOD of hosts, O my people that dwellest in Zion, be not afraid of the Assyrian: he shall smite thee with a rod, and shall lift up his staff against thee, after the manner of Egypt. -- isaiah 10:24 +. +For yet a very little while, and the indignation shall cease, and mine anger in their destruction. -- isaiah 10:25 +. +And the LORD of hosts shall stir up a scourge for him according to the slaughter of Midian at the rock of Oreb: and as his rod was upon the sea, so shall he lift it up after the manner of Egypt. -- isaiah 10:26 +. +And it shall come to pass in that day, that his burden shall be taken away from off thy shoulder, and his yoke from off thy neck, and the yoke shall be destroyed because of the anointing. -- isaiah 10:27 +. +He is come to Aiath, he is passed to Migron; at Michmash he hath laid up his carriages: -- isaiah 10:28 +. +They are gone over the passage: they have taken up their lodging at Geba; Ramah is afraid; Gibeah of Saul is fled. -- isaiah 10:29 +. +Lift up thy voice, O daughter of Gallim: cause it to be heard unto Laish, O poor Anathoth. -- isaiah 10:30 +. +Madmenah is removed; the inhabitants of Gebim gather themselves to flee. -- isaiah 10:31 +. +As yet shall he remain at Nob that day: he shall shake his hand against the mount of the daughter of Zion, the hill of Jerusalem. -- isaiah 10:32 +. +Behold, the Lord, the LORD of hosts, shall lop the bough with terror: and the high ones of stature shall be hewn down, and the haughty shall be humbled. -- isaiah 10:33 +. +And he shall cut down the thickets of the forest with iron, and Lebanon shall fall by a mighty one. -- isaiah 10:34 +. +And there shall come forth a rod out of the stem of Jesse, and a Branch shall grow out of his roots: -- isaiah 11:1 +. +And the spirit of the LORD shall rest upon him, the spirit of wisdom and understanding, the spirit of counsel and might, the spirit of knowledge and of the fear of the LORD; -- isaiah 11:2 +. +And shall make him of quick understanding in the fear of the LORD: and he shall not judge after the sight of his eyes, neither reprove after the hearing of his ears: -- isaiah 11:3 +. +But with righteousness shall he judge the poor, and reprove with equity for the meek of the earth: and he shall smite the earth: with the rod of his mouth, and with the breath of his lips shall he slay the wicked. -- isaiah 11:4 +. +And righteousness shall be the girdle of his loins, and faithfulness the girdle of his reins. -- isaiah 11:5 +. +The wolf also shall dwell with the lamb, and the leopard shall lie down with the kid; and the calf and the young lion and the fatling together; and a little child shall lead them. -- isaiah 11:6 +. +And the cow and the bear shall feed; their young ones shall lie down together: and the lion shall eat straw like the ox. -- isaiah 11:7 +. +And the sucking child shall play on the hole of the asp, and the weaned child shall put his hand on the cockatrice' den. -- isaiah 11:8 +. +They shall not hurt nor destroy in all my holy mountain: for the earth shall be full of the knowledge of the LORD, as the waters cover the sea. -- isaiah 11:9 +. +And in that day there shall be a root of Jesse, which shall stand for an ensign of the people; to it shall the Gentiles seek: and his rest shall be glorious. -- isaiah 11:10 +. +And it shall come to pass in that day, that the Lord shall set his hand again the second time to recover the remnant of his people, which shall be left, from Assyria, and from Egypt, and from Pathros, and from Cush, and from Elam, and from Shinar, and from Hamath, and from the islands of the sea. -- isaiah 11:11 +. +And he shall set up an ensign for the nations, and shall assemble the outcasts of Israel, and gather together the dispersed of Judah from the four corners of the earth. -- isaiah 11:12 +. +The envy also of Ephraim shall depart, and the adversaries of Judah shall be cut off: Ephraim shall not envy Judah, and Judah shall not vex Ephraim. -- isaiah 11:13 +. +But they shall fly upon the shoulders of the Philistines toward the west; they shall spoil them of the east together: they shall lay their hand upon Edom and Moab; and the children of Ammon shall obey them. -- isaiah 11:14 +. +And the LORD shall utterly destroy the tongue of the Egyptian sea; and with his mighty wind shall he shake his hand over the river, and shall smite it in the seven streams, and make men go over dryshod. -- isaiah 11:15 +. +And there shall be an highway for the remnant of his people, which shall be left, from Assyria; like as it was to Israel in the day that he came up out of the land of Egypt. -- isaiah 11:16 +. +And in that day thou shalt say, O LORD, I will praise thee: though thou wast angry with me, thine anger is turned away, and thou comfortedst me. -- isaiah 12:1 +. +Behold, God is my salvation; I will trust, and not be afraid: for the LORD JEHOVAH is my strength and my song; he also is become my salvation. -- isaiah 12:2 +. +Therefore with joy shall ye draw water out of the wells of salvation. -- isaiah 12:3 +. +And in that day shall ye say, Praise the LORD, call upon his name, declare his doings among the people, make mention that his name is exalted. -- isaiah 12:4 +. +Sing unto the LORD; for he hath done excellent things: this is known in all the earth. -- isaiah 12:5 +. +Cry out and shout, thou inhabitant of Zion: for great is the Holy One of Israel in the midst of thee. -- isaiah 12:6 +. +The burden of Babylon, which Isaiah the son of Amoz did see. -- isaiah 13:1 +. +Lift ye up a banner upon the high mountain, exalt the voice unto them, shake the hand, that they may go into the gates of the nobles. -- isaiah 13:2 +. +I have commanded my sanctified ones, I have also called my mighty ones for mine anger, even them that rejoice in my highness. -- isaiah 13:3 +. +The noise of a multitude in the mountains, like as of a great people; a tumultuous noise of the kingdoms of nations gathered together: the LORD of hosts mustereth the host of the battle. -- isaiah 13:4 +. +They come from a far country, from the end of heaven, even the LORD, and the weapons of his indignation, to destroy the whole land. -- isaiah 13:5 +. +Howl ye; for the day of the LORD is at hand; it shall come as a destruction from the Almighty. -- isaiah 13:6 +. +Therefore shall all hands be faint, and every man's heart shall melt: -- isaiah 13:7 +. +And they shall be afraid: pangs and sorrows shall take hold of them; they shall be in pain as a woman that travaileth: they shall be amazed one at another; their faces shall be as flames. -- isaiah 13:8 +. +Behold, the day of the LORD cometh, cruel both with wrath and fierce anger, to lay the land desolate: and he shall destroy the sinners thereof out of it. -- isaiah 13:9 +. +For the stars of heaven and the constellations thereof shall not give their light: the sun shall be darkened in his going forth, and the moon shall not cause her light to shine. -- isaiah 13:10 +. +And I will punish the world for their evil, and the wicked for their iniquity; and I will cause the arrogancy of the proud to cease, and will lay low the haughtiness of the terrible. -- isaiah 13:11 +. +I will make a man more precious than fine gold; even a man than the golden wedge of Ophir. -- isaiah 13:12 +. +Therefore I will shake the heavens, and the earth shall remove out of her place, in the wrath of the LORD of hosts, and in the day of his fierce anger. -- isaiah 13:13 +. +And it shall be as the chased roe, and as a sheep that no man taketh up: they shall every man turn to his own people, and flee every one into his own land. -- isaiah 13:14 +. +Every one that is found shall be thrust through; and every one that is joined unto them shall fall by the sword. -- isaiah 13:15 +. +Their children also shall be dashed to pieces before their eyes; their houses shall be spoiled, and their wives ravished. -- isaiah 13:16 +. +Behold, I will stir up the Medes against them, which shall not regard silver; and as for gold, they shall not delight in it. -- isaiah 13:17 +. +Their bows also shall dash the young men to pieces; and they shall have no pity on the fruit of the womb; their eyes shall not spare children. -- isaiah 13:18 +. +And Babylon, the glory of kingdoms, the beauty of the Chaldees' excellency, shall be as when God overthrew Sodom and Gomorrah. -- isaiah 13:19 +. +It shall never be inhabited, neither shall it be dwelt in from generation to generation: neither shall the Arabian pitch tent there; neither shall the shepherds make their fold there. -- isaiah 13:20 +. +But wild beasts of the desert shall lie there; and their houses shall be full of doleful creatures; and owls shall dwell there, and satyrs shall dance there. -- isaiah 13:21 +. +And the wild beasts of the islands shall cry in their desolate houses, and dragons in their pleasant palaces: and her time is near to come, and her days shall not be prolonged. -- isaiah 13:22 +. +For the LORD will have mercy on Jacob, and will yet choose Israel, and set them in their own land: and the strangers shall be joined with them, and they shall cleave to the house of Jacob. -- isaiah 14:1 +. +And the people shall take them, and bring them to their place: and the house of Israel shall possess them in the land of the LORD for servants and handmaids: and they shall take them captives, whose captives they were; and they shall rule over their oppressors. -- isaiah 14:2 +. +And it shall come to pass in the day that the LORD shall give thee rest from thy sorrow, and from thy fear, and from the hard bondage wherein thou wast made to serve, -- isaiah 14:3 +. +That thou shalt take up this proverb against the king of Babylon, and say, How hath the oppressor ceased! the golden city ceased! -- isaiah 14:4 +. +The LORD hath broken the staff of the wicked, and the sceptre of the rulers. -- isaiah 14:5 +. +He who smote the people in wrath with a continual stroke, he that ruled the nations in anger, is persecuted, and none hindereth. -- isaiah 14:6 +. +The whole earth is at rest, and is quiet: they break forth into singing. -- isaiah 14:7 +. +Yea, the fir trees rejoice at thee, and the cedars of Lebanon, saying, Since thou art laid down, no feller is come up against us. -- isaiah 14:8 +. +Hell from beneath is moved for thee to meet thee at thy coming: it stirreth up the dead for thee, even all the chief ones of the earth; it hath raised up from their thrones all the kings of the nations. -- isaiah 14:9 +. +All they shall speak and say unto thee, Art thou also become weak as we? art thou become like unto us? -- isaiah 14:10 +. +Thy pomp is brought down to the grave, and the noise of thy viols: the worm is spread under thee, and the worms cover thee. -- isaiah 14:11 +. +How art thou fallen from heaven, O Lucifer, son of the morning! how art thou cut down to the ground, which didst weaken the nations! -- isaiah 14:12 +. +For thou hast said in thine heart, I will ascend into heaven, I will exalt my throne above the stars of God: I will sit also upon the mount of the congregation, in the sides of the north: -- isaiah 14:13 +. +I will ascend above the heights of the clouds; I will be like the most High. -- isaiah 14:14 +. +Yet thou shalt be brought down to hell, to the sides of the pit. -- isaiah 14:15 +. +They that see thee shall narrowly look upon thee, and consider thee, saying, Is this the man that made the earth to tremble, that did shake kingdoms; -- isaiah 14:16 +. +That made the world as a wilderness, and destroyed the cities thereof; that opened not the house of his prisoners? -- isaiah 14:17 +. +All the kings of the nations, even all of them, lie in glory, every one in his own house. -- isaiah 14:18 +. +But thou art cast out of thy grave like an abominable branch, and as the raiment of those that are slain, thrust through with a sword, that go down to the stones of the pit; as a carcase trodden under feet. -- isaiah 14:19 +. +Thou shalt not be joined with them in burial, because thou hast destroyed thy land, and slain thy people: the seed of evildoers shall never be renowned. -- isaiah 14:20 +. +Prepare slaughter for his children for the iniquity of their fathers; that they do not rise, nor possess the land, nor fill the face of the world with cities. -- isaiah 14:21 +. +For I will rise up against them, saith the LORD of hosts, and cut off from Babylon the name, and remnant, and son, and nephew, saith the LORD. -- isaiah 14:22 +. +I will also make it a possession for the bittern, and pools of water: and I will sweep it with the besom of destruction, saith the LORD of hosts. -- isaiah 14:23 +. +The LORD of hosts hath sworn, saying, Surely as I have thought, so shall it come to pass; and as I have purposed, so shall it stand: -- isaiah 14:24 +. +That I will break the Assyrian in my land, and upon my mountains tread him under foot: then shall his yoke depart from off them, and his burden depart from off their shoulders. -- isaiah 14:25 +. +This is the purpose that is purposed upon the whole earth: and this is the hand that is stretched out upon all the nations. -- isaiah 14:26 +. +For the LORD of hosts hath purposed, and who shall disannul it? and his hand is stretched out, and who shall turn it back? -- isaiah 14:27 +. +In the year that king Ahaz died was this burden. -- isaiah 14:28 +. +Rejoice not thou, whole Palestina, because the rod of him that smote thee is broken: for out of the serpent's root shall come forth a cockatrice, and his fruit shall be a fiery flying serpent. -- isaiah 14:29 +. +And the firstborn of the poor shall feed, and the needy shall lie down in safety: and I will kill thy root with famine, and he shall slay thy remnant. -- isaiah 14:30 +. +Howl, O gate; cry, O city; thou, whole Palestina, art dissolved: for there shall come from the north a smoke, and none shall be alone in his appointed times. -- isaiah 14:31 +. +What shall one then answer the messengers of the nation? That the LORD hath founded Zion, and the poor of his people shall trust in it. -- isaiah 14:32 +. +The burden of Moab. Because in the night Ar of Moab is laid waste, and brought to silence; because in the night Kir of Moab is laid waste, and brought to silence; -- isaiah 15:1 +. +He is gone up to Bajith, and to Dibon, the high places, to weep: Moab shall howl over Nebo, and over Medeba: on all their heads shall be baldness, and every beard cut off. -- isaiah 15:2 +. +In their streets they shall gird themselves with sackcloth: on the tops of their houses, and in their streets, every one shall howl, weeping abundantly. -- isaiah 15:3 +. +And Heshbon shall cry, and Elealeh: their voice shall be heard even unto Jahaz: therefore the armed soldiers of Moab shall cry out; his life shall be grievous unto him. -- isaiah 15:4 +. +My heart shall cry out for Moab; his fugitives shall flee unto Zoar, an heifer of three years old: for by the mounting up of Luhith with weeping shall they go it up; for in the way of Horonaim they shall raise up a cry of destruction. -- isaiah 15:5 +. +For the waters of Nimrim shall be desolate: for the hay is withered away, the grass faileth, there is no green thing. -- isaiah 15:6 +. +Therefore the abundance they have gotten, and that which they have laid up, shall they carry away to the brook of the willows. -- isaiah 15:7 +. +For the cry is gone round about the borders of Moab; the howling thereof unto Eglaim, and the howling thereof unto Beerelim. -- isaiah 15:8 +. +For the waters of Dimon shall be full of blood: for I will bring more upon Dimon, lions upon him that escapeth of Moab, and upon the remnant of the land. -- isaiah 15:9 +. +Send ye the lamb to the ruler of the land from Sela to the wilderness, unto the mount of the daughter of Zion. -- isaiah 16:1 +. +For it shall be, that, as a wandering bird cast out of the nest, so the daughters of Moab shall be at the fords of Arnon. -- isaiah 16:2 +. +Take counsel, execute judgment; make thy shadow as the night in the midst of the noonday; hide the outcasts; bewray not him that wandereth. -- isaiah 16:3 +. +Let mine outcasts dwell with thee, Moab; be thou a covert to them from the face of the spoiler: for the extortioner is at an end, the spoiler ceaseth, the oppressors are consumed out of the land. -- isaiah 16:4 +. +And in mercy shall the throne be established: and he shall sit upon it in truth in the tabernacle of David, judging, and seeking judgment, and hasting righteousness. -- isaiah 16:5 +. +We have heard of the pride of Moab; he is very proud: even of his haughtiness, and his pride, and his wrath: but his lies shall not be so. -- isaiah 16:6 +. +Therefore shall Moab howl for Moab, every one shall howl: for the foundations of Kirhareseth shall ye mourn; surely they are stricken. -- isaiah 16:7 +. +For the fields of Heshbon languish, and the vine of Sibmah: the lords of the heathen have broken down the principal plants thereof, they are come even unto Jazer, they wandered through the wilderness: her branches are stretched out, they are gone over the sea. -- isaiah 16:8 +. +Therefore I will bewail with the weeping of Jazer the vine of Sibmah: I will water thee with my tears, O Heshbon, and Elealeh: for the shouting for thy summer fruits and for thy harvest is fallen. -- isaiah 16:9 +. +And gladness is taken away, and joy out of the plentiful field; and in the vineyards there shall be no singing, neither shall there be shouting: the treaders shall tread out no wine in their presses; I have made their vintage shouting to cease. -- isaiah 16:10 +. +Wherefore my bowels shall sound like an harp for Moab, and mine inward parts for Kirharesh. -- isaiah 16:11 +. +And it shall come to pass, when it is seen that Moab is weary on the high place, that he shall come to his sanctuary to pray; but he shall not prevail. -- isaiah 16:12 +. +This is the word that the LORD hath spoken concerning Moab since that time. -- isaiah 16:13 +. +But now the LORD hath spoken, saying, Within three years, as the years of an hireling, and the glory of Moab shall be contemned, with all that great multitude; and the remnant shall be very small and feeble. -- isaiah 16:14 +. +The burden of Damascus. Behold, Damascus is taken away from being a city, and it shall be a ruinous heap. -- isaiah 17:1 +. +The cities of Aroer are forsaken: they shall be for flocks, which shall lie down, and none shall make them afraid. -- isaiah 17:2 +. +The fortress also shall cease from Ephraim, and the kingdom from Damascus, and the remnant of Syria: they shall be as the glory of the children of Israel, saith the LORD of hosts. -- isaiah 17:3 +. +And in that day it shall come to pass, that the glory of Jacob shall be made thin, and the fatness of his flesh shall wax lean. -- isaiah 17:4 +. +And it shall be as when the harvestman gathereth the corn, and reapeth the ears with his arm; and it shall be as he that gathereth ears in the valley of Rephaim. -- isaiah 17:5 +. +Yet gleaning grapes shall be left in it, as the shaking of an olive tree, two or three berries in the top of the uppermost bough, four or five in the outmost fruitful branches thereof, saith the LORD God of Israel. -- isaiah 17:6 +. +At that day shall a man look to his Maker, and his eyes shall have respect to the Holy One of Israel. -- isaiah 17:7 +. +And he shall not look to the altars, the work of his hands, neither shall respect that which his fingers have made, either the groves, or the images. -- isaiah 17:8 +. +In that day shall his strong cities be as a forsaken bough, and an uppermost branch, which they left because of the children of Israel: and there shall be desolation. -- isaiah 17:9 +. +Because thou hast forgotten the God of thy salvation, and hast not been mindful of the rock of thy strength, therefore shalt thou plant pleasant plants, and shalt set it with strange slips: -- isaiah 17:10 +. +In the day shalt thou make thy plant to grow, and in the morning shalt thou make thy seed to flourish: but the harvest shall be a heap in the day of grief and of desperate sorrow. -- isaiah 17:11 +. +Woe to the multitude of many people, which make a noise like the noise of the seas; and to the rushing of nations, that make a rushing like the rushing of mighty waters! -- isaiah 17:12 +. +The nations shall rush like the rushing of many waters: but God shall rebuke them, and they shall flee far off, and shall be chased as the chaff of the mountains before the wind, and like a rolling thing before the whirlwind. -- isaiah 17:13 +. +And behold at eveningtide trouble; and before the morning he is not. This is the portion of them that spoil us, and the lot of them that rob us. -- isaiah 17:14 +. +Woe to the land shadowing with wings, which is beyond the rivers of Ethiopia: -- isaiah 18:1 +. +That sendeth ambassadors by the sea, even in vessels of bulrushes upon the waters, saying, Go, ye swift messengers, to a nation scattered and peeled, to a people terrible from their beginning hitherto; a nation meted out and trodden down, whose land the rivers have spoiled! -- isaiah 18:2 +. +All ye inhabitants of the world, and dwellers on the earth, see ye, when he lifteth up an ensign on the mountains; and when he bloweth a trumpet, hear ye. -- isaiah 18:3 +. +For so the LORD said unto me, I will take my rest, and I will consider in my dwelling place like a clear heat upon herbs, and like a cloud of dew in the heat of harvest. -- isaiah 18:4 +. +For afore the harvest, when the bud is perfect, and the sour grape is ripening in the flower, he shall both cut off the sprigs with pruning hooks, and take away and cut down the branches. -- isaiah 18:5 +. +They shall be left together unto the fowls of the mountains, and to the beasts of the earth: and the fowls shall summer upon them, and all the beasts of the earth shall winter upon them. -- isaiah 18:6 +. +In that time shall the present be brought unto the LORD of hosts of a people scattered and peeled, and from a people terrible from their beginning hitherto; a nation meted out and trodden under foot, whose land the rivers have spoiled, to the place of the name of the LORD of hosts, the mount Zion. -- isaiah 18:7 +. +The burden of Egypt. Behold, the LORD rideth upon a swift cloud, and shall come into Egypt: and the idols of Egypt shall be moved at his presence, and the heart of Egypt shall melt in the midst of it. -- isaiah 19:1 +. +And I will set the Egyptians against the Egyptians: and they shall fight every one against his brother, and every one against his neighbour; city against city, and kingdom against kingdom. -- isaiah 19:2 +. +And the spirit of Egypt shall fail in the midst thereof; and I will destroy the counsel thereof: and they shall seek to the idols, and to the charmers, and to them that have familiar spirits, and to the wizards. -- isaiah 19:3 +. +And the Egyptians will I give over into the hand of a cruel lord; and a fierce king shall rule over them, saith the Lord, the LORD of hosts. -- isaiah 19:4 +. +And the waters shall fail from the sea, and the river shall be wasted and dried up. -- isaiah 19:5 +. +And they shall turn the rivers far away; and the brooks of defence shall be emptied and dried up: the reeds and flags shall wither. -- isaiah 19:6 +. +The paper reeds by the brooks, by the mouth of the brooks, and every thing sown by the brooks, shall wither, be driven away, and be no more. -- isaiah 19:7 +. +The fishers also shall mourn, and all they that cast angle into the brooks shall lament, and they that spread nets upon the waters shall languish. -- isaiah 19:8 +. +Moreover they that work in fine flax, and they that weave networks, shall be confounded. -- isaiah 19:9 +. +And they shall be broken in the purposes thereof, all that make sluices and ponds for fish. -- isaiah 19:10 +. +Surely the princes of Zoan are fools, the counsel of the wise counsellors of Pharaoh is become brutish: how say ye unto Pharaoh, I am the son of the wise, the son of ancient kings? -- isaiah 19:11 +. +Where are they? where are thy wise men? and let them tell thee now, and let them know what the LORD of hosts hath purposed upon Egypt. -- isaiah 19:12 +. +The princes of Zoan are become fools, the princes of Noph are deceived; they have also seduced Egypt, even they that are the stay of the tribes thereof. -- isaiah 19:13 +. +The LORD hath mingled a perverse spirit in the midst thereof: and they have caused Egypt to err in every work thereof, as a drunken man staggereth in his vomit. -- isaiah 19:14 +. +Neither shall there be any work for Egypt, which the head or tail, branch or rush, may do. -- isaiah 19:15 +. +In that day shall Egypt be like unto women: and it shall be afraid and fear because of the shaking of the hand of the LORD of hosts, which he shaketh over it. -- isaiah 19:16 +. +And the land of Judah shall be a terror unto Egypt, every one that maketh mention thereof shall be afraid in himself, because of the counsel of the LORD of hosts, which he hath determined against it. -- isaiah 19:17 +. +In that day shall five cities in the land of Egypt speak the language of Canaan, and swear to the LORD of hosts; one shall be called, The city of destruction. -- isaiah 19:18 +. +In that day shall there be an altar to the LORD in the midst of the land of Egypt, and a pillar at the border thereof to the LORD. -- isaiah 19:19 +. +And it shall be for a sign and for a witness unto the LORD of hosts in the land of Egypt: for they shall cry unto the LORD because of the oppressors, and he shall send them a saviour, and a great one, and he shall deliver them. -- isaiah 19:20 +. +And the LORD shall be known to Egypt, and the Egyptians shall know the LORD in that day, and shall do sacrifice and oblation; yea, they shall vow a vow unto the LORD, and perform it. -- isaiah 19:21 +. +And the LORD shall smite Egypt: he shall smite and heal it: and they shall return even to the LORD, and he shall be intreated of them, and shall heal them. -- isaiah 19:22 +. +In that day shall there be a highway out of Egypt to Assyria, and the Assyrian shall come into Egypt, and the Egyptian into Assyria, and the Egyptians shall serve with the Assyrians. -- isaiah 19:23 +. +In that day shall Israel be the third with Egypt and with Assyria, even a blessing in the midst of the land: -- isaiah 19:24 +. +Whom the LORD of hosts shall bless, saying, Blessed be Egypt my people, and Assyria the work of my hands, and Israel mine inheritance. -- isaiah 19:25 +. +In the year that Tartan came unto Ashdod, (when Sargon the king of Assyria sent him,) and fought against Ashdod, and took it; -- isaiah 20:1 +. +At the same time spake the LORD by Isaiah the son of Amoz, saying, Go and loose the sackcloth from off thy loins, and put off thy shoe from thy foot. And he did so, walking naked and barefoot. -- isaiah 20:2 +. +And the LORD said, Like as my servant Isaiah hath walked naked and barefoot three years for a sign and wonder upon Egypt and upon Ethiopia; -- isaiah 20:3 +. +So shall the king of Assyria lead away the Egyptians prisoners, and the Ethiopians captives, young and old, naked and barefoot, even with their buttocks uncovered, to the shame of Egypt. -- isaiah 20:4 +. +And they shall be afraid and ashamed of Ethiopia their expectation, and of Egypt their glory. -- isaiah 20:5 +. +And the inhabitant of this isle shall say in that day, Behold, such is our expectation, whither we flee for help to be delivered from the king of Assyria: and how shall we escape? -- isaiah 20:6 +. +The burden of the desert of the sea. As whirlwinds in the south pass through; so it cometh from the desert, from a terrible land. -- isaiah 21:1 +. +A grievous vision is declared unto me; the treacherous dealer dealeth treacherously, and the spoiler spoileth. Go up, O Elam: besiege, O Media; all the sighing thereof have I made to cease. -- isaiah 21:2 +. +Therefore are my loins filled with pain: pangs have taken hold upon me, as the pangs of a woman that travaileth: I was bowed down at the hearing of it; I was dismayed at the seeing of it. -- isaiah 21:3 +. +My heart panted, fearfulness affrighted me: the night of my pleasure hath he turned into fear unto me. -- isaiah 21:4 +. +Prepare the table, watch in the watchtower, eat, drink: arise, ye princes, and anoint the shield. -- isaiah 21:5 +. +For thus hath the LORD said unto me, Go, set a watchman, let him declare what he seeth. -- isaiah 21:6 +. +And he saw a chariot with a couple of horsemen, a chariot of asses, and a chariot of camels; and he hearkened diligently with much heed: -- isaiah 21:7 +. +And he cried, A lion: My lord, I stand continually upon the watchtower in the daytime, and I am set in my ward whole nights: -- isaiah 21:8 +. +And, behold, here cometh a chariot of men, with a couple of horsemen. And he answered and said, Babylon is fallen, is fallen; and all the graven images of her gods he hath broken unto the ground. -- isaiah 21:9 +. +O my threshing, and the corn of my floor: that which I have heard of the LORD of hosts, the God of Israel, have I declared unto you. -- isaiah 21:10 +. +The burden of Dumah. He calleth to me out of Seir, Watchman, what of the night? Watchman, what of the night? -- isaiah 21:11 +. +The watchman said, The morning cometh, and also the night: if ye will enquire, enquire ye: return, come. -- isaiah 21:12 +. +The burden upon Arabia. In the forest in Arabia shall ye lodge, O ye travelling companies of Dedanim. -- isaiah 21:13 +. +The inhabitants of the land of Tema brought water to him that was thirsty, they prevented with their bread him that fled. -- isaiah 21:14 +. +For they fled from the swords, from the drawn sword, and from the bent bow, and from the grievousness of war. -- isaiah 21:15 +. +For thus hath the LORD said unto me, Within a year, according to the years of an hireling, and all the glory of Kedar shall fail: -- isaiah 21:16 +. +And the residue of the number of archers, the mighty men of the children of Kedar, shall be diminished: for the LORD God of Israel hath spoken it. -- isaiah 21:17 +. +The burden of the valley of vision. What aileth thee now, that thou art wholly gone up to the housetops? -- isaiah 22:1 +. +Thou that art full of stirs, a tumultuous city, joyous city: thy slain men are not slain with the sword, nor dead in battle. -- isaiah 22:2 +. +All thy rulers are fled together, they are bound by the archers: all that are found in thee are bound together, which have fled from far. -- isaiah 22:3 +. +Therefore said I, Look away from me; I will weep bitterly, labour not to comfort me, because of the spoiling of the daughter of my people. -- isaiah 22:4 +. +For it is a day of trouble, and of treading down, and of perplexity by the Lord GOD of hosts in the valley of vision, breaking down the walls, and of crying to the mountains. -- isaiah 22:5 +. +And Elam bare the quiver with chariots of men and horsemen, and Kir uncovered the shield. -- isaiah 22:6 +. +And it shall come to pass, that thy choicest valleys shall be full of chariots, and the horsemen shall set themselves in array at the gate. -- isaiah 22:7 +. +And he discovered the covering of Judah, and thou didst look in that day to the armour of the house of the forest. -- isaiah 22:8 +. +Ye have seen also the breaches of the city of David, that they are many: and ye gathered together the waters of the lower pool. -- isaiah 22:9 +. +And ye have numbered the houses of Jerusalem, and the houses have ye broken down to fortify the wall. -- isaiah 22:10 +. +Ye made also a ditch between the two walls for the water of the old pool: but ye have not looked unto the maker thereof, neither had respect unto him that fashioned it long ago. -- isaiah 22:11 +. +And in that day did the Lord GOD of hosts call to weeping, and to mourning, and to baldness, and to girding with sackcloth: -- isaiah 22:12 +. +And behold joy and gladness, slaying oxen, and killing sheep, eating flesh, and drinking wine: let us eat and drink; for to morrow we shall die. -- isaiah 22:13 +. +And it was revealed in mine ears by the LORD of hosts, Surely this iniquity shall not be purged from you till ye die, saith the Lord GOD of hosts. -- isaiah 22:14 +. +Thus saith the Lord GOD of hosts, Go, get thee unto this treasurer, even unto Shebna, which is over the house, and say, -- isaiah 22:15 +. +What hast thou here? and whom hast thou here, that thou hast hewed thee out a sepulchre here, as he that heweth him out a sepulchre on high, and that graveth an habitation for himself in a rock? -- isaiah 22:16 +. +Behold, the LORD will carry thee away with a mighty captivity, and will surely cover thee. -- isaiah 22:17 +. +He will surely violently turn and toss thee like a ball into a large country: there shalt thou die, and there the chariots of thy glory shall be the shame of thy lord's house. -- isaiah 22:18 +. +And I will drive thee from thy station, and from thy state shall he pull thee down. -- isaiah 22:19 +. +And it shall come to pass in that day, that I will call my servant Eliakim the son of Hilkiah: -- isaiah 22:20 +. +And I will clothe him with thy robe, and strengthen him with thy girdle, and I will commit thy government into his hand: and he shall be a father to the inhabitants of Jerusalem, and to the house of Judah. -- isaiah 22:21 +. +And the key of the house of David will I lay upon his shoulder; so he shall open, and none shall shut; and he shall shut, and none shall open. -- isaiah 22:22 +. +And I will fasten him as a nail in a sure place; and he shall be for a glorious throne to his father's house. -- isaiah 22:23 +. +And they shall hang upon him all the glory of his father's house, the offspring and the issue, all vessels of small quantity, from the vessels of cups, even to all the vessels of flagons. -- isaiah 22:24 +. +In that day, saith the LORD of hosts, shall the nail that is fastened in the sure place be removed, and be cut down, and fall; and the burden that was upon it shall be cut off: for the LORD hath spoken it. -- isaiah 22:25 +. +The burden of Tyre. Howl, ye ships of Tarshish; for it is laid waste, so that there is no house, no entering in: from the land of Chittim it is revealed to them. -- isaiah 23:1 +. +Be still, ye inhabitants of the isle; thou whom the merchants of Zidon, that pass over the sea, have replenished. -- isaiah 23:2 +. +And by great waters the seed of Sihor, the harvest of the river, is her revenue; and she is a mart of nations. -- isaiah 23:3 +. +Be thou ashamed, O Zidon: for the sea hath spoken, even the strength of the sea, saying, I travail not, nor bring forth children, neither do I nourish up young men, nor bring up virgins. -- isaiah 23:4 +. +As at the report concerning Egypt, so shall they be sorely pained at the report of Tyre. -- isaiah 23:5 +. +Pass ye over to Tarshish; howl, ye inhabitants of the isle. -- isaiah 23:6 +. +Is this your joyous city, whose antiquity is of ancient days? her own feet shall carry her afar off to sojourn. -- isaiah 23:7 +. +Who hath taken this counsel against Tyre, the crowning city, whose merchants are princes, whose traffickers are the honourable of the earth? -- isaiah 23:8 +. +The LORD of hosts hath purposed it, to stain the pride of all glory, and to bring into contempt all the honourable of the earth. -- isaiah 23:9 +. +Pass through thy land as a river, O daughter of Tarshish: there is no more strength. -- isaiah 23:10 +. +He stretched out his hand over the sea, he shook the kingdoms: the LORD hath given a commandment against the merchant city, to destroy the strong holds thereof. -- isaiah 23:11 +. +And he said, Thou shalt no more rejoice, O thou oppressed virgin, daughter of Zidon: arise, pass over to Chittim; there also shalt thou have no rest. -- isaiah 23:12 +. +Behold the land of the Chaldeans; this people was not, till the Assyrian founded it for them that dwell in the wilderness: they set up the towers thereof, they raised up the palaces thereof; and he brought it to ruin. -- isaiah 23:13 +. +Howl, ye ships of Tarshish: for your strength is laid waste. -- isaiah 23:14 +. +And it shall come to pass in that day, that Tyre shall be forgotten seventy years, according to the days of one king: after the end of seventy years shall Tyre sing as an harlot. -- isaiah 23:15 +. +Take an harp, go about the city, thou harlot that hast been forgotten; make sweet melody, sing many songs, that thou mayest be remembered. -- isaiah 23:16 +. +And it shall come to pass after the end of seventy years, that the LORD will visit Tyre, and she shall turn to her hire, and shall commit fornication with all the kingdoms of the world upon the face of the earth. -- isaiah 23:17 +. +And her merchandise and her hire shall be holiness to the LORD: it shall not be treasured nor laid up; for her merchandise shall be for them that dwell before the LORD, to eat sufficiently, and for durable clothing. -- isaiah 23:18 +. +Behold, the LORD maketh the earth empty, and maketh it waste, and turneth it upside down, and scattereth abroad the inhabitants thereof. -- isaiah 24:1 +. +And it shall be, as with the people, so with the priest; as with the servant, so with his master; as with the maid, so with her mistress; as with the buyer, so with the seller; as with the lender, so with the borrower; as with the taker of usury, so with the giver of usury to him. -- isaiah 24:2 +. +The land shall be utterly emptied, and utterly spoiled: for the LORD hath spoken this word. -- isaiah 24:3 +. +The earth mourneth and fadeth away, the world languisheth and fadeth away, the haughty people of the earth do languish. -- isaiah 24:4 +. +The earth also is defiled under the inhabitants thereof; because they have transgressed the laws, changed the ordinance, broken the everlasting covenant. -- isaiah 24:5 +. +Therefore hath the curse devoured the earth, and they that dwell therein are desolate: therefore the inhabitants of the earth are burned, and few men left. -- isaiah 24:6 +. +The new wine mourneth, the vine languisheth, all the merryhearted do sigh. -- isaiah 24:7 +. +The mirth of tabrets ceaseth, the noise of them that rejoice endeth, the joy of the harp ceaseth. -- isaiah 24:8 +. +They shall not drink wine with a song; strong drink shall be bitter to them that drink it. -- isaiah 24:9 +. +The city of confusion is broken down: every house is shut up, that no man may come in. -- isaiah 24:10 +. +There is a crying for wine in the streets; all joy is darkened, the mirth of the land is gone. -- isaiah 24:11 +. +In the city is left desolation, and the gate is smitten with destruction. -- isaiah 24:12 +. +When thus it shall be in the midst of the land among the people, there shall be as the shaking of an olive tree, and as the gleaning grapes when the vintage is done. -- isaiah 24:13 +. +They shall lift up their voice, they shall sing for the majesty of the LORD, they shall cry aloud from the sea. -- isaiah 24:14 +. +Wherefore glorify ye the LORD in the fires, even the name of the LORD God of Israel in the isles of the sea. -- isaiah 24:15 +. +From the uttermost part of the earth have we heard songs, even glory to the righteous. But I said, My leanness, my leanness, woe unto me! the treacherous dealers have dealt treacherously; yea, the treacherous dealers have dealt very treacherously. -- isaiah 24:16 +. +Fear, and the pit, and the snare, are upon thee, O inhabitant of the earth. -- isaiah 24:17 +. +And it shall come to pass, that he who fleeth from the noise of the fear shall fall into the pit; and he that cometh up out of the midst of the pit shall be taken in the snare: for the windows from on high are open, and the foundations of the earth do shake. -- isaiah 24:18 +. +The earth is utterly broken down, the earth is clean dissolved, the earth is moved exceedingly. -- isaiah 24:19 +. +The earth shall reel to and fro like a drunkard, and shall be removed like a cottage; and the transgression thereof shall be heavy upon it; and it shall fall, and not rise again. -- isaiah 24:20 +. +And it shall come to pass in that day, that the LORD shall punish the host of the high ones that are on high, and the kings of the earth upon the earth. -- isaiah 24:21 +. +And they shall be gathered together, as prisoners are gathered in the pit, and shall be shut up in the prison, and after many days shall they be visited. -- isaiah 24:22 +. +Then the moon shall be confounded, and the sun ashamed, when the LORD of hosts shall reign in mount Zion, and in Jerusalem, and before his ancients gloriously. -- isaiah 24:23 +. +O Lord, thou art my God; I will exalt thee, I will praise thy name; for thou hast done wonderful things; thy counsels of old are faithfulness and truth. -- isaiah 25:1 +. +For thou hast made of a city an heap; of a defenced city a ruin: a palace of strangers to be no city; it shall never be built. -- isaiah 25:2 +. +Therefore shall the strong people glorify thee, the city of the terrible nations shall fear thee. -- isaiah 25:3 +. +For thou hast been a strength to the poor, a strength to the needy in his distress, a refuge from the storm, a shadow from the heat, when the blast of the terrible ones is as a storm against the wall. -- isaiah 25:4 +. +Thou shalt bring down the noise of strangers, as the heat in a dry place; even the heat with the shadow of a cloud: the branch of the terrible ones shall be brought low. -- isaiah 25:5 +. +And in this mountain shall the LORD of hosts make unto all people a feast of fat things, a feast of wines on the lees, of fat things full of marrow, of wines on the lees well refined. -- isaiah 25:6 +. +And he will destroy in this mountain the face of the covering cast over all people, and the vail that is spread over all nations. -- isaiah 25:7 +. +He will swallow up death in victory; and the Lord GOD will wipe away tears from off all faces; and the rebuke of his people shall he take away from off all the earth: for the LORD hath spoken it. -- isaiah 25:8 +. +And it shall be said in that day, Lo, this is our God; we have waited for him, and he will save us: this is the LORD; we have waited for him, we will be glad and rejoice in his salvation. -- isaiah 25:9 +. +For in this mountain shall the hand of the LORD rest, and Moab shall be trodden down under him, even as straw is trodden down for the dunghill. -- isaiah 25:10 +. +And he shall spread forth his hands in the midst of them, as he that swimmeth spreadeth forth his hands to swim: and he shall bring down their pride together with the spoils of their hands. -- isaiah 25:11 +. +And the fortress of the high fort of thy walls shall he bring down, lay low, and bring to the ground, even to the dust. -- isaiah 25:12 +. +In that day shall this song be sung in the land of Judah; We have a strong city; salvation will God appoint for walls and bulwarks. -- isaiah 26:1 +. +Open ye the gates, that the righteous nation which keepeth the truth may enter in. -- isaiah 26:2 +. +Thou wilt keep him in perfect peace, whose mind is stayed on thee: because he trusteth in thee. -- isaiah 26:3 +. +Trust ye in the LORD for ever: for in the LORD JEHOVAH is everlasting strength: -- isaiah 26:4 +. +For he bringeth down them that dwell on high; the lofty city, he layeth it low; he layeth it low, even to the ground; he bringeth it even to the dust. -- isaiah 26:5 +. +The foot shall tread it down, even the feet of the poor, and the steps of the needy. -- isaiah 26:6 +. +The way of the just is uprightness: thou, most upright, dost weigh the path of the just. -- isaiah 26:7 +. +Yea, in the way of thy judgments, O LORD, have we waited for thee; the desire of our soul is to thy name, and to the remembrance of thee. -- isaiah 26:8 +. +With my soul have I desired thee in the night; yea, with my spirit within me will I seek thee early: for when thy judgments are in the earth, the inhabitants of the world will learn righteousness. -- isaiah 26:9 +. +Let favour be shewed to the wicked, yet will he not learn righteousness: in the land of uprightness will he deal unjustly, and will not behold the majesty of the LORD. -- isaiah 26:10 +. +LORD, when thy hand is lifted up, they will not see: but they shall see, and be ashamed for their envy at the people; yea, the fire of thine enemies shall devour them. -- isaiah 26:11 +. +LORD, thou wilt ordain peace for us: for thou also hast wrought all our works in us. -- isaiah 26:12 +. +O LORD our God, other lords beside thee have had dominion over us: but by thee only will we make mention of thy name. -- isaiah 26:13 +. +They are dead, they shall not live; they are deceased, they shall not rise: therefore hast thou visited and destroyed them, and made all their memory to perish. -- isaiah 26:14 +. +Thou hast increased the nation, O LORD, thou hast increased the nation: thou art glorified: thou hadst removed it far unto all the ends of the earth. -- isaiah 26:15 +. +LORD, in trouble have they visited thee, they poured out a prayer when thy chastening was upon them. -- isaiah 26:16 +. +Like as a woman with child, that draweth near the time of her delivery, is in pain, and crieth out in her pangs; so have we been in thy sight, O LORD. -- isaiah 26:17 +. +We have been with child, we have been in pain, we have as it were brought forth wind; we have not wrought any deliverance in the earth; neither have the inhabitants of the world fallen. -- isaiah 26:18 +. +Thy dead men shall live, together with my dead body shall they arise. Awake and sing, ye that dwell in dust: for thy dew is as the dew of herbs, and the earth shall cast out the dead. -- isaiah 26:19 +. +Come, my people, enter thou into thy chambers, and shut thy doors about thee: hide thyself as it were for a little moment, until the indignation be overpast. -- isaiah 26:20 +. +For, behold, the LORD cometh out of his place to punish the inhabitants of the earth for their iniquity: the earth also shall disclose her blood, and shall no more cover her slain. -- isaiah 26:21 +. +In that day the LORD with his sore and great and strong sword shall punish leviathan the piercing serpent, even leviathan that crooked serpent; and he shall slay the dragon that is in the sea. -- isaiah 27:1 +. +In that day sing ye unto her, A vineyard of red wine. -- isaiah 27:2 +. +I the LORD do keep it; I will water it every moment: lest any hurt it, I will keep it night and day. -- isaiah 27:3 +. +Fury is not in me: who would set the briers and thorns against me in battle? I would go through them, I would burn them together. -- isaiah 27:4 +. +Or let him take hold of my strength, that he may make peace with me; and he shall make peace with me. -- isaiah 27:5 +. +He shall cause them that come of Jacob to take root: Israel shall blossom and bud, and fill the face of the world with fruit. -- isaiah 27:6 +. +Hath he smitten him, as he smote those that smote him? or is he slain according to the slaughter of them that are slain by him? -- isaiah 27:7 +. +In measure, when it shooteth forth, thou wilt debate with it: he stayeth his rough wind in the day of the east wind. -- isaiah 27:8 +. +By this therefore shall the iniquity of Jacob be purged; and this is all the fruit to take away his sin; when he maketh all the stones of the altar as chalkstones that are beaten in sunder, the groves and images shall not stand up. -- isaiah 27:9 +. +Yet the defenced city shall be desolate, and the habitation forsaken, and left like a wilderness: there shall the calf feed, and there shall he lie down, and consume the branches thereof. -- isaiah 27:10 +. +When the boughs thereof are withered, they shall be broken off: the women come, and set them on fire: for it is a people of no understanding: therefore he that made them will not have mercy on them, and he that formed them will shew them no favour. -- isaiah 27:11 +. +And it shall come to pass in that day, that the LORD shall beat off from the channel of the river unto the stream of Egypt, and ye shall be gathered one by one, O ye children of Israel. -- isaiah 27:12 +. +And it shall come to pass in that day, that the great trumpet shall be blown, and they shall come which were ready to perish in the land of Assyria, and the outcasts in the land of Egypt, and shall worship the LORD in the holy mount at Jerusalem. -- isaiah 27:13 +. +Woe to the crown of pride, to the drunkards of Ephraim, whose glorious beauty is a fading flower, which are on the head of the fat valleys of them that are overcome with wine! -- isaiah 28:1 +. +Behold, the Lord hath a mighty and strong one, which as a tempest of hail and a destroying storm, as a flood of mighty waters overflowing, shall cast down to the earth with the hand. -- isaiah 28:2 +. +The crown of pride, the drunkards of Ephraim, shall be trodden under feet: -- isaiah 28:3 +. +And the glorious beauty, which is on the head of the fat valley, shall be a fading flower, and as the hasty fruit before the summer; which when he that looketh upon it seeth, while it is yet in his hand he eateth it up. -- isaiah 28:4 +. +In that day shall the LORD of hosts be for a crown of glory, and for a diadem of beauty, unto the residue of his people, -- isaiah 28:5 +. +And for a spirit of judgment to him that sitteth in judgment, and for strength to them that turn the battle to the gate. -- isaiah 28:6 +. +But they also have erred through wine, and through strong drink are out of the way; the priest and the prophet have erred through strong drink, they are swallowed up of wine, they are out of the way through strong drink; they err in vision, they stumble in judgment. -- isaiah 28:7 +. +For all tables are full of vomit and filthiness, so that there is no place clean. -- isaiah 28:8 +. +Whom shall he teach knowledge? and whom shall he make to understand doctrine? them that are weaned from the milk, and drawn from the breasts. -- isaiah 28:9 +. +For precept must be upon precept, precept upon precept; line upon line, line upon line; here a little, and there a little: -- isaiah 28:10 +. +For with stammering lips and another tongue will he speak to this people. -- isaiah 28:11 +. +To whom he said, This is the rest wherewith ye may cause the weary to rest; and this is the refreshing: yet they would not hear. -- isaiah 28:12 +. +But the word of the LORD was unto them precept upon precept, precept upon precept; line upon line, line upon line; here a little, and there a little; that they might go, and fall backward, and be broken, and snared, and taken. -- isaiah 28:13 +. +Wherefore hear the word of the LORD, ye scornful men, that rule this people which is in Jerusalem. -- isaiah 28:14 +. +Because ye have said, We have made a covenant with death, and with hell are we at agreement; when the overflowing scourge shall pass through, it shall not come unto us: for we have made lies our refuge, and under falsehood have we hid ourselves: -- isaiah 28:15 +. +Therefore thus saith the Lord GOD, Behold, I lay in Zion for a foundation a stone, a tried stone, a precious corner stone, a sure foundation: he that believeth shall not make haste. -- isaiah 28:16 +. +Judgment also will I lay to the line, and righteousness to the plummet: and the hail shall sweep away the refuge of lies, and the waters shall overflow the hiding place. -- isaiah 28:17 +. +And your covenant with death shall be disannulled, and your agreement with hell shall not stand; when the overflowing scourge shall pass through, then ye shall be trodden down by it. -- isaiah 28:18 +. +From the time that it goeth forth it shall take you: for morning by morning shall it pass over, by day and by night: and it shall be a vexation only to understand the report. -- isaiah 28:19 +. +For the bed is shorter than that a man can stretch himself on it: and the covering narrower than that he can wrap himself in it. -- isaiah 28:20 +. +For the LORD shall rise up as in mount Perazim, he shall be wroth as in the valley of Gibeon, that he may do his work, his strange work; and bring to pass his act, his strange act. -- isaiah 28:21 +. +Now therefore be ye not mockers, lest your bands be made strong: for I have heard from the Lord GOD of hosts a consumption, even determined upon the whole earth. -- isaiah 28:22 +. +Give ye ear, and hear my voice; hearken, and hear my speech. -- isaiah 28:23 +. +Doth the plowman plow all day to sow? doth he open and break the clods of his ground? -- isaiah 28:24 +. +When he hath made plain the face thereof, doth he not cast abroad the fitches, and scatter the cummin, and cast in the principal wheat and the appointed barley and the rie in their place? -- isaiah 28:25 +. +For his God doth instruct him to discretion, and doth teach him. -- isaiah 28:26 +. +For the fitches are not threshed with a threshing instrument, neither is a cart wheel turned about upon the cummin; but the fitches are beaten out with a staff, and the cummin with a rod. -- isaiah 28:27 +. +Bread corn is bruised; because he will not ever be threshing it, nor break it with the wheel of his cart, nor bruise it with his horsemen. -- isaiah 28:28 +. +This also cometh forth from the LORD of hosts, which is wonderful in counsel, and excellent in working. -- isaiah 28:29 +. +Woe to Ariel, to Ariel, the city where David dwelt! add ye year to year; let them kill sacrifices. -- isaiah 29:1 +. +Yet I will distress Ariel, and there shall be heaviness and sorrow: and it shall be unto me as Ariel. -- isaiah 29:2 +. +And I will camp against thee round about, and will lay siege against thee with a mount, and I will raise forts against thee. -- isaiah 29:3 +. +And thou shalt be brought down, and shalt speak out of the ground, and thy speech shall be low out of the dust, and thy voice shall be, as of one that hath a familiar spirit, out of the ground, and thy speech shall whisper out of the dust. -- isaiah 29:4 +. +Moreover the multitude of thy strangers shall be like small dust, and the multitude of the terrible ones shall be as chaff that passeth away: yea, it shall be at an instant suddenly. -- isaiah 29:5 +. +Thou shalt be visited of the LORD of hosts with thunder, and with earthquake, and great noise, with storm and tempest, and the flame of devouring fire. -- isaiah 29:6 +. +And the multitude of all the nations that fight against Ariel, even all that fight against her and her munition, and that distress her, shall be as a dream of a night vision. -- isaiah 29:7 +. +It shall even be as when an hungry man dreameth, and, behold, he eateth; but he awaketh, and his soul is empty: or as when a thirsty man dreameth, and, behold, he drinketh; but he awaketh, and, behold, he is faint, and his soul hath appetite: so shall the multitude of all the nations be, that fight against mount Zion. -- isaiah 29:8 +. +Stay yourselves, and wonder; cry ye out, and cry: they are drunken, but not with wine; they stagger, but not with strong drink. -- isaiah 29:9 +. +For the LORD hath poured out upon you the spirit of deep sleep, and hath closed your eyes: the prophets and your rulers, the seers hath he covered. -- isaiah 29:10 +. +And the vision of all is become unto you as the words of a book that is sealed, which men deliver to one that is learned, saying, Read this, I pray thee: and he saith, I cannot; for it is sealed: -- isaiah 29:11 +. +And the book is delivered to him that is not learned, saying, Read this, I pray thee: and he saith, I am not learned. -- isaiah 29:12 +. +Wherefore the Lord said, Forasmuch as this people draw near me with their mouth, and with their lips do honour me, but have removed their heart far from me, and their fear toward me is taught by the precept of men: -- isaiah 29:13 +. +Therefore, behold, I will proceed to do a marvellous work among this people, even a marvellous work and a wonder: for the wisdom of their wise men shall perish, and the understanding of their prudent men shall be hid. -- isaiah 29:14 +. +Woe unto them that seek deep to hide their counsel from the LORD, and their works are in the dark, and they say, Who seeth us? and who knoweth us? -- isaiah 29:15 +. +Surely your turning of things upside down shall be esteemed as the potter's clay: for shall the work say of him that made it, He made me not? or shall the thing framed say of him that framed it, He had no understanding? -- isaiah 29:16 +. +Is it not yet a very little while, and Lebanon shall be turned into a fruitful field, and the fruitful field shall be esteemed as a forest? -- isaiah 29:17 +. +And in that day shall the deaf hear the words of the book, and the eyes of the blind shall see out of obscurity, and out of darkness. -- isaiah 29:18 +. +The meek also shall increase their joy in the LORD, and the poor among men shall rejoice in the Holy One of Israel. -- isaiah 29:19 +. +For the terrible one is brought to nought, and the scorner is consumed, and all that watch for iniquity are cut off: -- isaiah 29:20 +. +That make a man an offender for a word, and lay a snare for him that reproveth in the gate, and turn aside the just for a thing of nought. -- isaiah 29:21 +. +Therefore thus saith the LORD, who redeemed Abraham, concerning the house of Jacob, Jacob shall not now be ashamed, neither shall his face now wax pale. -- isaiah 29:22 +. +But when he seeth his children, the work of mine hands, in the midst of him, they shall sanctify my name, and sanctify the Holy One of Jacob, and shall fear the God of Israel. -- isaiah 29:23 +. +They also that erred in spirit shall come to understanding, and they that murmured shall learn doctrine. -- isaiah 29:24 +. +Woe to the rebellious children, saith the LORD, that take counsel, but not of me; and that cover with a covering, but not of my spirit, that they may add sin to sin: -- isaiah 30:1 +. +That walk to go down into Egypt, and have not asked at my mouth; to strengthen themselves in the strength of Pharaoh, and to trust in the shadow of Egypt! -- isaiah 30:2 +. +Therefore shall the strength of Pharaoh be your shame, and the trust in the shadow of Egypt your confusion. -- isaiah 30:3 +. +For his princes were at Zoan, and his ambassadors came to Hanes. -- isaiah 30:4 +. +They were all ashamed of a people that could not profit them, nor be an help nor profit, but a shame, and also a reproach. -- isaiah 30:5 +. +The burden of the beasts of the south: into the land of trouble and anguish, from whence come the young and old lion, the viper and fiery flying serpent, they will carry their riches upon the shoulders of young asses, and their treasures upon the bunches of camels, to a people that shall not profit them. -- isaiah 30:6 +. +For the Egyptians shall help in vain, and to no purpose: therefore have I cried concerning this, Their strength is to sit still. -- isaiah 30:7 +. +Now go, write it before them in a table, and note it in a book, that it may be for the time to come for ever and ever: -- isaiah 30:8 +. +That this is a rebellious people, lying children, children that will not hear the law of the LORD: -- isaiah 30:9 +. +Which say to the seers, See not; and to the prophets, Prophesy not unto us right things, speak unto us smooth things, prophesy deceits: -- isaiah 30:10 +. +Get you out of the way, turn aside out of the path, cause the Holy One of Israel to cease from before us. -- isaiah 30:11 +. +Wherefore thus saith the Holy One of Israel, Because ye despise this word, and trust in oppression and perverseness, and stay thereon: -- isaiah 30:12 +. +Therefore this iniquity shall be to you as a breach ready to fall, swelling out in a high wall, whose breaking cometh suddenly at an instant. -- isaiah 30:13 +. +And he shall break it as the breaking of the potters' vessel that is broken in pieces; he shall not spare: so that there shall not be found in the bursting of it a sherd to take fire from the hearth, or to take water withal out of the pit. -- isaiah 30:14 +. +For thus saith the Lord GOD, the Holy One of Israel; In returning and rest shall ye be saved; in quietness and in confidence shall be your strength: and ye would not. -- isaiah 30:15 +. +But ye said, No; for we will flee upon horses; therefore shall ye flee: and, We will ride upon the swift; therefore shall they that pursue you be swift. -- isaiah 30:16 +. +One thousand shall flee at the rebuke of one; at the rebuke of five shall ye flee: till ye be left as a beacon upon the top of a mountain, and as an ensign on an hill. -- isaiah 30:17 +. +And therefore will the LORD wait, that he may be gracious unto you, and therefore will he be exalted, that he may have mercy upon you: for the LORD is a God of judgment: blessed are all they that wait for him. -- isaiah 30:18 +. +For the people shall dwell in Zion at Jerusalem: thou shalt weep no more: he will be very gracious unto thee at the voice of thy cry; when he shall hear it, he will answer thee. -- isaiah 30:19 +. +And though the Lord give you the bread of adversity, and the water of affliction, yet shall not thy teachers be removed into a corner any more, but thine eyes shall see thy teachers: -- isaiah 30:20 +. +And thine ears shall hear a word behind thee, saying, This is the way, walk ye in it, when ye turn to the right hand, and when ye turn to the left. -- isaiah 30:21 +. +Ye shall defile also the covering of thy graven images of silver, and the ornament of thy molten images of gold: thou shalt cast them away as a menstruous cloth; thou shalt say unto it, Get thee hence. -- isaiah 30:22 +. +Then shall he give the rain of thy seed, that thou shalt sow the ground withal; and bread of the increase of the earth, and it shall be fat and plenteous: in that day shall thy cattle feed in large pastures. -- isaiah 30:23 +. +The oxen likewise and the young asses that ear the ground shall eat clean provender, which hath been winnowed with the shovel and with the fan. -- isaiah 30:24 +. +And there shall be upon every high mountain, and upon every high hill, rivers and streams of waters in the day of the great slaughter, when the towers fall. -- isaiah 30:25 +. +Moreover the light of the moon shall be as the light of the sun, and the light of the sun shall be sevenfold, as the light of seven days, in the day that the LORD bindeth up the breach of his people, and healeth the stroke of their wound. -- isaiah 30:26 +. +Behold, the name of the LORD cometh from far, burning with his anger, and the burden thereof is heavy: his lips are full of indignation, and his tongue as a devouring fire: -- isaiah 30:27 +. +And his breath, as an overflowing stream, shall reach to the midst of the neck, to sift the nations with the sieve of vanity: and there shall be a bridle in the jaws of the people, causing them to err. -- isaiah 30:28 +. +Ye shall have a song, as in the night when a holy solemnity is kept; and gladness of heart, as when one goeth with a pipe to come into the mountain of the LORD, to the mighty One of Israel. -- isaiah 30:29 +. +And the LORD shall cause his glorious voice to be heard, and shall shew the lighting down of his arm, with the indignation of his anger, and with the flame of a devouring fire, with scattering, and tempest, and hailstones. -- isaiah 30:30 +. +For through the voice of the LORD shall the Assyrian be beaten down, which smote with a rod. -- isaiah 30:31 +. +And in every place where the grounded staff shall pass, which the LORD shall lay upon him, it shall be with tabrets and harps: and in battles of shaking will he fight with it. -- isaiah 30:32 +. +For Tophet is ordained of old; yea, for the king it is prepared; he hath made it deep and large: the pile thereof is fire and much wood; the breath of the LORD, like a stream of brimstone, doth kindle it. -- isaiah 30:33 +. +Woe to them that go down to Egypt for help; and stay on horses, and trust in chariots, because they are many; and in horsemen, because they are very strong; but they look not unto the Holy One of Israel, neither seek the LORD! -- isaiah 31:1 +. +Yet he also is wise, and will bring evil, and will not call back his words: but will arise against the house of the evildoers, and against the help of them that work iniquity. -- isaiah 31:2 +. +Now the Egyptians are men, and not God; and their horses flesh, and not spirit. When the LORD shall stretch out his hand, both he that helpeth shall fall, and he that is holpen shall fall down, and they all shall fail together. -- isaiah 31:3 +. +For thus hath the LORD spoken unto me, Like as the lion and the young lion roaring on his prey, when a multitude of shepherds is called forth against him, he will not be afraid of their voice, nor abase himself for the noise of them: so shall the LORD of hosts come down to fight for mount Zion, and for the hill thereof. -- isaiah 31:4 +. +As birds flying, so will the LORD of hosts defend Jerusalem; defending also he will deliver it; and passing over he will preserve it. -- isaiah 31:5 +. +Turn ye unto him from whom the children of Israel have deeply revolted. -- isaiah 31:6 +. +For in that day every man shall cast away his idols of silver, and his idols of gold, which your own hands have made unto you for a sin. -- isaiah 31:7 +. +Then shall the Assyrian fall with the sword, not of a mighty man; and the sword, not of a mean man, shall devour him: but he shall flee from the sword, and his young men shall be discomfited. -- isaiah 31:8 +. +And he shall pass over to his strong hold for fear, and his princes shall be afraid of the ensign, saith the LORD, whose fire is in Zion, and his furnace in Jerusalem. -- isaiah 31:9 +. +Behold, a king shall reign in righteousness, and princes shall rule in judgment. -- isaiah 32:1 +. +And a man shall be as an hiding place from the wind, and a covert from the tempest; as rivers of water in a dry place, as the shadow of a great rock in a weary land. -- isaiah 32:2 +. +And the eyes of them that see shall not be dim, and the ears of them that hear shall hearken. -- isaiah 32:3 +. +The heart also of the rash shall understand knowledge, and the tongue of the stammerers shall be ready to speak plainly. -- isaiah 32:4 +. +The vile person shall be no more called liberal, nor the churl said to be bountiful. -- isaiah 32:5 +. +For the vile person will speak villany, and his heart will work iniquity, to practise hypocrisy, and to utter error against the LORD, to make empty the soul of the hungry, and he will cause the drink of the thirsty to fail. -- isaiah 32:6 +. +The instruments also of the churl are evil: he deviseth wicked devices to destroy the poor with lying words, even when the needy speaketh right. -- isaiah 32:7 +. +But the liberal deviseth liberal things; and by liberal things shall he stand. -- isaiah 32:8 +. +Rise up, ye women that are at ease; hear my voice, ye careless daughters; give ear unto my speech. -- isaiah 32:9 +. +Many days and years shall ye be troubled, ye careless women: for the vintage shall fail, the gathering shall not come. -- isaiah 32:10 +. +Tremble, ye women that are at ease; be troubled, ye careless ones: strip you, and make you bare, and gird sackcloth upon your loins. -- isaiah 32:11 +. +They shall lament for the teats, for the pleasant fields, for the fruitful vine. -- isaiah 32:12 +. +Upon the land of my people shall come up thorns and briers; yea, upon all the houses of joy in the joyous city: -- isaiah 32:13 +. +Because the palaces shall be forsaken; the multitude of the city shall be left; the forts and towers shall be for dens for ever, a joy of wild asses, a pasture of flocks; -- isaiah 32:14 +. +Until the spirit be poured upon us from on high, and the wilderness be a fruitful field, and the fruitful field be counted for a forest. -- isaiah 32:15 +. +Then judgment shall dwell in the wilderness, and righteousness remain in the fruitful field. -- isaiah 32:16 +. +And the work of righteousness shall be peace; and the effect of righteousness quietness and assurance for ever. -- isaiah 32:17 +. +And my people shall dwell in a peaceable habitation, and in sure dwellings, and in quiet resting places; -- isaiah 32:18 +. +When it shall hail, coming down on the forest; and the city shall be low in a low place. -- isaiah 32:19 +. +Blessed are ye that sow beside all waters, that send forth thither the feet of the ox and the ass. -- isaiah 32:20 +. +Woe to thee that spoilest, and thou wast not spoiled; and dealest treacherously, and they dealt not treacherously with thee! when thou shalt cease to spoil, thou shalt be spoiled; and when thou shalt make an end to deal treacherously, they shall deal treacherously with thee. -- isaiah 33:1 +. +O LORD, be gracious unto us; we have waited for thee: be thou their arm every morning, our salvation also in the time of trouble. -- isaiah 33:2 +. +At the noise of the tumult the people fled; at the lifting up of thyself the nations were scattered. -- isaiah 33:3 +. +And your spoil shall be gathered like the gathering of the caterpiller: as the running to and fro of locusts shall he run upon them. -- isaiah 33:4 +. +The LORD is exalted; for he dwelleth on high: he hath filled Zion with judgment and righteousness. -- isaiah 33:5 +. +And wisdom and knowledge shall be the stability of thy times, and strength of salvation: the fear of the LORD is his treasure. -- isaiah 33:6 +. +Behold, their valiant ones shall cry without: the ambassadors of peace shall weep bitterly. -- isaiah 33:7 +. +The highways lie waste, the wayfaring man ceaseth: he hath broken the covenant, he hath despised the cities, he regardeth no man. -- isaiah 33:8 +. +The earth mourneth and languisheth: Lebanon is ashamed and hewn down: Sharon is like a wilderness; and Bashan and Carmel shake off their fruits. -- isaiah 33:9 +. +Now will I rise, saith the LORD; now will I be exalted; now will I lift up myself. -- isaiah 33:10 +. +Ye shall conceive chaff, ye shall bring forth stubble: your breath, as fire, shall devour you. -- isaiah 33:11 +. +And the people shall be as the burnings of lime: as thorns cut up shall they be burned in the fire. -- isaiah 33:12 +. +Hear, ye that are far off, what I have done; and, ye that are near, acknowledge my might. -- isaiah 33:13 +. +The sinners in Zion are afraid; fearfulness hath surprised the hypocrites. Who among us shall dwell with the devouring fire? who among us shall dwell with everlasting burnings? -- isaiah 33:14 +. +He that walketh righteously, and speaketh uprightly; he that despiseth the gain of oppressions, that shaketh his hands from holding of bribes, that stoppeth his ears from hearing of blood, and shutteth his eyes from seeing evil; -- isaiah 33:15 +. +He shall dwell on high: his place of defence shall be the munitions of rocks: bread shall be given him; his waters shall be sure. -- isaiah 33:16 +. +Thine eyes shall see the king in his beauty: they shall behold the land that is very far off. -- isaiah 33:17 +. +Thine heart shall meditate terror. Where is the scribe? where is the receiver? where is he that counted the towers? -- isaiah 33:18 +. +Thou shalt not see a fierce people, a people of a deeper speech than thou canst perceive; of a stammering tongue, that thou canst not understand. -- isaiah 33:19 +. +Look upon Zion, the city of our solemnities: thine eyes shall see Jerusalem a quiet habitation, a tabernacle that shall not be taken down; not one of the stakes thereof shall ever be removed, neither shall any of the cords thereof be broken. -- isaiah 33:20 +. +But there the glorious LORD will be unto us a place of broad rivers and streams; wherein shall go no galley with oars, neither shall gallant ship pass thereby. -- isaiah 33:21 +. +For the LORD is our judge, the LORD is our lawgiver, the LORD is our king; he will save us. -- isaiah 33:22 +. +Thy tacklings are loosed; they could not well strengthen their mast, they could not spread the sail: then is the prey of a great spoil divided; the lame take the prey. -- isaiah 33:23 +. +And the inhabitant shall not say, I am sick: the people that dwell therein shall be forgiven their iniquity. -- isaiah 33:24 +. +Come near, ye nations, to hear; and hearken, ye people: let the earth hear, and all that is therein; the world, and all things that come forth of it. -- isaiah 34:1 +. +For the indignation of the LORD is upon all nations, and his fury upon all their armies: he hath utterly destroyed them, he hath delivered them to the slaughter. -- isaiah 34:2 +. +Their slain also shall be cast out, and their stink shall come up out of their carcases, and the mountains shall be melted with their blood. -- isaiah 34:3 +. +And all the host of heaven shall be dissolved, and the heavens shall be rolled together as a scroll: and all their host shall fall down, as the leaf falleth off from the vine, and as a falling fig from the fig tree. -- isaiah 34:4 +. +For my sword shall be bathed in heaven: behold, it shall come down upon Idumea, and upon the people of my curse, to judgment. -- isaiah 34:5 +. +The sword of the LORD is filled with blood, it is made fat with fatness, and with the blood of lambs and goats, with the fat of the kidneys of rams: for the LORD hath a sacrifice in Bozrah, and a great slaughter in the land of Idumea. -- isaiah 34:6 +. +And the unicorns shall come down with them, and the bullocks with the bulls; and their land shall be soaked with blood, and their dust made fat with fatness. -- isaiah 34:7 +. +For it is the day of the LORD's vengeance, and the year of recompences for the controversy of Zion. -- isaiah 34:8 +. +And the streams thereof shall be turned into pitch, and the dust thereof into brimstone, and the land thereof shall become burning pitch. -- isaiah 34:9 +. +It shall not be quenched night nor day; the smoke thereof shall go up for ever: from generation to generation it shall lie waste; none shall pass through it for ever and ever. -- isaiah 34:10 +. +But the cormorant and the bittern shall possess it; the owl also and the raven shall dwell in it: and he shall stretch out upon it the line of confusion, and the stones of emptiness. -- isaiah 34:11 +. +They shall call the nobles thereof to the kingdom, but none shall be there, and all her princes shall be nothing. -- isaiah 34:12 +. +And thorns shall come up in her palaces, nettles and brambles in the fortresses thereof: and it shall be an habitation of dragons, and a court for owls. -- isaiah 34:13 +. +The wild beasts of the desert shall also meet with the wild beasts of the island, and the satyr shall cry to his fellow; the screech owl also shall rest there, and find for herself a place of rest. -- isaiah 34:14 +. +There shall the great owl make her nest, and lay, and hatch, and gather under her shadow: there shall the vultures also be gathered, every one with her mate. -- isaiah 34:15 +. +Seek ye out of the book of the LORD, and read: no one of these shall fail, none shall want her mate: for my mouth it hath commanded, and his spirit it hath gathered them. -- isaiah 34:16 +. +And he hath cast the lot for them, and his hand hath divided it unto them by line: they shall possess it for ever, from generation to generation shall they dwell therein. -- isaiah 34:17 +. +The wilderness and the solitary place shall be glad for them; and the desert shall rejoice, and blossom as the rose. -- isaiah 35:1 +. +It shall blossom abundantly, and rejoice even with joy and singing: the glory of Lebanon shall be given unto it, the excellency of Carmel and Sharon, they shall see the glory of the LORD, and the excellency of our God. -- isaiah 35:2 +. +Strengthen ye the weak hands, and confirm the feeble knees. -- isaiah 35:3 +. +Say to them that are of a fearful heart, Be strong, fear not: behold, your God will come with vengeance, even God with a recompence; he will come and save you. -- isaiah 35:4 +. +Then the eyes of the blind shall be opened, and the ears of the deaf shall be unstopped. -- isaiah 35:5 +. +Then shall the lame man leap as an hart, and the tongue of the dumb sing: for in the wilderness shall waters break out, and streams in the desert. -- isaiah 35:6 +. +And the parched ground shall become a pool, and the thirsty land springs of water: in the habitation of dragons, where each lay, shall be grass with reeds and rushes. -- isaiah 35:7 +. +And an highway shall be there, and a way, and it shall be called The way of holiness; the unclean shall not pass over it; but it shall be for those: the wayfaring men, though fools, shall not err therein. -- isaiah 35:8 +. +No lion shall be there, nor any ravenous beast shall go up thereon, it shall not be found there; but the redeemed shall walk there: -- isaiah 35:9 +. +And the ransomed of the LORD shall return, and come to Zion with songs and everlasting joy upon their heads: they shall obtain joy and gladness, and sorrow and sighing shall flee away. -- isaiah 35:10 +. +Now it came to pass in the fourteenth year of king Hezekiah, that Sennacherib king of Assyria came up against all the defenced cities of Judah, and took them. -- isaiah 36:1 +. +And the king of Assyria sent Rabshakeh from Lachish to Jerusalem unto king Hezekiah with a great army. And he stood by the conduit of the upper pool in the highway of the fuller's field. -- isaiah 36:2 +. +Then came forth unto him Eliakim, Hilkiah's son, which was over the house, and Shebna the scribe, and Joah, Asaph's son, the recorder. -- isaiah 36:3 +. +And Rabshakeh said unto them, Say ye now to Hezekiah, Thus saith the great king, the king of Assyria, What confidence is this wherein thou trustest? -- isaiah 36:4 +. +I say, sayest thou, (but they are but vain words) I have counsel and strength for war: now on whom dost thou trust, that thou rebellest against me? -- isaiah 36:5 +. +Lo, thou trustest in the staff of this broken reed, on Egypt; whereon if a man lean, it will go into his hand, and pierce it: so is Pharaoh king of Egypt to all that trust in him. -- isaiah 36:6 +. +But if thou say to me, We trust in the LORD our God: is it not he, whose high places and whose altars Hezekiah hath taken away, and said to Judah and to Jerusalem, Ye shall worship before this altar? -- isaiah 36:7 +. +Now therefore give pledges, I pray thee, to my master the king of Assyria, and I will give thee two thousand horses, if thou be able on thy part to set riders upon them. -- isaiah 36:8 +. +How then wilt thou turn away the face of one captain of the least of my master's servants, and put thy trust on Egypt for chariots and for horsemen? -- isaiah 36:9 +. +And am I now come up without the LORD against this land to destroy it? the LORD said unto me, Go up against this land, and destroy it. -- isaiah 36:10 +. +Then said Eliakim and Shebna and Joah unto Rabshakeh, Speak, I pray thee, unto thy servants in the Syrian language; for we understand it: and speak not to us in the Jews' language, in the ears of the people that are on the wall. -- isaiah 36:11 +. +But Rabshakeh said, Hath my master sent me to thy master and to thee to speak these words? hath he not sent me to the men that sit upon the wall, that they may eat their own dung, and drink their own piss with you? -- isaiah 36:12 +. +Then Rabshakeh stood, and cried with a loud voice in the Jews' language, and said, Hear ye the words of the great king, the king of Assyria. -- isaiah 36:13 +. +Thus saith the king, Let not Hezekiah deceive you: for he shall not be able to deliver you. -- isaiah 36:14 +. +Neither let Hezekiah make you trust in the LORD, saying, The LORD will surely deliver us: this city shall not be delivered into the hand of the king of Assyria. -- isaiah 36:15 +. +Hearken not to Hezekiah: for thus saith the king of Assyria, Make an agreement with me by a present, and come out to me: and eat ye every one of his vine, and every one of his fig tree, and drink ye every one the waters of his own cistern; -- isaiah 36:16 +. +Until I come and take you away to a land like your own land, a land of corn and wine, a land of bread and vineyards. -- isaiah 36:17 +. +Beware lest Hezekiah persuade you, saying, the LORD will deliver us. Hath any of the gods of the nations delivered his land out of the hand of the king of Assyria? -- isaiah 36:18 +. +Where are the gods of Hamath and Arphad? where are the gods of Sepharvaim? and have they delivered Samaria out of my hand? -- isaiah 36:19 +. +Who are they among all the gods of these lands, that have delivered their land out of my hand, that the LORD should deliver Jerusalem out of my hand? -- isaiah 36:20 +. +But they held their peace, and answered him not a word: for the king's commandment was, saying, Answer him not. -- isaiah 36:21 +. +Then came Eliakim, the son of Hilkiah, that was over the household, and Shebna the scribe, and Joah, the son of Asaph, the recorder, to Hezekiah with their clothes rent, and told him the words of Rabshakeh. -- isaiah 36:22 +. +And it came to pass, when king Hezekiah heard it, that he rent his clothes, and covered himself with sackcloth, and went into the house of the LORD. -- isaiah 37:1 +. +And he sent Eliakim, who was over the household, and Shebna the scribe, and the elders of the priests covered with sackcloth, unto Isaiah the prophet the son of Amoz. -- isaiah 37:2 +. +And they said unto him, Thus saith Hezekiah, This day is a day of trouble, and of rebuke, and of blasphemy: for the children are come to the birth, and there is not strength to bring forth. -- isaiah 37:3 +. +It may be the LORD thy God will hear the words of Rabshakeh, whom the king of Assyria his master hath sent to reproach the living God, and will reprove the words which the LORD thy God hath heard: wherefore lift up thy prayer for the remnant that is left. -- isaiah 37:4 +. +So the servants of king Hezekiah came to Isaiah. -- isaiah 37:5 +. +And Isaiah said unto them, Thus shall ye say unto your master, Thus saith the LORD, Be not afraid of the words that thou hast heard, wherewith the servants of the king of Assyria have blasphemed me. -- isaiah 37:6 +. +Behold, I will send a blast upon him, and he shall hear a rumour, and return to his own land; and I will cause him to fall by the sword in his own land. -- isaiah 37:7 +. +So Rabshakeh returned, and found the king of Assyria warring against Libnah: for he had heard that he was departed from Lachish. -- isaiah 37:8 +. +And he heard say concerning Tirhakah king of Ethiopia, He is come forth to make war with thee. And when he heard it, he sent messengers to Hezekiah, saying, -- isaiah 37:9 +. +Thus shall ye speak to Hezekiah king of Judah, saying, Let not thy God, in whom thou trustest, deceive thee, saying, Jerusalem shall not be given into the hand of the king of Assyria. -- isaiah 37:10 +. +Behold, thou hast heard what the kings of Assyria have done to all lands by destroying them utterly; and shalt thou be delivered? -- isaiah 37:11 +. +Have the gods of the nations delivered them which my fathers have destroyed, as Gozan, and Haran, and Rezeph, and the children of Eden which were in Telassar? -- isaiah 37:12 +. +Where is the king of Hamath, and the king of Arphad, and the king of the city of Sepharvaim, Hena, and Ivah? -- isaiah 37:13 +. +And Hezekiah received the letter from the hand of the messengers, and read it: and Hezekiah went up unto the house of the LORD, and spread it before the LORD. -- isaiah 37:14 +. +And Hezekiah prayed unto the LORD, saying, -- isaiah 37:15 +. +O LORD of hosts, God of Israel, that dwellest between the cherubims, thou art the God, even thou alone, of all the kingdoms of the earth: thou hast made heaven and earth. -- isaiah 37:16 +. +Incline thine ear, O LORD, and hear; open thine eyes, O LORD, and see: and hear all the words of Sennacherib, which hath sent to reproach the living God. -- isaiah 37:17 +. +Of a truth, LORD, the kings of Assyria have laid waste all the nations, and their countries, -- isaiah 37:18 +. +And have cast their gods into the fire: for they were no gods, but the work of men's hands, wood and stone: therefore they have destroyed them. -- isaiah 37:19 +. +Now therefore, O LORD our God, save us from his hand, that all the kingdoms of the earth may know that thou art the LORD, even thou only. -- isaiah 37:20 +. +Then Isaiah the son of Amoz sent unto Hezekiah, saying, Thus saith the LORD God of Israel, Whereas thou hast prayed to me against Sennacherib king of Assyria: -- isaiah 37:21 +. +This is the word which the LORD hath spoken concerning him; The virgin, the daughter of Zion, hath despised thee, and laughed thee to scorn; the daughter of Jerusalem hath shaken her head at thee. -- isaiah 37:22 +. +Whom hast thou reproached and blasphemed? and against whom hast thou exalted thy voice, and lifted up thine eyes on high? even against the Holy One of Israel. -- isaiah 37:23 +. +By thy servants hast thou reproached the Lord, and hast said, By the multitude of my chariots am I come up to the height of the mountains, to the sides of Lebanon; and I will cut down the tall cedars thereof, and the choice fir trees thereof: and I will enter into the height of his border, and the forest of his Carmel. -- isaiah 37:24 +. +I have digged, and drunk water; and with the sole of my feet have I dried up all the rivers of the besieged places. -- isaiah 37:25 +. +Hast thou not heard long ago, how I have done it; and of ancient times, that I have formed it? now have I brought it to pass, that thou shouldest be to lay waste defenced cities into ruinous heaps. -- isaiah 37:26 +. +Therefore their inhabitants were of small power, they were dismayed and confounded: they were as the grass of the field, and as the green herb, as the grass on the housetops, and as corn blasted before it be grown up. -- isaiah 37:27 +. +But I know thy abode, and thy going out, and thy coming in, and thy rage against me. -- isaiah 37:28 +. +Because thy rage against me, and thy tumult, is come up into mine ears, therefore will I put my hook in thy nose, and my bridle in thy lips, and I will turn thee back by the way by which thou camest. -- isaiah 37:29 +. +And this shall be a sign unto thee, Ye shall eat this year such as groweth of itself; and the second year that which springeth of the same: and in the third year sow ye, and reap, and plant vineyards, and eat the fruit thereof. -- isaiah 37:30 +. +And the remnant that is escaped of the house of Judah shall again take root downward, and bear fruit upward: -- isaiah 37:31 +. +For out of Jerusalem shall go forth a remnant, and they that escape out of mount Zion: the zeal of the LORD of hosts shall do this. -- isaiah 37:32 +. +Therefore thus saith the LORD concerning the king of Assyria, He shall not come into this city, nor shoot an arrow there, nor come before it with shields, nor cast a bank against it. -- isaiah 37:33 +. +By the way that he came, by the same shall he return, and shall not come into this city, saith the LORD. -- isaiah 37:34 +. +For I will defend this city to save it for mine own sake, and for my servant David's sake. -- isaiah 37:35 +. +Then the angel of the LORD went forth, and smote in the camp of the Assyrians a hundred and fourscore and five thousand: and when they arose early in the morning, behold, they were all dead corpses. -- isaiah 37:36 +. +So Sennacherib king of Assyria departed, and went and returned, and dwelt at Nineveh. -- isaiah 37:37 +. +And it came to pass, as he was worshipping in the house of Nisroch his god, that Adrammelech and Sharezer his sons smote him with the sword; and they escaped into the land of Armenia: and Esarhaddon his son reigned in his stead. -- isaiah 37:38 +. +In those days was Hezekiah sick unto death. And Isaiah the prophet the son of Amoz came unto him, and said unto him, Thus saith the LORD, Set thine house in order: for thou shalt die, and not live. -- isaiah 38:1 +. +Then Hezekiah turned his face toward the wall, and prayed unto the LORD, -- isaiah 38:2 +. +And said, Remember now, O LORD, I beseech thee, how I have walked before thee in truth and with a perfect heart, and have done that which is good in thy sight. And Hezekiah wept sore. -- isaiah 38:3 +. +Then came the word of the LORD to Isaiah, saying, -- isaiah 38:4 +. +Go, and say to Hezekiah, Thus saith the LORD, the God of David thy father, I have heard thy prayer, I have seen thy tears: behold, I will add unto thy days fifteen years. -- isaiah 38:5 +. +And I will deliver thee and this city out of the hand of the king of Assyria: and I will defend this city. -- isaiah 38:6 +. +And this shall be a sign unto thee from the LORD, that the LORD will do this thing that he hath spoken; -- isaiah 38:7 +. +Behold, I will bring again the shadow of the degrees, which is gone down in the sun dial of Ahaz, ten degrees backward. So the sun returned ten degrees, by which degrees it was gone down. -- isaiah 38:8 +. +The writing of Hezekiah king of Judah, when he had been sick, and was recovered of his sickness: -- isaiah 38:9 +. +I said in the cutting off of my days, I shall go to the gates of the grave: I am deprived of the residue of my years. -- isaiah 38:10 +. +I said, I shall not see the LORD, even the LORD, in the land of the living: I shall behold man no more with the inhabitants of the world. -- isaiah 38:11 +. +Mine age is departed, and is removed from me as a shepherd's tent: I have cut off like a weaver my life: he will cut me off with pining sickness: from day even to night wilt thou make an end of me. -- isaiah 38:12 +. +I reckoned till morning, that, as a lion, so will he break all my bones: from day even to night wilt thou make an end of me. -- isaiah 38:13 +. +Like a crane or a swallow, so did I chatter: I did mourn as a dove: mine eyes fail with looking upward: O LORD, I am oppressed; undertake for me. -- isaiah 38:14 +. +What shall I say? he hath both spoken unto me, and himself hath done it: I shall go softly all my years in the bitterness of my soul. -- isaiah 38:15 +. +O LORD, by these things men live, and in all these things is the life of my spirit: so wilt thou recover me, and make me to live. -- isaiah 38:16 +. +Behold, for peace I had great bitterness: but thou hast in love to my soul delivered it from the pit of corruption: for thou hast cast all my sins behind thy back. -- isaiah 38:17 +. +For the grave cannot praise thee, death can not celebrate thee: they that go down into the pit cannot hope for thy truth. -- isaiah 38:18 +. +The living, the living, he shall praise thee, as I do this day: the father to the children shall make known thy truth. -- isaiah 38:19 +. +The LORD was ready to save me: therefore we will sing my songs to the stringed instruments all the days of our life in the house of the LORD. -- isaiah 38:20 +. +For Isaiah had said, Let them take a lump of figs, and lay it for a plaister upon the boil, and he shall recover. -- isaiah 38:21 +. +Hezekiah also had said, What is the sign that I shall go up to the house of the LORD? -- isaiah 38:22 +. +At that time Merodachbaladan, the son of Baladan, king of Babylon, sent letters and a present to Hezekiah: for he had heard that he had been sick, and was recovered. -- isaiah 39:1 +. +And Hezekiah was glad of them, and shewed them the house of his precious things, the silver, and the gold, and the spices, and the precious ointment, and all the house of his armour, and all that was found in his treasures: there was nothing in his house, nor in all his dominion, that Hezekiah shewed them not. -- isaiah 39:2 +. +Then came Isaiah the prophet unto king Hezekiah, and said unto him, What said these men? and from whence came they unto thee? And Hezekiah said, They are come from a far country unto me, even from Babylon. -- isaiah 39:3 +. +Then said he, What have they seen in thine house? And Hezekiah answered, All that is in mine house have they seen: there is nothing among my treasures that I have not shewed them. -- isaiah 39:4 +. +Then said Isaiah to Hezekiah, Hear the word of the LORD of hosts: -- isaiah 39:5 +. +Behold, the days come, that all that is in thine house, and that which thy fathers have laid up in store until this day, shall be carried to Babylon: nothing shall be left, saith the LORD. -- isaiah 39:6 +. +And of thy sons that shall issue from thee, which thou shalt beget, shall they take away; and they shall be eunuchs in the palace of the king of Babylon. -- isaiah 39:7 +. +Then said Hezekiah to Isaiah, Good is the word of the LORD which thou hast spoken. He said moreover, For there shall be peace and truth in my days. -- isaiah 39:8 +. +Comfort ye, comfort ye my people, saith your God. -- isaiah 40:1 +. +Speak ye comfortably to Jerusalem, and cry unto her, that her warfare is accomplished, that her iniquity is pardoned: for she hath received of the LORD's hand double for all her sins. -- isaiah 40:2 +. +The voice of him that crieth in the wilderness, Prepare ye the way of the LORD, make straight in the desert a highway for our God. -- isaiah 40:3 +. +Every valley shall be exalted, and every mountain and hill shall be made low: and the crooked shall be made straight, and the rough places plain: -- isaiah 40:4 +. +And the glory of the LORD shall be revealed, and all flesh shall see it together: for the mouth of the LORD hath spoken it. -- isaiah 40:5 +. +The voice said, Cry. And he said, What shall I cry? All flesh is grass, and all the goodliness thereof is as the flower of the field: -- isaiah 40:6 +. +The grass withereth, the flower fadeth: because the spirit of the LORD bloweth upon it: surely the people is grass. -- isaiah 40:7 +. +The grass withereth, the flower fadeth: but the word of our God shall stand for ever. -- isaiah 40:8 +. +O Zion, that bringest good tidings, get thee up into the high mountain; O Jerusalem, that bringest good tidings, lift up thy voice with strength; lift it up, be not afraid; say unto the cities of Judah, Behold your God! -- isaiah 40:9 +. +Behold, the Lord GOD will come with strong hand, and his arm shall rule for him: behold, his reward is with him, and his work before him. -- isaiah 40:10 +. +He shall feed his flock like a shepherd: he shall gather the lambs with his arm, and carry them in his bosom, and shall gently lead those that are with young. -- isaiah 40:11 +. +Who hath measured the waters in the hollow of his hand, and meted out heaven with the span, and comprehended the dust of the earth in a measure, and weighed the mountains in scales, and the hills in a balance? -- isaiah 40:12 +. +Who hath directed the Spirit of the LORD, or being his counsellor hath taught him? -- isaiah 40:13 +. +With whom took he counsel, and who instructed him, and taught him in the path of judgment, and taught him knowledge, and shewed to him the way of understanding? -- isaiah 40:14 +. +Behold, the nations are as a drop of a bucket, and are counted as the small dust of the balance: behold, he taketh up the isles as a very little thing. -- isaiah 40:15 +. +And Lebanon is not sufficient to burn, nor the beasts thereof sufficient for a burnt offering. -- isaiah 40:16 +. +All nations before him are as nothing; and they are counted to him less than nothing, and vanity. -- isaiah 40:17 +. +To whom then will ye liken God? or what likeness will ye compare unto him? -- isaiah 40:18 +. +The workman melteth a graven image, and the goldsmith spreadeth it over with gold, and casteth silver chains. -- isaiah 40:19 +. +He that is so impoverished that he hath no oblation chooseth a tree that will not rot; he seeketh unto him a cunning workman to prepare a graven image, that shall not be moved. -- isaiah 40:20 +. +Have ye not known? have ye not heard? hath it not been told you from the beginning? have ye not understood from the foundations of the earth? -- isaiah 40:21 +. +It is he that sitteth upon the circle of the earth, and the inhabitants thereof are as grasshoppers; that stretcheth out the heavens as a curtain, and spreadeth them out as a tent to dwell in: -- isaiah 40:22 +. +That bringeth the princes to nothing; he maketh the judges of the earth as vanity. -- isaiah 40:23 +. +Yea, they shall not be planted; yea, they shall not be sown: yea, their stock shall not take root in the earth: and he shall also blow upon them, and they shall wither, and the whirlwind shall take them away as stubble. -- isaiah 40:24 +. +To whom then will ye liken me, or shall I be equal? saith the Holy One. -- isaiah 40:25 +. +Lift up your eyes on high, and behold who hath created these things, that bringeth out their host by number: he calleth them all by names by the greatness of his might, for that he is strong in power; not one faileth. -- isaiah 40:26 +. +Why sayest thou, O Jacob, and speakest, O Israel, My way is hid from the LORD, and my judgment is passed over from my God? -- isaiah 40:27 +. +Hast thou not known? hast thou not heard, that the everlasting God, the LORD, the Creator of the ends of the earth, fainteth not, neither is weary? there is no searching of his understanding. -- isaiah 40:28 +. +He giveth power to the faint; and to them that have no might he increaseth strength. -- isaiah 40:29 +. +Even the youths shall faint and be weary, and the young men shall utterly fall: -- isaiah 40:30 +. +But they that wait upon the LORD shall renew their strength; they shall mount up with wings as eagles; they shall run, and not be weary; and they shall walk, and not faint. -- isaiah 40:31 +. +Keep silence before me, O islands; and let the people renew their strength: let them come near; then let them speak: let us come near together to judgment. -- isaiah 41:1 +. +Who raised up the righteous man from the east, called him to his foot, gave the nations before him, and made him rule over kings? he gave them as the dust to his sword, and as driven stubble to his bow. -- isaiah 41:2 +. +He pursued them, and passed safely; even by the way that he had not gone with his feet. -- isaiah 41:3 +. +Who hath wrought and done it, calling the generations from the beginning? I the LORD, the first, and with the last; I am he. -- isaiah 41:4 +. +The isles saw it, and feared; the ends of the earth were afraid, drew near, and came. -- isaiah 41:5 +. +They helped every one his neighbour; and every one said to his brother, Be of good courage. -- isaiah 41:6 +. +So the carpenter encouraged the goldsmith, and he that smootheth with the hammer him that smote the anvil, saying, It is ready for the sodering: and he fastened it with nails, that it should not be moved. -- isaiah 41:7 +. +But thou, Israel, art my servant, Jacob whom I have chosen, the seed of Abraham my friend. -- isaiah 41:8 +. +Thou whom I have taken from the ends of the earth, and called thee from the chief men thereof, and said unto thee, Thou art my servant; I have chosen thee, and not cast thee away. -- isaiah 41:9 +. +Fear thou not; for I am with thee: be not dismayed; for I am thy God: I will strengthen thee; yea, I will help thee; yea, I will uphold thee with the right hand of my righteousness. -- isaiah 41:10 +. +Behold, all they that were incensed against thee shall be ashamed and confounded: they shall be as nothing; and they that strive with thee shall perish. -- isaiah 41:11 +. +Thou shalt seek them, and shalt not find them, even them that contended with thee: they that war against thee shall be as nothing, and as a thing of nought. -- isaiah 41:12 +. +For I the LORD thy God will hold thy right hand, saying unto thee, Fear not; I will help thee. -- isaiah 41:13 +. +Fear not, thou worm Jacob, and ye men of Israel; I will help thee, saith the LORD, and thy redeemer, the Holy One of Israel. -- isaiah 41:14 +. +Behold, I will make thee a new sharp threshing instrument having teeth: thou shalt thresh the mountains, and beat them small, and shalt make the hills as chaff. -- isaiah 41:15 +. +Thou shalt fan them, and the wind shall carry them away, and the whirlwind shall scatter them: and thou shalt rejoice in the LORD, and shalt glory in the Holy One of Israel. -- isaiah 41:16 +. +When the poor and needy seek water, and there is none, and their tongue faileth for thirst, I the LORD will hear them, I the God of Israel will not forsake them. -- isaiah 41:17 +. +I will open rivers in high places, and fountains in the midst of the valleys: I will make the wilderness a pool of water, and the dry land springs of water. -- isaiah 41:18 +. +I will plant in the wilderness the cedar, the shittah tree, and the myrtle, and the oil tree; I will set in the desert the fir tree, and the pine, and the box tree together: -- isaiah 41:19 +. +That they may see, and know, and consider, and understand together, that the hand of the LORD hath done this, and the Holy One of Israel hath created it. -- isaiah 41:20 +. +Produce your cause, saith the LORD; bring forth your strong reasons, saith the King of Jacob. -- isaiah 41:21 +. +Let them bring them forth, and shew us what shall happen: let them shew the former things, what they be, that we may consider them, and know the latter end of them; or declare us things for to come. -- isaiah 41:22 +. +Shew the things that are to come hereafter, that we may know that ye are gods: yea, do good, or do evil, that we may be dismayed, and behold it together. -- isaiah 41:23 +. +Behold, ye are of nothing, and your work of nought: an abomination is he that chooseth you. -- isaiah 41:24 +. +I have raised up one from the north, and he shall come: from the rising of the sun shall he call upon my name: and he shall come upon princes as upon morter, and as the potter treadeth clay. -- isaiah 41:25 +. +Who hath declared from the beginning, that we may know? and beforetime, that we may say, He is righteous? yea, there is none that sheweth, yea, there is none that declareth, yea, there is none that heareth your words. -- isaiah 41:26 +. +The first shall say to Zion, Behold, behold them: and I will give to Jerusalem one that bringeth good tidings. -- isaiah 41:27 +. +For I beheld, and there was no man; even among them, and there was no counsellor, that, when I asked of them, could answer a word. -- isaiah 41:28 +. +Behold, they are all vanity; their works are nothing: their molten images are wind and confusion. -- isaiah 41:29 +. +Behold my servant, whom I uphold; mine elect, in whom my soul delighteth; I have put my spirit upon him: he shall bring forth judgment to the Gentiles. -- isaiah 42:1 +. +He shall not cry, nor lift up, nor cause his voice to be heard in the street. -- isaiah 42:2 +. +A bruised reed shall he not break, and the smoking flax shall he not quench: he shall bring forth judgment unto truth. -- isaiah 42:3 +. +He shall not fail nor be discouraged, till he have set judgment in the earth: and the isles shall wait for his law. -- isaiah 42:4 +. +Thus saith God the LORD, he that created the heavens, and stretched them out; he that spread forth the earth, and that which cometh out of it; he that giveth breath unto the people upon it, and spirit to them that walk therein: -- isaiah 42:5 +. +I the LORD have called thee in righteousness, and will hold thine hand, and will keep thee, and give thee for a covenant of the people, for a light of the Gentiles; -- isaiah 42:6 +. +To open the blind eyes, to bring out the prisoners from the prison, and them that sit in darkness out of the prison house. -- isaiah 42:7 +. +I am the LORD: that is my name: and my glory will I not give to another, neither my praise to graven images. -- isaiah 42:8 +. +Behold, the former things are come to pass, and new things do I declare: before they spring forth I tell you of them. -- isaiah 42:9 +. +Sing unto the LORD a new song, and his praise from the end of the earth, ye that go down to the sea, and all that is therein; the isles, and the inhabitants thereof. -- isaiah 42:10 +. +Let the wilderness and the cities thereof lift up their voice, the villages that Kedar doth inhabit: let the inhabitants of the rock sing, let them shout from the top of the mountains. -- isaiah 42:11 +. +Let them give glory unto the LORD, and declare his praise in the islands. -- isaiah 42:12 +. +The LORD shall go forth as a mighty man, he shall stir up jealousy like a man of war: he shall cry, yea, roar; he shall prevail against his enemies. -- isaiah 42:13 +. +I have long time holden my peace; I have been still, and refrained myself: now will I cry like a travailing woman; I will destroy and devour at once. -- isaiah 42:14 +. +I will make waste mountains and hills, and dry up all their herbs; and I will make the rivers islands, and I will dry up the pools. -- isaiah 42:15 +. +And I will bring the blind by a way that they knew not; I will lead them in paths that they have not known: I will make darkness light before them, and crooked things straight. These things will I do unto them, and not forsake them. -- isaiah 42:16 +. +They shall be turned back, they shall be greatly ashamed, that trust in graven images, that say to the molten images, Ye are our gods. -- isaiah 42:17 +. +Hear, ye deaf; and look, ye blind, that ye may see. -- isaiah 42:18 +. +Who is blind, but my servant? or deaf, as my messenger that I sent? who is blind as he that is perfect, and blind as the LORD's servant? -- isaiah 42:19 +. +Seeing many things, but thou observest not; opening the ears, but he heareth not. -- isaiah 42:20 +. +The LORD is well pleased for his righteousness' sake; he will magnify the law, and make it honourable. -- isaiah 42:21 +. +But this is a people robbed and spoiled; they are all of them snared in holes, and they are hid in prison houses: they are for a prey, and none delivereth; for a spoil, and none saith, Restore. -- isaiah 42:22 +. +Who among you will give ear to this? who will hearken and hear for the time to come? -- isaiah 42:23 +. +Who gave Jacob for a spoil, and Israel to the robbers? did not the LORD, he against whom we have sinned? for they would not walk in his ways, neither were they obedient unto his law. -- isaiah 42:24 +. +Therefore he hath poured upon him the fury of his anger, and the strength of battle: and it hath set him on fire round about, yet he knew not; and it burned him, yet he laid it not to heart. -- isaiah 42:25 +. +But now thus saith the LORD that created thee, O Jacob, and he that formed thee, O Israel, Fear not: for I have redeemed thee, I have called thee by thy name; thou art mine. -- isaiah 43:1 +. +When thou passest through the waters, I will be with thee; and through the rivers, they shall not overflow thee: when thou walkest through the fire, thou shalt not be burned; neither shall the flame kindle upon thee. -- isaiah 43:2 +. +For I am the LORD thy God, the Holy One of Israel, thy Saviour: I gave Egypt for thy ransom, Ethiopia and Seba for thee. -- isaiah 43:3 +. +Since thou wast precious in my sight, thou hast been honourable, and I have loved thee: therefore will I give men for thee, and people for thy life. -- isaiah 43:4 +. +Fear not: for I am with thee: I will bring thy seed from the east, and gather thee from the west; -- isaiah 43:5 +. +I will say to the north, Give up; and to the south, Keep not back: bring my sons from far, and my daughters from the ends of the earth; -- isaiah 43:6 +. +Even every one that is called by my name: for I have created him for my glory, I have formed him; yea, I have made him. -- isaiah 43:7 +. +Bring forth the blind people that have eyes, and the deaf that have ears. -- isaiah 43:8 +. +Let all the nations be gathered together, and let the people be assembled: who among them can declare this, and shew us former things? let them bring forth their witnesses, that they may be justified: or let them hear, and say, It is truth. -- isaiah 43:9 +. +Ye are my witnesses, saith the LORD, and my servant whom I have chosen: that ye may know and believe me, and understand that I am he: before me there was no God formed, neither shall there be after me. -- isaiah 43:10 +. +I, even I, am the LORD; and beside me there is no saviour. -- isaiah 43:11 +. +I have declared, and have saved, and I have shewed, when there was no strange god among you: therefore ye are my witnesses, saith the LORD, that I am God. -- isaiah 43:12 +. +Yea, before the day was I am he; and there is none that can deliver out of my hand: I will work, and who shall let it? -- isaiah 43:13 +. +Thus saith the LORD, your redeemer, the Holy One of Israel; For your sake I have sent to Babylon, and have brought down all their nobles, and the Chaldeans, whose cry is in the ships. -- isaiah 43:14 +. +I am the LORD, your Holy One, the creator of Israel, your King. -- isaiah 43:15 +. +Thus saith the LORD, which maketh a way in the sea, and a path in the mighty waters; -- isaiah 43:16 +. +Which bringeth forth the chariot and horse, the army and the power; they shall lie down together, they shall not rise: they are extinct, they are quenched as tow. -- isaiah 43:17 +. +Remember ye not the former things, neither consider the things of old. -- isaiah 43:18 +. +Behold, I will do a new thing; now it shall spring forth; shall ye not know it? I will even make a way in the wilderness, and rivers in the desert. -- isaiah 43:19 +. +The beast of the field shall honour me, the dragons and the owls: because I give waters in the wilderness, and rivers in the desert, to give drink to my people, my chosen. -- isaiah 43:20 +. +This people have I formed for myself; they shall shew forth my praise. -- isaiah 43:21 +. +But thou hast not called upon me, O Jacob; but thou hast been weary of me, O Israel. -- isaiah 43:22 +. +Thou hast not brought me the small cattle of thy burnt offerings; neither hast thou honoured me with thy sacrifices. I have not caused thee to serve with an offering, nor wearied thee with incense. -- isaiah 43:23 +. +Thou hast bought me no sweet cane with money, neither hast thou filled me with the fat of thy sacrifices: but thou hast made me to serve with thy sins, thou hast wearied me with thine iniquities. -- isaiah 43:24 +. +I, even I, am he that blotteth out thy transgressions for mine own sake, and will not remember thy sins. -- isaiah 43:25 +. +Put me in remembrance: let us plead together: declare thou, that thou mayest be justified. -- isaiah 43:26 +. +Thy first father hath sinned, and thy teachers have transgressed against me. -- isaiah 43:27 +. +Therefore I have profaned the princes of the sanctuary, and have given Jacob to the curse, and Israel to reproaches. -- isaiah 43:28 +. +Yet now hear, O Jacob my servant; and Israel, whom I have chosen: -- isaiah 44:1 +. +Thus saith the LORD that made thee, and formed thee from the womb, which will help thee; Fear not, O Jacob, my servant; and thou, Jesurun, whom I have chosen. -- isaiah 44:2 +. +For I will pour water upon him that is thirsty, and floods upon the dry ground: I will pour my spirit upon thy seed, and my blessing upon thine offspring: -- isaiah 44:3 +. +And they shall spring up as among the grass, as willows by the water courses. -- isaiah 44:4 +. +One shall say, I am the LORD's; and another shall call himself by the name of Jacob; and another shall subscribe with his hand unto the LORD, and surname himself by the name of Israel. -- isaiah 44:5 +. +Thus saith the LORD the King of Israel, and his redeemer the LORD of hosts; I am the first, and I am the last; and beside me there is no God. -- isaiah 44:6 +. +And who, as I, shall call, and shall declare it, and set it in order for me, since I appointed the ancient people? and the things that are coming, and shall come, let them shew unto them. -- isaiah 44:7 +. +Fear ye not, neither be afraid: have not I told thee from that time, and have declared it? ye are even my witnesses. Is there a God beside me? yea, there is no God; I know not any. -- isaiah 44:8 +. +They that make a graven image are all of them vanity; and their delectable things shall not profit; and they are their own witnesses; they see not, nor know; that they may be ashamed. -- isaiah 44:9 +. +Who hath formed a god, or molten a graven image that is profitable for nothing? -- isaiah 44:10 +. +Behold, all his fellows shall be ashamed: and the workmen, they are of men: let them all be gathered together, let them stand up; yet they shall fear, and they shall be ashamed together. -- isaiah 44:11 +. +The smith with the tongs both worketh in the coals, and fashioneth it with hammers, and worketh it with the strength of his arms: yea, he is hungry, and his strength faileth: he drinketh no water, and is faint. -- isaiah 44:12 +. +The carpenter stretcheth out his rule; he marketh it out with a line; he fitteth it with planes, and he marketh it out with the compass, and maketh it after the figure of a man, according to the beauty of a man; that it may remain in the house. -- isaiah 44:13 +. +He heweth him down cedars, and taketh the cypress and the oak, which he strengtheneth for himself among the trees of the forest: he planteth an ash, and the rain doth nourish it. -- isaiah 44:14 +. +Then shall it be for a man to burn: for he will take thereof, and warm himself; yea, he kindleth it, and baketh bread; yea, he maketh a god, and worshippeth it; he maketh it a graven image, and falleth down thereto. -- isaiah 44:15 +. +He burneth part thereof in the fire; with part thereof he eateth flesh; he roasteth roast, and is satisfied: yea, he warmeth himself, and saith, Aha, I am warm, I have seen the fire: -- isaiah 44:16 +. +And the residue thereof he maketh a god, even his graven image: he falleth down unto it, and worshippeth it, and prayeth unto it, and saith, Deliver me; for thou art my god. -- isaiah 44:17 +. +They have not known nor understood: for he hath shut their eyes, that they cannot see; and their hearts, that they cannot understand. -- isaiah 44:18 +. +And none considereth in his heart, neither is there knowledge nor understanding to say, I have burned part of it in the fire; yea, also I have baked bread upon the coals thereof; I have roasted flesh, and eaten it: and shall I make the residue thereof an abomination? shall I fall down to the stock of a tree? -- isaiah 44:19 +. +He feedeth on ashes: a deceived heart hath turned him aside, that he cannot deliver his soul, nor say, Is there not a lie in my right hand? -- isaiah 44:20 +. +Remember these, O Jacob and Israel; for thou art my servant: I have formed thee; thou art my servant: O Israel, thou shalt not be forgotten of me. -- isaiah 44:21 +. +I have blotted out, as a thick cloud, thy transgressions, and, as a cloud, thy sins: return unto me; for I have redeemed thee. -- isaiah 44:22 +. +Sing, O ye heavens; for the LORD hath done it: shout, ye lower parts of the earth: break forth into singing, ye mountains, O forest, and every tree therein: for the LORD hath redeemed Jacob, and glorified himself in Israel. -- isaiah 44:23 +. +Thus saith the LORD, thy redeemer, and he that formed thee from the womb, I am the LORD that maketh all things; that stretcheth forth the heavens alone; that spreadeth abroad the earth by myself; -- isaiah 44:24 +. +That frustrateth the tokens of the liars, and maketh diviners mad; that turneth wise men backward, and maketh their knowledge foolish; -- isaiah 44:25 +. +That confirmeth the word of his servant, and performeth the counsel of his messengers; that saith to Jerusalem, Thou shalt be inhabited; and to the cities of Judah, Ye shall be built, and I will raise up the decayed places thereof: -- isaiah 44:26 +. +That saith to the deep, Be dry, and I will dry up thy rivers: -- isaiah 44:27 +. +That saith of Cyrus, He is my shepherd, and shall perform all my pleasure: even saying to Jerusalem, Thou shalt be built; and to the temple, Thy foundation shall be laid. -- isaiah 44:28 +. +Thus saith the LORD to his anointed, to Cyrus, whose right hand I have holden, to subdue nations before him; and I will loose the loins of kings, to open before him the two leaved gates; and the gates shall not be shut; -- isaiah 45:1 +. +I will go before thee, and make the crooked places straight: I will break in pieces the gates of brass, and cut in sunder the bars of iron: -- isaiah 45:2 +. +And I will give thee the treasures of darkness, and hidden riches of secret places, that thou mayest know that I, the LORD, which call thee by thy name, am the God of Israel. -- isaiah 45:3 +. +For Jacob my servant's sake, and Israel mine elect, I have even called thee by thy name: I have surnamed thee, though thou hast not known me. -- isaiah 45:4 +. +I am the LORD, and there is none else, there is no God beside me: I girded thee, though thou hast not known me: -- isaiah 45:5 +. +That they may know from the rising of the sun, and from the west, that there is none beside me. I am the LORD, and there is none else. -- isaiah 45:6 +. +I form the light, and create darkness: I make peace, and create evil: I the LORD do all these things. -- isaiah 45:7 +. +Drop down, ye heavens, from above, and let the skies pour down righteousness: let the earth open, and let them bring forth salvation, and let righteousness spring up together; I the LORD have created it. -- isaiah 45:8 +. +Woe unto him that striveth with his Maker! Let the potsherd strive with the potsherds of the earth. Shall the clay say to him that fashioneth it, What makest thou? or thy work, He hath no hands? -- isaiah 45:9 +. +Woe unto him that saith unto his father, What begettest thou? or to the woman, What hast thou brought forth? -- isaiah 45:10 +. +Thus saith the LORD, the Holy One of Israel, and his Maker, Ask me of things to come concerning my sons, and concerning the work of my hands command ye me. -- isaiah 45:11 +. +I have made the earth, and created man upon it: I, even my hands, have stretched out the heavens, and all their host have I commanded. -- isaiah 45:12 +. +I have raised him up in righteousness, and I will direct all his ways: he shall build my city, and he shall let go my captives, not for price nor reward, saith the LORD of hosts. -- isaiah 45:13 +. +Thus saith the LORD, The labour of Egypt, and merchandise of Ethiopia and of the Sabeans, men of stature, shall come over unto thee, and they shall be thine: they shall come after thee; in chains they shall come over, and they shall fall down unto thee, they shall make supplication unto thee, saying, Surely God is in thee; and there is none else, there is no God. -- isaiah 45:14 +. +Verily thou art a God that hidest thyself, O God of Israel, the Saviour. -- isaiah 45:15 +. +They shall be ashamed, and also confounded, all of them: they shall go to confusion together that are makers of idols. -- isaiah 45:16 +. +But Israel shall be saved in the LORD with an everlasting salvation: ye shall not be ashamed nor confounded world without end. -- isaiah 45:17 +. +For thus saith the LORD that created the heavens; God himself that formed the earth and made it; he hath established it, he created it not in vain, he formed it to be inhabited: I am the LORD; and there is none else. -- isaiah 45:18 +. +I have not spoken in secret, in a dark place of the earth: I said not unto the seed of Jacob, Seek ye me in vain: I the LORD speak righteousness, I declare things that are right. -- isaiah 45:19 +. +Assemble yourselves and come; draw near together, ye that are escaped of the nations: they have no knowledge that set up the wood of their graven image, and pray unto a god that cannot save. -- isaiah 45:20 +. +Tell ye, and bring them near; yea, let them take counsel together: who hath declared this from ancient time? who hath told it from that time? have not I the LORD? and there is no God else beside me; a just God and a Saviour; there is none beside me. -- isaiah 45:21 +. +Look unto me, and be ye saved, all the ends of the earth: for I am God, and there is none else. -- isaiah 45:22 +. +I have sworn by myself, the word is gone out of my mouth in righteousness, and shall not return, That unto me every knee shall bow, every tongue shall swear. -- isaiah 45:23 +. +Surely, shall one say, in the LORD have I righteousness and strength: even to him shall men come; and all that are incensed against him shall be ashamed. -- isaiah 45:24 +. +In the LORD shall all the seed of Israel be justified, and shall glory. -- isaiah 45:25 +. +Bel boweth down, Nebo stoopeth, their idols were upon the beasts, and upon the cattle: your carriages were heavy loaden; they are a burden to the weary beast. -- isaiah 46:1 +. +They stoop, they bow down together; they could not deliver the burden, but themselves are gone into captivity. -- isaiah 46:2 +. +Hearken unto me, O house of Jacob, and all the remnant of the house of Israel, which are borne by me from the belly, which are carried from the womb: -- isaiah 46:3 +. +And even to your old age I am he; and even to hoar hairs will I carry you: I have made, and I will bear; even I will carry, and will deliver you. -- isaiah 46:4 +. +To whom will ye liken me, and make me equal, and compare me, that we may be like? -- isaiah 46:5 +. +They lavish gold out of the bag, and weigh silver in the balance, and hire a goldsmith; and he maketh it a god: they fall down, yea, they worship. -- isaiah 46:6 +. +They bear him upon the shoulder, they carry him, and set him in his place, and he standeth; from his place shall he not remove: yea, one shall cry unto him, yet can he not answer, nor save him out of his trouble. -- isaiah 46:7 +. +Remember this, and shew yourselves men: bring it again to mind, O ye transgressors. -- isaiah 46:8 +. +Remember the former things of old: for I am God, and there is none else; I am God, and there is none like me, -- isaiah 46:9 +. +Declaring the end from the beginning, and from ancient times the things that are not yet done, saying, My counsel shall stand, and I will do all my pleasure: -- isaiah 46:10 +. +Calling a ravenous bird from the east, the man that executeth my counsel from a far country: yea, I have spoken it, I will also bring it to pass; I have purposed it, I will also do it. -- isaiah 46:11 +. +Hearken unto me, ye stouthearted, that are far from righteousness: -- isaiah 46:12 +. +I bring near my righteousness; it shall not be far off, and my salvation shall not tarry: and I will place salvation in Zion for Israel my glory. -- isaiah 46:13 +. +Come down, and sit in the dust, O virgin daughter of Babylon, sit on the ground: there is no throne, O daughter of the Chaldeans: for thou shalt no more be called tender and delicate. -- isaiah 47:1 +. +Take the millstones, and grind meal: uncover thy locks, make bare the leg, uncover the thigh, pass over the rivers. -- isaiah 47:2 +. +Thy nakedness shall be uncovered, yea, thy shame shall be seen: I will take vengeance, and I will not meet thee as a man. -- isaiah 47:3 +. +As for our redeemer, the LORD of hosts is his name, the Holy One of Israel. -- isaiah 47:4 +. +Sit thou silent, and get thee into darkness, O daughter of the Chaldeans: for thou shalt no more be called, The lady of kingdoms. -- isaiah 47:5 +. +I was wroth with my people, I have polluted mine inheritance, and given them into thine hand: thou didst shew them no mercy; upon the ancient hast thou very heavily laid thy yoke. -- isaiah 47:6 +. +And thou saidst, I shall be a lady for ever: so that thou didst not lay these things to thy heart, neither didst remember the latter end of it. -- isaiah 47:7 +. +Therefore hear now this, thou that art given to pleasures, that dwellest carelessly, that sayest in thine heart, I am, and none else beside me; I shall not sit as a widow, neither shall I know the loss of children: -- isaiah 47:8 +. +But these two things shall come to thee in a moment in one day, the loss of children, and widowhood: they shall come upon thee in their perfection for the multitude of thy sorceries, and for the great abundance of thine enchantments. -- isaiah 47:9 +. +For thou hast trusted in thy wickedness: thou hast said, None seeth me. Thy wisdom and thy knowledge, it hath perverted thee; and thou hast said in thine heart, I am, and none else beside me. -- isaiah 47:10 +. +Therefore shall evil come upon thee; thou shalt not know from whence it riseth: and mischief shall fall upon thee; thou shalt not be able to put it off: and desolation shall come upon thee suddenly, which thou shalt not know. -- isaiah 47:11 +. +Stand now with thine enchantments, and with the multitude of thy sorceries, wherein thou hast laboured from thy youth; if so be thou shalt be able to profit, if so be thou mayest prevail. -- isaiah 47:12 +. +Thou art wearied in the multitude of thy counsels. Let now the astrologers, the stargazers, the monthly prognosticators, stand up, and save thee from these things that shall come upon thee. -- isaiah 47:13 +. +Behold, they shall be as stubble; the fire shall burn them; they shall not deliver themselves from the power of the flame: there shall not be a coal to warm at, nor fire to sit before it. -- isaiah 47:14 +. +Thus shall they be unto thee with whom thou hast laboured, even thy merchants, from thy youth: they shall wander every one to his quarter; none shall save thee. -- isaiah 47:15 +. +Hear ye this, O house of Jacob, which are called by the name of Israel, and are come forth out of the waters of Judah, which swear by the name of the LORD, and make mention of the God of Israel, but not in truth, nor in righteousness. -- isaiah 48:1 +. +For they call themselves of the holy city, and stay themselves upon the God of Israel; The LORD of hosts is his name. -- isaiah 48:2 +. +I have declared the former things from the beginning; and they went forth out of my mouth, and I shewed them; I did them suddenly, and they came to pass. -- isaiah 48:3 +. +Because I knew that thou art obstinate, and thy neck is an iron sinew, and thy brow brass; -- isaiah 48:4 +. +I have even from the beginning declared it to thee; before it came to pass I shewed it thee: lest thou shouldest say, Mine idol hath done them, and my graven image, and my molten image, hath commanded them. -- isaiah 48:5 +. +Thou hast heard, see all this; and will not ye declare it? I have shewed thee new things from this time, even hidden things, and thou didst not know them. -- isaiah 48:6 +. +They are created now, and not from the beginning; even before the day when thou heardest them not; lest thou shouldest say, Behold, I knew them. -- isaiah 48:7 +. +Yea, thou heardest not; yea, thou knewest not; yea, from that time that thine ear was not opened: for I knew that thou wouldest deal very treacherously, and wast called a transgressor from the womb. -- isaiah 48:8 +. +For my name's sake will I defer mine anger, and for my praise will I refrain for thee, that I cut thee not off. -- isaiah 48:9 +. +Behold, I have refined thee, but not with silver; I have chosen thee in the furnace of affliction. -- isaiah 48:10 +. +For mine own sake, even for mine own sake, will I do it: for how should my name be polluted? and I will not give my glory unto another. -- isaiah 48:11 +. +Hearken unto me, O Jacob and Israel, my called; I am he; I am the first, I also am the last. -- isaiah 48:12 +. +Mine hand also hath laid the foundation of the earth, and my right hand hath spanned the heavens: when I call unto them, they stand up together. -- isaiah 48:13 +. +All ye, assemble yourselves, and hear; which among them hath declared these things? The LORD hath loved him: he will do his pleasure on Babylon, and his arm shall be on the Chaldeans. -- isaiah 48:14 +. +I, even I, have spoken; yea, I have called him: I have brought him, and he shall make his way prosperous. -- isaiah 48:15 +. +Come ye near unto me, hear ye this; I have not spoken in secret from the beginning; from the time that it was, there am I: and now the Lord GOD, and his Spirit, hath sent me. -- isaiah 48:16 +. +Thus saith the LORD, thy Redeemer, the Holy One of Israel; I am the LORD thy God which teacheth thee to profit, which leadeth thee by the way that thou shouldest go. -- isaiah 48:17 +. +O that thou hadst hearkened to my commandments! then had thy peace been as a river, and thy righteousness as the waves of the sea: -- isaiah 48:18 +. +Thy seed also had been as the sand, and the offspring of thy bowels like the gravel thereof; his name should not have been cut off nor destroyed from before me. -- isaiah 48:19 +. +Go ye forth of Babylon, flee ye from the Chaldeans, with a voice of singing declare ye, tell this, utter it even to the end of the earth; say ye, The LORD hath redeemed his servant Jacob. -- isaiah 48:20 +. +And they thirsted not when he led them through the deserts: he caused the waters to flow out of the rock for them: he clave the rock also, and the waters gushed out. -- isaiah 48:21 +. +There is no peace, saith the LORD, unto the wicked. -- isaiah 48:22 +. +Listen, O isles, unto me; and hearken, ye people, from far; The LORD hath called me from the womb; from the bowels of my mother hath he made mention of my name. -- isaiah 49:1 +. +And he hath made my mouth like a sharp sword; in the shadow of his hand hath he hid me, and made me a polished shaft; in his quiver hath he hid me; -- isaiah 49:2 +. +And said unto me, Thou art my servant, O Israel, in whom I will be glorified. -- isaiah 49:3 +. +Then I said, I have laboured in vain, I have spent my strength for nought, and in vain: yet surely my judgment is with the LORD, and my work with my God. -- isaiah 49:4 +. +And now, saith the LORD that formed me from the womb to be his servant, to bring Jacob again to him, Though Israel be not gathered, yet shall I be glorious in the eyes of the LORD, and my God shall be my strength. -- isaiah 49:5 +. +And he said, It is a light thing that thou shouldest be my servant to raise up the tribes of Jacob, and to restore the preserved of Israel: I will also give thee for a light to the Gentiles, that thou mayest be my salvation unto the end of the earth. -- isaiah 49:6 +. +Thus saith the LORD, the Redeemer of Israel, and his Holy One, to him whom man despiseth, to him whom the nation abhorreth, to a servant of rulers, Kings shall see and arise, princes also shall worship, because of the LORD that is faithful, and the Holy One of Israel, and he shall choose thee. -- isaiah 49:7 +. +Thus saith the LORD, In an acceptable time have I heard thee, and in a day of salvation have I helped thee: and I will preserve thee, and give thee for a covenant of the people, to establish the earth, to cause to inherit the desolate heritages; -- isaiah 49:8 +. +That thou mayest say to the prisoners, Go forth; to them that are in darkness, Shew yourselves. They shall feed in the ways, and their pastures shall be in all high places. -- isaiah 49:9 +. +They shall not hunger nor thirst; neither shall the heat nor sun smite them: for he that hath mercy on them shall lead them, even by the springs of water shall he guide them. -- isaiah 49:10 +. +And I will make all my mountains a way, and my highways shall be exalted. -- isaiah 49:11 +. +Behold, these shall come from far: and, lo, these from the north and from the west; and these from the land of Sinim. -- isaiah 49:12 +. +Sing, O heavens; and be joyful, O earth; and break forth into singing, O mountains: for the LORD hath comforted his people, and will have mercy upon his afflicted. -- isaiah 49:13 +. +But Zion said, The LORD hath forsaken me, and my Lord hath forgotten me. -- isaiah 49:14 +. +Can a woman forget her sucking child, that she should not have compassion on the son of her womb? yea, they may forget, yet will I not forget thee. -- isaiah 49:15 +. +Behold, I have graven thee upon the palms of my hands; thy walls are continually before me. -- isaiah 49:16 +. +Thy children shall make haste; thy destroyers and they that made thee waste shall go forth of thee. -- isaiah 49:17 +. +Lift up thine eyes round about, and behold: all these gather themselves together, and come to thee. As I live, saith the LORD, thou shalt surely clothe thee with them all, as with an ornament, and bind them on thee, as a bride doeth. -- isaiah 49:18 +. +For thy waste and thy desolate places, and the land of thy destruction, shall even now be too narrow by reason of the inhabitants, and they that swallowed thee up shall be far away. -- isaiah 49:19 +. +The children which thou shalt have, after thou hast lost the other, shall say again in thine ears, The place is too strait for me: give place to me that I may dwell. -- isaiah 49:20 +. +Then shalt thou say in thine heart, Who hath begotten me these, seeing I have lost my children, and am desolate, a captive, and removing to and fro? and who hath brought up these? Behold, I was left alone; these, where had they been? -- isaiah 49:21 +. +Thus saith the Lord GOD, Behold, I will lift up mine hand to the Gentiles, and set up my standard to the people: and they shall bring thy sons in their arms, and thy daughters shall be carried upon their shoulders. -- isaiah 49:22 +. +And kings shall be thy nursing fathers, and their queens thy nursing mothers: they shall bow down to thee with their face toward the earth, and lick up the dust of thy feet; and thou shalt know that I am the LORD: for they shall not be ashamed that wait for me. -- isaiah 49:23 +. +Shall the prey be taken from the mighty, or the lawful captive delivered? -- isaiah 49:24 +. +But thus saith the LORD, Even the captives of the mighty shall be taken away, and the prey of the terrible shall be delivered: for I will contend with him that contendeth with thee, and I will save thy children. -- isaiah 49:25 +. +And I will feed them that oppress thee with their own flesh; and they shall be drunken with their own blood, as with sweet wine: and all flesh shall know that I the LORD am thy Saviour and thy Redeemer, the mighty One of Jacob. -- isaiah 49:26 +. +Thus saith the LORD, Where is the bill of your mother's divorcement, whom I have put away? or which of my creditors is it to whom I have sold you? Behold, for your iniquities have ye sold yourselves, and for your transgressions is your mother put away. -- isaiah 50:1 +. +Wherefore, when I came, was there no man? when I called, was there none to answer? Is my hand shortened at all, that it cannot redeem? or have I no power to deliver? behold, at my rebuke I dry up the sea, I make the rivers a wilderness: their fish stinketh, because there is no water, and dieth for thirst. -- isaiah 50:2 +. +I clothe the heavens with blackness, and I make sackcloth their covering. -- isaiah 50:3 +. +The Lord GOD hath given me the tongue of the learned, that I should know how to speak a word in season to him that is weary: he wakeneth morning by morning, he wakeneth mine ear to hear as the learned. -- isaiah 50:4 +. +The Lord GOD hath opened mine ear, and I was not rebellious, neither turned away back. -- isaiah 50:5 +. +I gave my back to the smiters, and my cheeks to them that plucked off the hair: I hid not my face from shame and spitting. -- isaiah 50:6 +. +For the Lord GOD will help me; therefore shall I not be confounded: therefore have I set my face like a flint, and I know that I shall not be ashamed. -- isaiah 50:7 +. +He is near that justifieth me; who will contend with me? let us stand together: who is mine adversary? let him come near to me. -- isaiah 50:8 +. +Behold, the Lord GOD will help me; who is he that shall condemn me? lo, they all shall wax old as a garment; the moth shall eat them up. -- isaiah 50:9 +. +Who is among you that feareth the LORD, that obeyeth the voice of his servant, that walketh in darkness, and hath no light? let him trust in the name of the LORD, and stay upon his God. -- isaiah 50:10 +. +Behold, all ye that kindle a fire, that compass yourselves about with sparks: walk in the light of your fire, and in the sparks that ye have kindled. This shall ye have of mine hand; ye shall lie down in sorrow. -- isaiah 50:11 +. +Hearken to me, ye that follow after righteousness, ye that seek the LORD: look unto the rock whence ye are hewn, and to the hole of the pit whence ye are digged. -- isaiah 51:1 +. +Look unto Abraham your father, and unto Sarah that bare you: for I called him alone, and blessed him, and increased him. -- isaiah 51:2 +. +For the LORD shall comfort Zion: he will comfort all her waste places; and he will make her wilderness like Eden, and her desert like the garden of the LORD; joy and gladness shall be found therein, thanksgiving, and the voice of melody. -- isaiah 51:3 +. +Hearken unto me, my people; and give ear unto me, O my nation: for a law shall proceed from me, and I will make my judgment to rest for a light of the people. -- isaiah 51:4 +. +My righteousness is near; my salvation is gone forth, and mine arms shall judge the people; the isles shall wait upon me, and on mine arm shall they trust. -- isaiah 51:5 +. +Lift up your eyes to the heavens, and look upon the earth beneath: for the heavens shall vanish away like smoke, and the earth shall wax old like a garment, and they that dwell therein shall die in like manner: but my salvation shall be for ever, and my righteousness shall not be abolished. -- isaiah 51:6 +. +Hearken unto me, ye that know righteousness, the people in whose heart is my law; fear ye not the reproach of men, neither be ye afraid of their revilings. -- isaiah 51:7 +. +For the moth shall eat them up like a garment, and the worm shall eat them like wool: but my righteousness shall be for ever, and my salvation from generation to generation. -- isaiah 51:8 +. +Awake, awake, put on strength, O arm of the LORD; awake, as in the ancient days, in the generations of old. Art thou not it that hath cut Rahab, and wounded the dragon? -- isaiah 51:9 +. +Art thou not it which hath dried the sea, the waters of the great deep; that hath made the depths of the sea a way for the ransomed to pass over? -- isaiah 51:10 +. +Therefore the redeemed of the LORD shall return, and come with singing unto Zion; and everlasting joy shall be upon their head: they shall obtain gladness and joy; and sorrow and mourning shall flee away. -- isaiah 51:11 +. +I, even I, am he that comforteth you: who art thou, that thou shouldest be afraid of a man that shall die, and of the son of man which shall be made as grass; -- isaiah 51:12 +. +And forgettest the LORD thy maker, that hath stretched forth the heavens, and laid the foundations of the earth; and hast feared continually every day because of the fury of the oppressor, as if he were ready to destroy? and where is the fury of the oppressor? -- isaiah 51:13 +. +The captive exile hasteneth that he may be loosed, and that he should not die in the pit, nor that his bread should fail. -- isaiah 51:14 +. +But I am the LORD thy God, that divided the sea, whose waves roared: The LORD of hosts is his name. -- isaiah 51:15 +. +And I have put my words in thy mouth, and I have covered thee in the shadow of mine hand, that I may plant the heavens, and lay the foundations of the earth, and say unto Zion, Thou art my people. -- isaiah 51:16 +. +Awake, awake, stand up, O Jerusalem, which hast drunk at the hand of the LORD the cup of his fury; thou hast drunken the dregs of the cup of trembling, and wrung them out. -- isaiah 51:17 +. +There is none to guide her among all the sons whom she hath brought forth; neither is there any that taketh her by the hand of all the sons that she hath brought up. -- isaiah 51:18 +. +These two things are come unto thee; who shall be sorry for thee? desolation, and destruction, and the famine, and the sword: by whom shall I comfort thee? -- isaiah 51:19 +. +Thy sons have fainted, they lie at the head of all the streets, as a wild bull in a net: they are full of the fury of the LORD, the rebuke of thy God. -- isaiah 51:20 +. +Therefore hear now this, thou afflicted, and drunken, but not with wine: -- isaiah 51:21 +. +Thus saith thy Lord the LORD, and thy God that pleadeth the cause of his people, Behold, I have taken out of thine hand the cup of trembling, even the dregs of the cup of my fury; thou shalt no more drink it again: -- isaiah 51:22 +. +But I will put it into the hand of them that afflict thee; which have said to thy soul, Bow down, that we may go over: and thou hast laid thy body as the ground, and as the street, to them that went over. -- isaiah 51:23 +. +Awake, awake; put on thy strength, O Zion; put on thy beautiful garments, O Jerusalem, the holy city: for henceforth there shall no more come into thee the uncircumcised and the unclean. -- isaiah 52:1 +. +Shake thyself from the dust; arise, and sit down, O Jerusalem: loose thyself from the bands of thy neck, O captive daughter of Zion. -- isaiah 52:2 +. +For thus saith the LORD, Ye have sold yourselves for nought; and ye shall be redeemed without money. -- isaiah 52:3 +. +For thus saith the Lord GOD, My people went down aforetime into Egypt to sojourn there; and the Assyrian oppressed them without cause. -- isaiah 52:4 +. +Now therefore, what have I here, saith the LORD, that my people is taken away for nought? they that rule over them make them to howl, saith the LORD; and my name continually every day is blasphemed. -- isaiah 52:5 +. +Therefore my people shall know my name: therefore they shall know in that day that I am he that doth speak: behold, it is I. -- isaiah 52:6 +. +How beautiful upon the mountains are the feet of him that bringeth good tidings, that publisheth peace; that bringeth good tidings of good, that publisheth salvation; that saith unto Zion, Thy God reigneth! -- isaiah 52:7 +. +Thy watchmen shall lift up the voice; with the voice together shall they sing: for they shall see eye to eye, when the LORD shall bring again Zion. -- isaiah 52:8 +. +Break forth into joy, sing together, ye waste places of Jerusalem: for the LORD hath comforted his people, he hath redeemed Jerusalem. -- isaiah 52:9 +. +The LORD hath made bare his holy arm in the eyes of all the nations; and all the ends of the earth shall see the salvation of our God. -- isaiah 52:10 +. +Depart ye, depart ye, go ye out from thence, touch no unclean thing; go ye out of the midst of her; be ye clean, that bear the vessels of the LORD. -- isaiah 52:11 +. +For ye shall not go out with haste, nor go by flight: for the LORD will go before you; and the God of Israel will be your rereward. -- isaiah 52:12 +. +Behold, my servant shall deal prudently, he shall be exalted and extolled, and be very high. -- isaiah 52:13 +. +As many were astonied at thee; his visage was so marred more than any man, and his form more than the sons of men: -- isaiah 52:14 +. +So shall he sprinkle many nations; the kings shall shut their mouths at him: for that which had not been told them shall they see; and that which they had not heard shall they consider. -- isaiah 52:15 +. +Who hath believed our report? and to whom is the arm of the LORD revealed? -- isaiah 53:1 +. +For he shall grow up before him as a tender plant, and as a root out of a dry ground: he hath no form nor comeliness; and when we shall see him, there is no beauty that we should desire him. -- isaiah 53:2 +. +He is despised and rejected of men; a man of sorrows, and acquainted with grief: and we hid as it were our faces from him; he was despised, and we esteemed him not. -- isaiah 53:3 +. +Surely he hath borne our griefs, and carried our sorrows: yet we did esteem him stricken, smitten of God, and afflicted. -- isaiah 53:4 +. +But he was wounded for our transgressions, he was bruised for our iniquities: the chastisement of our peace was upon him; and with his stripes we are healed. -- isaiah 53:5 +. +All we like sheep have gone astray; we have turned every one to his own way; and the LORD hath laid on him the iniquity of us all. -- isaiah 53:6 +. +He was oppressed, and he was afflicted, yet he opened not his mouth: he is brought as a lamb to the slaughter, and as a sheep before her shearers is dumb, so he openeth not his mouth. -- isaiah 53:7 +. +He was taken from prison and from judgment: and who shall declare his generation? for he was cut off out of the land of the living: for the transgression of my people was he stricken. -- isaiah 53:8 +. +And he made his grave with the wicked, and with the rich in his death; because he had done no violence, neither was any deceit in his mouth. -- isaiah 53:9 +. +Yet it pleased the LORD to bruise him; he hath put him to grief: when thou shalt make his soul an offering for sin, he shall see his seed, he shall prolong his days, and the pleasure of the LORD shall prosper in his hand. -- isaiah 53:10 +. +He shall see of the travail of his soul, and shall be satisfied: by his knowledge shall my righteous servant justify many; for he shall bear their iniquities. -- isaiah 53:11 +. +Therefore will I divide him a portion with the great, and he shall divide the spoil with the strong; because he hath poured out his soul unto death: and he was numbered with the transgressors; and he bare the sin of many, and made intercession for the transgressors. -- isaiah 53:12 +. +Sing, O barren, thou that didst not bear; break forth into singing, and cry aloud, thou that didst not travail with child: for more are the children of the desolate than the children of the married wife, saith the LORD. -- isaiah 54:1 +. +Enlarge the place of thy tent, and let them stretch forth the curtains of thine habitations: spare not, lengthen thy cords, and strengthen thy stakes; -- isaiah 54:2 +. +For thou shalt break forth on the right hand and on the left; and thy seed shall inherit the Gentiles, and make the desolate cities to be inhabited. -- isaiah 54:3 +. +Fear not; for thou shalt not be ashamed: neither be thou confounded; for thou shalt not be put to shame: for thou shalt forget the shame of thy youth, and shalt not remember the reproach of thy widowhood any more. -- isaiah 54:4 +. +For thy Maker is thine husband; the LORD of hosts is his name; and thy Redeemer the Holy One of Israel; The God of the whole earth shall he be called. -- isaiah 54:5 +. +For the LORD hath called thee as a woman forsaken and grieved in spirit, and a wife of youth, when thou wast refused, saith thy God. -- isaiah 54:6 +. +For a small moment have I forsaken thee; but with great mercies will I gather thee. -- isaiah 54:7 +. +In a little wrath I hid my face from thee for a moment; but with everlasting kindness will I have mercy on thee, saith the LORD thy Redeemer. -- isaiah 54:8 +. +For this is as the waters of Noah unto me: for as I have sworn that the waters of Noah should no more go over the earth; so have I sworn that I would not be wroth with thee, nor rebuke thee. -- isaiah 54:9 +. +For the mountains shall depart, and the hills be removed; but my kindness shall not depart from thee, neither shall the covenant of my peace be removed, saith the LORD that hath mercy on thee. -- isaiah 54:10 +. +O thou afflicted, tossed with tempest, and not comforted, behold, I will lay thy stones with fair colours, and lay thy foundations with sapphires. -- isaiah 54:11 +. +And I will make thy windows of agates, and thy gates of carbuncles, and all thy borders of pleasant stones. -- isaiah 54:12 +. +And all thy children shall be taught of the LORD; and great shall be the peace of thy children. -- isaiah 54:13 +. +In righteousness shalt thou be established: thou shalt be far from oppression; for thou shalt not fear: and from terror; for it shall not come near thee. -- isaiah 54:14 +. +Behold, they shall surely gather together, but not by me: whosoever shall gather together against thee shall fall for thy sake. -- isaiah 54:15 +. +Behold, I have created the smith that bloweth the coals in the fire, and that bringeth forth an instrument for his work; and I have created the waster to destroy. -- isaiah 54:16 +. +No weapon that is formed against thee shall prosper; and every tongue that shall rise against thee in judgment thou shalt condemn. This is the heritage of the servants of the LORD, and their righteousness is of me, saith the LORD. -- isaiah 54:17 +. +Ho, every one that thirsteth, come ye to the waters, and he that hath no money; come ye, buy, and eat; yea, come, buy wine and milk without money and without price. -- isaiah 55:1 +. +Wherefore do ye spend money for that which is not bread? and your labour for that which satisfieth not? hearken diligently unto me, and eat ye that which is good, and let your soul delight itself in fatness. -- isaiah 55:2 +. +Incline your ear, and come unto me: hear, and your soul shall live; and I will make an everlasting covenant with you, even the sure mercies of David. -- isaiah 55:3 +. +Behold, I have given him for a witness to the people, a leader and commander to the people. -- isaiah 55:4 +. +Behold, thou shalt call a nation that thou knowest not, and nations that knew not thee shall run unto thee because of the LORD thy God, and for the Holy One of Israel; for he hath glorified thee. -- isaiah 55:5 +. +Seek ye the LORD while he may be found, call ye upon him while he is near: -- isaiah 55:6 +. +Let the wicked forsake his way, and the unrighteous man his thoughts: and let him return unto the LORD, and he will have mercy upon him; and to our God, for he will abundantly pardon. -- isaiah 55:7 +. +For my thoughts are not your thoughts, neither are your ways my ways, saith the LORD. -- isaiah 55:8 +. +For as the heavens are higher than the earth, so are my ways higher than your ways, and my thoughts than your thoughts. -- isaiah 55:9 +. +For as the rain cometh down, and the snow from heaven, and returneth not thither, but watereth the earth, and maketh it bring forth and bud, that it may give seed to the sower, and bread to the eater: -- isaiah 55:10 +. +So shall my word be that goeth forth out of my mouth: it shall not return unto me void, but it shall accomplish that which I please, and it shall prosper in the thing whereto I sent it. -- isaiah 55:11 +. +For ye shall go out with joy, and be led forth with peace: the mountains and the hills shall break forth before you into singing, and all the trees of the field shall clap their hands. -- isaiah 55:12 +. +Instead of the thorn shall come up the fir tree, and instead of the brier shall come up the myrtle tree: and it shall be to the LORD for a name, for an everlasting sign that shall not be cut off. -- isaiah 55:13 +. +Thus saith the LORD, Keep ye judgment, and do justice: for my salvation is near to come, and my righteousness to be revealed. -- isaiah 56:1 +. +Blessed is the man that doeth this, and the son of man that layeth hold on it; that keepeth the sabbath from polluting it, and keepeth his hand from doing any evil. -- isaiah 56:2 +. +Neither let the son of the stranger, that hath joined himself to the LORD, speak, saying, The LORD hath utterly separated me from his people: neither let the eunuch say, Behold, I am a dry tree. -- isaiah 56:3 +. +For thus saith the LORD unto the eunuchs that keep my sabbaths, and choose the things that please me, and take hold of my covenant; -- isaiah 56:4 +. +Even unto them will I give in mine house and within my walls a place and a name better than of sons and of daughters: I will give them an everlasting name, that shall not be cut off. -- isaiah 56:5 +. +Also the sons of the stranger, that join themselves to the LORD, to serve him, and to love the name of the LORD, to be his servants, every one that keepeth the sabbath from polluting it, and taketh hold of my covenant; -- isaiah 56:6 +. +Even them will I bring to my holy mountain, and make them joyful in my house of prayer: their burnt offerings and their sacrifices shall be accepted upon mine altar; for mine house shall be called an house of prayer for all people. -- isaiah 56:7 +. +The Lord GOD, which gathereth the outcasts of Israel saith, Yet will I gather others to him, beside those that are gathered unto him. -- isaiah 56:8 +. +All ye beasts of the field, come to devour, yea, all ye beasts in the forest. -- isaiah 56:9 +. +His watchmen are blind: they are all ignorant, they are all dumb dogs, they cannot bark; sleeping, lying down, loving to slumber. -- isaiah 56:10 +. +Yea, they are greedy dogs which can never have enough, and they are shepherds that cannot understand: they all look to their own way, every one for his gain, from his quarter. -- isaiah 56:11 +. +Come ye, say they, I will fetch wine, and we will fill ourselves with strong drink; and to morrow shall be as this day, and much more abundant. -- isaiah 56:12 +. +The righteous perisheth, and no man layeth it to heart: and merciful men are taken away, none considering that the righteous is taken away from the evil to come. -- isaiah 57:1 +. +He shall enter into peace: they shall rest in their beds, each one walking in his uprightness. -- isaiah 57:2 +. +But draw near hither, ye sons of the sorceress, the seed of the adulterer and the whore. -- isaiah 57:3 +. +Against whom do ye sport yourselves? against whom make ye a wide mouth, and draw out the tongue? are ye not children of transgression, a seed of falsehood. -- isaiah 57:4 +. +Enflaming yourselves with idols under every green tree, slaying the children in the valleys under the clifts of the rocks? -- isaiah 57:5 +. +Among the smooth stones of the stream is thy portion; they, they are thy lot: even to them hast thou poured a drink offering, thou hast offered a meat offering. Should I receive comfort in these? -- isaiah 57:6 +. +Upon a lofty and high mountain hast thou set thy bed: even thither wentest thou up to offer sacrifice. -- isaiah 57:7 +. +Behind the doors also and the posts hast thou set up thy remembrance: for thou hast discovered thyself to another than me, and art gone up; thou hast enlarged thy bed, and made thee a covenant with them; thou lovedst their bed where thou sawest it. -- isaiah 57:8 +. +And thou wentest to the king with ointment, and didst increase thy perfumes, and didst send thy messengers far off, and didst debase thyself even unto hell. -- isaiah 57:9 +. +Thou art wearied in the greatness of thy way; yet saidst thou not, There is no hope: thou hast found the life of thine hand; therefore thou wast not grieved. -- isaiah 57:10 +. +And of whom hast thou been afraid or feared, that thou hast lied, and hast not remembered me, nor laid it to thy heart? have not I held my peace even of old, and thou fearest me not? -- isaiah 57:11 +. +I will declare thy righteousness, and thy works; for they shall not profit thee. -- isaiah 57:12 +. +When thou criest, let thy companies deliver thee; but the wind shall carry them all away; vanity shall take them: but he that putteth his trust in me shall possess the land, and shall inherit my holy mountain; -- isaiah 57:13 +. +And shall say, Cast ye up, cast ye up, prepare the way, take up the stumblingblock out of the way of my people. -- isaiah 57:14 +. +For thus saith the high and lofty One that inhabiteth eternity, whose name is Holy; I dwell in the high and holy place, with him also that is of a contrite and humble spirit, to revive the spirit of the humble, and to revive the heart of the contrite ones. -- isaiah 57:15 +. +For I will not contend for ever, neither will I be always wroth: for the spirit should fail before me, and the souls which I have made. -- isaiah 57:16 +. +For the iniquity of his covetousness was I wroth, and smote him: I hid me, and was wroth, and he went on frowardly in the way of his heart. -- isaiah 57:17 +. +I have seen his ways, and will heal him: I will lead him also, and restore comforts unto him and to his mourners. -- isaiah 57:18 +. +I create the fruit of the lips; Peace, peace to him that is far off, and to him that is near, saith the LORD; and I will heal him. -- isaiah 57:19 +. +But the wicked are like the troubled sea, when it cannot rest, whose waters cast up mire and dirt. -- isaiah 57:20 +. +There is no peace, saith my God, to the wicked. -- isaiah 57:21 +. +Cry aloud, spare not, lift up thy voice like a trumpet, and shew my people their transgression, and the house of Jacob their sins. -- isaiah 58:1 +. +Yet they seek me daily, and delight to know my ways, as a nation that did righteousness, and forsook not the ordinance of their God: they ask of me the ordinances of justice; they take delight in approaching to God. -- isaiah 58:2 +. +Wherefore have we fasted, say they, and thou seest not? wherefore have we afflicted our soul, and thou takest no knowledge? Behold, in the day of your fast ye find pleasure, and exact all your labours. -- isaiah 58:3 +. +Behold, ye fast for strife and debate, and to smite with the fist of wickedness: ye shall not fast as ye do this day, to make your voice to be heard on high. -- isaiah 58:4 +. +Is it such a fast that I have chosen? a day for a man to afflict his soul? is it to bow down his head as a bulrush, and to spread sackcloth and ashes under him? wilt thou call this a fast, and an acceptable day to the LORD? -- isaiah 58:5 +. +Is not this the fast that I have chosen? to loose the bands of wickedness, to undo the heavy burdens, and to let the oppressed go free, and that ye break every yoke? -- isaiah 58:6 +. +Is it not to deal thy bread to the hungry, and that thou bring the poor that are cast out to thy house? when thou seest the naked, that thou cover him; and that thou hide not thyself from thine own flesh? -- isaiah 58:7 +. +Then shall thy light break forth as the morning, and thine health shall spring forth speedily: and thy righteousness shall go before thee; the glory of the LORD shall be thy rereward. -- isaiah 58:8 +. +Then shalt thou call, and the LORD shall answer; thou shalt cry, and he shall say, Here I am. If thou take away from the midst of thee the yoke, the putting forth of the finger, and speaking vanity; -- isaiah 58:9 +. +And if thou draw out thy soul to the hungry, and satisfy the afflicted soul; then shall thy light rise in obscurity, and thy darkness be as the noon day: -- isaiah 58:10 +. +And the LORD shall guide thee continually, and satisfy thy soul in drought, and make fat thy bones: and thou shalt be like a watered garden, and like a spring of water, whose waters fail not. -- isaiah 58:11 +. +And they that shall be of thee shall build the old waste places: thou shalt raise up the foundations of many generations; and thou shalt be called, The repairer of the breach, The restorer of paths to dwell in. -- isaiah 58:12 +. +If thou turn away thy foot from the sabbath, from doing thy pleasure on my holy day; and call the sabbath a delight, the holy of the LORD, honourable; and shalt honour him, not doing thine own ways, nor finding thine own pleasure, nor speaking thine own words: -- isaiah 58:13 +. +Then shalt thou delight thyself in the LORD; and I will cause thee to ride upon the high places of the earth, and feed thee with the heritage of Jacob thy father: for the mouth of the LORD hath spoken it. -- isaiah 58:14 +. +Behold, the LORD's hand is not shortened, that it cannot save; neither his ear heavy, that it cannot hear: -- isaiah 59:1 +. +But your iniquities have separated between you and your God, and your sins have hid his face from you, that he will not hear. -- isaiah 59:2 +. +For your hands are defiled with blood, and your fingers with iniquity; your lips have spoken lies, your tongue hath muttered perverseness. -- isaiah 59:3 +. +None calleth for justice, nor any pleadeth for truth: they trust in vanity, and speak lies; they conceive mischief, and bring forth iniquity. -- isaiah 59:4 +. +They hatch cockatrice' eggs, and weave the spider's web: he that eateth of their eggs dieth, and that which is crushed breaketh out into a viper. -- isaiah 59:5 +. +Their webs shall not become garments, neither shall they cover themselves with their works: their works are works of iniquity, and the act of violence is in their hands. -- isaiah 59:6 +. +Their feet run to evil, and they make haste to shed innocent blood: their thoughts are thoughts of iniquity; wasting and destruction are in their paths. -- isaiah 59:7 +. +The way of peace they know not; and there is no judgment in their goings: they have made them crooked paths: whosoever goeth therein shall not know peace. -- isaiah 59:8 +. +Therefore is judgment far from us, neither doth justice overtake us: we wait for light, but behold obscurity; for brightness, but we walk in darkness. -- isaiah 59:9 +. +We grope for the wall like the blind, and we grope as if we had no eyes: we stumble at noon day as in the night; we are in desolate places as dead men. -- isaiah 59:10 +. +We roar all like bears, and mourn sore like doves: we look for judgment, but there is none; for salvation, but it is far off from us. -- isaiah 59:11 +. +For our transgressions are multiplied before thee, and our sins testify against us: for our transgressions are with us; and as for our iniquities, we know them; -- isaiah 59:12 +. +In transgressing and lying against the LORD, and departing away from our God, speaking oppression and revolt, conceiving and uttering from the heart words of falsehood. -- isaiah 59:13 +. +And judgment is turned away backward, and justice standeth afar off: for truth is fallen in the street, and equity cannot enter. -- isaiah 59:14 +. +Yea, truth faileth; and he that departeth from evil maketh himself a prey: and the LORD saw it, and it displeased him that there was no judgment. -- isaiah 59:15 +. +And he saw that there was no man, and wondered that there was no intercessor: therefore his arm brought salvation unto him; and his righteousness, it sustained him. -- isaiah 59:16 +. +For he put on righteousness as a breastplate, and an helmet of salvation upon his head; and he put on the garments of vengeance for clothing, and was clad with zeal as a cloak. -- isaiah 59:17 +. +According to their deeds, accordingly he will repay, fury to his adversaries, recompence to his enemies; to the islands he will repay recompence. -- isaiah 59:18 +. +So shall they fear the name of the LORD from the west, and his glory from the rising of the sun. When the enemy shall come in like a flood, the Spirit of the LORD shall lift up a standard against him. -- isaiah 59:19 +. +And the Redeemer shall come to Zion, and unto them that turn from transgression in Jacob, saith the LORD. -- isaiah 59:20 +. +As for me, this is my covenant with them, saith the LORD; My spirit that is upon thee, and my words which I have put in thy mouth, shall not depart out of thy mouth, nor out of the mouth of thy seed, nor out of the mouth of thy seed's seed, saith the LORD, from henceforth and for ever. -- isaiah 59:21 +. +Arise, shine; for thy light is come, and the glory of the LORD is risen upon thee. -- isaiah 60:1 +. +For, behold, the darkness shall cover the earth, and gross darkness the people: but the LORD shall arise upon thee, and his glory shall be seen upon thee. -- isaiah 60:2 +. +And the Gentiles shall come to thy light, and kings to the brightness of thy rising. -- isaiah 60:3 +. +Lift up thine eyes round about, and see: all they gather themselves together, they come to thee: thy sons shall come from far, and thy daughters shall be nursed at thy side. -- isaiah 60:4 +. +Then thou shalt see, and flow together, and thine heart shall fear, and be enlarged; because the abundance of the sea shall be converted unto thee, the forces of the Gentiles shall come unto thee. -- isaiah 60:5 +. +The multitude of camels shall cover thee, the dromedaries of Midian and Ephah; all they from Sheba shall come: they shall bring gold and incense; and they shall shew forth the praises of the LORD. -- isaiah 60:6 +. +All the flocks of Kedar shall be gathered together unto thee, the rams of Nebaioth shall minister unto thee: they shall come up with acceptance on mine altar, and I will glorify the house of my glory. -- isaiah 60:7 +. +Who are these that fly as a cloud, and as the doves to their windows? -- isaiah 60:8 +. +Surely the isles shall wait for me, and the ships of Tarshish first, to bring thy sons from far, their silver and their gold with them, unto the name of the LORD thy God, and to the Holy One of Israel, because he hath glorified thee. -- isaiah 60:9 +. +And the sons of strangers shall build up thy walls, and their kings shall minister unto thee: for in my wrath I smote thee, but in my favour have I had mercy on thee. -- isaiah 60:10 +. +Therefore thy gates shall be open continually; they shall not be shut day nor night; that men may bring unto thee the forces of the Gentiles, and that their kings may be brought. -- isaiah 60:11 +. +For the nation and kingdom that will not serve thee shall perish; yea, those nations shall be utterly wasted. -- isaiah 60:12 +. +The glory of Lebanon shall come unto thee, the fir tree, the pine tree, and the box together, to beautify the place of my sanctuary; and I will make the place of my feet glorious. -- isaiah 60:13 +. +The sons also of them that afflicted thee shall come bending unto thee; and all they that despised thee shall bow themselves down at the soles of thy feet; and they shall call thee; The city of the LORD, The Zion of the Holy One of Israel. -- isaiah 60:14 +. +Whereas thou has been forsaken and hated, so that no man went through thee, I will make thee an eternal excellency, a joy of many generations. -- isaiah 60:15 +. +Thou shalt also suck the milk of the Gentiles, and shalt suck the breast of kings: and thou shalt know that I the LORD am thy Saviour and thy Redeemer, the mighty One of Jacob. -- isaiah 60:16 +. +For brass I will bring gold, and for iron I will bring silver, and for wood brass, and for stones iron: I will also make thy officers peace, and thine exactors righteousness. -- isaiah 60:17 +. +Violence shall no more be heard in thy land, wasting nor destruction within thy borders; but thou shalt call thy walls Salvation, and thy gates Praise. -- isaiah 60:18 +. +The sun shall be no more thy light by day; neither for brightness shall the moon give light unto thee: but the LORD shall be unto thee an everlasting light, and thy God thy glory. -- isaiah 60:19 +. +Thy sun shall no more go down; neither shall thy moon withdraw itself: for the LORD shall be thine everlasting light, and the days of thy mourning shall be ended. -- isaiah 60:20 +. +Thy people also shall be all righteous: they shall inherit the land for ever, the branch of my planting, the work of my hands, that I may be glorified. -- isaiah 60:21 +. +A little one shall become a thousand, and a small one a strong nation: I the LORD will hasten it in his time. -- isaiah 60:22 +. +The Spirit of the Lord GOD is upon me; because the LORD hath anointed me to preach good tidings unto the meek; he hath sent me to bind up the brokenhearted, to proclaim liberty to the captives, and the opening of the prison to them that are bound; -- isaiah 61:1 +. +To proclaim the acceptable year of the LORD, and the day of vengeance of our God; to comfort all that mourn; -- isaiah 61:2 +. +To appoint unto them that mourn in Zion, to give unto them beauty for ashes, the oil of joy for mourning, the garment of praise for the spirit of heaviness; that they might be called trees of righteousness, the planting of the LORD, that he might be glorified. -- isaiah 61:3 +. +And they shall build the old wastes, they shall raise up the former desolations, and they shall repair the waste cities, the desolations of many generations. -- isaiah 61:4 +. +And strangers shall stand and feed your flocks, and the sons of the alien shall be your plowmen and your vinedressers. -- isaiah 61:5 +. +But ye shall be named the Priests of the LORD: men shall call you the Ministers of our God: ye shall eat the riches of the Gentiles, and in their glory shall ye boast yourselves. -- isaiah 61:6 +. +For your shame ye shall have double; and for confusion they shall rejoice in their portion: therefore in their land they shall possess the double: everlasting joy shall be unto them. -- isaiah 61:7 +. +For I the LORD love judgment, I hate robbery for burnt offering; and I will direct their work in truth, and I will make an everlasting covenant with them. -- isaiah 61:8 +. +And their seed shall be known among the Gentiles, and their offspring among the people: all that see them shall acknowledge them, that they are the seed which the LORD hath blessed. -- isaiah 61:9 +. +I will greatly rejoice in the LORD, my soul shall be joyful in my God; for he hath clothed me with the garments of salvation, he hath covered me with the robe of righteousness, as a bridegroom decketh himself with ornaments, and as a bride adorneth herself with her jewels. -- isaiah 61:10 +. +For as the earth bringeth forth her bud, and as the garden causeth the things that are sown in it to spring forth; so the Lord GOD will cause righteousness and praise to spring forth before all the nations. -- isaiah 61:11 +. +For Zion's sake will I not hold my peace, and for Jerusalem's sake I will not rest, until the righteousness thereof go forth as brightness, and the salvation thereof as a lamp that burneth. -- isaiah 62:1 +. +And the Gentiles shall see thy righteousness, and all kings thy glory: and thou shalt be called by a new name, which the mouth of the LORD shall name. -- isaiah 62:2 +. +Thou shalt also be a crown of glory in the hand of the LORD, and a royal diadem in the hand of thy God. -- isaiah 62:3 +. +Thou shalt no more be termed Forsaken; neither shall thy land any more be termed Desolate: but thou shalt be called Hephzibah, and thy land Beulah: for the LORD delighteth in thee, and thy land shall be married. -- isaiah 62:4 +. +For as a young man marrieth a virgin, so shall thy sons marry thee: and as the bridegroom rejoiceth over the bride, so shall thy God rejoice over thee. -- isaiah 62:5 +. +I have set watchmen upon thy walls, O Jerusalem, which shall never hold their peace day nor night: ye that make mention of the LORD, keep not silence, -- isaiah 62:6 +. +And give him no rest, till he establish, and till he make Jerusalem a praise in the earth. -- isaiah 62:7 +. +The LORD hath sworn by his right hand, and by the arm of his strength, Surely I will no more give thy corn to be meat for thine enemies; and the sons of the stranger shall not drink thy wine, for the which thou hast laboured: -- isaiah 62:8 +. +But they that have gathered it shall eat it, and praise the LORD; and they that have brought it together shall drink it in the courts of my holiness. -- isaiah 62:9 +. +Go through, go through the gates; prepare ye the way of the people; cast up, cast up the highway; gather out the stones; lift up a standard for the people. -- isaiah 62:10 +. +Behold, the LORD hath proclaimed unto the end of the world, Say ye to the daughter of Zion, Behold, thy salvation cometh; behold, his reward is with him, and his work before him. -- isaiah 62:11 +. +And they shall call them, The holy people, The redeemed of the LORD: and thou shalt be called, Sought out, A city not forsaken. -- isaiah 62:12 +. +Who is this that cometh from Edom, with dyed garments from Bozrah? this that is glorious in his apparel, travelling in the greatness of his strength? I that speak in righteousness, mighty to save. -- isaiah 63:1 +. +Wherefore art thou red in thine apparel, and thy garments like him that treadeth in the winefat? -- isaiah 63:2 +. +I have trodden the winepress alone; and of the people there was none with me: for I will tread them in mine anger, and trample them in my fury; and their blood shall be sprinkled upon my garments, and I will stain all my raiment. -- isaiah 63:3 +. +For the day of vengeance is in mine heart, and the year of my redeemed is come. -- isaiah 63:4 +. +And I looked, and there was none to help; and I wondered that there was none to uphold: therefore mine own arm brought salvation unto me; and my fury, it upheld me. -- isaiah 63:5 +. +And I will tread down the people in mine anger, and make them drunk in my fury, and I will bring down their strength to the earth. -- isaiah 63:6 +. +I will mention the lovingkindnesses of the LORD, and the praises of the LORD, according to all that the LORD hath bestowed on us, and the great goodness toward the house of Israel, which he hath bestowed on them according to his mercies, and according to the multitude of his lovingkindnesses. -- isaiah 63:7 +. +For he said, Surely they are my people, children that will not lie: so he was their Saviour. -- isaiah 63:8 +. +In all their affliction he was afflicted, and the angel of his presence saved them: in his love and in his pity he redeemed them; and he bare them, and carried them all the days of old. -- isaiah 63:9 +. +But they rebelled, and vexed his holy Spirit: therefore he was turned to be their enemy, and he fought against them. -- isaiah 63:10 +. +Then he remembered the days of old, Moses, and his people, saying, Where is he that brought them up out of the sea with the shepherd of his flock? where is he that put his holy Spirit within him? -- isaiah 63:11 +. +That led them by the right hand of Moses with his glorious arm, dividing the water before them, to make himself an everlasting name? -- isaiah 63:12 +. +That led them through the deep, as an horse in the wilderness, that they should not stumble? -- isaiah 63:13 +. +As a beast goeth down into the valley, the Spirit of the LORD caused him to rest: so didst thou lead thy people, to make thyself a glorious name. -- isaiah 63:14 +. +Look down from heaven, and behold from the habitation of thy holiness and of thy glory: where is thy zeal and thy strength, the sounding of thy bowels and of thy mercies toward me? are they restrained? -- isaiah 63:15 +. +Doubtless thou art our father, though Abraham be ignorant of us, and Israel acknowledge us not: thou, O LORD, art our father, our redeemer; thy name is from everlasting. -- isaiah 63:16 +. +O LORD, why hast thou made us to err from thy ways, and hardened our heart from thy fear? Return for thy servants' sake, the tribes of thine inheritance. -- isaiah 63:17 +. +The people of thy holiness have possessed it but a little while: our adversaries have trodden down thy sanctuary. -- isaiah 63:18 +. +We are thine: thou never barest rule over them; they were not called by thy name. -- isaiah 63:19 +. +Oh that thou wouldest rend the heavens, that thou wouldest come down, that the mountains might flow down at thy presence, -- isaiah 64:1 +. +As when the melting fire burneth, the fire causeth the waters to boil, to make thy name known to thine adversaries, that the nations may tremble at thy presence! -- isaiah 64:2 +. +When thou didst terrible things which we looked not for, thou camest down, the mountains flowed down at thy presence. -- isaiah 64:3 +. +For since the beginning of the world men have not heard, nor perceived by the ear, neither hath the eye seen, O God, beside thee, what he hath prepared for him that waiteth for him. -- isaiah 64:4 +. +Thou meetest him that rejoiceth and worketh righteousness, those that remember thee in thy ways: behold, thou art wroth; for we have sinned: in those is continuance, and we shall be saved. -- isaiah 64:5 +. +But we are all as an unclean thing, and all our righteousnesses are as filthy rags; and we all do fade as a leaf; and our iniquities, like the wind, have taken us away. -- isaiah 64:6 +. +And there is none that calleth upon thy name, that stirreth up himself to take hold of thee: for thou hast hid thy face from us, and hast consumed us, because of our iniquities. -- isaiah 64:7 +. +But now, O LORD, thou art our father; we are the clay, and thou our potter; and we all are the work of thy hand. -- isaiah 64:8 +. +Be not wroth very sore, O LORD, neither remember iniquity for ever: behold, see, we beseech thee, we are all thy people. -- isaiah 64:9 +. +Thy holy cities are a wilderness, Zion is a wilderness, Jerusalem a desolation. -- isaiah 64:10 +. +Our holy and our beautiful house, where our fathers praised thee, is burned up with fire: and all our pleasant things are laid waste. -- isaiah 64:11 +. +Wilt thou refrain thyself for these things, O LORD? wilt thou hold thy peace, and afflict us very sore? -- isaiah 64:12 +. +I am sought of them that asked not for me; I am found of them that sought me not: I said, Behold me, behold me, unto a nation that was not called by my name. -- isaiah 65:1 +. +I have spread out my hands all the day unto a rebellious people, which walketh in a way that was not good, after their own thoughts; -- isaiah 65:2 +. +A people that provoketh me to anger continually to my face; that sacrificeth in gardens, and burneth incense upon altars of brick; -- isaiah 65:3 +. +Which remain among the graves, and lodge in the monuments, which eat swine's flesh, and broth of abominable things is in their vessels; -- isaiah 65:4 +. +Which say, Stand by thyself, come not near to me; for I am holier than thou. These are a smoke in my nose, a fire that burneth all the day. -- isaiah 65:5 +. +Behold, it is written before me: I will not keep silence, but will recompense, even recompense into their bosom, -- isaiah 65:6 +. +Your iniquities, and the iniquities of your fathers together, saith the LORD, which have burned incense upon the mountains, and blasphemed me upon the hills: therefore will I measure their former work into their bosom. -- isaiah 65:7 +. +Thus saith the LORD, As the new wine is found in the cluster, and one saith, Destroy it not; for a blessing is in it: so will I do for my servants' sakes, that I may not destroy them all. -- isaiah 65:8 +. +And I will bring forth a seed out of Jacob, and out of Judah an inheritor of my mountains: and mine elect shall inherit it, and my servants shall dwell there. -- isaiah 65:9 +. +And Sharon shall be a fold of flocks, and the valley of Achor a place for the herds to lie down in, for my people that have sought me. -- isaiah 65:10 +. +But ye are they that forsake the LORD, that forget my holy mountain, that prepare a table for that troop, and that furnish the drink offering unto that number. -- isaiah 65:11 +. +Therefore will I number you to the sword, and ye shall all bow down to the slaughter: because when I called, ye did not answer; when I spake, ye did not hear; but did evil before mine eyes, and did choose that wherein I delighted not. -- isaiah 65:12 +. +Therefore thus saith the Lord GOD, Behold, my servants shall eat, but ye shall be hungry: behold, my servants shall drink, but ye shall be thirsty: behold, my servants shall rejoice, but ye shall be ashamed: -- isaiah 65:13 +. +Behold, my servants shall sing for joy of heart, but ye shall cry for sorrow of heart, and shall howl for vexation of spirit. -- isaiah 65:14 +. +And ye shall leave your name for a curse unto my chosen: for the Lord GOD shall slay thee, and call his servants by another name: -- isaiah 65:15 +. +That he who blesseth himself in the earth shall bless himself in the God of truth; and he that sweareth in the earth shall swear by the God of truth; because the former troubles are forgotten, and because they are hid from mine eyes. -- isaiah 65:16 +. +For, behold, I create new heavens and a new earth: and the former shall not be remembered, nor come into mind. -- isaiah 65:17 +. +But be ye glad and rejoice for ever in that which I create: for, behold, I create Jerusalem a rejoicing, and her people a joy. -- isaiah 65:18 +. +And I will rejoice in Jerusalem, and joy in my people: and the voice of weeping shall be no more heard in her, nor the voice of crying. -- isaiah 65:19 +. +There shall be no more thence an infant of days, nor an old man that hath not filled his days: for the child shall die an hundred years old; but the sinner being an hundred years old shall be accursed. -- isaiah 65:20 +. +And they shall build houses, and inhabit them; and they shall plant vineyards, and eat the fruit of them. -- isaiah 65:21 +. +They shall not build, and another inhabit; they shall not plant, and another eat: for as the days of a tree are the days of my people, and mine elect shall long enjoy the work of their hands. -- isaiah 65:22 +. +They shall not labour in vain, nor bring forth for trouble; for they are the seed of the blessed of the LORD, and their offspring with them. -- isaiah 65:23 +. +And it shall come to pass, that before they call, I will answer; and while they are yet speaking, I will hear. -- isaiah 65:24 +. +The wolf and the lamb shall feed together, and the lion shall eat straw like the bullock: and dust shall be the serpent's meat. They shall not hurt nor destroy in all my holy mountain, saith the LORD. -- isaiah 65:25 +. +Thus saith the LORD, The heaven is my throne, and the earth is my footstool: where is the house that ye build unto me? and where is the place of my rest? -- isaiah 66:1 +. +For all those things hath mine hand made, and all those things have been, saith the LORD: but to this man will I look, even to him that is poor and of a contrite spirit, and trembleth at my word. -- isaiah 66:2 +. +He that killeth an ox is as if he slew a man; he that sacrificeth a lamb, as if he cut off a dog's neck; he that offereth an oblation, as if he offered swine's blood; he that burneth incense, as if he blessed an idol. Yea, they have chosen their own ways, and their soul delighteth in their abominations. -- isaiah 66:3 +. +I also will choose their delusions, and will bring their fears upon them; because when I called, none did answer; when I spake, they did not hear: but they did evil before mine eyes, and chose that in which I delighted not. -- isaiah 66:4 +. +Hear the word of the LORD, ye that tremble at his word; Your brethren that hated you, that cast you out for my name's sake, said, Let the LORD be glorified: but he shall appear to your joy, and they shall be ashamed. -- isaiah 66:5 +. +A voice of noise from the city, a voice from the temple, a voice of the LORD that rendereth recompence to his enemies. -- isaiah 66:6 +. +Before she travailed, she brought forth; before her pain came, she was delivered of a man child. -- isaiah 66:7 +. +Who hath heard such a thing? who hath seen such things? Shall the earth be made to bring forth in one day? or shall a nation be born at once? for as soon as Zion travailed, she brought forth her children. -- isaiah 66:8 +. +Shall I bring to the birth, and not cause to bring forth? saith the LORD: shall I cause to bring forth, and shut the womb? saith thy God. -- isaiah 66:9 +. +Rejoice ye with Jerusalem, and be glad with her, all ye that love her: rejoice for joy with her, all ye that mourn for her: -- isaiah 66:10 +. +That ye may suck, and be satisfied with the breasts of her consolations; that ye may milk out, and be delighted with the abundance of her glory. -- isaiah 66:11 +. +For thus saith the LORD, Behold, I will extend peace to her like a river, and the glory of the Gentiles like a flowing stream: then shall ye suck, ye shall be borne upon her sides, and be dandled upon her knees. -- isaiah 66:12 +. +As one whom his mother comforteth, so will I comfort you; and ye shall be comforted in Jerusalem. -- isaiah 66:13 +. +And when ye see this, your heart shall rejoice, and your bones shall flourish like an herb: and the hand of the LORD shall be known toward his servants, and his indignation toward his enemies. -- isaiah 66:14 +. +For, behold, the LORD will come with fire, and with his chariots like a whirlwind, to render his anger with fury, and his rebuke with flames of fire. -- isaiah 66:15 +. +For by fire and by his sword will the LORD plead with all flesh: and the slain of the LORD shall be many. -- isaiah 66:16 +. +They that sanctify themselves, and purify themselves in the gardens behind one tree in the midst, eating swine's flesh, and the abomination, and the mouse, shall be consumed together, saith the LORD. -- isaiah 66:17 +. +For I know their works and their thoughts: it shall come, that I will gather all nations and tongues; and they shall come, and see my glory. -- isaiah 66:18 +. +And I will set a sign among them, and I will send those that escape of them unto the nations, to Tarshish, Pul, and Lud, that draw the bow, to Tubal, and Javan, to the isles afar off, that have not heard my fame, neither have seen my glory; and they shall declare my glory among the Gentiles. -- isaiah 66:19 +. +And they shall bring all your brethren for an offering unto the LORD out of all nations upon horses, and in chariots, and in litters, and upon mules, and upon swift beasts, to my holy mountain Jerusalem, saith the LORD, as the children of Israel bring an offering in a clean vessel into the house of the LORD. -- isaiah 66:20 +. +And I will also take of them for priests and for Levites, saith the LORD. -- isaiah 66:21 +. +For as the new heavens and the new earth, which I will make, shall remain before me, saith the LORD, so shall your seed and your name remain. -- isaiah 66:22 +. +And it shall come to pass, that from one new moon to another, and from one sabbath to another, shall all flesh come to worship before me, saith the LORD. -- isaiah 66:23 +. +And they shall go forth, and look upon the carcases of the men that have transgressed against me: for their worm shall not die, neither shall their fire be quenched; and they shall be an abhorring unto all flesh. -- isaiah 66:24 +. +The words of Jeremiah the son of Hilkiah, of the priests that were in Anathoth in the land of Benjamin: -- jeremiah 1:1 +. +To whom the word of the LORD came in the days of Josiah the son of Amon king of Judah, in the thirteenth year of his reign. -- jeremiah 1:2 +. +It came also in the days of Jehoiakim the son of Josiah king of Judah, unto the end of the eleventh year of Zedekiah the son of Josiah king of Judah, unto the carrying away of Jerusalem captive in the fifth month. -- jeremiah 1:3 +. +Then the word of the LORD came unto me, saying, -- jeremiah 1:4 +. +Before I formed thee in the belly I knew thee; and before thou camest forth out of the womb I sanctified thee, and I ordained thee a prophet unto the nations. -- jeremiah 1:5 +. +Then said I, Ah, Lord GOD! behold, I cannot speak: for I am a child. -- jeremiah 1:6 +. +But the LORD said unto me, Say not, I am a child: for thou shalt go to all that I shall send thee, and whatsoever I command thee thou shalt speak. -- jeremiah 1:7 +. +Be not afraid of their faces: for I am with thee to deliver thee, saith the LORD. -- jeremiah 1:8 +. +Then the LORD put forth his hand, and touched my mouth. And the LORD said unto me, Behold, I have put my words in thy mouth. -- jeremiah 1:9 +. +See, I have this day set thee over the nations and over the kingdoms, to root out, and to pull down, and to destroy, and to throw down, to build, and to plant. -- jeremiah 1:10 +. +Moreover the word of the LORD came unto me, saying, Jeremiah, what seest thou? And I said, I see a rod of an almond tree. -- jeremiah 1:11 +. +Then said the LORD unto me, Thou hast well seen: for I will hasten my word to perform it. -- jeremiah 1:12 +. +And the word of the LORD came unto me the second time, saying, What seest thou? And I said, I see a seething pot; and the face thereof is toward the north. -- jeremiah 1:13 +. +Then the LORD said unto me, Out of the north an evil shall break forth upon all the inhabitants of the land. -- jeremiah 1:14 +. +For, lo, I will call all the families of the kingdoms of the north, saith the LORD; and they shall come, and they shall set every one his throne at the entering of the gates of Jerusalem, and against all the walls thereof round about, and against all the cities of Judah. -- jeremiah 1:15 +. +And I will utter my judgments against them touching all their wickedness, who have forsaken me, and have burned incense unto other gods, and worshipped the works of their own hands. -- jeremiah 1:16 +. +Thou therefore gird up thy loins, and arise, and speak unto them all that I command thee: be not dismayed at their faces, lest I confound thee before them. -- jeremiah 1:17 +. +For, behold, I have made thee this day a defenced city, and an iron pillar, and brasen walls against the whole land, against the kings of Judah, against the princes thereof, against the priests thereof, and against the people of the land. -- jeremiah 1:18 +. +And they shall fight against thee; but they shall not prevail against thee; for I am with thee, saith the LORD, to deliver thee. -- jeremiah 1:19 +. +Moreover the word of the LORD came to me, saying, -- jeremiah 2:1 +. +Go and cry in the ears of Jerusalem, saying, Thus saith the LORD; I remember thee, the kindness of thy youth, the love of thine espousals, when thou wentest after me in the wilderness, in a land that was not sown. -- jeremiah 2:2 +. +Israel was holiness unto the LORD, and the firstfruits of his increase: all that devour him shall offend; evil shall come upon them, saith the LORD. -- jeremiah 2:3 +. +Hear ye the word of the LORD, O house of Jacob, and all the families of the house of Israel: -- jeremiah 2:4 +. +Thus saith the LORD, What iniquity have your fathers found in me, that they are gone far from me, and have walked after vanity, and are become vain? -- jeremiah 2:5 +. +Neither said they, Where is the LORD that brought us up out of the land of Egypt, that led us through the wilderness, through a land of deserts and of pits, through a land of drought, and of the shadow of death, through a land that no man passed through, and where no man dwelt? -- jeremiah 2:6 +. +And I brought you into a plentiful country, to eat the fruit thereof and the goodness thereof; but when ye entered, ye defiled my land, and made mine heritage an abomination. -- jeremiah 2:7 +. +The priests said not, Where is the LORD? and they that handle the law knew me not: the pastors also transgressed against me, and the prophets prophesied by Baal, and walked after things that do not profit. -- jeremiah 2:8 +. +Wherefore I will yet plead with you, saith the LORD, and with your children's children will I plead. -- jeremiah 2:9 +. +For pass over the isles of Chittim, and see; and send unto Kedar, and consider diligently, and see if there be such a thing. -- jeremiah 2:10 +. +Hath a nation changed their gods, which are yet no gods? but my people have changed their glory for that which doth not profit. -- jeremiah 2:11 +. +Be astonished, O ye heavens, at this, and be horribly afraid, be ye very desolate, saith the LORD. -- jeremiah 2:12 +. +For my people have committed two evils; they have forsaken me the fountain of living waters, and hewed them out cisterns, broken cisterns, that can hold no water. -- jeremiah 2:13 +. +Is Israel a servant? is he a homeborn slave? why is he spoiled? -- jeremiah 2:14 +. +The young lions roared upon him, and yelled, and they made his land waste: his cities are burned without inhabitant. -- jeremiah 2:15 +. +Also the children of Noph and Tahapanes have broken the crown of thy head. -- jeremiah 2:16 +. +Hast thou not procured this unto thyself, in that thou hast forsaken the LORD thy God, when he led thee by the way? -- jeremiah 2:17 +. +And now what hast thou to do in the way of Egypt, to drink the waters of Sihor? or what hast thou to do in the way of Assyria, to drink the waters of the river? -- jeremiah 2:18 +. +Thine own wickedness shall correct thee, and thy backslidings shall reprove thee: know therefore and see that it is an evil thing and bitter, that thou hast forsaken the LORD thy God, and that my fear is not in thee, saith the Lord GOD of hosts. -- jeremiah 2:19 +. +For of old time I have broken thy yoke, and burst thy bands; and thou saidst, I will not transgress; when upon every high hill and under every green tree thou wanderest, playing the harlot. -- jeremiah 2:20 +. +Yet I had planted thee a noble vine, wholly a right seed: how then art thou turned into the degenerate plant of a strange vine unto me? -- jeremiah 2:21 +. +For though thou wash thee with nitre, and take thee much soap, yet thine iniquity is marked before me, saith the Lord GOD. -- jeremiah 2:22 +. +How canst thou say, I am not polluted, I have not gone after Baalim? see thy way in the valley, know what thou hast done: thou art a swift dromedary traversing her ways; -- jeremiah 2:23 +. +A wild ass used to the wilderness, that snuffeth up the wind at her pleasure; in her occasion who can turn her away? all they that seek her will not weary themselves; in her month they shall find her. -- jeremiah 2:24 +. +Withhold thy foot from being unshod, and thy throat from thirst: but thou saidst, There is no hope: no; for I have loved strangers, and after them will I go. -- jeremiah 2:25 +. +As the thief is ashamed when he is found, so is the house of Israel ashamed; they, their kings, their princes, and their priests, and their prophets. -- jeremiah 2:26 +. +Saying to a stock, Thou art my father; and to a stone, Thou hast brought me forth: for they have turned their back unto me, and not their face: but in the time of their trouble they will say, Arise, and save us. -- jeremiah 2:27 +. +But where are thy gods that thou hast made thee? let them arise, if they can save thee in the time of thy trouble: for according to the number of thy cities are thy gods, O Judah. -- jeremiah 2:28 +. +Wherefore will ye plead with me? ye all have transgressed against me, saith the LORD. -- jeremiah 2:29 +. +In vain have I smitten your children; they received no correction: your own sword hath devoured your prophets, like a destroying lion. -- jeremiah 2:30 +. +O generation, see ye the word of the LORD. Have I been a wilderness unto Israel? a land of darkness? wherefore say my people, We are lords; we will come no more unto thee? -- jeremiah 2:31 +. +Can a maid forget her ornaments, or a bride her attire? yet my people have forgotten me days without number. -- jeremiah 2:32 +. +Why trimmest thou thy way to seek love? therefore hast thou also taught the wicked ones thy ways. -- jeremiah 2:33 +. +Also in thy skirts is found the blood of the souls of the poor innocents: I have not found it by secret search, but upon all these. -- jeremiah 2:34 +. +Yet thou sayest, Because I am innocent, surely his anger shall turn from me. Behold, I will plead with thee, because thou sayest, I have not sinned. -- jeremiah 2:35 +. +Why gaddest thou about so much to change thy way? thou also shalt be ashamed of Egypt, as thou wast ashamed of Assyria. -- jeremiah 2:36 +. +Yea, thou shalt go forth from him, and thine hands upon thine head: for the LORD hath rejected thy confidences, and thou shalt not prosper in them. -- jeremiah 2:37 +. +They say, If a man put away his wife, and she go from him, and become another man's, shall he return unto her again? shall not that land be greatly polluted? but thou hast played the harlot with many lovers; yet return again to me, saith the LORD. -- jeremiah 3:1 +. +Lift up thine eyes unto the high places, and see where thou hast not been lien with. In the ways hast thou sat for them, as the Arabian in the wilderness; and thou hast polluted the land with thy whoredoms and with thy wickedness. -- jeremiah 3:2 +. +Therefore the showers have been withholden, and there hath been no latter rain; and thou hadst a whore's forehead, thou refusedst to be ashamed. -- jeremiah 3:3 +. +Wilt thou not from this time cry unto me, My father, thou art the guide of my youth? -- jeremiah 3:4 +. +Will he reserve his anger for ever? will he keep it to the end? Behold, thou hast spoken and done evil things as thou couldest. -- jeremiah 3:5 +. +The LORD said also unto me in the days of Josiah the king, Hast thou seen that which backsliding Israel hath done? she is gone up upon every high mountain and under every green tree, and there hath played the harlot. -- jeremiah 3:6 +. +And I said after she had done all these things, Turn thou unto me. But she returned not. And her treacherous sister Judah saw it. -- jeremiah 3:7 +. +And I saw, when for all the causes whereby backsliding Israel committed adultery I had put her away, and given her a bill of divorce; yet her treacherous sister Judah feared not, but went and played the harlot also. -- jeremiah 3:8 +. +And it came to pass through the lightness of her whoredom, that she defiled the land, and committed adultery with stones and with stocks. -- jeremiah 3:9 +. +And yet for all this her treacherous sister Judah hath not turned unto me with her whole heart, but feignedly, saith the LORD. -- jeremiah 3:10 +. +And the LORD said unto me, The backsliding Israel hath justified herself more than treacherous Judah. -- jeremiah 3:11 +. +Go and proclaim these words toward the north, and say, Return, thou backsliding Israel, saith the LORD; and I will not cause mine anger to fall upon you: for I am merciful, saith the LORD, and I will not keep anger for ever. -- jeremiah 3:12 +. +Only acknowledge thine iniquity, that thou hast transgressed against the LORD thy God, and hast scattered thy ways to the strangers under every green tree, and ye have not obeyed my voice, saith the LORD. -- jeremiah 3:13 +. +Turn, O backsliding children, saith the LORD; for I am married unto you: and I will take you one of a city, and two of a family, and I will bring you to Zion: -- jeremiah 3:14 +. +And I will give you pastors according to mine heart, which shall feed you with knowledge and understanding. -- jeremiah 3:15 +. +And it shall come to pass, when ye be multiplied and increased in the land, in those days, saith the LORD, they shall say no more, The ark of the covenant of the LORD: neither shall it come to mind: neither shall they remember it; neither shall they visit it; neither shall that be done any more. -- jeremiah 3:16 +. +At that time they shall call Jerusalem the throne of the LORD; and all the nations shall be gathered unto it, to the name of the LORD, to Jerusalem: neither shall they walk any more after the imagination of their evil heart. -- jeremiah 3:17 +. +In those days the house of Judah shall walk with the house of Israel, and they shall come together out of the land of the north to the land that I have given for an inheritance unto your fathers. -- jeremiah 3:18 +. +But I said, How shall I put thee among the children, and give thee a pleasant land, a goodly heritage of the hosts of nations? and I said, Thou shalt call me, My father; and shalt not turn away from me. -- jeremiah 3:19 +. +Surely as a wife treacherously departeth from her husband, so have ye dealt treacherously with me, O house of Israel, saith the LORD. -- jeremiah 3:20 +. +A voice was heard upon the high places, weeping and supplications of the children of Israel: for they have perverted their way, and they have forgotten the LORD their God. -- jeremiah 3:21 +. +Return, ye backsliding children, and I will heal your backslidings. Behold, we come unto thee; for thou art the LORD our God. -- jeremiah 3:22 +. +Truly in vain is salvation hoped for from the hills, and from the multitude of mountains: truly in the LORD our God is the salvation of Israel. -- jeremiah 3:23 +. +For shame hath devoured the labour of our fathers from our youth; their flocks and their herds, their sons and their daughters. -- jeremiah 3:24 +. +We lie down in our shame, and our confusion covereth us: for we have sinned against the LORD our God, we and our fathers, from our youth even unto this day, and have not obeyed the voice of the LORD our God. -- jeremiah 3:25 +. +If thou wilt return, O Israel, saith the LORD, return unto me: and if thou wilt put away thine abominations out of my sight, then shalt thou not remove. -- jeremiah 4:1 +. +And thou shalt swear, The LORD liveth, in truth, in judgment, and in righteousness; and the nations shall bless themselves in him, and in him shall they glory. -- jeremiah 4:2 +. +For thus saith the LORD to the men of Judah and Jerusalem, Break up your fallow ground, and sow not among thorns. -- jeremiah 4:3 +. +Circumcise yourselves to the LORD, and take away the foreskins of your heart, ye men of Judah and inhabitants of Jerusalem: lest my fury come forth like fire, and burn that none can quench it, because of the evil of your doings. -- jeremiah 4:4 +. +Declare ye in Judah, and publish in Jerusalem; and say, Blow ye the trumpet in the land: cry, gather together, and say, Assemble yourselves, and let us go into the defenced cities. -- jeremiah 4:5 +. +Set up the standard toward Zion: retire, stay not: for I will bring evil from the north, and a great destruction. -- jeremiah 4:6 +. +The lion is come up from his thicket, and the destroyer of the Gentiles is on his way; he is gone forth from his place to make thy land desolate; and thy cities shall be laid waste, without an inhabitant. -- jeremiah 4:7 +. +For this gird you with sackcloth, lament and howl: for the fierce anger of the LORD is not turned back from us. -- jeremiah 4:8 +. +And it shall come to pass at that day, saith the LORD, that the heart of the king shall perish, and the heart of the princes; and the priests shall be astonished, and the prophets shall wonder. -- jeremiah 4:9 +. +Then said I, Ah, Lord GOD! surely thou hast greatly deceived this people and Jerusalem, saying, Ye shall have peace; whereas the sword reacheth unto the soul. -- jeremiah 4:10 +. +At that time shall it be said to this people and to Jerusalem, A dry wind of the high places in the wilderness toward the daughter of my people, not to fan, nor to cleanse, -- jeremiah 4:11 +. +Even a full wind from those places shall come unto me: now also will I give sentence against them. -- jeremiah 4:12 +. +Behold, he shall come up as clouds, and his chariots shall be as a whirlwind: his horses are swifter than eagles. Woe unto us! for we are spoiled. -- jeremiah 4:13 +. +O Jerusalem, wash thine heart from wickedness, that thou mayest be saved. How long shall thy vain thoughts lodge within thee? -- jeremiah 4:14 +. +For a voice declareth from Dan, and publisheth affliction from mount Ephraim. -- jeremiah 4:15 +. +Make ye mention to the nations; behold, publish against Jerusalem, that watchers come from a far country, and give out their voice against the cities of Judah. -- jeremiah 4:16 +. +As keepers of a field, are they against her round about; because she hath been rebellious against me, saith the LORD. -- jeremiah 4:17 +. +Thy way and thy doings have procured these things unto thee; this is thy wickedness, because it is bitter, because it reacheth unto thine heart. -- jeremiah 4:18 +. +My bowels, my bowels! I am pained at my very heart; my heart maketh a noise in me; I cannot hold my peace, because thou hast heard, O my soul, the sound of the trumpet, the alarm of war. -- jeremiah 4:19 +. +Destruction upon destruction is cried; for the whole land is spoiled: suddenly are my tents spoiled, and my curtains in a moment. -- jeremiah 4:20 +. +How long shall I see the standard, and hear the sound of the trumpet? -- jeremiah 4:21 +. +For my people is foolish, they have not known me; they are sottish children, and they have none understanding: they are wise to do evil, but to do good they have no knowledge. -- jeremiah 4:22 +. +I beheld the earth, and, lo, it was without form, and void; and the heavens, and they had no light. -- jeremiah 4:23 +. +I beheld the mountains, and, lo, they trembled, and all the hills moved lightly. -- jeremiah 4:24 +. +I beheld, and, lo, there was no man, and all the birds of the heavens were fled. -- jeremiah 4:25 +. +I beheld, and, lo, the fruitful place was a wilderness, and all the cities thereof were broken down at the presence of the LORD, and by his fierce anger. -- jeremiah 4:26 +. +For thus hath the LORD said, The whole land shall be desolate; yet will I not make a full end. -- jeremiah 4:27 +. +For this shall the earth mourn, and the heavens above be black; because I have spoken it, I have purposed it, and will not repent, neither will I turn back from it. -- jeremiah 4:28 +. +The whole city shall flee for the noise of the horsemen and bowmen; they shall go into thickets, and climb up upon the rocks: every city shall be forsaken, and not a man dwell therein. -- jeremiah 4:29 +. +And when thou art spoiled, what wilt thou do? Though thou clothest thyself with crimson, though thou deckest thee with ornaments of gold, though thou rentest thy face with painting, in vain shalt thou make thyself fair; thy lovers will despise thee, they will seek thy life. -- jeremiah 4:30 +. +For I have heard a voice as of a woman in travail, and the anguish as of her that bringeth forth her first child, the voice of the daughter of Zion, that bewaileth herself, that spreadeth her hands, saying, Woe is me now! for my soul is wearied because of murderers. -- jeremiah 4:31 +. +Run ye to and fro through the streets of Jerusalem, and see now, and know, and seek in the broad places thereof, if ye can find a man, if there be any that executeth judgment, that seeketh the truth; and I will pardon it. -- jeremiah 5:1 +. +And though they say, The LORD liveth; surely they swear falsely. -- jeremiah 5:2 +. +O LORD, are not thine eyes upon the truth? thou hast stricken them, but they have not grieved; thou hast consumed them, but they have refused to receive correction: they have made their faces harder than a rock; they have refused to return. -- jeremiah 5:3 +. +Therefore I said, Surely these are poor; they are foolish: for they know not the way of the LORD, nor the judgment of their God. -- jeremiah 5:4 +. +I will get me unto the great men, and will speak unto them; for they have known the way of the LORD, and the judgment of their God: but these have altogether broken the yoke, and burst the bonds. -- jeremiah 5:5 +. +Wherefore a lion out of the forest shall slay them, and a wolf of the evenings shall spoil them, a leopard shall watch over their cities: every one that goeth out thence shall be torn in pieces: because their transgressions are many, and their backslidings are increased. -- jeremiah 5:6 +. +How shall I pardon thee for this? thy children have forsaken me, and sworn by them that are no gods: when I had fed them to the full, they then committed adultery, and assembled themselves by troops in the harlots' houses. -- jeremiah 5:7 +. +They were as fed horses in the morning: every one neighed after his neighbour's wife. -- jeremiah 5:8 +. +Shall I not visit for these things? saith the LORD: and shall not my soul be avenged on such a nation as this? -- jeremiah 5:9 +. +Go ye up upon her walls, and destroy; but make not a full end: take away her battlements; for they are not the LORD's. -- jeremiah 5:10 +. +For the house of Israel and the house of Judah have dealt very treacherously against me, saith the LORD. -- jeremiah 5:11 +. +They have belied the LORD, and said, It is not he; neither shall evil come upon us; neither shall we see sword nor famine: -- jeremiah 5:12 +. +And the prophets shall become wind, and the word is not in them: thus shall it be done unto them. -- jeremiah 5:13 +. +Wherefore thus saith the LORD God of hosts, Because ye speak this word, behold, I will make my words in thy mouth fire, and this people wood, and it shall devour them. -- jeremiah 5:14 +. +Lo, I will bring a nation upon you from far, O house of Israel, saith the LORD: it is a mighty nation, it is an ancient nation, a nation whose language thou knowest not, neither understandest what they say. -- jeremiah 5:15 +. +Their quiver is as an open sepulchre, they are all mighty men. -- jeremiah 5:16 +. +And they shall eat up thine harvest, and thy bread, which thy sons and thy daughters should eat: they shall eat up thy flocks and thine herds: they shall eat up thy vines and thy fig trees: they shall impoverish thy fenced cities, wherein thou trustedst, with the sword. -- jeremiah 5:17 +. +Nevertheless in those days, saith the LORD, I will not make a full end with you. -- jeremiah 5:18 +. +And it shall come to pass, when ye shall say, Wherefore doeth the LORD our God all these things unto us? then shalt thou answer them, Like as ye have forsaken me, and served strange gods in your land, so shall ye serve strangers in a land that is not your's. -- jeremiah 5:19 +. +Declare this in the house of Jacob, and publish it in Judah, saying, -- jeremiah 5:20 +. +Hear now this, O foolish people, and without understanding; which have eyes, and see not; which have ears, and hear not: -- jeremiah 5:21 +. +Fear ye not me? saith the LORD: will ye not tremble at my presence, which have placed the sand for the bound of the sea by a perpetual decree, that it cannot pass it: and though the waves thereof toss themselves, yet can they not prevail; though they roar, yet can they not pass over it? -- jeremiah 5:22 +. +But this people hath a revolting and a rebellious heart; they are revolted and gone. -- jeremiah 5:23 +. +Neither say they in their heart, Let us now fear the LORD our God, that giveth rain, both the former and the latter, in his season: he reserveth unto us the appointed weeks of the harvest. -- jeremiah 5:24 +. +Your iniquities have turned away these things, and your sins have withholden good things from you. -- jeremiah 5:25 +. +For among my people are found wicked men: they lay wait, as he that setteth snares; they set a trap, they catch men. -- jeremiah 5:26 +. +As a cage is full of birds, so are their houses full of deceit: therefore they are become great, and waxen rich. -- jeremiah 5:27 +. +They are waxen fat, they shine: yea, they overpass the deeds of the wicked: they judge not the cause, the cause of the fatherless, yet they prosper; and the right of the needy do they not judge. -- jeremiah 5:28 +. +Shall I not visit for these things? saith the LORD: shall not my soul be avenged on such a nation as this? -- jeremiah 5:29 +. +A wonderful and horrible thing is committed in the land; -- jeremiah 5:30 +. +The prophets prophesy falsely, and the priests bear rule by their means; and my people love to have it so: and what will ye do in the end thereof? -- jeremiah 5:31 +. +O ye children of Benjamin, gather yourselves to flee out of the midst of Jerusalem, and blow the trumpet in Tekoa, and set up a sign of fire in Bethhaccerem: for evil appeareth out of the north, and great destruction. -- jeremiah 6:1 +. +I have likened the daughter of Zion to a comely and delicate woman. -- jeremiah 6:2 +. +The shepherds with their flocks shall come unto her; they shall pitch their tents against her round about; they shall feed every one in his place. -- jeremiah 6:3 +. +Prepare ye war against her; arise, and let us go up at noon. Woe unto us! for the day goeth away, for the shadows of the evening are stretched out. -- jeremiah 6:4 +. +Arise, and let us go by night, and let us destroy her palaces. -- jeremiah 6:5 +. +For thus hath the LORD of hosts said, Hew ye down trees, and cast a mount against Jerusalem: this is the city to be visited; she is wholly oppression in the midst of her. -- jeremiah 6:6 +. +As a fountain casteth out her waters, so she casteth out her wickedness: violence and spoil is heard in her; before me continually is grief and wounds. -- jeremiah 6:7 +. +Be thou instructed, O Jerusalem, lest my soul depart from thee; lest I make thee desolate, a land not inhabited. -- jeremiah 6:8 +. +Thus saith the LORD of hosts, They shall throughly glean the remnant of Israel as a vine: turn back thine hand as a grapegatherer into the baskets. -- jeremiah 6:9 +. +To whom shall I speak, and give warning, that they may hear? behold, their ear is uncircumcised, and they cannot hearken: behold, the word of the LORD is unto them a reproach; they have no delight in it. -- jeremiah 6:10 +. +Therefore I am full of the fury of the LORD; I am weary with holding in: I will pour it out upon the children abroad, and upon the assembly of young men together: for even the husband with the wife shall be taken, the aged with him that is full of days. -- jeremiah 6:11 +. +And their houses shall be turned unto others, with their fields and wives together: for I will stretch out my hand upon the inhabitants of the land, saith the LORD. -- jeremiah 6:12 +. +For from the least of them even unto the greatest of them every one is given to covetousness; and from the prophet even unto the priest every one dealeth falsely. -- jeremiah 6:13 +. +They have healed also the hurt of the daughter of my people slightly, saying, Peace, peace; when there is no peace. -- jeremiah 6:14 +. +Were they ashamed when they had committed abomination? nay, they were not at all ashamed, neither could they blush: therefore they shall fall among them that fall: at the time that I visit them they shall be cast down, saith the LORD. -- jeremiah 6:15 +. +Thus saith the LORD, Stand ye in the ways, and see, and ask for the old paths, where is the good way, and walk therein, and ye shall find rest for your souls. But they said, We will not walk therein. -- jeremiah 6:16 +. +Also I set watchmen over you, saying, Hearken to the sound of the trumpet. But they said, We will not hearken. -- jeremiah 6:17 +. +Therefore hear, ye nations, and know, O congregation, what is among them. -- jeremiah 6:18 +. +Hear, O earth: behold, I will bring evil upon this people, even the fruit of their thoughts, because they have not hearkened unto my words, nor to my law, but rejected it. -- jeremiah 6:19 +. +To what purpose cometh there to me incense from Sheba, and the sweet cane from a far country? your burnt offerings are not acceptable, nor your sacrifices sweet unto me. -- jeremiah 6:20 +. +Therefore thus saith the LORD, Behold, I will lay stumblingblocks before this people, and the fathers and the sons together shall fall upon them; the neighbour and his friend shall perish. -- jeremiah 6:21 +. +Thus saith the LORD, Behold, a people cometh from the north country, and a great nation shall be raised from the sides of the earth. -- jeremiah 6:22 +. +They shall lay hold on bow and spear; they are cruel, and have no mercy; their voice roareth like the sea; and they ride upon horses, set in array as men for war against thee, O daughter of Zion. -- jeremiah 6:23 +. +We have heard the fame thereof: our hands wax feeble: anguish hath taken hold of us, and pain, as of a woman in travail. -- jeremiah 6:24 +. +Go not forth into the field, nor walk by the way; for the sword of the enemy and fear is on every side. -- jeremiah 6:25 +. +O daughter of my people, gird thee with sackcloth, and wallow thyself in ashes: make thee mourning, as for an only son, most bitter lamentation: for the spoiler shall suddenly come upon us. -- jeremiah 6:26 +. +I have set thee for a tower and a fortress among my people, that thou mayest know and try their way. -- jeremiah 6:27 +. +They are all grievous revolters, walking with slanders: they are brass and iron; they are all corrupters. -- jeremiah 6:28 +. +The bellows are burned, the lead is consumed of the fire; the founder melteth in vain: for the wicked are not plucked away. -- jeremiah 6:29 +. +Reprobate silver shall men call them, because the LORD hath rejected them. -- jeremiah 6:30 +. +The word that came to Jeremiah from the LORD, saying, -- jeremiah 7:1 +. +Stand in the gate of the LORD's house, and proclaim there this word, and say, Hear the word of the LORD, all ye of Judah, that enter in at these gates to worship the LORD. -- jeremiah 7:2 +. +Thus saith the LORD of hosts, the God of Israel, Amend your ways and your doings, and I will cause you to dwell in this place. -- jeremiah 7:3 +. +Trust ye not in lying words, saying, The temple of the LORD, The temple of the LORD, The temple of the LORD, are these. -- jeremiah 7:4 +. +For if ye throughly amend your ways and your doings; if ye throughly execute judgment between a man and his neighbour; -- jeremiah 7:5 +. +If ye oppress not the stranger, the fatherless, and the widow, and shed not innocent blood in this place, neither walk after other gods to your hurt: -- jeremiah 7:6 +. +Then will I cause you to dwell in this place, in the land that I gave to your fathers, for ever and ever. -- jeremiah 7:7 +. +Behold, ye trust in lying words, that cannot profit. -- jeremiah 7:8 +. +Will ye steal, murder, and commit adultery, and swear falsely, and burn incense unto Baal, and walk after other gods whom ye know not; -- jeremiah 7:9 +. +And come and stand before me in this house, which is called by my name, and say, We are delivered to do all these abominations? -- jeremiah 7:10 +. +Is this house, which is called by my name, become a den of robbers in your eyes? Behold, even I have seen it, saith the LORD. -- jeremiah 7:11 +. +But go ye now unto my place which was in Shiloh, where I set my name at the first, and see what I did to it for the wickedness of my people Israel. -- jeremiah 7:12 +. +And now, because ye have done all these works, saith the LORD, and I spake unto you, rising up early and speaking, but ye heard not; and I called you, but ye answered not; -- jeremiah 7:13 +. +Therefore will I do unto this house, which is called by my name, wherein ye trust, and unto the place which I gave to you and to your fathers, as I have done to Shiloh. -- jeremiah 7:14 +. +And I will cast you out of my sight, as I have cast out all your brethren, even the whole seed of Ephraim. -- jeremiah 7:15 +. +Therefore pray not thou for this people, neither lift up cry nor prayer for them, neither make intercession to me: for I will not hear thee. -- jeremiah 7:16 +. +Seest thou not what they do in the cities of Judah and in the streets of Jerusalem? -- jeremiah 7:17 +. +The children gather wood, and the fathers kindle the fire, and the women knead their dough, to make cakes to the queen of heaven, and to pour out drink offerings unto other gods, that they may provoke me to anger. -- jeremiah 7:18 +. +Do they provoke me to anger? saith the LORD: do they not provoke themselves to the confusion of their own faces? -- jeremiah 7:19 +. +Therefore thus saith the Lord GOD; Behold, mine anger and my fury shall be poured out upon this place, upon man, and upon beast, and upon the trees of the field, and upon the fruit of the ground; and it shall burn, and shall not be quenched. -- jeremiah 7:20 +. +Thus saith the LORD of hosts, the God of Israel; Put your burnt offerings unto your sacrifices, and eat flesh. -- jeremiah 7:21 +. +For I spake not unto your fathers, nor commanded them in the day that I brought them out of the land of Egypt, concerning burnt offerings or sacrifices: -- jeremiah 7:22 +. +But this thing commanded I them, saying, Obey my voice, and I will be your God, and ye shall be my people: and walk ye in all the ways that I have commanded you, that it may be well unto you. -- jeremiah 7:23 +. +But they hearkened not, nor inclined their ear, but walked in the counsels and in the imagination of their evil heart, and went backward, and not forward. -- jeremiah 7:24 +. +Since the day that your fathers came forth out of the land of Egypt unto this day I have even sent unto you all my servants the prophets, daily rising up early and sending them: -- jeremiah 7:25 +. +Yet they hearkened not unto me, nor inclined their ear, but hardened their neck: they did worse than their fathers. -- jeremiah 7:26 +. +Therefore thou shalt speak all these words unto them; but they will not hearken to thee: thou shalt also call unto them; but they will not answer thee. -- jeremiah 7:27 +. +But thou shalt say unto them, This is a nation that obeyeth not the voice of the LORD their God, nor receiveth correction: truth is perished, and is cut off from their mouth. -- jeremiah 7:28 +. +Cut off thine hair, O Jerusalem, and cast it away, and take up a lamentation on high places; for the LORD hath rejected and forsaken the generation of his wrath. -- jeremiah 7:29 +. +For the children of Judah have done evil in my sight, saith the LORD: they have set their abominations in the house which is called by my name, to pollute it. -- jeremiah 7:30 +. +And they have built the high places of Tophet, which is in the valley of the son of Hinnom, to burn their sons and their daughters in the fire; which I commanded them not, neither came it into my heart. -- jeremiah 7:31 +. +Therefore, behold, the days come, saith the LORD, that it shall no more be called Tophet, nor the valley of the son of Hinnom, but the valley of slaughter: for they shall bury in Tophet, till there be no place. -- jeremiah 7:32 +. +And the carcases of this people shall be meat for the fowls of the heaven, and for the beasts of the earth; and none shall fray them away. -- jeremiah 7:33 +. +Then will I cause to cease from the cities of Judah, and from the streets of Jerusalem, the voice of mirth, and the voice of gladness, the voice of the bridegroom, and the voice of the bride: for the land shall be desolate. -- jeremiah 7:34 +. +At that time, saith the LORD, they shall bring out the bones of the kings of Judah, and the bones of his princes, and the bones of the priests, and the bones of the prophets, and the bones of the inhabitants of Jerusalem, out of their graves: -- jeremiah 8:1 +. +And they shall spread them before the sun, and the moon, and all the host of heaven, whom they have loved, and whom they have served, and after whom they have walked, and whom they have sought, and whom they have worshipped: they shall not be gathered, nor be buried; they shall be for dung upon the face of the earth. -- jeremiah 8:2 +. +And death shall be chosen rather than life by all the residue of them that remain of this evil family, which remain in all the places whither I have driven them, saith the LORD of hosts. -- jeremiah 8:3 +. +Moreover thou shalt say unto them, Thus saith the LORD; Shall they fall, and not arise? shall he turn away, and not return? -- jeremiah 8:4 +. +Why then is this people of Jerusalem slidden back by a perpetual backsliding? they hold fast deceit, they refuse to return. -- jeremiah 8:5 +. +I hearkened and heard, but they spake not aright: no man repented him of his wickedness, saying, What have I done? every one turned to his course, as the horse rusheth into the battle. -- jeremiah 8:6 +. +Yea, the stork in the heaven knoweth her appointed times; and the turtle and the crane and the swallow observe the time of their coming; but my people know not the judgment of the LORD. -- jeremiah 8:7 +. +How do ye say, We are wise, and the law of the LORD is with us? Lo, certainly in vain made he it; the pen of the scribes is in vain. -- jeremiah 8:8 +. +The wise men are ashamed, they are dismayed and taken: lo, they have rejected the word of the LORD; and what wisdom is in them? -- jeremiah 8:9 +. +Therefore will I give their wives unto others, and their fields to them that shall inherit them: for every one from the least even unto the greatest is given to covetousness, from the prophet even unto the priest every one dealeth falsely. -- jeremiah 8:10 +. +For they have healed the hurt of the daughter of my people slightly, saying, Peace, peace; when there is no peace. -- jeremiah 8:11 +. +Were they ashamed when they had committed abomination? nay, they were not at all ashamed, neither could they blush: therefore shall they fall among them that fall: in the time of their visitation they shall be cast down, saith the LORD. -- jeremiah 8:12 +. +I will surely consume them, saith the LORD: there shall be no grapes on the vine, nor figs on the fig tree, and the leaf shall fade; and the things that I have given them shall pass away from them. -- jeremiah 8:13 +. +Why do we sit still? assemble yourselves, and let us enter into the defenced cities, and let us be silent there: for the LORD our God hath put us to silence, and given us water of gall to drink, because we have sinned against the LORD. -- jeremiah 8:14 +. +We looked for peace, but no good came; and for a time of health, and behold trouble! -- jeremiah 8:15 +. +The snorting of his horses was heard from Dan: the whole land trembled at the sound of the neighing of his strong ones; for they are come, and have devoured the land, and all that is in it; the city, and those that dwell therein. -- jeremiah 8:16 +. +For, behold, I will send serpents, cockatrices, among you, which will not be charmed, and they shall bite you, saith the LORD. -- jeremiah 8:17 +. +When I would comfort myself against sorrow, my heart is faint in me. -- jeremiah 8:18 +. +Behold the voice of the cry of the daughter of my people because of them that dwell in a far country: Is not the LORD in Zion? is not her king in her? Why have they provoked me to anger with their graven images, and with strange vanities? -- jeremiah 8:19 +. +The harvest is past, the summer is ended, and we are not saved. -- jeremiah 8:20 +. +For the hurt of the daughter of my people am I hurt; I am black; astonishment hath taken hold on me. -- jeremiah 8:21 +. +Is there no balm in Gilead; is there no physician there? why then is not the health of the daughter of my people recovered? -- jeremiah 8:22 +. +Oh that my head were waters, and mine eyes a fountain of tears, that I might weep day and night for the slain of the daughter of my people! -- jeremiah 9:1 +. +Oh that I had in the wilderness a lodging place of wayfaring men; that I might leave my people, and go from them! for they be all adulterers, an assembly of treacherous men. -- jeremiah 9:2 +. +And they bend their tongues like their bow for lies: but they are not valiant for the truth upon the earth; for they proceed from evil to evil, and they know not me, saith the LORD. -- jeremiah 9:3 +. +Take ye heed every one of his neighbour, and trust ye not in any brother: for every brother will utterly supplant, and every neighbour will walk with slanders. -- jeremiah 9:4 +. +And they will deceive every one his neighbour, and will not speak the truth: they have taught their tongue to speak lies, and weary themselves to commit iniquity. -- jeremiah 9:5 +. +Thine habitation is in the midst of deceit; through deceit they refuse to know me, saith the LORD. -- jeremiah 9:6 +. +Therefore thus saith the LORD of hosts, Behold, I will melt them, and try them; for how shall I do for the daughter of my people? -- jeremiah 9:7 +. +Their tongue is as an arrow shot out; it speaketh deceit: one speaketh peaceably to his neighbour with his mouth, but in heart he layeth his wait. -- jeremiah 9:8 +. +Shall I not visit them for these things? saith the LORD: shall not my soul be avenged on such a nation as this? -- jeremiah 9:9 +. +For the mountains will I take up a weeping and wailing, and for the habitations of the wilderness a lamentation, because they are burned up, so that none can pass through them; neither can men hear the voice of the cattle; both the fowl of the heavens and the beast are fled; they are gone. -- jeremiah 9:10 +. +And I will make Jerusalem heaps, and a den of dragons; and I will make the cities of Judah desolate, without an inhabitant. -- jeremiah 9:11 +. +Who is the wise man, that may understand this? and who is he to whom the mouth of the LORD hath spoken, that he may declare it, for what the land perisheth and is burned up like a wilderness, that none passeth through? -- jeremiah 9:12 +. +And the LORD saith, Because they have forsaken my law which I set before them, and have not obeyed my voice, neither walked therein; -- jeremiah 9:13 +. +But have walked after the imagination of their own heart, and after Baalim, which their fathers taught them: -- jeremiah 9:14 +. +Therefore thus saith the LORD of hosts, the God of Israel; Behold, I will feed them, even this people, with wormwood, and give them water of gall to drink. -- jeremiah 9:15 +. +I will scatter them also among the heathen, whom neither they nor their fathers have known: and I will send a sword after them, till I have consumed them. -- jeremiah 9:16 +. +Thus saith the LORD of hosts, Consider ye, and call for the mourning women, that they may come; and send for cunning women, that they may come: -- jeremiah 9:17 +. +And let them make haste, and take up a wailing for us, that our eyes may run down with tears, and our eyelids gush out with waters. -- jeremiah 9:18 +. +For a voice of wailing is heard out of Zion, How are we spoiled! we are greatly confounded, because we have forsaken the land, because our dwellings have cast us out. -- jeremiah 9:19 +. +Yet hear the word of the LORD, O ye women, and let your ear receive the word of his mouth, and teach your daughters wailing, and every one her neighbour lamentation. -- jeremiah 9:20 +. +For death is come up into our windows, and is entered into our palaces, to cut off the children from without, and the young men from the streets. -- jeremiah 9:21 +. +Speak, Thus saith the LORD, Even the carcases of men shall fall as dung upon the open field, and as the handful after the harvestman, and none shall gather them. -- jeremiah 9:22 +. +Thus saith the LORD, Let not the wise man glory in his wisdom, neither let the mighty man glory in his might, let not the rich man glory in his riches: -- jeremiah 9:23 +. +But let him that glorieth glory in this, that he understandeth and knoweth me, that I am the LORD which exercise lovingkindness, judgment, and righteousness, in the earth: for in these things I delight, saith the LORD. -- jeremiah 9:24 +. +Behold, the days come, saith the LORD, that I will punish all them which are circumcised with the uncircumcised; -- jeremiah 9:25 +. +Egypt, and Judah, and Edom, and the children of Ammon, and Moab, and all that are in the utmost corners, that dwell in the wilderness: for all these nations are uncircumcised, and all the house of Israel are uncircumcised in the heart. -- jeremiah 9:26 +. +Hear ye the word which the LORD speaketh unto you, O house of Israel: -- jeremiah 10:1 +. +Thus saith the LORD, Learn not the way of the heathen, and be not dismayed at the signs of heaven; for the heathen are dismayed at them. -- jeremiah 10:2 +. +For the customs of the people are vain: for one cutteth a tree out of the forest, the work of the hands of the workman, with the axe. -- jeremiah 10:3 +. +They deck it with silver and with gold; they fasten it with nails and with hammers, that it move not. -- jeremiah 10:4 +. +They are upright as the palm tree, but speak not: they must needs be borne, because they cannot go. Be not afraid of them; for they cannot do evil, neither also is it in them to do good. -- jeremiah 10:5 +. +Forasmuch as there is none like unto thee, O LORD; thou art great, and thy name is great in might. -- jeremiah 10:6 +. +Who would not fear thee, O King of nations? for to thee doth it appertain: forasmuch as among all the wise men of the nations, and in all their kingdoms, there is none like unto thee. -- jeremiah 10:7 +. +But they are altogether brutish and foolish: the stock is a doctrine of vanities. -- jeremiah 10:8 +. +Silver spread into plates is brought from Tarshish, and gold from Uphaz, the work of the workman, and of the hands of the founder: blue and purple is their clothing: they are all the work of cunning men. -- jeremiah 10:9 +. +But the LORD is the true God, he is the living God, and an everlasting king: at his wrath the earth shall tremble, and the nations shall not be able to abide his indignation. -- jeremiah 10:10 +. +Thus shall ye say unto them, The gods that have not made the heavens and the earth, even they shall perish from the earth, and from under these heavens. -- jeremiah 10:11 +. +He hath made the earth by his power, he hath established the world by his wisdom, and hath stretched out the heavens by his discretion. -- jeremiah 10:12 +. +When he uttereth his voice, there is a multitude of waters in the heavens, and he causeth the vapours to ascend from the ends of the earth; he maketh lightnings with rain, and bringeth forth the wind out of his treasures. -- jeremiah 10:13 +. +Every man is brutish in his knowledge: every founder is confounded by the graven image: for his molten image is falsehood, and there is no breath in them. -- jeremiah 10:14 +. +They are vanity, and the work of errors: in the time of their visitation they shall perish. -- jeremiah 10:15 +. +The portion of Jacob is not like them: for he is the former of all things; and Israel is the rod of his inheritance: The LORD of hosts is his name. -- jeremiah 10:16 +. +Gather up thy wares out of the land, O inhabitant of the fortress. -- jeremiah 10:17 +. +For thus saith the LORD, Behold, I will sling out the inhabitants of the land at this once, and will distress them, that they may find it so. -- jeremiah 10:18 +. +Woe is me for my hurt! my wound is grievous; but I said, Truly this is a grief, and I must bear it. -- jeremiah 10:19 +. +My tabernacle is spoiled, and all my cords are broken: my children are gone forth of me, and they are not: there is none to stretch forth my tent any more, and to set up my curtains. -- jeremiah 10:20 +. +For the pastors are become brutish, and have not sought the LORD: therefore they shall not prosper, and all their flocks shall be scattered. -- jeremiah 10:21 +. +Behold, the noise of the bruit is come, and a great commotion out of the north country, to make the cities of Judah desolate, and a den of dragons. -- jeremiah 10:22 +. +O LORD, I know that the way of man is not in himself: it is not in man that walketh to direct his steps. -- jeremiah 10:23 +. +O LORD, correct me, but with judgment; not in thine anger, lest thou bring me to nothing. -- jeremiah 10:24 +. +Pour out thy fury upon the heathen that know thee not, and upon the families that call not on thy name: for they have eaten up Jacob, and devoured him, and consumed him, and have made his habitation desolate. -- jeremiah 10:25 +. +The word that came to Jeremiah from the LORD saying, -- jeremiah 11:1 +. +Hear ye the words of this covenant, and speak unto the men of Judah, and to the inhabitants of Jerusalem; -- jeremiah 11:2 +. +And say thou unto them, Thus saith the LORD God of Israel; Cursed be the man that obeyeth not the words of this covenant, -- jeremiah 11:3 +. +Which I commanded your fathers in the day that I brought them forth out of the land of Egypt, from the iron furnace, saying, Obey my voice, and do them, according to all which I command you: so shall ye be my people, and I will be your God: -- jeremiah 11:4 +. +That I may perform the oath which I have sworn unto your fathers, to give them a land flowing with milk and honey, as it is this day. Then answered I, and said, So be it, O LORD. -- jeremiah 11:5 +. +Then the LORD said unto me, Proclaim all these words in the cities of Judah, and in the streets of Jerusalem, saying, Hear ye the words of this covenant, and do them. -- jeremiah 11:6 +. +For I earnestly protested unto your fathers in the day that I brought them up out of the land of Egypt, even unto this day, rising early and protesting, saying, Obey my voice. -- jeremiah 11:7 +. +Yet they obeyed not, nor inclined their ear, but walked every one in the imagination of their evil heart: therefore I will bring upon them all the words of this covenant, which I commanded them to do: but they did them not. -- jeremiah 11:8 +. +And the LORD said unto me, A conspiracy is found among the men of Judah, and among the inhabitants of Jerusalem. -- jeremiah 11:9 +. +They are turned back to the iniquities of their forefathers, which refused to hear my words; and they went after other gods to serve them: the house of Israel and the house of Judah have broken my covenant which I made with their fathers. -- jeremiah 11:10 +. +Therefore thus saith the LORD, Behold, I will bring evil upon them, which they shall not be able to escape; and though they shall cry unto me, I will not hearken unto them. -- jeremiah 11:11 +. +Then shall the cities of Judah and inhabitants of Jerusalem go, and cry unto the gods unto whom they offer incense: but they shall not save them at all in the time of their trouble. -- jeremiah 11:12 +. +For according to the number of thy cities were thy gods, O Judah; and according to the number of the streets of Jerusalem have ye set up altars to that shameful thing, even altars to burn incense unto Baal. -- jeremiah 11:13 +. +Therefore pray not thou for this people, neither lift up a cry or prayer for them: for I will not hear them in the time that they cry unto me for their trouble. -- jeremiah 11:14 +. +What hath my beloved to do in mine house, seeing she hath wrought lewdness with many, and the holy flesh is passed from thee? when thou doest evil, then thou rejoicest. -- jeremiah 11:15 +. +The LORD called thy name, A green olive tree, fair, and of goodly fruit: with the noise of a great tumult he hath kindled fire upon it, and the branches of it are broken. -- jeremiah 11:16 +. +For the LORD of hosts, that planted thee, hath pronounced evil against thee, for the evil of the house of Israel and of the house of Judah, which they have done against themselves to provoke me to anger in offering incense unto Baal. -- jeremiah 11:17 +. +And the LORD hath given me knowledge of it, and I know it: then thou shewedst me their doings. -- jeremiah 11:18 +. +But I was like a lamb or an ox that is brought to the slaughter; and I knew not that they had devised devices against me, saying, Let us destroy the tree with the fruit thereof, and let us cut him off from the land of the living, that his name may be no more remembered. -- jeremiah 11:19 +. +But, O LORD of hosts, that judgest righteously, that triest the reins and the heart, let me see thy vengeance on them: for unto thee have I revealed my cause. -- jeremiah 11:20 +. +Therefore thus saith the LORD of the men of Anathoth, that seek thy life, saying, Prophesy not in the name of the LORD, that thou die not by our hand: -- jeremiah 11:21 +. +Therefore thus saith the LORD of hosts, Behold, I will punish them: the young men shall die by the sword; their sons and their daughters shall die by famine: -- jeremiah 11:22 +. +And there shall be no remnant of them: for I will bring evil upon the men of Anathoth, even the year of their visitation. -- jeremiah 11:23 +. +Righteous art thou, O LORD, when I plead with thee: yet let me talk with thee of thy judgments: Wherefore doth the way of the wicked prosper? wherefore are all they happy that deal very treacherously? -- jeremiah 12:1 +. +Thou hast planted them, yea, they have taken root: they grow, yea, they bring forth fruit: thou art near in their mouth, and far from their reins. -- jeremiah 12:2 +. +But thou, O LORD, knowest me: thou hast seen me, and tried mine heart toward thee: pull them out like sheep for the slaughter, and prepare them for the day of slaughter. -- jeremiah 12:3 +. +How long shall the land mourn, and the herbs of every field wither, for the wickedness of them that dwell therein? the beasts are consumed, and the birds; because they said, He shall not see our last end. -- jeremiah 12:4 +. +If thou hast run with the footmen, and they have wearied thee, then how canst thou contend with horses? and if in the land of peace, wherein thou trustedst, they wearied thee, then how wilt thou do in the swelling of Jordan? -- jeremiah 12:5 +. +For even thy brethren, and the house of thy father, even they have dealt treacherously with thee; yea, they have called a multitude after thee: believe them not, though they speak fair words unto thee. -- jeremiah 12:6 +. +I have forsaken mine house, I have left mine heritage; I have given the dearly beloved of my soul into the hand of her enemies. -- jeremiah 12:7 +. +Mine heritage is unto me as a lion in the forest; it crieth out against me: therefore have I hated it. -- jeremiah 12:8 +. +Mine heritage is unto me as a speckled bird, the birds round about are against her; come ye, assemble all the beasts of the field, come to devour. -- jeremiah 12:9 +. +Many pastors have destroyed my vineyard, they have trodden my portion under foot, they have made my pleasant portion a desolate wilderness. -- jeremiah 12:10 +. +They have made it desolate, and being desolate it mourneth unto me; the whole land is made desolate, because no man layeth it to heart. -- jeremiah 12:11 +. +The spoilers are come upon all high places through the wilderness: for the sword of the LORD shall devour from the one end of the land even to the other end of the land: no flesh shall have peace. -- jeremiah 12:12 +. +They have sown wheat, but shall reap thorns: they have put themselves to pain, but shall not profit: and they shall be ashamed of your revenues because of the fierce anger of the LORD. -- jeremiah 12:13 +. +Thus saith the LORD against all mine evil neighbours, that touch the inheritance which I have caused my people Israel to inherit; Behold, I will pluck them out of their land, and pluck out the house of Judah from among them. -- jeremiah 12:14 +. +And it shall come to pass, after that I have plucked them out I will return, and have compassion on them, and will bring them again, every man to his heritage, and every man to his land. -- jeremiah 12:15 +. +And it shall come to pass, if they will diligently learn the ways of my people, to swear by my name, The LORD liveth; as they taught my people to swear by Baal; then shall they be built in the midst of my people. -- jeremiah 12:16 +. +But if they will not obey, I will utterly pluck up and destroy that nation, saith the LORD. -- jeremiah 12:17 +. +Thus saith the LORD unto me, Go and get thee a linen girdle, and put it upon thy loins, and put it not in water. -- jeremiah 13:1 +. +So I got a girdle according to the word of the LORD, and put it on my loins. -- jeremiah 13:2 +. +And the word of the LORD came unto me the second time, saying, -- jeremiah 13:3 +. +Take the girdle that thou hast got, which is upon thy loins, and arise, go to Euphrates, and hide it there in a hole of the rock. -- jeremiah 13:4 +. +So I went, and hid it by Euphrates, as the LORD commanded me. -- jeremiah 13:5 +. +And it came to pass after many days, that the LORD said unto me, Arise, go to Euphrates, and take the girdle from thence, which I commanded thee to hide there. -- jeremiah 13:6 +. +Then I went to Euphrates, and digged, and took the girdle from the place where I had hid it: and, behold, the girdle was marred, it was profitable for nothing. -- jeremiah 13:7 +. +Then the word of the LORD came unto me, saying, -- jeremiah 13:8 +. +Thus saith the LORD, After this manner will I mar the pride of Judah, and the great pride of Jerusalem. -- jeremiah 13:9 +. +This evil people, which refuse to hear my words, which walk in the imagination of their heart, and walk after other gods, to serve them, and to worship them, shall even be as this girdle, which is good for nothing. -- jeremiah 13:10 +. +For as the girdle cleaveth to the loins of a man, so have I caused to cleave unto me the whole house of Israel and the whole house of Judah, saith the LORD; that they might be unto me for a people, and for a name, and for a praise, and for a glory: but they would not hear. -- jeremiah 13:11 +. +Therefore thou shalt speak unto them this word; Thus saith the LORD God of Israel, Every bottle shall be filled with wine: and they shall say unto thee, Do we not certainly know that every bottle shall be filled with wine? -- jeremiah 13:12 +. +Then shalt thou say unto them, Thus saith the LORD, Behold, I will fill all the inhabitants of this land, even the kings that sit upon David's throne, and the priests, and the prophets, and all the inhabitants of Jerusalem, with drunkenness. -- jeremiah 13:13 +. +And I will dash them one against another, even the fathers and the sons together, saith the LORD: I will not pity, nor spare, nor have mercy, but destroy them. -- jeremiah 13:14 +. +Hear ye, and give ear; be not proud: for the LORD hath spoken. -- jeremiah 13:15 +. +Give glory to the LORD your God, before he cause darkness, and before your feet stumble upon the dark mountains, and, while ye look for light, he turn it into the shadow of death, and make it gross darkness. -- jeremiah 13:16 +. +But if ye will not hear it, my soul shall weep in secret places for your pride; and mine eye shall weep sore, and run down with tears, because the LORD's flock is carried away captive. -- jeremiah 13:17 +. +Say unto the king and to the queen, Humble yourselves, sit down: for your principalities shall come down, even the crown of your glory. -- jeremiah 13:18 +. +The cities of the south shall be shut up, and none shall open them: Judah shall be carried away captive all of it, it shall be wholly carried away captive. -- jeremiah 13:19 +. +Lift up your eyes, and behold them that come from the north: where is the flock that was given thee, thy beautiful flock? -- jeremiah 13:20 +. +What wilt thou say when he shall punish thee? for thou hast taught them to be captains, and as chief over thee: shall not sorrows take thee, as a woman in travail? -- jeremiah 13:21 +. +And if thou say in thine heart, Wherefore come these things upon me? For the greatness of thine iniquity are thy skirts discovered, and thy heels made bare. -- jeremiah 13:22 +. +Can the Ethiopian change his skin, or the leopard his spots? then may ye also do good, that are accustomed to do evil. -- jeremiah 13:23 +. +Therefore will I scatter them as the stubble that passeth away by the wind of the wilderness. -- jeremiah 13:24 +. +This is thy lot, the portion of thy measures from me, saith the LORD; because thou hast forgotten me, and trusted in falsehood. -- jeremiah 13:25 +. +Therefore will I discover thy skirts upon thy face, that thy shame may appear. -- jeremiah 13:26 +. +I have seen thine adulteries, and thy neighings, the lewdness of thy whoredom, and thine abominations on the hills in the fields. Woe unto thee, O Jerusalem! wilt thou not be made clean? when shall it once be? -- jeremiah 13:27 +. +The word of the LORD that came to Jeremiah concerning the dearth. -- jeremiah 14:1 +. +Judah mourneth, and the gates thereof languish; they are black unto the ground; and the cry of Jerusalem is gone up. -- jeremiah 14:2 +. +And their nobles have sent their little ones to the waters: they came to the pits, and found no water; they returned with their vessels empty; they were ashamed and confounded, and covered their heads. -- jeremiah 14:3 +. +Because the ground is chapt, for there was no rain in the earth, the plowmen were ashamed, they covered their heads. -- jeremiah 14:4 +. +Yea, the hind also calved in the field, and forsook it, because there was no grass. -- jeremiah 14:5 +. +And the wild asses did stand in the high places, they snuffed up the wind like dragons; their eyes did fail, because there was no grass. -- jeremiah 14:6 +. +O LORD, though our iniquities testify against us, do thou it for thy name's sake: for our backslidings are many; we have sinned against thee. -- jeremiah 14:7 +. +O the hope of Israel, the saviour thereof in time of trouble, why shouldest thou be as a stranger in the land, and as a wayfaring man that turneth aside to tarry for a night? -- jeremiah 14:8 +. +Why shouldest thou be as a man astonied, as a mighty man that cannot save? yet thou, O LORD, art in the midst of us, and we are called by thy name; leave us not. -- jeremiah 14:9 +. +Thus saith the LORD unto this people, Thus have they loved to wander, they have not refrained their feet, therefore the LORD doth not accept them; he will now remember their iniquity, and visit their sins. -- jeremiah 14:10 +. +Then said the LORD unto me, Pray not for this people for their good. -- jeremiah 14:11 +. +When they fast, I will not hear their cry; and when they offer burnt offering and an oblation, I will not accept them: but I will consume them by the sword, and by the famine, and by the pestilence. -- jeremiah 14:12 +. +Then said I, Ah, Lord GOD! behold, the prophets say unto them, Ye shall not see the sword, neither shall ye have famine; but I will give you assured peace in this place. -- jeremiah 14:13 +. +Then the LORD said unto me, The prophets prophesy lies in my name: I sent them not, neither have I commanded them, neither spake unto them: they prophesy unto you a false vision and divination, and a thing of nought, and the deceit of their heart. -- jeremiah 14:14 +. +Therefore thus saith the LORD concerning the prophets that prophesy in my name, and I sent them not, yet they say, Sword and famine shall not be in this land; By sword and famine shall those prophets be consumed. -- jeremiah 14:15 +. +And the people to whom they prophesy shall be cast out in the streets of Jerusalem because of the famine and the sword; and they shall have none to bury them, them, their wives, nor their sons, nor their daughters: for I will pour their wickedness upon them. -- jeremiah 14:16 +. +Therefore thou shalt say this word unto them; Let mine eyes run down with tears night and day, and let them not cease: for the virgin daughter of my people is broken with a great breach, with a very grievous blow. -- jeremiah 14:17 +. +If I go forth into the field, then behold the slain with the sword! and if I enter into the city, then behold them that are sick with famine! yea, both the prophet and the priest go about into a land that they know not. -- jeremiah 14:18 +. +Hast thou utterly rejected Judah? hath thy soul lothed Zion? why hast thou smitten us, and there is no healing for us? we looked for peace, and there is no good; and for the time of healing, and behold trouble! -- jeremiah 14:19 +. +We acknowledge, O LORD, our wickedness, and the iniquity of our fathers: for we have sinned against thee. -- jeremiah 14:20 +. +Do not abhor us, for thy name's sake, do not disgrace the throne of thy glory: remember, break not thy covenant with us. -- jeremiah 14:21 +. +Are there any among the vanities of the Gentiles that can cause rain? or can the heavens give showers? art not thou he, O LORD our God? therefore we will wait upon thee: for thou hast made all these things. -- jeremiah 14:22 +. +Then said the LORD unto me, Though Moses and Samuel stood before me, yet my mind could not be toward this people: cast them out of my sight, and let them go forth. -- jeremiah 15:1 +. +And it shall come to pass, if they say unto thee, Whither shall we go forth? then thou shalt tell them, Thus saith the LORD; Such as are for death, to death; and such as are for the sword, to the sword; and such as are for the famine, to the famine; and such as are for the captivity, to the captivity. -- jeremiah 15:2 +. +And I will appoint over them four kinds, saith the LORD: the sword to slay, and the dogs to tear, and the fowls of the heaven, and the beasts of the earth, to devour and destroy. -- jeremiah 15:3 +. +And I will cause them to be removed into all kingdoms of the earth, because of Manasseh the son of Hezekiah king of Judah, for that which he did in Jerusalem. -- jeremiah 15:4 +. +For who shall have pity upon thee, O Jerusalem? or who shall bemoan thee? or who shall go aside to ask how thou doest? -- jeremiah 15:5 +. +Thou hast forsaken me, saith the LORD, thou art gone backward: therefore will I stretch out my hand against thee, and destroy thee; I am weary with repenting. -- jeremiah 15:6 +. +And I will fan them with a fan in the gates of the land; I will bereave them of children, I will destroy my people since they return not from their ways. -- jeremiah 15:7 +. +Their widows are increased to me above the sand of the seas: I have brought upon them against the mother of the young men a spoiler at noonday: I have caused him to fall upon it suddenly, and terrors upon the city. -- jeremiah 15:8 +. +She that hath borne seven languisheth: she hath given up the ghost; her sun is gone down while it was yet day: she hath been ashamed and confounded: and the residue of them will I deliver to the sword before their enemies, saith the LORD. -- jeremiah 15:9 +. +Woe is me, my mother, that thou hast borne me a man of strife and a man of contention to the whole earth! I have neither lent on usury, nor men have lent to me on usury; yet every one of them doth curse me. -- jeremiah 15:10 +. +The LORD said, Verily it shall be well with thy remnant; verily I will cause the enemy to entreat thee well in the time of evil and in the time of affliction. -- jeremiah 15:11 +. +Shall iron break the northern iron and the steel? -- jeremiah 15:12 +. +Thy substance and thy treasures will I give to the spoil without price, and that for all thy sins, even in all thy borders. -- jeremiah 15:13 +. +And I will make thee to pass with thine enemies into a land which thou knowest not: for a fire is kindled in mine anger, which shall burn upon you. -- jeremiah 15:14 +. +O LORD, thou knowest: remember me, and visit me, and revenge me of my persecutors; take me not away in thy longsuffering: know that for thy sake I have suffered rebuke. -- jeremiah 15:15 +. +Thy words were found, and I did eat them; and thy word was unto me the joy and rejoicing of mine heart: for I am called by thy name, O LORD God of hosts. -- jeremiah 15:16 +. +I sat not in the assembly of the mockers, nor rejoiced; I sat alone because of thy hand: for thou hast filled me with indignation. -- jeremiah 15:17 +. +Why is my pain perpetual, and my wound incurable, which refuseth to be healed? wilt thou be altogether unto me as a liar, and as waters that fail? -- jeremiah 15:18 +. +Therefore thus saith the LORD, If thou return, then will I bring thee again, and thou shalt stand before me: and if thou take forth the precious from the vile, thou shalt be as my mouth: let them return unto thee; but return not thou unto them. -- jeremiah 15:19 +. +And I will make thee unto this people a fenced brasen wall: and they shall fight against thee, but they shall not prevail against thee: for I am with thee to save thee and to deliver thee, saith the LORD. -- jeremiah 15:20 +. +And I will deliver thee out of the hand of the wicked, and I will redeem thee out of the hand of the terrible. -- jeremiah 15:21 +. +The word of the LORD came also unto me, saying, -- jeremiah 16:1 +. +Thou shalt not take thee a wife, neither shalt thou have sons or daughters in this place. -- jeremiah 16:2 +. +For thus saith the LORD concerning the sons and concerning the daughters that are born in this place, and concerning their mothers that bare them, and concerning their fathers that begat them in this land; -- jeremiah 16:3 +. +They shall die of grievous deaths; they shall not be lamented; neither shall they be buried; but they shall be as dung upon the face of the earth: and they shall be consumed by the sword, and by famine; and their carcases shall be meat for the fowls of heaven, and for the beasts of the earth. -- jeremiah 16:4 +. +For thus saith the LORD, Enter not into the house of mourning, neither go to lament nor bemoan them: for I have taken away my peace from this people, saith the LORD, even lovingkindness and mercies. -- jeremiah 16:5 +. +Both the great and the small shall die in this land: they shall not be buried, neither shall men lament for them, nor cut themselves, nor make themselves bald for them: -- jeremiah 16:6 +. +Neither shall men tear themselves for them in mourning, to comfort them for the dead; neither shall men give them the cup of consolation to drink for their father or for their mother. -- jeremiah 16:7 +. +Thou shalt not also go into the house of feasting, to sit with them to eat and to drink. -- jeremiah 16:8 +. +For thus saith the LORD of hosts, the God of Israel; Behold, I will cause to cease out of this place in your eyes, and in your days, the voice of mirth, and the voice of gladness, the voice of the bridegroom, and the voice of the bride. -- jeremiah 16:9 +. +And it shall come to pass, when thou shalt shew this people all these words, and they shall say unto thee, Wherefore hath the LORD pronounced all this great evil against us? or what is our iniquity? or what is our sin that we have committed against the LORD our God? -- jeremiah 16:10 +. +Then shalt thou say unto them, Because your fathers have forsaken me, saith the LORD, and have walked after other gods, and have served them, and have worshipped them, and have forsaken me, and have not kept my law; -- jeremiah 16:11 +. +And ye have done worse than your fathers; for, behold, ye walk every one after the imagination of his evil heart, that they may not hearken unto me: -- jeremiah 16:12 +. +Therefore will I cast you out of this land into a land that ye know not, neither ye nor your fathers; and there shall ye serve other gods day and night; where I will not shew you favour. -- jeremiah 16:13 +. +Therefore, behold, the days come, saith the LORD, that it shall no more be said, The LORD liveth, that brought up the children of Israel out of the land of Egypt; -- jeremiah 16:14 +. +But, The LORD liveth, that brought up the children of Israel from the land of the north, and from all the lands whither he had driven them: and I will bring them again into their land that I gave unto their fathers. -- jeremiah 16:15 +. +Behold, I will send for many fishers, saith the LORD, and they shall fish them; and after will I send for many hunters, and they shall hunt them from every mountain, and from every hill, and out of the holes of the rocks. -- jeremiah 16:16 +. +For mine eyes are upon all their ways: they are not hid from my face, neither is their iniquity hid from mine eyes. -- jeremiah 16:17 +. +And first I will recompense their iniquity and their sin double; because they have defiled my land, they have filled mine inheritance with the carcases of their detestable and abominable things. -- jeremiah 16:18 +. +O LORD, my strength, and my fortress, and my refuge in the day of affliction, the Gentiles shall come unto thee from the ends of the earth, and shall say, Surely our fathers have inherited lies, vanity, and things wherein there is no profit. -- jeremiah 16:19 +. +Shall a man make gods unto himself, and they are no gods? -- jeremiah 16:20 +. +Therefore, behold, I will this once cause them to know, I will cause them to know mine hand and my might; and they shall know that my name is The LORD. -- jeremiah 16:21 +. +The sin of Judah is written with a pen of iron, and with the point of a diamond: it is graven upon the table of their heart, and upon the horns of your altars; -- jeremiah 17:1 +. +Whilst their children remember their altars and their groves by the green trees upon the high hills. -- jeremiah 17:2 +. +O my mountain in the field, I will give thy substance and all thy treasures to the spoil, and thy high places for sin, throughout all thy borders. -- jeremiah 17:3 +. +And thou, even thyself, shalt discontinue from thine heritage that I gave thee; and I will cause thee to serve thine enemies in the land which thou knowest not: for ye have kindled a fire in mine anger, which shall burn for ever. -- jeremiah 17:4 +. +Thus saith the LORD; Cursed be the man that trusteth in man, and maketh flesh his arm, and whose heart departeth from the LORD. -- jeremiah 17:5 +. +For he shall be like the heath in the desert, and shall not see when good cometh; but shall inhabit the parched places in the wilderness, in a salt land and not inhabited. -- jeremiah 17:6 +. +Blessed is the man that trusteth in the LORD, and whose hope the LORD is. -- jeremiah 17:7 +. +For he shall be as a tree planted by the waters, and that spreadeth out her roots by the river, and shall not see when heat cometh, but her leaf shall be green; and shall not be careful in the year of drought, neither shall cease from yielding fruit. -- jeremiah 17:8 +. +The heart is deceitful above all things, and desperately wicked: who can know it? -- jeremiah 17:9 +. +I the LORD search the heart, I try the reins, even to give every man according to his ways, and according to the fruit of his doings. -- jeremiah 17:10 +. +As the partridge sitteth on eggs, and hatcheth them not; so he that getteth riches, and not by right, shall leave them in the midst of his days, and at his end shall be a fool. -- jeremiah 17:11 +. +A glorious high throne from the beginning is the place of our sanctuary. -- jeremiah 17:12 +. +O LORD, the hope of Israel, all that forsake thee shall be ashamed, and they that depart from me shall be written in the earth, because they have forsaken the LORD, the fountain of living waters. -- jeremiah 17:13 +. +Heal me, O LORD, and I shall be healed; save me, and I shall be saved: for thou art my praise. -- jeremiah 17:14 +. +Behold, they say unto me, Where is the word of the LORD? let it come now. -- jeremiah 17:15 +. +As for me, I have not hastened from being a pastor to follow thee: neither have I desired the woeful day; thou knowest: that which came out of my lips was right before thee. -- jeremiah 17:16 +. +Be not a terror unto me: thou art my hope in the day of evil. -- jeremiah 17:17 +. +Let them be confounded that persecute me, but let not me be confounded: let them be dismayed, but let not me be dismayed: bring upon them the day of evil, and destroy them with double destruction. -- jeremiah 17:18 +. +Thus said the LORD unto me; Go and stand in the gate of the children of the people, whereby the kings of Judah come in, and by the which they go out, and in all the gates of Jerusalem; -- jeremiah 17:19 +. +And say unto them, Hear ye the word of the LORD, ye kings of Judah, and all Judah, and all the inhabitants of Jerusalem, that enter in by these gates: -- jeremiah 17:20 +. +Thus saith the LORD; Take heed to yourselves, and bear no burden on the sabbath day, nor bring it in by the gates of Jerusalem; -- jeremiah 17:21 +. +Neither carry forth a burden out of your houses on the sabbath day, neither do ye any work, but hallow ye the sabbath day, as I commanded your fathers. -- jeremiah 17:22 +. +But they obeyed not, neither inclined their ear, but made their neck stiff, that they might not hear, nor receive instruction. -- jeremiah 17:23 +. +And it shall come to pass, if ye diligently hearken unto me, saith the LORD, to bring in no burden through the gates of this city on the sabbath day, but hallow the sabbath day, to do no work therein; -- jeremiah 17:24 +. +Then shall there enter into the gates of this city kings and princes sitting upon the throne of David, riding in chariots and on horses, they, and their princes, the men of Judah, and the inhabitants of Jerusalem: and this city shall remain for ever. -- jeremiah 17:25 +. +And they shall come from the cities of Judah, and from the places about Jerusalem, and from the land of Benjamin, and from the plain, and from the mountains, and from the south, bringing burnt offerings, and sacrifices, and meat offerings, and incense, and bringing sacrifices of praise, unto the house of the LORD. -- jeremiah 17:26 +. +But if ye will not hearken unto me to hallow the sabbath day, and not to bear a burden, even entering in at the gates of Jerusalem on the sabbath day; then will I kindle a fire in the gates thereof, and it shall devour the palaces of Jerusalem, and it shall not be quenched. -- jeremiah 17:27 +. +The word which came to Jeremiah from the LORD, saying, -- jeremiah 18:1 +. +Arise, and go down to the potter's house, and there I will cause thee to hear my words. -- jeremiah 18:2 +. +Then I went down to the potter's house, and, behold, he wrought a work on the wheels. -- jeremiah 18:3 +. +And the vessel that he made of clay was marred in the hand of the potter: so he made it again another vessel, as seemed good to the potter to make it. -- jeremiah 18:4 +. +Then the word of the LORD came to me, saying, -- jeremiah 18:5 +. +O house of Israel, cannot I do with you as this potter? saith the LORD. Behold, as the clay is in the potter's hand, so are ye in mine hand, O house of Israel. -- jeremiah 18:6 +. +At what instant I shall speak concerning a nation, and concerning a kingdom, to pluck up, and to pull down, and to destroy it; -- jeremiah 18:7 +. +If that nation, against whom I have pronounced, turn from their evil, I will repent of the evil that I thought to do unto them. -- jeremiah 18:8 +. +And at what instant I shall speak concerning a nation, and concerning a kingdom, to build and to plant it; -- jeremiah 18:9 +. +If it do evil in my sight, that it obey not my voice, then I will repent of the good, wherewith I said I would benefit them. -- jeremiah 18:10 +. +Now therefore go to, speak to the men of Judah, and to the inhabitants of Jerusalem, saying, Thus saith the LORD; Behold, I frame evil against you, and devise a device against you: return ye now every one from his evil way, and make your ways and your doings good. -- jeremiah 18:11 +. +And they said, There is no hope: but we will walk after our own devices, and we will every one do the imagination of his evil heart. -- jeremiah 18:12 +. +Therefore thus saith the LORD; Ask ye now among the heathen, who hath heard such things: the virgin of Israel hath done a very horrible thing. -- jeremiah 18:13 +. +Will a man leave the snow of Lebanon which cometh from the rock of the field? or shall the cold flowing waters that come from another place be forsaken? -- jeremiah 18:14 +. +Because my people hath forgotten me, they have burned incense to vanity, and they have caused them to stumble in their ways from the ancient paths, to walk in paths, in a way not cast up; -- jeremiah 18:15 +. +To make their land desolate, and a perpetual hissing; every one that passeth thereby shall be astonished, and wag his head. -- jeremiah 18:16 +. +I will scatter them as with an east wind before the enemy; I will shew them the back, and not the face, in the day of their calamity. -- jeremiah 18:17 +. +Then said they, Come and let us devise devices against Jeremiah; for the law shall not perish from the priest, nor counsel from the wise, nor the word from the prophet. Come, and let us smite him with the tongue, and let us not give heed to any of his words. -- jeremiah 18:18 +. +Give heed to me, O LORD, and hearken to the voice of them that contend with me. -- jeremiah 18:19 +. +Shall evil be recompensed for good? for they have digged a pit for my soul. Remember that I stood before thee to speak good for them, and to turn away thy wrath from them. -- jeremiah 18:20 +. +Therefore deliver up their children to the famine, and pour out their blood by the force of the sword; and let their wives be bereaved of their children, and be widows; and let their men be put to death; let their young men be slain by the sword in battle. -- jeremiah 18:21 +. +Let a cry be heard from their houses, when thou shalt bring a troop suddenly upon them: for they have digged a pit to take me, and hid snares for my feet. -- jeremiah 18:22 +. +Yet, LORD, thou knowest all their counsel against me to slay me: forgive not their iniquity, neither blot out their sin from thy sight, but let them be overthrown before thee; deal thus with them in the time of thine anger. -- jeremiah 18:23 +. +Thus saith the LORD, Go and get a potter's earthen bottle, and take of the ancients of the people, and of the ancients of the priests; -- jeremiah 19:1 +. +And go forth unto the valley of the son of Hinnom, which is by the entry of the east gate, and proclaim there the words that I shall tell thee, -- jeremiah 19:2 +. +And say, Hear ye the word of the LORD, O kings of Judah, and inhabitants of Jerusalem; Thus saith the LORD of hosts, the God of Israel; Behold, I will bring evil upon this place, the which whosoever heareth, his ears shall tingle. -- jeremiah 19:3 +. +Because they have forsaken me, and have estranged this place, and have burned incense in it unto other gods, whom neither they nor their fathers have known, nor the kings of Judah, and have filled this place with the blood of innocents; -- jeremiah 19:4 +. +They have built also the high places of Baal, to burn their sons with fire for burnt offerings unto Baal, which I commanded not, nor spake it, neither came it into my mind: -- jeremiah 19:5 +. +Therefore, behold, the days come, saith the LORD, that this place shall no more be called Tophet, nor The valley of the son of Hinnom, but The valley of slaughter. -- jeremiah 19:6 +. +And I will make void the counsel of Judah and Jerusalem in this place; and I will cause them to fall by the sword before their enemies, and by the hands of them that seek their lives: and their carcases will I give to be meat for the fowls of the heaven, and for the beasts of the earth. -- jeremiah 19:7 +. +And I will make this city desolate, and an hissing; every one that passeth thereby shall be astonished and hiss because of all the plagues thereof. -- jeremiah 19:8 +. +And I will cause them to eat the flesh of their sons and the flesh of their daughters, and they shall eat every one the flesh of his friend in the siege and straitness, wherewith their enemies, and they that seek their lives, shall straiten them. -- jeremiah 19:9 +. +Then shalt thou break the bottle in the sight of the men that go with thee, -- jeremiah 19:10 +. +And shalt say unto them, Thus saith the LORD of hosts; Even so will I break this people and this city, as one breaketh a potter's vessel, that cannot be made whole again: and they shall bury them in Tophet, till there be no place to bury. -- jeremiah 19:11 +. +Thus will I do unto this place, saith the LORD, and to the inhabitants thereof, and even make this city as Tophet: -- jeremiah 19:12 +. +And the houses of Jerusalem, and the houses of the kings of Judah, shall be defiled as the place of Tophet, because of all the houses upon whose roofs they have burned incense unto all the host of heaven, and have poured out drink offerings unto other gods. -- jeremiah 19:13 +. +Then came Jeremiah from Tophet, whither the LORD had sent him to prophesy; and he stood in the court of the LORD's house; and said to all the people, -- jeremiah 19:14 +. +Thus saith the LORD of hosts, the God of Israel; Behold, I will bring upon this city and upon all her towns all the evil that I have pronounced against it, because they have hardened their necks, that they might not hear my words. -- jeremiah 19:15 +. +Now Pashur the son of Immer the priest, who was also chief governor in the house of the LORD, heard that Jeremiah prophesied these things. -- jeremiah 20:1 +. +Then Pashur smote Jeremiah the prophet, and put him in the stocks that were in the high gate of Benjamin, which was by the house of the LORD. -- jeremiah 20:2 +. +And it came to pass on the morrow, that Pashur brought forth Jeremiah out of the stocks. Then said Jeremiah unto him, The LORD hath not called thy name Pashur, but Magormissabib. -- jeremiah 20:3 +. +For thus saith the LORD, Behold, I will make thee a terror to thyself, and to all thy friends: and they shall fall by the sword of their enemies, and thine eyes shall behold it: and I will give all Judah into the hand of the king of Babylon, and he shall carry them captive into Babylon, and shall slay them with the sword. -- jeremiah 20:4 +. +Moreover I will deliver all the strength of this city, and all the labours thereof, and all the precious things thereof, and all the treasures of the kings of Judah will I give into the hand of their enemies, which shall spoil them, and take them, and carry them to Babylon. -- jeremiah 20:5 +. +And thou, Pashur, and all that dwell in thine house shall go into captivity: and thou shalt come to Babylon, and there thou shalt die, and shalt be buried there, thou, and all thy friends, to whom thou hast prophesied lies. -- jeremiah 20:6 +. +O LORD, thou hast deceived me, and I was deceived; thou art stronger than I, and hast prevailed: I am in derision daily, every one mocketh me. -- jeremiah 20:7 +. +For since I spake, I cried out, I cried violence and spoil; because the word of the LORD was made a reproach unto me, and a derision, daily. -- jeremiah 20:8 +. +Then I said, I will not make mention of him, nor speak any more in his name. But his word was in mine heart as a burning fire shut up in my bones, and I was weary with forbearing, and I could not stay. -- jeremiah 20:9 +. +For I heard the defaming of many, fear on every side. Report, say they, and we will report it. All my familiars watched for my halting, saying, Peradventure he will be enticed, and we shall prevail against him, and we shall take our revenge on him. -- jeremiah 20:10 +. +But the LORD is with me as a mighty terrible one: therefore my persecutors shall stumble, and they shall not prevail: they shall be greatly ashamed; for they shall not prosper: their everlasting confusion shall never be forgotten. -- jeremiah 20:11 +. +But, O LORD of hosts, that triest the righteous, and seest the reins and the heart, let me see thy vengeance on them: for unto thee have I opened my cause. -- jeremiah 20:12 +. +Sing unto the LORD, praise ye the LORD: for he hath delivered the soul of the poor from the hand of evildoers. -- jeremiah 20:13 +. +Cursed be the day wherein I was born: let not the day wherein my mother bare me be blessed. -- jeremiah 20:14 +. +Cursed be the man who brought tidings to my father, saying, A man child is born unto thee; making him very glad. -- jeremiah 20:15 +. +And let that man be as the cities which the LORD overthrew, and repented not: and let him hear the cry in the morning, and the shouting at noontide; -- jeremiah 20:16 +. +Because he slew me not from the womb; or that my mother might have been my grave, and her womb to be always great with me. -- jeremiah 20:17 +. +Wherefore came I forth out of the womb to see labour and sorrow, that my days should be consumed with shame? -- jeremiah 20:18 +. +The word which came unto Jeremiah from the LORD, when king Zedekiah sent unto him Pashur the son of Melchiah, and Zephaniah the son of Maaseiah the priest, saying, -- jeremiah 21:1 +. +Enquire, I pray thee, of the LORD for us; for Nebuchadrezzar king of Babylon maketh war against us; if so be that the LORD will deal with us according to all his wondrous works, that he may go up from us. -- jeremiah 21:2 +. +Then said Jeremiah unto them, Thus shall ye say to Zedekiah: -- jeremiah 21:3 +. +Thus saith the LORD God of Israel; Behold, I will turn back the weapons of war that are in your hands, wherewith ye fight against the king of Babylon, and against the Chaldeans, which besiege you without the walls, and I will assemble them into the midst of this city. -- jeremiah 21:4 +. +And I myself will fight against you with an outstretched hand and with a strong arm, even in anger, and in fury, and in great wrath. -- jeremiah 21:5 +. +And I will smite the inhabitants of this city, both man and beast: they shall die of a great pestilence. -- jeremiah 21:6 +. +And afterward, saith the LORD, I will deliver Zedekiah king of Judah, and his servants, and the people, and such as are left in this city from the pestilence, from the sword, and from the famine, into the hand of Nebuchadrezzar king of Babylon, and into the hand of their enemies, and into the hand of those that seek their life: and he shall smite them with the edge of the sword; he shall not spare them, neither have pity, nor have mercy. -- jeremiah 21:7 +. +And unto this people thou shalt say, Thus saith the LORD; Behold, I set before you the way of life, and the way of death. -- jeremiah 21:8 +. +He that abideth in this city shall die by the sword, and by the famine, and by the pestilence: but he that goeth out, and falleth to the Chaldeans that besiege you, he shall live, and his life shall be unto him for a prey. -- jeremiah 21:9 +. +For I have set my face against this city for evil, and not for good, saith the LORD: it shall be given into the hand of the king of Babylon, and he shall burn it with fire. -- jeremiah 21:10 +. +And touching the house of the king of Judah, say, Hear ye the word of the LORD; -- jeremiah 21:11 +. +O house of David, thus saith the LORD; Execute judgment in the morning, and deliver him that is spoiled out of the hand of the oppressor, lest my fury go out like fire, and burn that none can quench it, because of the evil of your doings. -- jeremiah 21:12 +. +Behold, I am against thee, O inhabitant of the valley, and rock of the plain, saith the LORD; which say, Who shall come down against us? or who shall enter into our habitations? -- jeremiah 21:13 +. +But I will punish you according to the fruit of your doings, saith the LORD: and I will kindle a fire in the forest thereof, and it shall devour all things round about it. -- jeremiah 21:14 +. +Thus saith the LORD; Go down to the house of the king of Judah, and speak there this word, -- jeremiah 22:1 +. +And say, Hear the word of the LORD, O king of Judah, that sittest upon the throne of David, thou, and thy servants, and thy people that enter in by these gates: -- jeremiah 22:2 +. +Thus saith the LORD; Execute ye judgment and righteousness, and deliver the spoiled out of the hand of the oppressor: and do no wrong, do no violence to the stranger, the fatherless, nor the widow, neither shed innocent blood in this place. -- jeremiah 22:3 +. +For if ye do this thing indeed, then shall there enter in by the gates of this house kings sitting upon the throne of David, riding in chariots and on horses, he, and his servants, and his people. -- jeremiah 22:4 +. +But if ye will not hear these words, I swear by myself, saith the LORD, that this house shall become a desolation. -- jeremiah 22:5 +. +For thus saith the LORD unto the king's house of Judah; Thou art Gilead unto me, and the head of Lebanon: yet surely I will make thee a wilderness, and cities which are not inhabited. -- jeremiah 22:6 +. +And I will prepare destroyers against thee, every one with his weapons: and they shall cut down thy choice cedars, and cast them into the fire. -- jeremiah 22:7 +. +And many nations shall pass by this city, and they shall say every man to his neighbour, Wherefore hath the LORD done thus unto this great city? -- jeremiah 22:8 +. +Then they shall answer, Because they have forsaken the covenant of the LORD their God, and worshipped other gods, and served them. -- jeremiah 22:9 +. +Weep ye not for the dead, neither bemoan him: but weep sore for him that goeth away: for he shall return no more, nor see his native country. -- jeremiah 22:10 +. +For thus saith the LORD touching Shallum the son of Josiah king of Judah, which reigned instead of Josiah his father, which went forth out of this place; He shall not return thither any more: -- jeremiah 22:11 +. +But he shall die in the place whither they have led him captive, and shall see this land no more. -- jeremiah 22:12 +. +Woe unto him that buildeth his house by unrighteousness, and his chambers by wrong; that useth his neighbour's service without wages, and giveth him not for his work; -- jeremiah 22:13 +. +That saith, I will build me a wide house and large chambers, and cutteth him out windows; and it is cieled with cedar, and painted with vermilion. -- jeremiah 22:14 +. +Shalt thou reign, because thou closest thyself in cedar? did not thy father eat and drink, and do judgment and justice, and then it was well with him? -- jeremiah 22:15 +. +He judged the cause of the poor and needy; then it was well with him: was not this to know me? saith the LORD. -- jeremiah 22:16 +. +But thine eyes and thine heart are not but for thy covetousness, and for to shed innocent blood, and for oppression, and for violence, to do it. -- jeremiah 22:17 +. +Therefore thus saith the LORD concerning Jehoiakim the son of Josiah king of Judah; They shall not lament for him, saying, Ah my brother! or, Ah sister! they shall not lament for him, saying, Ah lord! or, Ah his glory! -- jeremiah 22:18 +. +He shall be buried with the burial of an ass, drawn and cast forth beyond the gates of Jerusalem. -- jeremiah 22:19 +. +Go up to Lebanon, and cry; and lift up thy voice in Bashan, and cry from the passages: for all thy lovers are destroyed. -- jeremiah 22:20 +. +I spake unto thee in thy prosperity; but thou saidst, I will not hear. This hath been thy manner from thy youth, that thou obeyedst not my voice. -- jeremiah 22:21 +. +The wind shall eat up all thy pastors, and thy lovers shall go into captivity: surely then shalt thou be ashamed and confounded for all thy wickedness. -- jeremiah 22:22 +. +O inhabitant of Lebanon, that makest thy nest in the cedars, how gracious shalt thou be when pangs come upon thee, the pain as of a woman in travail! -- jeremiah 22:23 +. +As I live, saith the LORD, though Coniah the son of Jehoiakim king of Judah were the signet upon my right hand, yet would I pluck thee thence; -- jeremiah 22:24 +. +And I will give thee into the hand of them that seek thy life, and into the hand of them whose face thou fearest, even into the hand of Nebuchadrezzar king of Babylon, and into the hand of the Chaldeans. -- jeremiah 22:25 +. +And I will cast thee out, and thy mother that bare thee, into another country, where ye were not born; and there shall ye die. -- jeremiah 22:26 +. +But to the land whereunto they desire to return, thither shall they not return. -- jeremiah 22:27 +. +Is this man Coniah a despised broken idol? is he a vessel wherein is no pleasure? wherefore are they cast out, he and his seed, and are cast into a land which they know not? -- jeremiah 22:28 +. +O earth, earth, earth, hear the word of the LORD. -- jeremiah 22:29 +. +Thus saith the LORD, Write ye this man childless, a man that shall not prosper in his days: for no man of his seed shall prosper, sitting upon the throne of David, and ruling any more in Judah. -- jeremiah 22:30 +. +Woe be unto the pastors that destroy and scatter the sheep of my pasture! saith the LORD. -- jeremiah 23:1 +. +Therefore thus saith the LORD God of Israel against the pastors that feed my people; Ye have scattered my flock, and driven them away, and have not visited them: behold, I will visit upon you the evil of your doings, saith the LORD. -- jeremiah 23:2 +. +And I will gather the remnant of my flock out of all countries whither I have driven them, and will bring them again to their folds; and they shall be fruitful and increase. -- jeremiah 23:3 +. +And I will set up shepherds over them which shall feed them: and they shall fear no more, nor be dismayed, neither shall they be lacking, saith the LORD. -- jeremiah 23:4 +. +Behold, the days come, saith the LORD, that I will raise unto David a righteous Branch, and a King shall reign and prosper, and shall execute judgment and justice in the earth. -- jeremiah 23:5 +. +In his days Judah shall be saved, and Israel shall dwell safely: and this is his name whereby he shall be called, THE LORD OUR RIGHTEOUSNESS. -- jeremiah 23:6 +. +Therefore, behold, the days come, saith the LORD, that they shall no more say, The LORD liveth, which brought up the children of Israel out of the land of Egypt; -- jeremiah 23:7 +. +But, The LORD liveth, which brought up and which led the seed of the house of Israel out of the north country, and from all countries whither I had driven them; and they shall dwell in their own land. -- jeremiah 23:8 +. +Mine heart within me is broken because of the prophets; all my bones shake; I am like a drunken man, and like a man whom wine hath overcome, because of the LORD, and because of the words of his holiness. -- jeremiah 23:9 +. +For the land is full of adulterers; for because of swearing the land mourneth; the pleasant places of the wilderness are dried up, and their course is evil, and their force is not right. -- jeremiah 23:10 +. +For both prophet and priest are profane; yea, in my house have I found their wickedness, saith the LORD. -- jeremiah 23:11 +. +Wherefore their way shall be unto them as slippery ways in the darkness: they shall be driven on, and fall therein: for I will bring evil upon them, even the year of their visitation, saith the LORD. -- jeremiah 23:12 +. +And I have seen folly in the prophets of Samaria; they prophesied in Baal, and caused my people Israel to err. -- jeremiah 23:13 +. +I have seen also in the prophets of Jerusalem an horrible thing: they commit adultery, and walk in lies: they strengthen also the hands of evildoers, that none doth return from his wickedness; they are all of them unto me as Sodom, and the inhabitants thereof as Gomorrah. -- jeremiah 23:14 +. +Therefore thus saith the LORD of hosts concerning the prophets; Behold, I will feed them with wormwood, and make them drink the water of gall: for from the prophets of Jerusalem is profaneness gone forth into all the land. -- jeremiah 23:15 +. +Thus saith the LORD of hosts, Hearken not unto the words of the prophets that prophesy unto you: they make you vain: they speak a vision of their own heart, and not out of the mouth of the LORD. -- jeremiah 23:16 +. +They say still unto them that despise me, The LORD hath said, Ye shall have peace; and they say unto every one that walketh after the imagination of his own heart, No evil shall come upon you. -- jeremiah 23:17 +. +For who hath stood in the counsel of the LORD, and hath perceived and heard his word? who hath marked his word, and heard it? -- jeremiah 23:18 +. +Behold, a whirlwind of the LORD is gone forth in fury, even a grievous whirlwind: it shall fall grievously upon the head of the wicked. -- jeremiah 23:19 +. +The anger of the LORD shall not return, until he have executed, and till he have performed the thoughts of his heart: in the latter days ye shall consider it perfectly. -- jeremiah 23:20 +. +I have not sent these prophets, yet they ran: I have not spoken to them, yet they prophesied. -- jeremiah 23:21 +. +But if they had stood in my counsel, and had caused my people to hear my words, then they should have turned them from their evil way, and from the evil of their doings. -- jeremiah 23:22 +. +Am I a God at hand, saith the LORD, and not a God afar off? -- jeremiah 23:23 +. +Can any hide himself in secret places that I shall not see him? saith the LORD. Do not I fill heaven and earth? saith the LORD. -- jeremiah 23:24 +. +I have heard what the prophets said, that prophesy lies in my name, saying, I have dreamed, I have dreamed. -- jeremiah 23:25 +. +How long shall this be in the heart of the prophets that prophesy lies? yea, they are prophets of the deceit of their own heart; -- jeremiah 23:26 +. +Which think to cause my people to forget my name by their dreams which they tell every man to his neighbour, as their fathers have forgotten my name for Baal. -- jeremiah 23:27 +. +The prophet that hath a dream, let him tell a dream; and he that hath my word, let him speak my word faithfully. What is the chaff to the wheat? saith the LORD. -- jeremiah 23:28 +. +Is not my word like as a fire? saith the LORD; and like a hammer that breaketh the rock in pieces? -- jeremiah 23:29 +. +Therefore, behold, I am against the prophets, saith the LORD, that steal my words every one from his neighbour. -- jeremiah 23:30 +. +Behold, I am against the prophets, saith the LORD, that use their tongues, and say, He saith. -- jeremiah 23:31 +. +Behold, I am against them that prophesy false dreams, saith the LORD, and do tell them, and cause my people to err by their lies, and by their lightness; yet I sent them not, nor commanded them: therefore they shall not profit this people at all, saith the LORD. -- jeremiah 23:32 +. +And when this people, or the prophet, or a priest, shall ask thee, saying, What is the burden of the LORD? thou shalt then say unto them, What burden? I will even forsake you, saith the LORD. -- jeremiah 23:33 +. +And as for the prophet, and the priest, and the people, that shall say, The burden of the LORD, I will even punish that man and his house. -- jeremiah 23:34 +. +Thus shall ye say every one to his neighbour, and every one to his brother, What hath the LORD answered? and, What hath the LORD spoken? -- jeremiah 23:35 +. +And the burden of the LORD shall ye mention no more: for every man's word shall be his burden; for ye have perverted the words of the living God, of the LORD of hosts our God. -- jeremiah 23:36 +. +Thus shalt thou say to the prophet, What hath the LORD answered thee? and, What hath the LORD spoken? -- jeremiah 23:37 +. +But since ye say, The burden of the LORD; therefore thus saith the LORD; Because ye say this word, The burden of the LORD, and I have sent unto you, saying, Ye shall not say, The burden of the LORD; -- jeremiah 23:38 +. +Therefore, behold, I, even I, will utterly forget you, and I will forsake you, and the city that I gave you and your fathers, and cast you out of my presence: -- jeremiah 23:39 +. +And I will bring an everlasting reproach upon you, and a perpetual shame, which shall not be forgotten. -- jeremiah 23:40 +. +The LORD shewed me, and, behold, two baskets of figs were set before the temple of the LORD, after that Nebuchadrezzar king of Babylon had carried away captive Jeconiah the son of Jehoiakim king of Judah, and the princes of Judah, with the carpenters and smiths, from Jerusalem, and had brought them to Babylon. -- jeremiah 24:1 +. +One basket had very good figs, even like the figs that are first ripe: and the other basket had very naughty figs, which could not be eaten, they were so bad. -- jeremiah 24:2 +. +Then said the LORD unto me, What seest thou, Jeremiah? And I said, Figs; the good figs, very good; and the evil, very evil, that cannot be eaten, they are so evil. -- jeremiah 24:3 +. +Again the word of the LORD came unto me, saying, -- jeremiah 24:4 +. +Thus saith the LORD, the God of Israel; Like these good figs, so will I acknowledge them that are carried away captive of Judah, whom I have sent out of this place into the land of the Chaldeans for their good. -- jeremiah 24:5 +. +For I will set mine eyes upon them for good, and I will bring them again to this land: and I will build them, and not pull them down; and I will plant them, and not pluck them up. -- jeremiah 24:6 +. +And I will give them an heart to know me, that I am the LORD: and they shall be my people, and I will be their God: for they shall return unto me with their whole heart. -- jeremiah 24:7 +. +And as the evil figs, which cannot be eaten, they are so evil; surely thus saith the LORD, So will I give Zedekiah the king of Judah, and his princes, and the residue of Jerusalem, that remain in this land, and them that dwell in the land of Egypt: -- jeremiah 24:8 +. +And I will deliver them to be removed into all the kingdoms of the earth for their hurt, to be a reproach and a proverb, a taunt and a curse, in all places whither I shall drive them. -- jeremiah 24:9 +. +And I will send the sword, the famine, and the pestilence, among them, till they be consumed from off the land that I gave unto them and to their fathers. -- jeremiah 24:10 +. +The word that came to Jeremiah concerning all the people of Judah in the fourth year of Jehoiakim the son of Josiah king of Judah, that was the first year of Nebuchadrezzar king of Babylon; -- jeremiah 25:1 +. +The which Jeremiah the prophet spake unto all the people of Judah, and to all the inhabitants of Jerusalem, saying, -- jeremiah 25:2 +. +From the thirteenth year of Josiah the son of Amon king of Judah, even unto this day, that is the three and twentieth year, the word of the LORD hath come unto me, and I have spoken unto you, rising early and speaking; but ye have not hearkened. -- jeremiah 25:3 +. +And the LORD hath sent unto you all his servants the prophets, rising early and sending them; but ye have not hearkened, nor inclined your ear to hear. -- jeremiah 25:4 +. +They said, Turn ye again now every one from his evil way, and from the evil of your doings, and dwell in the land that the LORD hath given unto you and to your fathers for ever and ever: -- jeremiah 25:5 +. +And go not after other gods to serve them, and to worship them, and provoke me not to anger with the works of your hands; and I will do you no hurt. -- jeremiah 25:6 +. +Yet ye have not hearkened unto me, saith the LORD; that ye might provoke me to anger with the works of your hands to your own hurt. -- jeremiah 25:7 +. +Therefore thus saith the LORD of hosts; Because ye have not heard my words, -- jeremiah 25:8 +. +Behold, I will send and take all the families of the north, saith the LORD, and Nebuchadrezzar the king of Babylon, my servant, and will bring them against this land, and against the inhabitants thereof, and against all these nations round about, and will utterly destroy them, and make them an astonishment, and an hissing, and perpetual desolations. -- jeremiah 25:9 +. +Moreover I will take from them the voice of mirth, and the voice of gladness, the voice of the bridegroom, and the voice of the bride, the sound of the millstones, and the light of the candle. -- jeremiah 25:10 +. +And this whole land shall be a desolation, and an astonishment; and these nations shall serve the king of Babylon seventy years. -- jeremiah 25:11 +. +And it shall come to pass, when seventy years are accomplished, that I will punish the king of Babylon, and that nation, saith the LORD, for their iniquity, and the land of the Chaldeans, and will make it perpetual desolations. -- jeremiah 25:12 +. +And I will bring upon that land all my words which I have pronounced against it, even all that is written in this book, which Jeremiah hath prophesied against all the nations. -- jeremiah 25:13 +. +For many nations and great kings shall serve themselves of them also: and I will recompense them according to their deeds, and according to the works of their own hands. -- jeremiah 25:14 +. +For thus saith the LORD God of Israel unto me; Take the wine cup of this fury at my hand, and cause all the nations, to whom I send thee, to drink it. -- jeremiah 25:15 +. +And they shall drink, and be moved, and be mad, because of the sword that I will send among them. -- jeremiah 25:16 +. +Then took I the cup at the LORD's hand, and made all the nations to drink, unto whom the LORD had sent me: -- jeremiah 25:17 +. +To wit, Jerusalem, and the cities of Judah, and the kings thereof, and the princes thereof, to make them a desolation, an astonishment, an hissing, and a curse; as it is this day; -- jeremiah 25:18 +. +Pharaoh king of Egypt, and his servants, and his princes, and all his people; -- jeremiah 25:19 +. +And all the mingled people, and all the kings of the land of Uz, and all the kings of the land of the Philistines, and Ashkelon, and Azzah, and Ekron, and the remnant of Ashdod, -- jeremiah 25:20 +. +Edom, and Moab, and the children of Ammon, -- jeremiah 25:21 +. +And all the kings of Tyrus, and all the kings of Zidon, and the kings of the isles which are beyond the sea, -- jeremiah 25:22 +. +Dedan, and Tema, and Buz, and all that are in the utmost corners, -- jeremiah 25:23 +. +And all the kings of Arabia, and all the kings of the mingled people that dwell in the desert, -- jeremiah 25:24 +. +And all the kings of Zimri, and all the kings of Elam, and all the kings of the Medes, -- jeremiah 25:25 +. +And all the kings of the north, far and near, one with another, and all the kingdoms of the world, which are upon the face of the earth: and the king of Sheshach shall drink after them. -- jeremiah 25:26 +. +Therefore thou shalt say unto them, Thus saith the LORD of hosts, the God of Israel; Drink ye, and be drunken, and spue, and fall, and rise no more, because of the sword which I will send among you. -- jeremiah 25:27 +. +And it shall be, if they refuse to take the cup at thine hand to drink, then shalt thou say unto them, Thus saith the LORD of hosts; Ye shall certainly drink. -- jeremiah 25:28 +. +For, lo, I begin to bring evil on the city which is called by my name, and should ye be utterly unpunished? Ye shall not be unpunished: for I will call for a sword upon all the inhabitants of the earth, saith the LORD of hosts. -- jeremiah 25:29 +. +Therefore prophesy thou against them all these words, and say unto them, The LORD shall roar from on high, and utter his voice from his holy habitation; he shall mightily roar upon his habitation; he shall give a shout, as they that tread the grapes, against all the inhabitants of the earth. -- jeremiah 25:30 +. +A noise shall come even to the ends of the earth; for the LORD hath a controversy with the nations, he will plead with all flesh; he will give them that are wicked to the sword, saith the LORD. -- jeremiah 25:31 +. +Thus saith the LORD of hosts, Behold, evil shall go forth from nation to nation, and a great whirlwind shall be raised up from the coasts of the earth. -- jeremiah 25:32 +. +And the slain of the LORD shall be at that day from one end of the earth even unto the other end of the earth: they shall not be lamented, neither gathered, nor buried; they shall be dung upon the ground. -- jeremiah 25:33 +. +Howl, ye shepherds, and cry; and wallow yourselves in the ashes, ye principal of the flock: for the days of your slaughter and of your dispersions are accomplished; and ye shall fall like a pleasant vessel. -- jeremiah 25:34 +. +And the shepherds shall have no way to flee, nor the principal of the flock to escape. -- jeremiah 25:35 +. +A voice of the cry of the shepherds, and an howling of the principal of the flock, shall be heard: for the LORD hath spoiled their pasture. -- jeremiah 25:36 +. +And the peaceable habitations are cut down because of the fierce anger of the LORD. -- jeremiah 25:37 +. +He hath forsaken his covert, as the lion: for their land is desolate because of the fierceness of the oppressor, and because of his fierce anger. -- jeremiah 25:38 +. +In the beginning of the reign of Jehoiakim the son of Josiah king of Judah came this word from the LORD, saying, -- jeremiah 26:1 +. +Thus saith the LORD; Stand in the court of the LORD's house, and speak unto all the cities of Judah, which come to worship in the LORD's house, all the words that I command thee to speak unto them; diminish not a word: -- jeremiah 26:2 +. +If so be they will hearken, and turn every man from his evil way, that I may repent me of the evil, which I purpose to do unto them because of the evil of their doings. -- jeremiah 26:3 +. +And thou shalt say unto them, Thus saith the LORD; If ye will not hearken to me, to walk in my law, which I have set before you, -- jeremiah 26:4 +. +To hearken to the words of my servants the prophets, whom I sent unto you, both rising up early, and sending them, but ye have not hearkened; -- jeremiah 26:5 +. +Then will I make this house like Shiloh, and will make this city a curse to all the nations of the earth. -- jeremiah 26:6 +. +So the priests and the prophets and all the people heard Jeremiah speaking these words in the house of the LORD. -- jeremiah 26:7 +. +Now it came to pass, when Jeremiah had made an end of speaking all that the LORD had commanded him to speak unto all the people, that the priests and the prophets and all the people took him, saying, Thou shalt surely die. -- jeremiah 26:8 +. +Why hast thou prophesied in the name of the LORD, saying, This house shall be like Shiloh, and this city shall be desolate without an inhabitant? And all the people were gathered against Jeremiah in the house of the LORD. -- jeremiah 26:9 +. +When the princes of Judah heard these things, then they came up from the king's house unto the house of the LORD, and sat down in the entry of the new gate of the LORD's house. -- jeremiah 26:10 +. +Then spake the priests and the prophets unto the princes and to all the people, saying, This man is worthy to die; for he hath prophesied against this city, as ye have heard with your ears. -- jeremiah 26:11 +. +Then spake Jeremiah unto all the princes and to all the people, saying, The LORD sent me to prophesy against this house and against this city all the words that ye have heard. -- jeremiah 26:12 +. +Therefore now amend your ways and your doings, and obey the voice of the LORD your God; and the LORD will repent him of the evil that he hath pronounced against you. -- jeremiah 26:13 +. +As for me, behold, I am in your hand: do with me as seemeth good and meet unto you. -- jeremiah 26:14 +. +But know ye for certain, that if ye put me to death, ye shall surely bring innocent blood upon yourselves, and upon this city, and upon the inhabitants thereof: for of a truth the LORD hath sent me unto you to speak all these words in your ears. -- jeremiah 26:15 +. +Then said the princes and all the people unto the priests and to the prophets; This man is not worthy to die: for he hath spoken to us in the name of the LORD our God. -- jeremiah 26:16 +. +Then rose up certain of the elders of the land, and spake to all the assembly of the people, saying, -- jeremiah 26:17 +. +Micah the Morasthite prophesied in the days of Hezekiah king of Judah, and spake to all the people of Judah, saying, Thus saith the LORD of hosts; Zion shall be plowed like a field, and Jerusalem shall become heaps, and the mountain of the house as the high places of a forest. -- jeremiah 26:18 +. +Did Hezekiah king of Judah and all Judah put him at all to death? did he not fear the LORD, and besought the LORD, and the LORD repented him of the evil which he had pronounced against them? Thus might we procure great evil against our souls. -- jeremiah 26:19 +. +And there was also a man that prophesied in the name of the LORD, Urijah the son of Shemaiah of Kirjathjearim, who prophesied against this city and against this land according to all the words of Jeremiah. -- jeremiah 26:20 +. +And when Jehoiakim the king, with all his mighty men, and all the princes, heard his words, the king sought to put him to death: but when Urijah heard it, he was afraid, and fled, and went into Egypt; -- jeremiah 26:21 +. +And Jehoiakim the king sent men into Egypt, namely, Elnathan the son of Achbor, and certain men with him into Egypt. -- jeremiah 26:22 +. +And they fetched forth Urijah out of Egypt, and brought him unto Jehoiakim the king; who slew him with the sword, and cast his dead body into the graves of the common people. -- jeremiah 26:23 +. +Nevertheless the hand of Ahikam the son of Shaphan was with Jeremiah, that they should not give him into the hand of the people to put him to death. -- jeremiah 26:24 +. +In the beginning of the reign of Jehoiakim the son of Josiah king of Judah came this word unto Jeremiah from the LORD, saying, -- jeremiah 27:1 +. +Thus saith the LORD to me; Make thee bonds and yokes, and put them upon thy neck, -- jeremiah 27:2 +. +And send them to the king of Edom, and to the king of Moab, and to the king of the Ammonites, and to the king of Tyrus, and to the king of Zidon, by the hand of the messengers which come to Jerusalem unto Zedekiah king of Judah; -- jeremiah 27:3 +. +And command them to say unto their masters, Thus saith the LORD of hosts, the God of Israel; Thus shall ye say unto your masters; -- jeremiah 27:4 +. +I have made the earth, the man and the beast that are upon the ground, by my great power and by my outstretched arm, and have given it unto whom it seemed meet unto me. -- jeremiah 27:5 +. +And now have I given all these lands into the hand of Nebuchadnezzar the king of Babylon, my servant; and the beasts of the field have I given him also to serve him. -- jeremiah 27:6 +. +And all nations shall serve him, and his son, and his son's son, until the very time of his land come: and then many nations and great kings shall serve themselves of him. -- jeremiah 27:7 +. +And it shall come to pass, that the nation and kingdom which will not serve the same Nebuchadnezzar the king of Babylon, and that will not put their neck under the yoke of the king of Babylon, that nation will I punish, saith the LORD, with the sword, and with the famine, and with the pestilence, until I have consumed them by his hand. -- jeremiah 27:8 +. +Therefore hearken not ye to your prophets, nor to your diviners, nor to your dreamers, nor to your enchanters, nor to your sorcerers, which speak unto you, saying, Ye shall not serve the king of Babylon: -- jeremiah 27:9 +. +For they prophesy a lie unto you, to remove you far from your land; and that I should drive you out, and ye should perish. -- jeremiah 27:10 +. +But the nations that bring their neck under the yoke of the king of Babylon, and serve him, those will I let remain still in their own land, saith the LORD; and they shall till it, and dwell therein. -- jeremiah 27:11 +. +I spake also to Zedekiah king of Judah according to all these words, saying, Bring your necks under the yoke of the king of Babylon, and serve him and his people, and live. -- jeremiah 27:12 +. +Why will ye die, thou and thy people, by the sword, by the famine, and by the pestilence, as the LORD hath spoken against the nation that will not serve the king of Babylon? -- jeremiah 27:13 +. +Therefore hearken not unto the words of the prophets that speak unto you, saying, Ye shall not serve the king of Babylon: for they prophesy a lie unto you. -- jeremiah 27:14 +. +For I have not sent them, saith the LORD, yet they prophesy a lie in my name; that I might drive you out, and that ye might perish, ye, and the prophets that prophesy unto you. -- jeremiah 27:15 +. +Also I spake to the priests and to all this people, saying, Thus saith the LORD; Hearken not to the words of your prophets that prophesy unto you, saying, Behold, the vessels of the LORD's house shall now shortly be brought again from Babylon: for they prophesy a lie unto you. -- jeremiah 27:16 +. +Hearken not unto them; serve the king of Babylon, and live: wherefore should this city be laid waste? -- jeremiah 27:17 +. +But if they be prophets, and if the word of the LORD be with them, let them now make intercession to the LORD of hosts, that the vessels which are left in the house of the LORD, and in the house of the king of Judah, and at Jerusalem, go not to Babylon. -- jeremiah 27:18 +. +For thus saith the LORD of hosts concerning the pillars, and concerning the sea, and concerning the bases, and concerning the residue of the vessels that remain in this city. -- jeremiah 27:19 +. +Which Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon took not, when he carried away captive Jeconiah the son of Jehoiakim king of Judah from Jerusalem to Babylon, and all the nobles of Judah and Jerusalem; -- jeremiah 27:20 +. +Yea, thus saith the LORD of hosts, the God of Israel, concerning the vessels that remain in the house of the LORD, and in the house of the king of Judah and of Jerusalem; -- jeremiah 27:21 +. +They shall be carried to Babylon, and there shall they be until the day that I visit them, saith the LORD; then will I bring them up, and restore them to this place. -- jeremiah 27:22 +. +And it came to pass the same year, in the beginning of the reign of Zedekiah king of Judah, in the fourth year, and in the fifth month, that Hananiah the son of Azur the prophet, which was of Gibeon, spake unto me in the house of the LORD, in the presence of the priests and of all the people, saying, -- jeremiah 28:1 +. +Thus speaketh the LORD of hosts, the God of Israel, saying, I have broken the yoke of the king of Babylon. -- jeremiah 28:2 +. +Within two full years will I bring again into this place all the vessels of the LORD's house, that Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon took away from this place, and carried them to Babylon: -- jeremiah 28:3 +. +And I will bring again to this place Jeconiah the son of Jehoiakim king of Judah, with all the captives of Judah, that went into Babylon, saith the LORD: for I will break the yoke of the king of Babylon. -- jeremiah 28:4 +. +Then the prophet Jeremiah said unto the prophet Hananiah in the presence of the priests, and in the presence of all the people that stood in the house of the LORD, -- jeremiah 28:5 +. +Even the prophet Jeremiah said, Amen: the LORD do so: the LORD perform thy words which thou hast prophesied, to bring again the vessels of the LORD's house, and all that is carried away captive, from Babylon into this place. -- jeremiah 28:6 +. +Nevertheless hear thou now this word that I speak in thine ears, and in the ears of all the people; -- jeremiah 28:7 +. +The prophets that have been before me and before thee of old prophesied both against many countries, and against great kingdoms, of war, and of evil, and of pestilence. -- jeremiah 28:8 +. +The prophet which prophesieth of peace, when the word of the prophet shall come to pass, then shall the prophet be known, that the LORD hath truly sent him. -- jeremiah 28:9 +. +Then Hananiah the prophet took the yoke from off the prophet Jeremiah's neck, and brake it. -- jeremiah 28:10 +. +And Hananiah spake in the presence of all the people, saying, Thus saith the LORD; Even so will I break the yoke of Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon from the neck of all nations within the space of two full years. And the prophet Jeremiah went his way. -- jeremiah 28:11 +. +Then the word of the LORD came unto Jeremiah the prophet, after that Hananiah the prophet had broken the yoke from off the neck of the prophet Jeremiah, saying, -- jeremiah 28:12 +. +Go and tell Hananiah, saying, Thus saith the LORD; Thou hast broken the yokes of wood; but thou shalt make for them yokes of iron. -- jeremiah 28:13 +. +For thus saith the LORD of hosts, the God of Israel; I have put a yoke of iron upon the neck of all these nations, that they may serve Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon; and they shall serve him: and I have given him the beasts of the field also. -- jeremiah 28:14 +. +Then said the prophet Jeremiah unto Hananiah the prophet, Hear now, Hananiah; The LORD hath not sent thee; but thou makest this people to trust in a lie. -- jeremiah 28:15 +. +Therefore thus saith the LORD; Behold, I will cast thee from off the face of the earth: this year thou shalt die, because thou hast taught rebellion against the LORD. -- jeremiah 28:16 +. +So Hananiah the prophet died the same year in the seventh month. -- jeremiah 28:17 +. +Now these are the words of the letter that Jeremiah the prophet sent from Jerusalem unto the residue of the elders which were carried away captives, and to the priests, and to the prophets, and to all the people whom Nebuchadnezzar had carried away captive from Jerusalem to Babylon; -- jeremiah 29:1 +. +(After that Jeconiah the king, and the queen, and the eunuchs, the princes of Judah and Jerusalem, and the carpenters, and the smiths, were departed from Jerusalem;) -- jeremiah 29:2 +. +By the hand of Elasah the son of Shaphan, and Gemariah the son of Hilkiah, (whom Zedekiah king of Judah sent unto Babylon to Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon) saying, -- jeremiah 29:3 +. +Thus saith the LORD of hosts, the God of Israel, unto all that are carried away captives, whom I have caused to be carried away from Jerusalem unto Babylon; -- jeremiah 29:4 +. +Build ye houses, and dwell in them; and plant gardens, and eat the fruit of them; -- jeremiah 29:5 +. +Take ye wives, and beget sons and daughters; and take wives for your sons, and give your daughters to husbands, that they may bear sons and daughters; that ye may be increased there, and not diminished. -- jeremiah 29:6 +. +And seek the peace of the city whither I have caused you to be carried away captives, and pray unto the LORD for it: for in the peace thereof shall ye have peace. -- jeremiah 29:7 +. +For thus saith the LORD of hosts, the God of Israel; Let not your prophets and your diviners, that be in the midst of you, deceive you, neither hearken to your dreams which ye cause to be dreamed. -- jeremiah 29:8 +. +For they prophesy falsely unto you in my name: I have not sent them, saith the LORD. -- jeremiah 29:9 +. +For thus saith the LORD, That after seventy years be accomplished at Babylon I will visit you, and perform my good word toward you, in causing you to return to this place. -- jeremiah 29:10 +. +For I know the thoughts that I think toward you, saith the LORD, thoughts of peace, and not of evil, to give you an expected end. -- jeremiah 29:11 +. +Then shall ye call upon me, and ye shall go and pray unto me, and I will hearken unto you. -- jeremiah 29:12 +. +And ye shall seek me, and find me, when ye shall search for me with all your heart. -- jeremiah 29:13 +. +And I will be found of you, saith the LORD: and I will turn away your captivity, and I will gather you from all the nations, and from all the places whither I have driven you, saith the LORD; and I will bring you again into the place whence I caused you to be carried away captive. -- jeremiah 29:14 +. +Because ye have said, The LORD hath raised us up prophets in Babylon; -- jeremiah 29:15 +. +Know that thus saith the LORD of the king that sitteth upon the throne of David, and of all the people that dwelleth in this city, and of your brethren that are not gone forth with you into captivity; -- jeremiah 29:16 +. +Thus saith the LORD of hosts; Behold, I will send upon them the sword, the famine, and the pestilence, and will make them like vile figs, that cannot be eaten, they are so evil. -- jeremiah 29:17 +. +And I will persecute them with the sword, with the famine, and with the pestilence, and will deliver them to be removed to all the kingdoms of the earth, to be a curse, and an astonishment, and an hissing, and a reproach, among all the nations whither I have driven them: -- jeremiah 29:18 +. +Because they have not hearkened to my words, saith the LORD, which I sent unto them by my servants the prophets, rising up early and sending them; but ye would not hear, saith the LORD. -- jeremiah 29:19 +. +Hear ye therefore the word of the LORD, all ye of the captivity, whom I have sent from Jerusalem to Babylon: -- jeremiah 29:20 +. +Thus saith the LORD of hosts, the God of Israel, of Ahab the son of Kolaiah, and of Zedekiah the son of Maaseiah, which prophesy a lie unto you in my name; Behold, I will deliver them into the hand of Nebuchadrezzar king of Babylon; and he shall slay them before your eyes; -- jeremiah 29:21 +. +And of them shall be taken up a curse by all the captivity of Judah which are in Babylon, saying, The LORD make thee like Zedekiah and like Ahab, whom the king of Babylon roasted in the fire; -- jeremiah 29:22 +. +Because they have committed villany in Israel, and have committed adultery with their neighbours' wives, and have spoken lying words in my name, which I have not commanded them; even I know, and am a witness, saith the LORD. -- jeremiah 29:23 +. +Thus shalt thou also speak to Shemaiah the Nehelamite, saying, -- jeremiah 29:24 +. +Thus speaketh the LORD of hosts, the God of Israel, saying, Because thou hast sent letters in thy name unto all the people that are at Jerusalem, and to Zephaniah the son of Maaseiah the priest, and to all the priests, saying, -- jeremiah 29:25 +. +The LORD hath made thee priest in the stead of Jehoiada the priest, that ye should be officers in the house of the LORD, for every man that is mad, and maketh himself a prophet, that thou shouldest put him in prison, and in the stocks. -- jeremiah 29:26 +. +Now therefore why hast thou not reproved Jeremiah of Anathoth, which maketh himself a prophet to you? -- jeremiah 29:27 +. +For therefore he sent unto us in Babylon, saying, This captivity is long: build ye houses, and dwell in them; and plant gardens, and eat the fruit of them. -- jeremiah 29:28 +. +And Zephaniah the priest read this letter in the ears of Jeremiah the prophet. -- jeremiah 29:29 +. +Then came the word of the LORD unto Jeremiah, saying, -- jeremiah 29:30 +. +Send to all them of the captivity, saying, Thus saith the LORD concerning Shemaiah the Nehelamite; Because that Shemaiah hath prophesied unto you, and I sent him not, and he caused you to trust in a lie: -- jeremiah 29:31 +. +Therefore thus saith the LORD; Behold, I will punish Shemaiah the Nehelamite, and his seed: he shall not have a man to dwell among this people; neither shall he behold the good that I will do for my people, saith the LORD; because he hath taught rebellion against the LORD. -- jeremiah 29:32 +. +The word that came to Jeremiah from the LORD, saying, -- jeremiah 30:1 +. +Thus speaketh the LORD God of Israel, saying, Write thee all the words that I have spoken unto thee in a book. -- jeremiah 30:2 +. +For, lo, the days come, saith the LORD, that I will bring again the captivity of my people Israel and Judah, saith the LORD: and I will cause them to return to the land that I gave to their fathers, and they shall possess it. -- jeremiah 30:3 +. +And these are the words that the LORD spake concerning Israel and concerning Judah. -- jeremiah 30:4 +. +For thus saith the LORD; We have heard a voice of trembling, of fear, and not of peace. -- jeremiah 30:5 +. +Ask ye now, and see whether a man doth travail with child? wherefore do I see every man with his hands on his loins, as a woman in travail, and all faces are turned into paleness? -- jeremiah 30:6 +. +Alas! for that day is great, so that none is like it: it is even the time of Jacob's trouble, but he shall be saved out of it. -- jeremiah 30:7 +. +For it shall come to pass in that day, saith the LORD of hosts, that I will break his yoke from off thy neck, and will burst thy bonds, and strangers shall no more serve themselves of him: -- jeremiah 30:8 +. +But they shall serve the LORD their God, and David their king, whom I will raise up unto them. -- jeremiah 30:9 +. +Therefore fear thou not, O my servant Jacob, saith the LORD; neither be dismayed, O Israel: for, lo, I will save thee from afar, and thy seed from the land of their captivity; and Jacob shall return, and shall be in rest, and be quiet, and none shall make him afraid. -- jeremiah 30:10 +. +For I am with thee, saith the LORD, to save thee: though I make a full end of all nations whither I have scattered thee, yet I will not make a full end of thee: but I will correct thee in measure, and will not leave thee altogether unpunished. -- jeremiah 30:11 +. +For thus saith the LORD, Thy bruise is incurable, and thy wound is grievous. -- jeremiah 30:12 +. +There is none to plead thy cause, that thou mayest be bound up: thou hast no healing medicines. -- jeremiah 30:13 +. +All thy lovers have forgotten thee; they seek thee not; for I have wounded thee with the wound of an enemy, with the chastisement of a cruel one, for the multitude of thine iniquity; because thy sins were increased. -- jeremiah 30:14 +. +Why criest thou for thine affliction? thy sorrow is incurable for the multitude of thine iniquity: because thy sins were increased, I have done these things unto thee. -- jeremiah 30:15 +. +Therefore all they that devour thee shall be devoured; and all thine adversaries, every one of them, shall go into captivity; and they that spoil thee shall be a spoil, and all that prey upon thee will I give for a prey. -- jeremiah 30:16 +. +For I will restore health unto thee, and I will heal thee of thy wounds, saith the LORD; because they called thee an Outcast, saying, This is Zion, whom no man seeketh after. -- jeremiah 30:17 +. +Thus saith the LORD; Behold, I will bring again the captivity of Jacob's tents, and have mercy on his dwellingplaces; and the city shall be builded upon her own heap, and the palace shall remain after the manner thereof. -- jeremiah 30:18 +. +And out of them shall proceed thanksgiving and the voice of them that make merry: and I will multiply them, and they shall not be few; I will also glorify them, and they shall not be small. -- jeremiah 30:19 +. +Their children also shall be as aforetime, and their congregation shall be established before me, and I will punish all that oppress them. -- jeremiah 30:20 +. +And their nobles shall be of themselves, and their governor shall proceed from the midst of them; and I will cause him to draw near, and he shall approach unto me: for who is this that engaged his heart to approach unto me? saith the LORD. -- jeremiah 30:21 +. +And ye shall be my people, and I will be your God. -- jeremiah 30:22 +. +Behold, the whirlwind of the LORD goeth forth with fury, a continuing whirlwind: it shall fall with pain upon the head of the wicked. -- jeremiah 30:23 +. +The fierce anger of the LORD shall not return, until he hath done it, and until he have performed the intents of his heart: in the latter days ye shall consider it. -- jeremiah 30:24 +. +At the same time, saith the LORD, will I be the God of all the families of Israel, and they shall be my people. -- jeremiah 31:1 +. +Thus saith the LORD, The people which were left of the sword found grace in the wilderness; even Israel, when I went to cause him to rest. -- jeremiah 31:2 +. +The LORD hath appeared of old unto me, saying, Yea, I have loved thee with an everlasting love: therefore with lovingkindness have I drawn thee. -- jeremiah 31:3 +. +Again I will build thee, and thou shalt be built, O virgin of Israel: thou shalt again be adorned with thy tabrets, and shalt go forth in the dances of them that make merry. -- jeremiah 31:4 +. +Thou shalt yet plant vines upon the mountains of Samaria: the planters shall plant, and shall eat them as common things. -- jeremiah 31:5 +. +For there shall be a day, that the watchmen upon the mount Ephraim shall cry, Arise ye, and let us go up to Zion unto the LORD our God. -- jeremiah 31:6 +. +For thus saith the LORD; Sing with gladness for Jacob, and shout among the chief of the nations: publish ye, praise ye, and say, O LORD, save thy people, the remnant of Israel. -- jeremiah 31:7 +. +Behold, I will bring them from the north country, and gather them from the coasts of the earth, and with them the blind and the lame, the woman with child and her that travaileth with child together: a great company shall return thither. -- jeremiah 31:8 +. +They shall come with weeping, and with supplications will I lead them: I will cause them to walk by the rivers of waters in a straight way, wherein they shall not stumble: for I am a father to Israel, and Ephraim is my firstborn. -- jeremiah 31:9 +. +Hear the word of the LORD, O ye nations, and declare it in the isles afar off, and say, He that scattered Israel will gather him, and keep him, as a shepherd doth his flock. -- jeremiah 31:10 +. +For the LORD hath redeemed Jacob, and ransomed him from the hand of him that was stronger than he. -- jeremiah 31:11 +. +Therefore they shall come and sing in the height of Zion, and shall flow together to the goodness of the LORD, for wheat, and for wine, and for oil, and for the young of the flock and of the herd: and their soul shall be as a watered garden; and they shall not sorrow any more at all. -- jeremiah 31:12 +. +Then shall the virgin rejoice in the dance, both young men and old together: for I will turn their mourning into joy, and will comfort them, and make them rejoice from their sorrow. -- jeremiah 31:13 +. +And I will satiate the soul of the priests with fatness, and my people shall be satisfied with my goodness, saith the LORD. -- jeremiah 31:14 +. +Thus saith the LORD; A voice was heard in Ramah, lamentation, and bitter weeping; Rahel weeping for her children refused to be comforted for her children, because they were not. -- jeremiah 31:15 +. +Thus saith the LORD; Refrain thy voice from weeping, and thine eyes from tears: for thy work shall be rewarded, saith the LORD; and they shall come again from the land of the enemy. -- jeremiah 31:16 +. +And there is hope in thine end, saith the LORD, that thy children shall come again to their own border. -- jeremiah 31:17 +. +I have surely heard Ephraim bemoaning himself thus; Thou hast chastised me, and I was chastised, as a bullock unaccustomed to the yoke: turn thou me, and I shall be turned; for thou art the LORD my God. -- jeremiah 31:18 +. +Surely after that I was turned, I repented; and after that I was instructed, I smote upon my thigh: I was ashamed, yea, even confounded, because I did bear the reproach of my youth. -- jeremiah 31:19 +. +Is Ephraim my dear son? is he a pleasant child? for since I spake against him, I do earnestly remember him still: therefore my bowels are troubled for him; I will surely have mercy upon him, saith the LORD. -- jeremiah 31:20 +. +Set thee up waymarks, make thee high heaps: set thine heart toward the highway, even the way which thou wentest: turn again, O virgin of Israel, turn again to these thy cities. -- jeremiah 31:21 +. +How long wilt thou go about, O thou backsliding daughter? for the LORD hath created a new thing in the earth, A woman shall compass a man. -- jeremiah 31:22 +. +Thus saith the LORD of hosts, the God of Israel; As yet they shall use this speech in the land of Judah and in the cities thereof, when I shall bring again their captivity; The LORD bless thee, O habitation of justice, and mountain of holiness. -- jeremiah 31:23 +. +And there shall dwell in Judah itself, and in all the cities thereof together, husbandmen, and they that go forth with flocks. -- jeremiah 31:24 +. +For I have satiated the weary soul, and I have replenished every sorrowful soul. -- jeremiah 31:25 +. +Upon this I awaked, and beheld; and my sleep was sweet unto me. -- jeremiah 31:26 +. +Behold, the days come, saith the LORD, that I will sow the house of Israel and the house of Judah with the seed of man, and with the seed of beast. -- jeremiah 31:27 +. +And it shall come to pass, that like as I have watched over them, to pluck up, and to break down, and to throw down, and to destroy, and to afflict; so will I watch over them, to build, and to plant, saith the LORD. -- jeremiah 31:28 +. +In those days they shall say no more, The fathers have eaten a sour grape, and the children's teeth are set on edge. -- jeremiah 31:29 +. +But every one shall die for his own iniquity: every man that eateth the sour grape, his teeth shall be set on edge. -- jeremiah 31:30 +. +Behold, the days come, saith the LORD, that I will make a new covenant with the house of Israel, and with the house of Judah: -- jeremiah 31:31 +. +Not according to the covenant that I made with their fathers in the day that I took them by the hand to bring them out of the land of Egypt; which my covenant they brake, although I was an husband unto them, saith the LORD: -- jeremiah 31:32 +. +But this shall be the covenant that I will make with the house of Israel; After those days, saith the LORD, I will put my law in their inward parts, and write it in their hearts; and will be their God, and they shall be my people. -- jeremiah 31:33 +. +And they shall teach no more every man his neighbour, and every man his brother, saying, Know the LORD: for they shall all know me, from the least of them unto the greatest of them, saith the LORD: for I will forgive their iniquity, and I will remember their sin no more. -- jeremiah 31:34 +. +Thus saith the LORD, which giveth the sun for a light by day, and the ordinances of the moon and of the stars for a light by night, which divideth the sea when the waves thereof roar; The LORD of hosts is his name: -- jeremiah 31:35 +. +If those ordinances depart from before me, saith the LORD, then the seed of Israel also shall cease from being a nation before me for ever. -- jeremiah 31:36 +. +Thus saith the LORD; If heaven above can be measured, and the foundations of the earth searched out beneath, I will also cast off all the seed of Israel for all that they have done, saith the LORD. -- jeremiah 31:37 +. +Behold, the days come, saith the LORD, that the city shall be built to the LORD from the tower of Hananeel unto the gate of the corner. -- jeremiah 31:38 +. +And the measuring line shall yet go forth over against it upon the hill Gareb, and shall compass about to Goath. -- jeremiah 31:39 +. +And the whole valley of the dead bodies, and of the ashes, and all the fields unto the brook of Kidron, unto the corner of the horse gate toward the east, shall be holy unto the LORD; it shall not be plucked up, nor thrown down any more for ever. -- jeremiah 31:40 +. +The word that came to Jeremiah from the LORD in the tenth year of Zedekiah king of Judah, which was the eighteenth year of Nebuchadrezzar. -- jeremiah 32:1 +. +For then the king of Babylon's army besieged Jerusalem: and Jeremiah the prophet was shut up in the court of the prison, which was in the king of Judah's house. -- jeremiah 32:2 +. +For Zedekiah king of Judah had shut him up, saying, Wherefore dost thou prophesy, and say, Thus saith the LORD, Behold, I will give this city into the hand of the king of Babylon, and he shall take it; -- jeremiah 32:3 +. +And Zedekiah king of Judah shall not escape out of the hand of the Chaldeans, but shall surely be delivered into the hand of the king of Babylon, and shall speak with him mouth to mouth, and his eyes shall behold his eyes; -- jeremiah 32:4 +. +And he shall lead Zedekiah to Babylon, and there shall he be until I visit him, saith the LORD: though ye fight with the Chaldeans, ye shall not prosper. -- jeremiah 32:5 +. +And Jeremiah said, The word of the LORD came unto me, saying, -- jeremiah 32:6 +. +Behold, Hanameel the son of Shallum thine uncle shall come unto thee saying, Buy thee my field that is in Anathoth: for the right of redemption is thine to buy it. -- jeremiah 32:7 +. +So Hanameel mine uncle's son came to me in the court of the prison according to the word of the LORD, and said unto me, Buy my field, I pray thee, that is in Anathoth, which is in the country of Benjamin: for the right of inheritance is thine, and the redemption is thine; buy it for thyself. Then I knew that this was the word of the LORD. -- jeremiah 32:8 +. +And I bought the field of Hanameel my uncle's son, that was in Anathoth, and weighed him the money, even seventeen shekels of silver. -- jeremiah 32:9 +. +And I subscribed the evidence, and sealed it, and took witnesses, and weighed him the money in the balances. -- jeremiah 32:10 +. +So I took the evidence of the purchase, both that which was sealed according to the law and custom, and that which was open: -- jeremiah 32:11 +. +And I gave the evidence of the purchase unto Baruch the son of Neriah, the son of Maaseiah, in the sight of Hanameel mine uncle's son, and in the presence of the witnesses that subscribed the book of the purchase, before all the Jews that sat in the court of the prison. -- jeremiah 32:12 +. +And I charged Baruch before them, saying, -- jeremiah 32:13 +. +Thus saith the LORD of hosts, the God of Israel; Take these evidences, this evidence of the purchase, both which is sealed, and this evidence which is open; and put them in an earthen vessel, that they may continue many days. -- jeremiah 32:14 +. +For thus saith the LORD of hosts, the God of Israel; Houses and fields and vineyards shall be possessed again in this land. -- jeremiah 32:15 +. +Now when I had delivered the evidence of the purchase unto Baruch the son of Neriah, I prayed unto the LORD, saying, -- jeremiah 32:16 +. +Ah Lord GOD! behold, thou hast made the heaven and the earth by thy great power and stretched out arm, and there is nothing too hard for thee: -- jeremiah 32:17 +. +Thou shewest lovingkindness unto thousands, and recompensest the iniquity of the fathers into the bosom of their children after them: the Great, the Mighty God, the LORD of hosts, is his name, -- jeremiah 32:18 +. +Great in counsel, and mighty in work: for thine eyes are open upon all the ways of the sons of men: to give every one according to his ways, and according to the fruit of his doings: -- jeremiah 32:19 +. +Which hast set signs and wonders in the land of Egypt, even unto this day, and in Israel, and among other men; and hast made thee a name, as at this day; -- jeremiah 32:20 +. +And hast brought forth thy people Israel out of the land of Egypt with signs, and with wonders, and with a strong hand, and with a stretched out arm, and with great terror; -- jeremiah 32:21 +. +And hast given them this land, which thou didst swear to their fathers to give them, a land flowing with milk and honey; -- jeremiah 32:22 +. +And they came in, and possessed it; but they obeyed not thy voice, neither walked in thy law; they have done nothing of all that thou commandedst them to do: therefore thou hast caused all this evil to come upon them: -- jeremiah 32:23 +. +Behold the mounts, they are come unto the city to take it; and the city is given into the hand of the Chaldeans, that fight against it, because of the sword, and of the famine, and of the pestilence: and what thou hast spoken is come to pass; and, behold, thou seest it. -- jeremiah 32:24 +. +And thou hast said unto me, O Lord GOD, Buy thee the field for money, and take witnesses; for the city is given into the hand of the Chaldeans. -- jeremiah 32:25 +. +Then came the word of the LORD unto Jeremiah, saying, -- jeremiah 32:26 +. +Behold, I am the LORD, the God of all flesh: is there any thing too hard for me? -- jeremiah 32:27 +. +Therefore thus saith the LORD; Behold, I will give this city into the hand of the Chaldeans, and into the hand of Nebuchadrezzar king of Babylon, and he shall take it: -- jeremiah 32:28 +. +And the Chaldeans, that fight against this city, shall come and set fire on this city, and burn it with the houses, upon whose roofs they have offered incense unto Baal, and poured out drink offerings unto other gods, to provoke me to anger. -- jeremiah 32:29 +. +For the children of Israel and the children of Judah have only done evil before me from their youth: for the children of Israel have only provoked me to anger with the work of their hands, saith the LORD. -- jeremiah 32:30 +. +For this city hath been to me as a provocation of mine anger and of my fury from the day that they built it even unto this day; that I should remove it from before my face, -- jeremiah 32:31 +. +Because of all the evil of the children of Israel and of the children of Judah, which they have done to provoke me to anger, they, their kings, their princes, their priests, and their prophets, and the men of Judah, and the inhabitants of Jerusalem. -- jeremiah 32:32 +. +And they have turned unto me the back, and not the face: though I taught them, rising up early and teaching them, yet they have not hearkened to receive instruction. -- jeremiah 32:33 +. +But they set their abominations in the house, which is called by my name, to defile it. -- jeremiah 32:34 +. +And they built the high places of Baal, which are in the valley of the son of Hinnom, to cause their sons and their daughters to pass through the fire unto Molech; which I commanded them not, neither came it into my mind, that they should do this abomination, to cause Judah to sin. -- jeremiah 32:35 +. +And now therefore thus saith the LORD, the God of Israel, concerning this city, whereof ye say, It shall be delivered into the hand of the king of Babylon by the sword, and by the famine, and by the pestilence; -- jeremiah 32:36 +. +Behold, I will gather them out of all countries, whither I have driven them in mine anger, and in my fury, and in great wrath; and I will bring them again unto this place, and I will cause them to dwell safely: -- jeremiah 32:37 +. +And they shall be my people, and I will be their God: -- jeremiah 32:38 +. +And I will give them one heart, and one way, that they may fear me for ever, for the good of them, and of their children after them: -- jeremiah 32:39 +. +And I will make an everlasting covenant with them, that I will not turn away from them, to do them good; but I will put my fear in their hearts, that they shall not depart from me. -- jeremiah 32:40 +. +Yea, I will rejoice over them to do them good, and I will plant them in this land assuredly with my whole heart and with my whole soul. -- jeremiah 32:41 +. +For thus saith the LORD; Like as I have brought all this great evil upon this people, so will I bring upon them all the good that I have promised them. -- jeremiah 32:42 +. +And fields shall be bought in this land, whereof ye say, It is desolate without man or beast; it is given into the hand of the Chaldeans. -- jeremiah 32:43 +. +Men shall buy fields for money, and subscribe evidences, and seal them, and take witnesses in the land of Benjamin, and in the places about Jerusalem, and in the cities of Judah, and in the cities of the mountains, and in the cities of the valley, and in the cities of the south: for I will cause their captivity to return, saith the LORD. -- jeremiah 32:44 +. +Moreover the word of the LORD came unto Jeremiah the second time, while he was yet shut up in the court of the prison, saying, -- jeremiah 33:1 +. +Thus saith the LORD the maker thereof, the LORD that formed it, to establish it; the LORD is his name; -- jeremiah 33:2 +. +Call unto me, and I will answer thee, and shew thee great and mighty things, which thou knowest not. -- jeremiah 33:3 +. +For thus saith the LORD, the God of Israel, concerning the houses of this city, and concerning the houses of the kings of Judah, which are thrown down by the mounts, and by the sword; -- jeremiah 33:4 +. +They come to fight with the Chaldeans, but it is to fill them with the dead bodies of men, whom I have slain in mine anger and in my fury, and for all whose wickedness I have hid my face from this city. -- jeremiah 33:5 +. +Behold, I will bring it health and cure, and I will cure them, and will reveal unto them the abundance of peace and truth. -- jeremiah 33:6 +. +And I will cause the captivity of Judah and the captivity of Israel to return, and will build them, as at the first. -- jeremiah 33:7 +. +And I will cleanse them from all their iniquity, whereby they have sinned against me; and I will pardon all their iniquities, whereby they have sinned, and whereby they have transgressed against me. -- jeremiah 33:8 +. +And it shall be to me a name of joy, a praise and an honour before all the nations of the earth, which shall hear all the good that I do unto them: and they shall fear and tremble for all the goodness and for all the prosperity that I procure unto it. -- jeremiah 33:9 +. +Thus saith the LORD; Again there shall be heard in this place, which ye say shall be desolate without man and without beast, even in the cities of Judah, and in the streets of Jerusalem, that are desolate, without man, and without inhabitant, and without beast, -- jeremiah 33:10 +. +The voice of joy, and the voice of gladness, the voice of the bridegroom, and the voice of the bride, the voice of them that shall say, Praise the LORD of hosts: for the LORD is good; for his mercy endureth for ever: and of them that shall bring the sacrifice of praise into the house of the LORD. For I will cause to return the captivity of the land, as at the first, saith the LORD. -- jeremiah 33:11 +. +Thus saith the LORD of hosts; Again in this place, which is desolate without man and without beast, and in all the cities thereof, shall be an habitation of shepherds causing their flocks to lie down. -- jeremiah 33:12 +. +In the cities of the mountains, in the cities of the vale, and in the cities of the south, and in the land of Benjamin, and in the places about Jerusalem, and in the cities of Judah, shall the flocks pass again under the hands of him that telleth them, saith the LORD. -- jeremiah 33:13 +. +Behold, the days come, saith the LORD, that I will perform that good thing which I have promised unto the house of Israel and to the house of Judah. -- jeremiah 33:14 +. +In those days, and at that time, will I cause the Branch of righteousness to grow up unto David; and he shall execute judgment and righteousness in the land. -- jeremiah 33:15 +. +In those days shall Judah be saved, and Jerusalem shall dwell safely: and this is the name wherewith she shall be called, The LORD our righteousness. -- jeremiah 33:16 +. +For thus saith the LORD; David shall never want a man to sit upon the throne of the house of Israel; -- jeremiah 33:17 +. +Neither shall the priests the Levites want a man before me to offer burnt offerings, and to kindle meat offerings, and to do sacrifice continually. -- jeremiah 33:18 +. +And the word of the LORD came unto Jeremiah, saying, -- jeremiah 33:19 +. +Thus saith the LORD; If ye can break my covenant of the day, and my covenant of the night, and that there should not be day and night in their season; -- jeremiah 33:20 +. +Then may also my covenant be broken with David my servant, that he should not have a son to reign upon his throne; and with the Levites the priests, my ministers. -- jeremiah 33:21 +. +As the host of heaven cannot be numbered, neither the sand of the sea measured: so will I multiply the seed of David my servant, and the Levites that minister unto me. -- jeremiah 33:22 +. +Moreover the word of the LORD came to Jeremiah, saying, -- jeremiah 33:23 +. +Considerest thou not what this people have spoken, saying, The two families which the LORD hath chosen, he hath even cast them off? thus they have despised my people, that they should be no more a nation before them. -- jeremiah 33:24 +. +Thus saith the LORD; If my covenant be not with day and night, and if I have not appointed the ordinances of heaven and earth; -- jeremiah 33:25 +. +Then will I cast away the seed of Jacob and David my servant, so that I will not take any of his seed to be rulers over the seed of Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob: for I will cause their captivity to return, and have mercy on them. -- jeremiah 33:26 +. +The word which came unto Jeremiah from the LORD, when Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon, and all his army, and all the kingdoms of the earth of his dominion, and all the people, fought against Jerusalem, and against all the cities thereof, saying, -- jeremiah 34:1 +. +Thus saith the LORD, the God of Israel; Go and speak to Zedekiah king of Judah, and tell him, Thus saith the LORD; Behold, I will give this city into the hand of the king of Babylon, and he shall burn it with fire: -- jeremiah 34:2 +. +And thou shalt not escape out of his hand, but shalt surely be taken, and delivered into his hand; and thine eyes shall behold the eyes of the king of Babylon, and he shall speak with thee mouth to mouth, and thou shalt go to Babylon. -- jeremiah 34:3 +. +Yet hear the word of the LORD, O Zedekiah king of Judah; Thus saith the LORD of thee, Thou shalt not die by the sword: -- jeremiah 34:4 +. +But thou shalt die in peace: and with the burnings of thy fathers, the former kings which were before thee, so shall they burn odours for thee; and they will lament thee, saying, Ah lord! for I have pronounced the word, saith the LORD. -- jeremiah 34:5 +. +Then Jeremiah the prophet spake all these words unto Zedekiah king of Judah in Jerusalem, -- jeremiah 34:6 +. +When the king of Babylon's army fought against Jerusalem, and against all the cities of Judah that were left, against Lachish, and against Azekah: for these defenced cities remained of the cities of Judah. -- jeremiah 34:7 +. +This is the word that came unto Jeremiah from the LORD, after that the king Zedekiah had made a covenant with all the people which were at Jerusalem, to proclaim liberty unto them; -- jeremiah 34:8 +. +That every man should let his manservant, and every man his maidservant, being an Hebrew or an Hebrewess, go free; that none should serve himself of them, to wit, of a Jew his brother. -- jeremiah 34:9 +. +Now when all the princes, and all the people, which had entered into the covenant, heard that every one should let his manservant, and every one his maidservant, go free, that none should serve themselves of them any more, then they obeyed, and let them go. -- jeremiah 34:10 +. +But afterward they turned, and caused the servants and the handmaids, whom they had let go free, to return, and brought them into subjection for servants and for handmaids. -- jeremiah 34:11 +. +Therefore the word of the LORD came to Jeremiah from the LORD, saying, -- jeremiah 34:12 +. +Thus saith the LORD, the God of Israel; I made a covenant with your fathers in the day that I brought them forth out of the land of Egypt, out of the house of bondmen, saying, -- jeremiah 34:13 +. +At the end of seven years let ye go every man his brother an Hebrew, which hath been sold unto thee; and when he hath served thee six years, thou shalt let him go free from thee: but your fathers hearkened not unto me, neither inclined their ear. -- jeremiah 34:14 +. +And ye were now turned, and had done right in my sight, in proclaiming liberty every man to his neighbour; and ye had made a covenant before me in the house which is called by my name: -- jeremiah 34:15 +. +But ye turned and polluted my name, and caused every man his servant, and every man his handmaid, whom he had set at liberty at their pleasure, to return, and brought them into subjection, to be unto you for servants and for handmaids. -- jeremiah 34:16 +. +Therefore thus saith the LORD; Ye have not hearkened unto me, in proclaiming liberty, every one to his brother, and every man to his neighbour: behold, I proclaim a liberty for you, saith the LORD, to the sword, to the pestilence, and to the famine; and I will make you to be removed into all the kingdoms of the earth. -- jeremiah 34:17 +. +And I will give the men that have transgressed my covenant, which have not performed the words of the covenant which they had made before me, when they cut the calf in twain, and passed between the parts thereof, -- jeremiah 34:18 +. +The princes of Judah, and the princes of Jerusalem, the eunuchs, and the priests, and all the people of the land, which passed between the parts of the calf; -- jeremiah 34:19 +. +I will even give them into the hand of their enemies, and into the hand of them that seek their life: and their dead bodies shall be for meat unto the fowls of the heaven, and to the beasts of the earth. -- jeremiah 34:20 +. +And Zedekiah king of Judah and his princes will I give into the hand of their enemies, and into the hand of them that seek their life, and into the hand of the king of Babylon's army, which are gone up from you. -- jeremiah 34:21 +. +Behold, I will command, saith the LORD, and cause them to return to this city; and they shall fight against it, and take it, and burn it with fire: and I will make the cities of Judah a desolation without an inhabitant. -- jeremiah 34:22 +. +The word which came unto Jeremiah from the LORD in the days of Jehoiakim the son of Josiah king of Judah, saying, -- jeremiah 35:1 +. +Go unto the house of the Rechabites, and speak unto them, and bring them into the house of the LORD, into one of the chambers, and give them wine to drink. -- jeremiah 35:2 +. +Then I took Jaazaniah the son of Jeremiah, the son of Habaziniah, and his brethren, and all his sons, and the whole house of the Rechabites; -- jeremiah 35:3 +. +And I brought them into the house of the LORD, into the chamber of the sons of Hanan, the son of Igdaliah, a man of God, which was by the chamber of the princes, which was above the chamber of Maaseiah the son of Shallum, the keeper of the door: -- jeremiah 35:4 +. +And I set before the sons of the house of the Rechabites pots full of wine, and cups, and I said unto them, Drink ye wine. -- jeremiah 35:5 +. +But they said, We will drink no wine: for Jonadab the son of Rechab our father commanded us, saying, Ye shall drink no wine, neither ye, nor your sons for ever: -- jeremiah 35:6 +. +Neither shall ye build house, nor sow seed, nor plant vineyard, nor have any: but all your days ye shall dwell in tents; that ye may live many days in the land where ye be strangers. -- jeremiah 35:7 +. +Thus have we obeyed the voice of Jonadab the son of Rechab our father in all that he hath charged us, to drink no wine all our days, we, our wives, our sons, nor our daughters; -- jeremiah 35:8 +. +Nor to build houses for us to dwell in: neither have we vineyard, nor field, nor seed: -- jeremiah 35:9 +. +But we have dwelt in tents, and have obeyed, and done according to all that Jonadab our father commanded us. -- jeremiah 35:10 +. +But it came to pass, when Nebuchadrezzar king of Babylon came up into the land, that we said, Come, and let us go to Jerusalem for fear of the army of the Chaldeans, and for fear of the army of the Syrians: so we dwell at Jerusalem. -- jeremiah 35:11 +. +Then came the word of the LORD unto Jeremiah, saying, -- jeremiah 35:12 +. +Thus saith the LORD of hosts, the God of Israel; Go and tell the men of Judah and the inhabitants of Jerusalem, Will ye not receive instruction to hearken to my words? saith the LORD. -- jeremiah 35:13 +. +The words of Jonadab the son of Rechab, that he commanded his sons not to drink wine, are performed; for unto this day they drink none, but obey their father's commandment: notwithstanding I have spoken unto you, rising early and speaking; but ye hearkened not unto me. -- jeremiah 35:14 +. +I have sent also unto you all my servants the prophets, rising up early and sending them, saying, Return ye now every man from his evil way, and amend your doings, and go not after other gods to serve them, and ye shall dwell in the land which I have given to you and to your fathers: but ye have not inclined your ear, nor hearkened unto me. -- jeremiah 35:15 +. +Because the sons of Jonadab the son of Rechab have performed the commandment of their father, which he commanded them; but this people hath not hearkened unto me: -- jeremiah 35:16 +. +Therefore thus saith the LORD God of hosts, the God of Israel; Behold, I will bring upon Judah and upon all the inhabitants of Jerusalem all the evil that I have pronounced against them: because I have spoken unto them, but they have not heard; and I have called unto them, but they have not answered. -- jeremiah 35:17 +. +And Jeremiah said unto the house of the Rechabites, Thus saith the LORD of hosts, the God of Israel; Because ye have obeyed the commandment of Jonadab your father, and kept all his precepts, and done according unto all that he hath commanded you: -- jeremiah 35:18 +. +Therefore thus saith the LORD of hosts, the God of Israel; Jonadab the son of Rechab shall not want a man to stand before me for ever. -- jeremiah 35:19 +. +And it came to pass in the fourth year of Jehoiakim the son of Josiah king of Judah, that this word came unto Jeremiah from the LORD, saying, -- jeremiah 36:1 +. +Take thee a roll of a book, and write therein all the words that I have spoken unto thee against Israel, and against Judah, and against all the nations, from the day I spake unto thee, from the days of Josiah, even unto this day. -- jeremiah 36:2 +. +It may be that the house of Judah will hear all the evil which I purpose to do unto them; that they may return every man from his evil way; that I may forgive their iniquity and their sin. -- jeremiah 36:3 +. +Then Jeremiah called Baruch the son of Neriah: and Baruch wrote from the mouth of Jeremiah all the words of the LORD, which he had spoken unto him, upon a roll of a book. -- jeremiah 36:4 +. +And Jeremiah commanded Baruch, saying, I am shut up; I cannot go into the house of the LORD: -- jeremiah 36:5 +. +Therefore go thou, and read in the roll, which thou hast written from my mouth, the words of the LORD in the ears of the people in the LORD's house upon the fasting day: and also thou shalt read them in the ears of all Judah that come out of their cities. -- jeremiah 36:6 +. +It may be they will present their supplication before the LORD, and will return every one from his evil way: for great is the anger and the fury that the LORD hath pronounced against this people. -- jeremiah 36:7 +. +And Baruch the son of Neriah did according to all that Jeremiah the prophet commanded him, reading in the book the words of the LORD in the LORD's house. -- jeremiah 36:8 +. +And it came to pass in the fifth year of Jehoiakim the son of Josiah king of Judah, in the ninth month, that they proclaimed a fast before the LORD to all the people in Jerusalem, and to all the people that came from the cities of Judah unto Jerusalem. -- jeremiah 36:9 +. +Then read Baruch in the book the words of Jeremiah in the house of the LORD, in the chamber of Gemariah the son of Shaphan the scribe, in the higher court, at the entry of the new gate of the LORD's house, in the ears of all the people. -- jeremiah 36:10 +. +When Michaiah the son of Gemariah, the son of Shaphan, had heard out of the book all the words of the LORD, -- jeremiah 36:11 +. +Then he went down into the king's house, into the scribe's chamber: and, lo, all the princes sat there, even Elishama the scribe, and Delaiah the son of Shemaiah, and Elnathan the son of Achbor, and Gemariah the son of Shaphan, and Zedekiah the son of Hananiah, and all the princes. -- jeremiah 36:12 +. +Then Michaiah declared unto them all the words that he had heard, when Baruch read the book in the ears of the people. -- jeremiah 36:13 +. +Therefore all the princes sent Jehudi the son of Nethaniah, the son of Shelemiah, the son of Cushi, unto Baruch, saying, Take in thine hand the roll wherein thou hast read in the ears of the people, and come. So Baruch the son of Neriah took the roll in his hand, and came unto them. -- jeremiah 36:14 +. +And they said unto him, Sit down now, and read it in our ears. So Baruch read it in their ears. -- jeremiah 36:15 +. +Now it came to pass, when they had heard all the words, they were afraid both one and other, and said unto Baruch, We will surely tell the king of all these words. -- jeremiah 36:16 +. +And they asked Baruch, saying, Tell us now, How didst thou write all these words at his mouth? -- jeremiah 36:17 +. +Then Baruch answered them, He pronounced all these words unto me with his mouth, and I wrote them with ink in the book. -- jeremiah 36:18 +. +Then said the princes unto Baruch, Go, hide thee, thou and Jeremiah; and let no man know where ye be. -- jeremiah 36:19 +. +And they went in to the king into the court, but they laid up the roll in the chamber of Elishama the scribe, and told all the words in the ears of the king. -- jeremiah 36:20 +. +So the king sent Jehudi to fetch the roll: and he took it out of Elishama the scribe's chamber. And Jehudi read it in the ears of the king, and in the ears of all the princes which stood beside the king. -- jeremiah 36:21 +. +Now the king sat in the winterhouse in the ninth month: and there was a fire on the hearth burning before him. -- jeremiah 36:22 +. +And it came to pass, that when Jehudi had read three or four leaves, he cut it with the penknife, and cast it into the fire that was on the hearth, until all the roll was consumed in the fire that was on the hearth. -- jeremiah 36:23 +. +Yet they were not afraid, nor rent their garments, neither the king, nor any of his servants that heard all these words. -- jeremiah 36:24 +. +Nevertheless Elnathan and Delaiah and Gemariah had made intercession to the king that he would not burn the roll: but he would not hear them. -- jeremiah 36:25 +. +But the king commanded Jerahmeel the son of Hammelech, and Seraiah the son of Azriel, and Shelemiah the son of Abdeel, to take Baruch the scribe and Jeremiah the prophet: but the LORD hid them. -- jeremiah 36:26 +. +Then the word of the LORD came to Jeremiah, after that the king had burned the roll, and the words which Baruch wrote at the mouth of Jeremiah, saying, -- jeremiah 36:27 +. +Take thee again another roll, and write in it all the former words that were in the first roll, which Jehoiakim the king of Judah hath burned. -- jeremiah 36:28 +. +And thou shalt say to Jehoiakim king of Judah, Thus saith the LORD; Thou hast burned this roll, saying, Why hast thou written therein, saying, The king of Babylon shall certainly come and destroy this land, and shall cause to cease from thence man and beast? -- jeremiah 36:29 +. +Therefore thus saith the LORD of Jehoiakim king of Judah; He shall have none to sit upon the throne of David: and his dead body shall be cast out in the day to the heat, and in the night to the frost. -- jeremiah 36:30 +. +And I will punish him and his seed and his servants for their iniquity; and I will bring upon them, and upon the inhabitants of Jerusalem, and upon the men of Judah, all the evil that I have pronounced against them; but they hearkened not. -- jeremiah 36:31 +. +Then took Jeremiah another roll, and gave it to Baruch the scribe, the son of Neriah; who wrote therein from the mouth of Jeremiah all the words of the book which Jehoiakim king of Judah had burned in the fire: and there were added besides unto them many like words. -- jeremiah 36:32 +. +And king Zedekiah the son of Josiah reigned instead of Coniah the son of Jehoiakim, whom Nebuchadrezzar king of Babylon made king in the land of Judah. -- jeremiah 37:1 +. +But neither he, nor his servants, nor the people of the land, did hearken unto the words of the LORD, which he spake by the prophet Jeremiah. -- jeremiah 37:2 +. +And Zedekiah the king sent Jehucal the son of Shelemiah and Zephaniah the son of Maaseiah the priest to the prophet Jeremiah, saying, Pray now unto the LORD our God for us. -- jeremiah 37:3 +. +Now Jeremiah came in and went out among the people: for they had not put him into prison. -- jeremiah 37:4 +. +Then Pharaoh's army was come forth out of Egypt: and when the Chaldeans that besieged Jerusalem heard tidings of them, they departed from Jerusalem. -- jeremiah 37:5 +. +Then came the word of the LORD unto the prophet Jeremiah saying, -- jeremiah 37:6 +. +Thus saith the LORD, the God of Israel; Thus shall ye say to the king of Judah, that sent you unto me to enquire of me; Behold, Pharaoh's army, which is come forth to help you, shall return to Egypt into their own land. -- jeremiah 37:7 +. +And the Chaldeans shall come again, and fight against this city, and take it, and burn it with fire. -- jeremiah 37:8 +. +Thus saith the LORD; Deceive not yourselves, saying, The Chaldeans shall surely depart from us: for they shall not depart. -- jeremiah 37:9 +. +For though ye had smitten the whole army of the Chaldeans that fight against you, and there remained but wounded men among them, yet should they rise up every man in his tent, and burn this city with fire. -- jeremiah 37:10 +. +And it came to pass, that when the army of the Chaldeans was broken up from Jerusalem for fear of Pharaoh's army, -- jeremiah 37:11 +. +Then Jeremiah went forth out of Jerusalem to go into the land of Benjamin, to separate himself thence in the midst of the people. -- jeremiah 37:12 +. +And when he was in the gate of Benjamin, a captain of the ward was there, whose name was Irijah, the son of Shelemiah, the son of Hananiah; and he took Jeremiah the prophet, saying, Thou fallest away to the Chaldeans. -- jeremiah 37:13 +. +Then said Jeremiah, It is false; I fall not away to the Chaldeans. But he hearkened not to him: so Irijah took Jeremiah, and brought him to the princes. -- jeremiah 37:14 +. +Wherefore the princes were wroth with Jeremiah, and smote him, and put him in prison in the house of Jonathan the scribe: for they had made that the prison. -- jeremiah 37:15 +. +When Jeremiah was entered into the dungeon, and into the cabins, and Jeremiah had remained there many days; -- jeremiah 37:16 +. +Then Zedekiah the king sent, and took him out: and the king asked him secretly in his house, and said, Is there any word from the LORD? And Jeremiah said, There is: for, said he, thou shalt be delivered into the hand of the king of Babylon. -- jeremiah 37:17 +. +Moreover Jeremiah said unto king Zedekiah, What have I offended against thee, or against thy servants, or against this people, that ye have put me in prison? -- jeremiah 37:18 +. +Where are now your prophets which prophesied unto you, saying, The king of Babylon shall not come against you, nor against this land? -- jeremiah 37:19 +. +Therefore hear now, I pray thee, O my lord the king: let my supplication, I pray thee, be accepted before thee; that thou cause me not to return to the house of Jonathan the scribe, lest I die there. -- jeremiah 37:20 +. +Then Zedekiah the king commanded that they should commit Jeremiah into the court of the prison, and that they should give him daily a piece of bread out of the bakers' street, until all the bread in the city were spent. Thus Jeremiah remained in the court of the prison. -- jeremiah 37:21 +. +Then Shephatiah the son of Mattan, and Gedaliah the son of Pashur, and Jucal the son of Shelemiah, and Pashur the son of Malchiah, heard the words that Jeremiah had spoken unto all the people, saying, -- jeremiah 38:1 +. +Thus saith the LORD, He that remaineth in this city shall die by the sword, by the famine, and by the pestilence: but he that goeth forth to the Chaldeans shall live; for he shall have his life for a prey, and shall live. -- jeremiah 38:2 +. +Thus saith the LORD, This city shall surely be given into the hand of the king of Babylon's army, which shall take it. -- jeremiah 38:3 +. +Therefore the princes said unto the king, We beseech thee, let this man be put to death: for thus he weakeneth the hands of the men of war that remain in this city, and the hands of all the people, in speaking such words unto them: for this man seeketh not the welfare of this people, but the hurt. -- jeremiah 38:4 +. +Then Zedekiah the king said, Behold, he is in your hand: for the king is not he that can do any thing against you. -- jeremiah 38:5 +. +Then took they Jeremiah, and cast him into the dungeon of Malchiah the son of Hammelech, that was in the court of the prison: and they let down Jeremiah with cords. And in the dungeon there was no water, but mire: so Jeremiah sunk in the mire. -- jeremiah 38:6 +. +Now when Ebedmelech the Ethiopian, one of the eunuchs which was in the king's house, heard that they had put Jeremiah in the dungeon; the king then sitting in the gate of Benjamin; -- jeremiah 38:7 +. +Ebedmelech went forth out of the king's house, and spake to the king saying, -- jeremiah 38:8 +. +My lord the king, these men have done evil in all that they have done to Jeremiah the prophet, whom they have cast into the dungeon; and he is like to die for hunger in the place where he is: for there is no more bread in the city. -- jeremiah 38:9 +. +Then the king commanded Ebedmelech the Ethiopian, saying, Take from hence thirty men with thee, and take up Jeremiah the prophet out of the dungeon, before he die. -- jeremiah 38:10 +. +So Ebedmelech took the men with him, and went into the house of the king under the treasury, and took thence old cast clouts and old rotten rags, and let them down by cords into the dungeon to Jeremiah. -- jeremiah 38:11 +. +And Ebedmelech the Ethiopian said unto Jeremiah, Put now these old cast clouts and rotten rags under thine armholes under the cords. And Jeremiah did so. -- jeremiah 38:12 +. +So they drew up Jeremiah with cords, and took him up out of the dungeon: and Jeremiah remained in the court of the prison. -- jeremiah 38:13 +. +Then Zedekiah the king sent, and took Jeremiah the prophet unto him into the third entry that is in the house of the LORD: and the king said unto Jeremiah, I will ask thee a thing; hide nothing from me. -- jeremiah 38:14 +. +Then Jeremiah said unto Zedekiah, If I declare it unto thee, wilt thou not surely put me to death? and if I give thee counsel, wilt thou not hearken unto me? -- jeremiah 38:15 +. +So Zedekiah the king sware secretly unto Jeremiah, saying, As the LORD liveth, that made us this soul, I will not put thee to death, neither will I give thee into the hand of these men that seek thy life. -- jeremiah 38:16 +. +Then said Jeremiah unto Zedekiah, Thus saith the LORD, the God of hosts, the God of Israel; If thou wilt assuredly go forth unto the king of Babylon's princes, then thy soul shall live, and this city shall not be burned with fire; and thou shalt live, and thine house: -- jeremiah 38:17 +. +But if thou wilt not go forth to the king of Babylon's princes, then shall this city be given into the hand of the Chaldeans, and they shall burn it with fire, and thou shalt not escape out of their hand. -- jeremiah 38:18 +. +And Zedekiah the king said unto Jeremiah, I am afraid of the Jews that are fallen to the Chaldeans, lest they deliver me into their hand, and they mock me. -- jeremiah 38:19 +. +But Jeremiah said, They shall not deliver thee. Obey, I beseech thee, the voice of the LORD, which I speak unto thee: so it shall be well unto thee, and thy soul shall live. -- jeremiah 38:20 +. +But if thou refuse to go forth, this is the word that the LORD hath shewed me: -- jeremiah 38:21 +. +And, behold, all the women that are left in the king of Judah's house shall be brought forth to the king of Babylon's princes, and those women shall say, Thy friends have set thee on, and have prevailed against thee: thy feet are sunk in the mire, and they are turned away back. -- jeremiah 38:22 +. +So they shall bring out all thy wives and thy children to the Chaldeans: and thou shalt not escape out of their hand, but shalt be taken by the hand of the king of Babylon: and thou shalt cause this city to be burned with fire. -- jeremiah 38:23 +. +Then said Zedekiah unto Jeremiah, Let no man know of these words, and thou shalt not die. -- jeremiah 38:24 +. +But if the princes hear that I have talked with thee, and they come unto thee, and say unto thee, Declare unto us now what thou hast said unto the king, hide it not from us, and we will not put thee to death; also what the king said unto thee: -- jeremiah 38:25 +. +Then thou shalt say unto them, I presented my supplication before the king, that he would not cause me to return to Jonathan's house, to die there. -- jeremiah 38:26 +. +Then came all the princes unto Jeremiah, and asked him: and he told them according to all these words that the king had commanded. So they left off speaking with him; for the matter was not perceived. -- jeremiah 38:27 +. +So Jeremiah abode in the court of the prison until the day that Jerusalem was taken: and he was there when Jerusalem was taken. -- jeremiah 38:28 +. +In the ninth year of Zedekiah king of Judah, in the tenth month, came Nebuchadrezzar king of Babylon and all his army against Jerusalem, and they besieged it. -- jeremiah 39:1 +. +And in the eleventh year of Zedekiah, in the fourth month, the ninth day of the month, the city was broken up. -- jeremiah 39:2 +. +And all the princes of the king of Babylon came in, and sat in the middle gate, even Nergalsharezer, Samgarnebo, Sarsechim, Rabsaris, Nergalsharezer, Rabmag, with all the residue of the princes of the king of Babylon. -- jeremiah 39:3 +. +And it came to pass, that when Zedekiah the king of Judah saw them, and all the men of war, then they fled, and went forth out of the city by night, by the way of the king's garden, by the gate betwixt the two walls: and he went out the way of the plain. -- jeremiah 39:4 +. +But the Chaldeans' army pursued after them, and overtook Zedekiah in the plains of Jericho: and when they had taken him, they brought him up to Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon to Riblah in the land of Hamath, where he gave judgment upon him. -- jeremiah 39:5 +. +Then the king of Babylon slew the sons of Zedekiah in Riblah before his eyes: also the king of Babylon slew all the nobles of Judah. -- jeremiah 39:6 +. +Moreover he put out Zedekiah's eyes, and bound him with chains, to carry him to Babylon. -- jeremiah 39:7 +. +And the Chaldeans burned the king's house, and the houses of the people, with fire, and brake down the walls of Jerusalem. -- jeremiah 39:8 +. +Then Nebuzaradan the captain of the guard carried away captive into Babylon the remnant of the people that remained in the city, and those that fell away, that fell to him, with the rest of the people that remained. -- jeremiah 39:9 +. +But Nebuzaradan the captain of the guard left of the poor of the people, which had nothing, in the land of Judah, and gave them vineyards and fields at the same time. -- jeremiah 39:10 +. +Now Nebuchadrezzar king of Babylon gave charge concerning Jeremiah to Nebuzaradan the captain of the guard, saying, -- jeremiah 39:11 +. +Take him, and look well to him, and do him no harm; but do unto him even as he shall say unto thee. -- jeremiah 39:12 +. +So Nebuzaradan the captain of the guard sent, and Nebushasban, Rabsaris, and Nergalsharezer, Rabmag, and all the king of Babylon's princes; -- jeremiah 39:13 +. +Even they sent, and took Jeremiah out of the court of the prison, and committed him unto Gedaliah the son of Ahikam the son of Shaphan, that he should carry him home: so he dwelt among the people. -- jeremiah 39:14 +. +Now the word of the LORD came unto Jeremiah, while he was shut up in the court of the prison, saying, -- jeremiah 39:15 +. +Go and speak to Ebedmelech the Ethiopian, saying, Thus saith the LORD of hosts, the God of Israel; Behold, I will bring my words upon this city for evil, and not for good; and they shall be accomplished in that day before thee. -- jeremiah 39:16 +. +But I will deliver thee in that day, saith the LORD: and thou shalt not be given into the hand of the men of whom thou art afraid. -- jeremiah 39:17 +. +For I will surely deliver thee, and thou shalt not fall by the sword, but thy life shall be for a prey unto thee: because thou hast put thy trust in me, saith the LORD. -- jeremiah 39:18 +. +The word that came to Jeremiah from the LORD, after that Nebuzaradan the captain of the guard had let him go from Ramah, when he had taken him being bound in chains among all that were carried away captive of Jerusalem and Judah, which were carried away captive unto Babylon. -- jeremiah 40:1 +. +And the captain of the guard took Jeremiah, and said unto him, The LORD thy God hath pronounced this evil upon this place. -- jeremiah 40:2 +. +Now the LORD hath brought it, and done according as he hath said: because ye have sinned against the LORD, and have not obeyed his voice, therefore this thing is come upon you. -- jeremiah 40:3 +. +And now, behold, I loose thee this day from the chains which were upon thine hand. If it seem good unto thee to come with me into Babylon, come; and I will look well unto thee: but if it seem ill unto thee to come with me into Babylon, forbear: behold, all the land is before thee: whither it seemeth good and convenient for thee to go, thither go. -- jeremiah 40:4 +. +Now while he was not yet gone back, he said, Go back also to Gedaliah the son of Ahikam the son of Shaphan, whom the king of Babylon hath made governor over the cities of Judah, and dwell with him among the people: or go wheresoever it seemeth convenient unto thee to go. So the captain of the guard gave him victuals and a reward, and let him go. -- jeremiah 40:5 +. +Then went Jeremiah unto Gedaliah the son of Ahikam to Mizpah; and dwelt with him among the people that were left in the land. -- jeremiah 40:6 +. +Now when all the captains of the forces which were in the fields, even they and their men, heard that the king of Babylon had made Gedaliah the son of Ahikam governor in the land, and had committed unto him men, and women, and children, and of the poor of the land, of them that were not carried away captive to Babylon; -- jeremiah 40:7 +. +Then they came to Gedaliah to Mizpah, even Ishmael the son of Nethaniah, and Johanan and Jonathan the sons of Kareah, and Seraiah the son of Tanhumeth, and the sons of Ephai the Netophathite, and Jezaniah the son of a Maachathite, they and their men. -- jeremiah 40:8 +. +And Gedaliah the son of Ahikam the son of Shaphan sware unto them and to their men, saying, Fear not to serve the Chaldeans: dwell in the land, and serve the king of Babylon, and it shall be well with you. -- jeremiah 40:9 +. +As for me, behold, I will dwell at Mizpah, to serve the Chaldeans, which will come unto us: but ye, gather ye wine, and summer fruits, and oil, and put them in your vessels, and dwell in your cities that ye have taken. -- jeremiah 40:10 +. +Likewise when all the Jews that were in Moab, and among the Ammonites, and in Edom, and that were in all the countries, heard that the king of Babylon had left a remnant of Judah, and that he had set over them Gedaliah the son of Ahikam the son of Shaphan; -- jeremiah 40:11 +. +Even all the Jews returned out of all places whither they were driven, and came to the land of Judah, to Gedaliah, unto Mizpah, and gathered wine and summer fruits very much. -- jeremiah 40:12 +. +Moreover Johanan the son of Kareah, and all the captains of the forces that were in the fields, came to Gedaliah to Mizpah, -- jeremiah 40:13 +. +And said unto him, Dost thou certainly know that Baalis the king of the Ammonites hath sent Ishmael the son of Nethaniah to slay thee? But Gedaliah the son of Ahikam believed them not. -- jeremiah 40:14 +. +Then Johanan the son of Kareah spake to Gedaliah in Mizpah secretly saying, Let me go, I pray thee, and I will slay Ishmael the son of Nethaniah, and no man shall know it: wherefore should he slay thee, that all the Jews which are gathered unto thee should be scattered, and the remnant in Judah perish? -- jeremiah 40:15 +. +But Gedaliah the son of Ahikam said unto Johanan the son of Kareah, Thou shalt not do this thing: for thou speakest falsely of Ishmael. -- jeremiah 40:16 +. +Now it came to pass in the seventh month, that Ishmael the son of Nethaniah the son of Elishama, of the seed royal, and the princes of the king, even ten men with him, came unto Gedaliah the son of Ahikam to Mizpah; and there they did eat bread together in Mizpah. -- jeremiah 41:1 +. +Then arose Ishmael the son of Nethaniah, and the ten men that were with him, and smote Gedaliah the son of Ahikam the son of Shaphan with the sword, and slew him, whom the king of Babylon had made governor over the land. -- jeremiah 41:2 +. +Ishmael also slew all the Jews that were with him, even with Gedaliah, at Mizpah, and the Chaldeans that were found there, and the men of war. -- jeremiah 41:3 +. +And it came to pass the second day after he had slain Gedaliah, and no man knew it, -- jeremiah 41:4 +. +That there came certain from Shechem, from Shiloh, and from Samaria, even fourscore men, having their beards shaven, and their clothes rent, and having cut themselves, with offerings and incense in their hand, to bring them to the house of the LORD. -- jeremiah 41:5 +. +And Ishmael the son of Nethaniah went forth from Mizpah to meet them, weeping all along as he went: and it came to pass, as he met them, he said unto them, Come to Gedaliah the son of Ahikam. -- jeremiah 41:6 +. +And it was so, when they came into the midst of the city, that Ishmael the son of Nethaniah slew them, and cast them into the midst of the pit, he, and the men that were with him. -- jeremiah 41:7 +. +But ten men were found among them that said unto Ishmael, Slay us not: for we have treasures in the field, of wheat, and of barley, and of oil, and of honey. So he forbare, and slew them not among their brethren. -- jeremiah 41:8 +. +Now the pit wherein Ishmael had cast all the dead bodies of the men, whom he had slain because of Gedaliah, was it which Asa the king had made for fear of Baasha king of Israel: and Ishmael the son of Nethaniah filled it with them that were slain. -- jeremiah 41:9 +. +Then Ishmael carried away captive all the residue of the people that were in Mizpah, even the king's daughters, and all the people that remained in Mizpah, whom Nebuzaradan the captain of the guard had committed to Gedaliah the son of Ahikam: and Ishmael the son of Nethaniah carried them away captive, and departed to go over to the Ammonites. -- jeremiah 41:10 +. +But when Johanan the son of Kareah, and all the captains of the forces that were with him, heard of all the evil that Ishmael the son of Nethaniah had done, -- jeremiah 41:11 +. +Then they took all the men, and went to fight with Ishmael the son of Nethaniah, and found him by the great waters that are in Gibeon. -- jeremiah 41:12 +. +Now it came to pass, that when all the people which were with Ishmael saw Johanan the son of Kareah, and all the captains of the forces that were with him, then they were glad. -- jeremiah 41:13 +. +So all the people that Ishmael had carried away captive from Mizpah cast about and returned, and went unto Johanan the son of Kareah. -- jeremiah 41:14 +. +But Ishmael the son of Nethaniah escaped from Johanan with eight men, and went to the Ammonites. -- jeremiah 41:15 +. +Then took Johanan the son of Kareah, and all the captains of the forces that were with him, all the remnant of the people whom he had recovered from Ishmael the son of Nethaniah, from Mizpah, after that he had slain Gedaliah the son of Ahikam, even mighty men of war, and the women, and the children, and the eunuchs, whom he had brought again from Gibeon: -- jeremiah 41:16 +. +And they departed, and dwelt in the habitation of Chimham, which is by Bethlehem, to go to enter into Egypt, -- jeremiah 41:17 +. +Because of the Chaldeans: for they were afraid of them, because Ishmael the son of Nethaniah had slain Gedaliah the son of Ahikam, whom the king of Babylon made governor in the land. -- jeremiah 41:18 +. +Then all the captains of the forces, and Johanan the son of Kareah, and Jezaniah the son of Hoshaiah, and all the people from the least even unto the greatest, came near, -- jeremiah 42:1 +. +And said unto Jeremiah the prophet, Let, we beseech thee, our supplication be accepted before thee, and pray for us unto the LORD thy God, even for all this remnant; (for we are left but a few of many, as thine eyes do behold us:) -- jeremiah 42:2 +. +That the LORD thy God may shew us the way wherein we may walk, and the thing that we may do. -- jeremiah 42:3 +. +Then Jeremiah the prophet said unto them, I have heard you; behold, I will pray unto the LORD your God according to your words; and it shall come to pass, that whatsoever thing the LORD shall answer you, I will declare it unto you; I will keep nothing back from you. -- jeremiah 42:4 +. +Then they said to Jeremiah, The LORD be a true and faithful witness between us, if we do not even according to all things for the which the LORD thy God shall send thee to us. -- jeremiah 42:5 +. +Whether it be good, or whether it be evil, we will obey the voice of the LORD our God, to whom we send thee; that it may be well with us, when we obey the voice of the LORD our God. -- jeremiah 42:6 +. +And it came to pass after ten days, that the word of the LORD came unto Jeremiah. -- jeremiah 42:7 +. +Then called he Johanan the son of Kareah, and all the captains of the forces which were with him, and all the people from the least even to the greatest, -- jeremiah 42:8 +. +And said unto them, Thus saith the LORD, the God of Israel, unto whom ye sent me to present your supplication before him; -- jeremiah 42:9 +. +If ye will still abide in this land, then will I build you, and not pull you down, and I will plant you, and not pluck you up: for I repent me of the evil that I have done unto you. -- jeremiah 42:10 +. +Be not afraid of the king of Babylon, of whom ye are afraid; be not afraid of him, saith the LORD: for I am with you to save you, and to deliver you from his hand. -- jeremiah 42:11 +. +And I will shew mercies unto you, that he may have mercy upon you, and cause you to return to your own land. -- jeremiah 42:12 +. +But if ye say, We will not dwell in this land, neither obey the voice of the LORD your God, -- jeremiah 42:13 +. +Saying, No; but we will go into the land of Egypt, where we shall see no war, nor hear the sound of the trumpet, nor have hunger of bread; and there will we dwell: -- jeremiah 42:14 +. +And now therefore hear the word of the LORD, ye remnant of Judah; Thus saith the LORD of hosts, the God of Israel; If ye wholly set your faces to enter into Egypt, and go to sojourn there; -- jeremiah 42:15 +. +Then it shall come to pass, that the sword, which ye feared, shall overtake you there in the land of Egypt, and the famine, whereof ye were afraid, shall follow close after you there in Egypt; and there ye shall die. -- jeremiah 42:16 +. +So shall it be with all the men that set their faces to go into Egypt to sojourn there; they shall die by the sword, by the famine, and by the pestilence: and none of them shall remain or escape from the evil that I will bring upon them. -- jeremiah 42:17 +. +For thus saith the LORD of hosts, the God of Israel; As mine anger and my fury hath been poured forth upon the inhabitants of Jerusalem; so shall my fury be poured forth upon you, when ye shall enter into Egypt: and ye shall be an execration, and an astonishment, and a curse, and a reproach; and ye shall see this place no more. -- jeremiah 42:18 +. +The LORD hath said concerning you, O ye remnant of Judah; Go ye not into Egypt: know certainly that I have admonished you this day. -- jeremiah 42:19 +. +For ye dissembled in your hearts, when ye sent me unto the LORD your God, saying, Pray for us unto the LORD our God; and according unto all that the LORD our God shall say, so declare unto us, and we will do it. -- jeremiah 42:20 +. +And now I have this day declared it to you; but ye have not obeyed the voice of the LORD your God, nor any thing for the which he hath sent me unto you. -- jeremiah 42:21 +. +Now therefore know certainly that ye shall die by the sword, by the famine, and by the pestilence, in the place whither ye desire to go and to sojourn. -- jeremiah 42:22 +. +And it came to pass, that when Jeremiah had made an end of speaking unto all the people all the words of the LORD their God, for which the LORD their God had sent him to them, even all these words, -- jeremiah 43:1 +. +Then spake Azariah the son of Hoshaiah, and Johanan the son of Kareah, and all the proud men, saying unto Jeremiah, Thou speakest falsely: the LORD our God hath not sent thee to say, Go not into Egypt to sojourn there: -- jeremiah 43:2 +. +But Baruch the son of Neriah setteth thee on against us, for to deliver us into the hand of the Chaldeans, that they might put us to death, and carry us away captives into Babylon. -- jeremiah 43:3 +. +So Johanan the son of Kareah, and all the captains of the forces, and all the people, obeyed not the voice of the LORD, to dwell in the land of Judah. -- jeremiah 43:4 +. +But Johanan the son of Kareah, and all the captains of the forces, took all the remnant of Judah, that were returned from all nations, whither they had been driven, to dwell in the land of Judah; -- jeremiah 43:5 +. +Even men, and women, and children, and the king's daughters, and every person that Nebuzaradan the captain of the guard had left with Gedaliah the son of Ahikam the son of Shaphan, and Jeremiah the prophet, and Baruch the son of Neriah. -- jeremiah 43:6 +. +So they came into the land of Egypt: for they obeyed not the voice of the LORD: thus came they even to Tahpanhes. -- jeremiah 43:7 +. +Then came the word of the LORD unto Jeremiah in Tahpanhes, saying, -- jeremiah 43:8 +. +Take great stones in thine hand, and hide them in the clay in the brickkiln, which is at the entry of Pharaoh's house in Tahpanhes, in the sight of the men of Judah; -- jeremiah 43:9 +. +And say unto them, Thus saith the LORD of hosts, the God of Israel; Behold, I will send and take Nebuchadrezzar the king of Babylon, my servant, and will set his throne upon these stones that I have hid; and he shall spread his royal pavilion over them. -- jeremiah 43:10 +. +And when he cometh, he shall smite the land of Egypt, and deliver such as are for death to death; and such as are for captivity to captivity; and such as are for the sword to the sword. -- jeremiah 43:11 +. +And I will kindle a fire in the houses of the gods of Egypt; and he shall burn them, and carry them away captives: and he shall array himself with the land of Egypt, as a shepherd putteth on his garment; and he shall go forth from thence in peace. -- jeremiah 43:12 +. +He shall break also the images of Bethshemesh, that is in the land of Egypt; and the houses of the gods of the Egyptians shall he burn with fire. -- jeremiah 43:13 +. +The word that came to Jeremiah concerning all the Jews which dwell in the land of Egypt, which dwell at Migdol, and at Tahpanhes, and at Noph, and in the country of Pathros, saying, -- jeremiah 44:1 +. +Thus saith the LORD of hosts, the God of Israel; Ye have seen all the evil that I have brought upon Jerusalem, and upon all the cities of Judah; and, behold, this day they are a desolation, and no man dwelleth therein, -- jeremiah 44:2 +. +Because of their wickedness which they have committed to provoke me to anger, in that they went to burn incense, and to serve other gods, whom they knew not, neither they, ye, nor your fathers. -- jeremiah 44:3 +. +Howbeit I sent unto you all my servants the prophets, rising early and sending them, saying, Oh, do not this abominable thing that I hate. -- jeremiah 44:4 +. +But they hearkened not, nor inclined their ear to turn from their wickedness, to burn no incense unto other gods. -- jeremiah 44:5 +. +Wherefore my fury and mine anger was poured forth, and was kindled in the cities of Judah and in the streets of Jerusalem; and they are wasted and desolate, as at this day. -- jeremiah 44:6 +. +Therefore now thus saith the LORD, the God of hosts, the God of Israel; Wherefore commit ye this great evil against your souls, to cut off from you man and woman, child and suckling, out of Judah, to leave you none to remain; -- jeremiah 44:7 +. +In that ye provoke me unto wrath with the works of your hands, burning incense unto other gods in the land of Egypt, whither ye be gone to dwell, that ye might cut yourselves off, and that ye might be a curse and a reproach among all the nations of the earth? -- jeremiah 44:8 +. +Have ye forgotten the wickedness of your fathers, and the wickedness of the kings of Judah, and the wickedness of their wives, and your own wickedness, and the wickedness of your wives, which they have committed in the land of Judah, and in the streets of Jerusalem? -- jeremiah 44:9 +. +They are not humbled even unto this day, neither have they feared, nor walked in my law, nor in my statutes, that I set before you and before your fathers. -- jeremiah 44:10 +. +Therefore thus saith the LORD of hosts, the God of Israel; Behold, I will set my face against you for evil, and to cut off all Judah. -- jeremiah 44:11 +. +And I will take the remnant of Judah, that have set their faces to go into the land of Egypt to sojourn there, and they shall all be consumed, and fall in the land of Egypt; they shall even be consumed by the sword and by the famine: they shall die, from the least even unto the greatest, by the sword and by the famine: and they shall be an execration, and an astonishment, and a curse, and a reproach. -- jeremiah 44:12 +. +For I will punish them that dwell in the land of Egypt, as I have punished Jerusalem, by the sword, by the famine, and by the pestilence: -- jeremiah 44:13 +. +So that none of the remnant of Judah, which are gone into the land of Egypt to sojourn there, shall escape or remain, that they should return into the land of Judah, to the which they have a desire to return to dwell there: for none shall return but such as shall escape. -- jeremiah 44:14 +. +Then all the men which knew that their wives had burned incense unto other gods, and all the women that stood by, a great multitude, even all the people that dwelt in the land of Egypt, in Pathros, answered Jeremiah, saying, -- jeremiah 44:15 +. +As for the word that thou hast spoken unto us in the name of the LORD, we will not hearken unto thee. -- jeremiah 44:16 +. +But we will certainly do whatsoever thing goeth forth out of our own mouth, to burn incense unto the queen of heaven, and to pour out drink offerings unto her, as we have done, we, and our fathers, our kings, and our princes, in the cities of Judah, and in the streets of Jerusalem: for then had we plenty of victuals, and were well, and saw no evil. -- jeremiah 44:17 +. +But since we left off to burn incense to the queen of heaven, and to pour out drink offerings unto her, we have wanted all things, and have been consumed by the sword and by the famine. -- jeremiah 44:18 +. +And when we burned incense to the queen of heaven, and poured out drink offerings unto her, did we make her cakes to worship her, and pour out drink offerings unto her, without our men? -- jeremiah 44:19 +. +Then Jeremiah said unto all the people, to the men, and to the women, and to all the people which had given him that answer, saying, -- jeremiah 44:20 +. +The incense that ye burned in the cities of Judah, and in the streets of Jerusalem, ye, and your fathers, your kings, and your princes, and the people of the land, did not the LORD remember them, and came it not into his mind? -- jeremiah 44:21 +. +So that the LORD could no longer bear, because of the evil of your doings, and because of the abominations which ye have committed; therefore is your land a desolation, and an astonishment, and a curse, without an inhabitant, as at this day. -- jeremiah 44:22 +. +Because ye have burned incense, and because ye have sinned against the LORD, and have not obeyed the voice of the LORD, nor walked in his law, nor in his statutes, nor in his testimonies; therefore this evil is happened unto you, as at this day. -- jeremiah 44:23 +. +Moreover Jeremiah said unto all the people, and to all the women, Hear the word of the LORD, all Judah that are in the land of Egypt: -- jeremiah 44:24 +. +Thus saith the LORD of hosts, the God of Israel, saying; Ye and your wives have both spoken with your mouths, and fulfilled with your hand, saying, We will surely perform our vows that we have vowed, to burn incense to the queen of heaven, and to pour out drink offerings unto her: ye will surely accomplish your vows, and surely perform your vows. -- jeremiah 44:25 +. +Therefore hear ye the word of the LORD, all Judah that dwell in the land of Egypt; Behold, I have sworn by my great name, saith the LORD, that my name shall no more be named in the mouth of any man of Judah in all the land of Egypt, saying, The Lord GOD liveth. -- jeremiah 44:26 +. +Behold, I will watch over them for evil, and not for good: and all the men of Judah that are in the land of Egypt shall be consumed by the sword and by the famine, until there be an end of them. -- jeremiah 44:27 +. +Yet a small number that escape the sword shall return out of the land of Egypt into the land of Judah, and all the remnant of Judah, that are gone into the land of Egypt to sojourn there, shall know whose words shall stand, mine, or their's. -- jeremiah 44:28 +. +And this shall be a sign unto you, saith the LORD, that I will punish you in this place, that ye may know that my words shall surely stand against you for evil: -- jeremiah 44:29 +. +Thus saith the LORD; Behold, I will give Pharaohhophra king of Egypt into the hand of his enemies, and into the hand of them that seek his life; as I gave Zedekiah king of Judah into the hand of Nebuchadrezzar king of Babylon, his enemy, and that sought his life. -- jeremiah 44:30 +. +The word that Jeremiah the prophet spake unto Baruch the son of Neriah, when he had written these words in a book at the mouth of Jeremiah, in the fourth year of Jehoiakim the son of Josiah king of Judah, saying, -- jeremiah 45:1 +. +Thus saith the LORD, the God of Israel, unto thee, O Baruch: -- jeremiah 45:2 +. +Thou didst say, Woe is me now! for the LORD hath added grief to my sorrow; I fainted in my sighing, and I find no rest. -- jeremiah 45:3 +. +Thus shalt thou say unto him, The LORD saith thus; Behold, that which I have built will I break down, and that which I have planted I will pluck up, even this whole land. -- jeremiah 45:4 +. +And seekest thou great things for thyself? seek them not: for, behold, I will bring evil upon all flesh, saith the LORD: but thy life will I give unto thee for a prey in all places whither thou goest. -- jeremiah 45:5 +. +The word of the LORD which came to Jeremiah the prophet against the Gentiles; -- jeremiah 46:1 +. +Against Egypt, against the army of Pharaohnecho king of Egypt, which was by the river Euphrates in Carchemish, which Nebuchadrezzar king of Babylon smote in the fourth year of Jehoiakim the son of Josiah king of Judah. -- jeremiah 46:2 +. +Order ye the buckler and shield, and draw near to battle. -- jeremiah 46:3 +. +Harness the horses; and get up, ye horsemen, and stand forth with your helmets; furbish the spears, and put on the brigandines. -- jeremiah 46:4 +. +Wherefore have I seen them dismayed and turned away back? and their mighty ones are beaten down, and are fled apace, and look not back: for fear was round about, saith the LORD. -- jeremiah 46:5 +. +Let not the swift flee away, nor the mighty man escape; they shall stumble, and fall toward the north by the river Euphrates. -- jeremiah 46:6 +. +Who is this that cometh up as a flood, whose waters are moved as the rivers? -- jeremiah 46:7 +. +Egypt riseth up like a flood, and his waters are moved like the rivers; and he saith, I will go up, and will cover the earth; I will destroy the city and the inhabitants thereof. -- jeremiah 46:8 +. +Come up, ye horses; and rage, ye chariots; and let the mighty men come forth; the Ethiopians and the Libyans, that handle the shield; and the Lydians, that handle and bend the bow. -- jeremiah 46:9 +. +For this is the day of the Lord GOD of hosts, a day of vengeance, that he may avenge him of his adversaries: and the sword shall devour, and it shall be satiate and made drunk with their blood: for the Lord GOD of hosts hath a sacrifice in the north country by the river Euphrates. -- jeremiah 46:10 +. +Go up into Gilead, and take balm, O virgin, the daughter of Egypt: in vain shalt thou use many medicines; for thou shalt not be cured. -- jeremiah 46:11 +. +The nations have heard of thy shame, and thy cry hath filled the land: for the mighty man hath stumbled against the mighty, and they are fallen both together. -- jeremiah 46:12 +. +The word that the LORD spake to Jeremiah the prophet, how Nebuchadrezzar king of Babylon should come and smite the land of Egypt. -- jeremiah 46:13 +. +Declare ye in Egypt, and publish in Migdol, and publish in Noph and in Tahpanhes: say ye, Stand fast, and prepare thee; for the sword shall devour round about thee. -- jeremiah 46:14 +. +Why are thy valiant men swept away? they stood not, because the LORD did drive them. -- jeremiah 46:15 +. +He made many to fall, yea, one fell upon another: and they said, Arise, and let us go again to our own people, and to the land of our nativity, from the oppressing sword. -- jeremiah 46:16 +. +They did cry there, Pharaoh king of Egypt is but a noise; he hath passed the time appointed. -- jeremiah 46:17 +. +As I live, saith the King, whose name is the LORD of hosts, Surely as Tabor is among the mountains, and as Carmel by the sea, so shall he come. -- jeremiah 46:18 +. +O thou daughter dwelling in Egypt, furnish thyself to go into captivity: for Noph shall be waste and desolate without an inhabitant. -- jeremiah 46:19 +. +Egypt is like a very fair heifer, but destruction cometh; it cometh out of the north. -- jeremiah 46:20 +. +Also her hired men are in the midst of her like fatted bullocks; for they also are turned back, and are fled away together: they did not stand, because the day of their calamity was come upon them, and the time of their visitation. -- jeremiah 46:21 +. +The voice thereof shall go like a serpent; for they shall march with an army, and come against her with axes, as hewers of wood. -- jeremiah 46:22 +. +They shall cut down her forest, saith the LORD, though it cannot be searched; because they are more than the grasshoppers, and are innumerable. -- jeremiah 46:23 +. +The daughter of Egypt shall be confounded; she shall be delivered into the hand of the people of the north. -- jeremiah 46:24 +. +The LORD of hosts, the God of Israel, saith; Behold, I will punish the multitude of No, and Pharaoh, and Egypt, with their gods, and their kings; even Pharaoh, and all them that trust in him: -- jeremiah 46:25 +. +And I will deliver them into the hand of those that seek their lives, and into the hand of Nebuchadrezzar king of Babylon, and into the hand of his servants: and afterward it shall be inhabited, as in the days of old, saith the LORD. -- jeremiah 46:26 +. +But fear not thou, O my servant Jacob, and be not dismayed, O Israel: for, behold, I will save thee from afar off, and thy seed from the land of their captivity; and Jacob shall return, and be in rest and at ease, and none shall make him afraid. -- jeremiah 46:27 +. +Fear thou not, O Jacob my servant, saith the LORD: for I am with thee; for I will make a full end of all the nations whither I have driven thee: but I will not make a full end of thee, but correct thee in measure; yet will I not leave thee wholly unpunished. -- jeremiah 46:28 +. +The word of the LORD that came to Jeremiah the prophet against the Philistines, before that Pharaoh smote Gaza. -- jeremiah 47:1 +. +Thus saith the LORD; Behold, waters rise up out of the north, and shall be an overflowing flood, and shall overflow the land, and all that is therein; the city, and them that dwell therein: then the men shall cry, and all the inhabitants of the land shall howl. -- jeremiah 47:2 +. +At the noise of the stamping of the hoofs of his strong horses, at the rushing of his chariots, and at the rumbling of his wheels, the fathers shall not look back to their children for feebleness of hands; -- jeremiah 47:3 +. +Because of the day that cometh to spoil all the Philistines, and to cut off from Tyrus and Zidon every helper that remaineth: for the LORD will spoil the Philistines, the remnant of the country of Caphtor. -- jeremiah 47:4 +. +Baldness is come upon Gaza; Ashkelon is cut off with the remnant of their valley: how long wilt thou cut thyself? -- jeremiah 47:5 +. +O thou sword of the LORD, how long will it be ere thou be quiet? put up thyself into thy scabbard, rest, and be still. -- jeremiah 47:6 +. +How can it be quiet, seeing the LORD hath given it a charge against Ashkelon, and against the sea shore? there hath he appointed it. -- jeremiah 47:7 +. +Against Moab thus saith the LORD of hosts, the God of Israel; Woe unto Nebo! for it is spoiled: Kiriathaim is confounded and taken: Misgab is confounded and dismayed. -- jeremiah 48:1 +. +There shall be no more praise of Moab: in Heshbon they have devised evil against it; come, and let us cut it off from being a nation. Also thou shalt be cut down, O Madmen; the sword shall pursue thee. -- jeremiah 48:2 +. +A voice of crying shall be from Horonaim, spoiling and great destruction. -- jeremiah 48:3 +. +Moab is destroyed; her little ones have caused a cry to be heard. -- jeremiah 48:4 +. +For in the going up of Luhith continual weeping shall go up; for in the going down of Horonaim the enemies have heard a cry of destruction. -- jeremiah 48:5 +. +Flee, save your lives, and be like the heath in the wilderness. -- jeremiah 48:6 +. +For because thou hast trusted in thy works and in thy treasures, thou shalt also be taken: and Chemosh shall go forth into captivity with his priests and his princes together. -- jeremiah 48:7 +. +And the spoiler shall come upon every city, and no city shall escape: the valley also shall perish, and the plain shall be destroyed, as the LORD hath spoken. -- jeremiah 48:8 +. +Give wings unto Moab, that it may flee and get away: for the cities thereof shall be desolate, without any to dwell therein. -- jeremiah 48:9 +. +Cursed be he that doeth the work of the LORD deceitfully, and cursed be he that keepeth back his sword from blood. -- jeremiah 48:10 +. +Moab hath been at ease from his youth, and he hath settled on his lees, and hath not been emptied from vessel to vessel, neither hath he gone into captivity: therefore his taste remained in him, and his scent is not changed. -- jeremiah 48:11 +. +Therefore, behold, the days come, saith the LORD, that I will send unto him wanderers, that shall cause him to wander, and shall empty his vessels, and break their bottles. -- jeremiah 48:12 +. +And Moab shall be ashamed of Chemosh, as the house of Israel was ashamed of Bethel their confidence. -- jeremiah 48:13 +. +How say ye, We are mighty and strong men for the war? -- jeremiah 48:14 +. +Moab is spoiled, and gone up out of her cities, and his chosen young men are gone down to the slaughter, saith the King, whose name is the LORD of hosts. -- jeremiah 48:15 +. +The calamity of Moab is near to come, and his affliction hasteth fast. -- jeremiah 48:16 +. +All ye that are about him, bemoan him; and all ye that know his name, say, How is the strong staff broken, and the beautiful rod! -- jeremiah 48:17 +. +Thou daughter that dost inhabit Dibon, come down from thy glory, and sit in thirst; for the spoiler of Moab shall come upon thee, and he shall destroy thy strong holds. -- jeremiah 48:18 +. +O inhabitant of Aroer, stand by the way, and espy; ask him that fleeth, and her that escapeth, and say, What is done? -- jeremiah 48:19 +. +Moab is confounded; for it is broken down: howl and cry; tell ye it in Arnon, that Moab is spoiled, -- jeremiah 48:20 +. +And judgment is come upon the plain country; upon Holon, and upon Jahazah, and upon Mephaath, -- jeremiah 48:21 +. +And upon Dibon, and upon Nebo, and upon Bethdiblathaim, -- jeremiah 48:22 +. +And upon Kiriathaim, and upon Bethgamul, and upon Bethmeon, -- jeremiah 48:23 +. +And upon Kerioth, and upon Bozrah, and upon all the cities of the land of Moab, far or near. -- jeremiah 48:24 +. +The horn of Moab is cut off, and his arm is broken, saith the LORD. -- jeremiah 48:25 +. +Make ye him drunken: for he magnified himself against the LORD: Moab also shall wallow in his vomit, and he also shall be in derision. -- jeremiah 48:26 +. +For was not Israel a derision unto thee? was he found among thieves? for since thou spakest of him, thou skippedst for joy. -- jeremiah 48:27 +. +O ye that dwell in Moab, leave the cities, and dwell in the rock, and be like the dove that maketh her nest in the sides of the hole's mouth. -- jeremiah 48:28 +. +We have heard the pride of Moab, (he is exceeding proud) his loftiness, and his arrogancy, and his pride, and the haughtiness of his heart. -- jeremiah 48:29 +. +I know his wrath, saith the LORD; but it shall not be so; his lies shall not so effect it. -- jeremiah 48:30 +. +Therefore will I howl for Moab, and I will cry out for all Moab; mine heart shall mourn for the men of Kirheres. -- jeremiah 48:31 +. +O vine of Sibmah, I will weep for thee with the weeping of Jazer: thy plants are gone over the sea, they reach even to the sea of Jazer: the spoiler is fallen upon thy summer fruits and upon thy vintage. -- jeremiah 48:32 +. +And joy and gladness is taken from the plentiful field, and from the land of Moab, and I have caused wine to fail from the winepresses: none shall tread with shouting; their shouting shall be no shouting. -- jeremiah 48:33 +. +From the cry of Heshbon even unto Elealeh, and even unto Jahaz, have they uttered their voice, from Zoar even unto Horonaim, as an heifer of three years old: for the waters also of Nimrim shall be desolate. -- jeremiah 48:34 +. +Moreover I will cause to cease in Moab, saith the LORD, him that offereth in the high places, and him that burneth incense to his gods. -- jeremiah 48:35 +. +Therefore mine heart shall sound for Moab like pipes, and mine heart shall sound like pipes for the men of Kirheres: because the riches that he hath gotten are perished. -- jeremiah 48:36 +. +For every head shall be bald, and every beard clipped: upon all the hands shall be cuttings, and upon the loins sackcloth. -- jeremiah 48:37 +. +There shall be lamentation generally upon all the housetops of Moab, and in the streets thereof: for I have broken Moab like a vessel wherein is no pleasure, saith the LORD. -- jeremiah 48:38 +. +They shall howl, saying, How is it broken down! how hath Moab turned the back with shame! so shall Moab be a derision and a dismaying to all them about him. -- jeremiah 48:39 +. +For thus saith the LORD; Behold, he shall fly as an eagle, and shall spread his wings over Moab. -- jeremiah 48:40 +. +Kerioth is taken, and the strong holds are surprised, and the mighty men's hearts in Moab at that day shall be as the heart of a woman in her pangs. -- jeremiah 48:41 +. +And Moab shall be destroyed from being a people, because he hath magnified himself against the LORD. -- jeremiah 48:42 +. +Fear, and the pit, and the snare, shall be upon thee, O inhabitant of Moab, saith the LORD. -- jeremiah 48:43 +. +He that fleeth from the fear shall fall into the pit; and he that getteth up out of the pit shall be taken in the snare: for I will bring upon it, even upon Moab, the year of their visitation, saith the LORD. -- jeremiah 48:44 +. +They that fled stood under the shadow of Heshbon because of the force: but a fire shall come forth out of Heshbon, and a flame from the midst of Sihon, and shall devour the corner of Moab, and the crown of the head of the tumultuous ones. -- jeremiah 48:45 +. +Woe be unto thee, O Moab! the people of Chemosh perisheth: for thy sons are taken captives, and thy daughters captives. -- jeremiah 48:46 +. +Yet will I bring again the captivity of Moab in the latter days, saith the LORD. Thus far is the judgment of Moab. -- jeremiah 48:47 +. +Concerning the Ammonites, thus saith the LORD; Hath Israel no sons? hath he no heir? why then doth their king inherit Gad, and his people dwell in his cities? -- jeremiah 49:1 +. +Therefore, behold, the days come, saith the LORD, that I will cause an alarm of war to be heard in Rabbah of the Ammonites; and it shall be a desolate heap, and her daughters shall be burned with fire: then shall Israel be heir unto them that were his heirs, saith the LORD. -- jeremiah 49:2 +. +Howl, O Heshbon, for Ai is spoiled: cry, ye daughters of Rabbah, gird you with sackcloth; lament, and run to and fro by the hedges; for their king shall go into captivity, and his priests and his princes together. -- jeremiah 49:3 +. +Wherefore gloriest thou in the valleys, thy flowing valley, O backsliding daughter? that trusted in her treasures, saying, Who shall come unto me? -- jeremiah 49:4 +. +Behold, I will bring a fear upon thee, saith the Lord GOD of hosts, from all those that be about thee; and ye shall be driven out every man right forth; and none shall gather up him that wandereth. -- jeremiah 49:5 +. +And afterward I will bring again the captivity of the children of Ammon, saith the LORD. -- jeremiah 49:6 +. +Concerning Edom, thus saith the LORD of hosts; Is wisdom no more in Teman? is counsel perished from the prudent? is their wisdom vanished? -- jeremiah 49:7 +. +Flee ye, turn back, dwell deep, O inhabitants of Dedan; for I will bring the calamity of Esau upon him, the time that I will visit him. -- jeremiah 49:8 +. +If grapegatherers come to thee, would they not leave some gleaning grapes? if thieves by night, they will destroy till they have enough. -- jeremiah 49:9 +. +But I have made Esau bare, I have uncovered his secret places, and he shall not be able to hide himself: his seed is spoiled, and his brethren, and his neighbours, and he is not. -- jeremiah 49:10 +. +Leave thy fatherless children, I will preserve them alive; and let thy widows trust in me. -- jeremiah 49:11 +. +For thus saith the LORD; Behold, they whose judgment was not to drink of the cup have assuredly drunken; and art thou he that shall altogether go unpunished? thou shalt not go unpunished, but thou shalt surely drink of it. -- jeremiah 49:12 +. +For I have sworn by myself, saith the LORD, that Bozrah shall become a desolation, a reproach, a waste, and a curse; and all the cities thereof shall be perpetual wastes. -- jeremiah 49:13 +. +I have heard a rumour from the LORD, and an ambassador is sent unto the heathen, saying, Gather ye together, and come against her, and rise up to the battle. -- jeremiah 49:14 +. +For, lo, I will make thee small among the heathen, and despised among men. -- jeremiah 49:15 +. +Thy terribleness hath deceived thee, and the pride of thine heart, O thou that dwellest in the clefts of the rock, that holdest the height of the hill: though thou shouldest make thy nest as high as the eagle, I will bring thee down from thence, saith the LORD. -- jeremiah 49:16 +. +Also Edom shall be a desolation: every one that goeth by it shall be astonished, and shall hiss at all the plagues thereof. -- jeremiah 49:17 +. +As in the overthrow of Sodom and Gomorrah and the neighbour cities thereof, saith the LORD, no man shall abide there, neither shall a son of man dwell in it. -- jeremiah 49:18 +. +Behold, he shall come up like a lion from the swelling of Jordan against the habitation of the strong: but I will suddenly make him run away from her: and who is a chosen man, that I may appoint over her? for who is like me? and who will appoint me the time? and who is that shepherd that will stand before me? -- jeremiah 49:19 +. +Therefore hear the counsel of the LORD, that he hath taken against Edom; and his purposes, that he hath purposed against the inhabitants of Teman: Surely the least of the flock shall draw them out: surely he shall make their habitations desolate with them. -- jeremiah 49:20 +. +The earth is moved at the noise of their fall, at the cry the noise thereof was heard in the Red sea. -- jeremiah 49:21 +. +Behold, he shall come up and fly as the eagle, and spread his wings over Bozrah: and at that day shall the heart of the mighty men of Edom be as the heart of a woman in her pangs. -- jeremiah 49:22 +. +Concerning Damascus. Hamath is confounded, and Arpad: for they have heard evil tidings: they are fainthearted; there is sorrow on the sea; it cannot be quiet. -- jeremiah 49:23 +. +Damascus is waxed feeble, and turneth herself to flee, and fear hath seized on her: anguish and sorrows have taken her, as a woman in travail. -- jeremiah 49:24 +. +How is the city of praise not left, the city of my joy! -- jeremiah 49:25 +. +Therefore her young men shall fall in her streets, and all the men of war shall be cut off in that day, saith the LORD of hosts. -- jeremiah 49:26 +. +And I will kindle a fire in the wall of Damascus, and it shall consume the palaces of Benhadad. -- jeremiah 49:27 +. +Concerning Kedar, and concerning the kingdoms of Hazor, which Nebuchadrezzar king of Babylon shall smite, thus saith the LORD; Arise ye, go up to Kedar, and spoil the men of the east. -- jeremiah 49:28 +. +Their tents and their flocks shall they take away: they shall take to themselves their curtains, and all their vessels, and their camels; and they shall cry unto them, Fear is on every side. -- jeremiah 49:29 +. +Flee, get you far off, dwell deep, O ye inhabitants of Hazor, saith the LORD; for Nebuchadrezzar king of Babylon hath taken counsel against you, and hath conceived a purpose against you. -- jeremiah 49:30 +. +Arise, get you up unto the wealthy nation, that dwelleth without care, saith the LORD, which have neither gates nor bars, which dwell alone. -- jeremiah 49:31 +. +And their camels shall be a booty, and the multitude of their cattle a spoil: and I will scatter into all winds them that are in the utmost corners; and I will bring their calamity from all sides thereof, saith the LORD. -- jeremiah 49:32 +. +And Hazor shall be a dwelling for dragons, and a desolation for ever: there shall no man abide there, nor any son of man dwell in it. -- jeremiah 49:33 +. +The word of the LORD that came to Jeremiah the prophet against Elam in the beginning of the reign of Zedekiah king of Judah, saying, -- jeremiah 49:34 +. +Thus saith the LORD of hosts; Behold, I will break the bow of Elam, the chief of their might. -- jeremiah 49:35 +. +And upon Elam will I bring the four winds from the four quarters of heaven, and will scatter them toward all those winds; and there shall be no nation whither the outcasts of Elam shall not come. -- jeremiah 49:36 +. +For I will cause Elam to be dismayed before their enemies, and before them that seek their life: and I will bring evil upon them, even my fierce anger, saith the LORD; and I will send the sword after them, till I have consumed them: -- jeremiah 49:37 +. +And I will set my throne in Elam, and will destroy from thence the king and the princes, saith the LORD. -- jeremiah 49:38 +. +But it shall come to pass in the latter days, that I will bring again the captivity of Elam, saith the LORD. -- jeremiah 49:39 +. +The word that the LORD spake against Babylon and against the land of the Chaldeans by Jeremiah the prophet. -- jeremiah 50:1 +. +Declare ye among the nations, and publish, and set up a standard; publish, and conceal not: say, Babylon is taken, Bel is confounded, Merodach is broken in pieces; her idols are confounded, her images are broken in pieces. -- jeremiah 50:2 +. +For out of the north there cometh up a nation against her, which shall make her land desolate, and none shall dwell therein: they shall remove, they shall depart, both man and beast. -- jeremiah 50:3 +. +In those days, and in that time, saith the LORD, the children of Israel shall come, they and the children of Judah together, going and weeping: they shall go, and seek the LORD their God. -- jeremiah 50:4 +. +They shall ask the way to Zion with their faces thitherward, saying, Come, and let us join ourselves to the LORD in a perpetual covenant that shall not be forgotten. -- jeremiah 50:5 +. +My people hath been lost sheep: their shepherds have caused them to go astray, they have turned them away on the mountains: they have gone from mountain to hill, they have forgotten their restingplace. -- jeremiah 50:6 +. +All that found them have devoured them: and their adversaries said, We offend not, because they have sinned against the LORD, the habitation of justice, even the LORD, the hope of their fathers. -- jeremiah 50:7 +. +Remove out of the midst of Babylon, and go forth out of the land of the Chaldeans, and be as the he goats before the flocks. -- jeremiah 50:8 +. +For, lo, I will raise and cause to come up against Babylon an assembly of great nations from the north country: and they shall set themselves in array against her; from thence she shall be taken: their arrows shall be as of a mighty expert man; none shall return in vain. -- jeremiah 50:9 +. +And Chaldea shall be a spoil: all that spoil her shall be satisfied, saith the LORD. -- jeremiah 50:10 +. +Because ye were glad, because ye rejoiced, O ye destroyers of mine heritage, because ye are grown fat as the heifer at grass, and bellow as bulls; -- jeremiah 50:11 +. +Your mother shall be sore confounded; she that bare you shall be ashamed: behold, the hindermost of the nations shall be a wilderness, a dry land, and a desert. -- jeremiah 50:12 +. +Because of the wrath of the LORD it shall not be inhabited, but it shall be wholly desolate: every one that goeth by Babylon shall be astonished, and hiss at all her plagues. -- jeremiah 50:13 +. +Put yourselves in array against Babylon round about: all ye that bend the bow, shoot at her, spare no arrows: for she hath sinned against the LORD. -- jeremiah 50:14 +. +Shout against her round about: she hath given her hand: her foundations are fallen, her walls are thrown down: for it is the vengeance of the LORD: take vengeance upon her; as she hath done, do unto her. -- jeremiah 50:15 +. +Cut off the sower from Babylon, and him that handleth the sickle in the time of harvest: for fear of the oppressing sword they shall turn every one to his people, and they shall flee every one to his own land. -- jeremiah 50:16 +. +Israel is a scattered sheep; the lions have driven him away: first the king of Assyria hath devoured him; and last this Nebuchadrezzar king of Babylon hath broken his bones. -- jeremiah 50:17 +. +Therefore thus saith the LORD of hosts, the God of Israel; Behold, I will punish the king of Babylon and his land, as I have punished the king of Assyria. -- jeremiah 50:18 +. +And I will bring Israel again to his habitation, and he shall feed on Carmel and Bashan, and his soul shall be satisfied upon mount Ephraim and Gilead. -- jeremiah 50:19 +. +In those days, and in that time, saith the LORD, the iniquity of Israel shall be sought for, and there shall be none; and the sins of Judah, and they shall not be found: for I will pardon them whom I reserve. -- jeremiah 50:20 +. +Go up against the land of Merathaim, even against it, and against the inhabitants of Pekod: waste and utterly destroy after them, saith the LORD, and do according to all that I have commanded thee. -- jeremiah 50:21 +. +A sound of battle is in the land, and of great destruction. -- jeremiah 50:22 +. +How is the hammer of the whole earth cut asunder and broken! how is Babylon become a desolation among the nations! -- jeremiah 50:23 +. +I have laid a snare for thee, and thou art also taken, O Babylon, and thou wast not aware: thou art found, and also caught, because thou hast striven against the LORD. -- jeremiah 50:24 +. +The LORD hath opened his armoury, and hath brought forth the weapons of his indignation: for this is the work of the Lord GOD of hosts in the land of the Chaldeans. -- jeremiah 50:25 +. +Come against her from the utmost border, open her storehouses: cast her up as heaps, and destroy her utterly: let nothing of her be left. -- jeremiah 50:26 +. +Slay all her bullocks; let them go down to the slaughter: woe unto them! for their day is come, the time of their visitation. -- jeremiah 50:27 +. +The voice of them that flee and escape out of the land of Babylon, to declare in Zion the vengeance of the LORD our God, the vengeance of his temple. -- jeremiah 50:28 +. +Call together the archers against Babylon: all ye that bend the bow, camp against it round about; let none thereof escape: recompense her according to her work; according to all that she hath done, do unto her: for she hath been proud against the LORD, against the Holy One of Israel. -- jeremiah 50:29 +. +Therefore shall her young men fall in the streets, and all her men of war shall be cut off in that day, saith the LORD. -- jeremiah 50:30 +. +Behold, I am against thee, O thou most proud, saith the Lord GOD of hosts: for thy day is come, the time that I will visit thee. -- jeremiah 50:31 +. +And the most proud shall stumble and fall, and none shall raise him up: and I will kindle a fire in his cities, and it shall devour all round about him. -- jeremiah 50:32 +. +Thus saith the LORD of hosts; The children of Israel and the children of Judah were oppressed together: and all that took them captives held them fast; they refused to let them go. -- jeremiah 50:33 +. +Their Redeemer is strong; the LORD of hosts is his name: he shall throughly plead their cause, that he may give rest to the land, and disquiet the inhabitants of Babylon. -- jeremiah 50:34 +. +A sword is upon the Chaldeans, saith the LORD, and upon the inhabitants of Babylon, and upon her princes, and upon her wise men. -- jeremiah 50:35 +. +A sword is upon the liars; and they shall dote: a sword is upon her mighty men; and they shall be dismayed. -- jeremiah 50:36 +. +A sword is upon their horses, and upon their chariots, and upon all the mingled people that are in the midst of her; and they shall become as women: a sword is upon her treasures; and they shall be robbed. -- jeremiah 50:37 +. +A drought is upon her waters; and they shall be dried up: for it is the land of graven images, and they are mad upon their idols. -- jeremiah 50:38 +. +Therefore the wild beasts of the desert with the wild beasts of the islands shall dwell there, and the owls shall dwell therein: and it shall be no more inhabited for ever; neither shall it be dwelt in from generation to generation. -- jeremiah 50:39 +. +As God overthrew Sodom and Gomorrah and the neighbour cities thereof, saith the LORD; so shall no man abide there, neither shall any son of man dwell therein. -- jeremiah 50:40 +. +Behold, a people shall come from the north, and a great nation, and many kings shall be raised up from the coasts of the earth. -- jeremiah 50:41 +. +They shall hold the bow and the lance: they are cruel, and will not shew mercy: their voice shall roar like the sea, and they shall ride upon horses, every one put in array, like a man to the battle, against thee, O daughter of Babylon. -- jeremiah 50:42 +. +The king of Babylon hath heard the report of them, and his hands waxed feeble: anguish took hold of him, and pangs as of a woman in travail. -- jeremiah 50:43 +. +Behold, he shall come up like a lion from the swelling of Jordan unto the habitation of the strong: but I will make them suddenly run away from her: and who is a chosen man, that I may appoint over her? for who is like me? and who will appoint me the time? and who is that shepherd that will stand before me? -- jeremiah 50:44 +. +Therefore hear ye the counsel of the LORD, that he hath taken against Babylon; and his purposes, that he hath purposed against the land of the Chaldeans: Surely the least of the flock shall draw them out: surely he shall make their habitation desolate with them. -- jeremiah 50:45 +. +At the noise of the taking of Babylon the earth is moved, and the cry is heard among the nations. -- jeremiah 50:46 +. +Thus saith the LORD; Behold, I will raise up against Babylon, and against them that dwell in the midst of them that rise up against me, a destroying wind; -- jeremiah 51:1 +. +And will send unto Babylon fanners, that shall fan her, and shall empty her land: for in the day of trouble they shall be against her round about. -- jeremiah 51:2 +. +Against him that bendeth let the archer bend his bow, and against him that lifteth himself up in his brigandine: and spare ye not her young men; destroy ye utterly all her host. -- jeremiah 51:3 +. +Thus the slain shall fall in the land of the Chaldeans, and they that are thrust through in her streets. -- jeremiah 51:4 +. +For Israel hath not been forsaken, nor Judah of his God, of the LORD of hosts; though their land was filled with sin against the Holy One of Israel. -- jeremiah 51:5 +. +Flee out of the midst of Babylon, and deliver every man his soul: be not cut off in her iniquity; for this is the time of the LORD's vengeance; he will render unto her a recompence. -- jeremiah 51:6 +. +Babylon hath been a golden cup in the LORD's hand, that made all the earth drunken: the nations have drunken of her wine; therefore the nations are mad. -- jeremiah 51:7 +. +Babylon is suddenly fallen and destroyed: howl for her; take balm for her pain, if so be she may be healed. -- jeremiah 51:8 +. +We would have healed Babylon, but she is not healed: forsake her, and let us go every one into his own country: for her judgment reacheth unto heaven, and is lifted up even to the skies. -- jeremiah 51:9 +. +The LORD hath brought forth our righteousness: come, and let us declare in Zion the work of the LORD our God. -- jeremiah 51:10 +. +Make bright the arrows; gather the shields: the LORD hath raised up the spirit of the kings of the Medes: for his device is against Babylon, to destroy it; because it is the vengeance of the LORD, the vengeance of his temple. -- jeremiah 51:11 +. +Set up the standard upon the walls of Babylon, make the watch strong, set up the watchmen, prepare the ambushes: for the LORD hath both devised and done that which he spake against the inhabitants of Babylon. -- jeremiah 51:12 +. +O thou that dwellest upon many waters, abundant in treasures, thine end is come, and the measure of thy covetousness. -- jeremiah 51:13 +. +The LORD of hosts hath sworn by himself, saying, Surely I will fill thee with men, as with caterpillers; and they shall lift up a shout against thee. -- jeremiah 51:14 +. +He hath made the earth by his power, he hath established the world by his wisdom, and hath stretched out the heaven by his understanding. -- jeremiah 51:15 +. +When he uttereth his voice, there is a multitude of waters in the heavens; and he causeth the vapours to ascend from the ends of the earth: he maketh lightnings with rain, and bringeth forth the wind out of his treasures. -- jeremiah 51:16 +. +Every man is brutish by his knowledge; every founder is confounded by the graven image: for his molten image is falsehood, and there is no breath in them. -- jeremiah 51:17 +. +They are vanity, the work of errors: in the time of their visitation they shall perish. -- jeremiah 51:18 +. +The portion of Jacob is not like them; for he is the former of all things: and Israel is the rod of his inheritance: the LORD of hosts is his name. -- jeremiah 51:19 +. +Thou art my battle axe and weapons of war: for with thee will I break in pieces the nations, and with thee will I destroy kingdoms; -- jeremiah 51:20 +. +And with thee will I break in pieces the horse and his rider; and with thee will I break in pieces the chariot and his rider; -- jeremiah 51:21 +. +With thee also will I break in pieces man and woman; and with thee will I break in pieces old and young; and with thee will I break in pieces the young man and the maid; -- jeremiah 51:22 +. +I will also break in pieces with thee the shepherd and his flock; and with thee will I break in pieces the husbandman and his yoke of oxen; and with thee will I break in pieces captains and rulers. -- jeremiah 51:23 +. +And I will render unto Babylon and to all the inhabitants of Chaldea all their evil that they have done in Zion in your sight, saith the LORD. -- jeremiah 51:24 +. +Behold, I am against thee, O destroying mountain, saith the LORD, which destroyest all the earth: and I will stretch out mine hand upon thee, and roll thee down from the rocks, and will make thee a burnt mountain. -- jeremiah 51:25 +. +And they shall not take of thee a stone for a corner, nor a stone for foundations; but thou shalt be desolate for ever, saith the LORD. -- jeremiah 51:26 +. +Set ye up a standard in the land, blow the trumpet among the nations, prepare the nations against her, call together against her the kingdoms of Ararat, Minni, and Ashchenaz; appoint a captain against her; cause the horses to come up as the rough caterpillers. -- jeremiah 51:27 +. +Prepare against her the nations with the kings of the Medes, the captains thereof, and all the rulers thereof, and all the land of his dominion. -- jeremiah 51:28 +. +And the land shall tremble and sorrow: for every purpose of the LORD shall be performed against Babylon, to make the land of Babylon a desolation without an inhabitant. -- jeremiah 51:29 +. +The mighty men of Babylon have forborn to fight, they have remained in their holds: their might hath failed; they became as women: they have burned her dwellingplaces; her bars are broken. -- jeremiah 51:30 +. +One post shall run to meet another, and one messenger to meet another, to shew the king of Babylon that his city is taken at one end, -- jeremiah 51:31 +. +And that the passages are stopped, and the reeds they have burned with fire, and the men of war are affrighted. -- jeremiah 51:32 +. +For thus saith the LORD of hosts, the God of Israel; The daughter of Babylon is like a threshingfloor, it is time to thresh her: yet a little while, and the time of her harvest shall come. -- jeremiah 51:33 +. +Nebuchadrezzar the king of Babylon hath devoured me, he hath crushed me, he hath made me an empty vessel, he hath swallowed me up like a dragon, he hath filled his belly with my delicates, he hath cast me out. -- jeremiah 51:34 +. +The violence done to me and to my flesh be upon Babylon, shall the inhabitant of Zion say; and my blood upon the inhabitants of Chaldea, shall Jerusalem say. -- jeremiah 51:35 +. +Therefore thus saith the LORD; Behold, I will plead thy cause, and take vengeance for thee; and I will dry up her sea, and make her springs dry. -- jeremiah 51:36 +. +And Babylon shall become heaps, a dwellingplace for dragons, an astonishment, and an hissing, without an inhabitant. -- jeremiah 51:37 +. +They shall roar together like lions: they shall yell as lions' whelps. -- jeremiah 51:38 +. +In their heat I will make their feasts, and I will make them drunken, that they may rejoice, and sleep a perpetual sleep, and not wake, saith the LORD. -- jeremiah 51:39 +. +I will bring them down like lambs to the slaughter, like rams with he goats. -- jeremiah 51:40 +. +How is Sheshach taken! and how is the praise of the whole earth surprised! how is Babylon become an astonishment among the nations! -- jeremiah 51:41 +. +The sea is come up upon Babylon: she is covered with the multitude of the waves thereof. -- jeremiah 51:42 +. +Her cities are a desolation, a dry land, and a wilderness, a land wherein no man dwelleth, neither doth any son of man pass thereby. -- jeremiah 51:43 +. +And I will punish Bel in Babylon, and I will bring forth out of his mouth that which he hath swallowed up: and the nations shall not flow together any more unto him: yea, the wall of Babylon shall fall. -- jeremiah 51:44 +. +My people, go ye out of the midst of her, and deliver ye every man his soul from the fierce anger of the LORD. -- jeremiah 51:45 +. +And lest your heart faint, and ye fear for the rumour that shall be heard in the land; a rumour shall both come one year, and after that in another year shall come a rumour, and violence in the land, ruler against ruler. -- jeremiah 51:46 +. +Therefore, behold, the days come, that I will do judgment upon the graven images of Babylon: and her whole land shall be confounded, and all her slain shall fall in the midst of her. -- jeremiah 51:47 +. +Then the heaven and the earth, and all that is therein, shall sing for Babylon: for the spoilers shall come unto her from the north, saith the LORD. -- jeremiah 51:48 +. +As Babylon hath caused the slain of Israel to fall, so at Babylon shall fall the slain of all the earth. -- jeremiah 51:49 +. +Ye that have escaped the sword, go away, stand not still: remember the LORD afar off, and let Jerusalem come into your mind. -- jeremiah 51:50 +. +We are confounded, because we have heard reproach: shame hath covered our faces: for strangers are come into the sanctuaries of the LORD's house. -- jeremiah 51:51 +. +Wherefore, behold, the days come, saith the LORD, that I will do judgment upon her graven images: and through all her land the wounded shall groan. -- jeremiah 51:52 +. +Though Babylon should mount up to heaven, and though she should fortify the height of her strength, yet from me shall spoilers come unto her, saith the LORD. -- jeremiah 51:53 +. +A sound of a cry cometh from Babylon, and great destruction from the land of the Chaldeans: -- jeremiah 51:54 +. +Because the LORD hath spoiled Babylon, and destroyed out of her the great voice; when her waves do roar like great waters, a noise of their voice is uttered: -- jeremiah 51:55 +. +Because the spoiler is come upon her, even upon Babylon, and her mighty men are taken, every one of their bows is broken: for the LORD God of recompences shall surely requite. -- jeremiah 51:56 +. +And I will make drunk her princes, and her wise men, her captains, and her rulers, and her mighty men: and they shall sleep a perpetual sleep, and not wake, saith the King, whose name is the LORD of hosts. -- jeremiah 51:57 +. +Thus saith the LORD of hosts; The broad walls of Babylon shall be utterly broken, and her high gates shall be burned with fire; and the people shall labour in vain, and the folk in the fire, and they shall be weary. -- jeremiah 51:58 +. +The word which Jeremiah the prophet commanded Seraiah the son of Neriah, the son of Maaseiah, when he went with Zedekiah the king of Judah into Babylon in the fourth year of his reign. And this Seraiah was a quiet prince. -- jeremiah 51:59 +. +So Jeremiah wrote in a book all the evil that should come upon Babylon, even all these words that are written against Babylon. -- jeremiah 51:60 +. +And Jeremiah said to Seraiah, When thou comest to Babylon, and shalt see, and shalt read all these words; -- jeremiah 51:61 +. +Then shalt thou say, O LORD, thou hast spoken against this place, to cut it off, that none shall remain in it, neither man nor beast, but that it shall be desolate for ever. -- jeremiah 51:62 +. +And it shall be, when thou hast made an end of reading this book, that thou shalt bind a stone to it, and cast it into the midst of Euphrates: -- jeremiah 51:63 +. +And thou shalt say, Thus shall Babylon sink, and shall not rise from the evil that I will bring upon her: and they shall be weary. Thus far are the words of Jeremiah. -- jeremiah 51:64 +. +Zedekiah was one and twenty years old when he began to reign, and he reigned eleven years in Jerusalem. And his mother's name was Hamutal the daughter of Jeremiah of Libnah. -- jeremiah 52:1 +. +And he did that which was evil in the eyes of the LORD, according to all that Jehoiakim had done. -- jeremiah 52:2 +. +For through the anger of the LORD it came to pass in Jerusalem and Judah, till he had cast them out from his presence, that Zedekiah rebelled against the king of Babylon. -- jeremiah 52:3 +. +And it came to pass in the ninth year of his reign, in the tenth month, in the tenth day of the month, that Nebuchadrezzar king of Babylon came, he and all his army, against Jerusalem, and pitched against it, and built forts against it round about. -- jeremiah 52:4 +. +So the city was besieged unto the eleventh year of king Zedekiah. -- jeremiah 52:5 +. +And in the fourth month, in the ninth day of the month, the famine was sore in the city, so that there was no bread for the people of the land. -- jeremiah 52:6 +. +Then the city was broken up, and all the men of war fled, and went forth out of the city by night by the way of the gate between the two walls, which was by the king's garden; (now the Chaldeans were by the city round about:) and they went by the way of the plain. -- jeremiah 52:7 +. +But the army of the Chaldeans pursued after the king, and overtook Zedekiah in the plains of Jericho; and all his army was scattered from him. -- jeremiah 52:8 +. +Then they took the king, and carried him up unto the king of Babylon to Riblah in the land of Hamath; where he gave judgment upon him. -- jeremiah 52:9 +. +And the king of Babylon slew the sons of Zedekiah before his eyes: he slew also all the princes of Judah in Riblah. -- jeremiah 52:10 +. +Then he put out the eyes of Zedekiah; and the king of Babylon bound him in chains, and carried him to Babylon, and put him in prison till the day of his death. -- jeremiah 52:11 +. +Now in the fifth month, in the tenth day of the month, which was the nineteenth year of Nebuchadrezzar king of Babylon, came Nebuzaradan, captain of the guard, which served the king of Babylon, into Jerusalem, -- jeremiah 52:12 +. +And burned the house of the LORD, and the king's house; and all the houses of Jerusalem, and all the houses of the great men, burned he with fire: -- jeremiah 52:13 +. +And all the army of the Chaldeans, that were with the captain of the guard, brake down all the walls of Jerusalem round about. -- jeremiah 52:14 +. +Then Nebuzaradan the captain of the guard carried away captive certain of the poor of the people, and the residue of the people that remained in the city, and those that fell away, that fell to the king of Babylon, and the rest of the multitude. -- jeremiah 52:15 +. +But Nebuzaradan the captain of the guard left certain of the poor of the land for vinedressers and for husbandmen. -- jeremiah 52:16 +. +Also the pillars of brass that were in the house of the LORD, and the bases, and the brasen sea that was in the house of the LORD, the Chaldeans brake, and carried all the brass of them to Babylon. -- jeremiah 52:17 +. +The caldrons also, and the shovels, and the snuffers, and the bowls, and the spoons, and all the vessels of brass wherewith they ministered, took they away. -- jeremiah 52:18 +. +And the basons, and the firepans, and the bowls, and the caldrons, and the candlesticks, and the spoons, and the cups; that which was of gold in gold, and that which was of silver in silver, took the captain of the guard away. -- jeremiah 52:19 +. +The two pillars, one sea, and twelve brasen bulls that were under the bases, which king Solomon had made in the house of the LORD: the brass of all these vessels was without weight. -- jeremiah 52:20 +. +And concerning the pillars, the height of one pillar was eighteen cubits; and a fillet of twelve cubits did compass it; and the thickness thereof was four fingers: it was hollow. -- jeremiah 52:21 +. +And a chapiter of brass was upon it; and the height of one chapiter was five cubits, with network and pomegranates upon the chapiters round about, all of brass. The second pillar also and the pomegranates were like unto these. -- jeremiah 52:22 +. +And there were ninety and six pomegranates on a side; and all the pomegranates upon the network were an hundred round about. -- jeremiah 52:23 +. +And the captain of the guard took Seraiah the chief priest, and Zephaniah the second priest, and the three keepers of the door: -- jeremiah 52:24 +. +He took also out of the city an eunuch, which had the charge of the men of war; and seven men of them that were near the king's person, which were found in the city; and the principal scribe of the host, who mustered the people of the land; and threescore men of the people of the land, that were found in the midst of the city. -- jeremiah 52:25 +. +So Nebuzaradan the captain of the guard took them, and brought them to the king of Babylon to Riblah. -- jeremiah 52:26 +. +And the king of Babylon smote them, and put them to death in Riblah in the land of Hamath. Thus Judah was carried away captive out of his own land. -- jeremiah 52:27 +. +This is the people whom Nebuchadrezzar carried away captive: in the seventh year three thousand Jews and three and twenty: -- jeremiah 52:28 +. +In the eighteenth year of Nebuchadrezzar he carried away captive from Jerusalem eight hundred thirty and two persons: -- jeremiah 52:29 +. +In the three and twentieth year of Nebuchadrezzar Nebuzaradan the captain of the guard carried away captive of the Jews seven hundred forty and five persons: all the persons were four thousand and six hundred. -- jeremiah 52:30 +. +And it came to pass in the seven and thirtieth year of the captivity of Jehoiachin king of Judah, in the twelfth month, in the five and twentieth day of the month, that Evilmerodach king of Babylon in the first year of his reign lifted up the head of Jehoiachin king of Judah, and brought him forth out of prison. -- jeremiah 52:31 +. +And spake kindly unto him, and set his throne above the throne of the kings that were with him in Babylon, -- jeremiah 52:32 +. +And changed his prison garments: and he did continually eat bread before him all the days of his life. -- jeremiah 52:33 +. +And for his diet, there was a continual diet given him of the king of Babylon, every day a portion until the day of his death, all the days of his life. -- jeremiah 52:34 +. +How doth the city sit solitary, that was full of people! how is she become as a widow! she that was great among the nations, and princess among the provinces, how is she become tributary! -- lamentations 1:1 +. +She weepeth sore in the night, and her tears are on her cheeks: among all her lovers she hath none to comfort her: all her friends have dealt treacherously with her, they are become her enemies. -- lamentations 1:2 +. +Judah is gone into captivity because of affliction, and because of great servitude: she dwelleth among the heathen, she findeth no rest: all her persecutors overtook her between the straits. -- lamentations 1:3 +. +The ways of Zion do mourn, because none come to the solemn feasts: all her gates are desolate: her priests sigh, her virgins are afflicted, and she is in bitterness. -- lamentations 1:4 +. +Her adversaries are the chief, her enemies prosper; for the LORD hath afflicted her for the multitude of her transgressions: her children are gone into captivity before the enemy. -- lamentations 1:5 +. +And from the daughter of Zion all her beauty is departed: her princes are become like harts that find no pasture, and they are gone without strength before the pursuer. -- lamentations 1:6 +. +Jerusalem remembered in the days of her affliction and of her miseries all her pleasant things that she had in the days of old, when her people fell into the hand of the enemy, and none did help her: the adversaries saw her, and did mock at her sabbaths. -- lamentations 1:7 +. +Jerusalem hath grievously sinned; therefore she is removed: all that honoured her despise her, because they have seen her nakedness: yea, she sigheth, and turneth backward. -- lamentations 1:8 +. +Her filthiness is in her skirts; she remembereth not her last end; therefore she came down wonderfully: she had no comforter. O LORD, behold my affliction: for the enemy hath magnified himself. -- lamentations 1:9 +. +The adversary hath spread out his hand upon all her pleasant things: for she hath seen that the heathen entered into her sanctuary, whom thou didst command that they should not enter into thy congregation. -- lamentations 1:10 +. +All her people sigh, they seek bread; they have given their pleasant things for meat to relieve the soul: see, O LORD, and consider; for I am become vile. -- lamentations 1:11 +. +Is it nothing to you, all ye that pass by? behold, and see if there be any sorrow like unto my sorrow, which is done unto me, wherewith the LORD hath afflicted me in the day of his fierce anger. -- lamentations 1:12 +. +From above hath he sent fire into my bones, and it prevaileth against them: he hath spread a net for my feet, he hath turned me back: he hath made me desolate and faint all the day. -- lamentations 1:13 +. +The yoke of my transgressions is bound by his hand: they are wreathed, and come up upon my neck: he hath made my strength to fall, the LORD hath delivered me into their hands, from whom I am not able to rise up. -- lamentations 1:14 +. +The LORD hath trodden under foot all my mighty men in the midst of me: he hath called an assembly against me to crush my young men: the LORD hath trodden the virgin, the daughter of Judah, as in a winepress. -- lamentations 1:15 +. +For these things I weep; mine eye, mine eye runneth down with water, because the comforter that should relieve my soul is far from me: my children are desolate, because the enemy prevailed. -- lamentations 1:16 +. +Zion spreadeth forth her hands, and there is none to comfort her: the LORD hath commanded concerning Jacob, that his adversaries should be round about him: Jerusalem is as a menstruous woman among them. -- lamentations 1:17 +. +The LORD is righteous; for I have rebelled against his commandment: hear, I pray you, all people, and behold my sorrow: my virgins and my young men are gone into captivity. -- lamentations 1:18 +. +I called for my lovers, but they deceived me: my priests and mine elders gave up the ghost in the city, while they sought their meat to relieve their souls. -- lamentations 1:19 +. +Behold, O LORD; for I am in distress: my bowels are troubled; mine heart is turned within me; for I have grievously rebelled: abroad the sword bereaveth, at home there is as death. -- lamentations 1:20 +. +They have heard that I sigh: there is none to comfort me: all mine enemies have heard of my trouble; they are glad that thou hast done it: thou wilt bring the day that thou hast called, and they shall be like unto me. -- lamentations 1:21 +. +Let all their wickedness come before thee; and do unto them, as thou hast done unto me for all my transgressions: for my sighs are many, and my heart is faint. -- lamentations 1:22 +. +How hath the LORD covered the daughter of Zion with a cloud in his anger, and cast down from heaven unto the earth the beauty of Israel, and remembered not his footstool in the day of his anger! -- lamentations 2:1 +. +The LORD hath swallowed up all the habitations of Jacob, and hath not pitied: he hath thrown down in his wrath the strong holds of the daughter of Judah; he hath brought them down to the ground: he hath polluted the kingdom and the princes thereof. -- lamentations 2:2 +. +He hath cut off in his fierce anger all the horn of Israel: he hath drawn back his right hand from before the enemy, and he burned against Jacob like a flaming fire, which devoureth round about. -- lamentations 2:3 +. +He hath bent his bow like an enemy: he stood with his right hand as an adversary, and slew all that were pleasant to the eye in the tabernacle of the daughter of Zion: he poured out his fury like fire. -- lamentations 2:4 +. +The LORD was as an enemy: he hath swallowed up Israel, he hath swallowed up all her palaces: he hath destroyed his strong holds, and hath increased in the daughter of Judah mourning and lamentation. -- lamentations 2:5 +. +And he hath violently taken away his tabernacle, as if it were of a garden: he hath destroyed his places of the assembly: the LORD hath caused the solemn feasts and sabbaths to be forgotten in Zion, and hath despised in the indignation of his anger the king and the priest. -- lamentations 2:6 +. +The LORD hath cast off his altar, he hath abhorred his sanctuary, he hath given up into the hand of the enemy the walls of her palaces; they have made a noise in the house of the LORD, as in the day of a solemn feast. -- lamentations 2:7 +. +The LORD hath purposed to destroy the wall of the daughter of Zion: he hath stretched out a line, he hath not withdrawn his hand from destroying: therefore he made the rampart and the wall to lament; they languished together. -- lamentations 2:8 +. +Her gates are sunk into the ground; he hath destroyed and broken her bars: her king and her princes are among the Gentiles: the law is no more; her prophets also find no vision from the LORD. -- lamentations 2:9 +. +The elders of the daughter of Zion sit upon the ground, and keep silence: they have cast up dust upon their heads; they have girded themselves with sackcloth: the virgins of Jerusalem hang down their heads to the ground. -- lamentations 2:10 +. +Mine eyes do fail with tears, my bowels are troubled, my liver is poured upon the earth, for the destruction of the daughter of my people; because the children and the sucklings swoon in the streets of the city. -- lamentations 2:11 +. +They say to their mothers, Where is corn and wine? when they swooned as the wounded in the streets of the city, when their soul was poured out into their mothers' bosom. -- lamentations 2:12 +. +What thing shall I take to witness for thee? what thing shall I liken to thee, O daughter of Jerusalem? what shall I equal to thee, that I may comfort thee, O virgin daughter of Zion? for thy breach is great like the sea: who can heal thee? -- lamentations 2:13 +. +Thy prophets have seen vain and foolish things for thee: and they have not discovered thine iniquity, to turn away thy captivity; but have seen for thee false burdens and causes of banishment. -- lamentations 2:14 +. +All that pass by clap their hands at thee; they hiss and wag their head at the daughter of Jerusalem, saying, Is this the city that men call The perfection of beauty, The joy of the whole earth? -- lamentations 2:15 +. +All thine enemies have opened their mouth against thee: they hiss and gnash the teeth: they say, We have swallowed her up: certainly this is the day that we looked for; we have found, we have seen it. -- lamentations 2:16 +. +The LORD hath done that which he had devised; he hath fulfilled his word that he had commanded in the days of old: he hath thrown down, and hath not pitied: and he hath caused thine enemy to rejoice over thee, he hath set up the horn of thine adversaries. -- lamentations 2:17 +. +Their heart cried unto the LORD, O wall of the daughter of Zion, let tears run down like a river day and night: give thyself no rest; let not the apple of thine eye cease. -- lamentations 2:18 +. +Arise, cry out in the night: in the beginning of the watches pour out thine heart like water before the face of the LORD: lift up thy hands toward him for the life of thy young children, that faint for hunger in the top of every street. -- lamentations 2:19 +. +Behold, O LORD, and consider to whom thou hast done this. Shall the women eat their fruit, and children of a span long? shall the priest and the prophet be slain in the sanctuary of the Lord? -- lamentations 2:20 +. +The young and the old lie on the ground in the streets: my virgins and my young men are fallen by the sword; thou hast slain them in the day of thine anger; thou hast killed, and not pitied. -- lamentations 2:21 +. +Thou hast called as in a solemn day my terrors round about, so that in the day of the LORD's anger none escaped nor remained: those that I have swaddled and brought up hath mine enemy consumed. -- lamentations 2:22 +. +I AM the man that hath seen affliction by the rod of his wrath. -- lamentations 3:1 +. +He hath led me, and brought me into darkness, but not into light. -- lamentations 3:2 +. +Surely against me is he turned; he turneth his hand against me all the day. -- lamentations 3:3 +. +My flesh and my skin hath he made old; he hath broken my bones. -- lamentations 3:4 +. +He hath builded against me, and compassed me with gall and travail. -- lamentations 3:5 +. +He hath set me in dark places, as they that be dead of old. -- lamentations 3:6 +. +He hath hedged me about, that I cannot get out: he hath made my chain heavy. -- lamentations 3:7 +. +Also when I cry and shout, he shutteth out my prayer. -- lamentations 3:8 +. +He hath inclosed my ways with hewn stone, he hath made my paths crooked. -- lamentations 3:9 +. +He was unto me as a bear lying in wait, and as a lion in secret places. -- lamentations 3:10 +. +He hath turned aside my ways, and pulled me in pieces: he hath made me desolate. -- lamentations 3:11 +. +He hath bent his bow, and set me as a mark for the arrow. -- lamentations 3:12 +. +He hath caused the arrows of his quiver to enter into my reins. -- lamentations 3:13 +. +I was a derision to all my people; and their song all the day. -- lamentations 3:14 +. +He hath filled me with bitterness, he hath made me drunken with wormwood. -- lamentations 3:15 +. +He hath also broken my teeth with gravel stones, he hath covered me with ashes. -- lamentations 3:16 +. +And thou hast removed my soul far off from peace: I forgat prosperity. -- lamentations 3:17 +. +And I said, My strength and my hope is perished from the LORD: -- lamentations 3:18 +. +Remembering mine affliction and my misery, the wormwood and the gall. -- lamentations 3:19 +. +My soul hath them still in remembrance, and is humbled in me. -- lamentations 3:20 +. +This I recall to my mind, therefore have I hope. -- lamentations 3:21 +. +It is of the LORD's mercies that we are not consumed, because his compassions fail not. -- lamentations 3:22 +. +They are new every morning: great is thy faithfulness. -- lamentations 3:23 +. +The LORD is my portion, saith my soul; therefore will I hope in him. -- lamentations 3:24 +. +The LORD is good unto them that wait for him, to the soul that seeketh him. -- lamentations 3:25 +. +It is good that a man should both hope and quietly wait for the salvation of the LORD. -- lamentations 3:26 +. +It is good for a man that he bear the yoke of his youth. -- lamentations 3:27 +. +He sitteth alone and keepeth silence, because he hath borne it upon him. -- lamentations 3:28 +. +He putteth his mouth in the dust; if so be there may be hope. -- lamentations 3:29 +. +He giveth his cheek to him that smiteth him: he is filled full with reproach. -- lamentations 3:30 +. +For the LORD will not cast off for ever: -- lamentations 3:31 +. +But though he cause grief, yet will he have compassion according to the multitude of his mercies. -- lamentations 3:32 +. +For he doth not afflict willingly nor grieve the children of men. -- lamentations 3:33 +. +To crush under his feet all the prisoners of the earth. -- lamentations 3:34 +. +To turn aside the right of a man before the face of the most High, -- lamentations 3:35 +. +To subvert a man in his cause, the LORD approveth not. -- lamentations 3:36 +. +Who is he that saith, and it cometh to pass, when the Lord commandeth it not? -- lamentations 3:37 +. +Out of the mouth of the most High proceedeth not evil and good? -- lamentations 3:38 +. +Wherefore doth a living man complain, a man for the punishment of his sins? -- lamentations 3:39 +. +Let us search and try our ways, and turn again to the LORD. -- lamentations 3:40 +. +Let us lift up our heart with our hands unto God in the heavens. -- lamentations 3:41 +. +We have transgressed and have rebelled: thou hast not pardoned. -- lamentations 3:42 +. +Thou hast covered with anger, and persecuted us: thou hast slain, thou hast not pitied. -- lamentations 3:43 +. +Thou hast covered thyself with a cloud, that our prayer should not pass through. -- lamentations 3:44 +. +Thou hast made us as the offscouring and refuse in the midst of the people. -- lamentations 3:45 +. +All our enemies have opened their mouths against us. -- lamentations 3:46 +. +Fear and a snare is come upon us, desolation and destruction. -- lamentations 3:47 +. +Mine eye runneth down with rivers of water for the destruction of the daughter of my people. -- lamentations 3:48 +. +Mine eye trickleth down, and ceaseth not, without any intermission. -- lamentations 3:49 +. +Till the LORD look down, and behold from heaven. -- lamentations 3:50 +. +Mine eye affecteth mine heart because of all the daughters of my city. -- lamentations 3:51 +. +Mine enemies chased me sore, like a bird, without cause. -- lamentations 3:52 +. +They have cut off my life in the dungeon, and cast a stone upon me. -- lamentations 3:53 +. +Waters flowed over mine head; then I said, I am cut off. -- lamentations 3:54 +. +I called upon thy name, O LORD, out of the low dungeon. -- lamentations 3:55 +. +Thou hast heard my voice: hide not thine ear at my breathing, at my cry. -- lamentations 3:56 +. +Thou drewest near in the day that I called upon thee: thou saidst, Fear not. -- lamentations 3:57 +. +O LORD, thou hast pleaded the causes of my soul; thou hast redeemed my life. -- lamentations 3:58 +. +O LORD, thou hast seen my wrong: judge thou my cause. -- lamentations 3:59 +. +Thou hast seen all their vengeance and all their imaginations against me. -- lamentations 3:60 +. +Thou hast heard their reproach, O LORD, and all their imaginations against me; -- lamentations 3:61 +. +The lips of those that rose up against me, and their device against me all the day. -- lamentations 3:62 +. +Behold their sitting down, and their rising up; I am their musick. -- lamentations 3:63 +. +Render unto them a recompence, O LORD, according to the work of their hands. -- lamentations 3:64 +. +Give them sorrow of heart, thy curse unto them. -- lamentations 3:65 +. +Persecute and destroy them in anger from under the heavens of the LORD. -- lamentations 3:66 +. +How is the gold become dim! how is the most fine gold changed! the stones of the sanctuary are poured out in the top of every street. -- lamentations 4:1 +. +The precious sons of Zion, comparable to fine gold, how are they esteemed as earthen pitchers, the work of the hands of the potter! -- lamentations 4:2 +. +Even the sea monsters draw out the breast, they give suck to their young ones: the daughter of my people is become cruel, like the ostriches in the wilderness. -- lamentations 4:3 +. +The tongue of the sucking child cleaveth to the roof of his mouth for thirst: the young children ask bread, and no man breaketh it unto them. -- lamentations 4:4 +. +They that did feed delicately are desolate in the streets: they that were brought up in scarlet embrace dunghills. -- lamentations 4:5 +. +For the punishment of the iniquity of the daughter of my people is greater than the punishment of the sin of Sodom, that was overthrown as in a moment, and no hands stayed on her. -- lamentations 4:6 +. +Her Nazarites were purer than snow, they were whiter than milk, they were more ruddy in body than rubies, their polishing was of sapphire: -- lamentations 4:7 +. +Their visage is blacker than a coal; they are not known in the streets: their skin cleaveth to their bones; it is withered, it is become like a stick. -- lamentations 4:8 +. +They that be slain with the sword are better than they that be slain with hunger: for these pine away, stricken through for want of the fruits of the field. -- lamentations 4:9 +. +The hands of the pitiful women have sodden their own children: they were their meat in the destruction of the daughter of my people. -- lamentations 4:10 +. +The LORD hath accomplished his fury; he hath poured out his fierce anger, and hath kindled a fire in Zion, and it hath devoured the foundations thereof. -- lamentations 4:11 +. +The kings of the earth, and all the inhabitants of the world, would not have believed that the adversary and the enemy should have entered into the gates of Jerusalem. -- lamentations 4:12 +. +For the sins of her prophets, and the iniquities of her priests, that have shed the blood of the just in the midst of her, -- lamentations 4:13 +. +They have wandered as blind men in the streets, they have polluted themselves with blood, so that men could not touch their garments. -- lamentations 4:14 +. +They cried unto them, Depart ye; it is unclean; depart, depart, touch not: when they fled away and wandered, they said among the heathen, They shall no more sojourn there. -- lamentations 4:15 +. +The anger of the LORD hath divided them; he will no more regard them: they respected not the persons of the priests, they favoured not the elders. -- lamentations 4:16 +. +As for us, our eyes as yet failed for our vain help: in our watching we have watched for a nation that could not save us. -- lamentations 4:17 +. +They hunt our steps, that we cannot go in our streets: our end is near, our days are fulfilled; for our end is come. -- lamentations 4:18 +. +Our persecutors are swifter than the eagles of the heaven: they pursued us upon the mountains, they laid wait for us in the wilderness. -- lamentations 4:19 +. +The breath of our nostrils, the anointed of the LORD, was taken in their pits, of whom we said, Under his shadow we shall live among the heathen. -- lamentations 4:20 +. +Rejoice and be glad, O daughter of Edom, that dwellest in the land of Uz; the cup also shall pass through unto thee: thou shalt be drunken, and shalt make thyself naked. -- lamentations 4:21 +. +The punishment of thine iniquity is accomplished, O daughter of Zion; he will no more carry thee away into captivity: he will visit thine iniquity, O daughter of Edom; he will discover thy sins. -- lamentations 4:22 +. +Remember, O LORD, what is come upon us: consider, and behold our reproach. -- lamentations 5:1 +. +Our inheritance is turned to strangers, our houses to aliens. -- lamentations 5:2 +. +We are orphans and fatherless, our mothers are as widows. -- lamentations 5:3 +. +We have drunken our water for money; our wood is sold unto us. -- lamentations 5:4 +. +Our necks are under persecution: we labour, and have no rest. -- lamentations 5:5 +. +We have given the hand to the Egyptians, and to the Assyrians, to be satisfied with bread. -- lamentations 5:6 +. +Our fathers have sinned, and are not; and we have borne their iniquities. -- lamentations 5:7 +. +Servants have ruled over us: there is none that doth deliver us out of their hand. -- lamentations 5:8 +. +We gat our bread with the peril of our lives because of the sword of the wilderness. -- lamentations 5:9 +. +Our skin was black like an oven because of the terrible famine. -- lamentations 5:10 +. +They ravished the women in Zion, and the maids in the cities of Judah. -- lamentations 5:11 +. +Princes are hanged up by their hand: the faces of elders were not honoured. -- lamentations 5:12 +. +They took the young men to grind, and the children fell under the wood. -- lamentations 5:13 +. +The elders have ceased from the gate, the young men from their musick. -- lamentations 5:14 +. +The joy of our heart is ceased; our dance is turned into mourning. -- lamentations 5:15 +. +The crown is fallen from our head: woe unto us, that we have sinned! -- lamentations 5:16 +. +For this our heart is faint; for these things our eyes are dim. -- lamentations 5:17 +. +Because of the mountain of Zion, which is desolate, the foxes walk upon it. -- lamentations 5:18 +. +Thou, O LORD, remainest for ever; thy throne from generation to generation. -- lamentations 5:19 +. +Wherefore dost thou forget us for ever, and forsake us so long time? -- lamentations 5:20 +. +Turn thou us unto thee, O LORD, and we shall be turned; renew our days as of old. -- lamentations 5:21 +. +But thou hast utterly rejected us; thou art very wroth against us. -- lamentations 5:22 +. +Now it came to pass in the thirtieth year, in the fourth month, in the fifth day of the month, as I was among the captives by the river of Chebar, that the heavens were opened, and I saw visions of God. -- ezekiel 1:1 +. +In the fifth day of the month, which was the fifth year of king Jehoiachin's captivity, -- ezekiel 1:2 +. +The word of the LORD came expressly unto Ezekiel the priest, the son of Buzi, in the land of the Chaldeans by the river Chebar; and the hand of the LORD was there upon him. -- ezekiel 1:3 +. +And I looked, and, behold, a whirlwind came out of the north, a great cloud, and a fire infolding itself, and a brightness was about it, and out of the midst thereof as the colour of amber, out of the midst of the fire. -- ezekiel 1:4 +. +Also out of the midst thereof came the likeness of four living creatures. And this was their appearance; they had the likeness of a man. -- ezekiel 1:5 +. +And every one had four faces, and every one had four wings. -- ezekiel 1:6 +. +And their feet were straight feet; and the sole of their feet was like the sole of a calf's foot: and they sparkled like the colour of burnished brass. -- ezekiel 1:7 +. +And they had the hands of a man under their wings on their four sides; and they four had their faces and their wings. -- ezekiel 1:8 +. +Their wings were joined one to another; they turned not when they went; they went every one straight forward. -- ezekiel 1:9 +. +As for the likeness of their faces, they four had the face of a man, and the face of a lion, on the right side: and they four had the face of an ox on the left side; they four also had the face of an eagle. -- ezekiel 1:10 +. +Thus were their faces: and their wings were stretched upward; two wings of every one were joined one to another, and two covered their bodies. -- ezekiel 1:11 +. +And they went every one straight forward: whither the spirit was to go, they went; and they turned not when they went. -- ezekiel 1:12 +. +As for the likeness of the living creatures, their appearance was like burning coals of fire, and like the appearance of lamps: it went up and down among the living creatures; and the fire was bright, and out of the fire went forth lightning. -- ezekiel 1:13 +. +And the living creatures ran and returned as the appearance of a flash of lightning. -- ezekiel 1:14 +. +Now as I beheld the living creatures, behold one wheel upon the earth by the living creatures, with his four faces. -- ezekiel 1:15 +. +The appearance of the wheels and their work was like unto the colour of a beryl: and they four had one likeness: and their appearance and their work was as it were a wheel in the middle of a wheel. -- ezekiel 1:16 +. +When they went, they went upon their four sides: and they turned not when they went. -- ezekiel 1:17 +. +As for their rings, they were so high that they were dreadful; and their rings were full of eyes round about them four. -- ezekiel 1:18 +. +And when the living creatures went, the wheels went by them: and when the living creatures were lifted up from the earth, the wheels were lifted up. -- ezekiel 1:19 +. +Whithersoever the spirit was to go, they went, thither was their spirit to go; and the wheels were lifted up over against them: for the spirit of the living creature was in the wheels. -- ezekiel 1:20 +. +When those went, these went; and when those stood, these stood; and when those were lifted up from the earth, the wheels were lifted up over against them: for the spirit of the living creature was in the wheels. -- ezekiel 1:21 +. +And the likeness of the firmament upon the heads of the living creature was as the colour of the terrible crystal, stretched forth over their heads above. -- ezekiel 1:22 +. +And under the firmament were their wings straight, the one toward the other: every one had two, which covered on this side, and every one had two, which covered on that side, their bodies. -- ezekiel 1:23 +. +And when they went, I heard the noise of their wings, like the noise of great waters, as the voice of the Almighty, the voice of speech, as the noise of an host: when they stood, they let down their wings. -- ezekiel 1:24 +. +And there was a voice from the firmament that was over their heads, when they stood, and had let down their wings. -- ezekiel 1:25 +. +And above the firmament that was over their heads was the likeness of a throne, as the appearance of a sapphire stone: and upon the likeness of the throne was the likeness as the appearance of a man above upon it. -- ezekiel 1:26 +. +And I saw as the colour of amber, as the appearance of fire round about within it, from the appearance of his loins even upward, and from the appearance of his loins even downward, I saw as it were the appearance of fire, and it had brightness round about. -- ezekiel 1:27 +. +As the appearance of the bow that is in the cloud in the day of rain, so was the appearance of the brightness round about. This was the appearance of the likeness of the glory of the LORD. And when I saw it, I fell upon my face, and I heard a voice of one that spake. -- ezekiel 1:28 +. +And he said unto me, Son of man, stand upon thy feet, and I will speak unto thee. -- ezekiel 2:1 +. +And the spirit entered into me when he spake unto me, and set me upon my feet, that I heard him that spake unto me. -- ezekiel 2:2 +. +And he said unto me, Son of man, I send thee to the children of Israel, to a rebellious nation that hath rebelled against me: they and their fathers have transgressed against me, even unto this very day. -- ezekiel 2:3 +. +For they are impudent children and stiffhearted. I do send thee unto them; and thou shalt say unto them, Thus saith the Lord GOD. -- ezekiel 2:4 +. +And they, whether they will hear, or whether they will forbear, (for they are a rebellious house,) yet shall know that there hath been a prophet among them. -- ezekiel 2:5 +. +And thou, son of man, be not afraid of them, neither be afraid of their words, though briers and thorns be with thee, and thou dost dwell among scorpions: be not afraid of their words, nor be dismayed at their looks, though they be a rebellious house. -- ezekiel 2:6 +. +And thou shalt speak my words unto them, whether they will hear, or whether they will forbear: for they are most rebellious. -- ezekiel 2:7 +. +But thou, son of man, hear what I say unto thee; Be not thou rebellious like that rebellious house: open thy mouth, and eat that I give thee. -- ezekiel 2:8 +. +And when I looked, behold, an hand was sent unto me; and, lo, a roll of a book was therein; -- ezekiel 2:9 +. +And he spread it before me; and it was written within and without: and there was written therein lamentations, and mourning, and woe. -- ezekiel 2:10 +. +Moreover he said unto me, Son of man, eat that thou findest; eat this roll, and go speak unto the house of Israel. -- ezekiel 3:1 +. +So I opened my mouth, and he caused me to eat that roll. -- ezekiel 3:2 +. +And he said unto me, Son of man, cause thy belly to eat, and fill thy bowels with this roll that I give thee. Then did I eat it; and it was in my mouth as honey for sweetness. -- ezekiel 3:3 +. +And he said unto me, Son of man, go, get thee unto the house of Israel, and speak with my words unto them. -- ezekiel 3:4 +. +For thou art not sent to a people of a strange speech and of an hard language, but to the house of Israel; -- ezekiel 3:5 +. +Not to many people of a strange speech and of an hard language, whose words thou canst not understand. Surely, had I sent thee to them, they would have hearkened unto thee. -- ezekiel 3:6 +. +But the house of Israel will not hearken unto thee; for they will not hearken unto me: for all the house of Israel are impudent and hardhearted. -- ezekiel 3:7 +. +Behold, I have made thy face strong against their faces, and thy forehead strong against their foreheads. -- ezekiel 3:8 +. +As an adamant harder than flint have I made thy forehead: fear them not, neither be dismayed at their looks, though they be a rebellious house. -- ezekiel 3:9 +. +Moreover he said unto me, Son of man, all my words that I shall speak unto thee receive in thine heart, and hear with thine ears. -- ezekiel 3:10 +. +And go, get thee to them of the captivity, unto the children of thy people, and speak unto them, and tell them, Thus saith the Lord GOD; whether they will hear, or whether they will forbear. -- ezekiel 3:11 +. +Then the spirit took me up, and I heard behind me a voice of a great rushing, saying, Blessed be the glory of the LORD from his place. -- ezekiel 3:12 +. +I heard also the noise of the wings of the living creatures that touched one another, and the noise of the wheels over against them, and a noise of a great rushing. -- ezekiel 3:13 +. +So the spirit lifted me up, and took me away, and I went in bitterness, in the heat of my spirit; but the hand of the LORD was strong upon me. -- ezekiel 3:14 +. +Then I came to them of the captivity at Telabib, that dwelt by the river of Chebar, and I sat where they sat, and remained there astonished among them seven days. -- ezekiel 3:15 +. +And it came to pass at the end of seven days, that the word of the LORD came unto me, saying, -- ezekiel 3:16 +. +Son of man, I have made thee a watchman unto the house of Israel: therefore hear the word at my mouth, and give them warning from me. -- ezekiel 3:17 +. +When I say unto the wicked, Thou shalt surely die; and thou givest him not warning, nor speakest to warn the wicked from his wicked way, to save his life; the same wicked man shall die in his iniquity; but his blood will I require at thine hand. -- ezekiel 3:18 +. +Yet if thou warn the wicked, and he turn not from his wickedness, nor from his wicked way, he shall die in his iniquity; but thou hast delivered thy soul. -- ezekiel 3:19 +. +Again, When a righteous man doth turn from his righteousness, and commit iniquity, and I lay a stumbling-block before him, he shall die: because thou hast not given him warning, he shall die in his sin, and his righteousness which he hath done shall not be remembered; but his blood will I require at thine hand. -- ezekiel 3:20 +. +Nevertheless if thou warn the righteous man, that the righteous sin not, and he doth not sin, he shall surely live, because he is warned; also thou hast delivered thy soul. -- ezekiel 3:21 +. +And the hand of the LORD was there upon me; and he said unto me, Arise, go forth into the plain, and I will there talk with thee. -- ezekiel 3:22 +. +Then I arose, and went forth into the plain: and, behold, the glory of the LORD stood there, as the glory which I saw by the river of Chebar: and I fell on my face. -- ezekiel 3:23 +. +Then the spirit entered into me, and set me upon my feet, and spake with me, and said unto me, Go, shut thyself within thine house. -- ezekiel 3:24 +. +But thou, O son of man, behold, they shall put bands upon thee, and shall bind thee with them, and thou shalt not go out among them: -- ezekiel 3:25 +. +And I will make thy tongue cleave to the roof of thy mouth, that thou shalt be dumb, and shalt not be to them a reprover: for they are a rebellious house. -- ezekiel 3:26 +. +But when I speak with thee, I will open thy mouth, and thou shalt say unto them, Thus saith the Lord GOD; He that heareth, let him hear; and he that forbeareth, let him forbear: for they are a rebellious house. -- ezekiel 3:27 +. +Thou also, son of man, take thee a tile, and lay it before thee, and pourtray upon it the city, even Jerusalem: -- ezekiel 4:1 +. +And lay siege against it, and build a fort against it, and cast a mount against it; set the camp also against it, and set battering rams against it round about. -- ezekiel 4:2 +. +Moreover take thou unto thee an iron pan, and set it for a wall of iron between thee and the city: and set thy face against it, and it shall be besieged, and thou shalt lay siege against it. This shall be a sign to the house of Israel. -- ezekiel 4:3 +. +Lie thou also upon thy left side, and lay the iniquity of the house of Israel upon it: according to the number of the days that thou shalt lie upon it thou shalt bear their iniquity. -- ezekiel 4:4 +. +For I have laid upon thee the years of their iniquity, according to the number of the days, three hundred and ninety days: so shalt thou bear the iniquity of the house of Israel. -- ezekiel 4:5 +. +And when thou hast accomplished them, lie again on thy right side, and thou shalt bear the iniquity of the house of Judah forty days: I have appointed thee each day for a year. -- ezekiel 4:6 +. +Therefore thou shalt set thy face toward the siege of Jerusalem, and thine arm shall be uncovered, and thou shalt prophesy against it. -- ezekiel 4:7 +. +And, behold, I will lay bands upon thee, and thou shalt not turn thee from one side to another, till thou hast ended the days of thy siege. -- ezekiel 4:8 +. +Take thou also unto thee wheat, and barley, and beans, and lentiles, and millet, and fitches, and put them in one vessel, and make thee bread thereof, according to the number of the days that thou shalt lie upon thy side, three hundred and ninety days shalt thou eat thereof. -- ezekiel 4:9 +. +And thy meat which thou shalt eat shall be by weight, twenty shekels a day: from time to time shalt thou eat it. -- ezekiel 4:10 +. +Thou shalt drink also water by measure, the sixth part of an hin: from time to time shalt thou drink. -- ezekiel 4:11 +. +And thou shalt eat it as barley cakes, and thou shalt bake it with dung that cometh out of man, in their sight. -- ezekiel 4:12 +. +And the LORD said, Even thus shall the children of Israel eat their defiled bread among the Gentiles, whither I will drive them. -- ezekiel 4:13 +. +Then said I, Ah Lord GOD! behold, my soul hath not been polluted: for from my youth up even till now have I not eaten of that which dieth of itself, or is torn in pieces; neither came there abominable flesh into my mouth. -- ezekiel 4:14 +. +Then he said unto me, Lo, I have given thee cow's dung for man's dung, and thou shalt prepare thy bread therewith. -- ezekiel 4:15 +. +Moreover he said unto me, Son of man, behold, I will break the staff of bread in Jerusalem: and they shall eat bread by weight, and with care; and they shall drink water by measure, and with astonishment: -- ezekiel 4:16 +. +That they may want bread and water, and be astonied one with another, and consume away for their iniquity. -- ezekiel 4:17 +. +And thou, son of man, take thee a sharp knife, take thee a barber's razor, and cause it to pass upon thine head and upon thy beard: then take thee balances to weigh, and divide the hair. -- ezekiel 5:1 +. +Thou shalt burn with fire a third part in the midst of the city, when the days of the siege are fulfilled: and thou shalt take a third part, and smite about it with a knife: and a third part thou shalt scatter in the wind; and I will draw out a sword after them. -- ezekiel 5:2 +. +Thou shalt also take thereof a few in number, and bind them in thy skirts. -- ezekiel 5:3 +. +Then take of them again, and cast them into the midst of the fire, and burn them in the fire; for thereof shall a fire come forth into all the house of Israel. -- ezekiel 5:4 +. +Thus saith the Lord GOD; This is Jerusalem: I have set it in the midst of the nations and countries that are round about her. -- ezekiel 5:5 +. +And she hath changed my judgments into wickedness more than the nations, and my statutes more than the countries that are round about her: for they have refused my judgments and my statutes, they have not walked in them. -- ezekiel 5:6 +. +Therefore thus saith the Lord GOD; Because ye multiplied more than the nations that are round about 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 round about you; -- ezekiel 5:7 +. +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. -- ezekiel 5:8 +. +And I will do in thee that which I have not done, and whereunto I will not do any more the like, because of all thine abominations. -- ezekiel 5:9 +. +Therefore the fathers shall eat the sons in the midst of thee, and the sons shall eat their fathers; and I will execute judgments in thee, and the whole remnant of thee will I scatter into all the winds. -- ezekiel 5:10 +. +Wherefore, as I live, saith the Lord GOD; Surely, because thou hast defiled my sanctuary with all thy detestable things, and with all thine abominations, therefore will I also diminish thee; neither shall mine eye spare, neither will I have any pity. -- ezekiel 5:11 +. +A third part of thee shall die with the pestilence, and with famine shall they be consumed in the midst of thee: and a third part shall fall by the sword round about thee; and I will scatter a third part into all the winds, and I will draw out a sword after them. -- ezekiel 5:12 +. +Thus shall mine anger be accomplished, and I will cause my fury to rest upon them, and I will be comforted: and they shall know that I the LORD have spoken it in my zeal, when I have accomplished my fury in them. -- ezekiel 5:13 +. +Moreover I will make thee waste, and a reproach among the nations that are round about thee, in the sight of all that pass by. -- ezekiel 5:14 +. +So it shall be a reproach and a taunt, an instruction and an astonishment unto the nations that are round about thee, when I shall execute judgments in thee in anger and in fury and in furious rebukes. I the LORD have spoken it. -- ezekiel 5:15 +. +When I shall send upon them the evil arrows of famine, which shall be for their destruction, and which I will send to destroy you: and I will increase the famine upon you, and will break your staff of bread: -- ezekiel 5:16 +. +So will I send upon you famine and evil beasts, and they shall bereave thee: and pestilence and blood shall pass through thee; and I will bring the sword upon thee. I the LORD have spoken it. -- ezekiel 5:17 +. +And the word of the LORD came unto me, saying, -- ezekiel 6:1 +. +Son of man, set thy face toward the mountains of Israel, and prophesy against them, -- ezekiel 6:2 +. +And say, Ye mountains of Israel, hear the word of the Lord GOD; Thus saith the Lord GOD to the mountains, and to the hills, to the rivers, and to the valleys; Behold, I, even I, will bring a sword upon you, and I will destroy your high places. -- ezekiel 6:3 +. +And your altars shall be desolate, and your images shall be broken: and I will cast down your slain men before your idols. -- ezekiel 6:4 +. +And I will lay the dead carcases of the children of Israel before their idols; and I will scatter your bones round about your altars. -- ezekiel 6:5 +. +In all your dwellingplaces the cities shall be laid waste, and the high places shall be desolate; that your altars may be laid waste and made desolate, and your idols may be broken and cease, and your images may be cut down, and your works may be abolished. -- ezekiel 6:6 +. +And the slain shall fall in the midst of you, and ye shall know that I am the LORD. -- ezekiel 6:7 +. +Yet will I leave a remnant, that ye may have some that shall escape the sword among the nations, when ye shall be scattered through the countries. -- ezekiel 6:8 +. +And they that escape of you shall remember me among the nations whither they shall be carried captives, because I am broken with their whorish heart, which hath departed from me, and with their eyes, which go a whoring after their idols: and they shall lothe themselves for the evils which they have committed in all their abominations. -- ezekiel 6:9 +. +And they shall know that I am the LORD, and that I have not said in vain that I would do this evil unto them. -- ezekiel 6:10 +. +Thus saith the Lord GOD; Smite with thine hand, and stamp with thy foot, and say, Alas for all the evil abominations of the house of Israel! for they shall fall by the sword, by the famine, and by the pestilence. -- ezekiel 6:11 +. +He that is far off shall die of the pestilence; and he that is near shall fall by the sword; and he that remaineth and is besieged shall die by the famine: thus will I accomplish my fury upon them. -- ezekiel 6:12 +. +Then shall ye know that I am the LORD, when their slain men shall be among their idols round about their altars, upon every high hill, in all the tops of the mountains, and under every green tree, and under every thick oak, the place where they did offer sweet savour to all their idols. -- ezekiel 6:13 +. +So will I stretch out my hand upon them, and make the land desolate, yea, more desolate than the wilderness toward Diblath, in all their habitations: and they shall know that I am the LORD. -- ezekiel 6:14 +. +Moreover the word of the LORD came unto me, saying, -- ezekiel 7:1 +. +Also, thou son of man, thus saith the Lord GOD unto the land of Israel; An end, the end is come upon the four corners of the land. -- ezekiel 7:2 +. +Now is the end come upon thee, and I will send mine anger upon thee, and will judge thee according to thy ways, and will recompense upon thee all thine abominations. -- ezekiel 7:3 +. +And mine eye shall not spare thee, neither will I have pity: but I will recompense thy ways upon thee, and thine abominations shall be in the midst of thee: and ye shall know that I am the LORD. -- ezekiel 7:4 +. +Thus saith the Lord GOD; An evil, an only evil, behold, is come. -- ezekiel 7:5 +. +An end is come, the end is come: it watcheth for thee; behold, it is come. -- ezekiel 7:6 +. +The morning is come unto thee, O thou that dwellest in the land: the time is come, the day of trouble is near, and not the sounding again of the mountains. -- ezekiel 7:7 +. +Now will I shortly pour out my fury upon thee, and accomplish mine anger upon thee: and I will judge thee according to thy ways, and will recompense thee for all thine abominations. -- ezekiel 7:8 +. +And mine eye shall not spare, neither will I have pity: I will recompense thee according to thy ways and thine abominations that are in the midst of thee; and ye shall know that I am the LORD that smiteth. -- ezekiel 7:9 +. +Behold the day, behold, it is come: the morning is gone forth; the rod hath blossomed, pride hath budded. -- ezekiel 7:10 +. +Violence is risen up into a rod of wickedness: none of them shall remain, nor of their multitude, nor of any of their's: neither shall there be wailing for them. -- ezekiel 7:11 +. +The time is come, the day draweth near: let not the buyer rejoice, nor the seller mourn: for wrath is upon all the multitude thereof. -- ezekiel 7:12 +. +For the seller shall not return to that which is sold, although they were yet alive: for the vision is touching the whole multitude thereof, which shall not return; neither shall any strengthen himself in the iniquity of his life. -- ezekiel 7:13 +. +They have blown the trumpet, even to make all ready; but none goeth to the battle: for my wrath is upon all the multitude thereof. -- ezekiel 7:14 +. +The sword is without, and the pestilence and the famine within: he that is in the field shall die with the sword; and he that is in the city, famine and pestilence shall devour him. -- ezekiel 7:15 +. +But they that escape of them shall escape, and shall be on the mountains like doves of the valleys, all of them mourning, every one for his iniquity. -- ezekiel 7:16 +. +All hands shall be feeble, and all knees shall be weak as water. -- ezekiel 7:17 +. +They shall also gird themselves with sackcloth, and horror shall cover them; and shame shall be upon all faces, and baldness upon all their heads. -- ezekiel 7:18 +. +They shall cast their silver in the streets, and their gold shall be removed: their silver and their gold shall not be able to deliver them in the day of the wrath of the LORD: they shall not satisfy their souls, neither fill their bowels: because it is the stumblingblock of their iniquity. -- ezekiel 7:19 +. +As for the beauty of his ornament, he set it in majesty: but they made the images of their abominations and of their detestable things therein: therefore have I set it far from them. -- ezekiel 7:20 +. +And I will give it into the hands of the strangers for a prey, and to the wicked of the earth for a spoil; and they shall pollute it. -- ezekiel 7:21 +. +My face will I turn also from them, and they shall pollute my secret place: for the robbers shall enter into it, and defile it. -- ezekiel 7:22 +. +Make a chain: for the land is full of bloody crimes, and the city is full of violence. -- ezekiel 7:23 +. +Wherefore I will bring the worst of the heathen, and they shall possess their houses: I will also make the pomp of the strong to cease; and their holy places shall be defiled. -- ezekiel 7:24 +. +Destruction cometh; and they shall seek peace, and there shall be none. -- ezekiel 7:25 +. +Mischief shall come upon mischief, and rumour shall be upon rumour; then shall they seek a vision of the prophet; but the law shall perish from the priest, and counsel from the ancients. -- ezekiel 7:26 +. +The king shall mourn, and the prince shall be clothed with desolation, and the hands of the people of the land shall be troubled: I will do unto them after their way, and according to their deserts will I judge them; and they shall know that I am the LORD. -- ezekiel 7:27 +. +And it came to pass in the sixth year, in the sixth month, in the fifth day of the month, as I sat in mine house, and the elders of Judah sat before me, that the hand of the Lord GOD fell there upon me. -- ezekiel 8:1 +. +Then I beheld, and lo a likeness as the appearance of fire: from the appearance of his loins even downward, fire; and from his loins even upward, as the appearance of brightness, as the colour of amber. -- ezekiel 8:2 +. +And he put forth the form of an hand, and took me by a lock of mine head; and the spirit lifted me up between the earth and the heaven, and brought me in the visions of God to Jerusalem, to the door of the inner gate that looketh toward the north; where was the seat of the image of jealousy, which provoketh to jealousy. -- ezekiel 8:3 +. +And, behold, the glory of the God of Israel was there, according to the vision that I saw in the plain. -- ezekiel 8:4 +. +Then said he unto me, Son of man, lift up thine eyes now the way toward the north. So I lifted up mine eyes the way toward the north, and behold northward at the gate of the altar this image of jealousy in the entry. -- ezekiel 8:5 +. +He said furthermore unto me, Son of man, seest thou what they do? even the great abominations that the house of Israel committeth here, that I should go far off from my sanctuary? but turn thee yet again, and thou shalt see greater abominations. -- ezekiel 8:6 +. +And he brought me to the door of the court; and when I looked, behold a hole in the wall. -- ezekiel 8:7 +. +Then said he unto me, Son of man, dig now in the wall: and when I had digged in the wall, behold a door. -- ezekiel 8:8 +. +And he said unto me, Go in, and behold the wicked abominations that they do here. -- ezekiel 8:9 +. +So I went in and saw; and behold every form of creeping things, and abominable beasts, and all the idols of the house of Israel, pourtrayed upon the wall round about. -- ezekiel 8:10 +. +And there stood before them seventy men of the ancients of the house of Israel, and in the midst of them stood Jaazaniah the son of Shaphan, with every man his censer in his hand; and a thick cloud of incense went up. -- ezekiel 8:11 +. +Then said he unto me, Son of man, hast thou seen what the ancients of the house of Israel do in the dark, every man in the chambers of his imagery? for they say, the LORD seeth us not; the LORD hath forsaken the earth. -- ezekiel 8:12 +. +He said also unto me, Turn thee yet again, and thou shalt see greater abominations that they do. -- ezekiel 8:13 +. +Then he brought me to the door of the gate of the LORD's house which was toward the north; and, behold, there sat women weeping for Tammuz. -- ezekiel 8:14 +. +Then said he unto me, Hast thou seen this, O son of man? turn thee yet again, and thou shalt see greater abominations than these. -- ezekiel 8:15 +. +And he brought me into the inner court of the LORD's house, and, behold, at the door of the temple of the LORD, between the porch and the altar, were about five and twenty men, with their backs toward the temple of the LORD, and their faces toward the east; and they worshipped the sun toward the east. -- ezekiel 8:16 +. +Then he said unto me, Hast thou seen this, O son of man? Is it a light thing to the house of Judah that they commit the abominations which they commit here? for they have filled the land with violence, and have returned to provoke me to anger: and, lo, they put the branch to their nose. -- ezekiel 8:17 +. +Therefore will I also deal in fury: mine eye shall not spare, neither will I have pity: and though they cry in mine ears with a loud voice, yet will I not hear them. -- ezekiel 8:18 +. +He cried also in mine ears with a loud voice, saying, Cause them that have charge over the city to draw near, even every man with his destroying weapon in his hand. -- ezekiel 9:1 +. +And, behold, six men came from the way of the higher gate, which lieth toward the north, and every man a slaughter weapon in his hand; and one man among them was clothed with linen, with a writer's inkhorn by his side: and they went in, and stood beside the brasen altar. -- ezekiel 9:2 +. +And the glory of the God of Israel was gone up from the cherub, whereupon he was, to the threshold of the house. And he called to the man clothed with linen, which had the writer's inkhorn by his side; -- ezekiel 9:3 +. +And the LORD said unto him, Go through the midst of the city, through the midst of Jerusalem, and set a mark upon the foreheads of the men that sigh and that cry for all the abominations that be done in the midst thereof. -- ezekiel 9:4 +. +And to the others he said in mine hearing, Go ye after him through the city, and smite: let not your eye spare, neither have ye pity: -- ezekiel 9:5 +. +Slay utterly old and young, both maids, and little children, and women: but come not near any man upon whom is the mark; and begin at my sanctuary. Then they began at the ancient men which were before the house. -- ezekiel 9:6 +. +And he said unto them, Defile the house, and fill the courts with the slain: go ye forth. And they went forth, and slew in the city. -- ezekiel 9:7 +. +And it came to pass, while they were slaying them, and I was left, that I fell upon my face, and cried, and said, Ah Lord GOD! wilt thou destroy all the residue of Israel in thy pouring out of thy fury upon Jerusalem? -- ezekiel 9:8 +. +Then said he unto me, The iniquity of the house of Israel and Judah is exceeding great, and the land is full of blood, and the city full of perverseness: for they say, The LORD hath forsaken the earth, and the LORD seeth not. -- ezekiel 9:9 +. +And as for me also, mine eye shall not spare, neither will I have pity, but I will recompense their way upon their head. -- ezekiel 9:10 +. +And, behold, the man clothed with linen, which had the inkhorn by his side, reported the matter, saying, I have done as thou hast commanded me. -- ezekiel 9:11 +. +Then I looked, and, behold, in the firmament that was above the head of the cherubims there appeared over them as it were a sapphire stone, as the appearance of the likeness of a throne. -- ezekiel 10:1 +. +And he spake unto the man clothed with linen, and said, Go in between the wheels, even under the cherub, and fill thine hand with coals of fire from between the cherubims, and scatter them over the city. And he went in in my sight. -- ezekiel 10:2 +. +Now the cherubims stood on the right side of the house, when the man went in; and the cloud filled the inner court. -- ezekiel 10:3 +. +Then the glory of the LORD went up from the cherub, and stood over the threshold of the house; and the house was filled with the cloud, and the court was full of the brightness of the LORD's glory. -- ezekiel 10:4 +. +And the sound of the cherubims' wings was heard even to the outer court, as the voice of the Almighty God when he speaketh. -- ezekiel 10:5 +. +And it came to pass, that when he had commanded the man clothed with linen, saying, Take fire from between the wheels, from between the cherubims; then he went in, and stood beside the wheels. -- ezekiel 10:6 +. +And one cherub stretched forth his hand from between the cherubims unto the fire that was between the cherubims, and took thereof, and put it into the hands of him that was clothed with linen: who took it, and went out. -- ezekiel 10:7 +. +And there appeared in the cherubims the form of a man's hand under their wings. -- ezekiel 10:8 +. +And when I looked, behold the four wheels by the cherubims, one wheel by one cherub, and another wheel by another cherub: and the appearance of the wheels was as the colour of a beryl stone. -- ezekiel 10:9 +. +And as for their appearances, they four had one likeness, as if a wheel had been in the midst of a wheel. -- ezekiel 10:10 +. +When they went, they went upon their four sides; they turned not as they went, but to the place whither the head looked they followed it; they turned not as they went. -- ezekiel 10:11 +. +And their whole body, and their backs, and their hands, and their wings, and the wheels, were full of eyes round about, even the wheels that they four had. -- ezekiel 10:12 +. +As for the wheels, it was cried unto them in my hearing, O wheel. -- ezekiel 10:13 +. +And every one had four faces: the first face was the face of a cherub, and the second face was the face of a man, and the third the face of a lion, and the fourth the face of an eagle. -- ezekiel 10:14 +. +And the cherubims were lifted up. This is the living creature that I saw by the river of Chebar. -- ezekiel 10:15 +. +And when the cherubims went, the wheels went by them: and when the cherubims lifted up their wings to mount up from the earth, the same wheels also turned not from beside them. -- ezekiel 10:16 +. +When they stood, these stood; and when they were lifted up, these lifted up themselves also: for the spirit of the living creature was in them. -- ezekiel 10:17 +. +Then the glory of the LORD departed from off the threshold of the house, and stood over the cherubims. -- ezekiel 10:18 +. +And the cherubims lifted up their wings, and mounted up from the earth in my sight: when they went out, the wheels also were beside them, and every one stood at the door of the east gate of the LORD's house; and the glory of the God of Israel was over them above. -- ezekiel 10:19 +. +This is the living creature that I saw under the God of Israel by the river of Chebar; and I knew that they were the cherubims. -- ezekiel 10:20 +. +Every one had four faces apiece, and every one four wings; and the likeness of the hands of a man was under their wings. -- ezekiel 10:21 +. +And the likeness of their faces was the same faces which I saw by the river of Chebar, their appearances and themselves: they went every one straight forward. -- ezekiel 10:22 +. +Moreover the spirit lifted me up, and brought me unto the east gate of the LORD's house, which looketh eastward: and behold at the door of the gate five and twenty men; among whom I saw Jaazaniah the son of Azur, and Pelatiah the son of Benaiah, princes of the people. -- ezekiel 11:1 +. +Then said he unto me, Son of man, these are the men that devise mischief, and give wicked counsel in this city: -- ezekiel 11:2 +. +Which say, It is not near; let us build houses: this city is the caldron, and we be the flesh. -- ezekiel 11:3 +. +Therefore prophesy against them, prophesy, O son of man. -- ezekiel 11:4 +. +And the Spirit of the LORD fell upon me, and said unto me, Speak; Thus saith the LORD; Thus have ye said, O house of Israel: for I know the things that come into your mind, every one of them. -- ezekiel 11:5 +. +Ye have multiplied your slain in this city, and ye have filled the streets thereof with the slain. -- ezekiel 11:6 +. +Therefore thus saith the Lord GOD; Your slain whom ye have laid in the midst of it, they are the flesh, and this city is the caldron: but I will bring you forth out of the midst of it. -- ezekiel 11:7 +. +Ye have feared the sword; and I will bring a sword upon you, saith the Lord GOD. -- ezekiel 11:8 +. +And I will bring you out of the midst thereof, and deliver you into the hands of strangers, and will execute judgments among you. -- ezekiel 11:9 +. +Ye shall fall by the sword; I will judge you in the border of Israel; and ye shall know that I am the LORD. -- ezekiel 11:10 +. +This city shall not be your caldron, neither shall ye be the flesh in the midst thereof; but I will judge you in the border of Israel: -- ezekiel 11:11 +. +And ye shall know that I am the LORD: for ye have not walked in my statutes, neither executed my judgments, but have done after the manners of the heathen that are round about you. -- ezekiel 11:12 +. +And it came to pass, when I prophesied, that Pelatiah the son of Benaiah died. Then fell I down upon my face, and cried with a loud voice, and said, Ah Lord GOD! wilt thou make a full end of the remnant of Israel? -- ezekiel 11:13 +. +Again the word of the LORD came unto me, saying, -- ezekiel 11:14 +. +Son of man, thy brethren, even thy brethren, the men of thy kindred, and all the house of Israel wholly, are they unto whom the inhabitants of Jerusalem have said, Get you far from the LORD: unto us is this land given in possession. -- ezekiel 11:15 +. +Therefore say, Thus saith the Lord GOD; Although I have cast them far off among the heathen, and although I have scattered them among the countries, yet will I be to them as a little sanctuary in the countries where they shall come. -- ezekiel 11:16 +. +Therefore say, Thus saith the Lord GOD; I will even gather you from the people, and assemble you out of the countries where ye have been scattered, and I will give you the land of Israel. -- ezekiel 11:17 +. +And they shall come thither, and they shall take away all the detestable things thereof and all the abominations thereof from thence. -- ezekiel 11:18 +. +And I will give them one heart, and I will put a new spirit within you; and I will take the stony heart out of their flesh, and will give them an heart of flesh: -- ezekiel 11:19 +. +That they may walk in my statutes, and keep mine ordinances, and do them: and they shall be my people, and I will be their God. -- ezekiel 11:20 +. +But as for them whose heart walketh after the heart of their detestable things and their abominations, I will recompense their way upon their own heads, saith the Lord GOD. -- ezekiel 11:21 +. +Then did the cherubims lift up their wings, and the wheels beside them; and the glory of the God of Israel was over them above. -- ezekiel 11:22 +. +And the glory of the LORD went up from the midst of the city, and stood upon the mountain which is on the east side of the city. -- ezekiel 11:23 +. +Afterwards the spirit took me up, and brought me in a vision by the Spirit of God into Chaldea, to them of the captivity. So the vision that I had seen went up from me. -- ezekiel 11:24 +. +Then I spake unto them of the captivity all the things that the LORD had shewed me. -- ezekiel 11:25 +. +The word of the LORD also came unto me, saying, -- ezekiel 12:1 +. +Son of man, thou dwellest in the midst of a rebellious house, which have eyes to see, and see not; they have ears to hear, and hear not: for they are a rebellious house. -- ezekiel 12:2 +. +Therefore, thou son of man, prepare thee stuff for removing, and remove by day in their sight; and thou shalt remove from thy place to another place in their sight: it may be they will consider, though they be a rebellious house. -- ezekiel 12:3 +. +Then shalt thou bring forth thy stuff by day in their sight, as stuff for removing: and thou shalt go forth at even in their sight, as they that go forth into captivity. -- ezekiel 12:4 +. +Dig thou through the wall in their sight, and carry out thereby. -- ezekiel 12:5 +. +In their sight shalt thou bear it upon thy shoulders, and carry it forth in the twilight: thou shalt cover thy face, that thou see not the ground: for I have set thee for a sign unto the house of Israel. -- ezekiel 12:6 +. +And I did so as I was commanded: I brought forth my stuff by day, as stuff for captivity, and in the even I digged through the wall with mine hand; I brought it forth in the twilight, and I bare it upon my shoulder in their sight. -- ezekiel 12:7 +. +And in the morning came the word of the LORD unto me, saying, -- ezekiel 12:8 +. +Son of man, hath not the house of Israel, the rebellious house, said unto thee, What doest thou? -- ezekiel 12:9 +. +Say thou unto them, Thus saith the Lord GOD; This burden concerneth the prince in Jerusalem, and all the house of Israel that are among them. -- ezekiel 12:10 +. +Say, I am your sign: like as I have done, so shall it be done unto them: they shall remove and go into captivity. -- ezekiel 12:11 +. +And the prince that is among them shall bear upon his shoulder in the twilight, and shall go forth: they shall dig through the wall to carry out thereby: he shall cover his face, that he see not the ground with his eyes. -- ezekiel 12:12 +. +My net also will I spread upon him, and he shall be taken in my snare: and I will bring him to Babylon to the land of the Chaldeans; yet shall he not see it, though he shall die there. -- ezekiel 12:13 +. +And I will scatter toward every wind all that are about him to help him, and all his bands; and I will draw out the sword after them. -- ezekiel 12:14 +. +And they shall know that I am the LORD, when I shall scatter them among the nations, and disperse them in the countries. -- ezekiel 12:15 +. +But I will leave a few men of them from the sword, from the famine, and from the pestilence; that they may declare all their abominations among the heathen whither they come; and they shall know that I am the LORD. -- ezekiel 12:16 +. +Moreover the word of the LORD came to me, saying, -- ezekiel 12:17 +. +Son of man, eat thy bread with quaking, and drink thy water with trembling and with carefulness; -- ezekiel 12:18 +. +And say unto the people of the land, Thus saith the Lord GOD of the inhabitants of Jerusalem, and of the land of Israel; They shall eat their bread with carefulness, and drink their water with astonishment, that her land may be desolate from all that is therein, because of the violence of all them that dwell therein. -- ezekiel 12:19 +. +And the cities that are inhabited shall be laid waste, and the land shall be desolate; and ye shall know that I am the LORD. -- ezekiel 12:20 +. +And the word of the LORD came unto me, saying, -- ezekiel 12:21 +. +Son of man, what is that proverb that ye have in the land of Israel, saying, The days are prolonged, and every vision faileth? -- ezekiel 12:22 +. +Tell them therefore, Thus saith the Lord GOD; I will make this proverb to cease, and they shall no more use it as a proverb in Israel; but say unto them, The days are at hand, and the effect of every vision. -- ezekiel 12:23 +. +For there shall be no more any vain vision nor flattering divination within the house of Israel. -- ezekiel 12:24 +. +For I am the LORD: I will speak, and the word that I shall speak shall come to pass; it shall be no more prolonged: for in your days, O rebellious house, will I say the word, and will perform it, saith the Lord GOD. -- ezekiel 12:25 +. +Again the word of the LORD came to me, saying. -- ezekiel 12:26 +. +Son of man, behold, they of the house of Israel say, The vision that he seeth is for many days to come, and he prophesieth of the times that are far off. -- ezekiel 12:27 +. +Therefore say unto them, Thus saith the Lord GOD; There shall none of my words be prolonged any more, but the word which I have spoken shall be done, saith the Lord GOD. -- ezekiel 12:28 +. +And the word of the LORD came unto me, saying, -- ezekiel 13:1 +. +Son of man, prophesy against the prophets of Israel that prophesy, and say thou unto them that prophesy out of their own hearts, Hear ye the word of the LORD; -- ezekiel 13:2 +. +Thus saith the Lord GOD; Woe unto the foolish prophets, that follow their own spirit, and have seen nothing! -- ezekiel 13:3 +. +O Israel, thy prophets are like the foxes in the deserts. -- ezekiel 13:4 +. +Ye have not gone up into the gaps, neither made up the hedge for the house of Israel to stand in the battle in the day of the LORD. -- ezekiel 13:5 +. +They have seen vanity and lying divination, saying, The LORD saith: and the LORD hath not sent them: and they have made others to hope that they would confirm the word. -- ezekiel 13:6 +. +Have ye not seen a vain vision, and have ye not spoken a lying divination, whereas ye say, The LORD saith it; albeit I have not spoken? -- ezekiel 13:7 +. +Therefore thus saith the Lord GOD; Because ye have spoken vanity, and seen lies, therefore, behold, I am against you, saith the Lord GOD. -- ezekiel 13:8 +. +And mine hand shall be upon the prophets that see vanity, and that divine lies: they shall not be in the assembly of my people, neither shall they be written in the writing of the house of Israel, neither shall they enter into the land of Israel; and ye shall know that I am the Lord GOD. -- ezekiel 13:9 +. +Because, even because they have seduced my people, saying, Peace; and there was no peace; and one built up a wall, and, lo, others daubed it with untempered morter: -- ezekiel 13:10 +. +Say unto them which daub it with untempered morter, that it shall fall: there shall be an overflowing shower; and ye, O great hailstones, shall fall; and a stormy wind shall rend it. -- ezekiel 13:11 +. +Lo, when the wall is fallen, shall it not be said unto you, Where is the daubing wherewith ye have daubed it? -- ezekiel 13:12 +. +Therefore thus saith the Lord GOD; I will even rend it with a stormy wind in my fury; and there shall be an overflowing shower in mine anger, and great hailstones in my fury to consume it. -- ezekiel 13:13 +. +So will I break down the wall that ye have daubed with untempered morter, and bring it down to the ground, so that the foundation thereof shall be discovered, and it shall fall, and ye shall be consumed in the midst thereof: and ye shall know that I am the LORD. -- ezekiel 13:14 +. +Thus will I accomplish my wrath upon the wall, and upon them that have daubed it with untempered morter, and will say unto you, The wall is no more, neither they that daubed it; -- ezekiel 13:15 +. +To wit, the prophets of Israel which prophesy concerning Jerusalem, and which see visions of peace for her, and there is no peace, saith the Lord GOD. -- ezekiel 13:16 +. +Likewise, thou son of man, set thy face against the daughters of thy people, which prophesy out of their own heart; and prophesy thou against them, -- ezekiel 13:17 +. +And say, Thus saith the Lord GOD; Woe to the women that sew pillows to all armholes, and make kerchiefs upon the head of every stature to hunt souls! Will ye hunt the souls of my people, and will ye save the souls alive that come unto you? -- ezekiel 13:18 +. +And will ye pollute me among my people for handfuls of barley and for pieces of bread, to slay the souls that should not die, and to save the souls alive that should not live, by your lying to my people that hear your lies? -- ezekiel 13:19 +. +Wherefore thus saith the Lord GOD; Behold, I am against your pillows, wherewith ye there hunt the souls to make them fly, and I will tear them from your arms, and will let the souls go, even the souls that ye hunt to make them fly. -- ezekiel 13:20 +. +Your kerchiefs also will I tear, and deliver my people out of your hand, and they shall be no more in your hand to be hunted; and ye shall know that I am the LORD. -- ezekiel 13:21 +. +Because with lies ye have made the heart of the righteous sad, whom I have not made sad; and strengthened the hands of the wicked, that he should not return from his wicked way, by promising him life: -- ezekiel 13:22 +. +Therefore ye shall see no more vanity, nor divine divinations: for I will deliver my people out of your hand: and ye shall know that I am the LORD. -- ezekiel 13:23 +. +Then came certain of the elders of Israel unto me, and sat before me. -- ezekiel 14:1 +. +And the word of the LORD came unto me, saying, -- ezekiel 14:2 +. +Son of man, these men have set up their idols in their heart, and put the stumblingblock of their iniquity before their face: should I be enquired of at all by them? -- ezekiel 14:3 +. +Therefore speak unto them, and say unto them, Thus saith the Lord GOD; Every man of the house of Israel that setteth up his idols in his heart, and putteth the stumblingblock of his iniquity before his face, and cometh to the prophet; I the LORD will answer him that cometh according to the multitude of his idols; -- ezekiel 14:4 +. +That I may take the house of Israel in their own heart, because they are all estranged from me through their idols. -- ezekiel 14:5 +. +Therefore say unto the house of Israel, Thus saith the Lord GOD; Repent, and turn yourselves from your idols; and turn away your faces from all your abominations. -- ezekiel 14:6 +. +For every one of the house of Israel, or of the stranger that sojourneth in Israel, which separateth himself from me, and setteth up his idols in his heart, and putteth the stumblingblock of his iniquity before his face, and cometh to a prophet to enquire of him concerning me; I the LORD will answer him by myself: -- ezekiel 14:7 +. +And I will set my face against that man, and will make him a sign and a proverb, and I will cut him off from the midst of my people; and ye shall know that I am the LORD. -- ezekiel 14:8 +. +And if the prophet be deceived when he hath spoken a thing, I the LORD have deceived that prophet, and I will stretch out my hand upon him, and will destroy him from the midst of my people Israel. -- ezekiel 14:9 +. +And they shall bear the punishment of their iniquity: the punishment of the prophet shall be even as the punishment of him that seeketh unto him; -- ezekiel 14:10 +. +That the house of Israel may go no more astray from me, neither be polluted any more with all their transgressions; but that they may be my people, and I may be their God, saith the Lord GOD. -- ezekiel 14:11 +. +The word of the LORD came again to me, saying, -- ezekiel 14:12 +. +Son of man, when the land sinneth against me by trespassing grievously, then will I stretch out mine hand upon it, and will break the staff of the bread thereof, and will send famine upon it, and will cut off man and beast from it: -- ezekiel 14:13 +. +Though these three men, Noah, Daniel, and Job, were in it, they should deliver but their own souls by their righteousness, saith the Lord GOD. -- ezekiel 14:14 +. +If I cause noisome beasts to pass through the land, and they spoil it, so that it be desolate, that no man may pass through because of the beasts: -- ezekiel 14:15 +. +Though these three men were in it, as I live, saith the Lord GOD, they shall deliver neither sons nor daughters; they only shall be delivered, but the land shall be desolate. -- ezekiel 14:16 +. +Or if I bring a sword upon that land, and say, Sword, go through the land; so that I cut off man and beast from it: -- ezekiel 14:17 +. +Though these three men were in it, as I live, saith the Lord GOD, they shall deliver neither sons nor daughters, but they only shall be delivered themselves. -- ezekiel 14:18 +. +Or if I send a pestilence into that land, and pour out my fury upon it in blood, to cut off from it man and beast: -- ezekiel 14:19 +. +Though Noah, Daniel, and Job were in it, as I live, saith the Lord GOD, they shall deliver neither son nor daughter; they shall but deliver their own souls by their righteousness. -- ezekiel 14:20 +. +For thus saith the Lord GOD; How much more when I send my four sore judgments upon Jerusalem, the sword, and the famine, and the noisome beast, and the pestilence, to cut off from it man and beast? -- ezekiel 14:21 +. +Yet, behold, therein shall be left a remnant that shall be brought forth, both sons and daughters: behold, they shall come forth unto you, and ye shall see their way and their doings: and ye shall be comforted concerning the evil that I have brought upon Jerusalem, even concerning all that I have brought upon it. -- ezekiel 14:22 +. +And they shall comfort you, when ye see their ways and their doings: and ye shall know that I have not done without cause all that I have done in it, saith the Lord GOD. -- ezekiel 14:23 +. +And the word of the LORD came unto me, saying, -- ezekiel 15:1 +. +Son of man, what is the vine tree more than any tree, or than a branch which is among the trees of the forest? -- ezekiel 15:2 +. +Shall wood be taken thereof to do any work? or will men take a pin of it to hang any vessel thereon? -- ezekiel 15:3 +. +Behold, it is cast into the fire for fuel; the fire devoureth both the ends of it, and the midst of it is burned. Is it meet for any work? -- ezekiel 15:4 +. +Behold, when it was whole, it was meet for no work: how much less shall it be meet yet for any work, when the fire hath devoured it, and it is burned? -- ezekiel 15:5 +. +Therefore thus saith the Lord GOD; As the vine tree among the trees of the forest, which I have given to the fire for fuel, so will I give the inhabitants of Jerusalem. -- ezekiel 15:6 +. +And I will set my face against them; they shall go out from one fire, and another fire shall devour them; and ye shall know that I am the LORD, when I set my face against them. -- ezekiel 15:7 +. +And I will make the land desolate, because they have committed a trespass, saith the Lord GOD. -- ezekiel 15:8 +. +Again the word of the LORD came unto me, saying, -- ezekiel 16:1 +. +Son of man, cause Jerusalem to know her abominations, -- ezekiel 16:2 +. +And say, Thus saith the Lord GOD unto Jerusalem; Thy birth and thy nativity is of the land of Canaan; thy father was an Amorite, and thy mother an Hittite. -- ezekiel 16:3 +. +And as for thy nativity, in the day thou wast born thy navel was not cut, neither wast thou washed in water to supple thee; thou wast not salted at all, nor swaddled at all. -- ezekiel 16:4 +. +None eye pitied thee, to do any of these unto thee, to have compassion upon thee; but thou wast cast out in the open field, to the lothing of thy person, in the day that thou wast born. -- ezekiel 16:5 +. +And when I passed by thee, and saw thee polluted in thine own blood, I said unto thee when thou wast in thy blood, Live; yea, I said unto thee when thou wast in thy blood, Live. -- ezekiel 16:6 +. +I have caused thee to multiply as the bud of the field, and thou hast increased and waxen great, and thou art come to excellent ornaments: thy breasts are fashioned, and thine hair is grown, whereas thou wast naked and bare. -- ezekiel 16:7 +. +Now when I passed by thee, and looked upon thee, behold, thy time was the time of love; and I spread my skirt over thee, and covered thy nakedness: yea, I sware unto thee, and entered into a covenant with thee, saith the Lord GOD, and thou becamest mine. -- ezekiel 16:8 +. +Then washed I thee with water; yea, I throughly washed away thy blood from thee, and I anointed thee with oil. -- ezekiel 16:9 +. +I clothed thee also with broidered work, and shod thee with badgers' skin, and I girded thee about with fine linen, and I covered thee with silk. -- ezekiel 16:10 +. +I decked thee also with ornaments, and I put bracelets upon thy hands, and a chain on thy neck. -- ezekiel 16:11 +. +And I put a jewel on thy forehead, and earrings in thine ears, and a beautiful crown upon thine head. -- ezekiel 16:12 +. +Thus wast thou decked with gold and silver; and thy raiment was of fine linen, and silk, and broidered work; thou didst eat fine flour, and honey, and oil: and thou wast exceeding beautiful, and thou didst prosper into a kingdom. -- ezekiel 16:13 +. +And thy renown went forth among the heathen for thy beauty: for it was perfect through my comeliness, which I had put upon thee, saith the Lord GOD. -- ezekiel 16:14 +. +But thou didst trust in thine own beauty, and playedst the harlot because of thy renown, and pouredst out thy fornications on every one that passed by; his it was. -- ezekiel 16:15 +. +And of thy garments thou didst take, and deckedst thy high places with divers colours, and playedst the harlot thereupon: the like things shall not come, neither shall it be so. -- ezekiel 16:16 +. +Thou hast also taken thy fair jewels of my gold and of my silver, which I had given thee, and madest to thyself images of men, and didst commit whoredom with them, -- ezekiel 16:17 +. +And tookest thy broidered garments, and coveredst them: and thou hast set mine oil and mine incense before them. -- ezekiel 16:18 +. +My meat also which I gave thee, fine flour, and oil, and honey, wherewith I fed thee, thou hast even set it before them for a sweet savour: and thus it was, saith the Lord GOD. -- ezekiel 16:19 +. +Moreover thou hast taken thy sons and thy daughters, whom thou hast borne unto me, and these hast thou sacrificed unto them to be devoured. Is this of thy whoredoms a small matter, -- ezekiel 16:20 +. +That thou hast slain my children, and delivered them to cause them to pass through the fire for them? -- ezekiel 16:21 +. +And in all thine abominations and thy whoredoms thou hast not remembered the days of thy youth, when thou wast naked and bare, and wast polluted in thy blood. -- ezekiel 16:22 +. +And it came to pass after all thy wickedness, (woe, woe unto thee! saith the LORD GOD;) -- ezekiel 16:23 +. +That thou hast also built unto thee an eminent place, and hast made thee an high place in every street. -- ezekiel 16:24 +. +Thou hast built thy high place at every head of the way, and hast made thy beauty to be abhorred, and hast opened thy feet to every one that passed by, and multiplied thy whoredoms. -- ezekiel 16:25 +. +Thou hast also committed fornication with the Egyptians thy neighbours, great of flesh; and hast increased thy whoredoms, to provoke me to anger. -- ezekiel 16:26 +. +Behold, therefore I have stretched out my hand over thee, and have diminished thine ordinary food, and delivered thee unto the will of them that hate thee, the daughters of the Philistines, which are ashamed of thy lewd way. -- ezekiel 16:27 +. +Thou hast played the whore also with the Assyrians, because thou wast unsatiable; yea, thou hast played the harlot with them, and yet couldest not be satisfied. -- ezekiel 16:28 +. +Thou hast moreover multiplied thy fornication in the land of Canaan unto Chaldea; and yet thou wast not satisfied therewith. -- ezekiel 16:29 +. +How weak is thine heart, saith the LORD GOD, seeing thou doest all these things, the work of an imperious whorish woman; -- ezekiel 16:30 +. +In that thou buildest thine eminent place in the head of every way, and makest thine high place in every street; and hast not been as an harlot, in that thou scornest hire; -- ezekiel 16:31 +. +But as a wife that committeth adultery, which taketh strangers instead of her husband! -- ezekiel 16:32 +. +They give gifts to all whores: but thou givest thy gifts to all thy lovers, and hirest them, that they may come unto thee on every side for thy whoredom. -- ezekiel 16:33 +. +And the contrary is in thee from other women in thy whoredoms, whereas none followeth thee to commit whoredoms: and in that thou givest a reward, and no reward is given unto thee, therefore thou art contrary. -- ezekiel 16:34 +. +Wherefore, O harlot, hear the word of the LORD: -- ezekiel 16:35 +. +Thus saith the Lord GOD; Because thy filthiness was poured out, and thy nakedness discovered through thy whoredoms with thy lovers, and with all the idols of thy abominations, and by the blood of thy children, which thou didst give unto them; -- ezekiel 16:36 +. +Behold, therefore I will gather all thy lovers, with whom thou hast taken pleasure, and all them that thou hast loved, with all them that thou hast hated; I will even gather them round about against thee, and will discover thy nakedness unto them, that they may see all thy nakedness. -- ezekiel 16:37 +. +And I will judge thee, as women that break wedlock and shed blood are judged; and I will give thee blood in fury and jealousy. -- ezekiel 16:38 +. +And I will also give thee into their hand, and they shall throw down thine eminent place, and shall break down thy high places: they shall strip thee also of thy clothes, and shall take thy fair jewels, and leave thee naked and bare. -- ezekiel 16:39 +. +They shall also bring up a company against thee, and they shall stone thee with stones, and thrust thee through with their swords. -- ezekiel 16:40 +. +And they shall burn thine houses with fire, and execute judgments upon thee in the sight of many women: and I will cause thee to cease from playing the harlot, and thou also shalt give no hire any more. -- ezekiel 16:41 +. +So will I make my fury toward thee to rest, and my jealousy shall depart from thee, and I will be quiet, and will be no more angry. -- ezekiel 16:42 +. +Because thou hast not remembered the days of thy youth, but hast fretted me in all these things; behold, therefore I also will recompense thy way upon thine head, saith the Lord GOD: and thou shalt not commit this lewdness above all thine abominations. -- ezekiel 16:43 +. +Behold, every one that useth proverbs shall use this proverb against thee, saying, As is the mother, so is her daughter. -- ezekiel 16:44 +. +Thou art thy mother's daughter, that lotheth her husband and her children; and thou art the sister of thy sisters, which lothed their husbands and their children: your mother was an Hittite, and your father an Amorite. -- ezekiel 16:45 +. +And thine elder sister is Samaria, she and her daughters that dwell at thy left hand: and thy younger sister, that dwelleth at thy right hand, is Sodom and her daughters. -- ezekiel 16:46 +. +Yet hast thou not walked after their ways, nor done after their abominations: but, as if that were a very little thing, thou wast corrupted more than they in all thy ways. -- ezekiel 16:47 +. +As I live, saith the Lord GOD, Sodom thy sister hath not done, she nor her daughters, as thou hast done, thou and thy daughters. -- ezekiel 16:48 +. +Behold, this was the iniquity of thy sister Sodom, pride, fulness of bread, and abundance of idleness was in her and in her daughters, neither did she strengthen the hand of the poor and needy. -- ezekiel 16:49 +. +And they were haughty, and committed abomination before me: therefore I took them away as I saw good. -- ezekiel 16:50 +. +Neither hath Samaria committed half of thy sins; but thou hast multiplied thine abominations more than they, and hast justified thy sisters in all thine abominations which thou hast done. -- ezekiel 16:51 +. +Thou also, which hast judged thy sisters, bear thine own shame for thy sins that thou hast committed more abominable than they: they are more righteous than thou: yea, be thou confounded also, and bear thy shame, in that thou hast justified thy sisters. -- ezekiel 16:52 +. +When I shall bring again their captivity, the captivity of Sodom and her daughters, and the captivity of Samaria and her daughters, then will I bring again the captivity of thy captives in the midst of them: -- ezekiel 16:53 +. +That thou mayest bear thine own shame, and mayest be confounded in all that thou hast done, in that thou art a comfort unto them. -- ezekiel 16:54 +. +When thy sisters, Sodom and her daughters, shall return to their former estate, and Samaria and her daughters shall return to their former estate, then thou and thy daughters shall return to your former estate. -- ezekiel 16:55 +. +For thy sister Sodom was not mentioned by thy mouth in the day of thy pride, -- ezekiel 16:56 +. +Before thy wickedness was discovered, as at the time of thy reproach of the daughters of Syria, and all that are round about her, the daughters of the Philistines, which despise thee round about. -- ezekiel 16:57 +. +Thou hast borne thy lewdness and thine abominations, saith the LORD. -- ezekiel 16:58 +. +For thus saith the Lord GOD; I will even deal with thee as thou hast done, which hast despised the oath in breaking the covenant. -- ezekiel 16:59 +. +Nevertheless I will remember my covenant with thee in the days of thy youth, and I will establish unto thee an everlasting covenant. -- ezekiel 16:60 +. +Then thou shalt remember thy ways, and be ashamed, when thou shalt receive thy sisters, thine elder and thy younger: and I will give them unto thee for daughters, but not by thy covenant. -- ezekiel 16:61 +. +And I will establish my covenant with thee; and thou shalt know that I am the LORD: -- ezekiel 16:62 +. +That thou mayest remember, and be confounded, and never open thy mouth any more because of thy shame, when I am pacified toward thee for all that thou hast done, saith the Lord GOD. -- ezekiel 16:63 +. +And the word of the LORD came unto me, saying, -- ezekiel 17:1 +. +Son of man, put forth a riddle, and speak a parable unto the house of Israel; -- ezekiel 17:2 +. +And say, Thus saith the Lord GOD; A great eagle with great wings, longwinged, full of feathers, which had divers colours, came unto Lebanon, and took the highest branch of the cedar: -- ezekiel 17:3 +. +He cropped off the top of his young twigs, and carried it into a land of traffick; he set it in a city of merchants. -- ezekiel 17:4 +. +He took also of the seed of the land, and planted it in a fruitful field; he placed it by great waters, and set it as a willow tree. -- ezekiel 17:5 +. +And it grew, and became a spreading vine of low stature, whose branches turned toward him, and the roots thereof were under him: so it became a vine, and brought forth branches, and shot forth sprigs. -- ezekiel 17:6 +. +There was also another great eagle with great wings and many feathers: and, behold, this vine did bend her roots toward him, and shot forth her branches toward him, that he might water it by the furrows of her plantation. -- ezekiel 17:7 +. +It was planted in a good soil by great waters, that it might bring forth branches, and that it might bear fruit, that it might be a goodly vine. -- ezekiel 17:8 +. +Say thou, Thus saith the Lord GOD; Shall it prosper? shall he not pull up the roots thereof, and cut off the fruit thereof, that it wither? it shall wither in all the leaves of her spring, even without great power or many people to pluck it up by the roots thereof. -- ezekiel 17:9 +. +Yea, behold, being planted, shall it prosper? shall it not utterly wither, when the east wind toucheth it? it shall wither in the furrows where it grew. -- ezekiel 17:10 +. +Moreover the word of the LORD came unto me, saying, -- ezekiel 17:11 +. +Say now to the rebellious house, Know ye not what these things mean? tell them, Behold, the king of Babylon is come to Jerusalem, and hath taken the king thereof, and the princes thereof, and led them with him to Babylon; -- ezekiel 17:12 +. +And hath taken of the king's seed, and made a covenant with him, and hath taken an oath of him: he hath also taken the mighty of the land: -- ezekiel 17:13 +. +That the kingdom might be base, that it might not lift itself up, but that by keeping of his covenant it might stand. -- ezekiel 17:14 +. +But he rebelled against him in sending his ambassadors into Egypt, that they might give him horses and much people. Shall he prosper? shall he escape that doeth such things? or shall he break the covenant, and be delivered? -- ezekiel 17:15 +. +As I live, saith the Lord GOD, surely in the place where the king dwelleth that made him king, whose oath he despised, and whose covenant he brake, even with him in the midst of Babylon he shall die. -- ezekiel 17:16 +. +Neither shall Pharaoh with his mighty army and great company make for him in the war, by casting up mounts, and building forts, to cut off many persons: -- ezekiel 17:17 +. +Seeing he despised the oath by breaking the covenant, when, lo, he had given his hand, and hath done all these things, he shall not escape. -- ezekiel 17:18 +. +Therefore thus saith the Lord GOD; As I live, surely mine oath that he hath despised, and my covenant that he hath broken, even it will I recompense upon his own head. -- ezekiel 17:19 +. +And I will spread my net upon him, and he shall be taken in my snare, and I will bring him to Babylon, and will plead with him there for his trespass that he hath trespassed against me. -- ezekiel 17:20 +. +And all his fugitives with all his bands shall fall by the sword, and they that remain shall be scattered toward all winds: and ye shall know that I the LORD have spoken it. -- ezekiel 17:21 +. +Thus saith the Lord GOD; I will also take of the highest branch of the high cedar, and will set it; I will crop off from the top of his young twigs a tender one, and will plant it upon an high mountain and eminent: -- ezekiel 17:22 +. +In the mountain of the height of Israel will I plant it: and it shall bring forth boughs, and bear fruit, and be a goodly cedar: and under it shall dwell all fowl of every wing; in the shadow of the branches thereof shall they dwell. -- ezekiel 17:23 +. +And all the trees of the field shall know that I the LORD have brought down the high tree, have exalted the low tree, have dried up the green tree, and have made the dry tree to flourish: I the LORD have spoken and have done it. -- ezekiel 17:24 +. +The word of the LORD came unto me again, saying, -- ezekiel 18:1 +. +What mean ye, that ye use this proverb concerning the land of Israel, saying, The fathers have eaten sour grapes, and the children's teeth are set on edge? -- ezekiel 18:2 +. +As I live, saith the Lord GOD, ye shall not have occasion any more to use this proverb in Israel. -- ezekiel 18:3 +. +Behold, all souls are mine; as the soul of the father, so also the soul of the son is mine: the soul that sinneth, it shall die. -- ezekiel 18:4 +. +But if a man be just, and do that which is lawful and right, -- ezekiel 18:5 +. +And hath not eaten upon the mountains, neither hath lifted up his eyes to the idols of the house of Israel, neither hath defiled his neighbour's wife, neither hath come near to a menstruous woman, -- ezekiel 18:6 +. +And hath not oppressed any, but hath restored to the debtor his pledge, hath spoiled none by violence, hath given his bread to the hungry, and hath covered the naked with a garment; -- ezekiel 18:7 +. +He that hath not given forth upon usury, neither hath taken any increase, that hath withdrawn his hand from iniquity, hath executed true judgment between man and man, -- ezekiel 18:8 +. +Hath walked in my statutes, and hath kept my judgments, to deal truly; he is just, he shall surely live, saith the Lord GOD. -- ezekiel 18:9 +. +If he beget a son that is a robber, a shedder of blood, and that doeth the like to any one of these things, -- ezekiel 18:10 +. +And that doeth not any of those duties, but even hath eaten upon the mountains, and defiled his neighbour's wife, -- ezekiel 18:11 +. +Hath oppressed the poor and needy, hath spoiled by violence, hath not restored the pledge, and hath lifted up his eyes to the idols, hath committed abomination, -- ezekiel 18:12 +. +Hath given forth upon usury, and hath taken increase: shall he then live? he shall not live: he hath done all these abominations; he shall surely die; his blood shall be upon him. -- ezekiel 18:13 +. +Now, lo, if he beget a son, that seeth all his father's sins which he hath done, and considereth, and doeth not such like, -- ezekiel 18:14 +. +That hath not eaten upon the mountains, neither hath lifted up his eyes to the idols of the house of Israel, hath not defiled his neighbour's wife, -- ezekiel 18:15 +. +Neither hath oppressed any, hath not withholden the pledge, neither hath spoiled by violence, but hath given his bread to the hungry, and hath covered the naked with a garment, -- ezekiel 18:16 +. +That hath taken off his hand from the poor, that hath not received usury nor increase, hath executed my judgments, hath walked in my statutes; he shall not die for the iniquity of his father, he shall surely live. -- ezekiel 18:17 +. +As for his father, because he cruelly oppressed, spoiled his brother by violence, and did that which is not good among his people, lo, even he shall die in his iniquity. -- ezekiel 18:18 +. +Yet say ye, Why? doth not the son bear the iniquity of the father? When the son hath done that which is lawful and right, and hath kept all my statutes, and hath done them, he shall surely live. -- ezekiel 18:19 +. +The soul that sinneth, it shall die. The son shall not bear the iniquity of the father, neither shall the father bear the iniquity of the son: the righteousness of the righteous shall be upon him, and the wickedness of the wicked shall be upon him. -- ezekiel 18:20 +. +But if the wicked will turn from all his sins that he hath committed, and keep all my statutes, and do that which is lawful and right, he shall surely live, he shall not die. -- ezekiel 18:21 +. +All his transgressions that he hath committed, they shall not be mentioned unto him: in his righteousness that he hath done he shall live. -- ezekiel 18:22 +. +Have I any pleasure at all that the wicked should die? saith the Lord GOD: and not that he should return from his ways, and live? -- ezekiel 18:23 +. +But when the righteous turneth away from his righteousness, and committeth iniquity, and doeth according to all the abominations that the wicked man doeth, shall he live? All his righteousness that he hath done shall not be mentioned: in his trespass that he hath trespassed, and in his sin that he hath sinned, in them shall he die. -- ezekiel 18:24 +. +Yet ye say, The way of the LORD is not equal. Hear now, O house of Israel; Is not my way equal? are not your ways unequal? -- ezekiel 18:25 +. +When a righteous man turneth away from his righteousness, and committeth iniquity, and dieth in them; for his iniquity that he hath done shall he die. -- ezekiel 18:26 +. +Again, when the wicked man turneth away from his wickedness that he hath committed, and doeth that which is lawful and right, he shall save his soul alive. -- ezekiel 18:27 +. +Because he considereth, and turneth away from all his transgressions that he hath committed, he shall surely live, he shall not die. -- ezekiel 18:28 +. +Yet saith the house of Israel, The way of the LORD is not equal. O house of Israel, are not my ways equal? are not your ways unequal? -- ezekiel 18:29 +. +Therefore I will judge you, O house of Israel, every one according to his ways, saith the Lord GOD. Repent, and turn yourselves from all your transgressions; so iniquity shall not be your ruin. -- ezekiel 18:30 +. +Cast away from you all your transgressions, whereby ye have transgressed; and make you a new heart and a new spirit: for why will ye die, O house of Israel? -- ezekiel 18:31 +. +For I have no pleasure in the death of him that dieth, saith the Lord GOD: wherefore turn yourselves, and live ye. -- ezekiel 18:32 +. +Moreover take thou up a lamentation for the princes of Israel, -- ezekiel 19:1 +. +And say, What is thy mother? A lioness: she lay down among lions, she nourished her whelps among young lions. -- ezekiel 19:2 +. +And she brought up one of her whelps: it became a young lion, and it learned to catch the prey; it devoured men. -- ezekiel 19:3 +. +The nations also heard of him; he was taken in their pit, and they brought him with chains unto the land of Egypt. -- ezekiel 19:4 +. +Now when she saw that she had waited, and her hope was lost, then she took another of her whelps, and made him a young lion. -- ezekiel 19:5 +. +And he went up and down among the lions, he became a young lion, and learned to catch the prey, and devoured men. -- ezekiel 19:6 +. +And he knew their desolate palaces, and he laid waste their cities; and the land was desolate, and the fulness thereof, by the noise of his roaring. -- ezekiel 19:7 +. +Then the nations set against him on every side from the provinces, and spread their net over him: he was taken in their pit. -- ezekiel 19:8 +. +And they put him in ward in chains, and brought him to the king of Babylon: they brought him into holds, that his voice should no more be heard upon the mountains of Israel. -- ezekiel 19:9 +. +Thy mother is like a vine in thy blood, planted by the waters: she was fruitful and full of branches by reason of many waters. -- ezekiel 19:10 +. +And she had strong rods for the sceptres of them that bare rule, and her stature was exalted among the thick branches, and she appeared in her height with the multitude of her branches. -- ezekiel 19:11 +. +But she was plucked up in fury, she was cast down to the ground, and the east wind dried up her fruit: her strong rods were broken and withered; the fire consumed them. -- ezekiel 19:12 +. +And now she is planted in the wilderness, in a dry and thirsty ground. -- ezekiel 19:13 +. +And fire is gone out of a rod of her branches, which hath devoured her fruit, so that she hath no strong rod to be a sceptre to rule. This is a lamentation, and shall be for a lamentation. -- ezekiel 19:14 +. +And it came to pass in the seventh year, in the fifth month, the tenth day of the month, that certain of the elders of Israel came to enquire of the LORD, and sat before me. -- ezekiel 20:1 +. +Then came the word of the LORD unto me, saying, -- ezekiel 20:2 +. +Son of man, speak unto the elders of Israel, and say unto them, Thus saith the Lord GOD; Are ye come to enquire of me? As I live, saith the Lord GOD, I will not be enquired of by you. -- ezekiel 20:3 +. +Wilt thou judge them, son of man, wilt thou judge them? cause them to know the abominations of their fathers: -- ezekiel 20:4 +. +And say unto them, Thus saith the Lord GOD; In the day when I chose Israel, and lifted up mine hand unto the seed of the house of Jacob, and made myself known unto them in the land of Egypt, when I lifted up mine hand unto them, saying, I am the LORD your God; -- ezekiel 20:5 +. +In the day that I lifted up mine hand unto them, to bring them forth of the land of Egypt into a land that I had espied for them, flowing with milk and honey, which is the glory of all lands: -- ezekiel 20:6 +. +Then said I unto them, Cast ye away every man the abominations of his eyes, and defile not yourselves with the idols of Egypt: I am the LORD your God. -- ezekiel 20:7 +. +But they rebelled against me, and would not hearken unto me: they did not every man cast away the abominations of their eyes, neither did they forsake the idols of Egypt: then I said, I will pour out my fury upon them, to accomplish my anger against them in the midst of the land of Egypt. -- ezekiel 20:8 +. +But I wrought for my name's sake, that it should not be polluted before the heathen, among whom they were, in whose sight I made myself known unto them, in bringing them forth out of the land of Egypt. -- ezekiel 20:9 +. +Wherefore I caused them to go forth out of the land of Egypt, and brought them into the wilderness. -- ezekiel 20:10 +. +And I gave them my statutes, and shewed them my judgments, which if a man do, he shall even live in them. -- ezekiel 20:11 +. +Moreover also I gave them my sabbaths, to be a sign between me and them, that they might know that I am the LORD that sanctify them. -- ezekiel 20:12 +. +But the house of Israel rebelled against me in the wilderness: they walked not in my statutes, and they despised my judgments, which if a man do, he shall even live in them; and my sabbaths they greatly polluted: then I said, I would pour out my fury upon them in the wilderness, to consume them. -- ezekiel 20:13 +. +But I wrought for my name's sake, that it should not be polluted before the heathen, in whose sight I brought them out. -- ezekiel 20:14 +. +Yet also I lifted up my hand unto them in the wilderness, that I would not bring them into the land which I had given them, flowing with milk and honey, which is the glory of all lands; -- ezekiel 20:15 +. +Because they despised my judgments, and walked not in my statutes, but polluted my sabbaths: for their heart went after their idols. -- ezekiel 20:16 +. +Nevertheless mine eye spared them from destroying them, neither did I make an end of them in the wilderness. -- ezekiel 20:17 +. +But I said unto their children in the wilderness, Walk ye not in the statutes of your fathers, neither observe their judgments, nor defile yourselves with their idols: -- ezekiel 20:18 +. +I am the LORD your God; walk in my statutes, and keep my judgments, and do them; -- ezekiel 20:19 +. +And hallow my sabbaths; and they shall be a sign between me and you, that ye may know that I am the LORD your God. -- ezekiel 20:20 +. +Notwithstanding the children rebelled against me: they walked not in my statutes, neither kept my judgments to do them, which if a man do, he shall even live in them; they polluted my sabbaths: then I said, I would pour out my fury upon them, to accomplish my anger against them in the wilderness. -- ezekiel 20:21 +. +Nevertheless I withdrew mine hand, and wrought for my name's sake, that it should not be polluted in the sight of the heathen, in whose sight I brought them forth. -- ezekiel 20:22 +. +I lifted up mine hand unto them also in the wilderness, that I would scatter them among the heathen, and disperse them through the countries; -- ezekiel 20:23 +. +Because they had not executed my judgments, but had despised my statutes, and had polluted my sabbaths, and their eyes were after their fathers' idols. -- ezekiel 20:24 +. +Wherefore I gave them also statutes that were not good, and judgments whereby they should not live; -- ezekiel 20:25 +. +And I polluted them in their own gifts, in that they caused to pass through the fire all that openeth the womb, that I might make them desolate, to the end that they might know that I am the LORD. -- ezekiel 20:26 +. +Therefore, son of man, speak unto the house of Israel, and say unto them, Thus saith the Lord GOD; Yet in this your fathers have blasphemed me, in that they have committed a trespass against me. -- ezekiel 20:27 +. +For when I had brought them into the land, for the which I lifted up mine hand to give it to them, then they saw every high hill, and all the thick trees, and they offered there their sacrifices, and there they presented the provocation of their offering: there also they made their sweet savour, and poured out there their drink offerings. -- ezekiel 20:28 +. +Then I said unto them, What is the high place whereunto ye go? And the name whereof is called Bamah unto this day. -- ezekiel 20:29 +. +Wherefore say unto the house of Israel, Thus saith the Lord GOD; Are ye polluted after the manner of your fathers? and commit ye whoredom after their abominations? -- ezekiel 20:30 +. +For when ye offer your gifts, when ye make your sons to pass through the fire, ye pollute yourselves with all your idols, even unto this day: and shall I be enquired of by you, O house of Israel? As I live, saith the Lord GOD, I will not be enquired of by you. -- ezekiel 20:31 +. +And that which cometh into your mind shall not be at all, that ye say, We will be as the heathen, as the families of the countries, to serve wood and stone. -- ezekiel 20:32 +. +As I live, saith the Lord GOD, surely with a mighty hand, and with a stretched out arm, and with fury poured out, will I rule over you: -- ezekiel 20:33 +. +And I will bring you out from the people, and will gather you out of the countries wherein ye are scattered, with a mighty hand, and with a stretched out arm, and with fury poured out. -- ezekiel 20:34 +. +And I will bring you into the wilderness of the people, and there will I plead with you face to face. -- ezekiel 20:35 +. +Like as I pleaded with your fathers in the wilderness of the land of Egypt, so will I plead with you, saith the Lord GOD. -- ezekiel 20:36 +. +And I will cause you to pass under the rod, and I will bring you into the bond of the covenant: -- ezekiel 20:37 +. +And I will purge out from among you the rebels, and them that transgress against me: I will bring them forth out of the country where they sojourn, and they shall not enter into the land of Israel: and ye shall know that I am the LORD. -- ezekiel 20:38 +. +As for you, O house of Israel, thus saith the Lord GOD; Go ye, serve ye every one his idols, and hereafter also, if ye will not hearken unto me: but pollute ye my holy name no more with your gifts, and with your idols. -- ezekiel 20:39 +. +For in mine holy mountain, in the mountain of the height of Israel, saith the Lord GOD, there shall all the house of Israel, all of them in the land, serve me: there will I accept them, and there will I require your offerings, and the firstfruits of your oblations, with all your holy things. -- ezekiel 20:40 +. +I will accept you with your sweet savour, when I bring you out from the people, and gather you out of the countries wherein ye have been scattered; and I will be sanctified in you before the heathen. -- ezekiel 20:41 +. +And ye shall know that I am the LORD, when I shall bring you into the land of Israel, into the country for the which I lifted up mine hand to give it to your fathers. -- ezekiel 20:42 +. +And there shall ye remember your ways, and all your doings, wherein ye have been defiled; and ye shall lothe yourselves in your own sight for all your evils that ye have committed. -- ezekiel 20:43 +. +And ye shall know that I am the LORD when I have wrought with you for my name's sake, not according to your wicked ways, nor according to your corrupt doings, O ye house of Israel, saith the Lord GOD. -- ezekiel 20:44 +. +Moreover the word of the LORD came unto me, saying, -- ezekiel 20:45 +. +Son of man, set thy face toward the south, and drop thy word toward the south, and prophesy against the forest of the south field; -- ezekiel 20:46 +. +And say to the forest of the south, Hear the word of the LORD; Thus saith the Lord GOD; Behold, I will kindle a fire in thee, and it shall devour every green tree in thee, and every dry tree: the flaming flame shall not be quenched, and all faces from the south to the north shall be burned therein. -- ezekiel 20:47 +. +And all flesh shall see that I the LORD have kindled it: it shall not be quenched. -- ezekiel 20:48 +. +Then said I, Ah Lord GOD! they say of me, Doth he not speak parables? -- ezekiel 20:49 +. +And the word of the LORD came unto me, saying, -- ezekiel 21:1 +. +Son of man, set thy face toward Jerusalem, and drop thy word toward the holy places, and prophesy against the land of Israel, -- ezekiel 21:2 +. +And say to the land of Israel, Thus saith the LORD; Behold, I am against thee, and will draw forth my sword out of his sheath, and will cut off from thee the righteous and the wicked. -- ezekiel 21:3 +. +Seeing then that I will cut off from thee the righteous and the wicked, therefore shall my sword go forth out of his sheath against all flesh from the south to the north: -- ezekiel 21:4 +. +That all flesh may know that I the LORD have drawn forth my sword out of his sheath: it shall not return any more. -- ezekiel 21:5 +. +Sigh therefore, thou son of man, with the breaking of thy loins; and with bitterness sigh before their eyes. -- ezekiel 21:6 +. +And it shall be, when they say unto thee, Wherefore sighest thou? that thou shalt answer, For the tidings; because it cometh: and every heart shall melt, and all hands shall be feeble, and every spirit shall faint, and all knees shall be weak as water: behold, it cometh, and shall be brought to pass, saith the Lord GOD. -- ezekiel 21:7 +. +Again the word of the LORD came unto me, saying, -- ezekiel 21:8 +. +Son of man, prophesy, and say, Thus saith the LORD; Say, A sword, a sword is sharpened, and also furbished: -- ezekiel 21:9 +. +It is sharpened to make a sore slaughter; it is furbished that it may glitter: should we then make mirth? it contemneth the rod of my son, as every tree. -- ezekiel 21:10 +. +And he hath given it to be furbished, that it may be handled: this sword is sharpened, and it is furbished, to give it into the hand of the slayer. -- ezekiel 21:11 +. +Cry and howl, son of man: for it shall be upon my people, it shall be upon all the princes of Israel: terrors by reason of the sword shall be upon my people: smite therefore upon thy thigh. -- ezekiel 21:12 +. +Because it is a trial, and what if the sword contemn even the rod? it shall be no more, saith the Lord GOD. -- ezekiel 21:13 +. +Thou therefore, son of man, prophesy, and smite thine hands together. and let the sword be doubled the third time, the sword of the slain: it is the sword of the great men that are slain, which entereth into their privy chambers. -- ezekiel 21:14 +. +I have set the point of the sword against all their gates, that their heart may faint, and their ruins be multiplied: ah! it is made bright, it is wrapped up for the slaughter. -- ezekiel 21:15 +. +Go thee one way or other, either on the right hand, or on the left, whithersoever thy face is set. -- ezekiel 21:16 +. +I will also smite mine hands together, and I will cause my fury to rest: I the LORD have said it. -- ezekiel 21:17 +. +The word of the LORD came unto me again, saying, -- ezekiel 21:18 +. +Also, thou son of man, appoint thee two ways, that the sword of the king of Babylon may come: both twain shall come forth out of one land: and choose thou a place, choose it at the head of the way to the city. -- ezekiel 21:19 +. +Appoint a way, that the sword may come to Rabbath of the Ammonites, and to Judah in Jerusalem the defenced. -- ezekiel 21:20 +. +For the king of Babylon stood at the parting of the way, at the head of the two ways, to use divination: he made his arrows bright, he consulted with images, he looked in the liver. -- ezekiel 21:21 +. +At his right hand was the divination for Jerusalem, to appoint captains, to open the mouth in the slaughter, to lift up the voice with shouting, to appoint battering rams against the gates, to cast a mount, and to build a fort. -- ezekiel 21:22 +. +And it shall be unto them as a false divination in their sight, to them that have sworn oaths: but he will call to remembrance the iniquity, that they may be taken. -- ezekiel 21:23 +. +Therefore thus saith the Lord GOD; Because ye have made your iniquity to be remembered, in that your transgressions are discovered, so that in all your doings your sins do appear; because, I say, that ye are come to remembrance, ye shall be taken with the hand. -- ezekiel 21:24 +. +And thou, profane wicked prince of Israel, whose day is come, when iniquity shall have an end, -- ezekiel 21:25 +. +Thus saith the Lord GOD; Remove the diadem, and take off the crown: this shall not be the same: exalt him that is low, and abase him that is high. -- ezekiel 21:26 +. +I will overturn, overturn, overturn, it: and it shall be no more, until he come whose right it is; and I will give it him. -- ezekiel 21:27 +. +And thou, son of man, prophesy and say, Thus saith the Lord GOD concerning the Ammonites, and concerning their reproach; even say thou, The sword, the sword is drawn: for the slaughter it is furbished, to consume because of the glittering: -- ezekiel 21:28 +. +Whiles they see vanity unto thee, whiles they divine a lie unto thee, to bring thee upon the necks of them that are slain, of the wicked, whose day is come, when their iniquity shall have an end. -- ezekiel 21:29 +. +Shall I cause it to return into his sheath? I will judge thee in the place where thou wast created, in the land of thy nativity. -- ezekiel 21:30 +. +And I will pour out mine indignation upon thee, I will blow against thee in the fire of my wrath, and deliver thee into the hand of brutish men, and skilful to destroy. -- ezekiel 21:31 +. +Thou shalt be for fuel to the fire; thy blood shall be in the midst of the land; thou shalt be no more remembered: for I the LORD have spoken it. -- ezekiel 21:32 +. +Moreover the word of the LORD came unto me, saying, -- ezekiel 22:1 +. +Now, thou son of man, wilt thou judge, wilt thou judge the bloody city? yea, thou shalt shew her all her abominations. -- ezekiel 22:2 +. +Then say thou, Thus saith the Lord GOD, The city sheddeth blood in the midst of it, that her time may come, and maketh idols against herself to defile herself. -- ezekiel 22:3 +. +Thou art become guilty in thy blood that thou hast shed; and hast defiled thyself in thine idols which thou hast made; and thou hast caused thy days to draw near, and art come even unto thy years: therefore have I made thee a reproach unto the heathen, and a mocking to all countries. -- ezekiel 22:4 +. +Those that be near, and those that be far from thee, shall mock thee, which art infamous and much vexed. -- ezekiel 22:5 +. +Behold, the princes of Israel, every one were in thee to their power to shed blood. -- ezekiel 22:6 +. +In thee have they set light by father and mother: in the midst of thee have they dealt by oppression with the stranger: in thee have they vexed the fatherless and the widow. -- ezekiel 22:7 +. +Thou hast despised mine holy things, and hast profaned my sabbaths. -- ezekiel 22:8 +. +In thee are men that carry tales to shed blood: and in thee they eat upon the mountains: in the midst of thee they commit lewdness. -- ezekiel 22:9 +. +In thee have they discovered their fathers' nakedness: in thee have they humbled her that was set apart for pollution. -- ezekiel 22:10 +. +And one hath committed abomination with his neighbour's wife; and another hath lewdly defiled his daughter in law; and another in thee hath humbled his sister, his father's daughter. -- ezekiel 22:11 +. +In thee have they taken gifts to shed blood; thou hast taken usury and increase, and thou hast greedily gained of thy neighbours by extortion, and hast forgotten me, saith the Lord GOD. -- ezekiel 22:12 +. +Behold, therefore I have smitten mine hand at thy dishonest gain which thou hast made, and at thy blood which hath been in the midst of thee. -- ezekiel 22:13 +. +Can thine heart endure, or can thine hands be strong, in the days that I shall deal with thee? I the LORD have spoken it, and will do it. -- ezekiel 22:14 +. +And I will scatter thee among the heathen, and disperse thee in the countries, and will consume thy filthiness out of thee. -- ezekiel 22:15 +. +And thou shalt take thine inheritance in thyself in the sight of the heathen, and thou shalt know that I am the LORD. -- ezekiel 22:16 +. +And the word of the LORD came unto me, saying, -- ezekiel 22:17 +. +Son of man, the house of Israel is to me become dross: all they are brass, and tin, and iron, and lead, in the midst of the furnace; they are even the dross of silver. -- ezekiel 22:18 +. +Therefore thus saith the Lord GOD; Because ye are all become dross, behold, therefore I will gather you into the midst of Jerusalem. -- ezekiel 22:19 +. +As they gather silver, and brass, and iron, and lead, and tin, into the midst of the furnace, to blow the fire upon it, to melt it; so will I gather you in mine anger and in my fury, and I will leave you there, and melt you. -- ezekiel 22:20 +. +Yea, I will gather you, and blow upon you in the fire of my wrath, and ye shall be melted in the midst therof. -- ezekiel 22:21 +. +As silver is melted in the midst of the furnace, so shall ye be melted in the midst thereof; and ye shall know that I the LORD have poured out my fury upon you. -- ezekiel 22:22 +. +And the word of the LORD came unto me, saying, -- ezekiel 22:23 +. +Son of man, say unto her, Thou art the land that is not cleansed, nor rained upon in the day of indignation. -- ezekiel 22:24 +. +There is a conspiracy of her prophets in the midst thereof, like a roaring lion ravening the prey; they have devoured souls; they have taken the treasure and precious things; they have made her many widows in the midst thereof. -- ezekiel 22:25 +. +Her priests have violated my law, and have profaned mine holy things: they have put no difference between the holy and profane, neither have they shewed difference between the unclean and the clean, and have hid their eyes from my sabbaths, and I am profaned among them. -- ezekiel 22:26 +. +Her princes in the midst thereof are like wolves ravening the prey, to shed blood, and to destroy souls, to get dishonest gain. -- ezekiel 22:27 +. +And her prophets have daubed them with untempered morter, seeing vanity, and divining lies unto them, saying, Thus saith the Lord GOD, when the LORD hath not spoken. -- ezekiel 22:28 +. +The people of the land have used oppression, and exercised robbery, and have vexed the poor and needy: yea, they have oppressed the stranger wrongfully. -- ezekiel 22:29 +. +And I sought for a man among them, that should make up the hedge, and stand in the gap before me for the land, that I should not destroy it: but I found none. -- ezekiel 22:30 +. +Therefore have I poured out mine indignation upon them; I have consumed them with the fire of my wrath: their own way have I recompensed upon their heads, saith the Lord GOD. -- ezekiel 22:31 +. +The word of the LORD came again unto me, saying, -- ezekiel 23:1 +. +Son of man, there were two women, the daughters of one mother: -- ezekiel 23:2 +. +And they committed whoredoms in Egypt; they committed whoredoms in their youth: there were their breasts pressed, and there they bruised the teats of their virginity. -- ezekiel 23:3 +. +And the names of them were Aholah the elder, and Aholibah her sister: and they were mine, and they bare sons and daughters. Thus were their names; Samaria is Aholah, and Jerusalem Aholibah. -- ezekiel 23:4 +. +And Aholah played the harlot when she was mine; and she doted on her lovers, on the Assyrians her neighbours, -- ezekiel 23:5 +. +Which were clothed with blue, captains and rulers, all of them desirable young men, horsemen riding upon horses. -- ezekiel 23:6 +. +Thus she committed her whoredoms with them, with all them that were the chosen men of Assyria, and with all on whom she doted: with all their idols she defiled herself. -- ezekiel 23:7 +. +Neither left she her whoredoms brought from Egypt: for in her youth they lay with her, and they bruised the breasts of her virginity, and poured their whoredom upon her. -- ezekiel 23:8 +. +Wherefore I have delivered her into the hand of her lovers, into the hand of the Assyrians, upon whom she doted. -- ezekiel 23:9 +. +These discovered her nakedness: they took her sons and her daughters, and slew her with the sword: and she became famous among women; for they had executed judgment upon her. -- ezekiel 23:10 +. +And when her sister Aholibah saw this, she was more corrupt in her inordinate love than she, and in her whoredoms more than her sister in her whoredoms. -- ezekiel 23:11 +. +She doted upon the Assyrians her neighbours, captains and rulers clothed most gorgeously, horsemen riding upon horses, all of them desirable young men. -- ezekiel 23:12 +. +Then I saw that she was defiled, that they took both one way, -- ezekiel 23:13 +. +And that she increased her whoredoms: for when she saw men pourtrayed upon the wall, the images of the Chaldeans pourtrayed with vermilion, -- ezekiel 23:14 +. +Girded with girdles upon their loins, exceeding in dyed attire upon their heads, all of them princes to look to, after the manner of the Babylonians of Chaldea, the land of their nativity: -- ezekiel 23:15 +. +And as soon as she saw them with her eyes, she doted upon them, and sent messengers unto them into Chaldea. -- ezekiel 23:16 +. +And the Babylonians came to her into the bed of love, and they defiled her with their whoredom, and she was polluted with them, and her mind was alienated from them. -- ezekiel 23:17 +. +So she discovered her whoredoms, and discovered her nakedness: then my mind was alienated from her, like as my mind was alienated from her sister. -- ezekiel 23:18 +. +Yet she multiplied her whoredoms, in calling to remembrance the days of her youth, wherein she had played the harlot in the land of Egypt. -- ezekiel 23:19 +. +For she doted upon their paramours, whose flesh is as the flesh of asses, and whose issue is like the issue of horses. -- ezekiel 23:20 +. +Thus thou calledst to remembrance the lewdness of thy youth, in bruising thy teats by the Egyptians for the paps of thy youth. -- ezekiel 23:21 +. +Therefore, O Aholibah, thus saith the Lord GOD; Behold, I will raise up thy lovers against thee, from whom thy mind is alienated, and I will bring them against thee on every side; -- ezekiel 23:22 +. +The Babylonians, and all the Chaldeans, Pekod, and Shoa, and Koa, and all the Assyrians with them: all of them desirable young men, captains and rulers, great lords and renowned, all of them riding upon horses. -- ezekiel 23:23 +. +And they shall come against thee with chariots, wagons, and wheels, and with an assembly of people, which shall set against thee buckler and shield and helmet round about: and I will set judgment before them, and they shall judge thee according to their judgments. -- ezekiel 23:24 +. +And I will set my jealousy against thee, and they shall deal furiously with thee: they shall take away thy nose and thine ears; and thy remnant shall fall by the sword: they shall take thy sons and thy daughters; and thy residue shall be devoured by the fire. -- ezekiel 23:25 +. +They shall also strip thee out of thy clothes, and take away thy fair jewels. -- ezekiel 23:26 +. +Thus will I make thy lewdness to cease from thee, and thy whoredom brought from the land of Egypt: so that thou shalt not lift up thine eyes unto them, nor remember Egypt any more. -- ezekiel 23:27 +. +For thus saith the Lord GOD; Behold, I will deliver thee into the hand of them whom thou hatest, into the hand of them from whom thy mind is alienated: -- ezekiel 23:28 +. +And they shall deal with thee hatefully, and shall take away all thy labour, and shall leave thee naked and bare: and the nakedness of thy whoredoms shall be discovered, both thy lewdness and thy whoredoms. -- ezekiel 23:29 +. +I will do these things unto thee, because thou hast gone a whoring after the heathen, and because thou art polluted with their idols. -- ezekiel 23:30 +. +Thou hast walked in the way of thy sister; therefore will I give her cup into thine hand. -- ezekiel 23:31 +. +Thus saith the Lord GOD; Thou shalt drink of thy sister's cup deep and large: thou shalt be laughed to scorn and had in derision; it containeth much. -- ezekiel 23:32 +. +Thou shalt be filled with drunkenness and sorrow, with the cup of astonishment and desolation, with the cup of thy sister Samaria. -- ezekiel 23:33 +. +Thou shalt even drink it and suck it out, and thou shalt break the sherds thereof, and pluck off thine own breasts: for I have spoken it, saith the Lord GOD. -- ezekiel 23:34 +. +Therefore thus saith the Lord GOD; Because thou hast forgotten me, and cast me behind thy back, therefore bear thou also thy lewdness and thy whoredoms. -- ezekiel 23:35 +. +The LORD said moreover unto me; Son of man, wilt thou judge Aholah and Aholibah? yea, declare unto them their abominations; -- ezekiel 23:36 +. +That they have committed adultery, and blood is in their hands, and with their idols have they committed adultery, and have also caused their sons, whom they bare unto me, to pass for them through the fire, to devour them. -- ezekiel 23:37 +. +Moreover this they have done unto me: they have defiled my sanctuary in the same day, and have profaned my sabbaths. -- ezekiel 23:38 +. +For when they had slain their children to their idols, then they came the same day into my sanctuary to profane it; and, lo, thus have they done in the midst of mine house. -- ezekiel 23:39 +. +And furthermore, that ye have sent for men to come from far, unto whom a messenger was sent; and, lo, they came: for whom thou didst wash thyself, paintedst thy eyes, and deckedst thyself with ornaments, -- ezekiel 23:40 +. +And satest upon a stately bed, and a table prepared before it, whereupon thou hast set mine incense and mine oil. -- ezekiel 23:41 +. +And a voice of a multitude being at ease was with her: and with the men of the common sort were brought Sabeans from the wilderness, which put bracelets upon their hands, and beautiful crowns upon their heads. -- ezekiel 23:42 +. +Then said I unto her that was old in adulteries, Will they now commit whoredoms with her, and she with them? -- ezekiel 23:43 +. +Yet they went in unto her, as they go in unto a woman that playeth the harlot: so went they in unto Aholah and unto Aholibah, the lewd women. -- ezekiel 23:44 +. +And the righteous men, they shall judge them after the manner of adulteresses, and after the manner of women that shed blood; because they are adulteresses, and blood is in their hands. -- ezekiel 23:45 +. +For thus saith the Lord GOD; I will bring up a company upon them, and will give them to be removed and spoiled. -- ezekiel 23:46 +. +And the company shall stone them with stones, and dispatch them with their swords; they shall slay their sons and their daughters, and burn up their houses with fire. -- ezekiel 23:47 +. +Thus will I cause lewdness to cease out of the land, that all women may be taught not to do after your lewdness. -- ezekiel 23:48 +. +And they shall recompense your lewdness upon you, and ye shall bear the sins of your idols: and ye shall know that I am the Lord GOD. -- ezekiel 23:49 +. +Again in the ninth year, in the tenth month, in the tenth day of the month, the word of the LORD came unto me, saying, -- ezekiel 24:1 +. +Son of man, write thee the name of the day, even of this same day: the king of Babylon set himself against Jerusalem this same day. -- ezekiel 24:2 +. +And utter a parable unto the rebellious house, and say unto them, Thus saith the Lord GOD; Set on a pot, set it on, and also pour water into it: -- ezekiel 24:3 +. +Gather the pieces thereof into it, even every good piece, the thigh, and the shoulder; fill it with the choice bones. -- ezekiel 24:4 +. +Take the choice of the flock, and burn also the bones under it, and make it boil well, and let them seethe the bones of it therein. -- ezekiel 24:5 +. +Wherefore thus saith the Lord GOD; Woe to the bloody city, to the pot whose scum is therein, and whose scum is not gone out of it! bring it out piece by piece; let no lot fall upon it. -- ezekiel 24:6 +. +For her blood is in the midst of her; she set it upon the top of a rock; she poured it not upon the ground, to cover it with dust; -- ezekiel 24:7 +. +That it might cause fury to come up to take vengeance; I have set her blood upon the top of a rock, that it should not be covered. -- ezekiel 24:8 +. +Therefore thus saith the Lord GOD; Woe to the bloody city! I will even make the pile for fire great. -- ezekiel 24:9 +. +Heap on wood, kindle the fire, consume the flesh, and spice it well, and let the bones be burned. -- ezekiel 24:10 +. +Then set it empty upon the coals thereof, that the brass of it may be hot, and may burn, and that the filthiness of it may be molten in it, that the scum of it may be consumed. -- ezekiel 24:11 +. +She hath wearied herself with lies, and her great scum went not forth out of her: her scum shall be in the fire. -- ezekiel 24:12 +. +In thy filthiness is lewdness: because I have purged thee, and thou wast not purged, thou shalt not be purged from thy filthiness any more, till I have caused my fury to rest upon thee. -- ezekiel 24:13 +. +I the LORD have spoken it: it shall come to pass, and I will do it; I will not go back, neither will I spare, neither will I repent; according to thy ways, and according to thy doings, shall they judge thee, saith the Lord GOD. -- ezekiel 24:14 +. +Also the word of the LORD came unto me, saying, -- ezekiel 24:15 +. +Son of man, behold, I take away from thee the desire of thine eyes with a stroke: yet neither shalt thou mourn nor weep, neither shall thy tears run down. -- ezekiel 24:16 +. +Forbear to cry, make no mourning for the dead, bind the tire of thine head upon thee, and put on thy shoes upon thy feet, and cover not thy lips, and eat not the bread of men. -- ezekiel 24:17 +. +So I spake unto the people in the morning: and at even my wife died; and I did in the morning as I was commanded. -- ezekiel 24:18 +. +And the people said unto me, Wilt thou not tell us what these things are to us, that thou doest so? -- ezekiel 24:19 +. +Then I answered them, The word of the LORD came unto me, saying, -- ezekiel 24:20 +. +Speak unto the house of Israel, Thus saith the Lord GOD; Behold, I will profane my sanctuary, the excellency of your strength, the desire of your eyes, and that which your soul pitieth; and your sons and your daughters whom ye have left shall fall by the sword. -- ezekiel 24:21 +. +And ye shall do as I have done: ye shall not cover your lips, nor eat the bread of men. -- ezekiel 24:22 +. +And your tires shall be upon your heads, and your shoes upon your feet: ye shall not mourn nor weep; but ye shall pine away for your iniquities, and mourn one toward another. -- ezekiel 24:23 +. +Thus Ezekiel is unto you a sign: according to all that he hath done shall ye do: and when this cometh, ye shall know that I am the Lord GOD. -- ezekiel 24:24 +. +Also, thou son of man, shall it not be in the day when I take from them their strength, the joy of their glory, the desire of their eyes, and that whereupon they set their minds, their sons and their daughters, -- ezekiel 24:25 +. +That he that escapeth in that day shall come unto thee, to cause thee to hear it with thine ears? -- ezekiel 24:26 +. +In that day shall thy mouth be opened to him which is escaped, and thou shalt speak, and be no more dumb: and thou shalt be a sign unto them; and they shall know that I am the LORD. -- ezekiel 24:27 +. +The word of the LORD came again unto me, saying, -- ezekiel 25:1 +. +Son of man, set thy face against the Ammonites, and prophesy against them; -- ezekiel 25:2 +. +And say unto the Ammonites, Hear the word of the Lord GOD; Thus saith the Lord GOD; Because thou saidst, Aha, against my sanctuary, when it was profaned; and against the land of Israel, when it was desolate; and against the house of Judah, when they went into captivity; -- ezekiel 25:3 +. +Behold, therefore I will deliver thee to the men of the east for a possession, and they shall set their palaces in thee, and make their dwellings in thee: they shall eat thy fruit, and they shall drink thy milk. -- ezekiel 25:4 +. +And I will make Rabbah a stable for camels, and the Ammonites a couching place for flocks: and ye shall know that I am the LORD. -- ezekiel 25:5 +. +For thus saith the Lord GOD; Because thou hast clapped thine hands, and stamped with the feet, and rejoiced in heart with all thy despite against the land of Israel; -- ezekiel 25:6 +. +Behold, therefore I will stretch out mine hand upon thee, and will deliver thee for a spoil to the heathen; and I will cut thee off from the people, and I will cause thee to perish out of the countries: I will destroy thee; and thou shalt know that I am the LORD. -- ezekiel 25:7 +. +Thus saith the Lord GOD; Because that Moab and Seir do say, Behold, the house of Judah is like unto all the heathen; -- ezekiel 25:8 +. +Therefore, behold, I will open the side of Moab from the cities, from his cities which are on his frontiers, the glory of the country, Bethjeshimoth, Baalmeon, and Kiriathaim, -- ezekiel 25:9 +. +Unto the men of the east with the Ammonites, and will give them in possession, that the Ammonites may not be remembered among the nations. -- ezekiel 25:10 +. +And I will execute judgments upon Moab; and they shall know that I am the LORD. -- ezekiel 25:11 +. +Thus saith the Lord GOD; Because that Edom hath dealt against the house of Judah by taking vengeance, and hath greatly offended, and revenged himself upon them; -- ezekiel 25:12 +. +Therefore thus saith the Lord GOD; I will also stretch out mine hand upon Edom, and will cut off man and beast from it; and I will make it desolate from Teman; and they of Dedan shall fall by the sword. -- ezekiel 25:13 +. +And I will lay my vengeance upon Edom by the hand of my people Israel: and they shall do in Edom according to mine anger and according to my fury; and they shall know my vengeance, saith the Lord GOD. -- ezekiel 25:14 +. +Thus saith the Lord GOD; Because the Philistines have dealt by revenge, and have taken vengeance with a despiteful heart, to destroy it for the old hatred; -- ezekiel 25:15 +. +Therefore thus saith the Lord GOD; Behold, I will stretch out mine hand upon the Philistines, and I will cut off the Cherethims, and destroy the remnant of the sea coast. -- ezekiel 25:16 +. +And I will execute great vengeance upon them with furious rebukes; and they shall know that I am the LORD, when I shall lay my vengeance upon them. -- ezekiel 25:17 +. +And it came to pass in the eleventh year, in the first day of the month, that the word of the LORD came unto me, saying, -- ezekiel 26:1 +. +Son of man, because that Tyrus hath said against Jerusalem, Aha, she is broken that was the gates of the people: she is turned unto me: I shall be replenished, now she is laid waste: -- ezekiel 26:2 +. +Therefore thus saith the Lord GOD; Behold, I am against thee, O Tyrus, and will cause many nations to come up against thee, as the sea causeth his waves to come up. -- ezekiel 26:3 +. +And they shall destroy the walls of Tyrus, and break down her towers: I will also scrape her dust from her, and make her like the top of a rock. -- ezekiel 26:4 +. +It shall be a place for the spreading of nets in the midst of the sea: for I have spoken it, saith the Lord GOD: and it shall become a spoil to the nations. -- ezekiel 26:5 +. +And her daughters which are in the field shall be slain by the sword; and they shall know that I am the LORD. -- ezekiel 26:6 +. +For thus saith the Lord GOD; Behold, I will bring upon Tyrus Nebuchadrezzar king of Babylon, a king of kings, from the north, with horses, and with chariots, and with horsemen, and companies, and much people. -- ezekiel 26:7 +. +He shall slay with the sword thy daughters in the field: and he shall make a fort against thee, and cast a mount against thee, and lift up the buckler against thee. -- ezekiel 26:8 +. +And he shall set engines of war against thy walls, and with his axes he shall break down thy towers. -- ezekiel 26:9 +. +By reason of the abundance of his horses their dust shall cover thee: thy walls shall shake at the noise of the horsemen, and of the wheels, and of the chariots, when he shall enter into thy gates, as men enter into a city wherein is made a breach. -- ezekiel 26:10 +. +With the hoofs of his horses shall he tread down all thy streets: he shall slay thy people by the sword, and thy strong garrisons shall go down to the ground. -- ezekiel 26:11 +. +And they shall make a spoil of thy riches, and make a prey of thy merchandise: and they shall break down thy walls, and destroy thy pleasant houses: and they shall lay thy stones and thy timber and thy dust in the midst of the water. -- ezekiel 26:12 +. +And I will cause the noise of thy songs to cease; and the sound of thy harps shall be no more heard. -- ezekiel 26:13 +. +And I will make thee like the top of a rock: thou shalt be a place to spread nets upon; thou shalt be built no more: for I the LORD have spoken it, saith the Lord GOD. -- ezekiel 26:14 +. +Thus saith the Lord GOD to Tyrus; Shall not the isles shake at the sound of thy fall, when the wounded cry, when the slaughter is made in the midst of thee? -- ezekiel 26:15 +. +Then all the princes of the sea shall come down from their thrones, and lay away their robes, and put off their broidered garments: they shall clothe themselves with trembling; they shall sit upon the ground, and shall tremble at every moment, and be astonished at thee. -- ezekiel 26:16 +. +And they shall take up a lamentation for thee, and say to thee, How art thou destroyed, that wast inhabited of seafaring men, the renowned city, which wast strong in the sea, she and her inhabitants, which cause their terror to be on all that haunt it! -- ezekiel 26:17 +. +Now shall the isles tremble in the day of thy fall; yea, the isles that are in the sea shall be troubled at thy departure. -- ezekiel 26:18 +. +For thus saith the Lord GOD; When I shall make thee a desolate city, like the cities that are not inhabited; when I shall bring up the deep upon thee, and great waters shall cover thee; -- ezekiel 26:19 +. +When I shall bring thee down with them that descend into the pit, with the people of old time, and shall set thee in the low parts of the earth, in places desolate of old, with them that go down to the pit, that thou be not inhabited; and I shall set glory in the land of the living; -- ezekiel 26:20 +. +I will make thee a terror, and thou shalt be no more: though thou be sought for, yet shalt thou never be found again, saith the Lord GOD. -- ezekiel 26:21 +. +The word of the LORD came again unto me, saying, -- ezekiel 27:1 +. +Now, thou son of man, take up a lamentation for Tyrus; -- ezekiel 27:2 +. +And say unto Tyrus, O thou that art situate at the entry of the sea, which art a merchant of the people for many isles, Thus saith the Lord GOD; O Tyrus, thou hast said, I am of perfect beauty. -- ezekiel 27:3 +. +Thy borders are in the midst of the seas, thy builders have perfected thy beauty. -- ezekiel 27:4 +. +They have made all thy ship boards of fir trees of Senir: they have taken cedars from Lebanon to make masts for thee. -- ezekiel 27:5 +. +Of the oaks of Bashan have they made thine oars; the company of the Ashurites have made thy benches of ivory, brought out of the isles of Chittim. -- ezekiel 27:6 +. +Fine linen with broidered work from Egypt was that which thou spreadest forth to be thy sail; blue and purple from the isles of Elishah was that which covered thee. -- ezekiel 27:7 +. +The inhabitants of Zidon and Arvad were thy mariners: thy wise men, O Tyrus, that were in thee, were thy pilots. -- ezekiel 27:8 +. +The ancients of Gebal and the wise men thereof were in thee thy calkers: all the ships of the sea with their mariners were in thee to occupy thy merchandise. -- ezekiel 27:9 +. +They of Persia and of Lud and of Phut were in thine army, thy men of war: they hanged the shield and helmet in thee; they set forth thy comeliness. -- ezekiel 27:10 +. +The men of Arvad with thine army were upon thy walls round about, and the Gammadims were in thy towers: they hanged their shields upon thy walls round about; they have made thy beauty perfect. -- ezekiel 27:11 +. +Tarshish was thy merchant by reason of the multitude of all kind of riches; with silver, iron, tin, and lead, they traded in thy fairs. -- ezekiel 27:12 +. +Javan, Tubal, and Meshech, they were thy merchants: they traded the persons of men and vessels of brass in thy market. -- ezekiel 27:13 +. +They of the house of Togarmah traded in thy fairs with horses and horsemen and mules. -- ezekiel 27:14 +. +The men of Dedan were thy merchants; many isles were the merchandise of thine hand: they brought thee for a present horns of ivory and ebony. -- ezekiel 27:15 +. +Syria was thy merchant by reason of the multitude of the wares of thy making: they occupied in thy fairs with emeralds, purple, and broidered work, and fine linen, and coral, and agate. -- ezekiel 27:16 +. +Judah, and the land of Israel, they were thy merchants: they traded in thy market wheat of Minnith, and Pannag, and honey, and oil, and balm. -- ezekiel 27:17 +. +Damascus was thy merchant in the multitude of the wares of thy making, for the multitude of all riches; in the wine of Helbon, and white wool. -- ezekiel 27:18 +. +Dan also and Javan going to and fro occupied in thy fairs: bright iron, cassia, and calamus, were in thy market. -- ezekiel 27:19 +. +Dedan was thy merchant in precious clothes for chariots. -- ezekiel 27:20 +. +Arabia, and all the princes of Kedar, they occupied with thee in lambs, and rams, and goats: in these were they thy merchants. -- ezekiel 27:21 +. +The merchants of Sheba and Raamah, they were thy merchants: they occupied in thy fairs with chief of all spices, and with all precious stones, and gold. -- ezekiel 27:22 +. +Haran, and Canneh, and Eden, the merchants of Sheba, Asshur, and Chilmad, were thy merchants. -- ezekiel 27:23 +. +These were thy merchants in all sorts of things, in blue clothes, and broidered work, and in chests of rich apparel, bound with cords, and made of cedar, among thy merchandise. -- ezekiel 27:24 +. +The ships of Tarshish did sing of thee in thy market: and thou wast replenished, and made very glorious in the midst of the seas. -- ezekiel 27:25 +. +Thy rowers have brought thee into great waters: the east wind hath broken thee in the midst of the seas. -- ezekiel 27:26 +. +Thy riches, and thy fairs, thy merchandise, thy mariners, and thy pilots, thy calkers, and the occupiers of thy merchandise, and all thy men of war, that are in thee, and in all thy company which is in the midst of thee, shall fall into the midst of the seas in the day of thy ruin. -- ezekiel 27:27 +. +The suburbs shall shake at the sound of the cry of thy pilots. -- ezekiel 27:28 +. +And all that handle the oar, the mariners, and all the pilots of the sea, shall come down from their ships, they shall stand upon the land; -- ezekiel 27:29 +. +And shall cause their voice to be heard against thee, and shall cry bitterly, and shall cast up dust upon their heads, they shall wallow themselves in the ashes: -- ezekiel 27:30 +. +And they shall make themselves utterly bald for thee, and gird them with sackcloth, and they shall weep for thee with bitterness of heart and bitter wailing. -- ezekiel 27:31 +. +And in their wailing they shall take up a lamentation for thee, and lament over thee, saying, What city is like Tyrus, like the destroyed in the midst of the sea? -- ezekiel 27:32 +. +When thy wares went forth out of the seas, thou filledst many people; thou didst enrich the kings of the earth with the multitude of thy riches and of thy merchandise. -- ezekiel 27:33 +. +In the time when thou shalt be broken by the seas in the depths of the waters thy merchandise and all thy company in the midst of thee shall fall. -- ezekiel 27:34 +. +All the inhabitants of the isles shall be astonished at thee, and their kings shall be sore afraid, they shall be troubled in their countenance. -- ezekiel 27:35 +. +The merchants among the people shall hiss at thee; thou shalt be a terror, and never shalt be any more. -- ezekiel 27:36 +. +The word of the LORD came again unto me, saying, -- ezekiel 28:1 +. +Son of man, say unto the prince of Tyrus, Thus saith the Lord GOD; Because thine heart is lifted up, and thou hast said, I am a God, I sit in the seat of God, in the midst of the seas; yet thou art a man, and not God, though thou set thine heart as the heart of God: -- ezekiel 28:2 +. +Behold, thou art wiser than Daniel; there is no secret that they can hide from thee: -- ezekiel 28:3 +. +With thy wisdom and with thine understanding thou hast gotten thee riches, and hast gotten gold and silver into thy treasures: -- ezekiel 28:4 +. +By thy great wisdom and by thy traffick hast thou increased thy riches, and thine heart is lifted up because of thy riches: -- ezekiel 28:5 +. +Therefore thus saith the Lord GOD; Because thou hast set thine heart as the heart of God; -- ezekiel 28:6 +. +Behold, therefore I will bring strangers upon thee, the terrible of the nations: and they shall draw their swords against the beauty of thy wisdom, and they shall defile thy brightness. -- ezekiel 28:7 +. +They shall bring thee down to the pit, and thou shalt die the deaths of them that are slain in the midst of the seas. -- ezekiel 28:8 +. +Wilt thou yet say before him that slayeth thee, I am God? but thou shalt be a man, and no God, in the hand of him that slayeth thee. -- ezekiel 28:9 +. +Thou shalt die the deaths of the uncircumcised by the hand of strangers: for I have spoken it, saith the Lord GOD. -- ezekiel 28:10 +. +Moreover the word of the LORD came unto me, saying, -- ezekiel 28:11 +. +Son of man, take up a lamentation upon the king of Tyrus, and say unto him, Thus saith the Lord GOD; Thou sealest up the sum, full of wisdom, and perfect in beauty. -- ezekiel 28:12 +. +Thou hast been in Eden the garden of God; every precious stone was thy covering, the sardius, topaz, and the diamond, the beryl, the onyx, and the jasper, the sapphire, the emerald, and the carbuncle, and gold: the workmanship of thy tabrets and of thy pipes was prepared in thee in the day that thou wast created. -- ezekiel 28:13 +. +Thou art the anointed cherub that covereth; and I have set thee so: thou wast upon the holy mountain of God; thou hast walked up and down in the midst of the stones of fire. -- ezekiel 28:14 +. +Thou wast perfect in thy ways from the day that thou wast created, till iniquity was found in thee. -- ezekiel 28:15 +. +By the multitude of thy merchandise they have filled the midst of thee with violence, and thou hast sinned: therefore I will cast thee as profane out of the mountain of God: and I will destroy thee, O covering cherub, from the midst of the stones of fire. -- ezekiel 28:16 +. +Thine heart was lifted up because of thy beauty, thou hast corrupted thy wisdom by reason of thy brightness: I will cast thee to the ground, I will lay thee before kings, that they may behold thee. -- ezekiel 28:17 +. +Thou hast defiled thy sanctuaries by the multitude of thine iniquities, by the iniquity of thy traffick; therefore will I bring forth a fire from the midst of thee, it shall devour thee, and I will bring thee to ashes upon the earth in the sight of all them that behold thee. -- ezekiel 28:18 +. +All they that know thee among the people shall be astonished at thee: thou shalt be a terror, and never shalt thou be any more. -- ezekiel 28:19 +. +Again the word of the LORD came unto me, saying, -- ezekiel 28:20 +. +Son of man, set thy face against Zidon, and prophesy against it, -- ezekiel 28:21 +. +And say, Thus saith the Lord GOD; Behold, I am against thee, O Zidon; and I will be glorified in the midst of thee: and they shall know that I am the LORD, when I shall have executed judgments in her, and shall be sanctified in her. -- ezekiel 28:22 +. +For I will send into her pestilence, and blood into her streets; and the wounded shall be judged in the midst of her by the sword upon her on every side; and they shall know that I am the LORD. -- ezekiel 28:23 +. +And there shall be no more a pricking brier unto the house of Israel, nor any grieving thorn of all that are round about them, that despised them; and they shall know that I am the Lord GOD. -- ezekiel 28:24 +. +Thus saith the Lord GOD; When I shall have gathered the house of Israel from the people among whom they are scattered, and shall be sanctified in them in the sight of the heathen, then shall they dwell in their land that I have given to my servant Jacob. -- ezekiel 28:25 +. +And they shall dwell safely therein, and shall build houses, and plant vineyards; yea, they shall dwell with confidence, when I have executed judgments upon all those that despise them round about them; and they shall know that I am the LORD their God. -- ezekiel 28:26 +. +In the tenth year, in the tenth month, in the twelfth day of the month, the word of the LORD came unto me, saying, -- ezekiel 29:1 +. +Son of man, set thy face against Pharaoh king of Egypt, and prophesy against him, and against all Egypt: -- ezekiel 29:2 +. +Speak, and say, Thus saith the Lord GOD; Behold, I am against thee, Pharaoh king of Egypt, the great dragon that lieth in the midst of his rivers, which hath said, My river is mine own, and I have made it for myself. -- ezekiel 29:3 +. +But I will put hooks in thy jaws, and I will cause the fish of thy rivers to stick unto thy scales, and I will bring thee up out of the midst of thy rivers, and all the fish of thy rivers shall stick unto thy scales. -- ezekiel 29:4 +. +And I will leave thee thrown into the wilderness, thee and all the fish of thy rivers: thou shalt fall upon the open fields; thou shalt not be brought together, nor gathered: I have given thee for meat to the beasts of the field and to the fowls of the heaven. -- ezekiel 29:5 +. +And all the inhabitants of Egypt shall know that I am the LORD, because they have been a staff of reed to the house of Israel. -- ezekiel 29:6 +. +When they took hold of thee by thy hand, thou didst break, and rend all their shoulder: and when they leaned upon thee, thou brakest, and madest all their loins to be at a stand. -- ezekiel 29:7 +. +Therefore thus saith the Lord GOD; Behold, I will bring a sword upon thee, and cut off man and beast out of thee. -- ezekiel 29:8 +. +And the land of Egypt shall be desolate and waste; and they shall know that I am the LORD: because he hath said, The river is mine, and I have made it. -- ezekiel 29:9 +. +Behold, therefore I am against thee, and against thy rivers, and I will make the land of Egypt utterly waste and desolate, from the tower of Syene even unto the border of Ethiopia. -- ezekiel 29:10 +. +No foot of man shall pass through it, nor foot of beast shall pass through it, neither shall it be inhabited forty years. -- ezekiel 29:11 +. +And I will make the land of Egypt desolate in the midst of the countries that are desolate, and her cities among the cities that are laid waste shall be desolate forty years: and I will scatter the Egyptians among the nations, and will disperse them through the countries. -- ezekiel 29:12 +. +Yet thus saith the Lord GOD; At the end of forty years will I gather the Egyptians from the people whither they were scattered: -- ezekiel 29:13 +. +And I will bring again the captivity of Egypt, and will cause them to return into the land of Pathros, into the land of their habitation; and they shall be there a base kingdom. -- ezekiel 29:14 +. +It shall be the basest of the kingdoms; neither shall it exalt itself any more above the nations: for I will diminish them, that they shall no more rule over the nations. -- ezekiel 29:15 +. +And it shall be no more the confidence of the house of Israel, which bringeth their iniquity to remembrance, when they shall look after them: but they shall know that I am the Lord GOD. -- ezekiel 29:16 +. +And it came to pass in the seven and twentieth year, in the first month, in the first day of the month, the word of the LORD came unto me, saying, -- ezekiel 29:17 +. +Son of man, Nebuchadrezzar king of Babylon caused his army to serve a great service against Tyrus: every head was made bald, and every shoulder was peeled: yet had he no wages, nor his army, for Tyrus, for the service that he had served against it: -- ezekiel 29:18 +. +Therefore thus saith the Lord GOD; Behold, I will give the land of Egypt unto Nebuchadrezzar king of Babylon; and he shall take her multitude, and take her spoil, and take her prey; and it shall be the wages for his army. -- ezekiel 29:19 +. +I have given him the land of Egypt for his labour wherewith he served against it, because they wrought for me, saith the Lord GOD. -- ezekiel 29:20 +. +In that day will I cause the horn of the house of Israel to bud forth, and I will give thee the opening of the mouth in the midst of them; and they shall know that I am the LORD. -- ezekiel 29:21 +. +The word of the LORD came again unto me, saying, -- ezekiel 30:1 +. +Son of man, prophesy and say, Thus saith the Lord GOD; Howl ye, Woe worth the day! -- ezekiel 30:2 +. +For the day is near, even the day of the LORD is near, a cloudy day; it shall be the time of the heathen. -- ezekiel 30:3 +. +And the sword shall come upon Egypt, and great pain shall be in Ethiopia, when the slain shall fall in Egypt, and they shall take away her multitude, and her foundations shall be broken down. -- ezekiel 30:4 +. +Ethiopia, and Libya, and Lydia, and all the mingled people, and Chub, and the men of the land that is in league, shall fall with them by the sword. -- ezekiel 30:5 +. +Thus saith the LORD; They also that uphold Egypt shall fall; and the pride of her power shall come down: from the tower of Syene shall they fall in it by the sword, saith the Lord GOD. -- ezekiel 30:6 +. +And they shall be desolate in the midst of the countries that are desolate, and her cities shall be in the midst of the cities that are wasted. -- ezekiel 30:7 +. +And they shall know that I am the LORD, when I have set a fire in Egypt, and when all her helpers shall be destroyed. -- ezekiel 30:8 +. +In that day shall messengers go forth from me in ships to make the careless Ethiopians afraid, and great pain shall come upon them, as in the day of Egypt: for, lo, it cometh. -- ezekiel 30:9 +. +Thus saith the Lord GOD; I will also make the multitude of Egypt to cease by the hand of Nebuchadrezzar king of Babylon. -- ezekiel 30:10 +. +He and his people with him, the terrible of the nations, shall be brought to destroy the land: and they shall draw their swords against Egypt, and fill the land with the slain. -- ezekiel 30:11 +. +And I will make the rivers dry, and sell the land into the hand of the wicked: and I will make the land waste, and all that is therein, by the hand of strangers: I the LORD have spoken it. -- ezekiel 30:12 +. +Thus saith the Lord GOD; I will also destroy the idols, and I will cause their images to cease out of Noph; and there shall be no more a prince of the land of Egypt: and I will put a fear in the land of Egypt. -- ezekiel 30:13 +. +And I will make Pathros desolate, and will set fire in Zoan, and will execute judgments in No. -- ezekiel 30:14 +. +And I will pour my fury upon Sin, the strength of Egypt; and I will cut off the multitude of No. -- ezekiel 30:15 +. +And I will set fire in Egypt: Sin shall have great pain, and No shall be rent asunder, and Noph shall have distresses daily. -- ezekiel 30:16 +. +The young men of Aven and of Pibeseth shall fall by the sword: and these cities shall go into captivity. -- ezekiel 30:17 +. +At Tehaphnehes also the day shall be darkened, when I shall break there the yokes of Egypt: and the pomp of her strength shall cease in her: as for her, a cloud shall cover her, and her daughters shall go into captivity. -- ezekiel 30:18 +. +Thus will I execute judgments in Egypt: and they shall know that I am the LORD. -- ezekiel 30:19 +. +And it came to pass in the eleventh year, in the first month, in the seventh day of the month, that the word of the LORD came unto me, saying, -- ezekiel 30:20 +. +Son of man, I have broken the arm of Pharaoh king of Egypt; and, lo, it shall not be bound up to be healed, to put a roller to bind it, to make it strong to hold the sword. -- ezekiel 30:21 +. +Therefore thus saith the Lord GOD; Behold, I am against Pharaoh king of Egypt, and will break his arms, the strong, and that which was broken; and I will cause the sword to fall out of his hand. -- ezekiel 30:22 +. +And I will scatter the Egyptians among the nations, and will disperse them through the countries. -- ezekiel 30:23 +. +And I will strengthen the arms of the king of Babylon, and put my sword in his hand: but I will break Pharaoh's arms, and he shall groan before him with the groanings of a deadly wounded man. -- ezekiel 30:24 +. +But I will strengthen the arms of the king of Babylon, and the arms of Pharaoh shall fall down; and they shall know that I am the LORD, when I shall put my sword into the hand of the king of Babylon, and he shall stretch it out upon the land of Egypt. -- ezekiel 30:25 +. +And I will scatter the Egyptians among the nations, and disperse them among the countries; and they shall know that I am the LORD. -- ezekiel 30:26 +. +And it came to pass in the eleventh year, in the third month, in the first day of the month, that the word of the LORD came unto me, saying, -- ezekiel 31:1 +. +Son of man, speak unto Pharaoh king of Egypt, and to his multitude; Whom art thou like in thy greatness? -- ezekiel 31:2 +. +Behold, the Assyrian was a cedar in Lebanon with fair branches, and with a shadowing shroud, and of an high stature; and his top was among the thick boughs. -- ezekiel 31:3 +. +The waters made him great, the deep set him up on high with her rivers running round about his plants, and sent her little rivers unto all the trees of the field. -- ezekiel 31:4 +. +Therefore his height was exalted above all the trees of the field, and his boughs were multiplied, and his branches became long because of the multitude of waters, when he shot forth. -- ezekiel 31:5 +. +All the fowls of heaven made their nests in his boughs, and under his branches did all the beasts of the field bring forth their young, and under his shadow dwelt all great nations. -- ezekiel 31:6 +. +Thus was he fair in his greatness, in the length of his branches: for his root was by great waters. -- ezekiel 31:7 +. +The cedars in the garden of God could not hide him: the fir trees were not like his boughs, and the chestnut trees were not like his branches; nor any tree in the garden of God was like unto him in his beauty. -- ezekiel 31:8 +. +I have made him fair by the multitude of his branches: so that all the trees of Eden, that were in the garden of God, envied him. -- ezekiel 31:9 +. +Therefore thus saith the Lord GOD; Because thou hast lifted up thyself in height, and he hath shot up his top among the thick boughs, and his heart is lifted up in his height; -- ezekiel 31:10 +. +I have therefore delivered him into the hand of the mighty one of the heathen; he shall surely deal with him: I have driven him out for his wickedness. -- ezekiel 31:11 +. +And strangers, the terrible of the nations, have cut him off, and have left him: upon the mountains and in all the valleys his branches are fallen, and his boughs are broken by all the rivers of the land; and all the people of the earth are gone down from his shadow, and have left him. -- ezekiel 31:12 +. +Upon his ruin shall all the fowls of the heaven remain, and all the beasts of the field shall be upon his branches: -- ezekiel 31:13 +. +To the end that none of all the trees by the waters exalt themselves for their height, neither shoot up their top among the thick boughs, neither their trees stand up in their height, all that drink water: for they are all delivered unto death, to the nether parts of the earth, in the midst of the children of men, with them that go down to the pit. -- ezekiel 31:14 +. +Thus saith the Lord GOD; In the day when he went down to the grave I caused a mourning: I covered the deep for him, and I restrained the floods thereof, and the great waters were stayed: and I caused Lebanon to mourn for him, and all the trees of the field fainted for him. -- ezekiel 31:15 +. +I made the nations to shake at the sound of his fall, when I cast him down to hell with them that descend into the pit: and all the trees of Eden, the choice and best of Lebanon, all that drink water, shall be comforted in the nether parts of the earth. -- ezekiel 31:16 +. +They also went down into hell with him unto them that be slain with the sword; and they that were his arm, that dwelt under his shadow in the midst of the heathen. -- ezekiel 31:17 +. +To whom art thou thus like in glory and in greatness among the trees of Eden? yet shalt thou be brought down with the trees of Eden unto the nether parts of the earth: thou shalt lie in the midst of the uncircumcised with them that be slain by the sword. This is Pharaoh and all his multitude, saith the Lord GOD. -- ezekiel 31:18 +. +And it came to pass in the twelfth year, in the twelfth month, in the first day of the month, that the word of the LORD came unto me, saying, -- ezekiel 32:1 +. +Son of man, take up a lamentation for Pharaoh king of Egypt, and say unto him, Thou art like a young lion of the nations, and thou art as a whale in the seas: and thou camest forth with thy rivers, and troubledst the waters with thy feet, and fouledst their rivers. -- ezekiel 32:2 +. +Thus saith the Lord GOD; I will therefore spread out my net over thee with a company of many people; and they shall bring thee up in my net. -- ezekiel 32:3 +. +Then will I leave thee upon the land, I will cast thee forth upon the open field, and will cause all the fowls of the heaven to remain upon thee, and I will fill the beasts of the whole earth with thee. -- ezekiel 32:4 +. +And I will lay thy flesh upon the mountains, and fill the valleys with thy height. -- ezekiel 32:5 +. +I will also water with thy blood the land wherein thou swimmest, even to the mountains; and the rivers shall be full of thee. -- ezekiel 32:6 +. +And when I shall put thee out, I will cover the heaven, and make the stars thereof dark; I will cover the sun with a cloud, and the moon shall not give her light. -- ezekiel 32:7 +. +All the bright lights of heaven will I make dark over thee, and set darkness upon thy land, saith the Lord GOD. -- ezekiel 32:8 +. +I will also vex the hearts of many people, when I shall bring thy destruction among the nations, into the countries which thou hast not known. -- ezekiel 32:9 +. +Yea, I will make many people amazed at thee, and their kings shall be horribly afraid for thee, when I shall brandish my sword before them; and they shall tremble at every moment, every man for his own life, in the day of thy fall. -- ezekiel 32:10 +. +For thus saith the Lord GOD; The sword of the king of Babylon shall come upon thee. -- ezekiel 32:11 +. +By the swords of the mighty will I cause thy multitude to fall, the terrible of the nations, all of them: and they shall spoil the pomp of Egypt, and all the multitude thereof shall be destroyed. -- ezekiel 32:12 +. +I will destroy also all the beasts thereof from beside the great waters; neither shall the foot of man trouble them any more, nor the hoofs of beasts trouble them. -- ezekiel 32:13 +. +Then will I make their waters deep, and cause their rivers to run like oil, saith the Lord GOD. -- ezekiel 32:14 +. +When I shall make the land of Egypt desolate, and the country shall be destitute of that whereof it was full, when I shall smite all them that dwell therein, then shall they know that I am the LORD. -- ezekiel 32:15 +. +This is the lamentation wherewith they shall lament her: the daughters of the nations shall lament her: they shall lament for her, even for Egypt, and for all her multitude, saith the Lord GOD. -- ezekiel 32:16 +. +It came to pass also in the twelfth year, in the fifteenth day of the month, that the word of the LORD came unto me, saying, -- ezekiel 32:17 +. +Son of man, wail for the multitude of Egypt, and cast them down, even her, and the daughters of the famous nations, unto the nether parts of the earth, with them that go down into the pit. -- ezekiel 32:18 +. +Whom dost thou pass in beauty? go down, and be thou laid with the uncircumcised. -- ezekiel 32:19 +. +They shall fall in the midst of them that are slain by the sword: she is delivered to the sword: draw her and all her multitudes. -- ezekiel 32:20 +. +The strong among the mighty shall speak to him out of the midst of hell with them that help him: they are gone down, they lie uncircumcised, slain by the sword. -- ezekiel 32:21 +. +Asshur is there and all her company: his graves are about him: all of them slain, fallen by the sword: -- ezekiel 32:22 +. +Whose graves are set in the sides of the pit, and her company is round about her grave: all of them slain, fallen by the sword, which caused terror in the land of the living. -- ezekiel 32:23 +. +There is Elam and all her multitude round about her grave, all of them slain, fallen by the sword, which are gone down uncircumcised into the nether parts of the earth, which caused their terror in the land of the living; yet have they borne their shame with them that go down to the pit. -- ezekiel 32:24 +. +They have set her a bed in the midst of the slain with all her multitude: her graves are round about him: all of them uncircumcised, slain by the sword: though their terror was caused in the land of the living, yet have they borne their shame with them that go down to the pit: he is put in the midst of them that be slain. -- ezekiel 32:25 +. +There is Meshech, Tubal, and all her multitude: her graves are round about him: all of them uncircumcised, slain by the sword, though they caused their terror in the land of the living. -- ezekiel 32:26 +. +And they shall not lie with the mighty that are fallen of the uncircumcised, which are gone down to hell with their weapons of war: and they have laid their swords under their heads, but their iniquities shall be upon their bones, though they were the terror of the mighty in the land of the living. -- ezekiel 32:27 +. +Yea, thou shalt be broken in the midst of the uncircumcised, and shalt lie with them that are slain with the sword. -- ezekiel 32:28 +. +There is Edom, her kings, and all her princes, which with their might are laid by them that were slain by the sword: they shall lie with the uncircumcised, and with them that go down to the pit. -- ezekiel 32:29 +. +There be the princes of the north, all of them, and all the Zidonians, which are gone down with the slain; with their terror they are ashamed of their might; and they lie uncircumcised with them that be slain by the sword, and bear their shame with them that go down to the pit. -- ezekiel 32:30 +. +Pharaoh shall see them, and shall be comforted over all his multitude, even Pharaoh and all his army slain by the sword, saith the Lord GOD. -- ezekiel 32:31 +. +For I have caused my terror in the land of the living: and he shall be laid in the midst of the uncircumcised with them that are slain with the sword, even Pharaoh and all his multitude, saith the Lord GOD. -- ezekiel 32:32 +. +Again the word of the LORD came unto me, saying, -- ezekiel 33:1 +. +Son of man, speak to the children of thy people, and say unto them, When I bring the sword upon a land, if the people of the land take a man of their coasts, and set him for their watchman: -- ezekiel 33:2 +. +If when he seeth the sword come upon the land, he blow the trumpet, and warn the people; -- ezekiel 33:3 +. +Then whosoever heareth the sound of the trumpet, and taketh not warning; if the sword come, and take him away, his blood shall be upon his own head. -- ezekiel 33:4 +. +He heard the sound of the trumpet, and took not warning; his blood shall be upon him. But he that taketh warning shall deliver his soul. -- ezekiel 33:5 +. +But if the watchman see the sword come, and blow not the trumpet, and the people be not warned; if the sword come, and take any person from among them, he is taken away in his iniquity; but his blood will I require at the watchman's hand. -- ezekiel 33:6 +. +So thou, O son of man, I have set thee a watchman unto the house of Israel; therefore thou shalt hear the word at my mouth, and warn them from me. -- ezekiel 33:7 +. +When I say unto the wicked, O wicked man, thou shalt surely die; if thou dost not speak to warn the wicked from his way, that wicked man shall die in his iniquity; but his blood will I require at thine hand. -- ezekiel 33:8 +. +Nevertheless, if thou warn the wicked of his way to turn from it; if he do not turn from his way, he shall die in his iniquity; but thou hast delivered thy soul. -- ezekiel 33:9 +. +Therefore, O thou son of man, speak unto the house of Israel; Thus ye speak, saying, If our transgressions and our sins be upon us, and we pine away in them, how should we then live? -- ezekiel 33:10 +. +Say unto them, As I live, saith the Lord GOD, I have no pleasure in the death of the wicked; but that the wicked turn from his way and live: turn ye, turn ye from your evil ways; for why will ye die, O house of Israel? -- ezekiel 33:11 +. +Therefore, thou son of man, say unto the children of thy people, The righteousness of the righteous shall not deliver him in the day of his transgression: as for the wickedness of the wicked, he shall not fall thereby in the day that he turneth from his wickedness; neither shall the righteous be able to live for his righteousness in the day that he sinneth. -- ezekiel 33:12 +. +When I shall say to the righteous, that he shall surely live; if he trust to his own righteousness, and commit iniquity, all his righteousnesses shall not be remembered; but for his iniquity that he hath committed, he shall die for it. -- ezekiel 33:13 +. +Again, when I say unto the wicked, Thou shalt surely die; if he turn from his sin, and do that which is lawful and right; -- ezekiel 33:14 +. +If the wicked restore the pledge, give again that he had robbed, walk in the statutes of life, without committing iniquity; he shall surely live, he shall not die. -- ezekiel 33:15 +. +None of his sins that he hath committed shall be mentioned unto him: he hath done that which is lawful and right; he shall surely live. -- ezekiel 33:16 +. +Yet the children of thy people say, The way of the Lord is not equal: but as for them, their way is not equal. -- ezekiel 33:17 +. +When the righteous turneth from his righteousness, and committeth iniquity, he shall even die thereby. -- ezekiel 33:18 +. +But if the wicked turn from his wickedness, and do that which is lawful and right, he shall live thereby. -- ezekiel 33:19 +. +Yet ye say, The way of the Lord is not equal. O ye house of Israel, I will judge you every one after his ways. -- ezekiel 33:20 +. +And it came to pass in the twelfth year of our captivity, in the tenth month, in the fifth day of the month, that one that had escaped out of Jerusalem came unto me, saying, The city is smitten. -- ezekiel 33:21 +. +Now the hand of the LORD was upon me in the evening, afore he that was escaped came; and had opened my mouth, until he came to me in the morning; and my mouth was opened, and I was no more dumb. -- ezekiel 33:22 +. +Then the word of the LORD came unto me, saying, -- ezekiel 33:23 +. +Son of man, they that inhabit those wastes of the land of Israel speak, saying, Abraham was one, and he inherited the land: but we are many; the land is given us for inheritance. -- ezekiel 33:24 +. +Wherefore say unto them, Thus saith the Lord GOD; Ye eat with the blood, and lift up your eyes toward your idols, and shed blood: and shall ye possess the land? -- ezekiel 33:25 +. +Ye stand upon your sword, ye work abomination, and ye defile every one his neighbour's wife: and shall ye possess the land? -- ezekiel 33:26 +. +Say thou thus unto them, Thus saith the Lord GOD; As I live, surely they that are in the wastes shall fall by the sword, and him that is in the open field will I give to the beasts to be devoured, and they that be in the forts and in the caves shall die of the pestilence. -- ezekiel 33:27 +. +For I will lay the land most desolate, and the pomp of her strength shall cease; and the mountains of Israel shall be desolate, that none shall pass through. -- ezekiel 33:28 +. +Then shall they know that I am the LORD, when I have laid the land most desolate because of all their abominations which they have committed. -- ezekiel 33:29 +. +Also, thou son of man, the children of thy people still are talking against thee by the walls and in the doors of the houses, and speak one to another, every one to his brother, saying, Come, I pray you, and hear what is the word that cometh forth from the LORD. -- ezekiel 33:30 +. +And they come unto thee as the people cometh, and they sit before thee as my people, and they hear thy words, but they will not do them: for with their mouth they shew much love, but their heart goeth after their covetousness. -- ezekiel 33:31 +. +And, lo, thou art unto them as a very lovely song of one that hath a pleasant voice, and can play well on an instrument: for they hear thy words, but they do them not. -- ezekiel 33:32 +. +And when this cometh to pass, (lo, it will come,) then shall they know that a prophet hath been among them. -- ezekiel 33:33 +. +And the word of the LORD came unto me, saying, -- ezekiel 34:1 +. +Son of man, prophesy against the shepherds of Israel, prophesy, and say unto them, Thus saith the Lord GOD unto the shepherds; Woe be to the shepherds of Israel that do feed themselves! should not the shepherds feed the flocks? -- ezekiel 34:2 +. +Ye eat the fat, and ye clothe you with the wool, ye kill them that are fed: but ye feed not the flock. -- ezekiel 34:3 +. +The diseased have ye not strengthened, neither have ye healed that which was sick, neither have ye bound up that which was broken, neither have ye brought again that which was driven away, neither have ye sought that which was lost; but with force and with cruelty have ye ruled them. -- ezekiel 34:4 +. +And they were scattered, because there is no shepherd: and they became meat to all the beasts of the field, when they were scattered. -- ezekiel 34:5 +. +My sheep wandered through all the mountains, and upon every high hill: yea, my flock was scattered upon all the face of the earth, and none did search or seek after them. -- ezekiel 34:6 +. +Therefore, ye shepherds, hear the word of the LORD; -- ezekiel 34:7 +. +As I live, saith the Lord GOD, surely because my flock became a prey, and my flock became meat to every beast of the field, because there was no shepherd, neither did my shepherds search for my flock, but the shepherds fed themselves, and fed not my flock; -- ezekiel 34:8 +. +Therefore, O ye shepherds, hear the word of the LORD; -- ezekiel 34:9 +. +Thus saith the Lord GOD; Behold, I am against the shepherds; and I will require my flock at their hand, and cause them to cease from feeding the flock; neither shall the shepherds feed themselves any more; for I will deliver my flock from their mouth, that they may not be meat for them. -- ezekiel 34:10 +. +For thus saith the Lord GOD; Behold, I, even I, will both search my sheep, and seek them out. -- ezekiel 34:11 +. +As a shepherd seeketh out his flock in the day that he is among his sheep that are scattered; so will I seek out my sheep, and will deliver them out of all places where they have been scattered in the cloudy and dark day. -- ezekiel 34:12 +. +And I will bring them out from the people, and gather them from the countries, and will bring them to their own land, and feed them upon the mountains of Israel by the rivers, and in all the inhabited places of the country. -- ezekiel 34:13 +. +I will feed them in a good pasture, and upon the high mountains of Israel shall their fold be: there shall they lie in a good fold, and in a fat pasture shall they feed upon the mountains of Israel. -- ezekiel 34:14 +. +I will feed my flock, and I will cause them to lie down, saith the Lord GOD. -- ezekiel 34:15 +. +I will seek that which was lost, and bring again that which was driven away, and will bind up that which was broken, and will strengthen that which was sick: but I will destroy the fat and the strong; I will feed them with judgment. -- ezekiel 34:16 +. +And as for you, O my flock, thus saith the Lord GOD; Behold, I judge between cattle and cattle, between the rams and the he goats. -- ezekiel 34:17 +. +Seemeth it a small thing unto you to have eaten up the good pasture, but ye must tread down with your feet the residue of your pastures? and to have drunk of the deep waters, but ye must foul the residue with your feet? -- ezekiel 34:18 +. +And as for my flock, they eat that which ye have trodden with your feet; and they drink that which ye have fouled with your feet. -- ezekiel 34:19 +. +Therefore thus saith the Lord GOD unto them; Behold, I, even I, will judge between the fat cattle and between the lean cattle. -- ezekiel 34:20 +. +Because ye have thrust with side and with shoulder, and pushed all the diseased with your horns, till ye have scattered them abroad; -- ezekiel 34:21 +. +Therefore will I save my flock, and they shall no more be a prey; and I will judge between cattle and cattle. -- ezekiel 34:22 +. +And I will set up one shepherd over them, and he shall feed them, even my servant David; he shall feed them, and he shall be their shepherd. -- ezekiel 34:23 +. +And I the LORD will be their God, and my servant David a prince among them; I the LORD have spoken it. -- ezekiel 34:24 +. +And I will make with them a covenant of peace, and will cause the evil beasts to cease out of the land: and they shall dwell safely in the wilderness, and sleep in the woods. -- ezekiel 34:25 +. +And I will make them and the places round about my hill a blessing; and I will cause the shower to come down in his season; there shall be showers of blessing. -- ezekiel 34:26 +. +And the tree of the field shall yield her fruit, and the earth shall yield her increase, and they shall be safe in their land, and shall know that I am the LORD, when I have broken the bands of their yoke, and delivered them out of the hand of those that served themselves of them. -- ezekiel 34:27 +. +And they shall no more be a prey to the heathen, neither shall the beast of the land devour them; but they shall dwell safely, and none shall make them afraid. -- ezekiel 34:28 +. +And I will raise up for them a plant of renown, and they shall be no more consumed with hunger in the land, neither bear the shame of the heathen any more. -- ezekiel 34:29 +. +Thus shall they know that I the LORD their God am with them, and that they, even the house of Israel, are my people, saith the Lord GOD. -- ezekiel 34:30 +. +And ye my flock, the flock of my pasture, are men, and I am your God, saith the Lord GOD. -- ezekiel 34:31 +. +Moreover the word of the LORD came unto me, saying, -- ezekiel 35:1 +. +Son of man, set thy face against mount Seir, and prophesy against it, -- ezekiel 35:2 +. +And say unto it, Thus saith the Lord GOD; Behold, O mount Seir, I am against thee, and I will stretch out mine hand against thee, and I will make thee most desolate. -- ezekiel 35:3 +. +I will lay thy cities waste, and thou shalt be desolate, and thou shalt know that I am the LORD. -- ezekiel 35:4 +. +Because thou hast had a perpetual hatred, and hast shed the blood of the children of Israel by the force of the sword in the time of their calamity, in the time that their iniquity had an end: -- ezekiel 35:5 +. +Therefore, as I live, saith the Lord GOD, I will prepare thee unto blood, and blood shall pursue thee: sith thou hast not hated blood, even blood shall pursue thee. -- ezekiel 35:6 +. +Thus will I make mount Seir most desolate, and cut off from it him that passeth out and him that returneth. -- ezekiel 35:7 +. +And I will fill his mountains with his slain men: in thy hills, and in thy valleys, and in all thy rivers, shall they fall that are slain with the sword. -- ezekiel 35:8 +. +I will make thee perpetual desolations, and thy cities shall not return: and ye shall know that I am the LORD. -- ezekiel 35:9 +. +Because thou hast said, These two nations and these two countries shall be mine, and we will possess it; whereas the LORD was there: -- ezekiel 35:10 +. +Therefore, as I live, saith the Lord GOD, I will even do according to thine anger, and according to thine envy which thou hast used out of thy hatred against them; and I will make myself known among them, when I have judged thee. -- ezekiel 35:11 +. +And thou shalt know that I am the LORD, and that I have heard all thy blasphemies which thou hast spoken against the mountains of Israel, saying, They are laid desolate, they are given us to consume. -- ezekiel 35:12 +. +Thus with your mouth ye have boasted against me, and have multiplied your words against me: I have heard them. -- ezekiel 35:13 +. +Thus saith the Lord GOD; When the whole earth rejoiceth, I will make thee desolate. -- ezekiel 35:14 +. +As thou didst rejoice at the inheritance of the house of Israel, because it was desolate, so will I do unto thee: thou shalt be desolate, O mount Seir, and all Idumea, even all of it: and they shall know that I am the LORD. -- ezekiel 35:15 +. +Also, thou son of man, prophesy unto the mountains of Israel, and say, Ye mountains of Israel, hear the word of the LORD: -- ezekiel 36:1 +. +Thus saith the Lord GOD; Because the enemy hath said against you, Aha, even the ancient high places are ours in possession: -- ezekiel 36:2 +. +Therefore prophesy and say, Thus saith the Lord GOD; Because they have made you desolate, and swallowed you up on every side, that ye might be a possession unto the residue of the heathen, and ye are taken up in the lips of talkers, and are an infamy of the people: -- ezekiel 36:3 +. +Therefore, ye mountains of Israel, hear the word of the Lord GOD; Thus saith the Lord GOD to the mountains, and to the hills, to the rivers, and to the valleys, to the desolate wastes, and to the cities that are forsaken, which became a prey and derision to the residue of the heathen that are round about; -- ezekiel 36:4 +. +Therefore thus saith the Lord GOD; Surely in the fire of my jealousy have I spoken against the residue of the heathen, and against all Idumea, which have appointed my land into their possession with the joy of all their heart, with despiteful minds, to cast it out for a prey. -- ezekiel 36:5 +. +Prophesy therefore concerning the land of Israel, and say unto the mountains, and to the hills, to the rivers, and to the valleys, Thus saith the Lord GOD; Behold, I have spoken in my jealousy and in my fury, because ye have borne the shame of the heathen: -- ezekiel 36:6 +. +Therefore thus saith the Lord GOD; I have lifted up mine hand, Surely the heathen that are about you, they shall bear their shame. -- ezekiel 36:7 +. +But ye, O mountains of Israel, ye shall shoot forth your branches, and yield your fruit to my people of Israel; for they are at hand to come. -- ezekiel 36:8 +. +For, behold, I am for you, and I will turn unto you, and ye shall be tilled and sown: -- ezekiel 36:9 +. +And I will multiply men upon you, all the house of Israel, even all of it: and the cities shall be inhabited, and the wastes shall be builded: -- ezekiel 36:10 +. +And I will multiply upon you man and beast; and they shall increase and bring fruit: and I will settle you after your old estates, and will do better unto you than at your beginnings: and ye shall know that I am the LORD. -- ezekiel 36:11 +. +Yea, I will cause men to walk upon you, even my people Israel; and they shall possess thee, and thou shalt be their inheritance, and thou shalt no more henceforth bereave them of men. -- ezekiel 36:12 +. +Thus saith the Lord GOD; Because they say unto you, Thou land devourest up men, and hast bereaved thy nations: -- ezekiel 36:13 +. +Therefore thou shalt devour men no more, neither bereave thy nations any more, saith the Lord GOD. -- ezekiel 36:14 +. +Neither will I cause men to hear in thee the shame of the heathen any more, neither shalt thou bear the reproach of the people any more, neither shalt thou cause thy nations to fall any more, saith the Lord GOD. -- ezekiel 36:15 +. +Moreover the word of the LORD came unto me, saying, -- ezekiel 36:16 +. +Son of man, when the house of Israel dwelt in their own land, they defiled it by their own way and by their doings: their way was before me as the uncleanness of a removed woman. -- ezekiel 36:17 +. +Wherefore I poured my fury upon them for the blood that they had shed upon the land, and for their idols wherewith they had polluted it: -- ezekiel 36:18 +. +And I scattered them among the heathen, and they were dispersed through the countries: according to their way and according to their doings I judged them. -- ezekiel 36:19 +. +And when they entered unto the heathen, whither they went, they profaned my holy name, when they said to them, These are the people of the LORD, and are gone forth out of his land. -- ezekiel 36:20 +. +But I had pity for mine holy name, which the house of Israel had profaned among the heathen, whither they went. -- ezekiel 36:21 +. +Therefore say unto the house of Israel, thus saith the Lord GOD; I do not this for your sakes, O house of Israel, but for mine holy name's sake, which ye have profaned among the heathen, whither ye went. -- ezekiel 36:22 +. +And I will sanctify my great name, which was profaned among the heathen, which ye have profaned in the midst of them; and the heathen shall know that I am the LORD, saith the Lord GOD, when I shall be sanctified in you before their eyes. -- ezekiel 36:23 +. +For I will take you from among the heathen, and gather you out of all countries, and will bring you into your own land. -- ezekiel 36:24 +. +Then will I sprinkle clean water upon you, and ye shall be clean: from all your filthiness, and from all your idols, will I cleanse you. -- ezekiel 36:25 +. +A new heart also will I give you, and a new spirit will I put within you: and I will take away the stony heart out of your flesh, and I will give you an heart of flesh. -- ezekiel 36:26 +. +And I will put my spirit within you, and cause you to walk in my statutes, and ye shall keep my judgments, and do them. -- ezekiel 36:27 +. +And ye shall dwell in the land that I gave to your fathers; and ye shall be my people, and I will be your God. -- ezekiel 36:28 +. +I will also save you from all your uncleannesses: and I will call for the corn, and will increase it, and lay no famine upon you. -- ezekiel 36:29 +. +And I will multiply the fruit of the tree, and the increase of the field, that ye shall receive no more reproach of famine among the heathen. -- ezekiel 36:30 +. +Then shall ye remember your own evil ways, and your doings that were not good, and shall lothe yourselves in your own sight for your iniquities and for your abominations. -- ezekiel 36:31 +. +Not for your sakes do I this, saith the Lord GOD, be it known unto you: be ashamed and confounded for your own ways, O house of Israel. -- ezekiel 36:32 +. +Thus saith the Lord GOD; In the day that I shall have cleansed you from all your iniquities I will also cause you to dwell in the cities, and the wastes shall be builded. -- ezekiel 36:33 +. +And the desolate land shall be tilled, whereas it lay desolate in the sight of all that passed by. -- ezekiel 36:34 +. +And they shall say, This land that was desolate is become like the garden of Eden; and the waste and desolate and ruined cities are become fenced, and are inhabited. -- ezekiel 36:35 +. +Then the heathen that are left round about you shall know that I the LORD build the ruined places, and plant that that was desolate: I the LORD have spoken it, and I will do it. -- ezekiel 36:36 +. +Thus saith the Lord GOD; I will yet for this be enquired of by the house of Israel, to do it for them; I will increase them with men like a flock. -- ezekiel 36:37 +. +As the holy flock, as the flock of Jerusalem in her solemn feasts; so shall the waste cities be filled with flocks of men: and they shall know that I am the LORD. -- ezekiel 36:38 +. +The hand of the LORD was upon me, and carried me out in the spirit of the LORD, and set me down in the midst of the valley which was full of bones, -- ezekiel 37:1 +. +And caused me to pass by them round about: and, behold, there were very many in the open valley; and, lo, they were very dry. -- ezekiel 37:2 +. +And he said unto me, Son of man, can these bones live? And I answered, O Lord GOD, thou knowest. -- ezekiel 37:3 +. +Again he said unto me, Prophesy upon these bones, and say unto them, O ye dry bones, hear the word of the LORD. -- ezekiel 37:4 +. +Thus saith the Lord GOD unto these bones; Behold, I will cause breath to enter into you, and ye shall live: -- ezekiel 37:5 +. +And I will lay sinews upon you, and will bring up flesh upon you, and cover you with skin, and put breath in you, and ye shall live; and ye shall know that I am the LORD. -- ezekiel 37:6 +. +So I prophesied as I was commanded: and as I prophesied, there was a noise, and behold a shaking, and the bones came together, bone to his bone. -- ezekiel 37:7 +. +And when I beheld, lo, the sinews and the flesh came up upon them, and the skin covered them above: but there was no breath in them. -- ezekiel 37:8 +. +Then said he unto me, Prophesy unto the wind, prophesy, son of man, and say to the wind, Thus saith the Lord GOD; Come from the four winds, O breath, and breathe upon these slain, that they may live. -- ezekiel 37:9 +. +So I prophesied as he commanded me, and the breath came into them, and they lived, and stood up upon their feet, an exceeding great army. -- ezekiel 37:10 +. +Then he said unto me, Son of man, these bones are the whole house of Israel: behold, they say, Our bones are dried, and our hope is lost: we are cut off for our parts. -- ezekiel 37:11 +. +Therefore prophesy and say unto them, Thus saith the Lord GOD; Behold, O my people, I will open your graves, and cause you to come up out of your graves, and bring you into the land of Israel. -- ezekiel 37:12 +. +And ye shall know that I am the LORD, when I have opened your graves, O my people, and brought you up out of your graves, -- ezekiel 37:13 +. +And shall put my spirit in you, and ye shall live, and I shall place you in your own land: then shall ye know that I the LORD have spoken it, and performed it, saith the LORD. -- ezekiel 37:14 +. +The word of the LORD came again unto me, saying, -- ezekiel 37:15 +. +Moreover, thou son of man, take thee one stick, and write upon it, For Judah, and for the children of Israel his companions: then take another stick, and write upon it, For Joseph, the stick of Ephraim and for all the house of Israel his companions: -- ezekiel 37:16 +. +And join them one to another into one stick; and they shall become one in thine hand. -- ezekiel 37:17 +. +And when the children of thy people shall speak unto thee, saying, Wilt thou not shew us what thou meanest by these? -- ezekiel 37:18 +. +Say unto them, Thus saith the Lord GOD; Behold, I will take the stick of Joseph, which is in the hand of Ephraim, and the tribes of Israel his fellows, and will put them with him, even with the stick of Judah, and make them one stick, and they shall be one in mine hand. -- ezekiel 37:19 +. +And the sticks whereon thou writest shall be in thine hand before their eyes. -- ezekiel 37:20 +. +And say unto them, Thus saith the Lord GOD; Behold, I will take the children of Israel from among the heathen, whither they be gone, and will gather them on every side, and bring them into their own land: -- ezekiel 37:21 +. +And I will make them one nation in the land upon the mountains of Israel; and one king shall be king to them all: and they shall be no more two nations, neither shall they be divided into two kingdoms any more at all. -- ezekiel 37:22 +. +Neither shall they defile themselves any more with their idols, nor with their detestable things, nor with any of their transgressions: but I will save them out of all their dwellingplaces, wherein they have sinned, and will cleanse them: so shall they be my people, and I will be their God. -- ezekiel 37:23 +. +And David my servant shall be king over them; and they all shall have one shepherd: they shall also walk in my judgments, and observe my statutes, and do them. -- ezekiel 37:24 +. +And they shall dwell in the land that I have given unto Jacob my servant, wherein your fathers have dwelt; and they shall dwell therein, even they, and their children, and their children's children for ever: and my servant David shall be their prince for ever. -- ezekiel 37:25 +. +Moreover I will make a covenant of peace with them; it shall be an everlasting covenant with them: and I will place them, and multiply them, and will set my sanctuary in the midst of them for evermore. -- ezekiel 37:26 +. +My tabernacle also shall be with them: yea, I will be their God, and they shall be my people. -- ezekiel 37:27 +. +And the heathen shall know that I the LORD do sanctify Israel, when my sanctuary shall be in the midst of them for evermore. -- ezekiel 37:28 +. +And the word of the LORD came unto me, saying, -- ezekiel 38:1 +. +Son of man, set thy face against Gog, the land of Magog, the chief prince of Meshech and Tubal, and prophesy against him, -- ezekiel 38:2 +. +And say, Thus saith the Lord GOD; Behold, I am against thee, O Gog, the chief prince of Meshech and Tubal: -- ezekiel 38:3 +. +And I will turn thee back, and put hooks into thy jaws, and I will bring thee forth, and all thine army, horses and horsemen, all of them clothed with all sorts of armour, even a great company with bucklers and shields, all of them handling swords: -- ezekiel 38:4 +. +Persia, Ethiopia, and Libya with them; all of them with shield and helmet: -- ezekiel 38:5 +. +Gomer, and all his bands; the house of Togarmah of the north quarters, and all his bands: and many people with thee. -- ezekiel 38:6 +. +Be thou prepared, and prepare for thyself, thou, and all thy company that are assembled unto thee, and be thou a guard unto them. -- ezekiel 38:7 +. +After many days thou shalt be visited: in the latter years thou shalt come into the land that is brought back from the sword, and is gathered out of many people, against the mountains of Israel, which have been always waste: but it is brought forth out of the nations, and they shall dwell safely all of them. -- ezekiel 38:8 +. +Thou shalt ascend and come like a storm, thou shalt be like a cloud to cover the land, thou, and all thy bands, and many people with thee. -- ezekiel 38:9 +. +Thus saith the Lord GOD; It shall also come to pass, that at the same time shall things come into thy mind, and thou shalt think an evil thought: -- ezekiel 38:10 +. +And thou shalt say, I will go up to the land of unwalled villages; I will go to them that are at rest, that dwell safely, all of them dwelling without walls, and having neither bars nor gates, -- ezekiel 38:11 +. +To take a spoil, and to take a prey; to turn thine hand upon the desolate places that are now inhabited, and upon the people that are gathered out of the nations, which have gotten cattle and goods, that dwell in the midst of the land. -- ezekiel 38:12 +. +Sheba, and Dedan, and the merchants of Tarshish, with all the young lions thereof, shall say unto thee, Art thou come to take a spoil? hast thou gathered thy company to take a prey? to carry away silver and gold, to take away cattle and goods, to take a great spoil? -- ezekiel 38:13 +. +Therefore, son of man, prophesy and say unto Gog, Thus saith the Lord GOD; In that day when my people of Israel dwelleth safely, shalt thou not know it? -- ezekiel 38:14 +. +And thou shalt come from thy place out of the north parts, thou, and many people with thee, all of them riding upon horses, a great company, and a mighty army: -- ezekiel 38:15 +. +And thou shalt come up against my people of Israel, as a cloud to cover the land; it shall be in the latter days, and I will bring thee against my land, that the heathen may know me, when I shall be sanctified in thee, O Gog, before their eyes. -- ezekiel 38:16 +. +Thus saith the Lord GOD; Art thou he of whom I have spoken in old time by my servants the prophets of Israel, which prophesied in those days many years that I would bring thee against them? -- ezekiel 38:17 +. +And it shall come to pass at the same time when Gog shall come against the land of Israel, saith the Lord GOD, that my fury shall come up in my face. -- ezekiel 38:18 +. +For in my jealousy and in the fire of my wrath have I spoken, Surely in that day there shall be a great shaking in the land of Israel; -- ezekiel 38:19 +. +So that the fishes of the sea, and the fowls of the heaven, and the beasts of the field, and all creeping things that creep upon the earth, and all the men that are upon the face of the earth, shall shake at my presence, and the mountains shall be thrown down, and the steep places shall fall, and every wall shall fall to the ground. -- ezekiel 38:20 +. +And I will call for a sword against him throughout all my mountains, saith the Lord GOD: every man's sword shall be against his brother. -- ezekiel 38:21 +. +And I will plead against him with pestilence and with blood; and I will rain upon him, and upon his bands, and upon the many people that are with him, an overflowing rain, and great hailstones, fire, and brimstone. -- ezekiel 38:22 +. +Thus will I magnify myself, and sanctify myself; and I will be known in the eyes of many nations, and they shall know that I am the LORD. -- ezekiel 38:23 +. +Therefore, thou son of man, prophesy against Gog, and say, Thus saith the Lord GOD; Behold, I am against thee, O Gog, the chief prince of Meshech and Tubal: -- ezekiel 39:1 +. +And I will turn thee back, and leave but the sixth part of thee, and will cause thee to come up from the north parts, and will bring thee upon the mountains of Israel: -- ezekiel 39:2 +. +And I will smite thy bow out of thy left hand, and will cause thine arrows to fall out of thy right hand. -- ezekiel 39:3 +. +Thou shalt fall upon the mountains of Israel, thou, and all thy bands, and the people that is with thee: I will give thee unto the ravenous birds of every sort, and to the beasts of the field to be devoured. -- ezekiel 39:4 +. +Thou shalt fall upon the open field: for I have spoken it, saith the Lord GOD. -- ezekiel 39:5 +. +And I will send a fire on Magog, and among them that dwell carelessly in the isles: and they shall know that I am the LORD. -- ezekiel 39:6 +. +So will I make my holy name known in the midst of my people Israel; and I will not let them pollute my holy name any more: and the heathen shall know that I am the LORD, the Holy One in Israel. -- ezekiel 39:7 +. +Behold, it is come, and it is done, saith the Lord GOD; this is the day whereof I have spoken. -- ezekiel 39:8 +. +And they that dwell in the cities of Israel shall go forth, and shall set on fire and burn the weapons, both the shields and the bucklers, the bows and the arrows, and the handstaves, and the spears, and they shall burn them with fire seven years: -- ezekiel 39:9 +. +So that they shall take no wood out of the field, neither cut down any out of the forests; for they shall burn the weapons with fire: and they shall spoil those that spoiled them, and rob those that robbed them, saith the Lord GOD. -- ezekiel 39:10 +. +And it shall come to pass in that day, that I will give unto Gog a place there of graves in Israel, the valley of the passengers on the east of the sea: and it shall stop the noses of the passengers: and there shall they bury Gog and all his multitude: and they shall call it The valley of Hamongog. -- ezekiel 39:11 +. +And seven months shall the house of Israel be burying of them, that they may cleanse the land. -- ezekiel 39:12 +. +Yea, all the people of the land shall bury them; and it shall be to them a renown the day that I shall be glorified, saith the Lord GOD. -- ezekiel 39:13 +. +And they shall sever out men of continual employment, passing through the land to bury with the passengers those that remain upon the face of the earth, to cleanse it: after the end of seven months shall they search. -- ezekiel 39:14 +. +And the passengers that pass through the land, when any seeth a man's bone, then shall he set up a sign by it, till the buriers have buried it in the valley of Hamongog. -- ezekiel 39:15 +. +And also the name of the city shall be Hamonah. Thus shall they cleanse the land. -- ezekiel 39:16 +. +And, thou son of man, thus saith the Lord GOD; Speak unto every feathered fowl, and to every beast of the field, Assemble yourselves, and come; gather yourselves on every side to my sacrifice that I do sacrifice for you, even a great sacrifice upon the mountains of Israel, that ye may eat flesh, and drink blood. -- ezekiel 39:17 +. +Ye shall eat the flesh of the mighty, and drink the blood of the princes of the earth, of rams, of lambs, and of goats, of bullocks, all of them fatlings of Bashan. -- ezekiel 39:18 +. +And ye shall eat fat till ye be full, and drink blood till ye be drunken, of my sacrifice which I have sacrificed for you. -- ezekiel 39:19 +. +Thus ye shall be filled at my table with horses and chariots, with mighty men, and with all men of war, saith the Lord GOD. -- ezekiel 39:20 +. +And I will set my glory among the heathen, and all the heathen shall see my judgment that I have executed, and my hand that I have laid upon them. -- ezekiel 39:21 +. +So the house of Israel shall know that I am the LORD their God from that day and forward. -- ezekiel 39:22 +. +And the heathen shall know that the house of Israel went into captivity for their iniquity: because they trespassed against me, therefore hid I my face from them, and gave them into the hand of their enemies: so fell they all by the sword. -- ezekiel 39:23 +. +According to their uncleanness and according to their transgressions have I done unto them, and hid my face from them. -- ezekiel 39:24 +. +Therefore thus saith the Lord GOD; Now will I bring again the captivity of Jacob, and have mercy upon the whole house of Israel, and will be jealous for my holy name; -- ezekiel 39:25 +. +After that they have borne their shame, and all their trespasses whereby they have trespassed against me, when they dwelt safely in their land, and none made them afraid. -- ezekiel 39:26 +. +When I have brought them again from the people, and gathered them out of their enemies' lands, and am sanctified in them in the sight of many nations; -- ezekiel 39:27 +. +Then shall they know that I am the LORD their God, which caused them to be led into captivity among the heathen: but I have gathered them unto their own land, and have left none of them any more there. -- ezekiel 39:28 +. +Neither will I hide my face any more from them: for I have poured out my spirit upon the house of Israel, saith the Lord GOD. -- ezekiel 39:29 +. +In the five and twentieth year of our captivity, in the beginning of the year, in the tenth day of the month, in the fourteenth year after that the city was smitten, in the selfsame day the hand of the LORD was upon me, and brought me thither. -- ezekiel 40:1 +. +In the visions of God brought he me into the land of Israel, and set me upon a very high mountain, by which was as the frame of a city on the south. -- ezekiel 40:2 +. +And he brought me thither, and, behold, there was a man, whose appearance was like the appearance of brass, with a line of flax in his hand, and a measuring reed; and he stood in the gate. -- ezekiel 40:3 +. +And the man said unto me, Son of man, behold with thine eyes, and hear with thine ears, and set thine heart upon all that I shall shew thee; for to the intent that I might shew them unto thee art thou brought hither: declare all that thou seest to the house of Israel. -- ezekiel 40:4 +. +And behold a wall on the outside of the house round about, and in the man's hand a measuring reed of six cubits long by the cubit and an hand breadth: so he measured the breadth of the building, one reed; and the height, one reed. -- ezekiel 40:5 +. +Then came he unto the gate which looketh toward the east, and went up the stairs thereof, and measured the threshold of the gate, which was one reed broad; and the other threshold of the gate, which was one reed broad. -- ezekiel 40:6 +. +And every little chamber was one reed long, and one reed broad; and between the little chambers were five cubits; and the threshold of the gate by the porch of the gate within was one reed. -- ezekiel 40:7 +. +He measured also the porch of the gate within, one reed. -- ezekiel 40:8 +. +Then measured he the porch of the gate, eight cubits; and the posts thereof, two cubits; and the porch of the gate was inward. -- ezekiel 40:9 +. +And the little chambers of the gate eastward were three on this side, and three on that side; they three were of one measure: and the posts had one measure on this side and on that side. -- ezekiel 40:10 +. +And he measured the breadth of the entry of the gate, ten cubits; and the length of the gate, thirteen cubits. -- ezekiel 40:11 +. +The space also before the little chambers was one cubit on this side, and the space was one cubit on that side: and the little chambers were six cubits on this side, and six cubits on that side. -- ezekiel 40:12 +. +He measured then the gate from the roof of one little chamber to the roof of another: the breadth was five and twenty cubits, door against door. -- ezekiel 40:13 +. +He made also posts of threescore cubits, even unto the post of the court round about the gate. -- ezekiel 40:14 +. +And from the face of the gate of the entrance unto the face of the porch of the inner gate were fifty cubits. -- ezekiel 40:15 +. +And there were narrow windows to the little chambers, and to their posts within the gate round about, and likewise to the arches: and windows were round about inward: and upon each post were palm trees. -- ezekiel 40:16 +. +Then brought he me into the outward court, and, lo, there were chambers, and a pavement made for the court round about: thirty chambers were upon the pavement. -- ezekiel 40:17 +. +And the pavement by the side of the gates over against the length of the gates was the lower pavement. -- ezekiel 40:18 +. +Then he measured the breadth from the forefront of the lower gate unto the forefront of the inner court without, an hundred cubits eastward and northward. -- ezekiel 40:19 +. +And the gate of the outward court that looked toward the north, he measured the length thereof, and the breadth thereof. -- ezekiel 40:20 +. +And the little chambers thereof were three on this side and three on that side; and the posts thereof and the arches thereof were after the measure of the first gate: the length thereof was fifty cubits, and the breadth five and twenty cubits. -- ezekiel 40:21 +. +And their windows, and their arches, and their palm trees, were after the measure of the gate that looketh toward the east; and they went up unto it by seven steps; and the arches thereof were before them. -- ezekiel 40:22 +. +And the gate of the inner court was over against the gate toward the north, and toward the east; and he measured from gate to gate an hundred cubits. -- ezekiel 40:23 +. +After that he brought me toward the south, and behold a gate toward the south: and he measured the posts thereof and the arches thereof according to these measures. -- ezekiel 40:24 +. +And there were windows in it and in the arches thereof round about, like those windows: the length was fifty cubits, and the breadth five and twenty cubits. -- ezekiel 40:25 +. +And there were seven steps to go up to it, and the arches thereof were before them: and it had palm trees, one on this side, and another on that side, upon the posts thereof. -- ezekiel 40:26 +. +And there was a gate in the inner court toward the south: and he measured from gate to gate toward the south an hundred cubits. -- ezekiel 40:27 +. +And he brought me to the inner court by the south gate: and he measured the south gate according to these measures; -- ezekiel 40:28 +. +And the little chambers thereof, and the posts thereof, and the arches thereof, according to these measures: and there were windows in it and in the arches thereof round about: it was fifty cubits long, and five and twenty cubits broad. -- ezekiel 40:29 +. +And the arches round about were five and twenty cubits long, and five cubits broad. -- ezekiel 40:30 +. +And the arches thereof were toward the utter court; and palm trees were upon the posts thereof: and the going up to it had eight steps. -- ezekiel 40:31 +. +And he brought me into the inner court toward the east: and he measured the gate according to these measures. -- ezekiel 40:32 +. +And the little chambers thereof, and the posts thereof, and the arches thereof, were according to these measures: and there were windows therein and in the arches thereof round about: it was fifty cubits long, and five and twenty cubits broad. -- ezekiel 40:33 +. +And the arches thereof were toward the outward court; and palm trees were upon the posts thereof, on this side, and on that side: and the going up to it had eight steps. -- ezekiel 40:34 +. +And he brought me to the north gate, and measured it according to these measures; -- ezekiel 40:35 +. +The little chambers thereof, the posts thereof, and the arches thereof, and the windows to it round about: the length was fifty cubits, and the breadth five and twenty cubits. -- ezekiel 40:36 +. +And the posts thereof were toward the utter court; and palm trees were upon the posts thereof, on this side, and on that side: and the going up to it had eight steps. -- ezekiel 40:37 +. +And the chambers and the entries thereof were by the posts of the gates, where they washed the burnt offering. -- ezekiel 40:38 +. +And in the porch of the gate were two tables on this side, and two tables on that side, to slay thereon the burnt offering and the sin offering and the trespass offering. -- ezekiel 40:39 +. +And at the side without, as one goeth up to the entry of the north gate, were two tables; and on the other side, which was at the porch of the gate, were two tables. -- ezekiel 40:40 +. +Four tables were on this side, and four tables on that side, by the side of the gate; eight tables, whereupon they slew their sacrifices. -- ezekiel 40:41 +. +And the four tables were of hewn stone for the burnt offering, of a cubit and an half long, and a cubit and an half broad, and one cubit high: whereupon also they laid the instruments wherewith they slew the burnt offering and the sacrifice. -- ezekiel 40:42 +. +And within were hooks, an hand broad, fastened round about: and upon the tables was the flesh of the offering. -- ezekiel 40:43 +. +And without the inner gate were the chambers of the singers in the inner court, which was at the side of the north gate; and their prospect was toward the south: one at the side of the east gate having the prospect toward the north. -- ezekiel 40:44 +. +And he said unto me, This chamber, whose prospect is toward the south, is for the priests, the keepers of the charge of the house. -- ezekiel 40:45 +. +And the chamber whose prospect is toward the north is for the priests, the keepers of the charge of the altar: these are the sons of Zadok among the sons of Levi, which come near to the LORD to minister unto him. -- ezekiel 40:46 +. +So he measured the court, an hundred cubits long, and an hundred cubits broad, foursquare; and the altar that was before the house. -- ezekiel 40:47 +. +And he brought me to the porch of the house, and measured each post of the porch, five cubits on this side, and five cubits on that side: and the breadth of the gate was three cubits on this side, and three cubits on that side. -- ezekiel 40:48 +. +The length of the porch was twenty cubits, and the breadth eleven cubits, and he brought me by the steps whereby they went up to it: and there were pillars by the posts, one on this side, and another on that side. -- ezekiel 40:49 +. +Afterward he brought me to the temple, and measured the posts, six cubits broad on the one side, and six cubits broad on the other side, which was the breadth of the tabernacle. -- ezekiel 41:1 +. +And the breadth of the door was ten cubits; and the sides of the door were five cubits on the one side, and five cubits on the other side: and he measured the length thereof, forty cubits: and the breadth, twenty cubits. -- ezekiel 41:2 +. +Then went he inward, and measured the post of the door, two cubits; and the door, six cubits; and the breadth of the door, seven cubits. -- ezekiel 41:3 +. +So he measured the length thereof, twenty cubits; and the breadth, twenty cubits, before the temple: and he said unto me, This is the most holy place. -- ezekiel 41:4 +. +After he measured the wall of the house, six cubits; and the breadth of every side chamber, four cubits, round about the house on every side. -- ezekiel 41:5 +. +And the side chambers were three, one over another, and thirty in order; and they entered into the wall which was of the house for the side chambers round about, that they might have hold, but they had not hold in the wall of the house. -- ezekiel 41:6 +. +And there was an enlarging, and a winding about still upward to the side chambers: for the winding about of the house went still upward round about the house: therefore the breadth of the house was still upward, and so increased from the lowest chamber to the highest by the midst. -- ezekiel 41:7 +. +I saw also the height of the house round about: the foundations of the side chambers were a full reed of six great cubits. -- ezekiel 41:8 +. +The thickness of the wall, which was for the side chamber without, was five cubits: and that which was left was the place of the side chambers that were within. -- ezekiel 41:9 +. +And between the chambers was the wideness of twenty cubits round about the house on every side. -- ezekiel 41:10 +. +And the doors of the side chambers were toward the place that was left, one door toward the north, and another door toward the south: and the breadth of the place that was left was five cubits round about. -- ezekiel 41:11 +. +Now the building that was before the separate place at the end toward the west was seventy cubits broad; and the wall of the building was five cubits thick round about, and the length thereof ninety cubits. -- ezekiel 41:12 +. +So he measured the house, an hundred cubits long; and the separate place, and the building, with the walls thereof, an hundred cubits long; -- ezekiel 41:13 +. +Also the breadth of the face of the house, and of the separate place toward the east, an hundred cubits. -- ezekiel 41:14 +. +And he measured the length of the building over against the separate place which was behind it, and the galleries thereof on the one side and on the other side, an hundred cubits, with the inner temple, and the porches of the court; -- ezekiel 41:15 +. +The door posts, and the narrow windows, and the galleries round about on their three stories, over against the door, cieled with wood round about, and from the ground up to the windows, and the windows were covered; -- ezekiel 41:16 +. +To that above the door, even unto the inner house, and without, and by all the wall round about within and without, by measure. -- ezekiel 41:17 +. +And it was made with cherubims and palm trees, so that a palm tree was between a cherub and a cherub; and every cherub had two faces; -- ezekiel 41:18 +. +So that the face of a man was toward the palm tree on the one side, and the face of a young lion toward the palm tree on the other side: it was made through all the house round about. -- ezekiel 41:19 +. +From the ground unto above the door were cherubims and palm trees made, and on the wall of the temple. -- ezekiel 41:20 +. +The posts of the temple were squared, and the face of the sanctuary; the appearance of the one as the appearance of the other. -- ezekiel 41:21 +. +The altar of wood was three cubits high, and the length thereof two cubits; and the corners thereof, and the length thereof, and the walls thereof, were of wood: and he said unto me, This is the table that is before the LORD. -- ezekiel 41:22 +. +And the temple and the sanctuary had two doors. -- ezekiel 41:23 +. +And the doors had two leaves apiece, two turning leaves; two leaves for the one door, and two leaves for the other door. -- ezekiel 41:24 +. +And there were made on them, on the doors of the temple, cherubims and palm trees, like as were made upon the walls; and there were thick planks upon the face of the porch without. -- ezekiel 41:25 +. +And there were narrow windows and palm trees on the one side and on the other side, on the sides of the porch, and upon the side chambers of the house, and thick planks. -- ezekiel 41:26 +. +Then he brought me forth into the utter court, the way toward the north: and he brought me into the chamber that was over against the separate place, and which was before the building toward the north. -- ezekiel 42:1 +. +Before the length of an hundred cubits was the north door, and the breadth was fifty cubits. -- ezekiel 42:2 +. +Over against the twenty cubits which were for the inner court, and over against the pavement which was for the utter court, was gallery against gallery in three stories. -- ezekiel 42:3 +. +And before the chambers was a walk to ten cubits breadth inward, a way of one cubit; and their doors toward the north. -- ezekiel 42:4 +. +Now the upper chambers were shorter: for the galleries were higher than these, than the lower, and than the middlemost of the building. -- ezekiel 42:5 +. +For they were in three stories, but had not pillars as the pillars of the courts: therefore the building was straitened more than the lowest and the middlemost from the ground. -- ezekiel 42:6 +. +And the wall that was without over against the chambers, toward the utter court on the forepart of the chambers, the length thereof was fifty cubits. -- ezekiel 42:7 +. +For the length of the chambers that were in the utter court was fifty cubits: and, lo, before the temple were an hundred cubits. -- ezekiel 42:8 +. +And from under these chambers was the entry on the east side, as one goeth into them from the utter court. -- ezekiel 42:9 +. +The chambers were in the thickness of the wall of the court toward the east, over against the separate place, and over against the building. -- ezekiel 42:10 +. +And the way before them was like the appearance of the chambers which were toward the north, as long as they, and as broad as they: and all their goings out were both according to their fashions, and according to their doors. -- ezekiel 42:11 +. +And according to the doors of the chambers that were toward the south was a door in the head of the way, even the way directly before the wall toward the east, as one entereth into them. -- ezekiel 42:12 +. +Then said he unto me, The north chambers and the south chambers, which are before the separate place, they be holy chambers, where the priests that approach unto the LORD shall eat the most holy things: there shall they lay the most holy things, and the meat offering, and the sin offering, and the trespass offering; for the place is holy. -- ezekiel 42:13 +. +When the priests enter therein, then shall they not go out of the holy place into the utter court, but there they shall lay their garments wherein they minister; for they are holy; and shall put on other garments, and shall approach to those things which are for the people. -- ezekiel 42:14 +. +Now when he had made an end of measuring the inner house, he brought me forth toward the gate whose prospect is toward the east, and measured it round about. -- ezekiel 42:15 +. +He measured the east side with the measuring reed, five hundred reeds, with the measuring reed round about. -- ezekiel 42:16 +. +He measured the north side, five hundred reeds, with the measuring reed round about. -- ezekiel 42:17 +. +He measured the south side, five hundred reeds, with the measuring reed. -- ezekiel 42:18 +. +He turned about to the west side, and measured five hundred reeds with the measuring reed. -- ezekiel 42:19 +. +He measured it by the four sides: it had a wall round about, five hundred reeds long, and five hundred broad, to make a separation between the sanctuary and the profane place. -- ezekiel 42:20 +. +Afterward he brought me to the gate, even the gate that looketh toward the east: -- ezekiel 43:1 +. +And, behold, the glory of the God of Israel came from the way of the east: and his voice was like a noise of many waters: and the earth shined with his glory. -- ezekiel 43:2 +. +And it was according to the appearance of the vision which I saw, even according to the vision that I saw when I came to destroy the city: and the visions were like the vision that I saw by the river Chebar; and I fell upon my face. -- ezekiel 43:3 +. +And the glory of the LORD came into the house by the way of the gate whose prospect is toward the east. -- ezekiel 43:4 +. +So the spirit took me up, and brought me into the inner court; and, behold, the glory of the LORD filled the house. -- ezekiel 43:5 +. +And I heard him speaking unto me out of the house; and the man stood by me. -- ezekiel 43:6 +. +And he said unto me, Son of man, the place of my throne, and the place of the soles of my feet, where I will dwell in the midst of the children of Israel for ever, and my holy name, shall the house of Israel no more defile, neither they, nor their kings, by their whoredom, nor by the carcases of their kings in their high places. -- ezekiel 43:7 +. +In their setting of their threshold by my thresholds, and their post by my posts, and the wall between me and them, they have even defiled my holy name by their abominations that they have committed: wherefore I have consumed them in mine anger. -- ezekiel 43:8 +. +Now let them put away their whoredom, and the carcases of their kings, far from me, and I will dwell in the midst of them for ever. -- ezekiel 43:9 +. +Thou son of man, shew the house to the house of Israel, that they may be ashamed of their iniquities: and let them measure the pattern. -- ezekiel 43:10 +. +And if they be ashamed of all that they have done, shew them the form of the house, and the fashion thereof, and the goings out thereof, and the comings in thereof, and all the forms thereof, and all the ordinances thereof, and all the forms thereof, and all the laws thereof: and write it in their sight, that they may keep the whole form thereof, and all the ordinances thereof, and do them. -- ezekiel 43:11 +. +This is the law of the house; Upon the top of the mountain the whole limit thereof round about shall be most holy. Behold, this is the law of the house. -- ezekiel 43:12 +. +And these are the measures of the altar after the cubits: The cubit is a cubit and an hand breadth; even the bottom shall be a cubit, and the breadth a cubit, and the border thereof by the edge thereof round about shall be a span: and this shall be the higher place of the altar. -- ezekiel 43:13 +. +And from the bottom upon the ground even to the lower settle shall be two cubits, and the breadth one cubit; and from the lesser settle even to the greater settle shall be four cubits, and the breadth one cubit. -- ezekiel 43:14 +. +So the altar shall be four cubits; and from the altar and upward shall be four horns. -- ezekiel 43:15 +. +And the altar shall be twelve cubits long, twelve broad, square in the four squares thereof. -- ezekiel 43:16 +. +And the settle shall be fourteen cubits long and fourteen broad in the four squares thereof; and the border about it shall be half a cubit; and the bottom thereof shall be a cubit about; and his stairs shall look toward the east. -- ezekiel 43:17 +. +And he said unto me, Son of man, thus saith the Lord GOD; These are the ordinances of the altar in the day when they shall make it, to offer burnt offerings thereon, and to sprinkle blood thereon. -- ezekiel 43:18 +. +And thou shalt give to the priests the Levites that be of the seed of Zadok, which approach unto me, to minister unto me, saith the Lord GOD, a young bullock for a sin offering. -- ezekiel 43:19 +. +And thou shalt take of the blood thereof, and put it on the four horns of it, and on the four corners of the settle, and upon the border round about: thus shalt thou cleanse and purge it. -- ezekiel 43:20 +. +Thou shalt take the bullock also of the sin offering, and he shall burn it in the appointed place of the house, without the sanctuary. -- ezekiel 43:21 +. +And on the second day thou shalt offer a kid of the goats without blemish for a sin offering; and they shall cleanse the altar, as they did cleanse it with the bullock. -- ezekiel 43:22 +. +When thou hast made an end of cleansing it, thou shalt offer a young bullock without blemish, and a ram out of the flock without blemish. -- ezekiel 43:23 +. +And thou shalt offer them before the LORD, and the priests shall cast salt upon them, and they shall offer them up for a burnt offering unto the LORD. -- ezekiel 43:24 +. +Seven days shalt thou prepare every day a goat for a sin offering: they shall also prepare a young bullock, and a ram out of the flock, without blemish. -- ezekiel 43:25 +. +Seven days shall they purge the altar and purify it; and they shall consecrate themselves. -- ezekiel 43:26 +. +And when these days are expired, it shall be, that upon the eighth day, and so forward, the priests shall make your burnt offerings upon the altar, and your peace offerings; and I will accept you, saith the Lord GOD. -- ezekiel 43:27 +. +Then he brought me back the way of the gate of the outward sanctuary which looketh toward the east; and it was shut. -- ezekiel 44:1 +. +Then said the LORD unto me; This gate shall be shut, it shall not be opened, and no man shall enter in by it; because the LORD, the God of Israel, hath entered in by it, therefore it shall be shut. -- ezekiel 44:2 +. +It is for the prince; the prince, he shall sit in it to eat bread before the LORD; he shall enter by the way of the porch of that gate, and shall go out by the way of the same. -- ezekiel 44:3 +. +Then brought he me the way of the north gate before the house: and I looked, and, behold, the glory of the LORD filled the house of the LORD: and I fell upon my face. -- ezekiel 44:4 +. +And the LORD said unto me, Son of man, mark well, and behold with thine eyes, and hear with thine ears all that I say unto thee concerning all the ordinances of the house of the LORD, and all the laws thereof; and mark well the entering in of the house, with every going forth of the sanctuary. -- ezekiel 44:5 +. +And thou shalt say to the rebellious, even to the house of Israel, Thus saith the Lord GOD; O ye house of Israel, let it suffice you of all your abominations, -- ezekiel 44:6 +. +In that ye have brought into my sanctuary strangers, uncircumcised in heart, and uncircumcised in flesh, to be in my sanctuary, to pollute it, even my house, when ye offer my bread, the fat and the blood, and they have broken my covenant because of all your abominations. -- ezekiel 44:7 +. +And ye have not kept the charge of mine holy things: but ye have set keepers of my charge in my sanctuary for yourselves. -- ezekiel 44:8 +. +Thus saith the Lord GOD; No stranger, uncircumcised in heart, nor uncircumcised in flesh, shall enter into my sanctuary, of any stranger that is among the children of Israel. -- ezekiel 44:9 +. +And the Levites that are gone away far from me, when Israel went astray, which went astray away from me after their idols; they shall even bear their iniquity. -- ezekiel 44:10 +. +Yet they shall be ministers in my sanctuary, having charge at the gates of the house, and ministering to the house: they shall slay the burnt offering and the sacrifice for the people, and they shall stand before them to minister unto them. -- ezekiel 44:11 +. +Because they ministered unto them before their idols, and caused the house of Israel to fall into iniquity; therefore have I lifted up mine hand against them, saith the Lord GOD, and they shall bear their iniquity. -- ezekiel 44:12 +. +And they shall not come near unto me, to do the office of a priest unto me, nor to come near to any of my holy things, in the most holy place: but they shall bear their shame, and their abominations which they have committed. -- ezekiel 44:13 +. +But I will make them keepers of the charge of the house, for all the service thereof, and for all that shall be done therein. -- ezekiel 44:14 +. +But the priests the Levites, the sons of Zadok, that kept the charge of my sanctuary when the children of Israel went astray from me, they shall come near to me to minister unto me, and they shall stand before me to offer unto me the fat and the blood, saith the Lord GOD: -- ezekiel 44:15 +. +They shall enter into my sanctuary, and they shall come near to my table, to minister unto me, and they shall keep my charge. -- ezekiel 44:16 +. +And it shall come to pass, that when they enter in at the gates of the inner court, they shall be clothed with linen garments; and no wool shall come upon them, whiles they minister in the gates of the inner court, and within. -- ezekiel 44:17 +. +They shall have linen bonnets upon their heads, and shall have linen breeches upon their loins; they shall not gird themselves with any thing that causeth sweat. -- ezekiel 44:18 +. +And when they go forth into the utter court, even into the utter court to the people, they shall put off their garments wherein they ministered, and lay them in the holy chambers, and they shall put on other garments; and they shall not sanctify the people with their garments. -- ezekiel 44:19 +. +Neither shall they shave their heads, nor suffer their locks to grow long; they shall only poll their heads. -- ezekiel 44:20 +. +Neither shall any priest drink wine, when they enter into the inner court. -- ezekiel 44:21 +. +Neither shall they take for their wives a widow, nor her that is put away: but they shall take maidens of the seed of the house of Israel, or a widow that had a priest before. -- ezekiel 44:22 +. +And they shall teach my people the difference between the holy and profane, and cause them to discern between the unclean and the clean. -- ezekiel 44:23 +. +And in controversy they shall stand in judgment; and they shall judge it according to my judgments: and they shall keep my laws and my statutes in all mine assemblies; and they shall hallow my sabbaths. -- ezekiel 44:24 +. +And they shall come at no dead person to defile themselves: but for father, or for mother, or for son, or for daughter, for brother, or for sister that hath had no husband, they may defile themselves. -- ezekiel 44:25 +. +And after he is cleansed, they shall reckon unto him seven days. -- ezekiel 44:26 +. +And in the day that he goeth into the sanctuary, unto the inner court, to minister in the sanctuary, he shall offer his sin offering, saith the Lord GOD. -- ezekiel 44:27 +. +And it shall be unto them for an inheritance: I am their inheritance: and ye shall give them no possession in Israel: I am their possession. -- ezekiel 44:28 +. +They shall eat the meat offering, and the sin offering, and the trespass offering: and every dedicated thing in Israel shall be theirs. -- ezekiel 44:29 +. +And the first of all the firstfruits of all things, and every oblation of all, of every sort of your oblations, shall be the priest's: ye shall also give unto the priest the first of your dough, that he may cause the blessing to rest in thine house. -- ezekiel 44:30 +. +The priests shall not eat of any thing that is dead of itself, or torn, whether it be fowl or beast. -- ezekiel 44:31 +. +Moreover, when ye shall divide by lot the land for inheritance, ye shall offer an oblation unto the LORD, an holy portion of the land: the length shall be the length of five and twenty thousand reeds, and the breadth shall be ten thousand. This shall be holy in all the borders thereof round about. -- ezekiel 45:1 +. +Of this there shall be for the sanctuary five hundred in length, with five hundred in breadth, square round about; and fifty cubits round about for the suburbs thereof. -- ezekiel 45:2 +. +And of this measure shalt thou measure the length of five and twenty thousand, and the breadth of ten thousand: and in it shall be the sanctuary and the most holy place. -- ezekiel 45:3 +. +The holy portion of the land shall be for the priests the ministers of the sanctuary, which shall come near to minister unto the LORD: and it shall be a place for their houses, and an holy place for the sanctuary. -- ezekiel 45:4 +. +And the five and twenty thousand of length, and the ten thousand of breadth shall also the Levites, the ministers of the house, have for themselves, for a possession for twenty chambers. -- ezekiel 45:5 +. +And ye shall appoint the possession of the city five thousand broad, and five and twenty thousand long, over against the oblation of the holy portion: it shall be for the whole house of Israel. -- ezekiel 45:6 +. +And a portion shall be for the prince on the one side and on the other side of the oblation of the holy portion, and of the possession of the city, before the oblation of the holy portion, and before the possession of the city, from the west side westward, and from the east side eastward: and the length shall be over against one of the portions, from the west border unto the east border. -- ezekiel 45:7 +. +In the land shall be his possession in Israel: and my princes shall no more oppress my people; and the rest of the land shall they give to the house of Israel according to their tribes. -- ezekiel 45:8 +. +Thus saith the Lord GOD; Let it suffice you, O princes of Israel: remove violence and spoil, and execute judgment and justice, take away your exactions from my people, saith the Lord GOD. -- ezekiel 45:9 +. +Ye shall have just balances, and a just ephah, and a just bath. -- ezekiel 45:10 +. +The ephah and the bath shall be of one measure, that the bath may contain the tenth part of an homer, and the ephah the tenth part of an homer: the measure thereof shall be after the homer. -- ezekiel 45:11 +. +And the shekel shall be twenty gerahs: twenty shekels, five and twenty shekels, fifteen shekels, shall be your maneh. -- ezekiel 45:12 +. +This is the oblation that ye shall offer; the sixth part of an ephah of an homer of wheat, and ye shall give the sixth part of an ephah of an homer of barley: -- ezekiel 45:13 +. +Concerning the ordinance of oil, the bath of oil, ye shall offer the tenth part of a bath out of the cor, which is an homer of ten baths; for ten baths are an homer: -- ezekiel 45:14 +. +And one lamb out of the flock, out of two hundred, out of the fat pastures of Israel; for a meat offering, and for a burnt offering, and for peace offerings, to make reconciliation for them, saith the Lord GOD. -- ezekiel 45:15 +. +All the people of the land shall give this oblation for the prince in Israel. -- ezekiel 45:16 +. +And it shall be the prince's part to give burnt offerings, and meat offerings, and drink offerings, in the feasts, and in the new moons, and in the sabbaths, in all solemnities of the house of Israel: he shall prepare the sin offering, and the meat offering, and the burnt offering, and the peace offerings, to make reconciliation for the house of Israel. -- ezekiel 45:17 +. +Thus saith the Lord GOD; In the first month, in the first day of the month, thou shalt take a young bullock without blemish, and cleanse the sanctuary: -- ezekiel 45:18 +. +And the priest shall take of the blood of the sin offering, and put it upon the posts of the house, and upon the four corners of the settle of the altar, and upon the posts of the gate of the inner court. -- ezekiel 45:19 +. +And so thou shalt do the seventh day of the month for every one that erreth, and for him that is simple: so shall ye reconcile the house. -- ezekiel 45:20 +. +In the first month, in the fourteenth day of the month, ye shall have the passover, a feast of seven days; unleavened bread shall be eaten. -- ezekiel 45:21 +. +And upon that day shall the prince prepare for himself and for all the people of the land a bullock for a sin offering. -- ezekiel 45:22 +. +And seven days of the feast he shall prepare a burnt offering to the LORD, seven bullocks and seven rams without blemish daily the seven days; and a kid of the goats daily for a sin offering. -- ezekiel 45:23 +. +And he shall prepare a meat offering of an ephah for a bullock, and an ephah for a ram, and an hin of oil for an ephah. -- ezekiel 45:24 +. +In the seventh month, in the fifteenth day of the month, shall he do the like in the feast of the seven days, according to the sin offering, according to the burnt offering, and according to the meat offering, and according to the oil. -- ezekiel 45:25 +. +Thus saith the Lord GOD; The gate of the inner court that looketh toward the east shall be shut the six working days; but on the sabbath it shall be opened, and in the day of the new moon it shall be opened. -- ezekiel 46:1 +. +And the prince shall enter by the way of the porch of that gate without, and shall stand by the post of the gate, and the priests shall prepare his burnt offering and his peace offerings, and he shall worship at the threshold of the gate: then he shall go forth; but the gate shall not be shut until the evening. -- ezekiel 46:2 +. +Likewise the people of the land shall worship at the door of this gate before the LORD in the sabbaths and in the new moons. -- ezekiel 46:3 +. +And the burnt offering that the prince shall offer unto the LORD in the sabbath day shall be six lambs without blemish, and a ram without blemish. -- ezekiel 46:4 +. +And the meat offering shall be an ephah for a ram, and the meat offering for the lambs as he shall be able to give, and an hin of oil to an ephah. -- ezekiel 46:5 +. +And in the day of the new moon it shall be a young bullock without blemish, and six lambs, and a ram: they shall be without blemish. -- ezekiel 46:6 +. +And he shall prepare a meat offering, an ephah for a bullock, and an ephah for a ram, and for the lambs according as his hand shall attain unto, and an hin of oil to an ephah. -- ezekiel 46:7 +. +And when the prince shall enter, he shall go in by the way of the porch of that gate, and he shall go forth by the way thereof. -- ezekiel 46:8 +. +But when the people of the land shall come before the LORD in the solemn feasts, he that entereth in by the way of the north gate to worship shall go out by the way of the south gate; and he that entereth by the way of the south gate shall go forth by the way of the north gate: he shall not return by the way of the gate whereby he came in, but shall go forth over against it. -- ezekiel 46:9 +. +And the prince in the midst of them, when they go in, shall go in; and when they go forth, shall go forth. -- ezekiel 46:10 +. +And in the feasts and in the solemnities the meat offering shall be an ephah to a bullock, and an ephah to a ram, and to the lambs as he is able to give, and an hin of oil to an ephah. -- ezekiel 46:11 +. +Now when the prince shall prepare a voluntary burnt offering or peace offerings voluntarily unto the LORD, one shall then open him the gate that looketh toward the east, and he shall prepare his burnt offering and his peace offerings, as he did on the sabbath day: then he shall go forth; and after his going forth one shall shut the gate. -- ezekiel 46:12 +. +Thou shalt daily prepare a burnt offering unto the LORD of a lamb of the first year without blemish: thou shalt prepare it every morning. -- ezekiel 46:13 +. +And thou shalt prepare a meat offering for it every morning, the sixth part of an ephah, and the third part of an hin of oil, to temper with the fine flour; a meat offering continually by a perpetual ordinance unto the LORD. -- ezekiel 46:14 +. +Thus shall they prepare the lamb, and the meat offering, and the oil, every morning for a continual burnt offering. -- ezekiel 46:15 +. +Thus saith the Lord GOD; If the prince give a gift unto any of his sons, the inheritance thereof shall be his sons'; it shall be their possession by inheritance. -- ezekiel 46:16 +. +But if he give a gift of his inheritance to one of his servants, then it shall be his to the year of liberty; after it shall return to the prince: but his inheritance shall be his sons' for them. -- ezekiel 46:17 +. +Moreover the prince shall not take of the people's inheritance by oppression, to thrust them out of their possession; but he shall give his sons inheritance out of his own possession: that my people be not scattered every man from his possession. -- ezekiel 46:18 +. +After he brought me through the entry, which was at the side of the gate, into the holy chambers of the priests, which looked toward the north: and, behold, there was a place on the two sides westward. -- ezekiel 46:19 +. +Then said he unto me, This is the place where the priests shall boil the trespass offering and the sin offering, where they shall bake the meat offering; that they bear them not out into the utter court, to sanctify the people. -- ezekiel 46:20 +. +Then he brought me forth into the utter court, and caused me to pass by the four corners of the court; and, behold, in every corner of the court there was a court. -- ezekiel 46:21 +. +In the four corners of the court there were courts joined of forty cubits long and thirty broad: these four corners were of one measure. -- ezekiel 46:22 +. +And there was a row of building round about in them, round about them four, and it was made with boiling places under the rows round about. -- ezekiel 46:23 +. +Then said he unto me, These are the places of them that boil, where the ministers of the house shall boil the sacrifice of the people. -- ezekiel 46:24 +. +Afterward he brought me again unto the door of the house; and, behold, waters issued out from under the threshold of the house eastward: for the forefront of the house stood toward the east, and the waters came down from under from the right side of the house, at the south side of the altar. -- ezekiel 47:1 +. +Then brought he me out of the way of the gate northward, and led me about the way without unto the utter gate by the way that looketh eastward; and, behold, there ran out waters on the right side. -- ezekiel 47:2 +. +And when the man that had the line in his hand went forth eastward, he measured a thousand cubits, and he brought me through the waters; the waters were to the ankles. -- ezekiel 47:3 +. +Again he measured a thousand, and brought me through the waters; the waters were to the knees. Again he measured a thousand, and brought me through; the waters were to the loins. -- ezekiel 47:4 +. +Afterward he measured a thousand; and it was a river that I could not pass over: for the waters were risen, waters to swim in, a river that could not be passed over. -- ezekiel 47:5 +. +And he said unto me, Son of man, hast thou seen this? Then he brought me, and caused me to return to the brink of the river. -- ezekiel 47:6 +. +Now when I had returned, behold, at the bank of the river were very many trees on the one side and on the other. -- ezekiel 47:7 +. +Then said he unto me, These waters issue out toward the east country, and go down into the desert, and go into the sea: which being brought forth into the sea, the waters shall be healed. -- ezekiel 47:8 +. +And it shall come to pass, that every thing that liveth, which moveth, whithersoever the rivers shall come, shall live: and there shall be a very great multitude of fish, because these waters shall come thither: for they shall be healed; and every thing shall live whither the river cometh. -- ezekiel 47:9 +. +And it shall come to pass, that the fishers shall stand upon it from Engedi even unto Eneglaim; they shall be a place to spread forth nets; their fish shall be according to their kinds, as the fish of the great sea, exceeding many. -- ezekiel 47:10 +. +But the miry places thereof and the marishes thereof shall not be healed; they shall be given to salt. -- ezekiel 47:11 +. +And by the river upon the bank thereof, on this side and on that side, shall grow all trees for meat, whose leaf shall not fade, neither shall the fruit thereof be consumed: it shall bring forth new fruit according to his months, because their waters they issued out of the sanctuary: and the fruit thereof shall be for meat, and the leaf thereof for medicine. -- ezekiel 47:12 +. +Thus saith the Lord GOD; This shall be the border, whereby ye shall inherit the land according to the twelve tribes of Israel: Joseph shall have two portions. -- ezekiel 47:13 +. +And ye shall inherit it, one as well as another: concerning the which I lifted up mine hand to give it unto your fathers: and this land shall fall unto you for inheritance. -- ezekiel 47:14 +. +And this shall be the border of the land toward the north side, from the great sea, the way of Hethlon, as men go to Zedad; -- ezekiel 47:15 +. +Hamath, Berothah, Sibraim, which is between the border of Damascus and the border of Hamath; Hazarhatticon, which is by the coast of Hauran. -- ezekiel 47:16 +. +And the border from the sea shall be Hazarenan, the border of Damascus, and the north northward, and the border of Hamath. And this is the north side. -- ezekiel 47:17 +. +And the east side ye shall measure from Hauran, and from Damascus, and from Gilead, and from the land of Israel by Jordan, from the border unto the east sea. And this is the east side. -- ezekiel 47:18 +. +And the south side southward, from Tamar even to the waters of strife in Kadesh, the river to the great sea. And this is the south side southward. -- ezekiel 47:19 +. +The west side also shall be the great sea from the border, till a man come over against Hamath. This is the west side. -- ezekiel 47:20 +. +So shall ye divide this land unto you according to the tribes of Israel. -- ezekiel 47:21 +. +And it shall come to pass, that ye shall divide it by lot for an inheritance unto you, and to the strangers that sojourn among you, which shall beget children among you: and they shall be unto you as born in the country among the children of Israel; they shall have inheritance with you among the tribes of Israel. -- ezekiel 47:22 +. +And it shall come to pass, that in what tribe the stranger sojourneth, there shall ye give him his inheritance, saith the Lord GOD. -- ezekiel 47:23 +. +Now these are the names of the tribes. From the north end to the coast of the way of Hethlon, as one goeth to Hamath, Hazarenan, the border of Damascus northward, to the coast of Hamath; for these are his sides east and west; a portion for Dan. -- ezekiel 48:1 +. +And by the border of Dan, from the east side unto the west side, a portion for Asher. -- ezekiel 48:2 +. +And by the border of Asher, from the east side even unto the west side, a portion for Naphtali. -- ezekiel 48:3 +. +And by the border of Naphtali, from the east side unto the west side, a portion for Manasseh. -- ezekiel 48:4 +. +And by the border of Manasseh, from the east side unto the west side, a portion for Ephraim. -- ezekiel 48:5 +. +And by the border of Ephraim, from the east side even unto the west side, a portion for Reuben. -- ezekiel 48:6 +. +And by the border of Reuben, from the east side unto the west side, a portion for Judah. -- ezekiel 48:7 +. +And by the border of Judah, from the east side unto the west side, shall be the offering which ye shall offer of five and twenty thousand reeds in breadth, and in length as one of the other parts, from the east side unto the west side: and the sanctuary shall be in the midst of it. -- ezekiel 48:8 +. +The oblation that ye shall offer unto the LORD shall be of five and twenty thousand in length, and of ten thousand in breadth. -- ezekiel 48:9 +. +And for them, even for the priests, shall be this holy oblation; toward the north five and twenty thousand in length, and toward the west ten thousand in breadth, and toward the east ten thousand in breadth, and toward the south five and twenty thousand in length: and the sanctuary of the LORD shall be in the midst thereof. -- ezekiel 48:10 +. +It shall be for the priests that are sanctified of the sons of Zadok; which have kept my charge, which went not astray when the children of Israel went astray, as the Levites went astray. -- ezekiel 48:11 +. +And this oblation of the land that is offered shall be unto them a thing most holy by the border of the Levites. -- ezekiel 48:12 +. +And over against the border of the priests the Levites shall have five and twenty thousand in length, and ten thousand in breadth: all the length shall be five and twenty thousand, and the breadth ten thousand. -- ezekiel 48:13 +. +And they shall not sell of it, neither exchange, nor alienate the firstfruits of the land: for it is holy unto the LORD. -- ezekiel 48:14 +. +And the five thousand, that are left in the breadth over against the five and twenty thousand, shall be a profane place for the city, for dwelling, and for suburbs: and the city shall be in the midst thereof. -- ezekiel 48:15 +. +And these shall be the measures thereof; the north side four thousand and five hundred, and the south side four thousand and five hundred, and on the east side four thousand and five hundred, and the west side four thousand and five hundred. -- ezekiel 48:16 +. +And the suburbs of the city shall be toward the north two hundred and fifty, and toward the south two hundred and fifty, and toward the east two hundred and fifty, and toward the west two hundred and fifty. -- ezekiel 48:17 +. +And the residue in length over against the oblation of the holy portion shall be ten thousand eastward, and ten thousand westward: and it shall be over against the oblation of the holy portion; and the increase thereof shall be for food unto them that serve the city. -- ezekiel 48:18 +. +And they that serve the city shall serve it out of all the tribes of Israel. -- ezekiel 48:19 +. +All the oblation shall be five and twenty thousand by five and twenty thousand: ye shall offer the holy oblation foursquare, with the possession of the city. -- ezekiel 48:20 +. +And the residue shall be for the prince, on the one side and on the other of the holy oblation, and of the possession of the city, over against the five and twenty thousand of the oblation toward the east border, and westward over against the five and twenty thousand toward the west border, over against the portions for the prince: and it shall be the holy oblation; and the sanctuary of the house shall be in the midst thereof. -- ezekiel 48:21 +. +Moreover from the possession of the Levites, and from the possession of the city, being in the midst of that which is the prince's, between the border of Judah and the border of Benjamin, shall be for the prince. -- ezekiel 48:22 +. +As for the rest of the tribes, from the east side unto the west side, Benjamin shall have a portion. -- ezekiel 48:23 +. +And by the border of Benjamin, from the east side unto the west side, Simeon shall have a portion. -- ezekiel 48:24 +. +And by the border of Simeon, from the east side unto the west side, Issachar a portion. -- ezekiel 48:25 +. +And by the border of Issachar, from the east side unto the west side, Zebulun a portion. -- ezekiel 48:26 +. +And by the border of Zebulun, from the east side unto the west side, Gad a portion. -- ezekiel 48:27 +. +And by the border of Gad, at the south side southward, the border shall be even from Tamar unto the waters of strife in Kadesh, and to the river toward the great sea. -- ezekiel 48:28 +. +This is the land which ye shall divide by lot unto the tribes of Israel for inheritance, and these are their portions, saith the Lord GOD. -- ezekiel 48:29 +. +And these are the goings out of the city on the north side, four thousand and five hundred measures. -- ezekiel 48:30 +. +And the gates of the city shall be after the names of the tribes of Israel: three gates northward; one gate of Reuben, one gate of Judah, one gate of Levi. -- ezekiel 48:31 +. +And at the east side four thousand and five hundred: and three gates; and one gate of Joseph, one gate of Benjamin, one gate of Dan. -- ezekiel 48:32 +. +And at the south side four thousand and five hundred measures: and three gates; one gate of Simeon, one gate of Issachar, one gate of Zebulun. -- ezekiel 48:33 +. +At the west side four thousand and five hundred, with their three gates; one gate of Gad, one gate of Asher, one gate of Naphtali. -- ezekiel 48:34 +. +It was round about eighteen thousand measures: and the name of the city from that day shall be, The LORD is there. -- ezekiel 48:35 +. +In the third year of the reign of Jehoiakim king of Judah came Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon unto Jerusalem, and besieged it. -- daniel 1:1 +. +And the Lord gave Jehoiakim king of Judah into his hand, with part of the vessels of the house of God: which he carried into the land of Shinar to the house of his god; and he brought the vessels into the treasure house of his god. -- daniel 1:2 +. +And the king spake unto Ashpenaz the master of his eunuchs, that he should bring certain of the children of Israel, and of the king's seed, and of the princes; -- daniel 1:3 +. +Children in whom was no blemish, but well favoured, and skilful in all wisdom, and cunning in knowledge, and understanding science, and such as had ability in them to stand in the king's palace, and whom they might teach the learning and the tongue of the Chaldeans. -- daniel 1:4 +. +And the king appointed them a daily provision of the king's meat, and of the wine which he drank: so nourishing them three years, that at the end thereof they might stand before the king. -- daniel 1:5 +. +Now among these were of the children of Judah, Daniel, Hananiah, Mishael, and Azariah: -- daniel 1:6 +. +Unto whom the prince of the eunuchs gave names: for he gave unto Daniel the name of Belteshazzar; and to Hananiah, of Shadrach; and to Mishael, of Meshach; and to Azariah, of Abednego. -- daniel 1:7 +. +But Daniel purposed in his heart that he would not defile himself with the portion of the king's meat, nor with the wine which he drank: therefore he requested of the prince of the eunuchs that he might not defile himself. -- daniel 1:8 +. +Now God had brought Daniel into favour and tender love with the prince of the eunuchs. -- daniel 1:9 +. +And the prince of the eunuchs said unto Daniel, I fear my lord the king, who hath appointed your meat and your drink: for why should he see your faces worse liking than the children which are of your sort? then shall ye make me endanger my head to the king. -- daniel 1:10 +. +Then said Daniel to Melzar, whom the prince of the eunuchs had set over Daniel, Hananiah, Mishael, and Azariah, -- daniel 1:11 +. +Prove thy servants, I beseech thee, ten days; and let them give us pulse to eat, and water to drink. -- daniel 1:12 +. +Then let our countenances be looked upon before thee, and the countenance of the children that eat of the portion of the king's meat: and as thou seest, deal with thy servants. -- daniel 1:13 +. +So he consented to them in this matter, and proved them ten days. -- daniel 1:14 +. +And at the end of ten days their countenances appeared fairer and fatter in flesh than all the children which did eat the portion of the king's meat. -- daniel 1:15 +. +Thus Melzar took away the portion of their meat, and the wine that they should drink; and gave them pulse. -- daniel 1:16 +. +As for these four children, God gave them knowledge and skill in all learning and wisdom: and Daniel had understanding in all visions and dreams. -- daniel 1:17 +. +Now at the end of the days that the king had said he should bring them in, then the prince of the eunuchs brought them in before Nebuchadnezzar. -- daniel 1:18 +. +And the king communed with them; and among them all was found none like Daniel, Hananiah, Mishael, and Azariah: therefore stood they before the king. -- daniel 1:19 +. +And in all matters of wisdom and understanding, that the king enquired of them, he found them ten times better than all the magicians and astrologers that were in all his realm. -- daniel 1:20 +. +And Daniel continued even unto the first year of king Cyrus. -- daniel 1:21 +. +And in the second year of the reign of Nebuchadnezzar Nebuchadnezzar dreamed dreams, wherewith his spirit was troubled, and his sleep brake from him. -- daniel 2:1 +. +Then the king commanded to call the magicians, and the astrologers, and the sorcerers, and the Chaldeans, for to shew the king his dreams. So they came and stood before the king. -- daniel 2:2 +. +And the king said unto them, I have dreamed a dream, and my spirit was troubled to know the dream. -- daniel 2:3 +. +Then spake the Chaldeans to the king in Syriack, O king, live for ever: tell thy servants the dream, and we will shew the interpretation. -- daniel 2:4 +. +The king answered and said to the Chaldeans, The thing is gone from me: if ye will not make known unto me the dream, with the interpretation thereof, ye shall be cut in pieces, and your houses shall be made a dunghill. -- daniel 2:5 +. +But if ye shew the dream, and the interpretation thereof, ye shall receive of me gifts and rewards and great honour: therefore shew me the dream, and the interpretation thereof. -- daniel 2:6 +. +They answered again and said, Let the king tell his servants the dream, and we will shew the interpretation of it. -- daniel 2:7 +. +The king answered and said, I know of certainty that ye would gain the time, because ye see the thing is gone from me. -- daniel 2:8 +. +But if ye will not make known unto me the dream, there is but one decree for you: for ye have prepared lying and corrupt words to speak before me, till the time be changed: therefore tell me the dream, and I shall know that ye can shew me the interpretation thereof. -- daniel 2:9 +. +The Chaldeans answered before the king, and said, There is not a man upon the earth that can shew the king's matter: therefore there is no king, lord, nor ruler, that asked such things at any magician, or astrologer, or Chaldean. -- daniel 2:10 +. +And it is a rare thing that the king requireth, and there is none other that can shew it before the king, except the gods, whose dwelling is not with flesh. -- daniel 2:11 +. +For this cause the king was angry and very furious, and commanded to destroy all the wise men of Babylon. -- daniel 2:12 +. +And the decree went forth that the wise men should be slain; and they sought Daniel and his fellows to be slain. -- daniel 2:13 +. +Then Daniel answered with counsel and wisdom to Arioch the captain of the king's guard, which was gone forth to slay the wise men of Babylon: -- daniel 2:14 +. +He answered and said to Arioch the king's captain, Why is the decree so hasty from the king? Then Arioch made the thing known to Daniel. -- daniel 2:15 +. +Then Daniel went in, and desired of the king that he would give him time, and that he would shew the king the interpretation. -- daniel 2:16 +. +Then Daniel went to his house, and made the thing known to Hananiah, Mishael, and Azariah, his companions: -- daniel 2:17 +. +That they would desire mercies of the God of heaven concerning this secret; that Daniel and his fellows should not perish with the rest of the wise men of Babylon. -- daniel 2:18 +. +Then was the secret revealed unto Daniel in a night vision. Then Daniel blessed the God of heaven. -- daniel 2:19 +. +Daniel answered and said, Blessed be the name of God for ever and ever: for wisdom and might are his: -- daniel 2:20 +. +And he changeth the times and the seasons: he removeth kings, and setteth up kings: he giveth wisdom unto the wise, and knowledge to them that know understanding: -- daniel 2:21 +. +He revealeth the deep and secret things: he knoweth what is in the darkness, and the light dwelleth with him. -- daniel 2:22 +. +I thank thee, and praise thee, O thou God of my fathers, who hast given me wisdom and might, and hast made known unto me now what we desired of thee: for thou hast now made known unto us the king's matter. -- daniel 2:23 +. +Therefore Daniel went in unto Arioch, whom the king had ordained to destroy the wise men of Babylon: he went and said thus unto him; Destroy not the wise men of Babylon: bring me in before the king, and I will shew unto the king the interpretation. -- daniel 2:24 +. +Then Arioch brought in Daniel before the king in haste, and said thus unto him, I have found a man of the captives of Judah, that will make known unto the king the interpretation. -- daniel 2:25 +. +The king answered and said to Daniel, whose name was Belteshazzar, Art thou able to make known unto me the dream which I have seen, and the interpretation thereof? -- daniel 2:26 +. +Daniel answered in the presence of the king, and said, The secret which the king hath demanded cannot the wise men, the astrologers, the magicians, the soothsayers, shew unto the king; -- daniel 2:27 +. +But there is a God in heaven that revealeth secrets, and maketh known to the king Nebuchadnezzar what shall be in the latter days. Thy dream, and the visions of thy head upon thy bed, are these; -- daniel 2:28 +. +As for thee, O king, thy thoughts came into thy mind upon thy bed, what should come to pass hereafter: and he that revealeth secrets maketh known to thee what shall come to pass. -- daniel 2:29 +. +But as for me, this secret is not revealed to me for any wisdom that I have more than any living, but for their sakes that shall make known the interpretation to the king, and that thou mightest know the thoughts of thy heart. -- daniel 2:30 +. +Thou, O king, sawest, and behold a great image. This great image, whose brightness was excellent, stood before thee; and the form thereof was terrible. -- daniel 2:31 +. +This image's head was of fine gold, his breast and his arms of silver, his belly and his thighs of brass, -- daniel 2:32 +. +His legs of iron, his feet part of iron and part of clay. -- daniel 2:33 +. +Thou sawest till that a stone was cut out without hands, which smote the image upon his feet that were of iron and clay, and brake them to pieces. -- daniel 2:34 +. +Then was the iron, the clay, the brass, the silver, and the gold, broken to pieces together, and became like the chaff of the summer threshingfloors; and the wind carried them away, that no place was found for them: and the stone that smote the image became a great mountain, and filled the whole earth. -- daniel 2:35 +. +This is the dream; and we will tell the interpretation thereof before the king. -- daniel 2:36 +. +Thou, O king, art a king of kings: for the God of heaven hath given thee a kingdom, power, and strength, and glory. -- daniel 2:37 +. +And wheresoever the children of men dwell, the beasts of the field and the fowls of the heaven hath he given into thine hand, and hath made thee ruler over them all. Thou art this head of gold. -- daniel 2:38 +. +And after thee shall arise another kingdom inferior to thee, and another third kingdom of brass, which shall bear rule over all the earth. -- daniel 2:39 +. +And the fourth kingdom shall be strong as iron: forasmuch as iron breaketh in pieces and subdueth all things: and as iron that breaketh all these, shall it break in pieces and bruise. -- daniel 2:40 +. +And whereas thou sawest the feet and toes, part of potters' clay, and part of iron, the kingdom shall be divided; but there shall be in it of the strength of the iron, forasmuch as thou sawest the iron mixed with miry clay. -- daniel 2:41 +. +And as the toes of the feet were part of iron, and part of clay, so the kingdom shall be partly strong, and partly broken. -- daniel 2:42 +. +And whereas thou sawest iron mixed with miry clay, they shall mingle themselves with the seed of men: but they shall not cleave one to another, even as iron is not mixed with clay. -- daniel 2:43 +. +And in the days of these kings shall the God of heaven set up a kingdom, which shall never be destroyed: and the kingdom shall not be left to other people, but it shall break in pieces and consume all these kingdoms, and it shall stand for ever. -- daniel 2:44 +. +Forasmuch as thou sawest that the stone was cut out of the mountain without hands, and that it brake in pieces the iron, the brass, the clay, the silver, and the gold; the great God hath made known to the king what shall come to pass hereafter: and the dream is certain, and the interpretation thereof sure. -- daniel 2:45 +. +Then the king Nebuchadnezzar fell upon his face, and worshipped Daniel, and commanded that they should offer an oblation and sweet odours unto him. -- daniel 2:46 +. +The king answered unto Daniel, and said, Of a truth it is, that your God is a God of gods, and a Lord of kings, and a revealer of secrets, seeing thou couldest reveal this secret. -- daniel 2:47 +. +Then the king made Daniel a great man, and gave him many great gifts, and made him ruler over the whole province of Babylon, and chief of the governors over all the wise men of Babylon. -- daniel 2:48 +. +Then Daniel requested of the king, and he set Shadrach, Meshach, and Abednego, over the affairs of the province of Babylon: but Daniel sat in the gate of the king. -- daniel 2:49 +. +Nebuchadnezzar the king made an image of gold, whose height was threescore cubits, and the breadth thereof six cubits: he set it up in the plain of Dura, in the province of Babylon. -- daniel 3:1 +. +Then Nebuchadnezzar the king sent to gather together the princes, the governors, and the captains, the judges, the treasurers, the counsellors, the sheriffs, and all the rulers of the provinces, to come to the dedication of the image which Nebuchadnezzar the king had set up. -- daniel 3:2 +. +Then the princes, the governors, and captains, the judges, the treasurers, the counsellors, the sheriffs, and all the rulers of the provinces, were gathered together unto the dedication of the image that Nebuchadnezzar the king had set up; and they stood before the image that Nebuchadnezzar had set up. -- daniel 3:3 +. +Then an herald cried aloud, To you it is commanded, O people, nations, and languages, -- daniel 3:4 +. +That at what time ye hear the sound of the cornet, flute, harp, sackbut, psaltery, dulcimer, and all kinds of musick, ye fall down and worship the golden image that Nebuchadnezzar the king hath set up: -- daniel 3:5 +. +And whoso falleth not down and worshippeth shall the same hour be cast into the midst of a burning fiery furnace. -- daniel 3:6 +. +Therefore at that time, when all the people heard the sound of the cornet, flute, harp, sackbut, psaltery, and all kinds of musick, all the people, the nations, and the languages, fell down and worshipped the golden image that Nebuchadnezzar the king had set up. -- daniel 3:7 +. +Wherefore at that time certain Chaldeans came near, and accused the Jews. -- daniel 3:8 +. +They spake and said to the king Nebuchadnezzar, O king, live for ever. -- daniel 3:9 +. +Thou, O king, hast made a decree, that every man that shall hear the sound of the cornet, flute, harp, sackbut, psaltery, and dulcimer, and all kinds of musick, shall fall down and worship the golden image: -- daniel 3:10 +. +And whoso falleth not down and worshippeth, that he should be cast into the midst of a burning fiery furnace. -- daniel 3:11 +. +There are certain Jews whom thou hast set over the affairs of the province of Babylon, Shadrach, Meshach, and Abednego; these men, O king, have not regarded thee: they serve not thy gods, nor worship the golden image which thou hast set up. -- daniel 3:12 +. +Then Nebuchadnezzar in his rage and fury commanded to bring Shadrach, Meshach, and Abednego. Then they brought these men before the king. -- daniel 3:13 +. +Nebuchadnezzar spake and said unto them, Is it true, O Shadrach, Meshach, and Abednego, do not ye serve my gods, nor worship the golden image which I have set up? -- daniel 3:14 +. +Now if ye be ready that at what time ye hear the sound of the cornet, flute, harp, sackbut, psaltery, and dulcimer, and all kinds of musick, ye fall down and worship the image which I have made; well: but if ye worship not, ye shall be cast the same hour into the midst of a burning fiery furnace; and who is that God that shall deliver you out of my hands? -- daniel 3:15 +. +Shadrach, Meshach, and Abednego, answered and said to the king, O Nebuchadnezzar, we are not careful to answer thee in this matter. -- daniel 3:16 +. +If it be so, our God whom we serve is able to deliver us from the burning fiery furnace, and he will deliver us out of thine hand, O king. -- daniel 3:17 +. +But if not, be it known unto thee, O king, that we will not serve thy gods, nor worship the golden image which thou hast set up. -- daniel 3:18 +. +Then was Nebuchadnezzar full of fury, and the form of his visage was changed against Shadrach, Meshach, and Abednego: therefore he spake, and commanded that they should heat the furnace one seven times more than it was wont to be heated. -- daniel 3:19 +. +And he commanded the most mighty men that were in his army to bind Shadrach, Meshach, and Abednego, and to cast them into the burning fiery furnace. -- daniel 3:20 +. +Then these men were bound in their coats, their hosen, and their hats, and their other garments, and were cast into the midst of the burning fiery furnace. -- daniel 3:21 +. +Therefore because the king's commandment was urgent, and the furnace exceeding hot, the flames of the fire slew those men that took up Shadrach, Meshach, and Abednego. -- daniel 3:22 +. +And these three men, Shadrach, Meshach, and Abednego, fell down bound into the midst of the burning fiery furnace. -- daniel 3:23 +. +Then Nebuchadnezzar the king was astonied, and rose up in haste, and spake, and said unto his counsellors, Did not we cast three men bound into the midst of the fire? They answered and said unto the king, True, O king. -- daniel 3:24 +. +He answered and said, Lo, I see four men loose, walking in the midst of the fire, and they have no hurt; and the form of the fourth is like the Son of God. -- daniel 3:25 +. +Then Nebuchadnezzar came near to the mouth of the burning fiery furnace, and spake, and said, Shadrach, Meshach, and Abednego, ye servants of the most high God, come forth, and come hither. Then Shadrach, Meshach, and Abednego, came forth of the midst of the fire. -- daniel 3:26 +. +And the princes, governors, and captains, and the king's counsellors, being gathered together, saw these men, upon whose bodies the fire had no power, nor was an hair of their head singed, neither were their coats changed, nor the smell of fire had passed on them. -- daniel 3:27 +. +Then Nebuchadnezzar spake, and said, Blessed be the God of Shadrach, Meshach, and Abednego, who hath sent his angel, and delivered his servants that trusted in him, and have changed the king's word, and yielded their bodies, that they might not serve nor worship any god, except their own God. -- daniel 3:28 +. +Therefore I make a decree, That every people, nation, and language, which speak any thing amiss against the God of Shadrach, Meshach, and Abednego, shall be cut in pieces, and their houses shall be made a dunghill: because there is no other God that can deliver after this sort. -- daniel 3:29 +. +Then the king promoted Shadrach, Meshach, and Abednego, in the province of Babylon. -- daniel 3:30 +. +Nebuchadnezzar the king, unto all people, nations, and languages, that dwell in all the earth; Peace be multiplied unto you. -- daniel 4:1 +. +I thought it good to shew the signs and wonders that the high God hath wrought toward me. -- daniel 4:2 +. +How great are his signs! and how mighty are his wonders! his kingdom is an everlasting kingdom, and his dominion is from generation to generation. -- daniel 4:3 +. +I Nebuchadnezzar was at rest in mine house, and flourishing in my palace: -- daniel 4:4 +. +I saw a dream which made me afraid, and the thoughts upon my bed and the visions of my head troubled me. -- daniel 4:5 +. +Therefore made I a decree to bring in all the wise men of Babylon before me, that they might make known unto me the interpretation of the dream. -- daniel 4:6 +. +Then came in the magicians, the astrologers, the Chaldeans, and the soothsayers: and I told the dream before them; but they did not make known unto me the interpretation thereof. -- daniel 4:7 +. +But at the last Daniel came in before me, whose name was Belteshazzar, according to the name of my God, and in whom is the spirit of the holy gods: and before him I told the dream, saying, -- daniel 4:8 +. +O Belteshazzar, master of the magicians, because I know that the spirit of the holy gods is in thee, and no secret troubleth thee, tell me the visions of my dream that I have seen, and the interpretation thereof. -- daniel 4:9 +. +Thus were the visions of mine head in my bed; I saw, and behold a tree in the midst of the earth, and the height thereof was great. -- daniel 4:10 +. +The tree grew, and was strong, and the height thereof reached unto heaven, and the sight thereof to the end of all the earth: -- daniel 4:11 +. +The leaves thereof were fair, and the fruit thereof much, and in it was meat for all: the beasts of the field had shadow under it, and the fowls of the heaven dwelt in the boughs thereof, and all flesh was fed of it. -- daniel 4:12 +. +I saw in the visions of my head upon my bed, and, behold, a watcher and an holy one came down from heaven; -- daniel 4:13 +. +He cried aloud, and said thus, Hew down the tree, and cut off his branches, shake off his leaves, and scatter his fruit: let the beasts get away from under it, and the fowls from his branches: -- daniel 4:14 +. +Nevertheless leave the stump of his roots in the earth, even with a band of iron and brass, in the tender grass of the field; and let it be wet with the dew of heaven, and let his portion be with the beasts in the grass of the earth: -- daniel 4:15 +. +Let his heart be changed from man's, and let a beast's heart be given unto him; and let seven times pass over him. -- daniel 4:16 +. +This matter is by the decree of the watchers, and the demand by the word of the holy ones: to the intent that the living may know that the most High ruleth in the kingdom of men, and giveth it to whomsoever he will, and setteth up over it the basest of men. -- daniel 4:17 +. +This dream I king Nebuchadnezzar have seen. Now thou, O Belteshazzar, declare the interpretation thereof, forasmuch as all the wise men of my kingdom are not able to make known unto me the interpretation: but thou art able; for the spirit of the holy gods is in thee. -- daniel 4:18 +. +Then Daniel, whose name was Belteshazzar, was astonied for one hour, and his thoughts troubled him. The king spake, and said, Belteshazzar, let not the dream, or the interpretation thereof, trouble thee. Belteshazzar answered and said, My lord, the dream be to them that hate thee, and the interpretation thereof to thine enemies. -- daniel 4:19 +. +The tree that thou sawest, which grew, and was strong, whose height reached unto the heaven, and the sight thereof to all the earth; -- daniel 4:20 +. +Whose leaves were fair, and the fruit thereof much, and in it was meat for all; under which the beasts of the field dwelt, and upon whose branches the fowls of the heaven had their habitation: -- daniel 4:21 +. +It is thou, O king, that art grown and become strong: for thy greatness is grown, and reacheth unto heaven, and thy dominion to the end of the earth. -- daniel 4:22 +. +And whereas the king saw a watcher and an holy one coming down from heaven, and saying, Hew the tree down, and destroy it; yet leave the stump of the roots thereof in the earth, even with a band of iron and brass, in the tender grass of the field; and let it be wet with the dew of heaven, and let his portion be with the beasts of the field, till seven times pass over him; -- daniel 4:23 +. +This is the interpretation, O king, and this is the decree of the most High, which is come upon my lord the king: -- daniel 4:24 +. +That they shall drive thee from men, and thy dwelling shall be with the beasts of the field, and they shall make thee to eat grass as oxen, and they shall wet thee with the dew of heaven, and seven times shall pass over thee, till thou know that the most High ruleth in the kingdom of men, and giveth it to whomsoever he will. -- daniel 4:25 +. +And whereas they commanded to leave the stump of the tree roots; thy kingdom shall be sure unto thee, after that thou shalt have known that the heavens do rule. -- daniel 4:26 +. +Wherefore, O king, let my counsel be acceptable unto thee, and break off thy sins by righteousness, and thine iniquities by shewing mercy to the poor; if it may be a lengthening of thy tranquillity. -- daniel 4:27 +. +All this came upon the king Nebuchadnezzar. -- daniel 4:28 +. +At the end of twelve months he walked in the palace of the kingdom of Babylon. -- daniel 4:29 +. +The king spake, and said, Is not this great Babylon, that I have built for the house of the kingdom by the might of my power, and for the honour of my majesty? -- daniel 4:30 +. +While the word was in the king's mouth, there fell a voice from heaven, saying, O king Nebuchadnezzar, to thee it is spoken; The kingdom is departed from thee. -- daniel 4:31 +. +And they shall drive thee from men, and thy dwelling shall be with the beasts of the field: they shall make thee to eat grass as oxen, and seven times shall pass over thee, until thou know that the most High ruleth in the kingdom of men, and giveth it to whomsoever he will. -- daniel 4:32 +. +The same hour was the thing fulfilled upon Nebuchadnezzar: and he was driven from men, and did eat grass as oxen, and his body was wet with the dew of heaven, till his hairs were grown like eagles' feathers, and his nails like birds' claws. -- daniel 4:33 +. +And at the end of the days I Nebuchadnezzar lifted up mine eyes unto heaven, and mine understanding returned unto me, and I blessed the most High, and I praised and honoured him that liveth for ever, whose dominion is an everlasting dominion, and his kingdom is from generation to generation: -- daniel 4:34 +. +And all the inhabitants of the earth are reputed as nothing: and he doeth according to his will in the army of heaven, and among the inhabitants of the earth: and none can stay his hand, or say unto him, What doest thou? -- daniel 4:35 +. +At the same time my reason returned unto me; and for the glory of my kingdom, mine honour and brightness returned unto me; and my counsellors and my lords sought unto me; and I was established in my kingdom, and excellent majesty was added unto me. -- daniel 4:36 +. +Now I Nebuchadnezzar praise and extol and honour the King of heaven, all whose works are truth, and his ways judgment: and those that walk in pride he is able to abase. -- daniel 4:37 +. +Belshazzar the king made a great feast to a thousand of his lords, and drank wine before the thousand. -- daniel 5:1 +. +Belshazzar, whiles he tasted the wine, commanded to bring the golden and silver vessels which his father Nebuchadnezzar had taken out of the temple which was in Jerusalem; that the king, and his princes, his wives, and his concubines, might drink therein. -- daniel 5:2 +. +Then they brought the golden vessels that were taken out of the temple of the house of God which was at Jerusalem; and the king, and his princes, his wives, and his concubines, drank in them. -- daniel 5:3 +. +They drank wine, and praised the gods of gold, and of silver, of brass, of iron, of wood, and of stone. -- daniel 5:4 +. +In the same hour came forth fingers of a man's hand, and wrote over against the candlestick upon the plaister of the wall of the king's palace: and the king saw the part of the hand that wrote. -- daniel 5:5 +. +Then the king's countenance was changed, and his thoughts troubled him, so that the joints of his loins were loosed, and his knees smote one against another. -- daniel 5:6 +. +The king cried aloud to bring in the astrologers, the Chaldeans, and the soothsayers. And the king spake, and said to the wise men of Babylon, Whosoever shall read this writing, and shew me the interpretation thereof, shall be clothed with scarlet, and have a chain of gold about his neck, and shall be the third ruler in the kingdom. -- daniel 5:7 +. +Then came in all the king's wise men: but they could not read the writing, nor make known to the king the interpretation thereof. -- daniel 5:8 +. +Then was king Belshazzar greatly troubled, and his countenance was changed in him, and his lords were astonied. -- daniel 5:9 +. +Now the queen by reason of the words of the king and his lords came into the banquet house: and the queen spake and said, O king, live for ever: let not thy thoughts trouble thee, nor let thy countenance be changed: -- daniel 5:10 +. +There is a man in thy kingdom, in whom is the spirit of the holy gods; and in the days of thy father light and understanding and wisdom, like the wisdom of the gods, was found in him; whom the king Nebuchadnezzar thy father, the king, I say, thy father, made master of the magicians, astrologers, Chaldeans, and soothsayers; -- daniel 5:11 +. +Forasmuch as an excellent spirit, and knowledge, and understanding, interpreting of dreams, and shewing of hard sentences, and dissolving of doubts, were found in the same Daniel, whom the king named Belteshazzar: now let Daniel be called, and he will shew the interpretation. -- daniel 5:12 +. +Then was Daniel brought in before the king. And the king spake and said unto Daniel, Art thou that Daniel, which art of the children of the captivity of Judah, whom the king my father brought out of Jewry? -- daniel 5:13 +. +I have even heard of thee, that the spirit of the gods is in thee, and that light and understanding and excellent wisdom is found in thee. -- daniel 5:14 +. +And now the wise men, the astrologers, have been brought in before me, that they should read this writing, and make known unto me the interpretation thereof: but they could not shew the interpretation of the thing: -- daniel 5:15 +. +And I have heard of thee, that thou canst make interpretations, and dissolve doubts: now if thou canst read the writing, and make known to me the interpretation thereof, thou shalt be clothed with scarlet, and have a chain of gold about thy neck, and shalt be the third ruler in the kingdom. -- daniel 5:16 +. +Then Daniel answered and said before the king, Let thy gifts be to thyself, and give thy rewards to another; yet I will read the writing unto the king, and make known to him the interpretation. -- daniel 5:17 +. +O thou king, the most high God gave Nebuchadnezzar thy father a kingdom, and majesty, and glory, and honour: -- daniel 5:18 +. +And for the majesty that he gave him, all people, nations, and languages, trembled and feared before him: whom he would he slew; and whom he would he kept alive; and whom he would he set up; and whom he would he put down. -- daniel 5:19 +. +But when his heart was lifted up, and his mind hardened in pride, he was deposed from his kingly throne, and they took his glory from him: -- daniel 5:20 +. +And he was driven from the sons of men; and his heart was made like the beasts, and his dwelling was with the wild asses: they fed him with grass like oxen, and his body was wet with the dew of heaven; till he knew that the most high God ruled in the kingdom of men, and that he appointeth over it whomsoever he will. -- daniel 5:21 +. +And thou his son, O Belshazzar, hast not humbled thine heart, though thou knewest all this; -- daniel 5:22 +. +But hast lifted up thyself against the Lord of heaven; and they have brought the vessels of his house before thee, and thou, and thy lords, thy wives, and thy concubines, have drunk wine in them; and thou hast praised the gods of silver, and gold, of brass, iron, wood, and stone, which see not, nor hear, nor know: and the God in whose hand thy breath is, and whose are all thy ways, hast thou not glorified: -- daniel 5:23 +. +Then was the part of the hand sent from him; and this writing was written. -- daniel 5:24 +. +And this is the writing that was written, MENE, MENE, TEKEL, UPHARSIN. -- daniel 5:25 +. +This is the interpretation of the thing: MENE; God hath numbered thy kingdom, and finished it. -- daniel 5:26 +. +TEKEL; Thou art weighed in the balances, and art found wanting. -- daniel 5:27 +. +PERES; Thy kingdom is divided, and given to the Medes and Persians. -- daniel 5:28 +. +Then commanded Belshazzar, and they clothed Daniel with scarlet, and put a chain of gold about his neck, and made a proclamation concerning him, that he should be the third ruler in the kingdom. -- daniel 5:29 +. +In that night was Belshazzar the king of the Chaldeans slain. -- daniel 5:30 +. +And Darius the Median took the kingdom, being about threescore and two years old. -- daniel 5:31 +. +It pleased Darius to set over the kingdom an hundred and twenty princes, which should be over the whole kingdom; -- daniel 6:1 +. +And over these three presidents; of whom Daniel was first: that the princes might give accounts unto them, and the king should have no damage. -- daniel 6:2 +. +Then this Daniel was preferred above the presidents and princes, because an excellent spirit was in him; and the king thought to set him over the whole realm. -- daniel 6:3 +. +Then the presidents and princes sought to find occasion against Daniel concerning the kingdom; but they could find none occasion nor fault; forasmuch as he was faithful, neither was there any error or fault found in him. -- daniel 6:4 +. +Then said these men, We shall not find any occasion against this Daniel, except we find it against him concerning the law of his God. -- daniel 6:5 +. +Then these presidents and princes assembled together to the king, and said thus unto him, King Darius, live for ever. -- daniel 6:6 +. +All the presidents of the kingdom, the governors, and the princes, the counsellors, and the captains, have consulted together to establish a royal statute, and to make a firm decree, that whosoever shall ask a petition of any God or man for thirty days, save of thee, O king, he shall be cast into the den of lions. -- daniel 6:7 +. +Now, O king, establish the decree, and sign the writing, that it be not changed, according to the law of the Medes and Persians, which altereth not. -- daniel 6:8 +. +Wherefore king Darius signed the writing and the decree. -- daniel 6:9 +. +Now when Daniel knew that the writing was signed, he went into his house; and his windows being open in his chamber toward Jerusalem, he kneeled upon his knees three times a day, and prayed, and gave thanks before his God, as he did aforetime. -- daniel 6:10 +. +Then these men assembled, and found Daniel praying and making supplication before his God. -- daniel 6:11 +. +Then they came near, and spake before the king concerning the king's decree; Hast thou not signed a decree, that every man that shall ask a petition of any God or man within thirty days, save of thee, O king, shall be cast into the den of lions? The king answered and said, The thing is true, according to the law of the Medes and Persians, which altereth not. -- daniel 6:12 +. +Then answered they and said before the king, That Daniel, which is of the children of the captivity of Judah, regardeth not thee, O king, nor the decree that thou hast signed, but maketh his petition three times a day. -- daniel 6:13 +. +Then the king, when he heard these words, was sore displeased with himself, and set his heart on Daniel to deliver him: and he laboured till the going down of the sun to deliver him. -- daniel 6:14 +. +Then these men assembled unto the king, and said unto the king, Know, O king, that the law of the Medes and Persians is, That no decree nor statute which the king establisheth may be changed. -- daniel 6:15 +. +Then the king commanded, and they brought Daniel, and cast him into the den of lions. Now the king spake and said unto Daniel, Thy God whom thou servest continually, he will deliver thee. -- daniel 6:16 +. +And a stone was brought, and laid upon the mouth of the den; and the king sealed it with his own signet, and with the signet of his lords; that the purpose might not be changed concerning Daniel. -- daniel 6:17 +. +Then the king went to his palace, and passed the night fasting: neither were instruments of musick brought before him: and his sleep went from him. -- daniel 6:18 +. +Then the king arose very early in the morning, and went in haste unto the den of lions. -- daniel 6:19 +. +And when he came to the den, he cried with a lamentable voice unto Daniel: and the king spake and said to Daniel, O Daniel, servant of the living God, is thy God, whom thou servest continually, able to deliver thee from the lions? -- daniel 6:20 +. +Then said Daniel unto the king, O king, live for ever. -- daniel 6:21 +. +My God hath sent his angel, and hath shut the lions' mouths, that they have not hurt me: forasmuch as before him innocency was found in me; and also before thee, O king, have I done no hurt. -- daniel 6:22 +. +Then was the king exceedingly glad for him, and commanded that they should take Daniel up out of the den. So Daniel was taken up out of the den, and no manner of hurt was found upon him, because he believed in his God. -- daniel 6:23 +. +And the king commanded, and they brought those men which had accused Daniel, and they cast them into the den of lions, them, their children, and their wives; and the lions had the mastery of them, and brake all their bones in pieces or ever they came at the bottom of the den. -- daniel 6:24 +. +Then king Darius wrote unto all people, nations, and languages, that dwell in all the earth; Peace be multiplied unto you. -- daniel 6:25 +. +I make a decree, That in every dominion of my kingdom men tremble and fear before the God of Daniel: for he is the living God, and stedfast for ever, and his kingdom that which shall not be destroyed, and his dominion shall be even unto the end. -- daniel 6:26 +. +He delivereth and rescueth, and he worketh signs and wonders in heaven and in earth, who hath delivered Daniel from the power of the lions. -- daniel 6:27 +. +So this Daniel prospered in the reign of Darius, and in the reign of Cyrus the Persian. -- daniel 6:28 +. +In the first year of Belshazzar king of Babylon Daniel had a dream and visions of his head upon his bed: then he wrote the dream, and told the sum of the matters. -- daniel 7:1 +. +Daniel spake and said, I saw in my vision by night, and, behold, the four winds of the heaven strove upon the great sea. -- daniel 7:2 +. +And four great beasts came up from the sea, diverse one from another. -- daniel 7:3 +. +The first was like a lion, and had eagle's wings: I beheld till the wings thereof were plucked, and it was lifted up from the earth, and made stand upon the feet as a man, and a man's heart was given to it. -- daniel 7:4 +. +And behold another beast, a second, like to a bear, and it raised up itself on one side, and it had three ribs in the mouth of it between the teeth of it: and they said thus unto it, Arise, devour much flesh. -- daniel 7:5 +. +After this I beheld, and lo another, like a leopard, which had upon the back of it four wings of a fowl; the beast had also four heads; and dominion was given to it. -- daniel 7:6 +. +After this I saw in the night visions, and behold a fourth beast, dreadful and terrible, and strong exceedingly; and it had great iron teeth: it devoured and brake in pieces, and stamped the residue with the feet of it: and it was diverse from all the beasts that were before it; and it had ten horns. -- daniel 7:7 +. +I considered the horns, and, behold, there came up among them another little horn, before whom there were three of the first horns plucked up by the roots: and, behold, in this horn were eyes like the eyes of man, and a mouth speaking great things. -- daniel 7:8 +. +I beheld till the thrones were cast down, and the Ancient of days did sit, whose garment was white as snow, and the hair of his head like the pure wool: his throne was like the fiery flame, and his wheels as burning fire. -- daniel 7:9 +. +A fiery stream issued and came forth from before him: thousand thousands ministered unto him, and ten thousand times ten thousand stood before him: the judgment was set, and the books were opened. -- daniel 7:10 +. +I beheld then because of the voice of the great words which the horn spake: I beheld even till the beast was slain, and his body destroyed, and given to the burning flame. -- daniel 7:11 +. +As concerning the rest of the beasts, they had their dominion taken away: yet their lives were prolonged for a season and time. -- daniel 7:12 +. +I saw in the night visions, and, behold, one like the Son of man came with the clouds of heaven, and came to the Ancient of days, and they brought him near before him. -- daniel 7:13 +. +And there was given him dominion, and glory, and a kingdom, that all people, nations, and languages, should serve him: his dominion is an everlasting dominion, which shall not pass away, and his kingdom that which shall not be destroyed. -- daniel 7:14 +. +I Daniel was grieved in my spirit in the midst of my body, and the visions of my head troubled me. -- daniel 7:15 +. +I came near unto one of them that stood by, and asked him the truth of all this. So he told me, and made me know the interpretation of the things. -- daniel 7:16 +. +These great beasts, which are four, are four kings, which shall arise out of the earth. -- daniel 7:17 +. +But the saints of the most High shall take the kingdom, and possess the kingdom for ever, even for ever and ever. -- daniel 7:18 +. +Then I would know the truth of the fourth beast, which was diverse from all the others, exceeding dreadful, whose teeth were of iron, and his nails of brass; which devoured, brake in pieces, and stamped the residue with his feet; -- daniel 7:19 +. +And of the ten horns that were in his head, and of the other which came up, and before whom three fell; even of that horn that had eyes, and a mouth that spake very great things, whose look was more stout than his fellows. -- daniel 7:20 +. +I beheld, and the same horn made war with the saints, and prevailed against them; -- daniel 7:21 +. +Until the Ancient of days came, and judgment was given to the saints of the most High; and the time came that the saints possessed the kingdom. -- daniel 7:22 +. +Thus he said, The fourth beast shall be the fourth kingdom upon earth, which shall be diverse from all kingdoms, and shall devour the whole earth, and shall tread it down, and break it in pieces. -- daniel 7:23 +. +And the ten horns out of this kingdom are ten kings that shall arise: and another shall rise after them; and he shall be diverse from the first, and he shall subdue three kings. -- daniel 7:24 +. +And he shall speak great words against the most High, and shall wear out the saints of the most High, and think to change times and laws: and they shall be given into his hand until a time and times and the dividing of time. -- daniel 7:25 +. +But the judgment shall sit, and they shall take away his dominion, to consume and to destroy it unto the end. -- daniel 7:26 +. +And the kingdom and dominion, and the greatness of the kingdom under the whole heaven, shall be given to the people of the saints of the most High, whose kingdom is an everlasting kingdom, and all dominions shall serve and obey him. -- daniel 7:27 +. +Hitherto is the end of the matter. As for me Daniel, my cogitations much troubled me, and my countenance changed in me: but I kept the matter in my heart. -- daniel 7:28 +. +In the third year of the reign of king Belshazzar a vision appeared unto me, even unto me Daniel, after that which appeared unto me at the first. -- daniel 8:1 +. +And I saw in a vision; and it came to pass, when I saw, that I was at Shushan in the palace, which is in the province of Elam; and I saw in a vision, and I was by the river of Ulai. -- daniel 8:2 +. +Then I lifted up mine eyes, and saw, and, behold, there stood before the river a ram which had two horns: and the two horns were high; but one was higher than the other, and the higher came up last. -- daniel 8:3 +. +I saw the ram pushing westward, and northward, and southward; so that no beasts might stand before him, neither was there any that could deliver out of his hand; but he did according to his will, and became great. -- daniel 8:4 +. +And as I was considering, behold, an he goat came from the west on the face of the whole earth, and touched not the ground: and the goat had a notable horn between his eyes. -- daniel 8:5 +. +And he came to the ram that had two horns, which I had seen standing before the river, and ran unto him in the fury of his power. -- daniel 8:6 +. +And I saw him come close unto the ram, and he was moved with choler against him, and smote the ram, and brake his two horns: and there was no power in the ram to stand before him, but he cast him down to the ground, and stamped upon him: and there was none that could deliver the ram out of his hand. -- daniel 8:7 +. +Therefore the he goat waxed very great: and when he was strong, the great horn was broken; and for it came up four notable ones toward the four winds of heaven. -- daniel 8:8 +. +And out of one of them came forth a little horn, which waxed exceeding great, toward the south, and toward the east, and toward the pleasant land. -- daniel 8:9 +. +And it waxed great, even to the host of heaven; and it cast down some of the host and of the stars to the ground, and stamped upon them. -- daniel 8:10 +. +Yea, he magnified himself even to the prince of the host, and by him the daily sacrifice was taken away, and the place of the sanctuary was cast down. -- daniel 8:11 +. +And an host was given him against the daily sacrifice by reason of transgression, and it cast down the truth to the ground; and it practised, and prospered. -- daniel 8:12 +. +Then I heard one saint speaking, and another saint said unto that certain saint which spake, How long shall be the vision concerning the daily sacrifice, and the transgression of desolation, to give both the sanctuary and the host to be trodden under foot? -- daniel 8:13 +. +And he said unto me, Unto two thousand and three hundred days; then shall the sanctuary be cleansed. -- daniel 8:14 +. +And it came to pass, when I, even I Daniel, had seen the vision, and sought for the meaning, then, behold, there stood before me as the appearance of a man. -- daniel 8:15 +. +And I heard a man's voice between the banks of Ulai, which called, and said, Gabriel, make this man to understand the vision. -- daniel 8:16 +. +So he came near where I stood: and when he came, I was afraid, and fell upon my face: but he said unto me, Understand, O son of man: for at the time of the end shall be the vision. -- daniel 8:17 +. +Now as he was speaking with me, I was in a deep sleep on my face toward the ground: but he touched me, and set me upright. -- daniel 8:18 +. +And he said, Behold, I will make thee know what shall be in the last end of the indignation: for at the time appointed the end shall be. -- daniel 8:19 +. +The ram which thou sawest having two horns are the kings of Media and Persia. -- daniel 8:20 +. +And the rough goat is the king of Grecia: and the great horn that is between his eyes is the first king. -- daniel 8:21 +. +Now that being broken, whereas four stood up for it, four kingdoms shall stand up out of the nation, but not in his power. -- daniel 8:22 +. +And in the latter time of their kingdom, when the transgressors are come to the full, a king of fierce countenance, and understanding dark sentences, shall stand up. -- daniel 8:23 +. +And his power shall be mighty, but not by his own power: and he shall destroy wonderfully, and shall prosper, and practise, and shall destroy the mighty and the holy people. -- daniel 8:24 +. +And through his policy also he shall cause craft to prosper in his hand; and he shall magnify himself in his heart, and by peace shall destroy many: he shall also stand up against the Prince of princes; but he shall be broken without hand. -- daniel 8:25 +. +And the vision of the evening and the morning which was told is true: wherefore shut thou up the vision; for it shall be for many days. -- daniel 8:26 +. +And I Daniel fainted, and was sick certain days; afterward I rose up, and did the king's business; and I was astonished at the vision, but none understood it. -- daniel 8:27 +. +In the first year of Darius the son of Ahasuerus, of the seed of the Medes, which was made king over the realm of the Chaldeans; -- daniel 9:1 +. +In the first year of his reign I Daniel understood by books the number of the years, whereof the word of the LORD came to Jeremiah the prophet, that he would accomplish seventy years in the desolations of Jerusalem. -- daniel 9:2 +. +And I set my face unto the Lord God, to seek by prayer and supplications, with fasting, and sackcloth, and ashes: -- daniel 9:3 +. +And I prayed unto the LORD my God, and made my confession, and said, O Lord, the great and dreadful God, keeping the covenant and mercy to them that love him, and to them that keep his commandments; -- daniel 9:4 +. +We have sinned, and have committed iniquity, and have done wickedly, and have rebelled, even by departing from thy precepts and from thy judgments: -- daniel 9:5 +. +Neither have we hearkened unto thy servants the prophets, which spake in thy name to our kings, our princes, and our fathers, and to all the people of the land. -- daniel 9:6 +. +O LORD, righteousness belongeth unto thee, but unto us confusion of faces, as at this day; to the men of Judah, and to the inhabitants of Jerusalem, and unto all Israel, that are near, and that are far off, through all the countries whither thou hast driven them, because of their trespass that they have trespassed against thee. -- daniel 9:7 +. +O Lord, to us belongeth confusion of face, to our kings, to our princes, and to our fathers, because we have sinned against thee. -- daniel 9:8 +. +To the Lord our God belong mercies and forgivenesses, though we have rebelled against him; -- daniel 9:9 +. +Neither have we obeyed the voice of the LORD our God, to walk in his laws, which he set before us by his servants the prophets. -- daniel 9:10 +. +Yea, all Israel have transgressed thy law, even by departing, that they might not obey thy voice; therefore the curse is poured upon us, and the oath that is written in the law of Moses the servant of God, because we have sinned against him. -- daniel 9:11 +. +And he hath confirmed his words, which he spake against us, and against our judges that judged us, by bringing upon us a great evil: for under the whole heaven hath not been done as hath been done upon Jerusalem. -- daniel 9:12 +. +As it is written in the law of Moses, all this evil is come upon us: yet made we not our prayer before the LORD our God, that we might turn from our iniquities, and understand thy truth. -- daniel 9:13 +. +Therefore hath the LORD watched upon the evil, and brought it upon us: for the LORD our God is righteous in all his works which he doeth: for we obeyed not his voice. -- daniel 9:14 +. +And now, O Lord our God, that hast brought thy people forth out of the land of Egypt with a mighty hand, and hast gotten thee renown, as at this day; we have sinned, we have done wickedly. -- daniel 9:15 +. +O LORD, according to all thy righteousness, I beseech thee, let thine anger and thy fury be turned away from thy city Jerusalem, thy holy mountain: because for our sins, and for the iniquities of our fathers, Jerusalem and thy people are become a reproach to all that are about us. -- daniel 9:16 +. +Now therefore, O our God, hear the prayer of thy servant, and his supplications, and cause thy face to shine upon thy sanctuary that is desolate, for the Lord's sake. -- daniel 9:17 +. +O my God, incline thine ear, and hear; open thine eyes, and behold our desolations, and the city which is called by thy name: for we do not present our supplications before thee for our righteousnesses, but for thy great mercies. -- daniel 9:18 +. +O Lord, hear; O Lord, forgive; O Lord, hearken and do; defer not, for thine own sake, O my God: for thy city and thy people are called by thy name. -- daniel 9:19 +. +And whiles I was speaking, and praying, and confessing my sin and the sin of my people Israel, and presenting my supplication before the LORD my God for the holy mountain of my God; -- daniel 9:20 +. +Yea, whiles I was speaking in prayer, even the man Gabriel, whom I had seen in the vision at the beginning, being caused to fly swiftly, touched me about the time of the evening oblation. -- daniel 9:21 +. +And he informed me, and talked with me, and said, O Daniel, I am now come forth to give thee skill and understanding. -- daniel 9:22 +. +At the beginning of thy supplications the commandment came forth, and I am come to shew thee; for thou art greatly beloved: therefore understand the matter, and consider the vision. -- daniel 9:23 +. +Seventy weeks are determined upon thy people and upon thy holy city, to finish the transgression, and to make an end of sins, and to make reconciliation for iniquity, and to bring in everlasting righteousness, and to seal up the vision and prophecy, and to anoint the most Holy. -- daniel 9:24 +. +Know therefore and understand, that from the going forth of the commandment to restore and to build Jerusalem unto the Messiah the Prince shall be seven weeks, and threescore and two weeks: the street shall be built again, and the wall, even in troublous times. -- daniel 9:25 +. +And after threescore and two weeks shall Messiah be cut off, but not for himself: and the people of the prince that shall come shall destroy the city and the sanctuary; and the end thereof shall be with a flood, and unto the end of the war desolations are determined. -- daniel 9:26 +. +And he shall confirm the covenant with many for one week: and in the midst of the week he shall cause the sacrifice and the oblation to cease, and for the overspreading of abominations he shall make it desolate, even until the consummation, and that determined shall be poured upon the desolate. -- daniel 9:27 +. +In the third year of Cyrus king of Persia a thing was revealed unto Daniel, whose name was called Belteshazzar; and the thing was true, but the time appointed was long: and he understood the thing, and had understanding of the vision. -- daniel 10:1 +. +In those days I Daniel was mourning three full weeks. -- daniel 10:2 +. +I ate no pleasant bread, neither came flesh nor wine in my mouth, neither did I anoint myself at all, till three whole weeks were fulfilled. -- daniel 10:3 +. +And in the four and twentieth day of the first month, as I was by the side of the great river, which is Hiddekel; -- daniel 10:4 +. +Then I lifted up mine eyes, and looked, and behold a certain man clothed in linen, whose loins were girded with fine gold of Uphaz: -- daniel 10:5 +. +His body also was like the beryl, and his face as the appearance of lightning, and his eyes as lamps of fire, and his arms and his feet like in colour to polished brass, and the voice of his words like the voice of a multitude. -- daniel 10:6 +. +And I Daniel alone saw the vision: for the men that were with me saw not the vision; but a great quaking fell upon them, so that they fled to hide themselves. -- daniel 10:7 +. +Therefore I was left alone, and saw this great vision, and there remained no strength in me: for my comeliness was turned in me into corruption, and I retained no strength. -- daniel 10:8 +. +Yet heard I the voice of his words: and when I heard the voice of his words, then was I in a deep sleep on my face, and my face toward the ground. -- daniel 10:9 +. +And, behold, an hand touched me, which set me upon my knees and upon the palms of my hands. -- daniel 10:10 +. +And he said unto me, O Daniel, a man greatly beloved, understand the words that I speak unto thee, and stand upright: for unto thee am I now sent. And when he had spoken this word unto me, I stood trembling. -- daniel 10:11 +. +Then said he unto me, Fear not, Daniel: for from the first day that thou didst set thine heart to understand, and to chasten thyself before thy God, thy words were heard, and I am come for thy words. -- daniel 10:12 +. +But the prince of the kingdom of Persia withstood me one and twenty days: but, lo, Michael, one of the chief princes, came to help me; and I remained there with the kings of Persia. -- daniel 10:13 +. +Now I am come to make thee understand what shall befall thy people in the latter days: for yet the vision is for many days. -- daniel 10:14 +. +And when he had spoken such words unto me, I set my face toward the ground, and I became dumb. -- daniel 10:15 +. +And, behold, one like the similitude of the sons of men touched my lips: then I opened my mouth, and spake, and said unto him that stood before me, O my lord, by the vision my sorrows are turned upon me, and I have retained no strength. -- daniel 10:16 +. +For how can the servant of this my lord talk with this my lord? for as for me, straightway there remained no strength in me, neither is there breath left in me. -- daniel 10:17 +. +Then there came again and touched me one like the appearance of a man, and he strengthened me, -- daniel 10:18 +. +And said, O man greatly beloved, fear not: peace be unto thee, be strong, yea, be strong. And when he had spoken unto me, I was strengthened, and said, Let my lord speak; for thou hast strengthened me. -- daniel 10:19 +. +Then said he, Knowest thou wherefore I come unto thee? and now will I return to fight with the prince of Persia: and when I am gone forth, lo, the prince of Grecia shall come. -- daniel 10:20 +. +But I will shew thee that which is noted in the scripture of truth: and there is none that holdeth with me in these things, but Michael your prince. -- daniel 10:21 +. +Also I in the first year of Darius the Mede, even I, stood to confirm and to strengthen him. -- daniel 11:1 +. +And now will I shew thee the truth. Behold, there shall stand up yet three kings in Persia; and the fourth shall be far richer than they all: and by his strength through his riches he shall stir up all against the realm of Grecia. -- daniel 11:2 +. +And a mighty king shall stand up, that shall rule with great dominion, and do according to his will. -- daniel 11:3 +. +And when he shall stand up, his kingdom shall be broken, and shall be divided toward the four winds of heaven; and not to his posterity, nor according to his dominion which he ruled: for his kingdom shall be plucked up, even for others beside those. -- daniel 11:4 +. +And the king of the south shall be strong, and one of his princes; and he shall be strong above him, and have dominion; his dominion shall be a great dominion. -- daniel 11:5 +. +And in the end of years they shall join themselves together; for the king's daughter of the south shall come to the king of the north to make an agreement: but she shall not retain the power of the arm; neither shall he stand, nor his arm: but she shall be given up, and they that brought her, and he that begat her, and he that strengthened her in these times. -- daniel 11:6 +. +But out of a branch of her roots shall one stand up in his estate, which shall come with an army, and shall enter into the fortress of the king of the north, and shall deal against them, and shall prevail: -- daniel 11:7 +. +And shall also carry captives into Egypt their gods, with their princes, and with their precious vessels of silver and of gold; and he shall continue more years than the king of the north. -- daniel 11:8 +. +So the king of the south shall come into his kingdom, and shall return into his own land. -- daniel 11:9 +. +But his sons shall be stirred up, and shall assemble a multitude of great forces: and one shall certainly come, and overflow, and pass through: then shall he return, and be stirred up, even to his fortress. -- daniel 11:10 +. +And the king of the south shall be moved with choler, and shall come forth and fight with him, even with the king of the north: and he shall set forth a great multitude; but the multitude shall be given into his hand. -- daniel 11:11 +. +And when he hath taken away the multitude, his heart shall be lifted up; and he shall cast down many ten thousands: but he shall not be strengthened by it. -- daniel 11:12 +. +For the king of the north shall return, and shall set forth a multitude greater than the former, and shall certainly come after certain years with a great army and with much riches. -- daniel 11:13 +. +And in those times there shall many stand up against the king of the south: also the robbers of thy people shall exalt themselves to establish the vision; but they shall fall. -- daniel 11:14 +. +So the king of the north shall come, and cast up a mount, and take the most fenced cities: and the arms of the south shall not withstand, neither his chosen people, neither shall there be any strength to withstand. -- daniel 11:15 +. +But he that cometh against him shall do according to his own will, and none shall stand before him: and he shall stand in the glorious land, which by his hand shall be consumed. -- daniel 11:16 +. +He shall also set his face to enter with the strength of his whole kingdom, and upright ones with him; thus shall he do: and he shall give him the daughter of women, corrupting her: but she shall not stand on his side, neither be for him. -- daniel 11:17 +. +After this shall he turn his face unto the isles, and shall take many: but a prince for his own behalf shall cause the reproach offered by him to cease; without his own reproach he shall cause it to turn upon him. -- daniel 11:18 +. +Then he shall turn his face toward the fort of his own land: but he shall stumble and fall, and not be found. -- daniel 11:19 +. +Then shall stand up in his estate a raiser of taxes in the glory of the kingdom: but within few days he shall be destroyed, neither in anger, nor in battle. -- daniel 11:20 +. +And in his estate shall stand up a vile person, to whom they shall not give the honour of the kingdom: but he shall come in peaceably, and obtain the kingdom by flatteries. -- daniel 11:21 +. +And with the arms of a flood shall they be overflown from before him, and shall be broken; yea, also the prince of the covenant. -- daniel 11:22 +. +And after the league made with him he shall work deceitfully: for he shall come up, and shall become strong with a small people. -- daniel 11:23 +. +He shall enter peaceably even upon the fattest places of the province; and he shall do that which his fathers have not done, nor his fathers' fathers; he shall scatter among them the prey, and spoil, and riches: yea, and he shall forecast his devices against the strong holds, even for a time. -- daniel 11:24 +. +And he shall stir up his power and his courage against the king of the south with a great army; and the king of the south shall be stirred up to battle with a very great and mighty army; but he shall not stand: for they shall forecast devices against him. -- daniel 11:25 +. +Yea, they that feed of the portion of his meat shall destroy him, and his army shall overflow: and many shall fall down slain. -- daniel 11:26 +. +And both of these kings' hearts shall be to do mischief, and they shall speak lies at one table; but it shall not prosper: for yet the end shall be at the time appointed. -- daniel 11:27 +. +Then shall he return into his land with great riches; and his heart shall be against the holy covenant; and he shall do exploits, and return to his own land. -- daniel 11:28 +. +At the time appointed he shall return, and come toward the south; but it shall not be as the former, or as the latter. -- daniel 11:29 +. +For the ships of Chittim shall come against him: therefore he shall be grieved, and return, and have indignation against the holy covenant: so shall he do; he shall even return, and have intelligence with them that forsake the holy covenant. -- daniel 11:30 +. +And arms shall stand on his part, and they shall pollute the sanctuary of strength, and shall take away the daily sacrifice, and they shall place the abomination that maketh desolate. -- daniel 11:31 +. +And such as do wickedly against the covenant shall he corrupt by flatteries: but the people that do know their God shall be strong, and do exploits. -- daniel 11:32 +. +And they that understand among the people shall instruct many: yet they shall fall by the sword, and by flame, by captivity, and by spoil, many days. -- daniel 11:33 +. +Now when they shall fall, they shall be holpen with a little help: but many shall cleave to them with flatteries. -- daniel 11:34 +. +And some of them of understanding shall fall, to try them, and to purge, and to make them white, even to the time of the end: because it is yet for a time appointed. -- daniel 11:35 +. +And the king shall do according to his will; and he shall exalt himself, and magnify himself above every god, and shall speak marvellous things against the God of gods, and shall prosper till the indignation be accomplished: for that that is determined shall be done. -- daniel 11:36 +. +Neither shall he regard the God of his fathers, nor the desire of women, nor regard any god: for he shall magnify himself above all. -- daniel 11:37 +. +But in his estate shall he honour the God of forces: and a god whom his fathers knew not shall he honour with gold, and silver, and with precious stones, and pleasant things. -- daniel 11:38 +. +Thus shall he do in the most strong holds with a strange god, whom he shall acknowledge and increase with glory: and he shall cause them to rule over many, and shall divide the land for gain. -- daniel 11:39 +. +And at the time of the end shall the king of the south push at him: and the king of the north shall come against him like a whirlwind, with chariots, and with horsemen, and with many ships; and he shall enter into the countries, and shall overflow and pass over. -- daniel 11:40 +. +He shall enter also into the glorious land, and many countries shall be overthrown: but these shall escape out of his hand, even Edom, and Moab, and the chief of the children of Ammon. -- daniel 11:41 +. +He shall stretch forth his hand also upon the countries: and the land of Egypt shall not escape. -- daniel 11:42 +. +But he shall have power over the treasures of gold and of silver, and over all the precious things of Egypt: and the Libyans and the Ethiopians shall be at his steps. -- daniel 11:43 +. +But tidings out of the east and out of the north shall trouble him: therefore he shall go forth with great fury to destroy, and utterly to make away many. -- daniel 11:44 +. +And he shall plant the tabernacles of his palace between the seas in the glorious holy mountain; yet he shall come to his end, and none shall help him. -- daniel 11:45 +. +And at that time shall Michael stand up, the great prince which standeth for the children of thy people: and there shall be a time of trouble, such as never was since there was a nation even to that same time: and at that time thy people shall be delivered, every one that shall be found written in the book. -- daniel 12:1 +. +And many of them that sleep in the dust of the earth shall awake, some to everlasting life, and some to shame and everlasting contempt. -- daniel 12:2 +. +And they that be wise shall shine as the brightness of the firmament; and they that turn many to righteousness as the stars for ever and ever. -- daniel 12:3 +. +But thou, O Daniel, shut up the words, and seal the book, even to the time of the end: many shall run to and fro, and knowledge shall be increased. -- daniel 12:4 +. +Then I Daniel looked, and, behold, there stood other two, the one on this side of the bank of the river, and the other on that side of the bank of the river. -- daniel 12:5 +. +And one said to the man clothed in linen, which was upon the waters of the river, How long shall it be to the end of these wonders? -- daniel 12:6 +. +And I heard the man clothed in linen, which was upon the waters of the river, when he held up his right hand and his left hand unto heaven, and sware by him that liveth for ever that it shall be for a time, times, and an half; and when he shall have accomplished to scatter the power of the holy people, all these things shall be finished. -- daniel 12:7 +. +And I heard, but I understood not: then said I, O my Lord, what shall be the end of these things? -- daniel 12:8 +. +And he said, Go thy way, Daniel: for the words are closed up and sealed till the time of the end. -- daniel 12:9 +. +Many shall be purified, and made white, and tried; but the wicked shall do wickedly: and none of the wicked shall understand; but the wise shall understand. -- daniel 12:10 +. +And from the time that the daily sacrifice shall be taken away, and the abomination that maketh desolate set up, there shall be a thousand two hundred and ninety days. -- daniel 12:11 +. +Blessed is he that waiteth, and cometh to the thousand three hundred and five and thirty days. -- daniel 12:12 +. +But go thou thy way till the end be: for thou shalt rest, and stand in thy lot at the end of the days. -- daniel 12:13 +. +The word of the LORD that came unto Hosea, the son of Beeri, in the days of Uzziah, Jotham, Ahaz, and Hezekiah, kings of Judah, and in the days of Jeroboam the son of Joash, king of Israel. -- hosea 1:1 +. +The beginning of the word of the LORD by Hosea. And the LORD said to Hosea, Go, take unto thee a wife of whoredoms and children of whoredoms: for the land hath committed great whoredom, departing from the LORD. -- hosea 1:2 +. +So he went and took Gomer the daughter of Diblaim; which conceived, and bare him a son. -- hosea 1:3 +. +And the LORD said unto him, Call his name Jezreel; for yet a little while, and I will avenge the blood of Jezreel upon the house of Jehu, and will cause to cease the kingdom of the house of Israel. -- hosea 1:4 +. +And it shall come to pass at that day, that I will break the bow of Israel, in the valley of Jezreel. -- hosea 1:5 +. +And she conceived again, and bare a daughter. And God said unto him, Call her name Loruhamah: for I will no more have mercy upon the house of Israel; but I will utterly take them away. -- hosea 1:6 +. +But I will have mercy upon the house of Judah, and will save them by the LORD their God, and will not save them by bow, nor by sword, nor by battle, by horses, nor by horsemen. -- hosea 1:7 +. +Now when she had weaned Loruhamah, she conceived, and bare a son. -- hosea 1:8 +. +Then said God, Call his name Loammi: for ye are not my people, and I will not be your God. -- hosea 1:9 +. +Yet the number of the children of Israel shall be as the sand of the sea, which cannot be measured nor numbered; and it shall come to pass, that in the place where it was said unto them, Ye are not my people, there it shall be said unto them, Ye are the sons of the living God. -- hosea 1:10 +. +Then shall the children of Judah and the children of Israel be gathered together, and appoint themselves one head, and they shall come up out of the land: for great shall be the day of Jezreel. -- hosea 1:11 +. +Say ye unto your brethren, Ammi; and to your sisters, Ruhamah. -- hosea 2:1 +. +Plead with your mother, plead: for she is not my wife, neither am I her husband: let her therefore put away her whoredoms out of her sight, and her adulteries from between her breasts; -- hosea 2:2 +. +Lest I strip her naked, and set her as in the day that she was born, and make her as a wilderness, and set her like a dry land, and slay her with thirst. -- hosea 2:3 +. +And I will not have mercy upon her children; for they be the children of whoredoms. -- hosea 2:4 +. +For their mother hath played the harlot: she that conceived them hath done shamefully: for she said, I will go after my lovers, that give me my bread and my water, my wool and my flax, mine oil and my drink. -- hosea 2:5 +. +Therefore, behold, I will hedge up thy way with thorns, and make a wall, that she shall not find her paths. -- hosea 2:6 +. +And she shall follow after her lovers, but she shall not overtake them; and she shall seek them, but shall not find them: then shall she say, I will go and return to my first husband; for then was it better with me than now. -- hosea 2:7 +. +For she did not know that I gave her corn, and wine, and oil, and multiplied her silver and gold, which they prepared for Baal. -- hosea 2:8 +. +Therefore will I return, and take away my corn in the time thereof, and my wine in the season thereof, and will recover my wool and my flax given to cover her nakedness. -- hosea 2:9 +. +And now will I discover her lewdness in the sight of her lovers, and none shall deliver her out of mine hand. -- hosea 2:10 +. +I will also cause all her mirth to cease, her feast days, her new moons, and her sabbaths, and all her solemn feasts. -- hosea 2:11 +. +And I will destroy her vines and her fig trees, whereof she hath said, These are my rewards that my lovers have given me: and I will make them a forest, and the beasts of the field shall eat them. -- hosea 2:12 +. +And I will visit upon her the days of Baalim, wherein she burned incense to them, and she decked herself with her earrings and her jewels, and she went after her lovers, and forgat me, saith the LORD. -- hosea 2:13 +. +Therefore, behold, I will allure her, and bring her into the wilderness, and speak comfortably unto her. -- hosea 2:14 +. +And I will give her her vineyards from thence, and the valley of Achor for a door of hope: and she shall sing there, as in the days of her youth, and as in the day when she came up out of the land of Egypt. -- hosea 2:15 +. +And it shall be at that day, saith the LORD, that thou shalt call me Ishi; and shalt call me no more Baali. -- hosea 2:16 +. +For I will take away the names of Baalim out of her mouth, and they shall no more be remembered by their name. -- hosea 2:17 +. +And in that day will I make a covenant for them with the beasts of the field and with the fowls of heaven, and with the creeping things of the ground: and I will break the bow and the sword and the battle out of the earth, and will make them to lie down safely. -- hosea 2:18 +. +And I will betroth thee unto me for ever; yea, I will betroth thee unto me in righteousness, and in judgment, and in lovingkindness, and in mercies. -- hosea 2:19 +. +I will even betroth thee unto me in faithfulness: and thou shalt know the LORD. -- hosea 2:20 +. +And it shall come to pass in that day, I will hear, saith the LORD, I will hear the heavens, and they shall hear the earth; -- hosea 2:21 +. +And the earth shall hear the corn, and the wine, and the oil; and they shall hear Jezreel. -- hosea 2:22 +. +And I will sow her unto me in the earth; and I will have mercy upon her that had not obtained mercy; and I will say to them which were not my people, Thou art my people; and they shall say, Thou art my God. -- hosea 2:23 +. +Then said the LORD unto me, Go yet, love a woman beloved of her friend, yet an adulteress, according to the love of the LORD toward the children of Israel, who look to other gods, and love flagons of wine. -- hosea 3:1 +. +So I bought her to me for fifteen pieces of silver, and for an homer of barley, and an half homer of barley: -- hosea 3:2 +. +And I said unto her, Thou shalt abide for me many days; thou shalt not play the harlot, and thou shalt not be for another man: so will I also be for thee. -- hosea 3:3 +. +For the children of Israel shall abide many days without a king, and without a prince, and without a sacrifice, and without an image, and without an ephod, and without teraphim: -- hosea 3:4 +. +Afterward shall the children of Israel return, and seek the LORD their God, and David their king; and shall fear the LORD and his goodness in the latter days. -- hosea 3:5 +. +Hear the word of the LORD, ye children of Israel: for the LORD hath a controversy with the inhabitants of the land, because there is no truth, nor mercy, nor knowledge of God in the land. -- hosea 4:1 +. +By swearing, and lying, and killing, and stealing, and committing adultery, they break out, and blood toucheth blood. -- hosea 4:2 +. +Therefore shall the land mourn, and every one that dwelleth therein shall languish, with the beasts of the field, and with the fowls of heaven; yea, the fishes of the sea also shall be taken away. -- hosea 4:3 +. +Yet let no man strive, nor reprove another: for thy people are as they that strive with the priest. -- hosea 4:4 +. +Therefore shalt thou fall in the day, and the prophet also shall fall with thee in the night, and I will destroy thy mother. -- hosea 4:5 +. +My people are destroyed for lack of knowledge: because thou hast rejected knowledge, I will also reject thee, that thou shalt be no priest to me: seeing thou hast forgotten the law of thy God, I will also forget thy children. -- hosea 4:6 +. +As they were increased, so they sinned against me: therefore will I change their glory into shame. -- hosea 4:7 +. +They eat up the sin of my people, and they set their heart on their iniquity. -- hosea 4:8 +. +And there shall be, like people, like priest: and I will punish them for their ways, and reward them their doings. -- hosea 4:9 +. +For they shall eat, and not have enough: they shall commit whoredom, and shall not increase: because they have left off to take heed to the LORD. -- hosea 4:10 +. +Whoredom and wine and new wine take away the heart. -- hosea 4:11 +. +My people ask counsel at their stocks, and their staff declareth unto them: for the spirit of whoredoms hath caused them to err, and they have gone a whoring from under their God. -- hosea 4:12 +. +They sacrifice upon the tops of the mountains, and burn incense upon the hills, under oaks and poplars and elms, because the shadow thereof is good: therefore your daughters shall commit whoredom, and your spouses shall commit adultery. -- hosea 4:13 +. +I will not punish your daughters when they commit whoredom, nor your spouses when they commit adultery: for themselves are separated with whores, and they sacrifice with harlots: therefore the people that doth not understand shall fall. -- hosea 4:14 +. +Though thou, Israel, play the harlot, yet let not Judah offend; and come not ye unto Gilgal, neither go ye up to Bethaven, nor swear, The LORD liveth. -- hosea 4:15 +. +For Israel slideth back as a backsliding heifer: now the LORD will feed them as a lamb in a large place. -- hosea 4:16 +. +Ephraim is joined to idols: let him alone. -- hosea 4:17 +. +Their drink is sour: they have committed whoredom continually: her rulers with shame do love, Give ye. -- hosea 4:18 +. +The wind hath bound her up in her wings, and they shall be ashamed because of their sacrifices. -- hosea 4:19 +. +Hear ye this, O priests; and hearken, ye house of Israel; and give ye ear, O house of the king; for judgment is toward you, because ye have been a snare on Mizpah, and a net spread upon Tabor. -- hosea 5:1 +. +And the revolters are profound to make slaughter, though I have been a rebuker of them all. -- hosea 5:2 +. +I know Ephraim, and Israel is not hid from me: for now, O Ephraim, thou committest whoredom, and Israel is defiled. -- hosea 5:3 +. +They will not frame their doings to turn unto their God: for the spirit of whoredoms is in the midst of them, and they have not known the LORD. -- hosea 5:4 +. +And the pride of Israel doth testify to his face: therefore shall Israel and Ephraim fall in their iniquity: Judah also shall fall with them. -- hosea 5:5 +. +They shall go with their flocks and with their herds to seek the LORD; but they shall not find him; he hath withdrawn himself from them. -- hosea 5:6 +. +They have dealt treacherously against the LORD: for they have begotten strange children: now shall a month devour them with their portions. -- hosea 5:7 +. +Blow ye the cornet in Gibeah, and the trumpet in Ramah: cry aloud at Bethaven, after thee, O Benjamin. -- hosea 5:8 +. +Ephraim shall be desolate in the day of rebuke: among the tribes of Israel have I made known that which shall surely be. -- hosea 5:9 +. +The princes of Judah were like them that remove the bound: therefore I will pour out my wrath upon them like water. -- hosea 5:10 +. +Ephraim is oppressed and broken in judgment, because he willingly walked after the commandment. -- hosea 5:11 +. +Therefore will I be unto Ephraim as a moth, and to the house of Judah as rottenness. -- hosea 5:12 +. +When Ephraim saw his sickness, and Judah saw his wound, then went Ephraim to the Assyrian, and sent to king Jareb: yet could he not heal you, nor cure you of your wound. -- hosea 5:13 +. +For I will be unto Ephraim as a lion, and as a young lion to the house of Judah: I, even I, will tear and go away; I will take away, and none shall rescue him. -- hosea 5:14 +. +I will go and return to my place, till they acknowledge their offence, and seek my face: in their affliction they will seek me early. -- hosea 5:15 +. +Come, and let us return unto the LORD: for he hath torn, and he will heal us; he hath smitten, and he will bind us up. -- hosea 6:1 +. +After two days will he revive us: in the third day he will raise us up, and we shall live in his sight. -- hosea 6:2 +. +Then shall we know, if we follow on to know the LORD: his going forth is prepared as the morning; and he shall come unto us as the rain, as the latter and former rain unto the earth. -- hosea 6:3 +. +O Ephraim, what shall I do unto thee? O Judah, what shall I do unto thee? for your goodness is as a morning cloud, and as the early dew it goeth away. -- hosea 6:4 +. +Therefore have I hewed them by the prophets; I have slain them by the words of my mouth: and thy judgments are as the light that goeth forth. -- hosea 6:5 +. +For I desired mercy, and not sacrifice; and the knowledge of God more than burnt offerings. -- hosea 6:6 +. +But they like men have transgressed the covenant: there have they dealt treacherously against me. -- hosea 6:7 +. +Gilead is a city of them that work iniquity, and is polluted with blood. -- hosea 6:8 +. +And as troops of robbers wait for a man, so the company of priests murder in the way by consent: for they commit lewdness. -- hosea 6:9 +. +I have seen an horrible thing in the house of Israel: there is the whoredom of Ephraim, Israel is defiled. -- hosea 6:10 +. +Also, O Judah, he hath set an harvest for thee, when I returned the captivity of my people. -- hosea 6:11 +. +When I would have healed Israel, then the iniquity of Ephraim was discovered, and the wickedness of Samaria: for they commit falsehood; and the thief cometh in, and the troop of robbers spoileth without. -- hosea 7:1 +. +And they consider not in their hearts that I remember all their wickedness: now their own doings have beset them about; they are before my face. -- hosea 7:2 +. +They make the king glad with their wickedness, and the princes with their lies. -- hosea 7:3 +. +They are all adulterers, as an oven heated by the baker, who ceaseth from raising after he hath kneaded the dough, until it be leavened. -- hosea 7:4 +. +In the day of our king the princes have made him sick with bottles of wine; he stretched out his hand with scorners. -- hosea 7:5 +. +For they have made ready their heart like an oven, whiles they lie in wait: their baker sleepeth all the night; in the morning it burneth as a flaming fire. -- hosea 7:6 +. +They are all hot as an oven, and have devoured their judges; all their kings are fallen: there is none among them that calleth unto me. -- hosea 7:7 +. +Ephraim, he hath mixed himself among the people; Ephraim is a cake not turned. -- hosea 7:8 +. +Strangers have devoured his strength, and he knoweth it not: yea, gray hairs are here and there upon him, yet he knoweth not. -- hosea 7:9 +. +And the pride of Israel testifieth to his face: and they do not return to the LORD their God, nor seek him for all this. -- hosea 7:10 +. +Ephraim also is like a silly dove without heart: they call to Egypt, they go to Assyria. -- hosea 7:11 +. +When they shall go, I will spread my net upon them; I will bring them down as the fowls of the heaven; I will chastise them, as their congregation hath heard. -- hosea 7:12 +. +Woe unto them! for they have fled from me: destruction unto them! because they have transgressed against me: though I have redeemed them, yet they have spoken lies against me. -- hosea 7:13 +. +And they have not cried unto me with their heart, when they howled upon their beds: they assemble themselves for corn and wine, and they rebel against me. -- hosea 7:14 +. +Though I have bound and strengthened their arms, yet do they imagine mischief against me. -- hosea 7:15 +. +They return, but not to the most High: they are like a deceitful bow: their princes shall fall by the sword for the rage of their tongue: this shall be their derision in the land of Egypt. -- hosea 7:16 +. +Set the trumpet to thy mouth. He shall come as an eagle against the house of the LORD, because they have transgressed my covenant, and trespassed against my law. -- hosea 8:1 +. +Israel shall cry unto me, My God, we know thee. -- hosea 8:2 +. +Israel hath cast off the thing that is good: the enemy shall pursue him. -- hosea 8:3 +. +They have set up kings, but not by me: they have made princes, and I knew it not: of their silver and their gold have they made them idols, that they may be cut off. -- hosea 8:4 +. +Thy calf, O Samaria, hath cast thee off; mine anger is kindled against them: how long will it be ere they attain to innocency? -- hosea 8:5 +. +For from Israel was it also: the workman made it; therefore it is not God: but the calf of Samaria shall be broken in pieces. -- hosea 8:6 +. +For they have sown the wind, and they shall reap the whirlwind: it hath no stalk; the bud shall yield no meal: if so be it yield, the strangers shall swallow it up. -- hosea 8:7 +. +Israel is swallowed up: now shall they be among the Gentiles as a vessel wherein is no pleasure. -- hosea 8:8 +. +For they are gone up to Assyria, a wild ass alone by himself: Ephraim hath hired lovers. -- hosea 8:9 +. +Yea, though they have hired among the nations, now will I gather them, and they shall sorrow a little for the burden of the king of princes. -- hosea 8:10 +. +Because Ephraim hath made many altars to sin, altars shall be unto him to sin. -- hosea 8:11 +. +I have written to him the great things of my law, but they were counted as a strange thing. -- hosea 8:12 +. +They sacrifice flesh for the sacrifices of mine offerings, and eat it; but the LORD accepteth them not; now will he remember their iniquity, and visit their sins: they shall return to Egypt. -- hosea 8:13 +. +For Israel hath forgotten his Maker, and buildeth temples; and Judah hath multiplied fenced cities: but I will send a fire upon his cities, and it shall devour the palaces thereof. -- hosea 8:14 +. +Rejoice not, O Israel, for joy, as other people: for thou hast gone a whoring from thy God, thou hast loved a reward upon every cornfloor. -- hosea 9:1 +. +The floor and the winepress shall not feed them, and the new wine shall fail in her. -- hosea 9:2 +. +They shall not dwell in the LORD's land; but Ephraim shall return to Egypt, and they shall eat unclean things in Assyria. -- hosea 9:3 +. +They shall not offer wine offerings to the LORD, neither shall they be pleasing unto him: their sacrifices shall be unto them as the bread of mourners; all that eat thereof shall be polluted: for their bread for their soul shall not come into the house of the LORD. -- hosea 9:4 +. +What will ye do in the solemn day, and in the day of the feast of the LORD? -- hosea 9:5 +. +For, lo, they are gone because of destruction: Egypt shall gather them up, Memphis shall bury them: the pleasant places for their silver, nettles shall possess them: thorns shall be in their tabernacles. -- hosea 9:6 +. +The days of visitation are come, the days of recompence are come; Israel shall know it: the prophet is a fool, the spiritual man is mad, for the multitude of thine iniquity, and the great hatred. -- hosea 9:7 +. +The watchman of Ephraim was with my God: but the prophet is a snare of a fowler in all his ways, and hatred in the house of his God. -- hosea 9:8 +. +They have deeply corrupted themselves, as in the days of Gibeah: therefore he will remember their iniquity, he will visit their sins. -- hosea 9:9 +. +I found Israel like grapes in the wilderness; I saw your fathers as the firstripe in the fig tree at her first time: but they went to Baalpeor, and separated themselves unto that shame; and their abominations were according as they loved. -- hosea 9:10 +. +As for Ephraim, their glory shall fly away like a bird, from the birth, and from the womb, and from the conception. -- hosea 9:11 +. +Though they bring up their children, yet will I bereave them, that there shall not be a man left: yea, woe also to them when I depart from them! -- hosea 9:12 +. +Ephraim, as I saw Tyrus, is planted in a pleasant place: but Ephraim shall bring forth his children to the murderer. -- hosea 9:13 +. +Give them, O LORD: what wilt thou give? give them a miscarrying womb and dry breasts. -- hosea 9:14 +. +All their wickedness is in Gilgal: for there I hated them: for the wickedness of their doings I will drive them out of mine house, I will love them no more: all their princes are revolters. -- hosea 9:15 +. +Ephraim is smitten, their root is dried up, they shall bear no fruit: yea, though they bring forth, yet will I slay even the beloved fruit of their womb. -- hosea 9:16 +. +My God will cast them away, because they did not hearken unto him: and they shall be wanderers among the nations. -- hosea 9:17 +. +Israel is an empty vine, he bringeth forth fruit unto himself: according to the multitude of his fruit he hath increased the altars; according to the goodness of his land they have made goodly images. -- hosea 10:1 +. +Their heart is divided; now shall they be found faulty: he shall break down their altars, he shall spoil their images. -- hosea 10:2 +. +For now they shall say, We have no king, because we feared not the LORD; what then should a king do to us? -- hosea 10:3 +. +They have spoken words, swearing falsely in making a covenant: thus judgment springeth up as hemlock in the furrows of the field. -- hosea 10:4 +. +The inhabitants of Samaria shall fear because of the calves of Bethaven: for the people thereof shall mourn over it, and the priests thereof that rejoiced on it, for the glory thereof, because it is departed from it. -- hosea 10:5 +. +It shall be also carried unto Assyria for a present to king Jareb: Ephraim shall receive shame, and Israel shall be ashamed of his own counsel. -- hosea 10:6 +. +As for Samaria, her king is cut off as the foam upon the water. -- hosea 10:7 +. +The high places also of Aven, the sin of Israel, shall be destroyed: the thorn and the thistle shall come up on their altars; and they shall say to the mountains, Cover us; and to the hills, Fall on us. -- hosea 10:8 +. +O Israel, thou hast sinned from the days of Gibeah: there they stood: the battle in Gibeah against the children of iniquity did not overtake them. -- hosea 10:9 +. +It is in my desire that I should chastise them; and the people shall be gathered against them, when they shall bind themselves in their two furrows. -- hosea 10:10 +. +And Ephraim is as an heifer that is taught, and loveth to tread out the corn; but I passed over upon her fair neck: I will make Ephraim to ride; Judah shall plow, and Jacob shall break his clods. -- hosea 10:11 +. +Sow to yourselves in righteousness, reap in mercy; break up your fallow ground: for it is time to seek the LORD, till he come and rain righteousness upon you. -- hosea 10:12 +. +Ye have plowed wickedness, ye have reaped iniquity; ye have eaten the fruit of lies: because thou didst trust in thy way, in the multitude of thy mighty men. -- hosea 10:13 +. +Therefore shall a tumult arise among thy people, and all thy fortresses shall be spoiled, as Shalman spoiled Betharbel in the day of battle: the mother was dashed in pieces upon her children. -- hosea 10:14 +. +So shall Bethel do unto you because of your great wickedness: in a morning shall the king of Israel utterly be cut off. -- hosea 10:15 +. +When Israel was a child, then I loved him, and called my son out of Egypt. -- hosea 11:1 +. +As they called them, so they went from them: they sacrificed unto Baalim, and burned incense to graven images. -- hosea 11:2 +. +I taught Ephraim also to go, taking them by their arms; but they knew not that I healed them. -- hosea 11:3 +. +I drew them with cords of a man, with bands of love: and I was to them as they that take off the yoke on their jaws, and I laid meat unto them. -- hosea 11:4 +. +He shall not return into the land of Egypt, and the Assyrian shall be his king, because they refused to return. -- hosea 11:5 +. +And the sword shall abide on his cities, and shall consume his branches, and devour them, because of their own counsels. -- hosea 11:6 +. +And my people are bent to backsliding from me: though they called them to the most High, none at all would exalt him. -- hosea 11:7 +. +How shall I give thee up, Ephraim? how shall I deliver thee, Israel? how shall I make thee as Admah? how shall I set thee as Zeboim? mine heart is turned within me, my repentings are kindled together. -- hosea 11:8 +. +I will not execute the fierceness of mine anger, I will not return to destroy Ephraim: for I am God, and not man; the Holy One in the midst of thee: and I will not enter into the city. -- hosea 11:9 +. +They shall walk after the LORD: he shall roar like a lion: when he shall roar, then the children shall tremble from the west. -- hosea 11:10 +. +They shall tremble as a bird out of Egypt, and as a dove out of the land of Assyria: and I will place them in their houses, saith the LORD. -- hosea 11:11 +. +Ephraim compasseth me about with lies, and the house of Israel with deceit: but Judah yet ruleth with God, and is faithful with the saints. -- hosea 11:12 +. +Ephraim feedeth on wind, and followeth after the east wind: he daily increaseth lies and desolation; and they do make a covenant with the Assyrians, and oil is carried into Egypt. -- hosea 12:1 +. +The LORD hath also a controversy with Judah, and will punish Jacob according to his ways; according to his doings will he recompense him. -- hosea 12:2 +. +He took his brother by the heel in the womb, and by his strength he had power with God: -- hosea 12:3 +. +Yea, he had power over the angel, and prevailed: he wept, and made supplication unto him: he found him in Bethel, and there he spake with us; -- hosea 12:4 +. +Even the LORD God of hosts; the LORD is his memorial. -- hosea 12:5 +. +Therefore turn thou to thy God: keep mercy and judgment and wait on thy God continually. -- hosea 12:6 +. +He is a merchant, the balances of deceit are in his hand: he loveth to oppress. -- hosea 12:7 +. +And Ephraim said, Yet I am become rich, I have found me out substance: in all my labours they shall find none iniquity in me that were sin. -- hosea 12:8 +. +And I that am the LORD thy God from the land of Egypt will yet make thee to dwell in tabernacles, as in the days of the solemn feast. -- hosea 12:9 +. +I have also spoken by the prophets, and I have multiplied visions, and used similitudes, by the ministry of the prophets. -- hosea 12:10 +. +Is there iniquity in Gilead? surely they are vanity: they sacrifice bullocks in Gilgal; yea, their altars are as heaps in the furrows of the fields. -- hosea 12:11 +. +And Jacob fled into the country of Syria, and Israel served for a wife, and for a wife he kept sheep. -- hosea 12:12 +. +And by a prophet the LORD brought Israel out of Egypt, and by a prophet was he preserved. -- hosea 12:13 +. +Ephraim provoked him to anger most bitterly: therefore shall he leave his blood upon him, and his reproach shall his LORD return unto him. -- hosea 12:14 +. +When Ephraim spake trembling, he exalted himself in Israel; but when he offended in Baal, he died. -- hosea 13:1 +. +And now they sin more and more, and have made them molten images of their silver, and idols according to their own understanding, all of it the work of the craftsmen: they say of them, Let the men that sacrifice kiss the calves. -- hosea 13:2 +. +Therefore they shall be as the morning cloud and as the early dew that passeth away, as the chaff that is driven with the whirlwind out of the floor, and as the smoke out of the chimney. -- hosea 13:3 +. +Yet I am the LORD thy God from the land of Egypt, and thou shalt know no god but me: for there is no saviour beside me. -- hosea 13:4 +. +I did know thee in the wilderness, in the land of great drought. -- hosea 13:5 +. +According to their pasture, so were they filled; they were filled, and their heart was exalted; therefore have they forgotten me. -- hosea 13:6 +. +Therefore I will be unto them as a lion: as a leopard by the way will I observe them: -- hosea 13:7 +. +I will meet them as a bear that is bereaved of her whelps, and will rend the caul of their heart, and there will I devour them like a lion: the wild beast shall tear them. -- hosea 13:8 +. +O Israel, thou hast destroyed thyself; but in me is thine help. -- hosea 13:9 +. +I will be thy king: where is any other that may save thee in all thy cities? and thy judges of whom thou saidst, Give me a king and princes? -- hosea 13:10 +. +I gave thee a king in mine anger, and took him away in my wrath. -- hosea 13:11 +. +The iniquity of Ephraim is bound up; his sin is hid. -- hosea 13:12 +. +The sorrows of a travailing woman shall come upon him: he is an unwise son; for he should not stay long in the place of the breaking forth of children. -- hosea 13:13 +. +I will ransom them from the power of the grave; I will redeem them from death: O death, I will be thy plagues; O grave, I will be thy destruction: repentance shall be hid from mine eyes. -- hosea 13:14 +. +Though he be fruitful among his brethren, an east wind shall come, the wind of the LORD shall come up from the wilderness, and his spring shall become dry, and his fountain shall be dried up: he shall spoil the treasure of all pleasant vessels. -- hosea 13:15 +. +Samaria shall become desolate; for she hath rebelled against her God: they shall fall by the sword: their infants shall be dashed in pieces, and their women with child shall be ripped up. -- hosea 13:16 +. +O israel, return unto the LORD thy God; for thou hast fallen by thine iniquity. -- hosea 14:1 +. +Take with you words, and turn to the LORD: say unto him, Take away all iniquity, and receive us graciously: so will we render the calves of our lips. -- hosea 14:2 +. +Asshur shall not save us; we will not ride upon horses: neither will we say any more to the work of our hands, Ye are our gods: for in thee the fatherless findeth mercy. -- hosea 14:3 +. +I will heal their backsliding, I will love them freely: for mine anger is turned away from him. -- hosea 14:4 +. +I will be as the dew unto Israel: he shall grow as the lily, and cast forth his roots as Lebanon. -- hosea 14:5 +. +His branches shall spread, and his beauty shall be as the olive tree, and his smell as Lebanon. -- hosea 14:6 +. +They that dwell under his shadow shall return; they shall revive as the corn, and grow as the vine: the scent thereof shall be as the wine of Lebanon. -- hosea 14:7 +. +Ephraim shall say, What have I to do any more with idols? I have heard him, and observed him: I am like a green fir tree. From me is thy fruit found. -- hosea 14:8 +. +Who is wise, and he shall understand these things? prudent, and he shall know them? for the ways of the LORD are right, and the just shall walk in them: but the transgressors shall fall therein. -- hosea 14:9 +. +The word of the LORD that came to Joel the son of Pethuel. -- joel 1:1 +. +Hear this, ye old men, and give ear, all ye inhabitants of the land. Hath this been in your days, or even in the days of your fathers? -- joel 1:2 +. +Tell ye your children of it, and let your children tell their children, and their children another generation. -- joel 1:3 +. +That which the palmerworm hath left hath the locust eaten; and that which the locust hath left hath the cankerworm eaten; and that which the cankerworm hath left hath the caterpiller eaten. -- joel 1:4 +. +Awake, ye drunkards, and weep; and howl, all ye drinkers of wine, because of the new wine; for it is cut off from your mouth. -- joel 1:5 +. +For a nation is come up upon my land, strong, and without number, whose teeth are the teeth of a lion, and he hath the cheek teeth of a great lion. -- joel 1:6 +. +He hath laid my vine waste, and barked my fig tree: he hath made it clean bare, and cast it away; the branches thereof are made white. -- joel 1:7 +. +Lament like a virgin girded with sackcloth for the husband of her youth. -- joel 1:8 +. +The meat offering and the drink offering is cut off from the house of the LORD; the priests, the LORD's ministers, mourn. -- joel 1:9 +. +The field is wasted, the land mourneth; for the corn is wasted: the new wine is dried up, the oil languisheth. -- joel 1:10 +. +Be ye ashamed, O ye husbandmen; howl, O ye vinedressers, for the wheat and for the barley; because the harvest of the field is perished. -- joel 1:11 +. +The vine is dried up, and the fig tree languisheth; the pomegranate tree, the palm tree also, and the apple tree, even all the trees of the field, are withered: because joy is withered away from the sons of men. -- joel 1:12 +. +Gird yourselves, and lament, ye priests: howl, ye ministers of the altar: come, lie all night in sackcloth, ye ministers of my God: for the meat offering and the drink offering is withholden from the house of your God. -- joel 1:13 +. +Sanctify ye a fast, call a solemn assembly, gather the elders and all the inhabitants of the land into the house of the LORD your God, and cry unto the LORD, -- joel 1:14 +. +Alas for the day! for the day of the LORD is at hand, and as a destruction from the Almighty shall it come. -- joel 1:15 +. +Is not the meat cut off before our eyes, yea, joy and gladness from the house of our God? -- joel 1:16 +. +The seed is rotten under their clods, the garners are laid desolate, the barns are broken down; for the corn is withered. -- joel 1:17 +. +How do the beasts groan! the herds of cattle are perplexed, because they have no pasture; yea, the flocks of sheep are made desolate. -- joel 1:18 +. +O LORD, to thee will I cry: for the fire hath devoured the pastures of the wilderness, and the flame hath burned all the trees of the field. -- joel 1:19 +. +The beasts of the field cry also unto thee: for the rivers of waters are dried up, and the fire hath devoured the pastures of the wilderness. -- joel 1:20 +. +Blow ye the trumpet in Zion, and sound an alarm in my holy mountain: let all the inhabitants of the land tremble: for the day of the LORD cometh, for it is nigh at hand; -- joel 2:1 +. +A day of darkness and of gloominess, a day of clouds and of thick darkness, as the morning spread upon the mountains: a great people and a strong; there hath not been ever the like, neither shall be any more after it, even to the years of many generations. -- joel 2:2 +. +A fire devoureth before them; and behind them a flame burneth: the land is as the garden of Eden before them, and behind them a desolate wilderness; yea, and nothing shall escape them. -- joel 2:3 +. +The appearance of them is as the appearance of horses; and as horsemen, so shall they run. -- joel 2:4 +. +Like the noise of chariots on the tops of mountains shall they leap, like the noise of a flame of fire that devoureth the stubble, as a strong people set in battle array. -- joel 2:5 +. +Before their face the people shall be much pained: all faces shall gather blackness. -- joel 2:6 +. +They shall run like mighty men; they shall climb the wall like men of war; and they shall march every one on his ways, and they shall not break their ranks: -- joel 2:7 +. +Neither shall one thrust another; they shall walk every one in his path: and when they fall upon the sword, they shall not be wounded. -- joel 2:8 +. +They shall run to and fro in the city; they shall run upon the wall, they shall climb up upon the houses; they shall enter in at the windows like a thief. -- joel 2:9 +. +The earth shall quake before them; the heavens shall tremble: the sun and the moon shall be dark, and the stars shall withdraw their shining: -- joel 2:10 +. +And the LORD shall utter his voice before his army: for his camp is very great: for he is strong that executeth his word: for the day of the LORD is great and very terrible; and who can abide it? -- joel 2:11 +. +Therefore also now, saith the LORD, turn ye even to me with all your heart, and with fasting, and with weeping, and with mourning: -- joel 2:12 +. +And rend your heart, and not your garments, and turn unto the LORD your God: for he is gracious and merciful, slow to anger, and of great kindness, and repenteth him of the evil. -- joel 2:13 +. +Who knoweth if he will return and repent, and leave a blessing behind him; even a meat offering and a drink offering unto the LORD your God? -- joel 2:14 +. +Blow the trumpet in Zion, sanctify a fast, call a solemn assembly: -- joel 2:15 +. +Gather the people, sanctify the congregation, assemble the elders, gather the children, and those that suck the breasts: let the bridegroom go forth of his chamber, and the bride out of her closet. -- joel 2:16 +. +Let the priests, the ministers of the LORD, weep between the porch and the altar, and let them say, Spare thy people, O LORD, and give not thine heritage to reproach, that the heathen should rule over them: wherefore should they say among the people, Where is their God? -- joel 2:17 +. +Then will the LORD be jealous for his land, and pity his people. -- joel 2:18 +. +Yea, the LORD will answer and say unto his people, Behold, I will send you corn, and wine, and oil, and ye shall be satisfied therewith: and I will no more make you a reproach among the heathen: -- joel 2:19 +. +But I will remove far off from you the northern army, and will drive him into a land barren and desolate, with his face toward the east sea, and his hinder part toward the utmost sea, and his stink shall come up, and his ill savour shall come up, because he hath done great things. -- joel 2:20 +. +Fear not, O land; be glad and rejoice: for the LORD will do great things. -- joel 2:21 +. +Be not afraid, ye beasts of the field: for the pastures of the wilderness do spring, for the tree beareth her fruit, the fig tree and the vine do yield their strength. -- joel 2:22 +. +Be glad then, ye children of Zion, and rejoice in the LORD your God: for he hath given you the former rain moderately, and he will cause to come down for you the rain, the former rain, and the latter rain in the first month. -- joel 2:23 +. +And the floors shall be full of wheat, and the vats shall overflow with wine and oil. -- joel 2:24 +. +And I will restore to you the years that the locust hath eaten, the cankerworm, and the caterpiller, and the palmerworm, my great army which I sent among you. -- joel 2:25 +. +And ye shall eat in plenty, and be satisfied, and praise the name of the LORD your God, that hath dealt wondrously with you: and my people shall never be ashamed. -- joel 2:26 +. +And ye shall know that I am in the midst of Israel, and that I am the LORD your God, and none else: and my people shall never be ashamed. -- joel 2:27 +. +And it shall come to pass afterward, that I will pour out my spirit upon all flesh; and your sons and your daughters shall prophesy, your old men shall dream dreams, your young men shall see visions: -- joel 2:28 +. +And also upon the servants and upon the handmaids in those days will I pour out my spirit. -- joel 2:29 +. +And I will shew wonders in the heavens and in the earth, blood, and fire, and pillars of smoke. -- joel 2:30 +. +The sun shall be turned into darkness, and the moon into blood, before the great and terrible day of the LORD come. -- joel 2:31 +. +And it shall come to pass, that whosoever shall call on the name of the LORD shall be delivered: for in mount Zion and in Jerusalem shall be deliverance, as the LORD hath said, and in the remnant whom the LORD shall call. -- joel 2:32 +. +For, behold, in those days, and in that time, when I shall bring again the captivity of Judah and Jerusalem, -- joel 3:1 +. +I will also gather all nations, and will bring them down into the valley of Jehoshaphat, and will plead with them there for my people and for my heritage Israel, whom they have scattered among the nations, and parted my land. -- joel 3:2 +. +And they have cast lots for my people; and have given a boy for an harlot, and sold a girl for wine, that they might drink. -- joel 3:3 +. +Yea, and what have ye to do with me, O Tyre, and Zidon, and all the coasts of Palestine? will ye render me a recompence? and if ye recompense me, swiftly and speedily will I return your recompence upon your own head; -- joel 3:4 +. +Because ye have taken my silver and my gold, and have carried into your temples my goodly pleasant things: -- joel 3:5 +. +The children also of Judah and the children of Jerusalem have ye sold unto the Grecians, that ye might remove them far from their border. -- joel 3:6 +. +Behold, I will raise them out of the place whither ye have sold them, and will return your recompence upon your own head: -- joel 3:7 +. +And I will sell your sons and your daughters into the hand of the children of Judah, and they shall sell them to the Sabeans, to a people far off: for the LORD hath spoken it. -- joel 3:8 +. +Proclaim ye this among the Gentiles; Prepare war, wake up the mighty men, let all the men of war draw near; let them come up: -- joel 3:9 +. +Beat your plowshares into swords and your pruninghooks into spears: let the weak say, I am strong. -- joel 3:10 +. +Assemble yourselves, and come, all ye heathen, and gather yourselves together round about: thither cause thy mighty ones to come down, O LORD. -- joel 3:11 +. +Let the heathen be wakened, and come up to the valley of Jehoshaphat: for there will I sit to judge all the heathen round about. -- joel 3:12 +. +Put ye in the sickle, for the harvest is ripe: come, get you down; for the press is full, the fats overflow; for their wickedness is great. -- joel 3:13 +. +Multitudes, multitudes in the valley of decision: for the day of the LORD is near in the valley of decision. -- joel 3:14 +. +The sun and the moon shall be darkened, and the stars shall withdraw their shining. -- joel 3:15 +. +The LORD also shall roar out of Zion, and utter his voice from Jerusalem; and the heavens and the earth shall shake: but the LORD will be the hope of his people, and the strength of the children of Israel. -- joel 3:16 +. +So shall ye know that I am the LORD your God dwelling in Zion, my holy mountain: then shall Jerusalem be holy, and there shall no strangers pass through her any more. -- joel 3:17 +. +And it shall come to pass in that day, that the mountains shall drop down new wine, and the hills shall flow with milk, and all the rivers of Judah shall flow with waters, and a fountain shall come forth out of the house of the LORD, and shall water the valley of Shittim. -- joel 3:18 +. +Egypt shall be a desolation, and Edom shall be a desolate wilderness, for the violence against the children of Judah, because they have shed innocent blood in their land. -- joel 3:19 +. +But Judah shall dwell for ever, and Jerusalem from generation to generation. -- joel 3:20 +. +For I will cleanse their blood that I have not cleansed: for the LORD dwelleth in Zion. -- joel 3:21 +. +The words of Amos, who was among the herdmen of Tekoa, which he saw concerning Israel in the days of Uzziah king of Judah, and in the days of Jeroboam the son of Joash king of Israel, two years before the earthquake. -- amos 1:1 +. +And he said, The LORD will roar from Zion, and utter his voice from Jerusalem; and the habitations of the shepherds shall mourn, and the top of Carmel shall wither. -- amos 1:2 +. +Thus saith the LORD; For three transgressions of Damascus, and for four, I will not turn away the punishment thereof; because they have threshed Gilead with threshing instruments of iron: -- amos 1:3 +. +But I will send a fire into the house of Hazael, which shall devour the palaces of Benhadad. -- amos 1:4 +. +I will break also the bar of Damascus, and cut off the inhabitant from the plain of Aven, and him that holdeth the sceptre from the house of Eden: and the people of Syria shall go into captivity unto Kir, saith the LORD. -- amos 1:5 +. +Thus saith the LORD; For three transgressions of Gaza, and for four, I will not turn away the punishment thereof; because they carried away captive the whole captivity, to deliver them up to Edom: -- amos 1:6 +. +But I will send a fire on the wall of Gaza, which shall devour the palaces thereof: -- amos 1:7 +. +And I will cut off the inhabitant from Ashdod, and him that holdeth the sceptre from Ashkelon, and I will turn mine hand against Ekron: and the remnant of the Philistines shall perish, saith the Lord GOD. -- amos 1:8 +. +Thus saith the LORD; For three transgressions of Tyrus, and for four, I will not turn away the punishment thereof; because they delivered up the whole captivity to Edom, and remembered not the brotherly covenant: -- amos 1:9 +. +But I will send a fire on the wall of Tyrus, which shall devour the palaces thereof. -- amos 1:10 +. +Thus saith the LORD; For three transgressions of Edom, and for four, I will not turn away the punishment thereof; because he did pursue his brother with the sword, and did cast off all pity, and his anger did tear perpetually, and he kept his wrath for ever: -- amos 1:11 +. +But I will send a fire upon Teman, which shall devour the palaces of Bozrah. -- amos 1:12 +. +Thus saith the LORD; For three transgressions of the children of Ammon, and for four, I will not turn away the punishment thereof; because they have ripped up the women with child of Gilead, that they might enlarge their border: -- amos 1:13 +. +But I will kindle a fire in the wall of Rabbah, and it shall devour the palaces thereof, with shouting in the day of battle, with a tempest in the day of the whirlwind: -- amos 1:14 +. +And their king shall go into captivity, he and his princes together, saith the LORD. -- amos 1:15 +. +Thus saith the LORD; For three transgressions of Moab, and for four, I will not turn away the punishment thereof; because he burned the bones of the king of Edom into lime: -- amos 2:1 +. +But I will send a fire upon Moab, and it shall devour the palaces of Kirioth: and Moab shall die with tumult, with shouting, and with the sound of the trumpet: -- amos 2:2 +. +And I will cut off the judge from the midst thereof, and will slay all the princes thereof with him, saith the LORD. -- amos 2:3 +. +Thus saith the LORD; For three transgressions of Judah, and for four, I will not turn away the punishment thereof; because they have despised the law of the LORD, and have not kept his commandments, and their lies caused them to err, after the which their fathers have walked: -- amos 2:4 +. +But I will send a fire upon Judah, and it shall devour the palaces of Jerusalem. -- amos 2:5 +. +Thus saith the LORD; For three transgressions of Israel, and for four, I will not turn away the punishment thereof; because they sold the righteous for silver, and the poor for a pair of shoes; -- amos 2:6 +. +That pant after the dust of the earth on the head of the poor, and turn aside the way of the meek: and a man and his father will go in unto the same maid, to profane my holy name: -- amos 2:7 +. +And they lay themselves down upon clothes laid to pledge by every altar, and they drink the wine of the condemned in the house of their god. -- amos 2:8 +. +Yet destroyed I the Amorite before them, whose height was like the height of the cedars, and he was strong as the oaks; yet I destroyed his fruit from above, and his roots from beneath. -- amos 2:9 +. +Also I brought you up from the land of Egypt, and led you forty years through the wilderness, to possess the land of the Amorite. -- amos 2:10 +. +And I raised up of your sons for prophets, and of your young men for Nazarites. Is it not even thus, O ye children of Israel? saith the LORD. -- amos 2:11 +. +But ye gave the Nazarites wine to drink; and commanded the prophets, saying, Prophesy not. -- amos 2:12 +. +Behold, I am pressed under you, as a cart is pressed that is full of sheaves. -- amos 2:13 +. +Therefore the flight shall perish from the swift, and the strong shall not strengthen his force, neither shall the mighty deliver himself: -- amos 2:14 +. +Neither shall he stand that handleth the bow; and he that is swift of foot shall not deliver himself: neither shall he that rideth the horse deliver himself. -- amos 2:15 +. +And he that is courageous among the mighty shall flee away naked in that day, saith the LORD. -- amos 2:16 +. +Hear this word that the LORD hath spoken against you, O children of Israel, against the whole family which I brought up from the land of Egypt, saying, -- amos 3:1 +. +You only have I known of all the families of the earth: therefore I will punish you for all your iniquities. -- amos 3:2 +. +Can two walk together, except they be agreed? -- amos 3:3 +. +Will a lion roar in the forest, when he hath no prey? will a young lion cry out of his den, if he have taken nothing? -- amos 3:4 +. +Can a bird fall in a snare upon the earth, where no gin is for him? shall one take up a snare from the earth, and have taken nothing at all? -- amos 3:5 +. +Shall a trumpet be blown in the city, and the people not be afraid? shall there be evil in a city, and the LORD hath not done it? -- amos 3:6 +. +Surely the Lord GOD will do nothing, but he revealeth his secret unto his servants the prophets. -- amos 3:7 +. +The lion hath roared, who will not fear? the Lord GOD hath spoken, who can but prophesy? -- amos 3:8 +. +Publish in the palaces at Ashdod, and in the palaces in the land of Egypt, and say, Assemble yourselves upon the mountains of Samaria, and behold the great tumults in the midst thereof, and the oppressed in the midst thereof. -- amos 3:9 +. +For they know not to do right, saith the LORD, who store up violence and robbery in their palaces. -- amos 3:10 +. +Therefore thus saith the Lord GOD; An adversary there shall be even round about the land; and he shall bring down thy strength from thee, and thy palaces shall be spoiled. -- amos 3:11 +. +Thus saith the LORD; As the shepherd taketh out of the mouth of the lion two legs, or a piece of an ear; so shall the children of Israel be taken out that dwell in Samaria in the corner of a bed, and in Damascus in a couch. -- amos 3:12 +. +Hear ye, and testify in the house of Jacob, saith the Lord GOD, the God of hosts, -- amos 3:13 +. +That in the day that I shall visit the transgressions of Israel upon him I will also visit the altars of Bethel: and the horns of the altar shall be cut off, and fall to the ground. -- amos 3:14 +. +And I will smite the winter house with the summer house; and the houses of ivory shall perish, and the great houses shall have an end, saith the LORD. -- amos 3:15 +. +Hear this word, ye kine of Bashan, that are in the mountain of Samaria, which oppress the poor, which crush the needy, which say to their masters, Bring, and let us drink. -- amos 4:1 +. +The Lord GOD hath sworn by his holiness, that, lo, the days shall come upon you, that he will take you away with hooks, and your posterity with fishhooks. -- amos 4:2 +. +And ye shall go out at the breaches, every cow at that which is before her; and ye shall cast them into the palace, saith the LORD. -- amos 4:3 +. +Come to Bethel, and transgress; at Gilgal multiply transgression; and bring your sacrifices every morning, and your tithes after three years: -- amos 4:4 +. +And offer a sacrifice of thanksgiving with leaven, and proclaim and publish the free offerings: for this liketh you, O ye children of Israel, saith the Lord GOD. -- amos 4:5 +. +And I also have given you cleanness of teeth in all your cities, and want of bread in all your places: yet have ye not returned unto me, saith the LORD. -- amos 4:6 +. +And also I have withholden the rain from you, when there were yet three months to the harvest: and I caused it to rain upon one city, and caused it not to rain upon another city: one piece was rained upon, and the piece whereupon it rained not withered. -- amos 4:7 +. +So two or three cities wandered unto one city, to drink water; but they were not satisfied: yet have ye not returned unto me, saith the LORD. -- amos 4:8 +. +I have smitten you with blasting and mildew: when your gardens and your vineyards and your fig trees and your olive trees increased, the palmerworm devoured them: yet have ye not returned unto me, saith the LORD. -- amos 4:9 +. +I have sent among you the pestilence after the manner of Egypt: your young men have I slain with the sword, and have taken away your horses; and I have made the stink of your camps to come up unto your nostrils: yet have ye not returned unto me, saith the LORD. -- amos 4:10 +. +I have overthrown some of you, as God overthrew Sodom and Gomorrah, and ye were as a firebrand plucked out of the burning: yet have ye not returned unto me, saith the LORD. -- amos 4:11 +. +Therefore thus will I do unto thee, O Israel: and because I will do this unto thee, prepare to meet thy God, O Israel. -- amos 4:12 +. +For, lo, he that formeth the mountains, and createth the wind, and declareth unto man what is his thought, that maketh the morning darkness, and treadeth upon the high places of the earth, The LORD, The God of hosts, is his name. -- amos 4:13 +. +Hear ye this word which I take up against you, even a lamentation, O house of Israel. -- amos 5:1 +. +The virgin of Israel is fallen; she shall no more rise: she is forsaken upon her land; there is none to raise her up. -- amos 5:2 +. +For thus saith the Lord GOD; The city that went out by a thousand shall leave an hundred, and that which went forth by an hundred shall leave ten, to the house of Israel. -- amos 5:3 +. +For thus saith the LORD unto the house of Israel, Seek ye me, and ye shall live: -- amos 5:4 +. +But seek not Bethel, nor enter into Gilgal, and pass not to Beersheba: for Gilgal shall surely go into captivity, and Bethel shall come to nought. -- amos 5:5 +. +Seek the LORD, and ye shall live; lest he break out like fire in the house of Joseph, and devour it, and there be none to quench it in Bethel. -- amos 5:6 +. +Ye who turn judgment to wormwood, and leave off righteousness in the earth, -- amos 5:7 +. +Seek him that maketh the seven stars and Orion, and turneth the shadow of death into the morning, and maketh the day dark with night: that calleth for the waters of the sea, and poureth them out upon the face of the earth: The LORD is his name: -- amos 5:8 +. +That strengtheneth the spoiled against the strong, so that the spoiled shall come against the fortress. -- amos 5:9 +. +They hate him that rebuketh in the gate, and they abhor him that speaketh uprightly. -- amos 5:10 +. +Forasmuch therefore as your treading is upon the poor, and ye take from him burdens of wheat: ye have built houses of hewn stone, but ye shall not dwell in them; ye have planted pleasant vineyards, but ye shall not drink wine of them. -- amos 5:11 +. +For I know your manifold transgressions and your mighty sins: they afflict the just, they take a bribe, and they turn aside the poor in the gate from their right. -- amos 5:12 +. +Therefore the prudent shall keep silence in that time; for it is an evil time. -- amos 5:13 +. +Seek good, and not evil, that ye may live: and so the LORD, the God of hosts, shall be with you, as ye have spoken. -- amos 5:14 +. +Hate the evil, and love the good, and establish judgment in the gate: it may be that the LORD God of hosts will be gracious unto the remnant of Joseph. -- amos 5:15 +. +Therefore the LORD, the God of hosts, the LORD, saith thus; Wailing shall be in all streets; and they shall say in all the highways, Alas! alas! and they shall call the husbandman to mourning, and such as are skilful of lamentation to wailing. -- amos 5:16 +. +And in all vineyards shall be wailing: for I will pass through thee, saith the LORD. -- amos 5:17 +. +Woe unto you that desire the day of the LORD! to what end is it for you? the day of the LORD is darkness, and not light. -- amos 5:18 +. +As if a man did flee from a lion, and a bear met him; or went into the house, and leaned his hand on the wall, and a serpent bit him. -- amos 5:19 +. +Shall not the day of the LORD be darkness, and not light? even very dark, and no brightness in it? -- amos 5:20 +. +I hate, I despise your feast days, and I will not smell in your solemn assemblies. -- amos 5:21 +. +Though ye offer me burnt offerings and your meat offerings, I will not accept them: neither will I regard the peace offerings of your fat beasts. -- amos 5:22 +. +Take thou away from me the noise of thy songs; for I will not hear the melody of thy viols. -- amos 5:23 +. +But let judgment run down as waters, and righteousness as a mighty stream. -- amos 5:24 +. +Have ye offered unto me sacrifices and offerings in the wilderness forty years, O house of Israel? -- amos 5:25 +. +But ye have borne the tabernacle of your Moloch and Chiun your images, the star of your god, which ye made to yourselves. -- amos 5:26 +. +Therefore will I cause you to go into captivity beyond Damascus, saith the LORD, whose name is The God of hosts. -- amos 5:27 +. +Woe to them that are at ease in Zion, and trust in the mountain of Samaria, which are named chief of the nations, to whom the house of Israel came! -- amos 6:1 +. +Pass ye unto Calneh, and see; and from thence go ye to Hamath the great: then go down to Gath of the Philistines: be they better than these kingdoms? or their border greater than your border? -- amos 6:2 +. +Ye that put far away the evil day, and cause the seat of violence to come near; -- amos 6:3 +. +That lie upon beds of ivory, and stretch themselves upon their couches, and eat the lambs out of the flock, and the calves out of the midst of the stall; -- amos 6:4 +. +That chant to the sound of the viol, and invent to themselves instruments of musick, like David; -- amos 6:5 +. +That drink wine in bowls, and anoint themselves with the chief ointments: but they are not grieved for the affliction of Joseph. -- amos 6:6 +. +Therefore now shall they go captive with the first that go captive, and the banquet of them that stretched themselves shall be removed. -- amos 6:7 +. +The Lord GOD hath sworn by himself, saith the LORD the God of hosts, I abhor the excellency of Jacob, and hate his palaces: therefore will I deliver up the city with all that is therein. -- amos 6:8 +. +And it shall come to pass, if there remain ten men in one house, that they shall die. -- amos 6:9 +. +And a man's uncle shall take him up, and he that burneth him, to bring out the bones out of the house, and shall say unto him that is by the sides of the house, Is there yet any with thee? and he shall say, No. Then shall he say, Hold thy tongue: for we may not make mention of the name of the LORD. -- amos 6:10 +. +For, behold, the LORD commandeth, and he will smite the great house with breaches, and the little house with clefts. -- amos 6:11 +. +Shall horses run upon the rock? will one plow there with oxen? for ye have turned judgment into gall, and the fruit of righteousness into hemlock: -- amos 6:12 +. +Ye which rejoice in a thing of nought, which say, Have we not taken to us horns by our own strength? -- amos 6:13 +. +But, behold, I will raise up against you a nation, O house of Israel, saith the LORD the God of hosts; and they shall afflict you from the entering in of Hemath unto the river of the wilderness. -- amos 6:14 +. +Thus hath the Lord GOD shewed unto me; and, behold, he formed grasshoppers in the beginning of the shooting up of the latter growth; and, lo, it was the latter growth after the king's mowings. -- amos 7:1 +. +And it came to pass, that when they had made an end of eating the grass of the land, then I said, O Lord GOD, forgive, I beseech thee: by whom shall Jacob arise? for he is small. -- amos 7:2 +. +The LORD repented for this: It shall not be, saith the LORD. -- amos 7:3 +. +Thus hath the Lord GOD shewed unto me: and, behold, the Lord GOD called to contend by fire, and it devoured the great deep, and did eat up a part. -- amos 7:4 +. +Then said I, O Lord GOD, cease, I beseech thee: by whom shall Jacob arise? for he is small. -- amos 7:5 +. +The LORD repented for this: This also shall not be, saith the Lord GOD. -- amos 7:6 +. +Thus he shewed me: and, behold, the LORD stood upon a wall made by a plumbline, with a plumbline in his hand. -- amos 7:7 +. +And the LORD said unto me, Amos, what seest thou? And I said, A plumbline. Then said the LORD, Behold, I will set a plumbline in the midst of my people Israel: I will not again pass by them any more: -- amos 7:8 +. +And the high places of Isaac shall be desolate, and the sanctuaries of Israel shall be laid waste; and I will rise against the house of Jeroboam with the sword. -- amos 7:9 +. +Then Amaziah the priest of Bethel sent to Jeroboam king of Israel, saying, Amos hath conspired against thee in the midst of the house of Israel: the land is not able to bear all his words. -- amos 7:10 +. +For thus Amos saith, Jeroboam shall die by the sword, and Israel shall surely be led away captive out of their own land. -- amos 7:11 +. +Also Amaziah said unto Amos, O thou seer, go, flee thee away into the land of Judah, and there eat bread, and prophesy there: -- amos 7:12 +. +But prophesy not again any more at Bethel: for it is the king's chapel, and it is the king's court. -- amos 7:13 +. +Then answered Amos, and said to Amaziah, I was no prophet, neither was I a prophet's son; but I was an herdman, and a gatherer of sycomore fruit: -- amos 7:14 +. +And the LORD took me as I followed the flock, and the LORD said unto me, Go, prophesy unto my people Israel. -- amos 7:15 +. +Now therefore hear thou the word of the LORD: Thou sayest, Prophesy not against Israel, and drop not thy word against the house of Isaac. -- amos 7:16 +. +Therefore thus saith the LORD; Thy wife shall be an harlot in the city, and thy sons and thy daughters shall fall by the sword, and thy land shall be divided by line; and thou shalt die in a polluted land: and Israel shall surely go into captivity forth of his land. -- amos 7:17 +. +Thus hath the Lord GOD shewed unto me: and behold a basket of summer fruit. -- amos 8:1 +. +And he said, Amos, what seest thou? And I said, A basket of summer fruit. Then said the LORD unto me, The end is come upon my people of Israel; I will not again pass by them any more. -- amos 8:2 +. +And the songs of the temple shall be howlings in that day, saith the Lord GOD: there shall be many dead bodies in every place; they shall cast them forth with silence. -- amos 8:3 +. +Hear this, O ye that swallow up the needy, even to make the poor of the land to fail, -- amos 8:4 +. +Saying, When will the new moon be gone, that we may sell corn? and the sabbath, that we may set forth wheat, making the ephah small, and the shekel great, and falsifying the balances by deceit? -- amos 8:5 +. +That we may buy the poor for silver, and the needy for a pair of shoes; yea, and sell the refuse of the wheat? -- amos 8:6 +. +The LORD hath sworn by the excellency of Jacob, Surely I will never forget any of their works. -- amos 8:7 +. +Shall not the land tremble for this, and every one mourn that dwelleth therein? and it shall rise up wholly as a flood; and it shall be cast out and drowned, as by the flood of Egypt. -- amos 8:8 +. +And it shall come to pass in that day, saith the Lord GOD, that I will cause the sun to go down at noon, and I will darken the earth in the clear day: -- amos 8:9 +. +And I will turn your feasts into mourning, and all your songs into lamentation; and I will bring up sackcloth upon all loins, and baldness upon every head; and I will make it as the mourning of an only son, and the end thereof as a bitter day. -- amos 8:10 +. +Behold, the days come, saith the Lord GOD, that I will send a famine in the land, not a famine of bread, nor a thirst for water, but of hearing the words of the LORD: -- amos 8:11 +. +And they shall wander from sea to sea, and from the north even to the east, they shall run to and fro to seek the word of the LORD, and shall not find it. -- amos 8:12 +. +In that day shall the fair virgins and young men faint for thirst. -- amos 8:13 +. +They that swear by the sin of Samaria, and say, Thy god, O Dan, liveth; and, The manner of Beersheba liveth; even they shall fall, and never rise up again. -- amos 8:14 +. +I saw the LORD standing upon the altar: and he said, Smite the lintel of the door, that the posts may shake: and cut them in the head, all of them; and I will slay the last of them with the sword: he that fleeth of them shall not flee away, and he that escapeth of them shall not be delivered. -- amos 9:1 +. +Though they dig into hell, thence shall mine hand take them; though they climb up to heaven, thence will I bring them down: -- amos 9:2 +. +And though they hide themselves in the top of Carmel, I will search and take them out thence; and though they be hid from my sight in the bottom of the sea, thence will I command the serpent, and he shall bite them: -- amos 9:3 +. +And though they go into captivity before their enemies, thence will I command the sword, and it shall slay them: and I will set mine eyes upon them for evil, and not for good. -- amos 9:4 +. +And the Lord GOD of hosts is he that toucheth the land, and it shall melt, and all that dwell therein shall mourn: and it shall rise up wholly like a flood; and shall be drowned, as by the flood of Egypt. -- amos 9:5 +. +It is he that buildeth his stories in the heaven, and hath founded his troop in the earth; he that calleth for the waters of the sea, and poureth them out upon the face of the earth: The LORD is his name. -- amos 9:6 +. +Are ye not as children of the Ethiopians unto me, O children of Israel? saith the LORD. Have not I brought up Israel out of the land of Egypt? and the Philistines from Caphtor, and the Syrians from Kir? -- amos 9:7 +. +Behold, the eyes of the Lord GOD are upon the sinful kingdom, and I will destroy it from off the face of the earth; saving that I will not utterly destroy the house of Jacob, saith the LORD. -- amos 9:8 +. +For, lo, I will command, and I will sift the house of Israel among all nations, like as corn is sifted in a sieve, yet shall not the least grain fall upon the earth. -- amos 9:9 +. +All the sinners of my people shall die by the sword, which say, The evil shall not overtake nor prevent us. -- amos 9:10 +. +In that day will I raise up the tabernacle of David that is fallen, and close up the breaches thereof; and I will raise up his ruins, and I will build it as in the days of old: -- amos 9:11 +. +That they may possess the remnant of Edom, and of all the heathen, which are called by my name, saith the LORD that doeth this. -- amos 9:12 +. +Behold, the days come, saith the LORD, that the plowman shall overtake the reaper, and the treader of grapes him that soweth seed; and the mountains shall drop sweet wine, and all the hills shall melt. -- amos 9:13 +. +And I will bring again the captivity of my people of Israel, and they shall build the waste cities, and inhabit them; and they shall plant vineyards, and drink the wine thereof; they shall also make gardens, and eat the fruit of them. -- amos 9:14 +. +And I will plant them upon their land, and they shall no more be pulled up out of their land which I have given them, saith the LORD thy God. -- amos 9:15 +. +The vision of Obadiah. Thus saith the Lord GOD concerning Edom; We have heard a rumour from the LORD, and an ambassador is sent among the heathen, Arise ye, and let us rise up against her in battle. -- obadiah 1:1 +. +Behold, I have made thee small among the heathen: thou art greatly despised. -- obadiah 1:2 +. +The pride of thine heart hath deceived thee, thou that dwellest in the clefts of the rock, whose habitation is high; that saith in his heart, Who shall bring me down to the ground? -- obadiah 1:3 +. +Though thou exalt thyself as the eagle, and though thou set thy nest among the stars, thence will I bring thee down, saith the LORD. -- obadiah 1:4 +. +If thieves came to thee, if robbers by night, (how art thou cut off!) would they not have stolen till they had enough? if the grapegatherers came to thee, would they not leave some grapes? -- obadiah 1:5 +. +How are the things of Esau searched out! how are his hidden things sought up! -- obadiah 1:6 +. +All the men of thy confederacy have brought thee even to the border: the men that were at peace with thee have deceived thee, and prevailed against thee; that they eat thy bread have laid a wound under thee: there is none understanding in him. -- obadiah 1:7 +. +Shall I not in that day, saith the LORD, even destroy the wise men out of Edom, and understanding out of the mount of Esau? -- obadiah 1:8 +. +And thy mighty men, O Teman, shall be dismayed, to the end that every one of the mount of Esau may be cut off by slaughter. -- obadiah 1:9 +. +For thy violence against thy brother Jacob shame shall cover thee, and thou shalt be cut off for ever. -- obadiah 1:10 +. +In the day that thou stoodest on the other side, in the day that the strangers carried away captive his forces, and foreigners entered into his gates, and cast lots upon Jerusalem, even thou wast as one of them. -- obadiah 1:11 +. +But thou shouldest not have looked on the day of thy brother in the day that he became a stranger; neither shouldest thou have rejoiced over the children of Judah in the day of their destruction; neither shouldest thou have spoken proudly in the day of distress. -- obadiah 1:12 +. +Thou shouldest not have entered into the gate of my people in the day of their calamity; yea, thou shouldest not have looked on their affliction in the day of their calamity, nor have laid hands on their substance in the day of their calamity; -- obadiah 1:13 +. +Neither shouldest thou have stood in the crossway, to cut off those of his that did escape; neither shouldest thou have delivered up those of his that did remain in the day of distress. -- obadiah 1:14 +. +For the day of the LORD is near upon all the heathen: as thou hast done, it shall be done unto thee: thy reward shall return upon thine own head. -- obadiah 1:15 +. +For as ye have drunk upon my holy mountain, so shall all the heathen drink continually, yea, they shall drink, and they shall swallow down, and they shall be as though they had not been. -- obadiah 1:16 +. +But upon mount Zion shall be deliverance, and there shall be holiness; and the house of Jacob shall possess their possessions. -- obadiah 1:17 +. +And the house of Jacob shall be a fire, and the house of Joseph a flame, and the house of Esau for stubble, and they shall kindle in them, and devour them; and there shall not be any remaining of the house of Esau; for the LORD hath spoken it. -- obadiah 1:18 +. +And they of the south shall possess the mount of Esau; and they of the plain the Philistines: and they shall possess the fields of Ephraim, and the fields of Samaria: and Benjamin shall possess Gilead. -- obadiah 1:19 +. +And the captivity of this host of the children of Israel shall possess that of the Canaanites, even unto Zarephath; and the captivity of Jerusalem, which is in Sepharad, shall possess the cities of the south. -- obadiah 1:20 +. +And saviours shall come up on mount Zion to judge the mount of Esau; and the kingdom shall be the LORD's. -- obadiah 1:21 +. +Now the word of the LORD came unto Jonah the son of Amittai, saying, -- jonah 1:1 +. +Arise, go to Nineveh, that great city, and cry against it; for their wickedness is come up before me. -- jonah 1:2 +. +But Jonah rose up to flee unto Tarshish from the presence of the LORD, and went down to Joppa; and he found a ship going to Tarshish: so he paid the fare thereof, and went down into it, to go with them unto Tarshish from the presence of the LORD. -- jonah 1:3 +. +But the LORD sent out a great wind into the sea, and there was a mighty tempest in the sea, so that the ship was like to be broken. -- jonah 1:4 +. +Then the mariners were afraid, and cried every man unto his god, and cast forth the wares that were in the ship into the sea, to lighten it of them. But Jonah was gone down into the sides of the ship; and he lay, and was fast asleep. -- jonah 1:5 +. +So the shipmaster came to him, and said unto him, What meanest thou, O sleeper? arise, call upon thy God, if so be that God will think upon us, that we perish not. -- jonah 1:6 +. +And they said every one 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. -- jonah 1:7 +. +Then said they unto him, Tell us, we pray thee, for whose cause this evil is upon us; What is thine occupation? and whence comest thou? what is thy country? and of what people art thou? -- jonah 1:8 +. +And he said unto them, I am an Hebrew; and I fear the LORD, the God of heaven, which hath made the sea and the dry land. -- jonah 1:9 +. +Then were the men exceedingly afraid, and said unto him. Why hast thou done this? For the men knew that he fled from the presence of the LORD, because he had told them. -- jonah 1:10 +. +Then said they unto him, What shall we do unto thee, that the sea may be calm unto us? for the sea wrought, and was tempestuous. -- jonah 1:11 +. +And he said unto them, Take me up, and cast me forth into the sea; so shall the sea be calm unto you: for I know that for my sake this great tempest is upon you. -- jonah 1:12 +. +Nevertheless the men rowed hard to bring it to the land; but they could not: for the sea wrought, and was tempestuous against them. -- jonah 1:13 +. +Wherefore they cried unto the LORD, and said, We beseech thee, O LORD, we beseech thee, let us not perish for this man's life, and lay not upon us innocent blood: for thou, O LORD, hast done as it pleased thee. -- jonah 1:14 +. +So they look up Jonah, and cast him forth into the sea: and the sea ceased from her raging. -- jonah 1:15 +. +Then the men feared the LORD exceedingly, and offered a sacrifice unto the LORD, and made vows. -- jonah 1:16 +. +Now the LORD had prepared a great fish to swallow up Jonah. And Jonah was in the belly of the fish three days and three nights. -- jonah 1:17 +. +Then Jonah prayed unto the LORD his God out of the fish's belly, -- jonah 2:1 +. +And said, I cried by reason of mine affliction unto the LORD, and he heard me; out of the belly of hell cried I, and thou heardest my voice. -- jonah 2:2 +. +For thou hadst cast me into the deep, in the midst of the seas; and the floods compassed me about: all thy billows and thy waves passed over me. -- jonah 2:3 +. +Then I said, I am cast out of thy sight; yet I will look again toward thy holy temple. -- jonah 2:4 +. +The waters compassed me about, even to the soul: the depth closed me round about, the weeds were wrapped about my head. -- jonah 2:5 +. +I went down to the bottoms of the mountains; the earth with her bars was about me for ever: yet hast thou brought up my life from corruption, O LORD my God. -- jonah 2:6 +. +When my soul fainted within me I remembered the LORD: and my prayer came in unto thee, into thine holy temple. -- jonah 2:7 +. +They that observe lying vanities forsake their own mercy. -- jonah 2:8 +. +But I will sacrifice unto thee with the voice of thanksgiving; I will pay that that I have vowed. Salvation is of the LORD. -- jonah 2:9 +. +And the LORD spake unto the fish, and it vomited out Jonah upon the dry land. -- jonah 2:10 +. +And the word of the LORD came unto Jonah the second time, saying, -- jonah 3:1 +. +Arise, go unto Nineveh, that great city, and preach unto it the preaching that I bid thee. -- jonah 3:2 +. +So Jonah arose, and went unto Nineveh, according to the word of the LORD. Now Nineveh was an exceeding great city of three days' journey. -- jonah 3:3 +. +And Jonah began to enter into the city a day's journey, and he cried, and said, Yet forty days, and Nineveh shall be overthrown. -- jonah 3:4 +. +So the people of Nineveh believed God, and proclaimed a fast, and put on sackcloth, from the greatest of them even to the least of them. -- jonah 3:5 +. +For word came unto the king of Nineveh, and he arose from his throne, and he laid his robe from him, and covered him with sackcloth, and sat in ashes. -- jonah 3:6 +. +And he caused it to be proclaimed and published through Nineveh by the decree of the king and his nobles, saying, Let neither man nor beast, herd nor flock, taste any thing: let them not feed, nor drink water: -- jonah 3:7 +. +But let man and beast be covered with sackcloth, and cry mightily unto God: yea, let them turn every one from his evil way, and from the violence that is in their hands. -- jonah 3:8 +. +Who can tell if God will turn and repent, and turn away from his fierce anger, that we perish not? -- jonah 3:9 +. +And God saw their works, that they turned from their evil way; and God repented of the evil, that he had said that he would do unto them; and he did it not. -- jonah 3:10 +. +But it displeased Jonah exceedingly, and he was very angry. -- jonah 4:1 +. +And he prayed unto the LORD, and said, I pray thee, O LORD, was not this my saying, when I was yet in my country? Therefore I fled before unto Tarshish: for I knew that thou art a gracious God, and merciful, slow to anger, and of great kindness, and repentest thee of the evil. -- jonah 4:2 +. +Therefore now, O LORD, take, I beseech thee, my life from me; for it is better for me to die than to live. -- jonah 4:3 +. +Then said the LORD, Doest thou well to be angry? -- jonah 4:4 +. +So Jonah went out of the city, and sat on the east side of the city, and there made him a booth, and sat under it in the shadow, till he might see what would become of the city. -- jonah 4:5 +. +And the LORD God prepared a gourd, and made it to come up over Jonah, that it might be a shadow over his head, to deliver him from his grief. So Jonah was exceeding glad of the gourd. -- jonah 4:6 +. +But God prepared a worm when the morning rose the next day, and it smote the gourd that it withered. -- jonah 4:7 +. +And it came to pass, when the sun did arise, that God prepared a vehement east wind; and the sun beat upon the head of Jonah, that he fainted, and wished in himself to die, and said, It is better for me to die than to live. -- jonah 4:8 +. +And God said to Jonah, Doest thou well to be angry for the gourd? And he said, I do well to be angry, even unto death. -- jonah 4:9 +. +Then said the LORD, Thou hast had pity on the gourd, for the which thou hast not laboured, neither madest it grow; which came up in a night, and perished in a night: -- jonah 4:10 +. +And should not I spare Nineveh, that great city, wherein are more then sixscore thousand persons that cannot discern between their right hand and their left hand; and also much cattle? -- jonah 4:11 +. +The word of the LORD that came to Micah the Morasthite in the days of Jotham, Ahaz, and Hezekiah, kings of Judah, which he saw concerning Samaria and Jerusalem. -- micah 1:1 +. +Hear, all ye people; hearken, O earth, and all that therein is: and let the Lord GOD be witness against you, the LORD from his holy temple. -- micah 1:2 +. +For, behold, the LORD cometh forth out of his place, and will come down, and tread upon the high places of the earth. -- micah 1:3 +. +And the mountains shall be molten under him, and the valleys shall be cleft, as wax before the fire, and as the waters that are poured down a steep place. -- micah 1:4 +. +For the transgression of Jacob is all this, and for the sins of the house of Israel. What is the transgression of Jacob? is it not Samaria? and what are the high places of Judah? are they not Jerusalem? -- micah 1:5 +. +Therefore I will make Samaria as an heap of the field, and as plantings of a vineyard: and I will pour down the stones thereof into the valley, and I will discover the foundations thereof. -- micah 1:6 +. +And all the graven images thereof shall be beaten to pieces, and all the hires thereof shall be burned with the fire, and all the idols thereof will I lay desolate: for she gathered it of the hire of an harlot, and they shall return to the hire of an harlot. -- micah 1:7 +. +Therefore I will wail and howl, I will go stripped and naked: I will make a wailing like the dragons, and mourning as the owls. -- micah 1:8 +. +For her wound is incurable; for it is come unto Judah; he is come unto the gate of my people, even to Jerusalem. -- micah 1:9 +. +Declare ye it not at Gath, weep ye not at all: in the house of Aphrah roll thyself in the dust. -- micah 1:10 +. +Pass ye away, thou inhabitant of Saphir, having thy shame naked: the inhabitant of Zaanan came not forth in the mourning of Bethezel; he shall receive of you his standing. -- micah 1:11 +. +For the inhabitant of Maroth waited carefully for good: but evil came down from the LORD unto the gate of Jerusalem. -- micah 1:12 +. +O thou inhabitant of Lachish, bind the chariot to the swift beast: she is the beginning of the sin to the daughter of Zion: for the transgressions of Israel were found in thee. -- micah 1:13 +. +Therefore shalt thou give presents to Moreshethgath: the houses of Achzib shall be a lie to the kings of Israel. -- micah 1:14 +. +Yet will I bring an heir unto thee, O inhabitant of Mareshah: he shall come unto Adullam the glory of Israel. -- micah 1:15 +. +Make thee bald, and poll thee for thy delicate children; enlarge thy baldness as the eagle; for they are gone into captivity from thee. -- micah 1:16 +. +Woe to them that devise iniquity, and work evil upon their beds! when the morning is light, they practise it, because it is in the power of their hand. -- micah 2:1 +. +And they covet fields, and take them by violence; and houses, and take them away: so they oppress a man and his house, even a man and his heritage. -- micah 2:2 +. +Therefore thus saith the LORD; Behold, against this family do I devise an evil, from which ye shall not remove your necks; neither shall ye go haughtily: for this time is evil. -- micah 2:3 +. +In that day shall one take up a parable against you, and lament with a doleful lamentation, and say, We be utterly spoiled: he hath changed the portion of my people: how hath he removed it from me! turning away he hath divided our fields. -- micah 2:4 +. +Therefore thou shalt have none that shall cast a cord by lot in the congregation of the LORD. -- micah 2:5 +. +Prophesy ye not, say they to them that prophesy: they shall not prophesy to them, that they shall not take shame. -- micah 2:6 +. +O thou that art named the house of Jacob, is the spirit of the LORD straitened? are these his doings? do not my words do good to him that walketh uprightly? -- micah 2:7 +. +Even of late my people is risen up as an enemy: ye pull off the robe with the garment from them that pass by securely as men averse from war. -- micah 2:8 +. +The women of my people have ye cast out from their pleasant houses; from their children have ye taken away my glory for ever. -- micah 2:9 +. +Arise ye, and depart; for this is not your rest: because it is polluted, it shall destroy you, even with a sore destruction. -- micah 2:10 +. +If a man walking in the spirit and falsehood do lie, saying, I will prophesy unto thee of wine and of strong drink; he shall even be the prophet of this people. -- micah 2:11 +. +I will surely assemble, O Jacob, all of thee; I will surely gather the remnant of Israel; I will put them together as the sheep of Bozrah, as the flock in the midst of their fold: they shall make great noise by reason of the multitude of men. -- micah 2:12 +. +The breaker is come up before them: they have broken up, and have passed through the gate, and are gone out by it: and their king shall pass before them, and the LORD on the head of them. -- micah 2:13 +. +And I said, Hear, I pray you, O heads of Jacob, and ye princes of the house of Israel; Is it not for you to know judgment? -- micah 3:1 +. +Who hate the good, and love the evil; who pluck off their skin from off them, and their flesh from off their bones; -- micah 3:2 +. +Who also eat the flesh of my people, and flay their skin from off them; and they break their bones, and chop them in pieces, as for the pot, and as flesh within the caldron. -- micah 3:3 +. +Then shall they cry unto the LORD, but he will not hear them: he will even hide his face from them at that time, as they have behaved themselves ill in their doings. -- micah 3:4 +. +Thus saith the LORD concerning the prophets that make my people err, that bite with their teeth, and cry, Peace; and he that putteth not into their mouths, they even prepare war against him. -- micah 3:5 +. +Therefore night shall be unto you, that ye shall not have a vision; and it shall be dark unto you, that ye shall not divine; and the sun shall go down over the prophets, and the day shall be dark over them. -- micah 3:6 +. +Then shall the seers be ashamed, and the diviners confounded: yea, they shall all cover their lips; for there is no answer of God. -- micah 3:7 +. +But truly I am full of power by the spirit of the LORD, and of judgment, and of might, to declare unto Jacob his transgression, and to Israel his sin. -- micah 3:8 +. +Hear this, I pray you, ye heads of the house of Jacob, and princes of the house of Israel, that abhor judgment, and pervert all equity. -- micah 3:9 +. +They build up Zion with blood, and Jerusalem with iniquity. -- micah 3:10 +. +The heads thereof judge for reward, and the priests thereof teach for hire, and the prophets thereof divine for money: yet will they lean upon the LORD, and say, Is not the LORD among us? none evil can come upon us. -- micah 3:11 +. +Therefore shall Zion for your sake be plowed as a field, and Jerusalem shall become heaps, and the mountain of the house as the high places of the forest. -- micah 3:12 +. +But in the last days it shall come to pass, that the mountain of the house of the LORD shall be established in the top of the mountains, and it shall be exalted above the hills; and people shall flow unto it. -- micah 4:1 +. +And many nations shall come, and say, Come, and let us go up to the mountain of the LORD, and to the house of the God of Jacob; and he will teach us of his ways, and we will walk in his paths: for the law shall go forth of Zion, and the word of the LORD from Jerusalem. -- micah 4:2 +. +And he shall judge among many people, and rebuke strong nations afar off; and they shall beat their swords into plowshares, and their spears into pruninghooks: nation shall not lift up a sword against nation, neither shall they learn war any more. -- micah 4:3 +. +But they shall sit every man under his vine and under his fig tree; and none shall make them afraid: for the mouth of the LORD of hosts hath spoken it. -- micah 4:4 +. +For all people will walk every one in the name of his god, and we will walk in the name of the LORD our God for ever and ever. -- micah 4:5 +. +In that day, saith the LORD, will I assemble her that halteth, and I will gather her that is driven out, and her that I have afflicted; -- micah 4:6 +. +And I will make her that halted a remnant, and her that was cast far off a strong nation: and the LORD shall reign over them in mount Zion from henceforth, even for ever. -- micah 4:7 +. +And thou, O tower of the flock, the strong hold of the daughter of Zion, unto thee shall it come, even the first dominion; the kingdom shall come to the daughter of Jerusalem. -- micah 4:8 +. +Now why dost thou cry out aloud? is there no king in thee? is thy counsellor perished? for pangs have taken thee as a woman in travail. -- micah 4:9 +. +Be in pain, and labour to bring forth, O daughter of Zion, like a woman in travail: for now shalt thou go forth out of the city, and thou shalt dwell in the field, and thou shalt go even to Babylon; there shalt thou be delivered; there the LORD shall redeem thee from the hand of thine enemies. -- micah 4:10 +. +Now also many nations are gathered against thee, that say, Let her be defiled, and let our eye look upon Zion. -- micah 4:11 +. +But they know not the thoughts of the LORD, neither understand they his counsel: for he shall gather them as the sheaves into the floor. -- micah 4:12 +. +Arise and thresh, O daughter of Zion: for I will make thine horn iron, and I will make thy hoofs brass: and thou shalt beat in pieces many people: and I will consecrate their gain unto the LORD, and their substance unto the Lord of the whole earth. -- micah 4:13 +. +Now gather thyself in troops, O daughter of troops: he hath laid siege against us: they shall smite the judge of Israel with a rod upon the cheek. -- micah 5:1 +. +But thou, Bethlehem Ephratah, though thou be little among the thousands of Judah, yet out of thee shall he come forth unto me that is to be ruler in Israel; whose goings forth have been from of old, from everlasting. -- micah 5:2 +. +Therefore will he give them up, until the time that she which travaileth hath brought forth: then the remnant of his brethren shall return unto the children of Israel. -- micah 5:3 +. +And he shall stand and feed in the strength of the LORD, in the majesty of the name of the LORD his God; and they shall abide: for now shall he be great unto the ends of the earth. -- micah 5:4 +. +And this man shall be the peace, when the Assyrian shall come into our land: and when he shall tread in our palaces, then shall we raise against him seven shepherds, and eight principal men. -- micah 5:5 +. +And they shall waste the land of Assyria with the sword, and the land of Nimrod in the entrances thereof: thus shall he deliver us from the Assyrian, when he cometh into our land, and when he treadeth within our borders. -- micah 5:6 +. +And the remnant of Jacob shall be in the midst of many people as a dew from the LORD, as the showers upon the grass, that tarrieth not for man, nor waiteth for the sons of men. -- micah 5:7 +. +And the remnant of Jacob shall be among the Gentiles in the midst of many people as a lion among the beasts of the forest, as a young lion among the flocks of sheep: who, if he go through, both treadeth down, and teareth in pieces, and none can deliver. -- micah 5:8 +. +Thine hand shall be lifted up upon thine adversaries, and all thine enemies shall be cut off. -- micah 5:9 +. +And it shall come to pass in that day, saith the LORD, that I will cut off thy horses out of the midst of thee, and I will destroy thy chariots: -- micah 5:10 +. +And I will cut off the cities of thy land, and throw down all thy strong holds: -- micah 5:11 +. +And I will cut off witchcrafts out of thine hand; and thou shalt have no more soothsayers: -- micah 5:12 +. +Thy graven images also will I cut off, and thy standing images out of the midst of thee; and thou shalt no more worship the work of thine hands. -- micah 5:13 +. +And I will pluck up thy groves out of the midst of thee: so will I destroy thy cities. -- micah 5:14 +. +And I will execute vengeance in anger and fury upon the heathen, such as they have not heard. -- micah 5:15 +. +Hear ye now what the LORD saith; Arise, contend thou before the mountains, and let the hills hear thy voice. -- micah 6:1 +. +Hear ye, O mountains, the LORD's controversy, and ye strong foundations of the earth: for the LORD hath a controversy with his people, and he will plead with Israel. -- micah 6:2 +. +O my people, what have I done unto thee? and wherein have I wearied thee? testify against me. -- micah 6:3 +. +For I brought thee up out of the land of Egypt, and redeemed thee out of the house of servants; and I sent before thee Moses, Aaron, and Miriam. -- micah 6:4 +. +O my people, remember now what Balak king of Moab consulted, and what Balaam the son of Beor answered him from Shittim unto Gilgal; that ye may know the righteousness of the LORD. -- micah 6:5 +. +Wherewith shall I come before the LORD, and bow myself before the high God? shall I come before him with burnt offerings, with calves of a year old? -- micah 6:6 +. +Will the LORD be pleased with thousands of rams, or with ten thousands of rivers of oil? shall I give my firstborn for my transgression, the fruit of my body for the sin of my soul? -- micah 6:7 +. +He hath shewed thee, O man, what is good; and what doth the LORD require of thee, but to do justly, and to love mercy, and to walk humbly with thy God? -- micah 6:8 +. +The LORD's voice crieth unto the city, and the man of wisdom shall see thy name: hear ye the rod, and who hath appointed it. -- micah 6:9 +. +Are there yet the treasures of wickedness in the house of the wicked, and the scant measure that is abominable? -- micah 6:10 +. +Shall I count them pure with the wicked balances, and with the bag of deceitful weights? -- micah 6:11 +. +For the rich men thereof are full of violence, and the inhabitants thereof have spoken lies, and their tongue is deceitful in their mouth. -- micah 6:12 +. +Therefore also will I make thee sick in smiting thee, in making thee desolate because of thy sins. -- micah 6:13 +. +Thou shalt eat, but not be satisfied; and thy casting down shall be in the midst of thee; and thou shalt take hold, but shalt not deliver; and that which thou deliverest will I give up to the sword. -- micah 6:14 +. +Thou shalt sow, but thou shalt not reap; thou shalt tread the olives, but thou shalt not anoint thee with oil; and sweet wine, but shalt not drink wine. -- micah 6:15 +. +For the statutes of Omri are kept, and all the works of the house of Ahab, and ye walk in their counsels; that I should make thee a desolation, and the inhabitants thereof an hissing: therefore ye shall bear the reproach of my people. -- micah 6:16 +. +Woe is me! for I am as when they have gathered the summer fruits, as the grapegleanings of the vintage: there is no cluster to eat: my soul desired the firstripe fruit. -- micah 7:1 +. +The good man is perished out of the earth: and there is none upright among men: they all lie in wait for blood; they hunt every man his brother with a net. -- micah 7:2 +. +That they may do evil with both hands earnestly, the prince asketh, and the judge asketh for a reward; and the great man, he uttereth his mischievous desire: so they wrap it up. -- micah 7:3 +. +The best of them is as a brier: the most upright is sharper than a thorn hedge: the day of thy watchmen and thy visitation cometh; now shall be their perplexity. -- micah 7:4 +. +Trust ye not in a friend, put ye not confidence in a guide: keep the doors of thy mouth from her that lieth in thy bosom. -- micah 7:5 +. +For the son dishonoureth the father, the daughter riseth up against her mother, the daughter in law against her mother in law; a man's enemies are the men of his own house. -- micah 7:6 +. +Therefore I will look unto the LORD; I will wait for the God of my salvation: my God will hear me. -- micah 7:7 +. +Rejoice not against me, O mine enemy: when I fall, I shall arise; when I sit in darkness, the LORD shall be a light unto me. -- micah 7:8 +. +I will bear the indignation of the LORD, because I have sinned against him, until he plead my cause, and execute judgment for me: he will bring me forth to the light, and I shall behold his righteousness. -- micah 7:9 +. +Then she that is mine enemy shall see it, and shame shall cover her which said unto me, Where is the LORD thy God? mine eyes shall behold her: now shall she be trodden down as the mire of the streets. -- micah 7:10 +. +In the day that thy walls are to be built, in that day shall the decree be far removed. -- micah 7:11 +. +In that day also he shall come even to thee from Assyria, and from the fortified cities, and from the fortress even to the river, and from sea to sea, and from mountain to mountain. -- micah 7:12 +. +Notwithstanding the land shall be desolate because of them that dwell therein, for the fruit of their doings. -- micah 7:13 +. +Feed thy people with thy rod, the flock of thine heritage, which dwell solitarily in the wood, in the midst of Carmel: let them feed in Bashan and Gilead, as in the days of old. -- micah 7:14 +. +According to the days of thy coming out of the land of Egypt will I shew unto him marvellous things. -- micah 7:15 +. +The nations shall see and be confounded at all their might: they shall lay their hand upon their mouth, their ears shall be deaf. -- micah 7:16 +. +They shall lick the dust like a serpent, they shall move out of their holes like worms of the earth: they shall be afraid of the LORD our God, and shall fear because of thee. -- micah 7:17 +. +Who is a God like unto thee, that pardoneth iniquity, and passeth by the transgression of the remnant of his heritage? he retaineth not his anger for ever, because he delighteth in mercy. -- micah 7:18 +. +He will turn again, he will have compassion upon us; he will subdue our iniquities; and thou wilt cast all their sins into the depths of the sea. -- micah 7:19 +. +Thou wilt perform the truth to Jacob, and the mercy to Abraham, which thou hast sworn unto our fathers from the days of old. -- micah 7:20 +. +The burden of Nineveh. The book of the vision of Nahum the Elkoshite. -- nahum 1:1 +. +God is jealous, and the LORD revengeth; the LORD revengeth, and is furious; the LORD will take vengeance on his adversaries, and he reserveth wrath for his enemies. -- nahum 1:2 +. +The LORD is slow to anger, and great in power, and will not at all acquit the wicked: the LORD hath his way in the whirlwind and in the storm, and the clouds are the dust of his feet. -- nahum 1:3 +. +He rebuketh the sea, and maketh it dry, and drieth up all the rivers: Bashan languisheth, and Carmel, and the flower of Lebanon languisheth. -- nahum 1:4 +. +The mountains quake at him, and the hills melt, and the earth is burned at his presence, yea, the world, and all that dwell therein. -- nahum 1:5 +. +Who can stand before his indignation? and who can abide in the fierceness of his anger? his fury is poured out like fire, and the rocks are thrown down by him. -- nahum 1:6 +. +The LORD is good, a strong hold in the day of trouble; and he knoweth them that trust in him. -- nahum 1:7 +. +But with an overrunning flood he will make an utter end of the place thereof, and darkness shall pursue his enemies. -- nahum 1:8 +. +What do ye imagine against the LORD? he will make an utter end: affliction shall not rise up the second time. -- nahum 1:9 +. +For while they be folden together as thorns, and while they are drunken as drunkards, they shall be devoured as stubble fully dry. -- nahum 1:10 +. +There is one come out of thee, that imagineth evil against the LORD, a wicked counsellor. -- nahum 1:11 +. +Thus saith the LORD; Though they be quiet, and likewise many, yet thus shall they be cut down, when he shall pass through. Though I have afflicted thee, I will afflict thee no more. -- nahum 1:12 +. +For now will I break his yoke from off thee, and will burst thy bonds in sunder. -- nahum 1:13 +. +And the LORD hath given a commandment concerning thee, that no more of thy name be sown: out of the house of thy gods will I cut off the graven image and the molten image: I will make thy grave; for thou art vile. -- nahum 1:14 +. +Behold upon the mountains the feet of him that bringeth good tidings, that publisheth peace! O Judah, keep thy solemn feasts, perform thy vows: for the wicked shall no more pass through thee; he is utterly cut off. -- nahum 1:15 +. +He that dasheth in pieces is come up before thy face: keep the munition, watch the way, make thy loins strong, fortify thy power mightily. -- nahum 2:1 +. +For the LORD hath turned away the excellency of Jacob, as the excellency of Israel: for the emptiers have emptied them out, and marred their vine branches. -- nahum 2:2 +. +The shield of his mighty men is made red, the valiant men are in scarlet: the chariots shall be with flaming torches in the day of his preparation, and the fir trees shall be terribly shaken. -- nahum 2:3 +. +The chariots shall rage in the streets, they shall justle one against another in the broad ways: they shall seem like torches, they shall run like the lightnings. -- nahum 2:4 +. +He shall recount his worthies: they shall stumble in their walk; they shall make haste to the wall thereof, and the defence shall be prepared. -- nahum 2:5 +. +The gates of the rivers shall be opened, and the palace shall be dissolved. -- nahum 2:6 +. +And Huzzab shall be led away captive, she shall be brought up, and her maids shall lead her as with the voice of doves, tabering upon their breasts. -- nahum 2:7 +. +But Nineveh is of old like a pool of water: yet they shall flee away. Stand, stand, shall they cry; but none shall look back. -- nahum 2:8 +. +Take ye the spoil of silver, take the spoil of gold: for there is none end of the store and glory out of all the pleasant furniture. -- nahum 2:9 +. +She is empty, and void, and waste: and the heart melteth, and the knees smite together, and much pain is in all loins, and the faces of them all gather blackness. -- nahum 2:10 +. +Where is the dwelling of the lions, and the feedingplace of the young lions, where the lion, even the old lion, walked, and the lion's whelp, and none made them afraid? -- nahum 2:11 +. +The lion did tear in pieces enough for his whelps, and strangled for his lionesses, and filled his holes with prey, and his dens with ravin. -- nahum 2:12 +. +Behold, I am against thee, saith the LORD of hosts, and I will burn her chariots in the smoke, and the sword shall devour thy young lions: and I will cut off thy prey from the earth, and the voice of thy messengers shall no more be heard. -- nahum 2:13 +. +Woe to the bloody city! it is all full of lies and robbery; the prey departeth not; -- nahum 3:1 +. +The noise of a whip, and the noise of the rattling of the wheels, and of the pransing horses, and of the jumping chariots. -- nahum 3:2 +. +The horseman lifteth up both the bright sword and the glittering spear: and there is a multitude of slain, and a great number of carcases; and there is none end of their corpses; they stumble upon their corpses: -- nahum 3:3 +. +Because of the multitude of the whoredoms of the wellfavoured harlot, the mistress of witchcrafts, that selleth nations through her whoredoms, and families through her witchcrafts. -- nahum 3:4 +. +Behold, I am against thee, saith the LORD of hosts; and I will discover thy skirts upon thy face, and I will shew the nations thy nakedness, and the kingdoms thy shame. -- nahum 3:5 +. +And I will cast abominable filth upon thee, and make thee vile, and will set thee as a gazingstock. -- nahum 3:6 +. +And it shall come to pass, that all they that look upon thee shall flee from thee, and say, Nineveh is laid waste: who will bemoan her? whence shall I seek comforters for thee? -- nahum 3:7 +. +Art thou better than populous No, that was situate among the rivers, that had the waters round about it, whose rampart was the sea, and her wall was from the sea? -- nahum 3:8 +. +Ethiopia and Egypt were her strength, and it was infinite; Put and Lubim were thy helpers. -- nahum 3:9 +. +Yet was she carried away, she went into captivity: her young children also were dashed in pieces at the top of all the streets: and they cast lots for her honourable men, and all her great men were bound in chains. -- nahum 3:10 +. +Thou also shalt be drunken: thou shalt be hid, thou also shalt seek strength because of the enemy. -- nahum 3:11 +. +All thy strong holds shall be like fig trees with the firstripe figs: if they be shaken, they shall even fall into the mouth of the eater. -- nahum 3:12 +. +Behold, thy people in the midst of thee are women: the gates of thy land shall be set wide open unto thine enemies: the fire shall devour thy bars. -- nahum 3:13 +. +Draw thee waters for the siege, fortify thy strong holds: go into clay, and tread the morter, make strong the brickkiln. -- nahum 3:14 +. +There shall the fire devour thee; the sword shall cut thee off, it shall eat thee up like the cankerworm: make thyself many as the cankerworm, make thyself many as the locusts. -- nahum 3:15 +. +Thou hast multiplied thy merchants above the stars of heaven: the cankerworm spoileth, and fleeth away. -- nahum 3:16 +. +Thy crowned are as the locusts, and thy captains as the great grasshoppers, which camp in the hedges in the cold day, but when the sun ariseth they flee away, and their place is not known where they are. -- nahum 3:17 +. +Thy shepherds slumber, O king of Assyria: thy nobles shall dwell in the dust: thy people is scattered upon the mountains, and no man gathereth them. -- nahum 3:18 +. +There is no healing of thy bruise; thy wound is grievous: all that hear the bruit of thee shall clap the hands over thee: for upon whom hath not thy wickedness passed continually? -- nahum 3:19 +. +The burden which Habakkuk the prophet did see. -- habakkuk 1:1 +. +O LORD, how long shall I cry, and thou wilt not hear! even cry out unto thee of violence, and thou wilt not save! -- habakkuk 1:2 +. +Why dost thou shew me iniquity, and cause me to behold grievance? for spoiling and violence are before me: and there are that raise up strife and contention. -- habakkuk 1:3 +. +Therefore the law is slacked, and judgment doth never go forth: for the wicked doth compass about the righteous; therefore wrong judgment proceedeth. -- habakkuk 1:4 +. +Behold ye among the heathen, and regard, and wonder marvelously: for I will work a work in your days which ye will not believe, though it be told you. -- habakkuk 1:5 +. +For, lo, I raise up the Chaldeans, that bitter and hasty nation, which shall march through the breadth of the land, to possess the dwellingplaces that are not their's. -- habakkuk 1:6 +. +They are terrible and dreadful: their judgment and their dignity shall proceed of themselves. -- habakkuk 1:7 +. +Their horses also are swifter than the leopards, and are more fierce than the evening wolves: and their horsemen shall spread themselves, and their horsemen shall come from far; they shall fly as the eagle that hasteth to eat. -- habakkuk 1:8 +. +They shall come all for violence: their faces shall sup up as the east wind, and they shall gather the captivity as the sand. -- habakkuk 1:9 +. +And they shall scoff at the kings, and the princes shall be a scorn unto them: they shall deride every strong hold; for they shall heap dust, and take it. -- habakkuk 1:10 +. +Then shall his mind change, and he shall pass over, and offend, imputing this his power unto his god. -- habakkuk 1:11 +. +Art thou not from everlasting, O LORD my God, mine Holy One? we shall not die. O LORD, thou hast ordained them for judgment; and, O mighty God, thou hast established them for correction. -- habakkuk 1:12 +. +Thou art of purer eyes than to behold evil, and canst not look on iniquity: wherefore lookest thou upon them that deal treacherously, and holdest thy tongue when the wicked devoureth the man that is more righteous than he? -- habakkuk 1:13 +. +And makest men as the fishes of the sea, as the creeping things, that have no ruler over them? -- habakkuk 1:14 +. +They take up all of them with the angle, they catch them in their net, and gather them in their drag: therefore they rejoice and are glad. -- habakkuk 1:15 +. +Therefore they sacrifice unto their net, and burn incense unto their drag; because by them their portion is fat, and their meat plenteous. -- habakkuk 1:16 +. +Shall they therefore empty their net, and not spare continually to slay the nations? -- habakkuk 1:17 +. +I will stand upon my watch, and set me upon the tower, and will watch to see what he will say unto me, and what I shall answer when I am reproved. -- habakkuk 2:1 +. +And the LORD answered me, and said, Write the vision, and make it plain upon tables, that he may run that readeth it. -- habakkuk 2:2 +. +For the vision is yet for an appointed time, but at the end it shall speak, and not lie: though it tarry, wait for it; because it will surely come, it will not tarry. -- habakkuk 2:3 +. +Behold, his soul which is lifted up is not upright in him: but the just shall live by his faith. -- habakkuk 2:4 +. +Yea also, because he transgresseth by wine, he is a proud man, neither keepeth at home, who enlargeth his desire as hell, and is as death, and cannot be satisfied, but gathereth unto him all nations, and heapeth unto him all people: -- habakkuk 2:5 +. +Shall not all these take up a parable against him, and a taunting proverb against him, and say, Woe to him that increaseth that which is not his! how long? and to him that ladeth himself with thick clay! -- habakkuk 2:6 +. +Shall they not rise up suddenly that shall bite thee, and awake that shall vex thee, and thou shalt be for booties unto them? -- habakkuk 2:7 +. +Because thou hast spoiled many nations, all the remnant of the people shall spoil thee; because of men's blood, and for the violence of the land, of the city, and of all that dwell therein. -- habakkuk 2:8 +. +Woe to him that coveteth an evil covetousness to his house, that he may set his nest on high, that he may be delivered from the power of evil! -- habakkuk 2:9 +. +Thou hast consulted shame to thy house by cutting off many people, and hast sinned against thy soul. -- habakkuk 2:10 +. +For the stone shall cry out of the wall, and the beam out of the timber shall answer it. -- habakkuk 2:11 +. +Woe to him that buildeth a town with blood, and stablisheth a city by iniquity! -- habakkuk 2:12 +. +Behold, is it not of the LORD of hosts that the people shall labour in the very fire, and the people shall weary themselves for very vanity? -- habakkuk 2:13 +. +For the earth shall be filled with the knowledge of the glory of the LORD, as the waters cover the sea. -- habakkuk 2:14 +. +Woe unto him that giveth his neighbour drink, that puttest thy bottle to him, and makest him drunken also, that thou mayest look on their nakedness! -- habakkuk 2:15 +. +Thou art filled with shame for glory: drink thou also, and let thy foreskin be uncovered: the cup of the LORD's right hand shall be turned unto thee, and shameful spewing shall be on thy glory. -- habakkuk 2:16 +. +For the violence of Lebanon shall cover thee, and the spoil of beasts, which made them afraid, because of men's blood, and for the violence of the land, of the city, and of all that dwell therein. -- habakkuk 2:17 +. +What profiteth the graven image that the maker thereof hath graven it; the molten image, and a teacher of lies, that the maker of his work trusteth therein, to make dumb idols? -- habakkuk 2:18 +. +Woe unto him that saith to the wood, Awake; to the dumb stone, Arise, it shall teach! Behold, it is laid over with gold and silver, and there is no breath at all in the midst of it. -- habakkuk 2:19 +. +But the LORD is in his holy temple: let all the earth keep silence before him. -- habakkuk 2:20 +. +A prayer of Habakkuk the prophet upon Shigionoth. -- habakkuk 3:1 +. +O LORD, I have heard thy speech, and was afraid: O LORD, revive thy work in the midst of the years, in the midst of the years make known; in wrath remember mercy. -- habakkuk 3:2 +. +God came from Teman, and the Holy One from mount Paran. Selah. His glory covered the heavens, and the earth was full of his praise. -- habakkuk 3:3 +. +And his brightness was as the light; he had horns coming out of his hand: and there was the hiding of his power. -- habakkuk 3:4 +. +Before him went the pestilence, and burning coals went forth at his feet. -- habakkuk 3:5 +. +He stood, and measured the earth: he beheld, and drove asunder the nations; and the everlasting mountains were scattered, the perpetual hills did bow: his ways are everlasting. -- habakkuk 3:6 +. +I saw the tents of Cushan in affliction: and the curtains of the land of Midian did tremble. -- habakkuk 3:7 +. +Was the LORD displeased against the rivers? was thine anger against the rivers? was thy wrath against the sea, that thou didst ride upon thine horses and thy chariots of salvation? -- habakkuk 3:8 +. +Thy bow was made quite naked, according to the oaths of the tribes, even thy word. Selah. Thou didst cleave the earth with rivers. -- habakkuk 3:9 +. +The mountains saw thee, and they trembled: the overflowing of the water passed by: the deep uttered his voice, and lifted up his hands on high. -- habakkuk 3:10 +. +The sun and moon stood still in their habitation: at the light of thine arrows they went, and at the shining of thy glittering spear. -- habakkuk 3:11 +. +Thou didst march through the land in indignation, thou didst thresh the heathen in anger. -- habakkuk 3:12 +. +Thou wentest forth for the salvation of thy people, even for salvation with thine anointed; thou woundedst the head out of the house of the wicked, by discovering the foundation unto the neck. Selah. -- habakkuk 3:13 +. +Thou didst strike through with his staves the head of his villages: they came out as a whirlwind to scatter me: their rejoicing was as to devour the poor secretly. -- habakkuk 3:14 +. +Thou didst walk through the sea with thine horses, through the heap of great waters. -- habakkuk 3:15 +. +When I heard, my belly trembled; my lips quivered at the voice: rottenness entered into my bones, and I trembled in myself, that I might rest in the day of trouble: when he cometh up unto the people, he will invade them with his troops. -- habakkuk 3:16 +. +Although the fig tree shall not blossom, neither shall fruit be in the vines; the labour of the olive shall fail, and the fields shall yield no meat; the flock shall be cut off from the fold, and there shall be no herd in the stalls: -- habakkuk 3:17 +. +Yet I will rejoice in the LORD, I will joy in the God of my salvation. -- habakkuk 3:18 +. +The LORD God is my strength, and he will make my feet like hinds' feet, and he will make me to walk upon mine high places. To the chief singer on my stringed instruments. -- habakkuk 3:19 +. +The word of the LORD which came unto Zephaniah the son of Cushi, the son of Gedaliah, the son of Amariah, the son of Hizkiah, in the days of Josiah the son of Amon, king of Judah. -- zephaniah 1:1 +. +I will utterly consume all things from off the land, saith the LORD. -- zephaniah 1:2 +. +I will consume man and beast; I will consume the fowls of the heaven, and the fishes of the sea, and the stumblingblocks with the wicked: and I will cut off man from off the land, saith the LORD. -- zephaniah 1:3 +. +I will also stretch out mine hand upon Judah, and upon all the inhabitants of Jerusalem; and I will cut off the remnant of Baal from this place, and the name of the Chemarims with the priests; -- zephaniah 1:4 +. +And them that worship the host of heaven upon the housetops; and them that worship and that swear by the LORD, and that swear by Malcham; -- zephaniah 1:5 +. +And them that are turned back from the LORD; and those that have not sought the LORD, nor enquired for him. -- zephaniah 1:6 +. +Hold thy peace at the presence of the Lord GOD: for the day of the LORD is at hand: for the LORD hath prepared a sacrifice, he hath bid his guests. -- zephaniah 1:7 +. +And it shall come to pass in the day of the LORD's sacrifice, that I will punish the princes, and the king's children, and all such as are clothed with strange apparel. -- zephaniah 1:8 +. +In the same day also will I punish all those that leap on the threshold, which fill their masters' houses with violence and deceit. -- zephaniah 1:9 +. +And it shall come to pass in that day, saith the LORD, that there shall be the noise of a cry from the fish gate, and an howling from the second, and a great crashing from the hills. -- zephaniah 1:10 +. +Howl, ye inhabitants of Maktesh, for all the merchant people are cut down; all they that bear silver are cut off. -- zephaniah 1:11 +. +And it shall come to pass at that time, that I will search Jerusalem with candles, and punish the men that are settled on their lees: that say in their heart, The LORD will not do good, neither will he do evil. -- zephaniah 1:12 +. +Therefore their goods shall become a booty, and their houses a desolation: they shall also build houses, but not inhabit them; and they shall plant vineyards, but not drink the wine thereof. -- zephaniah 1:13 +. +The great day of the LORD is near, it is near, and hasteth greatly, even the voice of the day of the LORD: the mighty man shall cry there bitterly. -- zephaniah 1:14 +. +That day is a day of wrath, a day of trouble and distress, a day of wasteness and desolation, a day of darkness and gloominess, a day of clouds and thick darkness, -- zephaniah 1:15 +. +A day of the trumpet and alarm against the fenced cities, and against the high towers. -- zephaniah 1:16 +. +And I will bring distress upon men, that they shall walk like blind men, because they have sinned against the LORD: and their blood shall be poured out as dust, and their flesh as the dung. -- zephaniah 1:17 +. +Neither their silver nor their gold shall be able to deliver them in the day of the LORD's wrath; but the whole land shall be devoured by the fire of his jealousy: for he shall make even a speedy riddance of all them that dwell in the land. -- zephaniah 1:18 +. +Gather yourselves together, yea, gather together, O nation not desired; -- zephaniah 2:1 +. +Before the decree bring forth, before the day pass as the chaff, before the fierce anger of the LORD come upon you, before the day of the LORD's anger come upon you. -- zephaniah 2:2 +. +Seek ye the LORD, all ye meek of the earth, which have wrought his judgment; seek righteousness, seek meekness: it may be ye shall be hid in the day of the LORD's anger. -- zephaniah 2:3 +. +For Gaza shall be forsaken, and Ashkelon a desolation: they shall drive out Ashdod at the noon day, and Ekron shall be rooted up. -- zephaniah 2:4 +. +Woe unto the inhabitants of the sea coast, the nation of the Cherethites! the word of the LORD is against you; O Canaan, the land of the Philistines, I will even destroy thee, that there shall be no inhabitant. -- zephaniah 2:5 +. +And the sea coast shall be dwellings and cottages for shepherds, and folds for flocks. -- zephaniah 2:6 +. +And the coast shall be for the remnant of the house of Judah; they shall feed thereupon: in the houses of Ashkelon shall they lie down in the evening: for the LORD their God shall visit them, and turn away their captivity. -- zephaniah 2:7 +. +I have heard the reproach of Moab, and the revilings of the children of Ammon, whereby they have reproached my people, and magnified themselves against their border. -- zephaniah 2:8 +. +Therefore as I live, saith the LORD of hosts, the God of Israel, Surely Moab shall be as Sodom, and the children of Ammon as Gomorrah, even the breeding of nettles, and saltpits, and a perpetual desolation: the residue of my people shall spoil them, and the remnant of my people shall possess them. -- zephaniah 2:9 +. +This shall they have for their pride, because they have reproached and magnified themselves against the people of the LORD of hosts. -- zephaniah 2:10 +. +The LORD will be terrible unto them: for he will famish all the gods of the earth; and men shall worship him, every one from his place, even all the isles of the heathen. -- zephaniah 2:11 +. +Ye Ethiopians also, ye shall be slain by my sword. -- zephaniah 2:12 +. +And he will stretch out his hand against the north, and destroy Assyria; and will make Nineveh a desolation, and dry like a wilderness. -- zephaniah 2:13 +. +And flocks shall lie down in the midst of her, all the beasts of the nations: both the cormorant and the bittern shall lodge in the upper lintels of it; their voice shall sing in the windows; desolation shall be in the thresholds; for he shall uncover the cedar work. -- zephaniah 2:14 +. +This is the rejoicing city that dwelt carelessly, that said in her heart, I am, and there is none beside me: how is she become a desolation, a place for beasts to lie down in! every one that passeth by her shall hiss, and wag his hand. -- zephaniah 2:15 +. +Woe to her that is filthy and polluted, to the oppressing city! -- zephaniah 3:1 +. +She obeyed not the voice; she received not correction; she trusted not in the LORD; she drew not near to her God. -- zephaniah 3:2 +. +Her princes within her are roaring lions; her judges are evening wolves; they gnaw not the bones till the morrow. -- zephaniah 3:3 +. +Her prophets are light and treacherous persons: her priests have polluted the sanctuary, they have done violence to the law. -- zephaniah 3:4 +. +The just LORD is in the midst thereof; he will not do iniquity: every morning doth he bring his judgment to light, he faileth not; but the unjust knoweth no shame. -- zephaniah 3:5 +. +I have cut off the nations: their towers are desolate; I made their streets waste, that none passeth by: their cities are destroyed, so that there is no man, that there is none inhabitant. -- zephaniah 3:6 +. +I said, Surely thou wilt fear me, thou wilt receive instruction; so their dwelling should not be cut off, howsoever I punished them: but they rose early, and corrupted all their doings. -- zephaniah 3:7 +. +Therefore wait ye upon me, saith the LORD, until the day that I rise up to the prey: for my determination is to gather the nations, that I may assemble the kingdoms, to pour upon them mine indignation, even all my fierce anger: for all the earth shall be devoured with the fire of my jealousy. -- zephaniah 3:8 +. +For then will I turn to the people a pure language, that they may all call upon the name of the LORD, to serve him with one consent. -- zephaniah 3:9 +. +From beyond the rivers of Ethiopia my suppliants, even the daughter of my dispersed, shall bring mine offering. -- zephaniah 3:10 +. +In that day shalt thou not be ashamed for all thy doings, wherein thou hast transgressed against me: for then I will take away out of the midst of thee them that rejoice in thy pride, and thou shalt no more be haughty because of my holy mountain. -- zephaniah 3:11 +. +I will also leave in the midst of thee an afflicted and poor people, and they shall trust in the name of the LORD. -- zephaniah 3:12 +. +The remnant of Israel shall not do iniquity, nor speak lies; neither shall a deceitful tongue be found in their mouth: for they shall feed and lie down, and none shall make them afraid. -- zephaniah 3:13 +. +Sing, O daughter of Zion; shout, O Israel; be glad and rejoice with all the heart, O daughter of Jerusalem. -- zephaniah 3:14 +. +The LORD hath taken away thy judgments, he hath cast out thine enemy: the king of Israel, even the LORD, is in the midst of thee: thou shalt not see evil any more. -- zephaniah 3:15 +. +In that day it shall be said to Jerusalem, Fear thou not: and to Zion, Let not thine hands be slack. -- zephaniah 3:16 +. +The LORD thy God in the midst of thee is mighty; he will save, he will rejoice over thee with joy; he will rest in his love, he will joy over thee with singing. -- zephaniah 3:17 +. +I will gather them that are sorrowful for the solemn assembly, who are of thee, to whom the reproach of it was a burden. -- zephaniah 3:18 +. +Behold, at that time I will undo all that afflict thee: and I will save her that halteth, and gather her that was driven out; and I will get them praise and fame in every land where they have been put to shame. -- zephaniah 3:19 +. +At that time will I bring you again, even in the time that I gather you: for I will make you a name and a praise among all people of the earth, when I turn back your captivity before your eyes, saith the LORD. -- zephaniah 3:20 +. +In the second year of Darius the king, in the sixth month, in the first day of the month, came the word of the LORD by Haggai the prophet unto Zerubbabel the son of Shealtiel, governor of Judah, and to Joshua the son of Josedech, the high priest, saying, -- haggai 1:1 +. +Thus speaketh the LORD of hosts, saying, This people say, The time is not come, the time that the LORD's house should be built. -- haggai 1:2 +. +Then came the word of the LORD by Haggai the prophet, saying, -- haggai 1:3 +. +Is it time for you, O ye, to dwell in your cieled houses, and this house lie waste? -- haggai 1:4 +. +Now therefore thus saith the LORD of hosts; Consider your ways. -- haggai 1:5 +. +Ye have sown much, and bring in little; ye eat, but ye have not enough; ye drink, but ye are not filled with drink; ye clothe you, but there is none warm; and he that earneth wages earneth wages to put it into a bag with holes. -- haggai 1:6 +. +Thus saith the LORD of hosts; Consider your ways. -- haggai 1:7 +. +Go up to the mountain, and bring wood, and build the house; and I will take pleasure in it, and I will be glorified, saith the LORD. -- haggai 1:8 +. +Ye looked for much, and, lo it came to little; and when ye brought it home, I did blow upon it. Why? saith the LORD of hosts. Because of mine house that is waste, and ye run every man unto his own house. -- haggai 1:9 +. +Therefore the heaven over you is stayed from dew, and the earth is stayed from her fruit. -- haggai 1:10 +. +And I called for a drought upon the land, and upon the mountains, and upon the corn, and upon the new wine, and upon the oil, and upon that which the ground bringeth forth, and upon men, and upon cattle, and upon all the labour of the hands. -- haggai 1:11 +. +Then Zerubbabel the son of Shealtiel, and Joshua the son of Josedech, the high priest, with all the remnant of the people, obeyed the voice of the LORD their God, and the words of Haggai the prophet, as the LORD their God had sent him, and the people did fear before the LORD. -- haggai 1:12 +. +Then spake Haggai the LORD's messenger in the LORD's message unto the people, saying, I am with you, saith the LORD. -- haggai 1:13 +. +And the LORD stirred up the spirit of Zerubbabel the son of Shealtiel, governor of Judah, and the spirit of Joshua the son of Josedech, the high priest, and the spirit of all the remnant of the people; and they came and did work in the house of the LORD of hosts, their God, -- haggai 1:14 +. +In the four and twentieth day of the sixth month, in the second year of Darius the king. -- haggai 1:15 +. +In the seventh month, in the one and twentieth day of the month, came the word of the LORD by the prophet Haggai, saying, -- haggai 2:1 +. +Speak now to Zerubbabel the son of Shealtiel, governor of Judah, and to Joshua the son of Josedech, the high priest, and to the residue of the people, saying, -- haggai 2:2 +. +Who is left among you that saw this house in her first glory? and how do ye see it now? is it not in your eyes in comparison of it as nothing? -- haggai 2:3 +. +Yet now be strong, O Zerubbabel, saith the LORD; and be strong, O Joshua, son of Josedech, the high priest; and be strong, all ye people of the land, saith the LORD, and work: for I am with you, saith the LORD of hosts: -- haggai 2:4 +. +According to the word that I covenanted with you when ye came out of Egypt, so my spirit remaineth among you: fear ye not. -- haggai 2:5 +. +For thus saith the LORD of hosts; Yet once, it is a little while, and I will shake the heavens, and the earth, and the sea, and the dry land; -- haggai 2:6 +. +And I will shake all nations, and the desire of all nations shall come: and I will fill this house with glory, saith the LORD of hosts. -- haggai 2:7 +. +The silver is mine, and the gold is mine, saith the LORD of hosts. -- haggai 2:8 +. +The glory of this latter house shall be greater than of the former, saith the LORD of hosts: and in this place will I give peace, saith the LORD of hosts. -- haggai 2:9 +. +In the four and twentieth day of the ninth month, in the second year of Darius, came the word of the LORD by Haggai the prophet, saying, -- haggai 2:10 +. +Thus saith the LORD of hosts; Ask now the priests concerning the law, saying, -- haggai 2:11 +. +If one bear holy flesh in the skirt of his garment, and with his skirt do touch bread, or pottage, or wine, or oil, or any meat, shall it be holy? And the priests answered and said, No. -- haggai 2:12 +. +Then said Haggai, If one that is unclean by a dead body touch any of these, shall it be unclean? And the priests answered and said, It shall be unclean. -- haggai 2:13 +. +Then answered Haggai, and said, So is this people, and so is this nation before me, saith the LORD; and so is every work of their hands; and that which they offer there is unclean. -- haggai 2:14 +. +And now, I pray you, consider from this day and upward, from before a stone was laid upon a stone in the temple of the LORD: -- haggai 2:15 +. +Since those days were, when one came to an heap of twenty measures, there were but ten: when one came to the pressfat for to draw out fifty vessels out of the press, there were but twenty. -- haggai 2:16 +. +I smote you with blasting and with mildew and with hail in all the labours of your hands; yet ye turned not to me, saith the LORD. -- haggai 2:17 +. +Consider now from this day and upward, from the four and twentieth day of the ninth month, even from the day that the foundation of the LORD's temple was laid, consider it. -- haggai 2:18 +. +Is the seed yet in the barn? yea, as yet the vine, and the fig tree, and the pomegranate, and the olive tree, hath not brought forth: from this day will I bless you. -- haggai 2:19 +. +And again the word of the LORD came unto Haggai in the four and twentieth day of the month, saying, -- haggai 2:20 +. +Speak to Zerubbabel, governor of Judah, saying, I will shake the heavens and the earth; -- haggai 2:21 +. +And I will overthrow the throne of kingdoms, and I will destroy the strength of the kingdoms of the heathen; and I will overthrow the chariots, and those that ride in them; and the horses and their riders shall come down, every one by the sword of his brother. -- haggai 2:22 +. +In that day, saith the LORD of hosts, will I take thee, O Zerubbabel, my servant, the son of Shealtiel, saith the LORD, and will make thee as a signet: for I have chosen thee, saith the LORD of hosts. -- haggai 2:23 +. +In the eighth month, in the second year of Darius, came the word of the LORD unto Zechariah, the son of Berechiah, the son of Iddo the prophet, saying, -- zechariah 1:1 +. +The LORD hath been sore displeased with your fathers. -- zechariah 1:2 +. +Therefore say thou unto them, Thus saith the LORD of hosts; Turn ye unto me, saith the LORD of hosts, and I will turn unto you, saith the LORD of hosts. -- zechariah 1:3 +. +Be ye not as your fathers, unto whom the former prophets have cried, saying, Thus saith the LORD of hosts; Turn ye now from your evil ways, and from your evil doings: but they did not hear, nor hearken unto me, saith the LORD. -- zechariah 1:4 +. +Your fathers, where are they? and the prophets, do they live for ever? -- zechariah 1:5 +. +But my words and my statutes, which I commanded my servants the prophets, did they not take hold of your fathers? and they returned and said, Like as the LORD of hosts thought to do unto us, according to our ways, and according to our doings, so hath he dealt with us. -- zechariah 1:6 +. +Upon the four and twentieth day of the eleventh month, which is the month Sebat, in the second year of Darius, came the word of the LORD unto Zechariah, the son of Berechiah, the son of Iddo the prophet, saying, -- zechariah 1:7 +. +I saw by night, and behold a man riding upon a red horse, and he stood among the myrtle trees that were in the bottom; and behind him were there red horses, speckled, and white. -- zechariah 1:8 +. +Then said I, O my lord, what are these? And the angel that talked with me said unto me, I will shew thee what these be. -- zechariah 1:9 +. +And the man that stood among the myrtle trees answered and said, These are they whom the LORD hath sent to walk to and fro through the earth. -- zechariah 1:10 +. +And they answered the angel of the LORD that stood among the myrtle trees, and said, We have walked to and fro through the earth, and, behold, all the earth sitteth still, and is at rest. -- zechariah 1:11 +. +Then the angel of the LORD answered and said, O LORD of hosts, how long wilt thou not have mercy on Jerusalem and on the cities of Judah, against which thou hast had indignation these threescore and ten years? -- zechariah 1:12 +. +And the LORD answered the angel that talked with me with good words and comfortable words. -- zechariah 1:13 +. +So the angel that communed with me said unto me, Cry thou, saying, Thus saith the LORD of hosts; I am jealous for Jerusalem and for Zion with a great jealousy. -- zechariah 1:14 +. +And I am very sore displeased with the heathen that are at ease: for I was but a little displeased, and they helped forward the affliction. -- zechariah 1:15 +. +Therefore thus saith the LORD; I am returned to Jerusalem with mercies: my house shall be built in it, saith the LORD of hosts, and a line shall be stretched forth upon Jerusalem. -- zechariah 1:16 +. +Cry yet, saying, Thus saith the LORD of hosts; My cities through prosperity shall yet be spread abroad; and the LORD shall yet comfort Zion, and shall yet choose Jerusalem. -- zechariah 1:17 +. +Then lifted I up mine eyes, and saw, and behold four horns. -- zechariah 1:18 +. +And I said unto the angel that talked with me, What be these? And he answered me, These are the horns which have scattered Judah, Israel, and Jerusalem. -- zechariah 1:19 +. +And the LORD shewed me four carpenters. -- zechariah 1:20 +. +Then said I, What come these to do? And he spake, saying, These are the horns which have scattered Judah, so that no man did lift up his head: but these are come to fray them, to cast out the horns of the Gentiles, which lifted up their horn over the land of Judah to scatter it. -- zechariah 1:21 +. +I lifted up mine eyes again, and looked, and behold a man with a measuring line in his hand. -- zechariah 2:1 +. +Then said I, Whither goest thou? And he said unto me, To measure Jerusalem, to see what is the breadth thereof, and what is the length thereof. -- zechariah 2:2 +. +And, behold, the angel that talked with me went forth, and another angel went out to meet him, -- zechariah 2:3 +. +And said unto him, Run, speak to this young man, saying, Jerusalem shall be inhabited as towns without walls for the multitude of men and cattle therein: -- zechariah 2:4 +. +For I, saith the LORD, will be unto her a wall of fire round about, and will be the glory in the midst of her. -- zechariah 2:5 +. +Ho, ho, come forth, and flee from the land of the north, saith the LORD: for I have spread you abroad as the four winds of the heaven, saith the LORD. -- zechariah 2:6 +. +Deliver thyself, O Zion, that dwellest with the daughter of Babylon. -- zechariah 2:7 +. +For thus saith the LORD of hosts; After the glory hath he sent me unto the nations which spoiled you: for he that toucheth you toucheth the apple of his eye. -- zechariah 2:8 +. +For, behold, I will shake mine hand upon them, and they shall be a spoil to their servants: and ye shall know that the LORD of hosts hath sent me. -- zechariah 2:9 +. +Sing and rejoice, O daughter of Zion: for, lo, I come, and I will dwell in the midst of thee, saith the LORD. -- zechariah 2:10 +. +And many nations shall be joined to the LORD in that day, and shall be my people: and I will dwell in the midst of thee, and thou shalt know that the LORD of hosts hath sent me unto thee. -- zechariah 2:11 +. +And the LORD shall inherit Judah his portion in the holy land, and shall choose Jerusalem again. -- zechariah 2:12 +. +Be silent, O all flesh, before the LORD: for he is raised up out of his holy habitation. -- zechariah 2:13 +. +And he shewed me Joshua the high priest standing before the angel of the LORD, and Satan standing at his right hand to resist him. -- zechariah 3:1 +. +And the LORD said unto Satan, The LORD rebuke thee, O Satan; even the LORD that hath chosen Jerusalem rebuke thee: is not this a brand plucked out of the fire? -- zechariah 3:2 +. +Now Joshua was clothed with filthy garments, and stood before the angel. -- zechariah 3:3 +. +And he answered and spake unto those that stood before him, saying, Take away the filthy garments from him. And unto him he said, Behold, I have caused thine iniquity to pass from thee, and I will clothe thee with change of raiment. -- zechariah 3:4 +. +And I said, Let them set a fair mitre upon his head. So they set a fair mitre upon his head, and clothed him with garments. And the angel of the LORD stood by. -- zechariah 3:5 +. +And the angel of the LORD protested unto Joshua, saying, -- zechariah 3:6 +. +Thus saith the LORD of hosts; If thou wilt walk in my ways, and if thou wilt keep my charge, then thou shalt also judge my house, and shalt also keep my courts, and I will give thee places to walk among these that stand by. -- zechariah 3:7 +. +Hear now, O Joshua the high priest, thou, and thy fellows that sit before thee: for they are men wondered at: for, behold, I will bring forth my servant the BRANCH. -- zechariah 3:8 +. +For behold the stone that I have laid before Joshua; upon one stone shall be seven eyes: behold, I will engrave the graving thereof, saith the LORD of hosts, and I will remove the iniquity of that land in one day. -- zechariah 3:9 +. +In that day, saith the LORD of hosts, shall ye call every man his neighbour under the vine and under the fig tree. -- zechariah 3:10 +. +And the angel that talked with me came again, and waked me, as a man that is wakened out of his sleep. -- zechariah 4:1 +. +And said unto me, What seest thou? And I said, I have looked, and behold a candlestick all of gold, with a bowl upon the top of it, and his seven lamps thereon, and seven pipes to the seven lamps, which are upon the top thereof: -- zechariah 4:2 +. +And two olive trees by it, one upon the right side of the bowl, and the other upon the left side thereof. -- zechariah 4:3 +. +So I answered and spake to the angel that talked with me, saying, What are these, my lord? -- zechariah 4:4 +. +Then the angel that talked with me answered and said unto me, Knowest thou not what these be? And I said, No, my lord. -- zechariah 4:5 +. +Then he answered and spake unto me, saying, This is the word of the LORD unto Zerubbabel, saying, Not by might, nor by power, but by my spirit, saith the LORD of hosts. -- zechariah 4:6 +. +Who art thou, O great mountain? before Zerubbabel thou shalt become a plain: and he shall bring forth the headstone thereof with shoutings, crying, Grace, grace unto it. -- zechariah 4:7 +. +Moreover the word of the LORD came unto me, saying, -- zechariah 4:8 +. +The hands of Zerubbabel have laid the foundation of this house; his hands shall also finish it; and thou shalt know that the LORD of hosts hath sent me unto you. -- zechariah 4:9 +. +For who hath despised the day of small things? for they shall rejoice, and shall see the plummet in the hand of Zerubbabel with those seven; they are the eyes of the LORD, which run to and fro through the whole earth. -- zechariah 4:10 +. +Then answered I, and said unto him, What are these two olive trees upon the right side of the candlestick and upon the left side thereof? -- zechariah 4:11 +. +And I answered again, and said unto him, What be these two olive branches which through the two golden pipes empty the golden oil out of themselves? -- zechariah 4:12 +. +And he answered me and said, Knowest thou not what these be? And I said, No, my lord. -- zechariah 4:13 +. +Then said he, These are the two anointed ones, that stand by the LORD of the whole earth. -- zechariah 4:14 +. +Then I turned, and lifted up mine eyes, and looked, and behold a flying roll. -- zechariah 5:1 +. +And he said unto me, What seest thou? And I answered, I see a flying roll; the length thereof is twenty cubits, and the breadth thereof ten cubits. -- zechariah 5:2 +. +Then said he unto me, This is the curse that goeth forth over the face of the whole earth: for every one that stealeth shall be cut off as on this side according to it; and every one that sweareth shall be cut off as on that side according to it. -- zechariah 5:3 +. +I will bring it forth, saith the LORD of hosts, and it shall enter into the house of the thief, and into the house of him that sweareth falsely by my name: and it shall remain in the midst of his house, and shall consume it with the timber thereof and the stones thereof. -- zechariah 5:4 +. +Then the angel that talked with me went forth, and said unto me, Lift up now thine eyes, and see what is this that goeth forth. -- zechariah 5:5 +. +And I said, What is it? And he said, This is an ephah that goeth forth. He said moreover, This is their resemblance through all the earth. -- zechariah 5:6 +. +And, behold, there was lifted up a talent of lead: and this is a woman that sitteth in the midst of the ephah. -- zechariah 5:7 +. +And he said, This is wickedness. And he cast it into the midst of the ephah; and he cast the weight of lead upon the mouth thereof. -- zechariah 5:8 +. +Then lifted I up mine eyes, and looked, and, behold, there came out two women, and the wind was in their wings; for they had wings like the wings of a stork: and they lifted up the ephah between the earth and the heaven. -- zechariah 5:9 +. +Then said I to the angel that talked with me, Whither do these bear the ephah? -- zechariah 5:10 +. +And he said unto me, To build it an house in the land of Shinar: and it shall be established, and set there upon her own base. -- zechariah 5:11 +. +And I turned, and lifted up mine eyes, and looked, and, behold, there came four chariots out from between two mountains; and the mountains were mountains of brass. -- zechariah 6:1 +. +In the first chariot were red horses; and in the second chariot black horses; -- zechariah 6:2 +. +And in the third chariot white horses; and in the fourth chariot grisled and bay horses. -- zechariah 6:3 +. +Then I answered and said unto the angel that talked with me, What are these, my lord? -- zechariah 6:4 +. +And the angel answered and said unto me, These are the four spirits of the heavens, which go forth from standing before the LORD of all the earth. -- zechariah 6:5 +. +The black horses which are therein go forth into the north country; and the white go forth after them; and the grisled go forth toward the south country. -- zechariah 6:6 +. +And the bay went forth, and sought to go that they might walk to and fro through the earth: and he said, Get you hence, walk to and fro through the earth. So they walked to and fro through the earth. -- zechariah 6:7 +. +Then cried he upon me, and spake unto me, saying, Behold, these that go toward the north country have quieted my spirit in the north country. -- zechariah 6:8 +. +And the word of the LORD came unto me, saying, -- zechariah 6:9 +. +Take of them of the captivity, even of Heldai, of Tobijah, and of Jedaiah, which are come from Babylon, and come thou the same day, and go into the house of Josiah the son of Zephaniah; -- zechariah 6:10 +. +Then take silver and gold, and make crowns, and set them upon the head of Joshua the son of Josedech, the high priest; -- zechariah 6:11 +. +And speak unto him, saying, Thus speaketh the LORD of hosts, saying, Behold the man whose name is The BRANCH; and he shall grow up out of his place, and he shall build the temple of the LORD: -- zechariah 6:12 +. +Even he shall build the temple of the LORD; and he shall bear the glory, and shall sit and rule upon his throne; and he shall be a priest upon his throne: and the counsel of peace shall be between them both. -- zechariah 6:13 +. +And the crowns shall be to Helem, and to Tobijah, and to Jedaiah, and to Hen the son of Zephaniah, for a memorial in the temple of the LORD. -- zechariah 6:14 +. +And they that are far off shall come and build in the temple of the LORD, and ye shall know that the LORD of hosts hath sent me unto you. And this shall come to pass, if ye will diligently obey the voice of the LORD your God. -- zechariah 6:15 +. +And it came to pass in the fourth year of king Darius, that the word of the LORD came unto Zechariah in the fourth day of the ninth month, even in Chisleu; -- zechariah 7:1 +. +When they had sent unto the house of God Sherezer and Regemmelech, and their men, to pray before the LORD, -- zechariah 7:2 +. +And to speak unto the priests which were in the house of the LORD of hosts, and to the prophets, saying, Should I weep in the fifth month, separating myself, as I have done these so many years? -- zechariah 7:3 +. +Then came the word of the LORD of hosts unto me, saying, -- zechariah 7:4 +. +Speak unto all the people of the land, and to the priests, saying, When ye fasted and mourned in the fifth and seventh month, even those seventy years, did ye at all fast unto me, even to me? -- zechariah 7:5 +. +And when ye did eat, and when ye did drink, did not ye eat for yourselves, and drink for yourselves? -- zechariah 7:6 +. +Should ye not hear the words which the LORD hath cried by the former prophets, when Jerusalem was inhabited and in prosperity, and the cities thereof round about her, when men inhabited the south and the plain? -- zechariah 7:7 +. +And the word of the LORD came unto Zechariah, saying, -- zechariah 7:8 +. +Thus speaketh the LORD of hosts, saying, Execute true judgment, and shew mercy and compassions every man to his brother: -- zechariah 7:9 +. +And oppress not the widow, nor the fatherless, the stranger, nor the poor; and let none of you imagine evil against his brother in your heart. -- zechariah 7:10 +. +But they refused to hearken, and pulled away the shoulder, and stopped their ears, that they should not hear. -- zechariah 7:11 +. +Yea, they made their hearts as an adamant stone, lest they should hear the law, and the words which the LORD of hosts hath sent in his spirit by the former prophets: therefore came a great wrath from the LORD of hosts. -- zechariah 7:12 +. +Therefore it is come to pass, that as he cried, and they would not hear; so they cried, and I would not hear, saith the LORD of hosts: -- zechariah 7:13 +. +But I scattered them with a whirlwind among all the nations whom they knew not. Thus the land was desolate after them, that no man passed through nor returned: for they laid the pleasant land desolate. -- zechariah 7:14 +. +Again the word of the LORD of hosts came to me, saying, -- zechariah 8:1 +. +Thus saith the LORD of hosts; I was jealous for Zion with great jealousy, and I was jealous for her with great fury. -- zechariah 8:2 +. +Thus saith the LORD; I am returned unto Zion, and will dwell in the midst of Jerusalem: and Jerusalem shall be called a city of truth; and the mountain of the LORD of hosts the holy mountain. -- zechariah 8:3 +. +Thus saith the LORD of hosts; There shall yet old men and old women dwell in the streets of Jerusalem, and every man with his staff in his hand for very age. -- zechariah 8:4 +. +And the streets of the city shall be full of boys and girls playing in the streets thereof. -- zechariah 8:5 +. +Thus saith the LORD of hosts; If it be marvellous in the eyes of the remnant of this people in these days, should it also be marvellous in mine eyes? saith the LORD of hosts. -- zechariah 8:6 +. +Thus saith the LORD of hosts; Behold, I will save my people from the east country, and from the west country; -- zechariah 8:7 +. +And I will bring them, and they shall dwell in the midst of Jerusalem: and they shall be my people, and I will be their God, in truth and in righteousness. -- zechariah 8:8 +. +Thus saith the LORD of hosts; Let your hands be strong, ye that hear in these days these words by the mouth of the prophets, which were in the day that the foundation of the house of the LORD of hosts was laid, that the temple might be built. -- zechariah 8:9 +. +For before these days there was no hire for man, nor any hire for beast; neither was there any peace to him that went out or came in because of the affliction: for I set all men every one against his neighbour. -- zechariah 8:10 +. +But now I will not be unto the residue of this people as in the former days, saith the LORD of hosts. -- zechariah 8:11 +. +For the seed shall be prosperous; the vine shall give her fruit, and the ground shall give her increase, and the heavens shall give their dew; and I will cause the remnant of this people to possess all these things. -- zechariah 8:12 +. +And it shall come to pass, that as ye were a curse among the heathen, O house of Judah, and house of Israel; so will I save you, and ye shall be a blessing: fear not, but let your hands be strong. -- zechariah 8:13 +. +For thus saith the LORD of hosts; As I thought to punish you, when your fathers provoked me to wrath, saith the LORD of hosts, and I repented not: -- zechariah 8:14 +. +So again have I thought in these days to do well unto Jerusalem and to the house of Judah: fear ye not. -- zechariah 8:15 +. +These are the things that ye shall do; Speak ye every man the truth to his neighbour; execute the judgment of truth and peace in your gates: -- zechariah 8:16 +. +And let none of you imagine evil in your hearts against his neighbour; and love no false oath: for all these are things that I hate, saith the LORD. -- zechariah 8:17 +. +And the word of the LORD of hosts came unto me, saying, -- zechariah 8:18 +. +Thus saith the LORD of hosts; The fast of the fourth month, and the fast of the fifth, and the fast of the seventh, and the fast of the tenth, shall be to the house of Judah joy and gladness, and cheerful feasts; therefore love the truth and peace. -- zechariah 8:19 +. +Thus saith the LORD of hosts; It shall yet come to pass, that there shall come people, and the inhabitants of many cities: -- zechariah 8:20 +. +And the inhabitants of one city shall go to another, saying, Let us go speedily to pray before the LORD, and to seek the LORD of hosts: I will go also. -- zechariah 8:21 +. +Yea, many people and strong nations shall come to seek the LORD of hosts in Jerusalem, and to pray before the LORD. -- zechariah 8:22 +. +Thus saith the LORD of hosts; In those days it shall come to pass, that ten men shall take hold out of all languages of the nations, even shall take hold of the skirt of him that is a Jew, saying, We will go with you: for we have heard that God is with you. -- zechariah 8:23 +. +The burden of the word of the LORD in the land of Hadrach, and Damascus shall be the rest thereof: when the eyes of man, as of all the tribes of Israel, shall be toward the LORD. -- zechariah 9:1 +. +And Hamath also shall border thereby; Tyrus, and Zidon, though it be very wise. -- zechariah 9:2 +. +And Tyrus did build herself a strong hold, and heaped up silver as the dust, and fine gold as the mire of the streets. -- zechariah 9:3 +. +Behold, the LORD will cast her out, and he will smite her power in the sea; and she shall be devoured with fire. -- zechariah 9:4 +. +Ashkelon shall see it, and fear; Gaza also shall see it, and be very sorrowful, and Ekron; for her expectation shall be ashamed; and the king shall perish from Gaza, and Ashkelon shall not be inhabited. -- zechariah 9:5 +. +And a bastard shall dwell in Ashdod, and I will cut off the pride of the Philistines. -- zechariah 9:6 +. +And I will take away his blood out of his mouth, and his abominations from between his teeth: but he that remaineth, even he, shall be for our God, and he shall be as a governor in Judah, and Ekron as a Jebusite. -- zechariah 9:7 +. +And I will encamp about mine house because of the army, because of him that passeth by, and because of him that returneth: and no oppressor shall pass through them any more: for now have I seen with mine eyes. -- zechariah 9:8 +. +Rejoice greatly, O daughter of Zion; shout, O daughter of Jerusalem: behold, thy King cometh unto thee: he is just, and having salvation; lowly, and riding upon an ass, and upon a colt the foal of an ass. -- zechariah 9:9 +. +And I will cut off the chariot from Ephraim, and the horse from Jerusalem, and the battle bow shall be cut off: and he shall speak peace unto the heathen: and his dominion shall be from sea even to sea, and from the river even to the ends of the earth. -- zechariah 9:10 +. +As for thee also, by the blood of thy covenant I have sent forth thy prisoners out of the pit wherein is no water. -- zechariah 9:11 +. +Turn you to the strong hold, ye prisoners of hope: even to day do I declare that I will render double unto thee; -- zechariah 9:12 +. +When I have bent Judah for me, filled the bow with Ephraim, and raised up thy sons, O Zion, against thy sons, O Greece, and made thee as the sword of a mighty man. -- zechariah 9:13 +. +And the LORD shall be seen over them, and his arrow shall go forth as the lightning: and the LORD God shall blow the trumpet, and shall go with whirlwinds of the south. -- zechariah 9:14 +. +The LORD of hosts shall defend them; and they shall devour, and subdue with sling stones; and they shall drink, and make a noise as through wine; and they shall be filled like bowls, and as the corners of the altar. -- zechariah 9:15 +. +And the LORD their God shall save them in that day as the flock of his people: for they shall be as the stones of a crown, lifted up as an ensign upon his land. -- zechariah 9:16 +. +For how great is his goodness, and how great is his beauty! corn shall make the young men cheerful, and new wine the maids. -- zechariah 9:17 +. +Ask ye of the LORD rain in the time of the latter rain; so the LORD shall make bright clouds, and give them showers of rain, to every one grass in the field. -- zechariah 10:1 +. +For the idols have spoken vanity, and the diviners have seen a lie, and have told false dreams; they comfort in vain: therefore they went their way as a flock, they were troubled, because there was no shepherd. -- zechariah 10:2 +. +Mine anger was kindled against the shepherds, and I punished the goats: for the LORD of hosts hath visited his flock the house of Judah, and hath made them as his goodly horse in the battle. -- zechariah 10:3 +. +Out of him came forth the corner, out of him the nail, out of him the battle bow, out of him every oppressor together. -- zechariah 10:4 +. +And they shall be as mighty men, which tread down their enemies in the mire of the streets in the battle: and they shall fight, because the LORD is with them, and the riders on horses shall be confounded. -- zechariah 10:5 +. +And I will strengthen the house of Judah, and I will save the house of Joseph, and I will bring them again to place them; for I have mercy upon them: and they shall be as though I had not cast them off: for I am the LORD their God, and will hear them. -- zechariah 10:6 +. +And they of Ephraim shall be like a mighty man, and their heart shall rejoice as through wine: yea, their children shall see it, and be glad; their heart shall rejoice in the LORD. -- zechariah 10:7 +. +I will hiss for them, and gather them; for I have redeemed them: and they shall increase as they have increased. -- zechariah 10:8 +. +And I will sow them among the people: and they shall remember me in far countries; and they shall live with their children, and turn again. -- zechariah 10:9 +. +I will bring them again also out of the land of Egypt, and gather them out of Assyria; and I will bring them into the land of Gilead and Lebanon; and place shall not be found for them. -- zechariah 10:10 +. +And he shall pass through the sea with affliction, and shall smite the waves in the sea, and all the deeps of the river shall dry up: and the pride of Assyria shall be brought down, and the sceptre of Egypt shall depart away. -- zechariah 10:11 +. +And I will strengthen them in the LORD; and they shall walk up and down in his name, saith the LORD. -- zechariah 10:12 +. +Open thy doors, O Lebanon, that the fire may devour thy cedars. -- zechariah 11:1 +. +Howl, fir tree; for the cedar is fallen; because the mighty are spoiled: howl, O ye oaks of Bashan; for the forest of the vintage is come down. -- zechariah 11:2 +. +There is a voice of the howling of the shepherds; for their glory is spoiled: a voice of the roaring of young lions; for the pride of Jordan is spoiled. -- zechariah 11:3 +. +Thus saith the LORD my God; Feed the flock of the slaughter; -- zechariah 11:4 +. +Whose possessors slay them, and hold themselves not guilty: and they that sell them say, Blessed be the LORD; for I am rich: and their own shepherds pity them not. -- zechariah 11:5 +. +For I will no more pity the inhabitants of the land, saith the LORD: but, lo, I will deliver the men every one into his neighbour's hand, and into the hand of his king: and they shall smite the land, and out of their hand I will not deliver them. -- zechariah 11:6 +. +And I will feed the flock of slaughter, even you, O poor of the flock. And I took unto me two staves; the one I called Beauty, and the other I called Bands; and I fed the flock. -- zechariah 11:7 +. +Three shepherds also I cut off in one month; and my soul lothed them, and their soul also abhorred me. -- zechariah 11:8 +. +Then said I, I will not feed you: that that dieth, let it die; and that that is to be cut off, let it be cut off; and let the rest eat every one the flesh of another. -- zechariah 11:9 +. +And I took my staff, even Beauty, and cut it asunder, that I might break my covenant which I had made with all the people. -- zechariah 11:10 +. +And it was broken in that day: and so the poor of the flock that waited upon me knew that it was the word of the LORD. -- zechariah 11:11 +. +And I said unto them, If ye think good, give me my price; and if not, forbear. So they weighed for my price thirty pieces of silver. -- zechariah 11:12 +. +And the LORD said unto me, Cast it unto the potter: a goodly price that I was prised at of them. And I took the thirty pieces of silver, and cast them to the potter in the house of the LORD. -- zechariah 11:13 +. +Then I cut asunder mine other staff, even Bands, that I might break the brotherhood between Judah and Israel. -- zechariah 11:14 +. +And the LORD said unto me, Take unto thee yet the instruments of a foolish shepherd. -- zechariah 11:15 +. +For, lo, I will raise up a shepherd in the land, which shall not visit those that be cut off, neither shall seek the young one, nor heal that that is broken, nor feed that that standeth still: but he shall eat the flesh of the fat, and tear their claws in pieces. -- zechariah 11:16 +. +Woe to the idol shepherd that leaveth the flock! the sword shall be upon his arm, and upon his right eye: his arm shall be clean dried up, and his right eye shall be utterly darkened. -- zechariah 11:17 +. +The burden of the word of the LORD for Israel, saith the LORD, which stretcheth forth the heavens, and layeth the foundation of the earth, and formeth the spirit of man within him. -- zechariah 12:1 +. +Behold, I will make Jerusalem a cup of trembling unto all the people round about, when they shall be in the siege both against Judah and against Jerusalem. -- zechariah 12:2 +. +And in that day will I make Jerusalem a burdensome stone for all people: all that burden themselves with it shall be cut in pieces, though all the people of the earth be gathered together against it. -- zechariah 12:3 +. +In that day, saith the LORD, I will smite every horse with astonishment, and his rider with madness: and I will open mine eyes upon the house of Judah, and will smite every horse of the people with blindness. -- zechariah 12:4 +. +And the governors of Judah shall say in their heart, The inhabitants of Jerusalem shall be my strength in the LORD of hosts their God. -- zechariah 12:5 +. +In that day will I make the governors of Judah like an hearth of fire among the wood, and like a torch of fire in a sheaf; and they shall devour all the people round about, on the right hand and on the left: and Jerusalem shall be inhabited again in her own place, even in Jerusalem. -- zechariah 12:6 +. +The LORD also shall save the tents of Judah first, that the glory of the house of David and the glory of the inhabitants of Jerusalem do not magnify themselves against Judah. -- zechariah 12:7 +. +In that day shall the LORD defend the inhabitants of Jerusalem; and he that is feeble among them at that day shall be as David; and the house of David shall be as God, as the angel of the LORD before them. -- zechariah 12:8 +. +And it shall come to pass in that day, that I will seek to destroy all the nations that come against Jerusalem. -- zechariah 12:9 +. +And I will pour upon the house of David, and upon the inhabitants of Jerusalem, the spirit of grace and of supplications: and they shall look upon me whom they have pierced, and they shall mourn for him, as one mourneth for his only son, and shall be in bitterness for him, as one that is in bitterness for his firstborn. -- zechariah 12:10 +. +In that day shall there be a great mourning in Jerusalem, as the mourning of Hadadrimmon in the valley of Megiddon. -- zechariah 12:11 +. +And the land shall mourn, every family apart; the family of the house of David apart, and their wives apart; the family of the house of Nathan apart, and their wives apart; -- zechariah 12:12 +. +The family of the house of Levi apart, and their wives apart; the family of Shimei apart, and their wives apart; -- zechariah 12:13 +. +All the families that remain, every family apart, and their wives apart. -- zechariah 12:14 +. +In that day there shall be a fountain opened to the house of David and to the inhabitants of Jerusalem for sin and for uncleanness. -- zechariah 13:1 +. +And it shall come to pass in that day, saith the LORD of hosts, that I will cut off the names of the idols out of the land, and they shall no more be remembered: and also I will cause the prophets and the unclean spirit to pass out of the land. -- zechariah 13:2 +. +And it shall come to pass, that when any shall yet prophesy, then his father and his mother that begat him shall say unto him, Thou shalt not live; for thou speakest lies in the name of the LORD: and his father and his mother that begat him shall thrust him through when he prophesieth. -- zechariah 13:3 +. +And it shall come to pass in that day, that the prophets shall be ashamed every one of his vision, when he hath prophesied; neither shall they wear a rough garment to deceive: -- zechariah 13:4 +. +But he shall say, I am no prophet, I am an husbandman; for man taught me to keep cattle from my youth. -- zechariah 13:5 +. +And one shall say unto him, What are these wounds in thine hands? Then he shall answer, Those with which I was wounded in the house of my friends. -- zechariah 13:6 +. +Awake, O sword, against my shepherd, and against the man that is my fellow, saith the LORD of hosts: smite the shepherd, and the sheep shall be scattered: and I will turn mine hand upon the little ones. -- zechariah 13:7 +. +And it shall come to pass, that in all the land, saith the LORD, two parts therein shall be cut off and die; but the third shall be left therein. -- zechariah 13:8 +. +And I will bring the third part through the fire, and will refine them as silver is refined, and will try them as gold is tried: they shall call on my name, and I will hear them: I will say, It is my people: and they shall say, The LORD is my God. -- zechariah 13:9 +. +Behold, the day of the LORD cometh, and thy spoil shall be divided in the midst of thee. -- zechariah 14:1 +. +For I will gather all nations against Jerusalem to battle; and the city shall be taken, and the houses rifled, and the women ravished; and half of the city shall go forth into captivity, and the residue of the people shall not be cut off from the city. -- zechariah 14:2 +. +Then shall the LORD go forth, and fight against those nations, as when he fought in the day of battle. -- zechariah 14:3 +. +And his feet shall stand in that day upon the mount of Olives, which is before Jerusalem on the east, and the mount of Olives shall cleave in the midst thereof toward the east and toward the west, and there shall be a very great valley; and half of the mountain shall remove toward the north, and half of it toward the south. -- zechariah 14:4 +. +And ye shall flee to the valley of the mountains; for the valley of the mountains shall reach unto Azal: yea, ye shall flee, like as ye fled from before the earthquake in the days of Uzziah king of Judah: and the LORD my God shall come, and all the saints with thee. -- zechariah 14:5 +. +And it shall come to pass in that day, that the light shall not be clear, nor dark: -- zechariah 14:6 +. +But it shall be one day which shall be known to the LORD, not day, nor night: but it shall come to pass, that at evening time it shall be light. -- zechariah 14:7 +. +And it shall be in that day, that living waters shall go out from Jerusalem; half of them toward the former sea, and half of them toward the hinder sea: in summer and in winter shall it be. -- zechariah 14:8 +. +And the LORD shall be king over all the earth: in that day shall there be one LORD, and his name one. -- zechariah 14:9 +. +All the land shall be turned as a plain from Geba to Rimmon south of Jerusalem: and it shall be lifted up, and inhabited in her place, from Benjamin's gate unto the place of the first gate, unto the corner gate, and from the tower of Hananeel unto the king's winepresses. -- zechariah 14:10 +. +And men shall dwell in it, and there shall be no more utter destruction; but Jerusalem shall be safely inhabited. -- zechariah 14:11 +. +And this shall be the plague wherewith the LORD will smite all the people that have fought against Jerusalem; Their flesh shall consume away while they stand upon their feet, and their eyes shall consume away in their holes, and their tongue shall consume away in their mouth. -- zechariah 14:12 +. +And it shall come to pass in that day, that a great tumult from the LORD shall be among them; and they shall lay hold every one on the hand of his neighbour, and his hand shall rise up against the hand of his neighbour. -- zechariah 14:13 +. +And Judah also shall fight at Jerusalem; and the wealth of all the heathen round about shall be gathered together, gold, and silver, and apparel, in great abundance. -- zechariah 14:14 +. +And so shall be the plague of the horse, of the mule, of the camel, and of the ass, and of all the beasts that shall be in these tents, as this plague. -- zechariah 14:15 +. +And it shall come to pass, that every one that is left of all the nations which came against Jerusalem shall even go up from year to year to worship the King, the LORD of hosts, and to keep the feast of tabernacles. -- zechariah 14:16 +. +And it shall be, that whoso will not come up of all the families of the earth unto Jerusalem to worship the King, the LORD of hosts, even upon them shall be no rain. -- zechariah 14:17 +. +And if the family of Egypt go not up, and come not, that have no rain; there shall be the plague, wherewith the LORD will smite the heathen that come not up to keep the feast of tabernacles. -- zechariah 14:18 +. +This shall be the punishment of Egypt, and the punishment of all nations that come not up to keep the feast of tabernacles. -- zechariah 14:19 +. +In that day shall there be upon the bells of the horses, HOLINESS UNTO THE LORD; and the pots in the LORD's house shall be like the bowls before the altar. -- zechariah 14:20 +. +Yea, every pot in Jerusalem and in Judah shall be holiness unto the LORD of hosts: and all they that sacrifice shall come and take of them, and seethe therein: and in that day there shall be no more the Canaanite in the house of the LORD of hosts. -- zechariah 14:21 +. +The burden of the word of the LORD to Israel by Malachi. -- malachi 1:1 +. +I have loved you, saith the LORD. Yet ye say, Wherein hast thou loved us? Was not Esau Jacob's brother? saith the LORD: yet I loved Jacob, -- malachi 1:2 +. +And I hated Esau, and laid his mountains and his heritage waste for the dragons of the wilderness. -- malachi 1:3 +. +Whereas Edom saith, We are impoverished, but we will return and build the desolate places; thus saith the LORD of hosts, They shall build, but I will throw down; and they shall call them, The border of wickedness, and, The people against whom the LORD hath indignation for ever. -- malachi 1:4 +. +And your eyes shall see, and ye shall say, The LORD will be magnified from the border of Israel. -- malachi 1:5 +. +A son honoureth his father, and a servant his master: if then I be a father, where is mine honour? and if I be a master, where is my fear? saith the LORD of hosts unto you, O priests, that despise my name. And ye say, Wherein have we despised thy name? -- malachi 1:6 +. +Ye offer polluted bread upon mine altar; and ye say, Wherein have we polluted thee? In that ye say, The table of the LORD is contemptible. -- malachi 1:7 +. +And if ye offer the blind for sacrifice, is it not evil? and if ye offer the lame and sick, is it not evil? offer it now unto thy governor; will he be pleased with thee, or accept thy person? saith the LORD of hosts. -- malachi 1:8 +. +And now, I pray you, beseech God that he will be gracious unto us: this hath been by your means: will he regard your persons? saith the LORD of hosts. -- malachi 1:9 +. +Who is there even among you that would shut the doors for nought? neither do ye kindle fire on mine altar for nought. I have no pleasure in you, saith the LORD of hosts, neither will I accept an offering at your hand. -- malachi 1:10 +. +For from the rising of the sun even unto the going down of the same my name shall be great among the Gentiles; and in every place incense shall be offered unto my name, and a pure offering: for my name shall be great among the heathen, saith the LORD of hosts. -- malachi 1:11 +. +But ye have profaned it, in that ye say, The table of the LORD is polluted; and the fruit thereof, even his meat, is contemptible. -- malachi 1:12 +. +Ye said also, Behold, what a weariness is it! and ye have snuffed at it, saith the LORD of hosts; and ye brought that which was torn, and the lame, and the sick; thus ye brought an offering: should I accept this of your hand? saith the LORD. -- malachi 1:13 +. +But cursed be the deceiver, which hath in his flock a male, and voweth, and sacrificeth unto the LORD a corrupt thing: for I am a great King, saith the LORD of hosts, and my name is dreadful among the heathen. -- malachi 1:14 +. +And now, O ye priests, this commandment is for you. -- malachi 2:1 +. +If ye will not hear, and if ye will not lay it to heart, to give glory unto my name, saith the LORD of hosts, I will even send a curse upon you, and I will curse your blessings: yea, I have cursed them already, because ye do not lay it to heart. -- malachi 2:2 +. +Behold, I will corrupt your seed, and spread dung upon your faces, even the dung of your solemn feasts; and one shall take you away with it. -- malachi 2:3 +. +And ye shall know that I have sent this commandment unto you, that my covenant might be with Levi, saith the LORD of hosts. -- malachi 2:4 +. +My covenant was with him of life and peace; and I gave them to him for the fear wherewith he feared me, and was afraid before my name. -- malachi 2:5 +. +The law of truth was in his mouth, and iniquity was not found in his lips: he walked with me in peace and equity, and did turn many away from iniquity. -- malachi 2:6 +. +For the priest's lips should keep knowledge, and they should seek the law at his mouth: for he is the messenger of the LORD of hosts. -- malachi 2:7 +. +But ye are departed out of the way; ye have caused many to stumble at the law; ye have corrupted the covenant of Levi, saith the LORD of hosts. -- malachi 2:8 +. +Therefore have I also made you contemptible and base before all the people, according as ye have not kept my ways, but have been partial in the law. -- malachi 2:9 +. +Have we not all one father? hath not one God created us? why do we deal treacherously every man against his brother, by profaning the covenant of our fathers? -- malachi 2:10 +. +Judah hath dealt treacherously, and an abomination is committed in Israel and in Jerusalem; for Judah hath profaned the holiness of the LORD which he loved, and hath married the daughter of a strange god. -- malachi 2:11 +. +The LORD will cut off the man that doeth this, the master and the scholar, out of the tabernacles of Jacob, and him that offereth an offering unto the LORD of hosts. -- malachi 2:12 +. +And this have ye done again, covering the altar of the LORD with tears, with weeping, and with crying out, insomuch that he regardeth not the offering any more, or receiveth it with good will at your hand. -- malachi 2:13 +. +Yet ye say, Wherefore? Because the LORD hath been witness between thee and the wife of thy youth, against whom thou hast dealt treacherously: yet is she thy companion, and the wife of thy covenant. -- malachi 2:14 +. +And did not he make one? Yet had he the residue of the spirit. And wherefore one? That he might seek a godly seed. Therefore take heed to your spirit, and let none deal treacherously against the wife of his youth. -- malachi 2:15 +. +For the LORD, the God of Israel, saith that he hateth putting away: for one covereth violence with his garment, saith the LORD of hosts: therefore take heed to your spirit, that ye deal not treacherously. -- malachi 2:16 +. +Ye have wearied the LORD with your words. Yet ye say, Wherein have we wearied him? When ye say, Every one that doeth evil is good in the sight of the LORD, and he delighteth in them; or, Where is the God of judgment? -- malachi 2:17 +. +Behold, I will send my messenger, and he shall prepare the way before me: and the LORD, whom ye seek, shall suddenly come to his temple, even the messenger of the covenant, whom ye delight in: behold, he shall come, saith the LORD of hosts. -- malachi 3:1 +. +But who may abide the day of his coming? and who shall stand when he appeareth? for he is like a refiner's fire, and like fullers' soap: -- malachi 3:2 +. +And he shall sit as a refiner and purifier of silver: and he shall purify the sons of Levi, and purge them as gold and silver, that they may offer unto the LORD an offering in righteousness. -- malachi 3:3 +. +Then shall the offering of Judah and Jerusalem be pleasant unto the LORD, as in the days of old, and as in former years. -- malachi 3:4 +. +And I will come near to you to judgment; and I will be a swift witness against the sorcerers, and against the adulterers, and against false swearers, and against those that oppress the hireling in his wages, the widow, and the fatherless, and that turn aside the stranger from his right, and fear not me, saith the LORD of hosts. -- malachi 3:5 +. +For I am the LORD, I change not; therefore ye sons of Jacob are not consumed. -- malachi 3:6 +. +Even from the days of your fathers ye are gone away from mine ordinances, and have not kept them. Return unto me, and I will return unto you, saith the LORD of hosts. But ye said, Wherein shall we return? -- malachi 3:7 +. +Will a man rob God? Yet ye have robbed me. But ye say, Wherein have we robbed thee? In tithes and offerings. -- malachi 3:8 +. +Ye are cursed with a curse: for ye have robbed me, even this whole nation. -- malachi 3:9 +. +Bring ye all the tithes into the storehouse, that there may be meat in mine house, and prove me now herewith, saith the LORD of hosts, if I will not open you the windows of heaven, and pour you out a blessing, that there shall not be room enough to receive it. -- malachi 3:10 +. +And I will rebuke the devourer for your sakes, and he shall not destroy the fruits of your ground; neither shall your vine cast her fruit before the time in the field, saith the LORD of hosts. -- malachi 3:11 +. +And all nations shall call you blessed: for ye shall be a delightsome land, saith the LORD of hosts. -- malachi 3:12 +. +Your words have been stout against me, saith the LORD. Yet ye say, What have we spoken so much against thee? -- malachi 3:13 +. +Ye have said, It is vain to serve God: and what profit is it that we have kept his ordinance, and that we have walked mournfully before the LORD of hosts? -- malachi 3:14 +. +And now we call the proud happy; yea, they that work wickedness are set up; yea, they that tempt God are even delivered. -- malachi 3:15 +. +Then they that feared the LORD spake often one to another: and the LORD hearkened, and heard it, and a book of remembrance was written before him for them that feared the LORD, and that thought upon his name. -- malachi 3:16 +. +And they shall be mine, saith the LORD of hosts, in that day when I make up my jewels; and I will spare them, as a man spareth his own son that serveth him. -- malachi 3:17 +. +Then shall ye return, and discern between the righteous and the wicked, between him that serveth God and him that serveth him not. -- malachi 3:18 +. +For, behold, the day cometh, that shall burn as an oven; and all the proud, yea, and all that do wickedly, shall be stubble: and the day that cometh shall burn them up, saith the LORD of hosts, that it shall leave them neither root nor branch. -- malachi 4:1 +. +But unto you that fear my name shall the Sun of righteousness arise with healing in his wings; and ye shall go forth, and grow up as calves of the stall. -- malachi 4:2 +. +And ye shall tread down the wicked; for they shall be ashes under the soles of your feet in the day that I shall do this, saith the LORD of hosts. -- malachi 4:3 +. +Remember ye the law of Moses my servant, which I commanded unto him in Horeb for all Israel, with the statutes and judgments. -- malachi 4:4 +. +Behold, I will send you Elijah the prophet before the coming of the great and dreadful day of the LORD: -- malachi 4:5 +. +And he shall turn the heart of the fathers to the children, and the heart of the children to their fathers, lest I come and smite the earth with a curse. -- malachi 4:6 +. +The book of the generation of Jesus Christ, the son of David, the son of Abraham. -- matthew 1:1 +. +Abraham begat Isaac; and Isaac begat Jacob; and Jacob begat Judas and his brethren; -- matthew 1:2 +. +And Judas begat Phares and Zara of Thamar; and Phares begat Esrom; and Esrom begat Aram; -- matthew 1:3 +. +And Aram begat Aminadab; and Aminadab begat Naasson; and Naasson begat Salmon; -- matthew 1:4 +. +And Salmon begat Booz of Rachab; and Booz begat Obed of Ruth; and Obed begat Jesse; -- matthew 1:5 +. +And Jesse begat David the king; and David the king begat Solomon of her that had been the wife of Urias; -- matthew 1:6 +. +And Solomon begat Roboam; and Roboam begat Abia; and Abia begat Asa; -- matthew 1:7 +. +And Asa begat Josaphat; and Josaphat begat Joram; and Joram begat Ozias; -- matthew 1:8 +. +And Ozias begat Joatham; and Joatham begat Achaz; and Achaz begat Ezekias; -- matthew 1:9 +. +And Ezekias begat Manasses; and Manasses begat Amon; and Amon begat Josias; -- matthew 1:10 +. +And Josias begat Jechonias and his brethren, about the time they were carried away to Babylon: -- matthew 1:11 +. +And after they were brought to Babylon, Jechonias begat Salathiel; and Salathiel begat Zorobabel; -- matthew 1:12 +. +And Zorobabel begat Abiud; and Abiud begat Eliakim; and Eliakim begat Azor; -- matthew 1:13 +. +And Azor begat Sadoc; and Sadoc begat Achim; and Achim begat Eliud; -- matthew 1:14 +. +And Eliud begat Eleazar; and Eleazar begat Matthan; and Matthan begat Jacob; -- matthew 1:15 +. +And Jacob begat Joseph the husband of Mary, of whom was born Jesus, who is called Christ. -- matthew 1:16 +. +So all the generations from Abraham to David are fourteen generations; and from David until the carrying away into Babylon are fourteen generations; and from the carrying away into Babylon unto Christ are fourteen generations. -- matthew 1:17 +. +Now the birth of Jesus Christ was on this wise: When as his mother Mary was espoused to Joseph, before they came together, she was found with child of the Holy Ghost. -- matthew 1:18 +. +Then Joseph her husband, being a just man, and not willing to make her a publick example, was minded to put her away privily. -- matthew 1:19 +. +But while he thought on these things, behold, the angel of the LORD appeared unto him in a dream, saying, Joseph, thou son of David, fear not to take unto thee Mary thy wife: for that which is conceived in her is of the Holy Ghost. -- matthew 1:20 +. +And she shall bring forth a son, and thou shalt call his name JESUS: for he shall save his people from their sins. -- matthew 1:21 +. +Now all this was done, that it might be fulfilled which was spoken of the Lord by the prophet, saying, -- matthew 1:22 +. +Behold, a virgin shall be with child, and shall bring forth a son, and they shall call his name Emmanuel, which being interpreted is, God with us. -- matthew 1:23 +. +Then Joseph being raised from sleep did as the angel of the Lord had bidden him, and took unto him his wife: -- matthew 1:24 +. +And knew her not till she had brought forth her firstborn son: and he called his name JESUS. -- matthew 1:25 +. +Now when Jesus was born in Bethlehem of Judaea in the days of Herod the king, behold, there came wise men from the east to Jerusalem, -- matthew 2:1 +. +Saying, Where is he that is born King of the Jews? for we have seen his star in the east, and are come to worship him. -- matthew 2:2 +. +When Herod the king had heard these things, he was troubled, and all Jerusalem with him. -- matthew 2:3 +. +And when he had gathered all the chief priests and scribes of the people together, he demanded of them where Christ should be born. -- matthew 2:4 +. +And they said unto him, In Bethlehem of Judaea: for thus it is written by the prophet, -- matthew 2:5 +. +And thou Bethlehem, in the land of Juda, art not the least among the princes of Juda: for out of thee shall come a Governor, that shall rule my people Israel. -- matthew 2:6 +. +Then Herod, when he had privily called the wise men, enquired of them diligently what time the star appeared. -- matthew 2:7 +. +And he sent them to Bethlehem, and said, Go and search diligently for the young child; and when ye have found him, bring me word again, that I may come and worship him also. -- matthew 2:8 +. +When they had heard the king, they departed; and, lo, the star, which they saw in the east, went before them, till it came and stood over where the young child was. -- matthew 2:9 +. +When they saw the star, they rejoiced with exceeding great joy. -- matthew 2:10 +. +And when they were come into the house, they saw the young child with Mary his mother, and fell down, and worshipped him: and when they had opened their treasures, they presented unto him gifts; gold, and frankincense and myrrh. -- matthew 2:11 +. +And being warned of God in a dream that they should not return to Herod, they departed into their own country another way. -- matthew 2:12 +. +And when they were departed, behold, the angel of the Lord appeareth to Joseph in a dream, saying, Arise, and take the young child and his mother, and flee into Egypt, and be thou there until I bring thee word: for Herod will seek the young child to destroy him. -- matthew 2:13 +. +When he arose, he took the young child and his mother by night, and departed into Egypt: -- matthew 2:14 +. +And was there until the death of Herod: that it might be fulfilled which was spoken of the Lord by the prophet, saying, Out of Egypt have I called my son. -- matthew 2:15 +. +Then Herod, when he saw that he was mocked of the wise men, was exceeding wroth, and sent forth, and slew all the children that were in Bethlehem, and in all the coasts thereof, from two years old and under, according to the time which he had diligently enquired of the wise men. -- matthew 2:16 +. +Then was fulfilled that which was spoken by Jeremy the prophet, saying, -- matthew 2:17 +. +In Rama was there a voice heard, lamentation, and weeping, and great mourning, Rachel weeping for her children, and would not be comforted, because they are not. -- matthew 2:18 +. +But when Herod was dead, behold, an angel of the Lord appeareth in a dream to Joseph in Egypt, -- matthew 2:19 +. +Saying, Arise, and take the young child and his mother, and go into the land of Israel: for they are dead which sought the young child's life. -- matthew 2:20 +. +And he arose, and took the young child and his mother, and came into the land of Israel. -- matthew 2:21 +. +But when he heard that Archelaus did reign in Judaea in the room of his father Herod, he was afraid to go thither: notwithstanding, being warned of God in a dream, he turned aside into the parts of Galilee: -- matthew 2:22 +. +And he came and dwelt in a city called Nazareth: that it might be fulfilled which was spoken by the prophets, He shall be called a Nazarene. -- matthew 2:23 +. +In those days came John the Baptist, preaching in the wilderness of Judaea, -- matthew 3:1 +. +And saying, Repent ye: for the kingdom of heaven is at hand. -- matthew 3:2 +. +For this is he that was spoken of by the prophet Esaias, saying, The voice of one crying in the wilderness, Prepare ye the way of the Lord, make his paths straight. -- matthew 3:3 +. +And the same John had his raiment of camel's hair, and a leathern girdle about his loins; and his meat was locusts and wild honey. -- matthew 3:4 +. +Then went out to him Jerusalem, and all Judaea, and all the region round about Jordan, -- matthew 3:5 +. +And were baptized of him in Jordan, confessing their sins. -- matthew 3:6 +. +But when he saw many of the Pharisees and Sadducees come to his baptism, he said unto them, O generation of vipers, who hath warned you to flee from the wrath to come? -- matthew 3:7 +. +Bring forth therefore fruits meet for repentance: -- matthew 3:8 +. +And think not to say within yourselves, We have Abraham to our father: for I say unto you, that God is able of these stones to raise up children unto Abraham. -- matthew 3:9 +. +And now also the axe is laid unto the root of the trees: therefore every tree which bringeth not forth good fruit is hewn down, and cast into the fire. -- matthew 3:10 +. +I indeed baptize you with water unto repentance: but he that cometh after me is mightier than I, whose shoes I am not worthy to bear: he shall baptize you with the Holy Ghost, and with fire: -- matthew 3:11 +. +Whose fan is in his hand, and he will throughly purge his floor, and gather his wheat into the garner; but he will burn up the chaff with unquenchable fire. -- matthew 3:12 +. +Then cometh Jesus from Galilee to Jordan unto John, to be baptized of him. -- matthew 3:13 +. +But John forbad him, saying, I have need to be baptized of thee, and comest thou to me? -- matthew 3:14 +. +And Jesus answering said unto him, Suffer it to be so now: for thus it becometh us to fulfil all righteousness. Then he suffered him. -- matthew 3:15 +. +And Jesus, when he was baptized, went up straightway out of the water: and, lo, the heavens were opened unto him, and he saw the Spirit of God descending like a dove, and lighting upon him: -- matthew 3:16 +. +And lo a voice from heaven, saying, This is my beloved Son, in whom I am well pleased. -- matthew 3:17 +. +Then was Jesus led up of the spirit into the wilderness to be tempted of the devil. -- matthew 4:1 +. +And when he had fasted forty days and forty nights, he was afterward an hungred. -- matthew 4:2 +. +And when the tempter came to him, he said, If thou be the Son of God, command that these stones be made bread. -- matthew 4:3 +. +But he answered and said, It is written, Man shall not live by bread alone, but by every word that proceedeth out of the mouth of God. -- matthew 4:4 +. +Then the devil taketh him up into the holy city, and setteth him on a pinnacle of the temple, -- matthew 4:5 +. +And saith unto him, If thou be the Son of God, cast thyself down: for it is written, He shall give his angels charge concerning thee: and in their hands they shall bear thee up, lest at any time thou dash thy foot against a stone. -- matthew 4:6 +. +Jesus said unto him, It is written again, Thou shalt not tempt the Lord thy God. -- matthew 4:7 +. +Again, the devil taketh him up into an exceeding high mountain, and sheweth him all the kingdoms of the world, and the glory of them; -- matthew 4:8 +. +And saith unto him, All these things will I give thee, if thou wilt fall down and worship me. -- matthew 4:9 +. +Then saith Jesus unto him, Get thee hence, Satan: for it is written, Thou shalt worship the Lord thy God, and him only shalt thou serve. -- matthew 4:10 +. +Then the devil leaveth him, and, behold, angels came and ministered unto him. -- matthew 4:11 +. +Now when Jesus had heard that John was cast into prison, he departed into Galilee; -- matthew 4:12 +. +And leaving Nazareth, he came and dwelt in Capernaum, which is upon the sea coast, in the borders of Zabulon and Nephthalim: -- matthew 4:13 +. +That it might be fulfilled which was spoken by Esaias the prophet, saying, -- matthew 4:14 +. +The land of Zabulon, and the land of Nephthalim, by the way of the sea, beyond Jordan, Galilee of the Gentiles; -- matthew 4:15 +. +The people which sat in darkness saw great light; and to them which sat in the region and shadow of death light is sprung up. -- matthew 4:16 +. +From that time Jesus began to preach, and to say, Repent: for the kingdom of heaven is at hand. -- matthew 4:17 +. +And Jesus, walking by the sea of Galilee, saw two brethren, Simon called Peter, and Andrew his brother, casting a net into the sea: for they were fishers. -- matthew 4:18 +. +And he saith unto them, Follow me, and I will make you fishers of men. -- matthew 4:19 +. +And they straightway left their nets, and followed him. -- matthew 4:20 +. +And going on from thence, he saw other two brethren, James the son of Zebedee, and John his brother, in a ship with Zebedee their father, mending their nets; and he called them. -- matthew 4:21 +. +And they immediately left the ship and their father, and followed him. -- matthew 4:22 +. +And Jesus went about all Galilee, teaching in their synagogues, and preaching the gospel of the kingdom, and healing all manner of sickness and all manner of disease among the people. -- matthew 4:23 +. +And his fame went throughout all Syria: and they brought unto him all sick people that were taken with divers diseases and torments, and those which were possessed with devils, and those which were lunatick, and those that had the palsy; and he healed them. -- matthew 4:24 +. +And there followed him great multitudes of people from Galilee, and from Decapolis, and from Jerusalem, and from Judaea, and from beyond Jordan. -- matthew 4:25 +. +And seeing the multitudes, he went up into a mountain: and when he was set, his disciples came unto him: -- matthew 5:1 +. +And he opened his mouth, and taught them, saying, -- matthew 5:2 +. +Blessed are the poor in spirit: for theirs is the kingdom of heaven. -- matthew 5:3 +. +Blessed are they that mourn: for they shall be comforted. -- matthew 5:4 +. +Blessed are the meek: for they shall inherit the earth. -- matthew 5:5 +. +Blessed are they which do hunger and thirst after righteousness: for they shall be filled. -- matthew 5:6 +. +Blessed are the merciful: for they shall obtain mercy. -- matthew 5:7 +. +Blessed are the pure in heart: for they shall see God. -- matthew 5:8 +. +Blessed are the peacemakers: for they shall be called the children of God. -- matthew 5:9 +. +Blessed are they which are persecuted for righteousness' sake: for theirs is the kingdom of heaven. -- matthew 5:10 +. +Blessed are ye, when men shall revile you, and persecute you, and shall say all manner of evil against you falsely, for my sake. -- matthew 5:11 +. +Rejoice, and be exceeding glad: for great is your reward in heaven: for so persecuted they the prophets which were before you. -- matthew 5:12 +. +Ye are the salt of the earth: but if the salt have lost his savour, wherewith shall it be salted? it is thenceforth good for nothing, but to be cast out, and to be trodden under foot of men. -- matthew 5:13 +. +Ye are the light of the world. A city that is set on an hill cannot be hid. -- matthew 5:14 +. +Neither do men light a candle, and put it under a bushel, but on a candlestick; and it giveth light unto all that are in the house. -- matthew 5:15 +. +Let your light so shine before men, that they may see your good works, and glorify your Father which is in heaven. -- matthew 5:16 +. +Think not that I am come to destroy the law, or the prophets: I am not come to destroy, but to fulfil. -- matthew 5:17 +. +For verily I say unto you, Till heaven and earth pass, one jot or one tittle shall in no wise pass from the law, till all be fulfilled. -- matthew 5:18 +. +Whosoever therefore shall break one of these least commandments, and shall teach men so, he shall be called the least in the kingdom of heaven: but whosoever shall do and teach them, the same shall be called great in the kingdom of heaven. -- matthew 5:19 +. +For I say unto you, That except your righteousness shall exceed the righteousness of the scribes and Pharisees, ye shall in no case enter into the kingdom of heaven. -- matthew 5:20 +. +Ye have heard that it was said of them of old time, Thou shalt not kill; and whosoever shall kill shall be in danger of the judgment: -- matthew 5:21 +. +But I say unto you, That whosoever is angry with his brother without a cause shall be in danger of the judgment: and whosoever shall say to his brother, Raca, shall be in danger of the council: but whosoever shall say, Thou fool, shall be in danger of hell fire. -- matthew 5:22 +. +Therefore if thou bring thy gift to the altar, and there rememberest that thy brother hath ought against thee; -- matthew 5:23 +. +Leave there thy gift before the altar, and go thy way; first be reconciled to thy brother, and then come and offer thy gift. -- matthew 5:24 +. +Agree with thine adversary quickly, whiles thou art in the way with him; lest at any time the adversary deliver thee to the judge, and the judge deliver thee to the officer, and thou be cast into prison. -- matthew 5:25 +. +Verily I say unto thee, Thou shalt by no means come out thence, till thou hast paid the uttermost farthing. -- matthew 5:26 +. +Ye have heard that it was said by them of old time, Thou shalt not commit adultery: -- matthew 5:27 +. +But I say unto you, That whosoever looketh on a woman to lust after her hath committed adultery with her already in his heart. -- matthew 5:28 +. +And if thy right eye offend thee, pluck it out, and cast it from thee: for it is profitable for thee that one of thy members should perish, and not that thy whole body should be cast into hell. -- matthew 5:29 +. +And if thy right hand offend thee, cut it off, and cast it from thee: for it is profitable for thee that one of thy members should perish, and not that thy whole body should be cast into hell. -- matthew 5:30 +. +It hath been said, Whosoever shall put away his wife, let him give her a writing of divorcement: -- matthew 5:31 +. +But I say unto you, That whosoever shall put away his wife, saving for the cause of fornication, causeth her to commit adultery: and whosoever shall marry her that is divorced committeth adultery. -- matthew 5:32 +. +Again, ye have heard that it hath been said by them of old time, Thou shalt not forswear thyself, but shalt perform unto the Lord thine oaths: -- matthew 5:33 +. +But I say unto you, Swear not at all; neither by heaven; for it is God's throne: -- matthew 5:34 +. +Nor by the earth; for it is his footstool: neither by Jerusalem; for it is the city of the great King. -- matthew 5:35 +. +Neither shalt thou swear by thy head, because thou canst not make one hair white or black. -- matthew 5:36 +. +But let your communication be, Yea, yea; Nay, nay: for whatsoever is more than these cometh of evil. -- matthew 5:37 +. +Ye have heard that it hath been said, An eye for an eye, and a tooth for a tooth: -- matthew 5:38 +. +But I say unto you, That ye resist not evil: but whosoever shall smite thee on thy right cheek, turn to him the other also. -- matthew 5:39 +. +And if any man will sue thee at the law, and take away thy coat, let him have thy cloak also. -- matthew 5:40 +. +And whosoever shall compel thee to go a mile, go with him twain. -- matthew 5:41 +. +Give to him that asketh thee, and from him that would borrow of thee turn not thou away. -- matthew 5:42 +. +Ye have heard that it hath been said, Thou shalt love thy neighbour, and hate thine enemy. -- matthew 5:43 +. +But I say unto you, Love your enemies, bless them that curse you, do good to them that hate you, and pray for them which despitefully use you, and persecute you; -- matthew 5:44 +. +That ye may be the children of your Father which is in heaven: for he maketh his sun to rise on the evil and on the good, and sendeth rain on the just and on the unjust. -- matthew 5:45 +. +For if ye love them which love you, what reward have ye? do not even the publicans the same? -- matthew 5:46 +. +And if ye salute your brethren only, what do ye more than others? do not even the publicans so? -- matthew 5:47 +. +Be ye therefore perfect, even as your Father which is in heaven is perfect. -- matthew 5:48 +. +Take heed that ye do not your alms before men, to be seen of them: otherwise ye have no reward of your Father which is in heaven. -- matthew 6:1 +. +Therefore when thou doest thine alms, do not sound a trumpet before thee, as the hypocrites do in the synagogues and in the streets, that they may have glory of men. Verily I say unto you, They have their reward. -- matthew 6:2 +. +But when thou doest alms, let not thy left hand know what thy right hand doeth: -- matthew 6:3 +. +That thine alms may be in secret: and thy Father which seeth in secret himself shall reward thee openly. -- matthew 6:4 +. +And when thou prayest, thou shalt not be as the hypocrites are: for they love to pray standing in the synagogues and in the corners of the streets, that they may be seen of men. Verily I say unto you, They have their reward. -- matthew 6:5 +. +But thou, when thou prayest, enter into thy closet, and when thou hast shut thy door, pray to thy Father which is in secret; and thy Father which seeth in secret shall reward thee openly. -- matthew 6:6 +. +But when ye pray, use not vain repetitions, as the heathen do: for they think that they shall be heard for their much speaking. -- matthew 6:7 +. +Be not ye therefore like unto them: for your Father knoweth what things ye have need of, before ye ask him. -- matthew 6:8 +. +After this manner therefore pray ye: Our Father which art in heaven, Hallowed be thy name. -- matthew 6:9 +. +Thy kingdom come, Thy will be done in earth, as it is in heaven. -- matthew 6:10 +. +Give us this day our daily bread. -- matthew 6:11 +. +And forgive us our debts, as we forgive our debtors. -- matthew 6:12 +. +And lead us not into temptation, but deliver us from evil: For thine is the kingdom, and the power, and the glory, for ever. Amen. -- matthew 6:13 +. +For if ye forgive men their trespasses, your heavenly Father will also forgive you: -- matthew 6:14 +. +But if ye forgive not men their trespasses, neither will your Father forgive your trespasses. -- matthew 6:15 +. +Moreover when ye fast, be not, as the hypocrites, of a sad countenance: for they disfigure their faces, that they may appear unto men to fast. Verily I say unto you, They have their reward. -- matthew 6:16 +. +But thou, when thou fastest, anoint thine head, and wash thy face; -- matthew 6:17 +. +That thou appear not unto men to fast, but unto thy Father which is in secret: and thy Father, which seeth in secret, shall reward thee openly. -- matthew 6:18 +. +Lay not up for yourselves treasures upon earth, where moth and rust doth corrupt, and where thieves break through and steal: -- matthew 6:19 +. +But lay up for yourselves treasures in heaven, where neither moth nor rust doth corrupt, and where thieves do not break through nor steal: -- matthew 6:20 +. +For where your treasure is, there will your heart be also. -- matthew 6:21 +. +The light of the body is the eye: if therefore thine eye be single, thy whole body shall be full of light. -- matthew 6:22 +. +But if thine eye be evil, thy whole body shall be full of darkness. If therefore the light that is in thee be darkness, how great is that darkness! -- matthew 6:23 +. +No man can serve two masters: for either he will hate the one, and love the other; or else he will hold to the one, and despise the other. Ye cannot serve God and mammon. -- matthew 6:24 +. +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 meat, and the body than raiment? -- matthew 6:25 +. +Behold the fowls of the air: for they sow not, neither do they reap, nor gather into barns; yet your heavenly Father feedeth them. Are ye not much better than they? -- matthew 6:26 +. +Which of you by taking thought can add one cubit unto his stature? -- matthew 6:27 +. +And why take ye thought for raiment? Consider the lilies of the field, how they grow; they toil not, neither do they spin: -- matthew 6:28 +. +And yet I say unto you, That even Solomon in all his glory was not arrayed like one of these. -- matthew 6:29 +. +Wherefore, if God so clothe the grass of the field, which to day is, and to morrow is cast into the oven, shall he not much more clothe you, O ye of little faith? -- matthew 6:30 +. +Therefore take no thought, saying, What shall we eat? or, What shall we drink? or, Wherewithal shall we be clothed? -- matthew 6:31 +. +(For after all these things do the Gentiles seek:) for your heavenly Father knoweth that ye have need of all these things. -- matthew 6:32 +. +But seek ye first the kingdom of God, and his righteousness; and all these things shall be added unto you. -- matthew 6:33 +. +Take therefore no thought for the morrow: for the morrow shall take thought for the things of itself. Sufficient unto the day is the evil thereof. -- matthew 6:34 +. +Judge not, that ye be not judged. -- matthew 7:1 +. +For with what judgment ye judge, ye shall be judged: and with what measure ye mete, it shall be measured to you again. -- matthew 7:2 +. +And why beholdest thou the mote that is in thy brother's eye, but considerest not the beam that is in thine own eye? -- matthew 7:3 +. +Or how wilt thou say to thy brother, Let me pull out the mote out of thine eye; and, behold, a beam is in thine own eye? -- matthew 7:4 +. +Thou hypocrite, first cast out the beam out of thine own eye; and then shalt thou see clearly to cast out the mote out of thy brother's eye. -- matthew 7:5 +. +Give not that which is holy unto the dogs, neither cast ye your pearls before swine, lest they trample them under their feet, and turn again and rend you. -- matthew 7:6 +. +Ask, and it shall be given you; seek, and ye shall find; knock, and it shall be opened unto you: -- matthew 7:7 +. +For every one that asketh receiveth; and he that seeketh findeth; and to him that knocketh it shall be opened. -- matthew 7:8 +. +Or what man is there of you, whom if his son ask bread, will he give him a stone? -- matthew 7:9 +. +Or if he ask a fish, will he give him a serpent? -- matthew 7:10 +. +If ye then, being evil, know how to give good gifts unto your children, how much more shall your Father which is in heaven give good things to them that ask him? -- matthew 7:11 +. +Therefore all things whatsoever ye would that men should do to you, do ye even so to them: for this is the law and the prophets. -- matthew 7:12 +. +Enter ye in at the strait gate: for wide is the gate, and broad is the way, that leadeth to destruction, and many there be which go in thereat: -- matthew 7:13 +. +Because strait is the gate, and narrow is the way, which leadeth unto life, and few there be that find it. -- matthew 7:14 +. +Beware of false prophets, which come to you in sheep's clothing, but inwardly they are ravening wolves. -- matthew 7:15 +. +Ye shall know them by their fruits. Do men gather grapes of thorns, or figs of thistles? -- matthew 7:16 +. +Even so every good tree bringeth forth good fruit; but a corrupt tree bringeth forth evil fruit. -- matthew 7:17 +. +A good tree cannot bring forth evil fruit, neither can a corrupt tree bring forth good fruit. -- matthew 7:18 +. +Every tree that bringeth not forth good fruit is hewn down, and cast into the fire. -- matthew 7:19 +. +Wherefore by their fruits ye shall know them. -- matthew 7:20 +. +Not every one that saith unto me, Lord, Lord, shall enter into the kingdom of heaven; but he that doeth the will of my Father which is in heaven. -- matthew 7:21 +. +Many will say to me in that day, Lord, Lord, have we not prophesied in thy name? and in thy name have cast out devils? and in thy name done many wonderful works? -- matthew 7:22 +. +And then will I profess unto them, I never knew you: depart from me, ye that work iniquity. -- matthew 7:23 +. +Therefore whosoever heareth these sayings of mine, and doeth them, I will liken him unto a wise man, which built his house upon a rock: -- matthew 7:24 +. +And the rain descended, and the floods came, and the winds blew, and beat upon that house; and it fell not: for it was founded upon a rock. -- matthew 7:25 +. +And every one that heareth these sayings of mine, and doeth them not, shall be likened unto a foolish man, which built his house upon the sand: -- matthew 7:26 +. +And the rain descended, and the floods came, and the winds blew, and beat upon that house; and it fell: and great was the fall of it. -- matthew 7:27 +. +And it came to pass, when Jesus had ended these sayings, the people were astonished at his doctrine: -- matthew 7:28 +. +For he taught them as one having authority, and not as the scribes. -- matthew 7:29 +. +When he was come down from the mountain, great multitudes followed him. -- matthew 8:1 +. +And, behold, there came a leper and worshipped him, saying, Lord, if thou wilt, thou canst make me clean. -- matthew 8:2 +. +And Jesus put forth his hand, and touched him, saying, I will; be thou clean. And immediately his leprosy was cleansed. -- matthew 8:3 +. +And Jesus saith unto him, See thou tell no man; but go thy way, shew thyself to the priest, and offer the gift that Moses commanded, for a testimony unto them. -- matthew 8:4 +. +And when Jesus was entered into Capernaum, there came unto him a centurion, beseeching him, -- matthew 8:5 +. +And saying, Lord, my servant lieth at home sick of the palsy, grievously tormented. -- matthew 8:6 +. +And Jesus saith unto him, I will come and heal him. -- matthew 8:7 +. +The centurion answered and said, Lord, I am not worthy that thou shouldest come under my roof: but speak the word only, and my servant shall be healed. -- matthew 8:8 +. +For I am a man under authority, having soldiers under me: and I say to this man, Go, and he goeth; and to another, Come, and he cometh; and to my servant, Do this, and he doeth it. -- matthew 8:9 +. +When Jesus heard it, he marvelled, and said to them that followed, Verily I say unto you, I have not found so great faith, no, not in Israel. -- matthew 8:10 +. +And I say unto you, That many shall come from the east and west, and shall sit down with Abraham, and Isaac, and Jacob, in the kingdom of heaven. -- matthew 8:11 +. +But the children of the kingdom shall be cast out into outer darkness: there shall be weeping and gnashing of teeth. -- matthew 8:12 +. +And Jesus said unto the centurion, Go thy way; and as thou hast believed, so be it done unto thee. And his servant was healed in the selfsame hour. -- matthew 8:13 +. +And when Jesus was come into Peter's house, he saw his wife's mother laid, and sick of a fever. -- matthew 8:14 +. +And he touched her hand, and the fever left her: and she arose, and ministered unto them. -- matthew 8:15 +. +When the even was come, they brought unto him many that were possessed with devils: and he cast out the spirits with his word, and healed all that were sick: -- matthew 8:16 +. +That it might be fulfilled which was spoken by Esaias the prophet, saying, Himself took our infirmities, and bare our sicknesses. -- matthew 8:17 +. +Now when Jesus saw great multitudes about him, he gave commandment to depart unto the other side. -- matthew 8:18 +. +And a certain scribe came, and said unto him, Master, I will follow thee whithersoever thou goest. -- matthew 8:19 +. +And Jesus saith unto him, The foxes have holes, and the birds of the air have nests; but the Son of man hath not where to lay his head. -- matthew 8:20 +. +And another of his disciples said unto him, Lord, suffer me first to go and bury my father. -- matthew 8:21 +. +But Jesus said unto him, Follow me; and let the dead bury their dead. -- matthew 8:22 +. +And when he was entered into a ship, his disciples followed him. -- matthew 8:23 +. +And, behold, there arose a great tempest in the sea, insomuch that the ship was covered with the waves: but he was asleep. -- matthew 8:24 +. +And his disciples came to him, and awoke him, saying, Lord, save us: we perish. -- matthew 8:25 +. +And he saith unto them, Why are ye fearful, O ye of little faith? Then he arose, and rebuked the winds and the sea; and there was a great calm. -- matthew 8:26 +. +But the men marvelled, saying, What manner of man is this, that even the winds and the sea obey him! -- matthew 8:27 +. +And when he was come to the other side into the country of the Gergesenes, there met him two possessed with devils, coming out of the tombs, exceeding fierce, so that no man might pass by that way. -- matthew 8:28 +. +And, behold, they cried out, saying, What have we to do with thee, Jesus, thou Son of God? art thou come hither to torment us before the time? -- matthew 8:29 +. +And there was a good way off from them an herd of many swine feeding. -- matthew 8:30 +. +So the devils besought him, saying, If thou cast us out, suffer us to go away into the herd of swine. -- matthew 8:31 +. +And he said unto them, Go. And when they were come out, they went into the herd of swine: and, behold, the whole herd of swine ran violently down a steep place into the sea, and perished in the waters. -- matthew 8:32 +. +And they that kept them fled, and went their ways into the city, and told every thing, and what was befallen to the possessed of the devils. -- matthew 8:33 +. +And, behold, the whole city came out to meet Jesus: and when they saw him, they besought him that he would depart out of their coasts. -- matthew 8:34 +. +And he entered into a ship, and passed over, and came into his own city. -- matthew 9:1 +. +And, behold, they brought to him a man sick of the palsy, lying on a bed: and Jesus seeing their faith said unto the sick of the palsy; Son, be of good cheer; thy sins be forgiven thee. -- matthew 9:2 +. +And, behold, certain of the scribes said within themselves, This man blasphemeth. -- matthew 9:3 +. +And Jesus knowing their thoughts said, Wherefore think ye evil in your hearts? -- matthew 9:4 +. +For whether is easier, to say, Thy sins be forgiven thee; or to say, Arise, and walk? -- matthew 9:5 +. +But that ye may know that the Son of man hath power on earth to forgive sins, (then saith he to the sick of the palsy,) Arise, take up thy bed, and go unto thine house. -- matthew 9:6 +. +And he arose, and departed to his house. -- matthew 9:7 +. +But when the multitudes saw it, they marvelled, and glorified God, which had given such power unto men. -- matthew 9:8 +. +And as Jesus passed forth from thence, he saw a man, named Matthew, sitting at the receipt of custom: and he saith unto him, Follow me. And he arose, and followed him. -- matthew 9:9 +. +And it came to pass, as Jesus sat at meat in the house, behold, many publicans and sinners came and sat down with him and his disciples. -- matthew 9:10 +. +And when the Pharisees saw it, they said unto his disciples, Why eateth your Master with publicans and sinners? -- matthew 9:11 +. +But when Jesus heard that, he said unto them, They that be whole need not a physician, but they that are sick. -- matthew 9:12 +. +But go ye and learn what that meaneth, I will have mercy, and not sacrifice: for I am not come to call the righteous, but sinners to repentance. -- matthew 9:13 +. +Then came to him the disciples of John, saying, Why do we and the Pharisees fast oft, but thy disciples fast not? -- matthew 9:14 +. +And Jesus said unto them, Can the children of the bridechamber mourn, as long as the bridegroom is with them? but the days will come, when the bridegroom shall be taken from them, and then shall they fast. -- matthew 9:15 +. +No man putteth a piece of new cloth unto an old garment, for that which is put in to fill it up taketh from the garment, and the rent is made worse. -- matthew 9:16 +. +Neither do men put new wine into old bottles: else the bottles break, and the wine runneth out, and the bottles perish: but they put new wine into new bottles, and both are preserved. -- matthew 9:17 +. +While he spake these things unto them, behold, there came a certain ruler, and worshipped him, saying, My daughter is even now dead: but come and lay thy hand upon her, and she shall live. -- matthew 9:18 +. +And Jesus arose, and followed him, and so did his disciples. -- matthew 9:19 +. +And, behold, a woman, which was diseased with an issue of blood twelve years, came behind him, and touched the hem of his garment: -- matthew 9:20 +. +For she said within herself, If I may but touch his garment, I shall be whole. -- matthew 9:21 +. +But Jesus turned him about, and when he saw her, he said, Daughter, be of good comfort; thy faith hath made thee whole. And the woman was made whole from that hour. -- matthew 9:22 +. +And when Jesus came into the ruler's house, and saw the minstrels and the people making a noise, -- matthew 9:23 +. +He said unto them, Give place: for the maid is not dead, but sleepeth. And they laughed him to scorn. -- matthew 9:24 +. +But when the people were put forth, he went in, and took her by the hand, and the maid arose. -- matthew 9:25 +. +And the fame hereof went abroad into all that land. -- matthew 9:26 +. +And when Jesus departed thence, two blind men followed him, crying, and saying, Thou son of David, have mercy on us. -- matthew 9:27 +. +And when he was come into the house, the blind men came to him: and Jesus saith unto them, Believe ye that I am able to do this? They said unto him, Yea, Lord. -- matthew 9:28 +. +Then touched he their eyes, saying, According to your faith be it unto you. -- matthew 9:29 +. +And their eyes were opened; and Jesus straitly charged them, saying, See that no man know it. -- matthew 9:30 +. +But they, when they were departed, spread abroad his fame in all that country. -- matthew 9:31 +. +As they went out, behold, they brought to him a dumb man possessed with a devil. -- matthew 9:32 +. +And when the devil was cast out, the dumb spake: and the multitudes marvelled, saying, It was never so seen in Israel. -- matthew 9:33 +. +But the Pharisees said, He casteth out devils through the prince of the devils. -- matthew 9:34 +. +And Jesus went about all the cities and villages, teaching in their synagogues, and preaching the gospel of the kingdom, and healing every sickness and every disease among the people. -- matthew 9:35 +. +But when he saw the multitudes, he was moved with compassion on them, because they fainted, and were scattered abroad, as sheep having no shepherd. -- matthew 9:36 +. +Then saith he unto his disciples, The harvest truly is plenteous, but the labourers are few; -- matthew 9:37 +. +Pray ye therefore the Lord of the harvest, that he will send forth labourers into his harvest. -- matthew 9:38 +. +And when he had called unto him his twelve disciples, he gave them power against unclean spirits, to cast them out, and to heal all manner of sickness and all manner of disease. -- matthew 10:1 +. +Now the names of the twelve apostles are these; The first, Simon, who is called Peter, and Andrew his brother; James the son of Zebedee, and John his brother; -- matthew 10:2 +. +Philip, and Bartholomew; Thomas, and Matthew the publican; James the son of Alphaeus, and Lebbaeus, whose surname was Thaddaeus; -- matthew 10:3 +. +Simon the Canaanite, and Judas Iscariot, who also betrayed him. -- matthew 10:4 +. +These twelve Jesus sent forth, and commanded them, saying, Go not into the way of the Gentiles, and into any city of the Samaritans enter ye not: -- matthew 10:5 +. +But go rather to the lost sheep of the house of Israel. -- matthew 10:6 +. +And as ye go, preach, saying, The kingdom of heaven is at hand. -- matthew 10:7 +. +Heal the sick, cleanse the lepers, raise the dead, cast out devils: freely ye have received, freely give. -- matthew 10:8 +. +Provide neither gold, nor silver, nor brass in your purses, -- matthew 10:9 +. +Nor scrip for your journey, neither two coats, neither shoes, nor yet staves: for the workman is worthy of his meat. -- matthew 10:10 +. +And into whatsoever city or town ye shall enter, enquire who in it is worthy; and there abide till ye go thence. -- matthew 10:11 +. +And when ye come into an house, salute it. -- matthew 10:12 +. +And if the house be worthy, let your peace come upon it: but if it be not worthy, let your peace return to you. -- matthew 10:13 +. +And whosoever shall not receive you, nor hear your words, when ye depart out of that house or city, shake off the dust of your feet. -- matthew 10:14 +. +Verily I say unto you, It shall be more tolerable for the land of Sodom and Gomorrha in the day of judgment, than for that city. -- matthew 10:15 +. +Behold, I send you forth as sheep in the midst of wolves: be ye therefore wise as serpents, and harmless as doves. -- matthew 10:16 +. +But beware of men: for they will deliver you up to the councils, and they will scourge you in their synagogues; -- matthew 10:17 +. +And ye shall be brought before governors and kings for my sake, for a testimony against them and the Gentiles. -- matthew 10:18 +. +But when they deliver you up, take no thought how or what ye shall speak: for it shall be given you in that same hour what ye shall speak. -- matthew 10:19 +. +For it is not ye that speak, but the Spirit of your Father which speaketh in you. -- matthew 10:20 +. +And the brother shall deliver up the brother to death, and the father the child: and the children shall rise up against their parents, and cause them to be put to death. -- matthew 10:21 +. +And ye shall be hated of all men for my name's sake: but he that endureth to the end shall be saved. -- matthew 10:22 +. +But when they persecute you in this city, flee ye into another: for verily I say unto you, Ye shall not have gone over the cities of Israel, till the Son of man be come. -- matthew 10:23 +. +The disciple is not above his master, nor the servant above his lord. -- matthew 10:24 +. +It is enough for the disciple that he be as his master, and the servant as his lord. If they have called the master of the house Beelzebub, how much more shall they call them of his household? -- matthew 10:25 +. +Fear them not therefore: for there is nothing covered, that shall not be revealed; and hid, that shall not be known. -- matthew 10:26 +. +What I tell you in darkness, that speak ye in light: and what ye hear in the ear, that preach ye upon the housetops. -- matthew 10:27 +. +And fear not them which kill the body, but are not able to kill the soul: but rather fear him which is able to destroy both soul and body in hell. -- matthew 10:28 +. +Are not two sparrows sold for a farthing? and one of them shall not fall on the ground without your Father. -- matthew 10:29 +. +But the very hairs of your head are all numbered. -- matthew 10:30 +. +Fear ye not therefore, ye are of more value than many sparrows. -- matthew 10:31 +. +Whosoever therefore shall confess me before men, him will I confess also before my Father which is in heaven. -- matthew 10:32 +. +But whosoever shall deny me before men, him will I also deny before my Father which is in heaven. -- matthew 10:33 +. +Think not that I am come to send peace on earth: I came not to send peace, but a sword. -- matthew 10:34 +. +For I am come to set a man at variance against his father, and the daughter against her mother, and the daughter in law against her mother in law. -- matthew 10:35 +. +And a man's foes shall be they of his own household. -- matthew 10:36 +. +He that loveth father or mother more than me is not worthy of me: and he that loveth son or daughter more than me is not worthy of me. -- matthew 10:37 +. +And he that taketh not his cross, and followeth after me, is not worthy of me. -- matthew 10:38 +. +He that findeth his life shall lose it: and he that loseth his life for my sake shall find it. -- matthew 10:39 +. +He that receiveth you receiveth me, and he that receiveth me receiveth him that sent me. -- matthew 10:40 +. +He that receiveth a prophet in the name of a prophet shall receive a prophet's reward; and he that receiveth a righteous man in the name of a righteous man shall receive a righteous man's reward. -- matthew 10:41 +. +And whosoever shall give to drink unto one of these little ones a cup of cold water only in the name of a disciple, verily I say unto you, he shall in no wise lose his reward. -- matthew 10:42 +. +And it came to pass, when Jesus had made an end of commanding his twelve disciples, he departed thence to teach and to preach in their cities. -- matthew 11:1 +. +Now when John had heard in the prison the works of Christ, he sent two of his disciples, -- matthew 11:2 +. +And said unto him, Art thou he that should come, or do we look for another? -- matthew 11:3 +. +Jesus answered and said unto them, Go and shew John again those things which ye do hear and see: -- matthew 11:4 +. +The blind receive their sight, and the lame walk, the lepers are cleansed, and the deaf hear, the dead are raised up, and the poor have the gospel preached to them. -- matthew 11:5 +. +And blessed is he, whosoever shall not be offended in me. -- matthew 11:6 +. +And as they departed, Jesus began to say unto the multitudes concerning John, What went ye out into the wilderness to see? A reed shaken with the wind? -- matthew 11:7 +. +But what went ye out for to see? A man clothed in soft raiment? behold, they that wear soft clothing are in kings' houses. -- matthew 11:8 +. +But what went ye out for to see? A prophet? yea, I say unto you, and more than a prophet. -- matthew 11:9 +. +For this is he, of whom it is written, Behold, I send my messenger before thy face, which shall prepare thy way before thee. -- matthew 11:10 +. +Verily I say unto you, Among them that are born of women there hath not risen a greater than John the Baptist: notwithstanding he that is least in the kingdom of heaven is greater than he. -- matthew 11:11 +. +And from the days of John the Baptist until now the kingdom of heaven suffereth violence, and the violent take it by force. -- matthew 11:12 +. +For all the prophets and the law prophesied until John. -- matthew 11:13 +. +And if ye will receive it, this is Elias, which was for to come. -- matthew 11:14 +. +He that hath ears to hear, let him hear. -- matthew 11:15 +. +But whereunto shall I liken this generation? It is like unto children sitting in the markets, and calling unto their fellows, -- matthew 11:16 +. +And saying, We have piped unto you, and ye have not danced; we have mourned unto you, and ye have not lamented. -- matthew 11:17 +. +For John came neither eating nor drinking, and they say, He hath a devil. -- matthew 11:18 +. +The Son of man came eating and drinking, and they say, Behold a man gluttonous, and a winebibber, a friend of publicans and sinners. But wisdom is justified of her children. -- matthew 11:19 +. +Then began he to upbraid the cities wherein most of his mighty works were done, because they repented not: -- matthew 11:20 +. +Woe unto thee, Chorazin! woe unto thee, Bethsaida! for if the mighty works, which were done in you, had been done in Tyre and Sidon, they would have repented long ago in sackcloth and ashes. -- matthew 11:21 +. +But I say unto you, It shall be more tolerable for Tyre and Sidon at the day of judgment, than for you. -- matthew 11:22 +. +And thou, Capernaum, which art exalted unto heaven, shalt be brought down to hell: for if the mighty works, which have been done in thee, had been done in Sodom, it would have remained until this day. -- matthew 11:23 +. +But I say unto you, That it shall be more tolerable for the land of Sodom in the day of judgment, than for thee. -- matthew 11:24 +. +At that time Jesus answered and said, I thank thee, O Father, Lord of heaven and earth, because thou hast hid these things from the wise and prudent, and hast revealed them unto babes. -- matthew 11:25 +. +Even so, Father: for so it seemed good in thy sight. -- matthew 11:26 +. +All things are delivered unto me of my Father: and no man knoweth the Son, but the Father; neither knoweth any man the Father, save the Son, and he to whomsoever the Son will reveal him. -- matthew 11:27 +. +Come unto me, all ye that labour and are heavy laden, and I will give you rest. -- matthew 11:28 +. +Take my yoke upon you, and learn of me; for I am meek and lowly in heart: and ye shall find rest unto your souls. -- matthew 11:29 +. +For my yoke is easy, and my burden is light. -- matthew 11:30 +. +At that time Jesus went on the sabbath day through the corn; and his disciples were an hungred, and began to pluck the ears of corn and to eat. -- matthew 12:1 +. +But when the Pharisees saw it, they said unto him, Behold, thy disciples do that which is not lawful to do upon the sabbath day. -- matthew 12:2 +. +But he said unto them, Have ye not read what David did, when he was an hungred, and they that were with him; -- matthew 12:3 +. +How he entered into the house of God, and did eat the shewbread, which was not lawful for him to eat, neither for them which were with him, but only for the priests? -- matthew 12:4 +. +Or have ye not read in the law, how that on the sabbath days the priests in the temple profane the sabbath, and are blameless? -- matthew 12:5 +. +But I say unto you, That in this place is one greater than the temple. -- matthew 12:6 +. +But if ye had known what this meaneth, I will have mercy, and not sacrifice, ye would not have condemned the guiltless. -- matthew 12:7 +. +For the Son of man is Lord even of the sabbath day. -- matthew 12:8 +. +And when he was departed thence, he went into their synagogue: -- matthew 12:9 +. +And, behold, there was a man which had his hand withered. And they asked him, saying, Is it lawful to heal on the sabbath days? that they might accuse him. -- matthew 12:10 +. +And he said unto them, What man shall there be among you, that shall have one sheep, and if it fall into a pit on the sabbath day, will he not lay hold on it, and lift it out? -- matthew 12:11 +. +How much then is a man better than a sheep? Wherefore it is lawful to do well on the sabbath days. -- matthew 12:12 +. +Then saith he to the man, Stretch forth thine hand. And he stretched it forth; and it was restored whole, like as the other. -- matthew 12:13 +. +Then the Pharisees went out, and held a council against him, how they might destroy him. -- matthew 12:14 +. +But when Jesus knew it, he withdrew himself from thence: and great multitudes followed him, and he healed them all; -- matthew 12:15 +. +And charged them that they should not make him known: -- matthew 12:16 +. +That it might be fulfilled which was spoken by Esaias the prophet, saying, -- matthew 12:17 +. +Behold my servant, whom I have chosen; my beloved, in whom my soul is well pleased: I will put my spirit upon him, and he shall shew judgment to the Gentiles. -- matthew 12:18 +. +He shall not strive, nor cry; neither shall any man hear his voice in the streets. -- matthew 12:19 +. +A bruised reed shall he not break, and smoking flax shall he not quench, till he send forth judgment unto victory. -- matthew 12:20 +. +And in his name shall the Gentiles trust. -- matthew 12:21 +. +Then was brought unto him one possessed with a devil, blind, and dumb: and he healed him, insomuch that the blind and dumb both spake and saw. -- matthew 12:22 +. +And all the people were amazed, and said, Is not this the son of David? -- matthew 12:23 +. +But when the Pharisees heard it, they said, This fellow doth not cast out devils, but by Beelzebub the prince of the devils. -- matthew 12:24 +. +And Jesus knew their thoughts, and said unto them, Every kingdom divided against itself is brought to desolation; and every city or house divided against itself shall not stand: -- matthew 12:25 +. +And if Satan cast out Satan, he is divided against himself; how shall then his kingdom stand? -- matthew 12:26 +. +And if I by Beelzebub cast out devils, by whom do your children cast them out? therefore they shall be your judges. -- matthew 12:27 +. +But if I cast out devils by the Spirit of God, then the kingdom of God is come unto you. -- matthew 12:28 +. +Or else how can one enter into a strong man's house, and spoil his goods, except he first bind the strong man? and then he will spoil his house. -- matthew 12:29 +. +He that is not with me is against me; and he that gathereth not with me scattereth abroad. -- matthew 12:30 +. +Wherefore I say unto you, All manner of sin and blasphemy shall be forgiven unto men: but the blasphemy against the Holy Ghost shall not be forgiven unto men. -- matthew 12:31 +. +And whosoever speaketh a word against the Son of man, it shall be forgiven him: but whosoever speaketh against the Holy Ghost, it shall not be forgiven him, neither in this world, neither in the world to come. -- matthew 12:32 +. +Either make the tree good, and his fruit good; or else make the tree corrupt, and his fruit corrupt: for the tree is known by his fruit. -- matthew 12:33 +. +O generation of vipers, how can ye, being evil, speak good things? for out of the abundance of the heart the mouth speaketh. -- matthew 12:34 +. +A good man out of the good treasure of the heart bringeth forth good things: and an evil man out of the evil treasure bringeth forth evil things. -- matthew 12:35 +. +But I say unto you, That every idle word that men shall speak, they shall give account thereof in the day of judgment. -- matthew 12:36 +. +For by thy words thou shalt be justified, and by thy words thou shalt be condemned. -- matthew 12:37 +. +Then certain of the scribes and of the Pharisees answered, saying, Master, we would see a sign from thee. -- matthew 12:38 +. +But he answered and said unto them, An evil and adulterous generation seeketh after a sign; and there shall no sign be given to it, but the sign of the prophet Jonas: -- matthew 12:39 +. +For as Jonas was three days and three nights in the whale's belly; so shall the Son of man be three days and three nights in the heart of the earth. -- matthew 12:40 +. +The men of Nineveh shall rise in judgment with this generation, and shall condemn it: because they repented at the preaching of Jonas; and, behold, a greater than Jonas is here. -- matthew 12:41 +. +The queen of the south shall rise up in the judgment with this generation, and shall condemn it: for she came from the uttermost parts of the earth to hear the wisdom of Solomon; and, behold, a greater than Solomon is here. -- matthew 12:42 +. +When the unclean spirit is gone out of a man, he walketh through dry places, seeking rest, and findeth none. -- matthew 12:43 +. +Then he saith, I will return into my house from whence I came out; and when he is come, he findeth it empty, swept, and garnished. -- matthew 12:44 +. +Then goeth he, and taketh with himself seven other spirits more wicked than himself, and they enter in and dwell there: and the last state of that man is worse than the first. Even so shall it be also unto this wicked generation. -- matthew 12:45 +. +While he yet talked to the people, behold, his mother and his brethren stood without, desiring to speak with him. -- matthew 12:46 +. +Then one said unto him, Behold, thy mother and thy brethren stand without, desiring to speak with thee. -- matthew 12:47 +. +But he answered and said unto him that told him, Who is my mother? and who are my brethren? -- matthew 12:48 +. +And he stretched forth his hand toward his disciples, and said, Behold my mother and my brethren! -- matthew 12:49 +. +For whosoever shall do the will of my Father which is in heaven, the same is my brother, and sister, and mother. -- matthew 12:50 +. +The same day went Jesus out of the house, and sat by the sea side. -- matthew 13:1 +. +And great multitudes were gathered together unto him, so that he went into a ship, and sat; and the whole multitude stood on the shore. -- matthew 13:2 +. +And he spake many things unto them in parables, saying, Behold, a sower went forth to sow; -- matthew 13:3 +. +And when he sowed, some seeds fell by the way side, and the fowls came and devoured them up: -- matthew 13:4 +. +Some fell upon stony places, where they had not much earth: and forthwith they sprung up, because they had no deepness of earth: -- matthew 13:5 +. +And when the sun was up, they were scorched; and because they had no root, they withered away. -- matthew 13:6 +. +And some fell among thorns; and the thorns sprung up, and choked them: -- matthew 13:7 +. +But other fell into good ground, and brought forth fruit, some an hundredfold, some sixtyfold, some thirtyfold. -- matthew 13:8 +. +Who hath ears to hear, let him hear. -- matthew 13:9 +. +And the disciples came, and said unto him, Why speakest thou unto them in parables? -- matthew 13:10 +. +He answered and said unto them, Because it is given unto you to know the mysteries of the kingdom of heaven, but to them it is not given. -- matthew 13:11 +. +For whosoever hath, to him shall be given, and he shall have more abundance: but whosoever hath not, from him shall be taken away even that he hath. -- matthew 13:12 +. +Therefore speak I to them in parables: because they seeing see not; and hearing they hear not, neither do they understand. -- matthew 13:13 +. +And in them is fulfilled the prophecy of Esaias, which saith, By hearing ye shall hear, and shall not understand; and seeing ye shall see, and shall not perceive: -- matthew 13:14 +. +For this people's heart is waxed gross, and their ears are dull of hearing, and their eyes they have closed; lest at any time they should see with their eyes and hear with their ears, and should understand with their heart, and should be converted, and I should heal them. -- matthew 13:15 +. +But blessed are your eyes, for they see: and your ears, for they hear. -- matthew 13:16 +. +For verily I say unto you, That many prophets and righteous men have desired to see those things which ye see, and have not seen them; and to hear those things which ye hear, and have not heard them. -- matthew 13:17 +. +Hear ye therefore the parable of the sower. -- matthew 13:18 +. +When any one heareth the word of the kingdom, and understandeth it not, then cometh the wicked one, and catcheth away that which was sown in his heart. This is he which received seed by the way side. -- matthew 13:19 +. +But he that received the seed into stony places, the same is he that heareth the word, and anon with joy receiveth it; -- matthew 13:20 +. +Yet hath he not root in himself, but dureth for a while: for when tribulation or persecution ariseth because of the word, by and by he is offended. -- matthew 13:21 +. +He also that received seed among the thorns is he that heareth the word; and the care of this world, and the deceitfulness of riches, choke the word, and he becometh unfruitful. -- matthew 13:22 +. +But he that received seed into the good ground is he that heareth the word, and understandeth it; which also beareth fruit, and bringeth forth, some an hundredfold, some sixty, some thirty. -- matthew 13:23 +. +Another parable put he forth unto them, saying, The kingdom of heaven is likened unto a man which sowed good seed in his field: -- matthew 13:24 +. +But while men slept, his enemy came and sowed tares among the wheat, and went his way. -- matthew 13:25 +. +But when the blade was sprung up, and brought forth fruit, then appeared the tares also. -- matthew 13:26 +. +So the servants of the householder came and said unto him, Sir, didst not thou sow good seed in thy field? from whence then hath it tares? -- matthew 13:27 +. +He said unto them, An enemy hath done this. The servants said unto him, Wilt thou then that we go and gather them up? -- matthew 13:28 +. +But he said, Nay; lest while ye gather up the tares, ye root up also the wheat with them. -- matthew 13:29 +. +Let both grow together until the harvest: and in the time of harvest I will say to the reapers, Gather ye together first the tares, and bind them in bundles to burn them: but gather the wheat into my barn. -- matthew 13:30 +. +Another parable put he forth unto them, saying, The kingdom of heaven is like to a grain of mustard seed, which a man took, and sowed in his field: -- matthew 13:31 +. +Which indeed is the least of all seeds: but when it is grown, it is the greatest among herbs, and becometh a tree, so that the birds of the air come and lodge in the branches thereof. -- matthew 13:32 +. +Another parable spake he unto them; The kingdom of heaven is like unto leaven, which a woman took, and hid in three measures of meal, till the whole was leavened. -- matthew 13:33 +. +All these things spake Jesus unto the multitude in parables; and without a parable spake he not unto them: -- matthew 13:34 +. +That it might be fulfilled which was spoken by the prophet, saying, I will open my mouth in parables; I will utter things which have been kept secret from the foundation of the world. -- matthew 13:35 +. +Then Jesus sent the multitude away, and went into the house: and his disciples came unto him, saying, Declare unto us the parable of the tares of the field. -- matthew 13:36 +. +He answered and said unto them, He that soweth the good seed is the Son of man; -- matthew 13:37 +. +The field is the world; the good seed are the children of the kingdom; but the tares are the children of the wicked one; -- matthew 13:38 +. +The enemy that sowed them is the devil; the harvest is the end of the world; and the reapers are the angels. -- matthew 13:39 +. +As therefore the tares are gathered and burned in the fire; so shall it be in the end of this world. -- matthew 13:40 +. +The Son of man shall send forth his angels, and they shall gather out of his kingdom all things that offend, and them which do iniquity; -- matthew 13:41 +. +And shall cast them into a furnace of fire: there shall be wailing and gnashing of teeth. -- matthew 13:42 +. +Then shall the righteous shine forth as the sun in the kingdom of their Father. Who hath ears to hear, let him hear. -- matthew 13:43 +. +Again, the kingdom of heaven is like unto treasure hid in a field; the which when a man hath found, he hideth, and for joy thereof goeth and selleth all that he hath, and buyeth that field. -- matthew 13:44 +. +Again, the kingdom of heaven is like unto a merchant man, seeking goodly pearls: -- matthew 13:45 +. +Who, when he had found one pearl of great price, went and sold all that he had, and bought it. -- matthew 13:46 +. +Again, the kingdom of heaven is like unto a net, that was cast into the sea, and gathered of every kind: -- matthew 13:47 +. +Which, when it was full, they drew to shore, and sat down, and gathered the good into vessels, but cast the bad away. -- matthew 13:48 +. +So shall it be at the end of the world: the angels shall come forth, and sever the wicked from among the just, -- matthew 13:49 +. +And shall cast them into the furnace of fire: there shall be wailing and gnashing of teeth. -- matthew 13:50 +. +Jesus saith unto them, Have ye understood all these things? They say unto him, Yea, Lord. -- matthew 13:51 +. +Then said he unto them, Therefore every scribe which is instructed unto the kingdom of heaven is like unto a man that is an householder, which bringeth forth out of his treasure things new and old. -- matthew 13:52 +. +And it came to pass, that when Jesus had finished these parables, he departed thence. -- matthew 13:53 +. +And when he was come into his own country, he taught them in their synagogue, insomuch that they were astonished, and said, Whence hath this man this wisdom, and these mighty works? -- matthew 13:54 +. +Is not this the carpenter's son? is not his mother called Mary? and his brethren, James, and Joses, and Simon, and Judas? -- matthew 13:55 +. +And his sisters, are they not all with us? Whence then hath this man all these things? -- matthew 13:56 +. +And they were offended in him. But Jesus said unto them, A prophet is not without honour, save in his own country, and in his own house. -- matthew 13:57 +. +And he did not many mighty works there because of their unbelief. -- matthew 13:58 +. +At that time Herod the tetrarch heard of the fame of Jesus, -- matthew 14:1 +. +And said unto his servants, This is John the Baptist; he is risen from the dead; and therefore mighty works do shew forth themselves in him. -- matthew 14:2 +. +For Herod had laid hold on John, and bound him, and put him in prison for Herodias' sake, his brother Philip's wife. -- matthew 14:3 +. +For John said unto him, It is not lawful for thee to have her. -- matthew 14:4 +. +And when he would have put him to death, he feared the multitude, because they counted him as a prophet. -- matthew 14:5 +. +But when Herod's birthday was kept, the daughter of Herodias danced before them, and pleased Herod. -- matthew 14:6 +. +Whereupon he promised with an oath to give her whatsoever she would ask. -- matthew 14:7 +. +And she, being before instructed of her mother, said, Give me here John Baptist's head in a charger. -- matthew 14:8 +. +And the king was sorry: nevertheless for the oath's sake, and them which sat with him at meat, he commanded it to be given her. -- matthew 14:9 +. +And he sent, and beheaded John in the prison. -- matthew 14:10 +. +And his head was brought in a charger, and given to the damsel: and she brought it to her mother. -- matthew 14:11 +. +And his disciples came, and took up the body, and buried it, and went and told Jesus. -- matthew 14:12 +. +When Jesus heard of it, he departed thence by ship into a desert place apart: and when the people had heard thereof, they followed him on foot out of the cities. -- matthew 14:13 +. +And Jesus went forth, and saw a great multitude, and was moved with compassion toward them, and he healed their sick. -- matthew 14:14 +. +And when it was evening, his disciples came to him, saying, This is a desert place, and the time is now past; send the multitude away, that they may go into the villages, and buy themselves victuals. -- matthew 14:15 +. +But Jesus said unto them, They need not depart; give ye them to eat. -- matthew 14:16 +. +And they say unto him, We have here but five loaves, and two fishes. -- matthew 14:17 +. +He said, Bring them hither to me. -- matthew 14:18 +. +And he commanded the multitude to sit down on the grass, and took the five loaves, and the two fishes, and looking up to heaven, he blessed, and brake, and gave the loaves to his disciples, and the disciples to the multitude. -- matthew 14:19 +. +And they did all eat, and were filled: and they took up of the fragments that remained twelve baskets full. -- matthew 14:20 +. +And they that had eaten were about five thousand men, beside women and children. -- matthew 14:21 +. +And straightway Jesus constrained his disciples to get into a ship, and to go before him unto the other side, while he sent the multitudes away. -- matthew 14:22 +. +And when he had sent the multitudes away, he went up into a mountain apart to pray: and when the evening was come, he was there alone. -- matthew 14:23 +. +But the ship was now in the midst of the sea, tossed with waves: for the wind was contrary. -- matthew 14:24 +. +And in the fourth watch of the night Jesus went unto them, walking on the sea. -- matthew 14:25 +. +And when the disciples saw him walking on the sea, they were troubled, saying, It is a spirit; and they cried out for fear. -- matthew 14:26 +. +But straightway Jesus spake unto them, saying, Be of good cheer; it is I; be not afraid. -- matthew 14:27 +. +And Peter answered him and said, Lord, if it be thou, bid me come unto thee on the water. -- matthew 14:28 +. +And he said, Come. And when Peter was come down out of the ship, he walked on the water, to go to Jesus. -- matthew 14:29 +. +But when he saw the wind boisterous, he was afraid; and beginning to sink, he cried, saying, Lord, save me. -- matthew 14:30 +. +And immediately Jesus stretched forth his hand, and caught him, and said unto him, O thou of little faith, wherefore didst thou doubt? -- matthew 14:31 +. +And when they were come into the ship, the wind ceased. -- matthew 14:32 +. +Then they that were in the ship came and worshipped him, saying, Of a truth thou art the Son of God. -- matthew 14:33 +. +And when they were gone over, they came into the land of Gennesaret. -- matthew 14:34 +. +And when the men of that place had knowledge of him, they sent out into all that country round about, and brought unto him all that were diseased; -- matthew 14:35 +. +And besought him that they might only touch the hem of his garment: and as many as touched were made perfectly whole. -- matthew 14:36 +. +Then came to Jesus scribes and Pharisees, which were of Jerusalem, saying, -- matthew 15:1 +. +Why do thy disciples transgress the tradition of the elders? for they wash not their hands when they eat bread. -- matthew 15:2 +. +But he answered and said unto them, Why do ye also transgress the commandment of God by your tradition? -- matthew 15:3 +. +For God commanded, saying, Honour thy father and mother: and, He that curseth father or mother, let him die the death. -- matthew 15:4 +. +But ye say, Whosoever shall say to his father or his mother, It is a gift, by whatsoever thou mightest be profited by me; -- matthew 15:5 +. +And honour not his father or his mother, he shall be free. Thus have ye made the commandment of God of none effect by your tradition. -- matthew 15:6 +. +Ye hypocrites, well did Esaias prophesy of you, saying, -- matthew 15:7 +. +This people draweth nigh unto me with their mouth, and honoureth me with their lips; but their heart is far from me. -- matthew 15:8 +. +But in vain they do worship me, teaching for doctrines the commandments of men. -- matthew 15:9 +. +And he called the multitude, and said unto them, Hear, and understand: -- matthew 15:10 +. +Not that which goeth into the mouth defileth a man; but that which cometh out of the mouth, this defileth a man. -- matthew 15:11 +. +Then came his disciples, and said unto him, Knowest thou that the Pharisees were offended, after they heard this saying? -- matthew 15:12 +. +But he answered and said, Every plant, which my heavenly Father hath not planted, shall be rooted up. -- matthew 15:13 +. +Let them alone: they be blind leaders of the blind. And if the blind lead the blind, both shall fall into the ditch. -- matthew 15:14 +. +Then answered Peter and said unto him, Declare unto us this parable. -- matthew 15:15 +. +And Jesus said, Are ye also yet without understanding? -- matthew 15:16 +. +Do not ye yet understand, that whatsoever entereth in at the mouth goeth into the belly, and is cast out into the draught? -- matthew 15:17 +. +But those things which proceed out of the mouth come forth from the heart; and they defile the man. -- matthew 15:18 +. +For out of the heart proceed evil thoughts, murders, adulteries, fornications, thefts, false witness, blasphemies: -- matthew 15:19 +. +These are the things which defile a man: but to eat with unwashen hands defileth not a man. -- matthew 15:20 +. +Then Jesus went thence, and departed into the coasts of Tyre and Sidon. -- matthew 15:21 +. +And, behold, a woman of Canaan came out of the same coasts, and cried unto him, saying, Have mercy on me, O Lord, thou son of David; my daughter is grievously vexed with a devil. -- matthew 15:22 +. +But he answered her not a word. And his disciples came and besought him, saying, Send her away; for she crieth after us. -- matthew 15:23 +. +But he answered and said, I am not sent but unto the lost sheep of the house of Israel. -- matthew 15:24 +. +Then came she and worshipped him, saying, Lord, help me. -- matthew 15:25 +. +But he answered and said, It is not meet to take the children's bread, and to cast it to dogs. -- matthew 15:26 +. +And she said, Truth, Lord: yet the dogs eat of the crumbs which fall from their masters' table. -- matthew 15:27 +. +Then Jesus answered and said unto her, O woman, great is thy faith: be it unto thee even as thou wilt. And her daughter was made whole from that very hour. -- matthew 15:28 +. +And Jesus departed from thence, and came nigh unto the sea of Galilee; and went up into a mountain, and sat down there. -- matthew 15:29 +. +And great multitudes came unto him, having with them those that were lame, blind, dumb, maimed, and many others, and cast them down at Jesus' feet; and he healed them: -- matthew 15:30 +. +Insomuch that the multitude wondered, when they saw the dumb to speak, the maimed to be whole, the lame to walk, and the blind to see: and they glorified the God of Israel. -- matthew 15:31 +. +Then Jesus called his disciples unto him, and said, I have compassion on the multitude, because they continue with me now three days, and have nothing to eat: and I will not send them away fasting, lest they faint in the way. -- matthew 15:32 +. +And his disciples say unto him, Whence should we have so much bread in the wilderness, as to fill so great a multitude? -- matthew 15:33 +. +And Jesus saith unto them, How many loaves have ye? And they said, Seven, and a few little fishes. -- matthew 15:34 +. +And he commanded the multitude to sit down on the ground. -- matthew 15:35 +. +And he took the seven loaves and the fishes, and gave thanks, and brake them, and gave to his disciples, and the disciples to the multitude. -- matthew 15:36 +. +And they did all eat, and were filled: and they took up of the broken meat that was left seven baskets full. -- matthew 15:37 +. +And they that did eat were four thousand men, beside women and children. -- matthew 15:38 +. +And he sent away the multitude, and took ship, and came into the coasts of Magdala. -- matthew 15:39 +. +The Pharisees also with the Sadducees came, and tempting desired him that he would shew them a sign from heaven. -- matthew 16:1 +. +He answered and said unto them, When it is evening, ye say, It will be fair weather: for the sky is red. -- matthew 16:2 +. +And in the morning, It will be foul weather to day: for the sky is red and lowering. O ye hypocrites, ye can discern the face of the sky; but can ye not discern the signs of the times? -- matthew 16:3 +. +A wicked and adulterous generation seeketh after a sign; and there shall no sign be given unto it, but the sign of the prophet Jonas. And he left them, and departed. -- matthew 16:4 +. +And when his disciples were come to the other side, they had forgotten to take bread. -- matthew 16:5 +. +Then Jesus said unto them, Take heed and beware of the leaven of the Pharisees and of the Sadducees. -- matthew 16:6 +. +And they reasoned among themselves, saying, It is because we have taken no bread. -- matthew 16:7 +. +Which when Jesus perceived, he said unto them, O ye of little faith, why reason ye among yourselves, because ye have brought no bread? -- matthew 16:8 +. +Do ye not yet understand, neither remember the five loaves of the five thousand, and how many baskets ye took up? -- matthew 16:9 +. +Neither the seven loaves of the four thousand, and how many baskets ye took up? -- matthew 16:10 +. +How is it that ye do not understand that I spake it not to you concerning bread, that ye should beware of the leaven of the Pharisees and of the Sadducees? -- matthew 16:11 +. +Then understood they how that he bade them not beware of the leaven of bread, but of the doctrine of the Pharisees and of the Sadducees. -- matthew 16:12 +. +When Jesus came into the coasts of Caesarea Philippi, he asked his disciples, saying, Whom do men say that I the Son of man am? -- matthew 16:13 +. +And they said, Some say that thou art John the Baptist: some, Elias; and others, Jeremias, or one of the prophets. -- matthew 16:14 +. +He saith unto them, But whom say ye that I am? -- matthew 16:15 +. +And Simon Peter answered and said, Thou art the Christ, the Son of the living God. -- matthew 16:16 +. +And Jesus answered and said unto him, Blessed art thou, Simon Barjona: for flesh and blood hath not revealed it unto thee, but my Father which is in heaven. -- matthew 16:17 +. +And I say also unto thee, That thou art Peter, and upon this rock I will build my church; and the gates of hell shall not prevail against it. -- matthew 16:18 +. +And I will give unto thee the keys of the kingdom of heaven: and whatsoever thou shalt bind on earth shall be bound in heaven: and whatsoever thou shalt loose on earth shall be loosed in heaven. -- matthew 16:19 +. +Then charged he his disciples that they should tell no man that he was Jesus the Christ. -- matthew 16:20 +. +From that time forth began Jesus to shew unto his disciples, how that he must go unto Jerusalem, and suffer many things of the elders and chief priests and scribes, and be killed, and be raised again the third day. -- matthew 16:21 +. +Then Peter took him, and began to rebuke him, saying, Be it far from thee, Lord: this shall not be unto thee. -- matthew 16:22 +. +But he turned, and said unto Peter, Get thee behind me, Satan: thou art an offence unto me: for thou savourest not the things that be of God, but those that be of men. -- matthew 16:23 +. +Then said Jesus unto his disciples, If any man will come after me, let him deny himself, and take up his cross, and follow me. -- matthew 16:24 +. +For whosoever will save his life shall lose it: and whosoever will lose his life for my sake shall find it. -- matthew 16:25 +. +For what is a man profited, if he shall gain the whole world, and lose his own soul? or what shall a man give in exchange for his soul? -- matthew 16:26 +. +For the Son of man shall come in the glory of his Father with his angels; and then he shall reward every man according to his works. -- matthew 16:27 +. +Verily I say unto you, There be some standing here, which shall not taste of death, till they see the Son of man coming in his kingdom. -- matthew 16:28 +. +And after six days Jesus taketh Peter, James, and John his brother, and bringeth them up into an high mountain apart, -- matthew 17:1 +. +And was transfigured before them: and his face did shine as the sun, and his raiment was white as the light. -- matthew 17:2 +. +And, behold, there appeared unto them Moses and Elias talking with him. -- matthew 17:3 +. +Then answered Peter, and said unto Jesus, Lord, it is good for us to be here: if thou wilt, let us make here three tabernacles; one for thee, and one for Moses, and one for Elias. -- matthew 17:4 +. +While he yet spake, behold, a bright cloud overshadowed them: and behold a voice out of the cloud, which said, This is my beloved Son, in whom I am well pleased; hear ye him. -- matthew 17:5 +. +And when the disciples heard it, they fell on their face, and were sore afraid. -- matthew 17:6 +. +And Jesus came and touched them, and said, Arise, and be not afraid. -- matthew 17:7 +. +And when they had lifted up their eyes, they saw no man, save Jesus only. -- matthew 17:8 +. +And as they came down from the mountain, Jesus charged them, saying, Tell the vision to no man, until the Son of man be risen again from the dead. -- matthew 17:9 +. +And his disciples asked him, saying, Why then say the scribes that Elias must first come? -- matthew 17:10 +. +And Jesus answered and said unto them, Elias truly shall first come, and restore all things. -- matthew 17:11 +. +But I say unto you, That Elias is come already, and they knew him not, but have done unto him whatsoever they listed. Likewise shall also the Son of man suffer of them. -- matthew 17:12 +. +Then the disciples understood that he spake unto them of John the Baptist. -- matthew 17:13 +. +And when they were come to the multitude, there came to him a certain man, kneeling down to him, and saying, -- matthew 17:14 +. +Lord, have mercy on my son: for he is lunatick, and sore vexed: for ofttimes he falleth into the fire, and oft into the water. -- matthew 17:15 +. +And I brought him to thy disciples, and they could not cure him. -- matthew 17:16 +. +Then Jesus answered and said, O faithless and perverse generation, how long shall I be with you? how long shall I suffer you? bring him hither to me. -- matthew 17:17 +. +And Jesus rebuked the devil; and he departed out of him: and the child was cured from that very hour. -- matthew 17:18 +. +Then came the disciples to Jesus apart, and said, Why could not we cast him out? -- matthew 17:19 +. +And Jesus said unto them, Because of your unbelief: for verily I say unto you, If ye have faith as a grain of mustard seed, ye shall say unto this mountain, Remove hence to yonder place; and it shall remove; and nothing shall be impossible unto you. -- matthew 17:20 +. +Howbeit this kind goeth not out but by prayer and fasting. -- matthew 17:21 +. +And while they abode in Galilee, Jesus said unto them, The Son of man shall be betrayed into the hands of men: -- matthew 17:22 +. +And they shall kill him, and the third day he shall be raised again. And they were exceeding sorry. -- matthew 17:23 +. +And when they were come to Capernaum, they that received tribute money came to Peter, and said, Doth not your master pay tribute? -- matthew 17:24 +. +He saith, Yes. And when he was come into the house, Jesus prevented him, saying, What thinkest thou, Simon? of whom do the kings of the earth take custom or tribute? of their own children, or of strangers? -- matthew 17:25 +. +Peter saith unto him, Of strangers. Jesus saith unto him, Then are the children free. -- matthew 17:26 +. +Notwithstanding, lest we should offend them, go thou to the sea, and cast an hook, and take up the fish that first cometh up; and when thou hast opened his mouth, thou shalt find a piece of money: that take, and give unto them for me and thee. -- matthew 17:27 +. +At the same time came the disciples unto Jesus, saying, Who is the greatest in the kingdom of heaven? -- matthew 18:1 +. +And Jesus called a little child unto him, and set him in the midst of them, -- matthew 18:2 +. +And said, Verily I say unto you, Except ye be converted, and become as little children, ye shall not enter into the kingdom of heaven. -- matthew 18:3 +. +Whosoever therefore shall humble himself as this little child, the same is greatest in the kingdom of heaven. -- matthew 18:4 +. +And whoso shall receive one such little child in my name receiveth me. -- matthew 18:5 +. +But whoso shall offend one of these little ones which believe in me, it were better for him that a millstone were hanged about his neck, and that he were drowned in the depth of the sea. -- matthew 18:6 +. +Woe unto the world because of offences! for it must needs be that offences come; but woe to that man by whom the offence cometh! -- matthew 18:7 +. +Wherefore if thy hand or thy foot offend thee, cut them off, and cast them from thee: it is better for thee to enter into life halt or maimed, rather than having two hands or two feet to be cast into everlasting fire. -- matthew 18:8 +. +And if thine eye offend thee, pluck it out, and cast it from thee: it is better for thee to enter into life with one eye, rather than having two eyes to be cast into hell fire. -- matthew 18:9 +. +Take heed that ye despise not one of these little ones; for I say unto you, That in heaven their angels do always behold the face of my Father which is in heaven. -- matthew 18:10 +. +For the Son of man is come to save that which was lost. -- matthew 18:11 +. +How think ye? if a man have an hundred sheep, and one of them be gone astray, doth he not leave the ninety and nine, and goeth into the mountains, and seeketh that which is gone astray? -- matthew 18:12 +. +And if so be that he find it, verily I say unto you, he rejoiceth more of that sheep, than of the ninety and nine which went not astray. -- matthew 18:13 +. +Even so it is not the will of your Father which is in heaven, that one of these little ones should perish. -- matthew 18:14 +. +Moreover if thy brother shall trespass against thee, go and tell him his fault between thee and him alone: if he shall hear thee, thou hast gained thy brother. -- matthew 18:15 +. +But if he will not hear thee, then take with thee one or two more, that in the mouth of two or three witnesses every word may be established. -- matthew 18:16 +. +And if he shall neglect to hear them, tell it unto the church: but if he neglect to hear the church, let him be unto thee as an heathen man and a publican. -- matthew 18:17 +. +Verily I say unto you, Whatsoever ye shall bind on earth shall be bound in heaven: and whatsoever ye shall loose on earth shall be loosed in heaven. -- matthew 18:18 +. +Again I say unto you, That if two of you shall agree on earth as touching any thing that they shall ask, it shall be done for them of my Father which is in heaven. -- matthew 18:19 +. +For where two or three are gathered together in my name, there am I in the midst of them. -- matthew 18:20 +. +Then came Peter to him, and said, Lord, how oft shall my brother sin against me, and I forgive him? till seven times? -- matthew 18:21 +. +Jesus saith unto him, I say not unto thee, Until seven times: but, Until seventy times seven. -- matthew 18:22 +. +Therefore is the kingdom of heaven likened unto a certain king, which would take account of his servants. -- matthew 18:23 +. +And when he had begun to reckon, one was brought unto him, which owed him ten thousand talents. -- matthew 18:24 +. +But forasmuch as he had not to pay, his lord commanded him to be sold, and his wife, and children, and all that he had, and payment to be made. -- matthew 18:25 +. +The servant therefore fell down, and worshipped him, saying, Lord, have patience with me, and I will pay thee all. -- matthew 18:26 +. +Then the lord of that servant was moved with compassion, and loosed him, and forgave him the debt. -- matthew 18:27 +. +But the same servant went out, and found one of his fellowservants, which owed him an hundred pence: and he laid hands on him, and took him by the throat, saying, Pay me that thou owest. -- matthew 18:28 +. +And his fellowservant fell down at his feet, and besought him, saying, Have patience with me, and I will pay thee all. -- matthew 18:29 +. +And he would not: but went and cast him into prison, till he should pay the debt. -- matthew 18:30 +. +So when his fellowservants saw what was done, they were very sorry, and came and told unto their lord all that was done. -- matthew 18:31 +. +Then his lord, after that he had called him, said unto him, O thou wicked servant, I forgave thee all that debt, because thou desiredst me: -- matthew 18:32 +. +Shouldest not thou also have had compassion on thy fellowservant, even as I had pity on thee? -- matthew 18:33 +. +And his lord was wroth, and delivered him to the tormentors, till he should pay all that was due unto him. -- matthew 18:34 +. +So likewise shall my heavenly Father do also unto you, if ye from your hearts forgive not every one his brother their trespasses. -- matthew 18:35 +. +And it came to pass, that when Jesus had finished these sayings, he departed from Galilee, and came into the coasts of Judaea beyond Jordan; -- matthew 19:1 +. +And great multitudes followed him; and he healed them there. -- matthew 19:2 +. +The Pharisees also came unto him, tempting him, and saying unto him, Is it lawful for a man to put away his wife for every cause? -- matthew 19:3 +. +And he answered and said unto them, Have ye not read, that he which made them at the beginning made them male and female, -- matthew 19:4 +. +And said, For this cause shall a man leave father and mother, and shall cleave to his wife: and they twain shall be one flesh? -- matthew 19:5 +. +Wherefore they are no more twain, but one flesh. What therefore God hath joined together, let not man put asunder. -- matthew 19:6 +. +They say unto him, Why did Moses then command to give a writing of divorcement, and to put her away? -- matthew 19:7 +. +He saith unto them, Moses because of the hardness of your hearts suffered you to put away your wives: but from the beginning it was not so. -- matthew 19:8 +. +And I say unto you, Whosoever shall put away his wife, except it be for fornication, and shall marry another, committeth adultery: and whoso marrieth her which is put away doth commit adultery. -- matthew 19:9 +. +His disciples say unto him, If the case of the man be so with his wife, it is not good to marry. -- matthew 19:10 +. +But he said unto them, All men cannot receive this saying, save they to whom it is given. -- matthew 19:11 +. +For there are some eunuchs, which were so born from their mother's womb: and there are some eunuchs, which were made eunuchs of men: and there be eunuchs, which have made themselves eunuchs for the kingdom of heaven's sake. He that is able to receive it, let him receive it. -- matthew 19:12 +. +Then were there brought unto him little children, that he should put his hands on them, and pray: and the disciples rebuked them. -- matthew 19:13 +. +But Jesus said, Suffer little children, and forbid them not, to come unto me: for of such is the kingdom of heaven. -- matthew 19:14 +. +And he laid his hands on them, and departed thence. -- matthew 19:15 +. +And, behold, one came and said unto him, Good Master, what good thing shall I do, that I may have eternal life? -- matthew 19:16 +. +And he said unto him, Why callest thou me good? there is none good but one, that is, God: but if thou wilt enter into life, keep the commandments. -- matthew 19:17 +. +He saith unto him, Which? Jesus said, Thou shalt do no murder, Thou shalt not commit adultery, Thou shalt not steal, Thou shalt not bear false witness, -- matthew 19:18 +. +Honour thy father and thy mother: and, Thou shalt love thy neighbour as thyself. -- matthew 19:19 +. +The young man saith unto him, All these things have I kept from my youth up: what lack I yet? -- matthew 19:20 +. +Jesus said unto him, If thou wilt be perfect, go and sell that thou hast, and give to the poor, and thou shalt have treasure in heaven: and come and follow me. -- matthew 19:21 +. +But when the young man heard that saying, he went away sorrowful: for he had great possessions. -- matthew 19:22 +. +Then said Jesus unto his disciples, Verily I say unto you, That a rich man shall hardly enter into the kingdom of heaven. -- matthew 19:23 +. +And again I say unto you, It is easier for a camel to go through the eye of a needle, than for a rich man to enter into the kingdom of God. -- matthew 19:24 +. +When his disciples heard it, they were exceedingly amazed, saying, Who then can be saved? -- matthew 19:25 +. +But Jesus beheld them, and said unto them, With men this is impossible; but with God all things are possible. -- matthew 19:26 +. +Then answered Peter and said unto him, Behold, we have forsaken all, and followed thee; what shall we have therefore? -- matthew 19:27 +. +And Jesus said unto them, Verily I say unto you, That ye which have followed me, in the regeneration when the Son of man shall sit in the throne of his glory, ye also shall sit upon twelve thrones, judging the twelve tribes of Israel. -- matthew 19:28 +. +And every one that hath forsaken houses, or brethren, or sisters, or father, or mother, or wife, or children, or lands, for my name's sake, shall receive an hundredfold, and shall inherit everlasting life. -- matthew 19:29 +. +But many that are first shall be last; and the last shall be first. -- matthew 19:30 +. +For the kingdom of heaven is like unto a man that is an householder, which went out early in the morning to hire labourers into his vineyard. -- matthew 20:1 +. +And when he had agreed with the labourers for a penny a day, he sent them into his vineyard. -- matthew 20:2 +. +And he went out about the third hour, and saw others standing idle in the marketplace, -- matthew 20:3 +. +And said unto them; Go ye also into the vineyard, and whatsoever is right I will give you. And they went their way. -- matthew 20:4 +. +Again he went out about the sixth and ninth hour, and did likewise. -- matthew 20:5 +. +And about the eleventh hour he went out, and found others standing idle, and saith unto them, Why stand ye here all the day idle? -- matthew 20:6 +. +They say unto him, Because no man hath hired us. He saith unto them, Go ye also into the vineyard; and whatsoever is right, that shall ye receive. -- matthew 20:7 +. +So when even was come, the lord of the vineyard saith unto his steward, Call the labourers, and give them their hire, beginning from the last unto the first. -- matthew 20:8 +. +And when they came that were hired about the eleventh hour, they received every man a penny. -- matthew 20:9 +. +But when the first came, they supposed that they should have received more; and they likewise received every man a penny. -- matthew 20:10 +. +And when they had received it, they murmured against the goodman of the house, -- matthew 20:11 +. +Saying, These last have wrought but one hour, and thou hast made them equal unto us, which have borne the burden and heat of the day. -- matthew 20:12 +. +But he answered one of them, and said, Friend, I do thee no wrong: didst not thou agree with me for a penny? -- matthew 20:13 +. +Take that thine is, and go thy way: I will give unto this last, even as unto thee. -- matthew 20:14 +. +Is it not lawful for me to do what I will with mine own? Is thine eye evil, because I am good? -- matthew 20:15 +. +So the last shall be first, and the first last: for many be called, but few chosen. -- matthew 20:16 +. +And Jesus going up to Jerusalem took the twelve disciples apart in the way, and said unto them, -- matthew 20:17 +. +Behold, we go up to Jerusalem; and the Son of man shall be betrayed unto the chief priests and unto the scribes, and they shall condemn him to death, -- matthew 20:18 +. +And shall deliver him to the Gentiles to mock, and to scourge, and to crucify him: and the third day he shall rise again. -- matthew 20:19 +. +Then came to him the mother of Zebedees children with her sons, worshipping him, and desiring a certain thing of him. -- matthew 20:20 +. +And he said unto her, What wilt thou? She saith unto him, Grant that these my two sons may sit, the one on thy right hand, and the other on the left, in thy kingdom. -- matthew 20:21 +. +But Jesus answered and said, Ye know not what ye ask. Are ye able to drink of the cup that I shall drink of, and to be baptized with the baptism that I am baptized with? They say unto him, We are able. -- matthew 20:22 +. +And he saith unto them, Ye shall drink indeed of my cup, and be baptized with the baptism that I am baptized with: but to sit on my right hand, and on my left, is not mine to give, but it shall be given to them for whom it is prepared of my Father. -- matthew 20:23 +. +And when the ten heard it, they were moved with indignation against the two brethren. -- matthew 20:24 +. +But Jesus called them unto him, and said, Ye know that the princes of the Gentiles exercise dominion over them, and they that are great exercise authority upon them. -- matthew 20:25 +. +But it shall not be so among you: but whosoever will be great among you, let him be your minister; -- matthew 20:26 +. +And whosoever will be chief among you, let him be your servant: -- matthew 20:27 +. +Even as the Son of man came not to be ministered unto, but to minister, and to give his life a ransom for many. -- matthew 20:28 +. +And as they departed from Jericho, a great multitude followed him. -- matthew 20:29 +. +And, behold, two blind men sitting by the way side, when they heard that Jesus passed by, cried out, saying, Have mercy on us, O Lord, thou son of David. -- matthew 20:30 +. +And the multitude rebuked them, because they should hold their peace: but they cried the more, saying, Have mercy on us, O Lord, thou son of David. -- matthew 20:31 +. +And Jesus stood still, and called them, and said, What will ye that I shall do unto you? -- matthew 20:32 +. +They say unto him, Lord, that our eyes may be opened. -- matthew 20:33 +. +So Jesus had compassion on them, and touched their eyes: and immediately their eyes received sight, and they followed him. -- matthew 20:34 +. +And when they drew nigh unto Jerusalem, and were come to Bethphage, unto the mount of Olives, then sent Jesus two disciples, -- matthew 21:1 +. +Saying unto them, Go into the village over against you, and straightway ye shall find an ass tied, and a colt with her: loose them, and bring them unto me. -- matthew 21:2 +. +And if any man say ought unto you, ye shall say, The Lord hath need of them; and straightway he will send them. -- matthew 21:3 +. +All this was done, that it might be fulfilled which was spoken by the prophet, saying, -- matthew 21:4 +. +Tell ye the daughter of Sion, Behold, thy King cometh unto thee, meek, and sitting upon an ass, and a colt the foal of an ass. -- matthew 21:5 +. +And the disciples went, and did as Jesus commanded them, -- matthew 21:6 +. +And brought the ass, and the colt, and put on them their clothes, and they set him thereon. -- matthew 21:7 +. +And a very great multitude spread their garments in the way; others cut down branches from the trees, and strawed them in the way. -- matthew 21:8 +. +And the multitudes that went before, and that followed, cried, saying, Hosanna to the son of David: Blessed is he that cometh in the name of the Lord; Hosanna in the highest. -- matthew 21:9 +. +And when he was come into Jerusalem, all the city was moved, saying, Who is this? -- matthew 21:10 +. +And the multitude said, This is Jesus the prophet of Nazareth of Galilee. -- matthew 21:11 +. +And Jesus went into the temple of God, and cast out all them that sold and bought in the temple, and overthrew the tables of the moneychangers, and the seats of them that sold doves, -- matthew 21:12 +. +And said unto them, It is written, My house shall be called the house of prayer; but ye have made it a den of thieves. -- matthew 21:13 +. +And the blind and the lame came to him in the temple; and he healed them. -- matthew 21:14 +. +And when the chief priests and scribes saw the wonderful things that he did, and the children crying in the temple, and saying, Hosanna to the son of David; they were sore displeased, -- matthew 21:15 +. +And said unto him, Hearest thou what these say? And Jesus saith unto them, Yea; have ye never read, Out of the mouth of babes and sucklings thou hast perfected praise? -- matthew 21:16 +. +And he left them, and went out of the city into Bethany; and he lodged there. -- matthew 21:17 +. +Now in the morning as he returned into the city, he hungered. -- matthew 21:18 +. +And when he saw a fig tree in the way, he came to it, and found nothing thereon, but leaves only, and said unto it, Let no fruit grow on thee henceforward for ever. And presently the fig tree withered away. -- matthew 21:19 +. +And when the disciples saw it, they marvelled, saying, How soon is the fig tree withered away! -- matthew 21:20 +. +Jesus answered and said unto them, Verily I say unto you, If ye have faith, and doubt not, ye shall not only do this which is done to the fig tree, but also if ye shall say unto this mountain, Be thou removed, and be thou cast into the sea; it shall be done. -- matthew 21:21 +. +And all things, whatsoever ye shall ask in prayer, believing, ye shall receive. -- matthew 21:22 +. +And when he was come into the temple, the chief priests and the elders of the people came unto him as he was teaching, and said, By what authority doest thou these things? and who gave thee this authority? -- matthew 21:23 +. +And Jesus answered and said unto them, I also will ask you one thing, which if ye tell me, I in like wise will tell you by what authority I do these things. -- matthew 21:24 +. +The baptism of John, whence was it? from heaven, or of men? And they reasoned with themselves, saying, If we shall say, From heaven; he will say unto us, Why did ye not then believe him? -- matthew 21:25 +. +But if we shall say, Of men; we fear the people; for all hold John as a prophet. -- matthew 21:26 +. +And they answered Jesus, and said, We cannot tell. And he said unto them, Neither tell I you by what authority I do these things. -- matthew 21:27 +. +But what think ye? A certain man had two sons; and he came to the first, and said, Son, go work to day in my vineyard. -- matthew 21:28 +. +He answered and said, I will not: but afterward he repented, and went. -- matthew 21:29 +. +And he came to the second, and said likewise. And he answered and said, I go, sir: and went not. -- matthew 21:30 +. +Whether of them twain did the will of his father? They say unto him, The first. Jesus saith unto them, Verily I say unto you, That the publicans and the harlots go into the kingdom of God before you. -- matthew 21:31 +. +For John came unto you in the way of righteousness, and ye believed him not: but the publicans and the harlots believed him: and ye, when ye had seen it, repented not afterward, that ye might believe him. -- matthew 21:32 +. +Hear another parable: There was a certain householder, which planted a vineyard, and hedged it round about, and digged a winepress in it, and built a tower, and let it out to husbandmen, and went into a far country: -- matthew 21:33 +. +And when the time of the fruit drew near, he sent his servants to the husbandmen, that they might receive the fruits of it. -- matthew 21:34 +. +And the husbandmen took his servants, and beat one, and killed another, and stoned another. -- matthew 21:35 +. +Again, he sent other servants more than the first: and they did unto them likewise. -- matthew 21:36 +. +But last of all he sent unto them his son, saying, They will reverence my son. -- matthew 21:37 +. +But when the husbandmen saw the son, they said among themselves, This is the heir; come, let us kill him, and let us seize on his inheritance. -- matthew 21:38 +. +And they caught him, and cast him out of the vineyard, and slew him. -- matthew 21:39 +. +When the lord therefore of the vineyard cometh, what will he do unto those husbandmen? -- matthew 21:40 +. +They say unto him, He will miserably destroy those wicked men, and will let out his vineyard unto other husbandmen, which shall render him the fruits in their seasons. -- matthew 21:41 +. +Jesus saith unto them, Did ye never read in the scriptures, The stone which the builders rejected, the same is become the head of the corner: this is the Lord's doing, and it is marvellous in our eyes? -- matthew 21:42 +. +Therefore say I unto you, The kingdom of God shall be taken from you, and given to a nation bringing forth the fruits thereof. -- matthew 21:43 +. +And whosoever shall fall on this stone shall be broken: but on whomsoever it shall fall, it will grind him to powder. -- matthew 21:44 +. +And when the chief priests and Pharisees had heard his parables, they perceived that he spake of them. -- matthew 21:45 +. +But when they sought to lay hands on him, they feared the multitude, because they took him for a prophet. -- matthew 21:46 +. +And Jesus answered and spake unto them again by parables, and said, -- matthew 22:1 +. +The kingdom of heaven is like unto a certain king, which made a marriage for his son, -- matthew 22:2 +. +And sent forth his servants to call them that were bidden to the wedding: and they would not come. -- matthew 22:3 +. +Again, he sent forth other servants, saying, Tell them which are bidden, Behold, I have prepared my dinner: my oxen and my fatlings are killed, and all things are ready: come unto the marriage. -- matthew 22:4 +. +But they made light of it, and went their ways, one to his farm, another to his merchandise: -- matthew 22:5 +. +And the remnant took his servants, and entreated them spitefully, and slew them. -- matthew 22:6 +. +But when the king heard thereof, he was wroth: and he sent forth his armies, and destroyed those murderers, and burned up their city. -- matthew 22:7 +. +Then saith he to his servants, The wedding is ready, but they which were bidden were not worthy. -- matthew 22:8 +. +Go ye therefore into the highways, and as many as ye shall find, bid to the marriage. -- matthew 22:9 +. +So those servants went out into the highways, and gathered together all as many as they found, both bad and good: and the wedding was furnished with guests. -- matthew 22:10 +. +And when the king came in to see the guests, he saw there a man which had not on a wedding garment: -- matthew 22:11 +. +And he saith unto him, Friend, how camest thou in hither not having a wedding garment? And he was speechless. -- matthew 22:12 +. +Then said the king to the servants, Bind him hand and foot, and take him away, and cast him into outer darkness, there shall be weeping and gnashing of teeth. -- matthew 22:13 +. +For many are called, but few are chosen. -- matthew 22:14 +. +Then went the Pharisees, and took counsel how they might entangle him in his talk. -- matthew 22:15 +. +And they sent out unto him their disciples with the Herodians, saying, Master, we know that thou art true, and teachest the way of God in truth, neither carest thou for any man: for thou regardest not the person of men. -- matthew 22:16 +. +Tell us therefore, What thinkest thou? Is it lawful to give tribute unto Caesar, or not? -- matthew 22:17 +. +But Jesus perceived their wickedness, and said, Why tempt ye me, ye hypocrites? -- matthew 22:18 +. +Shew me the tribute money. And they brought unto him a penny. -- matthew 22:19 +. +And he saith unto them, Whose is this image and superscription? -- matthew 22:20 +. +They say unto him, Caesar's. Then saith he unto them, Render therefore unto Caesar the things which are Caesar's; and unto God the things that are God's. -- matthew 22:21 +. +When they had heard these words, they marvelled, and left him, and went their way. -- matthew 22:22 +. +The same day came to him the Sadducees, which say that there is no resurrection, and asked him, -- matthew 22:23 +. +Saying, Master, Moses said, If a man die, having no children, his brother shall marry his wife, and raise up seed unto his brother. -- matthew 22:24 +. +Now there were with us seven brethren: and the first, when he had married a wife, deceased, and, having no issue, left his wife unto his brother: -- matthew 22:25 +. +Likewise the second also, and the third, unto the seventh. -- matthew 22:26 +. +And last of all the woman died also. -- matthew 22:27 +. +Therefore in the resurrection whose wife shall she be of the seven? for they all had her. -- matthew 22:28 +. +Jesus answered and said unto them, Ye do err, not knowing the scriptures, nor the power of God. -- matthew 22:29 +. +For in the resurrection they neither marry, nor are given in marriage, but are as the angels of God in heaven. -- matthew 22:30 +. +But as touching the resurrection of the dead, have ye not read that which was spoken unto you by God, saying, -- matthew 22:31 +. +I am the God of Abraham, and the God of Isaac, and the God of Jacob? God is not the God of the dead, but of the living. -- matthew 22:32 +. +And when the multitude heard this, they were astonished at his doctrine. -- matthew 22:33 +. +But when the Pharisees had heard that he had put the Sadducees to silence, they were gathered together. -- matthew 22:34 +. +Then one of them, which was a lawyer, asked him a question, tempting him, and saying, -- matthew 22:35 +. +Master, which is the great commandment in the law? -- matthew 22:36 +. +Jesus said unto him, Thou shalt love the Lord thy God with all thy heart, and with all thy soul, and with all thy mind. -- matthew 22:37 +. +This is the first and great commandment. -- matthew 22:38 +. +And the second is like unto it, Thou shalt love thy neighbour as thyself. -- matthew 22:39 +. +On these two commandments hang all the law and the prophets. -- matthew 22:40 +. +While the Pharisees were gathered together, Jesus asked them, -- matthew 22:41 +. +Saying, What think ye of Christ? whose son is he? They say unto him, The son of David. -- matthew 22:42 +. +He saith unto them, How then doth David in spirit call him Lord, saying, -- matthew 22:43 +. +The LORD said unto my Lord, Sit thou on my right hand, till I make thine enemies thy footstool? -- matthew 22:44 +. +If David then call him Lord, how is he his son? -- matthew 22:45 +. +And no man was able to answer him a word, neither durst any man from that day forth ask him any more questions. -- matthew 22:46 +. +Then spake Jesus to the multitude, and to his disciples, -- matthew 23:1 +. +Saying The scribes and the Pharisees sit in Moses' seat: -- matthew 23:2 +. +All therefore whatsoever they bid you observe, that observe and do; but do not ye after their works: for they say, and do not. -- matthew 23:3 +. +For they bind heavy burdens and grievous to be borne, and lay them on men's shoulders; but they themselves will not move them with one of their fingers. -- matthew 23:4 +. +But all their works they do for to be seen of men: they make broad their phylacteries, and enlarge the borders of their garments, -- matthew 23:5 +. +And love the uppermost rooms at feasts, and the chief seats in the synagogues, -- matthew 23:6 +. +And greetings in the markets, and to be called of men, Rabbi, Rabbi. -- matthew 23:7 +. +But be not ye called Rabbi: for one is your Master, even Christ; and all ye are brethren. -- matthew 23:8 +. +And call no man your father upon the earth: for one is your Father, which is in heaven. -- matthew 23:9 +. +Neither be ye called masters: for one is your Master, even Christ. -- matthew 23:10 +. +But he that is greatest among you shall be your servant. -- matthew 23:11 +. +And whosoever shall exalt himself shall be abased; and he that shall humble himself shall be exalted. -- matthew 23:12 +. +But woe unto you, scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites! for ye shut up the kingdom of heaven against men: for ye neither go in yourselves, neither suffer ye them that are entering to go in. -- matthew 23:13 +. +Woe unto you, scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites! for ye devour widows' houses, and for a pretence make long prayer: therefore ye shall receive the greater damnation. -- matthew 23:14 +. +Woe unto you, scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites! for ye compass sea and land to make one proselyte, and when he is made, ye make him twofold more the child of hell than yourselves. -- matthew 23:15 +. +Woe unto you, ye blind guides, which say, Whosoever shall swear by the temple, it is nothing; but whosoever shall swear by the gold of the temple, he is a debtor! -- matthew 23:16 +. +Ye fools and blind: for whether is greater, the gold, or the temple that sanctifieth the gold? -- matthew 23:17 +. +And, Whosoever shall swear by the altar, it is nothing; but whosoever sweareth by the gift that is upon it, he is guilty. -- matthew 23:18 +. +Ye fools and blind: for whether is greater, the gift, or the altar that sanctifieth the gift? -- matthew 23:19 +. +Whoso therefore shall swear by the altar, sweareth by it, and by all things thereon. -- matthew 23:20 +. +And whoso shall swear by the temple, sweareth by it, and by him that dwelleth therein. -- matthew 23:21 +. +And he that shall swear by heaven, sweareth by the throne of God, and by him that sitteth thereon. -- matthew 23:22 +. +Woe unto you, scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites! for ye pay tithe of mint and anise and cummin, and have omitted the weightier matters of the law, judgment, mercy, and faith: these ought ye to have done, and not to leave the other undone. -- matthew 23:23 +. +Ye blind guides, which strain at a gnat, and swallow a camel. -- matthew 23:24 +. +Woe unto you, scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites! for ye make clean the outside of the cup and of the platter, but within they are full of extortion and excess. -- matthew 23:25 +. +Thou blind Pharisee, cleanse first that which is within the cup and platter, that the outside of them may be clean also. -- matthew 23:26 +. +Woe unto you, scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites! for ye are like unto whited sepulchres, which indeed appear beautiful outward, but are within full of dead men's bones, and of all uncleanness. -- matthew 23:27 +. +Even so ye also outwardly appear righteous unto men, but within ye are full of hypocrisy and iniquity. -- matthew 23:28 +. +Woe unto you, scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites! because ye build the tombs of the prophets, and garnish the sepulchres of the righteous, -- matthew 23:29 +. +And say, If we had been in the days of our fathers, we would not have been partakers with them in the blood of the prophets. -- matthew 23:30 +. +Wherefore ye be witnesses unto yourselves, that ye are the children of them which killed the prophets. -- matthew 23:31 +. +Fill ye up then the measure of your fathers. -- matthew 23:32 +. +Ye serpents, ye generation of vipers, how can ye escape the damnation of hell? -- matthew 23:33 +. +Wherefore, behold, I send unto you prophets, and wise men, and scribes: and some of them ye shall kill and crucify; and some of them shall ye scourge in your synagogues, and persecute them from city to city: -- matthew 23:34 +. +That upon you may come all the righteous blood shed upon the earth, from the blood of righteous Abel unto the blood of Zacharias son of Barachias, whom ye slew between the temple and the altar. -- matthew 23:35 +. +Verily I say unto you, All these things shall come upon this generation. -- matthew 23:36 +. +O Jerusalem, Jerusalem, thou that killest the prophets, and stonest them which are sent unto thee, how often would I have gathered thy children together, even as a hen gathereth her chickens under her wings, and ye would not! -- matthew 23:37 +. +Behold, your house is left unto you desolate. -- matthew 23:38 +. +For I say unto you, Ye shall not see me henceforth, till ye shall say, Blessed is he that cometh in the name of the Lord. -- matthew 23:39 +. +And Jesus went out, and departed from the temple: and his disciples came to him for to shew him the buildings of the temple. -- matthew 24:1 +. +And Jesus said unto them, See ye not all these things? verily I say unto you, There shall not be left here one stone upon another, that shall not be thrown down. -- matthew 24:2 +. +And as he sat upon the mount of Olives, the disciples came unto him privately, saying, Tell us, when shall these things be? and what shall be the sign of thy coming, and of the end of the world? -- matthew 24:3 +. +And Jesus answered and said unto them, Take heed that no man deceive you. -- matthew 24:4 +. +For many shall come in my name, saying, I am Christ; and shall deceive many. -- matthew 24:5 +. +And ye shall hear of wars and rumours of wars: see that ye be not troubled: for all these things must come to pass, but the end is not yet. -- matthew 24:6 +. +For nation shall rise against nation, and kingdom against kingdom: and there shall be famines, and pestilences, and earthquakes, in divers places. -- matthew 24:7 +. +All these are the beginning of sorrows. -- matthew 24:8 +. +Then shall they deliver you up to be afflicted, and shall kill you: and ye shall be hated of all nations for my name's sake. -- matthew 24:9 +. +And then shall many be offended, and shall betray one another, and shall hate one another. -- matthew 24:10 +. +And many false prophets shall rise, and shall deceive many. -- matthew 24:11 +. +And because iniquity shall abound, the love of many shall wax cold. -- matthew 24:12 +. +But he that shall endure unto the end, the same shall be saved. -- matthew 24:13 +. +And this gospel of the kingdom shall be preached in all the world for a witness unto all nations; and then shall the end come. -- matthew 24:14 +. +When ye therefore shall see the abomination of desolation, spoken of by Daniel the prophet, stand in the holy place, (whoso readeth, let him understand:) -- matthew 24:15 +. +Then let them which be in Judaea flee into the mountains: -- matthew 24:16 +. +Let him which is on the housetop not come down to take any thing out of his house: -- matthew 24:17 +. +Neither let him which is in the field return back to take his clothes. -- matthew 24:18 +. +And woe unto them that are with child, and to them that give suck in those days! -- matthew 24:19 +. +But pray ye that your flight be not in the winter, neither on the sabbath day: -- matthew 24:20 +. +For then shall be great tribulation, such as was not since the beginning of the world to this time, no, nor ever shall be. -- matthew 24:21 +. +And except those days should be shortened, there should no flesh be saved: but for the elect's sake those days shall be shortened. -- matthew 24:22 +. +Then if any man shall say unto you, Lo, here is Christ, or there; believe it not. -- matthew 24:23 +. +For there shall arise false Christs, and false prophets, and shall shew great signs and wonders; insomuch that, if it were possible, they shall deceive the very elect. -- matthew 24:24 +. +Behold, I have told you before. -- matthew 24:25 +. +Wherefore if they shall say unto you, Behold, he is in the desert; go not forth: behold, he is in the secret chambers; believe it not. -- matthew 24:26 +. +For as the lightning cometh out of the east, and shineth even unto the west; so shall also the coming of the Son of man be. -- matthew 24:27 +. +For wheresoever the carcase is, there will the eagles be gathered together. -- matthew 24:28 +. +Immediately after the tribulation of those days shall the sun be darkened, and the moon shall not give her light, and the stars shall fall from heaven, and the powers of the heavens shall be shaken: -- matthew 24:29 +. +And then shall appear the sign of the Son of man in heaven: and then shall all the tribes of the earth mourn, and they shall see the Son of man coming in the clouds of heaven with power and great glory. -- matthew 24:30 +. +And he shall send his angels with a great sound of a trumpet, and they shall gather together his elect from the four winds, from one end of heaven to the other. -- matthew 24:31 +. +Now learn a parable of the fig tree; When his branch is yet tender, and putteth forth leaves, ye know that summer is nigh: -- matthew 24:32 +. +So likewise ye, when ye shall see all these things, know that it is near, even at the doors. -- matthew 24:33 +. +Verily I say unto you, This generation shall not pass, till all these things be fulfilled. -- matthew 24:34 +. +Heaven and earth shall pass away, but my words shall not pass away. -- matthew 24:35 +. +But of that day and hour knoweth no man, no, not the angels of heaven, but my Father only. -- matthew 24:36 +. +But as the days of Noe were, so shall also the coming of the Son of man be. -- matthew 24:37 +. +For as in the days that were before the flood they were eating and drinking, marrying and giving in marriage, until the day that Noe entered into the ark, -- matthew 24:38 +. +And knew not until the flood came, and took them all away; so shall also the coming of the Son of man be. -- matthew 24:39 +. +Then shall two be in the field; the one shall be taken, and the other left. -- matthew 24:40 +. +Two women shall be grinding at the mill; the one shall be taken, and the other left. -- matthew 24:41 +. +Watch therefore: for ye know not what hour your Lord doth come. -- matthew 24:42 +. +But know this, that if the goodman of the house had known in what watch the thief would come, he would have watched, and would not have suffered his house to be broken up. -- matthew 24:43 +. +Therefore be ye also ready: for in such an hour as ye think not the Son of man cometh. -- matthew 24:44 +. +Who then is a faithful and wise servant, whom his lord hath made ruler over his household, to give them meat in due season? -- matthew 24:45 +. +Blessed is that servant, whom his lord when he cometh shall find so doing. -- matthew 24:46 +. +Verily I say unto you, That he shall make him ruler over all his goods. -- matthew 24:47 +. +But and if that evil servant shall say in his heart, My lord delayeth his coming; -- matthew 24:48 +. +And shall begin to smite his fellowservants, and to eat and drink with the drunken; -- matthew 24:49 +. +The lord of that servant shall come in a day when he looketh not for him, and in an hour that he is not aware of, -- matthew 24:50 +. +And shall cut him asunder, and appoint him his portion with the hypocrites: there shall be weeping and gnashing of teeth. -- matthew 24:51 +. +Then shall the kingdom of heaven be likened unto ten virgins, which took their lamps, and went forth to meet the bridegroom. -- matthew 25:1 +. +And five of them were wise, and five were foolish. -- matthew 25:2 +. +They that were foolish took their lamps, and took no oil with them: -- matthew 25:3 +. +But the wise took oil in their vessels with their lamps. -- matthew 25:4 +. +While the bridegroom tarried, they all slumbered and slept. -- matthew 25:5 +. +And at midnight there was a cry made, Behold, the bridegroom cometh; go ye out to meet him. -- matthew 25:6 +. +Then all those virgins arose, and trimmed their lamps. -- matthew 25:7 +. +And the foolish said unto the wise, Give us of your oil; for our lamps are gone out. -- matthew 25:8 +. +But the wise answered, saying, Not so; lest there be not enough for us and you: but go ye rather to them that sell, and buy for yourselves. -- matthew 25:9 +. +And while they went to buy, the bridegroom came; and they that were ready went in with him to the marriage: and the door was shut. -- matthew 25:10 +. +Afterward came also the other virgins, saying, Lord, Lord, open to us. -- matthew 25:11 +. +But he answered and said, Verily I say unto you, I know you not. -- matthew 25:12 +. +Watch therefore, for ye know neither the day nor the hour wherein the Son of man cometh. -- matthew 25:13 +. +For the kingdom of heaven is as a man travelling into a far country, who called his own servants, and delivered unto them his goods. -- matthew 25:14 +. +And unto one he gave five talents, to another two, and to another one; to every man according to his several ability; and straightway took his journey. -- matthew 25:15 +. +Then he that had received the five talents went and traded with the same, and made them other five talents. -- matthew 25:16 +. +And likewise he that had received two, he also gained other two. -- matthew 25:17 +. +But he that had received one went and digged in the earth, and hid his lord's money. -- matthew 25:18 +. +After a long time the lord of those servants cometh, and reckoneth with them. -- matthew 25:19 +. +And so he that had received five talents came and brought other five talents, saying, Lord, thou deliveredst unto me five talents: behold, I have gained beside them five talents more. -- matthew 25:20 +. +His lord said unto him, Well done, thou good and faithful servant: thou hast been faithful over a few things, I will make thee ruler over many things: enter thou into the joy of thy lord. -- matthew 25:21 +. +He also that had received two talents came and said, Lord, thou deliveredst unto me two talents: behold, I have gained two other talents beside them. -- matthew 25:22 +. +His lord said unto him, Well done, good and faithful servant; thou hast been faithful over a few things, I will make thee ruler over many things: enter thou into the joy of thy lord. -- matthew 25:23 +. +Then he which had received the one talent came and said, Lord, I knew thee that thou art an hard man, reaping where thou hast not sown, and gathering where thou hast not strawed: -- matthew 25:24 +. +And I was afraid, and went and hid thy talent in the earth: lo, there thou hast that is thine. -- matthew 25:25 +. +His lord answered and said unto him, Thou wicked and slothful servant, thou knewest that I reap where I sowed not, and gather where I have not strawed: -- matthew 25:26 +. +Thou oughtest therefore to have put my money to the exchangers, and then at my coming I should have received mine own with usury. -- matthew 25:27 +. +Take therefore the talent from him, and give it unto him which hath ten talents. -- matthew 25:28 +. +For unto every one that hath shall be given, and he shall have abundance: but from him that hath not shall be taken away even that which he hath. -- matthew 25:29 +. +And cast ye the unprofitable servant into outer darkness: there shall be weeping and gnashing of teeth. -- matthew 25:30 +. +When the Son of man shall come in his glory, and all the holy angels with him, then shall he sit upon the throne of his glory: -- matthew 25:31 +. +And before him shall be gathered all nations: and he shall separate them one from another, as a shepherd divideth his sheep from the goats: -- matthew 25:32 +. +And he shall set the sheep on his right hand, but the goats on the left. -- matthew 25:33 +. +Then shall the King say unto them on his right hand, Come, ye blessed of my Father, inherit the kingdom prepared for you from the foundation of the world: -- matthew 25:34 +. +For I was an hungred, and ye gave me meat: I was thirsty, and ye gave me drink: I was a stranger, and ye took me in: -- matthew 25:35 +. +Naked, and ye clothed me: I was sick, and ye visited me: I was in prison, and ye came unto me. -- matthew 25:36 +. +Then shall the righteous answer him, saying, Lord, when saw we thee an hungred, and fed thee? or thirsty, and gave thee drink? -- matthew 25:37 +. +When saw we thee a stranger, and took thee in? or naked, and clothed thee? -- matthew 25:38 +. +Or when saw we thee sick, or in prison, and came unto thee? -- matthew 25:39 +. +And the King shall answer and say unto them, Verily I say unto you, Inasmuch as ye have done it unto one of the least of these my brethren, ye have done it unto me. -- matthew 25:40 +. +Then shall he say also unto them on the left hand, Depart from me, ye cursed, into everlasting fire, prepared for the devil and his angels: -- matthew 25:41 +. +For I was an hungred, and ye gave me no meat: I was thirsty, and ye gave me no drink: -- matthew 25:42 +. +I was a stranger, and ye took me not in: naked, and ye clothed me not: sick, and in prison, and ye visited me not. -- matthew 25:43 +. +Then shall they also answer him, saying, Lord, when saw we thee an hungred, or athirst, or a stranger, or naked, or sick, or in prison, and did not minister unto thee? -- matthew 25:44 +. +Then shall he answer them, saying, Verily I say unto you, Inasmuch as ye did it not to one of the least of these, ye did it not to me. -- matthew 25:45 +. +And these shall go away into everlasting punishment: but the righteous into life eternal. -- matthew 25:46 +. +And it came to pass, when Jesus had finished all these sayings, he said unto his disciples, -- matthew 26:1 +. +Ye know that after two days is the feast of the passover, and the Son of man is betrayed to be crucified. -- matthew 26:2 +. +Then assembled together the chief priests, and the scribes, and the elders of the people, unto the palace of the high priest, who was called Caiaphas, -- matthew 26:3 +. +And consulted that they might take Jesus by subtilty, and kill him. -- matthew 26:4 +. +But they said, Not on the feast day, lest there be an uproar among the people. -- matthew 26:5 +. +Now when Jesus was in Bethany, in the house of Simon the leper, -- matthew 26:6 +. +There came unto him a woman having an alabaster box of very precious ointment, and poured it on his head, as he sat at meat. -- matthew 26:7 +. +But when his disciples saw it, they had indignation, saying, To what purpose is this waste? -- matthew 26:8 +. +For this ointment might have been sold for much, and given to the poor. -- matthew 26:9 +. +When Jesus understood it, he said unto them, Why trouble ye the woman? for she hath wrought a good work upon me. -- matthew 26:10 +. +For ye have the poor always with you; but me ye have not always. -- matthew 26:11 +. +For in that she hath poured this ointment on my body, she did it for my burial. -- matthew 26:12 +. +Verily I say unto you, Wheresoever this gospel shall be preached in the whole world, there shall also this, that this woman hath done, be told for a memorial of her. -- matthew 26:13 +. +Then one of the twelve, called Judas Iscariot, went unto the chief priests, -- matthew 26:14 +. +And said unto them, What will ye give me, and I will deliver him unto you? And they covenanted with him for thirty pieces of silver. -- matthew 26:15 +. +And from that time he sought opportunity to betray him. -- matthew 26:16 +. +Now the first day of the feast of unleavened bread the disciples came to Jesus, saying unto him, Where wilt thou that we prepare for thee to eat the passover? -- matthew 26:17 +. +And he said, Go into the city to such a man, and say unto him, The Master saith, My time is at hand; I will keep the passover at thy house with my disciples. -- matthew 26:18 +. +And the disciples did as Jesus had appointed them; and they made ready the passover. -- matthew 26:19 +. +Now when the even was come, he sat down with the twelve. -- matthew 26:20 +. +And as they did eat, he said, Verily I say unto you, that one of you shall betray me. -- matthew 26:21 +. +And they were exceeding sorrowful, and began every one of them to say unto him, Lord, is it I? -- matthew 26:22 +. +And he answered and said, He that dippeth his hand with me in the dish, the same shall betray me. -- matthew 26:23 +. +The Son of man goeth as it is written of him: but woe unto that man by whom the Son of man is betrayed! it had been good for that man if he had not been born. -- matthew 26:24 +. +Then Judas, which betrayed him, answered and said, Master, is it I? He said unto him, Thou hast said. -- matthew 26:25 +. +And as they were eating, Jesus took bread, and blessed it, and brake it, and gave it to the disciples, and said, Take, eat; this is my body. -- matthew 26:26 +. +And he took the cup, and gave thanks, and gave it to them, saying, Drink ye all of it; -- matthew 26:27 +. +For this is my blood of the new testament, which is shed for many for the remission of sins. -- matthew 26:28 +. +But I say unto you, I will not drink henceforth of this fruit of the vine, until that day when I drink it new with you in my Father's kingdom. -- matthew 26:29 +. +And when they had sung an hymn, they went out into the mount of Olives. -- matthew 26:30 +. +Then saith Jesus unto them, All ye shall be offended because of me this night: for it is written, I will smite the shepherd, and the sheep of the flock shall be scattered abroad. -- matthew 26:31 +. +But after I am risen again, I will go before you into Galilee. -- matthew 26:32 +. +Peter answered and said unto him, Though all men shall be offended because of thee, yet will I never be offended. -- matthew 26:33 +. +Jesus said unto him, Verily I say unto thee, That this night, before the cock crow, thou shalt deny me thrice. -- matthew 26:34 +. +Peter said unto him, Though I should die with thee, yet will I not deny thee. Likewise also said all the disciples. -- matthew 26:35 +. +Then cometh Jesus with them unto a place called Gethsemane, and saith unto the disciples, Sit ye here, while I go and pray yonder. -- matthew 26:36 +. +And he took with him Peter and the two sons of Zebedee, and began to be sorrowful and very heavy. -- matthew 26:37 +. +Then saith he unto them, My soul is exceeding sorrowful, even unto death: tarry ye here, and watch with me. -- matthew 26:38 +. +And he went a little farther, and fell on his face, and prayed, saying, O my Father, if it be possible, let this cup pass from me: nevertheless not as I will, but as thou wilt. -- matthew 26:39 +. +And he cometh unto the disciples, and findeth them asleep, and saith unto Peter, What, could ye not watch with me one hour? -- matthew 26:40 +. +Watch and pray, that ye enter not into temptation: the spirit indeed is willing, but the flesh is weak. -- matthew 26:41 +. +He went away again the second time, and prayed, saying, O my Father, if this cup may not pass away from me, except I drink it, thy will be done. -- matthew 26:42 +. +And he came and found them asleep again: for their eyes were heavy. -- matthew 26:43 +. +And he left them, and went away again, and prayed the third time, saying the same words. -- matthew 26:44 +. +Then cometh he to his disciples, and saith unto them, Sleep on now, and take your rest: behold, the hour is at hand, and the Son of man is betrayed into the hands of sinners. -- matthew 26:45 +. +Rise, let us be going: behold, he is at hand that doth betray me. -- matthew 26:46 +. +And while he yet spake, lo, Judas, one of the twelve, came, and with him a great multitude with swords and staves, from the chief priests and elders of the people. -- matthew 26:47 +. +Now he that betrayed him gave them a sign, saying, Whomsoever I shall kiss, that same is he: hold him fast. -- matthew 26:48 +. +And forthwith he came to Jesus, and said, Hail, master; and kissed him. -- matthew 26:49 +. +And Jesus said unto him, Friend, wherefore art thou come? Then came they, and laid hands on Jesus and took him. -- matthew 26:50 +. +And, behold, one of them which were with Jesus stretched out his hand, and drew his sword, and struck a servant of the high priest's, and smote off his ear. -- matthew 26:51 +. +Then said Jesus unto him, Put up again thy sword into his place: for all they that take the sword shall perish with the sword. -- matthew 26:52 +. +Thinkest thou that I cannot now pray to my Father, and he shall presently give me more than twelve legions of angels? -- matthew 26:53 +. +But how then shall the scriptures be fulfilled, that thus it must be? -- matthew 26:54 +. +In that same hour said Jesus to the multitudes, Are ye come out as against a thief with swords and staves for to take me? I sat daily with you teaching in the temple, and ye laid no hold on me. -- matthew 26:55 +. +But all this was done, that the scriptures of the prophets might be fulfilled. Then all the disciples forsook him, and fled. -- matthew 26:56 +. +And they that had laid hold on Jesus led him away to Caiaphas the high priest, where the scribes and the elders were assembled. -- matthew 26:57 +. +But Peter followed him afar off unto the high priest's palace, and went in, and sat with the servants, to see the end. -- matthew 26:58 +. +Now the chief priests, and elders, and all the council, sought false witness against Jesus, to put him to death; -- matthew 26:59 +. +But found none: yea, though many false witnesses came, yet found they none. At the last came two false witnesses, -- matthew 26:60 +. +And said, This fellow said, I am able to destroy the temple of God, and to build it in three days. -- matthew 26:61 +. +And the high priest arose, and said unto him, Answerest thou nothing? what is it which these witness against thee? -- matthew 26:62 +. +But Jesus held his peace, And the high priest answered and said unto him, I adjure thee by the living God, that thou tell us whether thou be the Christ, the Son of God. -- matthew 26:63 +. +Jesus saith unto him, Thou hast said: nevertheless I say unto you, Hereafter shall ye see the Son of man sitting on the right hand of power, and coming in the clouds of heaven. -- matthew 26:64 +. +Then the high priest rent his clothes, saying, He hath spoken blasphemy; what further need have we of witnesses? behold, now ye have heard his blasphemy. -- matthew 26:65 +. +What think ye? They answered and said, He is guilty of death. -- matthew 26:66 +. +Then did they spit in his face, and buffeted him; and others smote him with the palms of their hands, -- matthew 26:67 +. +Saying, Prophesy unto us, thou Christ, Who is he that smote thee? -- matthew 26:68 +. +Now Peter sat without in the palace: and a damsel came unto him, saying, Thou also wast with Jesus of Galilee. -- matthew 26:69 +. +But he denied before them all, saying, I know not what thou sayest. -- matthew 26:70 +. +And when he was gone out into the porch, another maid saw him, and said unto them that were there, This fellow was also with Jesus of Nazareth. -- matthew 26:71 +. +And again he denied with an oath, I do not know the man. -- matthew 26:72 +. +And after a while came unto him they that stood by, and said to Peter, Surely thou also art one of them; for thy speech bewrayeth thee. -- matthew 26:73 +. +Then began he to curse and to swear, saying, I know not the man. And immediately the cock crew. -- matthew 26:74 +. +And Peter remembered the word of Jesus, which said unto him, Before the cock crow, thou shalt deny me thrice. And he went out, and wept bitterly. -- matthew 26:75 +. +When the morning was come, all the chief priests and elders of the people took counsel against Jesus to put him to death: -- matthew 27:1 +. +And when they had bound him, they led him away, and delivered him to Pontius Pilate the governor. -- matthew 27:2 +. +Then Judas, which had betrayed him, when he saw that he was condemned, repented himself, and brought again the thirty pieces of silver to the chief priests and elders, -- matthew 27:3 +. +Saying, I have sinned in that I have betrayed the innocent blood. And they said, What is that to us? see thou to that. -- matthew 27:4 +. +And he cast down the pieces of silver in the temple, and departed, and went and hanged himself. -- matthew 27:5 +. +And the chief priests took the silver pieces, and said, It is not lawful for to put them into the treasury, because it is the price of blood. -- matthew 27:6 +. +And they took counsel, and bought with them the potter's field, to bury strangers in. -- matthew 27:7 +. +Wherefore that field was called, The field of blood, unto this day. -- matthew 27:8 +. +Then was fulfilled that which was spoken by Jeremy the prophet, saying, And they took the thirty pieces of silver, the price of him that was valued, whom they of the children of Israel did value; -- matthew 27:9 +. +And gave them for the potter's field, as the Lord appointed me. -- matthew 27:10 +. +And Jesus stood before the governor: and the governor asked him, saying, Art thou the King of the Jews? And Jesus said unto him, Thou sayest. -- matthew 27:11 +. +And when he was accused of the chief priests and elders, he answered nothing. -- matthew 27:12 +. +Then said Pilate unto him, Hearest thou not how many things they witness against thee? -- matthew 27:13 +. +And he answered him to never a word; insomuch that the governor marvelled greatly. -- matthew 27:14 +. +Now at that feast the governor was wont to release unto the people a prisoner, whom they would. -- matthew 27:15 +. +And they had then a notable prisoner, called Barabbas. -- matthew 27:16 +. +Therefore when they were gathered together, Pilate said unto them, Whom will ye that I release unto you? Barabbas, or Jesus which is called Christ? -- matthew 27:17 +. +For he knew that for envy they had delivered him. -- matthew 27:18 +. +When he was set down on the judgment seat, his wife sent unto him, saying, Have thou nothing to do with that just man: for I have suffered many things this day in a dream because of him. -- matthew 27:19 +. +But the chief priests and elders persuaded the multitude that they should ask Barabbas, and destroy Jesus. -- matthew 27:20 +. +The governor answered and said unto them, Whether of the twain will ye that I release unto you? They said, Barabbas. -- matthew 27:21 +. +Pilate saith unto them, What shall I do then with Jesus which is called Christ? They all say unto him, Let him be crucified. -- matthew 27:22 +. +And the governor said, Why, what evil hath he done? But they cried out the more, saying, Let him be crucified. -- matthew 27:23 +. +When Pilate saw that he could prevail nothing, but that rather a tumult was made, he took water, and washed his hands before the multitude, saying, I am innocent of the blood of this just person: see ye to it. -- matthew 27:24 +. +Then answered all the people, and said, His blood be on us, and on our children. -- matthew 27:25 +. +Then released he Barabbas unto them: and when he had scourged Jesus, he delivered him to be crucified. -- matthew 27:26 +. +Then the soldiers of the governor took Jesus into the common hall, and gathered unto him the whole band of soldiers. -- matthew 27:27 +. +And they stripped him, and put on him a scarlet robe. -- matthew 27:28 +. +And when they had platted a crown of thorns, they put it upon his head, and a reed in his right hand: and they bowed the knee before him, and mocked him, saying, Hail, King of the Jews! -- matthew 27:29 +. +And they spit upon him, and took the reed, and smote him on the head. -- matthew 27:30 +. +And after that they had mocked him, they took the robe off from him, and put his own raiment on him, and led him away to crucify him. -- matthew 27:31 +. +And as they came out, they found a man of Cyrene, Simon by name: him they compelled to bear his cross. -- matthew 27:32 +. +And when they were come unto a place called Golgotha, that is to say, a place of a skull, -- matthew 27:33 +. +They gave him vinegar to drink mingled with gall: and when he had tasted thereof, he would not drink. -- matthew 27:34 +. +And they crucified him, and parted his garments, casting lots: that it might be fulfilled which was spoken by the prophet, They parted my garments among them, and upon my vesture did they cast lots. -- matthew 27:35 +. +And sitting down they watched him there; -- matthew 27:36 +. +And set up over his head his accusation written, THIS IS JESUS THE KING OF THE JEWS. -- matthew 27:37 +. +Then were there two thieves crucified with him, one on the right hand, and another on the left. -- matthew 27:38 +. +And they that passed by reviled him, wagging their heads, -- matthew 27:39 +. +And saying, Thou that destroyest the temple, and buildest it in three days, save thyself. If thou be the Son of God, come down from the cross. -- matthew 27:40 +. +Likewise also the chief priests mocking him, with the scribes and elders, said, -- matthew 27:41 +. +He saved others; himself he cannot save. If he be the King of Israel, let him now come down from the cross, and we will believe him. -- matthew 27:42 +. +He trusted in God; let him deliver him now, if he will have him: for he said, I am the Son of God. -- matthew 27:43 +. +The thieves also, which were crucified with him, cast the same in his teeth. -- matthew 27:44 +. +Now from the sixth hour there was darkness over all the land unto the ninth hour. -- matthew 27:45 +. +And about the ninth hour Jesus cried with a loud voice, saying, Eli, Eli, lama sabachthani? that is to say, My God, my God, why hast thou forsaken me? -- matthew 27:46 +. +Some of them that stood there, when they heard that, said, This man calleth for Elias. -- matthew 27:47 +. +And straightway one of them ran, and took a spunge, and filled it with vinegar, and put it on a reed, and gave him to drink. -- matthew 27:48 +. +The rest said, Let be, let us see whether Elias will come to save him. -- matthew 27:49 +. +Jesus, when he had cried again with a loud voice, yielded up the ghost. -- matthew 27:50 +. +And, behold, the veil of the temple was rent in twain from the top to the bottom; and the earth did quake, and the rocks rent; -- matthew 27:51 +. +And the graves were opened; and many bodies of the saints which slept arose, -- matthew 27:52 +. +And came out of the graves after his resurrection, and went into the holy city, and appeared unto many. -- matthew 27:53 +. +Now when the centurion, and they that were with him, watching Jesus, saw the earthquake, and those things that were done, they feared greatly, saying, Truly this was the Son of God. -- matthew 27:54 +. +And many women were there beholding afar off, which followed Jesus from Galilee, ministering unto him: -- matthew 27:55 +. +Among which was Mary Magdalene, and Mary the mother of James and Joses, and the mother of Zebedees children. -- matthew 27:56 +. +When the even was come, there came a rich man of Arimathaea, named Joseph, who also himself was Jesus' disciple: -- matthew 27:57 +. +He went to Pilate, and begged the body of Jesus. Then Pilate commanded the body to be delivered. -- matthew 27:58 +. +And when Joseph had taken the body, he wrapped it in a clean linen cloth, -- matthew 27:59 +. +And laid it in his own new tomb, which he had hewn out in the rock: and he rolled a great stone to the door of the sepulchre, and departed. -- matthew 27:60 +. +And there was Mary Magdalene, and the other Mary, sitting over against the sepulchre. -- matthew 27:61 +. +Now the next day, that followed the day of the preparation, the chief priests and Pharisees came together unto Pilate, -- matthew 27:62 +. +Saying, Sir, we remember that that deceiver said, while he was yet alive, After three days I will rise again. -- matthew 27:63 +. +Command therefore that the sepulchre be made sure until the third day, lest his disciples come by night, and steal him away, and say unto the people, He is risen from the dead: so the last error shall be worse than the first. -- matthew 27:64 +. +Pilate said unto them, Ye have a watch: go your way, make it as sure as ye can. -- matthew 27:65 +. +So they went, and made the sepulchre sure, sealing the stone, and setting a watch. -- matthew 27:66 +. +In the end of the sabbath, as it began to dawn toward the first day of the week, came Mary Magdalene and the other Mary to see the sepulchre. -- matthew 28:1 +. +And, behold, there was a great earthquake: for the angel of the Lord descended from heaven, and came and rolled back the stone from the door, and sat upon it. -- matthew 28:2 +. +His countenance was like lightning, and his raiment white as snow: -- matthew 28:3 +. +And for fear of him the keepers did shake, and became as dead men. -- matthew 28:4 +. +And the angel answered and said unto the women, Fear not ye: for I know that ye seek Jesus, which was crucified. -- matthew 28:5 +. +He is not here: for he is risen, as he said. Come, see the place where the Lord lay. -- matthew 28:6 +. +And go quickly, and tell his disciples that he is risen from the dead; and, behold, he goeth before you into Galilee; there shall ye see him: lo, I have told you. -- matthew 28:7 +. +And they departed quickly from the sepulchre with fear and great joy; and did run to bring his disciples word. -- matthew 28:8 +. +And as they went to tell his disciples, behold, Jesus met them, saying, All hail. And they came and held him by the feet, and worshipped him. -- matthew 28:9 +. +Then said Jesus unto them, Be not afraid: go tell my brethren that they go into Galilee, and there shall they see me. -- matthew 28:10 +. +Now when they were going, behold, some of the watch came into the city, and shewed unto the chief priests all the things that were done. -- matthew 28:11 +. +And when they were assembled with the elders, and had taken counsel, they gave large money unto the soldiers, -- matthew 28:12 +. +Saying, Say ye, His disciples came by night, and stole him away while we slept. -- matthew 28:13 +. +And if this come to the governor's ears, we will persuade him, and secure you. -- matthew 28:14 +. +So they took the money, and did as they were taught: and this saying is commonly reported among the Jews until this day. -- matthew 28:15 +. +Then the eleven disciples went away into Galilee, into a mountain where Jesus had appointed them. -- matthew 28:16 +. +And when they saw him, they worshipped him: but some doubted. -- matthew 28:17 +. +And Jesus came and spake unto them, saying, All power is given unto me in heaven and in earth. -- matthew 28:18 +. +Go ye therefore, and teach all nations, baptizing them in the name of the Father, and of the Son, and of the Holy Ghost: -- matthew 28:19 +. +Teaching them to observe all things whatsoever I have commanded you: and, lo, I am with you alway, even unto the end of the world. Amen. -- matthew 28:20 +. +The beginning of the gospel of Jesus Christ, the Son of God; -- mark 1:1 +. +As it is written in the prophets, Behold, I send my messenger before thy face, which shall prepare thy way before thee. -- mark 1:2 +. +The voice of one crying in the wilderness, Prepare ye the way of the Lord, make his paths straight. -- mark 1:3 +. +John did baptize in the wilderness, and preach the baptism of repentance for the remission of sins. -- mark 1:4 +. +And there went out unto him all the land of Judaea, and they of Jerusalem, and were all baptized of him in the river of Jordan, confessing their sins. -- mark 1:5 +. +And John was clothed with camel's hair, and with a girdle of a skin about his loins; and he did eat locusts and wild honey; -- mark 1:6 +. +And preached, saying, There cometh one mightier than I after me, the latchet of whose shoes I am not worthy to stoop down and unloose. -- mark 1:7 +. +I indeed have baptized you with water: but he shall baptize you with the Holy Ghost. -- mark 1:8 +. +And it came to pass in those days, that Jesus came from Nazareth of Galilee, and was baptized of John in Jordan. -- mark 1:9 +. +And straightway coming up out of the water, he saw the heavens opened, and the Spirit like a dove descending upon him: -- mark 1:10 +. +And there came a voice from heaven, saying, Thou art my beloved Son, in whom I am well pleased. -- mark 1:11 +. +And immediately the spirit driveth him into the wilderness. -- mark 1:12 +. +And he was there in the wilderness forty days, tempted of Satan; and was with the wild beasts; and the angels ministered unto him. -- mark 1:13 +. +Now after that John was put in prison, Jesus came into Galilee, preaching the gospel of the kingdom of God, -- mark 1:14 +. +And saying, The time is fulfilled, and the kingdom of God is at hand: repent ye, and believe the gospel. -- mark 1:15 +. +Now as he walked by the sea of Galilee, he saw Simon and Andrew his brother casting a net into the sea: for they were fishers. -- mark 1:16 +. +And Jesus said unto them, Come ye after me, and I will make you to become fishers of men. -- mark 1:17 +. +And straightway they forsook their nets, and followed him. -- mark 1:18 +. +And when he had gone a little farther thence, he saw James the son of Zebedee, and John his brother, who also were in the ship mending their nets. -- mark 1:19 +. +And straightway he called them: and they left their father Zebedee in the ship with the hired servants, and went after him. -- mark 1:20 +. +And they went into Capernaum; and straightway on the sabbath day he entered into the synagogue, and taught. -- mark 1:21 +. +And they were astonished at his doctrine: for he taught them as one that had authority, and not as the scribes. -- mark 1:22 +. +And there was in their synagogue a man with an unclean spirit; and he cried out, -- mark 1:23 +. +Saying, Let us alone; what have we to do with thee, thou Jesus of Nazareth? art thou come to destroy us? I know thee who thou art, the Holy One of God. -- mark 1:24 +. +And Jesus rebuked him, saying, Hold thy peace, and come out of him. -- mark 1:25 +. +And when the unclean spirit had torn him, and cried with a loud voice, he came out of him. -- mark 1:26 +. +And they were all amazed, insomuch that they questioned among themselves, saying, What thing is this? what new doctrine is this? for with authority commandeth he even the unclean spirits, and they do obey him. -- mark 1:27 +. +And immediately his fame spread abroad throughout all the region round about Galilee. -- mark 1:28 +. +And forthwith, when they were come out of the synagogue, they entered into the house of Simon and Andrew, with James and John. -- mark 1:29 +. +But Simon's wife's mother lay sick of a fever, and anon they tell him of her. -- mark 1:30 +. +And he came and took her by the hand, and lifted her up; and immediately the fever left her, and she ministered unto them. -- mark 1:31 +. +And at even, when the sun did set, they brought unto him all that were diseased, and them that were possessed with devils. -- mark 1:32 +. +And all the city was gathered together at the door. -- mark 1:33 +. +And he healed many that were sick of divers diseases, and cast out many devils; and suffered not the devils to speak, because they knew him. -- mark 1:34 +. +And in the morning, rising up a great while before day, he went out, and departed into a solitary place, and there prayed. -- mark 1:35 +. +And Simon and they that were with him followed after him. -- mark 1:36 +. +And when they had found him, they said unto him, All men seek for thee. -- mark 1:37 +. +And he said unto them, Let us go into the next towns, that I may preach there also: for therefore came I forth. -- mark 1:38 +. +And he preached in their synagogues throughout all Galilee, and cast out devils. -- mark 1:39 +. +And there came a leper to him, beseeching him, and kneeling down to him, and saying unto him, If thou wilt, thou canst make me clean. -- mark 1:40 +. +And Jesus, moved with compassion, put forth his hand, and touched him, and saith unto him, I will; be thou clean. -- mark 1:41 +. +And as soon as he had spoken, immediately the leprosy departed from him, and he was cleansed. -- mark 1:42 +. +And he straitly charged him, and forthwith sent him away; -- mark 1:43 +. +And saith unto him, See thou say nothing to any man: but go thy way, shew thyself to the priest, and offer for thy cleansing those things which Moses commanded, for a testimony unto them. -- mark 1:44 +. +But he went out, and began to publish it much, and to blaze abroad the matter, insomuch that Jesus could no more openly enter into the city, but was without in desert places: and they came to him from every quarter. -- mark 1:45 +. +And again he entered into Capernaum after some days; and it was noised that he was in the house. -- mark 2:1 +. +And straightway many were gathered together, insomuch that there was no room to receive them, no, not so much as about the door: and he preached the word unto them. -- mark 2:2 +. +And they come unto him, bringing one sick of the palsy, which was borne of four. -- mark 2:3 +. +And when they could not come nigh unto him for the press, they uncovered the roof where he was: and when they had broken it up, they let down the bed wherein the sick of the palsy lay. -- mark 2:4 +. +When Jesus saw their faith, he said unto the sick of the palsy, Son, thy sins be forgiven thee. -- mark 2:5 +. +But there was certain of the scribes sitting there, and reasoning in their hearts, -- mark 2:6 +. +Why doth this man thus speak blasphemies? who can forgive sins but God only? -- mark 2:7 +. +And immediately when Jesus perceived in his spirit that they so reasoned within themselves, he said unto them, Why reason ye these things in your hearts? -- mark 2:8 +. +Whether is it easier to say to the sick of the palsy, Thy sins be forgiven thee; or to say, Arise, and take up thy bed, and walk? -- mark 2:9 +. +But that ye may know that the Son of man hath power on earth to forgive sins, (he saith to the sick of the palsy,) -- mark 2:10 +. +I say unto thee, Arise, and take up thy bed, and go thy way into thine house. -- mark 2:11 +. +And immediately he arose, took up the bed, and went forth before them all; insomuch that they were all amazed, and glorified God, saying, We never saw it on this fashion. -- mark 2:12 +. +And he went forth again by the sea side; and all the multitude resorted unto him, and he taught them. -- mark 2:13 +. +And as he passed by, he saw Levi the son of Alphaeus sitting at the receipt of custom, and said unto him, Follow me. And he arose and followed him. -- mark 2:14 +. +And it came to pass, that, as Jesus sat at meat in his house, many publicans and sinners sat also together with Jesus and his disciples: for there were many, and they followed him. -- mark 2:15 +. +And when the scribes and Pharisees saw him eat with publicans and sinners, they said unto his disciples, How is it that he eateth and drinketh with publicans and sinners? -- mark 2:16 +. +When Jesus heard it, he saith unto them, They that are whole have no need of the physician, but they that are sick: I came not to call the righteous, but sinners to repentance. -- mark 2:17 +. +And the disciples of John and of the Pharisees used to fast: and they come and say unto him, Why do the disciples of John and of the Pharisees fast, but thy disciples fast not? -- mark 2:18 +. +And Jesus said unto them, Can the children of the bridechamber fast, while the bridegroom is with them? as long as they have the bridegroom with them, they cannot fast. -- mark 2:19 +. +But the days will come, when the bridegroom shall be taken away from them, and then shall they fast in those days. -- mark 2:20 +. +No man also seweth a piece of new cloth on an old garment: else the new piece that filled it up taketh away from the old, and the rent is made worse. -- mark 2:21 +. +And no man putteth new wine into old bottles: else the new wine doth burst the bottles, and the wine is spilled, and the bottles will be marred: but new wine must be put into new bottles. -- mark 2:22 +. +And it came to pass, that he went through the corn fields on the sabbath day; and his disciples began, as they went, to pluck the ears of corn. -- mark 2:23 +. +And the Pharisees said unto him, Behold, why do they on the sabbath day that which is not lawful? -- mark 2:24 +. +And he said unto them, Have ye never read what David did, when he had need, and was an hungred, he, and they that were with him? -- mark 2:25 +. +How he went into the house of God in the days of Abiathar the high priest, and did eat the shewbread, which is not lawful to eat but for the priests, and gave also to them which were with him? -- mark 2:26 +. +And he said unto them, The sabbath was made for man, and not man for the sabbath: -- mark 2:27 +. +Therefore the Son of man is Lord also of the sabbath. -- mark 2:28 +. +And he entered again into the synagogue; and there was a man there which had a withered hand. -- mark 3:1 +. +And they watched him, whether he would heal him on the sabbath day; that they might accuse him. -- mark 3:2 +. +And he saith unto the man which had the withered hand, Stand forth. -- mark 3:3 +. +And he saith unto them, Is it lawful to do good on the sabbath days, or to do evil? to save life, or to kill? But they held their peace. -- mark 3:4 +. +And when he had looked round about on them with anger, being grieved for the hardness of their hearts, he saith unto the man, Stretch forth thine hand. And he stretched it out: and his hand was restored whole as the other. -- mark 3:5 +. +And the Pharisees went forth, and straightway took counsel with the Herodians against him, how they might destroy him. -- mark 3:6 +. +But Jesus withdrew himself with his disciples to the sea: and a great multitude from Galilee followed him, and from Judaea, -- mark 3:7 +. +And from Jerusalem, and from Idumaea, and from beyond Jordan; and they about Tyre and Sidon, a great multitude, when they had heard what great things he did, came unto him. -- mark 3:8 +. +And he spake to his disciples, that a small ship should wait on him because of the multitude, lest they should throng him. -- mark 3:9 +. +For he had healed many; insomuch that they pressed upon him for to touch him, as many as had plagues. -- mark 3:10 +. +And unclean spirits, when they saw him, fell down before him, and cried, saying, Thou art the Son of God. -- mark 3:11 +. +And he straitly charged them that they should not make him known. -- mark 3:12 +. +And he goeth up into a mountain, and calleth unto him whom he would: and they came unto him. -- mark 3:13 +. +And he ordained twelve, that they should be with him, and that he might send them forth to preach, -- mark 3:14 +. +And to have power to heal sicknesses, and to cast out devils: -- mark 3:15 +. +And Simon he surnamed Peter; -- mark 3:16 +. +And James the son of Zebedee, and John the brother of James; and he surnamed them Boanerges, which is, The sons of thunder: -- mark 3:17 +. +And Andrew, and Philip, and Bartholomew, and Matthew, and Thomas, and James the son of Alphaeus, and Thaddaeus, and Simon the Canaanite, -- mark 3:18 +. +And Judas Iscariot, which also betrayed him: and they went into an house. -- mark 3:19 +. +And the multitude cometh together again, so that they could not so much as eat bread. -- mark 3:20 +. +And when his friends heard of it, they went out to lay hold on him: for they said, He is beside himself. -- mark 3:21 +. +And the scribes which came down from Jerusalem said, He hath Beelzebub, and by the prince of the devils casteth he out devils. -- mark 3:22 +. +And he called them unto him, and said unto them in parables, How can Satan cast out Satan? -- mark 3:23 +. +And if a kingdom be divided against itself, that kingdom cannot stand. -- mark 3:24 +. +And if a house be divided against itself, that house cannot stand. -- mark 3:25 +. +And if Satan rise up against himself, and be divided, he cannot stand, but hath an end. -- mark 3:26 +. +No man can enter into a strong man's house, and spoil his goods, except he will first bind the strong man; and then he will spoil his house. -- mark 3:27 +. +Verily I say unto you, All sins shall be forgiven unto the sons of men, and blasphemies wherewith soever they shall blaspheme: -- mark 3:28 +. +But he that shall blaspheme against the Holy Ghost hath never forgiveness, but is in danger of eternal damnation. -- mark 3:29 +. +Because they said, He hath an unclean spirit. -- mark 3:30 +. +There came then his brethren and his mother, and, standing without, sent unto him, calling him. -- mark 3:31 +. +And the multitude sat about him, and they said unto him, Behold, thy mother and thy brethren without seek for thee. -- mark 3:32 +. +And he answered them, saying, Who is my mother, or my brethren? -- mark 3:33 +. +And he looked round about on them which sat about him, and said, Behold my mother and my brethren! -- mark 3:34 +. +For whosoever shall do the will of God, the same is my brother, and my sister, and mother. -- mark 3:35 +. +And he began again to teach by the sea side: and there was gathered unto him a great multitude, so that he entered into a ship, and sat in the sea; and the whole multitude was by the sea on the land. -- mark 4:1 +. +And he taught them many things by parables, and said unto them in his doctrine, -- mark 4:2 +. +Hearken; Behold, there went out a sower to sow: -- mark 4:3 +. +And it came to pass, as he sowed, some fell by the way side, and the fowls of the air came and devoured it up. -- mark 4:4 +. +And some fell on stony ground, where it had not much earth; and immediately it sprang up, because it had no depth of earth: -- mark 4:5 +. +But when the sun was up, it was scorched; and because it had no root, it withered away. -- mark 4:6 +. +And some fell among thorns, and the thorns grew up, and choked it, and it yielded no fruit. -- mark 4:7 +. +And other fell on good ground, and did yield fruit that sprang up and increased; and brought forth, some thirty, and some sixty, and some an hundred. -- mark 4:8 +. +And he said unto them, He that hath ears to hear, let him hear. -- mark 4:9 +. +And when he was alone, they that were about him with the twelve asked of him the parable. -- mark 4:10 +. +And he said unto them, Unto you it is given to know the mystery of the kingdom of God: but unto them that are without, all these things are done in parables: -- mark 4:11 +. +That seeing they may see, and not perceive; and hearing they may hear, and not understand; lest at any time they should be converted, and their sins should be forgiven them. -- mark 4:12 +. +And he said unto them, Know ye not this parable? and how then will ye know all parables? -- mark 4:13 +. +The sower soweth the word. -- mark 4:14 +. +And these are they by the way side, where the word is sown; but when they have heard, Satan cometh immediately, and taketh away the word that was sown in their hearts. -- mark 4:15 +. +And these are they likewise which are sown on stony ground; who, when they have heard the word, immediately receive it with gladness; -- mark 4:16 +. +And have no root in themselves, and so endure but for a time: afterward, when affliction or persecution ariseth for the word's sake, immediately they are offended. -- mark 4:17 +. +And these are they which are sown among thorns; such as hear the word, -- mark 4:18 +. +And the cares of this world, and the deceitfulness of riches, and the lusts of other things entering in, choke the word, and it becometh unfruitful. -- mark 4:19 +. +And these are they which are sown on good ground; such as hear the word, and receive it, and bring forth fruit, some thirtyfold, some sixty, and some an hundred. -- mark 4:20 +. +And he said unto them, Is a candle brought to be put under a bushel, or under a bed? and not to be set on a candlestick? -- mark 4:21 +. +For there is nothing hid, which shall not be manifested; neither was any thing kept secret, but that it should come abroad. -- mark 4:22 +. +If any man have ears to hear, let him hear. -- mark 4:23 +. +And he said unto them, Take heed what ye hear: with what measure ye mete, it shall be measured to you: and unto you that hear shall more be given. -- mark 4:24 +. +For he that hath, to him shall be given: and he that hath not, from him shall be taken even that which he hath. -- mark 4:25 +. +And he said, So is the kingdom of God, as if a man should cast seed into the ground; -- mark 4:26 +. +And should sleep, and rise night and day, and the seed should spring and grow up, he knoweth not how. -- mark 4:27 +. +For the earth bringeth forth fruit of herself; first the blade, then the ear, after that the full corn in the ear. -- mark 4:28 +. +But when the fruit is brought forth, immediately he putteth in the sickle, because the harvest is come. -- mark 4:29 +. +And he said, Whereunto shall we liken the kingdom of God? or with what comparison shall we compare it? -- mark 4:30 +. +It is like a grain of mustard seed, which, when it is sown in the earth, is less than all the seeds that be in the earth: -- mark 4:31 +. +But when it is sown, it groweth up, and becometh greater than all herbs, and shooteth out great branches; so that the fowls of the air may lodge under the shadow of it. -- mark 4:32 +. +And with many such parables spake he the word unto them, as they were able to hear it. -- mark 4:33 +. +But without a parable spake he not unto them: and when they were alone, he expounded all things to his disciples. -- mark 4:34 +. +And the same day, when the even was come, he saith unto them, Let us pass over unto the other side. -- mark 4:35 +. +And when they had sent away the multitude, they took him even as he was in the ship. And there were also with him other little ships. -- mark 4:36 +. +And there arose a great storm of wind, and the waves beat into the ship, so that it was now full. -- mark 4:37 +. +And he was in the hinder part of the ship, asleep on a pillow: and they awake him, and say unto him, Master, carest thou not that we perish? -- mark 4:38 +. +And he arose, and rebuked the wind, and said unto the sea, Peace, be still. And the wind ceased, and there was a great calm. -- mark 4:39 +. +And he said unto them, Why are ye so fearful? how is it that ye have no faith? -- mark 4:40 +. +And they feared exceedingly, and said one to another, What manner of man is this, that even the wind and the sea obey him? -- mark 4:41 +. +And they came over unto the other side of the sea, into the country of the Gadarenes. -- mark 5:1 +. +And when he was come out of the ship, immediately there met him out of the tombs a man with an unclean spirit, -- mark 5:2 +. +Who had his dwelling among the tombs; and no man could bind him, no, not with chains: -- mark 5:3 +. +Because that he had been often bound with fetters and chains, and the chains had been plucked asunder by him, and the fetters broken in pieces: neither could any man tame him. -- mark 5:4 +. +And always, night and day, he was in the mountains, and in the tombs, crying, and cutting himself with stones. -- mark 5:5 +. +But when he saw Jesus afar off, he ran and worshipped him, -- mark 5:6 +. +And cried with a loud voice, and said, What have I to do with thee, Jesus, thou Son of the most high God? I adjure thee by God, that thou torment me not. -- mark 5:7 +. +For he said unto him, Come out of the man, thou unclean spirit. -- mark 5:8 +. +And he asked him, What is thy name? And he answered, saying, My name is Legion: for we are many. -- mark 5:9 +. +And he besought him much that he would not send them away out of the country. -- mark 5:10 +. +Now there was there nigh unto the mountains a great herd of swine feeding. -- mark 5:11 +. +And all the devils besought him, saying, Send us into the swine, that we may enter into them. -- mark 5:12 +. +And forthwith Jesus gave them leave. And the unclean spirits went out, and entered into the swine: and the herd ran violently down a steep place into the sea, (they were about two thousand;) and were choked in the sea. -- mark 5:13 +. +And they that fed the swine fled, and told it in the city, and in the country. And they went out to see what it was that was done. -- mark 5:14 +. +And they come to Jesus, and see him that was possessed with the devil, and had the legion, sitting, and clothed, and in his right mind: and they were afraid. -- mark 5:15 +. +And they that saw it told them how it befell to him that was possessed with the devil, and also concerning the swine. -- mark 5:16 +. +And they began to pray him to depart out of their coasts. -- mark 5:17 +. +And when he was come into the ship, he that had been possessed with the devil prayed him that he might be with him. -- mark 5:18 +. +Howbeit Jesus suffered him not, but saith unto him, Go home to thy friends, and tell them how great things the Lord hath done for thee, and hath had compassion on thee. -- mark 5:19 +. +And he departed, and began to publish in Decapolis how great things Jesus had done for him: and all men did marvel. -- mark 5:20 +. +And when Jesus was passed over again by ship unto the other side, much people gathered unto him: and he was nigh unto the sea. -- mark 5:21 +. +And, behold, there cometh one of the rulers of the synagogue, Jairus by name; and when he saw him, he fell at his feet, -- mark 5:22 +. +And besought him greatly, saying, My little daughter lieth at the point of death: I pray thee, come and lay thy hands on her, that she may be healed; and she shall live. -- mark 5:23 +. +And Jesus went with him; and much people followed him, and thronged him. -- mark 5:24 +. +And a certain woman, which had an issue of blood twelve years, -- mark 5:25 +. +And had suffered many things of many physicians, and had spent all that she had, and was nothing bettered, but rather grew worse, -- mark 5:26 +. +When she had heard of Jesus, came in the press behind, and touched his garment. -- mark 5:27 +. +For she said, If I may touch but his clothes, I shall be whole. -- mark 5:28 +. +And straightway the fountain of her blood was dried up; and she felt in her body that she was healed of that plague. -- mark 5:29 +. +And Jesus, immediately knowing in himself that virtue had gone out of him, turned him about in the press, and said, Who touched my clothes? -- mark 5:30 +. +And his disciples said unto him, Thou seest the multitude thronging thee, and sayest thou, Who touched me? -- mark 5:31 +. +And he looked round about to see her that had done this thing. -- mark 5:32 +. +But the woman fearing and trembling, knowing what was done in her, came and fell down before him, and told him all the truth. -- mark 5:33 +. +And he said unto her, Daughter, thy faith hath made thee whole; go in peace, and be whole of thy plague. -- mark 5:34 +. +While he yet spake, there came from the ruler of the synagogue's house certain which said, Thy daughter is dead: why troublest thou the Master any further? -- mark 5:35 +. +As soon as Jesus heard the word that was spoken, he saith unto the ruler of the synagogue, Be not afraid, only believe. -- mark 5:36 +. +And he suffered no man to follow him, save Peter, and James, and John the brother of James. -- mark 5:37 +. +And he cometh to the house of the ruler of the synagogue, and seeth the tumult, and them that wept and wailed greatly. -- mark 5:38 +. +And when he was come in, he saith unto them, Why make ye this ado, and weep? the damsel is not dead, but sleepeth. -- mark 5:39 +. +And they laughed him to scorn. But when he had put them all out, he taketh the father and the mother of the damsel, and them that were with him, and entereth in where the damsel was lying. -- mark 5:40 +. +And he took the damsel by the hand, and said unto her, Talitha cumi; which is, being interpreted, Damsel, I say unto thee, arise. -- mark 5:41 +. +And straightway the damsel arose, and walked; for she was of the age of twelve years. And they were astonished with a great astonishment. -- mark 5:42 +. +And he charged them straitly that no man should know it; and commanded that something should be given her to eat. -- mark 5:43 +. +And he went out from thence, and came into his own country; and his disciples follow him. -- mark 6:1 +. +And when the sabbath day was come, he began to teach in the synagogue: and many hearing him were astonished, saying, From whence hath this man these things? and what wisdom is this which is given unto him, that even such mighty works are wrought by his hands? -- mark 6:2 +. +Is not this the carpenter, the son of Mary, the brother of James, and Joses, and of Juda, and Simon? and are not his sisters here with us? And they were offended at him. -- mark 6:3 +. +But Jesus, said unto them, A prophet is not without honour, but in his own country, and among his own kin, and in his own house. -- mark 6:4 +. +And he could there do no mighty work, save that he laid his hands upon a few sick folk, and healed them. -- mark 6:5 +. +And he marvelled because of their unbelief. And he went round about the villages, teaching. -- mark 6:6 +. +And he called unto him the twelve, and began to send them forth by two and two; and gave them power over unclean spirits; -- mark 6:7 +. +And commanded them that they should take nothing for their journey, save a staff only; no scrip, no bread, no money in their purse: -- mark 6:8 +. +But be shod with sandals; and not put on two coats. -- mark 6:9 +. +And he said unto them, In what place soever ye enter into an house, there abide till ye depart from that place. -- mark 6:10 +. +And whosoever shall not receive you, nor hear you, when ye depart thence, shake off the dust under your feet for a testimony against them. Verily I say unto you, It shall be more tolerable for Sodom and Gomorrha in the day of judgment, than for that city. -- mark 6:11 +. +And they went out, and preached that men should repent. -- mark 6:12 +. +And they cast out many devils, and anointed with oil many that were sick, and healed them. -- mark 6:13 +. +And king Herod heard of him; (for his name was spread abroad:) and he said, That John the Baptist was risen from the dead, and therefore mighty works do shew forth themselves in him. -- mark 6:14 +. +Others said, That it is Elias. And others said, That it is a prophet, or as one of the prophets. -- mark 6:15 +. +But when Herod heard thereof, he said, It is John, whom I beheaded: he is risen from the dead. -- mark 6:16 +. +For Herod himself had sent forth and laid hold upon John, and bound him in prison for Herodias' sake, his brother Philip's wife: for he had married her. -- mark 6:17 +. +For John had said unto Herod, It is not lawful for thee to have thy brother's wife. -- mark 6:18 +. +Therefore Herodias had a quarrel against him, and would have killed him; but she could not: -- mark 6:19 +. +For Herod feared John, knowing that he was a just man and an holy, and observed him; and when he heard him, he did many things, and heard him gladly. -- mark 6:20 +. +And when a convenient day was come, that Herod on his birthday made a supper to his lords, high captains, and chief estates of Galilee; -- mark 6:21 +. +And when the daughter of the said Herodias came in, and danced, and pleased Herod and them that sat with him, the king said unto the damsel, Ask of me whatsoever thou wilt, and I will give it thee. -- mark 6:22 +. +And he sware unto her, Whatsoever thou shalt ask of me, I will give it thee, unto the half of my kingdom. -- mark 6:23 +. +And she went forth, and said unto her mother, What shall I ask? And she said, The head of John the Baptist. -- mark 6:24 +. +And she came in straightway with haste unto the king, and asked, saying, I will that thou give me by and by in a charger the head of John the Baptist. -- mark 6:25 +. +And the king was exceeding sorry; yet for his oath's sake, and for their sakes which sat with him, he would not reject her. -- mark 6:26 +. +And immediately the king sent an executioner, and commanded his head to be brought: and he went and beheaded him in the prison, -- mark 6:27 +. +And brought his head in a charger, and gave it to the damsel: and the damsel gave it to her mother. -- mark 6:28 +. +And when his disciples heard of it, they came and took up his corpse, and laid it in a tomb. -- mark 6:29 +. +And the apostles gathered themselves together unto Jesus, and told him all things, both what they had done, and what they had taught. -- mark 6:30 +. +And he said unto them, Come ye yourselves apart into a desert place, and rest a while: for there were many coming and going, and they had no leisure so much as to eat. -- mark 6:31 +. +And they departed into a desert place by ship privately. -- mark 6:32 +. +And the people saw them departing, and many knew him, and ran afoot thither out of all cities, and outwent them, and came together unto him. -- mark 6:33 +. +And Jesus, when he came out, saw much people, and was moved with compassion toward them, because they were as sheep not having a shepherd: and he began to teach them many things. -- mark 6:34 +. +And when the day was now far spent, his disciples came unto him, and said, This is a desert place, and now the time is far passed: -- mark 6:35 +. +Send them away, that they may go into the country round about, and into the villages, and buy themselves bread: for they have nothing to eat. -- mark 6:36 +. +He answered and said unto them, Give ye them to eat. And they say unto him, Shall we go and buy two hundred pennyworth of bread, and give them to eat? -- mark 6:37 +. +He saith unto them, How many loaves have ye? go and see. And when they knew, they say, Five, and two fishes. -- mark 6:38 +. +And he commanded them to make all sit down by companies upon the green grass. -- mark 6:39 +. +And they sat down in ranks, by hundreds, and by fifties. -- mark 6:40 +. +And when he had taken the five loaves and the two fishes, he looked up to heaven, and blessed, and brake the loaves, and gave them to his disciples to set before them; and the two fishes divided he among them all. -- mark 6:41 +. +And they did all eat, and were filled. -- mark 6:42 +. +And they took up twelve baskets full of the fragments, and of the fishes. -- mark 6:43 +. +And they that did eat of the loaves were about five thousand men. -- mark 6:44 +. +And straightway he constrained his disciples to get into the ship, and to go to the other side before unto Bethsaida, while he sent away the people. -- mark 6:45 +. +And when he had sent them away, he departed into a mountain to pray. -- mark 6:46 +. +And when even was come, the ship was in the midst of the sea, and he alone on the land. -- mark 6:47 +. +And he saw them toiling in rowing; for the wind was contrary unto them: and about the fourth watch of the night he cometh unto them, walking upon the sea, and would have passed by them. -- mark 6:48 +. +But when they saw him walking upon the sea, they supposed it had been a spirit, and cried out: -- mark 6:49 +. +For they all saw him, and were troubled. And immediately he talked with them, and saith unto them, Be of good cheer: it is I; be not afraid. -- mark 6:50 +. +And he went up unto them into the ship; and the wind ceased: and they were sore amazed in themselves beyond measure, and wondered. -- mark 6:51 +. +For they considered not the miracle of the loaves: for their heart was hardened. -- mark 6:52 +. +And when they had passed over, they came into the land of Gennesaret, and drew to the shore. -- mark 6:53 +. +And when they were come out of the ship, straightway they knew him, -- mark 6:54 +. +And ran through that whole region round about, and began to carry about in beds those that were sick, where they heard he was. -- mark 6:55 +. +And whithersoever he entered, into villages, or cities, or country, they laid the sick in the streets, and besought him that they might touch if it were but the border of his garment: and as many as touched him were made whole. -- mark 6:56 +. +Then came together unto him the Pharisees, and certain of the scribes, which came from Jerusalem. -- mark 7:1 +. +And when they saw some of his disciples eat bread with defiled, that is to say, with unwashen, hands, they found fault. -- mark 7:2 +. +For the Pharisees, and all the Jews, except they wash their hands oft, eat not, holding the tradition of the elders. -- mark 7:3 +. +And when they come from the market, except they wash, they eat not. And many other things there be, which they have received to hold, as the washing of cups, and pots, brasen vessels, and of tables. -- mark 7:4 +. +Then the Pharisees and scribes asked him, Why walk not thy disciples according to the tradition of the elders, but eat bread with unwashen hands? -- mark 7:5 +. +He answered and said unto them, Well hath Esaias prophesied of you hypocrites, as it is written, This people honoureth me with their lips, but their heart is far from me. -- mark 7:6 +. +Howbeit in vain do they worship me, teaching for doctrines the commandments of men. -- mark 7:7 +. +For laying aside the commandment of God, ye hold the tradition of men, as the washing of pots and cups: and many other such like things ye do. -- mark 7:8 +. +And he said unto them, Full well ye reject the commandment of God, that ye may keep your own tradition. -- mark 7:9 +. +For Moses said, Honour thy father and thy mother; and, Whoso curseth father or mother, let him die the death: -- mark 7:10 +. +But ye say, If a man shall say to his father or mother, It is Corban, that is to say, a gift, by whatsoever thou mightest be profited by me; he shall be free. -- mark 7:11 +. +And ye suffer him no more to do ought for his father or his mother; -- mark 7:12 +. +Making the word of God of none effect through your tradition, which ye have delivered: and many such like things do ye. -- mark 7:13 +. +And when he had called all the people unto him, he said unto them, Hearken unto me every one of you, and understand: -- mark 7:14 +. +There is nothing from without a man, that entering into him can defile him: but the things which come out of him, those are they that defile the man. -- mark 7:15 +. +If any man have ears to hear, let him hear. -- mark 7:16 +. +And when he was entered into the house from the people, his disciples asked him concerning the parable. -- mark 7:17 +. +And he saith unto them, Are ye so without understanding also? Do ye not perceive, that whatsoever thing from without entereth into the man, it cannot defile him; -- mark 7:18 +. +Because it entereth not into his heart, but into the belly, and goeth out into the draught, purging all meats? -- mark 7:19 +. +And he said, That which cometh out of the man, that defileth the man. -- mark 7:20 +. +For from within, out of the heart of men, proceed evil thoughts, adulteries, fornications, murders, -- mark 7:21 +. +Thefts, covetousness, wickedness, deceit, lasciviousness, an evil eye, blasphemy, pride, foolishness: -- mark 7:22 +. +All these evil things come from within, and defile the man. -- mark 7:23 +. +And from thence he arose, and went into the borders of Tyre and Sidon, and entered into an house, and would have no man know it: but he could not be hid. -- mark 7:24 +. +For a certain woman, whose young daughter had an unclean spirit, heard of him, and came and fell at his feet: -- mark 7:25 +. +The woman was a Greek, a Syrophenician by nation; and she besought him that he would cast forth the devil out of her daughter. -- mark 7:26 +. +But Jesus said unto her, Let the children first be filled: for it is not meet to take the children's bread, and to cast it unto the dogs. -- mark 7:27 +. +And she answered and said unto him, Yes, Lord: yet the dogs under the table eat of the children's crumbs. -- mark 7:28 +. +And he said unto her, For this saying go thy way; the devil is gone out of thy daughter. -- mark 7:29 +. +And when she was come to her house, she found the devil gone out, and her daughter laid upon the bed. -- mark 7:30 +. +And again, departing from the coasts of Tyre and Sidon, he came unto the sea of Galilee, through the midst of the coasts of Decapolis. -- mark 7:31 +. +And they bring unto him one that was deaf, and had an impediment in his speech; and they beseech him to put his hand upon him. -- mark 7:32 +. +And he took him aside from the multitude, and put his fingers into his ears, and he spit, and touched his tongue; -- mark 7:33 +. +And looking up to heaven, he sighed, and saith unto him, Ephphatha, that is, Be opened. -- mark 7:34 +. +And straightway his ears were opened, and the string of his tongue was loosed, and he spake plain. -- mark 7:35 +. +And he charged them that they should tell no man: but the more he charged them, so much the more a great deal they published it; -- mark 7:36 +. +And were beyond measure astonished, saying, He hath done all things well: he maketh both the deaf to hear, and the dumb to speak. -- mark 7:37 +. +In those days the multitude being very great, and having nothing to eat, Jesus called his disciples unto him, and saith unto them, -- mark 8:1 +. +I have compassion on the multitude, because they have now been with me three days, and have nothing to eat: -- mark 8:2 +. +And if I send them away fasting to their own houses, they will faint by the way: for divers of them came from far. -- mark 8:3 +. +And his disciples answered him, From whence can a man satisfy these men with bread here in the wilderness? -- mark 8:4 +. +And he asked them, How many loaves have ye? And they said, Seven. -- mark 8:5 +. +And he commanded the people to sit down on the ground: and he took the seven loaves, and gave thanks, and brake, and gave to his disciples to set before them; and they did set them before the people. -- mark 8:6 +. +And they had a few small fishes: and he blessed, and commanded to set them also before them. -- mark 8:7 +. +So they did eat, and were filled: and they took up of the broken meat that was left seven baskets. -- mark 8:8 +. +And they that had eaten were about four thousand: and he sent them away. -- mark 8:9 +. +And straightway he entered into a ship with his disciples, and came into the parts of Dalmanutha. -- mark 8:10 +. +And the Pharisees came forth, and began to question with him, seeking of him a sign from heaven, tempting him. -- mark 8:11 +. +And he sighed deeply in his spirit, and saith, Why doth this generation seek after a sign? verily I say unto you, There shall no sign be given unto this generation. -- mark 8:12 +. +And he left them, and entering into the ship again departed to the other side. -- mark 8:13 +. +Now the disciples had forgotten to take bread, neither had they in the ship with them more than one loaf. -- mark 8:14 +. +And he charged them, saying, Take heed, beware of the leaven of the Pharisees, and of the leaven of Herod. -- mark 8:15 +. +And they reasoned among themselves, saying, It is because we have no bread. -- mark 8:16 +. +And when Jesus knew it, he saith unto them, Why reason ye, because ye have no bread? perceive ye not yet, neither understand? have ye your heart yet hardened? -- mark 8:17 +. +Having eyes, see ye not? and having ears, hear ye not? and do ye not remember? -- mark 8:18 +. +When I brake the five loaves among five thousand, how many baskets full of fragments took ye up? They say unto him, Twelve. -- mark 8:19 +. +And when the seven among four thousand, how many baskets full of fragments took ye up? And they said, Seven. -- mark 8:20 +. +And he said unto them, How is it that ye do not understand? -- mark 8:21 +. +And he cometh to Bethsaida; and they bring a blind man unto him, and besought him to touch him. -- mark 8:22 +. +And he took the blind man by the hand, and led him out of the town; and when he had spit on his eyes, and put his hands upon him, he asked him if he saw ought. -- mark 8:23 +. +And he looked up, and said, I see men as trees, walking. -- mark 8:24 +. +After that he put his hands again upon his eyes, and made him look up: and he was restored, and saw every man clearly. -- mark 8:25 +. +And he sent him away to his house, saying, Neither go into the town, nor tell it to any in the town. -- mark 8:26 +. +And Jesus went out, and his disciples, into the towns of Caesarea Philippi: and by the way he asked his disciples, saying unto them, Whom do men say that I am? -- mark 8:27 +. +And they answered, John the Baptist; but some say, Elias; and others, One of the prophets. -- mark 8:28 +. +And he saith unto them, But whom say ye that I am? And Peter answereth and saith unto him, Thou art the Christ. -- mark 8:29 +. +And he charged them that they should tell no man of him. -- mark 8:30 +. +And he began to teach them, that the Son of man must suffer many things, and be rejected of the elders, and of the chief priests, and scribes, and be killed, and after three days rise again. -- mark 8:31 +. +And he spake that saying openly. And Peter took him, and began to rebuke him. -- mark 8:32 +. +But when he had turned about and looked on his disciples, he rebuked Peter, saying, Get thee behind me, Satan: for thou savourest not the things that be of God, but the things that be of men. -- mark 8:33 +. +And when he had called the people unto him with his disciples also, he said unto them, Whosoever will come after me, let him deny himself, and take up his cross, and follow me. -- mark 8:34 +. +For whosoever will save his life shall lose it; but whosoever shall lose his life for my sake and the gospel's, the same shall save it. -- mark 8:35 +. +For what shall it profit a man, if he shall gain the whole world, and lose his own soul? -- mark 8:36 +. +Or what shall a man give in exchange for his soul? -- mark 8:37 +. +Whosoever therefore shall be ashamed of me and of my words in this adulterous and sinful generation; of him also shall the Son of man be ashamed, when he cometh in the glory of his Father with the holy angels. -- mark 8:38 +. +And he said unto them, Verily I say unto you, That there be some of them that stand here, which shall not taste of death, till they have seen the kingdom of God come with power. -- mark 9:1 +. +And after six days Jesus taketh with him Peter, and James, and John, and leadeth them up into an high mountain apart by themselves: and he was transfigured before them. -- mark 9:2 +. +And his raiment became shining, exceeding white as snow; so as no fuller on earth can white them. -- mark 9:3 +. +And there appeared unto them Elias with Moses: and they were talking with Jesus. -- mark 9:4 +. +And Peter answered and said to Jesus, Master, it is good for us to be here: and let us make three tabernacles; one for thee, and one for Moses, and one for Elias. -- mark 9:5 +. +For he wist not what to say; for they were sore afraid. -- mark 9:6 +. +And there was a cloud that overshadowed them: and a voice came out of the cloud, saying, This is my beloved Son: hear him. -- mark 9:7 +. +And suddenly, when they had looked round about, they saw no man any more, save Jesus only with themselves. -- mark 9:8 +. +And as they came down from the mountain, he charged them that they should tell no man what things they had seen, till the Son of man were risen from the dead. -- mark 9:9 +. +And they kept that saying with themselves, questioning one with another what the rising from the dead should mean. -- mark 9:10 +. +And they asked him, saying, Why say the scribes that Elias must first come? -- mark 9:11 +. +And he answered and told them, Elias verily cometh first, and restoreth all things; and how it is written of the Son of man, that he must suffer many things, and be set at nought. -- mark 9:12 +. +But I say unto you, That Elias is indeed come, and they have done unto him whatsoever they listed, as it is written of him. -- mark 9:13 +. +And when he came to his disciples, he saw a great multitude about them, and the scribes questioning with them. -- mark 9:14 +. +And straightway all the people, when they beheld him, were greatly amazed, and running to him saluted him. -- mark 9:15 +. +And he asked the scribes, What question ye with them? -- mark 9:16 +. +And one of the multitude answered and said, Master, I have brought unto thee my son, which hath a dumb spirit; -- mark 9:17 +. +And wheresoever he taketh him, he teareth him: and he foameth, and gnasheth with his teeth, and pineth away: and I spake to thy disciples that they should cast him out; and they could not. -- mark 9:18 +. +He answereth him, and saith, O faithless generation, how long shall I be with you? how long shall I suffer you? bring him unto me. -- mark 9:19 +. +And they brought him unto him: and when he saw him, straightway the spirit tare him; and he fell on the ground, and wallowed foaming. -- mark 9:20 +. +And he asked his father, How long is it ago since this came unto him? And he said, Of a child. -- mark 9:21 +. +And ofttimes it hath cast him into the fire, and into the waters, to destroy him: but if thou canst do any thing, have compassion on us, and help us. -- mark 9:22 +. +Jesus said unto him, If thou canst believe, all things are possible to him that believeth. -- mark 9:23 +. +And straightway the father of the child cried out, and said with tears, Lord, I believe; help thou mine unbelief. -- mark 9:24 +. +When Jesus saw that the people came running together, he rebuked the foul spirit, saying unto him, Thou dumb and deaf spirit, I charge thee, come out of him, and enter no more into him. -- mark 9:25 +. +And the spirit cried, and rent him sore, and came out of him: and he was as one dead; insomuch that many said, He is dead. -- mark 9:26 +. +But Jesus took him by the hand, and lifted him up; and he arose. -- mark 9:27 +. +And when he was come into the house, his disciples asked him privately, Why could not we cast him out? -- mark 9:28 +. +And he said unto them, This kind can come forth by nothing, but by prayer and fasting. -- mark 9:29 +. +And they departed thence, and passed through Galilee; and he would not that any man should know it. -- mark 9:30 +. +For he taught his disciples, and said unto them, The Son of man is delivered into the hands of men, and they shall kill him; and after that he is killed, he shall rise the third day. -- mark 9:31 +. +But they understood not that saying, and were afraid to ask him. -- mark 9:32 +. +And he came to Capernaum: and being in the house he asked them, What was it that ye disputed among yourselves by the way? -- mark 9:33 +. +But they held their peace: for by the way they had disputed among themselves, who should be the greatest. -- mark 9:34 +. +And he sat down, and called the twelve, and saith unto them, If any man desire to be first, the same shall be last of all, and servant of all. -- mark 9:35 +. +And he took a child, and set him in the midst of them: and when he had taken him in his arms, he said unto them, -- mark 9:36 +. +Whosoever shall receive one of such children in my name, receiveth me: and whosoever shall receive me, receiveth not me, but him that sent me. -- mark 9:37 +. +And John answered him, saying, Master, we saw one casting out devils in thy name, and he followeth not us: and we forbad him, because he followeth not us. -- mark 9:38 +. +But Jesus said, Forbid him not: for there is no man which shall do a miracle in my name, that can lightly speak evil of me. -- mark 9:39 +. +For he that is not against us is on our part. -- mark 9:40 +. +For whosoever shall give you a cup of water to drink in my name, because ye belong to Christ, verily I say unto you, he shall not lose his reward. -- mark 9:41 +. +And whosoever shall offend one of these little ones that believe in me, it is better for him that a millstone were hanged about his neck, and he were cast into the sea. -- mark 9:42 +. +And if thy hand offend thee, cut it off: it is better for thee to enter into life maimed, than having two hands to go into hell, into the fire that never shall be quenched: -- mark 9:43 +. +Where their worm dieth not, and the fire is not quenched. -- mark 9:44 +. +And if thy foot offend thee, cut it off: it is better for thee to enter halt into life, than having two feet to be cast into hell, into the fire that never shall be quenched: -- mark 9:45 +. +Where their worm dieth not, and the fire is not quenched. -- mark 9:46 +. +And if thine eye offend thee, pluck it out: it is better for thee to enter into the kingdom of God with one eye, than having two eyes to be cast into hell fire: -- mark 9:47 +. +Where their worm dieth not, and the fire is not quenched. -- mark 9:48 +. +For every one shall be salted with fire, and every sacrifice shall be salted with salt. -- mark 9:49 +. +Salt is good: but if the salt have lost his saltness, wherewith will ye season it? Have salt in yourselves, and have peace one with another. -- mark 9:50 +. +And he arose from thence, and cometh into the coasts of Judaea by the farther side of Jordan: and the people resort unto him again; and, as he was wont, he taught them again. -- mark 10:1 +. +And the Pharisees came to him, and asked him, Is it lawful for a man to put away his wife? tempting him. -- mark 10:2 +. +And he answered and said unto them, What did Moses command you? -- mark 10:3 +. +And they said, Moses suffered to write a bill of divorcement, and to put her away. -- mark 10:4 +. +And Jesus answered and said unto them, For the hardness of your heart he wrote you this precept. -- mark 10:5 +. +But from the beginning of the creation God made them male and female. -- mark 10:6 +. +For this cause shall a man leave his father and mother, and cleave to his wife; -- mark 10:7 +. +And they twain shall be one flesh: so then they are no more twain, but one flesh. -- mark 10:8 +. +What therefore God hath joined together, let not man put asunder. -- mark 10:9 +. +And in the house his disciples asked him again of the same matter. -- mark 10:10 +. +And he saith unto them, Whosoever shall put away his wife, and marry another, committeth adultery against her. -- mark 10:11 +. +And if a woman shall put away her husband, and be married to another, she committeth adultery. -- mark 10:12 +. +And they brought young children to him, that he should touch them: and his disciples rebuked those that brought them. -- mark 10:13 +. +But when Jesus saw it, he was much displeased, and said unto them, Suffer the little children to come unto me, and forbid them not: for of such is the kingdom of God. -- mark 10:14 +. +Verily I say unto you, Whosoever shall not receive the kingdom of God as a little child, he shall not enter therein. -- mark 10:15 +. +And he took them up in his arms, put his hands upon them, and blessed them. -- mark 10:16 +. +And when he was gone forth into the way, there came one running, and kneeled to him, and asked him, Good Master, what shall I do that I may inherit eternal life? -- mark 10:17 +. +And Jesus said unto him, Why callest thou me good? there is none good but one, that is, God. -- mark 10:18 +. +Thou knowest the commandments, Do not commit adultery, Do not kill, Do not steal, Do not bear false witness, Defraud not, Honour thy father and mother. -- mark 10:19 +. +And he answered and said unto him, Master, all these have I observed from my youth. -- mark 10:20 +. +Then Jesus beholding him loved him, and said unto him, One thing thou lackest: go thy way, sell whatsoever thou hast, and give to the poor, and thou shalt have treasure in heaven: and come, take up the cross, and follow me. -- mark 10:21 +. +And he was sad at that saying, and went away grieved: for he had great possessions. -- mark 10:22 +. +And Jesus looked round about, and saith unto his disciples, How hardly shall they that have riches enter into the kingdom of God! -- mark 10:23 +. +And the disciples were astonished at his words. But Jesus answereth again, and saith unto them, Children, how hard is it for them that trust in riches to enter into the kingdom of God! -- mark 10:24 +. +It is easier for a camel to go through the eye of a needle, than for a rich man to enter into the kingdom of God. -- mark 10:25 +. +And they were astonished out of measure, saying among themselves, Who then can be saved? -- mark 10:26 +. +And Jesus looking upon them saith, With men it is impossible, but not with God: for with God all things are possible. -- mark 10:27 +. +Then Peter began to say unto him, Lo, we have left all, and have followed thee. -- mark 10:28 +. +And Jesus answered and said, Verily I say unto you, There is no man that hath left house, or brethren, or sisters, or father, or mother, or wife, or children, or lands, for my sake, and the gospel's, -- mark 10:29 +. +But he shall receive an 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. -- mark 10:30 +. +But many that are first shall be last; and the last first. -- mark 10:31 +. +And they were in the way going up to Jerusalem; and Jesus went before them: and they were amazed; and as they followed, they were afraid. And he took again the twelve, and began to tell them what things should happen unto him, -- mark 10:32 +. +Saying, Behold, we go up to Jerusalem; and the Son of man shall be delivered unto the chief priests, and unto the scribes; and they shall condemn him to death, and shall deliver him to the Gentiles: -- mark 10:33 +. +And they shall mock him, and shall scourge him, and shall spit upon him, and shall kill him: and the third day he shall rise again. -- mark 10:34 +. +And James and John, the sons of Zebedee, come unto him, saying, Master, we would that thou shouldest do for us whatsoever we shall desire. -- mark 10:35 +. +And he said unto them, What would ye that I should do for you? -- mark 10:36 +. +They said unto him, Grant unto us that we may sit, one on thy right hand, and the other on thy left hand, in thy glory. -- mark 10:37 +. +But Jesus said unto them, Ye know not what ye ask: can ye drink of the cup that I drink of? and be baptized with the baptism that I am baptized with? -- mark 10:38 +. +And they said unto him, We can. And Jesus said unto them, Ye shall indeed drink of the cup that I drink of; and with the baptism that I am baptized withal shall ye be baptized: -- mark 10:39 +. +But to sit on my right hand and on my left hand is not mine to give; but it shall be given to them for whom it is prepared. -- mark 10:40 +. +And when the ten heard it, they began to be much displeased with James and John. -- mark 10:41 +. +But Jesus called them to him, and saith unto them, Ye know that they which are accounted to rule over the Gentiles exercise lordship over them; and their great ones exercise authority upon them. -- mark 10:42 +. +But so shall it not be among you: but whosoever will be great among you, shall be your minister: -- mark 10:43 +. +And whosoever of you will be the chiefest, shall be servant of all. -- mark 10:44 +. +For even the Son of man came not to be ministered unto, but to minister, and to give his life a ransom for many. -- mark 10:45 +. +And they came to Jericho: and as he went out of Jericho with his disciples and a great number of people, blind Bartimaeus, the son of Timaeus, sat by the highway side begging. -- mark 10:46 +. +And when he heard that it was Jesus of Nazareth, he began to cry out, and say, Jesus, thou son of David, have mercy on me. -- mark 10:47 +. +And many charged him that he should hold his peace: but he cried the more a great deal, Thou son of David, have mercy on me. -- mark 10:48 +. +And Jesus stood still, and commanded him to be called. And they call the blind man, saying unto him, Be of good comfort, rise; he calleth thee. -- mark 10:49 +. +And he, casting away his garment, rose, and came to Jesus. -- mark 10:50 +. +And Jesus answered and said unto him, What wilt thou that I should do unto thee? The blind man said unto him, Lord, that I might receive my sight. -- mark 10:51 +. +And Jesus said unto him, Go thy way; thy faith hath made thee whole. And immediately he received his sight, and followed Jesus in the way. -- mark 10:52 +. +And when they came nigh to Jerusalem, unto Bethphage and Bethany, at the mount of Olives, he sendeth forth two of his disciples, -- mark 11:1 +. +And saith unto them, Go your way into the village over against you: and as soon as ye be entered into it, ye shall find a colt tied, whereon never man sat; loose him, and bring him. -- mark 11:2 +. +And if any man say unto you, Why do ye this? say ye that the Lord hath need of him; and straightway he will send him hither. -- mark 11:3 +. +And they went their way, and found the colt tied by the door without in a place where two ways met; and they loose him. -- mark 11:4 +. +And certain of them that stood there said unto them, What do ye, loosing the colt? -- mark 11:5 +. +And they said unto them even as Jesus had commanded: and they let them go. -- mark 11:6 +. +And they brought the colt to Jesus, and cast their garments on him; and he sat upon him. -- mark 11:7 +. +And many spread their garments in the way: and others cut down branches off the trees, and strawed them in the way. -- mark 11:8 +. +And they that went before, and they that followed, cried, saying, Hosanna; Blessed is he that cometh in the name of the Lord: -- mark 11:9 +. +Blessed be the kingdom of our father David, that cometh in the name of the Lord: Hosanna in the highest. -- mark 11:10 +. +And Jesus entered into Jerusalem, and into the temple: and when he had looked round about upon all things, and now the eventide was come, he went out unto Bethany with the twelve. -- mark 11:11 +. +And on the morrow, when they were come from Bethany, he was hungry: -- mark 11:12 +. +And seeing a fig tree afar off having leaves, he came, if haply he might find any thing thereon: and when he came to it, he found nothing but leaves; for the time of figs was not yet. -- mark 11:13 +. +And Jesus answered and said unto it, No man eat fruit of thee hereafter for ever. And his disciples heard it. -- mark 11:14 +. +And they come to Jerusalem: and Jesus went into the temple, and began to cast out them that sold and bought in the temple, and overthrew the tables of the moneychangers, and the seats of them that sold doves; -- mark 11:15 +. +And would not suffer that any man should carry any vessel through the temple. -- mark 11:16 +. +And he taught, saying unto them, Is it not written, My house shall be called of all nations the house of prayer? but ye have made it a den of thieves. -- mark 11:17 +. +And the scribes and chief priests heard it, and sought how they might destroy him: for they feared him, because all the people was astonished at his doctrine. -- mark 11:18 +. +And when even was come, he went out of the city. -- mark 11:19 +. +And in the morning, as they passed by, they saw the fig tree dried up from the roots. -- mark 11:20 +. +And Peter calling to remembrance saith unto him, Master, behold, the fig tree which thou cursedst is withered away. -- mark 11:21 +. +And Jesus answering saith unto them, Have faith in God. -- mark 11:22 +. +For verily I say unto you, That whosoever shall say unto this mountain, Be thou removed, and be thou cast into the sea; and shall not doubt in his heart, but shall believe that those things which he saith shall come to pass; he shall have whatsoever he saith. -- mark 11:23 +. +Therefore I say unto you, What things soever ye desire, when ye pray, believe that ye receive them, and ye shall have them. -- mark 11:24 +. +And when ye stand praying, forgive, if ye have ought against any: that your Father also which is in heaven may forgive you your trespasses. -- mark 11:25 +. +But if ye do not forgive, neither will your Father which is in heaven forgive your trespasses. -- mark 11:26 +. +And they come again to Jerusalem: and as he was walking in the temple, there come to him the chief priests, and the scribes, and the elders, -- mark 11:27 +. +And say unto him, By what authority doest thou these things? and who gave thee this authority to do these things? -- mark 11:28 +. +And Jesus answered and said unto them, I will also ask of you one question, and answer me, and I will tell you by what authority I do these things. -- mark 11:29 +. +The baptism of John, was it from heaven, or of men? answer me. -- mark 11:30 +. +And they reasoned with themselves, saying, If we shall say, From heaven; he will say, Why then did ye not believe him? -- mark 11:31 +. +But if we shall say, Of men; they feared the people: for all men counted John, that he was a prophet indeed. -- mark 11:32 +. +And they answered and said unto Jesus, We cannot tell. And Jesus answering saith unto them, Neither do I tell you by what authority I do these things. -- mark 11:33 +. +And he began to speak unto them by parables. A certain man planted a vineyard, and set an hedge about it, and digged a place for the winefat, and built a tower, and let it out to husbandmen, and went into a far country. -- mark 12:1 +. +And at the season he sent to the husbandmen a servant, that he might receive from the husbandmen of the fruit of the vineyard. -- mark 12:2 +. +And they caught him, and beat him, and sent him away empty. -- mark 12:3 +. +And again he sent unto them another servant; and at him they cast stones, and wounded him in the head, and sent him away shamefully handled. -- mark 12:4 +. +And again he sent another; and him they killed, and many others; beating some, and killing some. -- mark 12:5 +. +Having yet therefore one son, his wellbeloved, he sent him also last unto them, saying, They will reverence my son. -- mark 12:6 +. +But those husbandmen said among themselves, This is the heir; come, let us kill him, and the inheritance shall be our's. -- mark 12:7 +. +And they took him, and killed him, and cast him out of the vineyard. -- mark 12:8 +. +What shall therefore the lord of the vineyard do? he will come and destroy the husbandmen, and will give the vineyard unto others. -- mark 12:9 +. +And have ye not read this scripture; The stone which the builders rejected is become the head of the corner: -- mark 12:10 +. +This was the Lord's doing, and it is marvellous in our eyes? -- mark 12:11 +. +And they sought to lay hold on him, but feared the people: for they knew that he had spoken the parable against them: and they left him, and went their way. -- mark 12:12 +. +And they send unto him certain of the Pharisees and of the Herodians, to catch him in his words. -- mark 12:13 +. +And when they were come, they say unto him, Master, we know that thou art true, and carest for no man: for thou regardest not the person of men, but teachest the way of God in truth: Is it lawful to give tribute to Caesar, or not? -- mark 12:14 +. +Shall we give, or shall we not give? But he, knowing their hypocrisy, said unto them, Why tempt ye me? bring me a penny, that I may see it. -- mark 12:15 +. +And they brought it. And he saith unto them, Whose is this image and superscription? And they said unto him, Caesar's. -- mark 12:16 +. +And Jesus answering said unto them, Render to Caesar the things that are Caesar's, and to God the things that are God's. And they marvelled at him. -- mark 12:17 +. +Then come unto him the Sadducees, which say there is no resurrection; and they asked him, saying, -- mark 12:18 +. +Master, Moses wrote unto us, If a man's brother die, and leave his wife behind him, and leave no children, that his brother should take his wife, and raise up seed unto his brother. -- mark 12:19 +. +Now there were seven brethren: and the first took a wife, and dying left no seed. -- mark 12:20 +. +And the second took her, and died, neither left he any seed: and the third likewise. -- mark 12:21 +. +And the seven had her, and left no seed: last of all the woman died also. -- mark 12:22 +. +In the resurrection therefore, when they shall rise, whose wife shall she be of them? for the seven had her to wife. -- mark 12:23 +. +And Jesus answering said unto them, Do ye not therefore err, because ye know not the scriptures, neither the power of God? -- mark 12:24 +. +For when they shall rise from the dead, they neither marry, nor are given in marriage; but are as the angels which are in heaven. -- mark 12:25 +. +And as touching the dead, that they rise: have ye not read in the book of Moses, how in the bush God spake unto him, saying, I am the God of Abraham, and the God of Isaac, and the God of Jacob? -- mark 12:26 +. +He is not the God of the dead, but the God of the living: ye therefore do greatly err. -- mark 12:27 +. +And one of the scribes came, and having heard them reasoning together, and perceiving that he had answered them well, asked him, Which is the first commandment of all? -- mark 12:28 +. +And Jesus answered him, The first of all the commandments is, Hear, O Israel; The Lord our God is one Lord: -- mark 12:29 +. +And thou shalt love the Lord thy God with all thy heart, and with all thy soul, and with all thy mind, and with all thy strength: this is the first commandment. -- mark 12:30 +. +And the second is like, namely this, Thou shalt love thy neighbour as thyself. There is none other commandment greater than these. -- mark 12:31 +. +And the scribe said unto him, Well, Master, thou hast said the truth: for there is one God; and there is none other but he: -- mark 12:32 +. +And to love him with all the heart, and with all the understanding, and with all the soul, and with all the strength, and to love his neighbour as himself, is more than all whole burnt offerings and sacrifices. -- mark 12:33 +. +And when Jesus saw that he answered discreetly, he said unto him, Thou art not far from the kingdom of God. And no man after that durst ask him any question. -- mark 12:34 +. +And Jesus answered and said, while he taught in the temple, How say the scribes that Christ is the son of David? -- mark 12:35 +. +For David himself said by the Holy Ghost, The LORD said to my Lord, Sit thou on my right hand, till I make thine enemies thy footstool. -- mark 12:36 +. +David therefore himself calleth him Lord; and whence is he then his son? And the common people heard him gladly. -- mark 12:37 +. +And he said unto them in his doctrine, Beware of the scribes, which love to go in long clothing, and love salutations in the marketplaces, -- mark 12:38 +. +And the chief seats in the synagogues, and the uppermost rooms at feasts: -- mark 12:39 +. +Which devour widows' houses, and for a pretence make long prayers: these shall receive greater damnation. -- mark 12:40 +. +And Jesus sat over against the treasury, and beheld how the people cast money into the treasury: and many that were rich cast in much. -- mark 12:41 +. +And there came a certain poor widow, and she threw in two mites, which make a farthing. -- mark 12:42 +. +And he called unto him his disciples, and saith unto them, Verily I say unto you, That this poor widow hath cast more in, than all they which have cast into the treasury: -- mark 12:43 +. +For all they did cast in of their abundance; but she of her want did cast in all that she had, even all her living. -- mark 12:44 +. +And as he went out of the temple, one of his disciples saith unto him, Master, see what manner of stones and what buildings are here! -- mark 13:1 +. +And Jesus answering said unto him, Seest thou these great buildings? there shall not be left one stone upon another, that shall not be thrown down. -- mark 13:2 +. +And as he sat upon the mount of Olives over against the temple, Peter and James and John and Andrew asked him privately, -- mark 13:3 +. +Tell us, when shall these things be? and what shall be the sign when all these things shall be fulfilled? -- mark 13:4 +. +And Jesus answering them began to say, Take heed lest any man deceive you: -- mark 13:5 +. +For many shall come in my name, saying, I am Christ; and shall deceive many. -- mark 13:6 +. +And when ye shall hear of wars and rumours of wars, be ye not troubled: for such things must needs be; but the end shall not be yet. -- mark 13:7 +. +For nation shall rise against nation, and kingdom against kingdom: and there shall be earthquakes in divers places, and there shall be famines and troubles: these are the beginnings of sorrows. -- mark 13:8 +. +But take heed to yourselves: for they shall deliver you up to councils; and in the synagogues ye shall be beaten: and ye shall be brought before rulers and kings for my sake, for a testimony against them. -- mark 13:9 +. +And the gospel must first be published among all nations. -- mark 13:10 +. +But when they shall lead you, and deliver you up, take no thought beforehand what ye shall speak, neither do ye premeditate: but whatsoever shall be given you in that hour, that speak ye: for it is not ye that speak, but the Holy Ghost. -- mark 13:11 +. +Now the brother shall betray the brother to death, and the father the son; and children shall rise up against their parents, and shall cause them to be put to death. -- mark 13:12 +. +And ye shall be hated of all men for my name's sake: but he that shall endure unto the end, the same shall be saved. -- mark 13:13 +. +But when ye shall see the abomination of desolation, spoken of by Daniel the prophet, standing where it ought not, (let him that readeth understand,) then let them that be in Judaea flee to the mountains: -- mark 13:14 +. +And let him that is on the housetop not go down into the house, neither enter therein, to take any thing out of his house: -- mark 13:15 +. +And let him that is in the field not turn back again for to take up his garment. -- mark 13:16 +. +But woe to them that are with child, and to them that give suck in those days! -- mark 13:17 +. +And pray ye that your flight be not in the winter. -- mark 13:18 +. +For in those days shall be affliction, such as was not from the beginning of the creation which God created unto this time, neither shall be. -- mark 13:19 +. +And except that the Lord had shortened those days, no flesh should be saved: but for the elect's sake, whom he hath chosen, he hath shortened the days. -- mark 13:20 +. +And then if any man shall say to you, Lo, here is Christ; or, lo, he is there; believe him not: -- mark 13:21 +. +For false Christs and false prophets shall rise, and shall shew signs and wonders, to seduce, if it were possible, even the elect. -- mark 13:22 +. +But take ye heed: behold, I have foretold you all things. -- mark 13:23 +. +But in those days, after that tribulation, the sun shall be darkened, and the moon shall not give her light, -- mark 13:24 +. +And the stars of heaven shall fall, and the powers that are in heaven shall be shaken. -- mark 13:25 +. +And then shall they see the Son of man coming in the clouds with great power and glory. -- mark 13:26 +. +And then shall he send his angels, and shall gather together his elect from the four winds, from the uttermost part of the earth to the uttermost part of heaven. -- mark 13:27 +. +Now learn a parable of the fig tree; When her branch is yet tender, and putteth forth leaves, ye know that summer is near: -- mark 13:28 +. +So ye in like manner, when ye shall see these things come to pass, know that it is nigh, even at the doors. -- mark 13:29 +. +Verily I say unto you, that this generation shall not pass, till all these things be done. -- mark 13:30 +. +Heaven and earth shall pass away: but my words shall not pass away. -- mark 13:31 +. +But of that day and that hour knoweth no man, no, not the angels which are in heaven, neither the Son, but the Father. -- mark 13:32 +. +Take ye heed, watch and pray: for ye know not when the time is. -- mark 13:33 +. +For the Son of Man is as a man taking a far journey, who left his house, and gave authority to his servants, and to every man his work, and commanded the porter to watch. -- mark 13:34 +. +Watch ye therefore: for ye know not when the master of the house cometh, at even, or at midnight, or at the cockcrowing, or in the morning: -- mark 13:35 +. +Lest coming suddenly he find you sleeping. -- mark 13:36 +. +And what I say unto you I say unto all, Watch. -- mark 13:37 +. +After two days was the feast of the passover, and of unleavened bread: and the chief priests and the scribes sought how they might take him by craft, and put him to death. -- mark 14:1 +. +But they said, Not on the feast day, lest there be an uproar of the people. -- mark 14:2 +. +And being in Bethany in the house of Simon the leper, as he sat at meat, there came a woman having an alabaster box of ointment of spikenard very precious; and she brake the box, and poured it on his head. -- mark 14:3 +. +And there were some that had indignation within themselves, and said, Why was this waste of the ointment made? -- mark 14:4 +. +For it might have been sold for more than three hundred pence, and have been given to the poor. And they murmured against her. -- mark 14:5 +. +And Jesus said, Let her alone; why trouble ye her? she hath wrought a good work on me. -- mark 14:6 +. +For ye have the poor with you always, and whensoever ye will ye may do them good: but me ye have not always. -- mark 14:7 +. +She hath done what she could: she is come aforehand to anoint my body to the burying. -- mark 14:8 +. +Verily I say unto you, Wheresoever this gospel shall be preached throughout the whole world, this also that she hath done shall be spoken of for a memorial of her. -- mark 14:9 +. +And Judas Iscariot, one of the twelve, went unto the chief priests, to betray him unto them. -- mark 14:10 +. +And when they heard it, they were glad, and promised to give him money. And he sought how he might conveniently betray him. -- mark 14:11 +. +And the first day of unleavened bread, when they killed the passover, his disciples said unto him, Where wilt thou that we go and prepare that thou mayest eat the passover? -- mark 14:12 +. +And he sendeth forth two of his disciples, and saith unto them, Go ye into the city, and there shall meet you a man bearing a pitcher of water: follow him. -- mark 14:13 +. +And wheresoever he shall go in, say ye to the goodman of the house, The Master saith, Where is the guestchamber, where I shall eat the passover with my disciples? -- mark 14:14 +. +And he will shew you a large upper room furnished and prepared: there make ready for us. -- mark 14:15 +. +And his disciples went forth, and came into the city, and found as he had said unto them: and they made ready the passover. -- mark 14:16 +. +And in the evening he cometh with the twelve. -- mark 14:17 +. +And as they sat and did eat, Jesus said, Verily I say unto you, One of you which eateth with me shall betray me. -- mark 14:18 +. +And they began to be sorrowful, and to say unto him one by one, Is it I? and another said, Is it I? -- mark 14:19 +. +And he answered and said unto them, It is one of the twelve, that dippeth with me in the dish. -- mark 14:20 +. +The Son of man indeed goeth, as it is written of him: but woe to that man by whom the Son of man is betrayed! good were it for that man if he had never been born. -- mark 14:21 +. +And as they did eat, Jesus took bread, and blessed, and brake it, and gave to them, and said, Take, eat: this is my body. -- mark 14:22 +. +And he took the cup, and when he had given thanks, he gave it to them: and they all drank of it. -- mark 14:23 +. +And he said unto them, This is my blood of the new testament, which is shed for many. -- mark 14:24 +. +Verily I say unto you, I will drink no more of the fruit of the vine, until that day that I drink it new in the kingdom of God. -- mark 14:25 +. +And when they had sung an hymn, they went out into the mount of Olives. -- mark 14:26 +. +And Jesus saith unto them, All ye shall be offended because of me this night: for it is written, I will smite the shepherd, and the sheep shall be scattered. -- mark 14:27 +. +But after that I am risen, I will go before you into Galilee. -- mark 14:28 +. +But Peter said unto him, Although all shall be offended, yet will not I. -- mark 14:29 +. +And Jesus saith unto him, Verily I say unto thee, That this day, even in this night, before the cock crow twice, thou shalt deny me thrice. -- mark 14:30 +. +But he spake the more vehemently, If I should die with thee, I will not deny thee in any wise. Likewise also said they all. -- mark 14:31 +. +And they came to a place which was named Gethsemane: and he saith to his disciples, Sit ye here, while I shall pray. -- mark 14:32 +. +And he taketh with him Peter and James and John, and began to be sore amazed, and to be very heavy; -- mark 14:33 +. +And saith unto them, My soul is exceeding sorrowful unto death: tarry ye here, and watch. -- mark 14:34 +. +And he went forward a little, and fell on the ground, and prayed that, if it were possible, the hour might pass from him. -- mark 14:35 +. +And he said, Abba, Father, all things are possible unto thee; take away this cup from me: nevertheless not what I will, but what thou wilt. -- mark 14:36 +. +And he cometh, and findeth them sleeping, and saith unto Peter, Simon, sleepest thou? couldest not thou watch one hour? -- mark 14:37 +. +Watch ye and pray, lest ye enter into temptation. The spirit truly is ready, but the flesh is weak. -- mark 14:38 +. +And again he went away, and prayed, and spake the same words. -- mark 14:39 +. +And when he returned, he found them asleep again, (for their eyes were heavy,) neither wist they what to answer him. -- mark 14:40 +. +And he cometh the third time, and saith unto them, Sleep on now, and take your rest: it is enough, the hour is come; behold, the Son of man is betrayed into the hands of sinners. -- mark 14:41 +. +Rise up, let us go; lo, he that betrayeth me is at hand. -- mark 14:42 +. +And immediately, while he yet spake, cometh Judas, one of the twelve, and with him a great multitude with swords and staves, from the chief priests and the scribes and the elders. -- mark 14:43 +. +And he that betrayed him had given them a token, saying, Whomsoever I shall kiss, that same is he; take him, and lead him away safely. -- mark 14:44 +. +And as soon as he was come, he goeth straightway to him, and saith, Master, master; and kissed him. -- mark 14:45 +. +And they laid their hands on him, and took him. -- mark 14:46 +. +And one of them that stood by drew a sword, and smote a servant of the high priest, and cut off his ear. -- mark 14:47 +. +And Jesus answered and said unto them, Are ye come out, as against a thief, with swords and with staves to take me? -- mark 14:48 +. +I was daily with you in the temple teaching, and ye took me not: but the scriptures must be fulfilled. -- mark 14:49 +. +And they all forsook him, and fled. -- mark 14:50 +. +And there followed him a certain young man, having a linen cloth cast about his naked body; and the young men laid hold on him: -- mark 14:51 +. +And he left the linen cloth, and fled from them naked. -- mark 14:52 +. +And they led Jesus away to the high priest: and with him were assembled all the chief priests and the elders and the scribes. -- mark 14:53 +. +And Peter followed him afar off, even into the palace of the high priest: and he sat with the servants, and warmed himself at the fire. -- mark 14:54 +. +And the chief priests and all the council sought for witness against Jesus to put him to death; and found none. -- mark 14:55 +. +For many bare false witness against him, but their witness agreed not together. -- mark 14:56 +. +And there arose certain, and bare false witness against him, saying, -- mark 14:57 +. +We heard him say, I will destroy this temple that is made with hands, and within three days I will build another made without hands. -- mark 14:58 +. +But neither so did their witness agree together. -- mark 14:59 +. +And the high priest stood up in the midst, and asked Jesus, saying, Answerest thou nothing? what is it which these witness against thee? -- mark 14:60 +. +But he held his peace, and answered nothing. Again the high priest asked him, and said unto him, Art thou the Christ, the Son of the Blessed? -- mark 14:61 +. +And Jesus said, I am: and ye shall see the Son of man sitting on the right hand of power, and coming in the clouds of heaven. -- mark 14:62 +. +Then the high priest rent his clothes, and saith, What need we any further witnesses? -- mark 14:63 +. +Ye have heard the blasphemy: what think ye? And they all condemned him to be guilty of death. -- mark 14:64 +. +And some began to spit on him, and to cover his face, and to buffet him, and to say unto him, Prophesy: and the servants did strike him with the palms of their hands. -- mark 14:65 +. +And as Peter was beneath in the palace, there cometh one of the maids of the high priest: -- mark 14:66 +. +And when she saw Peter warming himself, she looked upon him, and said, And thou also wast with Jesus of Nazareth. -- mark 14:67 +. +But he denied, saying, I know not, neither understand I what thou sayest. And he went out into the porch; and the cock crew. -- mark 14:68 +. +And a maid saw him again, and began to say to them that stood by, This is one of them. -- mark 14:69 +. +And he denied it again. And a little after, they that stood by said again to Peter, Surely thou art one of them: for thou art a Galilaean, and thy speech agreeth thereto. -- mark 14:70 +. +But he began to curse and to swear, saying, I know not this man of whom ye speak. -- mark 14:71 +. +And the second time the cock crew. And Peter called to mind the word that Jesus said unto him, Before the cock crow twice, thou shalt deny me thrice. And when he thought thereon, he wept. -- mark 14:72 +. +And straightway in the morning the chief priests held a consultation with the elders and scribes and the whole council, and bound Jesus, and carried him away, and delivered him to Pilate. -- mark 15:1 +. +And Pilate asked him, Art thou the King of the Jews? And he answering said unto them, Thou sayest it. -- mark 15:2 +. +And the chief priests accused him of many things: but he answered nothing. -- mark 15:3 +. +And Pilate asked him again, saying, Answerest thou nothing? behold how many things they witness against thee. -- mark 15:4 +. +But Jesus yet answered nothing; so that Pilate marvelled. -- mark 15:5 +. +Now at that feast he released unto them one prisoner, whomsoever they desired. -- mark 15:6 +. +And there was one named Barabbas, which lay bound with them that had made insurrection with him, who had committed murder in the insurrection. -- mark 15:7 +. +And the multitude crying aloud began to desire him to do as he had ever done unto them. -- mark 15:8 +. +But Pilate answered them, saying, Will ye that I release unto you the King of the Jews? -- mark 15:9 +. +For he knew that the chief priests had delivered him for envy. -- mark 15:10 +. +But the chief priests moved the people, that he should rather release Barabbas unto them. -- mark 15:11 +. +And Pilate answered and said again unto them, What will ye then that I shall do unto him whom ye call the King of the Jews? -- mark 15:12 +. +And they cried out again, Crucify him. -- mark 15:13 +. +Then Pilate said unto them, Why, what evil hath he done? And they cried out the more exceedingly, Crucify him. -- mark 15:14 +. +And so Pilate, willing to content the people, released Barabbas unto them, and delivered Jesus, when he had scourged him, to be crucified. -- mark 15:15 +. +And the soldiers led him away into the hall, called Praetorium; and they call together the whole band. -- mark 15:16 +. +And they clothed him with purple, and platted a crown of thorns, and put it about his head, -- mark 15:17 +. +And began to salute him, Hail, King of the Jews! -- mark 15:18 +. +And they smote him on the head with a reed, and did spit upon him, and bowing their knees worshipped him. -- mark 15:19 +. +And when they had mocked him, they took off the purple from him, and put his own clothes on him, and led him out to crucify him. -- mark 15:20 +. +And they compel one Simon a Cyrenian, who passed by, coming out of the country, the father of Alexander and Rufus, to bear his cross. -- mark 15:21 +. +And they bring him unto the place Golgotha, which is, being interpreted, The place of a skull. -- mark 15:22 +. +And they gave him to drink wine mingled with myrrh: but he received it not. -- mark 15:23 +. +And when they had crucified him, they parted his garments, casting lots upon them, what every man should take. -- mark 15:24 +. +And it was the third hour, and they crucified him. -- mark 15:25 +. +And the superscription of his accusation was written over, THE KING OF THE JEWS. -- mark 15:26 +. +And with him they crucify two thieves; the one on his right hand, and the other on his left. -- mark 15:27 +. +And the scripture was fulfilled, which saith, And he was numbered with the transgressors. -- mark 15:28 +. +And they that passed by railed on him, wagging their heads, and saying, Ah, thou that destroyest the temple, and buildest it in three days, -- mark 15:29 +. +Save thyself, and come down from the cross. -- mark 15:30 +. +Likewise also the chief priests mocking said among themselves with the scribes, He saved others; himself he cannot save. -- mark 15:31 +. +Let Christ the King of Israel descend now from the cross, that we may see and believe. And they that were crucified with him reviled him. -- mark 15:32 +. +And when the sixth hour was come, there was darkness over the whole land until the ninth hour. -- mark 15:33 +. +And at the ninth hour Jesus cried with a loud voice, saying, Eloi, Eloi, lama sabachthani? which is, being interpreted, My God, my God, why hast thou forsaken me? -- mark 15:34 +. +And some of them that stood by, when they heard it, said, Behold, he calleth Elias. -- mark 15:35 +. +And one ran and filled a spunge full of vinegar, and put it on a reed, and gave him to drink, saying, Let alone; let us see whether Elias will come to take him down. -- mark 15:36 +. +And Jesus cried with a loud voice, and gave up the ghost. -- mark 15:37 +. +And the veil of the temple was rent in twain from the top to the bottom. -- mark 15:38 +. +And when the centurion, which stood over against him, saw that he so cried out, and gave up the ghost, he said, Truly this man was the Son of God. -- mark 15:39 +. +There were also women looking on afar off: among whom was Mary Magdalene, and Mary the mother of James the less and of Joses, and Salome; -- mark 15:40 +. +(Who also, when he was in Galilee, followed him, and ministered unto him;) and many other women which came up with him unto Jerusalem. -- mark 15:41 +. +And now when the even was come, because it was the preparation, that is, the day before the sabbath, -- mark 15:42 +. +Joseph of Arimathaea, an honourable counsellor, which also waited for the kingdom of God, came, and went in boldly unto Pilate, and craved the body of Jesus. -- mark 15:43 +. +And Pilate marvelled if he were already dead: and calling unto him the centurion, he asked him whether he had been any while dead. -- mark 15:44 +. +And when he knew it of the centurion, he gave the body to Joseph. -- mark 15:45 +. +And he bought fine linen, and took him down, and wrapped him in the linen, and laid him in a sepulchre which was hewn out of a rock, and rolled a stone unto the door of the sepulchre. -- mark 15:46 +. +And Mary Magdalene and Mary the mother of Joses beheld where he was laid. -- mark 15:47 +. +And when the sabbath was past, Mary Magdalene, and Mary the mother of James, and Salome, had bought sweet spices, that they might come and anoint him. -- mark 16:1 +. +And very early in the morning the first day of the week, they came unto the sepulchre at the rising of the sun. -- mark 16:2 +. +And they said among themselves, Who shall roll us away the stone from the door of the sepulchre? -- mark 16:3 +. +And when they looked, they saw that the stone was rolled away: for it was very great. -- mark 16:4 +. +And entering into the sepulchre, they saw a young man sitting on the right side, clothed in a long white garment; and they were affrighted. -- mark 16:5 +. +And he saith unto them, Be not affrighted: Ye seek Jesus of Nazareth, which was crucified: he is risen; he is not here: behold the place where they laid him. -- mark 16:6 +. +But go your way, tell his disciples and Peter that he goeth before you into Galilee: there shall ye see him, as he said unto you. -- mark 16:7 +. +And they went out quickly, and fled from the sepulchre; for they trembled and were amazed: neither said they any thing to any man; for they were afraid. -- mark 16:8 +. +Now when Jesus was risen early the first day of the week, he appeared first to Mary Magdalene, out of whom he had cast seven devils. -- mark 16:9 +. +And she went and told them that had been with him, as they mourned and wept. -- mark 16:10 +. +And they, when they had heard that he was alive, and had been seen of her, believed not. -- mark 16:11 +. +After that he appeared in another form unto two of them, as they walked, and went into the country. -- mark 16:12 +. +And they went and told it unto the residue: neither believed they them. -- mark 16:13 +. +Afterward he appeared unto the eleven as they sat at meat, and upbraided them with their unbelief and hardness of heart, because they believed not them which had seen him after he was risen. -- mark 16:14 +. +And he said unto them, Go ye into all the world, and preach the gospel to every creature. -- mark 16:15 +. +He that believeth and is baptized shall be saved; but he that believeth not shall be damned. -- mark 16:16 +. +And these signs shall follow them that believe; In my name shall they cast out devils; they shall speak with new tongues; -- mark 16:17 +. +They shall take up serpents; and if they drink any deadly thing, it shall not hurt them; they shall lay hands on the sick, and they shall recover. -- mark 16:18 +. +So then after the Lord had spoken unto them, he was received up into heaven, and sat on the right hand of God. -- mark 16:19 +. +And they went forth, and preached every where, the Lord working with them, and confirming the word with signs following. Amen. -- mark 16:20 +. +Forasmuch as many have taken in hand to set forth in order a declaration of those things which are most surely believed among us, -- luke 1:1 +. +Even as they delivered them unto us, which from the beginning were eyewitnesses, and ministers of the word; -- luke 1:2 +. +It seemed good to me also, having had perfect understanding of all things from the very first, to write unto thee in order, most excellent Theophilus, -- luke 1:3 +. +That thou mightest know the certainty of those things, wherein thou hast been instructed. -- luke 1:4 +. +THERE was in the days of Herod, the king of Judaea, a certain priest named Zacharias, of the course of Abia: and his wife was of the daughters of Aaron, and her name was Elisabeth. -- luke 1:5 +. +And they were both righteous before God, walking in all the commandments and ordinances of the Lord blameless. -- luke 1:6 +. +And they had no child, because that Elisabeth was barren, and they both were now well stricken in years. -- luke 1:7 +. +And it came to pass, that while he executed the priest's office before God in the order of his course, -- luke 1:8 +. +According to the custom of the priest's office, his lot was to burn incense when he went into the temple of the Lord. -- luke 1:9 +. +And the whole multitude of the people were praying without at the time of incense. -- luke 1:10 +. +And there appeared unto him an angel of the Lord standing on the right side of the altar of incense. -- luke 1:11 +. +And when Zacharias saw him, he was troubled, and fear fell upon him. -- luke 1:12 +. +But the angel said unto him, Fear not, Zacharias: for thy prayer is heard; and thy wife Elisabeth shall bear thee a son, and thou shalt call his name John. -- luke 1:13 +. +And thou shalt have joy and gladness; and many shall rejoice at his birth. -- luke 1:14 +. +For he shall be great in the sight of the Lord, and shall drink neither wine nor strong drink; and he shall be filled with the Holy Ghost, even from his mother's womb. -- luke 1:15 +. +And many of the children of Israel shall he turn to the Lord their God. -- luke 1:16 +. +And he shall go before him in the spirit and power of Elias, to turn the hearts of the fathers to the children, and the disobedient to the wisdom of the just; to make ready a people prepared for the Lord. -- luke 1:17 +. +And Zacharias said unto the angel, Whereby shall I know this? for I am an old man, and my wife well stricken in years. -- luke 1:18 +. +And the angel answering said unto him, I am Gabriel, that stand in the presence of God; and am sent to speak unto thee, and to shew thee these glad tidings. -- luke 1:19 +. +And, behold, thou shalt be dumb, and not able to speak, until the day that these things shall be performed, because thou believest not my words, which shall be fulfilled in their season. -- luke 1:20 +. +And the people waited for Zacharias, and marvelled that he tarried so long in the temple. -- luke 1:21 +. +And when he came out, he could not speak unto them: and they perceived that he had seen a vision in the temple: for he beckoned unto them, and remained speechless. -- luke 1:22 +. +And it came to pass, that, as soon as the days of his ministration were accomplished, he departed to his own house. -- luke 1:23 +. +And after those days his wife Elisabeth conceived, and hid herself five months, saying, -- luke 1:24 +. +Thus hath the Lord dealt with me in the days wherein he looked on me, to take away my reproach among men. -- luke 1:25 +. +And in the sixth month the angel Gabriel was sent from God unto a city of Galilee, named Nazareth, -- luke 1:26 +. +To a virgin espoused to a man whose name was Joseph, of the house of David; and the virgin's name was Mary. -- luke 1:27 +. +And the angel came in unto her, and said, Hail, thou that art highly favoured, the Lord is with thee: blessed art thou among women. -- luke 1:28 +. +And when she saw him, she was troubled at his saying, and cast in her mind what manner of salutation this should be. -- luke 1:29 +. +And the angel said unto her, Fear not, Mary: for thou hast found favour with God. -- luke 1:30 +. +And, behold, thou shalt conceive in thy womb, and bring forth a son, and shalt call his name JESUS. -- luke 1:31 +. +He shall be great, and shall be called the Son of the Highest: and the Lord God shall give unto him the throne of his father David: -- luke 1:32 +. +And he shall reign over the house of Jacob for ever; and of his kingdom there shall be no end. -- luke 1:33 +. +Then said Mary unto the angel, How shall this be, seeing I know not a man? -- luke 1:34 +. +And the angel answered and said unto her, The Holy Ghost shall come upon thee, and the power of the Highest shall overshadow thee: therefore also that holy thing which shall be born of thee shall be called the Son of God. -- luke 1:35 +. +And, behold, thy cousin Elisabeth, she hath also conceived a son in her old age: and this is the sixth month with her, who was called barren. -- luke 1:36 +. +For with God nothing shall be impossible. -- luke 1:37 +. +And Mary said, Behold the handmaid of the Lord; be it unto me according to thy word. And the angel departed from her. -- luke 1:38 +. +And Mary arose in those days, and went into the hill country with haste, into a city of Juda; -- luke 1:39 +. +And entered into the house of Zacharias, and saluted Elisabeth. -- luke 1:40 +. +And it came to pass, that, when Elisabeth heard the salutation of Mary, the babe leaped in her womb; and Elisabeth was filled with the Holy Ghost: -- luke 1:41 +. +And she spake out with a loud voice, and said, Blessed art thou among women, and blessed is the fruit of thy womb. -- luke 1:42 +. +And whence is this to me, that the mother of my Lord should come to me? -- luke 1:43 +. +For, lo, as soon as the voice of thy salutation sounded in mine ears, the babe leaped in my womb for joy. -- luke 1:44 +. +And blessed is she that believed: for there shall be a performance of those things which were told her from the Lord. -- luke 1:45 +. +And Mary said, My soul doth magnify the Lord, -- luke 1:46 +. +And my spirit hath rejoiced in God my Saviour. -- luke 1:47 +. +For he hath regarded the low estate of his handmaiden: for, behold, from henceforth all generations shall call me blessed. -- luke 1:48 +. +For he that is mighty hath done to me great things; and holy is his name. -- luke 1:49 +. +And his mercy is on them that fear him from generation to generation. -- luke 1:50 +. +He hath shewed strength with his arm; he hath scattered the proud in the imagination of their hearts. -- luke 1:51 +. +He hath put down the mighty from their seats, and exalted them of low degree. -- luke 1:52 +. +He hath filled the hungry with good things; and the rich he hath sent empty away. -- luke 1:53 +. +He hath holpen his servant Israel, in remembrance of his mercy; -- luke 1:54 +. +As he spake to our fathers, to Abraham, and to his seed for ever. -- luke 1:55 +. +And Mary abode with her about three months, and returned to her own house. -- luke 1:56 +. +Now Elisabeth's full time came that she should be delivered; and she brought forth a son. -- luke 1:57 +. +And her neighbours and her cousins heard how the Lord had shewed great mercy upon her; and they rejoiced with her. -- luke 1:58 +. +And it came to pass, that on the eighth day they came to circumcise the child; and they called him Zacharias, after the name of his father. -- luke 1:59 +. +And his mother answered and said, Not so; but he shall be called John. -- luke 1:60 +. +And they said unto her, There is none of thy kindred that is called by this name. -- luke 1:61 +. +And they made signs to his father, how he would have him called. -- luke 1:62 +. +And he asked for a writing table, and wrote, saying, His name is John. And they marvelled all. -- luke 1:63 +. +And his mouth was opened immediately, and his tongue loosed, and he spake, and praised God. -- luke 1:64 +. +And fear came on all that dwelt round about them: and all these sayings were noised abroad throughout all the hill country of Judaea. -- luke 1:65 +. +And all they that heard them laid them up in their hearts, saying, What manner of child shall this be! And the hand of the Lord was with him. -- luke 1:66 +. +And his father Zacharias was filled with the Holy Ghost, and prophesied, saying, -- luke 1:67 +. +Blessed be the Lord God of Israel; for he hath visited and redeemed his people, -- luke 1:68 +. +And hath raised up an horn of salvation for us in the house of his servant David; -- luke 1:69 +. +As he spake by the mouth of his holy prophets, which have been since the world began: -- luke 1:70 +. +That we should be saved from our enemies, and from the hand of all that hate us; -- luke 1:71 +. +To perform the mercy promised to our fathers, and to remember his holy covenant; -- luke 1:72 +. +The oath which he sware to our father Abraham, -- luke 1:73 +. +That he would grant unto us, that we being delivered out of the hand of our enemies might serve him without fear, -- luke 1:74 +. +In holiness and righteousness before him, all the days of our life. -- luke 1:75 +. +And thou, child, shalt be called the prophet of the Highest: for thou shalt go before the face of the Lord to prepare his ways; -- luke 1:76 +. +To give knowledge of salvation unto his people by the remission of their sins, -- luke 1:77 +. +Through the tender mercy of our God; whereby the dayspring from on high hath visited us, -- luke 1:78 +. +To give light to them that sit in darkness and in the shadow of death, to guide our feet into the way of peace. -- luke 1:79 +. +And the child grew, and waxed strong in spirit, and was in the deserts till the day of his shewing unto Israel. -- luke 1:80 +. +And it came to pass in those days, that there went out a decree from Caesar Augustus that all the world should be taxed. -- luke 2:1 +. +(And this taxing was first made when Cyrenius was governor of Syria.) -- luke 2:2 +. +And all went to be taxed, every one into his own city. -- luke 2:3 +. +And Joseph also went up from Galilee, out of the city of Nazareth, into Judaea, unto the city of David, which is called Bethlehem; (because he was of the house and lineage of David:) -- luke 2:4 +. +To be taxed with Mary his espoused wife, being great with child. -- luke 2:5 +. +And so it was, that, while they were there, the days were accomplished that she should be delivered. -- luke 2:6 +. +And she brought forth her firstborn son, and wrapped him in swaddling clothes, and laid him in a manger; because there was no room for them in the inn. -- luke 2:7 +. +And there were in the same country shepherds abiding in the field, keeping watch over their flock by night. -- luke 2:8 +. +And, lo, the angel of the Lord came upon them, and the glory of the Lord shone round about them: and they were sore afraid. -- luke 2:9 +. +And the angel said unto them, Fear not: for, behold, I bring you good tidings of great joy, which shall be to all people. -- luke 2:10 +. +For unto you is born this day in the city of David a Saviour, which is Christ the Lord. -- luke 2:11 +. +And this shall be a sign unto you; Ye shall find the babe wrapped in swaddling clothes, lying in a manger. -- luke 2:12 +. +And suddenly there was with the angel a multitude of the heavenly host praising God, and saying, -- luke 2:13 +. +Glory to God in the highest, and on earth peace, good will toward men. -- luke 2:14 +. +And it came to pass, as the angels were gone away from them into heaven, the shepherds said one to another, Let us now go even unto Bethlehem, and see this thing which is come to pass, which the Lord hath made known unto us. -- luke 2:15 +. +And they came with haste, and found Mary, and Joseph, and the babe lying in a manger. -- luke 2:16 +. +And when they had seen it, they made known abroad the saying which was told them concerning this child. -- luke 2:17 +. +And all they that heard it wondered at those things which were told them by the shepherds. -- luke 2:18 +. +But Mary kept all these things, and pondered them in her heart. -- luke 2:19 +. +And the shepherds returned, glorifying and praising God for all the things that they had heard and seen, as it was told unto them. -- luke 2:20 +. +And when eight days were accomplished for the circumcising of the child, his name was called JESUS, which was so named of the angel before he was conceived in the womb. -- luke 2:21 +. +And when the days of her purification according to the law of Moses were accomplished, they brought him to Jerusalem, to present him to the Lord; -- luke 2:22 +. +(As it is written in the law of the LORD, Every male that openeth the womb shall be called holy to the Lord;) -- luke 2:23 +. +And to offer a sacrifice according to that which is said in the law of the Lord, A pair of turtledoves, or two young pigeons. -- luke 2:24 +. +And, behold, there was a man in Jerusalem, whose name was Simeon; and the same man was just and devout, waiting for the consolation of Israel: and the Holy Ghost was upon him. -- luke 2:25 +. +And it was revealed unto him by the Holy Ghost, that he should not see death, before he had seen the Lord's Christ. -- luke 2:26 +. +And he came by the Spirit into the temple: and when the parents brought in the child Jesus, to do for him after the custom of the law, -- luke 2:27 +. +Then took he him up in his arms, and blessed God, and said, -- luke 2:28 +. +Lord, now lettest thou thy servant depart in peace, according to thy word: -- luke 2:29 +. +For mine eyes have seen thy salvation, -- luke 2:30 +. +Which thou hast prepared before the face of all people; -- luke 2:31 +. +A light to lighten the Gentiles, and the glory of thy people Israel. -- luke 2:32 +. +And Joseph and his mother marvelled at those things which were spoken of him. -- luke 2:33 +. +And Simeon blessed them, and said unto Mary his mother, Behold, this child is set for the fall and rising again of many in Israel; and for a sign which shall be spoken against; -- luke 2:34 +. +(Yea, a sword shall pierce through thy own soul also,) that the thoughts of many hearts may be revealed. -- luke 2:35 +. +And there was one Anna, a prophetess, the daughter of Phanuel, of the tribe of Aser: she was of a great age, and had lived with an husband seven years from her virginity; -- luke 2:36 +. +And she was a widow of about fourscore and four years, which departed not from the temple, but served God with fastings and prayers night and day. -- luke 2:37 +. +And she coming in that instant gave thanks likewise unto the Lord, and spake of him to all them that looked for redemption in Jerusalem. -- luke 2:38 +. +And when they had performed all things according to the law of the Lord, they returned into Galilee, to their own city Nazareth. -- luke 2:39 +. +And the child grew, and waxed strong in spirit, filled with wisdom: and the grace of God was upon him. -- luke 2:40 +. +Now his parents went to Jerusalem every year at the feast of the passover. -- luke 2:41 +. +And when he was twelve years old, they went up to Jerusalem after the custom of the feast. -- luke 2:42 +. +And when they had fulfilled the days, as they returned, the child Jesus tarried behind in Jerusalem; and Joseph and his mother knew not of it. -- luke 2:43 +. +But they, supposing him to have been in the company, went a day's journey; and they sought him among their kinsfolk and acquaintance. -- luke 2:44 +. +And when they found him not, they turned back again to Jerusalem, seeking him. -- luke 2:45 +. +And it came to pass, that after three days they found him in the temple, sitting in the midst of the doctors, both hearing them, and asking them questions. -- luke 2:46 +. +And all that heard him were astonished at his understanding and answers. -- luke 2:47 +. +And when they saw him, they were amazed: and his mother said unto him, Son, why hast thou thus dealt with us? behold, thy father and I have sought thee sorrowing. -- luke 2:48 +. +And he said unto them, How is it that ye sought me? wist ye not that I must be about my Father's business? -- luke 2:49 +. +And they understood not the saying which he spake unto them. -- luke 2:50 +. +And he went down with them, and came to Nazareth, and was subject unto them: but his mother kept all these sayings in her heart. -- luke 2:51 +. +And Jesus increased in wisdom and stature, and in favour with God and man. -- luke 2:52 +. +Now in the fifteenth year of the reign of Tiberius Caesar, Pontius Pilate being governor of Judaea, and Herod being tetrarch of Galilee, and his brother Philip tetrarch of Ituraea and of the region of Trachonitis, and Lysanias the tetrarch of Abilene, -- luke 3:1 +. +Annas and Caiaphas being the high priests, the word of God came unto John the son of Zacharias in the wilderness. -- luke 3:2 +. +And he came into all the country about Jordan, preaching the baptism of repentance for the remission of sins; -- luke 3:3 +. +As it is written in the book of the words of Esaias the prophet, saying, The voice of one crying in the wilderness, Prepare ye the way of the Lord, make his paths straight. -- luke 3:4 +. +Every valley shall be filled, and every mountain and hill shall be brought low; and the crooked shall be made straight, and the rough ways shall be made smooth; -- luke 3:5 +. +And all flesh shall see the salvation of God. -- luke 3:6 +. +Then said he to the multitude that came forth to be baptized of him, O generation of vipers, who hath warned you to flee from the wrath to come? -- luke 3:7 +. +Bring forth therefore fruits worthy of repentance, and begin not to say within yourselves, We have Abraham to our father: for I say unto you, That God is able of these stones to raise up children unto Abraham. -- luke 3:8 +. +And now also the axe is laid unto the root of the trees: every tree therefore which bringeth not forth good fruit is hewn down, and cast into the fire. -- luke 3:9 +. +And the people asked him, saying, What shall we do then? -- luke 3:10 +. +He answereth and saith unto them, He that hath two coats, let him impart to him that hath none; and he that hath meat, let him do likewise. -- luke 3:11 +. +Then came also publicans to be baptized, and said unto him, Master, what shall we do? -- luke 3:12 +. +And he said unto them, Exact no more than that which is appointed you. -- luke 3:13 +. +And the soldiers likewise demanded of him, saying, And what shall we do? And he said unto them, Do violence to no man, neither accuse any falsely; and be content with your wages. -- luke 3:14 +. +And as the people were in expectation, and all men mused in their hearts of John, whether he were the Christ, or not; -- luke 3:15 +. +John answered, saying unto them all, I indeed baptize you with water; but one mightier than I cometh, the latchet of whose shoes I am not worthy to unloose: he shall baptize you with the Holy Ghost and with fire: -- luke 3:16 +. +Whose fan is in his hand, and he will throughly purge his floor, and will gather the wheat into his garner; but the chaff he will burn with fire unquenchable. -- luke 3:17 +. +And many other things in his exhortation preached he unto the people. -- luke 3:18 +. +But Herod the tetrarch, being reproved by him for Herodias his brother Philip's wife, and for all the evils which Herod had done, -- luke 3:19 +. +Added yet this above all, that he shut up John in prison. -- luke 3:20 +. +Now when all the people were baptized, it came to pass, that Jesus also being baptized, and praying, the heaven was opened, -- luke 3:21 +. +And the Holy Ghost descended in a bodily shape like a dove upon him, and a voice came from heaven, which said, Thou art my beloved Son; in thee I am well pleased. -- luke 3:22 +. +And Jesus himself began to be about thirty years of age, being (as was supposed) the son of Joseph, which was the son of Heli, -- luke 3:23 +. +Which was the son of Matthat, which was the son of Levi, which was the son of Melchi, which was the son of Janna, which was the son of Joseph, -- luke 3:24 +. +Which was the son of Mattathias, which was the son of Amos, which was the son of Naum, which was the son of Esli, which was the son of Nagge, -- luke 3:25 +. +Which was the son of Maath, which was the son of Mattathias, which was the son of Semei, which was the son of Joseph, which was the son of Juda, -- luke 3:26 +. +Which was the son of Joanna, which was the son of Rhesa, which was the son of Zorobabel, which was the son of Salathiel, which was the son of Neri, -- luke 3:27 +. +Which was the son of Melchi, which was the son of Addi, which was the son of Cosam, which was the son of Elmodam, which was the son of Er, -- luke 3:28 +. +Which was the son of Jose, which was the son of Eliezer, which was the son of Jorim, which was the son of Matthat, which was the son of Levi, -- luke 3:29 +. +Which was the son of Simeon, which was the son of Juda, which was the son of Joseph, which was the son of Jonan, which was the son of Eliakim, -- luke 3:30 +. +Which was the son of Melea, which was the son of Menan, which was the son of Mattatha, which was the son of Nathan, which was the son of David, -- luke 3:31 +. +Which was the son of Jesse, which was the son of Obed, which was the son of Booz, which was the son of Salmon, which was the son of Naasson, -- luke 3:32 +. +Which was the son of Aminadab, which was the son of Aram, which was the son of Esrom, which was the son of Phares, which was the son of Juda, -- luke 3:33 +. +Which was the son of Jacob, which was the son of Isaac, which was the son of Abraham, which was the son of Thara, which was the son of Nachor, -- luke 3:34 +. +Which was the son of Saruch, which was the son of Ragau, which was the son of Phalec, which was the son of Heber, which was the son of Sala, -- luke 3:35 +. +Which was the son of Cainan, which was the son of Arphaxad, which was the son of Sem, which was the son of Noe, which was the son of Lamech, -- luke 3:36 +. +Which was the son of Mathusala, which was the son of Enoch, which was the son of Jared, which was the son of Maleleel, which was the son of Cainan, -- luke 3:37 +. +Which was the son of Enos, which was the son of Seth, which was the son of Adam, which was the son of God. -- luke 3:38 +. +And Jesus being full of the Holy Ghost returned from Jordan, and was led by the Spirit into the wilderness, -- luke 4:1 +. +Being forty days tempted of the devil. And in those days he did eat nothing: and when they were ended, he afterward hungered. -- luke 4:2 +. +And the devil said unto him, If thou be the Son of God, command this stone that it be made bread. -- luke 4:3 +. +And Jesus answered him, saying, It is written, That man shall not live by bread alone, but by every word of God. -- luke 4:4 +. +And the devil, taking him up into an high mountain, shewed unto him all the kingdoms of the world in a moment of time. -- luke 4:5 +. +And the devil said unto him, All this power will I give thee, and the glory of them: for that is delivered unto me; and to whomsoever I will I give it. -- luke 4:6 +. +If thou therefore wilt worship me, all shall be thine. -- luke 4:7 +. +And Jesus answered and said unto him, Get thee behind me, Satan: for it is written, Thou shalt worship the Lord thy God, and him only shalt thou serve. -- luke 4:8 +. +And he brought him to Jerusalem, and set him on a pinnacle of the temple, and said unto him, If thou be the Son of God, cast thyself down from hence: -- luke 4:9 +. +For it is written, He shall give his angels charge over thee, to keep thee: -- luke 4:10 +. +And in their hands they shall bear thee up, lest at any time thou dash thy foot against a stone. -- luke 4:11 +. +And Jesus answering said unto him, It is said, Thou shalt not tempt the Lord thy God. -- luke 4:12 +. +And when the devil had ended all the temptation, he departed from him for a season. -- luke 4:13 +. +And Jesus returned in the power of the Spirit into Galilee: and there went out a fame of him through all the region round about. -- luke 4:14 +. +And he taught in their synagogues, being glorified of all. -- luke 4:15 +. +And he came to Nazareth, where he had been brought up: and, as his custom was, he went into the synagogue on the sabbath day, and stood up for to read. -- luke 4:16 +. +And there was delivered unto him the book of the prophet Esaias. And when he had opened the book, he found the place where it was written, -- luke 4:17 +. +The Spirit of the Lord is upon me, because he hath anointed me to preach the gospel to the poor; he hath sent me to heal the brokenhearted, to preach deliverance to the captives, and recovering of sight to the blind, to set at liberty them that are bruised, -- luke 4:18 +. +To preach the acceptable year of the Lord. -- luke 4:19 +. +And he closed the book, and he gave it again to the minister, and sat down. And the eyes of all them that were in the synagogue were fastened on him. -- luke 4:20 +. +And he began to say unto them, This day is this scripture fulfilled in your ears. -- luke 4:21 +. +And all bare him witness, and wondered at the gracious words which proceeded out of his mouth. And they said, Is not this Joseph's son? -- luke 4:22 +. +And he said unto them, Ye will surely say unto me this proverb, Physician, heal thyself: whatsoever we have heard done in Capernaum, do also here in thy country. -- luke 4:23 +. +And he said, Verily I say unto you, No prophet is accepted in his own country. -- luke 4:24 +. +But I tell you of a truth, many widows were in Israel in the days of Elias, when the heaven was shut up three years and six months, when great famine was throughout all the land; -- luke 4:25 +. +But unto none of them was Elias sent, save unto Sarepta, a city of Sidon, unto a woman that was a widow. -- luke 4:26 +. +And many lepers were in Israel in the time of Eliseus the prophet; and none of them was cleansed, saving Naaman the Syrian. -- luke 4:27 +. +And all they in the synagogue, when they heard these things, were filled with wrath, -- luke 4:28 +. +And rose up, and thrust him out of the city, and led him unto the brow of the hill whereon their city was built, that they might cast him down headlong. -- luke 4:29 +. +But he passing through the midst of them went his way, -- luke 4:30 +. +And came down to Capernaum, a city of Galilee, and taught them on the sabbath days. -- luke 4:31 +. +And they were astonished at his doctrine: for his word was with power. -- luke 4:32 +. +And in the synagogue there was a man, which had a spirit of an unclean devil, and cried out with a loud voice, -- luke 4:33 +. +Saying, Let us alone; what have we to do with thee, thou Jesus of Nazareth? art thou come to destroy us? I know thee who thou art; the Holy One of God. -- luke 4:34 +. +And Jesus rebuked him, saying, Hold thy peace, and come out of him. And when the devil had thrown him in the midst, he came out of him, and hurt him not. -- luke 4:35 +. +And they were all amazed, and spake among themselves, saying, What a word is this! for with authority and power he commandeth the unclean spirits, and they come out. -- luke 4:36 +. +And the fame of him went out into every place of the country round about. -- luke 4:37 +. +And he arose out of the synagogue, and entered into Simon's house. And Simon's wife's mother was taken with a great fever; and they besought him for her. -- luke 4:38 +. +And he stood over her, and rebuked the fever; and it left her: and immediately she arose and ministered unto them. -- luke 4:39 +. +Now when the sun was setting, all they that had any sick with divers diseases brought them unto him; and he laid his hands on every one of them, and healed them. -- luke 4:40 +. +And devils also came out of many, crying out, and saying, Thou art Christ the Son of God. And he rebuking them suffered them not to speak: for they knew that he was Christ. -- luke 4:41 +. +And when it was day, he departed and went into a desert place: and the people sought him, and came unto him, and stayed him, that he should not depart from them. -- luke 4:42 +. +And he said unto them, I must preach the kingdom of God to other cities also: for therefore am I sent. -- luke 4:43 +. +And he preached in the synagogues of Galilee. -- luke 4:44 +. +And it came to pass, that, as the people pressed upon him to hear the word of God, he stood by the lake of Gennesaret, -- luke 5:1 +. +And saw two ships standing by the lake: but the fishermen were gone out of them, and were washing their nets. -- luke 5:2 +. +And he entered into one of the ships, which was Simon's, and prayed him that he would thrust out a little from the land. And he sat down, and taught the people out of the ship. -- luke 5:3 +. +Now when he had left speaking, he said unto Simon, Launch out into the deep, and let down your nets for a draught. -- luke 5:4 +. +And Simon answering said unto him, Master, we have toiled all the night, and have taken nothing: nevertheless at thy word I will let down the net. -- luke 5:5 +. +And when they had this done, they inclosed a great multitude of fishes: and their net brake. -- luke 5:6 +. +And they beckoned unto their partners, which were in the other ship, that they should come and help them. And they came, and filled both the ships, so that they began to sink. -- luke 5:7 +. +When Simon Peter saw it, he fell down at Jesus' knees, saying, Depart from me; for I am a sinful man, O Lord. -- luke 5:8 +. +For he was astonished, and all that were with him, at the draught of the fishes which they had taken: -- luke 5:9 +. +And so was also James, and John, the sons of Zebedee, which were partners with Simon. And Jesus said unto Simon, Fear not; from henceforth thou shalt catch men. -- luke 5:10 +. +And when they had brought their ships to land, they forsook all, and followed him. -- luke 5:11 +. +And it came to pass, when he was in a certain city, behold a man full of leprosy: who seeing Jesus fell on his face, and besought him, saying, Lord, if thou wilt, thou canst make me clean. -- luke 5:12 +. +And he put forth his hand, and touched him, saying, I will: be thou clean. And immediately the leprosy departed from him. -- luke 5:13 +. +And he charged him to tell no man: but go, and shew thyself to the priest, and offer for thy cleansing, according as Moses commanded, for a testimony unto them. -- luke 5:14 +. +But so much the more went there a fame abroad of him: and great multitudes came together to hear, and to be healed by him of their infirmities. -- luke 5:15 +. +And he withdrew himself into the wilderness, and prayed. -- luke 5:16 +. +And it came to pass on a certain day, as he was teaching, that there were Pharisees and doctors of the law sitting by, which were come out of every town of Galilee, and Judaea, and Jerusalem: and the power of the Lord was present to heal them. -- luke 5:17 +. +And, behold, men brought in a bed a man which was taken with a palsy: and they sought means to bring him in, and to lay him before him. -- luke 5:18 +. +And when they could not find by what way they might bring him in because of the multitude, they went upon the housetop, and let him down through the tiling with his couch into the midst before Jesus. -- luke 5:19 +. +And when he saw their faith, he said unto him, Man, thy sins are forgiven thee. -- luke 5:20 +. +And the scribes and the Pharisees began to reason, saying, Who is this which speaketh blasphemies? Who can forgive sins, but God alone? -- luke 5:21 +. +But when Jesus perceived their thoughts, he answering said unto them, What reason ye in your hearts? -- luke 5:22 +. +Whether is easier, to say, Thy sins be forgiven thee; or to say, Rise up and walk? -- luke 5:23 +. +But that ye may know that the Son of man hath power upon earth to forgive sins, (he said unto the sick of the palsy,) I say unto thee, Arise, and take up thy couch, and go into thine house. -- luke 5:24 +. +And immediately he rose up before them, and took up that whereon he lay, and departed to his own house, glorifying God. -- luke 5:25 +. +And they were all amazed, and they glorified God, and were filled with fear, saying, We have seen strange things to day. -- luke 5:26 +. +And after these things he went forth, and saw a publican, named Levi, sitting at the receipt of custom: and he said unto him, Follow me. -- luke 5:27 +. +And he left all, rose up, and followed him. -- luke 5:28 +. +And Levi made him a great feast in his own house: and there was a great company of publicans and of others that sat down with them. -- luke 5:29 +. +But their scribes and Pharisees murmured against his disciples, saying, Why do ye eat and drink with publicans and sinners? -- luke 5:30 +. +And Jesus answering said unto them, They that are whole need not a physician; but they that are sick. -- luke 5:31 +. +I came not to call the righteous, but sinners to repentance. -- luke 5:32 +. +And they said unto him, Why do the disciples of John fast often, and make prayers, and likewise the disciples of the Pharisees; but thine eat and drink? -- luke 5:33 +. +And he said unto them, Can ye make the children of the bridechamber fast, while the bridegroom is with them? -- luke 5:34 +. +But the days will come, when the bridegroom shall be taken away from them, and then shall they fast in those days. -- luke 5:35 +. +And he spake also a parable unto them; No man putteth a piece of a new garment upon an old; if otherwise, then both the new maketh a rent, and the piece that was taken out of the new agreeth not with the old. -- luke 5:36 +. +And no man putteth new wine into old bottles; else the new wine will burst the bottles, and be spilled, and the bottles shall perish. -- luke 5:37 +. +But new wine must be put into new bottles; and both are preserved. -- luke 5:38 +. +No man also having drunk old wine straightway desireth new: for he saith, The old is better. -- luke 5:39 +. +And it came to pass on the second sabbath after the first, that he went through the corn fields; and his disciples plucked the ears of corn, and did eat, rubbing them in their hands. -- luke 6:1 +. +And certain of the Pharisees said unto them, Why do ye that which is not lawful to do on the sabbath days? -- luke 6:2 +. +And Jesus answering them said, Have ye not read so much as this, what David did, when himself was an hungred, and they which were with him; -- luke 6:3 +. +How he went into the house of God, and did take and eat the shewbread, and gave also to them that were with him; which it is not lawful to eat but for the priests alone? -- luke 6:4 +. +And he said unto them, That the Son of man is Lord also of the sabbath. -- luke 6:5 +. +And it came to pass also on another sabbath, that he entered into the synagogue and taught: and there was a man whose right hand was withered. -- luke 6:6 +. +And the scribes and Pharisees watched him, whether he would heal on the sabbath day; that they might find an accusation against him. -- luke 6:7 +. +But he knew their thoughts, and said to the man which had the withered hand, Rise up, and stand forth in the midst. And he arose and stood forth. -- luke 6:8 +. +Then said Jesus unto them, I will ask you one thing; Is it lawful on the sabbath days to do good, or to do evil? to save life, or to destroy it? -- luke 6:9 +. +And looking round about upon them all, he said unto the man, Stretch forth thy hand. And he did so: and his hand was restored whole as the other. -- luke 6:10 +. +And they were filled with madness; and communed one with another what they might do to Jesus. -- luke 6:11 +. +And it came to pass in those days, that he went out into a mountain to pray, and continued all night in prayer to God. -- luke 6:12 +. +And when it was day, he called unto him his disciples: and of them he chose twelve, whom also he named apostles; -- luke 6:13 +. +Simon, (whom he also named Peter,) and Andrew his brother, James and John, Philip and Bartholomew, -- luke 6:14 +. +Matthew and Thomas, James the son of Alphaeus, and Simon called Zelotes, -- luke 6:15 +. +And Judas the brother of James, and Judas Iscariot, which also was the traitor. -- luke 6:16 +. +And he came down with them, and stood in the plain, and the company of his disciples, and a great multitude of people out of all Judaea and Jerusalem, and from the sea coast of Tyre and Sidon, which came to hear him, and to be healed of their diseases; -- luke 6:17 +. +And they that were vexed with unclean spirits: and they were healed. -- luke 6:18 +. +And the whole multitude sought to touch him: for there went virtue out of him, and healed them all. -- luke 6:19 +. +And he lifted up his eyes on his disciples, and said, Blessed be ye poor: for yours is the kingdom of God. -- luke 6:20 +. +Blessed are ye that hunger now: for ye shall be filled. Blessed are ye that weep now: for ye shall laugh. -- luke 6:21 +. +Blessed are ye, when men shall hate you, and when they shall separate you from their company, and shall reproach you, and cast out your name as evil, for the Son of man's sake. -- luke 6:22 +. +Rejoice ye in that day, and leap for joy: for, behold, your reward is great in heaven: for in the like manner did their fathers unto the prophets. -- luke 6:23 +. +But woe unto you that are rich! for ye have received your consolation. -- luke 6:24 +. +Woe unto you that are full! for ye shall hunger. Woe unto you that laugh now! for ye shall mourn and weep. -- luke 6:25 +. +Woe unto you, when all men shall speak well of you! for so did their fathers to the false prophets. -- luke 6:26 +. +But I say unto you which hear, Love your enemies, do good to them which hate you, -- luke 6:27 +. +Bless them that curse you, and pray for them which despitefully use you. -- luke 6:28 +. +And unto him that smiteth thee on the one cheek offer also the other; and him that taketh away thy cloak forbid not to take thy coat also. -- luke 6:29 +. +Give to every man that asketh of thee; and of him that taketh away thy goods ask them not again. -- luke 6:30 +. +And as ye would that men should do to you, do ye also to them likewise. -- luke 6:31 +. +For if ye love them which love you, what thank have ye? for sinners also love those that love them. -- luke 6:32 +. +And if ye do good to them which do good to you, what thank have ye? for sinners also do even the same. -- luke 6:33 +. +And if ye lend to them of whom ye hope to receive, what thank have ye? for sinners also lend to sinners, to receive as much again. -- luke 6:34 +. +But love ye your enemies, and do good, and lend, hoping for nothing again; and your reward shall be great, and ye shall be the children of the Highest: for he is kind unto the unthankful and to the evil. -- luke 6:35 +. +Be ye therefore merciful, as your Father also is merciful. -- luke 6:36 +. +Judge not, and ye shall not be judged: condemn not, and ye shall not be condemned: forgive, and ye shall be forgiven: -- luke 6:37 +. +Give, and it shall be given unto you; good measure, pressed down, and shaken together, and running over, shall men give into your bosom. For with the same measure that ye mete withal it shall be measured to you again. -- luke 6:38 +. +And he spake a parable unto them, Can the blind lead the blind? shall they not both fall into the ditch? -- luke 6:39 +. +The disciple is not above his master: but every one that is perfect shall be as his master. -- luke 6:40 +. +And why beholdest thou the mote that is in thy brother's eye, but perceivest not the beam that is in thine own eye? -- luke 6:41 +. +Either how canst thou say to thy brother, Brother, let me pull out the mote that is in thine eye, when thou thyself beholdest not the beam that is in thine own eye? Thou hypocrite, cast out first the beam out of thine own eye, and then shalt thou see clearly to pull out the mote that is in thy brother's eye. -- luke 6:42 +. +For a good tree bringeth not forth corrupt fruit; neither doth a corrupt tree bring forth good fruit. -- luke 6:43 +. +For every tree is known by his own fruit. For of thorns men do not gather figs, nor of a bramble bush gather they grapes. -- luke 6:44 +. +A good man out of the good treasure of his heart bringeth forth that which is good; and an evil man out of the evil treasure of his heart bringeth forth that which is evil: for of the abundance of the heart his mouth speaketh. -- luke 6:45 +. +And why call ye me, Lord, Lord, and do not the things which I say? -- luke 6:46 +. +Whosoever cometh to me, and heareth my sayings, and doeth them, I will shew you to whom he is like: -- luke 6:47 +. +He is like a man which built an house, and digged deep, and laid the foundation on a rock: and when the flood arose, the stream beat vehemently upon that house, and could not shake it: for it was founded upon a rock. -- luke 6:48 +. +But he that heareth, and doeth not, is like a man that without a foundation built an house upon the earth; against which the stream did beat vehemently, and immediately it fell; and the ruin of that house was great. -- luke 6:49 +. +Now when he had ended all his sayings in the audience of the people, he entered into Capernaum. -- luke 7:1 +. +And a certain centurion's servant, who was dear unto him, was sick, and ready to die. -- luke 7:2 +. +And when he heard of Jesus, he sent unto him the elders of the Jews, beseeching him that he would come and heal his servant. -- luke 7:3 +. +And when they came to Jesus, they besought him instantly, saying, That he was worthy for whom he should do this: -- luke 7:4 +. +For he loveth our nation, and he hath built us a synagogue. -- luke 7:5 +. +Then Jesus went with them. And when he was now not far from the house, the centurion sent friends to him, saying unto him, Lord, trouble not thyself: for I am not worthy that thou shouldest enter under my roof: -- luke 7:6 +. +Wherefore neither thought I myself worthy to come unto thee: but say in a word, and my servant shall be healed. -- luke 7:7 +. +For I also am a man set under authority, having under me soldiers, and I say unto one, Go, and he goeth; and to another, Come, and he cometh; and to my servant, Do this, and he doeth it. -- luke 7:8 +. +When Jesus heard these things, he marvelled at him, and turned him about, and said unto the people that followed him, I say unto you, I have not found so great faith, no, not in Israel. -- luke 7:9 +. +And they that were sent, returning to the house, found the servant whole that had been sick. -- luke 7:10 +. +And it came to pass the day after, that he went into a city called Nain; and many of his disciples went with him, and much people. -- luke 7:11 +. +Now when he came nigh to the gate of the city, behold, there was a dead man carried out, the only son of his mother, and she was a widow: and much people of the city was with her. -- luke 7:12 +. +And when the Lord saw her, he had compassion on her, and said unto her, Weep not. -- luke 7:13 +. +And he came and touched the bier: and they that bare him stood still. And he said, Young man, I say unto thee, Arise. -- luke 7:14 +. +And he that was dead sat up, and began to speak. And he delivered him to his mother. -- luke 7:15 +. +And there came a fear on all: and they glorified God, saying, That a great prophet is risen up among us; and, That God hath visited his people. -- luke 7:16 +. +And this rumour of him went forth throughout all Judaea, and throughout all the region round about. -- luke 7:17 +. +And the disciples of John shewed him of all these things. -- luke 7:18 +. +And John calling unto him two of his disciples sent them to Jesus, saying, Art thou he that should come? or look we for another? -- luke 7:19 +. +When the men were come unto him, they said, John Baptist hath sent us unto thee, saying, Art thou he that should come? or look we for another? -- luke 7:20 +. +And in that same hour he cured many of their infirmities and plagues, and of evil spirits; and unto many that were blind he gave sight. -- luke 7:21 +. +Then Jesus answering said unto them, Go your way, and tell John what things ye have seen and heard; how that the blind see, the lame walk, the lepers are cleansed, the deaf hear, the dead are raised, to the poor the gospel is preached. -- luke 7:22 +. +And blessed is he, whosoever shall not be offended in me. -- luke 7:23 +. +And when the messengers of John were departed, he began to speak unto the people concerning John, What went ye out into the wilderness for to see? A reed shaken with the wind? -- luke 7:24 +. +But what went ye out for to see? A man clothed in soft raiment? Behold, they which are gorgeously apparelled, and live delicately, are in kings' courts. -- luke 7:25 +. +But what went ye out for to see? A prophet? Yea, I say unto you, and much more than a prophet. -- luke 7:26 +. +This is he, of whom it is written, Behold, I send my messenger before thy face, which shall prepare thy way before thee. -- luke 7:27 +. +For I say unto you, Among those that are born of women there is not a greater prophet than John the Baptist: but he that is least in the kingdom of God is greater than he. -- luke 7:28 +. +And all the people that heard him, and the publicans, justified God, being baptized with the baptism of John. -- luke 7:29 +. +But the Pharisees and lawyers rejected the counsel of God against themselves, being not baptized of him. -- luke 7:30 +. +And the Lord said, Whereunto then shall I liken the men of this generation? and to what are they like? -- luke 7:31 +. +They are like unto children sitting in the marketplace, and calling one to another, and saying, We have piped unto you, and ye have not danced; we have mourned to you, and ye have not wept. -- luke 7:32 +. +For John the Baptist came neither eating bread nor drinking wine; and ye say, He hath a devil. -- luke 7:33 +. +The Son of man is come eating and drinking; and ye say, Behold a gluttonous man, and a winebibber, a friend of publicans and sinners! -- luke 7:34 +. +But wisdom is justified of all her children. -- luke 7:35 +. +And one of the Pharisees desired him that he would eat with him. And he went into the Pharisee's house, and sat down to meat. -- luke 7:36 +. +And, behold, a woman in the city, which was a sinner, when she knew that Jesus sat at meat in the Pharisee's house, brought an alabaster box of ointment, -- luke 7:37 +. +And stood at his feet behind him weeping, and began to wash his feet with tears, and did wipe them with the hairs of her head, and kissed his feet, and anointed them with the ointment. -- luke 7:38 +. +Now when the Pharisee which had bidden him saw it, he spake within himself, saying, This man, if he were a prophet, would have known who and what manner of woman this is that toucheth him: for she is a sinner. -- luke 7:39 +. +And Jesus answering said unto him, Simon, I have somewhat to say unto thee. And he saith, Master, say on. -- luke 7:40 +. +There was a certain creditor which had two debtors: the one owed five hundred pence, and the other fifty. -- luke 7:41 +. +And when they had nothing to pay, he frankly forgave them both. Tell me therefore, which of them will love him most? -- luke 7:42 +. +Simon answered and said, I suppose that he, to whom he forgave most. And he said unto him, Thou hast rightly judged. -- luke 7:43 +. +And he turned to the woman, and said unto Simon, Seest thou this woman? I entered into thine house, thou gavest me no water for my feet: but she hath washed my feet with tears, and wiped them with the hairs of her head. -- luke 7:44 +. +Thou gavest me no kiss: but this woman since the time I came in hath not ceased to kiss my feet. -- luke 7:45 +. +My head with oil thou didst not anoint: but this woman hath anointed my feet with ointment. -- luke 7:46 +. +Wherefore I say unto thee, Her sins, which are many, are forgiven; for she loved much: but to whom little is forgiven, the same loveth little. -- luke 7:47 +. +And he said unto her, Thy sins are forgiven. -- luke 7:48 +. +And they that sat at meat with him began to say within themselves, Who is this that forgiveth sins also? -- luke 7:49 +. +And he said to the woman, Thy faith hath saved thee; go in peace. -- luke 7:50 +. +And it came to pass afterward, that he went throughout every city and village, preaching and shewing the glad tidings of the kingdom of God: and the twelve were with him, -- luke 8:1 +. +And certain women, which had been healed of evil spirits and infirmities, Mary called Magdalene, out of whom went seven devils, -- luke 8:2 +. +And Joanna the wife of Chuza Herod's steward, and Susanna, and many others, which ministered unto him of their substance. -- luke 8:3 +. +And when much people were gathered together, and were come to him out of every city, he spake by a parable: -- luke 8:4 +. +A sower went out to sow his seed: and as he sowed, some fell by the way side; and it was trodden down, and the fowls of the air devoured it. -- luke 8:5 +. +And some fell upon a rock; and as soon as it was sprung up, it withered away, because it lacked moisture. -- luke 8:6 +. +And some fell among thorns; and the thorns sprang up with it, and choked it. -- luke 8:7 +. +And other fell on good ground, and sprang up, and bare fruit an hundredfold. And when he had said these things, he cried, He that hath ears to hear, let him hear. -- luke 8:8 +. +And his disciples asked him, saying, What might this parable be? -- luke 8:9 +. +And he said, Unto you it is given to know the mysteries of the kingdom of God: but to others in parables; that seeing they might not see, and hearing they might not understand. -- luke 8:10 +. +Now the parable is this: The seed is the word of God. -- luke 8:11 +. +Those by the way side are they that hear; then cometh the devil, and taketh away the word out of their hearts, lest they should believe and be saved. -- luke 8:12 +. +They on the rock are they, which, when they hear, receive the word with joy; and these have no root, which for a while believe, and in time of temptation fall away. -- luke 8:13 +. +And that which fell among thorns are they, which, when they have heard, go forth, and are choked with cares and riches and pleasures of this life, and bring no fruit to perfection. -- luke 8:14 +. +But that on the good ground are they, which in an honest and good heart, having heard the word, keep it, and bring forth fruit with patience. -- luke 8:15 +. +No man, when he hath lighted a candle, covereth it with a vessel, or putteth it under a bed; but setteth it on a candlestick, that they which enter in may see the light. -- luke 8:16 +. +For nothing is secret, that shall not be made manifest; neither any thing hid, that shall not be known and come abroad. -- luke 8:17 +. +Take heed therefore how ye hear: for whosoever hath, to him shall be given; and whosoever hath not, from him shall be taken even that which he seemeth to have. -- luke 8:18 +. +Then came to him his mother and his brethren, and could not come at him for the press. -- luke 8:19 +. +And it was told him by certain which said, Thy mother and thy brethren stand without, desiring to see thee. -- luke 8:20 +. +And he answered and said unto them, My mother and my brethren are these which hear the word of God, and do it. -- luke 8:21 +. +Now it came to pass on a certain day, that he went into a ship with his disciples: and he said unto them, Let us go over unto the other side of the lake. And they launched forth. -- luke 8:22 +. +But as they sailed he fell asleep: and there came down a storm of wind on the lake; and they were filled with water, and were in jeopardy. -- luke 8:23 +. +And they came to him, and awoke him, saying, Master, master, we perish. Then he arose, and rebuked the wind and the raging of the water: and they ceased, and there was a calm. -- luke 8:24 +. +And he said unto them, Where is your faith? And they being afraid wondered, saying one to another, What manner of man is this! for he commandeth even the winds and water, and they obey him. -- luke 8:25 +. +And they arrived at the country of the Gadarenes, which is over against Galilee. -- luke 8:26 +. +And when he went forth to land, there met him out of the city a certain man, which had devils long time, and ware no clothes, neither abode in any house, but in the tombs. -- luke 8:27 +. +When he saw Jesus, he cried out, and fell down before him, and with a loud voice said, What have I to do with thee, Jesus, thou Son of God most high? I beseech thee, torment me not. -- luke 8:28 +. +(For he had commanded the unclean spirit to come out of the man. For oftentimes it had caught him: and he was kept bound with chains and in fetters; and he brake the bands, and was driven of the devil into the wilderness.) -- luke 8:29 +. +And Jesus asked him, saying, What is thy name? And he said, Legion: because many devils were entered into him. -- luke 8:30 +. +And they besought him that he would not command them to go out into the deep. -- luke 8:31 +. +And there was there an herd of many swine feeding on the mountain: and they besought him that he would suffer them to enter into them. And he suffered them. -- luke 8:32 +. +Then went the devils out of the man, and entered into the swine: and the herd ran violently down a steep place into the lake, and were choked. -- luke 8:33 +. +When they that fed them saw what was done, they fled, and went and told it in the city and in the country. -- luke 8:34 +. +Then they went out to see what was done; and came to Jesus, and found the man, out of whom the devils were departed, sitting at the feet of Jesus, clothed, and in his right mind: and they were afraid. -- luke 8:35 +. +They also which saw it told them by what means he that was possessed of the devils was healed. -- luke 8:36 +. +Then the whole multitude of the country of the Gadarenes round about besought him to depart from them; for they were taken with great fear: and he went up into the ship, and returned back again. -- luke 8:37 +. +Now the man out of whom the devils were departed besought him that he might be with him: but Jesus sent him away, saying, -- luke 8:38 +. +Return to thine own house, and shew how great things God hath done unto thee. And he went his way, and published throughout the whole city how great things Jesus had done unto him. -- luke 8:39 +. +And it came to pass, that, when Jesus was returned, the people gladly received him: for they were all waiting for him. -- luke 8:40 +. +And, behold, there came a man named Jairus, and he was a ruler of the synagogue: and he fell down at Jesus' feet, and besought him that he would come into his house: -- luke 8:41 +. +For he had one only daughter, about twelve years of age, and she lay a dying. But as he went the people thronged him. -- luke 8:42 +. +And a woman having an issue of blood twelve years, which had spent all her living upon physicians, neither could be healed of any, -- luke 8:43 +. +Came behind him, and touched the border of his garment: and immediately her issue of blood stanched. -- luke 8:44 +. +And Jesus said, Who touched me? When all denied, Peter and they that were with him said, Master, the multitude throng thee and press thee, and sayest thou, Who touched me? -- luke 8:45 +. +And Jesus said, Somebody hath touched me: for I perceive that virtue is gone out of me. -- luke 8:46 +. +And when the woman saw that she was not hid, she came trembling, and falling down before him, she declared unto him before all the people for what cause she had touched him, and how she was healed immediately. -- luke 8:47 +. +And he said unto her, Daughter, be of good comfort: thy faith hath made thee whole; go in peace. -- luke 8:48 +. +While he yet spake, there cometh one from the ruler of the synagogue's house, saying to him, Thy daughter is dead; trouble not the Master. -- luke 8:49 +. +But when Jesus heard it, he answered him, saying, Fear not: believe only, and she shall be made whole. -- luke 8:50 +. +And when he came into the house, he suffered no man to go in, save Peter, and James, and John, and the father and the mother of the maiden. -- luke 8:51 +. +And all wept, and bewailed her: but he said, Weep not; she is not dead, but sleepeth. -- luke 8:52 +. +And they laughed him to scorn, knowing that she was dead. -- luke 8:53 +. +And he put them all out, and took her by the hand, and called, saying, Maid, arise. -- luke 8:54 +. +And her spirit came again, and she arose straightway: and he commanded to give her meat. -- luke 8:55 +. +And her parents were astonished: but he charged them that they should tell no man what was done. -- luke 8:56 +. +Then he called his twelve disciples together, and gave them power and authority over all devils, and to cure diseases. -- luke 9:1 +. +And he sent them to preach the kingdom of God, and to heal the sick. -- luke 9:2 +. +And he said unto them, Take nothing for your journey, neither staves, nor scrip, neither bread, neither money; neither have two coats apiece. -- luke 9:3 +. +And whatsoever house ye enter into, there abide, and thence depart. -- luke 9:4 +. +And whosoever will not receive you, when ye go out of that city, shake off the very dust from your feet for a testimony against them. -- luke 9:5 +. +And they departed, and went through the towns, preaching the gospel, and healing every where. -- luke 9:6 +. +Now Herod the tetrarch heard of all that was done by him: and he was perplexed, because that it was said of some, that John was risen from the dead; -- luke 9:7 +. +And of some, that Elias had appeared; and of others, that one of the old prophets was risen again. -- luke 9:8 +. +And Herod said, John have I beheaded: but who is this, of whom I hear such things? And he desired to see him. -- luke 9:9 +. +And the apostles, when they were returned, told him all that they had done. And he took them, and went aside privately into a desert place belonging to the city called Bethsaida. -- luke 9:10 +. +And the people, when they knew it, followed him: and he received them, and spake unto them of the kingdom of God, and healed them that had need of healing. -- luke 9:11 +. +And when the day began to wear away, then came the twelve, and said unto him, Send the multitude away, that they may go into the towns and country round about, and lodge, and get victuals: for we are here in a desert place. -- luke 9:12 +. +But he said unto them, Give ye them to eat. And they said, We have no more but five loaves and two fishes; except we should go and buy meat for all this people. -- luke 9:13 +. +For they were about five thousand men. And he said to his disciples, Make them sit down by fifties in a company. -- luke 9:14 +. +And they did so, and made them all sit down. -- luke 9:15 +. +Then he took the five loaves and the two fishes, and looking up to heaven, he blessed them, and brake, and gave to the disciples to set before the multitude. -- luke 9:16 +. +And they did eat, and were all filled: and there was taken up of fragments that remained to them twelve baskets. -- luke 9:17 +. +And it came to pass, as he was alone praying, his disciples were with him: and he asked them, saying, Whom say the people that I am? -- luke 9:18 +. +They answering said, John the Baptist; but some say, Elias; and others say, that one of the old prophets is risen again. -- luke 9:19 +. +He said unto them, But whom say ye that I am? Peter answering said, The Christ of God. -- luke 9:20 +. +And he straitly charged them, and commanded them to tell no man that thing; -- luke 9:21 +. +Saying, The Son of man must suffer many things, and be rejected of the elders and chief priests and scribes, and be slain, and be raised the third day. -- luke 9:22 +. +And he said to them all, If any man will come after me, let him deny himself, and take up his cross daily, and follow me. -- luke 9:23 +. +For whosoever will save his life shall lose it: but whosoever will lose his life for my sake, the same shall save it. -- luke 9:24 +. +For what is a man advantaged, if he gain the whole world, and lose himself, or be cast away? -- luke 9:25 +. +For whosoever shall be ashamed of me and of my words, of him shall the Son of man be ashamed, when he shall come in his own glory, and in his Father's, and of the holy angels. -- luke 9:26 +. +But I tell you of a truth, there be some standing here, which shall not taste of death, till they see the kingdom of God. -- luke 9:27 +. +And it came to pass about an eight days after these sayings, he took Peter and John and James, and went up into a mountain to pray. -- luke 9:28 +. +And as he prayed, the fashion of his countenance was altered, and his raiment was white and glistering. -- luke 9:29 +. +And, behold, there talked with him two men, which were Moses and Elias: -- luke 9:30 +. +Who appeared in glory, and spake of his decease which he should accomplish at Jerusalem. -- luke 9:31 +. +But Peter and they that were with him were heavy with sleep: and when they were awake, they saw his glory, and the two men that stood with him. -- luke 9:32 +. +And it came to pass, as they departed from him, Peter said unto Jesus, Master, it is good for us to be here: and let us make three tabernacles; one for thee, and one for Moses, and one for Elias: not knowing what he said. -- luke 9:33 +. +While he thus spake, there came a cloud, and overshadowed them: and they feared as they entered into the cloud. -- luke 9:34 +. +And there came a voice out of the cloud, saying, This is my beloved Son: hear him. -- luke 9:35 +. +And when the voice was past, Jesus was found alone. And they kept it close, and told no man in those days any of those things which they had seen. -- luke 9:36 +. +And it came to pass, that on the next day, when they were come down from the hill, much people met him. -- luke 9:37 +. +And, behold, a man of the company cried out, saying, Master, I beseech thee, look upon my son: for he is mine only child. -- luke 9:38 +. +And, lo, a spirit taketh him, and he suddenly crieth out; and it teareth him that he foameth again, and bruising him hardly departeth from him. -- luke 9:39 +. +And I besought thy disciples to cast him out; and they could not. -- luke 9:40 +. +And Jesus answering said, O faithless and perverse generation, how long shall I be with you, and suffer you? Bring thy son hither. -- luke 9:41 +. +And as he was yet a coming, the devil threw him down, and tare him. And Jesus rebuked the unclean spirit, and healed the child, and delivered him again to his father. -- luke 9:42 +. +And they were all amazed at the mighty power of God. But while they wondered every one at all things which Jesus did, he said unto his disciples, -- luke 9:43 +. +Let these sayings sink down into your ears: for the Son of man shall be delivered into the hands of men. -- luke 9:44 +. +But they understood not this saying, and it was hid from them, that they perceived it not: and they feared to ask him of that saying. -- luke 9:45 +. +Then there arose a reasoning among them, which of them should be greatest. -- luke 9:46 +. +And Jesus, perceiving the thought of their heart, took a child, and set him by him, -- luke 9:47 +. +And said unto them, Whosoever shall receive this child in my name receiveth me: and whosoever shall receive me receiveth him that sent me: for he that is least among you all, the same shall be great. -- luke 9:48 +. +And John answered and said, Master, we saw one casting out devils in thy name; and we forbad him, because he followeth not with us. -- luke 9:49 +. +And Jesus said unto him, Forbid him not: for he that is not against us is for us. -- luke 9:50 +. +And it came to pass, when the time was come that he should be received up, he stedfastly set his face to go to Jerusalem, -- luke 9:51 +. +And sent messengers before his face: and they went, and entered into a village of the Samaritans, to make ready for him. -- luke 9:52 +. +And they did not receive him, because his face was as though he would go to Jerusalem. -- luke 9:53 +. +And when his disciples James and John saw this, they said, Lord, wilt thou that we command fire to come down from heaven, and consume them, even as Elias did? -- luke 9:54 +. +But he turned, and rebuked them, and said, Ye know not what manner of spirit ye are of. -- luke 9:55 +. +For the Son of man is not come to destroy men's lives, but to save them. And they went to another village. -- luke 9:56 +. +And it came to pass, that, as they went in the way, a certain man said unto him, Lord, I will follow thee whithersoever thou goest. -- luke 9:57 +. +And Jesus said unto him, Foxes have holes, and birds of the air have nests; but the Son of man hath not where to lay his head. -- luke 9:58 +. +And he said unto another, Follow me. But he said, Lord, suffer me first to go and bury my father. -- luke 9:59 +. +Jesus said unto him, Let the dead bury their dead: but go thou and preach the kingdom of God. -- luke 9:60 +. +And another also said, Lord, I will follow thee; but let me first go bid them farewell, which are at home at my house. -- luke 9:61 +. +And Jesus said unto him, No man, having put his hand to the plough, and looking back, is fit for the kingdom of God. -- luke 9:62 +. +After these things the LORD appointed other seventy also, and sent them two and two before his face into every city and place, whither he himself would come. -- luke 10:1 +. +Therefore said he unto them, The harvest truly is great, but the labourers are few: pray ye therefore the Lord of the harvest, that he would send forth labourers into his harvest. -- luke 10:2 +. +Go your ways: behold, I send you forth as lambs among wolves. -- luke 10:3 +. +Carry neither purse, nor scrip, nor shoes: and salute no man by the way. -- luke 10:4 +. +And into whatsoever house ye enter, first say, Peace be to this house. -- luke 10:5 +. +And if the son of peace be there, your peace shall rest upon it: if not, it shall turn to you again. -- luke 10:6 +. +And in the same house remain, eating and drinking such things as they give: for the labourer is worthy of his hire. Go not from house to house. -- luke 10:7 +. +And into whatsoever city ye enter, and they receive you, eat such things as are set before you: -- luke 10:8 +. +And heal the sick that are therein, and say unto them, The kingdom of God is come nigh unto you. -- luke 10:9 +. +But into whatsoever city ye enter, and they receive you not, go your ways out into the streets of the same, and say, -- luke 10:10 +. +Even the very dust of your city, which cleaveth on us, we do wipe off against you: notwithstanding be ye sure of this, that the kingdom of God is come nigh unto you. -- luke 10:11 +. +But I say unto you, that it shall be more tolerable in that day for Sodom, than for that city. -- luke 10:12 +. +Woe unto thee, Chorazin! woe unto thee, Bethsaida! for if the mighty works had been done in Tyre and Sidon, which have been done in you, they had a great while ago repented, sitting in sackcloth and ashes. -- luke 10:13 +. +But it shall be more tolerable for Tyre and Sidon at the judgment, than for you. -- luke 10:14 +. +And thou, Capernaum, which art exalted to heaven, shalt be thrust down to hell. -- luke 10:15 +. +He that heareth you heareth me; and he that despiseth you despiseth me; and he that despiseth me despiseth him that sent me. -- luke 10:16 +. +And the seventy returned again with joy, saying, Lord, even the devils are subject unto us through thy name. -- luke 10:17 +. +And he said unto them, I beheld Satan as lightning fall from heaven. -- luke 10:18 +. +Behold, I give unto you power to tread on serpents and scorpions, and over all the power of the enemy: and nothing shall by any means hurt you. -- luke 10:19 +. +Notwithstanding in this rejoice not, that the spirits are subject unto you; but rather rejoice, because your names are written in heaven. -- luke 10:20 +. +In that hour Jesus rejoiced in spirit, and said, I thank thee, O Father, Lord of heaven and earth, that thou hast hid these things from the wise and prudent, and hast revealed them unto babes: even so, Father; for so it seemed good in thy sight. -- luke 10:21 +. +All things are delivered to me of my Father: and no man knoweth who the Son is, but the Father; and who the Father is, but the Son, and he to whom the Son will reveal him. -- luke 10:22 +. +And he turned him unto his disciples, and said privately, Blessed are the eyes which see the things that ye see: -- luke 10:23 +. +For I tell you, that many prophets and kings have desired to see those things which ye see, and have not seen them; and to hear those things which ye hear, and have not heard them. -- luke 10:24 +. +And, behold, a certain lawyer stood up, and tempted him, saying, Master, what shall I do to inherit eternal life? -- luke 10:25 +. +He said unto him, What is written in the law? how readest thou? -- luke 10:26 +. +And he answering said, Thou shalt love the Lord thy God with all thy heart, and with all thy soul, and with all thy strength, and with all thy mind; and thy neighbour as thyself. -- luke 10:27 +. +And he said unto him, Thou hast answered right: this do, and thou shalt live. -- luke 10:28 +. +But he, willing to justify himself, said unto Jesus, And who is my neighbour? -- luke 10:29 +. +And Jesus answering said, A certain man went down from Jerusalem to Jericho, and fell among thieves, which stripped him of his raiment, and wounded him, and departed, leaving him half dead. -- luke 10:30 +. +And by chance there came down a certain priest that way: and when he saw him, he passed by on the other side. -- luke 10:31 +. +And likewise a Levite, when he was at the place, came and looked on him, and passed by on the other side. -- luke 10:32 +. +But a certain Samaritan, as he journeyed, came where he was: and when he saw him, he had compassion on him, -- luke 10:33 +. +And went to him, and bound up his wounds, pouring in oil and wine, and set him on his own beast, and brought him to an inn, and took care of him. -- luke 10:34 +. +And on the morrow when he departed, he took out two pence, and gave them to the host, and said unto him, Take care of him; and whatsoever thou spendest more, when I come again, I will repay thee. -- luke 10:35 +. +Which now of these three, thinkest thou, was neighbour unto him that fell among the thieves? -- luke 10:36 +. +And he said, He that shewed mercy on him. Then said Jesus unto him, Go, and do thou likewise. -- luke 10:37 +. +Now it came to pass, as they went, that he entered into a certain village: and a certain woman named Martha received him into her house. -- luke 10:38 +. +And she had a sister called Mary, which also sat at Jesus' feet, and heard his word. -- luke 10:39 +. +But Martha was cumbered about much serving, and came to him, and said, Lord, dost thou not care that my sister hath left me to serve alone? bid her therefore that she help me. -- luke 10:40 +. +And Jesus answered and said unto her, Martha, Martha, thou art careful and troubled about many things: -- luke 10:41 +. +But one thing is needful: and Mary hath chosen that good part, which shall not be taken away from her. -- luke 10:42 +. +And it came to pass, that, as he was praying in a certain place, when he ceased, one of his disciples said unto him, Lord, teach us to pray, as John also taught his disciples. -- luke 11:1 +. +And he said unto them, When ye pray, say, Our Father which art in heaven, Hallowed be thy name. Thy kingdom come. Thy will be done, as in heaven, so in earth. -- luke 11:2 +. +Give us day by day our daily bread. -- luke 11:3 +. +And forgive us our sins; for we also forgive every one that is indebted to us. And lead us not into temptation; but deliver us from evil. -- luke 11:4 +. +And he said unto them, Which of you shall have a friend, and shall go unto him at midnight, and say unto him, Friend, lend me three loaves; -- luke 11:5 +. +For a friend of mine in his journey is come to me, and I have nothing to set before him? -- luke 11:6 +. +And he from within shall answer and say, Trouble me not: the door is now shut, and my children are with me in bed; I cannot rise and give thee. -- luke 11:7 +. +I say unto you, Though he will not rise and give him, because he is his friend, yet because of his importunity he will rise and give him as many as he needeth. -- luke 11:8 +. +And I say unto you, Ask, and it shall be given you; seek, and ye shall find; knock, and it shall be opened unto you. -- luke 11:9 +. +For every one that asketh receiveth; and he that seeketh findeth; and to him that knocketh it shall be opened. -- luke 11:10 +. +If a son shall ask bread of any of you that is a father, will he give him a stone? or if he ask a fish, will he for a fish give him a serpent? -- luke 11:11 +. +Or if he shall ask an egg, will he offer him a scorpion? -- luke 11:12 +. +If ye then, being evil, know how to give good gifts unto your children: how much more shall your heavenly Father give the Holy Spirit to them that ask him? -- luke 11:13 +. +And he was casting out a devil, and it was dumb. And it came to pass, when the devil was gone out, the dumb spake; and the people wondered. -- luke 11:14 +. +But some of them said, He casteth out devils through Beelzebub the chief of the devils. -- luke 11:15 +. +And others, tempting him, sought of him a sign from heaven. -- luke 11:16 +. +But he, knowing their thoughts, said unto them, Every kingdom divided against itself is brought to desolation; and a house divided against a house falleth. -- luke 11:17 +. +If Satan also be divided against himself, how shall his kingdom stand? because ye say that I cast out devils through Beelzebub. -- luke 11:18 +. +And if I by Beelzebub cast out devils, by whom do your sons cast them out? therefore shall they be your judges. -- luke 11:19 +. +But if I with the finger of God cast out devils, no doubt the kingdom of God is come upon you. -- luke 11:20 +. +When a strong man armed keepeth his palace, his goods are in peace: -- luke 11:21 +. +But when a stronger than he shall come upon him, and overcome him, he taketh from him all his armour wherein he trusted, and divideth his spoils. -- luke 11:22 +. +He that is not with me is against me: and he that gathereth not with me scattereth. -- luke 11:23 +. +When the unclean spirit is gone out of a man, he walketh through dry places, seeking rest; and finding none, he saith, I will return unto my house whence I came out. -- luke 11:24 +. +And when he cometh, he findeth it swept and garnished. -- luke 11:25 +. +Then goeth he, and taketh to him seven other spirits more wicked than himself; and they enter in, and dwell there: and the last state of that man is worse than the first. -- luke 11:26 +. +And it came to pass, as he spake these things, a certain woman of the company lifted up her voice, and said unto him, Blessed is the womb that bare thee, and the paps which thou hast sucked. -- luke 11:27 +. +But he said, Yea rather, blessed are they that hear the word of God, and keep it. -- luke 11:28 +. +And when the people were gathered thick together, he began to say, This is an evil generation: they seek a sign; and there shall no sign be given it, but the sign of Jonas the prophet. -- luke 11:29 +. +For as Jonas was a sign unto the Ninevites, so shall also the Son of man be to this generation. -- luke 11:30 +. +The queen of the south shall rise up in the judgment with the men of this generation, and condemn them: for she came from the utmost parts of the earth to hear the wisdom of Solomon; and, behold, a greater than Solomon is here. -- luke 11:31 +. +The men of Nineve shall rise up in the judgment with this generation, and shall condemn it: for they repented at the preaching of Jonas; and, behold, a greater than Jonas is here. -- luke 11:32 +. +No man, when he hath lighted a candle, putteth it in a secret place, neither under a bushel, but on a candlestick, that they which come in may see the light. -- luke 11:33 +. +The light of the body is the eye: therefore when thine eye is single, thy whole body also is full of light; but when thine eye is evil, thy body also is full of darkness. -- luke 11:34 +. +Take heed therefore that the light which is in thee be not darkness. -- luke 11:35 +. +If thy whole body therefore be full of light, having no part dark, the whole shall be full of light, as when the bright shining of a candle doth give thee light. -- luke 11:36 +. +And as he spake, a certain Pharisee besought him to dine with him: and he went in, and sat down to meat. -- luke 11:37 +. +And when the Pharisee saw it, he marvelled that he had not first washed before dinner. -- luke 11:38 +. +And the Lord said unto him, Now do ye Pharisees make clean the outside of the cup and the platter; but your inward part is full of ravening and wickedness. -- luke 11:39 +. +Ye fools, did not he that made that which is without make that which is within also? -- luke 11:40 +. +But rather give alms of such things as ye have; and, behold, all things are clean unto you. -- luke 11:41 +. +But woe unto you, Pharisees! for ye tithe mint and rue and all manner of herbs, and pass over judgment and the love of God: these ought ye to have done, and not to leave the other undone. -- luke 11:42 +. +Woe unto you, Pharisees! for ye love the uppermost seats in the synagogues, and greetings in the markets. -- luke 11:43 +. +Woe unto you, scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites! for ye are as graves which appear not, and the men that walk over them are not aware of them. -- luke 11:44 +. +Then answered one of the lawyers, and said unto him, Master, thus saying thou reproachest us also. -- luke 11:45 +. +And he said, Woe unto you also, ye lawyers! for ye lade men with burdens grievous to be borne, and ye yourselves touch not the burdens with one of your fingers. -- luke 11:46 +. +Woe unto you! for ye build the sepulchres of the prophets, and your fathers killed them. -- luke 11:47 +. +Truly ye bear witness that ye allow the deeds of your fathers: for they indeed killed them, and ye build their sepulchres. -- luke 11:48 +. +Therefore also said the wisdom of God, I will send them prophets and apostles, and some of them they shall slay and persecute: -- luke 11:49 +. +That the blood of all the prophets, which was shed from the foundation of the world, may be required of this generation; -- luke 11:50 +. +From the blood of Abel unto the blood of Zacharias which perished between the altar and the temple: verily I say unto you, It shall be required of this generation. -- luke 11:51 +. +Woe unto you, lawyers! for ye have taken away the key of knowledge: ye entered not in yourselves, and them that were entering in ye hindered. -- luke 11:52 +. +And as he said these things unto them, the scribes and the Pharisees began to urge him vehemently, and to provoke him to speak of many things: -- luke 11:53 +. +Laying wait for him, and seeking to catch something out of his mouth, that they might accuse him. -- luke 11:54 +. +In the mean time, when there were gathered together an innumerable multitude of people, insomuch that they trode one upon another, he began to say unto his disciples first of all, Beware ye of the leaven of the Pharisees, which is hypocrisy. -- luke 12:1 +. +For there is nothing covered, that shall not be revealed; neither hid, that shall not be known. -- luke 12:2 +. +Therefore whatsoever ye have spoken in darkness shall be heard in the light; and that which ye have spoken in the ear in closets shall be proclaimed upon the housetops. -- luke 12:3 +. +And I say unto you my friends, Be not afraid of them that kill the body, and after that have no more that they can do. -- luke 12:4 +. +But I will forewarn you whom ye shall fear: Fear him, which after he hath killed hath power to cast into hell; yea, I say unto you, Fear him. -- luke 12:5 +. +Are not five sparrows sold for two farthings, and not one of them is forgotten before God? -- luke 12:6 +. +But even the very hairs of your head are all numbered. Fear not therefore: ye are of more value than many sparrows. -- luke 12:7 +. +Also I say unto you, Whosoever shall confess me before men, him shall the Son of man also confess before the angels of God: -- luke 12:8 +. +But he that denieth me before men shall be denied before the angels of God. -- luke 12:9 +. +And whosoever shall speak a word against the Son of man, it shall be forgiven him: but unto him that blasphemeth against the Holy Ghost it shall not be forgiven. -- luke 12:10 +. +And when they bring you unto the synagogues, and unto magistrates, and powers, take ye no thought how or what thing ye shall answer, or what ye shall say: -- luke 12:11 +. +For the Holy Ghost shall teach you in the same hour what ye ought to say. -- luke 12:12 +. +And one of the company said unto him, Master, speak to my brother, that he divide the inheritance with me. -- luke 12:13 +. +And he said unto him, Man, who made me a judge or a divider over you? -- luke 12:14 +. +And he said unto them, Take heed, and beware of covetousness: for a man's life consisteth not in the abundance of the things which he possesseth. -- luke 12:15 +. +And he spake a parable unto them, saying, The ground of a certain rich man brought forth plentifully: -- luke 12:16 +. +And he thought within himself, saying, What shall I do, because I have no room where to bestow my fruits? -- luke 12:17 +. +And he said, This will I do: I will pull down my barns, and build greater; and there will I bestow all my fruits and my goods. -- luke 12:18 +. +And I will say to my soul, Soul, thou hast much goods laid up for many years; take thine ease, eat, drink, and be merry. -- luke 12:19 +. +But God said unto him, Thou fool, this night thy soul shall be required of thee: then whose shall those things be, which thou hast provided? -- luke 12:20 +. +So is he that layeth up treasure for himself, and is not rich toward God. -- luke 12:21 +. +And he said unto his disciples, Therefore I say unto you, Take no thought for your life, what ye shall eat; neither for the body, what ye shall put on. -- luke 12:22 +. +The life is more than meat, and the body is more than raiment. -- luke 12:23 +. +Consider the ravens: for they neither sow nor reap; which neither have storehouse nor barn; and God feedeth them: how much more are ye better than the fowls? -- luke 12:24 +. +And which of you with taking thought can add to his stature one cubit? -- luke 12:25 +. +If ye then be not able to do that thing which is least, why take ye thought for the rest? -- luke 12:26 +. +Consider the lilies how they grow: they toil not, they spin not; and yet I say unto you, that Solomon in all his glory was not arrayed like one of these. -- luke 12:27 +. +If then God so clothe the grass, which is to day in the field, and to morrow is cast into the oven; how much more will he clothe you, O ye of little faith? -- luke 12:28 +. +And seek not ye what ye shall eat, or what ye shall drink, neither be ye of doubtful mind. -- luke 12:29 +. +For all these things do the nations of the world seek after: and your Father knoweth that ye have need of these things. -- luke 12:30 +. +But rather seek ye the kingdom of God; and all these things shall be added unto you. -- luke 12:31 +. +Fear not, little flock; for it is your Father's good pleasure to give you the kingdom. -- luke 12:32 +. +Sell that ye have, and give alms; provide yourselves bags which wax not old, a treasure in the heavens that faileth not, where no thief approacheth, neither moth corrupteth. -- luke 12:33 +. +For where your treasure is, there will your heart be also. -- luke 12:34 +. +Let your loins be girded about, and your lights burning; -- luke 12:35 +. +And ye yourselves like unto men that wait for their lord, when he will return from the wedding; that when he cometh and knocketh, they may open unto him immediately. -- luke 12:36 +. +Blessed are those servants, whom the lord when he cometh shall find watching: verily I say unto you, that he shall gird himself, and make them to sit down to meat, and will come forth and serve them. -- luke 12:37 +. +And if he shall come in the second watch, or come in the third watch, and find them so, blessed are those servants. -- luke 12:38 +. +And this know, that if the goodman of the house had known what hour the thief would come, he would have watched, and not have suffered his house to be broken through. -- luke 12:39 +. +Be ye therefore ready also: for the Son of man cometh at an hour when ye think not. -- luke 12:40 +. +Then Peter said unto him, Lord, speakest thou this parable unto us, or even to all? -- luke 12:41 +. +And the Lord said, Who then is that faithful and wise steward, whom his lord shall make ruler over his household, to give them their portion of meat in due season? -- luke 12:42 +. +Blessed is that servant, whom his lord when he cometh shall find so doing. -- luke 12:43 +. +Of a truth I say unto you, that he will make him ruler over all that he hath. -- luke 12:44 +. +But and if that servant say in his heart, My lord delayeth his coming; and shall begin to beat the menservants and maidens, and to eat and drink, and to be drunken; -- luke 12:45 +. +The lord of that servant will come in a day when he looketh not for him, and at an hour when he is not aware, and will cut him in sunder, and will appoint him his portion with the unbelievers. -- luke 12:46 +. +And that servant, which knew his lord's will, and prepared not himself, neither did according to his will, shall be beaten with many stripes. -- luke 12:47 +. +But he that knew not, and did commit things worthy of stripes, shall be beaten with few stripes. For unto whomsoever much is given, of him shall be much required: and to whom men have committed much, of him they will ask the more. -- luke 12:48 +. +I am come to send fire on the earth; and what will I, if it be already kindled? -- luke 12:49 +. +But I have a baptism to be baptized with; and how am I straitened till it be accomplished! -- luke 12:50 +. +Suppose ye that I am come to give peace on earth? I tell you, Nay; but rather division: -- luke 12:51 +. +For from henceforth there shall be five in one house divided, three against two, and two against three. -- luke 12:52 +. +The father shall be divided against the son, and the son against the father; the mother against the daughter, and the daughter against the mother; the mother in law against her daughter in law, and the daughter in law against her mother in law. -- luke 12:53 +. +And he said also to the people, When ye see a cloud rise out of the west, straightway ye say, There cometh a shower; and so it is. -- luke 12:54 +. +And when ye see the south wind blow, ye say, There will be heat; and it cometh to pass. -- luke 12:55 +. +Ye hypocrites, ye can discern the face of the sky and of the earth; but how is it that ye do not discern this time? -- luke 12:56 +. +Yea, and why even of yourselves judge ye not what is right? -- luke 12:57 +. +When thou goest with thine adversary to the magistrate, as thou art in the way, give diligence that thou mayest be delivered from him; lest he hale thee to the judge, and the judge deliver thee to the officer, and the officer cast thee into prison. -- luke 12:58 +. +I tell thee, thou shalt not depart thence, till thou hast paid the very last mite. -- luke 12:59 +. +There were present at that season some that told him of the Galilaeans, whose blood Pilate had mingled with their sacrifices. -- luke 13:1 +. +And Jesus answering said unto them, Suppose ye that these Galilaeans were sinners above all the Galilaeans, because they suffered such things? -- luke 13:2 +. +I tell you, Nay: but, except ye repent, ye shall all likewise perish. -- luke 13:3 +. +Or those eighteen, upon whom the tower in Siloam fell, and slew them, think ye that they were sinners above all men that dwelt in Jerusalem? -- luke 13:4 +. +I tell you, Nay: but, except ye repent, ye shall all likewise perish. -- luke 13:5 +. +He spake also this parable; A certain man had a fig tree planted in his vineyard; and he came and sought fruit thereon, and found none. -- luke 13:6 +. +Then said he unto the dresser of his vineyard, Behold, these three years I come seeking fruit on this fig tree, and find none: cut it down; why cumbereth it the ground? -- luke 13:7 +. +And he answering said unto him, Lord, let it alone this year also, till I shall dig about it, and dung it: -- luke 13:8 +. +And if it bear fruit, well: and if not, then after that thou shalt cut it down. -- luke 13:9 +. +And he was teaching in one of the synagogues on the sabbath. -- luke 13:10 +. +And, behold, there was a woman which had a spirit of infirmity eighteen years, and was bowed together, and could in no wise lift up herself. -- luke 13:11 +. +And when Jesus saw her, he called her to him, and said unto her, Woman, thou art loosed from thine infirmity. -- luke 13:12 +. +And he laid his hands on her: and immediately she was made straight, and glorified God. -- luke 13:13 +. +And the ruler of the synagogue answered with indignation, because that Jesus had healed on the sabbath day, and said unto the people, There are six days in which men ought to work: in them therefore come and be healed, and not on the sabbath day. -- luke 13:14 +. +The Lord then answered him, and said, Thou hypocrite, doth not each one of you on the sabbath loose his ox or his ass from the stall, and lead him away to watering? -- luke 13:15 +. +And ought not this woman, being a daughter of Abraham, whom Satan hath bound, lo, these eighteen years, be loosed from this bond on the sabbath day? -- luke 13:16 +. +And when he had said these things, all his adversaries were ashamed: and all the people rejoiced for all the glorious things that were done by him. -- luke 13:17 +. +Then said he, Unto what is the kingdom of God like? and whereunto shall I resemble it? -- luke 13:18 +. +It is like a grain of mustard seed, which a man took, and cast into his garden; and it grew, and waxed a great tree; and the fowls of the air lodged in the branches of it. -- luke 13:19 +. +And again he said, Whereunto shall I liken the kingdom of God? -- luke 13:20 +. +It is like leaven, which a woman took and hid in three measures of meal, till the whole was leavened. -- luke 13:21 +. +And he went through the cities and villages, teaching, and journeying toward Jerusalem. -- luke 13:22 +. +Then said one unto him, Lord, are there few that be saved? And he said unto them, -- luke 13:23 +. +Strive to enter in at the strait gate: for many, I say unto you, will seek to enter in, and shall not be able. -- luke 13:24 +. +When once the master of the house is risen up, and hath shut to the door, and ye begin to stand without, and to knock at the door, saying, Lord, Lord, open unto us; and he shall answer and say unto you, I know you not whence ye are: -- luke 13:25 +. +Then shall ye begin to say, We have eaten and drunk in thy presence, and thou hast taught in our streets. -- luke 13:26 +. +But he shall say, I tell you, I know you not whence ye are; depart from me, all ye workers of iniquity. -- luke 13:27 +. +There shall be weeping and gnashing of teeth, when ye shall see Abraham, and Isaac, and Jacob, and all the prophets, in the kingdom of God, and you yourselves thrust out. -- luke 13:28 +. +And they shall come from the east, and from the west, and from the north, and from the south, and shall sit down in the kingdom of God. -- luke 13:29 +. +And, behold, there are last which shall be first, and there are first which shall be last. -- luke 13:30 +. +The same day there came certain of the Pharisees, saying unto him, Get thee out, and depart hence: for Herod will kill thee. -- luke 13:31 +. +And he said unto them, Go ye, and tell that fox, Behold, I cast out devils, and I do cures to day and to morrow, and the third day I shall be perfected. -- luke 13:32 +. +Nevertheless I must walk to day, and to morrow, and the day following: for it cannot be that a prophet perish out of Jerusalem. -- luke 13:33 +. +O Jerusalem, Jerusalem, which killest the prophets, and stonest them that are sent unto thee; how often would I have gathered thy children together, as a hen doth gather her brood under her wings, and ye would not! -- luke 13:34 +. +Behold, your house is left unto you desolate: and verily I say unto you, Ye shall not see me, until the time come when ye shall say, Blessed is he that cometh in the name of the Lord. -- luke 13:35 +. +And it came to pass, as he went into the house of one of the chief Pharisees to eat bread on the sabbath day, that they watched him. -- luke 14:1 +. +And, behold, there was a certain man before him which had the dropsy. -- luke 14:2 +. +And Jesus answering spake unto the lawyers and Pharisees, saying, Is it lawful to heal on the sabbath day? -- luke 14:3 +. +And they held their peace. And he took him, and healed him, and let him go; -- luke 14:4 +. +And answered them, saying, Which of you shall have an ass or an ox fallen into a pit, and will not straightway pull him out on the sabbath day? -- luke 14:5 +. +And they could not answer him again to these things. -- luke 14:6 +. +And he put forth a parable to those which were bidden, when he marked how they chose out the chief rooms; saying unto them. -- luke 14:7 +. +When thou art bidden of any man to a wedding, sit not down in the highest room; lest a more honourable man than thou be bidden of him; -- luke 14:8 +. +And he that bade thee and him come and say to thee, Give this man place; and thou begin with shame to take the lowest room. -- luke 14:9 +. +But when thou art bidden, go and sit down in the lowest room; that when he that bade thee cometh, he may say unto thee, Friend, go up higher: then shalt thou have worship in the presence of them that sit at meat with thee. -- luke 14:10 +. +For whosoever exalteth himself shall be abased; and he that humbleth himself shall be exalted. -- luke 14:11 +. +Then said he also to him that bade him, When thou makest a dinner or a supper, call not thy friends, nor thy brethren, neither thy kinsmen, nor thy rich neighbours; lest they also bid thee again, and a recompence be made thee. -- luke 14:12 +. +But when thou makest a feast, call the poor, the maimed, the lame, the blind: -- luke 14:13 +. +And thou shalt be blessed; for they cannot recompense thee: for thou shalt be recompensed at the resurrection of the just. -- luke 14:14 +. +And when one of them that sat at meat with him heard these things, he said unto him, Blessed is he that shall eat bread in the kingdom of God. -- luke 14:15 +. +Then said he unto him, A certain man made a great supper, and bade many: -- luke 14:16 +. +And sent his servant at supper time to say to them that were bidden, Come; for all things are now ready. -- luke 14:17 +. +And they all with one consent began to make excuse. The first said unto him, I have bought a piece of ground, and I must needs go and see it: I pray thee have me excused. -- luke 14:18 +. +And another said, I have bought five yoke of oxen, and I go to prove them: I pray thee have me excused. -- luke 14:19 +. +And another said, I have married a wife, and therefore I cannot come. -- luke 14:20 +. +So that servant came, and shewed his lord these things. Then the master of the house being angry said to his servant, Go out quickly into the streets and lanes of the city, and bring in hither the poor, and the maimed, and the halt, and the blind. -- luke 14:21 +. +And the servant said, Lord, it is done as thou hast commanded, and yet there is room. -- luke 14:22 +. +And the lord said unto the servant, Go out into the highways and hedges, and compel them to come in, that my house may be filled. -- luke 14:23 +. +For I say unto you, That none of those men which were bidden shall taste of my supper. -- luke 14:24 +. +And there went great multitudes with him: and he turned, and said unto them, -- luke 14:25 +. +If any man come to me, and hate not his father, and mother, and wife, and children, and brethren, and sisters, yea, and his own life also, he cannot be my disciple. -- luke 14:26 +. +And whosoever doth not bear his cross, and come after me, cannot be my disciple. -- luke 14:27 +. +For which of you, intending to build a tower, sitteth not down first, and counteth the cost, whether he have sufficient to finish it? -- luke 14:28 +. +Lest haply, after he hath laid the foundation, and is not able to finish it, all that behold it begin to mock him, -- luke 14:29 +. +Saying, This man began to build, and was not able to finish. -- luke 14:30 +. +Or what king, going to make war against another king, sitteth not down first, and consulteth whether he be able with ten thousand to meet him that cometh against him with twenty thousand? -- luke 14:31 +. +Or else, while the other is yet a great way off, he sendeth an ambassage, and desireth conditions of peace. -- luke 14:32 +. +So likewise, whosoever he be of you that forsaketh not all that he hath, he cannot be my disciple. -- luke 14:33 +. +Salt is good: but if the salt have lost his savour, wherewith shall it be seasoned? -- luke 14:34 +. +It is neither fit for the land, nor yet for the dunghill; but men cast it out. He that hath ears to hear, let him hear. -- luke 14:35 +. +Then drew near unto him all the publicans and sinners for to hear him. -- luke 15:1 +. +And the Pharisees and scribes murmured, saying, This man receiveth sinners, and eateth with them. -- luke 15:2 +. +And he spake this parable unto them, saying, -- luke 15:3 +. +What man of you, having an hundred sheep, if he lose one of them, doth not leave the ninety and nine in the wilderness, and go after that which is lost, until he find it? -- luke 15:4 +. +And when he hath found it, he layeth it on his shoulders, rejoicing. -- luke 15:5 +. +And when he cometh home, he calleth together his friends and neighbours, saying unto them, Rejoice with me; for I have found my sheep which was lost. -- luke 15:6 +. +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. -- luke 15:7 +. +Either what woman having ten pieces of silver, if she lose one piece, doth not light a candle, and sweep the house, and seek diligently till she find it? -- luke 15:8 +. +And when she hath found it, she calleth her friends and her neighbours together, saying, Rejoice with me; for I have found the piece which I had lost. -- luke 15:9 +. +Likewise, I say unto you, there is joy in the presence of the angels of God over one sinner that repenteth. -- luke 15:10 +. +And he said, A certain man had two sons: -- luke 15:11 +. +And the younger of them said to his father, Father, give me the portion of goods that falleth to me. And he divided unto them his living. -- luke 15:12 +. +And not many days after the younger son gathered all together, and took his journey into a far country, and there wasted his substance with riotous living. -- luke 15:13 +. +And when he had spent all, there arose a mighty famine in that land; and he began to be in want. -- luke 15:14 +. +And he went and joined himself to a citizen of that country; and he sent him into his fields to feed swine. -- luke 15:15 +. +And he would fain have filled his belly with the husks that the swine did eat: and no man gave unto him. -- luke 15:16 +. +And when he came to himself, he said, How many hired servants of my father's have bread enough and to spare, and I perish with hunger! -- luke 15:17 +. +I will arise and go to my father, and will say unto him, Father, I have sinned against heaven, and before thee, -- luke 15:18 +. +And am no more worthy to be called thy son: make me as one of thy hired servants. -- luke 15:19 +. +And he arose, and came to his father. But when he was yet a great way off, his father saw him, and had compassion, and ran, and fell on his neck, and kissed him. -- luke 15:20 +. +And the son said unto him, Father, I have sinned against heaven, and in thy sight, and am no more worthy to be called thy son. -- luke 15:21 +. +But the father said to his servants, Bring forth the best robe, and put it on him; and put a ring on his hand, and shoes on his feet: -- luke 15:22 +. +And bring hither the fatted calf, and kill it; and let us eat, and be merry: -- luke 15:23 +. +For this my son was dead, and is alive again; he was lost, and is found. And they began to be merry. -- luke 15:24 +. +Now his elder son was in the field: and as he came and drew nigh to the house, he heard musick and dancing. -- luke 15:25 +. +And he called one of the servants, and asked what these things meant. -- luke 15:26 +. +And he said unto him, Thy brother is come; and thy father hath killed the fatted calf, because he hath received him safe and sound. -- luke 15:27 +. +And he was angry, and would not go in: therefore came his father out, and intreated him. -- luke 15:28 +. +And he answering said to his father, Lo, these many years do I serve thee, neither transgressed I at any time thy commandment: and yet thou never gavest me a kid, that I might make merry with my friends: -- luke 15:29 +. +But as soon as this thy son was come, which hath devoured thy living with harlots, thou hast killed for him the fatted calf. -- luke 15:30 +. +And he said unto him, Son, thou art ever with me, and all that I have is thine. -- luke 15:31 +. +It was meet that we should make merry, and be glad: for this thy brother was dead, and is alive again; and was lost, and is found. -- luke 15:32 +. +And he said also unto his disciples, There was a certain rich man, which had a steward; and the same was accused unto him that he had wasted his goods. -- luke 16:1 +. +And he called him, and said unto him, How is it that I hear this of thee? give an account of thy stewardship; for thou mayest be no longer steward. -- luke 16:2 +. +Then the steward said within himself, What shall I do? for my lord taketh away from me the stewardship: I cannot dig; to beg I am ashamed. -- luke 16:3 +. +I am resolved what to do, that, when I am put out of the stewardship, they may receive me into their houses. -- luke 16:4 +. +So he called every one of his lord's debtors unto him, and said unto the first, How much owest thou unto my lord? -- luke 16:5 +. +And he said, An hundred measures of oil. And he said unto him, Take thy bill, and sit down quickly, and write fifty. -- luke 16:6 +. +Then said he to another, And how much owest thou? And he said, An hundred measures of wheat. And he said unto him, Take thy bill, and write fourscore. -- luke 16:7 +. +And the lord commended the unjust steward, because he had done wisely: for the children of this world are in their generation wiser than the children of light. -- luke 16:8 +. +And I say unto you, Make to yourselves friends of the mammon of unrighteousness; that, when ye fail, they may receive you into everlasting habitations. -- luke 16:9 +. +He that is faithful in that which is least is faithful also in much: and he that is unjust in the least is unjust also in much. -- luke 16:10 +. +If therefore ye have not been faithful in the unrighteous mammon, who will commit to your trust the true riches? -- luke 16:11 +. +And if ye have not been faithful in that which is another man's, who shall give you that which is your own? -- luke 16:12 +. +No servant can serve two masters: for either he will hate the one, and love the other; or else he will hold to the one, and despise the other. Ye cannot serve God and mammon. -- luke 16:13 +. +And the Pharisees also, who were covetous, heard all these things: and they derided him. -- luke 16:14 +. +And he said unto them, Ye are they which justify yourselves before men; but God knoweth your hearts: for that which is highly esteemed among men is abomination in the sight of God. -- luke 16:15 +. +The law and the prophets were until John: since that time the kingdom of God is preached, and every man presseth into it. -- luke 16:16 +. +And it is easier for heaven and earth to pass, than one tittle of the law to fail. -- luke 16:17 +. +Whosoever putteth away his wife, and marrieth another, committeth adultery: and whosoever marrieth her that is put away from her husband committeth adultery. -- luke 16:18 +. +There was a certain rich man, which was clothed in purple and fine linen, and fared sumptuously every day: -- luke 16:19 +. +And there was a certain beggar named Lazarus, which was laid at his gate, full of sores, -- luke 16:20 +. +And desiring to be fed with the crumbs which fell from the rich man's table: moreover the dogs came and licked his sores. -- luke 16:21 +. +And it came to pass, that the beggar died, and was carried by the angels into Abraham's bosom: the rich man also died, and was buried; -- luke 16:22 +. +And in hell he lift up his eyes, being in torments, and seeth Abraham afar off, and Lazarus in his bosom. -- luke 16:23 +. +And he cried and said, Father Abraham, have mercy on me, and send Lazarus, that he may dip the tip of his finger in water, and cool my tongue; for I am tormented in this flame. -- luke 16:24 +. +But Abraham said, Son, remember that thou in thy lifetime receivedst thy good things, and likewise Lazarus evil things: but now he is comforted, and thou art tormented. -- luke 16:25 +. +And beside all this, between us and you there is a great gulf fixed: so that they which would pass from hence to you cannot; neither can they pass to us, that would come from thence. -- luke 16:26 +. +Then he said, I pray thee therefore, father, that thou wouldest send him to my father's house: -- luke 16:27 +. +For I have five brethren; that he may testify unto them, lest they also come into this place of torment. -- luke 16:28 +. +Abraham saith unto him, They have Moses and the prophets; let them hear them. -- luke 16:29 +. +And he said, Nay, father Abraham: but if one went unto them from the dead, they will repent. -- luke 16:30 +. +And he said unto him, If they hear not Moses and the prophets, neither will they be persuaded, though one rose from the dead. -- luke 16:31 +. +Then said he unto the disciples, It is impossible but that offences will come: but woe unto him, through whom they come! -- luke 17:1 +. +It were better for him that a millstone were hanged about his neck, and he cast into the sea, than that he should offend one of these little ones. -- luke 17:2 +. +Take heed to yourselves: If thy brother trespass against thee, rebuke him; and if he repent, forgive him. -- luke 17:3 +. +And if he trespass against thee seven times in a day, and seven times in a day turn again to thee, saying, I repent; thou shalt forgive him. -- luke 17:4 +. +And the apostles said unto the Lord, Increase our faith. -- luke 17:5 +. +And the Lord said, If ye had faith as a grain of mustard seed, ye might say unto this sycamine tree, Be thou plucked up by the root, and be thou planted in the sea; and it should obey you. -- luke 17:6 +. +But which of you, having a servant plowing or feeding cattle, will say unto him by and by, when he is come from the field, Go and sit down to meat? -- luke 17:7 +. +And will not rather say unto him, Make ready wherewith I may sup, and gird thyself, and serve me, till I have eaten and drunken; and afterward thou shalt eat and drink? -- luke 17:8 +. +Doth he thank that servant because he did the things that were commanded him? I trow not. -- luke 17:9 +. +So likewise ye, when ye shall have done all those things which are commanded you, say, We are unprofitable servants: we have done that which was our duty to do. -- luke 17:10 +. +And it came to pass, as he went to Jerusalem, that he passed through the midst of Samaria and Galilee. -- luke 17:11 +. +And as he entered into a certain village, there met him ten men that were lepers, which stood afar off: -- luke 17:12 +. +And they lifted up their voices, and said, Jesus, Master, have mercy on us. -- luke 17:13 +. +And when he saw them, he said unto them, Go shew yourselves unto the priests. And it came to pass, that, as they went, they were cleansed. -- luke 17:14 +. +And one of them, when he saw that he was healed, turned back, and with a loud voice glorified God, -- luke 17:15 +. +And fell down on his face at his feet, giving him thanks: and he was a Samaritan. -- luke 17:16 +. +And Jesus answering said, Were there not ten cleansed? but where are the nine? -- luke 17:17 +. +There are not found that returned to give glory to God, save this stranger. -- luke 17:18 +. +And he said unto him, Arise, go thy way: thy faith hath made thee whole. -- luke 17:19 +. +And when he was demanded of the Pharisees, when the kingdom of God should come, he answered them and said, The kingdom of God cometh not with observation: -- luke 17:20 +. +Neither shall they say, Lo here! or, lo there! for, behold, the kingdom of God is within you. -- luke 17:21 +. +And he said unto the disciples, The days will come, when ye shall desire to see one of the days of the Son of man, and ye shall not see it. -- luke 17:22 +. +And they shall say to you, See here; or, see there: go not after them, nor follow them. -- luke 17:23 +. +For as the lightning, that lighteneth out of the one part under heaven, shineth unto the other part under heaven; so shall also the Son of man be in his day. -- luke 17:24 +. +But first must he suffer many things, and be rejected of this generation. -- luke 17:25 +. +And as it was in the days of Noe, so shall it be also in the days of the Son of man. -- luke 17:26 +. +They did eat, they drank, they married wives, they were given in marriage, until the day that Noe entered into the ark, and the flood came, and destroyed them all. -- luke 17:27 +. +Likewise also as it was in the days of Lot; they did eat, they drank, they bought, they sold, they planted, they builded; -- luke 17:28 +. +But the same day that Lot went out of Sodom it rained fire and brimstone from heaven, and destroyed them all. -- luke 17:29 +. +Even thus shall it be in the day when the Son of man is revealed. -- luke 17:30 +. +In that day, he which shall be upon the housetop, and his stuff in the house, let him not come down to take it away: and he that is in the field, let him likewise not return back. -- luke 17:31 +. +Remember Lot's wife. -- luke 17:32 +. +Whosoever shall seek to save his life shall lose it; and whosoever shall lose his life shall preserve it. -- luke 17:33 +. +I tell you, in that night there shall be two men in one bed; the one shall be taken, and the other shall be left. -- luke 17:34 +. +Two women shall be grinding together; the one shall be taken, and the other left. -- luke 17:35 +. +Two men shall be in the field; the one shall be taken, and the other left. -- luke 17:36 +. +And they answered and said unto him, Where, Lord? And he said unto them, Wheresoever the body is, thither will the eagles be gathered together. -- luke 17:37 +. +And he spake a parable unto them to this end, that men ought always to pray, and not to faint; -- luke 18:1 +. +Saying, There was in a city a judge, which feared not God, neither regarded man: -- luke 18:2 +. +And there was a widow in that city; and she came unto him, saying, Avenge me of mine adversary. -- luke 18:3 +. +And he would not for a while: but afterward he said within himself, Though I fear not God, nor regard man; -- luke 18:4 +. +Yet because this widow troubleth me, I will avenge her, lest by her continual coming she weary me. -- luke 18:5 +. +And the Lord said, Hear what the unjust judge saith. -- luke 18:6 +. +And shall not God avenge his own elect, which cry day and night unto him, though he bear long with them? -- luke 18:7 +. +I tell you that he will avenge them speedily. Nevertheless when the Son of man cometh, shall he find faith on the earth? -- luke 18:8 +. +And he spake this parable unto certain which trusted in themselves that they were righteous, and despised others: -- luke 18:9 +. +Two men went up into the temple to pray; the one a Pharisee, and the other a publican. -- luke 18:10 +. +The Pharisee stood and prayed thus with himself, God, I thank thee, that I am not as other men are, extortioners, unjust, adulterers, or even as this publican. -- luke 18:11 +. +I fast twice in the week, I give tithes of all that I possess. -- luke 18:12 +. +And the publican, standing afar off, would not lift up so much as his eyes unto heaven, but smote upon his breast, saying, God be merciful to me a sinner. -- luke 18:13 +. +I tell you, this man went down to his house justified rather than the other: for every one that exalteth himself shall be abased; and he that humbleth himself shall be exalted. -- luke 18:14 +. +And they brought unto him also infants, that he would touch them: but when his disciples saw it, they rebuked them. -- luke 18:15 +. +But Jesus called them unto him, and said, Suffer little children to come unto me, and forbid them not: for of such is the kingdom of God. -- luke 18:16 +. +Verily I say unto you, Whosoever shall not receive the kingdom of God as a little child shall in no wise enter therein. -- luke 18:17 +. +And a certain ruler asked him, saying, Good Master, what shall I do to inherit eternal life? -- luke 18:18 +. +And Jesus said unto him, Why callest thou me good? none is good, save one, that is, God. -- luke 18:19 +. +Thou knowest the commandments, Do not commit adultery, Do not kill, Do not steal, Do not bear false witness, Honour thy father and thy mother. -- luke 18:20 +. +And he said, All these have I kept from my youth up. -- luke 18:21 +. +Now when Jesus heard these things, he said unto him, Yet lackest thou one thing: sell all that thou hast, and distribute unto the poor, and thou shalt have treasure in heaven: and come, follow me. -- luke 18:22 +. +And when he heard this, he was very sorrowful: for he was very rich. -- luke 18:23 +. +And when Jesus saw that he was very sorrowful, he said, How hardly shall they that have riches enter into the kingdom of God! -- luke 18:24 +. +For it is easier for a camel to go through a needle's eye, than for a rich man to enter into the kingdom of God. -- luke 18:25 +. +And they that heard it said, Who then can be saved? -- luke 18:26 +. +And he said, The things which are impossible with men are possible with God. -- luke 18:27 +. +Then Peter said, Lo, we have left all, and followed thee. -- luke 18:28 +. +And he said unto them, Verily I say unto you, There is no man that hath left house, or parents, or brethren, or wife, or children, for the kingdom of God's sake, -- luke 18:29 +. +Who shall not receive manifold more in this present time, and in the world to come life everlasting. -- luke 18:30 +. +Then he took unto him the twelve, and said unto them, Behold, we go up to Jerusalem, and all things that are written by the prophets concerning the Son of man shall be accomplished. -- luke 18:31 +. +For he shall be delivered unto the Gentiles, and shall be mocked, and spitefully entreated, and spitted on: -- luke 18:32 +. +And they shall scourge him, and put him to death: and the third day he shall rise again. -- luke 18:33 +. +And they understood none of these things: and this saying was hid from them, neither knew they the things which were spoken. -- luke 18:34 +. +And it came to pass, that as he was come nigh unto Jericho, a certain blind man sat by the way side begging: -- luke 18:35 +. +And hearing the multitude pass by, he asked what it meant. -- luke 18:36 +. +And they told him, that Jesus of Nazareth passeth by. -- luke 18:37 +. +And he cried, saying, Jesus, thou son of David, have mercy on me. -- luke 18:38 +. +And they which went before rebuked him, that he should hold his peace: but he cried so much the more, Thou son of David, have mercy on me. -- luke 18:39 +. +And Jesus stood, and commanded him to be brought unto him: and when he was come near, he asked him, -- luke 18:40 +. +Saying, What wilt thou that I shall do unto thee? And he said, Lord, that I may receive my sight. -- luke 18:41 +. +And Jesus said unto him, Receive thy sight: thy faith hath saved thee. -- luke 18:42 +. +And immediately he received his sight, and followed him, glorifying God: and all the people, when they saw it, gave praise unto God. -- luke 18:43 +. +And Jesus entered and passed through Jericho. -- luke 19:1 +. +And, behold, there was a man named Zacchaeus, which was the chief among the publicans, and he was rich. -- luke 19:2 +. +And he sought to see Jesus who he was; and could not for the press, because he was little of stature. -- luke 19:3 +. +And he ran before, and climbed up into a sycomore tree to see him: for he was to pass that way. -- luke 19:4 +. +And when Jesus came to the place, he looked up, and saw him, and said unto him, Zacchaeus, make haste, and come down; for to day I must abide at thy house. -- luke 19:5 +. +And he made haste, and came down, and received him joyfully. -- luke 19:6 +. +And when they saw it, they all murmured, saying, That he was gone to be guest with a man that is a sinner. -- luke 19:7 +. +And Zacchaeus stood, and said unto the Lord: Behold, Lord, the half of my goods I give to the poor; and if I have taken any thing from any man by false accusation, I restore him fourfold. -- luke 19:8 +. +And Jesus said unto him, This day is salvation come to this house, forsomuch as he also is a son of Abraham. -- luke 19:9 +. +For the Son of man is come to seek and to save that which was lost. -- luke 19:10 +. +And as they heard these things, he added and spake a parable, because he was nigh to Jerusalem, and because they thought that the kingdom of God should immediately appear. -- luke 19:11 +. +He said therefore, A certain nobleman went into a far country to receive for himself a kingdom, and to return. -- luke 19:12 +. +And he called his ten servants, and delivered them ten pounds, and said unto them, Occupy till I come. -- luke 19:13 +. +But his citizens hated him, and sent a message after him, saying, We will not have this man to reign over us. -- luke 19:14 +. +And it came to pass, that when he was returned, having received the kingdom, then he commanded these servants to be called unto him, to whom he had given the money, that he might know how much every man had gained by trading. -- luke 19:15 +. +Then came the first, saying, Lord, thy pound hath gained ten pounds. -- luke 19:16 +. +And he said unto him, Well, thou good servant: because thou hast been faithful in a very little, have thou authority over ten cities. -- luke 19:17 +. +And the second came, saying, Lord, thy pound hath gained five pounds. -- luke 19:18 +. +And he said likewise to him, Be thou also over five cities. -- luke 19:19 +. +And another came, saying, Lord, behold, here is thy pound, which I have kept laid up in a napkin: -- luke 19:20 +. +For I feared thee, because thou art an austere man: thou takest up that thou layedst not down, and reapest that thou didst not sow. -- luke 19:21 +. +And he saith unto him, Out of thine own mouth will I judge thee, thou wicked servant. Thou knewest that I was an austere man, taking up that I laid not down, and reaping that I did not sow: -- luke 19:22 +. +Wherefore then gavest not thou my money into the bank, that at my coming I might have required mine own with usury? -- luke 19:23 +. +And he said unto them that stood by, Take from him the pound, and give it to him that hath ten pounds. -- luke 19:24 +. +(And they said unto him, Lord, he hath ten pounds.) -- luke 19:25 +. +For I say unto you, That unto every one which hath shall be given; and from him that hath not, even that he hath shall be taken away from him. -- luke 19:26 +. +But those mine enemies, which would not that I should reign over them, bring hither, and slay them before me. -- luke 19:27 +. +And when he had thus spoken, he went before, ascending up to Jerusalem. -- luke 19:28 +. +And it came to pass, when he was come nigh to Bethphage and Bethany, at the mount called the mount of Olives, he sent two of his disciples, -- luke 19:29 +. +Saying, Go ye into the village over against you; in the which at your entering ye shall find a colt tied, whereon yet never man sat: loose him, and bring him hither. -- luke 19:30 +. +And if any man ask you, Why do ye loose him? thus shall ye say unto him, Because the Lord hath need of him. -- luke 19:31 +. +And they that were sent went their way, and found even as he had said unto them. -- luke 19:32 +. +And as they were loosing the colt, the owners thereof said unto them, Why loose ye the colt? -- luke 19:33 +. +And they said, The Lord hath need of him. -- luke 19:34 +. +And they brought him to Jesus: and they cast their garments upon the colt, and they set Jesus thereon. -- luke 19:35 +. +And as he went, they spread their clothes in the way. -- luke 19:36 +. +And when he was come nigh, even now at the descent of the mount of Olives, the whole multitude of the disciples began to rejoice and praise God with a loud voice for all the mighty works that they had seen; -- luke 19:37 +. +Saying, Blessed be the King that cometh in the name of the Lord: peace in heaven, and glory in the highest. -- luke 19:38 +. +And some of the Pharisees from among the multitude said unto him, Master, rebuke thy disciples. -- luke 19:39 +. +And he answered and said unto them, I tell you that, if these should hold their peace, the stones would immediately cry out. -- luke 19:40 +. +And when he was come near, he beheld the city, and wept over it, -- luke 19:41 +. +Saying, If thou hadst known, even thou, at least in this thy day, the things which belong unto thy peace! but now they are hid from thine eyes. -- luke 19:42 +. +For the days shall come upon thee, that thine enemies shall cast a trench about thee, and compass thee round, and keep thee in on every side, -- luke 19:43 +. +And shall lay thee even with the ground, and thy children within thee; and they shall not leave in thee one stone upon another; because thou knewest not the time of thy visitation. -- luke 19:44 +. +And he went into the temple, and began to cast out them that sold therein, and them that bought; -- luke 19:45 +. +Saying unto them, It is written, My house is the house of prayer: but ye have made it a den of thieves. -- luke 19:46 +. +And he taught daily in the temple. But the chief priests and the scribes and the chief of the people sought to destroy him, -- luke 19:47 +. +And could not find what they might do: for all the people were very attentive to hear him. -- luke 19:48 +. +And it came to pass, that on one of those days, as he taught the people in the temple, and preached the gospel, the chief priests and the scribes came upon him with the elders, -- luke 20:1 +. +And spake unto him, saying, Tell us, by what authority doest thou these things? or who is he that gave thee this authority? -- luke 20:2 +. +And he answered and said unto them, I will also ask you one thing; and answer me: -- luke 20:3 +. +The baptism of John, was it from heaven, or of men? -- luke 20:4 +. +And they reasoned with themselves, saying, If we shall say, From heaven; he will say, Why then believed ye him not? -- luke 20:5 +. +But and if we say, Of men; all the people will stone us: for they be persuaded that John was a prophet. -- luke 20:6 +. +And they answered, that they could not tell whence it was. -- luke 20:7 +. +And Jesus said unto them, Neither tell I you by what authority I do these things. -- luke 20:8 +. +Then began he to speak to the people this parable; A certain man planted a vineyard, and let it forth to husbandmen, and went into a far country for a long time. -- luke 20:9 +. +And at the season he sent a servant to the husbandmen, that they should give him of the fruit of the vineyard: but the husbandmen beat him, and sent him away empty. -- luke 20:10 +. +And again he sent another servant: and they beat him also, and entreated him shamefully, and sent him away empty. -- luke 20:11 +. +And again he sent a third: and they wounded him also, and cast him out. -- luke 20:12 +. +Then said the lord of the vineyard, What shall I do? I will send my beloved son: it may be they will reverence him when they see him. -- luke 20:13 +. +But when the husbandmen saw him, they reasoned among themselves, saying, This is the heir: come, let us kill him, that the inheritance may be ours. -- luke 20:14 +. +So they cast him out of the vineyard, and killed him. What therefore shall the lord of the vineyard do unto them? -- luke 20:15 +. +He shall come and destroy these husbandmen, and shall give the vineyard to others. And when they heard it, they said, God forbid. -- luke 20:16 +. +And he beheld them, and said, What is this then that is written, The stone which the builders rejected, the same is become the head of the corner? -- luke 20:17 +. +Whosoever shall fall upon that stone shall be broken; but on whomsoever it shall fall, it will grind him to powder. -- luke 20:18 +. +And the chief priests and the scribes the same hour sought to lay hands on him; and they feared the people: for they perceived that he had spoken this parable against them. -- luke 20:19 +. +And they watched him, and sent forth spies, which should feign themselves just men, that they might take hold of his words, that so they might deliver him unto the power and authority of the governor. -- luke 20:20 +. +And they asked him, saying, Master, we know that thou sayest and teachest rightly, neither acceptest thou the person of any, but teachest the way of God truly: -- luke 20:21 +. +Is it lawful for us to give tribute unto Caesar, or no? -- luke 20:22 +. +But he perceived their craftiness, and said unto them, Why tempt ye me? -- luke 20:23 +. +Shew me a penny. Whose image and superscription hath it? They answered and said, Caesar's. -- luke 20:24 +. +And he said unto them, Render therefore unto Caesar the things which be Caesar's, and unto God the things which be God's. -- luke 20:25 +. +And they could not take hold of his words before the people: and they marvelled at his answer, and held their peace. -- luke 20:26 +. +Then came to him certain of the Sadducees, which deny that there is any resurrection; and they asked him, -- luke 20:27 +. +Saying, Master, Moses wrote unto us, If any man's brother die, having a wife, and he die without children, that his brother should take his wife, and raise up seed unto his brother. -- luke 20:28 +. +There were therefore seven brethren: and the first took a wife, and died without children. -- luke 20:29 +. +And the second took her to wife, and he died childless. -- luke 20:30 +. +And the third took her; and in like manner the seven also: and they left no children, and died. -- luke 20:31 +. +Last of all the woman died also. -- luke 20:32 +. +Therefore in the resurrection whose wife of them is she? for seven had her to wife. -- luke 20:33 +. +And Jesus answering said unto them, The children of this world marry, and are given in marriage: -- luke 20:34 +. +But they which shall be accounted worthy to obtain that world, and the resurrection from the dead, neither marry, nor are given in marriage: -- luke 20:35 +. +Neither can they die any more: for they are equal unto the angels; and are the children of God, being the children of the resurrection. -- luke 20:36 +. +Now that the dead are raised, even Moses shewed at the bush, when he calleth the Lord the God of Abraham, and the God of Isaac, and the God of Jacob. -- luke 20:37 +. +For he is not a God of the dead, but of the living: for all live unto him. -- luke 20:38 +. +Then certain of the scribes answering said, Master, thou hast well said. -- luke 20:39 +. +And after that they durst not ask him any question at all. -- luke 20:40 +. +And he said unto them, How say they that Christ is David's son? -- luke 20:41 +. +And David himself saith in the book of Psalms, The LORD said unto my Lord, Sit thou on my right hand, -- luke 20:42 +. +Till I make thine enemies thy footstool. -- luke 20:43 +. +David therefore calleth him Lord, how is he then his son? -- luke 20:44 +. +Then in the audience of all the people he said unto his disciples, -- luke 20:45 +. +Beware of the scribes, which desire to walk in long robes, and love greetings in the markets, and the highest seats in the synagogues, and the chief rooms at feasts; -- luke 20:46 +. +Which devour widows' houses, and for a shew make long prayers: the same shall receive greater damnation. -- luke 20:47 +. +And he looked up, and saw the rich men casting their gifts into the treasury. -- luke 21:1 +. +And he saw also a certain poor widow casting in thither two mites. -- luke 21:2 +. +And he said, Of a truth I say unto you, that this poor widow hath cast in more than they all: -- luke 21:3 +. +For all these have of their abundance cast in unto the offerings of God: but she of her penury hath cast in all the living that she had. -- luke 21:4 +. +And as some spake of the temple, how it was adorned with goodly stones and gifts, he said, -- luke 21:5 +. +As for these things which ye behold, the days will come, in the which there shall not be left one stone upon another, that shall not be thrown down. -- luke 21:6 +. +And they asked him, saying, Master, but when shall these things be? and what sign will there be when these things shall come to pass? -- luke 21:7 +. +And he said, Take heed that ye be not deceived: for many shall come in my name, saying, I am Christ; and the time draweth near: go ye not therefore after them. -- luke 21:8 +. +But when ye shall hear of wars and commotions, be not terrified: for these things must first come to pass; but the end is not by and by. -- luke 21:9 +. +Then said he unto them, Nation shall rise against nation, and kingdom against kingdom: -- luke 21:10 +. +And great earthquakes shall be in divers places, and famines, and pestilences; and fearful sights and great signs shall there be from heaven. -- luke 21:11 +. +But before all these, they shall lay their hands on you, and persecute you, delivering you up to the synagogues, and into prisons, being brought before kings and rulers for my name's sake. -- luke 21:12 +. +And it shall turn to you for a testimony. -- luke 21:13 +. +Settle it therefore in your hearts, not to meditate before what ye shall answer: -- luke 21:14 +. +For I will give you a mouth and wisdom, which all your adversaries shall not be able to gainsay nor resist. -- luke 21:15 +. +And ye shall be betrayed both by parents, and brethren, and kinsfolks, and friends; and some of you shall they cause to be put to death. -- luke 21:16 +. +And ye shall be hated of all men for my name's sake. -- luke 21:17 +. +But there shall not an hair of your head perish. -- luke 21:18 +. +In your patience possess ye your souls. -- luke 21:19 +. +And when ye shall see Jerusalem compassed with armies, then know that the desolation thereof is nigh. -- luke 21:20 +. +Then let them which are in Judaea flee to the mountains; and let them which are in the midst of it depart out; and let not them that are in the countries enter thereinto. -- luke 21:21 +. +For these be the days of vengeance, that all things which are written may be fulfilled. -- luke 21:22 +. +But woe unto them that are with child, and to them that give suck, in those days! for there shall be great distress in the land, and wrath upon this people. -- luke 21:23 +. +And they shall fall by the edge of the sword, and shall be led away captive into all nations: and Jerusalem shall be trodden down of the Gentiles, until the times of the Gentiles be fulfilled. -- luke 21:24 +. +And there shall be signs in the sun, and in the moon, and in the stars; and upon the earth distress of nations, with perplexity; the sea and the waves roaring; -- luke 21:25 +. +Men's hearts failing them for fear, and for looking after those things which are coming on the earth: for the powers of heaven shall be shaken. -- luke 21:26 +. +And then shall they see the Son of man coming in a cloud with power and great glory. -- luke 21:27 +. +And when these things begin to come to pass, then look up, and lift up your heads; for your redemption draweth nigh. -- luke 21:28 +. +And he spake to them a parable; Behold the fig tree, and all the trees; -- luke 21:29 +. +When they now shoot forth, ye see and know of your own selves that summer is now nigh at hand. -- luke 21:30 +. +So likewise ye, when ye see these things come to pass, know ye that the kingdom of God is nigh at hand. -- luke 21:31 +. +Verily I say unto you, This generation shall not pass away, till all be fulfilled. -- luke 21:32 +. +Heaven and earth shall pass away: but my words shall not pass away. -- luke 21:33 +. +And take heed to yourselves, lest at any time your hearts be overcharged with surfeiting, and drunkenness, and cares of this life, and so that day come upon you unawares. -- luke 21:34 +. +For as a snare shall it come on all them that dwell on the face of the whole earth. -- luke 21:35 +. +Watch ye therefore, and pray always, that ye may be accounted worthy to escape all these things that shall come to pass, and to stand before the Son of man. -- luke 21:36 +. +And in the day time he was teaching in the temple; and at night he went out, and abode in the mount that is called the mount of Olives. -- luke 21:37 +. +And all the people came early in the morning to him in the temple, for to hear him. -- luke 21:38 +. +Now the feast of unleavened bread drew nigh, which is called the Passover. -- luke 22:1 +. +And the chief priests and scribes sought how they might kill him; for they feared the people. -- luke 22:2 +. +Then entered Satan into Judas surnamed Iscariot, being of the number of the twelve. -- luke 22:3 +. +And he went his way, and communed with the chief priests and captains, how he might betray him unto them. -- luke 22:4 +. +And they were glad, and covenanted to give him money. -- luke 22:5 +. +And he promised, and sought opportunity to betray him unto them in the absence of the multitude. -- luke 22:6 +. +Then came the day of unleavened bread, when the passover must be killed. -- luke 22:7 +. +And he sent Peter and John, saying, Go and prepare us the passover, that we may eat. -- luke 22:8 +. +And they said unto him, Where wilt thou that we prepare? -- luke 22:9 +. +And he said unto them, Behold, when ye are entered into the city, there shall a man meet you, bearing a pitcher of water; follow him into the house where he entereth in. -- luke 22:10 +. +And ye shall say unto the goodman of the house, The Master saith unto thee, Where is the guestchamber, where I shall eat the passover with my disciples? -- luke 22:11 +. +And he shall shew you a large upper room furnished: there make ready. -- luke 22:12 +. +And they went, and found as he had said unto them: and they made ready the passover. -- luke 22:13 +. +And when the hour was come, he sat down, and the twelve apostles with him. -- luke 22:14 +. +And he said unto them, With desire I have desired to eat this passover with you before I suffer: -- luke 22:15 +. +For I say unto you, I will not any more eat thereof, until it be fulfilled in the kingdom of God. -- luke 22:16 +. +And he took the cup, and gave thanks, and said, Take this, and divide it among yourselves: -- luke 22:17 +. +For I say unto you, I will not drink of the fruit of the vine, until the kingdom of God shall come. -- luke 22:18 +. +And he took bread, and gave thanks, and brake it, and gave unto them, saying, This is my body which is given for you: this do in remembrance of me. -- luke 22:19 +. +Likewise also the cup after supper, saying, This cup is the new testament in my blood, which is shed for you. -- luke 22:20 +. +But, behold, the hand of him that betrayeth me is with me on the table. -- luke 22:21 +. +And truly the Son of man goeth, as it was determined: but woe unto that man by whom he is betrayed! -- luke 22:22 +. +And they began to enquire among themselves, which of them it was that should do this thing. -- luke 22:23 +. +And there was also a strife among them, which of them should be accounted the greatest. -- luke 22:24 +. +And he said unto them, The kings of the Gentiles exercise lordship over them; and they that exercise authority upon them are called benefactors. -- luke 22:25 +. +But ye shall not be so: but he that is greatest among you, let him be as the younger; and he that is chief, as he that doth serve. -- luke 22:26 +. +For whether is greater, he that sitteth at meat, or he that serveth? is not he that sitteth at meat? but I am among you as he that serveth. -- luke 22:27 +. +Ye are they which have continued with me in my temptations. -- luke 22:28 +. +And I appoint unto you a kingdom, as my Father hath appointed unto me; -- luke 22:29 +. +That ye may eat and drink at my table in my kingdom, and sit on thrones judging the twelve tribes of Israel. -- luke 22:30 +. +And the Lord said, Simon, Simon, behold, Satan hath desired to have you, that he may sift you as wheat: -- luke 22:31 +. +But I have prayed for thee, that thy faith fail not: and when thou art converted, strengthen thy brethren. -- luke 22:32 +. +And he said unto him, Lord, I am ready to go with thee, both into prison, and to death. -- luke 22:33 +. +And he said, I tell thee, Peter, the cock shall not crow this day, before that thou shalt thrice deny that thou knowest me. -- luke 22:34 +. +And he said unto them, When I sent you without purse, and scrip, and shoes, lacked ye any thing? And they said, Nothing. -- luke 22:35 +. +Then said he unto them, But now, he that hath a purse, let him take it, and likewise his scrip: and he that hath no sword, let him sell his garment, and buy one. -- luke 22:36 +. +For I say unto you, that this that is written must yet be accomplished in me, And he was reckoned among the transgressors: for the things concerning me have an end. -- luke 22:37 +. +And they said, Lord, behold, here are two swords. And he said unto them, It is enough. -- luke 22:38 +. +And he came out, and went, as he was wont, to the mount of Olives; and his disciples also followed him. -- luke 22:39 +. +And when he was at the place, he said unto them, Pray that ye enter not into temptation. -- luke 22:40 +. +And he was withdrawn from them about a stone's cast, and kneeled down, and prayed, -- luke 22:41 +. +Saying, Father, if thou be willing, remove this cup from me: nevertheless not my will, but thine, be done. -- luke 22:42 +. +And there appeared an angel unto him from heaven, strengthening him. -- luke 22:43 +. +And being in an agony he prayed more earnestly: and his sweat was as it were great drops of blood falling down to the ground. -- luke 22:44 +. +And when he rose up from prayer, and was come to his disciples, he found them sleeping for sorrow, -- luke 22:45 +. +And said unto them, Why sleep ye? rise and pray, lest ye enter into temptation. -- luke 22:46 +. +And while he yet spake, behold a multitude, and he that was called Judas, one of the twelve, went before them, and drew near unto Jesus to kiss him. -- luke 22:47 +. +But Jesus said unto him, Judas, betrayest thou the Son of man with a kiss? -- luke 22:48 +. +When they which were about him saw what would follow, they said unto him, Lord, shall we smite with the sword? -- luke 22:49 +. +And one of them smote the servant of the high priest, and cut off his right ear. -- luke 22:50 +. +And Jesus answered and said, Suffer ye thus far. And he touched his ear, and healed him. -- luke 22:51 +. +Then Jesus said unto the chief priests, and captains of the temple, and the elders, which were come to him, Be ye come out, as against a thief, with swords and staves? -- luke 22:52 +. +When I was daily with you in the temple, ye stretched forth no hands against me: but this is your hour, and the power of darkness. -- luke 22:53 +. +Then took they him, and led him, and brought him into the high priest's house. And Peter followed afar off. -- luke 22:54 +. +And when they had kindled a fire in the midst of the hall, and were set down together, Peter sat down among them. -- luke 22:55 +. +But a certain maid beheld him as he sat by the fire, and earnestly looked upon him, and said, This man was also with him. -- luke 22:56 +. +And he denied him, saying, Woman, I know him not. -- luke 22:57 +. +And after a little while another saw him, and said, Thou art also of them. And Peter said, Man, I am not. -- luke 22:58 +. +And about the space of one hour after another confidently affirmed, saying, Of a truth this fellow also was with him: for he is a Galilaean. -- luke 22:59 +. +And Peter said, Man, I know not what thou sayest. And immediately, while he yet spake, the cock crew. -- luke 22:60 +. +And the Lord turned, and looked upon Peter. And Peter remembered the word of the Lord, how he had said unto him, Before the cock crow, thou shalt deny me thrice. -- luke 22:61 +. +And Peter went out, and wept bitterly. -- luke 22:62 +. +And the men that held Jesus mocked him, and smote him. -- luke 22:63 +. +And when they had blindfolded him, they struck him on the face, and asked him, saying, Prophesy, who is it that smote thee? -- luke 22:64 +. +And many other things blasphemously spake they against him. -- luke 22:65 +. +And as soon as it was day, the elders of the people and the chief priests and the scribes came together, and led him into their council, saying, -- luke 22:66 +. +Art thou the Christ? tell us. And he said unto them, If I tell you, ye will not believe: -- luke 22:67 +. +And if I also ask you, ye will not answer me, nor let me go. -- luke 22:68 +. +Hereafter shall the Son of man sit on the right hand of the power of God. -- luke 22:69 +. +Then said they all, Art thou then the Son of God? And he said unto them, Ye say that I am. -- luke 22:70 +. +And they said, What need we any further witness? for we ourselves have heard of his own mouth. -- luke 22:71 +. +And the whole multitude of them arose, and led him unto Pilate. -- luke 23:1 +. +And they began to accuse him, saying, We found this fellow perverting the nation, and forbidding to give tribute to Caesar, saying that he himself is Christ a King. -- luke 23:2 +. +And Pilate asked him, saying, Art thou the King of the Jews? And he answered him and said, Thou sayest it. -- luke 23:3 +. +Then said Pilate to the chief priests and to the people, I find no fault in this man. -- luke 23:4 +. +And they were the more fierce, saying, He stirreth up the people, teaching throughout all Jewry, beginning from Galilee to this place. -- luke 23:5 +. +When Pilate heard of Galilee, he asked whether the man were a Galilaean. -- luke 23:6 +. +And as soon as he knew that he belonged unto Herod's jurisdiction, he sent him to Herod, who himself also was at Jerusalem at that time. -- luke 23:7 +. +And when Herod saw Jesus, he was exceeding glad: for he was desirous to see him of a long season, because he had heard many things of him; and he hoped to have seen some miracle done by him. -- luke 23:8 +. +Then he questioned with him in many words; but he answered him nothing. -- luke 23:9 +. +And the chief priests and scribes stood and vehemently accused him. -- luke 23:10 +. +And Herod with his men of war set him at nought, and mocked him, and arrayed him in a gorgeous robe, and sent him again to Pilate. -- luke 23:11 +. +And the same day Pilate and Herod were made friends together: for before they were at enmity between themselves. -- luke 23:12 +. +And Pilate, when he had called together the chief priests and the rulers and the people, -- luke 23:13 +. +Said unto them, Ye have brought this man unto me, as one that perverteth the people: and, behold, I, having examined him before you, have found no fault in this man touching those things whereof ye accuse him: -- luke 23:14 +. +No, nor yet Herod: for I sent you to him; and, lo, nothing worthy of death is done unto him. -- luke 23:15 +. +I will therefore chastise him, and release him. -- luke 23:16 +. +(For of necessity he must release one unto them at the feast.) -- luke 23:17 +. +And they cried out all at once, saying, Away with this man, and release unto us Barabbas: -- luke 23:18 +. +(Who for a certain sedition made in the city, and for murder, was cast into prison.) -- luke 23:19 +. +Pilate therefore, willing to release Jesus, spake again to them. -- luke 23:20 +. +But they cried, saying, Crucify him, crucify him. -- luke 23:21 +. +And he said unto them the third time, Why, what evil hath he done? I have found no cause of death in him: I will therefore chastise him, and let him go. -- luke 23:22 +. +And they were instant with loud voices, requiring that he might be crucified. And the voices of them and of the chief priests prevailed. -- luke 23:23 +. +And Pilate gave sentence that it should be as they required. -- luke 23:24 +. +And he released unto them him that for sedition and murder was cast into prison, whom they had desired; but he delivered Jesus to their will. -- luke 23:25 +. +And as they led him away, they laid hold upon one Simon, a Cyrenian, coming out of the country, and on him they laid the cross, that he might bear it after Jesus. -- luke 23:26 +. +And there followed him a great company of people, and of women, which also bewailed and lamented him. -- luke 23:27 +. +But Jesus turning unto them said, Daughters of Jerusalem, weep not for me, but weep for yourselves, and for your children. -- luke 23:28 +. +For, behold, the days are coming, in the which they shall say, Blessed are the barren, and the wombs that never bare, and the paps which never gave suck. -- luke 23:29 +. +Then shall they begin to say to the mountains, Fall on us; and to the hills, Cover us. -- luke 23:30 +. +For if they do these things in a green tree, what shall be done in the dry? -- luke 23:31 +. +And there were also two other, malefactors, led with him to be put to death. -- luke 23:32 +. +And when they were come to the place, which is called Calvary, there they crucified him, and the malefactors, one on the right hand, and the other on the left. -- luke 23:33 +. +Then said Jesus, Father, forgive them; for they know not what they do. And they parted his raiment, and cast lots. -- luke 23:34 +. +And the people stood beholding. And the rulers also with them derided him, saying, He saved others; let him save himself, if he be Christ, the chosen of God. -- luke 23:35 +. +And the soldiers also mocked him, coming to him, and offering him vinegar, -- luke 23:36 +. +And saying, If thou be the king of the Jews, save thyself. -- luke 23:37 +. +And a superscription also was written over him in letters of Greek, and Latin, and Hebrew, THIS IS THE KING OF THE JEWS. -- luke 23:38 +. +And one of the malefactors which were hanged railed on him, saying, If thou be Christ, save thyself and us. -- luke 23:39 +. +But the other answering rebuked him, saying, Dost not thou fear God, seeing thou art in the same condemnation? -- luke 23:40 +. +And we indeed justly; for we receive the due reward of our deeds: but this man hath done nothing amiss. -- luke 23:41 +. +And he said unto Jesus, Lord, remember me when thou comest into thy kingdom. -- luke 23:42 +. +And Jesus said unto him, Verily I say unto thee, To day shalt thou be with me in paradise. -- luke 23:43 +. +And it was about the sixth hour, and there was a darkness over all the earth until the ninth hour. -- luke 23:44 +. +And the sun was darkened, and the veil of the temple was rent in the midst. -- luke 23:45 +. +And when Jesus had cried with a loud voice, he said, Father, into thy hands I commend my spirit: and having said thus, he gave up the ghost. -- luke 23:46 +. +Now when the centurion saw what was done, he glorified God, saying, Certainly this was a righteous man. -- luke 23:47 +. +And all the people that came together to that sight, beholding the things which were done, smote their breasts, and returned. -- luke 23:48 +. +And all his acquaintance, and the women that followed him from Galilee, stood afar off, beholding these things. -- luke 23:49 +. +And, behold, there was a man named Joseph, a counsellor; and he was a good man, and a just: -- luke 23:50 +. +(The same had not consented to the counsel and deed of them;) he was of Arimathaea, a city of the Jews: who also himself waited for the kingdom of God. -- luke 23:51 +. +This man went unto Pilate, and begged the body of Jesus. -- luke 23:52 +. +And he took it down, and wrapped it in linen, and laid it in a sepulchre that was hewn in stone, wherein never man before was laid. -- luke 23:53 +. +And that day was the preparation, and the sabbath drew on. -- luke 23:54 +. +And the women also, which came with him from Galilee, followed after, and beheld the sepulchre, and how his body was laid. -- luke 23:55 +. +And they returned, and prepared spices and ointments; and rested the sabbath day according to the commandment. -- luke 23:56 +. +Now upon the first day of the week, very early in the morning, they came unto the sepulchre, bringing the spices which they had prepared, and certain others with them. -- luke 24:1 +. +And they found the stone rolled away from the sepulchre. -- luke 24:2 +. +And they entered in, and found not the body of the Lord Jesus. -- luke 24:3 +. +And it came to pass, as they were much perplexed thereabout, behold, two men stood by them in shining garments: -- luke 24:4 +. +And as they were afraid, and bowed down their faces to the earth, they said unto them, Why seek ye the living among the dead? -- luke 24:5 +. +He is not here, but is risen: remember how he spake unto you when he was yet in Galilee, -- luke 24:6 +. +Saying, The Son of man must be delivered into the hands of sinful men, and be crucified, and the third day rise again. -- luke 24:7 +. +And they remembered his words, -- luke 24:8 +. +And returned from the sepulchre, and told all these things unto the eleven, and to all the rest. -- luke 24:9 +. +It was Mary Magdalene and Joanna, and Mary the mother of James, and other women that were with them, which told these things unto the apostles. -- luke 24:10 +. +And their words seemed to them as idle tales, and they believed them not. -- luke 24:11 +. +Then arose Peter, and ran unto the sepulchre; and stooping down, he beheld the linen clothes laid by themselves, and departed, wondering in himself at that which was come to pass. -- luke 24:12 +. +And, behold, two of them went that same day to a village called Emmaus, which was from Jerusalem about threescore furlongs. -- luke 24:13 +. +And they talked together of all these things which had happened. -- luke 24:14 +. +And it came to pass, that, while they communed together and reasoned, Jesus himself drew near, and went with them. -- luke 24:15 +. +But their eyes were holden that they should not know him. -- luke 24:16 +. +And he said unto them, What manner of communications are these that ye have one to another, as ye walk, and are sad? -- luke 24:17 +. +And the one of them, whose name was Cleopas, answering said unto him, Art thou only a stranger in Jerusalem, and hast not known the things which are come to pass there in these days? -- luke 24:18 +. +And he said unto them, What things? And they said unto him, Concerning Jesus of Nazareth, which was a prophet mighty in deed and word before God and all the people: -- luke 24:19 +. +And how the chief priests and our rulers delivered him to be condemned to death, and have crucified him. -- luke 24:20 +. +But we trusted that it had been he which should have redeemed Israel: and beside all this, to day is the third day since these things were done. -- luke 24:21 +. +Yea, and certain women also of our company made us astonished, which were early at the sepulchre; -- luke 24:22 +. +And when they found not his body, they came, saying, that they had also seen a vision of angels, which said that he was alive. -- luke 24:23 +. +And certain of them which were with us went to the sepulchre, and found it even so as the women had said: but him they saw not. -- luke 24:24 +. +Then he said unto them, O fools, and slow of heart to believe all that the prophets have spoken: -- luke 24:25 +. +Ought not Christ to have suffered these things, and to enter into his glory? -- luke 24:26 +. +And beginning at Moses and all the prophets, he expounded unto them in all the scriptures the things concerning himself. -- luke 24:27 +. +And they drew nigh unto the village, whither they went: and he made as though he would have gone further. -- luke 24:28 +. +But they constrained him, saying, Abide with us: for it is toward evening, and the day is far spent. And he went in to tarry with them. -- luke 24:29 +. +And it came to pass, as he sat at meat with them, he took bread, and blessed it, and brake, and gave to them. -- luke 24:30 +. +And their eyes were opened, and they knew him; and he vanished out of their sight. -- luke 24:31 +. +And they said one to another, Did not our heart burn within us, while he talked with us by the way, and while he opened to us the scriptures? -- luke 24:32 +. +And they rose up the same hour, and returned to Jerusalem, and found the eleven gathered together, and them that were with them, -- luke 24:33 +. +Saying, The Lord is risen indeed, and hath appeared to Simon. -- luke 24:34 +. +And they told what things were done in the way, and how he was known of them in breaking of bread. -- luke 24:35 +. +And as they thus spake, Jesus himself stood in the midst of them, and saith unto them, Peace be unto you. -- luke 24:36 +. +But they were terrified and affrighted, and supposed that they had seen a spirit. -- luke 24:37 +. +And he said unto them, Why are ye troubled? and why do thoughts arise in your hearts? -- luke 24:38 +. +Behold my hands and my feet, that it is I myself: handle me, and see; for a spirit hath not flesh and bones, as ye see me have. -- luke 24:39 +. +And when he had thus spoken, he shewed them his hands and his feet. -- luke 24:40 +. +And while they yet believed not for joy, and wondered, he said unto them, Have ye here any meat? -- luke 24:41 +. +And they gave him a piece of a broiled fish, and of an honeycomb. -- luke 24:42 +. +And he took it, and did eat before them. -- luke 24:43 +. +And he said unto them, These are the words which I spake unto you, while I was yet with you, that all things must be fulfilled, which were written in the law of Moses, and in the prophets, and in the psalms, concerning me. -- luke 24:44 +. +Then opened he their understanding, that they might understand the scriptures, -- luke 24:45 +. +And said unto them, Thus it is written, and thus it behoved Christ to suffer, and to rise from the dead the third day: -- luke 24:46 +. +And that repentance and remission of sins should be preached in his name among all nations, beginning at Jerusalem. -- luke 24:47 +. +And ye are witnesses of these things. -- luke 24:48 +. +And, behold, I send the promise of my Father upon you: but tarry ye in the city of Jerusalem, until ye be endued with power from on high. -- luke 24:49 +. +And he led them out as far as to Bethany, and he lifted up his hands, and blessed them. -- luke 24:50 +. +And it came to pass, while he blessed them, he was parted from them, and carried up into heaven. -- luke 24:51 +. +And they worshipped him, and returned to Jerusalem with great joy: -- luke 24:52 +. +And were continually in the temple, praising and blessing God. Amen. -- luke 24:53 +. +In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God, and the Word was God. -- john 1:1 +. +The same was in the beginning with God. -- john 1:2 +. +All things were made by him; and without him was not any thing made that was made. -- john 1:3 +. +In him was life; and the life was the light of men. -- john 1:4 +. +And the light shineth in darkness; and the darkness comprehended it not. -- john 1:5 +. +There was a man sent from God, whose name was John. -- john 1:6 +. +The same came for a witness, to bear witness of the Light, that all men through him might believe. -- john 1:7 +. +He was not that Light, but was sent to bear witness of that Light. -- john 1:8 +. +That was the true Light, which lighteth every man that cometh into the world. -- john 1:9 +. +He was in the world, and the world was made by him, and the world knew him not. -- john 1:10 +. +He came unto his own, and his own received him not. -- john 1:11 +. +But as many as received him, to them gave he power to become the sons of God, even to them that believe on his name: -- john 1:12 +. +Which were born, not of blood, nor of the will of the flesh, nor of the will of man, but of God. -- john 1:13 +. +And the Word was made flesh, and dwelt among us, (and we beheld his glory, the glory as of the only begotten of the Father,) full of grace and truth. -- john 1:14 +. +John bare witness of him, and cried, saying, This was he of whom I spake, He that cometh after me is preferred before me: for he was before me. -- john 1:15 +. +And of his fulness have all we received, and grace for grace. -- john 1:16 +. +For the law was given by Moses, but grace and truth came by Jesus Christ. -- john 1:17 +. +No man hath seen God at any time, the only begotten Son, which is in the bosom of the Father, he hath declared him. -- john 1:18 +. +And this is the record of John, when the Jews sent priests and Levites from Jerusalem to ask him, Who art thou? -- john 1:19 +. +And he confessed, and denied not; but confessed, I am not the Christ. -- john 1:20 +. +And they asked him, What then? Art thou Elias? And he saith, I am not. Art thou that prophet? And he answered, No. -- john 1:21 +. +Then said they unto him, Who art thou? that we may give an answer to them that sent us. What sayest thou of thyself? -- john 1:22 +. +He said, I am the voice of one crying in the wilderness, Make straight the way of the Lord, as said the prophet Esaias. -- john 1:23 +. +And they which were sent were of the Pharisees. -- john 1:24 +. +And they asked him, and said unto him, Why baptizest thou then, if thou be not that Christ, nor Elias, neither that prophet? -- john 1:25 +. +John answered them, saying, I baptize with water: but there standeth one among you, whom ye know not; -- john 1:26 +. +He it is, who coming after me is preferred before me, whose shoe's latchet I am not worthy to unloose. -- john 1:27 +. +These things were done in Bethabara beyond Jordan, where John was baptizing. -- john 1:28 +. +The next day John seeth Jesus coming unto him, and saith, Behold the Lamb of God, which taketh away the sin of the world. -- john 1:29 +. +This is he of whom I said, After me cometh a man which is preferred before me: for he was before me. -- john 1:30 +. +And I knew him not: but that he should be made manifest to Israel, therefore am I come baptizing with water. -- john 1:31 +. +And John bare record, saying, I saw the Spirit descending from heaven like a dove, and it abode upon him. -- john 1:32 +. +And I knew him not: but he that sent me to baptize with water, the same said unto me, Upon whom thou shalt see the Spirit descending, and remaining on him, the same is he which baptizeth with the Holy Ghost. -- john 1:33 +. +And I saw, and bare record that this is the Son of God. -- john 1:34 +. +Again the next day after John stood, and two of his disciples; -- john 1:35 +. +And looking upon Jesus as he walked, he saith, Behold the Lamb of God! -- john 1:36 +. +And the two disciples heard him speak, and they followed Jesus. -- john 1:37 +. +Then Jesus turned, and saw them following, and saith unto them, What seek ye? They said unto him, Rabbi, (which is to say, being interpreted, Master,) where dwellest thou? -- john 1:38 +. +He saith unto them, Come and see. They came and saw where he dwelt, and abode with him that day: for it was about the tenth hour. -- john 1:39 +. +One of the two which heard John speak, and followed him, was Andrew, Simon Peter's brother. -- john 1:40 +. +He first findeth his own brother Simon, and saith unto him, We have found the Messias, which is, being interpreted, the Christ. -- john 1:41 +. +And he brought him to Jesus. And when Jesus beheld him, he said, Thou art Simon the son of Jona: thou shalt be called Cephas, which is by interpretation, A stone. -- john 1:42 +. +The day following Jesus would go forth into Galilee, and findeth Philip, and saith unto him, Follow me. -- john 1:43 +. +Now Philip was of Bethsaida, the city of Andrew and Peter. -- john 1:44 +. +Philip findeth Nathanael, and saith unto him, We have found him, of whom Moses in the law, and the prophets, did write, Jesus of Nazareth, the son of Joseph. -- john 1:45 +. +And Nathanael said unto him, Can there any good thing come out of Nazareth? Philip saith unto him, Come and see. -- john 1:46 +. +Jesus saw Nathanael coming to him, and saith of him, Behold an Israelite indeed, in whom is no guile! -- john 1:47 +. +Nathanael saith unto him, Whence knowest thou me? Jesus answered and said unto him, Before that Philip called thee, when thou wast under the fig tree, I saw thee. -- john 1:48 +. +Nathanael answered and saith unto him, Rabbi, thou art the Son of God; thou art the King of Israel. -- john 1:49 +. +Jesus answered and said unto him, Because I said unto thee, I saw thee under the fig tree, believest thou? thou shalt see greater things than these. -- john 1:50 +. +And he saith unto him, Verily, verily, I say unto you, Hereafter ye shall see heaven open, and the angels of God ascending and descending upon the Son of man. -- john 1:51 +. +And the third day there was a marriage in Cana of Galilee; and the mother of Jesus was there: -- john 2:1 +. +And both Jesus was called, and his disciples, to the marriage. -- john 2:2 +. +And when they wanted wine, the mother of Jesus saith unto him, They have no wine. -- john 2:3 +. +Jesus saith unto her, Woman, what have I to do with thee? mine hour is not yet come. -- john 2:4 +. +His mother saith unto the servants, Whatsoever he saith unto you, do it. -- john 2:5 +. +And there were set there six waterpots of stone, after the manner of the purifying of the Jews, containing two or three firkins apiece. -- john 2:6 +. +Jesus saith unto them, Fill the waterpots with water. And they filled them up to the brim. -- john 2:7 +. +And he saith unto them, Draw out now, and bear unto the governor of the feast. And they bare it. -- john 2:8 +. +When the ruler of the feast had tasted the water that was made wine, and knew not whence it was: (but the servants which drew the water knew;) the governor of the feast called the bridegroom, -- john 2:9 +. +And saith unto him, Every man at the beginning doth set forth good wine; and when men have well drunk, then that which is worse: but thou hast kept the good wine until now. -- john 2:10 +. +This beginning of miracles did Jesus in Cana of Galilee, and manifested forth his glory; and his disciples believed on him. -- john 2:11 +. +After this he went down to Capernaum, he, and his mother, and his brethren, and his disciples: and they continued there not many days. -- john 2:12 +. +And the Jews' passover was at hand, and Jesus went up to Jerusalem. -- john 2:13 +. +And found in the temple those that sold oxen and sheep and doves, and the changers of money sitting: -- john 2:14 +. +And when he had made a scourge of small cords, he drove them all out of the temple, and the sheep, and the oxen; and poured out the changers' money, and overthrew the tables; -- john 2:15 +. +And said unto them that sold doves, Take these things hence; make not my Father's house an house of merchandise. -- john 2:16 +. +And his disciples remembered that it was written, The zeal of thine house hath eaten me up. -- john 2:17 +. +Then answered the Jews and said unto him, What sign shewest thou unto us, seeing that thou doest these things? -- john 2:18 +. +Jesus answered and said unto them, Destroy this temple, and in three days I will raise it up. -- john 2:19 +. +Then said the Jews, Forty and six years was this temple in building, and wilt thou rear it up in three days? -- john 2:20 +. +But he spake of the temple of his body. -- john 2:21 +. +When therefore he was risen from the dead, his disciples remembered that he had said this unto them; and they believed the scripture, and the word which Jesus had said. -- john 2:22 +. +Now when he was in Jerusalem at the passover, in the feast day, many believed in his name, when they saw the miracles which he did. -- john 2:23 +. +But Jesus did not commit himself unto them, because he knew all men, -- john 2:24 +. +And needed not that any should testify of man: for he knew what was in man. -- john 2:25 +. +There was a man of the Pharisees, named Nicodemus, a ruler of the Jews: -- john 3:1 +. +The same came to Jesus by night, and said unto him, Rabbi, we know that thou art a teacher come from God: for no man can do these miracles that thou doest, except God be with him. -- john 3:2 +. +Jesus answered and said unto him, Verily, verily, I say unto thee, Except a man be born again, he cannot see the kingdom of God. -- john 3:3 +. +Nicodemus saith unto him, How can a man be born when he is old? can he enter the second time into his mother's womb, and be born? -- john 3:4 +. +Jesus answered, Verily, verily, I say unto thee, Except a man be born of water and of the Spirit, he cannot enter into the kingdom of God. -- john 3:5 +. +That which is born of the flesh is flesh; and that which is born of the Spirit is spirit. -- john 3:6 +. +Marvel not that I said unto thee, Ye must be born again. -- john 3:7 +. +The wind bloweth where it listeth, and thou hearest the sound thereof, but canst not tell whence it cometh, and whither it goeth: so is every one that is born of the Spirit. -- john 3:8 +. +Nicodemus answered and said unto him, How can these things be? -- john 3:9 +. +Jesus answered and said unto him, Art thou a master of Israel, and knowest not these things? -- john 3:10 +. +Verily, verily, I say unto thee, We speak that we do know, and testify that we have seen; and ye receive not our witness. -- john 3:11 +. +If I have told you earthly things, and ye believe not, how shall ye believe, if I tell you of heavenly things? -- john 3:12 +. +And no man hath ascended up to heaven, but he that came down from heaven, even the Son of man which is in heaven. -- john 3:13 +. +And as Moses lifted up the serpent in the wilderness, even so must the Son of man be lifted up: -- john 3:14 +. +That whosoever believeth in him should not perish, but have eternal life. -- john 3:15 +. +For God so loved the world, that he gave his only begotten Son, that whosoever believeth in him should not perish, but have everlasting life. -- john 3:16 +. +For God sent not his Son into the world to condemn the world; but that the world through him might be saved. -- john 3:17 +. +He that believeth on him is not condemned: but he that believeth not is condemned already, because he hath not believed in the name of the only begotten Son of God. -- john 3:18 +. +And this is the condemnation, that light is come into the world, and men loved darkness rather than light, because their deeds were evil. -- john 3:19 +. +For every one that doeth evil hateth the light, neither cometh to the light, lest his deeds should be reproved. -- john 3:20 +. +But he that doeth truth cometh to the light, that his deeds may be made manifest, that they are wrought in God. -- john 3:21 +. +After these things came Jesus and his disciples into the land of Judaea; and there he tarried with them, and baptized. -- john 3:22 +. +And John also was baptizing in Aenon near to Salim, because there was much water there: and they came, and were baptized. -- john 3:23 +. +For John was not yet cast into prison. -- john 3:24 +. +Then there arose a question between some of John's disciples and the Jews about purifying. -- john 3:25 +. +And they came unto John, and said unto him, Rabbi, he that was with thee beyond Jordan, to whom thou barest witness, behold, the same baptizeth, and all men come to him. -- john 3:26 +. +John answered and said, A man can receive nothing, except it be given him from heaven. -- john 3:27 +. +Ye yourselves bear me witness, that I said, I am not the Christ, but that I am sent before him. -- john 3:28 +. +He that hath the bride is the bridegroom: but the friend of the bridegroom, which standeth and heareth him, rejoiceth greatly because of the bridegroom's voice: this my joy therefore is fulfilled. -- john 3:29 +. +He must increase, but I must decrease. -- john 3:30 +. +He that cometh from above is above all: he that is of the earth is earthly, and speaketh of the earth: he that cometh from heaven is above all. -- john 3:31 +. +And what he hath seen and heard, that he testifieth; and no man receiveth his testimony. -- john 3:32 +. +He that hath received his testimony hath set to his seal that God is true. -- john 3:33 +. +For he whom God hath sent speaketh the words of God: for God giveth not the Spirit by measure unto him. -- john 3:34 +. +The Father loveth the Son, and hath given all things into his hand. -- john 3:35 +. +He that believeth on the Son hath everlasting life: and he that believeth not the Son shall not see life; but the wrath of God abideth on him. -- john 3:36 +. +When therefore the LORD knew how the Pharisees had heard that Jesus made and baptized more disciples than John, -- john 4:1 +. +(Though Jesus himself baptized not, but his disciples,) -- john 4:2 +. +He left Judaea, and departed again into Galilee. -- john 4:3 +. +And he must needs go through Samaria. -- john 4:4 +. +Then cometh he to a city of Samaria, which is called Sychar, near to the parcel of ground that Jacob gave to his son Joseph. -- john 4:5 +. +Now Jacob's well was there. Jesus therefore, being wearied with his journey, sat thus on the well: and it was about the sixth hour. -- john 4:6 +. +There cometh a woman of Samaria to draw water: Jesus saith unto her, Give me to drink. -- john 4:7 +. +(For his disciples were gone away unto the city to buy meat.) -- john 4:8 +. +Then saith the woman of Samaria unto him, How is it that thou, being a Jew, askest drink of me, which am a woman of Samaria? for the Jews have no dealings with the Samaritans. -- john 4:9 +. +Jesus answered and said unto her, If thou knewest the gift of God, and who it is that saith to thee, Give me to drink; thou wouldest have asked of him, and he would have given thee living water. -- john 4:10 +. +The woman saith unto him, Sir, thou hast nothing to draw with, and the well is deep: from whence then hast thou that living water? -- john 4:11 +. +Art thou greater than our father Jacob, which gave us the well, and drank thereof himself, and his children, and his cattle? -- john 4:12 +. +Jesus answered and said unto her, Whosoever drinketh of this water shall thirst again: -- john 4:13 +. +But whosoever drinketh of the water that I shall give him shall never thirst; but the water that I shall give him shall be in him a well of water springing up into everlasting life. -- john 4:14 +. +The woman saith unto him, Sir, give me this water, that I thirst not, neither come hither to draw. -- john 4:15 +. +Jesus saith unto her, Go, call thy husband, and come hither. -- john 4:16 +. +The woman answered and said, I have no husband. Jesus said unto her, Thou hast well said, I have no husband: -- john 4:17 +. +For thou hast had five husbands; and he whom thou now hast is not thy husband: in that saidst thou truly. -- john 4:18 +. +The woman saith unto him, Sir, I perceive that thou art a prophet. -- john 4:19 +. +Our fathers worshipped in this mountain; and ye say, that in Jerusalem is the place where men ought to worship. -- john 4:20 +. +Jesus saith unto her, Woman, believe me, the hour cometh, when ye shall neither in this mountain, nor yet at Jerusalem, worship the Father. -- john 4:21 +. +Ye worship ye know not what: we know what we worship: for salvation is of the Jews. -- john 4:22 +. +But the hour cometh, and now is, when the true worshippers shall worship the Father in spirit and in truth: for the Father seeketh such to worship him. -- john 4:23 +. +God is a Spirit: and they that worship him must worship him in spirit and in truth. -- john 4:24 +. +The woman saith unto him, I know that Messias cometh, which is called Christ: when he is come, he will tell us all things. -- john 4:25 +. +Jesus saith unto her, I that speak unto thee am he. -- john 4:26 +. +And upon this came his disciples, and marvelled that he talked with the woman: yet no man said, What seekest thou? or, Why talkest thou with her? -- john 4:27 +. +The woman then left her waterpot, and went her way into the city, and saith to the men, -- john 4:28 +. +Come, see a man, which told me all things that ever I did: is not this the Christ? -- john 4:29 +. +Then they went out of the city, and came unto him. -- john 4:30 +. +In the mean while his disciples prayed him, saying, Master, eat. -- john 4:31 +. +But he said unto them, I have meat to eat that ye know not of. -- john 4:32 +. +Therefore said the disciples one to another, Hath any man brought him ought to eat? -- john 4:33 +. +Jesus saith unto them, My meat is to do the will of him that sent me, and to finish his work. -- john 4:34 +. +Say not ye, There are yet four months, and then cometh harvest? behold, I say unto you, Lift up your eyes, and look on the fields; for they are white already to harvest. -- john 4:35 +. +And he that reapeth receiveth wages, and gathereth fruit unto life eternal: that both he that soweth and he that reapeth may rejoice together. -- john 4:36 +. +And herein is that saying true, One soweth, and another reapeth. -- john 4:37 +. +I sent you to reap that whereon ye bestowed no labour: other men laboured, and ye are entered into their labours. -- john 4:38 +. +And many of the Samaritans of that city believed on him for the saying of the woman, which testified, He told me all that ever I did. -- john 4:39 +. +So when the Samaritans were come unto him, they besought him that he would tarry with them: and he abode there two days. -- john 4:40 +. +And many more believed because of his own word; -- john 4:41 +. +And said unto the woman, Now we believe, not because of thy saying: for we have heard him ourselves, and know that this is indeed the Christ, the Saviour of the world. -- john 4:42 +. +Now after two days he departed thence, and went into Galilee. -- john 4:43 +. +For Jesus himself testified, that a prophet hath no honour in his own country. -- john 4:44 +. +Then when he was come into Galilee, the Galilaeans received him, having seen all the things that he did at Jerusalem at the feast: for they also went unto the feast. -- john 4:45 +. +So Jesus came again into Cana of Galilee, where he made the water wine. And there was a certain nobleman, whose son was sick at Capernaum. -- john 4:46 +. +When he heard that Jesus was come out of Judaea into Galilee, he went unto him, and besought him that he would come down, and heal his son: for he was at the point of death. -- john 4:47 +. +Then said Jesus unto him, Except ye see signs and wonders, ye will not believe. -- john 4:48 +. +The nobleman saith unto him, Sir, come down ere my child die. -- john 4:49 +. +Jesus saith unto him, Go thy way; thy son liveth. And the man believed the word that Jesus had spoken unto him, and he went his way. -- john 4:50 +. +And as he was now going down, his servants met him, and told him, saying, Thy son liveth. -- john 4:51 +. +Then enquired he of them the hour when he began to amend. And they said unto him, Yesterday at the seventh hour the fever left him. -- john 4:52 +. +So the father knew that it was at the same hour, in the which Jesus said unto him, Thy son liveth: and himself believed, and his whole house. -- john 4:53 +. +This is again the second miracle that Jesus did, when he was come out of Judaea into Galilee. -- john 4:54 +. +After this there was a feast of the Jews; and Jesus went up to Jerusalem. -- john 5:1 +. +Now there is at Jerusalem by the sheep market a pool, which is called in the Hebrew tongue Bethesda, having five porches. -- john 5:2 +. +In these lay a great multitude of impotent folk, of blind, halt, withered, waiting for the moving of the water. -- john 5:3 +. +For an angel went down at a certain season into the pool, and troubled the water: whosoever then first after the troubling of the water stepped in was made whole of whatsoever disease he had. -- john 5:4 +. +And a certain man was there, which had an infirmity thirty and eight years. -- john 5:5 +. +When Jesus saw him lie, and knew that he had been now a long time in that case, he saith unto him, Wilt thou be made whole? -- john 5:6 +. +The impotent man answered him, Sir, I have no man, when the water is troubled, to put me into the pool: but while I am coming, another steppeth down before me. -- john 5:7 +. +Jesus saith unto him, Rise, take up thy bed, and walk. -- john 5:8 +. +And immediately the man was made whole, and took up his bed, and walked: and on the same day was the sabbath. -- john 5:9 +. +The Jews therefore said unto him that was cured, It is the sabbath day: it is not lawful for thee to carry thy bed. -- john 5:10 +. +He answered them, He that made me whole, the same said unto me, Take up thy bed, and walk. -- john 5:11 +. +Then asked they him, What man is that which said unto thee, Take up thy bed, and walk? -- john 5:12 +. +And he that was healed wist not who it was: for Jesus had conveyed himself away, a multitude being in that place. -- john 5:13 +. +Afterward Jesus findeth him in the temple, and said unto him, Behold, thou art made whole: sin no more, lest a worse thing come unto thee. -- john 5:14 +. +The man departed, and told the Jews that it was Jesus, which had made him whole. -- john 5:15 +. +And therefore did the Jews persecute Jesus, and sought to slay him, because he had done these things on the sabbath day. -- john 5:16 +. +But Jesus answered them, My Father worketh hitherto, and I work. -- john 5:17 +. +Therefore the Jews sought the more to kill him, because he not only had broken the sabbath, but said also that God was his Father, making himself equal with God. -- john 5:18 +. +Then answered Jesus and said unto them, Verily, verily, I say unto you, The Son can do nothing of himself, but what he seeth the Father do: for what things soever he doeth, these also doeth the Son likewise. -- john 5:19 +. +For the Father loveth the Son, and sheweth him all things that himself doeth: and he will shew him greater works than these, that ye may marvel. -- john 5:20 +. +For as the Father raiseth up the dead, and quickeneth them; even so the Son quickeneth whom he will. -- john 5:21 +. +For the Father judgeth no man, but hath committed all judgment unto the Son: -- john 5:22 +. +That all men should honour the Son, even as they honour the Father. He that honoureth not the Son honoureth not the Father which hath sent him. -- john 5:23 +. +Verily, verily, I say unto you, He that heareth my word, and believeth on him that sent me, hath everlasting life, and shall not come into condemnation; but is passed from death unto life. -- john 5:24 +. +Verily, verily, I say unto you, The hour is coming, and now is, when the dead shall hear the voice of the Son of God: and they that hear shall live. -- john 5:25 +. +For as the Father hath life in himself; so hath he given to the Son to have life in himself; -- john 5:26 +. +And hath given him authority to execute judgment also, because he is the Son of man. -- john 5:27 +. +Marvel not at this: for the hour is coming, in the which all that are in the graves shall hear his voice, -- john 5:28 +. +And shall come forth; they that have done good, unto the resurrection of life; and they that have done evil, unto the resurrection of damnation. -- john 5:29 +. +I can of mine own self do nothing: as I hear, I judge: and my judgment is just; because I seek not mine own will, but the will of the Father which hath sent me. -- john 5:30 +. +If I bear witness of myself, my witness is not true. -- john 5:31 +. +There is another that beareth witness of me; and I know that the witness which he witnesseth of me is true. -- john 5:32 +. +Ye sent unto John, and he bare witness unto the truth. -- john 5:33 +. +But I receive not testimony from man: but these things I say, that ye might be saved. -- john 5:34 +. +He was a burning and a shining light: and ye were willing for a season to rejoice in his light. -- john 5:35 +. +But I have greater witness than that of John: for the works which the Father hath given me to finish, the same works that I do, bear witness of me, that the Father hath sent me. -- john 5:36 +. +And the Father himself, which hath sent me, hath borne witness of me. Ye have neither heard his voice at any time, nor seen his shape. -- john 5:37 +. +And ye have not his word abiding in you: for whom he hath sent, him ye believe not. -- john 5:38 +. +Search the scriptures; for in them ye think ye have eternal life: and they are they which testify of me. -- john 5:39 +. +And ye will not come to me, that ye might have life. -- john 5:40 +. +I receive not honour from men. -- john 5:41 +. +But I know you, that ye have not the love of God in you. -- john 5:42 +. +I am come in my Father's name, and ye receive me not: if another shall come in his own name, him ye will receive. -- john 5:43 +. +How can ye believe, which receive honour one of another, and seek not the honour that cometh from God only? -- john 5:44 +. +Do not think that I will accuse you to the Father: there is one that accuseth you, even Moses, in whom ye trust. -- john 5:45 +. +For had ye believed Moses, ye would have believed me; for he wrote of me. -- john 5:46 +. +But if ye believe not his writings, how shall ye believe my words? -- john 5:47 +. +After these things Jesus went over the sea of Galilee, which is the sea of Tiberias. -- john 6:1 +. +And a great multitude followed him, because they saw his miracles which he did on them that were diseased. -- john 6:2 +. +And Jesus went up into a mountain, and there he sat with his disciples. -- john 6:3 +. +And the passover, a feast of the Jews, was nigh. -- john 6:4 +. +When Jesus then lifted up his eyes, and saw a great company come unto him, he saith unto Philip, Whence shall we buy bread, that these may eat? -- john 6:5 +. +And this he said to prove him: for he himself knew what he would do. -- john 6:6 +. +Philip answered him, Two hundred pennyworth of bread is not sufficient for them, that every one of them may take a little. -- john 6:7 +. +One of his disciples, Andrew, Simon Peter's brother, saith unto him, -- john 6:8 +. +There is a lad here, which hath five barley loaves, and two small fishes: but what are they among so many? -- john 6:9 +. +And Jesus said, Make the men sit down. Now there was much grass in the place. So the men sat down, in number about five thousand. -- john 6:10 +. +And Jesus took the loaves; and when he had given thanks, he distributed to the disciples, and the disciples to them that were set down; and likewise of the fishes as much as they would. -- john 6:11 +. +When they were filled, he said unto his disciples, Gather up the fragments that remain, that nothing be lost. -- john 6:12 +. +Therefore they gathered them together, and filled twelve baskets with the fragments of the five barley loaves, which remained over and above unto them that had eaten. -- john 6:13 +. +Then those men, when they had seen the miracle that Jesus did, said, This is of a truth that prophet that should come into the world. -- john 6:14 +. +When Jesus therefore perceived that they would come and take him by force, to make him a king, he departed again into a mountain himself alone. -- john 6:15 +. +And when even was now come, his disciples went down unto the sea, -- john 6:16 +. +And entered into a ship, and went over the sea toward Capernaum. And it was now dark, and Jesus was not come to them. -- john 6:17 +. +And the sea arose by reason of a great wind that blew. -- john 6:18 +. +So when they had rowed about five and twenty or thirty furlongs, they see Jesus walking on the sea, and drawing nigh unto the ship: and they were afraid. -- john 6:19 +. +But he saith unto them, It is I; be not afraid. -- john 6:20 +. +Then they willingly received him into the ship: and immediately the ship was at the land whither they went. -- john 6:21 +. +The day following, when the people which stood on the other side of the sea saw that there was none other boat there, save that one whereinto his disciples were entered, and that Jesus went not with his disciples into the boat, but that his disciples were gone away alone; -- john 6:22 +. +(Howbeit there came other boats from Tiberias nigh unto the place where they did eat bread, after that the Lord had given thanks:) -- john 6:23 +. +When the people therefore saw that Jesus was not there, neither his disciples, they also took shipping, and came to Capernaum, seeking for Jesus. -- john 6:24 +. +And when they had found him on the other side of the sea, they said unto him, Rabbi, when camest thou hither? -- john 6:25 +. +Jesus answered them and said, Verily, verily, I say unto you, Ye seek me, not because ye saw the miracles, but because ye did eat of the loaves, and were filled. -- john 6:26 +. +Labour not for the meat which perisheth, but for that meat which endureth unto everlasting life, which the Son of man shall give unto you: for him hath God the Father sealed. -- john 6:27 +. +Then said they unto him, What shall we do, that we might work the works of God? -- john 6:28 +. +Jesus answered and said unto them, This is the work of God, that ye believe on him whom he hath sent. -- john 6:29 +. +They said therefore unto him, What sign shewest thou then, that we may see, and believe thee? what dost thou work? -- john 6:30 +. +Our fathers did eat manna in the desert; as it is written, He gave them bread from heaven to eat. -- john 6:31 +. +Then Jesus said unto them, Verily, verily, I say unto you, Moses gave you not that bread from heaven; but my Father giveth you the true bread from heaven. -- john 6:32 +. +For the bread of God is he which cometh down from heaven, and giveth life unto the world. -- john 6:33 +. +Then said they unto him, Lord, evermore give us this bread. -- john 6:34 +. +And Jesus said unto them, I am the bread of life: he that cometh to me shall never hunger; and he that believeth on me shall never thirst. -- john 6:35 +. +But I said unto you, That ye also have seen me, and believe not. -- john 6:36 +. +All that the Father giveth me shall come to me; and him that cometh to me I will in no wise cast out. -- john 6:37 +. +For I came down from heaven, not to do mine own will, but the will of him that sent me. -- john 6:38 +. +And this is the Father's will which hath sent me, that of all which he hath given me I should lose nothing, but should raise it up again at the last day. -- john 6:39 +. +And this is the will of him that sent me, that every one which seeth the Son, and believeth on him, may have everlasting life: and I will raise him up at the last day. -- john 6:40 +. +The Jews then murmured at him, because he said, I am the bread which came down from heaven. -- john 6:41 +. +And they said, Is not this Jesus, the son of Joseph, whose father and mother we know? how is it then that he saith, I came down from heaven? -- john 6:42 +. +Jesus therefore answered and said unto them, Murmur not among yourselves. -- john 6:43 +. +No man can come to me, except the Father which hath sent me draw him: and I will raise him up at the last day. -- john 6:44 +. +It is written in the prophets, And they shall be all taught of God. Every man therefore that hath heard, and hath learned of the Father, cometh unto me. -- john 6:45 +. +Not that any man hath seen the Father, save he which is of God, he hath seen the Father. -- john 6:46 +. +Verily, verily, I say unto you, He that believeth on me hath everlasting life. -- john 6:47 +. +I am that bread of life. -- john 6:48 +. +Your fathers did eat manna in the wilderness, and are dead. -- john 6:49 +. +This is the bread which cometh down from heaven, that a man may eat thereof, and not die. -- john 6:50 +. +I am the living bread which came down from heaven: if any man eat of this bread, he shall live for ever: and the bread that I will give is my flesh, which I will give for the life of the world. -- john 6:51 +. +The Jews therefore strove among themselves, saying, How can this man give us his flesh to eat? -- john 6:52 +. +Then Jesus said unto them, Verily, verily, I say unto you, Except ye eat the flesh of the Son of man, and drink his blood, ye have no life in you. -- john 6:53 +. +Whoso eateth my flesh, and drinketh my blood, hath eternal life; and I will raise him up at the last day. -- john 6:54 +. +For my flesh is meat indeed, and my blood is drink indeed. -- john 6:55 +. +He that eateth my flesh, and drinketh my blood, dwelleth in me, and I in him. -- john 6:56 +. +As the living Father hath sent me, and I live by the Father: so he that eateth me, even he shall live by me. -- john 6:57 +. +This is that bread which came down from heaven: not as your fathers did eat manna, and are dead: he that eateth of this bread shall live for ever. -- john 6:58 +. +These things said he in the synagogue, as he taught in Capernaum. -- john 6:59 +. +Many therefore of his disciples, when they had heard this, said, This is an hard saying; who can hear it? -- john 6:60 +. +When Jesus knew in himself that his disciples murmured at it, he said unto them, Doth this offend you? -- john 6:61 +. +What and if ye shall see the Son of man ascend up where he was before? -- john 6:62 +. +It is the spirit that quickeneth; the flesh profiteth nothing: the words that I speak unto you, they are spirit, and they are life. -- john 6:63 +. +But there are some of you that believe not. For Jesus knew from the beginning who they were that believed not, and who should betray him. -- john 6:64 +. +And he said, Therefore said I unto you, that no man can come unto me, except it were given unto him of my Father. -- john 6:65 +. +From that time many of his disciples went back, and walked no more with him. -- john 6:66 +. +Then said Jesus unto the twelve, Will ye also go away? -- john 6:67 +. +Then Simon Peter answered him, Lord, to whom shall we go? thou hast the words of eternal life. -- john 6:68 +. +And we believe and are sure that thou art that Christ, the Son of the living God. -- john 6:69 +. +Jesus answered them, Have not I chosen you twelve, and one of you is a devil? -- john 6:70 +. +He spake of Judas Iscariot the son of Simon: for he it was that should betray him, being one of the twelve. -- john 6:71 +. +After these things Jesus walked in Galilee: for he would not walk in Jewry, because the Jews sought to kill him. -- john 7:1 +. +Now the Jew's feast of tabernacles was at hand. -- john 7:2 +. +His brethren therefore said unto him, Depart hence, and go into Judaea, that thy disciples also may see the works that thou doest. -- john 7:3 +. +For there is no man that doeth any thing in secret, and he himself seeketh to be known openly. If thou do these things, shew thyself to the world. -- john 7:4 +. +For neither did his brethren believe in him. -- john 7:5 +. +Then Jesus said unto them, My time is not yet come: but your time is alway ready. -- john 7:6 +. +The world cannot hate you; but me it hateth, because I testify of it, that the works thereof are evil. -- john 7:7 +. +Go ye up unto this feast: I go not up yet unto this feast: for my time is not yet full come. -- john 7:8 +. +When he had said these words unto them, he abode still in Galilee. -- john 7:9 +. +But when his brethren were gone up, then went he also up unto the feast, not openly, but as it were in secret. -- john 7:10 +. +Then the Jews sought him at the feast, and said, Where is he? -- john 7:11 +. +And there was much murmuring among the people concerning him: for some said, He is a good man: others said, Nay; but he deceiveth the people. -- john 7:12 +. +Howbeit no man spake openly of him for fear of the Jews. -- john 7:13 +. +Now about the midst of the feast Jesus went up into the temple, and taught. -- john 7:14 +. +And the Jews marvelled, saying, How knoweth this man letters, having never learned? -- john 7:15 +. +Jesus answered them, and said, My doctrine is not mine, but his that sent me. -- john 7:16 +. +If any man will do his will, he shall know of the doctrine, whether it be of God, or whether I speak of myself. -- john 7:17 +. +He that speaketh of himself seeketh his own glory: but he that seeketh his glory that sent him, the same is true, and no unrighteousness is in him. -- john 7:18 +. +Did not Moses give you the law, and yet none of you keepeth the law? Why go ye about to kill me? -- john 7:19 +. +The people answered and said, Thou hast a devil: who goeth about to kill thee? -- john 7:20 +. +Jesus answered and said unto them, I have done one work, and ye all marvel. -- john 7:21 +. +Moses therefore gave unto you circumcision; (not because it is of Moses, but of the fathers;) and ye on the sabbath day circumcise a man. -- john 7:22 +. +If a man on the sabbath day receive circumcision, that the law of Moses should not be broken; are ye angry at me, because I have made a man every whit whole on the sabbath day? -- john 7:23 +. +Judge not according to the appearance, but judge righteous judgment. -- john 7:24 +. +Then said some of them of Jerusalem, Is not this he, whom they seek to kill? -- john 7:25 +. +But, lo, he speaketh boldly, and they say nothing unto him. Do the rulers know indeed that this is the very Christ? -- john 7:26 +. +Howbeit we know this man whence he is: but when Christ cometh, no man knoweth whence he is. -- john 7:27 +. +Then cried Jesus in the temple as he taught, saying, Ye both know me, and ye know whence I am: and I am not come of myself, but he that sent me is true, whom ye know not. -- john 7:28 +. +But I know him: for I am from him, and he hath sent me. -- john 7:29 +. +Then they sought to take him: but no man laid hands on him, because his hour was not yet come. -- john 7:30 +. +And many of the people believed on him, and said, When Christ cometh, will he do more miracles than these which this man hath done? -- john 7:31 +. +The Pharisees heard that the people murmured such things concerning him; and the Pharisees and the chief priests sent officers to take him. -- john 7:32 +. +Then said Jesus unto them, Yet a little while am I with you, and then I go unto him that sent me. -- john 7:33 +. +Ye shall seek me, and shall not find me: and where I am, thither ye cannot come. -- john 7:34 +. +Then said the Jews among themselves, Whither will he go, that we shall not find him? will he go unto the dispersed among the Gentiles, and teach the Gentiles? -- john 7:35 +. +What manner of saying is this that he said, Ye shall seek me, and shall not find me: and where I am, thither ye cannot come? -- john 7:36 +. +In the last day, that great day of the feast, Jesus stood and cried, saying, If any man thirst, let him come unto me, and drink. -- john 7:37 +. +He that believeth on me, as the scripture hath said, out of his belly shall flow rivers of living water. -- john 7:38 +. +(But this spake he of the Spirit, which they that believe on him should receive: for the Holy Ghost was not yet given; because that Jesus was not yet glorified.) -- john 7:39 +. +Many of the people therefore, when they heard this saying, said, Of a truth this is the Prophet. -- john 7:40 +. +Others said, This is the Christ. But some said, Shall Christ come out of Galilee? -- john 7:41 +. +Hath not the scripture said, That Christ cometh of the seed of David, and out of the town of Bethlehem, where David was? -- john 7:42 +. +So there was a division among the people because of him. -- john 7:43 +. +And some of them would have taken him; but no man laid hands on him. -- john 7:44 +. +Then came the officers to the chief priests and Pharisees; and they said unto them, Why have ye not brought him? -- john 7:45 +. +The officers answered, Never man spake like this man. -- john 7:46 +. +Then answered them the Pharisees, Are ye also deceived? -- john 7:47 +. +Have any of the rulers or of the Pharisees believed on him? -- john 7:48 +. +But this people who knoweth not the law are cursed. -- john 7:49 +. +Nicodemus saith unto them, (he that came to Jesus by night, being one of them,) -- john 7:50 +. +Doth our law judge any man, before it hear him, and know what he doeth? -- john 7:51 +. +They answered and said unto him, Art thou also of Galilee? Search, and look: for out of Galilee ariseth no prophet. -- john 7:52 +. +And every man went unto his own house. -- john 7:53 +. +Jesus went unto the mount of Olives. -- john 8:1 +. +And early in the morning he came again into the temple, and all the people came unto him; and he sat down, and taught them. -- john 8:2 +. +And the scribes and Pharisees brought unto him a woman taken in adultery; and when they had set her in the midst, -- john 8:3 +. +They say unto him, Master, this woman was taken in adultery, in the very act. -- john 8:4 +. +Now Moses in the law commanded us, that such should be stoned: but what sayest thou? -- john 8:5 +. +This they said, tempting him, that they might have to accuse him. But Jesus stooped down, and with his finger wrote on the ground, as though he heard them not. -- john 8:6 +. +So when they continued asking him, he lifted up himself, and said unto them, He that is without sin among you, let him first cast a stone at her. -- john 8:7 +. +And again he stooped down, and wrote on the ground. -- john 8:8 +. +And they which heard it, being convicted by their own conscience, went out one by one, beginning at the eldest, even unto the last: and Jesus was left alone, and the woman standing in the midst. -- john 8:9 +. +When Jesus had lifted up himself, and saw none but the woman, he said unto her, Woman, where are those thine accusers? hath no man condemned thee? -- john 8:10 +. +She said, No man, Lord. And Jesus said unto her, Neither do I condemn thee: go, and sin no more. -- john 8:11 +. +Then spake Jesus again unto them, saying, I am the light of the world: he that followeth me shall not walk in darkness, but shall have the light of life. -- john 8:12 +. +The Pharisees therefore said unto him, Thou bearest record of thyself; thy record is not true. -- john 8:13 +. +Jesus answered and said unto them, Though I bear record of myself, yet my record is true: for I know whence I came, and whither I go; but ye cannot tell whence I come, and whither I go. -- john 8:14 +. +Ye judge after the flesh; I judge no man. -- john 8:15 +. +And yet if I judge, my judgment is true: for I am not alone, but I and the Father that sent me. -- john 8:16 +. +It is also written in your law, that the testimony of two men is true. -- john 8:17 +. +I am one that bear witness of myself, and the Father that sent me beareth witness of me. -- john 8:18 +. +Then said they unto him, Where is thy Father? Jesus answered, Ye neither know me, nor my Father: if ye had known me, ye should have known my Father also. -- john 8:19 +. +These words spake Jesus in the treasury, as he taught in the temple: and no man laid hands on him; for his hour was not yet come. -- john 8:20 +. +Then said Jesus again unto them, I go my way, and ye shall seek me, and shall die in your sins: whither I go, ye cannot come. -- john 8:21 +. +Then said the Jews, Will he kill himself? because he saith, Whither I go, ye cannot come. -- john 8:22 +. +And he said unto them, Ye are from beneath; I am from above: ye are of this world; I am not of this world. -- john 8:23 +. +I said therefore unto you, that ye shall die in your sins: for if ye believe not that I am he, ye shall die in your sins. -- john 8:24 +. +Then said they unto him, Who art thou? And Jesus saith unto them, Even the same that I said unto you from the beginning. -- john 8:25 +. +I have many things to say and to judge of you: but he that sent me is true; and I speak to the world those things which I have heard of him. -- john 8:26 +. +They understood not that he spake to them of the Father. -- john 8:27 +. +Then said Jesus unto them, When ye have lifted up the Son of man, then shall ye know that I am he, and that I do nothing of myself; but as my Father hath taught me, I speak these things. -- john 8:28 +. +And he that sent me is with me: the Father hath not left me alone; for I do always those things that please him. -- john 8:29 +. +As he spake these words, many believed on him. -- john 8:30 +. +Then said Jesus to those Jews which believed on him, If ye continue in my word, then are ye my disciples indeed; -- john 8:31 +. +And ye shall know the truth, and the truth shall make you free. -- john 8:32 +. +They answered him, We be Abraham's seed, and were never in bondage to any man: how sayest thou, Ye shall be made free? -- john 8:33 +. +Jesus answered them, Verily, verily, I say unto you, Whosoever committeth sin is the servant of sin. -- john 8:34 +. +And the servant abideth not in the house for ever: but the Son abideth ever. -- john 8:35 +. +If the Son therefore shall make you free, ye shall be free indeed. -- john 8:36 +. +I know that ye are Abraham's seed; but ye seek to kill me, because my word hath no place in you. -- john 8:37 +. +I speak that which I have seen with my Father: and ye do that which ye have seen with your father. -- john 8:38 +. +They answered and said unto him, Abraham is our father. Jesus saith unto them, If ye were Abraham's children, ye would do the works of Abraham. -- john 8:39 +. +But now ye seek to kill me, a man that hath told you the truth, which I have heard of God: this did not Abraham. -- john 8:40 +. +Ye do the deeds of your father. Then said they to him, We be not born of fornication; we have one Father, even God. -- john 8:41 +. +Jesus said unto them, If God were your Father, ye would love me: for I proceeded forth and came from God; neither came I of myself, but he sent me. -- john 8:42 +. +Why do ye not understand my speech? even because ye cannot hear my word. -- john 8:43 +. +Ye are of your father the devil, and the lusts of your father ye will do. He was a murderer from the beginning, and abode not in the truth, because there is no truth in him. When he speaketh a lie, he speaketh of his own: for he is a liar, and the father of it. -- john 8:44 +. +And because I tell you the truth, ye believe me not. -- john 8:45 +. +Which of you convinceth me of sin? And if I say the truth, why do ye not believe me? -- john 8:46 +. +He that is of God heareth God's words: ye therefore hear them not, because ye are not of God. -- john 8:47 +. +Then answered the Jews, and said unto him, Say we not well that thou art a Samaritan, and hast a devil? -- john 8:48 +. +Jesus answered, I have not a devil; but I honour my Father, and ye do dishonour me. -- john 8:49 +. +And I seek not mine own glory: there is one that seeketh and judgeth. -- john 8:50 +. +Verily, verily, I say unto you, If a man keep my saying, he shall never see death. -- john 8:51 +. +Then said the Jews unto him, Now we know that thou hast a devil. Abraham is dead, and the prophets; and thou sayest, If a man keep my saying, he shall never taste of death. -- john 8:52 +. +Art thou greater than our father Abraham, which is dead? and the prophets are dead: whom makest thou thyself? -- john 8:53 +. +Jesus answered, If I honour myself, my honour is nothing: it is my Father that honoureth me; of whom ye say, that he is your God: -- john 8:54 +. +Yet ye have not known him; but I know him: and if I should say, I know him not, I shall be a liar like unto you: but I know him, and keep his saying. -- john 8:55 +. +Your father Abraham rejoiced to see my day: and he saw it, and was glad. -- john 8:56 +. +Then said the Jews unto him, Thou art not yet fifty years old, and hast thou seen Abraham? -- john 8:57 +. +Jesus said unto them, Verily, verily, I say unto you, Before Abraham was, I am. -- john 8:58 +. +Then took they up stones to cast at him: but Jesus hid himself, and went out of the temple, going through the midst of them, and so passed by. -- john 8:59 +. +And as Jesus passed by, he saw a man which was blind from his birth. -- john 9:1 +. +And his disciples asked him, saying, Master, who did sin, this man, or his parents, that he was born blind? -- john 9:2 +. +Jesus answered, Neither hath this man sinned, nor his parents: but that the works of God should be made manifest in him. -- john 9:3 +. +I must work the works of him that sent me, while it is day: the night cometh, when no man can work. -- john 9:4 +. +As long as I am in the world, I am the light of the world. -- john 9:5 +. +When he had thus spoken, he spat on the ground, and made clay of the spittle, and he anointed the eyes of the blind man with the clay, -- john 9:6 +. +And said unto him, Go, wash in the pool of Siloam, (which is by interpretation, Sent.) He went his way therefore, and washed, and came seeing. -- john 9:7 +. +The neighbours therefore, and they which before had seen him that he was blind, said, Is not this he that sat and begged? -- john 9:8 +. +Some said, This is he: others said, He is like him: but he said, I am he. -- john 9:9 +. +Therefore said they unto him, How were thine eyes opened? -- john 9:10 +. +He answered and said, A man that is called Jesus made clay, and anointed mine eyes, and said unto me, Go to the pool of Siloam, and wash: and I went and washed, and I received sight. -- john 9:11 +. +Then said they unto him, Where is he? He said, I know not. -- john 9:12 +. +They brought to the Pharisees him that aforetime was blind. -- john 9:13 +. +And it was the sabbath day when Jesus made the clay, and opened his eyes. -- john 9:14 +. +Then again the Pharisees also asked him how he had received his sight. He said unto them, He put clay upon mine eyes, and I washed, and do see. -- john 9:15 +. +Therefore said some of the Pharisees, This man is not of God, because he keepeth not the sabbath day. Others said, How can a man that is a sinner do such miracles? And there was a division among them. -- john 9:16 +. +They say unto the blind man again, What sayest thou of him, that he hath opened thine eyes? He said, He is a prophet. -- john 9:17 +. +But the Jews did not believe concerning him, that he had been blind, and received his sight, until they called the parents of him that had received his sight. -- john 9:18 +. +And they asked them, saying, Is this your son, who ye say was born blind? how then doth he now see? -- john 9:19 +. +His parents answered them and said, We know that this is our son, and that he was born blind: -- john 9:20 +. +But by what means he now seeth, we know not; or who hath opened his eyes, we know not: he is of age; ask him: he shall speak for himself. -- john 9:21 +. +These words spake his parents, because they feared the Jews: for the Jews had agreed already, that if any man did confess that he was Christ, he should be put out of the synagogue. -- john 9:22 +. +Therefore said his parents, He is of age; ask him. -- john 9:23 +. +Then again called they the man that was blind, and said unto him, Give God the praise: we know that this man is a sinner. -- john 9:24 +. +He answered and said, Whether he be a sinner or no, I know not: one thing I know, that, whereas I was blind, now I see. -- john 9:25 +. +Then said they to him again, What did he to thee? how opened he thine eyes? -- john 9:26 +. +He answered them, I have told you already, and ye did not hear: wherefore would ye hear it again? will ye also be his disciples? -- john 9:27 +. +Then they reviled him, and said, Thou art his disciple; but we are Moses' disciples. -- john 9:28 +. +We know that God spake unto Moses: as for this fellow, we know not from whence he is. -- john 9:29 +. +The man answered and said unto them, Why herein is a marvellous thing, that ye know not from whence he is, and yet he hath opened mine eyes. -- john 9:30 +. +Now we know that God heareth not sinners: but if any man be a worshipper of God, and doeth his will, him he heareth. -- john 9:31 +. +Since the world began was it not heard that any man opened the eyes of one that was born blind. -- john 9:32 +. +If this man were not of God, he could do nothing. -- john 9:33 +. +They answered and said unto him, Thou wast altogether born in sins, and dost thou teach us? And they cast him out. -- john 9:34 +. +Jesus heard that they had cast him out; and when he had found him, he said unto him, Dost thou believe on the Son of God? -- john 9:35 +. +He answered and said, Who is he, Lord, that I might believe on him? -- john 9:36 +. +And Jesus said unto him, Thou hast both seen him, and it is he that talketh with thee. -- john 9:37 +. +And he said, Lord, I believe. And he worshipped him. -- john 9:38 +. +And Jesus said, For judgment I am come into this world, that they which see not might see; and that they which see might be made blind. -- john 9:39 +. +And some of the Pharisees which were with him heard these words, and said unto him, Are we blind also? -- john 9:40 +. +Jesus said unto them, If ye were blind, ye should have no sin: but now ye say, We see; therefore your sin remaineth. -- john 9:41 +. +Verily, verily, I say unto you, He that entereth not by the door into the sheepfold, but climbeth up some other way, the same is a thief and a robber. -- john 10:1 +. +But he that entereth in by the door is the shepherd of the sheep. -- john 10:2 +. +To him the porter openeth; and the sheep hear his voice: and he calleth his own sheep by name, and leadeth them out. -- john 10:3 +. +And when he putteth forth his own sheep, he goeth before them, and the sheep follow him: for they know his voice. -- john 10:4 +. +And a stranger will they not follow, but will flee from him: for they know not the voice of strangers. -- john 10:5 +. +This parable spake Jesus unto them: but they understood not what things they were which he spake unto them. -- john 10:6 +. +Then said Jesus unto them again, Verily, verily, I say unto you, I am the door of the sheep. -- john 10:7 +. +All that ever came before me are thieves and robbers: but the sheep did not hear them. -- john 10:8 +. +I am the door: by me if any man enter in, he shall be saved, and shall go in and out, and find pasture. -- john 10:9 +. +The thief cometh not, but for to steal, and to kill, and to destroy: I am come that they might have life, and that they might have it more abundantly. -- john 10:10 +. +I am the good shepherd: the good shepherd giveth his life for the sheep. -- john 10:11 +. +But he that is an hireling, and not the shepherd, whose own the sheep are not, seeth the wolf coming, and leaveth the sheep, and fleeth: and the wolf catcheth them, and scattereth the sheep. -- john 10:12 +. +The hireling fleeth, because he is an hireling, and careth not for the sheep. -- john 10:13 +. +I am the good shepherd, and know my sheep, and am known of mine. -- john 10:14 +. +As the Father knoweth me, even so know I the Father: and I lay down my life for the sheep. -- john 10:15 +. +And other sheep I have, which are not of this fold: them also I must bring, and they shall hear my voice; and there shall be one fold, and one shepherd. -- john 10:16 +. +Therefore doth my Father love me, because I lay down my life, that I might take it again. -- john 10:17 +. +No man taketh it from me, but I lay it down of myself. I have power to lay it down, and I have power to take it again. This commandment have I received of my Father. -- john 10:18 +. +There was a division therefore again among the Jews for these sayings. -- john 10:19 +. +And many of them said, He hath a devil, and is mad; why hear ye him? -- john 10:20 +. +Others said, These are not the words of him that hath a devil. Can a devil open the eyes of the blind? -- john 10:21 +. +And it was at Jerusalem the feast of the dedication, and it was winter. -- john 10:22 +. +And Jesus walked in the temple in Solomon's porch. -- john 10:23 +. +Then came the Jews round about him, and said unto him, How long dost thou make us to doubt? If thou be the Christ, tell us plainly. -- john 10:24 +. +Jesus answered them, I told you, and ye believed not: the works that I do in my Father's name, they bear witness of me. -- john 10:25 +. +But ye believe not, because ye are not of my sheep, as I said unto you. -- john 10:26 +. +My sheep hear my voice, and I know them, and they follow me: -- john 10:27 +. +And I give unto them eternal life; and they shall never perish, neither shall any man pluck them out of my hand. -- john 10:28 +. +My Father, which gave them me, is greater than all; and no man is able to pluck them out of my Father's hand. -- john 10:29 +. +I and my Father are one. -- john 10:30 +. +Then the Jews took up stones again to stone him. -- john 10:31 +. +Jesus answered them, Many good works have I shewed you from my Father; for which of those works do ye stone me? -- john 10:32 +. +The Jews answered him, saying, For a good work we stone thee not; but for blasphemy; and because that thou, being a man, makest thyself God. -- john 10:33 +. +Jesus answered them, Is it not written in your law, I said, Ye are gods? -- john 10:34 +. +If he called them gods, unto whom the word of God came, and the scripture cannot be broken; -- john 10:35 +. +Say ye of him, whom the Father hath sanctified, and sent into the world, Thou blasphemest; because I said, I am the Son of God? -- john 10:36 +. +If I do not the works of my Father, believe me not. -- john 10:37 +. +But if I do, though ye believe not me, believe the works: that ye may know, and believe, that the Father is in me, and I in him. -- john 10:38 +. +Therefore they sought again to take him: but he escaped out of their hand, -- john 10:39 +. +And went away again beyond Jordan into the place where John at first baptized; and there he abode. -- john 10:40 +. +And many resorted unto him, and said, John did no miracle: but all things that John spake of this man were true. -- john 10:41 +. +And many believed on him there. -- john 10:42 +. +Now a certain man was sick, named Lazarus, of Bethany, the town of Mary and her sister Martha. -- john 11:1 +. +(It was that Mary which anointed the Lord with ointment, and wiped his feet with her hair, whose brother Lazarus was sick.) -- john 11:2 +. +Therefore his sisters sent unto him, saying, Lord, behold, he whom thou lovest is sick. -- john 11:3 +. +When Jesus heard that, he said, This sickness is not unto death, but for the glory of God, that the Son of God might be glorified thereby. -- john 11:4 +. +Now Jesus loved Martha, and her sister, and Lazarus. -- john 11:5 +. +When he had heard therefore that he was sick, he abode two days still in the same place where he was. -- john 11:6 +. +Then after that saith he to his disciples, Let us go into Judaea again. -- john 11:7 +. +His disciples say unto him, Master, the Jews of late sought to stone thee; and goest thou thither again? -- john 11:8 +. +Jesus answered, Are there not twelve hours in the day? If any man walk in the day, he stumbleth not, because he seeth the light of this world. -- john 11:9 +. +But if a man walk in the night, he stumbleth, because there is no light in him. -- john 11:10 +. +These things said he: and after that he saith unto them, Our friend Lazarus sleepeth; but I go, that I may awake him out of sleep. -- john 11:11 +. +Then said his disciples, Lord, if he sleep, he shall do well. -- john 11:12 +. +Howbeit Jesus spake of his death: but they thought that he had spoken of taking of rest in sleep. -- john 11:13 +. +Then said Jesus unto them plainly, Lazarus is dead. -- john 11:14 +. +And I am glad for your sakes that I was not there, to the intent ye may believe; nevertheless let us go unto him. -- john 11:15 +. +Then said Thomas, which is called Didymus, unto his fellowdisciples, Let us also go, that we may die with him. -- john 11:16 +. +Then when Jesus came, he found that he had lain in the grave four days already. -- john 11:17 +. +Now Bethany was nigh unto Jerusalem, about fifteen furlongs off: -- john 11:18 +. +And many of the Jews came to Martha and Mary, to comfort them concerning their brother. -- john 11:19 +. +Then Martha, as soon as she heard that Jesus was coming, went and met him: but Mary sat still in the house. -- john 11:20 +. +Then said Martha unto Jesus, Lord, if thou hadst been here, my brother had not died. -- john 11:21 +. +But I know, that even now, whatsoever thou wilt ask of God, God will give it thee. -- john 11:22 +. +Jesus saith unto her, Thy brother shall rise again. -- john 11:23 +. +Martha saith unto him, I know that he shall rise again in the resurrection at the last day. -- john 11:24 +. +Jesus said unto her, I am the resurrection, and the life: he that believeth in me, though he were dead, yet shall he live: -- john 11:25 +. +And whosoever liveth and believeth in me shall never die. Believest thou this? -- john 11:26 +. +She saith unto him, Yea, Lord: I believe that thou art the Christ, the Son of God, which should come into the world. -- john 11:27 +. +And when she had so said, she went her way, and called Mary her sister secretly, saying, The Master is come, and calleth for thee. -- john 11:28 +. +As soon as she heard that, she arose quickly, and came unto him. -- john 11:29 +. +Now Jesus was not yet come into the town, but was in that place where Martha met him. -- john 11:30 +. +The Jews then which were with her in the house, and comforted her, when they saw Mary, that she rose up hastily and went out, followed her, saying, She goeth unto the grave to weep there. -- john 11:31 +. +Then when Mary was come where Jesus was, and saw him, she fell down at his feet, saying unto him, Lord, if thou hadst been here, my brother had not died. -- john 11:32 +. +When Jesus therefore saw her weeping, and the Jews also weeping which came with her, he groaned in the spirit, and was troubled. -- john 11:33 +. +And said, Where have ye laid him? They said unto him, Lord, come and see. -- john 11:34 +. +Jesus wept. -- john 11:35 +. +Then said the Jews, Behold how he loved him! -- john 11:36 +. +And some of them said, Could not this man, which opened the eyes of the blind, have caused that even this man should not have died? -- john 11:37 +. +Jesus therefore again groaning in himself cometh to the grave. It was a cave, and a stone lay upon it. -- john 11:38 +. +Jesus said, Take ye away the stone. Martha, the sister of him that was dead, saith unto him, Lord, by this time he stinketh: for he hath been dead four days. -- john 11:39 +. +Jesus saith unto her, Said I not unto thee, that, if thou wouldest believe, thou shouldest see the glory of God? -- john 11:40 +. +Then they took away the stone from the place where the dead was laid. And Jesus lifted up his eyes, and said, Father, I thank thee that thou hast heard me. -- john 11:41 +. +And I knew that thou hearest me always: but because of the people which stand by I said it, that they may believe that thou hast sent me. -- john 11:42 +. +And when he thus had spoken, he cried with a loud voice, Lazarus, come forth. -- john 11:43 +. +And he that was dead came forth, bound hand and foot with graveclothes: and his face was bound about with a napkin. Jesus saith unto them, Loose him, and let him go. -- john 11:44 +. +Then many of the Jews which came to Mary, and had seen the things which Jesus did, believed on him. -- john 11:45 +. +But some of them went their ways to the Pharisees, and told them what things Jesus had done. -- john 11:46 +. +Then gathered the chief priests and the Pharisees a council, and said, What do we? for this man doeth many miracles. -- john 11:47 +. +If we let him thus alone, all men will believe on him: and the Romans shall come and take away both our place and nation. -- john 11:48 +. +And one of them, named Caiaphas, being the high priest that same year, said unto them, Ye know nothing at all, -- john 11:49 +. +Nor consider that it is expedient for us, that one man should die for the people, and that the whole nation perish not. -- john 11:50 +. +And this spake he not of himself: but being high priest that year, he prophesied that Jesus should die for that nation; -- john 11:51 +. +And not for that nation only, but that also he should gather together in one the children of God that were scattered abroad. -- john 11:52 +. +Then from that day forth they took counsel together for to put him to death. -- john 11:53 +. +Jesus therefore walked no more openly among the Jews; but went thence unto a country near to the wilderness, into a city called Ephraim, and there continued with his disciples. -- john 11:54 +. +And the Jews' passover was nigh at hand: and many went out of the country up to Jerusalem before the passover, to purify themselves. -- john 11:55 +. +Then sought they for Jesus, and spake among themselves, as they stood in the temple, What think ye, that he will not come to the feast? -- john 11:56 +. +Now both the chief priests and the Pharisees had given a commandment, that, if any man knew where he were, he should shew it, that they might take him. -- john 11:57 +. +Then Jesus six days before the passover came to Bethany, where Lazarus was, which had been dead, whom he raised from the dead. -- john 12:1 +. +There they made him a supper; and Martha served: but Lazarus was one of them that sat at the table with him. -- john 12:2 +. +Then took Mary a pound of ointment of spikenard, very costly, and anointed the feet of Jesus, and wiped his feet with her hair: and the house was filled with the odour of the ointment. -- john 12:3 +. +Then saith one of his disciples, Judas Iscariot, Simon's son, which should betray him, -- john 12:4 +. +Why was not this ointment sold for three hundred pence, and given to the poor? -- john 12:5 +. +This he said, not that he cared for the poor; but because he was a thief, and had the bag, and bare what was put therein. -- john 12:6 +. +Then said Jesus, Let her alone: against the day of my burying hath she kept this. -- john 12:7 +. +For the poor always ye have with you; but me ye have not always. -- john 12:8 +. +Much people of the Jews therefore knew that he was there: and they came not for Jesus' sake only, but that they might see Lazarus also, whom he had raised from the dead. -- john 12:9 +. +But the chief priests consulted that they might put Lazarus also to death; -- john 12:10 +. +Because that by reason of him many of the Jews went away, and believed on Jesus. -- john 12:11 +. +On the next day much people that were come to the feast, when they heard that Jesus was coming to Jerusalem, -- john 12:12 +. +Took branches of palm trees, and went forth to meet him, and cried, Hosanna: Blessed is the King of Israel that cometh in the name of the Lord. -- john 12:13 +. +And Jesus, when he had found a young ass, sat thereon; as it is written, -- john 12:14 +. +Fear not, daughter of Sion: behold, thy King cometh, sitting on an ass's colt. -- john 12:15 +. +These things understood not his disciples at the first: but when Jesus was glorified, then remembered they that these things were written of him, and that they had done these things unto him. -- john 12:16 +. +The people therefore that was with him when he called Lazarus out of his grave, and raised him from the dead, bare record. -- john 12:17 +. +For this cause the people also met him, for that they heard that he had done this miracle. -- john 12:18 +. +The Pharisees therefore said among themselves, Perceive ye how ye prevail nothing? behold, the world is gone after him. -- john 12:19 +. +And there were certain Greeks among them that came up to worship at the feast: -- john 12:20 +. +The same came therefore to Philip, which was of Bethsaida of Galilee, and desired him, saying, Sir, we would see Jesus. -- john 12:21 +. +Philip cometh and telleth Andrew: and again Andrew and Philip tell Jesus. -- john 12:22 +. +And Jesus answered them, saying, The hour is come, that the Son of man should be glorified. -- john 12:23 +. +Verily, verily, I say unto you, Except a corn of wheat fall into the ground and die, it abideth alone: but if it die, it bringeth forth much fruit. -- john 12:24 +. +He that loveth his life shall lose it; and he that hateth his life in this world shall keep it unto life eternal. -- john 12:25 +. +If any man serve me, let him follow me; and where I am, there shall also my servant be: if any man serve me, him will my Father honour. -- john 12:26 +. +Now is my soul troubled; and what shall I say? Father, save me from this hour: but for this cause came I unto this hour. -- john 12:27 +. +Father, glorify thy name. Then came there a voice from heaven, saying, I have both glorified it, and will glorify it again. -- john 12:28 +. +The people therefore, that stood by, and heard it, said that it thundered: others said, An angel spake to him. -- john 12:29 +. +Jesus answered and said, This voice came not because of me, but for your sakes. -- john 12:30 +. +Now is the judgment of this world: now shall the prince of this world be cast out. -- john 12:31 +. +And I, if I be lifted up from the earth, will draw all men unto me. -- john 12:32 +. +This he said, signifying what death he should die. -- john 12:33 +. +The people answered him, We have heard out of the law that Christ abideth for ever: and how sayest thou, The Son of man must be lifted up? who is this Son of man? -- john 12:34 +. +Then Jesus said unto them, Yet a little while is the light with you. Walk while ye have the light, lest darkness come upon you: for he that walketh in darkness knoweth not whither he goeth. -- john 12:35 +. +While ye have light, believe in the light, that ye may be the children of light. These things spake Jesus, and departed, and did hide himself from them. -- john 12:36 +. +But though he had done so many miracles before them, yet they believed not on him: -- john 12:37 +. +That the saying of Esaias the prophet might be fulfilled, which he spake, Lord, who hath believed our report? and to whom hath the arm of the Lord been revealed? -- john 12:38 +. +Therefore they could not believe, because that Esaias said again, -- john 12:39 +. +He hath blinded their eyes, and hardened their heart; that they should not see with their eyes, nor understand with their heart, and be converted, and I should heal them. -- john 12:40 +. +These things said Esaias, when he saw his glory, and spake of him. -- john 12:41 +. +Nevertheless among the chief rulers also many believed on him; but because of the Pharisees they did not confess him, lest they should be put out of the synagogue: -- john 12:42 +. +For they loved the praise of men more than the praise of God. -- john 12:43 +. +Jesus cried and said, He that believeth on me, believeth not on me, but on him that sent me. -- john 12:44 +. +And he that seeth me seeth him that sent me. -- john 12:45 +. +I am come a light into the world, that whosoever believeth on me should not abide in darkness. -- john 12:46 +. +And if any man hear my words, and believe not, I judge him not: for I came not to judge the world, but to save the world. -- john 12:47 +. +He that rejecteth me, and receiveth not my words, hath one that judgeth him: the word that I have spoken, the same shall judge him in the last day. -- john 12:48 +. +For I have not spoken of myself; but the Father which sent me, he gave me a commandment, what I should say, and what I should speak. -- john 12:49 +. +And I know that his commandment is life everlasting: whatsoever I speak therefore, even as the Father said unto me, so I speak. -- john 12:50 +. +Now before the feast of the passover, when Jesus knew that his hour was come that he should depart out of this world unto the Father, having loved his own which were in the world, he loved them unto the end. -- john 13:1 +. +And supper being ended, the devil having now put into the heart of Judas Iscariot, Simon's son, to betray him; -- john 13:2 +. +Jesus knowing that the Father had given all things into his hands, and that he was come from God, and went to God; -- john 13:3 +. +He riseth from supper, and laid aside his garments; and took a towel, and girded himself. -- john 13:4 +. +After that he poureth water into a bason, and began to wash the disciples' feet, and to wipe them with the towel wherewith he was girded. -- john 13:5 +. +Then cometh he to Simon Peter: and Peter saith unto him, Lord, dost thou wash my feet? -- john 13:6 +. +Jesus answered and said unto him, What I do thou knowest not now; but thou shalt know hereafter. -- john 13:7 +. +Peter saith unto him, Thou shalt never wash my feet. Jesus answered him, If I wash thee not, thou hast no part with me. -- john 13:8 +. +Simon Peter saith unto him, Lord, not my feet only, but also my hands and my head. -- john 13:9 +. +Jesus saith to him, He that is washed needeth not save to wash his feet, but is clean every whit: and ye are clean, but not all. -- john 13:10 +. +For he knew who should betray him; therefore said he, Ye are not all clean. -- john 13:11 +. +So after he had washed their feet, and had taken his garments, and was set down again, he said unto them, Know ye what I have done to you? -- john 13:12 +. +Ye call me Master and Lord: and ye say well; for so I am. -- john 13:13 +. +If I then, your Lord and Master, have washed your feet; ye also ought to wash one another's feet. -- john 13:14 +. +For I have given you an example, that ye should do as I have done to you. -- john 13:15 +. +Verily, verily, I say unto you, The servant is not greater than his lord; neither he that is sent greater than he that sent him. -- john 13:16 +. +If ye know these things, happy are ye if ye do them. -- john 13:17 +. +I speak not of you all: I know whom I have chosen: but that the scripture may be fulfilled, He that eateth bread with me hath lifted up his heel against me. -- john 13:18 +. +Now I tell you before it come, that, when it is come to pass, ye may believe that I am he. -- john 13:19 +. +Verily, verily, I say unto you, He that receiveth whomsoever I send receiveth me; and he that receiveth me receiveth him that sent me. -- john 13:20 +. +When Jesus had thus said, he was troubled in spirit, and testified, and said, Verily, verily, I say unto you, that one of you shall betray me. -- john 13:21 +. +Then the disciples looked one on another, doubting of whom he spake. -- john 13:22 +. +Now there was leaning on Jesus' bosom one of his disciples, whom Jesus loved. -- john 13:23 +. +Simon Peter therefore beckoned to him, that he should ask who it should be of whom he spake. -- john 13:24 +. +He then lying on Jesus' breast saith unto him, Lord, who is it? -- john 13:25 +. +Jesus answered, He it is, to whom I shall give a sop, when I have dipped it. And when he had dipped the sop, he gave it to Judas Iscariot, the son of Simon. -- john 13:26 +. +And after the sop Satan entered into him. Then said Jesus unto him, That thou doest, do quickly. -- john 13:27 +. +Now no man at the table knew for what intent he spake this unto him. -- john 13:28 +. +For some of them thought, because Judas had the bag, that Jesus had said unto him, Buy those things that we have need of against the feast; or, that he should give something to the poor. -- john 13:29 +. +He then having received the sop went immediately out: and it was night. -- john 13:30 +. +Therefore, when he was gone out, Jesus said, Now is the Son of man glorified, and God is glorified in him. -- john 13:31 +. +If God be glorified in him, God shall also glorify him in himself, and shall straightway glorify him. -- john 13:32 +. +Little children, yet a little while I am with you. Ye shall seek me: and as I said unto the Jews, Whither I go, ye cannot come; so now I say to you. -- john 13:33 +. +A new commandment I give unto you, That ye love one another; as I have loved you, that ye also love one another. -- john 13:34 +. +By this shall all men know that ye are my disciples, if ye have love one to another. -- john 13:35 +. +Simon Peter said unto him, Lord, whither goest thou? Jesus answered him, Whither I go, thou canst not follow me now; but thou shalt follow me afterwards. -- john 13:36 +. +Peter said unto him, Lord, why cannot I follow thee now? I will lay down my life for thy sake. -- john 13:37 +. +Jesus answered him, Wilt thou lay down thy life for my sake? Verily, verily, I say unto thee, The cock shall not crow, till thou hast denied me thrice. -- john 13:38 +. +Let not your heart be troubled: ye believe in God, believe also in me. -- john 14:1 +. +In my Father's house are many mansions: if it were not so, I would have told you. I go to prepare a place for you. -- john 14:2 +. +And if I go and prepare a place for you, I will come again, and receive you unto myself; that where I am, there ye may be also. -- john 14:3 +. +And whither I go ye know, and the way ye know. -- john 14:4 +. +Thomas saith unto him, Lord, we know not whither thou goest; and how can we know the way? -- john 14:5 +. +Jesus saith unto him, I am the way, the truth, and the life: no man cometh unto the Father, but by me. -- john 14:6 +. +If ye had known me, ye should have known my Father also: and from henceforth ye know him, and have seen him. -- john 14:7 +. +Philip saith unto him, Lord, shew us the Father, and it sufficeth us. -- john 14:8 +. +Jesus saith unto him, Have I been so long time with you, and yet hast thou not known me, Philip? he that hath seen me hath seen the Father; and how sayest thou then, Shew us the Father? -- john 14:9 +. +Believest thou not that I am in the Father, and the Father in me? the words that I speak unto you I speak not of myself: but the Father that dwelleth in me, he doeth the works. -- john 14:10 +. +Believe me that I am in the Father, and the Father in me: or else believe me for the very works' sake. -- john 14:11 +. +Verily, verily, I say unto you, He that believeth on me, the works that I do shall he do also; and greater works than these shall he do; because I go unto my Father. -- john 14:12 +. +And whatsoever ye shall ask in my name, that will I do, that the Father may be glorified in the Son. -- john 14:13 +. +If ye shall ask any thing in my name, I will do it. -- john 14:14 +. +If ye love me, keep my commandments. -- john 14:15 +. +And I will pray the Father, and he shall give you another Comforter, that he may abide with you for ever; -- john 14:16 +. +Even the Spirit of truth; whom the world cannot receive, because it seeth him not, neither knoweth him: but ye know him; for he dwelleth with you, and shall be in you. -- john 14:17 +. +I will not leave you comfortless: I will come to you. -- john 14:18 +. +Yet a little while, and the world seeth me no more; but ye see me: because I live, ye shall live also. -- john 14:19 +. +At that day ye shall know that I am in my Father, and ye in me, and I in you. -- john 14:20 +. +He that hath my commandments, and keepeth them, he it is that loveth me: and he that loveth me shall be loved of my Father, and I will love him, and will manifest myself to him. -- john 14:21 +. +Judas saith unto him, not Iscariot, Lord, how is it that thou wilt manifest thyself unto us, and not unto the world? -- john 14:22 +. +Jesus answered and said unto him, If a man love me, he will keep my words: and my Father will love him, and we will come unto him, and make our abode with him. -- john 14:23 +. +He that loveth me not keepeth not my sayings: and the word which ye hear is not mine, but the Father's which sent me. -- john 14:24 +. +These things have I spoken unto you, being yet present with you. -- john 14:25 +. +But the Comforter, which is the Holy Ghost, whom the Father will send in my name, he shall teach you all things, and bring all things to your remembrance, whatsoever I have said unto you. -- john 14:26 +. +Peace I leave with you, my peace I give unto you: not as the world giveth, give I unto you. Let not your heart be troubled, neither let it be afraid. -- john 14:27 +. +Ye have heard how I said unto you, I go away, and come again unto you. If ye loved me, ye would rejoice, because I said, I go unto the Father: for my Father is greater than I. -- john 14:28 +. +And now I have told you before it come to pass, that, when it is come to pass, ye might believe. -- john 14:29 +. +Hereafter I will not talk much with you: for the prince of this world cometh, and hath nothing in me. -- john 14:30 +. +But that the world may know that I love the Father; and as the Father gave me commandment, even so I do. Arise, let us go hence. -- john 14:31 +. +I am the true vine, and my Father is the husbandman. -- john 15:1 +. +Every branch in me that beareth not fruit he taketh away: and every branch that beareth fruit, he purgeth it, that it may bring forth more fruit. -- john 15:2 +. +Now ye are clean through the word which I have spoken unto you. -- john 15:3 +. +Abide in me, and I in you. As the branch cannot bear fruit of itself, except it abide in the vine; no more can ye, except ye abide in me. -- john 15:4 +. +I am the vine, ye are the branches: He that abideth in me, and I in him, the same bringeth forth much fruit: for without me ye can do nothing. -- john 15:5 +. +If a man abide not in me, he is cast forth as a branch, and is withered; and men gather them, and cast them into the fire, and they are burned. -- john 15:6 +. +If ye abide in me, and my words abide in you, ye shall ask what ye will, and it shall be done unto you. -- john 15:7 +. +Herein is my Father glorified, that ye bear much fruit; so shall ye be my disciples. -- john 15:8 +. +As the Father hath loved me, so have I loved you: continue ye in my love. -- john 15:9 +. +If ye keep my commandments, ye shall abide in my love; even as I have kept my Father's commandments, and abide in his love. -- john 15:10 +. +These things have I spoken unto you, that my joy might remain in you, and that your joy might be full. -- john 15:11 +. +This is my commandment, That ye love one another, as I have loved you. -- john 15:12 +. +Greater love hath no man than this, that a man lay down his life for his friends. -- john 15:13 +. +Ye are my friends, if ye do whatsoever I command you. -- john 15:14 +. +Henceforth I call you not servants; for the servant knoweth not what his lord doeth: but I have called you friends; for all things that I have heard of my Father I have made known unto you. -- john 15:15 +. +Ye have not chosen me, but I have chosen you, and ordained you, that ye should go and bring forth fruit, and that your fruit should remain: that whatsoever ye shall ask of the Father in my name, he may give it you. -- john 15:16 +. +These things I command you, that ye love one another. -- john 15:17 +. +If the world hate you, ye know that it hated me before it hated you. -- john 15:18 +. +If ye were of the world, the world would love his own: but because ye are not of the world, but I have chosen you out of the world, therefore the world hateth you. -- john 15:19 +. +Remember the word that I said unto you, The servant is not greater than his lord. If they have persecuted me, they will also persecute you; if they have kept my saying, they will keep yours also. -- john 15:20 +. +But all these things will they do unto you for my name's sake, because they know not him that sent me. -- john 15:21 +. +If I had not come and spoken unto them, they had not had sin: but now they have no cloak for their sin. -- john 15:22 +. +He that hateth me hateth my Father also. -- john 15:23 +. +If I had not done among them the works which none other man did, they had not had sin: but now have they both seen and hated both me and my Father. -- john 15:24 +. +But this cometh to pass, that the word might be fulfilled that is written in their law, They hated me without a cause. -- john 15:25 +. +But when the Comforter is come, whom I will send unto you from the Father, even the Spirit of truth, which proceedeth from the Father, he shall testify of me: -- john 15:26 +. +And ye also shall bear witness, because ye have been with me from the beginning. -- john 15:27 +. +These things have I spoken unto you, that ye should not be offended. -- john 16:1 +. +They shall put you out of the synagogues: yea, the time cometh, that whosoever killeth you will think that he doeth God service. -- john 16:2 +. +And these things will they do unto you, because they have not known the Father, nor me. -- john 16:3 +. +But these things have I told you, that when the time shall come, ye may remember that I told you of them. And these things I said not unto you at the beginning, because I was with you. -- john 16:4 +. +But now I go my way to him that sent me; and none of you asketh me, Whither goest thou? -- john 16:5 +. +But because I have said these things unto you, sorrow hath filled your heart. -- john 16:6 +. +Nevertheless I tell you the truth; It is expedient for you that I go away: for if I go not away, the Comforter will not come unto you; but if I depart, I will send him unto you. -- john 16:7 +. +And when he is come, he will reprove the world of sin, and of righteousness, and of judgment: -- john 16:8 +. +Of sin, because they believe not on me; -- john 16:9 +. +Of righteousness, because I go to my Father, and ye see me no more; -- john 16:10 +. +Of judgment, because the prince of this world is judged. -- john 16:11 +. +I have yet many things to say unto you, but ye cannot bear them now. -- john 16:12 +. +Howbeit when he, the Spirit of truth, is come, he will guide you into all truth: for he shall not speak of himself; but whatsoever he shall hear, that shall he speak: and he will shew you things to come. -- john 16:13 +. +He shall glorify me: for he shall receive of mine, and shall shew it unto you. -- john 16:14 +. +All things that the Father hath are mine: therefore said I, that he shall take of mine, and shall shew it unto you. -- john 16:15 +. +A little while, and ye shall not see me: and again, a little while, and ye shall see me, because I go to the Father. -- john 16:16 +. +Then said some of his disciples among themselves, What is this that he saith unto us, A little while, and ye shall not see me: and again, a little while, and ye shall see me: and, Because I go to the Father? -- john 16:17 +. +They said therefore, What is this that he saith, A little while? we cannot tell what he saith. -- john 16:18 +. +Now Jesus knew that they were desirous to ask him, and said unto them, Do ye enquire among yourselves of that I said, A little while, and ye shall not see me: and again, a little while, and ye shall see me? -- john 16:19 +. +Verily, verily, I say unto you, That ye shall weep and lament, but the world shall rejoice: and ye shall be sorrowful, but your sorrow shall be turned into joy. -- john 16:20 +. +A woman when she is in travail hath sorrow, because her hour is come: but as soon as she is delivered of the child, she remembereth no more the anguish, for joy that a man is born into the world. -- john 16:21 +. +And ye now therefore have sorrow: but I will see you again, and your heart shall rejoice, and your joy no man taketh from you. -- john 16:22 +. +And in that day ye shall ask me nothing. Verily, verily, I say unto you, Whatsoever ye shall ask the Father in my name, he will give it you. -- john 16:23 +. +Hitherto have ye asked nothing in my name: ask, and ye shall receive, that your joy may be full. -- john 16:24 +. +These things have I spoken unto you in proverbs: but the time cometh, when I shall no more speak unto you in proverbs, but I shall shew you plainly of the Father. -- john 16:25 +. +At that day ye shall ask in my name: and I say not unto you, that I will pray the Father for you: -- john 16:26 +. +For the Father himself loveth you, because ye have loved me, and have believed that I came out from God. -- john 16:27 +. +I came forth from the Father, and am come into the world: again, I leave the world, and go to the Father. -- john 16:28 +. +His disciples said unto him, Lo, now speakest thou plainly, and speakest no proverb. -- john 16:29 +. +Now are we sure that thou knowest all things, and needest not that any man should ask thee: by this we believe that thou camest forth from God. -- john 16:30 +. +Jesus answered them, Do ye now believe? -- john 16:31 +. +Behold, the hour cometh, yea, is now come, that ye shall be scattered, every man to his own, and shall leave me alone: and yet I am not alone, because the Father is with me. -- john 16:32 +. +These things I have spoken unto you, that in me ye might have peace. In the world ye shall have tribulation: but be of good cheer; I have overcome the world. -- john 16:33 +. +These words spake Jesus, and lifted up his eyes to heaven, and said, Father, the hour is come; glorify thy Son, that thy Son also may glorify thee: -- john 17:1 +. +As thou hast given him power over all flesh, that he should give eternal life to as many as thou hast given him. -- john 17:2 +. +And this is life eternal, that they might know thee the only true God, and Jesus Christ, whom thou hast sent. -- john 17:3 +. +I have glorified thee on the earth: I have finished the work which thou gavest me to do. -- john 17:4 +. +And now, O Father, glorify thou me with thine own self with the glory which I had with thee before the world was. -- john 17:5 +. +I have manifested thy name unto the men which thou gavest me out of the world: thine they were, and thou gavest them me; and they have kept thy word. -- john 17:6 +. +Now they have known that all things whatsoever thou hast given me are of thee. -- john 17:7 +. +For I have given unto them the words which thou gavest me; and they have received them, and have known surely that I came out from thee, and they have believed that thou didst send me. -- john 17:8 +. +I pray for them: I pray not for the world, but for them which thou hast given me; for they are thine. -- john 17:9 +. +And all mine are thine, and thine are mine; and I am glorified in them. -- john 17:10 +. +And now I am no more in the world, but these are in the world, and I come to thee. Holy Father, keep through thine own name those whom thou hast given me, that they may be one, as we are. -- john 17:11 +. +While I was with them in the world, I kept them in thy name: those that thou gavest me I have kept, and none of them is lost, but the son of perdition; that the scripture might be fulfilled. -- john 17:12 +. +And now come I to thee; and these things I speak in the world, that they might have my joy fulfilled in themselves. -- john 17:13 +. +I have given them thy word; and the world hath hated them, because they are not of the world, even as I am not of the world. -- john 17:14 +. +I pray not that thou shouldest take them out of the world, but that thou shouldest keep them from the evil. -- john 17:15 +. +They are not of the world, even as I am not of the world. -- john 17:16 +. +Sanctify them through thy truth: thy word is truth. -- john 17:17 +. +As thou hast sent me into the world, even so have I also sent them into the world. -- john 17:18 +. +And for their sakes I sanctify myself, that they also might be sanctified through the truth. -- john 17:19 +. +Neither pray I for these alone, but for them also which shall believe on me through their word; -- john 17:20 +. +That they all may be one; as thou, Father, art in me, and I in thee, that they also may be one in us: that the world may believe that thou hast sent me. -- john 17:21 +. +And the glory which thou gavest me I have given them; that they may be one, even as we are one: -- john 17:22 +. +I in them, and thou in me, that they may be made perfect in one; and that the world may know that thou hast sent me, and hast loved them, as thou hast loved me. -- john 17:23 +. +Father, I will that they also, whom thou hast given me, be with me where I am; that they may behold my glory, which thou hast given me: for thou lovedst me before the foundation of the world. -- john 17:24 +. +O righteous Father, the world hath not known thee: but I have known thee, and these have known that thou hast sent me. -- john 17:25 +. +And I have declared unto them thy name, and will declare it: that the love wherewith thou hast loved me may be in them, and I in them. -- john 17:26 +. +When Jesus had spoken these words, he went forth with his disciples over the brook Cedron, where was a garden, into the which he entered, and his disciples. -- john 18:1 +. +And Judas also, which betrayed him, knew the place: for Jesus ofttimes resorted thither with his disciples. -- john 18:2 +. +Judas then, having received a band of men and officers from the chief priests and Pharisees, cometh thither with lanterns and torches and weapons. -- john 18:3 +. +Jesus therefore, knowing all things that should come upon him, went forth, and said unto them, Whom seek ye? -- john 18:4 +. +They answered him, Jesus of Nazareth. Jesus saith unto them, I am he. And Judas also, which betrayed him, stood with them. -- john 18:5 +. +As soon then as he had said unto them, I am he, they went backward, and fell to the ground. -- john 18:6 +. +Then asked he them again, Whom seek ye? And they said, Jesus of Nazareth. -- john 18:7 +. +Jesus answered, I have told you that I am he: if therefore ye seek me, let these go their way: -- john 18:8 +. +That the saying might be fulfilled, which he spake, Of them which thou gavest me have I lost none. -- john 18:9 +. +Then Simon Peter having a sword drew it, and smote the high priest's servant, and cut off his right ear. The servant's name was Malchus. -- john 18:10 +. +Then said Jesus unto Peter, Put up thy sword into the sheath: the cup which my Father hath given me, shall I not drink it? -- john 18:11 +. +Then the band and the captain and officers of the Jews took Jesus, and bound him, -- john 18:12 +. +And led him away to Annas first; for he was father in law to Caiaphas, which was the high priest that same year. -- john 18:13 +. +Now Caiaphas was he, which gave counsel to the Jews, that it was expedient that one man should die for the people. -- john 18:14 +. +And Simon Peter followed Jesus, and so did another disciple: that disciple was known unto the high priest, and went in with Jesus into the palace of the high priest. -- john 18:15 +. +But Peter stood at the door without. Then went out that other disciple, which was known unto the high priest, and spake unto her that kept the door, and brought in Peter. -- john 18:16 +. +Then saith the damsel that kept the door unto Peter, Art not thou also one of this man's disciples? He saith, I am not. -- john 18:17 +. +And the servants and officers stood there, who had made a fire of coals; for it was cold: and they warmed themselves: and Peter stood with them, and warmed himself. -- john 18:18 +. +The high priest then asked Jesus of his disciples, and of his doctrine. -- john 18:19 +. +Jesus answered him, I spake openly to the world; I ever taught in the synagogue, and in the temple, whither the Jews always resort; and in secret have I said nothing. -- john 18:20 +. +Why askest thou me? ask them which heard me, what I have said unto them: behold, they know what I said. -- john 18:21 +. +And when he had thus spoken, one of the officers which stood by struck Jesus with the palm of his hand, saying, Answerest thou the high priest so? -- john 18:22 +. +Jesus answered him, If I have spoken evil, bear witness of the evil: but if well, why smitest thou me? -- john 18:23 +. +Now Annas had sent him bound unto Caiaphas the high priest. -- john 18:24 +. +And Simon Peter stood and warmed himself. They said therefore unto him, Art not thou also one of his disciples? He denied it, and said, I am not. -- john 18:25 +. +One of the servants of the high priest, being his kinsman whose ear Peter cut off, saith, Did not I see thee in the garden with him? -- john 18:26 +. +Peter then denied again: and immediately the cock crew. -- john 18:27 +. +Then led they Jesus from Caiaphas unto the hall of judgment: and it was early; and they themselves went not into the judgment hall, lest they should be defiled; but that they might eat the passover. -- john 18:28 +. +Pilate then went out unto them, and said, What accusation bring ye against this man? -- john 18:29 +. +They answered and said unto him, If he were not a malefactor, we would not have delivered him up unto thee. -- john 18:30 +. +Then said Pilate unto them, Take ye him, and judge him according to your law. The Jews therefore said unto him, It is not lawful for us to put any man to death: -- john 18:31 +. +That the saying of Jesus might be fulfilled, which he spake, signifying what death he should die. -- john 18:32 +. +Then Pilate entered into the judgment hall again, and called Jesus, and said unto him, Art thou the King of the Jews? -- john 18:33 +. +Jesus answered him, Sayest thou this thing of thyself, or did others tell it thee of me? -- john 18:34 +. +Pilate answered, Am I a Jew? Thine own nation and the chief priests have delivered thee unto me: what hast thou done? -- john 18:35 +. +Jesus answered, My kingdom is not of this world: if my kingdom were of this world, then would my servants fight, that I should not be delivered to the Jews: but now is my kingdom not from hence. -- john 18:36 +. +Pilate therefore said unto him, Art thou a king then? Jesus answered, Thou sayest that I am a king. To this end was I born, and for this cause came I into the world, that I should bear witness unto the truth. Every one that is of the truth heareth my voice. -- john 18:37 +. +Pilate saith unto him, What is truth? And when he had said this, he went out again unto the Jews, and saith unto them, I find in him no fault at all. -- john 18:38 +. +But ye have a custom, that I should release unto you one at the passover: will ye therefore that I release unto you the King of the Jews? -- john 18:39 +. +Then cried they all again, saying, Not this man, but Barabbas. Now Barabbas was a robber. -- john 18:40 +. +Then Pilate therefore took Jesus, and scourged him. -- john 19:1 +. +And the soldiers platted a crown of thorns, and put it on his head, and they put on him a purple robe, -- john 19:2 +. +And said, Hail, King of the Jews! and they smote him with their hands. -- john 19:3 +. +Pilate therefore went forth again, and saith unto them, Behold, I bring him forth to you, that ye may know that I find no fault in him. -- john 19:4 +. +Then came Jesus forth, wearing the crown of thorns, and the purple robe. And Pilate saith unto them, Behold the man! -- john 19:5 +. +When the chief priests therefore and officers saw him, they cried out, saying, Crucify him, crucify him. Pilate saith unto them, Take ye him, and crucify him: for I find no fault in him. -- john 19:6 +. +The Jews answered him, We have a law, and by our law he ought to die, because he made himself the Son of God. -- john 19:7 +. +When Pilate therefore heard that saying, he was the more afraid; -- john 19:8 +. +And went again into the judgment hall, and saith unto Jesus, Whence art thou? But Jesus gave him no answer. -- john 19:9 +. +Then saith Pilate unto him, Speakest thou not unto me? knowest thou not that I have power to crucify thee, and have power to release thee? -- john 19:10 +. +Jesus answered, Thou couldest have no power at all against me, except it were given thee from above: therefore he that delivered me unto thee hath the greater sin. -- john 19:11 +. +And from thenceforth Pilate sought to release him: but the Jews cried out, saying, If thou let this man go, thou art not Caesar's friend: whosoever maketh himself a king speaketh against Caesar. -- john 19:12 +. +When Pilate therefore heard that saying, he brought Jesus forth, and sat down in the judgment seat in a place that is called the Pavement, but in the Hebrew, Gabbatha. -- john 19:13 +. +And it was the preparation of the passover, and about the sixth hour: and he saith unto the Jews, Behold your King! -- john 19:14 +. +But they cried out, Away with him, away with him, crucify him. Pilate saith unto them, Shall I crucify your King? The chief priests answered, We have no king but Caesar. -- john 19:15 +. +Then delivered he him therefore unto them to be crucified. And they took Jesus, and led him away. -- john 19:16 +. +And he bearing his cross went forth into a place called the place of a skull, which is called in the Hebrew Golgotha: -- john 19:17 +. +Where they crucified him, and two other with him, on either side one, and Jesus in the midst. -- john 19:18 +. +And Pilate wrote a title, and put it on the cross. And the writing was JESUS OF NAZARETH THE KING OF THE JEWS. -- john 19:19 +. +This title then read many of the Jews: for the place where Jesus was crucified was nigh to the city: and it was written in Hebrew, and Greek, and Latin. -- john 19:20 +. +Then said the chief priests of the Jews to Pilate, Write not, The King of the Jews; but that he said, I am King of the Jews. -- john 19:21 +. +Pilate answered, What I have written I have written. -- john 19:22 +. +Then the soldiers, when they had crucified Jesus, took his garments, and made four parts, to every soldier a part; and also his coat: now the coat was without seam, woven from the top throughout. -- john 19:23 +. +They said therefore among themselves, Let us not rend it, but cast lots for it, whose it shall be: that the scripture might be fulfilled, which saith, They parted my raiment among them, and for my vesture they did cast lots. These things therefore the soldiers did. -- john 19:24 +. +Now there stood by the cross of Jesus his mother, and his mother's sister, Mary the wife of Cleophas, and Mary Magdalene. -- john 19:25 +. +When Jesus therefore saw his mother, and the disciple standing by, whom he loved, he saith unto his mother, Woman, behold thy son! -- john 19:26 +. +Then saith he to the disciple, Behold thy mother! And from that hour that disciple took her unto his own home. -- john 19:27 +. +After this, Jesus knowing that all things were now accomplished, that the scripture might be fulfilled, saith, I thirst. -- john 19:28 +. +Now there was set a vessel full of vinegar: and they filled a spunge with vinegar, and put it upon hyssop, and put it to his mouth. -- john 19:29 +. +When Jesus therefore had received the vinegar, he said, It is finished: and he bowed his head, and gave up the ghost. -- john 19:30 +. +The Jews therefore, because it was the preparation, that the bodies should not remain upon the cross on the sabbath day, (for that sabbath day was an high day,) besought Pilate that their legs might be broken, and that they might be taken away. -- john 19:31 +. +Then came the soldiers, and brake the legs of the first, and of the other which was crucified with him. -- john 19:32 +. +But when they came to Jesus, and saw that he was dead already, they brake not his legs: -- john 19:33 +. +But one of the soldiers with a spear pierced his side, and forthwith came there out blood and water. -- john 19:34 +. +And he that saw it bare record, and his record is true: and he knoweth that he saith true, that ye might believe. -- john 19:35 +. +For these things were done, that the scripture should be fulfilled, A bone of him shall not be broken. -- john 19:36 +. +And again another scripture saith, They shall look on him whom they pierced. -- john 19:37 +. +And after this Joseph of Arimathaea, being a disciple of Jesus, but secretly for fear of the Jews, besought Pilate that he might take away the body of Jesus: and Pilate gave him leave. He came therefore, and took the body of Jesus. -- john 19:38 +. +And there came also Nicodemus, which at the first came to Jesus by night, and brought a mixture of myrrh and aloes, about an hundred pound weight. -- john 19:39 +. +Then took they the body of Jesus, and wound it in linen clothes with the spices, as the manner of the Jews is to bury. -- john 19:40 +. +Now in the place where he was crucified there was a garden; and in the garden a new sepulchre, wherein was never man yet laid. -- john 19:41 +. +There laid they Jesus therefore because of the Jews' preparation day; for the sepulchre was nigh at hand. -- john 19:42 +. +The first day of the week cometh Mary Magdalene early, when it was yet dark, unto the sepulchre, and seeth the stone taken away from the sepulchre. -- john 20:1 +. +Then she runneth, and cometh to Simon Peter, and to the other disciple, whom Jesus loved, and saith unto them, They have taken away the LORD out of the sepulchre, and we know not where they have laid him. -- john 20:2 +. +Peter therefore went forth, and that other disciple, and came to the sepulchre. -- john 20:3 +. +So they ran both together: and the other disciple did outrun Peter, and came first to the sepulchre. -- john 20:4 +. +And he stooping down, and looking in, saw the linen clothes lying; yet went he not in. -- john 20:5 +. +Then cometh Simon Peter following him, and went into the sepulchre, and seeth the linen clothes lie, -- john 20:6 +. +And the napkin, that was about his head, not lying with the linen clothes, but wrapped together in a place by itself. -- john 20:7 +. +Then went in also that other disciple, which came first to the sepulchre, and he saw, and believed. -- john 20:8 +. +For as yet they knew not the scripture, that he must rise again from the dead. -- john 20:9 +. +Then the disciples went away again unto their own home. -- john 20:10 +. +But Mary stood without at the sepulchre weeping: and as she wept, she stooped down, and looked into the sepulchre, -- john 20:11 +. +And seeth two angels in white sitting, the one at the head, and the other at the feet, where the body of Jesus had lain. -- john 20:12 +. +And they say unto her, Woman, why weepest thou? She saith unto them, Because they have taken away my LORD, and I know not where they have laid him. -- john 20:13 +. +And when she had thus said, she turned herself back, and saw Jesus standing, and knew not that it was Jesus. -- john 20:14 +. +Jesus saith unto her, Woman, why weepest thou? whom seekest thou? She, supposing him to be the gardener, saith unto him, Sir, if thou have borne him hence, tell me where thou hast laid him, and I will take him away. -- john 20:15 +. +Jesus saith unto her, Mary. She turned herself, and saith unto him, Rabboni; which is to say, Master. -- john 20:16 +. +Jesus saith unto her, Touch me not; for I am not yet ascended to my Father: but go to my brethren, and say unto them, I ascend unto my Father, and your Father; and to my God, and your God. -- john 20:17 +. +Mary Magdalene came and told the disciples that she had seen the LORD, and that he had spoken these things unto her. -- john 20:18 +. +Then the same day at evening, being the first day of the week, when the doors were shut where the disciples were assembled for fear of the Jews, came Jesus and stood in the midst, and saith unto them, Peace be unto you. -- john 20:19 +. +And when he had so said, he shewed unto them his hands and his side. Then were the disciples glad, when they saw the LORD. -- john 20:20 +. +Then said Jesus to them again, Peace be unto you: as my Father hath sent me, even so send I you. -- john 20:21 +. +And when he had said this, he breathed on them, and saith unto them, Receive ye the Holy Ghost: -- john 20:22 +. +Whose soever sins ye remit, they are remitted unto them; and whose soever sins ye retain, they are retained. -- john 20:23 +. +But Thomas, one of the twelve, called Didymus, was not with them when Jesus came. -- john 20:24 +. +The other disciples therefore said unto him, We have seen the LORD. But he said unto them, Except I shall see in his hands the print of the nails, and put my finger into the print of the nails, and thrust my hand into his side, I will not believe. -- john 20:25 +. +And after eight days again his disciples were within, and Thomas with them: then came Jesus, the doors being shut, and stood in the midst, and said, Peace be unto you. -- john 20:26 +. +Then saith he to Thomas, Reach hither thy finger, and behold my hands; and reach hither thy hand, and thrust it into my side: and be not faithless, but believing. -- john 20:27 +. +And Thomas answered and said unto him, My LORD and my God. -- john 20:28 +. +Jesus saith unto him, Thomas, because thou hast seen me, thou hast believed: blessed are they that have not seen, and yet have believed. -- john 20:29 +. +And many other signs truly did Jesus in the presence of his disciples, which are not written in this book: -- john 20:30 +. +But these are written, that ye might believe that Jesus is the Christ, the Son of God; and that believing ye might have life through his name. -- john 20:31 +. +After these things Jesus shewed himself again to the disciples at the sea of Tiberias; and on this wise shewed he himself. -- john 21:1 +. +There were together Simon Peter, and Thomas called Didymus, and Nathanael of Cana in Galilee, and the sons of Zebedee, and two other of his disciples. -- john 21:2 +. +Simon Peter saith unto them, I go a fishing. They say unto him, We also go with thee. They went forth, and entered into a ship immediately; and that night they caught nothing. -- john 21:3 +. +But when the morning was now come, Jesus stood on the shore: but the disciples knew not that it was Jesus. -- john 21:4 +. +Then Jesus saith unto them, Children, have ye any meat? They answered him, No. -- john 21:5 +. +And he said unto them, Cast the net on the right side of the ship, and ye shall find. They cast therefore, and now they were not able to draw it for the multitude of fishes. -- john 21:6 +. +Therefore that disciple whom Jesus loved saith unto Peter, It is the Lord. Now when Simon Peter heard that it was the Lord, he girt his fisher's coat unto him, (for he was naked,) and did cast himself into the sea. -- john 21:7 +. +And the other disciples came in a little ship; (for they were not far from land, but as it were two hundred cubits,) dragging the net with fishes. -- john 21:8 +. +As soon then as they were come to land, they saw a fire of coals there, and fish laid thereon, and bread. -- john 21:9 +. +Jesus saith unto them, Bring of the fish which ye have now caught. -- john 21:10 +. +Simon Peter went up, and drew the net to land full of great fishes, an hundred and fifty and three: and for all there were so many, yet was not the net broken. -- john 21:11 +. +Jesus saith unto them, Come and dine. And none of the disciples durst ask him, Who art thou? knowing that it was the Lord. -- john 21:12 +. +Jesus then cometh, and taketh bread, and giveth them, and fish likewise. -- john 21:13 +. +This is now the third time that Jesus shewed himself to his disciples, after that he was risen from the dead. -- john 21:14 +. +So when they had dined, Jesus saith to Simon Peter, Simon, son of Jonas, lovest thou me more than these? He saith unto him, Yea, Lord; thou knowest that I love thee. He saith unto him, Feed my lambs. -- john 21:15 +. +He saith to him again the second time, Simon, son of Jonas, lovest thou me? He saith unto him, Yea, Lord; thou knowest that I love thee. He saith unto him, Feed my sheep. -- john 21:16 +. +He saith unto him the third time, Simon, son of Jonas, lovest thou me? Peter was grieved because he said unto him the third time, Lovest thou me? And he said unto him, Lord, thou knowest all things; thou knowest that I love thee. Jesus saith unto him, Feed my sheep. -- john 21:17 +. +Verily, verily, I say unto thee, When thou wast young, thou girdest thyself, and walkedst whither thou wouldest: but when thou shalt be old, thou shalt stretch forth thy hands, and another shall gird thee, and carry thee whither thou wouldest not. -- john 21:18 +. +This spake he, signifying by what death he should glorify God. And when he had spoken this, he saith unto him, Follow me. -- john 21:19 +. +Then Peter, turning about, seeth the disciple whom Jesus loved following; which also leaned on his breast at supper, and said, Lord, which is he that betrayeth thee? -- john 21:20 +. +Peter seeing him saith to Jesus, Lord, and what shall this man do? -- john 21:21 +. +Jesus saith unto him, If I will that he tarry till I come, what is that to thee? follow thou me. -- john 21:22 +. +Then went this saying abroad among the brethren, that that disciple should not die: yet Jesus said not unto him, He shall not die; but, If I will that he tarry till I come, what is that to thee? -- john 21:23 +. +This is the disciple which testifieth of these things, and wrote these things: and we know that his testimony is true. -- john 21:24 +. +And there are also many other things which Jesus did, the which, if they should be written every one, I suppose that even the world itself could not contain the books that should be written. Amen. -- john 21:25 +. +The former treatise have I made, O Theophilus, of all that Jesus began both to do and teach, -- acts 1:1 +. +Until the day in which he was taken up, after that he through the Holy Ghost had given commandments unto the apostles whom he had chosen: -- acts 1:2 +. +To whom also he shewed himself alive after his passion by many infallible proofs, being seen of them forty days, and speaking of the things pertaining to the kingdom of God: -- acts 1:3 +. +And, being assembled together with them, commanded them that they should not depart from Jerusalem, but wait for the promise of the Father, which, saith he, ye have heard of me. -- acts 1:4 +. +For John truly baptized with water; but ye shall be baptized with the Holy Ghost not many days hence. -- acts 1:5 +. +When they therefore were come together, they asked of him, saying, Lord, wilt thou at this time restore again the kingdom to Israel? -- acts 1:6 +. +And he said unto them, It is not for you to know the times or the seasons, which the Father hath put in his own power. -- acts 1:7 +. +But ye shall receive power, after that the Holy Ghost is come upon you: and ye shall be witnesses unto me both in Jerusalem, and in all Judaea, and in Samaria, and unto the uttermost part of the earth. -- acts 1:8 +. +And when he had spoken these things, while they beheld, he was taken up; and a cloud received him out of their sight. -- acts 1:9 +. +And while they looked stedfastly toward heaven as he went up, behold, two men stood by them in white apparel; -- acts 1:10 +. +Which also said, Ye men of Galilee, why stand ye gazing up into heaven? this same Jesus, which is taken up from you into heaven, shall so come in like manner as ye have seen him go into heaven. -- acts 1:11 +. +Then returned they unto Jerusalem from the mount called Olivet, which is from Jerusalem a sabbath day's journey. -- acts 1:12 +. +And when they were come in, they went up into an upper room, where abode both Peter, and James, and John, and Andrew, Philip, and Thomas, Bartholomew, and Matthew, James the son of Alphaeus, and Simon Zelotes, and Judas the brother of James. -- acts 1:13 +. +These all continued with one accord in prayer and supplication, with the women, and Mary the mother of Jesus, and with his brethren. -- acts 1:14 +. +And in those days Peter stood up in the midst of the disciples, and said, (the number of names together were about an hundred and twenty,) -- acts 1:15 +. +Men and brethren, this scripture must needs have been fulfilled, which the Holy Ghost by the mouth of David spake before concerning Judas, which was guide to them that took Jesus. -- acts 1:16 +. +For he was numbered with us, and had obtained part of this ministry. -- acts 1:17 +. +Now this man purchased a field with the reward of iniquity; and falling headlong, he burst asunder in the midst, and all his bowels gushed out. -- acts 1:18 +. +And it was known unto all the dwellers at Jerusalem; insomuch as that field is called in their proper tongue, Aceldama, that is to say, The field of blood. -- acts 1:19 +. +For it is written in the book of Psalms, Let his habitation be desolate, and let no man dwell therein: and his bishoprick let another take. -- acts 1:20 +. +Wherefore of these men which have companied with us all the time that the Lord Jesus went in and out among us, -- acts 1:21 +. +Beginning from the baptism of John, unto that same day that he was taken up from us, must one be ordained to be a witness with us of his resurrection. -- acts 1:22 +. +And they appointed two, Joseph called Barsabas, who was surnamed Justus, and Matthias. -- acts 1:23 +. +And they prayed, and said, Thou, Lord, which knowest the hearts of all men, shew whether of these two thou hast chosen, -- acts 1:24 +. +That he may take part of this ministry and apostleship, from which Judas by transgression fell, that he might go to his own place. -- acts 1:25 +. +And they gave forth their lots; and the lot fell upon Matthias; and he was numbered with the eleven apostles. -- acts 1:26 +. +And when the day of Pentecost was fully come, they were all with one accord in one place. -- acts 2:1 +. +And suddenly there came a sound from heaven as of a rushing mighty wind, and it filled all the house where they were sitting. -- acts 2:2 +. +And there appeared unto them cloven tongues like as of fire, and it sat upon each of them. -- acts 2:3 +. +And they were all filled with the Holy Ghost, and began to speak with other tongues, as the Spirit gave them utterance. -- acts 2:4 +. +And there were dwelling at Jerusalem Jews, devout men, out of every nation under heaven. -- acts 2:5 +. +Now when this was noised abroad, the multitude came together, and were confounded, because that every man heard them speak in his own language. -- acts 2:6 +. +And they were all amazed and marvelled, saying one to another, Behold, are not all these which speak Galilaeans? -- acts 2:7 +. +And how hear we every man in our own tongue, wherein we were born? -- acts 2:8 +. +Parthians, and Medes, and Elamites, and the dwellers in Mesopotamia, and in Judaea, and Cappadocia, in Pontus, and Asia, -- acts 2:9 +. +Phrygia, and Pamphylia, in Egypt, and in the parts of Libya about Cyrene, and strangers of Rome, Jews and proselytes, -- acts 2:10 +. +Cretes and Arabians, we do hear them speak in our tongues the wonderful works of God. -- acts 2:11 +. +And they were all amazed, and were in doubt, saying one to another, What meaneth this? -- acts 2:12 +. +Others mocking said, These men are full of new wine. -- acts 2:13 +. +But Peter, standing up with the eleven, lifted up his voice, and said unto them, Ye men of Judaea, and all ye that dwell at Jerusalem, be this known unto you, and hearken to my words: -- acts 2:14 +. +For these are not drunken, as ye suppose, seeing it is but the third hour of the day. -- acts 2:15 +. +But this is that which was spoken by the prophet Joel; -- acts 2:16 +. +And it shall come to pass in the last days, saith God, I will pour out of my Spirit upon all flesh: and your sons and your daughters shall prophesy, and your young men shall see visions, and your old men shall dream dreams: -- acts 2:17 +. +And on my servants and on my handmaidens I will pour out in those days of my Spirit; and they shall prophesy: -- acts 2:18 +. +And I will shew wonders in heaven above, and signs in the earth beneath; blood, and fire, and vapour of smoke: -- acts 2:19 +. +The sun shall be turned into darkness, and the moon into blood, before the great and notable day of the Lord come: -- acts 2:20 +. +And it shall come to pass, that whosoever shall call on the name of the Lord shall be saved. -- acts 2:21 +. +Ye men of Israel, hear these words; Jesus of Nazareth, a man approved of God among you by miracles and wonders and signs, which God did by him in the midst of you, as ye yourselves also know: -- acts 2:22 +. +Him, being delivered by the determinate counsel and foreknowledge of God, ye have taken, and by wicked hands have crucified and slain: -- acts 2:23 +. +Whom God hath raised up, having loosed the pains of death: because it was not possible that he should be holden of it. -- acts 2:24 +. +For David speaketh concerning him, I foresaw the Lord always before my face, for he is on my right hand, that I should not be moved: -- acts 2:25 +. +Therefore did my heart rejoice, and my tongue was glad; moreover also my flesh shall rest in hope: -- acts 2:26 +. +Because thou wilt not leave my soul in hell, neither wilt thou suffer thine Holy One to see corruption. -- acts 2:27 +. +Thou hast made known to me the ways of life; thou shalt make me full of joy with thy countenance. -- acts 2:28 +. +Men and brethren, let me freely speak unto you of the patriarch David, that he is both dead and buried, and his sepulchre is with us unto this day. -- acts 2:29 +. +Therefore being a prophet, and knowing that God had sworn with an oath to him, that of the fruit of his loins, according to the flesh, he would raise up Christ to sit on his throne; -- acts 2:30 +. +He seeing this before spake of the resurrection of Christ, that his soul was not left in hell, neither his flesh did see corruption. -- acts 2:31 +. +This Jesus hath God raised up, whereof we all are witnesses. -- acts 2:32 +. +Therefore being by the right hand of God exalted, and having received of the Father the promise of the Holy Ghost, he hath shed forth this, which ye now see and hear. -- acts 2:33 +. +For David is not ascended into the heavens: but he saith himself, The Lord said unto my Lord, Sit thou on my right hand, -- acts 2:34 +. +Until I make thy foes thy footstool. -- acts 2:35 +. +Therefore let all the house of Israel know assuredly, that God hath made the same Jesus, whom ye have crucified, both Lord and Christ. -- acts 2:36 +. +Now when they heard this, they were pricked in their heart, and said unto Peter and to the rest of the apostles, Men and brethren, what shall we do? -- acts 2:37 +. +Then Peter said unto them, Repent, and be baptized every one of you in the name of Jesus Christ for the remission of sins, and ye shall receive the gift of the Holy Ghost. -- acts 2:38 +. +For the promise is unto you, and to your children, and to all that are afar off, even as many as the LORD our God shall call. -- acts 2:39 +. +And with many other words did he testify and exhort, saying, Save yourselves from this untoward generation. -- acts 2:40 +. +Then they that gladly received his word were baptized: and the same day there were added unto them about three thousand souls. -- acts 2:41 +. +And they continued stedfastly in the apostles' doctrine and fellowship, and in breaking of bread, and in prayers. -- acts 2:42 +. +And fear came upon every soul: and many wonders and signs were done by the apostles. -- acts 2:43 +. +And all that believed were together, and had all things common; -- acts 2:44 +. +And sold their possessions and goods, and parted them to all men, as every man had need. -- acts 2:45 +. +And they, continuing daily with one accord in the temple, and breaking bread from house to house, did eat their meat with gladness and singleness of heart, -- acts 2:46 +. +Praising God, and having favour with all the people. And the Lord added to the church daily such as should be saved. -- acts 2:47 +. +Now Peter and John went up together into the temple at the hour of prayer, being the ninth hour. -- acts 3:1 +. +And a certain man lame from his mother's womb was carried, whom they laid daily at the gate of the temple which is called Beautiful, to ask alms of them that entered into the temple; -- acts 3:2 +. +Who seeing Peter and John about to go into the temple asked an alms. -- acts 3:3 +. +And Peter, fastening his eyes upon him with John, said, Look on us. -- acts 3:4 +. +And he gave heed unto them, expecting to receive something of them. -- acts 3:5 +. +Then Peter said, Silver and gold have I none; but such as I have give I thee: In the name of Jesus Christ of Nazareth rise up and walk. -- acts 3:6 +. +And he took him by the right hand, and lifted him up: and immediately his feet and ankle bones received strength. -- acts 3:7 +. +And he leaping up stood, and walked, and entered with them into the temple, walking, and leaping, and praising God. -- acts 3:8 +. +And all the people saw him walking and praising God: -- acts 3:9 +. +And they knew that it was he which sat for alms at the Beautiful gate of the temple: and they were filled with wonder and amazement at that which had happened unto him. -- acts 3:10 +. +And as the lame man which was healed held Peter and John, all the people ran together unto them in the porch that is called Solomon's, greatly wondering. -- acts 3:11 +. +And when Peter saw it, he answered unto the people, Ye men of Israel, why marvel ye at this? or why look ye so earnestly on us, as though by our own power or holiness we had made this man to walk? -- acts 3:12 +. +The God of Abraham, and of Isaac, and of Jacob, the God of our fathers, hath glorified his Son Jesus; whom ye delivered up, and denied him in the presence of Pilate, when he was determined to let him go. -- acts 3:13 +. +But ye denied the Holy One and the Just, and desired a murderer to be granted unto you; -- acts 3:14 +. +And killed the Prince of life, whom God hath raised from the dead; whereof we are witnesses. -- acts 3:15 +. +And his name through faith in his name hath made this man strong, whom ye see and know: yea, the faith which is by him hath given him this perfect soundness in the presence of you all. -- acts 3:16 +. +And now, brethren, I wot that through ignorance ye did it, as did also your rulers. -- acts 3:17 +. +But those things, which God before had shewed by the mouth of all his prophets, that Christ should suffer, he hath so fulfilled. -- acts 3:18 +. +Repent ye therefore, and be converted, that your sins may be blotted out, when the times of refreshing shall come from the presence of the Lord. -- acts 3:19 +. +And he shall send Jesus Christ, which before was preached unto you: -- acts 3:20 +. +Whom the heaven must receive until the times of restitution of all things, which God hath spoken by the mouth of all his holy prophets since the world began. -- acts 3:21 +. +For Moses truly said unto the fathers, A prophet shall the Lord your God raise up unto you of your brethren, like unto me; him shall ye hear in all things whatsoever he shall say unto you. -- acts 3:22 +. +And it shall come to pass, that every soul, which will not hear that prophet, shall be destroyed from among the people. -- acts 3:23 +. +Yea, and all the prophets from Samuel and those that follow after, as many as have spoken, have likewise foretold of these days. -- acts 3:24 +. +Ye are the children of the prophets, and of the covenant which God made with our fathers, saying unto Abraham, And in thy seed shall all the kindreds of the earth be blessed. -- acts 3:25 +. +Unto you first God, having raised up his Son Jesus, sent him to bless you, in turning away every one of you from his iniquities. -- acts 3:26 +. +And as they spake unto the people, the priests, and the captain of the temple, and the Sadducees, came upon them, -- acts 4:1 +. +Being grieved that they taught the people, and preached through Jesus the resurrection from the dead. -- acts 4:2 +. +And they laid hands on them, and put them in hold unto the next day: for it was now eventide. -- acts 4:3 +. +Howbeit many of them which heard the word believed; and the number of the men was about five thousand. -- acts 4:4 +. +And it came to pass on the morrow, that their rulers, and elders, and scribes, -- acts 4:5 +. +And Annas the high priest, and Caiaphas, and John, and Alexander, and as many as were of the kindred of the high priest, were gathered together at Jerusalem. -- acts 4:6 +. +And when they had set them in the midst, they asked, By what power, or by what name, have ye done this? -- acts 4:7 +. +Then Peter, filled with the Holy Ghost, said unto them, Ye rulers of the people, and elders of Israel, -- acts 4:8 +. +If we this day be examined of the good deed done to the impotent man, by what means he is made whole; -- acts 4:9 +. +Be it known unto you all, and to all the people of Israel, that by the name of Jesus Christ of Nazareth, whom ye crucified, whom God raised from the dead, even by him doth this man stand here before you whole. -- acts 4:10 +. +This is the stone which was set at nought of you builders, which is become the head of the corner. -- acts 4:11 +. +Neither is there salvation in any other: for there is none other name under heaven given among men, whereby we must be saved. -- acts 4:12 +. +Now when they saw the boldness of Peter and John, and perceived that they were unlearned and ignorant men, they marvelled; and they took knowledge of them, that they had been with Jesus. -- acts 4:13 +. +And beholding the man which was healed standing with them, they could say nothing against it. -- acts 4:14 +. +But when they had commanded them to go aside out of the council, they conferred among themselves, -- acts 4:15 +. +Saying, What shall we do to these men? for that indeed a notable miracle hath been done by them is manifest to all them that dwell in Jerusalem; and we cannot deny it. -- acts 4:16 +. +But that it spread no further among the people, let us straitly threaten them, that they speak henceforth to no man in this name. -- acts 4:17 +. +And they called them, and commanded them not to speak at all nor teach in the name of Jesus. -- acts 4:18 +. +But Peter and John answered and said unto them, Whether it be right in the sight of God to hearken unto you more than unto God, judge ye. -- acts 4:19 +. +For we cannot but speak the things which we have seen and heard. -- acts 4:20 +. +So when they had further threatened them, they let them go, finding nothing how they might punish them, because of the people: for all men glorified God for that which was done. -- acts 4:21 +. +For the man was above forty years old, on whom this miracle of healing was shewed. -- acts 4:22 +. +And being let go, they went to their own company, and reported all that the chief priests and elders had said unto them. -- acts 4:23 +. +And when they heard that, they lifted up their voice to God with one accord, and said, Lord, thou art God, which hast made heaven, and earth, and the sea, and all that in them is: -- acts 4:24 +. +Who by the mouth of thy servant David hast said, Why did the heathen rage, and the people imagine vain things? -- acts 4:25 +. +The kings of the earth stood up, and the rulers were gathered together against the Lord, and against his Christ. -- acts 4:26 +. +For of a truth against thy holy child Jesus, whom thou hast anointed, both Herod, and Pontius Pilate, with the Gentiles, and the people of Israel, were gathered together, -- acts 4:27 +. +For to do whatsoever thy hand and thy counsel determined before to be done. -- acts 4:28 +. +And now, Lord, behold their threatenings: and grant unto thy servants, that with all boldness they may speak thy word, -- acts 4:29 +. +By stretching forth thine hand to heal; and that signs and wonders may be done by the name of thy holy child Jesus. -- acts 4:30 +. +And when they had prayed, the place was shaken where they were assembled together; and they were all filled with the Holy Ghost, and they spake the word of God with boldness. -- acts 4:31 +. +And the multitude of them that believed were of one heart and of one soul: neither said any of them that ought of the things which he possessed was his own; but they had all things common. -- acts 4:32 +. +And with great power gave the apostles witness of the resurrection of the Lord Jesus: and great grace was upon them all. -- acts 4:33 +. +Neither was there any among them that lacked: for as many as were possessors of lands or houses sold them, and brought the prices of the things that were sold, -- acts 4:34 +. +And laid them down at the apostles' feet: and distribution was made unto every man according as he had need. -- acts 4:35 +. +And Joses, who by the apostles was surnamed Barnabas, (which is, being interpreted, The son of consolation,) a Levite, and of the country of Cyprus, -- acts 4:36 +. +Having land, sold it, and brought the money, and laid it at the apostles' feet. -- acts 4:37 +. +But a certain man named Ananias, with Sapphira his wife, sold a possession, -- acts 5:1 +. +And kept back part of the price, his wife also being privy to it, and brought a certain part, and laid it at the apostles' feet. -- acts 5:2 +. +But Peter said, Ananias, why hath Satan filled thine heart to lie to the Holy Ghost, and to keep back part of the price of the land? -- acts 5:3 +. +Whiles it remained, was it not thine own? and after it was sold, was it not in thine own power? why hast thou conceived this thing in thine heart? thou hast not lied unto men, but unto God. -- acts 5:4 +. +And Ananias hearing these words fell down, and gave up the ghost: and great fear came on all them that heard these things. -- acts 5:5 +. +And the young men arose, wound him up, and carried him out, and buried him. -- acts 5:6 +. +And it was about the space of three hours after, when his wife, not knowing what was done, came in. -- acts 5:7 +. +And Peter answered unto her, Tell me whether ye sold the land for so much? And she said, Yea, for so much. -- acts 5:8 +. +Then Peter said unto her, How is it that ye have agreed together to tempt the Spirit of the Lord? behold, the feet of them which have buried thy husband are at the door, and shall carry thee out. -- acts 5:9 +. +Then fell she down straightway at his feet, and yielded up the ghost: and the young men came in, and found her dead, and, carrying her forth, buried her by her husband. -- acts 5:10 +. +And great fear came upon all the church, and upon as many as heard these things. -- acts 5:11 +. +And by the hands of the apostles were many signs and wonders wrought among the people; (and they were all with one accord in Solomon's porch. -- acts 5:12 +. +And of the rest durst no man join himself to them: but the people magnified them. -- acts 5:13 +. +And believers were the more added to the Lord, multitudes both of men and women.) -- acts 5:14 +. +Insomuch that they brought forth the sick into the streets, and laid them on beds and couches, that at the least the shadow of Peter passing by might overshadow some of them. -- acts 5:15 +. +There came also a multitude out of the cities round about unto Jerusalem, bringing sick folks, and them which were vexed with unclean spirits: and they were healed every one. -- acts 5:16 +. +Then the high priest rose up, and all they that were with him, (which is the sect of the Sadducees,) and were filled with indignation, -- acts 5:17 +. +And laid their hands on the apostles, and put them in the common prison. -- acts 5:18 +. +But the angel of the Lord by night opened the prison doors, and brought them forth, and said, -- acts 5:19 +. +Go, stand and speak in the temple to the people all the words of this life. -- acts 5:20 +. +And when they heard that, they entered into the temple early in the morning, and taught. But the high priest came, and they that were with him, and called the council together, and all the senate of the children of Israel, and sent to the prison to have them brought. -- acts 5:21 +. +But when the officers came, and found them not in the prison, they returned and told, -- acts 5:22 +. +Saying, The prison truly found we shut with all safety, and the keepers standing without before the doors: but when we had opened, we found no man within. -- acts 5:23 +. +Now when the high priest and the captain of the temple and the chief priests heard these things, they doubted of them whereunto this would grow. -- acts 5:24 +. +Then came one and told them, saying, Behold, the men whom ye put in prison are standing in the temple, and teaching the people. -- acts 5:25 +. +Then went the captain with the officers, and brought them without violence: for they feared the people, lest they should have been stoned. -- acts 5:26 +. +And when they had brought them, they set them before the council: and the high priest asked them, -- acts 5:27 +. +Saying, Did not we straitly command you that ye should not teach in this name? and, behold, ye have filled Jerusalem with your doctrine, and intend to bring this man's blood upon us. -- acts 5:28 +. +Then Peter and the other apostles answered and said, We ought to obey God rather than men. -- acts 5:29 +. +The God of our fathers raised up Jesus, whom ye slew and hanged on a tree. -- acts 5:30 +. +Him hath God exalted with his right hand to be a Prince and a Saviour, for to give repentance to Israel, and forgiveness of sins. -- acts 5:31 +. +And we are his witnesses of these things; and so is also the Holy Ghost, whom God hath given to them that obey him. -- acts 5:32 +. +When they heard that, they were cut to the heart, and took counsel to slay them. -- acts 5:33 +. +Then stood there up one in the council, a Pharisee, named Gamaliel, a doctor of the law, had in reputation among all the people, and commanded to put the apostles forth a little space; -- acts 5:34 +. +And said unto them, Ye men of Israel, take heed to yourselves what ye intend to do as touching these men. -- acts 5:35 +. +For before these days rose up Theudas, boasting himself to be somebody; to whom a number of men, about four hundred, joined themselves: who was slain; and all, as many as obeyed him, were scattered, and brought to nought. -- acts 5:36 +. +After this man rose up Judas of Galilee in the days of the taxing, and drew away much people after him: he also perished; and all, even as many as obeyed him, were dispersed. -- acts 5:37 +. +And now I say unto you, Refrain from these men, and let them alone: for if this counsel or this work be of men, it will come to nought: -- acts 5:38 +. +But if it be of God, ye cannot overthrow it; lest haply ye be found even to fight against God. -- acts 5:39 +. +And to him they agreed: and when they had called the apostles, and beaten them, they commanded that they should not speak in the name of Jesus, and let them go. -- acts 5:40 +. +And they departed from the presence of the council, rejoicing that they were counted worthy to suffer shame for his name. -- acts 5:41 +. +And daily in the temple, and in every house, they ceased not to teach and preach Jesus Christ. -- acts 5:42 +. +And in those days, when the number of the disciples was multiplied, there arose a murmuring of the Grecians against the Hebrews, because their widows were neglected in the daily ministration. -- acts 6:1 +. +Then the twelve called the multitude of the disciples unto them, and said, It is not reason that we should leave the word of God, and serve tables. -- acts 6:2 +. +Wherefore, brethren, look ye out among you seven men of honest report, full of the Holy Ghost and wisdom, whom we may appoint over this business. -- acts 6:3 +. +But we will give ourselves continually to prayer, and to the ministry of the word. -- acts 6:4 +. +And the saying pleased the whole multitude: and they chose Stephen, a man full of faith and of the Holy Ghost, and Philip, and Prochorus, and Nicanor, and Timon, and Parmenas, and Nicolas a proselyte of Antioch: -- acts 6:5 +. +Whom they set before the apostles: and when they had prayed, they laid their hands on them. -- acts 6:6 +. +And the word of God increased; and the number of the disciples multiplied in Jerusalem greatly; and a great company of the priests were obedient to the faith. -- acts 6:7 +. +And Stephen, full of faith and power, did great wonders and miracles among the people. -- acts 6:8 +. +Then there arose certain of the synagogue, which is called the synagogue of the Libertines, and Cyrenians, and Alexandrians, and of them of Cilicia and of Asia, disputing with Stephen. -- acts 6:9 +. +And they were not able to resist the wisdom and the spirit by which he spake. -- acts 6:10 +. +Then they suborned men, which said, We have heard him speak blasphemous words against Moses, and against God. -- acts 6:11 +. +And they stirred up the people, and the elders, and the scribes, and came upon him, and caught him, and brought him to the council, -- acts 6:12 +. +And set up false witnesses, which said, This man ceaseth not to speak blasphemous words against this holy place, and the law: -- acts 6:13 +. +For we have heard him say, that this Jesus of Nazareth shall destroy this place, and shall change the customs which Moses delivered us. -- acts 6:14 +. +And all that sat in the council, looking stedfastly on him, saw his face as it had been the face of an angel. -- acts 6:15 +. +Then said the high priest, Are these things so? -- acts 7:1 +. +And he said, Men, brethren, and fathers, hearken; The God of glory appeared unto our father Abraham, when he was in Mesopotamia, before he dwelt in Charran, -- acts 7:2 +. +And said unto him, Get thee out of thy country, and from thy kindred, and come into the land which I shall shew thee. -- acts 7:3 +. +Then came he out of the land of the Chaldaeans, and dwelt in Charran: and from thence, when his father was dead, he removed him into this land, wherein ye now dwell. -- acts 7:4 +. +And he gave him none inheritance in it, no, not so much as to set his foot on: yet he promised that he would give it to him for a possession, and to his seed after him, when as yet he had no child. -- acts 7:5 +. +And God spake on this wise, That his seed should sojourn in a strange land; and that they should bring them into bondage, and entreat them evil four hundred years. -- acts 7:6 +. +And the nation to whom they shall be in bondage will I judge, said God: and after that shall they come forth, and serve me in this place. -- acts 7:7 +. +And he gave him the covenant of circumcision: and so Abraham begat Isaac, and circumcised him the eighth day; and Isaac begat Jacob; and Jacob begat the twelve patriarchs. -- acts 7:8 +. +And the patriarchs, moved with envy, sold Joseph into Egypt: but God was with him, -- acts 7:9 +. +And delivered him out of all his afflictions, and gave him favour and wisdom in the sight of Pharaoh king of Egypt; and he made him governor over Egypt and all his house. -- acts 7:10 +. +Now there came a dearth over all the land of Egypt and Chanaan, and great affliction: and our fathers found no sustenance. -- acts 7:11 +. +But when Jacob heard that there was corn in Egypt, he sent out our fathers first. -- acts 7:12 +. +And at the second time Joseph was made known to his brethren; and Joseph's kindred was made known unto Pharaoh. -- acts 7:13 +. +Then sent Joseph, and called his father Jacob to him, and all his kindred, threescore and fifteen souls. -- acts 7:14 +. +So Jacob went down into Egypt, and died, he, and our fathers, -- acts 7:15 +. +And were carried over into Sychem, and laid in the sepulchre that Abraham bought for a sum of money of the sons of Emmor the father of Sychem. -- acts 7:16 +. +But when the time of the promise drew nigh, which God had sworn to Abraham, the people grew and multiplied in Egypt, -- acts 7:17 +. +Till another king arose, which knew not Joseph. -- acts 7:18 +. +The same dealt subtilly with our kindred, and evil entreated our fathers, so that they cast out their young children, to the end they might not live. -- acts 7:19 +. +In which time Moses was born, and was exceeding fair, and nourished up in his father's house three months: -- acts 7:20 +. +And when he was cast out, Pharaoh's daughter took him up, and nourished him for her own son. -- acts 7:21 +. +And Moses was learned in all the wisdom of the Egyptians, and was mighty in words and in deeds. -- acts 7:22 +. +And when he was full forty years old, it came into his heart to visit his brethren the children of Israel. -- acts 7:23 +. +And seeing one of them suffer wrong, he defended him, and avenged him that was oppressed, and smote the Egyptian: -- acts 7:24 +. +For he supposed his brethren would have understood how that God by his hand would deliver them: but they understood not. -- acts 7:25 +. +And the next day he shewed himself unto them as they strove, and would have set them at one again, saying, Sirs, ye are brethren; why do ye wrong one to another? -- acts 7:26 +. +But he that did his neighbour wrong thrust him away, saying, Who made thee a ruler and a judge over us? -- acts 7:27 +. +Wilt thou kill me, as thou diddest the Egyptian yesterday? -- acts 7:28 +. +Then fled Moses at this saying, and was a stranger in the land of Madian, where he begat two sons. -- acts 7:29 +. +And when forty years were expired, there appeared to him in the wilderness of mount Sina an angel of the Lord in a flame of fire in a bush. -- acts 7:30 +. +When Moses saw it, he wondered at the sight: and as he drew near to behold it, the voice of the LORD came unto him, -- acts 7:31 +. +Saying, I am the God of thy fathers, the God of Abraham, and the God of Isaac, and the God of Jacob. Then Moses trembled, and durst not behold. -- acts 7:32 +. +Then said the Lord to him, Put off thy shoes from thy feet: for the place where thou standest is holy ground. -- acts 7:33 +. +I have seen, I have seen the affliction of my people which is in Egypt, and I have heard their groaning, and am come down to deliver them. And now come, I will send thee into Egypt. -- acts 7:34 +. +This Moses whom they refused, saying, Who made thee a ruler and a judge? the same did God send to be a ruler and a deliverer by the hand of the angel which appeared to him in the bush. -- acts 7:35 +. +He brought them out, after that he had shewed wonders and signs in the land of Egypt, and in the Red sea, and in the wilderness forty years. -- acts 7:36 +. +This is that Moses, which said unto the children of Israel, A prophet shall the Lord your God raise up unto you of your brethren, like unto me; him shall ye hear. -- acts 7:37 +. +This is he, that was in the church in the wilderness with the angel which spake to him in the mount Sina, and with our fathers: who received the lively oracles to give unto us: -- acts 7:38 +. +To whom our fathers would not obey, but thrust him from them, and in their hearts turned back again into Egypt, -- acts 7:39 +. +Saying unto Aaron, Make us gods to go before us: for as for this Moses, which brought us out of the land of Egypt, we wot not what is become of him. -- acts 7:40 +. +And they made a calf in those days, and offered sacrifice unto the idol, and rejoiced in the works of their own hands. -- acts 7:41 +. +Then God turned, and gave them up to worship the host of heaven; as it is written in the book of the prophets, O ye house of Israel, have ye offered to me slain beasts and sacrifices by the space of forty years in the wilderness? -- acts 7:42 +. +Yea, ye took up the tabernacle of Moloch, and the star of your god Remphan, figures which ye made to worship them: and I will carry you away beyond Babylon. -- acts 7:43 +. +Our fathers had the tabernacle of witness in the wilderness, as he had appointed, speaking unto Moses, that he should make it according to the fashion that he had seen. -- acts 7:44 +. +Which also our fathers that came after brought in with Jesus into the possession of the Gentiles, whom God drave out before the face of our fathers, unto the days of David; -- acts 7:45 +. +Who found favour before God, and desired to find a tabernacle for the God of Jacob. -- acts 7:46 +. +But Solomon built him an house. -- acts 7:47 +. +Howbeit the most High dwelleth not in temples made with hands; as saith the prophet, -- acts 7:48 +. +Heaven is my throne, and earth is my footstool: what house will ye build me? saith the Lord: or what is the place of my rest? -- acts 7:49 +. +Hath not my hand made all these things? -- acts 7:50 +. +Ye stiffnecked and uncircumcised in heart and ears, ye do always resist the Holy Ghost: as your fathers did, so do ye. -- acts 7:51 +. +Which of the prophets have not your fathers persecuted? and they have slain them which shewed before of the coming of the Just One; of whom ye have been now the betrayers and murderers: -- acts 7:52 +. +Who have received the law by the disposition of angels, and have not kept it. -- acts 7:53 +. +When they heard these things, they were cut to the heart, and they gnashed on him with their teeth. -- acts 7:54 +. +But he, being full of the Holy Ghost, looked up stedfastly into heaven, and saw the glory of God, and Jesus standing on the right hand of God, -- acts 7:55 +. +And said, Behold, I see the heavens opened, and the Son of man standing on the right hand of God. -- acts 7:56 +. +Then they cried out with a loud voice, and stopped their ears, and ran upon him with one accord, -- acts 7:57 +. +And cast him out of the city, and stoned him: and the witnesses laid down their clothes at a young man's feet, whose name was Saul. -- acts 7:58 +. +And they stoned Stephen, calling upon God, and saying, Lord Jesus, receive my spirit. -- acts 7:59 +. +And he kneeled down, and cried with a loud voice, Lord, lay not this sin to their charge. And when he had said this, he fell asleep. -- acts 7:60 +. +And Saul was consenting unto his death. And at that time there was a great persecution against the church which was at Jerusalem; and they were all scattered abroad throughout the regions of Judaea and Samaria, except the apostles. -- acts 8:1 +. +And devout men carried Stephen to his burial, and made great lamentation over him. -- acts 8:2 +. +As for Saul, he made havock of the church, entering into every house, and haling men and women committed them to prison. -- acts 8:3 +. +Therefore they that were scattered abroad went every where preaching the word. -- acts 8:4 +. +Then Philip went down to the city of Samaria, and preached Christ unto them. -- acts 8:5 +. +And the people with one accord gave heed unto those things which Philip spake, hearing and seeing the miracles which he did. -- acts 8:6 +. +For unclean spirits, crying with loud voice, came out of many that were possessed with them: and many taken with palsies, and that were lame, were healed. -- acts 8:7 +. +And there was great joy in that city. -- acts 8:8 +. +But there was a certain man, called Simon, which beforetime in the same city used sorcery, and bewitched the people of Samaria, giving out that himself was some great one: -- acts 8:9 +. +To whom they all gave heed, from the least to the greatest, saying, This man is the great power of God. -- acts 8:10 +. +And to him they had regard, because that of long time he had bewitched them with sorceries. -- acts 8:11 +. +But when they believed Philip preaching the things concerning the kingdom of God, and the name of Jesus Christ, they were baptized, both men and women. -- acts 8:12 +. +Then Simon himself believed also: and when he was baptized, he continued with Philip, and wondered, beholding the miracles and signs which were done. -- acts 8:13 +. +Now when the apostles which were at Jerusalem heard that Samaria had received the word of God, they sent unto them Peter and John: -- acts 8:14 +. +Who, when they were come down, prayed for them, that they might receive the Holy Ghost: -- acts 8:15 +. +(For as yet he was fallen upon none of them: only they were baptized in the name of the Lord Jesus.) -- acts 8:16 +. +Then laid they their hands on them, and they received the Holy Ghost. -- acts 8:17 +. +And when Simon saw that through laying on of the apostles' hands the Holy Ghost was given, he offered them money, -- acts 8:18 +. +Saying, Give me also this power, that on whomsoever I lay hands, he may receive the Holy Ghost. -- acts 8:19 +. +But Peter said unto him, Thy money perish with thee, because thou hast thought that the gift of God may be purchased with money. -- acts 8:20 +. +Thou hast neither part nor lot in this matter: for thy heart is not right in the sight of God. -- acts 8:21 +. +Repent therefore of this thy wickedness, and pray God, if perhaps the thought of thine heart may be forgiven thee. -- acts 8:22 +. +For I perceive that thou art in the gall of bitterness, and in the bond of iniquity. -- acts 8:23 +. +Then answered Simon, and said, Pray ye to the LORD for me, that none of these things which ye have spoken come upon me. -- acts 8:24 +. +And they, when they had testified and preached the word of the Lord, returned to Jerusalem, and preached the gospel in many villages of the Samaritans. -- acts 8:25 +. +And the angel of the Lord spake unto Philip, saying, Arise, and go toward the south unto the way that goeth down from Jerusalem unto Gaza, which is desert. -- acts 8:26 +. +And he arose and went: and, behold, a man of Ethiopia, an eunuch of great authority under Candace queen of the Ethiopians, who had the charge of all her treasure, and had come to Jerusalem for to worship, -- acts 8:27 +. +Was returning, and sitting in his chariot read Esaias the prophet. -- acts 8:28 +. +Then the Spirit said unto Philip, Go near, and join thyself to this chariot. -- acts 8:29 +. +And Philip ran thither to him, and heard him read the prophet Esaias, and said, Understandest thou what thou readest? -- acts 8:30 +. +And he said, How can I, except some man should guide me? And he desired Philip that he would come up and sit with him. -- acts 8:31 +. +The place of the scripture which he read was this, He was led as a sheep to the slaughter; and like a lamb dumb before his shearer, so opened he not his mouth: -- acts 8:32 +. +In his humiliation his judgment was taken away: and who shall declare his generation? for his life is taken from the earth. -- acts 8:33 +. +And the eunuch answered Philip, and said, I pray thee, of whom speaketh the prophet this? of himself, or of some other man? -- acts 8:34 +. +Then Philip opened his mouth, and began at the same scripture, and preached unto him Jesus. -- acts 8:35 +. +And as they went on their way, they came unto a certain water: and the eunuch said, See, here is water; what doth hinder me to be baptized? -- acts 8:36 +. +And Philip said, If thou believest with all thine heart, thou mayest. And he answered and said, I believe that Jesus Christ is the Son of God. -- acts 8:37 +. +And he commanded the chariot to stand still: and they went down both into the water, both Philip and the eunuch; and he baptized him. -- acts 8:38 +. +And when they were come up out of the water, the Spirit of the Lord caught away Philip, that the eunuch saw him no more: and he went on his way rejoicing. -- acts 8:39 +. +But Philip was found at Azotus: and passing through he preached in all the cities, till he came to Caesarea. -- acts 8:40 +. +And Saul, yet breathing out threatenings and slaughter against the disciples of the Lord, went unto the high priest, -- acts 9:1 +. +And desired of him letters to Damascus to the synagogues, that if he found any of this way, whether they were men or women, he might bring them bound unto Jerusalem. -- acts 9:2 +. +And as he journeyed, he came near Damascus: and suddenly there shined round about him a light from heaven: -- acts 9:3 +. +And he fell to the earth, and heard a voice saying unto him, Saul, Saul, why persecutest thou me? -- acts 9:4 +. +And he said, Who art thou, Lord? And the Lord said, I am Jesus whom thou persecutest: it is hard for thee to kick against the pricks. -- acts 9:5 +. +And he trembling and astonished said, Lord, what wilt thou have me to do? And the Lord said unto him, Arise, and go into the city, and it shall be told thee what thou must do. -- acts 9:6 +. +And the men which journeyed with him stood speechless, hearing a voice, but seeing no man. -- acts 9:7 +. +And Saul arose from the earth; and when his eyes were opened, he saw no man: but they led him by the hand, and brought him into Damascus. -- acts 9:8 +. +And he was three days without sight, and neither did eat nor drink. -- acts 9:9 +. +And there was a certain disciple at Damascus, named Ananias; and to him said the Lord in a vision, Ananias. And he said, Behold, I am here, Lord. -- acts 9:10 +. +And the Lord said unto him, Arise, and go into the street which is called Straight, and enquire in the house of Judas for one called Saul, of Tarsus: for, behold, he prayeth, -- acts 9:11 +. +And hath seen in a vision a man named Ananias coming in, and putting his hand on him, that he might receive his sight. -- acts 9:12 +. +Then Ananias answered, Lord, I have heard by many of this man, how much evil he hath done to thy saints at Jerusalem: -- acts 9:13 +. +And here he hath authority from the chief priests to bind all that call on thy name. -- acts 9:14 +. +But the Lord said unto him, Go thy way: for he is a chosen vessel unto me, to bear my name before the Gentiles, and kings, and the children of Israel: -- acts 9:15 +. +For I will shew him how great things he must suffer for my name's sake. -- acts 9:16 +. +And Ananias went his way, and entered into the house; and putting his hands on him said, Brother Saul, the Lord, even Jesus, that appeared unto thee in the way as thou camest, hath sent me, that thou mightest receive thy sight, and be filled with the Holy Ghost. -- acts 9:17 +. +And immediately there fell from his eyes as it had been scales: and he received sight forthwith, and arose, and was baptized. -- acts 9:18 +. +And when he had received meat, he was strengthened. Then was Saul certain days with the disciples which were at Damascus. -- acts 9:19 +. +And straightway he preached Christ in the synagogues, that he is the Son of God. -- acts 9:20 +. +But all that heard him were amazed, and said; Is not this he that destroyed them which called on this name in Jerusalem, and came hither for that intent, that he might bring them bound unto the chief priests? -- acts 9:21 +. +But Saul increased the more in strength, and confounded the Jews which dwelt at Damascus, proving that this is very Christ. -- acts 9:22 +. +And after that many days were fulfilled, the Jews took counsel to kill him: -- acts 9:23 +. +But their laying await was known of Saul. And they watched the gates day and night to kill him. -- acts 9:24 +. +Then the disciples took him by night, and let him down by the wall in a basket. -- acts 9:25 +. +And when Saul was come to Jerusalem, he assayed to join himself to the disciples: but they were all afraid of him, and believed not that he was a disciple. -- acts 9:26 +. +But Barnabas took him, and brought him to the apostles, and declared unto them how he had seen the Lord in the way, and that he had spoken to him, and how he had preached boldly at Damascus in the name of Jesus. -- acts 9:27 +. +And he was with them coming in and going out at Jerusalem. -- acts 9:28 +. +And he spake boldly in the name of the Lord Jesus, and disputed against the Grecians: but they went about to slay him. -- acts 9:29 +. +Which when the brethren knew, they brought him down to Caesarea, and sent him forth to Tarsus. -- acts 9:30 +. +Then had the churches rest throughout all Judaea and Galilee and Samaria, and were edified; and walking in the fear of the Lord, and in the comfort of the Holy Ghost, were multiplied. -- acts 9:31 +. +And it came to pass, as Peter passed throughout all quarters, he came down also to the saints which dwelt at Lydda. -- acts 9:32 +. +And there he found a certain man named Aeneas, which had kept his bed eight years, and was sick of the palsy. -- acts 9:33 +. +And Peter said unto him, Aeneas, Jesus Christ maketh thee whole: arise, and make thy bed. And he arose immediately. -- acts 9:34 +. +And all that dwelt at Lydda and Saron saw him, and turned to the Lord. -- acts 9:35 +. +Now there was at Joppa a certain disciple named Tabitha, which by interpretation is called Dorcas: this woman was full of good works and almsdeeds which she did. -- acts 9:36 +. +And it came to pass in those days, that she was sick, and died: whom when they had washed, they laid her in an upper chamber. -- acts 9:37 +. +And forasmuch as Lydda was nigh to Joppa, and the disciples had heard that Peter was there, they sent unto him two men, desiring him that he would not delay to come to them. -- acts 9:38 +. +Then Peter arose and went with them. When he was come, they brought him into the upper chamber: and all the widows stood by him weeping, and shewing the coats and garments which Dorcas made, while she was with them. -- acts 9:39 +. +But Peter put them all forth, and kneeled down, and prayed; and turning him to the body said, Tabitha, arise. And she opened her eyes: and when she saw Peter, she sat up. -- acts 9:40 +. +And he gave her his hand, and lifted her up, and when he had called the saints and widows, presented her alive. -- acts 9:41 +. +And it was known throughout all Joppa; and many believed in the Lord. -- acts 9:42 +. +And it came to pass, that he tarried many days in Joppa with one Simon a tanner. -- acts 9:43 +. +There was a certain man in Caesarea called Cornelius, a centurion of the band called the Italian band, -- acts 10:1 +. +A devout man, and one that feared God with all his house, which gave much alms to the people, and prayed to God alway. -- acts 10:2 +. +He saw in a vision evidently about the ninth hour of the day an angel of God coming in to him, and saying unto him, Cornelius. -- acts 10:3 +. +And when he looked on him, he was afraid, and said, What is it, Lord? And he said unto him, Thy prayers and thine alms are come up for a memorial before God. -- acts 10:4 +. +And now send men to Joppa, and call for one Simon, whose surname is Peter: -- acts 10:5 +. +He lodgeth with one Simon a tanner, whose house is by the sea side: he shall tell thee what thou oughtest to do. -- acts 10:6 +. +And when the angel which spake unto Cornelius was departed, he called two of his household servants, and a devout soldier of them that waited on him continually; -- acts 10:7 +. +And when he had declared all these things unto them, he sent them to Joppa. -- acts 10:8 +. +On the morrow, as they went on their journey, and drew nigh unto the city, Peter went up upon the housetop to pray about the sixth hour: -- acts 10:9 +. +And he became very hungry, and would have eaten: but while they made ready, he fell into a trance, -- acts 10:10 +. +And saw heaven opened, and a certain vessel descending upon him, as it had been a great sheet knit at the four corners, and let down to the earth: -- acts 10:11 +. +Wherein were all manner of fourfooted beasts of the earth, and wild beasts, and creeping things, and fowls of the air. -- acts 10:12 +. +And there came a voice to him, Rise, Peter; kill, and eat. -- acts 10:13 +. +But Peter said, Not so, Lord; for I have never eaten any thing that is common or unclean. -- acts 10:14 +. +And the voice spake unto him again the second time, What God hath cleansed, that call not thou common. -- acts 10:15 +. +This was done thrice: and the vessel was received up again into heaven. -- acts 10:16 +. +Now while Peter doubted in himself what this vision which he had seen should mean, behold, the men which were sent from Cornelius had made enquiry for Simon's house, and stood before the gate, -- acts 10:17 +. +And called, and asked whether Simon, which was surnamed Peter, were lodged there. -- acts 10:18 +. +While Peter thought on the vision, the Spirit said unto him, Behold, three men seek thee. -- acts 10:19 +. +Arise therefore, and get thee down, and go with them, doubting nothing: for I have sent them. -- acts 10:20 +. +Then Peter went down to the men which were sent unto him from Cornelius; and said, Behold, I am he whom ye seek: what is the cause wherefore ye are come? -- acts 10:21 +. +And they said, Cornelius the centurion, a just man, and one that feareth God, and of good report among all the nation of the Jews, was warned from God by an holy angel to send for thee into his house, and to hear words of thee. -- acts 10:22 +. +Then called he them in, and lodged them. And on the morrow Peter went away with them, and certain brethren from Joppa accompanied him. -- acts 10:23 +. +And the morrow after they entered into Caesarea. And Cornelius waited for them, and he had called together his kinsmen and near friends. -- acts 10:24 +. +And as Peter was coming in, Cornelius met him, and fell down at his feet, and worshipped him. -- acts 10:25 +. +But Peter took him up, saying, Stand up; I myself also am a man. -- acts 10:26 +. +And as he talked with him, he went in, and found many that were come together. -- acts 10:27 +. +And he said unto them, Ye know how that it is an unlawful thing for a man that is a Jew to keep company, or come unto one of another nation; but God hath shewed me that I should not call any man common or unclean. -- acts 10:28 +. +Therefore came I unto you without gainsaying, as soon as I was sent for: I ask therefore for what intent ye have sent for me? -- acts 10:29 +. +And Cornelius said, Four days ago I was fasting until this hour; and at the ninth hour I prayed in my house, and, behold, a man stood before me in bright clothing, -- acts 10:30 +. +And said, Cornelius, thy prayer is heard, and thine alms are had in remembrance in the sight of God. -- acts 10:31 +. +Send therefore to Joppa, and call hither Simon, whose surname is Peter; he is lodged in the house of one Simon a tanner by the sea side: who, when he cometh, shall speak unto thee. -- acts 10:32 +. +Immediately therefore I sent to thee; and thou hast well done that thou art come. Now therefore are we all here present before God, to hear all things that are commanded thee of God. -- acts 10:33 +. +Then Peter opened his mouth, and said, Of a truth I perceive that God is no respecter of persons: -- acts 10:34 +. +But in every nation he that feareth him, and worketh righteousness, is accepted with him. -- acts 10:35 +. +The word which God sent unto the children of Israel, preaching peace by Jesus Christ: (he is Lord of all:) -- acts 10:36 +. +That word, I say, ye know, which was published throughout all Judaea, and began from Galilee, after the baptism which John preached; -- acts 10:37 +. +How God anointed Jesus of Nazareth with the Holy Ghost and with power: who went about doing good, and healing all that were oppressed of the devil; for God was with him. -- acts 10:38 +. +And we are witnesses of all things which he did both in the land of the Jews, and in Jerusalem; whom they slew and hanged on a tree: -- acts 10:39 +. +Him God raised up the third day, and shewed him openly; -- acts 10:40 +. +Not to all the people, but unto witnesses chosen before God, even to us, who did eat and drink with him after he rose from the dead. -- acts 10:41 +. +And he commanded us to preach unto the people, and to testify that it is he which was ordained of God to be the Judge of quick and dead. -- acts 10:42 +. +To him give all the prophets witness, that through his name whosoever believeth in him shall receive remission of sins. -- acts 10:43 +. +While Peter yet spake these words, the Holy Ghost fell on all them which heard the word. -- acts 10:44 +. +And they of the circumcision which believed were astonished, as many as came with Peter, because that on the Gentiles also was poured out the gift of the Holy Ghost. -- acts 10:45 +. +For they heard them speak with tongues, and magnify God. Then answered Peter, -- acts 10:46 +. +Can any man forbid water, that these should not be baptized, which have received the Holy Ghost as well as we? -- acts 10:47 +. +And he commanded them to be baptized in the name of the Lord. Then prayed they him to tarry certain days. -- acts 10:48 +. +And the apostles and brethren that were in Judaea heard that the Gentiles had also received the word of God. -- acts 11:1 +. +And when Peter was come up to Jerusalem, they that were of the circumcision contended with him, -- acts 11:2 +. +Saying, Thou wentest in to men uncircumcised, and didst eat with them. -- acts 11:3 +. +But Peter rehearsed the matter from the beginning, and expounded it by order unto them, saying, -- acts 11:4 +. +I was in the city of Joppa praying: and in a trance I saw a vision, A certain vessel descend, as it had been a great sheet, let down from heaven by four corners; and it came even to me: -- acts 11:5 +. +Upon the which when I had fastened mine eyes, I considered, and saw fourfooted beasts of the earth, and wild beasts, and creeping things, and fowls of the air. -- acts 11:6 +. +And I heard a voice saying unto me, Arise, Peter; slay and eat. -- acts 11:7 +. +But I said, Not so, Lord: for nothing common or unclean hath at any time entered into my mouth. -- acts 11:8 +. +But the voice answered me again from heaven, What God hath cleansed, that call not thou common. -- acts 11:9 +. +And this was done three times: and all were drawn up again into heaven. -- acts 11:10 +. +And, behold, immediately there were three men already come unto the house where I was, sent from Caesarea unto me. -- acts 11:11 +. +And the Spirit bade me go with them, nothing doubting. Moreover these six brethren accompanied me, and we entered into the man's house: -- acts 11:12 +. +And he shewed us how he had seen an angel in his house, which stood and said unto him, Send men to Joppa, and call for Simon, whose surname is Peter; -- acts 11:13 +. +Who shall tell thee words, whereby thou and all thy house shall be saved. -- acts 11:14 +. +And as I began to speak, the Holy Ghost fell on them, as on us at the beginning. -- acts 11:15 +. +Then remembered I the word of the Lord, how that he said, John indeed baptized with water; but ye shall be baptized with the Holy Ghost. -- acts 11:16 +. +Forasmuch then as God gave them the like gift as he did unto us, who believed on the Lord Jesus Christ; what was I, that I could withstand God? -- acts 11:17 +. +When they heard these things, they held their peace, and glorified God, saying, Then hath God also to the Gentiles granted repentance unto life. -- acts 11:18 +. +Now they which were scattered abroad upon the persecution that arose about Stephen travelled as far as Phenice, and Cyprus, and Antioch, preaching the word to none but unto the Jews only. -- acts 11:19 +. +And some of them were men of Cyprus and Cyrene, which, when they were come to Antioch, spake unto the Grecians, preaching the LORD Jesus. -- acts 11:20 +. +And the hand of the Lord was with them: and a great number believed, and turned unto the Lord. -- acts 11:21 +. +Then tidings of these things came unto the ears of the church which was in Jerusalem: and they sent forth Barnabas, that he should go as far as Antioch. -- acts 11:22 +. +Who, when he came, and had seen the grace of God, was glad, and exhorted them all, that with purpose of heart they would cleave unto the Lord. -- acts 11:23 +. +For he was a good man, and full of the Holy Ghost and of faith: and much people was added unto the Lord. -- acts 11:24 +. +Then departed Barnabas to Tarsus, for to seek Saul: -- acts 11:25 +. +And when he had found him, he brought him unto Antioch. And it came to pass, that a whole year they assembled themselves with the church, and taught much people. And the disciples were called Christians first in Antioch. -- acts 11:26 +. +And in these days came prophets from Jerusalem unto Antioch. -- acts 11:27 +. +And there stood up one of them named Agabus, and signified by the Spirit that there should be great dearth throughout all the world: which came to pass in the days of Claudius Caesar. -- acts 11:28 +. +Then the disciples, every man according to his ability, determined to send relief unto the brethren which dwelt in Judaea: -- acts 11:29 +. +Which also they did, and sent it to the elders by the hands of Barnabas and Saul. -- acts 11:30 +. +Now about that time Herod the king stretched forth his hands to vex certain of the church. -- acts 12:1 +. +And he killed James the brother of John with the sword. -- acts 12:2 +. +And because he saw it pleased the Jews, he proceeded further to take Peter also. (Then were the days of unleavened bread.) -- acts 12:3 +. +And when he had apprehended him, he put him in prison, and delivered him to four quaternions of soldiers to keep him; intending after Easter to bring him forth to the people. -- acts 12:4 +. +Peter therefore was kept in prison: but prayer was made without ceasing of the church unto God for him. -- acts 12:5 +. +And when Herod would have brought him forth, the same night Peter was sleeping between two soldiers, bound with two chains: and the keepers before the door kept the prison. -- acts 12:6 +. +And, behold, the angel of the Lord came upon him, and a light shined in the prison: and he smote Peter on the side, and raised him up, saying, Arise up quickly. And his chains fell off from his hands. -- acts 12:7 +. +And the angel said unto him, Gird thyself, and bind on thy sandals. And so he did. And he saith unto him, Cast thy garment about thee, and follow me. -- acts 12:8 +. +And he went out, and followed him; and wist not that it was true which was done by the angel; but thought he saw a vision. -- acts 12:9 +. +When they were past the first and the second ward, they came unto the iron gate that leadeth unto the city; which opened to them of his own accord: and they went out, and passed on through one street; and forthwith the angel departed from him. -- acts 12:10 +. +And when Peter was come to himself, he said, Now I know of a surety, that the LORD hath sent his angel, and hath delivered me out of the hand of Herod, and from all the expectation of the people of the Jews. -- acts 12:11 +. +And when he had considered the thing, he came to the house of Mary the mother of John, whose surname was Mark; where many were gathered together praying. -- acts 12:12 +. +And as Peter knocked at the door of the gate, a damsel came to hearken, named Rhoda. -- acts 12:13 +. +And when she knew Peter's voice, she opened not the gate for gladness, but ran in, and told how Peter stood before the gate. -- acts 12:14 +. +And they said unto her, Thou art mad. But she constantly affirmed that it was even so. Then said they, It is his angel. -- acts 12:15 +. +But Peter continued knocking: and when they had opened the door, and saw him, they were astonished. -- acts 12:16 +. +But he, beckoning unto them with the hand to hold their peace, declared unto them how the Lord had brought him out of the prison. And he said, Go shew these things unto James, and to the brethren. And he departed, and went into another place. -- acts 12:17 +. +Now as soon as it was day, there was no small stir among the soldiers, what was become of Peter. -- acts 12:18 +. +And when Herod had sought for him, and found him not, he examined the keepers, and commanded that they should be put to death. And he went down from Judaea to Caesarea, and there abode. -- acts 12:19 +. +And Herod was highly displeased with them of Tyre and Sidon: but they came with one accord to him, and, having made Blastus the king's chamberlain their friend, desired peace; because their country was nourished by the king's country. -- acts 12:20 +. +And upon a set day Herod, arrayed in royal apparel, sat upon his throne, and made an oration unto them. -- acts 12:21 +. +And the people gave a shout, saying, It is the voice of a god, and not of a man. -- acts 12:22 +. +And immediately the angel of the Lord smote him, because he gave not God the glory: and he was eaten of worms, and gave up the ghost. -- acts 12:23 +. +But the word of God grew and multiplied. -- acts 12:24 +. +And Barnabas and Saul returned from Jerusalem, when they had fulfilled their ministry, and took with them John, whose surname was Mark. -- acts 12:25 +. +Now there were in the church that was at Antioch certain prophets and teachers; as Barnabas, and Simeon that was called Niger, and Lucius of Cyrene, and Manaen, which had been brought up with Herod the tetrarch, and Saul. -- acts 13:1 +. +As they ministered to the Lord, and fasted, the Holy Ghost said, Separate me Barnabas and Saul for the work whereunto I have called them. -- acts 13:2 +. +And when they had fasted and prayed, and laid their hands on them, they sent them away. -- acts 13:3 +. +So they, being sent forth by the Holy Ghost, departed unto Seleucia; and from thence they sailed to Cyprus. -- acts 13:4 +. +And when they were at Salamis, they preached the word of God in the synagogues of the Jews: and they had also John to their minister. -- acts 13:5 +. +And when they had gone through the isle unto Paphos, they found a certain sorcerer, a false prophet, a Jew, whose name was Barjesus: -- acts 13:6 +. +Which was with the deputy of the country, Sergius Paulus, a prudent man; who called for Barnabas and Saul, and desired to hear the word of God. -- acts 13:7 +. +But Elymas the sorcerer (for so is his name by interpretation) withstood them, seeking to turn away the deputy from the faith. -- acts 13:8 +. +Then Saul, (who also is called Paul,) filled with the Holy Ghost, set his eyes on him. -- acts 13:9 +. +And said, O full of all subtilty and all mischief, thou child of the devil, thou enemy of all righteousness, wilt thou not cease to pervert the right ways of the Lord? -- acts 13:10 +. +And now, behold, the hand of the Lord is upon thee, and thou shalt be blind, not seeing the sun for a season. And immediately there fell on him a mist and a darkness; and he went about seeking some to lead him by the hand. -- acts 13:11 +. +Then the deputy, when he saw what was done, believed, being astonished at the doctrine of the Lord. -- acts 13:12 +. +Now when Paul and his company loosed from Paphos, they came to Perga in Pamphylia: and John departing from them returned to Jerusalem. -- acts 13:13 +. +But when they departed from Perga, they came to Antioch in Pisidia, and went into the synagogue on the sabbath day, and sat down. -- acts 13:14 +. +And after the reading of the law and the prophets the rulers of the synagogue sent unto them, saying, Ye men and brethren, if ye have any word of exhortation for the people, say on. -- acts 13:15 +. +Then Paul stood up, and beckoning with his hand said, Men of Israel, and ye that fear God, give audience. -- acts 13:16 +. +The God of this people of Israel chose our fathers, and exalted the people when they dwelt as strangers in the land of Egypt, and with an high arm brought he them out of it. -- acts 13:17 +. +And about the time of forty years suffered he their manners in the wilderness. -- acts 13:18 +. +And when he had destroyed seven nations in the land of Chanaan, he divided their land to them by lot. -- acts 13:19 +. +And after that he gave unto them judges about the space of four hundred and fifty years, until Samuel the prophet. -- acts 13:20 +. +And afterward they desired a king: and God gave unto them Saul the son of Cis, a man of the tribe of Benjamin, by the space of forty years. -- acts 13:21 +. +And when he had removed him, he raised up unto them David to be their king; to whom also he gave their testimony, and said, I have found David the son of Jesse, a man after mine own heart, which shall fulfil all my will. -- acts 13:22 +. +Of this man's seed hath God according to his promise raised unto Israel a Saviour, Jesus: -- acts 13:23 +. +When John had first preached before his coming the baptism of repentance to all the people of Israel. -- acts 13:24 +. +And as John fulfilled his course, he said, Whom think ye that I am? I am not he. But, behold, there cometh one after me, whose shoes of his feet I am not worthy to loose. -- acts 13:25 +. +Men and brethren, children of the stock of Abraham, and whosoever among you feareth God, to you is the word of this salvation sent. -- acts 13:26 +. +For they that dwell at Jerusalem, and their rulers, because they knew him not, nor yet the voices of the prophets which are read every sabbath day, they have fulfilled them in condemning him. -- acts 13:27 +. +And though they found no cause of death in him, yet desired they Pilate that he should be slain. -- acts 13:28 +. +And when they had fulfilled all that was written of him, they took him down from the tree, and laid him in a sepulchre. -- acts 13:29 +. +But God raised him from the dead: -- acts 13:30 +. +And he was seen many days of them which came up with him from Galilee to Jerusalem, who are his witnesses unto the people. -- acts 13:31 +. +And we declare unto you glad tidings, how that the promise which was made unto the fathers, -- acts 13:32 +. +God hath fulfilled the same unto us their children, in that he hath raised up Jesus again; as it is also written in the second psalm, Thou art my Son, this day have I begotten thee. -- acts 13:33 +. +And as concerning that he raised him up from the dead, now no more to return to corruption, he said on this wise, I will give you the sure mercies of David. -- acts 13:34 +. +Wherefore he saith also in another psalm, Thou shalt not suffer thine Holy One to see corruption. -- acts 13:35 +. +For David, after he had served his own generation by the will of God, fell on sleep, and was laid unto his fathers, and saw corruption: -- acts 13:36 +. +But he, whom God raised again, saw no corruption. -- acts 13:37 +. +Be it known unto you therefore, men and brethren, that through this man is preached unto you the forgiveness of sins: -- acts 13:38 +. +And by him all that believe are justified from all things, from which ye could not be justified by the law of Moses. -- acts 13:39 +. +Beware therefore, lest that come upon you, which is spoken of in the prophets; -- acts 13:40 +. +Behold, ye despisers, and wonder, and perish: for I work a work in your days, a work which ye shall in no wise believe, though a man declare it unto you. -- acts 13:41 +. +And when the Jews were gone out of the synagogue, the Gentiles besought that these words might be preached to them the next sabbath. -- acts 13:42 +. +Now when the congregation was broken up, many of the Jews and religious proselytes followed Paul and Barnabas: who, speaking to them, persuaded them to continue in the grace of God. -- acts 13:43 +. +And the next sabbath day came almost the whole city together to hear the word of God. -- acts 13:44 +. +But when the Jews saw the multitudes, they were filled with envy, and spake against those things which were spoken by Paul, contradicting and blaspheming. -- acts 13:45 +. +Then Paul and Barnabas waxed bold, and said, It was necessary that the word of God should first have been spoken to you: but seeing ye put it from you, and judge yourselves unworthy of everlasting life, lo, we turn to the Gentiles. -- acts 13:46 +. +For so hath the Lord commanded us, saying, I have set thee to be a light of the Gentiles, that thou shouldest be for salvation unto the ends of the earth. -- acts 13:47 +. +And when the Gentiles heard this, they were glad, and glorified the word of the Lord: and as many as were ordained to eternal life believed. -- acts 13:48 +. +And the word of the Lord was published throughout all the region. -- acts 13:49 +. +But the Jews stirred up the devout and honourable women, and the chief men of the city, and raised persecution against Paul and Barnabas, and expelled them out of their coasts. -- acts 13:50 +. +But they shook off the dust of their feet against them, and came unto Iconium. -- acts 13:51 +. +And the disciples were filled with joy, and with the Holy Ghost. -- acts 13:52 +. +And it came to pass in Iconium, that they went both together into the synagogue of the Jews, and so spake, that a great multitude both of the Jews and also of the Greeks believed. -- acts 14:1 +. +But the unbelieving Jews stirred up the Gentiles, and made their minds evil affected against the brethren. -- acts 14:2 +. +Long time therefore abode they speaking boldly in the Lord, which gave testimony unto the word of his grace, and granted signs and wonders to be done by their hands. -- acts 14:3 +. +But the multitude of the city was divided: and part held with the Jews, and part with the apostles. -- acts 14:4 +. +And when there was an assault made both of the Gentiles, and also of the Jews with their rulers, to use them despitefully, and to stone them, -- acts 14:5 +. +They were ware of it, and fled unto Lystra and Derbe, cities of Lycaonia, and unto the region that lieth round about: -- acts 14:6 +. +And there they preached the gospel. -- acts 14:7 +. +And there sat a certain man at Lystra, impotent in his feet, being a cripple from his mother's womb, who never had walked: -- acts 14:8 +. +The same heard Paul speak: who stedfastly beholding him, and perceiving that he had faith to be healed, -- acts 14:9 +. +Said with a loud voice, Stand upright on thy feet. And he leaped and walked. -- acts 14:10 +. +And when the people saw what Paul had done, they lifted up their voices, saying in the speech of Lycaonia, The gods are come down to us in the likeness of men. -- acts 14:11 +. +And they called Barnabas, Jupiter; and Paul, Mercurius, because he was the chief speaker. -- acts 14:12 +. +Then the priest of Jupiter, which was before their city, brought oxen and garlands unto the gates, and would have done sacrifice with the people. -- acts 14:13 +. +Which when the apostles, Barnabas and Paul, heard of, they rent their clothes, and ran in among the people, crying out, -- acts 14:14 +. +And saying, Sirs, why do ye these things? We also are men of like passions with you, and preach unto you that ye should turn from these vanities unto the living God, which made heaven, and earth, and the sea, and all things that are therein: -- acts 14:15 +. +Who in times past suffered all nations to walk in their own ways. -- acts 14:16 +. +Nevertheless he left not himself without witness, in that he did good, and gave us rain from heaven, and fruitful seasons, filling our hearts with food and gladness. -- acts 14:17 +. +And with these sayings scarce restrained they the people, that they had not done sacrifice unto them. -- acts 14:18 +. +And there came thither certain Jews from Antioch and Iconium, who persuaded the people, and having stoned Paul, drew him out of the city, supposing he had been dead. -- acts 14:19 +. +Howbeit, as the disciples stood round about him, he rose up, and came into the city: and the next day he departed with Barnabas to Derbe. -- acts 14:20 +. +And when they had preached the gospel to that city, and had taught many, they returned again to Lystra, and to Iconium, and Antioch, -- acts 14:21 +. +Confirming the souls of the disciples, and exhorting them to continue in the faith, and that we must through much tribulation enter into the kingdom of God. -- acts 14:22 +. +And when they had ordained them elders in every church, and had prayed with fasting, they commended them to the Lord, on whom they believed. -- acts 14:23 +. +And after they had passed throughout Pisidia, they came to Pamphylia. -- acts 14:24 +. +And when they had preached the word in Perga, they went down into Attalia: -- acts 14:25 +. +And thence sailed to Antioch, from whence they had been recommended to the grace of God for the work which they fulfilled. -- acts 14:26 +. +And when they were come, and had gathered the church together, they rehearsed all that God had done with them, and how he had opened the door of faith unto the Gentiles. -- acts 14:27 +. +And there they abode long time with the disciples. -- acts 14:28 +. +And certain men which came down from Judaea taught the brethren, and said, Except ye be circumcised after the manner of Moses, ye cannot be saved. -- acts 15:1 +. +When therefore Paul and Barnabas had no small dissension and disputation with them, they determined that Paul and Barnabas, and certain other of them, should go up to Jerusalem unto the apostles and elders about this question. -- acts 15:2 +. +And being brought on their way by the church, they passed through Phenice and Samaria, declaring the conversion of the Gentiles: and they caused great joy unto all the brethren. -- acts 15:3 +. +And when they were come to Jerusalem, they were received of the church, and of the apostles and elders, and they declared all things that God had done with them. -- acts 15:4 +. +But there rose up certain of the sect of the Pharisees which believed, saying, That it was needful to circumcise them, and to command them to keep the law of Moses. -- acts 15:5 +. +And the apostles and elders came together for to consider of this matter. -- acts 15:6 +. +And when there had been much disputing, Peter rose up, and said unto them, Men and brethren, ye know how that a good while ago God made choice among us, that the Gentiles by my mouth should hear the word of the gospel, and believe. -- acts 15:7 +. +And God, which knoweth the hearts, bare them witness, giving them the Holy Ghost, even as he did unto us; -- acts 15:8 +. +And put no difference between us and them, purifying their hearts by faith. -- acts 15:9 +. +Now therefore why tempt ye God, to put a yoke upon the neck of the disciples, which neither our fathers nor we were able to bear? -- acts 15:10 +. +But we believe that through the grace of the LORD Jesus Christ we shall be saved, even as they. -- acts 15:11 +. +Then all the multitude kept silence, and gave audience to Barnabas and Paul, declaring what miracles and wonders God had wrought among the Gentiles by them. -- acts 15:12 +. +And after they had held their peace, James answered, saying, Men and brethren, hearken unto me: -- acts 15:13 +. +Simeon hath declared how God at the first did visit the Gentiles, to take out of them a people for his name. -- acts 15:14 +. +And to this agree the words of the prophets; as it is written, -- acts 15:15 +. +After this I will return, and will build again the tabernacle of David, which is fallen down; and I will build again the ruins thereof, and I will set it up: -- acts 15:16 +. +That the residue of men might seek after the Lord, and all the Gentiles, upon whom my name is called, saith the Lord, who doeth all these things. -- acts 15:17 +. +Known unto God are all his works from the beginning of the world. -- acts 15:18 +. +Wherefore my sentence is, that we trouble not them, which from among the Gentiles are turned to God: -- acts 15:19 +. +But that we write unto them, that they abstain from pollutions of idols, and from fornication, and from things strangled, and from blood. -- acts 15:20 +. +For Moses of old time hath in every city them that preach him, being read in the synagogues every sabbath day. -- acts 15:21 +. +Then pleased it the apostles and elders with the whole church, to send chosen men of their own company to Antioch with Paul and Barnabas; namely, Judas surnamed Barsabas and Silas, chief men among the brethren: -- acts 15:22 +. +And they wrote letters by them after this manner; The apostles and elders and brethren send greeting unto the brethren which are of the Gentiles in Antioch and Syria and Cilicia. -- acts 15:23 +. +Forasmuch as we have heard, that certain which went out from us have troubled you with words, subverting your souls, saying, Ye must be circumcised, and keep the law: to whom we gave no such commandment: -- acts 15:24 +. +It seemed good unto us, being assembled with one accord, to send chosen men unto you with our beloved Barnabas and Paul, -- acts 15:25 +. +Men that have hazarded their lives for the name of our Lord Jesus Christ. -- acts 15:26 +. +We have sent therefore Judas and Silas, who shall also tell you the same things by mouth. -- acts 15:27 +. +For it seemed good to the Holy Ghost, and to us, to lay upon you no greater burden than these necessary things; -- acts 15:28 +. +That ye abstain from meats offered to idols, and from blood, and from things strangled, and from fornication: from which if ye keep yourselves, ye shall do well. Fare ye well. -- acts 15:29 +. +So when they were dismissed, they came to Antioch: and when they had gathered the multitude together, they delivered the epistle: -- acts 15:30 +. +Which when they had read, they rejoiced for the consolation. -- acts 15:31 +. +And Judas and Silas, being prophets also themselves, exhorted the brethren with many words, and confirmed them. -- acts 15:32 +. +And after they had tarried there a space, they were let go in peace from the brethren unto the apostles. -- acts 15:33 +. +Notwithstanding it pleased Silas to abide there still. -- acts 15:34 +. +Paul also and Barnabas continued in Antioch, teaching and preaching the word of the Lord, with many others also. -- acts 15:35 +. +And some days after Paul said unto Barnabas, Let us go again and visit our brethren in every city where we have preached the word of the LORD, and see how they do. -- acts 15:36 +. +And Barnabas determined to take with them John, whose surname was Mark. -- acts 15:37 +. +But Paul thought not good to take him with them, who departed from them from Pamphylia, and went not with them to the work. -- acts 15:38 +. +And the contention was so sharp between them, that they departed asunder one from the other: and so Barnabas took Mark, and sailed unto Cyprus; -- acts 15:39 +. +And Paul chose Silas, and departed, being recommended by the brethren unto the grace of God. -- acts 15:40 +. +And he went through Syria and Cilicia, confirming the churches. -- acts 15:41 +. +Then came he to Derbe and Lystra: and, behold, a certain disciple was there, named Timotheus, the son of a certain woman, which was a Jewess, and believed; but his father was a Greek: -- acts 16:1 +. +Which was well reported of by the brethren that were at Lystra and Iconium. -- acts 16:2 +. +Him would Paul have to go forth with him; and took and circumcised him because of the Jews which were in those quarters: for they knew all that his father was a Greek. -- acts 16:3 +. +And as they went through the cities, they delivered them the decrees for to keep, that were ordained of the apostles and elders which were at Jerusalem. -- acts 16:4 +. +And so were the churches established in the faith, and increased in number daily. -- acts 16:5 +. +Now when they had gone throughout Phrygia and the region of Galatia, and were forbidden of the Holy Ghost to preach the word in Asia, -- acts 16:6 +. +After they were come to Mysia, they assayed to go into Bithynia: but the Spirit suffered them not. -- acts 16:7 +. +And they passing by Mysia came down to Troas. -- acts 16:8 +. +And a vision appeared to Paul in the night; There stood a man of Macedonia, and prayed him, saying, Come over into Macedonia, and help us. -- acts 16:9 +. +And after he had seen the vision, immediately we endeavoured to go into Macedonia, assuredly gathering that the Lord had called us for to preach the gospel unto them. -- acts 16:10 +. +Therefore loosing from Troas, we came with a straight course to Samothracia, and the next day to Neapolis; -- acts 16:11 +. +And from thence to Philippi, which is the chief city of that part of Macedonia, and a colony: and we were in that city abiding certain days. -- acts 16:12 +. +And on the sabbath we went out of the city by a river side, where prayer was wont to be made; and we sat down, and spake unto the women which resorted thither. -- acts 16:13 +. +And a certain woman named Lydia, a seller of purple, of the city of Thyatira, which worshipped God, heard us: whose heart the Lord opened, that she attended unto the things which were spoken of Paul. -- acts 16:14 +. +And when she was baptized, and her household, she besought us, saying, If ye have judged me to be faithful to the Lord, come into my house, and abide there. And she constrained us. -- acts 16:15 +. +And it came to pass, as we went to prayer, a certain damsel possessed with a spirit of divination met us, which brought her masters much gain by soothsaying: -- acts 16:16 +. +The same followed Paul and us, and cried, saying, These men are the servants of the most high God, which shew unto us the way of salvation. -- acts 16:17 +. +And this did she many days. But Paul, being grieved, turned and said to the spirit, I command thee in the name of Jesus Christ to come out of her. And he came out the same hour. -- acts 16:18 +. +And when her masters saw that the hope of their gains was gone, they caught Paul and Silas, and drew them into the marketplace unto the rulers, -- acts 16:19 +. +And brought them to the magistrates, saying, These men, being Jews, do exceedingly trouble our city, -- acts 16:20 +. +And teach customs, which are not lawful for us to receive, neither to observe, being Romans. -- acts 16:21 +. +And the multitude rose up together against them: and the magistrates rent off their clothes, and commanded to beat them. -- acts 16:22 +. +And when they had laid many stripes upon them, they cast them into prison, charging the jailor to keep them safely: -- acts 16:23 +. +Who, having received such a charge, thrust them into the inner prison, and made their feet fast in the stocks. -- acts 16:24 +. +And at midnight Paul and Silas prayed, and sang praises unto God: and the prisoners heard them. -- acts 16:25 +. +And suddenly there was a great earthquake, so that the foundations of the prison were shaken: and immediately all the doors were opened, and every one's bands were loosed. -- acts 16:26 +. +And the keeper of the prison awaking out of his sleep, and seeing the prison doors open, he drew out his sword, and would have killed himself, supposing that the prisoners had been fled. -- acts 16:27 +. +But Paul cried with a loud voice, saying, Do thyself no harm: for we are all here. -- acts 16:28 +. +Then he called for a light, and sprang in, and came trembling, and fell down before Paul and Silas, -- acts 16:29 +. +And brought them out, and said, Sirs, what must I do to be saved? -- acts 16:30 +. +And they said, Believe on the Lord Jesus Christ, and thou shalt be saved, and thy house. -- acts 16:31 +. +And they spake unto him the word of the Lord, and to all that were in his house. -- acts 16:32 +. +And he took them the same hour of the night, and washed their stripes; and was baptized, he and all his, straightway. -- acts 16:33 +. +And when he had brought them into his house, he set meat before them, and rejoiced, believing in God with all his house. -- acts 16:34 +. +And when it was day, the magistrates sent the serjeants, saying, Let those men go. -- acts 16:35 +. +And the keeper of the prison told this saying to Paul, The magistrates have sent to let you go: now therefore depart, and go in peace. -- acts 16:36 +. +But Paul said unto them, They have beaten us openly uncondemned, being Romans, and have cast us into prison; and now do they thrust us out privily? nay verily; but let them come themselves and fetch us out. -- acts 16:37 +. +And the serjeants told these words unto the magistrates: and they feared, when they heard that they were Romans. -- acts 16:38 +. +And they came and besought them, and brought them out, and desired them to depart out of the city. -- acts 16:39 +. +And they went out of the prison, and entered into the house of Lydia: and when they had seen the brethren, they comforted them, and departed. -- acts 16:40 +. +Now when they had passed through Amphipolis and Apollonia, they came to Thessalonica, where was a synagogue of the Jews: -- acts 17:1 +. +And Paul, as his manner was, went in unto them, and three sabbath days reasoned with them out of the scriptures, -- acts 17:2 +. +Opening and alleging, that Christ must needs have suffered, and risen again from the dead; and that this Jesus, whom I preach unto you, is Christ. -- acts 17:3 +. +And some of them believed, and consorted with Paul and Silas; and of the devout Greeks a great multitude, and of the chief women not a few. -- acts 17:4 +. +But the Jews which believed not, moved with envy, took unto them certain lewd fellows of the baser sort, and gathered a company, and set all the city on an uproar, and assaulted the house of Jason, and sought to bring them out to the people. -- acts 17:5 +. +And when they found them not, they drew Jason and certain brethren unto the rulers of the city, crying, These that have turned the world upside down are come hither also; -- acts 17:6 +. +Whom Jason hath received: and these all do contrary to the decrees of Caesar, saying that there is another king, one Jesus. -- acts 17:7 +. +And they troubled the people and the rulers of the city, when they heard these things. -- acts 17:8 +. +And when they had taken security of Jason, and of the other, they let them go. -- acts 17:9 +. +And the brethren immediately sent away Paul and Silas by night unto Berea: who coming thither went into the synagogue of the Jews. -- acts 17:10 +. +These were more noble than those in Thessalonica, in that they received the word with all readiness of mind, and searched the scriptures daily, whether those things were so. -- acts 17:11 +. +Therefore many of them believed; also of honourable women which were Greeks, and of men, not a few. -- acts 17:12 +. +But when the Jews of Thessalonica had knowledge that the word of God was preached of Paul at Berea, they came thither also, and stirred up the people. -- acts 17:13 +. +And then immediately the brethren sent away Paul to go as it were to the sea: but Silas and Timotheus abode there still. -- acts 17:14 +. +And they that conducted Paul brought him unto Athens: and receiving a commandment unto Silas and Timotheus for to come to him with all speed, they departed. -- acts 17:15 +. +Now while Paul waited for them at Athens, his spirit was stirred in him, when he saw the city wholly given to idolatry. -- acts 17:16 +. +Therefore disputed he in the synagogue with the Jews, and with the devout persons, and in the market daily with them that met with him. -- acts 17:17 +. +Then certain philosophers of the Epicureans, and of the Stoicks, encountered him. And some said, What will this babbler say? other some, He seemeth to be a setter forth of strange gods: because he preached unto them Jesus, and the resurrection. -- acts 17:18 +. +And they took him, and brought him unto Areopagus, saying, May we know what this new doctrine, whereof thou speakest, is? -- acts 17:19 +. +For thou bringest certain strange things to our ears: we would know therefore what these things mean. -- acts 17:20 +. +(For all the Athenians and strangers which were there spent their time in nothing else, but either to tell, or to hear some new thing.) -- acts 17:21 +. +Then Paul stood in the midst of Mars' hill, and said, Ye men of Athens, I perceive that in all things ye are too superstitious. -- acts 17:22 +. +For as I passed by, and beheld your devotions, I found an altar with this inscription, TO THE UNKNOWN GOD. Whom therefore ye ignorantly worship, him declare I unto you. -- acts 17:23 +. +God that made the world and all things therein, seeing that he is Lord of heaven and earth, dwelleth not in temples made with hands; -- acts 17:24 +. +Neither is worshipped with men's hands, as though he needed any thing, seeing he giveth to all life, and breath, and all things; -- acts 17:25 +. +And hath made of one blood all nations of men for to dwell on all the face of the earth, and hath determined the times before appointed, and the bounds of their habitation; -- acts 17:26 +. +That they should seek the Lord, if haply they might feel after him, and find him, though he be not far from every one of us: -- acts 17:27 +. +For in him we live, and move, and have our being; as certain also of your own poets have said, For we are also his offspring. -- acts 17:28 +. +Forasmuch then as we are the offspring of God, we ought not to think that the Godhead is like unto gold, or silver, or stone, graven by art and man's device. -- acts 17:29 +. +And the times of this ignorance God winked at; but now commandeth all men every where to repent: -- acts 17:30 +. +Because he hath appointed a day, in the which he will judge the world in righteousness by that man whom he hath ordained; whereof he hath given assurance unto all men, in that he hath raised him from the dead. -- acts 17:31 +. +And when they heard of the resurrection of the dead, some mocked: and others said, We will hear thee again of this matter. -- acts 17:32 +. +So Paul departed from among them. -- acts 17:33 +. +Howbeit certain men clave unto him, and believed: among the which was Dionysius the Areopagite, and a woman named Damaris, and others with them. -- acts 17:34 +. +After these things Paul departed from Athens, and came to Corinth; -- acts 18:1 +. +And found a certain Jew named Aquila, born in Pontus, lately come from Italy, with his wife Priscilla; (because that Claudius had commanded all Jews to depart from Rome:) and came unto them. -- acts 18:2 +. +And because he was of the same craft, he abode with them, and wrought: for by their occupation they were tentmakers. -- acts 18:3 +. +And he reasoned in the synagogue every sabbath, and persuaded the Jews and the Greeks. -- acts 18:4 +. +And when Silas and Timotheus were come from Macedonia, Paul was pressed in the spirit, and testified to the Jews that Jesus was Christ. -- acts 18:5 +. +And when they opposed themselves, and blasphemed, he shook his raiment, and said unto them, Your blood be upon your own heads; I am clean; from henceforth I will go unto the Gentiles. -- acts 18:6 +. +And he departed thence, and entered into a certain man's house, named Justus, one that worshipped God, whose house joined hard to the synagogue. -- acts 18:7 +. +And Crispus, the chief ruler of the synagogue, believed on the Lord with all his house; and many of the Corinthians hearing believed, and were baptized. -- acts 18:8 +. +Then spake the Lord to Paul in the night by a vision, Be not afraid, but speak, and hold not thy peace: -- acts 18:9 +. +For I am with thee, and no man shall set on thee to hurt thee: for I have much people in this city. -- acts 18:10 +. +And he continued there a year and six months, teaching the word of God among them. -- acts 18:11 +. +And when Gallio was the deputy of Achaia, the Jews made insurrection with one accord against Paul, and brought him to the judgment seat, -- acts 18:12 +. +Saying, This fellow persuadeth men to worship God contrary to the law. -- acts 18:13 +. +And when Paul was now about to open his mouth, Gallio said unto the Jews, If it were a matter of wrong or wicked lewdness, O ye Jews, reason would that I should bear with you: -- acts 18:14 +. +But if it be a question of words and names, and of your law, look ye to it; for I will be no judge of such matters. -- acts 18:15 +. +And he drave them from the judgment seat. -- acts 18:16 +. +Then all the Greeks took Sosthenes, the chief ruler of the synagogue, and beat him before the judgment seat. And Gallio cared for none of those things. -- acts 18:17 +. +And Paul after this tarried there yet a good while, and then took his leave of the brethren, and sailed thence into Syria, and with him Priscilla and Aquila; having shorn his head in Cenchrea: for he had a vow. -- acts 18:18 +. +And he came to Ephesus, and left them there: but he himself entered into the synagogue, and reasoned with the Jews. -- acts 18:19 +. +When they desired him to tarry longer time with them, he consented not; -- acts 18:20 +. +But bade them farewell, saying, I must by all means keep this feast that cometh in Jerusalem: but I will return again unto you, if God will. And he sailed from Ephesus. -- acts 18:21 +. +And when he had landed at Caesarea, and gone up, and saluted the church, he went down to Antioch. -- acts 18:22 +. +And after he had spent some time there, he departed, and went over all the country of Galatia and Phrygia in order, strengthening all the disciples. -- acts 18:23 +. +And a certain Jew named Apollos, born at Alexandria, an eloquent man, and mighty in the scriptures, came to Ephesus. -- acts 18:24 +. +This man was instructed in the way of the Lord; and being fervent in the spirit, he spake and taught diligently the things of the Lord, knowing only the baptism of John. -- acts 18:25 +. +And he began to speak boldly in the synagogue: whom when Aquila and Priscilla had heard, they took him unto them, and expounded unto him the way of God more perfectly. -- acts 18:26 +. +And when he was disposed to pass into Achaia, the brethren wrote, exhorting the disciples to receive him: who, when he was come, helped them much which had believed through grace: -- acts 18:27 +. +For he mightily convinced the Jews, and that publickly, shewing by the scriptures that Jesus was Christ. -- acts 18:28 +. +And it came to pass, that, while Apollos was at Corinth, Paul having passed through the upper coasts came to Ephesus: and finding certain disciples, -- acts 19:1 +. +He said unto them, Have ye received the Holy Ghost since ye believed? And they said unto him, We have not so much as heard whether there be any Holy Ghost. -- acts 19:2 +. +And he said unto them, Unto what then were ye baptized? And they said, Unto John's baptism. -- acts 19:3 +. +Then said Paul, John verily baptized with the baptism of repentance, saying unto the people, that they should believe on him which should come after him, that is, on Christ Jesus. -- acts 19:4 +. +When they heard this, they were baptized in the name of the Lord Jesus. -- acts 19:5 +. +And when Paul had laid his hands upon them, the Holy Ghost came on them; and they spake with tongues, and prophesied. -- acts 19:6 +. +And all the men were about twelve. -- acts 19:7 +. +And he went into the synagogue, and spake boldly for the space of three months, disputing and persuading the things concerning the kingdom of God. -- acts 19:8 +. +But when divers were hardened, and believed not, but spake evil of that way before the multitude, he departed from them, and separated the disciples, disputing daily in the school of one Tyrannus. -- acts 19:9 +. +And this continued by the space of two years; so that all they which dwelt in Asia heard the word of the Lord Jesus, both Jews and Greeks. -- acts 19:10 +. +And God wrought special miracles by the hands of Paul: -- acts 19:11 +. +So that from his body were brought unto the sick handkerchiefs or aprons, and the diseases departed from them, and the evil spirits went out of them. -- acts 19:12 +. +Then certain of the vagabond Jews, exorcists, took upon them to call over them which had evil spirits the name of the LORD Jesus, saying, We adjure you by Jesus whom Paul preacheth. -- acts 19:13 +. +And there were seven sons of one Sceva, a Jew, and chief of the priests, which did so. -- acts 19:14 +. +And the evil spirit answered and said, Jesus I know, and Paul I know; but who are ye? -- acts 19:15 +. +And the man in whom the evil spirit was leaped on them, and overcame them, and prevailed against them, so that they fled out of that house naked and wounded. -- acts 19:16 +. +And this was known to all the Jews and Greeks also dwelling at Ephesus; and fear fell on them all, and the name of the Lord Jesus was magnified. -- acts 19:17 +. +And many that believed came, and confessed, and shewed their deeds. -- acts 19:18 +. +Many of them also which used curious arts brought their books together, and burned them before all men: and they counted the price of them, and found it fifty thousand pieces of silver. -- acts 19:19 +. +So mightily grew the word of God and prevailed. -- acts 19:20 +. +After these things were ended, Paul purposed in the spirit, when he had passed through Macedonia and Achaia, to go to Jerusalem, saying, After I have been there, I must also see Rome. -- acts 19:21 +. +So he sent into Macedonia two of them that ministered unto him, Timotheus and Erastus; but he himself stayed in Asia for a season. -- acts 19:22 +. +And the same time there arose no small stir about that way. -- acts 19:23 +. +For a certain man named Demetrius, a silversmith, which made silver shrines for Diana, brought no small gain unto the craftsmen; -- acts 19:24 +. +Whom he called together with the workmen of like occupation, and said, Sirs, ye know that by this craft we have our wealth. -- acts 19:25 +. +Moreover ye see and hear, that not alone at Ephesus, but almost throughout all Asia, this Paul hath persuaded and turned away much people, saying that they be no gods, which are made with hands: -- acts 19:26 +. +So that not only this our craft is in danger to be set at nought; but also that the temple of the great goddess Diana should be despised, and her magnificence should be destroyed, whom all Asia and the world worshippeth. -- acts 19:27 +. +And when they heard these sayings, they were full of wrath, and cried out, saying, Great is Diana of the Ephesians. -- acts 19:28 +. +And the whole city was filled with confusion: and having caught Gaius and Aristarchus, men of Macedonia, Paul's companions in travel, they rushed with one accord into the theatre. -- acts 19:29 +. +And when Paul would have entered in unto the people, the disciples suffered him not. -- acts 19:30 +. +And certain of the chief of Asia, which were his friends, sent unto him, desiring him that he would not adventure himself into the theatre. -- acts 19:31 +. +Some therefore cried one thing, and some another: for the assembly was confused: and the more part knew not wherefore they were come together. -- acts 19:32 +. +And they drew Alexander out of the multitude, the Jews putting him forward. And Alexander beckoned with the hand, and would have made his defence unto the people. -- acts 19:33 +. +But when they knew that he was a Jew, all with one voice about the space of two hours cried out, Great is Diana of the Ephesians. -- acts 19:34 +. +And when the townclerk had appeased the people, he said, Ye men of Ephesus, what man is there that knoweth not how that the city of the Ephesians is a worshipper of the great goddess Diana, and of the image which fell down from Jupiter? -- acts 19:35 +. +Seeing then that these things cannot be spoken against, ye ought to be quiet, and to do nothing rashly. -- acts 19:36 +. +For ye have brought hither these men, which are neither robbers of churches, nor yet blasphemers of your goddess. -- acts 19:37 +. +Wherefore if Demetrius, and the craftsmen which are with him, have a matter against any man, the law is open, and there are deputies: let them implead one another. -- acts 19:38 +. +But if ye enquire any thing concerning other matters, it shall be determined in a lawful assembly. -- acts 19:39 +. +For we are in danger to be called in question for this day's uproar, there being no cause whereby we may give an account of this concourse. -- acts 19:40 +. +And when he had thus spoken, he dismissed the assembly. -- acts 19:41 +. +And after the uproar was ceased, Paul called unto him the disciples, and embraced them, and departed for to go into Macedonia. -- acts 20:1 +. +And when he had gone over those parts, and had given them much exhortation, he came into Greece, -- acts 20:2 +. +And there abode three months. And when the Jews laid wait for him, as he was about to sail into Syria, he purposed to return through Macedonia. -- acts 20:3 +. +And there accompanied him into Asia Sopater of Berea; and of the Thessalonians, Aristarchus and Secundus; and Gaius of Derbe, and Timotheus; and of Asia, Tychicus and Trophimus. -- acts 20:4 +. +These going before tarried for us at Troas. -- acts 20:5 +. +And we sailed away from Philippi after the days of unleavened bread, and came unto them to Troas in five days; where we abode seven days. -- acts 20:6 +. +And upon the first day of the week, when the disciples came together to break bread, Paul preached unto them, ready to depart on the morrow; and continued his speech until midnight. -- acts 20:7 +. +And there were many lights in the upper chamber, where they were gathered together. -- acts 20:8 +. +And there sat in a window a certain young man named Eutychus, being fallen into a deep sleep: and as Paul was long preaching, he sunk down with sleep, and fell down from the third loft, and was taken up dead. -- acts 20:9 +. +And Paul went down, and fell on him, and embracing him said, Trouble not yourselves; for his life is in him. -- acts 20:10 +. +When he therefore was come up again, and had broken bread, and eaten, and talked a long while, even till break of day, so he departed. -- acts 20:11 +. +And they brought the young man alive, and were not a little comforted. -- acts 20:12 +. +And we went before to ship, and sailed unto Assos, there intending to take in Paul: for so had he appointed, minding himself to go afoot. -- acts 20:13 +. +And when he met with us at Assos, we took him in, and came to Mitylene. -- acts 20:14 +. +And we sailed thence, and came the next day over against Chios; and the next day we arrived at Samos, and tarried at Trogyllium; and the next day we came to Miletus. -- acts 20:15 +. +For Paul had determined to sail by Ephesus, because he would not spend the time in Asia: for he hasted, if it were possible for him, to be at Jerusalem the day of Pentecost. -- acts 20:16 +. +And from Miletus he sent to Ephesus, and called the elders of the church. -- acts 20:17 +. +And when they were come to him, he said unto them, Ye know, from the first day that I came into Asia, after what manner I have been with you at all seasons, -- acts 20:18 +. +Serving the LORD with all humility of mind, and with many tears, and temptations, which befell me by the lying in wait of the Jews: -- acts 20:19 +. +And how I kept back nothing that was profitable unto you, but have shewed you, and have taught you publickly, and from house to house, -- acts 20:20 +. +Testifying both to the Jews, and also to the Greeks, repentance toward God, and faith toward our Lord Jesus Christ. -- acts 20:21 +. +And now, behold, I go bound in the spirit unto Jerusalem, not knowing the things that shall befall me there: -- acts 20:22 +. +Save that the Holy Ghost witnesseth in every city, saying that bonds and afflictions abide me. -- acts 20:23 +. +But none of these things move me, neither count I my life dear unto myself, so that I might finish my course with joy, and the ministry, which I have received of the Lord Jesus, to testify the gospel of the grace of God. -- acts 20:24 +. +And now, behold, I know that ye all, among whom I have gone preaching the kingdom of God, shall see my face no more. -- acts 20:25 +. +Wherefore I take you to record this day, that I am pure from the blood of all men. -- acts 20:26 +. +For I have not shunned to declare unto you all the counsel of God. -- acts 20:27 +. +Take heed therefore unto yourselves, and to all the flock, over the which the Holy Ghost hath made you overseers, to feed the church of God, which he hath purchased with his own blood. -- acts 20:28 +. +For I know this, that after my departing shall grievous wolves enter in among you, not sparing the flock. -- acts 20:29 +. +Also of your own selves shall men arise, speaking perverse things, to draw away disciples after them. -- acts 20:30 +. +Therefore watch, and remember, that by the space of three years I ceased not to warn every one night and day with tears. -- acts 20:31 +. +And now, brethren, I commend you to God, and to the word of his grace, which is able to build you up, and to give you an inheritance among all them which are sanctified. -- acts 20:32 +. +I have coveted no man's silver, or gold, or apparel. -- acts 20:33 +. +Yea, ye yourselves know, that these hands have ministered unto my necessities, and to them that were with me. -- acts 20:34 +. +I have shewed you all things, how that so labouring ye ought to support the weak, and to remember the words of the Lord Jesus, how he said, It is more blessed to give than to receive. -- acts 20:35 +. +And when he had thus spoken, he kneeled down, and prayed with them all. -- acts 20:36 +. +And they all wept sore, and fell on Paul's neck, and kissed him, -- acts 20:37 +. +Sorrowing most of all for the words which he spake, that they should see his face no more. And they accompanied him unto the ship. -- acts 20:38 +. +And it came to pass, that after we were gotten from them, and had launched, we came with a straight course unto Coos, and the day following unto Rhodes, and from thence unto Patara: -- acts 21:1 +. +And finding a ship sailing over unto Phenicia, we went aboard, and set forth. -- acts 21:2 +. +Now when we had discovered Cyprus, we left it on the left hand, and sailed into Syria, and landed at Tyre: for there the ship was to unlade her burden. -- acts 21:3 +. +And finding disciples, we tarried there seven days: who said to Paul through the Spirit, that he should not go up to Jerusalem. -- acts 21:4 +. +And when we had accomplished those days, we departed and went our way; and they all brought us on our way, with wives and children, till we were out of the city: and we kneeled down on the shore, and prayed. -- acts 21:5 +. +And when we had taken our leave one of another, we took ship; and they returned home again. -- acts 21:6 +. +And when we had finished our course from Tyre, we came to Ptolemais, and saluted the brethren, and abode with them one day. -- acts 21:7 +. +And the next day we that were of Paul's company departed, and came unto Caesarea: and we entered into the house of Philip the evangelist, which was one of the seven; and abode with him. -- acts 21:8 +. +And the same man had four daughters, virgins, which did prophesy. -- acts 21:9 +. +And as we tarried there many days, there came down from Judaea a certain prophet, named Agabus. -- acts 21:10 +. +And when he was come unto us, he took Paul's girdle, and bound his own hands and feet, and said, Thus saith the Holy Ghost, So shall the Jews at Jerusalem bind the man that owneth this girdle, and shall deliver him into the hands of the Gentiles. -- acts 21:11 +. +And when we heard these things, both we, and they of that place, besought him not to go up to Jerusalem. -- acts 21:12 +. +Then Paul answered, What mean ye to weep and to break mine heart? for I am ready not to be bound only, but also to die at Jerusalem for the name of the Lord Jesus. -- acts 21:13 +. +And when he would not be persuaded, we ceased, saying, The will of the Lord be done. -- acts 21:14 +. +And after those days we took up our carriages, and went up to Jerusalem. -- acts 21:15 +. +There went with us also certain of the disciples of Caesarea, and brought with them one Mnason of Cyprus, an old disciple, with whom we should lodge. -- acts 21:16 +. +And when we were come to Jerusalem, the brethren received us gladly. -- acts 21:17 +. +And the day following Paul went in with us unto James; and all the elders were present. -- acts 21:18 +. +And when he had saluted them, he declared particularly what things God had wrought among the Gentiles by his ministry. -- acts 21:19 +. +And when they heard it, they glorified the Lord, and said unto him, Thou seest, brother, how many thousands of Jews there are which believe; and they are all zealous of the law: -- acts 21:20 +. +And they are informed of thee, that thou teachest all the Jews which are among the Gentiles to forsake Moses, saying that they ought not to circumcise their children, neither to walk after the customs. -- acts 21:21 +. +What is it therefore? the multitude must needs come together: for they will hear that thou art come. -- acts 21:22 +. +Do therefore this that we say to thee: We have four men which have a vow on them; -- acts 21:23 +. +Them take, and purify thyself with them, and be at charges with them, that they may shave their heads: and all may know that those things, whereof they were informed concerning thee, are nothing; but that thou thyself also walkest orderly, and keepest the law. -- acts 21:24 +. +As touching the Gentiles which believe, we have written and concluded that they observe no such thing, save only that they keep themselves from things offered to idols, and from blood, and from strangled, and from fornication. -- acts 21:25 +. +Then Paul took the men, and the next day purifying himself with them entered into the temple, to signify the accomplishment of the days of purification, until that an offering should be offered for every one of them. -- acts 21:26 +. +And when the seven days were almost ended, the Jews which were of Asia, when they saw him in the temple, stirred up all the people, and laid hands on him, -- acts 21:27 +. +Crying out, Men of Israel, help: This is the man, that teacheth all men every where against the people, and the law, and this place: and further brought Greeks also into the temple, and hath polluted this holy place. -- acts 21:28 +. +(For they had seen before with him in the city Trophimus an Ephesian, whom they supposed that Paul had brought into the temple.) -- acts 21:29 +. +And all the city was moved, and the people ran together: and they took Paul, and drew him out of the temple: and forthwith the doors were shut. -- acts 21:30 +. +And as they went about to kill him, tidings came unto the chief captain of the band, that all Jerusalem was in an uproar. -- acts 21:31 +. +Who immediately took soldiers and centurions, and ran down unto them: and when they saw the chief captain and the soldiers, they left beating of Paul. -- acts 21:32 +. +Then the chief captain came near, and took him, and commanded him to be bound with two chains; and demanded who he was, and what he had done. -- acts 21:33 +. +And some cried one thing, some another, among the multitude: and when he could not know the certainty for the tumult, he commanded him to be carried into the castle. -- acts 21:34 +. +And when he came upon the stairs, so it was, that he was borne of the soldiers for the violence of the people. -- acts 21:35 +. +For the multitude of the people followed after, crying, Away with him. -- acts 21:36 +. +And as Paul was to be led into the castle, he said unto the chief captain, May I speak unto thee? Who said, Canst thou speak Greek? -- acts 21:37 +. +Art not thou that Egyptian, which before these days madest an uproar, and leddest out into the wilderness four thousand men that were murderers? -- acts 21:38 +. +But Paul said, I am a man which am a Jew of Tarsus, a city in Cilicia, a citizen of no mean city: and, I beseech thee, suffer me to speak unto the people. -- acts 21:39 +. +And when he had given him licence, Paul stood on the stairs, and beckoned with the hand unto the people. And when there was made a great silence, he spake unto them in the Hebrew tongue, saying, -- acts 21:40 +. +Men, brethren, and fathers, hear ye my defence which I make now unto you. -- acts 22:1 +. +(And when they heard that he spake in the Hebrew tongue to them, they kept the more silence: and he saith,) -- acts 22:2 +. +I am verily a man which am a Jew, born in Tarsus, a city in Cilicia, yet brought up in this city at the feet of Gamaliel, and taught according to the perfect manner of the law of the fathers, and was zealous toward God, as ye all are this day. -- acts 22:3 +. +And I persecuted this way unto the death, binding and delivering into prisons both men and women. -- acts 22:4 +. +As also the high priest doth bear me witness, and all the estate of the elders: from whom also I received letters unto the brethren, and went to Damascus, to bring them which were there bound unto Jerusalem, for to be punished. -- acts 22:5 +. +And it came to pass, that, as I made my journey, and was come nigh unto Damascus about noon, suddenly there shone from heaven a great light round about me. -- acts 22:6 +. +And I fell unto the ground, and heard a voice saying unto me, Saul, Saul, why persecutest thou me? -- acts 22:7 +. +And I answered, Who art thou, Lord? And he said unto me, I am Jesus of Nazareth, whom thou persecutest. -- acts 22:8 +. +And they that were with me saw indeed the light, and were afraid; but they heard not the voice of him that spake to me. -- acts 22:9 +. +And I said, What shall I do, LORD? And the Lord said unto me, Arise, and go into Damascus; and there it shall be told thee of all things which are appointed for thee to do. -- acts 22:10 +. +And when I could not see for the glory of that light, being led by the hand of them that were with me, I came into Damascus. -- acts 22:11 +. +And one Ananias, a devout man according to the law, having a good report of all the Jews which dwelt there, -- acts 22:12 +. +Came unto me, and stood, and said unto me, Brother Saul, receive thy sight. And the same hour I looked up upon him. -- acts 22:13 +. +And he said, The God of our fathers hath chosen thee, that thou shouldest know his will, and see that Just One, and shouldest hear the voice of his mouth. -- acts 22:14 +. +For thou shalt be his witness unto all men of what thou hast seen and heard. -- acts 22:15 +. +And now why tarriest thou? arise, and be baptized, and wash away thy sins, calling on the name of the Lord. -- acts 22:16 +. +And it came to pass, that, when I was come again to Jerusalem, even while I prayed in the temple, I was in a trance; -- acts 22:17 +. +And saw him saying unto me, Make haste, and get thee quickly out of Jerusalem: for they will not receive thy testimony concerning me. -- acts 22:18 +. +And I said, Lord, they know that I imprisoned and beat in every synagogue them that believed on thee: -- acts 22:19 +. +And when the blood of thy martyr Stephen was shed, I also was standing by, and consenting unto his death, and kept the raiment of them that slew him. -- acts 22:20 +. +And he said unto me, Depart: for I will send thee far hence unto the Gentiles. -- acts 22:21 +. +And they gave him audience unto this word, and then lifted up their voices, and said, Away with such a fellow from the earth: for it is not fit that he should live. -- acts 22:22 +. +And as they cried out, and cast off their clothes, and threw dust into the air, -- acts 22:23 +. +The chief captain commanded him to be brought into the castle, and bade that he should be examined by scourging; that he might know wherefore they cried so against him. -- acts 22:24 +. +And as they bound him with thongs, Paul said unto the centurion that stood by, Is it lawful for you to scourge a man that is a Roman, and uncondemned? -- acts 22:25 +. +When the centurion heard that, he went and told the chief captain, saying, Take heed what thou doest: for this man is a Roman. -- acts 22:26 +. +Then the chief captain came, and said unto him, Tell me, art thou a Roman? He said, Yea. -- acts 22:27 +. +And the chief captain answered, With a great sum obtained I this freedom. And Paul said, But I was free born. -- acts 22:28 +. +Then straightway they departed from him which should have examined him: and the chief captain also was afraid, after he knew that he was a Roman, and because he had bound him. -- acts 22:29 +. +On the morrow, because he would have known the certainty wherefore he was accused of the Jews, he loosed him from his bands, and commanded the chief priests and all their council to appear, and brought Paul down, and set him before them. -- acts 22:30 +. +And Paul, earnestly beholding the council, said, Men and brethren, I have lived in all good conscience before God until this day. -- acts 23:1 +. +And the high priest Ananias commanded them that stood by him to smite him on the mouth. -- acts 23:2 +. +Then said Paul unto him, God shall smite thee, thou whited wall: for sittest thou to judge me after the law, and commandest me to be smitten contrary to the law? -- acts 23:3 +. +And they that stood by said, Revilest thou God's high priest? -- acts 23:4 +. +Then said Paul, I wist not, brethren, that he was the high priest: for it is written, Thou shalt not speak evil of the ruler of thy people. -- acts 23:5 +. +But when Paul perceived that the one part were Sadducees, and the other Pharisees, he cried out in the council, Men and brethren, I am a Pharisee, the son of a Pharisee: of the hope and resurrection of the dead I am called in question. -- acts 23:6 +. +And when he had so said, there arose a dissension between the Pharisees and the Sadducees: and the multitude was divided. -- acts 23:7 +. +For the Sadducees say that there is no resurrection, neither angel, nor spirit: but the Pharisees confess both. -- acts 23:8 +. +And there arose a great cry: and the scribes that were of the Pharisees' part arose, and strove, saying, We find no evil in this man: but if a spirit or an angel hath spoken to him, let us not fight against God. -- acts 23:9 +. +And when there arose a great dissension, the chief captain, fearing lest Paul should have been pulled in pieces of them, commanded the soldiers to go down, and to take him by force from among them, and to bring him into the castle. -- acts 23:10 +. +And the night following the Lord stood by him, and said, Be of good cheer, Paul: for as thou hast testified of me in Jerusalem, so must thou bear witness also at Rome. -- acts 23:11 +. +And when it was day, certain of the Jews banded together, and bound themselves under a curse, saying that they would neither eat nor drink till they had killed Paul. -- acts 23:12 +. +And they were more than forty which had made this conspiracy. -- acts 23:13 +. +And they came to the chief priests and elders, and said, We have bound ourselves under a great curse, that we will eat nothing until we have slain Paul. -- acts 23:14 +. +Now therefore ye with the council signify to the chief captain that he bring him down unto you to morrow, as though ye would enquire something more perfectly concerning him: and we, or ever he come near, are ready to kill him. -- acts 23:15 +. +And when Paul's sister's son heard of their lying in wait, he went and entered into the castle, and told Paul. -- acts 23:16 +. +Then Paul called one of the centurions unto him, and said, Bring this young man unto the chief captain: for he hath a certain thing to tell him. -- acts 23:17 +. +So he took him, and brought him to the chief captain, and said, Paul the prisoner called me unto him, and prayed me to bring this young man unto thee, who hath something to say unto thee. -- acts 23:18 +. +Then the chief captain took him by the hand, and went with him aside privately, and asked him, What is that thou hast to tell me? -- acts 23:19 +. +And he said, The Jews have agreed to desire thee that thou wouldest bring down Paul to morrow into the council, as though they would enquire somewhat of him more perfectly. -- acts 23:20 +. +But do not thou yield unto them: for there lie in wait for him of them more than forty men, which have bound themselves with an oath, that they will neither eat nor drink till they have killed him: and now are they ready, looking for a promise from thee. -- acts 23:21 +. +So the chief captain then let the young man depart, and charged him, See thou tell no man that thou hast shewed these things to me. -- acts 23:22 +. +And he called unto him two centurions, saying, Make ready two hundred soldiers to go to Caesarea, and horsemen threescore and ten, and spearmen two hundred, at the third hour of the night; -- acts 23:23 +. +And provide them beasts, that they may set Paul on, and bring him safe unto Felix the governor. -- acts 23:24 +. +And he wrote a letter after this manner: -- acts 23:25 +. +Claudius Lysias unto the most excellent governor Felix sendeth greeting. -- acts 23:26 +. +This man was taken of the Jews, and should have been killed of them: then came I with an army, and rescued him, having understood that he was a Roman. -- acts 23:27 +. +And when I would have known the cause wherefore they accused him, I brought him forth into their council: -- acts 23:28 +. +Whom I perceived to be accused of questions of their law, but to have nothing laid to his charge worthy of death or of bonds. -- acts 23:29 +. +And when it was told me how that the Jews laid wait for the man, I sent straightway to thee, and gave commandment to his accusers also to say before thee what they had against him. Farewell. -- acts 23:30 +. +Then the soldiers, as it was commanded them, took Paul, and brought him by night to Antipatris. -- acts 23:31 +. +On the morrow they left the horsemen to go with him, and returned to the castle: -- acts 23:32 +. +Who, when they came to Caesarea and delivered the epistle to the governor, presented Paul also before him. -- acts 23:33 +. +And when the governor had read the letter, he asked of what province he was. And when he understood that he was of Cilicia; -- acts 23:34 +. +I will hear thee, said he, when thine accusers are also come. And he commanded him to be kept in Herod's judgment hall. -- acts 23:35 +. +And after five days Ananias the high priest descended with the elders, and with a certain orator named Tertullus, who informed the governor against Paul. -- acts 24:1 +. +And when he was called forth, Tertullus began to accuse him, saying, Seeing that by thee we enjoy great quietness, and that very worthy deeds are done unto this nation by thy providence, -- acts 24:2 +. +We accept it always, and in all places, most noble Felix, with all thankfulness. -- acts 24:3 +. +Notwithstanding, that I be not further tedious unto thee, I pray thee that thou wouldest hear us of thy clemency a few words. -- acts 24:4 +. +For we have found this man a pestilent fellow, and a mover of sedition among all the Jews throughout the world, and a ringleader of the sect of the Nazarenes: -- acts 24:5 +. +Who also hath gone about to profane the temple: whom we took, and would have judged according to our law. -- acts 24:6 +. +But the chief captain Lysias came upon us, and with great violence took him away out of our hands, -- acts 24:7 +. +Commanding his accusers to come unto thee: by examining of whom thyself mayest take knowledge of all these things, whereof we accuse him. -- acts 24:8 +. +And the Jews also assented, saying that these things were so. -- acts 24:9 +. +Then Paul, after that the governor had beckoned unto him to speak, answered, Forasmuch as I know that thou hast been of many years a judge unto this nation, I do the more cheerfully answer for myself: -- acts 24:10 +. +Because that thou mayest understand, that there are yet but twelve days since I went up to Jerusalem for to worship. -- acts 24:11 +. +And they neither found me in the temple disputing with any man, neither raising up the people, neither in the synagogues, nor in the city: -- acts 24:12 +. +Neither can they prove the things whereof they now accuse me. -- acts 24:13 +. +But this I confess unto thee, that after the way which they call heresy, so worship I the God of my fathers, believing all things which are written in the law and in the prophets: -- acts 24:14 +. +And have hope toward God, which they themselves also allow, that there shall be a resurrection of the dead, both of the just and unjust. -- acts 24:15 +. +And herein do I exercise myself, to have always a conscience void to offence toward God, and toward men. -- acts 24:16 +. +Now after many years I came to bring alms to my nation, and offerings. -- acts 24:17 +. +Whereupon certain Jews from Asia found me purified in the temple, neither with multitude, nor with tumult. -- acts 24:18 +. +Who ought to have been here before thee, and object, if they had ought against me. -- acts 24:19 +. +Or else let these same here say, if they have found any evil doing in me, while I stood before the council, -- acts 24:20 +. +Except it be for this one voice, that I cried standing among them, Touching the resurrection of the dead I am called in question by you this day. -- acts 24:21 +. +And when Felix heard these things, having more perfect knowledge of that way, he deferred them, and said, When Lysias the chief captain shall come down, I will know the uttermost of your matter. -- acts 24:22 +. +And he commanded a centurion to keep Paul, and to let him have liberty, and that he should forbid none of his acquaintance to minister or come unto him. -- acts 24:23 +. +And after certain days, when Felix came with his wife Drusilla, which was a Jewess, he sent for Paul, and heard him concerning the faith in Christ. -- acts 24:24 +. +And as he reasoned of righteousness, temperance, and judgment to come, Felix trembled, and answered, Go thy way for this time; when I have a convenient season, I will call for thee. -- acts 24:25 +. +He hoped also that money should have been given him of Paul, that he might loose him: wherefore he sent for him the oftener, and communed with him. -- acts 24:26 +. +But after two years Porcius Festus came into Felix' room: and Felix, willing to shew the Jews a pleasure, left Paul bound. -- acts 24:27 +. +Now when Festus was come into the province, after three days he ascended from Caesarea to Jerusalem. -- acts 25:1 +. +Then the high priest and the chief of the Jews informed him against Paul, and besought him, -- acts 25:2 +. +And desired favour against him, that he would send for him to Jerusalem, laying wait in the way to kill him. -- acts 25:3 +. +But Festus answered, that Paul should be kept at Caesarea, and that he himself would depart shortly thither. -- acts 25:4 +. +Let them therefore, said he, which among you are able, go down with me, and accuse this man, if there be any wickedness in him. -- acts 25:5 +. +And when he had tarried among them more than ten days, he went down unto Caesarea; and the next day sitting on the judgment seat commanded Paul to be brought. -- acts 25:6 +. +And when he was come, the Jews which came down from Jerusalem stood round about, and laid many and grievous complaints against Paul, which they could not prove. -- acts 25:7 +. +While he answered for himself, Neither against the law of the Jews, neither against the temple, nor yet against Caesar, have I offended any thing at all. -- acts 25:8 +. +But Festus, willing to do the Jews a pleasure, answered Paul, and said, Wilt thou go up to Jerusalem, and there be judged of these things before me? -- acts 25:9 +. +Then said Paul, I stand at Caesar's judgment seat, where I ought to be judged: to the Jews have I done no wrong, as thou very well knowest. -- acts 25:10 +. +For if I be an offender, or have committed any thing worthy of death, I refuse not to die: but if there be none of these things whereof these accuse me, no man may deliver me unto them. I appeal unto Caesar. -- acts 25:11 +. +Then Festus, when he had conferred with the council, answered, Hast thou appealed unto Caesar? unto Caesar shalt thou go. -- acts 25:12 +. +And after certain days king Agrippa and Bernice came unto Caesarea to salute Festus. -- acts 25:13 +. +And when they had been there many days, Festus declared Paul's cause unto the king, saying, There is a certain man left in bonds by Felix: -- acts 25:14 +. +About whom, when I was at Jerusalem, the chief priests and the elders of the Jews informed me, desiring to have judgment against him. -- acts 25:15 +. +To whom I answered, It is not the manner of the Romans to deliver any man to die, before that he which is accused have the accusers face to face, and have licence to answer for himself concerning the crime laid against him. -- acts 25:16 +. +Therefore, when they were come hither, without any delay on the morrow I sat on the judgment seat, and commanded the man to be brought forth. -- acts 25:17 +. +Against whom when the accusers stood up, they brought none accusation of such things as I supposed: -- acts 25:18 +. +But had certain questions against him of their own superstition, and of one Jesus, which was dead, whom Paul affirmed to be alive. -- acts 25:19 +. +And because I doubted of such manner of questions, I asked him whether he would go to Jerusalem, and there be judged of these matters. -- acts 25:20 +. +But when Paul had appealed to be reserved unto the hearing of Augustus, I commanded him to be kept till I might send him to Caesar. -- acts 25:21 +. +Then Agrippa said unto Festus, I would also hear the man myself. To morrow, said he, thou shalt hear him. -- acts 25:22 +. +And on the morrow, when Agrippa was come, and Bernice, with great pomp, and was entered into the place of hearing, with the chief captains, and principal men of the city, at Festus' commandment Paul was brought forth. -- acts 25:23 +. +And Festus said, King Agrippa, and all men which are here present with us, ye see this man, about whom all the multitude of the Jews have dealt with me, both at Jerusalem, and also here, crying that he ought not to live any longer. -- acts 25:24 +. +But when I found that he had committed nothing worthy of death, and that he himself hath appealed to Augustus, I have determined to send him. -- acts 25:25 +. +Of whom I have no certain thing to write unto my lord. Wherefore I have brought him forth before you, and specially before thee, O king Agrippa, that, after examination had, I might have somewhat to write. -- acts 25:26 +. +For it seemeth to me unreasonable to send a prisoner, and not withal to signify the crimes laid against him. -- acts 25:27 +. +Then Agrippa said unto Paul, Thou art permitted to speak for thyself. Then Paul stretched forth the hand, and answered for himself: -- acts 26:1 +. +I think myself happy, king Agrippa, because I shall answer for myself this day before thee touching all the things whereof I am accused of the Jews: -- acts 26:2 +. +Especially because I know thee to be expert in all customs and questions which are among the Jews: wherefore I beseech thee to hear me patiently. -- acts 26:3 +. +My manner of life from my youth, which was at the first among mine own nation at Jerusalem, know all the Jews; -- acts 26:4 +. +Which knew me from the beginning, if they would testify, that after the most straitest sect of our religion I lived a Pharisee. -- acts 26:5 +. +And now I stand and am judged for the hope of the promise made of God, unto our fathers: -- acts 26:6 +. +Unto which promise our twelve tribes, instantly serving God day and night, hope to come. For which hope's sake, king Agrippa, I am accused of the Jews. -- acts 26:7 +. +Why should it be thought a thing incredible with you, that God should raise the dead? -- acts 26:8 +. +I verily thought with myself, that I ought to do many things contrary to the name of Jesus of Nazareth. -- acts 26:9 +. +Which thing I also did in Jerusalem: and many of the saints did I shut up in prison, having received authority from the chief priests; and when they were put to death, I gave my voice against them. -- acts 26:10 +. +And I punished them oft in every synagogue, and compelled them to blaspheme; and being exceedingly mad against them, I persecuted them even unto strange cities. -- acts 26:11 +. +Whereupon as I went to Damascus with authority and commission from the chief priests, -- acts 26:12 +. +At midday, O king, I saw in the way a light from heaven, above the brightness of the sun, shining round about me and them which journeyed with me. -- acts 26:13 +. +And when we were all fallen to the earth, I heard a voice speaking unto me, and saying in the Hebrew tongue, Saul, Saul, why persecutest thou me? it is hard for thee to kick against the pricks. -- acts 26:14 +. +And I said, Who art thou, Lord? And he said, I am Jesus whom thou persecutest. -- acts 26:15 +. +But rise, and stand upon thy feet: for I have appeared unto thee for this purpose, to make thee a minister and a witness both of these things which thou hast seen, and of those things in the which I will appear unto thee; -- acts 26:16 +. +Delivering thee from the people, and from the Gentiles, unto whom now I send thee, -- acts 26:17 +. +To open their eyes, and to turn them from darkness to light, and from the power of Satan unto God, that they may receive forgiveness of sins, and inheritance among them which are sanctified by faith that is in me. -- acts 26:18 +. +Whereupon, O king Agrippa, I was not disobedient unto the heavenly vision: -- acts 26:19 +. +But shewed first unto them of Damascus, and at Jerusalem, and throughout all the coasts of Judaea, and then to the Gentiles, that they should repent and turn to God, and do works meet for repentance. -- acts 26:20 +. +For these causes the Jews caught me in the temple, and went about to kill me. -- acts 26:21 +. +Having therefore obtained help of God, I continue unto this day, witnessing both to small and great, saying none other things than those which the prophets and Moses did say should come: -- acts 26:22 +. +That Christ should suffer, and that he should be the first that should rise from the dead, and should shew light unto the people, and to the Gentiles. -- acts 26:23 +. +And as he thus spake for himself, Festus said with a loud voice, Paul, thou art beside thyself; much learning doth make thee mad. -- acts 26:24 +. +But he said, I am not mad, most noble Festus; but speak forth the words of truth and soberness. -- acts 26:25 +. +For the king knoweth of these things, before whom also I speak freely: for I am persuaded that none of these things are hidden from him; for this thing was not done in a corner. -- acts 26:26 +. +King Agrippa, believest thou the prophets? I know that thou believest. -- acts 26:27 +. +Then Agrippa said unto Paul, Almost thou persuadest me to be a Christian. -- acts 26:28 +. +And Paul said, I would to God, that not only thou, but also all that hear me this day, were both almost, and altogether such as I am, except these bonds. -- acts 26:29 +. +And when he had thus spoken, the king rose up, and the governor, and Bernice, and they that sat with them: -- acts 26:30 +. +And when they were gone aside, they talked between themselves, saying, This man doeth nothing worthy of death or of bonds. -- acts 26:31 +. +Then said Agrippa unto Festus, This man might have been set at liberty, if he had not appealed unto Caesar. -- acts 26:32 +. +And when it was determined that we should sail into Italy, they delivered Paul and certain other prisoners unto one named Julius, a centurion of Augustus' band. -- acts 27:1 +. +And entering into a ship of Adramyttium, we launched, meaning to sail by the coasts of Asia; one Aristarchus, a Macedonian of Thessalonica, being with us. -- acts 27:2 +. +And the next day we touched at Sidon. And Julius courteously entreated Paul, and gave him liberty to go unto his friends to refresh himself. -- acts 27:3 +. +And when we had launched from thence, we sailed under Cyprus, because the winds were contrary. -- acts 27:4 +. +And when we had sailed over the sea of Cilicia and Pamphylia, we came to Myra, a city of Lycia. -- acts 27:5 +. +And there the centurion found a ship of Alexandria sailing into Italy; and he put us therein. -- acts 27:6 +. +And when we had sailed slowly many days, and scarce were come over against Cnidus, the wind not suffering us, we sailed under Crete, over against Salmone; -- acts 27:7 +. +And, hardly passing it, came unto a place which is called The fair havens; nigh whereunto was the city of Lasea. -- acts 27:8 +. +Now when much time was spent, and when sailing was now dangerous, because the fast was now already past, Paul admonished them, -- acts 27:9 +. +And said unto them, Sirs, I perceive that this voyage will be with hurt and much damage, not only of the lading and ship, but also of our lives. -- acts 27:10 +. +Nevertheless the centurion believed the master and the owner of the ship, more than those things which were spoken by Paul. -- acts 27:11 +. +And because the haven was not commodious to winter in, the more part advised to depart thence also, if by any means they might attain to Phenice, and there to winter; which is an haven of Crete, and lieth toward the south west and north west. -- acts 27:12 +. +And when the south wind blew softly, supposing that they had obtained their purpose, loosing thence, they sailed close by Crete. -- acts 27:13 +. +But not long after there arose against it a tempestuous wind, called Euroclydon. -- acts 27:14 +. +And when the ship was caught, and could not bear up into the wind, we let her drive. -- acts 27:15 +. +And running under a certain island which is called Clauda, we had much work to come by the boat: -- acts 27:16 +. +Which when they had taken up, they used helps, undergirding the ship; and, fearing lest they should fall into the quicksands, strake sail, and so were driven. -- acts 27:17 +. +And we being exceedingly tossed with a tempest, the next day they lightened the ship; -- acts 27:18 +. +And the third day we cast out with our own hands the tackling of the ship. -- acts 27:19 +. +And when neither sun nor stars in many days appeared, and no small tempest lay on us, all hope that we should be saved was then taken away. -- acts 27:20 +. +But after long abstinence Paul stood forth in the midst of them, and said, Sirs, ye should have hearkened unto me, and not have loosed from Crete, and to have gained this harm and loss. -- acts 27:21 +. +And now I exhort you to be of good cheer: for there shall be no loss of any man's life among you, but of the ship. -- acts 27:22 +. +For there stood by me this night the angel of God, whose I am, and whom I serve, -- acts 27:23 +. +Saying, Fear not, Paul; thou must be brought before Caesar: and, lo, God hath given thee all them that sail with thee. -- acts 27:24 +. +Wherefore, sirs, be of good cheer: for I believe God, that it shall be even as it was told me. -- acts 27:25 +. +Howbeit we must be cast upon a certain island. -- acts 27:26 +. +But when the fourteenth night was come, as we were driven up and down in Adria, about midnight the shipmen deemed that they drew near to some country; -- acts 27:27 +. +And sounded, and found it twenty fathoms: and when they had gone a little further, they sounded again, and found it fifteen fathoms. -- acts 27:28 +. +Then fearing lest we should have fallen upon rocks, they cast four anchors out of the stern, and wished for the day. -- acts 27:29 +. +And as the shipmen were about to flee out of the ship, when they had let down the boat into the sea, under colour as though they would have cast anchors out of the foreship, -- acts 27:30 +. +Paul said to the centurion and to the soldiers, Except these abide in the ship, ye cannot be saved. -- acts 27:31 +. +Then the soldiers cut off the ropes of the boat, and let her fall off. -- acts 27:32 +. +And while the day was coming on, Paul besought them all to take meat, saying, This day is the fourteenth day that ye have tarried and continued fasting, having taken nothing. -- acts 27:33 +. +Wherefore I pray you to take some meat: for this is for your health: for there shall not an hair fall from the head of any of you. -- acts 27:34 +. +And when he had thus spoken, he took bread, and gave thanks to God in presence of them all: and when he had broken it, he began to eat. -- acts 27:35 +. +Then were they all of good cheer, and they also took some meat. -- acts 27:36 +. +And we were in all in the ship two hundred threescore and sixteen souls. -- acts 27:37 +. +And when they had eaten enough, they lightened the ship, and cast out the wheat into the sea. -- acts 27:38 +. +And when it was day, they knew not the land: but they discovered a certain creek with a shore, into the which they were minded, if it were possible, to thrust in the ship. -- acts 27:39 +. +And when they had taken up the anchors, they committed themselves unto the sea, and loosed the rudder bands, and hoised up the mainsail to the wind, and made toward shore. -- acts 27:40 +. +And falling into a place where two seas met, they ran the ship aground; and the forepart stuck fast, and remained unmoveable, but the hinder part was broken with the violence of the waves. -- acts 27:41 +. +And the soldiers' counsel was to kill the prisoners, lest any of them should swim out, and escape. -- acts 27:42 +. +But the centurion, willing to save Paul, kept them from their purpose; and commanded that they which could swim should cast themselves first into the sea, and get to land: -- acts 27:43 +. +And the rest, some on boards, and some on broken pieces of the ship. And so it came to pass, that they escaped all safe to land. -- acts 27:44 +. +And when they were escaped, then they knew that the island was called Melita. -- acts 28:1 +. +And the barbarous people shewed us no little kindness: for they kindled a fire, and received us every one, because of the present rain, and because of the cold. -- acts 28:2 +. +And when Paul had gathered a bundle of sticks, and laid them on the fire, there came a viper out of the heat, and fastened on his hand. -- acts 28:3 +. +And when the barbarians saw the venomous beast hang on his hand, they said among themselves, No doubt this man is a murderer, whom, though he hath escaped the sea, yet vengeance suffereth not to live. -- acts 28:4 +. +And he shook off the beast into the fire, and felt no harm. -- acts 28:5 +. +Howbeit they looked when he should have swollen, or fallen down dead suddenly: but after they had looked a great while, and saw no harm come to him, they changed their minds, and said that he was a god. -- acts 28:6 +. +In the same quarters were possessions of the chief man of the island, whose name was Publius; who received us, and lodged us three days courteously. -- acts 28:7 +. +And it came to pass, that the father of Publius lay sick of a fever and of a bloody flux: to whom Paul entered in, and prayed, and laid his hands on him, and healed him. -- acts 28:8 +. +So when this was done, others also, which had diseases in the island, came, and were healed: -- acts 28:9 +. +Who also honoured us with many honours; and when we departed, they laded us with such things as were necessary. -- acts 28:10 +. +And after three months we departed in a ship of Alexandria, which had wintered in the isle, whose sign was Castor and Pollux. -- acts 28:11 +. +And landing at Syracuse, we tarried there three days. -- acts 28:12 +. +And from thence we fetched a compass, and came to Rhegium: and after one day the south wind blew, and we came the next day to Puteoli: -- acts 28:13 +. +Where we found brethren, and were desired to tarry with them seven days: and so we went toward Rome. -- acts 28:14 +. +And from thence, when the brethren heard of us, they came to meet us as far as Appii forum, and The three taverns: whom when Paul saw, he thanked God, and took courage. -- acts 28:15 +. +And when we came to Rome, the centurion delivered the prisoners to the captain of the guard: but Paul was suffered to dwell by himself with a soldier that kept him. -- acts 28:16 +. +And it came to pass, that after three days Paul called the chief of the Jews together: and when they were come together, he said unto them, Men and brethren, though I have committed nothing against the people, or customs of our fathers, yet was I delivered prisoner from Jerusalem into the hands of the Romans. -- acts 28:17 +. +Who, when they had examined me, would have let me go, because there was no cause of death in me. -- acts 28:18 +. +But when the Jews spake against it, I was constrained to appeal unto Caesar; not that I had ought to accuse my nation of. -- acts 28:19 +. +For this cause therefore have I called for you, to see you, and to speak with you: because that for the hope of Israel I am bound with this chain. -- acts 28:20 +. +And they said unto him, We neither received letters out of Judaea concerning thee, neither any of the brethren that came shewed or spake any harm of thee. -- acts 28:21 +. +But we desire to hear of thee what thou thinkest: for as concerning this sect, we know that every where it is spoken against. -- acts 28:22 +. +And when they had appointed him a day, there came many to him into his lodging; to whom he expounded and testified the kingdom of God, persuading them concerning Jesus, both out of the law of Moses, and out of the prophets, from morning till evening. -- acts 28:23 +. +And some believed the things which were spoken, and some believed not. -- acts 28:24 +. +And when they agreed not among themselves, they departed, after that Paul had spoken one word, Well spake the Holy Ghost by Esaias the prophet unto our fathers, -- acts 28:25 +. +Saying, Go unto this people, and say, Hearing ye shall hear, and shall not understand; and seeing ye shall see, and not perceive: -- acts 28:26 +. +For the heart of this people is waxed gross, and their ears are dull of hearing, and their eyes have they closed; lest they should see with their eyes, and hear with their ears, and understand with their heart, and should be converted, and I should heal them. -- acts 28:27 +. +Be it known therefore unto you, that the salvation of God is sent unto the Gentiles, and that they will hear it. -- acts 28:28 +. +And when he had said these words, the Jews departed, and had great reasoning among themselves. -- acts 28:29 +. +And Paul dwelt two whole years in his own hired house, and received all that came in unto him, -- acts 28:30 +. +Preaching the kingdom of God, and teaching those things which concern the Lord Jesus Christ, with all confidence, no man forbidding him. -- acts 28:31 +. +Paul, a servant of Jesus Christ, called to be an apostle, separated unto the gospel of God, -- romans 1:1 +. +(Which he had promised afore by his prophets in the holy scriptures,) -- romans 1:2 +. +Concerning his Son Jesus Christ our Lord, which was made of the seed of David according to the flesh; -- romans 1:3 +. +And declared to be the Son of God with power, according to the spirit of holiness, by the resurrection from the dead: -- romans 1:4 +. +By whom we have received grace and apostleship, for obedience to the faith among all nations, for his name: -- romans 1:5 +. +Among whom are ye also the called of Jesus Christ: -- romans 1:6 +. +To all that be in Rome, beloved of God, called to be saints: Grace to you and peace from God our Father, and the Lord Jesus Christ. -- romans 1:7 +. +First, I thank my God through Jesus Christ for you all, that your faith is spoken of throughout the whole world. -- romans 1:8 +. +For God is my witness, whom I serve with my spirit in the gospel of his Son, that without ceasing I make mention of you always in my prayers; -- romans 1:9 +. +Making request, if by any means now at length I might have a prosperous journey by the will of God to come unto you. -- romans 1:10 +. +For I long to see you, that I may impart unto you some spiritual gift, to the end ye may be established; -- romans 1:11 +. +That is, that I may be comforted together with you by the mutual faith both of you and me. -- romans 1:12 +. +Now I would not have you ignorant, brethren, that oftentimes I purposed to come unto you, (but was let hitherto,) that I might have some fruit among you also, even as among other Gentiles. -- romans 1:13 +. +I am debtor both to the Greeks, and to the Barbarians; both to the wise, and to the unwise. -- romans 1:14 +. +So, as much as in me is, I am ready to preach the gospel to you that are at Rome also. -- romans 1:15 +. +For I am not ashamed of the gospel of Christ: for it is the power of God unto salvation to every one that believeth; to the Jew first, and also to the Greek. -- romans 1:16 +. +For therein is the righteousness of God revealed from faith to faith: as it is written, The just shall live by faith. -- romans 1:17 +. +For the wrath of God is revealed from heaven against all ungodliness and unrighteousness of men, who hold the truth in unrighteousness; -- romans 1:18 +. +Because that which may be known of God is manifest in them; for God hath shewed it unto them. -- romans 1:19 +. +For the invisible things of him from the creation of the world are clearly seen, being understood by the things that are made, even his eternal power and Godhead; so that they are without excuse: -- romans 1:20 +. +Because that, when they knew God, they glorified him not as God, neither were thankful; but became vain in their imaginations, and their foolish heart was darkened. -- romans 1:21 +. +Professing themselves to be wise, they became fools, -- romans 1:22 +. +And changed the glory of the uncorruptible God into an image made like to corruptible man, and to birds, and fourfooted beasts, and creeping things. -- romans 1:23 +. +Wherefore God also gave them up to uncleanness through the lusts of their own hearts, to dishonour their own bodies between themselves: -- romans 1:24 +. +Who changed the truth of God into a lie, and worshipped and served the creature more than the Creator, who is blessed for ever. Amen. -- romans 1:25 +. +For this cause God gave them up unto vile affections: for even their women did change the natural use into that which is against nature: -- romans 1:26 +. +And likewise also the men, leaving the natural use of the woman, burned in their lust one toward another; men with men working that which is unseemly, and receiving in themselves that recompence of their error which was meet. -- romans 1:27 +. +And even as they did not like to retain God in their knowledge, God gave them over to a reprobate mind, to do those things which are not convenient; -- romans 1:28 +. +Being filled with all unrighteousness, fornication, wickedness, covetousness, maliciousness; full of envy, murder, debate, deceit, malignity; whisperers, -- romans 1:29 +. +Backbiters, haters of God, despiteful, proud, boasters, inventors of evil things, disobedient to parents, -- romans 1:30 +. +Without understanding, covenantbreakers, without natural affection, implacable, unmerciful: -- romans 1:31 +. +Who knowing the judgment of God, that they which commit such things are worthy of death, not only do the same, but have pleasure in them that do them. -- romans 1:32 +. +Therefore thou art inexcusable, O man, whosoever thou art that judgest: for wherein thou judgest another, thou condemnest thyself; for thou that judgest doest the same things. -- romans 2:1 +. +But we are sure that the judgment of God is according to truth against them which commit such things. -- romans 2:2 +. +And thinkest thou this, O man, that judgest them which do such things, and doest the same, that thou shalt escape the judgment of God? -- romans 2:3 +. +Or despisest thou the riches of his goodness and forbearance and longsuffering; not knowing that the goodness of God leadeth thee to repentance? -- romans 2:4 +. +But after thy hardness and impenitent heart treasurest up unto thyself wrath against the day of wrath and revelation of the righteous judgment of God; -- romans 2:5 +. +Who will render to every man according to his deeds: -- romans 2:6 +. +To them who by patient continuance in well doing seek for glory and honour and immortality, eternal life: -- romans 2:7 +. +But unto them that are contentious, and do not obey the truth, but obey unrighteousness, indignation and wrath, -- romans 2:8 +. +Tribulation and anguish, upon every soul of man that doeth evil, of the Jew first, and also of the Gentile; -- romans 2:9 +. +But glory, honour, and peace, to every man that worketh good, to the Jew first, and also to the Gentile: -- romans 2:10 +. +For there is no respect of persons with God. -- romans 2:11 +. +For as many as have sinned without law shall also perish without law: and as many as have sinned in the law shall be judged by the law; -- romans 2:12 +. +(For not the hearers of the law are just before God, but the doers of the law shall be justified. -- romans 2:13 +. +For when the Gentiles, which have not the law, do by nature the things contained in the law, these, having not the law, are a law unto themselves: -- romans 2:14 +. +Which shew the work of the law written in their hearts, their conscience also bearing witness, and their thoughts the mean while accusing or else excusing one another;) -- romans 2:15 +. +In the day when God shall judge the secrets of men by Jesus Christ according to my gospel. -- romans 2:16 +. +Behold, thou art called a Jew, and restest in the law, and makest thy boast of God, -- romans 2:17 +. +And knowest his will, and approvest the things that are more excellent, being instructed out of the law; -- romans 2:18 +. +And art confident that thou thyself art a guide of the blind, a light of them which are in darkness, -- romans 2:19 +. +An instructor of the foolish, a teacher of babes, which hast the form of knowledge and of the truth in the law. -- romans 2:20 +. +Thou therefore which teachest another, teachest thou not thyself? thou that preachest a man should not steal, dost thou steal? -- romans 2:21 +. +Thou that sayest a man should not commit adultery, dost thou commit adultery? thou that abhorrest idols, dost thou commit sacrilege? -- romans 2:22 +. +Thou that makest thy boast of the law, through breaking the law dishonourest thou God? -- romans 2:23 +. +For the name of God is blasphemed among the Gentiles through you, as it is written. -- romans 2:24 +. +For circumcision verily profiteth, if thou keep the law: but if thou be a breaker of the law, thy circumcision is made uncircumcision. -- romans 2:25 +. +Therefore if the uncircumcision keep the righteousness of the law, shall not his uncircumcision be counted for circumcision? -- romans 2:26 +. +And shall not uncircumcision which is by nature, if it fulfil the law, judge thee, who by the letter and circumcision dost transgress the law? -- romans 2:27 +. +For he is not a Jew, which is one outwardly; neither is that circumcision, which is outward in the flesh: -- romans 2:28 +. +But he is a Jew, which is one inwardly; and circumcision is that of the heart, in the spirit, and not in the letter; whose praise is not of men, but of God. -- romans 2:29 +. +What advantage then hath the Jew? or what profit is there of circumcision? -- romans 3:1 +. +Much every way: chiefly, because that unto them were committed the oracles of God. -- romans 3:2 +. +For what if some did not believe? shall their unbelief make the faith of God without effect? -- romans 3:3 +. +God forbid: yea, let God be true, but every man a liar; as it is written, That thou mightest be justified in thy sayings, and mightest overcome when thou art judged. -- romans 3:4 +. +But if our unrighteousness commend the righteousness of God, what shall we say? Is God unrighteous who taketh vengeance? (I speak as a man) -- romans 3:5 +. +God forbid: for then how shall God judge the world? -- romans 3:6 +. +For if the truth of God hath more abounded through my lie unto his glory; why yet am I also judged as a sinner? -- romans 3:7 +. +And not rather, (as we be slanderously reported, and as some affirm that we say,) Let us do evil, that good may come? whose damnation is just. -- romans 3:8 +. +What then? are we better than they? No, in no wise: for we have before proved both Jews and Gentiles, that they are all under sin; -- romans 3:9 +. +As it is written, There is none righteous, no, not one: -- romans 3:10 +. +There is none that understandeth, there is none that seeketh after God. -- romans 3:11 +. +They are all gone out of the way, they are together become unprofitable; there is none that doeth good, no, not one. -- romans 3:12 +. +Their throat is an open sepulchre; with their tongues they have used deceit; the poison of asps is under their lips: -- romans 3:13 +. +Whose mouth is full of cursing and bitterness: -- romans 3:14 +. +Their feet are swift to shed blood: -- romans 3:15 +. +Destruction and misery are in their ways: -- romans 3:16 +. +And the way of peace have they not known: -- romans 3:17 +. +There is no fear of God before their eyes. -- romans 3:18 +. +Now we know that what things soever the law saith, it saith to them who are under the law: that every mouth may be stopped, and all the world may become guilty before God. -- romans 3:19 +. +Therefore by the deeds of the law there shall no flesh be justified in his sight: for by the law is the knowledge of sin. -- romans 3:20 +. +But now the righteousness of God without the law is manifested, being witnessed by the law and the prophets; -- romans 3:21 +. +Even the righteousness of God which is by faith of Jesus Christ unto all and upon all them that believe: for there is no difference: -- romans 3:22 +. +For all have sinned, and come short of the glory of God; -- romans 3:23 +. +Being justified freely by his grace through the redemption that is in Christ Jesus: -- romans 3:24 +. +Whom God hath set forth to be a propitiation through faith in his blood, to declare his righteousness for the remission of sins that are past, through the forbearance of God; -- romans 3:25 +. +To declare, I say, at this time his righteousness: that he might be just, and the justifier of him which believeth in Jesus. -- romans 3:26 +. +Where is boasting then? It is excluded. By what law? of works? Nay: but by the law of faith. -- romans 3:27 +. +Therefore we conclude that a man is justified by faith without the deeds of the law. -- romans 3:28 +. +Is he the God of the Jews only? is he not also of the Gentiles? Yes, of the Gentiles also: -- romans 3:29 +. +Seeing it is one God, which shall justify the circumcision by faith, and uncircumcision through faith. -- romans 3:30 +. +Do we then make void the law through faith? God forbid: yea, we establish the law. -- romans 3:31 +. +What shall we say then that Abraham our father, as pertaining to the flesh, hath found? -- romans 4:1 +. +For if Abraham were justified by works, he hath whereof to glory; but not before God. -- romans 4:2 +. +For what saith the scripture? Abraham believed God, and it was counted unto him for righteousness. -- romans 4:3 +. +Now to him that worketh is the reward not reckoned of grace, but of debt. -- romans 4:4 +. +But to him that worketh not, but believeth on him that justifieth the ungodly, his faith is counted for righteousness. -- romans 4:5 +. +Even as David also describeth the blessedness of the man, unto whom God imputeth righteousness without works, -- romans 4:6 +. +Saying, Blessed are they whose iniquities are forgiven, and whose sins are covered. -- romans 4:7 +. +Blessed is the man to whom the Lord will not impute sin. -- romans 4:8 +. +Cometh this blessedness then upon the circumcision only, or upon the uncircumcision also? for we say that faith was reckoned to Abraham for righteousness. -- romans 4:9 +. +How was it then reckoned? when he was in circumcision, or in uncircumcision? Not in circumcision, but in uncircumcision. -- romans 4:10 +. +And he received the sign of circumcision, a seal of the righteousness of the faith which he had yet being uncircumcised: that he might be the father of all them that believe, though they be not circumcised; that righteousness might be imputed unto them also: -- romans 4:11 +. +And the father of circumcision to them who are not of the circumcision only, but who also walk in the steps of that faith of our father Abraham, which he had being yet uncircumcised. -- romans 4:12 +. +For the promise, that he should be the heir of the world, was not to Abraham, or to his seed, through the law, but through the righteousness of faith. -- romans 4:13 +. +For if they which are of the law be heirs, faith is made void, and the promise made of none effect: -- romans 4:14 +. +Because the law worketh wrath: for where no law is, there is no transgression. -- romans 4:15 +. +Therefore it is of faith, that it might be by grace; to the end the promise might be sure to all the seed; not to that only which is of the law, but to that also which is of the faith of Abraham; who is the father of us all, -- romans 4:16 +. +(As it is written, I have made thee a father of many nations,) before him whom he believed, even God, who quickeneth the dead, and calleth those things which be not as though they were. -- romans 4:17 +. +Who against hope believed in hope, that he might become the father of many nations, according to that which was spoken, So shall thy seed be. -- romans 4:18 +. +And being not weak in faith, he considered not his own body now dead, when he was about an hundred years old, neither yet the deadness of Sarah's womb: -- romans 4:19 +. +He staggered not at the promise of God through unbelief; but was strong in faith, giving glory to God; -- romans 4:20 +. +And being fully persuaded that, what he had promised, he was able also to perform. -- romans 4:21 +. +And therefore it was imputed to him for righteousness. -- romans 4:22 +. +Now it was not written for his sake alone, that it was imputed to him; -- romans 4:23 +. +But for us also, to whom it shall be imputed, if we believe on him that raised up Jesus our Lord from the dead; -- romans 4:24 +. +Who was delivered for our offences, and was raised again for our justification. -- romans 4:25 +. +Therefore being justified by faith, we have peace with God through our Lord Jesus Christ: -- romans 5:1 +. +By whom also we have access by faith into this grace wherein we stand, and rejoice in hope of the glory of God. -- romans 5:2 +. +And not only so, but we glory in tribulations also: knowing that tribulation worketh patience; -- romans 5:3 +. +And patience, experience; and experience, hope: -- romans 5:4 +. +And hope maketh not ashamed; because the love of God is shed abroad in our hearts by the Holy Ghost which is given unto us. -- romans 5:5 +. +For when we were yet without strength, in due time Christ died for the ungodly. -- romans 5:6 +. +For scarcely for a righteous man will one die: yet peradventure for a good man some would even dare to die. -- romans 5:7 +. +But God commendeth his love toward us, in that, while we were yet sinners, Christ died for us. -- romans 5:8 +. +Much more then, being now justified by his blood, we shall be saved from wrath through him. -- romans 5:9 +. +For if, when we were enemies, we were reconciled to God by the death of his Son, much more, being reconciled, we shall be saved by his life. -- romans 5:10 +. +And not only so, but we also joy in God through our Lord Jesus Christ, by whom we have now received the atonement. -- romans 5:11 +. +Wherefore, as by one man sin entered into the world, and death by sin; and so death passed upon all men, for that all have sinned: -- romans 5:12 +. +(For until the law sin was in the world: but sin is not imputed when there is no law. -- romans 5:13 +. +Nevertheless death reigned from Adam to Moses, even over them that had not sinned after the similitude of Adam's transgression, who is the figure of him that was to come. -- romans 5:14 +. +But not as the offence, so also is the free gift. For if through the offence of one many be dead, much more the grace of God, and the gift by grace, which is by one man, Jesus Christ, hath abounded unto many. -- romans 5:15 +. +And not as it was by one that sinned, so is the gift: for the judgment was by one to condemnation, but the free gift is of many offences unto justification. -- romans 5:16 +. +For if by one man's offence death reigned by one; much more they which receive abundance of grace and of the gift of righteousness shall reign in life by one, Jesus Christ.) -- romans 5:17 +. +Therefore as by the offence of one judgment came upon all men to condemnation; even so by the righteousness of one the free gift came upon all men unto justification of life. -- romans 5:18 +. +For as by one man's disobedience many were made sinners, so by the obedience of one shall many be made righteous. -- romans 5:19 +. +Moreover the law entered, that the offence might abound. But where sin abounded, grace did much more abound: -- romans 5:20 +. +That as sin hath reigned unto death, even so might grace reign through righteousness unto eternal life by Jesus Christ our Lord. -- romans 5:21 +. +What shall we say then? Shall we continue in sin, that grace may abound? -- romans 6:1 +. +God forbid. How shall we, that are dead to sin, live any longer therein? -- romans 6:2 +. +Know ye not, that so many of us as were baptized into Jesus Christ were baptized into his death? -- romans 6:3 +. +Therefore we are buried with him by baptism into death: that like as Christ was raised up from the dead by the glory of the Father, even so we also should walk in newness of life. -- romans 6:4 +. +For if we have been planted together in the likeness of his death, we shall be also in the likeness of his resurrection: -- romans 6:5 +. +Knowing this, that our old man is crucified with him, that the body of sin might be destroyed, that henceforth we should not serve sin. -- romans 6:6 +. +For he that is dead is freed from sin. -- romans 6:7 +. +Now if we be dead with Christ, we believe that we shall also live with him: -- romans 6:8 +. +Knowing that Christ being raised from the dead dieth no more; death hath no more dominion over him. -- romans 6:9 +. +For in that he died, he died unto sin once: but in that he liveth, he liveth unto God. -- romans 6:10 +. +Likewise reckon ye also yourselves to be dead indeed unto sin, but alive unto God through Jesus Christ our Lord. -- romans 6:11 +. +Let not sin therefore reign in your mortal body, that ye should obey it in the lusts thereof. -- romans 6:12 +. +Neither yield ye your members as instruments of unrighteousness unto sin: but yield yourselves unto God, as those that are alive from the dead, and your members as instruments of righteousness unto God. -- romans 6:13 +. +For sin shall not have dominion over you: for ye are not under the law, but under grace. -- romans 6:14 +. +What then? shall we sin, because we are not under the law, but under grace? God forbid. -- romans 6:15 +. +Know ye not, that to whom ye yield yourselves servants to obey, his servants ye are to whom ye obey; whether of sin unto death, or of obedience unto righteousness? -- romans 6:16 +. +But God be thanked, that ye were the servants of sin, but ye have obeyed from the heart that form of doctrine which was delivered you. -- romans 6:17 +. +Being then made free from sin, ye became the servants of righteousness. -- romans 6:18 +. +I speak after the manner of men because of the infirmity of your flesh: for as ye have yielded your members servants to uncleanness and to iniquity unto iniquity; even so now yield your members servants to righteousness unto holiness. -- romans 6:19 +. +For when ye were the servants of sin, ye were free from righteousness. -- romans 6:20 +. +What fruit had ye then in those things whereof ye are now ashamed? for the end of those things is death. -- romans 6:21 +. +But now being made free from sin, and become servants to God, ye have your fruit unto holiness, and the end everlasting life. -- romans 6:22 +. +For the wages of sin is death; but the gift of God is eternal life through Jesus Christ our Lord. -- romans 6:23 +. +Know ye not, brethren, (for I speak to them that know the law,) how that the law hath dominion over a man as long as he liveth? -- romans 7:1 +. +For the woman which hath an husband is bound by the law to her husband so long as he liveth; but if the husband be dead, she is loosed from the law of her husband. -- romans 7:2 +. +So then if, while her husband liveth, she be married to another man, she shall be called an adulteress: but if her husband be dead, she is free from that law; so that she is no adulteress, though she be married to another man. -- romans 7:3 +. +Wherefore, my brethren, ye also are become dead to the law by the body of Christ; that ye should be married to another, even to him who is raised from the dead, that we should bring forth fruit unto God. -- romans 7:4 +. +For when we were in the flesh, the motions of sins, which were by the law, did work in our members to bring forth fruit unto death. -- romans 7:5 +. +But now we are delivered from the law, that being dead wherein we were held; that we should serve in newness of spirit, and not in the oldness of the letter. -- romans 7:6 +. +What shall we say then? Is the law sin? God forbid. Nay, I had not known sin, but by the law: for I had not known lust, except the law had said, Thou shalt not covet. -- romans 7:7 +. +But sin, taking occasion by the commandment, wrought in me all manner of concupiscence. For without the law sin was dead. -- romans 7:8 +. +For I was alive without the law once: but when the commandment came, sin revived, and I died. -- romans 7:9 +. +And the commandment, which was ordained to life, I found to be unto death. -- romans 7:10 +. +For sin, taking occasion by the commandment, deceived me, and by it slew me. -- romans 7:11 +. +Wherefore the law is holy, and the commandment holy, and just, and good. -- romans 7:12 +. +Was then that which is good made death unto me? God forbid. But sin, that it might appear sin, working death in me by that which is good; that sin by the commandment might become exceeding sinful. -- romans 7:13 +. +For we know that the law is spiritual: but I am carnal, sold under sin. -- romans 7:14 +. +For that which I do I allow not: for what I would, that do I not; but what I hate, that do I. -- romans 7:15 +. +If then I do that which I would not, I consent unto the law that it is good. -- romans 7:16 +. +Now then it is no more I that do it, but sin that dwelleth in me. -- romans 7:17 +. +For I know that in me (that is, in my flesh,) dwelleth no good thing: for to will is present with me; but how to perform that which is good I find not. -- romans 7:18 +. +For the good that I would I do not: but the evil which I would not, that I do. -- romans 7:19 +. +Now if I do that I would not, it is no more I that do it, but sin that dwelleth in me. -- romans 7:20 +. +I find then a law, that, when I would do good, evil is present with me. -- romans 7:21 +. +For I delight in the law of God after the inward man: -- romans 7:22 +. +But I see another law in my members, warring against the law of my mind, and bringing me into captivity to the law of sin which is in my members. -- romans 7:23 +. +O wretched man that I am! who shall deliver me from the body of this death? -- romans 7:24 +. +I thank God through Jesus Christ our Lord. So then with the mind I myself serve the law of God; but with the flesh the law of sin. -- romans 7:25 +. +There is therefore now no condemnation to them which are in Christ Jesus, who walk not after the flesh, but after the Spirit. -- romans 8:1 +. +For the law of the Spirit of life in Christ Jesus hath made me free from the law of sin and death. -- romans 8:2 +. +For what the law could not do, in that it was weak through the flesh, God sending his own Son in the likeness of sinful flesh, and for sin, condemned sin in the flesh: -- romans 8:3 +. +That the righteousness of the law might be fulfilled in us, who walk not after the flesh, but after the Spirit. -- romans 8:4 +. +For they that are after the flesh do mind the things of the flesh; but they that are after the Spirit the things of the Spirit. -- romans 8:5 +. +For to be carnally minded is death; but to be spiritually minded is life and peace. -- romans 8:6 +. +Because the carnal mind is enmity against God: for it is not subject to the law of God, neither indeed can be. -- romans 8:7 +. +So then they that are in the flesh cannot please God. -- romans 8:8 +. +But ye are not in the flesh, but in the Spirit, if so be that the Spirit of God dwell in you. Now if any man have not the Spirit of Christ, he is none of his. -- romans 8:9 +. +And if Christ be in you, the body is dead because of sin; but the Spirit is life because of righteousness. -- romans 8:10 +. +But if the Spirit of him that raised up Jesus from the dead dwell in you, he that raised up Christ from the dead shall also quicken your mortal bodies by his Spirit that dwelleth in you. -- romans 8:11 +. +Therefore, brethren, we are debtors, not to the flesh, to live after the flesh. -- romans 8:12 +. +For if ye live after the flesh, ye shall die: but if ye through the Spirit do mortify the deeds of the body, ye shall live. -- romans 8:13 +. +For as many as are led by the Spirit of God, they are the sons of God. -- romans 8:14 +. +For ye have not received the spirit of bondage again to fear; but ye have received the Spirit of adoption, whereby we cry, Abba, Father. -- romans 8:15 +. +The Spirit itself beareth witness with our spirit, that we are the children of God: -- romans 8:16 +. +And if children, then heirs; heirs of God, and joint-heirs with Christ; if so be that we suffer with him, that we may be also glorified together. -- romans 8:17 +. +For I reckon that the sufferings of this present time are not worthy to be compared with the glory which shall be revealed in us. -- romans 8:18 +. +For the earnest expectation of the creature waiteth for the manifestation of the sons of God. -- romans 8:19 +. +For the creature was made subject to vanity, not willingly, but by reason of him who hath subjected the same in hope, -- romans 8:20 +. +Because the creature itself also shall be delivered from the bondage of corruption into the glorious liberty of the children of God. -- romans 8:21 +. +For we know that the whole creation groaneth and travaileth in pain together until now. -- romans 8:22 +. +And not only they, but ourselves also, which have the firstfruits of the Spirit, even we ourselves groan within ourselves, waiting for the adoption, to wit, the redemption of our body. -- romans 8:23 +. +For we are saved by hope: but hope that is seen is not hope: for what a man seeth, why doth he yet hope for? -- romans 8:24 +. +But if we hope for that we see not, then do we with patience wait for it. -- romans 8:25 +. +Likewise the Spirit also helpeth our infirmities: for we know not what we should pray for as we ought: but the Spirit itself maketh intercession for us with groanings which cannot be uttered. -- romans 8:26 +. +And he that searcheth the hearts knoweth what is the mind of the Spirit, because he maketh intercession for the saints according to the will of God. -- romans 8:27 +. +And we know that all things work together for good to them that love God, to them who are the called according to his purpose. -- romans 8:28 +. +For whom he did foreknow, he also did predestinate to be conformed to the image of his Son, that he might be the firstborn among many brethren. -- romans 8:29 +. +Moreover whom he did predestinate, them he also called: and whom he called, them he also justified: and whom he justified, them he also glorified. -- romans 8:30 +. +What shall we then say to these things? If God be for us, who can be against us? -- romans 8:31 +. +He that spared not his own Son, but delivered him up for us all, how shall he not with him also freely give us all things? -- romans 8:32 +. +Who shall lay any thing to the charge of God's elect? It is God that justifieth. -- romans 8:33 +. +Who is he that condemneth? It is Christ that died, yea rather, that is risen again, who is even at the right hand of God, who also maketh intercession for us. -- romans 8:34 +. +Who shall separate us from the love of Christ? shall tribulation, or distress, or persecution, or famine, or nakedness, or peril, or sword? -- romans 8:35 +. +As it is written, For thy sake we are killed all the day long; we are accounted as sheep for the slaughter. -- romans 8:36 +. +Nay, in all these things we are more than conquerors through him that loved us. -- romans 8:37 +. +For I am persuaded, that neither death, nor life, nor angels, nor principalities, nor powers, nor things present, nor things to come, -- romans 8:38 +. +Nor height, nor depth, nor any other creature, shall be able to separate us from the love of God, which is in Christ Jesus our Lord. -- romans 8:39 +. +I say the truth in Christ, I lie not, my conscience also bearing me witness in the Holy Ghost, -- romans 9:1 +. +That I have great heaviness and continual sorrow in my heart. -- romans 9:2 +. +For I could wish that myself were accursed from Christ for my brethren, my kinsmen according to the flesh: -- romans 9:3 +. +Who are Israelites; to whom pertaineth the adoption, and the glory, and the covenants, and the giving of the law, and the service of God, and the promises; -- romans 9:4 +. +Whose are the fathers, and of whom as concerning the flesh Christ came, who is over all, God blessed for ever. Amen. -- romans 9:5 +. +Not as though the word of God hath taken none effect. For they are not all Israel, which are of Israel: -- romans 9:6 +. +Neither, because they are the seed of Abraham, are they all children: but, In Isaac shall thy seed be called. -- romans 9:7 +. +That is, They which are the children of the flesh, these are not the children of God: but the children of the promise are counted for the seed. -- romans 9:8 +. +For this is the word of promise, At this time will I come, and Sarah shall have a son. -- romans 9:9 +. +And not only this; but when Rebecca also had conceived by one, even by our father Isaac; -- romans 9:10 +. +(For the children being not yet born, neither having done any good or evil, that the purpose of God according to election might stand, not of works, but of him that calleth;) -- romans 9:11 +. +It was said unto her, The elder shall serve the younger. -- romans 9:12 +. +As it is written, Jacob have I loved, but Esau have I hated. -- romans 9:13 +. +What shall we say then? Is there unrighteousness with God? God forbid. -- romans 9:14 +. +For he saith to Moses, I will have mercy on whom I will have mercy, and I will have compassion on whom I will have compassion. -- romans 9:15 +. +So then it is not of him that willeth, nor of him that runneth, but of God that sheweth mercy. -- romans 9:16 +. +For the scripture saith unto Pharaoh, Even for this same purpose have I raised thee up, that I might shew my power in thee, and that my name might be declared throughout all the earth. -- romans 9:17 +. +Therefore hath he mercy on whom he will have mercy, and whom he will he hardeneth. -- romans 9:18 +. +Thou wilt say then unto me, Why doth he yet find fault? For who hath resisted his will? -- romans 9:19 +. +Nay but, O man, who art thou that repliest against God? Shall the thing formed say to him that formed it, Why hast thou made me thus? -- romans 9:20 +. +Hath not the potter power over the clay, of the same lump to make one vessel unto honour, and another unto dishonour? -- romans 9:21 +. +What if God, willing to shew his wrath, and to make his power known, endured with much longsuffering the vessels of wrath fitted to destruction: -- romans 9:22 +. +And that he might make known the riches of his glory on the vessels of mercy, which he had afore prepared unto glory, -- romans 9:23 +. +Even us, whom he hath called, not of the Jews only, but also of the Gentiles? -- romans 9:24 +. +As he saith also in Osee, I will call them my people, which were not my people; and her beloved, which was not beloved. -- romans 9:25 +. +And it shall come to pass, that in the place where it was said unto them, Ye are not my people; there shall they be called the children of the living God. -- romans 9:26 +. +Esaias also crieth concerning Israel, Though the number of the children of Israel be as the sand of the sea, a remnant shall be saved: -- romans 9:27 +. +For he will finish the work, and cut it short in righteousness: because a short work will the Lord make upon the earth. -- romans 9:28 +. +And as Esaias said before, Except the Lord of Sabaoth had left us a seed, we had been as Sodoma, and been made like unto Gomorrha. -- romans 9:29 +. +What shall we say then? That the Gentiles, which followed not after righteousness, have attained to righteousness, even the righteousness which is of faith. -- romans 9:30 +. +But Israel, which followed after the law of righteousness, hath not attained to the law of righteousness. -- romans 9:31 +. +Wherefore? Because they sought it not by faith, but as it were by the works of the law. For they stumbled at that stumblingstone; -- romans 9:32 +. +As it is written, Behold, I lay in Sion a stumblingstone and rock of offence: and whosoever believeth on him shall not be ashamed. -- romans 9:33 +. +Brethren, my heart's desire and prayer to God for Israel is, that they might be saved. -- romans 10:1 +. +For I bear them record that they have a zeal of God, but not according to knowledge. -- romans 10:2 +. +For they being ignorant of God's righteousness, and going about to establish their own righteousness, have not submitted themselves unto the righteousness of God. -- romans 10:3 +. +For Christ is the end of the law for righteousness to every one that believeth. -- romans 10:4 +. +For Moses describeth the righteousness which is of the law, That the man which doeth those things shall live by them. -- romans 10:5 +. +But the righteousness which is of faith speaketh on this wise, Say not in thine heart, Who shall ascend into heaven? (that is, to bring Christ down from above:) -- romans 10:6 +. +Or, Who shall descend into the deep? (that is, to bring up Christ again from the dead.) -- romans 10:7 +. +But what saith it? The word is nigh thee, even in thy mouth, and in thy heart: that is, the word of faith, which we preach; -- romans 10:8 +. +That if thou shalt confess with thy mouth the Lord Jesus, and shalt believe in thine heart that God hath raised him from the dead, thou shalt be saved. -- romans 10:9 +. +For with the heart man believeth unto righteousness; and with the mouth confession is made unto salvation. -- romans 10:10 +. +For the scripture saith, Whosoever believeth on him shall not be ashamed. -- romans 10:11 +. +For there is no difference between the Jew and the Greek: for the same Lord over all is rich unto all that call upon him. -- romans 10:12 +. +For whosoever shall call upon the name of the Lord shall be saved. -- romans 10:13 +. +How then shall they call on him in whom they have not believed? and how shall they believe in him of whom they have not heard? and how shall they hear without a preacher? -- romans 10:14 +. +And how shall they preach, except they be sent? as it is written, How beautiful are the feet of them that preach the gospel of peace, and bring glad tidings of good things! -- romans 10:15 +. +But they have not all obeyed the gospel. For Esaias saith, Lord, who hath believed our report? -- romans 10:16 +. +So then faith cometh by hearing, and hearing by the word of God. -- romans 10:17 +. +But I say, Have they not heard? Yes verily, their sound went into all the earth, and their words unto the ends of the world. -- romans 10:18 +. +But I say, Did not Israel know? First Moses saith, I will provoke you to jealousy by them that are no people, and by a foolish nation I will anger you. -- romans 10:19 +. +But Esaias is very bold, and saith, I was found of them that sought me not; I was made manifest unto them that asked not after me. -- romans 10:20 +. +But to Israel he saith, All day long I have stretched forth my hands unto a disobedient and gainsaying people. -- romans 10:21 +. +I say then, Hath God cast away his people? God forbid. For I also am an Israelite, of the seed of Abraham, of the tribe of Benjamin. -- romans 11:1 +. +God hath not cast away his people which he foreknew. Wot ye not what the scripture saith of Elias? how he maketh intercession to God against Israel saying, -- romans 11:2 +. +Lord, they have killed thy prophets, and digged down thine altars; and I am left alone, and they seek my life. -- romans 11:3 +. +But what saith the answer of God unto him? I have reserved to myself seven thousand men, who have not bowed the knee to the image of Baal. -- romans 11:4 +. +Even so then at this present time also there is a remnant according to the election of grace. -- romans 11:5 +. +And if by grace, then is it no more of works: otherwise grace is no more grace. But if it be of works, then it is no more grace: otherwise work is no more work. -- romans 11:6 +. +What then? Israel hath not obtained that which he seeketh for; but the election hath obtained it, and the rest were blinded. -- romans 11:7 +. +(According as it is written, God hath given them the spirit of slumber, eyes that they should not see, and ears that they should not hear;) unto this day. -- romans 11:8 +. +And David saith, Let their table be made a snare, and a trap, and a stumblingblock, and a recompence unto them: -- romans 11:9 +. +Let their eyes be darkened, that they may not see, and bow down their back alway. -- romans 11:10 +. +I say then, Have they stumbled that they should fall? God forbid: but rather through their fall salvation is come unto the Gentiles, for to provoke them to jealousy. -- romans 11:11 +. +Now if the fall of them be the riches of the world, and the diminishing of them the riches of the Gentiles; how much more their fulness? -- romans 11:12 +. +For I speak to you Gentiles, inasmuch as I am the apostle of the Gentiles, I magnify mine office: -- romans 11:13 +. +If by any means I may provoke to emulation them which are my flesh, and might save some of them. -- romans 11:14 +. +For if the casting away of them be the reconciling of the world, what shall the receiving of them be, but life from the dead? -- romans 11:15 +. +For if the firstfruit be holy, the lump is also holy: and if the root be holy, so are the branches. -- romans 11:16 +. +And if some of the branches be broken off, and thou, being a wild olive tree, wert graffed in among them, and with them partakest of the root and fatness of the olive tree; -- romans 11:17 +. +Boast not against the branches. But if thou boast, thou bearest not the root, but the root thee. -- romans 11:18 +. +Thou wilt say then, The branches were broken off, that I might be graffed in. -- romans 11:19 +. +Well; because of unbelief they were broken off, and thou standest by faith. Be not highminded, but fear: -- romans 11:20 +. +For if God spared not the natural branches, take heed lest he also spare not thee. -- romans 11:21 +. +Behold therefore the goodness and severity of God: on them which fell, severity; but toward thee, goodness, if thou continue in his goodness: otherwise thou also shalt be cut off. -- romans 11:22 +. +And they also, if they abide not still in unbelief, shall be graffed in: for God is able to graff them in again. -- romans 11:23 +. +For if thou wert cut out of the olive tree which is wild by nature, and wert graffed contrary to nature into a good olive tree: how much more shall these, which be the natural branches, be graffed into their own olive tree? -- romans 11:24 +. +For I would not, brethren, that ye should be ignorant of this mystery, lest ye should be wise in your own conceits; that blindness in part is happened to Israel, until the fulness of the Gentiles be come in. -- romans 11:25 +. +And so all Israel shall be saved: as it is written, There shall come out of Sion the Deliverer, and shall turn away ungodliness from Jacob: -- romans 11:26 +. +For this is my covenant unto them, when I shall take away their sins. -- romans 11:27 +. +As concerning the gospel, they are enemies for your sakes: but as touching the election, they are beloved for the father's sakes. -- romans 11:28 +. +For the gifts and calling of God are without repentance. -- romans 11:29 +. +For as ye in times past have not believed God, yet have now obtained mercy through their unbelief: -- romans 11:30 +. +Even so have these also now not believed, that through your mercy they also may obtain mercy. -- romans 11:31 +. +For God hath concluded them all in unbelief, that he might have mercy upon all. -- romans 11:32 +. +O the depth of the riches both of the wisdom and knowledge of God! how unsearchable are his judgments, and his ways past finding out! -- romans 11:33 +. +For who hath known the mind of the Lord? or who hath been his counsellor? -- romans 11:34 +. +Or who hath first given to him, and it shall be recompensed unto him again? -- romans 11:35 +. +For of him, and through him, and to him, are all things: to whom be glory for ever. Amen. -- romans 11:36 +. +I beseech you therefore, brethren, by the mercies of God, that ye present your bodies a living sacrifice, holy, acceptable unto God, which is your reasonable service. -- romans 12:1 +. +And be not conformed to this world: but be ye transformed by the renewing of your mind, that ye may prove what is that good, and acceptable, and perfect, will of God. -- romans 12:2 +. +For I say, through the grace given unto me, to every man that is among you, not to think of himself more highly than he ought to think; but to think soberly, according as God hath dealt to every man the measure of faith. -- romans 12:3 +. +For as we have many members in one body, and all members have not the same office: -- romans 12:4 +. +So we, being many, are one body in Christ, and every one members one of another. -- romans 12:5 +. +Having then gifts differing according to the grace that is given to us, whether prophecy, let us prophesy according to the proportion of faith; -- romans 12:6 +. +Or ministry, let us wait on our ministering: or he that teacheth, on teaching; -- romans 12:7 +. +Or he that exhorteth, on exhortation: he that giveth, let him do it with simplicity; he that ruleth, with diligence; he that sheweth mercy, with cheerfulness. -- romans 12:8 +. +Let love be without dissimulation. Abhor that which is evil; cleave to that which is good. -- romans 12:9 +. +Be kindly affectioned one to another with brotherly love; in honour preferring one another; -- romans 12:10 +. +Not slothful in business; fervent in spirit; serving the Lord; -- romans 12:11 +. +Rejoicing in hope; patient in tribulation; continuing instant in prayer; -- romans 12:12 +. +Distributing to the necessity of saints; given to hospitality. -- romans 12:13 +. +Bless them which persecute you: bless, and curse not. -- romans 12:14 +. +Rejoice with them that do rejoice, and weep with them that weep. -- romans 12:15 +. +Be of the same mind one toward another. Mind not high things, but condescend to men of low estate. Be not wise in your own conceits. -- romans 12:16 +. +Recompense to no man evil for evil. Provide things honest in the sight of all men. -- romans 12:17 +. +If it be possible, as much as lieth in you, live peaceably with all men. -- romans 12:18 +. +Dearly beloved, avenge not yourselves, but rather give place unto wrath: for it is written, Vengeance is mine; I will repay, saith the Lord. -- romans 12:19 +. +Therefore if thine enemy hunger, feed him; if he thirst, give him drink: for in so doing thou shalt heap coals of fire on his head. -- romans 12:20 +. +Be not overcome of evil, but overcome evil with good. -- romans 12:21 +. +Let every soul be subject unto the higher powers. For there is no power but of God: the powers that be are ordained of God. -- romans 13:1 +. +Whosoever therefore resisteth the power, resisteth the ordinance of God: and they that resist shall receive to themselves damnation. -- romans 13:2 +. +For rulers are not a terror to good works, but to the evil. Wilt thou then not be afraid of the power? do that which is good, and thou shalt have praise of the same: -- romans 13:3 +. +For he is the minister of God to thee for good. But if thou do that which is evil, be afraid; for he beareth not the sword in vain: for he is the minister of God, a revenger to execute wrath upon him that doeth evil. -- romans 13:4 +. +Wherefore ye must needs be subject, not only for wrath, but also for conscience sake. -- romans 13:5 +. +For for this cause pay ye tribute also: for they are God's ministers, attending continually upon this very thing. -- romans 13:6 +. +Render therefore to all their dues: tribute to whom tribute is due; custom to whom custom; fear to whom fear; honour to whom honour. -- romans 13:7 +. +Owe no man any thing, but to love one another: for he that loveth another hath fulfilled the law. -- romans 13:8 +. +For this, Thou shalt not commit adultery, Thou shalt not kill, Thou shalt not steal, Thou shalt not bear false witness, Thou shalt not covet; and if there be any other commandment, it is briefly comprehended in this saying, namely, Thou shalt love thy neighbour as thyself. -- romans 13:9 +. +Love worketh no ill to his neighbour: therefore love is the fulfilling of the law. -- romans 13:10 +. +And that, knowing the time, that now it is high time to awake out of sleep: for now is our salvation nearer than when we believed. -- romans 13:11 +. +The night is far spent, the day is at hand: let us therefore cast off the works of darkness, and let us put on the armour of light. -- romans 13:12 +. +Let us walk honestly, as in the day; not in rioting and drunkenness, not in chambering and wantonness, not in strife and envying. -- romans 13:13 +. +But put ye on the Lord Jesus Christ, and make not provision for the flesh, to fulfil the lusts thereof. -- romans 13:14 +. +Him that is weak in the faith receive ye, but not to doubtful disputations. -- romans 14:1 +. +For one believeth that he may eat all things: another, who is weak, eateth herbs. -- romans 14:2 +. +Let not him that eateth despise him that eateth not; and let not him which eateth not judge him that eateth: for God hath received him. -- romans 14:3 +. +Who art thou that judgest another man's servant? to his own master he standeth or falleth. Yea, he shall be holden up: for God is able to make him stand. -- romans 14:4 +. +One man esteemeth one day above another: another esteemeth every day alike. Let every man be fully persuaded in his own mind. -- romans 14:5 +. +He that regardeth the day, regardeth it unto the Lord; and he that regardeth not the day, to the Lord he doth not regard it. He that eateth, eateth to the Lord, for he giveth God thanks; and he that eateth not, to the Lord he eateth not, and giveth God thanks. -- romans 14:6 +. +For none of us liveth to himself, and no man dieth to himself. -- romans 14:7 +. +For whether we live, we live unto the Lord; and whether we die, we die unto the Lord: whether we live therefore, or die, we are the Lord's. -- romans 14:8 +. +For to this end Christ both died, and rose, and revived, that he might be Lord both of the dead and living. -- romans 14:9 +. +But why dost thou judge thy brother? or why dost thou set at nought thy brother? for we shall all stand before the judgment seat of Christ. -- romans 14:10 +. +For it is written, As I live, saith the Lord, every knee shall bow to me, and every tongue shall confess to God. -- romans 14:11 +. +So then every one of us shall give account of himself to God. -- romans 14:12 +. +Let us not therefore judge one another any more: but judge this rather, that no man put a stumblingblock or an occasion to fall in his brother's way. -- romans 14:13 +. +I know, and am persuaded by the Lord Jesus, that there is nothing unclean of itself: but to him that esteemeth any thing to be unclean, to him it is unclean. -- romans 14:14 +. +But if thy brother be grieved with thy meat, now walkest thou not charitably. Destroy not him with thy meat, for whom Christ died. -- romans 14:15 +. +Let not then your good be evil spoken of: -- romans 14:16 +. +For the kingdom of God is not meat and drink; but righteousness, and peace, and joy in the Holy Ghost. -- romans 14:17 +. +For he that in these things serveth Christ is acceptable to God, and approved of men. -- romans 14:18 +. +Let us therefore follow after the things which make for peace, and things wherewith one may edify another. -- romans 14:19 +. +For meat destroy not the work of God. All things indeed are pure; but it is evil for that man who eateth with offence. -- romans 14:20 +. +It is good neither to eat flesh, nor to drink wine, nor any thing whereby thy brother stumbleth, or is offended, or is made weak. -- romans 14:21 +. +Hast thou faith? have it to thyself before God. Happy is he that condemneth not himself in that thing which he alloweth. -- romans 14:22 +. +And he that doubteth is damned if he eat, because he eateth not of faith: for whatsoever is not of faith is sin. -- romans 14:23 +. +We then that are strong ought to bear the infirmities of the weak, and not to please ourselves. -- romans 15:1 +. +Let every one of us please his neighbour for his good to edification. -- romans 15:2 +. +For even Christ pleased not himself; but, as it is written, The reproaches of them that reproached thee fell on me. -- romans 15:3 +. +For whatsoever things were written aforetime were written for our learning, that we through patience and comfort of the scriptures might have hope. -- romans 15:4 +. +Now the God of patience and consolation grant you to be likeminded one toward another according to Christ Jesus: -- romans 15:5 +. +That ye may with one mind and one mouth glorify God, even the Father of our Lord Jesus Christ. -- romans 15:6 +. +Wherefore receive ye one another, as Christ also received us to the glory of God. -- romans 15:7 +. +Now I say that Jesus Christ was a minister of the circumcision for the truth of God, to confirm the promises made unto the fathers: -- romans 15:8 +. +And that the Gentiles might glorify God for his mercy; as it is written, For this cause I will confess to thee among the Gentiles, and sing unto thy name. -- romans 15:9 +. +And again he saith, Rejoice, ye Gentiles, with his people. -- romans 15:10 +. +And again, Praise the Lord, all ye Gentiles; and laud him, all ye people. -- romans 15:11 +. +And again, Esaias saith, There shall be a root of Jesse, and he that shall rise to reign over the Gentiles; in him shall the Gentiles trust. -- romans 15:12 +. +Now the God of hope fill you with all joy and peace in believing, that ye may abound in hope, through the power of the Holy Ghost. -- romans 15:13 +. +And I myself also am persuaded of you, my brethren, that ye also are full of goodness, filled with all knowledge, able also to admonish one another. -- romans 15:14 +. +Nevertheless, brethren, I have written the more boldly unto you in some sort, as putting you in mind, because of the grace that is given to me of God, -- romans 15:15 +. +That I should be the minister of Jesus Christ to the Gentiles, ministering the gospel of God, that the offering up of the Gentiles might be acceptable, being sanctified by the Holy Ghost. -- romans 15:16 +. +I have therefore whereof I may glory through Jesus Christ in those things which pertain to God. -- romans 15:17 +. +For I will not dare to speak of any of those things which Christ hath not wrought by me, to make the Gentiles obedient, by word and deed, -- romans 15:18 +. +Through mighty signs and wonders, by the power of the Spirit of God; so that from Jerusalem, and round about unto Illyricum, I have fully preached the gospel of Christ. -- romans 15:19 +. +Yea, so have I strived to preach the gospel, not where Christ was named, lest I should build upon another man's foundation: -- romans 15:20 +. +But as it is written, To whom he was not spoken of, they shall see: and they that have not heard shall understand. -- romans 15:21 +. +For which cause also I have been much hindered from coming to you. -- romans 15:22 +. +But now having no more place in these parts, and having a great desire these many years to come unto you; -- romans 15:23 +. +Whensoever I take my journey into Spain, I will come to you: for I trust to see you in my journey, and to be brought on my way thitherward by you, if first I be somewhat filled with your company. -- romans 15:24 +. +But now I go unto Jerusalem to minister unto the saints. -- romans 15:25 +. +For it hath pleased them of Macedonia and Achaia to make a certain contribution for the poor saints which are at Jerusalem. -- romans 15:26 +. +It hath pleased them verily; and their debtors they are. For if the Gentiles have been made partakers of their spiritual things, their duty is also to minister unto them in carnal things. -- romans 15:27 +. +When therefore I have performed this, and have sealed to them this fruit, I will come by you into Spain. -- romans 15:28 +. +And I am sure that, when I come unto you, I shall come in the fulness of the blessing of the gospel of Christ. -- romans 15:29 +. +Now I beseech you, brethren, for the Lord Jesus Christ's sake, and for the love of the Spirit, that ye strive together with me in your prayers to God for me; -- romans 15:30 +. +That I may be delivered from them that do not believe in Judaea; and that my service which I have for Jerusalem may be accepted of the saints; -- romans 15:31 +. +That I may come unto you with joy by the will of God, and may with you be refreshed. -- romans 15:32 +. +Now the God of peace be with you all. Amen. -- romans 15:33 +. +I commend unto you Phebe our sister, which is a servant of the church which is at Cenchrea: -- romans 16:1 +. +That ye receive her in the Lord, as becometh saints, and that ye assist her in whatsoever business she hath need of you: for she hath been a succourer of many, and of myself also. -- romans 16:2 +. +Greet Priscilla and Aquila my helpers in Christ Jesus: -- romans 16:3 +. +Who have for my life laid down their own necks: unto whom not only I give thanks, but also all the churches of the Gentiles. -- romans 16:4 +. +Likewise greet the church that is in their house. Salute my well-beloved Epaenetus, who is the firstfruits of Achaia unto Christ. -- romans 16:5 +. +Greet Mary, who bestowed much labour on us. -- romans 16:6 +. +Salute Andronicus and Junia, my kinsmen, and my fellow-prisoners, who are of note among the apostles, who also were in Christ before me. -- romans 16:7 +. +Greet Amplias my beloved in the Lord. -- romans 16:8 +. +Salute Urbane, our helper in Christ, and Stachys my beloved. -- romans 16:9 +. +Salute Apelles approved in Christ. Salute them which are of Aristobulus' household. -- romans 16:10 +. +Salute Herodion my kinsman. Greet them that be of the household of Narcissus, which are in the Lord. -- romans 16:11 +. +Salute Tryphena and Tryphosa, who labour in the Lord. Salute the beloved Persis, which laboured much in the Lord. -- romans 16:12 +. +Salute Rufus chosen in the Lord, and his mother and mine. -- romans 16:13 +. +Salute Asyncritus, Phlegon, Hermas, Patrobas, Hermes, and the brethren which are with them. -- romans 16:14 +. +Salute Philologus, and Julia, Nereus, and his sister, and Olympas, and all the saints which are with them. -- romans 16:15 +. +Salute one another with an holy kiss. The churches of Christ salute you. -- romans 16:16 +. +Now I beseech you, brethren, mark them which cause divisions and offences contrary to the doctrine which ye have learned; and avoid them. -- romans 16:17 +. +For they that are such serve not our Lord Jesus Christ, but their own belly; and by good words and fair speeches deceive the hearts of the simple. -- romans 16:18 +. +For your obedience is come abroad unto all men. I am glad therefore on your behalf: but yet I would have you wise unto that which is good, and simple concerning evil. -- romans 16:19 +. +And the God of peace shall bruise Satan under your feet shortly. The grace of our Lord Jesus Christ be with you. Amen. -- romans 16:20 +. +Timotheus my workfellow, and Lucius, and Jason, and Sosipater, my kinsmen, salute you. -- romans 16:21 +. +I Tertius, who wrote this epistle, salute you in the Lord. -- romans 16:22 +. +Gaius mine host, and of the whole church, saluteth you. Erastus the chamberlain of the city saluteth you, and Quartus a brother. -- romans 16:23 +. +The grace of our Lord Jesus Christ be with you all. Amen. -- romans 16:24 +. +Now to him that is of power to stablish you according to my gospel, and the preaching of Jesus Christ, according to the revelation of the mystery, which was kept secret since the world began, -- romans 16:25 +. +But now is made manifest, and by the scriptures of the prophets, according to the commandment of the everlasting God, made known to all nations for the obedience of faith: -- romans 16:26 +. +To God only wise, be glory through Jesus Christ for ever. Amen. -- romans 16:27 +. +Paul called to be an apostle of Jesus Christ through the will of God, and Sosthenes our brother, -- 1 corinthians 1:1 +. +Unto the church of God which is at Corinth, to them that are sanctified in Christ Jesus, called to be saints, with all that in every place call upon the name of Jesus Christ our Lord, both their's and our's: -- 1 corinthians 1:2 +. +Grace be unto you, and peace, from God our Father, and from the Lord Jesus Christ. -- 1 corinthians 1:3 +. +I thank my God always on your behalf, for the grace of God which is given you by Jesus Christ; -- 1 corinthians 1:4 +. +That in every thing ye are enriched by him, in all utterance, and in all knowledge; -- 1 corinthians 1:5 +. +Even as the testimony of Christ was confirmed in you: -- 1 corinthians 1:6 +. +So that ye come behind in no gift; waiting for the coming of our Lord Jesus Christ: -- 1 corinthians 1:7 +. +Who shall also confirm you unto the end, that ye may be blameless in the day of our Lord Jesus Christ. -- 1 corinthians 1:8 +. +God is faithful, by whom ye were called unto the fellowship of his Son Jesus Christ our Lord. -- 1 corinthians 1:9 +. +Now I beseech you, brethren, by the name of our Lord Jesus Christ, that ye all speak the same thing, and that there be no divisions among you; but that ye be perfectly joined together in the same mind and in the same judgment. -- 1 corinthians 1:10 +. +For it hath been declared unto me of you, my brethren, by them which are of the house of Chloe, that there are contentions among you. -- 1 corinthians 1:11 +. +Now this I say, that every one of you saith, I am of Paul; and I of Apollos; and I of Cephas; and I of Christ. -- 1 corinthians 1:12 +. +Is Christ divided? was Paul crucified for you? or were ye baptized in the name of Paul? -- 1 corinthians 1:13 +. +I thank God that I baptized none of you, but Crispus and Gaius; -- 1 corinthians 1:14 +. +Lest any should say that I had baptized in mine own name. -- 1 corinthians 1:15 +. +And I baptized also the household of Stephanas: besides, I know not whether I baptized any other. -- 1 corinthians 1:16 +. +For Christ sent me not to baptize, but to preach the gospel: not with wisdom of words, lest the cross of Christ should be made of none effect. -- 1 corinthians 1:17 +. +For the preaching of the cross is to them that perish foolishness; but unto us which are saved it is the power of God. -- 1 corinthians 1:18 +. +For it is written, I will destroy the wisdom of the wise, and will bring to nothing the understanding of the prudent. -- 1 corinthians 1:19 +. +Where is the wise? where is the scribe? where is the disputer of this world? hath not God made foolish the wisdom of this world? -- 1 corinthians 1:20 +. +For after that in the wisdom of God the world by wisdom knew not God, it pleased God by the foolishness of preaching to save them that believe. -- 1 corinthians 1:21 +. +For the Jews require a sign, and the Greeks seek after wisdom: -- 1 corinthians 1:22 +. +But we preach Christ crucified, unto the Jews a stumblingblock, and unto the Greeks foolishness; -- 1 corinthians 1:23 +. +But unto them which are called, both Jews and Greeks, Christ the power of God, and the wisdom of God. -- 1 corinthians 1:24 +. +Because the foolishness of God is wiser than men; and the weakness of God is stronger than men. -- 1 corinthians 1:25 +. +For ye see your calling, brethren, how that not many wise men after the flesh, not many mighty, not many noble, are called: -- 1 corinthians 1:26 +. +But God hath chosen the foolish things of the world to confound the wise; and God hath chosen the weak things of the world to confound the things which are mighty; -- 1 corinthians 1:27 +. +And base things of the world, and things which are despised, hath God chosen, yea, and things which are not, to bring to nought things that are: -- 1 corinthians 1:28 +. +That no flesh should glory in his presence. -- 1 corinthians 1:29 +. +But of him are ye in Christ Jesus, who of God is made unto us wisdom, and righteousness, and sanctification, and redemption: -- 1 corinthians 1:30 +. +That, according as it is written, He that glorieth, let him glory in the Lord. -- 1 corinthians 1:31 +. +And I, brethren, when I came to you, came not with excellency of speech or of wisdom, declaring unto you the testimony of God. -- 1 corinthians 2:1 +. +For I determined not to know any thing among you, save Jesus Christ, and him crucified. -- 1 corinthians 2:2 +. +And I was with you in weakness, and in fear, and in much trembling. -- 1 corinthians 2:3 +. +And my speech and my preaching was not with enticing words of man's wisdom, but in demonstration of the Spirit and of power: -- 1 corinthians 2:4 +. +That your faith should not stand in the wisdom of men, but in the power of God. -- 1 corinthians 2:5 +. +Howbeit we speak wisdom among them that are perfect: yet not the wisdom of this world, nor of the princes of this world, that come to nought: -- 1 corinthians 2:6 +. +But we speak the wisdom of God in a mystery, even the hidden wisdom, which God ordained before the world unto our glory: -- 1 corinthians 2:7 +. +Which none of the princes of this world knew: for had they known it, they would not have crucified the Lord of glory. -- 1 corinthians 2:8 +. +But as it is written, Eye hath not seen, nor ear heard, neither have entered into the heart of man, the things which God hath prepared for them that love him. -- 1 corinthians 2:9 +. +But God hath revealed them unto us by his Spirit: for the Spirit searcheth all things, yea, the deep things of God. -- 1 corinthians 2:10 +. +For what man knoweth the things of a man, save the spirit of man which is in him? even so the things of God knoweth no man, but the Spirit of God. -- 1 corinthians 2:11 +. +Now we have received, not the spirit of the world, but the spirit which is of God; that we might know the things that are freely given to us of God. -- 1 corinthians 2:12 +. +Which things also we speak, not in the words which man's wisdom teacheth, but which the Holy Ghost teacheth; comparing spiritual things with spiritual. -- 1 corinthians 2:13 +. +But the natural man receiveth not the things of the Spirit of God: for they are foolishness unto him: neither can he know them, because they are spiritually discerned. -- 1 corinthians 2:14 +. +But he that is spiritual judgeth all things, yet he himself is judged of no man. -- 1 corinthians 2:15 +. +For who hath known the mind of the Lord, that he may instruct him? But we have the mind of Christ. -- 1 corinthians 2:16 +. +And I, brethren, could not speak unto you as unto spiritual, but as unto carnal, even as unto babes in Christ. -- 1 corinthians 3:1 +. +I have fed you with milk, and not with meat: for hitherto ye were not able to bear it, neither yet now are ye able. -- 1 corinthians 3:2 +. +For ye are yet carnal: for whereas there is among you envying, and strife, and divisions, are ye not carnal, and walk as men? -- 1 corinthians 3:3 +. +For while one saith, I am of Paul; and another, I am of Apollos; are ye not carnal? -- 1 corinthians 3:4 +. +Who then is Paul, and who is Apollos, but ministers by whom ye believed, even as the Lord gave to every man? -- 1 corinthians 3:5 +. +I have planted, Apollos watered; but God gave the increase. -- 1 corinthians 3:6 +. +So then neither is he that planteth any thing, neither he that watereth; but God that giveth the increase. -- 1 corinthians 3:7 +. +Now he that planteth and he that watereth are one: and every man shall receive his own reward according to his own labour. -- 1 corinthians 3:8 +. +For we are labourers together with God: ye are God's husbandry, ye are God's building. -- 1 corinthians 3:9 +. +According to the grace of God which is given unto me, as a wise masterbuilder, I have laid the foundation, and another buildeth thereon. But let every man take heed how he buildeth thereupon. -- 1 corinthians 3:10 +. +For other foundation can no man lay than that is laid, which is Jesus Christ. -- 1 corinthians 3:11 +. +Now if any man build upon this foundation gold, silver, precious stones, wood, hay, stubble; -- 1 corinthians 3:12 +. +Every man's work shall be made manifest: for the day shall declare it, because it shall be revealed by fire; and the fire shall try every man's work of what sort it is. -- 1 corinthians 3:13 +. +If any man's work abide which he hath built thereupon, he shall receive a reward. -- 1 corinthians 3:14 +. +If any man's work shall be burned, he shall suffer loss: but he himself shall be saved; yet so as by fire. -- 1 corinthians 3:15 +. +Know ye not that ye are the temple of God, and that the Spirit of God dwelleth in you? -- 1 corinthians 3:16 +. +If any man defile the temple of God, him shall God destroy; for the temple of God is holy, which temple ye are. -- 1 corinthians 3:17 +. +Let no man deceive himself. If any man among you seemeth to be wise in this world, let him become a fool, that he may be wise. -- 1 corinthians 3:18 +. +For the wisdom of this world is foolishness with God. For it is written, He taketh the wise in their own craftiness. -- 1 corinthians 3:19 +. +And again, The Lord knoweth the thoughts of the wise, that they are vain. -- 1 corinthians 3:20 +. +Therefore let no man glory in men. For all things are your's; -- 1 corinthians 3:21 +. +Whether Paul, or Apollos, or Cephas, or the world, or life, or death, or things present, or things to come; all are your's; -- 1 corinthians 3:22 +. +And ye are Christ's; and Christ is God's. -- 1 corinthians 3:23 +. +Let a man so account of us, as of the ministers of Christ, and stewards of the mysteries of God. -- 1 corinthians 4:1 +. +Moreover it is required in stewards, that a man be found faithful. -- 1 corinthians 4:2 +. +But with me it is a very small thing that I should be judged of you, or of man's judgment: yea, I judge not mine own self. -- 1 corinthians 4:3 +. +For I know nothing by myself; yet am I not hereby justified: but he that judgeth me is the Lord. -- 1 corinthians 4:4 +. +Therefore judge nothing before the time, until the Lord come, who both will bring to light the hidden things of darkness, and will make manifest the counsels of the hearts: and then shall every man have praise of God. -- 1 corinthians 4:5 +. +And these things, brethren, I have in a figure transferred to myself and to Apollos for your sakes; that ye might learn in us not to think of men above that which is written, that no one of you be puffed up for one against another. -- 1 corinthians 4:6 +. +For who maketh thee to differ from another? and what hast thou that thou didst not receive? now if thou didst receive it, why dost thou glory, as if thou hadst not received it? -- 1 corinthians 4:7 +. +Now ye are full, now ye are rich, ye have reigned as kings without us: and I would to God ye did reign, that we also might reign with you. -- 1 corinthians 4:8 +. +For I think that God hath set forth us the apostles last, as it were appointed to death: for we are made a spectacle unto the world, and to angels, and to men. -- 1 corinthians 4:9 +. +We are fools for Christ's sake, but ye are wise in Christ; we are weak, but ye are strong; ye are honourable, but we are despised. -- 1 corinthians 4:10 +. +Even unto this present hour we both hunger, and thirst, and are naked, and are buffeted, and have no certain dwellingplace; -- 1 corinthians 4:11 +. +And labour, working with our own hands: being reviled, we bless; being persecuted, we suffer it: -- 1 corinthians 4:12 +. +Being defamed, we intreat: we are made as the filth of the world, and are the offscouring of all things unto this day. -- 1 corinthians 4:13 +. +I write not these things to shame you, but as my beloved sons I warn you. -- 1 corinthians 4:14 +. +For though ye have ten thousand instructers in Christ, yet have ye not many fathers: for in Christ Jesus I have begotten you through the gospel. -- 1 corinthians 4:15 +. +Wherefore I beseech you, be ye followers of me. -- 1 corinthians 4:16 +. +For this cause have I sent unto you Timotheus, who is my beloved son, and faithful in the Lord, who shall bring you into remembrance of my ways which be in Christ, as I teach every where in every church. -- 1 corinthians 4:17 +. +Now some are puffed up, as though I would not come to you. -- 1 corinthians 4:18 +. +But I will come to you shortly, if the Lord will, and will know, not the speech of them which are puffed up, but the power. -- 1 corinthians 4:19 +. +For the kingdom of God is not in word, but in power. -- 1 corinthians 4:20 +. +What will ye? shall I come unto you with a rod, or in love, and in the spirit of meekness? -- 1 corinthians 4:21 +. +It is reported commonly that there is fornication among you, and such fornication as is not so much as named among the Gentiles, that one should have his father's wife. -- 1 corinthians 5:1 +. +And ye are puffed up, and have not rather mourned, that he that hath done this deed might be taken away from among you. -- 1 corinthians 5:2 +. +For I verily, as absent in body, but present in spirit, have judged already, as though I were present, concerning him that hath so done this deed, -- 1 corinthians 5:3 +. +In the name of our Lord Jesus Christ, when ye are gathered together, and my spirit, with the power of our Lord Jesus Christ, -- 1 corinthians 5:4 +. +To deliver such an one unto Satan for the destruction of the flesh, that the spirit may be saved in the day of the Lord Jesus. -- 1 corinthians 5:5 +. +Your glorying is not good. Know ye not that a little leaven leaveneth the whole lump? -- 1 corinthians 5:6 +. +Purge out therefore the old leaven, that ye may be a new lump, as ye are unleavened. For even Christ our passover is sacrificed for us: -- 1 corinthians 5:7 +. +Therefore let us keep the feast, not with old leaven, neither with the leaven of malice and wickedness; but with the unleavened bread of sincerity and truth. -- 1 corinthians 5:8 +. +I wrote unto you in an epistle not to company with fornicators: -- 1 corinthians 5:9 +. +Yet not altogether with the fornicators of this world, or with the covetous, or extortioners, or with idolaters; for then must ye needs go out of the world. -- 1 corinthians 5:10 +. +But now I have written unto you not to keep company, if any man that is called a brother be a fornicator, or covetous, or an idolater, or a railer, or a drunkard, or an extortioner; with such an one no not to eat. -- 1 corinthians 5:11 +. +For what have I to do to judge them also that are without? do not ye judge them that are within? -- 1 corinthians 5:12 +. +But them that are without God judgeth. Therefore put away from among yourselves that wicked person. -- 1 corinthians 5:13 +. +Dare any of you, having a matter against another, go to law before the unjust, and not before the saints? -- 1 corinthians 6:1 +. +Do ye not know that the saints shall judge the world? and if the world shall be judged by you, are ye unworthy to judge the smallest matters? -- 1 corinthians 6:2 +. +Know ye not that we shall judge angels? how much more things that pertain to this life? -- 1 corinthians 6:3 +. +If then ye have judgments of things pertaining to this life, set them to judge who are least esteemed in the church. -- 1 corinthians 6:4 +. +I speak to your shame. Is it so, that there is not a wise man among you? no, not one that shall be able to judge between his brethren? -- 1 corinthians 6:5 +. +But brother goeth to law with brother, and that before the unbelievers. -- 1 corinthians 6:6 +. +Now therefore there is utterly a fault among you, because ye go to law one with another. Why do ye not rather take wrong? why do ye not rather suffer yourselves to be defrauded? -- 1 corinthians 6:7 +. +Nay, ye do wrong, and defraud, and that your brethren. -- 1 corinthians 6:8 +. +Know ye not that the unrighteous shall not inherit the kingdom of God? Be not deceived: neither fornicators, nor idolaters, nor adulterers, nor effeminate, nor abusers of themselves with mankind, -- 1 corinthians 6:9 +. +Nor thieves, nor covetous, nor drunkards, nor revilers, nor extortioners, shall inherit the kingdom of God. -- 1 corinthians 6:10 +. +And such were some of you: but ye are washed, but ye are sanctified, but ye are justified in the name of the Lord Jesus, and by the Spirit of our God. -- 1 corinthians 6:11 +. +All things are lawful unto me, but all things are not expedient: all things are lawful for me, but I will not be brought under the power of any. -- 1 corinthians 6:12 +. +Meats for the belly, and the belly for meats: but God shall destroy both it and them. Now the body is not for fornication, but for the Lord; and the Lord for the body. -- 1 corinthians 6:13 +. +And God hath both raised up the Lord, and will also raise up us by his own power. -- 1 corinthians 6:14 +. +Know ye not that your bodies are the members of Christ? shall I then take the members of Christ, and make them the members of an harlot? God forbid. -- 1 corinthians 6:15 +. +What? know ye not that he which is joined to an harlot is one body? for two, saith he, shall be one flesh. -- 1 corinthians 6:16 +. +But he that is joined unto the Lord is one spirit. -- 1 corinthians 6:17 +. +Flee fornication. Every sin that a man doeth is without the body; but he that committeth fornication sinneth against his own body. -- 1 corinthians 6:18 +. +What? know ye not that your body is the temple of the Holy Ghost which is in you, which ye have of God, and ye are not your own? -- 1 corinthians 6:19 +. +For ye are bought with a price: therefore glorify God in your body, and in your spirit, which are God's. -- 1 corinthians 6:20 +. +Now concerning the things whereof ye wrote unto me: It is good for a man not to touch a woman. -- 1 corinthians 7:1 +. +Nevertheless, to avoid fornication, let every man have his own wife, and let every woman have her own husband. -- 1 corinthians 7:2 +. +Let the husband render unto the wife due benevolence: and likewise also the wife unto the husband. -- 1 corinthians 7:3 +. +The wife hath not power of her own body, but the husband: and likewise also the husband hath not power of his own body, but the wife. -- 1 corinthians 7:4 +. +Defraud ye not one the other, except it be with consent for a time, that ye may give yourselves to fasting and prayer; and come together again, that Satan tempt you not for your incontinency. -- 1 corinthians 7:5 +. +But I speak this by permission, and not of commandment. -- 1 corinthians 7:6 +. +For I would that all men were even as I myself. But every man hath his proper gift of God, one after this manner, and another after that. -- 1 corinthians 7:7 +. +I say therefore to the unmarried and widows, It is good for them if they abide even as I. -- 1 corinthians 7:8 +. +But if they cannot contain, let them marry: for it is better to marry than to burn. -- 1 corinthians 7:9 +. +And unto the married I command, yet not I, but the Lord, Let not the wife depart from her husband: -- 1 corinthians 7:10 +. +But and if she depart, let her remain unmarried or be reconciled to her husband: and let not the husband put away his wife. -- 1 corinthians 7:11 +. +But to the rest speak I, not the Lord: If any brother hath a wife that believeth not, and she be pleased to dwell with him, let him not put her away. -- 1 corinthians 7:12 +. +And the woman which hath an husband that believeth not, and if he be pleased to dwell with her, let her not leave him. -- 1 corinthians 7:13 +. +For the unbelieving husband is sanctified by the wife, and the unbelieving wife is sanctified by the husband: else were your children unclean; but now are they holy. -- 1 corinthians 7:14 +. +But if the unbelieving depart, let him depart. A brother or a sister is not under bondage in such cases: but God hath called us to peace. -- 1 corinthians 7:15 +. +For what knowest thou, O wife, whether thou shalt save thy husband? or how knowest thou, O man, whether thou shalt save thy wife? -- 1 corinthians 7:16 +. +But as God hath distributed to every man, as the Lord hath called every one, so let him walk. And so ordain I in all churches. -- 1 corinthians 7:17 +. +Is any man called being circumcised? let him not become uncircumcised. Is any called in uncircumcision? let him not be circumcised. -- 1 corinthians 7:18 +. +Circumcision is nothing, and uncircumcision is nothing, but the keeping of the commandments of God. -- 1 corinthians 7:19 +. +Let every man abide in the same calling wherein he was called. -- 1 corinthians 7:20 +. +Art thou called being a servant? care not for it: but if thou mayest be made free, use it rather. -- 1 corinthians 7:21 +. +For he that is called in the Lord, being a servant, is the Lord's freeman: likewise also he that is called, being free, is Christ's servant. -- 1 corinthians 7:22 +. +Ye are bought with a price; be not ye the servants of men. -- 1 corinthians 7:23 +. +Brethren, let every man, wherein he is called, therein abide with God. -- 1 corinthians 7:24 +. +Now concerning virgins I have no commandment of the Lord: yet I give my judgment, as one that hath obtained mercy of the Lord to be faithful. -- 1 corinthians 7:25 +. +I suppose therefore that this is good for the present distress, I say, that it is good for a man so to be. -- 1 corinthians 7:26 +. +Art thou bound unto a wife? seek not to be loosed. Art thou loosed from a wife? seek not a wife. -- 1 corinthians 7:27 +. +But and if thou marry, thou hast not sinned; and if a virgin marry, she hath not sinned. Nevertheless such shall have trouble in the flesh: but I spare you. -- 1 corinthians 7:28 +. +But this I say, brethren, the time is short: it remaineth, that both they that have wives be as though they had none; -- 1 corinthians 7:29 +. +And they that weep, as though they wept not; and they that rejoice, as though they rejoiced not; and they that buy, as though they possessed not; -- 1 corinthians 7:30 +. +And they that use this world, as not abusing it: for the fashion of this world passeth away. -- 1 corinthians 7:31 +. +But I would have you without carefulness. He that is unmarried careth for the things that belong to the Lord, how he may please the Lord: -- 1 corinthians 7:32 +. +But he that is married careth for the things that are of the world, how he may please his wife. -- 1 corinthians 7:33 +. +There is difference also between a wife and a virgin. The unmarried woman careth for the things of the Lord, that she may be holy both in body and in spirit: but she that is married careth for the things of the world, how she may please her husband. -- 1 corinthians 7:34 +. +And this I speak for your own profit; not that I may cast a snare upon you, but for that which is comely, and that ye may attend upon the Lord without distraction. -- 1 corinthians 7:35 +. +But if any man think that he behaveth himself uncomely toward his virgin, if she pass the flower of her age, and need so require, let him do what he will, he sinneth not: let them marry. -- 1 corinthians 7:36 +. +Nevertheless he that standeth stedfast in his heart, having no necessity, but hath power over his own will, and hath so decreed in his heart that he will keep his virgin, doeth well. -- 1 corinthians 7:37 +. +So then he that giveth her in marriage doeth well; but he that giveth her not in marriage doeth better. -- 1 corinthians 7:38 +. +The wife is bound by the law as long as her husband liveth; but if her husband be dead, she is at liberty to be married to whom she will; only in the Lord. -- 1 corinthians 7:39 +. +But she is happier if she so abide, after my judgment: and I think also that I have the Spirit of God. -- 1 corinthians 7:40 +. +Now as touching things offered unto idols, we know that we all have knowledge. Knowledge puffeth up, but charity edifieth. -- 1 corinthians 8:1 +. +And if any man think that he knoweth any thing, he knoweth nothing yet as he ought to know. -- 1 corinthians 8:2 +. +But if any man love God, the same is known of him. -- 1 corinthians 8:3 +. +As concerning therefore the eating of those things that are offered in sacrifice unto idols, we know that an idol is nothing in the world, and that there is none other God but one. -- 1 corinthians 8:4 +. +For though there be that are called gods, whether in heaven or in earth, (as there be gods many, and lords many,) -- 1 corinthians 8:5 +. +But to us there is but one God, the Father, of whom are all things, and we in him; and one Lord Jesus Christ, by whom are all things, and we by him. -- 1 corinthians 8:6 +. +Howbeit there is not in every man that knowledge: for some with conscience of the idol unto this hour eat it as a thing offered unto an idol; and their conscience being weak is defiled. -- 1 corinthians 8:7 +. +But meat commendeth us not to God: for neither, if we eat, are we the better; neither, if we eat not, are we the worse. -- 1 corinthians 8:8 +. +But take heed lest by any means this liberty of your's become a stumblingblock to them that are weak. -- 1 corinthians 8:9 +. +For if any man see thee which hast knowledge sit at meat in the idol's temple, shall not the conscience of him which is weak be emboldened to eat those things which are offered to idols; -- 1 corinthians 8:10 +. +And through thy knowledge shall the weak brother perish, for whom Christ died? -- 1 corinthians 8:11 +. +But when ye sin so against the brethren, and wound their weak conscience, ye sin against Christ. -- 1 corinthians 8:12 +. +Wherefore, if meat make my brother to offend, I will eat no flesh while the world standeth, lest I make my brother to offend. -- 1 corinthians 8:13 +. +Am I not an apostle? am I not free? have I not seen Jesus Christ our Lord? are not ye my work in the Lord? -- 1 corinthians 9:1 +. +If I be not an apostle unto others, yet doubtless I am to you: for the seal of mine apostleship are ye in the Lord. -- 1 corinthians 9:2 +. +Mine answer to them that do examine me is this, -- 1 corinthians 9:3 +. +Have we not power to eat and to drink? -- 1 corinthians 9:4 +. +Have we not power to lead about a sister, a wife, as well as other apostles, and as the brethren of the Lord, and Cephas? -- 1 corinthians 9:5 +. +Or I only and Barnabas, have not we power to forbear working? -- 1 corinthians 9:6 +. +Who goeth a warfare any time at his own charges? who planteth a vineyard, and eateth not of the fruit thereof? or who feedeth a flock, and eateth not of the milk of the flock? -- 1 corinthians 9:7 +. +Say I these things as a man? or saith not the law the same also? -- 1 corinthians 9:8 +. +For it is written in the law of Moses, Thou shalt not muzzle the mouth of the ox that treadeth out the corn. Doth God take care for oxen? -- 1 corinthians 9:9 +. +Or saith he it altogether for our sakes? For our sakes, no doubt, this is written: that he that ploweth should plow in hope; and that he that thresheth in hope should be partaker of his hope. -- 1 corinthians 9:10 +. +If we have sown unto you spiritual things, is it a great thing if we shall reap your carnal things? -- 1 corinthians 9:11 +. +If others be partakers of this power over you, are not we rather? Nevertheless we have not used this power; but suffer all things, lest we should hinder the gospel of Christ. -- 1 corinthians 9:12 +. +Do ye not know that they which minister about holy things live of the things of the temple? and they which wait at the altar are partakers with the altar? -- 1 corinthians 9:13 +. +Even so hath the Lord ordained that they which preach the gospel should live of the gospel. -- 1 corinthians 9:14 +. +But I have used none of these things: neither have I written these things, that it should be so done unto me: for it were better for me to die, than that any man should make my glorying void. -- 1 corinthians 9:15 +. +For though I preach the gospel, I have nothing to glory of: for necessity is laid upon me; yea, woe is unto me, if I preach not the gospel! -- 1 corinthians 9:16 +. +For if I do this thing willingly, I have a reward: but if against my will, a dispensation of the gospel is committed unto me. -- 1 corinthians 9:17 +. +What is my reward then? Verily that, when I preach the gospel, I may make the gospel of Christ without charge, that I abuse not my power in the gospel. -- 1 corinthians 9:18 +. +For though I be free from all men, yet have I made myself servant unto all, that I might gain the more. -- 1 corinthians 9:19 +. +And unto the Jews I became as a Jew, that I might gain the Jews; to them that are under the law, as under the law, that I might gain them that are under the law; -- 1 corinthians 9:20 +. +To them that are without law, as without law, (being not without law to God, but under the law to Christ,) that I might gain them that are without law. -- 1 corinthians 9:21 +. +To the weak became I as weak, that I might gain the weak: I am made all things to all men, that I might by all means save some. -- 1 corinthians 9:22 +. +And this I do for the gospel's sake, that I might be partaker thereof with you. -- 1 corinthians 9:23 +. +Know ye not that they which run in a race run all, but one receiveth the prize? So run, that ye may obtain. -- 1 corinthians 9:24 +. +And every man that striveth for the mastery is temperate in all things. Now they do it to obtain a corruptible crown; but we an incorruptible. -- 1 corinthians 9:25 +. +I therefore so run, not as uncertainly; so fight I, not as one that beateth the air: -- 1 corinthians 9:26 +. +But I keep under my body, and bring it into subjection: lest that by any means, when I have preached to others, I myself should be a castaway. -- 1 corinthians 9:27 +. +Moreover, brethren, I would not that ye should be ignorant, how that all our fathers were under the cloud, and all passed through the sea; -- 1 corinthians 10:1 +. +And were all baptized unto Moses in the cloud and in the sea; -- 1 corinthians 10:2 +. +And did all eat the same spiritual meat; -- 1 corinthians 10:3 +. +And did all drink the same spiritual drink: for they drank of that spiritual Rock that followed them: and that Rock was Christ. -- 1 corinthians 10:4 +. +But with many of them God was not well pleased: for they were overthrown in the wilderness. -- 1 corinthians 10:5 +. +Now these things were our examples, to the intent we should not lust after evil things, as they also lusted. -- 1 corinthians 10:6 +. +Neither be ye idolaters, as were some of them; as it is written, The people sat down to eat and drink, and rose up to play. -- 1 corinthians 10:7 +. +Neither let us commit fornication, as some of them committed, and fell in one day three and twenty thousand. -- 1 corinthians 10:8 +. +Neither let us tempt Christ, as some of them also tempted, and were destroyed of serpents. -- 1 corinthians 10:9 +. +Neither murmur ye, as some of them also murmured, and were destroyed of the destroyer. -- 1 corinthians 10:10 +. +Now all these things happened unto them for ensamples: and they are written for our admonition, upon whom the ends of the world are come. -- 1 corinthians 10:11 +. +Wherefore let him that thinketh he standeth take heed lest he fall. -- 1 corinthians 10:12 +. +There hath no temptation taken you but such as is common to man: but God is faithful, who will not suffer you to be tempted above that ye are able; but will with the temptation also make a way to escape, that ye may be able to bear it. -- 1 corinthians 10:13 +. +Wherefore, my dearly beloved, flee from idolatry. -- 1 corinthians 10:14 +. +I speak as to wise men; judge ye what I say. -- 1 corinthians 10:15 +. +The cup of blessing which we bless, is it not the communion of the blood of Christ? The bread which we break, is it not the communion of the body of Christ? -- 1 corinthians 10:16 +. +For we being many are one bread, and one body: for we are all partakers of that one bread. -- 1 corinthians 10:17 +. +Behold Israel after the flesh: are not they which eat of the sacrifices partakers of the altar? -- 1 corinthians 10:18 +. +What say I then? that the idol is any thing, or that which is offered in sacrifice to idols is any thing? -- 1 corinthians 10:19 +. +But I say, that the things which the Gentiles sacrifice, they sacrifice to devils, and not to God: and I would not that ye should have fellowship with devils. -- 1 corinthians 10:20 +. +Ye cannot drink the cup of the Lord, and the cup of devils: ye cannot be partakers of the Lord's table, and of the table of devils. -- 1 corinthians 10:21 +. +Do we provoke the Lord to jealousy? are we stronger than he? -- 1 corinthians 10:22 +. +All things are lawful for me, but all things are not expedient: all things are lawful for me, but all things edify not. -- 1 corinthians 10:23 +. +Let no man seek his own, but every man another's wealth. -- 1 corinthians 10:24 +. +Whatsoever is sold in the shambles, that eat, asking no question for conscience sake: -- 1 corinthians 10:25 +. +For the earth is the Lord's, and the fulness thereof. -- 1 corinthians 10:26 +. +If any of them that believe not bid you to a feast, and ye be disposed to go; whatsoever is set before you, eat, asking no question for conscience sake. -- 1 corinthians 10:27 +. +But if any man say unto you, This is offered in sacrifice unto idols, eat not for his sake that shewed it, and for conscience sake: for the earth is the Lord's, and the fulness thereof: -- 1 corinthians 10:28 +. +Conscience, I say, not thine own, but of the other: for why is my liberty judged of another man's conscience? -- 1 corinthians 10:29 +. +For if I by grace be a partaker, why am I evil spoken of for that for which I give thanks? -- 1 corinthians 10:30 +. +Whether therefore ye eat, or drink, or whatsoever ye do, do all to the glory of God. -- 1 corinthians 10:31 +. +Give none offence, neither to the Jews, nor to the Gentiles, nor to the church of God: -- 1 corinthians 10:32 +. +Even as I please all men in all things, not seeking mine own profit, but the profit of many, that they may be saved. -- 1 corinthians 10:33 +. +Be ye followers of me, even as I also am of Christ. -- 1 corinthians 11:1 +. +Now I praise you, brethren, that ye remember me in all things, and keep the ordinances, as I delivered them to you. -- 1 corinthians 11:2 +. +But I would have you know, that the head of every man is Christ; and the head of the woman is the man; and the head of Christ is God. -- 1 corinthians 11:3 +. +Every man praying or prophesying, having his head covered, dishonoureth his head. -- 1 corinthians 11:4 +. +But every woman that prayeth or prophesieth with her head uncovered dishonoureth her head: for that is even all one as if she were shaven. -- 1 corinthians 11:5 +. +For if the woman be not covered, let her also be shorn: but if it be a shame for a woman to be shorn or shaven, let her be covered. -- 1 corinthians 11:6 +. +For a man indeed ought not to cover his head, forasmuch as he is the image and glory of God: but the woman is the glory of the man. -- 1 corinthians 11:7 +. +For the man is not of the woman: but the woman of the man. -- 1 corinthians 11:8 +. +Neither was the man created for the woman; but the woman for the man. -- 1 corinthians 11:9 +. +For this cause ought the woman to have power on her head because of the angels. -- 1 corinthians 11:10 +. +Nevertheless neither is the man without the woman, neither the woman without the man, in the Lord. -- 1 corinthians 11:11 +. +For as the woman is of the man, even so is the man also by the woman; but all things of God. -- 1 corinthians 11:12 +. +Judge in yourselves: is it comely that a woman pray unto God uncovered? -- 1 corinthians 11:13 +. +Doth not even nature itself teach you, that, if a man have long hair, it is a shame unto him? -- 1 corinthians 11:14 +. +But if a woman have long hair, it is a glory to her: for her hair is given her for a covering. -- 1 corinthians 11:15 +. +But if any man seem to be contentious, we have no such custom, neither the churches of God. -- 1 corinthians 11:16 +. +Now in this that I declare unto you I praise you not, that ye come together not for the better, but for the worse. -- 1 corinthians 11:17 +. +For first of all, when ye come together in the church, I hear that there be divisions among you; and I partly believe it. -- 1 corinthians 11:18 +. +For there must be also heresies among you, that they which are approved may be made manifest among you. -- 1 corinthians 11:19 +. +When ye come together therefore into one place, this is not to eat the Lord's supper. -- 1 corinthians 11:20 +. +For in eating every one taketh before other his own supper: and one is hungry, and another is drunken. -- 1 corinthians 11:21 +. +What? have ye not houses to eat and to drink in? or despise ye the church of God, and shame them that have not? What shall I say to you? shall I praise you in this? I praise you not. -- 1 corinthians 11:22 +. +For I have received of the Lord that which also I delivered unto you, That the Lord Jesus the same night in which he was betrayed took bread: -- 1 corinthians 11:23 +. +And when he had given thanks, he brake it, and said, Take, eat: this is my body, which is broken for you: this do in remembrance of me. -- 1 corinthians 11:24 +. +After the same manner also he took the cup, when he had supped, saying, This cup is the new testament in my blood: this do ye, as oft as ye drink it, in remembrance of me. -- 1 corinthians 11:25 +. +For as often as ye eat this bread, and drink this cup, ye do shew the Lord's death till he come. -- 1 corinthians 11:26 +. +Wherefore whosoever shall eat this bread, and drink this cup of the Lord, unworthily, shall be guilty of the body and blood of the Lord. -- 1 corinthians 11:27 +. +But let a man examine himself, and so let him eat of that bread, and drink of that cup. -- 1 corinthians 11:28 +. +For he that eateth and drinketh unworthily, eateth and drinketh damnation to himself, not discerning the Lord's body. -- 1 corinthians 11:29 +. +For this cause many are weak and sickly among you, and many sleep. -- 1 corinthians 11:30 +. +For if we would judge ourselves, we should not be judged. -- 1 corinthians 11:31 +. +But when we are judged, we are chastened of the Lord, that we should not be condemned with the world. -- 1 corinthians 11:32 +. +Wherefore, my brethren, when ye come together to eat, tarry one for another. -- 1 corinthians 11:33 +. +And if any man hunger, let him eat at home; that ye come not together unto condemnation. And the rest will I set in order when I come. -- 1 corinthians 11:34 +. +Now concerning spiritual gifts, brethren, I would not have you ignorant. -- 1 corinthians 12:1 +. +Ye know that ye were Gentiles, carried away unto these dumb idols, even as ye were led. -- 1 corinthians 12:2 +. +Wherefore I give you to understand, that no man speaking by the Spirit of God calleth Jesus accursed: and that no man can say that Jesus is the Lord, but by the Holy Ghost. -- 1 corinthians 12:3 +. +Now there are diversities of gifts, but the same Spirit. -- 1 corinthians 12:4 +. +And there are differences of administrations, but the same Lord. -- 1 corinthians 12:5 +. +And there are diversities of operations, but it is the same God which worketh all in all. -- 1 corinthians 12:6 +. +But the manifestation of the Spirit is given to every man to profit withal. -- 1 corinthians 12:7 +. +For to one is given by the Spirit the word of wisdom; to another the word of knowledge by the same Spirit; -- 1 corinthians 12:8 +. +To another faith by the same Spirit; to another the gifts of healing by the same Spirit; -- 1 corinthians 12:9 +. +To another the working of miracles; to another prophecy; to another discerning of spirits; to another divers kinds of tongues; to another the interpretation of tongues: -- 1 corinthians 12:10 +. +But all these worketh that one and the selfsame Spirit, dividing to every man severally as he will. -- 1 corinthians 12:11 +. +For as the body is one, and hath many members, and all the members of that one body, being many, are one body: so also is Christ. -- 1 corinthians 12:12 +. +For by one Spirit are we all baptized into one body, whether we be Jews or Gentiles, whether we be bond or free; and have been all made to drink into one Spirit. -- 1 corinthians 12:13 +. +For the body is not one member, but many. -- 1 corinthians 12:14 +. +If the foot shall say, Because I am not the hand, I am not of the body; is it therefore not of the body? -- 1 corinthians 12:15 +. +And if the ear shall say, Because I am not the eye, I am not of the body; is it therefore not of the body? -- 1 corinthians 12:16 +. +If the whole body were an eye, where were the hearing? If the whole were hearing, where were the smelling? -- 1 corinthians 12:17 +. +But now hath God set the members every one of them in the body, as it hath pleased him. -- 1 corinthians 12:18 +. +And if they were all one member, where were the body? -- 1 corinthians 12:19 +. +But now are they many members, yet but one body. -- 1 corinthians 12:20 +. +And the eye cannot say unto the hand, I have no need of thee: nor again the head to the feet, I have no need of you. -- 1 corinthians 12:21 +. +Nay, much more those members of the body, which seem to be more feeble, are necessary: -- 1 corinthians 12:22 +. +And those members of the body, which we think to be less honourable, upon these we bestow more abundant honour; and our uncomely parts have more abundant comeliness. -- 1 corinthians 12:23 +. +For our comely parts have no need: but God hath tempered the body together, having given more abundant honour to that part which lacked. -- 1 corinthians 12:24 +. +That there should be no schism in the body; but that the members should have the same care one for another. -- 1 corinthians 12:25 +. +And whether one member suffer, all the members suffer with it; or one member be honoured, all the members rejoice with it. -- 1 corinthians 12:26 +. +Now ye are the body of Christ, and members in particular. -- 1 corinthians 12:27 +. +And God hath set some in the church, first apostles, secondarily prophets, thirdly teachers, after that miracles, then gifts of healings, helps, governments, diversities of tongues. -- 1 corinthians 12:28 +. +Are all apostles? are all prophets? are all teachers? are all workers of miracles? -- 1 corinthians 12:29 +. +Have all the gifts of healing? do all speak with tongues? do all interpret? -- 1 corinthians 12:30 +. +But covet earnestly the best gifts: and yet shew I unto you a more excellent way. -- 1 corinthians 12:31 +. +Though I speak with the tongues of men and of angels, and have not charity, I am become as sounding brass, or a tinkling cymbal. -- 1 corinthians 13:1 +. +And though I have the gift of prophecy, and understand all mysteries, and all knowledge; and though I have all faith, so that I could remove mountains, and have not charity, I am nothing. -- 1 corinthians 13:2 +. +And though I bestow all my goods to feed the poor, and though I give my body to be burned, and have not charity, it profiteth me nothing. -- 1 corinthians 13:3 +. +Charity suffereth long, and is kind; charity envieth not; charity vaunteth not itself, is not puffed up, -- 1 corinthians 13:4 +. +Doth not behave itself unseemly, seeketh not her own, is not easily provoked, thinketh no evil; -- 1 corinthians 13:5 +. +Rejoiceth not in iniquity, but rejoiceth in the truth; -- 1 corinthians 13:6 +. +Beareth all things, believeth all things, hopeth all things, endureth all things. -- 1 corinthians 13:7 +. +Charity never faileth: but whether there be prophecies, they shall fail; whether there be tongues, they shall cease; whether there be knowledge, it shall vanish away. -- 1 corinthians 13:8 +. +For we know in part, and we prophesy in part. -- 1 corinthians 13:9 +. +But when that which is perfect is come, then that which is in part shall be done away. -- 1 corinthians 13:10 +. +When I was a child, I spake as a child, I understood as a child, I thought as a child: but when I became a man, I put away childish things. -- 1 corinthians 13:11 +. +For now we see through a glass, darkly; but then face to face: now I know in part; but then shall I know even as also I am known. -- 1 corinthians 13:12 +. +And now abideth faith, hope, charity, these three; but the greatest of these is charity. -- 1 corinthians 13:13 +. +Follow after charity, and desire spiritual gifts, but rather that ye may prophesy. -- 1 corinthians 14:1 +. +For he that speaketh in an unknown tongue speaketh not unto men, but unto God: for no man understandeth him; howbeit in the spirit he speaketh mysteries. -- 1 corinthians 14:2 +. +But he that prophesieth speaketh unto men to edification, and exhortation, and comfort. -- 1 corinthians 14:3 +. +He that speaketh in an unknown tongue edifieth himself; but he that prophesieth edifieth the church. -- 1 corinthians 14:4 +. +I would that ye all spake with tongues but rather that ye prophesied: for greater is he that prophesieth than he that speaketh with tongues, except he interpret, that the church may receive edifying. -- 1 corinthians 14:5 +. +Now, brethren, if I come unto you speaking with tongues, what shall I profit you, except I shall speak to you either by revelation, or by knowledge, or by prophesying, or by doctrine? -- 1 corinthians 14:6 +. +And even things without life giving sound, whether pipe or harp, except they give a distinction in the sounds, how shall it be known what is piped or harped? -- 1 corinthians 14:7 +. +For if the trumpet give an uncertain sound, who shall prepare himself to the battle? -- 1 corinthians 14:8 +. +So likewise ye, except ye utter by the tongue words easy to be understood, how shall it be known what is spoken? for ye shall speak into the air. -- 1 corinthians 14:9 +. +There are, it may be, so many kinds of voices in the world, and none of them is without signification. -- 1 corinthians 14:10 +. +Therefore if I know not the meaning of the voice, I shall be unto him that speaketh a barbarian, and he that speaketh shall be a barbarian unto me. -- 1 corinthians 14:11 +. +Even so ye, forasmuch as ye are zealous of spiritual gifts, seek that ye may excel to the edifying of the church. -- 1 corinthians 14:12 +. +Wherefore let him that speaketh in an unknown tongue pray that he may interpret. -- 1 corinthians 14:13 +. +For if I pray in an unknown tongue, my spirit prayeth, but my understanding is unfruitful. -- 1 corinthians 14:14 +. +What is it then? I will pray with the spirit, and I will pray with the understanding also: I will sing with the spirit, and I will sing with the understanding also. -- 1 corinthians 14:15 +. +Else when thou shalt bless with the spirit, how shall he that occupieth the room of the unlearned say Amen at thy giving of thanks, seeing he understandeth not what thou sayest? -- 1 corinthians 14:16 +. +For thou verily givest thanks well, but the other is not edified. -- 1 corinthians 14:17 +. +I thank my God, I speak with tongues more than ye all: -- 1 corinthians 14:18 +. +Yet in the church I had rather speak five words with my understanding, that by my voice I might teach others also, than ten thousand words in an unknown tongue. -- 1 corinthians 14:19 +. +Brethren, be not children in understanding: howbeit in malice be ye children, but in understanding be men. -- 1 corinthians 14:20 +. +In the law it is written, With men of other tongues and other lips will I speak unto this people; and yet for all that will they not hear me, saith the Lord. -- 1 corinthians 14:21 +. +Wherefore tongues are for a sign, not to them that believe, but to them that believe not: but prophesying serveth not for them that believe not, but for them which believe. -- 1 corinthians 14:22 +. +If therefore the whole church be come together into one place, and all speak with tongues, and there come in those that are unlearned, or unbelievers, will they not say that ye are mad? -- 1 corinthians 14:23 +. +But if all prophesy, and there come in one that believeth not, or one unlearned, he is convinced of all, he is judged of all: -- 1 corinthians 14:24 +. +And thus are the secrets of his heart made manifest; and so falling down on his face he will worship God, and report that God is in you of a truth. -- 1 corinthians 14:25 +. +How is it then, brethren? when ye come together, every one of you hath a psalm, hath a doctrine, hath a tongue, hath a revelation, hath an interpretation. Let all things be done unto edifying. -- 1 corinthians 14:26 +. +If any man speak in an unknown tongue, let it be by two, or at the most by three, and that by course; and let one interpret. -- 1 corinthians 14:27 +. +But if there be no interpreter, let him keep silence in the church; and let him speak to himself, and to God. -- 1 corinthians 14:28 +. +Let the prophets speak two or three, and let the other judge. -- 1 corinthians 14:29 +. +If any thing be revealed to another that sitteth by, let the first hold his peace. -- 1 corinthians 14:30 +. +For ye may all prophesy one by one, that all may learn, and all may be comforted. -- 1 corinthians 14:31 +. +And the spirits of the prophets are subject to the prophets. -- 1 corinthians 14:32 +. +For God is not the author of confusion, but of peace, as in all churches of the saints. -- 1 corinthians 14:33 +. +Let your women keep silence in the churches: for it is not permitted unto them to speak; but they are commanded to be under obedience as also saith the law. -- 1 corinthians 14:34 +. +And if they will learn any thing, let them ask their husbands at home: for it is a shame for women to speak in the church. -- 1 corinthians 14:35 +. +What? came the word of God out from you? or came it unto you only? -- 1 corinthians 14:36 +. +If any man think himself to be a prophet, or spiritual, let him acknowledge that the things that I write unto you are the commandments of the Lord. -- 1 corinthians 14:37 +. +But if any man be ignorant, let him be ignorant. -- 1 corinthians 14:38 +. +Wherefore, brethren, covet to prophesy, and forbid not to speak with tongues. -- 1 corinthians 14:39 +. +Let all things be done decently and in order. -- 1 corinthians 14:40 +. +Moreover, brethren, I declare unto you the gospel which I preached unto you, which also ye have received, and wherein ye stand; -- 1 corinthians 15:1 +. +By which also ye are saved, if ye keep in memory what I preached unto you, unless ye have believed in vain. -- 1 corinthians 15:2 +. +For I delivered unto you first of all that which I also received, how that Christ died for our sins according to the scriptures; -- 1 corinthians 15:3 +. +And that he was buried, and that he rose again the third day according to the scriptures: -- 1 corinthians 15:4 +. +And that he was seen of Cephas, then of the twelve: -- 1 corinthians 15:5 +. +After that, he was seen of above five hundred brethren at once; of whom the greater part remain unto this present, but some are fallen asleep. -- 1 corinthians 15:6 +. +After that, he was seen of James; then of all the apostles. -- 1 corinthians 15:7 +. +And last of all he was seen of me also, as of one born out of due time. -- 1 corinthians 15:8 +. +For I am the least of the apostles, that am not meet to be called an apostle, because I persecuted the church of God. -- 1 corinthians 15:9 +. +But by the grace of God I am what I am: and his grace which was bestowed upon me was not in vain; but I laboured more abundantly than they all: yet not I, but the grace of God which was with me. -- 1 corinthians 15:10 +. +Therefore whether it were I or they, so we preach, and so ye believed. -- 1 corinthians 15:11 +. +Now if Christ be preached that he rose from the dead, how say some among you that there is no resurrection of the dead? -- 1 corinthians 15:12 +. +But if there be no resurrection of the dead, then is Christ not risen: -- 1 corinthians 15:13 +. +And if Christ be not risen, then is our preaching vain, and your faith is also vain. -- 1 corinthians 15:14 +. +Yea, and we are found false witnesses of God; because we have testified of God that he raised up Christ: whom he raised not up, if so be that the dead rise not. -- 1 corinthians 15:15 +. +For if the dead rise not, then is not Christ raised: -- 1 corinthians 15:16 +. +And if Christ be not raised, your faith is vain; ye are yet in your sins. -- 1 corinthians 15:17 +. +Then they also which are fallen asleep in Christ are perished. -- 1 corinthians 15:18 +. +If in this life only we have hope in Christ, we are of all men most miserable. -- 1 corinthians 15:19 +. +But now is Christ risen from the dead, and become the firstfruits of them that slept. -- 1 corinthians 15:20 +. +For since by man came death, by man came also the resurrection of the dead. -- 1 corinthians 15:21 +. +For as in Adam all die, even so in Christ shall all be made alive. -- 1 corinthians 15:22 +. +But every man in his own order: Christ the firstfruits; afterward they that are Christ's at his coming. -- 1 corinthians 15:23 +. +Then cometh the end, when he shall have delivered up the kingdom to God, even the Father; when he shall have put down all rule and all authority and power. -- 1 corinthians 15:24 +. +For he must reign, till he hath put all enemies under his feet. -- 1 corinthians 15:25 +. +The last enemy that shall be destroyed is death. -- 1 corinthians 15:26 +. +For he hath put all things under his feet. But when he saith all things are put under him, it is manifest that he is excepted, which did put all things under him. -- 1 corinthians 15:27 +. +And when all things shall be subdued unto him, then shall the Son also himself be subject unto him that put all things under him, that God may be all in all. -- 1 corinthians 15:28 +. +Else what shall they do which are baptized for the dead, if the dead rise not at all? why are they then baptized for the dead? -- 1 corinthians 15:29 +. +And why stand we in jeopardy every hour? -- 1 corinthians 15:30 +. +I protest by your rejoicing which I have in Christ Jesus our Lord, I die daily. -- 1 corinthians 15:31 +. +If after the manner of men I have fought with beasts at Ephesus, what advantageth it me, if the dead rise not? let us eat and drink; for to morrow we die. -- 1 corinthians 15:32 +. +Be not deceived: evil communications corrupt good manners. -- 1 corinthians 15:33 +. +Awake to righteousness, and sin not; for some have not the knowledge of God: I speak this to your shame. -- 1 corinthians 15:34 +. +But some man will say, How are the dead raised up? and with what body do they come? -- 1 corinthians 15:35 +. +Thou fool, that which thou sowest is not quickened, except it die: -- 1 corinthians 15:36 +. +And that which thou sowest, thou sowest not that body that shall be, but bare grain, it may chance of wheat, or of some other grain: -- 1 corinthians 15:37 +. +But God giveth it a body as it hath pleased him, and to every seed his own body. -- 1 corinthians 15:38 +. +All flesh is not the same flesh: but there is one kind of flesh of men, another flesh of beasts, another of fishes, and another of birds. -- 1 corinthians 15:39 +. +There are also celestial bodies, and bodies terrestrial: but the glory of the celestial is one, and the glory of the terrestrial is another. -- 1 corinthians 15:40 +. +There is one glory of the sun, and another glory of the moon, and another glory of the stars: for one star differeth from another star in glory. -- 1 corinthians 15:41 +. +So also is the resurrection of the dead. It is sown in corruption; it is raised in incorruption: -- 1 corinthians 15:42 +. +It is sown in dishonour; it is raised in glory: it is sown in weakness; it is raised in power: -- 1 corinthians 15:43 +. +It is sown a natural body; it is raised a spiritual body. There is a natural body, and there is a spiritual body. -- 1 corinthians 15:44 +. +And so it is written, The first man Adam was made a living soul; the last Adam was made a quickening spirit. -- 1 corinthians 15:45 +. +Howbeit that was not first which is spiritual, but that which is natural; and afterward that which is spiritual. -- 1 corinthians 15:46 +. +The first man is of the earth, earthy; the second man is the Lord from heaven. -- 1 corinthians 15:47 +. +As is the earthy, such are they also that are earthy: and as is the heavenly, such are they also that are heavenly. -- 1 corinthians 15:48 +. +And as we have borne the image of the earthy, we shall also bear the image of the heavenly. -- 1 corinthians 15:49 +. +Now this I say, brethren, that flesh and blood cannot inherit the kingdom of God; neither doth corruption inherit incorruption. -- 1 corinthians 15:50 +. +Behold, I shew you a mystery; We shall not all sleep, but we shall all be changed, -- 1 corinthians 15:51 +. +In a moment, in the twinkling of an eye, at the last trump: for the trumpet shall sound, and the dead shall be raised incorruptible, and we shall be changed. -- 1 corinthians 15:52 +. +For this corruptible must put on incorruption, and this mortal must put on immortality. -- 1 corinthians 15:53 +. +So when this corruptible shall have put on incorruption, and this mortal shall have put on immortality, then shall be brought to pass the saying that is written, Death is swallowed up in victory. -- 1 corinthians 15:54 +. +O death, where is thy sting? O grave, where is thy victory? -- 1 corinthians 15:55 +. +The sting of death is sin; and the strength of sin is the law. -- 1 corinthians 15:56 +. +But thanks be to God, which giveth us the victory through our Lord Jesus Christ. -- 1 corinthians 15:57 +. +Therefore, my beloved brethren, be ye stedfast, unmoveable, always abounding in the work of the Lord, forasmuch as ye know that your labour is not in vain in the Lord. -- 1 corinthians 15:58 +. +Now concerning the collection for the saints, as I have given order to the churches of Galatia, even so do ye. -- 1 corinthians 16:1 +. +Upon the first day of the week let every one of you lay by him in store, as God hath prospered him, that there be no gatherings when I come. -- 1 corinthians 16:2 +. +And when I come, whomsoever ye shall approve by your letters, them will I send to bring your liberality unto Jerusalem. -- 1 corinthians 16:3 +. +And if it be meet that I go also, they shall go with me. -- 1 corinthians 16:4 +. +Now I will come unto you, when I shall pass through Macedonia: for I do pass through Macedonia. -- 1 corinthians 16:5 +. +And it may be that I will abide, yea, and winter with you, that ye may bring me on my journey whithersoever I go. -- 1 corinthians 16:6 +. +For I will not see you now by the way; but I trust to tarry a while with you, if the Lord permit. -- 1 corinthians 16:7 +. +But I will tarry at Ephesus until Pentecost. -- 1 corinthians 16:8 +. +For a great door and effectual is opened unto me, and there are many adversaries. -- 1 corinthians 16:9 +. +Now if Timotheus come, see that he may be with you without fear: for he worketh the work of the Lord, as I also do. -- 1 corinthians 16:10 +. +Let no man therefore despise him: but conduct him forth in peace, that he may come unto me: for I look for him with the brethren. -- 1 corinthians 16:11 +. +As touching our brother Apollos, I greatly desired him to come unto you with the brethren: but his will was not at all to come at this time; but he will come when he shall have convenient time. -- 1 corinthians 16:12 +. +Watch ye, stand fast in the faith, quit you like men, be strong. -- 1 corinthians 16:13 +. +Let all your things be done with charity. -- 1 corinthians 16:14 +. +I beseech you, brethren, (ye know the house of Stephanas, that it is the firstfruits of Achaia, and that they have addicted themselves to the ministry of the saints,) -- 1 corinthians 16:15 +. +That ye submit yourselves unto such, and to every one that helpeth with us, and laboureth. -- 1 corinthians 16:16 +. +I am glad of the coming of Stephanas and Fortunatus and Achaicus: for that which was lacking on your part they have supplied. -- 1 corinthians 16:17 +. +For they have refreshed my spirit and your's: therefore acknowledge ye them that are such. -- 1 corinthians 16:18 +. +The churches of Asia salute you. Aquila and Priscilla salute you much in the Lord, with the church that is in their house. -- 1 corinthians 16:19 +. +All the brethren greet you. Greet ye one another with an holy kiss. -- 1 corinthians 16:20 +. +The salutation of me Paul with mine own hand. -- 1 corinthians 16:21 +. +If any man love not the Lord Jesus Christ, let him be Anathema Maranatha. -- 1 corinthians 16:22 +. +The grace of our Lord Jesus Christ be with you. -- 1 corinthians 16:23 +. +My love be with you all in Christ Jesus. Amen. -- 1 corinthians 16:24 +. +Paul, an apostle of Jesus Christ by the will of God, and Timothy our brother, unto the church of God which is at Corinth, with all the saints which are in all Achaia: -- 2 corinthians 1:1 +. +Grace be to you and peace from God our Father, and from the Lord Jesus Christ. -- 2 corinthians 1:2 +. +Blessed be God, even the Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, the Father of mercies, and the God of all comfort; -- 2 corinthians 1:3 +. +Who comforteth us in all our tribulation, that we may be able to comfort them which are in any trouble, by the comfort wherewith we ourselves are comforted of God. -- 2 corinthians 1:4 +. +For as the sufferings of Christ abound in us, so our consolation also aboundeth by Christ. -- 2 corinthians 1:5 +. +And whether we be afflicted, it is for your consolation and salvation, which is effectual in the enduring of the same sufferings which we also suffer: or whether we be comforted, it is for your consolation and salvation. -- 2 corinthians 1:6 +. +And our hope of you is stedfast, knowing, that as ye are partakers of the sufferings, so shall ye be also of the consolation. -- 2 corinthians 1:7 +. +For we would not, brethren, have you ignorant of our trouble which came to us in Asia, that we were pressed out of measure, above strength, insomuch that we despaired even of life: -- 2 corinthians 1:8 +. +But we had the sentence of death in ourselves, that we should not trust in ourselves, but in God which raiseth the dead: -- 2 corinthians 1:9 +. +Who delivered us from so great a death, and doth deliver: in whom we trust that he will yet deliver us; -- 2 corinthians 1:10 +. +Ye also helping together by prayer for us, that for the gift bestowed upon us by the means of many persons thanks may be given by many on our behalf. -- 2 corinthians 1:11 +. +For our rejoicing is this, the testimony of our conscience, that in simplicity and godly sincerity, not with fleshly wisdom, but by the grace of God, we have had our conversation in the world, and more abundantly to you-ward. -- 2 corinthians 1:12 +. +For we write none other things unto you, than what ye read or acknowledge; and I trust ye shall acknowledge even to the end; -- 2 corinthians 1:13 +. +As also ye have acknowledged us in part, that we are your rejoicing, even as ye also are our's in the day of the Lord Jesus. -- 2 corinthians 1:14 +. +And in this confidence I was minded to come unto you before, that ye might have a second benefit; -- 2 corinthians 1:15 +. +And to pass by you into Macedonia, and to come again out of Macedonia unto you, and of you to be brought on my way toward Judaea. -- 2 corinthians 1:16 +. +When I therefore was thus minded, did I use lightness? or the things that I purpose, do I purpose according to the flesh, that with me there should be yea yea, and nay nay? -- 2 corinthians 1:17 +. +But as God is true, our word toward you was not yea and nay. -- 2 corinthians 1:18 +. +For the Son of God, Jesus Christ, who was preached among you by us, even by me and Silvanus and Timotheus, was not yea and nay, but in him was yea. -- 2 corinthians 1:19 +. +For all the promises of God in him are yea, and in him Amen, unto the glory of God by us. -- 2 corinthians 1:20 +. +Now he which stablisheth us with you in Christ, and hath anointed us, is God; -- 2 corinthians 1:21 +. +Who hath also sealed us, and given the earnest of the Spirit in our hearts. -- 2 corinthians 1:22 +. +Moreover I call God for a record upon my soul, that to spare you I came not as yet unto Corinth. -- 2 corinthians 1:23 +. +Not for that we have dominion over your faith, but are helpers of your joy: for by faith ye stand. -- 2 corinthians 1:24 +. +But I determined this with myself, that I would not come again to you in heaviness. -- 2 corinthians 2:1 +. +For if I make you sorry, who is he then that maketh me glad, but the same which is made sorry by me? -- 2 corinthians 2:2 +. +And I wrote this same unto you, lest, when I came, I should have sorrow from them of whom I ought to rejoice; having confidence in you all, that my joy is the joy of you all. -- 2 corinthians 2:3 +. +For out of much affliction and anguish of heart I wrote unto you with many tears; not that ye should be grieved, but that ye might know the love which I have more abundantly unto you. -- 2 corinthians 2:4 +. +But if any have caused grief, he hath not grieved me, but in part: that I may not overcharge you all. -- 2 corinthians 2:5 +. +Sufficient to such a man is this punishment, which was inflicted of many. -- 2 corinthians 2:6 +. +So that contrariwise ye ought rather to forgive him, and comfort him, lest perhaps such a one should be swallowed up with overmuch sorrow. -- 2 corinthians 2:7 +. +Wherefore I beseech you that ye would confirm your love toward him. -- 2 corinthians 2:8 +. +For to this end also did I write, that I might know the proof of you, whether ye be obedient in all things. -- 2 corinthians 2:9 +. +To whom ye forgive any thing, I forgive also: for if I forgave any thing, to whom I forgave it, for your sakes forgave I it in the person of Christ; -- 2 corinthians 2:10 +. +Lest Satan should get an advantage of us: for we are not ignorant of his devices. -- 2 corinthians 2:11 +. +Furthermore, when I came to Troas to preach Christ's gospel, and a door was opened unto me of the Lord, -- 2 corinthians 2:12 +. +I had no rest in my spirit, because I found not Titus my brother: but taking my leave of them, I went from thence into Macedonia. -- 2 corinthians 2:13 +. +Now thanks be unto God, which always causeth us to triumph in Christ, and maketh manifest the savour of his knowledge by us in every place. -- 2 corinthians 2:14 +. +For we are unto God a sweet savour of Christ, in them that are saved, and in them that perish: -- 2 corinthians 2:15 +. +To the one we are the savour of death unto death; and to the other the savour of life unto life. And who is sufficient for these things? -- 2 corinthians 2:16 +. +For we are not as many, which corrupt the word of God: but as of sincerity, but as of God, in the sight of God speak we in Christ. -- 2 corinthians 2:17 +. +Do we begin again to commend ourselves? or need we, as some others, epistles of commendation to you, or letters of commendation from you? -- 2 corinthians 3:1 +. +Ye are our epistle written in our hearts, known and read of all men: -- 2 corinthians 3:2 +. +Forasmuch as ye are manifestly declared to be the epistle of Christ ministered by us, written not with ink, but with the Spirit of the living God; not in tables of stone, but in fleshy tables of the heart. -- 2 corinthians 3:3 +. +And such trust have we through Christ to God-ward: -- 2 corinthians 3:4 +. +Not that we are sufficient of ourselves to think any thing as of ourselves; but our sufficiency is of God; -- 2 corinthians 3:5 +. +Who also hath made us able ministers of the new testament; not of the letter, but of the spirit: for the letter killeth, but the spirit giveth life. -- 2 corinthians 3:6 +. +But if the ministration of death, written and engraven in stones, was glorious, so that the children of Israel could not stedfastly behold the face of Moses for the glory of his countenance; which glory was to be done away: -- 2 corinthians 3:7 +. +How shall not the ministration of the spirit be rather glorious? -- 2 corinthians 3:8 +. +For if the ministration of condemnation be glory, much more doth the ministration of righteousness exceed in glory. -- 2 corinthians 3:9 +. +For even that which was made glorious had no glory in this respect, by reason of the glory that excelleth. -- 2 corinthians 3:10 +. +For if that which is done away was glorious, much more that which remaineth is glorious. -- 2 corinthians 3:11 +. +Seeing then that we have such hope, we use great plainness of speech: -- 2 corinthians 3:12 +. +And not as Moses, which put a vail over his face, that the children of Israel could not stedfastly look to the end of that which is abolished: -- 2 corinthians 3:13 +. +But their minds were blinded: for until this day remaineth the same vail untaken away in the reading of the old testament; which vail is done away in Christ. -- 2 corinthians 3:14 +. +But even unto this day, when Moses is read, the vail is upon their heart. -- 2 corinthians 3:15 +. +Nevertheless when it shall turn to the Lord, the vail shall be taken away. -- 2 corinthians 3:16 +. +Now the Lord is that Spirit: and where the Spirit of the Lord is, there is liberty. -- 2 corinthians 3:17 +. +But we all, with open face beholding as in a glass the glory of the Lord, are changed into the same image from glory to glory, even as by the Spirit of the Lord. -- 2 corinthians 3:18 +. +Therefore seeing we have this ministry, as we have received mercy, we faint not; -- 2 corinthians 4:1 +. +But have renounced the hidden things of dishonesty, not walking in craftiness, nor handling the word of God deceitfully; but by manifestation of the truth commending ourselves to every man's conscience in the sight of God. -- 2 corinthians 4:2 +. +But if our gospel be hid, it is hid to them that are lost: -- 2 corinthians 4:3 +. +In whom the god of this world hath blinded the minds of them which believe not, lest the light of the glorious gospel of Christ, who is the image of God, should shine unto them. -- 2 corinthians 4:4 +. +For we preach not ourselves, but Christ Jesus the Lord; and ourselves your servants for Jesus' sake. -- 2 corinthians 4:5 +. +For God, who commanded the light to shine out of darkness, hath shined in our hearts, to give the light of the knowledge of the glory of God in the face of Jesus Christ. -- 2 corinthians 4:6 +. +But we have this treasure in earthen vessels, that the excellency of the power may be of God, and not of us. -- 2 corinthians 4:7 +. +We are troubled on every side, yet not distressed; we are perplexed, but not in despair; -- 2 corinthians 4:8 +. +Persecuted, but not forsaken; cast down, but not destroyed; -- 2 corinthians 4:9 +. +Always bearing about in the body the dying of the Lord Jesus, that the life also of Jesus might be made manifest in our body. -- 2 corinthians 4:10 +. +For we which live are alway delivered unto death for Jesus' sake, that the life also of Jesus might be made manifest in our mortal flesh. -- 2 corinthians 4:11 +. +So then death worketh in us, but life in you. -- 2 corinthians 4:12 +. +We having the same spirit of faith, according as it is written, I believed, and therefore have I spoken; we also believe, and therefore speak; -- 2 corinthians 4:13 +. +Knowing that he which raised up the Lord Jesus shall raise up us also by Jesus, and shall present us with you. -- 2 corinthians 4:14 +. +For all things are for your sakes, that the abundant grace might through the thanksgiving of many redound to the glory of God. -- 2 corinthians 4:15 +. +For which cause we faint not; but though our outward man perish, yet the inward man is renewed day by day. -- 2 corinthians 4:16 +. +For our light affliction, which is but for a moment, worketh for us a far more exceeding and eternal weight of glory; -- 2 corinthians 4:17 +. +While we look not at the things which are seen, but at the things which are not seen: for the things which are seen are temporal; but the things which are not seen are eternal. -- 2 corinthians 4:18 +. +For we know that if our earthly house of this tabernacle were dissolved, we have a building of God, an house not made with hands, eternal in the heavens. -- 2 corinthians 5:1 +. +For in this we groan, earnestly desiring to be clothed upon with our house which is from heaven: -- 2 corinthians 5:2 +. +If so be that being clothed we shall not be found naked. -- 2 corinthians 5:3 +. +For we that are in this tabernacle do groan, being burdened: not for that we would be unclothed, but clothed upon, that mortality might be swallowed up of life. -- 2 corinthians 5:4 +. +Now he that hath wrought us for the selfsame thing is God, who also hath given unto us the earnest of the Spirit. -- 2 corinthians 5:5 +. +Therefore we are always confident, knowing that, whilst we are at home in the body, we are absent from the Lord: -- 2 corinthians 5:6 +. +(For we walk by faith, not by sight:) -- 2 corinthians 5:7 +. +We are confident, I say, and willing rather to be absent from the body, and to be present with the Lord. -- 2 corinthians 5:8 +. +Wherefore we labour, that, whether present or absent, we may be accepted of him. -- 2 corinthians 5:9 +. +For we must all appear before the judgment seat of Christ; that every one may receive the things done in his body, according to that he hath done, whether it be good or bad. -- 2 corinthians 5:10 +. +Knowing therefore the terror of the Lord, we persuade men; but we are made manifest unto God; and I trust also are made manifest in your consciences. -- 2 corinthians 5:11 +. +For we commend not ourselves again unto you, but give you occasion to glory on our behalf, that ye may have somewhat to answer them which glory in appearance, and not in heart. -- 2 corinthians 5:12 +. +For whether we be beside ourselves, it is to God: or whether we be sober, it is for your cause. -- 2 corinthians 5:13 +. +For the love of Christ constraineth us; because we thus judge, that if one died for all, then were all dead: -- 2 corinthians 5:14 +. +And that he died for all, that they which live should not henceforth live unto themselves, but unto him which died for them, and rose again. -- 2 corinthians 5:15 +. +Wherefore henceforth know we no man after the flesh: yea, though we have known Christ after the flesh, yet now henceforth know we him no more. -- 2 corinthians 5:16 +. +Therefore if any man be in Christ, he is a new creature: old things are passed away; behold, all things are become new. -- 2 corinthians 5:17 +. +And all things are of God, who hath reconciled us to himself by Jesus Christ, and hath given to us the ministry of reconciliation; -- 2 corinthians 5:18 +. +To wit, that God was in Christ, reconciling the world unto himself, not imputing their trespasses unto them; and hath committed unto us the word of reconciliation. -- 2 corinthians 5:19 +. +Now then we are ambassadors for Christ, as though God did beseech you by us: we pray you in Christ's stead, be ye reconciled to God. -- 2 corinthians 5:20 +. +For he hath made him to be sin for us, who knew no sin; that we might be made the righteousness of God in him. -- 2 corinthians 5:21 +. +We then, as workers together with him, beseech you also that ye receive not the grace of God in vain. -- 2 corinthians 6:1 +. +(For he saith, I have heard thee in a time accepted, and in the day of salvation have I succoured thee: behold, now is the accepted time; behold, now is the day of salvation.) -- 2 corinthians 6:2 +. +Giving no offence in any thing, that the ministry be not blamed: -- 2 corinthians 6:3 +. +But in all things approving ourselves as the ministers of God, in much patience, in afflictions, in necessities, in distresses, -- 2 corinthians 6:4 +. +In stripes, in imprisonments, in tumults, in labours, in watchings, in fastings; -- 2 corinthians 6:5 +. +By pureness, by knowledge, by longsuffering, by kindness, by the Holy Ghost, by love unfeigned, -- 2 corinthians 6:6 +. +By the word of truth, by the power of God, by the armour of righteousness on the right hand and on the left, -- 2 corinthians 6:7 +. +By honour and dishonour, by evil report and good report: as deceivers, and yet true; -- 2 corinthians 6:8 +. +As unknown, and yet well known; as dying, and, behold, we live; as chastened, and not killed; -- 2 corinthians 6:9 +. +As sorrowful, yet alway rejoicing; as poor, yet making many rich; as having nothing, and yet possessing all things. -- 2 corinthians 6:10 +. +O ye Corinthians, our mouth is open unto you, our heart is enlarged. -- 2 corinthians 6:11 +. +Ye are not straitened in us, but ye are straitened in your own bowels. -- 2 corinthians 6:12 +. +Now for a recompence in the same, (I speak as unto my children,) be ye also enlarged. -- 2 corinthians 6:13 +. +Be ye not unequally yoked together with unbelievers: for what fellowship hath righteousness with unrighteousness? and what communion hath light with darkness? -- 2 corinthians 6:14 +. +And what concord hath Christ with Belial? or what part hath he that believeth with an infidel? -- 2 corinthians 6:15 +. +And what agreement hath the temple of God with idols? for ye are the temple of the living God; as God hath said, I will dwell in them, and walk in them; and I will be their God, and they shall be my people. -- 2 corinthians 6:16 +. +Wherefore come out from among them, and be ye separate, saith the Lord, and touch not the unclean thing; and I will receive you. -- 2 corinthians 6:17 +. +And will be a Father unto you, and ye shall be my sons and daughters, saith the Lord Almighty. -- 2 corinthians 6:18 +. +Having therefore these promises, dearly beloved, let us cleanse ourselves from all filthiness of the flesh and spirit, perfecting holiness in the fear of God. -- 2 corinthians 7:1 +. +Receive us; we have wronged no man, we have corrupted no man, we have defrauded no man. -- 2 corinthians 7:2 +. +I speak not this to condemn you: for I have said before, that ye are in our hearts to die and live with you. -- 2 corinthians 7:3 +. +Great is my boldness of speech toward you, great is my glorying of you: I am filled with comfort, I am exceeding joyful in all our tribulation. -- 2 corinthians 7:4 +. +For, when we were come into Macedonia, our flesh had no rest, but we were troubled on every side; without were fightings, within were fears. -- 2 corinthians 7:5 +. +Nevertheless God, that comforteth those that are cast down, comforted us by the coming of Titus; -- 2 corinthians 7:6 +. +And not by his coming only, but by the consolation wherewith he was comforted in you, when he told us your earnest desire, your mourning, your fervent mind toward me; so that I rejoiced the more. -- 2 corinthians 7:7 +. +For though I made you sorry with a letter, I do not repent, though I did repent: for I perceive that the same epistle hath made you sorry, though it were but for a season. -- 2 corinthians 7:8 +. +Now I rejoice, not that ye were made sorry, but that ye sorrowed to repentance: for ye were made sorry after a godly manner, that ye might receive damage by us in nothing. -- 2 corinthians 7:9 +. +For godly sorrow worketh repentance to salvation not to be repented of: but the sorrow of the world worketh death. -- 2 corinthians 7:10 +. +For behold this selfsame thing, that ye sorrowed after a godly sort, what carefulness it wrought in you, yea, what clearing of yourselves, yea, what indignation, yea, what fear, yea, what vehement desire, yea, what zeal, yea, what revenge! In all things ye have approved yourselves to be clear in this matter. -- 2 corinthians 7:11 +. +Wherefore, though I wrote unto you, I did it not for his cause that had done the wrong, nor for his cause that suffered wrong, but that our care for you in the sight of God might appear unto you. -- 2 corinthians 7:12 +. +Therefore we were comforted in your comfort: yea, and exceedingly the more joyed we for the joy of Titus, because his spirit was refreshed by you all. -- 2 corinthians 7:13 +. +For if I have boasted any thing to him of you, I am not ashamed; but as we spake all things to you in truth, even so our boasting, which I made before Titus, is found a truth. -- 2 corinthians 7:14 +. +And his inward affection is more abundant toward you, whilst he remembereth the obedience of you all, how with fear and trembling ye received him. -- 2 corinthians 7:15 +. +I rejoice therefore that I have confidence in you in all things. -- 2 corinthians 7:16 +. +Moreover, brethren, we do you to wit of the grace of God bestowed on the churches of Macedonia; -- 2 corinthians 8:1 +. +How that in a great trial of affliction the abundance of their joy and their deep poverty abounded unto the riches of their liberality. -- 2 corinthians 8:2 +. +For to their power, I bear record, yea, and beyond their power they were willing of themselves; -- 2 corinthians 8:3 +. +Praying us with much intreaty that we would receive the gift, and take upon us the fellowship of the ministering to the saints. -- 2 corinthians 8:4 +. +And this they did, not as we hoped, but first gave their own selves to the Lord, and unto us by the will of God. -- 2 corinthians 8:5 +. +Insomuch that we desired Titus, that as he had begun, so he would also finish in you the same grace also. -- 2 corinthians 8:6 +. +Therefore, as ye abound in every thing, in faith, and utterance, and knowledge, and in all diligence, and in your love to us, see that ye abound in this grace also. -- 2 corinthians 8:7 +. +I speak not by commandment, but by occasion of the forwardness of others, and to prove the sincerity of your love. -- 2 corinthians 8:8 +. +For ye know the grace of our Lord Jesus Christ, that, though he was rich, yet for your sakes he became poor, that ye through his poverty might be rich. -- 2 corinthians 8:9 +. +And herein I give my advice: for this is expedient for you, who have begun before, not only to do, but also to be forward a year ago. -- 2 corinthians 8:10 +. +Now therefore perform the doing of it; that as there was a readiness to will, so there may be a performance also out of that which ye have. -- 2 corinthians 8:11 +. +For if there be first a willing mind, it is accepted according to that a man hath, and not according to that he hath not. -- 2 corinthians 8:12 +. +For I mean not that other men be eased, and ye burdened: -- 2 corinthians 8:13 +. +But by an equality, that now at this time your abundance may be a supply for their want, that their abundance also may be a supply for your want: that there may be equality: -- 2 corinthians 8:14 +. +As it is written, He that had gathered much had nothing over; and he that had gathered little had no lack. -- 2 corinthians 8:15 +. +But thanks be to God, which put the same earnest care into the heart of Titus for you. -- 2 corinthians 8:16 +. +For indeed he accepted the exhortation; but being more forward, of his own accord he went unto you. -- 2 corinthians 8:17 +. +And we have sent with him the brother, whose praise is in the gospel throughout all the churches; -- 2 corinthians 8:18 +. +And not that only, but who was also chosen of the churches to travel with us with this grace, which is administered by us to the glory of the same Lord, and declaration of your ready mind: -- 2 corinthians 8:19 +. +Avoiding this, that no man should blame us in this abundance which is administered by us: -- 2 corinthians 8:20 +. +Providing for honest things, not only in the sight of the Lord, but also in the sight of men. -- 2 corinthians 8:21 +. +And we have sent with them our brother, whom we have oftentimes proved diligent in many things, but now much more diligent, upon the great confidence which I have in you. -- 2 corinthians 8:22 +. +Whether any do enquire of Titus, he is my partner and fellowhelper concerning you: or our brethren be enquired of, they are the messengers of the churches, and the glory of Christ. -- 2 corinthians 8:23 +. +Wherefore shew ye to them, and before the churches, the proof of your love, and of our boasting on your behalf. -- 2 corinthians 8:24 +. +For as touching the ministering to the saints, it is superfluous for me to write to you: -- 2 corinthians 9:1 +. +For I know the forwardness of your mind, for which I boast of you to them of Macedonia, that Achaia was ready a year ago; and your zeal hath provoked very many. -- 2 corinthians 9:2 +. +Yet have I sent the brethren, lest our boasting of you should be in vain in this behalf; that, as I said, ye may be ready: -- 2 corinthians 9:3 +. +Lest haply if they of Macedonia come with me, and find you unprepared, we (that we say not, ye) should be ashamed in this same confident boasting. -- 2 corinthians 9:4 +. +Therefore I thought it necessary to exhort the brethren, that they would go before unto you, and make up beforehand your bounty, whereof ye had notice before, that the same might be ready, as a matter of bounty, and not as of covetousness. -- 2 corinthians 9:5 +. +But this I say, He which soweth sparingly shall reap also sparingly; and he which soweth bountifully shall reap also bountifully. -- 2 corinthians 9:6 +. +Every man according as he purposeth in his heart, so let him give; not grudgingly, or of necessity: for God loveth a cheerful giver. -- 2 corinthians 9:7 +. +And God is able to make all grace abound toward you; that ye, always having all sufficiency in all things, may abound to every good work: -- 2 corinthians 9:8 +. +(As it is written, He hath dispersed abroad; he hath given to the poor: his righteousness remaineth for ever. -- 2 corinthians 9:9 +. +Now he that ministereth seed to the sower both minister bread for your food, and multiply your seed sown, and increase the fruits of your righteousness;) -- 2 corinthians 9:10 +. +Being enriched in every thing to all bountifulness, which causeth through us thanksgiving to God. -- 2 corinthians 9:11 +. +For the administration of this service not only supplieth the want of the saints, but is abundant also by many thanksgivings unto God; -- 2 corinthians 9:12 +. +Whiles by the experiment of this ministration they glorify God for your professed subjection unto the gospel of Christ, and for your liberal distribution unto them, and unto all men; -- 2 corinthians 9:13 +. +And by their prayer for you, which long after you for the exceeding grace of God in you. -- 2 corinthians 9:14 +. +Thanks be unto God for his unspeakable gift. -- 2 corinthians 9:15 +. +Now I Paul myself beseech you by the meekness and gentleness of Christ, who in presence am base among you, but being absent am bold toward you: -- 2 corinthians 10:1 +. +But I beseech you, that I may not be bold when I am present with that confidence, wherewith I think to be bold against some, which think of us as if we walked according to the flesh. -- 2 corinthians 10:2 +. +For though we walk in the flesh, we do not war after the flesh: -- 2 corinthians 10:3 +. +(For the weapons of our warfare are not carnal, but mighty through God to the pulling down of strong holds;) -- 2 corinthians 10:4 +. +Casting down imaginations, and every high thing that exalteth itself against the knowledge of God, and bringing into captivity every thought to the obedience of Christ; -- 2 corinthians 10:5 +. +And having in a readiness to revenge all disobedience, when your obedience is fulfilled. -- 2 corinthians 10:6 +. +Do ye look on things after the outward appearance? If any man trust to himself that he is Christ's, let him of himself think this again, that, as he is Christ's, even so are we Christ's. -- 2 corinthians 10:7 +. +For though I should boast somewhat more of our authority, which the Lord hath given us for edification, and not for your destruction, I should not be ashamed: -- 2 corinthians 10:8 +. +That I may not seem as if I would terrify you by letters. -- 2 corinthians 10:9 +. +For his letters, say they, are weighty and powerful; but his bodily presence is weak, and his speech contemptible. -- 2 corinthians 10:10 +. +Let such an one think this, that, such as we are in word by letters when we are absent, such will we be also in deed when we are present. -- 2 corinthians 10:11 +. +For we dare not make ourselves of the number, or compare ourselves with some that commend themselves: but they measuring themselves by themselves, and comparing themselves among themselves, are not wise. -- 2 corinthians 10:12 +. +But we will not boast of things without our measure, but according to the measure of the rule which God hath distributed to us, a measure to reach even unto you. -- 2 corinthians 10:13 +. +For we stretch not ourselves beyond our measure, as though we reached not unto you: for we are come as far as to you also in preaching the gospel of Christ: -- 2 corinthians 10:14 +. +Not boasting of things without our measure, that is, of other men's labours; but having hope, when your faith is increased, that we shall be enlarged by you according to our rule abundantly, -- 2 corinthians 10:15 +. +To preach the gospel in the regions beyond you, and not to boast in another man's line of things made ready to our hand. -- 2 corinthians 10:16 +. +But he that glorieth, let him glory in the Lord. -- 2 corinthians 10:17 +. +For not he that commendeth himself is approved, but whom the Lord commendeth. -- 2 corinthians 10:18 +. +Would to God ye could bear with me a little in my folly: and indeed bear with me. -- 2 corinthians 11:1 +. +For I am jealous over you with godly jealousy: for I have espoused you to one husband, that I may present you as a chaste virgin to Christ. -- 2 corinthians 11:2 +. +But I fear, lest by any means, as the serpent beguiled Eve through his subtilty, so your minds should be corrupted from the simplicity that is in Christ. -- 2 corinthians 11:3 +. +For if he that cometh preacheth another Jesus, whom we have not preached, or if ye receive another spirit, which ye have not received, or another gospel, which ye have not accepted, ye might well bear with him. -- 2 corinthians 11:4 +. +For I suppose I was not a whit behind the very chiefest apostles. -- 2 corinthians 11:5 +. +But though I be rude in speech, yet not in knowledge; but we have been throughly made manifest among you in all things. -- 2 corinthians 11:6 +. +Have I committed an offence in abasing myself that ye might be exalted, because I have preached to you the gospel of God freely? -- 2 corinthians 11:7 +. +I robbed other churches, taking wages of them, to do you service. -- 2 corinthians 11:8 +. +And when I was present with you, and wanted, I was chargeable to no man: for that which was lacking to me the brethren which came from Macedonia supplied: and in all things I have kept myself from being burdensome unto you, and so will I keep myself. -- 2 corinthians 11:9 +. +As the truth of Christ is in me, no man shall stop me of this boasting in the regions of Achaia. -- 2 corinthians 11:10 +. +Wherefore? because I love you not? God knoweth. -- 2 corinthians 11:11 +. +But what I do, that I will do, that I may cut off occasion from them which desire occasion; that wherein they glory, they may be found even as we. -- 2 corinthians 11:12 +. +For such are false apostles, deceitful workers, transforming themselves into the apostles of Christ. -- 2 corinthians 11:13 +. +And no marvel; for Satan himself is transformed into an angel of light. -- 2 corinthians 11:14 +. +Therefore it is no great thing if his ministers also be transformed as the ministers of righteousness; whose end shall be according to their works. -- 2 corinthians 11:15 +. +I say again, Let no man think me a fool; if otherwise, yet as a fool receive me, that I may boast myself a little. -- 2 corinthians 11:16 +. +That which I speak, I speak it not after the Lord, but as it were foolishly, in this confidence of boasting. -- 2 corinthians 11:17 +. +Seeing that many glory after the flesh, I will glory also. -- 2 corinthians 11:18 +. +For ye suffer fools gladly, seeing ye yourselves are wise. -- 2 corinthians 11:19 +. +For ye suffer, if a man bring you into bondage, if a man devour you, if a man take of you, if a man exalt himself, if a man smite you on the face. -- 2 corinthians 11:20 +. +I speak as concerning reproach, as though we had been weak. Howbeit whereinsoever any is bold, (I speak foolishly,) I am bold also. -- 2 corinthians 11:21 +. +Are they Hebrews? so am I. Are they Israelites? so am I. Are they the seed of Abraham? so am I. -- 2 corinthians 11:22 +. +Are they ministers of Christ? (I speak as a fool) I am more; in labours more abundant, in stripes above measure, in prisons more frequent, in deaths oft. -- 2 corinthians 11:23 +. +Of the Jews five times received I forty stripes save one. -- 2 corinthians 11:24 +. +Thrice was I beaten with rods, once was I stoned, thrice I suffered shipwreck, a night and a day I have been in the deep; -- 2 corinthians 11:25 +. +In journeyings often, in perils of waters, in perils of robbers, in perils by mine own countrymen, in perils by the heathen, in perils in the city, in perils in the wilderness, in perils in the sea, in perils among false brethren; -- 2 corinthians 11:26 +. +In weariness and painfulness, in watchings often, in hunger and thirst, in fastings often, in cold and nakedness. -- 2 corinthians 11:27 +. +Beside those things that are without, that which cometh upon me daily, the care of all the churches. -- 2 corinthians 11:28 +. +Who is weak, and I am not weak? who is offended, and I burn not? -- 2 corinthians 11:29 +. +If I must needs glory, I will glory of the things which concern mine infirmities. -- 2 corinthians 11:30 +. +The God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, which is blessed for evermore, knoweth that I lie not. -- 2 corinthians 11:31 +. +In Damascus the governor under Aretas the king kept the city of the Damascenes with a garrison, desirous to apprehend me: -- 2 corinthians 11:32 +. +And through a window in a basket was I let down by the wall, and escaped his hands. -- 2 corinthians 11:33 +. +It is not expedient for me doubtless to glory. I will come to visions and revelations of the Lord. -- 2 corinthians 12:1 +. +I knew a man in Christ above fourteen years ago, (whether in the body, I cannot tell; or whether out of the body, I cannot tell: God knoweth;) such an one caught up to the third heaven. -- 2 corinthians 12:2 +. +And I knew such a man, (whether in the body, or out of the body, I cannot tell: God knoweth;) -- 2 corinthians 12:3 +. +How that he was caught up into paradise, and heard unspeakable words, which it is not lawful for a man to utter. -- 2 corinthians 12:4 +. +Of such an one will I glory: yet of myself I will not glory, but in mine infirmities. -- 2 corinthians 12:5 +. +For though I would desire to glory, I shall not be a fool; for I will say the truth: but now I forbear, lest any man should think of me above that which he seeth me to be, or that he heareth of me. -- 2 corinthians 12:6 +. +And lest I should be exalted above measure through the abundance of the revelations, there was given to me a thorn in the flesh, the messenger of Satan to buffet me, lest I should be exalted above measure. -- 2 corinthians 12:7 +. +For this thing I besought the Lord thrice, that it might depart from me. -- 2 corinthians 12:8 +. +And he said unto me, My grace is sufficient for thee: for my strength is made perfect in weakness. Most gladly therefore will I rather glory in my infirmities, that the power of Christ may rest upon me. -- 2 corinthians 12:9 +. +Therefore I take pleasure in infirmities, in reproaches, in necessities, in persecutions, in distresses for Christ's sake: for when I am weak, then am I strong. -- 2 corinthians 12:10 +. +I am become a fool in glorying; ye have compelled me: for I ought to have been commended of you: for in nothing am I behind the very chiefest apostles, though I be nothing. -- 2 corinthians 12:11 +. +Truly the signs of an apostle were wrought among you in all patience, in signs, and wonders, and mighty deeds. -- 2 corinthians 12:12 +. +For what is it wherein ye were inferior to other churches, except it be that I myself was not burdensome to you? forgive me this wrong. -- 2 corinthians 12:13 +. +Behold, the third time I am ready to come to you; and I will not be burdensome to you: for I seek not your's but you: for the children ought not to lay up for the parents, but the parents for the children. -- 2 corinthians 12:14 +. +And I will very gladly spend and be spent for you; though the more abundantly I love you, the less I be loved. -- 2 corinthians 12:15 +. +But be it so, I did not burden you: nevertheless, being crafty, I caught you with guile. -- 2 corinthians 12:16 +. +Did I make a gain of you by any of them whom I sent unto you? -- 2 corinthians 12:17 +. +I desired Titus, and with him I sent a brother. Did Titus make a gain of you? walked we not in the same spirit? walked we not in the same steps? -- 2 corinthians 12:18 +. +Again, think ye that we excuse ourselves unto you? we speak before God in Christ: but we do all things, dearly beloved, for your edifying. -- 2 corinthians 12:19 +. +For I fear, lest, when I come, I shall not find you such as I would, and that I shall be found unto you such as ye would not: lest there be debates, envyings, wraths, strifes, backbitings, whisperings, swellings, tumults: -- 2 corinthians 12:20 +. +And lest, when I come again, my God will humble me among you, and that I shall bewail many which have sinned already, and have not repented of the uncleanness and fornication and lasciviousness which they have committed. -- 2 corinthians 12:21 +. +This is the third time I am coming to you. In the mouth of two or three witnesses shall every word be established. -- 2 corinthians 13:1 +. +I told you before, and foretell you, as if I were present, the second time; and being absent now I write to them which heretofore have sinned, and to all other, that, if I come again, I will not spare: -- 2 corinthians 13:2 +. +Since ye seek a proof of Christ speaking in me, which to you-ward is not weak, but is mighty in you. -- 2 corinthians 13:3 +. +For though he was crucified through weakness, yet he liveth by the power of God. For we also are weak in him, but we shall live with him by the power of God toward you. -- 2 corinthians 13:4 +. +Examine yourselves, whether ye be in the faith; prove your own selves. Know ye not your own selves, how that Jesus Christ is in you, except ye be reprobates? -- 2 corinthians 13:5 +. +But I trust that ye shall know that we are not reprobates. -- 2 corinthians 13:6 +. +Now I pray to God that ye do no evil; not that we should appear approved, but that ye should do that which is honest, though we be as reprobates. -- 2 corinthians 13:7 +. +For we can do nothing against the truth, but for the truth. -- 2 corinthians 13:8 +. +For we are glad, when we are weak, and ye are strong: and this also we wish, even your perfection. -- 2 corinthians 13:9 +. +Therefore I write these things being absent, lest being present I should use sharpness, according to the power which the Lord hath given me to edification, and not to destruction. -- 2 corinthians 13:10 +. +Finally, brethren, farewell. Be perfect, be of good comfort, be of one mind, live in peace; and the God of love and peace shall be with you. -- 2 corinthians 13:11 +. +Greet one another with an holy kiss. -- 2 corinthians 13:12 +. +All the saints salute you. -- 2 corinthians 13:13 +. +The grace of the Lord Jesus Christ, and the love of God, and the communion of the Holy Ghost, be with you all. Amen. -- 2 corinthians 13:14 +. +Paul, an apostle, (not of men, neither by man, but by Jesus Christ, and God the Father, who raised him from the dead;) -- galatians 1:1 +. +And all the brethren which are with me, unto the churches of Galatia: -- galatians 1:2 +. +Grace be to you and peace from God the Father, and from our Lord Jesus Christ, -- galatians 1:3 +. +Who gave himself for our sins, that he might deliver us from this present evil world, according to the will of God and our Father: -- galatians 1:4 +. +To whom be glory for ever and ever. Amen. -- galatians 1:5 +. +I marvel that ye are so soon removed from him that called you into the grace of Christ unto another gospel: -- galatians 1:6 +. +Which is not another; but there be some that trouble you, and would pervert the gospel of Christ. -- galatians 1:7 +. +But though we, or an angel from heaven, preach any other gospel unto you than that which we have preached unto you, let him be accursed. -- galatians 1:8 +. +As we said before, so say I now again, if any man preach any other gospel unto you than that ye have received, let him be accursed. -- galatians 1:9 +. +For do I now persuade men, or God? or do I seek to please men? for if I yet pleased men, I should not be the servant of Christ. -- galatians 1:10 +. +But I certify you, brethren, that the gospel which was preached of me is not after man. -- galatians 1:11 +. +For I neither received it of man, neither was I taught it, but by the revelation of Jesus Christ. -- galatians 1:12 +. +For ye have heard of my conversation in time past in the Jews' religion, how that beyond measure I persecuted the church of God, and wasted it: -- galatians 1:13 +. +And profited in the Jews' religion above many my equals in mine own nation, being more exceedingly zealous of the traditions of my fathers. -- galatians 1:14 +. +But when it pleased God, who separated me from my mother's womb, and called me by his grace, -- galatians 1:15 +. +To reveal his Son in me, that I might preach him among the heathen; immediately I conferred not with flesh and blood: -- galatians 1:16 +. +Neither went I up to Jerusalem to them which were apostles before me; but I went into Arabia, and returned again unto Damascus. -- galatians 1:17 +. +Then after three years I went up to Jerusalem to see Peter, and abode with him fifteen days. -- galatians 1:18 +. +But other of the apostles saw I none, save James the Lord's brother. -- galatians 1:19 +. +Now the things which I write unto you, behold, before God, I lie not. -- galatians 1:20 +. +Afterwards I came into the regions of Syria and Cilicia; -- galatians 1:21 +. +And was unknown by face unto the churches of Judaea which were in Christ: -- galatians 1:22 +. +But they had heard only, That he which persecuted us in times past now preacheth the faith which once he destroyed. -- galatians 1:23 +. +And they glorified God in me. -- galatians 1:24 +. +Then fourteen years after I went up again to Jerusalem with Barnabas, and took Titus with me also. -- galatians 2:1 +. +And I went up by revelation, and communicated unto them that gospel which I preach among the Gentiles, but privately to them which were of reputation, lest by any means I should run, or had run, in vain. -- galatians 2:2 +. +But neither Titus, who was with me, being a Greek, was compelled to be circumcised: -- galatians 2:3 +. +And that because of false brethren unawares brought in, who came in privily to spy out our liberty which we have in Christ Jesus, that they might bring us into bondage: -- galatians 2:4 +. +To whom we gave place by subjection, no, not for an hour; that the truth of the gospel might continue with you. -- galatians 2:5 +. +But of these who seemed to be somewhat, (whatsoever they were, it maketh no matter to me: God accepteth no man's person:) for they who seemed to be somewhat in conference added nothing to me: -- galatians 2:6 +. +But contrariwise, when they saw that the gospel of the uncircumcision was committed unto me, as the gospel of the circumcision was unto Peter; -- galatians 2:7 +. +(For he that wrought effectually in Peter to the apostleship of the circumcision, the same was mighty in me toward the Gentiles:) -- galatians 2:8 +. +And when James, Cephas, and John, who seemed to be pillars, perceived the grace that was given unto me, they gave to me and Barnabas the right hands of fellowship; that we should go unto the heathen, and they unto the circumcision. -- galatians 2:9 +. +Only they would that we should remember the poor; the same which I also was forward to do. -- galatians 2:10 +. +But when Peter was come to Antioch, I withstood him to the face, because he was to be blamed. -- galatians 2:11 +. +For before that certain came from James, he did eat with the Gentiles: but when they were come, he withdrew and separated himself, fearing them which were of the circumcision. -- galatians 2:12 +. +And the other Jews dissembled likewise with him; insomuch that Barnabas also was carried away with their dissimulation. -- galatians 2:13 +. +But when I saw that they walked not uprightly according to the truth of the gospel, I said unto Peter before them all, If thou, being a Jew, livest after the manner of Gentiles, and not as do the Jews, why compellest thou the Gentiles to live as do the Jews? -- galatians 2:14 +. +We who are Jews by nature, and not sinners of the Gentiles, -- galatians 2:15 +. +Knowing that a man is not justified by the works of the law, but by the faith of Jesus Christ, even we have believed in Jesus Christ, that we might be justified by the faith of Christ, and not by the works of the law: for by the works of the law shall no flesh be justified. -- galatians 2:16 +. +But if, while we seek to be justified by Christ, we ourselves also are found sinners, is therefore Christ the minister of sin? God forbid. -- galatians 2:17 +. +For if I build again the things which I destroyed, I make myself a transgressor. -- galatians 2:18 +. +For I through the law am dead to the law, that I might live unto God. -- galatians 2:19 +. +I am crucified with Christ: neverthless I live; yet not I, but Christ liveth in me: and the life which I now live in the flesh I live by the faith of the Son of God, who loved me, and gave himself for me. -- galatians 2:20 +. +I do not frustrate the grace of God: for if righteousness come by the law, then Christ is dead in vain. -- galatians 2:21 +. +O foolish Galatians, who hath bewitched you, that ye should not obey the truth, before whose eyes Jesus Christ hath been evidently set forth, crucified among you? -- galatians 3:1 +. +This only would I learn of you, Received ye the Spirit by the works of the law, or by the hearing of faith? -- galatians 3:2 +. +Are ye so foolish? having begun in the Spirit, are ye now made perfect by the flesh? -- galatians 3:3 +. +Have ye suffered so many things in vain? if it be yet in vain. -- galatians 3:4 +. +He therefore that ministereth to you the Spirit, and worketh miracles among you, doeth he it by the works of the law, or by the hearing of faith? -- galatians 3:5 +. +Even as Abraham believed God, and it was accounted to him for righteousness. -- galatians 3:6 +. +Know ye therefore that they which are of faith, the same are the children of Abraham. -- galatians 3:7 +. +And the scripture, foreseeing that God would justify the heathen through faith, preached before the gospel unto Abraham, saying, In thee shall all nations be blessed. -- galatians 3:8 +. +So then they which be of faith are blessed with faithful Abraham. -- galatians 3:9 +. +For as many as are of the works of the law are under the curse: for it is written, Cursed is every one that continueth not in all things which are written in the book of the law to do them. -- galatians 3:10 +. +But that no man is justified by the law in the sight of God, it is evident: for, The just shall live by faith. -- galatians 3:11 +. +And the law is not of faith: but, The man that doeth them shall live in them. -- galatians 3:12 +. +Christ hath redeemed us from the curse of the law, being made a curse for us: for it is written, Cursed is every one that hangeth on a tree: -- galatians 3:13 +. +That the blessing of Abraham might come on the Gentiles through Jesus Christ; that we might receive the promise of the Spirit through faith. -- galatians 3:14 +. +Brethren, I speak after the manner of men; Though it be but a man's covenant, yet if it be confirmed, no man disannulleth, or addeth thereto. -- galatians 3:15 +. +Now to Abraham and his seed were the promises made. He saith not, And to seeds, as of many; but as of one, And to thy seed, which is Christ. -- galatians 3:16 +. +And this I say, that the covenant, that was confirmed before of God in Christ, the law, which was four hundred and thirty years after, cannot disannul, that it should make the promise of none effect. -- galatians 3:17 +. +For if the inheritance be of the law, it is no more of promise: but God gave it to Abraham by promise. -- galatians 3:18 +. +Wherefore then serveth the law? It was added because of transgressions, till the seed should come to whom the promise was made; and it was ordained by angels in the hand of a mediator. -- galatians 3:19 +. +Now a mediator is not a mediator of one, but God is one. -- galatians 3:20 +. +Is the law then against the promises of God? God forbid: for if there had been a law given which could have given life, verily righteousness should have been by the law. -- galatians 3:21 +. +But the scripture hath concluded all under sin, that the promise by faith of Jesus Christ might be given to them that believe. -- galatians 3:22 +. +But before faith came, we were kept under the law, shut up unto the faith which should afterwards be revealed. -- galatians 3:23 +. +Wherefore the law was our schoolmaster to bring us unto Christ, that we might be justified by faith. -- galatians 3:24 +. +But after that faith is come, we are no longer under a schoolmaster. -- galatians 3:25 +. +For ye are all the children of God by faith in Christ Jesus. -- galatians 3:26 +. +For as many of you as have been baptized into Christ have put on Christ. -- galatians 3:27 +. +There is neither Jew nor Greek, there is neither bond nor free, there is neither male nor female: for ye are all one in Christ Jesus. -- galatians 3:28 +. +And if ye be Christ's, then are ye Abraham's seed, and heirs according to the promise. -- galatians 3:29 +. +Now I say, That the heir, as long as he is a child, differeth nothing from a servant, though he be lord of all; -- galatians 4:1 +. +But is under tutors and governors until the time appointed of the father. -- galatians 4:2 +. +Even so we, when we were children, were in bondage under the elements of the world: -- galatians 4:3 +. +But when the fulness of the time was come, God sent forth his Son, made of a woman, made under the law, -- galatians 4:4 +. +To redeem them that were under the law, that we might receive the adoption of sons. -- galatians 4:5 +. +And because ye are sons, God hath sent forth the Spirit of his Son into your hearts, crying, Abba, Father. -- galatians 4:6 +. +Wherefore thou art no more a servant, but a son; and if a son, then an heir of God through Christ. -- galatians 4:7 +. +Howbeit then, when ye knew not God, ye did service unto them which by nature are no gods. -- galatians 4:8 +. +But now, after that ye have known God, or rather are known of God, how turn ye again to the weak and beggarly elements, whereunto ye desire again to be in bondage? -- galatians 4:9 +. +Ye observe days, and months, and times, and years. -- galatians 4:10 +. +I am afraid of you, lest I have bestowed upon you labour in vain. -- galatians 4:11 +. +Brethren, I beseech you, be as I am; for I am as ye are: ye have not injured me at all. -- galatians 4:12 +. +Ye know how through infirmity of the flesh I preached the gospel unto you at the first. -- galatians 4:13 +. +And my temptation which was in my flesh ye despised not, nor rejected; but received me as an angel of God, even as Christ Jesus. -- galatians 4:14 +. +Where is then the blessedness ye spake of? for I bear you record, that, if it had been possible, ye would have plucked out your own eyes, and have given them to me. -- galatians 4:15 +. +Am I therefore become your enemy, because I tell you the truth? -- galatians 4:16 +. +They zealously affect you, but not well; yea, they would exclude you, that ye might affect them. -- galatians 4:17 +. +But it is good to be zealously affected always in a good thing, and not only when I am present with you. -- galatians 4:18 +. +My little children, of whom I travail in birth again until Christ be formed in you, -- galatians 4:19 +. +I desire to be present with you now, and to change my voice; for I stand in doubt of you. -- galatians 4:20 +. +Tell me, ye that desire to be under the law, do ye not hear the law? -- galatians 4:21 +. +For it is written, that Abraham had two sons, the one by a bondmaid, the other by a freewoman. -- galatians 4:22 +. +But he who was of the bondwoman was born after the flesh; but he of the freewoman was by promise. -- galatians 4:23 +. +Which things are an allegory: for these are the two covenants; the one from the mount Sinai, which gendereth to bondage, which is Agar. -- galatians 4:24 +. +For this Agar is mount Sinai in Arabia, and answereth to Jerusalem which now is, and is in bondage with her children. -- galatians 4:25 +. +But Jerusalem which is above is free, which is the mother of us all. -- galatians 4:26 +. +For it is written, Rejoice, thou barren that bearest not; break forth and cry, thou that travailest not: for the desolate hath many more children than she which hath an husband. -- galatians 4:27 +. +Now we, brethren, as Isaac was, are the children of promise. -- galatians 4:28 +. +But as then he that was born after the flesh persecuted him that was born after the Spirit, even so it is now. -- galatians 4:29 +. +Nevertheless what saith the scripture? Cast out the bondwoman and her son: for the son of the bondwoman shall not be heir with the son of the freewoman. -- galatians 4:30 +. +So then, brethren, we are not children of the bondwoman, but of the free. -- galatians 4:31 +. +Stand fast therefore in the liberty wherewith Christ hath made us free, and be not entangled again with the yoke of bondage. -- galatians 5:1 +. +Behold, I Paul say unto you, that if ye be circumcised, Christ shall profit you nothing. -- galatians 5:2 +. +For I testify again to every man that is circumcised, that he is a debtor to do the whole law. -- galatians 5:3 +. +Christ is become of no effect unto you, whosoever of you are justified by the law; ye are fallen from grace. -- galatians 5:4 +. +For we through the Spirit wait for the hope of righteousness by faith. -- galatians 5:5 +. +For in Jesus Christ neither circumcision availeth any thing, nor uncircumcision; but faith which worketh by love. -- galatians 5:6 +. +Ye did run well; who did hinder you that ye should not obey the truth? -- galatians 5:7 +. +This persuasion cometh not of him that calleth you. -- galatians 5:8 +. +A little leaven leaveneth the whole lump. -- galatians 5:9 +. +I have confidence in you through the Lord, that ye will be none otherwise minded: but he that troubleth you shall bear his judgment, whosoever he be. -- galatians 5:10 +. +And I, brethren, if I yet preach circumcision, why do I yet suffer persecution? then is the offence of the cross ceased. -- galatians 5:11 +. +I would they were even cut off which trouble you. -- galatians 5:12 +. +For, brethren, ye have been called unto liberty; only use not liberty for an occasion to the flesh, but by love serve one another. -- galatians 5:13 +. +For all the law is fulfilled in one word, even in this; Thou shalt love thy neighbour as thyself. -- galatians 5:14 +. +But if ye bite and devour one another, take heed that ye be not consumed one of another. -- galatians 5:15 +. +This I say then, Walk in the Spirit, and ye shall not fulfil the lust of the flesh. -- galatians 5:16 +. +For the flesh lusteth against the Spirit, and the Spirit against the flesh: and these are contrary the one to the other: so that ye cannot do the things that ye would. -- galatians 5:17 +. +But if ye be led of the Spirit, ye are not under the law. -- galatians 5:18 +. +Now the works of the flesh are manifest, which are these; Adultery, fornication, uncleanness, lasciviousness, -- galatians 5:19 +. +Idolatry, witchcraft, hatred, variance, emulations, wrath, strife, seditions, heresies, -- galatians 5:20 +. +Envyings, murders, drunkenness, revellings, and such like: of the which I tell you before, as I have also told you in time past, that they which do such things shall not inherit the kingdom of God. -- galatians 5:21 +. +But the fruit of the Spirit is love, joy, peace, longsuffering, gentleness, goodness, faith, -- galatians 5:22 +. +Meekness, temperance: against such there is no law. -- galatians 5:23 +. +And they that are Christ's have crucified the flesh with the affections and lusts. -- galatians 5:24 +. +If we live in the Spirit, let us also walk in the Spirit. -- galatians 5:25 +. +Let us not be desirous of vain glory, provoking one another, envying one another. -- galatians 5:26 +. +Brethren, if a man be overtaken in a fault, ye which are spiritual, restore such an one in the spirit of meekness; considering thyself, lest thou also be tempted. -- galatians 6:1 +. +Bear ye one another's burdens, and so fulfil the law of Christ. -- galatians 6:2 +. +For if a man think himself to be something, when he is nothing, he deceiveth himself. -- galatians 6:3 +. +But let every man prove his own work, and then shall he have rejoicing in himself alone, and not in another. -- galatians 6:4 +. +For every man shall bear his own burden. -- galatians 6:5 +. +Let him that is taught in the word communicate unto him that teacheth in all good things. -- galatians 6:6 +. +Be not deceived; God is not mocked: for whatsoever a man soweth, that shall he also reap. -- galatians 6:7 +. +For he that soweth to his flesh shall of the flesh reap corruption; but he that soweth to the Spirit shall of the Spirit reap life everlasting. -- galatians 6:8 +. +And let us not be weary in well doing: for in due season we shall reap, if we faint not. -- galatians 6:9 +. +As we have therefore opportunity, let us do good unto all men, especially unto them who are of the household of faith. -- galatians 6:10 +. +Ye see how large a letter I have written unto you with mine own hand. -- galatians 6:11 +. +As many as desire to make a fair shew in the flesh, they constrain you to be circumcised; only lest they should suffer persecution for the cross of Christ. -- galatians 6:12 +. +For neither they themselves who are circumcised keep the law; but desire to have you circumcised, that they may glory in your flesh. -- galatians 6:13 +. +But God forbid that I should glory, save in the cross of our Lord Jesus Christ, by whom the world is crucified unto me, and I unto the world. -- galatians 6:14 +. +For in Christ Jesus neither circumcision availeth any thing, nor uncircumcision, but a new creature. -- galatians 6:15 +. +And as many as walk according to this rule, peace be on them, and mercy, and upon the Israel of God. -- galatians 6:16 +. +From henceforth let no man trouble me: for I bear in my body the marks of the Lord Jesus. -- galatians 6:17 +. +Brethren, the grace of our Lord Jesus Christ be with your spirit. Amen. -- galatians 6:18 +. +Paul, an apostle of Jesus Christ by the will of God, to the saints which are at Ephesus, and to the faithful in Christ Jesus: -- ephesians 1:1 +. +Grace be to you, and peace, from God our Father, and from the Lord Jesus Christ. -- ephesians 1:2 +. +Blessed be the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, who hath blessed us with all spiritual blessings in heavenly places in Christ: -- ephesians 1:3 +. +According as he hath chosen us in him before the foundation of the world, that we should be holy and without blame before him in love: -- ephesians 1:4 +. +Having predestinated us unto the adoption of children by Jesus Christ to himself, according to the good pleasure of his will, -- ephesians 1:5 +. +To the praise of the glory of his grace, wherein he hath made us accepted in the beloved. -- ephesians 1:6 +. +In whom we have redemption through his blood, the forgiveness of sins, according to the riches of his grace; -- ephesians 1:7 +. +Wherein he hath abounded toward us in all wisdom and prudence; -- ephesians 1:8 +. +Having made known unto us the mystery of his will, according to his good pleasure which he hath purposed in himself: -- ephesians 1:9 +. +That in the dispensation of the fulness of times he might gather together in one all things in Christ, both which are in heaven, and which are on earth; even in him: -- ephesians 1:10 +. +In whom also we have obtained an inheritance, being predestinated according to the purpose of him who worketh all things after the counsel of his own will: -- ephesians 1:11 +. +That we should be to the praise of his glory, who first trusted in Christ. -- ephesians 1:12 +. +In whom ye also trusted, after that ye heard the word of truth, the gospel of your salvation: in whom also after that ye believed, ye were sealed with that holy Spirit of promise, -- ephesians 1:13 +. +Which is the earnest of our inheritance until the redemption of the purchased possession, unto the praise of his glory. -- ephesians 1:14 +. +Wherefore I also, after I heard of your faith in the Lord Jesus, and love unto all the saints, -- ephesians 1:15 +. +Cease not to give thanks for you, making mention of you in my prayers; -- ephesians 1:16 +. +That the God of our Lord Jesus Christ, the Father of glory, may give unto you the spirit of wisdom and revelation in the knowledge of him: -- ephesians 1:17 +. +The eyes of your understanding being enlightened; that ye may know what is the hope of his calling, and what the riches of the glory of his inheritance in the saints, -- ephesians 1:18 +. +And what is the exceeding greatness of his power to us-ward who believe, according to the working of his mighty power, -- ephesians 1:19 +. +Which he wrought in Christ, when he raised him from the dead, and set him at his own right hand in the heavenly places, -- ephesians 1:20 +. +Far above all principality, and power, and might, and dominion, and every name that is named, not only in this world, but also in that which is to come: -- ephesians 1:21 +. +And hath put all things under his feet, and gave him to be the head over all things to the church, -- ephesians 1:22 +. +Which is his body, the fulness of him that filleth all in all. -- ephesians 1:23 +. +And you hath he quickened, who were dead in trespasses and sins; -- ephesians 2:1 +. +Wherein in time past ye walked according to the course of this world, according to the prince of the power of the air, the spirit that now worketh in the children of disobedience: -- ephesians 2:2 +. +Among whom also we all had our conversation in times past in the lusts of our flesh, fulfilling the desires of the flesh and of the mind; and were by nature the children of wrath, even as others. -- ephesians 2:3 +. +But God, who is rich in mercy, for his great love wherewith he loved us, -- ephesians 2:4 +. +Even when we were dead in sins, hath quickened us together with Christ, (by grace ye are saved;) -- ephesians 2:5 +. +And hath raised us up together, and made us sit together in heavenly places in Christ Jesus: -- ephesians 2:6 +. +That in the ages to come he might shew the exceeding riches of his grace in his kindness toward us through Christ Jesus. -- ephesians 2:7 +. +For by grace are ye saved through faith; and that not of yourselves: it is the gift of God: -- ephesians 2:8 +. +Not of works, lest any man should boast. -- ephesians 2:9 +. +For we are his workmanship, created in Christ Jesus unto good works, which God hath before ordained that we should walk in them. -- ephesians 2:10 +. +Wherefore remember, that ye being in time past Gentiles in the flesh, who are called Uncircumcision by that which is called the Circumcision in the flesh made by hands; -- ephesians 2:11 +. +That at that time ye were without Christ, being aliens from the commonwealth of Israel, and strangers from the covenants of promise, having no hope, and without God in the world: -- ephesians 2:12 +. +But now in Christ Jesus ye who sometimes were far off are made nigh by the blood of Christ. -- ephesians 2:13 +. +For he is our peace, who hath made both one, and hath broken down the middle wall of partition between us; -- ephesians 2:14 +. +Having abolished in his flesh the enmity, even the law of commandments contained in ordinances; for to make in himself of twain one new man, so making peace; -- ephesians 2:15 +. +And that he might reconcile both unto God in one body by the cross, having slain the enmity thereby: -- ephesians 2:16 +. +And came and preached peace to you which were afar off, and to them that were nigh. -- ephesians 2:17 +. +For through him we both have access by one Spirit unto the Father. -- ephesians 2:18 +. +Now therefore ye are no more strangers and foreigners, but fellowcitizens with the saints, and of the household of God; -- ephesians 2:19 +. +And are built upon the foundation of the apostles and prophets, Jesus Christ himself being the chief corner stone; -- ephesians 2:20 +. +In whom all the building fitly framed together groweth unto an holy temple in the Lord: -- ephesians 2:21 +. +In whom ye also are builded together for an habitation of God through the Spirit. -- ephesians 2:22 +. +For this cause I Paul, the prisoner of Jesus Christ for you Gentiles, -- ephesians 3:1 +. +If ye have heard of the dispensation of the grace of God which is given me to you-ward: -- ephesians 3:2 +. +How that by revelation he made known unto me the mystery; (as I wrote afore in few words, -- ephesians 3:3 +. +Whereby, when ye read, ye may understand my knowledge in the mystery of Christ) -- ephesians 3:4 +. +Which in other ages was not made known unto the sons of men, as it is now revealed unto his holy apostles and prophets by the Spirit; -- ephesians 3:5 +. +That the Gentiles should be fellowheirs, and of the same body, and partakers of his promise in Christ by the gospel: -- ephesians 3:6 +. +Whereof I was made a minister, according to the gift of the grace of God given unto me by the effectual working of his power. -- ephesians 3:7 +. +Unto me, who am less than the least of all saints, is this grace given, that I should preach among the Gentiles the unsearchable riches of Christ; -- ephesians 3:8 +. +And to make all men see what is the fellowship of the mystery, which from the beginning of the world hath been hid in God, who created all things by Jesus Christ: -- ephesians 3:9 +. +To the intent that now unto the principalities and powers in heavenly places might be known by the church the manifold wisdom of God, -- ephesians 3:10 +. +According to the eternal purpose which he purposed in Christ Jesus our Lord: -- ephesians 3:11 +. +In whom we have boldness and access with confidence by the faith of him. -- ephesians 3:12 +. +Wherefore I desire that ye faint not at my tribulations for you, which is your glory. -- ephesians 3:13 +. +For this cause I bow my knees unto the Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, -- ephesians 3:14 +. +Of whom the whole family in heaven and earth is named, -- ephesians 3:15 +. +That he would grant you, according to the riches of his glory, to be strengthened with might by his Spirit in the inner man; -- ephesians 3:16 +. +That Christ may dwell in your hearts by faith; that ye, being rooted and grounded in love, -- ephesians 3:17 +. +May be able to comprehend with all saints what is the breadth, and length, and depth, and height; -- ephesians 3:18 +. +And to know the love of Christ, which passeth knowledge, that ye might be filled with all the fulness of God. -- ephesians 3:19 +. +Now unto him that is able to do exceeding abundantly above all that we ask or think, according to the power that worketh in us, -- ephesians 3:20 +. +Unto him be glory in the church by Christ Jesus throughout all ages, world without end. Amen. -- ephesians 3:21 +. +I therefore, the prisoner of the Lord, beseech you that ye walk worthy of the vocation wherewith ye are called, -- ephesians 4:1 +. +With all lowliness and meekness, with longsuffering, forbearing one another in love; -- ephesians 4:2 +. +Endeavouring to keep the unity of the Spirit in the bond of peace. -- ephesians 4:3 +. +There is one body, and one Spirit, even as ye are called in one hope of your calling; -- ephesians 4:4 +. +One Lord, one faith, one baptism, -- ephesians 4:5 +. +One God and Father of all, who is above all, and through all, and in you all. -- ephesians 4:6 +. +But unto every one of us is given grace according to the measure of the gift of Christ. -- ephesians 4:7 +. +Wherefore he saith, When he ascended up on high, he led captivity captive, and gave gifts unto men. -- ephesians 4:8 +. +(Now that he ascended, what is it but that he also descended first into the lower parts of the earth? -- ephesians 4:9 +. +He that descended is the same also that ascended up far above all heavens, that he might fill all things.) -- ephesians 4:10 +. +And he gave some, apostles; and some, prophets; and some, evangelists; and some, pastors and teachers; -- ephesians 4:11 +. +For the perfecting of the saints, for the work of the ministry, for the edifying of the body of Christ: -- ephesians 4:12 +. +Till we all come in the unity of the faith, and of the knowledge of the Son of God, unto a perfect man, unto the measure of the stature of the fulness of Christ: -- ephesians 4:13 +. +That we henceforth be no more children, tossed to and fro, and carried about with every wind of doctrine, by the sleight of men, and cunning craftiness, whereby they lie in wait to deceive; -- ephesians 4:14 +. +But speaking the truth in love, may grow up into him in all things, which is the head, even Christ: -- ephesians 4:15 +. +From whom the whole body fitly joined together and compacted by that which every joint supplieth, according to the effectual working in the measure of every part, maketh increase of the body unto the edifying of itself in love. -- ephesians 4:16 +. +This I say therefore, and testify in the Lord, that ye henceforth walk not as other Gentiles walk, in the vanity of their mind, -- ephesians 4:17 +. +Having the understanding darkened, being alienated from the life of God through the ignorance that is in them, because of the blindness of their heart: -- ephesians 4:18 +. +Who being past feeling have given themselves over unto lasciviousness, to work all uncleanness with greediness. -- ephesians 4:19 +. +But ye have not so learned Christ; -- ephesians 4:20 +. +If so be that ye have heard him, and have been taught by him, as the truth is in Jesus: -- ephesians 4:21 +. +That ye put off concerning the former conversation the old man, which is corrupt according to the deceitful lusts; -- ephesians 4:22 +. +And be renewed in the spirit of your mind; -- ephesians 4:23 +. +And that ye put on the new man, which after God is created in righteousness and true holiness. -- ephesians 4:24 +. +Wherefore putting away lying, speak every man truth with his neighbour: for we are members one of another. -- ephesians 4:25 +. +Be ye angry, and sin not: let not the sun go down upon your wrath: -- ephesians 4:26 +. +Neither give place to the devil. -- ephesians 4:27 +. +Let him that stole steal no more: but rather let him labour, working with his hands the thing which is good, that he may have to give to him that needeth. -- ephesians 4:28 +. +Let no corrupt communication proceed out of your mouth, but that which is good to the use of edifying, that it may minister grace unto the hearers. -- ephesians 4:29 +. +And grieve not the holy Spirit of God, whereby ye are sealed unto the day of redemption. -- ephesians 4:30 +. +Let all bitterness, and wrath, and anger, and clamour, and evil speaking, be put away from you, with all malice: -- ephesians 4:31 +. +And be ye kind one to another, tenderhearted, forgiving one another, even as God for Christ's sake hath forgiven you. -- ephesians 4:32 +. +Be ye therefore followers of God, as dear children; -- ephesians 5:1 +. +And walk in love, as Christ also hath loved us, and hath given himself for us an offering and a sacrifice to God for a sweetsmelling savour. -- ephesians 5:2 +. +But fornication, and all uncleanness, or covetousness, let it not be once named among you, as becometh saints; -- ephesians 5:3 +. +Neither filthiness, nor foolish talking, nor jesting, which are not convenient: but rather giving of thanks. -- ephesians 5:4 +. +For this ye know, that no whoremonger, nor unclean person, nor covetous man, who is an idolater, hath any inheritance in the kingdom of Christ and of God. -- ephesians 5:5 +. +Let no man deceive you with vain words: for because of these things cometh the wrath of God upon the children of disobedience. -- ephesians 5:6 +. +Be not ye therefore partakers with them. -- ephesians 5:7 +. +For ye were sometimes darkness, but now are ye light in the Lord: walk as children of light: -- ephesians 5:8 +. +(For the fruit of the Spirit is in all goodness and righteousness and truth;) -- ephesians 5:9 +. +Proving what is acceptable unto the Lord. -- ephesians 5:10 +. +And have no fellowship with the unfruitful works of darkness, but rather reprove them. -- ephesians 5:11 +. +For it is a shame even to speak of those things which are done of them in secret. -- ephesians 5:12 +. +But all things that are reproved are made manifest by the light: for whatsoever doth make manifest is light. -- ephesians 5:13 +. +Wherefore he saith, Awake thou that sleepest, and arise from the dead, and Christ shall give thee light. -- ephesians 5:14 +. +See then that ye walk circumspectly, not as fools, but as wise, -- ephesians 5:15 +. +Redeeming the time, because the days are evil. -- ephesians 5:16 +. +Wherefore be ye not unwise, but understanding what the will of the Lord is. -- ephesians 5:17 +. +And be not drunk with wine, wherein is excess; but be filled with the Spirit; -- ephesians 5:18 +. +Speaking to yourselves in psalms and hymns and spiritual songs, singing and making melody in your heart to the Lord; -- ephesians 5:19 +. +Giving thanks always for all things unto God and the Father in the name of our Lord Jesus Christ; -- ephesians 5:20 +. +Submitting yourselves one to another in the fear of God. -- ephesians 5:21 +. +Wives, submit yourselves unto your own husbands, as unto the Lord. -- ephesians 5:22 +. +For the husband is the head of the wife, even as Christ is the head of the church: and he is the saviour of the body. -- ephesians 5:23 +. +Therefore as the church is subject unto Christ, so let the wives be to their own husbands in every thing. -- ephesians 5:24 +. +Husbands, love your wives, even as Christ also loved the church, and gave himself for it; -- ephesians 5:25 +. +That he might sanctify and cleanse it with the washing of water by the word, -- ephesians 5:26 +. +That he might present it to himself a glorious church, not having spot, or wrinkle, or any such thing; but that it should be holy and without blemish. -- ephesians 5:27 +. +So ought men to love their wives as their own bodies. He that loveth his wife loveth himself. -- ephesians 5:28 +. +For no man ever yet hated his own flesh; but nourisheth and cherisheth it, even as the Lord the church: -- ephesians 5:29 +. +For we are members of his body, of his flesh, and of his bones. -- ephesians 5:30 +. +For this cause shall a man leave his father and mother, and shall be joined unto his wife, and they two shall be one flesh. -- ephesians 5:31 +. +This is a great mystery: but I speak concerning Christ and the church. -- ephesians 5:32 +. +Nevertheless let every one of you in particular so love his wife even as himself; and the wife see that she reverence her husband. -- ephesians 5:33 +. +Children, obey your parents in the Lord: for this is right. -- ephesians 6:1 +. +Honour thy father and mother; which is the first commandment with promise; -- ephesians 6:2 +. +That it may be well with thee, and thou mayest live long on the earth. -- ephesians 6:3 +. +And, ye fathers, provoke not your children to wrath: but bring them up in the nurture and admonition of the Lord. -- ephesians 6:4 +. +Servants, be obedient to them that are your masters according to the flesh, with fear and trembling, in singleness of your heart, as unto Christ; -- ephesians 6:5 +. +Not with eyeservice, as menpleasers; but as the servants of Christ, doing the will of God from the heart; -- ephesians 6:6 +. +With good will doing service, as to the Lord, and not to men: -- ephesians 6:7 +. +Knowing that whatsoever good thing any man doeth, the same shall he receive of the Lord, whether he be bond or free. -- ephesians 6:8 +. +And, ye masters, do the same things unto them, forbearing threatening: knowing that your Master also is in heaven; neither is there respect of persons with him. -- ephesians 6:9 +. +Finally, my brethren, be strong in the Lord, and in the power of his might. -- ephesians 6:10 +. +Put on the whole armour of God, that ye may be able to stand against the wiles of the devil. -- ephesians 6:11 +. +For we wrestle not against flesh and blood, but against principalities, against powers, against the rulers of the darkness of this world, against spiritual wickedness in high places. -- ephesians 6:12 +. +Wherefore take unto you the whole armour of God, that ye may be able to withstand in the evil day, and having done all, to stand. -- ephesians 6:13 +. +Stand therefore, having your loins girt about with truth, and having on the breastplate of righteousness; -- ephesians 6:14 +. +And your feet shod with the preparation of the gospel of peace; -- ephesians 6:15 +. +Above all, taking the shield of faith, wherewith ye shall be able to quench all the fiery darts of the wicked. -- ephesians 6:16 +. +And take the helmet of salvation, and the sword of the Spirit, which is the word of God: -- ephesians 6:17 +. +Praying always with all prayer and supplication in the Spirit, and watching thereunto with all perseverance and supplication for all saints; -- ephesians 6:18 +. +And for me, that utterance may be given unto me, that I may open my mouth boldly, to make known the mystery of the gospel, -- ephesians 6:19 +. +For which I am an ambassador in bonds: that therein I may speak boldly, as I ought to speak. -- ephesians 6:20 +. +But that ye also may know my affairs, and how I do, Tychicus, a beloved brother and faithful minister in the Lord, shall make known to you all things: -- ephesians 6:21 +. +Whom I have sent unto you for the same purpose, that ye might know our affairs, and that he might comfort your hearts. -- ephesians 6:22 +. +Peace be to the brethren, and love with faith, from God the Father and the Lord Jesus Christ. -- ephesians 6:23 +. +Grace be with all them that love our Lord Jesus Christ in sincerity. Amen. -- ephesians 6:24 +. +Paul and Timotheus, the servants of Jesus Christ, to all the saints in Christ Jesus which are at Philippi, with the bishops and deacons: -- philippians 1:1 +. +Grace be unto you, and peace, from God our Father, and from the Lord Jesus Christ. -- philippians 1:2 +. +I thank my God upon every remembrance of you, -- philippians 1:3 +. +Always in every prayer of mine for you all making request with joy, -- philippians 1:4 +. +For your fellowship in the gospel from the first day until now; -- philippians 1:5 +. +Being confident of this very thing, that he which hath begun a good work in you will perform it until the day of Jesus Christ: -- philippians 1:6 +. +Even as it is meet for me to think this of you all, because I have you in my heart; inasmuch as both in my bonds, and in the defence and confirmation of the gospel, ye all are partakers of my grace. -- philippians 1:7 +. +For God is my record, how greatly I long after you all in the bowels of Jesus Christ. -- philippians 1:8 +. +And this I pray, that your love may abound yet more and more in knowledge and in all judgment; -- philippians 1:9 +. +That ye may approve things that are excellent; that ye may be sincere and without offence till the day of Christ. -- philippians 1:10 +. +Being filled with the fruits of righteousness, which are by Jesus Christ, unto the glory and praise of God. -- philippians 1:11 +. +But I would ye should understand, brethren, that the things which happened unto me have fallen out rather unto the furtherance of the gospel; -- philippians 1:12 +. +So that my bonds in Christ are manifest in all the palace, and in all other places; -- philippians 1:13 +. +And many of the brethren in the Lord, waxing confident by my bonds, are much more bold to speak the word without fear. -- philippians 1:14 +. +Some indeed preach Christ even of envy and strife; and some also of good will: -- philippians 1:15 +. +The one preach Christ of contention, not sincerely, supposing to add affliction to my bonds: -- philippians 1:16 +. +But the other of love, knowing that I am set for the defence of the gospel. -- philippians 1:17 +. +What then? notwithstanding, every way, whether in pretence, or in truth, Christ is preached; and I therein do rejoice, yea, and will rejoice. -- philippians 1:18 +. +For I know that this shall turn to my salvation through your prayer, and the supply of the Spirit of Jesus Christ, -- philippians 1:19 +. +According to my earnest expectation and my hope, that in nothing I shall be ashamed, but that with all boldness, as always, so now also Christ shall be magnified in my body, whether it be by life, or by death. -- philippians 1:20 +. +For to me to live is Christ, and to die is gain. -- philippians 1:21 +. +But if I live in the flesh, this is the fruit of my labour: yet what I shall choose I wot not. -- philippians 1:22 +. +For I am in a strait betwixt two, having a desire to depart, and to be with Christ; which is far better: -- philippians 1:23 +. +Nevertheless to abide in the flesh is more needful for you. -- philippians 1:24 +. +And having this confidence, I know that I shall abide and continue with you all for your furtherance and joy of faith; -- philippians 1:25 +. +That your rejoicing may be more abundant in Jesus Christ for me by my coming to you again. -- philippians 1:26 +. +Only let your conversation be as it becometh the gospel of Christ: that whether I come and see you, or else be absent, I may hear of your affairs, that ye stand fast in one spirit, with one mind striving together for the faith of the gospel; -- philippians 1:27 +. +And in nothing terrified by your adversaries: which is to them an evident token of perdition, but to you of salvation, and that of God. -- philippians 1:28 +. +For unto you it is given in the behalf of Christ, not only to believe on him, but also to suffer for his sake; -- philippians 1:29 +. +Having the same conflict which ye saw in me, and now hear to be in me. -- philippians 1:30 +. +If there be therefore any consolation in Christ, if any comfort of love, if any fellowship of the Spirit, if any bowels and mercies, -- philippians 2:1 +. +Fulfil ye my joy, that ye be likeminded, having the same love, being of one accord, of one mind. -- philippians 2:2 +. +Let nothing be done through strife or vainglory; but in lowliness of mind let each esteem other better than themselves. -- philippians 2:3 +. +Look not every man on his own things, but every man also on the things of others. -- philippians 2:4 +. +Let this mind be in you, which was also in Christ Jesus: -- philippians 2:5 +. +Who, being in the form of God, thought it not robbery to be equal with God: -- philippians 2:6 +. +But made himself of no reputation, and took upon him the form of a servant, and was made in the likeness of men: -- philippians 2:7 +. +And being found in fashion as a man, he humbled himself, and became obedient unto death, even the death of the cross. -- philippians 2:8 +. +Wherefore God also hath highly exalted him, and given him a name which is above every name: -- philippians 2:9 +. +That at the name of Jesus every knee should bow, of things in heaven, and things in earth, and things under the earth; -- philippians 2:10 +. +And that every tongue should confess that Jesus Christ is Lord, to the glory of God the Father. -- philippians 2:11 +. +Wherefore, my beloved, as ye have always obeyed, not as in my presence only, but now much more in my absence, work out your own salvation with fear and trembling. -- philippians 2:12 +. +For it is God which worketh in you both to will and to do of his good pleasure. -- philippians 2:13 +. +Do all things without murmurings and disputings: -- philippians 2:14 +. +That ye may be blameless and harmless, the sons of God, without rebuke, in the midst of a crooked and perverse nation, among whom ye shine as lights in the world; -- philippians 2:15 +. +Holding forth the word of life; that I may rejoice in the day of Christ, that I have not run in vain, neither laboured in vain. -- philippians 2:16 +. +Yea, and if I be offered upon the sacrifice and service of your faith, I joy, and rejoice with you all. -- philippians 2:17 +. +For the same cause also do ye joy, and rejoice with me. -- philippians 2:18 +. +But I trust in the Lord Jesus to send Timotheus shortly unto you, that I also may be of good comfort, when I know your state. -- philippians 2:19 +. +For I have no man likeminded, who will naturally care for your state. -- philippians 2:20 +. +For all seek their own, not the things which are Jesus Christ's. -- philippians 2:21 +. +But ye know the proof of him, that, as a son with the father, he hath served with me in the gospel. -- philippians 2:22 +. +Him therefore I hope to send presently, so soon as I shall see how it will go with me. -- philippians 2:23 +. +But I trust in the Lord that I also myself shall come shortly. -- philippians 2:24 +. +Yet I supposed it necessary to send to you Epaphroditus, my brother, and companion in labour, and fellowsoldier, but your messenger, and he that ministered to my wants. -- philippians 2:25 +. +For he longed after you all, and was full of heaviness, because that ye had heard that he had been sick. -- philippians 2:26 +. +For indeed he was sick nigh unto death: but God had mercy on him; and not on him only, but on me also, lest I should have sorrow upon sorrow. -- philippians 2:27 +. +I sent him therefore the more carefully, that, when ye see him again, ye may rejoice, and that I may be the less sorrowful. -- philippians 2:28 +. +Receive him therefore in the Lord with all gladness; and hold such in reputation: -- philippians 2:29 +. +Because for the work of Christ he was nigh unto death, not regarding his life, to supply your lack of service toward me. -- philippians 2:30 +. +Finally, my brethren, rejoice in the Lord. To write the same things to you, to me indeed is not grievous, but for you it is safe. -- philippians 3:1 +. +Beware of dogs, beware of evil workers, beware of the concision. -- philippians 3:2 +. +For we are the circumcision, which worship God in the spirit, and rejoice in Christ Jesus, and have no confidence in the flesh. -- philippians 3:3 +. +Though I might also have confidence in the flesh. If any other man thinketh that he hath whereof he might trust in the flesh, I more: -- philippians 3:4 +. +Circumcised the eighth day, of the stock of Israel, of the tribe of Benjamin, an Hebrew of the Hebrews; as touching the law, a Pharisee; -- philippians 3:5 +. +Concerning zeal, persecuting the church; touching the righteousness which is in the law, blameless. -- philippians 3:6 +. +But what things were gain to me, those I counted loss for Christ. -- philippians 3:7 +. +Yea doubtless, and I count all things but loss for the excellency of the knowledge of Christ Jesus my Lord: for whom I have suffered the loss of all things, and do count them but dung, that I may win Christ, -- philippians 3:8 +. +And be found in him, not having mine own righteousness, which is of the law, but that which is through the faith of Christ, the righteousness which is of God by faith: -- philippians 3:9 +. +That I may know him, and the power of his resurrection, and the fellowship of his sufferings, being made conformable unto his death; -- philippians 3:10 +. +If by any means I might attain unto the resurrection of the dead. -- philippians 3:11 +. +Not as though I had already attained, either were already perfect: but I follow after, if that I may apprehend that for which also I am apprehended of Christ Jesus. -- philippians 3:12 +. +Brethren, I count not myself to have apprehended: but this one thing I do, forgetting those things which are behind, and reaching forth unto those things which are before, -- philippians 3:13 +. +I press toward the mark for the prize of the high calling of God in Christ Jesus. -- philippians 3:14 +. +Let us therefore, as many as be perfect, be thus minded: and if in any thing ye be otherwise minded, God shall reveal even this unto you. -- philippians 3:15 +. +Nevertheless, whereto we have already attained, let us walk by the same rule, let us mind the same thing. -- philippians 3:16 +. +Brethren, be followers together of me, and mark them which walk so as ye have us for an ensample. -- philippians 3:17 +. +(For many walk, of whom I have told you often, and now tell you even weeping, that they are the enemies of the cross of Christ: -- philippians 3:18 +. +Whose end is destruction, whose God is their belly, and whose glory is in their shame, who mind earthly things.) -- philippians 3:19 +. +For our conversation is in heaven; from whence also we look for the Saviour, the Lord Jesus Christ: -- philippians 3:20 +. +Who shall change our vile body, that it may be fashioned like unto his glorious body, according to the working whereby he is able even to subdue all things unto himself. -- philippians 3:21 +. +Therefore, my brethren dearly beloved and longed for, my joy and crown, so stand fast in the Lord, my dearly beloved. -- philippians 4:1 +. +I beseech Euodias, and beseech Syntyche, that they be of the same mind in the Lord. -- philippians 4:2 +. +And I intreat thee also, true yokefellow, help those women which laboured with me in the gospel, with Clement also, and with other my fellowlabourers, whose names are in the book of life. -- philippians 4:3 +. +Rejoice in the Lord alway: and again I say, Rejoice. -- philippians 4:4 +. +Let your moderation be known unto all men. The Lord is at hand. -- philippians 4:5 +. +Be careful for nothing; but in every thing by prayer and supplication with thanksgiving let your requests be made known unto God. -- philippians 4:6 +. +And the peace of God, which passeth all understanding, shall keep your hearts and minds through Christ Jesus. -- philippians 4:7 +. +Finally, brethren, whatsoever things are true, whatsoever things are honest, whatsoever things are just, whatsoever things are pure, whatsoever things are lovely, whatsoever things are of good report; if there be any virtue, and if there be any praise, think on these things. -- philippians 4:8 +. +Those things, which ye have both learned, and received, and heard, and seen in me, do: and the God of peace shall be with you. -- philippians 4:9 +. +But I rejoiced in the Lord greatly, that now at the last your care of me hath flourished again; wherein ye were also careful, but ye lacked opportunity. -- philippians 4:10 +. +Not that I speak in respect of want: for I have learned, in whatsoever state I am, therewith to be content. -- philippians 4:11 +. +I know both how to be abased, and I know how to abound: every where and in all things I am instructed both to be full and to be hungry, both to abound and to suffer need. -- philippians 4:12 +. +I can do all things through Christ which strengtheneth me. -- philippians 4:13 +. +Notwithstanding ye have well done, that ye did communicate with my affliction. -- philippians 4:14 +. +Now ye Philippians know also, that in the beginning of the gospel, when I departed from Macedonia, no church communicated with me as concerning giving and receiving, but ye only. -- philippians 4:15 +. +For even in Thessalonica ye sent once and again unto my necessity. -- philippians 4:16 +. +Not because I desire a gift: but I desire fruit that may abound to your account. -- philippians 4:17 +. +But I have all, and abound: I am full, having received of Epaphroditus the things which were sent from you, an odour of a sweet smell, a sacrifice acceptable, wellpleasing to God. -- philippians 4:18 +. +But my God shall supply all your need according to his riches in glory by Christ Jesus. -- philippians 4:19 +. +Now unto God and our Father be glory for ever and ever. Amen. -- philippians 4:20 +. +Salute every saint in Christ Jesus. The brethren which are with me greet you. -- philippians 4:21 +. +All the saints salute you, chiefly they that are of Caesar's household. -- philippians 4:22 +. +The grace of our Lord Jesus Christ be with you all. Amen. -- philippians 4:23 +. +Paul, an apostle of Jesus Christ by the will of God, and Timotheus our brother, -- colossians 1:1 +. +To the saints and faithful brethren in Christ which are at Colosse: Grace be unto you, and peace, from God our Father and the Lord Jesus Christ. -- colossians 1:2 +. +We give thanks to God and the Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, praying always for you, -- colossians 1:3 +. +Since we heard of your faith in Christ Jesus, and of the love which ye have to all the saints, -- colossians 1:4 +. +For the hope which is laid up for you in heaven, whereof ye heard before in the word of the truth of the gospel; -- colossians 1:5 +. +Which is come unto you, as it is in all the world; and bringeth forth fruit, as it doth also in you, since the day ye heard of it, and knew the grace of God in truth: -- colossians 1:6 +. +As ye also learned of Epaphras our dear fellowservant, who is for you a faithful minister of Christ; -- colossians 1:7 +. +Who also declared unto us your love in the Spirit. -- colossians 1:8 +. +For this cause we also, since the day we heard it, do not cease to pray for you, and to desire that ye might be filled with the knowledge of his will in all wisdom and spiritual understanding; -- colossians 1:9 +. +That ye might walk worthy of the Lord unto all pleasing, being fruitful in every good work, and increasing in the knowledge of God; -- colossians 1:10 +. +Strengthened with all might, according to his glorious power, unto all patience and longsuffering with joyfulness; -- colossians 1:11 +. +Giving thanks unto the Father, which hath made us meet to be partakers of the inheritance of the saints in light: -- colossians 1:12 +. +Who hath delivered us from the power of darkness, and hath translated us into the kingdom of his dear Son: -- colossians 1:13 +. +In whom we have redemption through his blood, even the forgiveness of sins: -- colossians 1:14 +. +Who is the image of the invisible God, the firstborn of every creature: -- colossians 1:15 +. +For by him were all things created, that are in heaven, and that are in earth, visible and invisible, whether they be thrones, or dominions, or principalities, or powers: all things were created by him, and for him: -- colossians 1:16 +. +And he is before all things, and by him all things consist. -- colossians 1:17 +. +And he is the head of the body, the church: who is the beginning, the firstborn from the dead; that in all things he might have the preeminence. -- colossians 1:18 +. +For it pleased the Father that in him should all fulness dwell; -- colossians 1:19 +. +And, having made peace through the blood of his cross, by him to reconcile all things unto himself; by him, I say, whether they be things in earth, or things in heaven. -- colossians 1:20 +. +And you, that were sometime alienated and enemies in your mind by wicked works, yet now hath he reconciled -- colossians 1:21 +. +In the body of his flesh through death, to present you holy and unblameable and unreproveable in his sight: -- colossians 1:22 +. +If ye continue in the faith grounded and settled, and be not moved away from the hope of the gospel, which ye have heard, and which was preached to every creature which is under heaven; whereof I Paul am made a minister; -- colossians 1:23 +. +Who now rejoice in my sufferings for you, and fill up that which is behind of the afflictions of Christ in my flesh for his body's sake, which is the church: -- colossians 1:24 +. +Whereof I am made a minister, according to the dispensation of God which is given to me for you, to fulfil the word of God; -- colossians 1:25 +. +Even the mystery which hath been hid from ages and from generations, but now is made manifest to his saints: -- colossians 1:26 +. +To whom God would make known what is the riches of the glory of this mystery among the Gentiles; which is Christ in you, the hope of glory: -- colossians 1:27 +. +Whom we preach, warning every man, and teaching every man in all wisdom; that we may present every man perfect in Christ Jesus: -- colossians 1:28 +. +Whereunto I also labour, striving according to his working, which worketh in me mightily. -- colossians 1:29 +. +For I would that ye knew what great conflict I have for you, and for them at Laodicea, and for as many as have not seen my face in the flesh; -- colossians 2:1 +. +That their hearts might be comforted, being knit together in love, and unto all riches of the full assurance of understanding, to the acknowledgement of the mystery of God, and of the Father, and of Christ; -- colossians 2:2 +. +In whom are hid all the treasures of wisdom and knowledge. -- colossians 2:3 +. +And this I say, lest any man should beguile you with enticing words. -- colossians 2:4 +. +For though I be absent in the flesh, yet am I with you in the spirit, joying and beholding your order, and the stedfastness of your faith in Christ. -- colossians 2:5 +. +As ye have therefore received Christ Jesus the Lord, so walk ye in him: -- colossians 2:6 +. +Rooted and built up in him, and stablished in the faith, as ye have been taught, abounding therein with thanksgiving. -- colossians 2:7 +. +Beware lest any man spoil you through philosophy and vain deceit, after the tradition of men, after the rudiments of the world, and not after Christ. -- colossians 2:8 +. +For in him dwelleth all the fulness of the Godhead bodily. -- colossians 2:9 +. +And ye are complete in him, which is the head of all principality and power: -- colossians 2:10 +. +In whom also ye are circumcised with the circumcision made without hands, in putting off the body of the sins of the flesh by the circumcision of Christ: -- colossians 2:11 +. +Buried with him in baptism, wherein also ye are risen with him through the faith of the operation of God, who hath raised him from the dead. -- colossians 2:12 +. +And you, being dead in your sins and the uncircumcision of your flesh, hath he quickened together with him, having forgiven you all trespasses; -- colossians 2:13 +. +Blotting out the handwriting of ordinances that was against us, which was contrary to us, and took it out of the way, nailing it to his cross; -- colossians 2:14 +. +And having spoiled principalities and powers, he made a shew of them openly, triumphing over them in it. -- colossians 2:15 +. +Let no man therefore judge you in meat, or in drink, or in respect of an holyday, or of the new moon, or of the sabbath days: -- colossians 2:16 +. +Which are a shadow of things to come; but the body is of Christ. -- colossians 2:17 +. +Let no man beguile you of your reward in a voluntary humility and worshipping of angels, intruding into those things which he hath not seen, vainly puffed up by his fleshly mind, -- colossians 2:18 +. +And not holding the Head, from which all the body by joints and bands having nourishment ministered, and knit together, increaseth with the increase of God. -- colossians 2:19 +. +Wherefore if ye be dead with Christ from the rudiments of the world, why, as though living in the world, are ye subject to ordinances, -- colossians 2:20 +. +(Touch not; taste not; handle not; -- colossians 2:21 +. +Which all are to perish with the using;) after the commandments and doctrines of men? -- colossians 2:22 +. +Which things have indeed a shew of wisdom in will worship, and humility, and neglecting of the body: not in any honour to the satisfying of the flesh. -- colossians 2:23 +. +If ye then be risen with Christ, seek those things which are above, where Christ sitteth on the right hand of God. -- colossians 3:1 +. +Set your affection on things above, not on things on the earth. -- colossians 3:2 +. +For ye are dead, and your life is hid with Christ in God. -- colossians 3:3 +. +When Christ, who is our life, shall appear, then shall ye also appear with him in glory. -- colossians 3:4 +. +Mortify therefore your members which are upon the earth; fornication, uncleanness, inordinate affection, evil concupiscence, and covetousness, which is idolatry: -- colossians 3:5 +. +For which things' sake the wrath of God cometh on the children of disobedience: -- colossians 3:6 +. +In the which ye also walked some time, when ye lived in them. -- colossians 3:7 +. +But now ye also put off all these; anger, wrath, malice, blasphemy, filthy communication out of your mouth. -- colossians 3:8 +. +Lie not one to another, seeing that ye have put off the old man with his deeds; -- colossians 3:9 +. +And have put on the new man, which is renewed in knowledge after the image of him that created him: -- colossians 3:10 +. +Where there is neither Greek nor Jew, circumcision nor uncircumcision, Barbarian, Scythian, bond nor free: but Christ is all, and in all. -- colossians 3:11 +. +Put on therefore, as the elect of God, holy and beloved, bowels of mercies, kindness, humbleness of mind, meekness, longsuffering; -- colossians 3:12 +. +Forbearing one another, and forgiving one another, if any man have a quarrel against any: even as Christ forgave you, so also do ye. -- colossians 3:13 +. +And above all these things put on charity, which is the bond of perfectness. -- colossians 3:14 +. +And let the peace of God rule in your hearts, to the which also ye are called in one body; and be ye thankful. -- colossians 3:15 +. +Let the word of Christ dwell in you richly in all wisdom; teaching and admonishing one another in psalms and hymns and spiritual songs, singing with grace in your hearts to the Lord. -- colossians 3:16 +. +And whatsoever ye do in word or deed, do all in the name of the Lord Jesus, giving thanks to God and the Father by him. -- colossians 3:17 +. +Wives, submit yourselves unto your own husbands, as it is fit in the Lord. -- colossians 3:18 +. +Husbands, love your wives, and be not bitter against them. -- colossians 3:19 +. +Children, obey your parents in all things: for this is well pleasing unto the Lord. -- colossians 3:20 +. +Fathers, provoke not your children to anger, lest they be discouraged. -- colossians 3:21 +. +Servants, obey in all things your masters according to the flesh; not with eyeservice, as menpleasers; but in singleness of heart, fearing God; -- colossians 3:22 +. +And whatsoever ye do, do it heartily, as to the Lord, and not unto men; -- colossians 3:23 +. +Knowing that of the Lord ye shall receive the reward of the inheritance: for ye serve the Lord Christ. -- colossians 3:24 +. +But he that doeth wrong shall receive for the wrong which he hath done: and there is no respect of persons. -- colossians 3:25 +. +Masters, give unto your servants that which is just and equal; knowing that ye also have a Master in heaven. -- colossians 4:1 +. +Continue in prayer, and watch in the same with thanksgiving; -- colossians 4:2 +. +Withal praying also for us, that God would open unto us a door of utterance, to speak the mystery of Christ, for which I am also in bonds: -- colossians 4:3 +. +That I may make it manifest, as I ought to speak. -- colossians 4:4 +. +Walk in wisdom toward them that are without, redeeming the time. -- colossians 4:5 +. +Let your speech be alway with grace, seasoned with salt, that ye may know how ye ought to answer every man. -- colossians 4:6 +. +All my state shall Tychicus declare unto you, who is a beloved brother, and a faithful minister and fellowservant in the Lord: -- colossians 4:7 +. +Whom I have sent unto you for the same purpose, that he might know your estate, and comfort your hearts; -- colossians 4:8 +. +With Onesimus, a faithful and beloved brother, who is one of you. They shall make known unto you all things which are done here. -- colossians 4:9 +. +Aristarchus my fellowprisoner saluteth you, and Marcus, sister's son to Barnabas, (touching whom ye received commandments: if he come unto you, receive him;) -- colossians 4:10 +. +And Jesus, which is called Justus, who are of the circumcision. These only are my fellowworkers unto the kingdom of God, which have been a comfort unto me. -- colossians 4:11 +. +Epaphras, who is one of you, a servant of Christ, saluteth you, always labouring fervently for you in prayers, that ye may stand perfect and complete in all the will of God. -- colossians 4:12 +. +For I bear him record, that he hath a great zeal for you, and them that are in Laodicea, and them in Hierapolis. -- colossians 4:13 +. +Luke, the beloved physician, and Demas, greet you. -- colossians 4:14 +. +Salute the brethren which are in Laodicea, and Nymphas, and the church which is in his house. -- colossians 4:15 +. +And when this epistle is read among you, cause that it be read also in the church of the Laodiceans; and that ye likewise read the epistle from Laodicea. -- colossians 4:16 +. +And say to Archippus, Take heed to the ministry which thou hast received in the Lord, that thou fulfil it. -- colossians 4:17 +. +The salutation by the hand of me Paul. Remember my bonds. Grace be with you. Amen. -- colossians 4:18 +. +Paul, and Silvanus, and Timotheus, unto the church of the Thessalonians which is in God the Father and in the Lord Jesus Christ: Grace be unto you, and peace, from God our Father, and the Lord Jesus Christ. -- 1 thessalonians 1:1 +. +We give thanks to God always for you all, making mention of you in our prayers; -- 1 thessalonians 1:2 +. +Remembering without ceasing your work of faith, and labour of love, and patience of hope in our Lord Jesus Christ, in the sight of God and our Father; -- 1 thessalonians 1:3 +. +Knowing, brethren beloved, your election of God. -- 1 thessalonians 1:4 +. +For our gospel came not unto you in word only, but also in power, and in the Holy Ghost, and in much assurance; as ye know what manner of men we were among you for your sake. -- 1 thessalonians 1:5 +. +And ye became followers of us, and of the Lord, having received the word in much affliction, with joy of the Holy Ghost. -- 1 thessalonians 1:6 +. +So that ye were ensamples to all that believe in Macedonia and Achaia. -- 1 thessalonians 1:7 +. +For from you sounded out the word of the Lord not only in Macedonia and Achaia, but also in every place your faith to God-ward is spread abroad; so that we need not to speak any thing. -- 1 thessalonians 1:8 +. +For they themselves shew of us what manner of entering in we had unto you, and how ye turned to God from idols to serve the living and true God; -- 1 thessalonians 1:9 +. +And to wait for his Son from heaven, whom he raised from the dead, even Jesus, which delivered us from the wrath to come. -- 1 thessalonians 1:10 +. +For yourselves, brethren, know our entrance in unto you, that it was not in vain: -- 1 thessalonians 2:1 +. +But even after that we had suffered before, and were shamefully entreated, as ye know, at Philippi, we were bold in our God to speak unto you the gospel of God with much contention. -- 1 thessalonians 2:2 +. +For our exhortation was not of deceit, nor of uncleanness, nor in guile: -- 1 thessalonians 2:3 +. +But as we were allowed of God to be put in trust with the gospel, even so we speak; not as pleasing men, but God, which trieth our hearts. -- 1 thessalonians 2:4 +. +For neither at any time used we flattering words, as ye know, nor a cloke of covetousness; God is witness: -- 1 thessalonians 2:5 +. +Nor of men sought we glory, neither of you, nor yet of others, when we might have been burdensome, as the apostles of Christ. -- 1 thessalonians 2:6 +. +But we were gentle among you, even as a nurse cherisheth her children: -- 1 thessalonians 2:7 +. +So being affectionately desirous of you, we were willing to have imparted unto you, not the gospel of God only, but also our own souls, because ye were dear unto us. -- 1 thessalonians 2:8 +. +For ye remember, brethren, our labour and travail: for labouring night and day, because we would not be chargeable unto any of you, we preached unto you the gospel of God. -- 1 thessalonians 2:9 +. +Ye are witnesses, and God also, how holily and justly and unblameably we behaved ourselves among you that believe: -- 1 thessalonians 2:10 +. +As ye know how we exhorted and comforted and charged every one of you, as a father doth his children, -- 1 thessalonians 2:11 +. +That ye would walk worthy of God, who hath called you unto his kingdom and glory. -- 1 thessalonians 2:12 +. +For this cause also thank we God without ceasing, because, when ye received the word of God which ye heard of us, ye received it not as the word of men, but as it is in truth, the word of God, which effectually worketh also in you that believe. -- 1 thessalonians 2:13 +. +For ye, brethren, became followers of the churches of God which in Judaea are in Christ Jesus: for ye also have suffered like things of your own countrymen, even as they have of the Jews: -- 1 thessalonians 2:14 +. +Who both killed the Lord Jesus, and their own prophets, and have persecuted us; and they please not God, and are contrary to all men: -- 1 thessalonians 2:15 +. +Forbidding us to speak to the Gentiles that they might be saved, to fill up their sins alway: for the wrath is come upon them to the uttermost. -- 1 thessalonians 2:16 +. +But we, brethren, being taken from you for a short time in presence, not in heart, endeavoured the more abundantly to see your face with great desire. -- 1 thessalonians 2:17 +. +Wherefore we would have come unto you, even I Paul, once and again; but Satan hindered us. -- 1 thessalonians 2:18 +. +For what is our hope, or joy, or crown of rejoicing? Are not even ye in the presence of our Lord Jesus Christ at his coming? -- 1 thessalonians 2:19 +. +For ye are our glory and joy. -- 1 thessalonians 2:20 +. +Wherefore when we could no longer forbear, we thought it good to be left at Athens alone; -- 1 thessalonians 3:1 +. +And sent Timotheus, our brother, and minister of God, and our fellowlabourer in the gospel of Christ, to establish you, and to comfort you concerning your faith: -- 1 thessalonians 3:2 +. +That no man should be moved by these afflictions: for yourselves know that we are appointed thereunto. -- 1 thessalonians 3:3 +. +For verily, when we were with you, we told you before that we should suffer tribulation; even as it came to pass, and ye know. -- 1 thessalonians 3:4 +. +For this cause, when I could no longer forbear, I sent to know your faith, lest by some means the tempter have tempted you, and our labour be in vain. -- 1 thessalonians 3:5 +. +But now when Timotheus came from you unto us, and brought us good tidings of your faith and charity, and that ye have good remembrance of us always, desiring greatly to see us, as we also to see you: -- 1 thessalonians 3:6 +. +Therefore, brethren, we were comforted over you in all our affliction and distress by your faith: -- 1 thessalonians 3:7 +. +For now we live, if ye stand fast in the Lord. -- 1 thessalonians 3:8 +. +For what thanks can we render to God again for you, for all the joy wherewith we joy for your sakes before our God; -- 1 thessalonians 3:9 +. +Night and day praying exceedingly that we might see your face, and might perfect that which is lacking in your faith? -- 1 thessalonians 3:10 +. +Now God himself and our Father, and our Lord Jesus Christ, direct our way unto you. -- 1 thessalonians 3:11 +. +And the Lord make you to increase and abound in love one toward another, and toward all men, even as we do toward you: -- 1 thessalonians 3:12 +. +To the end he may stablish your hearts unblameable in holiness before God, even our Father, at the coming of our Lord Jesus Christ with all his saints. -- 1 thessalonians 3:13 +. +Furthermore then we beseech you, brethren, and exhort you by the Lord Jesus, that as ye have received of us how ye ought to walk and to please God, so ye would abound more and more. -- 1 thessalonians 4:1 +. +For ye know what commandments we gave you by the Lord Jesus. -- 1 thessalonians 4:2 +. +For this is the will of God, even your sanctification, that ye should abstain from fornication: -- 1 thessalonians 4:3 +. +That every one of you should know how to possess his vessel in sanctification and honour; -- 1 thessalonians 4:4 +. +Not in the lust of concupiscence, even as the Gentiles which know not God: -- 1 thessalonians 4:5 +. +That no man go beyond and defraud his brother in any matter: because that the Lord is the avenger of all such, as we also have forewarned you and testified. -- 1 thessalonians 4:6 +. +For God hath not called us unto uncleanness, but unto holiness. -- 1 thessalonians 4:7 +. +He therefore that despiseth, despiseth not man, but God, who hath also given unto us his holy Spirit. -- 1 thessalonians 4:8 +. +But as touching brotherly love ye need not that I write unto you: for ye yourselves are taught of God to love one another. -- 1 thessalonians 4:9 +. +And indeed ye do it toward all the brethren which are in all Macedonia: but we beseech you, brethren, that ye increase more and more; -- 1 thessalonians 4:10 +. +And that ye study to be quiet, and to do your own business, and to work with your own hands, as we commanded you; -- 1 thessalonians 4:11 +. +That ye may walk honestly toward them that are without, and that ye may have lack of nothing. -- 1 thessalonians 4:12 +. +But I would not have you to be ignorant, brethren, concerning them which are asleep, that ye sorrow not, even as others which have no hope. -- 1 thessalonians 4:13 +. +For if we believe that Jesus died and rose again, even so them also which sleep in Jesus will God bring with him. -- 1 thessalonians 4:14 +. +For this we say unto you by the word of the Lord, that we which are alive and remain unto the coming of the Lord shall not prevent them which are asleep. -- 1 thessalonians 4:15 +. +For the Lord himself shall descend from heaven with a shout, with the voice of the archangel, and with the trump of God: and the dead in Christ shall rise first: -- 1 thessalonians 4:16 +. +Then we which are alive and remain shall be caught up together with them in the clouds, to meet the Lord in the air: and so shall we ever be with the Lord. -- 1 thessalonians 4:17 +. +Wherefore comfort one another with these words. -- 1 thessalonians 4:18 +. +But of the times and the seasons, brethren, ye have no need that I write unto you. -- 1 thessalonians 5:1 +. +For yourselves know perfectly that the day of the Lord so cometh as a thief in the night. -- 1 thessalonians 5:2 +. +For when they shall say, Peace and safety; then sudden destruction cometh upon them, as travail upon a woman with child; and they shall not escape. -- 1 thessalonians 5:3 +. +But ye, brethren, are not in darkness, that that day should overtake you as a thief. -- 1 thessalonians 5:4 +. +Ye are all the children of light, and the children of the day: we are not of the night, nor of darkness. -- 1 thessalonians 5:5 +. +Therefore let us not sleep, as do others; but let us watch and be sober. -- 1 thessalonians 5:6 +. +For they that sleep sleep in the night; and they that be drunken are drunken in the night. -- 1 thessalonians 5:7 +. +But let us, who are of the day, be sober, putting on the breastplate of faith and love; and for an helmet, the hope of salvation. -- 1 thessalonians 5:8 +. +For God hath not appointed us to wrath, but to obtain salvation by our Lord Jesus Christ, -- 1 thessalonians 5:9 +. +Who died for us, that, whether we wake or sleep, we should live together with him. -- 1 thessalonians 5:10 +. +Wherefore comfort yourselves together, and edify one another, even as also ye do. -- 1 thessalonians 5:11 +. +And we beseech you, brethren, to know them which labour among you, and are over you in the Lord, and admonish you; -- 1 thessalonians 5:12 +. +And to esteem them very highly in love for their work's sake. And be at peace among yourselves. -- 1 thessalonians 5:13 +. +Now we exhort you, brethren, warn them that are unruly, comfort the feebleminded, support the weak, be patient toward all men. -- 1 thessalonians 5:14 +. +See that none render evil for evil unto any man; but ever follow that which is good, both among yourselves, and to all men. -- 1 thessalonians 5:15 +. +Rejoice evermore. -- 1 thessalonians 5:16 +. +Pray without ceasing. -- 1 thessalonians 5:17 +. +In every thing give thanks: for this is the will of God in Christ Jesus concerning you. -- 1 thessalonians 5:18 +. +Quench not the Spirit. -- 1 thessalonians 5:19 +. +Despise not prophesyings. -- 1 thessalonians 5:20 +. +Prove all things; hold fast that which is good. -- 1 thessalonians 5:21 +. +Abstain from all appearance of evil. -- 1 thessalonians 5:22 +. +And the very God of peace sanctify you wholly; and I pray God your whole spirit and soul and body be preserved blameless unto the coming of our Lord Jesus Christ. -- 1 thessalonians 5:23 +. +Faithful is he that calleth you, who also will do it. -- 1 thessalonians 5:24 +. +Brethren, pray for us. -- 1 thessalonians 5:25 +. +Greet all the brethren with an holy kiss. -- 1 thessalonians 5:26 +. +I charge you by the Lord that this epistle be read unto all the holy brethren. -- 1 thessalonians 5:27 +. +The grace of our Lord Jesus Christ be with you. Amen. -- 1 thessalonians 5:28 +. +Paul, and Silvanus, and Timotheus, unto the church of the Thessalonians in God our Father and the Lord Jesus Christ: -- 2 thessalonians 1:1 +. +Grace unto you, and peace, from God our Father and the Lord Jesus Christ. -- 2 thessalonians 1:2 +. +We are bound to thank God always for you, brethren, as it is meet, because that your faith groweth exceedingly, and the charity of every one of you all toward each other aboundeth; -- 2 thessalonians 1:3 +. +So that we ourselves glory in you in the churches of God for your patience and faith in all your persecutions and tribulations that ye endure: -- 2 thessalonians 1:4 +. +Which is a manifest token of the righteous judgment of God, that ye may be counted worthy of the kingdom of God, for which ye also suffer: -- 2 thessalonians 1:5 +. +Seeing it is a righteous thing with God to recompense tribulation to them that trouble you; -- 2 thessalonians 1:6 +. +And to you who are troubled rest with us, when the Lord Jesus shall be revealed from heaven with his mighty angels, -- 2 thessalonians 1:7 +. +In flaming fire taking vengeance on them that know not God, and that obey not the gospel of our Lord Jesus Christ: -- 2 thessalonians 1:8 +. +Who shall be punished with everlasting destruction from the presence of the Lord, and from the glory of his power; -- 2 thessalonians 1:9 +. +When he shall come to be glorified in his saints, and to be admired in all them that believe (because our testimony among you was believed) in that day. -- 2 thessalonians 1:10 +. +Wherefore also we pray always for you, that our God would count you worthy of this calling, and fulfil all the good pleasure of his goodness, and the work of faith with power: -- 2 thessalonians 1:11 +. +That the name of our Lord Jesus Christ may be glorified in you, and ye in him, according to the grace of our God and the Lord Jesus Christ. -- 2 thessalonians 1:12 +. +Now we beseech you, brethren, by the coming of our Lord Jesus Christ, and by our gathering together unto him, -- 2 thessalonians 2:1 +. +That ye be not soon shaken in mind, or be troubled, neither by spirit, nor by word, nor by letter as from us, as that the day of Christ is at hand. -- 2 thessalonians 2:2 +. +Let no man deceive you by any means: for that day shall not come, except there come a falling away first, and that man of sin be revealed, the son of perdition; -- 2 thessalonians 2:3 +. +Who opposeth and exalteth himself above all that is called God, or that is worshipped; so that he as God sitteth in the temple of God, shewing himself that he is God. -- 2 thessalonians 2:4 +. +Remember ye not, that, when I was yet with you, I told you these things? -- 2 thessalonians 2:5 +. +And now ye know what withholdeth that he might be revealed in his time. -- 2 thessalonians 2:6 +. +For the mystery of iniquity doth already work: only he who now letteth will let, until he be taken out of the way. -- 2 thessalonians 2:7 +. +And then shall that Wicked be revealed, whom the Lord shall consume with the spirit of his mouth, and shall destroy with the brightness of his coming: -- 2 thessalonians 2:8 +. +Even him, whose coming is after the working of Satan with all power and signs and lying wonders, -- 2 thessalonians 2:9 +. +And with all deceivableness of unrighteousness in them that perish; because they received not the love of the truth, that they might be saved. -- 2 thessalonians 2:10 +. +And for this cause God shall send them strong delusion, that they should believe a lie: -- 2 thessalonians 2:11 +. +That they all might be damned who believed not the truth, but had pleasure in unrighteousness. -- 2 thessalonians 2:12 +. +But we are bound to give thanks alway to God for you, brethren beloved of the Lord, because God hath from the beginning chosen you to salvation through sanctification of the Spirit and belief of the truth: -- 2 thessalonians 2:13 +. +Whereunto he called you by our gospel, to the obtaining of the glory of our Lord Jesus Christ. -- 2 thessalonians 2:14 +. +Therefore, brethren, stand fast, and hold the traditions which ye have been taught, whether by word, or our epistle. -- 2 thessalonians 2:15 +. +Now our Lord Jesus Christ himself, and God, even our Father, which hath loved us, and hath given us everlasting consolation and good hope through grace, -- 2 thessalonians 2:16 +. +Comfort your hearts, and stablish you in every good word and work. -- 2 thessalonians 2:17 +. +Finally, brethren, pray for us, that the word of the Lord may have free course, and be glorified, even as it is with you: -- 2 thessalonians 3:1 +. +And that we may be delivered from unreasonable and wicked men: for all men have not faith. -- 2 thessalonians 3:2 +. +But the Lord is faithful, who shall stablish you, and keep you from evil. -- 2 thessalonians 3:3 +. +And we have confidence in the Lord touching you, that ye both do and will do the things which we command you. -- 2 thessalonians 3:4 +. +And the Lord direct your hearts into the love of God, and into the patient waiting for Christ. -- 2 thessalonians 3:5 +. +Now we command you, brethren, in the name of our Lord Jesus Christ, that ye withdraw yourselves from every brother that walketh disorderly, and not after the tradition which he received of us. -- 2 thessalonians 3:6 +. +For yourselves know how ye ought to follow us: for we behaved not ourselves disorderly among you; -- 2 thessalonians 3:7 +. +Neither did we eat any man's bread for nought; but wrought with labour and travail night and day, that we might not be chargeable to any of you: -- 2 thessalonians 3:8 +. +Not because we have not power, but to make ourselves an ensample unto you to follow us. -- 2 thessalonians 3:9 +. +For even when we were with you, this we commanded you, that if any would not work, neither should he eat. -- 2 thessalonians 3:10 +. +For we hear that there are some which walk among you disorderly, working not at all, but are busybodies. -- 2 thessalonians 3:11 +. +Now them that are such we command and exhort by our Lord Jesus Christ, that with quietness they work, and eat their own bread. -- 2 thessalonians 3:12 +. +But ye, brethren, be not weary in well doing. -- 2 thessalonians 3:13 +. +And if any man obey not our word by this epistle, note that man, and have no company with him, that he may be ashamed. -- 2 thessalonians 3:14 +. +Yet count him not as an enemy, but admonish him as a brother. -- 2 thessalonians 3:15 +. +Now the Lord of peace himself give you peace always by all means. The Lord be with you all. -- 2 thessalonians 3:16 +. +The salutation of Paul with mine own hand, which is the token in every epistle: so I write. -- 2 thessalonians 3:17 +. +The grace of our Lord Jesus Christ be with you all. Amen. -- 2 thessalonians 3:18 +. +Paul, an apostle of Jesus Christ by the commandment of God our Saviour, and Lord Jesus Christ, which is our hope; -- 1 timothy 1:1 +. +Unto Timothy, my own son in the faith: Grace, mercy, and peace, from God our Father and Jesus Christ our Lord. -- 1 timothy 1:2 +. +As I besought thee to abide still at Ephesus, when I went into Macedonia, that thou mightest charge some that they teach no other doctrine, -- 1 timothy 1:3 +. +Neither give heed to fables and endless genealogies, which minister questions, rather than godly edifying which is in faith: so do. -- 1 timothy 1:4 +. +Now the end of the commandment is charity out of a pure heart, and of a good conscience, and of faith unfeigned: -- 1 timothy 1:5 +. +From which some having swerved have turned aside unto vain jangling; -- 1 timothy 1:6 +. +Desiring to be teachers of the law; understanding neither what they say, nor whereof they affirm. -- 1 timothy 1:7 +. +But we know that the law is good, if a man use it lawfully; -- 1 timothy 1:8 +. +Knowing this, that the law is not made for a righteous man, but for the lawless and disobedient, for the ungodly and for sinners, for unholy and profane, for murderers of fathers and murderers of mothers, for manslayers, -- 1 timothy 1:9 +. +For whoremongers, for them that defile themselves with mankind, for menstealers, for liars, for perjured persons, and if there be any other thing that is contrary to sound doctrine; -- 1 timothy 1:10 +. +According to the glorious gospel of the blessed God, which was committed to my trust. -- 1 timothy 1:11 +. +And I thank Christ Jesus our Lord, who hath enabled me, for that he counted me faithful, putting me into the ministry; -- 1 timothy 1:12 +. +Who was before a blasphemer, and a persecutor, and injurious: but I obtained mercy, because I did it ignorantly in unbelief. -- 1 timothy 1:13 +. +And the grace of our Lord was exceeding abundant with faith and love which is in Christ Jesus. -- 1 timothy 1:14 +. +This is a faithful saying, and worthy of all acceptation, that Christ Jesus came into the world to save sinners; of whom I am chief. -- 1 timothy 1:15 +. +Howbeit for this cause I obtained mercy, that in me first Jesus Christ might shew forth all longsuffering, for a pattern to them which should hereafter believe on him to life everlasting. -- 1 timothy 1:16 +. +Now unto the King eternal, immortal, invisible, the only wise God, be honour and glory for ever and ever. Amen. -- 1 timothy 1:17 +. +This charge I commit unto thee, son Timothy, according to the prophecies which went before on thee, that thou by them mightest war a good warfare; -- 1 timothy 1:18 +. +Holding faith, and a good conscience; which some having put away concerning faith have made shipwreck: -- 1 timothy 1:19 +. +Of whom is Hymenaeus and Alexander; whom I have delivered unto Satan, that they may learn not to blaspheme. -- 1 timothy 1:20 +. +I exhort therefore, that, first of all, supplications, prayers, intercessions, and giving of thanks, be made for all men; -- 1 timothy 2:1 +. +For kings, and for all that are in authority; that we may lead a quiet and peaceable life in all godliness and honesty. -- 1 timothy 2:2 +. +For this is good and acceptable in the sight of God our Saviour; -- 1 timothy 2:3 +. +Who will have all men to be saved, and to come unto the knowledge of the truth. -- 1 timothy 2:4 +. +For there is one God, and one mediator between God and men, the man Christ Jesus; -- 1 timothy 2:5 +. +Who gave himself a ransom for all, to be testified in due time. -- 1 timothy 2:6 +. +Whereunto I am ordained a preacher, and an apostle, (I speak the truth in Christ, and lie not;) a teacher of the Gentiles in faith and verity. -- 1 timothy 2:7 +. +I will therefore that men pray every where, lifting up holy hands, without wrath and doubting. -- 1 timothy 2:8 +. +In like manner also, that women adorn themselves in modest apparel, with shamefacedness and sobriety; not with broided hair, or gold, or pearls, or costly array; -- 1 timothy 2:9 +. +But (which becometh women professing godliness) with good works. -- 1 timothy 2:10 +. +Let the woman learn in silence with all subjection. -- 1 timothy 2:11 +. +But I suffer not a woman to teach, nor to usurp authority over the man, but to be in silence. -- 1 timothy 2:12 +. +For Adam was first formed, then Eve. -- 1 timothy 2:13 +. +And Adam was not deceived, but the woman being deceived was in the transgression. -- 1 timothy 2:14 +. +Notwithstanding she shall be saved in childbearing, if they continue in faith and charity and holiness with sobriety. -- 1 timothy 2:15 +. +This is a true saying, If a man desire the office of a bishop, he desireth a good work. -- 1 timothy 3:1 +. +A bishop then must be blameless, the husband of one wife, vigilant, sober, of good behaviour, given to hospitality, apt to teach; -- 1 timothy 3:2 +. +Not given to wine, no striker, not greedy of filthy lucre; but patient, not a brawler, not covetous; -- 1 timothy 3:3 +. +One that ruleth well his own house, having his children in subjection with all gravity; -- 1 timothy 3:4 +. +(For if a man know not how to rule his own house, how shall he take care of the church of God?) -- 1 timothy 3:5 +. +Not a novice, lest being lifted up with pride he fall into the condemnation of the devil. -- 1 timothy 3:6 +. +Moreover he must have a good report of them which are without; lest he fall into reproach and the snare of the devil. -- 1 timothy 3:7 +. +Likewise must the deacons be grave, not doubletongued, not given to much wine, not greedy of filthy lucre; -- 1 timothy 3:8 +. +Holding the mystery of the faith in a pure conscience. -- 1 timothy 3:9 +. +And let these also first be proved; then let them use the office of a deacon, being found blameless. -- 1 timothy 3:10 +. +Even so must their wives be grave, not slanderers, sober, faithful in all things. -- 1 timothy 3:11 +. +Let the deacons be the husbands of one wife, ruling their children and their own houses well. -- 1 timothy 3:12 +. +For they that have used the office of a deacon well purchase to themselves a good degree, and great boldness in the faith which is in Christ Jesus. -- 1 timothy 3:13 +. +These things write I unto thee, hoping to come unto thee shortly: -- 1 timothy 3:14 +. +But if I tarry long, that thou mayest know how thou oughtest to behave thyself in the house of God, which is the church of the living God, the pillar and ground of the truth. -- 1 timothy 3:15 +. +And without controversy great is the mystery of godliness: God was manifest in the flesh, justified in the Spirit, seen of angels, preached unto the Gentiles, believed on in the world, received up into glory. -- 1 timothy 3:16 +. +Now the Spirit speaketh expressly, that in the latter times some shall depart from the faith, giving heed to seducing spirits, and doctrines of devils; -- 1 timothy 4:1 +. +Speaking lies in hypocrisy; having their conscience seared with a hot iron; -- 1 timothy 4:2 +. +Forbidding to marry, and commanding to abstain from meats, which God hath created to be received with thanksgiving of them which believe and know the truth. -- 1 timothy 4:3 +. +For every creature of God is good, and nothing to be refused, if it be received with thanksgiving: -- 1 timothy 4:4 +. +For it is sanctified by the word of God and prayer. -- 1 timothy 4:5 +. +If thou put the brethren in remembrance of these things, thou shalt be a good minister of Jesus Christ, nourished up in the words of faith and of good doctrine, whereunto thou hast attained. -- 1 timothy 4:6 +. +But refuse profane and old wives' fables, and exercise thyself rather unto godliness. -- 1 timothy 4:7 +. +For bodily exercise profiteth little: but godliness is profitable unto all things, having promise of the life that now is, and of that which is to come. -- 1 timothy 4:8 +. +This is a faithful saying and worthy of all acceptation. -- 1 timothy 4:9 +. +For therefore we both labour and suffer reproach, because we trust in the living God, who is the Saviour of all men, specially of those that believe. -- 1 timothy 4:10 +. +These things command and teach. -- 1 timothy 4:11 +. +Let no man despise thy youth; but be thou an example of the believers, in word, in conversation, in charity, in spirit, in faith, in purity. -- 1 timothy 4:12 +. +Till I come, give attendance to reading, to exhortation, to doctrine. -- 1 timothy 4:13 +. +Neglect not the gift that is in thee, which was given thee by prophecy, with the laying on of the hands of the presbytery. -- 1 timothy 4:14 +. +Meditate upon these things; give thyself wholly to them; that thy profiting may appear to all. -- 1 timothy 4:15 +. +Take heed unto thyself, and unto the doctrine; continue in them: for in doing this thou shalt both save thyself, and them that hear thee. -- 1 timothy 4:16 +. +Rebuke not an elder, but intreat him as a father; and the younger men as brethren; -- 1 timothy 5:1 +. +The elder women as mothers; the younger as sisters, with all purity. -- 1 timothy 5:2 +. +Honour widows that are widows indeed. -- 1 timothy 5:3 +. +But if any widow have children or nephews, let them learn first to shew piety at home, and to requite their parents: for that is good and acceptable before God. -- 1 timothy 5:4 +. +Now she that is a widow indeed, and desolate, trusteth in God, and continueth in supplications and prayers night and day. -- 1 timothy 5:5 +. +But she that liveth in pleasure is dead while she liveth. -- 1 timothy 5:6 +. +And these things give in charge, that they may be blameless. -- 1 timothy 5:7 +. +But if any provide not for his own, and specially for those of his own house, he hath denied the faith, and is worse than an infidel. -- 1 timothy 5:8 +. +Let not a widow be taken into the number under threescore years old, having been the wife of one man. -- 1 timothy 5:9 +. +Well reported of for good works; if she have brought up children, if she have lodged strangers, if she have washed the saints' feet, if she have relieved the afflicted, if she have diligently followed every good work. -- 1 timothy 5:10 +. +But the younger widows refuse: for when they have begun to wax wanton against Christ, they will marry; -- 1 timothy 5:11 +. +Having damnation, because they have cast off their first faith. -- 1 timothy 5:12 +. +And withal they learn to be idle, wandering about from house to house; and not only idle, but tattlers also and busybodies, speaking things which they ought not. -- 1 timothy 5:13 +. +I will therefore that the younger women marry, bear children, guide the house, give none occasion to the adversary to speak reproachfully. -- 1 timothy 5:14 +. +For some are already turned aside after Satan. -- 1 timothy 5:15 +. +If any man or woman that believeth have widows, let them relieve them, and let not the church be charged; that it may relieve them that are widows indeed. -- 1 timothy 5:16 +. +Let the elders that rule well be counted worthy of double honour, especially they who labour in the word and doctrine. -- 1 timothy 5:17 +. +For the scripture saith, Thou shalt not muzzle the ox that treadeth out the corn. And, The labourer is worthy of his reward. -- 1 timothy 5:18 +. +Against an elder receive not an accusation, but before two or three witnesses. -- 1 timothy 5:19 +. +Them that sin rebuke before all, that others also may fear. -- 1 timothy 5:20 +. +I charge thee before God, and the Lord Jesus Christ, and the elect angels, that thou observe these things without preferring one before another, doing nothing by partiality. -- 1 timothy 5:21 +. +Lay hands suddenly on no man, neither be partaker of other men's sins: keep thyself pure. -- 1 timothy 5:22 +. +Drink no longer water, but use a little wine for thy stomach's sake and thine often infirmities. -- 1 timothy 5:23 +. +Some men's sins are open beforehand, going before to judgment; and some men they follow after. -- 1 timothy 5:24 +. +Likewise also the good works of some are manifest beforehand; and they that are otherwise cannot be hid. -- 1 timothy 5:25 +. +Let as many servants as are under the yoke count their own masters worthy of all honour, that the name of God and his doctrine be not blasphemed. -- 1 timothy 6:1 +. +And they that have believing masters, let them not despise them, because they are brethren; but rather do them service, because they are faithful and beloved, partakers of the benefit. These things teach and exhort. -- 1 timothy 6:2 +. +If any man teach otherwise, and consent not to wholesome words, even the words of our Lord Jesus Christ, and to the doctrine which is according to godliness; -- 1 timothy 6:3 +. +He is proud, knowing nothing, but doting about questions and strifes of words, whereof cometh envy, strife, railings, evil surmisings, -- 1 timothy 6:4 +. +Perverse disputings of men of corrupt minds, and destitute of the truth, supposing that gain is godliness: from such withdraw thyself. -- 1 timothy 6:5 +. +But godliness with contentment is great gain. -- 1 timothy 6:6 +. +For we brought nothing into this world, and it is certain we can carry nothing out. -- 1 timothy 6:7 +. +And having food and raiment let us be therewith content. -- 1 timothy 6:8 +. +But they that will be rich fall into temptation and a snare, and into many foolish and hurtful lusts, which drown men in destruction and perdition. -- 1 timothy 6:9 +. +For the love of money is the root of all evil: which while some coveted after, they have erred from the faith, and pierced themselves through with many sorrows. -- 1 timothy 6:10 +. +But thou, O man of God, flee these things; and follow after righteousness, godliness, faith, love, patience, meekness. -- 1 timothy 6:11 +. +Fight the good fight of faith, lay hold on eternal life, whereunto thou art also called, and hast professed a good profession before many witnesses. -- 1 timothy 6:12 +. +I give thee charge in the sight of God, who quickeneth all things, and before Christ Jesus, who before Pontius Pilate witnessed a good confession; -- 1 timothy 6:13 +. +That thou keep this commandment without spot, unrebukable, until the appearing of our Lord Jesus Christ: -- 1 timothy 6:14 +. +Which in his times he shall shew, who is the blessed and only Potentate, the King of kings, and Lord of lords; -- 1 timothy 6:15 +. +Who only hath immortality, dwelling in the light which no man can approach unto; whom no man hath seen, nor can see: to whom be honour and power everlasting. Amen. -- 1 timothy 6:16 +. +Charge them that are rich in this world, that they be not highminded, nor trust in uncertain riches, but in the living God, who giveth us richly all things to enjoy; -- 1 timothy 6:17 +. +That they do good, that they be rich in good works, ready to distribute, willing to communicate; -- 1 timothy 6:18 +. +Laying up in store for themselves a good foundation against the time to come, that they may lay hold on eternal life. -- 1 timothy 6:19 +. +O Timothy, keep that which is committed to thy trust, avoiding profane and vain babblings, and oppositions of science falsely so called: -- 1 timothy 6:20 +. +Which some professing have erred concerning the faith. Grace be with thee. Amen. -- 1 timothy 6:21 +. +Paul, an apostle of Jesus Christ by the will of God, according to the promise of life which is in Christ Jesus, -- 2 timothy 1:1 +. +To Timothy, my dearly beloved son: Grace, mercy, and peace, from God the Father and Christ Jesus our Lord. -- 2 timothy 1:2 +. +I thank God, whom I serve from my forefathers with pure conscience, that without ceasing I have remembrance of thee in my prayers night and day; -- 2 timothy 1:3 +. +Greatly desiring to see thee, being mindful of thy tears, that I may be filled with joy; -- 2 timothy 1:4 +. +When I call to remembrance the unfeigned faith that is in thee, which dwelt first in thy grandmother Lois, and thy mother Eunice; and I am persuaded that in thee also. -- 2 timothy 1:5 +. +Wherefore I put thee in remembrance that thou stir up the gift of God, which is in thee by the putting on of my hands. -- 2 timothy 1:6 +. +For God hath not given us the spirit of fear; but of power, and of love, and of a sound mind. -- 2 timothy 1:7 +. +Be not thou therefore ashamed of the testimony of our Lord, nor of me his prisoner: but be thou partaker of the afflictions of the gospel according to the power of God; -- 2 timothy 1:8 +. +Who hath saved us, and called us with an holy calling, not according to our works, but according to his own purpose and grace, which was given us in Christ Jesus before the world began, -- 2 timothy 1:9 +. +But is now made manifest by the appearing of our Saviour Jesus Christ, who hath abolished death, and hath brought life and immortality to light through the gospel: -- 2 timothy 1:10 +. +Whereunto I am appointed a preacher, and an apostle, and a teacher of the Gentiles. -- 2 timothy 1:11 +. +For the which cause I also suffer these things: nevertheless I am not ashamed: for I know whom I have believed, and am persuaded that he is able to keep that which I have committed unto him against that day. -- 2 timothy 1:12 +. +Hold fast the form of sound words, which thou hast heard of me, in faith and love which is in Christ Jesus. -- 2 timothy 1:13 +. +That good thing which was committed unto thee keep by the Holy Ghost which dwelleth in us. -- 2 timothy 1:14 +. +This thou knowest, that all they which are in Asia be turned away from me; of whom are Phygellus and Hermogenes. -- 2 timothy 1:15 +. +The Lord give mercy unto the house of Onesiphorus; for he oft refreshed me, and was not ashamed of my chain: -- 2 timothy 1:16 +. +But, when he was in Rome, he sought me out very diligently, and found me. -- 2 timothy 1:17 +. +The Lord grant unto him that he may find mercy of the Lord in that day: and in how many things he ministered unto me at Ephesus, thou knowest very well. -- 2 timothy 1:18 +. +Thou therefore, my son, be strong in the grace that is in Christ Jesus. -- 2 timothy 2:1 +. +And the things that thou hast heard of me among many witnesses, the same commit thou to faithful men, who shall be able to teach others also. -- 2 timothy 2:2 +. +Thou therefore endure hardness, as a good soldier of Jesus Christ. -- 2 timothy 2:3 +. +No man that warreth entangleth himself with the affairs of this life; that he may please him who hath chosen him to be a soldier. -- 2 timothy 2:4 +. +And if a man also strive for masteries, yet is he not crowned, except he strive lawfully. -- 2 timothy 2:5 +. +The husbandman that laboureth must be first partaker of the fruits. -- 2 timothy 2:6 +. +Consider what I say; and the Lord give thee understanding in all things. -- 2 timothy 2:7 +. +Remember that Jesus Christ of the seed of David was raised from the dead according to my gospel: -- 2 timothy 2:8 +. +Wherein I suffer trouble, as an evil doer, even unto bonds; but the word of God is not bound. -- 2 timothy 2:9 +. +Therefore I endure all things for the elect's sakes, that they may also obtain the salvation which is in Christ Jesus with eternal glory. -- 2 timothy 2:10 +. +It is a faithful saying: For if we be dead with him, we shall also live with him: -- 2 timothy 2:11 +. +If we suffer, we shall also reign with him: if we deny him, he also will deny us: -- 2 timothy 2:12 +. +If we believe not, yet he abideth faithful: he cannot deny himself. -- 2 timothy 2:13 +. +Of these things put them in remembrance, charging them before the Lord that they strive not about words to no profit, but to the subverting of the hearers. -- 2 timothy 2:14 +. +Study to shew thyself approved unto God, a workman that needeth not to be ashamed, rightly dividing the word of truth. -- 2 timothy 2:15 +. +But shun profane and vain babblings: for they will increase unto more ungodliness. -- 2 timothy 2:16 +. +And their word will eat as doth a canker: of whom is Hymenaeus and Philetus; -- 2 timothy 2:17 +. +Who concerning the truth have erred, saying that the resurrection is past already; and overthrow the faith of some. -- 2 timothy 2:18 +. +Nevertheless the foundation of God standeth sure, having this seal, The Lord knoweth them that are his. And, Let every one that nameth the name of Christ depart from iniquity. -- 2 timothy 2:19 +. +But in a great house there are not only vessels of gold and of silver, but also of wood and of earth; and some to honour, and some to dishonour. -- 2 timothy 2:20 +. +If a man therefore purge himself from these, he shall be a vessel unto honour, sanctified, and meet for the master's use, and prepared unto every good work. -- 2 timothy 2:21 +. +Flee also youthful lusts: but follow righteousness, faith, charity, peace, with them that call on the Lord out of a pure heart. -- 2 timothy 2:22 +. +But foolish and unlearned questions avoid, knowing that they do gender strifes. -- 2 timothy 2:23 +. +And the servant of the Lord must not strive; but be gentle unto all men, apt to teach, patient, -- 2 timothy 2:24 +. +In meekness instructing those that oppose themselves; if God peradventure will give them repentance to the acknowledging of the truth; -- 2 timothy 2:25 +. +And that they may recover themselves out of the snare of the devil, who are taken captive by him at his will. -- 2 timothy 2:26 +. +This know also, that in the last days perilous times shall come. -- 2 timothy 3:1 +. +For men shall be lovers of their own selves, covetous, boasters, proud, blasphemers, disobedient to parents, unthankful, unholy, -- 2 timothy 3:2 +. +Without natural affection, trucebreakers, false accusers, incontinent, fierce, despisers of those that are good, -- 2 timothy 3:3 +. +Traitors, heady, highminded, lovers of pleasures more than lovers of God; -- 2 timothy 3:4 +. +Having a form of godliness, but denying the power thereof: from such turn away. -- 2 timothy 3:5 +. +For of this sort are they which creep into houses, and lead captive silly women laden with sins, led away with divers lusts, -- 2 timothy 3:6 +. +Ever learning, and never able to come to the knowledge of the truth. -- 2 timothy 3:7 +. +Now as Jannes and Jambres withstood Moses, so do these also resist the truth: men of corrupt minds, reprobate concerning the faith. -- 2 timothy 3:8 +. +But they shall proceed no further: for their folly shall be manifest unto all men, as their's also was. -- 2 timothy 3:9 +. +But thou hast fully known my doctrine, manner of life, purpose, faith, longsuffering, charity, patience, -- 2 timothy 3:10 +. +Persecutions, afflictions, which came unto me at Antioch, at Iconium, at Lystra; what persecutions I endured: but out of them all the Lord delivered me. -- 2 timothy 3:11 +. +Yea, and all that will live godly in Christ Jesus shall suffer persecution. -- 2 timothy 3:12 +. +But evil men and seducers shall wax worse and worse, deceiving, and being deceived. -- 2 timothy 3:13 +. +But continue thou in the things which thou hast learned and hast been assured of, knowing of whom thou hast learned them; -- 2 timothy 3:14 +. +And that from a child thou hast known the holy scriptures, which are able to make thee wise unto salvation through faith which is in Christ Jesus. -- 2 timothy 3:15 +. +All scripture is given by inspiration of God, and is profitable for doctrine, for reproof, for correction, for instruction in righteousness: -- 2 timothy 3:16 +. +That the man of God may be perfect, throughly furnished unto all good works. -- 2 timothy 3:17 +. +I charge thee therefore before God, and the Lord Jesus Christ, who shall judge the quick and the dead at his appearing and his kingdom; -- 2 timothy 4:1 +. +Preach the word; be instant in season, out of season; reprove, rebuke, exhort with all longsuffering and doctrine. -- 2 timothy 4:2 +. +For the time will come when they will not endure sound doctrine; but after their own lusts shall they heap to themselves teachers, having itching ears; -- 2 timothy 4:3 +. +And they shall turn away their ears from the truth, and shall be turned unto fables. -- 2 timothy 4:4 +. +But watch thou in all things, endure afflictions, do the work of an evangelist, make full proof of thy ministry. -- 2 timothy 4:5 +. +For I am now ready to be offered, and the time of my departure is at hand. -- 2 timothy 4:6 +. +I have fought a good fight, I have finished my course, I have kept the faith: -- 2 timothy 4:7 +. +Henceforth there is laid up for me a crown of righteousness, which the Lord, the righteous judge, shall give me at that day: and not to me only, but unto all them also that love his appearing. -- 2 timothy 4:8 +. +Do thy diligence to come shortly unto me: -- 2 timothy 4:9 +. +For Demas hath forsaken me, having loved this present world, and is departed unto Thessalonica; Crescens to Galatia, Titus unto Dalmatia. -- 2 timothy 4:10 +. +Only Luke is with me. Take Mark, and bring him with thee: for he is profitable to me for the ministry. -- 2 timothy 4:11 +. +And Tychicus have I sent to Ephesus. -- 2 timothy 4:12 +. +The cloke that I left at Troas with Carpus, when thou comest, bring with thee, and the books, but especially the parchments. -- 2 timothy 4:13 +. +Alexander the coppersmith did me much evil: the Lord reward him according to his works: -- 2 timothy 4:14 +. +Of whom be thou ware also; for he hath greatly withstood our words. -- 2 timothy 4:15 +. +At my first answer no man stood with me, but all men forsook me: I pray God that it may not be laid to their charge. -- 2 timothy 4:16 +. +Notwithstanding the Lord stood with me, and strengthened me; that by me the preaching might be fully known, and that all the Gentiles might hear: and I was delivered out of the mouth of the lion. -- 2 timothy 4:17 +. +And the Lord shall deliver me from every evil work, and will preserve me unto his heavenly kingdom: to whom be glory for ever and ever. Amen. -- 2 timothy 4:18 +. +Salute Prisca and Aquila, and the household of Onesiphorus. -- 2 timothy 4:19 +. +Erastus abode at Corinth: but Trophimus have I left at Miletum sick. -- 2 timothy 4:20 +. +Do thy diligence to come before winter. Eubulus greeteth thee, and Pudens, and Linus, and Claudia, and all the brethren. -- 2 timothy 4:21 +. +The Lord Jesus Christ be with thy spirit. Grace be with you. Amen. -- 2 timothy 4:22 +. +Paul, a servant of God, and an apostle of Jesus Christ, according to the faith of God's elect, and the acknowledging of the truth which is after godliness; -- titus 1:1 +. +In hope of eternal life, which God, that cannot lie, promised before the world began; -- titus 1:2 +. +But hath in due times manifested his word through preaching, which is committed unto me according to the commandment of God our Saviour; -- titus 1:3 +. +To Titus, mine own son after the common faith: Grace, mercy, and peace, from God the Father and the Lord Jesus Christ our Saviour. -- titus 1:4 +. +For this cause left I thee in Crete, that thou shouldest set in order the things that are wanting, and ordain elders in every city, as I had appointed thee: -- titus 1:5 +. +If any be blameless, the husband of one wife, having faithful children not accused of riot or unruly. -- titus 1:6 +. +For a bishop must be blameless, as the steward of God; not selfwilled, not soon angry, not given to wine, no striker, not given to filthy lucre; -- titus 1:7 +. +But a lover of hospitality, a lover of good men, sober, just, holy, temperate; -- titus 1:8 +. +Holding fast the faithful word as he hath been taught, that he may be able by sound doctrine both to exhort and to convince the gainsayers. -- titus 1:9 +. +For there are many unruly and vain talkers and deceivers, specially they of the circumcision: -- titus 1:10 +. +Whose mouths must be stopped, who subvert whole houses, teaching things which they ought not, for filthy lucre's sake. -- titus 1:11 +. +One of themselves, even a prophet of their own, said, The Cretians are alway liars, evil beasts, slow bellies. -- titus 1:12 +. +This witness is true. Wherefore rebuke them sharply, that they may be sound in the faith; -- titus 1:13 +. +Not giving heed to Jewish fables, and commandments of men, that turn from the truth. -- titus 1:14 +. +Unto the pure all things are pure: but unto them that are defiled and unbelieving is nothing pure; but even their mind and conscience is defiled. -- titus 1:15 +. +They profess that they know God; but in works they deny him, being abominable, and disobedient, and unto every good work reprobate. -- titus 1:16 +. +But speak thou the things which become sound doctrine: -- titus 2:1 +. +That the aged men be sober, grave, temperate, sound in faith, in charity, in patience. -- titus 2:2 +. +The aged women likewise, that they be in behaviour as becometh holiness, not false accusers, not given to much wine, teachers of good things; -- titus 2:3 +. +That they may teach the young women to be sober, to love their husbands, to love their children, -- titus 2:4 +. +To be discreet, chaste, keepers at home, good, obedient to their own husbands, that the word of God be not blasphemed. -- titus 2:5 +. +Young men likewise exhort to be sober minded. -- titus 2:6 +. +In all things shewing thyself a pattern of good works: in doctrine shewing uncorruptness, gravity, sincerity, -- titus 2:7 +. +Sound speech, that cannot be condemned; that he that is of the contrary part may be ashamed, having no evil thing to say of you. -- titus 2:8 +. +Exhort servants to be obedient unto their own masters, and to please them well in all things; not answering again; -- titus 2:9 +. +Not purloining, but shewing all good fidelity; that they may adorn the doctrine of God our Saviour in all things. -- titus 2:10 +. +For the grace of God that bringeth salvation hath appeared to all men, -- titus 2:11 +. +Teaching us that, denying ungodliness and worldly lusts, we should live soberly, righteously, and godly, in this present world; -- titus 2:12 +. +Looking for that blessed hope, and the glorious appearing of the great God and our Saviour Jesus Christ; -- titus 2:13 +. +Who gave himself for us, that he might redeem us from all iniquity, and purify unto himself a peculiar people, zealous of good works. -- titus 2:14 +. +These things speak, and exhort, and rebuke with all authority. Let no man despise thee. -- titus 2:15 +. +Put them in mind to be subject to principalities and powers, to obey magistrates, to be ready to every good work, -- titus 3:1 +. +To speak evil of no man, to be no brawlers, but gentle, shewing all meekness unto all men. -- titus 3:2 +. +For we ourselves also were sometimes foolish, disobedient, deceived, serving divers lusts and pleasures, living in malice and envy, hateful, and hating one another. -- titus 3:3 +. +But after that the kindness and love of God our Saviour toward man appeared, -- titus 3:4 +. +Not by works of righteousness which we have done, but according to his mercy he saved us, by the washing of regeneration, and renewing of the Holy Ghost; -- titus 3:5 +. +Which he shed on us abundantly through Jesus Christ our Saviour; -- titus 3:6 +. +That being justified by his grace, we should be made heirs according to the hope of eternal life. -- titus 3:7 +. +This is a faithful saying, and these things I will that thou affirm constantly, that they which have believed in God might be careful to maintain good works. These things are good and profitable unto men. -- titus 3:8 +. +But avoid foolish questions, and genealogies, and contentions, and strivings about the law; for they are unprofitable and vain. -- titus 3:9 +. +A man that is an heretick after the first and second admonition reject; -- titus 3:10 +. +Knowing that he that is such is subverted, and sinneth, being condemned of himself. -- titus 3:11 +. +When I shall send Artemas unto thee, or Tychicus, be diligent to come unto me to Nicopolis: for I have determined there to winter. -- titus 3:12 +. +Bring Zenas the lawyer and Apollos on their journey diligently, that nothing be wanting unto them. -- titus 3:13 +. +And let our's also learn to maintain good works for necessary uses, that they be not unfruitful. -- titus 3:14 +. +All that are with me salute thee. Greet them that love us in the faith. Grace be with you all. Amen. -- titus 3:15 +. +Paul, a prisoner of Jesus Christ, and Timothy our brother, unto Philemon our dearly beloved, and fellowlabourer, -- philemon 1:1 +. +And to our beloved Apphia, and Archippus our fellowsoldier, and to the church in thy house: -- philemon 1:2 +. +Grace to you, and peace, from God our Father and the Lord Jesus Christ. -- philemon 1:3 +. +I thank my God, making mention of thee always in my prayers, -- philemon 1:4 +. +Hearing of thy love and faith, which thou hast toward the Lord Jesus, and toward all saints; -- philemon 1:5 +. +That the communication of thy faith may become effectual by the acknowledging of every good thing which is in you in Christ Jesus. -- philemon 1:6 +. +For we have great joy and consolation in thy love, because the bowels of the saints are refreshed by thee, brother. -- philemon 1:7 +. +Wherefore, though I might be much bold in Christ to enjoin thee that which is convenient, -- philemon 1:8 +. +Yet for love's sake I rather beseech thee, being such an one as Paul the aged, and now also a prisoner of Jesus Christ. -- philemon 1:9 +. +I beseech thee for my son Onesimus, whom I have begotten in my bonds: -- philemon 1:10 +. +Which in time past was to thee unprofitable, but now profitable to thee and to me: -- philemon 1:11 +. +Whom I have sent again: thou therefore receive him, that is, mine own bowels: -- philemon 1:12 +. +Whom I would have retained with me, that in thy stead he might have ministered unto me in the bonds of the gospel: -- philemon 1:13 +. +But without thy mind would I do nothing; that thy benefit should not be as it were of necessity, but willingly. -- philemon 1:14 +. +For perhaps he therefore departed for a season, that thou shouldest receive him for ever; -- philemon 1:15 +. +Not now as a servant, but above a servant, a brother beloved, specially to me, but how much more unto thee, both in the flesh, and in the Lord? -- philemon 1:16 +. +If thou count me therefore a partner, receive him as myself. -- philemon 1:17 +. +If he hath wronged thee, or oweth thee ought, put that on mine account; -- philemon 1:18 +. +I Paul have written it with mine own hand, I will repay it: albeit I do not say to thee how thou owest unto me even thine own self besides. -- philemon 1:19 +. +Yea, brother, let me have joy of thee in the Lord: refresh my bowels in the Lord. -- philemon 1:20 +. +Having confidence in thy obedience I wrote unto thee, knowing that thou wilt also do more than I say. -- philemon 1:21 +. +But withal prepare me also a lodging: for I trust that through your prayers I shall be given unto you. -- philemon 1:22 +. +There salute thee Epaphras, my fellowprisoner in Christ Jesus; -- philemon 1:23 +. +Marcus, Aristarchus, Demas, Lucas, my fellowlabourers. -- philemon 1:24 +. +The grace of our Lord Jesus Christ be with your spirit. Amen. -- philemon 1:25 +. +God, who at sundry times and in divers manners spake in time past unto the fathers by the prophets, -- hebrews 1:1 +. +Hath in these last days spoken unto us by his Son, whom he hath appointed heir of all things, by whom also he made the worlds; -- hebrews 1:2 +. +Who being the brightness of his glory, and the express image of his person, 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: -- hebrews 1:3 +. +Being made so much better than the angels, as he hath by inheritance obtained a more excellent name than they. -- hebrews 1:4 +. +For unto which of the angels said he at any time, Thou art my Son, this day have I begotten thee? And again, I will be to him a Father, and he shall be to me a Son? -- hebrews 1:5 +. +And again, when he bringeth in the firstbegotten into the world, he saith, And let all the angels of God worship him. -- hebrews 1:6 +. +And of the angels he saith, Who maketh his angels spirits, and his ministers a flame of fire. -- hebrews 1:7 +. +But unto the Son he saith, Thy throne, O God, is for ever and ever: a sceptre of righteousness is the sceptre of thy kingdom. -- hebrews 1:8 +. +Thou hast loved righteousness, and hated iniquity; therefore God, even thy God, hath anointed thee with the oil of gladness above thy fellows. -- hebrews 1:9 +. +And, Thou, Lord, in the beginning hast laid the foundation of the earth; and the heavens are the works of thine hands: -- hebrews 1:10 +. +They shall perish; but thou remainest; and they all shall wax old as doth a garment; -- hebrews 1:11 +. +And as a vesture shalt thou fold them up, and they shall be changed: but thou art the same, and thy years shall not fail. -- hebrews 1:12 +. +But to which of the angels said he at any time, Sit on my right hand, until I make thine enemies thy footstool? -- hebrews 1:13 +. +Are they not all ministering spirits, sent forth to minister for them who shall be heirs of salvation? -- hebrews 1:14 +. +Therefore we ought to give the more earnest heed to the things which we have heard, lest at any time we should let them slip. -- hebrews 2:1 +. +For if the word spoken by angels was stedfast, and every transgression and disobedience received a just recompence of reward; -- hebrews 2:2 +. +How shall we escape, if we neglect so great salvation; which at the first began to be spoken by the Lord, and was confirmed unto us by them that heard him; -- hebrews 2:3 +. +God also bearing them witness, both with signs and wonders, and with divers miracles, and gifts of the Holy Ghost, according to his own will? -- hebrews 2:4 +. +For unto the angels hath he not put in subjection the world to come, whereof we speak. -- hebrews 2:5 +. +But one in a certain place testified, saying, What is man, that thou art mindful of him? or the son of man that thou visitest him? -- hebrews 2:6 +. +Thou madest him a little lower than the angels; thou crownedst him with glory and honour, and didst set him over the works of thy hands: -- hebrews 2:7 +. +Thou hast put all things in subjection under his feet. For in that he put all in subjection under him, he left nothing that is not put under him. But now we see not yet all things put under him. -- hebrews 2:8 +. +But we see Jesus, who was made a little lower than the angels for the suffering of death, crowned with glory and honour; that he by the grace of God should taste death for every man. -- hebrews 2:9 +. +For it became him, for whom are all things, and by whom are all things, in bringing many sons unto glory, to make the captain of their salvation perfect through sufferings. -- hebrews 2:10 +. +For both he that sanctifieth and they who are sanctified are all of one: for which cause he is not ashamed to call them brethren, -- hebrews 2:11 +. +Saying, I will declare thy name unto my brethren, in the midst of the church will I sing praise unto thee. -- hebrews 2:12 +. +And again, I will put my trust in him. And again, Behold I and the children which God hath given me. -- hebrews 2:13 +. +Forasmuch then as the children are partakers of flesh and blood, he also himself likewise took part of the same; that through death he might destroy him that had the power of death, that is, the devil; -- hebrews 2:14 +. +And deliver them who through fear of death were all their lifetime subject to bondage. -- hebrews 2:15 +. +For verily he took not on him the nature of angels; but he took on him the seed of Abraham. -- hebrews 2:16 +. +Wherefore in all things it behoved him to be made like unto his brethren, that he might be a merciful and faithful high priest in things pertaining to God, to make reconciliation for the sins of the people. -- hebrews 2:17 +. +For in that he himself hath suffered being tempted, he is able to succour them that are tempted. -- hebrews 2:18 +. +Wherefore, holy brethren, partakers of the heavenly calling, consider the Apostle and High Priest of our profession, Christ Jesus; -- hebrews 3:1 +. +Who was faithful to him that appointed him, as also Moses was faithful in all his house. -- hebrews 3:2 +. +For this man was counted worthy of more glory than Moses, inasmuch as he who hath builded the house hath more honour than the house. -- hebrews 3:3 +. +For every house is builded by some man; but he that built all things is God. -- hebrews 3:4 +. +And Moses verily was faithful in all his house, as a servant, for a testimony of those things which were to be spoken after; -- hebrews 3:5 +. +But Christ as a son over his own house; whose house are we, if we hold fast the confidence and the rejoicing of the hope firm unto the end. -- hebrews 3:6 +. +Wherefore (as the Holy Ghost saith, To day if ye will hear his voice, -- hebrews 3:7 +. +Harden not your hearts, as in the provocation, in the day of temptation in the wilderness: -- hebrews 3:8 +. +When your fathers tempted me, proved me, and saw my works forty years. -- hebrews 3:9 +. +Wherefore I was grieved with that generation, and said, They do alway err in their heart; and they have not known my ways. -- hebrews 3:10 +. +So I sware in my wrath, They shall not enter into my rest.) -- hebrews 3:11 +. +Take heed, brethren, lest there be in any of you an evil heart of unbelief, in departing from the living God. -- hebrews 3:12 +. +But exhort one another daily, while it is called To day; lest any of you be hardened through the deceitfulness of sin. -- hebrews 3:13 +. +For we are made partakers of Christ, if we hold the beginning of our confidence stedfast unto the end; -- hebrews 3:14 +. +While it is said, To day if ye will hear his voice, harden not your hearts, as in the provocation. -- hebrews 3:15 +. +For some, when they had heard, did provoke: howbeit not all that came out of Egypt by Moses. -- hebrews 3:16 +. +But with whom was he grieved forty years? was it not with them that had sinned, whose carcases fell in the wilderness? -- hebrews 3:17 +. +And to whom sware he that they should not enter into his rest, but to them that believed not? -- hebrews 3:18 +. +So we see that they could not enter in because of unbelief. -- hebrews 3:19 +. +Let us therefore fear, lest, a promise being left us of entering into his rest, any of you should seem to come short of it. -- hebrews 4:1 +. +For unto us was the gospel preached, as well as unto them: but the word preached did not profit them, not being mixed with faith in them that heard it. -- hebrews 4:2 +. +For we which have believed do enter into rest, as he said, As I have sworn in my wrath, if they shall enter into my rest: although the works were finished from the foundation of the world. -- hebrews 4:3 +. +For he spake in a certain place of the seventh day on this wise, And God did rest the seventh day from all his works. -- hebrews 4:4 +. +And in this place again, If they shall enter into my rest. -- hebrews 4:5 +. +Seeing therefore it remaineth that some must enter therein, and they to whom it was first preached entered not in because of unbelief: -- hebrews 4:6 +. +Again, he limiteth a certain day, saying in David, To day, after so long a time; as it is said, To day if ye will hear his voice, harden not your hearts. -- hebrews 4:7 +. +For if Jesus had given them rest, then would he not afterward have spoken of another day. -- hebrews 4:8 +. +There remaineth therefore a rest to the people of God. -- hebrews 4:9 +. +For he that is entered into his rest, he also hath ceased from his own works, as God did from his. -- hebrews 4:10 +. +Let us labour therefore to enter into that rest, lest any man fall after the same example of unbelief. -- hebrews 4:11 +. +For the word of God is quick, and powerful, and sharper than any twoedged sword, piercing even to the dividing asunder of soul and spirit, and of the joints and marrow, and is a discerner of the thoughts and intents of the heart. -- hebrews 4:12 +. +Neither is there any creature that is not manifest in his sight: but all things are naked and opened unto the eyes of him with whom we have to do. -- hebrews 4:13 +. +Seeing then that we have a great high priest, that is passed into the heavens, Jesus the Son of God, let us hold fast our profession. -- hebrews 4:14 +. +For we have not an high priest which cannot be touched with the feeling of our infirmities; but was in all points tempted like as we are, yet without sin. -- hebrews 4:15 +. +Let us therefore come boldly unto the throne of grace, that we may obtain mercy, and find grace to help in time of need. -- hebrews 4:16 +. +For every high priest taken from among men is ordained for men in things pertaining to God, that he may offer both gifts and sacrifices for sins: -- hebrews 5:1 +. +Who can have compassion on the ignorant, and on them that are out of the way; for that he himself also is compassed with infirmity. -- hebrews 5:2 +. +And by reason hereof he ought, as for the people, so also for himself, to offer for sins. -- hebrews 5:3 +. +And no man taketh this honour unto himself, but he that is called of God, as was Aaron. -- hebrews 5:4 +. +So also Christ glorified not himself to be made an high priest; but he that said unto him, Thou art my Son, to day have I begotten thee. -- hebrews 5:5 +. +As he saith also in another place, Thou art a priest for ever after the order of Melchisedec. -- hebrews 5:6 +. +Who in the days of his flesh, when he had offered up prayers and supplications with strong crying and tears unto him that was able to save him from death, and was heard in that he feared; -- hebrews 5:7 +. +Though he were a Son, yet learned he obedience by the things which he suffered; -- hebrews 5:8 +. +And being made perfect, he became the author of eternal salvation unto all them that obey him; -- hebrews 5:9 +. +Called of God an high priest after the order of Melchisedec. -- hebrews 5:10 +. +Of whom we have many things to say, and hard to be uttered, seeing ye are dull of hearing. -- hebrews 5:11 +. +For when for the time ye ought to be teachers, ye have need that one teach you again which be the first principles of the oracles of God; and are become such as have need of milk, and not of strong meat. -- hebrews 5:12 +. +For every one that useth milk is unskilful in the word of righteousness: for he is a babe. -- hebrews 5:13 +. +But strong meat belongeth to them that are of full age, even those who by reason of use have their senses exercised to discern both good and evil. -- hebrews 5:14 +. +Therefore leaving the principles of the doctrine of Christ, let us go on unto perfection; not laying again the foundation of repentance from dead works, and of faith toward God, -- hebrews 6:1 +. +Of the doctrine of baptisms, and of laying on of hands, and of resurrection of the dead, and of eternal judgment. -- hebrews 6:2 +. +And this will we do, if God permit. -- hebrews 6:3 +. +For it is impossible for those who were once enlightened, and have tasted of the heavenly gift, and were made partakers of the Holy Ghost, -- hebrews 6:4 +. +And have tasted the good word of God, and the powers of the world to come, -- hebrews 6:5 +. +If they shall fall away, to renew them again unto repentance; seeing they crucify to themselves the Son of God afresh, and put him to an open shame. -- hebrews 6:6 +. +For the earth which drinketh in the rain that cometh oft upon it, and bringeth forth herbs meet for them by whom it is dressed, receiveth blessing from God: -- hebrews 6:7 +. +But that which beareth thorns and briers is rejected, and is nigh unto cursing; whose end is to be burned. -- hebrews 6:8 +. +But, beloved, we are persuaded better things of you, and things that accompany salvation, though we thus speak. -- hebrews 6:9 +. +For God is not unrighteous to forget your work and labour of love, which ye have shewed toward his name, in that ye have ministered to the saints, and do minister. -- hebrews 6:10 +. +And we desire that every one of you do shew the same diligence to the full assurance of hope unto the end: -- hebrews 6:11 +. +That ye be not slothful, but followers of them who through faith and patience inherit the promises. -- hebrews 6:12 +. +For when God made promise to Abraham, because he could swear by no greater, he sware by himself, -- hebrews 6:13 +. +Saying, Surely blessing I will bless thee, and multiplying I will multiply thee. -- hebrews 6:14 +. +And so, after he had patiently endured, he obtained the promise. -- hebrews 6:15 +. +For men verily swear by the greater: and an oath for confirmation is to them an end of all strife. -- hebrews 6:16 +. +Wherein God, willing more abundantly to shew unto the heirs of promise the immutability of his counsel, confirmed it by an oath: -- hebrews 6:17 +. +That by two immutable things, in which it was impossible for God to lie, we might have a strong consolation, who have fled for refuge to lay hold upon the hope set before us: -- hebrews 6:18 +. +Which hope we have as an anchor of the soul, both sure and stedfast, and which entereth into that within the veil; -- hebrews 6:19 +. +Whither the forerunner is for us entered, even Jesus, made an high priest for ever after the order of Melchisedec. -- hebrews 6:20 +. +For this Melchisedec, king of Salem, priest of the most high God, who met Abraham returning from the slaughter of the kings, and blessed him; -- hebrews 7:1 +. +To whom also Abraham gave a tenth part of all; first being by interpretation King of righteousness, and after that also King of Salem, which is, King of peace; -- hebrews 7:2 +. +Without father, without mother, without descent, having neither beginning of days, nor end of life; but made like unto the Son of God; abideth a priest continually. -- hebrews 7:3 +. +Now consider how great this man was, unto whom even the patriarch Abraham gave the tenth of the spoils. -- hebrews 7:4 +. +And verily they that are of the sons of Levi, who receive the office of the priesthood, have a commandment to take tithes of the people according to the law, that is, of their brethren, though they come out of the loins of Abraham: -- hebrews 7:5 +. +But he whose descent is not counted from them received tithes of Abraham, and blessed him that had the promises. -- hebrews 7:6 +. +And without all contradiction the less is blessed of the better. -- hebrews 7:7 +. +And here men that die receive tithes; but there he receiveth them, of whom it is witnessed that he liveth. -- hebrews 7:8 +. +And as I may so say, Levi also, who receiveth tithes, payed tithes in Abraham. -- hebrews 7:9 +. +For he was yet in the loins of his father, when Melchisedec met him. -- hebrews 7:10 +. +If therefore perfection were by the Levitical priesthood, (for under it the people received the law,) what further need was there that another priest should rise after the order of Melchisedec, and not be called after the order of Aaron? -- hebrews 7:11 +. +For the priesthood being changed, there is made of necessity a change also of the law. -- hebrews 7:12 +. +For he of whom these things are spoken pertaineth to another tribe, of which no man gave attendance at the altar. -- hebrews 7:13 +. +For it is evident that our Lord sprang out of Juda; of which tribe Moses spake nothing concerning priesthood. -- hebrews 7:14 +. +And it is yet far more evident: for that after the similitude of Melchisedec there ariseth another priest, -- hebrews 7:15 +. +Who is made, not after the law of a carnal commandment, but after the power of an endless life. -- hebrews 7:16 +. +For he testifieth, Thou art a priest for ever after the order of Melchisedec. -- hebrews 7:17 +. +For there is verily a disannulling of the commandment going before for the weakness and unprofitableness thereof. -- hebrews 7:18 +. +For the law made nothing perfect, but the bringing in of a better hope did; by the which we draw nigh unto God. -- hebrews 7:19 +. +And inasmuch as not without an oath he was made priest: -- hebrews 7:20 +. +(For those priests were made without an oath; but this with an oath by him that said unto him, The Lord sware and will not repent, Thou art a priest for ever after the order of Melchisedec:) -- hebrews 7:21 +. +By so much was Jesus made a surety of a better testament. -- hebrews 7:22 +. +And they truly were many priests, because they were not suffered to continue by reason of death: -- hebrews 7:23 +. +But this man, because he continueth ever, hath an unchangeable priesthood. -- hebrews 7:24 +. +Wherefore he is able also to save them to the uttermost that come unto God by him, seeing he ever liveth to make intercession for them. -- hebrews 7:25 +. +For such an high priest became us, who is holy, harmless, undefiled, separate from sinners, and made higher than the heavens; -- hebrews 7:26 +. +Who needeth not daily, as those high priests, to offer up sacrifice, first for his own sins, and then for the people's: for this he did once, when he offered up himself. -- hebrews 7:27 +. +For the law maketh men high priests which have infirmity; but the word of the oath, which was since the law, maketh the Son, who is consecrated for evermore. -- hebrews 7:28 +. +Now of the things which we have spoken this is the sum: We have such an high priest, who is set on the right hand of the throne of the Majesty in the heavens; -- hebrews 8:1 +. +A minister of the sanctuary, and of the true tabernacle, which the Lord pitched, and not man. -- hebrews 8:2 +. +For every high priest is ordained to offer gifts and sacrifices: wherefore it is of necessity that this man have somewhat also to offer. -- hebrews 8:3 +. +For if he were on earth, he should not be a priest, seeing that there are priests that offer gifts according to the law: -- hebrews 8:4 +. +Who serve unto the example and shadow of heavenly things, as Moses was admonished of God when he was about to make the tabernacle: for, See, saith he, that thou make all things according to the pattern shewed to thee in the mount. -- hebrews 8:5 +. +But now hath he obtained a more excellent ministry, by how much also he is the mediator of a better covenant, which was established upon better promises. -- hebrews 8:6 +. +For if that first covenant had been faultless, then should no place have been sought for the second. -- hebrews 8:7 +. +For finding fault with them, he saith, Behold, the days come, saith the Lord, when I will make a new covenant with the house of Israel and with the house of Judah: -- hebrews 8:8 +. +Not according to the covenant that I made with their fathers in the day when I took them by the hand to lead them out of the land of Egypt; because they continued not in my covenant, and I regarded them not, saith the Lord. -- hebrews 8:9 +. +For this is the covenant that I will make with the house of Israel after those days, saith the Lord; I will put my laws into their mind, and write them in their hearts: and I will be to them a God, and they shall be to me a people: -- hebrews 8:10 +. +And they shall not teach every man his neighbour, and every man his brother, saying, Know the Lord: for all shall know me, from the least to the greatest. -- hebrews 8:11 +. +For I will be merciful to their unrighteousness, and their sins and their iniquities will I remember no more. -- hebrews 8:12 +. +In that he saith, A new covenant, he hath made the first old. Now that which decayeth and waxeth old is ready to vanish away. -- hebrews 8:13 +. +Then verily the first covenant had also ordinances of divine service, and a worldly sanctuary. -- hebrews 9:1 +. +For there was a tabernacle made; the first, wherein was the candlestick, and the table, and the shewbread; which is called the sanctuary. -- hebrews 9:2 +. +And after the second veil, the tabernacle which is called the Holiest of all; -- hebrews 9:3 +. +Which had the golden censer, and the ark of the covenant overlaid round about with gold, wherein was the golden pot that had manna, and Aaron's rod that budded, and the tables of the covenant; -- hebrews 9:4 +. +And over it the cherubims of glory shadowing the mercyseat; of which we cannot now speak particularly. -- hebrews 9:5 +. +Now when these things were thus ordained, the priests went always into the first tabernacle, accomplishing the service of God. -- hebrews 9:6 +. +But into the second went the high priest alone once every year, not without blood, which he offered for himself, and for the errors of the people: -- hebrews 9:7 +. +The Holy Ghost this signifying, that the way into the holiest of all was not yet made manifest, while as the first tabernacle was yet standing: -- hebrews 9:8 +. +Which was a figure for the time then present, in which were offered both gifts and sacrifices, that could not make him that did the service perfect, as pertaining to the conscience; -- hebrews 9:9 +. +Which stood only in meats and drinks, and divers washings, and carnal ordinances, imposed on them until the time of reformation. -- hebrews 9:10 +. +But Christ being come an high priest of good things to come, by a greater and more perfect tabernacle, not made with hands, that is to say, not of this building; -- hebrews 9:11 +. +Neither by the blood of goats and calves, but by his own blood he entered in once into the holy place, having obtained eternal redemption for us. -- hebrews 9:12 +. +For if the blood of bulls and of goats, and the ashes of an heifer sprinkling the unclean, sanctifieth to the purifying of the flesh: -- hebrews 9:13 +. +How much more shall the blood of Christ, who through the eternal Spirit offered himself without spot to God, purge your conscience from dead works to serve the living God? -- hebrews 9:14 +. +And for this cause he is the mediator of the new testament, that by means of death, for the redemption of the transgressions that were under the first testament, they which are called might receive the promise of eternal inheritance. -- hebrews 9:15 +. +For where a testament is, there must also of necessity be the death of the testator. -- hebrews 9:16 +. +For a testament is of force after men are dead: otherwise it is of no strength at all while the testator liveth. -- hebrews 9:17 +. +Whereupon neither the first testament was dedicated without blood. -- hebrews 9:18 +. +For when Moses had spoken every precept to all the people according to the law, he took the blood of calves and of goats, with water, and scarlet wool, and hyssop, and sprinkled both the book, and all the people, -- hebrews 9:19 +. +Saying, This is the blood of the testament which God hath enjoined unto you. -- hebrews 9:20 +. +Moreover he sprinkled with blood both the tabernacle, and all the vessels of the ministry. -- hebrews 9:21 +. +And almost all things are by the law purged with blood; and without shedding of blood is no remission. -- hebrews 9:22 +. +It was therefore necessary that the patterns of things in the heavens should be purified with these; but the heavenly things themselves with better sacrifices than these. -- hebrews 9:23 +. +For Christ is not entered into the holy places made with hands, which are the figures of the true; but into heaven itself, now to appear in the presence of God for us: -- hebrews 9:24 +. +Nor yet that he should offer himself often, as the high priest entereth into the holy place every year with blood of others; -- hebrews 9:25 +. +For then must he often have suffered since the foundation of the world: but now once in the end of the world hath he appeared to put away sin by the sacrifice of himself. -- hebrews 9:26 +. +And as it is appointed unto men once to die, but after this the judgment: -- hebrews 9:27 +. +So Christ was once offered to bear the sins of many; and unto them that look for him shall he appear the second time without sin unto salvation. -- hebrews 9:28 +. +For the law having a shadow of good things to come, and not the very image of the things, can never with those sacrifices which they offered year by year continually make the comers thereunto perfect. -- hebrews 10:1 +. +For then would they not have ceased to be offered? because that the worshippers once purged should have had no more conscience of sins. -- hebrews 10:2 +. +But in those sacrifices there is a remembrance again made of sins every year. -- hebrews 10:3 +. +For it is not possible that the blood of bulls and of goats should take away sins. -- hebrews 10:4 +. +Wherefore when he cometh into the world, he saith, Sacrifice and offering thou wouldest not, but a body hast thou prepared me: -- hebrews 10:5 +. +In burnt offerings and sacrifices for sin thou hast had no pleasure. -- hebrews 10:6 +. +Then said I, Lo, I come (in the volume of the book it is written of me,) to do thy will, O God. -- hebrews 10:7 +. +Above when he said, Sacrifice and offering and burnt offerings and offering for sin thou wouldest not, neither hadst pleasure therein; which are offered by the law; -- hebrews 10:8 +. +Then said he, Lo, I come to do thy will, O God. He taketh away the first, that he may establish the second. -- hebrews 10:9 +. +By the which will we are sanctified through the offering of the body of Jesus Christ once for all. -- hebrews 10:10 +. +And every priest standeth daily ministering and offering oftentimes the same sacrifices, which can never take away sins: -- hebrews 10:11 +. +But this man, after he had offered one sacrifice for sins for ever, sat down on the right hand of God; -- hebrews 10:12 +. +From henceforth expecting till his enemies be made his footstool. -- hebrews 10:13 +. +For by one offering he hath perfected for ever them that are sanctified. -- hebrews 10:14 +. +Whereof the Holy Ghost also is a witness to us: for after that he had said before, -- hebrews 10:15 +. +This is the covenant that I will make with them after those days, saith the Lord, I will put my laws into their hearts, and in their minds will I write them; -- hebrews 10:16 +. +And their sins and iniquities will I remember no more. -- hebrews 10:17 +. +Now where remission of these is, there is no more offering for sin. -- hebrews 10:18 +. +Having therefore, brethren, boldness to enter into the holiest by the blood of Jesus, -- hebrews 10:19 +. +By a new and living way, which he hath consecrated for us, through the veil, that is to say, his flesh; -- hebrews 10:20 +. +And having an high priest over the house of God; -- hebrews 10:21 +. +Let us draw near with a true heart in full assurance of faith, having our hearts sprinkled from an evil conscience, and our bodies washed with pure water. -- hebrews 10:22 +. +Let us hold fast the profession of our faith without wavering; (for he is faithful that promised;) -- hebrews 10:23 +. +And let us consider one another to provoke unto love and to good works: -- hebrews 10:24 +. +Not forsaking the assembling of ourselves together, as the manner of some is; but exhorting one another: and so much the more, as ye see the day approaching. -- hebrews 10:25 +. +For if we sin wilfully after that we have received the knowledge of the truth, there remaineth no more sacrifice for sins, -- hebrews 10:26 +. +But a certain fearful looking for of judgment and fiery indignation, which shall devour the adversaries. -- hebrews 10:27 +. +He that despised Moses' law died without mercy under two or three witnesses: -- hebrews 10:28 +. +Of how much sorer punishment, suppose ye, shall he be thought worthy, who hath trodden under foot the Son of God, and hath counted the blood of the covenant, wherewith he was sanctified, an unholy thing, and hath done despite unto the Spirit of grace? -- hebrews 10:29 +. +For we know him that hath said, Vengeance belongeth unto me, I will recompense, saith the Lord. And again, The Lord shall judge his people. -- hebrews 10:30 +. +It is a fearful thing to fall into the hands of the living God. -- hebrews 10:31 +. +But call to remembrance the former days, in which, after ye were illuminated, ye endured a great fight of afflictions; -- hebrews 10:32 +. +Partly, whilst ye were made a gazingstock both by reproaches and afflictions; and partly, whilst ye became companions of them that were so used. -- hebrews 10:33 +. +For ye had compassion of me in my bonds, and took joyfully the spoiling of your goods, knowing in yourselves that ye have in heaven a better and an enduring substance. -- hebrews 10:34 +. +Cast not away therefore your confidence, which hath great recompence of reward. -- hebrews 10:35 +. +For ye have need of patience, that, after ye have done the will of God, ye might receive the promise. -- hebrews 10:36 +. +For yet a little while, and he that shall come will come, and will not tarry. -- hebrews 10:37 +. +Now the just shall live by faith: but if any man draw back, my soul shall have no pleasure in him. -- hebrews 10:38 +. +But we are not of them who draw back unto perdition; but of them that believe to the saving of the soul. -- hebrews 10:39 +. +Now faith is the substance of things hoped for, the evidence of things not seen. -- hebrews 11:1 +. +For by it the elders obtained a good report. -- hebrews 11:2 +. +Through faith we understand that the worlds were framed by the word of God, so that things which are seen were not made of things which do appear. -- hebrews 11:3 +. +By faith Abel offered unto God a more excellent sacrifice than Cain, by which he obtained witness that he was righteous, God testifying of his gifts: and by it he being dead yet speaketh. -- hebrews 11:4 +. +By faith Enoch was translated that he should not see death; and was not found, because God had translated him: for before his translation he had this testimony, that he pleased God. -- hebrews 11:5 +. +But without faith it is impossible to please him: for he that cometh to God must believe that he is, and that he is a rewarder of them that diligently seek him. -- hebrews 11:6 +. +By faith Noah, being warned of God of things not seen as yet, moved with fear, prepared an ark to the saving of his house; by the which he condemned the world, and became heir of the righteousness which is by faith. -- hebrews 11:7 +. +By faith Abraham, when he was called to go out into a place which he should after receive for an inheritance, obeyed; and he went out, not knowing whither he went. -- hebrews 11:8 +. +By faith he sojourned in the land of promise, as in a strange country, dwelling in tabernacles with Isaac and Jacob, the heirs with him of the same promise: -- hebrews 11:9 +. +For he looked for a city which hath foundations, whose builder and maker is God. -- hebrews 11:10 +. +Through faith also Sara herself received strength to conceive seed, and was delivered of a child when she was past age, because she judged him faithful who had promised. -- hebrews 11:11 +. +Therefore sprang there even of one, and him as good as dead, so many as the stars of the sky in multitude, and as the sand which is by the sea shore innumerable. -- hebrews 11:12 +. +These all died in faith, not having received the promises, but having seen them afar off, and were persuaded of them, and embraced them, and confessed that they were strangers and pilgrims on the earth. -- hebrews 11:13 +. +For they that say such things declare plainly that they seek a country. -- hebrews 11:14 +. +And truly, if they had been mindful of that country from whence they came out, they might have had opportunity to have returned. -- hebrews 11:15 +. +But now they desire a better country, that is, an heavenly: wherefore God is not ashamed to be called their God: for he hath prepared for them a city. -- hebrews 11:16 +. +By faith Abraham, when he was tried, offered up Isaac: and he that had received the promises offered up his only begotten son, -- hebrews 11:17 +. +Of whom it was said, That in Isaac shall thy seed be called: -- hebrews 11:18 +. +Accounting that God was able to raise him up, even from the dead; from whence also he received him in a figure. -- hebrews 11:19 +. +By faith Isaac blessed Jacob and Esau concerning things to come. -- hebrews 11:20 +. +By faith Jacob, when he was a dying, blessed both the sons of Joseph; and worshipped, leaning upon the top of his staff. -- hebrews 11:21 +. +By faith Joseph, when he died, made mention of the departing of the children of Israel; and gave commandment concerning his bones. -- hebrews 11:22 +. +By faith Moses, when he was born, was hid three months of his parents, because they saw he was a proper child; and they were not afraid of the king's commandment. -- hebrews 11:23 +. +By faith Moses, when he was come to years, refused to be called the son of Pharaoh's daughter; -- hebrews 11:24 +. +Choosing rather to suffer affliction with the people of God, than to enjoy the pleasures of sin for a season; -- hebrews 11:25 +. +Esteeming the reproach of Christ greater riches than the treasures in Egypt: for he had respect unto the recompence of the reward. -- hebrews 11:26 +. +By faith he forsook Egypt, not fearing the wrath of the king: for he endured, as seeing him who is invisible. -- hebrews 11:27 +. +Through faith he kept the passover, and the sprinkling of blood, lest he that destroyed the firstborn should touch them. -- hebrews 11:28 +. +By faith they passed through the Red sea as by dry land: which the Egyptians assaying to do were drowned. -- hebrews 11:29 +. +By faith the walls of Jericho fell down, after they were compassed about seven days. -- hebrews 11:30 +. +By faith the harlot Rahab perished not with them that believed not, when she had received the spies with peace. -- hebrews 11:31 +. +And what shall I more say? for the time would fail me to tell of Gedeon, and of Barak, and of Samson, and of Jephthae; of David also, and Samuel, and of the prophets: -- hebrews 11:32 +. +Who through faith subdued kingdoms, wrought righteousness, obtained promises, stopped the mouths of lions. -- hebrews 11:33 +. +Quenched the violence of fire, escaped the edge of the sword, out of weakness were made strong, waxed valiant in fight, turned to flight the armies of the aliens. -- hebrews 11:34 +. +Women received their dead raised to life again: and others were tortured, not accepting deliverance; that they might obtain a better resurrection: -- hebrews 11:35 +. +And others had trial of cruel mockings and scourgings, yea, moreover of bonds and imprisonment: -- hebrews 11:36 +. +They were stoned, they were sawn asunder, were tempted, were slain with the sword: they wandered about in sheepskins and goatskins; being destitute, afflicted, tormented; -- hebrews 11:37 +. +(Of whom the world was not worthy:) they wandered in deserts, and in mountains, and in dens and caves of the earth. -- hebrews 11:38 +. +And these all, having obtained a good report through faith, received not the promise: -- hebrews 11:39 +. +God having provided some better thing for us, that they without us should not be made perfect. -- hebrews 11:40 +. +Wherefore seeing we also are compassed about with so great a cloud of witnesses, let us lay aside every weight, and the sin which doth so easily beset us, and let us run with patience the race that is set before us, -- hebrews 12:1 +. +Looking unto Jesus the author and finisher of our faith; who for the joy that was set before him endured the cross, despising the shame, and is set down at the right hand of the throne of God. -- hebrews 12:2 +. +For consider him that endured such contradiction of sinners against himself, lest ye be wearied and faint in your minds. -- hebrews 12:3 +. +Ye have not yet resisted unto blood, striving against sin. -- hebrews 12:4 +. +And ye have forgotten the exhortation which speaketh unto you as unto children, My son, despise not thou the chastening of the Lord, nor faint when thou art rebuked of him: -- hebrews 12:5 +. +For whom the Lord loveth he chasteneth, and scourgeth every son whom he receiveth. -- hebrews 12:6 +. +If ye endure chastening, God dealeth with you as with sons; for what son is he whom the father chasteneth not? -- hebrews 12:7 +. +But if ye be without chastisement, whereof all are partakers, then are ye bastards, and not sons. -- hebrews 12:8 +. +Furthermore we have had fathers of our flesh which corrected us, and we gave them reverence: shall we not much rather be in subjection unto the Father of spirits, and live? -- hebrews 12:9 +. +For they verily for a few days chastened us after their own pleasure; but he for our profit, that we might be partakers of his holiness. -- hebrews 12:10 +. +Now no chastening for the present seemeth to be joyous, but grievous: nevertheless afterward it yieldeth the peaceable fruit of righteousness unto them which are exercised thereby. -- hebrews 12:11 +. +Wherefore lift up the hands which hang down, and the feeble knees; -- hebrews 12:12 +. +And make straight paths for your feet, lest that which is lame be turned out of the way; but let it rather be healed. -- hebrews 12:13 +. +Follow peace with all men, and holiness, without which no man shall see the Lord: -- hebrews 12:14 +. +Looking diligently lest any man fail of the grace of God; lest any root of bitterness springing up trouble you, and thereby many be defiled; -- hebrews 12:15 +. +Lest there be any fornicator, or profane person, as Esau, who for one morsel of meat sold his birthright. -- hebrews 12:16 +. +For ye know how that afterward, when he would have inherited the blessing, he was rejected: for he found no place of repentance, though he sought it carefully with tears. -- hebrews 12:17 +. +For ye are not come unto the mount that might be touched, and that burned with fire, nor unto blackness, and darkness, and tempest, -- hebrews 12:18 +. +And the sound of a trumpet, and the voice of words; which voice they that heard intreated that the word should not be spoken to them any more: -- hebrews 12:19 +. +(For they could not endure that which was commanded, And if so much as a beast touch the mountain, it shall be stoned, or thrust through with a dart: -- hebrews 12:20 +. +And so terrible was the sight, that Moses said, I exceedingly fear and quake:) -- hebrews 12:21 +. +But ye are come unto mount Sion, and unto the city of the living God, the heavenly Jerusalem, and to an innumerable company of angels, -- hebrews 12:22 +. +To the general assembly and church of the firstborn, which are written in heaven, and to God the Judge of all, and to the spirits of just men made perfect, -- hebrews 12:23 +. +And to Jesus the mediator of the new covenant, and to the blood of sprinkling, that speaketh better things that that of Abel. -- hebrews 12:24 +. +See that ye refuse not him that speaketh. For if they escaped not who refused him that spake on earth, much more shall not we escape, if we turn away from him that speaketh from heaven: -- hebrews 12:25 +. +Whose voice then shook the earth: but now he hath promised, saying, Yet once more I shake not the earth only, but also heaven. -- hebrews 12:26 +. +And this word, Yet once more, signifieth the removing of those things that are shaken, as of things that are made, that those things which cannot be shaken may remain. -- hebrews 12:27 +. +Wherefore we receiving a kingdom which cannot be moved, let us have grace, whereby we may serve God acceptably with reverence and godly fear: -- hebrews 12:28 +. +For our God is a consuming fire. -- hebrews 12:29 +. +Let brotherly love continue. -- hebrews 13:1 +. +Be not forgetful to entertain strangers: for thereby some have entertained angels unawares. -- hebrews 13:2 +. +Remember them that are in bonds, as bound with them; and them which suffer adversity, as being yourselves also in the body. -- hebrews 13:3 +. +Marriage is honourable in all, and the bed undefiled: but whoremongers and adulterers God will judge. -- hebrews 13:4 +. +Let your conversation be without covetousness; and be content with such things as ye have: for he hath said, I will never leave thee, nor forsake thee. -- hebrews 13:5 +. +So that we may boldly say, The Lord is my helper, and I will not fear what man shall do unto me. -- hebrews 13:6 +. +Remember them which have the rule over you, who have spoken unto you the word of God: whose faith follow, considering the end of their conversation. -- hebrews 13:7 +. +Jesus Christ the same yesterday, and to day, and for ever. -- hebrews 13:8 +. +Be not carried about with divers and strange doctrines. For it is a good thing that the heart be established with grace; not with meats, which have not profited them that have been occupied therein. -- hebrews 13:9 +. +We have an altar, whereof they have no right to eat which serve the tabernacle. -- hebrews 13:10 +. +For the bodies of those beasts, whose blood is brought into the sanctuary by the high priest for sin, are burned without the camp. -- hebrews 13:11 +. +Wherefore Jesus also, that he might sanctify the people with his own blood, suffered without the gate. -- hebrews 13:12 +. +Let us go forth therefore unto him without the camp, bearing his reproach. -- hebrews 13:13 +. +For here have we no continuing city, but we seek one to come. -- hebrews 13:14 +. +By him therefore let us offer the sacrifice of praise to God continually, that is, the fruit of our lips giving thanks to his name. -- hebrews 13:15 +. +But to do good and to communicate forget not: for with such sacrifices God is well pleased. -- hebrews 13:16 +. +Obey them that have the rule over you, and submit yourselves: for they watch for your souls, as they that must give account, that they may do it with joy, and not with grief: for that is unprofitable for you. -- hebrews 13:17 +. +Pray for us: for we trust we have a good conscience, in all things willing to live honestly. -- hebrews 13:18 +. +But I beseech you the rather to do this, that I may be restored to you the sooner. -- hebrews 13:19 +. +Now the God of peace, that brought again from the dead our Lord Jesus, that great shepherd of the sheep, through the blood of the everlasting covenant, -- hebrews 13:20 +. +Make you perfect in every good work to do his will, working in you that which is wellpleasing in his sight, through Jesus Christ; to whom be glory for ever and ever. Amen. -- hebrews 13:21 +. +And I beseech you, brethren, suffer the word of exhortation: for I have written a letter unto you in few words. -- hebrews 13:22 +. +Know ye that our brother Timothy is set at liberty; with whom, if he come shortly, I will see you. -- hebrews 13:23 +. +Salute all them that have the rule over you, and all the saints. They of Italy salute you. -- hebrews 13:24 +. +Grace be with you all. Amen. -- hebrews 13:25 +. +James, a servant of God and of the Lord Jesus Christ, to the twelve tribes which are scattered abroad, greeting. -- james 1:1 +. +My brethren, count it all joy when ye fall into divers temptations; -- james 1:2 +. +Knowing this, that the trying of your faith worketh patience. -- james 1:3 +. +But let patience have her perfect work, that ye may be perfect and entire, wanting nothing. -- james 1:4 +. +If any of you lack wisdom, let him ask of God, that giveth to all men liberally, and upbraideth not; and it shall be given him. -- james 1:5 +. +But let him ask in faith, nothing wavering. For he that wavereth is like a wave of the sea driven with the wind and tossed. -- james 1:6 +. +For let not that man think that he shall receive any thing of the Lord. -- james 1:7 +. +A double minded man is unstable in all his ways. -- james 1:8 +. +Let the brother of low degree rejoice in that he is exalted: -- james 1:9 +. +But the rich, in that he is made low: because as the flower of the grass he shall pass away. -- james 1:10 +. +For the sun is no sooner risen with a burning heat, but it withereth the grass, and the flower thereof falleth, and the grace of the fashion of it perisheth: so also shall the rich man fade away in his ways. -- james 1:11 +. +Blessed is the man that endureth temptation: for when he is tried, he shall receive the crown of life, which the Lord hath promised to them that love him. -- james 1:12 +. +Let no man say when he is tempted, I am tempted of God: for God cannot be tempted with evil, neither tempteth he any man: -- james 1:13 +. +But every man is tempted, when he is drawn away of his own lust, and enticed. -- james 1:14 +. +Then when lust hath conceived, it bringeth forth sin: and sin, when it is finished, bringeth forth death. -- james 1:15 +. +Do not err, my beloved brethren. -- james 1:16 +. +Every good gift and every perfect gift is from above, and cometh down from the Father of lights, with whom is no variableness, neither shadow of turning. -- james 1:17 +. +Of his own will begat he us with the word of truth, that we should be a kind of firstfruits of his creatures. -- james 1:18 +. +Wherefore, my beloved brethren, let every man be swift to hear, slow to speak, slow to wrath: -- james 1:19 +. +For the wrath of man worketh not the righteousness of God. -- james 1:20 +. +Wherefore lay apart all filthiness and superfluity of naughtiness, and receive with meekness the engrafted word, which is able to save your souls. -- james 1:21 +. +But be ye doers of the word, and not hearers only, deceiving your own selves. -- james 1:22 +. +For if any be a hearer of the word, and not a doer, he is like unto a man beholding his natural face in a glass: -- james 1:23 +. +For he beholdeth himself, and goeth his way, and straightway forgetteth what manner of man he was. -- james 1:24 +. +But whoso looketh into the perfect law of liberty, and continueth therein, he being not a forgetful hearer, but a doer of the work, this man shall be blessed in his deed. -- james 1:25 +. +If any man among you seem to be religious, and bridleth not his tongue, but deceiveth his own heart, this man's religion is vain. -- james 1:26 +. +Pure religion and undefiled before God and the Father is this, To visit the fatherless and widows in their affliction, and to keep himself unspotted from the world. -- james 1:27 +. +My brethren, have not the faith of our Lord Jesus Christ, the Lord of glory, with respect of persons. -- james 2:1 +. +For if there come unto your assembly a man with a gold ring, in goodly apparel, and there come in also a poor man in vile raiment; -- james 2:2 +. +And ye have respect to him that weareth the gay clothing, and say unto him, Sit thou here in a good place; and say to the poor, Stand thou there, or sit here under my footstool: -- james 2:3 +. +Are ye not then partial in yourselves, and are become judges of evil thoughts? -- james 2:4 +. +Hearken, my beloved brethren, Hath not God chosen the poor of this world rich in faith, and heirs of the kingdom which he hath promised to them that love him? -- james 2:5 +. +But ye have despised the poor. Do not rich men oppress you, and draw you before the judgment seats? -- james 2:6 +. +Do not they blaspheme that worthy name by the which ye are called? -- james 2:7 +. +If ye fulfil the royal law according to the scripture, Thou shalt love thy neighbour as thyself, ye do well: -- james 2:8 +. +But if ye have respect to persons, ye commit sin, and are convinced of the law as transgressors. -- james 2:9 +. +For whosoever shall keep the whole law, and yet offend in one point, he is guilty of all. -- james 2:10 +. +For he that said, Do not commit adultery, said also, Do not kill. Now if thou commit no adultery, yet if thou kill, thou art become a transgressor of the law. -- james 2:11 +. +So speak ye, and so do, as they that shall be judged by the law of liberty. -- james 2:12 +. +For he shall have judgment without mercy, that hath shewed no mercy; and mercy rejoiceth against judgment. -- james 2:13 +. +What doth it profit, my brethren, though a man say he hath faith, and have not works? can faith save him? -- james 2:14 +. +If a brother or sister be naked, and destitute of daily food, -- james 2:15 +. +And one of you say unto them, Depart in peace, be ye warmed and filled; notwithstanding ye give them not those things which are needful to the body; what doth it profit? -- james 2:16 +. +Even so faith, if it hath not works, is dead, being alone. -- james 2:17 +. +Yea, a man may say, Thou hast faith, and I have works: shew me thy faith without thy works, and I will shew thee my faith by my works. -- james 2:18 +. +Thou believest that there is one God; thou doest well: the devils also believe, and tremble. -- james 2:19 +. +But wilt thou know, O vain man, that faith without works is dead? -- james 2:20 +. +Was not Abraham our father justified by works, when he had offered Isaac his son upon the altar? -- james 2:21 +. +Seest thou how faith wrought with his works, and by works was faith made perfect? -- james 2:22 +. +And the scripture was fulfilled which saith, Abraham believed God, and it was imputed unto him for righteousness: and he was called the Friend of God. -- james 2:23 +. +Ye see then how that by works a man is justified, and not by faith only. -- james 2:24 +. +Likewise also was not Rahab the harlot justified by works, when she had received the messengers, and had sent them out another way? -- james 2:25 +. +For as the body without the spirit is dead, so faith without works is dead also. -- james 2:26 +. +My brethren, be not many masters, knowing that we shall receive the greater condemnation. -- james 3:1 +. +For in many things we offend all. If any man offend not in word, the same is a perfect man, and able also to bridle the whole body. -- james 3:2 +. +Behold, we put bits in the horses' mouths, that they may obey us; and we turn about their whole body. -- james 3:3 +. +Behold also the ships, which though they be so great, and are driven of fierce winds, yet are they turned about with a very small helm, whithersoever the governor listeth. -- james 3:4 +. +Even so the tongue is a little member, and boasteth great things. Behold, how great a matter a little fire kindleth! -- james 3:5 +. +And the tongue is a fire, a world of iniquity: so is the tongue among our members, that it defileth the whole body, and setteth on fire the course of nature; and it is set on fire of hell. -- james 3:6 +. +For every kind of beasts, and of birds, and of serpents, and of things in the sea, is tamed, and hath been tamed of mankind: -- james 3:7 +. +But the tongue can no man tame; it is an unruly evil, full of deadly poison. -- james 3:8 +. +Therewith bless we God, even the Father; and therewith curse we men, which are made after the similitude of God. -- james 3:9 +. +Out of the same mouth proceedeth blessing and cursing. My brethren, these things ought not so to be. -- james 3:10 +. +Doth a fountain send forth at the same place sweet water and bitter? -- james 3:11 +. +Can the fig tree, my brethren, bear olive berries? either a vine, figs? so can no fountain both yield salt water and fresh. -- james 3:12 +. +Who is a wise man and endued with knowledge among you? let him shew out of a good conversation his works with meekness of wisdom. -- james 3:13 +. +But if ye have bitter envying and strife in your hearts, glory not, and lie not against the truth. -- james 3:14 +. +This wisdom descendeth not from above, but is earthly, sensual, devilish. -- james 3:15 +. +For where envying and strife is, there is confusion and every evil work. -- james 3:16 +. +But the wisdom that is from above is first pure, then peaceable, gentle, and easy to be intreated, full of mercy and good fruits, without partiality, and without hypocrisy. -- james 3:17 +. +And the fruit of righteousness is sown in peace of them that make peace. -- james 3:18 +. +From whence come wars and fightings among you? come they not hence, even of your lusts that war in your members? -- james 4:1 +. +Ye lust, and have not: ye kill, and desire to have, and cannot obtain: ye fight and war, yet ye have not, because ye ask not. -- james 4:2 +. +Ye ask, and receive not, because ye ask amiss, that ye may consume it upon your lusts. -- james 4:3 +. +Ye adulterers and adulteresses, know ye not that the friendship of the world is enmity with God? whosoever therefore will be a friend of the world is the enemy of God. -- james 4:4 +. +Do ye think that the scripture saith in vain, The spirit that dwelleth in us lusteth to envy? -- james 4:5 +. +But he giveth more grace. Wherefore he saith, God resisteth the proud, but giveth grace unto the humble. -- james 4:6 +. +Submit yourselves therefore to God. Resist the devil, and he will flee from you. -- james 4:7 +. +Draw nigh to God, and he will draw nigh to you. Cleanse your hands, ye sinners; and purify your hearts, ye double minded. -- james 4:8 +. +Be afflicted, and mourn, and weep: let your laughter be turned to mourning, and your joy to heaviness. -- james 4:9 +. +Humble yourselves in the sight of the Lord, and he shall lift you up. -- james 4:10 +. +Speak not evil one of another, brethren. He that speaketh evil of his brother, and judgeth his brother, speaketh evil of the law, and judgeth the law: but if thou judge the law, thou art not a doer of the law, but a judge. -- james 4:11 +. +There is one lawgiver, who is able to save and to destroy: who art thou that judgest another? -- james 4:12 +. +Go to now, ye that say, To day or to morrow we will go into such a city, and continue there a year, and buy and sell, and get gain: -- james 4:13 +. +Whereas ye know not what shall be on the morrow. For what is your life? It is even a vapour, that appeareth for a little time, and then vanisheth away. -- james 4:14 +. +For that ye ought to say, If the Lord will, we shall live, and do this, or that. -- james 4:15 +. +But now ye rejoice in your boastings: all such rejoicing is evil. -- james 4:16 +. +Therefore to him that knoweth to do good, and doeth it not, to him it is sin. -- james 4:17 +. +Go to now, ye rich men, weep and howl for your miseries that shall come upon you. -- james 5:1 +. +Your riches are corrupted, and your garments are motheaten. -- james 5:2 +. +Your gold and silver is cankered; and the rust of them shall be a witness against you, and shall eat your flesh as it were fire. Ye have heaped treasure together for the last days. -- james 5:3 +. +Behold, the hire of the labourers who have reaped down your fields, which is of you kept back by fraud, crieth: and the cries of them which have reaped are entered into the ears of the Lord of sabaoth. -- james 5:4 +. +Ye have lived in pleasure on the earth, and been wanton; ye have nourished your hearts, as in a day of slaughter. -- james 5:5 +. +Ye have condemned and killed the just; and he doth not resist you. -- james 5:6 +. +Be patient therefore, brethren, unto the coming of the Lord. Behold, the husbandman waiteth for the precious fruit of the earth, and hath long patience for it, until he receive the early and latter rain. -- james 5:7 +. +Be ye also patient; stablish your hearts: for the coming of the Lord draweth nigh. -- james 5:8 +. +Grudge not one against another, brethren, lest ye be condemned: behold, the judge standeth before the door. -- james 5:9 +. +Take, my brethren, the prophets, who have spoken in the name of the Lord, for an example of suffering affliction, and of patience. -- james 5:10 +. +Behold, we count them happy which endure. Ye have heard of the patience of Job, and have seen the end of the Lord; that the Lord is very pitiful, and of tender mercy. -- james 5:11 +. +But above all things, my brethren, swear not, neither by heaven, neither by the earth, neither by any other oath: but let your yea be yea; and your nay, nay; lest ye fall into condemnation. -- james 5:12 +. +Is any among you afflicted? let him pray. Is any merry? let him sing psalms. -- james 5:13 +. +Is any sick among you? let him call for the elders of the church; and let them pray over him, anointing him with oil in the name of the Lord: -- james 5:14 +. +And the prayer of faith shall save the sick, and the Lord shall raise him up; and if he have committed sins, they shall be forgiven him. -- james 5:15 +. +Confess your faults one to another, and pray one for another, that ye may be healed. The effectual fervent prayer of a righteous man availeth much. -- james 5:16 +. +Elias was a man subject to like passions as we are, and he prayed earnestly that it might not rain: and it rained not on the earth by the space of three years and six months. -- james 5:17 +. +And he prayed again, and the heaven gave rain, and the earth brought forth her fruit. -- james 5:18 +. +Brethren, if any of you do err from the truth, and one convert him; -- james 5:19 +. +Let him know, that he which converteth the sinner from the error of his way shall save a soul from death, and shall hide a multitude of sins. -- james 5:20 +. +Peter, an apostle of Jesus Christ, to the strangers scattered throughout Pontus, Galatia, Cappadocia, Asia, and Bithynia, -- 1 peter 1:1 +. +Elect according to the foreknowledge of God the Father, through sanctification of the Spirit, unto obedience and sprinkling of the blood of Jesus Christ: Grace unto you, and peace, be multiplied. -- 1 peter 1:2 +. +Blessed be the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, which according to his abundant mercy hath begotten us again unto a lively hope by the resurrection of Jesus Christ from the dead, -- 1 peter 1:3 +. +To an inheritance incorruptible, and undefiled, and that fadeth not away, reserved in heaven for you, -- 1 peter 1:4 +. +Who are kept by the power of God through faith unto salvation ready to be revealed in the last time. -- 1 peter 1:5 +. +Wherein ye greatly rejoice, though now for a season, if need be, ye are in heaviness through manifold temptations: -- 1 peter 1:6 +. +That the trial of your faith, being much more precious than of gold that perisheth, though it be tried with fire, might be found unto praise and honour and glory at the appearing of Jesus Christ: -- 1 peter 1:7 +. +Whom having not seen, ye love; in whom, though now ye see him not, yet believing, ye rejoice with joy unspeakable and full of glory: -- 1 peter 1:8 +. +Receiving the end of your faith, even the salvation of your souls. -- 1 peter 1:9 +. +Of which salvation the prophets have enquired and searched diligently, who prophesied of the grace that should come unto you: -- 1 peter 1:10 +. +Searching what, or what manner of time the Spirit of Christ which was in them did signify, when it testified beforehand the sufferings of Christ, and the glory that should follow. -- 1 peter 1:11 +. +Unto whom it was revealed, that not unto themselves, but unto us they did minister the things, which are now reported unto you by them that have preached the gospel unto you with the Holy Ghost sent down from heaven; which things the angels desire to look into. -- 1 peter 1:12 +. +Wherefore gird up the loins of your mind, be sober, and hope to the end for the grace that is to be brought unto you at the revelation of Jesus Christ; -- 1 peter 1:13 +. +As obedient children, not fashioning yourselves according to the former lusts in your ignorance: -- 1 peter 1:14 +. +But as he which hath called you is holy, so be ye holy in all manner of conversation; -- 1 peter 1:15 +. +Because it is written, Be ye holy; for I am holy. -- 1 peter 1:16 +. +And if ye call on the Father, who without respect of persons judgeth according to every man's work, pass the time of your sojourning here in fear: -- 1 peter 1:17 +. +Forasmuch as ye know that ye were not redeemed with corruptible things, as silver and gold, from your vain conversation received by tradition from your fathers; -- 1 peter 1:18 +. +But with the precious blood of Christ, as of a lamb without blemish and without spot: -- 1 peter 1:19 +. +Who verily was foreordained before the foundation of the world, but was manifest in these last times for you, -- 1 peter 1:20 +. +Who by him do believe in God, that raised him up from the dead, and gave him glory; that your faith and hope might be in God. -- 1 peter 1:21 +. +Seeing ye have purified your souls in obeying the truth through the Spirit unto unfeigned love of the brethren, see that ye love one another with a pure heart fervently: -- 1 peter 1:22 +. +Being born again, not of corruptible seed, but of incorruptible, by the word of God, which liveth and abideth for ever. -- 1 peter 1:23 +. +For all flesh is as grass, and all the glory of man as the flower of grass. The grass withereth, and the flower thereof falleth away: -- 1 peter 1:24 +. +But the word of the Lord endureth for ever. And this is the word which by the gospel is preached unto you. -- 1 peter 1:25 +. +Wherefore laying aside all malice, and all guile, and hypocrisies, and envies, all evil speakings, -- 1 peter 2:1 +. +As newborn babes, desire the sincere milk of the word, that ye may grow thereby: -- 1 peter 2:2 +. +If so be ye have tasted that the Lord is gracious. -- 1 peter 2:3 +. +To whom coming, as unto a living stone, disallowed indeed of men, but chosen of God, and precious, -- 1 peter 2:4 +. +Ye also, as lively stones, are built up a spiritual house, an holy priesthood, to offer up spiritual sacrifices, acceptable to God by Jesus Christ. -- 1 peter 2:5 +. +Wherefore also it is contained in the scripture, Behold, I lay in Sion a chief corner stone, elect, precious: and he that believeth on him shall not be confounded. -- 1 peter 2:6 +. +Unto you therefore which believe he is precious: but unto them which be disobedient, the stone which the builders disallowed, the same is made the head of the corner, -- 1 peter 2:7 +. +And a stone of stumbling, and a rock of offence, even to them which stumble at the word, being disobedient: whereunto also they were appointed. -- 1 peter 2:8 +. +But ye are a chosen generation, a royal priesthood, an holy nation, a peculiar people; that ye should shew forth the praises of him who hath called you out of darkness into his marvellous light; -- 1 peter 2:9 +. +Which in time past were not a people, but are now the people of God: which had not obtained mercy, but now have obtained mercy. -- 1 peter 2:10 +. +Dearly beloved, I beseech you as strangers and pilgrims, abstain from fleshly lusts, which war against the soul; -- 1 peter 2:11 +. +Having your conversation honest among the Gentiles: that, whereas they speak against you as evildoers, they may by your good works, which they shall behold, glorify God in the day of visitation. -- 1 peter 2:12 +. +Submit yourselves to every ordinance of man for the Lord's sake: whether it be to the king, as supreme; -- 1 peter 2:13 +. +Or unto governors, as unto them that are sent by him for the punishment of evildoers, and for the praise of them that do well. -- 1 peter 2:14 +. +For so is the will of God, that with well doing ye may put to silence the ignorance of foolish men: -- 1 peter 2:15 +. +As free, and not using your liberty for a cloke of maliciousness, but as the servants of God. -- 1 peter 2:16 +. +Honour all men. Love the brotherhood. Fear God. Honour the king. -- 1 peter 2:17 +. +Servants, be subject to your masters with all fear; not only to the good and gentle, but also to the froward. -- 1 peter 2:18 +. +For this is thankworthy, if a man for conscience toward God endure grief, suffering wrongfully. -- 1 peter 2:19 +. +For what glory is it, if, when ye be buffeted for your faults, ye shall take it patiently? but if, when ye do well, and suffer for it, ye take it patiently, this is acceptable with God. -- 1 peter 2:20 +. +For even hereunto were ye called: because Christ also suffered for us, leaving us an example, that ye should follow his steps: -- 1 peter 2:21 +. +Who did no sin, neither was guile found in his mouth: -- 1 peter 2:22 +. +Who, when he was reviled, reviled not again; when he suffered, he threatened not; but committed himself to him that judgeth righteously: -- 1 peter 2:23 +. +Who his own self bare our sins in his own body on the tree, that we, being dead to sins, should live unto righteousness: by whose stripes ye were healed. -- 1 peter 2:24 +. +For ye were as sheep going astray; but are now returned unto the Shepherd and Bishop of your souls. -- 1 peter 2:25 +. +Likewise, ye wives, be in subjection to your own husbands; that, if any obey not the word, they also may without the word be won by the conversation of the wives; -- 1 peter 3:1 +. +While they behold your chaste conversation coupled with fear. -- 1 peter 3:2 +. +Whose adorning let it not be that outward adorning of plaiting the hair, and of wearing of gold, or of putting on of apparel; -- 1 peter 3:3 +. +But let it be the hidden man of the heart, in that which is not corruptible, even the ornament of a meek and quiet spirit, which is in the sight of God of great price. -- 1 peter 3:4 +. +For after this manner in the old time the holy women also, who trusted in God, adorned themselves, being in subjection unto their own husbands: -- 1 peter 3:5 +. +Even as Sara obeyed Abraham, calling him lord: whose daughters ye are, as long as ye do well, and are not afraid with any amazement. -- 1 peter 3:6 +. +Likewise, ye husbands, dwell with them according to knowledge, giving honour unto the wife, as unto the weaker vessel, and as being heirs together of the grace of life; that your prayers be not hindered. -- 1 peter 3:7 +. +Finally, be ye all of one mind, having compassion one of another, love as brethren, be pitiful, be courteous: -- 1 peter 3:8 +. +Not rendering evil for evil, or railing for railing: but contrariwise blessing; knowing that ye are thereunto called, that ye should inherit a blessing. -- 1 peter 3:9 +. +For he that will love life, and see good days, let him refrain his tongue from evil, and his lips that they speak no guile: -- 1 peter 3:10 +. +Let him eschew evil, and do good; let him seek peace, and ensue it. -- 1 peter 3:11 +. +For the eyes of the Lord are over the righteous, and his ears are open unto their prayers: but the face of the Lord is against them that do evil. -- 1 peter 3:12 +. +And who is he that will harm you, if ye be followers of that which is good? -- 1 peter 3:13 +. +But and if ye suffer for righteousness' sake, happy are ye: and be not afraid of their terror, neither be troubled; -- 1 peter 3:14 +. +But sanctify the Lord God in your hearts: and be ready always to give an answer to every man that asketh you a reason of the hope that is in you with meekness and fear: -- 1 peter 3:15 +. +Having a good conscience; that, whereas they speak evil of you, as of evildoers, they may be ashamed that falsely accuse your good conversation in Christ. -- 1 peter 3:16 +. +For it is better, if the will of God be so, that ye suffer for well doing, than for evil doing. -- 1 peter 3:17 +. +For Christ also hath once suffered for sins, the just for the unjust, that he might bring us to God, being put to death in the flesh, but quickened by the Spirit: -- 1 peter 3:18 +. +By which also he went and preached unto the spirits in prison; -- 1 peter 3:19 +. +Which sometime were disobedient, when once the longsuffering of God waited in the days of Noah, while the ark was a preparing, wherein few, that is, eight souls were saved by water. -- 1 peter 3:20 +. +The like figure whereunto even baptism doth also now save us (not the putting away of the filth of the flesh, but the answer of a good conscience toward God,) by the resurrection of Jesus Christ: -- 1 peter 3:21 +. +Who is gone into heaven, and is on the right hand of God; angels and authorities and powers being made subject unto him. -- 1 peter 3:22 +. +Forasmuch then as Christ hath suffered for us in the flesh, arm yourselves likewise with the same mind: for he that hath suffered in the flesh hath ceased from sin; -- 1 peter 4:1 +. +That he no longer should live the rest of his time in the flesh to the lusts of men, but to the will of God. -- 1 peter 4:2 +. +For the time past of our life may suffice us to have wrought the will of the Gentiles, when we walked in lasciviousness, lusts, excess of wine, revellings, banquetings, and abominable idolatries: -- 1 peter 4:3 +. +Wherein they think it strange that ye run not with them to the same excess of riot, speaking evil of you: -- 1 peter 4:4 +. +Who shall give account to him that is ready to judge the quick and the dead. -- 1 peter 4:5 +. +For for this cause was the gospel preached also to them that are dead, that they might be judged according to men in the flesh, but live according to God in the spirit. -- 1 peter 4:6 +. +But the end of all things is at hand: be ye therefore sober, and watch unto prayer. -- 1 peter 4:7 +. +And above all things have fervent charity among yourselves: for charity shall cover the multitude of sins. -- 1 peter 4:8 +. +Use hospitality one to another without grudging. -- 1 peter 4:9 +. +As every man hath received the gift, even so minister the same one to another, as good stewards of the manifold grace of God. -- 1 peter 4:10 +. +If any man speak, let him speak as the oracles of God; if any man minister, let him do it as of the ability which God giveth: that God in all things may be glorified through Jesus Christ, to whom be praise and dominion for ever and ever. Amen. -- 1 peter 4:11 +. +Beloved, think it not strange concerning the fiery trial which is to try you, as though some strange thing happened unto you: -- 1 peter 4:12 +. +But rejoice, inasmuch as ye are partakers of Christ's sufferings; that, when his glory shall be revealed, ye may be glad also with exceeding joy. -- 1 peter 4:13 +. +If ye be reproached for the name of Christ, happy are ye; for the spirit of glory and of God resteth upon you: on their part he is evil spoken of, but on your part he is glorified. -- 1 peter 4:14 +. +But let none of you suffer as a murderer, or as a thief, or as an evildoer, or as a busybody in other men's matters. -- 1 peter 4:15 +. +Yet if any man suffer as a Christian, let him not be ashamed; but let him glorify God on this behalf. -- 1 peter 4:16 +. +For the time is come that judgment must begin at the house of God: and if it first begin at us, what shall the end be of them that obey not the gospel of God? -- 1 peter 4:17 +. +And if the righteous scarcely be saved, where shall the ungodly and the sinner appear? -- 1 peter 4:18 +. +Wherefore let them that suffer according to the will of God commit the keeping of their souls to him in well doing, as unto a faithful Creator. -- 1 peter 4:19 +. +The elders which are among you I exhort, who am also an elder, and a witness of the sufferings of Christ, and also a partaker of the glory that shall be revealed: -- 1 peter 5:1 +. +Feed the flock of God which is among you, taking the oversight thereof, not by constraint, but willingly; not for filthy lucre, but of a ready mind; -- 1 peter 5:2 +. +Neither as being lords over God's heritage, but being ensamples to the flock. -- 1 peter 5:3 +. +And when the chief Shepherd shall appear, ye shall receive a crown of glory that fadeth not away. -- 1 peter 5:4 +. +Likewise, ye younger, submit yourselves unto the elder. Yea, all of you be subject one to another, and be clothed with humility: for God resisteth the proud, and giveth grace to the humble. -- 1 peter 5:5 +. +Humble yourselves therefore under the mighty hand of God, that he may exalt you in due time: -- 1 peter 5:6 +. +Casting all your care upon him; for he careth for you. -- 1 peter 5:7 +. +Be sober, be vigilant; because your adversary the devil, as a roaring lion, walketh about, seeking whom he may devour: -- 1 peter 5:8 +. +Whom resist stedfast in the faith, knowing that the same afflictions are accomplished in your brethren that are in the world. -- 1 peter 5:9 +. +But the God of all grace, who hath called us unto his eternal glory by Christ Jesus, after that ye have suffered a while, make you perfect, stablish, strengthen, settle you. -- 1 peter 5:10 +. +To him be glory and dominion for ever and ever. Amen. -- 1 peter 5:11 +. +By Silvanus, a faithful brother unto you, as I suppose, I have written briefly, exhorting, and testifying that this is the true grace of God wherein ye stand. -- 1 peter 5:12 +. +The church that is at Babylon, elected together with you, saluteth you; and so doth Marcus my son. -- 1 peter 5:13 +. +Greet ye one another with a kiss of charity. Peace be with you all that are in Christ Jesus. Amen. -- 1 peter 5:14 +. +Simon Peter, a servant and an apostle of Jesus Christ, to them that have obtained like precious faith with us through the righteousness of God and our Saviour Jesus Christ: -- 2 peter 1:1 +. +Grace and peace be multiplied unto you through the knowledge of God, and of Jesus our Lord, -- 2 peter 1:2 +. +According as his divine power hath given unto us all things that pertain unto life and godliness, through the knowledge of him that hath called us to glory and virtue: -- 2 peter 1:3 +. +Whereby are given unto us exceeding great and precious promises: that by these ye might be partakers of the divine nature, having escaped the corruption that is in the world through lust. -- 2 peter 1:4 +. +And beside this, giving all diligence, add to your faith virtue; and to virtue knowledge; -- 2 peter 1:5 +. +And to knowledge temperance; and to temperance patience; and to patience godliness; -- 2 peter 1:6 +. +And to godliness brotherly kindness; and to brotherly kindness charity. -- 2 peter 1:7 +. +For if these things be in you, and abound, they make you that ye shall neither be barren nor unfruitful in the knowledge of our Lord Jesus Christ. -- 2 peter 1:8 +. +But he that lacketh these things is blind, and cannot see afar off, and hath forgotten that he was purged from his old sins. -- 2 peter 1:9 +. +Wherefore the rather, brethren, give diligence to make your calling and election sure: for if ye do these things, ye shall never fall: -- 2 peter 1:10 +. +For so an entrance shall be ministered unto you abundantly into the everlasting kingdom of our Lord and Saviour Jesus Christ. -- 2 peter 1:11 +. +Wherefore I will not be negligent to put you always in remembrance of these things, though ye know them, and be established in the present truth. -- 2 peter 1:12 +. +Yea, I think it meet, as long as I am in this tabernacle, to stir you up by putting you in remembrance; -- 2 peter 1:13 +. +Knowing that shortly I must put off this my tabernacle, even as our Lord Jesus Christ hath shewed me. -- 2 peter 1:14 +. +Moreover I will endeavour that ye may be able after my decease to have these things always in remembrance. -- 2 peter 1:15 +. +For we have not followed cunningly devised fables, when we made known unto you the power and coming of our Lord Jesus Christ, but were eyewitnesses of his majesty. -- 2 peter 1:16 +. +For he received from God the Father honour and glory, when there came such a voice to him from the excellent glory, This is my beloved Son, in whom I am well pleased. -- 2 peter 1:17 +. +And this voice which came from heaven we heard, when we were with him in the holy mount. -- 2 peter 1:18 +. +We have also a more sure word of prophecy; whereunto ye do well that ye take heed, as unto a light that shineth in a dark place, until the day dawn, and the day star arise in your hearts: -- 2 peter 1:19 +. +Knowing this first, that no prophecy of the scripture is of any private interpretation. -- 2 peter 1:20 +. +For the prophecy came not in old time by the will of man: but holy men of God spake as they were moved by the Holy Ghost. -- 2 peter 1:21 +. +But there were false prophets also among the people, even as there shall be false teachers among you, who privily shall bring in damnable heresies, even denying the Lord that bought them, and bring upon themselves swift destruction. -- 2 peter 2:1 +. +And many shall follow their pernicious ways; by reason of whom the way of truth shall be evil spoken of. -- 2 peter 2:2 +. +And through covetousness shall they with feigned words make merchandise of you: whose judgment now of a long time lingereth not, and their damnation slumbereth not. -- 2 peter 2:3 +. +For if God spared not the angels that sinned, but cast them down to hell, and delivered them into chains of darkness, to be reserved unto judgment; -- 2 peter 2:4 +. +And spared not the old world, but saved Noah the eighth person, a preacher of righteousness, bringing in the flood upon the world of the ungodly; -- 2 peter 2:5 +. +And turning the cities of Sodom and Gomorrha into ashes condemned them with an overthrow, making them an ensample unto those that after should live ungodly; -- 2 peter 2:6 +. +And delivered just Lot, vexed with the filthy conversation of the wicked: -- 2 peter 2:7 +. +(For that righteous man dwelling among them, in seeing and hearing, vexed his righteous soul from day to day with their unlawful deeds;) -- 2 peter 2:8 +. +The Lord knoweth how to deliver the godly out of temptations, and to reserve the unjust unto the day of judgment to be punished: -- 2 peter 2:9 +. +But chiefly them that walk after the flesh in the lust of uncleanness, and despise government. Presumptuous are they, selfwilled, they are not afraid to speak evil of dignities. -- 2 peter 2:10 +. +Whereas angels, which are greater in power and might, bring not railing accusation against them before the Lord. -- 2 peter 2:11 +. +But these, as natural brute beasts, made to be taken and destroyed, speak evil of the things that they understand not; and shall utterly perish in their own corruption; -- 2 peter 2:12 +. +And shall receive the reward of unrighteousness, as they that count it pleasure to riot in the day time. Spots they are and blemishes, sporting themselves with their own deceivings while they feast with you; -- 2 peter 2:13 +. +Having eyes full of adultery, and that cannot cease from sin; beguiling unstable souls: an heart they have exercised with covetous practices; cursed children: -- 2 peter 2:14 +. +Which have forsaken the right way, and are gone astray, following the way of Balaam the son of Bosor, who loved the wages of unrighteousness; -- 2 peter 2:15 +. +But was rebuked for his iniquity: the dumb ass speaking with man's voice forbad the madness of the prophet. -- 2 peter 2:16 +. +These are wells without water, clouds that are carried with a tempest; to whom the mist of darkness is reserved for ever. -- 2 peter 2:17 +. +For when they speak great swelling words of vanity, they allure through the lusts of the flesh, through much wantonness, those that were clean escaped from them who live in error. -- 2 peter 2:18 +. +While they promise them liberty, they themselves are the servants of corruption: for of whom a man is overcome, of the same is he brought in bondage. -- 2 peter 2:19 +. +For if after they have escaped the pollutions of the world through the knowledge of the Lord and Saviour Jesus Christ, they are again entangled therein, and overcome, the latter end is worse with them than the beginning. -- 2 peter 2:20 +. +For it had been better for them not to have known the way of righteousness, than, after they have known it, to turn from the holy commandment delivered unto them. -- 2 peter 2:21 +. +But it is happened unto them according to the true proverb, The dog is turned to his own vomit again; and the sow that was washed to her wallowing in the mire. -- 2 peter 2:22 +. +This second epistle, beloved, I now write unto you; in both which I stir up your pure minds by way of remembrance: -- 2 peter 3:1 +. +That ye may be mindful of the words which were spoken before by the holy prophets, and of the commandment of us the apostles of the Lord and Saviour: -- 2 peter 3:2 +. +Knowing this first, that there shall come in the last days scoffers, walking after their own lusts, -- 2 peter 3:3 +. +And saying, Where is the promise of his coming? for since the fathers fell asleep, all things continue as they were from the beginning of the creation. -- 2 peter 3:4 +. +For this they willingly are ignorant of, that by the word of God the heavens were of old, and the earth standing out of the water and in the water: -- 2 peter 3:5 +. +Whereby the world that then was, being overflowed with water, perished: -- 2 peter 3:6 +. +But the heavens and the earth, which are now, by the same word are kept in store, reserved unto fire against the day of judgment and perdition of ungodly men. -- 2 peter 3:7 +. +But, beloved, be not ignorant of this one thing, that one day is with the Lord as a thousand years, and a thousand years as one day. -- 2 peter 3:8 +. +The Lord is not slack concerning his promise, as some men count slackness; but is longsuffering to us-ward, not willing that any should perish, but that all should come to repentance. -- 2 peter 3:9 +. +But the day of the Lord will come as a thief in the night; in the which the heavens shall pass away with a great noise, and the elements shall melt with fervent heat, the earth also and the works that are therein shall be burned up. -- 2 peter 3:10 +. +Seeing then that all these things shall be dissolved, what manner of persons ought ye to be in all holy conversation and godliness, -- 2 peter 3:11 +. +Looking for and hasting unto the coming of the day of God, wherein the heavens being on fire shall be dissolved, and the elements shall melt with fervent heat? -- 2 peter 3:12 +. +Nevertheless we, according to his promise, look for new heavens and a new earth, wherein dwelleth righteousness. -- 2 peter 3:13 +. +Wherefore, beloved, seeing that ye look for such things, be diligent that ye may be found of him in peace, without spot, and blameless. -- 2 peter 3:14 +. +And account that the longsuffering of our Lord is salvation; even as our beloved brother Paul also according to the wisdom given unto him hath written unto you; -- 2 peter 3:15 +. +As also in all his epistles, speaking in them of these things; in which are some things hard to be understood, which they that are unlearned and unstable wrest, as they do also the other scriptures, unto their own destruction. -- 2 peter 3:16 +. +Ye therefore, beloved, seeing ye know these things before, beware lest ye also, being led away with the error of the wicked, fall from your own stedfastness. -- 2 peter 3:17 +. +But grow in grace, and in the knowledge of our Lord and Saviour Jesus Christ. To him be glory both now and for ever. Amen. -- 2 peter 3:18 +. +That which was from the beginning, which we have heard, which we have seen with our eyes, which we have looked upon, and our hands have handled, of the Word of life; -- 1 john 1:1 +. +(For the life was manifested, and we have seen it, and bear witness, and shew unto you that eternal life, which was with the Father, and was manifested unto us;) -- 1 john 1:2 +. +That which we have seen and heard declare we unto you, that ye also may have fellowship with us: and truly our fellowship is with the Father, and with his Son Jesus Christ. -- 1 john 1:3 +. +And these things write we unto you, that your joy may be full. -- 1 john 1:4 +. +This then is the message which we have heard of him, and declare unto you, that God is light, and in him is no darkness at all. -- 1 john 1:5 +. +If we say that we have fellowship with him, and walk in darkness, we lie, and do not the truth: -- 1 john 1:6 +. +But if we walk in the light, as he is in the light, we have fellowship one with another, and the blood of Jesus Christ his Son cleanseth us from all sin. -- 1 john 1:7 +. +If we say that we have no sin, we deceive ourselves, and the truth is not in us. -- 1 john 1:8 +. +If we confess our sins, he is faithful and just to forgive us our sins, and to cleanse us from all unrighteousness. -- 1 john 1:9 +. +If we say that we have not sinned, we make him a liar, and his word is not in us. -- 1 john 1:10 +. +My little children, these things write I unto you, that ye sin not. And if any man sin, we have an advocate with the Father, Jesus Christ the righteous: -- 1 john 2:1 +. +And he is the propitiation for our sins: and not for our's only, but also for the sins of the whole world. -- 1 john 2:2 +. +And hereby we do know that we know him, if we keep his commandments. -- 1 john 2:3 +. +He that saith, I know him, and keepeth not his commandments, is a liar, and the truth is not in him. -- 1 john 2:4 +. +But whoso keepeth his word, in him verily is the love of God perfected: hereby know we that we are in him. -- 1 john 2:5 +. +He that saith he abideth in him ought himself also so to walk, even as he walked. -- 1 john 2:6 +. +Brethren, I write no new commandment unto you, but an old commandment which ye had from the beginning. The old commandment is the word which ye have heard from the beginning. -- 1 john 2:7 +. +Again, a new commandment I write unto you, which thing is true in him and in you: because the darkness is past, and the true light now shineth. -- 1 john 2:8 +. +He that saith he is in the light, and hateth his brother, is in darkness even until now. -- 1 john 2:9 +. +He that loveth his brother abideth in the light, and there is none occasion of stumbling in him. -- 1 john 2:10 +. +But he that hateth his brother is in darkness, and walketh in darkness, and knoweth not whither he goeth, because that darkness hath blinded his eyes. -- 1 john 2:11 +. +I write unto you, little children, because your sins are forgiven you for his name's sake. -- 1 john 2:12 +. +I write unto you, fathers, because ye have known him that is from the beginning. I write unto you, young men, because ye have overcome the wicked one. I write unto you, little children, because ye have known the Father. -- 1 john 2:13 +. +I have written unto you, fathers, because ye have known him that is from the beginning. I have written unto you, young men, because ye are strong, and the word of God abideth in you, and ye have overcome the wicked one. -- 1 john 2:14 +. +Love not the world, neither the things that are in the world. If any man love the world, the love of the Father is not in him. -- 1 john 2:15 +. +For all that is in the world, the lust of the flesh, and the lust of the eyes, and the pride of life, is not of the Father, but is of the world. -- 1 john 2:16 +. +And the world passeth away, and the lust thereof: but he that doeth the will of God abideth for ever. -- 1 john 2:17 +. +Little children, it is the last time: and as ye have heard that antichrist shall come, even now are there many antichrists; whereby we know that it is the last time. -- 1 john 2:18 +. +They went out from us, but they were not of us; for if they had been of us, they would no doubt have continued with us: but they went out, that they might be made manifest that they were not all of us. -- 1 john 2:19 +. +But ye have an unction from the Holy One, and ye know all things. -- 1 john 2:20 +. +I have not written unto you because ye know not the truth, but because ye know it, and that no lie is of the truth. -- 1 john 2:21 +. +Who is a liar but he that denieth that Jesus is the Christ? He is antichrist, that denieth the Father and the Son. -- 1 john 2:22 +. +Whosoever denieth the Son, the same hath not the Father: he that acknowledgeth the Son hath the Father also. -- 1 john 2:23 +. +Let that therefore abide in you, which ye have heard from the beginning. If that which ye have heard from the beginning shall remain in you, ye also shall continue in the Son, and in the Father. -- 1 john 2:24 +. +And this is the promise that he hath promised us, even eternal life. -- 1 john 2:25 +. +These things have I written unto you concerning them that seduce you. -- 1 john 2:26 +. +But the anointing which ye have received of him abideth in you, and ye need not that any man teach you: but as the same anointing teacheth you of all things, and is truth, and is no lie, and even as it hath taught you, ye shall abide in him. -- 1 john 2:27 +. +And now, little children, abide in him; that, when he shall appear, we may have confidence, and not be ashamed before him at his coming. -- 1 john 2:28 +. +If ye know that he is righteous, ye know that every one that doeth righteousness is born of him. -- 1 john 2:29 +. +Behold, what manner of love the Father hath bestowed upon us, that we should be called the sons of God: therefore the world knoweth us not, because it knew him not. -- 1 john 3:1 +. +Beloved, now are we the sons of God, and it doth not yet appear what we shall be: but we know that, when he shall appear, we shall be like him; for we shall see him as he is. -- 1 john 3:2 +. +And every man that hath this hope in him purifieth himself, even as he is pure. -- 1 john 3:3 +. +Whosoever committeth sin transgresseth also the law: for sin is the transgression of the law. -- 1 john 3:4 +. +And ye know that he was manifested to take away our sins; and in him is no sin. -- 1 john 3:5 +. +Whosoever abideth in him sinneth not: whosoever sinneth hath not seen him, neither known him. -- 1 john 3:6 +. +Little children, let no man deceive you: he that doeth righteousness is righteous, even as he is righteous. -- 1 john 3:7 +. +He that committeth sin is of the devil; for the devil sinneth from the beginning. For this purpose the Son of God was manifested, that he might destroy the works of the devil. -- 1 john 3:8 +. +Whosoever is born of God doth not commit sin; for his seed remaineth in him: and he cannot sin, because he is born of God. -- 1 john 3:9 +. +In this the children of God are manifest, and the children of the devil: whosoever doeth not righteousness is not of God, neither he that loveth not his brother. -- 1 john 3:10 +. +For this is the message that ye heard from the beginning, that we should love one another. -- 1 john 3:11 +. +Not as Cain, who was of that wicked one, and slew his brother. And wherefore slew he him? Because his own works were evil, and his brother's righteous. -- 1 john 3:12 +. +Marvel not, my brethren, if the world hate you. -- 1 john 3:13 +. +We know that we have passed from death unto life, because we love the brethren. He that loveth not his brother abideth in death. -- 1 john 3:14 +. +Whosoever hateth his brother is a murderer: and ye know that no murderer hath eternal life abiding in him. -- 1 john 3:15 +. +Hereby perceive we the love of God, because he laid down his life for us: and we ought to lay down our lives for the brethren. -- 1 john 3:16 +. +But whoso hath this world's good, and seeth his brother have need, and shutteth up his bowels of compassion from him, how dwelleth the love of God in him? -- 1 john 3:17 +. +My little children, let us not love in word, neither in tongue; but in deed and in truth. -- 1 john 3:18 +. +And hereby we know that we are of the truth, and shall assure our hearts before him. -- 1 john 3:19 +. +For if our heart condemn us, God is greater than our heart, and knoweth all things. -- 1 john 3:20 +. +Beloved, if our heart condemn us not, then have we confidence toward God. -- 1 john 3:21 +. +And whatsoever we ask, we receive of him, because we keep his commandments, and do those things that are pleasing in his sight. -- 1 john 3:22 +. +And this is his commandment, That we should believe on the name of his Son Jesus Christ, and love one another, as he gave us commandment. -- 1 john 3:23 +. +And he that keepeth his commandments dwelleth in him, and he in him. And hereby we know that he abideth in us, by the Spirit which he hath given us. -- 1 john 3:24 +. +Beloved, believe not every spirit, but try the spirits whether they are of God: because many false prophets are gone out into the world. -- 1 john 4:1 +. +Hereby know ye the Spirit of God: Every spirit that confesseth that Jesus Christ is come in the flesh is of God: -- 1 john 4:2 +. +And every spirit that confesseth not that Jesus Christ is come in the flesh is not of God: and this is that spirit of antichrist, whereof ye have heard that it should come; and even now already is it in the world. -- 1 john 4:3 +. +Ye are of God, little children, and have overcome them: because greater is he that is in you, than he that is in the world. -- 1 john 4:4 +. +They are of the world: therefore speak they of the world, and the world heareth them. -- 1 john 4:5 +. +We are of God: he that knoweth God heareth us; he that is not of God heareth not us. Hereby know we the spirit of truth, and the spirit of error. -- 1 john 4:6 +. +Beloved, let us love one another: for love is of God; and every one that loveth is born of God, and knoweth God. -- 1 john 4:7 +. +He that loveth not knoweth not God; for God is love. -- 1 john 4:8 +. +In this was manifested the love of God toward us, because that God sent his only begotten Son into the world, that we might live through him. -- 1 john 4:9 +. +Herein is love, not that we loved God, but that he loved us, and sent his Son to be the propitiation for our sins. -- 1 john 4:10 +. +Beloved, if God so loved us, we ought also to love one another. -- 1 john 4:11 +. +No man hath seen God at any time. If we love one another, God dwelleth in us, and his love is perfected in us. -- 1 john 4:12 +. +Hereby know we that we dwell in him, and he in us, because he hath given us of his Spirit. -- 1 john 4:13 +. +And we have seen and do testify that the Father sent the Son to be the Saviour of the world. -- 1 john 4:14 +. +Whosoever shall confess that Jesus is the Son of God, God dwelleth in him, and he in God. -- 1 john 4:15 +. +And we have known and believed the love that God hath to us. God is love; and he that dwelleth in love dwelleth in God, and God in him. -- 1 john 4:16 +. +Herein is our love made perfect, that we may have boldness in the day of judgment: because as he is, so are we in this world. -- 1 john 4:17 +. +There is no fear in love; but perfect love casteth out fear: because fear hath torment. He that feareth is not made perfect in love. -- 1 john 4:18 +. +We love him, because he first loved us. -- 1 john 4:19 +. +If a man say, I love God, and hateth his brother, he is a liar: for he that loveth not his brother whom he hath seen, how can he love God whom he hath not seen? -- 1 john 4:20 +. +And this commandment have we from him, That he who loveth God love his brother also. -- 1 john 4:21 +. +Whosoever believeth that Jesus is the Christ is born of God: and every one that loveth him that begat loveth him also that is begotten of him. -- 1 john 5:1 +. +By this we know that we love the children of God, when we love God, and keep his commandments. -- 1 john 5:2 +. +For this is the love of God, that we keep his commandments: and his commandments are not grievous. -- 1 john 5:3 +. +For whatsoever is born of God overcometh the world: and this is the victory that overcometh the world, even our faith. -- 1 john 5:4 +. +Who is he that overcometh the world, but he that believeth that Jesus is the Son of God? -- 1 john 5:5 +. +This is he that came by water and blood, even Jesus Christ; not by water only, but by water and blood. And it is the Spirit that beareth witness, because the Spirit is truth. -- 1 john 5:6 +. +For there are three that bear record in heaven, the Father, the Word, and the Holy Ghost: and these three are one. -- 1 john 5:7 +. +And there are three that bear witness in earth, the Spirit, and the water, and the blood: and these three agree in one. -- 1 john 5:8 +. +If we receive the witness of men, the witness of God is greater: for this is the witness of God which he hath testified of his Son. -- 1 john 5:9 +. +He that believeth on the Son of God hath the witness in himself: he that believeth not God hath made him a liar; because he believeth not the record that God gave of his Son. -- 1 john 5:10 +. +And this is the record, that God hath given to us eternal life, and this life is in his Son. -- 1 john 5:11 +. +He that hath the Son hath life; and he that hath not the Son of God hath not life. -- 1 john 5:12 +. +These things have I written unto you that believe on the name of the Son of God; that ye may know that ye have eternal life, and that ye may believe on the name of the Son of God. -- 1 john 5:13 +. +And this is the confidence that we have in him, that, if we ask any thing according to his will, he heareth us: -- 1 john 5:14 +. +And if we know that he hear us, whatsoever we ask, we know that we have the petitions that we desired of him. -- 1 john 5:15 +. +If any man see his brother sin a sin which is not unto death, he shall ask, and he shall give him life for them that sin not unto death. There is a sin unto death: I do not say that he shall pray for it. -- 1 john 5:16 +. +All unrighteousness is sin: and there is a sin not unto death. -- 1 john 5:17 +. +We know that whosoever is born of God sinneth not; but he that is begotten of God keepeth himself, and that wicked one toucheth him not. -- 1 john 5:18 +. +And we know that we are of God, and the whole world lieth in wickedness. -- 1 john 5:19 +. +And we know that the Son of God is come, and hath given us an understanding, that we may know him that is true, and we are in him that is true, even in his Son Jesus Christ. This is the true God, and eternal life. -- 1 john 5:20 +. +Little children, keep yourselves from idols. Amen. -- 1 john 5:21 +. +The elder unto the elect lady and her children, whom I love in the truth; and not I only, but also all they that have known the truth; -- 2 john 1:1 +. +For the truth's sake, which dwelleth in us, and shall be with us for ever. -- 2 john 1:2 +. +Grace be with you, mercy, and peace, from God the Father, and from the Lord Jesus Christ, the Son of the Father, in truth and love. -- 2 john 1:3 +. +I rejoiced greatly that I found of thy children walking in truth, as we have received a commandment from the Father. -- 2 john 1:4 +. +And now I beseech thee, lady, not as though I wrote a new commandment unto thee, but that which we had from the beginning, that we love one another. -- 2 john 1:5 +. +And this is love, that we walk after his commandments. This is the commandment, That, as ye have heard from the beginning, ye should walk in it. -- 2 john 1:6 +. +For many deceivers are entered into the world, who confess not that Jesus Christ is come in the flesh. This is a deceiver and an antichrist. -- 2 john 1:7 +. +Look to yourselves, that we lose not those things which we have wrought, but that we receive a full reward. -- 2 john 1:8 +. +Whosoever transgresseth, and abideth not in the doctrine of Christ, hath not God. He that abideth in the doctrine of Christ, he hath both the Father and the Son. -- 2 john 1:9 +. +If there come any unto you, and bring not this doctrine, receive him not into your house, neither bid him God speed: -- 2 john 1:10 +. +For he that biddeth him God speed is partaker of his evil deeds. -- 2 john 1:11 +. +Having many things to write unto you, I would not write with paper and ink: but I trust to come unto you, and speak face to face, that our joy may be full. -- 2 john 1:12 +. +The children of thy elect sister greet thee. Amen. -- 2 john 1:13 +. +The elder unto the wellbeloved Gaius, whom I love in the truth. -- 3 john 1:1 +. +Beloved, I wish above all things that thou mayest prosper and be in health, even as thy soul prospereth. -- 3 john 1:2 +. +For I rejoiced greatly, when the brethren came and testified of the truth that is in thee, even as thou walkest in the truth. -- 3 john 1:3 +. +I have no greater joy than to hear that my children walk in truth. -- 3 john 1:4 +. +Beloved, thou doest faithfully whatsoever thou doest to the brethren, and to strangers; -- 3 john 1:5 +. +Which have borne witness of thy charity before the church: whom if thou bring forward on their journey after a godly sort, thou shalt do well: -- 3 john 1:6 +. +Because that for his name's sake they went forth, taking nothing of the Gentiles. -- 3 john 1:7 +. +We therefore ought to receive such, that we might be fellowhelpers to the truth. -- 3 john 1:8 +. +I wrote unto the church: but Diotrephes, who loveth to have the preeminence among them, receiveth us not. -- 3 john 1:9 +. +Wherefore, if I come, I will remember his deeds which he doeth, prating against us with malicious words: and not content therewith, neither doth he himself receive the brethren, and forbiddeth them that would, and casteth them out of the church. -- 3 john 1:10 +. +Beloved, follow not that which is evil, but that which is good. He that doeth good is of God: but he that doeth evil hath not seen God. -- 3 john 1:11 +. +Demetrius hath good report of all men, and of the truth itself: yea, and we also bear record; and ye know that our record is true. -- 3 john 1:12 +. +I had many things to write, but I will not with ink and pen write unto thee: -- 3 john 1:13 +. +But I trust I shall shortly see thee, and we shall speak face to face. Peace be to thee. Our friends salute thee. Greet the friends by name. -- 3 john 1:14 +. +Jude, the servant of Jesus Christ, and brother of James, to them that are sanctified by God the Father, and preserved in Jesus Christ, and called: -- jude 1:1 +. +Mercy unto you, and peace, and love, be multiplied. -- jude 1:2 +. +Beloved, when I gave all diligence to write unto you of the common salvation, it was needful for me to write unto you, and exhort you that ye should earnestly contend for the faith which was once delivered unto the saints. -- jude 1:3 +. +For there are certain men crept in unawares, who were before of old ordained to this condemnation, ungodly men, turning the grace of our God into lasciviousness, and denying the only Lord God, and our Lord Jesus Christ. -- jude 1:4 +. +I will therefore put you in remembrance, though ye once knew this, how that the Lord, having saved the people out of the land of Egypt, afterward destroyed them that believed not. -- jude 1:5 +. +And the angels which kept not their first estate, but left their own habitation, he hath reserved in everlasting chains under darkness unto the judgment of the great day. -- jude 1:6 +. +Even as Sodom and Gomorrha, and the cities about them in like manner, giving themselves over to fornication, and going after strange flesh, are set forth for an example, suffering the vengeance of eternal fire. -- jude 1:7 +. +Likewise also these filthy dreamers defile the flesh, despise dominion, and speak evil of dignities. -- jude 1:8 +. +Yet Michael the archangel, when contending with the devil he disputed about the body of Moses, durst not bring against him a railing accusation, but said, The Lord rebuke thee. -- jude 1:9 +. +But these speak evil of those things which they know not: but what they know naturally, as brute beasts, in those things they corrupt themselves. -- jude 1:10 +. +Woe unto them! for they have gone in the way of Cain, and ran greedily after the error of Balaam for reward, and perished in the gainsaying of Core. -- jude 1:11 +. +These are spots in your feasts of charity, when they feast with you, feeding themselves without fear: clouds they are without water, carried about of winds; trees whose fruit withereth, without fruit, twice dead, plucked up by the roots; -- jude 1:12 +. +Raging waves of the sea, foaming out their own shame; wandering stars, to whom is reserved the blackness of darkness for ever. -- jude 1:13 +. +And Enoch also, the seventh from Adam, prophesied of these, saying, Behold, the Lord cometh with ten thousands of his saints, -- jude 1:14 +. +To execute judgment upon all, and to convince all that are ungodly among them of all their ungodly deeds which they have ungodly committed, and of all their hard speeches which ungodly sinners have spoken against him. -- jude 1:15 +. +These are murmurers, complainers, walking after their own lusts; and their mouth speaketh great swelling words, having men's persons in admiration because of advantage. -- jude 1:16 +. +But, beloved, remember ye the words which were spoken before of the apostles of our Lord Jesus Christ; -- jude 1:17 +. +How that they told you there should be mockers in the last time, who should walk after their own ungodly lusts. -- jude 1:18 +. +These be they who separate themselves, sensual, having not the Spirit. -- jude 1:19 +. +But ye, beloved, building up yourselves on your most holy faith, praying in the Holy Ghost, -- jude 1:20 +. +Keep yourselves in the love of God, looking for the mercy of our Lord Jesus Christ unto eternal life. -- jude 1:21 +. +And of some have compassion, making a difference: -- jude 1:22 +. +And others save with fear, pulling them out of the fire; hating even the garment spotted by the flesh. -- jude 1:23 +. +Now unto him that is able to keep you from falling, and to present you faultless before the presence of his glory with exceeding joy, -- jude 1:24 +. +To the only wise God our Saviour, be glory and majesty, dominion and power, both now and ever. Amen. -- jude 1:25 +. +The Revelation of Jesus Christ, which God gave unto him, to shew unto his servants things which must shortly come to pass; and he sent and signified it by his angel unto his servant John: -- revelation 1:1 +. +Who bare record of the word of God, and of the testimony of Jesus Christ, and of all things that he saw. -- revelation 1:2 +. +Blessed is he that readeth, and they that hear the words of this prophecy, and keep those things which are written therein: for the time is at hand. -- revelation 1:3 +. +John to the seven churches which are in Asia: Grace be unto you, and peace, from him which is, and which was, and which is to come; and from the seven Spirits which are before his throne; -- revelation 1:4 +. +And from Jesus Christ, who is the faithful witness, and the first begotten of the dead, and the prince of the kings of the earth. Unto him that loved us, and washed us from our sins in his own blood, -- revelation 1:5 +. +And hath made us kings and priests unto God and his Father; to him be glory and dominion for ever and ever. Amen. -- revelation 1:6 +. +Behold, he cometh with clouds; and every eye shall see him, and they also which pierced him: and all kindreds of the earth shall wail because of him. Even so, Amen. -- revelation 1:7 +. +I am Alpha and Omega, the beginning and the ending, saith the Lord, which is, and which was, and which is to come, the Almighty. -- revelation 1:8 +. +I John, who also am your brother, and companion in tribulation, and in the kingdom and patience of Jesus Christ, was in the isle that is called Patmos, for the word of God, and for the testimony of Jesus Christ. -- revelation 1:9 +. +I was in the Spirit on the Lord's day, and heard behind me a great voice, as of a trumpet, -- revelation 1:10 +. +Saying, I am Alpha and Omega, the first and the last: and, What thou seest, write in a book, and send it unto the seven churches which are in Asia; unto Ephesus, and unto Smyrna, and unto Pergamos, and unto Thyatira, and unto Sardis, and unto Philadelphia, and unto Laodicea. -- revelation 1:11 +. +And I turned to see the voice that spake with me. And being turned, I saw seven golden candlesticks; -- revelation 1:12 +. +And in the midst of the seven candlesticks one like unto the Son of man, clothed with a garment down to the foot, and girt about the paps with a golden girdle. -- revelation 1:13 +. +His head and his hairs were white like wool, as white as snow; and his eyes were as a flame of fire; -- revelation 1:14 +. +And his feet like unto fine brass, as if they burned in a furnace; and his voice as the sound of many waters. -- revelation 1:15 +. +And he had in his right hand seven stars: and out of his mouth went a sharp twoedged sword: and his countenance was as the sun shineth in his strength. -- revelation 1:16 +. +And when I saw him, I fell at his feet as dead. And he laid his right hand upon me, saying unto me, Fear not; I am the first and the last: -- revelation 1:17 +. +I am he that liveth, and was dead; and, behold, I am alive for evermore, Amen; and have the keys of hell and of death. -- revelation 1:18 +. +Write the things which thou hast seen, and the things which are, and the things which shall be hereafter; -- revelation 1:19 +. +The mystery of the seven stars which thou sawest in my right hand, and the seven golden candlesticks. The seven stars are the angels of the seven churches: and the seven candlesticks which thou sawest are the seven churches. -- revelation 1:20 +. +Unto the angel of the church of Ephesus write; These things saith he that holdeth the seven stars in his right hand, who walketh in the midst of the seven golden candlesticks; -- revelation 2:1 +. +I know thy works, and thy labour, and thy patience, and how thou canst not bear them which are evil: and thou hast tried them which say they are apostles, and are not, and hast found them liars: -- revelation 2:2 +. +And hast borne, and hast patience, and for my name's sake hast laboured, and hast not fainted. -- revelation 2:3 +. +Nevertheless I have somewhat against thee, because thou hast left thy first love. -- revelation 2:4 +. +Remember therefore from whence thou art fallen, and repent, and do the first works; or else I will come unto thee quickly, and will remove thy candlestick out of his place, except thou repent. -- revelation 2:5 +. +But this thou hast, that thou hatest the deeds of the Nicolaitanes, which I also hate. -- revelation 2:6 +. +He that hath an ear, let him hear what the Spirit saith unto the churches; To him that overcometh will I give to eat of the tree of life, which is in the midst of the paradise of God. -- revelation 2:7 +. +And unto the angel of the church in Smyrna write; These things saith the first and the last, which was dead, and is alive; -- revelation 2:8 +. +I know thy works, and tribulation, and poverty, (but thou art rich) and I know the blasphemy of them which say they are Jews, and are not, but are the synagogue of Satan. -- revelation 2:9 +. +Fear none of those things which thou shalt suffer: behold, the devil shall cast some of you into prison, that ye may be tried; and ye shall have tribulation ten days: be thou faithful unto death, and I will give thee a crown of life. -- revelation 2:10 +. +He that hath an ear, let him hear what the Spirit saith unto the churches; He that overcometh shall not be hurt of the second death. -- revelation 2:11 +. +And to the angel of the church in Pergamos write; These things saith he which hath the sharp sword with two edges; -- revelation 2:12 +. +I know thy works, and where thou dwellest, even where Satan's seat is: and thou holdest fast my name, and hast not denied my faith, even in those days wherein Antipas was my faithful martyr, who was slain among you, where Satan dwelleth. -- revelation 2:13 +. +But I have a few things against thee, because thou hast there them that hold the doctrine of Balaam, who taught Balac to cast a stumblingblock before the children of Israel, to eat things sacrificed unto idols, and to commit fornication. -- revelation 2:14 +. +So hast thou also them that hold the doctrine of the Nicolaitanes, which thing I hate. -- revelation 2:15 +. +Repent; or else I will come unto thee quickly, and will fight against them with the sword of my mouth. -- revelation 2:16 +. +He that hath an ear, let him hear what the Spirit saith unto the churches; To him that overcometh will I give to eat of the hidden manna, and will give him a white stone, and in the stone a new name written, which no man knoweth saving he that receiveth it. -- revelation 2:17 +. +And unto the angel of the church in Thyatira write; These things saith the Son of God, who hath his eyes like unto a flame of fire, and his feet are like fine brass; -- revelation 2:18 +. +I know thy works, and charity, and service, and faith, and thy patience, and thy works; and the last to be more than the first. -- revelation 2:19 +. +Notwithstanding I have a few things against thee, because thou sufferest that woman Jezebel, which calleth herself a prophetess, to teach and to seduce my servants to commit fornication, and to eat things sacrificed unto idols. -- revelation 2:20 +. +And I gave her space to repent of her fornication; and she repented not. -- revelation 2:21 +. +Behold, I will cast her into a bed, and them that commit adultery with her into great tribulation, except they repent of their deeds. -- revelation 2:22 +. +And I will kill her children with death; and all the churches shall know that I am he which searcheth the reins and hearts: and I will give unto every one of you according to your works. -- revelation 2:23 +. +But unto you I say, and unto the rest in Thyatira, as many as have not this doctrine, and which have not known the depths of Satan, as they speak; I will put upon you none other burden. -- revelation 2:24 +. +But that which ye have already hold fast till I come. -- revelation 2:25 +. +And he that overcometh, and keepeth my works unto the end, to him will I give power over the nations: -- revelation 2:26 +. +And he shall rule them with a rod of iron; as the vessels of a potter shall they be broken to shivers: even as I received of my Father. -- revelation 2:27 +. +And I will give him the morning star. -- revelation 2:28 +. +He that hath an ear, let him hear what the Spirit saith unto the churches. -- revelation 2:29 +. +And unto the angel of the church in Sardis write; These things saith he that hath the seven Spirits of God, and the seven stars; I know thy works, that thou hast a name that thou livest, and art dead. -- revelation 3:1 +. +Be watchful, and strengthen the things which remain, that are ready to die: for I have not found thy works perfect before God. -- revelation 3:2 +. +Remember therefore how thou hast received and heard, and hold fast, and repent. If therefore thou shalt not watch, I will come on thee as a thief, and thou shalt not know what hour I will come upon thee. -- revelation 3:3 +. +Thou hast a few names even in Sardis which have not defiled their garments; and they shall walk with me in white: for they are worthy. -- revelation 3:4 +. +He that overcometh, the same shall be clothed in white raiment; and I will not blot out his name out of the book of life, but I will confess his name before my Father, and before his angels. -- revelation 3:5 +. +He that hath an ear, let him hear what the Spirit saith unto the churches. -- revelation 3:6 +. +And to the angel of the church in Philadelphia write; These things saith he that is holy, he that is true, he that hath the key of David, he that openeth, and no man shutteth; and shutteth, and no man openeth; -- revelation 3:7 +. +I know thy works: behold, I have set before thee an open door, and no man can shut it: for thou hast a little strength, and hast kept my word, and hast not denied my name. -- revelation 3:8 +. +Behold, I will make them of the synagogue of Satan, which say they are Jews, and are not, but do lie; behold, I will make them to come and worship before thy feet, and to know that I have loved thee. -- revelation 3:9 +. +Because thou hast kept the word of my patience, I also will keep thee from the hour of temptation, which shall come upon all the world, to try them that dwell upon the earth. -- revelation 3:10 +. +Behold, I come quickly: hold that fast which thou hast, that no man take thy crown. -- revelation 3:11 +. +Him that overcometh will I make a pillar in the temple of my God, and he shall go no more out: and I will write upon him the name of my God, and the name of the city of my God, which is new Jerusalem, which cometh down out of heaven from my God: and I will write upon him my new name. -- revelation 3:12 +. +He that hath an ear, let him hear what the Spirit saith unto the churches. -- revelation 3:13 +. +And unto the angel of the church of the Laodiceans write; These things saith the Amen, the faithful and true witness, the beginning of the creation of God; -- revelation 3:14 +. +I know thy works, that thou art neither cold nor hot: I would thou wert cold or hot. -- revelation 3:15 +. +So then because thou art lukewarm, and neither cold nor hot, I will spue thee out of my mouth. -- revelation 3:16 +. +Because thou sayest, I am rich, and increased with goods, and have need of nothing; and knowest not that thou art wretched, and miserable, and poor, and blind, and naked: -- revelation 3:17 +. +I counsel thee to buy of me gold tried in the fire, that thou mayest be rich; and white raiment, that thou mayest be clothed, and that the shame of thy nakedness do not appear; and anoint thine eyes with eyesalve, that thou mayest see. -- revelation 3:18 +. +As many as I love, I rebuke and chasten: be zealous therefore, and repent. -- revelation 3:19 +. +Behold, I stand at the door, and knock: if any man hear my voice, and open the door, I will come in to him, and will sup with him, and he with me. -- revelation 3:20 +. +To him that overcometh will I grant to sit with me in my throne, even as I also overcame, and am set down with my Father in his throne. -- revelation 3:21 +. +He that hath an ear, let him hear what the Spirit saith unto the churches. -- revelation 3:22 +. +After this I looked, and, behold, a door was opened in heaven: and the first voice which I heard was as it were of a trumpet talking with me; which said, Come up hither, and I will shew thee things which must be hereafter. -- revelation 4:1 +. +And immediately I was in the spirit: and, behold, a throne was set in heaven, and one sat on the throne. -- revelation 4:2 +. +And he that sat was to look upon like a jasper and a sardine stone: and there was a rainbow round about the throne, in sight like unto an emerald. -- revelation 4:3 +. +And round about the throne were four and twenty seats: and upon the seats I saw four and twenty elders sitting, clothed in white raiment; and they had on their heads crowns of gold. -- revelation 4:4 +. +And out of the throne proceeded lightnings and thunderings and voices: and there were seven lamps of fire burning before the throne, which are the seven Spirits of God. -- revelation 4:5 +. +And before the throne there was a sea of glass like unto crystal: and in the midst of the throne, and round about the throne, were four beasts full of eyes before and behind. -- revelation 4:6 +. +And the first beast was like a lion, and the second beast like a calf, and the third beast had a face as a man, and the fourth beast was like a flying eagle. -- revelation 4:7 +. +And the four beasts had each of them six wings about him; and they were full of eyes within: and they rest not day and night, saying, Holy, holy, holy, LORD God Almighty, which was, and is, and is to come. -- revelation 4:8 +. +And when those beasts give glory and honour and thanks to him that sat on the throne, who liveth for ever and ever, -- revelation 4:9 +. +The four and twenty elders fall down before him that sat on the throne, and worship him that liveth for ever and ever, and cast their crowns before the throne, saying, -- revelation 4:10 +. +Thou art worthy, O Lord, to receive glory and honour and power: for thou hast created all things, and for thy pleasure they are and were created. -- revelation 4:11 +. +And I saw in the right hand of him that sat on the throne a book written within and on the backside, sealed with seven seals. -- revelation 5:1 +. +And I saw a strong angel proclaiming with a loud voice, Who is worthy to open the book, and to loose the seals thereof? -- revelation 5:2 +. +And no man in heaven, nor in earth, neither under the earth, was able to open the book, neither to look thereon. -- revelation 5:3 +. +And I wept much, because no man was found worthy to open and to read the book, neither to look thereon. -- revelation 5:4 +. +And one of the elders saith unto me, Weep not: behold, the Lion of the tribe of Juda, the Root of David, hath prevailed to open the book, and to loose the seven seals thereof. -- revelation 5:5 +. +And I beheld, and, lo, in the midst of the throne and of the four beasts, and in the midst of the elders, stood a Lamb as it had been slain, having seven horns and seven eyes, which are the seven Spirits of God sent forth into all the earth. -- revelation 5:6 +. +And he came and took the book out of the right hand of him that sat upon the throne. -- revelation 5:7 +. +And when he had taken the book, the four beasts and four and twenty elders fell down before the Lamb, having every one of them harps, and golden vials full of odours, which are the prayers of saints. -- revelation 5:8 +. +And they sung a new song, saying, Thou art worthy to take the book, and to open the seals thereof: for thou wast slain, and hast redeemed us to God by thy blood out of every kindred, and tongue, and people, and nation; -- revelation 5:9 +. +And hast made us unto our God kings and priests: and we shall reign on the earth. -- revelation 5:10 +. +And I beheld, and I heard the voice of many angels round about the throne and the beasts and the elders: and the number of them was ten thousand times ten thousand, and thousands of thousands; -- revelation 5:11 +. +Saying with a loud voice, Worthy is the Lamb that was slain to receive power, and riches, and wisdom, and strength, and honour, and glory, and blessing. -- revelation 5:12 +. +And every creature which is in heaven, and on the earth, and under the earth, and such as are in the sea, and all that are in them, heard I saying, Blessing, and honour, and glory, and power, be unto him that sitteth upon the throne, and unto the Lamb for ever and ever. -- revelation 5:13 +. +And the four beasts said, Amen. And the four and twenty elders fell down and worshipped him that liveth for ever and ever. -- revelation 5:14 +. +And I saw when the Lamb opened one of the seals, and I heard, as it were the noise of thunder, one of the four beasts saying, Come and see. -- revelation 6:1 +. +And I saw, and behold a white horse: and he that sat on him had a bow; and a crown was given unto him: and he went forth conquering, and to conquer. -- revelation 6:2 +. +And when he had opened the second seal, I heard the second beast say, Come and see. -- revelation 6:3 +. +And there went out another horse that was red: and power was given to him that sat thereon to take peace from the earth, and that they should kill one another: and there was given unto him a great sword. -- revelation 6:4 +. +And when he had opened the third seal, I heard the third beast say, Come and see. And I beheld, and lo a black horse; and he that sat on him had a pair of balances in his hand. -- revelation 6:5 +. +And I heard a voice in the midst of the four beasts say, A measure of wheat for a penny, and three measures of barley for a penny; and see thou hurt not the oil and the wine. -- revelation 6:6 +. +And when he had opened the fourth seal, I heard the voice of the fourth beast say, Come and see. -- revelation 6:7 +. +And I looked, and behold a pale horse: and his name that sat on him was Death, and Hell followed with him. And power was given unto them over the fourth part of the earth, to kill with sword, and with hunger, and with death, and with the beasts of the earth. -- revelation 6:8 +. +And when he had opened the fifth seal, I saw under the altar the souls of them that were slain for the word of God, and for the testimony which they held: -- revelation 6:9 +. +And they cried with a loud voice, saying, How long, O Lord, holy and true, dost thou not judge and avenge our blood on them that dwell on the earth? -- revelation 6:10 +. +And white robes were given unto every one of them; and it was said unto them, that they should rest yet for a little season, until their fellowservants also and their brethren, that should be killed as they were, should be fulfilled. -- revelation 6:11 +. +And I beheld when he had opened the sixth seal, and, lo, there was a great earthquake; and the sun became black as sackcloth of hair, and the moon became as blood; -- revelation 6:12 +. +And the stars of heaven fell unto the earth, even as a fig tree casteth her untimely figs, when she is shaken of a mighty wind. -- revelation 6:13 +. +And the heaven departed as a scroll when it is rolled together; and every mountain and island were moved out of their places. -- revelation 6:14 +. +And the kings of the earth, and the great men, and the rich men, and the chief captains, and the mighty men, and every bondman, and every free man, hid themselves in the dens and in the rocks of the mountains; -- revelation 6:15 +. +And said to the mountains and rocks, Fall on us, and hide us from the face of him that sitteth on the throne, and from the wrath of the Lamb: -- revelation 6:16 +. +For the great day of his wrath is come; and who shall be able to stand? -- revelation 6:17 +. +And after these things I saw four angels standing on the four corners of the earth, holding the four winds of the earth, that the wind should not blow on the earth, nor on the sea, nor on any tree. -- revelation 7:1 +. +And I saw another angel ascending from the east, having the seal of the living God: and he cried with a loud voice to the four angels, to whom it was given to hurt the earth and the sea, -- revelation 7:2 +. +Saying, Hurt not the earth, neither the sea, nor the trees, till we have sealed the servants of our God in their foreheads. -- revelation 7:3 +. +And I heard the number of them which were sealed: and there were sealed an hundred and forty and four thousand of all the tribes of the children of Israel. -- revelation 7:4 +. +Of the tribe of Juda were sealed twelve thousand. Of the tribe of Reuben were sealed twelve thousand. Of the tribe of Gad were sealed twelve thousand. -- revelation 7:5 +. +Of the tribe of Aser were sealed twelve thousand. Of the tribe of Nephthalim were sealed twelve thousand. Of the tribe of Manasses were sealed twelve thousand. -- revelation 7:6 +. +Of the tribe of Simeon were sealed twelve thousand. Of the tribe of Levi were sealed twelve thousand. Of the tribe of Issachar were sealed twelve thousand. -- revelation 7:7 +. +Of the tribe of Zabulon were sealed twelve thousand. Of the tribe of Joseph were sealed twelve thousand. Of the tribe of Benjamin were sealed twelve thousand. -- revelation 7:8 +. +After this I beheld, and, lo, a great multitude, which no man could number, of all nations, and kindreds, and people, and tongues, stood before the throne, and before the Lamb, clothed with white robes, and palms in their hands; -- revelation 7:9 +. +And cried with a loud voice, saying, Salvation to our God which sitteth upon the throne, and unto the Lamb. -- revelation 7:10 +. +And all the angels stood round about the throne, and about the elders and the four beasts, and fell before the throne on their faces, and worshipped God, -- revelation 7:11 +. +Saying, Amen: Blessing, and glory, and wisdom, and thanksgiving, and honour, and power, and might, be unto our God for ever and ever. Amen. -- revelation 7:12 +. +And one of the elders answered, saying unto me, What are these which are arrayed in white robes? and whence came they? -- revelation 7:13 +. +And I said unto him, Sir, thou knowest. And he said to me, These are they which came out of great tribulation, and have washed their robes, and made them white in the blood of the Lamb. -- revelation 7:14 +. +Therefore are they before the throne of God, and serve him day and night in his temple: and he that sitteth on the throne shall dwell among them. -- revelation 7:15 +. +They shall hunger no more, neither thirst any more; neither shall the sun light on them, nor any heat. -- revelation 7:16 +. +For the Lamb which is in the midst of the throne shall feed them, and shall lead them unto living fountains of waters: and God shall wipe away all tears from their eyes. -- revelation 7:17 +. +And when he had opened the seventh seal, there was silence in heaven about the space of half an hour. -- revelation 8:1 +. +And I saw the seven angels which stood before God; and to them were given seven trumpets. -- revelation 8:2 +. +And another angel came and stood at the altar, having a golden censer; and there was given unto him much incense, that he should offer it with the prayers of all saints upon the golden altar which was before the throne. -- revelation 8:3 +. +And the smoke of the incense, which came with the prayers of the saints, ascended up before God out of the angel's hand. -- revelation 8:4 +. +And the angel took the censer, and filled it with fire of the altar, and cast it into the earth: and there were voices, and thunderings, and lightnings, and an earthquake. -- revelation 8:5 +. +And the seven angels which had the seven trumpets prepared themselves to sound. -- revelation 8:6 +. +The first angel sounded, and there followed hail and fire mingled with blood, and they were cast upon the earth: and the third part of trees was burnt up, and all green grass was burnt up. -- revelation 8:7 +. +And the second angel sounded, and as it were a great mountain burning with fire was cast into the sea: and the third part of the sea became blood; -- revelation 8:8 +. +And the third part of the creatures which were in the sea, and had life, died; and the third part of the ships were destroyed. -- revelation 8:9 +. +And the third angel sounded, and there fell a great star from heaven, burning as it were a lamp, and it fell upon the third part of the rivers, and upon the fountains of waters; -- revelation 8:10 +. +And the name of the star is called Wormwood: and the third part of the waters became wormwood; and many men died of the waters, because they were made bitter. -- revelation 8:11 +. +And the fourth angel sounded, and the third part of the sun was smitten, and the third part of the moon, and the third part of the stars; so as the third part of them was darkened, and the day shone not for a third part of it, and the night likewise. -- revelation 8:12 +. +And I beheld, and heard an angel flying through the midst of heaven, saying with a loud voice, Woe, woe, woe, to the inhabiters of the earth by reason of the other voices of the trumpet of the three angels, which are yet to sound! -- revelation 8:13 +. +And the fifth angel sounded, and I saw a star fall from heaven unto the earth: and to him was given the key of the bottomless pit. -- revelation 9:1 +. +And he opened the bottomless pit; and there arose a smoke out of the pit, as the smoke of a great furnace; and the sun and the air were darkened by reason of the smoke of the pit. -- revelation 9:2 +. +And there came out of the smoke locusts upon the earth: and unto them was given power, as the scorpions of the earth have power. -- revelation 9:3 +. +And it was commanded them that they should not hurt the grass of the earth, neither any green thing, neither any tree; but only those men which have not the seal of God in their foreheads. -- revelation 9:4 +. +And to them it was given that they should not kill them, but that they should be tormented five months: and their torment was as the torment of a scorpion, when he striketh a man. -- revelation 9:5 +. +And in those days shall men seek death, and shall not find it; and shall desire to die, and death shall flee from them. -- revelation 9:6 +. +And the shapes of the locusts were like unto horses prepared unto battle; and on their heads were as it were crowns like gold, and their faces were as the faces of men. -- revelation 9:7 +. +And they had hair as the hair of women, and their teeth were as the teeth of lions. -- revelation 9:8 +. +And they had breastplates, as it were breastplates of iron; and the sound of their wings was as the sound of chariots of many horses running to battle. -- revelation 9:9 +. +And they had tails like unto scorpions, and there were stings in their tails: and their power was to hurt men five months. -- revelation 9:10 +. +And they had a king over them, which is the angel of the bottomless pit, whose name in the Hebrew tongue is Abaddon, but in the Greek tongue hath his name Apollyon. -- revelation 9:11 +. +One woe is past; and, behold, there come two woes more hereafter. -- revelation 9:12 +. +And the sixth angel sounded, and I heard a voice from the four horns of the golden altar which is before God, -- revelation 9:13 +. +Saying to the sixth angel which had the trumpet, Loose the four angels which are bound in the great river Euphrates. -- revelation 9:14 +. +And the four angels were loosed, which were prepared for an hour, and a day, and a month, and a year, for to slay the third part of men. -- revelation 9:15 +. +And the number of the army of the horsemen were two hundred thousand thousand: and I heard the number of them. -- revelation 9:16 +. +And thus I saw the horses in the vision, and them that sat on them, having breastplates of fire, and of jacinth, and brimstone: and the heads of the horses were as the heads of lions; and out of their mouths issued fire and smoke and brimstone. -- revelation 9:17 +. +By these three was the third part of men killed, by the fire, and by the smoke, and by the brimstone, which issued out of their mouths. -- revelation 9:18 +. +For their power is in their mouth, and in their tails: for their tails were like unto serpents, and had heads, and with them they do hurt. -- revelation 9:19 +. +And the rest of the men which were not killed by these plagues yet repented not of the works of their hands, that they should not worship devils, and idols of gold, and silver, and brass, and stone, and of wood: which neither can see, nor hear, nor walk: -- revelation 9:20 +. +Neither repented they of their murders, nor of their sorceries, nor of their fornication, nor of their thefts. -- revelation 9:21 +. +And I saw another mighty angel come down from heaven, clothed with a cloud: and a rainbow was upon his head, and his face was as it were the sun, and his feet as pillars of fire: -- revelation 10:1 +. +And he had in his hand a little book open: and he set his right foot upon the sea, and his left foot on the earth, -- revelation 10:2 +. +And cried with a loud voice, as when a lion roareth: and when he had cried, seven thunders uttered their voices. -- revelation 10:3 +. +And when the seven thunders had uttered their voices, I was about to write: and I heard a voice from heaven saying unto me, Seal up those things which the seven thunders uttered, and write them not. -- revelation 10:4 +. +And the angel which I saw stand upon the sea and upon the earth lifted up his hand to heaven, -- revelation 10:5 +. +And sware by him that liveth for ever and ever, who created heaven, and the things that therein are, and the earth, and the things that therein are, and the sea, and the things which are therein, that there should be time no longer: -- revelation 10:6 +. +But in the days of the voice of the seventh angel, when he shall begin to sound, the mystery of God should be finished, as he hath declared to his servants the prophets. -- revelation 10:7 +. +And the voice which I heard from heaven spake unto me again, and said, Go and take the little book which is open in the hand of the angel which standeth upon the sea and upon the earth. -- revelation 10:8 +. +And I went unto the angel, and said unto him, Give me the little book. And he said unto me, Take it, and eat it up; and it shall make thy belly bitter, but it shall be in thy mouth sweet as honey. -- revelation 10:9 +. +And I took the little book out of the angel's hand, and ate it up; and it was in my mouth sweet as honey: and as soon as I had eaten it, my belly was bitter. -- revelation 10:10 +. +And he said unto me, Thou must prophesy again before many peoples, and nations, and tongues, and kings. -- revelation 10:11 +. +And there was given me a reed like unto a rod: and the angel stood, saying, Rise, and measure the temple of God, and the altar, and them that worship therein. -- revelation 11:1 +. +But the court which is without the temple leave out, and measure it not; for it is given unto the Gentiles: and the holy city shall they tread under foot forty and two months. -- revelation 11:2 +. +And I will give power unto my two witnesses, and they shall prophesy a thousand two hundred and threescore days, clothed in sackcloth. -- revelation 11:3 +. +These are the two olive trees, and the two candlesticks standing before the God of the earth. -- revelation 11:4 +. +And if any man will hurt them, fire proceedeth out of their mouth, and devoureth their enemies: and if any man will hurt them, he must in this manner be killed. -- revelation 11:5 +. +These have power to shut heaven, that it rain not in the days of their prophecy: and have power over waters to turn them to blood, and to smite the earth with all plagues, as often as they will. -- revelation 11:6 +. +And when they shall have finished their testimony, the beast that ascendeth out of the bottomless pit shall make war against them, and shall overcome them, and kill them. -- revelation 11:7 +. +And their dead bodies shall lie in the street of the great city, which spiritually is called Sodom and Egypt, where also our Lord was crucified. -- revelation 11:8 +. +And they of the people and kindreds and tongues and nations shall see their dead bodies three days and an half, and shall not suffer their dead bodies to be put in graves. -- revelation 11:9 +. +And they that dwell upon the earth shall rejoice over them, and make merry, and shall send gifts one to another; because these two prophets tormented them that dwelt on the earth. -- revelation 11:10 +. +And after three days and an half the spirit of life from God entered into them, and they stood upon their feet; and great fear fell upon them which saw them. -- revelation 11:11 +. +And they heard a great voice from heaven saying unto them, Come up hither. And they ascended up to heaven in a cloud; and their enemies beheld them. -- revelation 11:12 +. +And the same hour was there a great earthquake, and the tenth part of the city fell, and in the earthquake were slain of men seven thousand: and the remnant were affrighted, and gave glory to the God of heaven. -- revelation 11:13 +. +The second woe is past; and, behold, the third woe cometh quickly. -- revelation 11:14 +. +And the seventh angel sounded; and there were great voices in heaven, saying, The kingdoms of this world are become the kingdoms of our Lord, and of his Christ; and he shall reign for ever and ever. -- revelation 11:15 +. +And the four and twenty elders, which sat before God on their seats, fell upon their faces, and worshipped God, -- revelation 11:16 +. +Saying, We give thee thanks, O LORD God Almighty, which art, and wast, and art to come; because thou hast taken to thee thy great power, and hast reigned. -- revelation 11:17 +. +And the nations were angry, and thy wrath is come, and the time of the dead, that they should be judged, and that thou shouldest give reward unto thy servants the prophets, and to the saints, and them that fear thy name, small and great; and shouldest destroy them which destroy the earth. -- revelation 11:18 +. +And the temple of God was opened in heaven, and there was seen in his temple the ark of his testament: and there were lightnings, and voices, and thunderings, and an earthquake, and great hail. -- revelation 11:19 +. +And there appeared a great wonder in heaven; a woman clothed with the sun, and the moon under her feet, and upon her head a crown of twelve stars: -- revelation 12:1 +. +And she being with child cried, travailing in birth, and pained to be delivered. -- revelation 12:2 +. +And there appeared another wonder in heaven; and behold a great red dragon, having seven heads and ten horns, and seven crowns upon his heads. -- revelation 12:3 +. +And his tail drew the third part of the stars of heaven, and did cast them to the earth: and the dragon stood before the woman which was ready to be delivered, for to devour her child as soon as it was born. -- revelation 12:4 +. +And she brought forth a man child, who was to rule all nations with a rod of iron: and her child was caught up unto God, and to his throne. -- revelation 12:5 +. +And the woman fled into the wilderness, where she hath a place prepared of God, that they should feed her there a thousand two hundred and threescore days. -- revelation 12:6 +. +And there was war in heaven: Michael and his angels fought against the dragon; and the dragon fought and his angels, -- revelation 12:7 +. +And prevailed not; neither was their place found any more in heaven. -- revelation 12:8 +. +And the great dragon was cast out, that old serpent, called the Devil, and Satan, which deceiveth the whole world: he was cast out into the earth, and his angels were cast out with him. -- revelation 12:9 +. +And I heard a loud voice saying in heaven, Now is come salvation, and strength, and the kingdom of our God, and the power of his Christ: for the accuser of our brethren is cast down, which accused them before our God day and night. -- revelation 12:10 +. +And they overcame him by the blood of the Lamb, and by the word of their testimony; and they loved not their lives unto the death. -- revelation 12:11 +. +Therefore rejoice, ye heavens, and ye that dwell in them. Woe to the inhabiters of the earth and of the sea! for the devil is come down unto you, having great wrath, because he knoweth that he hath but a short time. -- revelation 12:12 +. +And when the dragon saw that he was cast unto the earth, he persecuted the woman which brought forth the man child. -- revelation 12:13 +. +And to the woman were given two wings of a great eagle, that she might fly into the wilderness, into her place, where she is nourished for a time, and times, and half a time, from the face of the serpent. -- revelation 12:14 +. +And the serpent cast out of his mouth water as a flood after the woman, that he might cause her to be carried away of the flood. -- revelation 12:15 +. +And the earth helped the woman, and the earth opened her mouth, and swallowed up the flood which the dragon cast out of his mouth. -- revelation 12:16 +. +And the dragon was wroth with the woman, and went to make war with the remnant of her seed, which keep the commandments of God, and have the testimony of Jesus Christ. -- revelation 12:17 +. +And I stood upon the sand of the sea, and saw a beast rise up out of the sea, having seven heads and ten horns, and upon his horns ten crowns, and upon his heads the name of blasphemy. -- revelation 13:1 +. +And the beast which I saw was like unto a leopard, and his feet were as the feet of a bear, and his mouth as the mouth of a lion: and the dragon gave him his power, and his seat, and great authority. -- revelation 13:2 +. +And I saw one of his heads as it were wounded to death; and his deadly wound was healed: and all the world wondered after the beast. -- revelation 13:3 +. +And they worshipped the dragon which gave power unto the beast: and they worshipped the beast, saying, Who is like unto the beast? who is able to make war with him? -- revelation 13:4 +. +And there was given unto him a mouth speaking great things and blasphemies; and power was given unto him to continue forty and two months. -- revelation 13:5 +. +And he opened his mouth in blasphemy against God, to blaspheme his name, and his tabernacle, and them that dwell in heaven. -- revelation 13:6 +. +And it was given unto him to make war with the saints, and to overcome them: and power was given him over all kindreds, and tongues, and nations. -- revelation 13:7 +. +And all that dwell upon the earth shall worship him, whose names are not written in the book of life of the Lamb slain from the foundation of the world. -- revelation 13:8 +. +If any man have an ear, let him hear. -- revelation 13:9 +. +He that leadeth into captivity shall go into captivity: he that killeth with the sword must be killed with the sword. Here is the patience and the faith of the saints. -- revelation 13:10 +. +And I beheld another beast coming up out of the earth; and he had two horns like a lamb, and he spake as a dragon. -- revelation 13:11 +. +And he exerciseth all the power of the first beast before him, and causeth the earth and them which dwell therein to worship the first beast, whose deadly wound was healed. -- revelation 13:12 +. +And he doeth great wonders, so that he maketh fire come down from heaven on the earth in the sight of men, -- revelation 13:13 +. +And deceiveth them that dwell on the earth by the means of those miracles which he had power to do in the sight of the beast; saying to them that dwell on the earth, that they should make an image to the beast, which had the wound by a sword, and did live. -- revelation 13:14 +. +And he had power to give life unto the image of the beast, that the image of the beast should both speak, and cause that as many as would not worship the image of the beast should be killed. -- revelation 13:15 +. +And he causeth all, both small and great, rich and poor, free and bond, to receive a mark in their right hand, or in their foreheads: -- revelation 13:16 +. +And that no man might buy or sell, save he that had the mark, or the name of the beast, or the number of his name. -- revelation 13:17 +. +Here is wisdom. Let him that hath understanding count the number of the beast: for it is the number of a man; and his number is Six hundred threescore and six. -- revelation 13:18 +. +And I looked, and, lo, a Lamb stood on the mount Sion, and with him an hundred forty and four thousand, having his Father's name written in their foreheads. -- revelation 14:1 +. +And I heard a voice from heaven, as the voice of many waters, and as the voice of a great thunder: and I heard the voice of harpers harping with their harps: -- revelation 14:2 +. +And they sung as it were a new song before the throne, and before the four beasts, and the elders: and no man could learn that song but the hundred and forty and four thousand, which were redeemed from the earth. -- revelation 14:3 +. +These are they which were not defiled with women; for they are virgins. These are they which follow the Lamb whithersoever he goeth. These were redeemed from among men, being the firstfruits unto God and to the Lamb. -- revelation 14:4 +. +And in their mouth was found no guile: for they are without fault before the throne of God. -- revelation 14:5 +. +And I saw another angel fly in the midst of heaven, having the everlasting gospel to preach unto them that dwell on the earth, and to every nation, and kindred, and tongue, and people, -- revelation 14:6 +. +Saying with a loud voice, Fear God, and give glory to him; for the hour of his judgment is come: and worship him that made heaven, and earth, and the sea, and the fountains of waters. -- revelation 14:7 +. +And there followed another angel, saying, Babylon is fallen, is fallen, that great city, because she made all nations drink of the wine of the wrath of her fornication. -- revelation 14:8 +. +And the third angel followed them, saying with a loud voice, If any man worship the beast and his image, and receive his mark in his forehead, or in his hand, -- revelation 14:9 +. +The same shall drink of the wine of the wrath of God, which is poured out without mixture into the cup of his indignation; and he shall be tormented with fire and brimstone in the presence of the holy angels, and in the presence of the Lamb: -- revelation 14:10 +. +And the smoke of their torment ascendeth up for ever and ever: and they have no rest day nor night, who worship the beast and his image, and whosoever receiveth the mark of his name. -- revelation 14:11 +. +Here is the patience of the saints: here are they that keep the commandments of God, and the faith of Jesus. -- revelation 14:12 +. +And I heard a voice from heaven saying unto me, Write, Blessed are the dead which die in the Lord from henceforth: Yea, saith the Spirit, that they may rest from their labours; and their works do follow them. -- revelation 14:13 +. +And I looked, and behold a white cloud, and upon the cloud one sat like unto the Son of man, having on his head a golden crown, and in his hand a sharp sickle. -- revelation 14:14 +. +And another angel came out of the temple, crying with a loud voice to him that sat on the cloud, Thrust in thy sickle, and reap: for the time is come for thee to reap; for the harvest of the earth is ripe. -- revelation 14:15 +. +And he that sat on the cloud thrust in his sickle on the earth; and the earth was reaped. -- revelation 14:16 +. +And another angel came out of the temple which is in heaven, he also having a sharp sickle. -- revelation 14:17 +. +And another angel came out from the altar, which had power over fire; and cried with a loud cry to him that had the sharp sickle, saying, Thrust in thy sharp sickle, and gather the clusters of the vine of the earth; for her grapes are fully ripe. -- revelation 14:18 +. +And the angel thrust in his sickle into the earth, and gathered the vine of the earth, and cast it into the great winepress of the wrath of God. -- revelation 14:19 +. +And the winepress was trodden without the city, and blood came out of the winepress, even unto the horse bridles, by the space of a thousand and six hundred furlongs. -- revelation 14:20 +. +And I saw another sign in heaven, great and marvellous, seven angels having the seven last plagues; for in them is filled up the wrath of God. -- revelation 15:1 +. +And I saw as it were a sea of glass mingled with fire: and them that had gotten the victory over the beast, and over his image, and over his mark, and over the number of his name, stand on the sea of glass, having the harps of God. -- revelation 15:2 +. +And they sing the song of Moses the servant of God, and the song of the Lamb, saying, Great and marvellous are thy works, Lord God Almighty; just and true are thy ways, thou King of saints. -- revelation 15:3 +. +Who shall not fear thee, O Lord, and glorify thy name? for thou only art holy: for all nations shall come and worship before thee; for thy judgments are made manifest. -- revelation 15:4 +. +And after that I looked, and, behold, the temple of the tabernacle of the testimony in heaven was opened: -- revelation 15:5 +. +And the seven angels came out of the temple, having the seven plagues, clothed in pure and white linen, and having their breasts girded with golden girdles. -- revelation 15:6 +. +And one of the four beasts gave unto the seven angels seven golden vials full of the wrath of God, who liveth for ever and ever. -- revelation 15:7 +. +And the temple was filled with smoke from the glory of God, and from his power; and no man was able to enter into the temple, till the seven plagues of the seven angels were fulfilled. -- revelation 15:8 +. +And I heard a great voice out of the temple saying to the seven angels, Go your ways, and pour out the vials of the wrath of God upon the earth. -- revelation 16:1 +. +And the first went, and poured out his vial upon the earth; and there fell a noisome and grievous sore upon the men which had the mark of the beast, and upon them which worshipped his image. -- revelation 16:2 +. +And the second angel poured out his vial upon the sea; and it became as the blood of a dead man: and every living soul died in the sea. -- revelation 16:3 +. +And the third angel poured out his vial upon the rivers and fountains of waters; and they became blood. -- revelation 16:4 +. +And I heard the angel of the waters say, Thou art righteous, O Lord, which art, and wast, and shalt be, because thou hast judged thus. -- revelation 16:5 +. +For they have shed the blood of saints and prophets, and thou hast given them blood to drink; for they are worthy. -- revelation 16:6 +. +And I heard another out of the altar say, Even so, Lord God Almighty, true and righteous are thy judgments. -- revelation 16:7 +. +And the fourth angel poured out his vial upon the sun; and power was given unto him to scorch men with fire. -- revelation 16:8 +. +And men were scorched with great heat, and blasphemed the name of God, which hath power over these plagues: and they repented not to give him glory. -- revelation 16:9 +. +And the fifth angel poured out his vial upon the seat of the beast; and his kingdom was full of darkness; and they gnawed their tongues for pain, -- revelation 16:10 +. +And blasphemed the God of heaven because of their pains and their sores, and repented not of their deeds. -- revelation 16:11 +. +And the sixth angel poured out his vial upon the great river Euphrates; and the water thereof was dried up, that the way of the kings of the east might be prepared. -- revelation 16:12 +. +And I saw three unclean spirits like frogs come out of the mouth of the dragon, and out of the mouth of the beast, and out of the mouth of the false prophet. -- revelation 16:13 +. +For they are the spirits of devils, working miracles, which go forth unto the kings of the earth and of the whole world, to gather them to the battle of that great day of God Almighty. -- revelation 16:14 +. +Behold, I come as a thief. Blessed is he that watcheth, and keepeth his garments, lest he walk naked, and they see his shame. -- revelation 16:15 +. +And he gathered them together into a place called in the Hebrew tongue Armageddon. -- revelation 16:16 +. +And the seventh angel poured out his vial into the air; and there came a great voice out of the temple of heaven, from the throne, saying, It is done. -- revelation 16:17 +. +And there were voices, and thunders, and lightnings; and there was a great earthquake, such as was not since men were upon the earth, so mighty an earthquake, and so great. -- revelation 16:18 +. +And the great city was divided into three parts, and the cities of the nations fell: and great Babylon came in remembrance before God, to give unto her the cup of the wine of the fierceness of his wrath. -- revelation 16:19 +. +And every island fled away, and the mountains were not found. -- revelation 16:20 +. +And there fell upon men a great hail out of heaven, every stone about the weight of a talent: and men blasphemed God because of the plague of the hail; for the plague thereof was exceeding great. -- revelation 16:21 +. +And there came one of the seven angels which had the seven vials, and talked with me, saying unto me, Come hither; I will shew unto thee the judgment of the great whore that sitteth upon many waters: -- revelation 17:1 +. +With whom the kings of the earth have committed fornication, and the inhabitants of the earth have been made drunk with the wine of her fornication. -- revelation 17:2 +. +So he carried me away in the spirit into the wilderness: and I saw a woman sit upon a scarlet coloured beast, full of names of blasphemy, having seven heads and ten horns. -- revelation 17:3 +. +And the woman was arrayed in purple and scarlet colour, and decked with gold and precious stones and pearls, having a golden cup in her hand full of abominations and filthiness of her fornication: -- revelation 17:4 +. +And upon her forehead was a name written, MYSTERY, BABYLON THE GREAT, THE MOTHER OF HARLOTS AND ABOMINATIONS OF THE EARTH. -- revelation 17:5 +. +And I saw the woman drunken with the blood of the saints, and with the blood of the martyrs of Jesus: and when I saw her, I wondered with great admiration. -- revelation 17:6 +. +And the angel said unto me, Wherefore didst thou marvel? I will tell thee the mystery of the woman, and of the beast that carrieth her, which hath the seven heads and ten horns. -- revelation 17:7 +. +The beast that thou sawest was, and is not; and shall ascend out of the bottomless pit, and go into perdition: and they that dwell on the earth shall wonder, whose names were not written in the book of life from the foundation of the world, when they behold the beast that was, and is not, and yet is. -- revelation 17:8 +. +And here is the mind which hath wisdom. The seven heads are seven mountains, on which the woman sitteth. -- revelation 17:9 +. +And there are seven kings: five are fallen, and one is, and the other is not yet come; and when he cometh, he must continue a short space. -- revelation 17:10 +. +And the beast that was, and is not, even he is the eighth, and is of the seven, and goeth into perdition. -- revelation 17:11 +. +And the ten horns which thou sawest are ten kings, which have received no kingdom as yet; but receive power as kings one hour with the beast. -- revelation 17:12 +. +These have one mind, and shall give their power and strength unto the beast. -- revelation 17:13 +. +These shall make war with the Lamb, and the Lamb shall overcome them: for he is Lord of lords, and King of kings: and they that are with him are called, and chosen, and faithful. -- revelation 17:14 +. +And he saith unto me, The waters which thou sawest, where the whore sitteth, are peoples, and multitudes, and nations, and tongues. -- revelation 17:15 +. +And the ten horns which thou sawest upon the beast, these shall hate the whore, and shall make her desolate and naked, and shall eat her flesh, and burn her with fire. -- revelation 17:16 +. +For God hath put in their hearts to fulfil his will, and to agree, and give their kingdom unto the beast, until the words of God shall be fulfilled. -- revelation 17:17 +. +And the woman which thou sawest is that great city, which reigneth over the kings of the earth. -- revelation 17:18 +. +And after these things I saw another angel come down from heaven, having great power; and the earth was lightened with his glory. -- revelation 18:1 +. +And he cried mightily with a strong voice, saying, Babylon the great is fallen, is fallen, and is become the habitation of devils, and the hold of every foul spirit, and a cage of every unclean and hateful bird. -- revelation 18:2 +. +For all nations have drunk of the wine of the wrath of her fornication, and the kings of the earth have committed fornication with her, and the merchants of the earth are waxed rich through the abundance of her delicacies. -- revelation 18:3 +. +And I heard another voice from heaven, saying, Come out of her, my people, that ye be not partakers of her sins, and that ye receive not of her plagues. -- revelation 18:4 +. +For her sins have reached unto heaven, and God hath remembered her iniquities. -- revelation 18:5 +. +Reward her even as she rewarded you, and double unto her double according to her works: in the cup which she hath filled fill to her double. -- revelation 18:6 +. +How much she hath glorified herself, and lived deliciously, so much torment and sorrow give her: for she saith in her heart, I sit a queen, and am no widow, and shall see no sorrow. -- revelation 18:7 +. +Therefore shall her plagues come in one day, death, and mourning, and famine; and she shall be utterly burned with fire: for strong is the Lord God who judgeth her. -- revelation 18:8 +. +And the kings of the earth, who have committed fornication and lived deliciously with her, shall bewail her, and lament for her, when they shall see the smoke of her burning, -- revelation 18:9 +. +Standing afar off for the fear of her torment, saying, Alas, alas that great city Babylon, that mighty city! for in one hour is thy judgment come. -- revelation 18:10 +. +And the merchants of the earth shall weep and mourn over her; for no man buyeth their merchandise any more: -- revelation 18:11 +. +The merchandise of gold, and silver, and precious stones, and of pearls, and fine linen, and purple, and silk, and scarlet, and all thyine wood, and all manner vessels of ivory, and all manner vessels of most precious wood, and of brass, and iron, and marble, -- revelation 18:12 +. +And cinnamon, and odours, and ointments, and frankincense, and wine, and oil, and fine flour, and wheat, and beasts, and sheep, and horses, and chariots, and slaves, and souls of men. -- revelation 18:13 +. +And the fruits that thy soul lusted after are departed from thee, and all things which were dainty and goodly are departed from thee, and thou shalt find them no more at all. -- revelation 18:14 +. +The merchants of these things, which were made rich by her, shall stand afar off for the fear of her torment, weeping and wailing, -- revelation 18:15 +. +And saying, Alas, alas that great city, that was clothed in fine linen, and purple, and scarlet, and decked with gold, and precious stones, and pearls! -- revelation 18:16 +. +For in one hour so great riches is come to nought. And every shipmaster, and all the company in ships, and sailors, and as many as trade by sea, stood afar off, -- revelation 18:17 +. +And cried when they saw the smoke of her burning, saying, What city is like unto this great city! -- revelation 18:18 +. +And they cast dust on their heads, and cried, weeping and wailing, saying, Alas, alas that great city, wherein were made rich all that had ships in the sea by reason of her costliness! for in one hour is she made desolate. -- revelation 18:19 +. +Rejoice over her, thou heaven, and ye holy apostles and prophets; for God hath avenged you on her. -- revelation 18:20 +. +And a mighty angel took up a stone like a great millstone, and cast it into the sea, saying, Thus with violence shall that great city Babylon be thrown down, and shall be found no more at all. -- revelation 18:21 +. +And the voice of harpers, and musicians, and of pipers, and trumpeters, shall be heard no more at all in thee; and no craftsman, of whatsoever craft he be, shall be found any more in thee; and the sound of a millstone shall be heard no more at all in thee; -- revelation 18:22 +. +And the light of a candle shall shine no more at all in thee; and the voice of the bridegroom and of the bride shall be heard no more at all in thee: for thy merchants were the great men of the earth; for by thy sorceries were all nations deceived. -- revelation 18:23 +. +And in her was found the blood of prophets, and of saints, and of all that were slain upon the earth. -- revelation 18:24 +. +And after these things I heard a great voice of much people in heaven, saying, Alleluia; Salvation, and glory, and honour, and power, unto the Lord our God: -- revelation 19:1 +. +For true and righteous are his judgments: for he hath judged the great whore, which did corrupt the earth with her fornication, and hath avenged the blood of his servants at her hand. -- revelation 19:2 +. +And again they said, Alleluia And her smoke rose up for ever and ever. -- revelation 19:3 +. +And the four and twenty elders and the four beasts fell down and worshipped God that sat on the throne, saying, Amen; Alleluia. -- revelation 19:4 +. +And a voice came out of the throne, saying, Praise our God, all ye his servants, and ye that fear him, both small and great. -- revelation 19:5 +. +And I heard as it were the voice of a great multitude, and as the voice of many waters, and as the voice of mighty thunderings, saying, Alleluia: for the Lord God omnipotent reigneth. -- revelation 19:6 +. +Let us be glad and rejoice, and give honour to him: for the marriage of the Lamb is come, and his wife hath made herself ready. -- revelation 19:7 +. +And to her was granted that she should be arrayed in fine linen, clean and white: for the fine linen is the righteousness of saints. -- revelation 19:8 +. +And he saith unto me, Write, Blessed are they which are called unto the marriage supper of the Lamb. And he saith unto me, These are the true sayings of God. -- revelation 19:9 +. +And I fell at his feet to worship him. And he said unto me, See thou do it not: I am thy fellowservant, and of thy brethren that have the testimony of Jesus: worship God: for the testimony of Jesus is the spirit of prophecy. -- revelation 19:10 +. +And I saw heaven opened, and behold a white horse; and he that sat upon him was called Faithful and True, and in righteousness he doth judge and make war. -- revelation 19:11 +. +His eyes were as a flame of fire, and on his head were many crowns; and he had a name written, that no man knew, but he himself. -- revelation 19:12 +. +And he was clothed with a vesture dipped in blood: and his name is called The Word of God. -- revelation 19:13 +. +And the armies which were in heaven followed him upon white horses, clothed in fine linen, white and clean. -- revelation 19:14 +. +And out of his mouth goeth a sharp sword, that with it he should smite the nations: and he shall rule them with a rod of iron: and he treadeth the winepress of the fierceness and wrath of Almighty God. -- revelation 19:15 +. +And he hath on his vesture and on his thigh a name written, KING OF KINGS, AND LORD OF LORDS. -- revelation 19:16 +. +And I saw an angel standing in the sun; and he cried with a loud voice, saying to all the fowls that fly in the midst of heaven, Come and gather yourselves together unto the supper of the great God; -- revelation 19:17 +. +That ye may eat the flesh of kings, and the flesh of captains, and the flesh of mighty men, and the flesh of horses, and of them that sit on them, and the flesh of all men, both free and bond, both small and great. -- revelation 19:18 +. +And I saw the beast, and the kings of the earth, and their armies, gathered together to make war against him that sat on the horse, and against his army. -- revelation 19:19 +. +And the beast was taken, and with him the false prophet that wrought miracles before him, with which he deceived them that had received the mark of the beast, and them that worshipped his image. These both were cast alive into a lake of fire burning with brimstone. -- revelation 19:20 +. +And the remnant were slain with the sword of him that sat upon the horse, which sword proceeded out of his mouth: and all the fowls were filled with their flesh. -- revelation 19:21 +. +And I saw an angel come down from heaven, having the key of the bottomless pit and a great chain in his hand. -- revelation 20:1 +. +And he laid hold on the dragon, that old serpent, which is the Devil, and Satan, and bound him a thousand years, -- revelation 20:2 +. +And cast him into the bottomless pit, and shut him up, and set a seal upon him, that he should deceive the nations no more, till the thousand years should be fulfilled: and after that he must be loosed a little season. -- revelation 20:3 +. +And I saw thrones, and they sat upon them, and judgment was given unto them: and I saw the souls of them that were beheaded for the witness of Jesus, and for the word of God, and which had not worshipped the beast, neither his image, neither had received his mark upon their foreheads, or in their hands; and they lived and reigned with Christ a thousand years. -- revelation 20:4 +. +But the rest of the dead lived not again until the thousand years were finished. This is the first resurrection. -- revelation 20:5 +. +Blessed and holy is he that hath part in the first resurrection: on such the second death hath no power, but they shall be priests of God and of Christ, and shall reign with him a thousand years. -- revelation 20:6 +. +And when the thousand years are expired, Satan shall be loosed out of his prison, -- revelation 20:7 +. +And shall go out to deceive the nations which are in the four quarters of the earth, Gog, and Magog, to gather them together to battle: the number of whom is as the sand of the sea. -- revelation 20:8 +. +And they went up on the breadth of the earth, and compassed the camp of the saints about, and the beloved city: and fire came down from God out of heaven, and devoured them. -- revelation 20:9 +. +And the devil that deceived them was cast into the lake of fire and brimstone, where the beast and the false prophet are, and shall be tormented day and night for ever and ever. -- revelation 20:10 +. +And I saw a great white throne, and him that sat on it, from whose face the earth and the heaven fled away; and there was found no place for them. -- revelation 20:11 +. +And I saw the dead, small and great, stand before God; and the books were opened: and another book was opened, which is the book of life: and the dead were judged out of those things which were written in the books, according to their works. -- revelation 20:12 +. +And the sea gave up the dead which were in it; and death and hell delivered up the dead which were in them: and they were judged every man according to their works. -- revelation 20:13 +. +And death and hell were cast into the lake of fire. This is the second death. -- revelation 20:14 +. +And whosoever was not found written in the book of life was cast into the lake of fire. -- revelation 20:15 +. +And I saw a new heaven and a new earth: for the first heaven and the first earth were passed away; and there was no more sea. -- revelation 21:1 +. +And I John saw the holy city, new Jerusalem, coming down from God out of heaven, prepared as a bride adorned for her husband. -- revelation 21:2 +. +And I heard a great voice out of heaven saying, Behold, the tabernacle of God is with men, and he will dwell with them, and they shall be his people, and God himself shall be with them, and be their God. -- revelation 21:3 +. +And God shall wipe away all tears from their eyes; and there shall be no more death, neither sorrow, nor crying, neither shall there be any more pain: for the former things are passed away. -- revelation 21:4 +. +And he that sat upon the throne said, Behold, I make all things new. And he said unto me, Write: for these words are true and faithful. -- revelation 21:5 +. +And he said unto me, It is done. I am Alpha and Omega, the beginning and the end. I will give unto him that is athirst of the fountain of the water of life freely. -- revelation 21:6 +. +He that overcometh shall inherit all things; and I will be his God, and he shall be my son. -- revelation 21:7 +. +But the fearful, and unbelieving, and the abominable, and murderers, and whoremongers, and sorcerers, and idolaters, and all liars, shall have their part in the lake which burneth with fire and brimstone: which is the second death. -- revelation 21:8 +. +And there came unto me one of the seven angels which had the seven vials full of the seven last plagues, and talked with me, saying, Come hither, I will shew thee the bride, the Lamb's wife. -- revelation 21:9 +. +And he carried me away in the spirit to a great and high mountain, and shewed me that great city, the holy Jerusalem, descending out of heaven from God, -- revelation 21:10 +. +Having the glory of God: and her light was like unto a stone most precious, even like a jasper stone, clear as crystal; -- revelation 21:11 +. +And had a wall great and high, and had twelve gates, and at the gates twelve angels, and names written thereon, which are the names of the twelve tribes of the children of Israel: -- revelation 21:12 +. +On the east three gates; on the north three gates; on the south three gates; and on the west three gates. -- revelation 21:13 +. +And the wall of the city had twelve foundations, and in them the names of the twelve apostles of the Lamb. -- revelation 21:14 +. +And he that talked with me had a golden reed to measure the city, and the gates thereof, and the wall thereof. -- revelation 21:15 +. +And the city lieth foursquare, and the length is as large as the breadth: and he measured the city with the reed, twelve thousand furlongs. The length and the breadth and the height of it are equal. -- revelation 21:16 +. +And he measured the wall thereof, an hundred and forty and four cubits, according to the measure of a man, that is, of the angel. -- revelation 21:17 +. +And the building of the wall of it was of jasper: and the city was pure gold, like unto clear glass. -- revelation 21:18 +. +And the foundations of the wall of the city were garnished with all manner of precious stones. The first foundation was jasper; the second, sapphire; the third, a chalcedony; the fourth, an emerald; -- revelation 21:19 +. +The fifth, sardonyx; the sixth, sardius; the seventh, chrysolyte; the eighth, beryl; the ninth, a topaz; the tenth, a chrysoprasus; the eleventh, a jacinth; the twelfth, an amethyst. -- revelation 21:20 +. +And the twelve gates were twelve pearls: every several gate was of one pearl: and the street of the city was pure gold, as it were transparent glass. -- revelation 21:21 +. +And I saw no temple therein: for the Lord God Almighty and the Lamb are the temple of it. -- revelation 21:22 +. +And the city had no need of the sun, neither of the moon, to shine in it: for the glory of God did lighten it, and the Lamb is the light thereof. -- revelation 21:23 +. +And the nations of them which are saved shall walk in the light of it: and the kings of the earth do bring their glory and honour into it. -- revelation 21:24 +. +And the gates of it shall not be shut at all by day: for there shall be no night there. -- revelation 21:25 +. +And they shall bring the glory and honour of the nations into it. -- revelation 21:26 +. +And there shall in no wise enter into it any thing that defileth, neither whatsoever worketh abomination, or maketh a lie: but they which are written in the Lamb's book of life. -- revelation 21:27 +. +And he shewed me a pure river of water of life, clear as crystal, proceeding out of the throne of God and of the Lamb. -- revelation 22:1 +. +In the midst of the street of it, and on either side of the river, was there the tree of life, which bare twelve manner of fruits, and yielded her fruit every month: and the leaves of the tree were for the healing of the nations. -- revelation 22:2 +. +And there shall be no more curse: but the throne of God and of the Lamb shall be in it; and his servants shall serve him: -- revelation 22:3 +. +And they shall see his face; and his name shall be in their foreheads. -- revelation 22:4 +. +And there shall be no night there; and they need no candle, neither light of the sun; for the Lord God giveth them light: and they shall reign for ever and ever. -- revelation 22:5 +. +And he said unto me, These sayings are faithful and true: and the Lord God of the holy prophets sent his angel to shew unto his servants the things which must shortly be done. -- revelation 22:6 +. +Behold, I come quickly: blessed is he that keepeth the sayings of the prophecy of this book. -- revelation 22:7 +. +And I John saw these things, and heard them. And when I had heard and seen, I fell down to worship before the feet of the angel which shewed me these things. -- revelation 22:8 +. +Then saith he unto me, See thou do it not: for I am thy fellowservant, and of thy brethren the prophets, and of them which keep the sayings of this book: worship God. -- revelation 22:9 +. +And he saith unto me, Seal not the sayings of the prophecy of this book: for the time is at hand. -- revelation 22:10 +. +He that is unjust, let him be unjust still: and he which is filthy, let him be filthy still: and he that is righteous, let him be righteous still: and he that is holy, let him be holy still. -- revelation 22:11 +. +And, behold, I come quickly; and my reward is with me, to give every man according as his work shall be. -- revelation 22:12 +. +I am Alpha and Omega, the beginning and the end, the first and the last. -- revelation 22:13 +. +Blessed are they that do his commandments, that they may have right to the tree of life, and may enter in through the gates into the city. -- revelation 22:14 +. +For without are dogs, and sorcerers, and whoremongers, and murderers, and idolaters, and whosoever loveth and maketh a lie. -- revelation 22:15 +. +I Jesus have sent mine angel to testify unto you these things in the churches. I am the root and the offspring of David, and the bright and morning star. -- revelation 22:16 +. +And the Spirit and the bride say, Come. And let him that heareth say, Come. And let him that is athirst come. And whosoever will, let him take the water of life freely. -- revelation 22:17 +. +For I testify unto every man that heareth the words of the prophecy of this book, If any man shall add unto these things, God shall add unto him the plagues that are written in this book: -- revelation 22:18 +. +And if any man shall take away from the words of the book of this prophecy, God shall take away his part out of the book of life, and out of the holy city, and from the things which are written in this book. -- revelation 22:19 +. +He which testifieth these things saith, Surely I come quickly. Amen. Even so, come, Lord Jesus. -- revelation 22:20 +. +The grace of our Lord Jesus Christ be with you all. Amen. -- revelation 22:21 +. diff --git a/bibles/kjv.txt b/bibles/kjv.txt new file mode 100755 index 0000000..dc9a5c6 --- /dev/null +++ b/bibles/kjv.txt @@ -0,0 +1,62203 @@ +In the beginning God created the heaven and the earth. -- genesis 1:1 +. +And the earth was without form, and void; and darkness was upon the face of the deep. And the Spirit of God moved upon the face of the waters. -- genesis 1:2 +. +And God said, Let there be light: and there was light. -- genesis 1:3 +. +And God saw the light, that it was good: and God divided the light from the darkness. -- genesis 1:4 +. +And God called the light Day, and the darkness he called Night. And the evening and the morning were the first day. -- genesis 1:5 +. +And God said, Let there be a firmament in the midst of the waters, and let it divide the waters from the waters. -- genesis 1:6 +. +And God made the firmament, and divided the waters which were under the firmament from the waters which were above the firmament: and it was so. -- genesis 1:7 +. +And God called the firmament Heaven. And the evening and the morning were the second day. -- genesis 1:8 +. +And God said, Let the waters under the heaven be gathered together unto one place, and let the dry land appear: and it was so. -- genesis 1:9 +. +And God called the dry land Earth; and the gathering together of the waters called he Seas: and God saw that it was good. -- genesis 1:10 +. +And God said, Let the earth bring forth grass, the herb yielding seed, and the fruit tree yielding fruit after his kind, whose seed is in itself, upon the earth: and it was so. -- genesis 1:11 +. +And the earth brought forth grass, and herb yielding seed after his kind, and the tree yielding fruit, whose seed was in itself, after his kind: and God saw that it was good. -- genesis 1:12 +. +And the evening and the morning were the third day. -- genesis 1:13 +. +And God said, Let there be lights in the firmament of the heaven to divide the day from the night; and let them be for signs, and for seasons, and for days, and years: -- genesis 1:14 +. +And let them be for lights in the firmament of the heaven to give light upon the earth: and it was so. -- genesis 1:15 +. +And God made two great lights; the greater light to rule the day, and the lesser light to rule the night: he made the stars also. -- genesis 1:16 +. +And God set them in the firmament of the heaven to give light upon the earth, -- genesis 1:17 +. +And to rule over the day and over the night, and to divide the light from the darkness: and God saw that it was good. -- genesis 1:18 +. +And the evening and the morning were the fourth day. -- genesis 1:19 +. +And God said, Let the waters bring forth abundantly the moving creature that hath life, and fowl that may fly above the earth in the open firmament of heaven. -- genesis 1:20 +. +And God created great whales, and every living creature that moveth, which the waters brought forth abundantly, after their kind, and every winged fowl after his kind: and God saw that it was good. -- genesis 1:21 +. +And God blessed them, saying, Be fruitful, and multiply, and fill the waters in the seas, and let fowl multiply in the earth. -- genesis 1:22 +. +And the evening and the morning were the fifth day. -- genesis 1:23 +. +And God said, Let the earth bring forth the living creature after his kind, cattle, and creeping thing, and beast of the earth after his kind: and it was so. -- genesis 1:24 +. +And God made the beast of the earth after his kind, and cattle after their kind, and every thing that creepeth upon the earth after his kind: and God saw that it was good. -- genesis 1:25 +. +And God said, Let us make man in our image, after our likeness: and let them have dominion over the fish of the sea, and over the fowl of the air, and over the cattle, and over all the earth, and over every creeping thing that creepeth upon the earth. -- genesis 1:26 +. +So God created man in his own image, in the image of God created he him; male and female created he them. -- genesis 1:27 +. +And God blessed them, and God said unto them, Be fruitful, and multiply, and replenish the earth, and subdue it: and have dominion over the fish of the sea, and over the fowl of the air, and over every living thing that moveth upon the earth. -- genesis 1:28 +. +And God said, Behold, I have given you every herb bearing seed, which is upon the face of all the earth, and every tree, in the which is the fruit of a tree yielding seed; to you it shall be for meat. -- genesis 1:29 +. +And to every beast of the earth, and to every fowl of the air, and to every thing that creepeth upon the earth, wherein there is life, I have given every green herb for meat: and it was so. -- genesis 1:30 +. +And God saw every thing that he had made, and, behold, it was very good. And the evening and the morning were the sixth day. -- genesis 1:31 +. +Thus the heavens and the earth were finished, and all the host of them. -- genesis 2:1 +. +And on the seventh day God ended his work which he had made; and he rested on the seventh day from all his work which he had made. -- genesis 2:2 +. +And God blessed the seventh day, and sanctified it: because that in it he had rested from all his work which God created and made. -- genesis 2:3 +. +These are the generations of the heavens and of the earth when they were created, in the day that the LORD God made the earth and the heavens, -- genesis 2:4 +. +And every plant of the field before it was in the earth, and every herb of the field before it grew: for the LORD God had not caused it to rain upon the earth, and there was not a man to till the ground. -- genesis 2:5 +. +But there went up a mist from the earth, and watered the whole face of the ground. -- genesis 2:6 +. +And the LORD God formed man of the dust of the ground, and breathed into his nostrils the breath of life; and man became a living soul. -- genesis 2:7 +. +And the LORD God planted a garden eastward in Eden; and there he put the man whom he had formed. -- genesis 2:8 +. +And out of the ground made the LORD God to grow every tree that is pleasant to the sight, and good for food; the tree of life also in the midst of the garden, and the tree of knowledge of good and evil. -- genesis 2:9 +. +And a river went out of Eden to water the garden; and from thence it was parted, and became into four heads. -- genesis 2:10 +. +The name of the first is Pison: that is it which compasseth the whole land of Havilah, where there is gold; -- genesis 2:11 +. +And the gold of that land is good: there is bdellium and the onyx stone. -- genesis 2:12 +. +And the name of the second river is Gihon: the same is it that compasseth the whole land of Ethiopia. -- genesis 2:13 +. +And the name of the third river is Hiddekel: that is it which goeth toward the east of Assyria. And the fourth river is Euphrates. -- genesis 2:14 +. +And the LORD God took the man, and put him into the garden of Eden to dress it and to keep it. -- genesis 2:15 +. +And the LORD God commanded the man, saying, Of every tree of the garden thou mayest freely eat: -- genesis 2:16 +. +But of the tree of the knowledge of good and evil, thou shalt not eat of it: for in the day that thou eatest thereof thou shalt surely die. -- genesis 2:17 +. +And the LORD God said, It is not good that the man should be alone; I will make him an help meet for him. -- genesis 2:18 +. +And out of the ground the LORD God formed every beast of the field, and every fowl of the air; and brought them unto Adam to see what he would call them: and whatsoever Adam called every living creature, that was the name thereof. -- genesis 2:19 +. +And Adam gave names to all cattle, and to the fowl of the air, and to every beast of the field; but for Adam there was not found an help meet for him. -- genesis 2:20 +. +And the LORD God caused a deep sleep to fall upon Adam, and he slept: and he took one of his ribs, and closed up the flesh instead thereof; -- genesis 2:21 +. +And the rib, which the LORD God had taken from man, made he a woman, and brought her unto the man. -- genesis 2:22 +. +And Adam said, This is now bone of my bones, and flesh of my flesh: she shall be called Woman, because she was taken out of Man. -- genesis 2:23 +. +Therefore shall a man leave his father and his mother, and shall cleave unto his wife: and they shall be one flesh. -- genesis 2:24 +. +And they were both naked, the man and his wife, and were not ashamed. -- genesis 2:25 +. +Now the serpent was more subtil than any beast of the field which the LORD God had made. And he said unto the woman, Yea, hath God said, Ye shall not eat of every tree of the garden? -- genesis 3:1 +. +And the woman said unto the serpent, We may eat of the fruit of the trees of the garden: -- genesis 3:2 +. +But of the fruit of the tree which is in the midst of the garden, God hath said, Ye shall not eat of it, neither shall ye touch it, lest ye die. -- genesis 3:3 +. +And the serpent said unto the woman, Ye shall not surely die: -- genesis 3:4 +. +For God doth know that in the day ye eat thereof, then your eyes shall be opened, and ye shall be as gods, knowing good and evil. -- genesis 3:5 +. +And when the woman saw that the tree was good for food, and that it was pleasant to the eyes, and a tree to be desired to make one wise, she took of the fruit thereof, and did eat, and gave also unto her husband with her; and he did eat. -- genesis 3:6 +. +And the eyes of them both were opened, and they knew that they were naked; and they sewed fig leaves together, and made themselves aprons. -- genesis 3:7 +. +And they heard the voice of the LORD God walking in the garden in the cool of the day: and Adam and his wife hid themselves from the presence of the LORD God amongst the trees of the garden. -- genesis 3:8 +. +And the LORD God called unto Adam, and said unto him, Where art thou? -- genesis 3:9 +. +And he said, I heard thy voice in the garden, and I was afraid, because I was naked; and I hid myself. -- genesis 3:10 +. +And he said, Who told thee that thou wast naked? Hast thou eaten of the tree, whereof I commanded thee that thou shouldest not eat? -- genesis 3:11 +. +And the man said, The woman whom thou gavest to be with me, she gave me of the tree, and I did eat. -- genesis 3:12 +. +And the LORD God said unto the woman, What is this that thou hast done? And the woman said, The serpent beguiled me, and I did eat. -- genesis 3:13 +. +And the LORD God said unto the serpent, Because thou hast done this, thou art cursed above all cattle, and above every beast of the field; upon thy belly shalt thou go, and dust shalt thou eat all the days of thy life: -- genesis 3:14 +. +And I will put enmity between thee and the woman, and between thy seed and her seed; it shall bruise thy head, and thou shalt bruise his heel. -- genesis 3:15 +. +Unto the woman he said, I will greatly multiply thy sorrow and thy conception; in sorrow thou shalt bring forth children; and thy desire shall be to thy husband, and he shall rule over thee. -- genesis 3:16 +. +And unto Adam he said, Because thou hast hearkened unto the voice of thy wife, and hast eaten of the tree, of which I commanded thee, saying, Thou shalt not eat of it: cursed is the ground for thy sake; in sorrow shalt thou eat of it all the days of thy life; -- genesis 3:17 +. +Thorns also and thistles shall it bring forth to thee; and thou shalt eat the herb of the field; -- genesis 3:18 +. +In the sweat of thy face shalt thou eat bread, till thou return unto the ground; for out of it wast thou taken: for dust thou art, and unto dust shalt thou return. -- genesis 3:19 +. +And Adam called his wife's name Eve; because she was the mother of all living. -- genesis 3:20 +. +Unto Adam also and to his wife did the LORD God make coats of skins, and clothed them. -- genesis 3:21 +. +And the LORD God said, Behold, the man is become as one of us, to know good and evil: and now, lest he put forth his hand, and take also of the tree of life, and eat, and live for ever: -- genesis 3:22 +. +Therefore the LORD God sent him forth from the garden of Eden, to till the ground from whence he was taken. -- genesis 3:23 +. +So he drove out the man; and he placed at the east of the garden of Eden Cherubims, and a flaming sword which turned every way, to keep the way of the tree of life. -- genesis 3:24 +. +And Adam knew Eve his wife; and she conceived, and bare Cain, and said, I have gotten a man from the LORD. -- genesis 4:1 +. +And she again bare his brother Abel. And Abel was a keeper of sheep, but Cain was a tiller of the ground. -- genesis 4:2 +. +And in process of time it came to pass, that Cain brought of the fruit of the ground an offering unto the LORD. -- genesis 4:3 +. +And Abel, he also brought of the firstlings of his flock and of the fat thereof. And the LORD had respect unto Abel and to his offering: -- genesis 4:4 +. +But unto Cain and to his offering he had not respect. And Cain was very wroth, and his countenance fell. -- genesis 4:5 +. +And the LORD said unto Cain, Why art thou wroth? and why is thy countenance fallen? -- genesis 4:6 +. +If thou doest well, shalt thou not be accepted? and if thou doest not well, sin lieth at the door. And unto thee shall be his desire, and thou shalt rule over him. -- genesis 4:7 +. +And Cain talked with Abel his brother: and it came to pass, when they were in the field, that Cain rose up against Abel his brother, and slew him. -- genesis 4:8 +. +And the LORD said unto Cain, Where is Abel thy brother? And he said, I know not: Am I my brother's keeper? -- genesis 4:9 +. +And he said, What hast thou done? the voice of thy brother's blood crieth unto me from the ground. -- genesis 4:10 +. +And now art thou cursed from the earth, which hath opened her mouth to receive thy brother's blood from thy hand; -- genesis 4:11 +. +When thou tillest the ground, it shall not henceforth yield unto thee her strength; a fugitive and a vagabond shalt thou be in the earth. -- genesis 4:12 +. +And Cain said unto the LORD, My punishment is greater than I can bear. -- genesis 4:13 +. +Behold, thou hast driven me out this day from the face of the earth; and from thy face shall I be hid; and I shall be a fugitive and a vagabond in the earth; and it shall come to pass, that every one that findeth me shall slay me. -- genesis 4:14 +. +And the LORD said unto him, Therefore whosoever slayeth Cain, vengeance shall be taken on him sevenfold. And the LORD set a mark upon Cain, lest any finding him should kill him. -- genesis 4:15 +. +And Cain went out from the presence of the LORD, and dwelt in the land of Nod, on the east of Eden. -- genesis 4:16 +. +And Cain knew his wife; and she conceived, and bare Enoch: and he builded a city, and called the name of the city, after the name of his son, Enoch. -- genesis 4:17 +. +And unto Enoch was born Irad: and Irad begat Mehujael: and Mehujael begat Methusael: and Methusael begat Lamech. -- genesis 4:18 +. +And Lamech took unto him two wives: the name of the one was Adah, and the name of the other Zillah. -- genesis 4:19 +. +And Adah bare Jabal: he was the father of such as dwell in tents, and of such as have cattle. -- genesis 4:20 +. +And his brother's name was Jubal: he was the father of all such as handle the harp and organ. -- genesis 4:21 +. +And Zillah, she also bare Tubalcain, an instructer of every artificer in brass and iron: and the sister of Tubalcain was Naamah. -- genesis 4:22 +. +And Lamech said unto his wives, Adah and Zillah, Hear my voice; ye wives of Lamech, hearken unto my speech: for I have slain a man to my wounding, and a young man to my hurt. -- genesis 4:23 +. +If Cain shall be avenged sevenfold, truly Lamech seventy and sevenfold. -- genesis 4:24 +. +And Adam knew his wife again; and she bare a son, and called his name Seth: For God, said she, hath appointed me another seed instead of Abel, whom Cain slew. -- genesis 4:25 +. +And to Seth, to him also there was born a son; and he called his name Enos: then began men to call upon the name of the LORD. -- genesis 4:26 +. +This is the book of the generations of Adam. In the day that God created man, in the likeness of God made he him; -- genesis 5:1 +. +Male and female created he them; and blessed them, and called their name Adam, in the day when they were created. -- genesis 5:2 +. +And Adam lived an hundred and thirty years, and begat a son in his own likeness, and after his image; and called his name Seth: -- genesis 5:3 +. +And the days of Adam after he had begotten Seth were eight hundred years: and he begat sons and daughters: -- genesis 5:4 +. +And all the days that Adam lived were nine hundred and thirty years: and he died. -- genesis 5:5 +. +And Seth lived an hundred and five years, and begat Enos: -- genesis 5:6 +. +And Seth lived after he begat Enos eight hundred and seven years, and begat sons and daughters: -- genesis 5:7 +. +And all the days of Seth were nine hundred and twelve years: and he died. -- genesis 5:8 +. +And Enos lived ninety years, and begat Cainan: -- genesis 5:9 +. +And Enos lived after he begat Cainan eight hundred and fifteen years, and begat sons and daughters: -- genesis 5:10 +. +And all the days of Enos were nine hundred and five years: and he died. -- genesis 5:11 +. +And Cainan lived seventy years and begat Mahalaleel: -- genesis 5:12 +. +And Cainan lived after he begat Mahalaleel eight hundred and forty years, and begat sons and daughters: -- genesis 5:13 +. +And all the days of Cainan were nine hundred and ten years: and he died. -- genesis 5:14 +. +And Mahalaleel lived sixty and five years, and begat Jared: -- genesis 5:15 +. +And Mahalaleel lived after he begat Jared eight hundred and thirty years, and begat sons and daughters: -- genesis 5:16 +. +And all the days of Mahalaleel were eight hundred ninety and five years: and he died. -- genesis 5:17 +. +And Jared lived an hundred sixty and two years, and he begat Enoch: -- genesis 5:18 +. +And Jared lived after he begat Enoch eight hundred years, and begat sons and daughters: -- genesis 5:19 +. +And all the days of Jared were nine hundred sixty and two years: and he died. -- genesis 5:20 +. +And Enoch lived sixty and five years, and begat Methuselah: -- genesis 5:21 +. +And Enoch walked with God after he begat Methuselah three hundred years, and begat sons and daughters: -- genesis 5:22 +. +And all the days of Enoch were three hundred sixty and five years: -- genesis 5:23 +. +And Enoch walked with God: and he was not; for God took him. -- genesis 5:24 +. +And Methuselah lived an hundred eighty and seven years, and begat Lamech. -- genesis 5:25 +. +And Methuselah lived after he begat Lamech seven hundred eighty and two years, and begat sons and daughters: -- genesis 5:26 +. +And all the days of Methuselah were nine hundred sixty and nine years: and he died. -- genesis 5:27 +. +And Lamech lived an hundred eighty and two years, and begat a son: -- genesis 5:28 +. +And he called his name Noah, saying, This same shall comfort us concerning our work and toil of our hands, because of the ground which the LORD hath cursed. -- genesis 5:29 +. +And Lamech lived after he begat Noah five hundred ninety and five years, and begat sons and daughters: -- genesis 5:30 +. +And all the days of Lamech were seven hundred seventy and seven years: and he died. -- genesis 5:31 +. +And Noah was five hundred years old: and Noah begat Shem, Ham, and Japheth. -- genesis 5:32 +. +And it came to pass, when men began to multiply on the face of the earth, and daughters were born unto them, -- genesis 6:1 +. +That the sons of God saw the daughters of men that they were fair; and they took them wives of all which they chose. -- genesis 6:2 +. +And the LORD said, My spirit shall not always strive with man, for that he also is flesh: yet his days shall be an hundred and twenty years. -- genesis 6:3 +. +There were giants in the earth in those days; and also after that, when the sons of God came in unto the daughters of men, and they bare children to them, the same became mighty men which were of old, men of renown. -- genesis 6:4 +. +And God saw that the wickedness of man was great in the earth, and that every imagination of the thoughts of his heart was only evil continually. -- genesis 6:5 +. +And it repented the LORD that he had made man on the earth, and it grieved him at his heart. -- genesis 6:6 +. +And the LORD said, I will destroy man whom I have created from the face of the earth; both man, and beast, and the creeping thing, and the fowls of the air; for it repenteth me that I have made them. -- genesis 6:7 +. +But Noah found grace in the eyes of the LORD. -- genesis 6:8 +. +These are the generations of Noah: Noah was a just man and perfect in his generations, and Noah walked with God. -- genesis 6:9 +. +And Noah begat three sons, Shem, Ham, and Japheth. -- genesis 6:10 +. +The earth also was corrupt before God, and the earth was filled with violence. -- genesis 6:11 +. +And God looked upon the earth, and, behold, it was corrupt; for all flesh had corrupted his way upon the earth. -- genesis 6:12 +. +And God said unto Noah, The end of all flesh is come before me; for the earth is filled with violence through them; and, behold, I will destroy them with the earth. -- genesis 6:13 +. +Make thee an ark of gopher wood; rooms shalt thou make in the ark, and shalt pitch it within and without with pitch. -- genesis 6:14 +. +And this is the fashion which thou shalt make it of: The length of the ark shall be three hundred cubits, the breadth of it fifty cubits, and the height of it thirty cubits. -- genesis 6:15 +. +A window shalt thou make to the ark, and in a cubit shalt thou finish it above; and the door of the ark shalt thou set in the side thereof; with lower, second, and third stories shalt thou make it. -- genesis 6:16 +. +And, behold, I, even I, do bring a flood of waters upon the earth, to destroy all flesh, wherein is the breath of life, from under heaven; and every thing that is in the earth shall die. -- genesis 6:17 +. +But with thee will I establish my covenant; and thou shalt come into the ark, thou, and thy sons, and thy wife, and thy sons' wives with thee. -- genesis 6:18 +. +And of every living thing of all flesh, two of every sort shalt thou bring into the ark, to keep them alive with thee; they shall be male and female. -- genesis 6:19 +. +Of fowls after their kind, and of cattle after their kind, of every creeping thing of the earth after his kind, two of every sort shall come unto thee, to keep them alive. -- genesis 6:20 +. +And take thou unto thee of all food that is eaten, and thou shalt gather it to thee; and it shall be for food for thee, and for them. -- genesis 6:21 +. +Thus did Noah; according to all that God commanded him, so did he. -- genesis 6:22 +. +And the LORD said unto Noah, Come thou and all thy house into the ark; for thee have I seen righteous before me in this generation. -- genesis 7:1 +. +Of every clean beast thou shalt take to thee by sevens, the male and his female: and of beasts that are not clean by two, the male and his female. -- genesis 7:2 +. +Of fowls also of the air by sevens, the male and the female; to keep seed alive upon the face of all the earth. -- genesis 7:3 +. +For yet seven days, and I will cause it to rain upon the earth forty days and forty nights; and every living substance that I have made will I destroy from off the face of the earth. -- genesis 7:4 +. +And Noah did according unto all that the LORD commanded him. -- genesis 7:5 +. +And Noah was six hundred years old when the flood of waters was upon the earth. -- genesis 7:6 +. +And Noah went in, and his sons, and his wife, and his sons' wives with him, into the ark, because of the waters of the flood. -- genesis 7:7 +. +Of clean beasts, and of beasts that are not clean, and of fowls, and of every thing that creepeth upon the earth, -- genesis 7:8 +. +There went in two and two unto Noah into the ark, the male and the female, as God had commanded Noah. -- genesis 7:9 +. +And it came to pass after seven days, that the waters of the flood were upon the earth. -- genesis 7:10 +. +In the six hundredth year of Noah's life, in the second month, the seventeenth day of the month, the same day were all the fountains of the great deep broken up, and the windows of heaven were opened. -- genesis 7:11 +. +And the rain was upon the earth forty days and forty nights. -- genesis 7:12 +. +In the selfsame day entered Noah, and Shem, and Ham, and Japheth, the sons of Noah, and Noah's wife, and the three wives of his sons with them, into the ark; -- genesis 7:13 +. +They, and every beast after his kind, and all the cattle after their kind, and every creeping thing that creepeth upon the earth after his kind, and every fowl after his kind, every bird of every sort. -- genesis 7:14 +. +And they went in unto Noah into the ark, two and two of all flesh, wherein is the breath of life. -- genesis 7:15 +. +And they that went in, went in male and female of all flesh, as God had commanded him: and the LORD shut him in. -- genesis 7:16 +. +And the flood was forty days upon the earth; and the waters increased, and bare up the ark, and it was lift up above the earth. -- genesis 7:17 +. +And the waters prevailed, and were increased greatly upon the earth; and the ark went upon the face of the waters. -- genesis 7:18 +. +And the waters prevailed exceedingly upon the earth; and all the high hills, that were under the whole heaven, were covered. -- genesis 7:19 +. +Fifteen cubits upward did the waters prevail; and the mountains were covered. -- genesis 7:20 +. +And all flesh died that moved upon the earth, both of fowl, and of cattle, and of beast, and of every creeping thing that creepeth upon the earth, and every man: -- genesis 7:21 +. +All in whose nostrils was the breath of life, of all that was in the dry land, died. -- genesis 7:22 +. +And every living substance was destroyed which was upon the face of the ground, both man, and cattle, and the creeping things, and the fowl of the heaven; and they were destroyed from the earth: and Noah only remained alive, and they that were with him in the ark. -- genesis 7:23 +. +And the waters prevailed upon the earth an hundred and fifty days. -- genesis 7:24 +. +And God remembered Noah, and every living thing, and all the cattle that was with him in the ark: and God made a wind to pass over the earth, and the waters assuaged; -- genesis 8:1 +. +The fountains also of the deep and the windows of heaven were stopped, and the rain from heaven was restrained; -- genesis 8:2 +. +And the waters returned from off the earth continually: and after the end of the hundred and fifty days the waters were abated. -- genesis 8:3 +. +And the ark rested in the seventh month, on the seventeenth day of the month, upon the mountains of Ararat. -- genesis 8:4 +. +And the waters decreased continually until the tenth month: in the tenth month, on the first day of the month, were the tops of the mountains seen. -- genesis 8:5 +. +And it came to pass at the end of forty days, that Noah opened the window of the ark which he had made: -- genesis 8:6 +. +And he sent forth a raven, which went forth to and fro, until the waters were dried up from off the earth. -- genesis 8:7 +. +Also he sent forth a dove from him, to see if the waters were abated from off the face of the ground; -- genesis 8:8 +. +But the dove found no rest for the sole of her foot, and she returned unto him into the ark, for the waters were on the face of the whole earth: then he put forth his hand, and took her, and pulled her in unto him into the ark. -- genesis 8:9 +. +And he stayed yet other seven days; and again he sent forth the dove out of the ark; -- genesis 8:10 +. +And the dove came in to him in the evening; and, lo, in her mouth was an olive leaf plucked off: so Noah knew that the waters were abated from off the earth. -- genesis 8:11 +. +And he stayed yet other seven days; and sent forth the dove; which returned not again unto him any more. -- genesis 8:12 +. +And it came to pass in the six hundredth and first year, in the first month, the first day of the month, the waters were dried up from off the earth: and Noah removed the covering of the ark, and looked, and, behold, the face of the ground was dry. -- genesis 8:13 +. +And in the second month, on the seven and twentieth day of the month, was the earth dried. -- genesis 8:14 +. +And God spake unto Noah, saying, -- genesis 8:15 +. +Go forth of the ark, thou, and thy wife, and thy sons, and thy sons' wives with thee. -- genesis 8:16 +. +Bring forth with thee every living thing that is with thee, of all flesh, both of fowl, and of cattle, and of every creeping thing that creepeth upon the earth; that they may breed abundantly in the earth, and be fruitful, and multiply upon the earth. -- genesis 8:17 +. +And Noah went forth, and his sons, and his wife, and his sons' wives with him: -- genesis 8:18 +. +Every beast, every creeping thing, and every fowl, and whatsoever creepeth upon the earth, after their kinds, went forth out of the ark. -- genesis 8:19 +. +And Noah builded an altar unto the LORD; and took of every clean beast, and of every clean fowl, and offered burnt offerings on the altar. -- genesis 8:20 +. +And the LORD smelled a sweet savor; and the LORD said in his heart, I will not again curse the ground any more for man's sake; for the imagination of man's heart is evil from his youth; neither will I again smite any more every thing living, as I have done. -- genesis 8:21 +. +While the earth remaineth, seedtime and harvest, and cold and heat, and summer and winter, and day and night shall not cease. -- genesis 8:22 +. +And God blessed Noah and his sons, and said unto them, Be fruitful, and multiply, and replenish the earth. -- genesis 9:1 +. +And the fear of you and the dread of you shall be upon every beast of the earth, and upon every fowl of the air, upon all that moveth upon the earth, and upon all the fishes of the sea; into your hand are they delivered. -- genesis 9:2 +. +Every moving thing that liveth shall be meat for you; even as the green herb have I given you all things. -- genesis 9:3 +. +But flesh with the life thereof, which is the blood thereof, shall ye not eat. -- genesis 9:4 +. +And surely your blood of your lives will I require; at the hand of every beast will I require it, and at the hand of man; at the hand of every man's brother will I require the life of man. -- genesis 9:5 +. +Whoso sheddeth man's blood, by man shall his blood be shed: for in the image of God made he man. -- genesis 9:6 +. +And you, be ye fruitful, and multiply; bring forth abundantly in the earth, and multiply therein. -- genesis 9:7 +. +And God spake unto Noah, and to his sons with him, saying, -- genesis 9:8 +. +And I, behold, I establish my covenant with you, and with your seed after you; -- genesis 9:9 +. +And with every living creature that is with you, of the fowl, of the cattle, and of every beast of the earth with you; from all that go out of the ark, to every beast of the earth. -- genesis 9:10 +. +And I will establish my covenant with you, neither shall all flesh be cut off any more by the waters of a flood; neither shall there any more be a flood to destroy the earth. -- genesis 9:11 +. +And God said, This is the token of the covenant which I make between me and you and every living creature that is with you, for perpetual generations: -- genesis 9:12 +. +I do set my bow in the cloud, and it shall be for a token of a covenant between me and the earth. -- genesis 9:13 +. +And it shall come to pass, when I bring a cloud over the earth, that the bow shall be seen in the cloud: -- genesis 9:14 +. +And I will remember my covenant, which is between me and you and every living creature of all flesh; and the waters shall no more become a flood to destroy all flesh. -- genesis 9:15 +. +And the bow shall be in the cloud; and I will look upon it, that I may remember the everlasting covenant between God and every living creature of all flesh that is upon the earth. -- genesis 9:16 +. +And God said unto Noah, This is the token of the covenant, which I have established between me and all flesh that is upon the earth. -- genesis 9:17 +. +And the sons of Noah, that went forth of the ark, were Shem, and Ham, and Japheth: and Ham is the father of Canaan. -- genesis 9:18 +. +These are the three sons of Noah: and of them was the whole earth overspread. -- genesis 9:19 +. +And Noah began to be an husbandman, and he planted a vineyard: -- genesis 9:20 +. +And he drank of the wine, and was drunken; and he was uncovered within his tent. -- genesis 9:21 +. +And Ham, the father of Canaan, saw the nakedness of his father, and told his two brethren without. -- genesis 9:22 +. +And Shem and Japheth took a garment, and laid it upon both their shoulders, and went backward, and covered the nakedness of their father; and their faces were backward, and they saw not their father's nakedness. -- genesis 9:23 +. +And Noah awoke from his wine, and knew what his younger son had done unto him. -- genesis 9:24 +. +And he said, Cursed be Canaan; a servant of servants shall he be unto his brethren. -- genesis 9:25 +. +And he said, Blessed be the LORD God of Shem; and Canaan shall be his servant. -- genesis 9:26 +. +God shall enlarge Japheth, and he shall dwell in the tents of Shem; and Canaan shall be his servant. -- genesis 9:27 +. +And Noah lived after the flood three hundred and fifty years. -- genesis 9:28 +. +And all the days of Noah were nine hundred and fifty years: and he died. -- genesis 9:29 +. +Now these are the generations of the sons of Noah, Shem, Ham, and Japheth: and unto them were sons born after the flood. -- genesis 10:1 +. +The sons of Japheth; Gomer, and Magog, and Madai, and Javan, and Tubal, and Meshech, and Tiras. -- genesis 10:2 +. +And the sons of Gomer; Ashkenaz, and Riphath, and Togarmah. -- genesis 10:3 +. +And the sons of Javan; Elishah, and Tarshish, Kittim, and Dodanim. -- genesis 10:4 +. +By these were the isles of the Gentiles divided in their lands; every one after his tongue, after their families, in their nations. -- genesis 10:5 +. +And the sons of Ham; Cush, and Mizraim, and Phut, and Canaan. -- genesis 10:6 +. +And the sons of Cush; Seba, and Havilah, and Sabtah, and Raamah, and Sabtechah: and the sons of Raamah; Sheba, and Dedan. -- genesis 10:7 +. +And Cush begat Nimrod: he began to be a mighty one in the earth. -- genesis 10:8 +. +He was a mighty hunter before the LORD: wherefore it is said, Even as Nimrod the mighty hunter before the LORD. -- genesis 10:9 +. +And the beginning of his kingdom was Babel, and Erech, and Accad, and Calneh, in the land of Shinar. -- genesis 10:10 +. +Out of that land went forth Asshur, and builded Nineveh, and the city Rehoboth, and Calah, -- genesis 10:11 +. +And Resen between Nineveh and Calah: the same is a great city. -- genesis 10:12 +. +And Mizraim begat Ludim, and Anamim, and Lehabim, and Naphtuhim, -- genesis 10:13 +. +And Pathrusim, and Casluhim, (out of whom came Philistim,) and Caphtorim. -- genesis 10:14 +. +And Canaan begat Sidon his first born, and Heth, -- genesis 10:15 +. +And the Jebusite, and the Amorite, and the Girgasite, -- genesis 10:16 +. +And the Hivite, and the Arkite, and the Sinite, -- genesis 10:17 +. +And the Arvadite, and the Zemarite, and the Hamathite: and afterward were the families of the Canaanites spread abroad. -- genesis 10:18 +. +And the border of the Canaanites was from Sidon, as thou comest to Gerar, unto Gaza; as thou goest, unto Sodom, and Gomorrah, and Admah, and Zeboim, even unto Lasha. -- genesis 10:19 +. +These are the sons of Ham, after their families, after their tongues, in their countries, and in their nations. -- genesis 10:20 +. +Unto Shem also, the father of all the children of Eber, the brother of Japheth the elder, even to him were children born. -- genesis 10:21 +. +The children of Shem; Elam, and Asshur, and Arphaxad, and Lud, and Aram. -- genesis 10:22 +. +And the children of Aram; Uz, and Hul, and Gether, and Mash. -- genesis 10:23 +. +And Arphaxad begat Salah; and Salah begat Eber. -- genesis 10:24 +. +And unto Eber were born two sons: the name of one was Peleg; for in his days was the earth divided; and his brother's name was Joktan. -- genesis 10:25 +. +And Joktan begat Almodad, and Sheleph, and Hazarmaveth, and Jerah, -- genesis 10:26 +. +And Hadoram, and Uzal, and Diklah, -- genesis 10:27 +. +And Obal, and Abimael, and Sheba, -- genesis 10:28 +. +And Ophir, and Havilah, and Jobab: all these were the sons of Joktan. -- genesis 10:29 +. +And their dwelling was from Mesha, as thou goest unto Sephar a mount of the east. -- genesis 10:30 +. +These are the sons of Shem, after their families, after their tongues, in their lands, after their nations. -- genesis 10:31 +. +These are the families of the sons of Noah, after their generations, in their nations: and by these were the nations divided in the earth after the flood. -- genesis 10:32 +. +And the whole earth was of one language, and of one speech. -- genesis 11:1 +. +And it came to pass, as they journeyed from the east, that they found a plain in the land of Shinar; and they dwelt there. -- genesis 11:2 +. +And they said one to another, Go to, let us make brick, and burn them thoroughly. And they had brick for stone, and slime had they for mortar. -- genesis 11:3 +. +And they said, Go to, let us build us a city and a tower, whose top may reach unto heaven; and let us make us a name, lest we be scattered abroad upon the face of the whole earth. -- genesis 11:4 +. +And the LORD came down to see the city and the tower, which the children of men builded. -- genesis 11:5 +. +And the LORD said, Behold, the people is one, and they have all one language; and this they begin to do: and now nothing will be restrained from them, which they have imagined to do. -- genesis 11:6 +. +Go to, let us go down, and there confound their language, that they may not understand one another's speech. -- genesis 11:7 +. +So the LORD scattered them abroad from thence upon the face of all the earth: and they left off to build the city. -- genesis 11:8 +. +Therefore is the name of it called Babel; because the LORD did there confound the language of all the earth: and from thence did the LORD scatter them abroad upon the face of all the earth. -- genesis 11:9 +. +These are the generations of Shem: Shem was an hundred years old, and begat Arphaxad two years after the flood: -- genesis 11:10 +. +And Shem lived after he begat Arphaxad five hundred years, and begat sons and daughters. -- genesis 11:11 +. +And Arphaxad lived five and thirty years, and begat Salah: -- genesis 11:12 +. +And Arphaxad lived after he begat Salah four hundred and three years, and begat sons and daughters. -- genesis 11:13 +. +And Salah lived thirty years, and begat Eber: -- genesis 11:14 +. +And Salah lived after he begat Eber four hundred and three years, and begat sons and daughters. -- genesis 11:15 +. +And Eber lived four and thirty years, and begat Peleg: -- genesis 11:16 +. +And Eber lived after he begat Peleg four hundred and thirty years, and begat sons and daughters. -- genesis 11:17 +. +And Peleg lived thirty years, and begat Reu: -- genesis 11:18 +. +And Peleg lived after he begat Reu two hundred and nine years, and begat sons and daughters. -- genesis 11:19 +. +And Reu lived two and thirty years, and begat Serug: -- genesis 11:20 +. +And Reu lived after he begat Serug two hundred and seven years, and begat sons and daughters. -- genesis 11:21 +. +And Serug lived thirty years, and begat Nahor: -- genesis 11:22 +. +And Serug lived after he begat Nahor two hundred years, and begat sons and daughters. -- genesis 11:23 +. +And Nahor lived nine and twenty years, and begat Terah: -- genesis 11:24 +. +And Nahor lived after he begat Terah an hundred and nineteen years, and begat sons and daughters. -- genesis 11:25 +. +And Terah lived seventy years, and begat Abram, Nahor, and Haran. -- genesis 11:26 +. +Now these are the generations of Terah: Terah begat Abram, Nahor, and Haran; and Haran begat Lot. -- genesis 11:27 +. +And Haran died before his father Terah in the land of his nativity, in Ur of the Chaldees. -- genesis 11:28 +. +And Abram and Nahor took them wives: the name of Abram's wife was Sarai; and the name of Nahor's wife, Milcah, the daughter of Haran, the father of Milcah, and the father of Iscah. -- genesis 11:29 +. +But Sarai was barren; she had no child. -- genesis 11:30 +. +And Terah took Abram his son, and Lot the son of Haran his son's son, and Sarai his daughter in law, his son Abram's wife; and they went forth with them from Ur of the Chaldees, to go into the land of Canaan; and they came unto Haran, and dwelt there. -- genesis 11:31 +. +And the days of Terah were two hundred and five years: and Terah died in Haran. -- genesis 11:32 +. +Now the LORD had said unto Abram, Get thee out of thy country, and from thy kindred, and from thy father's house, unto a land that I will show thee: -- genesis 12:1 +. +And I will make of thee a great nation, and I will bless thee, and make thy name great; and thou shalt be a blessing: -- genesis 12:2 +. +And I will bless them that bless thee, and curse him that curseth thee: and in thee shall all families of the earth be blessed. -- genesis 12:3 +. +So Abram departed, as the LORD had spoken unto him; and Lot went with him: and Abram was seventy and five years old when he departed out of Haran. -- genesis 12:4 +. +And Abram took Sarai his wife, and Lot his brother's son, and all their substance that they had gathered, and the souls that they had gotten in Haran; and they went forth to go into the land of Canaan; and into the land of Canaan they came. -- genesis 12:5 +. +And Abram passed through the land unto the place of Sichem, unto the plain of Moreh. And the Canaanite was then in the land. -- genesis 12:6 +. +And the LORD appeared unto Abram, and said, Unto thy seed will I give this land: and there builded he an altar unto the LORD, who appeared unto him. -- genesis 12:7 +. +And he removed from thence unto a mountain on the east of Bethel, and pitched his tent, having Bethel on the west, and Hai on the east: and there he builded an altar unto the LORD, and called upon the name of the LORD. -- genesis 12:8 +. +And Abram journeyed, going on still toward the south. -- genesis 12:9 +. +And there was a famine in the land: and Abram went down into Egypt to sojourn there; for the famine was grievous in the land. -- genesis 12:10 +. +And it came to pass, when he was come near to enter into Egypt, that he said unto Sarai his wife, Behold now, I know that thou art a fair woman to look upon: -- genesis 12:11 +. +Therefore it shall come to pass, when the Egyptians shall see thee, that they shall say, This is his wife: and they will kill me, but they will save thee alive. -- genesis 12:12 +. +Say, I pray thee, thou art my sister: that it may be well with me for thy sake; and my soul shall live because of thee. -- genesis 12:13 +. +And it came to pass, that, when Abram was come into Egypt, the Egyptians beheld the woman that she was very fair. -- genesis 12:14 +. +The princes also of Pharaoh saw her, and commended her before Pharaoh: and the woman was taken into Pharaoh's house. -- genesis 12:15 +. +And he entreated Abram well for her sake: and he had sheep, and oxen, and he asses, and menservants, and maidservants, and she asses, and camels. -- genesis 12:16 +. +And the LORD plagued Pharaoh and his house with great plagues because of Sarai Abram's wife. -- genesis 12:17 +. +And Pharaoh called Abram and said, What is this that thou hast done unto me? why didst thou not tell me that she was thy wife? -- genesis 12:18 +. +Why saidst thou, She is my sister? so I might have taken her to me to wife: now therefore behold thy wife, take her, and go thy way. -- genesis 12:19 +. +And Pharaoh commanded his men concerning him: and they sent him away, and his wife, and all that he had. -- genesis 12:20 +. +And Abram went up out of Egypt, he, and his wife, and all that he had, and Lot with him, into the south. -- genesis 13:1 +. +And Abram was very rich in cattle, in silver, and in gold. -- genesis 13:2 +. +And he went on his journeys from the south even to Bethel, unto the place where his tent had been at the beginning, between Bethel and Hai; -- genesis 13:3 +. +Unto the place of the altar, which he had make there at the first: and there Abram called on the name of the LORD. -- genesis 13:4 +. +And Lot also, which went with Abram, had flocks, and herds, and tents. -- genesis 13:5 +. +And the land was not able to bear them, that they might dwell together: for their substance was great, so that they could not dwell together. -- genesis 13:6 +. +And there was a strife between the herdmen of Abram's cattle and the herdmen of Lot's cattle: and the Canaanite and the Perizzite dwelled then in the land. -- genesis 13:7 +. +And Abram said unto Lot, Let there be no strife, I pray thee, between me and thee, and between my herdmen and thy herdmen; for we be brethren. -- genesis 13:8 +. +Is not the whole land before thee? separate thyself, I pray thee, from me: if thou wilt take the left hand, then I will go to the right; or if thou depart to the right hand, then I will go to the left. -- genesis 13:9 +. +And Lot lifted up his eyes, and beheld all the plain of Jordan, that it was well watered every where, before the LORD destroyed Sodom and Gomorrah, even as the garden of the LORD, like the land of Egypt, as thou comest unto Zoar. -- genesis 13:10 +. +Then Lot chose him all the plain of Jordan; and Lot journeyed east: and they separated themselves the one from the other. -- genesis 13:11 +. +Abram dwelled in the land of Canaan, and Lot dwelled in the cities of the plain, and pitched his tent toward Sodom. -- genesis 13:12 +. +But the men of Sodom were wicked and sinners before the LORD exceedingly. -- genesis 13:13 +. +And the LORD said unto Abram, after that Lot was separated from him, Lift up now thine eyes, and look from the place where thou art northward, and southward, and eastward, and westward: -- genesis 13:14 +. +For all the land which thou seest, to thee will I give it, and to thy seed for ever. -- genesis 13:15 +. +And I will make thy seed as the dust of the earth: so that if a man can number the dust of the earth, then shall thy seed also be numbered. -- genesis 13:16 +. +Arise, walk through the land in the length of it and in the breadth of it; for I will give it unto thee. -- genesis 13:17 +. +Then Abram removed his tent, and came and dwelt in the plain of Mamre, which is in Hebron, and built there an altar unto the LORD. -- genesis 13:18 +. +And it came to pass in the days of Amraphel king of Shinar, Arioch king of Ellasar, Chedorlaomer king of Elam, and Tidal king of nations; -- genesis 14:1 +. +That these made war with Bera king of Sodom, and with Birsha king of Gomorrah, Shinab king of Admah, and Shemeber king of Zeboiim, and the king of Bela, which is Zoar. -- genesis 14:2 +. +All these were joined together in the vale of Siddim, which is the salt sea. -- genesis 14:3 +. +Twelve years they served Chedorlaomer, and in the thirteenth year they rebelled. -- genesis 14:4 +. +And in the fourteenth year came Chedorlaomer, and the kings that were with him, and smote the Rephaim in Ashteroth Karnaim, and the Zuzims in Ham, and the Emins in Shaveh Kiriathaim, -- genesis 14:5 +. +And the Horites in their mount Seir, unto Elparan, which is by the wilderness. -- genesis 14:6 +. +And they returned, and came to Enmishpat, which is Kadesh, and smote all the country of the Amalekites, and also the Amorites, that dwelt in Hazezontamar. -- genesis 14:7 +. +And there went out the king of Sodom, and the king of Gomorrah, and the king of Admah, and the king of Zeboiim, and the king of Bela (the same is Zoar;) and they joined battle with them in the vale of Siddim; -- genesis 14:8 +. +With Chedorlaomer the king of Elam, and with Tidal king of nations, and Amraphel king of Shinar, and Arioch king of Ellasar; four kings with five. -- genesis 14:9 +. +And the vale of Siddim was full of slime pits; and the kings of Sodom and Gomorrah fled, and fell there; and they that remained fled to the mountain. -- genesis 14:10 +. +And they took all the goods of Sodom and Gomorrah, and all their victuals, and went their way. -- genesis 14:11 +. +And they took Lot, Abram's brother's son, who dwelt in Sodom, and his goods, and departed. -- genesis 14:12 +. +And there came one that had escaped, and told Abram the Hebrew; for he dwelt in the plain of Mamre the Amorite, brother of Eshcol, and brother of Aner: and these were confederate with Abram. -- genesis 14:13 +. +And when Abram heard that his brother was taken captive, he armed his trained servants, born in his own house, three hundred and eighteen, and pursued them unto Dan. -- genesis 14:14 +. +And he divided himself against them, he and his servants, by night, and smote them, and pursued them unto Hobah, which is on the left hand of Damascus. -- genesis 14:15 +. +And he brought back all the goods, and also brought again his brother Lot, and his goods, and the women also, and the people. -- genesis 14:16 +. +And the king of Sodom went out to meet him after his return from the slaughter of Chedorlaomer, and of the kings that were with him, at the valley of Shaveh, which is the king's dale. -- genesis 14:17 +. +And Melchizedek king of Salem brought forth bread and wine: and he was the priest of the most high God. -- genesis 14:18 +. +And he blessed him, and said, Blessed be Abram of the most high God, possessor of heaven and earth: -- genesis 14:19 +. +And blessed be the most high God, which hath delivered thine enemies into thy hand. And he gave him tithes of all. -- genesis 14:20 +. +And the king of Sodom said unto Abram, Give me the persons, and take the goods to thyself. -- genesis 14:21 +. +And Abram said to the king of Sodom, I have lift up mine hand unto the LORD, the most high God, the possessor of heaven and earth, -- genesis 14:22 +. +That I will not take from a thread even to a shoelatchet, and that I will not take any thing that is thine, lest thou shouldest say, I have made Abram rich: -- genesis 14:23 +. +Save only that which the young men have eaten, and the portion of the men which went with me, Aner, Eshcol, and Mamre; let them take their portion. -- genesis 14:24 +. +After these things the word of the LORD came unto Abram in a vision, saying, Fear not, Abram: I am thy shield, and thy exceeding great reward. -- genesis 15:1 +. +And Abram said, LORD God, what wilt thou give me, seeing I go childless, and the steward of my house is this Eliezer of Damascus? -- genesis 15:2 +. +And Abram said, Behold, to me thou hast given no seed: and, lo, one born in my house is mine heir. -- genesis 15:3 +. +And, behold, the word of the LORD came unto him, saying, This shall not be thine heir; but he that shall come forth out of thine own bowels shall be thine heir. -- genesis 15:4 +. +And he brought him forth abroad, and said, Look now toward heaven, and tell the stars, if thou be able to number them: and he said unto him, So shall thy seed be. -- genesis 15:5 +. +And he believed in the LORD; and he counted it to him for righteousness. -- genesis 15:6 +. +And he said unto him, I am the LORD that brought thee out of Ur of the Chaldees, to give thee this land to inherit it. -- genesis 15:7 +. +And he said, LORD God, whereby shall I know that I shall inherit it? -- genesis 15:8 +. +And he said unto him, Take me an heifer of three years old, and a she goat of three years old, and a ram of three years old, and a turtledove, and a young pigeon. -- genesis 15:9 +. +And he took unto him all these, and divided them in the midst, and laid each piece one against another: but the birds divided he not. -- genesis 15:10 +. +And when the fowls came down upon the carcasses, Abram drove them away. -- genesis 15:11 +. +And when the sun was going down, a deep sleep fell upon Abram; and, lo, an horror of great darkness fell upon him. -- genesis 15:12 +. +And he said unto Abram, Know of a surety that thy seed shall be a stranger in a land that is not theirs, and shall serve them; and they shall afflict them four hundred years; -- genesis 15:13 +. +And also that nation, whom they shall serve, will I judge: and afterward shall they come out with great substance. -- genesis 15:14 +. +And thou shalt go to thy fathers in peace; thou shalt be buried in a good old age. -- genesis 15:15 +. +But in the fourth generation they shall come hither again: for the iniquity of the Amorites is not yet full. -- genesis 15:16 +. +And it came to pass, that, when the sun went down, and it was dark, behold a smoking furnace, and a burning lamp that passed between those pieces. -- genesis 15:17 +. +In the same day the LORD made a covenant with Abram, saying, Unto thy seed have I given this land, from the river of Egypt unto the great river, the river Euphrates: -- genesis 15:18 +. +The Kenites, and the Kenizzites, and the Kadmonites, -- genesis 15:19 +. +And the Hittites, and the Perizzites, and the Rephaim, -- genesis 15:20 +. +And the Amorites, and the Canaanites, and the Girgashites, and the Jebusites. -- genesis 15:21 +. +Now Sarai Abram's wife bare him no children: and she had an handmaid, an Egyptian, whose name was Hagar. -- genesis 16:1 +. +And Sarai said unto Abram, Behold now, the LORD hath restrained me from bearing: I pray thee, go in unto my maid; it may be that I may obtain children by her. And Abram hearkened to the voice of Sarai. -- genesis 16:2 +. +And Sarai Abram's wife took Hagar her maid the Egyptian, after Abram had dwelt ten years in the land of Canaan, and gave her to her husband Abram to be his wife. -- genesis 16:3 +. +And he went in unto Hagar, and she conceived: and when she saw that she had conceived, her mistress was despised in her eyes. -- genesis 16:4 +. +And Sarai said unto Abram, My wrong be upon thee: I have given my maid into thy bosom; and when she saw that she had conceived, I was despised in her eyes: the LORD judge between me and thee. -- genesis 16:5 +. +But Abram said unto Sarai, Behold, thy maid is in thine hand; do to her as it pleaseth thee. And when Sarai dealt hardly with her, she fled from her face. -- genesis 16:6 +. +And the angel of the LORD found her by a fountain of water in the wilderness, by the fountain in the way to Shur. -- genesis 16:7 +. +And he said, Hagar, Sarai's maid, whence camest thou? and whither wilt thou go? And she said, I flee from the face of my mistress Sarai. -- genesis 16:8 +. +And the angel of the LORD said unto her, Return to thy mistress, and submit thyself under her hands. -- genesis 16:9 +. +And the angel of the LORD said unto her, I will multiply thy seed exceedingly, that it shall not be numbered for multitude. -- genesis 16:10 +. +And the angel of the LORD said unto her, Behold, thou art with child and shalt bear a son, and shalt call his name Ishmael; because the LORD hath heard thy affliction. -- genesis 16:11 +. +And he will be a wild man; his hand will be against every man, and every man's hand against him; and he shall dwell in the presence of all his brethren. -- genesis 16:12 +. +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? -- genesis 16:13 +. +Wherefore the well was called Beerlahairoi; behold, it is between Kadesh and Bered. -- genesis 16:14 +. +And Hagar bare Abram a son: and Abram called his son's name, which Hagar bare, Ishmael. -- genesis 16:15 +. +And Abram was fourscore and six years old, when Hagar bare Ishmael to Abram. -- genesis 16:16 +. +And when Abram was ninety years old and nine, the LORD appeared to Abram, and said unto him, I am the Almighty God; walk before me, and be thou perfect. -- genesis 17:1 +. +And I will make my covenant between me and thee, and will multiply thee exceedingly. -- genesis 17:2 +. +And Abram fell on his face: and God talked with him, saying, -- genesis 17:3 +. +As for me, behold, my covenant is with thee, and thou shalt be a father of many nations. -- genesis 17:4 +. +Neither shall thy name any more be called Abram, but thy name shall be Abraham; for a father of many nations have I made thee. -- genesis 17:5 +. +And I will make thee exceeding fruitful, and I will make nations of thee, and kings shall come out of thee. -- genesis 17:6 +. +And I will establish my covenant between me and thee and thy seed after thee in their generations for an everlasting covenant, to be a God unto thee, and to thy seed after thee. -- genesis 17:7 +. +And I will give unto thee, and to thy seed after thee, the land wherein thou art a stranger, all the land of Canaan, for an everlasting possession; and I will be their God. -- genesis 17:8 +. +And God said unto Abraham, Thou shalt keep my covenant therefore, thou, and thy seed after thee in their generations. -- genesis 17:9 +. +This is my covenant, which ye shall keep, between me and you and thy seed after thee; Every man child among you shall be circumcised. -- genesis 17:10 +. +And ye shall circumcise the flesh of your foreskin; and it shall be a token of the covenant betwixt me and you. -- genesis 17:11 +. +And he that is eight days old shall be circumcised among you, every man child in your generations, he that is born in the house, or bought with money of any stranger, which is not of thy seed. -- genesis 17:12 +. +He that is born in thy house, and he that is bought with thy money, must needs be circumcised: and my covenant shall be in your flesh for an everlasting covenant. -- genesis 17:13 +. +And the uncircumcised man child whose flesh of his foreskin is not circumcised, that soul shall be cut off from his people; he hath broken my covenant. -- genesis 17:14 +. +And God said unto Abraham, As for Sarai thy wife, thou shalt not call her name Sarai, but Sarah shall her name be. -- genesis 17:15 +. +And I will bless her, and give thee a son also of her: yea, I will bless her, and she shall be a mother of nations; kings of people shall be of her. -- genesis 17:16 +. +Then Abraham fell upon his face, and laughed, and said in his heart, Shall a child be born unto him that is an hundred years old? and shall Sarah, that is ninety years old, bear? -- genesis 17:17 +. +And Abraham said unto God, O that Ishmael might live before thee! -- genesis 17:18 +. +And God said, Sarah thy wife shall bear thee a son indeed; and thou shalt call his name Isaac: and I will establish my covenant with him for an everlasting covenant, and with his seed after him. -- genesis 17:19 +. +And as for Ishmael, I have heard thee: Behold, I have blessed him, and will make him fruitful, and will multiply him exceedingly; twelve princes shall he beget, and I will make him a great nation. -- genesis 17:20 +. +But my covenant will I establish with Isaac, which Sarah shall bear unto thee at this set time in the next year. -- genesis 17:21 +. +And he left off talking with him, and God went up from Abraham. -- genesis 17:22 +. +And Abraham took Ishmael his son, and all that were born in his house, and all that were bought with his money, every male among the men of Abraham's house; and circumcised the flesh of their foreskin in the selfsame day, as God had said unto him. -- genesis 17:23 +. +And Abraham was ninety years old and nine, when he was circumcised in the flesh of his foreskin. -- genesis 17:24 +. +And Ishmael his son was thirteen years old, when he was circumcised in the flesh of his foreskin. -- genesis 17:25 +. +In the selfsame day was Abraham circumcised, and Ishmael his son. -- genesis 17:26 +. +And all the men of his house, born in the house, and bought with money of the stranger, were circumcised with him. -- genesis 17:27 +. +And the LORD appeared unto him in the plains of Mamre: and he sat in the tent door in the heat of the day; -- genesis 18:1 +. +And he lift up his eyes and looked, and, lo, three men stood by him: and when he saw them, he ran to meet them from the tent door, and bowed himself toward the ground, -- genesis 18:2 +. +And said, My LORD, if now I have found favor in thy sight, pass not away, I pray thee, from thy servant: -- genesis 18:3 +. +Let a little water, I pray you, be fetched, and wash your feet, and rest yourselves under the tree: -- genesis 18:4 +. +And I will fetch a morsel of bread, and comfort ye your hearts; after that ye shall pass on: for therefore are ye come to your servant. And they said, So do, as thou hast said. -- genesis 18:5 +. +And Abraham hastened into the tent unto Sarah, and said, Make ready quickly three measures of fine meal, knead it, and make cakes upon the hearth. -- genesis 18:6 +. +And Abraham ran unto the herd, and fetched a calf tender and good, and gave it unto a young man; and he hasted to dress it. -- genesis 18:7 +. +And he took butter, and milk, and the calf which he had dressed, and set it before them; and he stood by them under the tree, and they did eat. -- genesis 18:8 +. +And they said unto him, Where is Sarah thy wife? And he said, Behold, in the tent. -- genesis 18:9 +. +And he said, I will certainly return unto thee according to the time of life; and, lo, Sarah thy wife shall have a son. And Sarah heard it in the tent door, which was behind him. -- genesis 18:10 +. +Now Abraham and Sarah were old and well stricken in age; and it ceased to be with Sarah after the manner of women. -- genesis 18:11 +. +Therefore Sarah laughed within herself, saying, After I am waxed old shall I have pleasure, my lord being old also? -- genesis 18:12 +. +And the LORD said unto Abraham, Wherefore did Sarah laugh, saying, Shall I of a surety bear a child, which am old? -- genesis 18:13 +. +Is any thing too hard for the LORD? At the time appointed I will return unto thee, according to the time of life, and Sarah shall have a son. -- genesis 18:14 +. +Then Sarah denied, saying, I laughed not; for she was afraid. And he said, Nay; but thou didst laugh. -- genesis 18:15 +. +And the men rose up from thence, and looked toward Sodom: and Abraham went with them to bring them on the way. -- genesis 18:16 +. +And the LORD said, Shall I hide from Abraham that thing which I do; -- genesis 18:17 +. +Seeing that Abraham shall surely become a great and mighty nation, and all the nations of the earth shall be blessed in him? -- genesis 18:18 +. +For I know him, that he will command his children and his household after him, and they shall keep the way of the LORD, to do justice and judgment; that the LORD may bring upon Abraham that which he hath spoken of him. -- genesis 18:19 +. +And the LORD said, Because the cry of Sodom and Gomorrah is great, and because their sin is very grievous; -- genesis 18:20 +. +I will go down now, and see whether they have done altogether according to the cry of it, which is come unto me; and if not, I will know. -- genesis 18:21 +. +And the men turned their faces from thence, and went toward Sodom: but Abraham stood yet before the LORD. -- genesis 18:22 +. +And Abraham drew near, and said, Wilt thou also destroy the righteous with the wicked? -- genesis 18:23 +. +Peradventure there be fifty righteous within the city: wilt thou also destroy and not spare the place for the fifty righteous that are therein? -- genesis 18:24 +. +That be far from thee to do after this manner, to slay the righteous with the wicked: and that the righteous should be as the wicked, that be far from thee: Shall not the Judge of all the earth do right? -- genesis 18:25 +. +And the LORD said, If I find in Sodom fifty righteous within the city, then I will spare all the place for their sakes. -- genesis 18:26 +. +And Abraham answered and said, Behold now, I have taken upon me to speak unto the LORD, which am but dust and ashes: -- genesis 18:27 +. +Peradventure there shall lack five of the fifty righteous: wilt thou destroy all the city for lack of five? And he said, If I find there forty and five, I will not destroy it. -- genesis 18:28 +. +And he spake unto him yet again, and said, Peradventure there shall be forty found there. And he said, I will not do it for forty's sake. -- genesis 18:29 +. +And he said unto him, Oh let not the LORD be angry, and I will speak: Peradventure there shall thirty be found there. And he said, I will not do it, if I find thirty there. -- genesis 18:30 +. +And he said, Behold now, I have taken upon me to speak unto the LORD: Peradventure there shall be twenty found there. And he said, I will not destroy it for twenty's sake. -- genesis 18:31 +. +And he said, Oh let not the LORD be angry, and I will speak yet but this once: Peradventure ten shall be found there. And he said, I will not destroy it for ten's sake. -- genesis 18:32 +. +And the LORD went his way, as soon as he had left communing with Abraham: and Abraham returned unto his place. -- genesis 18:33 +. +And there came two angels to Sodom at even; and Lot sat in the gate of Sodom: and Lot seeing them rose up to meet them; and he bowed himself with his face toward the ground; -- genesis 19:1 +. +And he said, Behold now, my lords, turn in, I pray you, into your servant's house, and tarry all night, and wash your feet, and ye shall rise up early, and go on your ways. And they said, Nay; but we will abide in the street all night. -- genesis 19:2 +. +And he pressed upon them greatly; and they turned in unto him, and entered into his house; and he made them a feast, and did bake unleavened bread, and they did eat. -- genesis 19:3 +. +But before they lay down, the men of the city, even the men of Sodom, compassed the house round, both old and young, all the people from every quarter: -- genesis 19:4 +. +And they called unto Lot, and said unto him, Where are the men which came in to thee this night? bring them out unto us, that we may know them. -- genesis 19:5 +. +And Lot went out at the door unto them, and shut the door after him, -- genesis 19:6 +. +And said, I pray you, brethren, do not so wickedly. -- genesis 19:7 +. +Behold now, I have two daughters which have not known man; let me, I pray you, bring them out unto you, and do ye to them as is good in your eyes: only unto these men do nothing; for therefore came they under the shadow of my roof. -- genesis 19:8 +. +And they said, Stand back. And they said again, This one fellow came in to sojourn, and he will needs be a judge: now will we deal worse with thee, than with them. And they pressed sore upon the man, even Lot, and came near to break the door. -- genesis 19:9 +. +But the men put forth their hand, and pulled Lot into the house to them, and shut to the door. -- genesis 19:10 +. +And they smote the men that were at the door of the house with blindness, both small and great: so that they wearied themselves to find the door. -- genesis 19:11 +. +And the men said unto Lot, Hast thou here any besides? son in law, and thy sons, and thy daughters, and whatsoever thou hast in the city, bring them out of this place: -- genesis 19:12 +. +For we will destroy this place, because the cry of them is waxen great before the face of the LORD; and the LORD hath sent us to destroy it. -- genesis 19:13 +. +And Lot went out, and spake unto his sons in law, which married his daughters, and said, Up, get you out of this place; for the LORD will destroy this city. But he seemed as one that mocked unto his sons in law. -- genesis 19:14 +. +And when the morning arose, then the angels hastened Lot, saying, Arise, take thy wife, and thy two daughters, which are here; lest thou be consumed in the iniquity of the city. -- genesis 19:15 +. +And while he lingered, the men laid hold upon his hand, and upon the hand of his wife, and upon the hand of his two daughters; the LORD being merciful unto him: and they brought him forth, and set him without the city. -- genesis 19:16 +. +And it came to pass, when they had brought them forth abroad, that he said, Escape for thy life; look not behind thee, neither stay thou in all the plain; escape to the mountain, lest thou be consumed. -- genesis 19:17 +. +And Lot said unto them, Oh, not so, my LORD: -- genesis 19:18 +. +Behold now, thy servant hath found grace in thy sight, and thou hast magnified thy mercy, which thou hast showed unto me in saving my life; and I cannot escape to the mountain, lest some evil take me, and I die: -- genesis 19:19 +. +Behold now, this city is near to flee unto, and it is a little one: Oh, let me escape thither, (is it not a little one?) and my soul shall live. -- genesis 19:20 +. +And he said unto him, See, I have accepted thee concerning this thing also, that I will not overthrow this city, for the which thou hast spoken. -- genesis 19:21 +. +Haste thee, escape thither; for I cannot do anything till thou be come thither. Therefore the name of the city was called Zoar. -- genesis 19:22 +. +The sun was risen upon the earth when Lot entered into Zoar. -- genesis 19:23 +. +Then the LORD rained upon Sodom and upon Gomorrah brimstone and fire from the LORD out of heaven; -- genesis 19:24 +. +And he overthrew those cities, and all the plain, and all the inhabitants of the cities, and that which grew upon the ground. -- genesis 19:25 +. +But his wife looked back from behind him, and she became a pillar of salt. -- genesis 19:26 +. +And Abraham gat up early in the morning to the place where he stood before the LORD: -- genesis 19:27 +. +And he looked toward Sodom and Gomorrah, and toward all the land of the plain, and beheld, and, lo, the smoke of the country went up as the smoke of a furnace. -- genesis 19:28 +. +And it came to pass, when God destroyed the cities of the plain, that God remembered Abraham, and sent Lot out of the midst of the overthrow, when he overthrew the cities in the which Lot dwelt. -- genesis 19:29 +. +And Lot went up out of Zoar, and dwelt in the mountain, and his two daughters with him; for he feared to dwell in Zoar: and he dwelt in a cave, he and his two daughters. -- genesis 19:30 +. +And the firstborn said unto the younger, Our father is old, and there is not a man in the earth to come in unto us after the manner of all the earth: -- genesis 19:31 +. +Come, let us make our father drink wine, and we will lie with him, that we may preserve seed of our father. -- genesis 19:32 +. +And they made their father drink wine that night: and the firstborn went in, and lay with her father; and he perceived not when she lay down, nor when she arose. -- genesis 19:33 +. +And it came to pass on the morrow, that the firstborn said unto the younger, Behold, I lay yesternight with my father: let us make him drink wine this night also; and go thou in, and lie with him, that we may preserve seed of our father. -- genesis 19:34 +. +And they made their father drink wine that night also: and the younger arose, and lay with him; and he perceived not when she lay down, nor when she arose. -- genesis 19:35 +. +Thus were both the daughters of Lot with child by their father. -- genesis 19:36 +. +And the first born bare a son, and called his name Moab: the same is the father of the Moabites unto this day. -- genesis 19:37 +. +And the younger, she also bare a son, and called his name Benammi: the same is the father of the children of Ammon unto this day. -- genesis 19:38 +. +And Abraham journeyed from thence toward the south country, and dwelled between Kadesh and Shur, and sojourned in Gerar. -- genesis 20:1 +. +And Abraham said of Sarah his wife, She is my sister: and Abimelech king of Gerar sent, and took Sarah. -- genesis 20:2 +. +But God came to Abimelech in a dream by night, and said to him, Behold, thou art but a dead man, for the woman which thou hast taken; for she is a man's wife. -- genesis 20:3 +. +But Abimelech had not come near her: and he said, LORD, wilt thou slay also a righteous nation? -- genesis 20:4 +. +Said he not unto me, She is my sister? and she, even she herself said, He is my brother: in the integrity of my heart and innocency of my hands have I done this. -- genesis 20:5 +. +And God said unto him in a dream, Yea, I know that thou didst this in the integrity of thy heart; for I also withheld thee from sinning against me: therefore suffered I thee not to touch her. -- genesis 20:6 +. +Now therefore restore the man his wife; for he is a prophet, and he shall pray for thee, and thou shalt live: and if thou restore her not, know thou that thou shalt surely die, thou, and all that are thine. -- genesis 20:7 +. +Therefore Abimelech rose early in the morning, and called all his servants, and told all these things in their ears: and the men were sore afraid. -- genesis 20:8 +. +Then Abimelech called Abraham, and said unto him, What hast thou done unto us? and what have I offended thee, that thou hast brought on me and on my kingdom a great sin? thou hast done deeds unto me that ought not to be done. -- genesis 20:9 +. +And Abimelech said unto Abraham, What sawest thou, that thou hast done this thing? -- genesis 20:10 +. +And Abraham said, Because I thought, Surely the fear of God is not in this place; and they will slay me for my wife's sake. -- genesis 20:11 +. +And yet indeed she is my sister; she is the daughter of my father, but not the daughter of my mother; and she became my wife. -- genesis 20:12 +. +And it came to pass, when God caused me to wander from my father's house, that I said unto her, This is thy kindness which thou shalt show unto me; at every place whither we shall come, say of me, He is my brother. -- genesis 20:13 +. +And Abimelech took sheep, and oxen, and menservants, and womenservants, and gave them unto Abraham, and restored him Sarah his wife. -- genesis 20:14 +. +And Abimelech said, Behold, my land is before thee: dwell where it pleaseth thee. -- genesis 20:15 +. +And unto Sarah he said, Behold, I have given thy brother a thousand pieces of silver: behold, he is to thee a covering of the eyes, unto all that are with thee, and with all other: thus she was reproved. -- genesis 20:16 +. +So Abraham prayed unto God: and God healed Abimelech, and his wife, and his maidservants; and they bare children. -- genesis 20:17 +. +For the LORD had fast closed up all the wombs of the house of Abimelech, because of Sarah Abraham's wife. -- genesis 20:18 +. +And the LORD visited Sarah as he had said, and the LORD did unto Sarah as he had spoken. -- genesis 21:1 +. +For Sarah conceived, and bare Abraham a son in his old age, at the set time of which God had spoken to him. -- genesis 21:2 +. +And Abraham called the name of his son that was born unto him, whom Sarah bare to him, Isaac. -- genesis 21:3 +. +And Abraham circumcised his son Isaac being eight days old, as God had commanded him. -- genesis 21:4 +. +And Abraham was an hundred years old, when his son Isaac was born unto him. -- genesis 21:5 +. +And Sarah said, God hath made me to laugh, so that all that hear will laugh with me. -- genesis 21:6 +. +And she said, Who would have said unto Abraham, that Sarah should have given children suck? for I have born him a son in his old age. -- genesis 21:7 +. +And the child grew, and was weaned: and Abraham made a great feast the same day that Isaac was weaned. -- genesis 21:8 +. +And Sarah saw the son of Hagar the Egyptian, which she had born unto Abraham, mocking. -- genesis 21:9 +. +Wherefore she said unto Abraham, Cast out this bondwoman and her son: for the son of this bondwoman shall not be heir with my son, even with Isaac. -- genesis 21:10 +. +And the thing was very grievous in Abraham's sight because of his son. -- genesis 21:11 +. +And God said unto Abraham, Let it not be grievous in thy sight because of the lad, and because of thy bondwoman; in all that Sarah hath said unto thee, hearken unto her voice; for in Isaac shall thy seed be called. -- genesis 21:12 +. +And also of the son of the bondwoman will I make a nation, because he is thy seed. -- genesis 21:13 +. +And Abraham rose up early in the morning, and took bread, and a bottle of water, and gave it unto Hagar, putting it on her shoulder, and the child, and sent her away: and she departed, and wandered in the wilderness of Beersheba. -- genesis 21:14 +. +And the water was spent in the bottle, and she cast the child under one of the shrubs. -- genesis 21:15 +. +And she went, and sat her down over against him a good way off, as it were a bow shot: for she said, Let me not see the death of the child. And she sat over against him, and lift up her voice, and wept. -- genesis 21:16 +. +And God heard the voice of the lad; and the angel of God called to Hagar out of heaven, and said unto her, What aileth thee, Hagar? fear not; for God hath heard the voice of the lad where he is. -- genesis 21:17 +. +Arise, lift up the lad, and hold him in thine hand; for I will make him a great nation. -- genesis 21:18 +. +And God opened her eyes, and she saw a well of water; and she went, and filled the bottle with water, and gave the lad drink. -- genesis 21:19 +. +And God was with the lad; and he grew, and dwelt in the wilderness, and became an archer. -- genesis 21:20 +. +And he dwelt in the wilderness of Paran: and his mother took him a wife out of the land of Egypt. -- genesis 21:21 +. +And it came to pass at that time, that Abimelech and Phichol the chief captain of his host spake unto Abraham, saying, God is with thee in all that thou doest: -- genesis 21:22 +. +Now therefore swear unto me here by God that thou wilt not deal falsely with me, nor with my son, nor with my son's son: but according to the kindness that I have done unto thee, thou shalt do unto me, and to the land wherein thou hast sojourned. -- genesis 21:23 +. +And Abraham said, I will swear. -- genesis 21:24 +. +And Abraham reproved Abimelech because of a well of water, which Abimelech's servants had violently taken away. -- genesis 21:25 +. +And Abimelech said, I wot not who hath done this thing; neither didst thou tell me, neither yet heard I of it, but to day. -- genesis 21:26 +. +And Abraham took sheep and oxen, and gave them unto Abimelech; and both of them made a covenant. -- genesis 21:27 +. +And Abraham set seven ewe lambs of the flock by themselves. -- genesis 21:28 +. +And Abimelech said unto Abraham, What mean these seven ewe lambs which thou hast set by themselves? -- genesis 21:29 +. +And he said, For these seven ewe lambs shalt thou take of my hand, that they may be a witness unto me, that I have digged this well. -- genesis 21:30 +. +Wherefore he called that place Beersheba; because there they sware both of them. -- genesis 21:31 +. +Thus they made a covenant at Beersheba: then Abimelech rose up, and Phichol the chief captain of his host, and they returned into the land of the Philistines. -- genesis 21:32 +. +And Abraham planted a grove in Beersheba, and called there on the name of the LORD, the everlasting God. -- genesis 21:33 +. +And Abraham sojourned in the Philistines' land many days. -- genesis 21:34 +. +And it came to pass after these things, that God did tempt Abraham, and said unto him, Abraham: and he said, Behold, here I am. -- genesis 22:1 +. +And he said, Take now thy son, thine only son Isaac, whom thou lovest, and get thee into the land of Moriah; and offer him there for a burnt offering upon one of the mountains which I will tell thee of. -- genesis 22:2 +. +And Abraham rose up early in the morning, and saddled his ass, and took two of his young men with him, and Isaac his son, and clave the wood for the burnt offering, and rose up, and went unto the place of which God had told him. -- genesis 22:3 +. +Then on the third day Abraham lifted up his eyes, and saw the place afar off. -- genesis 22:4 +. +And Abraham said unto his young men, Abide ye here with the ass; and I and the lad will go yonder and worship, and come again to you. -- genesis 22:5 +. +And Abraham took the wood of the burnt offering, and laid it upon Isaac his son; and he took the fire in his hand, and a knife; and they went both of them together. -- genesis 22:6 +. +And Isaac spake unto Abraham his father, and said, My father: and he said, Here am I, my son. And he said, Behold the fire and the wood: but where is the lamb for a burnt offering? -- genesis 22:7 +. +And Abraham said, My son, God will provide himself a lamb for a burnt offering: so they went both of them together. -- genesis 22:8 +. +And they came to the place which God had told him of; and Abraham built an altar there, and laid the wood in order, and bound Isaac his son, and laid him on the altar upon the wood. -- genesis 22:9 +. +And Abraham stretched forth his hand, and took the knife to slay his son. -- genesis 22:10 +. +And the angel of the LORD called unto him out of heaven, and said, Abraham, Abraham: and he said, Here am I. -- genesis 22:11 +. +And he said, Lay not thine hand upon the lad, neither do thou any thing unto him: for now I know that thou fearest God, seeing thou hast not withheld thy son, thine only son from me. -- genesis 22:12 +. +And Abraham lifted up his eyes, and looked, and behold behind him a ram caught in a thicket by his horns: and Abraham went and took the ram, and offered him up for a burnt offering in the stead of his son. -- genesis 22:13 +. +And Abraham called the name of that place Jehovahjireh: as it is said to this day, In the mount of the LORD it shall be seen. -- genesis 22:14 +. +And the angel of the LORD called unto Abraham out of heaven the second time, -- genesis 22:15 +. +And said, By myself have I sworn, saith the LORD, for because thou hast done this thing, and hast not withheld thy son, thine only son: -- genesis 22:16 +. +That in blessing I will bless thee, and in multiplying I will multiply thy seed as the stars of the heaven, and as the sand which is upon the sea shore; and thy seed shall possess the gate of his enemies; -- genesis 22:17 +. +And in thy seed shall all the nations of the earth be blessed; because thou hast obeyed my voice. -- genesis 22:18 +. +So Abraham returned unto his young men, and they rose up and went together to Beersheba; and Abraham dwelt at Beersheba. -- genesis 22:19 +. +And it came to pass after these things, that it was told Abraham, saying, Behold, Milcah, she hath also born children unto thy brother Nahor; -- genesis 22:20 +. +Huz his firstborn, and Buz his brother, and Kemuel the father of Aram, -- genesis 22:21 +. +And Chesed, and Hazo, and Pildash, and Jidlaph, and Bethuel. -- genesis 22:22 +. +And Bethuel begat Rebekah: these eight Milcah did bear to Nahor, Abraham's brother. -- genesis 22:23 +. +And his concubine, whose name was Reumah, she bare also Tebah, and Gaham, and Thahash, and Maachah. -- genesis 22:24 +. +And Sarah was an hundred and seven and twenty years old: these were the years of the life of Sarah. -- genesis 23:1 +. +And Sarah died in Kirjatharba; the same is Hebron in the land of Canaan: and Abraham came to mourn for Sarah, and to weep for her. -- genesis 23:2 +. +And Abraham stood up from before his dead, and spake unto the sons of Heth, saying, -- genesis 23:3 +. +I am a stranger and a sojourner with you: give me a possession of a buryingplace with you, that I may bury my dead out of my sight. -- genesis 23:4 +. +And the children of Heth answered Abraham, saying unto him, -- genesis 23:5 +. +Hear us, my lord: thou art a mighty prince among us: in the choice of our sepulchres bury thy dead; none of us shall withhold from thee his sepulchre, but that thou mayest bury thy dead. -- genesis 23:6 +. +And Abraham stood up, and bowed himself to the people of the land, even to the children of Heth. -- genesis 23:7 +. +And he communed with them, saying, If it be your mind that I should bury my dead out of my sight; hear me, and entreat for me to Ephron the son of Zohar, -- genesis 23:8 +. +That he may give me the cave of Machpelah, which he hath, which is in the end of his field; for as much money as it is worth he shall give it me for a possession of a buryingplace amongst you. -- genesis 23:9 +. +And Ephron dwelt among the children of Heth: and Ephron the Hittite answered Abraham in the audience of the children of Heth, even of all that went in at the gate of his city, saying, -- genesis 23:10 +. +Nay, my lord, hear me: the field give I thee, and the cave that is therein, I give it thee; in the presence of the sons of my people give I it thee: bury thy dead. -- genesis 23:11 +. +And Abraham bowed down himself before the people of the land. -- genesis 23:12 +. +And he spake unto Ephron in the audience of the people of the land, saying, But if thou wilt give it, I pray thee, hear me: I will give thee money for the field; take it of me, and I will bury my dead there. -- genesis 23:13 +. +And Ephron answered Abraham, saying unto him, -- genesis 23:14 +. +My lord, hearken unto me: the land is worth four hundred shekels of silver; what is that betwixt me and thee? bury therefore thy dead. -- genesis 23:15 +. +And Abraham hearkened unto Ephron; and Abraham weighed to Ephron the silver, which he had named in the audience of the sons of Heth, four hundred shekels of silver, current money with the merchant. -- genesis 23:16 +. +And the field of Ephron which was in Machpelah, which was before Mamre, the field, and the cave which was therein, and all the trees that were in the field, that were in all the borders round about, were made sure -- genesis 23:17 +. +Unto Abraham for a possession in the presence of the children of Heth, before all that went in at the gate of his city. -- genesis 23:18 +. +And after this, Abraham buried Sarah his wife in the cave of the field of Machpelah before Mamre: the same is Hebron in the land of Canaan. -- genesis 23:19 +. +And the field, and the cave that is therein, were made sure unto Abraham for a possession of a buryingplace by the sons of Heth. -- genesis 23:20 +. +And Abraham was old, and well stricken in age: and the LORD had blessed Abraham in all things. -- genesis 24:1 +. +And Abraham said unto his eldest servant of his house, that ruled over all that he had, Put, I pray thee, thy hand under my thigh: -- genesis 24:2 +. +And I will make thee swear by the LORD, the God of heaven, and the God of the earth, that thou shalt not take a wife unto my son of the daughters of the Canaanites, among whom I dwell: -- genesis 24:3 +. +But thou shalt go unto my country, and to my kindred, and take a wife unto my son Isaac. -- genesis 24:4 +. +And the servant said unto him, Peradventure the woman will not be willing to follow me unto this land: must I needs bring thy son again unto the land from whence thou camest? -- genesis 24:5 +. +And Abraham said unto him, Beware thou that thou bring not my son thither again. -- genesis 24:6 +. +The LORD God of heaven, which took me from my father's house, and from the land of my kindred, and which spake unto me, and that sware unto me, saying, Unto thy seed will I give this land; he shall send his angel before thee, and thou shalt take a wife unto my son from thence. -- genesis 24:7 +. +And if the woman will not be willing to follow thee, then thou shalt be clear from this my oath: only bring not my son thither again. -- genesis 24:8 +. +And the servant put his hand under the thigh of Abraham his master, and sware to him concerning that matter. -- genesis 24:9 +. +And the servant took ten camels of the camels of his master, and departed; for all the goods of his master were in his hand: and he arose, and went to Mesopotamia, unto the city of Nahor. -- genesis 24:10 +. +And he made his camels to kneel down without the city by a well of water at the time of the evening, even the time that women go out to draw water. -- genesis 24:11 +. +And he said O LORD God of my master Abraham, I pray thee, send me good speed this day, and show kindness unto my master Abraham. -- genesis 24:12 +. +Behold, I stand here by the well of water; and the daughters of the men of the city come out to draw water: -- genesis 24:13 +. +And let it come to pass, that the damsel to whom I shall say, Let down thy pitcher, I pray thee, that I may drink; and she shall say, Drink, and I will give thy camels drink also: let the same be she that thou hast appointed for thy servant Isaac; and thereby shall I know that thou hast showed kindness unto my master. -- genesis 24:14 +. +And it came to pass, before he had done speaking, that, behold, Rebekah came out, who was born to Bethuel, son of Milcah, the wife of Nahor, Abraham's brother, with her pitcher upon her shoulder. -- genesis 24:15 +. +And the damsel was very fair to look upon, a virgin, neither had any man known her: and she went down to the well, and filled her pitcher, and came up. -- genesis 24:16 +. +And the servant ran to meet her, and said, Let me, I pray thee, drink a little water of thy pitcher. -- genesis 24:17 +. +And she said, Drink, my lord: and she hasted, and let down her pitcher upon her hand, and gave him drink. -- genesis 24:18 +. +And when she had done giving him drink, she said, I will draw water for thy camels also, until they have done drinking. -- genesis 24:19 +. +And she hasted, and emptied her pitcher into the trough, and ran again unto the well to draw water, and drew for all his camels. -- genesis 24:20 +. +And the man wondering at her held his peace, to wit whether the LORD had made his journey prosperous or not. -- genesis 24:21 +. +And it came to pass, as the camels had done drinking, that the man took a golden earring of half a shekel weight, and two bracelets for her hands of ten shekels weight of gold; -- genesis 24:22 +. +And said, Whose daughter art thou? tell me, I pray thee: is there room in thy father's house for us to lodge in? -- genesis 24:23 +. +And she said unto him, I am the daughter of Bethuel the son of Milcah, which she bare unto Nahor. -- genesis 24:24 +. +She said moreover unto him, We have both straw and provender enough, and room to lodge in. -- genesis 24:25 +. +And the man bowed down his head, and worshipped the LORD. -- genesis 24:26 +. +And he said, Blessed be the LORD God of my master Abraham, who hath not left destitute my master of his mercy and his truth: I being in the way, the LORD led me to the house of my master's brethren. -- genesis 24:27 +. +And the damsel ran, and told them of her mother's house these things. -- genesis 24:28 +. +And Rebekah had a brother, and his name was Laban: and Laban ran out unto the man, unto the well. -- genesis 24:29 +. +And it came to pass, when he saw the earring and bracelets upon his sister's hands, and when he heard the words of Rebekah his sister, saying, Thus spake the man unto me; that he came unto the man; and, behold, he stood by the camels at the well. -- genesis 24:30 +. +And he said, Come in, thou blessed of the LORD; wherefore standest thou without? for I have prepared the house, and room for the camels. -- genesis 24:31 +. +And the man came into the house: and he ungirded his camels, and gave straw and provender for the camels, and water to wash his feet, and the men's feet that were with him. -- genesis 24:32 +. +And there was set meat before him to eat: but he said, I will not eat, until I have told mine errand. And he said, Speak on. -- genesis 24:33 +. +And he said, I am Abraham's servant. -- genesis 24:34 +. +And the LORD hath blessed my master greatly; and he is become great: and he hath given him flocks, and herds, and silver, and gold, and menservants, and maidservants, and camels, and asses. -- genesis 24:35 +. +And Sarah my master's wife bare a son to my master when she was old: and unto him hath he given all that he hath. -- genesis 24:36 +. +And my master made me swear, saying, Thou shalt not take a wife to my son of the daughters of the Canaanites, in whose land I dwell: -- genesis 24:37 +. +But thou shalt go unto my father's house, and to my kindred, and take a wife unto my son. -- genesis 24:38 +. +And I said unto my master, Peradventure the woman will not follow me. -- genesis 24:39 +. +And he said unto me, The LORD, before whom I walk, will send his angel with thee, and prosper thy way; and thou shalt take a wife for my son of my kindred, and of my father's house: -- genesis 24:40 +. +Then shalt thou be clear from this my oath, when thou comest to my kindred; and if they give not thee one, thou shalt be clear from my oath. -- genesis 24:41 +. +And I came this day unto the well, and said, O LORD God of my master Abraham, if now thou do prosper my way which I go: -- genesis 24:42 +. +Behold, I stand by the well of water; and it shall come to pass, that when the virgin cometh forth to draw water, and I say to her, Give me, I pray thee, a little water of thy pitcher to drink; -- genesis 24:43 +. +And she say to me, Both drink thou, and I will also draw for thy camels: let the same be the woman whom the LORD hath appointed out for my master's son. -- genesis 24:44 +. +And before I had done speaking in mine heart, behold, Rebekah came forth with her pitcher on her shoulder; and she went down unto the well, and drew water: and I said unto her, Let me drink, I pray thee. -- genesis 24:45 +. +And she made haste, and let down her pitcher from her shoulder, and said, Drink, and I will give thy camels drink also: so I drank, and she made the camels drink also. -- genesis 24:46 +. +And I asked her, and said, Whose daughter art thou? And she said, the daughter of Bethuel, Nahor's son, whom Milcah bare unto him: and I put the earring upon her face, and the bracelets upon her hands. -- genesis 24:47 +. +And I bowed down my head, and worshipped the LORD, and blessed the LORD God of my master Abraham, which had led me in the right way to take my master's brother's daughter unto his son. -- genesis 24:48 +. +And now if ye will deal kindly and truly with my master, tell me: and if not, tell me; that I may turn to the right hand, or to the left. -- genesis 24:49 +. +Then Laban and Bethuel answered and said, The thing proceedeth from the LORD: we cannot speak unto thee bad or good. -- genesis 24:50 +. +Behold, Rebekah is before thee, take her, and go, and let her be thy master's son's wife, as the LORD hath spoken. -- genesis 24:51 +. +And it came to pass, that, when Abraham's servant heard their words, he worshipped the LORD, bowing himself to the earth. -- genesis 24:52 +. +And the servant brought forth jewels of silver, and jewels of gold, and raiment, and gave them to Rebekah: he gave also to her brother and to her mother precious things. -- genesis 24:53 +. +And they did eat and drink, he and the men that were with him, and tarried all night; and they rose up in the morning, and he said, Send me away unto my master. -- genesis 24:54 +. +And her brother and her mother said, Let the damsel abide with us a few days, at the least ten; after that she shall go. -- genesis 24:55 +. +And he said unto them, Hinder me not, seeing the LORD hath prospered my way; send me away that I may go to my master. -- genesis 24:56 +. +And they said, We will call the damsel, and inquire at her mouth. -- genesis 24:57 +. +And they called Rebekah, and said unto her, Wilt thou go with this man? And she said, I will go. -- genesis 24:58 +. +And they sent away Rebekah their sister, and her nurse, and Abraham's servant, and his men. -- genesis 24:59 +. +And they blessed Rebekah, and said unto her, Thou art our sister, be thou the mother of thousands of millions, and let thy seed possess the gate of those which hate them. -- genesis 24:60 +. +And Rebekah arose, and her damsels, and they rode upon the camels, and followed the man: and the servant took Rebekah, and went his way. -- genesis 24:61 +. +And Isaac came from the way of the well Lahairoi; for he dwelt in the south country. -- genesis 24:62 +. +And Isaac went out to meditate in the field at the eventide: and he lifted up his eyes, and saw, and, behold, the camels were coming. -- genesis 24:63 +. +And Rebekah lifted up her eyes, and when she saw Isaac, she lighted off the camel. -- genesis 24:64 +. +For she had said unto the servant, What man is this that walketh in the field to meet us? And the servant had said, It is my master: therefore she took a vail, and covered herself. -- genesis 24:65 +. +And the servant told Isaac all things that he had done. -- genesis 24:66 +. +And Isaac brought her into his mother Sarah's tent, and took Rebekah, and she became his wife; and he loved her: and Isaac was comforted after his mother's death. -- genesis 24:67 +. +Then again Abraham took a wife, and her name was Keturah. -- genesis 25:1 +. +And she bare him Zimran, and Jokshan, and Medan, and Midian, and Ishbak, and Shuah. -- genesis 25:2 +. +And Jokshan begat Sheba, and Dedan. And the sons of Dedan were Asshurim, and Letushim, and Leummim. -- genesis 25:3 +. +And the sons of Midian; Ephah, and Epher, and Hanoch, and Abidah, and Eldaah. All these were the children of Keturah. -- genesis 25:4 +. +And Abraham gave all that he had unto Isaac. -- genesis 25:5 +. +But unto the sons of the concubines, which Abraham had, Abraham gave gifts, and sent them away from Isaac his son, while he yet lived, eastward, unto the east country. -- genesis 25:6 +. +And these are the days of the years of Abraham's life which he lived, an hundred threescore and fifteen years. -- genesis 25:7 +. +Then Abraham gave up the ghost, and died in a good old age, an old man, and full of years; and was gathered to his people. -- genesis 25:8 +. +And his sons Isaac and Ishmael buried him in the cave of Machpelah, in the field of Ephron the son of Zohar the Hittite, which is before Mamre; -- genesis 25:9 +. +The field which Abraham purchased of the sons of Heth: there was Abraham buried, and Sarah his wife. -- genesis 25:10 +. +And it came to pass after the death of Abraham, that God blessed his son Isaac; and Isaac dwelt by the well Lahairoi. -- genesis 25:11 +. +Now these are the generations of Ishmael, Abraham's son, whom Hagar the Egyptian, Sarah's handmaid, bare unto Abraham: -- genesis 25:12 +. +And these are the names of the sons of Ishmael, by their names, according to their generations: the firstborn of Ishmael, Nebajoth; and Kedar, and Adbeel, and Mibsam, -- genesis 25:13 +. +And Mishma, and Dumah, and Massa, -- genesis 25:14 +. +Hadar, and Tema, Jetur, Naphish, and Kedemah: -- genesis 25:15 +. +These are the sons of Ishmael, and these are their names, by their towns, and by their castles; twelve princes according to their nations. -- genesis 25:16 +. +And these are the years of the life of Ishmael, an hundred and thirty and seven years: and he gave up the ghost and died; and was gathered unto his people. -- genesis 25:17 +. +And they dwelt from Havilah unto Shur, that is before Egypt, as thou goest toward Assyria: and he died in the presence of all his brethren. -- genesis 25:18 +. +And these are the generations of Isaac, Abraham's son: Abraham begat Isaac: -- genesis 25:19 +. +And Isaac was forty years old when he took Rebekah to wife, the daughter of Bethuel the Syrian of Padanaram, the sister to Laban the Syrian. -- genesis 25:20 +. +And Isaac entreated the LORD for his wife, because she was barren: and the LORD was entreated of him, and Rebekah his wife conceived. -- genesis 25:21 +. +And the children struggled together within her; and she said, If it be so, why am I thus? And she went to inquire of the LORD. -- genesis 25:22 +. +And the LORD said unto her, Two nations are in thy womb, and two manner of people shall be separated from thy bowels; and the one people shall be stronger than the other people; and the elder shall serve the younger. -- genesis 25:23 +. +And when her days to be delivered were fulfilled, behold, there were twins in her womb. -- genesis 25:24 +. +And the first came out red, all over like an hairy garment; and they called his name Esau. -- genesis 25:25 +. +And after that came his brother out, and his hand took hold on Esau's heel; and his name was called Jacob: and Isaac was threescore years old when she bare them. -- genesis 25:26 +. +And the boys grew: and Esau was a cunning hunter, a man of the field; and Jacob was a plain man, dwelling in tents. -- genesis 25:27 +. +And Isaac loved Esau, because he did eat of his venison: but Rebekah loved Jacob. -- genesis 25:28 +. +And Jacob sod pottage: and Esau came from the field, and he was faint: -- genesis 25:29 +. +And Esau said to Jacob, Feed me, I pray thee, with that same red pottage; for I am faint: therefore was his name called Edom. -- genesis 25:30 +. +And Jacob said, Sell me this day thy birthright. -- genesis 25:31 +. +And Esau said, Behold, I am at the point to die: and what profit shall this birthright do to me? -- genesis 25:32 +. +And Jacob said, Swear to me this day; and he sware unto him: and he sold his birthright unto Jacob. -- genesis 25:33 +. +Then Jacob gave Esau bread and pottage of lentils; and he did eat and drink, and rose up, and went his way: thus Esau despised his birthright. -- genesis 25:34 +. +And there was a famine in the land, beside the first famine that was in the days of Abraham. And Isaac went unto Abimelech king of the Philistines unto Gerar. -- genesis 26:1 +. +And the LORD appeared unto him, and said, Go not down into Egypt; dwell in the land which I shall tell thee of: -- genesis 26:2 +. +Sojourn in this land, and I will be with thee, and will bless thee; for unto thee, and unto thy seed, I will give all these countries, and I will perform the oath which I sware unto Abraham thy father; -- genesis 26:3 +. +And I will make thy seed to multiply as the stars of heaven, and will give unto thy seed all these countries; and in thy seed shall all the nations of the earth be blessed; -- genesis 26:4 +. +Because that Abraham obeyed my voice, and kept my charge, my commandments, my statutes, and my laws. -- genesis 26:5 +. +And Isaac dwelt in Gerar: -- genesis 26:6 +. +And the men of the place asked him of his wife; and he said, She is my sister: for he feared to say, She is my wife; lest, said he, the men of the place should kill me for Rebekah; because she was fair to look upon. -- genesis 26:7 +. +And it came to pass, when he had been there a long time, that Abimelech king of the Philistines looked out at a window, and saw, and, behold, Isaac was sporting with Rebekah his wife. -- genesis 26:8 +. +And Abimelech called Isaac, and said, Behold, of a surety she is thy wife; and how saidst thou, She is my sister? And Isaac said unto him, Because I said, Lest I die for her. -- genesis 26:9 +. +And Abimelech said, What is this thou hast done unto us? one of the people might lightly have lien with thy wife, and thou shouldest have brought guiltiness upon us. -- genesis 26:10 +. +And Abimelech charged all his people, saying, He that toucheth this man or his wife shall surely be put to death. -- genesis 26:11 +. +Then Isaac sowed in that land, and received in the same year an hundredfold: and the LORD blessed him. -- genesis 26:12 +. +And the man waxed great, and went forward, and grew until he became very great: -- genesis 26:13 +. +For he had possession of flocks, and possession of herds, and great store of servants: and the Philistines envied him. -- genesis 26:14 +. +For all the wells which his father's servants had digged in the days of Abraham his father, the Philistines had stopped them, and filled them with earth. -- genesis 26:15 +. +And Abimelech said unto Isaac, Go from us; for thou art much mightier than we. -- genesis 26:16 +. +And Isaac departed thence, and pitched his tent in the valley of Gerar, and dwelt there. -- genesis 26:17 +. +And Isaac digged again the wells of water, which they had digged in the days of Abraham his father; for the Philistines had stopped them after the death of Abraham: and he called their names after the names by which his father had called them. -- genesis 26:18 +. +And Isaac's servants digged in the valley, and found there a well of springing water. -- genesis 26:19 +. +And the herdmen of Gerar did strive with Isaac's herdmen, saying, The water is ours: and he called the name of the well Esek; because they strove with him. -- genesis 26:20 +. +And they digged another well, and strove for that also: and he called the name of it Sitnah. -- genesis 26:21 +. +And he removed from thence, and digged another well; and for that they strove not: and he called the name of it Rehoboth; and he said, For now the LORD hath made room for us, and we shall be fruitful in the land. -- genesis 26:22 +. +And he went up from thence to Beersheba. -- genesis 26:23 +. +And the LORD appeared unto him the same night, and said, I am the God of Abraham thy father: fear not, for I am with thee, and will bless thee, and multiply thy seed for my servant Abraham's sake. -- genesis 26:24 +. +And he builded an altar there, and called upon the name of the LORD, and pitched his tent there: and there Isaac's servants digged a well. -- genesis 26:25 +. +Then Abimelech went to him from Gerar, and Ahuzzath one of his friends, and Phichol the chief captain of his army. -- genesis 26:26 +. +And Isaac said unto them, Wherefore come ye to me, seeing ye hate me, and have sent me away from you? -- genesis 26:27 +. +And they said, We saw certainly that the LORD was with thee: and we said, Let there be now an oath betwixt us, even betwixt us and thee, and let us make a covenant with thee; -- genesis 26:28 +. +That thou wilt do us no hurt, as we have not touched thee, and as we have done unto thee nothing but good, and have sent thee away in peace: thou art now the blessed of the LORD. -- genesis 26:29 +. +And he made them a feast, and they did eat and drink. -- genesis 26:30 +. +And they rose up betimes in the morning, and sware one to another: and Isaac sent them away, and they departed from him in peace. -- genesis 26:31 +. +And it came to pass the same day, that Isaac's servants came, and told him concerning the well which they had digged, and said unto him, We have found water. -- genesis 26:32 +. +And he called it Shebah: therefore the name of the city is Beersheba unto this day. -- genesis 26:33 +. +And Esau was forty years old when he took to wife Judith the daughter of Beeri the Hittite, and Bashemath the daughter of Elon the Hittite: -- genesis 26:34 +. +Which were a grief of mind unto Isaac and to Rebekah. -- genesis 26:35 +. +And it came to pass, that when Isaac was old, and his eyes were dim, so that he could not see, he called Esau his eldest son, and said unto him, My son: and he said unto him, Behold, here am I. -- genesis 27:1 +. +And he said, Behold now, I am old, I know not the day of my death: -- genesis 27:2 +. +Now therefore take, I pray thee, thy weapons, thy quiver and thy bow, and go out to the field, and take me some venison; -- genesis 27:3 +. +And make me savory meat, such as I love, and bring it to me, that I may eat; that my soul may bless thee before I die. -- genesis 27:4 +. +And Rebekah heard when Isaac spake to Esau his son. And Esau went to the field to hunt for venison, and to bring it. -- genesis 27:5 +. +And Rebekah spake unto Jacob her son, saying, Behold, I heard thy father speak unto Esau thy brother, saying, -- genesis 27:6 +. +Bring me venison, and make me savory meat, that I may eat, and bless thee before the LORD before my death. -- genesis 27:7 +. +Now therefore, my son, obey my voice according to that which I command thee. -- genesis 27:8 +. +Go now to the flock, and fetch me from thence two good kids of the goats; and I will make them savory meat for thy father, such as he loveth: -- genesis 27:9 +. +And thou shalt bring it to thy father, that he may eat, and that he may bless thee before his death. -- genesis 27:10 +. +And Jacob said to Rebekah his mother, Behold, Esau my brother is a hairy man, and I am a smooth man: -- genesis 27:11 +. +My father peradventure will feel me, and I shall seem to him as a deceiver; and I shall bring a curse upon me, and not a blessing. -- genesis 27:12 +. +And his mother said unto him, Upon me be thy curse, my son: only obey my voice, and go fetch me them. -- genesis 27:13 +. +And he went, and fetched, and brought them to his mother: and his mother made savory meat, such as his father loved. -- genesis 27:14 +. +And Rebekah took goodly raiment of her eldest son Esau, which were with her in the house, and put them upon Jacob her younger son: -- genesis 27:15 +. +And she put the skins of the kids of the goats upon his hands, and upon the smooth of his neck: -- genesis 27:16 +. +And she gave the savory meat and the bread, which she had prepared, into the hand of her son Jacob. -- genesis 27:17 +. +And he came unto his father, and said, My father: and he said, Here am I; who art thou, my son? -- genesis 27:18 +. +And Jacob said unto his father, I am Esau thy first born; I have done according as thou badest me: arise, I pray thee, sit and eat of my venison, that thy soul may bless me. -- genesis 27:19 +. +And Isaac said unto his son, How is it that thou hast found it so quickly, my son? And he said, Because the LORD thy God brought it to me. -- genesis 27:20 +. +And Isaac said unto Jacob, Come near, I pray thee, that I may feel thee, my son, whether thou be my very son Esau or not. -- genesis 27:21 +. +And Jacob went near unto Isaac his father; and he felt him, and said, The voice is Jacob's voice, but the hands are the hands of Esau. -- genesis 27:22 +. +And he discerned him not, because his hands were hairy, as his brother Esau's hands: so he blessed him. -- genesis 27:23 +. +And he said, Art thou my very son Esau? And he said, I am. -- genesis 27:24 +. +And he said, Bring it near to me, and I will eat of my son's venison, that my soul may bless thee. And he brought it near to him, and he did eat: and he brought him wine and he drank. -- genesis 27:25 +. +And his father Isaac said unto him, Come near now, and kiss me, my son. -- genesis 27:26 +. +And he came near, and kissed him: and he smelled the smell of his raiment, and blessed him, and said, See, the smell of my son is as the smell of a field which the LORD hath blessed: -- genesis 27:27 +. +Therefore God give thee of the dew of heaven, and the fatness of the earth, and plenty of corn and wine: -- genesis 27:28 +. +Let people serve thee, and nations bow down to thee: be lord over thy brethren, and let thy mother's sons bow down to thee: cursed be every one that curseth thee, and blessed be he that blesseth thee. -- genesis 27:29 +. +And it came to pass, as soon as Isaac had made an end of blessing Jacob, and Jacob was yet scarce gone out from the presence of Isaac his father, that Esau his brother came in from his hunting. -- genesis 27:30 +. +And he also had made savory meat, and brought it unto his father, and said unto his father, Let my father arise, and eat of his son's venison, that thy soul may bless me. -- genesis 27:31 +. +And Isaac his father said unto him, Who art thou? And he said, I am thy son, thy firstborn Esau. -- genesis 27:32 +. +And Isaac trembled very exceedingly, and said, Who? where is he that hath taken venison, and brought it me, and I have eaten of all before thou camest, and have blessed him? yea, and he shall be blessed. -- genesis 27:33 +. +And when Esau heard the words of his father, he cried with a great and exceeding bitter cry, and said unto his father, Bless me, even me also, O my father. -- genesis 27:34 +. +And he said, Thy brother came with subtilty, and hath taken away thy blessing. -- genesis 27:35 +. +And he said, Is not he rightly named Jacob? for he hath supplanted me these two times: he took away my birthright; and, behold, now he hath taken away my blessing. And he said, Hast thou not reserved a blessing for me? -- genesis 27:36 +. +And Isaac answered and said unto Esau, Behold, I have made him thy lord, and all his brethren have I given to him for servants; and with corn and wine have I sustained him: and what shall I do now unto thee, my son? -- genesis 27:37 +. +And Esau said unto his father, Hast thou but one blessing, my father? bless me, even me also, O my father. And Esau lifted up his voice, and wept. -- genesis 27:38 +. +And Isaac his father answered and said unto him, Behold, thy dwelling shall be the fatness of the earth, and of the dew of heaven from above; -- genesis 27:39 +. +And by thy sword shalt thou live, and shalt serve thy brother; and it shall come to pass when thou shalt have the dominion, that thou shalt break his yoke from off thy neck. -- genesis 27:40 +. +And Esau hated Jacob because of the blessing wherewith his father blessed him: and Esau said in his heart, The days of mourning for my father are at hand; then will I slay my brother Jacob. -- genesis 27:41 +. +And these words of Esau her elder son were told to Rebekah: and she sent and called Jacob her younger son, and said unto him, Behold, thy brother Esau, as touching thee, doth comfort himself, purposing to kill thee. -- genesis 27:42 +. +Now therefore, my son, obey my voice; arise, flee thou to Laban my brother to Haran; -- genesis 27:43 +. +And tarry with him a few days, until thy brother's fury turn away; -- genesis 27:44 +. +Until thy brother's anger turn away from thee, and he forget that which thou hast done to him: then I will send, and fetch thee from thence: why should I be deprived also of you both in one day? -- genesis 27:45 +. +And Rebekah said to Isaac, I am weary of my life because of the daughters of Heth: if Jacob take a wife of the daughters of Heth, such as these which are of the daughters of the land, what good shall my life do me? -- genesis 27:46 +. +And Isaac called Jacob, and blessed him, and charged him, and said unto him, Thou shalt not take a wife of the daughters of Canaan. -- genesis 28:1 +. +Arise, go to Padanaram, to the house of Bethuel thy mother's father; and take thee a wife from thence of the daughters of Laban thy mother's brother. -- genesis 28:2 +. +And God Almighty bless thee, and make thee fruitful, and multiply thee, that thou mayest be a multitude of people; -- genesis 28:3 +. +And give thee the blessing of Abraham, to thee, and to thy seed with thee; that thou mayest inherit the land wherein thou art a stranger, which God gave unto Abraham. -- genesis 28:4 +. +And Isaac sent away Jacob: and he went to Padanaram unto Laban, son of Bethuel the Syrian, the brother of Rebekah, Jacob's and Esau's mother. -- genesis 28:5 +. +When Esau saw that Isaac had blessed Jacob, and sent him away to Padanaram, to take him a wife from thence; and that as he blessed him he gave him a charge, saying, Thou shalt not take a wife of the daughters of Canaan; -- genesis 28:6 +. +And that Jacob obeyed his father and his mother, and was gone to Padanaram; -- genesis 28:7 +. +And Esau seeing that the daughters of Canaan pleased not Isaac his father; -- genesis 28:8 +. +Then went Esau unto Ishmael, and took unto the wives which he had Mahalath the daughter of Ishmael Abraham's son, the sister of Nebajoth, to be his wife. -- genesis 28:9 +. +And Jacob went out from Beersheba, and went toward Haran. -- genesis 28:10 +. +And he lighted upon a certain place, and tarried there all night, because the sun was set; and he took of the stones of that place, and put them for his pillows, and lay down in that place to sleep. -- genesis 28:11 +. +And he dreamed, and behold a ladder set up on the earth, and the top of it reached to heaven: and behold the angels of God ascending and descending on it. -- genesis 28:12 +. +And, behold, the LORD stood above it, and said, I am the LORD God of Abraham thy father, and the God of Isaac: the land whereon thou liest, to thee will I give it, and to thy seed; -- genesis 28:13 +. +And thy seed shall be as the dust of the earth, and thou shalt spread abroad to the west, and to the east, and to the north, and to the south: and in thee and in thy seed shall all the families of the earth be blessed. -- genesis 28:14 +. +And, behold, I am with thee, and will keep thee in all places whither thou goest, and will bring thee again into this land; for I will not leave thee, until I have done that which I have spoken to thee of. -- genesis 28:15 +. +And Jacob awaked out of his sleep, and he said, Surely the LORD is in this place; and I knew it not. -- genesis 28:16 +. +And he was afraid, and said, How dreadful is this place! this is none other but the house of God, and this is the gate of heaven. -- genesis 28:17 +. +And Jacob rose up early in the morning, and took the stone that he had put for his pillows, and set it up for a pillar, and poured oil upon the top of it. -- genesis 28:18 +. +And he called the name of that place Bethel: but the name of that city was called Luz at the first. -- genesis 28:19 +. +And Jacob vowed a vow, saying, If God will be with me, and will keep me in this way that I go, and will give me bread to eat, and raiment to put on, -- genesis 28:20 +. +So that I come again to my father's house in peace; then shall the LORD be my God: -- genesis 28:21 +. +And this stone, which I have set for a pillar, shall be God's house: and of all that thou shalt give me I will surely give the tenth unto thee. -- genesis 28:22 +. +Then Jacob went on his journey, and came into the land of the people of the east. -- genesis 29:1 +. +And he looked, and behold a well in the field, and, lo, there were three flocks of sheep lying by it; for out of that well they watered the flocks: and a great stone was upon the well's mouth. -- genesis 29:2 +. +And thither were all the flocks gathered: and they rolled the stone from the well's mouth, and watered the sheep, and put the stone again upon the well's mouth in his place. -- genesis 29:3 +. +And Jacob said unto them, My brethren, whence be ye? And they said, Of Haran are we. -- genesis 29:4 +. +And he said unto them, Know ye Laban the son of Nahor? And they said, We know him. -- genesis 29:5 +. +And he said unto them, Is he well? And they said, He is well: and, behold, Rachel his daughter cometh with the sheep. -- genesis 29:6 +. +And he said, Lo, it is yet high day, neither is it time that the cattle should be gathered together: water ye the sheep, and go and feed them. -- genesis 29:7 +. +And they said, We cannot, until all the flocks be gathered together, and till they roll the stone from the well's mouth; then we water the sheep. -- genesis 29:8 +. +And while he yet spake with them, Rachel came with her father's sheep; for she kept them. -- genesis 29:9 +. +And it came to pass, when Jacob saw Rachel the daughter of Laban his mother's brother, and the sheep of Laban his mother's brother, that Jacob went near, and rolled the stone from the well's mouth, and watered the flock of Laban his mother's brother. -- genesis 29:10 +. +And Jacob kissed Rachel, and lifted up his voice, and wept. -- genesis 29:11 +. +And Jacob told Rachel that he was her father's brother, and that he was Rebekah's son: and she ran and told her father. -- genesis 29:12 +. +And it came to pass, when Laban heard the tidings of Jacob his sister's son, that he ran to meet him, and embraced him, and kissed him, and brought him to his house. And he told Laban all these things. -- genesis 29:13 +. +And Laban said to him, Surely thou art my bone and my flesh. And he abode with him the space of a month. -- genesis 29:14 +. +And Laban said unto Jacob, Because thou art my brother, shouldest thou therefore serve me for nought? tell me, what shall thy wages be? -- genesis 29:15 +. +And Laban had two daughters: the name of the elder was Leah, and the name of the younger was Rachel. -- genesis 29:16 +. +Leah was tender eyed; but Rachel was beautiful and well favored. -- genesis 29:17 +. +And Jacob loved Rachel; and said, I will serve thee seven years for Rachel thy younger daughter. -- genesis 29:18 +. +And Laban said, It is better that I give her to thee, than that I should give her to another man: abide with me. -- genesis 29:19 +. +And Jacob served seven years for Rachel; and they seemed unto him but a few days, for the love he had to her. -- genesis 29:20 +. +And Jacob said unto Laban, Give me my wife, for my days are fulfilled, that I may go in unto her. -- genesis 29:21 +. +And Laban gathered together all the men of the place, and made a feast. -- genesis 29:22 +. +And it came to pass in the evening, that he took Leah his daughter, and brought her to him; and he went in unto her. -- genesis 29:23 +. +And Laban gave unto his daughter Leah Zilpah his maid for an handmaid. -- genesis 29:24 +. +And it came to pass, that in the morning, behold, it was Leah: and he said to Laban, What is this thou hast done unto me? did not I serve with thee for Rachel? wherefore then hast thou beguiled me? -- genesis 29:25 +. +And Laban said, It must not be so done in our country, to give the younger before the firstborn. -- genesis 29:26 +. +Fulfil her week, and we will give thee this also for the service which thou shalt serve with me yet seven other years. -- genesis 29:27 +. +And Jacob did so, and fulfilled her week: and he gave him Rachel his daughter to wife also. -- genesis 29:28 +. +And Laban gave to Rachel his daughter Bilhah his handmaid to be her maid. -- genesis 29:29 +. +And he went in also unto Rachel, and he loved also Rachel more than Leah, and served with him yet seven other years. -- genesis 29:30 +. +And when the LORD saw that Leah was hated, he opened her womb: but Rachel was barren. -- genesis 29:31 +. +And Leah conceived, and bare a son, and she called his name Reuben: for she said, Surely the LORD hath looked upon my affliction; now therefore my husband will love me. -- genesis 29:32 +. +And she conceived again, and bare a son; and said, Because the LORD hath heard I was hated, he hath therefore given me this son also: and she called his name Simeon. -- genesis 29:33 +. +And she conceived again, and bare a son; and said, Now this time will my husband be joined unto me, because I have born him three sons: therefore was his name called Levi. -- genesis 29:34 +. +And she conceived again, and bare a son: and she said, Now will I praise the LORD: therefore she called his name Judah; and left bearing. -- genesis 29:35 +. +And when Rachel saw that she bare Jacob no children, Rachel envied her sister; and said unto Jacob, Give me children, or else I die. -- genesis 30:1 +. +And Jacob's anger was kindled against Rachel: and he said, Am I in God's stead, who hath withheld from thee the fruit of the womb? -- genesis 30:2 +. +And she said, Behold my maid Bilhah, go in unto her; and she shall bear upon my knees, that I may also have children by her. -- genesis 30:3 +. +And she gave him Bilhah her handmaid to wife: and Jacob went in unto her. -- genesis 30:4 +. +And Bilhah conceived, and bare Jacob a son. -- genesis 30:5 +. +And Rachel said, God hath judged me, and hath also heard my voice, and hath given me a son: therefore called she his name Dan. -- genesis 30:6 +. +And Bilhah Rachel's maid conceived again, and bare Jacob a second son. -- genesis 30:7 +. +And Rachel said, With great wrestlings have I wrestled with my sister, and I have prevailed: and she called his name Naphtali. -- genesis 30:8 +. +When Leah saw that she had left bearing, she took Zilpah her maid, and gave her Jacob to wife. -- genesis 30:9 +. +And Zilpah Leah's maid bare Jacob a son. -- genesis 30:10 +. +And Leah said, A troop cometh: and she called his name Gad. -- genesis 30:11 +. +And Zilpah Leah's maid bare Jacob a second son. -- genesis 30:12 +. +And Leah said, Happy am I, for the daughters will call me blessed: and she called his name Asher. -- genesis 30:13 +. +And Reuben went in the days of wheat harvest, and found mandrakes in the field, and brought them unto his mother Leah. Then Rachel said to Leah, Give me, I pray thee, of thy son's mandrakes. -- genesis 30:14 +. +And she said unto her, Is it a small matter that thou hast taken my husband? and wouldest thou take away my son's mandrakes also? And Rachel said, Therefore he shall lie with thee to night for thy son's mandrakes. -- genesis 30:15 +. +And Jacob came out of the field in the evening, and Leah went out to meet him, and said, Thou must come in unto me; for surely I have hired thee with my son's mandrakes. And he lay with her that night. -- genesis 30:16 +. +And God hearkened unto Leah, and she conceived, and bare Jacob the fifth son. -- genesis 30:17 +. +And Leah said, God hath given me my hire, because I have given my maiden to my husband: and she called his name Issachar. -- genesis 30:18 +. +And Leah conceived again, and bare Jacob the sixth son. -- genesis 30:19 +. +And Leah said, God hath endued me with a good dowry; now will my husband dwell with me, because I have born him six sons: and she called his name Zebulun. -- genesis 30:20 +. +And afterwards she bare a daughter, and called her name Dinah. -- genesis 30:21 +. +And God remembered Rachel, and God hearkened to her, and opened her womb. -- genesis 30:22 +. +And she conceived, and bare a son; and said, God hath taken away my reproach: -- genesis 30:23 +. +And she called his name Joseph; and said, The LORD shall add to me another son. -- genesis 30:24 +. +And it came to pass, when Rachel had born Joseph, that Jacob said unto Laban, Send me away, that I may go unto mine own place, and to my country. -- genesis 30:25 +. +Give me my wives and my children, for whom I have served thee, and let me go: for thou knowest my service which I have done thee. -- genesis 30:26 +. +And Laban said unto him, I pray thee, if I have found favor in thine eyes, tarry: for I have learned by experience that the LORD hath blessed me for thy sake. -- genesis 30:27 +. +And he said, Appoint me thy wages, and I will give it. -- genesis 30:28 +. +And he said unto him, Thou knowest how I have served thee, and how thy cattle was with me. -- genesis 30:29 +. +For it was little which thou hadst before I came, and it is now increased unto a multitude; and the LORD hath blessed thee since my coming: and now when shall I provide for mine own house also? -- genesis 30:30 +. +And he said, What shall I give thee? And Jacob said, Thou shalt not give me any thing: if thou wilt do this thing for me, I will again feed and keep thy flock. -- genesis 30:31 +. +I will pass through all thy flock to day, removing from thence all the speckled and spotted cattle, and all the brown cattle among the sheep, and the spotted and speckled among the goats: and of such shall be my hire. -- genesis 30:32 +. +So shall my righteousness answer for me in time to come, when it shall come for my hire before thy face: every one that is not speckled and spotted among the goats, and brown among the sheep, that shall be counted stolen with me. -- genesis 30:33 +. +And Laban said, Behold, I would it might be according to thy word. -- genesis 30:34 +. +And he removed that day the he goats that were ring-streaked and spotted, and all the she goats that were speckled and spotted, and every one that had some white in it, and all the brown among the sheep, and gave them into the hand of his sons. -- genesis 30:35 +. +And he set three days' journey betwixt himself and Jacob: and Jacob fed the rest of Laban's flocks. -- genesis 30:36 +. +And Jacob took him rods of green poplar, and of the hazel and chestnut tree; and pilled white streaks in them, and made the white appear which was in the rods. -- genesis 30:37 +. +And he set the rods which he had pilled before the flocks in the gutters in the watering troughs when the flocks came to drink, that they should conceive when they came to drink. -- genesis 30:38 +. +And the flocks conceived before the rods, and brought forth cattle ring-streaked, speckled, and spotted. -- genesis 30:39 +. +And Jacob did separate the lambs, and set the faces of the flocks toward the ring-streaked, and all the brown in the flock of Laban; and he put his own flocks by themselves, and put them not unto Laban's cattle. -- genesis 30:40 +. +And it came to pass, whensoever the stronger cattle did conceive, that Jacob laid the rods before the eyes of the cattle in the gutters, that they might conceive among the rods. -- genesis 30:41 +. +But when the cattle were feeble, he put them not in: so the feebler were Laban's, and the stronger Jacob's. -- genesis 30:42 +. +And the man increased exceedingly, and had much cattle, and maidservants, and menservants, and camels, and asses. -- genesis 30:43 +. +And he heard the words of Laban's sons, saying, Jacob hath taken away all that was our father's; and of that which was our father's hath he gotten all this glory. -- genesis 31:1 +. +And Jacob beheld the countenance of Laban, and, behold, it was not toward him as before. -- genesis 31:2 +. +And the LORD said unto Jacob, Return unto the land of thy fathers, and to thy kindred; and I will be with thee. -- genesis 31:3 +. +And Jacob sent and called Rachel and Leah to the field unto his flock, -- genesis 31:4 +. +And said unto them, I see your father's countenance, that it is not toward me as before; but the God of my father hath been with me. -- genesis 31:5 +. +And ye know that with all my power I have served your father. -- genesis 31:6 +. +And your father hath deceived me, and changed my wages ten times; but God suffered him not to hurt me. -- genesis 31:7 +. +If he said thus, The speckled shall be thy wages; then all the cattle bare speckled: and if he said thus, The ring-streaked shall be thy hire; then bare all the cattle ring-streaked. -- genesis 31:8 +. +Thus God hath taken away the cattle of your father, and given them to me. -- genesis 31:9 +. +And it came to pass at the time that the cattle conceived, that I lifted up mine eyes, and saw in a dream, and, behold, the rams which leaped upon the cattle were ring-streaked, speckled, and grizzled. -- genesis 31:10 +. +And the angel of God spake unto me in a dream, saying, Jacob: And I said, Here am I. -- genesis 31:11 +. +And he said, Lift up now thine eyes, and see, all the rams which leap upon the cattle are ring-streaked, speckled, and grizzled: for I have seen all that Laban doeth unto thee. -- genesis 31:12 +. +I am the God of Bethel, where thou anointedst the pillar, and where thou vowedst a vow unto me: now arise, get thee out from this land, and return unto the land of thy kindred. -- genesis 31:13 +. +And Rachel and Leah answered and said unto him, Is there yet any portion or inheritance for us in our father's house? -- genesis 31:14 +. +Are we not counted of him strangers? for he hath sold us, and hath quite devoured also our money. -- genesis 31:15 +. +For all the riches which God hath taken from our father, that is ours, and our children's: now then, whatsoever God hath said unto thee, do. -- genesis 31:16 +. +Then Jacob rose up, and set his sons and his wives upon camels; -- genesis 31:17 +. +And he carried away all his cattle, and all his goods which he had gotten, the cattle of his getting, which he had gotten in Padanaram, for to go to Isaac his father in the land of Canaan. -- genesis 31:18 +. +And Laban went to shear his sheep: and Rachel had stolen the images that were her father's. -- genesis 31:19 +. +And Jacob stole away unawares to Laban the Syrian, in that he told him not that he fled. -- genesis 31:20 +. +So he fled with all that he had; and he rose up, and passed over the river, and set his face toward the mount Gilead. -- genesis 31:21 +. +And it was told Laban on the third day that Jacob was fled. -- genesis 31:22 +. +And he took his brethren with him, and pursued after him seven days' journey; and they overtook him in the mount Gilead. -- genesis 31:23 +. +And God came to Laban the Syrian in a dream by night, and said unto him, Take heed that thou speak not to Jacob either good or bad. -- genesis 31:24 +. +Then Laban overtook Jacob. Now Jacob had pitched his tent in the mount: and Laban with his brethren pitched in the mount of Gilead. -- genesis 31:25 +. +And Laban said to Jacob, What hast thou done, that thou hast stolen away unawares to me, and carried away my daughters, as captives taken with the sword? -- genesis 31:26 +. +Wherefore didst thou flee away secretly, and steal away from me; and didst not tell me, that I might have sent thee away with mirth, and with songs, with tabret, and with harp? -- genesis 31:27 +. +And hast not suffered me to kiss my sons and my daughters? thou hast now done foolishly in so doing. -- genesis 31:28 +. +It is in the power of my hand to do you hurt: but the God of your father spake unto me yesternight, saying, Take thou heed that thou speak not to Jacob either good or bad. -- genesis 31:29 +. +And now, though thou wouldest needs be gone, because thou sore longedst after thy father's house, yet wherefore hast thou stolen my gods? -- genesis 31:30 +. +And Jacob answered and said to Laban, Because I was afraid: for I said, Peradventure thou wouldest take by force thy daughters from me. -- genesis 31:31 +. +With whomsoever thou findest thy gods, let him not live: before our brethren discern thou what is thine with me, and take it to thee. For Jacob knew not that Rachel had stolen them. -- genesis 31:32 +. +And Laban went into Jacob's tent, and into Leah's tent, and into the two maidservants' tents; but he found them not. Then went he out of Leah's tent, and entered into Rachel's tent. -- genesis 31:33 +. +Now Rachel had taken the images, and put them in the camel's furniture, and sat upon them. And Laban searched all the tent, but found them not. -- genesis 31:34 +. +And she said to her father, Let it not displease my lord that I cannot rise up before thee; for the custom of women is upon me. And he searched but found not the images. -- genesis 31:35 +. +And Jacob was wroth, and chode with Laban: and Jacob answered and said to Laban, What is my trespass? what is my sin, that thou hast so hotly pursued after me? -- genesis 31:36 +. +Whereas thou hast searched all my stuff, what hast thou found of all thy household stuff? set it here before my brethren and thy brethren, that they may judge betwixt us both. -- genesis 31:37 +. +This twenty years have I been with thee; thy ewes and thy she goats have not cast their young, and the rams of thy flock have I not eaten. -- genesis 31:38 +. +That which was torn of beasts I brought not unto thee; I bare the loss of it; of my hand didst thou require it, whether stolen by day, or stolen by night. -- genesis 31:39 +. +Thus I was; in the day the drought consumed me, and the frost by night; and my sleep departed from mine eyes. -- genesis 31:40 +. +Thus have I been twenty years in thy house; I served thee fourteen years for thy two daughters, and six years for thy cattle: and thou hast changed my wages ten times. -- genesis 31:41 +. +Except the God of my father, the God of Abraham, and the fear of Isaac, had been with me, surely thou hadst sent me away now empty. God hath seen mine affliction and the labor of my hands, and rebuked thee yesternight. -- genesis 31:42 +. +And Laban answered and said unto Jacob, These daughters are my daughters, and these children are my children, and these cattle are my cattle, and all that thou seest is mine: and what can I do this day unto these my daughters, or unto their children which they have born? -- genesis 31:43 +. +Now therefore come thou, let us make a covenant, I and thou; and let it be for a witness between me and thee. -- genesis 31:44 +. +And Jacob took a stone, and set it up for a pillar. -- genesis 31:45 +. +And Jacob said unto his brethren, Gather stones; and they took stones, and made an heap: and they did eat there upon the heap. -- genesis 31:46 +. +And Laban called it Jegarsahadutha: but Jacob called it Galeed. -- genesis 31:47 +. +And Laban said, This heap is a witness between me and thee this day. Therefore was the name of it called Galeed; -- genesis 31:48 +. +And Mizpah; for he said, The LORD watch between me and thee, when we are absent one from another. -- genesis 31:49 +. +If thou shalt afflict my daughters, or if thou shalt take other wives beside my daughters, no man is with us; see, God is witness betwixt me and thee. -- genesis 31:50 +. +And Laban said to Jacob, Behold this heap, and behold this pillar, which I have cast betwixt me and thee: -- genesis 31:51 +. +This heap be witness, and this pillar be witness, that I will not pass over this heap to thee, and that thou shalt not pass over this heap and this pillar unto me, for harm. -- genesis 31:52 +. +The God of Abraham, and the God of Nahor, the God of their father, judge betwixt us. And Jacob sware by the fear of his father Isaac. -- genesis 31:53 +. +Then Jacob offered sacrifice upon the mount, and called his brethren to eat bread: and they did eat bread, and tarried all night in the mount. -- genesis 31:54 +. +And early in the morning Laban rose up, and kissed his sons and his daughters, and blessed them: and Laban departed, and returned unto his place. -- genesis 31:55 +. +And Jacob went on his way, and the angels of God met him. -- genesis 32:1 +. +And when Jacob saw them, he said, This is God's host: and he called the name of that place Mahanaim. -- genesis 32:2 +. +And Jacob sent messengers before him to Esau his brother unto the land of Seir, the country of Edom. -- genesis 32:3 +. +And he commanded them, saying, Thus shall ye speak unto my lord Esau; Thy servant Jacob saith thus, I have sojourned with Laban, and stayed there until now: -- genesis 32:4 +. +And I have oxen, and asses, flocks, and menservants, and womenservants: and I have sent to tell my lord, that I may find grace in thy sight. -- genesis 32:5 +. +And the messengers returned to Jacob, saying, We came to thy brother Esau, and also he cometh to meet thee, and four hundred men with him. -- genesis 32:6 +. +Then Jacob was greatly afraid and distressed: and he divided the people that was with him, and the flocks, and herds, and the camels, into two bands; -- genesis 32:7 +. +And said, If Esau come to the one company, and smite it, then the other company which is left shall escape. -- genesis 32:8 +. +And Jacob said, O God of my father Abraham, and God of my father Isaac, the LORD which saidst unto me, Return unto thy country, and to thy kindred, and I will deal well with thee: -- genesis 32:9 +. +I am not worthy of the least of all the mercies, and of all the truth, which thou hast showed unto thy servant; for with my staff I passed over this Jordan; and now I am become two bands. -- genesis 32:10 +. +Deliver me, I pray thee, from the hand of my brother, from the hand of Esau: for I fear him, lest he will come and smite me, and the mother with the children. -- genesis 32:11 +. +And thou saidst, I will surely do thee good, and make thy seed as the sand of the sea, which cannot be numbered for multitude. -- genesis 32:12 +. +And he lodged there that same night; and took of that which came to his hand a present for Esau his brother; -- genesis 32:13 +. +Two hundred she goats, and twenty he goats, two hundred ewes, and twenty rams, -- genesis 32:14 +. +Thirty milch camels with their colts, forty kine, and ten bulls, twenty she asses, and ten foals. -- genesis 32:15 +. +And he delivered them into the hand of his servants, every drove by themselves; and said unto his servants, Pass over before me, and put a space betwixt drove and drove. -- genesis 32:16 +. +And he commanded the foremost, saying, When Esau my brother meeteth thee, and asketh thee, saying, Whose art thou? and whither goest thou? and whose are these before thee? -- genesis 32:17 +. +Then thou shalt say, They be thy servant Jacob's; it is a present sent unto my lord Esau: and, behold, also he is behind us. -- genesis 32:18 +. +And so commanded he the second, and the third, and all that followed the droves, saying, On this manner shall ye speak unto Esau, when ye find him. -- genesis 32:19 +. +And say ye moreover, Behold, thy servant Jacob is behind us. For he said, I will appease him with the present that goeth before me, and afterward I will see his face; peradventure he will accept of me. -- genesis 32:20 +. +So went the present over before him: and himself lodged that night in the company. -- genesis 32:21 +. +And he rose up that night, and took his two wives, and his two womenservants, and his eleven sons, and passed over the ford Jabbok. -- genesis 32:22 +. +And he took them, and sent them over the brook, and sent over that he had. -- genesis 32:23 +. +And Jacob was left alone; and there wrestled a man with him until the breaking of the day. -- genesis 32:24 +. +And when he saw that he prevailed not against him, he touched the hollow of his thigh; and the hollow of Jacob's thigh was out of joint, as he wrestled with him. -- genesis 32:25 +. +And he said, Let me go, for the day breaketh. And he said, I will not let thee go, except thou bless me. -- genesis 32:26 +. +And he said unto him, What is thy name? And he said, Jacob. -- genesis 32:27 +. +And he said, Thy name shall be called no more Jacob, but Israel: for as a prince hast thou power with God and with men, and hast prevailed. -- genesis 32:28 +. +And Jacob asked him, and said, Tell me, I pray thee, thy name. And he said, Wherefore is it that thou dost ask after my name? And he blessed him there. -- genesis 32:29 +. +And Jacob called the name of the place Peniel: for I have seen God face to face, and my life is preserved. -- genesis 32:30 +. +And as he passed over Penuel the sun rose upon him, and he halted upon his thigh. -- genesis 32:31 +. +Therefore the children of Israel eat not of the sinew which shrank, which is upon the hollow of the thigh, unto this day: because he touched the hollow of Jacob's thigh in the sinew that shrank. -- genesis 32:32 +. +And Jacob lifted up his eyes, and looked, and, behold, Esau came, and with him four hundred men. And he divided the children unto Leah, and unto Rachel, and unto the two handmaids. -- genesis 33:1 +. +And he put the handmaids and their children foremost, and Leah and her children after, and Rachel and Joseph hindermost. -- genesis 33:2 +. +And he passed over before them, and bowed himself to the ground seven times, until he came near to his brother. -- genesis 33:3 +. +And Esau ran to meet him, and embraced him, and fell on his neck, and kissed him: and they wept. -- genesis 33:4 +. +And he lifted up his eyes, and saw the women and the children; and said, Who are those with thee? And he said, The children which God hath graciously given thy servant. -- genesis 33:5 +. +Then the handmaidens came near, they and their children, and they bowed themselves. -- genesis 33:6 +. +And Leah also with her children came near, and bowed themselves: and after came Joseph near and Rachel, and they bowed themselves. -- genesis 33:7 +. +And he said, What meanest thou by all this drove which I met? And he said, These are to find grace in the sight of my lord. -- genesis 33:8 +. +And Esau said, I have enough, my brother; keep that thou hast unto thyself. -- genesis 33:9 +. +And Jacob said, Nay, I pray thee, if now I have found grace in thy sight, then receive my present at my hand: for therefore I have seen thy face, as though I had seen the face of God, and thou wast pleased with me. -- genesis 33:10 +. +Take, I pray thee, my blessing that is brought to thee; because God hath dealt graciously with me, and because I have enough. And he urged him, and he took it. -- genesis 33:11 +. +And he said, Let us take our journey, and let us go, and I will go before thee. -- genesis 33:12 +. +And he said unto him, My lord knoweth that the children are tender, and the flocks and herds with young are with me: and if men should overdrive them one day, all the flock will die. -- genesis 33:13 +. +Let my lord, I pray thee, pass over before his servant: and I will lead on softly, according as the cattle that goeth before me and the children be able to endure, until I come unto my lord unto Seir. -- genesis 33:14 +. +And Esau said, Let me now leave with thee some of the folk that are with me. And he said, What needeth it? let me find grace in the sight of my lord. -- genesis 33:15 +. +So Esau returned that day on his way unto Seir. -- genesis 33:16 +. +And Jacob journeyed to Succoth, and built him an house, and made booths for his cattle: therefore the name of the place is called Succoth. -- genesis 33:17 +. +And Jacob came to Shalem, a city of Shechem, which is in the land of Canaan, when he came from Padanaram; and pitched his tent before the city. -- genesis 33:18 +. +And he bought a parcel of a field, where he had spread his tent, at the hand of the children of Hamor, Shechem's father, for an hundred pieces of money. -- genesis 33:19 +. +And he erected there an altar, and called it EleloheIsrael. -- genesis 33:20 +. +And Dinah the daughter of Leah, which she bare unto Jacob, went out to see the daughters of the land. -- genesis 34:1 +. +And when Shechem the son of Hamor the Hivite, prince of the country, saw her, he took her, and lay with her, and defiled her. -- genesis 34:2 +. +And his soul clave unto Dinah the daughter of Jacob, and he loved the damsel, and spake kindly unto the damsel. -- genesis 34:3 +. +And Shechem spake unto his father Hamor, saying, Get me this damsel to wife. -- genesis 34:4 +. +And Jacob heard that he had defiled Dinah his daughter: now his sons were with his cattle in the field: and Jacob held his peace until they were come. -- genesis 34:5 +. +And Hamor the father of Shechem went out unto Jacob to commune with him. -- genesis 34:6 +. +And the sons of Jacob came out of the field when they heard it: and the men were grieved, and they were very wroth, because he had wrought folly in Israel in lying with Jacob's daughter: which thing ought not to be done. -- genesis 34:7 +. +And Hamor communed with them, saying, The soul of my son Shechem longeth for your daughter: I pray you give her him to wife. -- genesis 34:8 +. +And make ye marriages with us, and give your daughters unto us, and take our daughters unto you. -- genesis 34:9 +. +And ye shall dwell with us: and the land shall be before you; dwell and trade ye therein, and get you possessions therein. -- genesis 34:10 +. +And Shechem said unto her father and unto her brethren, Let me find grace in your eyes, and what ye shall say unto me I will give. -- genesis 34:11 +. +Ask me never so much dowry and gift, and I will give according as ye shall say unto me: but give me the damsel to wife. -- genesis 34:12 +. +And the sons of Jacob answered Shechem and Hamor his father deceitfully, and said, because he had defiled Dinah their sister: -- genesis 34:13 +. +And they said unto them, We cannot do this thing, to give our sister to one that is uncircumcised; for that were a reproach unto us: -- genesis 34:14 +. +But in this will we consent unto you: If ye will be as we be, that every male of you be circumcised; -- genesis 34:15 +. +Then will we give our daughters unto you, and we will take your daughters to us, and we will dwell with you, and we will become one people. -- genesis 34:16 +. +But if ye will not hearken unto us, to be circumcised; then will we take our daughter, and we will be gone. -- genesis 34:17 +. +And their words pleased Hamor, and Shechem Hamor's son. -- genesis 34:18 +. +And the young man deferred not to do the thing, because he had delight in Jacob's daughter: and he was more honorable than all the house of his father. -- genesis 34:19 +. +And Hamor and Shechem his son came unto the gate of their city, and communed with the men of their city, saying, -- genesis 34:20 +. +These men are peaceable with us; therefore let them dwell in the land, and trade therein; for the land, behold, it is large enough for them; let us take their daughters to us for wives, and let us give them our daughters. -- genesis 34:21 +. +Only herein will the men consent unto us for to dwell with us, to be one people, if every male among us be circumcised, as they are circumcised. -- genesis 34:22 +. +Shall not their cattle and their substance and every beast of theirs be ours? only let us consent unto them, and they will dwell with us. -- genesis 34:23 +. +And unto Hamor and unto Shechem his son hearkened all that went out of the gate of his city; and every male was circumcised, all that went out of the gate of his city. -- genesis 34:24 +. +And it came to pass on the third day, when they were sore, that two of the sons of Jacob, Simeon and Levi, Dinah's brethren, took each man his sword, and came upon the city boldly, and slew all the males. -- genesis 34:25 +. +And they slew Hamor and Shechem his son with the edge of the sword, and took Dinah out of Shechem's house, and went out. -- genesis 34:26 +. +The sons of Jacob came upon the slain, and spoiled the city, because they had defiled their sister. -- genesis 34:27 +. +They took their sheep, and their oxen, and their asses, and that which was in the city, and that which was in the field, -- genesis 34:28 +. +And all their wealth, and all their little ones, and their wives took they captive, and spoiled even all that was in the house. -- genesis 34:29 +. +And Jacob said to Simeon and Levi, Ye have troubled me to make me to stink among the inhabitants of the land, among the Canaanites and the Perizzites: and I being few in number, they shall gather themselves together against me, and slay me; and I shall be destroyed, I and my house. -- genesis 34:30 +. +And they said, Should he deal with our sister as with an harlot? -- genesis 34:31 +. +And God said unto Jacob, Arise, go up to Bethel, and dwell there: and make there an altar unto God, that appeared unto thee when thou fleddest from the face of Esau thy brother. -- genesis 35:1 +. +Then Jacob said unto his household, and to all that were with him, Put away the strange gods that are among you, and be clean, and change your garments: -- genesis 35:2 +. +And let us arise, and go up to Bethel; and I will make there an altar unto God, who answered me in the day of my distress, and was with me in the way which I went. -- genesis 35:3 +. +And they gave unto Jacob all the strange gods which were in their hand, and all their earrings which were in their ears; and Jacob hid them under the oak which was by Shechem. -- genesis 35:4 +. +And they journeyed: and the terror of God was upon the cities that were round about them, and they did not pursue after the sons of Jacob. -- genesis 35:5 +. +So Jacob came to Luz, which is in the land of Canaan, that is, Bethel, he and all the people that were with him. -- genesis 35:6 +. +And he built there an altar, and called the place Elbethel: because there God appeared unto him, when he fled from the face of his brother. -- genesis 35:7 +. +But Deborah Rebekah's nurse died, and she was buried beneath Bethel under an oak: and the name of it was called Allonbachuth. -- genesis 35:8 +. +And God appeared unto Jacob again, when he came out of Padanaram, and blessed him. -- genesis 35:9 +. +And God said unto him, Thy name is Jacob: thy name shall not be called any more Jacob, but Israel shall be thy name: and he called his name Israel. -- genesis 35:10 +. +And God said unto him, I am God Almighty: be fruitful and multiply; a nation and a company of nations shall be of thee, and kings shall come out of thy loins; -- genesis 35:11 +. +And the land which I gave Abraham and Isaac, to thee I will give it, and to thy seed after thee will I give the land. -- genesis 35:12 +. +And God went up from him in the place where he talked with him. -- genesis 35:13 +. +And Jacob set up a pillar in the place where he talked with him, even a pillar of stone: and he poured a drink offering thereon, and he poured oil thereon. -- genesis 35:14 +. +And Jacob called the name of the place where God spake with him, Bethel. -- genesis 35:15 +. +And they journeyed from Bethel; and there was but a little way to come to Ephrath: and Rachel travailed, and she had hard labor. -- genesis 35:16 +. +And it came to pass, when she was in hard labor, that the midwife said unto her, Fear not; thou shalt have this son also. -- genesis 35:17 +. +And it came to pass, as her soul was in departing, (for she died) that she called his name Benoni: but his father called him Benjamin. -- genesis 35:18 +. +And Rachel died, and was buried in the way to Ephrath, which is Bethlehem. -- genesis 35:19 +. +And Jacob set a pillar upon her grave: that is the pillar of Rachel's grave unto this day. -- genesis 35:20 +. +And Israel journeyed, and spread his tent beyond the tower of Edar. -- genesis 35:21 +. +And it came to pass, when Israel dwelt in that land, that Reuben went and lay with Bilhah his father's concubine: and Israel heard it. Now the sons of Jacob were twelve: -- genesis 35:22 +. +The sons of Leah; Reuben, Jacob's firstborn, and Simeon, and Levi, and Judah, and Issachar, and Zebulun: -- genesis 35:23 +. +The sons of Rachel; Joseph, and Benjamin: -- genesis 35:24 +. +And the sons of Bilhah, Rachel's handmaid; Dan, and Naphtali: -- genesis 35:25 +. +And the sons of Zilpah, Leah's handmaid: Gad, and Asher: these are the sons of Jacob, which were born to him in Padanaram. -- genesis 35:26 +. +And Jacob came unto Isaac his father unto Mamre, unto the city of Arba, which is Hebron, where Abraham and Isaac sojourned. -- genesis 35:27 +. +And the days of Isaac were an hundred and fourscore years. -- genesis 35:28 +. +And Isaac gave up the ghost, and died, and was gathered unto his people, being old and full of days: and his sons Esau and Jacob buried him. -- genesis 35:29 +. +Now these are the generations of Esau, who is Edom. -- genesis 36:1 +. +Esau took his wives of the daughters of Canaan; Adah the daughter of Elon the Hittite, and Aholibamah the daughter of Anah the daughter of Zibeon the Hivite; -- genesis 36:2 +. +And Bashemath Ishmael's daughter, sister of Nebajoth. -- genesis 36:3 +. +And Adah bare to Esau Eliphaz; and Bashemath bare Reuel; -- genesis 36:4 +. +And Aholibamah bare Jeush, and Jaalam, and Korah: these are the sons of Esau, which were born unto him in the land of Canaan. -- genesis 36:5 +. +And Esau took his wives, and his sons, and his daughters, and all the persons of his house, and his cattle, and all his beasts, and all his substance, which he had got in the land of Canaan; and went into the country from the face of his brother Jacob. -- genesis 36:6 +. +For their riches were more than that they might dwell together; and the land wherein they were strangers could not bear them because of their cattle. -- genesis 36:7 +. +Thus dwelt Esau in mount Seir: Esau is Edom. -- genesis 36:8 +. +And these are the generations of Esau the father of the Edomites in mount Seir: -- genesis 36:9 +. +These are the names of Esau's sons; Eliphaz the son of Adah the wife of Esau, Reuel the son of Bashemath the wife of Esau. -- genesis 36:10 +. +And the sons of Eliphaz were Teman, Omar, Zepho, and Gatam, and Kenaz. -- genesis 36:11 +. +And Timna was concubine to Eliphaz Esau's son; and she bare to Eliphaz Amalek: these were the sons of Adah Esau's wife. -- genesis 36:12 +. +And these are the sons of Reuel; Nahath, and Zerah, Shammah, and Mizzah: these were the sons of Bashemath Esau's wife. -- genesis 36:13 +. +And these were the sons of Aholibamah, the daughter of Anah the daughter of Zibeon, Esau's wife: and she bare to Esau Jeush, and Jaalam, and Korah. -- genesis 36:14 +. +These were dukes of the sons of Esau: the sons of Eliphaz the firstborn son of Esau; duke Teman, duke Omar, duke Zepho, duke Kenaz, -- genesis 36:15 +. +Duke Korah, duke Gatam, and duke Amalek: these are the dukes that came of Eliphaz in the land of Edom; these were the sons of Adah. -- genesis 36:16 +. +And these are the sons of Reuel Esau's son; duke Nahath, duke Zerah, duke Shammah, duke Mizzah: these are the dukes that came of Reuel in the land of Edom; these are the sons of Bashemath Esau's wife. -- genesis 36:17 +. +And these are the sons of Aholibamah Esau's wife; duke Jeush, duke Jaalam, duke Korah: these were the dukes that came of Aholibamah the daughter of Anah, Esau's wife. -- genesis 36:18 +. +These are the sons of Esau, who is Edom, and these are their dukes. -- genesis 36:19 +. +These are the sons of Seir the Horite, who inhabited the land; Lotan, and Shobal, and Zibeon, and Anah, -- genesis 36:20 +. +And Dishon, and Ezer, and Dishan: these are the dukes of the Horites, the children of Seir in the land of Edom. -- genesis 36:21 +. +And the children of Lotan were Hori and Hemam; and Lotan's sister was Timna. -- genesis 36:22 +. +And the children of Shobal were these; Alvan, and Manahath, and Ebal, Shepho, and Onam. -- genesis 36:23 +. +And these are the children of Zibeon; both Ajah, and Anah: this was that Anah that found the mules in the wilderness, as he fed the asses of Zibeon his father. -- genesis 36:24 +. +And the children of Anah were these; Dishon, and Aholibamah the daughter of Anah. -- genesis 36:25 +. +And these are the children of Dishon; Hemdan, and Eshban, and Ithran, and Cheran. -- genesis 36:26 +. +The children of Ezer are these; Bilhan, and Zaavan, and Akan. -- genesis 36:27 +. +The children of Dishan are these; Uz, and Aran. -- genesis 36:28 +. +These are the dukes that came of the Horites; duke Lotan, duke Shobal, duke Zibeon, duke Anah, -- genesis 36:29 +. +Duke Dishon, duke Ezer, duke Dishan: these are the dukes that came of Hori, among their dukes in the land of Seir. -- genesis 36:30 +. +And these are the kings that reigned in the land of Edom, before there reigned any king over the children of Israel. -- genesis 36:31 +. +And Bela the son of Beor reigned in Edom: and the name of his city was Dinhabah. -- genesis 36:32 +. +And Bela died, and Jobab the son of Zerah of Bozrah reigned in his stead. -- genesis 36:33 +. +And Jobab died, and Husham of the land of Temani reigned in his stead. -- genesis 36:34 +. +And Husham died, and Hadad the son of Bedad, who smote Midian in the field of Moab, reigned in his stead: and the name of his city was Avith. -- genesis 36:35 +. +And Hadad died, and Samlah of Masrekah reigned in his stead. -- genesis 36:36 +. +And Samlah died, and Saul of Rehoboth by the river reigned in his stead. -- genesis 36:37 +. +And Saul died, and Baalhanan the son of Achbor reigned in his stead. -- genesis 36:38 +. +And Baalhanan the son of Achbor died, and Hadar reigned in his stead: and the name of his city was Pau; and his wife's name was Mehetabel, the daughter of Matred, the daughter of Mezahab. -- genesis 36:39 +. +And these are the names of the dukes that came of Esau, according to their families, after their places, by their names; duke Timnah, duke Alvah, duke Jetheth, -- genesis 36:40 +. +Duke Aholibamah, duke Elah, duke Pinon, -- genesis 36:41 +. +Duke Kenaz, duke Teman, duke Mibzar, -- genesis 36:42 +. +Duke Magdiel, duke Iram: these be the dukes of Edom, according to their habitations in the land of their possession: he is Esau the father of the Edomites. -- genesis 36:43 +. +And Jacob dwelt in the land wherein his father was a stranger, in the land of Canaan. -- genesis 37:1 +. +These are the generations of Jacob. Joseph, being seventeen years old, was feeding the flock with his brethren; and the lad was with the sons of Bilhah, and with the sons of Zilpah, his father's wives: and Joseph brought unto his father their evil report. -- genesis 37:2 +. +Now Israel loved Joseph more than all his children, because he was the son of his old age: and he made him a coat of many colors. -- genesis 37:3 +. +And when his brethren saw that their father loved him more than all his brethren, they hated him, and could not speak peaceably unto him. -- genesis 37:4 +. +And Joseph dreamed a dream, and he told it his brethren: and they hated him yet the more. -- genesis 37:5 +. +And he said unto them, Hear, I pray you, this dream which I have dreamed: -- genesis 37:6 +. +For, behold, we were binding sheaves in the field, and, lo, my sheaf arose, and also stood upright; and, behold, your sheaves stood round about, and made obeisance to my sheaf. -- genesis 37:7 +. +And his brethren said to him, Shalt thou indeed reign over us? or shalt thou indeed have dominion over us? And they hated him yet the more for his dreams, and for his words. -- genesis 37:8 +. +And he dreamed yet another dream, and told it his brethren, and said, Behold, I have dreamed a dream more; and, behold, the sun and the moon and the eleven stars made obeisance to me. -- genesis 37:9 +. +And he told it to his father, and to his brethren: and his father rebuked him, and said unto him, What is this dream that thou hast dreamed? Shall I and thy mother and thy brethren indeed come to bow down ourselves to thee to the earth? -- genesis 37:10 +. +And his brethren envied him; but his father observed the saying. -- genesis 37:11 +. +And his brethren went to feed their father's flock in Shechem. -- genesis 37:12 +. +And Israel said unto Joseph, Do not thy brethren feed the flock in Shechem? come, and I will send thee unto them. And he said to him, Here am I. -- genesis 37:13 +. +And he said to him, Go, I pray thee, see whether it be well with thy brethren, and well with the flocks; and bring me word again. So he sent him out of the vale of Hebron, and he came to Shechem. -- genesis 37:14 +. +And a certain man found him, and, behold, he was wandering in the field: and the man asked him, saying, What seekest thou? -- genesis 37:15 +. +And he said, I seek my brethren: tell me, I pray thee, where they feed their flocks. -- genesis 37:16 +. +And the man said, They are departed hence; for I heard them say, Let us go to Dothan. And Joseph went after his brethren, and found them in Dothan. -- genesis 37:17 +. +And when they saw him afar off, even before he came near unto them, they conspired against him to slay him. -- genesis 37:18 +. +And they said one to another, Behold, this dreamer cometh. -- genesis 37:19 +. +Come now therefore, and let us slay him, and cast him into some pit, and we will say, Some evil beast hath devoured him: and we shall see what will become of his dreams. -- genesis 37:20 +. +And Reuben heard it, and he delivered him out of their hands; and said, Let us not kill him. -- genesis 37:21 +. +And Reuben said unto them, Shed no blood, but cast him into this pit that is in the wilderness, and lay no hand upon him; that he might rid him out of their hands, to deliver him to his father again. -- genesis 37:22 +. +And it came to pass, when Joseph was come unto his brethren, that they stripped Joseph out of his coat, his coat of many colors that was on him; -- genesis 37:23 +. +And they took him, and cast him into a pit: and the pit was empty, there was no water in it. -- genesis 37:24 +. +And they sat down to eat bread: and they lifted up their eyes and looked, and, behold, a company of Ishmaelites came from Gilead with their camels bearing spicery and balm and myrrh, going to carry it down to Egypt. -- genesis 37:25 +. +And Judah said unto his brethren, What profit is it if we slay our brother, and conceal his blood? -- genesis 37:26 +. +Come, and let us sell him to the Ishmaelites, and let not our hand be upon him; for he is our brother and our flesh. And his brethren were content. -- genesis 37:27 +. +Then there passed by Midianites merchantmen; and they drew and lifted up Joseph out of the pit, and sold Joseph to the Ishmaelites for twenty pieces of silver: and they brought Joseph into Egypt. -- genesis 37:28 +. +And Reuben returned unto the pit; and, behold, Joseph was not in the pit; and he rent his clothes. -- genesis 37:29 +. +And he returned unto his brethren, and said, The child is not; and I, whither shall I go? -- genesis 37:30 +. +And they took Joseph's coat, and killed a kid of the goats, and dipped the coat in the blood; -- genesis 37:31 +. +And they sent the coat of many colors, and they brought it to their father; and said, This have we found: know now whether it be thy son's coat or no. -- genesis 37:32 +. +And he knew it, and said, It is my son's coat; an evil beast hath devoured him; Joseph is without doubt rent in pieces. -- genesis 37:33 +. +And Jacob rent his clothes, and put sackcloth upon his loins, and mourned for his son many days. -- genesis 37:34 +. +And all his sons and all his daughters rose up to comfort him; but he refused to be comforted; and he said, For I will go down into the grave unto my son mourning. Thus his father wept for him. -- genesis 37:35 +. +And the Midianites sold him into Egypt unto Potiphar, an officer of Pharaoh's, and captain of the guard. -- genesis 37:36 +. +And it came to pass at that time, that Judah went down from his brethren, and turned in to a certain Adullamite, whose name was Hirah. -- genesis 38:1 +. +And Judah saw there a daughter of a certain Canaanite, whose name was Shuah; and he took her, and went in unto her. -- genesis 38:2 +. +And she conceived, and bare a son; and he called his name Er. -- genesis 38:3 +. +And she conceived again, and bare a son; and she called his name Onan. -- genesis 38:4 +. +And she yet again conceived, and bare a son; and called his name Shelah: and he was at Chezib, when she bare him. -- genesis 38:5 +. +And Judah took a wife for Er his firstborn, whose name was Tamar. -- genesis 38:6 +. +And Er, Judah's firstborn, was wicked in the sight of the LORD; and the LORD slew him. -- genesis 38:7 +. +And Judah said unto Onan, Go in unto thy brother's wife, and marry her, and raise up seed to thy brother. -- genesis 38:8 +. +And Onan knew that the seed should not be his; and it came to pass, when he went in unto his brother's wife, that he spilled it on the ground, lest that he should give seed to his brother. -- genesis 38:9 +. +And the thing which he did displeased the LORD: wherefore he slew him also. -- genesis 38:10 +. +Then said Judah to Tamar his daughter in law, Remain a widow at thy father's house, till Shelah my son be grown: for he said, Lest peradventure he die also, as his brethren did. And Tamar went and dwelt in her father's house. -- genesis 38:11 +. +And in process of time the daughter of Shuah Judah's wife died; and Judah was comforted, and went up unto his sheepshearers to Timnath, he and his friend Hirah the Adullamite. -- genesis 38:12 +. +And it was told Tamar, saying, Behold thy father in law goeth up to Timnath to shear his sheep. -- genesis 38:13 +. +And she put her widow's garments off from her, and covered her with a vail, and wrapped herself, and sat in an open place, which is by the way to Timnath; for she saw that Shelah was grown, and she was not given unto him to wife. -- genesis 38:14 +. +When Judah saw her, he thought her to be an harlot; because she had covered her face. -- genesis 38:15 +. +And he turned unto her by the way, and said, Go to, I pray thee, let me come in unto thee; (for he knew not that she was his daughter in law.) And she said, What wilt thou give me, that thou mayest come in unto me? -- genesis 38:16 +. +And he said, I will send thee a kid from the flock. And she said, Wilt thou give me a pledge, till thou send it? -- genesis 38:17 +. +And he said, What pledge shall I give thee? And she said, Thy signet, and thy bracelets, and thy staff that is in thine hand. And he gave it her, and came in unto her, and she conceived by him. -- genesis 38:18 +. +And she arose, and went away, and laid by her vail from her, and put on the garments of her widowhood. -- genesis 38:19 +. +And Judah sent the kid by the hand of his friend the Adullamite, to receive his pledge from the woman's hand: but he found her not. -- genesis 38:20 +. +Then he asked the men of that place, saying, Where is the harlot, that was openly by the way side? And they said, There was no harlot in this place. -- genesis 38:21 +. +And he returned to Judah, and said, I cannot find her; and also the men of the place said, that there was no harlot in this place. -- genesis 38:22 +. +And Judah said, Let her take it to her, lest we be shamed: behold, I sent this kid, and thou hast not found her. -- genesis 38:23 +. +And it came to pass about three months after, that it was told Judah, saying, Tamar thy daughter in law hath played the harlot; and also, behold, she is with child by whoredom. And Judah said, Bring her forth, and let her be burnt. -- genesis 38:24 +. +When she was brought forth, she sent to her father in law, saying, By the man, whose these are, am I with child: and she said, Discern, I pray thee, whose are these, the signet, and bracelets, and staff. -- genesis 38:25 +. +And Judah acknowledged them, and said, She hath been more righteous than I; because that I gave her not to Shelah my son. And he knew her again no more. -- genesis 38:26 +. +And it came to pass in the time of her travail, that, behold, twins were in her womb. -- genesis 38:27 +. +And it came to pass, when she travailed, that the one put out his hand: and the midwife took and bound upon his hand a scarlet thread, saying, This came out first. -- genesis 38:28 +. +And it came to pass, as he drew back his hand, that, behold, his brother came out: and she said, How hast thou broken forth? this breach be upon thee: therefore his name was called Pharez. -- genesis 38:29 +. +And afterward came out his brother, that had the scarlet thread upon his hand: and his name was called Zarah. -- genesis 38:30 +. +And Joseph was brought down to Egypt; and Potiphar, an officer of Pharaoh, captain of the guard, an Egyptian, bought him of the hands of the Ishmaelites, which had brought him down thither. -- genesis 39:1 +. +And the LORD was with Joseph, and he was a prosperous man; and he was in the house of his master the Egyptian. -- genesis 39:2 +. +And his master saw that the LORD was with him, and that the LORD made all that he did to prosper in his hand. -- genesis 39:3 +. +And Joseph found grace in his sight, and he served him: and he made him overseer over his house, and all that he had he put into his hand. -- genesis 39:4 +. +And it came to pass from the time that he had made him overseer in his house, and over all that he had, that the LORD blessed the Egyptian's house for Joseph's sake; and the blessing of the LORD was upon all that he had in the house, and in the field. -- genesis 39:5 +. +And he left all that he had in Joseph's hand; and he knew not ought he had, save the bread which he did eat. And Joseph was a goodly person, and well favored. -- genesis 39:6 +. +And it came to pass after these things, that his master's wife cast her eyes upon Joseph; and she said, Lie with me. -- genesis 39:7 +. +But he refused, and said unto his master's wife, Behold, my master wotteth not what is with me in the house, and he hath committed all that he hath to my hand; -- genesis 39:8 +. +There is none greater in this house than I; neither hath he kept back any thing from me but thee, because thou art his wife: how then can I do this great wickedness, and sin against God? -- genesis 39:9 +. +And it came to pass, as she spake to Joseph day by day, that he hearkened not unto her, to lie by her, or to be with her. -- genesis 39:10 +. +And it came to pass about this time, that Joseph went into the house to do his business; and there was none of the men of the house there within. -- genesis 39:11 +. +And she caught him by his garment, saying, Lie with me: and he left his garment in her hand, and fled, and got him out. -- genesis 39:12 +. +And it came to pass, when she saw that he had left his garment in her hand, and was fled forth, -- genesis 39:13 +. +That she called unto the men of her house, and spake unto them, saying, See, he hath brought in an Hebrew unto us to mock us; he came in unto me to lie with me, and I cried with a loud voice: -- genesis 39:14 +. +And it came to pass, when he heard that I lifted up my voice and cried, that he left his garment with me, and fled, and got him out. -- genesis 39:15 +. +And she laid up his garment by her, until his lord came home. -- genesis 39:16 +. +And she spake unto him according to these words, saying, The Hebrew servant, which thou hast brought unto us, came in unto me to mock me: -- genesis 39:17 +. +And it came to pass, as I lifted up my voice and cried, that he left his garment with me, and fled out. -- genesis 39:18 +. +And it came to pass, when his master heard the words of his wife, which she spake unto him, saying, After this manner did thy servant to me; that his wrath was kindled. -- genesis 39:19 +. +And Joseph's master took him, and put him into the prison, a place where the king's prisoners were bound: and he was there in the prison. -- genesis 39:20 +. +But the LORD was with Joseph, and showed him mercy, and gave him favor in the sight of the keeper of the prison. -- genesis 39:21 +. +And the keeper of the prison committed to Joseph's hand all the prisoners that were in the prison; and whatsoever they did there, he was the doer of it. -- genesis 39:22 +. +The keeper of the prison looked not to any thing that was under his hand; because the LORD was with him, and that which he did, the LORD made it to prosper. -- genesis 39:23 +. +And it came to pass after these things, that the butler of the king of Egypt and his baker had offended their lord the king of Egypt. -- genesis 40:1 +. +And Pharaoh was wroth against two of his officers, against the chief of the butlers, and against the chief of the bakers. -- genesis 40:2 +. +And he put them in ward in the house of the captain of the guard, into the prison, the place where Joseph was bound. -- genesis 40:3 +. +And the captain of the guard charged Joseph with them, and he served them: and they continued a season in ward. -- genesis 40:4 +. +And they dreamed a dream both of them, each man his dream in one night, each man according to the interpretation of his dream, the butler and the baker of the king of Egypt, which were bound in the prison. -- genesis 40:5 +. +And Joseph came in unto them in the morning, and looked upon them, and, behold, they were sad. -- genesis 40:6 +. +And he asked Pharaoh's officers that were with him in the ward of his lord's house, saying, Wherefore look ye so sadly to day? -- genesis 40:7 +. +And they said unto him, We have dreamed a dream, and there is no interpreter of it. And Joseph said unto them, Do not interpretations belong to God? tell me them, I pray you. -- genesis 40:8 +. +And the chief butler told his dream to Joseph, and said to him, In my dream, behold, a vine was before me; -- genesis 40:9 +. +And in the vine were three branches: and it was as though it budded, and her blossoms shot forth; and the clusters thereof brought forth ripe grapes: -- genesis 40:10 +. +And Pharaoh's cup was in my hand: and I took the grapes, and pressed them into Pharaoh's cup, and I gave the cup into Pharaoh's hand. -- genesis 40:11 +. +And Joseph said unto him, This is the interpretation of it: The three branches are three days: -- genesis 40:12 +. +Yet within three days shall Pharaoh lift up thine head, and restore thee unto thy place: and thou shalt deliver Pharaoh's cup into his hand, after the former manner when thou wast his butler. -- genesis 40:13 +. +But think on me when it shall be well with thee, and show kindness, I pray thee, unto me, and make mention of me unto Pharaoh, and bring me out of this house: -- genesis 40:14 +. +For indeed I was stolen away out of the land of the Hebrews: and here also have I done nothing that they should put me into the dungeon. -- genesis 40:15 +. +When the chief baker saw that the interpretation was good, he said unto Joseph, I also was in my dream, and, behold, I had three white baskets on my head: -- genesis 40:16 +. +And in the uppermost basket there was of all manner of bakemeats for Pharaoh; and the birds did eat them out of the basket upon my head. -- genesis 40:17 +. +And Joseph answered and said, This is the interpretation thereof: The three baskets are three days: -- genesis 40:18 +. +Yet within three days shall Pharaoh lift up thy head from off thee, and shall hang thee on a tree; and the birds shall eat thy flesh from off thee. -- genesis 40:19 +. +And it came to pass the third day, which was Pharaoh's birthday, that he made a feast unto all his servants: and he lifted up the head of the chief butler and of the chief baker among his servants. -- genesis 40:20 +. +And he restored the chief butler unto his butlership again; and he gave the cup into Pharaoh's hand: -- genesis 40:21 +. +But he hanged the chief baker: as Joseph had interpreted to them. -- genesis 40:22 +. +Yet did not the chief butler remember Joseph, but forgat him. -- genesis 40:23 +. +And it came to pass at the end of two full years, that Pharaoh dreamed: and, behold, he stood by the river. -- genesis 41:1 +. +And, behold, there came up out of the river seven well favored kine and fatfleshed; and they fed in a meadow. -- genesis 41:2 +. +And, behold, seven other kine came up after them out of the river, ill favored and leanfleshed; and stood by the other kine upon the brink of the river. -- genesis 41:3 +. +And the ill favored and leanfleshed kine did eat up the seven well favored and fat kine. So Pharaoh awoke. -- genesis 41:4 +. +And he slept and dreamed the second time: and, behold, seven ears of corn came up upon one stalk, rank and good. -- genesis 41:5 +. +And, behold, seven thin ears and blasted with the east wind sprung up after them. -- genesis 41:6 +. +And the seven thin ears devoured the seven rank and full ears. And Pharaoh awoke, and, behold, it was a dream. -- genesis 41:7 +. +And it came to pass in the morning that his spirit was troubled; and he sent and called for all the magicians of Egypt, and all the wise men thereof: and Pharaoh told them his dream; but there was none that could interpret them unto Pharaoh. -- genesis 41:8 +. +Then spake the chief butler unto Pharaoh, saying, I do remember my faults this day: -- genesis 41:9 +. +Pharaoh was wroth with his servants, and put me in ward in the captain of the guard's house, both me and the chief baker: -- genesis 41:10 +. +And we dreamed a dream in one night, I and he; we dreamed each man according to the interpretation of his dream. -- genesis 41:11 +. +And there was there with us a young man, an Hebrew, servant to the captain of the guard; and we told him, and he interpreted to us our dreams; to each man according to his dream he did interpret. -- genesis 41:12 +. +And it came to pass, as he interpreted to us, so it was; me he restored unto mine office, and him he hanged. -- genesis 41:13 +. +Then Pharaoh sent and called Joseph, and they brought him hastily out of the dungeon: and he shaved himself, and changed his raiment, and came in unto Pharaoh. -- genesis 41:14 +. +And Pharaoh said unto Joseph, I have dreamed a dream, and there is none that can interpret it: and I have heard say of thee, that thou canst understand a dream to interpret it. -- genesis 41:15 +. +And Joseph answered Pharaoh, saying, It is not in me: God shall give Pharaoh an answer of peace. -- genesis 41:16 +. +And Pharaoh said unto Joseph, In my dream, behold, I stood upon the bank of the river: -- genesis 41:17 +. +And, behold, there came up out of the river seven kine, fatfleshed and well favored; and they fed in a meadow: -- genesis 41:18 +. +And, behold, seven other kine came up after them, poor and very ill favored and leanfleshed, such as I never saw in all the land of Egypt for badness: -- genesis 41:19 +. +And the lean and the ill favored kine did eat up the first seven fat kine: -- genesis 41:20 +. +And when they had eaten them up, it could not be known that they had eaten them; but they were still ill favored, as at the beginning. So I awoke. -- genesis 41:21 +. +And I saw in my dream, and, behold, seven ears came up in one stalk, full and good: -- genesis 41:22 +. +And, behold, seven ears, withered, thin, and blasted with the east wind, sprung up after them: -- genesis 41:23 +. +And the thin ears devoured the seven good ears: and I told this unto the magicians; but there was none that could declare it to me. -- genesis 41:24 +. +And Joseph said unto Pharaoh, The dream of Pharaoh is one: God hath showed Pharaoh what he is about to do. -- genesis 41:25 +. +The seven good kine are seven years; and the seven good ears are seven years: the dream is one. -- genesis 41:26 +. +And the seven thin and ill favored kine that came up after them are seven years; and the seven empty ears blasted with the east wind shall be seven years of famine. -- genesis 41:27 +. +This is the thing which I have spoken unto Pharaoh: What God is about to do he showeth unto Pharaoh. -- genesis 41:28 +. +Behold, there come seven years of great plenty throughout all the land of Egypt: -- genesis 41:29 +. +And there shall arise after them seven years of famine; and all the plenty shall be forgotten in the land of Egypt; and the famine shall consume the land; -- genesis 41:30 +. +And the plenty shall not be known in the land by reason of that famine following; for it shall be very grievous. -- genesis 41:31 +. +And for that the dream was doubled unto Pharaoh twice; it is because the thing is established by God, and God will shortly bring it to pass. -- genesis 41:32 +. +Now therefore let Pharaoh look out a man discreet and wise, and set him over the land of Egypt. -- genesis 41:33 +. +Let Pharaoh do this, and let him appoint officers over the land, and take up the fifth part of the land of Egypt in the seven plenteous years. -- genesis 41:34 +. +And let them gather all the food of those good years that come, and lay up corn under the hand of Pharaoh, and let them keep food in the cities. -- genesis 41:35 +. +And that food shall be for store to the land against the seven years of famine, which shall be in the land of Egypt; that the land perish not through the famine. -- genesis 41:36 +. +And the thing was good in the eyes of Pharaoh, and in the eyes of all his servants. -- genesis 41:37 +. +And Pharaoh said unto his servants, Can we find such a one as this is, a man in whom the Spirit of God is? -- genesis 41:38 +. +And Pharaoh said unto Joseph, Forasmuch as God hath showed thee all this, there is none so discreet and wise as thou art: -- genesis 41:39 +. +Thou shalt be over my house, and according unto thy word shall all my people be ruled: only in the throne will I be greater than thou. -- genesis 41:40 +. +And Pharaoh said unto Joseph, See, I have set thee over all the land of Egypt. -- genesis 41:41 +. +And Pharaoh took off his ring from his hand, and put it upon Joseph's hand, and arrayed him in vestures of fine linen, and put a gold chain about his neck; -- genesis 41:42 +. +And he made him to ride in the second chariot which he had; and they cried before him, Bow the knee: and he made him ruler over all the land of Egypt. -- genesis 41:43 +. +And Pharaoh said unto Joseph, I am Pharaoh, and without thee shall no man lift up his hand or foot in all the land of Egypt. -- genesis 41:44 +. +And Pharaoh called Joseph's name Zaphnathpaaneah; and he gave him to wife Asenath the daughter of Potipherah priest of On. And Joseph went out over all the land of Egypt. -- genesis 41:45 +. +And Joseph was thirty years old when he stood before Pharaoh king of Egypt. And Joseph went out from the presence of Pharaoh, and went throughout all the land of Egypt. -- genesis 41:46 +. +And in the seven plenteous years the earth brought forth by handfuls. -- genesis 41:47 +. +And he gathered up all the food of the seven years, which were in the land of Egypt, and laid up the food in the cities: the food of the field, which was round about every city, laid he up in the same. -- genesis 41:48 +. +And Joseph gathered corn as the sand of the sea, very much, until he left numbering; for it was without number. -- genesis 41:49 +. +And unto Joseph were born two sons before the years of famine came, which Asenath the daughter of Potipherah priest of On bare unto him. -- genesis 41:50 +. +And Joseph called the name of the firstborn Manasseh: For God, said he, hath made me forget all my toil, and all my father's house. -- genesis 41:51 +. +And the name of the second called he Ephraim: For God hath caused me to be fruitful in the land of my affliction. -- genesis 41:52 +. +And the seven years of plenteousness, that was in the land of Egypt, were ended. -- genesis 41:53 +. +And the seven years of dearth began to come, according as Joseph had said: and the dearth was in all lands; but in all the land of Egypt there was bread. -- genesis 41:54 +. +And when all the land of Egypt was famished, the people cried to Pharaoh for bread: and Pharaoh said unto all the Egyptians, Go unto Joseph; what he saith to you, do. -- genesis 41:55 +. +And the famine was over all the face of the earth: and Joseph opened all the storehouses, and sold unto the Egyptians; and the famine waxed sore in the land of Egypt. -- genesis 41:56 +. +And all countries came into Egypt to Joseph for to buy corn; because that the famine was so sore in all lands. -- genesis 41:57 +. +Now when Jacob saw that there was corn in Egypt, Jacob said unto his sons, Why do ye look one upon another? -- genesis 42:1 +. +And he said, Behold, I have heard that there is corn in Egypt: get you down thither, and buy for us from thence; that we may live, and not die. -- genesis 42:2 +. +And Joseph's ten brethren went down to buy corn in Egypt. -- genesis 42:3 +. +But Benjamin, Joseph's brother, Jacob sent not with his brethren; for he said, Lest peradventure mischief befall him. -- genesis 42:4 +. +And the sons of Israel came to buy corn among those that came: for the famine was in the land of Canaan. -- genesis 42:5 +. +And Joseph was the governor over the land, and he it was that sold to all the people of the land: and Joseph's brethren came, and bowed down themselves before him with their faces to the earth. -- genesis 42:6 +. +And Joseph saw his brethren, and he knew them, but made himself strange unto them, and spake roughly unto them; and he said unto them, Whence come ye? And they said, From the land of Canaan to buy food. -- genesis 42:7 +. +And Joseph knew his brethren, but they knew not him. -- genesis 42:8 +. +And Joseph remembered the dreams which he dreamed of them, and said unto them, Ye are spies; to see the nakedness of the land ye are come. -- genesis 42:9 +. +And they said unto him, Nay, my lord, but to buy food are thy servants come. -- genesis 42:10 +. +We are all one man's sons; we are true men, thy servants are no spies. -- genesis 42:11 +. +And he said unto them, Nay, but to see the nakedness of the land ye are come. -- genesis 42:12 +. +And they said, Thy servants are twelve brethren, the sons of one man in the land of Canaan; and, behold, the youngest is this day with our father, and one is not. -- genesis 42:13 +. +And Joseph said unto them, That is it that I spake unto you, saying, Ye are spies: -- genesis 42:14 +. +Hereby ye shall be proved: By the life of Pharaoh ye shall not go forth hence, except your youngest brother come hither. -- genesis 42:15 +. +Send one of you, and let him fetch your brother, and ye shall be kept in prison, that your words may be proved, whether there be any truth in you: or else by the life of Pharaoh surely ye are spies. -- genesis 42:16 +. +And he put them all together into ward three days. -- genesis 42:17 +. +And Joseph said unto them the third day, This do, and live; for I fear God: -- genesis 42:18 +. +If ye be true men, let one of your brethren be bound in the house of your prison: go ye, carry corn for the famine of your houses: -- genesis 42:19 +. +But bring your youngest brother unto me; so shall your words be verified, and ye shall not die. And they did so. -- genesis 42:20 +. +And they said one to another, We are verily guilty concerning our brother, in that we saw the anguish of his soul, when he besought us, and we would not hear; therefore is this distress come upon us. -- genesis 42:21 +. +And Reuben answered them, saying, Spake I not unto you, saying, Do not sin against the child; and ye would not hear? therefore, behold, also his blood is required. -- genesis 42:22 +. +And they knew not that Joseph understood them; for he spake unto them by an interpreter. -- genesis 42:23 +. +And he turned himself about from them, and wept; and returned to them again, and communed with them, and took from them Simeon, and bound him before their eyes. -- genesis 42:24 +. +Then Joseph commanded to fill their sacks with corn, and to restore every man's money into his sack, and to give them provision for the way: and thus did he unto them. -- genesis 42:25 +. +And they laded their asses with the corn, and departed thence. -- genesis 42:26 +. +And as one of them opened his sack to give his ass provender in the inn, he espied his money; for, behold, it was in his sack's mouth. -- genesis 42:27 +. +And he said unto his brethren, My money is restored; and, lo, it is even in my sack: and their heart failed them, and they were afraid, saying one to another, What is this that God hath done unto us? -- genesis 42:28 +. +And they came unto Jacob their father unto the land of Canaan, and told him all that befell unto them; saying, -- genesis 42:29 +. +The man, who is the lord of the land, spake roughly to us, and took us for spies of the country. -- genesis 42:30 +. +And we said unto him, We are true men; we are no spies: -- genesis 42:31 +. +We be twelve brethren, sons of our father; one is not, and the youngest is this day with our father in the land of Canaan. -- genesis 42:32 +. +And the man, the lord of the country, said unto us, Hereby shall I know that ye are true men; leave one of your brethren here with me, and take food for the famine of your households, and be gone: -- genesis 42:33 +. +And bring your youngest brother unto me: then shall I know that ye are no spies, but that ye are true men: so will I deliver you your brother, and ye shall traffic in the land. -- genesis 42:34 +. +And it came to pass as they emptied their sacks, that, behold, every man's bundle of money was in his sack: and when both they and their father saw the bundles of money, they were afraid. -- genesis 42:35 +. +And Jacob their father said unto them, Me have ye bereaved of my children: Joseph is not, and Simeon is not, and ye will take Benjamin away: all these things are against me. -- genesis 42:36 +. +And Reuben spake unto his father, saying, Slay my two sons, if I bring him not to thee: deliver him into my hand, and I will bring him to thee again. -- genesis 42:37 +. +And he said, My son shall not go down with you; for his brother is dead, and he is left alone: if mischief befall him by the way in the which ye go, then shall ye bring down my gray hairs with sorrow to the grave. -- genesis 42:38 +. +And the famine was sore in the land. -- genesis 43:1 +. +And it came to pass, when they had eaten up the corn which they had brought out of Egypt, their father said unto them, Go again, buy us a little food. -- genesis 43:2 +. +And Judah spake unto him, saying, The man did solemnly protest unto us, saying, Ye shall not see my face, except your brother be with you. -- genesis 43:3 +. +If thou wilt send our brother with us, we will go down and buy thee food: -- genesis 43:4 +. +But if thou wilt not send him, we will not go down: for the man said unto us, Ye shall not see my face, except your brother be with you. -- genesis 43:5 +. +And Israel said, Wherefore dealt ye so ill with me, as to tell the man whether ye had yet a brother? -- genesis 43:6 +. +And they said, The man asked us straitly of our state, and of our kindred, saying, Is your father yet alive? have ye another brother? and we told him according to the tenor of these words: could we certainly know that he would say, Bring your brother down? -- genesis 43:7 +. +And Judah said unto Israel his father, Send the lad with me, and we will arise and go; that we may live, and not die, both we, and thou, and also our little ones. -- genesis 43:8 +. +I will be surety for him; of my hand shalt thou require him: if I bring him not unto thee, and set him before thee, then let me bear the blame for ever: -- genesis 43:9 +. +For except we had lingered, surely now we had returned this second time. -- genesis 43:10 +. +And their father Israel said unto them, If it must be so now, do this; take of the best fruits in the land in your vessels, and carry down the man a present, a little balm, and a little honey, spices, and myrrh, nuts, and almonds: -- genesis 43:11 +. +And take double money in your hand; and the money that was brought again in the mouth of your sacks, carry it again in your hand; peradventure it was an oversight: -- genesis 43:12 +. +Take also your brother, and arise, go again unto the man: -- genesis 43:13 +. +And God Almighty give you mercy before the man, that he may send away your other brother, and Benjamin. If I be bereaved of my children, I am bereaved. -- genesis 43:14 +. +And the men took that present, and they took double money in their hand and Benjamin; and rose up, and went down to Egypt, and stood before Joseph. -- genesis 43:15 +. +And when Joseph saw Benjamin with them, he said to the ruler of his house, Bring these men home, and slay, and make ready; for these men shall dine with me at noon. -- genesis 43:16 +. +And the man did as Joseph bade; and the man brought the men into Joseph's house. -- genesis 43:17 +. +And the men were afraid, because they were brought into Joseph's house; and they said, Because of the money that was returned in our sacks at the first time are we brought in; that he may seek occasion against us, and fall upon us, and take us for bondmen, and our asses. -- genesis 43:18 +. +And they came near to the steward of Joseph's house, and they communed with him at the door of the house, -- genesis 43:19 +. +And said, O sir, we came indeed down at the first time to buy food: -- genesis 43:20 +. +And it came to pass, when we came to the inn, that we opened our sacks, and, behold, every man's money was in the mouth of his sack, our money in full weight: and we have brought it again in our hand. -- genesis 43:21 +. +And other money have we brought down in our hands to buy food: we cannot tell who put our money in our sacks. -- genesis 43:22 +. +And he said, Peace be to you, fear not: your God, and the God of your father, hath given you treasure in your sacks: I had your money. And he brought Simeon out unto them. -- genesis 43:23 +. +And the man brought the men into Joseph's house, and gave them water, and they washed their feet; and he gave their asses provender. -- genesis 43:24 +. +And they made ready the present against Joseph came at noon: for they heard that they should eat bread there. -- genesis 43:25 +. +And when Joseph came home, they brought him the present which was in their hand into the house, and bowed themselves to him to the earth. -- genesis 43:26 +. +And he asked them of their welfare, and said, Is your father well, the old man of whom ye spake? Is he yet alive? -- genesis 43:27 +. +And they answered, Thy servant our father is in good health, he is yet alive. And they bowed down their heads, and made obeisance. -- genesis 43:28 +. +And he lifted up his eyes, and saw his brother Benjamin, his mother's son, and said, Is this your younger brother, of whom ye spake unto me? And he said, God be gracious unto thee, my son. -- genesis 43:29 +. +And Joseph made haste; for his bowels did yearn upon his brother: and he sought where to weep; and he entered into his chamber, and wept there. -- genesis 43:30 +. +And he washed his face, and went out, and refrained himself, and said, Set on bread. -- genesis 43:31 +. +And they set on for him by himself, and for them by themselves, and for the Egyptians, which did eat with him, by themselves: because the Egyptians might not eat bread with the Hebrews; for that is an abomination unto the Egyptians. -- genesis 43:32 +. +And they sat before him, the firstborn according to his birthright, and the youngest according to his youth: and the men marveled one at another. -- genesis 43:33 +. +And he took and sent messes unto them from before him: but Benjamin's mess was five times so much as any of theirs. And they drank, and were merry with him. -- genesis 43:34 +. +And he commanded the steward of his house, saying, Fill the men's sacks with food, as much as they can carry, and put every man's money in his sack's mouth. -- genesis 44:1 +. +And put my cup, the silver cup, in the sack's mouth of the youngest, and his corn money. And he did according to the word that Joseph had spoken. -- genesis 44:2 +. +As soon as the morning was light, the men were sent away, they and their asses. -- genesis 44:3 +. +And when they were gone out of the city, and not yet far off, Joseph said unto his steward, Up, follow after the men; and when thou dost overtake them, say unto them, Wherefore have ye rewarded evil for good? -- genesis 44:4 +. +Is not this it in which my lord drinketh, and whereby indeed he divineth? ye have done evil in so doing. -- genesis 44:5 +. +And he overtook them, and he spake unto them these same words. -- genesis 44:6 +. +And they said unto him, Wherefore saith my lord these words? God forbid that thy servants should do according to this thing: -- genesis 44:7 +. +Behold, the money, which we found in our sacks' mouths, we brought again unto thee out of the land of Canaan: how then should we steal out of thy lord's house silver or gold? -- genesis 44:8 +. +With whomsoever of thy servants it be found, both let him die, and we also will be my lord's bondmen. -- genesis 44:9 +. +And he said, Now also let it be according unto your words: he with whom it is found shall be my servant; and ye shall be blameless. -- genesis 44:10 +. +Then they speedily took down every man his sack to the ground, and opened every man his sack. -- genesis 44:11 +. +And he searched, and began at the eldest, and left at the youngest: and the cup was found in Benjamin's sack. -- genesis 44:12 +. +Then they rent their clothes, and laded every man his ass, and returned to the city. -- genesis 44:13 +. +And Judah and his brethren came to Joseph's house; for he was yet there: and they fell before him on the ground. -- genesis 44:14 +. +And Joseph said unto them, What deed is this that ye have done? wot ye not that such a man as I can certainly divine? -- genesis 44:15 +. +And Judah said, What shall we say unto my lord? what shall we speak? or how shall we clear ourselves? God hath found out the iniquity of thy servants: behold, we are my lord's servants, both we, and he also with whom the cup is found. -- genesis 44:16 +. +And he said, God forbid that I should do so: but the man in whose hand the cup is found, he shall be my servant; and as for you, get you up in peace unto your father. -- genesis 44:17 +. +Then Judah came near unto him, and said, Oh my lord, let thy servant, I pray thee, speak a word in my lord's ears, and let not thine anger burn against thy servant: for thou art even as Pharaoh. -- genesis 44:18 +. +My lord asked his servants, saying, Have ye a father, or a brother? -- genesis 44:19 +. +And we said unto my lord, We have a father, an old man, and a child of his old age, a little one; and his brother is dead, and he alone is left of his mother, and his father loveth him. -- genesis 44:20 +. +And thou saidst unto thy servants, Bring him down unto me, that I may set mine eyes upon him. -- genesis 44:21 +. +And we said unto my lord, The lad cannot leave his father: for if he should leave his father, his father would die. -- genesis 44:22 +. +And thou saidst unto thy servants, Except your youngest brother come down with you, ye shall see my face no more. -- genesis 44:23 +. +And it came to pass when we came up unto thy servant my father, we told him the words of my lord. -- genesis 44:24 +. +And our father said, Go again, and buy us a little food. -- genesis 44:25 +. +And we said, We cannot go down: if our youngest brother be with us, then will we go down: for we may not see the man's face, except our youngest brother be with us. -- genesis 44:26 +. +And thy servant my father said unto us, Ye know that my wife bare me two sons: -- genesis 44:27 +. +And the one went out from me, and I said, Surely he is torn in pieces; and I saw him not since: -- genesis 44:28 +. +And if ye take this also from me, and mischief befall him, ye shall bring down my gray hairs with sorrow to the grave. -- genesis 44:29 +. +Now therefore when I come to thy servant my father, and the lad be not with us; seeing that his life is bound up in the lad's life; -- genesis 44:30 +. +It shall come to pass, when he seeth that the lad is not with us, that he will die: and thy servants shall bring down the gray hairs of thy servant our father with sorrow to the grave. -- genesis 44:31 +. +For thy servant became surety for the lad unto my father, saying, If I bring him not unto thee, then I shall bear the blame to my father for ever. -- genesis 44:32 +. +Now therefore, I pray thee, let thy servant abide instead of the lad a bondman to my lord; and let the lad go up with his brethren. -- genesis 44:33 +. +For how shall I go up to my father, and the lad be not with me? lest peradventure I see the evil that shall come on my father. -- genesis 44:34 +. +Then Joseph could not refrain himself before all them that stood by him; and he cried, Cause every man to go out from me. And there stood no man with him, while Joseph made himself known unto his brethren. -- genesis 45:1 +. +And he wept aloud: and the Egyptians and the house of Pharaoh heard. -- genesis 45:2 +. +And Joseph said unto his brethren, I am Joseph; doth my father yet live? And his brethren could not answer him; for they were troubled at his presence. -- genesis 45:3 +. +And Joseph said unto his brethren, Come near to me, I pray you. And they came near. And he said, I am Joseph your brother, whom ye sold into Egypt. -- genesis 45:4 +. +Now therefore be not grieved, nor angry with yourselves, that ye sold me hither: for God did send me before you to preserve life. -- genesis 45:5 +. +For these two years hath the famine been in the land: and yet there are five years, in the which there shall neither be earing nor harvest. -- genesis 45:6 +. +And God sent me before you to preserve you a posterity in the earth, and to save your lives by a great deliverance. -- genesis 45:7 +. +So now it was not you that sent me hither, but God: and he hath made me a father to Pharaoh, and lord of all his house, and a ruler throughout all the land of Egypt. -- genesis 45:8 +. +Haste ye, and go up to my father, and say unto him, Thus saith thy son Joseph, God hath made me lord of all Egypt: come down unto me, tarry not: -- genesis 45:9 +. +And thou shalt dwell in the land of Goshen, and thou shalt be near unto me, thou, and thy children, and thy children's children, and thy flocks, and thy herds, and all that thou hast: -- genesis 45:10 +. +And there will I nourish thee; for yet there are five years of famine; lest thou, and thy household, and all that thou hast, come to poverty. -- genesis 45:11 +. +And, behold, your eyes see, and the eyes of my brother Benjamin, that it is my mouth that speaketh unto you. -- genesis 45:12 +. +And ye shall tell my father of all my glory in Egypt, and of all that ye have seen; and ye shall haste and bring down my father hither. -- genesis 45:13 +. +And he fell upon his brother Benjamin's neck, and wept; and Benjamin wept upon his neck. -- genesis 45:14 +. +Moreover he kissed all his brethren, and wept upon them: and after that his brethren talked with him. -- genesis 45:15 +. +And the fame thereof was heard in Pharaoh's house, saying, Joseph's brethren are come: and it pleased Pharaoh well, and his servants. -- genesis 45:16 +. +And Pharaoh said unto Joseph, Say unto thy brethren, This do ye; lade your beasts, and go, get you unto the land of Canaan; -- genesis 45:17 +. +And take your father and your households, and come unto me: and I will give you the good of the land of Egypt, and ye shall eat the fat of the land. -- genesis 45:18 +. +Now thou art commanded, this do ye; take you wagons out of the land of Egypt for your little ones, and for your wives, and bring your father, and come. -- genesis 45:19 +. +Also regard not your stuff; for the good of all the land of Egypt is yours. -- genesis 45:20 +. +And the children of Israel did so: and Joseph gave them wagons, according to the commandment of Pharaoh, and gave them provision for the way. -- genesis 45:21 +. +To all of them he gave each man changes of raiment; but to Benjamin he gave three hundred pieces of silver, and five changes of raiment. -- genesis 45:22 +. +And to his father he sent after this manner; ten asses laden with the good things of Egypt, and ten she asses laden with corn and bread and meat for his father by the way. -- genesis 45:23 +. +So he sent his brethren away, and they departed: and he said unto them, See that ye fall not out by the way. -- genesis 45:24 +. +And they went up out of Egypt, and came into the land of Canaan unto Jacob their father, -- genesis 45:25 +. +And told him, saying, Joseph is yet alive, and he is governor over all the land of Egypt. And Jacob's heart fainted, for he believed them not. -- genesis 45:26 +. +And they told him all the words of Joseph, which he had said unto them: and when he saw the wagons which Joseph had sent to carry him, the spirit of Jacob their father revived: -- genesis 45:27 +. +And Israel said, It is enough; Joseph my son is yet alive: I will go and see him before I die. -- genesis 45:28 +. +And Israel took his journey with all that he had, and came to Beersheba, and offered sacrifices unto the God of his father Isaac. -- genesis 46:1 +. +And God spake unto Israel in the visions of the night, and said, Jacob, Jacob. And he said, Here am I. -- genesis 46:2 +. +And he said, I am God, the God of thy father: fear not to go down into Egypt; for I will there make of thee a great nation: -- genesis 46:3 +. +I will go down with thee into Egypt; and I will also surely bring thee up again: and Joseph shall put his hand upon thine eyes. -- genesis 46:4 +. +And Jacob rose up from Beersheba: and the sons of Israel carried Jacob their father, and their little ones, and their wives, in the wagons which Pharaoh had sent to carry him. -- genesis 46:5 +. +And they took their cattle, and their goods, which they had gotten in the land of Canaan, and came into Egypt, Jacob, and all his seed with him: -- genesis 46:6 +. +His sons, and his sons' sons with him, his daughters, and his sons' daughters, and all his seed brought he with him into Egypt. -- genesis 46:7 +. +And these are the names of the children of Israel, which came into Egypt, Jacob and his sons: Reuben, Jacob's firstborn. -- genesis 46:8 +. +And the sons of Reuben; Hanoch, and Phallu, and Hezron, and Carmi. -- genesis 46:9 +. +And the sons of Simeon; Jemuel, and Jamin, and Ohad, and Jachin, and Zohar, and Shaul the son of a Canaanitish woman. -- genesis 46:10 +. +And the sons of Levi; Gershon, Kohath, and Merari. -- genesis 46:11 +. +And the sons of Judah; Er, and Onan, and Shelah, and Pharez, and Zarah: but Er and Onan died in the land of Canaan. And the sons of Pharez were Hezron and Hamul. -- genesis 46:12 +. +And the sons of Issachar; Tola, and Phuvah, and Job, and Shimron. -- genesis 46:13 +. +And the sons of Zebulun; Sered, and Elon, and Jahleel. -- genesis 46:14 +. +These be the sons of Leah, which she bare unto Jacob in Padanaram, with his daughter Dinah: all the souls of his sons and his daughters were thirty and three. -- genesis 46:15 +. +And the sons of Gad; Ziphion, and Haggi, Shuni, and Ezbon, Eri, and Arodi, and Areli. -- genesis 46:16 +. +And the sons of Asher; Jimnah, and Ishuah, and Isui, and Beriah, and Serah their sister: and the sons of Beriah; Heber, and Malchiel. -- genesis 46:17 +. +These are the sons of Zilpah, whom Laban gave to Leah his daughter, and these she bare unto Jacob, even sixteen souls. -- genesis 46:18 +. +The sons of Rachel Jacob's wife; Joseph, and Benjamin. -- genesis 46:19 +. +And unto Joseph in the land of Egypt were born Manasseh and Ephraim, which Asenath the daughter of Potipherah priest of On bare unto him. -- genesis 46:20 +. +And the sons of Benjamin were Belah, and Becher, and Ashbel, Gera, and Naaman, Ehi, and Rosh, Muppim, and Huppim, and Ard. -- genesis 46:21 +. +These are the sons of Rachel, which were born to Jacob: all the souls were fourteen. -- genesis 46:22 +. +And the sons of Dan; Hushim. -- genesis 46:23 +. +And the sons of Naphtali; Jahzeel, and Guni, and Jezer, and Shillem. -- genesis 46:24 +. +These are the sons of Bilhah, which Laban gave unto Rachel his daughter, and she bare these unto Jacob: all the souls were seven. -- genesis 46:25 +. +All the souls that came with Jacob into Egypt, which came out of his loins, besides Jacob's sons' wives, all the souls were threescore and six; -- genesis 46:26 +. +And the sons of Joseph, which were born him in Egypt, were two souls: all the souls of the house of Jacob, which came into Egypt, were threescore and ten. -- genesis 46:27 +. +And he sent Judah before him unto Joseph, to direct his face unto Goshen; and they came into the land of Goshen. -- genesis 46:28 +. +And Joseph made ready his chariot, and went up to meet Israel his father, to Goshen, and presented himself unto him; and he fell on his neck, and wept on his neck a good while. -- genesis 46:29 +. +And Israel said unto Joseph, Now let me die, since I have seen thy face, because thou art yet alive. -- genesis 46:30 +. +And Joseph said unto his brethren, and unto his father's house, I will go up, and show Pharaoh, and say unto him, My brethren, and my father's house, which were in the land of Canaan, are come unto me; -- genesis 46:31 +. +And the men are shepherds, for their trade hath been to feed cattle; and they have brought their flocks, and their herds, and all that they have. -- genesis 46:32 +. +And it shall come to pass, when Pharaoh shall call you, and shall say, What is your occupation? -- genesis 46:33 +. +That ye shall say, Thy servants' trade hath been about cattle from our youth even until now, both we, and also our fathers: that ye may dwell in the land of Goshen; for every shepherd is an abomination unto the Egyptians. -- genesis 46:34 +. +Then Joseph came and told Pharaoh, and said, My father and my brethren, and their flocks, and their herds, and all that they have, are come out of the land of Canaan; and, behold, they are in the land of Goshen. -- genesis 47:1 +. +And he took some of his brethren, even five men, and presented them unto Pharaoh. -- genesis 47:2 +. +And Pharaoh said unto his brethren, What is your occupation? And they said unto Pharaoh, Thy servants are shepherds, both we, and also our fathers. -- genesis 47:3 +. +They said moreover unto Pharaoh, For to sojourn in the land are we come; for thy servants have no pasture for their flocks; for the famine is sore in the land of Canaan: now therefore, we pray thee, let thy servants dwell in the land of Goshen. -- genesis 47:4 +. +And Pharaoh spake unto Joseph, saying, Thy father and thy brethren are come unto thee: -- genesis 47:5 +. +The land of Egypt is before thee; in the best of the land make thy father and brethren to dwell; in the land of Goshen let them dwell: and if thou knowest any men of activity among them, then make them rulers over my cattle. -- genesis 47:6 +. +And Joseph brought in Jacob his father, and set him before Pharaoh: and Jacob blessed Pharaoh. -- genesis 47:7 +. +And Pharaoh said unto Jacob, How old art thou? -- genesis 47:8 +. +And Jacob said unto Pharaoh, The days of the years of my pilgrimage are an hundred and thirty years: few and evil have the days of the years of my life been, and have not attained unto the days of the years of the life of my fathers in the days of their pilgrimage. -- genesis 47:9 +. +And Jacob blessed Pharaoh, and went out from before Pharaoh. -- genesis 47:10 +. +And Joseph placed his father and his brethren, and gave them a possession in the land of Egypt, in the best of the land, in the land of Rameses, as Pharaoh had commanded. -- genesis 47:11 +. +And Joseph nourished his father, and his brethren, and all his father's household, with bread, according to their families. -- genesis 47:12 +. +And there was no bread in all the land; for the famine was very sore, so that the land of Egypt and all the land of Canaan fainted by reason of the famine. -- genesis 47:13 +. +And Joseph gathered up all the money that was found in the land of Egypt, and in the land of Canaan, for the corn which they bought: and Joseph brought the money into Pharaoh's house. -- genesis 47:14 +. +And when money failed in the land of Egypt, and in the land of Canaan, all the Egyptians came unto Joseph, and said, Give us bread: for why should we die in thy presence? for the money faileth. -- genesis 47:15 +. +And Joseph said, Give your cattle; and I will give you for your cattle, if money fail. -- genesis 47:16 +. +And they brought their cattle unto Joseph: and Joseph gave them bread in exchange for horses, and for the flocks, and for the cattle of the herds, and for the asses: and he fed them with bread for all their cattle for that year. -- genesis 47:17 +. +When that year was ended, they came unto him the second year, and said unto him, We will not hide it from my lord, how that our money is spent; my lord also hath our herds of cattle; there is not ought left in the sight of my lord, but our bodies, and our lands: -- genesis 47:18 +. +Wherefore shall we die before thine eyes, both we and our land? buy us and our land for bread, and we and our land will be servants unto Pharaoh: and give us seed, that we may live, and not die, that the land be not desolate. -- genesis 47:19 +. +And Joseph bought all the land of Egypt for Pharaoh; for the Egyptians sold every man his field, because the famine prevailed over them: so the land became Pharaoh's. -- genesis 47:20 +. +And as for the people, he removed them to cities from one end of the borders of Egypt even to the other end thereof. -- genesis 47:21 +. +Only the land of the priests bought he not; for the priests had a portion assigned them of Pharaoh, and did eat their portion which Pharaoh gave them: wherefore they sold not their lands. -- genesis 47:22 +. +Then Joseph said unto the people, Behold, I have bought you this day and your land for Pharaoh: lo, here is seed for you, and ye shall sow the land. -- genesis 47:23 +. +And it shall come to pass in the increase, that ye shall give the fifth part unto Pharaoh, and four parts shall be your own, for seed of the field, and for your food, and for them of your households, and for food for your little ones. -- genesis 47:24 +. +And they said, Thou hast saved our lives: let us find grace in the sight of my lord, and we will be Pharaoh's servants. -- genesis 47:25 +. +And Joseph made it a law over the land of Egypt unto this day, that Pharaoh should have the fifth part, except the land of the priests only, which became not Pharaoh's. -- genesis 47:26 +. +And Israel dwelt in the land of Egypt, in the country of Goshen; and they had possessions therein, and grew, and multiplied exceedingly. -- genesis 47:27 +. +And Jacob lived in the land of Egypt seventeen years: so the whole age of Jacob was an hundred forty and seven years. -- genesis 47:28 +. +And the time drew nigh that Israel must die: and he called his son Joseph, and said unto him, If now I have found grace in thy sight, put, I pray thee, thy hand under my thigh, and deal kindly and truly with me; bury me not, I pray thee, in Egypt: -- genesis 47:29 +. +But I will lie with my fathers, and thou shalt carry me out of Egypt, and bury me in their buryingplace. And he said, I will do as thou hast said. -- genesis 47:30 +. +And he said, Swear unto me. And he sware unto him. And Israel bowed himself upon the bed's head. -- genesis 47:31 +. +And it came to pass after these things, that one told Joseph, Behold, thy father is sick: and he took with him his two sons, Manasseh and Ephraim. -- genesis 48:1 +. +And one told Jacob, and said, Behold, thy son Joseph cometh unto thee: and Israel strengthened himself, and sat upon the bed. -- genesis 48:2 +. +And Jacob said unto Joseph, God Almighty appeared unto me at Luz in the land of Canaan, and blessed me, -- genesis 48:3 +. +And said unto me, Behold, I will make thee fruitful, and multiply thee, and I will make of thee a multitude of people; and will give this land to thy seed after thee for an everlasting possession. -- genesis 48:4 +. +And now thy two sons, Ephraim and Manasseh, which were born unto thee in the land of Egypt before I came unto thee into Egypt, are mine; as Reuben and Simeon, they shall be mine. -- genesis 48:5 +. +And thy issue, which thou begettest after them, shall be thine, and shall be called after the name of their brethren in their inheritance. -- genesis 48:6 +. +And as for me, when I came from Padan, Rachel died by me in the land of Canaan in the way, when yet there was but a little way to come unto Ephrath: and I buried her there in the way of Ephrath; the same is Bethlehem. -- genesis 48:7 +. +And Israel beheld Joseph's sons, and said, Who are these? -- genesis 48:8 +. +And Joseph said unto his father, They are my sons, whom God hath given me in this place. And he said, Bring them, I pray thee, unto me, and I will bless them. -- genesis 48:9 +. +Now the eyes of Israel were dim for age, so that he could not see. And he brought them near unto him; and he kissed them, and embraced them. -- genesis 48:10 +. +And Israel said unto Joseph, I had not thought to see thy face: and, lo, God hath showed me also thy seed. -- genesis 48:11 +. +And Joseph brought them out from between his knees, and he bowed himself with his face to the earth. -- genesis 48:12 +. +And Joseph took them both, Ephraim in his right hand toward Israel's left hand, and Manasseh in his left hand toward Israel's right hand, and brought them near unto him. -- genesis 48:13 +. +And Israel stretched out his right hand, and laid it upon Ephraim's head, who was the younger, and his left hand upon Manasseh's head, guiding his hands wittingly; for Manasseh was the firstborn. -- genesis 48:14 +. +And he blessed Joseph, and said, God, before whom my fathers Abraham and Isaac did walk, the God which fed me all my life long unto this day, -- genesis 48:15 +. +The Angel which redeemed me from all evil, bless the lads; and let my name be named on them, and the name of my fathers Abraham and Isaac; and let them grow into a multitude in the midst of the earth. -- genesis 48:16 +. +And when Joseph saw that his father laid his right hand upon the head of Ephraim, it displeased him: and he held up his father's hand, to remove it from Ephraim's head unto Manasseh's head. -- genesis 48:17 +. +And Joseph said unto his father, Not so, my father: for this is the firstborn; put thy right hand upon his head. -- genesis 48:18 +. +And his father refused, and said, I know it, my son, I know it: he also shall become a people, and he also shall be great: but truly his younger brother shall be greater than he, and his seed shall become a multitude of nations. -- genesis 48:19 +. +And he blessed them that day, saying, In thee shall Israel bless, saying, God make thee as Ephraim and as Manasseh: and he set Ephraim before Manasseh. -- genesis 48:20 +. +And Israel said unto Joseph, Behold, I die: but God shall be with you, and bring you again unto the land of your fathers. -- genesis 48:21 +. +Moreover I have given to thee one portion above thy brethren, which I took out of the hand of the Amorite with my sword and with my bow. -- genesis 48:22 +. +And Jacob called unto his sons, and said, Gather yourselves together, that I may tell you that which shall befall you in the last days. -- genesis 49:1 +. +Gather yourselves together, and hear, ye sons of Jacob; and hearken unto Israel your father. -- genesis 49:2 +. +Reuben, thou art my firstborn, my might, and the beginning of my strength, the excellency of dignity, and the excellency of power: -- genesis 49:3 +. +Unstable as water, thou shalt not excel; because thou wentest up to thy father's bed; then defiledst thou it: he went up to my couch. -- genesis 49:4 +. +Simeon and Levi are brethren; instruments of cruelty are in their habitations. -- genesis 49:5 +. +O my soul, come not thou into their secret; unto their assembly, mine honor, be not thou united: for in their anger they slew a man, and in their self-will they digged down a wall. -- genesis 49:6 +. +Cursed be their anger, for it was fierce; and their wrath, for it was cruel: I will divide them in Jacob, and scatter them in Israel. -- genesis 49:7 +. +Judah, thou art he whom thy brethren shall praise: thy hand shall be in the neck of thine enemies; thy father's children shall bow down before thee. -- genesis 49:8 +. +Judah is a lion's whelp: from the prey, my son, thou art gone up: he stooped down, he couched as a lion, and as an old lion; who shall rouse him up? -- genesis 49:9 +. +The sceptre shall not depart from Judah, nor a lawgiver from between his feet, until Shiloh come; and unto him shall the gathering of the people be. -- genesis 49:10 +. +Binding his foal unto the vine, and his ass's colt unto the choice vine; he washed his garments in wine, and his clothes in the blood of grapes: -- genesis 49:11 +. +His eyes shall be red with wine, and his teeth white with milk. -- genesis 49:12 +. +Zebulun shall dwell at the haven of the sea; and he shall be for an haven of ships; and his border shall be unto Zidon. -- genesis 49:13 +. +Issachar is a strong ass couching down between two burdens: -- genesis 49:14 +. +And he saw that rest was good, and the land that it was pleasant; and bowed his shoulder to bear, and became a servant unto tribute. -- genesis 49:15 +. +Dan shall judge his people, as one of the tribes of Israel. -- genesis 49:16 +. +Dan shall be a serpent by the way, an adder in the path, that biteth the horse heels, so that his rider shall fall backward. -- genesis 49:17 +. +I have waited for thy salvation, O LORD. -- genesis 49:18 +. +Gad, a troop shall overcome him: but he shall overcome at the last. -- genesis 49:19 +. +Out of Asher his bread shall be fat, and he shall yield royal dainties. -- genesis 49:20 +. +Naphtali is a hind let loose: he giveth goodly words. -- genesis 49:21 +. +Joseph is a fruitful bough, even a fruitful bough by a well; whose branches run over the wall: -- genesis 49:22 +. +The archers have sorely grieved him, and shot at him, and hated him: -- genesis 49:23 +. +But his bow abode in strength, and the arms of his hands were made strong by the hands of the mighty God of Jacob; (from thence is the shepherd, the stone of Israel:) -- genesis 49:24 +. +Even by the God of thy father, who shall help thee; and by the Almighty, who shall bless thee with blessings of heaven above, blessings of the deep that lieth under, blessings of the breasts, and of the womb: -- genesis 49:25 +. +The blessings of thy father have prevailed above the blessings of my progenitors unto the utmost bound of the everlasting hills: they shall be on the head of Joseph, and on the crown of the head of him that was separate from his brethren. -- genesis 49:26 +. +Benjamin shall raven as a wolf: in the morning he shall devour the prey, and at night he shall divide the spoil. -- genesis 49:27 +. +All these are the twelve tribes of Israel: and this is it that their father spake unto them, and blessed them; every one according to his blessing he blessed them. -- genesis 49:28 +. +And he charged them, and said unto them, I am to be gathered unto my people: bury me with my fathers in the cave that is in the field of Ephron the Hittite, -- genesis 49:29 +. +In the cave that is in the field of Machpelah, which is before Mamre, in the land of Canaan, which Abraham bought with the field of Ephron the Hittite for a possession of a buryingplace. -- genesis 49:30 +. +There they buried Abraham and Sarah his wife; there they buried Isaac and Rebekah his wife; and there I buried Leah. -- genesis 49:31 +. +The purchase of the field and of the cave that is therein was from the children of Heth. -- genesis 49:32 +. +And when Jacob had made an end of commanding his sons, he gathered up his feet into the bed, and yielded up the ghost, and was gathered unto his people. -- genesis 49:33 +. +And Joseph fell upon his father's face, and wept upon him, and kissed him. -- genesis 50:1 +. +And Joseph commanded his servants the physicians to embalm his father: and the physicians embalmed Israel. -- genesis 50:2 +. +And forty days were fulfilled for him; for so are fulfilled the days of those which are embalmed: and the Egyptians mourned for him threescore and ten days. -- genesis 50:3 +. +And when the days of his mourning were past, Joseph spake unto the house of Pharaoh, saying, If now I have found grace in your eyes, speak, I pray you, in the ears of Pharaoh, saying, -- genesis 50:4 +. +My father made me swear, saying, Lo, I die: in my grave which I have digged for me in the land of Canaan, there shalt thou bury me. Now therefore let me go up, I pray thee, and bury my father, and I will come again. -- genesis 50:5 +. +And Pharaoh said, Go up, and bury thy father, according as he made thee swear. -- genesis 50:6 +. +And Joseph went up to bury his father: and with him went up all the servants of Pharaoh, the elders of his house, and all the elders of the land of Egypt, -- genesis 50:7 +. +And all the house of Joseph, and his brethren, and his father's house: only their little ones, and their flocks, and their herds, they left in the land of Goshen. -- genesis 50:8 +. +And there went up with him both chariots and horsemen: and it was a very great company. -- genesis 50:9 +. +And they came to the threshingfloor of Atad, which is beyond Jordan, and there they mourned with a great and very sore lamentation: and he made a mourning for his father seven days. -- genesis 50:10 +. +And when the inhabitants of the land, the Canaanites, saw the mourning in the floor of Atad, they said, This is a grievous mourning to the Egyptians: wherefore the name of it was called Abelmizraim, which is beyond Jordan. -- genesis 50:11 +. +And his sons did unto him according as he commanded them: -- genesis 50:12 +. +For his sons carried him into the land of Canaan, and buried him in the cave of the field of Machpelah, which Abraham bought with the field for a possession of a buryingplace of Ephron the Hittite, before Mamre. -- genesis 50:13 +. +And Joseph returned into Egypt, he, and his brethren, and all that went up with him to bury his father, after he had buried his father. -- genesis 50:14 +. +And when Joseph's brethren saw that their father was dead, they said, Joseph will peradventure hate us, and will certainly requite us all the evil which we did unto him. -- genesis 50:15 +. +And they sent a messenger unto Joseph, saying, Thy father did command before he died, saying, -- genesis 50:16 +. +So shall ye say unto Joseph, Forgive, I pray thee now, the trespass of thy brethren, and their sin; for they did unto thee evil: and now, we pray thee, forgive the trespass of the servants of the God of thy father. And Joseph wept when they spake unto him. -- genesis 50:17 +. +And his brethren also went and fell down before his face; and they said, Behold, we be thy servants. -- genesis 50:18 +. +And Joseph said unto them, Fear not: for am I in the place of God? -- genesis 50:19 +. +But as for you, ye thought evil against me; but God meant it unto good, to bring to pass, as it is this day, to save much people alive. -- genesis 50:20 +. +Now therefore fear ye not: I will nourish you, and your little ones. And he comforted them, and spake kindly unto them. -- genesis 50:21 +. +And Joseph dwelt in Egypt, he, and his father's house: and Joseph lived an hundred and ten years. -- genesis 50:22 +. +And Joseph saw Ephraim's children of the third generation: the children also of Machir the son of Manasseh were brought up upon Joseph's knees. -- genesis 50:23 +. +And Joseph said unto his brethren, I die: and God will surely visit you, and bring you out of this land unto the land which he sware to Abraham, to Isaac, and to Jacob. -- genesis 50:24 +. +And Joseph took an oath of the children of Israel, saying, God will surely visit you, and ye shall carry up my bones from hence. -- genesis 50:25 +. +So Joseph died, being an hundred and ten years old: and they embalmed him, and he was put in a coffin in Egypt. -- genesis 50:26 +. +Now these are the names of the children of Israel, which came into Egypt; every man and his household came with Jacob. -- exodus 1:1 +. +Reuben, Simeon, Levi, and Judah, -- exodus 1:2 +. +Issachar, Zebulun, and Benjamin, -- exodus 1:3 +. +Dan, and Naphtali, Gad, and Asher. -- exodus 1:4 +. +And all the souls that came out of the loins of Jacob were seventy souls: for Joseph was in Egypt already. -- exodus 1:5 +. +And Joseph died, and all his brethren, and all that generation. -- exodus 1:6 +. +And the children of Israel were fruitful, and increased abundantly, and multiplied, and waxed exceeding mighty; and the land was filled with them. -- exodus 1:7 +. +Now there arose up a new king over Egypt, which knew not Joseph. -- exodus 1:8 +. +And he said unto his people, Behold, the people of the children of Israel are more and mightier than we: -- exodus 1:9 +. +Come on, let us deal wisely with them; lest they multiply, and it come to pass, that, when there falleth out any war, they join also unto our enemies, and fight against us, and so get them up out of the land. -- exodus 1:10 +. +Therefore they did set over them taskmasters to afflict them with their burdens. And they built for Pharaoh treasure cities, Pithom and Raamses. -- exodus 1:11 +. +But the more they afflicted them, the more they multiplied and grew. And they were grieved because of the children of Israel. -- exodus 1:12 +. +And the Egyptians made the children of Israel to serve with rigor: -- exodus 1:13 +. +And they made their lives bitter with hard bondage, in mortar, and in brick, and in all manner of service in the field: all their service, wherein they made them serve, was with rigor. -- exodus 1:14 +. +And the king of Egypt spake to the Hebrew midwives, of which the name of the one was Shiphrah, and the name of the other Puah: -- exodus 1:15 +. +And he said, When ye do the office of a midwife to the Hebrew women, and see them upon the stools; if it be a son, then ye shall kill him: but if it be a daughter, then she shall live. -- exodus 1:16 +. +But the midwives feared God, and did not as the king of Egypt commanded them, but saved the men children alive. -- exodus 1:17 +. +And the king of Egypt called for the midwives, and said unto them, Why have ye done this thing, and have saved the men children alive? -- exodus 1:18 +. +And the midwives said unto Pharaoh, Because the Hebrew women are not as the Egyptian women; for they are lively, and are delivered ere the midwives come in unto them. -- exodus 1:19 +. +Therefore God dealt well with the midwives: and the people multiplied, and waxed very mighty. -- exodus 1:20 +. +And it came to pass, because the midwives feared God, that he made them houses. -- exodus 1:21 +. +And Pharaoh charged all his people, saying, Every son that is born ye shall cast into the river, and every daughter ye shall save alive. -- exodus 1:22 +. +And there went a man of the house of Levi, and took to wife a daughter of Levi. -- exodus 2:1 +. +And the woman conceived, and bare a son: and when she saw him that he was a goodly child, she hid him three months. -- exodus 2:2 +. +And when she could not longer hide him, she took for him an ark of bulrushes, and daubed it with slime and with pitch, and put the child therein; and she laid it in the flags by the river's brink. -- exodus 2:3 +. +And his sister stood afar off, to wit what would be done to him. -- exodus 2:4 +. +And the daughter of Pharaoh came down to wash herself at the river; and her maidens walked along by the river's side; and when she saw the ark among the flags, she sent her maid to fetch it. -- exodus 2:5 +. +And when she had opened it, she saw the child: and, behold, the babe wept. And she had compassion on him, and said, This is one of the Hebrews' children. -- exodus 2:6 +. +Then said his sister to Pharaoh's daughter, Shall I go and call to thee a nurse of the Hebrew women, that she may nurse the child for thee? -- exodus 2:7 +. +And Pharaoh's daughter said to her, Go. And the maid went and called the child's mother. -- exodus 2:8 +. +And Pharaoh's daughter said unto her, Take this child away, and nurse it for me, and I will give thee thy wages. And the women took the child, and nursed it. -- exodus 2:9 +. +And the child grew, and she brought him unto Pharaoh's daughter, and he became her son. And she called his name Moses: and she said, Because I drew him out of the water. -- exodus 2:10 +. +And it came to pass in those days, when Moses was grown, that he went out unto his brethren, and looked on their burdens: and he spied an Egyptian smiting an Hebrew, one of his brethren. -- exodus 2:11 +. +And he looked this way and that way, and when he saw that there was no man, he slew the Egyptian, and hid him in the sand. -- exodus 2:12 +. +And when he went out the second day, behold, two men of the Hebrews strove together: and he said to him that did the wrong, Wherefore smitest thou thy fellow? -- exodus 2:13 +. +And he said, Who made thee a prince and a judge over us? intendest thou to kill me, as thou killedst the Egyptian? And Moses feared, and said, Surely this thing is known. -- exodus 2:14 +. +Now when Pharaoh heard this thing, he sought to slay Moses. But Moses fled from the face of Pharaoh, and dwelt in the land of Midian: and he sat down by a well. -- exodus 2:15 +. +Now the priest of Midian had seven daughters: and they came and drew water, and filled the troughs to water their father's flock. -- exodus 2:16 +. +And the shepherds came and drove them away: but Moses stood up and helped them, and watered their flock. -- exodus 2:17 +. +And when they came to Reuel their father, he said, How is it that ye are come so soon to day? -- exodus 2:18 +. +And they said, An Egyptian delivered us out of the hand of the shepherds, and also drew water enough for us, and watered the flock. -- exodus 2:19 +. +And he said unto his daughters, And where is he? why is it that ye have left the man? call him, that he may eat bread. -- exodus 2:20 +. +And Moses was content to dwell with the man: and he gave Moses Zipporah his daughter. -- exodus 2:21 +. +And she bare him a son, and he called his name Gershom: for he said, I have been a stranger in a strange land. -- exodus 2:22 +. +And it came to pass in process of time, that the king of Egypt died: and the children of Israel sighed by reason of the bondage, and they cried, and their cry came up unto God by reason of the bondage. -- exodus 2:23 +. +And God heard their groaning, and God remembered his covenant with Abraham, with Isaac, and with Jacob. -- exodus 2:24 +. +And God looked upon the children of Israel, and God had respect unto them. -- exodus 2:25 +. +Now Moses kept the flock of Jethro his father in law, the priest of Midian: and he led the flock to the backside of the desert, and came to the mountain of God, even to Horeb. -- exodus 3:1 +. +And the angel of the LORD appeared unto him in a flame of fire out of the midst of a bush: and he looked, and, behold, the bush burned with fire, and the bush was not consumed. -- exodus 3:2 +. +And Moses said, I will now turn aside, and see this great sight, why the bush is not burnt. -- exodus 3:3 +. +And when the LORD saw that he turned aside to see, God called unto him out of the midst of the bush, and said, Moses, Moses. And he said, Here am I. -- exodus 3:4 +. +And he said, Draw not nigh hither: put off thy shoes from off thy feet, for the place whereon thou standest is holy ground. -- exodus 3:5 +. +Moreover he said, I am the God of thy father, the God of Abraham, the God of Isaac, and the God of Jacob. And Moses hid his face; for he was afraid to look upon God. -- exodus 3:6 +. +And the LORD said, I have surely seen the affliction of my people which are in Egypt, and have heard their cry by reason of their taskmasters; for I know their sorrows; -- exodus 3:7 +. +And I am come down to deliver them out of the hand of the Egyptians, and to bring them up out of that land unto a good land and a large, unto a land flowing with milk and honey; unto the place of the Canaanites, and the Hittites, and the Amorites, and the Perizzites, and the Hivites, and the Jebusites. -- exodus 3:8 +. +Now therefore, behold, the cry of the children of Israel is come unto me: and I have also seen the oppression wherewith the Egyptians oppress them. -- exodus 3:9 +. +Come now therefore, and I will send thee unto Pharaoh, that thou mayest bring forth my people the children of Israel out of Egypt. -- exodus 3:10 +. +And Moses said unto God, Who am I, that I should go unto Pharaoh, and that I should bring forth the children of Israel out of Egypt? -- exodus 3:11 +. +And he said, Certainly I will be with thee; and this shall be a token unto thee, that I have sent thee: When thou hast brought forth the people out of Egypt, ye shall serve God upon this mountain. -- exodus 3:12 +. +And Moses said unto God, Behold, when I come unto the children of Israel, and shall say unto them, The God of your fathers hath sent me unto you; and they shall say to me, What is his name? what shall I say unto them? -- exodus 3:13 +. +And God said unto Moses, I AM THAT I AM: and he said, Thus shalt thou say unto the children of Israel, I AM hath sent me unto you. -- exodus 3:14 +. +And God said moreover unto Moses, Thus shalt thou say unto the children of Israel, the LORD God of your fathers, the God of Abraham, the God of Isaac, and the God of Jacob, hath sent me unto you: this is my name for ever, and this is my memorial unto all generations. -- exodus 3:15 +. +Go, and gather the elders of Israel together, and say unto them, The LORD God of your fathers, the God of Abraham, of Isaac, and of Jacob, appeared unto me, saying, I have surely visited you, and seen that which is done to you in Egypt: -- exodus 3:16 +. +And I have said, I will bring you up out of the affliction of Egypt unto the land of the Canaanites, and the Hittites, and the Amorites, and the Perizzites, and the Hivites, and the Jebusites, unto a land flowing with milk and honey. -- exodus 3:17 +. +And they shall hearken to thy voice: and thou shalt come, thou and the elders of Israel, unto the king of Egypt, and ye shall say unto him, The LORD God of the Hebrews hath met with us: and now let us go, we beseech thee, three days' journey into the wilderness, that we may sacrifice to the LORD our God. -- exodus 3:18 +. +And I am sure that the king of Egypt will not let you go, no, not by a mighty hand. -- exodus 3:19 +. +And I will stretch out my hand, and smite Egypt with all my wonders which I will do in the midst thereof: and after that he will let you go. -- exodus 3:20 +. +And I will give this people favor in the sight of the Egyptians: and it shall come to pass, that, when ye go, ye shall not go empty. -- exodus 3:21 +. +But every woman shall borrow of her neighbor, and of her that sojourneth in her house, jewels of silver, and jewels of gold, and raiment: and ye shall put them upon your sons, and upon your daughters; and ye shall spoil the Egyptians. -- exodus 3:22 +. +And Moses answered and said, But, behold, they will not believe me, nor hearken unto my voice: for they will say, The LORD hath not appeared unto thee. -- exodus 4:1 +. +And the LORD said unto him, What is that in thine hand? And he said, A rod. -- exodus 4:2 +. +And he said, Cast it on the ground. And he cast it on the ground, and it became a serpent; and Moses fled from before it. -- exodus 4:3 +. +And the LORD said unto Moses, Put forth thine hand, and take it by the tail. And he put forth his hand, and caught it, and it became a rod in his hand: -- exodus 4:4 +. +That they may believe that the LORD God of their fathers, the God of Abraham, the God of Isaac, and the God of Jacob, hath appeared unto thee. -- exodus 4:5 +. +And the LORD said furthermore unto him, Put now thine hand into thy bosom. And he put his hand into his bosom: and when he took it out, behold, his hand was leprous as snow. -- exodus 4:6 +. +And he said, Put thine hand into thy bosom again. And he put his hand into his bosom again; and plucked it out of his bosom, and, behold, it was turned again as his other flesh. -- exodus 4:7 +. +And it shall come to pass, if they will not believe thee, neither hearken to the voice of the first sign, that they will believe the voice of the latter sign. -- exodus 4:8 +. +And it shall come to pass, if they will not believe also these two signs, neither hearken unto thy voice, that thou shalt take of the water of the river, and pour it upon the dry land: and the water which thou takest out of the river shall become blood upon the dry land. -- exodus 4:9 +. +And Moses said unto the LORD, O my LORD, I am not eloquent, neither heretofore, nor since thou hast spoken unto thy servant: but I am slow of speech, and of a slow tongue. -- exodus 4:10 +. +And the LORD said unto him, Who hath made man's mouth? or who maketh the dumb, or deaf, or the seeing, or the blind? have not I the LORD? -- exodus 4:11 +. +Now therefore go, and I will be with thy mouth, and teach thee what thou shalt say. -- exodus 4:12 +. +And he said, O my LORD, send, I pray thee, by the hand of him whom thou wilt send. -- exodus 4:13 +. +And the anger of the LORD was kindled against Moses, and he said, Is not Aaron the Levite thy brother? I know that he can speak well. And also, behold, he cometh forth to meet thee: and when he seeth thee, he will be glad in his heart. -- exodus 4:14 +. +And thou shalt speak unto him, and put words in his mouth: and I will be with thy mouth, and with his mouth, and will teach you what ye shall do. -- exodus 4:15 +. +And he shall be thy spokesman unto the people: and he shall be, even he shall be to thee instead of a mouth, and thou shalt be to him instead of God. -- exodus 4:16 +. +And thou shalt take this rod in thine hand, wherewith thou shalt do signs. -- exodus 4:17 +. +And Moses went and returned to Jethro his father in law, and said unto him, Let me go, I pray thee, and return unto my brethren which are in Egypt, and see whether they be yet alive. And Jethro said to Moses, Go in peace. -- exodus 4:18 +. +And the LORD said unto Moses in Midian, Go, return into Egypt: for all the men are dead which sought thy life. -- exodus 4:19 +. +And Moses took his wife and his sons, and set them upon an ass, and he returned to the land of Egypt: and Moses took the rod of God in his hand. -- exodus 4:20 +. +And the LORD said unto Moses, When thou goest to return into Egypt, see that thou do all those wonders before Pharaoh, which I have put in thine hand: but I will harden his heart, that he shall not let the people go. -- exodus 4:21 +. +And thou shalt say unto Pharaoh, Thus saith the LORD, Israel is my son, even my firstborn: -- exodus 4:22 +. +And I say unto thee, Let my son go, that he may serve me: and if thou refuse to let him go, behold, I will slay thy son, even thy firstborn. -- exodus 4:23 +. +And it came to pass by the way in the inn, that the LORD met him, and sought to kill him. -- exodus 4:24 +. +Then Zipporah took a sharp stone, and cut off the foreskin of her son, and cast it at his feet, and said, Surely a bloody husband art thou to me. -- exodus 4:25 +. +So he let him go: then she said, A bloody husband thou art, because of the circumcision. -- exodus 4:26 +. +And the LORD said to Aaron, Go into the wilderness to meet Moses. And he went, and met him in the mount of God, and kissed him. -- exodus 4:27 +. +And Moses told Aaron all the words of the LORD who had sent him, and all the signs which he had commanded him. -- exodus 4:28 +. +And Moses and Aaron went and gathered together all the elders of the children of Israel: -- exodus 4:29 +. +And Aaron spake all the words which the LORD had spoken unto Moses, and did the signs in the sight of the people. -- exodus 4:30 +. +And the people believed: and when they heard that the LORD had visited the children of Israel, and that he had looked upon their affliction, then they bowed their heads and worshipped. -- exodus 4:31 +. +And afterward Moses and Aaron went in, and told Pharaoh, Thus saith the LORD God of Israel, Let my people go, that they may hold a feast unto me in the wilderness. -- exodus 5:1 +. +And Pharaoh said, Who is the LORD, that I should obey his voice to let Israel go? I know not the LORD, neither will I let Israel go. -- exodus 5:2 +. +And they said, The God of the Hebrews hath met with us: let us go, we pray thee, three days' journey into the desert, and sacrifice unto the LORD our God; lest he fall upon us with pestilence, or with the sword. -- exodus 5:3 +. +And the king of Egypt said unto them, Wherefore do ye, Moses and Aaron, let the people from their works? get you unto your burdens. -- exodus 5:4 +. +And Pharaoh said, Behold, the people of the land now are many, and ye make them rest from their burdens. -- exodus 5:5 +. +And Pharaoh commanded the same day the taskmasters of the people, and their officers, saying, -- exodus 5:6 +. +Ye shall no more give the people straw to make brick, as heretofore: let them go and gather straw for themselves. -- exodus 5:7 +. +And the tale of the bricks, which they did make heretofore, ye shall lay upon them; ye shall not diminish ought thereof: for they be idle; therefore they cry, saying, Let us go and sacrifice to our God. -- exodus 5:8 +. +Let there more work be laid upon the men, that they may labor therein; and let them not regard vain words. -- exodus 5:9 +. +And the taskmasters of the people went out, and their officers, and they spake to the people, saying, Thus saith Pharaoh, I will not give you straw. -- exodus 5:10 +. +Go ye, get you straw where ye can find it: yet not ought of your work shall be diminished. -- exodus 5:11 +. +So the people were scattered abroad throughout all the land of Egypt to gather stubble instead of straw. -- exodus 5:12 +. +And the taskmasters hasted them, saying, Fulfil your works, your daily tasks, as when there was straw. -- exodus 5:13 +. +And the officers of the children of Israel, which Pharaoh's taskmasters had set over them, were beaten, and demanded, Wherefore have ye not fulfilled your task in making brick both yesterday and to day, as heretofore? -- exodus 5:14 +. +Then the officers of the children of Israel came and cried unto Pharaoh, saying, Wherefore dealest thou thus with thy servants? -- exodus 5:15 +. +There is no straw given unto thy servants, and they say to us, Make brick: and, behold, thy servants are beaten; but the fault is in thine own people. -- exodus 5:16 +. +But he said, Ye are idle, ye are idle: therefore ye say, Let us go and do sacrifice to the LORD. -- exodus 5:17 +. +Go therefore now, and work; for there shall no straw be given you, yet shall ye deliver the tale of bricks. -- exodus 5:18 +. +And the officers of the children of Israel did see that they were in evil case, after it was said, Ye shall not minish ought from your bricks of your daily task. -- exodus 5:19 +. +And they met Moses and Aaron, who stood in the way, as they came forth from Pharaoh: -- exodus 5:20 +. +And they said unto them, The LORD look upon you, and judge; because ye have made our savor to be abhorred in the eyes of Pharaoh, and in the eyes of his servants, to put a sword in their hand to slay us. -- exodus 5:21 +. +And Moses returned unto the LORD, and said, LORD, wherefore hast thou so evil entreated this people? why is it that thou hast sent me? -- exodus 5:22 +. +For since I came to Pharaoh to speak in thy name, he hath done evil to this people; neither hast thou delivered thy people at all. -- exodus 5:23 +. +Then the LORD said unto Moses, Now shalt thou see what I will do to Pharaoh: for with a strong hand shall he let them go, and with a strong hand shall he drive them out of his land. -- exodus 6:1 +. +And God spake unto Moses, and said unto him, I am the LORD: -- exodus 6:2 +. +And I appeared unto Abraham, unto Isaac, and unto Jacob, by the name of God Almighty, but by my name JEHOVAH was I not known to them. -- exodus 6:3 +. +And I have also established my covenant with them, to give them the land of Canaan, the land of their pilgrimage, wherein they were strangers. -- exodus 6:4 +. +And I have also heard the groaning of the children of Israel, whom the Egyptians keep in bondage; and I have remembered my covenant. -- exodus 6:5 +. +Wherefore say unto the children of Israel, I am the LORD, and I will bring you out from under the burdens of the Egyptians, and I will rid you out of their bondage, and I will redeem you with a stretched out arm, and with great judgments: -- exodus 6:6 +. +And I will take you to me for a people, and I will be to you a God: and ye shall know that I am the LORD your God, which bringeth you out from under the burdens of the Egyptians. -- exodus 6:7 +. +And I will bring you in unto the land, concerning the which I did swear to give it to Abraham, to Isaac, and to Jacob; and I will give it you for an heritage: I am the LORD. -- exodus 6:8 +. +And Moses spake so unto the children of Israel: but they hearkened not unto Moses for anguish of spirit, and for cruel bondage. -- exodus 6:9 +. +And the LORD spake unto Moses, saying, -- exodus 6:10 +. +Go in, speak unto Pharaoh king of Egypt, that he let the children of Israel go out of his land. -- exodus 6:11 +. +And Moses spake before the LORD, saying, Behold, the children of Israel have not hearkened unto me; how then shall Pharaoh hear me, who am of uncircumcised lips? -- exodus 6:12 +. +And the LORD spake unto Moses and unto Aaron, and gave them a charge unto the children of Israel, and unto Pharaoh king of Egypt, to bring the children of Israel out of the land of Egypt. -- exodus 6:13 +. +These be the heads of their fathers' houses: The sons of Reuben the firstborn of Israel; Hanoch, and Pallu, Hezron, and Carmi: these be the families of Reuben. -- exodus 6:14 +. +And the sons of Simeon; Jemuel, and Jamin, and Ohad, and Jachin, and Zohar, and Shaul the son of a Canaanitish woman: these are the families of Simeon. -- exodus 6:15 +. +And these are the names of the sons of Levi according to their generations; Gershon, and Kohath, and Merari: and the years of the life of Levi were an hundred thirty and seven years. -- exodus 6:16 +. +The sons of Gershon; Libni, and Shimi, according to their families. -- exodus 6:17 +. +And the sons of Kohath; Amram, and Izhar, and Hebron, and Uzziel: and the years of the life of Kohath were an hundred thirty and three years. -- exodus 6:18 +. +And the sons of Merari; Mahali and Mushi: these are the families of Levi according to their generations. -- exodus 6:19 +. +And Amram took him Jochebed his father's sister to wife; and she bare him Aaron and Moses: and the years of the life of Amram were an hundred and thirty and seven years. -- exodus 6:20 +. +And the sons of Izhar; Korah, and Nepheg, and Zichri. -- exodus 6:21 +. +And the sons of Uzziel; Mishael, and Elzaphan, and Zithri. -- exodus 6:22 +. +And Aaron took him Elisheba, daughter of Amminadab, sister of Naashon, to wife; and she bare him Nadab, and Abihu, Eleazar, and Ithamar. -- exodus 6:23 +. +And the sons of Korah; Assir, and Elkanah, and Abiasaph: these are the families of the Korhites. -- exodus 6:24 +. +And Eleazar Aaron's son took him one of the daughters of Putiel to wife; and she bare him Phinehas: these are the heads of the fathers of the Levites according to their families. -- exodus 6:25 +. +These are that Aaron and Moses, to whom the LORD said, Bring out the children of Israel from the land of Egypt according to their armies. -- exodus 6:26 +. +These are they which spake to Pharaoh king of Egypt, to bring out the children of Israel from Egypt: these are that Moses and Aaron. -- exodus 6:27 +. +And it came to pass on the day when the LORD spake unto Moses in the land of Egypt, -- exodus 6:28 +. +That the LORD spake unto Moses, saying, I am the LORD: speak thou unto Pharaoh king of Egypt all that I say unto thee. -- exodus 6:29 +. +And Moses said before the LORD, Behold, I am of uncircumcised lips, and how shall Pharaoh hearken unto me? -- exodus 6:30 +. +And the LORD said unto Moses, See, I have made thee a god to Pharaoh: and Aaron thy brother shall be thy prophet. -- exodus 7:1 +. +Thou shalt speak all that I command thee: and Aaron thy brother shall speak unto Pharaoh, that he send the children of Israel out of his land. -- exodus 7:2 +. +And I will harden Pharaoh's heart, and multiply my signs and my wonders in the land of Egypt. -- exodus 7:3 +. +But Pharaoh shall not hearken unto you, that I may lay my hand upon Egypt, and bring forth mine armies, and my people the children of Israel, out of the land of Egypt by great judgments. -- exodus 7:4 +. +And the Egyptians shall know that I am the LORD, when I stretch forth mine hand upon Egypt, and bring out the children of Israel from among them. -- exodus 7:5 +. +And Moses and Aaron did as the LORD commanded them, so did they. -- exodus 7:6 +. +And Moses was fourscore years old, and Aaron fourscore and three years old, when they spake unto Pharaoh. -- exodus 7:7 +. +And the LORD spake unto Moses and unto Aaron, saying, -- exodus 7:8 +. +When Pharaoh shall speak unto you, saying, Show a miracle for you: then thou shalt say unto Aaron, Take thy rod, and cast it before Pharaoh, and it shall become a serpent. -- exodus 7:9 +. +And Moses and Aaron went in unto Pharaoh, and they did so as the LORD had commanded: and Aaron cast down his rod before Pharaoh, and before his servants, and it became a serpent. -- exodus 7:10 +. +Then Pharaoh also called the wise men and the sorcerers: now the magicians of Egypt, they also did in like manner with their enchantments. -- exodus 7:11 +. +For they cast down every man his rod, and they became serpents: but Aaron's rod swallowed up their rods. -- exodus 7:12 +. +And he hardened Pharaoh's heart, that he hearkened not unto them; as the LORD had said. -- exodus 7:13 +. +And the LORD said unto Moses, Pharaoh's heart is hardened, he refuseth to let the people go. -- exodus 7:14 +. +Get thee unto Pharaoh in the morning; lo, he goeth out unto the water; and thou shalt stand by the river's brink against he come; and the rod which was turned to a serpent shalt thou take in thine hand. -- exodus 7:15 +. +And thou shalt say unto him, The LORD God of the Hebrews hath sent me unto thee, saying, Let my people go, that they may serve me in the wilderness: and, behold, hitherto thou wouldest not hear. -- exodus 7:16 +. +Thus saith the LORD, In this thou shalt know that I am the LORD: behold, I will smite with the rod that is in mine hand upon the waters which are in the river, and they shall be turned to blood. -- exodus 7:17 +. +And the fish that is in the river shall die, and the river shall stink; and the Egyptians shall loathe to drink of the water of the river. -- exodus 7:18 +. +And the LORD spake unto Moses, Say unto Aaron, Take thy rod, and stretch out thine hand upon the waters of Egypt, upon their streams, upon their rivers, and upon their ponds, and upon all their pools of water, that they may become blood; and that there may be blood throughout all the land of Egypt, both in vessels of wood, and in vessels of stone. -- exodus 7:19 +. +And Moses and Aaron did so, as the LORD commanded; and he lifted up the rod, and smote the waters that were in the river, in the sight of Pharaoh, and in the sight of his servants; and all the waters that were in the river were turned to blood. -- exodus 7:20 +. +And the fish that was in the river died; and the river stank, and the Egyptians could not drink of the water of the river; and there was blood throughout all the land of Egypt. -- exodus 7:21 +. +And the magicians of Egypt did so with their enchantments: and Pharaoh's heart was hardened, neither did he hearken unto them; as the LORD had said. -- exodus 7:22 +. +And Pharaoh turned and went into his house, neither did he set his heart to this also. -- exodus 7:23 +. +And all the Egyptians digged round about the river for water to drink; for they could not drink of the water of the river. -- exodus 7:24 +. +And seven days were fulfilled, after that the LORD had smitten the river. -- exodus 7:25 +. +And the LORD spake unto Moses, Go unto Pharaoh, and say unto him, Thus saith the LORD, Let my people go, that they may serve me. -- exodus 8:1 +. +And if thou refuse to let them go, behold, I will smite all thy borders with frogs: -- exodus 8:2 +. +And the river shall bring forth frogs abundantly, which shall go up and come into thine house, and into thy bedchamber, and upon thy bed, and into the house of thy servants, and upon thy people, and into thine ovens, and into thy kneadingtroughs: -- exodus 8:3 +. +And the frogs shall come up both on thee, and upon thy people, and upon all thy servants. -- exodus 8:4 +. +And the LORD spake unto Moses, Say unto Aaron, Stretch forth thine hand with thy rod over the streams, over the rivers, and over the ponds, and cause frogs to come up upon the land of Egypt. -- exodus 8:5 +. +And Aaron stretched out his hand over the waters of Egypt; and the frogs came up, and covered the land of Egypt. -- exodus 8:6 +. +And the magicians did so with their enchantments, and brought up frogs upon the land of Egypt. -- exodus 8:7 +. +Then Pharaoh called for Moses and Aaron, and said, Entreat the LORD, that he may take away the frogs from me, and from my people; and I will let the people go, that they may do sacrifice unto the LORD. -- exodus 8:8 +. +And Moses said unto Pharaoh, Glory over me: when shall I entreat for thee, and for thy servants, and for thy people, to destroy the frogs from thee and thy houses, that they may remain in the river only? -- exodus 8:9 +. +And he said, To morrow. And he said, Be it according to thy word: that thou mayest know that there is none like unto the LORD our God. -- exodus 8:10 +. +And the frogs shall depart from thee, and from thy houses, and from thy servants, and from thy people; they shall remain in the river only. -- exodus 8:11 +. +And Moses and Aaron went out from Pharaoh: and Moses cried unto the LORD because of the frogs which he had brought against Pharaoh. -- exodus 8:12 +. +And the LORD did according to the word of Moses; and the frogs died out of the houses, out of the villages, and out of the fields. -- exodus 8:13 +. +And they gathered them together upon heaps: and the land stank. -- exodus 8:14 +. +But when Pharaoh saw that there was respite, he hardened his heart, and hearkened not unto them; as the LORD had said. -- exodus 8:15 +. +And the LORD said unto Moses, Say unto Aaron, Stretch out thy rod, and smite the dust of the land, that it may become lice throughout all the land of Egypt. -- exodus 8:16 +. +And they did so; for Aaron stretched out his hand with his rod, and smote the dust of the earth, and it became lice in man, and in beast; all the dust of the land became lice throughout all the land of Egypt. -- exodus 8:17 +. +And the magicians did so with their enchantments to bring forth lice, but they could not: so there were lice upon man, and upon beast. -- exodus 8:18 +. +Then the magicians said unto Pharaoh, This is the finger of God: and Pharaoh's heart was hardened, and he hearkened not unto them; as the LORD had said. -- exodus 8:19 +. +And the LORD said unto Moses, Rise up early in the morning, and stand before Pharaoh; lo, he cometh forth to the water; and say unto him, Thus saith the LORD, Let my people go, that they may serve me. -- exodus 8:20 +. +Else, if thou wilt not let my people go, behold, I will send swarms of flies upon thee, and upon thy servants, and upon thy people, and into thy houses: and the houses of the Egyptians shall be full of swarms of flies, and also the ground whereon they are. -- exodus 8:21 +. +And I will sever in that day the land of Goshen, in which my people dwell, that no swarms of flies shall be there; to the end thou mayest know that I am the LORD in the midst of the earth. -- exodus 8:22 +. +And I will put a division between my people and thy people: to morrow shall this sign be. -- exodus 8:23 +. +And the LORD did so; and there came a grievous swarm of flies into the house of Pharaoh, and into his servants' houses, and into all the land of Egypt: the land was corrupted by reason of the swarm of flies. -- exodus 8:24 +. +And Pharaoh called for Moses and for Aaron, and said, Go ye, sacrifice to your God in the land. -- exodus 8:25 +. +And Moses said, It is not meet so to do; for we shall sacrifice the abomination of the Egyptians to the LORD our God: lo, shall we sacrifice the abomination of the Egyptians before their eyes, and will they not stone us? -- exodus 8:26 +. +We will go three days' journey into the wilderness, and sacrifice to the LORD our God, as he shall command us. -- exodus 8:27 +. +And Pharaoh said, I will let you go, that ye may sacrifice to the LORD your God in the wilderness; only ye shall not go very far away: entreat for me. -- exodus 8:28 +. +And Moses said, Behold, I go out from thee, and I will entreat the LORD that the swarms of flies may depart from Pharaoh, from his servants, and from his people, to morrow: but let not Pharaoh deal deceitfully any more in not letting the people go to sacrifice to the LORD. -- exodus 8:29 +. +And Moses went out from Pharaoh, and entreated the LORD. -- exodus 8:30 +. +And the LORD did according to the word of Moses; and he removed the swarms of flies from Pharaoh, from his servants, and from his people; there remained not one. -- exodus 8:31 +. +And Pharaoh hardened his heart at this time also, neither would he let the people go. -- exodus 8:32 +. +Then the LORD said unto Moses, Go in unto Pharaoh, and tell him, Thus saith the LORD God of the Hebrews, Let my people go, that they may serve me. -- exodus 9:1 +. +For if thou refuse to let them go, and wilt hold them still, -- exodus 9:2 +. +Behold, the hand of the LORD is upon thy cattle which is in the field, upon the horses, upon the asses, upon the camels, upon the oxen, and upon the sheep: there shall be a very grievous murrain. -- exodus 9:3 +. +And the LORD shall sever between the cattle of Israel and the cattle of Egypt: and there shall nothing die of all that is the children's of Israel. -- exodus 9:4 +. +And the LORD appointed a set time, saying, To morrow the LORD shall do this thing in the land. -- exodus 9:5 +. +And the LORD did that thing on the morrow, and all the cattle of Egypt died: but of the cattle of the children of Israel died not one. -- exodus 9:6 +. +And Pharaoh sent, and, behold, there was not one of the cattle of the Israelites dead. And the heart of Pharaoh was hardened, and he did not let the people go. -- exodus 9:7 +. +And the LORD said unto Moses and unto Aaron, Take to you handfuls of ashes of the furnace, and let Moses sprinkle it toward the heaven in the sight of Pharaoh. -- exodus 9:8 +. +And it shall become small dust in all the land of Egypt, and shall be a boil breaking forth with blains upon man, and upon beast, throughout all the land of Egypt. -- exodus 9:9 +. +And they took ashes of the furnace, and stood before Pharaoh; and Moses sprinkled it up toward heaven; and it became a boil breaking forth with blains upon man, and upon beast. -- exodus 9:10 +. +And the magicians could not stand before Moses because of the boils; for the boil was upon the magicians, and upon all the Egyptians. -- exodus 9:11 +. +And the LORD hardened the heart of Pharaoh, and he hearkened not unto them; as the LORD had spoken unto Moses. -- exodus 9:12 +. +And the LORD said unto Moses, Rise up early in the morning, and stand before Pharaoh, and say unto him, Thus saith the LORD God of the Hebrews, Let my people go, that they may serve me. -- exodus 9:13 +. +For I will at this time send all my plagues upon thine heart, and upon thy servants, and upon thy people; that thou mayest know that there is none like me in all the earth. -- exodus 9:14 +. +For now I will stretch out my hand, that I may smite thee and thy people with pestilence; and thou shalt be cut off from the earth. -- exodus 9:15 +. +And in very deed for this cause have I raised thee up, for to show in thee my power; and that my name may be declared throughout all the earth. -- exodus 9:16 +. +As yet exaltest thou thyself against my people, that thou wilt not let them go? -- exodus 9:17 +. +Behold, to morrow about this time I will cause it to rain a very grievous hail, such as hath not been in Egypt since the foundation thereof even until now. -- exodus 9:18 +. +Send therefore now, and gather thy cattle, and all that thou hast in the field; for upon every man and beast which shall be found in the field, and shall not be brought home, the hail shall come down upon them, and they shall die. -- exodus 9:19 +. +He that feared the word of the LORD among the servants of Pharaoh made his servants and his cattle flee into the houses: -- exodus 9:20 +. +And he that regarded not the word of the LORD left his servants and his cattle in the field. -- exodus 9:21 +. +And the LORD said unto Moses, Stretch forth thine hand toward heaven, that there may be hail in all the land of Egypt, upon man, and upon beast, and upon every herb of the field, throughout the land of Egypt. -- exodus 9:22 +. +And Moses stretched forth his rod toward heaven: and the LORD sent thunder and hail, and the fire ran along upon the ground; and the LORD rained hail upon the land of Egypt. -- exodus 9:23 +. +So there was hail, and fire mingled with the hail, very grievous, such as there was none like it in all the land of Egypt since it became a nation. -- exodus 9:24 +. +And the hail smote throughout all the land of Egypt all that was in the field, both man and beast; and the hail smote every herb of the field, and brake every tree of the field. -- exodus 9:25 +. +Only in the land of Goshen, where the children of Israel were, was there no hail. -- exodus 9:26 +. +And Pharaoh sent, and called for Moses and Aaron, and said unto them, I have sinned this time: the LORD is righteous, and I and my people are wicked. -- exodus 9:27 +. +Entreat the LORD (for it is enough) that there be no more mighty thunderings and hail; and I will let you go, and ye shall stay no longer. -- exodus 9:28 +. +And Moses said unto him, As soon as I am gone out of the city, I will spread abroad my hands unto the LORD; and the thunder shall cease, neither shall there be any more hail; that thou mayest know how that the earth is the LORD's. -- exodus 9:29 +. +But as for thee and thy servants, I know that ye will not yet fear the LORD God. -- exodus 9:30 +. +And the flax and the barley was smitten: for the barley was in the ear, and the flax was bolled. -- exodus 9:31 +. +But the wheat and the rye were not smitten: for they were not grown up. -- exodus 9:32 +. +And Moses went out of the city from Pharaoh, and spread abroad his hands unto the LORD: and the thunders and hail ceased, and the rain was not poured upon the earth. -- exodus 9:33 +. +And when Pharaoh saw that the rain and the hail and the thunders were ceased, he sinned yet more, and hardened his heart, he and his servants. -- exodus 9:34 +. +And the heart of Pharaoh was hardened, neither would he let the children of Israel go; as the LORD had spoken by Moses. -- exodus 9:35 +. +And the LORD said unto Moses, Go in unto Pharaoh: for I have hardened his heart, and the heart of his servants, that I might show these my signs before him: -- exodus 10:1 +. +And that thou mayest tell in the ears of thy son, and of thy son's son, what things I have wrought in Egypt, and my signs which I have done among them; that ye may know how that I am the LORD. -- exodus 10:2 +. +And Moses and Aaron came in unto Pharaoh, and said unto him, Thus saith the LORD God of the Hebrews, How long wilt thou refuse to humble thyself before me? let my people go, that they may serve me. -- exodus 10:3 +. +Else, if thou refuse to let my people go, behold, to morrow will I bring the locusts into thy coast: -- exodus 10:4 +. +And they shall cover the face of the earth, that one cannot be able to see the earth: and they shall eat the residue of that which is escaped, which remaineth unto you from the hail, and shall eat every tree which groweth for you out of the field: -- exodus 10:5 +. +And they shall fill thy houses, and the houses of all thy servants, and the houses of all the Egyptians; which neither thy fathers, nor thy fathers' fathers have seen, since the day that they were upon the earth unto this day. And he turned himself, and went out from Pharaoh. -- exodus 10:6 +. +And Pharaoh's servants said unto him, How long shall this man be a snare unto us? let the men go, that they may serve the LORD their God: knowest thou not yet that Egypt is destroyed? -- exodus 10:7 +. +And Moses and Aaron were brought again unto Pharaoh: and he said unto them, Go, serve the LORD your God: but who are they that shall go? -- exodus 10:8 +. +And Moses said, We will go with our young and with our old, with our sons and with our daughters, with our flocks and with our herds will we go; for we must hold a feast unto the LORD. -- exodus 10:9 +. +And he said unto them, Let the LORD be so with you, as I will let you go, and your little ones: look to it; for evil is before you. -- exodus 10:10 +. +Not so: go now ye that are men, and serve the LORD; for that ye did desire. And they were driven out from Pharaoh's presence. -- exodus 10:11 +. +And the LORD said unto Moses, Stretch out thine hand over the land of Egypt for the locusts, that they may come up upon the land of Egypt, and eat every herb of the land, even all that the hail hath left. -- exodus 10:12 +. +And Moses stretched forth his rod over the land of Egypt, and the LORD brought an east wind upon the land all that day, and all that night; and when it was morning, the east wind brought the locusts. -- exodus 10:13 +. +And the locust went up over all the land of Egypt, and rested in all the coasts of Egypt: very grievous were they; before them there were no such locusts as they, neither after them shall be such. -- exodus 10:14 +. +For they covered the face of the whole earth, so that the land was darkened; and they did eat every herb of the land, and all the fruit of the trees which the hail had left: and there remained not any green thing in the trees, or in the herbs of the field, through all the land of Egypt. -- exodus 10:15 +. +Then Pharaoh called for Moses and Aaron in haste; and he said, I have sinned against the LORD your God, and against you. -- exodus 10:16 +. +Now therefore forgive, I pray thee, my sin only this once, and entreat the LORD your God, that he may take away from me this death only. -- exodus 10:17 +. +And he went out from Pharaoh, and entreated the LORD. -- exodus 10:18 +. +And the LORD turned a mighty strong west wind, which took away the locusts, and cast them into the Red sea; there remained not one locust in all the coasts of Egypt. -- exodus 10:19 +. +But the LORD hardened Pharaoh's heart, so that he would not let the children of Israel go. -- exodus 10:20 +. +And the LORD said unto Moses, Stretch out thine hand toward heaven, that there may be darkness over the land of Egypt, even darkness which may be felt. -- exodus 10:21 +. +And Moses stretched forth his hand toward heaven; and there was a thick darkness in all the land of Egypt three days: -- exodus 10:22 +. +They saw not one another, neither rose any from his place for three days: but all the children of Israel had light in their dwellings. -- exodus 10:23 +. +And Pharaoh called unto Moses, and said, Go ye, serve the LORD; only let your flocks and your herds be stayed: let your little ones also go with you. -- exodus 10:24 +. +And Moses said, Thou must give us also sacrifices and burnt offerings, that we may sacrifice unto the LORD our God. -- exodus 10:25 +. +Our cattle also shall go with us; there shall not an hoof be left behind; for thereof must we take to serve the LORD our God; and we know not with what we must serve the LORD, until we come thither. -- exodus 10:26 +. +But the LORD hardened Pharaoh's heart, and he would not let them go. -- exodus 10:27 +. +And Pharaoh said unto him, Get thee from me, take heed to thyself, see my face no more; for in that day thou seest my face thou shalt die. -- exodus 10:28 +. +And Moses said, Thou hast spoken well, I will see thy face again no more. -- exodus 10:29 +. +And the LORD said unto Moses, Yet will I bring one plague more upon Pharaoh, and upon Egypt; afterwards he will let you go hence: when he shall let you go, he shall surely thrust you out hence altogether. -- exodus 11:1 +. +Speak now in the ears of the people, and let every man borrow of his neighbor, and every woman of her neighbor, jewels of silver and jewels of gold. -- exodus 11:2 +. +And the LORD gave the people favor in the sight of the Egyptians. Moreover the man Moses was very great in the land of Egypt, in the sight of Pharaoh's servants, and in the sight of the people. -- exodus 11:3 +. +And Moses said, Thus saith the LORD, About midnight will I go out into the midst of Egypt: -- exodus 11:4 +. +And all the firstborn in the land of Egypt shall die, from the first born of Pharaoh that sitteth upon his throne, even unto the firstborn of the maidservant that is behind the mill; and all the firstborn of beasts. -- exodus 11:5 +. +And there shall be a great cry throughout all the land of Egypt, such as there was none like it, nor shall be like it any more. -- exodus 11:6 +. +But against any of the children of Israel shall not a dog move his tongue, against man or beast: that ye may know how that the LORD doth put a difference between the Egyptians and Israel. -- exodus 11:7 +. +And all these thy servants shall come down unto me, and bow down themselves unto me, saying, Get thee out, and all the people that follow thee: and after that I will go out. And he went out from Pharaoh in a great anger. -- exodus 11:8 +. +And the LORD said unto Moses, Pharaoh shall not hearken unto you; that my wonders may be multiplied in the land of Egypt. -- exodus 11:9 +. +And Moses and Aaron did all these wonders before Pharaoh: and the LORD hardened Pharaoh's heart, so that he would not let the children of Israel go out of his land. -- exodus 11:10 +. +And the LORD spake unto Moses and Aaron in the land of Egypt saying, -- exodus 12:1 +. +This month shall be unto you the beginning of months: it shall be the first month of the year to you. -- exodus 12:2 +. +Speak ye unto all the congregation of Israel, saying, In the tenth day of this month they shall take to them every man a lamb, according to the house of their fathers, a lamb for an house: -- exodus 12:3 +. +And if the household be too little for the lamb, let him and his neighbor next unto his house take it according to the number of the souls; every man according to his eating shall make your count for the lamb. -- exodus 12:4 +. +Your lamb shall be without blemish, a male of the first year: ye shall take it out from the sheep, or from the goats: -- exodus 12:5 +. +And ye shall keep it up until the fourteenth day of the same month: and the whole assembly of the congregation of Israel shall kill it in the evening. -- exodus 12:6 +. +And they shall take of the blood, and strike it on the two side posts and on the upper door post of the houses, wherein they shall eat it. -- exodus 12:7 +. +And they shall eat the flesh in that night, roast with fire, and unleavened bread; and with bitter herbs they shall eat it. -- exodus 12:8 +. +Eat not of it raw, nor sodden at all with water, but roast with fire; his head with his legs, and with the purtenance thereof. -- exodus 12:9 +. +And ye shall let nothing of it remain until the morning; and that which remaineth of it until the morning ye shall burn with fire. -- exodus 12:10 +. +And thus shall ye eat it; with your loins girded, your shoes on your feet, and your staff in your hand; and ye shall eat it in haste: it is the LORD's passover. -- exodus 12:11 +. +For I will pass through the land of Egypt this night, and will smite all the firstborn in the land of Egypt, both man and beast; and against all the gods of Egypt I will execute judgment: I am the LORD. -- exodus 12:12 +. +And the blood shall be to you for a token upon the houses where ye are: and when I see the blood, I will pass over you, and the plague shall not be upon you to destroy you, when I smite the land of Egypt. -- exodus 12:13 +. +And this day shall be unto you for a memorial; and ye shall keep it a feast to the LORD throughout your generations; ye shall keep it a feast by an ordinance for ever. -- exodus 12:14 +. +Seven days shall ye eat unleavened bread; even the first day ye shall put away leaven out of your houses: for whosoever eateth leavened bread from the first day until the seventh day, that soul shall be cut off from Israel. -- exodus 12:15 +. +And in the first day there shall be an holy convocation, and in the seventh day there shall be an holy convocation to you; no manner of work shall be done in them, save that which every man must eat, that only may be done of you. -- exodus 12:16 +. +And ye shall observe the feast of unleavened bread; for in this selfsame day have I brought your armies out of the land of Egypt: therefore shall ye observe this day in your generations by an ordinance for ever. -- exodus 12:17 +. +In the first month, on the fourteenth day of the month at even, ye shall eat unleavened bread, until the one and twentieth day of the month at even. -- exodus 12:18 +. +Seven days shall there be no leaven found in your houses: for whosoever eateth that which is leavened, even that soul shall be cut off from the congregation of Israel, whether he be a stranger, or born in the land. -- exodus 12:19 +. +Ye shall eat nothing leavened; in all your habitations shall ye eat unleavened bread. -- exodus 12:20 +. +Then Moses called for all the elders of Israel, and said unto them, Draw out and take you a lamb according to your families, and kill the passover. -- exodus 12:21 +. +And ye shall take a bunch of hyssop, and dip it in the blood that is in the basin, and strike the lintel and the two side posts with the blood that is in the basin; and none of you shall go out at the door of his house until the morning. -- exodus 12:22 +. +For the LORD will pass through to smite the Egyptians; and when he seeth the blood upon the lintel, and on the two side posts, the LORD will pass over the door, and will not suffer the destroyer to come in unto your houses to smite you. -- exodus 12:23 +. +And ye shall observe this thing for an ordinance to thee and to thy sons for ever. -- exodus 12:24 +. +And it shall come to pass, when ye be come to the land which the LORD will give you, according as he hath promised, that ye shall keep this service. -- exodus 12:25 +. +And it shall come to pass, when your children shall say unto you, What mean ye by this service? -- exodus 12:26 +. +That ye shall say, It is the sacrifice of the LORD's passover, who passed over the houses of the children of Israel in Egypt, when he smote the Egyptians, and delivered our houses. And the people bowed the head and worshipped. -- exodus 12:27 +. +And the children of Israel went away, and did as the LORD had commanded Moses and Aaron, so did they. -- exodus 12:28 +. +And it came to pass, that at midnight the LORD smote all the firstborn in the land of Egypt, from the firstborn of Pharaoh that sat on his throne unto the firstborn of the captive that was in the dungeon; and all the firstborn of cattle. -- exodus 12:29 +. +And Pharaoh rose up in the night, he, and all his servants, and all the Egyptians; and there was a great cry in Egypt; for there was not a house where there was not one dead. -- exodus 12:30 +. +And he called for Moses and Aaron by night, and said, Rise up, and get you forth from among my people, both ye and the children of Israel; and go, serve the LORD, as ye have said. -- exodus 12:31 +. +Also take your flocks and your herds, as ye have said, and be gone; and bless me also. -- exodus 12:32 +. +And the Egyptians were urgent upon the people, that they might send them out of the land in haste; for they said, We be all dead men. -- exodus 12:33 +. +And the people took their dough before it was leavened, their kneadingtroughs being bound up in their clothes upon their shoulders. -- exodus 12:34 +. +And the children of Israel did according to the word of Moses; and they borrowed of the Egyptians jewels of silver, and jewels of gold, and raiment: -- exodus 12:35 +. +And the LORD gave the people favor in the sight of the Egyptians, so that they lent unto them such things as they required. And they spoiled the Egyptians. -- exodus 12:36 +. +And the children of Israel journeyed from Rameses to Succoth, about six hundred thousand on foot that were men, beside children. -- exodus 12:37 +. +And a mixed multitude went up also with them; and flocks, and herds, even very much cattle. -- exodus 12:38 +. +And they baked unleavened cakes of the dough which they brought forth out of Egypt, for it was not leavened; because they were thrust out of Egypt, and could not tarry, neither had they prepared for themselves any victual. -- exodus 12:39 +. +Now the sojourning of the children of Israel, who dwelt in Egypt, was four hundred and thirty years. -- exodus 12:40 +. +And it came to pass at the end of the four hundred and thirty years, even the selfsame day it came to pass, that all the hosts of the LORD went out from the land of Egypt. -- exodus 12:41 +. +It is a night to be much observed unto the LORD for bringing them out from the land of Egypt: this is that night of the LORD to be observed of all the children of Israel in their generations. -- exodus 12:42 +. +And the LORD said unto Moses and Aaron, This is the ordinance of the passover: There shall no stranger eat thereof: -- exodus 12:43 +. +But every man's servant that is bought for money, when thou hast circumcised him, then shall he eat thereof. -- exodus 12:44 +. +A foreigner and an hired servant shall not eat thereof. -- exodus 12:45 +. +In one house shall it be eaten; thou shalt not carry forth ought of the flesh abroad out of the house; neither shall ye break a bone thereof. -- exodus 12:46 +. +All the congregation of Israel shall keep it. -- exodus 12:47 +. +And when a stranger shall sojourn with thee, and will keep the passover to the LORD, let all his males be circumcised, and then let him come near and keep it; and he shall be as one that is born in the land: for no uncircumcised person shall eat thereof. -- exodus 12:48 +. +One law shall be to him that is homeborn, and unto the stranger that sojourneth among you. -- exodus 12:49 +. +Thus did all the children of Israel; as the LORD commanded Moses and Aaron, so did they. -- exodus 12:50 +. +And it came to pass the selfsame day, that the LORD did bring the children of Israel out of the land of Egypt by their armies. -- exodus 12:51 +. +And the LORD spake unto Moses, saying, -- exodus 13:1 +. +Sanctify unto me all the firstborn, whatsoever openeth the womb among the children of Israel, both of man and of beast: it is mine. -- exodus 13:2 +. +And Moses said unto the people, Remember this day, in which ye came out from Egypt, out of the house of bondage; for by strength of hand the LORD brought you out from this place: there shall no leavened bread be eaten. -- exodus 13:3 +. +This day came ye out in the month Abib. -- exodus 13:4 +. +And it shall be when the LORD shall bring thee into the land of the Canaanites, and the Hittites, and the Amorites, and the Hivites, and the Jebusites, which he sware unto thy fathers to give thee, a land flowing with milk and honey, that thou shalt keep this service in this month. -- exodus 13:5 +. +Seven days thou shalt eat unleavened bread, and in the seventh day shall be a feast to the LORD. -- exodus 13:6 +. +Unleavened bread shall be eaten seven days; and there shall no leavened bread be seen with thee, neither shall there be leaven seen with thee in all thy quarters. -- exodus 13:7 +. +And thou shalt show thy son in that day, saying, This is done because of that which the LORD did unto me when I came forth out of Egypt. -- exodus 13:8 +. +And it shall be for a sign unto thee upon thine hand, and for a memorial between thine eyes, that the LORD's law may be in thy mouth: for with a strong hand hath the LORD brought thee out of Egypt. -- exodus 13:9 +. +Thou shalt therefore keep this ordinance in his season from year to year. -- exodus 13:10 +. +And it shall be when the LORD shall bring thee into the land of the Canaanites, as he sware unto thee and to thy fathers, and shall give it thee, -- exodus 13:11 +. +That thou shalt set apart unto the LORD all that openeth the matrix, and every firstling that cometh of a beast which thou hast; the males shall be the LORD's. -- exodus 13:12 +. +And every firstling of an ass thou shalt redeem with a lamb; and if thou wilt not redeem it, then thou shalt break his neck: and all the firstborn of man among thy children shalt thou redeem. -- exodus 13:13 +. +And it shall be when thy son asketh thee in time to come, saying, What is this? that thou shalt say unto him, By strength of hand the LORD brought us out from Egypt, from the house of bondage: -- exodus 13:14 +. +And it came to pass, when Pharaoh would hardly let us go, that the LORD slew all the firstborn in the land of Egypt, both the firstborn of man, and the firstborn of beast: therefore I sacrifice to the LORD all that openeth the matrix, being males; but all the firstborn of my children I redeem. -- exodus 13:15 +. +And it shall be for a token upon thine hand, and for frontlets between thine eyes: for by strength of hand the LORD brought us forth out of Egypt. -- exodus 13:16 +. +And it came to pass, when Pharaoh had let the people go, that God led them not through the way of the land of the Philistines, although that was near; for God said, Lest peradventure the people repent when they see war, and they return to Egypt: -- exodus 13:17 +. +But God led the people about, through the way of the wilderness of the Red sea: and the children of Israel went up harnessed out of the land of Egypt. -- exodus 13:18 +. +And Moses took the bones of Joseph with him: for he had straitly sworn the children of Israel, saying, God will surely visit you; and ye shall carry up my bones away hence with you. -- exodus 13:19 +. +And they took their journey from Succoth, and encamped in Etham, in the edge of the wilderness. -- exodus 13:20 +. +And the LORD went before them by day in a pillar of a cloud, to lead them the way; and by night in a pillar of fire, to give them light; to go by day and night: -- exodus 13:21 +. +He took not away the pillar of the cloud by day, nor the pillar of fire by night, from before the people. -- exodus 13:22 +. +And the LORD spake unto Moses, saying, -- exodus 14:1 +. +Speak unto the children of Israel, that they turn and encamp before Pihahiroth, between Migdol and the sea, over against Baalzephon: before it shall ye encamp by the sea. -- exodus 14:2 +. +For Pharaoh will say of the children of Israel, They are entangled in the land, the wilderness hath shut them in. -- exodus 14:3 +. +And I will harden Pharaoh's heart, that he shall follow after them; and I will be honored upon Pharaoh, and upon all his host; that the Egyptians may know that I am the LORD. And they did so. -- exodus 14:4 +. +And it was told the king of Egypt that the people fled: and the heart of Pharaoh and of his servants was turned against the people, and they said, Why have we done this, that we have let Israel go from serving us? -- exodus 14:5 +. +And he made ready his chariot, and took his people with him: -- exodus 14:6 +. +And he took six hundred chosen chariots, and all the chariots of Egypt, and captains over every one of them. -- exodus 14:7 +. +And the LORD hardened the heart of Pharaoh king of Egypt, and he pursued after the children of Israel: and the children of Israel went out with an high hand. -- exodus 14:8 +. +But the Egyptians pursued after them, all the horses and chariots of Pharaoh, and his horsemen, and his army, and overtook them encamping by the sea, beside Pihahiroth, before Baalzephon. -- exodus 14:9 +. +And when Pharaoh drew nigh, the children of Israel lifted up their eyes, and, behold, the Egyptians marched after them; and they were sore afraid: and the children of Israel cried out unto the LORD. -- exodus 14:10 +. +And they said unto Moses, Because there were no graves in Egypt, hast thou taken us away to die in the wilderness? wherefore hast thou dealt thus with us, to carry us forth out of Egypt? -- exodus 14:11 +. +Is not this the word that we did tell thee in Egypt, saying, Let us alone, that we may serve the Egyptians? For it had been better for us to serve the Egyptians, than that we should die in the wilderness. -- exodus 14:12 +. +And Moses said unto the people, Fear ye not, stand still, and see the salvation of the LORD, which he will show to you to day: for the Egyptians whom ye have seen to day, ye shall see them again no more for ever. -- exodus 14:13 +. +The LORD shall fight for you, and ye shall hold your peace. -- exodus 14:14 +. +And the LORD said unto Moses, Wherefore criest thou unto me? speak unto the children of Israel, that they go forward: -- exodus 14:15 +. +But lift thou up thy rod, and stretch out thine hand over the sea, and divide it: and the children of Israel shall go on dry ground through the midst of the sea. -- exodus 14:16 +. +And I, behold, I will harden the hearts of the Egyptians, and they shall follow them: and I will get me honor upon Pharaoh, and upon all his host, upon his chariots, and upon his horsemen. -- exodus 14:17 +. +And the Egyptians shall know that I am the LORD, when I have gotten me honor upon Pharaoh, upon his chariots, and upon his horsemen. -- exodus 14:18 +. +And the angel of God, which went before the camp of Israel, removed and went behind them; and the pillar of the cloud went from before their face, and stood behind them: -- exodus 14:19 +. +And it came between the camp of the Egyptians and the camp of Israel; and it was a cloud and darkness to them, but it gave light by night to these: so that the one came not near the other all the night. -- exodus 14:20 +. +And Moses stretched out his hand over the sea; and the LORD caused the sea to go back by a strong east wind all that night, and made the sea dry land, and the waters were divided. -- exodus 14:21 +. +And the children of Israel went into the midst of the sea upon the dry ground: and the waters were a wall unto them on their right hand, and on their left. -- exodus 14:22 +. +And the Egyptians pursued, and went in after them to the midst of the sea, even all Pharaoh's horses, his chariots, and his horsemen. -- exodus 14:23 +. +And it came to pass, that in the morning watch the LORD looked unto the host of the Egyptians through the pillar of fire and of the cloud, and troubled the host of the Egyptians, -- exodus 14:24 +. +And took off their chariot wheels, that they drave them heavily: so that the Egyptians said, Let us flee from the face of Israel; for the LORD fighteth for them against the Egyptians. -- exodus 14:25 +. +And the LORD said unto Moses, Stretch out thine hand over the sea, that the waters may come again upon the Egyptians, upon their chariots, and upon their horsemen. -- exodus 14:26 +. +And Moses stretched forth his hand over the sea, and the sea returned to his strength when the morning appeared; and the Egyptians fled against it; and the LORD overthrew the Egyptians in the midst of the sea. -- exodus 14:27 +. +And the waters returned, and covered the chariots, and the horsemen, and all the host of Pharaoh that came into the sea after them; there remained not so much as one of them. -- exodus 14:28 +. +But the children of Israel walked upon dry land in the midst of the sea; and the waters were a wall unto them on their right hand, and on their left. -- exodus 14:29 +. +Thus the LORD saved Israel that day out of the hand of the Egyptians; and Israel saw the Egyptians dead upon the sea shore. -- exodus 14:30 +. +And Israel saw that great work which the LORD did upon the Egyptians: and the people feared the LORD, and believed the LORD, and his servant Moses. -- exodus 14:31 +. +Then sang Moses and the children of Israel this song unto the LORD, and spake, saying, I will sing unto the LORD, for he hath triumphed gloriously: the horse and his rider hath he thrown into the sea. -- exodus 15:1 +. +The LORD is my strength and song, and he is become my salvation: he is my God, and I will prepare him an habitation; my father's God, and I will exalt him. -- exodus 15:2 +. +The LORD is a man of war: the LORD is his name. -- exodus 15:3 +. +Pharaoh's chariots and his host hath he cast into the sea: his chosen captains also are drowned in the Red sea. -- exodus 15:4 +. +The depths have covered them: they sank into the bottom as a stone. -- exodus 15:5 +. +Thy right hand, O LORD, is become glorious in power: thy right hand, O LORD, hath dashed in pieces the enemy. -- exodus 15:6 +. +And in the greatness of thine excellency thou hast overthrown them that rose up against thee: thou sentest forth thy wrath, which consumed them as stubble. -- exodus 15:7 +. +And with the blast of thy nostrils the waters were gathered together, the floods stood upright as an heap, and the depths were congealed in the heart of the sea. -- exodus 15:8 +. +The enemy said, I will pursue, I will overtake, I will divide the spoil; my lust shall be satisfied upon them; I will draw my sword, my hand shall destroy them. -- exodus 15:9 +. +Thou didst blow with thy wind, the sea covered them: they sank as lead in the mighty waters. -- exodus 15:10 +. +Who is like unto thee, O LORD, among the gods? who is like thee, glorious in holiness, fearful in praises, doing wonders? -- exodus 15:11 +. +Thou stretchedst out thy right hand, the earth swallowed them. -- exodus 15:12 +. +Thou in thy mercy hast led forth the people which thou hast redeemed: thou hast guided them in thy strength unto thy holy habitation. -- exodus 15:13 +. +The people shall hear, and be afraid: sorrow shall take hold on the inhabitants of Palestina. -- exodus 15:14 +. +Then the dukes of Edom shall be amazed; the mighty men of Moab, trembling shall take hold upon them; all the inhabitants of Canaan shall melt away. -- exodus 15:15 +. +Fear and dread shall fall upon them; by the greatness of thine arm they shall be as still as a stone; till thy people pass over, O LORD, till the people pass over, which thou hast purchased. -- exodus 15:16 +. +Thou shalt bring them in, and plant them in the mountain of thine inheritance, in the place, O LORD, which thou hast made for thee to dwell in, in the Sanctuary, O LORD, which thy hands have established. -- exodus 15:17 +. +The LORD shall reign for ever and ever. -- exodus 15:18 +. +For the horse of Pharaoh went in with his chariots and with his horsemen into the sea, and the LORD brought again the waters of the sea upon them; but the children of Israel went on dry land in the midst of the sea. -- exodus 15:19 +. +And Miriam the prophetess, the sister of Aaron, took a timbrel in her hand; and all the women went out after her with timbrels and with dances. -- exodus 15:20 +. +And Miriam answered them, Sing ye to the LORD, for he hath triumphed gloriously; the horse and his rider hath he thrown into the sea. -- exodus 15:21 +. +So Moses brought Israel from the Red sea, and they went out into the wilderness of Shur; and they went three days in the wilderness, and found no water. -- exodus 15:22 +. +And when they came to Marah, they could not drink of the waters of Marah, for they were bitter: therefore the name of it was called Marah. -- exodus 15:23 +. +And the people murmured against Moses, saying, What shall we drink? -- exodus 15:24 +. +And he cried unto the LORD; and the LORD showed him a tree, which when he had cast into the waters, the waters were made sweet: there he made for them a statute and an ordinance, and there he proved them, -- exodus 15:25 +. +And said, If thou wilt diligently hearken to the voice of the LORD thy God, and wilt do that which is right in his sight, and wilt give ear to his commandments, and keep all his statutes, I will put none of these diseases upon thee, which I have brought upon the Egyptians: for I am the LORD that healeth thee. -- exodus 15:26 +. +And they came to Elim, where were twelve wells of water, and threescore and ten palm trees: and they encamped there by the waters. -- exodus 15:27 +. +And they took their journey from Elim, and all the congregation of the children of Israel came unto the wilderness of Sin, which is between Elim and Sinai, on the fifteenth day of the second month after their departing out of the land of Egypt. -- exodus 16:1 +. +And the whole congregation of the children of Israel murmured against Moses and Aaron in the wilderness: -- exodus 16:2 +. +And the children of Israel said unto them, Would to God we had died by the hand of the LORD in the land of Egypt, when we sat by the flesh pots, and when we did eat bread to the full; for ye have brought us forth into this wilderness, to kill this whole assembly with hunger. -- exodus 16:3 +. +Then said the LORD unto Moses, Behold, I will rain bread from heaven for you; and the people shall go out and gather a certain rate every day, that I may prove them, whether they will walk in my law, or no. -- exodus 16:4 +. +And it shall come to pass, that on the sixth day they shall prepare that which they bring in; and it shall be twice as much as they gather daily. -- exodus 16:5 +. +And Moses and Aaron said unto all the children of Israel, At even, then ye shall know that the LORD hath brought you out from the land of Egypt: -- exodus 16:6 +. +And in the morning, then ye shall see the glory of the LORD; for that he heareth your murmurings against the LORD: and what are we, that ye murmur against us? -- exodus 16:7 +. +And Moses said, This shall be, when the LORD shall give you in the evening flesh to eat, and in the morning bread to the full; for that the LORD heareth your murmurings which ye murmur against him: and what are we? your murmurings are not against us, but against the LORD. -- exodus 16:8 +. +And Moses spake unto Aaron, Say unto all the congregation of the children of Israel, Come near before the LORD: for he hath heard your murmurings. -- exodus 16:9 +. +And it came to pass, as Aaron spake unto the whole congregation of the children of Israel, that they looked toward the wilderness, and, behold, the glory of the LORD appeared in the cloud. -- exodus 16:10 +. +And the LORD spake unto Moses, saying, -- exodus 16:11 +. +I have heard the murmurings of the children of Israel: speak unto them, saying, At even ye shall eat flesh, and in the morning ye shall be filled with bread; and ye shall know that I am the LORD your God. -- exodus 16:12 +. +And it came to pass, that at even the quails came up, and covered the camp: and in the morning the dew lay round about the host. -- exodus 16:13 +. +And when the dew that lay was gone up, behold, upon the face of the wilderness there lay a small round thing, as small as the hoar frost on the ground. -- exodus 16:14 +. +And when the children of Israel saw it, they said one to another, It is manna: for they wist not what it was. And Moses said unto them, This is the bread which the LORD hath given you to eat. -- exodus 16:15 +. +This is the thing which the LORD hath commanded, Gather of it every man according to his eating, an omer for every man, according to the number of your persons; take ye every man for them which are in his tents. -- exodus 16:16 +. +And the children of Israel did so, and gathered, some more, some less. -- exodus 16:17 +. +And when they did mete it with an omer, he that gathered much had nothing over, and he that gathered little had no lack; they gathered every man according to his eating. -- exodus 16:18 +. +And Moses said, Let no man leave of it till the morning. -- exodus 16:19 +. +Notwithstanding they hearkened not unto Moses; but some of them left of it until the morning, and it bred worms, and stank: and Moses was wroth with them. -- exodus 16:20 +. +And they gathered it every morning, every man according to his eating: and when the sun waxed hot, it melted. -- exodus 16:21 +. +And it came to pass, that on the sixth day they gathered twice as much bread, two omers for one man: and all the rulers of the congregation came and told Moses. -- exodus 16:22 +. +And he said unto them, This is that which the LORD hath said, To morrow is the rest of the holy sabbath unto the LORD: bake that which ye will bake to day, and seethe that ye will seethe; and that which remaineth over lay up for you to be kept until the morning. -- exodus 16:23 +. +And they laid it up till the morning, as Moses bade: and it did not stink, neither was there any worm therein. -- exodus 16:24 +. +And Moses said, Eat that to day; for to day is a sabbath unto the LORD: to day ye shall not find it in the field. -- exodus 16:25 +. +Six days ye shall gather it; but on the seventh day, which is the sabbath, in it there shall be none. -- exodus 16:26 +. +And it came to pass, that there went out some of the people on the seventh day for to gather, and they found none. -- exodus 16:27 +. +And the LORD said unto Moses, How long refuse ye to keep my commandments and my laws? -- exodus 16:28 +. +See, for that the LORD hath given you the sabbath, therefore he giveth you on the sixth day the bread of two days; abide ye every man in his place, let no man go out of his place on the seventh day. -- exodus 16:29 +. +So the people rested on the seventh day. -- exodus 16:30 +. +And the house of Israel called the name thereof Manna: and it was like coriander seed, white; and the taste of it was like wafers made with honey. -- exodus 16:31 +. +And Moses said, This is the thing which the LORD commandeth, Fill an omer of it to be kept for your generations; that they may see the bread wherewith I have fed you in the wilderness, when I brought you forth from the land of Egypt. -- exodus 16:32 +. +And Moses said unto Aaron, Take a pot, and put an omer full of manna therein, and lay it up before the LORD, to be kept for your generations. -- exodus 16:33 +. +As the LORD commanded Moses, so Aaron laid it up before the Testimony, to be kept. -- exodus 16:34 +. +And the children of Israel did eat manna forty years, until they came to a land inhabited; they did eat manna, until they came unto the borders of the land of Canaan. -- exodus 16:35 +. +Now an omer is the tenth part of an ephah. -- exodus 16:36 +. +And all the congregation of the children of Israel journeyed from the wilderness of Sin, after their journeys, according to the commandment of the LORD, and pitched in Rephidim: and there was no water for the people to drink. -- exodus 17:1 +. +Wherefore the people did chide with Moses, and said, Give us water that we may drink. And Moses said unto them, Why chide ye with me? wherefore do ye tempt the LORD? -- exodus 17:2 +. +And the people thirsted there for water; and the people murmured against Moses, and said, Wherefore is this that thou hast brought us up out of Egypt, to kill us and our children and our cattle with thirst? -- exodus 17:3 +. +And Moses cried unto the LORD, saying, What shall I do unto this people? they be almost ready to stone me. -- exodus 17:4 +. +And the LORD said unto Moses, Go on before the people, and take with thee of the elders of Israel; and thy rod, wherewith thou smotest the river, take in thine hand, and go. -- exodus 17:5 +. +Behold, I will stand before thee there upon the rock in Horeb; and thou shalt smite the rock, and there shall come water out of it, that the people may drink. And Moses did so in the sight of the elders of Israel. -- exodus 17:6 +. +And he called the name of the place Massah, and Meribah, because of the chiding of the children of Israel, and because they tempted the LORD, saying, Is the LORD among us, or not? -- exodus 17:7 +. +Then came Amalek, and fought with Israel in Rephidim. -- exodus 17:8 +. +And Moses said unto Joshua, Choose us out men, and go out, fight with Amalek: to morrow I will stand on the top of the hill with the rod of God in mine hand. -- exodus 17:9 +. +So Joshua did as Moses had said to him, and fought with Amalek: and Moses, Aaron, and Hur went up to the top of the hill. -- exodus 17:10 +. +And it came to pass, when Moses held up his hand, that Israel prevailed: and when he let down his hand, Amalek prevailed. -- exodus 17:11 +. +But Moses hands were heavy; and they took a stone, and put it under him, and he sat thereon; and Aaron and Hur stayed up his hands, the one on the one side, and the other on the other side; and his hands were steady until the going down of the sun. -- exodus 17:12 +. +And Joshua discomfited Amalek and his people with the edge of the sword. -- exodus 17:13 +. +And the LORD said unto Moses, Write this for a memorial in a book, and rehearse it in the ears of Joshua: for I will utterly put out the remembrance of Amalek from under heaven. -- exodus 17:14 +. +And Moses built an altar, and called the name of it Jehovahnissi: -- exodus 17:15 +. +For he said, Because the LORD hath sworn that the LORD will have war with Amalek from generation to generation. -- exodus 17:16 +. +When Jethro, the priest of Midian, Moses' father in law, heard of all that God had done for Moses, and for Israel his people, and that the LORD had brought Israel out of Egypt; -- exodus 18:1 +. +Then Jethro, Moses' father in law, took Zipporah, Moses' wife, after he had sent her back, -- exodus 18:2 +. +And her two sons; of which the name of the one was Gershom; for he said, I have been an alien in a strange land: -- exodus 18:3 +. +And the name of the other was Eliezer; for the God of my father, said he, was mine help, and delivered me from the sword of Pharaoh: -- exodus 18:4 +. +And Jethro, Moses' father in law, came with his sons and his wife unto Moses into the wilderness, where he encamped at the mount of God: -- exodus 18:5 +. +And he said unto Moses, I thy father in law Jethro am come unto thee, and thy wife, and her two sons with her. -- exodus 18:6 +. +And Moses went out to meet his father in law, and did obeisance, and kissed him; and they asked each other of their welfare; and they came into the tent. -- exodus 18:7 +. +And Moses told his father in law all that the LORD had done unto Pharaoh and to the Egyptians for Israel's sake, and all the travail that had come upon them by the way, and how the LORD delivered them. -- exodus 18:8 +. +And Jethro rejoiced for all the goodness which the LORD had done to Israel, whom he had delivered out of the hand of the Egyptians. -- exodus 18:9 +. +And Jethro said, Blessed be the LORD, who hath delivered you out of the hand of the Egyptians, and out of the hand of Pharaoh, who hath delivered the people from under the hand of the Egyptians. -- exodus 18:10 +. +Now I know that the LORD is greater than all gods: for in the thing wherein they dealt proudly he was above them. -- exodus 18:11 +. +And Jethro, Moses' father in law, took a burnt offering and sacrifices for God: and Aaron came, and all the elders of Israel, to eat bread with Moses' father in law before God. -- exodus 18:12 +. +And it came to pass on the morrow, that Moses sat to judge the people: and the people stood by Moses from the morning unto the evening. -- exodus 18:13 +. +And when Moses' father in law saw all that he did to the people, he said, What is this thing that thou doest to the people? why sittest thou thyself alone, and all the people stand by thee from morning unto even? -- exodus 18:14 +. +And Moses said unto his father in law, Because the people come unto me to inquire of God: -- exodus 18:15 +. +When they have a matter, they come unto me; and I judge between one and another, and I do make them know the statutes of God, and his laws. -- exodus 18:16 +. +And Moses' father in law said unto him, The thing that thou doest is not good. -- exodus 18:17 +. +Thou wilt surely wear away, both thou, and this people that is with thee: for this thing is too heavy for thee; thou art not able to perform it thyself alone. -- exodus 18:18 +. +Hearken now unto my voice, I will give thee counsel, and God shall be with thee: Be thou for the people to God-ward, that thou mayest bring the causes unto God: -- exodus 18:19 +. +And thou shalt teach them ordinances and laws, and shalt show them the way wherein they must walk, and the work that they must do. -- exodus 18:20 +. +Moreover thou shalt provide out of all the people able men, such as fear God, men of truth, hating covetousness; and place such over them, to be rulers of thousands, and rulers of hundreds, rulers of fifties, and rulers of tens: -- exodus 18:21 +. +And let them judge the people at all seasons: and it shall be, that every great matter they shall bring unto thee, but every small matter they shall judge: so shall it be easier for thyself, and they shall bear the burden with thee. -- exodus 18:22 +. +If thou shalt do this thing, and God command thee so, then thou shalt be able to endure, and all this people shall also go to their place in peace. -- exodus 18:23 +. +So Moses hearkened to the voice of his father in law, and did all that he had said. -- exodus 18:24 +. +And Moses chose able men out of all Israel, and made them heads over the people, rulers of thousands, rulers of hundreds, rulers of fifties, and rulers of tens. -- exodus 18:25 +. +And they judged the people at all seasons: the hard causes they brought unto Moses, but every small matter they judged themselves. -- exodus 18:26 +. +And Moses let his father in law depart; and he went his way into his own land. -- exodus 18:27 +. +In the third month, when the children of Israel were gone forth out of the land of Egypt, the same day came they into the wilderness of Sinai. -- exodus 19:1 +. +For they were departed from Rephidim, and were come to the desert of Sinai, and had pitched in the wilderness; and there Israel camped before the mount. -- exodus 19:2 +. +And Moses went up unto God, and the LORD called unto him out of the mountain, saying, Thus shalt thou say to the house of Jacob, and tell the children of Israel; -- exodus 19:3 +. +Ye have seen what I did unto the Egyptians, and how I bare you on eagles' wings, and brought you unto myself. -- exodus 19:4 +. +Now therefore, if ye will obey my voice indeed, and keep my covenant, then ye shall be a peculiar treasure unto me above all people: for all the earth is mine: -- exodus 19:5 +. +And ye shall be unto me a kingdom of priests, and an holy nation. These are the words which thou shalt speak unto the children of Israel. -- exodus 19:6 +. +And Moses came and called for the elders of the people, and laid before their faces all these words which the LORD commanded him. -- exodus 19:7 +. +And all the people answered together, and said, All that the LORD hath spoken we will do. And Moses returned the words of the people unto the LORD. -- exodus 19:8 +. +And the LORD said unto Moses, Lo, I come unto thee in a thick cloud, that the people may hear when I speak with thee, and believe thee for ever. And Moses told the words of the people unto the LORD. -- exodus 19:9 +. +And the LORD said unto Moses, Go unto the people, and sanctify them to day and to morrow, and let them wash their clothes, -- exodus 19:10 +. +And be ready against the third day: for the third day the LORD will come down in the sight of all the people upon mount Sinai. -- exodus 19:11 +. +And thou shalt set bounds unto the people round about, saying, Take heed to yourselves, that ye go not up into the mount, or touch the border of it: whosoever toucheth the mount shall be surely put to death: -- exodus 19:12 +. +There shall not an hand touch it, but he shall surely be stoned, or shot through; whether it be beast or man, it shall not live: when the trumpet soundeth long, they shall come up to the mount. -- exodus 19:13 +. +And Moses went down from the mount unto the people, and sanctified the people; and they washed their clothes. -- exodus 19:14 +. +And he said unto the people, Be ready against the third day: come not at your wives. -- exodus 19:15 +. +And it came to pass on the third day in the morning, that there were thunders and lightnings, and a thick cloud upon the mount, and the voice of the trumpet exceeding loud; so that all the people that was in the camp trembled. -- exodus 19:16 +. +And Moses brought forth the people out of the camp to meet with God; and they stood at the nether part of the mount. -- exodus 19:17 +. +And mount Sinai was altogether on a smoke, because the LORD descended upon it in fire: and the smoke thereof ascended as the smoke of a furnace, and the whole mount quaked greatly. -- exodus 19:18 +. +And when the voice of the trumpet sounded long, and waxed louder and louder, Moses spake, and God answered him by a voice. -- exodus 19:19 +. +And the LORD came down upon mount Sinai, on the top of the mount: and the LORD called Moses up to the top of the mount; and Moses went up. -- exodus 19:20 +. +And the LORD said unto Moses, Go down, charge the people, lest they break through unto the LORD to gaze, and many of them perish. -- exodus 19:21 +. +And let the priests also, which come near to the LORD, sanctify themselves, lest the LORD break forth upon them. -- exodus 19:22 +. +And Moses said unto the LORD, The people cannot come up to mount Sinai: for thou chargedst us, saying, Set bounds about the mount, and sanctify it. -- exodus 19:23 +. +And the LORD said unto him, Away, get thee down, and thou shalt come up, thou, and Aaron with thee: but let not the priests and the people break through to come up unto the LORD, lest he break forth upon them. -- exodus 19:24 +. +So Moses went down unto the people, and spake unto them. -- exodus 19:25 +. +And God spake all these words, saying, -- exodus 20:1 +. +I am the LORD thy God, which have brought thee out of the land of Egypt, out of the house of bondage. -- exodus 20:2 +. +Thou shalt have no other gods before me. -- exodus 20:3 +. +Thou shalt not make unto thee any graven image, or any likeness of any thing that is in heaven above, or that is in the earth beneath, or that is in the water under the earth. -- exodus 20:4 +. +Thou shalt not bow down thyself to them, nor serve them: for I the LORD thy God am a jealous God, visiting the iniquity of the fathers upon the children unto the third and fourth generation of them that hate me; -- exodus 20:5 +. +And showing mercy unto thousands of them that love me, and keep my commandments. -- exodus 20:6 +. +Thou shalt not take the name of the LORD thy God in vain; for the LORD will not hold him guiltless that taketh his name in vain. -- exodus 20:7 +. +Remember the sabbath day, to keep it holy. -- exodus 20:8 +. +Six days shalt thou labor, and do all thy work: -- exodus 20:9 +. +But the seventh day is the sabbath of the LORD thy God: in it thou shalt not do any work, thou, nor thy son, nor thy daughter, thy manservant, nor thy maidservant, nor thy cattle, nor thy stranger that is within thy gates: -- exodus 20:10 +. +For in six days the LORD made heaven and earth, the sea, and all that in them is, and rested the seventh day: wherefore the LORD blessed the sabbath day, and hallowed it. -- exodus 20:11 +. +Honor thy father and thy mother: that thy days may be long upon the land which the LORD thy God giveth thee. -- exodus 20:12 +. +Thou shalt not kill. -- exodus 20:13 +. +Thou shalt not commit adultery. -- exodus 20:14 +. +Thou shalt not steal. -- exodus 20:15 +. +Thou shalt not bear false witness against thy neighbor. -- exodus 20:16 +. +Thou shalt not covet thy neighbor's house, thou shalt not covet thy neighbor's wife, nor his manservant, nor his maidservant, nor his ox, nor his ass, nor any thing that is thy neighbor's. -- exodus 20:17 +. +And all the people saw the thunderings, and the lightnings, and the noise of the trumpet, and the mountain smoking: and when the people saw it, they removed, and stood afar off. -- exodus 20:18 +. +And they said unto Moses, Speak thou with us, and we will hear: but let not God speak with us, lest we die. -- exodus 20:19 +. +And Moses said unto the people, Fear not: for God is come to prove you, and that his fear may be before your faces, that ye sin not. -- exodus 20:20 +. +And the people stood afar off, and Moses drew near unto the thick darkness where God was. -- exodus 20:21 +. +And the LORD said unto Moses, Thus thou shalt say unto the children of Israel, Ye have seen that I have talked with you from heaven. -- exodus 20:22 +. +Ye shall not make with me gods of silver, neither shall ye make unto you gods of gold. -- exodus 20:23 +. +An altar of earth thou shalt make unto me, and shalt sacrifice thereon thy burnt offerings, and thy peace offerings, thy sheep, and thine oxen: in all places where I record my name I will come unto thee, and I will bless thee. -- exodus 20:24 +. +And if thou wilt make me an altar of stone, thou shalt not build it of hewn stone: for if thou lift up thy tool upon it, thou hast polluted it. -- exodus 20:25 +. +Neither shalt thou go up by steps unto mine altar, that thy nakedness be not discovered thereon. -- exodus 20:26 +. +Now these are the judgments which thou shalt set before them. -- exodus 21:1 +. +If thou buy an Hebrew servant, six years he shall serve: and in the seventh he shall go out free for nothing. -- exodus 21:2 +. +If he came in by himself, he shall go out by himself: if he were married, then his wife shall go out with him. -- exodus 21:3 +. +If his master have given him a wife, and she have born him sons or daughters; the wife and her children shall be her master's, and he shall go out by himself. -- exodus 21:4 +. +And if the servant shall plainly say, I love my master, my wife, and my children; I will not go out free: -- exodus 21:5 +. +Then his master shall bring him unto the judges; he shall also bring him to the door, or unto the door post; and his master shall bore his ear through with an awl; and he shall serve him for ever. -- exodus 21:6 +. +And if a man sell his daughter to be a maidservant, she shall not go out as the menservants do. -- exodus 21:7 +. +If she please not her master, who hath betrothed her to himself, then shall he let her be redeemed: to sell her unto a strange nation he shall have no power, seeing he hath dealt deceitfully with her. -- exodus 21:8 +. +And if he have betrothed her unto his son, he shall deal with her after the manner of daughters. -- exodus 21:9 +. +If he take him another wife; her food, her raiment, and her duty of marriage, shall he not diminish. -- exodus 21:10 +. +And if he do not these three unto her, then shall she go out free without money. -- exodus 21:11 +. +He that smiteth a man, so that he die, shall be surely put to death. -- exodus 21:12 +. +And if a man lie not in wait, but God deliver him into his hand; then I will appoint thee a place whither he shall flee. -- exodus 21:13 +. +But if a man come presumptuously upon his neighbor, to slay him with guile; thou shalt take him from mine altar, that he may die. -- exodus 21:14 +. +And he that smiteth his father, or his mother, shall be surely put to death. -- exodus 21:15 +. +And he that stealeth a man, and selleth him, or if he be found in his hand, he shall surely be put to death. -- exodus 21:16 +. +And he that curseth his father, or his mother, shall surely be put to death. -- exodus 21:17 +. +And if men strive together, and one smite another with a stone, or with his fist, and he die not, but keepeth his bed: -- exodus 21:18 +. +If he rise again, and walk abroad upon his staff, then shall he that smote him be quit: only he shall pay for the loss of his time, and shall cause him to be thoroughly healed. -- exodus 21:19 +. +And if a man smite his servant, or his maid, with a rod, and he die under his hand; he shall be surely punished. -- exodus 21:20 +. +Notwithstanding, if he continue a day or two, he shall not be punished: for he is his money. -- exodus 21:21 +. +If men strive, and hurt a woman with child, so that her fruit depart from her, and yet no mischief follow: he shall be surely punished, according as the woman's husband will lay upon him; and he shall pay as the judges determine. -- exodus 21:22 +. +And if any mischief follow, then thou shalt give life for life, -- exodus 21:23 +. +Eye for eye, tooth for tooth, hand for hand, foot for foot, -- exodus 21:24 +. +Burning for burning, wound for wound, stripe for stripe. -- exodus 21:25 +. +And if a man smite the eye of his servant, or the eye of his maid, that it perish; he shall let him go free for his eye's sake. -- exodus 21:26 +. +And if he smite out his manservant's tooth, or his maidservant's tooth; he shall let him go free for his tooth's sake. -- exodus 21:27 +. +If an ox gore a man or a woman, that they die: then the ox shall be surely stoned, and his flesh shall not be eaten; but the owner of the ox shall be quit. -- exodus 21:28 +. +But if the ox were wont to push with his horn in time past, and it hath been testified to his owner, and he hath not kept him in, but that he hath killed a man or a woman; the ox shall be stoned, and his owner also shall be put to death. -- exodus 21:29 +. +If there be laid on him a sum of money, then he shall give for the ransom of his life whatsoever is laid upon him. -- exodus 21:30 +. +Whether he have gored a son, or have gored a daughter, according to this judgment shall it be done unto him. -- exodus 21:31 +. +If the ox shall push a manservant or a maidservant; he shall give unto their master thirty shekels of silver, and the ox shall be stoned. -- exodus 21:32 +. +And if a man shall open a pit, or if a man shall dig a pit, and not cover it, and an ox or an ass fall therein; -- exodus 21:33 +. +The owner of the pit shall make it good, and give money unto the owner of them; and the dead beast shall be his. -- exodus 21:34 +. +And if one man's ox hurt another's, that he die; then they shall sell the live ox, and divide the money of it; and the dead ox also they shall divide. -- exodus 21:35 +. +Or if it be known that the ox hath used to push in time past, and his owner hath not kept him in; he shall surely pay ox for ox; and the dead shall be his own. -- exodus 21:36 +. +If a man shall steal an ox, or a sheep, and kill it, or sell it; he shall restore five oxen for an ox, and four sheep for a sheep. -- exodus 22:1 +. +If a thief be found breaking up, and be smitten that he die, there shall no blood be shed for him. -- exodus 22:2 +. +If the sun be risen upon him, there shall be blood shed for him; for he should make full restitution; if he have nothing, then he shall be sold for his theft. -- exodus 22:3 +. +If the theft be certainly found in his hand alive, whether it be ox, or ass, or sheep; he shall restore double. -- exodus 22:4 +. +If a man shall cause a field or vineyard to be eaten, and shall put in his beast, and shall feed in another man's field; of the best of his own field, and of the best of his own vineyard, shall he make restitution. -- exodus 22:5 +. +If fire break out, and catch in thorns, so that the stacks of corn, or the standing corn, or the field, be consumed therewith; he that kindled the fire shall surely make restitution. -- exodus 22:6 +. +If a man shall deliver unto his neighbor money or stuff to keep, and it be stolen out of the man's house; if the thief be found, let him pay double. -- exodus 22:7 +. +If the thief be not found, then the master of the house shall be brought unto the judges, to see whether he have put his hand unto his neighbor's goods. -- exodus 22:8 +. +For all manner of trespass, whether it be for ox, for ass, for sheep, for raiment, or for any manner of lost thing which another challengeth to be his, the cause of both parties shall come before the judges; and whom the judges shall condemn, he shall pay double unto his neighbor. -- exodus 22:9 +. +If a man deliver unto his neighbor an ass, or an ox, or a sheep, or any beast, to keep; and it die, or be hurt, or driven away, no man seeing it: -- exodus 22:10 +. +Then shall an oath of the LORD be between them both, that he hath not put his hand unto his neighbor's goods; and the owner of it shall accept thereof, and he shall not make it good. -- exodus 22:11 +. +And if it be stolen from him, he shall make restitution unto the owner thereof. -- exodus 22:12 +. +If it be torn in pieces, then let him bring it for witness, and he shall not make good that which was torn. -- exodus 22:13 +. +And if a man borrow ought of his neighbor, and it be hurt, or die, the owner thereof being not with it, he shall surely make it good. -- exodus 22:14 +. +But if the owner thereof be with it, he shall not make it good: if it be an hired thing, it came for his hire. -- exodus 22:15 +. +And if a man entice a maid that is not betrothed, and lie with her, he shall surely endow her to be his wife. -- exodus 22:16 +. +If her father utterly refuse to give her unto him, he shall pay money according to the dowry of virgins. -- exodus 22:17 +. +Thou shalt not suffer a witch to live. -- exodus 22:18 +. +Whosoever lieth with a beast shall surely be put to death. -- exodus 22:19 +. +He that sacrificeth unto any god, save unto the LORD only, he shall be utterly destroyed. -- exodus 22:20 +. +Thou shalt neither vex a stranger, nor oppress him: for ye were strangers in the land of Egypt. -- exodus 22:21 +. +Ye shall not afflict any widow, or fatherless child. -- exodus 22:22 +. +If thou afflict them in any wise, and they cry at all unto me, I will surely hear their cry; -- exodus 22:23 +. +And my wrath shall wax hot, and I will kill you with the sword; and your wives shall be widows, and your children fatherless. -- exodus 22:24 +. +If thou lend money to any of my people that is poor by thee, thou shalt not be to him as an usurer, neither shalt thou lay upon him usury. -- exodus 22:25 +. +If thou at all take thy neighbor's raiment to pledge, thou shalt deliver it unto him by that the sun goeth down: -- exodus 22:26 +. +For that is his covering only, it is his raiment for his skin: wherein shall he sleep? and it shall come to pass, when he crieth unto me, that I will hear; for I am gracious. -- exodus 22:27 +. +Thou shalt not revile the gods, nor curse the ruler of thy people. -- exodus 22:28 +. +Thou shalt not delay to offer the first of thy ripe fruits, and of thy liquors: the firstborn of thy sons shalt thou give unto me. -- exodus 22:29 +. +Likewise shalt thou do with thine oxen, and with thy sheep: seven days it shall be with his dam; on the eighth day thou shalt give it me. -- exodus 22:30 +. +And ye shall be holy men unto me: neither shall ye eat any flesh that is torn of beasts in the field; ye shall cast it to the dogs. -- exodus 22:31 +. +Thou shalt not raise a false report: put not thine hand with the wicked to be an unrighteous witness. -- exodus 23:1 +. +Thou shalt not follow a multitude to do evil; neither shalt thou speak in a cause to decline after many to wrest judgment: -- exodus 23:2 +. +Neither shalt thou countenance a poor man in his cause. -- exodus 23:3 +. +If thou meet thine enemy's ox or his ass going astray, thou shalt surely bring it back to him again. -- exodus 23:4 +. +If thou see the ass of him that hateth thee lying under his burden, and wouldest forbear to help him, thou shalt surely help with him. -- exodus 23:5 +. +Thou shalt not wrest the judgment of thy poor in his cause. -- exodus 23:6 +. +Keep thee far from a false matter; and the innocent and righteous slay thou not: for I will not justify the wicked. -- exodus 23:7 +. +And thou shalt take no gift: for the gift blindeth the wise, and perverteth the words of the righteous. -- exodus 23:8 +. +Also thou shalt not oppress a stranger: for ye know the heart of a stranger, seeing ye were strangers in the land of Egypt. -- exodus 23:9 +. +And six years thou shalt sow thy land, and shalt gather in the fruits thereof: -- exodus 23:10 +. +But the seventh year thou shalt let it rest and lie still; that the poor of thy people may eat: and what they leave the beasts of the field shall eat. In like manner thou shalt deal with thy vineyard, and with thy oliveyard. -- exodus 23:11 +. +Six days thou shalt do thy work, and on the seventh day thou shalt rest: that thine ox and thine ass may rest, and the son of thy handmaid, and the stranger, may be refreshed. -- exodus 23:12 +. +And in all things that I have said unto you be circumspect: and make no mention of the name of other gods, neither let it be heard out of thy mouth. -- exodus 23:13 +. +Three times thou shalt keep a feast unto me in the year. -- exodus 23:14 +. +Thou shalt keep the feast of unleavened bread: (thou shalt eat unleavened bread seven days, as I commanded thee, in the time appointed of the month Abib; for in it thou camest out from Egypt: and none shall appear before me empty:) -- exodus 23:15 +. +And the feast of harvest, the firstfruits of thy labors, which thou hast sown in the field: and the feast of ingathering, which is in the end of the year, when thou hast gathered in thy labors out of the field. -- exodus 23:16 +. +Three items in the year all thy males shall appear before the LORD God. -- exodus 23:17 +. +Thou shalt not offer the blood of my sacrifice with leavened bread; neither shall the fat of my sacrifice remain until the morning. -- exodus 23:18 +. +The first of the firstfruits of thy land thou shalt bring into the house of the LORD thy God. Thou shalt not seethe a kid in his mother's milk. -- exodus 23:19 +. +Behold, I send an Angel before thee, to keep thee in the way, and to bring thee into the place which I have prepared. -- exodus 23:20 +. +Beware of him, and obey his voice, provoke him not; for he will not pardon your transgressions: for my name is in him. -- exodus 23:21 +. +But if thou shalt indeed obey his voice, and do all that I speak; then I will be an enemy unto thine enemies, and an adversary unto thine adversaries. -- exodus 23:22 +. +For mine Angel shall go before thee, and bring thee in unto the Amorites, and the Hittites, and the Perizzites, and the Canaanites, the Hivites, and the Jebusites: and I will cut them off. -- exodus 23:23 +. +Thou shalt not bow down to their gods, nor serve them, nor do after their works: but thou shalt utterly overthrow them, and quite break down their images. -- exodus 23:24 +. +And ye shall serve the LORD your God, and he shall bless thy bread, and thy water; and I will take sickness away from the midst of thee. -- exodus 23:25 +. +There shall nothing cast their young, nor be barren, in thy land: the number of thy days I will fulfil. -- exodus 23:26 +. +I will send my fear before thee, and will destroy all the people to whom thou shalt come, and I will make all thine enemies turn their backs unto thee. -- exodus 23:27 +. +And I will send hornets before thee, which shall drive out the Hivite, the Canaanite, and the Hittite, from before thee. -- exodus 23:28 +. +I will not drive them out from before thee in one year; lest the land become desolate, and the beast of the field multiply against thee. -- exodus 23:29 +. +By little and little I will drive them out from before thee, until thou be increased, and inherit the land. -- exodus 23:30 +. +And I will set thy bounds from the Red sea even unto the sea of the Philistines, and from the desert unto the river: for I will deliver the inhabitants of the land into your hand; and thou shalt drive them out before thee. -- exodus 23:31 +. +Thou shalt make no covenant with them, nor with their gods. -- exodus 23:32 +. +They shall not dwell in thy land, lest they make thee sin against me: for if thou serve their gods, it will surely be a snare unto thee. -- exodus 23:33 +. +And he said unto Moses, Come up unto the LORD, thou, and Aaron, Nadab, and Abihu, and seventy of the elders of Israel; and worship ye afar off. -- exodus 24:1 +. +And Moses alone shall come near the LORD: but they shall not come nigh; neither shall the people go up with him. -- exodus 24:2 +. +And Moses came and told the people all the words of the LORD, and all the judgments: and all the people answered with one voice, and said, All the words which the LORD hath said will we do. -- exodus 24:3 +. +And Moses wrote all the words of the LORD, and rose up early in the morning, and builded an altar under the hill, and twelve pillars, according to the twelve tribes of Israel. -- exodus 24:4 +. +And he sent young men of the children of Israel, which offered burnt offerings, and sacrificed peace offerings of oxen unto the LORD. -- exodus 24:5 +. +And Moses took half of the blood, and put it in basins; and half of the blood he sprinkled on the altar. -- exodus 24:6 +. +And he took the book of the covenant, and read in the audience of the people: and they said, All that the LORD hath said will we do, and be obedient. -- exodus 24:7 +. +And Moses took the blood, and sprinkled it on the people, and said, Behold the blood of the covenant, which the LORD hath made with you concerning all these words. -- exodus 24:8 +. +Then went up Moses, and Aaron, Nadab, and Abihu, and seventy of the elders of Israel: -- exodus 24:9 +. +And they saw the God of Israel: and there was under his feet as it were a paved work of a sapphire stone, and as it were the body of heaven in his clearness. -- exodus 24:10 +. +And upon the nobles of the children of Israel he laid not his hand: also they saw God, and did eat and drink. -- exodus 24:11 +. +And the LORD said unto Moses, Come up to me into the mount, and be there: and I will give thee tables of stone, and a law, and commandments which I have written; that thou mayest teach them. -- exodus 24:12 +. +And Moses rose up, and his minister Joshua: and Moses went up into the mount of God. -- exodus 24:13 +. +And he said unto the elders, Tarry ye here for us, until we come again unto you: and, behold, Aaron and Hur are with you: if any man have any matters to do, let him come unto them. -- exodus 24:14 +. +And Moses went up into the mount, and a cloud covered the mount. -- exodus 24:15 +. +And the glory of the LORD abode upon mount Sinai, and the cloud covered it six days: and the seventh day he called unto Moses out of the midst of the cloud. -- exodus 24:16 +. +And the sight of the glory of the LORD was like devouring fire on the top of the mount in the eyes of the children of Israel. -- exodus 24:17 +. +And Moses went into the midst of the cloud, and gat him up into the mount: and Moses was in the mount forty days and forty nights. -- exodus 24:18 +. +And the LORD spake unto Moses, saying, -- exodus 25:1 +. +Speak unto the children of Israel, that they bring me an offering: of every man that giveth it willingly with his heart ye shall take my offering. -- exodus 25:2 +. +And this is the offering which ye shall take of them; gold, and silver, and brass, -- exodus 25:3 +. +And blue, and purple, and scarlet, and fine linen, and goats' hair, -- exodus 25:4 +. +And rams' skins dyed red, and badgers' skins, and shittim wood, -- exodus 25:5 +. +Oil for the light, spices for anointing oil, and for sweet incense, -- exodus 25:6 +. +Onyx stones, and stones to be set in the ephod, and in the breastplate. -- exodus 25:7 +. +And let them make me a sanctuary; that I may dwell among them. -- exodus 25:8 +. +According to all that I show thee, after the pattern of the tabernacle, and the pattern of all the instruments thereof, even so shall ye make it. -- exodus 25:9 +. +And they shall make an ark of shittim wood: two cubits and a half shall be the length thereof, and a cubit and a half the breadth thereof, and a cubit and a half the height thereof. -- exodus 25:10 +. +And thou shalt overlay it with pure gold, within and without shalt thou overlay it, and shalt make upon it a crown of gold round about. -- exodus 25:11 +. +And thou shalt cast four rings of gold for it, and put them in the four corners thereof; and two rings shall be in the one side of it, and two rings in the other side of it. -- exodus 25:12 +. +And thou shalt make staves of shittim wood, and overlay them with gold. -- exodus 25:13 +. +And thou shalt put the staves into the rings by the sides of the ark, that the ark may be borne with them. -- exodus 25:14 +. +The staves shall be in the rings of the ark: they shall not be taken from it. -- exodus 25:15 +. +And thou shalt put into the ark the testimony which I shall give thee. -- exodus 25:16 +. +And thou shalt make a mercy seat of pure gold: two cubits and a half shall be the length thereof, and a cubit and a half the breadth thereof. -- exodus 25:17 +. +And thou shalt make two cherubim of gold, of beaten work shalt thou make them, in the two ends of the mercy seat. -- exodus 25:18 +. +And make one cherub on the one end, and the other cherub on the other end: even of the mercy seat shall ye make the cherubim on the two ends thereof. -- exodus 25:19 +. +And the cherubim shall stretch forth their wings on high, covering the mercy seat with their wings, and their faces shall look one to another; toward the mercy seat shall the faces of the cherubim be. -- exodus 25:20 +. +And thou shalt put the mercy seat above upon the ark; and in the ark thou shalt put the testimony that I shall give thee. -- exodus 25:21 +. +And there I will meet with thee, and I will commune with thee from above the mercy seat, from between the two cherubim which are upon the ark of the testimony, of all things which I will give thee in commandment unto the children of Israel. -- exodus 25:22 +. +Thou shalt also make a table of shittim wood: two cubits shall be the length thereof, and a cubit the breadth thereof, and a cubit and a half the height thereof. -- exodus 25:23 +. +And thou shalt overlay it with pure gold, and make thereto a crown of gold round about. -- exodus 25:24 +. +And thou shalt make unto it a border of an hand breadth round about, and thou shalt make a golden crown to the border thereof round about. -- exodus 25:25 +. +And thou shalt make for it four rings of gold, and put the rings in the four corners that are on the four feet thereof. -- exodus 25:26 +. +Over against the border shall the rings be for places of the staves to bear the table. -- exodus 25:27 +. +And thou shalt make the staves of shittim wood, and overlay them with gold, that the table may be borne with them. -- exodus 25:28 +. +And thou shalt make the dishes thereof, and spoons thereof, and covers thereof, and bowls thereof, to cover withal: of pure gold shalt thou make them. -- exodus 25:29 +. +And thou shalt set upon the table showbread before me always. -- exodus 25:30 +. +And thou shalt make a candlestick of pure gold: of beaten work shall the candlestick be made: his shaft, and his branches, his bowls, his knops, and his flowers, shall be of the same. -- exodus 25:31 +. +And six branches shall come out of the sides of it; three branches of the candlestick out of the one side, and three branches of the candlestick out of the other side: -- exodus 25:32 +. +Three bowls made like unto almonds, with a knop and a flower in one branch; and three bowls made like almonds in the other branch, with a knop and a flower: so in the six branches that come out of the candlestick. -- exodus 25:33 +. +And in the candlesticks shall be four bowls made like unto almonds, with their knops and their flowers. -- exodus 25:34 +. +And there shall be a knop under two branches of the same, and a knop under two branches of the same, and a knop under two branches of the same, according to the six branches that proceed out of the candlestick. -- exodus 25:35 +. +Their knops and their branches shall be of the same: all it shall be one beaten work of pure gold. -- exodus 25:36 +. +And thou shalt make the seven lamps thereof: and they shall light the lamps thereof, that they may give light over against it. -- exodus 25:37 +. +And the tongs thereof, and the snuffdishes thereof, shall be of pure gold. -- exodus 25:38 +. +Of a talent of pure gold shall he make it, with all these vessels. -- exodus 25:39 +. +And look that thou make them after their pattern, which was showed thee in the mount. -- exodus 25:40 +. +Moreover thou shalt make the tabernacle with ten curtains of fine twined linen, and blue, and purple, and scarlet: with cherubim of cunning work shalt thou make them. -- exodus 26:1 +. +The length of one curtain shall be eight and twenty cubits, and the breadth of one curtain four cubits: and every one of the curtains shall have one measure. -- exodus 26:2 +. +The five curtains shall be coupled together one to another; and other five curtains shall be coupled one to another. -- exodus 26:3 +. +And thou shalt make loops of blue upon the edge of the one curtain from the selvedge in the coupling; and likewise shalt thou make in the uttermost edge of another curtain, in the coupling of the second. -- exodus 26:4 +. +Fifty loops shalt thou make in the one curtain, and fifty loops shalt thou make in the edge of the curtain that is in the coupling of the second; that the loops may take hold one of another. -- exodus 26:5 +. +And thou shalt make fifty taches of gold, and couple the curtains together with the taches: and it shall be one tabernacle. -- exodus 26:6 +. +And thou shalt make curtains of goats' hair to be a covering upon the tabernacle: eleven curtains shalt thou make. -- exodus 26:7 +. +The length of one curtain shall be thirty cubits, and the breadth of one curtain four cubits: and the eleven curtains shall be all of one measure. -- exodus 26:8 +. +And thou shalt couple five curtains by themselves, and six curtains by themselves, and shalt double the sixth curtain in the forefront of the tabernacle. -- exodus 26:9 +. +And thou shalt make fifty loops on the edge of the one curtain that is outmost in the coupling, and fifty loops in the edge of the curtain which coupleth the second. -- exodus 26:10 +. +And thou shalt make fifty taches of brass, and put the taches into the loops, and couple the tent together, that it may be one. -- exodus 26:11 +. +And the remnant that remaineth of the curtains of the tent, the half curtain that remaineth, shall hang over the backside of the tabernacle. -- exodus 26:12 +. +And a cubit on the one side, and a cubit on the other side of that which remaineth in the length of the curtains of the tent, it shall hang over the sides of the tabernacle on this side and on that side, to cover it. -- exodus 26:13 +. +And thou shalt make a covering for the tent of rams' skins dyed red, and a covering above of badgers' skins. -- exodus 26:14 +. +And thou shalt make boards for the tabernacle of shittim wood standing up. -- exodus 26:15 +. +Ten cubits shall be the length of a board, and a cubit and a half shall be the breadth of one board. -- exodus 26:16 +. +Two tenons shall there be in one board, set in order one against another: thus shalt thou make for all the boards of the tabernacle. -- exodus 26:17 +. +And thou shalt make the boards for the tabernacle, twenty boards on the south side southward. -- exodus 26:18 +. +And thou shalt make forty sockets of silver under the twenty boards; two sockets under one board for his two tenons, and two sockets under another board for his two tenons. -- exodus 26:19 +. +And for the second side of the tabernacle on the north side there shall be twenty boards: -- exodus 26:20 +. +And their forty sockets of silver; two sockets under one board, and two sockets under another board. -- exodus 26:21 +. +And for the sides of the tabernacle westward thou shalt make six boards. -- exodus 26:22 +. +And two boards shalt thou make for the corners of the tabernacle in the two sides. -- exodus 26:23 +. +And they shall be coupled together beneath, and they shall be coupled together above the head of it unto one ring: thus shall it be for them both; they shall be for the two corners. -- exodus 26:24 +. +And they shall be eight boards, and their sockets of silver, sixteen sockets; two sockets under one board, and two sockets under another board. -- exodus 26:25 +. +And thou shalt make bars of shittim wood; five for the boards of the one side of the tabernacle, -- exodus 26:26 +. +And five bars for the boards of the other side of the tabernacle, and five bars for the boards of the side of the tabernacle, for the two sides westward. -- exodus 26:27 +. +And the middle bar in the midst of the boards shall reach from end to end. -- exodus 26:28 +. +And thou shalt overlay the boards with gold, and make their rings of gold for places for the bars: and thou shalt overlay the bars with gold. -- exodus 26:29 +. +And thou shalt rear up the tabernacle according to the fashion thereof which was showed thee in the mount. -- exodus 26:30 +. +And thou shalt make a vail of blue, and purple, and scarlet, and fine twined linen of cunning work: with cherubim shall it be made: -- exodus 26:31 +. +And thou shalt hang it upon four pillars of shittim wood overlaid with gold: their hooks shall be of gold, upon the four sockets of silver. -- exodus 26:32 +. +And thou shalt hang up the vail under the taches, that thou mayest bring in thither within the vail the ark of the testimony: and the vail shall divide unto you between the holy place and the most holy. -- exodus 26:33 +. +And thou shalt put the mercy seat upon the ark of the testimony in the most holy place. -- exodus 26:34 +. +And thou shalt set the table without the vail, and the candlestick over against the table on the side of the tabernacle toward the south: and thou shalt put the table on the north side. -- exodus 26:35 +. +And thou shalt make an hanging for the door of the tent, of blue, and purple, and scarlet, and fine twined linen, wrought with needlework. -- exodus 26:36 +. +And thou shalt make for the hanging five pillars of shittim wood, and overlay them with gold, and their hooks shall be of gold: and thou shalt cast five sockets of brass for them. -- exodus 26:37 +. +And thou shalt make an altar of shittim wood, five cubits long, and five cubits broad; the altar shall be foursquare: and the height thereof shall be three cubits. -- exodus 27:1 +. +And thou shalt make the horns of it upon the four corners thereof: his horns shall be of the same: and thou shalt overlay it with brass. -- exodus 27:2 +. +And thou shalt make his pans to receive his ashes, and his shovels, and his basins, and his fleshhooks, and his firepans: all the vessels thereof thou shalt make of brass. -- exodus 27:3 +. +And thou shalt make for it a grate of network of brass; and upon the net shalt thou make four brazen rings in the four corners thereof. -- exodus 27:4 +. +And thou shalt put it under the compass of the altar beneath, that the net may be even to the midst of the altar. -- exodus 27:5 +. +And thou shalt make staves for the altar, staves of shittim wood, and overlay them with brass. -- exodus 27:6 +. +And the staves shall be put into the rings, and the staves shall be upon the two sides of the altar, to bear it. -- exodus 27:7 +. +Hollow with boards shalt thou make it: as it was showed thee in the mount, so shall they make it. -- exodus 27:8 +. +And thou shalt make the court of the tabernacle: for the south side southward there shall be hangings for the court of fine twined linen of an hundred cubits long for one side: -- exodus 27:9 +. +And the twenty pillars thereof and their twenty sockets shall be of brass; the hooks of the pillars and their fillets shall be of silver. -- exodus 27:10 +. +And likewise for the north side in length there shall be hangings of an hundred cubits long, and his twenty pillars and their twenty sockets of brass; the hooks of the pillars and their fillets of silver. -- exodus 27:11 +. +And for the breadth of the court on the west side shall be hangings of fifty cubits: their pillars ten, and their sockets ten. -- exodus 27:12 +. +And the breadth of the court on the east side eastward shall be fifty cubits. -- exodus 27:13 +. +The hangings of one side of the gate shall be fifteen cubits: their pillars three, and their sockets three. -- exodus 27:14 +. +And on the other side shall be hangings fifteen cubits: their pillars three, and their sockets three. -- exodus 27:15 +. +And for the gate of the court shall be an hanging of twenty cubits, of blue, and purple, and scarlet, and fine twined linen, wrought with needlework: and their pillars shall be four, and their sockets four. -- exodus 27:16 +. +All the pillars round about the court shall be filleted with silver; their hooks shall be of silver, and their sockets of brass. -- exodus 27:17 +. +The length of the court shall be an hundred cubits, and the breadth fifty every where, and the height five cubits of fine twined linen, and their sockets of brass. -- exodus 27:18 +. +All the vessels of the tabernacle in all the service thereof, and all the pins thereof, and all the pins of the court, shall be of brass. -- exodus 27:19 +. +And thou shalt command the children of Israel, that they bring thee pure oil olive beaten for the light, to cause the lamp to burn always. -- exodus 27:20 +. +In the tabernacle of the congregation without the vail, which is before the testimony, Aaron and his sons shall order it from evening to morning before the LORD: it shall be a statute for ever unto their generations on the behalf of the children of Israel. -- exodus 27:21 +. +And take thou unto thee Aaron thy brother, and his sons with him, from among the children of Israel, that he may minister unto me in the priest's office, even Aaron, Nadab and Abihu, Eleazar and Ithamar, Aaron's sons. -- exodus 28:1 +. +And thou shalt make holy garments for Aaron thy brother for glory and for beauty. -- exodus 28:2 +. +And thou shalt speak unto all that are wise hearted, whom I have filled with the spirit of wisdom, that they may make Aaron's garments to consecrate him, that he may minister unto me in the priest's office. -- exodus 28:3 +. +And these are the garments which they shall make; a breastplate, and an ephod, and a robe, and a broidered coat, a mitre, and a girdle: and they shall make holy garments for Aaron thy brother, and his sons, that he may minister unto me in the priest's office. -- exodus 28:4 +. +And they shall take gold, and blue, and purple, and scarlet, and fine linen. -- exodus 28:5 +. +And they shall make the ephod of gold, of blue, and of purple, of scarlet, and fine twined linen, with cunning work. -- exodus 28:6 +. +It shall have the two shoulderpieces thereof joined at the two edges thereof; and so it shall be joined together. -- exodus 28:7 +. +And the curious girdle of the ephod, which is upon it, shall be of the same, according to the work thereof; even of gold, of blue, and purple, and scarlet, and fine twined linen. -- exodus 28:8 +. +And thou shalt take two onyx stones, and grave on them the names of the children of Israel: -- exodus 28:9 +. +Six of their names on one stone, and the other six names of the rest on the other stone, according to their birth. -- exodus 28:10 +. +With the work of an engraver in stone, like the engravings of a signet, shalt thou engrave the two stones with the names of the children of Israel: thou shalt make them to be set in ouches of gold. -- exodus 28:11 +. +And thou shalt put the two stones upon the shoulders of the ephod for stones of memorial unto the children of Israel: and Aaron shall bear their names before the LORD upon his two shoulders for a memorial. -- exodus 28:12 +. +And thou shalt make ouches of gold; -- exodus 28:13 +. +And two chains of pure gold at the ends; of wreathed work shalt thou make them, and fasten the wreathed chains to the ouches. -- exodus 28:14 +. +And thou shalt make the breastplate of judgment with cunning work; after the work of the ephod thou shalt make it; of gold, of blue, and of purple, and of scarlet, and of fine twined linen, shalt thou make it. -- exodus 28:15 +. +Foursquare it shall be being doubled; a span shall be the length thereof, and a span shall be the breadth thereof. -- exodus 28:16 +. +And thou shalt set in it settings of stones, even four rows of stones: the first row shall be a sardius, a topaz, and a carbuncle: this shall be the first row. -- exodus 28:17 +. +And the second row shall be an emerald, a sapphire, and a diamond. -- exodus 28:18 +. +And the third row a ligure, an agate, and an amethyst. -- exodus 28:19 +. +And the fourth row a beryl, and an onyx, and a jasper: they shall be set in gold in their inclosings. -- exodus 28:20 +. +And the stones shall be with the names of the children of Israel, twelve, according to their names, like the engravings of a signet; every one with his name shall they be according to the twelve tribes. -- exodus 28:21 +. +And thou shalt make upon the breastplate chains at the ends of wreathed work of pure gold. -- exodus 28:22 +. +And thou shalt make upon the breastplate two rings of gold, and shalt put the two rings on the two ends of the breastplate. -- exodus 28:23 +. +And thou shalt put the two wreathed chains of gold in the two rings which are on the ends of the breastplate. -- exodus 28:24 +. +And the other two ends of the two wreathed chains thou shalt fasten in the two ouches, and put them on the shoulderpieces of the ephod before it. -- exodus 28:25 +. +And thou shalt make two rings of gold, and thou shalt put them upon the two ends of the breastplate in the border thereof, which is in the side of the ephod inward. -- exodus 28:26 +. +And two other rings of gold thou shalt make, and shalt put them on the two sides of the ephod underneath, toward the forepart thereof, over against the other coupling thereof, above the curious girdle of the ephod. -- exodus 28:27 +. +And they shall bind the breastplate by the rings thereof unto the rings of the ephod with a lace of blue, that it may be above the curious girdle of the ephod, and that the breastplate be not loosed from the ephod. -- exodus 28:28 +. +And Aaron shall bear the names of the children of Israel in the breastplate of judgment upon his heart, when he goeth in unto the holy place, for a memorial before the LORD continually. -- exodus 28:29 +. +And thou shalt put in the breastplate of judgment the Urim and the Thummim; and they shall be upon Aaron's heart, when he goeth in before the LORD: and Aaron shall bear the judgment of the children of Israel upon his heart before the LORD continually. -- exodus 28:30 +. +And thou shalt make the robe of the ephod all of blue. -- exodus 28:31 +. +And there shall be an hole in the top of it, in the midst thereof: it shall have a binding of woven work round about the hole of it, as it were the hole of an habergeon, that it be not rent. -- exodus 28:32 +. +And beneath upon the hem of it thou shalt make pomegranates of blue, and of purple, and of scarlet, round about the hem thereof; and bells of gold between them round about: -- exodus 28:33 +. +A golden bell and a pomegranate, a golden bell and a pomegranate, upon the hem of the robe round about. -- exodus 28:34 +. +And it shall be upon Aaron to minister: and his sound shall be heard when he goeth in unto the holy place before the LORD, and when he cometh out, that he die not. -- exodus 28:35 +. +And thou shalt make a plate of pure gold, and grave upon it, like the engravings of a signet, HOLINESS TO THE LORD. -- exodus 28:36 +. +And thou shalt put it on a blue lace, that it may be upon the mitre; upon the forefront of the mitre it shall be. -- exodus 28:37 +. +And it shall be upon Aaron's forehead, that Aaron may bear the iniquity of the holy things, which the children of Israel shall hallow in all their holy gifts; and it shall be always upon his forehead, that they may be accepted before the LORD. -- exodus 28:38 +. +And thou shalt embroider the coat of fine linen, and thou shalt make the mitre of fine linen, and thou shalt make the girdle of needlework. -- exodus 28:39 +. +And for Aaron's sons thou shalt make coats, and thou shalt make for them girdles, and bonnets shalt thou make for them, for glory and for beauty. -- exodus 28:40 +. +And thou shalt put them upon Aaron thy brother, and his sons with him; and shalt anoint them, and consecrate them, and sanctify them, that they may minister unto me in the priest's office. -- exodus 28:41 +. +And thou shalt make them linen breeches to cover their nakedness; from the loins even unto the thighs they shall reach: -- exodus 28:42 +. +And they shall be upon Aaron, and upon his sons, when they come in unto the tabernacle of the congregation, or when they come near unto the altar to minister in the holy place; that they bear not iniquity, and die: it shall be a statute for ever unto him and his seed after him. -- exodus 28:43 +. +And this is the thing that thou shalt do unto them to hallow them, to minister unto me in the priest's office: Take one young bullock, and two rams without blemish, -- exodus 29:1 +. +And unleavened bread, and cakes unleavened tempered with oil, and wafers unleavened anointed with oil: of wheaten flour shalt thou make them. -- exodus 29:2 +. +And thou shalt put them into one basket, and bring them in the basket, with the bullock and the two rams. -- exodus 29:3 +. +And Aaron and his sons thou shalt bring unto the door of the tabernacle of the congregation, and shalt wash them with water. -- exodus 29:4 +. +And thou shalt take the garments, and put upon Aaron the coat, and the robe of the ephod, and the ephod, and the breastplate, and gird him with the curious girdle of the ephod: -- exodus 29:5 +. +And thou shalt put the mitre upon his head, and put the holy crown upon the mitre. -- exodus 29:6 +. +Then shalt thou take the anointing oil, and pour it upon his head, and anoint him. -- exodus 29:7 +. +And thou shalt bring his sons, and put coats upon them. -- exodus 29:8 +. +And thou shalt gird them with girdles, Aaron and his sons, and put the bonnets on them: and the priest's office shall be theirs for a perpetual statute: and thou shalt consecrate Aaron and his sons. -- exodus 29:9 +. +And thou shalt cause a bullock to be brought before the tabernacle of the congregation: and Aaron and his sons shall put their hands upon the head of the bullock. -- exodus 29:10 +. +And thou shalt kill the bullock before the LORD, by the door of the tabernacle of the congregation. -- exodus 29:11 +. +And thou shalt take of the blood of the bullock, and put it upon the horns of the altar with thy finger, and pour all the blood beside the bottom of the altar. -- exodus 29:12 +. +And thou shalt take all the fat that covereth the inwards, and the caul that is above the liver, and the two kidneys, and the fat that is upon them, and burn them upon the altar. -- exodus 29:13 +. +But the flesh of the bullock, and his skin, and his dung, shalt thou burn with fire without the camp: it is a sin offering. -- exodus 29:14 +. +Thou shalt also take one ram; and Aaron and his sons shall put their hands upon the head of the ram. -- exodus 29:15 +. +And thou shalt slay the ram, and thou shalt take his blood, and sprinkle it round about upon the altar. -- exodus 29:16 +. +And thou shalt cut the ram in pieces, and wash the inwards of him, and his legs, and put them unto his pieces, and unto his head. -- exodus 29:17 +. +And thou shalt burn the whole ram upon the altar: it is a burnt offering unto the LORD: it is a sweet savor, an offering made by fire unto the LORD. -- exodus 29:18 +. +And thou shalt take the other ram; and Aaron and his sons shall put their hands upon the head of the ram. -- exodus 29:19 +. +Then shalt thou kill the ram, and take of his blood, and put it upon the tip of the right ear of Aaron, and upon the tip of the right ear of his sons, and upon the thumb of their right hand, and upon the great toe of their right foot, and sprinkle the blood upon the altar round about. -- exodus 29:20 +. +And thou shalt take of the blood that is upon the altar, and of the anointing oil, and sprinkle it upon Aaron, and upon his garments, and upon his sons, and upon the garments of his sons with him: and he shall be hallowed, and his garments, and his sons, and his sons' garments with him. -- exodus 29:21 +. +Also thou shalt take of the ram the fat and the rump, and the fat that covereth the inwards, and the caul above the liver, and the two kidneys, and the fat that is upon them, and the right shoulder; for it is a ram of consecration: -- exodus 29:22 +. +And one loaf of bread, and one cake of oiled bread, and one wafer out of the basket of the unleavened bread that is before the LORD: -- exodus 29:23 +. +And thou shalt put all in the hands of Aaron, and in the hands of his sons; and shalt wave them for a wave offering before the LORD. -- exodus 29:24 +. +And thou shalt receive them of their hands, and burn them upon the altar for a burnt offering, for a sweet savor before the LORD: it is an offering made by fire unto the LORD. -- exodus 29:25 +. +And thou shalt take the breast of the ram of Aaron's consecration, and wave it for a wave offering before the LORD: and it shall be thy part. -- exodus 29:26 +. +And thou shalt sanctify the breast of the wave offering, and the shoulder of the heave offering, which is waved, and which is heaved up, of the ram of the consecration, even of that which is for Aaron, and of that which is for his sons: -- exodus 29:27 +. +And it shall be Aaron's and his sons' by a statute for ever from the children of Israel: for it is an heave offering: and it shall be an heave offering from the children of Israel of the sacrifice of their peace offerings, even their heave offering unto the LORD. -- exodus 29:28 +. +And the holy garments of Aaron shall be his sons' after him, to be anointed therein, and to be consecrated in them. -- exodus 29:29 +. +And that son that is priest in his stead shall put them on seven days, when he cometh into the tabernacle of the congregation to minister in the holy place. -- exodus 29:30 +. +And thou shalt take the ram of the consecration, and seethe his flesh in the holy place. -- exodus 29:31 +. +And Aaron and his sons shall eat the flesh of the ram, and the bread that is in the basket by the door of the tabernacle of the congregation. -- exodus 29:32 +. +And they shall eat those things wherewith the atonement was made, to consecrate and to sanctify them: but a stranger shall not eat thereof, because they are holy. -- exodus 29:33 +. +And if ought of the flesh of the consecrations, or of the bread, remain unto the morning, then thou shalt burn the remainder with fire: it shall not be eaten, because it is holy. -- exodus 29:34 +. +And thus shalt thou do unto Aaron, and to his sons, according to all things which I have commanded thee: seven days shalt thou consecrate them. -- exodus 29:35 +. +And thou shalt offer every day a bullock for a sin offering for atonement: and thou shalt cleanse the altar, when thou hast made an atonement for it, and thou shalt anoint it, to sanctify it. -- exodus 29:36 +. +Seven days thou shalt make an atonement for the altar, and sanctify it; and it shall be an altar most holy: whatsoever toucheth the altar shall be holy. -- exodus 29:37 +. +Now this is that which thou shalt offer upon the altar; two lambs of the first year day by day continually. -- exodus 29:38 +. +The one lamb thou shalt offer in the morning; and the other lamb thou shalt offer at even: -- exodus 29:39 +. +And with the one lamb a tenth deal of flour mingled with the fourth part of an hin of beaten oil; and the fourth part of an hin of wine for a drink offering. -- exodus 29:40 +. +And the other lamb thou shalt offer at even, and shalt do thereto according to the meat offering of the morning, and according to the drink offering thereof, for a sweet savor, an offering made by fire unto the LORD. -- exodus 29:41 +. +This shall be a continual burnt offering throughout your generations at the door of the tabernacle of the congregation before the LORD: where I will meet you, to speak there unto thee. -- exodus 29:42 +. +And there I will meet with the children of Israel, and the tabernacle shall be sanctified by my glory. -- exodus 29:43 +. +And I will sanctify the tabernacle of the congregation, and the altar: I will sanctify also both Aaron and his sons, to minister to me in the priest's office. -- exodus 29:44 +. +And I will dwell among the children of Israel, and will be their God. -- exodus 29:45 +. +And they shall know that I am the LORD their God, that brought them forth out of the land of Egypt, that I may dwell among them: I am the LORD their God. -- exodus 29:46 +. +And thou shalt make an altar to burn incense upon: of shittim wood shalt thou make it. -- exodus 30:1 +. +A cubit shall be the length thereof, and a cubit the breadth thereof; foursquare shall it be: and two cubits shall be the height thereof: the horns thereof shall be of the same. -- exodus 30:2 +. +And thou shalt overlay it with pure gold, the top thereof, and the sides thereof round about, and the horns thereof; and thou shalt make unto it a crown of gold round about. -- exodus 30:3 +. +And two golden rings shalt thou make to it under the crown of it, by the two corners thereof, upon the two sides of it shalt thou make it; and they shall be for places for the staves to bear it withal. -- exodus 30:4 +. +And thou shalt make the staves of shittim wood, and overlay them with gold. -- exodus 30:5 +. +And thou shalt put it before the vail that is by the ark of the testimony, before the mercy seat that is over the testimony, where I will meet with thee. -- exodus 30:6 +. +And Aaron shall burn thereon sweet incense every morning: when he dresseth the lamps, he shall burn incense upon it. -- exodus 30:7 +. +And when Aaron lighteth the lamps at even, he shall burn incense upon it, a perpetual incense before the LORD throughout your generations. -- exodus 30:8 +. +Ye shall offer no strange incense thereon, nor burnt sacrifice, nor meat offering; neither shall ye pour drink offering thereon. -- exodus 30:9 +. +And Aaron shall make an atonement upon the horns of it once in a year with the blood of the sin offering of atonements: once in the year shall he make atonement upon it throughout your generations: it is most holy unto the LORD. -- exodus 30:10 +. +And the LORD spake unto Moses, saying, -- exodus 30:11 +. +When thou takest the sum of the children of Israel after their number, then shall they give every man a ransom for his soul unto the LORD, when thou numberest them; that there be no plague among them, when thou numberest them. -- exodus 30:12 +. +This they shall give, every one that passeth among them that are numbered, half a shekel after the shekel of the sanctuary: (a shekel is twenty gerahs:) an half shekel shall be the offering of the LORD. -- exodus 30:13 +. +Every one that passeth among them that are numbered, from twenty years old and above, shall give an offering unto the LORD. -- exodus 30:14 +. +The rich shall not give more, and the poor shall not give less than half a shekel, when they give an offering unto the LORD, to make an atonement for your souls. -- exodus 30:15 +. +And thou shalt take the atonement money of the children of Israel, and shalt appoint it for the service of the tabernacle of the congregation; that it may be a memorial unto the children of Israel before the LORD, to make an atonement for your souls. -- exodus 30:16 +. +And the LORD spake unto Moses, saying, -- exodus 30:17 +. +Thou shalt also make a laver of brass, and his foot also of brass, to wash withal: and thou shalt put it between the tabernacle of the congregation and the altar, and thou shalt put water therein. -- exodus 30:18 +. +For Aaron and his sons shall wash their hands and their feet thereat: -- exodus 30:19 +. +When they go into the tabernacle of the congregation, they shall wash with water, that they die not; or when they come near to the altar to minister, to burn offering made by fire unto the LORD: -- exodus 30:20 +. +So they shall wash their hands and their feet, that they die not: and it shall be a statute for ever to them, even to him and to his seed throughout their generations. -- exodus 30:21 +. +Moreover the LORD spake unto Moses, saying, -- exodus 30:22 +. +Take thou also unto thee principal spices, of pure myrrh five hundred shekels, and of sweet cinnamon half so much, even two hundred and fifty shekels, and of sweet calamus two hundred and fifty shekels, -- exodus 30:23 +. +And of cassia five hundred shekels, after the shekel of the sanctuary, and of oil olive an hin: -- exodus 30:24 +. +And thou shalt make it an oil of holy ointment, an ointment compound after the art of the apothecary: it shall be an holy anointing oil. -- exodus 30:25 +. +And thou shalt anoint the tabernacle of the congregation therewith, and the ark of the testimony, -- exodus 30:26 +. +And the table and all his vessels, and the candlestick and his vessels, and the altar of incense, -- exodus 30:27 +. +And the altar of burnt offering with all his vessels, and the laver and his foot. -- exodus 30:28 +. +And thou shalt sanctify them, that they may be most holy: whatsoever toucheth them shall be holy. -- exodus 30:29 +. +And thou shalt anoint Aaron and his sons, and consecrate them, that they may minister unto me in the priest's office. -- exodus 30:30 +. +And thou shalt speak unto the children of Israel, saying, This shall be an holy anointing oil unto me throughout your generations. -- exodus 30:31 +. +Upon man's flesh shall it not be poured, neither shall ye make any other like it, after the composition of it: it is holy, and it shall be holy unto you. -- exodus 30:32 +. +Whosoever compoundeth any like it, or whosoever putteth any of it upon a stranger, shall even be cut off from his people. -- exodus 30:33 +. +And the LORD said unto Moses, Take unto thee sweet spices, stacte, and onycha, and galbanum; these sweet spices with pure frankincense: of each shall there be a like weight: -- exodus 30:34 +. +And thou shalt make it a perfume, a confection after the art of the apothecary, tempered together, pure and holy: -- exodus 30:35 +. +And thou shalt beat some of it very small, and put of it before the testimony in the tabernacle of the congregation, where I will meet with thee: it shall be unto you most holy. -- exodus 30:36 +. +And as for the perfume which thou shalt make, ye shall not make to yourselves according to the composition thereof: it shall be unto thee holy for the LORD. -- exodus 30:37 +. +Whosoever shall make like unto that, to smell thereto, shall even be cut off from his people. -- exodus 30:38 +. +And the LORD spake unto Moses, saying, -- exodus 31:1 +. +See, I have called by name Bezaleel the son of Uri, the son of Hur, of the tribe of Judah: -- exodus 31:2 +. +And I have filled him with the spirit of God, in wisdom, and in understanding, and in knowledge, and in all manner of workmanship, -- exodus 31:3 +. +To devise cunning works, to work in gold, and in silver, and in brass, -- exodus 31:4 +. +And in cutting of stones, to set them, and in carving of timber, to work in all manner of workmanship. -- exodus 31:5 +. +And I, behold, I have given with him Aholiab, the son of Ahisamach, of the tribe of Dan: and in the hearts of all that are wise hearted I have put wisdom, that they may make all that I have commanded thee; -- exodus 31:6 +. +The tabernacle of the congregation, and the ark of the testimony, and the mercy seat that is thereupon, and all the furniture of the tabernacle, -- exodus 31:7 +. +And the table and his furniture, and the pure candlestick with all his furniture, and the altar of incense, -- exodus 31:8 +. +And the altar of burnt offering with all his furniture, and the laver and his foot, -- exodus 31:9 +. +And the cloths of service, and the holy garments for Aaron the priest, and the garments of his sons, to minister in the priest's office, -- exodus 31:10 +. +And the anointing oil, and sweet incense for the holy place: according to all that I have commanded thee shall they do. -- exodus 31:11 +. +And the LORD spake unto Moses, saying, -- exodus 31:12 +. +Speak thou also unto the children of Israel, saying, Verily my sabbaths ye shall keep: for it is a sign between me and you throughout your generations; that ye may know that I am the LORD that doth sanctify you. -- exodus 31:13 +. +Ye shall keep the sabbath therefore; for it is holy unto you: every one that defileth it shall surely be put to death: for whosoever doeth any work therein, that soul shall be cut off from among his people. -- exodus 31:14 +. +Six days may work be done; but in the seventh is the sabbath of rest, holy to the LORD: whosoever doeth any work in the sabbath day, he shall surely be put to death. -- exodus 31:15 +. +Wherefore the children of Israel shall keep the sabbath, to observe the sabbath throughout their generations, for a perpetual covenant. -- exodus 31:16 +. +It is a sign between me and the children of Israel for ever: for in six days the LORD made heaven and earth, and on the seventh day he rested, and was refreshed. -- exodus 31:17 +. +And he gave unto Moses, when he had made an end of communing with him upon mount Sinai, two tables of testimony, tables of stone, written with the finger of God. -- exodus 31:18 +. +And when the people saw that Moses delayed to come down out of the mount, the people gathered themselves together unto Aaron, and said unto him, Up, make us gods, which shall go before us; for as for this Moses, the man that brought us up out of the land of Egypt, we wot not what is become of him. -- exodus 32:1 +. +And Aaron said unto them, Break off the golden earrings, which are in the ears of your wives, of your sons, and of your daughters, and bring them unto me. -- exodus 32:2 +. +And all the people brake off the golden earrings which were in their ears, and brought them unto Aaron. -- exodus 32:3 +. +And he received them at their hand, and fashioned it with a graving tool, after he had made it a molten calf: and they said, These be thy gods, O Israel, which brought thee up out of the land of Egypt. -- exodus 32:4 +. +And when Aaron saw it, he built an altar before it; and Aaron made proclamation, and said, To morrow is a feast to the LORD. -- exodus 32:5 +. +And they rose up early on the morrow, and offered burnt offerings, and brought peace offerings; and the people sat down to eat and to drink, and rose up to play. -- exodus 32:6 +. +And the LORD said unto Moses, Go, get thee down; for thy people, which thou broughtest out of the land of Egypt, have corrupted themselves: -- exodus 32:7 +. +They have turned aside quickly out of the way which I commanded them: they have made them a molten calf, and have worshipped it, and have sacrificed thereunto, and said, These be thy gods, O Israel, which have brought thee up out of the land of Egypt. -- exodus 32:8 +. +And the LORD said unto Moses, I have seen this people, and, behold, it is a stiffnecked people: -- exodus 32:9 +. +Now therefore let me alone, that my wrath may wax hot against them, and that I may consume them: and I will make of thee a great nation. -- exodus 32:10 +. +And Moses besought the LORD his God, and said, LORD, why doth thy wrath wax hot against thy people, which thou hast brought forth out of the land of Egypt with great power, and with a mighty hand? -- exodus 32:11 +. +Wherefore should the Egyptians speak, and say, For mischief did he bring them out, to slay them in the mountains, and to consume them from the face of the earth? Turn from thy fierce wrath, and repent of this evil against thy people. -- exodus 32:12 +. +Remember Abraham, Isaac, and Israel, thy servants, to whom thou swarest by thine own self, and saidst unto them, I will multiply your seed as the stars of heaven, and all this land that I have spoken of will I give unto your seed, and they shall inherit it for ever. -- exodus 32:13 +. +And the LORD repented of the evil which he thought to do unto his people. -- exodus 32:14 +. +And Moses turned, and went down from the mount, and the two tables of the testimony were in his hand: the tables were written on both their sides; on the one side and on the other were they written. -- exodus 32:15 +. +And the tables were the work of God, and the writing was the writing of God, graven upon the tables. -- exodus 32:16 +. +And when Joshua heard the noise of the people as they shouted, he said unto Moses, There is a noise of war in the camp. -- exodus 32:17 +. +And he said, It is not the voice of them that shout for mastery, neither is it the voice of them that cry for being overcome: but the noise of them that sing do I hear. -- exodus 32:18 +. +And it came to pass, as soon as he came nigh unto the camp, that he saw the calf, and the dancing: and Moses' anger waxed hot, and he cast the tables out of his hands, and brake them beneath the mount. -- exodus 32:19 +. +And he took the calf which they had made, and burnt it in the fire, and ground it to powder, and strewed it upon the water, and made the children of Israel drink of it. -- exodus 32:20 +. +And Moses said unto Aaron, What did this people unto thee, that thou hast brought so great a sin upon them? -- exodus 32:21 +. +And Aaron said, Let not the anger of my lord wax hot: thou knowest the people, that they are set on mischief. -- exodus 32:22 +. +For they said unto me, Make us gods, which shall go before us: for as for this Moses, the man that brought us up out of the land of Egypt, we wot not what is become of him. -- exodus 32:23 +. +And I said unto them, Whosoever hath any gold, let them break it off. So they gave it me: then I cast it into the fire, and there came out this calf. -- exodus 32:24 +. +And when Moses saw that the people were naked; (for Aaron had made them naked unto their shame among their enemies:) -- exodus 32:25 +. +Then Moses stood in the gate of the camp, and said, Who is on the LORD's side? let him come unto me. And all the sons of Levi gathered themselves together unto him. -- exodus 32:26 +. +And he said unto them, Thus saith the LORD God of Israel, Put every man his sword by his side, and go in and out from gate to gate throughout the camp, and slay every man his brother, and every man his companion, and every man his neighbor. -- exodus 32:27 +. +And the children of Levi did according to the word of Moses: and there fell of the people that day about three thousand men. -- exodus 32:28 +. +For Moses had said, Consecrate yourselves today to the LORD, even every man upon his son, and upon his brother; that he may bestow upon you a blessing this day. -- exodus 32:29 +. +And it came to pass on the morrow, that Moses said unto the people, Ye have sinned a great sin: and now I will go up unto the LORD; peradventure I shall make an atonement for your sin. -- exodus 32:30 +. +And Moses returned unto the LORD, and said, Oh, this people have sinned a great sin, and have made them gods of gold. -- exodus 32:31 +. +Yet now, if thou wilt forgive their sin--; and if not, blot me, I pray thee, out of thy book which thou hast written. -- exodus 32:32 +. +And the LORD said unto Moses, Whosoever hath sinned against me, him will I blot out of my book. -- exodus 32:33 +. +Therefore now go, lead the people unto the place of which I have spoken unto thee: behold, mine Angel shall go before thee: nevertheless in the day when I visit I will visit their sin upon them. -- exodus 32:34 +. +And the LORD plagued the people, because they made the calf, which Aaron made. -- exodus 32:35 +. +And the LORD said unto Moses, Depart, and go up hence, thou and the people which thou hast brought up out of the land of Egypt, unto the land which I sware unto Abraham, to Isaac, and to Jacob, saying, Unto thy seed will I give it: -- exodus 33:1 +. +And I will send an angel before thee; and I will drive out the Canaanite, the Amorite, and the Hittite, and the Perizzite, the Hivite, and the Jebusite: -- exodus 33:2 +. +Unto a land flowing with milk and honey: for I will not go up in the midst of thee; for thou art a stiffnecked people: lest I consume thee in the way. -- exodus 33:3 +. +And when the people heard these evil tidings, they mourned: and no man did put on him his ornaments. -- exodus 33:4 +. +For the LORD had said unto Moses, Say unto the children of Israel, Ye are a stiffnecked people: I will come up into the midst of thee in a moment, and consume thee: therefore now put off thy ornaments from thee, that I may know what to do unto thee. -- exodus 33:5 +. +And the children of Israel stripped themselves of their ornaments by the mount Horeb. -- exodus 33:6 +. +And Moses took the tabernacle, and pitched it without the camp, afar off from the camp, and called it the Tabernacle of the congregation. And it came to pass, that every one which sought the LORD went out unto the tabernacle of the congregation, which was without the camp. -- exodus 33:7 +. +And it came to pass, when Moses went out unto the tabernacle, that all the people rose up, and stood every man at his tent door, and looked after Moses, until he was gone into the tabernacle. -- exodus 33:8 +. +And it came to pass, as Moses entered into the tabernacle, the cloudy pillar descended, and stood at the door of the tabernacle, and the Lord talked with Moses. -- exodus 33:9 +. +And all the people saw the cloudy pillar stand at the tabernacle door: and all the people rose up and worshipped, every man in his tent door. -- exodus 33:10 +. +And the LORD spake unto Moses face to face, as a man speaketh unto his friend. And he turned again into the camp: but his servant Joshua, the son of Nun, a young man, departed not out of the tabernacle. -- exodus 33:11 +. +And Moses said unto the LORD, See, thou sayest unto me, Bring up this people: and thou hast not let me know whom thou wilt send with me. Yet thou hast said, I know thee by name, and thou hast also found grace in my sight. -- exodus 33:12 +. +Now therefore, I pray thee, if I have found grace in thy sight, show me now thy way, that I may know thee, that I may find grace in thy sight: and consider that this nation is thy people. -- exodus 33:13 +. +And he said, My presence shall go with thee, and I will give thee rest. -- exodus 33:14 +. +And he said unto him, If thy presence go not with me, carry us not up hence. -- exodus 33:15 +. +For wherein shall it be known here that I and thy people have found grace in thy sight? is it not in that thou goest with us? so shall we be separated, I and thy people, from all the people that are upon the face of the earth. -- exodus 33:16 +. +And the LORD said unto Moses, I will do this thing also that thou hast spoken: for thou hast found grace in my sight, and I know thee by name. -- exodus 33:17 +. +And he said, I beseech thee, show me thy glory. -- exodus 33:18 +. +And he said, I will make all my goodness pass before thee, and I will proclaim the name of the LORD before thee; and will be gracious to whom I will be gracious, and will show mercy on whom I will show mercy. -- exodus 33:19 +. +And he said, Thou canst not see my face: for there shall no man see me, and live. -- exodus 33:20 +. +And the LORD said, Behold, there is a place by me, and thou shalt stand upon a rock: -- exodus 33:21 +. +And it shall come to pass, while my glory passeth by, that I will put thee in a cleft of the rock, and will cover thee with my hand while I pass by: -- exodus 33:22 +. +And I will take away mine hand, and thou shalt see my back parts: but my face shall not be seen. -- exodus 33:23 +. +And the LORD said unto Moses, Hew thee two tables of stone like unto the first: and I will write upon these tables the words that were in the first tables, which thou brakest. -- exodus 34:1 +. +And be ready in the morning, and come up in the morning unto mount Sinai, and present thyself there to me in the top of the mount. -- exodus 34:2 +. +And no man shall come up with thee, neither let any man be seen throughout all the mount; neither let the flocks nor herds feed before that mount. -- exodus 34:3 +. +And he hewed two tables of stone like unto the first; and Moses rose up early in the morning, and went up unto mount Sinai, as the LORD had commanded him, and took in his hand the two tables of stone. -- exodus 34:4 +. +And the LORD descended in the cloud, and stood with him there, and proclaimed the name of the LORD. -- exodus 34:5 +. +And the LORD passed by before him, and proclaimed, The LORD, The LORD God, merciful and gracious, long-suffering, and abundant in goodness and truth, -- exodus 34:6 +. +Keeping mercy for thousands, forgiving iniquity and transgression and sin, and that will by no means clear the guilty; visiting the iniquity of the fathers upon the children, and upon the children's children, unto the third and to the fourth generation. -- exodus 34:7 +. +And Moses made haste, and bowed his head toward the earth, and worshipped. -- exodus 34:8 +. +And he said, If now I have found grace in thy sight, O LORD, let my LORD, I pray thee, go among us; for it is a stiffnecked people; and pardon our iniquity and our sin, and take us for thine inheritance. -- exodus 34:9 +. +And he said, Behold, I make a covenant: before all thy people I will do marvels, such as have not been done in all the earth, nor in any nation: and all the people among which thou art shall see the work of the LORD: for it is a terrible thing that I will do with thee. -- exodus 34:10 +. +Observe thou that which I command thee this day: behold, I drive out before thee the Amorite, and the Canaanite, and the Hittite, and the Perizzite, and the Hivite, and the Jebusite. -- exodus 34:11 +. +Take heed to thyself, lest thou make a covenant with the inhabitants of the land whither thou goest, lest it be for a snare in the midst of thee: -- exodus 34:12 +. +But ye shall destroy their altars, break their images, and cut down their groves: -- exodus 34:13 +. +For thou shalt worship no other god: for the LORD, whose name is Jealous, is a jealous God: -- exodus 34:14 +. +Lest thou make a covenant with the inhabitants of the land, and they go a whoring after their gods, and do sacrifice unto their gods, and one call thee, and thou eat of his sacrifice; -- exodus 34:15 +. +And thou take of their daughters unto thy sons, and their daughters go a whoring after their gods, and make thy sons go a whoring after their gods. -- exodus 34:16 +. +Thou shalt make thee no molten gods. -- exodus 34:17 +. +The feast of unleavened bread shalt thou keep. Seven days thou shalt eat unleavened bread, as I commanded thee, in the time of the month Abib: for in the month Abib thou camest out from Egypt. -- exodus 34:18 +. +All that openeth the matrix is mine; and every firstling among thy cattle, whether ox or sheep, that is male. -- exodus 34:19 +. +But the firstling of an ass thou shalt redeem with a lamb: and if thou redeem him not, then shalt thou break his neck. All the firstborn of thy sons thou shalt redeem. And none shall appear before me empty. -- exodus 34:20 +. +Six days thou shalt work, but on the seventh day thou shalt rest: in earing time and in harvest thou shalt rest. -- exodus 34:21 +. +And thou shalt observe the feast of weeks, of the firstfruits of wheat harvest, and the feast of ingathering at the year's end. -- exodus 34:22 +. +Thrice in the year shall all your men children appear before the LORD God, the God of Israel. -- exodus 34:23 +. +For I will cast out the nations before thee, and enlarge thy borders: neither shall any man desire thy land, when thou shalt go up to appear before the LORD thy God thrice in the year. -- exodus 34:24 +. +Thou shalt not offer the blood of my sacrifice with leaven; neither shall the sacrifice of the feast of the passover be left unto the morning. -- exodus 34:25 +. +The first of the firstfruits of thy land thou shalt bring unto the house of the LORD thy God. Thou shalt not seethe a kid in his mother's milk. -- exodus 34:26 +. +And the LORD said unto Moses, Write thou these words: for after the tenor of these words I have made a covenant with thee and with Israel. -- exodus 34:27 +. +And he was there with the LORD forty days and forty nights; he did neither eat bread, nor drink water. And he wrote upon the tables the words of the covenant, the ten commandments. -- exodus 34:28 +. +And it came to pass, when Moses came down from mount Sinai with the two tables of testimony in Moses' hand, when he came down from the mount, that Moses wist not that the skin of his face shone while he talked with him. -- exodus 34:29 +. +And when Aaron and all the children of Israel saw Moses, behold, the skin of his face shone; and they were afraid to come nigh him. -- exodus 34:30 +. +And Moses called unto them; and Aaron and all the rulers of the congregation returned unto him: and Moses talked with them. -- exodus 34:31 +. +And afterward all the children of Israel came nigh: and he gave them in commandment all that the LORD had spoken with him in mount Sinai. -- exodus 34:32 +. +And till Moses had done speaking with them, he put a vail on his face. -- exodus 34:33 +. +But when Moses went in before the LORD to speak with him, he took the vail off, until he came out. And he came out, and spake unto the children of Israel that which he was commanded. -- exodus 34:34 +. +And the children of Israel saw the face of Moses, that the skin of Moses' face shone: and Moses put the vail upon his face again, until he went in to speak with him. -- exodus 34:35 +. +And Moses gathered all the congregation of the children of Israel together, and said unto them, These are the words which the LORD hath commanded, that ye should do them. -- exodus 35:1 +. +Six days shall work be done, but on the seventh day there shall be to you an holy day, a sabbath of rest to the LORD: whosoever doeth work therein shall be put to death. -- exodus 35:2 +. +Ye shall kindle no fire throughout your habitations upon the sabbath day. -- exodus 35:3 +. +And Moses spake unto all the congregation of the children of Israel, saying, This is the thing which the LORD commanded, saying, -- exodus 35:4 +. +Take ye from among you an offering unto the LORD: whosoever is of a willing heart, let him bring it, an offering of the LORD; gold, and silver, and brass, -- exodus 35:5 +. +And blue, and purple, and scarlet, and fine linen, and goats' hair, -- exodus 35:6 +. +And rams' skins dyed red, and badgers' skins, and shittim wood, -- exodus 35:7 +. +And oil for the light, and spices for anointing oil, and for the sweet incense, -- exodus 35:8 +. +And onyx stones, and stones to be set for the ephod, and for the breastplate. -- exodus 35:9 +. +And every wise hearted among you shall come, and make all that the LORD hath commanded; -- exodus 35:10 +. +The tabernacle, his tent, and his covering, his taches, and his boards, his bars, his pillars, and his sockets, -- exodus 35:11 +. +The ark, and the staves thereof, with the mercy seat, and the vail of the covering, -- exodus 35:12 +. +The table, and his staves, and all his vessels, and the showbread, -- exodus 35:13 +. +The candlestick also for the light, and his furniture, and his lamps, with the oil for the light, -- exodus 35:14 +. +And the incense altar, and his staves, and the anointing oil, and the sweet incense, and the hanging for the door at the entering in of the tabernacle, -- exodus 35:15 +. +The altar of burnt offering, with his brazen grate, his staves, and all his vessels, the laver and his foot, -- exodus 35:16 +. +The hangings of the court, his pillars, and their sockets, and the hanging for the door of the court, -- exodus 35:17 +. +The pins of the tabernacle, and the pins of the court, and their cords, -- exodus 35:18 +. +The cloths of service, to do service in the holy place, the holy garments for Aaron the priest, and the garments of his sons, to minister in the priest's office. -- exodus 35:19 +. +And all the congregation of the children of Israel departed from the presence of Moses. -- exodus 35:20 +. +And they came, every one whose heart stirred him up, and every one whom his spirit made willing, and they brought the LORD's offering to the work of the tabernacle of the congregation, and for all his service, and for the holy garments. -- exodus 35:21 +. +And they came, both men and women, as many as were willing hearted, and brought bracelets, and earrings, and rings, and tablets, all jewels of gold: and every man that offered, offered an offering of gold unto the LORD. -- exodus 35:22 +. +And every man, with whom was found blue, and purple, and scarlet, and fine linen, and goats' hair, and red skins of rams, and badgers' skins, brought them. -- exodus 35:23 +. +Every one that did offer an offering of silver and brass brought the LORD's offering: and every man, with whom was found shittim wood for any work of the service, brought it. -- exodus 35:24 +. +And all the women that were wise hearted did spin with their hands, and brought that which they had spun, both of blue, and of purple, and of scarlet, and of fine linen. -- exodus 35:25 +. +And all the women whose heart stirred them up in wisdom spun goats' hair. -- exodus 35:26 +. +And the rulers brought onyx stones, and stones to be set, for the ephod, and for the breastplate; -- exodus 35:27 +. +And spice, and oil for the light, and for the anointing oil, and for the sweet incense. -- exodus 35:28 +. +The children of Israel brought a willing offering unto the LORD, every man and woman, whose heart made them willing to bring for all manner of work, which the LORD had commanded to be made by the hand of Moses. -- exodus 35:29 +. +And Moses said unto the children of Israel, See, the LORD hath called by name Bezaleel the son of Uri, the son of Hur, of the tribe of Judah; -- exodus 35:30 +. +And he hath filled him with the spirit of God, in wisdom, in understanding, and in knowledge, and in all manner of workmanship; -- exodus 35:31 +. +And to devise curious works, to work in gold, and in silver, and in brass, -- exodus 35:32 +. +And in the cutting of stones, to set them, and in carving of wood, to make any manner of cunning work. -- exodus 35:33 +. +And he hath put in his heart that he may teach, both he, and Aholiab, the son of Ahisamach, of the tribe of Dan. -- exodus 35:34 +. +Them hath he filled with wisdom of heart, to work all manner of work, of the engraver, and of the cunning workman, and of the embroiderer, in blue, and in purple, in scarlet, and in fine linen, and of the weaver, even of them that do any work, and of those that devise cunning work. -- exodus 35:35 +. +Then wrought Bezaleel and Aholiab, and every wise hearted man, in whom the LORD put wisdom and understanding to know how to work all manner of work for the service of the sanctuary, according to all that the LORD had commanded. -- exodus 36:1 +. +And Moses called Bezaleel and Aholiab, and every wise hearted man, in whose heart the LORD had put wisdom, even every one whose heart stirred him up to come unto the work to do it: -- exodus 36:2 +. +And they received of Moses all the offering, which the children of Israel had brought for the work of the service of the sanctuary, to make it withal. And they brought yet unto him free offerings every morning. -- exodus 36:3 +. +And all the wise men, that wrought all the work of the sanctuary, came every man from his work which they made; -- exodus 36:4 +. +And they spake unto Moses, saying, The people bring much more than enough for the service of the work, which the LORD commanded to make. -- exodus 36:5 +. +And Moses gave commandment, and they caused it to be proclaimed throughout the camp, saying, Let neither man nor woman make any more work for the offering of the sanctuary. So the people were restrained from bringing. -- exodus 36:6 +. +For the stuff they had was sufficient for all the work to make it, and too much. -- exodus 36:7 +. +And every wise hearted man among them that wrought the work of the tabernacle made ten curtains of fine twined linen, and blue, and purple, and scarlet: with cherubim of cunning work made he them. -- exodus 36:8 +. +The length of one curtain was twenty and eight cubits, and the breadth of one curtain four cubits: the curtains were all of one size. -- exodus 36:9 +. +And he coupled the five curtains one unto another: and the other five curtains he coupled one unto another. -- exodus 36:10 +. +And he made loops of blue on the edge of one curtain from the selvedge in the coupling: likewise he made in the uttermost side of another curtain, in the coupling of the second. -- exodus 36:11 +. +Fifty loops made he in one curtain, and fifty loops made he in the edge of the curtain which was in the coupling of the second: the loops held one curtain to another. -- exodus 36:12 +. +And he made fifty taches of gold, and coupled the curtains one unto another with the taches: so it became one tabernacle. -- exodus 36:13 +. +And he made curtains of goats' hair for the tent over the tabernacle: eleven curtains he made them. -- exodus 36:14 +. +The length of one curtain was thirty cubits, and four cubits was the breadth of one curtain: the eleven curtains were of one size. -- exodus 36:15 +. +And he coupled five curtains by themselves, and six curtains by themselves. -- exodus 36:16 +. +And he made fifty loops upon the uttermost edge of the curtain in the coupling, and fifty loops made he upon the edge of the curtain which coupleth the second. -- exodus 36:17 +. +And he made fifty taches of brass to couple the tent together, that it might be one. -- exodus 36:18 +. +And he made a covering for the tent of rams' skins dyed red, and a covering of badgers' skins above that. -- exodus 36:19 +. +And he made boards for the tabernacle of shittim wood, standing up. -- exodus 36:20 +. +The length of a board was ten cubits, and the breadth of a board one cubit and a half. -- exodus 36:21 +. +One board had two tenons, equally distant one from another: thus did he make for all the boards of the tabernacle. -- exodus 36:22 +. +And he made boards for the tabernacle; twenty boards for the south side southward: -- exodus 36:23 +. +And forty sockets of silver he made under the twenty boards; two sockets under one board for his two tenons, and two sockets under another board for his two tenons. -- exodus 36:24 +. +And for the other side of the tabernacle, which is toward the north corner, he made twenty boards, -- exodus 36:25 +. +And their forty sockets of silver; two sockets under one board, and two sockets under another board. -- exodus 36:26 +. +And for the sides of the tabernacle westward he made six boards. -- exodus 36:27 +. +And two boards made he for the corners of the tabernacle in the two sides. -- exodus 36:28 +. +And they were coupled beneath, and coupled together at the head thereof, to one ring: thus he did to both of them in both the corners. -- exodus 36:29 +. +And there were eight boards; and their sockets were sixteen sockets of silver, under every board two sockets. -- exodus 36:30 +. +And he made bars of shittim wood; five for the boards of the one side of the tabernacle, -- exodus 36:31 +. +And five bars for the boards of the other side of the tabernacle, and five bars for the boards of the tabernacle for the sides westward. -- exodus 36:32 +. +And he made the middle bar to shoot through the boards from the one end to the other. -- exodus 36:33 +. +And he overlaid the boards with gold, and made their rings of gold to be places for the bars, and overlaid the bars with gold. -- exodus 36:34 +. +And he made a vail of blue, and purple, and scarlet, and fine twined linen: with cherubim made he it of cunning work. -- exodus 36:35 +. +And he made thereunto four pillars of shittim wood, and overlaid them with gold: their hooks were of gold; and he cast for them four sockets of silver. -- exodus 36:36 +. +And he made an hanging for the tabernacle door of blue, and purple, and scarlet, and fine twined linen, of needlework; -- exodus 36:37 +. +And the five pillars of it with their hooks: and he overlaid their chapiters and their fillets with gold: but their five sockets were of brass. -- exodus 36:38 +. +And Bezaleel made the ark of shittim wood: two cubits and a half was the length of it, and a cubit and a half the breadth of it, and a cubit and a half the height of it: -- exodus 37:1 +. +And he overlaid it with pure gold within and without, and made a crown of gold to it round about. -- exodus 37:2 +. +And he cast for it four rings of gold, to be set by the four corners of it; even two rings upon the one side of it, and two rings upon the other side of it. -- exodus 37:3 +. +And he made staves of shittim wood, and overlaid them with gold. -- exodus 37:4 +. +And he put the staves into the rings by the sides of the ark, to bear the ark. -- exodus 37:5 +. +And he made the mercy seat of pure gold: two cubits and a half was the length thereof, and one cubit and a half the breadth thereof. -- exodus 37:6 +. +And he made two cherubim of gold, beaten out of one piece made he them, on the two ends of the mercy seat; -- exodus 37:7 +. +One cherub on the end on this side, and another cherub on the other end on that side: out of the mercy seat made he the cherubim on the two ends thereof. -- exodus 37:8 +. +And the cherubim spread out their wings on high, and covered with their wings over the mercy seat, with their faces one to another; even to the mercy seatward were the faces of the cherubim. -- exodus 37:9 +. +And he made the table of shittim wood: two cubits was the length thereof, and a cubit the breadth thereof, and a cubit and a half the height thereof: -- exodus 37:10 +. +And he overlaid it with pure gold, and made thereunto a crown of gold round about. -- exodus 37:11 +. +Also he made thereunto a border of an handbreadth round about; and made a crown of gold for the border thereof round about. -- exodus 37:12 +. +And he cast for it four rings of gold, and put the rings upon the four corners that were in the four feet thereof. -- exodus 37:13 +. +Over against the border were the rings, the places for the staves to bear the table. -- exodus 37:14 +. +And he made the staves of shittim wood, and overlaid them with gold, to bear the table. -- exodus 37:15 +. +And he made the vessels which were upon the table, his dishes, and his spoons, and his bowls, and his covers to cover withal, of pure gold. -- exodus 37:16 +. +And he made the candlestick of pure gold: of beaten work made he the candlestick; his shaft, and his branch, his bowls, his knops, and his flowers, were of the same: -- exodus 37:17 +. +And six branches going out of the sides thereof; three branches of the candlestick out of the one side thereof, and three branches of the candlestick out of the other side thereof: -- exodus 37:18 +. +Three bowls made after the fashion of almonds in one branch, a knop and a flower; and three bowls made like almonds in another branch, a knop and a flower: so throughout the six branches going out of the candlestick. -- exodus 37:19 +. +And in the candlestick were four bowls made like almonds, his knops, and his flowers: -- exodus 37:20 +. +And a knop under two branches of the same, and a knop under two branches of the same, and a knop under two branches of the same, according to the six branches going out of it. -- exodus 37:21 +. +Their knops and their branches were of the same: all of it was one beaten work of pure gold. -- exodus 37:22 +. +And he made his seven lamps, and his snuffers, and his snuffdishes, of pure gold. -- exodus 37:23 +. +Of a talent of pure gold made he it, and all the vessels thereof. -- exodus 37:24 +. +And he made the incense altar of shittim wood: the length of it was a cubit, and the breadth of it a cubit; it was foursquare; and two cubits was the height of it; the horns thereof were of the same. -- exodus 37:25 +. +And he overlaid it with pure gold, both the top of it, and the sides thereof round about, and the horns of it: also he made unto it a crown of gold round about. -- exodus 37:26 +. +And he made two rings of gold for it under the crown thereof, by the two corners of it, upon the two sides thereof, to be places for the staves to bear it withal. -- exodus 37:27 +. +And he made the staves of shittim wood, and overlaid them with gold. -- exodus 37:28 +. +And he made the holy anointing oil, and the pure incense of sweet spices, according to the work of the apothecary. -- exodus 37:29 +. +And he made the altar of burnt offering of shittim wood: five cubits was the length thereof, and five cubits the breadth thereof; it was foursquare; and three cubits the height thereof. -- exodus 38:1 +. +And he made the horns thereof on the four corners of it; the horns thereof were of the same: and he overlaid it with brass. -- exodus 38:2 +. +And he made all the vessels of the altar, the pots, and the shovels, and the basins, and the fleshhooks, and the firepans: all the vessels thereof made he of brass. -- exodus 38:3 +. +And he made for the altar a brazen grate of network under the compass thereof beneath unto the midst of it. -- exodus 38:4 +. +And he cast four rings for the four ends of the grate of brass, to be places for the staves. -- exodus 38:5 +. +And he made the staves of shittim wood, and overlaid them with brass. -- exodus 38:6 +. +And he put the staves into the rings on the sides of the altar, to bear it withal; he made the altar hollow with boards. -- exodus 38:7 +. +And he made the laver of brass, and the foot of it of brass, of the lookingglasses of the women assembling, which assembled at the door of the tabernacle of the congregation. -- exodus 38:8 +. +And he made the court: on the south side southward the hangings of the court were of fine twined linen, an hundred cubits: -- exodus 38:9 +. +Their pillars were twenty, and their brazen sockets twenty; the hooks of the pillars and their fillets were of silver. -- exodus 38:10 +. +And for the north side the hangings were an hundred cubits, their pillars were twenty, and their sockets of brass twenty; the hooks of the pillars and their fillets of silver. -- exodus 38:11 +. +And for the west side were hangings of fifty cubits, their pillars ten, and their sockets ten; the hooks of the pillars and their fillets of silver. -- exodus 38:12 +. +And for the east side eastward fifty cubits. -- exodus 38:13 +. +The hangings of the one side of the gate were fifteen cubits; their pillars three, and their sockets three. -- exodus 38:14 +. +And for the other side of the court gate, on this hand and that hand, were hangings of fifteen cubits; their pillars three, and their sockets three. -- exodus 38:15 +. +All the hangings of the court round about were of fine twined linen. -- exodus 38:16 +. +And the sockets for the pillars were of brass; the hooks of the pillars and their fillets of silver; and the overlaying of their chapiters of silver; and all the pillars of the court were filleted with silver. -- exodus 38:17 +. +And the hanging for the gate of the court was needlework, of blue, and purple, and scarlet, and fine twined linen: and twenty cubits was the length, and the height in the breadth was five cubits, answerable to the hangings of the court. -- exodus 38:18 +. +And their pillars were four, and their sockets of brass four; their hooks of silver, and the overlaying of their chapiters and their fillets of silver. -- exodus 38:19 +. +And all the pins of the tabernacle, and of the court round about, were of brass. -- exodus 38:20 +. +This is the sum of the tabernacle, even of the tabernacle of testimony, as it was counted, according to the commandment of Moses, for the service of the Levites, by the hand of Ithamar, son to Aaron the priest. -- exodus 38:21 +. +And Bezaleel the son Uri, the son of Hur, of the tribe of Judah, made all that the LORD commanded Moses. -- exodus 38:22 +. +And with him was Aholiab, son of Ahisamach, of the tribe of Dan, an engraver, and a cunning workman, and an embroiderer in blue, and in purple, and in scarlet, and fine linen. -- exodus 38:23 +. +All the gold that was occupied for the work in all the work of the holy place, even the gold of the offering, was twenty and nine talents, and seven hundred and thirty shekels, after the shekel of the sanctuary. -- exodus 38:24 +. +And the silver of them that were numbered of the congregation was an hundred talents, and a thousand seven hundred and threescore and fifteen shekels, after the shekel of the sanctuary: -- exodus 38:25 +. +A bekah for every man, that is, half a shekel, after the shekel of the sanctuary, for every one that went to be numbered, from twenty years old and upward, for six hundred thousand and three thousand and five hundred and fifty men. -- exodus 38:26 +. +And of the hundred talents of silver were cast the sockets of the sanctuary, and the sockets of the vail; an hundred sockets of the hundred talents, a talent for a socket. -- exodus 38:27 +. +And of the thousand seven hundred seventy and five shekels he made hooks for the pillars, and overlaid their chapiters, and filleted them. -- exodus 38:28 +. +And the brass of the offering was seventy talents, and two thousand and four hundred shekels. -- exodus 38:29 +. +And therewith he made the sockets to the door of the tabernacle of the congregation, and the brazen altar, and the brazen grate for it, and all the vessels of the altar, -- exodus 38:30 +. +And the sockets of the court round about, and the sockets of the court gate, and all the pins of the tabernacle, and all the pins of the court round about. -- exodus 38:31 +. +And of the blue, and purple, and scarlet, they made cloths of service, to do service in the holy place, and made the holy garments for Aaron; as the LORD commanded Moses. -- exodus 39:1 +. +And he made the ephod of gold, blue, and purple, and scarlet, and fine twined linen. -- exodus 39:2 +. +And they did beat the gold into thin plates, and cut it into wires, to work it in the blue, and in the purple, and in the scarlet, and in the fine linen, with cunning work. -- exodus 39:3 +. +They made shoulderpieces for it, to couple it together: by the two edges was it coupled together. -- exodus 39:4 +. +And the curious girdle of his ephod, that was upon it, was of the same, according to the work thereof; of gold, blue, and purple, and scarlet, and fine twined linen; as the LORD commanded Moses. -- exodus 39:5 +. +And they wrought onyx stones inclosed in ouches of gold, graven, as signets are graven, with the names of the children of Israel. -- exodus 39:6 +. +And he put them on the shoulders of the ephod, that they should be stones for a memorial to the children of Israel; as the LORD commanded Moses. -- exodus 39:7 +. +And he made the breastplate of cunning work, like the work of the ephod; of gold, blue, and purple, and scarlet, and fine twined linen. -- exodus 39:8 +. +It was foursquare; they made the breastplate double: a span was the length thereof, and a span the breadth thereof, being doubled. -- exodus 39:9 +. +And they set in it four rows of stones: the first row was a sardius, a topaz, and a carbuncle: this was the first row. -- exodus 39:10 +. +And the second row, an emerald, a sapphire, and a diamond. -- exodus 39:11 +. +And the third row, a ligure, an agate, and an amethyst. -- exodus 39:12 +. +And the fourth row, a beryl, an onyx, and a jasper: they were inclosed in ouches of gold in their inclosings. -- exodus 39:13 +. +And the stones were according to the names of the children of Israel, twelve, according to their names, like the engravings of a signet, every one with his name, according to the twelve tribes. -- exodus 39:14 +. +And they made upon the breastplate chains at the ends, of wreathed work of pure gold. -- exodus 39:15 +. +And they made two ouches of gold, and two gold rings; and put the two rings in the two ends of the breastplate. -- exodus 39:16 +. +And they put the two wreathed chains of gold in the two rings on the ends of the breastplate. -- exodus 39:17 +. +And the two ends of the two wreathed chains they fastened in the two ouches, and put them on the shoulderpieces of the ephod, before it. -- exodus 39:18 +. +And they made two rings of gold, and put them on the two ends of the breastplate, upon the border of it, which was on the side of the ephod inward. -- exodus 39:19 +. +And they made two other golden rings, and put them on the two sides of the ephod underneath, toward the forepart of it, over against the other coupling thereof, above the curious girdle of the ephod. -- exodus 39:20 +. +And they did bind the breastplate by his rings unto the rings of the ephod with a lace of blue, that it might be above the curious girdle of the ephod, and that the breastplate might not be loosed from the ephod; as the LORD commanded Moses. -- exodus 39:21 +. +And he made the robe of the ephod of woven work, all of blue. -- exodus 39:22 +. +And there was an hole in the midst of the robe, as the hole of an habergeon, with a band round about the hole, that it should not rend. -- exodus 39:23 +. +And they made upon the hems of the robe pomegranates of blue, and purple, and scarlet, and twined linen. -- exodus 39:24 +. +And they made bells of pure gold, and put the bells between the pomegranates upon the hem of the robe, round about between the pomegranates; -- exodus 39:25 +. +A bell and a pomegranate, a bell and a pomegranate, round about the hem of the robe to minister in; as the LORD commanded Moses. -- exodus 39:26 +. +And they made coats of fine linen of woven work for Aaron, and for his sons, -- exodus 39:27 +. +And a mitre of fine linen, and goodly bonnets of fine linen, and linen breeches of fine twined linen, -- exodus 39:28 +. +And a girdle of fine twined linen, and blue, and purple, and scarlet, of needlework; as the LORD commanded Moses. -- exodus 39:29 +. +And they made the plate of the holy crown of pure gold, and wrote upon it a writing, like to the engravings of a signet, HOLINESS TO THE LORD. -- exodus 39:30 +. +And they tied unto it a lace of blue, to fasten it on high upon the mitre; as the LORD commanded Moses. -- exodus 39:31 +. +Thus was all the work of the tabernacle of the tent of the congregation finished: and the children of Israel did according to all that the LORD commanded Moses, so did they. -- exodus 39:32 +. +And they brought the tabernacle unto Moses, the tent, and all his furniture, his taches, his boards, his bars, and his pillars, and his sockets, -- exodus 39:33 +. +And the covering of rams' skins dyed red, and the covering of badgers' skins, and the vail of the covering, -- exodus 39:34 +. +The ark of the testimony, and the staves thereof, and the mercy seat, -- exodus 39:35 +. +The table, and all the vessels thereof, and the showbread, -- exodus 39:36 +. +The pure candlestick, with the lamps thereof, even with the lamps to be set in order, and all the vessels thereof, and the oil for light, -- exodus 39:37 +. +And the golden altar, and the anointing oil, and the sweet incense, and the hanging for the tabernacle door, -- exodus 39:38 +. +The brazen altar, and his grate of brass, his staves, and all his vessels, the laver and his foot, -- exodus 39:39 +. +The hangings of the court, his pillars, and his sockets, and the hanging for the court gate, his cords, and his pins, and all the vessels of the service of the tabernacle, for the tent of the congregation, -- exodus 39:40 +. +The cloths of service to do service in the holy place, and the holy garments for Aaron the priest, and his sons' garments, to minister in the priest's office. -- exodus 39:41 +. +According to all that the LORD commanded Moses, so the children of Israel made all the work. -- exodus 39:42 +. +And Moses did look upon all the work, and, behold, they had done it as the LORD had commanded, even so had they done it: and Moses blessed them. -- exodus 39:43 +. +And the LORD spake unto Moses, saying, -- exodus 40:1 +. +On the first day of the first month shalt thou set up the tabernacle of the tent of the congregation. -- exodus 40:2 +. +And thou shalt put therein the ark of the testimony, and cover the ark with the vail. -- exodus 40:3 +. +And thou shalt bring in the table, and set in order the things that are to be set in order upon it; and thou shalt bring in the candlestick, and light the lamps thereof. -- exodus 40:4 +. +And thou shalt set the altar of gold for the incense before the ark of the testimony, and put the hanging of the door to the tabernacle. -- exodus 40:5 +. +And thou shalt set the altar of the burnt offering before the door of the tabernacle of the tent of the congregation. -- exodus 40:6 +. +And thou shalt set the laver between the tent of the congregation and the altar, and shalt put water therein. -- exodus 40:7 +. +And thou shalt set up the court round about, and hang up the hanging at the court gate. -- exodus 40:8 +. +And thou shalt take the anointing oil, and anoint the tabernacle, and all that is therein, and shalt hallow it, and all the vessels thereof: and it shall be holy. -- exodus 40:9 +. +And thou shalt anoint the altar of the burnt offering, and all his vessels, and sanctify the altar: and it shall be an altar most holy. -- exodus 40:10 +. +And thou shalt anoint the laver and his foot, and sanctify it. -- exodus 40:11 +. +And thou shalt bring Aaron and his sons unto the door of the tabernacle of the congregation, and wash them with water. -- exodus 40:12 +. +And thou shalt put upon Aaron the holy garments, and anoint him, and sanctify him; that he may minister unto me in the priest's office. -- exodus 40:13 +. +And thou shalt bring his sons, and clothe them with coats: -- exodus 40:14 +. +And thou shalt anoint them, as thou didst anoint their father, that they may minister unto me in the priest's office: for their anointing shall surely be an everlasting priesthood throughout their generations. -- exodus 40:15 +. +Thus did Moses: according to all that the LORD commanded him, so did he. -- exodus 40:16 +. +And it came to pass in the first month in the second year, on the first day of the month, that the tabernacle was reared up. -- exodus 40:17 +. +And Moses reared up the tabernacle, and fastened his sockets, and set up the boards thereof, and put in the bars thereof, and reared up his pillars. -- exodus 40:18 +. +And he spread abroad the tent over the tabernacle, and put the covering of the tent above upon it; as the LORD commanded Moses. -- exodus 40:19 +. +And he took and put the testimony into the ark, and set the staves on the ark, and put the mercy seat above upon the ark: -- exodus 40:20 +. +And he brought the ark into the tabernacle, and set up the vail of the covering, and covered the ark of the testimony; as the LORD commanded Moses. -- exodus 40:21 +. +And he put the table in the tent of the congregation, upon the side of the tabernacle northward, without the vail. -- exodus 40:22 +. +And he set the bread in order upon it before the LORD; as the LORD had commanded Moses. -- exodus 40:23 +. +And he put the candlestick in the tent of the congregation, over against the table, on the side of the tabernacle southward. -- exodus 40:24 +. +And he lighted the lamps before the LORD; as the LORD commanded Moses. -- exodus 40:25 +. +And he put the golden altar in the tent of the congregation before the vail: -- exodus 40:26 +. +And he burnt sweet incense thereon; as the LORD commanded Moses. -- exodus 40:27 +. +And he set up the hanging at the door of the tabernacle. -- exodus 40:28 +. +And he put the altar of burnt offering by the door of the tabernacle of the tent of the congregation, and offered upon it the burnt offering and the meat offering; as the LORD commanded Moses. -- exodus 40:29 +. +And he set the laver between the tent of the congregation and the altar, and put water there, to wash withal. -- exodus 40:30 +. +And Moses and Aaron and his sons washed their hands and their feet thereat: -- exodus 40:31 +. +When they went into the tent of the congregation, and when they came near unto the altar, they washed; as the LORD commanded Moses. -- exodus 40:32 +. +And he reared up the court round about the tabernacle and the altar, and set up the hanging of the court gate. So Moses finished the work. -- exodus 40:33 +. +Then a cloud covered the tent of the congregation, and the glory of the LORD filled the tabernacle. -- exodus 40:34 +. +And Moses was not able to enter into the tent of the congregation, because the cloud abode thereon, and the glory of the LORD filled the tabernacle. -- exodus 40:35 +. +And when the cloud was taken up from over the tabernacle, the children of Israel went onward in all their journeys: -- exodus 40:36 +. +But if the cloud were not taken up, then they journeyed not till the day that it was taken up. -- exodus 40:37 +. +For the cloud of the LORD was upon the tabernacle by day, and fire was on it by night, in the sight of all the house of Israel, throughout all their journeys. -- exodus 40:38 +. +And the LORD called unto Moses, and spake unto him out of the tabernacle of the congregation, saying, -- leviticus 1:1 +. +Speak unto the children of Israel, and say unto them, If any man of you bring an offering unto the LORD, ye shall bring your offering of the cattle, even of the herd, and of the flock. -- leviticus 1:2 +. +If his offering be a burnt sacrifice of the herd, let him offer a male without blemish: he shall offer it of his own voluntary will at the door of the tabernacle of the congregation before the LORD. -- leviticus 1:3 +. +And he shall put his hand upon the head of the burnt offering; and it shall be accepted for him to make atonement for him. -- leviticus 1:4 +. +And he shall kill the bullock before the LORD: and the priests, Aaron's sons, shall bring the blood, and sprinkle the blood round about upon the altar that is by the door of the tabernacle of the congregation. -- leviticus 1:5 +. +And he shall flay the burnt offering, and cut it into his pieces. -- leviticus 1:6 +. +And the sons of Aaron the priest shall put fire upon the altar, and lay the wood in order upon the fire: -- leviticus 1:7 +. +And the priests, Aaron's sons, shall lay the parts, the head, and the fat, in order upon the wood that is on the fire which is upon the altar: -- leviticus 1:8 +. +But his inwards and his legs shall he wash in water: and the priest shall burn all on the altar, to be a burnt sacrifice, an offering made by fire, of a sweet savor unto the LORD. -- leviticus 1:9 +. +And if his offering be of the flocks, namely, of the sheep, or of the goats, for a burnt sacrifice; he shall bring it a male without blemish. -- leviticus 1:10 +. +And he shall kill it on the side of the altar northward before the LORD: and the priests, Aaron's sons, shall sprinkle his blood round about upon the altar. -- leviticus 1:11 +. +And he shall cut it into his pieces, with his head and his fat: and the priest shall lay them in order on the wood that is on the fire which is upon the altar: -- leviticus 1:12 +. +But he shall wash the inwards and the legs with water: and the priest shall bring it all, and burn it upon the altar: it is a burnt sacrifice, an offering made by fire, of a sweet savor unto the LORD. -- leviticus 1:13 +. +And if the burnt sacrifice for his offering to the LORD be of fowls, then he shall bring his offering of turtledoves, or of young pigeons. -- leviticus 1:14 +. +And the priest shall bring it unto the altar, and wring off his head, and burn it on the altar; and the blood thereof shall be wrung out at the side of the altar: -- leviticus 1:15 +. +And he shall pluck away his crop with his feathers, and cast it beside the altar on the east part, by the place of the ashes: -- leviticus 1:16 +. +And he shall cleave it with the wings thereof, but shall not divide it asunder: and the priest shall burn it upon the altar, upon the wood that is upon the fire: it is a burnt sacrifice, an offering made by fire, of a sweet savor unto the LORD. -- leviticus 1:17 +. +And when any will offer a meat offering unto the LORD, his offering shall be of fine flour; and he shall pour oil upon it, and put frankincense thereon: -- leviticus 2:1 +. +And he shall bring it to Aaron's sons the priests: and he shall take thereout his handful of the flour thereof, and of the oil thereof, with all the frankincense thereof; and the priest shall burn the memorial of it upon the altar, to be an offering made by fire, of a sweet savor unto the LORD: -- leviticus 2:2 +. +And the remnant of the meat offering shall be Aaron's and his sons': it is a thing most holy of the offerings of the LORD made by fire. -- leviticus 2:3 +. +And if thou bring an oblation of a meat offering baked in the oven, it shall be unleavened cakes of fine flour mingled with oil, or unleavened wafers anointed with oil. -- leviticus 2:4 +. +And if thy oblation be a meat offering baked in a pan, it shall be of fine flour unleavened, mingled with oil. -- leviticus 2:5 +. +Thou shalt part it in pieces, and pour oil thereon: it is a meat offering. -- leviticus 2:6 +. +And if thy oblation be a meat offering baked in the frying pan, it shall be made of fine flour with oil. -- leviticus 2:7 +. +And thou shalt bring the meat offering that is made of these things unto the LORD: and when it is presented unto the priest, he shall bring it unto the altar. -- leviticus 2:8 +. +And the priest shall take from the meat offering a memorial thereof, and shall burn it upon the altar: it is an offering made by fire, of a sweet savor unto the LORD. -- leviticus 2:9 +. +And that which is left of the meat offering shall be Aaron's and his sons': it is a thing most holy of the offerings of the LORD made by fire. -- leviticus 2:10 +. +No meat offering, which ye shall bring unto the LORD, shall be made with leaven: for ye shall burn no leaven, nor any honey, in any offering of the LORD made by fire. -- leviticus 2:11 +. +As for the oblation of the firstfruits, ye shall offer them unto the LORD: but they shall not be burnt on the altar for a sweet savor. -- leviticus 2:12 +. +And every oblation of thy meat offering shalt thou season with salt; neither shalt thou suffer the salt of the covenant of thy God to be lacking from thy meat offering: with all thine offerings thou shalt offer salt. -- leviticus 2:13 +. +And if thou offer a meat offering of thy firstfruits unto the LORD, thou shalt offer for the meat offering of thy firstfruits green ears of corn dried by the fire, even corn beaten out of full ears. -- leviticus 2:14 +. +And thou shalt put oil upon it, and lay frankincense thereon: it is a meat offering. -- leviticus 2:15 +. +And the priest shall burn the memorial of it, part of the beaten corn thereof, and part of the oil thereof, with all the frankincense thereof: it is an offering made by fire unto the LORD. -- leviticus 2:16 +. +And if his oblation be a sacrifice of peace offering, if he offer it of the herd; whether it be a male or female, he shall offer it without blemish before the LORD. -- leviticus 3:1 +. +And he shall lay his hand upon the head of his offering, and kill it at the door of the tabernacle of the congregation: and Aaron's sons the priests shall sprinkle the blood upon the altar round about. -- leviticus 3:2 +. +And he shall offer of the sacrifice of the peace offering an offering made by fire unto the LORD; the fat that covereth the inwards, and all the fat that is upon the inwards, -- leviticus 3:3 +. +And the two kidneys, and the fat that is on them, which is by the flanks, and the caul above the liver, with the kidneys, it shall he take away. -- leviticus 3:4 +. +And Aaron's sons shall burn it on the altar upon the burnt sacrifice, which is upon the wood that is on the fire: it is an offering made by fire, of a sweet savor unto the LORD. -- leviticus 3:5 +. +And if his offering for a sacrifice of peace offering unto the LORD be of the flock; male or female, he shall offer it without blemish. -- leviticus 3:6 +. +If he offer a lamb for his offering, then shall he offer it before the LORD. -- leviticus 3:7 +. +And he shall lay his hand upon the head of his offering, and kill it before the tabernacle of the congregation: and Aaron's sons shall sprinkle the blood thereof round about upon the altar. -- leviticus 3:8 +. +And he shall offer of the sacrifice of the peace offering an offering made by fire unto the LORD; the fat thereof, and the whole rump, it shall he take off hard by the backbone; and the fat that covereth the inwards, and all the fat that is upon the inwards, -- leviticus 3:9 +. +And the two kidneys, and the fat that is upon them, which is by the flanks, and the caul above the liver, with the kidneys, it shall he take away. -- leviticus 3:10 +. +And the priest shall burn it upon the altar: it is the food of the offering made by fire unto the LORD. -- leviticus 3:11 +. +And if his offering be a goat, then he shall offer it before the LORD. -- leviticus 3:12 +. +And he shall lay his hand upon the head of it, and kill it before the tabernacle of the congregation: and the sons of Aaron shall sprinkle the blood thereof upon the altar round about. -- leviticus 3:13 +. +And he shall offer thereof his offering, even an offering made by fire unto the LORD; the fat that covereth the inwards, and all the fat that is upon the inwards, -- leviticus 3:14 +. +And the two kidneys, and the fat that is upon them, which is by the flanks, and the caul above the liver, with the kidneys, it shall he take away. -- leviticus 3:15 +. +And the priest shall burn them upon the altar: it is the food of the offering made by fire for a sweet savor: all the fat is the LORD's. -- leviticus 3:16 +. +It shall be a perpetual statute for your generations throughout all your dwellings, that ye eat neither fat nor blood. -- leviticus 3:17 +. +And the LORD spake unto Moses, saying, -- leviticus 4:1 +. +Speak unto the children of Israel, saying, If a soul shall sin through ignorance against any of the commandments of the LORD concerning things which ought not to be done, and shall do against any of them: -- leviticus 4:2 +. +If the priest that is anointed do sin according to the sin of the people; then let him bring for his sin, which he hath sinned, a young bullock without blemish unto the LORD for a sin offering. -- leviticus 4:3 +. +And he shall bring the bullock unto the door of the tabernacle of the congregation before the LORD; and shall lay his hand upon the bullock's head, and kill the bullock before the LORD. -- leviticus 4:4 +. +And the priest that is anointed shall take of the bullock's blood, and bring it to the tabernacle of the congregation: -- leviticus 4:5 +. +And the priest shall dip his finger in the blood, and sprinkle of the blood seven times before the LORD, before the vail of the sanctuary. -- leviticus 4:6 +. +And the priest shall put some of the blood upon the horns of the altar of sweet incense before the LORD, which is in the tabernacle of the congregation; and shall pour all the blood of the bullock at the bottom of the altar of the burnt offering, which is at the door of the tabernacle of the congregation. -- leviticus 4:7 +. +And he shall take off from it all the fat of the bullock for the sin offering; the fat that covereth the inwards, and all the fat that is upon the inwards, -- leviticus 4:8 +. +And the two kidneys, and the fat that is upon them, which is by the flanks, and the caul above the liver, with the kidneys, it shall he take away, -- leviticus 4:9 +. +As it was taken off from the bullock of the sacrifice of peace offerings: and the priest shall burn them upon the altar of the burnt offering. -- leviticus 4:10 +. +And the skin of the bullock, and all his flesh, with his head, and with his legs, and his inwards, and his dung, -- leviticus 4:11 +. +Even the whole bullock shall he carry forth without the camp unto a clean place, where the ashes are poured out, and burn him on the wood with fire: where the ashes are poured out shall he be burnt. -- leviticus 4:12 +. +And if the whole congregation of Israel sin through ignorance, and the thing be hid from the eyes of the assembly, and they have done somewhat against any of the commandments of the LORD concerning things which should not be done, and are guilty; -- leviticus 4:13 +. +When the sin, which they have sinned against it, is known, then the congregation shall offer a young bullock for the sin, and bring him before the tabernacle of the congregation. -- leviticus 4:14 +. +And the elders of the congregation shall lay their hands upon the head of the bullock before the LORD: and the bullock shall be killed before the LORD. -- leviticus 4:15 +. +And the priest that is anointed shall bring of the bullock's blood to the tabernacle of the congregation: -- leviticus 4:16 +. +And the priest shall dip his finger in some of the blood, and sprinkle it seven times before the LORD, even before the vail. -- leviticus 4:17 +. +And he shall put some of the blood upon the horns of the altar which is before the LORD, that is in the tabernacle of the congregation, and shall pour out all the blood at the bottom of the altar of the burnt offering, which is at the door of the tabernacle of the congregation. -- leviticus 4:18 +. +And he shall take all his fat from him, and burn it upon the altar. -- leviticus 4:19 +. +And he shall do with the bullock as he did with the bullock for a sin offering, so shall he do with this: and the priest shall make an atonement for them, and it shall be forgiven them. -- leviticus 4:20 +. +And he shall carry forth the bullock without the camp, and burn him as he burned the first bullock: it is a sin offering for the congregation. -- leviticus 4:21 +. +When a ruler hath sinned, and done somewhat through ignorance against any of the commandments of the LORD his God concerning things which should not be done, and is guilty; -- leviticus 4:22 +. +Or if his sin, wherein he hath sinned, come to his knowledge; he shall bring his offering, a kid of the goats, a male without blemish: -- leviticus 4:23 +. +And he shall lay his hand upon the head of the goat, and kill it in the place where they kill the burnt offering before the LORD: it is a sin offering. -- leviticus 4:24 +. +And the priest shall take of the blood of the sin offering with his finger, and put it upon the horns of the altar of burnt offering, and shall pour out his blood at the bottom of the altar of burnt offering. -- leviticus 4:25 +. +And he shall burn all his fat upon the altar, as the fat of the sacrifice of peace offerings: and the priest shall make an atonement for him as concerning his sin, and it shall be forgiven him. -- leviticus 4:26 +. +And if any one of the common people sin through ignorance, while he doeth somewhat against any of the commandments of the LORD concerning things which ought not to be done, and be guilty; -- leviticus 4:27 +. +Or if his sin, which he hath sinned, come to his knowledge: then he shall bring his offering, a kid of the goats, a female without blemish, for his sin which he hath sinned. -- leviticus 4:28 +. +And he shall lay his hand upon the head of the sin offering, and slay the sin offering in the place of the burnt offering. -- leviticus 4:29 +. +And the priest shall take of the blood thereof with his finger, and put it upon the horns of the altar of burnt offering, and shall pour out all the blood thereof at the bottom of the altar. -- leviticus 4:30 +. +And he shall take away all the fat thereof, as the fat is taken away from off the sacrifice of peace offerings; and the priest shall burn it upon the altar for a sweet savor unto the LORD; and the priest shall make an atonement for him, and it shall be forgiven him. -- leviticus 4:31 +. +And if he bring a lamb for a sin offering, he shall bring it a female without blemish. -- leviticus 4:32 +. +And he shall lay his hand upon the head of the sin offering, and slay it for a sin offering in the place where they kill the burnt offering. -- leviticus 4:33 +. +And the priest shall take of the blood of the sin offering with his finger, and put it upon the horns of the altar of burnt offering, and shall pour out all the blood thereof at the bottom of the altar: -- leviticus 4:34 +. +And he shall take away all the fat thereof, as the fat of the lamb is taken away from the sacrifice of the peace offerings; and the priest shall burn them upon the altar, according to the offerings made by fire unto the LORD: and the priest shall make an atonement for his sin that he hath committed, and it shall be forgiven him. -- leviticus 4:35 +. +And if a soul sin, and hear the voice of swearing, and is a witness, whether he hath seen or known of it; if he do not utter it, then he shall bear his iniquity. -- leviticus 5:1 +. +Or if a soul touch any unclean thing, whether it be a carcass of an unclean beast, or a carcass of unclean cattle, or the carcass of unclean creeping things, and if it be hidden from him; he also shall be unclean, and guilty. -- leviticus 5:2 +. +Or if he touch the uncleanness of man, whatsoever uncleanness it be that a man shall be defiled withal, and it be hid from him; when he knoweth of it, then he shall be guilty. -- leviticus 5:3 +. +Or if a soul swear, pronouncing with his lips to do evil, or to do good, whatsoever it be that a man shall pronounce with an oath, and it be hid from him; when he knoweth of it, then he shall be guilty in one of these. -- leviticus 5:4 +. +And it shall be, when he shall be guilty in one of these things, that he shall confess that he hath sinned in that thing: -- leviticus 5:5 +. +And he shall bring his trespass offering unto the LORD for his sin which he hath sinned, a female from the flock, a lamb or a kid of the goats, for a sin offering; and the priest shall make an atonement for him concerning his sin. -- leviticus 5:6 +. +And if he be not able to bring a lamb, then he shall bring for his trespass, which he hath committed, two turtledoves, or two young pigeons, unto the LORD; one for a sin offering, and the other for a burnt offering. -- leviticus 5:7 +. +And he shall bring them unto the priest, who shall offer that which is for the sin offering first, and wring off his head from his neck, but shall not divide it asunder: -- leviticus 5:8 +. +And he shall sprinkle of the blood of the sin offering upon the side of the altar; and the rest of the blood shall be wrung out at the bottom of the altar: it is a sin offering. -- leviticus 5:9 +. +And he shall offer the second for a burnt offering, according to the manner: and the priest shall make an atonement for him for his sin which he hath sinned, and it shall be forgiven him. -- leviticus 5:10 +. +But if he be not able to bring two turtledoves, or two young pigeons, then he that sinned shall bring for his offering the tenth part of an ephah of fine flour for a sin offering; he shall put no oil upon it, neither shall he put any frankincense thereon: for it is a sin offering. -- leviticus 5:11 +. +Then shall he bring it to the priest, and the priest shall take his handful of it, even a memorial thereof, and burn it on the altar, according to the offerings made by fire unto the LORD: it is a sin offering. -- leviticus 5:12 +. +And the priest shall make an atonement for him as touching his sin that he hath sinned in one of these, and it shall be forgiven him: and the remnant shall be the priest's, as a meat offering. -- leviticus 5:13 +. +And the LORD spake unto Moses, saying, -- leviticus 5:14 +. +If a soul commit a trespass, and sin through ignorance, in the holy things of the LORD; then he shall bring for his trespass unto the LORD a ram without blemish out of the flocks, with thy estimation by shekels of silver, after the shekel of the sanctuary, for a trespass offering. -- leviticus 5:15 +. +And he shall make amends for the harm that he hath done in the holy thing, and shall add the fifth part thereto, and give it unto the priest: and the priest shall make an atonement for him with the ram of the trespass offering, and it shall be forgiven him. -- leviticus 5:16 +. +And if a soul sin, and commit any of these things which are forbidden to be done by the commandments of the LORD; though he wist it not, yet is he guilty, and shall bear his iniquity. -- leviticus 5:17 +. +And he shall bring a ram without blemish out of the flock, with thy estimation, for a trespass offering, unto the priest: and the priest shall make an atonement for him concerning his ignorance wherein he erred and wist it not, and it shall be forgiven him. -- leviticus 5:18 +. +It is a trespass offering: he hath certainly trespassed against the LORD. -- leviticus 5:19 +. +And the LORD spake unto Moses, saying, -- leviticus 6:1 +. +If a soul sin, and commit a trespass against the LORD, and lie unto his neighbor in that which was delivered him to keep, or in fellowship, or in a thing taken away by violence, or hath deceived his neighbor; -- leviticus 6:2 +. +Or have found that which was lost, and lieth concerning it, and sweareth falsely; in any of all these that a man doeth, sinning therein: -- leviticus 6:3 +. +Then it shall be, because he hath sinned, and is guilty, that he shall restore that which he took violently away, or the thing which he hath deceitfully gotten, or that which was delivered him to keep, or the lost thing which he found, -- leviticus 6:4 +. +Or all that about which he hath sworn falsely; he shall even restore it in the principal, and shall add the fifth part more thereto, and give it unto him to whom it appertaineth, in the day of his trespass offering. -- leviticus 6:5 +. +And he shall bring his trespass offering unto the LORD, a ram without blemish out of the flock, with thy estimation, for a trespass offering, unto the priest: -- leviticus 6:6 +. +And the priest shall make an atonement for him before the LORD: and it shall be forgiven him for any thing of all that he hath done in trespassing therein. -- leviticus 6:7 +. +And the LORD spake unto Moses, saying, -- leviticus 6:8 +. +Command Aaron and his sons, saying, This is the law of the burnt offering: It is the burnt offering, because of the burning upon the altar all night unto the morning, and the fire of the altar shall be burning in it. -- leviticus 6:9 +. +And the priest shall put on his linen garment, and his linen breeches shall he put upon his flesh, and take up the ashes which the fire hath consumed with the burnt offering on the altar, and he shall put them beside the altar. -- leviticus 6:10 +. +And he shall put off his garments, and put on other garments, and carry forth the ashes without the camp unto a clean place. -- leviticus 6:11 +. +And the fire upon the altar shall be burning in it; it shall not be put out: and the priest shall burn wood on it every morning, and lay the burnt offering in order upon it; and he shall burn thereon the fat of the peace offerings. -- leviticus 6:12 +. +The fire shall ever be burning upon the altar; it shall never go out. -- leviticus 6:13 +. +And this is the law of the meat offering: the sons of Aaron shall offer it before the LORD, before the altar. -- leviticus 6:14 +. +And he shall take of it his handful, of the flour of the meat offering, and of the oil thereof, and all the frankincense which is upon the meat offering, and shall burn it upon the altar for a sweet savor, even the memorial of it, unto the LORD. -- leviticus 6:15 +. +And the remainder thereof shall Aaron and his sons eat: with unleavened bread shall it be eaten in the holy place; in the court of the tabernacle of the congregation they shall eat it. -- leviticus 6:16 +. +It shall not be baked with leaven. I have given it unto them for their portion of my offerings made by fire; it is most holy, as is the sin offering, and as the trespass offering. -- leviticus 6:17 +. +All the males among the children of Aaron shall eat of it. It shall be a statute for ever in your generations concerning the offerings of the LORD made by fire: every one that toucheth them shall be holy. -- leviticus 6:18 +. +And the LORD spake unto Moses, saying, -- leviticus 6:19 +. +This is the offering of Aaron and of his sons, which they shall offer unto the LORD in the day when he is anointed; the tenth part of an ephah of fine flour for a meat offering perpetual, half of it in the morning, and half thereof at night. -- leviticus 6:20 +. +In a pan it shall be made with oil; and when it is baked, thou shalt bring it in: and the baked pieces of the meat offering shalt thou offer for a sweet savor unto the LORD. -- leviticus 6:21 +. +And the priest of his sons that is anointed in his stead shall offer it: it is a statute for ever unto the LORD; it shall be wholly burnt. -- leviticus 6:22 +. +For every meat offering for the priest shall be wholly burnt: it shall not be eaten. -- leviticus 6:23 +. +And the LORD spake unto Moses, saying, -- leviticus 6:24 +. +Speak unto Aaron and to his sons, saying, This is the law of the sin offering: In the place where the burnt offering is killed shall the sin offering be killed before the LORD: it is most holy. -- leviticus 6:25 +. +The priest that offereth it for sin shall eat it: in the holy place shall it be eaten, in the court of the tabernacle of the congregation. -- leviticus 6:26 +. +Whatsoever shall touch the flesh thereof shall be holy: and when there is sprinkled of the blood thereof upon any garment, thou shalt wash that whereon it was sprinkled in the holy place. -- leviticus 6:27 +. +But the earthen vessel wherein it is sodden shall be broken: and if it be sodden in a brazen pot, it shall be both scoured, and rinsed in water. -- leviticus 6:28 +. +All the males among the priests shall eat thereof: it is most holy. -- leviticus 6:29 +. +And no sin offering, whereof any of the blood is brought into the tabernacle of the congregation to reconcile withal in the holy place, shall be eaten: it shall be burnt in the fire. -- leviticus 6:30 +. +Likewise this is the law of the trespass offering: it is most holy. -- leviticus 7:1 +. +In the place where they kill the burnt offering shall they kill the trespass offering: and the blood thereof shall he sprinkle round about upon the altar. -- leviticus 7:2 +. +And he shall offer of it all the fat thereof; the rump, and the fat that covereth the inwards, -- leviticus 7:3 +. +And the two kidneys, and the fat that is on them, which is by the flanks, and the caul that is above the liver, with the kidneys, it shall he take away: -- leviticus 7:4 +. +And the priest shall burn them upon the altar for an offering made by fire unto the LORD: it is a trespass offering. -- leviticus 7:5 +. +Every male among the priests shall eat thereof: it shall be eaten in the holy place: it is most holy. -- leviticus 7:6 +. +As the sin offering is, so is the trespass offering: there is one law for them: the priest that maketh atonement therewith shall have it. -- leviticus 7:7 +. +And the priest that offereth any man's burnt offering, even the priest shall have to himself the skin of the burnt offering which he hath offered. -- leviticus 7:8 +. +And all the meat offering that is baked in the oven, and all that is dressed in the frying pan, and in the pan, shall be the priest's that offereth it. -- leviticus 7:9 +. +And every meat offering, mingled with oil, and dry, shall all the sons of Aaron have, one as much as another. -- leviticus 7:10 +. +And this is the law of the sacrifice of peace offerings, which he shall offer unto the LORD. -- leviticus 7:11 +. +If he offer it for a thanksgiving, then he shall offer with the sacrifice of thanksgiving unleavened cakes mingled with oil, and unleavened wafers anointed with oil, and cakes mingled with oil, of fine flour, fried. -- leviticus 7:12 +. +Besides the cakes, he shall offer for his offering leavened bread with the sacrifice of thanksgiving of his peace offerings. -- leviticus 7:13 +. +And of it he shall offer one out of the whole oblation for an heave offering unto the LORD, and it shall be the priest's that sprinkleth the blood of the peace offerings. -- leviticus 7:14 +. +And the flesh of the sacrifice of his peace offerings for thanksgiving shall be eaten the same day that it is offered; he shall not leave any of it until the morning. -- leviticus 7:15 +. +But if the sacrifice of his offering be a vow, or a voluntary offering, it shall be eaten the same day that he offereth his sacrifice: and on the morrow also the remainder of it shall be eaten: -- leviticus 7:16 +. +But the remainder of the flesh of the sacrifice on the third day shall be burnt with fire. -- leviticus 7:17 +. +And if any of the flesh of the sacrifice of his peace offerings be eaten at all on the third day, it shall not be accepted, neither shall it be imputed unto him that offereth it: it shall be an abomination, and the soul that eateth of it shall bear his iniquity. -- leviticus 7:18 +. +And the flesh that toucheth any unclean thing shall not be eaten; it shall be burnt with fire: and as for the flesh, all that be clean shall eat thereof. -- leviticus 7:19 +. +But the soul that eateth of the flesh of the sacrifice of peace offerings, that pertain unto the LORD, having his uncleanness upon him, even that soul shall be cut off from his people. -- leviticus 7:20 +. +Moreover the soul that shall touch any unclean thing, as the uncleanness of man, or any unclean beast, or any abominable unclean thing, and eat of the flesh of the sacrifice of peace offerings, which pertain unto the LORD, even that soul shall be cut off from his people. -- leviticus 7:21 +. +And the LORD spake unto Moses, saying, -- leviticus 7:22 +. +Speak unto the children of Israel, saying, Ye shall eat no manner of fat, of ox, or of sheep, or of goat. -- leviticus 7:23 +. +And the fat of the beast that dieth of itself, and the fat of that which is torn with beasts, may be used in any other use: but ye shall in no wise eat of it. -- leviticus 7:24 +. +For whosoever eateth the fat of the beast, of which men offer an offering made by fire unto the LORD, even the soul that eateth it shall be cut off from his people. -- leviticus 7:25 +. +Moreover ye shall eat no manner of blood, whether it be of fowl or of beast, in any of your dwellings. -- leviticus 7:26 +. +Whatsoever soul it be that eateth any manner of blood, even that soul shall be cut off from his people. -- leviticus 7:27 +. +And the LORD spake unto Moses, saying, -- leviticus 7:28 +. +Speak unto the children of Israel, saying, He that offereth the sacrifice of his peace offerings unto the LORD shall bring his oblation unto the LORD of the sacrifice of his peace offerings. -- leviticus 7:29 +. +His own hands shall bring the offerings of the LORD made by fire, the fat with the breast, it shall he bring, that the breast may be waved for a wave offering before the LORD. -- leviticus 7:30 +. +And the priest shall burn the fat upon the altar: but the breast shall be Aaron's and his sons'. -- leviticus 7:31 +. +And the right shoulder shall ye give unto the priest for an heave offering of the sacrifices of your peace offerings. -- leviticus 7:32 +. +He among the sons of Aaron, that offereth the blood of the peace offerings, and the fat, shall have the right shoulder for his part. -- leviticus 7:33 +. +For the wave breast and the heave shoulder have I taken of the children of Israel from off the sacrifices of their peace offerings, and have given them unto Aaron the priest and unto his sons by a statute for ever from among the children of Israel. -- leviticus 7:34 +. +This is the portion of the anointing of Aaron, and of the anointing of his sons, out of the offerings of the LORD made by fire, in the day when he presented them to minister unto the LORD in the priest's office; -- leviticus 7:35 +. +Which the LORD commanded to be given them of the children of Israel, in the day that he anointed them, by a statute for ever throughout their generations. -- leviticus 7:36 +. +This is the law of the burnt offering, of the meat offering, and of the sin offering, and of the trespass offering, and of the consecrations, and of the sacrifice of the peace offerings; -- leviticus 7:37 +. +Which the LORD commanded Moses in mount Sinai, in the day that he commanded the children of Israel to offer their oblations unto the LORD, in the wilderness of Sinai. -- leviticus 7:38 +. +And the LORD spake unto Moses, saying, -- leviticus 8:1 +. +Take Aaron and his sons with him, and the garments, and the anointing oil, and a bullock for the sin offering, and two rams, and a basket of unleavened bread; -- leviticus 8:2 +. +And gather thou all the congregation together unto the door of the tabernacle of the congregation. -- leviticus 8:3 +. +And Moses did as the LORD commanded him; and the assembly was gathered together unto the door of the tabernacle of the congregation. -- leviticus 8:4 +. +And Moses said unto the congregation, This is the thing which the LORD commanded to be done. -- leviticus 8:5 +. +And Moses brought Aaron and his sons, and washed them with water. -- leviticus 8:6 +. +And he put upon him the coat, and girded him with the girdle, and clothed him with the robe, and put the ephod upon him, and he girded him with the curious girdle of the ephod, and bound it unto him therewith. -- leviticus 8:7 +. +And he put the breastplate upon him: also he put in the breastplate the Urim and the Thummim. -- leviticus 8:8 +. +And he put the mitre upon his head; also upon the mitre, even upon his forefront, did he put the golden plate, the holy crown; as the LORD commanded Moses. -- leviticus 8:9 +. +And Moses took the anointing oil, and anointed the tabernacle and all that was therein, and sanctified them. -- leviticus 8:10 +. +And he sprinkled thereof upon the altar seven times, and anointed the altar and all his vessels, both the laver and his foot, to sanctify them. -- leviticus 8:11 +. +And he poured of the anointing oil upon Aaron's head, and anointed him, to sanctify him. -- leviticus 8:12 +. +And Moses brought Aaron's sons, and put coats upon them, and girded them with girdles, and put bonnets upon them; as the LORD commanded Moses. -- leviticus 8:13 +. +And he brought the bullock for the sin offering: and Aaron and his sons laid their hands upon the head of the bullock for the sin offering. -- leviticus 8:14 +. +And he slew it; and Moses took the blood, and put it upon the horns of the altar round about with his finger, and purified the altar, and poured the blood at the bottom of the altar, and sanctified it, to make reconciliation upon it. -- leviticus 8:15 +. +And he took all the fat that was upon the inwards, and the caul above the liver, and the two kidneys, and their fat, and Moses burned it upon the altar. -- leviticus 8:16 +. +But the bullock, and his hide, his flesh, and his dung, he burnt with fire without the camp; as the LORD commanded Moses. -- leviticus 8:17 +. +And he brought the ram for the burnt offering: and Aaron and his sons laid their hands upon the head of the ram. -- leviticus 8:18 +. +And he killed it; and Moses sprinkled the blood upon the altar round about. -- leviticus 8:19 +. +And he cut the ram into pieces; and Moses burnt the head, and the pieces, and the fat. -- leviticus 8:20 +. +And he washed the inwards and the legs in water; and Moses burnt the whole ram upon the altar: it was a burnt sacrifice for a sweet savor, and an offering made by fire unto the LORD; as the LORD commanded Moses. -- leviticus 8:21 +. +And he brought the other ram, the ram of consecration: and Aaron and his sons laid their hands upon the head of the ram. -- leviticus 8:22 +. +And he slew it; and Moses took of the blood of it, and put it upon the tip of Aaron's right ear, and upon the thumb of his right hand, and upon the great toe of his right foot. -- leviticus 8:23 +. +And he brought Aaron's sons, and Moses put of the blood upon the tip of their right ear, and upon the thumbs of their right hands, and upon the great toes of their right feet: and Moses sprinkled the blood upon the altar round about. -- leviticus 8:24 +. +And he took the fat, and the rump, and all the fat that was upon the inwards, and the caul above the liver, and the two kidneys, and their fat, and the right shoulder: -- leviticus 8:25 +. +And out of the basket of unleavened bread, that was before the LORD, he took one unleavened cake, and a cake of oiled bread, and one wafer, and put them on the fat, and upon the right shoulder: -- leviticus 8:26 +. +And he put all upon Aaron's hands, and upon his sons' hands, and waved them for a wave offering before the LORD. -- leviticus 8:27 +. +And Moses took them from off their hands, and burnt them on the altar upon the burnt offering: they were consecrations for a sweet savor: it is an offering made by fire unto the LORD. -- leviticus 8:28 +. +And Moses took the breast, and waved it for a wave offering before the LORD: for of the ram of consecration it was Moses' part; as the LORD commanded Moses. -- leviticus 8:29 +. +And Moses took of the anointing oil, and of the blood which was upon the altar, and sprinkled it upon Aaron, and upon his garments, and upon his sons, and upon his sons' garments with him; and sanctified Aaron, and his garments, and his sons, and his sons' garments with him. -- leviticus 8:30 +. +And Moses said unto Aaron and to his sons, Boil the flesh at the door of the tabernacle of the congregation: and there eat it with the bread that is in the basket of consecrations, as I commanded, saying, Aaron and his sons shall eat it. -- leviticus 8:31 +. +And that which remaineth of the flesh and of the bread shall ye burn with fire. -- leviticus 8:32 +. +And ye shall not go out of the door of the tabernacle of the congregation in seven days, until the days of your consecration be at an end: for seven days shall he consecrate you. -- leviticus 8:33 +. +As he hath done this day, so the LORD hath commanded to do, to make an atonement for you. -- leviticus 8:34 +. +Therefore shall ye abide at the door of the tabernacle of the congregation day and night seven days, and keep the charge of the LORD, that ye die not: for so I am commanded. -- leviticus 8:35 +. +So Aaron and his sons did all things which the LORD commanded by the hand of Moses. -- leviticus 8:36 +. +And it came to pass on the eighth day, that Moses called Aaron and his sons, and the elders of Israel; -- leviticus 9:1 +. +And he said unto Aaron, Take thee a young calf for a sin offering, and a ram for a burnt offering, without blemish, and offer them before the LORD. -- leviticus 9:2 +. +And unto the children of Israel thou shalt speak, saying, Take ye a kid of the goats for a sin offering; and a calf and a lamb, both of the first year, without blemish, for a burnt offering; -- leviticus 9:3 +. +Also a bullock and a ram for peace offerings, to sacrifice before the LORD; and a meat offering mingled with oil: for to day the LORD will appear unto you. -- leviticus 9:4 +. +And they brought that which Moses commanded before the tabernacle of the congregation: and all the congregation drew near and stood before the LORD. -- leviticus 9:5 +. +And Moses said, This is the thing which the LORD commanded that ye should do: and the glory of the LORD shall appear unto you. -- leviticus 9:6 +. +And Moses said unto Aaron, Go unto the altar, and offer thy sin offering, and thy burnt offering, and make an atonement for thyself, and for the people: and offer the offering of the people, and make an atonement for them; as the LORD commanded. -- leviticus 9:7 +. +Aaron therefore went unto the altar, and slew the calf of the sin offering, which was for himself. -- leviticus 9:8 +. +And the sons of Aaron brought the blood unto him: and he dipped his finger in the blood, and put it upon the horns of the altar, and poured out the blood at the bottom of the altar: -- leviticus 9:9 +. +But the fat, and the kidneys, and the caul above the liver of the sin offering, he burnt upon the altar; as the LORD commanded Moses. -- leviticus 9:10 +. +And the flesh and the hide he burnt with fire without the camp. -- leviticus 9:11 +. +And he slew the burnt offering; and Aaron's sons presented unto him the blood, which he sprinkled round about upon the altar. -- leviticus 9:12 +. +And they presented the burnt offering unto him, with the pieces thereof, and the head: and he burnt them upon the altar. -- leviticus 9:13 +. +And he did wash the inwards and the legs, and burnt them upon the burnt offering on the altar. -- leviticus 9:14 +. +And he brought the people's offering, and took the goat, which was the sin offering for the people, and slew it, and offered it for sin, as the first. -- leviticus 9:15 +. +And he brought the burnt offering, and offered it according to the manner. -- leviticus 9:16 +. +And he brought the meat offering, and took an handful thereof, and burnt it upon the altar, beside the burnt sacrifice of the morning. -- leviticus 9:17 +. +He slew also the bullock and the ram for a sacrifice of peace offerings, which was for the people: and Aaron's sons presented unto him the blood, which he sprinkled upon the altar round about, -- leviticus 9:18 +. +And the fat of the bullock and of the ram, the rump, and that which covereth the inwards, and the kidneys, and the caul above the liver: -- leviticus 9:19 +. +And they put the fat upon the breasts, and he burnt the fat upon the altar: -- leviticus 9:20 +. +And the breasts and the right shoulder Aaron waved for a wave offering before the LORD; as Moses commanded. -- leviticus 9:21 +. +And Aaron lifted up his hand toward the people, and blessed them, and came down from offering of the sin offering, and the burnt offering, and peace offerings. -- leviticus 9:22 +. +And Moses and Aaron went into the tabernacle of the congregation, and came out, and blessed the people: and the glory of the LORD appeared unto all the people. -- leviticus 9:23 +. +And there came a fire out from before the LORD, and consumed upon the altar the burnt offering and the fat: which when all the people saw, they shouted, and fell on their faces. -- leviticus 9:24 +. +And Nadab and Abihu, the sons of Aaron, took either of them his censer, and put fire therein, and put incense thereon, and offered strange fire before the LORD, which he commanded them not. -- leviticus 10:1 +. +And there went out fire from the LORD, and devoured them, and they died before the LORD. -- leviticus 10:2 +. +Then Moses said unto Aaron, This is it that the LORD spake, saying, I will be sanctified in them that come nigh me, and before all the people I will be glorified. And Aaron held his peace. -- leviticus 10:3 +. +And Moses called Mishael and Elzaphan, the sons of Uzziel the uncle of Aaron, and said unto them, Come near, carry your brethren from before the sanctuary out of the camp. -- leviticus 10:4 +. +So they went near, and carried them in their coats out of the camp; as Moses had said. -- leviticus 10:5 +. +And Moses said unto Aaron, and unto Eleazar and unto Ithamar, his sons, Uncover not your heads, neither rend your clothes; lest ye die, and lest wrath come upon all the people: but let your brethren, the whole house of Israel, bewail the burning which the LORD hath kindled. -- leviticus 10:6 +. +And ye shall not go out from the door of the tabernacle of the congregation, lest ye die: for the anointing oil of the LORD is upon you. And they did according to the word of Moses. -- leviticus 10:7 +. +And the LORD spake unto Aaron, saying, -- leviticus 10:8 +. +Do not drink wine nor strong drink, thou, nor thy sons with thee, when ye go into the tabernacle of the congregation, lest ye die: it shall be a statute for ever throughout your generations: -- leviticus 10:9 +. +And that ye may put difference between holy and unholy, and between unclean and clean; -- leviticus 10:10 +. +And that ye may teach the children of Israel all the statutes which the LORD hath spoken unto them by the hand of Moses. -- leviticus 10:11 +. +And Moses spake unto Aaron, and unto Eleazar and unto Ithamar, his sons that were left, Take the meat offering that remaineth of the offerings of the LORD made by fire, and eat it without leaven beside the altar: for it is most holy: -- leviticus 10:12 +. +And ye shall eat it in the holy place, because it is thy due, and thy sons' due, of the sacrifices of the LORD made by fire: for so I am commanded. -- leviticus 10:13 +. +And the wave breast and heave shoulder shall ye eat in a clean place; thou, and thy sons, and thy daughters with thee: for they be thy due, and thy sons' due, which are given out of the sacrifices of peace offerings of the children of Israel. -- leviticus 10:14 +. +The heave shoulder and the wave breast shall they bring with the offerings made by fire of the fat, to wave it for a wave offering before the LORD; and it shall be thine, and thy sons' with thee, by a statute for ever; as the LORD hath commanded. -- leviticus 10:15 +. +And Moses diligently sought the goat of the sin offering, and, behold, it was burnt: and he was angry with Eleazar and Ithamar, the sons of Aaron which were left alive, saying, -- leviticus 10:16 +. +Wherefore have ye not eaten the sin offering in the holy place, seeing it is most holy, and God hath given it you to bear the iniquity of the congregation, to make atonement for them before the LORD? -- leviticus 10:17 +. +Behold, the blood of it was not brought in within the holy place: ye should indeed have eaten it in the holy place, as I commanded. -- leviticus 10:18 +. +And Aaron said unto Moses, Behold, this day have they offered their sin offering and their burnt offering before the LORD; and such things have befallen me: and if I had eaten the sin offering to day, should it have been accepted in the sight of the LORD? -- leviticus 10:19 +. +And when Moses heard that, he was content. -- leviticus 10:20 +. +And the LORD spake unto Moses and to Aaron, saying unto them, -- leviticus 11:1 +. +Speak unto the children of Israel, saying, These are the beasts which ye shall eat among all the beasts that are on the earth. -- leviticus 11:2 +. +Whatsoever parteth the hoof, and is cloven-footed, and cheweth the cud, among the beasts, that shall ye eat. -- leviticus 11:3 +. +Nevertheless these shall ye not eat of them that chew the cud, or of them that divide the hoof: as the camel, because he cheweth the cud, but divideth not the hoof; he is unclean unto you. -- leviticus 11:4 +. +And the coney, because he cheweth the cud, but divideth not the hoof; he is unclean unto you. -- leviticus 11:5 +. +And the hare, because he cheweth the cud, but divideth not the hoof; he is unclean unto you. -- leviticus 11:6 +. +And the swine, though he divide the hoof, and be cloven-footed, yet he cheweth not the cud; he is unclean to you. -- leviticus 11:7 +. +Of their flesh shall ye not eat, and their carcass shall ye not touch; they are unclean to you. -- leviticus 11:8 +. +These shall ye eat of all that are in the waters: whatsoever hath fins and scales in the waters, in the seas, and in the rivers, them shall ye eat. -- leviticus 11:9 +. +And all that have not fins and scales in the seas, and in the rivers, of all that move in the waters, and of any living thing which is in the waters, they shall be an abomination unto you: -- leviticus 11:10 +. +They shall be even an abomination unto you; ye shall not eat of their flesh, but ye shall have their carcasses in abomination. -- leviticus 11:11 +. +Whatsoever hath no fins nor scales in the waters, that shall be an abomination unto you. -- leviticus 11:12 +. +And these are they which ye shall have in abomination among the fowls; they shall not be eaten, they are an abomination: the eagle, and the ossifrage, and the ospray, -- leviticus 11:13 +. +And the vulture, and the kite after his kind; -- leviticus 11:14 +. +Every raven after his kind; -- leviticus 11:15 +. +And the owl, and the night hawk, and the cuckoo, and the hawk after his kind, -- leviticus 11:16 +. +And the little owl, and the cormorant, and the great owl, -- leviticus 11:17 +. +And the swan, and the pelican, and the gier eagle, -- leviticus 11:18 +. +And the stork, the heron after her kind, and the lapwing, and the bat. -- leviticus 11:19 +. +All fowls that creep, going upon all four, shall be an abomination unto you. -- leviticus 11:20 +. +Yet these may ye eat of every flying creeping thing that goeth upon all four, which have legs above their feet, to leap withal upon the earth; -- leviticus 11:21 +. +Even these of them ye may eat; the locust after his kind, and the bald locust after his kind, and the beetle after his kind, and the grasshopper after his kind. -- leviticus 11:22 +. +But all other flying creeping things, which have four feet, shall be an abomination unto you. -- leviticus 11:23 +. +And for these ye shall be unclean: whosoever toucheth the carcass of them shall be unclean until the even. -- leviticus 11:24 +. +And whosoever beareth ought of the carcass of them shall wash his clothes, and be unclean until the even. -- leviticus 11:25 +. +The carcasses of every beast which divideth the hoof, and is not cloven-footed, nor cheweth the cud, are unclean unto you: every one that toucheth them shall be unclean. -- leviticus 11:26 +. +And whatsoever goeth upon his paws, among all manner of beasts that go on all four, those are unclean unto you: whoso toucheth their carcass shall be unclean until the even. -- leviticus 11:27 +. +And he that beareth the carcass of them shall wash his clothes, and be unclean until the even: they are unclean unto you. -- leviticus 11:28 +. +These also shall be unclean unto you among the creeping things that creep upon the earth; the weasel, and the mouse, and the tortoise after his kind, -- leviticus 11:29 +. +And the ferret, and the chameleon, and the lizard, and the snail, and the mole. -- leviticus 11:30 +. +These are unclean to you among all that creep: whosoever doth touch them, when they be dead, shall be unclean until the even. -- leviticus 11:31 +. +And upon whatsoever any of them, when they are dead, doth fall, it shall be unclean; whether it be any vessel of wood, or raiment, or skin, or sack, whatsoever vessel it be, wherein any work is done, it must be put into water, and it shall be unclean until the even; so it shall be cleansed. -- leviticus 11:32 +. +And every earthen vessel, whereinto any of them falleth, whatsoever is in it shall be unclean; and ye shall break it. -- leviticus 11:33 +. +Of all meat which may be eaten, that on which such water cometh shall be unclean: and all drink that may be drunk in every such vessel shall be unclean. -- leviticus 11:34 +. +And every thing whereupon any part of their carcass falleth shall be unclean; whether it be oven, or ranges for pots, they shall be broken down: for they are unclean and shall be unclean unto you. -- leviticus 11:35 +. +Nevertheless a fountain or pit, wherein there is plenty of water, shall be clean: but that which toucheth their carcass shall be unclean. -- leviticus 11:36 +. +And if any part of their carcass fall upon any sowing seed which is to be sown, it shall be clean. -- leviticus 11:37 +. +But if any water be put upon the seed, and any part of their carcass fall thereon, it shall be unclean unto you. -- leviticus 11:38 +. +And if any beast, of which ye may eat, die; he that toucheth the carcass thereof shall be unclean until the even. -- leviticus 11:39 +. +And he that eateth of the carcass of it shall wash his clothes, and be unclean until the even: he also that beareth the carcass of it shall wash his clothes, and be unclean until the even. -- leviticus 11:40 +. +And every creeping thing that creepeth upon the earth shall be an abomination; it shall not be eaten. -- leviticus 11:41 +. +Whatsoever goeth upon the belly, and whatsoever goeth upon all four, or whatsoever hath more feet among all creeping things that creep upon the earth, them ye shall not eat; for they are an abomination. -- leviticus 11:42 +. +Ye shall not make yourselves abominable with any creeping thing that creepeth, neither shall ye make yourselves unclean with them, that ye should be defiled thereby. -- leviticus 11:43 +. +For I am the LORD your God: ye shall therefore sanctify yourselves, and ye shall be holy; for I am holy: neither shall ye defile yourselves with any manner of creeping thing that creepeth upon the earth. -- leviticus 11:44 +. +For I am the LORD that bringeth you up out of the land of Egypt, to be your God: ye shall therefore be holy, for I am holy. -- leviticus 11:45 +. +This is the law of the beasts, and of the fowl, and of every living creature that moveth in the waters, and of every creature that creepeth upon the earth: -- leviticus 11:46 +. +To make a difference between the unclean and the clean, and between the beast that may be eaten and the beast that may not be eaten. -- leviticus 11:47 +. +And the LORD spake unto Moses, saying, -- leviticus 12:1 +. +Speak unto the children of Israel, saying, If a woman have conceived seed, and born a man child: then she shall be unclean seven days; according to the days of the separation for her infirmity shall she be unclean. -- leviticus 12:2 +. +And in the eighth day the flesh of his foreskin shall be circumcised. -- leviticus 12:3 +. +And she shall then continue in the blood of her purifying three and thirty days; she shall touch no hallowed thing, nor come into the sanctuary, until the days of her purifying be fulfilled. -- leviticus 12:4 +. +But if she bear a maid child, then she shall be unclean two weeks, as in her separation: and she shall continue in the blood of her purifying threescore and six days. -- leviticus 12:5 +. +And when the days of her purifying are fulfilled, for a son, or for a daughter, she shall bring a lamb of the first year for a burnt offering, and a young pigeon, or a turtledove, for a sin offering, unto the door of the tabernacle of the congregation, unto the priest: -- leviticus 12:6 +. +Who shall offer it before the LORD, and make an atonement for her; and she shall be cleansed from the issue of her blood. This is the law for her that hath born a male or a female. -- leviticus 12:7 +. +And if she be not able to bring a lamb, then she shall bring two turtles, or two young pigeons; the one for the burnt offering, and the other for a sin offering: and the priest shall make an atonement for her, and she shall be clean. -- leviticus 12:8 +. +And the LORD spake unto Moses and Aaron, saying, -- leviticus 13:1 +. +When a man shall have in the skin of his flesh a rising, a scab, or bright spot, and it be in the skin of his flesh like the plague of leprosy; then he shall be brought unto Aaron the priest, or unto one of his sons the priests: -- leviticus 13:2 +. +And the priest shall look on the plague in the skin of the flesh: and when the hair in the plague is turned white, and the plague in sight be deeper than the skin of his flesh, it is a plague of leprosy: and the priest shall look on him, and pronounce him unclean. -- leviticus 13:3 +. +If the bright spot be white in the skin of his flesh, and in sight be not deeper than the skin, and the hair thereof be not turned white; then the priest shall shut up him that hath the plague seven days: -- leviticus 13:4 +. +And the priest shall look on him the seventh day: and, behold, if the plague in his sight be at a stay, and the plague spread not in the skin; then the priest shall shut him up seven days more: -- leviticus 13:5 +. +And the priest shall look on him again the seventh day: and, behold, if the plague be somewhat dark, and the plague spread not in the skin, the priest shall pronounce him clean: it is but a scab: and he shall wash his clothes, and be clean. -- leviticus 13:6 +. +But if the scab spread much abroad in the skin, after that he hath been seen of the priest for his cleansing, he shall be seen of the priest again. -- leviticus 13:7 +. +And if the priest see that, behold, the scab spreadeth in the skin, then the priest shall pronounce him unclean: it is a leprosy. -- leviticus 13:8 +. +When the plague of leprosy is in a man, then he shall be brought unto the priest; -- leviticus 13:9 +. +And the priest shall see him: and, behold, if the rising be white in the skin, and it have turned the hair white, and there be quick raw flesh in the rising; -- leviticus 13:10 +. +It is an old leprosy in the skin of his flesh, and the priest shall pronounce him unclean, and shall not shut him up: for he is unclean. -- leviticus 13:11 +. +And if a leprosy break out abroad in the skin, and the leprosy cover all the skin of him that hath the plague from his head even to his foot, wheresoever the priest looketh; -- leviticus 13:12 +. +Then the priest shall consider: and, behold, if the leprosy have covered all his flesh, he shall pronounce him clean that hath the plague: it is all turned white: he is clean. -- leviticus 13:13 +. +But when raw flesh appeareth in him, he shall be unclean. -- leviticus 13:14 +. +And the priest shall see the raw flesh, and pronounce him to be unclean: for the raw flesh is unclean: it is a leprosy. -- leviticus 13:15 +. +Or if the raw flesh turn again, and be changed unto white, he shall come unto the priest; -- leviticus 13:16 +. +And the priest shall see him: and, behold, if the plague be turned into white; then the priest shall pronounce him clean that hath the plague: he is clean. -- leviticus 13:17 +. +The flesh also, in which, even in the skin thereof, was a boil, and is healed, -- leviticus 13:18 +. +And in the place of the boil there be a white rising, or a bright spot, white, and somewhat reddish, and it be showed to the priest; -- leviticus 13:19 +. +And if, when the priest seeth it, behold, it be in sight lower than the skin, and the hair thereof be turned white; the priest shall pronounce him unclean: it is a plague of leprosy broken out of the boil. -- leviticus 13:20 +. +But if the priest look on it, and, behold, there be no white hairs therein, and if it be not lower than the skin, but be somewhat dark; then the priest shall shut him up seven days: -- leviticus 13:21 +. +And if it spread much abroad in the skin, then the priest shall pronounce him unclean: it is a plague. -- leviticus 13:22 +. +But if the bright spot stay in his place, and spread not, it is a burning boil; and the priest shall pronounce him clean. -- leviticus 13:23 +. +Or if there be any flesh, in the skin whereof there is a hot burning, and the quick flesh that burneth have a white bright spot, somewhat reddish, or white; -- leviticus 13:24 +. +Then the priest shall look upon it: and, behold, if the hair in the bright spot be turned white, and it be in sight deeper than the skin; it is a leprosy broken out of the burning: wherefore the priest shall pronounce him unclean: it is the plague of leprosy. -- leviticus 13:25 +. +But if the priest look on it, and, behold, there be no white hair in the bright spot, and it be no lower than the other skin, but be somewhat dark; then the priest shall shut him up seven days: -- leviticus 13:26 +. +And the priest shall look upon him the seventh day: and if it be spread much abroad in the skin, then the priest shall pronounce him unclean: it is the plague of leprosy. -- leviticus 13:27 +. +And if the bright spot stay in his place, and spread not in the skin, but it be somewhat dark; it is a rising of the burning, and the priest shall pronounce him clean: for it is an inflammation of the burning. -- leviticus 13:28 +. +If a man or woman have a plague upon the head or the beard; -- leviticus 13:29 +. +Then the priest shall see the plague: and, behold, if it be in sight deeper than the skin; and there be in it a yellow thin hair; then the priest shall pronounce him unclean: it is a dry scall, even a leprosy upon the head or beard. -- leviticus 13:30 +. +And if the priest look on the plague of the scall, and, behold, it be not in sight deeper than the skin, and that there is no black hair in it; then the priest shall shut up him that hath the plague of the scall seven days: -- leviticus 13:31 +. +And in the seventh day the priest shall look on the plague: and, behold, if the scall spread not, and there be in it no yellow hair, and the scall be not in sight deeper than the skin; -- leviticus 13:32 +. +He shall be shaven, but the scall shall he not shave; and the priest shall shut up him that hath the scall seven days more: -- leviticus 13:33 +. +And in the seventh day the priest shall look on the scall: and, behold, if the scall be not spread in the skin, nor be in sight deeper than the skin; then the priest shall pronounce him clean: and he shall wash his clothes, and be clean. -- leviticus 13:34 +. +But if the scall spread much in the skin after his cleansing; -- leviticus 13:35 +. +Then the priest shall look on him: and, behold, if the scall be spread in the skin, the priest shall not seek for yellow hair; he is unclean. -- leviticus 13:36 +. +But if the scall be in his sight at a stay, and that there is black hair grown up therein; the scall is healed, he is clean: and the priest shall pronounce him clean. -- leviticus 13:37 +. +If a man also or a woman have in the skin of their flesh bright spots, even white bright spots; -- leviticus 13:38 +. +Then the priest shall look: and, behold, if the bright spots in the skin of their flesh be darkish white; it is a freckled spot that groweth in the skin; he is clean. -- leviticus 13:39 +. +And the man whose hair is fallen off his head, he is bald; yet is he clean. -- leviticus 13:40 +. +And he that hath his hair fallen off from the part of his head toward his face, he is forehead bald: yet is he clean. -- leviticus 13:41 +. +And if there be in the bald head, or bald forehead, a white reddish sore; it is a leprosy sprung up in his bald head, or his bald forehead. -- leviticus 13:42 +. +Then the priest shall look upon it: and, behold, if the rising of the sore be white reddish in his bald head, or in his bald forehead, as the leprosy appeareth in the skin of the flesh; -- leviticus 13:43 +. +He is a leprous man, he is unclean: the priest shall pronounce him utterly unclean; his plague is in his head. -- leviticus 13:44 +. +And the leper in whom the plague is, his clothes shall be rent, and his head bare, and he shall put a covering upon his upper lip, and shall cry, Unclean, unclean. -- leviticus 13:45 +. +All the days wherein the plague shall be in him he shall be defiled; he is unclean: he shall dwell alone; without the camp shall his habitation be. -- leviticus 13:46 +. +The garment also that the plague of leprosy is in, whether it be a woolen garment, or a linen garment; -- leviticus 13:47 +. +Whether it be in the warp, or woof; of linen, or of woolen; whether in a skin, or in any thing made of skin; -- leviticus 13:48 +. +And if the plague be greenish or reddish in the garment, or in the skin, either in the warp, or in the woof, or in any thing of skin; it is a plague of leprosy, and shall be showed unto the priest: -- leviticus 13:49 +. +And the priest shall look upon the plague, and shut up it that hath the plague seven days: -- leviticus 13:50 +. +And he shall look on the plague on the seventh day: if the plague be spread in the garment, either in the warp, or in the woof, or in a skin, or in any work that is made of skin; the plague is a fretting leprosy; it is unclean. -- leviticus 13:51 +. +He shall therefore burn that garment, whether warp or woof, in woolen or in linen, or any thing of skin, wherein the plague is: for it is a fretting leprosy; it shall be burnt in the fire. -- leviticus 13:52 +. +And if the priest shall look, and, behold, the plague be not spread in the garment, either in the warp, or in the woof, or in any thing of skin; -- leviticus 13:53 +. +Then the priest shall command that they wash the thing wherein the plague is, and he shall shut it up seven days more: -- leviticus 13:54 +. +And the priest shall look on the plague, after that it is washed: and, behold, if the plague have not changed his color, and the plague be not spread; it is unclean; thou shalt burn it in the fire; it is fret inward, whether it be bare within or without. -- leviticus 13:55 +. +And if the priest look, and, behold, the plague be somewhat dark after the washing of it; then he shall rend it out of the garment, or out of the skin, or out of the warp, or out of the woof: -- leviticus 13:56 +. +And if it appear still in the garment, either in the warp, or in the woof, or in any thing of skin; it is a spreading plague: thou shalt burn that wherein the plague is with fire. -- leviticus 13:57 +. +And the garment, either warp, or woof, or whatsoever thing of skin it be, which thou shalt wash, if the plague be departed from them, then it shall be washed the second time, and shall be clean. -- leviticus 13:58 +. +This is the law of the plague of leprosy in a garment of woolen or linen, either in the warp, or woof, or any thing of skins, to pronounce it clean, or to pronounce it unclean. -- leviticus 13:59 +. +And the LORD spake unto Moses, saying, -- leviticus 14:1 +. +This shall be the law of the leper in the day of his cleansing: He shall be brought unto the priest: -- leviticus 14:2 +. +And the priest shall go forth out of the camp; and the priest shall look, and, behold, if the plague of leprosy be healed in the leper; -- leviticus 14:3 +. +Then shall the priest command to take for him that is to be cleansed two birds alive and clean, and cedar wood, and scarlet, and hyssop: -- leviticus 14:4 +. +And the priest shall command that one of the birds be killed in an earthen vessel over running water: -- leviticus 14:5 +. +As for the living bird, he shall take it, and the cedar wood, and the scarlet, and the hyssop, and shall dip them and the living bird in the blood of the bird that was killed over the running water: -- leviticus 14:6 +. +And he shall sprinkle upon him that is to be cleansed from the leprosy seven times, and shall pronounce him clean, and shall let the living bird loose into the open field. -- leviticus 14:7 +. +And he that is to be cleansed shall wash his clothes, and shave off all his hair, and wash himself in water, that he may be clean: and after that he shall come into the camp, and shall tarry abroad out of his tent seven days. -- leviticus 14:8 +. +But it shall be on the seventh day, that he shall shave all his hair off his head and his beard and his eyebrows, even all his hair he shall shave off: and he shall wash his clothes, also he shall wash his flesh in water, and he shall be clean. -- leviticus 14:9 +. +And on the eighth day he shall take two he lambs without blemish, and one ewe lamb of the first year without blemish, and three tenth deals of fine flour for a meat offering, mingled with oil, and one log of oil. -- leviticus 14:10 +. +And the priest that maketh him clean shall present the man that is to be made clean, and those things, before the LORD, at the door of the tabernacle of the congregation: -- leviticus 14:11 +. +And the priest shall take one he lamb, and offer him for a trespass offering, and the log of oil, and wave them for a wave offering before the LORD: -- leviticus 14:12 +. +And he shall slay the lamb in the place where he shall kill the sin offering and the burnt offering, in the holy place: for as the sin offering is the priest's, so is the trespass offering: it is most holy: -- leviticus 14:13 +. +And the priest shall take some of the blood of the trespass offering, and the priest shall put it upon the tip of the right ear of him that is to be cleansed, and upon the thumb of his right hand, and upon the great toe of his right foot: -- leviticus 14:14 +. +And the priest shall take some of the log of oil, and pour it into the palm of his own left hand: -- leviticus 14:15 +. +And the priest shall dip his right finger in the oil that is in his left hand, and shall sprinkle of the oil with his finger seven times before the LORD: -- leviticus 14:16 +. +And of the rest of the oil that is in his hand shall the priest put upon the tip of the right ear of him that is to be cleansed, and upon the thumb of his right hand, and upon the great toe of his right foot, upon the blood of the trespass offering: -- leviticus 14:17 +. +And the remnant of the oil that is in the priest's hand he shall pour upon the head of him that is to be cleansed: and the priest shall make an atonement for him before the LORD. -- leviticus 14:18 +. +And the priest shall offer the sin offering, and make an atonement for him that is to be cleansed from his uncleanness; and afterward he shall kill the burnt offering: -- leviticus 14:19 +. +And the priest shall offer the burnt offering and the meat offering upon the altar: and the priest shall make an atonement for him, and he shall be clean. -- leviticus 14:20 +. +And if he be poor, and cannot get so much; then he shall take one lamb for a trespass offering to be waved, to make an atonement for him, and one tenth deal of fine flour mingled with oil for a meat offering, and a log of oil; -- leviticus 14:21 +. +And two turtledoves, or two young pigeons, such as he is able to get; and the one shall be a sin offering, and the other a burnt offering. -- leviticus 14:22 +. +And he shall bring them on the eighth day for his cleansing unto the priest, unto the door of the tabernacle of the congregation, before the LORD. -- leviticus 14:23 +. +And the priest shall take the lamb of the trespass offering, and the log of oil, and the priest shall wave them for a wave offering before the LORD: -- leviticus 14:24 +. +And he shall kill the lamb of the trespass offering, and the priest shall take some of the blood of the trespass offering, and put it upon the tip of the right ear of him that is to be cleansed, and upon the thumb of his right hand, and upon the great toe of his right foot: -- leviticus 14:25 +. +And the priest shall pour of the oil into the palm of his own left hand: -- leviticus 14:26 +. +And the priest shall sprinkle with his right finger some of the oil that is in his left hand seven times before the LORD: -- leviticus 14:27 +. +And the priest shall put of the oil that is in his hand upon the tip of the right ear of him that is to be cleansed, and upon the thumb of his right hand, and upon the great toe of his right foot, upon the place of the blood of the trespass offering: -- leviticus 14:28 +. +And the rest of the oil that is in the priest's hand he shall put upon the head of him that is to be cleansed, to make an atonement for him before the LORD. -- leviticus 14:29 +. +And he shall offer the one of the turtledoves, or of the young pigeons, such as he can get; -- leviticus 14:30 +. +Even such as he is able to get, the one for a sin offering, and the other for a burnt offering, with the meat offering: and the priest shall make an atonement for him that is to be cleansed before the LORD. -- leviticus 14:31 +. +This is the law of him in whom is the plague of leprosy, whose hand is not able to get that which pertaineth to his cleansing. -- leviticus 14:32 +. +And the LORD spake unto Moses and unto Aaron, saying, -- leviticus 14:33 +. +When ye be come into the land of Canaan, which I give to you for a possession, and I put the plague of leprosy in a house of the land of your possession; -- leviticus 14:34 +. +And he that owneth the house shall come and tell the priest, saying, It seemeth to me there is as it were a plague in the house: -- leviticus 14:35 +. +Then the priest shall command that they empty the house, before the priest go into it to see the plague, that all that is in the house be not made unclean: and afterward the priest shall go in to see the house: -- leviticus 14:36 +. +And he shall look on the plague, and, behold, if the plague be in the walls of the house with hollow streaks, greenish or reddish, which in sight are lower than the wall; -- leviticus 14:37 +. +Then the priest shall go out of the house to the door of the house, and shut up the house seven days: -- leviticus 14:38 +. +And the priest shall come again the seventh day, and shall look: and, behold, if the plague be spread in the walls of the house; -- leviticus 14:39 +. +Then the priest shall command that they take away the stones in which the plague is, and they shall cast them into an unclean place without the city: -- leviticus 14:40 +. +And he shall cause the house to be scraped within round about, and they shall pour out the dust that they scrape off without the city into an unclean place: -- leviticus 14:41 +. +And they shall take other stones, and put them in the place of those stones; and he shall take other mortar, and shall plaster the house. -- leviticus 14:42 +. +And if the plague come again, and break out in the house, after that he hath taken away the stones, and after he hath scraped the house, and after it is plastered; -- leviticus 14:43 +. +Then the priest shall come and look, and, behold, if the plague be spread in the house, it is a fretting leprosy in the house; it is unclean. -- leviticus 14:44 +. +And he shall break down the house, the stones of it, and the timber thereof, and all the mortar of the house; and he shall carry them forth out of the city into an unclean place. -- leviticus 14:45 +. +Moreover he that goeth into the house all the while that it is shut up shall be unclean until the even. -- leviticus 14:46 +. +And he that lieth in the house shall wash his clothes; and he that eateth in the house shall wash his clothes. -- leviticus 14:47 +. +And if the priest shall come in, and look upon it, and, behold, the plague hath not spread in the house, after the house was plastered: then the priest shall pronounce the house clean, because the plague is healed. -- leviticus 14:48 +. +And he shall take to cleanse the house two birds, and cedar wood, and scarlet, and hyssop: -- leviticus 14:49 +. +And he shall kill the one of the birds in an earthen vessel over running water: -- leviticus 14:50 +. +And he shall take the cedar wood, and the hyssop, and the scarlet, and the living bird, and dip them in the blood of the slain bird, and in the running water, and sprinkle the house seven times: -- leviticus 14:51 +. +And he shall cleanse the house with the blood of the bird, and with the running water, and with the living bird, and with the cedar wood, and with the hyssop, and with the scarlet: -- leviticus 14:52 +. +But he shall let go the living bird out of the city into the open fields, and make an atonement for the house: and it shall be clean. -- leviticus 14:53 +. +This is the law for all manner of plague of leprosy, and scall, -- leviticus 14:54 +. +And for the leprosy of a garment, and of a house, -- leviticus 14:55 +. +And for a rising, and for a scab, and for a bright spot: -- leviticus 14:56 +. +To teach when it is unclean, and when it is clean: this is the law of leprosy. -- leviticus 14:57 +. +And the LORD spake unto Moses and to Aaron, saying, -- leviticus 15:1 +. +Speak unto the children of Israel, and say unto them, When any man hath a running issue out of his flesh, because of his issue he is unclean. -- leviticus 15:2 +. +And this shall be his uncleanness in his issue: whether his flesh run with his issue, or his flesh be stopped from his issue, it is his uncleanness. -- leviticus 15:3 +. +Every bed, whereon he lieth that hath the issue, is unclean: and every thing, whereon he sitteth, shall be unclean. -- leviticus 15:4 +. +And whosoever toucheth his bed shall wash his clothes, and bathe himself in water, and be unclean until the even. -- leviticus 15:5 +. +And he that sitteth on any thing whereon he sat that hath the issue shall wash his clothes, and bathe himself in water, and be unclean until the even. -- leviticus 15:6 +. +And he that toucheth the flesh of him that hath the issue shall wash his clothes, and bathe himself in water, and be unclean until the even. -- leviticus 15:7 +. +And if he that hath the issue spit upon him that is clean; then he shall wash his clothes, and bathe himself in water, and be unclean until the even. -- leviticus 15:8 +. +And what saddle soever he rideth upon that hath the issue shall be unclean. -- leviticus 15:9 +. +And whosoever toucheth any thing that was under him shall be unclean until the even: and he that beareth any of those things shall wash his clothes, and bathe himself in water, and be unclean until the even. -- leviticus 15:10 +. +And whomsoever he toucheth that hath the issue, and hath not rinsed his hands in water, he shall wash his clothes, and bathe himself in water, and be unclean until the even. -- leviticus 15:11 +. +And the vessel of earth, that he toucheth which hath the issue, shall be broken: and every vessel of wood shall be rinsed in water. -- leviticus 15:12 +. +And when he that hath an issue is cleansed of his issue; then he shall number to himself seven days for his cleansing, and wash his clothes, and bathe his flesh in running water, and shall be clean. -- leviticus 15:13 +. +And on the eighth day he shall take to him two turtledoves, or two young pigeons, and come before the LORD unto the door of the tabernacle of the congregation, and give them unto the priest: -- leviticus 15:14 +. +And the priest shall offer them, the one for a sin offering, and the other for a burnt offering; and the priest shall make an atonement for him before the LORD for his issue. -- leviticus 15:15 +. +And if any man's seed of copulation go out from him, then he shall wash all his flesh in water, and be unclean until the even. -- leviticus 15:16 +. +And every garment, and every skin, whereon is the seed of copulation, shall be washed with water, and be unclean until the even. -- leviticus 15:17 +. +The woman also with whom man shall lie with seed of copulation, they shall both bathe themselves in water, and be unclean until the even. -- leviticus 15:18 +. +And if a woman have an issue, and her issue in her flesh be blood, she shall be put apart seven days: and whosoever toucheth her shall be unclean until the even. -- leviticus 15:19 +. +And every thing that she lieth upon in her separation shall be unclean: every thing also that she sitteth upon shall be unclean. -- leviticus 15:20 +. +And whosoever toucheth her bed shall wash his clothes, and bathe himself in water, and be unclean until the even. -- leviticus 15:21 +. +And whosoever toucheth any thing that she sat upon shall wash his clothes, and bathe himself in water, and be unclean until the even. -- leviticus 15:22 +. +And if it be on her bed, or on any thing whereon she sitteth, when he toucheth it, he shall be unclean until the even. -- leviticus 15:23 +. +And if any man lie with her at all, and her flowers be upon him, he shall be unclean seven days; and all the bed whereon he lieth shall be unclean. -- leviticus 15:24 +. +And if a woman have an issue of her blood many days out of the time of her separation, or if it run beyond the time of her separation; all the days of the issue of her uncleanness shall be as the days of her separation: she shall be unclean. -- leviticus 15:25 +. +Every bed whereon she lieth all the days of her issue shall be unto her as the bed of her separation: and whatsoever she sitteth upon shall be unclean, as the uncleanness of her separation. -- leviticus 15:26 +. +And whosoever toucheth those things shall be unclean, and shall wash his clothes, and bathe himself in water, and be unclean until the even. -- leviticus 15:27 +. +But if she be cleansed of her issue, then she shall number to herself seven days, and after that she shall be clean. -- leviticus 15:28 +. +And on the eighth day she shall take unto her two turtles, or two young pigeons, and bring them unto the priest, to the door of the tabernacle of the congregation. -- leviticus 15:29 +. +And the priest shall offer the one for a sin offering, and the other for a burnt offering; and the priest shall make an atonement for her before the LORD for the issue of her uncleanness. -- leviticus 15:30 +. +Thus shall ye separate the children of Israel from their uncleanness; that they die not in their uncleanness, when they defile my tabernacle that is among them. -- leviticus 15:31 +. +This is the law of him that hath an issue, and of him whose seed goeth from him, and is defiled therewith; -- leviticus 15:32 +. +And of her that is sick of her flowers, and of him that hath an issue, of the man, and of the woman, and of him that lieth with her that is unclean. -- leviticus 15:33 +. +And the LORD spake unto Moses after the death of the two sons of Aaron, when they offered before the LORD, and died; -- leviticus 16:1 +. +And the LORD said unto Moses, Speak unto Aaron thy brother, that he come not at all times into the holy place within the vail before the mercy seat, which is upon the ark; that he die not: for I will appear in the cloud upon the mercy seat. -- leviticus 16:2 +. +Thus shall Aaron come into the holy place: with a young bullock for a sin offering, and a ram for a burnt offering. -- leviticus 16:3 +. +He shall put on the holy linen coat, and he shall have the linen breeches upon his flesh, and shall be girded with a linen girdle, and with the linen mitre shall he be attired: these are holy garments; therefore shall he wash his flesh in water, and so put them on. -- leviticus 16:4 +. +And he shall take of the congregation of the children of Israel two kids of the goats for a sin offering, and one ram for a burnt offering. -- leviticus 16:5 +. +And Aaron shall offer his bullock of the sin offering, which is for himself, and make an atonement for himself, and for his house. -- leviticus 16:6 +. +And he shall take the two goats, and present them before the LORD at the door of the tabernacle of the congregation. -- leviticus 16:7 +. +And Aaron shall cast lots upon the two goats; one lot for the LORD, and the other lot for the scapegoat. -- leviticus 16:8 +. +And Aaron shall bring the goat upon which the LORD's lot fell, and offer him for a sin offering. -- leviticus 16:9 +. +But the goat, on which the lot fell to be the scapegoat, shall be presented alive before the LORD, to make an atonement with him, and to let him go for a scapegoat into the wilderness. -- leviticus 16:10 +. +And Aaron shall bring the bullock of the sin offering, which is for himself, and shall make an atonement for himself, and for his house, and shall kill the bullock of the sin offering which is for himself: -- leviticus 16:11 +. +And he shall take a censer full of burning coals of fire from off the altar before the LORD, and his hands full of sweet incense beaten small, and bring it within the vail: -- leviticus 16:12 +. +And he shall put the incense upon the fire before the LORD, that the cloud of the incense may cover the mercy seat that is upon the testimony, that he die not: -- leviticus 16:13 +. +And he shall take of the blood of the bullock, and sprinkle it with his finger upon the mercy seat eastward; and before the mercy seat shall he sprinkle of the blood with his finger seven times. -- leviticus 16:14 +. +Then shall he kill the goat of the sin offering, that is for the people, and bring his blood within the vail, and do with that blood as he did with the blood of the bullock, and sprinkle it upon the mercy seat, and before the mercy seat: -- leviticus 16:15 +. +And he shall make an atonement for the holy place, because of the uncleanness of the children of Israel, and because of their transgressions in all their sins: and so shall he do for the tabernacle of the congregation, that remaineth among them in the midst of their uncleanness. -- leviticus 16:16 +. +And there shall be no man in the tabernacle of the congregation when he goeth in to make an atonement in the holy place, until he come out, and have made an atonement for himself, and for his household, and for all the congregation of Israel. -- leviticus 16:17 +. +And he shall go out unto the altar that is before the LORD, and make an atonement for it; and shall take of the blood of the bullock, and of the blood of the goat, and put it upon the horns of the altar round about. -- leviticus 16:18 +. +And he shall sprinkle of the blood upon it with his finger seven times, and cleanse it, and hallow it from the uncleanness of the children of Israel. -- leviticus 16:19 +. +And when he hath made an end of reconciling the holy place, and the tabernacle of the congregation, and the altar, he shall bring the live goat: -- leviticus 16:20 +. +And Aaron shall lay both his hands upon the head of the live goat, and confess over him all the iniquities of the children of Israel, and all their transgressions in all their sins, putting them upon the head of the goat, and shall send him away by the hand of a fit man into the wilderness: -- leviticus 16:21 +. +And the goat shall bear upon him all their iniquities unto a land not inhabited: and he shall let go the goat in the wilderness. -- leviticus 16:22 +. +And Aaron shall come into the tabernacle of the congregation, and shall put off the linen garments, which he put on when he went into the holy place, and shall leave them there: -- leviticus 16:23 +. +And he shall wash his flesh with water in the holy place, and put on his garments, and come forth, and offer his burnt offering, and the burnt offering of the people, and make an atonement for himself, and for the people. -- leviticus 16:24 +. +And the fat of the sin offering shall he burn upon the altar. -- leviticus 16:25 +. +And he that let go the goat for the scapegoat shall wash his clothes, and bathe his flesh in water, and afterward come into the camp. -- leviticus 16:26 +. +And the bullock for the sin offering, and the goat for the sin offering, whose blood was brought in to make atonement in the holy place, shall one carry forth without the camp; and they shall burn in the fire their skins, and their flesh, and their dung. -- leviticus 16:27 +. +And he that burneth them shall wash his clothes, and bathe his flesh in water, and afterward he shall come into the camp. -- leviticus 16:28 +. +And this shall be a statute for ever unto you: that in the seventh month, on the tenth day of the month, ye shall afflict your souls, and do no work at all, whether it be one of your own country, or a stranger that sojourneth among you: -- leviticus 16:29 +. +For on that day shall the priest make an atonement for you, to cleanse you, that ye may be clean from all your sins before the LORD. -- leviticus 16:30 +. +It shall be a sabbath of rest unto you, and ye shall afflict your souls, by a statute for ever. -- leviticus 16:31 +. +And the priest, whom he shall anoint, and whom he shall consecrate to minister in the priest's office in his father's stead, shall make the atonement, and shall put on the linen clothes, even the holy garments: -- leviticus 16:32 +. +And he shall make an atonement for the holy sanctuary, and he shall make an atonement for the tabernacle of the congregation, and for the altar, and he shall make an atonement for the priests, and for all the people of the congregation. -- leviticus 16:33 +. +And this shall be an everlasting statute unto you, to make an atonement for the children of Israel for all their sins once a year. And he did as the LORD commanded Moses. -- leviticus 16:34 +. +And the LORD spake unto Moses, saying, -- leviticus 17:1 +. +Speak unto Aaron, and unto his sons, and unto all the children of Israel, and say unto them; This is the thing which the LORD hath commanded, saying, -- leviticus 17:2 +. +What man soever there be of the house of Israel, that killeth an ox, or lamb, or goat, in the camp, or that killeth it out of the camp, -- leviticus 17:3 +. +And bringeth it not unto the door of the tabernacle of the congregation, to offer an offering unto the LORD before the tabernacle of the LORD; blood shall be imputed unto that man; he hath shed blood; and that man shall be cut off from among his people: -- leviticus 17:4 +. +To the end that the children of Israel may bring their sacrifices, which they offer in the open field, even that they may bring them unto the LORD, unto the door of the tabernacle of the congregation, unto the priest, and offer them for peace offerings unto the LORD. -- leviticus 17:5 +. +And the priest shall sprinkle the blood upon the altar of the LORD at the door of the tabernacle of the congregation, and burn the fat for a sweet savor unto the LORD. -- leviticus 17:6 +. +And they shall no more offer their sacrifices unto devils, after whom they have gone a whoring. This shall be a statute for ever unto them throughout their generations. -- leviticus 17:7 +. +And thou shalt say unto them, Whatsoever man there be of the house of Israel, or of the strangers which sojourn among you, that offereth a burnt offering or sacrifice, -- leviticus 17:8 +. +And bringeth it not unto the door of the tabernacle of the congregation, to offer it unto the LORD; even that man shall be cut off from among his people. -- leviticus 17:9 +. +And whatsoever man there be of the house of Israel, or of the strangers that sojourn among you, that eateth any manner of blood; I will even set my face against that soul that eateth blood, and will cut him off from among his people. -- leviticus 17:10 +. +For the life of the flesh is in the blood: and I have given it to you upon the altar to make an atonement for your souls: for it is the blood that maketh an atonement for the soul. -- leviticus 17:11 +. +Therefore I said unto the children of Israel, No soul of you shall eat blood, neither shall any stranger that sojourneth among you eat blood. -- leviticus 17:12 +. +And whatsoever man there be of the children of Israel, or of the strangers that sojourn among you, which hunteth and catcheth any beast or fowl that may be eaten; he shall even pour out the blood thereof, and cover it with dust. -- leviticus 17:13 +. +For it is the life of all flesh; the blood of it is for the life thereof: therefore I said unto the children of Israel, Ye shall eat the blood of no manner of flesh: for the life of all flesh is the blood thereof: whosoever eateth it shall be cut off. -- leviticus 17:14 +. +And every soul that eateth that which died of itself, or that which was torn with beasts, whether it be one of your own country, or a stranger, he shall both wash his clothes, and bathe himself in water, and be unclean until the even: then shall he be clean. -- leviticus 17:15 +. +But if he wash them not, nor bathe his flesh; then he shall bear his iniquity. -- leviticus 17:16 +. +And the LORD spake unto Moses, saying, -- leviticus 18:1 +. +Speak unto the children of Israel, and say unto them, I am the LORD your God. -- leviticus 18:2 +. +After the doings of the land of Egypt, wherein ye dwelt, shall ye not do: and after the doings of the land of Canaan, whither I bring you, shall ye not do: neither shall ye walk in their ordinances. -- leviticus 18:3 +. +Ye shall do my judgments, and keep mine ordinances, to walk therein: I am the LORD your God. -- leviticus 18:4 +. +Ye shall therefore keep my statutes, and my judgments: which if a man do, he shall live in them: I am the LORD. -- leviticus 18:5 +. +None of you shall approach to any that is near of kin to him, to uncover their nakedness: I am the LORD. -- leviticus 18:6 +. +The nakedness of thy father, or the nakedness of thy mother, shalt thou not uncover: she is thy mother; thou shalt not uncover her nakedness. -- leviticus 18:7 +. +The nakedness of thy father's wife shalt thou not uncover: it is thy father's nakedness. -- leviticus 18:8 +. +The nakedness of thy sister, the daughter of thy father, or daughter of thy mother, whether she be born at home, or born abroad, even their nakedness thou shalt not uncover. -- leviticus 18:9 +. +The nakedness of thy son's daughter, or of thy daughter's daughter, even their nakedness thou shalt not uncover: for theirs is thine own nakedness. -- leviticus 18:10 +. +The nakedness of thy father's wife's daughter, begotten of thy father, she is thy sister, thou shalt not uncover her nakedness. -- leviticus 18:11 +. +Thou shalt not uncover the nakedness of thy father's sister: she is thy father's near kinswoman. -- leviticus 18:12 +. +Thou shalt not uncover the nakedness of thy mother's sister: for she is thy mother's near kinswoman. -- leviticus 18:13 +. +Thou shalt not uncover the nakedness of thy father's brother, thou shalt not approach to his wife: she is thine aunt. -- leviticus 18:14 +. +Thou shalt not uncover the nakedness of thy daughter in law: she is thy son's wife; thou shalt not uncover her nakedness. -- leviticus 18:15 +. +Thou shalt not uncover the nakedness of thy brother's wife: it is thy brother's nakedness. -- leviticus 18:16 +. +Thou shalt not uncover the nakedness of a woman and her daughter, neither shalt thou take her son's daughter, or her daughter's daughter, to uncover her nakedness; for they are her near kinswomen: it is wickedness. -- leviticus 18:17 +. +Neither shalt thou take a wife to her sister, to vex her, to uncover her nakedness, beside the other in her life time. -- leviticus 18:18 +. +Also thou shalt not approach unto a woman to uncover her nakedness, as long as she is put apart for her uncleanness. -- leviticus 18:19 +. +Moreover thou shalt not lie carnally with thy neighbor's wife, to defile thyself with her. -- leviticus 18:20 +. +And thou shalt not let any of thy seed pass through the fire to Molech, neither shalt thou profane the name of thy God: I am the LORD. -- leviticus 18:21 +. +Thou shalt not lie with mankind, as with womankind: it is abomination. -- leviticus 18:22 +. +Neither shalt thou lie with any beast to defile thyself therewith: neither shall any woman stand before a beast to lie down thereto: it is confusion. -- leviticus 18:23 +. +Defile not ye yourselves in any of these things: for in all these the nations are defiled which I cast out before you: -- leviticus 18:24 +. +And the land is defiled: therefore I do visit the iniquity thereof upon it, and the land itself vomiteth out her inhabitants. -- leviticus 18:25 +. +Ye shall therefore keep my statutes and my judgments, and shall not commit any of these abominations; neither any of your own nation, nor any stranger that sojourneth among you: -- leviticus 18:26 +. +(For all these abominations have the men of the land done, which were before you, and the land is defiled;) -- leviticus 18:27 +. +That the land spue not you out also, when ye defile it, as it spued out the nations that were before you. -- leviticus 18:28 +. +For whosoever shall commit any of these abominations, even the souls that commit them shall be cut off from among their people. -- leviticus 18:29 +. +Therefore shall ye keep mine ordinance, that ye commit not any one of these abominable customs, which were committed before you, and that ye defile not yourselves therein: I am the LORD your God. -- leviticus 18:30 +. +And the LORD spake unto Moses, saying, -- leviticus 19:1 +. +Speak unto all the congregation of the children of Israel, and say unto them, Ye shall be holy: for I the LORD your God am holy. -- leviticus 19:2 +. +Ye shall fear every man his mother, and his father, and keep my sabbaths: I am the LORD your God. -- leviticus 19:3 +. +Turn ye not unto idols, nor make to yourselves molten gods: I am the LORD your God. -- leviticus 19:4 +. +And if ye offer a sacrifice of peace offerings unto the LORD, ye shall offer it at your own will. -- leviticus 19:5 +. +It shall be eaten the same day ye offer it, and on the morrow: and if ought remain until the third day, it shall be burnt in the fire. -- leviticus 19:6 +. +And if it be eaten at all on the third day, it is abominable; it shall not be accepted. -- leviticus 19:7 +. +Therefore every one that eateth it shall bear his iniquity, because he hath profaned the hallowed thing of the LORD: and that soul shall be cut off from among his people. -- leviticus 19:8 +. +And when ye reap the harvest of your land, thou shalt not wholly reap the corners of thy field, neither shalt thou gather the gleanings of thy harvest. -- leviticus 19:9 +. +And thou shalt not glean thy vineyard, neither shalt thou gather every grape of thy vineyard; thou shalt leave them for the poor and stranger: I am the LORD your God. -- leviticus 19:10 +. +Ye shall not steal, neither deal falsely, neither lie one to another. -- leviticus 19:11 +. +And ye shall not swear by my name falsely, neither shalt thou profane the name of thy God: I am the LORD. -- leviticus 19:12 +. +Thou shalt not defraud thy neighbor, neither rob him: the wages of him that is hired shall not abide with thee all night until the morning. -- leviticus 19:13 +. +Thou shalt not curse the deaf, nor put a stumbling-block before the blind, but shalt fear thy God: I am the LORD. -- leviticus 19:14 +. +Ye shall do no unrighteousness in judgment: thou shalt not respect the person of the poor, nor honor the person of the mighty: but in righteousness shalt thou judge thy neighbor. -- leviticus 19:15 +. +Thou shalt not go up and down as a talebearer among thy people: neither shalt thou stand against the blood of thy neighbor; I am the LORD. -- leviticus 19:16 +. +Thou shalt not hate thy brother in thine heart: thou shalt in any wise rebuke thy neighbor, and not suffer sin upon him. -- leviticus 19:17 +. +Thou shalt not avenge, nor bear any grudge against the children of thy people, but thou shalt love thy neighbor as thyself: I am the LORD. -- leviticus 19:18 +. +Ye shall keep my statutes. Thou shalt not let thy cattle gender with a diverse kind: thou shalt not sow thy field with mingled seed: neither shall a garment mingled of linen and woolen come upon thee. -- leviticus 19:19 +. +And whosoever lieth carnally with a woman, that is a bondmaid, betrothed to an husband, and not at all redeemed, nor freedom given her; she shall be scourged; they shall not be put to death, because she was not free. -- leviticus 19:20 +. +And he shall bring his trespass offering unto the LORD, unto the door of the tabernacle of the congregation, even a ram for a trespass offering. -- leviticus 19:21 +. +And the priest shall make an atonement for him with the ram of the trespass offering before the LORD for his sin which he hath done: and the sin which he hath done shall be forgiven him. -- leviticus 19:22 +. +And when ye shall come into the land, and shall have planted all manner of trees for food, then ye shall count the fruit thereof as uncircumcised: three years shall it be as uncircumcised unto you: it shall not be eaten of. -- leviticus 19:23 +. +But in the fourth year all the fruit thereof shall be holy to praise the LORD withal. -- leviticus 19:24 +. +And in the fifth year shall ye eat of the fruit thereof, that it may yield unto you the increase thereof: I am the LORD your God. -- leviticus 19:25 +. +Ye shall not eat any thing with the blood: neither shall ye use enchantment, nor observe times. -- leviticus 19:26 +. +Ye shall not round the corners of your heads, neither shalt thou mar the corners of thy beard. -- leviticus 19:27 +. +Ye shall not make any cuttings in your flesh for the dead, nor print any marks upon you: I am the LORD. -- leviticus 19:28 +. +Do not prostitute thy daughter, to cause her to be a whore; lest the land fall to whoredom, and the land become full of wickedness. -- leviticus 19:29 +. +Ye shall keep my sabbaths, and reverence my sanctuary: I am the LORD. -- leviticus 19:30 +. +Regard not them that have familiar spirits, neither seek after wizards, to be defiled by them: I am the LORD your God. -- leviticus 19:31 +. +Thou shalt rise up before the hoary head, and honor the face of the old man, and fear thy God: I am the LORD. -- leviticus 19:32 +. +And if a stranger sojourn with thee in your land, ye shall not vex him. -- leviticus 19:33 +. +But the stranger that dwelleth with you shall be unto you as one born among you, and thou shalt love him as thyself; for ye were strangers in the land of Egypt: I am the LORD your God. -- leviticus 19:34 +. +Ye shall do no unrighteousness in judgment, in meteyard, in weight, or in measure. -- leviticus 19:35 +. +Just balances, just weights, a just ephah, and a just hin, shall ye have: I am the LORD your God, which brought you out of the land of Egypt. -- leviticus 19:36 +. +Therefore shall ye observe all my statutes, and all my judgments, and do them: I am the LORD. -- leviticus 19:37 +. +And the LORD spake unto Moses, saying, -- leviticus 20:1 +. +Again, thou shalt say to the children of Israel, Whosoever he be of the children of Israel, or of the strangers that sojourn in Israel, that giveth any of his seed unto Molech; he shall surely be put to death: the people of the land shall stone him with stones. -- leviticus 20:2 +. +And I will set my face against that man, and will cut him off from among his people; because he hath given of his seed unto Molech, to defile my sanctuary, and to profane my holy name. -- leviticus 20:3 +. +And if the people of the land do any ways hide their eyes from the man, when he giveth of his seed unto Molech, and kill him not: -- leviticus 20:4 +. +Then I will set my face against that man, and against his family, and will cut him off, and all that go a whoring after him, to commit whoredom with Molech, from among their people. -- leviticus 20:5 +. +And the soul that turneth after such as have familiar spirits, and after wizards, to go a whoring after them, I will even set my face against that soul, and will cut him off from among his people. -- leviticus 20:6 +. +Sanctify yourselves therefore, and be ye holy: for I am the LORD your God. -- leviticus 20:7 +. +And ye shall keep my statutes, and do them: I am the LORD which sanctify you. -- leviticus 20:8 +. +For every one that curseth his father or his mother shall be surely put to death: he hath cursed his father or his mother; his blood shall be upon him. -- leviticus 20:9 +. +And the man that committeth adultery with another man's wife, even he that committeth adultery with his neighbor's wife, the adulterer and the adulteress shall surely be put to death. -- leviticus 20:10 +. +And the man that lieth with his father's wife hath uncovered his father's nakedness: both of them shall surely be put to death; their blood shall be upon them. -- leviticus 20:11 +. +And if a man lie with his daughter in law, both of them shall surely be put to death: they have wrought confusion; their blood shall be upon them. -- leviticus 20:12 +. +If a man also lie with mankind, as he lieth with a woman, both of them have committed an abomination: they shall surely be put to death; their blood shall be upon them. -- leviticus 20:13 +. +And if a man take a wife and her mother, it is wickedness: they shall be burnt with fire, both he and they; that there be no wickedness among you. -- leviticus 20:14 +. +And if a man lie with a beast, he shall surely be put to death: and ye shall slay the beast. -- leviticus 20:15 +. +And if a woman approach unto any beast, and lie down thereto, thou shalt kill the woman, and the beast: they shall surely be put to death; their blood shall be upon them. -- leviticus 20:16 +. +And if a man shall take his sister, his father's daughter, or his mother's daughter, and see her nakedness, and she see his nakedness; it is a wicked thing; and they shall be cut off in the sight of their people: he hath uncovered his sister's nakedness; he shall bear his iniquity. -- leviticus 20:17 +. +And if a man shall lie with a woman having her sickness, and shall uncover her nakedness; he hath discovered her fountain, and she hath uncovered the fountain of her blood: and both of them shall be cut off from among their people. -- leviticus 20:18 +. +And thou shalt not uncover the nakedness of thy mother's sister, nor of thy father's sister: for he uncovereth his near kin: they shall bear their iniquity. -- leviticus 20:19 +. +And if a man shall lie with his uncle's wife, he hath uncovered his uncle's nakedness: they shall bear their sin; they shall die childless. -- leviticus 20:20 +. +And if a man shall take his brother's wife, it is an unclean thing: he hath uncovered his brother's nakedness; they shall be childless. -- leviticus 20:21 +. +Ye shall therefore keep all my statutes, and all my judgments, and do them: that the land, whither I bring you to dwell therein, spue you not out. -- leviticus 20:22 +. +And ye shall not walk in the manners of the nation, which I cast out before you: for they committed all these things, and therefore I abhorred them. -- leviticus 20:23 +. +But I have said unto you, Ye shall inherit their land, and I will give it unto you to possess it, a land that floweth with milk and honey: I am the LORD your God, which have separated you from other people. -- leviticus 20:24 +. +Ye shall therefore put difference between clean beasts and unclean, and between unclean fowls and clean: and ye shall not make your souls abominable by beast, or by fowl, or by any manner of living thing that creepeth on the ground, which I have separated from you as unclean. -- leviticus 20:25 +. +And ye shall be holy unto me: for I the LORD am holy, and have severed you from other people, that ye should be mine. -- leviticus 20:26 +. +A man also or woman that hath a familiar spirit, or that is a wizard, shall surely be put to death: they shall stone them with stones: their blood shall be upon them. -- leviticus 20:27 +. +And the LORD said unto Moses, Speak unto the priests the sons of Aaron, and say unto them, There shall none be defiled for the dead among his people: -- leviticus 21:1 +. +But for his kin, that is near unto him, that is, for his mother, and for his father, and for his son, and for his daughter, and for his brother. -- leviticus 21:2 +. +And for his sister a virgin, that is nigh unto him, which hath had no husband; for her may he be defiled. -- leviticus 21:3 +. +But he shall not defile himself, being a chief man among his people, to profane himself. -- leviticus 21:4 +. +They shall not make baldness upon their head, neither shall they shave off the corner of their beard, nor make any cuttings in their flesh. -- leviticus 21:5 +. +They shall be holy unto their God, and not profane the name of their God: for the offerings of the LORD made by fire, and the bread of their God, they do offer: therefore they shall be holy. -- leviticus 21:6 +. +They shall not take a wife that is a whore, or profane; neither shall they take a woman put away from her husband: for he is holy unto his God. -- leviticus 21:7 +. +Thou shalt sanctify him therefore; for he offereth the bread of thy God: he shall be holy unto thee: for I the LORD, which sanctify you, am holy. -- leviticus 21:8 +. +And the daughter of any priest, if she profane herself by playing the whore, she profaneth her father: she shall be burnt with fire. -- leviticus 21:9 +. +And he that is the high priest among his brethren, upon whose head the anointing oil was poured, and that is consecrated to put on the garments, shall not uncover his head, nor rend his clothes; -- leviticus 21:10 +. +Neither shall he go in to any dead body, nor defile himself for his father, or for his mother; -- leviticus 21:11 +. +Neither shall he go out of the sanctuary, nor profane the sanctuary of his God; for the crown of the anointing oil of his God is upon him: I am the LORD. -- leviticus 21:12 +. +And he shall take a wife in her virginity. -- leviticus 21:13 +. +A widow, or a divorced woman, or profane, or an harlot, these shall he not take: but he shall take a virgin of his own people to wife. -- leviticus 21:14 +. +Neither shall he profane his seed among his people: for I the LORD do sanctify him. -- leviticus 21:15 +. +And the LORD spake unto Moses, saying, -- leviticus 21:16 +. +Speak unto Aaron, saying, Whosoever he be of thy seed in their generations that hath any blemish, let him not approach to offer the bread of his God. -- leviticus 21:17 +. +For whatsoever man he be that hath a blemish, he shall not approach: a blind man, or a lame, or he that hath a flat nose, or any thing superfluous, -- leviticus 21:18 +. +Or a man that is broken-footed, or broken-handed, -- leviticus 21:19 +. +Or crookbacked, or a dwarf, or that hath a blemish in his eye, or be scurvy, or scabbed, or hath his stones broken; -- leviticus 21:20 +. +No man that hath a blemish of the seed of Aaron the priest shall come nigh to offer the offerings of the LORD made by fire: he hath a blemish; he shall not come nigh to offer the bread of his God. -- leviticus 21:21 +. +He shall eat the bread of his God, both of the most holy, and of the holy. -- leviticus 21:22 +. +Only he shall not go in unto the vail, nor come nigh unto the altar, because he hath a blemish; that he profane not my sanctuaries: for I the LORD do sanctify them. -- leviticus 21:23 +. +And Moses told it unto Aaron, and to his sons, and unto all the children of Israel. -- leviticus 21:24 +. +And the LORD spake unto Moses, saying, -- leviticus 22:1 +. +Speak unto Aaron and to his sons, that they separate themselves from the holy things of the children of Israel, and that they profane not my holy name in those things which they hallow unto me: I am the LORD. -- leviticus 22:2 +. +Say unto them, Whosoever he be of all your seed among your generations, that goeth unto the holy things, which the children of Israel hallow unto the LORD, having his uncleanness upon him, that soul shall be cut off from my presence: I am the LORD. -- leviticus 22:3 +. +What man soever of the seed of Aaron is a leper, or hath a running issue; he shall not eat of the holy things, until he be clean. And whoso toucheth any thing that is unclean by the dead, or a man whose seed goeth from him; -- leviticus 22:4 +. +Or whosoever toucheth any creeping thing, whereby he may be made unclean, or a man of whom he may take uncleanness, whatsoever uncleanness he hath; -- leviticus 22:5 +. +The soul which hath touched any such shall be unclean until even, and shall not eat of the holy things, unless he wash his flesh with water. -- leviticus 22:6 +. +And when the sun is down, he shall be clean, and shall afterward eat of the holy things; because it is his food. -- leviticus 22:7 +. +That which dieth of itself, or is torn with beasts, he shall not eat to defile himself therewith; I am the LORD. -- leviticus 22:8 +. +They shall therefore keep mine ordinance, lest they bear sin for it, and die therefore, if they profane it: I the LORD do sanctify them. -- leviticus 22:9 +. +There shall no stranger eat of the holy thing: a sojourner of the priest, or an hired servant, shall not eat of the holy thing. -- leviticus 22:10 +. +But if the priest buy any soul with his money, he shall eat of it, and he that is born in his house: they shall eat of his meat. -- leviticus 22:11 +. +If the priest's daughter also be married unto a stranger, she may not eat of an offering of the holy things. -- leviticus 22:12 +. +But if the priest's daughter be a widow, or divorced, and have no child, and is returned unto her father's house, as in her youth, she shall eat of her father's meat: but there shall be no stranger eat thereof. -- leviticus 22:13 +. +And if a man eat of the holy thing unwittingly, then he shall put the fifth part thereof unto it, and shall give it unto the priest with the holy thing. -- leviticus 22:14 +. +And they shall not profane the holy things of the children of Israel, which they offer unto the LORD; -- leviticus 22:15 +. +Or suffer them to bear the iniquity of trespass, when they eat their holy things: for I the LORD do sanctify them. -- leviticus 22:16 +. +And the LORD spake unto Moses, saying, -- leviticus 22:17 +. +Speak unto Aaron, and to his sons, and unto all the children of Israel, and say unto them, Whatsoever he be of the house of Israel, or of the strangers in Israel, that will offer his oblation for all his vows, and for all his freewill offerings, which they will offer unto the LORD for a burnt offering; -- leviticus 22:18 +. +Ye shall offer at your own will a male without blemish, of the beeves, of the sheep, or of the goats. -- leviticus 22:19 +. +But whatsoever hath a blemish, that shall ye not offer: for it shall not be acceptable for you. -- leviticus 22:20 +. +And whosoever offereth a sacrifice of peace offerings unto the LORD to accomplish his vow, or a freewill offering in beeves or sheep, it shall be perfect to be accepted; there shall be no blemish therein. -- leviticus 22:21 +. +Blind, or broken, or maimed, or having a wen, or scurvy, or scabbed, ye shall not offer these unto the LORD, nor make an offering by fire of them upon the altar unto the LORD. -- leviticus 22:22 +. +Either a bullock or a lamb that hath any thing superfluous or lacking in his parts, that mayest thou offer for a freewill offering; but for a vow it shall not be accepted. -- leviticus 22:23 +. +Ye shall not offer unto the LORD that which is bruised, or crushed, or broken, or cut; neither shall ye make any offering thereof in your land. -- leviticus 22:24 +. +Neither from a stranger's hand shall ye offer the bread of your God of any of these; because their corruption is in them, and blemishes be in them: they shall not be accepted for you. -- leviticus 22:25 +. +And the LORD spake unto Moses, saying, -- leviticus 22:26 +. +When a bullock, or a sheep, or a goat, is brought forth, then it shall be seven days under the dam; and from the eighth day and thenceforth it shall be accepted for an offering made by fire unto the LORD. -- leviticus 22:27 +. +And whether it be cow, or ewe, ye shall not kill it and her young both in one day. -- leviticus 22:28 +. +And when ye will offer a sacrifice of thanksgiving unto the LORD, offer it at your own will. -- leviticus 22:29 +. +On the same day it shall be eaten up; ye shall leave none of it until the morrow: I am the LORD. -- leviticus 22:30 +. +Therefore shall ye keep my commandments, and do them: I am the LORD. -- leviticus 22:31 +. +Neither shall ye profane my holy name; but I will be hallowed among the children of Israel: I am the LORD which hallow you, -- leviticus 22:32 +. +That brought you out of the land of Egypt, to be your God: I am the LORD. -- leviticus 22:33 +. +And the LORD spake unto Moses, saying, -- leviticus 23:1 +. +Speak unto the children of Israel, and say unto them, Concerning the feasts of the LORD, which ye shall proclaim to be holy convocations, even these are my feasts. -- leviticus 23:2 +. +Six days shall work be done: but the seventh day is the sabbath of rest, an holy convocation; ye shall do no work therein: it is the sabbath of the LORD in all your dwellings. -- leviticus 23:3 +. +These are the feasts of the LORD, even holy convocations, which ye shall proclaim in their seasons. -- leviticus 23:4 +. +In the fourteenth day of the first month at even is the LORD's passover. -- leviticus 23:5 +. +And on the fifteenth day of the same month is the feast of unleavened bread unto the LORD: seven days ye must eat unleavened bread. -- leviticus 23:6 +. +In the first day ye shall have an holy convocation: ye shall do no servile work therein. -- leviticus 23:7 +. +But ye shall offer an offering made by fire unto the LORD seven days: in the seventh day is an holy convocation: ye shall do no servile work therein. -- leviticus 23:8 +. +And the LORD spake unto Moses, saying, -- leviticus 23:9 +. +Speak unto the children of Israel, and say unto them, When ye be come into the land which I give unto you, and shall reap the harvest thereof, then ye shall bring a sheaf of the firstfruits of your harvest unto the priest: -- leviticus 23:10 +. +And he shall wave the sheaf before the LORD, to be accepted for you: on the morrow after the sabbath the priest shall wave it. -- leviticus 23:11 +. +And ye shall offer that day when ye wave the sheaf an he lamb without blemish of the first year for a burnt offering unto the LORD. -- leviticus 23:12 +. +And the meat offering thereof shall be two tenth deals of fine flour mingled with oil, an offering made by fire unto the LORD for a sweet savor: and the drink offering thereof shall be of wine, the fourth part of an hin. -- leviticus 23:13 +. +And ye shall eat neither bread, nor parched corn, nor green ears, until the selfsame day that ye have brought an offering unto your God: it shall be a statute for ever throughout your generations in all your dwellings. -- leviticus 23:14 +. +And ye shall count unto you from the morrow after the sabbath, from the day that ye brought the sheaf of the wave offering; seven sabbaths shall be complete: -- leviticus 23:15 +. +Even unto the morrow after the seventh sabbath shall ye number fifty days; and ye shall offer a new meat offering unto the LORD. -- leviticus 23:16 +. +Ye shall bring out of your habitations two wave loaves of two tenth deals; they shall be of fine flour; they shall be baked with leaven; they are the firstfruits unto the LORD. -- leviticus 23:17 +. +And ye shall offer with the bread seven lambs without blemish of the first year, and one young bullock, and two rams: they shall be for a burnt offering unto the LORD, with their meat offering, and their drink offerings, even an offering made by fire, of sweet savor unto the LORD. -- leviticus 23:18 +. +Then ye shall sacrifice one kid of the goats for a sin offering, and two lambs of the first year for a sacrifice of peace offerings. -- leviticus 23:19 +. +And the priest shall wave them with the bread of the firstfruits for a wave offering before the LORD, with the two lambs: they shall be holy to the LORD for the priest. -- leviticus 23:20 +. +And ye shall proclaim on the selfsame day, that it may be an holy convocation unto you: ye shall do no servile work therein: it shall be a statute for ever in all your dwellings throughout your generations. -- leviticus 23:21 +. +And when ye reap the harvest of your land, thou shalt not make clean riddance of the corners of thy field when thou reapest, neither shalt thou gather any gleaning of thy harvest: thou shalt leave them unto the poor, and to the stranger: I am the LORD your God. -- leviticus 23:22 +. +And the LORD spake unto Moses, saying, -- leviticus 23:23 +. +Speak unto the children of Israel, saying, In the seventh month, in the first day of the month, shall ye have a sabbath, a memorial of blowing of trumpets, an holy convocation. -- leviticus 23:24 +. +Ye shall do no servile work therein: but ye shall offer an offering made by fire unto the LORD. -- leviticus 23:25 +. +And the LORD spake unto Moses, saying, -- leviticus 23:26 +. +Also on the tenth day of this seventh month there shall be a day of atonement: it shall be an holy convocation unto you; and ye shall afflict your souls, and offer an offering made by fire unto the LORD. -- leviticus 23:27 +. +And ye shall do no work in that same day: for it is a day of atonement, to make an atonement for you before the LORD your God. -- leviticus 23:28 +. +For whatsoever soul it be that shall not be afflicted in that same day, he shall be cut off from among his people. -- leviticus 23:29 +. +And whatsoever soul it be that doeth any work in that same day, the same soul will I destroy from among his people. -- leviticus 23:30 +. +Ye shall do no manner of work: it shall be a statute for ever throughout your generations in all your dwellings. -- leviticus 23:31 +. +It shall be unto you a sabbath of rest, and ye shall afflict your souls: in the ninth day of the month at even, from even unto even, shall ye celebrate your sabbath. -- leviticus 23:32 +. +And the LORD spake unto Moses, saying, -- leviticus 23:33 +. +Speak unto the children of Israel, saying, The fifteenth day of this seventh month shall be the feast of tabernacles for seven days unto the LORD. -- leviticus 23:34 +. +On the first day shall be an holy convocation: ye shall do no servile work therein. -- leviticus 23:35 +. +Seven days ye shall offer an offering made by fire unto the LORD: on the eighth day shall be an holy convocation unto you; and ye shall offer an offering made by fire unto the LORD: it is a solemn assembly; and ye shall do no servile work therein. -- leviticus 23:36 +. +These are the feasts of the LORD, which ye shall proclaim to be holy convocations, to offer an offering made by fire unto the LORD, a burnt offering, and a meat offering, a sacrifice, and drink offerings, every thing upon his day: -- leviticus 23:37 +. +Beside the sabbaths of the LORD, and beside your gifts, and beside all your vows, and beside all your freewill offerings, which ye give unto the LORD. -- leviticus 23:38 +. +Also in the fifteenth day of the seventh month, when ye have gathered in the fruit of the land, ye shall keep a feast unto the LORD seven days: on the first day shall be a sabbath, and on the eighth day shall be a sabbath. -- leviticus 23:39 +. +And ye shall take you on the first day the boughs of goodly trees, branches of palm trees, and the boughs of thick trees, and willows of the brook; and ye shall rejoice before the LORD your God seven days. -- leviticus 23:40 +. +And ye shall keep it a feast unto the LORD seven days in the year. It shall be a statute for ever in your generations: ye shall celebrate it in the seventh month. -- leviticus 23:41 +. +Ye shall dwell in booths seven days; all that are Israelites born shall dwell in booths: -- leviticus 23:42 +. +That your generations may know that I made the children of Israel to dwell in booths, when I brought them out of the land of Egypt: I am the LORD your God. -- leviticus 23:43 +. +And Moses declared unto the children of Israel the feasts of the LORD. -- leviticus 23:44 +. +And the LORD spake unto Moses, saying, -- leviticus 24:1 +. +Command the children of Israel, that they bring unto thee pure oil olive beaten for the light, to cause the lamps to burn continually. -- leviticus 24:2 +. +Without the vail of the testimony, in the tabernacle of the congregation, shall Aaron order it from the evening unto the morning before the LORD continually: it shall be a statute for ever in your generations. -- leviticus 24:3 +. +He shall order the lamps upon the pure candlestick before the LORD continually. -- leviticus 24:4 +. +And thou shalt take fine flour, and bake twelve cakes thereof: two tenth deals shall be in one cake. -- leviticus 24:5 +. +And thou shalt set them in two rows, six on a row, upon the pure table before the LORD. -- leviticus 24:6 +. +And thou shalt put pure frankincense upon each row, that it may be on the bread for a memorial, even an offering made by fire unto the LORD. -- leviticus 24:7 +. +Every sabbath he shall set it in order before the LORD continually, being taken from the children of Israel by an everlasting covenant. -- leviticus 24:8 +. +And it shall be Aaron's and his sons'; and they shall eat it in the holy place: for it is most holy unto him of the offerings of the LORD made by fire by a perpetual statute. -- leviticus 24:9 +. +And the son of an Israelitish woman, whose father was an Egyptian, went out among the children of Israel: and this son of the Israelitish woman and a man of Israel strove together in the camp; -- leviticus 24:10 +. +And the Israelitish woman's son blasphemed the name of the Lord, and cursed. And they brought him unto Moses: (and his mother's name was Shelomith, the daughter of Dibri, of the tribe of Dan:) -- leviticus 24:11 +. +And they put him in ward, that the mind of the LORD might be showed them. -- leviticus 24:12 +. +And the LORD spake unto Moses, saying, -- leviticus 24:13 +. +Bring forth him that hath cursed without the camp; and let all that heard him lay their hands upon his head, and let all the congregation stone him. -- leviticus 24:14 +. +And thou shalt speak unto the children of Israel, saying, Whosoever curseth his God shall bear his sin. -- leviticus 24:15 +. +And he that blasphemeth the name of the LORD, he shall surely be put to death, and all the congregation shall certainly stone him: as well the stranger, as he that is born in the land, when he blasphemeth the name of the Lord, shall be put to death. -- leviticus 24:16 +. +And he that killeth any man shall surely be put to death. -- leviticus 24:17 +. +And he that killeth a beast shall make it good; beast for beast. -- leviticus 24:18 +. +And if a man cause a blemish in his neighbor; as he hath done, so shall it be done to him; -- leviticus 24:19 +. +Breach for breach, eye for eye, tooth for tooth: as he hath caused a blemish in a man, so shall it be done to him again. -- leviticus 24:20 +. +And he that killeth a beast, he shall restore it: and he that killeth a man, he shall be put to death. -- leviticus 24:21 +. +Ye shall have one manner of law, as well for the stranger, as for one of your own country: for I am the LORD your God. -- leviticus 24:22 +. +And Moses spake to the children of Israel, that they should bring forth him that had cursed out of the camp, and stone him with stones. And the children of Israel did as the LORD commanded Moses. -- leviticus 24:23 +. +And the LORD spake unto Moses in mount Sinai, saying, -- leviticus 25:1 +. +Speak unto the children of Israel, and say unto them, When ye come into the land which I give you, then shall the land keep a sabbath unto the LORD. -- leviticus 25:2 +. +Six years thou shalt sow thy field, and six years thou shalt prune thy vineyard, and gather in the fruit thereof; -- leviticus 25:3 +. +But in the seventh year shall be a sabbath of rest unto the land, a sabbath for the LORD: thou shalt neither sow thy field, nor prune thy vineyard. -- leviticus 25:4 +. +That which groweth of its own accord of thy harvest thou shalt not reap, neither gather the grapes of thy vine undressed: for it is a year of rest unto the land. -- leviticus 25:5 +. +And the sabbath of the land shall be meat for you; for thee, and for thy servant, and for thy maid, and for thy hired servant, and for thy stranger that sojourneth with thee. -- leviticus 25:6 +. +And for thy cattle, and for the beast that are in thy land, shall all the increase thereof be meat. -- leviticus 25:7 +. +And thou shalt number seven sabbaths of years unto thee, seven times seven years; and the space of the seven sabbaths of years shall be unto thee forty and nine years. -- leviticus 25:8 +. +Then shalt thou cause the trumpet of the jubilee to sound on the tenth day of the seventh month, in the day of atonement shall ye make the trumpet sound throughout all your land. -- leviticus 25:9 +. +And ye shall hallow the fiftieth year, and proclaim liberty throughout all the land unto all the inhabitants thereof: it shall be a jubilee unto you; and ye shall return every man unto his possession, and ye shall return every man unto his family. -- leviticus 25:10 +. +A jubilee shall that fiftieth year be unto you: ye shall not sow, neither reap that which groweth of itself in it, nor gather the grapes in it of thy vine undressed. -- leviticus 25:11 +. +For it is the jubilee; it shall be holy unto you: ye shall eat the increase thereof out of the field. -- leviticus 25:12 +. +In the year of this jubilee ye shall return every man unto his possession. -- leviticus 25:13 +. +And if thou sell ought unto thy neighbor, or buyest ought of thy neighbor's hand, ye shall not oppress one another: -- leviticus 25:14 +. +According to the number of years after the jubilee thou shalt buy of thy neighbor, and according unto the number of years of the fruits he shall sell unto thee: -- leviticus 25:15 +. +According to the multitude of years thou shalt increase the price thereof, and according to the fewness of years thou shalt diminish the price of it: for according to the number of the years of the fruits doth he sell unto thee. -- leviticus 25:16 +. +Ye shall not therefore oppress one another; but thou shalt fear thy God: for I am the LORD your God. -- leviticus 25:17 +. +Wherefore ye shall do my statutes, and keep my judgments, and do them; and ye shall dwell in the land in safety. -- leviticus 25:18 +. +And the land shall yield her fruit, and ye shall eat your fill, and dwell therein in safety. -- leviticus 25:19 +. +And if ye shall say, What shall we eat the seventh year? behold, we shall not sow, nor gather in our increase: -- leviticus 25:20 +. +Then I will command my blessing upon you in the sixth year, and it shall bring forth fruit for three years. -- leviticus 25:21 +. +And ye shall sow the eighth year, and eat yet of old fruit until the ninth year; until her fruits come in ye shall eat of the old store. -- leviticus 25:22 +. +The land shall not be sold for ever: for the land is mine, for ye are strangers and sojourners with me. -- leviticus 25:23 +. +And in all the land of your possession ye shall grant a redemption for the land. -- leviticus 25:24 +. +If thy brother be waxen poor, and hath sold away some of his possession, and if any of his kin come to redeem it, then shall he redeem that which his brother sold. -- leviticus 25:25 +. +And if the man have none to redeem it, and himself be able to redeem it; -- leviticus 25:26 +. +Then let him count the years of the sale thereof, and restore the overplus unto the man to whom he sold it; that he may return unto his possession. -- leviticus 25:27 +. +But if he be not able to restore it to him, then that which is sold shall remain in the hand of him that hath bought it until the year of jubilee: and in the jubilee it shall go out, and he shall return unto his possession. -- leviticus 25:28 +. +And if a man sell a dwelling house in a walled city, then he may redeem it within a whole year after it is sold; within a full year may he redeem it. -- leviticus 25:29 +. +And if it be not redeemed within the space of a full year, then the house that is in the walled city shall be established for ever to him that bought it throughout his generations: it shall not go out in the jubilee. -- leviticus 25:30 +. +But the houses of the villages which have no wall round about them shall be counted as the fields of the country: they may be redeemed, and they shall go out in the jubilee. -- leviticus 25:31 +. +Notwithstanding the cities of the Levites, and the houses of the cities of their possession, may the Levites redeem at any time. -- leviticus 25:32 +. +And if a man purchase of the Levites, then the house that was sold, and the city of his possession, shall go out in the year of jubilee: for the houses of the cities of the Levites are their possession among the children of Israel. -- leviticus 25:33 +. +But the field of the suburbs of their cities may not be sold; for it is their perpetual possession. -- leviticus 25:34 +. +And if thy brother be waxen poor, and fallen in decay with thee; then thou shalt relieve him: yea, though he be a stranger, or a sojourner; that he may live with thee. -- leviticus 25:35 +. +Take thou no usury of him, or increase: but fear thy God; that thy brother may live with thee. -- leviticus 25:36 +. +Thou shalt not give him thy money upon usury, nor lend him thy victuals for increase. -- leviticus 25:37 +. +I am the LORD your God, which brought you forth out of the land of Egypt, to give you the land of Canaan, and to be your God. -- leviticus 25:38 +. +And if thy brother that dwelleth by thee be waxen poor, and be sold unto thee; thou shalt not compel him to serve as a bondservant: -- leviticus 25:39 +. +But as an hired servant, and as a sojourner, he shall be with thee, and shall serve thee unto the year of jubilee. -- leviticus 25:40 +. +And then shall he depart from thee, both he and his children with him, and shall return unto his own family, and unto the possession of his fathers shall he return. -- leviticus 25:41 +. +For they are my servants, which I brought forth out of the land of Egypt: they shall not be sold as bondmen. -- leviticus 25:42 +. +Thou shalt not rule over him with rigor; but shalt fear thy God. -- leviticus 25:43 +. +Both thy bondmen, and thy bondmaids, which thou shalt have, shall be of the heathen that are round about you; of them shall ye buy bondmen and bondmaids. -- leviticus 25:44 +. +Moreover of the children of the strangers that do sojourn among you, of them shall ye buy, and of their families that are with you, which they begat in your land: and they shall be your possession. -- leviticus 25:45 +. +And ye shall take them as an inheritance for your children after you, to inherit them for a possession; they shall be your bondmen for ever: but over your brethren the children of Israel, ye shall not rule one over another with rigor. -- leviticus 25:46 +. +And if a sojourner or stranger wax rich by thee, and thy brother that dwelleth by him wax poor, and sell himself unto the stranger or sojourner by thee, or to the stock of the stranger's family: -- leviticus 25:47 +. +After that he is sold he may be redeemed again; one of his brethren may redeem him: -- leviticus 25:48 +. +Either his uncle, or his uncle's son, may redeem him, or any that is nigh of kin unto him of his family may redeem him; or if he be able, he may redeem himself. -- leviticus 25:49 +. +And he shall reckon with him that bought him from the year that he was sold to him unto the year of jubilee: and the price of his sale shall be according unto the number of years, according to the time of an hired servant shall it be with him. -- leviticus 25:50 +. +If there be yet many years behind, according unto them he shall give again the price of his redemption out of the money that he was bought for. -- leviticus 25:51 +. +And if there remain but few years unto the year of jubilee, then he shall count with him, and according unto his years shall he give him again the price of his redemption. -- leviticus 25:52 +. +And as a yearly hired servant shall he be with him: and the other shall not rule with rigor over him in thy sight. -- leviticus 25:53 +. +And if he be not redeemed in these years, then he shall go out in the year of jubilee, both he, and his children with him. -- leviticus 25:54 +. +For unto me the children of Israel are servants; they are my servants whom I brought forth out of the land of Egypt: I am the LORD your God. -- leviticus 25:55 +. +Ye shall make you no idols nor graven image, neither rear you up a standing image, neither shall ye set up any image of stone in your land, to bow down unto it: for I am the LORD your God. -- leviticus 26:1 +. +Ye shall keep my sabbaths, and reverence my sanctuary: I am the LORD. -- leviticus 26:2 +. +If ye walk in my statutes, and keep my commandments, and do them; -- leviticus 26:3 +. +Then I will give you rain in due season, and the land shall yield her increase, and the trees of the field shall yield their fruit. -- leviticus 26:4 +. +And your threshing shall reach unto the vintage, and the vintage shall reach unto the sowing time: and ye shall eat your bread to the full, and dwell in your land safely. -- leviticus 26:5 +. +And I will give peace in the land, and ye shall lie down, and none shall make you afraid: and I will rid evil beasts out of the land, neither shall the sword go through your land. -- leviticus 26:6 +. +And ye shall chase your enemies, and they shall fall before you by the sword. -- leviticus 26:7 +. +And five of you shall chase an hundred, and an hundred of you shall put ten thousand to flight: and your enemies shall fall before you by the sword. -- leviticus 26:8 +. +For I will have respect unto you, and make you fruitful, and multiply you, and establish my covenant with you. -- leviticus 26:9 +. +And ye shall eat old store, and bring forth the old because of the new. -- leviticus 26:10 +. +And I set my tabernacle among you: and my soul shall not abhor you. -- leviticus 26:11 +. +And I will walk among you, and will be your God, and ye shall be my people. -- leviticus 26:12 +. +I am the LORD your God, which brought you forth out of the land of Egypt, that ye should not be their bondmen; and I have broken the bands of your yoke, and made you go upright. -- leviticus 26:13 +. +But if ye will not hearken unto me, and will not do all these commandments; -- leviticus 26:14 +. +And if ye shall despise my statutes, or if your soul abhor my judgments, so that ye will not do all my commandments, but that ye break my covenant: -- leviticus 26:15 +. +I also will do this unto you; I will even appoint over you terror, consumption, and the burning ague, that shall consume the eyes, and cause sorrow of heart: and ye shall sow your seed in vain, for your enemies shall eat it. -- leviticus 26:16 +. +And I will set my face against you, and ye shall be slain before your enemies: they that hate you shall reign over you; and ye shall flee when none pursueth you. -- leviticus 26:17 +. +And if ye will not yet for all this hearken unto me, then I will punish you seven times more for your sins. -- leviticus 26:18 +. +And I will break the pride of your power; and I will make your heaven as iron, and your earth as brass: -- leviticus 26:19 +. +And your strength shall be spent in vain: for your land shall not yield her increase, neither shall the trees of the land yield their fruits. -- leviticus 26:20 +. +And if ye walk contrary unto me, and will not hearken unto me; I will bring seven times more plagues upon you according to your sins. -- leviticus 26:21 +. +I will also send wild beasts among you, which shall rob you of your children, and destroy your cattle, and make you few in number; and your high ways shall be desolate. -- leviticus 26:22 +. +And if ye will not be reformed by me by these things, but will walk contrary unto me; -- leviticus 26:23 +. +Then will I also walk contrary unto you, and will punish you yet seven times for your sins. -- leviticus 26:24 +. +And I will bring a sword upon you, that shall avenge the quarrel of my covenant: and when ye are gathered together within your cities, I will send the pestilence among you; and ye shall be delivered into the hand of the enemy. -- leviticus 26:25 +. +And when I have broken the staff of your bread, ten women shall bake your bread in one oven, and they shall deliver you your bread again by weight: and ye shall eat, and not be satisfied. -- leviticus 26:26 +. +And if ye will not for all this hearken unto me, but walk contrary unto me; -- leviticus 26:27 +. +Then I will walk contrary unto you also in fury; and I, even I, will chastise you seven times for your sins. -- leviticus 26:28 +. +And ye shall eat the flesh of your sons, and the flesh of your daughters shall ye eat. -- leviticus 26:29 +. +And I will destroy your high places, and cut down your images, and cast your carcasses upon the carcasses of your idols, and my soul shall abhor you. -- leviticus 26:30 +. +And I will make your cities waste, and bring your sanctuaries unto desolation, and I will not smell the savor of your sweet odors. -- leviticus 26:31 +. +And I will bring the land into desolation: and your enemies which dwell therein shall be astonished at it. -- leviticus 26:32 +. +And I will scatter you among the heathen, and will draw out a sword after you: and your land shall be desolate, and your cities waste. -- leviticus 26:33 +. +Then shall the land enjoy her sabbaths, as long as it lieth desolate, and ye be in your enemies' land; even then shall the land rest, and enjoy her sabbaths. -- leviticus 26:34 +. +As long as it lieth desolate it shall rest; because it did not rest in your sabbaths, when ye dwelt upon it. -- leviticus 26:35 +. +And upon them that are left alive of you I will send a faintness into their hearts in the lands of their enemies; and the sound of a shaken leaf shall chase them; and they shall flee, as fleeing from a sword; and they shall fall when none pursueth. -- leviticus 26:36 +. +And they shall fall one upon another, as it were before a sword, when none pursueth: and ye shall have no power to stand before your enemies. -- leviticus 26:37 +. +And ye shall perish among the heathen, and the land of your enemies shall eat you up. -- leviticus 26:38 +. +And they that are left of you shall pine away in their iniquity in your enemies' lands; and also in the iniquities of their fathers shall they pine away with them. -- leviticus 26:39 +. +If they shall confess their iniquity, and the iniquity of their fathers, with their trespass which they trespassed against me, and that also they have walked contrary unto me; -- leviticus 26:40 +. +And that I also have walked contrary unto them, and have brought them into the land of their enemies; if then their uncircumcised hearts be humbled, and they then accept of the punishment of their iniquity: -- leviticus 26:41 +. +Then will I remember my covenant with Jacob, and also my covenant with Isaac, and also my covenant with Abraham will I remember; and I will remember the land. -- leviticus 26:42 +. +The land also shall be left of them, and shall enjoy her sabbaths, while she lieth desolate without them: and they shall accept of the punishment of their iniquity: because, even because they despised my judgments, and because their soul abhorred my statutes. -- leviticus 26:43 +. +And yet for all that, when they be in the land of their enemies, I will not cast them away, neither will I abhor them, to destroy them utterly, and to break my covenant with them: for I am the LORD their God. -- leviticus 26:44 +. +But I will for their sakes remember the covenant of their ancestors, whom I brought forth out of the land of Egypt in the sight of the heathen, that I might be their God: I am the LORD. -- leviticus 26:45 +. +These are the statutes and judgments and laws, which the LORD made between him and the children of Israel in mount Sinai by the hand of Moses. -- leviticus 26:46 +. +And the LORD spake unto Moses, saying, -- leviticus 27:1 +. +Speak unto the children of Israel, and say unto them, When a man shall make a singular vow, the persons shall be for the LORD by thy estimation. -- leviticus 27:2 +. +And thy estimation shall be of the male from twenty years old even unto sixty years old, even thy estimation shall be fifty shekels of silver, after the shekel of the sanctuary. -- leviticus 27:3 +. +And if it be a female, then thy estimation shall be thirty shekels. -- leviticus 27:4 +. +And if it be from five years old even unto twenty years old, then thy estimation shall be of the male twenty shekels, and for the female ten shekels. -- leviticus 27:5 +. +And if it be from a month old even unto five years old, then thy estimation shall be of the male five shekels of silver, and for the female thy estimation shall be three shekels of silver. -- leviticus 27:6 +. +And if it be from sixty years old and above; if it be a male, then thy estimation shall be fifteen shekels, and for the female ten shekels. -- leviticus 27:7 +. +But if he be poorer than thy estimation, then he shall present himself before the priest, and the priest shall value him; according to his ability that vowed shall the priest value him. -- leviticus 27:8 +. +And if it be a beast, whereof men bring an offering unto the LORD, all that any man giveth of such unto the LORD shall be holy. -- leviticus 27:9 +. +He shall not alter it, nor change it, a good for a bad, or a bad for a good: and if he shall at all change beast for beast, then it and the exchange thereof shall be holy. -- leviticus 27:10 +. +And if it be any unclean beast, of which they do not offer a sacrifice unto the LORD, then he shall present the beast before the priest: -- leviticus 27:11 +. +And the priest shall value it, whether it be good or bad: as thou valuest it, who art the priest, so shall it be. -- leviticus 27:12 +. +But if he will at all redeem it, then he shall add a fifth part thereof unto thy estimation. -- leviticus 27:13 +. +And when a man shall sanctify his house to be holy unto the LORD, then the priest shall estimate it, whether it be good or bad: as the priest shall estimate it, so shall it stand. -- leviticus 27:14 +. +And if he that sanctified it will redeem his house, then he shall add the fifth part of the money of thy estimation unto it, and it shall be his. -- leviticus 27:15 +. +And if a man shall sanctify unto the LORD some part of a field of his possession, then thy estimation shall be according to the seed thereof: an homer of barley seed shall be valued at fifty shekels of silver. -- leviticus 27:16 +. +If he sanctify his field from the year of jubilee, according to thy estimation it shall stand. -- leviticus 27:17 +. +But if he sanctify his field after the jubilee, then the priest shall reckon unto him the money according to the years that remain, even unto the year of the jubilee, and it shall be abated from thy estimation. -- leviticus 27:18 +. +And if he that sanctified the field will in any wise redeem it, then he shall add the fifth part of the money of thy estimation unto it, and it shall be assured to him. -- leviticus 27:19 +. +And if he will not redeem the field, or if he have sold the field to another man, it shall not be redeemed any more. -- leviticus 27:20 +. +But the field, when it goeth out in the jubilee, shall be holy unto the LORD, as a field devoted; the possession thereof shall be the priest's. -- leviticus 27:21 +. +And if a man sanctify unto the LORD a field which he hath bought, which is not of the fields of his possession; -- leviticus 27:22 +. +Then the priest shall reckon unto him the worth of thy estimation, even unto the year of the jubilee: and he shall give thine estimation in that day, as a holy thing unto the LORD. -- leviticus 27:23 +. +In the year of the jubilee the field shall return unto him of whom it was bought, even to him to whom the possession of the land did belong. -- leviticus 27:24 +. +And all thy estimations shall be according to the shekel of the sanctuary: twenty gerahs shall be the shekel. -- leviticus 27:25 +. +Only the firstling of the beasts, which should be the LORD's firstling, no man shall sanctify it; whether it be ox, or sheep: it is the LORD's. -- leviticus 27:26 +. +And if it be of an unclean beast, then he shall redeem it according to thine estimation, and shall add a fifth part of it thereto: or if it be not redeemed, then it shall be sold according to thy estimation. -- leviticus 27:27 +. +Notwithstanding no devoted thing, that a man shall devote unto the LORD of all that he hath, both of man and beast, and of the field of his possession, shall be sold or redeemed: every devoted thing is most holy unto the LORD. -- leviticus 27:28 +. +None devoted, which shall be devoted of men, shall be redeemed; but shall surely be put to death. -- leviticus 27:29 +. +And all the tithe of the land, whether of the seed of the land, or of the fruit of the tree, is the LORD's: it is holy unto the LORD. -- leviticus 27:30 +. +And if a man will at all redeem ought of his tithes, he shall add thereto the fifth part thereof. -- leviticus 27:31 +. +And concerning the tithe of the herd, or of the flock, even of whatsoever passeth under the rod, the tenth shall be holy unto the LORD. -- leviticus 27:32 +. +He shall not search whether it be good or bad, neither shall he change it: and if he change it at all, then both it and the change thereof shall be holy; it shall not be redeemed. -- leviticus 27:33 +. +These are the commandments, which the LORD commanded Moses for the children of Israel in mount Sinai. -- leviticus 27:34 +. +And the LORD spake unto Moses in the wilderness of Sinai, in the tabernacle of the congregation, on the first day of the second month, in the second year after they were come out of the land of Egypt, saying, -- numbers 1:1 +. +Take ye the sum of all the congregation of the children of Israel, after their families, by the house of their fathers, with the number of their names, every male by their polls; -- numbers 1:2 +. +From twenty years old and upward, all that are able to go forth to war in Israel: thou and Aaron shall number them by their armies. -- numbers 1:3 +. +And with you there shall be a man of every tribe; every one head of the house of his fathers. -- numbers 1:4 +. +And these are the names of the men that shall stand with you: of the tribe of Reuben; Elizur the son of Shedeur. -- numbers 1:5 +. +Of Simeon; Shelumiel the son of Zurishaddai. -- numbers 1:6 +. +Of Judah; Nahshon the son of Amminadab. -- numbers 1:7 +. +Of Issachar; Nethaneel the son of Zuar. -- numbers 1:8 +. +Of Zebulun; Eliab the son of Helon. -- numbers 1:9 +. +Of the children of Joseph: of Ephraim; Elishama the son of Ammihud: of Manasseh; Gamaliel the son of Pedahzur. -- numbers 1:10 +. +Of Benjamin; Abidan the son of Gideoni. -- numbers 1:11 +. +Of Dan; Ahiezer the son of Ammishaddai. -- numbers 1:12 +. +Of Asher; Pagiel the son of Ocran. -- numbers 1:13 +. +Of Gad; Eliasaph the son of Deuel. -- numbers 1:14 +. +Of Naphtali; Ahira the son of Enan. -- numbers 1:15 +. +These were the renowned of the congregation, princes of the tribes of their fathers, heads of thousands in Israel. -- numbers 1:16 +. +And Moses and Aaron took these men which are expressed by their names: -- numbers 1:17 +. +And they assembled all the congregation together on the first day of the second month, and they declared their pedigrees after their families, by the house of their fathers, according to the number of the names, from twenty years old and upward, by their polls. -- numbers 1:18 +. +As the LORD commanded Moses, so he numbered them in the wilderness of Sinai. -- numbers 1:19 +. +And the children of Reuben, Israel's eldest son, by their generations, after their families, by the house of their fathers, according to the number of the names, by their polls, every male from twenty years old and upward, all that were able to go forth to war; -- numbers 1:20 +. +Those that were numbered of them, even of the tribe of Reuben, were forty and six thousand and five hundred. -- numbers 1:21 +. +Of the children of Simeon, by their generations, after their families, by the house of their fathers, those that were numbered of them, according to the number of the names, by their polls, every male from twenty years old and upward, all that were able to go forth to war; -- numbers 1:22 +. +Those that were numbered of them, even of the tribe of Simeon, were fifty and nine thousand and three hundred. -- numbers 1:23 +. +Of the children of Gad, by their generations, after their families, by the house of their fathers, according to the number of the names, from twenty years old and upward, all that were able to go forth to war; -- numbers 1:24 +. +Those that were numbered of them, even of the tribe of Gad, were forty and five thousand six hundred and fifty. -- numbers 1:25 +. +Of the children of Judah, by their generations, after their families, by the house of their fathers, according to the number of the names, from twenty years old and upward, all that were able to go forth to war; -- numbers 1:26 +. +Those that were numbered of them, even of the tribe of Judah, were threescore and fourteen thousand and six hundred. -- numbers 1:27 +. +Of the children of Issachar, by their generations, after their families, by the house of their fathers, according to the number of the names, from twenty years old and upward, all that were able to go forth to war; -- numbers 1:28 +. +Those that were numbered of them, even of the tribe of Issachar, were fifty and four thousand and four hundred. -- numbers 1:29 +. +Of the children of Zebulun, by their generations, after their families, by the house of their fathers, according to the number of the names, from twenty years old and upward, all that were able to go forth to war; -- numbers 1:30 +. +Those that were numbered of them, even of the tribe of Zebulun, were fifty and seven thousand and four hundred. -- numbers 1:31 +. +Of the children of Joseph, namely, of the children of Ephraim, by their generations, after their families, by the house of their fathers, according to the number of the names, from twenty years old and upward, all that were able to go forth to war; -- numbers 1:32 +. +Those that were numbered of them, even of the tribe of Ephraim, were forty thousand and five hundred. -- numbers 1:33 +. +Of the children of Manasseh, by their generations, after their families, by the house of their fathers, according to the number of the names, from twenty years old and upward, all that were able to go forth to war; -- numbers 1:34 +. +Those that were numbered of them, even of the tribe of Manasseh, were thirty and two thousand and two hundred. -- numbers 1:35 +. +Of the children of Benjamin, by their generations, after their families, by the house of their fathers, according to the number of the names, from twenty years old and upward, all that were able to go forth to war; -- numbers 1:36 +. +Those that were numbered of them, even of the tribe of Benjamin, were thirty and five thousand and four hundred. -- numbers 1:37 +. +Of the children of Dan, by their generations, after their families, by the house of their fathers, according to the number of the names, from twenty years old and upward, all that were able to go forth to war; -- numbers 1:38 +. +Those that were numbered of them, even of the tribe of Dan, were threescore and two thousand and seven hundred. -- numbers 1:39 +. +Of the children of Asher, by their generations, after their families, by the house of their fathers, according to the number of the names, from twenty years old and upward, all that were able to go forth to war; -- numbers 1:40 +. +Those that were numbered of them, even of the tribe of Asher, were forty and one thousand and five hundred. -- numbers 1:41 +. +Of the children of Naphtali, throughout their generations, after their families, by the house of their fathers, according to the number of the names, from twenty years old and upward, all that were able to go forth to war; -- numbers 1:42 +. +Those that were numbered of them, even of the tribe of Naphtali, were fifty and three thousand and four hundred. -- numbers 1:43 +. +These are those that were numbered, which Moses and Aaron numbered, and the princes of Israel, being twelve men: each one was for the house of his fathers. -- numbers 1:44 +. +So were all those that were numbered of the children of Israel, by the house of their fathers, from twenty years old and upward, all that were able to go forth to war in Israel; -- numbers 1:45 +. +Even all they that were numbered were six hundred thousand and three thousand and five hundred and fifty. -- numbers 1:46 +. +But the Levites after the tribe of their fathers were not numbered among them. -- numbers 1:47 +. +For the LORD had spoken unto Moses, saying, -- numbers 1:48 +. +Only thou shalt not number the tribe of Levi, neither take the sum of them among the children of Israel: -- numbers 1:49 +. +But thou shalt appoint the Levites over the tabernacle of testimony, and over all the vessels thereof, and over all things that belong to it: they shall bear the tabernacle, and all the vessels thereof; and they shall minister unto it, and shall encamp round about the tabernacle. -- numbers 1:50 +. +And when the tabernacle setteth forward, the Levites shall take it down: and when the tabernacle is to be pitched, the Levites shall set it up: and the stranger that cometh nigh shall be put to death. -- numbers 1:51 +. +And the children of Israel shall pitch their tents, every man by his own camp, and every man by his own standard, throughout their hosts. -- numbers 1:52 +. +But the Levites shall pitch round about the tabernacle of testimony, that there be no wrath upon the congregation of the children of Israel: and the Levites shall keep the charge of the tabernacle of testimony. -- numbers 1:53 +. +And the children of Israel did according to all that the LORD commanded Moses, so did they. -- numbers 1:54 +. +And the LORD spake unto Moses and unto Aaron, saying, -- numbers 2:1 +. +Every man of the children of Israel shall pitch by his own standard, with the ensign of their father's house: far off about the tabernacle of the congregation shall they pitch. -- numbers 2:2 +. +And on the east side toward the rising of the sun shall they of the standard of the camp of Judah pitch throughout their armies: and Nahshon the son of Amminadab shall be captain of the children of Judah. -- numbers 2:3 +. +And his host, and those that were numbered of them, were threescore and fourteen thousand and six hundred. -- numbers 2:4 +. +And those that do pitch next unto him shall be the tribe of Issachar: and Nethaneel the son of Zuar shall be captain of the children of Issachar. -- numbers 2:5 +. +And his host, and those that were numbered thereof, were fifty and four thousand and four hundred. -- numbers 2:6 +. +Then the tribe of Zebulun: and Eliab the son of Helon shall be captain of the children of Zebulun. -- numbers 2:7 +. +And his host, and those that were numbered thereof, were fifty and seven thousand and four hundred. -- numbers 2:8 +. +All that were numbered in the camp of Judah were an hundred thousand and fourscore thousand and six thousand and four hundred, throughout their armies. These shall first set forth. -- numbers 2:9 +. +On the south side shall be the standard of the camp of Reuben according to their armies: and the captain of the children of Reuben shall be Elizur the son of Shedeur. -- numbers 2:10 +. +And his host, and those that were numbered thereof, were forty and six thousand and five hundred. -- numbers 2:11 +. +And those which pitch by him shall be the tribe of Simeon: and the captain of the children of Simeon shall be Shelumiel the son of Zurishaddai. -- numbers 2:12 +. +And his host, and those that were numbered of them, were fifty and nine thousand and three hundred. -- numbers 2:13 +. +Then the tribe of Gad: and the captain of the sons of Gad shall be Eliasaph the son of Reuel. -- numbers 2:14 +. +And his host, and those that were numbered of them, were forty and five thousand and six hundred and fifty. -- numbers 2:15 +. +All that were numbered in the camp of Reuben were an hundred thousand and fifty and one thousand and four hundred and fifty, throughout their armies. And they shall set forth in the second rank. -- numbers 2:16 +. +Then the tabernacle of the congregation shall set forward with the camp of the Levites in the midst of the camp: as they encamp, so shall they set forward, every man in his place by their standards. -- numbers 2:17 +. +On the west side shall be the standard of the camp of Ephraim according to their armies: and the captain of the sons of Ephraim shall be Elishama the son of Ammihud. -- numbers 2:18 +. +And his host, and those that were numbered of them, were forty thousand and five hundred. -- numbers 2:19 +. +And by him shall be the tribe of Manasseh: and the captain of the children of Manasseh shall be Gamaliel the son of Pedahzur. -- numbers 2:20 +. +And his host, and those that were numbered of them, were thirty and two thousand and two hundred. -- numbers 2:21 +. +Then the tribe of Benjamin: and the captain of the sons of Benjamin shall be Abidan the son of Gideoni. -- numbers 2:22 +. +And his host, and those that were numbered of them, were thirty and five thousand and four hundred. -- numbers 2:23 +. +All that were numbered of the camp of Ephraim were an hundred thousand and eight thousand and an hundred, throughout their armies. And they shall go forward in the third rank. -- numbers 2:24 +. +The standard of the camp of Dan shall be on the north side by their armies: and the captain of the children of Dan shall be Ahiezer the son of Ammishaddai. -- numbers 2:25 +. +And his host, and those that were numbered of them, were threescore and two thousand and seven hundred. -- numbers 2:26 +. +And those that encamp by him shall be the tribe of Asher: and the captain of the children of Asher shall be Pagiel the son of Ocran. -- numbers 2:27 +. +And his host, and those that were numbered of them, were forty and one thousand and five hundred. -- numbers 2:28 +. +Then the tribe of Naphtali: and the captain of the children of Naphtali shall be Ahira the son of Enan. -- numbers 2:29 +. +And his host, and those that were numbered of them, were fifty and three thousand and four hundred. -- numbers 2:30 +. +All they that were numbered in the camp of Dan were an hundred thousand and fifty and seven thousand and six hundred. They shall go hindmost with their standards. -- numbers 2:31 +. +These are those which were numbered of the children of Israel by the house of their fathers: all those that were numbered of the camps throughout their hosts were six hundred thousand and three thousand and five hundred and fifty. -- numbers 2:32 +. +But the Levites were not numbered among the children of Israel; as the LORD commanded Moses. -- numbers 2:33 +. +And the children of Israel did according to all that the LORD commanded Moses: so they pitched by their standards, and so they set forward, every one after their families, according to the house of their fathers. -- numbers 2:34 +. +These also are the generations of Aaron and Moses in the day that the LORD spake with Moses in mount Sinai. -- numbers 3:1 +. +And these are the names of the sons of Aaron; Nadab the firstborn, and Abihu, Eleazar, and Ithamar. -- numbers 3:2 +. +These are the names of the sons of Aaron, the priests which were anointed, whom he consecrated to minister in the priest's office. -- numbers 3:3 +. +And Nadab and Abihu died before the LORD, when they offered strange fire before the LORD, in the wilderness of Sinai, and they had no children: and Eleazar and Ithamar ministered in the priest's office in the sight of Aaron their father. -- numbers 3:4 +. +And the LORD spake unto Moses, saying, -- numbers 3:5 +. +Bring the tribe of Levi near, and present them before Aaron the priest, that they may minister unto him. -- numbers 3:6 +. +And they shall keep his charge, and the charge of the whole congregation before the tabernacle of the congregation, to do the service of the tabernacle. -- numbers 3:7 +. +And they shall keep all the instruments of the tabernacle of the congregation, and the charge of the children of Israel, to do the service of the tabernacle. -- numbers 3:8 +. +And thou shalt give the Levites unto Aaron and to his sons: they are wholly given unto him out of the children of Israel. -- numbers 3:9 +. +And thou shalt appoint Aaron and his sons, and they shall wait on their priest's office: and the stranger that cometh nigh shall be put to death. -- numbers 3:10 +. +And the LORD spake unto Moses, saying, -- numbers 3:11 +. +And I, behold, I have taken the Levites from among the children of Israel instead of all the firstborn that openeth the matrix among the children of Israel: therefore the Levites shall be mine; -- numbers 3:12 +. +Because all the firstborn are mine; for on the day that I smote all the firstborn in the land of Egypt I hallowed unto me all the firstborn in Israel, both man and beast: mine shall they be: I am the LORD. -- numbers 3:13 +. +And the LORD spake unto Moses in the wilderness of Sinai, saying, -- numbers 3:14 +. +Number the children of Levi after the house of their fathers, by their families: every male from a month old and upward shalt thou number them. -- numbers 3:15 +. +And Moses numbered them according to the word of the LORD, as he was commanded. -- numbers 3:16 +. +And these were the sons of Levi by their names; Gershon, and Kohath, and Merari. -- numbers 3:17 +. +And these are the names of the sons of Gershon by their families; Libni, and Shimei. -- numbers 3:18 +. +And the sons of Kohath by their families; Amram, and Izehar, Hebron, and Uzziel. -- numbers 3:19 +. +And the sons of Merari by their families; Mahli, and Mushi. These are the families of the Levites according to the house of their fathers. -- numbers 3:20 +. +Of Gershon was the family of the Libnites, and the family of the Shimites: these are the families of the Gershonites. -- numbers 3:21 +. +Those that were numbered of them, according to the number of all the males, from a month old and upward, even those that were numbered of them were seven thousand and five hundred. -- numbers 3:22 +. +The families of the Gershonites shall pitch behind the tabernacle westward. -- numbers 3:23 +. +And the chief of the house of the father of the Gershonites shall be Eliasaph the son of Lael. -- numbers 3:24 +. +And the charge of the sons of Gershon in the tabernacle of the congregation shall be the tabernacle, and the tent, the covering thereof, and the hanging for the door of the tabernacle of the congregation, -- numbers 3:25 +. +And the hangings of the court, and the curtain for the door of the court, which is by the tabernacle, and by the altar round about, and the cords of it for all the service thereof. -- numbers 3:26 +. +And of Kohath was the family of the Amramites, and the family of the Izeharites, and the family of the Hebronites, and the family of the Uzzielites: these are the families of the Kohathites. -- numbers 3:27 +. +In the number of all the males, from a month old and upward, were eight thousand and six hundred, keeping the charge of the sanctuary. -- numbers 3:28 +. +The families of the sons of Kohath shall pitch on the side of the tabernacle southward. -- numbers 3:29 +. +And the chief of the house of the father of the families of the Kohathites shall be Elizaphan the son of Uzziel. -- numbers 3:30 +. +And their charge shall be the ark, and the table, and the candlestick, and the altars, and the vessels of the sanctuary wherewith they minister, and the hanging, and all the service thereof. -- numbers 3:31 +. +And Eleazar the son of Aaron the priest shall be chief over the chief of the Levites, and have the oversight of them that keep the charge of the sanctuary. -- numbers 3:32 +. +Of Merari was the family of the Mahlites, and the family of the Mushites: these are the families of Merari. -- numbers 3:33 +. +And those that were numbered of them, according to the number of all the males, from a month old and upward, were six thousand and two hundred. -- numbers 3:34 +. +And the chief of the house of the father of the families of Merari was Zuriel the son of Abihail: these shall pitch on the side of the tabernacle northward. -- numbers 3:35 +. +And under the custody and charge of the sons of Merari shall be the boards of the tabernacle, and the bars thereof, and the pillars thereof, and the sockets thereof, and all the vessels thereof, and all that serveth thereto, -- numbers 3:36 +. +And the pillars of the court round about, and their sockets, and their pins, and their cords. -- numbers 3:37 +. +But those that encamp before the tabernacle toward the east, even before the tabernacle of the congregation eastward, shall be Moses, and Aaron and his sons, keeping the charge of the sanctuary for the charge of the children of Israel; and the stranger that cometh nigh shall be put to death. -- numbers 3:38 +. +All that were numbered of the Levites, which Moses and Aaron numbered at the commandment of the LORD, throughout their families, all the males from a month old and upward, were twenty and two thousand. -- numbers 3:39 +. +And the LORD said unto Moses, Number all the firstborn of the males of the children of Israel from a month old and upward, and take the number of their names. -- numbers 3:40 +. +And thou shalt take the Levites for me (I am the LORD) instead of all the firstborn among the children of Israel; and the cattle of the Levites instead of all the firstlings among the cattle of the children of Israel. -- numbers 3:41 +. +And Moses numbered, as the LORD commanded him, all the firstborn among the children of Israel. -- numbers 3:42 +. +And all the firstborn males by the number of names, from a month old and upward, of those that were numbered of them, were twenty and two thousand two hundred and threescore and thirteen. -- numbers 3:43 +. +And the LORD spake unto Moses, saying, -- numbers 3:44 +. +Take the Levites instead of all the firstborn among the children of Israel, and the cattle of the Levites instead of their cattle; and the Levites shall be mine: I am the LORD. -- numbers 3:45 +. +And for those that are to be redeemed of the two hundred and threescore and thirteen of the firstborn of the children of Israel, which are more than the Levites; -- numbers 3:46 +. +Thou shalt even take five shekels apiece by the poll, after the shekel of the sanctuary shalt thou take them: (the shekel is twenty gerahs:) -- numbers 3:47 +. +And thou shalt give the money, wherewith the odd number of them is to be redeemed, unto Aaron and to his sons. -- numbers 3:48 +. +And Moses took the redemption money of them that were over and above them that were redeemed by the Levites: -- numbers 3:49 +. +Of the firstborn of the children of Israel took he the money; a thousand three hundred and threescore and five shekels, after the shekel of the sanctuary: -- numbers 3:50 +. +And Moses gave the money of them that were redeemed unto Aaron and to his sons, according to the word of the LORD, as the LORD commanded Moses. -- numbers 3:51 +. +And the LORD spake unto Moses and unto Aaron, saying, -- numbers 4:1 +. +Take the sum of the sons of Kohath from among the sons of Levi, after their families, by the house of their fathers, -- numbers 4:2 +. +From thirty years old and upward even until fifty years old, all that enter into the host, to do the work in the tabernacle of the congregation. -- numbers 4:3 +. +This shall be the service of the sons of Kohath in the tabernacle of the congregation, about the most holy things: -- numbers 4:4 +. +And when the camp setteth forward, Aaron shall come, and his sons, and they shall take down the covering vail, and cover the ark of testimony with it: -- numbers 4:5 +. +And shall put thereon the covering of badgers' skins, and shall spread over it a cloth wholly of blue, and shall put in the staves thereof. -- numbers 4:6 +. +And upon the table of showbread they shall spread a cloth of blue, and put thereon the dishes, and the spoons, and the bowls, and covers to cover withal: and the continual bread shall be thereon: -- numbers 4:7 +. +And they shall spread upon them a cloth of scarlet, and cover the same with a covering of badgers' skins, and shall put in the staves thereof. -- numbers 4:8 +. +And they shall take a cloth of blue, and cover the candlestick of the light, and his lamps, and his tongs, and his snuffdishes, and all the oil vessels thereof, wherewith they minister unto it: -- numbers 4:9 +. +And they shall put it and all the vessels thereof within a covering of badgers' skins, and shall put it upon a bar. -- numbers 4:10 +. +And upon the golden altar they shall spread a cloth of blue, and cover it with a covering of badgers' skins, and shall put to the staves thereof: -- numbers 4:11 +. +And they shall take all the instruments of ministry, wherewith they minister in the sanctuary, and put them in a cloth of blue, and cover them with a covering of badgers' skins, and shall put them on a bar: -- numbers 4:12 +. +And they shall take away the ashes from the altar, and spread a purple cloth thereon: -- numbers 4:13 +. +And they shall put upon it all the vessels thereof, wherewith they minister about it, even the censers, the fleshhooks, and the shovels, and the basins, all the vessels of the altar; and they shall spread upon it a covering of badgers' skins, and put to the staves of it. -- numbers 4:14 +. +And when Aaron and his sons have made an end of covering the sanctuary, and all the vessels of the sanctuary, as the camp is to set forward; after that, the sons of Kohath shall come to bear it: but they shall not touch any holy thing, lest they die. These things are the burden of the sons of Kohath in the tabernacle of the congregation. -- numbers 4:15 +. +And to the office of Eleazar the son of Aaron the priest pertaineth the oil for the light, and the sweet incense, and the daily meat offering, and the anointing oil, and the oversight of all the tabernacle, and of all that therein is, in the sanctuary, and in the vessels thereof. -- numbers 4:16 +. +And the LORD spake unto Moses and unto Aaron saying, -- numbers 4:17 +. +Cut ye not off the tribe of the families of the Kohathites from among the Levites: -- numbers 4:18 +. +But thus do unto them, that they may live, and not die, when they approach unto the most holy things: Aaron and his sons shall go in, and appoint them every one to his service and to his burden: -- numbers 4:19 +. +But they shall not go in to see when the holy things are covered, lest they die. -- numbers 4:20 +. +And the LORD spake unto Moses, saying, -- numbers 4:21 +. +Take also the sum of the sons of Gershon, throughout the houses of their fathers, by their families; -- numbers 4:22 +. +From thirty years old and upward until fifty years old shalt thou number them; all that enter in to perform the service, to do the work in the tabernacle of the congregation. -- numbers 4:23 +. +This is the service of the families of the Gershonites, to serve, and for burdens: -- numbers 4:24 +. +And they shall bear the curtains of the tabernacle, and the tabernacle of the congregation, his covering, and the covering of the badgers' skins that is above upon it, and the hanging for the door of the tabernacle of the congregation, -- numbers 4:25 +. +And the hangings of the court, and the hanging for the door of the gate of the court, which is by the tabernacle and by the altar round about, and their cords, and all the instruments of their service, and all that is made for them: so shall they serve. -- numbers 4:26 +. +At the appointment of Aaron and his sons shall be all the service of the sons of the Gershonites, in all their burdens, and in all their service: and ye shall appoint unto them in charge all their burdens. -- numbers 4:27 +. +This is the service of the families of the sons of Gershon in the tabernacle of the congregation: and their charge shall be under the hand of Ithamar the son of Aaron the priest. -- numbers 4:28 +. +As for the sons of Merari, thou shalt number them after their families, by the house of their fathers; -- numbers 4:29 +. +From thirty years old and upward even unto fifty years old shalt thou number them, every one that entereth into the service, to do the work of the tabernacle of the congregation. -- numbers 4:30 +. +And this is the charge of their burden, according to all their service in the tabernacle of the congregation; the boards of the tabernacle, and the bars thereof, and the pillars thereof, and sockets thereof, -- numbers 4:31 +. +And the pillars of the court round about, and their sockets, and their pins, and their cords, with all their instruments, and with all their service: and by name ye shall reckon the instruments of the charge of their burden. -- numbers 4:32 +. +This is the service of the families of the sons of Merari, according to all their service, in the tabernacle of the congregation, under the hand of Ithamar the son of Aaron the priest. -- numbers 4:33 +. +And Moses and Aaron and the chief of the congregation numbered the sons of the Kohathites after their families, and after the house of their fathers, -- numbers 4:34 +. +From thirty years old and upward even unto fifty years old, every one that entereth into the service, for the work in the tabernacle of the congregation: -- numbers 4:35 +. +And those that were numbered of them by their families were two thousand seven hundred and fifty. -- numbers 4:36 +. +These were they that were numbered of the families of the Kohathites, all that might do service in the tabernacle of the congregation, which Moses and Aaron did number according to the commandment of the LORD by the hand of Moses. -- numbers 4:37 +. +And those that were numbered of the sons of Gershon, throughout their families, and by the house of their fathers, -- numbers 4:38 +. +From thirty years old and upward even unto fifty years old, every one that entereth into the service, for the work in the tabernacle of the congregation, -- numbers 4:39 +. +Even those that were numbered of them, throughout their families, by the house of their fathers, were two thousand and six hundred and thirty. -- numbers 4:40 +. +These are they that were numbered of the families of the sons of Gershon, of all that might do service in the tabernacle of the congregation, whom Moses and Aaron did number according to the commandment of the LORD. -- numbers 4:41 +. +And those that were numbered of the families of the sons of Merari, throughout their families, by the house of their fathers, -- numbers 4:42 +. +From thirty years old and upward even unto fifty years old, every one that entereth into the service, for the work in the tabernacle of the congregation, -- numbers 4:43 +. +Even those that were numbered of them after their families, were three thousand and two hundred. -- numbers 4:44 +. +These be those that were numbered of the families of the sons of Merari, whom Moses and Aaron numbered according to the word of the LORD by the hand of Moses. -- numbers 4:45 +. +All those that were numbered of the Levites, whom Moses and Aaron and the chief of Israel numbered, after their families, and after the house of their fathers, -- numbers 4:46 +. +From thirty years old and upward even unto fifty years old, every one that came to do the service of the ministry, and the service of the burden in the tabernacle of the congregation. -- numbers 4:47 +. +Even those that were numbered of them, were eight thousand and five hundred and fourscore, -- numbers 4:48 +. +According to the commandment of the LORD they were numbered by the hand of Moses, every one according to his service, and according to his burden: thus were they numbered of him, as the LORD commanded Moses. -- numbers 4:49 +. +And the LORD spake unto Moses, saying, -- numbers 5:1 +. +Command the children of Israel, that they put out of the camp every leper, and every one that hath an issue, and whosoever is defiled by the dead: -- numbers 5:2 +. +Both male and female shall ye put out, without the camp shall ye put them; that they defile not their camps, in the midst whereof I dwell. -- numbers 5:3 +. +And the children of Israel did so, and put them out without the camp: as the LORD spake unto Moses, so did the children of Israel. -- numbers 5:4 +. +And the LORD spake unto Moses, saying, -- numbers 5:5 +. +Speak unto the children of Israel, When a man or woman shall commit any sin that men commit, to do a trespass against the LORD, and that person be guilty; -- numbers 5:6 +. +Then they shall confess their sin which they have done: and he shall recompense his trespass with the principal thereof, and add unto it the fifth part thereof, and give it unto him against whom he hath trespassed. -- numbers 5:7 +. +But if the man have no kinsman to recompense the trespass unto, let the trespass be recompensed unto the LORD, even to the priest; beside the ram of the atonement, whereby an atonement shall be made for him. -- numbers 5:8 +. +And every offering of all the holy things of the children of Israel, which they bring unto the priest, shall be his. -- numbers 5:9 +. +And every man's hallowed things shall be his: whatsoever any man giveth the priest, it shall be his. -- numbers 5:10 +. +And the LORD spake unto Moses, saying, -- numbers 5:11 +. +Speak unto the children of Israel, and say unto them, If any man's wife go aside, and commit a trespass against him, -- numbers 5:12 +. +And a man lie with her carnally, and it be hid from the eyes of her husband, and be kept close, and she be defiled, and there be no witness against her, neither she be taken with the manner; -- numbers 5:13 +. +And the spirit of jealousy come upon him, and he be jealous of his wife, and she be defiled: or if the spirit of jealousy come upon him, and he be jealous of his wife, and she be not defiled: -- numbers 5:14 +. +Then shall the man bring his wife unto the priest, and he shall bring her offering for her, the tenth part of an ephah of barley meal; he shall pour no oil upon it, nor put frankincense thereon; for it is an offering of jealousy, an offering of memorial, bringing iniquity to remembrance. -- numbers 5:15 +. +And the priest shall bring her near, and set her before the LORD: -- numbers 5:16 +. +And the priest shall take holy water in an earthen vessel; and of the dust that is in the floor of the tabernacle the priest shall take, and put it into the water: -- numbers 5:17 +. +And the priest shall set the woman before the LORD, and uncover the woman's head, and put the offering of memorial in her hands, which is the jealousy offering: and the priest shall have in his hand the bitter water that causeth the curse: -- numbers 5:18 +. +And the priest shall charge her by an oath, and say unto the woman, If no man have lain with thee, and if thou hast not gone aside to uncleanness with another instead of thy husband, be thou free from this bitter water that causeth the curse: -- numbers 5:19 +. +But if thou hast gone aside to another instead of thy husband, and if thou be defiled, and some man have lain with thee beside thine husband: -- numbers 5:20 +. +Then the priest shall charge the woman with an oath of cursing, and the priest shall say unto the woman, The LORD make thee a curse and an oath among thy people, when the LORD doth make thy thigh to rot, and thy belly to swell; -- numbers 5:21 +. +And this water that causeth the curse shall go into thy bowels, to make thy belly to swell, and thy thigh to rot: And the woman shall say, Amen, amen. -- numbers 5:22 +. +And the priest shall write these curses in a book, and he shall blot them out with the bitter water: -- numbers 5:23 +. +And he shall cause the woman to drink the bitter water that causeth the curse: and the water that causeth the curse shall enter into her, and become bitter. -- numbers 5:24 +. +Then the priest shall take the jealousy offering out of the woman's hand, and shall wave the offering before the LORD, and offer it upon the altar: -- numbers 5:25 +. +And the priest shall take an handful of the offering, even the memorial thereof, and burn it upon the altar, and afterward shall cause the woman to drink the water. -- numbers 5:26 +. +And when he hath made her to drink the water, then it shall come to pass, that, if she be defiled, and have done trespass against her husband, that the water that causeth the curse shall enter into her, and become bitter, and her belly shall swell, and her thigh shall rot: and the woman shall be a curse among her people. -- numbers 5:27 +. +And if the woman be not defiled, but be clean; then she shall be free, and shall conceive seed. -- numbers 5:28 +. +This is the law of jealousies, when a wife goeth aside to another instead of her husband, and is defiled; -- numbers 5:29 +. +Or when the spirit of jealousy cometh upon him, and he be jealous over his wife, and shall set the woman before the LORD, and the priest shall execute upon her all this law. -- numbers 5:30 +. +Then shall the man be guiltless from iniquity, and this woman shall bear her iniquity. -- numbers 5:31 +. +And the LORD spake unto Moses, saying, -- numbers 6:1 +. +Speak unto the children of Israel, and say unto them, When either man or woman shall separate themselves to vow a vow of a Nazarite, to separate themselves unto the LORD: -- numbers 6:2 +. +He shall separate himself from wine and strong drink, and shall drink no vinegar of wine, or vinegar of strong drink, neither shall he drink any liquor of grapes, nor eat moist grapes, or dried. -- numbers 6:3 +. +All the days of his separation shall he eat nothing that is made of the vine tree, from the kernels even to the husk. -- numbers 6:4 +. +All the days of the vow of his separation there shall no razor come upon his head: until the days be fulfilled, in the which he separateth himself unto the LORD, he shall be holy, and shall let the locks of the hair of his head grow. -- numbers 6:5 +. +All the days that he separateth himself unto the LORD he shall come at no dead body. -- numbers 6:6 +. +He shall not make himself unclean for his father, or for his mother, for his brother, or for his sister, when they die: because the consecration of his God is upon his head. -- numbers 6:7 +. +All the days of his separation he is holy unto the LORD. -- numbers 6:8 +. +And if any man die very suddenly by him, and he hath defiled the head of his consecration; then he shall shave his head in the day of his cleansing, on the seventh day shall he shave it. -- numbers 6:9 +. +And on the eighth day he shall bring two turtles, or two young pigeons, to the priest, to the door of the tabernacle of the congregation: -- numbers 6:10 +. +And the priest shall offer the one for a sin offering, and the other for a burnt offering, and make an atonement for him, for that he sinned by the dead, and shall hallow his head that same day. -- numbers 6:11 +. +And he shall consecrate unto the LORD the days of his separation, and shall bring a lamb of the first year for a trespass offering: but the days that were before shall be lost, because his separation was defiled. -- numbers 6:12 +. +And this is the law of the Nazarite, when the days of his separation are fulfilled: he shall be brought unto the door of the tabernacle of the congregation: -- numbers 6:13 +. +And he shall offer his offering unto the LORD, one he lamb of the first year without blemish for a burnt offering, and one ewe lamb of the first year without blemish for a sin offering, and one ram without blemish for peace offerings, -- numbers 6:14 +. +And a basket of unleavened bread, cakes of fine flour mingled with oil, and wafers of unleavened bread anointed with oil, and their meat offering, and their drink offerings. -- numbers 6:15 +. +And the priest shall bring them before the LORD, and shall offer his sin offering, and his burnt offering: -- numbers 6:16 +. +And he shall offer the ram for a sacrifice of peace offerings unto the LORD, with the basket of unleavened bread: the priest shall offer also his meat offering, and his drink offering. -- numbers 6:17 +. +And the Nazarite shall shave the head of his separation at the door of the tabernacle of the congregation, and shall take the hair of the head of his separation, and put it in the fire which is under the sacrifice of the peace offerings. -- numbers 6:18 +. +And the priest shall take the sodden shoulder of the ram, and one unleavened cake out of the basket, and one unleavened wafer, and shall put them upon the hands of the Nazarite, after the hair of his separation is shaven: -- numbers 6:19 +. +And the priest shall wave them for a wave offering before the LORD: this is holy for the priest, with the wave breast and heave shoulder: and after that the Nazarite may drink wine. -- numbers 6:20 +. +This is the law of the Nazarite who hath vowed, and of his offering unto the LORD for his separation, beside that that his hand shall get: according to the vow which he vowed, so he must do after the law of his separation. -- numbers 6:21 +. +And the LORD spake unto Moses, saying, -- numbers 6:22 +. +Speak unto Aaron and unto his sons, saying, On this wise ye shall bless the children of Israel, saying unto them, -- numbers 6:23 +. +The LORD bless thee, and keep thee: -- numbers 6:24 +. +The LORD make his face shine upon thee, and be gracious unto thee: -- numbers 6:25 +. +The LORD lift up his countenance upon thee, and give thee peace. -- numbers 6:26 +. +And they shall put my name upon the children of Israel, and I will bless them. -- numbers 6:27 +. +And it came to pass on the day that Moses had fully set up the tabernacle, and had anointed it, and sanctified it, and all the instruments thereof, both the altar and all the vessels thereof, and had anointed them, and sanctified them; -- numbers 7:1 +. +That the princes of Israel, heads of the house of their fathers, who were the princes of the tribes, and were over them that were numbered, offered: -- numbers 7:2 +. +And they brought their offering before the LORD, six covered wagons, and twelve oxen; a wagon for two of the princes, and for each one an ox: and they brought them before the tabernacle. -- numbers 7:3 +. +And the LORD spake unto Moses, saying, -- numbers 7:4 +. +Take it of them, that they may be to do the service of the tabernacle of the congregation; and thou shalt give them unto the Levites, to every man according to his service. -- numbers 7:5 +. +And Moses took the wagons and the oxen, and gave them unto the Levites. -- numbers 7:6 +. +Two wagons and four oxen he gave unto the sons of Gershon, according to their service: -- numbers 7:7 +. +And four wagons and eight oxen he gave unto the sons of Merari, according unto their service, under the hand of Ithamar the son of Aaron the priest. -- numbers 7:8 +. +But unto the sons of Kohath he gave none: because the service of the sanctuary belonging unto them was that they should bear upon their shoulders. -- numbers 7:9 +. +And the princes offered for dedicating of the altar in the day that it was anointed, even the princes offered their offering before the altar. -- numbers 7:10 +. +And the LORD said unto Moses, They shall offer their offering, each prince on his day, for the dedicating of the altar. -- numbers 7:11 +. +And he that offered his offering the first day was Nahshon the son of Amminadab, of the tribe of Judah: -- numbers 7:12 +. +And his offering was one silver charger, the weight thereof was an hundred and thirty shekels, one silver bowl of seventy shekels, after the shekel of the sanctuary; both of them were full of fine flour mingled with oil for a meat offering: -- numbers 7:13 +. +One spoon of ten shekels of gold, full of incense: -- numbers 7:14 +. +One young bullock, one ram, one lamb of the first year, for a burnt offering: -- numbers 7:15 +. +One kid of the goats for a sin offering: -- numbers 7:16 +. +And for a sacrifice of peace offerings, two oxen, five rams, five he goats, five lambs of the first year: this was the offering of Nahshon the son of Amminadab. -- numbers 7:17 +. +On the second day Nethaneel the son of Zuar, prince of Issachar, did offer: -- numbers 7:18 +. +He offered for his offering one silver charger, the weight whereof was an hundred and thirty shekels, one silver bowl of seventy shekels, after the shekel of the sanctuary; both of them full of fine flour mingled with oil for a meat offering: -- numbers 7:19 +. +One spoon of gold of ten shekels, full of incense: -- numbers 7:20 +. +One young bullock, one ram, one lamb of the first year, for a burnt offering: -- numbers 7:21 +. +One kid of the goats for a sin offering: -- numbers 7:22 +. +And for a sacrifice of peace offerings, two oxen, five rams, five he goats, five lambs of the first year: this was the offering of Nethaneel the son of Zuar. -- numbers 7:23 +. +On the third day Eliab the son of Helon, prince of the children of Zebulun, did offer: -- numbers 7:24 +. +His offering was one silver charger, the weight whereof was an hundred and thirty shekels, one silver bowl of seventy shekels, after the shekel of the sanctuary; both of them full of fine flour mingled with oil for a meat offering: -- numbers 7:25 +. +One golden spoon of ten shekels, full of incense: -- numbers 7:26 +. +One young bullock, one ram, one lamb of the first year, for a burnt offering: -- numbers 7:27 +. +One kid of the goats for a sin offering: -- numbers 7:28 +. +And for a sacrifice of peace offerings, two oxen, five rams, five he goats, five lambs of the first year: this was the offering of Eliab the son of Helon. -- numbers 7:29 +. +On the fourth day Elizur the son of Shedeur, prince of the children of Reuben, did offer: -- numbers 7:30 +. +His offering was one silver charger of the weight of an hundred and thirty shekels, one silver bowl of seventy shekels, after the shekel of the sanctuary; both of them full of fine flour mingled with oil for a meat offering: -- numbers 7:31 +. +One golden spoon of ten shekels, full of incense: -- numbers 7:32 +. +One young bullock, one ram, one lamb of the first year, for a burnt offering: -- numbers 7:33 +. +One kid of the goats for a sin offering: -- numbers 7:34 +. +And for a sacrifice of peace offerings, two oxen, five rams, five he goats, five lambs of the first year: this was the offering of Elizur the son of Shedeur. -- numbers 7:35 +. +On the fifth day Shelumiel the son of Zurishaddai, prince of the children of Simeon, did offer: -- numbers 7:36 +. +His offering was one silver charger, the weight whereof was an hundred and thirty shekels, one silver bowl of seventy shekels, after the shekel of the sanctuary; both of them full of fine flour mingled with oil for a meat offering: -- numbers 7:37 +. +One golden spoon of ten shekels, full of incense: -- numbers 7:38 +. +One young bullock, one ram, one lamb of the first year, for a burnt offering: -- numbers 7:39 +. +One kid of the goats for a sin offering: -- numbers 7:40 +. +And for a sacrifice of peace offerings, two oxen, five rams, five he goats, five lambs of the first year: this was the offering of Shelumiel the son of Zurishaddai. -- numbers 7:41 +. +On the sixth day Eliasaph the son of Deuel, prince of the children of Gad, offered: -- numbers 7:42 +. +His offering was one silver charger of the weight of an hundred and thirty shekels, a silver bowl of seventy shekels, after the shekel of the sanctuary; both of them full of fine flour mingled with oil for a meat offering: -- numbers 7:43 +. +One golden spoon of ten shekels, full of incense: -- numbers 7:44 +. +One young bullock, one ram, one lamb of the first year, for a burnt offering: -- numbers 7:45 +. +One kid of the goats for a sin offering: -- numbers 7:46 +. +And for a sacrifice of peace offerings, two oxen, five rams, five he goats, five lambs of the first year: this was the offering of Eliasaph the son of Deuel. -- numbers 7:47 +. +On the seventh day Elishama the son of Ammihud, prince of the children of Ephraim, offered: -- numbers 7:48 +. +His offering was one silver charger, the weight whereof was an hundred and thirty shekels, one silver bowl of seventy shekels, after the shekel of the sanctuary; both of them full of fine flour mingled with oil for a meat offering: -- numbers 7:49 +. +One golden spoon of ten shekels, full of incense: -- numbers 7:50 +. +One young bullock, one ram, one lamb of the first year, for a burnt offering: -- numbers 7:51 +. +One kid of the goats for a sin offering: -- numbers 7:52 +. +And for a sacrifice of peace offerings, two oxen, five rams, five he goats, five lambs of the first year: this was the offering of Elishama the son of Ammihud. -- numbers 7:53 +. +On the eighth day offered Gamaliel the son of Pedahzur, prince of the children of Manasseh: -- numbers 7:54 +. +His offering was one silver charger of the weight of an hundred and thirty shekels, one silver bowl of seventy shekels, after the shekel of the sanctuary; both of them full of fine flour mingled with oil for a meat offering: -- numbers 7:55 +. +One golden spoon of ten shekels, full of incense: -- numbers 7:56 +. +One young bullock, one ram, one lamb of the first year, for a burnt offering: -- numbers 7:57 +. +One kid of the goats for a sin offering: -- numbers 7:58 +. +And for a sacrifice of peace offerings, two oxen, five rams, five he goats, five lambs of the first year: this was the offering of Gamaliel the son of Pedahzur. -- numbers 7:59 +. +On the ninth day Abidan the son of Gideoni, prince of the children of Benjamin, offered: -- numbers 7:60 +. +His offering was one silver charger, the weight whereof was an hundred and thirty shekels, one silver bowl of seventy shekels, after the shekel of the sanctuary; both of them full of fine flour mingled with oil for a meat offering: -- numbers 7:61 +. +One golden spoon of ten shekels, full of incense: -- numbers 7:62 +. +One young bullock, one ram, one lamb of the first year, for a burnt offering: -- numbers 7:63 +. +One kid of the goats for a sin offering: -- numbers 7:64 +. +And for a sacrifice of peace offerings, two oxen, five rams, five he goats, five lambs of the first year: this was the offering of Abidan the son of Gideoni. -- numbers 7:65 +. +On the tenth day Ahiezer the son of Ammishaddai, prince of the children of Dan, offered: -- numbers 7:66 +. +His offering was one silver charger, the weight whereof was an hundred and thirty shekels, one silver bowl of seventy shekels, after the shekel of the sanctuary; both of them full of fine flour mingled with oil for a meat offering: -- numbers 7:67 +. +One golden spoon of ten shekels, full of incense: -- numbers 7:68 +. +One young bullock, one ram, one lamb of the first year, for a burnt offering: -- numbers 7:69 +. +One kid of the goats for a sin offering: -- numbers 7:70 +. +And for a sacrifice of peace offerings, two oxen, five rams, five he goats, five lambs of the first year: this was the offering of Ahiezer the son of Ammishaddai. -- numbers 7:71 +. +On the eleventh day Pagiel the son of Ocran, prince of the children of Asher, offered: -- numbers 7:72 +. +His offering was one silver charger, the weight whereof was an hundred and thirty shekels, one silver bowl of seventy shekels, after the shekel of the sanctuary; both of them full of fine flour mingled with oil for a meat offering: -- numbers 7:73 +. +One golden spoon of ten shekels, full of incense: -- numbers 7:74 +. +One young bullock, one ram, one lamb of the first year, for a burnt offering: -- numbers 7:75 +. +One kid of the goats for a sin offering: -- numbers 7:76 +. +And for a sacrifice of peace offerings, two oxen, five rams, five he goats, five lambs of the first year: this was the offering of Pagiel the son of Ocran. -- numbers 7:77 +. +On the twelfth day Ahira the son of Enan, prince of the children of Naphtali, offered: -- numbers 7:78 +. +His offering was one silver charger, the weight whereof was an hundred and thirty shekels, one silver bowl of seventy shekels, after the shekel of the sanctuary; both of them full of fine flour mingled with oil for a meat offering: -- numbers 7:79 +. +One golden spoon of ten shekels, full of incense: -- numbers 7:80 +. +One young bullock, one ram, one lamb of the first year, for a burnt offering: -- numbers 7:81 +. +One kid of the goats for a sin offering: -- numbers 7:82 +. +And for a sacrifice of peace offerings, two oxen, five rams, five he goats, five lambs of the first year: this was the offering of Ahira the son of Enan. -- numbers 7:83 +. +This was the dedication of the altar, in the day when it was anointed, by the princes of Israel: twelve chargers of silver, twelve silver bowls, twelve spoons of gold: -- numbers 7:84 +. +Each charger of silver weighing an hundred and thirty shekels, each bowl seventy: all the silver vessels weighed two thousand and four hundred shekels, after the shekel of the sanctuary: -- numbers 7:85 +. +The golden spoons were twelve, full of incense, weighing ten shekels apiece, after the shekel of the sanctuary: all the gold of the spoons was an hundred and twenty shekels. -- numbers 7:86 +. +All the oxen for the burnt offering were twelve bullocks, the rams twelve, the lambs of the first year twelve, with their meat offering: and the kids of the goats for sin offering twelve. -- numbers 7:87 +. +And all the oxen for the sacrifice of the peace offerings were twenty and four bullocks, the rams sixty, the he goats sixty, the lambs of the first year sixty. This was the dedication of the altar, after that it was anointed. -- numbers 7:88 +. +And when Moses was gone into the tabernacle of the congregation to speak with him, then he heard the voice of one speaking unto him from off the mercy seat that was upon the ark of testimony, from between the two cherubim: and he spake unto him. -- numbers 7:89 +. +And the LORD spake unto Moses, saying, -- numbers 8:1 +. +Speak unto Aaron and say unto him, When thou lightest the lamps, the seven lamps shall give light over against the candlestick. -- numbers 8:2 +. +And Aaron did so; he lighted the lamps thereof over against the candlestick, as the LORD commanded Moses. -- numbers 8:3 +. +And this work of the candlestick was of beaten gold, unto the shaft thereof, unto the flowers thereof, was beaten work: according unto the pattern which the LORD had showed Moses, so he made the candlestick. -- numbers 8:4 +. +And the LORD spake unto Moses, saying, -- numbers 8:5 +. +Take the Levites from among the children of Israel, and cleanse them. -- numbers 8:6 +. +And thus shalt thou do unto them, to cleanse them: Sprinkle water of purifying upon them, and let them shave all their flesh, and let them wash their clothes, and so make themselves clean. -- numbers 8:7 +. +Then let them take a young bullock with his meat offering, even fine flour mingled with oil, and another young bullock shalt thou take for a sin offering. -- numbers 8:8 +. +And thou shalt bring the Levites before the tabernacle of the congregation: and thou shalt gather the whole assembly of the children of Israel together: -- numbers 8:9 +. +And thou shalt bring the Levites before the LORD: and the children of Israel shall put their hands upon the Levites: -- numbers 8:10 +. +And Aaron shall offer the Levites before the LORD for an offering of the children of Israel, that they may execute the service of the LORD. -- numbers 8:11 +. +And the Levites shall lay their hands upon the heads of the bullocks: and thou shalt offer the one for a sin offering, and the other for a burnt offering, unto the LORD, to make an atonement for the Levites. -- numbers 8:12 +. +And thou shalt set the Levites before Aaron, and before his sons, and offer them for an offering unto the LORD. -- numbers 8:13 +. +Thus shalt thou separate the Levites from among the children of Israel: and the Levites shall be mine. -- numbers 8:14 +. +And after that shall the Levites go in to do the service of the tabernacle of the congregation: and thou shalt cleanse them, and offer them for an offering. -- numbers 8:15 +. +For they are wholly given unto me from among the children of Israel; instead of such as open every womb, even instead of the firstborn of all the children of Israel, have I taken them unto me. -- numbers 8:16 +. +For all the firstborn of the children of Israel are mine, both man and beast: on the day that I smote every firstborn in the land of Egypt I sanctified them for myself. -- numbers 8:17 +. +And I have taken the Levites for all the firstborn of the children of Israel. -- numbers 8:18 +. +And I have given the Levites as a gift to Aaron and to his sons from among the children of Israel, to do the service of the children of Israel in the tabernacle of the congregation, and to make an atonement for the children of Israel: that there be no plague among the children of Israel, when the children of Israel come nigh unto the sanctuary. -- numbers 8:19 +. +And Moses, and Aaron, and all the congregation of the children of Israel, did to the Levites according unto all that the LORD commanded Moses concerning the Levites, so did the children of Israel unto them. -- numbers 8:20 +. +And the Levites were purified, and they washed their clothes; and Aaron offered them as an offering before the LORD; and Aaron made an atonement for them to cleanse them. -- numbers 8:21 +. +And after that went the Levites in to do their service in the tabernacle of the congregation before Aaron, and before his sons: as the LORD had commanded Moses concerning the Levites, so did they unto them. -- numbers 8:22 +. +And the LORD spake unto Moses, saying, -- numbers 8:23 +. +This is it that belongeth unto the Levites: from twenty and five years old and upward they shall go in to wait upon the service of the tabernacle of the congregation: -- numbers 8:24 +. +And from the age of fifty years they shall cease waiting upon the service thereof, and shall serve no more: -- numbers 8:25 +. +But shall minister with their brethren in the tabernacle of the congregation, to keep the charge, and shall do no service. Thus shalt thou do unto the Levites touching their charge. -- numbers 8:26 +. +And the LORD spake unto Moses in the wilderness of Sinai, in the first month of the second year after they were come out of the land of Egypt, saying, -- numbers 9:1 +. +Let the children of Israel also keep the passover at his appointed season. -- numbers 9:2 +. +In the fourteenth day of this month, at even, ye shall keep it in his appointed season: according to all the rites of it, and according to all the ceremonies thereof, shall ye keep it. -- numbers 9:3 +. +And Moses spake unto the children of Israel, that they should keep the passover. -- numbers 9:4 +. +And they kept the passover on the fourteenth day of the first month at even in the wilderness of Sinai: according to all that the LORD commanded Moses, so did the children of Israel. -- numbers 9:5 +. +And there were certain men, who were defiled by the dead body of a man, that they could not keep the passover on that day: and they came before Moses and before Aaron on that day: -- numbers 9:6 +. +And those men said unto him, We are defiled by the dead body of a man: wherefore are we kept back, that we may not offer an offering of the LORD in his appointed season among the children of Israel? -- numbers 9:7 +. +And Moses said unto them, Stand still, and I will hear what the LORD will command concerning you. -- numbers 9:8 +. +And the LORD spake unto Moses, saying, -- numbers 9:9 +. +Speak unto the children of Israel, saying, If any man of you or of your posterity shall be unclean by reason of a dead body, or be in a journey afar off, yet he shall keep the passover unto the LORD. -- numbers 9:10 +. +The fourteenth day of the second month at even they shall keep it, and eat it with unleavened bread and bitter herbs. -- numbers 9:11 +. +They shall leave none of it unto the morning, nor break any bone of it: according to all the ordinances of the passover they shall keep it. -- numbers 9:12 +. +But the man that is clean, and is not in a journey, and forbeareth to keep the passover, even the same soul shall be cut off from among his people: because he brought not the offering of the LORD in his appointed season, that man shall bear his sin. -- numbers 9:13 +. +And if a stranger shall sojourn among you, and will keep the passover unto the LORD; according to the ordinance of the passover, and according to the manner thereof, so shall he do: ye shall have one ordinance, both for the stranger, and for him that was born in the land. -- numbers 9:14 +. +And on the day that the tabernacle was reared up the cloud covered the tabernacle, namely, the tent of the testimony: and at even there was upon the tabernacle as it were the appearance of fire, until the morning. -- numbers 9:15 +. +So it was alway: the cloud covered it by day, and the appearance of fire by night. -- numbers 9:16 +. +And when the cloud was taken up from the tabernacle, then after that the children of Israel journeyed: and in the place where the cloud abode, there the children of Israel pitched their tents. -- numbers 9:17 +. +At the commandment of the LORD the children of Israel journeyed, and at the commandment of the LORD they pitched: as long as the cloud abode upon the tabernacle they rested in their tents. -- numbers 9:18 +. +And when the cloud tarried long upon the tabernacle many days, then the children of Israel kept the charge of the LORD, and journeyed not. -- numbers 9:19 +. +And so it was, when the cloud was a few days upon the tabernacle; according to the commandment of the LORD they abode in their tents, and according to the commandment of the LORD they journeyed. -- numbers 9:20 +. +And so it was, when the cloud abode from even unto the morning, and that the cloud was taken up in the morning, then they journeyed: whether it was by day or by night that the cloud was taken up, they journeyed. -- numbers 9:21 +. +Or whether it were two days, or a month, or a year, that the cloud tarried upon the tabernacle, remaining thereon, the children of Israel abode in their tents, and journeyed not: but when it was taken up, they journeyed. -- numbers 9:22 +. +At the commandment of the LORD they rested in the tents, and at the commandment of the LORD they journeyed: they kept the charge of the LORD, at the commandment of the LORD by the hand of Moses. -- numbers 9:23 +. +And the LORD spake unto Moses, saying, -- numbers 10:1 +. +Make thee two trumpets of silver; of a whole piece shalt thou make them: that thou mayest use them for the calling of the assembly, and for the journeying of the camps. -- numbers 10:2 +. +And when they shall blow with them, all the assembly shall assemble themselves to thee at the door of the tabernacle of the congregation. -- numbers 10:3 +. +And if they blow but with one trumpet, then the princes, which are heads of the thousands of Israel, shall gather themselves unto thee. -- numbers 10:4 +. +When ye blow an alarm, then the camps that lie on the east parts shall go forward. -- numbers 10:5 +. +When ye blow an alarm the second time, then the camps that lie on the south side shall take their journey: they shall blow an alarm for their journeys. -- numbers 10:6 +. +But when the congregation is to be gathered together, ye shall blow, but ye shall not sound an alarm. -- numbers 10:7 +. +And the sons of Aaron, the priests, shall blow with the trumpets; and they shall be to you for an ordinance for ever throughout your generations. -- numbers 10:8 +. +And if ye go to war in your land against the enemy that oppresseth you, then ye shall blow an alarm with the trumpets; and ye shall be remembered before the LORD your God, and ye shall be saved from your enemies. -- numbers 10:9 +. +Also in the day of your gladness, and in your solemn days, and in the beginnings of your months, ye shall blow with the trumpets over your burnt offerings, and over the sacrifices of your peace offerings; that they may be to you for a memorial before your God: I am the LORD your God. -- numbers 10:10 +. +And it came to pass on the twentieth day of the second month, in the second year, that the cloud was taken up from off the tabernacle of the testimony. -- numbers 10:11 +. +And the children of Israel took their journeys out of the wilderness of Sinai; and the cloud rested in the wilderness of Paran. -- numbers 10:12 +. +And they first took their journey according to the commandment of the LORD by the hand of Moses. -- numbers 10:13 +. +In the first place went the standard of the camp of the children of Judah according to their armies: and over his host was Nahshon the son of Amminadab. -- numbers 10:14 +. +And over the host of the tribe of the children of Issachar was Nethaneel the son of Zuar. -- numbers 10:15 +. +And over the host of the tribe of the children of Zebulun was Eliab the son of Helon. -- numbers 10:16 +. +And the tabernacle was taken down; and the sons of Gershon and the sons of Merari set forward, bearing the tabernacle. -- numbers 10:17 +. +And the standard of the camp of Reuben set forward according to their armies: and over his host was Elizur the son of Shedeur. -- numbers 10:18 +. +And over the host of the tribe of the children of Simeon was Shelumiel the son of Zurishaddai. -- numbers 10:19 +. +And over the host of the tribe of the children of Gad was Eliasaph the son of Deuel. -- numbers 10:20 +. +And the Kohathites set forward, bearing the sanctuary: and the other did set up the tabernacle against they came. -- numbers 10:21 +. +And the standard of the camp of the children of Ephraim set forward according to their armies: and over his host was Elishama the son of Ammihud. -- numbers 10:22 +. +And over the host of the tribe of the children of Manasseh was Gamaliel the son of Pedahzur. -- numbers 10:23 +. +And over the host of the tribe of the children of Benjamin was Abidan the son of Gideoni. -- numbers 10:24 +. +And the standard of the camp of the children of Dan set forward, which was the rearward of all the camps throughout their hosts: and over his host was Ahiezer the son of Ammishaddai. -- numbers 10:25 +. +And over the host of the tribe of the children of Asher was Pagiel the son of Ocran. -- numbers 10:26 +. +And over the host of the tribe of the children of Naphtali was Ahira the son of Enan. -- numbers 10:27 +. +Thus were the journeyings of the children of Israel according to their armies, when they set forward. -- numbers 10:28 +. +And Moses said unto Hobab, the son of Raguel the Midianite, Moses' father in law, We are journeying unto the place of which the LORD said, I will give it you: come thou with us, and we will do thee good: for the LORD hath spoken good concerning Israel. -- numbers 10:29 +. +And he said unto him, I will not go; but I will depart to mine own land, and to my kindred. -- numbers 10:30 +. +And he said, Leave us not, I pray thee; forasmuch as thou knowest how we are to encamp in the wilderness, and thou mayest be to us instead of eyes. -- numbers 10:31 +. +And it shall be, if thou go with us, yea, it shall be, that what goodness the LORD shall do unto us, the same will we do unto thee. -- numbers 10:32 +. +And they departed from the mount of the LORD three days' journey: and the ark of the covenant of the LORD went before them in the three days' journey, to search out a resting place for them. -- numbers 10:33 +. +And the cloud of the LORD was upon them by day, when they went out of the camp. -- numbers 10:34 +. +And it came to pass, when the ark set forward, that Moses said, Rise up, LORD, and let thine enemies be scattered; and let them that hate thee flee before thee. -- numbers 10:35 +. +And when it rested, he said, Return, O LORD, unto the many thousands of Israel. -- numbers 10:36 +. +And when the people complained, it displeased the LORD: and the LORD heard it; and his anger was kindled; and the fire of the LORD burnt among them, and consumed them that were in the uttermost parts of the camp. -- numbers 11:1 +. +And the people cried unto Moses; and when Moses prayed unto the LORD, the fire was quenched. -- numbers 11:2 +. +And he called the name of the place Taberah: because the fire of the LORD burnt among them. -- numbers 11:3 +. +And the mixed multitude that was among them fell a lusting: and the children of Israel also wept again, and said, Who shall give us flesh to eat? -- numbers 11:4 +. +We remember the fish, which we did eat in Egypt freely; the cucumbers, and the melons, and the leeks, and the onions, and the garlic: -- numbers 11:5 +. +But now our soul is dried away: there is nothing at all, beside this manna, before our eyes. -- numbers 11:6 +. +And the manna was as coriander seed, and the color thereof as the color of bdellium. -- numbers 11:7 +. +And the people went about, and gathered it, and ground it in mills, or beat it in a mortar, and baked it in pans, and made cakes of it: and the taste of it was as the taste of fresh oil. -- numbers 11:8 +. +And when the dew fell upon the camp in the night, the manna fell upon it. -- numbers 11:9 +. +Then Moses heard the people weep throughout their families, every man in the door of his tent: and the anger of the LORD was kindled greatly; Moses also was displeased. -- numbers 11:10 +. +And Moses said unto the LORD, Wherefore hast thou afflicted thy servant? and wherefore have I not found favor in thy sight, that thou layest the burden of all this people upon me? -- numbers 11:11 +. +Have I conceived all this people? have I begotten them, that thou shouldest say unto me, Carry them in thy bosom, as a nursing father beareth the sucking child, unto the land which thou swarest unto their fathers? -- numbers 11:12 +. +Whence should I have flesh to give unto all this people? for they weep unto me, saying, Give us flesh, that we may eat. -- numbers 11:13 +. +I am not able to bear all this people alone, because it is too heavy for me. -- numbers 11:14 +. +And if thou deal thus with me, kill me, I pray thee, out of hand, if I have found favor in thy sight; and let me not see my wretchedness. -- numbers 11:15 +. +And the LORD said unto Moses, Gather unto me seventy men of the elders of Israel, whom thou knowest to be the elders of the people, and officers over them; and bring them unto the tabernacle of the congregation, that they may stand there with thee. -- numbers 11:16 +. +And I will come down and talk with thee there: and I will take of the spirit which is upon thee, and will put it upon them; and they shall bear the burden of the people with thee, that thou bear it not thyself alone. -- numbers 11:17 +. +And say thou unto the people, Sanctify yourselves against to morrow, and ye shall eat flesh: for ye have wept in the ears of the LORD, saying, Who shall give us flesh to eat? for it was well with us in Egypt: therefore the LORD will give you flesh, and ye shall eat. -- numbers 11:18 +. +Ye shall not eat one day, nor two days, nor five days, neither ten days, nor twenty days; -- numbers 11:19 +. +But even a whole month, until it come out at your nostrils, and it be loathsome unto you: because that ye have despised the LORD which is among you, and have wept before him, saying, Why came we forth out of Egypt? -- numbers 11:20 +. +And Moses said, The people, among whom I am, are six hundred thousand footmen; and thou hast said, I will give them flesh, that they may eat a whole month. -- numbers 11:21 +. +Shall the flocks and the herds be slain for them, to suffice them? or shall all the fish of the sea be gathered together for them, to suffice them? -- numbers 11:22 +. +And the LORD said unto Moses, Is the LORD's hand waxed short? thou shalt see now whether my word shall come to pass unto thee or not. -- numbers 11:23 +. +And Moses went out, and told the people the words of the LORD, and gathered the seventy men of the elders of the people, and set them round about the tabernacle. -- numbers 11:24 +. +And the LORD came down in a cloud, and spake unto him, and took of the spirit that was upon him, and gave it unto the seventy elders: and it came to pass, that, when the spirit rested upon them, they prophesied, and did not cease. -- numbers 11:25 +. +But there remained two of the men in the camp, the name of the one was Eldad, and the name of the other Medad: and the spirit rested upon them; and they were of them that were written, but went not out unto the tabernacle: and they prophesied in the camp. -- numbers 11:26 +. +And there ran a young man, and told Moses, and said, Eldad and Medad do prophesy in the camp. -- numbers 11:27 +. +And Joshua the son of Nun, the servant of Moses, one of his young men, answered and said, My lord Moses, forbid them. -- numbers 11:28 +. +And Moses said unto him, Enviest thou for my sake? would God that all the LORD's people were prophets, and that the LORD would put his spirit upon them! -- numbers 11:29 +. +And Moses gat him into the camp, he and the elders of Israel. -- numbers 11:30 +. +And there went forth a wind from the LORD, and brought quails from the sea, and let them fall by the camp, as it were a day's journey on this side, and as it were a day's journey on the other side, round about the camp, and as it were two cubits high upon the face of the earth. -- numbers 11:31 +. +And the people stood up all that day, and all that night, and all the next day, and they gathered the quails: he that gathered least gathered ten homers: and they spread them all abroad for themselves round about the camp. -- numbers 11:32 +. +And while the flesh was yet between their teeth, ere it was chewed, the wrath of the LORD was kindled against the people, and the LORD smote the people with a very great plague. -- numbers 11:33 +. +And he called the name of that place Kibrothhattaavah: because there they buried the people that lusted. -- numbers 11:34 +. +And the people journeyed from Kibrothhattaavah unto Hazeroth; and abode at Hazeroth. -- numbers 11:35 +. +And Miriam and Aaron spake against Moses because of the Ethiopian woman whom he had married: for he had married an Ethiopian woman. -- numbers 12:1 +. +And they said, Hath the LORD indeed spoken only by Moses? hath he not spoken also by us? And the LORD heard it. -- numbers 12:2 +. +(Now the man Moses was very meek, above all the men which were upon the face of the earth.) -- numbers 12:3 +. +And the LORD spake suddenly unto Moses, and unto Aaron, and unto Miriam, Come out ye three unto the tabernacle of the congregation. And they three came out. -- numbers 12:4 +. +And the LORD came down in the pillar of the cloud, and stood in the door of the tabernacle, and called Aaron and Miriam: and they both came forth. -- numbers 12:5 +. +And he said, Hear now my words: If there be a prophet among you, I the LORD will make myself known unto him in a vision, and will speak unto him in a dream. -- numbers 12:6 +. +My servant Moses is not so, who is faithful in all mine house. -- numbers 12:7 +. +With him will I speak mouth to mouth, even apparently, and not in dark speeches; and the similitude of the LORD shall he behold: wherefore then were ye not afraid to speak against my servant Moses? -- numbers 12:8 +. +And the anger of the LORD was kindled against them; and he departed. -- numbers 12:9 +. +And the cloud departed from off the tabernacle; and, behold, Miriam became leprous, white as snow: and Aaron looked upon Miriam, and, behold, she was leprous. -- numbers 12:10 +. +And Aaron said unto Moses, Alas, my lord, I beseech thee, lay not the sin upon us, wherein we have done foolishly, and wherein we have sinned. -- numbers 12:11 +. +Let her not be as one dead, of whom the flesh is half consumed when he cometh out of his mother's womb. -- numbers 12:12 +. +And Moses cried unto the LORD, saying, Heal her now, O God, I beseech thee. -- numbers 12:13 +. +And the LORD said unto Moses, If her father had but spit in her face, should she not be ashamed seven days? let her be shut out from the camp seven days, and after that let her be received in again. -- numbers 12:14 +. +And Miriam was shut out from the camp seven days: and the people journeyed not till Miriam was brought in again. -- numbers 12:15 +. +And afterward the people removed from Hazeroth, and pitched in the wilderness of Paran. -- numbers 12:16 +. +And the LORD spake unto Moses, saying, -- numbers 13:1 +. +Send thou men, that they may search the land of Canaan, which I give unto the children of Israel: of every tribe of their fathers shall ye send a man, every one a ruler among them. -- numbers 13:2 +. +And Moses by the commandment of the LORD sent them from the wilderness of Paran: all those men were heads of the children of Israel. -- numbers 13:3 +. +And these were their names: of the tribe of Reuben, Shammua the son of Zaccur. -- numbers 13:4 +. +Of the tribe of Simeon, Shaphat the son of Hori. -- numbers 13:5 +. +Of the tribe of Judah, Caleb the son of Jephunneh. -- numbers 13:6 +. +Of the tribe of Issachar, Igal the son of Joseph. -- numbers 13:7 +. +Of the tribe of Ephraim, Oshea the son of Nun. -- numbers 13:8 +. +Of the tribe of Benjamin, Palti the son of Raphu. -- numbers 13:9 +. +Of the tribe of Zebulun, Gaddiel the son of Sodi. -- numbers 13:10 +. +Of the tribe of Joseph, namely, of the tribe of Manasseh, Gaddi the son of Susi. -- numbers 13:11 +. +Of the tribe of Dan, Ammiel the son of Gemalli. -- numbers 13:12 +. +Of the tribe of Asher, Sethur the son of Michael. -- numbers 13:13 +. +Of the tribe of Naphtali, Nahbi the son of Vophsi. -- numbers 13:14 +. +Of the tribe of Gad, Geuel the son of Machi. -- numbers 13:15 +. +These are the names of the men which Moses sent to spy out the land. And Moses called Oshea the son of Nun Jehoshua. -- numbers 13:16 +. +And Moses sent them to spy out the land of Canaan, and said unto them, Get you up this way southward, and go up into the mountain: -- numbers 13:17 +. +And see the land, what it is, and the people that dwelleth therein, whether they be strong or weak, few or many; -- numbers 13:18 +. +And what the land is that they dwell in, whether it be good or bad; and what cities they be that they dwell in, whether in tents, or in strong holds; -- numbers 13:19 +. +And what the land is, whether it be fat or lean, whether there be wood therein, or not. And be ye of good courage, and bring of the fruit of the land. Now the time was the time of the first ripe grapes. -- numbers 13:20 +. +So they went up, and searched the land from the wilderness of Zin unto Rehob, as men come to Hamath. -- numbers 13:21 +. +And they ascended by the south, and came unto Hebron; where Ahiman, Sheshai, and Talmai, the children of Anak, were. (Now Hebron was built seven years before Zoan in Egypt.) -- numbers 13:22 +. +And they came unto the brook of Eshcol, and cut down from thence a branch with one cluster of grapes, and they bare it between two upon a staff; and they brought of the pomegranates, and of the figs. -- numbers 13:23 +. +The place was called the brook Eshcol, because of the cluster of grapes which the children of Israel cut down from thence. -- numbers 13:24 +. +And they returned from searching of the land after forty days. -- numbers 13:25 +. +And they went and came to Moses, and to Aaron, and to all the congregation of the children of Israel, unto the wilderness of Paran, to Kadesh; and brought back word unto them, and unto all the congregation, and showed them the fruit of the land. -- numbers 13:26 +. +And they told him, and said, We came unto the land whither thou sentest us, and surely it floweth with milk and honey; and this is the fruit of it. -- numbers 13:27 +. +Nevertheless the people be strong that dwell in the land, and the cities are walled, and very great: and moreover we saw the children of Anak there. -- numbers 13:28 +. +The Amalekites dwell in the land of the south: and the Hittites, and the Jebusites, and the Amorites, dwell in the mountains: and the Canaanites dwell by the sea, and by the coast of Jordan. -- numbers 13:29 +. +And Caleb stilled the people before Moses, and said, Let us go up at once, and possess it; for we are well able to overcome it. -- numbers 13:30 +. +But the men that went up with him said, We be not able to go up against the people; for they are stronger than we. -- numbers 13:31 +. +And they brought up an evil report of the land which they had searched unto the children of Israel, saying, The land, through which we have gone to search it, is a land that eateth up the inhabitants thereof; and all the people that we saw in it are men of a great stature. -- numbers 13:32 +. +And there we saw the giants, the sons of Anak, which come of the giants: and we were in our own sight as grasshoppers, and so we were in their sight. -- numbers 13:33 +. +And all the congregation lifted up their voice, and cried; and the people wept that night. -- numbers 14:1 +. +And all the children of Israel murmured against Moses and against Aaron: and the whole congregation said unto them, Would God that we had died in the land of Egypt! or would God we had died in this wilderness! -- numbers 14:2 +. +And wherefore hath the LORD brought us unto this land, to fall by the sword, that our wives and our children should be a prey? were it not better for us to return into Egypt? -- numbers 14:3 +. +And they said one to another, Let us make a captain, and let us return into Egypt. -- numbers 14:4 +. +Then Moses and Aaron fell on their faces before all the assembly of the congregation of the children of Israel. -- numbers 14:5 +. +And Joshua the son of Nun, and Caleb the son of Jephunneh, which were of them that searched the land, rent their clothes: -- numbers 14:6 +. +And they spake unto all the company of the children of Israel, saying, The land, which we passed through to search it, is an exceeding good land. -- numbers 14:7 +. +If the LORD delight in us, then he will bring us into this land, and give it us; a land which floweth with milk and honey. -- numbers 14:8 +. +Only rebel not ye against the LORD, neither fear ye the people of the land; for they are bread for us: their defense is departed from them, and the LORD is with us: fear them not. -- numbers 14:9 +. +But all the congregation bade stone them with stones. And the glory of the LORD appeared in the tabernacle of the congregation before all the children of Israel. -- numbers 14:10 +. +And the LORD said unto Moses, How long will this people provoke me? and how long will it be ere they believe me, for all the signs which I have showed among them? -- numbers 14:11 +. +I will smite them with the pestilence, and disinherit them, and will make of thee a greater nation and mightier than they. -- numbers 14:12 +. +And Moses said unto the LORD, Then the Egyptians shall hear it, (for thou broughtest up this people in thy might from among them;) -- numbers 14:13 +. +And they will tell it to the inhabitants of this land: for they have heard that thou LORD art among this people, that thou LORD art seen face to face, and that thy cloud standeth over them, and that thou goest before them, by day time in a pillar of a cloud, and in a pillar of fire by night. -- numbers 14:14 +. +Now if thou shalt kill all this people as one man, then the nations which have heard the fame of thee will speak, saying, -- numbers 14:15 +. +Because the LORD was not able to bring this people into the land which he sware unto them, therefore he hath slain them in the wilderness. -- numbers 14:16 +. +And now, I beseech thee, let the power of my Lord be great, according as thou hast spoken, saying, -- numbers 14:17 +. +The LORD is long-suffering, and of great mercy, forgiving iniquity and transgression, and by no means clearing the guilty, visiting the iniquity of the fathers upon the children unto the third and fourth generation. -- numbers 14:18 +. +Pardon, I beseech thee, the iniquity of this people according unto the greatness of thy mercy, and as thou hast forgiven this people, from Egypt even until now. -- numbers 14:19 +. +And the LORD said, I have pardoned according to thy word: -- numbers 14:20 +. +But as truly as I live, all the earth shall be filled with the glory of the LORD. -- numbers 14:21 +. +Because all those men which have seen my glory, and my miracles, which I did in Egypt and in the wilderness, and have tempted me now these ten times, and have not hearkened to my voice; -- numbers 14:22 +. +Surely they shall not see the land which I sware unto their fathers, neither shall any of them that provoked me see it: -- numbers 14:23 +. +But my servant Caleb, because he had another spirit with him, and hath followed me fully, him will I bring into the land whereinto he went; and his seed shall possess it. -- numbers 14:24 +. +(Now the Amalekites and the Canaanites dwelt in the valley.) Tomorrow turn you, and get you into the wilderness by the way of the Red sea. -- numbers 14:25 +. +And the LORD spake unto Moses and unto Aaron, saying, -- numbers 14:26 +. +How long shall I bear with this evil congregation, which murmur against me? I have heard the murmurings of the children of Israel, which they murmur against me. -- numbers 14:27 +. +Say unto them, As truly as I live, saith the LORD, as ye have spoken in mine ears, so will I do to you: -- numbers 14:28 +. +Your carcasses shall fall in this wilderness; and all that were numbered of you, according to your whole number, from twenty years old and upward which have murmured against me. -- numbers 14:29 +. +Doubtless ye shall not come into the land, concerning which I sware to make you dwell therein, save Caleb the son of Jephunneh, and Joshua the son of Nun. -- numbers 14:30 +. +But your little ones, which ye said should be a prey, them will I bring in, and they shall know the land which ye have despised. -- numbers 14:31 +. +But as for you, your carcasses, they shall fall in this wilderness. -- numbers 14:32 +. +And your children shall wander in the wilderness forty years, and bear your whoredoms, until your carcasses be wasted in the wilderness. -- numbers 14:33 +. +After the number of the days in which ye searched the land, even forty days, each day for a year, shall ye bear your iniquities, even forty years, and ye shall know my breach of promise. -- numbers 14:34 +. +I the LORD have said, I will surely do it unto all this evil congregation, that are gathered together against me: in this wilderness they shall be consumed, and there they shall die. -- numbers 14:35 +. +And the men, which Moses sent to search the land, who returned, and made all the congregation to murmur against him, by bringing up a slander upon the land, -- numbers 14:36 +. +Even those men that did bring up the evil report upon the land, died by the plague before the LORD. -- numbers 14:37 +. +But Joshua the son of Nun, and Caleb the son of Jephunneh, which were of the men that went to search the land, lived still. -- numbers 14:38 +. +And Moses told these sayings unto all the children of Israel: and the people mourned greatly. -- numbers 14:39 +. +And they rose up early in the morning, and gat them up into the top of the mountain, saying, Lo, we be here, and will go up unto the place which the LORD hath promised: for we have sinned. -- numbers 14:40 +. +And Moses said, Wherefore now do ye transgress the commandment of the LORD? but it shall not prosper. -- numbers 14:41 +. +Go not up, for the LORD is not among you; that ye be not smitten before your enemies. -- numbers 14:42 +. +For the Amalekites and the Canaanites are there before you, and ye shall fall by the sword: because ye are turned away from the LORD, therefore the LORD will not be with you. -- numbers 14:43 +. +But they presumed to go up unto the hill top: nevertheless the ark of the covenant of the LORD, and Moses, departed not out of the camp. -- numbers 14:44 +. +Then the Amalekites came down, and the Canaanites which dwelt in that hill, and smote them, and discomfited them, even unto Hormah. -- numbers 14:45 +. +And the LORD spake unto Moses, saying, -- numbers 15:1 +. +Speak unto the children of Israel, and say unto them, When ye be come into the land of your habitations, which I give unto you, -- numbers 15:2 +. +And will make an offering by fire unto the LORD, a burnt offering, or a sacrifice in performing a vow, or in a freewill offering, or in your solemn feasts, to make a sweet savor unto the LORD, of the herd or of the flock: -- numbers 15:3 +. +Then shall he that offereth his offering unto the LORD bring a meat offering of a tenth deal of flour mingled with the fourth part of an hin of oil. -- numbers 15:4 +. +And the fourth part of an hin of wine for a drink offering shalt thou prepare with the burnt offering or sacrifice, for one lamb. -- numbers 15:5 +. +Or for a ram, thou shalt prepare for a meat offering two tenth deals of flour mingled with the third part of an hin of oil. -- numbers 15:6 +. +And for a drink offering thou shalt offer the third part of an hin of wine, for a sweet savor unto the LORD. -- numbers 15:7 +. +And when thou preparest a bullock for a burnt offering, or for a sacrifice in performing a vow, or peace offerings unto the LORD: -- numbers 15:8 +. +Then shall he bring with a bullock a meat offering of three tenth deals of flour mingled with half an hin of oil. -- numbers 15:9 +. +And thou shalt bring for a drink offering half an hin of wine, for an offering made by fire, of a sweet savor unto the LORD. -- numbers 15:10 +. +Thus shall it be done for one bullock, or for one ram, or for a lamb, or a kid. -- numbers 15:11 +. +According to the number that ye shall prepare, so shall ye do to every one according to their number. -- numbers 15:12 +. +All that are born of the country shall do these things after this manner, in offering an offering made by fire, of a sweet savor unto the LORD. -- numbers 15:13 +. +And if a stranger sojourn with you, or whosoever be among you in your generations, and will offer an offering made by fire, of a sweet savor unto the LORD; as ye do, so he shall do. -- numbers 15:14 +. +One ordinance shall be both for you of the congregation, and also for the stranger that sojourneth with you, an ordinance for ever in your generations: as ye are, so shall the stranger be before the LORD. -- numbers 15:15 +. +One law and one manner shall be for you, and for the stranger that sojourneth with you. -- numbers 15:16 +. +And the LORD spake unto Moses, saying, -- numbers 15:17 +. +Speak unto the children of Israel, and say unto them, When ye come into the land whither I bring you, -- numbers 15:18 +. +Then it shall be, that, when ye eat of the bread of the land, ye shall offer up an heave offering unto the LORD. -- numbers 15:19 +. +Ye shall offer up a cake of the first of your dough for an heave offering: as ye do the heave offering of the threshingfloor, so shall ye heave it. -- numbers 15:20 +. +Of the first of your dough ye shall give unto the LORD an heave offering in your generations. -- numbers 15:21 +. +And if ye have erred, and not observed all these commandments, which the LORD hath spoken unto Moses, -- numbers 15:22 +. +Even all that the LORD hath commanded you by the hand of Moses, from the day that the LORD commanded Moses, and henceforward among your generations; -- numbers 15:23 +. +Then it shall be, if ought be committed by ignorance without the knowledge of the congregation, that all the congregation shall offer one young bullock for a burnt offering, for a sweet savor unto the LORD, with his meat offering, and his drink offering, according to the manner, and one kid of the goats for a sin offering. -- numbers 15:24 +. +And the priest shall make an atonement for all the congregation of the children of Israel, and it shall be forgiven them; for it is ignorance: and they shall bring their offering, a sacrifice made by fire unto the LORD, and their sin offering before the LORD, for their ignorance: -- numbers 15:25 +. +And it shall be forgiven all the congregation of the children of Israel, and the stranger that sojourneth among them; seeing all the people were in ignorance. -- numbers 15:26 +. +And if any soul sin through ignorance, then he shall bring a she goat of the first year for a sin offering. -- numbers 15:27 +. +And the priest shall make an atonement for the soul that sinneth ignorantly, when he sinneth by ignorance before the LORD, to make an atonement for him; and it shall be forgiven him. -- numbers 15:28 +. +Ye shall have one law for him that sinneth through ignorance, both for him that is born among the children of Israel, and for the stranger that sojourneth among them. -- numbers 15:29 +. +But the soul that doeth ought presumptuously, whether he be born in the land, or a stranger, the same reproacheth the LORD; and that soul shall be cut off from among his people. -- numbers 15:30 +. +Because he hath despised the word of the LORD, and hath broken his commandment, that soul shall utterly be cut off; his iniquity shall be upon him. -- numbers 15:31 +. +And while the children of Israel were in the wilderness, they found a man that gathered sticks upon the sabbath day. -- numbers 15:32 +. +And they that found him gathering sticks brought him unto Moses and Aaron, and unto all the congregation. -- numbers 15:33 +. +And they put him in ward, because it was not declared what should be done to him. -- numbers 15:34 +. +And the LORD said unto Moses, The man shall be surely put to death: all the congregation shall stone him with stones without the camp. -- numbers 15:35 +. +And all the congregation brought him without the camp, and stoned him with stones, and he died; as the LORD commanded Moses. -- numbers 15:36 +. +And the LORD spake unto Moses, saying, -- numbers 15:37 +. +Speak unto the children of Israel, and bid them that they make them fringes in the borders of their garments throughout their generations, and that they put upon the fringe of the borders a ribband of blue: -- numbers 15:38 +. +And it shall be unto you for a fringe, that ye may look upon it, and remember all the commandments of the LORD, and do them; and that ye seek not after your own heart and your own eyes, after which ye use to go a whoring: -- numbers 15:39 +. +That ye may remember, and do all my commandments, and be holy unto your God. -- numbers 15:40 +. +I am the LORD your God, which brought you out of the land of Egypt, to be your God: I am the LORD your God. -- numbers 15:41 +. +Now Korah, the son of Izhar, the son of Kohath, the son of Levi, and Dathan and Abiram, the sons of Eliab, and On, the son of Peleth, sons of Reuben, took men: -- numbers 16:1 +. +And they rose up before Moses, with certain of the children of Israel, two hundred and fifty princes of the assembly, famous in the congregation, men of renown: -- numbers 16:2 +. +And they gathered themselves together against Moses and against Aaron, and said unto them, Ye take too much upon you, seeing all the congregation are holy, every one of them, and the LORD is among them: wherefore then lift ye up yourselves above the congregation of the LORD? -- numbers 16:3 +. +And when Moses heard it, he fell upon his face: -- numbers 16:4 +. +And he spake unto Korah and unto all his company, saying, Even to morrow the LORD will show who are his, and who is holy; and will cause him to come near unto him: even him whom he hath chosen will he cause to come near unto him. -- numbers 16:5 +. +This do; Take you censers, Korah, and all his company; -- numbers 16:6 +. +And put fire therein, and put incense in them before the LORD to morrow: and it shall be that the man whom the LORD doth choose, he shall be holy: ye take too much upon you, ye sons of Levi. -- numbers 16:7 +. +And Moses said unto Korah, Hear, I pray you, ye sons of Levi: -- numbers 16:8 +. +Seemeth it but a small thing unto you, that the God of Israel hath separated you from the congregation of Israel, to bring you near to himself to do the service of the tabernacle of the LORD, and to stand before the congregation to minister unto them? -- numbers 16:9 +. +And he hath brought thee near to him, and all thy brethren the sons of Levi with thee: and seek ye the priesthood also? -- numbers 16:10 +. +For which cause both thou and all thy company are gathered together against the LORD: and what is Aaron, that ye murmur against him? -- numbers 16:11 +. +And Moses sent to call Dathan and Abiram, the sons of Eliab: which said, We will not come up: -- numbers 16:12 +. +Is it a small thing that thou hast brought us up out of a land that floweth with milk and honey, to kill us in the wilderness, except thou make thyself altogether a prince over us? -- numbers 16:13 +. +Moreover thou hast not brought us into a land that floweth with milk and honey, or given us inheritance of fields and vineyards: wilt thou put out the eyes of these men? we will not come up. -- numbers 16:14 +. +And Moses was very wroth, and said unto the LORD, Respect not thou their offering: I have not taken one ass from them, neither have I hurt one of them. -- numbers 16:15 +. +And Moses said unto Korah, Be thou and all thy company before the LORD, thou, and they, and Aaron, to morrow: -- numbers 16:16 +. +And take every man his censer, and put incense in them, and bring ye before the LORD every man his censer, two hundred and fifty censers; thou also, and Aaron, each of you his censer. -- numbers 16:17 +. +And they took every man his censer, and put fire in them, and laid incense thereon, and stood in the door of the tabernacle of the congregation with Moses and Aaron. -- numbers 16:18 +. +And Korah gathered all the congregation against them unto the door of the tabernacle of the congregation: and the glory of the LORD appeared unto all the congregation. -- numbers 16:19 +. +And the LORD spake unto Moses and unto Aaron, saying, -- numbers 16:20 +. +Separate yourselves from among this congregation, that I may consume them in a moment. -- numbers 16:21 +. +And they fell upon their faces, and said, O God, the God of the spirits of all flesh, shall one man sin, and wilt thou be wroth with all the congregation? -- numbers 16:22 +. +And the LORD spake unto Moses, saying, -- numbers 16:23 +. +Speak unto the congregation, saying, Get you up from about the tabernacle of Korah, Dathan, and Abiram. -- numbers 16:24 +. +And Moses rose up and went unto Dathan and Abiram; and the elders of Israel followed him. -- numbers 16:25 +. +And he spake unto the congregation, saying, Depart, I pray you, from the tents of these wicked men, and touch nothing of theirs, lest ye be consumed in all their sins. -- numbers 16:26 +. +So they gat up from the tabernacle of Korah, Dathan, and Abiram, on every side: and Dathan and Abiram came out, and stood in the door of their tents, and their wives, and their sons, and their little children. -- numbers 16:27 +. +And Moses said, Hereby ye shall know that the LORD hath sent me to do all these works; for I have not done them of mine own mind. -- numbers 16:28 +. +If these men die the common death of all men, or if they be visited after the visitation of all men; then the LORD hath not sent me. -- numbers 16:29 +. +But if the LORD make a new thing, and the earth open her mouth, and swallow them up, with all that appertain unto them, and they go down quick into the pit; then ye shall understand that these men have provoked the LORD. -- numbers 16:30 +. +And it came to pass, as he had made an end of speaking all these words, that the ground clave asunder that was under them: -- numbers 16:31 +. +And the earth opened her mouth, and swallowed them up, and their houses, and all the men that appertained unto Korah, and all their goods. -- numbers 16:32 +. +They, and all that appertained to them, went down alive into the pit, and the earth closed upon them: and they perished from among the congregation. -- numbers 16:33 +. +And all Israel that were round about them fled at the cry of them: for they said, Lest the earth swallow us up also. -- numbers 16:34 +. +And there came out a fire from the LORD, and consumed the two hundred and fifty men that offered incense. -- numbers 16:35 +. +And the LORD spake unto Moses, saying, -- numbers 16:36 +. +Speak unto Eleazar the son of Aaron the priest, that he take up the censers out of the burning, and scatter thou the fire yonder; for they are hallowed. -- numbers 16:37 +. +The censers of these sinners against their own souls, let them make them broad plates for a covering of the altar: for they offered them before the LORD, therefore they are hallowed: and they shall be a sign unto the children of Israel. -- numbers 16:38 +. +And Eleazar the priest took the brazen censers, wherewith they that were burnt had offered; and they were made broad plates for a covering of the altar: -- numbers 16:39 +. +To be a memorial unto the children of Israel, that no stranger, which is not of the seed of Aaron, come near to offer incense before the LORD; that he be not as Korah, and as his company: as the LORD said to him by the hand of Moses. -- numbers 16:40 +. +But on the morrow all the congregation of the children of Israel murmured against Moses and against Aaron, saying, Ye have killed the people of the LORD. -- numbers 16:41 +. +And it came to pass, when the congregation was gathered against Moses and against Aaron, that they looked toward the tabernacle of the congregation: and, behold, the cloud covered it, and the glory of the LORD appeared. -- numbers 16:42 +. +And Moses and Aaron came before the tabernacle of the congregation. -- numbers 16:43 +. +And the LORD spake unto Moses, saying, -- numbers 16:44 +. +Get you up from among this congregation, that I may consume them as in a moment. And they fell upon their faces. -- numbers 16:45 +. +And Moses said unto Aaron, Take a censer, and put fire therein from off the altar, and put on incense, and go quickly unto the congregation, and make an atonement for them: for there is wrath gone out from the LORD; the plague is begun. -- numbers 16:46 +. +And Aaron took as Moses commanded, and ran into the midst of the congregation; and, behold, the plague was begun among the people: and he put on incense, and made an atonement for the people. -- numbers 16:47 +. +And he stood between the dead and the living; and the plague was stayed. -- numbers 16:48 +. +Now they that died in the plague were fourteen thousand and seven hundred, beside them that died about the matter of Korah. -- numbers 16:49 +. +And Aaron returned unto Moses unto the door of the tabernacle of the congregation: and the plague was stayed. -- numbers 16:50 +. +And the LORD spake unto Moses, saying, -- numbers 17:1 +. +Speak unto the children of Israel, and take of every one of them a rod according to the house of their fathers, of all their princes according to the house of their fathers twelve rods: write thou every man's name upon his rod. -- numbers 17:2 +. +And thou shalt write Aaron's name upon the rod of Levi: for one rod shall be for the head of the house of their fathers. -- numbers 17:3 +. +And thou shalt lay them up in the tabernacle of the congregation before the testimony, where I will meet with you. -- numbers 17:4 +. +And it shall come to pass, that the man's rod, whom I shall choose, shall blossom: and I will make to cease from me the murmurings of the children of Israel, whereby they murmur against you. -- numbers 17:5 +. +And Moses spake unto the children of Israel, and every one of their princes gave him a rod apiece, for each prince one, according to their fathers' houses, even twelve rods: and the rod of Aaron was among their rods. -- numbers 17:6 +. +And Moses laid up the rods before the LORD in the tabernacle of witness. -- numbers 17:7 +. +And it came to pass, that on the morrow Moses went into the tabernacle of witness; and, behold, the rod of Aaron for the house of Levi was budded, and brought forth buds, and bloomed blossoms, and yielded almonds. -- numbers 17:8 +. +And Moses brought out all the rods from before the LORD unto all the children of Israel: and they looked, and took every man his rod. -- numbers 17:9 +. +And the LORD said unto Moses, Bring Aaron's rod again before the testimony, to be kept for a token against the rebels; and thou shalt quite take away their murmurings from me, that they die not. -- numbers 17:10 +. +And Moses did so: as the LORD commanded him, so did he. -- numbers 17:11 +. +And the children of Israel spake unto Moses, saying, Behold, we die, we perish, we all perish. -- numbers 17:12 +. +Whosoever cometh any thing near unto the tabernacle of the LORD shall die: shall we be consumed with dying? -- numbers 17:13 +. +And the LORD said unto Aaron, Thou and thy sons and thy father's house with thee shall bear the iniquity of the sanctuary: and thou and thy sons with thee shall bear the iniquity of your priesthood. -- numbers 18:1 +. +And thy brethren also of the tribe of Levi, the tribe of thy father, bring thou with thee, that they may be joined unto thee, and minister unto thee: but thou and thy sons with thee shall minister before the tabernacle of witness. -- numbers 18:2 +. +And they shall keep thy charge, and the charge of all the tabernacle: only they shall not come nigh the vessels of the sanctuary and the altar, that neither they, nor ye also, die. -- numbers 18:3 +. +And they shall be joined unto thee, and keep the charge of the tabernacle of the congregation, for all the service of the tabernacle: and a stranger shall not come nigh unto you. -- numbers 18:4 +. +And ye shall keep the charge of the sanctuary, and the charge of the altar: that there be no wrath any more upon the children of Israel. -- numbers 18:5 +. +And I, behold, I have taken your brethren the Levites from among the children of Israel: to you they are given as a gift for the LORD, to do the service of the tabernacle of the congregation. -- numbers 18:6 +. +Therefore thou and thy sons with thee shall keep your priest's office for everything of the altar, and within the vail; and ye shall serve: I have given your priest's office unto you as a service of gift: and the stranger that cometh nigh shall be put to death. -- numbers 18:7 +. +And the LORD spake unto Aaron, Behold, I also have given thee the charge of mine heave offerings of all the hallowed things of the children of Israel; unto thee have I given them by reason of the anointing, and to thy sons, by an ordinance for ever. -- numbers 18:8 +. +This shall be thine of the most holy things, reserved from the fire: every oblation of theirs, every meat offering of theirs, and every sin offering of theirs, and every trespass offering of theirs which they shall render unto me, shall be most holy for thee and for thy sons. -- numbers 18:9 +. +In the most holy place shalt thou eat it; every male shall eat it: it shall be holy unto thee. -- numbers 18:10 +. +And this is thine; the heave offering of their gift, with all the wave offerings of the children of Israel: I have given them unto thee, and to thy sons and to thy daughters with thee, by a statute for ever: every one that is clean in thy house shall eat of it. -- numbers 18:11 +. +All the best of the oil, and all the best of the wine, and of the wheat, the firstfruits of them which they shall offer unto the LORD, them have I given thee. -- numbers 18:12 +. +And whatsoever is first ripe in the land, which they shall bring unto the LORD, shall be thine; every one that is clean in thine house shall eat of it. -- numbers 18:13 +. +Every thing devoted in Israel shall be thine. -- numbers 18:14 +. +Every thing that openeth the matrix in all flesh, which they bring unto the LORD, whether it be of men or beasts, shall be thine: nevertheless the firstborn of man shalt thou surely redeem, and the firstling of unclean beasts shalt thou redeem. -- numbers 18:15 +. +And those that are to be redeemed from a month old shalt thou redeem, according to thine estimation, for the money of five shekels, after the shekel of the sanctuary, which is twenty gerahs. -- numbers 18:16 +. +But the firstling of a cow, or the firstling of a sheep, or the firstling of a goat, thou shalt not redeem; they are holy: thou shalt sprinkle their blood upon the altar, and shalt burn their fat for an offering made by fire, for a sweet savor unto the LORD. -- numbers 18:17 +. +And the flesh of them shall be thine, as the wave breast and as the right shoulder are thine. -- numbers 18:18 +. +All the heave offerings of the holy things, which the children of Israel offer unto the LORD, have I given thee, and thy sons and thy daughters with thee, by a statute for ever: it is a covenant of salt for ever before the LORD unto thee and to thy seed with thee. -- numbers 18:19 +. +And the LORD spake unto Aaron, Thou shalt have no inheritance in their land, neither shalt thou have any part among them: I am thy part and thine inheritance among the children of Israel. -- numbers 18:20 +. +And, behold, I have given the children of Levi all the tenth in Israel for an inheritance, for their service which they serve, even the service of the tabernacle of the congregation. -- numbers 18:21 +. +Neither must the children of Israel henceforth come nigh the tabernacle of the congregation, lest they bear sin, and die. -- numbers 18:22 +. +But the Levites shall do the service of the tabernacle of the congregation, and they shall bear their iniquity: it shall be a statute for ever throughout your generations, that among the children of Israel they have no inheritance. -- numbers 18:23 +. +But the tithes of the children of Israel, which they offer as an heave offering unto the LORD, I have given to the Levites to inherit: therefore I have said unto them, Among the children of Israel they shall have no inheritance. -- numbers 18:24 +. +And the LORD spake unto Moses, saying, -- numbers 18:25 +. +Thus speak unto the Levites, and say unto them, When ye take of the children of Israel the tithes which I have given you from them for your inheritance, then ye shall offer up an heave offering of it for the LORD, even a tenth part of the tithe. -- numbers 18:26 +. +And this your heave offering shall be reckoned unto you, as though it were the corn of the threshingfloor, and as the fulness of the winepress. -- numbers 18:27 +. +Thus ye also shall offer an heave offering unto the LORD of all your tithes, which ye receive of the children of Israel; and ye shall give thereof the LORD's heave offering to Aaron the priest. -- numbers 18:28 +. +Out of all your gifts ye shall offer every heave offering of the LORD, of all the best thereof, even the hallowed part thereof out of it. -- numbers 18:29 +. +Therefore thou shalt say unto them, When ye have heaved the best thereof from it, then it shall be counted unto the Levites as the increase of the threshingfloor, and as the increase of the winepress. -- numbers 18:30 +. +And ye shall eat it in every place, ye and your households: for it is your reward for your service in the tabernacle of the congregation. -- numbers 18:31 +. +And ye shall bear no sin by reason of it, when ye have heaved from it the best of it: neither shall ye pollute the holy things of the children of Israel, lest ye die. -- numbers 18:32 +. +And the LORD spake unto Moses and unto Aaron, saying, -- numbers 19:1 +. +This is the ordinance of the law which the LORD hath commanded, saying, Speak unto the children of Israel, that they bring thee a red heifer without spot, wherein is no blemish, and upon which never came yoke: -- numbers 19:2 +. +And ye shall give her unto Eleazar the priest, that he may bring her forth without the camp, and one shall slay her before his face: -- numbers 19:3 +. +And Eleazar the priest shall take of her blood with his finger, and sprinkle of her blood directly before the tabernacle of the congregation seven times: -- numbers 19:4 +. +And one shall burn the heifer in his sight; her skin, and her flesh, and her blood, with her dung, shall he burn: -- numbers 19:5 +. +And the priest shall take cedar wood, and hyssop, and scarlet, and cast it into the midst of the burning of the heifer. -- numbers 19:6 +. +Then the priest shall wash his clothes, and he shall bathe his flesh in water, and afterward he shall come into the camp, and the priest shall be unclean until the even. -- numbers 19:7 +. +And he that burneth her shall wash his clothes in water, and bathe his flesh in water, and shall be unclean until the even. -- numbers 19:8 +. +And a man that is clean shall gather up the ashes of the heifer, and lay them up without the camp in a clean place, and it shall be kept for the congregation of the children of Israel for a water of separation: it is a purification for sin. -- numbers 19:9 +. +And he that gathereth the ashes of the heifer shall wash his clothes, and be unclean until the even: and it shall be unto the children of Israel, and unto the stranger that sojourneth among them, for a statute for ever. -- numbers 19:10 +. +He that toucheth the dead body of any man shall be unclean seven days. -- numbers 19:11 +. +He shall purify himself with it on the third day, and on the seventh day he shall be clean: but if he purify not himself the third day, then the seventh day he shall not be clean. -- numbers 19:12 +. +Whosoever toucheth the dead body of any man that is dead, and purifieth not himself, defileth the tabernacle of the LORD; and that soul shall be cut off from Israel: because the water of separation was not sprinkled upon him, he shall be unclean; his uncleanness is yet upon him. -- numbers 19:13 +. +This is the law, when a man dieth in a tent: all that come into the tent, and all that is in the tent, shall be unclean seven days. -- numbers 19:14 +. +And every open vessel, which hath no covering bound upon it, is unclean. -- numbers 19:15 +. +And whosoever toucheth one that is slain with a sword in the open fields, or a dead body, or a bone of a man, or a grave, shall be unclean seven days. -- numbers 19:16 +. +And for an unclean person they shall take of the ashes of the burnt heifer of purification for sin, and running water shall be put thereto in a vessel: -- numbers 19:17 +. +And a clean person shall take hyssop, and dip it in the water, and sprinkle it upon the tent, and upon all the vessels, and upon the persons that were there, and upon him that touched a bone, or one slain, or one dead, or a grave: -- numbers 19:18 +. +And the clean person shall sprinkle upon the unclean on the third day, and on the seventh day: and on the seventh day he shall purify himself, and wash his clothes, and bathe himself in water, and shall be clean at even. -- numbers 19:19 +. +But the man that shall be unclean, and shall not purify himself, that soul shall be cut off from among the congregation, because he hath defiled the sanctuary of the LORD: the water of separation hath not been sprinkled upon him; he is unclean. -- numbers 19:20 +. +And it shall be a perpetual statute unto them, that he that sprinkleth the water of separation shall wash his clothes; and he that toucheth the water of separation shall be unclean until even. -- numbers 19:21 +. +And whatsoever the unclean person toucheth shall be unclean; and the soul that toucheth it shall be unclean until even. -- numbers 19:22 +. +Then came the children of Israel, even the whole congregation, into the desert of Zin in the first month: and the people abode in Kadesh; and Miriam died there, and was buried there. -- numbers 20:1 +. +And there was no water for the congregation: and they gathered themselves together against Moses and against Aaron. -- numbers 20:2 +. +And the people chode with Moses, and spake, saying, Would God that we had died when our brethren died before the LORD! -- numbers 20:3 +. +And why have ye brought up the congregation of the LORD into this wilderness, that we and our cattle should die there? -- numbers 20:4 +. +And wherefore have ye made us to come up out of Egypt, to bring us in unto this evil place? it is no place of seed, or of figs, or of vines, or of pomegranates; neither is there any water to drink. -- numbers 20:5 +. +And Moses and Aaron went from the presence of the assembly unto the door of the tabernacle of the congregation, and they fell upon their faces: and the glory of the LORD appeared unto them. -- numbers 20:6 +. +And the LORD spake unto Moses, saying, -- numbers 20:7 +. +Take the rod, and gather thou the assembly together, thou, and Aaron thy brother, and speak ye unto the rock before their eyes; and it shall give forth his water, and thou shalt bring forth to them water out of the rock: so thou shalt give the congregation and their beasts drink. -- numbers 20:8 +. +And Moses took the rod from before the LORD, as he commanded him. -- numbers 20:9 +. +And Moses and Aaron gathered the congregation together before the rock, and he said unto them, Hear now, ye rebels; must we fetch you water out of this rock? -- numbers 20:10 +. +And Moses lifted up his hand, and with his rod he smote the rock twice: and the water came out abundantly, and the congregation drank, and their beasts also. -- numbers 20:11 +. +And the LORD spake unto Moses and Aaron, Because ye believed me not, to sanctify me in the eyes of the children of Israel, therefore ye shall not bring this congregation into the land which I have given them. -- numbers 20:12 +. +This is the water of Meribah; because the children of Israel strove with the LORD, and he was sanctified in them. -- numbers 20:13 +. +And Moses sent messengers from Kadesh unto the king of Edom, Thus saith thy brother Israel, Thou knowest all the travail that hath befallen us: -- numbers 20:14 +. +How our fathers went down into Egypt, and we have dwelt in Egypt a long time; and the Egyptians vexed us, and our fathers: -- numbers 20:15 +. +And when we cried unto the LORD, he heard our voice, and sent an angel, and hath brought us forth out of Egypt: and, behold, we are in Kadesh, a city in the uttermost of thy border: -- numbers 20:16 +. +Let us pass, I pray thee, through thy country: we will not pass through the fields, or through the vineyards, neither will we drink of the water of the wells: we will go by the king's high way, we will not turn to the right hand nor to the left, until we have passed thy borders. -- numbers 20:17 +. +And Edom said unto him, Thou shalt not pass by me, lest I come out against thee with the sword. -- numbers 20:18 +. +And the children of Israel said unto him, We will go by the high way: and if I and my cattle drink of thy water, then I will pay for it: I will only, without doing anything else, go through on my feet. -- numbers 20:19 +. +And he said, Thou shalt not go through. And Edom came out against him with much people, and with a strong hand. -- numbers 20:20 +. +Thus Edom refused to give Israel passage through his border: wherefore Israel turned away from him. -- numbers 20:21 +. +And the children of Israel, even the whole congregation, journeyed from Kadesh, and came unto mount Hor. -- numbers 20:22 +. +And the LORD spake unto Moses and Aaron in mount Hor, by the coast of the land of Edom, saying, -- numbers 20:23 +. +Aaron shall be gathered unto his people: for he shall not enter into the land which I have given unto the children of Israel, because ye rebelled against my word at the water of Meribah. -- numbers 20:24 +. +Take Aaron and Eleazar his son, and bring them up unto mount Hor: -- numbers 20:25 +. +And strip Aaron of his garments, and put them upon Eleazar his son: and Aaron shall be gathered unto his people, and shall die there. -- numbers 20:26 +. +And Moses did as the LORD commanded: and they went up into mount Hor in the sight of all the congregation. -- numbers 20:27 +. +And Moses stripped Aaron of his garments, and put them upon Eleazar his son; and Aaron died there in the top of the mount: and Moses and Eleazar came down from the mount. -- numbers 20:28 +. +And when all the congregation saw that Aaron was dead, they mourned for Aaron thirty days, even all the house of Israel. -- numbers 20:29 +. +And when king Arad the Canaanite, which dwelt in the south, heard tell that Israel came by the way of the spies; then he fought against Israel, and took some of them prisoners. -- numbers 21:1 +. +And Israel vowed a vow unto the LORD, and said, If thou wilt indeed deliver this people into my hand, then I will utterly destroy their cities. -- numbers 21:2 +. +And the LORD hearkened to the voice of Israel, and delivered up the Canaanites; and they utterly destroyed them and their cities: and he called the name of the place Hormah. -- numbers 21:3 +. +And they journeyed from mount Hor by the way of the Red sea, to compass the land of Edom: and the soul of the people was much discouraged because of the way. -- numbers 21:4 +. +And the people spake against God, and against Moses, Wherefore have ye brought us up out of Egypt to die in the wilderness? for there is no bread, neither is there any water; and our soul loatheth this light bread. -- numbers 21:5 +. +And the LORD sent fiery serpents among the people, and they bit the people; and much people of Israel died. -- numbers 21:6 +. +Therefore the people came to Moses, and said, We have sinned, for we have spoken against the LORD, and against thee; pray unto the LORD, that he take away the serpents from us. And Moses prayed for the people. -- numbers 21:7 +. +And the LORD said unto Moses, Make thee a fiery serpent, and set it upon a pole: and it shall come to pass, that every one that is bitten, when he looketh upon it, shall live. -- numbers 21:8 +. +And Moses made a serpent of brass, and put it upon a pole, and it came to pass, that if a serpent had bitten any man, when he beheld the serpent of brass, he lived. -- numbers 21:9 +. +And the children of Israel set forward, and pitched in Oboth. -- numbers 21:10 +. +And they journeyed from Oboth, and pitched at Ijeabarim, in the wilderness which is before Moab, toward the sunrising. -- numbers 21:11 +. +From thence they removed, and pitched in the valley of Zared. -- numbers 21:12 +. +From thence they removed, and pitched on the other side of Arnon, which is in the wilderness that cometh out of the coasts of the Amorites: for Arnon is the border of Moab, between Moab and the Amorites. -- numbers 21:13 +. +Wherefore it is said in the book of the wars of the LORD, What he did in the Red sea, and in the brooks of Arnon, -- numbers 21:14 +. +And at the stream of the brooks that goeth down to the dwelling of Ar, and lieth upon the border of Moab. -- numbers 21:15 +. +And from thence they went to Beer: that is the well whereof the LORD spake unto Moses, Gather the people together, and I will give them water. -- numbers 21:16 +. +Then Israel sang this song, Spring up, O well; sing ye unto it: -- numbers 21:17 +. +The princes digged the well, the nobles of the people digged it, by the direction of the lawgiver, with their staves. And from the wilderness they went to Mattanah: -- numbers 21:18 +. +And from Mattanah to Nahaliel: and from Nahaliel to Bamoth: -- numbers 21:19 +. +And from Bamoth in the valley, that is in the country of Moab, to the top of Pisgah, which looketh toward Jeshimon. -- numbers 21:20 +. +And Israel sent messengers unto Sihon king of the Amorites, saying, -- numbers 21:21 +. +Let me pass through thy land: we will not turn into the fields, or into the vineyards; we will not drink of the waters of the well: but we will go along by the king's high way, until we be past thy borders. -- numbers 21:22 +. +And Sihon would not suffer Israel to pass through his border: but Sihon gathered all his people together, and went out against Israel into the wilderness: and he came to Jahaz, and fought against Israel. -- numbers 21:23 +. +And Israel smote him with the edge of the sword, and possessed his land from Arnon unto Jabbok, even unto the children of Ammon: for the border of the children of Ammon was strong. -- numbers 21:24 +. +And Israel took all these cities: and Israel dwelt in all the cities of the Amorites, in Heshbon, and in all the villages thereof. -- numbers 21:25 +. +For Heshbon was the city of Sihon the king of the Amorites, who had fought against the former king of Moab, and taken all his land out of his hand, even unto Arnon. -- numbers 21:26 +. +Wherefore they that speak in proverbs say, Come into Heshbon, let the city of Sihon be built and prepared: -- numbers 21:27 +. +For there is a fire gone out of Heshbon, a flame from the city of Sihon: it hath consumed Ar of Moab, and the lords of the high places of Arnon. -- numbers 21:28 +. +Woe to thee, Moab! thou art undone, O people of Chemosh: he hath given his sons that escaped, and his daughters, into captivity unto Sihon king of the Amorites. -- numbers 21:29 +. +We have shot at them; Heshbon is perished even unto Dibon, and we have laid them waste even unto Nophah, which reacheth unto Medeba. -- numbers 21:30 +. +Thus Israel dwelt in the land of the Amorites. -- numbers 21:31 +. +And Moses sent to spy out Jaazer, and they took the villages thereof, and drove out the Amorites that were there. -- numbers 21:32 +. +And they turned and went up by the way of Bashan: and Og the king of Bashan went out against them, he, and all his people, to the battle at Edrei. -- numbers 21:33 +. +And the LORD said unto Moses, Fear him not: for I have delivered him into thy hand, and all his people, and his land; and thou shalt do to him as thou didst unto Sihon king of the Amorites, which dwelt at Heshbon. -- numbers 21:34 +. +So they smote him, and his sons, and all his people, until there was none left him alive: and they possessed his land. -- numbers 21:35 +. +And the children of Israel set forward, and pitched in the plains of Moab on this side Jordan by Jericho. -- numbers 22:1 +. +And Balak the son of Zippor saw all that Israel had done to the Amorites. -- numbers 22:2 +. +And Moab was sore afraid of the people, because they were many: and Moab was distressed because of the children of Israel. -- numbers 22:3 +. +And Moab said unto the elders of Midian, Now shall this company lick up all that are round about us, as the ox licketh up the grass of the field. And Balak the son of Zippor was king of the Moabites at that time. -- numbers 22:4 +. +He sent messengers therefore unto Balaam the son of Beor to Pethor, which is by the river of the land of the children of his people, to call him, saying, Behold, there is a people come out from Egypt: behold, they cover the face of the earth, and they abide over against me: -- numbers 22:5 +. +Come now therefore, I pray thee, curse me this people; for they are too mighty for me: peradventure I shall prevail, that we may smite them, and that I may drive them out of the land: for I wot that he whom thou blessest is blessed, and he whom thou cursest is cursed. -- numbers 22:6 +. +And the elders of Moab and the elders of Midian departed with the rewards of divination in their hand; and they came unto Balaam, and spake unto him the words of Balak. -- numbers 22:7 +. +And he said unto them, Lodge here this night, and I will bring you word again, as the LORD shall speak unto me: and the princes of Moab abode with Balaam. -- numbers 22:8 +. +And God came unto Balaam, and said, What men are these with thee? -- numbers 22:9 +. +And Balaam said unto God, Balak the son of Zippor, king of Moab, hath sent unto me, saying, -- numbers 22:10 +. +Behold, there is a people come out of Egypt, which covereth the face of the earth: come now, curse me them; peradventure I shall be able to overcome them, and drive them out. -- numbers 22:11 +. +And God said unto Balaam, Thou shalt not go with them; thou shalt not curse the people: for they are blessed. -- numbers 22:12 +. +And Balaam rose up in the morning, and said unto the princes of Balak, Get you into your land: for the LORD refuseth to give me leave to go with you. -- numbers 22:13 +. +And the princes of Moab rose up, and they went unto Balak, and said, Balaam refuseth to come with us. -- numbers 22:14 +. +And Balak sent yet again princes, more, and more honorable than they. -- numbers 22:15 +. +And they came to Balaam, and said to him, Thus saith Balak the son of Zippor, Let nothing, I pray thee, hinder thee from coming unto me: -- numbers 22:16 +. +For I will promote thee unto very great honor, and I will do whatsoever thou sayest unto me: come therefore, I pray thee, curse me this people. -- numbers 22:17 +. +And Balaam answered and said unto the servants of Balak, If Balak would give me his house full of silver and gold, I cannot go beyond the word of the LORD my God, to do less or more. -- numbers 22:18 +. +Now therefore, I pray you, tarry ye also here this night, that I may know what the LORD will say unto me more. -- numbers 22:19 +. +And God came unto Balaam at night, and said unto him, If the men come to call thee, rise up, and go with them; but yet the word which I shall say unto thee, that shalt thou do. -- numbers 22:20 +. +And Balaam rose up in the morning, and saddled his ass, and went with the princes of Moab. -- numbers 22:21 +. +And God's anger was kindled because he went: and the angel of the LORD stood in the way for an adversary against him. Now he was riding upon his ass, and his two servants were with him. -- numbers 22:22 +. +And the ass saw the angel of the LORD standing in the way, and his sword drawn in his hand: and the ass turned aside out of the way, and went into the field: and Balaam smote the ass, to turn her into the way. -- numbers 22:23 +. +But the angel of the LORD stood in a path of the vineyards, a wall being on this side, and a wall on that side. -- numbers 22:24 +. +And when the ass saw the angel of the LORD, she thrust herself unto the wall, and crushed Balaam's foot against the wall: and he smote her again. -- numbers 22:25 +. +And the angel of the LORD went further, and stood in a narrow place, where was no way to turn either to the right hand or to the left. -- numbers 22:26 +. +And when the ass saw the angel of the LORD, she fell down under Balaam: and Balaam's anger was kindled, and he smote the ass with a staff. -- numbers 22:27 +. +And the LORD opened the mouth of the ass, and she said unto Balaam, What have I done unto thee, that thou hast smitten me these three times? -- numbers 22:28 +. +And Balaam said unto the ass, Because thou hast mocked me: I would there were a sword in mine hand, for now would I kill thee. -- numbers 22:29 +. +And the ass said unto Balaam, Am not I thine ass, upon which thou hast ridden ever since I was thine unto this day? was I ever wont to do so unto thee? And he said, Nay. -- numbers 22:30 +. +Then the LORD opened the eyes of Balaam, and he saw the angel of the LORD standing in the way, and his sword drawn in his hand: and he bowed down his head, and fell flat on his face. -- numbers 22:31 +. +And the angel of the LORD said unto him, Wherefore hast thou smitten thine ass these three times? behold, I went out to withstand thee, because thy way is perverse before me: -- numbers 22:32 +. +And the ass saw me, and turned from me these three times: unless she had turned from me, surely now also I had slain thee, and saved her alive. -- numbers 22:33 +. +And Balaam said unto the angel of the LORD, I have sinned; for I knew not that thou stoodest in the way against me: now therefore, if it displease thee, I will get me back again. -- numbers 22:34 +. +And the angel of the LORD said unto Balaam, Go with the men: but only the word that I shall speak unto thee, that thou shalt speak. So Balaam went with the princes of Balak. -- numbers 22:35 +. +And when Balak heard that Balaam was come, he went out to meet him unto a city of Moab, which is in the border of Arnon, which is in the utmost coast. -- numbers 22:36 +. +And Balak said unto Balaam, Did I not earnestly send unto thee to call thee? wherefore camest thou not unto me? am I not able indeed to promote thee to honor? -- numbers 22:37 +. +And Balaam said unto Balak, Lo, I am come unto thee: have I now any power at all to say any thing? the word that God putteth in my mouth, that shall I speak. -- numbers 22:38 +. +And Balaam went with Balak, and they came unto Kirjathhuzoth. -- numbers 22:39 +. +And Balak offered oxen and sheep, and sent to Balaam, and to the princes that were with him. -- numbers 22:40 +. +And it came to pass on the morrow, that Balak took Balaam, and brought him up into the high places of Baal, that thence he might see the utmost part of the people. -- numbers 22:41 +. +And Balaam said unto Balak, Build me here seven altars, and prepare me here seven oxen and seven rams. -- numbers 23:1 +. +And Balak did as Balaam had spoken; and Balak and Balaam offered on every altar a bullock and a ram. -- numbers 23:2 +. +And Balaam said unto Balak, Stand by thy burnt offering, and I will go: peradventure the LORD will come to meet me: and whatsoever he showeth me I will tell thee. And he went to an high place. -- numbers 23:3 +. +And God met Balaam: and he said unto him, I have prepared seven altars, and I have offered upon every altar a bullock and a ram. -- numbers 23:4 +. +And the LORD put a word in Balaam's mouth, and said, Return unto Balak, and thus thou shalt speak. -- numbers 23:5 +. +And he returned unto him, and, lo, he stood by his burnt sacrifice, he, and all the princes of Moab. -- numbers 23:6 +. +And he took up his parable, and said, Balak the king of Moab hath brought me from Aram, out of the mountains of the east, saying, Come, curse me Jacob, and come, defy Israel. -- numbers 23:7 +. +How shall I curse, whom God hath not cursed? or how shall I defy, whom the LORD hath not defied? -- numbers 23:8 +. +For from the top of the rocks I see him, and from the hills I behold him: lo, the people shall dwell alone, and shall not be reckoned among the nations. -- numbers 23:9 +. +Who can count the dust of Jacob, and the number of the fourth part of Israel? Let me die the death of the righteous, and let my last end be like his! -- numbers 23:10 +. +And Balak said unto Balaam, What hast thou done unto me? I took thee to curse mine enemies, and, behold, thou hast blessed them altogether. -- numbers 23:11 +. +And he answered and said, Must I not take heed to speak that which the LORD hath put in my mouth? -- numbers 23:12 +. +And Balak said unto him, Come, I pray thee, with me unto another place, from whence thou mayest see them: thou shalt see but the utmost part of them, and shalt not see them all: and curse me them from thence. -- numbers 23:13 +. +And he brought him into the field of Zophim, to the top of Pisgah, and built seven altars, and offered a bullock and a ram on every altar. -- numbers 23:14 +. +And he said unto Balak, Stand here by thy burnt offering, while I meet the LORD yonder. -- numbers 23:15 +. +And the LORD met Balaam, and put a word in his mouth, and said, Go again unto Balak, and say thus. -- numbers 23:16 +. +And when he came to him, behold, he stood by his burnt offering, and the princes of Moab with him. And Balak said unto him, What hath the LORD spoken? -- numbers 23:17 +. +And he took up his parable, and said, Rise up, Balak, and hear; hearken unto me, thou son of Zippor: -- numbers 23:18 +. +God is not a man, that he should lie; neither the son of man, that he should repent: hath he said, and shall he not do it? or hath he spoken, and shall he not make it good? -- numbers 23:19 +. +Behold, I have received commandment to bless: and he hath blessed; and I cannot reverse it. -- numbers 23:20 +. +He hath not beheld iniquity in Jacob, neither hath he seen perverseness in Israel: the LORD his God is with him, and the shout of a king is among them. -- numbers 23:21 +. +God brought them out of Egypt; he hath as it were the strength of an unicorn. -- numbers 23:22 +. +Surely there is no enchantment against Jacob, neither is there any divination against Israel: according to this time it shall be said of Jacob and of Israel, What hath God wrought! -- numbers 23:23 +. +Behold, the people shall rise up as a great lion, and lift up himself as a young lion: he shall not lie down until he eat of the prey, and drink the blood of the slain. -- numbers 23:24 +. +And Balak said unto Balaam, Neither curse them at all, nor bless them at all. -- numbers 23:25 +. +But Balaam answered and said unto Balak, Told not I thee, saying, All that the LORD speaketh, that I must do? -- numbers 23:26 +. +And Balak said unto Balaam, Come, I pray thee, I will bring thee unto another place; peradventure it will please God that thou mayest curse me them from thence. -- numbers 23:27 +. +And Balak brought Balaam unto the top of Peor, that looketh toward Jeshimon. -- numbers 23:28 +. +And Balaam said unto Balak, Build me here seven altars, and prepare me here seven bullocks and seven rams. -- numbers 23:29 +. +And Balak did as Balaam had said, and offered a bullock and a ram on every altar. -- numbers 23:30 +. +And when Balaam saw that it pleased the LORD to bless Israel, he went not, as at other times, to seek for enchantments, but he set his face toward the wilderness. -- numbers 24:1 +. +And Balaam lifted up his eyes, and he saw Israel abiding in his tents according to their tribes; and the spirit of God came upon him. -- numbers 24:2 +. +And he took up his parable, and said, Balaam the son of Beor hath said, and the man whose eyes are open hath said: -- numbers 24:3 +. +He hath said, which heard the words of God, which saw the vision of the Almighty, falling into a trance, but having his eyes open: -- numbers 24:4 +. +How goodly are thy tents, O Jacob, and thy tabernacles, O Israel! -- numbers 24:5 +. +As the valleys are they spread forth, as gardens by the river's side, as the trees of lign aloes which the LORD hath planted, and as cedar trees beside the waters. -- numbers 24:6 +. +He shall pour the water out of his buckets, and his seed shall be in many waters, and his king shall be higher than Agag, and his kingdom shall be exalted. -- numbers 24:7 +. +God brought him forth out of Egypt; he hath as it were the strength of an unicorn: he shall eat up the nations his enemies, and shall break their bones, and pierce them through with his arrows. -- numbers 24:8 +. +He couched, he lay down as a lion, and as a great lion: who shall stir him up? Blessed is he that blesseth thee, and cursed is he that curseth thee. -- numbers 24:9 +. +And Balak's anger was kindled against Balaam, and he smote his hands together: and Balak said unto Balaam, I called thee to curse mine enemies, and, behold, thou hast altogether blessed them these three times. -- numbers 24:10 +. +Therefore now flee thou to thy place: I thought to promote thee unto great honor; but, lo, the LORD hath kept thee back from honor. -- numbers 24:11 +. +And Balaam said unto Balak, Spake I not also to thy messengers which thou sentest unto me, saying, -- numbers 24:12 +. +If Balak would give me his house full of silver and gold, I cannot go beyond the commandment of the LORD, to do either good or bad of mine own mind; but what the LORD saith, that will I speak? -- numbers 24:13 +. +And now, behold, I go unto my people: come therefore, and I will advertise thee what this people shall do to thy people in the latter days. -- numbers 24:14 +. +And he took up his parable, and said, Balaam the son of Beor hath said, and the man whose eyes are open hath said: -- numbers 24:15 +. +He hath said, which heard the words of God, and knew the knowledge of the most High, which saw the vision of the Almighty, falling into a trance, but having his eyes open: -- numbers 24:16 +. +I shall see him, but not now: I shall behold him, but not nigh: there shall come a Star out of Jacob, and a Sceptre shall rise out of Israel, and shall smite the corners of Moab, and destroy all the children of Sheth. -- numbers 24:17 +. +And Edom shall be a possession, Seir also shall be a possession for his enemies; and Israel shall do valiantly. -- numbers 24:18 +. +Out of Jacob shall come he that shall have dominion, and shall destroy him that remaineth of the city. -- numbers 24:19 +. +And when he looked on Amalek, he took up his parable, and said, Amalek was the first of the nations; but his latter end shall be that he perish for ever. -- numbers 24:20 +. +And he looked on the Kenites, and took up his parable, and said, Strong is thy dwelling place, and thou puttest thy nest in a rock. -- numbers 24:21 +. +Nevertheless the Kenite shall be wasted, until Asshur shall carry thee away captive. -- numbers 24:22 +. +And he took up his parable, and said, Alas, who shall live when God doeth this! -- numbers 24:23 +. +And ships shall come from the coast of Chittim, and shall afflict Asshur, and shall afflict Eber, and he also shall perish for ever. -- numbers 24:24 +. +And Balaam rose up, and went and returned to his place: and Balak also went his way. -- numbers 24:25 +. +And Israel abode in Shittim, and the people began to commit whoredom with the daughters of Moab. -- numbers 25:1 +. +And they called the people unto the sacrifices of their gods: and the people did eat, and bowed down to their gods. -- numbers 25:2 +. +And Israel joined himself unto Baalpeor: and the anger of the LORD was kindled against Israel. -- numbers 25:3 +. +And the LORD said unto Moses, Take all the heads of the people, and hang them up before the LORD against the sun, that the fierce anger of the LORD may be turned away from Israel. -- numbers 25:4 +. +And Moses said unto the judges of Israel, Slay ye every one his men that were joined unto Baalpeor. -- numbers 25:5 +. +And, behold, one of the children of Israel came and brought unto his brethren a Midianitish woman in the sight of Moses, and in the sight of all the congregation of the children of Israel, who were weeping before the door of the tabernacle of the congregation. -- numbers 25:6 +. +And when Phinehas, the son of Eleazar, the son of Aaron the priest, saw it, he rose up from among the congregation, and took a javelin in his hand; -- numbers 25:7 +. +And he went after the man of Israel into the tent, and thrust both of them through, the man of Israel, and the woman through her belly. So the plague was stayed from the children of Israel. -- numbers 25:8 +. +And those that died in the plague were twenty and four thousand. -- numbers 25:9 +. +And the LORD spake unto Moses, saying, -- numbers 25:10 +. +Phinehas, the son of Eleazar, the son of Aaron the priest, hath turned my wrath away from the children of Israel, while he was zealous for my sake among them, that I consumed not the children of Israel in my jealousy. -- numbers 25:11 +. +Wherefore say, Behold, I give unto him my covenant of peace: -- numbers 25:12 +. +And he shall have it, and his seed after him, even the covenant of an everlasting priesthood; because he was zealous for his God, and made an atonement for the children of Israel. -- numbers 25:13 +. +Now the name of the Israelite that was slain, even that was slain with the Midianitish woman, was Zimri, the son of Salu, a prince of a chief house among the Simeonites. -- numbers 25:14 +. +And the name of the Midianitish woman that was slain was Cozbi, the daughter of Zur; he was head over a people, and of a chief house in Midian. -- numbers 25:15 +. +And the LORD spake unto Moses, saying, -- numbers 25:16 +. +Vex the Midianites, and smite them: -- numbers 25:17 +. +For they vex you with their wiles, wherewith they have beguiled you in the matter of Peor, and in the matter of Cozbi, the daughter of a prince of Midian, their sister, which was slain in the day of the plague for Peor's sake. -- numbers 25:18 +. +And it came to pass after the plague, that the LORD spake unto Moses and unto Eleazar the son of Aaron the priest, saying, -- numbers 26:1 +. +Take the sum of all the congregation of the children of Israel, from twenty years old and upward, throughout their fathers' house, all that are able to go to war in Israel. -- numbers 26:2 +. +And Moses and Eleazar the priest spake with them in the plains of Moab by Jordan near Jericho, saying, -- numbers 26:3 +. +Take the sum of the people, from twenty years old and upward; as the LORD commanded Moses and the children of Israel, which went forth out of the land of Egypt. -- numbers 26:4 +. +Reuben, the eldest son of Israel: the children of Reuben; Hanoch, of whom cometh the family of the Hanochites: of Pallu, the family of the Palluites: -- numbers 26:5 +. +Of Hezron, the family of the Hezronites: of Carmi, the family of the Carmites. -- numbers 26:6 +. +These are the families of the Reubenites: and they that were numbered of them were forty and three thousand and seven hundred and thirty. -- numbers 26:7 +. +And the sons of Pallu; Eliab. -- numbers 26:8 +. +And the sons of Eliab; Nemuel, and Dathan, and Abiram. This is that Dathan and Abiram, which were famous in the congregation, who strove against Moses and against Aaron in the company of Korah, when they strove against the LORD: -- numbers 26:9 +. +And the earth opened her mouth, and swallowed them up together with Korah, when that company died, what time the fire devoured two hundred and fifty men: and they became a sign. -- numbers 26:10 +. +Notwithstanding the children of Korah died not. -- numbers 26:11 +. +The sons of Simeon after their families: of Nemuel, the family of the Nemuelites: of Jamin, the family of the Jaminites: of Jachin, the family of the Jachinites: -- numbers 26:12 +. +Of Zerah, the family of the Zarhites: of Shaul, the family of the Shaulites. -- numbers 26:13 +. +These are the families of the Simeonites, twenty and two thousand and two hundred. -- numbers 26:14 +. +The children of Gad after their families: of Zephon, the family of the Zephonites: of Haggi, the family of the Haggites: of Shuni, the family of the Shunites: -- numbers 26:15 +. +Of Ozni, the family of the Oznites: of Eri, the family of the Erites: -- numbers 26:16 +. +Of Arod, the family of the Arodites: of Areli, the family of the Arelites. -- numbers 26:17 +. +These are the families of the children of Gad according to those that were numbered of them, forty thousand and five hundred. -- numbers 26:18 +. +The sons of Judah were Er and Onan: and Er and Onan died in the land of Canaan. -- numbers 26:19 +. +And the sons of Judah after their families were; of Shelah, the family of the Shelanites: of Pharez, the family of the Pharzites: of Zerah, the family of the Zarhites. -- numbers 26:20 +. +And the sons of Pharez were; of Hezron, the family of the Hezronites: of Hamul, the family of the Hamulites. -- numbers 26:21 +. +These are the families of Judah according to those that were numbered of them, threescore and sixteen thousand and five hundred. -- numbers 26:22 +. +Of the sons of Issachar after their families: of Tola, the family of the Tolaites: of Pua, the family of the Punites: -- numbers 26:23 +. +Of Jashub, the family of the Jashubites: of Shimron, the family of the Shimronites. -- numbers 26:24 +. +These are the families of Issachar according to those that were numbered of them, threescore and four thousand and three hundred. -- numbers 26:25 +. +Of the sons of Zebulun after their families: of Sered, the family of the Sardites: of Elon, the family of the Elonites: of Jahleel, the family of the Jahleelites. -- numbers 26:26 +. +These are the families of the Zebulunites according to those that were numbered of them, threescore thousand and five hundred. -- numbers 26:27 +. +The sons of Joseph after their families were Manasseh and Ephraim. -- numbers 26:28 +. +Of the sons of Manasseh: of Machir, the family of the Machirites: and Machir begat Gilead: of Gilead come the family of the Gileadites. -- numbers 26:29 +. +These are the sons of Gilead: of Jeezer, the family of the Jeezerites: of Helek, the family of the Helekites: -- numbers 26:30 +. +And of Asriel, the family of the Asrielites: and of Shechem, the family of the Shechemites: -- numbers 26:31 +. +And of Shemida, the family of the Shemidaites: and of Hepher, the family of the Hepherites. -- numbers 26:32 +. +And Zelophehad the son of Hepher had no sons, but daughters: and the names of the daughters of Zelophehad were Mahlah, and Noah, Hoglah, Milcah, and Tirzah. -- numbers 26:33 +. +These are the families of Manasseh, and those that were numbered of them, fifty and two thousand and seven hundred. -- numbers 26:34 +. +These are the sons of Ephraim after their families: of Shuthelah, the family of the Shuthalhites: of Becher, the family of the Bachrites: of Tahan, the family of the Tahanites. -- numbers 26:35 +. +And these are the sons of Shuthelah: of Eran, the family of the Eranites. -- numbers 26:36 +. +These are the families of the sons of Ephraim according to those that were numbered of them, thirty and two thousand and five hundred. These are the sons of Joseph after their families. -- numbers 26:37 +. +The sons of Benjamin after their families: of Bela, the family of the Belaites: of Ashbel, the family of the Ashbelites: of Ahiram, the family of the Ahiramites: -- numbers 26:38 +. +Of Shupham, the family of the Shuphamites: of Hupham, the family of the Huphamites. -- numbers 26:39 +. +And the sons of Bela were Ard and Naaman: of Ard, the family of the Ardites: and of Naaman, the family of the Naamites. -- numbers 26:40 +. +These are the sons of Benjamin after their families: and they that were numbered of them were forty and five thousand and six hundred. -- numbers 26:41 +. +These are the sons of Dan after their families: of Shuham, the family of the Shuhamites. These are the families of Dan after their families. -- numbers 26:42 +. +All the families of the Shuhamites, according to those that were numbered of them, were threescore and four thousand and four hundred. -- numbers 26:43 +. +Of the children of Asher after their families: of Jimna, the family of the Jimnites: of Jesui, the family of the Jesuites: of Beriah, the family of the Beriites. -- numbers 26:44 +. +Of the sons of Beriah: of Heber, the family of the Heberites: of Malchiel, the family of the Malchielites. -- numbers 26:45 +. +And the name of the daughter of Asher was Sarah. -- numbers 26:46 +. +These are the families of the sons of Asher according to those that were numbered of them; who were fifty and three thousand and four hundred. -- numbers 26:47 +. +Of the sons of Naphtali after their families: of Jahzeel, the family of the Jahzeelites: of Guni, the family of the Gunites: -- numbers 26:48 +. +Of Jezer, the family of the Jezerites: of Shillem, the family of the Shillemites. -- numbers 26:49 +. +These are the families of Naphtali according to their families: and they that were numbered of them were forty and five thousand and four hundred. -- numbers 26:50 +. +These were the numbered of the children of Israel, six hundred thousand and a thousand seven hundred and thirty. -- numbers 26:51 +. +And the LORD spake unto Moses, saying, -- numbers 26:52 +. +Unto these the land shall be divided for an inheritance according to the number of names. -- numbers 26:53 +. +To many thou shalt give the more inheritance, and to few thou shalt give the less inheritance: to every one shall his inheritance be given according to those that were numbered of him. -- numbers 26:54 +. +Notwithstanding the land shall be divided by lot: according to the names of the tribes of their fathers they shall inherit. -- numbers 26:55 +. +According to the lot shall the possession thereof be divided between many and few. -- numbers 26:56 +. +And these are they that were numbered of the Levites after their families: of Gershon, the family of the Gershonites: of Kohath, the family of the Kohathites: of Merari, the family of the Merarites. -- numbers 26:57 +. +These are the families of the Levites: the family of the Libnites, the family of the Hebronites, the family of the Mahlites, the family of the Mushites, the family of the Korathites. And Kohath begat Amram. -- numbers 26:58 +. +And the name of Amram's wife was Jochebed, the daughter of Levi, whom her mother bare to Levi in Egypt: and she bare unto Amram Aaron and Moses, and Miriam their sister. -- numbers 26:59 +. +And unto Aaron was born Nadab, and Abihu, Eleazar, and Ithamar. -- numbers 26:60 +. +And Nadab and Abihu died, when they offered strange fire before the LORD. -- numbers 26:61 +. +And those that were numbered of them were twenty and three thousand, all males from a month old and upward: for they were not numbered among the children of Israel, because there was no inheritance given them among the children of Israel. -- numbers 26:62 +. +These are they that were numbered by Moses and Eleazar the priest, who numbered the children of Israel in the plains of Moab by Jordan near Jericho. -- numbers 26:63 +. +But among these there was not a man of them whom Moses and Aaron the priest numbered, when they numbered the children of Israel in the wilderness of Sinai. -- numbers 26:64 +. +For the LORD had said of them, They shall surely die in the wilderness. And there was not left a man of them, save Caleb the son of Jephunneh, and Joshua the son of Nun. -- numbers 26:65 +. +Then came the daughters of Zelophehad, the son of Hepher, the son of Gilead, the son of Machir, the son of Manasseh, of the families of Manasseh the son of Joseph: and these are the names of his daughters; Mahlah, Noah, and Hoglah, and Milcah, and Tirzah. -- numbers 27:1 +. +And they stood before Moses, and before Eleazar the priest, and before the princes and all the congregation, by the door of the tabernacle of the congregation, saying, -- numbers 27:2 +. +Our father died in the wilderness, and he was not in the company of them that gathered themselves together against the LORD in the company of Korah; but died in his own sin, and had no sons. -- numbers 27:3 +. +Why should the name of our father be done away from among his family, because he hath no son? Give unto us therefore a possession among the brethren of our father. -- numbers 27:4 +. +And Moses brought their cause before the LORD. -- numbers 27:5 +. +And the LORD spake unto Moses, saying, -- numbers 27:6 +. +The daughters of Zelophehad speak right: thou shalt surely give them a possession of an inheritance among their father's brethren; and thou shalt cause the inheritance of their father to pass unto them. -- numbers 27:7 +. +And thou shalt speak unto the children of Israel, saying, If a man die, and have no son, then ye shall cause his inheritance to pass unto his daughter. -- numbers 27:8 +. +And if he have no daughter, then ye shall give his inheritance unto his brethren. -- numbers 27:9 +. +And if he have no brethren, then ye shall give his inheritance unto his father's brethren. -- numbers 27:10 +. +And if his father have no brethren, then ye shall give his inheritance unto his kinsman that is next to him of his family, and he shall possess it: and it shall be unto the children of Israel a statute of judgment, as the LORD commanded Moses. -- numbers 27:11 +. +And the LORD said unto Moses, Get thee up into this mount Abarim, and see the land which I have given unto the children of Israel. -- numbers 27:12 +. +And when thou hast seen it, thou also shalt be gathered unto thy people, as Aaron thy brother was gathered. -- numbers 27:13 +. +For ye rebelled against my commandment in the desert of Zin, in the strife of the congregation, to sanctify me at the water before their eyes: that is the water of Meribah in Kadesh in the wilderness of Zin. -- numbers 27:14 +. +And Moses spake unto the LORD, saying, -- numbers 27:15 +. +Let the LORD, the God of the spirits of all flesh, set a man over the congregation, -- numbers 27:16 +. +Which may go out before them, and which may go in before them, and which may lead them out, and which may bring them in; that the congregation of the LORD be not as sheep which have no shepherd. -- numbers 27:17 +. +And the LORD said unto Moses, Take thee Joshua the son of Nun, a man in whom is the spirit, and lay thine hand upon him; -- numbers 27:18 +. +And set him before Eleazar the priest, and before all the congregation; and give him a charge in their sight. -- numbers 27:19 +. +And thou shalt put some of thine honor upon him, that all the congregation of the children of Israel may be obedient. -- numbers 27:20 +. +And he shall stand before Eleazar the priest, who shall ask counsel for him after the judgment of Urim before the LORD: at his word shall they go out, and at his word they shall come in, both he, and all the children of Israel with him, even all the congregation. -- numbers 27:21 +. +And Moses did as the LORD commanded him: and he took Joshua, and set him before Eleazar the priest, and before all the congregation: -- numbers 27:22 +. +And he laid his hands upon him, and gave him a charge, as the LORD commanded by the hand of Moses. -- numbers 27:23 +. +And the LORD spake unto Moses, saying, -- numbers 28:1 +. +Command the children of Israel, and say unto them, My offering, and my bread for my sacrifices made by fire, for a sweet savor unto me, shall ye observe to offer unto me in their due season. -- numbers 28:2 +. +And thou shalt say unto them, This is the offering made by fire which ye shall offer unto the LORD; two lambs of the first year without spot day by day, for a continual burnt offering. -- numbers 28:3 +. +The one lamb shalt thou offer in the morning, and the other lamb shalt thou offer at even; -- numbers 28:4 +. +And a tenth part of an ephah of flour for a meat offering, mingled with the fourth part of an hin of beaten oil. -- numbers 28:5 +. +It is a continual burnt offering, which was ordained in mount Sinai for a sweet savor, a sacrifice made by fire unto the LORD. -- numbers 28:6 +. +And the drink offering thereof shall be the fourth part of an hin for the one lamb: in the holy place shalt thou cause the strong wine to be poured unto the LORD for a drink offering. -- numbers 28:7 +. +And the other lamb shalt thou offer at even: as the meat offering of the morning, and as the drink offering thereof, thou shalt offer it, a sacrifice made by fire, of a sweet savor unto the LORD. -- numbers 28:8 +. +And on the sabbath day two lambs of the first year without spot, and two tenth deals of flour for a meat offering, mingled with oil, and the drink offering thereof: -- numbers 28:9 +. +This is the burnt offering of every sabbath, beside the continual burnt offering, and his drink offering. -- numbers 28:10 +. +And in the beginnings of your months ye shall offer a burnt offering unto the LORD; two young bullocks, and one ram, seven lambs of the first year without spot; -- numbers 28:11 +. +And three tenth deals of flour for a meat offering, mingled with oil, for one bullock; and two tenth deals of flour for a meat offering, mingled with oil, for one ram; -- numbers 28:12 +. +And a several tenth deal of flour mingled with oil for a meat offering unto one lamb; for a burnt offering of a sweet savor, a sacrifice made by fire unto the LORD. -- numbers 28:13 +. +And their drink offerings shall be half an hin of wine unto a bullock, and the third part of an hin unto a ram, and a fourth part of an hin unto a lamb: this is the burnt offering of every month throughout the months of the year. -- numbers 28:14 +. +And one kid of the goats for a sin offering unto the LORD shall be offered, beside the continual burnt offering, and his drink offering. -- numbers 28:15 +. +And in the fourteenth day of the first month is the passover of the LORD. -- numbers 28:16 +. +And in the fifteenth day of this month is the feast: seven days shall unleavened bread be eaten. -- numbers 28:17 +. +In the first day shall be an holy convocation; ye shall do no manner of servile work therein: -- numbers 28:18 +. +But ye shall offer a sacrifice made by fire for a burnt offering unto the LORD; two young bullocks, and one ram, and seven lambs of the first year: they shall be unto you without blemish: -- numbers 28:19 +. +And their meat offering shall be of flour mingled with oil: three tenth deals shall ye offer for a bullock, and two tenth deals for a ram; -- numbers 28:20 +. +A several tenth deal shalt thou offer for every lamb, throughout the seven lambs: -- numbers 28:21 +. +And one goat for a sin offering, to make an atonement for you. -- numbers 28:22 +. +Ye shall offer these beside the burnt offering in the morning, which is for a continual burnt offering. -- numbers 28:23 +. +After this manner ye shall offer daily, throughout the seven days, the meat of the sacrifice made by fire, of a sweet savor unto the LORD: it shall be offered beside the continual burnt offering, and his drink offering. -- numbers 28:24 +. +And on the seventh day ye shall have an holy convocation; ye shall do no servile work. -- numbers 28:25 +. +Also in the day of the firstfruits, when ye bring a new meat offering unto the LORD, after your weeks be out, ye shall have an holy convocation; ye shall do no servile work: -- numbers 28:26 +. +But ye shall offer the burnt offering for a sweet savor unto the LORD; two young bullocks, one ram, seven lambs of the first year; -- numbers 28:27 +. +And their meat offering of flour mingled with oil, three tenth deals unto one bullock, two tenth deals unto one ram, -- numbers 28:28 +. +A several tenth deal unto one lamb, throughout the seven lambs; -- numbers 28:29 +. +And one kid of the goats, to make an atonement for you. -- numbers 28:30 +. +Ye shall offer them beside the continual burnt offering, and his meat offering, (they shall be unto you without blemish) and their drink offerings. -- numbers 28:31 +. +And in the seventh month, on the first day of the month, ye shall have an holy convocation; ye shall do no servile work: it is a day of blowing the trumpets unto you. -- numbers 29:1 +. +And ye shall offer a burnt offering for a sweet savor unto the LORD; one young bullock, one ram, and seven lambs of the first year without blemish: -- numbers 29:2 +. +And their meat offering shall be of flour mingled with oil, three tenth deals for a bullock, and two tenth deals for a ram, -- numbers 29:3 +. +And one tenth deal for one lamb, throughout the seven lambs: -- numbers 29:4 +. +And one kid of the goats for a sin offering, to make an atonement for you: -- numbers 29:5 +. +Beside the burnt offering of the month, and his meat offering, and the daily burnt offering, and his meat offering, and their drink offerings, according unto their manner, for a sweet savor, a sacrifice made by fire unto the LORD. -- numbers 29:6 +. +And ye shall have on the tenth day of this seventh month an holy convocation; and ye shall afflict your souls: ye shall not do any work therein: -- numbers 29:7 +. +But ye shall offer a burnt offering unto the LORD for a sweet savor; one young bullock, one ram, and seven lambs of the first year; they shall be unto you without blemish: -- numbers 29:8 +. +And their meat offering shall be of flour mingled with oil, three tenth deals to a bullock, and two tenth deals to one ram, -- numbers 29:9 +. +A several tenth deal for one lamb, throughout the seven lambs: -- numbers 29:10 +. +One kid of the goats for a sin offering; beside the sin offering of atonement, and the continual burnt offering, and the meat offering of it, and their drink offerings. -- numbers 29:11 +. +And on the fifteenth day of the seventh month ye shall have an holy convocation; ye shall do no servile work, and ye shall keep a feast unto the LORD seven days: -- numbers 29:12 +. +And ye shall offer a burnt offering, a sacrifice made by fire, of a sweet savor unto the LORD; thirteen young bullocks, two rams, and fourteen lambs of the first year; they shall be without blemish: -- numbers 29:13 +. +And their meat offering shall be of flour mingled with oil, three tenth deals unto every bullock of the thirteen bullocks, two tenth deals to each ram of the two rams, -- numbers 29:14 +. +And a several tenth deal to each lamb of the fourteen lambs: -- numbers 29:15 +. +And one kid of the goats for a sin offering; beside the continual burnt offering, his meat offering, and his drink offering. -- numbers 29:16 +. +And on the second day ye shall offer twelve young bullocks, two rams, fourteen lambs of the first year without spot: -- numbers 29:17 +. +And their meat offering and their drink offerings for the bullocks, for the rams, and for the lambs, shall be according to their number, after the manner: -- numbers 29:18 +. +And one kid of the goats for a sin offering; beside the continual burnt offering, and the meat offering thereof, and their drink offerings. -- numbers 29:19 +. +And on the third day eleven bullocks, two rams, fourteen lambs of the first year without blemish; -- numbers 29:20 +. +And their meat offering and their drink offerings for the bullocks, for the rams, and for the lambs, shall be according to their number, after the manner: -- numbers 29:21 +. +And one goat for a sin offering; beside the continual burnt offering, and his meat offering, and his drink offering. -- numbers 29:22 +. +And on the fourth day ten bullocks, two rams, and fourteen lambs of the first year without blemish: -- numbers 29:23 +. +Their meat offering and their drink offerings for the bullocks, for the rams, and for the lambs, shall be according to their number, after the manner: -- numbers 29:24 +. +And one kid of the goats for a sin offering; beside the continual burnt offering, his meat offering, and his drink offering. -- numbers 29:25 +. +And on the fifth day nine bullocks, two rams, and fourteen lambs of the first year without spot: -- numbers 29:26 +. +And their meat offering and their drink offerings for the bullocks, for the rams, and for the lambs, shall be according to their number, after the manner: -- numbers 29:27 +. +And one goat for a sin offering; beside the continual burnt offering, and his meat offering, and his drink offering. -- numbers 29:28 +. +And on the sixth day eight bullocks, two rams, and fourteen lambs of the first year without blemish: -- numbers 29:29 +. +And their meat offering and their drink offerings for the bullocks, for the rams, and for the lambs, shall be according to their number, after the manner: -- numbers 29:30 +. +And one goat for a sin offering; beside the continual burnt offering, his meat offering, and his drink offering. -- numbers 29:31 +. +And on the seventh day seven bullocks, two rams, and fourteen lambs of the first year without blemish: -- numbers 29:32 +. +And their meat offering and their drink offerings for the bullocks, for the rams, and for the lambs, shall be according to their number, after the manner: -- numbers 29:33 +. +And one goat for a sin offering; beside the continual burnt offering, his meat offering, and his drink offering. -- numbers 29:34 +. +On the eighth day ye shall have a solemn assembly: ye shall do no servile work therein: -- numbers 29:35 +. +But ye shall offer a burnt offering, a sacrifice made by fire, of a sweet savor unto the LORD: one bullock, one ram, seven lambs of the first year without blemish: -- numbers 29:36 +. +Their meat offering and their drink offerings for the bullock, for the ram, and for the lambs, shall be according to their number, after the manner: -- numbers 29:37 +. +And one goat for a sin offering; beside the continual burnt offering, and his meat offering, and his drink offering. -- numbers 29:38 +. +These things ye shall do unto the LORD in your set feasts, beside your vows, and your freewill offerings, for your burnt offerings, and for your meat offerings, and for your drink offerings, and for your peace offerings. -- numbers 29:39 +. +And Moses told the children of Israel according to all that the LORD commanded Moses. -- numbers 29:40 +. +And Moses spake unto the heads of the tribes concerning the children of Israel, saying, This is the thing which the LORD hath commanded. -- numbers 30:1 +. +If a man vow a vow unto the LORD, or swear an oath to bind his soul with a bond; he shall not break his word, he shall do according to all that proceedeth out of his mouth. -- numbers 30:2 +. +If a woman also vow a vow unto the LORD, and bind herself by a bond, being in her father's house in her youth; -- numbers 30:3 +. +And her father hear her vow, and her bond wherewith she hath bound her soul, and her father shall hold his peace at her; then all her vows shall stand, and every bond wherewith she hath bound her soul shall stand. -- numbers 30:4 +. +But if her father disallow her in the day that he heareth; not any of her vows, or of her bonds wherewith she hath bound her soul, shall stand: and the LORD shall forgive her, because her father disallowed her. -- numbers 30:5 +. +And if she had at all an husband, when she vowed, or uttered ought out of her lips, wherewith she bound her soul; -- numbers 30:6 +. +And her husband heard it, and held his peace at her in the day that he heard it: then her vows shall stand, and her bonds wherewith she bound her soul shall stand. -- numbers 30:7 +. +But if her husband disallowed her on the day that he heard it; then he shall make her vow which she vowed, and that which she uttered with her lips, wherewith she bound her soul, of none effect: and the LORD shall forgive her. -- numbers 30:8 +. +But every vow of a widow, and of her that is divorced, wherewith they have bound their souls, shall stand against her. -- numbers 30:9 +. +And if she vowed in her husband's house, or bound her soul by a bond with an oath; -- numbers 30:10 +. +And her husband heard it, and held his peace at her, and disallowed her not: then all her vows shall stand, and every bond wherewith she bound her soul shall stand. -- numbers 30:11 +. +But if her husband hath utterly made them void on the day he heard them; then whatsoever proceeded out of her lips concerning her vows, or concerning the bond of her soul, shall not stand: her husband hath made them void; and the LORD shall forgive her. -- numbers 30:12 +. +Every vow, and every binding oath to afflict the soul, her husband may establish it, or her husband may make it void. -- numbers 30:13 +. +But if her husband altogether hold his peace at her from day to day; then he establisheth all her vows, or all her bonds, which are upon her: he confirmeth them, because he held his peace at her in the day that he heard them. -- numbers 30:14 +. +But if he shall any ways make them void after that he hath heard them; then he shall bear her iniquity. -- numbers 30:15 +. +These are the statutes, which the LORD commanded Moses, between a man and his wife, between the father and his daughter, being yet in her youth in her father's house. -- numbers 30:16 +. +And the LORD spake unto Moses, saying, -- numbers 31:1 +. +Avenge the children of Israel of the Midianites: afterward shalt thou be gathered unto thy people. -- numbers 31:2 +. +And Moses spake unto the people, saying, Arm some of yourselves unto the war, and let them go against the Midianites, and avenge the LORD of Midian. -- numbers 31:3 +. +Of every tribe a thousand, throughout all the tribes of Israel, shall ye send to the war. -- numbers 31:4 +. +So there were delivered out of the thousands of Israel, a thousand of every tribe, twelve thousand armed for war. -- numbers 31:5 +. +And Moses sent them to the war, a thousand of every tribe, them and Phinehas the son of Eleazar the priest, to the war, with the holy instruments, and the trumpets to blow in his hand. -- numbers 31:6 +. +And they warred against the Midianites, as the LORD commanded Moses; and they slew all the males. -- numbers 31:7 +. +And they slew the kings of Midian, beside the rest of them that were slain; namely, Evi, and Rekem, and Zur, and Hur, and Reba, five kings of Midian: Balaam also the son of Beor they slew with the sword. -- numbers 31:8 +. +And the children of Israel took all the women of Midian captives, and their little ones, and took the spoil of all their cattle, and all their flocks, and all their goods. -- numbers 31:9 +. +And they burnt all their cities wherein they dwelt, and all their goodly castles, with fire. -- numbers 31:10 +. +And they took all the spoil, and all the prey, both of men and of beasts. -- numbers 31:11 +. +And they brought the captives, and the prey, and the spoil, unto Moses, and Eleazar the priest, and unto the congregation of the children of Israel, unto the camp at the plains of Moab, which are by Jordan near Jericho. -- numbers 31:12 +. +And Moses, and Eleazar the priest, and all the princes of the congregation, went forth to meet them without the camp. -- numbers 31:13 +. +And Moses was wroth with the officers of the host, with the captains over thousands, and captains over hundreds, which came from the battle. -- numbers 31:14 +. +And Moses said unto them, Have ye saved all the women alive? -- numbers 31:15 +. +Behold, these caused the children of Israel, through the counsel of Balaam, to commit trespass against the LORD in the matter of Peor, and there was a plague among the congregation of the LORD. -- numbers 31:16 +. +Now therefore kill every male among the little ones, and kill every woman that hath known man by lying with him. -- numbers 31:17 +. +But all the women children, that have not known a man by lying with him, keep alive for yourselves. -- numbers 31:18 +. +And do ye abide without the camp seven days: whosoever hath killed any person, and whosoever hath touched any slain, purify both yourselves and your captives on the third day, and on the seventh day. -- numbers 31:19 +. +And purify all your raiment, and all that is made of skins, and all work of goats' hair, and all things made of wood. -- numbers 31:20 +. +And Eleazar the priest said unto the men of war which went to the battle, This is the ordinance of the law which the LORD commanded Moses; -- numbers 31:21 +. +Only the gold, and the silver, the brass, the iron, the tin, and the lead, -- numbers 31:22 +. +Every thing that may abide the fire, ye shall make it go through the fire, and it shall be clean: nevertheless it shall be purified with the water of separation: and all that abideth not the fire ye shall make go through the water. -- numbers 31:23 +. +And ye shall wash your clothes on the seventh day, and ye shall be clean, and afterward ye shall come into the camp. -- numbers 31:24 +. +And the LORD spake unto Moses, saying, -- numbers 31:25 +. +Take the sum of the prey that was taken, both of man and of beast, thou, and Eleazar the priest, and the chief fathers of the congregation: -- numbers 31:26 +. +And divide the prey into two parts; between them that took the war upon them, who went out to battle, and between all the congregation: -- numbers 31:27 +. +And levy a tribute unto the LORD of the men of war which went out to battle: one soul of five hundred, both of the persons, and of the beeves, and of the asses, and of the sheep: -- numbers 31:28 +. +Take it of their half, and give it unto Eleazar the priest, for an heave offering of the LORD. -- numbers 31:29 +. +And of the children of Israel's half, thou shalt take one portion of fifty, of the persons, of the beeves, of the asses, and of the flocks, of all manner of beasts, and give them unto the Levites, which keep the charge of the tabernacle of the LORD. -- numbers 31:30 +. +And Moses and Eleazar the priest did as the LORD commanded Moses. -- numbers 31:31 +. +And the booty, being the rest of the prey which the men of war had caught, was six hundred thousand and seventy thousand and five thousand sheep, -- numbers 31:32 +. +And threescore and twelve thousand beeves, -- numbers 31:33 +. +And threescore and one thousand asses, -- numbers 31:34 +. +And thirty and two thousand persons in all, of women that had not known man by lying with him. -- numbers 31:35 +. +And the half, which was the portion of them that went out to war, was in number three hundred thousand and seven and thirty thousand and five hundred sheep: -- numbers 31:36 +. +And the LORD's tribute of the sheep was six hundred and threescore and fifteen. -- numbers 31:37 +. +And the beeves were thirty and six thousand; of which the LORD's tribute was threescore and twelve. -- numbers 31:38 +. +And the asses were thirty thousand and five hundred; of which the LORD's tribute was threescore and one. -- numbers 31:39 +. +And the persons were sixteen thousand; of which the LORD's tribute was thirty and two persons. -- numbers 31:40 +. +And Moses gave the tribute, which was the LORD's heave offering, unto Eleazar the priest, as the LORD commanded Moses. -- numbers 31:41 +. +And of the children of Israel's half, which Moses divided from the men that warred, -- numbers 31:42 +. +(Now the half that pertained unto the congregation was three hundred thousand and thirty thousand and seven thousand and five hundred sheep, -- numbers 31:43 +. +And thirty and six thousand beeves, -- numbers 31:44 +. +And thirty thousand asses and five hundred, -- numbers 31:45 +. +And sixteen thousand persons;) -- numbers 31:46 +. +Even of the children of Israel's half, Moses took one portion of fifty, both of man and of beast, and gave them unto the Levites, which kept the charge of the tabernacle of the LORD; as the LORD commanded Moses. -- numbers 31:47 +. +And the officers which were over thousands of the host, the captains of thousands, and captains of hundreds, came near unto Moses: -- numbers 31:48 +. +And they said unto Moses, Thy servants have taken the sum of the men of war which are under our charge, and there lacketh not one man of us. -- numbers 31:49 +. +We have therefore brought an oblation for the LORD, what every man hath gotten, of jewels of gold, chains, and bracelets, rings, earrings, and tablets, to make an atonement for our souls before the LORD. -- numbers 31:50 +. +And Moses and Eleazar the priest took the gold of them, even all wrought jewels. -- numbers 31:51 +. +And all the gold of the offering that they offered up to the LORD, of the captains of thousands, and of the captains of hundreds, was sixteen thousand seven hundred and fifty shekels. -- numbers 31:52 +. +(For the men of war had taken spoil, every man for himself.) -- numbers 31:53 +. +And Moses and Eleazar the priest took the gold of the captains of thousands and of hundreds, and brought it into the tabernacle of the congregation, for a memorial for the children of Israel before the LORD. -- numbers 31:54 +. +Now the children of Reuben and the children of Gad had a very great multitude of cattle: and when they saw the land of Jazer, and the land of Gilead, that, behold, the place was a place for cattle; -- numbers 32:1 +. +The children of Gad and the children of Reuben came and spake unto Moses, and to Eleazar the priest, and unto the princes of the congregation, saying, -- numbers 32:2 +. +Ataroth, and Dibon, and Jazer, and Nimrah, and Heshbon, and Elealeh, and Shebam, and Nebo, and Beon, -- numbers 32:3 +. +Even the country which the LORD smote before the congregation of Israel, is a land for cattle, and thy servants have cattle: -- numbers 32:4 +. +Wherefore, said they, if we have found grace in thy sight, let this land be given unto thy servants for a possession, and bring us not over Jordan. -- numbers 32:5 +. +And Moses said unto the children of Gad and to the children of Reuben, Shall your brethren go to war, and shall ye sit here? -- numbers 32:6 +. +And wherefore discourage ye the heart of the children of Israel from going over into the land which the LORD hath given them? -- numbers 32:7 +. +Thus did your fathers, when I sent them from Kadeshbarnea to see the land. -- numbers 32:8 +. +For when they went up unto the valley of Eshcol, and saw the land, they discouraged the heart of the children of Israel, that they should not go into the land which the LORD had given them. -- numbers 32:9 +. +And the LORD's anger was kindled the same time, and he sware, saying, -- numbers 32:10 +. +Surely none of the men that came up out of Egypt, from twenty years old and upward, shall see the land which I sware unto Abraham, unto Isaac, and unto Jacob; because they have not wholly followed me: -- numbers 32:11 +. +Save Caleb the son of Jephunneh the Kenezite, and Joshua the son of Nun: for they have wholly followed the LORD. -- numbers 32:12 +. +And the LORD's anger was kindled against Israel, and he made them wander in the wilderness forty years, until all the generation, that had done evil in the sight of the LORD, was consumed. -- numbers 32:13 +. +And, behold, ye are risen up in your fathers' stead, an increase of sinful men, to augment yet the fierce anger of the LORD toward Israel. -- numbers 32:14 +. +For if ye turn away from after him, he will yet again leave them in the wilderness; and ye shall destroy all this people. -- numbers 32:15 +. +And they came near unto him, and said, We will build sheepfolds here for our cattle, and cities for our little ones: -- numbers 32:16 +. +But we ourselves will go ready armed before the children of Israel, until we have brought them unto their place: and our little ones shall dwell in the fenced cities because of the inhabitants of the land. -- numbers 32:17 +. +We will not return unto our houses, until the children of Israel have inherited every man his inheritance. -- numbers 32:18 +. +For we will not inherit with them on yonder side Jordan, or forward; because our inheritance is fallen to us on this side Jordan eastward. -- numbers 32:19 +. +And Moses said unto them, If ye will do this thing, if ye will go armed before the LORD to war, -- numbers 32:20 +. +And will go all of you armed over Jordan before the LORD, until he hath driven out his enemies from before him, -- numbers 32:21 +. +And the land be subdued before the LORD: then afterward ye shall return, and be guiltless before the LORD, and before Israel; and this land shall be your possession before the LORD. -- numbers 32:22 +. +But if ye will not do so, behold, ye have sinned against the LORD: and be sure your sin will find you out. -- numbers 32:23 +. +Build you cities for your little ones, and folds for your sheep; and do that which hath proceeded out of your mouth. -- numbers 32:24 +. +And the children of Gad and the children of Reuben spake unto Moses, saying, Thy servants will do as my lord commandeth. -- numbers 32:25 +. +Our little ones, our wives, our flocks, and all our cattle, shall be there in the cities of Gilead: -- numbers 32:26 +. +But thy servants will pass over, every man armed for war, before the Lord to battle, as my lord saith. -- numbers 32:27 +. +So concerning them Moses commanded Eleazar the priest, and Joshua the son of Nun, and the chief fathers of the tribes of the children of Israel: -- numbers 32:28 +. +And Moses said unto them, If the children of Gad and the children of Reuben will pass with you over Jordan, every man armed to battle, before the LORD, and the land shall be subdued before you; then ye shall give them the land of Gilead for a possession: -- numbers 32:29 +. +But if they will not pass over with you armed, they shall have possessions among you in the land of Canaan. -- numbers 32:30 +. +And the children of Gad and the children of Reuben answered, saying, As the LORD hath said unto thy servants, so will we do. -- numbers 32:31 +. +We will pass over armed before the LORD into the land of Canaan, that the possession of our inheritance on this side Jordan may be ours. -- numbers 32:32 +. +And Moses gave unto them, even to the children of Gad, and to the children of Reuben, and unto half the tribe of Manasseh the son of Joseph, the kingdom of Sihon king of the Amorites, and the kingdom of Og king of Bashan, the land, with the cities thereof in the coasts, even the cities of the country round about. -- numbers 32:33 +. +And the children of Gad built Dibon, and Ataroth, and Aroer, -- numbers 32:34 +. +And Atroth, Shophan, and Jaazer, and Jogbehah, -- numbers 32:35 +. +And Bethnimrah, and Bethharan, fenced cities: and folds for sheep. -- numbers 32:36 +. +And the children of Reuben built Heshbon, and Elealeh, and Kirjathaim, -- numbers 32:37 +. +And Nebo, and Baalmeon, (their names being changed,) and Shibmah: and gave other names unto the cities which they builded. -- numbers 32:38 +. +And the children of Machir the son of Manasseh went to Gilead, and took it, and dispossessed the Amorite which was in it. -- numbers 32:39 +. +And Moses gave Gilead unto Machir the son of Manasseh; and he dwelt therein. -- numbers 32:40 +. +And Jair the son of Manasseh went and took the small towns thereof, and called them Havothjair. -- numbers 32:41 +. +And Nobah went and took Kenath, and the villages thereof, and called it Nobah, after his own name. -- numbers 32:42 +. +These are the journeys of the children of Israel, which went forth out of the land of Egypt with their armies under the hand of Moses and Aaron. -- numbers 33:1 +. +And Moses wrote their goings out according to their journeys by the commandment of the LORD: and these are their journeys according to their goings out. -- numbers 33:2 +. +And they departed from Rameses in the first month, on the fifteenth day of the first month; on the morrow after the passover the children of Israel went out with an high hand in the sight of all the Egyptians. -- numbers 33:3 +. +For the Egyptians buried all their firstborn, which the LORD had smitten among them: upon their gods also the LORD executed judgments. -- numbers 33:4 +. +And the children of Israel removed from Rameses, and pitched in Succoth. -- numbers 33:5 +. +And they departed from Succoth, and pitched in Etham, which is in the edge of the wilderness. -- numbers 33:6 +. +And they removed from Etham, and turned again unto Pihahiroth, which is before Baalzephon: and they pitched before Migdol. -- numbers 33:7 +. +And they departed from before Pihahiroth, and passed through the midst of the sea into the wilderness, and went three days' journey in the wilderness of Etham, and pitched in Marah. -- numbers 33:8 +. +And they removed from Marah, and came unto Elim: and in Elim were twelve fountains of water, and threescore and ten palm trees; and they pitched there. -- numbers 33:9 +. +And they removed from Elim, and encamped by the Red sea. -- numbers 33:10 +. +And they removed from the Red sea, and encamped in the wilderness of Sin. -- numbers 33:11 +. +And they took their journey out of the wilderness of Sin, and encamped in Dophkah. -- numbers 33:12 +. +And they departed from Dophkah, and encamped in Alush. -- numbers 33:13 +. +And they removed from Alush, and encamped at Rephidim, where was no water for the people to drink. -- numbers 33:14 +. +And they departed from Rephidim, and pitched in the wilderness of Sinai. -- numbers 33:15 +. +And they removed from the desert of Sinai, and pitched at Kibrothhattaavah. -- numbers 33:16 +. +And they departed from Kibrothhattaavah, and encamped at Hazeroth. -- numbers 33:17 +. +And they departed from Hazeroth, and pitched in Rithmah. -- numbers 33:18 +. +And they departed from Rithmah, and pitched at Rimmonparez. -- numbers 33:19 +. +And they departed from Rimmonparez, and pitched in Libnah. -- numbers 33:20 +. +And they removed from Libnah, and pitched at Rissah. -- numbers 33:21 +. +And they journeyed from Rissah, and pitched in Kehelathah. -- numbers 33:22 +. +And they went from Kehelathah, and pitched in mount Shapher. -- numbers 33:23 +. +And they removed from mount Shapher, and encamped in Haradah. -- numbers 33:24 +. +And they removed from Haradah, and pitched in Makheloth. -- numbers 33:25 +. +And they removed from Makheloth, and encamped at Tahath. -- numbers 33:26 +. +And they departed from Tahath, and pitched at Tarah. -- numbers 33:27 +. +And they removed from Tarah, and pitched in Mithcah. -- numbers 33:28 +. +And they went from Mithcah, and pitched in Hashmonah. -- numbers 33:29 +. +And they departed from Hashmonah, and encamped at Moseroth. -- numbers 33:30 +. +And they departed from Moseroth, and pitched in Benejaakan. -- numbers 33:31 +. +And they removed from Benejaakan, and encamped at Horhagidgad. -- numbers 33:32 +. +And they went from Horhagidgad, and pitched in Jotbathah. -- numbers 33:33 +. +And they removed from Jotbathah, and encamped at Ebronah. -- numbers 33:34 +. +And they departed from Ebronah, and encamped at Eziongaber. -- numbers 33:35 +. +And they removed from Eziongaber, and pitched in the wilderness of Zin, which is Kadesh. -- numbers 33:36 +. +And they removed from Kadesh, and pitched in mount Hor, in the edge of the land of Edom. -- numbers 33:37 +. +And Aaron the priest went up into mount Hor at the commandment of the LORD, and died there, in the fortieth year after the children of Israel were come out of the land of Egypt, in the first day of the fifth month. -- numbers 33:38 +. +And Aaron was an hundred and twenty and three years old when he died in mount Hor. -- numbers 33:39 +. +And king Arad the Canaanite, which dwelt in the south in the land of Canaan, heard of the coming of the children of Israel. -- numbers 33:40 +. +And they departed from mount Hor, and pitched in Zalmonah. -- numbers 33:41 +. +And they departed from Zalmonah, and pitched in Punon. -- numbers 33:42 +. +And they departed from Punon, and pitched in Oboth. -- numbers 33:43 +. +And they departed from Oboth, and pitched in Ijeabarim, in the border of Moab. -- numbers 33:44 +. +And they departed from Iim, and pitched in Dibongad. -- numbers 33:45 +. +And they removed from Dibongad, and encamped in Almondiblathaim. -- numbers 33:46 +. +And they removed from Almondiblathaim, and pitched in the mountains of Abarim, before Nebo. -- numbers 33:47 +. +And they departed from the mountains of Abarim, and pitched in the plains of Moab by Jordan near Jericho. -- numbers 33:48 +. +And they pitched by Jordan, from Bethjesimoth even unto Abelshittim in the plains of Moab. -- numbers 33:49 +. +And the LORD spake unto Moses in the plains of Moab by Jordan near Jericho, saying, -- numbers 33:50 +. +Speak unto the children of Israel, and say unto them, When ye are passed over Jordan into the land of Canaan; -- numbers 33:51 +. +Then ye shall drive out all the inhabitants of the land from before you, and destroy all their pictures, and destroy all their molten images, and quite pluck down all their high places: -- numbers 33:52 +. +And ye shall dispossess the inhabitants of the land, and dwell therein: for I have given you the land to possess it. -- numbers 33:53 +. +And ye shall divide the land by lot for an inheritance among your families: and to the more ye shall give the more inheritance, and to the fewer ye shall give the less inheritance: every man's inheritance shall be in the place where his lot falleth; according to the tribes of your fathers ye shall inherit. -- numbers 33:54 +. +But if ye will not drive out the inhabitants of the land from before you; then it shall come to pass, that those which ye let remain of them shall be pricks in your eyes, and thorns in your sides, and shall vex you in the land wherein ye dwell. -- numbers 33:55 +. +Moreover it shall come to pass, that I shall do unto you, as I thought to do unto them. -- numbers 33:56 +. +And the LORD spake unto Moses, saying, -- numbers 34:1 +. +Command the children of Israel, and say unto them, When ye come into the land of Canaan; (this is the land that shall fall unto you for an inheritance, even the land of Canaan with the coasts thereof:) -- numbers 34:2 +. +Then your south quarter shall be from the wilderness of Zin along by the coast of Edom, and your south border shall be the outmost coast of the salt sea eastward: -- numbers 34:3 +. +And your border shall turn from the south to the ascent of Akrabbim, and pass on to Zin: and the going forth thereof shall be from the south to Kadeshbarnea, and shall go on to Hazaraddar, and pass on to Azmon: -- numbers 34:4 +. +And the border shall fetch a compass from Azmon unto the river of Egypt, and the goings out of it shall be at the sea. -- numbers 34:5 +. +And as for the western border, ye shall even have the great sea for a border: this shall be your west border. -- numbers 34:6 +. +And this shall be your north border: from the great sea ye shall point out for you mount Hor: -- numbers 34:7 +. +From mount Hor ye shall point out your border unto the entrance of Hamath; and the goings forth of the border shall be to Zedad: -- numbers 34:8 +. +And the border shall go on to Ziphron, and the goings out of it shall be at Hazarenan: this shall be your north border. -- numbers 34:9 +. +And ye shall point out your east border from Hazarenan to Shepham: -- numbers 34:10 +. +And the coast shall go down from Shepham to Riblah, on the east side of Ain; and the border shall descend, and shall reach unto the side of the sea of Chinnereth eastward: -- numbers 34:11 +. +And the border shall go down to Jordan, and the goings out of it shall be at the salt sea: this shall be your land with the coasts thereof round about. -- numbers 34:12 +. +And Moses commanded the children of Israel, saying, This is the land which ye shall inherit by lot, which the LORD commanded to give unto the nine tribes, and to the half tribe: -- numbers 34:13 +. +For the tribe of the children of Reuben according to the house of their fathers, and the tribe of the children of Gad according to the house of their fathers, have received their inheritance; and half the tribe of Manasseh have received their inheritance: -- numbers 34:14 +. +The two tribes and the half tribe have received their inheritance on this side Jordan near Jericho eastward, toward the sunrising. -- numbers 34:15 +. +And the LORD spake unto Moses, saying, -- numbers 34:16 +. +These are the names of the men which shall divide the land unto you: Eleazar the priest, and Joshua the son of Nun. -- numbers 34:17 +. +And ye shall take one prince of every tribe, to divide the land by inheritance. -- numbers 34:18 +. +And the names of the men are these: Of the tribe of Judah, Caleb the son of Jephunneh. -- numbers 34:19 +. +And of the tribe of the children of Simeon, Shemuel the son of Ammihud. -- numbers 34:20 +. +Of the tribe of Benjamin, Elidad the son of Chislon. -- numbers 34:21 +. +And the prince of the tribe of the children of Dan, Bukki the son of Jogli. -- numbers 34:22 +. +The prince of the children of Joseph, for the tribe of the children of Manasseh, Hanniel the son of Ephod. -- numbers 34:23 +. +And the prince of the tribe of the children of Ephraim, Kemuel the son of Shiphtan. -- numbers 34:24 +. +And the prince of the tribe of the children of Zebulun, Elizaphan the son of Parnach. -- numbers 34:25 +. +And the prince of the tribe of the children of Issachar, Paltiel the son of Azzan. -- numbers 34:26 +. +And the prince of the tribe of the children of Asher, Ahihud the son of Shelomi. -- numbers 34:27 +. +And the prince of the tribe of the children of Naphtali, Pedahel the son of Ammihud. -- numbers 34:28 +. +These are they whom the LORD commanded to divide the inheritance unto the children of Israel in the land of Canaan. -- numbers 34:29 +. +And the LORD spake unto Moses in the plains of Moab by Jordan near Jericho, saying, -- numbers 35:1 +. +Command the children of Israel, that they give unto the Levites of the inheritance of their possession cities to dwell in; and ye shall give also unto the Levites suburbs for the cities round about them. -- numbers 35:2 +. +And the cities shall they have to dwell in; and the suburbs of them shall be for their cattle, and for their goods, and for all their beasts. -- numbers 35:3 +. +And the suburbs of the cities, which ye shall give unto the Levites, shall reach from the wall of the city and outward a thousand cubits round about. -- numbers 35:4 +. +And ye shall measure from without the city on the east side two thousand cubits, and on the south side two thousand cubits, and on the west side two thousand cubits, and on the north side two thousand cubits; and the city shall be in the midst: this shall be to them the suburbs of the cities. -- numbers 35:5 +. +And among the cities which ye shall give unto the Levites there shall be six cities for refuge, which ye shall appoint for the manslayer, that he may flee thither: and to them ye shall add forty and two cities. -- numbers 35:6 +. +So all the cities which ye shall give to the Levites shall be forty and eight cities: them shall ye give with their suburbs. -- numbers 35:7 +. +And the cities which ye shall give shall be of the possession of the children of Israel: from them that have many ye shall give many; but from them that have few ye shall give few: every one shall give of his cities unto the Levites according to his inheritance which he inheriteth. -- numbers 35:8 +. +And the LORD spake unto Moses, saying, -- numbers 35:9 +. +Speak unto the children of Israel, and say unto them, When ye be come over Jordan into the land of Canaan; -- numbers 35:10 +. +Then ye shall appoint you cities to be cities of refuge for you; that the slayer may flee thither, which killeth any person at unawares. -- numbers 35:11 +. +And they shall be unto you cities for refuge from the avenger; that the manslayer die not, until he stand before the congregation in judgment. -- numbers 35:12 +. +And of these cities which ye shall give six cities shall ye have for refuge. -- numbers 35:13 +. +Ye shall give three cities on this side Jordan, and three cities shall ye give in the land of Canaan, which shall be cities of refuge. -- numbers 35:14 +. +These six cities shall be a refuge, both for the children of Israel, and for the stranger, and for the sojourner among them: that every one that killeth any person unawares may flee thither. -- numbers 35:15 +. +And if he smite him with an instrument of iron, so that he die, he is a murderer: the murderer shall surely be put to death. -- numbers 35:16 +. +And if he smite him with throwing a stone, wherewith he may die, and he die, he is a murderer: the murderer shall surely be put to death. -- numbers 35:17 +. +Or if he smite him with an hand weapon of wood, wherewith he may die, and he die, he is a murderer: the murderer shall surely be put to death. -- numbers 35:18 +. +The revenger of blood himself shall slay the murderer: when he meeteth him, he shall slay him. -- numbers 35:19 +. +But if he thrust him of hatred, or hurl at him by laying of wait, that he die; -- numbers 35:20 +. +Or in enmity smite him with his hand, that he die: he that smote him shall surely be put to death; for he is a murderer: the revenger of blood shall slay the murderer, when he meeteth him. -- numbers 35:21 +. +But if he thrust him suddenly without enmity, or have cast upon him any thing without laying of wait, -- numbers 35:22 +. +Or with any stone, wherewith a man may die, seeing him not, and cast it upon him, that he die, and was not his enemy, neither sought his harm: -- numbers 35:23 +. +Then the congregation shall judge between the slayer and the revenger of blood according to these judgments: -- numbers 35:24 +. +And the congregation shall deliver the slayer out of the hand of the revenger of blood, and the congregation shall restore him to the city of his refuge, whither he was fled: and he shall abide in it unto the death of the high priest, which was anointed with the holy oil. -- numbers 35:25 +. +But if the slayer shall at any time come without the border of the city of his refuge, whither he was fled; -- numbers 35:26 +. +And the revenger of blood find him without the borders of the city of his refuge, and the revenger of blood kill the slayer; he shall not be guilty of blood: -- numbers 35:27 +. +Because he should have remained in the city of his refuge until the death of the high priest: but after the death of the high priest the slayer shall return into the land of his possession. -- numbers 35:28 +. +So these things shall be for a statute of judgment unto you throughout your generations in all your dwellings. -- numbers 35:29 +. +Whoso killeth any person, the murderer shall be put to death by the mouth of witnesses: but one witness shall not testify against any person to cause him to die. -- numbers 35:30 +. +Moreover ye shall take no satisfaction for the life of a murderer, which is guilty of death: but he shall be surely put to death. -- numbers 35:31 +. +And ye shall take no satisfaction for him that is fled to the city of his refuge, that he should come again to dwell in the land, until the death of the priest. -- numbers 35:32 +. +So ye shall not pollute the land wherein ye are: for blood it defileth the land: and the land cannot be cleansed of the blood that is shed therein, but by the blood of him that shed it. -- numbers 35:33 +. +Defile not therefore the land which ye shall inhabit, wherein I dwell: for I the LORD dwell among the children of Israel. -- numbers 35:34 +. +And the chief fathers of the families of the children of Gilead, the son of Machir, the son of Manasseh, of the families of the sons of Joseph, came near, and spake before Moses, and before the princes, the chief fathers of the children of Israel: -- numbers 36:1 +. +And they said, The LORD commanded my lord to give the land for an inheritance by lot to the children of Israel: and my lord was commanded by the LORD to give the inheritance of Zelophehad our brother unto his daughters. -- numbers 36:2 +. +And if they be married to any of the sons of the other tribes of the children of Israel, then shall their inheritance be taken from the inheritance of our fathers, and shall be put to the inheritance of the tribe whereunto they are received: so shall it be taken from the lot of our inheritance. -- numbers 36:3 +. +And when the jubilee of the children of Israel shall be, then shall their inheritance be put unto the inheritance of the tribe whereunto they are received: so shall their inheritance be taken away from the inheritance of the tribe of our fathers. -- numbers 36:4 +. +And Moses commanded the children of Israel according to the word of the LORD, saying, The tribe of the sons of Joseph hath said well. -- numbers 36:5 +. +This is the thing which the LORD doth command concerning the daughters of Zelophehad, saying, Let them marry to whom they think best; only to the family of the tribe of their father shall they marry. -- numbers 36:6 +. +So shall not the inheritance of the children of Israel remove from tribe to tribe: for every one of the children of Israel shall keep himself to the inheritance of the tribe of his fathers. -- numbers 36:7 +. +And every daughter, that possesseth an inheritance in any tribe of the children of Israel, shall be wife unto one of the family of the tribe of her father, that the children of Israel may enjoy every man the inheritance of his fathers. -- numbers 36:8 +. +Neither shall the inheritance remove from one tribe to another tribe; but every one of the tribes of the children of Israel shall keep himself to his own inheritance. -- numbers 36:9 +. +Even as the LORD commanded Moses, so did the daughters of Zelophehad: -- numbers 36:10 +. +For Mahlah, Tirzah, and Hoglah, and Milcah, and Noah, the daughters of Zelophehad, were married unto their father's brothers' sons: -- numbers 36:11 +. +And they were married into the families of the sons of Manasseh the son of Joseph, and their inheritance remained in the tribe of the family of their father. -- numbers 36:12 +. +These are the commandments and the judgments, which the LORD commanded by the hand of Moses unto the children of Israel in the plains of Moab by Jordan near Jericho. -- numbers 36:13 +. +These be the words which Moses spake unto all Israel on this side Jordan in the wilderness, in the plain over against the Red sea, between Paran, and Tophel, and Laban, and Hazeroth, and Dizahab. -- deuteronomy 1:1 +. +(There are eleven days' journey from Horeb by the way of mount Seir unto Kadeshbarnea.) -- deuteronomy 1:2 +. +And it came to pass in the fortieth year, in the eleventh month, on the first day of the month, that Moses spake unto the children of Israel, according unto all that the LORD had given him in commandment unto them; -- deuteronomy 1:3 +. +After he had slain Sihon the king of the Amorites, which dwelt in Heshbon, and Og the king of Bashan, which dwelt at Astaroth in Edrei: -- deuteronomy 1:4 +. +On this side Jordan, in the land of Moab, began Moses to declare this law, saying, -- deuteronomy 1:5 +. +The LORD our God spake unto us in Horeb, saying, Ye have dwelt long enough in this mount: -- deuteronomy 1:6 +. +Turn you, and take your journey, and go to the mount of the Amorites, and unto all the places nigh thereunto, in the plain, in the hills, and in the vale, and in the south, and by the sea side, to the land of the Canaanites, and unto Lebanon, unto the great river, the river Euphrates. -- deuteronomy 1:7 +. +Behold, I have set the land before you: go in and possess the land which the LORD sware unto your fathers, Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob, to give unto them and to their seed after them. -- deuteronomy 1:8 +. +And I spake unto you at that time, saying, I am not able to bear you myself alone: -- deuteronomy 1:9 +. +The LORD your God hath multiplied you, and, behold, ye are this day as the stars of heaven for multitude. -- deuteronomy 1:10 +. +(The LORD God of your fathers make you a thousand times so many more as ye are, and bless you, as he hath promised you!) -- deuteronomy 1:11 +. +How can I myself alone bear your cumbrance, and your burden, and your strife? -- deuteronomy 1:12 +. +Take you wise men, and understanding, and known among your tribes, and I will make them rulers over you. -- deuteronomy 1:13 +. +And ye answered me, and said, The thing which thou hast spoken is good for us to do. -- deuteronomy 1:14 +. +So I took the chief of your tribes, wise men, and known, and made them heads over you, captains over thousands, and captains over hundreds, and captains over fifties, and captains over tens, and officers among your tribes. -- deuteronomy 1:15 +. +And I charged your judges at that time, saying, Hear the causes between your brethren, and judge righteously between every man and his brother, and the stranger that is with him. -- deuteronomy 1:16 +. +Ye shall not respect persons in judgment; but ye shall hear the small as well as the great; ye shall not be afraid of the face of man; for the judgment is God's: and the cause that is too hard for you, bring it unto me, and I will hear it. -- deuteronomy 1:17 +. +And I commanded you at that time all the things which ye should do. -- deuteronomy 1:18 +. +And when we departed from Horeb, we went through all that great and terrible wilderness, which ye saw by the way of the mountain of the Amorites, as the LORD our God commanded us; and we came to Kadeshbarnea. -- deuteronomy 1:19 +. +And I said unto you, Ye are come unto the mountain of the Amorites, which the LORD our God doth give unto us. -- deuteronomy 1:20 +. +Behold, the LORD thy God hath set the land before thee: go up and possess it, as the LORD God of thy fathers hath said unto thee; fear not, neither be discouraged. -- deuteronomy 1:21 +. +And ye came near unto me every one of you, and said, We will send men before us, and they shall search us out the land, and bring us word again by what way we must go up, and into what cities we shall come. -- deuteronomy 1:22 +. +And the saying pleased me well: and I took twelve men of you, one of a tribe: -- deuteronomy 1:23 +. +And they turned and went up into the mountain, and came unto the valley of Eshcol, and searched it out. -- deuteronomy 1:24 +. +And they took of the fruit of the land in their hands, and brought it down unto us, and brought us word again, and said, It is a good land which the LORD our God doth give us. -- deuteronomy 1:25 +. +Notwithstanding ye would not go up, but rebelled against the commandment of the LORD your God: -- deuteronomy 1:26 +. +And ye murmured in your tents, and said, Because the LORD hated us, he hath brought us forth out of the land of Egypt, to deliver us into the hand of the Amorites, to destroy us. -- deuteronomy 1:27 +. +Whither shall we go up? our brethren have discouraged our heart, saying, The people is greater and taller than we; the cities are great and walled up to heaven; and moreover we have seen the sons of the Anakims there. -- deuteronomy 1:28 +. +Then I said unto you, Dread not, neither be afraid of them. -- deuteronomy 1:29 +. +The LORD your God which goeth before you, he shall fight for you, according to all that he did for you in Egypt before your eyes; -- deuteronomy 1:30 +. +And in the wilderness, where thou hast seen how that the LORD thy God bare thee, as a man doth bear his son, in all the way that ye went, until ye came into this place. -- deuteronomy 1:31 +. +Yet in this thing ye did not believe the LORD your God, -- deuteronomy 1:32 +. +Who went in the way before you, to search you out a place to pitch your tents in, in fire by night, to show you by what way ye should go, and in a cloud by day. -- deuteronomy 1:33 +. +And the LORD heard the voice of your words, and was wroth, and sware, saying, -- deuteronomy 1:34 +. +Surely there shall not one of these men of this evil generation see that good land, which I sware to give unto your fathers. -- deuteronomy 1:35 +. +Save Caleb the son of Jephunneh; he shall see it, and to him will I give the land that he hath trodden upon, and to his children, because he hath wholly followed the LORD. -- deuteronomy 1:36 +. +Also the LORD was angry with me for your sakes, saying, Thou also shalt not go in thither. -- deuteronomy 1:37 +. +But Joshua the son of Nun, which standeth before thee, he shall go in thither: encourage him: for he shall cause Israel to inherit it. -- deuteronomy 1:38 +. +Moreover your little ones, which ye said should be a prey, and your children, which in that day had no knowledge between good and evil, they shall go in thither, and unto them will I give it, and they shall possess it. -- deuteronomy 1:39 +. +But as for you, turn you, and take your journey into the wilderness by the way of the Red sea. -- deuteronomy 1:40 +. +Then ye answered and said unto me, We have sinned against the LORD, we will go up and fight, according to all that the LORD our God commanded us. And when ye had girded on every man his weapons of war, ye were ready to go up into the hill. -- deuteronomy 1:41 +. +And the LORD said unto me, Say unto them. Go not up, neither fight; for I am not among you; lest ye be smitten before your enemies. -- deuteronomy 1:42 +. +So I spake unto you; and ye would not hear, but rebelled against the commandment of the LORD, and went presumptuously up into the hill. -- deuteronomy 1:43 +. +And the Amorites, which dwelt in that mountain, came out against you, and chased you, as bees do, and destroyed you in Seir, even unto Hormah. -- deuteronomy 1:44 +. +And ye returned and wept before the LORD; but the LORD would not hearken to your voice, nor give ear unto you. -- deuteronomy 1:45 +. +So ye abode in Kadesh many days, according unto the days that ye abode there. -- deuteronomy 1:46 +. +Then we turned, and took our journey into the wilderness by the way of the Red sea, as the LORD spake unto me: and we compassed mount Seir many days. -- deuteronomy 2:1 +. +And the LORD spake unto me, saying, -- deuteronomy 2:2 +. +Ye have compassed this mountain long enough: turn you northward. -- deuteronomy 2:3 +. +And command thou the people, saying, Ye are to pass through the coast of your brethren the children of Esau, which dwell in Seir; and they shall be afraid of you: take ye good heed unto yourselves therefore: -- deuteronomy 2:4 +. +Meddle not with them; for I will not give you of their land, no, not so much as a foot breadth; because I have given mount Seir unto Esau for a possession. -- deuteronomy 2:5 +. +Ye shall buy meat of them for money, that ye may eat; and ye shall also buy water of them for money, that ye may drink. -- deuteronomy 2:6 +. +For the LORD thy God hath blessed thee in all the works of thy hand: he knoweth thy walking through this great wilderness: these forty years the LORD thy God hath been with thee; thou hast lacked nothing. -- deuteronomy 2:7 +. +And when we passed by from our brethren the children of Esau, which dwelt in Seir, through the way of the plain from Elath, and from Eziongaber, we turned and passed by the way of the wilderness of Moab. -- deuteronomy 2:8 +. +And the LORD said unto me, Distress not the Moabites, neither contend with them in battle: for I will not give thee of their land for a possession; because I have given Ar unto the children of Lot for a possession. -- deuteronomy 2:9 +. +The Emims dwelt therein in times past, a people great, and many, and tall, as the Anakims; -- deuteronomy 2:10 +. +Which also were accounted giants, as the Anakims; but the Moabites called them Emims. -- deuteronomy 2:11 +. +The Horims also dwelt in Seir beforetime; but the children of Esau succeeded them, when they had destroyed them from before them, and dwelt in their stead; as Israel did unto the land of his possession, which the LORD gave unto them. -- deuteronomy 2:12 +. +Now rise up, said I, and get you over the brook Zered. And we went over the brook Zered. -- deuteronomy 2:13 +. +And the space in which we came from Kadeshbarnea, until we were come over the brook Zered, was thirty and eight years; until all the generation of the men of war were wasted out from among the host, as the LORD sware unto them. -- deuteronomy 2:14 +. +For indeed the hand of the LORD was against them, to destroy them from among the host, until they were consumed. -- deuteronomy 2:15 +. +So it came to pass, when all the men of war were consumed and dead from among the people, -- deuteronomy 2:16 +. +That the LORD spake unto me, saying, -- deuteronomy 2:17 +. +Thou art to pass over through Ar, the coast of Moab, this day: -- deuteronomy 2:18 +. +And when thou comest nigh over against the children of Ammon, distress them not, nor meddle with them: for I will not give thee of the land of the children of Ammon any possession; because I have given it unto the children of Lot for a possession. -- deuteronomy 2:19 +. +(That also was accounted a land of giants: giants dwelt therein in old time; and the Ammonites call them Zamzummims; -- deuteronomy 2:20 +. +A people great, and many, and tall, as the Anakims; but the LORD destroyed them before them; and they succeeded them, and dwelt in their stead: -- deuteronomy 2:21 +. +As he did to the children of Esau, which dwelt in Seir, when he destroyed the Horims from before them; and they succeeded them, and dwelt in their stead even unto this day: -- deuteronomy 2:22 +. +And the Avims which dwelt in Hazerim, even unto Azzah, the Caphtorims, which came forth out of Caphtor, destroyed them, and dwelt in their stead.) -- deuteronomy 2:23 +. +Rise ye up, take your journey, and pass over the river Arnon: behold, I have given into thine hand Sihon the Amorite, king of Heshbon, and his land: begin to possess it, and contend with him in battle. -- deuteronomy 2:24 +. +This day will I begin to put the dread of thee and the fear of thee upon the nations that are under the whole heaven, who shall hear report of thee, and shall tremble, and be in anguish because of thee. -- deuteronomy 2:25 +. +And I sent messengers out of the wilderness of Kedemoth unto Sihon king of Heshbon with words of peace, saying, -- deuteronomy 2:26 +. +Let me pass through thy land: I will go along by the high way, I will neither turn unto the right hand nor to the left. -- deuteronomy 2:27 +. +Thou shalt sell me meat for money, that I may eat; and give me water for money, that I may drink: only I will pass through on my feet; -- deuteronomy 2:28 +. +(As the children of Esau which dwell in Seir, and the Moabites which dwell in Ar, did unto me;) until I shall pass over Jordan into the land which the LORD our God giveth us. -- deuteronomy 2:29 +. +But Sihon king of Heshbon would not let us pass by him: for the LORD thy God hardened his spirit, and made his heart obstinate, that he might deliver him into thy hand, as appeareth this day. -- deuteronomy 2:30 +. +And the LORD said unto me, Behold, I have begun to give Sihon and his land before thee: begin to possess, that thou mayest inherit his land. -- deuteronomy 2:31 +. +Then Sihon came out against us, he and all his people, to fight at Jahaz. -- deuteronomy 2:32 +. +And the LORD our God delivered him before us; and we smote him, and his sons, and all his people. -- deuteronomy 2:33 +. +And we took all his cities at that time, and utterly destroyed the men, and the women, and the little ones, of every city, we left none to remain: -- deuteronomy 2:34 +. +Only the cattle we took for a prey unto ourselves, and the spoil of the cities which we took. -- deuteronomy 2:35 +. +From Aroer, which is by the brink of the river of Arnon, and from the city that is by the river, even unto Gilead, there was not one city too strong for us: the LORD our God delivered all unto us: -- deuteronomy 2:36 +. +Only unto the land of the children of Ammon thou camest not, nor unto any place of the river Jabbok, nor unto the cities in the mountains, nor unto whatsoever the LORD our God forbade us. -- deuteronomy 2:37 +. +Then we turned, and went up the way to Bashan: and Og the king of Bashan came out against us, he and all his people, to battle at Edrei. -- deuteronomy 3:1 +. +And the LORD said unto me, Fear him not: for I will deliver him, and all his people, and his land, into thy hand; and thou shalt do unto him as thou didst unto Sihon king of the Amorites, which dwelt at Heshbon. -- deuteronomy 3:2 +. +So the LORD our God delivered into our hands Og also, the king of Bashan, and all his people: and we smote him until none was left to him remaining. -- deuteronomy 3:3 +. +And we took all his cities at that time, there was not a city which we took not from them, threescore cities, all the region of Argob, the kingdom of Og in Bashan. -- deuteronomy 3:4 +. +All these cities were fenced with high walls, gates, and bars; beside unwalled towns a great many. -- deuteronomy 3:5 +. +And we utterly destroyed them, as we did unto Sihon king of Heshbon, utterly destroying the men, women, and children, of every city. -- deuteronomy 3:6 +. +But all the cattle, and the spoil of the cities, we took for a prey to ourselves. -- deuteronomy 3:7 +. +And we took at that time out of the hand of the two kings of the Amorites the land that was on this side Jordan, from the river of Arnon unto mount Hermon; -- deuteronomy 3:8 +. +(Which Hermon the Sidonians call Sirion; and the Amorites call it Shenir;) -- deuteronomy 3:9 +. +All the cities of the plain, and all Gilead, and all Bashan, unto Salchah and Edrei, cities of the kingdom of Og in Bashan. -- deuteronomy 3:10 +. +For only Og king of Bashan remained of the remnant of giants; behold his bedstead was a bedstead of iron; is it not in Rabbath of the children of Ammon? nine cubits was the length thereof, and four cubits the breadth of it, after the cubit of a man. -- deuteronomy 3:11 +. +And this land, which we possessed at that time, from Aroer, which is by the river Arnon, and half mount Gilead, and the cities thereof, gave I unto the Reubenites and to the Gadites. -- deuteronomy 3:12 +. +And the rest of Gilead, and all Bashan, being the kingdom of Og, gave I unto the half tribe of Manasseh; all the region of Argob, with all Bashan, which was called the land of giants. -- deuteronomy 3:13 +. +Jair the son of Manasseh took all the country of Argob unto the coasts of Geshuri and Maachathi; and called them after his own name, Bashanhavothjair, unto this day. -- deuteronomy 3:14 +. +And I gave Gilead unto Machir. -- deuteronomy 3:15 +. +And unto the Reubenites and unto the Gadites I gave from Gilead even unto the river Arnon half the valley, and the border even unto the river Jabbok, which is the border of the children of Ammon; -- deuteronomy 3:16 +. +The plain also, and Jordan, and the coast thereof, from Chinnereth even unto the sea of the plain, even the salt sea, under Ashdothpisgah eastward. -- deuteronomy 3:17 +. +And I commanded you at that time, saying, The LORD your God hath given you this land to possess it: ye shall pass over armed before your brethren the children of Israel, all that are meet for the war. -- deuteronomy 3:18 +. +But your wives, and your little ones, and your cattle, (for I know that ye have much cattle,) shall abide in your cities which I have given you; -- deuteronomy 3:19 +. +Until the LORD have given rest unto your brethren, as well as unto you, and until they also possess the land which the LORD your God hath given them beyond Jordan: and then shall ye return every man unto his possession, which I have given you. -- deuteronomy 3:20 +. +And I commanded Joshua at that time, saying, Thine eyes have seen all that the LORD your God hath done unto these two kings: so shall the LORD do unto all the kingdoms whither thou passest. -- deuteronomy 3:21 +. +Ye shall not fear them: for the LORD your God he shall fight for you. -- deuteronomy 3:22 +. +And I besought the LORD at that time, saying, -- deuteronomy 3:23 +. +O Lord GOD, thou hast begun to show thy servant thy greatness, and thy mighty hand: for what God is there in heaven or in earth, that can do according to thy works, and according to thy might? -- deuteronomy 3:24 +. +I pray thee, let me go over, and see the good land that is beyond Jordan, that goodly mountain, and Lebanon. -- deuteronomy 3:25 +. +But the LORD was wroth with me for your sakes, and would not hear me: and the LORD said unto me, Let it suffice thee; speak no more unto me of this matter. -- deuteronomy 3:26 +. +Get thee up into the top of Pisgah, and lift up thine eyes westward, and northward, and southward, and eastward, and behold it with thine eyes: for thou shalt not go over this Jordan. -- deuteronomy 3:27 +. +But charge Joshua, and encourage him, and strengthen him: for he shall go over before this people, and he shall cause them to inherit the land which thou shalt see. -- deuteronomy 3:28 +. +So we abode in the valley over against Bethpeor. -- deuteronomy 3:29 +. +Now therefore hearken, O Israel, unto the statutes and unto the judgments, which I teach you, for to do them, that ye may live, and go in and possess the land which the LORD God of your fathers giveth you. -- deuteronomy 4:1 +. +Ye shall not add unto the word which I command you, neither shall ye diminish ought from it, that ye may keep the commandments of the LORD your God which I command you. -- deuteronomy 4:2 +. +Your eyes have seen what the LORD did because of Baalpeor: for all the men that followed Baalpeor, the LORD thy God hath destroyed them from among you. -- deuteronomy 4:3 +. +But ye that did cleave unto the LORD your God are alive every one of you this day. -- deuteronomy 4:4 +. +Behold, I have taught you statutes and judgments, even as the LORD my God commanded me, that ye should do so in the land whither ye go to possess it. -- deuteronomy 4:5 +. +Keep therefore and do them; for this is your wisdom and your understanding in the sight of the nations, which shall hear all these statutes, and say, Surely this great nation is a wise and understanding people. -- deuteronomy 4:6 +. +For what nation is there so great, who hath God so nigh unto them, as the LORD our God is in all things that we call upon him for? -- deuteronomy 4:7 +. +And what nation is there so great, that hath statutes and judgments so righteous as all this law, which I set before you this day? -- deuteronomy 4:8 +. +Only take heed to thyself, and keep thy soul diligently, lest thou forget the things which thine eyes have seen, and lest they depart from thy heart all the days of thy life: but teach them thy sons, and thy sons' sons; -- deuteronomy 4:9 +. +Specially the day that thou stoodest before the LORD thy God in Horeb, when the LORD said unto me, Gather me the people together, and I will make them hear my words, that they may learn to fear me all the days that they shall live upon the earth, and that they may teach their children. -- deuteronomy 4:10 +. +And ye came near and stood under the mountain; and the mountain burned with fire unto the midst of heaven, with darkness, clouds, and thick darkness. -- deuteronomy 4:11 +. +And the LORD spake unto you out of the midst of the fire: ye heard the voice of the words, but saw no similitude; only ye heard a voice. -- deuteronomy 4:12 +. +And he declared unto you his covenant, which he commanded you to perform, even ten commandments; and he wrote them upon two tables of stone. -- deuteronomy 4:13 +. +And the LORD commanded me at that time to teach you statutes and judgments, that ye might do them in the land whither ye go over to possess it. -- deuteronomy 4:14 +. +Take ye therefore good heed unto yourselves; for ye saw no manner of similitude on the day that the LORD spake unto you in Horeb out of the midst of the fire: -- deuteronomy 4:15 +. +Lest ye corrupt yourselves, and make you a graven image, the similitude of any figure, the likeness of male or female, -- deuteronomy 4:16 +. +The likeness of any beast that is on the earth, the likeness of any winged fowl that flieth in the air, -- deuteronomy 4:17 +. +The likeness of any thing that creepeth on the ground, the likeness of any fish that is in the waters beneath the earth: -- deuteronomy 4:18 +. +And lest thou lift up thine eyes unto heaven, and when thou seest the sun, and the moon, and the stars, even all the host of heaven, shouldest be driven to worship them, and serve them, which the LORD thy God hath divided unto all nations under the whole heaven. -- deuteronomy 4:19 +. +But the LORD hath taken you, and brought you forth out of the iron furnace, even out of Egypt, to be unto him a people of inheritance, as ye are this day. -- deuteronomy 4:20 +. +Furthermore the LORD was angry with me for your sakes, and sware that I should not go over Jordan, and that I should not go in unto that good land, which the LORD thy God giveth thee for an inheritance: -- deuteronomy 4:21 +. +But I must die in this land, I must not go over Jordan: but ye shall go over, and possess that good land. -- deuteronomy 4:22 +. +Take heed unto yourselves, lest ye forget the covenant of the LORD your God, which he made with you, and make you a graven image, or the likeness of any thing, which the LORD thy God hath forbidden thee. -- deuteronomy 4:23 +. +For the LORD thy God is a consuming fire, even a jealous God. -- deuteronomy 4:24 +. +When thou shalt beget children, and children's children, and ye shall have remained long in the land, and shall corrupt yourselves, and make a graven image, or the likeness of any thing, and shall do evil in the sight of the LORD thy God, to provoke him to anger: -- deuteronomy 4:25 +. +I call heaven and earth to witness against you this day, that ye shall soon utterly perish from off the land whereunto ye go over Jordan to possess it; ye shall not prolong your days upon it, but shall utterly be destroyed. -- deuteronomy 4:26 +. +And the LORD shall scatter you among the nations, and ye shall be left few in number among the heathen, whither the LORD shall lead you. -- deuteronomy 4:27 +. +And there ye shall serve gods, the work of men's hands, wood and stone, which neither see, nor hear, nor eat, nor smell. -- deuteronomy 4:28 +. +But if from thence thou shalt seek the LORD thy God, thou shalt find him, if thou seek him with all thy heart and with all thy soul. -- deuteronomy 4:29 +. +When thou art in tribulation, and all these things are come upon thee, even in the latter days, if thou turn to the LORD thy God, and shalt be obedient unto his voice; -- deuteronomy 4:30 +. +(For the LORD thy God is a merciful God;) he will not forsake thee, neither destroy thee, nor forget the covenant of thy fathers which he sware unto them. -- deuteronomy 4:31 +. +For ask now of the days that are past, which were before thee, since the day that God created man upon the earth, and ask from the one side of heaven unto the other, whether there hath been any such thing as this great thing is, or hath been heard like it? -- deuteronomy 4:32 +. +Did ever people hear the voice of God speaking out of the midst of the fire, as thou hast heard, and live? -- deuteronomy 4:33 +. +Or hath God assayed to go and take him a nation from the midst of another nation, by temptations, by signs, and by wonders, and by war, and by a mighty hand, and by a stretched out arm, and by great terrors, according to all that the LORD your God did for you in Egypt before your eyes? -- deuteronomy 4:34 +. +Unto thee it was showed, that thou mightest know that the LORD he is God; there is none else beside him. -- deuteronomy 4:35 +. +Out of heaven he made thee to hear his voice, that he might instruct thee: and upon earth he showed thee his great fire; and thou heardest his words out of the midst of the fire. -- deuteronomy 4:36 +. +And because he loved thy fathers, therefore he chose their seed after them, and brought thee out in his sight with his mighty power out of Egypt; -- deuteronomy 4:37 +. +To drive out nations from before thee greater and mightier than thou art, to bring thee in, to give thee their land for an inheritance, as it is this day. -- deuteronomy 4:38 +. +Know therefore this day, and consider it in thine heart, that the LORD he is God in heaven above, and upon the earth beneath: there is none else. -- deuteronomy 4:39 +. +Thou shalt keep therefore his statutes, and his commandments, which I command thee this day, that it may go well with thee, and with thy children after thee, and that thou mayest prolong thy days upon the earth, which the LORD thy God giveth thee, for ever. -- deuteronomy 4:40 +. +Then Moses severed three cities on this side Jordan toward the sunrising; -- deuteronomy 4:41 +. +That the slayer might flee thither, which should kill his neighbor unawares, and hated him not in times past; and that fleeing unto one of these cities he might live: -- deuteronomy 4:42 +. +Namely, Bezer in the wilderness, in the plain country, of the Reubenites; and Ramoth in Gilead, of the Gadites; and Golan in Bashan, of the Manassites. -- deuteronomy 4:43 +. +And this is the law which Moses set before the children of Israel: -- deuteronomy 4:44 +. +These are the testimonies, and the statutes, and the judgments, which Moses spake unto the children of Israel, after they came forth out of Egypt. -- deuteronomy 4:45 +. +On this side Jordan, in the valley over against Bethpeor, in the land of Sihon king of the Amorites, who dwelt at Heshbon, whom Moses and the children of Israel smote, after they were come forth out of Egypt: -- deuteronomy 4:46 +. +And they possessed his land, and the land of Og king of Bashan, two kings of the Amorites, which were on this side Jordan toward the sunrising; -- deuteronomy 4:47 +. +From Aroer, which is by the bank of the river Arnon, even unto mount Sion, which is Hermon, -- deuteronomy 4:48 +. +And all the plain on this side Jordan eastward, even unto the sea of the plain, under the springs of Pisgah. -- deuteronomy 4:49 +. +And Moses called all Israel, and said unto them, Hear, O Israel, the statutes and judgments which I speak in your ears this day, that ye may learn them, and keep, and do them. -- deuteronomy 5:1 +. +The LORD our God made a covenant with us in Horeb. -- deuteronomy 5:2 +. +The LORD made not this covenant with our fathers, but with us, even us, who are all of us here alive this day. -- deuteronomy 5:3 +. +The LORD talked with you face to face in the mount out of the midst of the fire, -- deuteronomy 5:4 +. +(I stood between the LORD and you at that time, to show you the word of the LORD: for ye were afraid by reason of the fire, and went not up into the mount;) saying, -- deuteronomy 5:5 +. +I am the LORD thy God, which brought thee out of the land of Egypt, from the house of bondage. -- deuteronomy 5:6 +. +Thou shalt have none other gods before me. -- deuteronomy 5:7 +. +Thou shalt not make thee any graven image, or any likeness of any thing that is in heaven above, or that is in the earth beneath, or that is in the waters beneath the earth: -- deuteronomy 5:8 +. +Thou shalt not bow down thyself unto them, nor serve them: for I the LORD thy God am a jealous God, visiting the iniquity of the fathers upon the children unto the third and fourth generation of them that hate me, -- deuteronomy 5:9 +. +And showing mercy unto thousands of them that love me and keep my commandments. -- deuteronomy 5:10 +. +Thou shalt not take the name of the LORD thy God in vain: for the LORD will not hold him guiltless that taketh his name in vain. -- deuteronomy 5:11 +. +Keep the sabbath day to sanctify it, as the LORD thy God hath commanded thee. -- deuteronomy 5:12 +. +Six days thou shalt labor, and do all thy work: -- deuteronomy 5:13 +. +But the seventh day is the sabbath of the LORD thy God: in it thou shalt not do any work, thou, nor thy son, nor thy daughter, nor thy manservant, nor thy maidservant, nor thine ox, nor thine ass, nor any of thy cattle, nor thy stranger that is within thy gates; that thy manservant and thy maidservant may rest as well as thou. -- deuteronomy 5:14 +. +And remember that thou wast a servant in the land of Egypt, and that the LORD thy God brought thee out thence through a mighty hand and by a stretched out arm: therefore the LORD thy God commanded thee to keep the sabbath day. -- deuteronomy 5:15 +. +Honor thy father and thy mother, as the LORD thy God hath commanded thee; that thy days may be prolonged, and that it may go well with thee, in the land which the LORD thy God giveth thee. -- deuteronomy 5:16 +. +Thou shalt not kill. -- deuteronomy 5:17 +. +Neither shalt thou commit adultery. -- deuteronomy 5:18 +. +Neither shalt thou steal. -- deuteronomy 5:19 +. +Neither shalt thou bear false witness against thy neighbor. -- deuteronomy 5:20 +. +Neither shalt thou desire thy neighbor's wife, neither shalt thou covet thy neighbor's house, his field, or his manservant, or his maidservant, his ox, or his ass, or any thing that is thy neighbor's. -- deuteronomy 5:21 +. +These words the LORD spake unto all your assembly in the mount out of the midst of the fire, of the cloud, and of the thick darkness, with a great voice: and he added no more. And he wrote them in two tables of stone, and delivered them unto me. -- deuteronomy 5:22 +. +And it came to pass, when ye heard the voice out of the midst of the darkness, (for the mountain did burn with fire,) that ye came near unto me, even all the heads of your tribes, and your elders; -- deuteronomy 5:23 +. +And ye said, Behold, the LORD our God hath showed us his glory and his greatness, and we have heard his voice out of the midst of the fire: we have seen this day that God doth talk with man, and he liveth. -- deuteronomy 5:24 +. +Now therefore why should we die? for this great fire will consume us: if we hear the voice of the LORD our God any more, then we shall die. -- deuteronomy 5:25 +. +For who is there of all flesh, that hath heard the voice of the living God speaking out of the midst of the fire, as we have, and lived? -- deuteronomy 5:26 +. +Go thou near, and hear all that the LORD our God shall say: and speak thou unto us all that the LORD our God shall speak unto thee; and we will hear it, and do it. -- deuteronomy 5:27 +. +And the LORD heard the voice of your words, when ye spake unto me; and the LORD said unto me, I have heard the voice of the words of this people, which they have spoken unto thee: they have well said all that they have spoken. -- deuteronomy 5:28 +. +O that there were such an heart in them, that they would fear me, and keep all my commandments always, that it might be well with them, and with their children for ever! -- deuteronomy 5:29 +. +Go say to them, Get you into your tents again. -- deuteronomy 5:30 +. +But as for thee, stand thou here by me, and I will speak unto thee all the commandments, and the statutes, and the judgments, which thou shalt teach them, that they may do them in the land which I give them to possess it. -- deuteronomy 5:31 +. +Ye shall observe to do therefore as the LORD your God hath commanded you: ye shall not turn aside to the right hand or to the left. -- deuteronomy 5:32 +. +Ye shall walk in all the ways which the LORD your God hath commanded you, that ye may live, and that it may be well with you, and that ye may prolong your days in the land which ye shall possess. -- deuteronomy 5:33 +. +Now these are the commandments, the statutes, and the judgments, which the LORD your God commanded to teach you, that ye might do them in the land whither ye go to possess it: -- deuteronomy 6:1 +. +That thou mightest fear the LORD thy God, to keep all his statutes and his commandments, which I command thee, thou, and thy son, and thy son's son, all the days of thy life; and that thy days may be prolonged. -- deuteronomy 6:2 +. +Hear therefore, O Israel, and observe to do it; that it may be well with thee, and that ye may increase mightily, as the LORD God of thy fathers hath promised thee, in the land that floweth with milk and honey. -- deuteronomy 6:3 +. +Hear, O Israel: The LORD our God is one LORD: -- deuteronomy 6:4 +. +And thou shalt love the LORD thy God with all thine heart, and with all thy soul, and with all thy might. -- deuteronomy 6:5 +. +And these words, which I command thee this day, shall be in thine heart: -- deuteronomy 6:6 +. +And thou shalt teach them diligently unto thy children, and shalt talk of them when thou sittest in thine house, and when thou walkest by the way, and when thou liest down, and when thou risest up. -- deuteronomy 6:7 +. +And thou shalt bind them for a sign upon thine hand, and they shall be as frontlets between thine eyes. -- deuteronomy 6:8 +. +And thou shalt write them upon the posts of thy house, and on thy gates. -- deuteronomy 6:9 +. +And it shall be, when the LORD thy God shall have brought thee into the land which he sware unto thy fathers, to Abraham, to Isaac, and to Jacob, to give thee great and goodly cities, which thou buildedst not, -- deuteronomy 6:10 +. +And houses full of all good things, which thou filledst not, and wells digged, which thou diggedst not, vineyards and olive trees, which thou plantedst not; when thou shalt have eaten and be full; -- deuteronomy 6:11 +. +Then beware lest thou forget the LORD, which brought thee forth out of the land of Egypt, from the house of bondage. -- deuteronomy 6:12 +. +Thou shalt fear the LORD thy God, and serve him, and shalt swear by his name. -- deuteronomy 6:13 +. +Ye shall not go after other gods, of the gods of the people which are round about you; -- deuteronomy 6:14 +. +(For the LORD thy God is a jealous God among you) lest the anger of the LORD thy God be kindled against thee, and destroy thee from off the face of the earth. -- deuteronomy 6:15 +. +Ye shall not tempt the LORD your God, as ye tempted him in Massah. -- deuteronomy 6:16 +. +Ye shall diligently keep the commandments of the LORD your God, and his testimonies, and his statutes, which he hath commanded thee. -- deuteronomy 6:17 +. +And thou shalt do that which is right and good in the sight of the LORD: that it may be well with thee, and that thou mayest go in and possess the good land which the LORD sware unto thy fathers. -- deuteronomy 6:18 +. +To cast out all thine enemies from before thee, as the LORD hath spoken. -- deuteronomy 6:19 +. +And when thy son asketh thee in time to come, saying, What mean the testimonies, and the statutes, and the judgments, which the LORD our God hath commanded you? -- deuteronomy 6:20 +. +Then thou shalt say unto thy son, We were Pharaoh's bondmen in Egypt; and the LORD brought us out of Egypt with a mighty hand: -- deuteronomy 6:21 +. +And the LORD showed signs and wonders, great and sore, upon Egypt, upon Pharaoh, and upon all his household, before our eyes: -- deuteronomy 6:22 +. +And he brought us out from thence, that he might bring us in, to give us the land which he sware unto our fathers. -- deuteronomy 6:23 +. +And the LORD commanded us to do all these statutes, to fear the LORD our God, for our good always, that he might preserve us alive, as it is at this day. -- deuteronomy 6:24 +. +And it shall be our righteousness, if we observe to do all these commandments before the LORD our God, as he hath commanded us. -- deuteronomy 6:25 +. +When the LORD thy God shall bring thee into the land whither thou goest to possess it, and hath cast out many nations before thee, the Hittites, and the Girgashites, and the Amorites, and the Canaanites, and the Perizzites, and the Hivites, and the Jebusites, seven nations greater and mightier than thou; -- deuteronomy 7:1 +. +And when the LORD thy God shall deliver them before thee; thou shalt smite them, and utterly destroy them; thou shalt make no covenant with them, nor show mercy unto them: -- deuteronomy 7:2 +. +Neither shalt thou make marriages with them; thy daughter thou shalt not give unto his son, nor his daughter shalt thou take unto thy son. -- deuteronomy 7:3 +. +For they will turn away thy son from following me, that they may serve other gods: so will the anger of the LORD be kindled against you, and destroy thee suddenly. -- deuteronomy 7:4 +. +But thus shall ye deal with them; ye shall destroy their altars, and break down their images, and cut down their groves, and burn their graven images with fire. -- deuteronomy 7:5 +. +For thou art an holy people unto the LORD thy God: the LORD thy God hath chosen thee to be a special people unto himself, above all people that are upon the face of the earth. -- deuteronomy 7:6 +. +The LORD did not set his love upon you, nor choose you, because ye were more in number than any people; for ye were the fewest of all people: -- deuteronomy 7:7 +. +But because the LORD loved you, and because he would keep the oath which he had sworn unto your fathers, hath the LORD brought you out with a mighty hand, and redeemed you out of the house of bondmen, from the hand of Pharaoh king of Egypt. -- deuteronomy 7:8 +. +Know therefore that the LORD thy God, he is God, the faithful God, which keepeth covenant and mercy with them that love him and keep his commandments to a thousand generations; -- deuteronomy 7:9 +. +And repayeth them that hate him to their face, to destroy them: he will not be slack to him that hateth him, he will repay him to his face. -- deuteronomy 7:10 +. +Thou shalt therefore keep the commandments, and the statutes, and the judgments, which I command thee this day, to do them. -- deuteronomy 7:11 +. +Wherefore it shall come to pass, if ye hearken to these judgments, and keep, and do them, that the LORD thy God shall keep unto thee the covenant and the mercy which he sware unto thy fathers: -- deuteronomy 7:12 +. +And he will love thee, and bless thee, and multiply thee: he will also bless the fruit of thy womb, and the fruit of thy land, thy corn, and thy wine, and thine oil, the increase of thy kine, and the flocks of thy sheep, in the land which he sware unto thy fathers to give thee. -- deuteronomy 7:13 +. +Thou shalt be blessed above all people: there shall not be male or female barren among you, or among your cattle. -- deuteronomy 7:14 +. +And the LORD will take away from thee all sickness, and will put none of the evil diseases of Egypt, which thou knowest, upon thee; but will lay them upon all them that hate thee. -- deuteronomy 7:15 +. +And thou shalt consume all the people which the LORD thy God shall deliver thee; thine eye shall have no pity upon them: neither shalt thou serve their gods; for that will be a snare unto thee. -- deuteronomy 7:16 +. +If thou shalt say in thine heart, These nations are more than I; how can I dispossess them? -- deuteronomy 7:17 +. +Thou shalt not be afraid of them: but shalt well remember what the LORD thy God did unto Pharaoh, and unto all Egypt; -- deuteronomy 7:18 +. +The great temptations which thine eyes saw, and the signs, and the wonders, and the mighty hand, and the stretched out arm, whereby the LORD thy God brought thee out: so shall the LORD thy God do unto all the people of whom thou art afraid. -- deuteronomy 7:19 +. +Moreover the LORD thy God will send the hornet among them, until they that are left, and hide themselves from thee, be destroyed. -- deuteronomy 7:20 +. +Thou shalt not be affrighted at them: for the LORD thy God is among you, a mighty God and terrible. -- deuteronomy 7:21 +. +And the LORD thy God will put out those nations before thee by little and little: thou mayest not consume them at once, lest the beasts of the field increase upon thee. -- deuteronomy 7:22 +. +But the LORD thy God shall deliver them unto thee, and shall destroy them with a mighty destruction, until they be destroyed. -- deuteronomy 7:23 +. +And he shall deliver their kings into thine hand, and thou shalt destroy their name from under heaven: there shall no man be able to stand before thee, until thou have destroyed them. -- deuteronomy 7:24 +. +The graven images of their gods shall ye burn with fire: thou shalt not desire the silver or gold that is on them, nor take it unto thee, lest thou be snared therein: for it is an abomination to the LORD thy God. -- deuteronomy 7:25 +. +Neither shalt thou bring an abomination into thine house, lest thou be a cursed thing like it: but thou shalt utterly detest it, and thou shalt utterly abhor it; for it is a cursed thing. -- deuteronomy 7:26 +. +All the commandments which I command thee this day shall ye observe to do, that ye may live, and multiply, and go in and possess the land which the LORD sware unto your fathers. -- deuteronomy 8:1 +. +And thou shalt remember all the way which the LORD thy God led thee these forty years in the wilderness, to humble thee, and to prove thee, to know what was in thine heart, whether thou wouldest keep his commandments, or no. -- deuteronomy 8:2 +. +And he humbled thee, and suffered thee to hunger, and fed thee with manna, which thou knewest not, neither did thy fathers know; that he might make thee know that man doth not live by bread only, but by every word that proceedeth out of the mouth of the LORD doth man live. -- deuteronomy 8:3 +. +Thy raiment waxed not old upon thee, neither did thy foot swell, these forty years. -- deuteronomy 8:4 +. +Thou shalt also consider in thine heart, that, as a man chasteneth his son, so the LORD thy God chasteneth thee. -- deuteronomy 8:5 +. +Therefore thou shalt keep the commandments of the LORD thy God, to walk in his ways, and to fear him. -- deuteronomy 8:6 +. +For the LORD thy God bringeth thee into a good land, a land of brooks of water, of fountains and depths that spring out of valleys and hills; -- deuteronomy 8:7 +. +A land of wheat, and barley, and vines, and fig trees, and pomegranates; a land of oil olive, and honey; -- deuteronomy 8:8 +. +A land wherein thou shalt eat bread without scarceness, thou shalt not lack any thing in it; a land whose stones are iron, and out of whose hills thou mayest dig brass. -- deuteronomy 8:9 +. +When thou hast eaten and art full, then thou shalt bless the LORD thy God for the good land which he hath given thee. -- deuteronomy 8:10 +. +Beware that thou forget not the LORD thy God, in not keeping his commandments, and his judgments, and his statutes, which I command thee this day: -- deuteronomy 8:11 +. +Lest when thou hast eaten and art full, and hast built goodly houses, and dwelt therein; -- deuteronomy 8:12 +. +And when thy herds and thy flocks multiply, and thy silver and thy gold is multiplied, and all that thou hast is multiplied; -- deuteronomy 8:13 +. +Then thine heart be lifted up, and thou forget the LORD thy God, which brought thee forth out of the land of Egypt, from the house of bondage; -- deuteronomy 8:14 +. +Who led thee through that great and terrible wilderness, wherein were fiery serpents, and scorpions, and drought, where there was no water; who brought thee forth water out of the rock of flint; -- deuteronomy 8:15 +. +Who fed thee in the wilderness with manna, which thy fathers knew not, that he might humble thee, and that he might prove thee, to do thee good at thy latter end; -- deuteronomy 8:16 +. +And thou say in thine heart, My power and the might of mine hand hath gotten me this wealth. -- deuteronomy 8:17 +. +But thou shalt remember the LORD thy God: for it is he that giveth thee power to get wealth, that he may establish his covenant which he sware unto thy fathers, as it is this day. -- deuteronomy 8:18 +. +And it shall be, if thou do at all forget the LORD thy God, and walk after other gods, and serve them, and worship them, I testify against you this day that ye shall surely perish. -- deuteronomy 8:19 +. +As the nations which the LORD destroyeth before your face, so shall ye perish; because ye would not be obedient unto the voice of the LORD your God. -- deuteronomy 8:20 +. +Hear, O Israel: Thou art to pass over Jordan this day, to go in to possess nations greater and mightier than thyself, cities great and fenced up to heaven, -- deuteronomy 9:1 +. +A people great and tall, the children of the Anakims, whom thou knowest, and of whom thou hast heard say, Who can stand before the children of Anak! -- deuteronomy 9:2 +. +Understand therefore this day, that the LORD thy God is he which goeth over before thee; as a consuming fire he shall destroy them, and he shall bring them down before thy face: so shalt thou drive them out, and destroy them quickly, as the LORD hath said unto thee. -- deuteronomy 9:3 +. +Speak not thou in thine heart, after that the LORD thy God hath cast them out from before thee, saying, For my righteousness the LORD hath brought me in to possess this land: but for the wickedness of these nations the LORD doth drive them out from before thee. -- deuteronomy 9:4 +. +Not for thy righteousness, or for the uprightness of thine heart, dost thou go to possess their land: but for the wickedness of these nations the LORD thy God doth drive them out from before thee, and that he may perform the word which the LORD sware unto thy fathers, Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob. -- deuteronomy 9:5 +. +Understand therefore, that the LORD thy God giveth thee not this good land to possess it for thy righteousness; for thou art a stiffnecked people. -- deuteronomy 9:6 +. +Remember, and forget not, how thou provokedst the LORD thy God to wrath in the wilderness: from the day that thou didst depart out of the land of Egypt, until ye came unto this place, ye have been rebellious against the LORD. -- deuteronomy 9:7 +. +Also in Horeb ye provoked the LORD to wrath, so that the LORD was angry with you to have destroyed you. -- deuteronomy 9:8 +. +When I was gone up into the mount to receive the tables of stone, even the tables of the covenant which the LORD made with you, then I abode in the mount forty days and forty nights, I neither did eat bread nor drink water: -- deuteronomy 9:9 +. +And the LORD delivered unto me two tables of stone written with the finger of God; and on them was written according to all the words, which the LORD spake with you in the mount out of the midst of the fire in the day of the assembly. -- deuteronomy 9:10 +. +And it came to pass at the end of forty days and forty nights, that the LORD gave me the two tables of stone, even the tables of the covenant. -- deuteronomy 9:11 +. +And the LORD said unto me, Arise, get thee down quickly from hence; for thy people which thou hast brought forth out of Egypt have corrupted themselves; they are quickly turned aside out of the way which I commanded them; they have made them a molten image. -- deuteronomy 9:12 +. +Furthermore the LORD spake unto me, saying, I have seen this people, and, behold, it is a stiffnecked people: -- deuteronomy 9:13 +. +Let me alone, that I may destroy them, and blot out their name from under heaven: and I will make of thee a nation mightier and greater than they. -- deuteronomy 9:14 +. +So I turned and came down from the mount, and the mount burned with fire: and the two tables of the covenant were in my two hands. -- deuteronomy 9:15 +. +And I looked, and, behold, ye had sinned against the LORD your God, and had made you a molten calf: ye had turned aside quickly out of the way which the LORD had commanded you. -- deuteronomy 9:16 +. +And I took the two tables, and cast them out of my two hands, and brake them before your eyes. -- deuteronomy 9:17 +. +And I fell down before the LORD, as at the first, forty days and forty nights: I did neither eat bread, nor drink water, because of all your sins which ye sinned, in doing wickedly in the sight of the LORD, to provoke him to anger. -- deuteronomy 9:18 +. +For I was afraid of the anger and hot displeasure, wherewith the LORD was wroth against you to destroy you. But the LORD hearkened unto me at that time also. -- deuteronomy 9:19 +. +And the LORD was very angry with Aaron to have destroyed him: and I prayed for Aaron also the same time. -- deuteronomy 9:20 +. +And I took your sin, the calf which ye had made, and burnt it with fire, and stamped it, and ground it very small, even until it was as small as dust: and I cast the dust thereof into the brook that descended out of the mount. -- deuteronomy 9:21 +. +And at Taberah, and at Massah, and at Kibrothhattaavah, ye provoked the LORD to wrath. -- deuteronomy 9:22 +. +Likewise when the LORD sent you from Kadeshbarnea, saying, Go up and possess the land which I have given you; then ye rebelled against the commandment of the LORD your God, and ye believed him not, nor hearkened to his voice. -- deuteronomy 9:23 +. +Ye have been rebellious against the LORD from the day that I knew you. -- deuteronomy 9:24 +. +Thus I fell down before the LORD forty days and forty nights, as I fell down at the first; because the LORD had said he would destroy you. -- deuteronomy 9:25 +. +I prayed therefore unto the LORD, and said, O Lord GOD, destroy not thy people and thine inheritance, which thou hast redeemed through thy greatness, which thou hast brought forth out of Egypt with a mighty hand. -- deuteronomy 9:26 +. +Remember thy servants, Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob; look not unto the stubbornness of this people, nor to their wickedness, nor to their sin: -- deuteronomy 9:27 +. +Lest the land whence thou broughtest us out say, Because the LORD was not able to bring them into the land which he promised them, and because he hated them, he hath brought them out to slay them in the wilderness. -- deuteronomy 9:28 +. +Yet they are thy people and thine inheritance, which thou broughtest out by thy mighty power and by thy stretched out arm. -- deuteronomy 9:29 +. +At that time the LORD said unto me, Hew thee two tables of stone like unto the first, and come up unto me into the mount, and make thee an ark of wood. -- deuteronomy 10:1 +. +And I will write on the tables the words that were in the first tables which thou brakest, and thou shalt put them in the ark. -- deuteronomy 10:2 +. +And I made an ark of shittim wood, and hewed two tables of stone like unto the first, and went up into the mount, having the two tables in mine hand. -- deuteronomy 10:3 +. +And he wrote on the tables, according to the first writing, the ten commandments, which the LORD spake unto you in the mount out of the midst of the fire in the day of the assembly: and the LORD gave them unto me. -- deuteronomy 10:4 +. +And I turned myself and came down from the mount, and put the tables in the ark which I had made; and there they be, as the LORD commanded me. -- deuteronomy 10:5 +. +And the children of Israel took their journey from Beeroth of the children of Jaakan to Mosera: there Aaron died, and there he was buried; and Eleazar his son ministered in the priest's office in his stead. -- deuteronomy 10:6 +. +From thence they journeyed unto Gudgodah; and from Gudgodah to Jotbath, a land of rivers of waters. -- deuteronomy 10:7 +. +At that time the LORD separated the tribe of Levi, to bear the ark of the covenant of the LORD, to stand before the LORD to minister unto him, and to bless in his name, unto this day. -- deuteronomy 10:8 +. +Wherefore Levi hath no part nor inheritance with his brethren; the LORD is his inheritance, according as the LORD thy God promised him. -- deuteronomy 10:9 +. +And I stayed in the mount, according to the first time, forty days and forty nights; and the LORD hearkened unto me at that time also, and the LORD would not destroy thee. -- deuteronomy 10:10 +. +And the LORD said unto me, Arise, take thy journey before the people, that they may go in and possess the land, which I sware unto their fathers to give unto them. -- deuteronomy 10:11 +. +And now, Israel, what doth the LORD thy God require of thee, but to fear the LORD thy God, to walk in all his ways, and to love him, and to serve the LORD thy God with all thy heart and with all thy soul, -- deuteronomy 10:12 +. +To keep the commandments of the LORD, and his statutes, which I command thee this day for thy good? -- deuteronomy 10:13 +. +Behold, the heaven and the heaven of heavens is the LORD's thy God, the earth also, with all that therein is. -- deuteronomy 10:14 +. +Only the LORD had a delight in thy fathers to love them, and he chose their seed after them, even you above all people, as it is this day. -- deuteronomy 10:15 +. +Circumcise therefore the foreskin of your heart, and be no more stiffnecked. -- deuteronomy 10:16 +. +For the LORD your God is God of gods, and Lord of lords, a great God, a mighty, and a terrible, which regardeth not persons, nor taketh reward: -- deuteronomy 10:17 +. +He doth execute the judgment of the fatherless and widow, and loveth the stranger, in giving him food and raiment. -- deuteronomy 10:18 +. +Love ye therefore the stranger: for ye were strangers in the land of Egypt. -- deuteronomy 10:19 +. +Thou shalt fear the LORD thy God; him shalt thou serve, and to him shalt thou cleave, and swear by his name. -- deuteronomy 10:20 +. +He is thy praise, and he is thy God, that hath done for thee these great and terrible things, which thine eyes have seen. -- deuteronomy 10:21 +. +Thy fathers went down into Egypt with threescore and ten persons; and now the LORD thy God hath made thee as the stars of heaven for multitude. -- deuteronomy 10:22 +. +Therefore thou shalt love the LORD thy God, and keep his charge, and his statutes, and his judgments, and his commandments, alway. -- deuteronomy 11:1 +. +And know ye this day: for I speak not with your children which have not known, and which have not seen the chastisement of the LORD your God, his greatness, his mighty hand, and his stretched out arm, -- deuteronomy 11:2 +. +And his miracles, and his acts, which he did in the midst of Egypt unto Pharaoh the king of Egypt, and unto all his land; -- deuteronomy 11:3 +. +And what he did unto the army of Egypt, unto their horses, and to their chariots; how he made the water of the Red sea to overflow them as they pursued after you, and how the LORD hath destroyed them unto this day; -- deuteronomy 11:4 +. +And what he did unto you in the wilderness, until ye came into this place; -- deuteronomy 11:5 +. +And what he did unto Dathan and Abiram, the sons of Eliab, the son of Reuben: how the earth opened her mouth, and swallowed them up, and their households, and their tents, and all the substance that was in their possession, in the midst of all Israel: -- deuteronomy 11:6 +. +But your eyes have seen all the great acts of the LORD which he did. -- deuteronomy 11:7 +. +Therefore shall ye keep all the commandments which I command you this day, that ye may be strong, and go in and possess the land, whither ye go to possess it; -- deuteronomy 11:8 +. +And that ye may prolong your days in the land, which the LORD sware unto your fathers to give unto them and to their seed, a land that floweth with milk and honey. -- deuteronomy 11:9 +. +For the land, whither thou goest in to possess it, is not as the land of Egypt, from whence ye came out, where thou sowedst thy seed, and wateredst it with thy foot, as a garden of herbs: -- deuteronomy 11:10 +. +But the land, whither ye go to possess it, is a land of hills and valleys, and drinketh water of the rain of heaven: -- deuteronomy 11:11 +. +A land which the LORD thy God careth for: the eyes of the LORD thy God are always upon it, from the beginning of the year even unto the end of the year. -- deuteronomy 11:12 +. +And it shall come to pass, if ye shall hearken diligently unto my commandments which I command you this day, to love the LORD your God, and to serve him with all your heart and with all your soul, -- deuteronomy 11:13 +. +That I will give you the rain of your land in his due season, the first rain and the latter rain, that thou mayest gather in thy corn, and thy wine, and thine oil. -- deuteronomy 11:14 +. +And I will send grass in thy fields for thy cattle, that thou mayest eat and be full. -- deuteronomy 11:15 +. +Take heed to yourselves, that your heart be not deceived, and ye turn aside, and serve other gods, and worship them; -- deuteronomy 11:16 +. +And then the LORD's wrath be kindled against you, and he shut up the heaven, that there be no rain, and that the land yield not her fruit; and lest ye perish quickly from off the good land which the LORD giveth you. -- deuteronomy 11:17 +. +Therefore shall ye lay up these my words in your heart and in your soul, and bind them for a sign upon your hand, that they may be as frontlets between your eyes. -- deuteronomy 11:18 +. +And ye shall teach them your children, speaking of them when thou sittest in thine house, and when thou walkest by the way, when thou liest down, and when thou risest up. -- deuteronomy 11:19 +. +And thou shalt write them upon the door posts of thine house, and upon thy gates: -- deuteronomy 11:20 +. +That your days may be multiplied, and the days of your children, in the land which the LORD sware unto your fathers to give them, as the days of heaven upon the earth. -- deuteronomy 11:21 +. +For if ye shall diligently keep all these commandments which I command you, to do them, to love the LORD your God, to walk in all his ways, and to cleave unto him; -- deuteronomy 11:22 +. +Then will the LORD drive out all these nations from before you, and ye shall possess greater nations and mightier than yourselves. -- deuteronomy 11:23 +. +Every place whereon the soles of your feet shall tread shall be yours: from the wilderness and Lebanon, from the river, the river Euphrates, even unto the uttermost sea shall your coast be. -- deuteronomy 11:24 +. +There shall no man be able to stand before you: for the LORD your God shall lay the fear of you and the dread of you upon all the land that ye shall tread upon, as he hath said unto you. -- deuteronomy 11:25 +. +Behold, I set before you this day a blessing and a curse; -- deuteronomy 11:26 +. +A blessing, if ye obey the commandments of the LORD your God, which I command you this day: -- deuteronomy 11:27 +. +And a curse, if ye will not obey the commandments of the LORD your God, but turn aside out of the way which I command you this day, to go after other gods, which ye have not known. -- deuteronomy 11:28 +. +And it shall come to pass, when the LORD thy God hath brought thee in unto the land whither thou goest to possess it, that thou shalt put the blessing upon mount Gerizim, and the curse upon mount Ebal. -- deuteronomy 11:29 +. +Are they not on the other side Jordan, by the way where the sun goeth down, in the land of the Canaanites, which dwell in the champaign over against Gilgal, beside the plains of Moreh? -- deuteronomy 11:30 +. +For ye shall pass over Jordan to go in to possess the land which the LORD your God giveth you, and ye shall possess it, and dwell therein. -- deuteronomy 11:31 +. +And ye shall observe to do all the statutes and judgments which I set before you this day. -- deuteronomy 11:32 +. +These are the statutes and judgments, which ye shall observe to do in the land, which the LORD God of thy fathers giveth thee to possess it, all the days that ye live upon the earth. -- deuteronomy 12:1 +. +Ye shall utterly destroy all the places, wherein the nations which ye shall possess served their gods, upon the high mountains, and upon the hills, and under every green tree: -- deuteronomy 12:2 +. +And ye shall overthrow their altars, and break their pillars, and burn their groves with fire; and ye shall hew down the graven images of their gods, and destroy the names of them out of that place. -- deuteronomy 12:3 +. +Ye shall not do so unto the LORD your God. -- deuteronomy 12:4 +. +But unto the place which the LORD your God shall choose out of all your tribes to put his name there, even unto his habitation shall ye seek, and thither thou shalt come: -- deuteronomy 12:5 +. +And thither ye shall bring your burnt offerings, and your sacrifices, and your tithes, and heave offerings of your hand, and your vows, and your freewill offerings, and the firstlings of your herds and of your flocks: -- deuteronomy 12:6 +. +And there ye shall eat before the LORD your God, and ye shall rejoice in all that ye put your hand unto, ye and your households, wherein the LORD thy God hath blessed thee. -- deuteronomy 12:7 +. +Ye shall not do after all the things that we do here this day, every man whatsoever is right in his own eyes. -- deuteronomy 12:8 +. +For ye are not as yet come to the rest and to the inheritance, which the LORD your God giveth you. -- deuteronomy 12:9 +. +But when ye go over Jordan, and dwell in the land which the LORD your God giveth you to inherit, and when he giveth you rest from all your enemies round about, so that ye dwell in safety; -- deuteronomy 12:10 +. +Then there shall be a place which the LORD your God shall choose to cause his name to dwell there; thither shall ye bring all that I command you; your burnt offerings, and your sacrifices, your tithes, and the heave offering of your hand, and all your choice vows which ye vow unto the LORD: -- deuteronomy 12:11 +. +And ye shall rejoice before the LORD your God, ye, and your sons, and your daughters, and your menservants, and your maidservants, and the Levite that is within your gates; forasmuch as he hath no part nor inheritance with you. -- deuteronomy 12:12 +. +Take heed to thyself that thou offer not thy burnt offerings in every place that thou seest: -- deuteronomy 12:13 +. +But in the place which the LORD shall choose in one of thy tribes, there thou shalt offer thy burnt offerings, and there thou shalt do all that I command thee. -- deuteronomy 12:14 +. +Notwithstanding thou mayest kill and eat flesh in all thy gates, whatsoever thy soul lusteth after, according to the blessing of the LORD thy God which he hath given thee: the unclean and the clean may eat thereof, as of the roebuck, and as of the hart. -- deuteronomy 12:15 +. +Only ye shall not eat the blood; ye shall pour it upon the earth as water. -- deuteronomy 12:16 +. +Thou mayest not eat within thy gates the tithe of thy corn, or of thy wine, or of thy oil, or the firstlings of thy herds or of thy flock, nor any of thy vows which thou vowest, nor thy freewill offerings, or heave offering of thine hand: -- deuteronomy 12:17 +. +But thou must eat them before the LORD thy God in the place which the LORD thy God shall choose, thou, and thy son, and thy daughter, and thy manservant, and thy maidservant, and the Levite that is within thy gates: and thou shalt rejoice before the LORD thy God in all that thou puttest thine hands unto. -- deuteronomy 12:18 +. +Take heed to thyself that thou forsake not the Levite as long as thou livest upon the earth. -- deuteronomy 12:19 +. +When the LORD thy God shall enlarge thy border, as he hath promised thee, and thou shalt say, I will eat flesh, because thy soul longeth to eat flesh; thou mayest eat flesh, whatsoever thy soul lusteth after. -- deuteronomy 12:20 +. +If the place which the LORD thy God hath chosen to put his name there be too far from thee, then thou shalt kill of thy herd and of thy flock, which the LORD hath given thee, as I have commanded thee, and thou shalt eat in thy gates whatsoever thy soul lusteth after. -- deuteronomy 12:21 +. +Even as the roebuck and the hart is eaten, so thou shalt eat them: the unclean and the clean shall eat of them alike. -- deuteronomy 12:22 +. +Only be sure that thou eat not the blood: for the blood is the life; and thou mayest not eat the life with the flesh. -- deuteronomy 12:23 +. +Thou shalt not eat it; thou shalt pour it upon the earth as water. -- deuteronomy 12:24 +. +Thou shalt not eat it; that it may go well with thee, and with thy children after thee, when thou shalt do that which is right in the sight of the LORD. -- deuteronomy 12:25 +. +Only thy holy things which thou hast, and thy vows, thou shalt take, and go unto the place which the LORD shall choose: -- deuteronomy 12:26 +. +And thou shalt offer thy burnt offerings, the flesh and the blood, upon the altar of the LORD thy God: and the blood of thy sacrifices shall be poured out upon the altar of the LORD thy God, and thou shalt eat the flesh. -- deuteronomy 12:27 +. +Observe and hear all these words which I command thee, that it may go well with thee, and with thy children after thee for ever, when thou doest that which is good and right in the sight of the LORD thy God. -- deuteronomy 12:28 +. +When the LORD thy God shall cut off the nations from before thee, whither thou goest to possess them, and thou succeedest them, and dwellest in their land; -- deuteronomy 12:29 +. +Take heed to thyself that thou be not snared by following them, after that they be destroyed from before thee; and that thou inquire not after their gods, saying, How did these nations serve their gods? even so will I do likewise. -- deuteronomy 12:30 +. +Thou shalt not do so unto the LORD thy God: for every abomination to the LORD, which he hateth, have they done unto their gods; for even their sons and their daughters they have burnt in the fire to their gods. -- deuteronomy 12:31 +. +What thing soever I command you, observe to do it: thou shalt not add thereto, nor diminish from it. -- deuteronomy 12:32 +. +If there arise among you a prophet, or a dreamer of dreams, and giveth thee a sign or a wonder, -- deuteronomy 13:1 +. +And the sign or the wonder come to pass, whereof he spake unto thee, saying, Let us go after other gods, which thou hast not known, and let us serve them; -- deuteronomy 13:2 +. +Thou shalt not hearken unto the words of that prophet, or that dreamer of dreams: for the LORD your God proveth you, to know whether ye love the LORD your God with all your heart and with all your soul. -- deuteronomy 13:3 +. +Ye shall walk after the LORD your God, and fear him, and keep his commandments, and obey his voice, and ye shall serve him, and cleave unto him. -- deuteronomy 13:4 +. +And that prophet, or that dreamer of dreams, shall be put to death; because he hath spoken to turn you away from the LORD your God, which brought you out of the land of Egypt, and redeemed you out of the house of bondage, to thrust thee out of the way which the LORD thy God commanded thee to walk in. So shalt thou put the evil away from the midst of thee. -- deuteronomy 13:5 +. +If thy brother, the son of thy mother, or thy son, or thy daughter, or the wife of thy bosom, or thy friend, which is as thine own soul, entice thee secretly, saying, Let us go and serve other gods, which thou hast not known, thou, nor thy fathers; -- deuteronomy 13:6 +. +Namely, of the gods of the people which are round about you, nigh unto thee, or far off from thee, from the one end of the earth even unto the other end of the earth; -- deuteronomy 13:7 +. +Thou shalt not consent unto him, nor hearken unto him; neither shall thine eye pity him, neither shalt thou spare, neither shalt thou conceal him: -- deuteronomy 13:8 +. +But thou shalt surely kill him; thine hand shall be first upon him to put him to death, and afterwards the hand of all the people. -- deuteronomy 13:9 +. +And thou shalt stone him with stones, that he die; because he hath sought to thrust thee away from the LORD thy God, which brought thee out of the land of Egypt, from the house of bondage. -- deuteronomy 13:10 +. +And all Israel shall hear, and fear, and shall do no more any such wickedness as this is among you. -- deuteronomy 13:11 +. +If thou shalt hear say in one of thy cities, which the LORD thy God hath given thee to dwell there, saying, -- deuteronomy 13:12 +. +Certain men, the children of Belial, are gone out from among you, and have withdrawn the inhabitants of their city, saying, Let us go and serve other gods, which ye have not known; -- deuteronomy 13:13 +. +Then shalt thou inquire, and make search, and ask diligently; and, behold, if it be truth, and the thing certain, that such abomination is wrought among you; -- deuteronomy 13:14 +. +Thou shalt surely smite the inhabitants of that city with the edge of the sword, destroying it utterly, and all that is therein, and the cattle thereof, with the edge of the sword. -- deuteronomy 13:15 +. +And thou shalt gather all the spoil of it into the midst of the street thereof, and shalt burn with fire the city, and all the spoil thereof every whit, for the LORD thy God: and it shall be an heap for ever; it shall not be built again. -- deuteronomy 13:16 +. +And there shall cleave nought of the cursed thing to thine hand: that the LORD may turn from the fierceness of his anger, and show thee mercy, and have compassion upon thee, and multiply thee, as he hath sworn unto thy fathers; -- deuteronomy 13:17 +. +When thou shalt hearken to the voice of the LORD thy God, to keep all his commandments which I command thee this day, to do that which is right in the eyes of the LORD thy God. -- deuteronomy 13:18 +. +Ye are the children of the LORD your God: ye shall not cut yourselves, nor make any baldness between your eyes for the dead. -- deuteronomy 14:1 +. +For thou art an holy people unto the LORD thy God, and the LORD hath chosen thee to be a peculiar people unto himself, above all the nations that are upon the earth. -- deuteronomy 14:2 +. +Thou shalt not eat any abominable thing. -- deuteronomy 14:3 +. +These are the beasts which ye shall eat: the ox, the sheep, and the goat, -- deuteronomy 14:4 +. +The hart, and the roebuck, and the fallow deer, and the wild goat, and the pygarg, and the wild ox, and the chamois. -- deuteronomy 14:5 +. +And every beast that parteth the hoof, and cleaveth the cleft into two claws, and cheweth the cud among the beasts, that ye shall eat. -- deuteronomy 14:6 +. +Nevertheless these ye shall not eat of them that chew the cud, or of them that divide the cloven hoof; as the camel, and the hare, and the coney: for they chew the cud, but divide not the hoof; therefore they are unclean unto you. -- deuteronomy 14:7 +. +And the swine, because it divideth the hoof, yet cheweth not the cud, it is unclean unto you: ye shall not eat of their flesh, nor touch their dead carcass. -- deuteronomy 14:8 +. +These ye shall eat of all that are in the waters: all that have fins and scales shall ye eat: -- deuteronomy 14:9 +. +And whatsoever hath not fins and scales ye may not eat; it is unclean unto you. -- deuteronomy 14:10 +. +Of all clean birds ye shall eat. -- deuteronomy 14:11 +. +But these are they of which ye shall not eat: the eagle, and the ossifrage, and the ospray, -- deuteronomy 14:12 +. +And the glede, and the kite, and the vulture after his kind, -- deuteronomy 14:13 +. +And every raven after his kind, -- deuteronomy 14:14 +. +And the owl, and the night hawk, and the cuckoo, and the hawk after his kind, -- deuteronomy 14:15 +. +The little owl, and the great owl, and the swan, -- deuteronomy 14:16 +. +And the pelican, and the gier eagle, and the cormorant, -- deuteronomy 14:17 +. +And the stork, and the heron after her kind, and the lapwing, and the bat. -- deuteronomy 14:18 +. +And every creeping thing that flieth is unclean unto you: they shall not be eaten. -- deuteronomy 14:19 +. +But of all clean fowls ye may eat. -- deuteronomy 14:20 +. +Ye shall not eat of anything that dieth of itself: thou shalt give it unto the stranger that is in thy gates, that he may eat it; or thou mayest sell it unto an alien: for thou art an holy people unto the LORD thy God. Thou shalt not seethe a kid in his mother's milk. -- deuteronomy 14:21 +. +Thou shalt truly tithe all the increase of thy seed, that the field bringeth forth year by year. -- deuteronomy 14:22 +. +And thou shalt eat before the LORD thy God, in the place which he shall choose to place his name there, the tithe of thy corn, of thy wine, and of thine oil, and the firstlings of thy herds and of thy flocks; that thou mayest learn to fear the LORD thy God always. -- deuteronomy 14:23 +. +And if the way be too long for thee, so that thou art not able to carry it; or if the place be too far from thee, which the LORD thy God shall choose to set his name there, when the LORD thy God hath blessed thee: -- deuteronomy 14:24 +. +Then shalt thou turn it into money, and bind up the money in thine hand, and shalt go unto the place which the LORD thy God shall choose: -- deuteronomy 14:25 +. +And thou shalt bestow that money for whatsoever thy soul lusteth after, for oxen, or for sheep, or for wine, or for strong drink, or for whatsoever thy soul desireth: and thou shalt eat there before the LORD thy God, and thou shalt rejoice, thou, and thine household, -- deuteronomy 14:26 +. +And the Levite that is within thy gates; thou shalt not forsake him; for he hath no part nor inheritance with thee. -- deuteronomy 14:27 +. +At the end of three years thou shalt bring forth all the tithe of thine increase the same year, and shalt lay it up within thy gates: -- deuteronomy 14:28 +. +And the Levite, (because he hath no part nor inheritance with thee,) and the stranger, and the fatherless, and the widow, which are within thy gates, shall come, and shall eat and be satisfied; that the LORD thy God may bless thee in all the work of thine hand which thou doest. -- deuteronomy 14:29 +. +At the end of every seven years thou shalt make a release. -- deuteronomy 15:1 +. +And this is the manner of the release: Every creditor that lendeth ought unto his neighbor shall release it; he shall not exact it of his neighbor, or of his brother; because it is called the LORD's release. -- deuteronomy 15:2 +. +Of a foreigner thou mayest exact it again: but that which is thine with thy brother thine hand shall release; -- deuteronomy 15:3 +. +Save when there shall be no poor among you; for the LORD shall greatly bless thee in the land which the LORD thy God giveth thee for an inheritance to possess it: -- deuteronomy 15:4 +. +Only if thou carefully hearken unto the voice of the LORD thy God, to observe to do all these commandments which I command thee this day. -- deuteronomy 15:5 +. +For the LORD thy God blesseth thee, as he promised thee: and thou shalt lend unto many nations, but thou shalt not borrow; and thou shalt reign over many nations, but they shall not reign over thee. -- deuteronomy 15:6 +. +If there be among you a poor man of one of thy brethren within any of thy gates in thy land which the LORD thy God giveth thee, thou shalt not harden thine heart, nor shut thine hand from thy poor brother: -- deuteronomy 15:7 +. +But thou shalt open thine hand wide unto him, and shalt surely lend him sufficient for his need, in that which he wanteth. -- deuteronomy 15:8 +. +Beware that there be not a thought in thy wicked heart, saying, The seventh year, the year of release, is at hand; and thine eye be evil against thy poor brother, and thou givest him nought; and he cry unto the LORD against thee, and it be sin unto thee. -- deuteronomy 15:9 +. +Thou shalt surely give him, and thine heart shall not be grieved when thou givest unto him: because that for this thing the LORD thy God shall bless thee in all thy works, and in all that thou puttest thine hand unto. -- deuteronomy 15:10 +. +For the poor shall never cease out of the land: therefore I command thee, saying, Thou shalt open thine hand wide unto thy brother, to thy poor, and to thy needy, in thy land. -- deuteronomy 15:11 +. +And if thy brother, an Hebrew man, or an Hebrew woman, be sold unto thee, and serve thee six years; then in the seventh year thou shalt let him go free from thee. -- deuteronomy 15:12 +. +And when thou sendest him out free from thee, thou shalt not let him go away empty: -- deuteronomy 15:13 +. +Thou shalt furnish him liberally out of thy flock, and out of thy floor, and out of thy winepress: of that wherewith the LORD thy God hath blessed thee thou shalt give unto him. -- deuteronomy 15:14 +. +And thou shalt remember that thou wast a bondman in the land of Egypt, and the LORD thy God redeemed thee: therefore I command thee this thing to day. -- deuteronomy 15:15 +. +And it shall be, if he say unto thee, I will not go away from thee; because he loveth thee and thine house, because he is well with thee; -- deuteronomy 15:16 +. +Then thou shalt take an awl, and thrust it through his ear unto the door, and he shall be thy servant for ever. And also unto thy maidservant thou shalt do likewise. -- deuteronomy 15:17 +. +It shall not seem hard unto thee, when thou sendest him away free from thee; for he hath been worth a double hired servant to thee, in serving thee six years: and the LORD thy God shall bless thee in all that thou doest. -- deuteronomy 15:18 +. +All the firstling males that come of thy herd and of thy flock thou shalt sanctify unto the LORD thy God: thou shalt do no work with the firstling of thy bullock, nor shear the firstling of thy sheep. -- deuteronomy 15:19 +. +Thou shalt eat it before the LORD thy God year by year in the place which the LORD shall choose, thou and thy household. -- deuteronomy 15:20 +. +And if there be any blemish therein, as if it be lame, or blind, or have any ill blemish, thou shalt not sacrifice it unto the LORD thy God. -- deuteronomy 15:21 +. +Thou shalt eat it within thy gates: the unclean and the clean person shall eat it alike, as the roebuck, and as the hart. -- deuteronomy 15:22 +. +Only thou shalt not eat the blood thereof; thou shalt pour it upon the ground as water. -- deuteronomy 15:23 +. +Observe the month of Abib, and keep the passover unto the LORD thy God: for in the month of Abib the LORD thy God brought thee forth out of Egypt by night. -- deuteronomy 16:1 +. +Thou shalt therefore sacrifice the passover unto the LORD thy God, of the flock and the herd, in the place which the LORD shall choose to place his name there. -- deuteronomy 16:2 +. +Thou shalt eat no leavened bread with it; seven days shalt thou eat unleavened bread therewith, even the bread of affliction; for thou camest forth out of the land of Egypt in haste: that thou mayest remember the day when thou camest forth out of the land of Egypt all the days of thy life. -- deuteronomy 16:3 +. +And there shall be no leavened bread seen with thee in all thy coast seven days; neither shall there any thing of the flesh, which thou sacrificedst the first day at even, remain all night until the morning. -- deuteronomy 16:4 +. +Thou mayest not sacrifice the passover within any of thy gates, which the LORD thy God giveth thee: -- deuteronomy 16:5 +. +But at the place which the LORD thy God shall choose to place his name in, there thou shalt sacrifice the passover at even, at the going down of the sun, at the season that thou camest forth out of Egypt. -- deuteronomy 16:6 +. +And thou shalt roast and eat it in the place which the LORD thy God shall choose: and thou shalt turn in the morning, and go unto thy tents. -- deuteronomy 16:7 +. +Six days thou shalt eat unleavened bread: and on the seventh day shall be a solemn assembly to the LORD thy God: thou shalt do no work therein. -- deuteronomy 16:8 +. +Seven weeks shalt thou number unto thee: begin to number the seven weeks from such time as thou beginnest to put the sickle to the corn. -- deuteronomy 16:9 +. +And thou shalt keep the feast of weeks unto the LORD thy God with a tribute of a freewill offering of thine hand, which thou shalt give unto the LORD thy God, according as the LORD thy God hath blessed thee: -- deuteronomy 16:10 +. +And thou shalt rejoice before the LORD thy God, thou, and thy son, and thy daughter, and thy manservant, and thy maidservant, and the Levite that is within thy gates, and the stranger, and the fatherless, and the widow, that are among you, in the place which the LORD thy God hath chosen to place his name there. -- deuteronomy 16:11 +. +And thou shalt remember that thou wast a bondman in Egypt: and thou shalt observe and do these statutes. -- deuteronomy 16:12 +. +Thou shalt observe the feast of tabernacles seven days, after that thou hast gathered in thy corn and thy wine: -- deuteronomy 16:13 +. +And thou shalt rejoice in thy feast, thou, and thy son, and thy daughter, and thy manservant, and thy maidservant, and the Levite, the stranger, and the fatherless, and the widow, that are within thy gates. -- deuteronomy 16:14 +. +Seven days shalt thou keep a solemn feast unto the LORD thy God in the place which the LORD shall choose: because the LORD thy God shall bless thee in all thine increase, and in all the works of thine hands, therefore thou shalt surely rejoice. -- deuteronomy 16:15 +. +Three times in a year shall all thy males appear before the LORD thy God in the place which he shall choose; in the feast of unleavened bread, and in the feast of weeks, and in the feast of tabernacles: and they shall not appear before the LORD empty: -- deuteronomy 16:16 +. +Every man shall give as he is able, according to the blessing of the LORD thy God which he hath given thee. -- deuteronomy 16:17 +. +Judges and officers shalt thou make thee in all thy gates, which the LORD thy God giveth thee, throughout thy tribes: and they shall judge the people with just judgment. -- deuteronomy 16:18 +. +Thou shalt not wrest judgment; thou shalt not respect persons, neither take a gift: for a gift doth blind the eyes of the wise, and pervert the words of the righteous. -- deuteronomy 16:19 +. +That which is altogether just shalt thou follow, that thou mayest live, and inherit the land which the LORD thy God giveth thee. -- deuteronomy 16:20 +. +Thou shalt not plant thee a grove of any trees near unto the altar of the LORD thy God, which thou shalt make thee. -- deuteronomy 16:21 +. +Neither shalt thou set thee up any image; which the LORD thy God hateth. -- deuteronomy 16:22 +. +Thou shalt not sacrifice unto the LORD thy God any bullock, or sheep, wherein is blemish, or any evilfavouredness: for that is an abomination unto the LORD thy God. -- deuteronomy 17:1 +. +If there be found among you, within any of thy gates which the LORD thy God giveth thee, man or woman, that hath wrought wickedness in the sight of the LORD thy God, in transgressing his covenant, -- deuteronomy 17:2 +. +And hath gone and served other gods, and worshipped them, either the sun, or moon, or any of the host of heaven, which I have not commanded; -- deuteronomy 17:3 +. +And it be told thee, and thou hast heard of it, and inquired diligently, and, behold, it be true, and the thing certain, that such abomination is wrought in Israel: -- deuteronomy 17:4 +. +Then shalt thou bring forth that man or that woman, which have committed that wicked thing, unto thy gates, even that man or that woman, and shalt stone them with stones, till they die. -- deuteronomy 17:5 +. +At the mouth of two witnesses, or three witnesses, shall he that is worthy of death be put to death; but at the mouth of one witness he shall not be put to death. -- deuteronomy 17:6 +. +The hands of the witnesses shall be first upon him to put him to death, and afterward the hands of all the people. So thou shalt put the evil away from among you. -- deuteronomy 17:7 +. +If there arise a matter too hard for thee in judgment, between blood and blood, between plea and plea, and between stroke and stroke, being matters of controversy within thy gates: then shalt thou arise, and get thee up into the place which the LORD thy God shall choose; -- deuteronomy 17:8 +. +And thou shalt come unto the priests the Levites, and unto the judge that shall be in those days, and inquire; and they shall show thee the sentence of judgment: -- deuteronomy 17:9 +. +And thou shalt do according to the sentence, which they of that place which the LORD shall choose shall show thee; and thou shalt observe to do according to all that they inform thee: -- deuteronomy 17:10 +. +According to the sentence of the law which they shall teach thee, and according to the judgment which they shall tell thee, thou shalt do: thou shalt not decline from the sentence which they shall show thee, to the right hand, nor to the left. -- deuteronomy 17:11 +. +And the man that will do presumptuously, and will not hearken unto the priest that standeth to minister there before the LORD thy God, or unto the judge, even that man shall die: and thou shalt put away the evil from Israel. -- deuteronomy 17:12 +. +And all the people shall hear, and fear, and do no more presumptuously. -- deuteronomy 17:13 +. +When thou art come unto the land which the LORD thy God giveth thee, and shalt possess it, and shalt dwell therein, and shalt say, I will set a king over me, like as all the nations that are about me; -- deuteronomy 17:14 +. +Thou shalt in any wise set him king over thee, whom the LORD thy God shall choose: one from among thy brethren shalt thou set king over thee: thou mayest not set a stranger over thee, which is not thy brother. -- deuteronomy 17:15 +. +But he shall not multiply horses to himself, nor cause the people to return to Egypt, to the end that he should multiply horses: forasmuch as the LORD hath said unto you, Ye shall henceforth return no more that way. -- deuteronomy 17:16 +. +Neither shall he multiply wives to himself, that his heart turn not away: neither shall he greatly multiply to himself silver and gold. -- deuteronomy 17:17 +. +And it shall be, when he sitteth upon the throne of his kingdom, that he shall write him a copy of this law in a book out of that which is before the priests the Levites: -- deuteronomy 17:18 +. +And it shall be with him, and he shall read therein all the days of his life: that he may learn to fear the LORD his God, to keep all the words of this law and these statutes, to do them: -- deuteronomy 17:19 +. +That his heart be not lifted up above his brethren, and that he turn not aside from the commandment, to the right hand, or to the left: to the end that he may prolong his days in his kingdom, he, and his children, in the midst of Israel. -- deuteronomy 17:20 +. +The priests the Levites, and all the tribe of Levi, shall have no part nor inheritance with Israel: they shall eat the offerings of the LORD made by fire, and his inheritance. -- deuteronomy 18:1 +. +Therefore shall they have no inheritance among their brethren: the LORD is their inheritance, as he hath said unto them. -- deuteronomy 18:2 +. +And this shall be the priest's due from the people, from them that offer a sacrifice, whether it be ox or sheep; and they shall give unto the priest the shoulder, and the two cheeks, and the maw. -- deuteronomy 18:3 +. +The firstfruit also of thy corn, of thy wine, and of thine oil, and the first of the fleece of thy sheep, shalt thou give him. -- deuteronomy 18:4 +. +For the LORD thy God hath chosen him out of all thy tribes, to stand to minister in the name of the LORD, him and his sons for ever. -- deuteronomy 18:5 +. +And if a Levite come from any of thy gates out of all Israel, where he sojourned, and come with all the desire of his mind unto the place which the LORD shall choose; -- deuteronomy 18:6 +. +Then he shall minister in the name of the LORD his God, as all his brethren the Levites do, which stand there before the LORD. -- deuteronomy 18:7 +. +They shall have like portions to eat, beside that which cometh of the sale of his patrimony. -- deuteronomy 18:8 +. +When thou art come into the land which the LORD thy God giveth thee, thou shalt not learn to do after the abominations of those nations. -- deuteronomy 18:9 +. +There shall not be found among you any one that maketh his son or his daughter to pass through the fire, or that useth divination, or an observer of times, or an enchanter, or a witch. -- deuteronomy 18:10 +. +Or a charmer, or a consulter with familiar spirits, or a wizard, or a necromancer. -- deuteronomy 18:11 +. +For all that do these things are an abomination unto the LORD: and because of these abominations the LORD thy God doth drive them out from before thee. -- deuteronomy 18:12 +. +Thou shalt be perfect with the LORD thy God. -- deuteronomy 18:13 +. +For these nations, which thou shalt possess, hearkened unto observers of times, and unto diviners: but as for thee, the LORD thy God hath not suffered thee so to do. -- deuteronomy 18:14 +. +The LORD thy God will raise up unto thee a Prophet from the midst of thee, of thy brethren, like unto me; unto him ye shall hearken; -- deuteronomy 18:15 +. +According to all that thou desiredst of the LORD thy God in Horeb in the day of the assembly, saying, Let me not hear again the voice of the LORD my God, neither let me see this great fire any more, that I die not. -- deuteronomy 18:16 +. +And the LORD said unto me, They have well spoken that which they have spoken. -- deuteronomy 18:17 +. +I will raise them up a Prophet from among their brethren, like unto thee, and will put my words in his mouth; and he shall speak unto them all that I shall command him. -- deuteronomy 18:18 +. +And it shall come to pass, that whosoever will not hearken unto my words which he shall speak in my name, I will require it of him. -- deuteronomy 18:19 +. +But the prophet, which shall presume to speak a word in my name, which I have not commanded him to speak, or that shall speak in the name of other gods, even that prophet shall die. -- deuteronomy 18:20 +. +And if thou say in thine heart, How shall we know the word which the LORD hath not spoken? -- deuteronomy 18:21 +. +When a prophet speaketh in the name of the LORD, if the thing follow not, nor come to pass, that is the thing which the LORD hath not spoken, but the prophet hath spoken it presumptuously: thou shalt not be afraid of him. -- deuteronomy 18:22 +. +When the LORD thy God hath cut off the nations, whose land the LORD thy God giveth thee, and thou succeedest them, and dwellest in their cities, and in their houses; -- deuteronomy 19:1 +. +Thou shalt separate three cities for thee in the midst of thy land, which the LORD thy God giveth thee to possess it. -- deuteronomy 19:2 +. +Thou shalt prepare thee a way, and divide the coasts of thy land, which the LORD thy God giveth thee to inherit, into three parts, that every slayer may flee thither. -- deuteronomy 19:3 +. +And this is the case of the slayer, which shall flee thither, that he may live: Whoso killeth his neighbor ignorantly, whom he hated not in time past; -- deuteronomy 19:4 +. +As when a man goeth into the wood with his neighbor to hew wood, and his hand fetcheth a stroke with the axe to cut down the tree, and the head slippeth from the helve, and lighteth upon his neighbor, that he die; he shall flee unto one of those cities, and live: -- deuteronomy 19:5 +. +Lest the avenger of the blood pursue the slayer, while his heart is hot, and overtake him, because the way is long, and slay him; whereas he was not worthy of death, inasmuch as he hated him not in time past. -- deuteronomy 19:6 +. +Wherefore I command thee, saying, Thou shalt separate three cities for thee. -- deuteronomy 19:7 +. +And if the LORD thy God enlarge thy coast, as he hath sworn unto thy fathers, and give thee all the land which he promised to give unto thy fathers; -- deuteronomy 19:8 +. +If thou shalt keep all these commandments to do them, which I command thee this day, to love the LORD thy God, and to walk ever in his ways; then shalt thou add three cities more for thee, beside these three: -- deuteronomy 19:9 +. +That innocent blood be not shed in thy land, which the LORD thy God giveth thee for an inheritance, and so blood be upon thee. -- deuteronomy 19:10 +. +But if any man hate his neighbor, and lie in wait for him, and rise up against him, and smite him mortally that he die, and fleeth into one of these cities: -- deuteronomy 19:11 +. +Then the elders of his city shall send and fetch him thence, and deliver him into the hand of the avenger of blood, that he may die. -- deuteronomy 19:12 +. +Thine eye shall not pity him, but thou shalt put away the guilt of innocent blood from Israel, that it may go well with thee. -- deuteronomy 19:13 +. +Thou shalt not remove thy neighbor's landmark, which they of old time have set in thine inheritance, which thou shalt inherit in the land that the LORD thy God giveth thee to possess it. -- deuteronomy 19:14 +. +One witness shall not rise up against a man for any iniquity, or for any sin, in any sin that he sinneth: at the mouth of two witnesses, or at the mouth of three witnesses, shall the matter be established. -- deuteronomy 19:15 +. +If a false witness rise up against any man to testify against him that which is wrong; -- deuteronomy 19:16 +. +Then both the men, between whom the controversy is, shall stand before the LORD, before the priests and the judges, which shall be in those days; -- deuteronomy 19:17 +. +And the judges shall make diligent inquisition: and, behold, if the witness be a false witness, and hath testified falsely against his brother; -- deuteronomy 19:18 +. +Then shall ye do unto him, as he had thought to have done unto his brother: so shalt thou put the evil away from among you. -- deuteronomy 19:19 +. +And those which remain shall hear, and fear, and shall henceforth commit no more any such evil among you. -- deuteronomy 19:20 +. +And thine eye shall not pity; but life shall go for life, eye for eye, tooth for tooth, hand for hand, foot for foot. -- deuteronomy 19:21 +. +When thou goest out to battle against thine enemies, and seest horses, and chariots, and a people more than thou, be not afraid of them: for the LORD thy God is with thee, which brought thee up out of the land of Egypt. -- deuteronomy 20:1 +. +And it shall be, when ye are come nigh unto the battle, that the priest shall approach and speak unto the people, -- deuteronomy 20:2 +. +And shall say unto them, Hear, O Israel, ye approach this day unto battle against your enemies: let not your hearts faint, fear not, and do not tremble, neither be ye terrified because of them; -- deuteronomy 20:3 +. +For the LORD your God is he that goeth with you, to fight for you against your enemies, to save you. -- deuteronomy 20:4 +. +And the officers shall speak unto the people, saying, What man is there that hath built a new house, and hath not dedicated it? let him go and return to his house, lest he die in the battle, and another man dedicate it. -- deuteronomy 20:5 +. +And what man is he that hath planted a vineyard, and hath not yet eaten of it? let him also go and return unto his house, lest he die in the battle, and another man eat of it. -- deuteronomy 20:6 +. +And what man is there that hath betrothed a wife, and hath not taken her? let him go and return unto his house, lest he die in the battle, and another man take her. -- deuteronomy 20:7 +. +And the officers shall speak further unto the people, and they shall say, What man is there that is fearful and fainthearted? let him go and return unto his house, lest his brethren's heart faint as well as his heart. -- deuteronomy 20:8 +. +And it shall be, when the officers have made an end of speaking unto the people that they shall make captains of the armies to lead the people. -- deuteronomy 20:9 +. +When thou comest nigh unto a city to fight against it, then proclaim peace unto it. -- deuteronomy 20:10 +. +And it shall be, if it make thee answer of peace, and open unto thee, then it shall be, that all the people that is found therein shall be tributaries unto thee, and they shall serve thee. -- deuteronomy 20:11 +. +And if it will make no peace with thee, but will make war against thee, then thou shalt besiege it: -- deuteronomy 20:12 +. +And when the LORD thy God hath delivered it into thine hands, thou shalt smite every male thereof with the edge of the sword: -- deuteronomy 20:13 +. +But the women, and the little ones, and the cattle, and all that is in the city, even all the spoil thereof, shalt thou take unto thyself; and thou shalt eat the spoil of thine enemies, which the LORD thy God hath given thee. -- deuteronomy 20:14 +. +Thus shalt thou do unto all the cities which are very far off from thee, which are not of the cities of these nations. -- deuteronomy 20:15 +. +But of the cities of these people, which the LORD thy God doth give thee for an inheritance, thou shalt save alive nothing that breatheth: -- deuteronomy 20:16 +. +But thou shalt utterly destroy them; namely, the Hittites, and the Amorites, the Canaanites, and the Perizzites, the Hivites, and the Jebusites; as the LORD thy God hath commanded thee: -- deuteronomy 20:17 +. +That they teach you not to do after all their abominations, which they have done unto their gods; so should ye sin against the LORD your God. -- deuteronomy 20:18 +. +When thou shalt besiege a city a long time, in making war against it to take it, thou shalt not destroy the trees thereof by forcing an axe against them: for thou mayest eat of them, and thou shalt not cut them down (for the tree of the field is man's life) to employ them in the siege: -- deuteronomy 20:19 +. +Only the trees which thou knowest that they be not trees for meat, thou shalt destroy and cut them down; and thou shalt build bulwarks against the city that maketh war with thee, until it be subdued. -- deuteronomy 20:20 +. +If one be found slain in the land which the LORD thy God giveth thee to possess it, lying in the field, and it be not known who hath slain him: -- deuteronomy 21:1 +. +Then thy elders and thy judges shall come forth, and they shall measure unto the cities which are round about him that is slain: -- deuteronomy 21:2 +. +And it shall be, that the city which is next unto the slain man, even the elders of that city shall take an heifer, which hath not been wrought with, and which hath not drawn in the yoke; -- deuteronomy 21:3 +. +And the elders of that city shall bring down the heifer unto a rough valley, which is neither eared nor sown, and shall strike off the heifer's neck there in the valley: -- deuteronomy 21:4 +. +And the priests the sons of Levi shall come near; for them the LORD thy God hath chosen to minister unto him, and to bless in the name of the LORD; and by their word shall every controversy and every stroke be tried: -- deuteronomy 21:5 +. +And all the elders of that city, that are next unto the slain man, shall wash their hands over the heifer that is beheaded in the valley: -- deuteronomy 21:6 +. +And they shall answer and say, Our hands have not shed this blood, neither have our eyes seen it. -- deuteronomy 21:7 +. +Be merciful, O LORD, unto thy people Israel, whom thou hast redeemed, and lay not innocent blood unto thy people of Israel's charge. And the blood shall be forgiven them. -- deuteronomy 21:8 +. +So shalt thou put away the guilt of innocent blood from among you, when thou shalt do that which is right in the sight of the LORD. -- deuteronomy 21:9 +. +When thou goest forth to war against thine enemies, and the LORD thy God hath delivered them into thine hands, and thou hast taken them captive, -- deuteronomy 21:10 +. +And seest among the captives a beautiful woman, and hast a desire unto her, that thou wouldest have her to thy wife; -- deuteronomy 21:11 +. +Then thou shalt bring her home to thine house, and she shall shave her head, and pare her nails; -- deuteronomy 21:12 +. +And she shall put the raiment of her captivity from off her, and shall remain in thine house, and bewail her father and her mother a full month: and after that thou shalt go in unto her, and be her husband, and she shall be thy wife. -- deuteronomy 21:13 +. +And it shall be, if thou have no delight in her, then thou shalt let her go whither she will; but thou shalt not sell her at all for money, thou shalt not make merchandise of her, because thou hast humbled her. -- deuteronomy 21:14 +. +If a man have two wives, one beloved, and another hated, and they have born him children, both the beloved and the hated; and if the firstborn son be hers that was hated: -- deuteronomy 21:15 +. +Then it shall be, when he maketh his sons to inherit that which he hath, that he may not make the son of the beloved firstborn before the son of the hated, which is indeed the firstborn: -- deuteronomy 21:16 +. +But he shall acknowledge the son of the hated for the firstborn, by giving him a double portion of all that he hath: for he is the beginning of his strength; the right of the firstborn is his. -- deuteronomy 21:17 +. +If a man have a stubborn and rebellious son, which will not obey the voice of his father, or the voice of his mother, and that, when they have chastened him, will not hearken unto them: -- deuteronomy 21:18 +. +Then shall his father and his mother lay hold on him, and bring him out unto the elders of his city, and unto the gate of his place; -- deuteronomy 21:19 +. +And they shall say unto the elders of his city, This our son is stubborn and rebellious, he will not obey our voice; he is a glutton, and a drunkard. -- deuteronomy 21:20 +. +And all the men of his city shall stone him with stones, that he die: so shalt thou put evil away from among you; and all Israel shall hear, and fear. -- deuteronomy 21:21 +. +And if a man have committed a sin worthy of death, and he be to be put to death, and thou hang him on a tree: -- deuteronomy 21:22 +. +His body shall not remain all night upon the tree, but thou shalt in any wise bury him that day; (for he that is hanged is accursed of God;) that thy land be not defiled, which the LORD thy God giveth thee for an inheritance. -- deuteronomy 21:23 +. +Thou shalt not see thy brother's ox or his sheep go astray, and hide thyself from them: thou shalt in any case bring them again unto thy brother. -- deuteronomy 22:1 +. +And if thy brother be not nigh unto thee, or if thou know him not, then thou shalt bring it unto thine own house, and it shall be with thee until thy brother seek after it, and thou shalt restore it to him again. -- deuteronomy 22:2 +. +In like manner shalt thou do with his ass; and so shalt thou do with his raiment; and with all lost thing of thy brother's, which he hath lost, and thou hast found, shalt thou do likewise: thou mayest not hide thyself. -- deuteronomy 22:3 +. +Thou shalt not see thy brother's ass or his ox fall down by the way, and hide thyself from them: thou shalt surely help him to lift them up again. -- deuteronomy 22:4 +. +The woman shall not wear that which pertaineth unto a man, neither shall a man put on a woman's garment: for all that do so are abomination unto the LORD thy God. -- deuteronomy 22:5 +. +If a bird's nest chance to be before thee in the way in any tree, or on the ground, whether they be young ones, or eggs, and the dam sitting upon the young, or upon the eggs, thou shalt not take the dam with the young: -- deuteronomy 22:6 +. +But thou shalt in any wise let the dam go, and take the young to thee; that it may be well with thee, and that thou mayest prolong thy days. -- deuteronomy 22:7 +. +When thou buildest a new house, then thou shalt make a battlement for thy roof, that thou bring not blood upon thine house, if any man fall from thence. -- deuteronomy 22:8 +. +Thou shalt not sow thy vineyard with divers seeds: lest the fruit of thy seed which thou hast sown, and the fruit of thy vineyard, be defiled. -- deuteronomy 22:9 +. +Thou shalt not plow with an ox and an ass together. -- deuteronomy 22:10 +. +Thou shalt not wear a garment of divers sorts, as of woolen and linen together. -- deuteronomy 22:11 +. +Thou shalt make thee fringes upon the four quarters of thy vesture, wherewith thou coverest thyself. -- deuteronomy 22:12 +. +If any man take a wife, and go in unto her, and hate her, -- deuteronomy 22:13 +. +And give occasions of speech against her, and bring up an evil name upon her, and say, I took this woman, and when I came to her, I found her not a maid: -- deuteronomy 22:14 +. +Then shall the father of the damsel, and her mother, take and bring forth the tokens of the damsel's virginity unto the elders of the city in the gate: -- deuteronomy 22:15 +. +And the damsel's father shall say unto the elders, I gave my daughter unto this man to wife, and he hateth her; -- deuteronomy 22:16 +. +And, lo, he hath given occasions of speech against her, saying, I found not thy daughter a maid; and yet these are the tokens of my daughter's virginity. And they shall spread the cloth before the elders of the city. -- deuteronomy 22:17 +. +And the elders of that city shall take that man and chastise him; -- deuteronomy 22:18 +. +And they shall amerce him in an hundred shekels of silver, and give them unto the father of the damsel, because he hath brought up an evil name upon a virgin of Israel: and she shall be his wife; he may not put her away all his days. -- deuteronomy 22:19 +. +But if this thing be true, and the tokens of virginity be not found for the damsel: -- deuteronomy 22:20 +. +Then they shall bring out the damsel to the door of her father's house, and the men of her city shall stone her with stones that she die: because she hath wrought folly in Israel, to play the whore in her father's house: so shalt thou put evil away from among you. -- deuteronomy 22:21 +. +If a man be found lying with a woman married to an husband, then they shall both of them die, both the man that lay with the woman, and the woman: so shalt thou put away evil from Israel. -- deuteronomy 22:22 +. +If a damsel that is a virgin be betrothed unto an husband, and a man find her in the city, and lie with her; -- deuteronomy 22:23 +. +Then ye shall bring them both out unto the gate of that city, and ye shall stone them with stones that they die; the damsel, because she cried not, being in the city; and the man, because he hath humbled his neighbor's wife: so thou shalt put away evil from among you. -- deuteronomy 22:24 +. +But if a man find a betrothed damsel in the field, and the man force her, and lie with her: then the man only that lay with her shall die. -- deuteronomy 22:25 +. +But unto the damsel thou shalt do nothing; there is in the damsel no sin worthy of death: for as when a man riseth against his neighbor, and slayeth him, even so is this matter: -- deuteronomy 22:26 +. +For he found her in the field, and the betrothed damsel cried, and there was none to save her. -- deuteronomy 22:27 +. +If a man find a damsel that is a virgin, which is not betrothed, and lay hold on her, and lie with her, and they be found; -- deuteronomy 22:28 +. +Then the man that lay with her shall give unto the damsel's father fifty shekels of silver, and she shall be his wife; because he hath humbled her, he may not put her away all his days. -- deuteronomy 22:29 +. +A man shall not take his father's wife, nor discover his father's skirt. -- deuteronomy 22:30 +. +He that is wounded in the stones, or hath his privy member cut off, shall not enter into the congregation of the LORD. -- deuteronomy 23:1 +. +A bastard shall not enter into the congregation of the LORD; even to his tenth generation shall he not enter into the congregation of the LORD. -- deuteronomy 23:2 +. +An Ammonite or Moabite shall not enter into the congregation of the LORD; even to their tenth generation shall they not enter into the congregation of the LORD for ever: -- deuteronomy 23:3 +. +Because they met you not with bread and with water in the way, when ye came forth out of Egypt; and because they hired against thee Balaam the son of Beor of Pethor of Mesopotamia, to curse thee. -- deuteronomy 23:4 +. +Nevertheless the LORD thy God would not hearken unto Balaam; but the LORD thy God turned the curse into a blessing unto thee, because the LORD thy God loved thee. -- deuteronomy 23:5 +. +Thou shalt not seek their peace nor their prosperity all thy days for ever. -- deuteronomy 23:6 +. +Thou shalt not abhor an Edomite; for he is thy brother: thou shalt not abhor an Egyptian; because thou wast a stranger in his land. -- deuteronomy 23:7 +. +The children that are begotten of them shall enter into the congregation of the LORD in their third generation. -- deuteronomy 23:8 +. +When the host goeth forth against thine enemies, then keep thee from every wicked thing. -- deuteronomy 23:9 +. +If there be among you any man, that is not clean by reason of uncleanness that chanceth him by night, then shall he go abroad out of the camp, he shall not come within the camp: -- deuteronomy 23:10 +. +But it shall be, when evening cometh on, he shall wash himself with water: and when the sun is down, he shall come into the camp again. -- deuteronomy 23:11 +. +Thou shalt have a place also without the camp, whither thou shalt go forth abroad: -- deuteronomy 23:12 +. +And thou shalt have a paddle upon thy weapon; and it shall be, when thou wilt ease thyself abroad, thou shalt dig therewith, and shalt turn back and cover that which cometh from thee: -- deuteronomy 23:13 +. +For the LORD thy God walketh in the midst of thy camp, to deliver thee, and to give up thine enemies before thee; therefore shall thy camp be holy: that he see no unclean thing in thee, and turn away from thee. -- deuteronomy 23:14 +. +Thou shalt not deliver unto his master the servant which is escaped from his master unto thee: -- deuteronomy 23:15 +. +He shall dwell with thee, even among you, in that place which he shall choose in one of thy gates, where it liketh him best: thou shalt not oppress him. -- deuteronomy 23:16 +. +There shall be no whore of the daughters of Israel, nor a sodomite of the sons of Israel. -- deuteronomy 23:17 +. +Thou shalt not bring the hire of a whore, or the price of a dog, into the house of the LORD thy God for any vow: for even both these are abomination unto the LORD thy God. -- deuteronomy 23:18 +. +Thou shalt not lend upon usury to thy brother; usury of money, usury of victuals, usury of any thing that is lent upon usury: -- deuteronomy 23:19 +. +Unto a stranger thou mayest lend upon usury; but unto thy brother thou shalt not lend upon usury: that the LORD thy God may bless thee in all that thou settest thine hand to in the land whither thou goest to possess it. -- deuteronomy 23:20 +. +When thou shalt vow a vow unto the LORD thy God, thou shalt not slack to pay it: for the LORD thy God will surely require it of thee; and it would be sin in thee. -- deuteronomy 23:21 +. +But if thou shalt forbear to vow, it shall be no sin in thee. -- deuteronomy 23:22 +. +That which is gone out of thy lips thou shalt keep and perform; even a freewill offering, according as thou hast vowed unto the LORD thy God, which thou hast promised with thy mouth. -- deuteronomy 23:23 +. +When thou comest into thy neighbor's vineyard, then thou mayest eat grapes thy fill at thine own pleasure; but thou shalt not put any in thy vessel. -- deuteronomy 23:24 +. +When thou comest into the standing corn of thy neighbor, then thou mayest pluck the ears with thine hand; but thou shalt not move a sickle unto thy neighbor's standing corn. -- deuteronomy 23:25 +. +When a man hath taken a wife, and married her, and it come to pass that she find no favor in his eyes, because he hath found some uncleanness in her: then let him write her a bill of divorcement, and give it in her hand, and send her out of his house. -- deuteronomy 24:1 +. +And when she is departed out of his house, she may go and be another man's wife. -- deuteronomy 24:2 +. +And if the latter husband hate her, and write her a bill of divorcement, and giveth it in her hand, and sendeth her out of his house; or if the latter husband die, which took her to be his wife; -- deuteronomy 24:3 +. +Her former husband, which sent her away, may not take her again to be his wife, after that she is defiled; for that is abomination before the LORD: and thou shalt not cause the land to sin, which the LORD thy God giveth thee for an inheritance. -- deuteronomy 24:4 +. +When a man hath taken a new wife, he shall not go out to war, neither shall he be charged with any business: but he shall be free at home one year, and shall cheer up his wife which he hath taken. -- deuteronomy 24:5 +. +No man shall take the nether or the upper millstone to pledge: for he taketh a man's life to pledge. -- deuteronomy 24:6 +. +If a man be found stealing any of his brethren of the children of Israel, and maketh merchandise of him, or selleth him; then that thief shall die; and thou shalt put evil away from among you. -- deuteronomy 24:7 +. +Take heed in the plague of leprosy, that thou observe diligently, and do according to all that the priests the Levites shall teach you: as I commanded them, so ye shall observe to do. -- deuteronomy 24:8 +. +Remember what the LORD thy God did unto Miriam by the way, after that ye were come forth out of Egypt. -- deuteronomy 24:9 +. +When thou dost lend thy brother any thing, thou shalt not go into his house to fetch his pledge. -- deuteronomy 24:10 +. +Thou shalt stand abroad, and the man to whom thou dost lend shall bring out the pledge abroad unto thee. -- deuteronomy 24:11 +. +And if the man be poor, thou shalt not sleep with his pledge: -- deuteronomy 24:12 +. +In any case thou shalt deliver him the pledge again when the sun goeth down, that he may sleep in his own raiment, and bless thee: and it shall be righteousness unto thee before the LORD thy God. -- deuteronomy 24:13 +. +Thou shalt not oppress an hired servant that is poor and needy, whether he be of thy brethren, or of thy strangers that are in thy land within thy gates: -- deuteronomy 24:14 +. +At his day thou shalt give him his hire, neither shall the sun go down upon it; for he is poor, and setteth his heart upon it: lest he cry against thee unto the LORD, and it be sin unto thee. -- deuteronomy 24:15 +. +The fathers shall not be put to death for the children, neither shall the children be put to death for the fathers: every man shall be put to death for his own sin. -- deuteronomy 24:16 +. +Thou shalt not pervert the judgment of the stranger, nor of the fatherless; nor take a widow's raiment to pledge: -- deuteronomy 24:17 +. +But thou shalt remember that thou wast a bondman in Egypt, and the LORD thy God redeemed thee thence: therefore I command thee to do this thing. -- deuteronomy 24:18 +. +When thou cuttest down thine harvest in thy field, and hast forgot a sheaf in the field, thou shalt not go again to fetch it: it shall be for the stranger, for the fatherless, and for the widow: that the LORD thy God may bless thee in all the work of thine hands. -- deuteronomy 24:19 +. +When thou beatest thine olive tree, thou shalt not go over the boughs again: it shall be for the stranger, for the fatherless, and for the widow. -- deuteronomy 24:20 +. +When thou gatherest the grapes of thy vineyard, thou shalt not glean it afterward: it shall be for the stranger, for the fatherless, and for the widow. -- deuteronomy 24:21 +. +And thou shalt remember that thou wast a bondman in the land of Egypt: therefore I command thee to do this thing. -- deuteronomy 24:22 +. +If there be a controversy between men, and they come unto judgment, that the judges may judge them; then they shall justify the righteous, and condemn the wicked. -- deuteronomy 25:1 +. +And it shall be, if the wicked man be worthy to be beaten, that the judge shall cause him to lie down, and to be beaten before his face, according to his fault, by a certain number. -- deuteronomy 25:2 +. +Forty stripes he may give him, and not exceed: lest, if he should exceed, and beat him above these with many stripes, then thy brother should seem vile unto thee. -- deuteronomy 25:3 +. +Thou shalt not muzzle the ox when he treadeth out the corn. -- deuteronomy 25:4 +. +If brethren dwell together, and one of them die, and have no child, the wife of the dead shall not marry without unto a stranger: her husband's brother shall go in unto her, and take her to him to wife, and perform the duty of an husband's brother unto her. -- deuteronomy 25:5 +. +And it shall be, that the firstborn which she beareth shall succeed in the name of his brother which is dead, that his name be not put out of Israel. -- deuteronomy 25:6 +. +And if the man like not to take his brother's wife, then let his brother's wife go up to the gate unto the elders, and say, My husband's brother refuseth to raise up unto his brother a name in Israel, he will not perform the duty of my husband's brother. -- deuteronomy 25:7 +. +Then the elders of his city shall call him, and speak unto him: and if he stand to it, and say, I like not to take her; -- deuteronomy 25:8 +. +Then shall his brother's wife come unto him in the presence of the elders, and loose his shoe from off his foot, and spit in his face, and shall answer and say, So shall it be done unto that man that will not build up his brother's house. -- deuteronomy 25:9 +. +And his name shall be called in Israel, The house of him that hath his shoe loosed. -- deuteronomy 25:10 +. +When men strive together one with another, and the wife of the one draweth near for to deliver her husband out of the hand of him that smiteth him, and putteth forth her hand, and taketh him by the secrets: -- deuteronomy 25:11 +. +Then thou shalt cut off her hand, thine eye shall not pity her. -- deuteronomy 25:12 +. +Thou shalt not have in thy bag divers weights, a great and a small. -- deuteronomy 25:13 +. +Thou shalt not have in thine house divers measures, a great and a small. -- deuteronomy 25:14 +. +But thou shalt have a perfect and just weight, a perfect and just measure shalt thou have: that thy days may be lengthened in the land which the LORD thy God giveth thee. -- deuteronomy 25:15 +. +For all that do such things, and all that do unrighteously, are an abomination unto the LORD thy God. -- deuteronomy 25:16 +. +Remember what Amalek did unto thee by the way, when ye were come forth out of Egypt; -- deuteronomy 25:17 +. +How he met thee by the way, and smote the hindmost of thee, even all that were feeble behind thee, when thou wast faint and weary; and he feared not God. -- deuteronomy 25:18 +. +Therefore it shall be, when the LORD thy God hath given thee rest from all thine enemies round about, in the land which the LORD thy God giveth thee for an inheritance to possess it, that thou shalt blot out the remembrance of Amalek from under heaven; thou shalt not forget it. -- deuteronomy 25:19 +. +And it shall be, when thou art come in unto the land which the LORD thy God giveth thee for an inheritance, and possessest it, and dwellest therein; -- deuteronomy 26:1 +. +That thou shalt take of the first of all the fruit of the earth, which thou shalt bring of thy land that the LORD thy God giveth thee, and shalt put it in a basket, and shalt go unto the place which the LORD thy God shall choose to place his name there. -- deuteronomy 26:2 +. +And thou shalt go unto the priest that shall be in those days, and say unto him, I profess this day unto the LORD thy God, that I am come unto the country which the LORD sware unto our fathers for to give us. -- deuteronomy 26:3 +. +And the priest shall take the basket out of thine hand, and set it down before the altar of the LORD thy God. -- deuteronomy 26:4 +. +And thou shalt speak and say before the LORD thy God, A Syrian ready to perish was my father, and he went down into Egypt, and sojourned there with a few, and became there a nation, great, mighty, and populous: -- deuteronomy 26:5 +. +And the Egyptians evil entreated us, and afflicted us, and laid upon us hard bondage: -- deuteronomy 26:6 +. +And when we cried unto the LORD God of our fathers, the LORD heard our voice, and looked on our affliction, and our labor, and our oppression: -- deuteronomy 26:7 +. +And the LORD brought us forth out of Egypt with a mighty hand, and with an outstretched arm, and with great terribleness, and with signs, and with wonders: -- deuteronomy 26:8 +. +And he hath brought us into this place, and hath given us this land, even a land that floweth with milk and honey. -- deuteronomy 26:9 +. +And now, behold, I have brought the firstfruits of the land, which thou, O LORD, hast given me. And thou shalt set it before the LORD thy God, and worship before the LORD thy God: -- deuteronomy 26:10 +. +And thou shalt rejoice in every good thing which the LORD thy God hath given unto thee, and unto thine house, thou, and the Levite, and the stranger that is among you. -- deuteronomy 26:11 +. +When thou hast made an end of tithing all the tithes of thine increase the third year, which is the year of tithing, and hast given it unto the Levite, the stranger, the fatherless, and the widow, that they may eat within thy gates, and be filled; -- deuteronomy 26:12 +. +Then thou shalt say before the LORD thy God, I have brought away the hallowed things out of mine house, and also have given them unto the Levite, and unto the stranger, to the fatherless, and to the widow, according to all thy commandments which thou hast commanded me: I have not transgressed thy commandments, neither have I forgotten them. -- deuteronomy 26:13 +. +I have not eaten thereof in my mourning, neither have I taken away ought thereof for any unclean use, nor given ought thereof for the dead: but I have hearkened to the voice of the LORD my God, and have done according to all that thou hast commanded me. -- deuteronomy 26:14 +. +Look down from thy holy habitation, from heaven, and bless thy people Israel, and the land which thou hast given us, as thou swarest unto our fathers, a land that floweth with milk and honey. -- deuteronomy 26:15 +. +This day the LORD thy God hath commanded thee to do these statutes and judgments: thou shalt therefore keep and do them with all thine heart, and with all thy soul. -- deuteronomy 26:16 +. +Thou hast avouched the LORD this day to be thy God, and to walk in his ways, and to keep his statutes, and his commandments, and his judgments, and to hearken unto his voice: -- deuteronomy 26:17 +. +And the LORD hath avouched thee this day to be his peculiar people, as he hath promised thee, and that thou shouldest keep all his commandments; -- deuteronomy 26:18 +. +And to make thee high above all nations which he hath made, in praise, and in name, and in honor; and that thou mayest be an holy people unto the LORD thy God, as he hath spoken. -- deuteronomy 26:19 +. +And Moses with the elders of Israel commanded the people, saying, Keep all the commandments which I command you this day. -- deuteronomy 27:1 +. +And it shall be on the day when ye shall pass over Jordan unto the land which the LORD thy God giveth thee, that thou shalt set thee up great stones, and plaster them with plaster: -- deuteronomy 27:2 +. +And thou shalt write upon them all the words of this law, when thou art passed over, that thou mayest go in unto the land which the LORD thy God giveth thee, a land that floweth with milk and honey; as the LORD God of thy fathers hath promised thee. -- deuteronomy 27:3 +. +Therefore it shall be when ye be gone over Jordan, that ye shall set up these stones, which I command you this day, in mount Ebal, and thou shalt plaster them with plaster. -- deuteronomy 27:4 +. +And there shalt thou build an altar unto the LORD thy God, an altar of stones: thou shalt not lift up any iron tool upon them. -- deuteronomy 27:5 +. +Thou shalt build the altar of the LORD thy God of whole stones: and thou shalt offer burnt offerings thereon unto the LORD thy God: -- deuteronomy 27:6 +. +And thou shalt offer peace offerings, and shalt eat there, and rejoice before the LORD thy God. -- deuteronomy 27:7 +. +And thou shalt write upon the stones all the words of this law very plainly. -- deuteronomy 27:8 +. +And Moses and the priests the Levites spake unto all Israel, saying, Take heed, and hearken, O Israel; this day thou art become the people of the LORD thy God. -- deuteronomy 27:9 +. +Thou shalt therefore obey the voice of the LORD thy God, and do his commandments and his statutes, which I command thee this day. -- deuteronomy 27:10 +. +And Moses charged the people the same day, saying, -- deuteronomy 27:11 +. +These shall stand upon mount Gerizim to bless the people, when ye are come over Jordan; Simeon, and Levi, and Judah, and Issachar, and Joseph, and Benjamin: -- deuteronomy 27:12 +. +And these shall stand upon mount Ebal to curse; Reuben, Gad, and Asher, and Zebulun, Dan, and Naphtali. -- deuteronomy 27:13 +. +And the Levites shall speak, and say unto all the men of Israel with a loud voice, -- deuteronomy 27:14 +. +Cursed be the man that maketh any graven or molten image, an abomination unto the LORD, the work of the hands of the craftsman, and putteth it in a secret place. And all the people shall answer and say, Amen. -- deuteronomy 27:15 +. +Cursed be he that setteth light by his father or his mother. And all the people shall say, Amen. -- deuteronomy 27:16 +. +Cursed be he that removeth his neighbor's landmark. And all the people shall say, Amen. -- deuteronomy 27:17 +. +Cursed be he that maketh the blind to wander out of the way. And all the people shall say, Amen. -- deuteronomy 27:18 +. +Cursed be he that perverteth the judgment of the stranger, fatherless, and widow. And all the people shall say, Amen. -- deuteronomy 27:19 +. +Cursed be he that lieth with his father's wife; because he uncovereth his father's skirt. And all the people shall say, Amen. -- deuteronomy 27:20 +. +Cursed be he that lieth with any manner of beast. And all the people shall say, Amen. -- deuteronomy 27:21 +. +Cursed be he that lieth with his sister, the daughter of his father, or the daughter of his mother. And all the people shall say, Amen. -- deuteronomy 27:22 +. +Cursed be he that lieth with his mother in law. And all the people shall say, Amen. -- deuteronomy 27:23 +. +Cursed be he that smiteth his neighbor secretly. And all the people shall say, Amen. -- deuteronomy 27:24 +. +Cursed be he that taketh reward to slay an innocent person. And all the people shall say, Amen. -- deuteronomy 27:25 +. +Cursed be he that confirmeth not all the words of this law to do them. And all the people shall say, Amen. -- deuteronomy 27:26 +. +And it shall come to pass, if thou shalt hearken diligently unto the voice of the LORD thy God, to observe and to do all his commandments which I command thee this day, that the LORD thy God will set thee on high above all nations of the earth: -- deuteronomy 28:1 +. +And all these blessings shall come on thee, and overtake thee, if thou shalt hearken unto the voice of the LORD thy God. -- deuteronomy 28:2 +. +Blessed shalt thou be in the city, and blessed shalt thou be in the field. -- deuteronomy 28:3 +. +Blessed shall be the fruit of thy body, and the fruit of thy ground, and the fruit of thy cattle, the increase of thy kine, and the flocks of thy sheep. -- deuteronomy 28:4 +. +Blessed shall be thy basket and thy store. -- deuteronomy 28:5 +. +Blessed shalt thou be when thou comest in, and blessed shalt thou be when thou goest out. -- deuteronomy 28:6 +. +The LORD shall cause thine enemies that rise up against thee to be smitten before thy face: they shall come out against thee one way, and flee before thee seven ways. -- deuteronomy 28:7 +. +The LORD shall command the blessing upon thee in thy storehouses, and in all that thou settest thine hand unto; and he shall bless thee in the land which the LORD thy God giveth thee. -- deuteronomy 28:8 +. +The LORD shall establish thee an holy people unto himself, as he hath sworn unto thee, if thou shalt keep the commandments of the LORD thy God, and walk in his ways. -- deuteronomy 28:9 +. +And all people of the earth shall see that thou art called by the name of the LORD; and they shall be afraid of thee. -- deuteronomy 28:10 +. +And the LORD shall make thee plenteous in goods, in the fruit of thy body, and in the fruit of thy cattle, and in the fruit of thy ground, in the land which the LORD sware unto thy fathers to give thee. -- deuteronomy 28:11 +. +The LORD shall open unto thee his good treasure, the heaven to give the rain unto thy land in his season, and to bless all the work of thine hand: and thou shalt lend unto many nations, and thou shalt not borrow. -- deuteronomy 28:12 +. +And the LORD shall make thee the head, and not the tail; and thou shalt be above only, and thou shalt not be beneath; if that thou hearken unto the commandments of the LORD thy God, which I command thee this day, to observe and to do them: -- deuteronomy 28:13 +. +And thou shalt not go aside from any of the words which I command thee this day, to the right hand, or to the left, to go after other gods to serve them. -- deuteronomy 28:14 +. +But it shall come to pass, if thou wilt not hearken unto the voice of the LORD thy God, to observe to do all his commandments and his statutes which I command thee this day; that all these curses shall come upon thee, and overtake thee: -- deuteronomy 28:15 +. +Cursed shalt thou be in the city, and cursed shalt thou be in the field. -- deuteronomy 28:16 +. +Cursed shall be thy basket and thy store. -- deuteronomy 28:17 +. +Cursed shall be the fruit of thy body, and the fruit of thy land, the increase of thy kine, and the flocks of thy sheep. -- deuteronomy 28:18 +. +Cursed shalt thou be when thou comest in, and cursed shalt thou be when thou goest out. -- deuteronomy 28:19 +. +The LORD shall send upon thee cursing, vexation, and rebuke, in all that thou settest thine hand unto for to do, until thou be destroyed, and until thou perish quickly; because of the wickedness of thy doings, whereby thou hast forsaken me. -- deuteronomy 28:20 +. +The LORD shall make the pestilence cleave unto thee, until he have consumed thee from off the land, whither thou goest to possess it. -- deuteronomy 28:21 +. +The LORD shall smite thee with a consumption, and with a fever, and with an inflammation, and with an extreme burning, and with the sword, and with blasting, and with mildew; and they shall pursue thee until thou perish. -- deuteronomy 28:22 +. +And thy heaven that is over thy head shall be brass, and the earth that is under thee shall be iron. -- deuteronomy 28:23 +. +The LORD shall make the rain of thy land powder and dust: from heaven shall it come down upon thee, until thou be destroyed. -- deuteronomy 28:24 +. +The LORD shall cause thee to be smitten before thine enemies: thou shalt go out one way against them, and flee seven ways before them: and shalt be removed into all the kingdoms of the earth. -- deuteronomy 28:25 +. +And thy carcass shall be meat unto all fowls of the air, and unto the beasts of the earth, and no man shall fray them away. -- deuteronomy 28:26 +. +The LORD will smite thee with the botch of Egypt, and with the emerods, and with the scab, and with the itch, whereof thou canst not be healed. -- deuteronomy 28:27 +. +The LORD shall smite thee with madness, and blindness, and astonishment of heart: -- deuteronomy 28:28 +. +And thou shalt grope at noonday, as the blind gropeth in darkness, and thou shalt not prosper in thy ways: and thou shalt be only oppressed and spoiled evermore, and no man shall save thee. -- deuteronomy 28:29 +. +Thou shalt betroth a wife, and another man shall lie with her: thou shalt build an house, and thou shalt not dwell therein: thou shalt plant a vineyard, and shalt not gather the grapes thereof. -- deuteronomy 28:30 +. +Thine ox shall be slain before thine eyes, and thou shalt not eat thereof: thine ass shall be violently taken away from before thy face, and shall not be restored to thee: thy sheep shall be given unto thine enemies, and thou shalt have none to rescue them. -- deuteronomy 28:31 +. +Thy sons and thy daughters shall be given unto another people, and thine eyes shall look, and fail with longing for them all the day long; and there shall be no might in thine hand. -- deuteronomy 28:32 +. +The fruit of thy land, and all thy labors, shall a nation which thou knowest not eat up; and thou shalt be only oppressed and crushed alway: -- deuteronomy 28:33 +. +So that thou shalt be mad for the sight of thine eyes which thou shalt see. -- deuteronomy 28:34 +. +The LORD shall smite thee in the knees, and in the legs, with a sore botch that cannot be healed, from the sole of thy foot unto the top of thy head. -- deuteronomy 28:35 +. +The LORD shall bring thee, and thy king which thou shalt set over thee, unto a nation which neither thou nor thy fathers have known; and there shalt thou serve other gods, wood and stone. -- deuteronomy 28:36 +. +And thou shalt become an astonishment, a proverb, and a byword, among all nations whither the LORD shall lead thee. -- deuteronomy 28:37 +. +Thou shalt carry much seed out into the field, and shalt gather but little in; for the locust shall consume it. -- deuteronomy 28:38 +. +Thou shalt plant vineyards, and dress them, but shalt neither drink of the wine, nor gather the grapes; for the worms shall eat them. -- deuteronomy 28:39 +. +Thou shalt have olive trees throughout all thy coasts, but thou shalt not anoint thyself with the oil; for thine olive shall cast his fruit. -- deuteronomy 28:40 +. +Thou shalt beget sons and daughters, but thou shalt not enjoy them; for they shall go into captivity. -- deuteronomy 28:41 +. +All thy trees and fruit of thy land shall the locust consume. -- deuteronomy 28:42 +. +The stranger that is within thee shall get up above thee very high; and thou shalt come down very low. -- deuteronomy 28:43 +. +He shall lend to thee, and thou shalt not lend to him: he shall be the head, and thou shalt be the tail. -- deuteronomy 28:44 +. +Moreover all these curses shall come upon thee, and shall pursue thee, and overtake thee, till thou be destroyed; because thou hearkenedst not unto the voice of the LORD thy God, to keep his commandments and his statutes which he commanded thee: -- deuteronomy 28:45 +. +And they shall be upon thee for a sign and for a wonder, and upon thy seed for ever. -- deuteronomy 28:46 +. +Because thou servedst not the LORD thy God with joyfulness, and with gladness of heart, for the abundance of all things; -- deuteronomy 28:47 +. +Therefore shalt thou serve thine enemies which the LORD shall send against thee, in hunger, and in thirst, and in nakedness, and in want of all things: and he shall put a yoke of iron upon thy neck, until he have destroyed thee. -- deuteronomy 28:48 +. +The LORD shall bring a nation against thee from far, from the end of the earth, as swift as the eagle flieth; a nation whose tongue thou shalt not understand; -- deuteronomy 28:49 +. +A nation of fierce countenance, which shall not regard the person of the old, nor show favor to the young: -- deuteronomy 28:50 +. +And he shall eat the fruit of thy cattle, and the fruit of thy land, until thou be destroyed: which also shall not leave thee either corn, wine, or oil, or the increase of thy kine, or flocks of thy sheep, until he have destroyed thee. -- deuteronomy 28:51 +. +And he shall besiege thee in all thy gates, until thy high and fenced walls come down, wherein thou trustedst, throughout all thy land: and he shall besiege thee in all thy gates throughout all thy land, which the LORD thy God hath given thee. -- deuteronomy 28:52 +. +And thou shalt eat the fruit of thine own body, the flesh of thy sons and of thy daughters, which the LORD thy God hath given thee, in the siege, and in the straitness, wherewith thine enemies shall distress thee: -- deuteronomy 28:53 +. +So that the man that is tender among you, and very delicate, his eye shall be evil toward his brother, and toward the wife of his bosom, and toward the remnant of his children which he shall leave: -- deuteronomy 28:54 +. +So that he will not give to any of them of the flesh of his children whom he shall eat: because he hath nothing left him in the siege, and in the straitness, wherewith thine enemies shall distress thee in all thy gates. -- deuteronomy 28:55 +. +The tender and delicate woman among you, which would not adventure to set the sole of her foot upon the ground for delicateness and tenderness, her eye shall be evil toward the husband of her bosom, and toward her son, and toward her daughter, -- deuteronomy 28:56 +. +And toward her young one that cometh out from between her feet, and toward her children which she shall bear: for she shall eat them for want of all things secretly in the siege and straitness, wherewith thine enemy shall distress thee in thy gates. -- deuteronomy 28:57 +. +If thou wilt not observe to do all the words of this law that are written in this book, that thou mayest fear this glorious and fearful name, THE LORD THY GOD; -- deuteronomy 28:58 +. +Then the LORD will make thy plagues wonderful, and the plagues of thy seed, even great plagues, and of long continuance, and sore sicknesses, and of long continuance. -- deuteronomy 28:59 +. +Moreover he will bring upon thee all the diseases of Egypt, which thou wast afraid of; and they shall cleave unto thee. -- deuteronomy 28:60 +. +Also every sickness, and every plague, which is not written in the book of this law, them will the LORD bring upon thee, until thou be destroyed. -- deuteronomy 28:61 +. +And ye shall be left few in number, whereas ye were as the stars of heaven for multitude; because thou wouldest not obey the voice of the LORD thy God. -- deuteronomy 28:62 +. +And it shall come to pass, that as the LORD rejoiced over you to do you good, and to multiply you; so the LORD will rejoice over you to destroy you, and to bring you to nought; and ye shall be plucked from off the land whither thou goest to possess it. -- deuteronomy 28:63 +. +And the LORD shall scatter thee among all people, from the one end of the earth even unto the other; and there thou shalt serve other gods, which neither thou nor thy fathers have known, even wood and stone. -- deuteronomy 28:64 +. +And among these nations shalt thou find no ease, neither shall the sole of thy foot have rest: but the LORD shall give thee there a trembling heart, and failing of eyes, and sorrow of mind: -- deuteronomy 28:65 +. +And thy life shall hang in doubt before thee; and thou shalt fear day and night, and shalt have none assurance of thy life: -- deuteronomy 28:66 +. +In the morning thou shalt say, Would God it were even! and at even thou shalt say, Would God it were morning! for the fear of thine heart wherewith thou shalt fear, and for the sight of thine eyes which thou shalt see. -- deuteronomy 28:67 +. +And the LORD shall bring thee into Egypt again with ships, by the way whereof I spake unto thee, Thou shalt see it no more again: and there ye shall be sold unto your enemies for bondmen and bondwomen, and no man shall buy you. -- deuteronomy 28:68 +. +These are the words of the covenant, which the LORD commanded Moses to make with the children of Israel in the land of Moab, beside the covenant which he made with them in Horeb. -- deuteronomy 29:1 +. +And Moses called unto all Israel, and said unto them, Ye have seen all that the LORD did before your eyes in the land of Egypt unto Pharaoh, and unto all his servants, and unto all his land; -- deuteronomy 29:2 +. +The great temptations which thine eyes have seen, the signs, and those great miracles: -- deuteronomy 29:3 +. +Yet the LORD hath not given you an heart to perceive, and eyes to see, and ears to hear, unto this day. -- deuteronomy 29:4 +. +And I have led you forty years in the wilderness: your clothes are not waxen old upon you, and thy shoe is not waxen old upon thy foot. -- deuteronomy 29:5 +. +Ye have not eaten bread, neither have ye drunk wine or strong drink: that ye might know that I am the LORD your God. -- deuteronomy 29:6 +. +And when ye came unto this place, Sihon the king of Heshbon, and Og the king of Bashan, came out against us unto battle, and we smote them: -- deuteronomy 29:7 +. +And we took their land, and gave it for an inheritance unto the Reubenites, and to the Gadites, and to the half tribe of Manasseh. -- deuteronomy 29:8 +. +Keep therefore the words of this covenant, and do them, that ye may prosper in all that ye do. -- deuteronomy 29:9 +. +Ye stand this day all of you before the LORD your God; your captains of your tribes, your elders, and your officers, with all the men of Israel, -- deuteronomy 29:10 +. +Your little ones, your wives, and thy stranger that is in thy camp, from the hewer of thy wood unto the drawer of thy water: -- deuteronomy 29:11 +. +That thou shouldest enter into covenant with the LORD thy God, and into his oath, which the LORD thy God maketh with thee this day: -- deuteronomy 29:12 +. +That he may establish thee to day for a people unto himself, and that he may be unto thee a God, as he hath said unto thee, and as he hath sworn unto thy fathers, to Abraham, to Isaac, and to Jacob. -- deuteronomy 29:13 +. +Neither with you only do I make this covenant and this oath; -- deuteronomy 29:14 +. +But with him that standeth here with us this day before the LORD our God, and also with him that is not here with us this day: -- deuteronomy 29:15 +. +(For ye know how we have dwelt in the land of Egypt; and how we came through the nations which ye passed by; -- deuteronomy 29:16 +. +And ye have seen their abominations, and their idols, wood and stone, silver and gold, which were among them:) -- deuteronomy 29:17 +. +Lest there should be among you man, or woman, or family, or tribe, whose heart turneth away this day from the LORD our God, to go and serve the gods of these nations; lest there should be among you a root that beareth gall and wormwood; -- deuteronomy 29:18 +. +And it come to pass, when he heareth the words of this curse, that he bless himself in his heart, saying, I shall have peace, though I walk in the imagination of mine heart, to add drunkenness to thirst: -- deuteronomy 29:19 +. +The LORD will not spare him, but then the anger of the LORD and his jealousy shall smoke against that man, and all the curses that are written in this book shall lie upon him, and the LORD shall blot out his name from under heaven. -- deuteronomy 29:20 +. +And the LORD shall separate him unto evil out of all the tribes of Israel, according to all the curses of the covenant that are written in this book of the law: -- deuteronomy 29:21 +. +So that the generation to come of your children that shall rise up after you, and the stranger that shall come from a far land, shall say, when they see the plagues of that land, and the sicknesses which the LORD hath laid upon it; -- deuteronomy 29:22 +. +And that the whole land thereof is brimstone, and salt, and burning, that it is not sown, nor beareth, nor any grass groweth therein, like the overthrow of Sodom, and Gomorrah, Admah, and Zeboim, which the LORD overthrew in his anger, and in his wrath: -- deuteronomy 29:23 +. +Even all nations shall say, Wherefore hath the LORD done thus unto this land? what meaneth the heat of this great anger? -- deuteronomy 29:24 +. +Then men shall say, Because they have forsaken the covenant of the LORD God of their fathers, which he made with them when he brought them forth out of the land of Egypt: -- deuteronomy 29:25 +. +For they went and served other gods, and worshipped them, gods whom they knew not, and whom he had not given unto them: -- deuteronomy 29:26 +. +And the anger of the LORD was kindled against this land, to bring upon it all the curses that are written in this book: -- deuteronomy 29:27 +. +And the LORD rooted them out of their land in anger, and in wrath, and in great indignation, and cast them into another land, as it is this day. -- deuteronomy 29:28 +. +The secret things belong unto the LORD our God: but those things which are revealed belong unto us and to our children for ever, that we may do all the words of this law. -- deuteronomy 29:29 +. +And it shall come to pass, when all these things are come upon thee, the blessing and the curse, which I have set before thee, and thou shalt call them to mind among all the nations, whither the LORD thy God hath driven thee, -- deuteronomy 30:1 +. +And shalt return unto the LORD thy God, and shalt obey his voice according to all that I command thee this day, thou and thy children, with all thine heart, and with all thy soul; -- deuteronomy 30:2 +. +That then the LORD thy God will turn thy captivity, and have compassion upon thee, and will return and gather thee from all the nations, whither the LORD thy God hath scattered thee. -- deuteronomy 30:3 +. +If any of thine be driven out unto the outmost parts of heaven, from thence will the LORD thy God gather thee, and from thence will he fetch thee: -- deuteronomy 30:4 +. +And the LORD thy God will bring thee into the land which thy fathers possessed, and thou shalt possess it; and he will do thee good, and multiply thee above thy fathers. -- deuteronomy 30:5 +. +And the LORD thy God will circumcise thine heart, and the heart of thy seed, to love the LORD thy God with all thine heart, and with all thy soul, that thou mayest live. -- deuteronomy 30:6 +. +And the LORD thy God will put all these curses upon thine enemies, and on them that hate thee, which persecuted thee. -- deuteronomy 30:7 +. +And thou shalt return and obey the voice of the LORD, and do all his commandments which I command thee this day. -- deuteronomy 30:8 +. +And the LORD thy God will make thee plenteous in every work of thine hand, in the fruit of thy body, and in the fruit of thy cattle, and in the fruit of thy land, for good: for the LORD will again rejoice over thee for good, as he rejoiced over thy fathers: -- deuteronomy 30:9 +. +If thou shalt hearken unto the voice of the LORD thy God, to keep his commandments and his statutes which are written in this book of the law, and if thou turn unto the LORD thy God with all thine heart, and with all thy soul. -- deuteronomy 30:10 +. +For this commandment which I command thee this day, it is not hidden from thee, neither is it far off. -- deuteronomy 30:11 +. +It is not in heaven, that thou shouldest say, Who shall go up for us to heaven, and bring it unto us, that we may hear it, and do it? -- deuteronomy 30:12 +. +Neither is it beyond the sea, that thou shouldest say, Who shall go over the sea for us, and bring it unto us, that we may hear it, and do it? -- deuteronomy 30:13 +. +But the word is very nigh unto thee, in thy mouth, and in thy heart, that thou mayest do it. -- deuteronomy 30:14 +. +See, I have set before thee this day life and good, and death and evil; -- deuteronomy 30:15 +. +In that I command thee this day to love the LORD thy God, to walk in his ways, and to keep his commandments and his statutes and his judgments, that thou mayest live and multiply: and the LORD thy God shall bless thee in the land whither thou goest to possess it. -- deuteronomy 30:16 +. +But if thine heart turn away, so that thou wilt not hear, but shalt be drawn away, and worship other gods, and serve them; -- deuteronomy 30:17 +. +I denounce unto you this day, that ye shall surely perish, and that ye shall not prolong your days upon the land, whither thou passest over Jordan to go to possess it. -- deuteronomy 30:18 +. +I call heaven and earth to record this day against you, that I have set before you life and death, blessing and cursing: therefore choose life, that both thou and thy seed may live: -- deuteronomy 30:19 +. +That thou mayest love the LORD thy God, and that thou mayest obey his voice, and that thou mayest cleave unto him: for he is thy life, and the length of thy days: that thou mayest dwell in the land which the LORD sware unto thy fathers, to Abraham, to Isaac, and to Jacob, to give them. -- deuteronomy 30:20 +. +And Moses went and spake these words unto all Israel. -- deuteronomy 31:1 +. +And he said unto them, I am an hundred and twenty years old this day; I can no more go out and come in: also the LORD hath said unto me, Thou shalt not go over this Jordan. -- deuteronomy 31:2 +. +The LORD thy God, he will go over before thee, and he will destroy these nations from before thee, and thou shalt possess them: and Joshua, he shall go over before thee, as the LORD hath said. -- deuteronomy 31:3 +. +And the LORD shall do unto them as he did to Sihon and to Og, kings of the Amorites, and unto the land of them, whom he destroyed. -- deuteronomy 31:4 +. +And the LORD shall give them up before your face, that ye may do unto them according unto all the commandments which I have commanded you. -- deuteronomy 31:5 +. +Be strong and of a good courage, fear not, nor be afraid of them: for the LORD thy God, he it is that doth go with thee; he will not fail thee, nor forsake thee. -- deuteronomy 31:6 +. +And Moses called unto Joshua, and said unto him in the sight of all Israel, Be strong and of a good courage: for thou must go with this people unto the land which the LORD hath sworn unto their fathers to give them; and thou shalt cause them to inherit it. -- deuteronomy 31:7 +. +And the LORD, he it is that doth go before thee; he will be with thee, he will not fail thee, neither forsake thee: fear not, neither be dismayed. -- deuteronomy 31:8 +. +And Moses wrote this law, and delivered it unto the priests the sons of Levi, which bare the ark of the covenant of the LORD, and unto all the elders of Israel. -- deuteronomy 31:9 +. +And Moses commanded them, saying, At the end of every seven years, in the solemnity of the year of release, in the feast of tabernacles, -- deuteronomy 31:10 +. +When all Israel is come to appear before the LORD thy God in the place which he shall choose, thou shalt read this law before all Israel in their hearing. -- deuteronomy 31:11 +. +Gather the people together, men and women, and children, and thy stranger that is within thy gates, that they may hear, and that they may learn, and fear the LORD your God, and observe to do all the words of this law: -- deuteronomy 31:12 +. +And that their children, which have not known any thing, may hear, and learn to fear the LORD your God, as long as ye live in the land whither ye go over Jordan to possess it. -- deuteronomy 31:13 +. +And the LORD said unto Moses, Behold, thy days approach that thou must die: call Joshua, and present yourselves in the tabernacle of the congregation, that I may give him a charge. And Moses and Joshua went, and presented themselves in the tabernacle of the congregation. -- deuteronomy 31:14 +. +And the LORD appeared in the tabernacle in a pillar of a cloud: and the pillar of the cloud stood over the door of the tabernacle. -- deuteronomy 31:15 +. +And the LORD said unto Moses, Behold, thou shalt sleep with thy fathers; and this people will rise up, and go a whoring after the gods of the strangers of the land, whither they go to be among them, and will forsake me, and break my covenant which I have made with them. -- deuteronomy 31:16 +. +Then my anger shall be kindled against them in that day, and I will forsake them, and I will hide my face from them, and they shall be devoured, and many evils and troubles shall befall them; so that they will say in that day, Are not these evils come upon us, because our God is not among us? -- deuteronomy 31:17 +. +And I will surely hide my face in that day for all the evils which they shall have wrought, in that they are turned unto other gods. -- deuteronomy 31:18 +. +Now therefore write ye this song for you, and teach it the children of Israel: put it in their mouths, that this song may be a witness for me against the children of Israel. -- deuteronomy 31:19 +. +For when I shall have brought them into the land which I sware unto their fathers, that floweth with milk and honey; and they shall have eaten and filled themselves, and waxen fat; then will they turn unto other gods, and serve them, and provoke me, and break my covenant. -- deuteronomy 31:20 +. +And it shall come to pass, when many evils and troubles are befallen them, that this song shall testify against them as a witness; for it shall not be forgotten out of the mouths of their seed: for I know their imagination which they go about, even now, before I have brought them into the land which I sware. -- deuteronomy 31:21 +. +Moses therefore wrote this song the same day, and taught it the children of Israel. -- deuteronomy 31:22 +. +And he gave Joshua the son of Nun a charge, and said, Be strong and of a good courage: for thou shalt bring the children of Israel into the land which I sware unto them: and I will be with thee. -- deuteronomy 31:23 +. +And it came to pass, when Moses had made an end of writing the words of this law in a book, until they were finished, -- deuteronomy 31:24 +. +That Moses commanded the Levites, which bare the ark of the covenant of the LORD, saying, -- deuteronomy 31:25 +. +Take this book of the law, and put it in the side of the ark of the covenant of the LORD your God, that it may be there for a witness against thee. -- deuteronomy 31:26 +. +For I know thy rebellion, and thy stiff neck: behold, while I am yet alive with you this day, ye have been rebellious against the LORD; and how much more after my death? -- deuteronomy 31:27 +. +Gather unto me all the elders of your tribes, and your officers, that I may speak these words in their ears, and call heaven and earth to record against them. -- deuteronomy 31:28 +. +For I know that after my death ye will utterly corrupt yourselves, and turn aside from the way which I have commanded you; and evil will befall you in the latter days; because ye will do evil in the sight of the LORD, to provoke him to anger through the work of your hands. -- deuteronomy 31:29 +. +And Moses spake in the ears of all the congregation of Israel the words of this song, until they were ended. -- deuteronomy 31:30 +. +Give ear, O ye heavens, and I will speak; and hear, O earth, the words of my mouth. -- deuteronomy 32:1 +. +My doctrine shall drop as the rain, my speech shall distil as the dew, as the small rain upon the tender herb, and as the showers upon the grass: -- deuteronomy 32:2 +. +Because I will publish the name of the LORD: ascribe ye greatness unto our God. -- deuteronomy 32:3 +. +He is the Rock, his work is perfect: for all his ways are judgment: a God of truth and without iniquity, just and right is he. -- deuteronomy 32:4 +. +They have corrupted themselves, their spot is not the spot of his children: they are a perverse and crooked generation. -- deuteronomy 32:5 +. +Do ye thus requite the LORD, O foolish people and unwise? is not he thy father that hath bought thee? hath he not made thee, and established thee? -- deuteronomy 32:6 +. +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. -- deuteronomy 32:7 +. +When the Most High divided to the nations their inheritance, when he separated the sons of Adam, he set the bounds of the people according to the number of the children of Israel. -- deuteronomy 32:8 +. +For the LORD's portion is his people; Jacob is the lot of his inheritance. -- deuteronomy 32:9 +. +He found him in a desert land, and in the waste howling wilderness; he led him about, he instructed him, he kept him as the apple of his eye. -- deuteronomy 32:10 +. +As an eagle stirreth up her nest, fluttereth over her young, spreadeth abroad her wings, taketh them, beareth them on her wings: -- deuteronomy 32:11 +. +So the LORD alone did lead him, and there was no strange god with him. -- deuteronomy 32:12 +. +He made him ride on the high places of the earth, that he might eat the increase of the fields; and he made him to suck honey out of the rock, and oil out of the flinty rock; -- deuteronomy 32:13 +. +Butter of kine, and milk of sheep, with fat of lambs, and rams of the breed of Bashan, and goats, with the fat of kidneys of wheat; and thou didst drink the pure blood of the grape. -- deuteronomy 32:14 +. +But Jeshurun waxed fat, and kicked: thou art waxen fat, thou art grown thick, thou art covered with fatness; then he forsook God which made him, and lightly esteemed the Rock of his salvation. -- deuteronomy 32:15 +. +They provoked him to jealousy with strange gods, with abominations provoked they him to anger. -- deuteronomy 32:16 +. +They sacrificed unto devils, not to God; to gods whom they knew not, to new gods that came newly up, whom your fathers feared not. -- deuteronomy 32:17 +. +Of the Rock that begat thee thou art unmindful, and hast forgotten God that formed thee. -- deuteronomy 32:18 +. +And when the LORD saw it, he abhorred them, because of the provoking of his sons, and of his daughters. -- deuteronomy 32:19 +. +And he said, I will hide my face from them, I will see what their end shall be: for they are a very froward generation, children in whom is no faith. -- deuteronomy 32:20 +. +They have moved me to jealousy with that which is not God; they have provoked me to anger with their vanities: and I will move them to jealousy with those which are not a people; I will provoke them to anger with a foolish nation. -- deuteronomy 32:21 +. +For a fire is kindled in mine anger, and shall burn unto the lowest hell, and shall consume the earth with her increase, and set on fire the foundations of the mountains. -- deuteronomy 32:22 +. +I will heap mischiefs upon them; I will spend mine arrows upon them. -- deuteronomy 32:23 +. +They shall be burnt with hunger, and devoured with burning heat, and with bitter destruction: I will also send the teeth of beasts upon them, with the poison of serpents of the dust. -- deuteronomy 32:24 +. +The sword without, and terror within, shall destroy both the young man and the virgin, the suckling also with the man of gray hairs. -- deuteronomy 32:25 +. +I said, I would scatter them into corners, I would make the remembrance of them to cease from among men: -- deuteronomy 32:26 +. +Were it not that I feared the wrath of the enemy, lest their adversaries should behave themselves strangely, and lest they should say, Our hand is high, and the LORD hath not done all this. -- deuteronomy 32:27 +. +For they are a nation void of counsel, neither is there any understanding in them. -- deuteronomy 32:28 +. +O that they were wise, that they understood this, that they would consider their latter end! -- deuteronomy 32:29 +. +How should one chase a thousand, and two put ten thousand to flight, except their Rock had sold them, and the LORD had shut them up? -- deuteronomy 32:30 +. +For their rock is not as our Rock, even our enemies themselves being judges. -- deuteronomy 32:31 +. +For their vine is of the vine of Sodom, and of the fields of Gomorrah: their grapes are grapes of gall, their clusters are bitter: -- deuteronomy 32:32 +. +Their wine is the poison of dragons, and the cruel venom of asps. -- deuteronomy 32:33 +. +Is not this laid up in store with me, and sealed up among my treasures? -- deuteronomy 32:34 +. +To me belongeth vengeance and recompence; their foot shall slide in due time: for the day of their calamity is at hand, and the things that shall come upon them make haste. -- deuteronomy 32:35 +. +For the LORD shall judge his people, and repent himself for his servants, when he seeth that their power is gone, and there is none shut up, or left. -- deuteronomy 32:36 +. +And he shall say, Where are their gods, their rock in whom they trusted, -- deuteronomy 32:37 +. +Which did eat the fat of their sacrifices, and drank the wine of their drink offerings? let them rise up and help you, and be your protection. -- deuteronomy 32:38 +. +See now that I, even I, am he, and there is no god with me: I kill, and I make alive; I wound, and I heal: neither is there any that can deliver out of my hand. -- deuteronomy 32:39 +. +For I lift up my hand to heaven, and say, I live for ever. -- deuteronomy 32:40 +. +If I whet my glittering sword, and mine hand take hold on judgment; I will render vengeance to mine enemies, and will reward them that hate me. -- deuteronomy 32:41 +. +I will make mine arrows drunk with blood, and my sword shall devour flesh; and that with the blood of the slain and of the captives, from the beginning of revenges upon the enemy. -- deuteronomy 32:42 +. +Rejoice, O ye nations, with his people: for he will avenge the blood of his servants, and will render vengeance to his adversaries, and will be merciful unto his land, and to his people. -- deuteronomy 32:43 +. +And Moses came and spake all the words of this song in the ears of the people, he, and Hoshea the son of Nun. -- deuteronomy 32:44 +. +And Moses made an end of speaking all these words to all Israel: -- deuteronomy 32:45 +. +And he said unto them, Set your hearts unto all the words which I testify among you this day, which ye shall command your children to observe to do, all the words of this law. -- deuteronomy 32:46 +. +For it is not a vain thing for you; because it is your life: and through this thing ye shall prolong your days in the land, whither ye go over Jordan to possess it. -- deuteronomy 32:47 +. +And the LORD spake unto Moses that selfsame day, saying, -- deuteronomy 32:48 +. +Get thee up into this mountain Abarim, unto mount Nebo, which is in the land of Moab, that is over against Jericho; and behold the land of Canaan, which I give unto the children of Israel for a possession: -- deuteronomy 32:49 +. +And die in the mount whither thou goest up, and be gathered unto thy people; as Aaron thy brother died in mount Hor, and was gathered unto his people: -- deuteronomy 32:50 +. +Because ye trespassed against me among the children of Israel at the waters of MeribahKadesh, in the wilderness of Zin; because ye sanctified me not in the midst of the children of Israel. -- deuteronomy 32:51 +. +Yet thou shalt see the land before thee; but thou shalt not go thither unto the land which I give the children of Israel. -- deuteronomy 32:52 +. +And this is the blessing, wherewith Moses the man of God blessed the children of Israel before his death. -- deuteronomy 33:1 +. +And he said, The LORD came from Sinai, and rose up from Seir unto them; he shined forth from mount Paran, and he came with ten thousands of saints: from his right hand went a fiery law for them. -- deuteronomy 33:2 +. +Yea, he loved the people; all his saints are in thy hand: and they sat down at thy feet; every one shall receive of thy words. -- deuteronomy 33:3 +. +Moses commanded us a law, even the inheritance of the congregation of Jacob. -- deuteronomy 33:4 +. +And he was king in Jeshurun, when the heads of the people and the tribes of Israel were gathered together. -- deuteronomy 33:5 +. +Let Reuben live, and not die; and let not his men be few. -- deuteronomy 33:6 +. +And this is the blessing of Judah: and he said, Hear, LORD, the voice of Judah, and bring him unto his people: let his hands be sufficient for him; and be thou an help to him from his enemies. -- deuteronomy 33:7 +. +And of Levi he said, Let thy Thummim and thy Urim be with thy holy one, whom thou didst prove at Massah, and with whom thou didst strive at the waters of Meribah; -- deuteronomy 33:8 +. +Who said unto his father and to his mother, I have not seen him; neither did he acknowledge his brethren, nor knew his own children: for they have observed thy word, and kept thy covenant. -- deuteronomy 33:9 +. +They shall teach Jacob thy judgments, and Israel thy law: they shall put incense before thee, and whole burnt sacrifice upon thine altar. -- deuteronomy 33:10 +. +Bless, LORD, his substance, and accept the work of his hands; smite through the loins of them that rise against him, and of them that hate him, that they rise not again. -- deuteronomy 33:11 +. +And of Benjamin he said, The beloved of the LORD shall dwell in safety by him; and the Lord shall cover him all the day long, and he shall dwell between his shoulders. -- deuteronomy 33:12 +. +And of Joseph he said, Blessed of the LORD be his land, for the precious things of heaven, for the dew, and for the deep that coucheth beneath, -- deuteronomy 33:13 +. +And for the precious fruits brought forth by the sun, and for the precious things put forth by the moon, -- deuteronomy 33:14 +. +And for the chief things of the ancient mountains, and for the precious things of the lasting hills, -- deuteronomy 33:15 +. +And for the precious things of the earth and fulness thereof, and for the good will of him that dwelt in the bush: let the blessing come upon the head of Joseph, and upon the top of the head of him that was separated from his brethren. -- deuteronomy 33:16 +. +His glory is like the firstling of his bullock, and his horns are like the horns of unicorns: with them he shall push the people together to the ends of the earth: and they are the ten thousands of Ephraim, and they are the thousands of Manasseh. -- deuteronomy 33:17 +. +And of Zebulun he said, Rejoice, Zebulun, in thy going out; and, Issachar, in thy tents. -- deuteronomy 33:18 +. +They shall call the people unto the mountain; there they shall offer sacrifices of righteousness: for they shall suck of the abundance of the seas, and of treasures hid in the sand. -- deuteronomy 33:19 +. +And of Gad he said, Blessed be he that enlargeth Gad: he dwelleth as a lion, and teareth the arm with the crown of the head. -- deuteronomy 33:20 +. +And he provided the first part for himself, because there, in a portion of the lawgiver, was he seated; and he came with the heads of the people, he executed the justice of the LORD, and his judgments with Israel. -- deuteronomy 33:21 +. +And of Dan he said, Dan is a lion's whelp: he shall leap from Bashan. -- deuteronomy 33:22 +. +And of Naphtali he said, O Naphtali, satisfied with favor, and full with the blessing of the LORD: possess thou the west and the south. -- deuteronomy 33:23 +. +And of Asher he said, Let Asher be blessed with children; let him be acceptable to his brethren, and let him dip his foot in oil. -- deuteronomy 33:24 +. +Thy shoes shall be iron and brass; and as thy days, so shall thy strength be. -- deuteronomy 33:25 +. +There is none like unto the God of Jeshurun, who rideth upon the heaven in thy help, and in his excellency on the sky. -- deuteronomy 33:26 +. +The eternal God is thy refuge, and underneath are the everlasting arms: and he shall thrust out the enemy from before thee; and shall say, Destroy them. -- deuteronomy 33:27 +. +Israel then shall dwell in safety alone: the fountain of Jacob shall be upon a land of corn and wine; also his heavens shall drop down dew. -- deuteronomy 33:28 +. +Happy art thou, O Israel: who is like unto thee, O people saved by the LORD, the shield of thy help, and who is the sword of thy excellency! and thine enemies shall be found liars unto thee; and thou shalt tread upon their high places. -- deuteronomy 33:29 +. +And Moses went up from the plains of Moab unto the mountain of Nebo, to the top of Pisgah, that is over against Jericho. And the LORD showed him all the land of Gilead, unto Dan, -- deuteronomy 34:1 +. +And all Naphtali, and the land of Ephraim, and Manasseh, and all the land of Judah, unto the utmost sea, -- deuteronomy 34:2 +. +And the south, and the plain of the valley of Jericho, the city of palm trees, unto Zoar. -- deuteronomy 34:3 +. +And the LORD said unto him, This is the land which I sware unto Abraham, unto Isaac, and unto Jacob, saying, I will give it unto thy seed: I have caused thee to see it with thine eyes, but thou shalt not go over thither. -- deuteronomy 34:4 +. +So Moses the servant of the LORD died there in the land of Moab, according to the word of the LORD. -- deuteronomy 34:5 +. +And he buried him in a valley in the land of Moab, over against Bethpeor: but no man knoweth of his sepulchre unto this day. -- deuteronomy 34:6 +. +And Moses was an hundred and twenty years old when he died: his eye was not dim, nor his natural force abated. -- deuteronomy 34:7 +. +And the children of Israel wept for Moses in the plains of Moab thirty days: so the days of weeping and mourning for Moses were ended. -- deuteronomy 34:8 +. +And Joshua the son of Nun was full of the spirit of wisdom; for Moses had laid his hands upon him: and the children of Israel hearkened unto him, and did as the LORD commanded Moses. -- deuteronomy 34:9 +. +And there arose not a prophet since in Israel like unto Moses, whom the LORD knew face to face, -- deuteronomy 34:10 +. +In all the signs and the wonders, which the LORD sent him to do in the land of Egypt to Pharaoh, and to all his servants, and to all his land, -- deuteronomy 34:11 +. +And in all that mighty hand, and in all the great terror which Moses showed in the sight of all Israel. -- deuteronomy 34:12 +. +Now after the death of Moses the servant of the LORD it came to pass, that the LORD spake unto Joshua the son of Nun, Moses' minister, saying, -- joshua 1:1 +. +Moses my servant is dead; now therefore arise, go over this Jordan, thou, and all this people, unto the land which I do give to them, even to the children of Israel. -- joshua 1:2 +. +Every place that the sole of your foot shall tread upon, that have I given unto you, as I said unto Moses. -- joshua 1:3 +. +From the wilderness and this Lebanon even unto the great river, the river Euphrates, all the land of the Hittites, and unto the great sea toward the going down of the sun, shall be your coast. -- joshua 1:4 +. +There shall not any man be able to stand before thee all the days of thy life: as I was with Moses, so I will be with thee: I will not fail thee, nor forsake thee. -- joshua 1:5 +. +Be strong and of a good courage: for unto this people shalt thou divide for an inheritance the land, which I sware unto their fathers to give them. -- joshua 1:6 +. +Only be thou strong and very courageous, that thou mayest observe to do according to all the law, which Moses my servant commanded thee: turn not from it to the right hand or to the left, that thou mayest prosper whithersoever thou goest. -- joshua 1:7 +. +This book of the law shall not depart out of thy mouth; but thou shalt meditate therein day and night, that thou mayest observe to do according to all that is written therein: for then thou shalt make thy way prosperous, and then thou shalt have good success. -- joshua 1:8 +. +Have not I commanded thee? Be strong and of a good courage; be not afraid, neither be thou dismayed: for the LORD thy God is with thee whithersoever thou goest. -- joshua 1:9 +. +Then Joshua commanded the officers of the people, saying, -- joshua 1:10 +. +Pass through the host, and command the people, saying, Prepare you victuals; for within three days ye shall pass over this Jordan, to go in to possess the land, which the LORD your God giveth you to possess it. -- joshua 1:11 +. +And to the Reubenites, and to the Gadites, and to half the tribe of Manasseh, spake Joshua, saying, -- joshua 1:12 +. +Remember the word which Moses the servant of the LORD commanded you, saying, The LORD your God hath given you rest, and hath given you this land. -- joshua 1:13 +. +Your wives, your little ones, and your cattle, shall remain in the land which Moses gave you on this side Jordan; but ye shall pass before your brethren armed, all the mighty men of valor, and help them; -- joshua 1:14 +. +Until the LORD have given your brethren rest, as he hath given you, and they also have possessed the land which the LORD your God giveth them: then ye shall return unto the land of your possession, and enjoy it, which Moses the LORD's servant gave you on this side Jordan toward the sunrising. -- joshua 1:15 +. +And they answered Joshua, saying, All that thou commandest us we will do, and whithersoever thou sendest us, we will go. -- joshua 1:16 +. +According as we hearkened unto Moses in all things, so will we hearken unto thee: only the LORD thy God be with thee, as he was with Moses. -- joshua 1:17 +. +Whosoever he be that doth rebel against thy commandment, and will not hearken unto thy words in all that thou commandest him, he shall be put to death: only be strong and of a good courage. -- joshua 1:18 +. +And Joshua the son of Nun sent out of Shittim two men to spy secretly, saying, Go view the land, even Jericho. And they went, and came into an harlot's house, named Rahab, and lodged there. -- joshua 2:1 +. +And it was told the king of Jericho, saying, Behold, there came men in hither to night of the children of Israel to search out the country. -- joshua 2:2 +. +And the king of Jericho sent unto Rahab, saying, Bring forth the men that are come to thee, which are entered into thine house: for they be come to search out all the country. -- joshua 2:3 +. +And the woman took the two men, and hid them, and said thus, There came men unto me, but I wist not whence they were: -- joshua 2:4 +. +And it came to pass about the time of shutting of the gate, when it was dark, that the men went out: whither the men went I wot not: pursue after them quickly; for ye shall overtake them. -- joshua 2:5 +. +But she had brought them up to the roof of the house, and hid them with the stalks of flax, which she had laid in order upon the roof. -- joshua 2:6 +. +And the men pursued after them the way to Jordan unto the fords: and as soon as they which pursued after them were gone out, they shut the gate. -- joshua 2:7 +. +And before they were laid down, she came up unto them upon the roof; -- joshua 2:8 +. +And she said unto the men, I know that the LORD hath given you the land, and that your terror is fallen upon us, and that all the inhabitants of the land faint because of you. -- joshua 2:9 +. +For we have heard how the LORD dried up the water of the Red sea for you, when ye came out of Egypt; and what ye did unto the two kings of the Amorites, that were on the other side Jordan, Sihon and Og, whom ye utterly destroyed. -- joshua 2:10 +. +And as soon as we had heard these things, our hearts did melt, neither did there remain any more courage in any man, because of you: for the LORD your God, he is God in heaven above, and in earth beneath. -- joshua 2:11 +. +Now therefore, I pray you, swear unto me by the LORD, since I have showed you kindness, that ye will also show kindness unto my father's house, and give me a true token: -- joshua 2:12 +. +And that ye will save alive my father, and my mother, and my brethren, and my sisters, and all that they have, and deliver our lives from death. -- joshua 2:13 +. +And the men answered her, Our life for yours, if ye utter not this our business. And it shall be, when the LORD hath given us the land, that we will deal kindly and truly with thee. -- joshua 2:14 +. +Then she let them down by a cord through the window: for her house was upon the town wall, and she dwelt upon the wall. -- joshua 2:15 +. +And she said unto them, Get you to the mountain, lest the pursuers meet you; and hide yourselves there three days, until the pursuers be returned: and afterward may ye go your way. -- joshua 2:16 +. +And the men said unto her, We will be blameless of this thine oath which thou hast made us swear. -- joshua 2:17 +. +Behold, when we come into the land, thou shalt bind this line of scarlet thread in the window which thou didst let us down by: and thou shalt bring thy father, and thy mother, and thy brethren, and all thy father's household, home unto thee. -- joshua 2:18 +. +And it shall be, that whosoever shall go out of the doors of thy house into the street, his blood shall be upon his head, and we will be guiltless: and whosoever shall be with thee in the house, his blood shall be on our head, if any hand be upon him. -- joshua 2:19 +. +And if thou utter this our business, then we will be quit of thine oath which thou hast made us to swear. -- joshua 2:20 +. +And she said, According unto your words, so be it. And she sent them away, and they departed: and she bound the scarlet line in the window. -- joshua 2:21 +. +And they went, and came unto the mountain, and abode there three days, until the pursuers were returned: and the pursuers sought them throughout all the way, but found them not. -- joshua 2:22 +. +So the two men returned, and descended from the mountain, and passed over, and came to Joshua the son of Nun, and told him all things that befell them: -- joshua 2:23 +. +And they said unto Joshua, Truly the LORD hath delivered into our hands all the land; for even all the inhabitants of the country do faint because of us. -- joshua 2:24 +. +And Joshua rose early in the morning; and they removed from Shittim, and came to Jordan, he and all the children of Israel, and lodged there before they passed over. -- joshua 3:1 +. +And it came to pass after three days, that the officers went through the host; -- joshua 3:2 +. +And they commanded the people, saying, When ye see the ark of the covenant of the LORD your God, and the priests the Levites bearing it, then ye shall remove from your place, and go after it. -- joshua 3:3 +. +Yet there shall be a space between you and it, about two thousand cubits by measure: come not near unto it, that ye may know the way by which ye must go: for ye have not passed this way heretofore. -- joshua 3:4 +. +And Joshua said unto the people, Sanctify yourselves: for to morrow the LORD will do wonders among you. -- joshua 3:5 +. +And Joshua spake unto the priests, saying, Take up the ark of the covenant, and pass over before the people. And they took up the ark of the covenant, and went before the people. -- joshua 3:6 +. +And the LORD said unto Joshua, This day will I begin to magnify thee in the sight of all Israel, that they may know that, as I was with Moses, so I will be with thee. -- joshua 3:7 +. +And thou shalt command the priests that bear the ark of the covenant, saying, When ye are come to the brink of the water of Jordan, ye shall stand still in Jordan. -- joshua 3:8 +. +And Joshua said unto the children of Israel, Come hither, and hear the words of the LORD your God. -- joshua 3:9 +. +And Joshua said, Hereby ye shall know that the living God is among you, and that he will without fail drive out from before you the Canaanites, and the Hittites, and the Hivites, and the Perizzites, and the Girgashites, and the Amorites, and the Jebusites. -- joshua 3:10 +. +Behold, the ark of the covenant of the LORD of all the earth passeth over before you into Jordan. -- joshua 3:11 +. +Now therefore take you twelve men out of the tribes of Israel, out of every tribe a man. -- joshua 3:12 +. +And it shall come to pass, as soon as the soles of the feet of the priests that bear the ark of the LORD, the LORD of all the earth, shall rest in the waters of Jordan, that the waters of Jordan shall be cut off from the waters that come down from above; and they shall stand upon an heap. -- joshua 3:13 +. +And it came to pass, when the people removed from their tents, to pass over Jordan, and the priests bearing the ark of the covenant before the people; -- joshua 3:14 +. +And as they that bare the ark were come unto Jordan, and the feet of the priests that bare the ark were dipped in the brim of the water, (for Jordan overfloweth all his banks all the time of harvest,) -- joshua 3:15 +. +That the waters which came down from above stood and rose up upon an heap very far from the city Adam, that is beside Zaretan: and those that came down toward the sea of the plain, even the salt sea, failed, and were cut off: and the people passed over right against Jericho. -- joshua 3:16 +. +And the priests that bare the ark of the covenant of the LORD stood firm on dry ground in the midst of Jordan, and all the Israelites passed over on dry ground, until all the people were passed clean over Jordan. -- joshua 3:17 +. +And it came to pass, when all the people were clean passed over Jordan, that the LORD spake unto Joshua, saying, -- joshua 4:1 +. +Take you twelve men out of the people, out of every tribe a man, -- joshua 4:2 +. +And command ye them, saying, Take you hence out of the midst of Jordan, out of the place where the priests' feet stood firm, twelve stones, and ye shall carry them over with you, and leave them in the lodging place, where ye shall lodge this night. -- joshua 4:3 +. +Then Joshua called the twelve men, whom he had prepared of the children of Israel, out of every tribe a man: -- joshua 4:4 +. +And Joshua said unto them, Pass over before the ark of the LORD your God into the midst of Jordan, and take you up every man of you a stone upon his shoulder, according unto the number of the tribes of the children of Israel: -- joshua 4:5 +. +That this may be a sign among you, that when your children ask their fathers in time to come, saying, What mean ye by these stones? -- joshua 4:6 +. +Then ye shall answer them, That the waters of Jordan were cut off before the ark of the covenant of the LORD; when it passed over Jordan, the waters of Jordan were cut off: and these stones shall be for a memorial unto the children of Israel for ever. -- joshua 4:7 +. +And the children of Israel did so as Joshua commanded, and took up twelve stones out of the midst of Jordan, as the LORD spake unto Joshua, according to the number of the tribes of the children of Israel, and carried them over with them unto the place where they lodged, and laid them down there. -- joshua 4:8 +. +And Joshua set up twelve stones in the midst of Jordan, in the place where the feet of the priests which bare the ark of the covenant stood: and they are there unto this day. -- joshua 4:9 +. +For the priests which bare the ark stood in the midst of Jordan, until everything was finished that the LORD commanded Joshua to speak unto the people, according to all that Moses commanded Joshua: and the people hasted and passed over. -- joshua 4:10 +. +And it came to pass, when all the people were clean passed over, that the ark of the LORD passed over, and the priests, in the presence of the people. -- joshua 4:11 +. +And the children of Reuben, and the children of Gad, and half the tribe of Manasseh, passed over armed before the children of Israel, as Moses spake unto them: -- joshua 4:12 +. +About forty thousand prepared for war passed over before the LORD unto battle, to the plains of Jericho. -- joshua 4:13 +. +On that day the LORD magnified Joshua in the sight of all Israel; and they feared him, as they feared Moses, all the days of his life. -- joshua 4:14 +. +And the LORD spake unto Joshua, saying, -- joshua 4:15 +. +Command the priests that bear the ark of the testimony, that they come up out of Jordan. -- joshua 4:16 +. +Joshua therefore commanded the priests, saying, Come ye up out of Jordan. -- joshua 4:17 +. +And it came to pass, when the priests that bare the ark of the covenant of the LORD were come up out of the midst of Jordan, and the soles of the priests' feet were lifted up unto the dry land, that the waters of Jordan returned unto their place, and flowed over all his banks, as they did before. -- joshua 4:18 +. +And the people came up out of Jordan on the tenth day of the first month, and encamped in Gilgal, in the east border of Jericho. -- joshua 4:19 +. +And those twelve stones, which they took out of Jordan, did Joshua pitch in Gilgal. -- joshua 4:20 +. +And he spake unto the children of Israel, saying, When your children shall ask their fathers in time to come, saying, What mean these stones? -- joshua 4:21 +. +Then ye shall let your children know, saying, Israel came over this Jordan on dry land. -- joshua 4:22 +. +For the LORD your God dried up the waters of Jordan from before you, until ye were passed over, as the LORD your God did to the Red sea, which he dried up from before us, until we were gone over: -- joshua 4:23 +. +That all the people of the earth might know the hand of the LORD, that it is mighty: that ye might fear the LORD your God for ever. -- joshua 4:24 +. +And it came to pass, when all the kings of the Amorites, which were on the side of Jordan westward, and all the kings of the Canaanites, which were by the sea, heard that the LORD had dried up the waters of Jordan from before the children of Israel, until we were passed over, that their heart melted, neither was there spirit in them any more, because of the children of Israel. -- joshua 5:1 +. +At that time the LORD said unto Joshua, Make thee sharp knives, and circumcise again the children of Israel the second time. -- joshua 5:2 +. +And Joshua made him sharp knives, and circumcised the children of Israel at the hill of the foreskins. -- joshua 5:3 +. +And this is the cause why Joshua did circumcise: All the people that came out of Egypt, that were males, even all the men of war, died in the wilderness by the way, after they came out of Egypt. -- joshua 5:4 +. +Now all the people that came out were circumcised: but all the people that were born in the wilderness by the way as they came forth out of Egypt, them they had not circumcised. -- joshua 5:5 +. +For the children of Israel walked forty years in the wilderness, till all the people that were men of war, which came out of Egypt, were consumed, because they obeyed not the voice of the LORD: unto whom the LORD sware that he would not show them the land, which the LORD sware unto their fathers that he would give us, a land that floweth with milk and honey. -- joshua 5:6 +. +And their children, whom he raised up in their stead, them Joshua circumcised: for they were uncircumcised, because they had not circumcised them by the way. -- joshua 5:7 +. +And it came to pass, when they had done circumcising all the people, that they abode in their places in the camp, till they were whole. -- joshua 5:8 +. +And the LORD said unto Joshua, This day have I rolled away the reproach of Egypt from off you. Wherefore the name of the place is called Gilgal unto this day. -- joshua 5:9 +. +And the children of Israel encamped in Gilgal, and kept the passover on the fourteenth day of the month at even in the plains of Jericho. -- joshua 5:10 +. +And they did eat of the old corn of the land on the morrow after the passover, unleavened cakes, and parched corn in the selfsame day. -- joshua 5:11 +. +And the manna ceased on the morrow after they had eaten of the old corn of the land; neither had the children of Israel manna any more; but they did eat of the fruit of the land of Canaan that year. -- joshua 5:12 +. +And it came to pass, when Joshua was by Jericho, that he lifted up his eyes and looked, and, behold, there stood a man over against him with his sword drawn in his hand: and Joshua went unto him, and said unto him, Art thou for us, or for our adversaries? -- joshua 5:13 +. +And he said, Nay; but as captain of the host of the LORD am I now come. And Joshua fell on his face to the earth, and did worship, and said unto him, What saith my Lord unto his servant? -- joshua 5:14 +. +And the captain of the LORD's host said unto Joshua, Loose thy shoe from off thy foot; for the place whereon thou standest is holy. And Joshua did so. -- joshua 5:15 +. +Now Jericho was straitly shut up because of the children of Israel: none went out, and none came in. -- joshua 6:1 +. +And the LORD said unto Joshua, See, I have given into thine hand Jericho, and the king thereof, and the mighty men of valor. -- joshua 6:2 +. +And ye shall compass the city, all ye men of war, and go round about the city once. Thus shalt thou do six days. -- joshua 6:3 +. +And seven priests shall bear before the ark seven trumpets of rams' horns: and the seventh day ye shall compass the city seven times, and the priests shall blow with the trumpets. -- joshua 6:4 +. +And it shall come to pass, that when they make a long blast with the ram's horn, and when ye hear the sound of the trumpet, all the people shall shout with a great shout; and the wall of the city shall fall down flat, and the people shall ascend up every man straight before him. -- joshua 6:5 +. +And Joshua the son of Nun called the priests, and said unto them, Take up the ark of the covenant, and let seven priests bear seven trumpets of rams' horns before the ark of the LORD. -- joshua 6:6 +. +And he said unto the people, Pass on, and compass the city, and let him that is armed pass on before the ark of the LORD. -- joshua 6:7 +. +And it came to pass, when Joshua had spoken unto the people, that the seven priests bearing the seven trumpets of rams' horns passed on before the LORD, and blew with the trumpets: and the ark of the covenant of the LORD followed them. -- joshua 6:8 +. +And the armed men went before the priests that blew with the trumpets, and the rearward came after the ark, the priests going on, and blowing with the trumpets. -- joshua 6:9 +. +And Joshua had commanded the people, saying, Ye shall not shout, nor make any noise with your voice, neither shall any word proceed out of your mouth, until the day I bid you shout; then shall ye shout. -- joshua 6:10 +. +So the ark of the LORD compassed the city, going about it once: and they came into the camp, and lodged in the camp. -- joshua 6:11 +. +And Joshua rose early in the morning, and the priests took up the ark of the LORD. -- joshua 6:12 +. +And seven priests bearing seven trumpets of rams' horns before the ark of the LORD went on continually, and blew with the trumpets: and the armed men went before them; but the rearward came after the ark of the LORD, the priests going on, and blowing with the trumpets. -- joshua 6:13 +. +And the second day they compassed the city once, and returned into the camp: so they did six days. -- joshua 6:14 +. +And it came to pass on the seventh day, that they rose early about the dawning of the day, and compassed the city after the same manner seven times: only on that day they compassed the city seven times. -- joshua 6:15 +. +And it came to pass at the seventh time, when the priests blew with the trumpets, Joshua said unto the people, Shout; for the LORD hath given you the city. -- joshua 6:16 +. +And the city shall be accursed, even it, and all that are therein, to the LORD: only Rahab the harlot shall live, she and all that are with her in the house, because she hid the messengers that we sent. -- joshua 6:17 +. +And ye, in any wise keep yourselves from the accursed thing, lest ye make yourselves accursed, when ye take of the accursed thing, and make the camp of Israel a curse, and trouble it. -- joshua 6:18 +. +But all the silver, and gold, and vessels of brass and iron, are consecrated unto the LORD: they shall come into the treasury of the LORD. -- joshua 6:19 +. +So the people shouted when the priests blew with the trumpets: and it came to pass, when the people heard the sound of the trumpet, and the people shouted with a great shout, that the wall fell down flat, so that the people went up into the city, every man straight before him, and they took the city. -- joshua 6:20 +. +And they utterly destroyed all that was in the city, both man and woman, young and old, and ox, and sheep, and ass, with the edge of the sword. -- joshua 6:21 +. +But Joshua had said unto the two men that had spied out the country, Go into the harlot's house, and bring out thence the woman, and all that she hath, as ye sware unto her. -- joshua 6:22 +. +And the young men that were spies went in, and brought out Rahab, and her father, and her mother, and her brethren, and all that she had; and they brought out all her kindred, and left them without the camp of Israel. -- joshua 6:23 +. +And they burnt the city with fire, and all that was therein: only the silver, and the gold, and the vessels of brass and of iron, they put into the treasury of the house of the LORD. -- joshua 6:24 +. +And Joshua saved Rahab the harlot alive, and her father's household, and all that she had; and she dwelleth in Israel even unto this day; because she hid the messengers, which Joshua sent to spy out Jericho. -- joshua 6:25 +. +And Joshua adjured them at that time, saying, Cursed be the man before the LORD, that riseth up and buildeth this city Jericho: he shall lay the foundation thereof in his firstborn, and in his youngest son shall he set up the gates of it. -- joshua 6:26 +. +So the LORD was with Joshua; and his fame was noised throughout all the country. -- joshua 6:27 +. +But the children of Israel committed a trespass in the accursed thing: for Achan, the son of Carmi, the son of Zabdi, the son of Zerah, of the tribe of Judah, took of the accursed thing: and the anger of the LORD was kindled against the children of Israel. -- joshua 7:1 +. +And Joshua sent men from Jericho to Ai, which is beside Bethaven, on the east of Bethel, and spake unto them, saying, Go up and view the country. And the men went up and viewed Ai. -- joshua 7:2 +. +And they returned to Joshua, and said unto him, Let not all the people go up; but let about two or three thousand men go up and smite Ai; and make not all the people to labor thither; for they are but few. -- joshua 7:3 +. +So there went up thither of the people about three thousand men: and they fled before the men of Ai. -- joshua 7:4 +. +And the men of Ai smote of them about thirty and six men: for they chased them from before the gate even unto Shebarim, and smote them in the going down: wherefore the hearts of the people melted, and became as water. -- joshua 7:5 +. +And Joshua rent his clothes, and fell to the earth upon his face before the ark of the LORD until the eventide, he and the elders of Israel, and put dust upon their heads. -- joshua 7:6 +. +And Joshua said, Alas, O LORD God, wherefore hast thou at all brought this people over Jordan, to deliver us into the hand of the Amorites, to destroy us? would to God we had been content, and dwelt on the other side Jordan! -- joshua 7:7 +. +O LORD, what shall I say, when Israel turneth their backs before their enemies! -- joshua 7:8 +. +For the Canaanites and all the inhabitants of the land shall hear of it, and shall environ us round, and cut off our name from the earth: and what wilt thou do unto thy great name? -- joshua 7:9 +. +And the LORD said unto Joshua, Get thee up; wherefore liest thou thus upon thy face? -- joshua 7:10 +. +Israel hath sinned, and they have also transgressed my covenant which I commanded them: for they have even taken of the accursed thing, and have also stolen, and dissembled also, and they have put it even among their own stuff. -- joshua 7:11 +. +Therefore the children of Israel could not stand before their enemies, but turned their backs before their enemies, because they were accursed: neither will I be with you any more, except ye destroy the accursed from among you. -- joshua 7:12 +. +Up, sanctify the people, and say, Sanctify yourselves against to morrow: for thus saith the LORD God of Israel, There is an accursed thing in the midst of thee, O Israel: thou canst not stand before thine enemies, until ye take away the accursed thing from among you. -- joshua 7:13 +. +In the morning therefore ye shall be brought according to your tribes: and it shall be, that the tribe which the LORD taketh shall come according to the families thereof; and the family which the LORD shall take shall come by households; and the household which the LORD shall take shall come man by man. -- joshua 7:14 +. +And it shall be, that he that is taken with the accursed thing shall be burnt with fire, he and all that he hath: because he hath transgressed the covenant of the LORD, and because he hath wrought folly in Israel. -- joshua 7:15 +. +So Joshua rose up early in the morning, and brought Israel by their tribes; and the tribe of Judah was taken: -- joshua 7:16 +. +And he brought the family of Judah; and he took the family of the Zarhites: and he brought the family of the Zarhites man by man; and Zabdi was taken: -- joshua 7:17 +. +And he brought his household man by man; and Achan, the son of Carmi, the son of Zabdi, the son of Zerah, of the tribe of Judah, was taken. -- joshua 7:18 +. +And Joshua said unto Achan, My son, give, I pray thee, glory to the LORD God of Israel, and make confession unto him; and tell me now what thou hast done; hide it not from me. -- joshua 7:19 +. +And Achan answered Joshua, and said, Indeed I have sinned against the LORD God of Israel, and thus and thus have I done: -- joshua 7:20 +. +When I saw among the spoils a goodly Babylonish garment, and two hundred shekels of silver, and a wedge of gold of fifty shekels weight, then I coveted them, and took them; and, behold, they are hid in the earth in the midst of my tent, and the silver under it. -- joshua 7:21 +. +So Joshua sent messengers, and they ran unto the tent; and, behold, it was hid in his tent, and the silver under it. -- joshua 7:22 +. +And they took them out of the midst of the tent, and brought them unto Joshua, and unto all the children of Israel, and laid them out before the LORD. -- joshua 7:23 +. +And Joshua, and all Israel with him, took Achan the son of Zerah, and the silver, and the garment, and the wedge of gold, and his sons, and his daughters, and his oxen, and his asses, and his sheep, and his tent, and all that he had: and they brought them unto the valley of Achor. -- joshua 7:24 +. +And Joshua said, Why hast thou troubled us? the LORD shall trouble thee this day. And all Israel stoned him with stones, and burned them with fire, after they had stoned them with stones. -- joshua 7:25 +. +And they raised over him a great heap of stones unto this day. So the LORD turned from the fierceness of his anger. Wherefore the name of that place was called, The valley of Achor, unto this day. -- joshua 7:26 +. +And the LORD said unto Joshua, Fear not, neither be thou dismayed: take all the people of war with thee, and arise, go up to Ai: see, I have given into thy hand the king of Ai, and his people, and his city, and his land: -- joshua 8:1 +. +And thou shalt do to Ai and her king as thou didst unto Jericho and her king: only the spoil thereof, and the cattle thereof, shall ye take for a prey unto yourselves: lay thee an ambush for the city behind it. -- joshua 8:2 +. +So Joshua arose, and all the people of war, to go up against Ai: and Joshua chose out thirty thousand mighty men of valor, and sent them away by night. -- joshua 8:3 +. +And he commanded them, saying, Behold, ye shall lie in wait against the city, even behind the city: go not very far from the city, but be ye all ready: -- joshua 8:4 +. +And I, and all the people that are with me, will approach unto the city: and it shall come to pass, when they come out against us, as at the first, that we will flee before them, -- joshua 8:5 +. +(For they will come out after us) till we have drawn them from the city; for they will say, They flee before us, as at the first: therefore we will flee before them. -- joshua 8:6 +. +Then ye shall rise up from the ambush, and seize upon the city: for the LORD your God will deliver it into your hand. -- joshua 8:7 +. +And it shall be, when ye have taken the city, that ye shall set the city on fire: according to the commandment of the LORD shall ye do. See, I have commanded you. -- joshua 8:8 +. +Joshua therefore sent them forth: and they went to lie in ambush, and abode between Bethel and Ai, on the west side of Ai: but Joshua lodged that night among the people. -- joshua 8:9 +. +And Joshua rose up early in the morning, and numbered the people, and went up, he and the elders of Israel, before the people to Ai. -- joshua 8:10 +. +And all the people, even the people of war that were with him, went up, and drew nigh, and came before the city, and pitched on the north side of Ai: now there was a valley between them and Ai. -- joshua 8:11 +. +And he took about five thousand men, and set them to lie in ambush between Bethel and Ai, on the west side of the city. -- joshua 8:12 +. +And when they had set the people, even all the host that was on the north of the city, and their liers in wait on the west of the city, Joshua went that night into the midst of the valley. -- joshua 8:13 +. +And it came to pass, when the king of Ai saw it, that they hasted and rose up early, and the men of the city went out against Israel to battle, he and all his people, at a time appointed, before the plain; but he wist not that there were liers in ambush against him behind the city. -- joshua 8:14 +. +And Joshua and all Israel made as if they were beaten before them, and fled by the way of the wilderness. -- joshua 8:15 +. +And all the people that were in Ai were called together to pursue after them: and they pursued after Joshua, and were drawn away from the city. -- joshua 8:16 +. +And there was not a man left in Ai or Bethel, that went not out after Israel: and they left the city open, and pursued after Israel. -- joshua 8:17 +. +And the LORD said unto Joshua, Stretch out the spear that is in thy hand toward Ai; for I will give it into thine hand. And Joshua stretched out the spear that he had in his hand toward the city. -- joshua 8:18 +. +And the ambush arose quickly out of their place, and they ran as soon as he had stretched out his hand: and they entered into the city, and took it, and hasted and set the city on fire. -- joshua 8:19 +. +And when the men of Ai looked behind them, they saw, and, behold, the smoke of the city ascended up to heaven, and they had no power to flee this way or that way: and the people that fled to the wilderness turned back upon the pursuers. -- joshua 8:20 +. +And when Joshua and all Israel saw that the ambush had taken the city, and that the smoke of the city ascended, then they turned again, and slew the men of Ai. -- joshua 8:21 +. +And the other issued out of the city against them; so they were in the midst of Israel, some on this side, and some on that side: and they smote them, so that they let none of them remain or escape. -- joshua 8:22 +. +And the king of Ai they took alive, and brought him to Joshua. -- joshua 8:23 +. +And it came to pass, when Israel had made an end of slaying all the inhabitants of Ai in the field, in the wilderness wherein they chased them, and when they were all fallen on the edge of the sword, until they were consumed, that all the Israelites returned unto Ai, and smote it with the edge of the sword. -- joshua 8:24 +. +And so it was, that all that fell that day, both of men and women, were twelve thousand, even all the men of Ai. -- joshua 8:25 +. +For Joshua drew not his hand back, wherewith he stretched out the spear, until he had utterly destroyed all the inhabitants of Ai. -- joshua 8:26 +. +Only the cattle and the spoil of that city Israel took for a prey unto themselves, according unto the word of the LORD which he commanded Joshua. -- joshua 8:27 +. +And Joshua burnt Ai, and made it an heap for ever, even a desolation unto this day. -- joshua 8:28 +. +And the king of Ai he hanged on a tree until eventide: and as soon as the sun was down, Joshua commanded that they should take his carcass down from the tree, and cast it at the entering of the gate of the city, and raise thereon a great heap of stones, that remaineth unto this day. -- joshua 8:29 +. +Then Joshua built an altar unto the LORD God of Israel in mount Ebal, -- joshua 8:30 +. +As Moses the servant of the LORD commanded the children of Israel, as it is written in the book of the law of Moses, an altar of whole stones, over which no man hath lift up any iron: and they offered thereon burnt offerings unto the LORD, and sacrificed peace offerings. -- joshua 8:31 +. +And he wrote there upon the stones a copy of the law of Moses, which he wrote in the presence of the children of Israel. -- joshua 8:32 +. +And all Israel, and their elders, and officers, and their judges, stood on this side the ark and on that side before the priests the Levites, which bare the ark of the covenant of the LORD, as well the stranger, as he that was born among them; half of them over against mount Gerizim, and half of them over against mount Ebal; as Moses the servant of the LORD had commanded before, that they should bless the people of Israel. -- joshua 8:33 +. +And afterward he read all the words of the law, the blessings and cursings, according to all that is written in the book of the law. -- joshua 8:34 +. +There was not a word of all that Moses commanded, which Joshua read not before all the congregation of Israel, with the women, and the little ones, and the strangers that were conversant among them. -- joshua 8:35 +. +And it came to pass, when all the kings which were on this side Jordan, in the hills, and in the valleys, and in all the coasts of the great sea over against Lebanon, the Hittite, and the Amorite, the Canaanite, the Perizzite, the Hivite, and the Jebusite, heard thereof; -- joshua 9:1 +. +That they gathered themselves together, to fight with Joshua and with Israel, with one accord. -- joshua 9:2 +. +And when the inhabitants of Gibeon heard what Joshua had done unto Jericho and to Ai, -- joshua 9:3 +. +They did work wilily, and went and made as if they had been ambassadors, and took old sacks upon their asses, and wine bottles, old, and rent, and bound up; -- joshua 9:4 +. +And old shoes and clouted upon their feet, and old garments upon them; and all the bread of their provision was dry and mouldy. -- joshua 9:5 +. +And they went to Joshua unto the camp at Gilgal, and said unto him, and to the men of Israel, We be come from a far country: now therefore make ye a league with us. -- joshua 9:6 +. +And the men of Israel said unto the Hivites, Peradventure ye dwell among us; and how shall we make a league with you? -- joshua 9:7 +. +And they said unto Joshua, We are thy servants. And Joshua said unto them, Who are ye? and from whence come ye? -- joshua 9:8 +. +And they said unto him, From a very far country thy servants are come because of the name of the LORD thy God: for we have heard the fame of him, and all that he did in Egypt, -- joshua 9:9 +. +And all that he did to the two kings of the Amorites, that were beyond Jordan, to Sihon king of Heshbon, and to Og king of Bashan, which was at Ashtaroth. -- joshua 9:10 +. +Wherefore our elders and all the inhabitants of our country spake to us, saying, Take victuals with you for the journey, and go to meet them, and say unto them, We are your servants: therefore now make ye a league with us. -- joshua 9:11 +. +This our bread we took hot for our provision out of our houses on the day we came forth to go unto you; but now, behold, it is dry, and it is mouldy: -- joshua 9:12 +. +And these bottles of wine, which we filled, were new; and, behold, they be rent: and these our garments and our shoes are become old by reason of the very long journey. -- joshua 9:13 +. +And the men took of their victuals, and asked not counsel at the mouth of the LORD. -- joshua 9:14 +. +And Joshua made peace with them, and made a league with them, to let them live: and the princes of the congregation sware unto them. -- joshua 9:15 +. +And it came to pass at the end of three days after they had made a league with them, that they heard that they were their neighbors, and that they dwelt among them. -- joshua 9:16 +. +And the children of Israel journeyed, and came unto their cities on the third day. Now their cities were Gibeon, and Chephirah, and Beeroth, and Kirjathjearim. -- joshua 9:17 +. +And the children of Israel smote them not, because the princes of the congregation had sworn unto them by the LORD God of Israel. And all the congregation murmured against the princes. -- joshua 9:18 +. +But all the princes said unto all the congregation, We have sworn unto them by the LORD God of Israel: now therefore we may not touch them. -- joshua 9:19 +. +This we will do to them; we will even let them live, lest wrath be upon us, because of the oath which we sware unto them. -- joshua 9:20 +. +And the princes said unto them, Let them live; but let them be hewers of wood and drawers of water unto all the congregation; as the princes had promised them. -- joshua 9:21 +. +And Joshua called for them, and he spake unto them, saying, Wherefore have ye beguiled us, saying, We are very far from you; when ye dwell among us? -- joshua 9:22 +. +Now therefore ye are cursed, and there shall none of you be freed from being bondmen, and hewers of wood and drawers of water for the house of my God. -- joshua 9:23 +. +And they answered Joshua, and said, Because it was certainly told thy servants, how that the LORD thy God commanded his servant Moses to give you all the land, and to destroy all the inhabitants of the land from before you, therefore we were sore afraid of our lives because of you, and have done this thing. -- joshua 9:24 +. +And now, behold, we are in thine hand: as it seemeth good and right unto thee to do unto us, do. -- joshua 9:25 +. +And so did he unto them, and delivered them out of the hand of the children of Israel, that they slew them not. -- joshua 9:26 +. +And Joshua made them that day hewers of wood and drawers of water for the congregation, and for the altar of the LORD, even unto this day, in the place which he should choose. -- joshua 9:27 +. +Now it came to pass, when Adonizedec king of Jerusalem had heard how Joshua had taken Ai, and had utterly destroyed it; as he had done to Jericho and her king, so he had done to Ai and her king; and how the inhabitants of Gibeon had made peace with Israel, and were among them; -- joshua 10:1 +. +That they feared greatly, because Gibeon was a great city, as one of the royal cities, and because it was greater than Ai, and all the men thereof were mighty. -- joshua 10:2 +. +Wherefore Adonizedec king of Jerusalem, sent unto Hoham king of Hebron, and unto Piram king of Jarmuth, and unto Japhia king of Lachish, and unto Debir king of Eglon, saying, -- joshua 10:3 +. +Come up unto me, and help me, that we may smite Gibeon: for it hath made peace with Joshua and with the children of Israel. -- joshua 10:4 +. +Therefore the five kings of the Amorites, the king of Jerusalem, the king of Hebron, the king of Jarmuth, the king of Lachish, the king of Eglon, gathered themselves together, and went up, they and all their hosts, and encamped before Gibeon, and made war against it. -- joshua 10:5 +. +And the men of Gibeon sent unto Joshua to the camp to Gilgal, saying, Slack not thy hand from thy servants; come up to us quickly, and save us, and help us: for all the kings of the Amorites that dwell in the mountains are gathered together against us. -- joshua 10:6 +. +So Joshua ascended from Gilgal, he, and all the people of war with him, and all the mighty men of valor. -- joshua 10:7 +. +And the LORD said unto Joshua, Fear them not: for I have delivered them into thine hand; there shall not a man of them stand before thee. -- joshua 10:8 +. +Joshua therefore came unto them suddenly, and went up from Gilgal all night. -- joshua 10:9 +. +And the LORD discomfited them before Israel, and slew them with a great slaughter at Gibeon, and chased them along the way that goeth up to Bethhoron, and smote them to Azekah, and unto Makkedah. -- joshua 10:10 +. +And it came to pass, as they fled from before Israel, and were in the going down to Bethhoron, that the LORD cast down great stones from heaven upon them unto Azekah, and they died: they were more which died with hailstones than they whom the children of Israel slew with the sword. -- joshua 10:11 +. +Then spake Joshua to the LORD in the day when the LORD delivered up the Amorites before the children of Israel, and he said in the sight of Israel, Sun, stand thou still upon Gibeon; and thou, Moon, in the valley of Ajalon. -- joshua 10:12 +. +And the sun stood still, and the moon stayed, until the people had avenged themselves upon their enemies. Is not this written in the book of Jasher? So the sun stood still in the midst of heaven, and hasted not to go down about a whole day. -- joshua 10:13 +. +And there was no day like that before it or after it, that the LORD hearkened unto the voice of a man: for the LORD fought for Israel. -- joshua 10:14 +. +And Joshua returned, and all Israel with him, unto the camp to Gilgal. -- joshua 10:15 +. +But these five kings fled, and hid themselves in a cave at Makkedah. -- joshua 10:16 +. +And it was told Joshua, saying, The five kings are found hid in a cave at Makkedah. -- joshua 10:17 +. +And Joshua said, Roll great stones upon the mouth of the cave, and set men by it for to keep them: -- joshua 10:18 +. +And stay ye not, but pursue after your enemies, and smite the hindmost of them; suffer them not to enter into their cities: for the LORD your God hath delivered them into your hand. -- joshua 10:19 +. +And it came to pass, when Joshua and the children of Israel had made an end of slaying them with a very great slaughter, till they were consumed, that the rest which remained of them entered into fenced cities. -- joshua 10:20 +. +And all the people returned to the camp to Joshua at Makkedah in peace: none moved his tongue against any of the children of Israel. -- joshua 10:21 +. +Then said Joshua, Open the mouth of the cave, and bring out those five kings unto me out of the cave. -- joshua 10:22 +. +And they did so, and brought forth those five kings unto him out of the cave, the king of Jerusalem, the king of Hebron, the king of Jarmuth, the king of Lachish, and the king of Eglon. -- joshua 10:23 +. +And it came to pass, when they brought out those kings unto Joshua, that Joshua called for all the men of Israel, and said unto the captains of the men of war which went with him, Come near, put your feet upon the necks of these kings. And they came near, and put their feet upon the necks of them. -- joshua 10:24 +. +And Joshua said unto them, Fear not, nor be dismayed, be strong and of good courage: for thus shall the LORD do to all your enemies against whom ye fight. -- joshua 10:25 +. +And afterward Joshua smote them, and slew them, and hanged them on five trees: and they were hanging upon the trees until the evening. -- joshua 10:26 +. +And it came to pass at the time of the going down of the sun, that Joshua commanded, and they took them down off the trees, and cast them into the cave wherein they had been hid, and laid great stones in the cave's mouth, which remain until this very day. -- joshua 10:27 +. +And that day Joshua took Makkedah, and smote it with the edge of the sword, and the king thereof he utterly destroyed, them, and all the souls that were therein; he let none remain: and he did to the king of Makkedah as he did unto the king of Jericho. -- joshua 10:28 +. +Then Joshua passed from Makkedah, and all Israel with him, unto Libnah, and fought against Libnah: -- joshua 10:29 +. +And the LORD delivered it also, and the king thereof, into the hand of Israel; and he smote it with the edge of the sword, and all the souls that were therein; he let none remain in it; but did unto the king thereof as he did unto the king of Jericho. -- joshua 10:30 +. +And Joshua passed from Libnah, and all Israel with him, unto Lachish, and encamped against it, and fought against it: -- joshua 10:31 +. +And the LORD delivered Lachish into the hand of Israel, which took it on the second day, and smote it with the edge of the sword, and all the souls that were therein, according to all that he had done to Libnah. -- joshua 10:32 +. +Then Horam king of Gezer came up to help Lachish; and Joshua smote him and his people, until he had left him none remaining. -- joshua 10:33 +. +And from Lachish Joshua passed unto Eglon, and all Israel with him; and they encamped against it, and fought against it: -- joshua 10:34 +. +And they took it on that day, and smote it with the edge of the sword, and all the souls that were therein he utterly destroyed that day, according to all that he had done to Lachish. -- joshua 10:35 +. +And Joshua went up from Eglon, and all Israel with him, unto Hebron; and they fought against it: -- joshua 10:36 +. +And they took it, and smote it with the edge of the sword, and the king thereof, and all the cities thereof, and all the souls that were therein; he left none remaining, according to all that he had done to Eglon; but destroyed it utterly, and all the souls that were therein. -- joshua 10:37 +. +And Joshua returned, and all Israel with him, to Debir; and fought against it: -- joshua 10:38 +. +And he took it, and the king thereof, and all the cities thereof; and they smote them with the edge of the sword, and utterly destroyed all the souls that were therein; he left none remaining: as he had done to Hebron, so he did to Debir, and to the king thereof; as he had done also to Libnah, and to her king. -- joshua 10:39 +. +So Joshua smote all the country of the hills, and of the south, and of the vale, and of the springs, and all their kings: he left none remaining, but utterly destroyed all that breathed, as the LORD God of Israel commanded. -- joshua 10:40 +. +And Joshua smote them from Kadeshbarnea even unto Gaza, and all the country of Goshen, even unto Gibeon. -- joshua 10:41 +. +And all these kings and their land did Joshua take at one time, because the LORD God of Israel fought for Israel. -- joshua 10:42 +. +And Joshua returned, and all Israel with him, unto the camp to Gilgal. -- joshua 10:43 +. +And it came to pass, when Jabin king of Hazor had heard those things, that he sent to Jobab king of Madon, and to the king of Shimron, and to the king of Achshaph, -- joshua 11:1 +. +And to the kings that were on the north of the mountains, and of the plains south of Chinneroth, and in the valley, and in the borders of Dor on the west, -- joshua 11:2 +. +And to the Canaanite on the east and on the west, and to the Amorite, and the Hittite, and the Perizzite, and the Jebusite in the mountains, and to the Hivite under Hermon in the land of Mizpeh. -- joshua 11:3 +. +And they went out, they and all their hosts with them, much people, even as the sand that is upon the sea shore in multitude, with horses and chariots very many. -- joshua 11:4 +. +And when all these kings were met together, they came and pitched together at the waters of Merom, to fight against Israel. -- joshua 11:5 +. +And the LORD said unto Joshua, Be not afraid because of them: for to morrow about this time will I deliver them up all slain before Israel: thou shalt hough their horses, and burn their chariots with fire. -- joshua 11:6 +. +So Joshua came, and all the people of war with him, against them by the waters of Merom suddenly; and they fell upon them. -- joshua 11:7 +. +And the LORD delivered them into the hand of Israel, who smote them, and chased them unto great Zidon, and unto Misrephothmaim, and unto the valley of Mizpeh eastward; and they smote them, until they left them none remaining. -- joshua 11:8 +. +And Joshua did unto them as the LORD bade him: he houghed their horses, and burnt their chariots with fire. -- joshua 11:9 +. +And Joshua at that time turned back, and took Hazor, and smote the king thereof with the sword: for Hazor beforetime was the head of all those kingdoms. -- joshua 11:10 +. +And they smote all the souls that were therein with the edge of the sword, utterly destroying them: there was not any left to breathe: and he burnt Hazor with fire. -- joshua 11:11 +. +And all the cities of those kings, and all the kings of them, did Joshua take, and smote them with the edge of the sword, and he utterly destroyed them, as Moses the servant of the LORD commanded. -- joshua 11:12 +. +But as for the cities that stood still in their strength, Israel burned none of them, save Hazor only; that did Joshua burn. -- joshua 11:13 +. +And all the spoil of these cities, and the cattle, the children of Israel took for a prey unto themselves; but every man they smote with the edge of the sword, until they had destroyed them, neither left they any to breathe. -- joshua 11:14 +. +As the LORD commanded Moses his servant, so did Moses command Joshua, and so did Joshua; he left nothing undone of all that the LORD commanded Moses. -- joshua 11:15 +. +So Joshua took all that land, the hills, and all the south country, and all the land of Goshen, and the valley, and the plain, and the mountain of Israel, and the valley of the same; -- joshua 11:16 +. +Even from the mount Halak, that goeth up to Seir, even unto Baalgad in the valley of Lebanon under mount Hermon: and all their kings he took, and smote them, and slew them. -- joshua 11:17 +. +Joshua made war a long time with all those kings. -- joshua 11:18 +. +There was not a city that made peace with the children of Israel, save the Hivites the inhabitants of Gibeon: all other they took in battle. -- joshua 11:19 +. +For it was of the LORD to harden their hearts, that they should come against Israel in battle, that he might destroy them utterly, and that they might have no favor, but that he might destroy them, as the LORD commanded Moses. -- joshua 11:20 +. +And at that time came Joshua, and cut off the Anakims from the mountains, from Hebron, from Debir, from Anab, and from all the mountains of Judah, and from all the mountains of Israel: Joshua destroyed them utterly with their cities. -- joshua 11:21 +. +There was none of the Anakims left in the land of the children of Israel: only in Gaza, in Gath, and in Ashdod, there remained. -- joshua 11:22 +. +So Joshua took the whole land, according to all that the LORD said unto Moses; and Joshua gave it for an inheritance unto Israel according to their divisions by their tribes. And the land rested from war. -- joshua 11:23 +. +Now these are the kings of the land, which the children of Israel smote, and possessed their land on the other side Jordan toward the rising of the sun, from the river Arnon unto mount Hermon, and all the plain on the east: -- joshua 12:1 +. +Sihon king of the Amorites, who dwelt in Heshbon, and ruled from Aroer, which is upon the bank of the river Arnon, and from the middle of the river, and from half Gilead, even unto the river Jabbok, which is the border of the children of Ammon; -- joshua 12:2 +. +And from the plain to the sea of Chinneroth on the east, and unto the sea of the plain, even the salt sea on the east, the way to Bethjeshimoth; and from the south, under Ashdothpisgah: -- joshua 12:3 +. +And the coast of Og king of Bashan, which was of the remnant of the giants, that dwelt at Ashtaroth and at Edrei, -- joshua 12:4 +. +And reigned in mount Hermon, and in Salcah, and in all Bashan, unto the border of the Geshurites and the Maachathites, and half Gilead, the border of Sihon king of Heshbon. -- joshua 12:5 +. +Them did Moses the servant of the LORD and the children of Israel smite: and Moses the servant of the LORD gave it for a possession unto the Reubenites, and the Gadites, and the half tribe of Manasseh. -- joshua 12:6 +. +And these are the kings of the country which Joshua and the children of Israel smote on this side Jordan on the west, from Baalgad in the valley of Lebanon even unto the mount Halak, that goeth up to Seir; which Joshua gave unto the tribes of Israel for a possession according to their divisions; -- joshua 12:7 +. +In the mountains, and in the valleys, and in the plains, and in the springs, and in the wilderness, and in the south country; the Hittites, the Amorites, and the Canaanites, the Perizzites, the Hivites, and the Jebusites: -- joshua 12:8 +. +The king of Jericho, one; the king of Ai, which is beside Bethel, one; -- joshua 12:9 +. +The king of Jerusalem, one; the king of Hebron, one; -- joshua 12:10 +. +The king of Jarmuth, one; the king of Lachish, one; -- joshua 12:11 +. +The king of Eglon, one; the king of Gezer, one; -- joshua 12:12 +. +The king of Debir, one; the king of Geder, one; -- joshua 12:13 +. +The king of Hormah, one; the king of Arad, one; -- joshua 12:14 +. +The king of Libnah, one; the king of Adullam, one; -- joshua 12:15 +. +The king of Makkedah, one; the king of Bethel, one; -- joshua 12:16 +. +The king of Tappuah, one; the king of Hepher, one; -- joshua 12:17 +. +The king of Aphek, one; the king of Lasharon, one; -- joshua 12:18 +. +The king of Madon, one; the king of Hazor, one; -- joshua 12:19 +. +The king of Shimronmeron, one; the king of Achshaph, one; -- joshua 12:20 +. +The king of Taanach, one; the king of Megiddo, one; -- joshua 12:21 +. +The king of Kedesh, one; the king of Jokneam of Carmel, one; -- joshua 12:22 +. +The king of Dor in the coast of Dor, one; the king of the nations of Gilgal, one; -- joshua 12:23 +. +The king of Tirzah, one: all the kings thirty and one. -- joshua 12:24 +. +Now Joshua was old and stricken in years; and the LORD said unto him, Thou art old and stricken in years, and there remaineth yet very much land to be possessed. -- joshua 13:1 +. +This is the land that yet remaineth: all the borders of the Philistines, and all Geshuri, -- joshua 13:2 +. +From Sihor, which is before Egypt, even unto the borders of Ekron northward, which is counted to the Canaanite: five lords of the Philistines; the Gazathites, and the Ashdothites, the Eshkalonites, the Gittites, and the Ekronites; also the Avites: -- joshua 13:3 +. +From the south, all the land of the Canaanites, and Mearah that is beside the Sidonians unto Aphek, to the borders of the Amorites: -- joshua 13:4 +. +And the land of the Giblites, and all Lebanon, toward the sunrising, from Baalgad under mount Hermon unto the entering into Hamath. -- joshua 13:5 +. +All the inhabitants of the hill country from Lebanon unto Misrephothmaim, and all the Sidonians, them will I drive out from before the children of Israel: only divide thou it by lot unto the Israelites for an inheritance, as I have commanded thee. -- joshua 13:6 +. +Now therefore divide this land for an inheritance unto the nine tribes, and the half tribe of Manasseh, -- joshua 13:7 +. +With whom the Reubenites and the Gadites have received their inheritance, which Moses gave them, beyond Jordan eastward, even as Moses the servant of the LORD gave them; -- joshua 13:8 +. +From Aroer, that is upon the bank of the river Arnon, and the city that is in the midst of the river, and all the plain of Medeba unto Dibon; -- joshua 13:9 +. +And all the cities of Sihon king of the Amorites, which reigned in Heshbon, unto the border of the children of Ammon; -- joshua 13:10 +. +And Gilead, and the border of the Geshurites and Maachathites, and all mount Hermon, and all Bashan unto Salcah; -- joshua 13:11 +. +All the kingdom of Og in Bashan, which reigned in Ashtaroth and in Edrei, who remained of the remnant of the giants: for these did Moses smite, and cast them out. -- joshua 13:12 +. +Nevertheless the children of Israel expelled not the Geshurites, nor the Maachathites: but the Geshurites and the Maachathites dwell among the Israelites until this day. -- joshua 13:13 +. +Only unto the tribes of Levi he gave none inheritance; the sacrifices of the LORD God of Israel made by fire are their inheritance, as he said unto them. -- joshua 13:14 +. +And Moses gave unto the tribe of the children of Reuben inheritance according to their families. -- joshua 13:15 +. +And their coast was from Aroer, that is on the bank of the river Arnon, and the city that is in the midst of the river, and all the plain by Medeba; -- joshua 13:16 +. +Heshbon, and all her cities that are in the plain; Dibon, and Bamothbaal, and Bethbaalmeon, -- joshua 13:17 +. +And Jahaza, and Kedemoth, and Mephaath, -- joshua 13:18 +. +And Kirjathaim, and Sibmah, and Zarethshahar in the mount of the valley, -- joshua 13:19 +. +And Bethpeor, and Ashdothpisgah, and Bethjeshimoth, -- joshua 13:20 +. +And all the cities of the plain, and all the kingdom of Sihon king of the Amorites, which reigned in Heshbon, whom Moses smote with the princes of Midian, Evi, and Rekem, and Zur, and Hur, and Reba, which were dukes of Sihon, dwelling in the country. -- joshua 13:21 +. +Balaam also the son of Beor, the soothsayer, did the children of Israel slay with the sword among them that were slain by them. -- joshua 13:22 +. +And the border of the children of Reuben was Jordan, and the border thereof. This was the inheritance of the children of Reuben after their families, the cities and the villages thereof. -- joshua 13:23 +. +And Moses gave inheritance unto the tribe of Gad, even unto the children of Gad according to their families. -- joshua 13:24 +. +And their coast was Jazer, and all the cities of Gilead, and half the land of the children of Ammon, unto Aroer that is before Rabbah; -- joshua 13:25 +. +And from Heshbon unto Ramathmizpeh, and Betonim; and from Mahanaim unto the border of Debir; -- joshua 13:26 +. +And in the valley, Betharam, and Bethnimrah, and Succoth, and Zaphon, the rest of the kingdom of Sihon king of Heshbon, Jordan and his border, even unto the edge of the sea of Chinnereth on the other side Jordan eastward. -- joshua 13:27 +. +This is the inheritance of the children of Gad after their families, the cities, and their villages. -- joshua 13:28 +. +And Moses gave inheritance unto the half tribe of Manasseh: and this was the possession of the half tribe of the children of Manasseh by their families. -- joshua 13:29 +. +And their coast was from Mahanaim, all Bashan, all the kingdom of Og king of Bashan, and all the towns of Jair, which are in Bashan, threescore cities: -- joshua 13:30 +. +And half Gilead, and Ashtaroth, and Edrei, cities of the kingdom of Og in Bashan, were pertaining unto the children of Machir the son of Manasseh, even to the one half of the children of Machir by their families. -- joshua 13:31 +. +These are the countries which Moses did distribute for inheritance in the plains of Moab, on the other side Jordan, by Jericho, eastward. -- joshua 13:32 +. +But unto the tribe of Levi Moses gave not any inheritance: the LORD God of Israel was their inheritance, as he said unto them. -- joshua 13:33 +. +And these are the countries which the children of Israel inherited in the land of Canaan, which Eleazar the priest, and Joshua the son of Nun, and the heads of the fathers of the tribes of the children of Israel, distributed for inheritance to them. -- joshua 14:1 +. +By lot was their inheritance, as the LORD commanded by the hand of Moses, for the nine tribes, and for the half tribe. -- joshua 14:2 +. +For Moses had given the inheritance of two tribes and an half tribe on the other side Jordan: but unto the Levites he gave none inheritance among them. -- joshua 14:3 +. +For the children of Joseph were two tribes, Manasseh and Ephraim: therefore they gave no part unto the Levites in the land, save cities to dwell in, with their suburbs for their cattle and for their substance. -- joshua 14:4 +. +As the LORD commanded Moses, so the children of Israel did, and they divided the land. -- joshua 14:5 +. +Then the children of Judah came unto Joshua in Gilgal: and Caleb the son of Jephunneh the Kenezite said unto him, Thou knowest the thing that the LORD said unto Moses the man of God concerning me and thee in Kadeshbarnea. -- joshua 14:6 +. +Forty years old was I when Moses the servant of the LORD sent me from Kadeshbarnea to espy out the land; and I brought him word again as it was in mine heart. -- joshua 14:7 +. +Nevertheless my brethren that went up with me made the heart of the people melt: but I wholly followed the LORD my God. -- joshua 14:8 +. +And Moses sware on that day, saying, Surely the land whereon thy feet have trodden shall be thine inheritance, and thy children's for ever, because thou hast wholly followed the LORD my God. -- joshua 14:9 +. +And now, behold, the LORD hath kept me alive, as he said, these forty and five years, even since the LORD spake this word unto Moses, while the children of Israel wandered in the wilderness: and now, lo, I am this day fourscore and five years old. -- joshua 14:10 +. +As yet I am as strong this day as I was in the day that Moses sent me: as my strength was then, even so is my strength now, for war, both to go out, and to come in. -- joshua 14:11 +. +Now therefore give me this mountain, whereof the LORD spake in that day; for thou heardest in that day how the Anakims were there, and that the cities were great and fenced: if so be the LORD will be with me, then I shall be able to drive them out, as the LORD said. -- joshua 14:12 +. +And Joshua blessed him, and gave unto Caleb the son of Jephunneh Hebron for an inheritance. -- joshua 14:13 +. +Hebron therefore became the inheritance of Caleb the son of Jephunneh the Kenezite unto this day, because that he wholly followed the LORD God of Israel. -- joshua 14:14 +. +And the name of Hebron before was Kirjatharba; which Arba was a great man among the Anakims. And the land had rest from war. -- joshua 14:15 +. +This then was the lot of the tribe of the children of Judah by their families; even to the border of Edom the wilderness of Zin southward was the uttermost part of the south coast. -- joshua 15:1 +. +And their south border was from the shore of the salt sea, from the bay that looketh southward: -- joshua 15:2 +. +And it went out to the south side to Maalehacrabbim, and passed along to Zin, and ascended up on the south side unto Kadeshbarnea, and passed along to Hezron, and went up to Adar, and fetched a compass to Karkaa: -- joshua 15:3 +. +From thence it passed toward Azmon, and went out unto the river of Egypt; and the goings out of that coast were at the sea: this shall be your south coast. -- joshua 15:4 +. +And the east border was the salt sea, even unto the end of Jordan. And their border in the north quarter was from the bay of the sea at the uttermost part of Jordan: -- joshua 15:5 +. +And the border went up to Bethhogla, and passed along by the north of Betharabah; and the border went up to the stone of Bohan the son of Reuben: -- joshua 15:6 +. +And the border went up toward Debir from the valley of Achor, and so northward, looking toward Gilgal, that is before the going up to Adummim, which is on the south side of the river: and the border passed toward the waters of Enshemesh, and the goings out thereof were at Enrogel: -- joshua 15:7 +. +And the border went up by the valley of the son of Hinnom unto the south side of the Jebusite; the same is Jerusalem: and the border went up to the top of the mountain that lieth before the valley of Hinnom westward, which is at the end of the valley of the giants northward: -- joshua 15:8 +. +And the border was drawn from the top of the hill unto the fountain of the water of Nephtoah, and went out to the cities of mount Ephron; and the border was drawn to Baalah, which is Kirjathjearim: -- joshua 15:9 +. +And the border compassed from Baalah westward unto mount Seir, and passed along unto the side of mount Jearim, which is Chesalon, on the north side, and went down to Bethshemesh, and passed on to Timnah: -- joshua 15:10 +. +And the border went out unto the side of Ekron northward: and the border was drawn to Shicron, and passed along to mount Baalah, and went out unto Jabneel; and the goings out of the border were at the sea. -- joshua 15:11 +. +And the west border was to the great sea, and the coast thereof. This is the coast of the children of Judah round about according to their families. -- joshua 15:12 +. +And unto Caleb the son of Jephunneh he gave a part among the children of Judah, according to the commandment of the LORD to Joshua, even the city of Arba the father of Anak, which city is Hebron. -- joshua 15:13 +. +And Caleb drove thence the three sons of Anak, Sheshai, and Ahiman, and Talmai, the children of Anak. -- joshua 15:14 +. +And he went up thence to the inhabitants of Debir: and the name of Debir before was Kirjathsepher. -- joshua 15:15 +. +And Caleb said, He that smiteth Kirjathsepher, and taketh it, to him will I give Achsah my daughter to wife. -- joshua 15:16 +. +And Othniel the son of Kenaz, the brother of Caleb, took it: and he gave him Achsah his daughter to wife. -- joshua 15:17 +. +And it came to pass, as she came unto him, that she moved him to ask of her father a field: and she lighted off her ass; and Caleb said unto her, What wouldest thou? -- joshua 15:18 +. +Who answered, Give me a blessing; for thou hast given me a south land; give me also springs of water. And he gave her the upper springs, and the nether springs. -- joshua 15:19 +. +This is the inheritance of the tribe of the children of Judah according to their families. -- joshua 15:20 +. +And the uttermost cities of the tribe of the children of Judah toward the coast of Edom southward were Kabzeel, and Eder, and Jagur, -- joshua 15:21 +. +And Kinah, and Dimonah, and Adadah, -- joshua 15:22 +. +And Kedesh, and Hazor, and Ithnan, -- joshua 15:23 +. +Ziph, and Telem, and Bealoth, -- joshua 15:24 +. +And Hazor, Hadattah, and Kerioth, and Hezron, which is Hazor, -- joshua 15:25 +. +Amam, and Shema, and Moladah, -- joshua 15:26 +. +And Hazargaddah, and Heshmon, and Bethpalet, -- joshua 15:27 +. +And Hazarshual, and Beersheba, and Bizjothjah, -- joshua 15:28 +. +Baalah, and Iim, and Azem, -- joshua 15:29 +. +And Eltolad, and Chesil, and Hormah, -- joshua 15:30 +. +And Ziklag, and Madmannah, and Sansannah, -- joshua 15:31 +. +And Lebaoth, and Shilhim, and Ain, and Rimmon: all the cities are twenty and nine, with their villages: -- joshua 15:32 +. +And in the valley, Eshtaol, and Zoreah, and Ashnah, -- joshua 15:33 +. +And Zanoah, and Engannim, Tappuah, and Enam, -- joshua 15:34 +. +Jarmuth, and Adullam, Socoh, and Azekah, -- joshua 15:35 +. +And Sharaim, and Adithaim, and Gederah, and Gederothaim; fourteen cities with their villages: -- joshua 15:36 +. +Zenan, and Hadashah, and Migdalgad, -- joshua 15:37 +. +And Dilean, and Mizpeh, and Joktheel, -- joshua 15:38 +. +Lachish, and Bozkath, and Eglon, -- joshua 15:39 +. +And Cabbon, and Lahmam, and Kithlish, -- joshua 15:40 +. +And Gederoth, Bethdagon, and Naamah, and Makkedah; sixteen cities with their villages: -- joshua 15:41 +. +Libnah, and Ether, and Ashan, -- joshua 15:42 +. +And Jiphtah, and Ashnah, and Nezib, -- joshua 15:43 +. +And Keilah, and Achzib, and Mareshah; nine cities with their villages: -- joshua 15:44 +. +Ekron, with her towns and her villages: -- joshua 15:45 +. +From Ekron even unto the sea, all that lay near Ashdod, with their villages: -- joshua 15:46 +. +Ashdod with her towns and her villages, Gaza with her towns and her villages, unto the river of Egypt, and the great sea, and the border thereof: -- joshua 15:47 +. +And in the mountains, Shamir, and Jattir, and Socoh, -- joshua 15:48 +. +And Dannah, and Kirjathsannah, which is Debir, -- joshua 15:49 +. +And Anab, and Eshtemoh, and Anim, -- joshua 15:50 +. +And Goshen, and Holon, and Giloh; eleven cities with their villages: -- joshua 15:51 +. +Arab, and Dumah, and Eshean, -- joshua 15:52 +. +And Janum, and Bethtappuah, and Aphekah, -- joshua 15:53 +. +And Humtah, and Kirjatharba, which is Hebron, and Zior; nine cities with their villages: -- joshua 15:54 +. +Maon, Carmel, and Ziph, and Juttah, -- joshua 15:55 +. +And Jezreel, and Jokdeam, and Zanoah, -- joshua 15:56 +. +Cain, Gibeah, and Timnah; ten cities with their villages: -- joshua 15:57 +. +Halhul, Bethzur, and Gedor, -- joshua 15:58 +. +And Maarath, and Bethanoth, and Eltekon; six cities with their villages: -- joshua 15:59 +. +Kirjathbaal, which is Kirjathjearim, and Rabbah; two cities with their villages: -- joshua 15:60 +. +In the wilderness, Betharabah, Middin, and Secacah, -- joshua 15:61 +. +And Nibshan, and the city of Salt, and Engedi; six cities with their villages. -- joshua 15:62 +. +As for the Jebusites the inhabitants of Jerusalem, the children of Judah could not drive them out; but the Jebusites dwell with the children of Judah at Jerusalem unto this day. -- joshua 15:63 +. +And the lot of the children of Joseph fell from Jordan by Jericho, unto the water of Jericho on the east, to the wilderness that goeth up from Jericho throughout mount Bethel, -- joshua 16:1 +. +And goeth out from Bethel to Luz, and passeth along unto the borders of Archi to Ataroth, -- joshua 16:2 +. +And goeth down westward to the coast of Japhleti, unto the coast of Bethhoron the nether, and to Gezer; and the goings out thereof are at the sea. -- joshua 16:3 +. +So the children of Joseph, Manasseh and Ephraim, took their inheritance. -- joshua 16:4 +. +And the border of the children of Ephraim according to their families was thus: even the border of their inheritance on the east side was Atarothaddar, unto Bethhoron the upper; -- joshua 16:5 +. +And the border went out toward the sea to Michmethah on the north side; and the border went about eastward unto Taanathshiloh, and passed by it on the east to Janohah; -- joshua 16:6 +. +And it went down from Janohah to Ataroth, and to Naarath, and came to Jericho, and went out at Jordan. -- joshua 16:7 +. +The border went out from Tappuah westward unto the river Kanah; and the goings out thereof were at the sea. This is the inheritance of the tribe of the children of Ephraim by their families. -- joshua 16:8 +. +And the separate cities for the children of Ephraim were among the inheritance of the children of Manasseh, all the cities with their villages. -- joshua 16:9 +. +And they drave not out the Canaanites that dwelt in Gezer: but the Canaanites dwell among the Ephraimites unto this day, and serve under tribute. -- joshua 16:10 +. +There was also a lot for the tribe of Manasseh; for he was the firstborn of Joseph; to wit, for Machir the firstborn of Manasseh, the father of Gilead: because he was a man of war, therefore he had Gilead and Bashan. -- joshua 17:1 +. +There was also a lot for the rest of the children of Manasseh by their families; for the children of Abiezer, and for the children of Helek, and for the children of Asriel, and for the children of Shechem, and for the children of Hepher, and for the children of Shemida: these were the male children of Manasseh the son of Joseph by their families. -- joshua 17:2 +. +But Zelophehad, the son of Hepher, the son of Gilead, the son of Machir, the son of Manasseh, had no sons, but daughters: and these are the names of his daughters, Mahlah, and Noah, Hoglah, Milcah, and Tirzah. -- joshua 17:3 +. +And they came near before Eleazar the priest, and before Joshua the son of Nun, and before the princes, saying, The LORD commanded Moses to give us an inheritance among our brethren. Therefore according to the commandment of the LORD he gave them an inheritance among the brethren of their father. -- joshua 17:4 +. +And there fell ten portions to Manasseh, beside the land of Gilead and Bashan, which were on the other side Jordan; -- joshua 17:5 +. +Because the daughters of Manasseh had an inheritance among his sons: and the rest of Manasseh's sons had the land of Gilead. -- joshua 17:6 +. +And the coast of Manasseh was from Asher to Michmethah, that lieth before Shechem; and the border went along on the right hand unto the inhabitants of Entappuah. -- joshua 17:7 +. +Now Manasseh had the land of Tappuah: but Tappuah on the border of Manasseh belonged to the children of Ephraim; -- joshua 17:8 +. +And the coast descended unto the river Kanah, southward of the river: these cities of Ephraim are among the cities of Manasseh: the coast of Manasseh also was on the north side of the river, and the outgoings of it were at the sea: -- joshua 17:9 +. +Southward it was Ephraim's, and northward it was Manasseh's, and the sea is his border; and they met together in Asher on the north, and in Issachar on the east. -- joshua 17:10 +. +And Manasseh had in Issachar and in Asher Bethshean and her towns, and Ibleam and her towns, and the inhabitants of Dor and her towns, and the inhabitants of Endor and her towns, and the inhabitants of Taanach and her towns, and the inhabitants of Megiddo and her towns, even three countries. -- joshua 17:11 +. +Yet the children of Manasseh could not drive out the inhabitants of those cities; but the Canaanites would dwell in that land. -- joshua 17:12 +. +Yet it came to pass, when the children of Israel were waxen strong, that they put the Canaanites to tribute, but did not utterly drive them out. -- joshua 17:13 +. +And the children of Joseph spake unto Joshua, saying, Why hast thou given me but one lot and one portion to inherit, seeing I am a great people, forasmuch as the LORD hath blessed me hitherto? -- joshua 17:14 +. +And Joshua answered them, If thou be a great people, then get thee up to the wood country, and cut down for thyself there in the land of the Perizzites and of the giants, if mount Ephraim be too narrow for thee. -- joshua 17:15 +. +And the children of Joseph said, The hill is not enough for us: and all the Canaanites that dwell in the land of the valley have chariots of iron, both they who are of Bethshean and her towns, and they who are of the valley of Jezreel. -- joshua 17:16 +. +And Joshua spake unto the house of Joseph, even to Ephraim and to Manasseh, saying, Thou art a great people, and hast great power: thou shalt not have one lot only: -- joshua 17:17 +. +But the mountain shall be thine; for it is a wood, and thou shalt cut it down: and the outgoings of it shall be thine: for thou shalt drive out the Canaanites, though they have iron chariots, and though they be strong. -- joshua 17:18 +. +And the whole congregation of the children of Israel assembled together at Shiloh, and set up the tabernacle of the congregation there. And the land was subdued before them. -- joshua 18:1 +. +And there remained among the children of Israel seven tribes, which had not yet received their inheritance. -- joshua 18:2 +. +And Joshua said unto the children of Israel, How long are ye slack to go to possess the land, which the LORD God of your fathers hath given you? -- joshua 18:3 +. +Give out from among you three men for each tribe: and I will send them, and they shall rise, and go through the land, and describe it according to the inheritance of them; and they shall come again to me. -- joshua 18:4 +. +And they shall divide it into seven parts: Judah shall abide in their coast on the south, and the house of Joseph shall abide in their coasts on the north. -- joshua 18:5 +. +Ye shall therefore describe the land into seven parts, and bring the description hither to me, that I may cast lots for you here before the LORD our God. -- joshua 18:6 +. +But the Levites have no part among you; for the priesthood of the LORD is their inheritance: and Gad, and Reuben, and half the tribe of Manasseh, have received their inheritance beyond Jordan on the east, which Moses the servant of the LORD gave them. -- joshua 18:7 +. +And the men arose, and went away: and Joshua charged them that went to describe the land, saying, Go and walk through the land, and describe it, and come again to me, that I may here cast lots for you before the LORD in Shiloh. -- joshua 18:8 +. +And the men went and passed through the land, and described it by cities into seven parts in a book, and came again to Joshua to the host at Shiloh. -- joshua 18:9 +. +And Joshua cast lots for them in Shiloh before the LORD: and there Joshua divided the land unto the children of Israel according to their divisions. -- joshua 18:10 +. +And the lot of the tribe of the children of Benjamin came up according to their families: and the coast of their lot came forth between the children of Judah and the children of Joseph. -- joshua 18:11 +. +And their border on the north side was from Jordan; and the border went up to the side of Jericho on the north side, and went up through the mountains westward; and the goings out thereof were at the wilderness of Bethaven. -- joshua 18:12 +. +And the border went over from thence toward Luz, to the side of Luz, which is Bethel, southward; and the border descended to Atarothadar, near the hill that lieth on the south side of the nether Bethhoron. -- joshua 18:13 +. +And the border was drawn thence, and compassed the corner of the sea southward, from the hill that lieth before Bethhoron southward; and the goings out thereof were at Kirjathbaal, which is Kirjathjearim, a city of the children of Judah: this was the west quarter. -- joshua 18:14 +. +And the south quarter was from the end of Kirjathjearim, and the border went out on the west, and went out to the well of waters of Nephtoah: -- joshua 18:15 +. +And the border came down to the end of the mountain that lieth before the valley of the son of Hinnom, and which is in the valley of the giants on the north, and descended to the valley of Hinnom, to the side of Jebusi on the south, and descended to Enrogel, -- joshua 18:16 +. +And was drawn from the north, and went forth to Enshemesh, and went forth toward Geliloth, which is over against the going up of Adummim, and descended to the stone of Bohan the son of Reuben, -- joshua 18:17 +. +And passed along toward the side over against Arabah northward, and went down unto Arabah: -- joshua 18:18 +. +And the border passed along to the side of Bethhoglah northward: and the outgoings of the border were at the north bay of the salt sea at the south end of Jordan: this was the south coast. -- joshua 18:19 +. +And Jordan was the border of it on the east side. This was the inheritance of the children of Benjamin, by the coasts thereof round about, according to their families. -- joshua 18:20 +. +Now the cities of the tribe of the children of Benjamin according to their families were Jericho, and Bethhoglah, and the valley of Keziz, -- joshua 18:21 +. +And Betharabah, and Zemaraim, and Bethel, -- joshua 18:22 +. +And Avim, and Pharah, and Ophrah, -- joshua 18:23 +. +And Chepharhaammonai, and Ophni, and Gaba; twelve cities with their villages: -- joshua 18:24 +. +Gibeon, and Ramah, and Beeroth, -- joshua 18:25 +. +And Mizpeh, and Chephirah, and Mozah, -- joshua 18:26 +. +And Rekem, and Irpeel, and Taralah, -- joshua 18:27 +. +And Zelah, Eleph, and Jebusi, which is Jerusalem, Gibeath, and Kirjath; fourteen cities with their villages. This is the inheritance of the children of Benjamin according to their families. -- joshua 18:28 +. +And the second lot came forth to Simeon, even for the tribe of the children of Simeon according to their families: and their inheritance was within the inheritance of the children of Judah. -- joshua 19:1 +. +And they had in their inheritance Beersheba, and Sheba, and Moladah, -- joshua 19:2 +. +And Hazarshual, and Balah, and Azem, -- joshua 19:3 +. +And Eltolad, and Bethul, and Hormah, -- joshua 19:4 +. +And Ziklag, and Bethmarcaboth, and Hazarsusah, -- joshua 19:5 +. +And Bethlebaoth, and Sharuhen; thirteen cities and their villages: -- joshua 19:6 +. +Ain, Remmon, and Ether, and Ashan; four cities and their villages: -- joshua 19:7 +. +And all the villages that were round about these cities to Baalathbeer, Ramath of the south. This is the inheritance of the tribe of the children of Simeon according to their families. -- joshua 19:8 +. +Out of the portion of the children of Judah was the inheritance of the children of Simeon: for the part of the children of Judah was too much for them: therefore the children of Simeon had their inheritance within the inheritance of them. -- joshua 19:9 +. +And the third lot came up for the children of Zebulun according to their families: and the border of their inheritance was unto Sarid: -- joshua 19:10 +. +And their border went up toward the sea, and Maralah, and reached to Dabbasheth, and reached to the river that is before Jokneam; -- joshua 19:11 +. +And turned from Sarid eastward toward the sunrising unto the border of Chislothtabor, and then goeth out to Daberath, and goeth up to Japhia, -- joshua 19:12 +. +And from thence passeth on along on the east to Gittahhepher, to Ittahkazin, and goeth out to Remmonmethoar to Neah; -- joshua 19:13 +. +And the border compasseth it on the north side to Hannathon: and the outgoings thereof are in the valley of Jiphthahel: -- joshua 19:14 +. +And Kattath, and Nahallal, and Shimron, and Idalah, and Bethlehem: twelve cities with their villages. -- joshua 19:15 +. +This is the inheritance of the children of Zebulun according to their families, these cities with their villages. -- joshua 19:16 +. +And the fourth lot came out to Issachar, for the children of Issachar according to their families. -- joshua 19:17 +. +And their border was toward Jezreel, and Chesulloth, and Shunem, -- joshua 19:18 +. +And Haphraim, and Shihon, and Anaharath, -- joshua 19:19 +. +And Rabbith, and Kishion, and Abez, -- joshua 19:20 +. +And Remeth, and Engannim, and Enhaddah, and Bethpazzez; -- joshua 19:21 +. +And the coast reacheth to Tabor, and Shahazimah, and Bethshemesh; and the outgoings of their border were at Jordan: sixteen cities with their villages. -- joshua 19:22 +. +This is the inheritance of the tribe of the children of Issachar according to their families, the cities and their villages. -- joshua 19:23 +. +And the fifth lot came out for the tribe of the children of Asher according to their families. -- joshua 19:24 +. +And their border was Helkath, and Hali, and Beten, and Achshaph, -- joshua 19:25 +. +And Alammelech, and Amad, and Misheal; and reacheth to Carmel westward, and to Shihorlibnath; -- joshua 19:26 +. +And turneth toward the sunrising to Bethdagon, and reacheth to Zebulun, and to the valley of Jiphthahel toward the north side of Bethemek, and Neiel, and goeth out to Cabul on the left hand, -- joshua 19:27 +. +And Hebron, and Rehob, and Hammon, and Kanah, even unto great Zidon; -- joshua 19:28 +. +And then the coast turneth to Ramah, and to the strong city Tyre; and the coast turneth to Hosah; and the outgoings thereof are at the sea from the coast to Achzib: -- joshua 19:29 +. +Ummah also, and Aphek, and Rehob: twenty and two cities with their villages. -- joshua 19:30 +. +This is the inheritance of the tribe of the children of Asher according to their families, these cities with their villages. -- joshua 19:31 +. +The sixth lot came out to the children of Naphtali, even for the children of Naphtali according to their families. -- joshua 19:32 +. +And their coast was from Heleph, from Allon to Zaanannim, and Adami, Nekeb, and Jabneel, unto Lakum; and the outgoings thereof were at Jordan: -- joshua 19:33 +. +And then the coast turneth westward to Aznothtabor, and goeth out from thence to Hukkok, and reacheth to Zebulun on the south side, and reacheth to Asher on the west side, and to Judah upon Jordan toward the sunrising. -- joshua 19:34 +. +And the fenced cities are Ziddim, Zer, and Hammath, Rakkath, and Chinnereth, -- joshua 19:35 +. +And Adamah, and Ramah, and Hazor, -- joshua 19:36 +. +And Kedesh, and Edrei, and Enhazor, -- joshua 19:37 +. +And Iron, and Migdalel, Horem, and Bethanath, and Bethshemesh; nineteen cities with their villages. -- joshua 19:38 +. +This is the inheritance of the tribe of the children of Naphtali according to their families, the cities and their villages. -- joshua 19:39 +. +And the seventh lot came out for the tribe of the children of Dan according to their families. -- joshua 19:40 +. +And the coast of their inheritance was Zorah, and Eshtaol, and Irshemesh, -- joshua 19:41 +. +And Shaalabbin, and Ajalon, and Jethlah, -- joshua 19:42 +. +And Elon, and Thimnathah, and Ekron, -- joshua 19:43 +. +And Eltekeh, and Gibbethon, and Baalath, -- joshua 19:44 +. +And Jehud, and Beneberak, and Gathrimmon, -- joshua 19:45 +. +And Mejarkon, and Rakkon, with the border before Japho. -- joshua 19:46 +. +And the coast of the children of Dan went out too little for them: therefore the children of Dan went up to fight against Leshem, and took it, and smote it with the edge of the sword, and possessed it, and dwelt therein, and called Leshem, Dan, after the name of Dan their father. -- joshua 19:47 +. +This is the inheritance of the tribe of the children of Dan according to their families, these cities with their villages. -- joshua 19:48 +. +When they had made an end of dividing the land for inheritance by their coasts, the children of Israel gave an inheritance to Joshua the son of Nun among them: -- joshua 19:49 +. +According to the word of the LORD they gave him the city which he asked, even Timnathserah in mount Ephraim: and he built the city, and dwelt therein. -- joshua 19:50 +. +These are the inheritances, which Eleazar the priest, and Joshua the son of Nun, and the heads of the fathers of the tribes of the children of Israel, divided for an inheritance by lot in Shiloh before the LORD, at the door of the tabernacle of the congregation. So they made an end of dividing the country. -- joshua 19:51 +. +The LORD also spake unto Joshua, saying, -- joshua 20:1 +. +Speak to the children of Israel, saying, Appoint out for you cities of refuge, whereof I spake unto you by the hand of Moses: -- joshua 20:2 +. +That the slayer that killeth any person unawares and unwittingly may flee thither: and they shall be your refuge from the avenger of blood. -- joshua 20:3 +. +And when he that doth flee unto one of those cities shall stand at the entering of the gate of the city, and shall declare his cause in the ears of the elders of that city, they shall take him into the city unto them, and give him a place, that he may dwell among them. -- joshua 20:4 +. +And if the avenger of blood pursue after him, then they shall not deliver the slayer up into his hand; because he smote his neighbor unwittingly, and hated him not beforetime. -- joshua 20:5 +. +And he shall dwell in that city, until he stand before the congregation for judgment, and until the death of the high priest that shall be in those days: then shall the slayer return, and come unto his own city, and unto his own house, unto the city from whence he fled. -- joshua 20:6 +. +And they appointed Kedesh in Galilee in mount Naphtali, and Shechem in mount Ephraim, and Kirjatharba, which is Hebron, in the mountain of Judah. -- joshua 20:7 +. +And on the other side Jordan by Jericho eastward, they assigned Bezer in the wilderness upon the plain out of the tribe of Reuben, and Ramoth in Gilead out of the tribe of Gad, and Golan in Bashan out of the tribe of Manasseh. -- joshua 20:8 +. +These were the cities appointed for all the children of Israel, and for the stranger that sojourneth among them, that whosoever killeth any person at unawares might flee thither, and not die by the hand of the avenger of blood, until he stood before the congregation. -- joshua 20:9 +. +Then came near the heads of the fathers of the Levites unto Eleazar the priest, and unto Joshua the son of Nun, and unto the heads of the fathers of the tribes of the children of Israel; -- joshua 21:1 +. +And they spake unto them at Shiloh in the land of Canaan, saying, The LORD commanded by the hand of Moses to give us cities to dwell in, with the suburbs thereof for our cattle. -- joshua 21:2 +. +And the children of Israel gave unto the Levites out of their inheritance, at the commandment of the LORD, these cities and their suburbs. -- joshua 21:3 +. +And the lot came out for the families of the Kohathites: and the children of Aaron the priest, which were of the Levites, had by lot out of the tribe of Judah, and out of the tribe of Simeon, and out of the tribe of Benjamin, thirteen cities. -- joshua 21:4 +. +And the rest of the children of Kohath had by lot out of the families of the tribe of Ephraim, and out of the tribe of Dan, and out of the half tribe of Manasseh, ten cities. -- joshua 21:5 +. +And the children of Gershon had by lot out of the families of the tribe of Issachar, and out of the tribe of Asher, and out of the tribe of Naphtali, and out of the half tribe of Manasseh in Bashan, thirteen cities. -- joshua 21:6 +. +The children of Merari by their families had out of the tribe of Reuben, and out of the tribe of Gad, and out of the tribe of Zebulun, twelve cities. -- joshua 21:7 +. +And the children of Israel gave by lot unto the Levites these cities with their suburbs, as the LORD commanded by the hand of Moses. -- joshua 21:8 +. +And they gave out of the tribe of the children of Judah, and out of the tribe of the children of Simeon, these cities which are here mentioned by name. -- joshua 21:9 +. +Which the children of Aaron, being of the families of the Kohathites, who were of the children of Levi, had: for theirs was the first lot. -- joshua 21:10 +. +And they gave them the city of Arba the father of Anak, which city is Hebron, in the hill country of Judah, with the suburbs thereof round about it. -- joshua 21:11 +. +But the fields of the city, and the villages thereof, gave they to Caleb the son of Jephunneh for his possession. -- joshua 21:12 +. +Thus they gave to the children of Aaron the priest Hebron with her suburbs, to be a city of refuge for the slayer; and Libnah with her suburbs, -- joshua 21:13 +. +And Jattir with her suburbs, and Eshtemoa with her suburbs, -- joshua 21:14 +. +And Holon with her suburbs, and Debir with her suburbs, -- joshua 21:15 +. +And Ain with her suburbs, and Juttah with her suburbs, and Bethshemesh with her suburbs; nine cities out of those two tribes. -- joshua 21:16 +. +And out of the tribe of Benjamin, Gibeon with her suburbs, Geba with her suburbs, -- joshua 21:17 +. +Anathoth with her suburbs, and Almon with her suburbs; four cities. -- joshua 21:18 +. +All the cities of the children of Aaron, the priests, were thirteen cities with their suburbs. -- joshua 21:19 +. +And the families of the children of Kohath, the Levites which remained of the children of Kohath, even they had the cities of their lot out of the tribe of Ephraim. -- joshua 21:20 +. +For they gave them Shechem with her suburbs in mount Ephraim, to be a city of refuge for the slayer; and Gezer with her suburbs, -- joshua 21:21 +. +And Kibzaim with her suburbs, and Bethhoron with her suburbs; four cities. -- joshua 21:22 +. +And out of the tribe of Dan, Eltekeh with her suburbs, Gibbethon with her suburbs, -- joshua 21:23 +. +Aijalon with her suburbs, Gathrimmon with her suburbs; four cities. -- joshua 21:24 +. +And out of the half tribe of Manasseh, Tanach with her suburbs, and Gathrimmon with her suburbs; two cities. -- joshua 21:25 +. +All the cities were ten with their suburbs for the families of the children of Kohath that remained. -- joshua 21:26 +. +And unto the children of Gershon, of the families of the Levites, out of the other half tribe of Manasseh they gave Golan in Bashan with her suburbs, to be a city of refuge for the slayer; and Beeshterah with her suburbs; two cities. -- joshua 21:27 +. +And out of the tribe of Issachar, Kishon with her suburbs, Dabareh with her suburbs, -- joshua 21:28 +. +Jarmuth with her suburbs, Engannim with her suburbs; four cities. -- joshua 21:29 +. +And out of the tribe of Asher, Mishal with her suburbs, Abdon with her suburbs, -- joshua 21:30 +. +Helkath with her suburbs, and Rehob with her suburbs; four cities. -- joshua 21:31 +. +And out of the tribe of Naphtali, Kedesh in Galilee with her suburbs, to be a city of refuge for the slayer; and Hammothdor with her suburbs, and Kartan with her suburbs; three cities. -- joshua 21:32 +. +All the cities of the Gershonites according to their families were thirteen cities with their suburbs. -- joshua 21:33 +. +And unto the families of the children of Merari, the rest of the Levites, out of the tribe of Zebulun, Jokneam with her suburbs, and Kartah with her suburbs, -- joshua 21:34 +. +Dimnah with her suburbs, Nahalal with her suburbs; four cities. -- joshua 21:35 +. +And out of the tribe of Reuben, Bezer with her suburbs, and Jahazah with her suburbs, -- joshua 21:36 +. +Kedemoth with her suburbs, and Mephaath with her suburbs; four cities. -- joshua 21:37 +. +And out of the tribe of Gad, Ramoth in Gilead with her suburbs, to be a city of refuge for the slayer; and Mahanaim with her suburbs, -- joshua 21:38 +. +Heshbon with her suburbs, Jazer with her suburbs; four cities in all. -- joshua 21:39 +. +So all the cities for the children of Merari by their families, which were remaining of the families of the Levites, were by their lot twelve cities. -- joshua 21:40 +. +All the cities of the Levites within the possession of the children of Israel were forty and eight cities with their suburbs. -- joshua 21:41 +. +These cities were every one with their suburbs round about them: thus were all these cities. -- joshua 21:42 +. +And the LORD gave unto Israel all the land which he sware to give unto their fathers; and they possessed it, and dwelt therein. -- joshua 21:43 +. +And the LORD gave them rest round about, according to all that he sware unto their fathers: and there stood not a man of all their enemies before them; the LORD delivered all their enemies into their hand. -- joshua 21:44 +. +There failed not ought of any good thing which the LORD had spoken unto the house of Israel; all came to pass. -- joshua 21:45 +. +Then Joshua called the Reubenites, and the Gadites, and the half tribe of Manasseh, -- joshua 22:1 +. +And said unto them, Ye have kept all that Moses the servant of the LORD commanded you, and have obeyed my voice in all that I commanded you: -- joshua 22:2 +. +Ye have not left your brethren these many days unto this day, but have kept the charge of the commandment of the LORD your God. -- joshua 22:3 +. +And now the LORD your God hath given rest unto your brethren, as he promised them: therefore now return ye, and get you unto your tents, and unto the land of your possession, which Moses the servant of the LORD gave you on the other side Jordan. -- joshua 22:4 +. +But take diligent heed to do the commandment and the law, which Moses the servant of the LORD charged you, to love the LORD your God, and to walk in all his ways, and to keep his commandments, and to cleave unto him, and to serve him with all your heart and with all your soul. -- joshua 22:5 +. +So Joshua blessed them, and sent them away: and they went unto their tents. -- joshua 22:6 +. +Now to the one half of the tribe of Manasseh Moses had given possession in Bashan: but unto the other half thereof gave Joshua among their brethren on this side Jordan westward. And when Joshua sent them away also unto their tents, then he blessed them, -- joshua 22:7 +. +And he spake unto them, saying, Return with much riches unto your tents, and with very much cattle, with silver, and with gold, and with brass, and with iron, and with very much raiment: divide the spoil of your enemies with your brethren. -- joshua 22:8 +. +And the children of Reuben and the children of Gad and the half tribe of Manasseh returned, and departed from the children of Israel out of Shiloh, which is in the land of Canaan, to go unto the country of Gilead, to the land of their possession, whereof they were possessed, according to the word of the LORD by the hand of Moses. -- joshua 22:9 +. +And when they came unto the borders of Jordan, that are in the land of Canaan, the children of Reuben and the children of Gad and the half tribe of Manasseh built there an altar by Jordan, a great altar to see to. -- joshua 22:10 +. +And the children of Israel heard say, Behold, the children of Reuben and the children of Gad and the half tribe of Manasseh have built an altar over against the land of Canaan, in the borders of Jordan, at the passage of the children of Israel. -- joshua 22:11 +. +And when the children of Israel heard of it, the whole congregation of the children of Israel gathered themselves together at Shiloh, to go up to war against them. -- joshua 22:12 +. +And the children of Israel sent unto the children of Reuben, and to the children of Gad, and to the half tribe of Manasseh, into the land of Gilead, Phinehas the son of Eleazar the priest, -- joshua 22:13 +. +And with him ten princes, of each chief house a prince throughout all the tribes of Israel; and each one was an head of the house of their fathers among the thousands of Israel. -- joshua 22:14 +. +And they came unto the children of Reuben, and to the children of Gad, and to the half tribe of Manasseh, unto the land of Gilead, and they spake with them, saying, -- joshua 22:15 +. +Thus saith the whole congregation of the LORD, What trespass is this that ye have committed against the God of Israel, to turn away this day from following the LORD, in that ye have builded you an altar, that ye might rebel this day against the LORD? -- joshua 22:16 +. +Is the iniquity of Peor too little for us, from which we are not cleansed until this day, although there was a plague in the congregation of the LORD, -- joshua 22:17 +. +But that ye must turn away this day from following the LORD? and it will be, seeing ye rebel to day against the LORD, that to morrow he will be wroth with the whole congregation of Israel. -- joshua 22:18 +. +Notwithstanding, if the land of your possession be unclean, then pass ye over unto the land of the possession of the LORD, wherein the LORD's tabernacle dwelleth, and take possession among us: but rebel not against the LORD, nor rebel against us, in building you an altar beside the altar of the LORD our God. -- joshua 22:19 +. +Did not Achan the son of Zerah commit a trespass in the accursed thing, and wrath fell on all the congregation of Israel? and that man perished not alone in his iniquity. -- joshua 22:20 +. +Then the children of Reuben and the children of Gad and the half tribe of Manasseh answered, and said unto the heads of the thousands of Israel, -- joshua 22:21 +. +The LORD God of gods, the LORD God of gods, he knoweth, and Israel he shall know; if it be in rebellion, or if in transgression against the LORD, (save us not this day,) -- joshua 22:22 +. +That we have built us an altar to turn from following the LORD, or if to offer thereon burnt offering or meat offering, or if to offer peace offerings thereon, let the LORD himself require it; -- joshua 22:23 +. +And if we have not rather done it for fear of this thing, saying, In time to come your children might speak unto our children, saying, What have ye to do with the LORD God of Israel? -- joshua 22:24 +. +For the LORD hath made Jordan a border between us and you, ye children of Reuben and children of Gad; ye have no part in the LORD: so shall your children make our children cease from fearing the LORD. -- joshua 22:25 +. +Therefore we said, Let us now prepare to build us an altar, not for burnt offering, nor for sacrifice: -- joshua 22:26 +. +But that it may be a witness between us, and you, and our generations after us, that we might do the service of the LORD before him with our burnt offerings, and with our sacrifices, and with our peace offerings; that your children may not say to our children in time to come, Ye have no part in the LORD. -- joshua 22:27 +. +Therefore said we, that it shall be, when they should so say to us or to our generations in time to come, that we may say again, Behold the pattern of the altar of the LORD, which our fathers made, not for burnt offerings, nor for sacrifices; but it is a witness between us and you. -- joshua 22:28 +. +God forbid that we should rebel against the LORD, and turn this day from following the LORD, to build an altar for burnt offerings, for meat offerings, or for sacrifices, beside the altar of the LORD our God that is before his tabernacle. -- joshua 22:29 +. +And when Phinehas the priest, and the princes of the congregation and heads of the thousands of Israel which were with him, heard the words that the children of Reuben and the children of Gad and the children of Manasseh spake, it pleased them. -- joshua 22:30 +. +And Phinehas the son of Eleazar the priest said unto the children of Reuben, and to the children of Gad, and to the children of Manasseh, This day we perceive that the LORD is among us, because ye have not committed this trespass against the LORD: now ye have delivered the children of Israel out of the hand of the LORD. -- joshua 22:31 +. +And Phinehas the son of Eleazar the priest, and the princes, returned from the children of Reuben, and from the children of Gad, out of the land of Gilead, unto the land of Canaan, to the children of Israel, and brought them word again. -- joshua 22:32 +. +And the thing pleased the children of Israel; and the children of Israel blessed God, and did not intend to go up against them in battle, to destroy the land wherein the children of Reuben and Gad dwelt. -- joshua 22:33 +. +And the children of Reuben and the children of Gad called the altar Ed: for it shall be a witness between us that the LORD is God. -- joshua 22:34 +. +And it came to pass a long time after that the LORD had given rest unto Israel from all their enemies round about, that Joshua waxed old and stricken in age. -- joshua 23:1 +. +And Joshua called for all Israel, and for their elders, and for their heads, and for their judges, and for their officers, and said unto them, I am old and stricken in age: -- joshua 23:2 +. +And ye have seen all that the LORD your God hath done unto all these nations because of you; for the LORD your God is he that hath fought for you. -- joshua 23:3 +. +Behold, I have divided unto you by lot these nations that remain, to be an inheritance for your tribes, from Jordan, with all the nations that I have cut off, even unto the great sea westward. -- joshua 23:4 +. +And the LORD your God, he shall expel them from before you, and drive them from out of your sight; and ye shall possess their land, as the LORD your God hath promised unto you. -- joshua 23:5 +. +Be ye therefore very courageous to keep and to do all that is written in the book of the law of Moses, that ye turn not aside therefrom to the right hand or to the left; -- joshua 23:6 +. +That ye come not among these nations, these that remain among you; neither make mention of the name of their gods, nor cause to swear by them, neither serve them, nor bow yourselves unto them: -- joshua 23:7 +. +But cleave unto the LORD your God, as ye have done unto this day. -- joshua 23:8 +. +For the LORD hath driven out from before you great nations and strong: but as for you, no man hath been able to stand before you unto this day. -- joshua 23:9 +. +One man of you shall chase a thousand: for the LORD your God, he it is that fighteth for you, as he hath promised you. -- joshua 23:10 +. +Take good heed therefore unto yourselves, that ye love the LORD your God. -- joshua 23:11 +. +Else if ye do in any wise go back, and cleave unto the remnant of these nations, even these that remain among you, and shall make marriages with them, and go in unto them, and they to you: -- joshua 23:12 +. +Know for a certainty that the LORD your God will no more drive out any of these nations from before you; but they shall be snares and traps unto you, and scourges in your sides, and thorns in your eyes, until ye perish from off this good land which the LORD your God hath given you. -- joshua 23:13 +. +And, behold, this day I am going the way of all the earth: and ye know in all your hearts and in all your souls, that not one thing hath failed of all the good things which the LORD your God spake concerning you; all are come to pass unto you, and not one thing hath failed thereof. -- joshua 23:14 +. +Therefore it shall come to pass, that as all good things are come upon you, which the LORD your God promised you; so shall the LORD bring upon you all evil things, until he have destroyed you from off this good land which the LORD your God hath given you. -- joshua 23:15 +. +When ye have transgressed the covenant of the LORD your God, which he commanded you, and have gone and served other gods, and bowed yourselves to them; then shall the anger of the LORD be kindled against you, and ye shall perish quickly from off the good land which he hath given unto you. -- joshua 23:16 +. +And Joshua gathered all the tribes of Israel to Shechem, and called for the elders of Israel, and for their heads, and for their judges, and for their officers; and they presented themselves before God. -- joshua 24:1 +. +And Joshua said unto all the people, Thus saith the LORD God of Israel, Your fathers dwelt on the other side of the flood in old time, even Terah, the father of Abraham, and the father of Nachor: and they served other gods. -- joshua 24:2 +. +And I took your father Abraham from the other side of the flood, and led him throughout all the land of Canaan, and multiplied his seed, and gave him Isaac. -- joshua 24:3 +. +And I gave unto Isaac Jacob and Esau: and I gave unto Esau mount Seir, to possess it; but Jacob and his children went down into Egypt. -- joshua 24:4 +. +I sent Moses also and Aaron, and I plagued Egypt, according to that which I did among them: and afterward I brought you out. -- joshua 24:5 +. +And I brought your fathers out of Egypt: and ye came unto the sea; and the Egyptians pursued after your fathers with chariots and horsemen unto the Red sea. -- joshua 24:6 +. +And when they cried unto the LORD, he put darkness between you and the Egyptians, and brought the sea upon them, and covered them; and your eyes have seen what I have done in Egypt: and ye dwelt in the wilderness a long season. -- joshua 24:7 +. +And I brought you into the land of the Amorites, which dwelt on the other side Jordan; and they fought with you: and I gave them into your hand, that ye might possess their land; and I destroyed them from before you. -- joshua 24:8 +. +Then Balak the son of Zippor, king of Moab, arose and warred against Israel, and sent and called Balaam the son of Beor to curse you: -- joshua 24:9 +. +But I would not hearken unto Balaam; therefore he blessed you still: so I delivered you out of his hand. -- joshua 24:10 +. +And you went over Jordan, and came unto Jericho: and the men of Jericho fought against you, the Amorites, and the Perizzites, and the Canaanites, and the Hittites, and the Girgashites, the Hivites, and the Jebusites; and I delivered them into your hand. -- joshua 24:11 +. +And I sent the hornet before you, which drave them out from before you, even the two kings of the Amorites; but not with thy sword, nor with thy bow. -- joshua 24:12 +. +And I have given you a land for which ye did not labor, and cities which ye built not, and ye dwell in them; of the vineyards and oliveyards which ye planted not do ye eat. -- joshua 24:13 +. +Now therefore fear the LORD, and serve him in sincerity and in truth: and put away the gods which your fathers served on the other side of the flood, and in Egypt; and serve ye the LORD. -- joshua 24:14 +. +And if it seem evil unto you to serve the LORD, choose you this day whom ye will serve; whether the gods which your fathers served that were on the other side of the flood, or the gods of the Amorites, in whose land ye dwell: but as for me and my house, we will serve the LORD. -- joshua 24:15 +. +And the people answered and said, God forbid that we should forsake the LORD, to serve other gods; -- joshua 24:16 +. +For the LORD our God, he it is that brought us up and our fathers out of the land of Egypt, from the house of bondage, and which did those great signs in our sight, and preserved us in all the way wherein we went, and among all the people through whom we passed: -- joshua 24:17 +. +And the LORD drave out from before us all the people, even the Amorites which dwelt in the land: therefore will we also serve the LORD; for he is our God. -- joshua 24:18 +. +And Joshua said unto the people, Ye cannot serve the LORD: for he is an holy God; he is a jealous God; he will not forgive your transgressions nor your sins. -- joshua 24:19 +. +If ye forsake the LORD, and serve strange gods, then he will turn and do you hurt, and consume you, after that he hath done you good. -- joshua 24:20 +. +And the people said unto Joshua, Nay; but we will serve the LORD. -- joshua 24:21 +. +And Joshua said unto the people, Ye are witnesses against yourselves that ye have chosen you the LORD, to serve him. And they said, We are witnesses. -- joshua 24:22 +. +Now therefore put away, said he, the strange gods which are among you, and incline your heart unto the LORD God of Israel. -- joshua 24:23 +. +And the people said unto Joshua, The LORD our God will we serve, and his voice will we obey. -- joshua 24:24 +. +So Joshua made a covenant with the people that day, and set them a statute and an ordinance in Shechem. -- joshua 24:25 +. +And Joshua wrote these words in the book of the law of God, and took a great stone, and set it up there under an oak, that was by the sanctuary of the LORD. -- joshua 24:26 +. +And Joshua said unto all the people, Behold, this stone shall be a witness unto us; for it hath heard all the words of the LORD which he spake unto us: it shall be therefore a witness unto you, lest ye deny your God. -- joshua 24:27 +. +So Joshua let the people depart, every man unto his inheritance. -- joshua 24:28 +. +And it came to pass after these things, that Joshua the son of Nun, the servant of the LORD, died, being an hundred and ten years old. -- joshua 24:29 +. +And they buried him in the border of his inheritance in Timnathserah, which is in mount Ephraim, on the north side of the hill of Gaash. -- joshua 24:30 +. +And Israel served the LORD all the days of Joshua, and all the days of the elders that overlived Joshua, and which had known all the works of the LORD, that he had done for Israel. -- joshua 24:31 +. +And the bones of Joseph, which the children of Israel brought up out of Egypt, buried they in Shechem, in a parcel of ground which Jacob bought of the sons of Hamor the father of Shechem for an hundred pieces of silver: and it became the inheritance of the children of Joseph. -- joshua 24:32 +. +And Eleazar the son of Aaron died; and they buried him in a hill that pertained to Phinehas his son, which was given him in mount Ephraim. -- joshua 24:33 +. +Now after the death of Joshua it came to pass, that the children of Israel asked the LORD, saying, Who shall go up for us against the Canaanites first, to fight against them? -- judges 1:1 +. +And the LORD said, Judah shall go up: behold, I have delivered the land into his hand. -- judges 1:2 +. +And Judah said unto Simeon his brother, Come up with me into my lot, that we may fight against the Canaanites; and I likewise will go with thee into thy lot. So Simeon went with him. -- judges 1:3 +. +And Judah went up; and the LORD delivered the Canaanites and the Perizzites into their hand: and they slew of them in Bezek ten thousand men. -- judges 1:4 +. +And they found Adonibezek in Bezek: and they fought against him, and they slew the Canaanites and the Perizzites. -- judges 1:5 +. +But Adonibezek fled; and they pursued after him, and caught him, and cut off his thumbs and his great toes. -- judges 1:6 +. +And Adonibezek said, Threescore and ten kings, having their thumbs and their great toes cut off, gathered their meat under my table: as I have done, so God hath requited me. And they brought him to Jerusalem, and there he died. -- judges 1:7 +. +Now the children of Judah had fought against Jerusalem, and had taken it, and smitten it with the edge of the sword, and set the city on fire. -- judges 1:8 +. +And afterward the children of Judah went down to fight against the Canaanites, that dwelt in the mountain, and in the south, and in the valley. -- judges 1:9 +. +And Judah went against the Canaanites that dwelt in Hebron: (now the name of Hebron before was Kirjatharba:) and they slew Sheshai, and Ahiman, and Talmai. -- judges 1:10 +. +And from thence he went against the inhabitants of Debir: and the name of Debir before was Kirjathsepher: -- judges 1:11 +. +And Caleb said, He that smiteth Kirjathsepher, and taketh it, to him will I give Achsah my daughter to wife. -- judges 1:12 +. +And Othniel the son of Kenaz, Caleb's younger brother, took it: and he gave him Achsah his daughter to wife. -- judges 1:13 +. +And it came to pass, when she came to him, that she moved him to ask of her father a field: and she lighted from off her ass; and Caleb said unto her, What wilt thou? -- judges 1:14 +. +And she said unto him, Give me a blessing: for thou hast given me a south land; give me also springs of water. And Caleb gave her the upper springs and the nether springs. -- judges 1:15 +. +And the children of the Kenite, Moses' father in law, went up out of the city of palm trees with the children of Judah into the wilderness of Judah, which lieth in the south of Arad; and they went and dwelt among the people. -- judges 1:16 +. +And Judah went with Simeon his brother, and they slew the Canaanites that inhabited Zephath, and utterly destroyed it. And the name of the city was called Hormah. -- judges 1:17 +. +Also Judah took Gaza with the coast thereof, and Askelon with the coast thereof, and Ekron with the coast thereof. -- judges 1:18 +. +And the LORD was with Judah; and he drave out the inhabitants of the mountain; but could not drive out the inhabitants of the valley, because they had chariots of iron. -- judges 1:19 +. +And they gave Hebron unto Caleb, as Moses said: and he expelled thence the three sons of Anak. -- judges 1:20 +. +And the children of Benjamin did not drive out the Jebusites that inhabited Jerusalem; but the Jebusites dwell with the children of Benjamin in Jerusalem unto this day. -- judges 1:21 +. +And the house of Joseph, they also went up against Bethel: and the LORD was with them. -- judges 1:22 +. +And the house of Joseph sent to descry Bethel. (Now the name of the city before was Luz.) -- judges 1:23 +. +And the spies saw a man come forth out of the city, and they said unto him, Show us, we pray thee, the entrance into the city, and we will show thee mercy. -- judges 1:24 +. +And when he showed them the entrance into the city, they smote the city with the edge of the sword; but they let go the man and all his family. -- judges 1:25 +. +And the man went into the land of the Hittites, and built a city, and called the name thereof Luz: which is the name thereof unto this day. -- judges 1:26 +. +Neither did Manasseh drive out the inhabitants of Bethshean and her towns, nor Taanach and her towns, nor the inhabitants of Dor and her towns, nor the inhabitants of Ibleam and her towns, nor the inhabitants of Megiddo and her towns: but the Canaanites would dwell in that land. -- judges 1:27 +. +And it came to pass, when Israel was strong, that they put the Canaanites to tribute, and did not utterly drive them out. -- judges 1:28 +. +Neither did Ephraim drive out the Canaanites that dwelt in Gezer; but the Canaanites dwelt in Gezer among them. -- judges 1:29 +. +Neither did Zebulun drive out the inhabitants of Kitron, nor the inhabitants of Nahalol; but the Canaanites dwelt among them, and became tributaries. -- judges 1:30 +. +Neither did Asher drive out the inhabitants of Accho, nor the inhabitants of Zidon, nor of Ahlab, nor of Achzib, nor of Helbah, nor of Aphik, nor of Rehob: -- judges 1:31 +. +But the Asherites dwelt among the Canaanites, the inhabitants of the land: for they did not drive them out. -- judges 1:32 +. +Neither did Naphtali drive out the inhabitants of Bethshemesh, nor the inhabitants of Bethanath; but he dwelt among the Canaanites, the inhabitants of the land: nevertheless the inhabitants of Bethshemesh and of Bethanath became tributaries unto them. -- judges 1:33 +. +And the Amorites forced the children of Dan into the mountain: for they would not suffer them to come down to the valley: -- judges 1:34 +. +But the Amorites would dwell in mount Heres in Aijalon, and in Shaalbim: yet the hand of the house of Joseph prevailed, so that they became tributaries. -- judges 1:35 +. +And the coast of the Amorites was from the going up to Akrabbim, from the rock, and upward. -- judges 1:36 +. +And an angel of the LORD came up from Gilgal to Bochim, and said, I made you to go up out of Egypt, and have brought you unto the land which I sware unto your fathers; and I said, I will never break my covenant with you. -- judges 2:1 +. +And ye shall make no league with the inhabitants of this land; ye shall throw down their altars: but ye have not obeyed my voice: why have ye done this? -- judges 2:2 +. +Wherefore I also said, I will not drive them out from before you; but they shall be as thorns in your sides, and their gods shall be a snare unto you. -- judges 2:3 +. +And it came to pass, when the angel of the LORD spake these words unto all the children of Israel, that the people lifted up their voice, and wept. -- judges 2:4 +. +And they called the name of that place Bochim: and they sacrificed there unto the LORD. -- judges 2:5 +. +And when Joshua had let the people go, the children of Israel went every man unto his inheritance to possess the land. -- judges 2:6 +. +And the people served the LORD all the days of Joshua, and all the days of the elders that outlived Joshua, who had seen all the great works of the LORD, that he did for Israel. -- judges 2:7 +. +And Joshua the son of Nun, the servant of the LORD, died, being an hundred and ten years old. -- judges 2:8 +. +And they buried him in the border of his inheritance in Timnathheres, in the mount of Ephraim, on the north side of the hill Gaash. -- judges 2:9 +. +And also all that generation were gathered unto their fathers: and there arose another generation after them, which knew not the LORD, nor yet the works which he had done for Israel. -- judges 2:10 +. +And the children of Israel did evil in the sight of the LORD, and served Baalim: -- judges 2:11 +. +And they forsook the LORD God of their fathers, which brought them out of the land of Egypt, and followed other gods, of the gods of the people that were round about them, and bowed themselves unto them, and provoked the LORD to anger. -- judges 2:12 +. +And they forsook the LORD, and served Baal and Ashtaroth. -- judges 2:13 +. +And the anger of the LORD was hot against Israel, and he delivered them into the hands of spoilers that spoiled them, and he sold them into the hands of their enemies round about, so that they could not any longer stand before their enemies. -- judges 2:14 +. +Whithersoever they went out, the hand of the LORD was against them for evil, as the LORD had said, and as the LORD had sworn unto them: and they were greatly distressed. -- judges 2:15 +. +Nevertheless the LORD raised up judges, which delivered them out of the hand of those that spoiled them. -- judges 2:16 +. +And yet they would not hearken unto their judges, but they went a whoring after other gods, and bowed themselves unto them: they turned quickly out of the way which their fathers walked in, obeying the commandments of the LORD; but they did not so. -- judges 2:17 +. +And when the LORD raised them up judges, then the LORD was with the judge, and delivered them out of the hand of their enemies all the days of the judge: for it repented the LORD because of their groanings by reason of them that oppressed them and vexed them. -- judges 2:18 +. +And it came to pass, when the judge was dead, that they returned, and corrupted themselves more than their fathers, in following other gods to serve them, and to bow down unto them; they ceased not from their own doings, nor from their stubborn way. -- judges 2:19 +. +And the anger of the LORD was hot against Israel; and he said, Because that this people hath transgressed my covenant which I commanded their fathers, and have not hearkened unto my voice; -- judges 2:20 +. +I also will not henceforth drive out any from before them of the nations which Joshua left when he died: -- judges 2:21 +. +That through them I may prove Israel, whether they will keep the way of the LORD to walk therein, as their fathers did keep it, or not. -- judges 2:22 +. +Therefore the LORD left those nations, without driving them out hastily; neither delivered he them into the hand of Joshua. -- judges 2:23 +. +Now these are the nations which the LORD left, to prove Israel by them, even as many of Israel as had not known all the wars of Canaan; -- judges 3:1 +. +Only that the generations of the children of Israel might know, to teach them war, at the least such as before knew nothing thereof; -- judges 3:2 +. +Namely, five lords of the Philistines, and all the Canaanites, and the Sidonians, and the Hivites that dwelt in mount Lebanon, from mount Baalhermon unto the entering in of Hamath. -- judges 3:3 +. +And they were to prove Israel by them, to know whether they would hearken unto the commandments of the LORD, which he commanded their fathers by the hand of Moses. -- judges 3:4 +. +And the children of Israel dwelt among the Canaanites, Hittites, and Amorites, and Perizzites, and Hivites, and Jebusites: -- judges 3:5 +. +And they took their daughters to be their wives, and gave their daughters to their sons, and served their gods. -- judges 3:6 +. +And the children of Israel did evil in the sight of the LORD, and forgat the LORD their God, and served Baalim and the groves. -- judges 3:7 +. +Therefore the anger of the LORD was hot against Israel, and he sold them into the hand of Chushanrishathaim king of Mesopotamia: and the children of Israel served Chushanrishathaim eight years. -- judges 3:8 +. +And when the children of Israel cried unto the LORD, the LORD raised up a deliverer to the children of Israel, who delivered them, even Othniel the son of Kenaz, Caleb's younger brother. -- judges 3:9 +. +And the Spirit of the LORD came upon him, and he judged Israel, and went out to war: and the LORD delivered Chushanrishathaim king of Mesopotamia into his hand; and his hand prevailed against Chushanrishathaim. -- judges 3:10 +. +And the land had rest forty years. And Othniel the son of Kenaz died. -- judges 3:11 +. +And the children of Israel did evil again in the sight of the LORD: and the LORD strengthened Eglon the king of Moab against Israel, because they had done evil in the sight of the LORD. -- judges 3:12 +. +And he gathered unto him the children of Ammon and Amalek, and went and smote Israel, and possessed the city of palm trees. -- judges 3:13 +. +So the children of Israel served Eglon the king of Moab eighteen years. -- judges 3:14 +. +But when the children of Israel cried unto the LORD, the LORD raised them up a deliverer, Ehud the son of Gera, a Benjamite, a man lefthanded: and by him the children of Israel sent a present unto Eglon the king of Moab. -- judges 3:15 +. +But Ehud made him a dagger which had two edges, of a cubit length; and he did gird it under his raiment upon his right thigh. -- judges 3:16 +. +And he brought the present unto Eglon king of Moab: and Eglon was a very fat man. -- judges 3:17 +. +And when he had made an end to offer the present, he sent away the people that bare the present. -- judges 3:18 +. +But he himself turned again from the quarries that were by Gilgal, and said, I have a secret errand unto thee, O king: who said, Keep silence. And all that stood by him went out from him. -- judges 3:19 +. +And Ehud came unto him; and he was sitting in a summer parlor, which he had for himself alone. And Ehud said, I have a message from God unto thee. And he arose out of his seat. -- judges 3:20 +. +And Ehud put forth his left hand, and took the dagger from his right thigh, and thrust it into his belly: -- judges 3:21 +. +And the haft also went in after the blade; and the fat closed upon the blade, so that he could not draw the dagger out of his belly; and the dirt came out. -- judges 3:22 +. +Then Ehud went forth through the porch, and shut the doors of the parlor upon him, and locked them. -- judges 3:23 +. +When he was gone out, his servants came; and when they saw that, behold, the doors of the parlor were locked, they said, Surely he covereth his feet in his summer chamber. -- judges 3:24 +. +And they tarried till they were ashamed: and, behold, he opened not the doors of the parlor; therefore they took a key, and opened them: and, behold, their lord was fallen down dead on the earth. -- judges 3:25 +. +And Ehud escaped while they tarried, and passed beyond the quarries, and escaped unto Seirath. -- judges 3:26 +. +And it came to pass, when he was come, that he blew a trumpet in the mountain of Ephraim, and the children of Israel went down with him from the mount, and he before them. -- judges 3:27 +. +And he said unto them, Follow after me: for the LORD hath delivered your enemies the Moabites into your hand. And they went down after him, and took the fords of Jordan toward Moab, and suffered not a man to pass over. -- judges 3:28 +. +And they slew of Moab at that time about ten thousand men, all lusty, and all men of valor; and there escaped not a man. -- judges 3:29 +. +So Moab was subdued that day under the hand of Israel. And the land had rest fourscore years. -- judges 3:30 +. +And after him was Shamgar the son of Anath, which slew of the Philistines six hundred men with an ox goad: and he also delivered Israel. -- judges 3:31 +. +And the children of Israel again did evil in the sight of the LORD, when Ehud was dead. -- judges 4:1 +. +And the LORD sold them into the hand of Jabin king of Canaan, that reigned in Hazor; the captain of whose host was Sisera, which dwelt in Harosheth of the Gentiles. -- judges 4:2 +. +And the children of Israel cried unto the LORD: for he had nine hundred chariots of iron; and twenty years he mightily oppressed the children of Israel. -- judges 4:3 +. +And Deborah, a prophetess, the wife of Lapidoth, she judged Israel at that time. -- judges 4:4 +. +And she dwelt under the palm tree of Deborah between Ramah and Bethel in mount Ephraim: and the children of Israel came up to her for judgment. -- judges 4:5 +. +And she sent and called Barak the son of Abinoam out of Kedeshnaphtali, and said unto him, Hath not the LORD God of Israel commanded, saying, Go and draw toward mount Tabor, and take with thee ten thousand men of the children of Naphtali and of the children of Zebulun? -- judges 4:6 +. +And I will draw unto thee to the river Kishon Sisera, the captain of Jabin's army, with his chariots and his multitude; and I will deliver him into thine hand. -- judges 4:7 +. +And Barak said unto her, If thou wilt go with me, then I will go: but if thou wilt not go with me, then I will not go. -- judges 4:8 +. +And she said, I will surely go with thee: notwithstanding the journey that thou takest shall not be for thine honor; for the LORD shall sell Sisera into the hand of a woman. And Deborah arose, and went with Barak to Kedesh. -- judges 4:9 +. +And Barak called Zebulun and Naphtali to Kedesh; and he went up with ten thousand men at his feet: and Deborah went up with him. -- judges 4:10 +. +Now Heber the Kenite, which was of the children of Hobab the father in law of Moses, had severed himself from the Kenites, and pitched his tent unto the plain of Zaanaim, which is by Kedesh. -- judges 4:11 +. +And they showed Sisera that Barak the son of Abinoam was gone up to mount Tabor. -- judges 4:12 +. +And Sisera gathered together all his chariots, even nine hundred chariots of iron, and all the people that were with him, from Harosheth of the Gentiles unto the river of Kishon. -- judges 4:13 +. +And Deborah said unto Barak, Up; for this is the day in which the LORD hath delivered Sisera into thine hand: is not the LORD gone out before thee? So Barak went down from mount Tabor, and ten thousand men after him. -- judges 4:14 +. +And the LORD discomfited Sisera, and all his chariots, and all his host, with the edge of the sword before Barak; so that Sisera lighted down off his chariot, and fled away on his feet. -- judges 4:15 +. +But Barak pursued after the chariots, and after the host, unto Harosheth of the Gentiles: and all the host of Sisera fell upon the edge of the sword; and there was not a man left. -- judges 4:16 +. +Howbeit Sisera fled away on his feet to the tent of Jael the wife of Heber the Kenite: for there was peace between Jabin the king of Hazor and the house of Heber the Kenite. -- judges 4:17 +. +And Jael went out to meet Sisera, and said unto him, Turn in, my lord, turn in to me; fear not. And when he had turned in unto her into the tent, she covered him with a mantle. -- judges 4:18 +. +And he said unto her, Give me, I pray thee, a little water to drink; for I am thirsty. And she opened a bottle of milk, and gave him drink, and covered him. -- judges 4:19 +. +Again he said unto her, Stand in the door of the tent, and it shall be, when any man doth come and inquire of thee, and say, Is there any man here? that thou shalt say, No. -- judges 4:20 +. +Then Jael Heber's wife took a nail of the tent, and took an hammer in her hand, and went softly unto him, and smote the nail into his temples, and fastened it into the ground: for he was fast asleep and weary. So he died. -- judges 4:21 +. +And, behold, as Barak pursued Sisera, Jael came out to meet him, and said unto him, Come, and I will show thee the man whom thou seekest. And when he came into her tent, behold, Sisera lay dead, and the nail was in his temples. -- judges 4:22 +. +So God subdued on that day Jabin the king of Canaan before the children of Israel. -- judges 4:23 +. +And the hand of the children of Israel prospered, and prevailed against Jabin the king of Canaan, until they had destroyed Jabin king of Canaan. -- judges 4:24 +. +Then sang Deborah and Barak the son of Abinoam on that day, saying, -- judges 5:1 +. +Praise ye the LORD for the avenging of Israel, when the people willingly offered themselves. -- judges 5:2 +. +Hear, O ye kings; give ear, O ye princes; I, even I, will sing unto the LORD; I will sing praise to the LORD God of Israel. -- judges 5:3 +. +LORD, when thou wentest out of Seir, when thou marchedst out of the field of Edom, the earth trembled, and the heavens dropped, the clouds also dropped water. -- judges 5:4 +. +The mountains melted from before the LORD, even that Sinai from before the LORD God of Israel. -- judges 5:5 +. +In the days of Shamgar the son of Anath, in the days of Jael, the highways were unoccupied, and the travellers walked through byways. -- judges 5:6 +. +The inhabitants of the villages ceased, they ceased in Israel, until that I Deborah arose, that I arose a mother in Israel. -- judges 5:7 +. +They chose new gods; then was war in the gates: was there a shield or spear seen among forty thousand in Israel? -- judges 5:8 +. +My heart is toward the governors of Israel, that offered themselves willingly among the people. Bless ye the LORD. -- judges 5:9 +. +Speak, ye that ride on white asses, ye that sit in judgment, and walk by the way. -- judges 5:10 +. +They that are delivered from the noise of archers in the places of drawing water, there shall they rehearse the righteous acts of the LORD, even the righteous acts toward the inhabitants of his villages in Israel: then shall the people of the LORD go down to the gates. -- judges 5:11 +. +Awake, awake, Deborah: awake, awake, utter a song: arise, Barak, and lead thy captivity captive, thou son of Abinoam. -- judges 5:12 +. +Then he made him that remaineth have dominion over the nobles among the people: the LORD made me have dominion over the mighty. -- judges 5:13 +. +Out of Ephraim was there a root of them against Amalek; after thee, Benjamin, among thy people; out of Machir came down governors, and out of Zebulun they that handle the pen of the writer. -- judges 5:14 +. +And the princes of Issachar were with Deborah; even Issachar, and also Barak: he was sent on foot into the valley. For the divisions of Reuben there were great thoughts of heart. -- judges 5:15 +. +Why abodest thou among the sheepfolds, to hear the bleatings of the flocks? For the divisions of Reuben there were great searchings of heart. -- judges 5:16 +. +Gilead abode beyond Jordan: and why did Dan remain in ships? Asher continued on the sea shore, and abode in his breaches. -- judges 5:17 +. +Zebulun and Naphtali were a people that jeoparded their lives unto the death in the high places of the field. -- judges 5:18 +. +The kings came and fought, then fought the kings of Canaan in Taanach by the waters of Megiddo; they took no gain of money. -- judges 5:19 +. +They fought from heaven; the stars in their courses fought against Sisera. -- judges 5:20 +. +The river of Kishon swept them away, that ancient river, the river Kishon. O my soul, thou hast trodden down strength. -- judges 5:21 +. +Then were the horsehoofs broken by the means of the pransings, the pransings of their mighty ones. -- judges 5:22 +. +Curse ye Meroz, said the angel of the LORD, curse ye bitterly the inhabitants thereof; because they came not to the help of the LORD, to the help of the LORD against the mighty. -- judges 5:23 +. +Blessed above women shall Jael the wife of Heber the Kenite be, blessed shall she be above women in the tent. -- judges 5:24 +. +He asked water, and she gave him milk; she brought forth butter in a lordly dish. -- judges 5:25 +. +She put her hand to the nail, and her right hand to the workmen's hammer; and with the hammer she smote Sisera, she smote off his head, when she had pierced and stricken through his temples. -- judges 5:26 +. +At her feet he bowed, he fell, he lay down: at her feet he bowed, he fell: where he bowed, there he fell down dead. -- judges 5:27 +. +The mother of Sisera looked out at a window, and cried through the lattice, Why is his chariot so long in coming? why tarry the wheels of his chariots? -- judges 5:28 +. +Her wise ladies answered her, yea, she returned answer to herself, -- judges 5:29 +. +Have they not sped? have they not divided the prey; to every man a damsel or two; to Sisera a prey of divers colors, a prey of divers colors of needlework, of divers colors of needlework on both sides, meet for the necks of them that take the spoil? -- judges 5:30 +. +So let all thine enemies perish, O LORD: but let them that love him be as the sun when he goeth forth in his might. And the land had rest forty years. -- judges 5:31 +. +And the children of Israel did evil in the sight of the LORD: and the LORD delivered them into the hand of Midian seven years. -- judges 6:1 +. +And the hand of Midian prevailed against Israel: and because of the Midianites the children of Israel made them the dens which are in the mountains, and caves, and strong holds. -- judges 6:2 +. +And so it was, when Israel had sown, that the Midianites came up, and the Amalekites, and the children of the east, even they came up against them; -- judges 6:3 +. +And they encamped against them, and destroyed the increase of the earth, till thou come unto Gaza, and left no sustenance for Israel, neither sheep, nor ox, nor ass. -- judges 6:4 +. +For they came up with their cattle and their tents, and they came as grasshoppers for multitude; for both they and their camels were without number: and they entered into the land to destroy it. -- judges 6:5 +. +And Israel was greatly impoverished because of the Midianites; and the children of Israel cried unto the LORD. -- judges 6:6 +. +And it came to pass, when the children of Israel cried unto the LORD because of the Midianites, -- judges 6:7 +. +That the LORD sent a prophet unto the children of Israel, which said unto them, Thus saith the LORD God of Israel, I brought you up from Egypt, and brought you forth out of the house of bondage; -- judges 6:8 +. +And I delivered you out of the hand of the Egyptians, and out of the hand of all that oppressed you, and drave them out from before you, and gave you their land; -- judges 6:9 +. +And I said unto you, I am the LORD your God; fear not the gods of the Amorites, in whose land ye dwell: but ye have not obeyed my voice. -- judges 6:10 +. +And there came an angel of the LORD, and sat under an oak which was in Ophrah, that pertained unto Joash the Abiezrite: and his son Gideon threshed wheat by the winepress, to hide it from the Midianites. -- judges 6:11 +. +And the angel of the LORD appeared unto him, and said unto him, The LORD is with thee, thou mighty man of valor. -- judges 6:12 +. +And Gideon said unto him, Oh my Lord, if the LORD be with us, why then is all this befallen us? and where be all his miracles which our fathers told us of, saying, Did not the LORD bring us up from Egypt? but now the LORD hath forsaken us, and delivered us into the hands of the Midianites. -- judges 6:13 +. +And the LORD looked upon him, and said, Go in this thy might, and thou shalt save Israel from the hand of the Midianites: have not I sent thee? -- judges 6:14 +. +And he said unto him, Oh my Lord, wherewith shall I save Israel? behold, my family is poor in Manasseh, and I am the least in my father's house. -- judges 6:15 +. +And the LORD said unto him, Surely I will be with thee, and thou shalt smite the Midianites as one man. -- judges 6:16 +. +And he said unto him, If now I have found grace in thy sight, then show me a sign that thou talkest with me. -- judges 6:17 +. +Depart not hence, I pray thee, until I come unto thee, and bring forth my present, and set it before thee. And he said, I will tarry until thou come again. -- judges 6:18 +. +And Gideon went in, and made ready a kid, and unleavened cakes of an ephah of flour: the flesh he put in a basket, and he put the broth in a pot, and brought it out unto him under the oak, and presented it. -- judges 6:19 +. +And the angel of God said unto him, Take the flesh and the unleavened cakes, and lay them upon this rock, and pour out the broth. And he did so. -- judges 6:20 +. +Then the angel of the LORD put forth the end of the staff that was in his hand, and touched the flesh and the unleavened cakes; and there rose up fire out of the rock, and consumed the flesh and the unleavened cakes. Then the angel of the LORD departed out of his sight. -- judges 6:21 +. +And when Gideon perceived that he was an angel of the LORD, Gideon said, Alas, O LORD God! for because I have seen an angel of the LORD face to face. -- judges 6:22 +. +And the LORD said unto him, Peace be unto thee; fear not: thou shalt not die. -- judges 6:23 +. +Then Gideon built an altar there unto the LORD, and called it Jehovahshalom: unto this day it is yet in Ophrah of the Abiezrites. -- judges 6:24 +. +And it came to pass the same night, that the LORD said unto him, Take thy father's young bullock, even the second bullock of seven years old, and throw down the altar of Baal that thy father hath, and cut down the grove that is by it: -- judges 6:25 +. +And build an altar unto the LORD thy God upon the top of this rock, in the ordered place, and take the second bullock, and offer a burnt sacrifice with the wood of the grove which thou shalt cut down. -- judges 6:26 +. +Then Gideon took ten men of his servants, and did as the LORD had said unto him: and so it was, because he feared his father's household, and the men of the city, that he could not do it by day, that he did it by night. -- judges 6:27 +. +And when the men of the city arose early in the morning, behold, the altar of Baal was cast down, and the grove was cut down that was by it, and the second bullock was offered upon the altar that was built. -- judges 6:28 +. +And they said one to another, Who hath done this thing? And when they inquired and asked, they said, Gideon the son of Joash hath done this thing. -- judges 6:29 +. +Then the men of the city said unto Joash, Bring out thy son, that he may die: because he hath cast down the altar of Baal, and because he hath cut down the grove that was by it. -- judges 6:30 +. +And Joash said unto all that stood against him, Will ye plead for Baal? will ye save him? he that will plead for him, let him be put to death whilst it is yet morning: if he be a god, let him plead for himself, because one hath cast down his altar. -- judges 6:31 +. +Therefore on that day he called him Jerubbaal, saying, Let Baal plead against him, because he hath thrown down his altar. -- judges 6:32 +. +Then all the Midianites and the Amalekites and the children of the east were gathered together, and went over, and pitched in the valley of Jezreel. -- judges 6:33 +. +But the Spirit of the LORD came upon Gideon, and he blew a trumpet; and Abiezer was gathered after him. -- judges 6:34 +. +And he sent messengers throughout all Manasseh; who also was gathered after him: and he sent messengers unto Asher, and unto Zebulun, and unto Naphtali; and they came up to meet them. -- judges 6:35 +. +And Gideon said unto God, If thou wilt save Israel by mine hand, as thou hast said, -- judges 6:36 +. +Behold, I will put a fleece of wool in the floor; and if the dew be on the fleece only, and it be dry upon all the earth beside, then shall I know that thou wilt save Israel by mine hand, as thou hast said. -- judges 6:37 +. +And it was so: for he rose up early on the morrow, and thrust the fleece together, and wringed the dew out of the fleece, a bowl full of water. -- judges 6:38 +. +And Gideon said unto God, Let not thine anger be hot against me, and I will speak but this once: let me prove, I pray thee, but this once with the fleece; let it now be dry only upon the fleece, and upon all the ground let there be dew. -- judges 6:39 +. +And God did so that night: for it was dry upon the fleece only, and there was dew on all the ground. -- judges 6:40 +. +Then Jerubbaal, who is Gideon, and all the people that were with him, rose up early, and pitched beside the well of Harod: so that the host of the Midianites were on the north side of them, by the hill of Moreh, in the valley. -- judges 7:1 +. +And the LORD said unto Gideon, The people that are with thee are too many for me to give the Midianites into their hands, lest Israel vaunt themselves against me, saying, Mine own hand hath saved me. -- judges 7:2 +. +Now therefore go to, proclaim in the ears of the people, saying, Whosoever is fearful and afraid, let him return and depart early from mount Gilead. And there returned of the people twenty and two thousand; and there remained ten thousand. -- judges 7:3 +. +And the LORD said unto Gideon, The people are yet too many; bring them down unto the water, and I will try them for thee there: and it shall be, that of whom I say unto thee, This shall go with thee, the same shall go with thee; and of whomsoever I say unto thee, This shall not go with thee, the same shall not go. -- judges 7:4 +. +So he brought down the people unto the water: and the LORD said unto Gideon, Every one that lappeth of the water with his tongue, as a dog lappeth, him shalt thou set by himself; likewise every one that boweth down upon his knees to drink. -- judges 7:5 +. +And the number of them that lapped, putting their hand to their mouth, were three hundred men: but all the rest of the people bowed down upon their knees to drink water. -- judges 7:6 +. +And the LORD said unto Gideon, By the three hundred men that lapped will I save you, and deliver the Midianites into thine hand: and let all the other people go every man unto his place. -- judges 7:7 +. +So the people took victuals in their hand, and their trumpets: and he sent all the rest of Israel every man unto his tent, and retained those three hundred men: and the host of Midian was beneath him in the valley. -- judges 7:8 +. +And it came to pass the same night, that the LORD said unto him, Arise, get thee down unto the host; for I have delivered it into thine hand. -- judges 7:9 +. +But if thou fear to go down, go thou with Phurah thy servant down to the host: -- judges 7:10 +. +And thou shalt hear what they say; and afterward shall thine hands be strengthened to go down unto the host. Then went he down with Phurah his servant unto the outside of the armed men that were in the host. -- judges 7:11 +. +And the Midianites and the Amalekites and all the children of the east lay along in the valley like grasshoppers for multitude; and their camels were without number, as the sand by the sea side for multitude. -- judges 7:12 +. +And when Gideon was come, behold, there was a man that told a dream unto his fellow, and said, Behold, I dreamed a dream, and, lo, a cake of barley bread tumbled into the host of Midian, and came unto a tent, and smote it that it fell, and overturned it, that the tent lay along. -- judges 7:13 +. +And his fellow answered and said, This is nothing else save the sword of Gideon the son of Joash, a man of Israel: for into his hand hath God delivered Midian, and all the host. -- judges 7:14 +. +And it was so, when Gideon heard the telling of the dream, and the interpretation thereof, that he worshipped, and returned into the host of Israel, and said, Arise; for the LORD hath delivered into your hand the host of Midian. -- judges 7:15 +. +And he divided the three hundred men into three companies, and he put a trumpet in every man's hand, with empty pitchers, and lamps within the pitchers. -- judges 7:16 +. +And he said unto them, Look on me, and do likewise: and, behold, when I come to the outside of the camp, it shall be that, as I do, so shall ye do. -- judges 7:17 +. +When I blow with a trumpet, I and all that are with me, then blow ye the trumpets also on every side of all the camp, and say, The sword of the LORD, and of Gideon. -- judges 7:18 +. +So Gideon, and the hundred men that were with him, came unto the outside of the camp in the beginning of the middle watch; and they had but newly set the watch: and they blew the trumpets, and brake the pitchers that were in their hands. -- judges 7:19 +. +And the three companies blew the trumpets, and brake the pitchers, and held the lamps in their left hands, and the trumpets in their right hands to blow withal: and they cried, The sword of the LORD, and of Gideon. -- judges 7:20 +. +And they stood every man in his place round about the camp; and all the host ran, and cried, and fled. -- judges 7:21 +. +And the three hundred blew the trumpets, and the LORD set every man's sword against his fellow, even throughout all the host: and the host fled to Bethshittah in Zererath, and to the border of Abelmeholah, unto Tabbath. -- judges 7:22 +. +And the men of Israel gathered themselves together out of Naphtali, and out of Asher, and out of all Manasseh, and pursued after the Midianites. -- judges 7:23 +. +And Gideon sent messengers throughout all mount Ephraim, saying, come down against the Midianites, and take before them the waters unto Bethbarah and Jordan. Then all the men of Ephraim gathered themselves together, and took the waters unto Bethbarah and Jordan. -- judges 7:24 +. +And they took two princes of the Midianites, Oreb and Zeeb; and they slew Oreb upon the rock Oreb, and Zeeb they slew at the winepress of Zeeb, and pursued Midian, and brought the heads of Oreb and Zeeb to Gideon on the other side Jordan. -- judges 7:25 +. +And the men of Ephraim said unto him, Why hast thou served us thus, that thou calledst us not, when thou wentest to fight with the Midianites? And they did chide with him sharply. -- judges 8:1 +. +And he said unto them, What have I done now in comparison of you? Is not the gleaning of the grapes of Ephraim better than the vintage of Abiezer? -- judges 8:2 +. +God hath delivered into your hands the princes of Midian, Oreb and Zeeb: and what was I able to do in comparison of you? Then their anger was abated toward him, when he had said that. -- judges 8:3 +. +And Gideon came to Jordan, and passed over, he, and the three hundred men that were with him, faint, yet pursuing them. -- judges 8:4 +. +And he said unto the men of Succoth, Give, I pray you, loaves of bread unto the people that follow me; for they be faint, and I am pursuing after Zebah and Zalmunna, kings of Midian. -- judges 8:5 +. +And the princes of Succoth said, Are the hands of Zebah and Zalmunna now in thine hand, that we should give bread unto thine army? -- judges 8:6 +. +And Gideon said, Therefore when the LORD hath delivered Zebah and Zalmunna into mine hand, then I will tear your flesh with the thorns of the wilderness and with briers. -- judges 8:7 +. +And he went up thence to Penuel, and spake unto them likewise: and the men of Penuel answered him as the men of Succoth had answered him. -- judges 8:8 +. +And he spake also unto the men of Penuel, saying, When I come again in peace, I will break down this tower. -- judges 8:9 +. +Now Zebah and Zalmunna were in Karkor, and their hosts with them, about fifteen thousand men, all that were left of all the hosts of the children of the east: for there fell an hundred and twenty thousand men that drew sword. -- judges 8:10 +. +And Gideon went up by the way of them that dwelt in tents on the east of Nobah and Jogbehah, and smote the host; for the host was secure. -- judges 8:11 +. +And when Zebah and Zalmunna fled, he pursued after them, and took the two kings of Midian, Zebah and Zalmunna, and discomfited all the host. -- judges 8:12 +. +And Gideon the son of Joash returned from battle before the sun was up, -- judges 8:13 +. +And caught a young man of the men of Succoth, and inquired of him: and he described unto him the princes of Succoth, and the elders thereof, even threescore and seventeen men. -- judges 8:14 +. +And he came unto the men of Succoth, and said, Behold Zebah and Zalmunna, with whom ye did upbraid me, saying, Are the hands of Zebah and Zalmunna now in thine hand, that we should give bread unto thy men that are weary? -- judges 8:15 +. +And he took the elders of the city, and thorns of the wilderness and briers, and with them he taught the men of Succoth. -- judges 8:16 +. +And he beat down the tower of Penuel, and slew the men of the city. -- judges 8:17 +. +Then said he unto Zebah and Zalmunna, What manner of men were they whom ye slew at Tabor? And they answered, As thou art, so were they; each one resembled the children of a king. -- judges 8:18 +. +And he said, They were my brethren, even the sons of my mother: as the LORD liveth, if ye had saved them alive, I would not slay you. -- judges 8:19 +. +And he said unto Jether his firstborn, Up, and slay them. But the youth drew not his sword: for he feared, because he was yet a youth. -- judges 8:20 +. +Then Zebah and Zalmunna said, Rise thou, and fall upon us: for as the man is, so is his strength. And Gideon arose, and slew Zebah and Zalmunna, and took away the ornaments that were on their camels' necks. -- judges 8:21 +. +Then the men of Israel said unto Gideon, Rule thou over us, both thou, and thy son, and thy son's son also: for thou hast delivered us from the hand of Midian. -- judges 8:22 +. +And Gideon said unto them, I will not rule over you, neither shall my son rule over you: the LORD shall rule over you. -- judges 8:23 +. +And Gideon said unto them, I would desire a request of you, that ye would give me every man the earrings of his prey. (For they had golden earrings, because they were Ishmaelites.) -- judges 8:24 +. +And they answered, We will willingly give them. And they spread a garment, and did cast therein every man the earrings of his prey. -- judges 8:25 +. +And the weight of the golden earrings that he requested was a thousand and seven hundred shekels of gold; beside ornaments, and collars, and purple raiment that was on the kings of Midian, and beside the chains that were about their camels' necks. -- judges 8:26 +. +And Gideon made an ephod thereof, and put it in his city, even in Ophrah: and all Israel went thither a whoring after it: which thing became a snare unto Gideon, and to his house. -- judges 8:27 +. +Thus was Midian subdued before the children of Israel, so that they lifted up their heads no more. And the country was in quietness forty years in the days of Gideon. -- judges 8:28 +. +And Jerubbaal the son of Joash went and dwelt in his own house. -- judges 8:29 +. +And Gideon had threescore and ten sons of his body begotten: for he had many wives. -- judges 8:30 +. +And his concubine that was in Shechem, she also bare him a son, whose name he called Abimelech. -- judges 8:31 +. +And Gideon the son of Joash died in a good old age, and was buried in the sepulchre of Joash his father, in Ophrah of the Abiezrites. -- judges 8:32 +. +And it came to pass, as soon as Gideon was dead, that the children of Israel turned again, and went a whoring after Baalim, and made Baalberith their god. -- judges 8:33 +. +And the children of Israel remembered not the LORD their God, who had delivered them out of the hands of all their enemies on every side: -- judges 8:34 +. +Neither showed they kindness to the house of Jerubbaal, namely, Gideon, according to all the goodness which he had showed unto Israel. -- judges 8:35 +. +And Abimelech the son of Jerubbaal went to Shechem unto his mother's brethren, and communed with them, and with all the family of the house of his mother's father, saying, -- judges 9:1 +. +Speak, I pray you, in the ears of all the men of Shechem, Whether is better for you, either that all the sons of Jerubbaal, which are threescore and ten persons, reign over you, or that one reign over you? remember also that I am your bone and your flesh. -- judges 9:2 +. +And his mother's brethren spake of him in the ears of all the men of Shechem all these words: and their hearts inclined to follow Abimelech; for they said, He is our brother. -- judges 9:3 +. +And they gave him threescore and ten pieces of silver out of the house of Baalberith, wherewith Abimelech hired vain and light persons, which followed him. -- judges 9:4 +. +And he went unto his father's house at Ophrah, and slew his brethren the sons of Jerubbaal, being threescore and ten persons, upon one stone: notwithstanding yet Jotham the youngest son of Jerubbaal was left; for he hid himself. -- judges 9:5 +. +And all the men of Shechem gathered together, and all the house of Millo, and went, and made Abimelech king, by the plain of the pillar that was in Shechem. -- judges 9:6 +. +And when they told it to Jotham, he went and stood in the top of mount Gerizim, and lifted up his voice, and cried, and said unto them, Hearken unto me, ye men of Shechem, that God may hearken unto you. -- judges 9:7 +. +The trees went forth on a time to anoint a king over them; and they said unto the olive tree, Reign thou over us. -- judges 9:8 +. +But the olive tree said unto them, Should I leave my fatness, wherewith by me they honor God and man, and go to be promoted over the trees? -- judges 9:9 +. +And the trees said to the fig tree, Come thou, and reign over us. -- judges 9:10 +. +But the fig tree said unto them, Should I forsake my sweetness, and my good fruit, and go to be promoted over the trees? -- judges 9:11 +. +Then said the trees unto the vine, Come thou, and reign over us. -- judges 9:12 +. +And the vine said unto them, Should I leave my wine, which cheereth God and man, and go to be promoted over the trees? -- judges 9:13 +. +Then said all the trees unto the bramble, Come thou, and reign over us. -- judges 9:14 +. +And the bramble said unto the trees, If in truth ye anoint me king over you, then come and put your trust in my shadow: and if not, let fire come out of the bramble, and devour the cedars of Lebanon. -- judges 9:15 +. +Now therefore, if ye have done truly and sincerely, in that ye have made Abimelech king, and if ye have dealt well with Jerubbaal and his house, and have done unto him according to the deserving of his hands; -- judges 9:16 +. +(For my father fought for you, and adventured his life far, and delivered you out of the hand of Midian: -- judges 9:17 +. +And ye are risen up against my father's house this day, and have slain his sons, threescore and ten persons, upon one stone, and have made Abimelech, the son of his maidservant, king over the men of Shechem, because he is your brother;) -- judges 9:18 +. +If ye then have dealt truly and sincerely with Jerubbaal and with his house this day, then rejoice ye in Abimelech, and let him also rejoice in you: -- judges 9:19 +. +But if not, let fire come out from Abimelech, and devour the men of Shechem, and the house of Millo; and let fire come out from the men of Shechem, and from the house of Millo, and devour Abimelech. -- judges 9:20 +. +And Jotham ran away, and fled, and went to Beer, and dwelt there, for fear of Abimelech his brother. -- judges 9:21 +. +When Abimelech had reigned three years over Israel, -- judges 9:22 +. +Then God sent an evil spirit between Abimelech and the men of Shechem; and the men of Shechem dealt treacherously with Abimelech: -- judges 9:23 +. +That the cruelty done to the threescore and ten sons of Jerubbaal might come, and their blood be laid upon Abimelech their brother, which slew them; and upon the men of Shechem, which aided him in the killing of his brethren. -- judges 9:24 +. +And the men of Shechem set liers in wait for him in the top of the mountains, and they robbed all that came along that way by them: and it was told Abimelech. -- judges 9:25 +. +And Gaal the son of Ebed came with his brethren, and went over to Shechem: and the men of Shechem put their confidence in him. -- judges 9:26 +. +And they went out into the fields, and gathered their vineyards, and trode the grapes, and made merry, and went into the house of their god, and did eat and drink, and cursed Abimelech. -- judges 9:27 +. +And Gaal the son of Ebed said, Who is Abimelech, and who is Shechem, that we should serve him? is not he the son of Jerubbaal? and Zebul his officer? serve the men of Hamor the father of Shechem: for why should we serve him? -- judges 9:28 +. +And would to God this people were under my hand! then would I remove Abimelech. And he said to Abimelech, Increase thine army, and come out. -- judges 9:29 +. +And when Zebul the ruler of the city heard the words of Gaal the son of Ebed, his anger was kindled. -- judges 9:30 +. +And he sent messengers unto Abimelech privily, saying, Behold, Gaal the son of Ebed and his brethren be come to Shechem; and, behold, they fortify the city against thee. -- judges 9:31 +. +Now therefore up by night, thou and the people that is with thee, and lie in wait in the field: -- judges 9:32 +. +And it shall be, that in the morning, as soon as the sun is up, thou shalt rise early, and set upon the city: and, behold, when he and the people that is with him come out against thee, then mayest thou do to them as thou shalt find occasion. -- judges 9:33 +. +And Abimelech rose up, and all the people that were with him, by night, and they laid wait against Shechem in four companies. -- judges 9:34 +. +And Gaal the son of Ebed went out, and stood in the entering of the gate of the city: and Abimelech rose up, and the people that were with him, from lying in wait. -- judges 9:35 +. +And when Gaal saw the people, he said to Zebul, Behold, there come people down from the top of the mountains. And Zebul said unto him, Thou seest the shadow of the mountains as if they were men. -- judges 9:36 +. +And Gaal spake again, and said, See there come people down by the middle of the land, and another company come along by the plain of Meonenim. -- judges 9:37 +. +Then said Zebul unto him, Where is now thy mouth, wherewith thou saidst, Who is Abimelech, that we should serve him? is not this the people that thou hast despised? go out, I pray now, and fight with them. -- judges 9:38 +. +And Gaal went out before the men of Shechem, and fought with Abimelech. -- judges 9:39 +. +And Abimelech chased him, and he fled before him, and many were overthrown and wounded, even unto the entering of the gate. -- judges 9:40 +. +And Abimelech dwelt at Arumah: and Zebul thrust out Gaal and his brethren, that they should not dwell in Shechem. -- judges 9:41 +. +And it came to pass on the morrow, that the people went out into the field; and they told Abimelech. -- judges 9:42 +. +And he took the people, and divided them into three companies, and laid wait in the field, and looked, and, behold, the people were come forth out of the city; and he rose up against them, and smote them. -- judges 9:43 +. +And Abimelech, and the company that was with him, rushed forward, and stood in the entering of the gate of the city: and the two other companies ran upon all the people that were in the fields, and slew them. -- judges 9:44 +. +And Abimelech fought against the city all that day; and he took the city, and slew the people that was therein, and beat down the city, and sowed it with salt. -- judges 9:45 +. +And when all the men of the tower of Shechem heard that, they entered into an hold of the house of the god Berith. -- judges 9:46 +. +And it was told Abimelech, that all the men of the tower of Shechem were gathered together. -- judges 9:47 +. +And Abimelech gat him up to mount Zalmon, he and all the people that were with him; and Abimelech took an axe in his hand, and cut down a bough from the trees, and took it, and laid it on his shoulder, and said unto the people that were with him, What ye have seen me do, make haste, and do as I have done. -- judges 9:48 +. +And all the people likewise cut down every man his bough, and followed Abimelech, and put them to the hold, and set the hold on fire upon them; so that all the men of the tower of Shechem died also, about a thousand men and women. -- judges 9:49 +. +Then went Abimelech to Thebez, and encamped against Thebez, and took it. -- judges 9:50 +. +But there was a strong tower within the city, and thither fled all the men and women, and all they of the city, and shut it to them, and gat them up to the top of the tower. -- judges 9:51 +. +And Abimelech came unto the tower, and fought against it, and went hard unto the door of the tower to burn it with fire. -- judges 9:52 +. +And a certain woman cast a piece of a millstone upon Abimelech's head, and all to brake his skull. -- judges 9:53 +. +Then he called hastily unto the young man his armourbearer, and said unto him, Draw thy sword, and slay me, that men say not of me, A women slew him. And his young man thrust him through, and he died. -- judges 9:54 +. +And when the men of Israel saw that Abimelech was dead, they departed every man unto his place. -- judges 9:55 +. +Thus God rendered the wickedness of Abimelech, which he did unto his father, in slaying his seventy brethren: -- judges 9:56 +. +And all the evil of the men of Shechem did God render upon their heads: and upon them came the curse of Jotham the son of Jerubbaal. -- judges 9:57 +. +And after Abimelech there arose to defend Israel Tola the son of Puah, the son of Dodo, a man of Issachar; and he dwelt in Shamir in mount Ephraim. -- judges 10:1 +. +And he judged Israel twenty and three years, and died, and was buried in Shamir. -- judges 10:2 +. +And after him arose Jair, a Gileadite, and judged Israel twenty and two years. -- judges 10:3 +. +And he had thirty sons that rode on thirty ass colts, and they had thirty cities, which are called Havothjair unto this day, which are in the land of Gilead. -- judges 10:4 +. +And Jair died, and was buried in Camon. -- judges 10:5 +. +And the children of Israel did evil again in the sight of the LORD, and served Baalim, and Ashtaroth, and the gods of Syria, and the gods of Zidon, and the gods of Moab, and the gods of the children of Ammon, and the gods of the Philistines, and forsook the LORD, and served not him. -- judges 10:6 +. +And the anger of the LORD was hot against Israel, and he sold them into the hands of the Philistines, and into the hands of the children of Ammon. -- judges 10:7 +. +And that year they vexed and oppressed the children of Israel: eighteen years, all the children of Israel that were on the other side Jordan in the land of the Amorites, which is in Gilead. -- judges 10:8 +. +Moreover the children of Ammon passed over Jordan to fight also against Judah, and against Benjamin, and against the house of Ephraim; so that Israel was sore distressed. -- judges 10:9 +. +And the children of Israel cried unto the LORD, saying, We have sinned against thee, both because we have forsaken our God, and also served Baalim. -- judges 10:10 +. +And the LORD said unto the children of Israel, Did not I deliver you from the Egyptians, and from the Amorites, from the children of Ammon, and from the Philistines? -- judges 10:11 +. +The Zidonians also, and the Amalekites, and the Maonites, did oppress you; and ye cried to me, and I delivered you out of their hand. -- judges 10:12 +. +Yet ye have forsaken me, and served other gods: wherefore I will deliver you no more. -- judges 10:13 +. +Go and cry unto the gods which ye have chosen; let them deliver you in the time of your tribulation. -- judges 10:14 +. +And the children of Israel said unto the LORD, We have sinned: do thou unto us whatsoever seemeth good unto thee; deliver us only, we pray thee, this day. -- judges 10:15 +. +And they put away the strange gods from among them, and served the LORD: and his soul was grieved for the misery of Israel. -- judges 10:16 +. +Then the children of Ammon were gathered together, and encamped in Gilead. And the children of Israel assembled themselves together, and encamped in Mizpeh. -- judges 10:17 +. +And the people and princes of Gilead said one to another, What man is he that will begin to fight against the children of Ammon? he shall be head over all the inhabitants of Gilead. -- judges 10:18 +. +Now Jephthah the Gileadite was a mighty man of valor, and he was the son of an harlot: and Gilead begat Jephthah. -- judges 11:1 +. +And Gilead's wife bare him sons; and his wife's sons grew up, and they thrust out Jephthah, and said unto him, Thou shalt not inherit in our father's house; for thou art the son of a strange woman. -- judges 11:2 +. +Then Jephthah fled from his brethren, and dwelt in the land of Tob: and there were gathered vain men to Jephthah, and went out with him. -- judges 11:3 +. +And it came to pass in process of time, that the children of Ammon made war against Israel. -- judges 11:4 +. +And it was so, that when the children of Ammon made war against Israel, the elders of Gilead went to fetch Jephthah out of the land of Tob: -- judges 11:5 +. +And they said unto Jephthah, Come, and be our captain, that we may fight with the children of Ammon. -- judges 11:6 +. +And Jephthah said unto the elders of Gilead, Did not ye hate me, and expel me out of my father's house? and why are ye come unto me now when ye are in distress? -- judges 11:7 +. +And the elders of Gilead said unto Jephthah, Therefore we turn again to thee now, that thou mayest go with us, and fight against the children of Ammon, and be our head over all the inhabitants of Gilead. -- judges 11:8 +. +And Jephthah said unto the elders of Gilead, If ye bring me home again to fight against the children of Ammon, and the LORD deliver them before me, shall I be your head? -- judges 11:9 +. +And the elders of Gilead said unto Jephthah, The LORD be witness between us, if we do not so according to thy words. -- judges 11:10 +. +Then Jephthah went with the elders of Gilead, and the people made him head and captain over them: and Jephthah uttered all his words before the LORD in Mizpeh. -- judges 11:11 +. +And Jephthah sent messengers unto the king of the children of Ammon, saying, What hast thou to do with me, that thou art come against me to fight in my land? -- judges 11:12 +. +And the king of the children of Ammon answered unto the messengers of Jephthah, Because Israel took away my land, when they came up out of Egypt, from Arnon even unto Jabbok, and unto Jordan: now therefore restore those lands again peaceably. -- judges 11:13 +. +And Jephthah sent messengers again unto the king of the children of Ammon: -- judges 11:14 +. +And said unto him, Thus saith Jephthah, Israel took not away the land of Moab, nor the land of the children of Ammon: -- judges 11:15 +. +But when Israel came up from Egypt, and walked through the wilderness unto the Red sea, and came to Kadesh; -- judges 11:16 +. +Then Israel sent messengers unto the king of Edom, saying, Let me, I pray thee, pass through thy land: but the king of Edom would not hearken thereto. And in like manner they sent unto the king of Moab: but he would not consent: and Israel abode in Kadesh. -- judges 11:17 +. +Then they went along through the wilderness, and compassed the land of Edom, and the land of Moab, and came by the east side of the land of Moab, and pitched on the other side of Arnon, but came not within the border of Moab: for Arnon was the border of Moab. -- judges 11:18 +. +And Israel sent messengers unto Sihon king of the Amorites, the king of Heshbon; and Israel said unto him, Let us pass, we pray thee, through thy land into my place. -- judges 11:19 +. +But Sihon trusted not Israel to pass through his coast: but Sihon gathered all his people together, and pitched in Jahaz, and fought against Israel. -- judges 11:20 +. +And the LORD God of Israel delivered Sihon and all his people into the hand of Israel, and they smote them: so Israel possessed all the land of the Amorites, the inhabitants of that country. -- judges 11:21 +. +And they possessed all the coasts of the Amorites, from Arnon even unto Jabbok, and from the wilderness even unto Jordan. -- judges 11:22 +. +So now the LORD God of Israel hath dispossessed the Amorites from before his people Israel, and shouldest thou possess it? -- judges 11:23 +. +Wilt not thou possess that which Chemosh thy god giveth thee to possess? So whomsoever the LORD our God shall drive out from before us, them will we possess. -- judges 11:24 +. +And now art thou any thing better than Balak the son of Zippor, king of Moab? did he ever strive against Israel, or did he ever fight against them, -- judges 11:25 +. +While Israel dwelt in Heshbon and her towns, and in Aroer and her towns, and in all the cities that be along by the coasts of Arnon, three hundred years? why therefore did ye not recover them within that time? -- judges 11:26 +. +Wherefore I have not sinned against thee, but thou doest me wrong to war against me: the LORD the Judge be judge this day between the children of Israel and the children of Ammon. -- judges 11:27 +. +Howbeit the king of the children of Ammon hearkened not unto the words of Jephthah which he sent him. -- judges 11:28 +. +Then the Spirit of the LORD came upon Jephthah, and he passed over Gilead, and Manasseh, and passed over Mizpeh of Gilead, and from Mizpeh of Gilead he passed over unto the children of Ammon. -- judges 11:29 +. +And Jephthah vowed a vow unto the LORD, and said, If thou shalt without fail deliver the children of Ammon into mine hands, -- judges 11:30 +. +Then it shall be, that whatsoever cometh forth of the doors of my house to meet me, when I return in peace from the children of Ammon, shall surely be the LORD's, and I will offer it up for a burnt offering. -- judges 11:31 +. +So Jephthah passed over unto the children of Ammon to fight against them; and the LORD delivered them into his hands. -- judges 11:32 +. +And he smote them from Aroer, even till thou come to Minnith, even twenty cities, and unto the plain of the vineyards, with a very great slaughter. Thus the children of Ammon were subdued before the children of Israel. -- judges 11:33 +. +And Jephthah came to Mizpeh unto his house, and, behold, his daughter came out to meet him with timbrels and with dances: and she was his only child; beside her he had neither son nor daughter. -- judges 11:34 +. +And it came to pass, when he saw her, that he rent his clothes, and said, Alas, my daughter! thou hast brought me very low, and thou art one of them that trouble me: for I have opened my mouth unto the LORD, and I cannot go back. -- judges 11:35 +. +And she said unto him, My father, if thou hast opened thy mouth unto the LORD, do to me according to that which hath proceeded out of thy mouth; forasmuch as the LORD hath taken vengeance for thee of thine enemies, even of the children of Ammon. -- judges 11:36 +. +And she said unto her father, Let this thing be done for me: let me alone two months, that I may go up and down upon the mountains, and bewail my virginity, I and my fellows. -- judges 11:37 +. +And he said, Go. And he sent her away for two months: and she went with her companions, and bewailed her virginity upon the mountains. -- judges 11:38 +. +And it came to pass at the end of two months, that she returned unto her father, who did with her according to his vow which he had vowed: and she knew no man. And it was a custom in Israel, -- judges 11:39 +. +That the daughters of Israel went yearly to lament the daughter of Jephthah the Gileadite four days in a year. -- judges 11:40 +. +And the men of Ephraim gathered themselves together, and went northward, and said unto Jephthah, Wherefore passedst thou over to fight against the children of Ammon, and didst not call us to go with thee? we will burn thine house upon thee with fire. -- judges 12:1 +. +And Jephthah said unto them, I and my people were at great strife with the children of Ammon; and when I called you, ye delivered me not out of their hands. -- judges 12:2 +. +And when I saw that ye delivered me not, I put my life in my hands, and passed over against the children of Ammon, and the LORD delivered them into my hand: wherefore then are ye come up unto me this day, to fight against me? -- judges 12:3 +. +Then Jephthah gathered together all the men of Gilead, and fought with Ephraim: and the men of Gilead smote Ephraim, because they said, Ye Gileadites are fugitives of Ephraim among the Ephraimites, and among the Manassites. -- judges 12:4 +. +And the Gileadites took the passages of Jordan before the Ephraimites: and it was so, that when those Ephraimites which were escaped said, Let me go over; that the men of Gilead said unto him, Art thou an Ephraimite? If he said, Nay; -- judges 12:5 +. +Then said they unto him, Say now Shibboleth: and he said Sibboleth: for he could not frame to pronounce it right. Then they took him, and slew him at the passages of Jordan: and there fell at that time of the Ephraimites forty and two thousand. -- judges 12:6 +. +And Jephthah judged Israel six years. Then died Jephthah the Gileadite, and was buried in one of the cities of Gilead. -- judges 12:7 +. +And after him Ibzan of Bethlehem judged Israel. -- judges 12:8 +. +And he had thirty sons, and thirty daughters, whom he sent abroad, and took in thirty daughters from abroad for his sons. And he judged Israel seven years. -- judges 12:9 +. +Then died Ibzan, and was buried at Bethlehem. -- judges 12:10 +. +And after him Elon, a Zebulonite, judged Israel; and he judged Israel ten years. -- judges 12:11 +. +And Elon the Zebulonite died, and was buried in Aijalon in the country of Zebulun. -- judges 12:12 +. +And after him Abdon the son of Hillel, a Pirathonite, judged Israel. -- judges 12:13 +. +And he had forty sons and thirty nephews, that rode on threescore and ten ass colts: and he judged Israel eight years. -- judges 12:14 +. +And Abdon the son of Hillel the Pirathonite died, and was buried in Pirathon in the land of Ephraim, in the mount of the Amalekites. -- judges 12:15 +. +And the children of Israel did evil again in the sight of the LORD; and the LORD delivered them into the hand of the Philistines forty years. -- judges 13:1 +. +And there was a certain man of Zorah, of the family of the Danites, whose name was Manoah; and his wife was barren, and bare not. -- judges 13:2 +. +And the angel of the LORD appeared unto the woman, and said unto her, Behold now, thou art barren, and bearest not: but thou shalt conceive, and bear a son. -- judges 13:3 +. +Now therefore beware, I pray thee, and drink not wine nor strong drink, and eat not any unclean thing: -- judges 13:4 +. +For, lo, thou shalt conceive, and bear a son; and no razor shall come on his head: for the child shall be a Nazarite unto God from the womb: and he shall begin to deliver Israel out of the hand of the Philistines. -- judges 13:5 +. +Then the woman came and told her husband, saying, A man of God came unto me, and his countenance was like the countenance of an angel of God, very terrible: but I asked him not whence he was, neither told he me his name: -- judges 13:6 +. +But he said unto me, Behold, thou shalt conceive, and bear a son; and now drink no wine nor strong drink, neither eat any unclean thing: for the child shall be a Nazarite to God from the womb to the day of his death. -- judges 13:7 +. +Then Manoah intreated the LORD, and said, O my Lord, let the man of God which thou didst send come again unto us, and teach us what we shall do unto the child that shall be born. -- judges 13:8 +. +And God hearkened to the voice of Manoah; and the angel of God came again unto the woman as she sat in the field: but Manoah her husband was not with her. -- judges 13:9 +. +And the woman made haste, and ran, and showed her husband, and said unto him, Behold, the man hath appeared unto me, that came unto me the other day. -- judges 13:10 +. +And Manoah arose, and went after his wife, and came to the man, and said unto him, Art thou the man that spakest unto the woman? And he said, I am. -- judges 13:11 +. +And Manoah said, Now let thy words come to pass. How shall we order the child, and how shall we do unto him? -- judges 13:12 +. +And the angel of the LORD said unto Manoah, Of all that I said unto the woman let her beware. -- judges 13:13 +. +She may not eat of any thing that cometh of the vine, neither let her drink wine or strong drink, nor eat any unclean thing: all that I commanded her let her observe. -- judges 13:14 +. +And Manoah said unto the angel of the LORD, I pray thee, let us detain thee, until we shall have made ready a kid for thee. -- judges 13:15 +. +And the angel of the LORD said unto Manoah, Though thou detain me, I will not eat of thy bread: and if thou wilt offer a burnt offering, thou must offer it unto the LORD. For Manoah knew not that he was an angel of the LORD. -- judges 13:16 +. +And Manoah said unto the angel of the LORD, What is thy name, that when thy sayings come to pass we may do thee honor? -- judges 13:17 +. +And the angel of the LORD said unto him, Why askest thou thus after my name, seeing it is secret? -- judges 13:18 +. +So Manoah took a kid with a meat offering, and offered it upon a rock unto the LORD: and the angel did wonderously; and Manoah and his wife looked on. -- judges 13:19 +. +For it came to pass, when the flame went up toward heaven from off the altar, that the angel of the LORD ascended in the flame of the altar. And Manoah and his wife looked on it, and fell on their faces to the ground. -- judges 13:20 +. +But the angel of the LORD did no more appear to Manoah and to his wife. Then Manoah knew that he was an angel of the LORD. -- judges 13:21 +. +And Manoah said unto his wife, We shall surely die, because we have seen God. -- judges 13:22 +. +But his wife said unto him, If the LORD were pleased to kill us, he would not have received a burnt offering and a meat offering at our hands, neither would he have showed us all these things, nor would as at this time have told us such things as these. -- judges 13:23 +. +And the woman bare a son, and called his name Samson: and the child grew, and the LORD blessed him. -- judges 13:24 +. +And the Spirit of the LORD began to move him at times in the camp of Dan between Zorah and Eshtaol. -- judges 13:25 +. +And Samson went down to Timnath, and saw a woman in Timnath of the daughters of the Philistines. -- judges 14:1 +. +And he came up, and told his father and his mother, and said, I have seen a woman in Timnath of the daughters of the Philistines: now therefore get her for me to wife. -- judges 14:2 +. +Then his father and his mother said unto him, Is there never a woman among the daughters of thy brethren, or among all my people, that thou goest to take a wife of the uncircumcised Philistines? And Samson said unto his father, Get her for me; for she pleaseth me well. -- judges 14:3 +. +But his father and his mother knew not that it was of the LORD, that he sought an occasion against the Philistines: for at that time the Philistines had dominion over Israel. -- judges 14:4 +. +Then went Samson down, and his father and his mother, to Timnath, and came to the vineyards of Timnath: and, behold, a young lion roared against him. -- judges 14:5 +. +And the Spirit of the LORD came mightily upon him, and he rent him as he would have rent a kid, and he had nothing in his hand: but he told not his father or his mother what he had done. -- judges 14:6 +. +And he went down, and talked with the woman; and she pleased Samson well. -- judges 14:7 +. +And after a time he returned to take her, and he turned aside to see the carcass of the lion: and, behold, there was a swarm of bees and honey in the carcass of the lion. -- judges 14:8 +. +And he took thereof in his hands, and went on eating, and came to his father and mother, and he gave them, and they did eat: but he told not them that he had taken the honey out of the carcass of the lion. -- judges 14:9 +. +So his father went down unto the woman: and Samson made there a feast; for so used the young men to do. -- judges 14:10 +. +And it came to pass, when they saw him, that they brought thirty companions to be with him. -- judges 14:11 +. +And Samson said unto them, I will now put forth a riddle unto you: if ye can certainly declare it me within the seven days of the feast, and find it out, then I will give you thirty sheets and thirty change of garments: -- judges 14:12 +. +But if ye cannot declare it me, then shall ye give me thirty sheets and thirty change of garments. And they said unto him, Put forth thy riddle, that we may hear it. -- judges 14:13 +. +And he said unto them, Out of the eater came forth meat, and out of the strong came forth sweetness. And they could not in three days expound the riddle. -- judges 14:14 +. +And it came to pass on the seventh day, that they said unto Samson's wife, Entice thy husband, that he may declare unto us the riddle, lest we burn thee and thy father's house with fire: have ye called us to take that we have? is it not so? -- judges 14:15 +. +And Samson's wife wept before him, and said, Thou dost but hate me, and lovest me not: thou hast put forth a riddle unto the children of my people, and hast not told it me. And he said unto her, Behold, I have not told it my father nor my mother, and shall I tell it thee? -- judges 14:16 +. +And she wept before him the seven days, while their feast lasted: and it came to pass on the seventh day, that he told her, because she lay sore upon him: and she told the riddle to the children of her people. -- judges 14:17 +. +And the men of the city said unto him on the seventh day before the sun went down, What is sweeter than honey? And what is stronger than a lion? and he said unto them, If ye had not plowed with my heifer, ye had not found out my riddle. -- judges 14:18 +. +And the Spirit of the LORD came upon him, and he went down to Ashkelon, and slew thirty men of them, and took their spoil, and gave change of garments unto them which expounded the riddle. And his anger was kindled, and he went up to his father's house. -- judges 14:19 +. +But Samson's wife was given to his companion, whom he had used as his friend. -- judges 14:20 +. +But it came to pass within a while after, in the time of wheat harvest, that Samson visited his wife with a kid; and he said, I will go in to my wife into the chamber. But her father would not suffer him to go in. -- judges 15:1 +. +And her father said, I verily thought that thou hadst utterly hated her; therefore I gave her to thy companion: is not her younger sister fairer than she? take her, I pray thee, instead of her. -- judges 15:2 +. +And Samson said concerning them, Now shall I be more blameless than the Philistines, though I do them a displeasure. -- judges 15:3 +. +And Samson went and caught three hundred foxes, and took firebrands, and turned tail to tail, and put a firebrand in the midst between two tails. -- judges 15:4 +. +And when he had set the brands on fire, he let them go into the standing corn of the Philistines, and burnt up both the shocks, and also the standing corn, with the vineyards and olives. -- judges 15:5 +. +Then the Philistines said, Who hath done this? And they answered, Samson, the son in law of the Timnite, because he had taken his wife, and given her to his companion. And the Philistines came up, and burnt her and her father with fire. -- judges 15:6 +. +And Samson said unto them, Though ye have done this, yet will I be avenged of you, and after that I will cease. -- judges 15:7 +. +And he smote them hip and thigh with a great slaughter: and he went down and dwelt in the top of the rock Etam. -- judges 15:8 +. +Then the Philistines went up, and pitched in Judah, and spread themselves in Lehi. -- judges 15:9 +. +And the men of Judah said, Why are ye come up against us? And they answered, To bind Samson are we come up, to do to him as he hath done to us. -- judges 15:10 +. +Then three thousand men of Judah went to the top of the rock Etam, and said to Samson, Knowest thou not that the Philistines are rulers over us? what is this that thou hast done unto us? And he said unto them, As they did unto me, so have I done unto them. -- judges 15:11 +. +And they said unto him, We are come down to bind thee, that we may deliver thee into the hand of the Philistines. And Samson said unto them, Swear unto me, that ye will not fall upon me yourselves. -- judges 15:12 +. +And they spake unto him, saying, No; but we will bind thee fast, and deliver thee into their hand: but surely we will not kill thee. And they bound him with two new cords, and brought him up from the rock. -- judges 15:13 +. +And when he came unto Lehi, the Philistines shouted against him: and the Spirit of the LORD came mightily upon him, and the cords that were upon his arms became as flax that was burnt with fire, and his bands loosed from off his hands. -- judges 15:14 +. +And he found a new jawbone of an ass, and put forth his hand, and took it, and slew a thousand men therewith. -- judges 15:15 +. +And Samson said, With the jawbone of an ass, heaps upon heaps, with the jaw of an ass have I slain a thousand men. -- judges 15:16 +. +And it came to pass, when he had made an end of speaking, that he cast away the jawbone out of his hand, and called that place Ramathlehi. -- judges 15:17 +. +And he was sore athirst, and called on the LORD, and said, Thou hast given this great deliverance into the hand of thy servant: and now shall I die for thirst, and fall into the hand of the uncircumcised? -- judges 15:18 +. +But God clave an hollow place that was in the jaw, and there came water thereout; and when he had drunk, his spirit came again, and he revived: wherefore he called the name thereof Enhakkore, which is in Lehi unto this day. -- judges 15:19 +. +And he judged Israel in the days of the Philistines twenty years. -- judges 15:20 +. +Then went Samson to Gaza, and saw there an harlot, and went in unto her. -- judges 16:1 +. +And it was told the Gazites, saying, Samson is come hither. And they compassed him in, and laid wait for him all night in the gate of the city, and were quiet all the night, saying, In the morning, when it is day, we shall kill him. -- judges 16:2 +. +And Samson lay till midnight, and arose at midnight, and took the doors of the gate of the city, and the two posts, and went away with them, bar and all, and put them upon his shoulders, and carried them up to the top of an hill that is before Hebron. -- judges 16:3 +. +And it came to pass afterward, that he loved a woman in the valley of Sorek, whose name was Delilah. -- judges 16:4 +. +And the lords of the Philistines came up unto her, and said unto her, Entice him, and see wherein his great strength lieth, and by what means we may prevail against him, that we may bind him to afflict him; and we will give thee every one of us eleven hundred pieces of silver. -- judges 16:5 +. +And Delilah said to Samson, Tell me, I pray thee, wherein thy great strength lieth, and wherewith thou mightest be bound to afflict thee. -- judges 16:6 +. +And Samson said unto her, If they bind me with seven green withes that were never dried, then shall I be weak, and be as another man. -- judges 16:7 +. +Then the lords of the Philistines brought up to her seven green withes which had not been dried, and she bound him with them. -- judges 16:8 +. +Now there were men lying in wait, abiding with her in the chamber. And she said unto him, The Philistines be upon thee, Samson. And he brake the withes, as a thread of tow is broken when it toucheth the fire. So his strength was not known. -- judges 16:9 +. +And Delilah said unto Samson, Behold, thou hast mocked me, and told me lies: now tell me, I pray thee, wherewith thou mightest be bound. -- judges 16:10 +. +And he said unto her, If they bind me fast with new ropes that never were occupied, then shall I be weak, and be as another man. -- judges 16:11 +. +Delilah therefore took new ropes, and bound him therewith, and said unto him, The Philistines be upon thee, Samson. And there were liers in wait abiding in the chamber. And he brake them from off his arms like a thread. -- judges 16:12 +. +And Delilah said unto Samson, Hitherto thou hast mocked me, and told me lies: tell me wherewith thou mightest be bound. And he said unto her, If thou weavest the seven locks of my head with the web. -- judges 16:13 +. +And she fastened it with the pin, and said unto him, The Philistines be upon thee, Samson. And he awaked out of his sleep, and went away with the pin of the beam, and with the web. -- judges 16:14 +. +And she said unto him, How canst thou say, I love thee, when thine heart is not with me? thou hast mocked me these three times, and hast not told me wherein thy great strength lieth. -- judges 16:15 +. +And it came to pass, when she pressed him daily with her words, and urged him, so that his soul was vexed unto death; -- judges 16:16 +. +That he told her all his heart, and said unto her, There hath not come a razor upon mine head; for I have been a Nazarite unto God from my mother's womb: if I be shaven, then my strength will go from me, and I shall become weak, and be like any other man. -- judges 16:17 +. +And when Delilah saw that he had told her all his heart, she sent and called for the lords of the Philistines, saying, Come up this once, for he hath showed me all his heart. Then the lords of the Philistines came up unto her, and brought money in their hand. -- judges 16:18 +. +And she made him sleep upon her knees; and she called for a man, and she caused him to shave off the seven locks of his head; and she began to afflict him, and his strength went from him. -- judges 16:19 +. +And she said, The Philistines be upon thee, Samson. And he awoke out of his sleep, and said, I will go out as at other times before, and shake myself. And he wist not that the LORD was departed from him. -- judges 16:20 +. +But the Philistines took him, and put out his eyes, and brought him down to Gaza, and bound him with fetters of brass; and he did grind in the prison house. -- judges 16:21 +. +Howbeit the hair of his head began to grow again after he was shaven. -- judges 16:22 +. +Then the lords of the Philistines gathered them together for to offer a great sacrifice unto Dagon their god, and to rejoice: for they said, Our god hath delivered Samson our enemy into our hand. -- judges 16:23 +. +And when the people saw him, they praised their god: for they said, Our god hath delivered into our hands our enemy, and the destroyer of our country, which slew many of us. -- judges 16:24 +. +And it came to pass, when their hearts were merry, that they said, Call for Samson, that he may make us sport. And they called for Samson out of the prison house; and he made them sport: and they set him between the pillars. -- judges 16:25 +. +And Samson said unto the lad that held him by the hand, Suffer me that I may feel the pillars whereupon the house standeth, that I may lean upon them. -- judges 16:26 +. +Now the house was full of men and women; and all the lords of the Philistines were there; and there were upon the roof about three thousand men and women, that beheld while Samson made sport. -- judges 16:27 +. +And Samson called unto the LORD, and said, O Lord God, remember me, I pray thee, and strengthen me, I pray thee, only this once, O God, that I may be at once avenged of the Philistines for my two eyes. -- judges 16:28 +. +And Samson took hold of the two middle pillars upon which the house stood, and on which it was borne up, of the one with his right hand, and of the other with his left. -- judges 16:29 +. +And Samson said, Let me die with the Philistines. And he bowed himself with all his might; and the house fell upon the lords, and upon all the people that were therein. So the dead which he slew at his death were more than they which he slew in his life. -- judges 16:30 +. +Then his brethren and all the house of his father came down, and took him, and brought him up, and buried him between Zorah and Eshtaol in the buryingplace of Manoah his father. And he judged Israel twenty years. -- judges 16:31 +. +And there was a man of mount Ephraim, whose name was Micah. -- judges 17:1 +. +And he said unto his mother, The eleven hundred shekels of silver that were taken from thee, about which thou cursedst, and spakest of also in mine ears, behold, the silver is with me; I took it. And his mother said, Blessed be thou of the LORD, my son. -- judges 17:2 +. +And when he had restored the eleven hundred shekels of silver to his mother, his mother said, I had wholly dedicated the silver unto the LORD from my hand for my son, to make a graven image and a molten image: now therefore I will restore it unto thee. -- judges 17:3 +. +Yet he restored the money unto his mother; and his mother took two hundred shekels of silver, and gave them to the founder, who made thereof a graven image and a molten image: and they were in the house of Micah. -- judges 17:4 +. +And the man Micah had an house of gods, and made an ephod, and teraphim, and consecrated one of his sons, who became his priest. -- judges 17:5 +. +In those days there was no king in Israel, but every man did that which was right in his own eyes. -- judges 17:6 +. +And there was a young man out of Bethlehemjudah of the family of Judah, who was a Levite, and he sojourned there. -- judges 17:7 +. +And the man departed out of the city from Bethlehemjudah to sojourn where he could find a place: and he came to mount Ephraim to the house of Micah, as he journeyed. -- judges 17:8 +. +And Micah said unto him, Whence comest thou? And he said unto him, I am a Levite of Bethlehemjudah, and I go to sojourn where I may find a place. -- judges 17:9 +. +And Micah said unto him, Dwell with me, and be unto me a father and a priest, and I will give thee ten shekels of silver by the year, and a suit of apparel, and thy victuals. So the Levite went in. -- judges 17:10 +. +And the Levite was content to dwell with the man; and the young man was unto him as one of his sons. -- judges 17:11 +. +And Micah consecrated the Levite; and the young man became his priest, and was in the house of Micah. -- judges 17:12 +. +Then said Micah, Now know I that the LORD will do me good, seeing I have a Levite to my priest. -- judges 17:13 +. +In those days there was no king in Israel: and in those days the tribe of the Danites sought them an inheritance to dwell in; for unto that day all their inheritance had not fallen unto them among the tribes of Israel. -- judges 18:1 +. +And the children of Dan sent of their family five men from their coasts, men of valor, from Zorah, and from Eshtaol, to spy out the land, and to search it; and they said unto them, Go, search the land: who when they came to mount Ephraim, to the house of Micah, they lodged there. -- judges 18:2 +. +When they were by the house of Micah, they knew the voice of the young man the Levite: and they turned in thither, and said unto him, Who brought thee hither? and what makest thou in this place? and what hast thou here? -- judges 18:3 +. +And he said unto them, Thus and thus dealeth Micah with me, and hath hired me, and I am his priest. -- judges 18:4 +. +And they said unto him, Ask counsel, we pray thee, of God, that we may know whether our way which we go shall be prosperous. -- judges 18:5 +. +And the priest said unto them, Go in peace: before the LORD is your way wherein ye go. -- judges 18:6 +. +Then the five men departed, and came to Laish, and saw the people that were therein, how they dwelt careless, after the manner of the Zidonians, quiet and secure; and there was no magistrate in the land, that might put them to shame in any thing; and they were far from the Zidonians, and had no business with any man. -- judges 18:7 +. +And they came unto their brethren to Zorah and Eshtaol: and their brethren said unto them, What say ye? -- judges 18:8 +. +And they said, Arise, that we may go up against them: for we have seen the land, and, behold, it is very good: and are ye still? be not slothful to go, and to enter to possess the land. -- judges 18:9 +. +When ye go, ye shall come unto a people secure, and to a large land: for God hath given it into your hands; a place where there is no want of any thing that is in the earth. -- judges 18:10 +. +And there went from thence of the family of the Danites, out of Zorah and out of Eshtaol, six hundred men appointed with weapons of war. -- judges 18:11 +. +And they went up, and pitched in Kirjathjearim, in Judah: wherefore they called that place Mahanehdan unto this day: behold, it is behind Kirjathjearim. -- judges 18:12 +. +And they passed thence unto mount Ephraim, and came unto the house of Micah. -- judges 18:13 +. +Then answered the five men that went to spy out the country of Laish, and said unto their brethren, Do ye know that there is in these houses an ephod, and teraphim, and a graven image, and a molten image? now therefore consider what ye have to do. -- judges 18:14 +. +And they turned thitherward, and came to the house of the young man the Levite, even unto the house of Micah, and saluted him. -- judges 18:15 +. +And the six hundred men appointed with their weapons of war, which were of the children of Dan, stood by the entering of the gate. -- judges 18:16 +. +And the five men that went to spy out the land went up, and came in thither, and took the graven image, and the ephod, and the teraphim, and the molten image: and the priest stood in the entering of the gate with the six hundred men that were appointed with weapons of war. -- judges 18:17 +. +And these went into Micah's house, and fetched the carved image, the ephod, and the teraphim, and the molten image. Then said the priest unto them, What do ye? -- judges 18:18 +. +And they said unto him, Hold thy peace, lay thine hand upon thy mouth, and go with us, and be to us a father and a priest: is it better for thee to be a priest unto the house of one man, or that thou be a priest unto a tribe and a family in Israel? -- judges 18:19 +. +And the priest's heart was glad, and he took the ephod, and the teraphim, and the graven image, and went in the midst of the people. -- judges 18:20 +. +So they turned and departed, and put the little ones and the cattle and the carriage before them. -- judges 18:21 +. +And when they were a good way from the house of Micah, the men that were in the houses near to Micah's house were gathered together, and overtook the children of Dan. -- judges 18:22 +. +And they cried unto the children of Dan. And they turned their faces, and said unto Micah, What aileth thee, that thou comest with such a company? -- judges 18:23 +. +And he said, Ye have taken away my gods which I made, and the priest, and ye are gone away: and what have I more? and what is this that ye say unto me, What aileth thee? -- judges 18:24 +. +And the children of Dan said unto him, Let not thy voice be heard among us, lest angry fellows run upon thee, and thou lose thy life, with the lives of thy household. -- judges 18:25 +. +And the children of Dan went their way: and when Micah saw that they were too strong for him, he turned and went back unto his house. -- judges 18:26 +. +And they took the things which Micah had made, and the priest which he had, and came unto Laish, unto a people that were at quiet and secure: and they smote them with the edge of the sword, and burnt the city with fire. -- judges 18:27 +. +And there was no deliverer, because it was far from Zidon, and they had no business with any man; and it was in the valley that lieth by Bethrehob. And they built a city, and dwelt therein. -- judges 18:28 +. +And they called the name of the city Dan, after the name of Dan their father, who was born unto Israel: howbeit the name of the city was Laish at the first. -- judges 18:29 +. +And the children of Dan set up the graven image: and Jonathan, the son of Gershom, the son of Manasseh, he and his sons were priests to the tribe of Dan until the day of the captivity of the land. -- judges 18:30 +. +And they set them up Micah's graven image, which he made, all the time that the house of God was in Shiloh. -- judges 18:31 +. +And it came to pass in those days, when there was no king in Israel, that there was a certain Levite sojourning on the side of mount Ephraim, who took to him a concubine out of Bethlehemjudah. -- judges 19:1 +. +And his concubine played the whore against him, and went away from him unto her father's house to Bethlehemjudah, and was there four whole months. -- judges 19:2 +. +And her husband arose, and went after her, to speak friendly unto her, and to bring her again, having his servant with him, and a couple of asses: and she brought him into her father's house: and when the father of the damsel saw him, he rejoiced to meet him. -- judges 19:3 +. +And his father in law, the damsel's father, retained him; and he abode with him three days: so they did eat and drink, and lodged there. -- judges 19:4 +. +And it came to pass on the fourth day, when they arose early in the morning, that he rose up to depart: and the damsel's father said unto his son in law, Comfort thine heart with a morsel of bread, and afterward go your way. -- judges 19:5 +. +And they sat down, and did eat and drink both of them together: for the damsel's father had said unto the man, Be content, I pray thee, and tarry all night, and let thine heart be merry. -- judges 19:6 +. +And when the man rose up to depart, his father in law urged him: therefore he lodged there again. -- judges 19:7 +. +And he arose early in the morning on the fifth day to depart; and the damsel's father said, Comfort thine heart, I pray thee. And they tarried until afternoon, and they did eat both of them. -- judges 19:8 +. +And when the man rose up to depart, he, and his concubine, and his servant, his father in law, the damsel's father, said unto him, Behold, now the day draweth toward evening, I pray you tarry all night: behold, the day groweth to an end, lodge here, that thine heart may be merry; and to morrow get you early on your way, that thou mayest go home. -- judges 19:9 +. +But the man would not tarry that night, but he rose up and departed, and came over against Jebus, which is Jerusalem; and there were with him two asses saddled, his concubine also was with him. -- judges 19:10 +. +And when they were by Jebus, the day was far spent; and the servant said unto his master, Come, I pray thee, and let us turn in into this city of the Jebusites, and lodge in it. -- judges 19:11 +. +And his master said unto him, We will not turn aside hither into the city of a stranger, that is not of the children of Israel; we will pass over to Gibeah. -- judges 19:12 +. +And he said unto his servant, Come, and let us draw near to one of these places to lodge all night, in Gibeah, or in Ramah. -- judges 19:13 +. +And they passed on and went their way; and the sun went down upon them when they were by Gibeah, which belongeth to Benjamin. -- judges 19:14 +. +And they turned aside thither, to go in and to lodge in Gibeah: and when he went in, he sat him down in a street of the city: for there was no man that took them into his house to lodging. -- judges 19:15 +. +And, behold, there came an old man from his work out of the field at even, which was also of mount Ephraim; and he sojourned in Gibeah: but the men of the place were Benjamites. -- judges 19:16 +. +And when he had lifted up his eyes, he saw a wayfaring man in the street of the city: and the old man said, Whither goest thou? and whence comest thou? -- judges 19:17 +. +And he said unto him, We are passing from Bethlehemjudah toward the side of mount Ephraim; from thence am I: and I went to Bethlehemjudah, but I am now going to the house of the LORD; and there is no man that receiveth me to house. -- judges 19:18 +. +Yet there is both straw and provender for our asses; and there is bread and wine also for me, and for thy handmaid, and for the young man which is with thy servants: there is no want of any thing. -- judges 19:19 +. +And the old man said, Peace be with thee; howsoever let all thy wants lie upon me; only lodge not in the street. -- judges 19:20 +. +So he brought him into his house, and gave provender unto the asses: and they washed their feet, and did eat and drink. -- judges 19:21 +. +Now as they were making their hearts merry, behold, the men of the city, certain sons of Belial, beset the house round about, and beat at the door, and spake to the master of the house, the old man, saying, Bring forth the man that came into thine house, that we may know him. -- judges 19:22 +. +And the man, the master of the house, went out unto them, and said unto them, Nay, my brethren, nay, I pray you, do not so wickedly; seeing that this man is come into mine house, do not this folly. -- judges 19:23 +. +Behold, here is my daughter a maiden, and his concubine; them I will bring out now, and humble ye them, and do with them what seemeth good unto you: but unto this man do not so vile a thing. -- judges 19:24 +. +But the men would not hearken to him: so the man took his concubine, and brought her forth unto them; and they knew her, and abused her all the night until the morning: and when the day began to spring, they let her go. -- judges 19:25 +. +Then came the woman in the dawning of the day, and fell down at the door of the man's house where her lord was, till it was light. -- judges 19:26 +. +And her lord rose up in the morning, and opened the doors of the house, and went out to go his way: and, behold, the woman his concubine was fallen down at the door of the house, and her hands were upon the threshold. -- judges 19:27 +. +And he said unto her, Up, and let us be going. But none answered. Then the man took her up upon an ass, and the man rose up, and gat him unto his place. -- judges 19:28 +. +And when he was come into his house, he took a knife, and laid hold on his concubine, and divided her, together with her bones, into twelve pieces, and sent her into all the coasts of Israel. -- judges 19:29 +. +And it was so, that all that saw it said, There was no such deed done nor seen from the day that the children of Israel came up out of the land of Egypt unto this day: consider of it, take advice, and speak your minds. -- judges 19:30 +. +Then all the children of Israel went out, and the congregation was gathered together as one man, from Dan even to Beersheba, with the land of Gilead, unto the LORD in Mizpeh. -- judges 20:1 +. +And the chief of all the people, even of all the tribes of Israel, presented themselves in the assembly of the people of God, four hundred thousand footmen that drew sword. -- judges 20:2 +. +(Now the children of Benjamin heard that the children of Israel were gone up to Mizpeh.) Then said the children of Israel, Tell us, how was this wickedness? -- judges 20:3 +. +And the Levite, the husband of the woman that was slain, answered and said, I came into Gibeah that belongeth to Benjamin, I and my concubine, to lodge. -- judges 20:4 +. +And the men of Gibeah rose against me, and beset the house round about upon me by night, and thought to have slain me: and my concubine have they forced, that she is dead. -- judges 20:5 +. +And I took my concubine, and cut her in pieces, and sent her throughout all the country of the inheritance of Israel: for they have committed lewdness and folly in Israel. -- judges 20:6 +. +Behold, ye are all children of Israel; give here your advice and counsel. -- judges 20:7 +. +And all the people arose as one man, saying, We will not any of us go to his tent, neither will we any of us turn into his house. -- judges 20:8 +. +But now this shall be the thing which we will do to Gibeah; we will go up by lot against it; -- judges 20:9 +. +And we will take ten men of an hundred throughout all the tribes of Israel, and an hundred of a thousand, and a thousand out of ten thousand, to fetch victual for the people, that they may do, when they come to Gibeah of Benjamin, according to all the folly that they have wrought in Israel. -- judges 20:10 +. +So all the men of Israel were gathered against the city, knit together as one man. -- judges 20:11 +. +And the tribes of Israel sent men through all the tribe of Benjamin, saying, What wickedness is this that is done among you? -- judges 20:12 +. +Now therefore deliver us the men, the children of Belial, which are in Gibeah, that we may put them to death, and put away evil from Israel. But the children of Benjamin would not hearken to the voice of their brethren the children of Israel. -- judges 20:13 +. +But the children of Benjamin gathered themselves together out of the cities unto Gibeah, to go out to battle against the children of Israel. -- judges 20:14 +. +And the children of Benjamin were numbered at that time out of the cities twenty and six thousand men that drew sword, beside the inhabitants of Gibeah, which were numbered seven hundred chosen men. -- judges 20:15 +. +Among all this people there were seven hundred chosen men lefthanded; every one could sling stones at an hair breadth, and not miss. -- judges 20:16 +. +And the men of Israel, beside Benjamin, were numbered four hundred thousand men that drew sword: all these were men of war. -- judges 20:17 +. +And the children of Israel arose, and went up to the house of God, and asked counsel of God, and said, Which of us shall go up first to the battle against the children of Benjamin? And the LORD said, Judah shall go up first. -- judges 20:18 +. +And the children of Israel rose up in the morning, and encamped against Gibeah. -- judges 20:19 +. +And the men of Israel went out to battle against Benjamin; and the men of Israel put themselves in array to fight against them at Gibeah. -- judges 20:20 +. +And the children of Benjamin came forth out of Gibeah, and destroyed down to the ground of the Israelites that day twenty and two thousand men. -- judges 20:21 +. +And the people the men of Israel encouraged themselves, and set their battle again in array in the place where they put themselves in array the first day. -- judges 20:22 +. +(And the children of Israel went up and wept before the LORD until even, and asked counsel of the LORD, saying, Shall I go up again to battle against the children of Benjamin my brother? And the LORD said, Go up against him.) -- judges 20:23 +. +And the children of Israel came near against the children of Benjamin the second day. -- judges 20:24 +. +And Benjamin went forth against them out of Gibeah the second day, and destroyed down to the ground of the children of Israel again eighteen thousand men; all these drew the sword. -- judges 20:25 +. +Then all the children of Israel, and all the people, went up, and came unto the house of God, and wept, and sat there before the LORD, and fasted that day until even, and offered burnt offerings and peace offerings before the LORD. -- judges 20:26 +. +And the children of Israel inquired of the LORD, (for the ark of the covenant of God was there in those days, -- judges 20:27 +. +And Phinehas, the son of Eleazar, the son of Aaron, stood before it in those days,) saying, Shall I yet again go out to battle against the children of Benjamin my brother, or shall I cease? And the LORD said, Go up; for to morrow I will deliver them into thine hand. -- judges 20:28 +. +And Israel set liers in wait round about Gibeah. -- judges 20:29 +. +And the children of Israel went up against the children of Benjamin on the third day, and put themselves in array against Gibeah, as at other times. -- judges 20:30 +. +And the children of Benjamin went out against the people, and were drawn away from the city; and they began to smite of the people, and kill, as at other times, in the highways, of which one goeth up to the house of God, and the other to Gibeah in the field, about thirty men of Israel. -- judges 20:31 +. +And the children of Benjamin said, They are smitten down before us, as at the first. But the children of Israel said, Let us flee, and draw them from the city unto the highways. -- judges 20:32 +. +And all the men of Israel rose up out of their place, and put themselves in array at Baaltamar: and the liers in wait of Israel came forth out of their places, even out of the meadows of Gibeah. -- judges 20:33 +. +And there came against Gibeah ten thousand chosen men out of all Israel, and the battle was sore: but they knew not that evil was near them. -- judges 20:34 +. +And the LORD smote Benjamin before Israel: and the children of Israel destroyed of the Benjamites that day twenty and five thousand and an hundred men: all these drew the sword. -- judges 20:35 +. +So the children of Benjamin saw that they were smitten: for the men of Israel gave place to the Benjamites, because they trusted unto the liers in wait which they had set beside Gibeah. -- judges 20:36 +. +And the liers in wait hasted, and rushed upon Gibeah; and the liers in wait drew themselves along, and smote all the city with the edge of the sword. -- judges 20:37 +. +Now there was an appointed sign between the men of Israel and the liers in wait, that they should make a great flame with smoke rise up out of the city. -- judges 20:38 +. +And when the men of Israel retired in the battle, Benjamin began to smite and kill of the men of Israel about thirty persons: for they said, Surely they are smitten down before us, as in the first battle. -- judges 20:39 +. +But when the flame began to arise up out of the city with a pillar of smoke, the Benjamites looked behind them, and, behold, the flame of the city ascended up to heaven. -- judges 20:40 +. +And when the men of Israel turned again, the men of Benjamin were amazed: for they saw that evil was come upon them. -- judges 20:41 +. +Therefore they turned their backs before the men of Israel unto the way of the wilderness; but the battle overtook them; and them which came out of the cities they destroyed in the midst of them. -- judges 20:42 +. +Thus they inclosed the Benjamites round about, and chased them, and trode them down with ease over against Gibeah toward the sunrising. -- judges 20:43 +. +And there fell of Benjamin eighteen thousand men; all these were men of valor. -- judges 20:44 +. +And they turned and fled toward the wilderness unto the rock of Rimmon: and they gleaned of them in the highways five thousand men; and pursued hard after them unto Gidom, and slew two thousand men of them. -- judges 20:45 +. +So that all which fell that day of Benjamin were twenty and five thousand men that drew the sword; all these were men of valor. -- judges 20:46 +. +But six hundred men turned and fled to the wilderness unto the rock Rimmon, and abode in the rock Rimmon four months. -- judges 20:47 +. +And the men of Israel turned again upon the children of Benjamin, and smote them with the edge of the sword, as well the men of every city, as the beast, and all that came to hand: also they set on fire all the cities that they came to. -- judges 20:48 +. +Now the men of Israel had sworn in Mizpeh, saying, There shall not any of us give his daughter unto Benjamin to wife. -- judges 21:1 +. +And the people came to the house of God, and abode there till even before God, and lifted up their voices, and wept sore; -- judges 21:2 +. +And said, O LORD God of Israel, why is this come to pass in Israel, that there should be to day one tribe lacking in Israel? -- judges 21:3 +. +And it came to pass on the morrow, that the people rose early, and built there an altar, and offered burnt offerings and peace offerings. -- judges 21:4 +. +And the children of Israel said, Who is there among all the tribes of Israel that came not up with the congregation unto the LORD? For they had made a great oath concerning him that came not up to the LORD to Mizpeh, saying, He shall surely be put to death. -- judges 21:5 +. +And the children of Israel repented them for Benjamin their brother, and said, There is one tribe cut off from Israel this day. -- judges 21:6 +. +How shall we do for wives for them that remain, seeing we have sworn by the LORD that we will not give them of our daughters to wives? -- judges 21:7 +. +And they said, What one is there of the tribes of Israel that came not up to Mizpeh to the LORD? And, behold, there came none to the camp from Jabeshgilead to the assembly. -- judges 21:8 +. +For the people were numbered, and, behold, there were none of the inhabitants of Jabeshgilead there. -- judges 21:9 +. +And the congregation sent thither twelve thousand men of the valiantest, and commanded them, saying, Go and smite the inhabitants of Jabeshgilead with the edge of the sword, with the women and the children. -- judges 21:10 +. +And this is the thing that ye shall do, Ye shall utterly destroy every male, and every woman that hath lain by man. -- judges 21:11 +. +And they found among the inhabitants of Jabeshgilead four hundred young virgins, that had known no man by lying with any male: and they brought them unto the camp to Shiloh, which is in the land of Canaan. -- judges 21:12 +. +And the whole congregation sent some to speak to the children of Benjamin that were in the rock Rimmon, and to call peaceably unto them. -- judges 21:13 +. +And Benjamin came again at that time; and they gave them wives which they had saved alive of the women of Jabeshgilead: and yet so they sufficed them not. -- judges 21:14 +. +And the people repented them for Benjamin, because that the LORD had made a breach in the tribes of Israel. -- judges 21:15 +. +Then the elders of the congregation said, How shall we do for wives for them that remain, seeing the women are destroyed out of Benjamin? -- judges 21:16 +. +And they said, There must be an inheritance for them that be escaped of Benjamin, that a tribe be not destroyed out of Israel. -- judges 21:17 +. +Howbeit we may not give them wives of our daughters: for the children of Israel have sworn, saying, Cursed be he that giveth a wife to Benjamin. -- judges 21:18 +. +Then they said, Behold, there is a feast of the LORD in Shiloh yearly in a place which is on the north side of Bethel, on the east side of the highway that goeth up from Bethel to Shechem, and on the south of Lebonah. -- judges 21:19 +. +Therefore they commanded the children of Benjamin, saying, Go and lie in wait in the vineyards; -- judges 21:20 +. +And see, and, behold, if the daughters of Shiloh come out to dance in dances, then come ye out of the vineyards, and catch you every man his wife of the daughters of Shiloh, and go to the land of Benjamin. -- judges 21:21 +. +And it shall be, when their fathers or their brethren come unto us to complain, that we will say unto them, Be favorable unto them for our sakes: because we reserved not to each man his wife in the war: for ye did not give unto them at this time, that ye should be guilty. -- judges 21:22 +. +And the children of Benjamin did so, and took them wives, according to their number, of them that danced, whom they caught: and they went and returned unto their inheritance, and repaired the cities, and dwelt in them. -- judges 21:23 +. +And the children of Israel departed thence at that time, every man to his tribe and to his family, and they went out from thence every man to his inheritance. -- judges 21:24 +. +In those days there was no king in Israel: every man did that which was right in his own eyes. -- judges 21:25 +. +Now it came to pass in the days when the judges ruled, that there was a famine in the land. And a certain man of Bethlehemjudah went to sojourn in the country of Moab, he, and his wife, and his two sons. -- ruth 1:1 +. +And the name of the man was Elimelech, and the name of his wife Naomi, and the name of his two sons Mahlon and Chilion, Ephrathites of Bethlehemjudah. And they came into the country of Moab, and continued there. -- ruth 1:2 +. +And Elimelech Naomi's husband died; and she was left, and her two sons. -- ruth 1:3 +. +And they took them wives of the women of Moab; the name of the one was Orpah, and the name of the other Ruth: and they dwelled there about ten years. -- ruth 1:4 +. +And Mahlon and Chilion died also both of them; and the woman was left of her two sons and her husband. -- ruth 1:5 +. +Then she arose with her daughters in law, that she might return from the country of Moab: for she had heard in the country of Moab how that the LORD had visited his people in giving them bread. -- ruth 1:6 +. +Wherefore she went forth out of the place where she was, and her two daughters in law with her; and they went on the way to return unto the land of Judah. -- ruth 1:7 +. +And Naomi said unto her two daughters in law, Go, return each to her mother's house: the LORD deal kindly with you, as ye have dealt with the dead, and with me. -- ruth 1:8 +. +The LORD grant you that ye may find rest, each of you in the house of her husband. Then she kissed them; and they lifted up their voice, and wept. -- ruth 1:9 +. +And they said unto her, Surely we will return with thee unto thy people. -- ruth 1:10 +. +And Naomi said, Turn again, my daughters: why will ye go with me? are there yet any more sons in my womb, that they may be your husbands? -- ruth 1:11 +. +Turn again, my daughters, go your way; for I am too old to have an husband. If I should say, I have hope, if I should have an husband also to night, and should also bear sons; -- ruth 1:12 +. +Would ye tarry for them till they were grown? would ye stay for them from having husbands? nay, my daughters; for it grieveth me much for your sakes that the hand of the LORD is gone out against me. -- ruth 1:13 +. +And they lifted up their voice, and wept again: and Orpah kissed her mother in law; but Ruth clave unto her. -- ruth 1:14 +. +And she said, Behold, thy sister in law is gone back unto her people, and unto her gods: return thou after thy sister in law. -- ruth 1:15 +. +And Ruth said, Entreat me not to leave thee, or to return from following after thee: for whither thou goest, I will go; and where thou lodgest, I will lodge: thy people shall be my people, and thy God my God: -- ruth 1:16 +. +Where thou diest, will I die, and there will I be buried: the LORD do so to me, and more also, if ought but death part thee and me. -- ruth 1:17 +. +When she saw that she was stedfastly minded to go with her, then she left speaking unto her. -- ruth 1:18 +. +So they two went until they came to Bethlehem. And it came to pass, when they were come to Bethlehem, that all the city was moved about them, and they said, Is this Naomi? -- ruth 1:19 +. +And she said unto them, Call me not Naomi, call me Mara: for the Almighty hath dealt very bitterly with me. -- ruth 1:20 +. +I went out full and the LORD hath brought me home again empty: why then call ye me Naomi, seeing the LORD hath testified against me, and the Almighty hath afflicted me? -- ruth 1:21 +. +So Naomi returned, and Ruth the Moabitess, her daughter in law, with her, which returned out of the country of Moab: and they came to Bethlehem in the beginning of barley harvest. -- ruth 1:22 +. +And Naomi had a kinsman of her husband's, a mighty man of wealth, of the family of Elimelech; and his name was Boaz. -- ruth 2:1 +. +And Ruth the Moabitess said unto Naomi, Let me now go to the field, and glean ears of corn after him in whose sight I shall find grace. And she said unto her, Go, my daughter. -- ruth 2:2 +. +And she went, and came, and gleaned in the field after the reapers: and her hap was to light on a part of the field belonging unto Boaz, who was of the kindred of Elimelech. -- ruth 2:3 +. +And, behold, Boaz came from Bethlehem, and said unto the reapers, The LORD be with you. And they answered him, The LORD bless thee. -- ruth 2:4 +. +Then said Boaz unto his servant that was set over the reapers, Whose damsel is this? -- ruth 2:5 +. +And the servant that was set over the reapers answered and said, It is the Moabitish damsel that came back with Naomi out of the country of Moab: -- ruth 2:6 +. +And she said, I pray you, let me glean and gather after the reapers among the sheaves: so she came, and hath continued even from the morning until now, that she tarried a little in the house. -- ruth 2:7 +. +Then said Boaz unto Ruth, Hearest thou not, my daughter? Go not to glean in another field, neither go from hence, but abide here fast by my maidens: -- ruth 2:8 +. +Let thine eyes be on the field that they do reap, and go thou after them: have I not charged the young men that they shall not touch thee? and when thou art athirst, go unto the vessels, and drink of that which the young men have drawn. -- ruth 2:9 +. +Then she fell on her face, and bowed herself to the ground, and said unto him, Why have I found grace in thine eyes, that thou shouldest take knowledge of me, seeing I am a stranger? -- ruth 2:10 +. +And Boaz answered and said unto her, It hath fully been showed me, all that thou hast done unto thy mother in law since the death of thine husband: and how thou hast left thy father and thy mother, and the land of thy nativity, and art come unto a people which thou knewest not heretofore. -- ruth 2:11 +. +The LORD recompense thy work, and a full reward be given thee of the LORD God of Israel, under whose wings thou art come to trust. -- ruth 2:12 +. +Then she said, Let me find favor in thy sight, my lord; for that thou hast comforted me, and for that thou hast spoken friendly unto thine handmaid, though I be not like unto one of thine handmaidens. -- ruth 2:13 +. +And Boaz said unto her, At mealtime come thou hither, and eat of the bread, and dip thy morsel in the vinegar. And she sat beside the reapers: and he reached her parched corn, and she did eat, and was sufficed, and left. -- ruth 2:14 +. +And when she was risen up to glean, Boaz commanded his young men, saying, Let her glean even among the sheaves, and reproach her not: -- ruth 2:15 +. +And let fall also some of the handfuls of purpose for her, and leave them, that she may glean them, and rebuke her not. -- ruth 2:16 +. +So she gleaned in the field until even, and beat out that she had gleaned: and it was about an ephah of barley. -- ruth 2:17 +. +And she took it up, and went into the city: and her mother in law saw what she had gleaned: and she brought forth, and gave to her that she had reserved after she was sufficed. -- ruth 2:18 +. +And her mother in law said unto her, Where hast thou gleaned to day? and where wroughtest thou? blessed be he that did take knowledge of thee. And she showed her mother in law with whom she had wrought, and said, The man's name with whom I wrought to day is Boaz. -- ruth 2:19 +. +And Naomi said unto her daughter in law, Blessed be he of the LORD, who hath not left off his kindness to the living and to the dead. And Naomi said unto her, The man is near of kin unto us, one of our next kinsmen. -- ruth 2:20 +. +And Ruth the Moabitess said, He said unto me also, Thou shalt keep fast by my young men, until they have ended all my harvest. -- ruth 2:21 +. +And Naomi said unto Ruth her daughter in law, It is good, my daughter, that thou go out with his maidens, that they meet thee not in any other field. -- ruth 2:22 +. +So she kept fast by the maidens of Boaz to glean unto the end of barley harvest and of wheat harvest; and dwelt with her mother in law. -- ruth 2:23 +. +Then Naomi her mother in law said unto her, My daughter, shall I not seek rest for thee, that it may be well with thee? -- ruth 3:1 +. +And now is not Boaz of our kindred, with whose maidens thou wast? Behold, he winnoweth barley to night in the threshingfloor. -- ruth 3:2 +. +Wash thyself therefore, and anoint thee, and put thy raiment upon thee, and get thee down to the floor: but make not thyself known unto the man, until he shall have done eating and drinking. -- ruth 3:3 +. +And it shall be, when he lieth down, that thou shalt mark the place where he shall lie, and thou shalt go in, and uncover his feet, and lay thee down; and he will tell thee what thou shalt do. -- ruth 3:4 +. +And she said unto her, All that thou sayest unto me I will do. -- ruth 3:5 +. +And she went down unto the floor, and did according to all that her mother in law bade her. -- ruth 3:6 +. +And when Boaz had eaten and drunk, and his heart was merry, he went to lie down at the end of the heap of corn: and she came softly, and uncovered his feet, and laid her down. -- ruth 3:7 +. +And it came to pass at midnight, that the man was afraid, and turned himself: and, behold, a woman lay at his feet. -- ruth 3:8 +. +And he said, Who art thou? And she answered, I am Ruth thine handmaid: spread therefore thy skirt over thine handmaid; for thou art a near kinsman. -- ruth 3:9 +. +And he said, Blessed be thou of the LORD, my daughter: for thou hast showed more kindness in the latter end than at the beginning, inasmuch as thou followedst not young men, whether poor or rich. -- ruth 3:10 +. +And now, my daughter, fear not; I will do to thee all that thou requirest: for all the city of my people doth know that thou art a virtuous woman. -- ruth 3:11 +. +And now it is true that I am thy near kinsman: howbeit there is a kinsman nearer than I. -- ruth 3:12 +. +Tarry this night, and it shall be in the morning, that if he will perform unto thee the part of a kinsman, well; let him do the kinsman's part: but if he will not do the part of a kinsman to thee, then will I do the part of a kinsman to thee, as the LORD liveth: lie down until the morning. -- ruth 3:13 +. +And she lay at his feet until the morning: and she rose up before one could know another. And he said, Let it not be known that a woman came into the floor. -- ruth 3:14 +. +Also he said, Bring the vail that thou hast upon thee, and hold it. And when she held it, he measured six measures of barley, and laid it on her: and she went into the city. -- ruth 3:15 +. +And when she came to her mother in law, she said, Who art thou, my daughter? And she told her all that the man had done to her. -- ruth 3:16 +. +And she said, These six measures of barley gave he me; for he said to me, Go not empty unto thy mother in law. -- ruth 3:17 +. +Then said she, Sit still, my daughter, until thou know how the matter will fall: for the man will not be in rest, until he have finished the thing this day. -- ruth 3:18 +. +Then went Boaz up to the gate, and sat him down there: and, behold, the kinsman of whom Boaz spake came by; unto whom he said, Ho, such a one! turn aside, sit down here. And he turned aside, and sat down. -- ruth 4:1 +. +And he took ten men of the elders of the city, and said, Sit ye down here. And they sat down. -- ruth 4:2 +. +And he said unto the kinsman, Naomi, that is come again out of the country of Moab, selleth a parcel of land, which was our brother Elimelech's: -- ruth 4:3 +. +And I thought to advertise thee, saying, Buy it before the inhabitants, and before the elders of my people. If thou wilt redeem it, redeem it: but if thou wilt not redeem it, then tell me, that I may know: for there is none to redeem it beside thee; and I am after thee. And he said, I will redeem it. -- ruth 4:4 +. +Then said Boaz, What day thou buyest the field of the hand of Naomi, thou must buy it also of Ruth the Moabitess, the wife of the dead, to raise up the name of the dead upon his inheritance. -- ruth 4:5 +. +And the kinsman said, I cannot redeem it for myself, lest I mar mine own inheritance: redeem thou my right to thyself; for I cannot redeem it. -- ruth 4:6 +. +Now this was the manner in former time in Israel concerning redeeming and concerning changing, for to confirm all things; a man plucked off his shoe, and gave it to his neighbor: and this was a testimony in Israel. -- ruth 4:7 +. +Therefore the kinsman said unto Boaz, Buy it for thee. So he drew off his shoe. -- ruth 4:8 +. +And Boaz said unto the elders, and unto all the people, Ye are witnesses this day, that I have bought all that was Elimelech's, and all that was Chilion's and Mahlon's, of the hand of Naomi. -- ruth 4:9 +. +Moreover Ruth the Moabitess, the wife of Mahlon, have I purchased to be my wife, to raise up the name of the dead upon his inheritance, that the name of the dead be not cut off from among his brethren, and from the gate of his place: ye are witnesses this day. -- ruth 4:10 +. +And all the people that were in the gate, and the elders, said, We are witnesses. The LORD make the woman that is come into thine house like Rachel and like Leah, which two did build the house of Israel: and do thou worthily in Ephratah, and be famous in Bethlehem: -- ruth 4:11 +. +And let thy house be like the house of Pharez, whom Tamar bare unto Judah, of the seed which the LORD shall give thee of this young woman. -- ruth 4:12 +. +So Boaz took Ruth, and she was his wife: and when he went in unto her, the LORD gave her conception, and she bare a son. -- ruth 4:13 +. +And the women said unto Naomi, Blessed be the LORD, which hath not left thee this day without a kinsman, that his name may be famous in Israel. -- ruth 4:14 +. +And he shall be unto thee a restorer of thy life, and a nourisher of thine old age: for thy daughter in law, which loveth thee, which is better to thee than seven sons, hath born him. -- ruth 4:15 +. +And Naomi took the child, and laid it in her bosom, and became nurse unto it. -- ruth 4:16 +. +And the women her neighbors gave it a name, saying, There is a son born to Naomi; and they called his name Obed: he is the father of Jesse, the father of David. -- ruth 4:17 +. +Now these are the generations of Pharez: Pharez begat Hezron, -- ruth 4:18 +. +And Hezron begat Ram, and Ram begat Amminadab, -- ruth 4:19 +. +And Amminadab begat Nahshon, and Nahshon begat Salmon, -- ruth 4:20 +. +And Salmon begat Boaz, and Boaz begat Obed, -- ruth 4:21 +. +And Obed begat Jesse, and Jesse begat David. -- ruth 4:22 +. +Now there was a certain man of Ramathaimzophim, of mount Ephraim, and his name was Elkanah, the son of Jeroham, the son of Elihu, the son of Tohu, the son of Zuph, an Ephrathite: -- 1 samuel 1:1 +. +And he had two wives; the name of the one was Hannah, and the name of the other Peninnah: and Peninnah had children, but Hannah had no children. -- 1 samuel 1:2 +. +And this man went up out of his city yearly to worship and to sacrifice unto the LORD of hosts in Shiloh. And the two sons of Eli, Hophni and Phinehas, the priests of the LORD, were there. -- 1 samuel 1:3 +. +And when the time was that Elkanah offered, he gave to Peninnah his wife, and to all her sons and her daughters, portions: -- 1 samuel 1:4 +. +But unto Hannah he gave a worthy portion; for he loved Hannah: but the LORD had shut up her womb. -- 1 samuel 1:5 +. +And her adversary also provoked her sore, for to make her fret, because the LORD had shut up her womb. -- 1 samuel 1:6 +. +And as he did so year by year, when she went up to the house of the LORD, so she provoked her; therefore she wept, and did not eat. -- 1 samuel 1:7 +. +Then said Elkanah her husband to her, Hannah, why weepest thou? and why eatest thou not? and why is thy heart grieved? am not I better to thee than ten sons? -- 1 samuel 1:8 +. +So Hannah rose up after they had eaten in Shiloh, and after they had drunk. Now Eli the priest sat upon a seat by a post of the temple of the LORD. -- 1 samuel 1:9 +. +And she was in bitterness of soul, and prayed unto the LORD, and wept sore. -- 1 samuel 1:10 +. +And she vowed a vow, and said, O LORD of hosts, if thou wilt indeed look on the affliction of thine handmaid, and remember me, and not forget thine handmaid, but wilt give unto thine handmaid a man child, then I will give him unto the LORD all the days of his life, and there shall no razor come upon his head. -- 1 samuel 1:11 +. +And it came to pass, as she continued praying before the LORD, that Eli marked her mouth. -- 1 samuel 1:12 +. +Now Hannah, she spake in her heart; only her lips moved, but her voice was not heard: therefore Eli thought she had been drunken. -- 1 samuel 1:13 +. +And Eli said unto her, How long wilt thou be drunken? put away thy wine from thee. -- 1 samuel 1:14 +. +And Hannah answered and said, No, my lord, I am a woman of a sorrowful spirit: I have drunk neither wine nor strong drink, but have poured out my soul before the LORD. -- 1 samuel 1:15 +. +Count not thine handmaid for a daughter of Belial: for out of the abundance of my complaint and grief have I spoken hitherto. -- 1 samuel 1:16 +. +Then Eli answered and said, Go in peace: and the God of Israel grant thee thy petition that thou hast asked of him. -- 1 samuel 1:17 +. +And she said, Let thine handmaid find grace in thy sight. So the woman went her way, and did eat, and her countenance was no more sad. -- 1 samuel 1:18 +. +And they rose up in the morning early, and worshipped before the LORD, and returned, and came to their house to Ramah: and Elkanah knew Hannah his wife; and the LORD remembered her. -- 1 samuel 1:19 +. +Wherefore it came to pass, when the time was come about after Hannah had conceived, that she bare a son, and called his name Samuel, saying, Because I have asked him of the LORD. -- 1 samuel 1:20 +. +And the man Elkanah, and all his house, went up to offer unto the LORD the yearly sacrifice, and his vow. -- 1 samuel 1:21 +. +But Hannah went not up; for she said unto her husband, I will not go up until the child be weaned, and then I will bring him, that he may appear before the LORD, and there abide for ever. -- 1 samuel 1:22 +. +And Elkanah her husband said unto her, Do what seemeth thee good; tarry until thou have weaned him; only the LORD establish his word. So the woman abode, and gave her son suck until she weaned him. -- 1 samuel 1:23 +. +And when she had weaned him, she took him up with her, with three bullocks, and one ephah of flour, and a bottle of wine, and brought him unto the house of the LORD in Shiloh: and the child was young. -- 1 samuel 1:24 +. +And they slew a bullock, and brought the child to Eli. -- 1 samuel 1:25 +. +And she said, Oh my lord, as thy soul liveth, my lord, I am the woman that stood by thee here, praying unto the LORD. -- 1 samuel 1:26 +. +For this child I prayed; and the LORD hath given me my petition which I asked of him: -- 1 samuel 1:27 +. +Therefore also I have lent him to the LORD; as long as he liveth he shall be lent to the LORD. And he worshipped the LORD there. -- 1 samuel 1:28 +. +And Hannah prayed, and said, My heart rejoiceth in the LORD, mine horn is exalted in the LORD: my mouth is enlarged over mine enemies; because I rejoice in thy salvation. -- 1 samuel 2:1 +. +There is none holy as the LORD: for there is none beside thee: neither is there any rock like our God. -- 1 samuel 2:2 +. +Talk no more so exceeding proudly; let not arrogancy come out of your mouth: for the LORD is a God of knowledge, and by him actions are weighed. -- 1 samuel 2:3 +. +The bows of the mighty men are broken, and they that stumbled are girded with strength. -- 1 samuel 2:4 +. +They that were full have hired out themselves for bread; and they that were hungry ceased: so that the barren hath born seven; and she that hath many children is waxed feeble. -- 1 samuel 2:5 +. +The LORD killeth, and maketh alive: he bringeth down to the grave, and bringeth up. -- 1 samuel 2:6 +. +The LORD maketh poor, and maketh rich: he bringeth low, and lifteth up. -- 1 samuel 2:7 +. +He raiseth up the poor out of the dust, and lifteth up the beggar from the dunghill, to set them among princes, and to make them inherit the throne of glory: for the pillars of the earth are the LORD's, and he hath set the world upon them. -- 1 samuel 2:8 +. +He will keep the feet of his saints, and the wicked shall be silent in darkness; for by strength shall no man prevail. -- 1 samuel 2:9 +. +The adversaries of the LORD shall be broken to pieces; out of heaven shall he thunder upon them: the LORD shall judge the ends of the earth; and he shall give strength unto his king, and exalt the horn of his anointed. -- 1 samuel 2:10 +. +And Elkanah went to Ramah to his house. And the child did minister unto the LORD before Eli the priest. -- 1 samuel 2:11 +. +Now the sons of Eli were sons of Belial; they knew not the LORD. -- 1 samuel 2:12 +. +And the priest's custom with the people was, that, when any man offered sacrifice, the priest's servant came, while the flesh was in seething, with a fleshhook of three teeth in his hand; -- 1 samuel 2:13 +. +And he struck it into the pan, or kettle, or caldron, or pot; all that the fleshhook brought up the priest took for himself. So they did in Shiloh unto all the Israelites that came thither. -- 1 samuel 2:14 +. +Also before they burnt the fat, the priest's servant came, and said to the man that sacrificed, Give flesh to roast for the priest; for he will not have sodden flesh of thee, but raw. -- 1 samuel 2:15 +. +And if any man said unto him, Let them not fail to burn the fat presently, and then take as much as thy soul desireth; then he would answer him, Nay; but thou shalt give it me now: and if not, I will take it by force. -- 1 samuel 2:16 +. +Wherefore the sin of the young men was very great before the LORD: for men abhorred the offering of the LORD. -- 1 samuel 2:17 +. +But Samuel ministered before the LORD, being a child, girded with a linen ephod. -- 1 samuel 2:18 +. +Moreover his mother made him a little coat, and brought it to him from year to year, when she came up with her husband to offer the yearly sacrifice. -- 1 samuel 2:19 +. +And Eli blessed Elkanah and his wife, and said, The LORD give thee seed of this woman for the loan which is lent to the LORD. And they went unto their own home. -- 1 samuel 2:20 +. +And the LORD visited Hannah, so that she conceived, and bare three sons and two daughters. And the child Samuel grew before the LORD. -- 1 samuel 2:21 +. +Now Eli was very old, and heard all that his sons did unto all Israel; and how they lay with the women that assembled at the door of the tabernacle of the congregation. -- 1 samuel 2:22 +. +And he said unto them, Why do ye such things? for I hear of your evil dealings by all this people. -- 1 samuel 2:23 +. +Nay, my sons; for it is no good report that I hear: ye make the LORD's people to transgress. -- 1 samuel 2:24 +. +If one man sin against another, the judge shall judge him: but if a man sin against the LORD, who shall entreat for him? Notwithstanding they hearkened not unto the voice of their father, because the LORD would slay them. -- 1 samuel 2:25 +. +And the child Samuel grew on, and was in favor both with the LORD, and also with men. -- 1 samuel 2:26 +. +And there came a man of God unto Eli, and said unto him, Thus saith the LORD, Did I plainly appear unto the house of thy father, when they were in Egypt in Pharaoh's house? -- 1 samuel 2:27 +. +And did I choose him out of all the tribes of Israel to be my priest, to offer upon mine altar, to burn incense, to wear an ephod before me? and did I give unto the house of thy father all the offerings made by fire of the children of Israel? -- 1 samuel 2:28 +. +Wherefore kick ye at my sacrifice and at mine offering, which I have commanded in my habitation; and honorest thy sons above me, to make yourselves fat with the chiefest of all the offerings of Israel my people? -- 1 samuel 2:29 +. +Wherefore the LORD God of Israel saith, I said indeed that thy house, and the house of thy father, should walk before me for ever: but now the LORD saith, Be it far from me; for them that honor me I will honor, and they that despise me shall be lightly esteemed. -- 1 samuel 2:30 +. +Behold, the days come, that I will cut off thine arm, and the arm of thy father's house, that there shall not be an old man in thine house. -- 1 samuel 2:31 +. +And thou shalt see an enemy in my habitation, in all the wealth which God shall give Israel: and there shall not be an old man in thine house for ever. -- 1 samuel 2:32 +. +And the man of thine, whom I shall not cut off from mine altar, shall be to consume thine eyes, and to grieve thine heart: and all the increase of thine house shall die in the flower of their age. -- 1 samuel 2:33 +. +And this shall be a sign unto thee, that shall come upon thy two sons, on Hophni and Phinehas; in one day they shall die both of them. -- 1 samuel 2:34 +. +And I will raise me up a faithful priest, that shall do according to that which is in mine heart and in my mind: and I will build him a sure house; and he shall walk before mine anointed for ever. -- 1 samuel 2:35 +. +And it shall come to pass, that every one that is left in thine house shall come and crouch to him for a piece of silver and a morsel of bread, and shall say, Put me, I pray thee, into one of the priests' offices, that I may eat a piece of bread. -- 1 samuel 2:36 +. +And the child Samuel ministered unto the LORD before Eli. And the word of the LORD was precious in those days; there was no open vision. -- 1 samuel 3:1 +. +And it came to pass at that time, when Eli was laid down in his place, and his eyes began to wax dim, that he could not see; -- 1 samuel 3:2 +. +And ere the lamp of God went out in the temple of the LORD, where the ark of God was, and Samuel was laid down to sleep; -- 1 samuel 3:3 +. +That the LORD called Samuel: and he answered, Here am I. -- 1 samuel 3:4 +. +And he ran unto Eli, and said, Here am I; for thou calledst me. And he said, I called not; lie down again. And he went and lay down. -- 1 samuel 3:5 +. +And the LORD called yet again, Samuel. And Samuel arose and went to Eli, and said, Here am I; for thou didst call me. And he answered, I called not, my son; lie down again. -- 1 samuel 3:6 +. +Now Samuel did not yet know the LORD, neither was the word of the LORD yet revealed unto him. -- 1 samuel 3:7 +. +And the LORD called Samuel again the third time. And he arose and went to Eli, and said, Here am I; for thou didst call me. And Eli perceived that the LORD had called the child. -- 1 samuel 3:8 +. +Therefore Eli said unto Samuel, Go, lie down: and it shall be, if he call thee, that thou shalt say, Speak, LORD; for thy servant heareth. So Samuel went and lay down in his place. -- 1 samuel 3:9 +. +And the LORD came, and stood, and called as at other times, Samuel, Samuel. Then Samuel answered, Speak; for thy servant heareth. -- 1 samuel 3:10 +. +And the LORD said to Samuel, Behold, I will do a thing in Israel, at which both the ears of every one that heareth it shall tingle. -- 1 samuel 3:11 +. +In that day I will perform against Eli all things which I have spoken concerning his house: when I begin, I will also make an end. -- 1 samuel 3:12 +. +For I have told him that I will judge his house for ever for the iniquity which he knoweth; because his sons made themselves vile, and he restrained them not. -- 1 samuel 3:13 +. +And therefore I have sworn unto the house of Eli, that the iniquity of Eli's house shall not be purged with sacrifice nor offering for ever. -- 1 samuel 3:14 +. +And Samuel lay until the morning, and opened the doors of the house of the LORD. And Samuel feared to show Eli the vision. -- 1 samuel 3:15 +. +Then Eli called Samuel, and said, Samuel, my son. And he answered, Here am I. -- 1 samuel 3:16 +. +And he said, What is the thing that the LORD hath said unto thee? I pray thee hide it not from me: God do so to thee, and more also, if thou hide any thing from me of all the things that he said unto thee. -- 1 samuel 3:17 +. +And Samuel told him every whit, and hid nothing from him. And he said, It is the LORD: let him do what seemeth him good. -- 1 samuel 3:18 +. +And Samuel grew, and the LORD was with him, and did let none of his words fall to the ground. -- 1 samuel 3:19 +. +And all Israel from Dan even to Beersheba knew that Samuel was established to be a prophet of the LORD. -- 1 samuel 3:20 +. +And the LORD appeared again in Shiloh: for the LORD revealed himself to Samuel in Shiloh by the word of the LORD. -- 1 samuel 3:21 +. +And the word of Samuel came to all Israel. Now Israel went out against the Philistines to battle, and pitched beside Ebenezer: and the Philistines pitched in Aphek. -- 1 samuel 4:1 +. +And the Philistines put themselves in array against Israel: and when they joined battle, Israel was smitten before the Philistines: and they slew of the army in the field about four thousand men. -- 1 samuel 4:2 +. +And when the people were come into the camp, the elders of Israel said, Wherefore hath the LORD smitten us to day before the Philistines? Let us fetch the ark of the covenant of the LORD out of Shiloh unto us, that, when it cometh among us, it may save us out of the hand of our enemies. -- 1 samuel 4:3 +. +So the people sent to Shiloh, that they might bring from thence the ark of the covenant of the LORD of hosts, which dwelleth between the cherubim: and the two sons of Eli, Hophni and Phinehas, were there with the ark of the covenant of God. -- 1 samuel 4:4 +. +And when the ark of the covenant of the LORD came into the camp, all Israel shouted with a great shout, so that the earth rang again. -- 1 samuel 4:5 +. +And when the Philistines heard the noise of the shout, they said, What meaneth the noise of this great shout in the camp of the Hebrews? And they understood that the ark of the LORD was come into the camp. -- 1 samuel 4:6 +. +And the Philistines were afraid, for they said, God is come into the camp. And they said, Woe unto us! for there hath not been such a thing heretofore. -- 1 samuel 4:7 +. +Woe unto us! who shall deliver us out of the hand of these mighty Gods? these are the Gods that smote the Egyptians with all the plagues in the wilderness. -- 1 samuel 4:8 +. +Be strong and quit yourselves like men, O ye Philistines, that ye be not servants unto the Hebrews, as they have been to you: quit yourselves like men, and fight. -- 1 samuel 4:9 +. +And the Philistines fought, and Israel was smitten, and they fled every man into his tent: and there was a very great slaughter; for there fell of Israel thirty thousand footmen. -- 1 samuel 4:10 +. +And the ark of God was taken; and the two sons of Eli, Hophni and Phinehas, were slain. -- 1 samuel 4:11 +. +And there ran a man of Benjamin out of the army, and came to Shiloh the same day with his clothes rent, and with earth upon his head. -- 1 samuel 4:12 +. +And when he came, lo, Eli sat upon a seat by the wayside watching: for his heart trembled for the ark of God. And when the man came into the city, and told it, all the city cried out. -- 1 samuel 4:13 +. +And when Eli heard the noise of the crying, he said, What meaneth the noise of this tumult? And the man came in hastily, and told Eli. -- 1 samuel 4:14 +. +Now Eli was ninety and eight years old; and his eyes were dim, that he could not see. -- 1 samuel 4:15 +. +And the man said unto Eli, I am he that came out of the army, and I fled to day out of the army. And he said, What is there done, my son? -- 1 samuel 4:16 +. +And the messenger answered and said, Israel is fled before the Philistines, and there hath been also a great slaughter among the people, and thy two sons also, Hophni and Phinehas, are dead, and the ark of God is taken. -- 1 samuel 4:17 +. +And it came to pass, when he made mention of the ark of God, that he fell from off the seat backward by the side of the gate, and his neck brake, and he died: for he was an old man, and heavy. And he had judged Israel forty years. -- 1 samuel 4:18 +. +And his daughter in law, Phinehas' wife, was with child, near to be delivered: and when she heard the tidings that the ark of God was taken, and that her father in law and her husband were dead, she bowed herself and travailed; for her pains came upon her. -- 1 samuel 4:19 +. +And about the time of her death the women that stood by her said unto her, Fear not; for thou hast born a son. But she answered not, neither did she regard it. -- 1 samuel 4:20 +. +And she named the child Ichabod, saying, The glory is departed from Israel: because the ark of God was taken, and because of her father in law and her husband. -- 1 samuel 4:21 +. +And she said, The glory is departed from Israel: for the ark of God is taken. -- 1 samuel 4:22 +. +And the Philistines took the ark of God, and brought it from Ebenezer unto Ashdod. -- 1 samuel 5:1 +. +When the Philistines took the ark of God, they brought it into the house of Dagon, and set it by Dagon. -- 1 samuel 5:2 +. +And when they of Ashdod arose early on the morrow, behold, Dagon was fallen upon his face to the earth before the ark of the LORD. And they took Dagon, and set him in his place again. -- 1 samuel 5:3 +. +And when they arose early on the morrow morning, behold, Dagon was fallen upon his face to the ground before the ark of the LORD; and the head of Dagon and both the palms of his hands were cut off upon the threshold; only the stump of Dagon was left to him. -- 1 samuel 5:4 +. +Therefore neither the priests of Dagon, nor any that come into Dagon's house, tread on the threshold of Dagon in Ashdod unto this day. -- 1 samuel 5:5 +. +But the hand of the LORD was heavy upon them of Ashdod, and he destroyed them, and smote them with emerods, even Ashdod and the coasts thereof. -- 1 samuel 5:6 +. +And when the men of Ashdod saw that it was so, they said, The ark of the God of Israel shall not abide with us: for his hand is sore upon us, and upon Dagon our god. -- 1 samuel 5:7 +. +They sent therefore and gathered all the lords of the Philistines unto them, and said, What shall we do with the ark of the God of Israel? And they answered, Let the ark of the God of Israel be carried about unto Gath. And they carried the ark of the God of Israel about thither. -- 1 samuel 5:8 +. +And it was so, that, after they had carried it about, the hand of the LORD was against the city with a very great destruction: and he smote the men of the city, both small and great, and they had emerods in their secret parts. -- 1 samuel 5:9 +. +Therefore they sent the ark of God to Ekron. And it came to pass, as the ark of God came to Ekron, that the Ekronites cried out, saying, They have brought about the ark of the God of Israel to us, to slay us and our people. -- 1 samuel 5:10 +. +So they sent and gathered together all the lords of the Philistines, and said, Send away the ark of the God of Israel, and let it go again to his own place, that it slay us not, and our people: for there was a deadly destruction throughout all the city; the hand of God was very heavy there. -- 1 samuel 5:11 +. +And the men that died not were smitten with the emerods: and the cry of the city went up to heaven. -- 1 samuel 5:12 +. +And the ark of the LORD was in the country of the Philistines seven months. -- 1 samuel 6:1 +. +And the Philistines called for the priests and the diviners, saying, What shall we do to the ark of the LORD? tell us wherewith we shall send it to his place. -- 1 samuel 6:2 +. +And they said, If ye send away the ark of the God of Israel, send it not empty; but in any wise return him a trespass offering: then ye shall be healed, and it shall be known to you why his hand is not removed from you. -- 1 samuel 6:3 +. +Then said they, What shall be the trespass offering which we shall return to him? They answered, Five golden emerods, and five golden mice, according to the number of the lords of the Philistines: for one plague was on you all, and on your lords. -- 1 samuel 6:4 +. +Wherefore ye shall make images of your emerods, and images of your mice that mar the land; and ye shall give glory unto the God of Israel: peradventure he will lighten his hand from off you, and from off your gods, and from off your land. -- 1 samuel 6:5 +. +Wherefore then do ye harden your hearts, as the Egyptians and Pharaoh hardened their hearts? when he had wrought wonderfully among them, did they not let the people go, and they departed? -- 1 samuel 6:6 +. +Now therefore make a new cart, and take two milch kine, on which there hath come no yoke, and tie the kine to the cart, and bring their calves home from them: -- 1 samuel 6:7 +. +And take the ark of the LORD, and lay it upon the cart; and put the jewels of gold, which ye return him for a trespass offering, in a coffer by the side thereof; and send it away, that it may go. -- 1 samuel 6:8 +. +And see, if it goeth up by the way of his own coast to Bethshemesh, then he hath done us this great evil: but if not, then we shall know that it is not his hand that smote us: it was a chance that happened to us. -- 1 samuel 6:9 +. +And the men did so; and took two milch kine, and tied them to the cart, and shut up their calves at home: -- 1 samuel 6:10 +. +And they laid the ark of the LORD upon the cart, and the coffer with the mice of gold and the images of their emerods. -- 1 samuel 6:11 +. +And the kine took the straight way to the way of Bethshemesh, and went along the highway, lowing as they went, and turned not aside to the right hand or to the left; and the lords of the Philistines went after them unto the border of Bethshemesh. -- 1 samuel 6:12 +. +And they of Bethshemesh were reaping their wheat harvest in the valley: and they lifted up their eyes, and saw the ark, and rejoiced to see it. -- 1 samuel 6:13 +. +And the cart came into the field of Joshua, a Bethshemite, and stood there, where there was a great stone: and they clave the wood of the cart, and offered the kine a burnt offering unto the LORD. -- 1 samuel 6:14 +. +And the Levites took down the ark of the LORD, and the coffer that was with it, wherein the jewels of gold were, and put them on the great stone: and the men of Bethshemesh offered burnt offerings and sacrificed sacrifices the same day unto the LORD. -- 1 samuel 6:15 +. +And when the five lords of the Philistines had seen it, they returned to Ekron the same day. -- 1 samuel 6:16 +. +And these are the golden emerods which the Philistines returned for a trespass offering unto the LORD; for Ashdod one, for Gaza one, for Askelon one, for Gath one, for Ekron one; -- 1 samuel 6:17 +. +And the golden mice, according to the number of all the cities of the Philistines belonging to the five lords, both of fenced cities, and of country villages, even unto the great stone of Abel, whereon they set down the ark of the LORD: which stone remaineth unto this day in the field of Joshua, the Bethshemite. -- 1 samuel 6:18 +. +And he smote the men of Bethshemesh, because they had looked into the ark of the LORD, even he smote of the people fifty thousand and threescore and ten men: and the people lamented, because the LORD had smitten many of the people with a great slaughter. -- 1 samuel 6:19 +. +And the men of Bethshemesh said, Who is able to stand before this holy LORD God? and to whom shall he go up from us? -- 1 samuel 6:20 +. +And they sent messengers to the inhabitants of Kirjathjearim, saying, The Philistines have brought again the ark of the LORD; come ye down, and fetch it up to you. -- 1 samuel 6:21 +. +And the men of Kirjathjearim came, and fetched up the ark of the LORD, and brought it into the house of Abinadab in the hill, and sanctified Eleazar his son to keep the ark of the LORD. -- 1 samuel 7:1 +. +And it came to pass, while the ark abode in Kirjathjearim, that the time was long; for it was twenty years: and all the house of Israel lamented after the LORD. -- 1 samuel 7:2 +. +And Samuel spake unto all the house of Israel, saying, If ye do return unto the LORD with all your hearts, then put away the strange gods and Ashtaroth from among you, and prepare your hearts unto the LORD, and serve him only: and he will deliver you out of the hand of the Philistines. -- 1 samuel 7:3 +. +Then the children of Israel did put away Baalim and Ashtaroth, and served the LORD only. -- 1 samuel 7:4 +. +And Samuel said, Gather all Israel to Mizpeh, and I will pray for you unto the LORD. -- 1 samuel 7:5 +. +And they gathered together to Mizpeh, and drew water, and poured it out before the LORD, and fasted on that day, and said there, We have sinned against the LORD. And Samuel judged the children of Israel in Mizpeh. -- 1 samuel 7:6 +. +And when the Philistines heard that the children of Israel were gathered together to Mizpeh, the lords of the Philistines went up against Israel. And when the children of Israel heard it, they were afraid of the Philistines. -- 1 samuel 7:7 +. +And the children of Israel said to Samuel, Cease not to cry unto the LORD our God for us, that he will save us out of the hand of the Philistines. -- 1 samuel 7:8 +. +And Samuel took a sucking lamb, and offered it for a burnt offering wholly unto the LORD: and Samuel cried unto the LORD for Israel; and the LORD heard him. -- 1 samuel 7:9 +. +And as Samuel was offering up the burnt offering, the Philistines drew near to battle against Israel: but the LORD thundered with a great thunder on that day upon the Philistines, and discomfited them; and they were smitten before Israel. -- 1 samuel 7:10 +. +And the men of Israel went out of Mizpeh, and pursued the Philistines, and smote them, until they came under Bethcar. -- 1 samuel 7:11 +. +Then Samuel took a stone, and set it between Mizpeh and Shen, and called the name of it Ebenezer, saying, Hitherto hath the LORD helped us. -- 1 samuel 7:12 +. +So the Philistines were subdued, and they came no more into the coast of Israel: and the hand of the LORD was against the Philistines all the days of Samuel. -- 1 samuel 7:13 +. +And the cities which the Philistines had taken from Israel were restored to Israel, from Ekron even unto Gath; and the coasts thereof did Israel deliver out of the hands of the Philistines. And there was peace between Israel and the Amorites. -- 1 samuel 7:14 +. +And Samuel judged Israel all the days of his life. -- 1 samuel 7:15 +. +And he went from year to year in circuit to Bethel, and Gilgal, and Mizpeh, and judged Israel in all those places. -- 1 samuel 7:16 +. +And his return was to Ramah; for there was his house; and there he judged Israel; and there he built an altar unto the LORD. -- 1 samuel 7:17 +. +And it came to pass, when Samuel was old, that he made his sons judges over Israel. -- 1 samuel 8:1 +. +Now the name of his firstborn was Joel; and the name of his second, Abiah: they were judges in Beersheba. -- 1 samuel 8:2 +. +And his sons walked not in his ways, but turned aside after lucre, and took bribes, and perverted judgment. -- 1 samuel 8:3 +. +Then all the elders of Israel gathered themselves together, and came to Samuel unto Ramah, -- 1 samuel 8:4 +. +And said unto him, Behold, thou art old, and thy sons walk not in thy ways: now make us a king to judge us like all the nations. -- 1 samuel 8:5 +. +But the thing displeased Samuel, when they said, Give us a king to judge us. And Samuel prayed unto the LORD. -- 1 samuel 8:6 +. +And the LORD said unto Samuel, Hearken unto the voice of the people in all that they say unto thee: for they have not rejected thee, but they have rejected me, that I should not reign over them. -- 1 samuel 8:7 +. +According to all the works which they have done since the day that I brought them up out of Egypt even unto this day, wherewith they have forsaken me, and served other gods, so do they also unto thee. -- 1 samuel 8:8 +. +Now therefore hearken unto their voice: howbeit yet protest solemnly unto them, and show them the manner of the king that shall reign over them. -- 1 samuel 8:9 +. +And Samuel told all the words of the LORD unto the people that asked of him a king. -- 1 samuel 8:10 +. +And he said, This will be the manner of the king that shall reign over you: He will take your sons, and appoint them for himself, for his chariots, and to be his horsemen; and some shall run before his chariots. -- 1 samuel 8:11 +. +And he will appoint him captains over thousands, and captains over fifties; and will set them to ear his ground, and to reap his harvest, and to make his instruments of war, and instruments of his chariots. -- 1 samuel 8:12 +. +And he will take your daughters to be confectionaries, and to be cooks, and to be bakers. -- 1 samuel 8:13 +. +And he will take your fields, and your vineyards, and your oliveyards, even the best of them, and give them to his servants. -- 1 samuel 8:14 +. +And he will take the tenth of your seed, and of your vineyards, and give to his officers, and to his servants. -- 1 samuel 8:15 +. +And he will take your menservants, and your maidservants, and your goodliest young men, and your asses, and put them to his work. -- 1 samuel 8:16 +. +He will take the tenth of your sheep: and ye shall be his servants. -- 1 samuel 8:17 +. +And ye shall cry out in that day because of your king which ye shall have chosen you; and the LORD will not hear you in that day. -- 1 samuel 8:18 +. +Nevertheless the people refused to obey the voice of Samuel; and they said, Nay; but we will have a king over us; -- 1 samuel 8:19 +. +That we also may be like all the nations; and that our king may judge us, and go out before us, and fight our battles. -- 1 samuel 8:20 +. +And Samuel heard all the words of the people, and he rehearsed them in the ears of the LORD. -- 1 samuel 8:21 +. +And the LORD said to Samuel, Hearken unto their voice, and make them a king. And Samuel said unto the men of Israel, Go ye every man unto his city. -- 1 samuel 8:22 +. +Now there was a man of Benjamin, whose name was Kish, the son of Abiel, the son of Zeror, the son of Bechorath, the son of Aphiah, a Benjamite, a mighty man of power. -- 1 samuel 9:1 +. +And he had a son, whose name was Saul, a choice young man, and a goodly: and there was not among the children of Israel a goodlier person than he: from his shoulders and upward he was higher than any of the people. -- 1 samuel 9:2 +. +And the asses of Kish Saul's father were lost. And Kish said to Saul his son, Take now one of the servants with thee, and arise, go seek the asses. -- 1 samuel 9:3 +. +And he passed through mount Ephraim, and passed through the land of Shalisha, but they found them not: then they passed through the land of Shalim, and there they were not: and he passed through the land of the Benjamites, but they found them not. -- 1 samuel 9:4 +. +And when they were come to the land of Zuph, Saul said to his servant that was with him, Come, and let us return; lest my father leave caring for the asses, and take thought for us. -- 1 samuel 9:5 +. +And he said unto him, Behold now, there is in this city a man of God, and he is an honorable man; all that he saith cometh surely to pass: now let us go thither; peradventure he can show us our way that we should go. -- 1 samuel 9:6 +. +Then said Saul to his servant, But, behold, if we go, what shall we bring the man? for the bread is spent in our vessels, and there is not a present to bring to the man of God: what have we? -- 1 samuel 9:7 +. +And the servant answered Saul again, and said, Behold, I have here at hand the fourth part of a shekel of silver: that will I give to the man of God, to tell us our way. -- 1 samuel 9:8 +. +(Beforetime in Israel, when a man went to inquire of God, thus he spake, Come, and let us go to the seer: for he that is now called a Prophet was beforetime called a Seer.) -- 1 samuel 9:9 +. +Then said Saul to his servant, Well said; come, let us go. So they went unto the city where the man of God was. -- 1 samuel 9:10 +. +And as they went up the hill to the city, they found young maidens going out to draw water, and said unto them, Is the seer here? -- 1 samuel 9:11 +. +And they answered them, and said, He is; behold, he is before you: make haste now, for he came to day to the city; for there is a sacrifice of the people to day in the high place: -- 1 samuel 9:12 +. +As soon as ye be come into the city, ye shall straightway find him, before he go up to the high place to eat: for the people will not eat until he come, because he doth bless the sacrifice; and afterwards they eat that be bidden. Now therefore get you up; for about this time ye shall find him. -- 1 samuel 9:13 +. +And they went up into the city: and when they were come into the city, behold, Samuel came out against them, for to go up to the high place. -- 1 samuel 9:14 +. +Now the LORD had told Samuel in his ear a day before Saul came, saying, -- 1 samuel 9:15 +. +To morrow about this time I will send thee a man out of the land of Benjamin, and thou shalt anoint him to be captain over my people Israel, that he may save my people out of the hand of the Philistines: for I have looked upon my people, because their cry is come unto me. -- 1 samuel 9:16 +. +And when Samuel saw Saul, the LORD said unto him, Behold the man whom I spake to thee of! this same shall reign over my people. -- 1 samuel 9:17 +. +Then Saul drew near to Samuel in the gate, and said, Tell me, I pray thee, where the seer's house is. -- 1 samuel 9:18 +. +And Samuel answered Saul, and said, I am the seer: go up before me unto the high place; for ye shall eat with me to day, and to morrow I will let thee go, and will tell thee all that is in thine heart. -- 1 samuel 9:19 +. +And as for thine asses that were lost three days ago, set not thy mind on them; for they are found. And on whom is all the desire of Israel? Is it not on thee, and on all thy father's house? -- 1 samuel 9:20 +. +And Saul answered and said, Am not I a Benjamite, of the smallest of the tribes of Israel? and my family the least of all the families of the tribe of Benjamin? wherefore then speakest thou so to me? -- 1 samuel 9:21 +. +And Samuel took Saul and his servant, and brought them into the parlor, and made them sit in the chiefest place among them that were bidden, which were about thirty persons. -- 1 samuel 9:22 +. +And Samuel said unto the cook, Bring the portion which I gave thee, of which I said unto thee, Set it by thee. -- 1 samuel 9:23 +. +And the cook took up the shoulder, and that which was upon it, and set it before Saul. And Samuel said, Behold that which is left! set it before thee, and eat: for unto this time hath it been kept for thee since I said, I have invited the people. So Saul did eat with Samuel that day. -- 1 samuel 9:24 +. +And when they were come down from the high place into the city, Samuel communed with Saul upon the top of the house. -- 1 samuel 9:25 +. +And they arose early: and it came to pass about the spring of the day, that Samuel called Saul to the top of the house, saying, Up, that I may send thee away. And Saul arose, and they went out both of them, he and Samuel, abroad. -- 1 samuel 9:26 +. +And as they were going down to the end of the city, Samuel said to Saul, Bid the servant pass on before us, (and he passed on), but stand thou still a while, that I may show thee the word of God. -- 1 samuel 9:27 +. +Then Samuel took a vial of oil, and poured it upon his head, and kissed him, and said, Is it not because the LORD hath anointed thee to be captain over his inheritance? -- 1 samuel 10:1 +. +When thou art departed from me to day, then thou shalt find two men by Rachel's sepulchre in the border of Benjamin at Zelzah; and they will say unto thee, The asses which thou wentest to seek are found: and, lo, thy father hath left the care of the asses, and sorroweth for you, saying, What shall I do for my son? -- 1 samuel 10:2 +. +Then shalt thou go on forward from thence, and thou shalt come to the plain of Tabor, and there shall meet thee three men going up to God to Bethel, one carrying three kids, and another carrying three loaves of bread, and another carrying a bottle of wine: -- 1 samuel 10:3 +. +And they will salute thee, and give thee two loaves of bread; which thou shalt receive of their hands. -- 1 samuel 10:4 +. +After that thou shalt come to the hill of God, where is the garrison of the Philistines: and it shall come to pass, when thou art come thither to the city, that thou shalt meet a company of prophets coming down from the high place with a psaltery, and a tabret, and a pipe, and a harp, before them; and they shall prophesy: -- 1 samuel 10:5 +. +And the Spirit of the LORD will come upon thee, and thou shalt prophesy with them, and shalt be turned into another man. -- 1 samuel 10:6 +. +And let it be, when these signs are come unto thee, that thou do as occasion serve thee; for God is with thee. -- 1 samuel 10:7 +. +And thou shalt go down before me to Gilgal; and, behold, I will come down unto thee, to offer burnt offerings, and to sacrifice sacrifices of peace offerings: seven days shalt thou tarry, till I come to thee, and show thee what thou shalt do. -- 1 samuel 10:8 +. +And it was so, that when he had turned his back to go from Samuel, God gave him another heart: and all those signs came to pass that day. -- 1 samuel 10:9 +. +And when they came thither to the hill, behold, a company of prophets met him; and the Spirit of God came upon him, and he prophesied among them. -- 1 samuel 10:10 +. +And it came to pass, when all that knew him beforetime saw that, behold, he prophesied among the prophets, then the people said one to another, What is this that is come unto the son of Kish? Is Saul also among the prophets? -- 1 samuel 10:11 +. +And one of the same place answered and said, But who is their father? Therefore it became a proverb, Is Saul also among the prophets? -- 1 samuel 10:12 +. +And when he had made an end of prophesying, he came to the high place. -- 1 samuel 10:13 +. +And Saul's uncle said unto him and to his servant, Whither went ye? And he said, To seek the asses: and when we saw that they were no where, we came to Samuel. -- 1 samuel 10:14 +. +And Saul's uncle said, Tell me, I pray thee, what Samuel said unto you. -- 1 samuel 10:15 +. +And Saul said unto his uncle, He told us plainly that the asses were found. But of the matter of the kingdom, whereof Samuel spake, he told him not. -- 1 samuel 10:16 +. +And Samuel called the people together unto the LORD to Mizpeh; -- 1 samuel 10:17 +. +And said unto the children of Israel, Thus saith the LORD God of Israel, I brought up Israel out of Egypt, and delivered you out of the hand of the Egyptians, and out of the hand of all kingdoms, and of them that oppressed you: -- 1 samuel 10:18 +. +And ye have this day rejected your God, who himself saved you out of all your adversities and your tribulations; and ye have said unto him, Nay, but set a king over us. Now therefore present yourselves before the LORD by your tribes, and by your thousands. -- 1 samuel 10:19 +. +And when Samuel had caused all the tribes of Israel to come near, the tribe of Benjamin was taken. -- 1 samuel 10:20 +. +When he had caused the tribe of Benjamin to come near by their families, the family of Matri was taken, and Saul the son of Kish was taken: and when they sought him, he could not be found. -- 1 samuel 10:21 +. +Therefore they inquired of the LORD further, if the man should yet come thither. And the LORD answered, Behold he hath hid himself among the stuff. -- 1 samuel 10:22 +. +And they ran and fetched him thence: and when he stood among the people, he was higher than any of the people from his shoulders and upward. -- 1 samuel 10:23 +. +And Samuel said to all the people, See ye him whom the LORD hath chosen, that there is none like him among all the people? And all the people shouted, and said, God save the king. -- 1 samuel 10:24 +. +Then Samuel told the people the manner of the kingdom, and wrote it in a book, and laid it up before the LORD. And Samuel sent all the people away, every man to his house. -- 1 samuel 10:25 +. +And Saul also went home to Gibeah; and there went with him a band of men, whose hearts God had touched. -- 1 samuel 10:26 +. +But the children of Belial said, How shall this man save us? And they despised him, and brought no presents. But he held his peace. -- 1 samuel 10:27 +. +Then Nahash the Ammonite came up, and encamped against Jabeshgilead: and all the men of Jabesh said unto Nahash, Make a covenant with us, and we will serve thee. -- 1 samuel 11:1 +. +And Nahash the Ammonite answered them, On this condition will I make a covenant with you, that I may thrust out all your right eyes, and lay it for a reproach upon all Israel. -- 1 samuel 11:2 +. +And the elders of Jabesh said unto him, Give us seven days' respite, that we may send messengers unto all the coasts of Israel: and then, if there be no man to save us, we will come out to thee. -- 1 samuel 11:3 +. +Then came the messengers to Gibeah of Saul, and told the tidings in the ears of the people: and all the people lifted up their voices, and wept. -- 1 samuel 11:4 +. +And, behold, Saul came after the herd out of the field; and Saul said, What aileth the people that they weep? And they told him the tidings of the men of Jabesh. -- 1 samuel 11:5 +. +And the Spirit of God came upon Saul when he heard those tidings, and his anger was kindled greatly. -- 1 samuel 11:6 +. +And he took a yoke of oxen, and hewed them in pieces, and sent them throughout all the coasts of Israel by the hands of messengers, saying, Whosoever cometh not forth after Saul and after Samuel, so shall it be done unto his oxen. And the fear of the LORD fell on the people, and they came out with one consent. -- 1 samuel 11:7 +. +And when he numbered them in Bezek, the children of Israel were three hundred thousand, and the men of Judah thirty thousand. -- 1 samuel 11:8 +. +And they said unto the messengers that came, Thus shall ye say unto the men of Jabeshgilead, To morrow, by that time the sun be hot, ye shall have help. And the messengers came and showed it to the men of Jabesh; and they were glad. -- 1 samuel 11:9 +. +Therefore the men of Jabesh said, To morrow we will come out unto you, and ye shall do with us all that seemeth good unto you. -- 1 samuel 11:10 +. +And it was so on the morrow, that Saul put the people in three companies; and they came into the midst of the host in the morning watch, and slew the Ammonites until the heat of the day: and it came to pass, that they which remained were scattered, so that two of them were not left together. -- 1 samuel 11:11 +. +And the people said unto Samuel, Who is he that said, Shall Saul reign over us? bring the men, that we may put them to death. -- 1 samuel 11:12 +. +And Saul said, There shall not a man be put to death this day: for to day the LORD hath wrought salvation in Israel. -- 1 samuel 11:13 +. +Then said Samuel to the people, Come, and let us go to Gilgal, and renew the kingdom there. -- 1 samuel 11:14 +. +And all the people went to Gilgal; and there they made Saul king before the LORD in Gilgal; and there they sacrificed sacrifices of peace offerings before the LORD; and there Saul and all the men of Israel rejoiced greatly. -- 1 samuel 11:15 +. +And Samuel said unto all Israel, Behold, I have hearkened unto your voice in all that ye said unto me, and have made a king over you. -- 1 samuel 12:1 +. +And now, behold, the king walketh before you: and I am old and grayheaded; and, behold, my sons are with you: and I have walked before you from my childhood unto this day. -- 1 samuel 12:2 +. +Behold, here I am: witness against me before the LORD, and before his anointed: whose ox have I taken? or whose ass have I taken? or whom have I defrauded? whom have I oppressed? or of whose hand have I received any bribe to blind mine eyes therewith? and I will restore it you. -- 1 samuel 12:3 +. +And they said, Thou hast not defrauded us, nor oppressed us, neither hast thou taken ought of any man's hand. -- 1 samuel 12:4 +. +And he said unto them, The LORD is witness against you, and his anointed is witness this day, that ye have not found ought in my hand. And they answered, He is witness. -- 1 samuel 12:5 +. +And Samuel said unto the people, It is the LORD that advanced Moses and Aaron, and that brought your fathers up out of the land of Egypt. -- 1 samuel 12:6 +. +Now therefore stand still, that I may reason with you before the LORD of all the righteous acts of the LORD, which he did to you and to your fathers. -- 1 samuel 12:7 +. +When Jacob was come into Egypt, and your fathers cried unto the LORD, then the LORD sent Moses and Aaron, which brought forth your fathers out of Egypt, and made them dwell in this place. -- 1 samuel 12:8 +. +And when they forgat the LORD their God, he sold them into the hand of Sisera, captain of the host of Hazor, and into the hand of the Philistines, and into the hand of the king of Moab, and they fought against them. -- 1 samuel 12:9 +. +And they cried unto the LORD, and said, We have sinned, because we have forsaken the LORD, and have served Baalim and Ashtaroth: but now deliver us out of the hand of our enemies, and we will serve thee. -- 1 samuel 12:10 +. +And the LORD sent Jerubbaal, and Bedan, and Jephthah, and Samuel, and delivered you out of the hand of your enemies on every side, and ye dwelled safe. -- 1 samuel 12:11 +. +And when ye saw that Nahash the king of the children of Ammon came against you, ye said unto me, Nay; but a king shall reign over us: when the LORD your God was your king. -- 1 samuel 12:12 +. +Now therefore behold the king whom ye have chosen, and whom ye have desired! and, behold, the LORD hath set a king over you. -- 1 samuel 12:13 +. +If ye will fear the LORD, and serve him, and obey his voice, and not rebel against the commandment of the LORD, then shall both ye and also the king that reigneth over you continue following the LORD your God: -- 1 samuel 12:14 +. +But if ye will not obey the voice of the LORD, but rebel against the commandment of the LORD, then shall the hand of the LORD be against you, as it was against your fathers. -- 1 samuel 12:15 +. +Now therefore stand and see this great thing, which the LORD will do before your eyes. -- 1 samuel 12:16 +. +Is it not wheat harvest to day? I will call unto the LORD, and he shall send thunder and rain; that ye may perceive and see that your wickedness is great, which ye have done in the sight of the LORD, in asking you a king. -- 1 samuel 12:17 +. +So Samuel called unto the LORD; and the LORD sent thunder and rain that day: and all the people greatly feared the LORD and Samuel. -- 1 samuel 12:18 +. +And all the people said unto Samuel, Pray for thy servants unto the LORD thy God, that we die not: for we have added unto all our sins this evil, to ask us a king. -- 1 samuel 12:19 +. +And Samuel said unto the people, Fear not: ye have done all this wickedness: yet turn not aside from following the LORD, but serve the LORD with all your heart; -- 1 samuel 12:20 +. +And turn ye not aside: for then should ye go after vain things, which cannot profit nor deliver; for they are vain. -- 1 samuel 12:21 +. +For the LORD will not forsake his people for his great name's sake: because it hath pleased the LORD to make you his people. -- 1 samuel 12:22 +. +Moreover as for me, God forbid that I should sin against the LORD in ceasing to pray for you: but I will teach you the good and the right way: -- 1 samuel 12:23 +. +Only fear the LORD, and serve him in truth with all your heart: for consider how great things he hath done for you. -- 1 samuel 12:24 +. +But if ye shall still do wickedly, ye shall be consumed, both ye and your king. -- 1 samuel 12:25 +. +Saul reigned one year; and when he had reigned two years over Israel, -- 1 samuel 13:1 +. +Saul chose him three thousand men of Israel; whereof two thousand were with Saul in Michmash and in mount Bethel, and a thousand were with Jonathan in Gibeah of Benjamin: and the rest of the people he sent every man to his tent. -- 1 samuel 13:2 +. +And Jonathan smote the garrison of the Philistines that was in Geba, and the Philistines heard of it. And Saul blew the trumpet throughout all the land, saying, Let the Hebrews hear. -- 1 samuel 13:3 +. +And all Israel heard say that Saul had smitten a garrison of the Philistines, and that Israel also was had in abomination with the Philistines. And the people were called together after Saul to Gilgal. -- 1 samuel 13:4 +. +And the Philistines gathered themselves together to fight with Israel, thirty thousand chariots, and six thousand horsemen, and people as the sand which is on the sea shore in multitude: and they came up, and pitched in Michmash, eastward from Bethaven. -- 1 samuel 13:5 +. +When the men of Israel saw that they were in a strait, (for the people were distressed,) then the people did hide themselves in caves, and in thickets, and in rocks, and in high places, and in pits. -- 1 samuel 13:6 +. +And some of the Hebrews went over Jordan to the land of Gad and Gilead. As for Saul, he was yet in Gilgal, and all the people followed him trembling. -- 1 samuel 13:7 +. +And he tarried seven days, according to the set time that Samuel had appointed: but Samuel came not to Gilgal; and the people were scattered from him. -- 1 samuel 13:8 +. +And Saul said, Bring hither a burnt offering to me, and peace offerings. And he offered the burnt offering. -- 1 samuel 13:9 +. +And it came to pass, that as soon as he had made an end of offering the burnt offering, behold, Samuel came; and Saul went out to meet him, that he might salute him. -- 1 samuel 13:10 +. +And Samuel said, What hast thou done? And Saul said, Because I saw that the people were scattered from me, and that thou camest not within the days appointed, and that the Philistines gathered themselves together at Michmash; -- 1 samuel 13:11 +. +Therefore said I, The Philistines will come down now upon me to Gilgal, and I have not made supplication unto the LORD: I forced myself therefore, and offered a burnt offering. -- 1 samuel 13:12 +. +And Samuel said to Saul, Thou hast done foolishly: thou hast not kept the commandment of the LORD thy God, which he commanded thee: for now would the LORD have established thy kingdom upon Israel for ever. -- 1 samuel 13:13 +. +But now thy kingdom shall not continue: the LORD hath sought him a man after his own heart, and the LORD hath commanded him to be captain over his people, because thou hast not kept that which the LORD commanded thee. -- 1 samuel 13:14 +. +And Samuel arose, and gat him up from Gilgal unto Gibeah of Benjamin. And Saul numbered the people that were present with him, about six hundred men. -- 1 samuel 13:15 +. +And Saul, and Jonathan his son, and the people that were present with them, abode in Gibeah of Benjamin: but the Philistines encamped in Michmash. -- 1 samuel 13:16 +. +And the spoilers came out of the camp of the Philistines in three companies: one company turned unto the way that leadeth to Ophrah, unto the land of Shual: -- 1 samuel 13:17 +. +And another company turned the way to Bethhoron: and another company turned to the way of the border that looketh to the valley of Zeboim toward the wilderness. -- 1 samuel 13:18 +. +Now there was no smith found throughout all the land of Israel: for the Philistines said, Lest the Hebrews make them swords or spears: -- 1 samuel 13:19 +. +But all the Israelites went down to the Philistines, to sharpen every man his share, and his coulter, and his axe, and his mattock. -- 1 samuel 13:20 +. +Yet they had a file for the mattocks, and for the coulters, and for the forks, and for the axes, and to sharpen the goads. -- 1 samuel 13:21 +. +So it came to pass in the day of battle, that there was neither sword nor spear found in the hand of any of the people that were with Saul and Jonathan: but with Saul and with Jonathan his son was there found. -- 1 samuel 13:22 +. +And the garrison of the Philistines went out to the passage of Michmash. -- 1 samuel 13:23 +. +Now it came to pass upon a day, that Jonathan the son of Saul said unto the young man that bare his armor, Come, and let us go over to the Philistines' garrison, that is on the other side. But he told not his father. -- 1 samuel 14:1 +. +And Saul tarried in the uttermost part of Gibeah under a pomegranate tree which is in Migron: and the people that were with him were about six hundred men; -- 1 samuel 14:2 +. +And Ahiah, the son of Ahitub, Ichabod's brother, the son of Phinehas, the son of Eli, the LORD's priest in Shiloh, wearing an ephod. And the people knew not that Jonathan was gone. -- 1 samuel 14:3 +. +And between the passages, by which Jonathan sought to go over unto the Philistines' garrison, there was a sharp rock on the one side, and a sharp rock on the other side: and the name of the one was Bozez, and the name of the other Seneh. -- 1 samuel 14:4 +. +The forefront of the one was situate northward over against Michmash, and the other southward over against Gibeah. -- 1 samuel 14:5 +. +And Jonathan said to the young man that bare his armor, Come, and let us go over unto the garrison of these uncircumcised: it may be that the LORD will work for us: for there is no restraint to the LORD to save by many or by few. -- 1 samuel 14:6 +. +And his armourbearer said unto him, Do all that is in thine heart: turn thee; behold, I am with thee according to thy heart. -- 1 samuel 14:7 +. +Then said Jonathan, Behold, we will pass over unto these men, and we will discover ourselves unto them. -- 1 samuel 14:8 +. +If they say thus unto us, Tarry until we come to you; then we will stand still in our place, and will not go up unto them. -- 1 samuel 14:9 +. +But if they say thus, Come up unto us; then we will go up: for the LORD hath delivered them into our hand: and this shall be a sign unto us. -- 1 samuel 14:10 +. +And both of them discovered themselves unto the garrison of the Philistines: and the Philistines said, Behold, the Hebrews come forth out of the holes where they had hid themselves. -- 1 samuel 14:11 +. +And the men of the garrison answered Jonathan and his armourbearer, and said, Come up to us, and we will show you a thing. And Jonathan said unto his armourbearer, Come up after me: for the LORD hath delivered them into the hand of Israel. -- 1 samuel 14:12 +. +And Jonathan climbed up upon his hands and upon his feet, and his armourbearer after him: and they fell before Jonathan; and his armourbearer slew after him. -- 1 samuel 14:13 +. +And that first slaughter, which Jonathan and his armourbearer made, was about twenty men, within as it were an half acre of land, which a yoke of oxen might plow. -- 1 samuel 14:14 +. +And there was trembling in the host, in the field, and among all the people: the garrison, and the spoilers, they also trembled, and the earth quaked: so it was a very great trembling. -- 1 samuel 14:15 +. +And the watchmen of Saul in Gibeah of Benjamin looked; and, behold, the multitude melted away, and they went on beating down one another. -- 1 samuel 14:16 +. +Then said Saul unto the people that were with him, Number now, and see who is gone from us. And when they had numbered, behold, Jonathan and his armourbearer were not there. -- 1 samuel 14:17 +. +And Saul said unto Ahiah, Bring hither the ark of God. For the ark of God was at that time with the children of Israel. -- 1 samuel 14:18 +. +And it came to pass, while Saul talked unto the priest, that the noise that was in the host of the Philistines went on and increased: and Saul said unto the priest, Withdraw thine hand. -- 1 samuel 14:19 +. +And Saul and all the people that were with him assembled themselves, and they came to the battle: and, behold, every man's sword was against his fellow, and there was a very great discomfiture. -- 1 samuel 14:20 +. +Moreover the Hebrews that were with the Philistines before that time, which went up with them into the camp from the country round about, even they also turned to be with the Israelites that were with Saul and Jonathan. -- 1 samuel 14:21 +. +Likewise all the men of Israel which had hid themselves in mount Ephraim, when they heard that the Philistines fled, even they also followed hard after them in the battle. -- 1 samuel 14:22 +. +So the LORD saved Israel that day: and the battle passed over unto Bethaven. -- 1 samuel 14:23 +. +And the men of Israel were distressed that day: for Saul had adjured the people, saying, Cursed be the man that eateth any food until evening, that I may be avenged on mine enemies. So none of the people tasted any food. -- 1 samuel 14:24 +. +And all they of the land came to a wood; and there was honey upon the ground. -- 1 samuel 14:25 +. +And when the people were come into the wood, behold, the honey dropped; but no man put his hand to his mouth: for the people feared the oath. -- 1 samuel 14:26 +. +But Jonathan heard not when his father charged the people with the oath: wherefore he put forth the end of the rod that was in his hand, and dipped it in an honeycomb, and put his hand to his mouth; and his eyes were enlightened. -- 1 samuel 14:27 +. +Then answered one of the people, and said, Thy father straitly charged the people with an oath, saying, Cursed be the man that eateth any food this day. And the people were faint. -- 1 samuel 14:28 +. +Then said Jonathan, My father hath troubled the land: see, I pray you, how mine eyes have been enlightened, because I tasted a little of this honey. -- 1 samuel 14:29 +. +How much more, if haply the people had eaten freely to day of the spoil of their enemies which they found? for had there not been now a much greater slaughter among the Philistines? -- 1 samuel 14:30 +. +And they smote the Philistines that day from Michmash to Aijalon: and the people were very faint. -- 1 samuel 14:31 +. +And the people flew upon the spoil, and took sheep, and oxen, and calves, and slew them on the ground: and the people did eat them with the blood. -- 1 samuel 14:32 +. +Then they told Saul, saying, Behold, the people sin against the LORD, in that they eat with the blood. And he said, Ye have transgressed: roll a great stone unto me this day. -- 1 samuel 14:33 +. +And Saul said, Disperse yourselves among the people, and say unto them, Bring me hither every man his ox, and every man his sheep, and slay them here, and eat; and sin not against the LORD in eating with the blood. And all the people brought every man his ox with him that night, and slew them there. -- 1 samuel 14:34 +. +And Saul built an altar unto the LORD: the same was the first altar that he built unto the LORD. -- 1 samuel 14:35 +. +And Saul said, Let us go down after the Philistines by night, and spoil them until the morning light, and let us not leave a man of them. And they said, Do whatsoever seemeth good unto thee. Then said the priest, Let us draw near hither unto God. -- 1 samuel 14:36 +. +And Saul asked counsel of God, Shall I go down after the Philistines? wilt thou deliver them into the hand of Israel? But he answered him not that day. -- 1 samuel 14:37 +. +And Saul said, Draw ye near hither, all the chief of the people: and know and see wherein this sin hath been this day. -- 1 samuel 14:38 +. +For, as the LORD liveth, which saveth Israel, though it be in Jonathan my son, he shall surely die. But there was not a man among all the people that answered him. -- 1 samuel 14:39 +. +Then said he unto all Israel, Be ye on one side, and I and Jonathan my son will be on the other side. And the people said unto Saul, Do what seemeth good unto thee. -- 1 samuel 14:40 +. +Therefore Saul said unto the LORD God of Israel, Give a perfect lot. And Saul and Jonathan were taken: but the people escaped. -- 1 samuel 14:41 +. +And Saul said, Cast lots between me and Jonathan my son. And Jonathan was taken. -- 1 samuel 14:42 +. +Then Saul said to Jonathan, Tell me what thou hast done. And Jonathan told him, and said, I did but taste a little honey with the end of the rod that was in mine hand, and, lo, I must die. -- 1 samuel 14:43 +. +And Saul answered, God do so and more also: for thou shalt surely die, Jonathan. -- 1 samuel 14:44 +. +And the people said unto Saul, Shall Jonathan die, who hath wrought this great salvation in Israel? God forbid: as the LORD liveth, there shall not one hair of his head fall to the ground; for he hath wrought with God this day. So the people rescued Jonathan, that he died not. -- 1 samuel 14:45 +. +Then Saul went up from following the Philistines: and the Philistines went to their own place. -- 1 samuel 14:46 +. +So Saul took the kingdom over Israel, and fought against all his enemies on every side, against Moab, and against the children of Ammon, and against Edom, and against the kings of Zobah, and against the Philistines: and whithersoever he turned himself, he vexed them. -- 1 samuel 14:47 +. +And he gathered an host, and smote the Amalekites, and delivered Israel out of the hands of them that spoiled them. -- 1 samuel 14:48 +. +Now the sons of Saul were Jonathan, and Ishui, and Melchishua: and the names of his two daughters were these; the name of the firstborn Merab, and the name of the younger Michal: -- 1 samuel 14:49 +. +And the name of Saul's wife was Ahinoam, the daughter of Ahimaaz: and the name of the captain of his host was Abner, the son of Ner, Saul's uncle. -- 1 samuel 14:50 +. +And Kish was the father of Saul; and Ner the father of Abner was the son of Abiel. -- 1 samuel 14:51 +. +And there was sore war against the Philistines all the days of Saul: and when Saul saw any strong man, or any valiant man, he took him unto him. -- 1 samuel 14:52 +. +Samuel also said unto Saul, The LORD sent me to anoint thee to be king over his people, over Israel: now therefore hearken thou unto the voice of the words of the LORD. -- 1 samuel 15:1 +. +Thus saith the LORD of hosts, I remember that which Amalek did to Israel, how he laid wait for him in the way, when he came up from Egypt. -- 1 samuel 15:2 +. +Now go and smite Amalek, and utterly destroy all that they have, and spare them not; but slay both man and woman, infant and suckling, ox and sheep, camel and ass. -- 1 samuel 15:3 +. +And Saul gathered the people together, and numbered them in Telaim, two hundred thousand footmen, and ten thousand men of Judah. -- 1 samuel 15:4 +. +And Saul came to a city of Amalek, and laid wait in the valley. -- 1 samuel 15:5 +. +And Saul said unto the Kenites, Go, depart, get you down from among the Amalekites, lest I destroy you with them: for ye showed kindness to all the children of Israel, when they came up out of Egypt. So the Kenites departed from among the Amalekites. -- 1 samuel 15:6 +. +And Saul smote the Amalekites from Havilah until thou comest to Shur, that is over against Egypt. -- 1 samuel 15:7 +. +And he took Agag the king of the Amalekites alive, and utterly destroyed all the people with the edge of the sword. -- 1 samuel 15:8 +. +But Saul and the people spared Agag, and the best of the sheep, and of the oxen, and of the fatlings, and the lambs, and all that was good, and would not utterly destroy them: but every thing that was vile and refuse, that they destroyed utterly. -- 1 samuel 15:9 +. +Then came the word of the LORD unto Samuel, saying, -- 1 samuel 15:10 +. +It repenteth me that I have set up Saul to be king: for he is turned back from following me, and hath not performed my commandments. And it grieved Samuel; and he cried unto the LORD all night. -- 1 samuel 15:11 +. +And when Samuel rose early to meet Saul in the morning, it was told Samuel, saying, Saul came to Carmel, and, behold, he set him up a place, and is gone about, and passed on, and gone down to Gilgal. -- 1 samuel 15:12 +. +And Samuel came to Saul: and Saul said unto him, Blessed be thou of the LORD: I have performed the commandment of the LORD. -- 1 samuel 15:13 +. +And Samuel said, What meaneth then this bleating of the sheep in mine ears, and the lowing of the oxen which I hear? -- 1 samuel 15:14 +. +And Saul said, They have brought them from the Amalekites: for the people spared the best of the sheep and of the oxen, to sacrifice unto the LORD thy God; and the rest we have utterly destroyed. -- 1 samuel 15:15 +. +Then Samuel said unto Saul, Stay, and I will tell thee what the LORD hath said to me this night. And he said unto him, Say on. -- 1 samuel 15:16 +. +And Samuel said, When thou wast little in thine own sight, wast thou not made the head of the tribes of Israel, and the LORD anointed thee king over Israel? -- 1 samuel 15:17 +. +And the LORD sent thee on a journey, and said, Go and utterly destroy the sinners the Amalekites, and fight against them until they be consumed. -- 1 samuel 15:18 +. +Wherefore then didst thou not obey the voice of the LORD, but didst fly upon the spoil, and didst evil in the sight of the LORD? -- 1 samuel 15:19 +. +And Saul said unto Samuel, Yea, I have obeyed the voice of the LORD, and have gone the way which the LORD sent me, and have brought Agag the king of Amalek, and have utterly destroyed the Amalekites. -- 1 samuel 15:20 +. +But the people took of the spoil, sheep and oxen, the chief of the things which should have been utterly destroyed, to sacrifice unto the LORD thy God in Gilgal. -- 1 samuel 15:21 +. +And Samuel said, Hath the LORD as great delight in burnt offerings and sacrifices, as in obeying the voice of the LORD? Behold, to obey is better than sacrifice, and to hearken than the fat of rams. -- 1 samuel 15:22 +. +For rebellion is as the sin of witchcraft, and stubbornness is as iniquity and idolatry. Because thou hast rejected the word of the LORD, he hath also rejected thee from being king. -- 1 samuel 15:23 +. +And Saul said unto Samuel, I have sinned: for I have transgressed the commandment of the LORD, and thy words: because I feared the people, and obeyed their voice. -- 1 samuel 15:24 +. +Now therefore, I pray thee, pardon my sin, and turn again with me, that I may worship the LORD. -- 1 samuel 15:25 +. +And Samuel said unto Saul, I will not return with thee: for thou hast rejected the word of the LORD, and the LORD hath rejected thee from being king over Israel. -- 1 samuel 15:26 +. +And as Samuel turned about to go away, he laid hold upon the skirt of his mantle, and it rent. -- 1 samuel 15:27 +. +And Samuel said unto him, The LORD hath rent the kingdom of Israel from thee this day, and hath given it to a neighbor of thine, that is better than thou. -- 1 samuel 15:28 +. +And also the Strength of Israel will not lie nor repent: for he is not a man, that he should repent. -- 1 samuel 15:29 +. +Then he said, I have sinned: yet honor me now, I pray thee, before the elders of my people, and before Israel, and turn again with me, that I may worship the LORD thy God. -- 1 samuel 15:30 +. +So Samuel turned again after Saul; and Saul worshipped the LORD. -- 1 samuel 15:31 +. +Then said Samuel, Bring ye hither to me Agag the king of the Amalekites. And Agag came unto him delicately. And Agag said, Surely the bitterness of death is past. -- 1 samuel 15:32 +. +And Samuel said, As the sword hath made women childless, so shall thy mother be childless among women. And Samuel hewed Agag in pieces before the LORD in Gilgal. -- 1 samuel 15:33 +. +Then Samuel went to Ramah; and Saul went up to his house to Gibeah of Saul. -- 1 samuel 15:34 +. +And Samuel came no more to see Saul until the day of his death: nevertheless Samuel mourned for Saul: and the LORD repented that he had made Saul king over Israel. -- 1 samuel 15:35 +. +And the LORD said unto Samuel, How long wilt thou mourn for Saul, seeing I have rejected him from reigning over Israel? fill thine horn with oil, and go, I will send thee to Jesse the Bethlehemite: for I have provided me a king among his sons. -- 1 samuel 16:1 +. +And Samuel said, How can I go? if Saul hear it, he will kill me. And the LORD said, Take an heifer with thee, and say, I am come to sacrifice to the LORD. -- 1 samuel 16:2 +. +And call Jesse to the sacrifice, and I will show thee what thou shalt do: and thou shalt anoint unto me him whom I name unto thee. -- 1 samuel 16:3 +. +And Samuel did that which the LORD spake, and came to Bethlehem. And the elders of the town trembled at his coming, and said, Comest thou peaceably? -- 1 samuel 16:4 +. +And he said, Peaceably: I am come to sacrifice unto the LORD: sanctify yourselves, and come with me to the sacrifice. And he sanctified Jesse and his sons, and called them to the sacrifice. -- 1 samuel 16:5 +. +And it came to pass, when they were come, that he looked on Eliab, and said, Surely the LORD's anointed is before him. -- 1 samuel 16:6 +. +But the LORD said unto Samuel, Look not on his countenance, or on the height of his stature; because I have refused him: for the LORD seeth not as man seeth; for man looketh on the outward appearance, but the LORD looketh on the heart. -- 1 samuel 16:7 +. +Then Jesse called Abinadab, and made him pass before Samuel. And he said, Neither hath the LORD chosen this. -- 1 samuel 16:8 +. +Then Jesse made Shammah to pass by. And he said, Neither hath the LORD chosen this. -- 1 samuel 16:9 +. +Again, Jesse made seven of his sons to pass before Samuel. And Samuel said unto Jesse, The LORD hath not chosen these. -- 1 samuel 16:10 +. +And Samuel said unto Jesse, Are here all thy children? And he said, There remaineth yet the youngest, and, behold, he keepeth the sheep. And Samuel said unto Jesse, Send and fetch him: for we will not sit down till he come hither. -- 1 samuel 16:11 +. +And he sent, and brought him in. Now he was ruddy, and withal of a beautiful countenance, and goodly to look to. And the LORD said, Arise, anoint him: for this is he. -- 1 samuel 16:12 +. +Then Samuel took the horn of oil, and anointed him in the midst of his brethren: and the Spirit of the LORD came upon David from that day forward. So Samuel rose up, and went to Ramah. -- 1 samuel 16:13 +. +But the Spirit of the LORD departed from Saul, and an evil spirit from the LORD troubled him. -- 1 samuel 16:14 +. +And Saul's servants said unto him, Behold now, an evil spirit from God troubleth thee. -- 1 samuel 16:15 +. +Let our lord now command thy servants, which are before thee, to seek out a man, who is a cunning player on an harp: and it shall come to pass, when the evil spirit from God is upon thee, that he shall play with his hand, and thou shalt be well. -- 1 samuel 16:16 +. +And Saul said unto his servants, Provide me now a man that can play well, and bring him to me. -- 1 samuel 16:17 +. +Then answered one of the servants, and said, Behold, I have seen a son of Jesse the Bethlehemite, that is cunning in playing, and a mighty valiant man, and a man of war, and prudent in matters, and a comely person, and the LORD is with him. -- 1 samuel 16:18 +. +Wherefore Saul sent messengers unto Jesse, and said, Send me David thy son, which is with the sheep. -- 1 samuel 16:19 +. +And Jesse took an ass laden with bread, and a bottle of wine, and a kid, and sent them by David his son unto Saul. -- 1 samuel 16:20 +. +And David came to Saul, and stood before him: and he loved him greatly; and he became his armourbearer. -- 1 samuel 16:21 +. +And Saul sent to Jesse, saying, Let David, I pray thee, stand before me; for he hath found favor in my sight. -- 1 samuel 16:22 +. +And it came to pass, when the evil spirit from God was upon Saul, that David took an harp, and played with his hand: so Saul was refreshed, and was well, and the evil spirit departed from him. -- 1 samuel 16:23 +. +Now the Philistines gathered together their armies to battle, and were gathered together at Shochoh, which belongeth to Judah, and pitched between Shochoh and Azekah, in Ephesdammim. -- 1 samuel 17:1 +. +And Saul and the men of Israel were gathered together, and pitched by the valley of Elah, and set the battle in array against the Philistines. -- 1 samuel 17:2 +. +And the Philistines stood on a mountain on the one side, and Israel stood on a mountain on the other side: and there was a valley between them. -- 1 samuel 17:3 +. +And there went out a champion out of the camp of the Philistines, named Goliath, of Gath, whose height was six cubits and a span. -- 1 samuel 17:4 +. +And he had an helmet of brass upon his head, and he was armed with a coat of mail; and the weight of the coat was five thousand shekels of brass. -- 1 samuel 17:5 +. +And he had greaves of brass upon his legs, and a target of brass between his shoulders. -- 1 samuel 17:6 +. +And the staff of his spear was like a weaver's beam; and his spear's head weighed six hundred shekels of iron: and one bearing a shield went before him. -- 1 samuel 17:7 +. +And he stood and cried unto the armies of Israel, and said unto them, Why are ye come out to set your battle in array? am not I a Philistine, and ye servants to Saul? choose you a man for you, and let him come down to me. -- 1 samuel 17:8 +. +If he be able to fight with me, and to kill me, then will we be your servants: but if I prevail against him, and kill him, then shall ye be our servants, and serve us. -- 1 samuel 17:9 +. +And the Philistine said, I defy the armies of Israel this day; give me a man, that we may fight together. -- 1 samuel 17:10 +. +When Saul and all Israel heard those words of the Philistine, they were dismayed, and greatly afraid. -- 1 samuel 17:11 +. +Now David was the son of that Ephrathite of Bethlehemjudah, whose name was Jesse; and he had eight sons: and the man went among men for an old man in the days of Saul. -- 1 samuel 17:12 +. +And the three eldest sons of Jesse went and followed Saul to the battle: and the names of his three sons that went to the battle were Eliab the firstborn, and next unto him Abinadab, and the third Shammah. -- 1 samuel 17:13 +. +And David was the youngest: and the three eldest followed Saul. -- 1 samuel 17:14 +. +But David went and returned from Saul to feed his father's sheep at Bethlehem. -- 1 samuel 17:15 +. +And the Philistine drew near morning and evening, and presented himself forty days. -- 1 samuel 17:16 +. +And Jesse said unto David his son, Take now for thy brethren an ephah of this parched corn, and these ten loaves, and run to the camp of thy brethren; -- 1 samuel 17:17 +. +And carry these ten cheeses unto the captain of their thousand, and look how thy brethren fare, and take their pledge. -- 1 samuel 17:18 +. +Now Saul, and they, and all the men of Israel, were in the valley of Elah, fighting with the Philistines. -- 1 samuel 17:19 +. +And David rose up early in the morning, and left the sheep with a keeper, and took, and went, as Jesse had commanded him; and he came to the trench, as the host was going forth to the fight, and shouted for the battle. -- 1 samuel 17:20 +. +For Israel and the Philistines had put the battle in array, army against army. -- 1 samuel 17:21 +. +And David left his carriage in the hand of the keeper of the carriage, and ran into the army, and came and saluted his brethren. -- 1 samuel 17:22 +. +And as he talked with them, behold, there came up the champion, the Philistine of Gath, Goliath by name, out of the armies of the Philistines, and spake according to the same words: and David heard them. -- 1 samuel 17:23 +. +And all the men of Israel, when they saw the man, fled from him, and were sore afraid. -- 1 samuel 17:24 +. +And the men of Israel said, Have ye seen this man that is come up? surely to defy Israel is he come up: and it shall be, that the man who killeth him, the king will enrich him with great riches, and will give him his daughter, and make his father's house free in Israel. -- 1 samuel 17:25 +. +And David spake to the men that stood by him, saying, What shall be done to the man that killeth this Philistine, and taketh away the reproach from Israel? for who is this uncircumcised Philistine, that he should defy the armies of the living God? -- 1 samuel 17:26 +. +And the people answered him after this manner, saying, So shall it be done to the man that killeth him. -- 1 samuel 17:27 +. +And Eliab his eldest brother heard when he spake unto the men; and Eliab's anger was kindled against David, and he said, Why camest thou down hither? and with whom hast thou left those few sheep in the wilderness? I know thy pride, and the naughtiness of thine heart; for thou art come down that thou mightest see the battle. -- 1 samuel 17:28 +. +And David said, What have I now done? Is there not a cause? -- 1 samuel 17:29 +. +And he turned from him toward another, and spake after the same manner: and the people answered him again after the former manner. -- 1 samuel 17:30 +. +And when the words were heard which David spake, they rehearsed them before Saul: and he sent for him. -- 1 samuel 17:31 +. +And David said to Saul, Let no man's heart fail because of him; thy servant will go and fight with this Philistine. -- 1 samuel 17:32 +. +And Saul said to David, Thou art not able to go against this Philistine to fight with him: for thou art but a youth, and he a man of war from his youth. -- 1 samuel 17:33 +. +And David said unto Saul, Thy servant kept his father's sheep, and there came a lion, and a bear, and took a lamb out of the flock: -- 1 samuel 17:34 +. +And I went out after him, and smote him, and delivered it out of his mouth: and when he arose against me, I caught him by his beard, and smote him, and slew him. -- 1 samuel 17:35 +. +Thy servant slew both the lion and the bear: and this uncircumcised Philistine shall be as one of them, seeing he hath defied the armies of the living God. -- 1 samuel 17:36 +. +David said moreover, The LORD that delivered me out of the paw of the lion, and out of the paw of the bear, he will deliver me out of the hand of this Philistine. And Saul said unto David, Go, and the LORD be with thee. -- 1 samuel 17:37 +. +And Saul armed David with his armor, and he put an helmet of brass upon his head; also he armed him with a coat of mail. -- 1 samuel 17:38 +. +And David girded his sword upon his armor, and he assayed to go; for he had not proved it. And David said unto Saul, I cannot go with these; for I have not proved them. And David put them off him. -- 1 samuel 17:39 +. +And he took his staff in his hand, and chose him five smooth stones out of the brook, and put them in a shepherd's bag which he had, even in a scrip; and his sling was in his hand: and he drew near to the Philistine. -- 1 samuel 17:40 +. +And the Philistine came on and drew near unto David; and the man that bare the shield went before him. -- 1 samuel 17:41 +. +And when the Philistine looked about, and saw David, he disdained him: for he was but a youth, and ruddy, and of a fair countenance. -- 1 samuel 17:42 +. +And the Philistine said unto David, Am I a dog, that thou comest to me with staves? And the Philistine cursed David by his gods. -- 1 samuel 17:43 +. +And the Philistine said to David, Come to me, and I will give thy flesh unto the fowls of the air, and to the beasts of the field. -- 1 samuel 17:44 +. +Then said David to the Philistine, Thou comest to me with a sword, and with a spear, and with a shield: but I come to thee in the name of the LORD of hosts, the God of the armies of Israel, whom thou hast defied. -- 1 samuel 17:45 +. +This day will the LORD deliver thee into mine hand; and I will smite thee, and take thine head from thee; and I will give the carcasses of the host of the Philistines this day unto the fowls of the air, and to the wild beasts of the earth; that all the earth may know that there is a God in Israel. -- 1 samuel 17:46 +. +And all this assembly shall know that the LORD saveth not with sword and spear: for the battle is the LORD's, and he will give you into our hands. -- 1 samuel 17:47 +. +And it came to pass, when the Philistine arose, and came, and drew nigh to meet David, that David hastened, and ran toward the army to meet the Philistine. -- 1 samuel 17:48 +. +And David put his hand in his bag, and took thence a stone, and slang it, and smote the Philistine in his forehead, that the stone sunk into his forehead; and he fell upon his face to the earth. -- 1 samuel 17:49 +. +So David prevailed over the Philistine with a sling and with a stone, and smote the Philistine, and slew him; but there was no sword in the hand of David. -- 1 samuel 17:50 +. +Therefore David ran, and stood upon the Philistine, and took his sword, and drew it out of the sheath thereof, and slew him, and cut off his head therewith. And when the Philistines saw their champion was dead, they fled. -- 1 samuel 17:51 +. +And the men of Israel and of Judah arose, and shouted, and pursued the Philistines, until thou come to the valley, and to the gates of Ekron. And the wounded of the Philistines fell down by the way to Shaaraim, even unto Gath, and unto Ekron. -- 1 samuel 17:52 +. +And the children of Israel returned from chasing after the Philistines, and they spoiled their tents. -- 1 samuel 17:53 +. +And David took the head of the Philistine, and brought it to Jerusalem; but he put his armor in his tent. -- 1 samuel 17:54 +. +And when Saul saw David go forth against the Philistine, he said unto Abner, the captain of the host, Abner, whose son is this youth? And Abner said, As thy soul liveth, O king, I cannot tell. -- 1 samuel 17:55 +. +And the king said, Inquire thou whose son the stripling is. -- 1 samuel 17:56 +. +And as David returned from the slaughter of the Philistine, Abner took him, and brought him before Saul with the head of the Philistine in his hand. -- 1 samuel 17:57 +. +And Saul said to him, Whose son art thou, thou young man? And David answered, I am the son of thy servant Jesse the Bethlehemite. -- 1 samuel 17:58 +. +And it came to pass, when he had made an end of speaking unto Saul, that the soul of Jonathan was knit with the soul of David, and Jonathan loved him as his own soul. -- 1 samuel 18:1 +. +And Saul took him that day, and would let him go no more home to his father's house. -- 1 samuel 18:2 +. +Then Jonathan and David made a covenant, because he loved him as his own soul. -- 1 samuel 18:3 +. +And Jonathan stripped himself of the robe that was upon him, and gave it to David, and his garments, even to his sword, and to his bow, and to his girdle. -- 1 samuel 18:4 +. +And David went out whithersoever Saul sent him, and behaved himself wisely: and Saul set him over the men of war, and he was accepted in the sight of all the people, and also in the sight of Saul's servants. -- 1 samuel 18:5 +. +And it came to pass as they came, when David was returned from the slaughter of the Philistine, that the women came out of all cities of Israel, singing and dancing, to meet king Saul, with tabrets, with joy, and with instruments of music. -- 1 samuel 18:6 +. +And the women answered one another as they played, and said, Saul hath slain his thousands, and David his ten thousands. -- 1 samuel 18:7 +. +And Saul was very wroth, and the saying displeased him; and he said, They have ascribed unto David ten thousands, and to me they have ascribed but thousands: and what can he have more but the kingdom? -- 1 samuel 18:8 +. +And Saul eyed David from that day and forward. -- 1 samuel 18:9 +. +And it came to pass on the morrow, that the evil spirit from God came upon Saul, and he prophesied in the midst of the house: and David played with his hand, as at other times: and there was a javelin in Saul's hand. -- 1 samuel 18:10 +. +And Saul cast the javelin; for he said, I will smite David even to the wall with it. And David avoided out of his presence twice. -- 1 samuel 18:11 +. +And Saul was afraid of David, because the LORD was with him, and was departed from Saul. -- 1 samuel 18:12 +. +Therefore Saul removed him from him, and made him his captain over a thousand; and he went out and came in before the people. -- 1 samuel 18:13 +. +And David behaved himself wisely in all his ways; and the LORD was with him. -- 1 samuel 18:14 +. +Wherefore when Saul saw that he behaved himself very wisely, he was afraid of him. -- 1 samuel 18:15 +. +But all Israel and Judah loved David, because he went out and came in before them. -- 1 samuel 18:16 +. +And Saul said to David, Behold my elder daughter Merab, her will I give thee to wife: only be thou valiant for me, and fight the LORD's battles. For Saul said, Let not mine hand be upon him, but let the hand of the Philistines be upon him. -- 1 samuel 18:17 +. +And David said unto Saul, Who am I? and what is my life, or my father's family in Israel, that I should be son in law to the king? -- 1 samuel 18:18 +. +But it came to pass at the time when Merab Saul's daughter should have been given to David, that she was given unto Adriel the Meholathite to wife. -- 1 samuel 18:19 +. +And Michal Saul's daughter loved David: and they told Saul, and the thing pleased him. -- 1 samuel 18:20 +. +And Saul said, I will give him her, that she may be a snare to him, and that the hand of the Philistines may be against him. Wherefore Saul said to David, Thou shalt this day be my son in law in the one of the twain. -- 1 samuel 18:21 +. +And Saul commanded his servants, saying, Commune with David secretly, and say, Behold, the king hath delight in thee, and all his servants love thee: now therefore be the king's son in law. -- 1 samuel 18:22 +. +And Saul's servants spake those words in the ears of David. And David said, Seemeth it to you a light thing to be a king's son in law, seeing that I am a poor man, and lightly esteemed? -- 1 samuel 18:23 +. +And the servants of Saul told him, saying, On this manner spake David. -- 1 samuel 18:24 +. +And Saul said, Thus shall ye say to David, The king desireth not any dowry, but an hundred foreskins of the Philistines, to be avenged of the king's enemies. But Saul thought to make David fall by the hand of the Philistines. -- 1 samuel 18:25 +. +And when his servants told David these words, it pleased David well to be the king's son in law: and the days were not expired. -- 1 samuel 18:26 +. +Wherefore David arose and went, he and his men, and slew of the Philistines two hundred men; and David brought their foreskins, and they gave them in full tale to the king, that he might be the king's son in law. And Saul gave him Michal his daughter to wife. -- 1 samuel 18:27 +. +And Saul saw and knew that the LORD was with David, and that Michal Saul's daughter loved him. -- 1 samuel 18:28 +. +And Saul was yet the more afraid of David; and Saul became David's enemy continually. -- 1 samuel 18:29 +. +Then the princes of the Philistines went forth: and it came to pass, after they went forth, that David behaved himself more wisely than all the servants of Saul; so that his name was much set by. -- 1 samuel 18:30 +. +And Saul spake to Jonathan his son, and to all his servants, that they should kill David. -- 1 samuel 19:1 +. +But Jonathan Saul's son delighted much in David: and Jonathan told David, saying, Saul my father seeketh to kill thee: now therefore, I pray thee, take heed to thyself until the morning, and abide in a secret place, and hide thyself: -- 1 samuel 19:2 +. +And I will go out and stand beside my father in the field where thou art, and I will commune with my father of thee; and what I see, that I will tell thee. -- 1 samuel 19:3 +. +And Jonathan spake good of David unto Saul his father, and said unto him, Let not the king sin against his servant, against David; because he hath not sinned against thee, and because his works have been to thee-ward very good: -- 1 samuel 19:4 +. +For he did put his life in his hand, and slew the Philistine, and the LORD wrought a great salvation for all Israel: thou sawest it, and didst rejoice: wherefore then wilt thou sin against innocent blood, to slay David without a cause? -- 1 samuel 19:5 +. +And Saul hearkened unto the voice of Jonathan: and Saul sware, As the LORD liveth, he shall not be slain. -- 1 samuel 19:6 +. +And Jonathan called David, and Jonathan showed him all those things. And Jonathan brought David to Saul, and he was in his presence, as in times past. -- 1 samuel 19:7 +. +And there was war again: and David went out, and fought with the Philistines, and slew them with a great slaughter; and they fled from him. -- 1 samuel 19:8 +. +And the evil spirit from the LORD was upon Saul, as he sat in his house with his javelin in his hand: and David played with his hand. -- 1 samuel 19:9 +. +And Saul sought to smite David even to the wall with the javelin: but he slipped away out of Saul's presence, and he smote the javelin into the wall: and David fled, and escaped that night. -- 1 samuel 19:10 +. +Saul also sent messengers unto David's house, to watch him, and to slay him in the morning: and Michal David's wife told him, saying, If thou save not thy life to night, to morrow thou shalt be slain. -- 1 samuel 19:11 +. +So Michal let David down through a window: and he went, and fled, and escaped. -- 1 samuel 19:12 +. +And Michal took an image, and laid it in the bed, and put a pillow of goats' hair for his bolster, and covered it with a cloth. -- 1 samuel 19:13 +. +And when Saul sent messengers to take David, she said, He is sick. -- 1 samuel 19:14 +. +And Saul sent the messengers again to see David, saying, Bring him up to me in the bed, that I may slay him. -- 1 samuel 19:15 +. +And when the messengers were come in, behold, there was an image in the bed, with a pillow of goats' hair for his bolster. -- 1 samuel 19:16 +. +And Saul said unto Michal, Why hast thou deceived me so, and sent away mine enemy, that he is escaped? And Michal answered Saul, He said unto me, Let me go; why should I kill thee? -- 1 samuel 19:17 +. +So David fled, and escaped, and came to Samuel to Ramah, and told him all that Saul had done to him. And he and Samuel went and dwelt in Naioth. -- 1 samuel 19:18 +. +And it was told Saul, saying, Behold, David is at Naioth in Ramah. -- 1 samuel 19:19 +. +And Saul sent messengers to take David: and when they saw the company of the prophets prophesying, and Samuel standing as appointed over them, the Spirit of God was upon the messengers of Saul, and they also prophesied. -- 1 samuel 19:20 +. +And when it was told Saul, he sent other messengers, and they prophesied likewise. And Saul sent messengers again the third time, and they prophesied also. -- 1 samuel 19:21 +. +Then went he also to Ramah, and came to a great well that is in Sechu: and he asked and said, Where are Samuel and David? And one said, Behold, they be at Naioth in Ramah. -- 1 samuel 19:22 +. +And he went thither to Naioth in Ramah: and the Spirit of God was upon him also, and he went on, and prophesied, until he came to Naioth in Ramah. -- 1 samuel 19:23 +. +And he stripped off his clothes also, and prophesied before Samuel in like manner, and lay down naked all that day and all that night. Wherefore they say, Is Saul also among the prophets? -- 1 samuel 19:24 +. +And David fled from Naioth in Ramah, and came and said before Jonathan, What have I done? what is mine iniquity? and what is my sin before thy father, that he seeketh my life? -- 1 samuel 20:1 +. +And he said unto him, God forbid; thou shalt not die: behold, my father will do nothing either great or small, but that he will show it me: and why should my father hide this thing from me? it is not so. -- 1 samuel 20:2 +. +And David sware moreover, and said, Thy father certainly knoweth that I have found grace in thine eyes; and he saith, Let not Jonathan know this, lest he be grieved: but truly as the LORD liveth, and as thy soul liveth, there is but a step between me and death. -- 1 samuel 20:3 +. +Then said Jonathan unto David, Whatsoever thy soul desireth, I will even do it for thee. -- 1 samuel 20:4 +. +And David said unto Jonathan, Behold, to morrow is the new moon, and I should not fail to sit with the king at meat: but let me go, that I may hide myself in the field unto the third day at even. -- 1 samuel 20:5 +. +If thy father at all miss me, then say, David earnestly asked leave of me that he might run to Bethlehem his city: for there is a yearly sacrifice there for all the family. -- 1 samuel 20:6 +. +If he say thus, It is well; thy servant shall have peace: but if he be very wroth, then be sure that evil is determined by him. -- 1 samuel 20:7 +. +Therefore thou shalt deal kindly with thy servant; for thou hast brought thy servant into a covenant of the LORD with thee: notwithstanding, if there be in me iniquity, slay me thyself; for why shouldest thou bring me to thy father? -- 1 samuel 20:8 +. +And Jonathan said, Far be it from thee: for if I knew certainly that evil were determined by my father to come upon thee, then would not I tell it thee? -- 1 samuel 20:9 +. +Then said David to Jonathan, Who shall tell me? or what if thy father answer thee roughly? -- 1 samuel 20:10 +. +And Jonathan said unto David, Come, and let us go out into the field. And they went out both of them into the field. -- 1 samuel 20:11 +. +And Jonathan said unto David, O LORD God of Israel, when I have sounded my father about to morrow any time, or the third day, and, behold, if there be good toward David, and I then send not unto thee, and show it thee; -- 1 samuel 20:12 +. +The LORD do so and much more to Jonathan: but if it please my father to do thee evil, then I will show it thee, and send thee away, that thou mayest go in peace: and the LORD be with thee, as he hath been with my father. -- 1 samuel 20:13 +. +And thou shalt not only while yet I live show me the kindness of the LORD, that I die not: -- 1 samuel 20:14 +. +But also thou shalt not cut off thy kindness from my house for ever: no, not when the LORD hath cut off the enemies of David every one from the face of the earth. -- 1 samuel 20:15 +. +So Jonathan made a covenant with the house of David, saying, Let the LORD even require it at the hand of David's enemies. -- 1 samuel 20:16 +. +And Jonathan caused David to swear again, because he loved him: for he loved him as he loved his own soul. -- 1 samuel 20:17 +. +Then Jonathan said to David, To morrow is the new moon: and thou shalt be missed, because thy seat will be empty. -- 1 samuel 20:18 +. +And when thou hast stayed three days, then thou shalt go down quickly, and come to the place where thou didst hide thyself when the business was in hand, and shalt remain by the stone Ezel. -- 1 samuel 20:19 +. +And I will shoot three arrows on the side thereof, as though I shot at a mark. -- 1 samuel 20:20 +. +And, behold, I will send a lad, saying, Go, find out the arrows. If I expressly say unto the lad, Behold, the arrows are on this side of thee, take them; then come thou: for there is peace to thee, and no hurt; as the LORD liveth. -- 1 samuel 20:21 +. +But if I say thus unto the young man, Behold, the arrows are beyond thee; go thy way: for the LORD hath sent thee away. -- 1 samuel 20:22 +. +And as touching the matter which thou and I have spoken of, behold, the LORD be between thee and me for ever. -- 1 samuel 20:23 +. +So David hid himself in the field: and when the new moon was come, the king sat him down to eat meat. -- 1 samuel 20:24 +. +And the king sat upon his seat, as at other times, even upon a seat by the wall: and Jonathan arose, and Abner sat by Saul's side, and David's place was empty. -- 1 samuel 20:25 +. +Nevertheless Saul spake not any thing that day: for he thought, Something hath befallen him, he is not clean; surely he is not clean. -- 1 samuel 20:26 +. +And it came to pass on the morrow, which was the second day of the month, that David's place was empty: and Saul said unto Jonathan his son, Wherefore cometh not the son of Jesse to meat, neither yesterday, nor to day? -- 1 samuel 20:27 +. +And Jonathan answered Saul, David earnestly asked leave of me to go to Bethlehem: -- 1 samuel 20:28 +. +And he said, Let me go, I pray thee; for our family hath a sacrifice in the city; and my brother, he hath commanded me to be there: and now, if I have found favor in thine eyes, let me get away, I pray thee, and see my brethren. Therefore he cometh not unto the king's table. -- 1 samuel 20:29 +. +Then Saul's anger was kindled against Jonathan, and he said unto him, Thou son of the perverse rebellious woman, do not I know that thou hast chosen the son of Jesse to thine own confusion, and unto the confusion of thy mother's nakedness? -- 1 samuel 20:30 +. +For as long as the son of Jesse liveth upon the ground, thou shalt not be established, nor thy kingdom. Wherefore now send and fetch him unto me, for he shall surely die. -- 1 samuel 20:31 +. +And Jonathan answered Saul his father, and said unto him, Wherefore shall he be slain? what hath he done? -- 1 samuel 20:32 +. +And Saul cast a javelin at him to smite him: whereby Jonathan knew that it was determined of his father to slay David. -- 1 samuel 20:33 +. +So Jonathan arose from the table in fierce anger, and did eat no meat the second day of the month: for he was grieved for David, because his father had done him shame. -- 1 samuel 20:34 +. +And it came to pass in the morning, that Jonathan went out into the field at the time appointed with David, and a little lad with him. -- 1 samuel 20:35 +. +And he said unto his lad, Run, find out now the arrows which I shoot. And as the lad ran, he shot an arrow beyond him. -- 1 samuel 20:36 +. +And when the lad was come to the place of the arrow which Jonathan had shot, Jonathan cried after the lad, and said, Is not the arrow beyond thee? -- 1 samuel 20:37 +. +And Jonathan cried after the lad, Make speed, haste, stay not. And Jonathan's lad gathered up the arrows, and came to his master. -- 1 samuel 20:38 +. +But the lad knew not any thing: only Jonathan and David knew the matter. -- 1 samuel 20:39 +. +And Jonathan gave his artillery unto his lad, and said unto him, Go, carry them to the city. -- 1 samuel 20:40 +. +And as soon as the lad was gone, David arose out of a place toward the south, and fell on his face to the ground, and bowed himself three times: and they kissed one another, and wept one with another, until David exceeded. -- 1 samuel 20:41 +. +And Jonathan said to David, Go in peace, forasmuch as we have sworn both of us in the name of the LORD, saying, The LORD be between me and thee, and between my seed and thy seed for ever. And he arose and departed: and Jonathan went into the city. -- 1 samuel 20:42 +. +Then came David to Nob to Ahimelech the priest: and Ahimelech was afraid at the meeting of David, and said unto him, Why art thou alone, and no man with thee? -- 1 samuel 21:1 +. +And David said unto Ahimelech the priest, The king hath commanded me a business, and hath said unto me, Let no man know any thing of the business whereabout I send thee, and what I have commanded thee: and I have appointed my servants to such and such a place. -- 1 samuel 21:2 +. +Now therefore what is under thine hand? give me five loaves of bread in mine hand, or what there is present. -- 1 samuel 21:3 +. +And the priest answered David, and said, There is no common bread under mine hand, but there is hallowed bread; if the young men have kept themselves at least from women. -- 1 samuel 21:4 +. +And David answered the priest, and said unto him, Of a truth women have been kept from us about these three days, since I came out, and the vessels of the young men are holy, and the bread is in a manner common, yea, though it were sanctified this day in the vessel. -- 1 samuel 21:5 +. +So the priest gave him hallowed bread: for there was no bread there but the showbread, that was taken from before the LORD, to put hot bread in the day when it was taken away. -- 1 samuel 21:6 +. +Now a certain man of the servants of Saul was there that day, detained before the LORD; and his name was Doeg, an Edomite, the chiefest of the herdmen that belonged to Saul. -- 1 samuel 21:7 +. +And David said unto Ahimelech, And is there not here under thine hand spear or sword? for I have neither brought my sword nor my weapons with me, because the king's business required haste. -- 1 samuel 21:8 +. +And the priest said, The sword of Goliath the Philistine, whom thou slewest in the valley of Elah, behold, it is here wrapped in a cloth behind the ephod: if thou wilt take that, take it: for there is no other save that here. And David said, There is none like that; give it me. -- 1 samuel 21:9 +. +And David arose and fled that day for fear of Saul, and went to Achish the king of Gath. -- 1 samuel 21:10 +. +And the servants of Achish said unto him, Is not this David the king of the land? did they not sing one to another of him in dances, saying, Saul hath slain his thousands, and David his ten thousands? -- 1 samuel 21:11 +. +And David laid up these words in his heart, and was sore afraid of Achish the king of Gath. -- 1 samuel 21:12 +. +And he changed his behavior before them, and feigned himself mad in their hands, and scrabbled on the doors of the gate, and let his spittle fall down upon his beard. -- 1 samuel 21:13 +. +Then said Achish unto his servants, Lo, ye see the man is mad: wherefore then have ye brought him to me? -- 1 samuel 21:14 +. +Have I need of mad men, that ye have brought this fellow to play the mad man in my presence? shall this fellow come into my house? -- 1 samuel 21:15 +. +David therefore departed thence, and escaped to the cave Adullam: and when his brethren and all his father's house heard it, they went down thither to him. -- 1 samuel 22:1 +. +And every one that was in distress, and every one that was in debt, and every one that was discontented, gathered themselves unto him; and he became a captain over them: and there were with him about four hundred men. -- 1 samuel 22:2 +. +And David went thence to Mizpeh of Moab: and he said unto the king of Moab, Let my father and my mother, I pray thee, come forth, and be with you, till I know what God will do for me. -- 1 samuel 22:3 +. +And he brought them before the king of Moab: and they dwelt with him all the while that David was in the hold. -- 1 samuel 22:4 +. +And the prophet Gad said unto David, Abide not in the hold; depart, and get thee into the land of Judah. Then David departed, and came into the forest of Hareth. -- 1 samuel 22:5 +. +When Saul heard that David was discovered, and the men that were with him, (now Saul abode in Gibeah under a tree in Ramah, having his spear in his hand, and all his servants were standing about him;) -- 1 samuel 22:6 +. +Then Saul said unto his servants that stood about him, Hear now, ye Benjamites; will the son of Jesse give every one of you fields and vineyards, and make you all captains of thousands, and captains of hundreds; -- 1 samuel 22:7 +. +That all of you have conspired against me, and there is none that showeth me that my son hath made a league with the son of Jesse, and there is none of you that is sorry for me, or showeth unto me that my son hath stirred up my servant against me, to lie in wait, as at this day? -- 1 samuel 22:8 +. +Then answered Doeg the Edomite, which was set over the servants of Saul, and said, I saw the son of Jesse coming to Nob, to Ahimelech the son of Ahitub. -- 1 samuel 22:9 +. +And he inquired of the LORD for him, and gave him victuals, and gave him the sword of Goliath the Philistine. -- 1 samuel 22:10 +. +Then the king sent to call Ahimelech the priest, the son of Ahitub, and all his father's house, the priests that were in Nob: and they came all of them to the king. -- 1 samuel 22:11 +. +And Saul said, Hear now, thou son of Ahitub. And he answered, Here I am, my lord. -- 1 samuel 22:12 +. +And Saul said unto him, Why have ye conspired against me, thou and the son of Jesse, in that thou hast given him bread, and a sword, and hast inquired of God for him, that he should rise against me, to lie in wait, as at this day? -- 1 samuel 22:13 +. +Then Ahimelech answered the king, and said, And who is so faithful among all thy servants as David, which is the king's son in law, and goeth at thy bidding, and is honorable in thine house? -- 1 samuel 22:14 +. +Did I then begin to inquire of God for him? be it far from me: let not the king impute any thing unto his servant, nor to all the house of my father: for thy servant knew nothing of all this, less or more. -- 1 samuel 22:15 +. +And the king said, Thou shalt surely die, Ahimelech, thou, and all thy father's house. -- 1 samuel 22:16 +. +And the king said unto the footmen that stood about him, Turn, and slay the priests of the LORD: because their hand also is with David, and because they knew when he fled, and did not show it to me. But the servants of the king would not put forth their hand to fall upon the priests of the LORD. -- 1 samuel 22:17 +. +And the king said to Doeg, Turn thou, and fall upon the priests. And Doeg the Edomite turned, and he fell upon the priests, and slew on that day fourscore and five persons that did wear a linen ephod. -- 1 samuel 22:18 +. +And Nob, the city of the priests, smote he with the edge of the sword, both men and women, children and sucklings, and oxen, and asses, and sheep, with the edge of the sword. -- 1 samuel 22:19 +. +And one of the sons of Ahimelech the son of Ahitub, named Abiathar, escaped, and fled after David. -- 1 samuel 22:20 +. +And Abiathar showed David that Saul had slain the LORD's priests. -- 1 samuel 22:21 +. +And David said unto Abiathar, I knew it that day, when Doeg the Edomite was there, that he would surely tell Saul: I have occasioned the death of all the persons of thy father's house. -- 1 samuel 22:22 +. +Abide thou with me, fear not: for he that seeketh my life seeketh thy life: but with me thou shalt be in safeguard. -- 1 samuel 22:23 +. +Then they told David, saying, Behold, the Philistines fight against Keilah, and they rob the threshingfloors. -- 1 samuel 23:1 +. +Therefore David inquired of the LORD, saying, Shall I go and smite these Philistines? And the LORD said unto David, Go, and smite the Philistines, and save Keilah. -- 1 samuel 23:2 +. +And David's men said unto him, Behold, we be afraid here in Judah: how much more then if we come to Keilah against the armies of the Philistines? -- 1 samuel 23:3 +. +Then David inquired of the LORD yet again. And the LORD answered him and said, Arise, go down to Keilah; for I will deliver the Philistines into thine hand. -- 1 samuel 23:4 +. +So David and his men went to Keilah, and fought with the Philistines, and brought away their cattle, and smote them with a great slaughter. So David saved the inhabitants of Keilah. -- 1 samuel 23:5 +. +And it came to pass, when Abiathar the son of Ahimelech fled to David to Keilah, that he came down with an ephod in his hand. -- 1 samuel 23:6 +. +And it was told Saul that David was come to Keilah. And Saul said, God hath delivered him into mine hand; for he is shut in, by entering into a town that hath gates and bars. -- 1 samuel 23:7 +. +And Saul called all the people together to war, to go down to Keilah, to besiege David and his men. -- 1 samuel 23:8 +. +And David knew that Saul secretly practiced mischief against him; and he said to Abiathar the priest, Bring hither the ephod. -- 1 samuel 23:9 +. +Then said David, O LORD God of Israel, thy servant hath certainly heard that Saul seeketh to come to Keilah, to destroy the city for my sake. -- 1 samuel 23:10 +. +Will the men of Keilah deliver me up into his hand? will Saul come down, as thy servant hath heard? O LORD God of Israel, I beseech thee, tell thy servant. And the LORD said, He will come down. -- 1 samuel 23:11 +. +Then said David, Will the men of Keilah deliver me and my men into the hand of Saul? And the LORD said, They will deliver thee up. -- 1 samuel 23:12 +. +Then David and his men, which were about six hundred, arose and departed out of Keilah, and went whithersoever they could go. And it was told Saul that David was escaped from Keilah; and he forbare to go forth. -- 1 samuel 23:13 +. +And David abode in the wilderness in strong holds, and remained in a mountain in the wilderness of Ziph. And Saul sought him every day, but God delivered him not into his hand. -- 1 samuel 23:14 +. +And David saw that Saul was come out to seek his life: and David was in the wilderness of Ziph in a wood. -- 1 samuel 23:15 +. +And Jonathan Saul's son arose, and went to David into the wood, and strengthened his hand in God. -- 1 samuel 23:16 +. +And he said unto him, Fear not: for the hand of Saul my father shall not find thee; and thou shalt be king over Israel, and I shall be next unto thee; and that also Saul my father knoweth. -- 1 samuel 23:17 +. +And they two made a covenant before the LORD: and David abode in the wood, and Jonathan went to his house. -- 1 samuel 23:18 +. +Then came up the Ziphites to Saul to Gibeah, saying, Doth not David hide himself with us in strong holds in the wood, in the hill of Hachilah, which is on the south of Jeshimon? -- 1 samuel 23:19 +. +Now therefore, O king, come down according to all the desire of thy soul to come down; and our part shall be to deliver him into the king's hand. -- 1 samuel 23:20 +. +And Saul said, Blessed be ye of the LORD; for ye have compassion on me. -- 1 samuel 23:21 +. +Go, I pray you, prepare yet, and know and see his place where his haunt is, and who hath seen him there: for it is told me that he dealeth very subtilly. -- 1 samuel 23:22 +. +See therefore, and take knowledge of all the lurking places where he hideth himself, and come ye again to me with the certainty, and I will go with you: and it shall come to pass, if he be in the land, that I will search him out throughout all the thousands of Judah. -- 1 samuel 23:23 +. +And they arose, and went to Ziph before Saul: but David and his men were in the wilderness of Maon, in the plain on the south of Jeshimon. -- 1 samuel 23:24 +. +Saul also and his men went to seek him. And they told David; wherefore he came down into a rock, and abode in the wilderness of Maon. And when Saul heard that, he pursued after David in the wilderness of Maon. -- 1 samuel 23:25 +. +And Saul went on this side of the mountain, and David and his men on that side of the mountain: and David made haste to get away for fear of Saul; for Saul and his men compassed David and his men round about to take them. -- 1 samuel 23:26 +. +But there came a messenger unto Saul, saying, Haste thee, and come; for the Philistines have invaded the land. -- 1 samuel 23:27 +. +Wherefore Saul returned from pursuing after David, and went against the Philistines: therefore they called that place Selahammahlekoth. -- 1 samuel 23:28 +. +And David went up from thence, and dwelt in strong holds at Engedi. -- 1 samuel 23:29 +. +And it came to pass, when Saul was returned from following the Philistines, that it was told him, saying, Behold, David is in the wilderness of Engedi. -- 1 samuel 24:1 +. +Then Saul took three thousand chosen men out of all Israel, and went to seek David and his men upon the rocks of the wild goats. -- 1 samuel 24:2 +. +And he came to the sheepcotes by the way, where was a cave; and Saul went in to cover his feet: and David and his men remained in the sides of the cave. -- 1 samuel 24:3 +. +And the men of David said unto him, Behold the day of which the LORD said unto thee, Behold, I will deliver thine enemy into thine hand, that thou mayest do to him as it shall seem good unto thee. Then David arose, and cut off the skirt of Saul's robe privily. -- 1 samuel 24:4 +. +And it came to pass afterward, that David's heart smote him, because he had cut off Saul's skirt. -- 1 samuel 24:5 +. +And he said unto his men, The LORD forbid that I should do this thing unto my master, the LORD's anointed, to stretch forth mine hand against him, seeing he is the anointed of the LORD. -- 1 samuel 24:6 +. +So David stayed his servants with these words, and suffered them not to rise against Saul. But Saul rose up out of the cave, and went on his way. -- 1 samuel 24:7 +. +David also arose afterward, and went out of the cave, and cried after Saul, saying, My lord the king. And when Saul looked behind him, David stooped with his face to the earth, and bowed himself. -- 1 samuel 24:8 +. +And David said to Saul, Wherefore hearest thou men's words, saying, Behold, David seeketh thy hurt? -- 1 samuel 24:9 +. +Behold, this day thine eyes have seen how that the LORD had delivered thee to day into mine hand in the cave: and some bade me kill thee: but mine eye spared thee; and I said, I will not put forth mine hand against my lord; for he is the LORD's anointed. -- 1 samuel 24:10 +. +Moreover, my father, see, yea, see the skirt of thy robe in my hand: for in that I cut off the skirt of thy robe, and killed thee not, know thou and see that there is neither evil nor transgression in mine hand, and I have not sinned against thee; yet thou huntest my soul to take it. -- 1 samuel 24:11 +. +The LORD judge between me and thee, and the LORD avenge me of thee: but mine hand shall not be upon thee. -- 1 samuel 24:12 +. +As saith the proverb of the ancients, Wickedness proceedeth from the wicked: but mine hand shall not be upon thee. -- 1 samuel 24:13 +. +After whom is the king of Israel come out? after whom dost thou pursue? after a dead dog, after a flea. -- 1 samuel 24:14 +. +The LORD therefore be judge, and judge between me and thee, and see, and plead my cause, and deliver me out of thine hand. -- 1 samuel 24:15 +. +And it came to pass, when David had made an end of speaking these words unto Saul, that Saul said, Is this thy voice, my son David? And Saul lifted up his voice, and wept. -- 1 samuel 24:16 +. +And he said to David, Thou art more righteous than I: for thou hast rewarded me good, whereas I have rewarded thee evil. -- 1 samuel 24:17 +. +And thou hast showed this day how that thou hast dealt well with me: forasmuch as when the LORD had delivered me into thine hand, thou killedst me not. -- 1 samuel 24:18 +. +For if a man find his enemy, will he let him go well away? wherefore the LORD reward thee good for that thou hast done unto me this day. -- 1 samuel 24:19 +. +And now, behold, I know well that thou shalt surely be king, and that the kingdom of Israel shall be established in thine hand. -- 1 samuel 24:20 +. +Swear now therefore unto me by the LORD, that thou wilt not cut off my seed after me, and that thou wilt not destroy my name out of my father's house. -- 1 samuel 24:21 +. +And David sware unto Saul. And Saul went home; but David and his men gat them up unto the hold. -- 1 samuel 24:22 +. +And Samuel died; and all the Israelites were gathered together, and lamented him, and buried him in his house at Ramah. And David arose, and went down to the wilderness of Paran. -- 1 samuel 25:1 +. +And there was a man in Maon, whose possessions were in Carmel; and the man was very great, and he had three thousand sheep, and a thousand goats: and he was shearing his sheep in Carmel. -- 1 samuel 25:2 +. +Now the name of the man was Nabal; and the name of his wife Abigail: and she was a woman of good understanding, and of a beautiful countenance: but the man was churlish and evil in his doings; and he was of the house of Caleb. -- 1 samuel 25:3 +. +And David heard in the wilderness that Nabal did shear his sheep. -- 1 samuel 25:4 +. +And David sent out ten young men, and David said unto the young men, Get you up to Carmel, and go to Nabal, and greet him in my name: -- 1 samuel 25:5 +. +And thus shall ye say to him that liveth in prosperity, Peace be both to thee, and peace be to thine house, and peace be unto all that thou hast. -- 1 samuel 25:6 +. +And now I have heard that thou hast shearers: now thy shepherds which were with us, we hurt them not, neither was there ought missing unto them, all the while they were in Carmel. -- 1 samuel 25:7 +. +Ask thy young men, and they will show thee. Wherefore let the young men find favor in thine eyes: for we come in a good day: give, I pray thee, whatsoever cometh to thine hand unto thy servants, and to thy son David. -- 1 samuel 25:8 +. +And when David's young men came, they spake to Nabal according to all those words in the name of David, and ceased. -- 1 samuel 25:9 +. +And Nabal answered David's servants, and said, Who is David? and who is the son of Jesse? there be many servants now a days that break away every man from his master. -- 1 samuel 25:10 +. +Shall I then take my bread, and my water, and my flesh that I have killed for my shearers, and give it unto men, whom I know not whence they be? -- 1 samuel 25:11 +. +So David's young men turned their way, and went again, and came and told him all those sayings. -- 1 samuel 25:12 +. +And David said unto his men, Gird ye on every man his sword. And they girded on every man his sword; and David also girded on his sword: and there went up after David about four hundred men; and two hundred abode by the stuff. -- 1 samuel 25:13 +. +But one of the young men told Abigail, Nabal's wife, saying, Behold, David sent messengers out of the wilderness to salute our master; and he railed on them. -- 1 samuel 25:14 +. +But the men were very good unto us, and we were not hurt, neither missed we any thing, as long as we were conversant with them, when we were in the fields: -- 1 samuel 25:15 +. +They were a wall unto us both by night and day, all the while we were with them keeping the sheep. -- 1 samuel 25:16 +. +Now therefore know and consider what thou wilt do; for evil is determined against our master, and against all his household: for he is such a son of Belial, that a man cannot speak to him. -- 1 samuel 25:17 +. +Then Abigail made haste, and took two hundred loaves, and two bottles of wine, and five sheep ready dressed, and five measures of parched corn, and an hundred clusters of raisins, and two hundred cakes of figs, and laid them on asses. -- 1 samuel 25:18 +. +And she said unto her servants, Go on before me; behold, I come after you. But she told not her husband Nabal. -- 1 samuel 25:19 +. +And it was so, as she rode on the ass, that she came down by the covert on the hill, and, behold, David and his men came down against her; and she met them. -- 1 samuel 25:20 +. +Now David had said, Surely in vain have I kept all that this fellow hath in the wilderness, so that nothing was missed of all that pertained unto him: and he hath requited me evil for good. -- 1 samuel 25:21 +. +So and more also do God unto the enemies of David, if I leave of all that pertain to him by the morning light any that pisseth against the wall. -- 1 samuel 25:22 +. +And when Abigail saw David, she hasted, and lighted off the ass, and fell before David on her face, and bowed herself to the ground, -- 1 samuel 25:23 +. +And fell at his feet, and said, Upon me, my lord, upon me let this iniquity be: and let thine handmaid, I pray thee, speak in thine audience, and hear the words of thine handmaid. -- 1 samuel 25:24 +. +Let not my lord, I pray thee, regard this man of Belial, even Nabal: for as his name is, so is he; Nabal is his name, and folly is with him: but I thine handmaid saw not the young men of my lord, whom thou didst send. -- 1 samuel 25:25 +. +Now therefore, my lord, as the LORD liveth, and as thy soul liveth, seeing the LORD hath withholden thee from coming to shed blood, and from avenging thyself with thine own hand, now let thine enemies, and they that seek evil to my lord, be as Nabal. -- 1 samuel 25:26 +. +And now this blessing which thine handmaid hath brought unto my lord, let it even be given unto the young men that follow my lord. -- 1 samuel 25:27 +. +I pray thee, forgive the trespass of thine handmaid: for the LORD will certainly make my lord a sure house; because my lord fighteth the battles of the LORD, and evil hath not been found in thee all thy days. -- 1 samuel 25:28 +. +Yet a man is risen to pursue thee, and to seek thy soul: but the soul of my lord shall be bound in the bundle of life with the LORD thy God; and the souls of thine enemies, them shall he sling out, as out of the middle of a sling. -- 1 samuel 25:29 +. +And it shall come to pass, when the LORD shall have done to my lord according to all the good that he hath spoken concerning thee, and shall have appointed thee ruler over Israel; -- 1 samuel 25:30 +. +That this shall be no grief unto thee, nor offense of heart unto my lord, either that thou hast shed blood causeless, or that my lord hath avenged himself: but when the LORD shall have dealt well with my lord, then remember thine handmaid. -- 1 samuel 25:31 +. +And David said to Abigail, Blessed be the LORD God of Israel, which sent thee this day to meet me: -- 1 samuel 25:32 +. +And blessed be thy advice, and blessed be thou, which hast kept me this day from coming to shed blood, and from avenging myself with mine own hand. -- 1 samuel 25:33 +. +For in very deed, as the LORD God of Israel liveth, which hath kept me back from hurting thee, except thou hadst hasted and come to meet me, surely there had not been left unto Nabal by the morning light any that pisseth against the wall. -- 1 samuel 25:34 +. +So David received of her hand that which she had brought him, and said unto her, Go up in peace to thine house; see, I have hearkened to thy voice, and have accepted thy person. -- 1 samuel 25:35 +. +And Abigail came to Nabal; and, behold, he held a feast in his house, like the feast of a king; and Nabal's heart was merry within him, for he was very drunken: wherefore she told him nothing, less or more, until the morning light. -- 1 samuel 25:36 +. +But it came to pass in the morning, when the wine was gone out of Nabal, and his wife had told him these things, that his heart died within him, and he became as a stone. -- 1 samuel 25:37 +. +And it came to pass about ten days after, that the LORD smote Nabal, that he died. -- 1 samuel 25:38 +. +And when David heard that Nabal was dead, he said, Blessed be the LORD, that hath pleaded the cause of my reproach from the hand of Nabal, and hath kept his servant from evil: for the LORD hath returned the wickedness of Nabal upon his own head. And David sent and communed with Abigail, to take her to him to wife. -- 1 samuel 25:39 +. +And when the servants of David were come to Abigail to Carmel, they spake unto her, saying, David sent us unto thee, to take thee to him to wife. -- 1 samuel 25:40 +. +And she arose, and bowed herself on her face to the earth, and said, Behold, let thine handmaid be a servant to wash the feet of the servants of my lord. -- 1 samuel 25:41 +. +And Abigail hasted, and arose and rode upon an ass, with five damsels of hers that went after her; and she went after the messengers of David, and became his wife. -- 1 samuel 25:42 +. +David also took Ahinoam of Jezreel; and they were also both of them his wives. -- 1 samuel 25:43 +. +But Saul had given Michal his daughter, David's wife, to Phalti the son of Laish, which was of Gallim. -- 1 samuel 25:44 +. +And the Ziphites came unto Saul to Gibeah, saying, Doth not David hide himself in the hill of Hachilah, which is before Jeshimon? -- 1 samuel 26:1 +. +Then Saul arose, and went down to the wilderness of Ziph, having three thousand chosen men of Israel with him, to seek David in the wilderness of Ziph. -- 1 samuel 26:2 +. +And Saul pitched in the hill of Hachilah, which is before Jeshimon, by the way. But David abode in the wilderness, and he saw that Saul came after him into the wilderness. -- 1 samuel 26:3 +. +David therefore sent out spies, and understood that Saul was come in very deed. -- 1 samuel 26:4 +. +And David arose, and came to the place where Saul had pitched: and David beheld the place where Saul lay, and Abner the son of Ner, the captain of his host: and Saul lay in the trench, and the people pitched round about him. -- 1 samuel 26:5 +. +Then answered David and said to Ahimelech the Hittite, and to Abishai the son of Zeruiah, brother to Joab, saying, Who will go down with me to Saul to the camp? And Abishai said, I will go down with thee. -- 1 samuel 26:6 +. +So David and Abishai came to the people by night: and, behold, Saul lay sleeping within the trench, and his spear stuck in the ground at his bolster: but Abner and the people lay round about him. -- 1 samuel 26:7 +. +Then said Abishai to David, God hath delivered thine enemy into thine hand this day: now therefore let me smite him, I pray thee, with the spear even to the earth at once, and I will not smite him the second time. -- 1 samuel 26:8 +. +And David said to Abishai, Destroy him not: for who can stretch forth his hand against the LORD's anointed, and be guiltless? -- 1 samuel 26:9 +. +David said furthermore, As the LORD liveth, the LORD shall smite him; or his day shall come to die; or he shall descend into battle, and perish. -- 1 samuel 26:10 +. +The LORD forbid that I should stretch forth mine hand against the LORD's anointed: but, I pray thee, take thou now the spear that is at his bolster, and the cruse of water, and let us go. -- 1 samuel 26:11 +. +So David took the spear and the cruse of water from Saul's bolster; and they gat them away, and no man saw it, nor knew it, neither awaked: for they were all asleep; because a deep sleep from the LORD was fallen upon them. -- 1 samuel 26:12 +. +Then David went over to the other side, and stood on the top of an hill afar off; a great space being between them: -- 1 samuel 26:13 +. +And David cried to the people, and to Abner the son of Ner, saying, Answerest thou not, Abner? Then Abner answered and said, Who art thou that criest to the king? -- 1 samuel 26:14 +. +And David said to Abner, Art not thou a valiant man? and who is like to thee in Israel? wherefore then hast thou not kept thy lord the king? for there came one of the people in to destroy the king thy lord. -- 1 samuel 26:15 +. +This thing is not good that thou hast done. As the LORD liveth, ye are worthy to die, because ye have not kept your master, the LORD's anointed. And now see where the king's spear is, and the cruse of water that was at his bolster. -- 1 samuel 26:16 +. +And Saul knew David's voice, and said, Is this thy voice, my son David? And David said, It is my voice, my lord, O king. -- 1 samuel 26:17 +. +And he said, Wherefore doth my lord thus pursue after his servant? for what have I done? or what evil is in mine hand? -- 1 samuel 26:18 +. +Now therefore, I pray thee, let my lord the king hear the words of his servant. If the LORD have stirred thee up against me, let him accept an offering: but if they be the children of men, cursed be they before the LORD; for they have driven me out this day from abiding in the inheritance of the LORD, saying, Go, serve other gods. -- 1 samuel 26:19 +. +Now therefore, let not my blood fall to the earth before the face of the LORD: for the king of Israel is come out to seek a flea, as when one doth hunt a partridge in the mountains. -- 1 samuel 26:20 +. +Then said Saul, I have sinned: return, my son David: for I will no more do thee harm, because my soul was precious in thine eyes this day: behold, I have played the fool, and have erred exceedingly. -- 1 samuel 26:21 +. +And David answered and said, Behold the king's spear! and let one of the young men come over and fetch it. -- 1 samuel 26:22 +. +The LORD render to every man his righteousness and his faithfulness; for the LORD delivered thee into my hand to day, but I would not stretch forth mine hand against the LORD's anointed. -- 1 samuel 26:23 +. +And, behold, as thy life was much set by this day in mine eyes, so let my life be much set by in the eyes of the LORD, and let him deliver me out of all tribulation. -- 1 samuel 26:24 +. +Then Saul said to David, Blessed be thou, my son David: thou shalt both do great things, and also shalt still prevail. So David went on his way, and Saul returned to his place. -- 1 samuel 26:25 +. +And David said in his heart, I shall now perish one day by the hand of Saul: there is nothing better for me than that I should speedily escape into the land of the Philistines; and Saul shall despair of me, to seek me any more in any coast of Israel: so shall I escape out of his hand. -- 1 samuel 27:1 +. +And David arose, and he passed over with the six hundred men that were with him unto Achish, the son of Maoch, king of Gath. -- 1 samuel 27:2 +. +And David dwelt with Achish at Gath, he and his men, every man with his household, even David with his two wives, Ahinoam the Jezreelitess, and Abigail the Carmelitess, Nabal's wife. -- 1 samuel 27:3 +. +And it was told Saul that David was fled to Gath: and he sought no more again for him. -- 1 samuel 27:4 +. +And David said unto Achish, If I have now found grace in thine eyes, let them give me a place in some town in the country, that I may dwell there: for why should thy servant dwell in the royal city with thee? -- 1 samuel 27:5 +. +Then Achish gave him Ziklag that day: wherefore Ziklag pertaineth unto the kings of Judah unto this day. -- 1 samuel 27:6 +. +And the time that David dwelt in the country of the Philistines was a full year and four months. -- 1 samuel 27:7 +. +And David and his men went up, and invaded the Geshurites, and the Gezrites, and the Amalekites: for those nations were of old the inhabitants of the land, as thou goest to Shur, even unto the land of Egypt. -- 1 samuel 27:8 +. +And David smote the land, and left neither man nor woman alive, and took away the sheep, and the oxen, and the asses, and the camels, and the apparel, and returned, and came to Achish. -- 1 samuel 27:9 +. +And Achish said, Whither have ye made a road to day? And David said, Against the south of Judah, and against the south of the Jerahmeelites, and against the south of the Kenites. -- 1 samuel 27:10 +. +And David saved neither man nor woman alive, to bring tidings to Gath, saying, Lest they should tell on us, saying, So did David, and so will be his manner all the while he dwelleth in the country of the Philistines. -- 1 samuel 27:11 +. +And Achish believed David, saying, He hath made his people Israel utterly to abhor him; therefore he shall be my servant for ever. -- 1 samuel 27:12 +. +And it came to pass in those days, that the Philistines gathered their armies together for warfare, to fight with Israel. And Achish said unto David, Know thou assuredly, that thou shalt go out with me to battle, thou and thy men. -- 1 samuel 28:1 +. +And David said to Achish, Surely thou shalt know what thy servant can do. And Achish said to David, Therefore will I make thee keeper of mine head for ever. -- 1 samuel 28:2 +. +Now Samuel was dead, and all Israel had lamented him, and buried him in Ramah, even in his own city. And Saul had put away those that had familiar spirits, and the wizards, out of the land. -- 1 samuel 28:3 +. +And the Philistines gathered themselves together, and came and pitched in Shunem: and Saul gathered all Israel together, and they pitched in Gilboa. -- 1 samuel 28:4 +. +And when Saul saw the host of the Philistines, he was afraid, and his heart greatly trembled. -- 1 samuel 28:5 +. +And when Saul inquired of the LORD, the LORD answered him not, neither by dreams, nor by Urim, nor by prophets. -- 1 samuel 28:6 +. +Then said Saul unto his servants, Seek me a woman that hath a familiar spirit, that I may go to her, and inquire of her. And his servants said to him, Behold, there is a woman that hath a familiar spirit at Endor. -- 1 samuel 28:7 +. +And Saul disguised himself, and put on other raiment, and he went, and two men with him, and they came to the woman by night: and he said, I pray thee, divine unto me by the familiar spirit, and bring me him up, whom I shall name unto thee. -- 1 samuel 28:8 +. +And the woman said unto him, Behold, thou knowest what Saul hath done, how he hath cut off those that have familiar spirits, and the wizards, out of the land: wherefore then layest thou a snare for my life, to cause me to die? -- 1 samuel 28:9 +. +And Saul sware to her by the LORD, saying, As the LORD liveth, there shall no punishment happen to thee for this thing. -- 1 samuel 28:10 +. +Then said the woman, Whom shall I bring up unto thee? And he said, Bring me up Samuel. -- 1 samuel 28:11 +. +And when the woman saw Samuel, she cried with a loud voice: and the woman spake to Saul, saying, Why hast thou deceived me? for thou art Saul. -- 1 samuel 28:12 +. +And the king said unto her, Be not afraid: for what sawest thou? And the woman said unto Saul, I saw gods ascending out of the earth. -- 1 samuel 28:13 +. +And he said unto her, What form is he of? And she said, An old man cometh up; and he is covered with a mantle. And Saul perceived that it was Samuel, and he stooped with his face to the ground, and bowed himself. -- 1 samuel 28:14 +. +And Samuel said to Saul, Why hast thou disquieted me, to bring me up? And Saul answered, I am sore distressed; for the Philistines make war against me, and God is departed from me, and answereth me no more, neither by prophets, nor by dreams: therefore I have called thee, that thou mayest make known unto me what I shall do. -- 1 samuel 28:15 +. +Then said Samuel, Wherefore then dost thou ask of me, seeing the LORD is departed from thee, and is become thine enemy? -- 1 samuel 28:16 +. +And the LORD hath done to him, as he spake by me: for the LORD hath rent the kingdom out of thine hand, and given it to thy neighbor, even to David: -- 1 samuel 28:17 +. +Because thou obeyedst not the voice of the LORD, nor executedst his fierce wrath upon Amalek, therefore hath the LORD done this thing unto thee this day. -- 1 samuel 28:18 +. +Moreover the LORD will also deliver Israel with thee into the hand of the Philistines: and to morrow shalt thou and thy sons be with me: the LORD also shall deliver the host of Israel into the hand of the Philistines. -- 1 samuel 28:19 +. +Then Saul fell straightway all along on the earth, and was sore afraid, because of the words of Samuel: and there was no strength in him; for he had eaten no bread all the day, nor all the night. -- 1 samuel 28:20 +. +And the woman came unto Saul, and saw that he was sore troubled, and said unto him, Behold, thine handmaid hath obeyed thy voice, and I have put my life in my hand, and have hearkened unto thy words which thou spakest unto me. -- 1 samuel 28:21 +. +Now therefore, I pray thee, hearken thou also unto the voice of thine handmaid, and let me set a morsel of bread before thee; and eat, that thou mayest have strength, when thou goest on thy way. -- 1 samuel 28:22 +. +But he refused, and said, I will not eat. But his servants, together with the woman, compelled him; and he hearkened unto their voice. So he arose from the earth, and sat upon the bed. -- 1 samuel 28:23 +. +And the woman had a fat calf in the house; and she hasted, and killed it, and took flour, and kneaded it, and did bake unleavened bread thereof: -- 1 samuel 28:24 +. +And she brought it before Saul, and before his servants; and they did eat. Then they rose up, and went away that night. -- 1 samuel 28:25 +. +Now the Philistines gathered together all their armies to Aphek: and the Israelites pitched by a fountain which is in Jezreel. -- 1 samuel 29:1 +. +And the lords of the Philistines passed on by hundreds, and by thousands: but David and his men passed on in the rearward with Achish. -- 1 samuel 29:2 +. +Then said the princes of the Philistines, What do these Hebrews here? And Achish said unto the princes of the Philistines, Is not this David, the servant of Saul the king of Israel, which hath been with me these days, or these years, and I have found no fault in him since he fell unto me unto this day? -- 1 samuel 29:3 +. +And the princes of the Philistines were wroth with him; and the princes of the Philistines said unto him, Make this fellow return, that he may go again to his place which thou hast appointed him, and let him not go down with us to battle, lest in the battle he be an adversary to us: for wherewith should he reconcile himself unto his master? should it not be with the heads of these men? -- 1 samuel 29:4 +. +Is not this David, of whom they sang one to another in dances, saying, Saul slew his thousands, and David his ten thousands? -- 1 samuel 29:5 +. +Then Achish called David, and said unto him, Surely, as the LORD liveth, thou hast been upright, and thy going out and thy coming in with me in the host is good in my sight: for I have not found evil in thee since the day of thy coming unto me unto this day: nevertheless the lords favor thee not. -- 1 samuel 29:6 +. +Wherefore now return, and go in peace, that thou displease not the lords of the Philistines. -- 1 samuel 29:7 +. +And David said unto Achish, But what have I done? and what hast thou found in thy servant so long as I have been with thee unto this day, that I may not go fight against the enemies of my lord the king? -- 1 samuel 29:8 +. +And Achish answered and said to David, I know that thou art good in my sight, as an angel of God: notwithstanding the princes of the Philistines have said, He shall not go up with us to the battle. -- 1 samuel 29:9 +. +Wherefore now rise up early in the morning with thy master's servants that are come with thee: and as soon as ye be up early in the morning, and have light, depart. -- 1 samuel 29:10 +. +So David and his men rose up early to depart in the morning, to return into the land of the Philistines. And the Philistines went up to Jezreel. -- 1 samuel 29:11 +. +And it came to pass, when David and his men were come to Ziklag on the third day, that the Amalekites had invaded the south, and Ziklag, and smitten Ziklag, and burned it with fire; -- 1 samuel 30:1 +. +And had taken the women captives, that were therein: they slew not any, either great or small, but carried them away, and went on their way. -- 1 samuel 30:2 +. +So David and his men came to the city, and, behold, it was burned with fire; and their wives, and their sons, and their daughters, were taken captives. -- 1 samuel 30:3 +. +Then David and the people that were with him lifted up their voice and wept, until they had no more power to weep. -- 1 samuel 30:4 +. +And David's two wives were taken captives, Ahinoam the Jezreelitess, and Abigail the wife of Nabal the Carmelite. -- 1 samuel 30:5 +. +And David was greatly distressed; for the people spake of stoning him, because the soul of all the people was grieved, every man for his sons and for his daughters: but David encouraged himself in the LORD his God. -- 1 samuel 30:6 +. +And David said to Abiathar the priest, Ahimelech's son, I pray thee, bring me hither the ephod. And Abiathar brought thither the ephod to David. -- 1 samuel 30:7 +. +And David inquired at the LORD, saying, Shall I pursue after this troop? shall I overtake them? And he answered him, Pursue: for thou shalt surely overtake them, and without fail recover all. -- 1 samuel 30:8 +. +So David went, he and the six hundred men that were with him, and came to the brook Besor, where those that were left behind stayed. -- 1 samuel 30:9 +. +But David pursued, he and four hundred men: for two hundred abode behind, which were so faint that they could not go over the brook Besor. -- 1 samuel 30:10 +. +And they found an Egyptian in the field, and brought him to David, and gave him bread, and he did eat; and they made him drink water; -- 1 samuel 30:11 +. +And they gave him a piece of a cake of figs, and two clusters of raisins: and when he had eaten, his spirit came again to him: for he had eaten no bread, nor drunk any water, three days and three nights. -- 1 samuel 30:12 +. +And David said unto him, To whom belongest thou? and whence art thou? And he said, I am a young man of Egypt, servant to an Amalekite; and my master left me, because three days agone I fell sick. -- 1 samuel 30:13 +. +We made an invasion upon the south of the Cherethites, and upon the coast which belongeth to Judah, and upon the south of Caleb; and we burned Ziklag with fire. -- 1 samuel 30:14 +. +And David said to him, Canst thou bring me down to this company? And he said, Swear unto me by God, that thou wilt neither kill me, nor deliver me into the hands of my master, and I will bring thee down to this company. -- 1 samuel 30:15 +. +And when he had brought him down, behold, they were spread abroad upon all the earth, eating and drinking, and dancing, because of all the great spoil that they had taken out of the land of the Philistines, and out of the land of Judah. -- 1 samuel 30:16 +. +And David smote them from the twilight even unto the evening of the next day: and there escaped not a man of them, save four hundred young men, which rode upon camels, and fled. -- 1 samuel 30:17 +. +And David recovered all that the Amalekites had carried away: and David rescued his two wives. -- 1 samuel 30:18 +. +And there was nothing lacking to them, neither small nor great, neither sons nor daughters, neither spoil, nor any thing that they had taken to them: David recovered all. -- 1 samuel 30:19 +. +And David took all the flocks and the herds, which they drave before those other cattle, and said, This is David's spoil. -- 1 samuel 30:20 +. +And David came to the two hundred men, which were so faint that they could not follow David, whom they had made also to abide at the brook Besor: and they went forth to meet David, and to meet the people that were with him: and when David came near to the people, he saluted them. -- 1 samuel 30:21 +. +Then answered all the wicked men and men of Belial, of those that went with David, and said, Because they went not with us, we will not give them ought of the spoil that we have recovered, save to every man his wife and his children, that they may lead them away, and depart. -- 1 samuel 30:22 +. +Then said David, Ye shall not do so, my brethren, with that which the LORD hath given us, who hath preserved us, and delivered the company that came against us into our hand. -- 1 samuel 30:23 +. +For who will hearken unto you in this matter? but as his part is that goeth down to the battle, so shall his part be that tarrieth by the stuff: they shall part alike. -- 1 samuel 30:24 +. +And it was so from that day forward, that he made it a statute and an ordinance for Israel unto this day. -- 1 samuel 30:25 +. +And when David came to Ziklag, he sent of the spoil unto the elders of Judah, even to his friends, saying, Behold a present for you of the spoil of the enemies of the LORD; -- 1 samuel 30:26 +. +To them which were in Bethel, and to them which were in south Ramoth, and to them which were in Jattir, -- 1 samuel 30:27 +. +And to them which were in Aroer, and to them which were in Siphmoth, and to them which were in Eshtemoa, -- 1 samuel 30:28 +. +And to them which were in Rachal, and to them which were in the cities of the Jerahmeelites, and to them which were in the cities of the Kenites, -- 1 samuel 30:29 +. +And to them which were in Hormah, and to them which were in Chorashan, and to them which were in Athach, -- 1 samuel 30:30 +. +And to them which were in Hebron, and to all the places where David himself and his men were wont to haunt. -- 1 samuel 30:31 +. +Now the Philistines fought against Israel: and the men of Israel fled from before the Philistines, and fell down slain in mount Gilboa. -- 1 samuel 31:1 +. +And the Philistines followed hard upon Saul and upon his sons; and the Philistines slew Jonathan, and Abinadab, and Melchishua, Saul's sons. -- 1 samuel 31:2 +. +And the battle went sore against Saul, and the archers hit him; and he was sore wounded of the archers. -- 1 samuel 31:3 +. +Then said Saul unto his armourbearer, Draw thy sword, and thrust me through therewith; lest these uncircumcised come and thrust me through, and abuse me. But his armourbearer would not; for he was sore afraid. Therefore Saul took a sword, and fell upon it. -- 1 samuel 31:4 +. +And when his armourbearer saw that Saul was dead, he fell likewise upon his sword, and died with him. -- 1 samuel 31:5 +. +So Saul died, and his three sons, and his armourbearer, and all his men, that same day together. -- 1 samuel 31:6 +. +And when the men of Israel that were on the other side of the valley, and they that were on the other side Jordan, saw that the men of Israel fled, and that Saul and his sons were dead, they forsook the cities, and fled; and the Philistines came and dwelt in them. -- 1 samuel 31:7 +. +And it came to pass on the morrow, when the Philistines came to strip the slain, that they found Saul and his three sons fallen in mount Gilboa. -- 1 samuel 31:8 +. +And they cut off his head, and stripped off his armor, and sent into the land of the Philistines round about, to publish it in the house of their idols, and among the people. -- 1 samuel 31:9 +. +And they put his armor in the house of Ashtaroth: and they fastened his body to the wall of Bethshan. -- 1 samuel 31:10 +. +And when the inhabitants of Jabeshgilead heard of that which the Philistines had done to Saul; -- 1 samuel 31:11 +. +All the valiant men arose, and went all night, and took the body of Saul and the bodies of his sons from the wall of Bethshan, and came to Jabesh, and burnt them there. -- 1 samuel 31:12 +. +And they took their bones, and buried them under a tree at Jabesh, and fasted seven days. -- 1 samuel 31:13 +. +Now it came to pass after the death of Saul, when David was returned from the slaughter of the Amalekites, and David had abode two days in Ziklag; -- 2 samuel 1:1 +. +It came even to pass on the third day, that, behold, a man came out of the camp from Saul with his clothes rent, and earth upon his head: and so it was, when he came to David, that he fell to the earth, and did obeisance. -- 2 samuel 1:2 +. +And David said unto him, From whence comest thou? And he said unto him, Out of the camp of Israel am I escaped. -- 2 samuel 1:3 +. +And David said unto him, How went the matter? I pray thee, tell me. And he answered, That the people are fled from the battle, and many of the people also are fallen and dead; and Saul and Jonathan his son are dead also. -- 2 samuel 1:4 +. +And David said unto the young man that told him, How knowest thou that Saul and Jonathan his son be dead? -- 2 samuel 1:5 +. +And the young man that told him said, As I happened by chance upon mount Gilboa, behold, Saul leaned upon his spear; and, lo, the chariots and horsemen followed hard after him. -- 2 samuel 1:6 +. +And when he looked behind him, he saw me, and called unto me. And I answered, Here am I. -- 2 samuel 1:7 +. +And he said unto me, Who art thou? And I answered him, I am an Amalekite. -- 2 samuel 1:8 +. +He said unto me again, Stand, I pray thee, upon me, and slay me: for anguish is come upon me, because my life is yet whole in me. -- 2 samuel 1:9 +. +So I stood upon him, and slew him, because I was sure that he could not live after that he was fallen: and I took the crown that was upon his head, and the bracelet that was on his arm, and have brought them hither unto my lord. -- 2 samuel 1:10 +. +Then David took hold on his clothes, and rent them; and likewise all the men that were with him: -- 2 samuel 1:11 +. +And they mourned, and wept, and fasted until even, for Saul, and for Jonathan his son, and for the people of the LORD, and for the house of Israel; because they were fallen by the sword. -- 2 samuel 1:12 +. +And David said unto the young man that told him, Whence art thou? And he answered, I am the son of a stranger, an Amalekite. -- 2 samuel 1:13 +. +And David said unto him, How wast thou not afraid to stretch forth thine hand to destroy the LORD's anointed? -- 2 samuel 1:14 +. +And David called one of the young men, and said, Go near, and fall upon him. And he smote him that he died. -- 2 samuel 1:15 +. +And David said unto him, Thy blood be upon thy head; for thy mouth hath testified against thee, saying, I have slain the LORD's anointed. -- 2 samuel 1:16 +. +And David lamented with this lamentation over Saul and over Jonathan his son: -- 2 samuel 1:17 +. +(Also he bade them teach the children of Judah the use of the bow: behold, it is written in the book of Jasher.) -- 2 samuel 1:18 +. +The beauty of Israel is slain upon thy high places: how are the mighty fallen! -- 2 samuel 1:19 +. +Tell it not in Gath, publish it not in the streets of Askelon; lest the daughters of the Philistines rejoice, lest the daughters of the uncircumcised triumph. -- 2 samuel 1:20 +. +Ye mountains of Gilboa, let there be no dew, neither let there be rain, upon you, nor fields of offerings: for there the shield of the mighty is vilely cast away, the shield of Saul, as though he had not been anointed with oil. -- 2 samuel 1:21 +. +From the blood of the slain, from the fat of the mighty, the bow of Jonathan turned not back, and the sword of Saul returned not empty. -- 2 samuel 1:22 +. +Saul and Jonathan were lovely and pleasant in their lives, and in their death they were not divided: they were swifter than eagles, they were stronger than lions. -- 2 samuel 1:23 +. +Ye daughters of Israel, weep over Saul, who clothed you in scarlet, with other delights, who put on ornaments of gold upon your apparel. -- 2 samuel 1:24 +. +How are the mighty fallen in the midst of the battle! O Jonathan, thou wast slain in thine high places. -- 2 samuel 1:25 +. +I am distressed for thee, my brother Jonathan: very pleasant hast thou been unto me: thy love to me was wonderful, passing the love of women. -- 2 samuel 1:26 +. +How are the mighty fallen, and the weapons of war perished! -- 2 samuel 1:27 +. +And it came to pass after this, that David inquired of the LORD, saying, Shall I go up into any of the cities of Judah? And the LORD said unto him, Go up. And David said, Whither shall I go up? And he said, Unto Hebron. -- 2 samuel 2:1 +. +So David went up thither, and his two wives also, Ahinoam the Jezreelitess, and Abigail Nabal's wife the Carmelite. -- 2 samuel 2:2 +. +And his men that were with him did David bring up, every man with his household: and they dwelt in the cities of Hebron. -- 2 samuel 2:3 +. +And the men of Judah came, and there they anointed David king over the house of Judah. And they told David, saying, That the men of Jabeshgilead were they that buried Saul. -- 2 samuel 2:4 +. +And David sent messengers unto the men of Jabeshgilead, and said unto them, Blessed be ye of the LORD, that ye have showed this kindness unto your lord, even unto Saul, and have buried him. -- 2 samuel 2:5 +. +And now the LORD show kindness and truth unto you: and I also will requite you this kindness, because ye have done this thing. -- 2 samuel 2:6 +. +Therefore now let your hands be strengthened, and be ye valiant: for your master Saul is dead, and also the house of Judah have anointed me king over them. -- 2 samuel 2:7 +. +But Abner the son of Ner, captain of Saul's host, took Ishbosheth the son of Saul, and brought him over to Mahanaim; -- 2 samuel 2:8 +. +And made him king over Gilead, and over the Ashurites, and over Jezreel, and over Ephraim, and over Benjamin, and over all Israel. -- 2 samuel 2:9 +. +Ishbosheth Saul's son was forty years old when he began to reign over Israel, and reigned two years. But the house of Judah followed David. -- 2 samuel 2:10 +. +And the time that David was king in Hebron over the house of Judah was seven years and six months. -- 2 samuel 2:11 +. +And Abner the son of Ner, and the servants of Ishbosheth the son of Saul, went out from Mahanaim to Gibeon. -- 2 samuel 2:12 +. +And Joab the son of Zeruiah, and the servants of David, went out, and met together by the pool of Gibeon: and they sat down, the one on the one side of the pool, and the other on the other side of the pool. -- 2 samuel 2:13 +. +And Abner said to Joab, Let the young men now arise, and play before us. And Joab said, Let them arise. -- 2 samuel 2:14 +. +Then there arose and went over by number twelve of Benjamin, which pertained to Ishbosheth the son of Saul, and twelve of the servants of David. -- 2 samuel 2:15 +. +And they caught every one his fellow by the head, and thrust his sword in his fellow's side; so they fell down together: wherefore that place was called Helkathhazzurim, which is in Gibeon. -- 2 samuel 2:16 +. +And there was a very sore battle that day; and Abner was beaten, and the men of Israel, before the servants of David. -- 2 samuel 2:17 +. +And there were three sons of Zeruiah there, Joab, and Abishai, and Asahel: and Asahel was as light of foot as a wild roe. -- 2 samuel 2:18 +. +And Asahel pursued after Abner; and in going he turned not to the right hand nor to the left from following Abner. -- 2 samuel 2:19 +. +Then Abner looked behind him, and said, Art thou Asahel? And he answered, I am. -- 2 samuel 2:20 +. +And Abner said to him, Turn thee aside to thy right hand or to thy left, and lay thee hold on one of the young men, and take thee his armor. But Asahel would not turn aside from following of him. -- 2 samuel 2:21 +. +And Abner said again to Asahel, Turn thee aside from following me: wherefore should I smite thee to the ground? how then should I hold up my face to Joab thy brother? -- 2 samuel 2:22 +. +Howbeit he refused to turn aside: wherefore Abner with the hinder end of the spear smote him under the fifth rib, that the spear came out behind him; and he fell down there, and died in the same place: and it came to pass, that as many as came to the place where Asahel fell down and died stood still. -- 2 samuel 2:23 +. +Joab also and Abishai pursued after Abner: and the sun went down when they were come to the hill of Ammah, that lieth before Giah by the way of the wilderness of Gibeon. -- 2 samuel 2:24 +. +And the children of Benjamin gathered themselves together after Abner, and became one troop, and stood on the top of an hill. -- 2 samuel 2:25 +. +Then Abner called to Joab, and said, Shall the sword devour for ever? knowest thou not that it will be bitterness in the latter end? how long shall it be then, ere thou bid the people return from following their brethren? -- 2 samuel 2:26 +. +And Joab said, As God liveth, unless thou hadst spoken, surely then in the morning the people had gone up every one from following his brother. -- 2 samuel 2:27 +. +So Joab blew a trumpet, and all the people stood still, and pursued after Israel no more, neither fought they any more. -- 2 samuel 2:28 +. +And Abner and his men walked all that night through the plain, and passed over Jordan, and went through all Bithron, and they came to Mahanaim. -- 2 samuel 2:29 +. +And Joab returned from following Abner: and when he had gathered all the people together, there lacked of David's servants nineteen men and Asahel. -- 2 samuel 2:30 +. +But the servants of David had smitten of Benjamin, and of Abner's men, so that three hundred and threescore men died. -- 2 samuel 2:31 +. +And they took up Asahel, and buried him in the sepulchre of his father, which was in Bethlehem. And Joab and his men went all night, and they came to Hebron at break of day. -- 2 samuel 2:32 +. +Now there was long war between the house of Saul and the house of David: but David waxed stronger and stronger, and the house of Saul waxed weaker and weaker. -- 2 samuel 3:1 +. +And unto David were sons born in Hebron: and his firstborn was Amnon, of Ahinoam the Jezreelitess; -- 2 samuel 3:2 +. +And his second, Chileab, of Abigail the wife of Nabal the Carmelite; and the third, Absalom the son of Maacah the daughter of Talmai king of Geshur; -- 2 samuel 3:3 +. +And the fourth, Adonijah the son of Haggith; and the fifth, Shephatiah the son of Abital; -- 2 samuel 3:4 +. +And the sixth, Ithream, by Eglah David's wife. These were born to David in Hebron. -- 2 samuel 3:5 +. +And it came to pass, while there was war between the house of Saul and the house of David, that Abner made himself strong for the house of Saul. -- 2 samuel 3:6 +. +And Saul had a concubine, whose name was Rizpah, the daughter of Aiah: and Ishbosheth said to Abner, Wherefore hast thou gone in unto my father's concubine? -- 2 samuel 3:7 +. +Then was Abner very wroth for the words of Ishbosheth, and said, Am I a dog's head, which against Judah do show kindness this day unto the house of Saul thy father, to his brethren, and to his friends, and have not delivered thee into the hand of David, that thou chargest me to day with a fault concerning this woman? -- 2 samuel 3:8 +. +So do God to Abner, and more also, except, as the LORD hath sworn to David, even so I do to him; -- 2 samuel 3:9 +. +To translate the kingdom from the house of Saul, and to set up the throne of David over Israel and over Judah, from Dan even to Beersheba. -- 2 samuel 3:10 +. +And he could not answer Abner a word again, because he feared him. -- 2 samuel 3:11 +. +And Abner sent messengers to David on his behalf, saying, Whose is the land? saying also, Make thy league with me, and, behold, my hand shall be with thee, to bring about all Israel unto thee. -- 2 samuel 3:12 +. +And he said, Well; I will make a league with thee: but one thing I require of thee, that is, Thou shalt not see my face, except thou first bring Michal Saul's daughter, when thou comest to see my face. -- 2 samuel 3:13 +. +And David sent messengers to Ishbosheth Saul's son, saying, Deliver me my wife Michal, which I espoused to me for an hundred foreskins of the Philistines. -- 2 samuel 3:14 +. +And Ishbosheth sent, and took her from her husband, even from Phaltiel the son of Laish. -- 2 samuel 3:15 +. +And her husband went with her along weeping behind her to Bahurim. Then said Abner unto him, Go, return. And he returned. -- 2 samuel 3:16 +. +And Abner had communication with the elders of Israel, saying, Ye sought for David in times past to be king over you: -- 2 samuel 3:17 +. +Now then do it: for the LORD hath spoken of David, saying, By the hand of my servant David I will save my people Israel out of the hand of the Philistines, and out of the hand of all their enemies. -- 2 samuel 3:18 +. +And Abner also spake in the ears of Benjamin: and Abner went also to speak in the ears of David in Hebron all that seemed good to Israel, and that seemed good to the whole house of Benjamin. -- 2 samuel 3:19 +. +So Abner came to David to Hebron, and twenty men with him. And David made Abner and the men that were with him a feast. -- 2 samuel 3:20 +. +And Abner said unto David, I will arise and go, and will gather all Israel unto my lord the king, that they may make a league with thee, and that thou mayest reign over all that thine heart desireth. And David sent Abner away; and he went in peace. -- 2 samuel 3:21 +. +And, behold, the servants of David and Joab came from pursuing a troop, and brought in a great spoil with them: but Abner was not with David in Hebron; for he had sent him away, and he was gone in peace. -- 2 samuel 3:22 +. +When Joab and all the host that was with him were come, they told Joab, saying, Abner the son of Ner came to the king, and he hath sent him away, and he is gone in peace. -- 2 samuel 3:23 +. +Then Joab came to the king, and said, What hast thou done? behold, Abner came unto thee; why is it that thou hast sent him away, and he is quite gone? -- 2 samuel 3:24 +. +Thou knowest Abner the son of Ner, that he came to deceive thee, and to know thy going out and thy coming in, and to know all that thou doest. -- 2 samuel 3:25 +. +And when Joab was come out from David, he sent messengers after Abner, which brought him again from the well of Sirah: but David knew it not. -- 2 samuel 3:26 +. +And when Abner was returned to Hebron, Joab took him aside in the gate to speak with him quietly, and smote him there under the fifth rib, that he died, for the blood of Asahel his brother. -- 2 samuel 3:27 +. +And afterward when David heard it, he said, I and my kingdom are guiltless before the LORD for ever from the blood of Abner the son of Ner: -- 2 samuel 3:28 +. +Let it rest on the head of Joab, and on all his father's house; and let there not fail from the house of Joab one that hath an issue, or that is a leper, or that leaneth on a staff, or that falleth on the sword, or that lacketh bread. -- 2 samuel 3:29 +. +So Joab, and Abishai his brother slew Abner, because he had slain their brother Asahel at Gibeon in the battle. -- 2 samuel 3:30 +. +And David said to Joab, and to all the people that were with him, Rend your clothes, and gird you with sackcloth, and mourn before Abner. And king David himself followed the bier. -- 2 samuel 3:31 +. +And they buried Abner in Hebron: and the king lifted up his voice, and wept at the grave of Abner; and all the people wept. -- 2 samuel 3:32 +. +And the king lamented over Abner, and said, Died Abner as a fool dieth? -- 2 samuel 3:33 +. +Thy hands were not bound, nor thy feet put into fetters: as a man falleth before wicked men, so fellest thou. And all the people wept again over him. -- 2 samuel 3:34 +. +And when all the people came to cause David to eat meat while it was yet day, David sware, saying, So do God to me, and more also, if I taste bread, or ought else, till the sun be down. -- 2 samuel 3:35 +. +And all the people took notice of it, and it pleased them: as whatsoever the king did pleased all the people. -- 2 samuel 3:36 +. +For all the people and all Israel understood that day that it was not of the king to slay Abner the son of Ner. -- 2 samuel 3:37 +. +And the king said unto his servants, Know ye not that there is a prince and a great man fallen this day in Israel? -- 2 samuel 3:38 +. +And I am this day weak, though anointed king; and these men the sons of Zeruiah be too hard for me: the LORD shall reward the doer of evil according to his wickedness. -- 2 samuel 3:39 +. +And when Saul's son heard that Abner was dead in Hebron, his hands were feeble, and all the Israelites were troubled. -- 2 samuel 4:1 +. +And Saul's son had two men that were captains of bands: the name of the one was Baanah, and the name of the other Rechab, the sons of Rimmon a Beerothite, of the children of Benjamin: (for Beeroth also was reckoned to Benjamin. -- 2 samuel 4:2 +. +And the Beerothites fled to Gittaim, and were sojourners there until this day.) -- 2 samuel 4:3 +. +And Jonathan, Saul's son, had a son that was lame of his feet. He was five years old when the tidings came of Saul and Jonathan out of Jezreel, and his nurse took him up, and fled: and it came to pass, as she made haste to flee, that he fell, and became lame. And his name was Mephibosheth. -- 2 samuel 4:4 +. +And the sons of Rimmon the Beerothite, Rechab and Baanah, went, and came about the heat of the day to the house of Ishbosheth, who lay on a bed at noon. -- 2 samuel 4:5 +. +And they came thither into the midst of the house, as though they would have fetched wheat; and they smote him under the fifth rib: and Rechab and Baanah his brother escaped. -- 2 samuel 4:6 +. +For when they came into the house, he lay on his bed in his bedchamber, and they smote him, and slew him, and beheaded him, and took his head, and gat them away through the plain all night. -- 2 samuel 4:7 +. +And they brought the head of Ishbosheth unto David to Hebron, and said to the king, Behold the head of Ishbosheth the son of Saul thine enemy, which sought thy life; and the LORD hath avenged my lord the king this day of Saul, and of his seed. -- 2 samuel 4:8 +. +And David answered Rechab and Baanah his brother, the sons of Rimmon the Beerothite, and said unto them, As the LORD liveth, who hath redeemed my soul out of all adversity, -- 2 samuel 4:9 +. +When one told me, saying, Behold, Saul is dead, thinking to have brought good tidings, I took hold of him, and slew him in Ziklag, who thought that I would have given him a reward for his tidings: -- 2 samuel 4:10 +. +How much more, when wicked men have slain a righteous person in his own house upon his bed? shall I not therefore now require his blood of your hand, and take you away from the earth? -- 2 samuel 4:11 +. +And David commanded his young men, and they slew them, and cut off their hands and their feet, and hanged them up over the pool in Hebron. But they took the head of Ishbosheth, and buried it in the sepulchre of Abner in Hebron. -- 2 samuel 4:12 +. +Then came all the tribes of Israel to David unto Hebron, and spake, saying, Behold, we are thy bone and thy flesh. -- 2 samuel 5:1 +. +Also in time past, when Saul was king over us, thou wast he that leddest out and broughtest in Israel: and the LORD said to thee, Thou shalt feed my people Israel, and thou shalt be a captain over Israel. -- 2 samuel 5:2 +. +So all the elders of Israel came to the king to Hebron; and king David made a league with them in Hebron before the LORD: and they anointed David king over Israel. -- 2 samuel 5:3 +. +David was thirty years old when he began to reign, and he reigned forty years. -- 2 samuel 5:4 +. +In Hebron he reigned over Judah seven years and six months: and in Jerusalem he reigned thirty and three years over all Israel and Judah. -- 2 samuel 5:5 +. +And the king and his men went to Jerusalem unto the Jebusites, the inhabitants of the land: which spake unto David, saying, Except thou take away the blind and the lame, thou shalt not come in hither: thinking, David cannot come in hither. -- 2 samuel 5:6 +. +Nevertheless David took the strong hold of Zion: the same is the city of David. -- 2 samuel 5:7 +. +And David said on that day, Whosoever getteth up to the gutter, and smiteth the Jebusites, and the lame and the blind that are hated of David's soul, he shall be chief and captain. Wherefore they said, The blind and the lame shall not come into the house. -- 2 samuel 5:8 +. +So David dwelt in the fort, and called it the city of David. And David built round about from Millo and inward. -- 2 samuel 5:9 +. +And David went on, and grew great, and the LORD God of hosts was with him. -- 2 samuel 5:10 +. +And Hiram king of Tyre sent messengers to David, and cedar trees, and carpenters, and masons: and they built David an house. -- 2 samuel 5:11 +. +And David perceived that the LORD had established him king over Israel, and that he had exalted his kingdom for his people Israel's sake. -- 2 samuel 5:12 +. +And David took him more concubines and wives out of Jerusalem, after he was come from Hebron: and there were yet sons and daughters born to David. -- 2 samuel 5:13 +. +And these be the names of those that were born unto him in Jerusalem; Shammuah, and Shobab, and Nathan, and Solomon, -- 2 samuel 5:14 +. +Ibhar also, and Elishua, and Nepheg, and Japhia, -- 2 samuel 5:15 +. +And Elishama, and Eliada, and Eliphalet. -- 2 samuel 5:16 +. +But when the Philistines heard that they had anointed David king over Israel, all the Philistines came up to seek David; and David heard of it, and went down to the hold. -- 2 samuel 5:17 +. +The Philistines also came and spread themselves in the valley of Rephaim. -- 2 samuel 5:18 +. +And David inquired of the LORD, saying, Shall I go up to the Philistines? wilt thou deliver them into mine hand? And the LORD said unto David, Go up: for I will doubtless deliver the Philistines into thine hand. -- 2 samuel 5:19 +. +And David came to Baalperazim, and David smote them there, and said, The LORD hath broken forth upon mine enemies before me, as the breach of waters. Therefore he called the name of that place Baalperazim. -- 2 samuel 5:20 +. +And there they left their images, and David and his men burned them. -- 2 samuel 5:21 +. +And the Philistines came up yet again, and spread themselves in the valley of Rephaim. -- 2 samuel 5:22 +. +And when David inquired of the LORD, he said, Thou shalt not go up; but fetch a compass behind them, and come upon them over against the mulberry trees. -- 2 samuel 5:23 +. +And let it be, when thou hearest the sound of a going in the tops of the mulberry trees, that then thou shalt bestir thyself: for then shall the LORD go out before thee, to smite the host of the Philistines. -- 2 samuel 5:24 +. +And David did so, as the LORD had commanded him; and smote the Philistines from Geba until thou come to Gazer. -- 2 samuel 5:25 +. +Again, David gathered together all the chosen men of Israel, thirty thousand. -- 2 samuel 6:1 +. +And David arose, and went with all the people that were with him from Baale of Judah, to bring up from thence the ark of God, whose name is called by the name of the LORD of hosts that dwelleth between the cherubim. -- 2 samuel 6:2 +. +And they set the ark of God upon a new cart, and brought it out of the house of Abinadab that was in Gibeah: and Uzzah and Ahio, the sons of Abinadab, drave the new cart. -- 2 samuel 6:3 +. +And they brought it out of the house of Abinadab which was at Gibeah, accompanying the ark of God: and Ahio went before the ark. -- 2 samuel 6:4 +. +And David and all the house of Israel played before the LORD on all manner of instruments made of fir wood, even on harps, and on psalteries, and on timbrels, and on cornets, and on cymbals. -- 2 samuel 6:5 +. +And when they came to Nachon's threshingfloor, Uzzah put forth his hand to the ark of God, and took hold of it; for the oxen shook it. -- 2 samuel 6:6 +. +And the anger of the LORD was kindled against Uzzah; and God smote him there for his error; and there he died by the ark of God. -- 2 samuel 6:7 +. +And David was displeased, because the LORD had made a breach upon Uzzah: and he called the name of the place Perezuzzah to this day. -- 2 samuel 6:8 +. +And David was afraid of the LORD that day, and said, How shall the ark of the LORD come to me? -- 2 samuel 6:9 +. +So David would not remove the ark of the LORD unto him into the city of David: but David carried it aside into the house of Obededom the Gittite. -- 2 samuel 6:10 +. +And the ark of the LORD continued in the house of Obededom the Gittite three months: and the LORD blessed Obededom, and all his household. -- 2 samuel 6:11 +. +And it was told king David, saying, The LORD hath blessed the house of Obededom, and all that pertaineth unto him, because of the ark of God. So David went and brought up the ark of God from the house of Obededom into the city of David with gladness. -- 2 samuel 6:12 +. +And it was so, that when they that bare the ark of the LORD had gone six paces, he sacrificed oxen and fatlings. -- 2 samuel 6:13 +. +And David danced before the LORD with all his might; and David was girded with a linen ephod. -- 2 samuel 6:14 +. +So David and all the house of Israel brought up the ark of the LORD with shouting, and with the sound of the trumpet. -- 2 samuel 6:15 +. +And as the ark of the LORD came into the city of David, Michal Saul's daughter looked through a window, and saw king David leaping and dancing before the LORD; and she despised him in her heart. -- 2 samuel 6:16 +. +And they brought in the ark of the LORD, and set it in his place, in the midst of the tabernacle that David had pitched for it: and David offered burnt offerings and peace offerings before the LORD. -- 2 samuel 6:17 +. +And as soon as David had made an end of offering burnt offerings and peace offerings, he blessed the people in the name of the LORD of hosts. -- 2 samuel 6:18 +. +And he dealt among all the people, even among the whole multitude of Israel, as well to the women as men, to every one a cake of bread, and a good piece of flesh, and a flagon of wine. So all the people departed every one to his house. -- 2 samuel 6:19 +. +Then David returned to bless his household. And Michal the daughter of Saul came out to meet David, and said, How glorious was the king of Israel to day, who uncovered himself to day in the eyes of the handmaids of his servants, as one of the vain fellows shamelessly uncovereth himself! -- 2 samuel 6:20 +. +And David said unto Michal, It was before the LORD, which chose me before thy father, and before all his house, to appoint me ruler over the people of the LORD, over Israel: therefore will I play before the LORD. -- 2 samuel 6:21 +. +And I will yet be more vile than thus, and will be base in mine own sight: and of the maidservants which thou hast spoken of, of them shall I be had in honor. -- 2 samuel 6:22 +. +Therefore Michal the daughter of Saul had no child unto the day of her death. -- 2 samuel 6:23 +. +And it came to pass, when the king sat in his house, and the LORD had given him rest round about from all his enemies; -- 2 samuel 7:1 +. +That the king said unto Nathan the prophet, See now, I dwell in an house of cedar, but the ark of God dwelleth within curtains. -- 2 samuel 7:2 +. +And Nathan said to the king, Go, do all that is in thine heart; for the LORD is with thee. -- 2 samuel 7:3 +. +And it came to pass that night, that the word of the LORD came unto Nathan, saying, -- 2 samuel 7:4 +. +Go and tell my servant David, Thus saith the LORD, Shalt thou build me an house for me to dwell in? -- 2 samuel 7:5 +. +Whereas I have not dwelt in any house since the time that I brought up the children of Israel out of Egypt, even to this day, but have walked in a tent and in a tabernacle. -- 2 samuel 7:6 +. +In all the places wherein I have walked with all the children of Israel spake I a word with any of the tribes of Israel, whom I commanded to feed my people Israel, saying, Why build ye not me an house of cedar? -- 2 samuel 7:7 +. +Now therefore so shalt thou say unto my servant David, Thus saith the LORD of hosts, I took thee from the sheepcote, from following the sheep, to be ruler over my people, over Israel: -- 2 samuel 7:8 +. +And I was with thee whithersoever thou wentest, and have cut off all thine enemies out of thy sight, and have made thee a great name, like unto the name of the great men that are in the earth. -- 2 samuel 7:9 +. +Moreover I will appoint a place for my people Israel, and will plant them, that they may dwell in a place of their own, and move no more; neither shall the children of wickedness afflict them any more, as beforetime, -- 2 samuel 7:10 +. +And as since the time that I commanded judges to be over my people Israel, and have caused thee to rest from all thine enemies. Also the LORD telleth thee that he will make thee an house. -- 2 samuel 7:11 +. +And when thy days be fulfilled, and thou shalt sleep with thy fathers, I will set up thy seed after thee, which shall proceed out of thy bowels, and I will establish his kingdom. -- 2 samuel 7:12 +. +He shall build an house for my name, and I will stablish the throne of his kingdom for ever. -- 2 samuel 7:13 +. +I will be his father, and he shall be my son. If he commit iniquity, I will chasten him with the rod of men, and with the stripes of the children of men: -- 2 samuel 7:14 +. +But my mercy shall not depart away from him, as I took it from Saul, whom I put away before thee. -- 2 samuel 7:15 +. +And thine house and thy kingdom shall be established for ever before thee: thy throne shall be established for ever. -- 2 samuel 7:16 +. +According to all these words, and according to all this vision, so did Nathan speak unto David. -- 2 samuel 7:17 +. +Then went king David in, and sat before the LORD, and he said, Who am I, O Lord GOD? and what is my house, that thou hast brought me hitherto? -- 2 samuel 7:18 +. +And this was yet a small thing in thy sight, O Lord GOD; but thou hast spoken also of thy servant's house for a great while to come. And is this the manner of man, O Lord GOD? -- 2 samuel 7:19 +. +And what can David say more unto thee? for thou, Lord GOD, knowest thy servant. -- 2 samuel 7:20 +. +For thy word's sake, and according to thine own heart, hast thou done all these great things, to make thy servant know them. -- 2 samuel 7:21 +. +Wherefore thou art great, O LORD God: for there is none like thee, neither is there any God beside thee, according to all that we have heard with our ears. -- 2 samuel 7:22 +. +And what one nation in the earth is like thy people, even like Israel, whom God went to redeem for a people to himself, and to make him a name, and to do for you great things and terrible, for thy land, before thy people, which thou redeemedst to thee from Egypt, from the nations and their gods? -- 2 samuel 7:23 +. +For thou hast confirmed to thyself thy people Israel to be a people unto thee for ever: and thou, LORD, art become their God. -- 2 samuel 7:24 +. +And now, O LORD God, the word that thou hast spoken concerning thy servant, and concerning his house, establish it for ever, and do as thou hast said. -- 2 samuel 7:25 +. +And let thy name be magnified for ever, saying, The LORD of hosts is the God over Israel: and let the house of thy servant David be established before thee. -- 2 samuel 7:26 +. +For thou, O LORD of hosts, God of Israel, hast revealed to thy servant, saying, I will build thee an house: therefore hath thy servant found in his heart to pray this prayer unto thee. -- 2 samuel 7:27 +. +And now, O Lord GOD, thou art that God, and thy words be true, and thou hast promised this goodness unto thy servant: -- 2 samuel 7:28 +. +Therefore now let it please thee to bless the house of thy servant, that it may continue for ever before thee: for thou, O Lord GOD, hast spoken it: and with thy blessing let the house of thy servant be blessed for ever. -- 2 samuel 7:29 +. +And after this it came to pass that David smote the Philistines, and subdued them: and David took Methegammah out of the hand of the Philistines. -- 2 samuel 8:1 +. +And he smote Moab, and measured them with a line, casting them down to the ground; even with two lines measured he to put to death, and with one full line to keep alive. And so the Moabites became David's servants, and brought gifts. -- 2 samuel 8:2 +. +David smote also Hadadezer, the son of Rehob, king of Zobah, as he went to recover his border at the river Euphrates. -- 2 samuel 8:3 +. +And David took from him a thousand chariots, and seven hundred horsemen, and twenty thousand footmen: and David houghed all the chariot horses, but reserved of them for an hundred chariots. -- 2 samuel 8:4 +. +And when the Syrians of Damascus came to succor Hadadezer king of Zobah, David slew of the Syrians two and twenty thousand men. -- 2 samuel 8:5 +. +Then David put garrisons in Syria of Damascus: and the Syrians became servants to David, and brought gifts. And the LORD preserved David whithersoever he went. -- 2 samuel 8:6 +. +And David took the shields of gold that were on the servants of Hadadezer, and brought them to Jerusalem. -- 2 samuel 8:7 +. +And from Betah, and from Berothai, cities of Hadadezer, king David took exceeding much brass. -- 2 samuel 8:8 +. +When Toi king of Hamath heard that David had smitten all the host of Hadadezer, -- 2 samuel 8:9 +. +Then Toi sent Joram his son unto king David, to salute him, and to bless him, because he had fought against Hadadezer, and smitten him: for Hadadezer had wars with Toi. And Joram brought with him vessels of silver, and vessels of gold, and vessels of brass: -- 2 samuel 8:10 +. +Which also king David did dedicate unto the LORD, with the silver and gold that he had dedicated of all nations which he subdued; -- 2 samuel 8:11 +. +Of Syria, and of Moab, and of the children of Ammon, and of the Philistines, and of Amalek, and of the spoil of Hadadezer, son of Rehob, king of Zobah. -- 2 samuel 8:12 +. +And David gat him a name when he returned from smiting of the Syrians in the valley of salt, being eighteen thousand men. -- 2 samuel 8:13 +. +And he put garrisons in Edom; throughout all Edom put he garrisons, and all they of Edom became David's servants. And the LORD preserved David whithersoever he went. -- 2 samuel 8:14 +. +And David reigned over all Israel; and David executed judgment and justice unto all his people. -- 2 samuel 8:15 +. +And Joab the son of Zeruiah was over the host; and Jehoshaphat the son of Ahilud was recorder; -- 2 samuel 8:16 +. +And Zadok the son of Ahitub, and Ahimelech the son of Abiathar, were the priests; and Seraiah was the scribe; -- 2 samuel 8:17 +. +And Benaiah the son of Jehoiada was over both the Cherethites and the Pelethites; and David's sons were chief rulers. -- 2 samuel 8:18 +. +And David said, Is there yet any that is left of the house of Saul, that I may show him kindness for Jonathan's sake? -- 2 samuel 9:1 +. +And there was of the house of Saul a servant whose name was Ziba. And when they had called him unto David, the king said unto him, Art thou Ziba? And he said, Thy servant is he. -- 2 samuel 9:2 +. +And the king said, Is there not yet any of the house of Saul, that I may show the kindness of God unto him? And Ziba said unto the king, Jonathan hath yet a son, which is lame on his feet. -- 2 samuel 9:3 +. +And the king said unto him, Where is he? And Ziba said unto the king, Behold, he is in the house of Machir, the son of Ammiel, in Lodebar. -- 2 samuel 9:4 +. +Then king David sent, and fetched him out of the house of Machir, the son of Ammiel, from Lodebar. -- 2 samuel 9:5 +. +Now when Mephibosheth, the son of Jonathan, the son of Saul, was come unto David, he fell on his face, and did reverence. And David said, Mephibosheth. And he answered, Behold thy servant! -- 2 samuel 9:6 +. +And David said unto him, Fear not: for I will surely show thee kindness for Jonathan thy father's sake, and will restore thee all the land of Saul thy father; and thou shalt eat bread at my table continually. -- 2 samuel 9:7 +. +And he bowed himself, and said, What is thy servant, that thou shouldest look upon such a dead dog as I am? -- 2 samuel 9:8 +. +Then the king called to Ziba, Saul's servant, and said unto him, I have given unto thy master's son all that pertained to Saul and to all his house. -- 2 samuel 9:9 +. +Thou therefore, and thy sons, and thy servants, shall till the land for him, and thou shalt bring in the fruits, that thy master's son may have food to eat: but Mephibosheth thy master's son shall eat bread alway at my table. Now Ziba had fifteen sons and twenty servants. -- 2 samuel 9:10 +. +Then said Ziba unto the king, According to all that my lord the king hath commanded his servant, so shall thy servant do. As for Mephibosheth, said the king, he shall eat at my table, as one of the king's sons. -- 2 samuel 9:11 +. +And Mephibosheth had a young son, whose name was Micha. And all that dwelt in the house of Ziba were servants unto Mephibosheth. -- 2 samuel 9:12 +. +So Mephibosheth dwelt in Jerusalem: for he did eat continually at the king's table; and was lame on both his feet. -- 2 samuel 9:13 +. +And it came to pass after this, that the king of the children of Ammon died, and Hanun his son reigned in his stead. -- 2 samuel 10:1 +. +Then said David, I will show kindness unto Hanun the son of Nahash, as his father showed kindness unto me. And David sent to comfort him by the hand of his servants for his father. And David's servants came into the land of the children of Ammon. -- 2 samuel 10:2 +. +And the princes of the children of Ammon said unto Hanun their lord, Thinkest thou that David doth honor thy father, that he hath sent comforters unto thee? hath not David rather sent his servants unto thee, to search the city, and to spy it out, and to overthrow it? -- 2 samuel 10:3 +. +Wherefore Hanun took David's servants, and shaved off the one half of their beards, and cut off their garments in the middle, even to their buttocks, and sent them away. -- 2 samuel 10:4 +. +When they told it unto David, he sent to meet them, because the men were greatly ashamed: and the king said, Tarry at Jericho until your beards be grown, and then return. -- 2 samuel 10:5 +. +And when the children of Ammon saw that they stank before David, the children of Ammon sent and hired the Syrians of Bethrehob and the Syrians of Zoba, twenty thousand footmen, and of king Maacah a thousand men, and of Ishtob twelve thousand men. -- 2 samuel 10:6 +. +And when David heard of it, he sent Joab, and all the host of the mighty men. -- 2 samuel 10:7 +. +And the children of Ammon came out, and put the battle in array at the entering in of the gate: and the Syrians of Zoba, and of Rehob, and Ishtob, and Maacah, were by themselves in the field. -- 2 samuel 10:8 +. +When Joab saw that the front of the battle was against him before and behind, he chose of all the choice men of Israel, and put them in array against the Syrians: -- 2 samuel 10:9 +. +And the rest of the people he delivered into the hand of Abishai his brother, that he might put them in array against the children of Ammon. -- 2 samuel 10:10 +. +And he said, If the Syrians be too strong for me, then thou shalt help me: but if the children of Ammon be too strong for thee, then I will come and help thee. -- 2 samuel 10:11 +. +Be of good courage, and let us play the men for our people, and for the cities of our God: and the LORD do that which seemeth him good. -- 2 samuel 10:12 +. +And Joab drew nigh, and the people that were with him, unto the battle against the Syrians: and they fled before him. -- 2 samuel 10:13 +. +And when the children of Ammon saw that the Syrians were fled, then fled they also before Abishai, and entered into the city. So Joab returned from the children of Ammon, and came to Jerusalem. -- 2 samuel 10:14 +. +And when the Syrians saw that they were smitten before Israel, they gathered themselves together. -- 2 samuel 10:15 +. +And Hadarezer sent, and brought out the Syrians that were beyond the river: and they came to Helam; and Shobach the captain of the host of Hadarezer went before them. -- 2 samuel 10:16 +. +And when it was told David, he gathered all Israel together, and passed over Jordan, and came to Helam. And the Syrians set themselves in array against David, and fought with him. -- 2 samuel 10:17 +. +And the Syrians fled before Israel; and David slew the men of seven hundred chariots of the Syrians, and forty thousand horsemen, and smote Shobach the captain of their host, who died there. -- 2 samuel 10:18 +. +And when all the kings that were servants to Hadarezer saw that they were smitten before Israel, they made peace with Israel, and served them. So the Syrians feared to help the children of Ammon any more. -- 2 samuel 10:19 +. +And it came to pass, after the year was expired, at the time when kings go forth to battle, that David sent Joab, and his servants with him, and all Israel; and they destroyed the children of Ammon, and besieged Rabbah. But David tarried still at Jerusalem. -- 2 samuel 11:1 +. +And it came to pass in an eveningtide, that David arose from off his bed, and walked upon the roof of the king's house: and from the roof he saw a woman washing herself; and the woman was very beautiful to look upon. -- 2 samuel 11:2 +. +And David sent and inquired after the woman. And one said, Is not this Bathsheba, the daughter of Eliam, the wife of Uriah the Hittite? -- 2 samuel 11:3 +. +And David sent messengers, and took her; and she came in unto him, and he lay with her; for she was purified from her uncleanness: and she returned unto her house. -- 2 samuel 11:4 +. +And the woman conceived, and sent and told David, and said, I am with child. -- 2 samuel 11:5 +. +And David sent to Joab, saying, Send me Uriah the Hittite. And Joab sent Uriah to David. -- 2 samuel 11:6 +. +And when Uriah was come unto him, David demanded of him how Joab did, and how the people did, and how the war prospered. -- 2 samuel 11:7 +. +And David said to Uriah, Go down to thy house, and wash thy feet. And Uriah departed out of the king's house, and there followed him a mess of meat from the king. -- 2 samuel 11:8 +. +But Uriah slept at the door of the king's house with all the servants of his lord, and went not down to his house. -- 2 samuel 11:9 +. +And when they had told David, saying, Uriah went not down unto his house, David said unto Uriah, Camest thou not from thy journey? why then didst thou not go down unto thine house? -- 2 samuel 11:10 +. +And Uriah said unto David, The ark, and Israel, and Judah, abide in tents; and my lord Joab, and the servants of my lord, are encamped in the open fields; shall I then go into mine house, to eat and to drink, and to lie with my wife? as thou livest, and as thy soul liveth, I will not do this thing. -- 2 samuel 11:11 +. +And David said to Uriah, Tarry here to day also, and to morrow I will let thee depart. So Uriah abode in Jerusalem that day, and the morrow. -- 2 samuel 11:12 +. +And when David had called him, he did eat and drink before him; and he made him drunk: and at even he went out to lie on his bed with the servants of his lord, but went not down to his house. -- 2 samuel 11:13 +. +And it came to pass in the morning, that David wrote a letter to Joab, and sent it by the hand of Uriah. -- 2 samuel 11:14 +. +And he wrote in the letter, saying, Set ye Uriah in the forefront of the hottest battle, and retire ye from him, that he may be smitten, and die. -- 2 samuel 11:15 +. +And it came to pass, when Joab observed the city, that he assigned Uriah unto a place where he knew that valiant men were. -- 2 samuel 11:16 +. +And the men of the city went out, and fought with Joab: and there fell some of the people of the servants of David; and Uriah the Hittite died also. -- 2 samuel 11:17 +. +Then Joab sent and told David all the things concerning the war; -- 2 samuel 11:18 +. +And charged the messenger, saying, When thou hast made an end of telling the matters of the war unto the king, -- 2 samuel 11:19 +. +And if so be that the king's wrath arise, and he say unto thee, Wherefore approached ye so nigh unto the city when ye did fight? knew ye not that they would shoot from the wall? -- 2 samuel 11:20 +. +Who smote Abimelech the son of Jerubbesheth? did not a woman cast a piece of a millstone upon him from the wall, that he died in Thebez? why went ye nigh the wall? then say thou, Thy servant Uriah the Hittite is dead also. -- 2 samuel 11:21 +. +So the messenger went, and came and showed David all that Joab had sent him for. -- 2 samuel 11:22 +. +And the messenger said unto David, Surely the men prevailed against us, and came out unto us into the field, and we were upon them even unto the entering of the gate. -- 2 samuel 11:23 +. +And the shooters shot from off the wall upon thy servants; and some of the king's servants be dead, and thy servant Uriah the Hittite is dead also. -- 2 samuel 11:24 +. +Then David said unto the messenger, Thus shalt thou say unto Joab, Let not this thing displease thee, for the sword devoureth one as well as another: make thy battle more strong against the city, and overthrow it: and encourage thou him. -- 2 samuel 11:25 +. +And when the wife of Uriah heard that Uriah her husband was dead, she mourned for her husband. -- 2 samuel 11:26 +. +And when the mourning was past, David sent and fetched her to his house, and she became his wife, and bare him a son. But the thing that David had done displeased the LORD. -- 2 samuel 11:27 +. +And the LORD sent Nathan unto David. And he came unto him, and said unto him, There were two men in one city; the one rich, and the other poor. -- 2 samuel 12:1 +. +The rich man had exceeding many flocks and herds: -- 2 samuel 12:2 +. +But the poor man had nothing, save one little ewe lamb, which he had bought and nourished up: and it grew up together with him, and with his children; it did eat of his own meat, and drank of his own cup, and lay in his bosom, and was unto him as a daughter. -- 2 samuel 12:3 +. +And there came a traveler unto the rich man, and he spared to take of his own flock and of his own herd, to dress for the wayfaring man that was come unto him; but took the poor man's lamb, and dressed it for the man that was come to him. -- 2 samuel 12:4 +. +And David's anger was greatly kindled against the man; and he said to Nathan, As the LORD liveth, the man that hath done this thing shall surely die: -- 2 samuel 12:5 +. +And he shall restore the lamb fourfold, because he did this thing, and because he had no pity. -- 2 samuel 12:6 +. +And Nathan said to David, Thou art the man. Thus saith the LORD God of Israel, I anointed thee king over Israel, and I delivered thee out of the hand of Saul; -- 2 samuel 12:7 +. +And I gave thee thy master's house, and thy master's wives into thy bosom, and gave thee the house of Israel and of Judah; and if that had been too little, I would moreover have given unto thee such and such things. -- 2 samuel 12:8 +. +Wherefore hast thou despised the commandment of the LORD, to do evil in his sight? thou hast killed Uriah the Hittite with the sword, and hast taken his wife to be thy wife, and hast slain him with the sword of the children of Ammon. -- 2 samuel 12:9 +. +Now therefore the sword shall never depart from thine house; because thou hast despised me, and hast taken the wife of Uriah the Hittite to be thy wife. -- 2 samuel 12:10 +. +Thus saith the LORD, Behold, I will raise up evil against thee out of thine own house, and I will take thy wives before thine eyes, and give them unto thy neighbor, and he shall lie with thy wives in the sight of this sun. -- 2 samuel 12:11 +. +For thou didst it secretly: but I will do this thing before all Israel, and before the sun. -- 2 samuel 12:12 +. +And David said unto Nathan, I have sinned against the LORD. And Nathan said unto David, The LORD also hath put away thy sin; thou shalt not die. -- 2 samuel 12:13 +. +Howbeit, because by this deed thou hast given great occasion to the enemies of the LORD to blaspheme, the child also that is born unto thee shall surely die. -- 2 samuel 12:14 +. +And Nathan departed unto his house. And the LORD struck the child that Uriah's wife bare unto David, and it was very sick. -- 2 samuel 12:15 +. +David therefore besought God for the child; and David fasted, and went in, and lay all night upon the earth. -- 2 samuel 12:16 +. +And the elders of his house arose, and went to him, to raise him up from the earth: but he would not, neither did he eat bread with them. -- 2 samuel 12:17 +. +And it came to pass on the seventh day, that the child died. And the servants of David feared to tell him that the child was dead: for they said, Behold, while the child was yet alive, we spake unto him, and he would not hearken unto our voice: how will he then vex himself, if we tell him that the child is dead? -- 2 samuel 12:18 +. +But when David saw that his servants whispered, David perceived that the child was dead: therefore David said unto his servants, Is the child dead? And they said, He is dead. -- 2 samuel 12:19 +. +Then David arose from the earth, and washed, and anointed himself, and changed his apparel, and came into the house of the LORD, and worshipped: then he came to his own house; and when he required, they set bread before him, and he did eat. -- 2 samuel 12:20 +. +Then said his servants unto him, What thing is this that thou hast done? thou didst fast and weep for the child, while it was alive; but when the child was dead, thou didst rise and eat bread. -- 2 samuel 12:21 +. +And he said, While the child was yet alive, I fasted and wept: for I said, Who can tell whether GOD will be gracious to me, that the child may live? -- 2 samuel 12:22 +. +But now he is dead, wherefore should I fast? can I bring him back again? I shall go to him, but he shall not return to me. -- 2 samuel 12:23 +. +And David comforted Bathsheba his wife, and went in unto her, and lay with her: and she bare a son, and he called his name Solomon: and the LORD loved him. -- 2 samuel 12:24 +. +And he sent by the hand of Nathan the prophet; and he called his name Jedidiah, because of the LORD. -- 2 samuel 12:25 +. +And Joab fought against Rabbah of the children of Ammon, and took the royal city. -- 2 samuel 12:26 +. +And Joab sent messengers to David, and said, I have fought against Rabbah, and have taken the city of waters. -- 2 samuel 12:27 +. +Now therefore gather the rest of the people together, and encamp against the city, and take it: lest I take the city, and it be called after my name. -- 2 samuel 12:28 +. +And David gathered all the people together, and went to Rabbah, and fought against it, and took it. -- 2 samuel 12:29 +. +And he took their king's crown from off his head, the weight whereof was a talent of gold with the precious stones: and it was set on David's head. And he brought forth the spoil of the city in great abundance. -- 2 samuel 12:30 +. +And he brought forth the people that were therein, and put them under saws, and under harrows of iron, and under axes of iron, and made them pass through the brick-kiln: and thus did he unto all the cities of the children of Ammon. So David and all the people returned unto Jerusalem. -- 2 samuel 12:31 +. +And it came to pass after this, that Absalom the son of David had a fair sister, whose name was Tamar; and Amnon the son of David loved her. -- 2 samuel 13:1 +. +And Amnon was so vexed, that he fell sick for his sister Tamar; for she was a virgin; and Amnon thought it hard for him to do anything to her. -- 2 samuel 13:2 +. +But Amnon had a friend, whose name was Jonadab, the son of Shimeah David's brother: and Jonadab was a very subtil man. -- 2 samuel 13:3 +. +And he said unto him, Why art thou, being the king's son, lean from day to day? wilt thou not tell me? And Amnon said unto him, I love Tamar, my brother Absalom's sister. -- 2 samuel 13:4 +. +And Jonadab said unto him, Lay thee down on thy bed, and make thyself sick: and when thy father cometh to see thee, say unto him, I pray thee, let my sister Tamar come, and give me meat, and dress the meat in my sight, that I may see it, and eat it at her hand. -- 2 samuel 13:5 +. +So Amnon lay down, and made himself sick: and when the king was come to see him, Amnon said unto the king, I pray thee, let Tamar my sister come, and make me a couple of cakes in my sight, that I may eat at her hand. -- 2 samuel 13:6 +. +Then David sent home to Tamar, saying, Go now to thy brother Amnon's house, and dress him meat. -- 2 samuel 13:7 +. +So Tamar went to her brother Amnon's house; and he was laid down. And she took flour, and kneaded it, and made cakes in his sight, and did bake the cakes. -- 2 samuel 13:8 +. +And she took a pan, and poured them out before him; but he refused to eat. And Amnon said, Have out all men from me. And they went out every man from him. -- 2 samuel 13:9 +. +And Amnon said unto Tamar, Bring the meat into the chamber, that I may eat of thine hand. And Tamar took the cakes which she had made, and brought them into the chamber to Amnon her brother. -- 2 samuel 13:10 +. +And when she had brought them unto him to eat, he took hold of her, and said unto her, Come lie with me, my sister. -- 2 samuel 13:11 +. +And she answered him, Nay, my brother, do not force me; for no such thing ought to be done in Israel: do not thou this folly. -- 2 samuel 13:12 +. +And I, whither shall I cause my shame to go? and as for thee, thou shalt be as one of the fools in Israel. Now therefore, I pray thee, speak unto the king; for he will not withhold me from thee. -- 2 samuel 13:13 +. +Howbeit he would not hearken unto her voice: but, being stronger than she, forced her, and lay with her. -- 2 samuel 13:14 +. +Then Amnon hated her exceedingly; so that the hatred wherewith he hated her was greater than the love wherewith he had loved her. And Amnon said unto her, Arise, be gone. -- 2 samuel 13:15 +. +And she said unto him, There is no cause: this evil in sending me away is greater than the other that thou didst unto me. But he would not hearken unto her. -- 2 samuel 13:16 +. +Then he called his servant that ministered unto him, and said, Put now this woman out from me, and bolt the door after her. -- 2 samuel 13:17 +. +And she had a garment of divers colors upon her: for with such robes were the king's daughters that were virgins apparelled. Then his servant brought her out, and bolted the door after her. -- 2 samuel 13:18 +. +And Tamar put ashes on her head, and rent her garment of divers colors that was on her, and laid her hand on her head, and went on crying. -- 2 samuel 13:19 +. +And Absalom her brother said unto her, Hath Amnon thy brother been with thee? but hold now thy peace, my sister: he is thy brother; regard not this thing. So Tamar remained desolate in her brother Absalom's house. -- 2 samuel 13:20 +. +But when king David heard of all these things, he was very wroth. -- 2 samuel 13:21 +. +And Absalom spake unto his brother Amnon neither good nor bad: for Absalom hated Amnon, because he had forced his sister Tamar. -- 2 samuel 13:22 +. +And it came to pass after two full years, that Absalom had sheepshearers in Baalhazor, which is beside Ephraim: and Absalom invited all the king's sons. -- 2 samuel 13:23 +. +And Absalom came to the king, and said, Behold now, thy servant hath sheepshearers; let the king, I beseech thee, and his servants go with thy servant. -- 2 samuel 13:24 +. +And the king said to Absalom, Nay, my son, let us not all now go, lest we be chargeable unto thee. And he pressed him: howbeit he would not go, but blessed him. -- 2 samuel 13:25 +. +Then said Absalom, If not, I pray thee, let my brother Amnon go with us. And the king said unto him, Why should he go with thee? -- 2 samuel 13:26 +. +But Absalom pressed him, that he let Amnon and all the king's sons go with him. -- 2 samuel 13:27 +. +Now Absalom had commanded his servants, saying, Mark ye now when Amnon's heart is merry with wine, and when I say unto you, Smite Amnon; then kill him, fear not: have not I commanded you? be courageous, and be valiant. -- 2 samuel 13:28 +. +And the servants of Absalom did unto Amnon as Absalom had commanded. Then all the king's sons arose, and every man gat him up upon his mule, and fled. -- 2 samuel 13:29 +. +And it came to pass, while they were in the way, that tidings came to David, saying, Absalom hath slain all the king's sons, and there is not one of them left. -- 2 samuel 13:30 +. +Then the king arose, and tare his garments, and lay on the earth; and all his servants stood by with their clothes rent. -- 2 samuel 13:31 +. +And Jonadab, the son of Shimeah David's brother, answered and said, Let not my lord suppose that they have slain all the young men the king's sons; for Amnon only is dead: for by the appointment of Absalom this hath been determined from the day that he forced his sister Tamar. -- 2 samuel 13:32 +. +Now therefore let not my lord the king take the thing to his heart, to think that all the king's sons are dead: for Amnon only is dead. -- 2 samuel 13:33 +. +But Absalom fled. And the young man that kept the watch lifted up his eyes, and looked, and, behold, there came much people by the way of the hill side behind him. -- 2 samuel 13:34 +. +And Jonadab said unto the king, Behold, the king's sons come: as thy servant said, so it is. -- 2 samuel 13:35 +. +And it came to pass, as soon as he had made an end of speaking, that, behold, the king's sons came, and lifted up their voice and wept: and the king also and all his servants wept very sore. -- 2 samuel 13:36 +. +But Absalom fled, and went to Talmai, the son of Ammihud, king of Geshur. And David mourned for his son every day. -- 2 samuel 13:37 +. +So Absalom fled, and went to Geshur, and was there three years. -- 2 samuel 13:38 +. +And the soul of king David longed to go forth unto Absalom: for he was comforted concerning Amnon, seeing he was dead. -- 2 samuel 13:39 +. +Now Joab the son of Zeruiah perceived that the king's heart was toward Absalom. -- 2 samuel 14:1 +. +And Joab sent to Tekoah, and fetched thence a wise woman, and said unto her, I pray thee, feign thyself to be a mourner, and put on now mourning apparel, and anoint not thyself with oil, but be as a woman that had a long time mourned for the dead: -- 2 samuel 14:2 +. +And come to the king, and speak on this manner unto him. So Joab put the words in her mouth. -- 2 samuel 14:3 +. +And when the woman of Tekoah spake to the king, she fell on her face to the ground, and did obeisance, and said, Help, O king. -- 2 samuel 14:4 +. +And the king said unto her, What aileth thee? And she answered, I am indeed a widow woman, and mine husband is dead. -- 2 samuel 14:5 +. +And thy handmaid had two sons, and they two strove together in the field, and there was none to part them, but the one smote the other, and slew him. -- 2 samuel 14:6 +. +And, behold, the whole family is risen against thine handmaid, and they said, Deliver him that smote his brother, that we may kill him, for the life of his brother whom he slew; and we will destroy the heir also: and so they shall quench my coal which is left, and shall not leave to my husband neither name nor remainder upon the earth. -- 2 samuel 14:7 +. +And the king said unto the woman, Go to thine house, and I will give charge concerning thee. -- 2 samuel 14:8 +. +And the woman of Tekoah said unto the king, My lord, O king, the iniquity be on me, and on my father's house: and the king and his throne be guiltless. -- 2 samuel 14:9 +. +And the king said, Whoever saith ought unto thee, bring him to me, and he shall not touch thee any more. -- 2 samuel 14:10 +. +Then said she, I pray thee, let the king remember the LORD thy God, that thou wouldest not suffer the revengers of blood to destroy any more, lest they destroy my son. And he said, As the LORD liveth, there shall not one hair of thy son fall to the earth. -- 2 samuel 14:11 +. +Then the woman said, Let thine handmaid, I pray thee, speak one word unto my lord the king. And he said, Say on. -- 2 samuel 14:12 +. +And the woman said, Wherefore then hast thou thought such a thing against the people of God? for the king doth speak this thing as one which is faulty, in that the king doth not fetch home again his banished. -- 2 samuel 14:13 +. +For we must needs die, and are as water spilt on the ground, which cannot be gathered up again; neither doth God respect any person: yet doth he devise means, that his banished be not expelled from him. -- 2 samuel 14:14 +. +Now therefore that I am come to speak of this thing unto my lord the king, it is because the people have made me afraid: and thy handmaid said, I will now speak unto the king; it may be that the king will perform the request of his handmaid. -- 2 samuel 14:15 +. +For the king will hear, to deliver his handmaid out of the hand of the man that would destroy me and my son together out of the inheritance of God. -- 2 samuel 14:16 +. +Then thine handmaid said, The word of my lord the king shall now be comfortable: for as an angel of God, so is my lord the king to discern good and bad: therefore the LORD thy God will be with thee. -- 2 samuel 14:17 +. +Then the king answered and said unto the woman, Hide not from me, I pray thee, the thing that I shall ask thee. And the woman said, Let my lord the king now speak. -- 2 samuel 14:18 +. +And the king said, Is not the hand of Joab with thee in all this? And the woman answered and said, As thy soul liveth, my lord the king, none can turn to the right hand or to the left from ought that my lord the king hath spoken: for thy servant Joab, he bade me, and he put all these words in the mouth of thine handmaid: -- 2 samuel 14:19 +. +To fetch about this form of speech hath thy servant Joab done this thing: and my lord is wise, according to the wisdom of an angel of God, to know all things that are in the earth. -- 2 samuel 14:20 +. +And the king said unto Joab, Behold now, I have done this thing: go therefore, bring the young man Absalom again. -- 2 samuel 14:21 +. +And Joab fell to the ground on his face, and bowed himself, and thanked the king: and Joab said, To day thy servant knoweth that I have found grace in thy sight, my lord, O king, in that the king hath fulfilled the request of his servant. -- 2 samuel 14:22 +. +So Joab arose and went to Geshur, and brought Absalom to Jerusalem. -- 2 samuel 14:23 +. +And the king said, Let him turn to his own house, and let him not see my face. So Absalom returned to his own house, and saw not the king's face. -- 2 samuel 14:24 +. +But in all Israel there was none to be so much praised as Absalom for his beauty: from the sole of his foot even to the crown of his head there was no blemish in him. -- 2 samuel 14:25 +. +And when he polled his head, (for it was at every year's end that he polled it: because the hair was heavy on him, therefore he polled it:) he weighed the hair of his head at two hundred shekels after the king's weight. -- 2 samuel 14:26 +. +And unto Absalom there were born three sons, and one daughter, whose name was Tamar: she was a woman of a fair countenance. -- 2 samuel 14:27 +. +So Absalom dwelt two full years in Jerusalem, and saw not the king's face. -- 2 samuel 14:28 +. +Therefore Absalom sent for Joab, to have sent him to the king; but he would not come to him: and when he sent again the second time, he would not come. -- 2 samuel 14:29 +. +Therefore he said unto his servants, See, Joab's field is near mine, and he hath barley there; go and set it on fire. And Absalom's servants set the field on fire. -- 2 samuel 14:30 +. +Then Joab arose, and came to Absalom unto his house, and said unto him, Wherefore have thy servants set my field on fire? -- 2 samuel 14:31 +. +And Absalom answered Joab, Behold, I sent unto thee, saying, Come hither, that I may send thee to the king, to say, Wherefore am I come from Geshur? it had been good for me to have been there still: now therefore let me see the king's face; and if there be any iniquity in me, let him kill me. -- 2 samuel 14:32 +. +So Joab came to the king, and told him: and when he had called for Absalom, he came to the king, and bowed himself on his face to the ground before the king: and the king kissed Absalom. -- 2 samuel 14:33 +. +And it came to pass after this, that Absalom prepared him chariots and horses, and fifty men to run before him. -- 2 samuel 15:1 +. +And Absalom rose up early, and stood beside the way of the gate: and it was so, that when any man that had a controversy came to the king for judgment, then Absalom called unto him, and said, Of what city art thou? And he said, Thy servant is of one of the tribes of Israel. -- 2 samuel 15:2 +. +And Absalom said unto him, See, thy matters are good and right; but there is no man deputed of the king to hear thee. -- 2 samuel 15:3 +. +Absalom said moreover, Oh that I were made judge in the land, that every man which hath any suit or cause might come unto me, and I would do him justice! -- 2 samuel 15:4 +. +And it was so, that when any man came nigh to him to do him obeisance, he put forth his hand, and took him, and kissed him. -- 2 samuel 15:5 +. +And on this manner did Absalom to all Israel that came to the king for judgment: so Absalom stole the hearts of the men of Israel. -- 2 samuel 15:6 +. +And it came to pass after forty years, that Absalom said unto the king, I pray thee, let me go and pay my vow, which I have vowed unto the LORD, in Hebron. -- 2 samuel 15:7 +. +For thy servant vowed a vow while I abode at Geshur in Syria, saying, If the LORD shall bring me again indeed to Jerusalem, then I will serve the LORD. -- 2 samuel 15:8 +. +And the king said unto him, Go in peace. So he arose, and went to Hebron. -- 2 samuel 15:9 +. +But Absalom sent spies throughout all the tribes of Israel, saying, As soon as ye hear the sound of the trumpet, then ye shall say, Absalom reigneth in Hebron. -- 2 samuel 15:10 +. +And with Absalom went two hundred men out of Jerusalem, that were called; and they went in their simplicity, and they knew not any thing. -- 2 samuel 15:11 +. +And Absalom sent for Ahithophel the Gilonite, David's counselor, from his city, even from Giloh, while he offered sacrifices. And the conspiracy was strong; for the people increased continually with Absalom. -- 2 samuel 15:12 +. +And there came a messenger to David, saying, The hearts of the men of Israel are after Absalom. -- 2 samuel 15:13 +. +And David said unto all his servants that were with him at Jerusalem, Arise, and let us flee; for we shall not else escape from Absalom: make speed to depart, lest he overtake us suddenly, and bring evil upon us, and smite the city with the edge of the sword. -- 2 samuel 15:14 +. +And the king's servants said unto the king, Behold, thy servants are ready to do whatsoever my lord the king shall appoint. -- 2 samuel 15:15 +. +And the king went forth, and all his household after him. And the king left ten women, which were concubines, to keep the house. -- 2 samuel 15:16 +. +And the king went forth, and all the people after him, and tarried in a place that was far off. -- 2 samuel 15:17 +. +And all his servants passed on beside him; and all the Cherethites, and all the Pelethites, and all the Gittites, six hundred men which came after him from Gath, passed on before the king. -- 2 samuel 15:18 +. +Then said the king to Ittai the Gittite, Wherefore goest thou also with us? return to thy place, and abide with the king: for thou art a stranger, and also an exile. -- 2 samuel 15:19 +. +Whereas thou camest but yesterday, should I this day make thee go up and down with us? seeing I go whither I may, return thou, and take back thy brethren: mercy and truth be with thee. -- 2 samuel 15:20 +. +And Ittai answered the king, and said, As the LORD liveth, and as my lord the king liveth, surely in what place my lord the king shall be, whether in death or life, even there also will thy servant be. -- 2 samuel 15:21 +. +And David said to Ittai, Go and pass over. And Ittai the Gittite passed over, and all his men, and all the little ones that were with him. -- 2 samuel 15:22 +. +And all the country wept with a loud voice, and all the people passed over: the king also himself passed over the brook Kidron, and all the people passed over, toward the way of the wilderness. -- 2 samuel 15:23 +. +And lo Zadok also, and all the Levites were with him, bearing the ark of the covenant of God: and they set down the ark of God; and Abiathar went up, until all the people had done passing out of the city. -- 2 samuel 15:24 +. +And the king said unto Zadok, Carry back the ark of God into the city: if I shall find favor in the eyes of the LORD, he will bring me again, and show me both it, and his habitation: -- 2 samuel 15:25 +. +But if he thus say, I have no delight in thee; behold, here am I, let him do to me as seemeth good unto him. -- 2 samuel 15:26 +. +The king said also unto Zadok the priest, Art not thou a seer? return into the city in peace, and your two sons with you, Ahimaaz thy son, and Jonathan the son of Abiathar. -- 2 samuel 15:27 +. +See, I will tarry in the plain of the wilderness, until there come word from you to certify me. -- 2 samuel 15:28 +. +Zadok therefore and Abiathar carried the ark of God again to Jerusalem: and they tarried there. -- 2 samuel 15:29 +. +And David went up by the ascent of mount Olivet, and wept as he went up, and had his head covered, and he went barefoot: and all the people that was with him covered every man his head, and they went up, weeping as they went up. -- 2 samuel 15:30 +. +And one told David, saying, Ahithophel is among the conspirators with Absalom. And David said, O LORD, I pray thee, turn the counsel of Ahithophel into foolishness. -- 2 samuel 15:31 +. +And it came to pass, that when David was come to the top of the mount, where he worshipped God, behold, Hushai the Archite came to meet him with his coat rent, and earth upon his head: -- 2 samuel 15:32 +. +Unto whom David said, If thou passest on with me, then thou shalt be a burden unto me: -- 2 samuel 15:33 +. +But if thou return to the city, and say unto Absalom, I will be thy servant, O king; as I have been thy father's servant hitherto, so will I now also be thy servant: then mayest thou for me defeat the counsel of Ahithophel. -- 2 samuel 15:34 +. +And hast thou not there with thee Zadok and Abiathar the priests? therefore it shall be, that what thing soever thou shalt hear out of the king's house, thou shalt tell it to Zadok and Abiathar the priests. -- 2 samuel 15:35 +. +Behold, they have there with them their two sons, Ahimaaz Zadok's son, and Jonathan Abiathar's son; and by them ye shall send unto me every thing that ye can hear. -- 2 samuel 15:36 +. +So Hushai David's friend came into the city, and Absalom came into Jerusalem. -- 2 samuel 15:37 +. +And when David was a little past the top of the hill, behold, Ziba the servant of Mephibosheth met him, with a couple of asses saddled, and upon them two hundred loaves of bread, and an hundred bunches of raisins, and an hundred of summer fruits, and a bottle of wine. -- 2 samuel 16:1 +. +And the king said unto Ziba, What meanest thou by these? And Ziba said, The asses be for the king's household to ride on; and the bread and summer fruit for the young men to eat; and the wine, that such as be faint in the wilderness may drink. -- 2 samuel 16:2 +. +And the king said, And where is thy master's son? And Ziba said unto the king, Behold, he abideth at Jerusalem: for he said, To day shall the house of Israel restore me the kingdom of my father. -- 2 samuel 16:3 +. +Then said the king to Ziba, Behold, thine are all that pertained unto Mephibosheth. And Ziba said, I humbly beseech thee that I may find grace in thy sight, my lord, O king. -- 2 samuel 16:4 +. +And when king David came to Bahurim, behold, thence came out a man of the family of the house of Saul, whose name was Shimei, the son of Gera: he came forth, and cursed still as he came. -- 2 samuel 16:5 +. +And he cast stones at David, and at all the servants of king David: and all the people and all the mighty men were on his right hand and on his left. -- 2 samuel 16:6 +. +And thus said Shimei when he cursed, Come out, come out, thou bloody man, and thou man of Belial: -- 2 samuel 16:7 +. +The LORD hath returned upon thee all the blood of the house of Saul, in whose stead thou hast reigned; and the LORD hath delivered the kingdom into the hand of Absalom thy son: and, behold, thou art taken in thy mischief, because thou art a bloody man. -- 2 samuel 16:8 +. +Then said Abishai the son of Zeruiah unto the king, Why should this dead dog curse my lord the king? let me go over, I pray thee, and take off his head. -- 2 samuel 16:9 +. +And the king said, What have I to do with you, ye sons of Zeruiah? so let him curse, because the LORD hath said unto him, Curse David. Who shall then say, Wherefore hast thou done so? -- 2 samuel 16:10 +. +And David said to Abishai, and to all his servants, Behold, my son, which came forth of my bowels, seeketh my life: how much more now may this Benjamite do it? let him alone, and let him curse; for the LORD hath bidden him. -- 2 samuel 16:11 +. +It may be that the LORD will look on mine affliction, and that the LORD will requite me good for his cursing this day. -- 2 samuel 16:12 +. +And as David and his men went by the way, Shimei went along on the hill's side over against him, and cursed as he went, and threw stones at him, and cast dust. -- 2 samuel 16:13 +. +And the king, and all the people that were with him, came weary, and refreshed themselves there. -- 2 samuel 16:14 +. +And Absalom, and all the people the men of Israel, came to Jerusalem, and Ahithophel with him. -- 2 samuel 16:15 +. +And it came to pass, when Hushai the Archite, David's friend, was come unto Absalom, that Hushai said unto Absalom, God save the king, God save the king. -- 2 samuel 16:16 +. +And Absalom said to Hushai, Is this thy kindness to thy friend? why wentest thou not with thy friend? -- 2 samuel 16:17 +. +And Hushai said unto Absalom, Nay; but whom the LORD, and this people, and all the men of Israel, choose, his will I be, and with him will I abide. -- 2 samuel 16:18 +. +And again, whom should I serve? should I not serve in the presence of his son? as I have served in thy father's presence, so will I be in thy presence. -- 2 samuel 16:19 +. +Then said Absalom to Ahithophel, Give counsel among you what we shall do. -- 2 samuel 16:20 +. +And Ahithophel said unto Absalom, Go in unto thy father's concubines, which he hath left to keep the house; and all Israel shall hear that thou art abhorred of thy father: then shall the hands of all that are with thee be strong. -- 2 samuel 16:21 +. +So they spread Absalom a tent upon the top of the house; and Absalom went in unto his father's concubines in the sight of all Israel. -- 2 samuel 16:22 +. +And the counsel of Ahithophel, which he counseled in those days, was as if a man had inquired at the oracle of God: so was all the counsel of Ahithophel both with David and with Absalom. -- 2 samuel 16:23 +. +Moreover Ahithophel said unto Absalom, Let me now choose out twelve thousand men, and I will arise and pursue after David this night: -- 2 samuel 17:1 +. +And I will come upon him while he is weary and weak handed, and will make him afraid: and all the people that are with him shall flee; and I will smite the king only: -- 2 samuel 17:2 +. +And I will bring back all the people unto thee: the man whom thou seekest is as if all returned: so all the people shall be in peace. -- 2 samuel 17:3 +. +And the saying pleased Absalom well, and all the elders of Israel. -- 2 samuel 17:4 +. +Then said Absalom, Call now Hushai the Archite also, and let us hear likewise what he saith. -- 2 samuel 17:5 +. +And when Hushai was come to Absalom, Absalom spake unto him, saying, Ahithophel hath spoken after this manner: shall we do after his saying? if not; speak thou. -- 2 samuel 17:6 +. +And Hushai said unto Absalom, The counsel that Ahithophel hath given is not good at this time. -- 2 samuel 17:7 +. +For, said Hushai, thou knowest thy father and his men, that they be mighty men, and they be chafed in their minds, as a bear robbed of her whelps in the field: and thy father is a man of war, and will not lodge with the people. -- 2 samuel 17:8 +. +Behold, he is hid now in some pit, or in some other place: and it will come to pass, when some of them be overthrown at the first, that whosoever heareth it will say, There is a slaughter among the people that follow Absalom. -- 2 samuel 17:9 +. +And he also that is valiant, whose heart is as the heart of a lion, shall utterly melt: for all Israel knoweth that thy father is a mighty man, and they which be with him are valiant men. -- 2 samuel 17:10 +. +Therefore I counsel that all Israel be generally gathered unto thee, from Dan even to Beersheba, as the sand that is by the sea for multitude; and that thou go to battle in thine own person. -- 2 samuel 17:11 +. +So shall we come upon him in some place where he shall be found, and we will light upon him as the dew falleth on the ground: and of him and of all the men that are with him there shall not be left so much as one. -- 2 samuel 17:12 +. +Moreover, if he be gotten into a city, then shall all Israel bring ropes to that city, and we will draw it into the river, until there be not one small stone found there. -- 2 samuel 17:13 +. +And Absalom and all the men of Israel said, The counsel of Hushai the Archite is better than the counsel of Ahithophel. For the LORD had appointed to defeat the good counsel of Ahithophel, to the intent that the LORD might bring evil upon Absalom. -- 2 samuel 17:14 +. +Then said Hushai unto Zadok and to Abiathar the priests, Thus and thus did Ahithophel counsel Absalom and the elders of Israel; and thus and thus have I counseled. -- 2 samuel 17:15 +. +Now therefore send quickly, and tell David, saying, Lodge not this night in the plains of the wilderness, but speedily pass over; lest the king be swallowed up, and all the people that are with him. -- 2 samuel 17:16 +. +Now Jonathan and Ahimaaz stayed by Enrogel; for they might not be seen to come into the city: and a wench went and told them; and they went and told king David. -- 2 samuel 17:17 +. +Nevertheless a lad saw them, and told Absalom: but they went both of them away quickly, and came to a man's house in Bahurim, which had a well in his court; whither they went down. -- 2 samuel 17:18 +. +And the woman took and spread a covering over the well's mouth, and spread ground corn thereon; and the thing was not known. -- 2 samuel 17:19 +. +And when Absalom's servants came to the woman to the house, they said, Where is Ahimaaz and Jonathan? And the woman said unto them, They be gone over the brook of water. And when they had sought and could not find them, they returned to Jerusalem. -- 2 samuel 17:20 +. +And it came to pass, after they were departed, that they came up out of the well, and went and told king David, and said unto David, Arise, and pass quickly over the water: for thus hath Ahithophel counseled against you. -- 2 samuel 17:21 +. +Then David arose, and all the people that were with him, and they passed over Jordan: by the morning light there lacked not one of them that was not gone over Jordan. -- 2 samuel 17:22 +. +And when Ahithophel saw that his counsel was not followed, he saddled his ass, and arose, and gat him home to his house, to his city, and put his household in order, and hanged himself, and died, and was buried in the sepulchre of his father. -- 2 samuel 17:23 +. +Then David came to Mahanaim. And Absalom passed over Jordan, he and all the men of Israel with him. -- 2 samuel 17:24 +. +And Absalom made Amasa captain of the host instead of Joab: which Amasa was a man's son, whose name was Ithra an Israelite, that went in to Abigail the daughter of Nahash, sister to Zeruiah Joab's mother. -- 2 samuel 17:25 +. +So Israel and Absalom pitched in the land of Gilead. -- 2 samuel 17:26 +. +And it came to pass, when David was come to Mahanaim, that Shobi the son of Nahash of Rabbah of the children of Ammon, and Machir the son of Ammiel of Lodebar, and Barzillai the Gileadite of Rogelim, -- 2 samuel 17:27 +. +Brought beds, and basins, and earthen vessels, and wheat, and barley, and flour, and parched corn, and beans, and lentils, and parched pulse, -- 2 samuel 17:28 +. +And honey, and butter, and sheep, and cheese of kine, for David, and for the people that were with him, to eat: for they said, The people is hungry, and weary, and thirsty, in the wilderness. -- 2 samuel 17:29 +. +And David numbered the people that were with him, and set captains of thousands, and captains of hundreds over them. -- 2 samuel 18:1 +. +And David sent forth a third part of the people under the hand of Joab, and a third part under the hand of Abishai the son of Zeruiah, Joab's brother, and a third part under the hand of Ittai the Gittite. And the king said unto the people, I will surely go forth with you myself also. -- 2 samuel 18:2 +. +But the people answered, Thou shalt not go forth: for if we flee away, they will not care for us; neither if half of us die, will they care for us: but now thou art worth ten thousand of us: therefore now it is better that thou succor us out of the city. -- 2 samuel 18:3 +. +And the king said unto them, What seemeth you best I will do. And the king stood by the gate side, and all the people came out by hundreds and by thousands. -- 2 samuel 18:4 +. +And the king commanded Joab and Abishai and Ittai, saying, Deal gently for my sake with the young man, even with Absalom. And all the people heard when the king gave all the captains charge concerning Absalom. -- 2 samuel 18:5 +. +So the people went out into the field against Israel: and the battle was in the wood of Ephraim; -- 2 samuel 18:6 +. +Where the people of Israel were slain before the servants of David, and there was there a great slaughter that day of twenty thousand men. -- 2 samuel 18:7 +. +For the battle was there scattered over the face of all the country: and the wood devoured more people that day than the sword devoured. -- 2 samuel 18:8 +. +And Absalom met the servants of David. And Absalom rode upon a mule, and the mule went under the thick boughs of a great oak, and his head caught hold of the oak, and he was taken up between the heaven and the earth; and the mule that was under him went away. -- 2 samuel 18:9 +. +And a certain man saw it, and told Joab, and said, Behold, I saw Absalom hanged in an oak. -- 2 samuel 18:10 +. +And Joab said unto the man that told him, And, behold, thou sawest him, and why didst thou not smite him there to the ground? and I would have given thee ten shekels of silver, and a girdle. -- 2 samuel 18:11 +. +And the man said unto Joab, Though I should receive a thousand shekels of silver in mine hand, yet would I not put forth mine hand against the king's son: for in our hearing the king charged thee and Abishai and Ittai, saying, Beware that none touch the young man Absalom. -- 2 samuel 18:12 +. +Otherwise I should have wrought falsehood against mine own life: for there is no matter hid from the king, and thou thyself wouldest have set thyself against me. -- 2 samuel 18:13 +. +Then said Joab, I may not tarry thus with thee. And he took three darts in his hand, and thrust them through the heart of Absalom, while he was yet alive in the midst of the oak. -- 2 samuel 18:14 +. +And ten young men that bare Joab's armor compassed about and smote Absalom, and slew him. -- 2 samuel 18:15 +. +And Joab blew the trumpet, and the people returned from pursuing after Israel: for Joab held back the people. -- 2 samuel 18:16 +. +And they took Absalom, and cast him into a great pit in the wood, and laid a very great heap of stones upon him: and all Israel fled every one to his tent. -- 2 samuel 18:17 +. +Now Absalom in his lifetime had taken and reared up for himself a pillar, which is in the king's dale: for he said, I have no son to keep my name in remembrance: and he called the pillar after his own name: and it is called unto this day, Absalom's place. -- 2 samuel 18:18 +. +Then said Ahimaaz the son of Zadok, Let me now run, and bear the king tidings, how that the LORD hath avenged him of his enemies. -- 2 samuel 18:19 +. +And Joab said unto him, Thou shalt not bear tidings this day, but thou shalt bear tidings another day: but this day thou shalt bear no tidings, because the king's son is dead. -- 2 samuel 18:20 +. +Then said Joab to Cushy, Go tell the king what thou hast seen. And Cushy bowed himself unto Joab, and ran. -- 2 samuel 18:21 +. +Then said Ahimaaz the son of Zadok yet again to Joab, But howsoever, let me, I pray thee, also run after Cushy. And Joab said, Wherefore wilt thou run, my son, seeing that thou hast no tidings ready? -- 2 samuel 18:22 +. +But howsoever, said he, let me run. And he said unto him, Run. Then Ahimaaz ran by the way of the plain, and overran Cushy. -- 2 samuel 18:23 +. +And David sat between the two gates: and the watchman went up to the roof over the gate unto the wall, and lifted up his eyes, and looked, and behold a man running alone. -- 2 samuel 18:24 +. +And the watchman cried, and told the king. And the king said, If he be alone, there is tidings in his mouth. And he came apace, and drew near. -- 2 samuel 18:25 +. +And the watchman saw another man running: and the watchman called unto the porter, and said, Behold another man running alone. And the king said, He also bringeth tidings. -- 2 samuel 18:26 +. +And the watchman said, Me thinketh the running of the foremost is like the running of Ahimaaz the son of Zadok. And the king said, He is a good man, and cometh with good tidings. -- 2 samuel 18:27 +. +And Ahimaaz called, and said unto the king, All is well. And he fell down to the earth upon his face before the king, and said, Blessed be the LORD thy God, which hath delivered up the men that lifted up their hand against my lord the king. -- 2 samuel 18:28 +. +And the king said, Is the young man Absalom safe? And Ahimaaz answered, When Joab sent the king's servant, and me thy servant, I saw a great tumult, but I knew not what it was. -- 2 samuel 18:29 +. +And the king said unto him, Turn aside, and stand here. And he turned aside, and stood still. -- 2 samuel 18:30 +. +And, behold, Cushy came; and Cushy said, Tidings, my lord the king: for the LORD hath avenged thee this day of all them that rose up against thee. -- 2 samuel 18:31 +. +And the king said unto Cushy, Is the young man Absalom safe? And Cushy answered, The enemies of my lord the king, and all that rise against thee to do thee hurt, be as that young man is. -- 2 samuel 18:32 +. +And the king was much moved, and went up to the chamber over the gate, and wept: and as he went, thus he said, O my son Absalom, my son, my son Absalom! would God I had died for thee, O Absalom, my son, my son! -- 2 samuel 18:33 +. +And it was told Joab, Behold, the king weepeth and mourneth for Absalom. -- 2 samuel 19:1 +. +And the victory that day was turned into mourning unto all the people: for the people heard say that day how the king was grieved for his son. -- 2 samuel 19:2 +. +And the people gat them by stealth that day into the city, as people being ashamed steal away when they flee in battle. -- 2 samuel 19:3 +. +But the king covered his face, and the king cried with a loud voice, O my son Absalom, O Absalom, my son, my son! -- 2 samuel 19:4 +. +And Joab came into the house to the king, and said, Thou hast shamed this day the faces of all thy servants, which this day have saved thy life, and the lives of thy sons and of thy daughters, and the lives of thy wives, and the lives of thy concubines; -- 2 samuel 19:5 +. +In that thou lovest thine enemies, and hatest thy friends. For thou hast declared this day, that thou regardest neither princes nor servants: for this day I perceive, that if Absalom had lived, and all we had died this day, then it had pleased thee well. -- 2 samuel 19:6 +. +Now therefore arise, go forth, and speak comfortably unto thy servants: for I swear by the LORD, if thou go not forth, there will not tarry one with thee this night: and that will be worse unto thee than all the evil that befell thee from thy youth until now. -- 2 samuel 19:7 +. +Then the king arose, and sat in the gate. And they told unto all the people, saying, Behold, the king doth sit in the gate. And all the people came before the king: for Israel had fled every man to his tent. -- 2 samuel 19:8 +. +And all the people were at strife throughout all the tribes of Israel, saying, The king saved us out of the hand of our enemies, and he delivered us out of the hand of the Philistines; and now he is fled out of the land for Absalom. -- 2 samuel 19:9 +. +And Absalom, whom we anointed over us, is dead in battle. Now therefore why speak ye not a word of bringing the king back? -- 2 samuel 19:10 +. +And king David sent to Zadok and to Abiathar the priests, saying, Speak unto the elders of Judah, saying, Why are ye the last to bring the king back to his house? seeing the speech of all Israel is come to the king, even to his house. -- 2 samuel 19:11 +. +Ye are my brethren, ye are my bones and my flesh: wherefore then are ye the last to bring back the king? -- 2 samuel 19:12 +. +And say ye to Amasa, Art thou not of my bone, and of my flesh? God do so to me, and more also, if thou be not captain of the host before me continually in the room of Joab. -- 2 samuel 19:13 +. +And he bowed the heart of all the men of Judah, even as the heart of one man; so that they sent this word unto the king, Return thou, and all thy servants. -- 2 samuel 19:14 +. +So the king returned, and came to Jordan. And Judah came to Gilgal, to go to meet the king, to conduct the king over Jordan. -- 2 samuel 19:15 +. +And Shimei the son of Gera, a Benjamite, which was of Bahurim, hasted and came down with the men of Judah to meet king David. -- 2 samuel 19:16 +. +And there were a thousand men of Benjamin with him, and Ziba the servant of the house of Saul, and his fifteen sons and his twenty servants with him; and they went over Jordan before the king. -- 2 samuel 19:17 +. +And there went over a ferry boat to carry over the king's household, and to do what he thought good. And Shimei the son of Gera fell down before the king, as he was come over Jordan; -- 2 samuel 19:18 +. +And said unto the king, Let not my lord impute iniquity unto me, neither do thou remember that which thy servant did perversely the day that my lord the king went out of Jerusalem, that the king should take it to his heart. -- 2 samuel 19:19 +. +For thy servant doth know that I have sinned: therefore, behold, I am come the first this day of all the house of Joseph to go down to meet my lord the king. -- 2 samuel 19:20 +. +But Abishai the son of Zeruiah answered and said, Shall not Shimei be put to death for this, because he cursed the LORD's anointed? -- 2 samuel 19:21 +. +And David said, What have I to do with you, ye sons of Zeruiah, that ye should this day be adversaries unto me? shall there any man be put to death this day in Israel? for do not I know that I am this day king over Israel? -- 2 samuel 19:22 +. +Therefore the king said unto Shimei, Thou shalt not die. And the king sware unto him. -- 2 samuel 19:23 +. +And Mephibosheth the son of Saul came down to meet the king, and had neither dressed his feet, nor trimmed his beard, nor washed his clothes, from the day the king departed until the day he came again in peace. -- 2 samuel 19:24 +. +And it came to pass, when he was come to Jerusalem to meet the king, that the king said unto him, Wherefore wentest not thou with me, Mephibosheth? -- 2 samuel 19:25 +. +And he answered, My lord, O king, my servant deceived me: for thy servant said, I will saddle me an ass, that I may ride thereon, and go to the king; because thy servant is lame. -- 2 samuel 19:26 +. +And he hath slandered thy servant unto my lord the king; but my lord the king is as an angel of God: do therefore what is good in thine eyes. -- 2 samuel 19:27 +. +For all of my father's house were but dead men before my lord the king: yet didst thou set thy servant among them that did eat at thine own table. What right therefore have I yet to cry any more unto the king? -- 2 samuel 19:28 +. +And the king said unto him, Why speakest thou any more of thy matters? I have said, Thou and Ziba divide the land. -- 2 samuel 19:29 +. +And Mephibosheth said unto the king, Yea, let him take all, forasmuch as my lord the king is come again in peace unto his own house. -- 2 samuel 19:30 +. +And Barzillai the Gileadite came down from Rogelim, and went over Jordan with the king, to conduct him over Jordan. -- 2 samuel 19:31 +. +Now Barzillai was a very aged man, even fourscore years old: and he had provided the king of sustenance while he lay at Mahanaim; for he was a very great man. -- 2 samuel 19:32 +. +And the king said unto Barzillai, Come thou over with me, and I will feed thee with me in Jerusalem. -- 2 samuel 19:33 +. +And Barzillai said unto the king, How long have I to live, that I should go up with the king unto Jerusalem? -- 2 samuel 19:34 +. +I am this day fourscore years old: and can I discern between good and evil? can thy servant taste what I eat or what I drink? can I hear any more the voice of singing men and singing women? wherefore then should thy servant be yet a burden unto my lord the king? -- 2 samuel 19:35 +. +Thy servant will go a little way over Jordan with the king: and why should the king recompense it me with such a reward? -- 2 samuel 19:36 +. +Let thy servant, I pray thee, turn back again, that I may die in mine own city, and be buried by the grave of my father and of my mother. But behold thy servant Chimham; let him go over with my lord the king; and do to him what shall seem good unto thee. -- 2 samuel 19:37 +. +And the king answered, Chimham shall go over with me, and I will do to him that which shall seem good unto thee: and whatsoever thou shalt require of me, that will I do for thee. -- 2 samuel 19:38 +. +And all the people went over Jordan. And when the king was come over, the king kissed Barzillai, and blessed him; and he returned unto his own place. -- 2 samuel 19:39 +. +Then the king went on to Gilgal, and Chimham went on with him: and all the people of Judah conducted the king, and also half the people of Israel. -- 2 samuel 19:40 +. +And, behold, all the men of Israel came to the king, and said unto the king, Why have our brethren the men of Judah stolen thee away, and have brought the king, and his household, and all David's men with him, over Jordan? -- 2 samuel 19:41 +. +And all the men of Judah answered the men of Israel, Because the king is near of kin to us: wherefore then be ye angry for this matter? have we eaten at all of the king's cost? or hath he given us any gift? -- 2 samuel 19:42 +. +And the men of Israel answered the men of Judah, and said, We have ten parts in the king, and we have also more right in David than ye: why then did ye despise us, that our advice should not be first had in bringing back our king? And the words of the men of Judah were fiercer than the words of the men of Israel. -- 2 samuel 19:43 +. +And there happened to be there a man of Belial, whose name was Sheba, the son of Bichri, a Benjamite: and he blew a trumpet, and said, We have no part in David, neither have we inheritance in the son of Jesse: every man to his tents, O Israel. -- 2 samuel 20:1 +. +So every man of Israel went up from after David, and followed Sheba the son of Bichri: but the men of Judah clave unto their king, from Jordan even to Jerusalem. -- 2 samuel 20:2 +. +And David came to his house at Jerusalem; and the king took the ten women his concubines, whom he had left to keep the house, and put them in ward, and fed them, but went not in unto them. So they were shut up unto the day of their death, living in widowhood. -- 2 samuel 20:3 +. +Then said the king to Amasa, Assemble me the men of Judah within three days, and be thou here present. -- 2 samuel 20:4 +. +So Amasa went to assemble the men of Judah: but he tarried longer than the set time which he had appointed him. -- 2 samuel 20:5 +. +And David said to Abishai, Now shall Sheba the son of Bichri do us more harm than did Absalom: take thou thy lord's servants, and pursue after him, lest he get him fenced cities, and escape us. -- 2 samuel 20:6 +. +And there went out after him Joab's men, and the Cherethites, and the Pelethites, and all the mighty men: and they went out of Jerusalem, to pursue after Sheba the son of Bichri. -- 2 samuel 20:7 +. +When they were at the great stone which is in Gibeon, Amasa went before them. And Joab's garment that he had put on was girded unto him, and upon it a girdle with a sword fastened upon his loins in the sheath thereof; and as he went forth it fell out. -- 2 samuel 20:8 +. +And Joab said to Amasa, Art thou in health, my brother? And Joab took Amasa by the beard with the right hand to kiss him. -- 2 samuel 20:9 +. +But Amasa took no heed to the sword that was in Joab's hand: so he smote him therewith in the fifth rib, and shed out his bowels to the ground, and struck him not again; and he died. So Joab and Abishai his brother pursued after Sheba the son of Bichri. -- 2 samuel 20:10 +. +And one of Joab's men stood by him, and said, He that favoreth Joab, and he that is for David, let him go after Joab. -- 2 samuel 20:11 +. +And Amasa wallowed in blood in the midst of the highway. And when the man saw that all the people stood still, he removed Amasa out of the highway into the field, and cast a cloth upon him, when he saw that every one that came by him stood still. -- 2 samuel 20:12 +. +When he was removed out of the highway, all the people went on after Joab, to pursue after Sheba the son of Bichri. -- 2 samuel 20:13 +. +And he went through all the tribes of Israel unto Abel, and to Bethmaachah, and all the Berites: and they were gathered together, and went also after him. -- 2 samuel 20:14 +. +And they came and besieged him in Abel of Bethmaachah, and they cast up a bank against the city, and it stood in the trench: and all the people that were with Joab battered the wall, to throw it down. -- 2 samuel 20:15 +. +Then cried a wise woman out of the city, Hear, hear; say, I pray you, unto Joab, Come near hither, that I may speak with thee. -- 2 samuel 20:16 +. +And when he was come near unto her, the woman said, Art thou Joab? And he answered, I am he. Then she said unto him, Hear the words of thine handmaid. And he answered, I do hear. -- 2 samuel 20:17 +. +Then she spake, saying, They were wont to speak in old time, saying, They shall surely ask counsel at Abel: and so they ended the matter. -- 2 samuel 20:18 +. +I am one of them that are peaceable and faithful in Israel: thou seekest to destroy a city and a mother in Israel: why wilt thou swallow up the inheritance of the LORD? -- 2 samuel 20:19 +. +And Joab answered and said, Far be it, far be it from me, that I should swallow up or destroy. -- 2 samuel 20:20 +. +The matter is not so: but a man of mount Ephraim, Sheba the son of Bichri by name, hath lifted up his hand against the king, even against David: deliver him only, and I will depart from the city. And the woman said unto Joab, Behold, his head shall be thrown to thee over the wall. -- 2 samuel 20:21 +. +Then the woman went unto all the people in her wisdom. And they cut off the head of Sheba the son of Bichri, and cast it out to Joab. And he blew a trumpet, and they retired from the city, every man to his tent. And Joab returned to Jerusalem unto the king. -- 2 samuel 20:22 +. +Now Joab was over all the host of Israel: and Benaiah the son of Jehoiada was over the Cherethites and over the Pelethites: -- 2 samuel 20:23 +. +And Adoram was over the tribute: and Jehoshaphat the son of Ahilud was recorder: -- 2 samuel 20:24 +. +And Sheva was scribe: and Zadok and Abiathar were the priests: -- 2 samuel 20:25 +. +And Ira also the Jairite was a chief ruler about David. -- 2 samuel 20:26 +. +Then there was a famine in the days of David three years, year after year; and David inquired of the LORD. And the LORD answered, It is for Saul, and for his bloody house, because he slew the Gibeonites. -- 2 samuel 21:1 +. +And the king called the Gibeonites, and said unto them; (now the Gibeonites were not of the children of Israel, but of the remnant of the Amorites; and the children of Israel had sworn unto them: and Saul sought to slay them in his zeal to the children of Israel and Judah.) -- 2 samuel 21:2 +. +Wherefore David said unto the Gibeonites, What shall I do for you? and wherewith shall I make the atonement, that ye may bless the inheritance of the LORD? -- 2 samuel 21:3 +. +And the Gibeonites said unto him, We will have no silver nor gold of Saul, nor of his house; neither for us shalt thou kill any man in Israel. And he said, What ye shall say, that will I do for you. -- 2 samuel 21:4 +. +And they answered the king, The man that consumed us, and that devised against us that we should be destroyed from remaining in any of the coasts of Israel, -- 2 samuel 21:5 +. +Let seven men of his sons be delivered unto us, and we will hang them up unto the LORD in Gibeah of Saul, whom the LORD did choose. And the king said, I will give them. -- 2 samuel 21:6 +. +But the king spared Mephibosheth, the son of Jonathan the son of Saul, because of the LORD's oath that was between them, between David and Jonathan the son of Saul. -- 2 samuel 21:7 +. +But the king took the two sons of Rizpah the daughter of Aiah, whom she bare unto Saul, Armoni and Mephibosheth; and the five sons of Michal the daughter of Saul, whom she brought up for Adriel the son of Barzillai the Meholathite: -- 2 samuel 21:8 +. +And he delivered them into the hands of the Gibeonites, and they hanged them in the hill before the LORD: and they fell all seven together, and were put to death in the days of harvest, in the first days, in the beginning of barley harvest. -- 2 samuel 21:9 +. +And Rizpah the daughter of Aiah took sackcloth, and spread it for her upon the rock, from the beginning of harvest until water dropped upon them out of heaven, and suffered neither the birds of the air to rest on them by day, nor the beasts of the field by night. -- 2 samuel 21:10 +. +And it was told David what Rizpah the daughter of Aiah, the concubine of Saul, had done. -- 2 samuel 21:11 +. +And David went and took the bones of Saul and the bones of Jonathan his son from the men of Jabeshgilead, which had stolen them from the street of Bethshan, where the Philistines had hanged them, when the Philistines had slain Saul in Gilboa: -- 2 samuel 21:12 +. +And he brought up from thence the bones of Saul and the bones of Jonathan his son; and they gathered the bones of them that were hanged. -- 2 samuel 21:13 +. +And the bones of Saul and Jonathan his son buried they in the country of Benjamin in Zelah, in the sepulchre of Kish his father: and they performed all that the king commanded. And after that God was intreated for the land. -- 2 samuel 21:14 +. +Moreover the Philistines had yet war again with Israel; and David went down, and his servants with him, and fought against the Philistines: and David waxed faint. -- 2 samuel 21:15 +. +And Ishbibenob, which was of the sons of the giant, the weight of whose spear weighed three hundred shekels of brass in weight, he being girded with a new sword, thought to have slain David. -- 2 samuel 21:16 +. +But Abishai the son of Zeruiah succored him, and smote the Philistine, and killed him. Then the men of David sware unto him, saying, Thou shalt go no more out with us to battle, that thou quench not the light of Israel. -- 2 samuel 21:17 +. +And it came to pass after this, that there was again a battle with the Philistines at Gob: then Sibbechai the Hushathite slew Saph, which was of the sons of the giant. -- 2 samuel 21:18 +. +And there was again a battle in Gob with the Philistines, where Elhanan the son of Jaareoregim, a Bethlehemite, slew the brother of Goliath the Gittite, the staff of whose spear was like a weaver's beam. -- 2 samuel 21:19 +. +And there was yet a battle in Gath, where was a man of great stature, that had on every hand six fingers, and on every foot six toes, four and twenty in number; and he also was born to the giant. -- 2 samuel 21:20 +. +And when he defied Israel, Jonathan the son of Shimeah the brother of David slew him. -- 2 samuel 21:21 +. +These four were born to the giant in Gath, and fell by the hand of David, and by the hand of his servants. -- 2 samuel 21:22 +. +And David spake unto the LORD the words of this song in the day that the LORD had delivered him out of the hand of all his enemies, and out of the hand of Saul: -- 2 samuel 22:1 +. +And he said, The LORD is my rock, and my fortress, and my deliverer; -- 2 samuel 22:2 +. +The God of my rock; in him will I trust: he is my shield, and the horn of my salvation, my high tower, and my refuge, my saviour; thou savest me from violence. -- 2 samuel 22:3 +. +I will call on the LORD, who is worthy to be praised: so shall I be saved from mine enemies. -- 2 samuel 22:4 +. +When the waves of death compassed me, the floods of ungodly men made me afraid; -- 2 samuel 22:5 +. +The sorrows of hell compassed me about; the snares of death prevented me; -- 2 samuel 22:6 +. +In my distress I called upon the LORD, and cried to my God: and he did hear my voice out of his temple, and my cry did enter into his ears. -- 2 samuel 22:7 +. +Then the earth shook and trembled; the foundations of heaven moved and shook, because he was wroth. -- 2 samuel 22:8 +. +There went up a smoke out of his nostrils, and fire out of his mouth devoured: coals were kindled by it. -- 2 samuel 22:9 +. +He bowed the heavens also, and came down; and darkness was under his feet. -- 2 samuel 22:10 +. +And he rode upon a cherub, and did fly: and he was seen upon the wings of the wind. -- 2 samuel 22:11 +. +And he made darkness pavilions round about him, dark waters, and thick clouds of the skies. -- 2 samuel 22:12 +. +Through the brightness before him were coals of fire kindled. -- 2 samuel 22:13 +. +The LORD thundered from heaven, and the most High uttered his voice. -- 2 samuel 22:14 +. +And he sent out arrows, and scattered them; lightning, and discomfited them. -- 2 samuel 22:15 +. +And the channels of the sea appeared, the foundations of the world were discovered, at the rebuking of the LORD, at the blast of the breath of his nostrils. -- 2 samuel 22:16 +. +He sent from above, he took me; he drew me out of many waters; -- 2 samuel 22:17 +. +He delivered me from my strong enemy, and from them that hated me: for they were too strong for me. -- 2 samuel 22:18 +. +They prevented me in the day of my calamity: but the LORD was my stay. -- 2 samuel 22:19 +. +He brought me forth also into a large place: he delivered me, because he delighted in me. -- 2 samuel 22:20 +. +The LORD rewarded me according to my righteousness: according to the cleanness of my hands hath he recompensed me. -- 2 samuel 22:21 +. +For I have kept the ways of the LORD, and have not wickedly departed from my God. -- 2 samuel 22:22 +. +For all his judgments were before me: and as for his statutes, I did not depart from them. -- 2 samuel 22:23 +. +I was also upright before him, and have kept myself from mine iniquity. -- 2 samuel 22:24 +. +Therefore the LORD hath recompensed me according to my righteousness; according to my cleanness in his eye sight. -- 2 samuel 22:25 +. +With the merciful thou wilt show thyself merciful, and with the upright man thou wilt show thyself upright. -- 2 samuel 22:26 +. +With the pure thou wilt show thyself pure; and with the froward thou wilt show thyself unsavory. -- 2 samuel 22:27 +. +And the afflicted people thou wilt save: but thine eyes are upon the haughty, that thou mayest bring them down. -- 2 samuel 22:28 +. +For thou art my lamp, O LORD: and the LORD will lighten my darkness. -- 2 samuel 22:29 +. +For by thee I have run through a troop: by my God have I leaped over a wall. -- 2 samuel 22:30 +. +As for God, his way is perfect; the word of the LORD is tried: he is a buckler to all them that trust in him. -- 2 samuel 22:31 +. +For who is God, save the LORD? and who is a rock, save our God? -- 2 samuel 22:32 +. +God is my strength and power: and he maketh my way perfect. -- 2 samuel 22:33 +. +He maketh my feet like hinds' feet: and setteth me upon my high places. -- 2 samuel 22:34 +. +He teacheth my hands to war; so that a bow of steel is broken by mine arms. -- 2 samuel 22:35 +. +Thou hast also given me the shield of thy salvation: and thy gentleness hath made me great. -- 2 samuel 22:36 +. +Thou hast enlarged my steps under me; so that my feet did not slip. -- 2 samuel 22:37 +. +I have pursued mine enemies, and destroyed them; and turned not again until I had consumed them. -- 2 samuel 22:38 +. +And I have consumed them, and wounded them, that they could not arise: yea, they are fallen under my feet. -- 2 samuel 22:39 +. +For thou hast girded me with strength to battle: them that rose up against me hast thou subdued under me. -- 2 samuel 22:40 +. +Thou hast also given me the necks of mine enemies, that I might destroy them that hate me. -- 2 samuel 22:41 +. +They looked, but there was none to save; even unto the LORD, but he answered them not. -- 2 samuel 22:42 +. +Then did I beat them as small as the dust of the earth, I did stamp them as the mire of the street, and did spread them abroad. -- 2 samuel 22:43 +. +Thou also hast delivered me from the strivings of my people, thou hast kept me to be head of the heathen: a people which I knew not shall serve me. -- 2 samuel 22:44 +. +Strangers shall submit themselves unto me: as soon as they hear, they shall be obedient unto me. -- 2 samuel 22:45 +. +Strangers shall fade away, and they shall be afraid out of their close places. -- 2 samuel 22:46 +. +The LORD liveth; and blessed be my rock; and exalted be the God of the rock of my salvation. -- 2 samuel 22:47 +. +It is God that avengeth me, and that bringeth down the people under me. -- 2 samuel 22:48 +. +And that bringeth me forth from mine enemies: thou also hast lifted me up on high above them that rose up against me: thou hast delivered me from the violent man. -- 2 samuel 22:49 +. +Therefore I will give thanks unto thee, O LORD, among the heathen, and I will sing praises unto thy name. -- 2 samuel 22:50 +. +He is the tower of salvation for his king: and sheweth mercy to his anointed, unto David, and to his seed for evermore. -- 2 samuel 22:51 +. +Now these be the last words of David. David the son of Jesse said, and the man who was raised up on high, the anointed of the God of Jacob, and the sweet psalmist of Israel, said, -- 2 samuel 23:1 +. +The Spirit of the LORD spake by me, and his word was in my tongue. -- 2 samuel 23:2 +. +The God of Israel said, the Rock of Israel spake to me, He that ruleth over men must be just, ruling in the fear of God. -- 2 samuel 23:3 +. +And he shall be as the light of the morning, when the sun riseth, even a morning without clouds; as the tender grass springing out of the earth by clear shining after rain. -- 2 samuel 23:4 +. +Although my house be not so with God; yet he hath made with me an everlasting covenant, ordered in all things, and sure: for this is all my salvation, and all my desire, although he make it not to grow. -- 2 samuel 23:5 +. +But the sons of Belial shall be all of them as thorns thrust away, because they cannot be taken with hands: -- 2 samuel 23:6 +. +But the man that shall touch them must be fenced with iron and the staff of a spear; and they shall be utterly burned with fire in the same place. -- 2 samuel 23:7 +. +These be the names of the mighty men whom David had: The Tachmonite that sat in the seat, chief among the captains; the same was Adino the Eznite: he lift up his spear against eight hundred, whom he slew at one time. -- 2 samuel 23:8 +. +And after him was Eleazar the son of Dodo the Ahohite, one of the three mighty men with David, when they defied the Philistines that were there gathered together to battle, and the men of Israel were gone away: -- 2 samuel 23:9 +. +He arose, and smote the Philistines until his hand was weary, and his hand clave unto the sword: and the LORD wrought a great victory that day; and the people returned after him only to spoil. -- 2 samuel 23:10 +. +And after him was Shammah the son of Agee the Hararite. And the Philistines were gathered together into a troop, where was a piece of ground full of lentils: and the people fled from the Philistines. -- 2 samuel 23:11 +. +But he stood in the midst of the ground, and defended it, and slew the Philistines: and the LORD wrought a great victory. -- 2 samuel 23:12 +. +And three of the thirty chief went down, and came to David in the harvest time unto the cave of Adullam: and the troop of the Philistines pitched in the valley of Rephaim. -- 2 samuel 23:13 +. +And David was then in an hold, and the garrison of the Philistines was then in Bethlehem. -- 2 samuel 23:14 +. +And David longed, and said, Oh that one would give me drink of the water of the well of Bethlehem, which is by the gate! -- 2 samuel 23:15 +. +And the three mighty men brake through the host of the Philistines, and drew water out of the well of Bethlehem, that was by the gate, and took it, and brought it to David: nevertheless he would not drink thereof, but poured it out unto the LORD. -- 2 samuel 23:16 +. +And he said, Be it far from me, O LORD, that I should do this: is not this the blood of the men that went in jeopardy of their lives? therefore he would not drink it. These things did these three mighty men. -- 2 samuel 23:17 +. +And Abishai, the brother of Joab, the son of Zeruiah, was chief among three. And he lifted up his spear against three hundred, and slew them, and had the name among three. -- 2 samuel 23:18 +. +Was he not most honorable of three? therefore he was their captain: howbeit he attained not unto the first three. -- 2 samuel 23:19 +. +And Benaiah the son of Jehoiada, the son of a valiant man, of Kabzeel, who had done many acts, he slew two lionlike men of Moab: he went down also and slew a lion in the midst of a pit in time of snow: -- 2 samuel 23:20 +. +And he slew an Egyptian, a goodly man: and the Egyptian had a spear in his hand; but he went down to him with a staff, and plucked the spear out of the Egyptian's hand, and slew him with his own spear. -- 2 samuel 23:21 +. +These things did Benaiah the son of Jehoiada, and had the name among three mighty men. -- 2 samuel 23:22 +. +He was more honorable than the thirty, but he attained not to the first three. And David set him over his guard. -- 2 samuel 23:23 +. +Asahel the brother of Joab was one of the thirty; Elhanan the son of Dodo of Bethlehem, -- 2 samuel 23:24 +. +Shammah the Harodite, Elika the Harodite, -- 2 samuel 23:25 +. +Helez the Paltite, Ira the son of Ikkesh the Tekoite, -- 2 samuel 23:26 +. +Abiezer the Anethothite, Mebunnai the Hushathite, -- 2 samuel 23:27 +. +Zalmon the Ahohite, Maharai the Netophathite, -- 2 samuel 23:28 +. +Heleb the son of Baanah, a Netophathite, Ittai the son of Ribai out of Gibeah of the children of Benjamin, -- 2 samuel 23:29 +. +Benaiah the Pirathonite, Hiddai of the brooks of Gaash, -- 2 samuel 23:30 +. +Abialbon the Arbathite, Azmaveth the Barhumite, -- 2 samuel 23:31 +. +Eliahba the Shaalbonite, of the sons of Jashen, Jonathan, -- 2 samuel 23:32 +. +Shammah the Hararite, Ahiam the son of Sharar the Hararite, -- 2 samuel 23:33 +. +Eliphelet the son of Ahasbai, the son of the Maachathite, Eliam the son of Ahithophel the Gilonite, -- 2 samuel 23:34 +. +Hezrai the Carmelite, Paarai the Arbite, -- 2 samuel 23:35 +. +Igal the son of Nathan of Zobah, Bani the Gadite, -- 2 samuel 23:36 +. +Zelek the Ammonite, Nahari the Beerothite, armourbearer to Joab the son of Zeruiah, -- 2 samuel 23:37 +. +Ira an Ithrite, Gareb an Ithrite, -- 2 samuel 23:38 +. +Uriah the Hittite: thirty and seven in all. -- 2 samuel 23:39 +. +And again the anger of the LORD was kindled against Israel, and he moved David against them to say, Go, number Israel and Judah. -- 2 samuel 24:1 +. +For the king said to Joab the captain of the host, which was with him, Go now through all the tribes of Israel, from Dan even to Beersheba, and number ye the people, that I may know the number of the people. -- 2 samuel 24:2 +. +And Joab said unto the king, Now the LORD thy God add unto the people, how many soever they be, an hundredfold, and that the eyes of my lord the king may see it: but why doth my lord the king delight in this thing? -- 2 samuel 24:3 +. +Notwithstanding the king's word prevailed against Joab, and against the captains of the host. And Joab and the captains of the host went out from the presence of the king, to number the people of Israel. -- 2 samuel 24:4 +. +And they passed over Jordan, and pitched in Aroer, on the right side of the city that lieth in the midst of the river of Gad, and toward Jazer: -- 2 samuel 24:5 +. +Then they came to Gilead, and to the land of Tahtimhodshi; and they came to Danjaan, and about to Zidon, -- 2 samuel 24:6 +. +And came to the strong hold of Tyre, and to all the cities of the Hivites, and of the Canaanites: and they went out to the south of Judah, even to Beersheba. -- 2 samuel 24:7 +. +So when they had gone through all the land, they came to Jerusalem at the end of nine months and twenty days. -- 2 samuel 24:8 +. +And Joab gave up the sum of the number of the people unto the king: and there were in Israel eight hundred thousand valiant men that drew the sword; and the men of Judah were five hundred thousand men. -- 2 samuel 24:9 +. +And David's heart smote him after that he had numbered the people. And David said unto the LORD, I have sinned greatly in that I have done: and now, I beseech thee, O LORD, take away the iniquity of thy servant; for I have done very foolishly. -- 2 samuel 24:10 +. +For when David was up in the morning, the word of the LORD came unto the prophet Gad, David's seer, saying, -- 2 samuel 24:11 +. +Go and say unto David, Thus saith the LORD, I offer thee three things; choose thee one of them, that I may do it unto thee. -- 2 samuel 24:12 +. +So Gad came to David, and told him, and said unto him, Shall seven years of famine come unto thee in thy land? or wilt thou flee three months before thine enemies, while they pursue thee? or that there be three days' pestilence in thy land? now advise, and see what answer I shall return to him that sent me. -- 2 samuel 24:13 +. +And David said unto Gad, I am in a great strait: let us fall now into the hand of the LORD; for his mercies are great: and let me not fall into the hand of man. -- 2 samuel 24:14 +. +So the LORD sent a pestilence upon Israel from the morning even to the time appointed: and there died of the people from Dan even to Beersheba seventy thousand men. -- 2 samuel 24:15 +. +And when the angel stretched out his hand upon Jerusalem to destroy it, the LORD repented him of the evil, and said to the angel that destroyed the people, It is enough: stay now thine hand. And the angel of the LORD was by the threshingplace of Araunah the Jebusite. -- 2 samuel 24:16 +. +And David spake unto the LORD when he saw the angel that smote the people, and said, Lo, I have sinned, and I have done wickedly: but these sheep, what have they done? let thine hand, I pray thee, be against me, and against my father's house. -- 2 samuel 24:17 +. +And Gad came that day to David, and said unto him, Go up, rear an altar unto the LORD in the threshingfloor of Araunah the Jebusite. -- 2 samuel 24:18 +. +And David, according to the saying of Gad, went up as the LORD commanded. -- 2 samuel 24:19 +. +And Araunah looked, and saw the king and his servants coming on toward him: and Araunah went out, and bowed himself before the king on his face upon the ground. -- 2 samuel 24:20 +. +And Araunah said, Wherefore is my lord the king come to his servant? And David said, To buy the threshingfloor of thee, to build an altar unto the LORD, that the plague may be stayed from the people. -- 2 samuel 24:21 +. +And Araunah said unto David, Let my lord the king take and offer up what seemeth good unto him: behold, here be oxen for burnt sacrifice, and threshing instruments and other instruments of the oxen for wood. -- 2 samuel 24:22 +. +All these things did Araunah, as a king, give unto the king. And Araunah said unto the king, The LORD thy God accept thee. -- 2 samuel 24:23 +. +And the king said unto Araunah, Nay; but I will surely buy it of thee at a price: neither will I offer burnt offerings unto the LORD my God of that which doth cost me nothing. So David bought the threshingfloor and the oxen for fifty shekels of silver. -- 2 samuel 24:24 +. +And David built there an altar unto the LORD, and offered burnt offerings and peace offerings. So the LORD was intreated for the land, and the plague was stayed from Israel. -- 2 samuel 24:25 +. +Now king David was old and stricken in years; and they covered him with clothes, but he gat no heat. -- 1 kings 1:1 +. +Wherefore his servants said unto him, Let there be sought for my lord the king a young virgin: and let her stand before the king, and let her cherish him, and let her lie in thy bosom, that my lord the king may get heat. -- 1 kings 1:2 +. +So they sought for a fair damsel throughout all the coasts of Israel, and found Abishag a Shunammite, and brought her to the king. -- 1 kings 1:3 +. +And the damsel was very fair, and cherished the king, and ministered to him: but the king knew her not. -- 1 kings 1:4 +. +Then Adonijah the son of Haggith exalted himself, saying, I will be king: and he prepared him chariots and horsemen, and fifty men to run before him. -- 1 kings 1:5 +. +And his father had not displeased him at any time in saying, Why hast thou done so? and he also was a very goodly man; and his mother bare him after Absalom. -- 1 kings 1:6 +. +And he conferred with Joab the son of Zeruiah, and with Abiathar the priest: and they following Adonijah helped him. -- 1 kings 1:7 +. +But Zadok the priest, and Benaiah the son of Jehoiada, and Nathan the prophet, and Shimei, and Rei, and the mighty men which belonged to David, were not with Adonijah. -- 1 kings 1:8 +. +And Adonijah slew sheep and oxen and fat cattle by the stone of Zoheleth, which is by Enrogel, and called all his brethren the king's sons, and all the men of Judah the king's servants: -- 1 kings 1:9 +. +But Nathan the prophet, and Benaiah, and the mighty men, and Solomon his brother, he called not. -- 1 kings 1:10 +. +Wherefore Nathan spake unto Bathsheba the mother of Solomon, saying, Hast thou not heard that Adonijah the son of Haggith doth reign, and David our lord knoweth it not? -- 1 kings 1:11 +. +Now therefore come, let me, I pray thee, give thee counsel, that thou mayest save thine own life, and the life of thy son Solomon. -- 1 kings 1:12 +. +Go and get thee in unto king David, and say unto him, Didst not thou, my lord, O king, swear unto thine handmaid, saying, Assuredly Solomon thy son shall reign after me, and he shall sit upon my throne? why then doth Adonijah reign? -- 1 kings 1:13 +. +Behold, while thou yet talkest there with the king, I also will come in after thee, and confirm thy words. -- 1 kings 1:14 +. +And Bathsheba went in unto the king into the chamber: and the king was very old; and Abishag the Shunammite ministered unto the king. -- 1 kings 1:15 +. +And Bathsheba bowed, and did obeisance unto the king. And the king said, What wouldest thou? -- 1 kings 1:16 +. +And she said unto him, My lord, thou swarest by the LORD thy God unto thine handmaid, saying, Assuredly Solomon thy son shall reign after me, and he shall sit upon my throne. -- 1 kings 1:17 +. +And now, behold, Adonijah reigneth; and now, my lord the king, thou knowest it not: -- 1 kings 1:18 +. +And he hath slain oxen and fat cattle and sheep in abundance, and hath called all the sons of the king, and Abiathar the priest, and Joab the captain of the host: but Solomon thy servant hath he not called. -- 1 kings 1:19 +. +And thou, my lord, O king, the eyes of all Israel are upon thee, that thou shouldest tell them who shall sit on the throne of my lord the king after him. -- 1 kings 1:20 +. +Otherwise it shall come to pass, when my lord the king shall sleep with his fathers, that I and my son Solomon shall be counted offenders. -- 1 kings 1:21 +. +And, lo, while she yet talked with the king, Nathan the prophet also came in. -- 1 kings 1:22 +. +And they told the king, saying, Behold Nathan the prophet. And when he was come in before the king, he bowed himself before the king with his face to the ground. -- 1 kings 1:23 +. +And Nathan said, My lord, O king, hast thou said, Adonijah shall reign after me, and he shall sit upon my throne? -- 1 kings 1:24 +. +For he is gone down this day, and hath slain oxen and fat cattle and sheep in abundance, and hath called all the king's sons, and the captains of the host, and Abiathar the priest; and, behold, they eat and drink before him, and say, God save king Adonijah. -- 1 kings 1:25 +. +But me, even me thy servant, and Zadok the priest, and Benaiah the son of Jehoiada, and thy servant Solomon, hath he not called. -- 1 kings 1:26 +. +Is this thing done by my lord the king, and thou hast not showed it unto thy servant, who should sit on the throne of my lord the king after him? -- 1 kings 1:27 +. +Then king David answered and said, Call me Bathsheba. And she came into the king's presence, and stood before the king. -- 1 kings 1:28 +. +And the king sware, and said, As the LORD liveth, that hath redeemed my soul out of all distress, -- 1 kings 1:29 +. +Even as I sware unto thee by the LORD God of Israel, saying, Assuredly Solomon thy son shall reign after me, and he shall sit upon my throne in my stead; even so will I certainly do this day. -- 1 kings 1:30 +. +Then Bathsheba bowed with her face to the earth, and did reverence to the king, and said, Let my lord king David live for ever. -- 1 kings 1:31 +. +And king David said, Call me Zadok the priest, and Nathan the prophet, and Benaiah the son of Jehoiada. And they came before the king. -- 1 kings 1:32 +. +The king also said unto them, Take with you the servants of your lord, and cause Solomon my son to ride upon mine own mule, and bring him down to Gihon: -- 1 kings 1:33 +. +And let Zadok the priest and Nathan the prophet anoint him there king over Israel: and blow ye with the trumpet, and say, God save king Solomon. -- 1 kings 1:34 +. +Then ye shall come up after him, that he may come and sit upon my throne; for he shall be king in my stead: and I have appointed him to be ruler over Israel and over Judah. -- 1 kings 1:35 +. +And Benaiah the son of Jehoiada answered the king, and said, Amen: the LORD God of my lord the king say so too. -- 1 kings 1:36 +. +As the LORD hath been with my lord the king, even so be he with Solomon, and make his throne greater than the throne of my lord king David. -- 1 kings 1:37 +. +So Zadok the priest, and Nathan the prophet, and Benaiah the son of Jehoiada, and the Cherethites, and the Pelethites, went down, and caused Solomon to ride upon king David's mule, and brought him to Gihon. -- 1 kings 1:38 +. +And Zadok the priest took an horn of oil out of the tabernacle, and anointed Solomon. And they blew the trumpet; and all the people said, God save king Solomon. -- 1 kings 1:39 +. +And all the people came up after him, and the people piped with pipes, and rejoiced with great joy, so that the earth rent with the sound of them. -- 1 kings 1:40 +. +And Adonijah and all the guests that were with him heard it as they had made an end of eating. And when Joab heard the sound of the trumpet, he said, Wherefore is this noise of the city being in an uproar? -- 1 kings 1:41 +. +And while he yet spake, behold, Jonathan the son of Abiathar the priest came; and Adonijah said unto him, Come in; for thou art a valiant man, and bringest good tidings. -- 1 kings 1:42 +. +And Jonathan answered and said to Adonijah, Verily our lord king David hath made Solomon king. -- 1 kings 1:43 +. +And the king hath sent with him Zadok the priest, and Nathan the prophet, and Benaiah the son of Jehoiada, and the Cherethites, and the Pelethites, and they have caused him to ride upon the king's mule: -- 1 kings 1:44 +. +And Zadok the priest and Nathan the prophet have anointed him king in Gihon: and they are come up from thence rejoicing, so that the city rang again. This is the noise that ye have heard. -- 1 kings 1:45 +. +And also Solomon sitteth on the throne of the kingdom. -- 1 kings 1:46 +. +And moreover the king's servants came to bless our lord king David, saying, God make the name of Solomon better than thy name, and make his throne greater than thy throne. And the king bowed himself upon the bed. -- 1 kings 1:47 +. +And also thus said the king, Blessed be the LORD God of Israel, which hath given one to sit on my throne this day, mine eyes even seeing it. -- 1 kings 1:48 +. +And all the guests that were with Adonijah were afraid, and rose up, and went every man his way. -- 1 kings 1:49 +. +And Adonijah feared because of Solomon, and arose, and went, and caught hold on the horns of the altar. -- 1 kings 1:50 +. +And it was told Solomon, saying, Behold, Adonijah feareth king Solomon: for, lo, he hath caught hold on the horns of the altar, saying, Let king Solomon swear unto me today that he will not slay his servant with the sword. -- 1 kings 1:51 +. +And Solomon said, If he will show himself a worthy man, there shall not an hair of him fall to the earth: but if wickedness shall be found in him, he shall die. -- 1 kings 1:52 +. +So king Solomon sent, and they brought him down from the altar. And he came and bowed himself to king Solomon: and Solomon said unto him, Go to thine house. -- 1 kings 1:53 +. +Now the days of David drew nigh that he should die; and he charged Solomon his son, saying, -- 1 kings 2:1 +. +I go the way of all the earth: be thou strong therefore, and show thyself a man; -- 1 kings 2:2 +. +And keep the charge of the LORD thy God, to walk in his ways, to keep his statutes, and his commandments, and his judgments, and his testimonies, as it is written in the law of Moses, that thou mayest prosper in all that thou doest, and whithersoever thou turnest thyself: -- 1 kings 2:3 +. +That the LORD may continue his word which he spake concerning me, saying, If thy children take heed to their way, to walk before me in truth with all their heart and with all their soul, there shall not fail thee (said he) a man on the throne of Israel. -- 1 kings 2:4 +. +Moreover thou knowest also what Joab the son of Zeruiah did to me, and what he did to the two captains of the hosts of Israel, unto Abner the son of Ner, and unto Amasa the son of Jether, whom he slew, and shed the blood of war in peace, and put the blood of war upon his girdle that was about his loins, and in his shoes that were on his feet. -- 1 kings 2:5 +. +Do therefore according to thy wisdom, and let not his hoar head go down to the grave in peace. -- 1 kings 2:6 +. +But show kindness unto the sons of Barzillai the Gileadite, and let them be of those that eat at thy table: for so they came to me when I fled because of Absalom thy brother. -- 1 kings 2:7 +. +And, behold, thou hast with thee Shimei the son of Gera, a Benjamite of Bahurim, which cursed me with a grievous curse in the day when I went to Mahanaim: but he came down to meet me at Jordan, and I sware to him by the LORD, saying, I will not put thee to death with the sword. -- 1 kings 2:8 +. +Now therefore hold him not guiltless: for thou art a wise man, and knowest what thou oughtest to do unto him; but his hoar head bring thou down to the grave with blood. -- 1 kings 2:9 +. +So David slept with his fathers, and was buried in the city of David. -- 1 kings 2:10 +. +And the days that David reigned over Israel were forty years: seven years reigned he in Hebron, and thirty and three years reigned he in Jerusalem. -- 1 kings 2:11 +. +Then sat Solomon upon the throne of David his father; and his kingdom was established greatly. -- 1 kings 2:12 +. +And Adonijah the son of Haggith came to Bathsheba the mother of Solomon. And she said, Comest thou peaceably? And he said, Peaceably. -- 1 kings 2:13 +. +He said moreover, I have somewhat to say unto thee. And she said, Say on. -- 1 kings 2:14 +. +And he said, Thou knowest that the kingdom was mine, and that all Israel set their faces on me, that I should reign: howbeit the kingdom is turned about, and is become my brother's: for it was his from the LORD. -- 1 kings 2:15 +. +And now I ask one petition of thee, deny me not. And she said unto him, Say on. -- 1 kings 2:16 +. +And he said, Speak, I pray thee, unto Solomon the king, (for he will not say thee nay,) that he give me Abishag the Shunammite to wife. -- 1 kings 2:17 +. +And Bathsheba said, Well; I will speak for thee unto the king. -- 1 kings 2:18 +. +Bathsheba therefore went unto king Solomon, to speak unto him for Adonijah. And the king rose up to meet her, and bowed himself unto her, and sat down on his throne, and caused a seat to be set for the king's mother; and she sat on his right hand. -- 1 kings 2:19 +. +Then she said, I desire one small petition of thee; I pray thee, say me not nay. And the king said unto her, Ask on, my mother: for I will not say thee nay. -- 1 kings 2:20 +. +And she said, Let Abishag the Shunammite be given to Adonijah thy brother to wife. -- 1 kings 2:21 +. +And king Solomon answered and said unto his mother, And why dost thou ask Abishag the Shunammite for Adonijah? ask for him the kingdom also; for he is mine elder brother; even for him, and for Abiathar the priest, and for Joab the son of Zeruiah. -- 1 kings 2:22 +. +Then king Solomon sware by the LORD, saying, God do so to me, and more also, if Adonijah have not spoken this word against his own life. -- 1 kings 2:23 +. +Now therefore, as the LORD liveth, which hath established me, and set me on the throne of David my father, and who hath made me an house, as he promised, Adonijah shall be put to death this day. -- 1 kings 2:24 +. +And king Solomon sent by the hand of Benaiah the son of Jehoiada; and he fell upon him that he died. -- 1 kings 2:25 +. +And unto Abiathar the priest said the king, Get thee to Anathoth, unto thine own fields; for thou art worthy of death: but I will not at this time put thee to death, because thou barest the ark of the LORD God before David my father, and because thou hast been afflicted in all wherein my father was afflicted. -- 1 kings 2:26 +. +So Solomon thrust out Abiathar from being priest unto the LORD; that he might fulfil the word of the LORD, which he spake concerning the house of Eli in Shiloh. -- 1 kings 2:27 +. +Then tidings came to Joab: for Joab had turned after Adonijah, though he turned not after Absalom. And Joab fled unto the tabernacle of the LORD, and caught hold on the horns of the altar. -- 1 kings 2:28 +. +And it was told king Solomon that Joab was fled unto the tabernacle of the LORD; and, behold, he is by the altar. Then Solomon sent Benaiah the son of Jehoiada, saying, Go, fall upon him. -- 1 kings 2:29 +. +And Benaiah came to the tabernacle of the LORD, and said unto him, Thus saith the king, Come forth. And he said, Nay; but I will die here. And Benaiah brought the king word again, saying, Thus said Joab, and thus he answered me. -- 1 kings 2:30 +. +And the king said unto him, Do as he hath said, and fall upon him, and bury him; that thou mayest take away the innocent blood, which Joab shed, from me, and from the house of my father. -- 1 kings 2:31 +. +And the LORD shall return his blood upon his own head, who fell upon two men more righteous and better than he, and slew them with the sword, my father David not knowing thereof, to wit, Abner the son of Ner, captain of the host of Israel, and Amasa the son of Jether, captain of the host of Judah. -- 1 kings 2:32 +. +Their blood shall therefore return upon the head of Joab, and upon the head of his seed for ever: but upon David, and upon his seed, and upon his house, and upon his throne, shall there be peace for ever from the LORD. -- 1 kings 2:33 +. +So Benaiah the son of Jehoiada went up, and fell upon him, and slew him: and he was buried in his own house in the wilderness. -- 1 kings 2:34 +. +And the king put Benaiah the son of Jehoiada in his room over the host: and Zadok the priest did the king put in the room of Abiathar. -- 1 kings 2:35 +. +And the king sent and called for Shimei, and said unto him, Build thee an house in Jerusalem, and dwell there, and go not forth thence any whither. -- 1 kings 2:36 +. +For it shall be, that on the day thou goest out, and passest over the brook Kidron, thou shalt know for certain that thou shalt surely die: thy blood shall be upon thine own head. -- 1 kings 2:37 +. +And Shimei said unto the king, The saying is good: as my lord the king hath said, so will thy servant do. And Shimei dwelt in Jerusalem many days. -- 1 kings 2:38 +. +And it came to pass at the end of three years, that two of the servants of Shimei ran away unto Achish son of Maachah king of Gath. And they told Shimei, saying, Behold, thy servants be in Gath. -- 1 kings 2:39 +. +And Shimei arose, and saddled his ass, and went to Gath to Achish to seek his servants: and Shimei went, and brought his servants from Gath. -- 1 kings 2:40 +. +And it was told Solomon that Shimei had gone from Jerusalem to Gath, and was come again. -- 1 kings 2:41 +. +And the king sent and called for Shimei, and said unto him, Did I not make thee to swear by the LORD, and protested unto thee, saying, Know for a certain, on the day thou goest out, and walkest abroad any whither, that thou shalt surely die? and thou saidst unto me, The word that I have heard is good. -- 1 kings 2:42 +. +Why then hast thou not kept the oath of the LORD, and the commandment that I have charged thee with? -- 1 kings 2:43 +. +The king said moreover to Shimei, Thou knowest all the wickedness which thine heart is privy to, that thou didst to David my father: therefore the LORD shall return thy wickedness upon thine own head; -- 1 kings 2:44 +. +And king Solomon shall be blessed, and the throne of David shall be established before the LORD for ever. -- 1 kings 2:45 +. +So the king commanded Benaiah the son of Jehoiada; which went out, and fell upon him, that he died. And the kingdom was established in the hand of Solomon. -- 1 kings 2:46 +. +And Solomon made affinity with Pharaoh king of Egypt, and took Pharaoh's daughter, and brought her into the city of David, until he had made an end of building his own house, and the house of the LORD, and the wall of Jerusalem round about. -- 1 kings 3:1 +. +Only the people sacrificed in high places, because there was no house built unto the name of the LORD, until those days. -- 1 kings 3:2 +. +And Solomon loved the LORD, walking in the statutes of David his father: only he sacrificed and burnt incense in high places. -- 1 kings 3:3 +. +And the king went to Gibeon to sacrifice there; for that was the great high place: a thousand burnt offerings did Solomon offer upon that altar. -- 1 kings 3:4 +. +In Gibeon the LORD appeared to Solomon in a dream by night: and God said, Ask what I shall give thee. -- 1 kings 3:5 +. +And Solomon said, Thou hast showed unto thy servant David my father great mercy, according as he walked before thee in truth, and in righteousness, and in uprightness of heart with thee; and thou hast kept for him this great kindness, that thou hast given him a son to sit on his throne, as it is this day. -- 1 kings 3:6 +. +And now, O LORD my God, thou hast made thy servant king instead of David my father: and I am but a little child: I know not how to go out or come in. -- 1 kings 3:7 +. +And thy servant is in the midst of thy people which thou hast chosen, a great people, that cannot be numbered nor counted for multitude. -- 1 kings 3:8 +. +Give therefore thy servant an understanding heart to judge thy people, that I may discern between good and bad: for who is able to judge this thy so great a people? -- 1 kings 3:9 +. +And the speech pleased the LORD, that Solomon had asked this thing. -- 1 kings 3:10 +. +And God said unto him, Because thou hast asked this thing, and hast not asked for thyself long life; neither hast asked riches for thyself, nor hast asked the life of thine enemies; but hast asked for thyself understanding to discern judgment; -- 1 kings 3:11 +. +Behold, I have done according to thy words: lo, I have given thee a wise and an understanding heart; so that there was none like thee before thee, neither after thee shall any arise like unto thee. -- 1 kings 3:12 +. +And I have also given thee that which thou hast not asked, both riches, and honor: so that there shall not be any among the kings like unto thee all thy days. -- 1 kings 3:13 +. +And if thou wilt walk in my ways, to keep my statutes and my commandments, as thy father David did walk, then I will lengthen thy days. -- 1 kings 3:14 +. +And Solomon awoke; and, behold, it was a dream. And he came to Jerusalem, and stood before the ark of the covenant of the LORD, and offered up burnt offerings, and offered peace offerings, and made a feast to all his servants. -- 1 kings 3:15 +. +Then came there two women, that were harlots, unto the king, and stood before him. -- 1 kings 3:16 +. +And the one woman said, O my lord, I and this woman dwell in one house; and I was delivered of a child with her in the house. -- 1 kings 3:17 +. +And it came to pass the third day after that I was delivered, that this woman was delivered also: and we were together; there was no stranger with us in the house, save we two in the house. -- 1 kings 3:18 +. +And this woman's child died in the night; because she overlaid it. -- 1 kings 3:19 +. +And she arose at midnight, and took my son from beside me, while thine handmaid slept, and laid it in her bosom, and laid her dead child in my bosom. -- 1 kings 3:20 +. +And when I rose in the morning to give my child suck, behold, it was dead: but when I had considered it in the morning, behold, it was not my son, which I did bear. -- 1 kings 3:21 +. +And the other woman said, Nay; but the living is my son, and the dead is thy son. And this said, No; but the dead is thy son, and the living is my son. Thus they spake before the king. -- 1 kings 3:22 +. +Then said the king, The one saith, This is my son that liveth, and thy son is the dead: and the other saith, Nay; but thy son is the dead, and my son is the living. -- 1 kings 3:23 +. +And the king said, Bring me a sword. And they brought a sword before the king. -- 1 kings 3:24 +. +And the king said, Divide the living child in two, and give half to the one, and half to the other. -- 1 kings 3:25 +. +Then spake the woman whose the living child was unto the king, for her bowels yearned upon her son, and she said, O my lord, give her the living child, and in no wise slay it. But the other said, Let it be neither mine nor thine, but divide it. -- 1 kings 3:26 +. +Then the king answered and said, Give her the living child, and in no wise slay it: she is the mother thereof. -- 1 kings 3:27 +. +And all Israel heard of the judgment which the king had judged; and they feared the king: for they saw that the wisdom of God was in him, to do judgment. -- 1 kings 3:28 +. +So king Solomon was king over all Israel. -- 1 kings 4:1 +. +And these were the princes which he had; Azariah the son of Zadok the priest, -- 1 kings 4:2 +. +Elihoreph and Ahiah, the sons of Shisha, scribes; Jehoshaphat the son of Ahilud, the recorder. -- 1 kings 4:3 +. +And Benaiah the son of Jehoiada was over the host: and Zadok and Abiathar were the priests: -- 1 kings 4:4 +. +And Azariah the son of Nathan was over the officers: and Zabud the son of Nathan was principal officer, and the king's friend: -- 1 kings 4:5 +. +And Ahishar was over the household: and Adoniram the son of Abda was over the tribute. -- 1 kings 4:6 +. +And Solomon had twelve officers over all Israel, which provided victuals for the king and his household: each man his month in a year made provision. -- 1 kings 4:7 +. +And these are their names: The son of Hur, in mount Ephraim: -- 1 kings 4:8 +. +The son of Dekar, in Makaz, and in Shaalbim, and Bethshemesh, and Elonbethhanan: -- 1 kings 4:9 +. +The son of Hesed, in Aruboth; to him pertained Sochoh, and all the land of Hepher: -- 1 kings 4:10 +. +The son of Abinadab, in all the region of Dor; which had Taphath the daughter of Solomon to wife: -- 1 kings 4:11 +. +Baana the son of Ahilud; to him pertained Taanach and Megiddo, and all Bethshean, which is by Zartanah beneath Jezreel, from Bethshean to Abelmeholah, even unto the place that is beyond Jokneam: -- 1 kings 4:12 +. +The son of Geber, in Ramothgilead; to him pertained the towns of Jair the son of Manasseh, which are in Gilead; to him also pertained the region of Argob, which is in Bashan, threescore great cities with walls and brazen bars: -- 1 kings 4:13 +. +Ahinadab the son of Iddo had Mahanaim: -- 1 kings 4:14 +. +Ahimaaz was in Naphtali; he also took Basmath the daughter of Solomon to wife: -- 1 kings 4:15 +. +Baanah the son of Hushai was in Asher and in Aloth: -- 1 kings 4:16 +. +Jehoshaphat the son of Paruah, in Issachar: -- 1 kings 4:17 +. +Shimei the son of Elah, in Benjamin: -- 1 kings 4:18 +. +Geber the son of Uri was in the country of Gilead, in the country of Sihon king of the Amorites, and of Og king of Bashan; and he was the only officer which was in the land. -- 1 kings 4:19 +. +Judah and Israel were many, as the sand which is by the sea in multitude, eating and drinking, and making merry. -- 1 kings 4:20 +. +And Solomon reigned over all kingdoms from the river unto the land of the Philistines, and unto the border of Egypt: they brought presents, and served Solomon all the days of his life. -- 1 kings 4:21 +. +And Solomon's provision for one day was thirty measures of fine flour, and threescore measures of meal, -- 1 kings 4:22 +. +Ten fat oxen, and twenty oxen out of the pastures, and an hundred sheep, beside harts, and roebucks, and fallowdeer, and fatted fowl. -- 1 kings 4:23 +. +For he had dominion over all the region on this side the river, from Tiphsah even to Azzah, over all the kings on this side the river: and he had peace on all sides round about him. -- 1 kings 4:24 +. +And Judah and Israel dwelt safely, every man under his vine and under his fig tree, from Dan even to Beersheba, all the days of Solomon. -- 1 kings 4:25 +. +And Solomon had forty thousand stalls of horses for his chariots, and twelve thousand horsemen. -- 1 kings 4:26 +. +And those officers provided victual for king Solomon, and for all that came unto king Solomon's table, every man in his month: they lacked nothing. -- 1 kings 4:27 +. +Barley also and straw for the horses and dromedaries brought they unto the place where the officers were, every man according to his charge. -- 1 kings 4:28 +. +And God gave Solomon wisdom and understanding exceeding much, and largeness of heart, even as the sand that is on the sea shore. -- 1 kings 4:29 +. +And Solomon's wisdom excelled the wisdom of all the children of the east country, and all the wisdom of Egypt. -- 1 kings 4:30 +. +For he was wiser than all men; than Ethan the Ezrahite, and Heman, and Chalcol, and Darda, the sons of Mahol: and his fame was in all nations round about. -- 1 kings 4:31 +. +And he spake three thousand proverbs: and his songs were a thousand and five. -- 1 kings 4:32 +. +And he spake of trees, from the cedar tree that is in Lebanon even unto the hyssop that springeth out of the wall: he spake also of beasts, and of fowl, and of creeping things, and of fishes. -- 1 kings 4:33 +. +And there came of all people to hear the wisdom of Solomon, from all kings of the earth, which had heard of his wisdom. -- 1 kings 4:34 +. +And Hiram king of Tyre sent his servants unto Solomon; for he had heard that they had anointed him king in the room of his father: for Hiram was ever a lover of David. -- 1 kings 5:1 +. +And Solomon sent to Hiram, saying, -- 1 kings 5:2 +. +Thou knowest how that David my father could not build an house unto the name of the LORD his God for the wars which were about him on every side, until the LORD put them under the soles of his feet. -- 1 kings 5:3 +. +But now the LORD my God hath given me rest on every side, so that there is neither adversary nor evil occurrent. -- 1 kings 5:4 +. +And, behold, I purpose to build an house unto the name of the LORD my God, as the LORD spake unto David my father, saying, Thy son, whom I will set upon thy throne in thy room, he shall build an house unto my name. -- 1 kings 5:5 +. +Now therefore command thou that they hew me cedar trees out of Lebanon; and my servants shall be with thy servants: and unto thee will I give hire for thy servants according to all that thou shalt appoint: for thou knowest that there is not among us any that can skill to hew timber like unto the Sidonians. -- 1 kings 5:6 +. +And it came to pass, when Hiram heard the words of Solomon, that he rejoiced greatly, and said, Blessed be the LORD this day, which hath given unto David a wise son over this great people. -- 1 kings 5:7 +. +And Hiram sent to Solomon, saying, I have considered the things which thou sentest to me for: and I will do all thy desire concerning timber of cedar, and concerning timber of fir. -- 1 kings 5:8 +. +My servants shall bring them down from Lebanon unto the sea: and I will convey them by sea in floats unto the place that thou shalt appoint me, and will cause them to be discharged there, and thou shalt receive them: and thou shalt accomplish my desire, in giving food for my household. -- 1 kings 5:9 +. +So Hiram gave Solomon cedar trees and fir trees according to all his desire. -- 1 kings 5:10 +. +And Solomon gave Hiram twenty thousand measures of wheat for food to his household, and twenty measures of pure oil: thus gave Solomon to Hiram year by year. -- 1 kings 5:11 +. +And the LORD gave Solomon wisdom, as he promised him: and there was peace between Hiram and Solomon; and they two made a league together. -- 1 kings 5:12 +. +And king Solomon raised a levy out of all Israel; and the levy was thirty thousand men. -- 1 kings 5:13 +. +And he sent them to Lebanon, ten thousand a month by courses: a month they were in Lebanon, and two months at home: and Adoniram was over the levy. -- 1 kings 5:14 +. +And Solomon had threescore and ten thousand that bare burdens, and fourscore thousand hewers in the mountains; -- 1 kings 5:15 +. +Beside the chief of Solomon's officers which were over the work, three thousand and three hundred, which ruled over the people that wrought in the work. -- 1 kings 5:16 +. +And the king commanded, and they brought great stones, costly stones, and hewed stones, to lay the foundation of the house. -- 1 kings 5:17 +. +And Solomon's builders and Hiram's builders did hew them, and the stonesquarers: so they prepared timber and stones to build the house. -- 1 kings 5:18 +. +And it came to pass in the four hundred and eightieth year after the children of Israel were come out of the land of Egypt, in the fourth year of Solomon's reign over Israel, in the month Zif, which is the second month, that he began to build the house of the LORD. -- 1 kings 6:1 +. +And the house which king Solomon built for the LORD, the length thereof was threescore cubits, and the breadth thereof twenty cubits, and the height thereof thirty cubits. -- 1 kings 6:2 +. +And the porch before the temple of the house, twenty cubits was the length thereof, according to the breadth of the house; and ten cubits was the breadth thereof before the house. -- 1 kings 6:3 +. +And for the house he made windows of narrow lights. -- 1 kings 6:4 +. +And against the wall of the house he built chambers round about, against the walls of the house round about, both of the temple and of the oracle: and he made chambers round about: -- 1 kings 6:5 +. +The nethermost chamber was five cubits broad, and the middle was six cubits broad, and the third was seven cubits broad: for without in the wall of the house he made narrowed rests round about, that the beams should not be fastened in the walls of the house. -- 1 kings 6:6 +. +And the house, when it was in building, was built of stone made ready before it was brought thither: so that there was neither hammer nor axe nor any tool of iron heard in the house, while it was in building. -- 1 kings 6:7 +. +The door for the middle chamber was in the right side of the house: and they went up with winding stairs into the middle chamber, and out of the middle into the third. -- 1 kings 6:8 +. +So he built the house, and finished it; and covered the house with beams and boards of cedar. -- 1 kings 6:9 +. +And then he built chambers against all the house, five cubits high: and they rested on the house with timber of cedar. -- 1 kings 6:10 +. +And the word of the LORD came to Solomon, saying, -- 1 kings 6:11 +. +Concerning this house which thou art in building, if thou wilt walk in my statutes, and execute my judgments, and keep all my commandments to walk in them; then will I perform my word with thee, which I spake unto David thy father: -- 1 kings 6:12 +. +And I will dwell among the children of Israel, and will not forsake my people Israel. -- 1 kings 6:13 +. +So Solomon built the house, and finished it. -- 1 kings 6:14 +. +And he built the walls of the house within with boards of cedar, both the floor of the house, and the walls of the ceiling: and he covered them on the inside with wood, and covered the floor of the house with planks of fir. -- 1 kings 6:15 +. +And he built twenty cubits on the sides of the house, both the floor and the walls with boards of cedar: he even built them for it within, even for the oracle, even for the most holy place. -- 1 kings 6:16 +. +And the house, that is, the temple before it, was forty cubits long. -- 1 kings 6:17 +. +And the cedar of the house within was carved with knops and open flowers: all was cedar; there was no stone seen. -- 1 kings 6:18 +. +And the oracle he prepared in the house within, to set there the ark of the covenant of the LORD. -- 1 kings 6:19 +. +And the oracle in the forepart was twenty cubits in length, and twenty cubits in breadth, and twenty cubits in the height thereof: and he overlaid it with pure gold; and so covered the altar which was of cedar. -- 1 kings 6:20 +. +So Solomon overlaid the house within with pure gold: and he made a partition by the chains of gold before the oracle; and he overlaid it with gold. -- 1 kings 6:21 +. +And the whole house he overlaid with gold, until he had finished all the house: also the whole altar that was by the oracle he overlaid with gold. -- 1 kings 6:22 +. +And within the oracle he made two cherubim of olive tree, each ten cubits high. -- 1 kings 6:23 +. +And five cubits was the one wing of the cherub, and five cubits the other wing of the cherub: from the uttermost part of the one wing unto the uttermost part of the other were ten cubits. -- 1 kings 6:24 +. +And the other cherub was ten cubits: both the cherubim were of one measure and one size. -- 1 kings 6:25 +. +The height of the one cherub was ten cubits, and so was it of the other cherub. -- 1 kings 6:26 +. +And he set the cherubim within the inner house: and they stretched forth the wings of the cherubim, so that the wing of the one touched the one wall, and the wing of the other cherub touched the other wall; and their wings touched one another in the midst of the house. -- 1 kings 6:27 +. +And he overlaid the cherubim with gold. -- 1 kings 6:28 +. +And he carved all the walls of the house round about with carved figures of cherubim and palm trees and open flowers, within and without. -- 1 kings 6:29 +. +And the floors of the house he overlaid with gold, within and without. -- 1 kings 6:30 +. +And for the entering of the oracle he made doors of olive tree: the lintel and side posts were a fifth part of the wall. -- 1 kings 6:31 +. +The two doors also were of olive tree; and he carved upon them carvings of cherubim and palm trees and open flowers, and overlaid them with gold, and spread gold upon the cherubim, and upon the palm trees. -- 1 kings 6:32 +. +So also made he for the door of the temple posts of olive tree, a fourth part of the wall. -- 1 kings 6:33 +. +And the two doors were of fir tree: the two leaves of the one door were folding, and the two leaves of the other door were folding. -- 1 kings 6:34 +. +And he carved thereon cherubim and palm trees and open flowers: and covered them with gold fitted upon the carved work. -- 1 kings 6:35 +. +And he built the inner court with three rows of hewed stone, and a row of cedar beams. -- 1 kings 6:36 +. +In the fourth year was the foundation of the house of the LORD laid, in the month Zif: -- 1 kings 6:37 +. +And in the eleventh year, in the month Bul, which is the eighth month, was the house finished throughout all the parts thereof, and according to all the fashion of it. So was he seven years in building it. -- 1 kings 6:38 +. +But Solomon was building his own house thirteen years, and he finished all his house. -- 1 kings 7:1 +. +He built also the house of the forest of Lebanon; the length thereof was an hundred cubits, and the breadth thereof fifty cubits, and the height thereof thirty cubits, upon four rows of cedar pillars, with cedar beams upon the pillars. -- 1 kings 7:2 +. +And it was covered with cedar above upon the beams, that lay on forty five pillars, fifteen in a row. -- 1 kings 7:3 +. +And there were windows in three rows, and light was against light in three ranks. -- 1 kings 7:4 +. +And all the doors and posts were square, with the windows: and light was against light in three ranks. -- 1 kings 7:5 +. +And he made a porch of pillars; the length thereof was fifty cubits, and the breadth thereof thirty cubits: and the porch was before them: and the other pillars and the thick beam were before them. -- 1 kings 7:6 +. +Then he made a porch for the throne where he might judge, even the porch of judgment: and it was covered with cedar from one side of the floor to the other. -- 1 kings 7:7 +. +And his house where he dwelt had another court within the porch, which was of the like work. Solomon made also an house for Pharaoh's daughter, whom he had taken to wife, like unto this porch. -- 1 kings 7:8 +. +All these were of costly stones, according to the measures of hewed stones, sawed with saws, within and without, even from the foundation unto the coping, and so on the outside toward the great court. -- 1 kings 7:9 +. +And the foundation was of costly stones, even great stones, stones of ten cubits, and stones of eight cubits. -- 1 kings 7:10 +. +And above were costly stones, after the measures of hewed stones, and cedars. -- 1 kings 7:11 +. +And the great court round about was with three rows of hewed stones, and a row of cedar beams, both for the inner court of the house of the LORD, and for the porch of the house. -- 1 kings 7:12 +. +And king Solomon sent and fetched Hiram out of Tyre. -- 1 kings 7:13 +. +He was a widow's son of the tribe of Naphtali, and his father was a man of Tyre, a worker in brass: and he was filled with wisdom, and understanding, and cunning to work all works in brass. And he came to king Solomon, and wrought all his work. -- 1 kings 7:14 +. +For he cast two pillars of brass, of eighteen cubits high apiece: and a line of twelve cubits did compass either of them about. -- 1 kings 7:15 +. +And he made two chapiters of molten brass, to set upon the tops of the pillars: the height of the one chapiter was five cubits, and the height of the other chapiter was five cubits: -- 1 kings 7:16 +. +And nets of checker work, and wreaths of chain work, for the chapiters which were upon the top of the pillars; seven for the one chapiter, and seven for the other chapiter. -- 1 kings 7:17 +. +And he made the pillars, and two rows round about upon the one network, to cover the chapiters that were upon the top, with pomegranates: and so did he for the other chapiter. -- 1 kings 7:18 +. +And the chapiters that were upon the top of the pillars were of lily work in the porch, four cubits. -- 1 kings 7:19 +. +And the chapiters upon the two pillars had pomegranates also above, over against the belly which was by the network: and the pomegranates were two hundred in rows round about upon the other chapiter. -- 1 kings 7:20 +. +And he set up the pillars in the porch of the temple: and he set up the right pillar, and called the name thereof Jachin: and he set up the left pillar, and called the name thereof Boaz. -- 1 kings 7:21 +. +And upon the top of the pillars was lily work: so was the work of the pillars finished. -- 1 kings 7:22 +. +And he made a molten sea, ten cubits from the one brim to the other: it was round all about, and his height was five cubits: and a line of thirty cubits did compass it round about. -- 1 kings 7:23 +. +And under the brim of it round about there were knops compassing it, ten in a cubit, compassing the sea round about: the knops were cast in two rows, when it was cast. -- 1 kings 7:24 +. +It stood upon twelve oxen, three looking toward the north, and three looking toward the west, and three looking toward the south, and three looking toward the east: and the sea was set above upon them, and all their hinder parts were inward. -- 1 kings 7:25 +. +And it was an hand breadth thick, and the brim thereof was wrought like the brim of a cup, with flowers of lilies: it contained two thousand baths. -- 1 kings 7:26 +. +And he made ten bases of brass; four cubits was the length of one base, and four cubits the breadth thereof, and three cubits the height of it. -- 1 kings 7:27 +. +And the work of the bases was on this manner: they had borders, and the borders were between the ledges: -- 1 kings 7:28 +. +And on the borders that were between the ledges were lions, oxen, and cherubim: and upon the ledges there was a base above: and beneath the lions and oxen were certain additions made of thin work. -- 1 kings 7:29 +. +And every base had four brazen wheels, and plates of brass: and the four corners thereof had undersetters: under the laver were undersetters molten, at the side of every addition. -- 1 kings 7:30 +. +And the mouth of it within the chapiter and above was a cubit: but the mouth thereof was round after the work of the base, a cubit and an half: and also upon the mouth of it were gravings with their borders, foursquare, not round. -- 1 kings 7:31 +. +And under the borders were four wheels; and the axletrees of the wheels were joined to the base: and the height of a wheel was a cubit and half a cubit. -- 1 kings 7:32 +. +And the work of the wheels was like the work of a chariot wheel: their axletrees, and their naves, and their felloes, and their spokes, were all molten. -- 1 kings 7:33 +. +And there were four undersetters to the four corners of one base: and the undersetters were of the very base itself. -- 1 kings 7:34 +. +And in the top of the base was there a round compass of half a cubit high: and on the top of the base the ledges thereof and the borders thereof were of the same. -- 1 kings 7:35 +. +For on the plates of the ledges thereof, and on the borders thereof, he graved cherubim, lions, and palm trees, according to the proportion of every one, and additions round about. -- 1 kings 7:36 +. +After this manner he made the ten bases: all of them had one casting, one measure, and one size. -- 1 kings 7:37 +. +Then made he ten lavers of brass: one laver contained forty baths: and every laver was four cubits: and upon every one of the ten bases one laver. -- 1 kings 7:38 +. +And he put five bases on the right side of the house, and five on the left side of the house: and he set the sea on the right side of the house eastward over against the south. -- 1 kings 7:39 +. +And Hiram made the lavers, and the shovels, and the basins. So Hiram made an end of doing all the work that he made king Solomon for the house of the LORD: -- 1 kings 7:40 +. +The two pillars, and the two bowls of the chapiters that were on the top of the two pillars; and the two networks, to cover the two bowls of the chapiters which were upon the top of the pillars; -- 1 kings 7:41 +. +And four hundred pomegranates for the two networks, even two rows of pomegranates for one network, to cover the two bowls of the chapiters that were upon the pillars; -- 1 kings 7:42 +. +And the ten bases, and ten lavers on the bases; -- 1 kings 7:43 +. +And one sea, and twelve oxen under the sea; -- 1 kings 7:44 +. +And the pots, and the shovels, and the basins: and all these vessels, which Hiram made to king Solomon for the house of the LORD, were of bright brass. -- 1 kings 7:45 +. +In the plain of Jordan did the king cast them, in the clay ground between Succoth and Zarthan. -- 1 kings 7:46 +. +And Solomon left all the vessels unweighed, because they were exceeding many: neither was the weight of the brass found out. -- 1 kings 7:47 +. +And Solomon made all the vessels that pertained unto the house of the LORD: the altar of gold, and the table of gold, whereupon the shewbread was, -- 1 kings 7:48 +. +And the candlesticks of pure gold, five on the right side, and five on the left, before the oracle, with the flowers, and the lamps, and the tongs of gold, -- 1 kings 7:49 +. +And the bowls, and the snuffers, and the basins, and the spoons, and the censers of pure gold; and the hinges of gold, both for the doors of the inner house, the most holy place, and for the doors of the house, to wit, of the temple. -- 1 kings 7:50 +. +So was ended all the work that king Solomon made for the house of the LORD. And Solomon brought in the things which David his father had dedicated; even the silver, and the gold, and the vessels, did he put among the treasures of the house of the LORD. -- 1 kings 7:51 +. +Then Solomon assembled the elders of Israel, and all the heads of the tribes, the chief of the fathers of the children of Israel, unto king Solomon in Jerusalem, that they might bring up the ark of the covenant of the LORD out of the city of David, which is Zion. -- 1 kings 8:1 +. +And all the men of Israel assembled themselves unto king Solomon at the feast in the month Ethanim, which is the seventh month. -- 1 kings 8:2 +. +And all the elders of Israel came, and the priests took up the ark. -- 1 kings 8:3 +. +And they brought up the ark of the LORD, and the tabernacle of the congregation, and all the holy vessels that were in the tabernacle, even those did the priests and the Levites bring up. -- 1 kings 8:4 +. +And king Solomon, and all the congregation of Israel, that were assembled unto him, were with him before the ark, sacrificing sheep and oxen, that could not be told nor numbered for multitude. -- 1 kings 8:5 +. +And the priests brought in the ark of the covenant of the LORD unto his place, into the oracle of the house, to the most holy place, even under the wings of the cherubim. -- 1 kings 8:6 +. +For the cherubim spread forth their two wings over the place of the ark, and the cherubim covered the ark and the staves thereof above. -- 1 kings 8:7 +. +And they drew out the staves, that the ends of the staves were seen out in the holy place before the oracle, and they were not seen without: and there they are unto this day. -- 1 kings 8:8 +. +There was nothing in the ark save the two tables of stone, which Moses put there at Horeb, when the LORD made a covenant with the children of Israel, when they came out of the land of Egypt. -- 1 kings 8:9 +. +And it came to pass, when the priests were come out of the holy place, that the cloud filled the house of the LORD, -- 1 kings 8:10 +. +So that the priests could not stand to minister because of the cloud: for the glory of the LORD had filled the house of the LORD. -- 1 kings 8:11 +. +Then spake Solomon, The LORD said that he would dwell in the thick darkness. -- 1 kings 8:12 +. +I have surely built thee an house to dwell in, a settled place for thee to abide in for ever. -- 1 kings 8:13 +. +And the king turned his face about, and blessed all the congregation of Israel: (and all the congregation of Israel stood;) -- 1 kings 8:14 +. +And he said, Blessed be the LORD God of Israel, which spake with his mouth unto David my father, and hath with his hand fulfilled it, saying, -- 1 kings 8:15 +. +Since the day that I brought forth my people Israel out of Egypt, I chose no city out of all the tribes of Israel to build an house, that my name might be therein; but I chose David to be over my people Israel. -- 1 kings 8:16 +. +And it was in the heart of David my father to build an house for the name of the LORD God of Israel. -- 1 kings 8:17 +. +And the LORD said unto David my father, Whereas it was in thine heart to build an house unto my name, thou didst well that it was in thine heart. -- 1 kings 8:18 +. +Nevertheless thou shalt not build the house; but thy son that shall come forth out of thy loins, he shall build the house unto my name. -- 1 kings 8:19 +. +And the LORD hath performed his word that he spake, and I am risen up in the room of David my father, and sit on the throne of Israel, as the LORD promised, and have built an house for the name of the LORD God of Israel. -- 1 kings 8:20 +. +And I have set there a place for the ark, wherein is the covenant of the LORD, which he made with our fathers, when he brought them out of the land of Egypt. -- 1 kings 8:21 +. +And Solomon stood before the altar of the LORD in the presence of all the congregation of Israel, and spread forth his hands toward heaven: -- 1 kings 8:22 +. +And he said, LORD God of Israel, there is no God like thee, in heaven above, or on earth beneath, who keepest covenant and mercy with thy servants that walk before thee with all their heart: -- 1 kings 8:23 +. +Who hast kept with thy servant David my father that thou promisedst him: thou spakest also with thy mouth, and hast fulfilled it with thine hand, as it is this day. -- 1 kings 8:24 +. +Therefore now, LORD God of Israel, keep with thy servant David my father that thou promisedst him, saying, There shall not fail thee a man in my sight to sit on the throne of Israel; so that thy children take heed to their way, that they walk before me as thou hast walked before me. -- 1 kings 8:25 +. +And now, O God of Israel, let thy word, I pray thee, be verified, which thou spakest unto thy servant David my father. -- 1 kings 8:26 +. +But will God indeed dwell on the earth? behold, the heaven and heaven of heavens cannot contain thee; how much less this house that I have builded? -- 1 kings 8:27 +. +Yet have thou respect unto the prayer of thy servant, and to his supplication, O LORD my God, to hearken unto the cry and to the prayer, which thy servant prayeth before thee to day: -- 1 kings 8:28 +. +That thine eyes may be open toward this house night and day, even toward the place of which thou hast said, My name shall be there: that thou mayest hearken unto the prayer which thy servant shall make toward this place. -- 1 kings 8:29 +. +And hearken thou to the supplication of thy servant, and of thy people Israel, when they shall pray toward this place: and hear thou in heaven thy dwelling place: and when thou hearest, forgive. -- 1 kings 8:30 +. +If any man trespass against his neighbor, and an oath be laid upon him to cause him to swear, and the oath come before thine altar in this house: -- 1 kings 8:31 +. +Then hear thou in heaven, and do, and judge thy servants, condemning the wicked, to bring his way upon his head; and justifying the righteous, to give him according to his righteousness. -- 1 kings 8:32 +. +When thy people Israel be smitten down before the enemy, because they have sinned against thee, and shall turn again to thee, and confess thy name, and pray, and make supplication unto thee in this house: -- 1 kings 8:33 +. +Then hear thou in heaven, and forgive the sin of thy people Israel, and bring them again unto the land which thou gavest unto their fathers. -- 1 kings 8:34 +. +When heaven is shut up, and there is no rain, because they have sinned against thee; if they pray toward this place, and confess thy name, and turn from their sin, when thou afflictest them: -- 1 kings 8:35 +. +Then hear thou in heaven, and forgive the sin of thy servants, and of thy people Israel, that thou teach them the good way wherein they should walk, and give rain upon thy land, which thou hast given to thy people for an inheritance. -- 1 kings 8:36 +. +If there be in the land famine, if there be pestilence, blasting, mildew, locust, or if there be caterpillar; if their enemy besiege them in the land of their cities; whatsoever plague, whatsoever sickness there be; -- 1 kings 8:37 +. +What prayer and supplication soever be made by any man, or by all thy people Israel, which shall know every man the plague of his own heart, and spread forth his hands toward this house: -- 1 kings 8:38 +. +Then hear thou in heaven thy dwelling place, and forgive, and do, and give to every man according to his ways, whose heart thou knowest; (for thou, even thou only, knowest the hearts of all the children of men;) -- 1 kings 8:39 +. +That they may fear thee all the days that they live in the land which thou gavest unto our fathers. -- 1 kings 8:40 +. +Moreover concerning a stranger, that is not of thy people Israel, but cometh out of a far country for thy name's sake; -- 1 kings 8:41 +. +(For they shall hear of thy great name, and of thy strong hand, and of thy stretched out arm;) when he shall come and pray toward this house; -- 1 kings 8:42 +. +Hear thou in heaven thy dwelling place, and do according to all that the stranger calleth to thee for: that all people of the earth may know thy name, to fear thee, as do thy people Israel; and that they may know that this house, which I have builded, is called by thy name. -- 1 kings 8:43 +. +If thy people go out to battle against their enemy, whithersoever thou shalt send them, and shall pray unto the LORD toward the city which thou hast chosen, and toward the house that I have built for thy name: -- 1 kings 8:44 +. +Then hear thou in heaven their prayer and their supplication, and maintain their cause. -- 1 kings 8:45 +. +If they sin against thee, (for there is no man that sinneth not,) and thou be angry with them, and deliver them to the enemy, so that they carry them away captives unto the land of the enemy, far or near; -- 1 kings 8:46 +. +Yet if they shall bethink themselves in the land whither they were carried captives, and repent, and make supplication unto thee in the land of them that carried them captives, saying, We have sinned, and have done perversely, we have committed wickedness; -- 1 kings 8:47 +. +And so return unto thee with all their heart, and with all their soul, in the land of their enemies, which led them away captive, and pray unto thee toward their land, which thou gavest unto their fathers, the city which thou hast chosen, and the house which I have built for thy name: -- 1 kings 8:48 +. +Then hear thou their prayer and their supplication in heaven thy dwelling place, and maintain their cause, -- 1 kings 8:49 +. +And forgive thy people that have sinned against thee, and all their transgressions wherein they have transgressed against thee, and give them compassion before them who carried them captive, that they may have compassion on them: -- 1 kings 8:50 +. +For they be thy people, and thine inheritance, which thou broughtest forth out of Egypt, from the midst of the furnace of iron: -- 1 kings 8:51 +. +That thine eyes may be open unto the supplication of thy servant, and unto the supplication of thy people Israel, to hearken unto them in all that they call for unto thee. -- 1 kings 8:52 +. +For thou didst separate them from among all the people of the earth, to be thine inheritance, as thou spakest by the hand of Moses thy servant, when thou broughtest our fathers out of Egypt, O LORD God. -- 1 kings 8:53 +. +And it was so, that when Solomon had made an end of praying all this prayer and supplication unto the LORD, he arose from before the altar of the LORD, from kneeling on his knees with his hands spread up to heaven. -- 1 kings 8:54 +. +And he stood, and blessed all the congregation of Israel with a loud voice, saying, -- 1 kings 8:55 +. +Blessed be the LORD, that hath given rest unto his people Israel, according to all that he promised: there hath not failed one word of all his good promise, which he promised by the hand of Moses his servant. -- 1 kings 8:56 +. +The LORD our God be with us, as he was with our fathers: let him not leave us, nor forsake us: -- 1 kings 8:57 +. +That he may incline our hearts unto him, to walk in all his ways, and to keep his commandments, and his statutes, and his judgments, which he commanded our fathers. -- 1 kings 8:58 +. +And let these my words, wherewith I have made supplication before the LORD, be nigh unto the LORD our God day and night, that he maintain the cause of his servant, and the cause of his people Israel at all times, as the matter shall require: -- 1 kings 8:59 +. +That all the people of the earth may know that the LORD is God, and that there is none else. -- 1 kings 8:60 +. +Let your heart therefore be perfect with the LORD our God, to walk in his statutes, and to keep his commandments, as at this day. -- 1 kings 8:61 +. +And the king, and all Israel with him, offered sacrifice before the LORD. -- 1 kings 8:62 +. +And Solomon offered a sacrifice of peace offerings, which he offered unto the LORD, two and twenty thousand oxen, and an hundred and twenty thousand sheep. So the king and all the children of Israel dedicated the house of the LORD. -- 1 kings 8:63 +. +The same day did the king hallow the middle of the court that was before the house of the LORD: for there he offered burnt offerings, and meat offerings, and the fat of the peace offerings: because the brazen altar that was before the LORD was too little to receive the burnt offerings, and meat offerings, and the fat of the peace offerings. -- 1 kings 8:64 +. +And at that time Solomon held a feast, and all Israel with him, a great congregation, from the entering in of Hamath unto the river of Egypt, before the LORD our God, seven days and seven days, even fourteen days. -- 1 kings 8:65 +. +On the eighth day he sent the people away: and they blessed the king, and went unto their tents joyful and glad of heart for all the goodness that the LORD had done for David his servant, and for Israel his people. -- 1 kings 8:66 +. +And it came to pass, when Solomon had finished the building of the house of the LORD, and the king's house, and all Solomon's desire which he was pleased to do, -- 1 kings 9:1 +. +That the LORD appeared to Solomon the second time, as he had appeared unto him at Gibeon. -- 1 kings 9:2 +. +And the LORD said unto him, I have heard thy prayer and thy supplication, that thou hast made before me: I have hallowed this house, which thou hast built, to put my name there for ever; and mine eyes and mine heart shall be there perpetually. -- 1 kings 9:3 +. +And if thou wilt walk before me, as David thy father walked, in integrity of heart, and in uprightness, to do according to all that I have commanded thee, and wilt keep my statutes and my judgments: -- 1 kings 9:4 +. +Then I will establish the throne of thy kingdom upon Israel for ever, as I promised to David thy father, saying, There shall not fail thee a man upon the throne of Israel. -- 1 kings 9:5 +. +But if ye shall at all turn from following me, ye or your children, and will not keep my commandments and my statutes which I have set before you, but go and serve other gods, and worship them: -- 1 kings 9:6 +. +Then will I cut off Israel out of the land which I have given them; and this house, which I have hallowed for my name, will I cast out of my sight; and Israel shall be a proverb and a byword among all people: -- 1 kings 9:7 +. +And at this house, which is high, every one that passeth by it shall be astonished, and shall hiss; and they shall say, Why hath the LORD done thus unto this land, and to this house? -- 1 kings 9:8 +. +And they shall answer, Because they forsook the LORD their God, who brought forth their fathers out of the land of Egypt, and have taken hold upon other gods, and have worshipped them, and served them: therefore hath the LORD brought upon them all this evil. -- 1 kings 9:9 +. +And it came to pass at the end of twenty years, when Solomon had built the two houses, the house of the LORD, and the king's house, -- 1 kings 9:10 +. +(Now Hiram the king of Tyre had furnished Solomon with cedar trees and fir trees, and with gold, according to all his desire,) that then king Solomon gave Hiram twenty cities in the land of Galilee. -- 1 kings 9:11 +. +And Hiram came out from Tyre to see the cities which Solomon had given him; and they pleased him not. -- 1 kings 9:12 +. +And he said, What cities are these which thou hast given me, my brother? And he called them the land of Cabul unto this day. -- 1 kings 9:13 +. +And Hiram sent to the king sixscore talents of gold. -- 1 kings 9:14 +. +And this is the reason of the levy which king Solomon raised; for to build the house of the LORD, and his own house, and Millo, and the wall of Jerusalem, and Hazor, and Megiddo, and Gezer. -- 1 kings 9:15 +. +For Pharaoh king of Egypt had gone up, and taken Gezer, and burnt it with fire, and slain the Canaanites that dwelt in the city, and given it for a present unto his daughter, Solomon's wife. -- 1 kings 9:16 +. +And Solomon built Gezer, and Bethhoron the nether, -- 1 kings 9:17 +. +And Baalath, and Tadmor in the wilderness, in the land, -- 1 kings 9:18 +. +And all the cities of store that Solomon had, and cities for his chariots, and cities for his horsemen, and that which Solomon desired to build in Jerusalem, and in Lebanon, and in all the land of his dominion. -- 1 kings 9:19 +. +And all the people that were left of the Amorites, Hittites, Perizzites, Hivites, and Jebusites, which were not of the children of Israel, -- 1 kings 9:20 +. +Their children that were left after them in the land, whom the children of Israel also were not able utterly to destroy, upon those did Solomon levy a tribute of bondservice unto this day. -- 1 kings 9:21 +. +But of the children of Israel did Solomon make no bondmen: but they were men of war, and his servants, and his princes, and his captains, and rulers of his chariots, and his horsemen. -- 1 kings 9:22 +. +These were the chief of the officers that were over Solomon's work, five hundred and fifty, which bare rule over the people that wrought in the work. -- 1 kings 9:23 +. +But Pharaoh's daughter came up out of the city of David unto her house which Solomon had built for her: then did he build Millo. -- 1 kings 9:24 +. +And three times in a year did Solomon offer burnt offerings and peace offerings upon the altar which he built unto the LORD, and he burnt incense upon the altar that was before the LORD. So he finished the house. -- 1 kings 9:25 +. +And king Solomon made a navy of ships in Eziongeber, which is beside Eloth, on the shore of the Red sea, in the land of Edom. -- 1 kings 9:26 +. +And Hiram sent in the navy his servants, shipmen that had knowledge of the sea, with the servants of Solomon. -- 1 kings 9:27 +. +And they came to Ophir, and fetched from thence gold, four hundred and twenty talents, and brought it to king Solomon. -- 1 kings 9:28 +. +And when the queen of Sheba heard of the fame of Solomon concerning the name of the LORD, she came to prove him with hard questions. -- 1 kings 10:1 +. +And she came to Jerusalem with a very great train, with camels that bare spices, and very much gold, and precious stones: and when she was come to Solomon, she communed with him of all that was in her heart. -- 1 kings 10:2 +. +And Solomon told her all her questions: there was not any thing hid from the king, which he told her not. -- 1 kings 10:3 +. +And when the queen of Sheba had seen all Solomon's wisdom, and the house that he had built, -- 1 kings 10:4 +. +And the meat of his table, and the sitting of his servants, and the attendance of his ministers, and their apparel, and his cupbearers, and his ascent by which he went up unto the house of the LORD; there was no more spirit in her. -- 1 kings 10:5 +. +And she said to the king, It was a true report that I heard in mine own land of thy acts and of thy wisdom. -- 1 kings 10:6 +. +Howbeit I believed not the words, until I came, and mine eyes had seen it: and, behold, the half was not told me: thy wisdom and prosperity exceedeth the fame which I heard. -- 1 kings 10:7 +. +Happy are thy men, happy are these thy servants, which stand continually before thee, and that hear thy wisdom. -- 1 kings 10:8 +. +Blessed be the LORD thy God, which delighted in thee, to set thee on the throne of Israel: because the LORD loved Israel for ever, therefore made he thee king, to do judgment and justice. -- 1 kings 10:9 +. +And she gave the king an hundred and twenty talents of gold, and of spices very great store, and precious stones: there came no more such abundance of spices as these which the queen of Sheba gave to king Solomon. -- 1 kings 10:10 +. +And the navy also of Hiram, that brought gold from Ophir, brought in from Ophir great plenty of almug trees, and precious stones. -- 1 kings 10:11 +. +And the king made of the almug trees pillars for the house of the LORD, and for the king's house, harps also and psalteries for singers: there came no such almug trees, nor were seen unto this day. -- 1 kings 10:12 +. +And king Solomon gave unto the queen of Sheba all her desire, whatsoever she asked, beside that which Solomon gave her of his royal bounty. So she turned and went to her own country, she and her servants. -- 1 kings 10:13 +. +Now the weight of gold that came to Solomon in one year was six hundred threescore and six talents of gold, -- 1 kings 10:14 +. +Beside that he had of the merchantmen, and of the traffic of the spice merchants, and of all the kings of Arabia, and of the governors of the country. -- 1 kings 10:15 +. +And king Solomon made two hundred targets of beaten gold: six hundred shekels of gold went to one target. -- 1 kings 10:16 +. +And he made three hundred shields of beaten gold; three pound of gold went to one shield: and the king put them in the house of the forest of Lebanon. -- 1 kings 10:17 +. +Moreover the king made a great throne of ivory, and overlaid it with the best gold. -- 1 kings 10:18 +. +The throne had six steps, and the top of the throne was round behind: and there were stays on either side on the place of the seat, and two lions stood beside the stays. -- 1 kings 10:19 +. +And twelve lions stood there on the one side and on the other upon the six steps: there was not the like made in any kingdom. -- 1 kings 10:20 +. +And 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. -- 1 kings 10:21 +. +For the king had at sea a navy of Tharshish with the navy of Hiram: once in three years came the navy of Tharshish, bringing gold, and silver, ivory, and apes, and peacocks. -- 1 kings 10:22 +. +So king Solomon exceeded all the kings of the earth for riches and for wisdom. -- 1 kings 10:23 +. +And all the earth sought to Solomon, to hear his wisdom, which God had put in his heart. -- 1 kings 10:24 +. +And they brought every man his present, vessels of silver, and vessels of gold, and garments, and armor, and spices, horses, and mules, a rate year by year. -- 1 kings 10:25 +. +And Solomon gathered together chariots and horsemen: and he had a thousand and four hundred chariots, and twelve thousand horsemen, whom he bestowed in the cities for chariots, and with the king at Jerusalem. -- 1 kings 10:26 +. +And the king made silver to be in Jerusalem as stones, and cedars made he to be as the sycamore trees that are in the vale, for abundance. -- 1 kings 10:27 +. +And Solomon had horses brought out of Egypt, and linen yarn: the king's merchants received the linen yarn at a price. -- 1 kings 10:28 +. +And a chariot came up and went out of Egypt for six hundred shekels of silver, and an horse for an hundred and fifty: and so for all the kings of the Hittites, and for the kings of Syria, did they bring them out by their means. -- 1 kings 10:29 +. +But king Solomon loved many strange women, together with the daughter of Pharaoh, women of the Moabites, Ammonites, Edomites, Zidonians, and Hittites: -- 1 kings 11:1 +. +Of the nations concerning which the LORD said unto the children of Israel, Ye shall not go in to them, neither shall they come in unto you: for surely they will turn away your heart after their gods: Solomon clave unto these in love. -- 1 kings 11:2 +. +And he had seven hundred wives, princesses, and three hundred concubines: and his wives turned away his heart. -- 1 kings 11:3 +. +For it came to pass, when Solomon was old, that his wives turned away his heart after other gods: and his heart was not perfect with the LORD his God, as was the heart of David his father. -- 1 kings 11:4 +. +For Solomon went after Ashtoreth the goddess of the Zidonians, and after Milcom the abomination of the Ammonites. -- 1 kings 11:5 +. +And Solomon did evil in the sight of the LORD, and went not fully after the LORD, as did David his father. -- 1 kings 11:6 +. +Then did Solomon build an high place for Chemosh, the abomination of Moab, in the hill that is before Jerusalem, and for Molech, the abomination of the children of Ammon. -- 1 kings 11:7 +. +And likewise did he for all his strange wives, which burnt incense and sacrificed unto their gods. -- 1 kings 11:8 +. +And the LORD was angry with Solomon, because his heart was turned from the LORD God of Israel, which had appeared unto him twice, -- 1 kings 11:9 +. +And had commanded him concerning this thing, that he should not go after other gods: but he kept not that which the LORD commanded. -- 1 kings 11:10 +. +Wherefore the LORD said unto Solomon, Forasmuch as this is done of thee, and thou hast not kept my covenant and my statutes, which I have commanded thee, I will surely rend the kingdom from thee, and will give it to thy servant. -- 1 kings 11:11 +. +Notwithstanding in thy days I will not do it for David thy father's sake: but I will rend it out of the hand of thy son. -- 1 kings 11:12 +. +Howbeit I will not rend away all the kingdom; but will give one tribe to thy son for David my servant's sake, and for Jerusalem's sake which I have chosen. -- 1 kings 11:13 +. +And the LORD stirred up an adversary unto Solomon, Hadad the Edomite: he was of the king's seed in Edom. -- 1 kings 11:14 +. +For it came to pass, when David was in Edom, and Joab the captain of the host was gone up to bury the slain, after he had smitten every male in Edom; -- 1 kings 11:15 +. +(For six months did Joab remain there with all Israel, until he had cut off every male in Edom:) -- 1 kings 11:16 +. +That Hadad fled, he and certain Edomites of his father's servants with him, to go into Egypt; Hadad being yet a little child. -- 1 kings 11:17 +. +And they arose out of Midian, and came to Paran: and they took men with them out of Paran, and they came to Egypt, unto Pharaoh king of Egypt; which gave him an house, and appointed him victuals, and gave him land. -- 1 kings 11:18 +. +And Hadad found great favor in the sight of Pharaoh, so that he gave him to wife the sister of his own wife, the sister of Tahpenes the queen. -- 1 kings 11:19 +. +And the sister of Tahpenes bare him Genubath his son, whom Tahpenes weaned in Pharaoh's house: and Genubath was in Pharaoh's household among the sons of Pharaoh. -- 1 kings 11:20 +. +And when Hadad heard in Egypt that David slept with his fathers, and that Joab the captain of the host was dead, Hadad said to Pharaoh, Let me depart, that I may go to mine own country. -- 1 kings 11:21 +. +Then Pharaoh said unto him, But what hast thou lacked with me, that, behold, thou seekest to go to thine own country? And he answered, Nothing: howbeit let me go in any wise. -- 1 kings 11:22 +. +And God stirred him up another adversary, Rezon the son of Eliadah, which fled from his lord Hadadezer king of Zobah: -- 1 kings 11:23 +. +And he gathered men unto him, and became captain over a band, when David slew them of Zobah: and they went to Damascus, and dwelt therein, and reigned in Damascus. -- 1 kings 11:24 +. +And he was an adversary to Israel all the days of Solomon, beside the mischief that Hadad did: and he abhorred Israel, and reigned over Syria. -- 1 kings 11:25 +. +And Jeroboam the son of Nebat, an Ephrathite of Zereda, Solomon's servant, whose mother's name was Zeruah, a widow woman, even he lifted up his hand against the king. -- 1 kings 11:26 +. +And this was the cause that he lifted up his hand against the king: Solomon built Millo, and repaired the breaches of the city of David his father. -- 1 kings 11:27 +. +And the man Jeroboam was a mighty man of valor: and Solomon seeing the young man that he was industrious, he made him ruler over all the charge of the house of Joseph. -- 1 kings 11:28 +. +And it came to pass at that time when Jeroboam went out of Jerusalem, that the prophet Ahijah the Shilonite found him in the way; and he had clad himself with a new garment; and they two were alone in the field: -- 1 kings 11:29 +. +And Ahijah caught the new garment that was on him, and rent it in twelve pieces: -- 1 kings 11:30 +. +And he said to Jeroboam, Take thee ten pieces: for thus saith the LORD, the God of Israel, Behold, I will rend the kingdom out of the hand of Solomon, and will give ten tribes to thee: -- 1 kings 11:31 +. +(But he shall have one tribe for my servant David's sake, and for Jerusalem's sake, the city which I have chosen out of all the tribes of Israel:) -- 1 kings 11:32 +. +Because that they have forsaken me, and have worshipped Ashtoreth the goddess of the Zidonians, Chemosh the god of the Moabites, and Milcom the god of the children of Ammon, and have not walked in my ways, to do that which is right in mine eyes, and to keep my statutes and my judgments, as did David his father. -- 1 kings 11:33 +. +Howbeit I will not take the whole kingdom out of his hand: but I will make him prince all the days of his life for David my servant's sake, whom I chose, because he kept my commandments and my statutes: -- 1 kings 11:34 +. +But I will take the kingdom out of his son's hand, and will give it unto thee, even ten tribes. -- 1 kings 11:35 +. +And unto his son will I give one tribe, that David my servant may have a light alway before me in Jerusalem, the city which I have chosen me to put my name there. -- 1 kings 11:36 +. +And I will take thee, and thou shalt reign according to all that thy soul desireth, and shalt be king over Israel. -- 1 kings 11:37 +. +And it shall be, if thou wilt hearken unto all that I command thee, and wilt walk in my ways, and do that is right in my sight, to keep my statutes and my commandments, as David my servant did; that I will be with thee, and build thee a sure house, as I built for David, and will give Israel unto thee. -- 1 kings 11:38 +. +And I will for this afflict the seed of David, but not for ever. -- 1 kings 11:39 +. +Solomon sought therefore to kill Jeroboam. And Jeroboam arose, and fled into Egypt, unto Shishak king of Egypt, and was in Egypt until the death of Solomon. -- 1 kings 11:40 +. +And the rest of the acts of Solomon, and all that he did, and his wisdom, are they not written in the book of the acts of Solomon? -- 1 kings 11:41 +. +And the time that Solomon reigned in Jerusalem over all Israel was forty years. -- 1 kings 11:42 +. +And Solomon slept with his fathers, and was buried in the city of David his father: and Rehoboam his son reigned in his stead. -- 1 kings 11:43 +. +And Rehoboam went to Shechem: for all Israel were come to Shechem to make him king. -- 1 kings 12:1 +. +And it came to pass, when Jeroboam the son of Nebat, who was yet in Egypt, heard of it, (for he was fled from the presence of king Solomon, and Jeroboam dwelt in Egypt;) -- 1 kings 12:2 +. +That they sent and called him. And Jeroboam and all the congregation of Israel came, and spake unto Rehoboam, saying, -- 1 kings 12:3 +. +Thy father made our yoke grievous: now therefore make thou the grievous service of thy father, and his heavy yoke which he put upon us, lighter, and we will serve thee. -- 1 kings 12:4 +. +And he said unto them, Depart yet for three days, then come again to me. And the people departed. -- 1 kings 12:5 +. +And king Rehoboam consulted with the old men, that stood before Solomon his father while he yet lived, and said, How do ye advise that I may answer this people? -- 1 kings 12:6 +. +And they spake unto him, saying, If thou wilt be a servant unto this people this day, and wilt serve them, and answer them, and speak good words to them, then they will be thy servants for ever. -- 1 kings 12:7 +. +But he forsook the counsel of the old men, which they had given him, and consulted with the young men that were grown up with him, and which stood before him: -- 1 kings 12:8 +. +And he said unto them, What counsel give ye that we may answer this people, who have spoken to me, saying, Make the yoke which thy father did put upon us lighter? -- 1 kings 12:9 +. +And the young men that were grown up with him spake unto him, saying, Thus shalt thou speak unto this people that spake unto thee, saying, Thy father made our yoke heavy, but make thou it lighter unto us; thus shalt thou say unto them, My little finger shall be thicker than my father's loins. -- 1 kings 12:10 +. +And now whereas my father did lade you with a heavy yoke, I will add to your yoke: my father hath chastised you with whips, but I will chastise you with scorpions. -- 1 kings 12:11 +. +So Jeroboam and all the people came to Rehoboam the third day, as the king had appointed, saying, Come to me again the third day. -- 1 kings 12:12 +. +And the king answered the people roughly, and forsook the old men's counsel that they gave him; -- 1 kings 12:13 +. +And spake to them after the counsel of the young men, saying, My father made your yoke heavy, and I will add to your yoke: my father also chastised you with whips, but I will chastise you with scorpions. -- 1 kings 12:14 +. +Wherefore the king hearkened not unto the people; for the cause was from the LORD, that he might perform his saying, which the LORD spake by Ahijah the Shilonite unto Jeroboam the son of Nebat. -- 1 kings 12:15 +. +So when all Israel saw that the king hearkened not unto them, the people answered the king, saying, What portion have we in David? neither have we inheritance in the son of Jesse: to your tents, O Israel: now see to thine own house, David. So Israel departed unto their tents. -- 1 kings 12:16 +. +But as for the children of Israel which dwelt in the cities of Judah, Rehoboam reigned over them. -- 1 kings 12:17 +. +Then king Rehoboam sent Adoram, who was over the tribute; and all Israel stoned him with stones, that he died. Therefore king Rehoboam made speed to get him up to his chariot, to flee to Jerusalem. -- 1 kings 12:18 +. +So Israel rebelled against the house of David unto this day. -- 1 kings 12:19 +. +And it came to pass, when all Israel heard that Jeroboam was come again, that they sent and called him unto the congregation, and made him king over all Israel: there was none that followed the house of David, but the tribe of Judah only. -- 1 kings 12:20 +. +And when Rehoboam was come to Jerusalem, he assembled all the house of Judah, with the tribe of Benjamin, an hundred and fourscore thousand chosen men, which were warriors, to fight against the house of Israel, to bring the kingdom again to Rehoboam the son of Solomon. -- 1 kings 12:21 +. +But the word of God came unto Shemaiah the man of God, saying, -- 1 kings 12:22 +. +Speak unto Rehoboam, the son of Solomon, king of Judah, and unto all the house of Judah and Benjamin, and to the remnant of the people, saying, -- 1 kings 12:23 +. +Thus saith the LORD, Ye shall not go up, nor fight against your brethren the children of Israel: return every man to his house; for this thing is from me. They hearkened therefore to the word of the LORD, and returned to depart, according to the word of the LORD. -- 1 kings 12:24 +. +Then Jeroboam built Shechem in mount Ephraim, and dwelt therein; and went out from thence, and built Penuel. -- 1 kings 12:25 +. +And Jeroboam said in his heart, Now shall the kingdom return to the house of David: -- 1 kings 12:26 +. +If this people go up to do sacrifice in the house of the LORD at Jerusalem, then shall the heart of this people turn again unto their lord, even unto Rehoboam king of Judah, and they shall kill me, and go again to Rehoboam king of Judah. -- 1 kings 12:27 +. +Whereupon the king took counsel, and made two calves of gold, and said unto them, It is too much for you to go up to Jerusalem: behold thy gods, O Israel, which brought thee up out of the land of Egypt. -- 1 kings 12:28 +. +And he set the one in Bethel, and the other put he in Dan. -- 1 kings 12:29 +. +And this thing became a sin: for the people went to worship before the one, even unto Dan. -- 1 kings 12:30 +. +And he made an house of high places, and made priests of the lowest of the people, which were not of the sons of Levi. -- 1 kings 12:31 +. +And Jeroboam ordained a feast in the eighth month, on the fifteenth day of the month, like unto the feast that is in Judah, and he offered upon the altar. So did he in Bethel, sacrificing unto the calves that he had made: and he placed in Bethel the priests of the high places which he had made. -- 1 kings 12:32 +. +So he offered upon the altar which he had made in Bethel the fifteenth day of the eighth month, even in the month which he had devised of his own heart; and ordained a feast unto the children of Israel: and he offered upon the altar, and burnt incense. -- 1 kings 12:33 +. +And, behold, there came a man of God out of Judah by the word of the LORD unto Bethel: and Jeroboam stood by the altar to burn incense. -- 1 kings 13:1 +. +And he cried against the altar in the word of the LORD, and said, O altar, altar, thus saith the LORD; Behold, a child shall be born unto the house of David, Josiah by name; and upon thee shall he offer the priests of the high places that burn incense upon thee, and men's bones shall be burnt upon thee. -- 1 kings 13:2 +. +And he gave a sign the same day, saying, This is the sign which the LORD hath spoken; Behold, the altar shall be rent, and the ashes that are upon it shall be poured out. -- 1 kings 13:3 +. +And it came to pass, when king Jeroboam heard the saying of the man of God, which had cried against the altar in Bethel, that he put forth his hand from the altar, saying, Lay hold on him. And his hand, which he put forth against him, dried up, so that he could not pull it in again to him. -- 1 kings 13:4 +. +The altar also was rent, and the ashes poured out from the altar, according to the sign which the man of God had given by the word of the LORD. -- 1 kings 13:5 +. +And the king answered and said unto the man of God, Entreat now the face of the LORD thy God, and pray for me, that my hand may be restored me again. And the man of God besought the LORD, and the king's hand was restored him again, and became as it was before. -- 1 kings 13:6 +. +And the king said unto the man of God, Come home with me, and refresh thyself, and I will give thee a reward. -- 1 kings 13:7 +. +And the man of God said unto the king, If thou wilt give me half thine house, I will not go in with thee, neither will I eat bread nor drink water in this place: -- 1 kings 13:8 +. +For so was it charged me by the word of the LORD, saying, Eat no bread, nor drink water, nor turn again by the same way that thou camest. -- 1 kings 13:9 +. +So he went another way, and returned not by the way that he came to Bethel. -- 1 kings 13:10 +. +Now there dwelt an old prophet in Bethel; and his sons came and told him all the works that the man of God had done that day in Bethel: the words which he had spoken unto the king, them they told also to their father. -- 1 kings 13:11 +. +And their father said unto them, What way went he? For his sons had seen what way the man of God went, which came from Judah. -- 1 kings 13:12 +. +And he said unto his sons, Saddle me the ass. So they saddled him the ass: and he rode thereon, -- 1 kings 13:13 +. +And went after the man of God, and found him sitting under an oak: and he said unto him, Art thou the man of God that camest from Judah? And he said, I am. -- 1 kings 13:14 +. +Then he said unto him, Come home with me, and eat bread. -- 1 kings 13:15 +. +And he said, I may not return with thee, nor go in with thee: neither will I eat bread nor drink water with thee in this place: -- 1 kings 13:16 +. +For it was said to me by the word of the LORD, Thou shalt eat no bread nor drink water there, nor turn again to go by the way that thou camest. -- 1 kings 13:17 +. +He said unto him, I am a prophet also as thou art; and an angel spake unto me by the word of the LORD, saying, Bring him back with thee into thine house, that he may eat bread and drink water. But he lied unto him. -- 1 kings 13:18 +. +So he went back with him, and did eat bread in his house, and drank water. -- 1 kings 13:19 +. +And it came to pass, as they sat at the table, that the word of the LORD came unto the prophet that brought him back: -- 1 kings 13:20 +. +And he cried unto the man of God that came from Judah, saying, Thus saith the LORD, Forasmuch as thou hast disobeyed the mouth of the LORD, and hast not kept the commandment which the LORD thy God commanded thee, -- 1 kings 13:21 +. +But camest back, and hast eaten bread and drunk water in the place, of the which the Lord did say to thee, Eat no bread, and drink no water; thy carcass shall not come unto the sepulchre of thy fathers. -- 1 kings 13:22 +. +And it came to pass, after he had eaten bread, and after he had drunk, that he saddled for him the ass, to wit, for the prophet whom he had brought back. -- 1 kings 13:23 +. +And when he was gone, a lion met him by the way, and slew him: and his carcass was cast in the way, and the ass stood by it, the lion also stood by the carcass. -- 1 kings 13:24 +. +And, behold, men passed by, and saw the carcass cast in the way, and the lion standing by the carcass: and they came and told it in the city where the old prophet dwelt. -- 1 kings 13:25 +. +And when the prophet that brought him back from the way heard thereof, he said, It is the man of God, who was disobedient unto the word of the LORD: therefore the LORD hath delivered him unto the lion, which hath torn him, and slain him, according to the word of the LORD, which he spake unto him. -- 1 kings 13:26 +. +And he spake to his sons, saying, Saddle me the ass. And they saddled him. -- 1 kings 13:27 +. +And he went and found his carcass cast in the way, and the ass and the lion standing by the carcass: the lion had not eaten the carcass, nor torn the ass. -- 1 kings 13:28 +. +And the prophet took up the carcass of the man of God, and laid it upon the ass, and brought it back: and the old prophet came to the city, to mourn and to bury him. -- 1 kings 13:29 +. +And he laid his carcass in his own grave; and they mourned over him, saying, Alas, my brother! -- 1 kings 13:30 +. +And it came to pass, after he had buried him, that he spake to his sons, saying, When I am dead, then bury me in the sepulchre wherein the man of God is buried; lay my bones beside his bones: -- 1 kings 13:31 +. +For the saying which he cried by the word of the LORD against the altar in Bethel, and against all the houses of the high places which are in the cities of Samaria, shall surely come to pass. -- 1 kings 13:32 +. +After this thing Jeroboam returned not from his evil way, but made again of the lowest of the people priests of the high places: whosoever would, he consecrated him, and he became one of the priests of the high places. -- 1 kings 13:33 +. +And this thing became sin unto the house of Jeroboam, even to cut it off, and to destroy it from off the face of the earth. -- 1 kings 13:34 +. +At that time Abijah the son of Jeroboam fell sick. -- 1 kings 14:1 +. +And Jeroboam said to his wife, Arise, I pray thee, and disguise thyself, that thou be not known to be the wife of Jeroboam; and get thee to Shiloh: behold, there is Ahijah the prophet, which told me that I should be king over this people. -- 1 kings 14:2 +. +And take with thee ten loaves, and cracknels, and a cruse of honey, and go to him: he shall tell thee what shall become of the child. -- 1 kings 14:3 +. +And Jeroboam's wife did so, and arose, and went to Shiloh, and came to the house of Ahijah. But Ahijah could not see; for his eyes were set by reason of his age. -- 1 kings 14:4 +. +And the LORD said unto Ahijah, Behold, the wife of Jeroboam cometh to ask a thing of thee for her son; for he is sick: thus and thus shalt thou say unto her: for it shall be, when she cometh in, that she shall feign herself to be another woman. -- 1 kings 14:5 +. +And it was so, when Ahijah heard the sound of her feet, as she came in at the door, that he said, Come in, thou wife of Jeroboam; why feignest thou thyself to be another? for I am sent to thee with heavy tidings. -- 1 kings 14:6 +. +Go, tell Jeroboam, Thus saith the LORD God of Israel, Forasmuch as I exalted thee from among the people, and made thee prince over my people Israel, -- 1 kings 14:7 +. +And rent the kingdom away from the house of David, and gave it thee: and yet thou hast not been as my servant David, who kept my commandments, and who followed me with all his heart, to do that only which was right in mine eyes; -- 1 kings 14:8 +. +But hast done evil above all that were before thee: for thou hast gone and made thee other gods, and molten images, to provoke me to anger, and hast cast me behind thy back: -- 1 kings 14:9 +. +Therefore, behold, I will bring evil upon the house of Jeroboam, and will cut off from Jeroboam him that pisseth against the wall, and him that is shut up and left in Israel, and will take away the remnant of the house of Jeroboam, as a man taketh away dung, till it be all gone. -- 1 kings 14:10 +. +Him that dieth of Jeroboam in the city shall the dogs eat; and him that dieth in the field shall the fowls of the air eat: for the LORD hath spoken it. -- 1 kings 14:11 +. +Arise thou therefore, get thee to thine own house: and when thy feet enter into the city, the child shall die. -- 1 kings 14:12 +. +And all Israel shall mourn for him, and bury him: for he only of Jeroboam shall come to the grave, because in him there is found some good thing toward the LORD God of Israel in the house of Jeroboam. -- 1 kings 14:13 +. +Moreover the LORD shall raise him up a king over Israel, who shall cut off the house of Jeroboam that day: but what? even now. -- 1 kings 14:14 +. +For the LORD shall smite Israel, as a reed is shaken in the water, and he shall root up Israel out of this good land, which he gave to their fathers, and shall scatter them beyond the river, because they have made their groves, provoking the LORD to anger. -- 1 kings 14:15 +. +And he shall give Israel up because of the sins of Jeroboam, who did sin, and who made Israel to sin. -- 1 kings 14:16 +. +And Jeroboam's wife arose, and departed, and came to Tirzah: and when she came to the threshold of the door, the child died; -- 1 kings 14:17 +. +And they buried him; and all Israel mourned for him, according to the word of the LORD, which he spake by the hand of his servant Ahijah the prophet. -- 1 kings 14:18 +. +And the rest of the acts of Jeroboam, how he warred, and how he reigned, behold, they are written in the book of the chronicles of the kings of Israel. -- 1 kings 14:19 +. +And the days which Jeroboam reigned were two and twenty years: and he slept with his fathers, and Nadab his son reigned in his stead. -- 1 kings 14:20 +. +And Rehoboam the son of Solomon reigned in Judah. Rehoboam was forty and one years old when he began to reign, and he reigned seventeen years in Jerusalem, the city which the LORD did choose out of all the tribes of Israel, to put his name there. And his mother's name was Naamah an Ammonitess. -- 1 kings 14:21 +. +And Judah did evil in the sight of the LORD, and they provoked him to jealousy with their sins which they had committed, above all that their fathers had done. -- 1 kings 14:22 +. +For they also built them high places, and images, and groves, on every high hill, and under every green tree. -- 1 kings 14:23 +. +And there were also sodomites in the land: and they did according to all the abominations of the nations which the LORD cast out before the children of Israel. -- 1 kings 14:24 +. +And it came to pass in the fifth year of king Rehoboam, that Shishak king of Egypt came up against Jerusalem: -- 1 kings 14:25 +. +And he took away the treasures of the house of the LORD, and the treasures of the king's house; he even took away all: and he took away all the shields of gold which Solomon had made. -- 1 kings 14:26 +. +And king Rehoboam made in their stead brazen shields, and committed them unto the hands of the chief of the guard, which kept the door of the king's house. -- 1 kings 14:27 +. +And it was so, when the king went into the house of the LORD, that the guard bare them, and brought them back into the guard chamber. -- 1 kings 14:28 +. +Now the rest of the acts of Rehoboam, and all that he did, are they not written in the book of the chronicles of the kings of Judah? -- 1 kings 14:29 +. +And there was war between Rehoboam and Jeroboam all their days. -- 1 kings 14:30 +. +And Rehoboam slept with his fathers, and was buried with his fathers in the city of David. And his mother's name was Naamah an Ammonitess. And Abijam his son reigned in his stead. -- 1 kings 14:31 +. +Now in the eighteenth year of king Jeroboam the son of Nebat reigned Abijam over Judah. -- 1 kings 15:1 +. +Three years reigned he in Jerusalem. and his mother's name was Maachah, the daughter of Abishalom. -- 1 kings 15:2 +. +And he walked in all the sins of his father, which he had done before him: and his heart was not perfect with the LORD his God, as the heart of David his father. -- 1 kings 15:3 +. +Nevertheless for David's sake did the LORD his God give him a lamp in Jerusalem, to set up his son after him, and to establish Jerusalem: -- 1 kings 15:4 +. +Because David did that which was right in the eyes of the LORD, and turned not aside from any thing that he commanded him all the days of his life, save only in the matter of Uriah the Hittite. -- 1 kings 15:5 +. +And there was war between Rehoboam and Jeroboam all the days of his life. -- 1 kings 15:6 +. +Now the rest of the acts of Abijam, and all that he did, are they not written in the book of the chronicles of the kings of Judah? And there was war between Abijam and Jeroboam. -- 1 kings 15:7 +. +And Abijam slept with his fathers; and they buried him in the city of David: and Asa his son reigned in his stead. -- 1 kings 15:8 +. +And in the twentieth year of Jeroboam king of Israel reigned Asa over Judah. -- 1 kings 15:9 +. +And forty and one years reigned he in Jerusalem. And his mother's name was Maachah, the daughter of Abishalom. -- 1 kings 15:10 +. +And Asa did that which was right in the eyes of the LORD, as did David his father. -- 1 kings 15:11 +. +And he took away the sodomites out of the land, and removed all the idols that his fathers had made. -- 1 kings 15:12 +. +And also Maachah his mother, even her he removed from being queen, because she had made an idol in a grove; and Asa destroyed her idol, and burnt it by the brook Kidron. -- 1 kings 15:13 +. +But the high places were not removed: nevertheless Asa's heart was perfect with the LORD all his days. -- 1 kings 15:14 +. +And he brought in the things which his father had dedicated, and the things which himself had dedicated, into the house of the LORD, silver, and gold, and vessels. -- 1 kings 15:15 +. +And there was war between Asa and Baasha king of Israel all their days. -- 1 kings 15:16 +. +And Baasha king of Israel went up against Judah, and built Ramah, that he might not suffer any to go out or come in to Asa king of Judah. -- 1 kings 15:17 +. +Then Asa took all the silver and the gold that were left in the treasures of the house of the LORD, and the treasures of the king's house, and delivered them into the hand of his servants: and king Asa sent them to Benhadad, the son of Tabrimon, the son of Hezion, king of Syria, that dwelt at Damascus, saying, -- 1 kings 15:18 +. +There is a league between me and thee, and between my father and thy father: behold, I have sent unto thee a present of silver and gold; come and break thy league with Baasha king of Israel, that he may depart from me. -- 1 kings 15:19 +. +So Benhadad hearkened unto king Asa, and sent the captains of the hosts which he had against the cities of Israel, and smote Ijon, and Dan, and Abelbethmaachah, and all Cinneroth, with all the land of Naphtali. -- 1 kings 15:20 +. +And it came to pass, when Baasha heard thereof, that he left off building of Ramah, and dwelt in Tirzah. -- 1 kings 15:21 +. +Then king Asa made a proclamation throughout all Judah; none was exempted: and they took away the stones of Ramah, and the timber thereof, wherewith Baasha had builded; and king Asa built with them Geba of Benjamin, and Mizpah. -- 1 kings 15:22 +. +The rest of all the acts of Asa, and all his might, and all that he did, and the cities which he built, are they not written in the book of the chronicles of the kings of Judah? Nevertheless in the time of his old age he was diseased in his feet. -- 1 kings 15:23 +. +And Asa slept with his fathers, and was buried with his fathers in the city of David his father: and Jehoshaphat his son reigned in his stead. -- 1 kings 15:24 +. +And Nadab the son of Jeroboam began to reign over Israel in the second year of Asa king of Judah, and reigned over Israel two years. -- 1 kings 15:25 +. +And he did evil in the sight of the LORD, and walked in the way of his father, and in his sin wherewith he made Israel to sin. -- 1 kings 15:26 +. +And Baasha the son of Ahijah, of the house of Issachar, conspired against him; and Baasha smote him at Gibbethon, which belonged to the Philistines; for Nadab and all Israel laid siege to Gibbethon. -- 1 kings 15:27 +. +Even in the third year of Asa king of Judah did Baasha slay him, and reigned in his stead. -- 1 kings 15:28 +. +And it came to pass, when he reigned, that he smote all the house of Jeroboam; he left not to Jeroboam any that breathed, until he had destroyed him, according unto the saying of the LORD, which he spake by his servant Ahijah the Shilonite: -- 1 kings 15:29 +. +Because of the sins of Jeroboam which he sinned, and which he made Israel sin, by his provocation wherewith he provoked the LORD God of Israel to anger. -- 1 kings 15:30 +. +Now the rest of the acts of Nadab, and all that he did, are they not written in the book of the chronicles of the kings of Israel? -- 1 kings 15:31 +. +And there was war between Asa and Baasha king of Israel all their days. -- 1 kings 15:32 +. +In the third year of Asa king of Judah began Baasha the son of Ahijah to reign over all Israel in Tirzah, twenty and four years. -- 1 kings 15:33 +. +And he did evil in the sight of the LORD, and walked in the way of Jeroboam, and in his sin wherewith he made Israel to sin. -- 1 kings 15:34 +. +Then the word of the LORD came to Jehu the son of Hanani against Baasha, saying, -- 1 kings 16:1 +. +Forasmuch as I exalted thee out of the dust, and made thee prince over my people Israel; and thou hast walked in the way of Jeroboam, and hast made my people Israel to sin, to provoke me to anger with their sins; -- 1 kings 16:2 +. +Behold, I will take away the posterity of Baasha, and the posterity of his house; and will make thy house like the house of Jeroboam the son of Nebat. -- 1 kings 16:3 +. +Him that dieth of Baasha in the city shall the dogs eat; and him that dieth of his in the fields shall the fowls of the air eat. -- 1 kings 16:4 +. +Now the rest of the acts of Baasha, and what he did, and his might, are they not written in the book of the chronicles of the kings of Israel? -- 1 kings 16:5 +. +So Baasha slept with his fathers, and was buried in Tirzah: and Elah his son reigned in his stead. -- 1 kings 16:6 +. +And also by the hand of the prophet Jehu the son of Hanani came the word of the LORD against Baasha, and against his house, even for all the evil that he did in the sight of the LORD, in provoking him to anger with the work of his hands, in being like the house of Jeroboam; and because he killed him. -- 1 kings 16:7 +. +In the twenty and sixth year of Asa king of Judah began Elah the son of Baasha to reign over Israel in Tirzah, two years. -- 1 kings 16:8 +. +And his servant Zimri, captain of half his chariots, conspired against him, as he was in Tirzah, drinking himself drunk in the house of Arza steward of his house in Tirzah. -- 1 kings 16:9 +. +And Zimri went in and smote him, and killed him, in the twenty and seventh year of Asa king of Judah, and reigned in his stead. -- 1 kings 16:10 +. +And it came to pass, when he began to reign, as soon as he sat on his throne, that he slew all the house of Baasha: he left him not one that pisseth against a wall, neither of his kinsfolk, nor of his friends. -- 1 kings 16:11 +. +Thus did Zimri destroy all the house of Baasha, according to the word of the LORD, which he spake against Baasha by Jehu the prophet. -- 1 kings 16:12 +. +For all the sins of Baasha, and the sins of Elah his son, by which they sinned, and by which they made Israel to sin, in provoking the LORD God of Israel to anger with their vanities. -- 1 kings 16:13 +. +Now the rest of the acts of Elah, and all that he did, are they not written in the book of the chronicles of the kings of Israel? -- 1 kings 16:14 +. +In the twenty and seventh year of Asa king of Judah did Zimri reign seven days in Tirzah. And the people were encamped against Gibbethon, which belonged to the Philistines. -- 1 kings 16:15 +. +And the people that were encamped heard say, Zimri hath conspired, and hath also slain the king: wherefore all Israel made Omri, the captain of the host, king over Israel that day in the camp. -- 1 kings 16:16 +. +And Omri went up from Gibbethon, and all Israel with him, and they besieged Tirzah. -- 1 kings 16:17 +. +And it came to pass, when Zimri saw that the city was taken, that he went into the palace of the king's house, and burnt the king's house over him with fire, and died. -- 1 kings 16:18 +. +For his sins which he sinned in doing evil in the sight of the LORD, in walking in the way of Jeroboam, and in his sin which he did, to make Israel to sin. -- 1 kings 16:19 +. +Now the rest of the acts of Zimri, and his treason that he wrought, are they not written in the book of the chronicles of the kings of Israel? -- 1 kings 16:20 +. +Then were the people of Israel divided into two parts: half of the people followed Tibni the son of Ginath, to make him king; and half followed Omri. -- 1 kings 16:21 +. +But the people that followed Omri prevailed against the people that followed Tibni the son of Ginath: so Tibni died, and Omri reigned. -- 1 kings 16:22 +. +In the thirty and first year of Asa king of Judah began Omri to reign over Israel, twelve years: six years reigned he in Tirzah. -- 1 kings 16:23 +. +And he bought the hill Samaria of Shemer for two talents of silver, and built on the hill, and called the name of the city which he built, after the name of Shemer, owner of the hill, Samaria. -- 1 kings 16:24 +. +But Omri wrought evil in the eyes of the LORD, and did worse than all that were before him. -- 1 kings 16:25 +. +For he walked in all the way of Jeroboam the son of Nebat, and in his sin wherewith he made Israel to sin, to provoke the LORD God of Israel to anger with their vanities. -- 1 kings 16:26 +. +Now the rest of the acts of Omri which he did, and his might that he showed, are they not written in the book of the chronicles of the kings of Israel? -- 1 kings 16:27 +. +So Omri slept with his fathers, and was buried in Samaria: and Ahab his son reigned in his stead. -- 1 kings 16:28 +. +And in the thirty and eighth year of Asa king of Judah began Ahab the son of Omri to reign over Israel: and Ahab the son of Omri reigned over Israel in Samaria twenty and two years. -- 1 kings 16:29 +. +And Ahab the son of Omri did evil in the sight of the LORD above all that were before him. -- 1 kings 16:30 +. +And it came to pass, as if it had been a light thing for him to walk in the sins of Jeroboam the son of Nebat, that he took to wife Jezebel the daughter of Ethbaal king of the Zidonians, and went and served Baal, and worshipped him. -- 1 kings 16:31 +. +And he reared up an altar for Baal in the house of Baal, which he had built in Samaria. -- 1 kings 16:32 +. +And Ahab made a grove; and Ahab did more to provoke the LORD God of Israel to anger than all the kings of Israel that were before him. -- 1 kings 16:33 +. +In his days did Hiel the Bethelite build Jericho: he laid the foundation thereof in Abiram his firstborn, and set up the gates thereof in his youngest son Segub, according to the word of the LORD, which he spake by Joshua the son of Nun. -- 1 kings 16:34 +. +And Elijah the Tishbite, who was of the inhabitants of Gilead, said unto Ahab, As the LORD God of Israel liveth, before whom I stand, there shall not be dew nor rain these years, but according to my word. -- 1 kings 17:1 +. +And the word of the LORD came unto him, saying, -- 1 kings 17:2 +. +Get thee hence, and turn thee eastward, and hide thyself by the brook Cherith, that is before Jordan. -- 1 kings 17:3 +. +And it shall be, that thou shalt drink of the brook; and I have commanded the ravens to feed thee there. -- 1 kings 17:4 +. +So he went and did according unto the word of the LORD: for he went and dwelt by the brook Cherith, that is before Jordan. -- 1 kings 17:5 +. +And the ravens brought him bread and flesh in the morning, and bread and flesh in the evening; and he drank of the brook. -- 1 kings 17:6 +. +And it came to pass after a while, that the brook dried up, because there had been no rain in the land. -- 1 kings 17:7 +. +And the word of the LORD came unto him, saying, -- 1 kings 17:8 +. +Arise, get thee to Zarephath, which belongeth to Zidon, and dwell there: behold, I have commanded a widow woman there to sustain thee. -- 1 kings 17:9 +. +So he arose and went to Zarephath. And when he came to the gate of the city, behold, the widow woman was there gathering of sticks: and he called to her, and said, Fetch me, I pray thee, a little water in a vessel, that I may drink. -- 1 kings 17:10 +. +And as she was going to fetch it, he called to her, and said, Bring me, I pray thee, a morsel of bread in thine hand. -- 1 kings 17:11 +. +And she said, As the LORD thy God liveth, I have not a cake, but an handful of meal in a barrel, and a little oil in a cruse: and, behold, I am gathering two sticks, that I may go in and dress it for me and my son, that we may eat it, and die. -- 1 kings 17:12 +. +And Elijah said unto her, Fear not; go and do as thou hast said: but make me thereof a little cake first, and bring it unto me, and after make for thee and for thy son. -- 1 kings 17:13 +. +For thus saith the LORD God of Israel, The barrel of meal shall not waste, neither shall the cruse of oil fail, until the day that the LORD sendeth rain upon the earth. -- 1 kings 17:14 +. +And she went and did according to the saying of Elijah: and she, and he, and her house, did eat many days. -- 1 kings 17:15 +. +And the barrel of meal wasted not, neither did the cruse of oil fail, according to the word of the LORD, which he spake by Elijah. -- 1 kings 17:16 +. +And it came to pass after these things, that the son of the woman, the mistress of the house, fell sick; and his sickness was so sore, that there was no breath left in him. -- 1 kings 17:17 +. +And she said unto Elijah, What have I to do with thee, O thou man of God? art thou come unto me to call my sin to remembrance, and to slay my son? -- 1 kings 17:18 +. +And he said unto her, Give me thy son. And he took him out of her bosom, and carried him up into a loft, where he abode, and laid him upon his own bed. -- 1 kings 17:19 +. +And he cried unto the LORD, and said, O LORD my God, hast thou also brought evil upon the widow with whom I sojourn, by slaying her son? -- 1 kings 17:20 +. +And he stretched himself upon the child three times, and cried unto the LORD, and said, O LORD my God, I pray thee, let this child's soul come into him again. -- 1 kings 17:21 +. +And the LORD heard the voice of Elijah; and the soul of the child came into him again, and he revived. -- 1 kings 17:22 +. +And Elijah took the child, and brought him down out of the chamber into the house, and delivered him unto his mother: and Elijah said, See, thy son liveth. -- 1 kings 17:23 +. +And the woman said to Elijah, Now by this I know that thou art a man of God, and that the word of the LORD in thy mouth is truth. -- 1 kings 17:24 +. +And it came to pass after many days, that the word of the LORD came to Elijah in the third year, saying, Go, show thyself unto Ahab; and I will send rain upon the earth. -- 1 kings 18:1 +. +And Elijah went to show himself unto Ahab. And there was a sore famine in Samaria. -- 1 kings 18:2 +. +And Ahab called Obadiah, which was the governor of his house. (Now Obadiah feared the LORD greatly: -- 1 kings 18:3 +. +For it was so, when Jezebel cut off the prophets of the LORD, that Obadiah took an hundred prophets, and hid them by fifty in a cave, and fed them with bread and water.) -- 1 kings 18:4 +. +And Ahab said unto Obadiah, Go into the land, unto all fountains of water, and unto all brooks: peradventure we may find grass to save the horses and mules alive, that we lose not all the beasts. -- 1 kings 18:5 +. +So they divided the land between them to pass throughout it: Ahab went one way by himself, and Obadiah went another way by himself. -- 1 kings 18:6 +. +And as Obadiah was in the way, behold, Elijah met him: and he knew him, and fell on his face, and said, Art thou that my lord Elijah? -- 1 kings 18:7 +. +And he answered him, I am: go, tell thy lord, Behold, Elijah is here. -- 1 kings 18:8 +. +And he said, What have I sinned, that thou wouldest deliver thy servant into the hand of Ahab, to slay me? -- 1 kings 18:9 +. +As the LORD thy God liveth, there is no nation or kingdom, whither my lord hath not sent to seek thee: and when they said, He is not there; he took an oath of the kingdom and nation, that they found thee not. -- 1 kings 18:10 +. +And now thou sayest, Go, tell thy lord, Behold, Elijah is here. -- 1 kings 18:11 +. +And it shall come to pass, as soon as I am gone from thee, that the Spirit of the LORD shall carry thee whither I know not; and so when I come and tell Ahab, and he cannot find thee, he shall slay me: but I thy servant fear the LORD from my youth. -- 1 kings 18:12 +. +Was it not told my lord what I did when Jezebel slew the prophets of the LORD, how I hid an hundred men of the LORD's prophets by fifty in a cave, and fed them with bread and water? -- 1 kings 18:13 +. +And now thou sayest, Go, tell thy lord, Behold, Elijah is here: and he shall slay me. -- 1 kings 18:14 +. +And Elijah said, As the LORD of hosts liveth, before whom I stand, I will surely show myself unto him to day. -- 1 kings 18:15 +. +So Obadiah went to meet Ahab, and told him: and Ahab went to meet Elijah. -- 1 kings 18:16 +. +And it came to pass, when Ahab saw Elijah, that Ahab said unto him, Art thou he that troubleth Israel? -- 1 kings 18:17 +. +And he answered, I have not troubled Israel; but thou, and thy father's house, in that ye have forsaken the commandments of the LORD, and thou hast followed Baalim. -- 1 kings 18:18 +. +Now therefore send, and gather to me all Israel unto mount Carmel, and the prophets of Baal four hundred and fifty, and the prophets of the groves four hundred, which eat at Jezebel's table. -- 1 kings 18:19 +. +So Ahab sent unto all the children of Israel, and gathered the prophets together unto mount Carmel. -- 1 kings 18:20 +. +And Elijah came unto all the people, and said, How long halt ye between two opinions? if the LORD be God, follow him: but if Baal, then follow him. And the people answered him not a word. -- 1 kings 18:21 +. +Then said Elijah unto the people, I, even I only, remain a prophet of the LORD; but Baal's prophets are four hundred and fifty men. -- 1 kings 18:22 +. +Let them therefore give us two bullocks; and let them choose one bullock for themselves, and cut it in pieces, and lay it on wood, and put no fire under: and I will dress the other bullock, and lay it on wood, and put no fire under: -- 1 kings 18:23 +. +And call ye on the name of your gods, and I will call on the name of the LORD: and the God that answereth by fire, let him be God. And all the people answered and said, It is well spoken. -- 1 kings 18:24 +. +And Elijah said unto the prophets of Baal, Choose you one bullock for yourselves, and dress it first; for ye are many; and call on the name of your gods, but put no fire under. -- 1 kings 18:25 +. +And they took the bullock which was given them, and they dressed it, and called on the name of Baal from morning even until noon, saying, O Baal, hear us. But there was no voice, nor any that answered. And they leaped upon the altar which was made. -- 1 kings 18:26 +. +And it came to pass at noon, that Elijah mocked them, and said, Cry aloud: for he is a god; either he is talking, or he is pursuing, or he is in a journey, or peradventure he sleepeth, and must be awaked. -- 1 kings 18:27 +. +And they cried aloud, and cut themselves after their manner with knives and lancets, till the blood gushed out upon them. -- 1 kings 18:28 +. +And it came to pass, when midday was past, and they prophesied until the time of the offering of the evening sacrifice, that there was neither voice, nor any to answer, nor any that regarded. -- 1 kings 18:29 +. +And Elijah said unto all the people, Come near unto me. And all the people came near unto him. And he repaired the altar of the LORD that was broken down. -- 1 kings 18:30 +. +And Elijah took twelve stones, according to the number of the tribes of the sons of Jacob, unto whom the word of the LORD came, saying, Israel shall be thy name: -- 1 kings 18:31 +. +And with the stones he built an altar in the name of the LORD: and he made a trench about the altar, as great as would contain two measures of seed. -- 1 kings 18:32 +. +And he put the wood in order, and cut the bullock in pieces, and laid him on the wood, and said, Fill four barrels with water, and pour it on the burnt sacrifice, and on the wood. -- 1 kings 18:33 +. +And he said, Do it the second time. And they did it the second time. And he said, Do it the third time. And they did it the third time. -- 1 kings 18:34 +. +And the water ran round about the altar; and he filled the trench also with water. -- 1 kings 18:35 +. +And it came to pass at the time of the offering of the evening sacrifice, that Elijah the prophet came near, and said, LORD God of Abraham, Isaac, and of Israel, let it be known this day that thou art God in Israel, and that I am thy servant, and that I have done all these things at thy word. -- 1 kings 18:36 +. +Hear me, O LORD, hear me, that this people may know that thou art the LORD God, and that thou hast turned their heart back again. -- 1 kings 18:37 +. +Then the fire of the LORD fell, and consumed the burnt sacrifice, and the wood, and the stones, and the dust, and licked up the water that was in the trench. -- 1 kings 18:38 +. +And when all the people saw it, they fell on their faces: and they said, The LORD, he is the God; the LORD, he is the God. -- 1 kings 18:39 +. +And Elijah said unto them, Take the prophets of Baal; let not one of them escape. And they took them: and Elijah brought them down to the brook Kishon, and slew them there. -- 1 kings 18:40 +. +And Elijah said unto Ahab, Get thee up, eat and drink; for there is a sound of abundance of rain. -- 1 kings 18:41 +. +So Ahab went up to eat and to drink. And Elijah went up to the top of Carmel; and he cast himself down upon the earth, and put his face between his knees, -- 1 kings 18:42 +. +And said to his servant, Go up now, look toward the sea. And he went up, and looked, and said, There is nothing. And he said, Go again seven times. -- 1 kings 18:43 +. +And it came to pass at the seventh time, that he said, Behold, there ariseth a little cloud out of the sea, like a man's hand. And he said, Go up, say unto Ahab, Prepare thy chariot, and get thee down that the rain stop thee not. -- 1 kings 18:44 +. +And it came to pass in the mean while, that the heaven was black with clouds and wind, and there was a great rain. And Ahab rode, and went to Jezreel. -- 1 kings 18:45 +. +And the hand of the LORD was on Elijah; and he girded up his loins, and ran before Ahab to the entrance of Jezreel. -- 1 kings 18:46 +. +And Ahab told Jezebel all that Elijah had done, and withal how he had slain all the prophets with the sword. -- 1 kings 19:1 +. +Then Jezebel sent a messenger unto Elijah, saying, So let the gods do to me, and more also, if I make not thy life as the life of one of them by to morrow about this time. -- 1 kings 19:2 +. +And when he saw that, he arose, and went for his life, and came to Beersheba, which belongeth to Judah, and left his servant there. -- 1 kings 19:3 +. +But he himself went a day's journey into the wilderness, and came and sat down under a juniper tree: and he requested for himself that he might die; and said, It is enough; now, O LORD, take away my life; for I am not better than my fathers. -- 1 kings 19:4 +. +And as he lay and slept under a juniper tree, behold, then an angel touched him, and said unto him, Arise and eat. -- 1 kings 19:5 +. +And he looked, and, behold, there was a cake baken on the coals, and a cruse of water at his head. And he did eat and drink, and laid him down again. -- 1 kings 19:6 +. +And the angel of the LORD came again the second time, and touched him, and said, Arise and eat; because the journey is too great for thee. -- 1 kings 19:7 +. +And he arose, and did eat and drink, and went in the strength of that meat forty days and forty nights unto Horeb the mount of God. -- 1 kings 19:8 +. +And he came thither unto a cave, and lodged there; and, behold, the word of the LORD came to him, and he said unto him, What doest thou here, Elijah? -- 1 kings 19:9 +. +And he said, I have been very jealous for the LORD God of hosts: for the children of Israel have forsaken thy covenant, thrown down thine altars, and slain thy prophets with the sword; and I, even I only, am left; and they seek my life, to take it away. -- 1 kings 19:10 +. +And he said, Go forth, and stand upon the mount before the LORD. And, behold, the LORD passed by, and a great and strong wind rent the mountains, and brake in pieces the rocks before the LORD; but the LORD was not in the wind: and after the wind an earthquake; but the LORD was not in the earthquake: -- 1 kings 19:11 +. +And after the earthquake a fire; but the LORD was not in the fire: and after the fire a still small voice. -- 1 kings 19:12 +. +And it was so, when Elijah heard it, that he wrapped his face in his mantle, and went out, and stood in the entering in of the cave. And, behold, there came a voice unto him, and said, What doest thou here, Elijah? -- 1 kings 19:13 +. +And he said, I have been very jealous for the LORD God of hosts: because the children of Israel have forsaken thy covenant, thrown down thine altars, and slain thy prophets with the sword; and I, even I only, am left; and they seek my life, to take it away. -- 1 kings 19:14 +. +And the LORD said unto him, Go, return on thy way to the wilderness of Damascus: and when thou comest, anoint Hazael to be king over Syria: -- 1 kings 19:15 +. +And Jehu the son of Nimshi shalt thou anoint to be king over Israel: and Elisha the son of Shaphat of Abelmeholah shalt thou anoint to be prophet in thy room. -- 1 kings 19:16 +. +And it shall come to pass, that him that escapeth the sword of Hazael shall Jehu slay: and him that escapeth from the sword of Jehu shall Elisha slay. -- 1 kings 19:17 +. +Yet I have left me seven thousand in Israel, all the knees which have not bowed unto Baal, and every mouth which hath not kissed him. -- 1 kings 19:18 +. +So he departed thence, and found Elisha the son of Shaphat, who was plowing with twelve yoke of oxen before him, and he with the twelfth: and Elijah passed by him, and cast his mantle upon him. -- 1 kings 19:19 +. +And he left the oxen, and ran after Elijah, and said, Let me, I pray thee, kiss my father and my mother, and then I will follow thee. And he said unto him, Go back again: for what have I done to thee? -- 1 kings 19:20 +. +And he returned back from him, and took a yoke of oxen, and slew them, and boiled their flesh with the instruments of the oxen, and gave unto the people, and they did eat. Then he arose, and went after Elijah, and ministered unto him. -- 1 kings 19:21 +. +And Benhadad the king of Syria gathered all his host together: and there were thirty and two kings with him, and horses, and chariots; and he went up and besieged Samaria, and warred against it. -- 1 kings 20:1 +. +And he sent messengers to Ahab king of Israel into the city, and said unto him, Thus saith Benhadad, -- 1 kings 20:2 +. +Thy silver and thy gold is mine; thy wives also and thy children, even the goodliest, are mine. -- 1 kings 20:3 +. +And the king of Israel answered and said, My lord, O king, according to thy saying, I am thine, and all that I have. -- 1 kings 20:4 +. +And the messengers came again, and said, Thus speaketh Benhadad, saying, Although I have sent unto thee, saying, Thou shalt deliver me thy silver, and thy gold, and thy wives, and thy children; -- 1 kings 20:5 +. +Yet I will send my servants unto thee to morrow about this time, and they shall search thine house, and the houses of thy servants; and it shall be, that whatsoever is pleasant in thine eyes, they shall put it in their hand, and take it away. -- 1 kings 20:6 +. +Then the king of Israel called all the elders of the land, and said, Mark, I pray you, and see how this man seeketh mischief: for he sent unto me for my wives, and for my children, and for my silver, and for my gold; and I denied him not. -- 1 kings 20:7 +. +And all the elders and all the people said unto him, Hearken not unto him, nor consent. -- 1 kings 20:8 +. +Wherefore he said unto the messengers of Benhadad, Tell my lord the king, All that thou didst send for to thy servant at the first I will do: but this thing I may not do. And the messengers departed, and brought him word again. -- 1 kings 20:9 +. +And Benhadad sent unto him, and said, The gods do so unto me, and more also, if the dust of Samaria shall suffice for handfuls for all the people that follow me. -- 1 kings 20:10 +. +And the king of Israel answered and said, Tell him, Let not him that girdeth on his harness boast himself as he that putteth it off. -- 1 kings 20:11 +. +And it came to pass, when Ben-hadad heard this message, as he was drinking, he and the kings in the pavilions, that he said unto his servants, Set yourselves in array. And they set themselves in array against the city. -- 1 kings 20:12 +. +And, behold, there came a prophet unto Ahab king of Israel, saying, Thus saith the LORD, Hast thou seen all this great multitude? behold, I will deliver it into thine hand this day; and thou shalt know that I am the LORD. -- 1 kings 20:13 +. +And Ahab said, By whom? And he said, Thus saith the LORD, Even by the young men of the princes of the provinces. Then he said, Who shall order the battle? And he answered, Thou. -- 1 kings 20:14 +. +Then he numbered the young men of the princes of the provinces, and they were two hundred and thirty two: and after them he numbered all the people, even all the children of Israel, being seven thousand. -- 1 kings 20:15 +. +And they went out at noon. But Benhadad was drinking himself drunk in the pavilions, he and the kings, the thirty and two kings that helped him. -- 1 kings 20:16 +. +And the young men of the princes of the provinces went out first; and Benhadad sent out, and they told him, saying, There are men come out of Samaria. -- 1 kings 20:17 +. +And he said, Whether they be come out for peace, take them alive; or whether they be come out for war, take them alive. -- 1 kings 20:18 +. +So these young men of the princes of the provinces came out of the city, and the army which followed them. -- 1 kings 20:19 +. +And they slew every one his man: and the Syrians fled; and Israel pursued them: and Benhadad the king of Syria escaped on an horse with the horsemen. -- 1 kings 20:20 +. +And the king of Israel went out, and smote the horses and chariots, and slew the Syrians with a great slaughter. -- 1 kings 20:21 +. +And the prophet came to the king of Israel, and said unto him, Go, strengthen thyself, and mark, and see what thou doest: for at the return of the year the king of Syria will come up against thee. -- 1 kings 20:22 +. +And the servants of the king of Syria said unto him, Their gods are gods of the hills; therefore they were stronger than we; but let us fight against them in the plain, and surely we shall be stronger than they. -- 1 kings 20:23 +. +And do this thing, Take the kings away, every man out of his place, and put captains in their rooms: -- 1 kings 20:24 +. +And number thee an army, like the army that thou hast lost, horse for horse, and chariot for chariot: and we will fight against them in the plain, and surely we shall be stronger than they. And he hearkened unto their voice, and did so. -- 1 kings 20:25 +. +And it came to pass at the return of the year, that Benhadad numbered the Syrians, and went up to Aphek, to fight against Israel. -- 1 kings 20:26 +. +And the children of Israel were numbered, and were all present, and went against them: and the children of Israel pitched before them like two little flocks of kids; but the Syrians filled the country. -- 1 kings 20:27 +. +And there came a man of God, and spake unto the king of Israel, and said, Thus saith the LORD, Because the Syrians have said, The LORD is God of the hills, but he is not God of the valleys, therefore will I deliver all this great multitude into thine hand, and ye shall know that I am the LORD. -- 1 kings 20:28 +. +And they pitched one over against the other seven days. And so it was, that in the seventh day the battle was joined: and the children of Israel slew of the Syrians an hundred thousand footmen in one day. -- 1 kings 20:29 +. +But the rest fled to Aphek, into the city; and there a wall fell upon twenty and seven thousand of the men that were left. And Benhadad fled, and came into the city, into an inner chamber. -- 1 kings 20:30 +. +And his servants said unto him, Behold now, we have heard that the kings of the house of Israel are merciful kings: let us, I pray thee, put sackcloth on our loins, and ropes upon our heads, and go out to the king of Israel: peradventure he will save thy life. -- 1 kings 20:31 +. +So they girded sackcloth on their loins, and put ropes on their heads, and came to the king of Israel, and said, Thy servant Benhadad saith, I pray thee, let me live. And he said, Is he yet alive? he is my brother. -- 1 kings 20:32 +. +Now the men did diligently observe whether any thing would come from him, and did hastily catch it: and they said, Thy brother Benhadad. Then he said, Go ye, bring him. Then Benhadad came forth to him; and he caused him to come up into the chariot. -- 1 kings 20:33 +. +And Ben-hadad said unto him, The cities, which my father took from thy father, I will restore; and thou shalt make streets for thee in Damascus, as my father made in Samaria. Then said Ahab, I will send thee away with this covenant. So he made a covenant with him, and sent him away. -- 1 kings 20:34 +. +And a certain man of the sons of the prophets said unto his neighbor in the word of the LORD, Smite me, I pray thee. And the man refused to smite him. -- 1 kings 20:35 +. +Then said he unto him, Because thou hast not obeyed the voice of the LORD, behold, as soon as thou art departed from me, a lion shall slay thee. And as soon as he was departed from him, a lion found him, and slew him. -- 1 kings 20:36 +. +Then he found another man, and said, Smite me, I pray thee. And the man smote him, so that in smiting he wounded him. -- 1 kings 20:37 +. +So the prophet departed, and waited for the king by the way, and disguised himself with ashes upon his face. -- 1 kings 20:38 +. +And as the king passed by, he cried unto the king: and he said, Thy servant went out into the midst of the battle; and, behold, a man turned aside, and brought a man unto me, and said, Keep this man: if by any means he be missing, then shall thy life be for his life, or else thou shalt pay a talent of silver. -- 1 kings 20:39 +. +And as thy servant was busy here and there, he was gone. And the king of Israel said unto him, So shall thy judgment be; thyself hast decided it. -- 1 kings 20:40 +. +And he hasted, and took the ashes away from his face; and the king of Israel discerned him that he was of the prophets. -- 1 kings 20:41 +. +And he said unto him, Thus saith the LORD, Because thou hast let go out of thy hand a man whom I appointed to utter destruction, therefore thy life shall go for his life, and thy people for his people. -- 1 kings 20:42 +. +And the king of Israel went to his house heavy and displeased, and came to Samaria. -- 1 kings 20:43 +. +And it came to pass after these things, that Naboth the Jezreelite had a vineyard, which was in Jezreel, hard by the palace of Ahab king of Samaria. -- 1 kings 21:1 +. +And Ahab spake unto Naboth, saying, Give me thy vineyard, that I may have it for a garden of herbs, because it is near unto my house: and I will give thee for it a better vineyard than it; or, if it seem good to thee, I will give thee the worth of it in money. -- 1 kings 21:2 +. +And Naboth said to Ahab, The LORD forbid it me, that I should give the inheritance of my fathers unto thee. -- 1 kings 21:3 +. +And Ahab came into his house heavy and displeased because of the word which Naboth the Jezreelite had spoken to him: for he had said, I will not give thee the inheritance of my fathers. And he laid him down upon his bed, and turned away his face, and would eat no bread. -- 1 kings 21:4 +. +But Jezebel his wife came to him, and said unto him, Why is thy spirit so sad, that thou eatest no bread? -- 1 kings 21:5 +. +And he said unto her, Because I spake unto Naboth the Jezreelite, and said unto him, Give me thy vineyard for money; or else, if it please thee, I will give thee another vineyard for it: and he answered, I will not give thee my vineyard. -- 1 kings 21:6 +. +And Jezebel his wife said unto him, Dost thou now govern the kingdom of Israel? arise, and eat bread, and let thine heart be merry: I will give thee the vineyard of Naboth the Jezreelite. -- 1 kings 21:7 +. +So she wrote letters in Ahab's name, and sealed them with his seal, and sent the letters unto the elders and to the nobles that were in his city, dwelling with Naboth. -- 1 kings 21:8 +. +And she wrote in the letters, saying, Proclaim a fast, and set Naboth on high among the people: -- 1 kings 21:9 +. +And set two men, sons of Belial, before him, to bear witness against him, saying, Thou didst blaspheme God and the king. And then carry him out, and stone him, that he may die. -- 1 kings 21:10 +. +And the men of his city, even the elders and the nobles who were the inhabitants in his city, did as Jezebel had sent unto them, and as it was written in the letters which she had sent unto them. -- 1 kings 21:11 +. +They proclaimed a fast, and set Naboth on high among the people. -- 1 kings 21:12 +. +And there came in two men, children of Belial, and sat before him: and the men of Belial witnessed against him, even against Naboth, in the presence of the people, saying, Naboth did blaspheme God and the king. Then they carried him forth out of the city, and stoned him with stones, that he died. -- 1 kings 21:13 +. +Then they sent to Jezebel, saying, Naboth is stoned, and is dead. -- 1 kings 21:14 +. +And it came to pass, when Jezebel heard that Naboth was stoned, and was dead, that Jezebel said to Ahab, Arise, take possession of the vineyard of Naboth the Jezreelite, which he refused to give thee for money: for Naboth is not alive, but dead. -- 1 kings 21:15 +. +And it came to pass, when Ahab heard that Naboth was dead, that Ahab rose up to go down to the vineyard of Naboth the Jezreelite, to take possession of it. -- 1 kings 21:16 +. +And the word of the LORD came to Elijah the Tishbite, saying, -- 1 kings 21:17 +. +Arise, go down to meet Ahab king of Israel, which is in Samaria: behold, he is in the vineyard of Naboth, whither he is gone down to possess it. -- 1 kings 21:18 +. +And thou shalt speak unto him, saying, Thus saith the LORD, Hast thou killed, and also taken possession? And thou shalt speak unto him, saying, Thus saith the LORD, In the place where dogs licked the blood of Naboth shall dogs lick thy blood, even thine. -- 1 kings 21:19 +. +And Ahab said to Elijah, Hast thou found me, O mine enemy? And he answered, I have found thee: because thou hast sold thyself to work evil in the sight of the LORD. -- 1 kings 21:20 +. +Behold, I will bring evil upon thee, and will take away thy posterity, and will cut off from Ahab him that pisseth against the wall, and him that is shut up and left in Israel, -- 1 kings 21:21 +. +And will make thine house like the house of Jeroboam the son of Nebat, and like the house of Baasha the son of Ahijah, for the provocation wherewith thou hast provoked me to anger, and made Israel to sin. -- 1 kings 21:22 +. +And of Jezebel also spake the LORD, saying, The dogs shall eat Jezebel by the wall of Jezreel. -- 1 kings 21:23 +. +Him that dieth of Ahab in the city the dogs shall eat; and him that dieth in the field shall the fowls of the air eat. -- 1 kings 21:24 +. +But there was none like unto Ahab, which did sell himself to work wickedness in the sight of the LORD, whom Jezebel his wife stirred up. -- 1 kings 21:25 +. +And he did very abominably in following idols, according to all things as did the Amorites, whom the LORD cast out before the children of Israel. -- 1 kings 21:26 +. +And it came to pass, when Ahab heard those words, that he rent his clothes, and put sackcloth upon his flesh, and fasted, and lay in sackcloth, and went softly. -- 1 kings 21:27 +. +And the word of the LORD came to Elijah the Tishbite, saying, -- 1 kings 21:28 +. +Seest thou how Ahab humbleth himself before me? because he humbleth himself before me, I will not bring the evil in his days: but in his son's days will I bring the evil upon his house. -- 1 kings 21:29 +. +And they continued three years without war between Syria and Israel. -- 1 kings 22:1 +. +And it came to pass in the third year, that Jehoshaphat the king of Judah came down to the king of Israel. -- 1 kings 22:2 +. +And the king of Israel said unto his servants, Know ye that Ramoth in Gilead is ours, and we be still, and take it not out of the hand of the king of Syria? -- 1 kings 22:3 +. +And he said unto Jehoshaphat, Wilt thou go with me to battle to Ramothgilead? And Jehoshaphat said to the king of Israel, I am as thou art, my people as thy people, my horses as thy horses. -- 1 kings 22:4 +. +And Jehoshaphat said unto the king of Israel, Enquire, I pray thee, at the word of the LORD to day. -- 1 kings 22:5 +. +Then the king of Israel gathered the prophets together, about four hundred men, and said unto them, Shall I go against Ramothgilead to battle, or shall I forbear? And they said, Go up; for the LORD shall deliver it into the hand of the king. -- 1 kings 22:6 +. +And Jehoshaphat said, Is there not here a prophet of the LORD besides, that we might enquire of him? -- 1 kings 22:7 +. +And the king of Israel said unto Jehoshaphat, There is yet one man, Micaiah the son of Imlah, by whom we may enquire of the LORD: but I hate him; for he doth not prophesy good concerning me, but evil. And Jehoshaphat said, Let not the king say so. -- 1 kings 22:8 +. +Then the king of Israel called an officer, and said, Hasten hither Micaiah the son of Imlah. -- 1 kings 22:9 +. +And the king of Israel and Jehoshaphat the king of Judah sat each on his throne, having put on their robes, in a void place in the entrance of the gate of Samaria; and all the prophets prophesied before them. -- 1 kings 22:10 +. +And Zedekiah the son of Chenaanah made him horns of iron: and he said, Thus saith the LORD, With these shalt thou push the Syrians, until thou have consumed them. -- 1 kings 22:11 +. +And all the prophets prophesied so, saying, Go up to Ramothgilead, and prosper: for the LORD shall deliver it into the king's hand. -- 1 kings 22:12 +. +And the messenger that was gone to call Micaiah spake unto him, saying, Behold now, the words of the prophets declare good unto the king with one mouth: let thy word, I pray thee, be like the word of one of them, and speak that which is good. -- 1 kings 22:13 +. +And Micaiah said, As the LORD liveth, what the LORD saith unto me, that will I speak. -- 1 kings 22:14 +. +So he came to the king. And the king said unto him, Micaiah, shall we go against Ramothgilead to battle, or shall we forbear? And he answered him, Go, and prosper: for the LORD shall deliver it into the hand of the king. -- 1 kings 22:15 +. +And the king said unto him, How many times shall I adjure thee that thou tell me nothing but that which is true in the name of the LORD? -- 1 kings 22:16 +. +And he said, I saw all Israel scattered upon the hills, as sheep that have not a shepherd: and the LORD said, These have no master: let them return every man to his house in peace. -- 1 kings 22:17 +. +And the king of Israel said unto Jehoshaphat, Did I not tell thee that he would prophesy no good concerning me, but evil? -- 1 kings 22:18 +. +And he said, Hear thou therefore the word of the LORD: I saw the LORD sitting on his throne, and all the host of heaven standing by him on his right hand and on his left. -- 1 kings 22:19 +. +And the LORD said, Who shall persuade Ahab, that he may go up and fall at Ramothgilead? And one said on this manner, and another said on that manner. -- 1 kings 22:20 +. +And there came forth a spirit, and stood before the LORD, and said, I will persuade him. -- 1 kings 22:21 +. +And the LORD said unto him, Wherewith? And he said, I will go forth, and I will be a lying spirit in the mouth of all his prophets. And he said, Thou shalt persuade him, and prevail also: go forth, and do so. -- 1 kings 22:22 +. +Now therefore, behold, the LORD hath put a lying spirit in the mouth of all these thy prophets, and the LORD hath spoken evil concerning thee. -- 1 kings 22:23 +. +But Zedekiah the son of Chenaanah went near, and smote Micaiah on the cheek, and said, Which way went the Spirit of the LORD from me to speak unto thee? -- 1 kings 22:24 +. +And Micaiah said, Behold, thou shalt see in that day, when thou shalt go into an inner chamber to hide thyself. -- 1 kings 22:25 +. +And the king of Israel said, Take Micaiah, and carry him back unto Amon the governor of the city, and to Joash the king's son; -- 1 kings 22:26 +. +And say, Thus saith the king, Put this fellow in the prison, and feed him with bread of affliction and with water of affliction, until I come in peace. -- 1 kings 22:27 +. +And Micaiah said, If thou return at all in peace, the LORD hath not spoken by me. And he said, Hearken, O people, every one of you. -- 1 kings 22:28 +. +So the king of Israel and Jehoshaphat the king of Judah went up to Ramothgilead. -- 1 kings 22:29 +. +And the king of Israel said unto Jehoshaphat, I will disguise myself, and enter into the battle; but put thou on thy robes. And the king of Israel disguised himself, and went into the battle. -- 1 kings 22:30 +. +But the king of Syria commanded his thirty and two captains that had rule over his chariots, saying, Fight neither with small nor great, save only with the king of Israel. -- 1 kings 22:31 +. +And it came to pass, when the captains of the chariots saw Jehoshaphat, that they said, Surely it is the king of Israel. And they turned aside to fight against him: and Jehoshaphat cried out. -- 1 kings 22:32 +. +And it came to pass, when the captains of the chariots perceived that it was not the king of Israel, that they turned back from pursuing him. -- 1 kings 22:33 +. +And a certain man drew a bow at a venture, and smote the king of Israel between the joints of the harness: wherefore he said unto the driver of his chariot, Turn thine hand, and carry me out of the host; for I am wounded. -- 1 kings 22:34 +. +And the battle increased that day: and the king was stayed up in his chariot against the Syrians, and died at even: and the blood ran out of the wound into the midst of the chariot. -- 1 kings 22:35 +. +And there went a proclamation throughout the host about the going down of the sun, saying, Every man to his city, and every man to his own country. -- 1 kings 22:36 +. +So the king died, and was brought to Samaria; and they buried the king in Samaria. -- 1 kings 22:37 +. +And one washed the chariot in the pool of Samaria; and the dogs licked up his blood; and they washed his armor; according unto the word of the LORD which he spake. -- 1 kings 22:38 +. +Now the rest of the acts of Ahab, and all that he did, and the ivory house which he made, and all the cities that he built, are they not written in the book of the chronicles of the kings of Israel? -- 1 kings 22:39 +. +So Ahab slept with his fathers; and Ahaziah his son reigned in his stead. -- 1 kings 22:40 +. +And Jehoshaphat the son of Asa began to reign over Judah in the fourth year of Ahab king of Israel. -- 1 kings 22:41 +. +Jehoshaphat was thirty and five years old when he began to reign; and he reigned twenty and five years in Jerusalem. And his mother's name was Azubah the daughter of Shilhi. -- 1 kings 22:42 +. +And he walked in all the ways of Asa his father; he turned not aside from it, doing that which was right in the eyes of the LORD: nevertheless the high places were not taken away; for the people offered and burnt incense yet in the high places. -- 1 kings 22:43 +. +And Jehoshaphat made peace with the king of Israel. -- 1 kings 22:44 +. +Now the rest of the acts of Jehoshaphat, and his might that he showed, and how he warred, are they not written in the book of the chronicles of the kings of Judah? -- 1 kings 22:45 +. +And the remnant of the sodomites, which remained in the days of his father Asa, he took out of the land. -- 1 kings 22:46 +. +There was then no king in Edom: a deputy was king. -- 1 kings 22:47 +. +Jehoshaphat made ships of Tharshish to go to Ophir for gold: but they went not; for the ships were broken at Eziongeber. -- 1 kings 22:48 +. +Then said Ahaziah the son of Ahab unto Jehoshaphat, Let my servants go with thy servants in the ships. But Jehoshaphat would not. -- 1 kings 22:49 +. +And Jehoshaphat slept with his fathers, and was buried with his fathers in the city of David his father: and Jehoram his son reigned in his stead. -- 1 kings 22:50 +. +Ahaziah the son of Ahab began to reign over Israel in Samaria the seventeenth year of Jehoshaphat king of Judah, and reigned two years over Israel. -- 1 kings 22:51 +. +And he did evil in the sight of the LORD, and walked in the way of his father, and in the way of his mother, and in the way of Jeroboam the son of Nebat, who made Israel to sin: -- 1 kings 22:52 +. +For he served Baal, and worshipped him, and provoked to anger the LORD God of Israel, according to all that his father had done. -- 1 kings 22:53 +. +Then Moab rebelled against Israel after the death of Ahab. -- 2 kings 1:1 +. +And Ahaziah fell down through a lattice in his upper chamber that was in Samaria, and was sick: and he sent messengers, and said unto them, Go, enquire of Baalzebub the god of Ekron whether I shall recover of this disease. -- 2 kings 1:2 +. +But the angel of the LORD said to Elijah the Tishbite, Arise, go up to meet the messengers of the king of Samaria, and say unto them, Is it not because there is not a God in Israel, that ye go to enquire of Baalzebub the god of Ekron? -- 2 kings 1:3 +. +Now therefore thus saith the LORD, Thou shalt not come down from that bed on which thou art gone up, but shalt surely die. And Elijah departed. -- 2 kings 1:4 +. +And when the messengers turned back unto him, he said unto them, Why are ye now turned back? -- 2 kings 1:5 +. +And they said unto him, There came a man up to meet us, and said unto us, Go, turn again unto the king that sent you, and say unto him, Thus saith the LORD, Is it not because there is not a God in Israel, that thou sendest to enquire of Baalzebub the god of Ekron? therefore thou shalt not come down from that bed on which thou art gone up, but shalt surely die. -- 2 kings 1:6 +. +And he said unto them, What manner of man was he which came up to meet you, and told you these words? -- 2 kings 1:7 +. +And they answered him, He was an hairy man, and girt with a girdle of leather about his loins. And he said, It is Elijah the Tishbite. -- 2 kings 1:8 +. +Then the king sent unto him a captain of fifty with his fifty. And he went up to him: and, behold, he sat on the top of an hill. And he spake unto him, Thou man of God, the king hath said, Come down. -- 2 kings 1:9 +. +And Elijah answered and said to the captain of fifty, If I be a man of God, then let fire come down from heaven, and consume thee and thy fifty. And there came down fire from heaven, and consumed him and his fifty. -- 2 kings 1:10 +. +Again also he sent unto him another captain of fifty with his fifty. And he answered and said unto him, O man of God, thus hath the king said, Come down quickly. -- 2 kings 1:11 +. +And Elijah answered and said unto them, If I be a man of God, let fire come down from heaven, and consume thee and thy fifty. And the fire of God came down from heaven, and consumed him and his fifty. -- 2 kings 1:12 +. +And he sent again a captain of the third fifty with his fifty. And the third captain of fifty went up, and came and fell on his knees before Elijah, and besought him, and said unto him, O man of God, I pray thee, let my life, and the life of these fifty thy servants, be precious in thy sight. -- 2 kings 1:13 +. +Behold, there came fire down from heaven, and burnt up the two captains of the former fifties with their fifties: therefore let my life now be precious in thy sight. -- 2 kings 1:14 +. +And the angel of the LORD said unto Elijah, Go down with him: be not afraid of him. And he arose, and went down with him unto the king. -- 2 kings 1:15 +. +And he said unto him, Thus saith the LORD, Forasmuch as thou hast sent messengers to enquire of Baalzebub the god of Ekron, is it not because there is no God in Israel to enquire of his word? therefore thou shalt not come down off that bed on which thou art gone up, but shalt surely die. -- 2 kings 1:16 +. +So he died according to the word of the LORD which Elijah had spoken. And Jehoram reigned in his stead in the second year of Jehoram the son of Jehoshaphat king of Judah; because he had no son. -- 2 kings 1:17 +. +Now the rest of the acts of Ahaziah which he did, are they not written in the book of the chronicles of the kings of Israel? -- 2 kings 1:18 +. +And it came to pass, when the LORD would take up Elijah into heaven by a whirlwind, that Elijah went with Elisha from Gilgal. -- 2 kings 2:1 +. +And Elijah said unto Elisha, Tarry here, I pray thee; for the LORD hath sent me to Bethel. And Elisha said unto him, As the LORD liveth, and as thy soul liveth, I will not leave thee. So they went down to Bethel. -- 2 kings 2:2 +. +And the sons of the prophets that were at Bethel came forth to Elisha, and said unto him, Knowest thou that the LORD will take away thy master from thy head to day? And he said, Yea, I know it; hold ye your peace. -- 2 kings 2:3 +. +And Elijah said unto him, Elisha, tarry here, I pray thee; for the LORD hath sent me to Jericho. And he said, As the LORD liveth, and as thy soul liveth, I will not leave thee. So they came to Jericho. -- 2 kings 2:4 +. +And the sons of the prophets that were at Jericho came to Elisha, and said unto him, Knowest thou that the LORD will take away thy master from thy head to day? And he answered, Yea, I know it; hold ye your peace. -- 2 kings 2:5 +. +And Elijah said unto him, Tarry, I pray thee, here; for the LORD hath sent me to Jordan. And he said, As the LORD liveth, and as thy soul liveth, I will not leave thee. And they two went on. -- 2 kings 2:6 +. +And fifty men of the sons of the prophets went, and stood to view afar off: and they two stood by Jordan. -- 2 kings 2:7 +. +And Elijah took his mantle, and wrapped it together, and smote the waters, and they were divided hither and thither, so that they two went over on dry ground. -- 2 kings 2:8 +. +And it came to pass, when they were gone over, that Elijah said unto Elisha, Ask what I shall do for thee, before I be taken away from thee. And Elisha said, I pray thee, let a double portion of thy spirit be upon me. -- 2 kings 2:9 +. +And he said, Thou hast asked a hard thing: nevertheless, if thou see me when I am taken from thee, it shall be so unto thee; but if not, it shall not be so. -- 2 kings 2:10 +. +And it came to pass, as they still went on, and talked, that, behold, there appeared a chariot of fire, and horses of fire, and parted them both asunder; and Elijah went up by a whirlwind into heaven. -- 2 kings 2:11 +. +And Elisha saw it, and he cried, My father, my father, the chariot of Israel, and the horsemen thereof. And he saw him no more: and he took hold of his own clothes, and rent them in two pieces. -- 2 kings 2:12 +. +He took up also the mantle of Elijah that fell from him, and went back, and stood by the bank of Jordan; -- 2 kings 2:13 +. +And he took the mantle of Elijah that fell from him, and smote the waters, and said, Where is the LORD God of Elijah? and when he also had smitten the waters, they parted hither and thither: and Elisha went over. -- 2 kings 2:14 +. +And when the sons of the prophets which were to view at Jericho saw him, they said, The spirit of Elijah doth rest on Elisha. And they came to meet him, and bowed themselves to the ground before him. -- 2 kings 2:15 +. +And they said unto him, Behold now, there be with thy servants fifty strong men; let them go, we pray thee, and seek thy master: lest peradventure the Spirit of the LORD hath taken him up, and cast him upon some mountain, or into some valley. And he said, Ye shall not send. -- 2 kings 2:16 +. +And when they urged him till he was ashamed, he said, Send. They sent therefore fifty men; and they sought three days, but found him not. -- 2 kings 2:17 +. +And when they came again to him, (for he tarried at Jericho,) he said unto them, Did I not say unto you, Go not? -- 2 kings 2:18 +. +And the men of the city said unto Elisha, Behold, I pray thee, the situation of this city is pleasant, as my lord seeth: but the water is naught, and the ground barren. -- 2 kings 2:19 +. +And he said, Bring me a new cruse, and put salt therein. And they brought it to him. -- 2 kings 2:20 +. +And he went forth unto the spring of the waters, and cast the salt in there, and said, Thus saith the LORD, I have healed these waters; there shall not be from thence any more death or barren land. -- 2 kings 2:21 +. +So the waters were healed unto this day, according to the saying of Elisha which he spake. -- 2 kings 2:22 +. +And he went up from thence unto Bethel: and as he was going up by the way, there came forth little children out of the city, and mocked him, and said unto him, Go up, thou bald head; go up, thou bald head. -- 2 kings 2:23 +. +And he turned back, and looked on them, and cursed them in the name of the LORD. And there came forth two she bears out of the wood, and tare forty and two children of them. -- 2 kings 2:24 +. +And he went from thence to mount Carmel, and from thence he returned to Samaria. -- 2 kings 2:25 +. +Now Jehoram the son of Ahab began to reign over Israel in Samaria the eighteenth year of Jehoshaphat king of Judah, and reigned twelve years. -- 2 kings 3:1 +. +And he wrought evil in the sight of the LORD; but not like his father, and like his mother: for he put away the image of Baal that his father had made. -- 2 kings 3:2 +. +Nevertheless he cleaved unto the sins of Jeroboam the son of Nebat, which made Israel to sin; he departed not therefrom. -- 2 kings 3:3 +. +And Mesha king of Moab was a sheepmaster, and rendered unto the king of Israel an hundred thousand lambs, and an hundred thousand rams, with the wool. -- 2 kings 3:4 +. +But it came to pass, when Ahab was dead, that the king of Moab rebelled against the king of Israel. -- 2 kings 3:5 +. +And king Jehoram went out of Samaria the same time, and numbered all Israel. -- 2 kings 3:6 +. +And he went and sent to Jehoshaphat the king of Judah, saying, The king of Moab hath rebelled against me: wilt thou go with me against Moab to battle? And he said, I will go up: I am as thou art, my people as thy people, and my horses as thy horses. -- 2 kings 3:7 +. +And he said, Which way shall we go up? And he answered, The way through the wilderness of Edom. -- 2 kings 3:8 +. +So the king of Israel went, and the king of Judah, and the king of Edom: and they fetched a compass of seven days' journey: and there was no water for the host, and for the cattle that followed them. -- 2 kings 3:9 +. +And the king of Israel said, Alas! that the LORD hath called these three kings together, to deliver them into the hand of Moab! -- 2 kings 3:10 +. +But Jehoshaphat said, Is there not here a prophet of the LORD, that we may enquire of the LORD by him? And one of the king of Israel's servants answered and said, Here is Elisha the son of Shaphat, which poured water on the hands of Elijah. -- 2 kings 3:11 +. +And Jehoshaphat said, The word of the LORD is with him. So the king of Israel and Jehoshaphat and the king of Edom went down to him. -- 2 kings 3:12 +. +And Elisha said unto the king of Israel, What have I to do with thee? get thee to the prophets of thy father, and to the prophets of thy mother. And the king of Israel said unto him, Nay: for the LORD hath called these three kings together, to deliver them into the hand of Moab. -- 2 kings 3:13 +. +And Elisha said, As the LORD of hosts liveth, before whom I stand, surely, were it not that I regard the presence of Jehoshaphat the king of Judah, I would not look toward thee, nor see thee. -- 2 kings 3:14 +. +But now bring me a minstrel. And it came to pass, when the minstrel played, that the hand of the LORD came upon him. -- 2 kings 3:15 +. +And he said, Thus saith the LORD, Make this valley full of ditches. -- 2 kings 3:16 +. +For thus saith the LORD, Ye shall not see wind, neither shall ye see rain; yet that valley shall be filled with water, that ye may drink, both ye, and your cattle, and your beasts. -- 2 kings 3:17 +. +And this is but a light thing in the sight of the LORD: he will deliver the Moabites also into your hand. -- 2 kings 3:18 +. +And ye shall smite every fenced city, and every choice city, and shall fell every good tree, and stop all wells of water, and mar every good piece of land with stones. -- 2 kings 3:19 +. +And it came to pass in the morning, when the meat offering was offered, that, behold, there came water by the way of Edom, and the country was filled with water. -- 2 kings 3:20 +. +And when all the Moabites heard that the kings were come up to fight against them, they gathered all that were able to put on armor, and upward, and stood in the border. -- 2 kings 3:21 +. +And they rose up early in the morning, and the sun shone upon the water, and the Moabites saw the water on the other side as red as blood: -- 2 kings 3:22 +. +And they said, This is blood: the kings are surely slain, and they have smitten one another: now therefore, Moab, to the spoil. -- 2 kings 3:23 +. +And when they came to the camp of Israel, the Israelites rose up and smote the Moabites, so that they fled before them: but they went forward smiting the Moabites, even in their country. -- 2 kings 3:24 +. +And they beat down the cities, and on every good piece of land cast every man his stone, and filled it; and they stopped all the wells of water, and felled all the good trees: only in Kirharaseth left they the stones thereof; howbeit the slingers went about it, and smote it. -- 2 kings 3:25 +. +And when the king of Moab saw that the battle was too sore for him, he took with him seven hundred men that drew swords, to break through even unto the king of Edom: but they could not. -- 2 kings 3:26 +. +Then he took his eldest son that should have reigned in his stead, and offered him for a burnt offering upon the wall. And there was great indignation against Israel: and they departed from him, and returned to their own land. -- 2 kings 3:27 +. +Now there cried a certain woman of the wives of the sons of the prophets unto Elisha, saying, Thy servant my husband is dead; and thou knowest that thy servant did fear the LORD: and the creditor is come to take unto him my two sons to be bondmen. -- 2 kings 4:1 +. +And Elisha said unto her, What shall I do for thee? tell me, what hast thou in the house? And she said, Thine handmaid hath not any thing in the house, save a pot of oil. -- 2 kings 4:2 +. +Then he said, Go, borrow thee vessels abroad of all thy neighbors, even empty vessels; borrow not a few. -- 2 kings 4:3 +. +And when thou art come in, thou shalt shut the door upon thee and upon thy sons, and shalt pour out into all those vessels, and thou shalt set aside that which is full. -- 2 kings 4:4 +. +So she went from him, and shut the door upon her and upon her sons, who brought the vessels to her; and she poured out. -- 2 kings 4:5 +. +And it came to pass, when the vessels were full, that she said unto her son, Bring me yet a vessel. And he said unto her, There is not a vessel more. And the oil stayed. -- 2 kings 4:6 +. +Then she came and told the man of God. And he said, Go, sell the oil, and pay thy debt, and live thou and thy children of the rest. -- 2 kings 4:7 +. +And it fell on a day, that Elisha passed to Shunem, where was a great woman; and she constrained him to eat bread. And so it was, that as oft as he passed by, he turned in thither to eat bread. -- 2 kings 4:8 +. +And she said unto her husband, Behold now, I perceive that this is an holy man of God, which passeth by us continually. -- 2 kings 4:9 +. +Let us make a little chamber, I pray thee, on the wall; and let us set for him there a bed, and a table, and a stool, and a candlestick: and it shall be, when he cometh to us, that he shall turn in thither. -- 2 kings 4:10 +. +And it fell on a day, that he came thither, and he turned into the chamber, and lay there. -- 2 kings 4:11 +. +And he said to Gehazi his servant, Call this Shunammite. And when he had called her, she stood before him. -- 2 kings 4:12 +. +And he said unto him, Say now unto her, Behold, thou hast been careful for us with all this care; what is to be done for thee? wouldest thou be spoken for to the king, or to the captain of the host? And she answered, I dwell among mine own people. -- 2 kings 4:13 +. +And he said, What then is to be done for her? And Gehazi answered, Verily she hath no child, and her husband is old. -- 2 kings 4:14 +. +And he said, Call her. And when he had called her, she stood in the door. -- 2 kings 4:15 +. +And he said, About this season, according to the time of life, thou shalt embrace a son. And she said, Nay, my lord, thou man of God, do not lie unto thine handmaid. -- 2 kings 4:16 +. +And the woman conceived, and bare a son at that season that Elisha had said unto her, according to the time of life. -- 2 kings 4:17 +. +And when the child was grown, it fell on a day, that he went out to his father to the reapers. -- 2 kings 4:18 +. +And he said unto his father, My head, my head. And he said to a lad, Carry him to his mother. -- 2 kings 4:19 +. +And when he had taken him, and brought him to his mother, he sat on her knees till noon, and then died. -- 2 kings 4:20 +. +And she went up, and laid him on the bed of the man of God, and shut the door upon him, and went out. -- 2 kings 4:21 +. +And she called unto her husband, and said, Send me, I pray thee, one of the young men, and one of the asses, that I may run to the man of God, and come again. -- 2 kings 4:22 +. +And he said, Wherefore wilt thou go to him to day? it is neither new moon, nor sabbath. And she said, It shall be well. -- 2 kings 4:23 +. +Then she saddled an ass, and said to her servant, Drive, and go forward; slack not thy riding for me, except I bid thee. -- 2 kings 4:24 +. +So she went and came unto the man of God to mount Carmel. And it came to pass, when the man of God saw her afar off, that he said to Gehazi his servant, Behold, yonder is that Shunammite: -- 2 kings 4:25 +. +Run now, I pray thee, to meet her, and say unto her, Is it well with thee? is it well with thy husband? is it well with the child? And she answered, It is well: -- 2 kings 4:26 +. +And when she came to the man of God to the hill, she caught him by the feet: but Gehazi came near to thrust her away. And the man of God said, Let her alone; for her soul is vexed within her: and the LORD hath hid it from me, and hath not told me. -- 2 kings 4:27 +. +Then she said, Did I desire a son of my lord? did I not say, Do not deceive me? -- 2 kings 4:28 +. +Then he said to Gehazi, Gird up thy loins, and take my staff in thine hand, and go thy way: if thou meet any man, salute him not; and if any salute thee, answer him not again: and lay my staff upon the face of the child. -- 2 kings 4:29 +. +And the mother of the child said, As the LORD liveth, and as thy soul liveth, I will not leave thee. And he arose, and followed her. -- 2 kings 4:30 +. +And Gehazi passed on before them, and laid the staff upon the face of the child; but there was neither voice, nor hearing. Wherefore he went again to meet him, and told him, saying, The child is not awaked. -- 2 kings 4:31 +. +And when Elisha was come into the house, behold, the child was dead, and laid upon his bed. -- 2 kings 4:32 +. +He went in therefore, and shut the door upon them twain, and prayed unto the LORD. -- 2 kings 4:33 +. +And he went up, and lay upon the child, and put his mouth upon his mouth, and his eyes upon his eyes, and his hands upon his hands: and stretched himself upon the child; and the flesh of the child waxed warm. -- 2 kings 4:34 +. +Then he returned, and walked in the house to and fro; and went up, and stretched himself upon him: and the child sneezed seven times, and the child opened his eyes. -- 2 kings 4:35 +. +And he called Gehazi, and said, Call this Shunammite. So he called her. And when she was come in unto him, he said, Take up thy son. -- 2 kings 4:36 +. +Then she went in, and fell at his feet, and bowed herself to the ground, and took up her son, and went out. -- 2 kings 4:37 +. +And Elisha came again to Gilgal: and there was a dearth in the land; and the sons of the prophets were sitting before him: and he said unto his servant, Set on the great pot, and seethe pottage for the sons of the prophets. -- 2 kings 4:38 +. +And one went out into the field to gather herbs, and found a wild vine, and gathered thereof wild gourds his lap full, and came and shred them into the pot of pottage: for they knew them not. -- 2 kings 4:39 +. +So they poured out for the men to eat. And it came to pass, as they were eating of the pottage, that they cried out, and said, O thou man of God, there is death in the pot. And they could not eat thereof. -- 2 kings 4:40 +. +But he said, Then bring meal. And he cast it into the pot; and he said, Pour out for the people, that they may eat. And there was no harm in the pot. -- 2 kings 4:41 +. +And there came a man from Baalshalisha, and brought the man of God bread of the firstfruits, twenty loaves of barley, and full ears of corn in the husk thereof. And he said, Give unto the people, that they may eat. -- 2 kings 4:42 +. +And his servitor said, What, should I set this before an hundred men? He said again, Give the people, that they may eat: for thus saith the LORD, They shall eat, and shall leave thereof. -- 2 kings 4:43 +. +So he set it before them, and they did eat, and left thereof, according to the word of the LORD. -- 2 kings 4:44 +. +Now Naaman, captain of the host of the king of Syria, was a great man with his master, and honorable, because by him the LORD had given deliverance unto Syria: he was also a mighty man in valor, but he was a leper. -- 2 kings 5:1 +. +And the Syrians had gone out by companies, and had brought away captive out of the land of Israel a little maid; and she waited on Naaman's wife. -- 2 kings 5:2 +. +And she said unto her mistress, Would God my lord were with the prophet that is in Samaria! for he would recover him of his leprosy. -- 2 kings 5:3 +. +And one went in, and told his lord, saying, Thus and thus said the maid that is of the land of Israel. -- 2 kings 5:4 +. +And the king of Syria said, Go to, go, and I will send a letter unto the king of Israel. And he departed, and took with him ten talents of silver, and six thousand pieces of gold, and ten changes of raiment. -- 2 kings 5:5 +. +And he brought the letter to the king of Israel, saying, Now when this letter is come unto thee, behold, I have therewith sent Naaman my servant to thee, that thou mayest recover him of his leprosy. -- 2 kings 5:6 +. +And it came to pass, when the king of Israel had read the letter, that he rent his clothes, and said, Am I God, to kill and to make alive, that this man doth send unto me to recover a man of his leprosy? wherefore consider, I pray you, and see how he seeketh a quarrel against me. -- 2 kings 5:7 +. +And it was so, when Elisha the man of God had heard that the king of Israel had rent his clothes, that he sent to the king, saying, Wherefore hast thou rent thy clothes? let him come now to me, and he shall know that there is a prophet in Israel. -- 2 kings 5:8 +. +So Naaman came with his horses and with his chariot, and stood at the door of the house of Elisha. -- 2 kings 5:9 +. +And Elisha sent a messenger unto him, saying, Go and wash in Jordan seven times, and thy flesh shall come again to thee, and thou shalt be clean. -- 2 kings 5:10 +. +But Naaman was wroth, and went away, and said, Behold, I thought, He will surely come out to me, and stand, and call on the name of the LORD his God, and strike his hand over the place, and recover the leper. -- 2 kings 5:11 +. +Are not Abana and Pharpar, rivers of Damascus, better than all the waters of Israel? may I not wash in them, and be clean? So he turned and went away in a rage. -- 2 kings 5:12 +. +And his servants came near, and spake unto him, and said, My father, if the prophet had bid thee do some great thing, wouldest thou not have done it? how much rather then, when he saith to thee, Wash, and be clean? -- 2 kings 5:13 +. +Then went he down, and dipped himself seven times in Jordan, according to the saying of the man of God: and his flesh came again like unto the flesh of a little child, and he was clean. -- 2 kings 5:14 +. +And he returned to the man of God, he and all his company, and came, and stood before him: and he said, Behold, now I know that there is no God in all the earth, but in Israel: now therefore, I pray thee, take a blessing of thy servant. -- 2 kings 5:15 +. +But he said, As the LORD liveth, before whom I stand, I will receive none. And he urged him to take it; but he refused. -- 2 kings 5:16 +. +And Naaman said, Shall there not then, I pray thee, be given to thy servant two mules' burden of earth? for thy servant will henceforth offer neither burnt offering nor sacrifice unto other gods, but unto the LORD. -- 2 kings 5:17 +. +In this thing the LORD pardon thy servant, that when my master goeth into the house of Rimmon to worship there, and he leaneth on my hand, and I bow myself in the house of Rimmon: when I bow down myself in the house of Rimmon, the LORD pardon thy servant in this thing. -- 2 kings 5:18 +. +And he said unto him, Go in peace. So he departed from him a little way. -- 2 kings 5:19 +. +But Gehazi, the servant of Elisha the man of God, said, Behold, my master hath spared Naaman this Syrian, in not receiving at his hands that which he brought: but, as the LORD liveth, I will run after him, and take somewhat of him. -- 2 kings 5:20 +. +So Gehazi followed after Naaman. And when Naaman saw him running after him, he lighted down from the chariot to meet him, and said, Is all well? -- 2 kings 5:21 +. +And he said, All is well. My master hath sent me, saying, Behold, even now there be come to me from mount Ephraim two young men of the sons of the prophets: give them, I pray thee, a talent of silver, and two changes of garments. -- 2 kings 5:22 +. +And Naaman said, Be content, take two talents. And he urged him, and bound two talents of silver in two bags, with two changes of garments, and laid them upon two of his servants; and they bare them before him. -- 2 kings 5:23 +. +And when he came to the tower, he took them from their hand, and bestowed them in the house: and he let the men go, and they departed. -- 2 kings 5:24 +. +But he went in, and stood before his master. And Elisha said unto him, Whence comest thou, Gehazi? And he said, Thy servant went no whither. -- 2 kings 5:25 +. +And he said unto him, Went not mine heart with thee, when the man turned again from his chariot to meet thee? Is it a time to receive money, and to receive garments, and oliveyards, and vineyards, and sheep, and oxen, and menservants, and maidservants? -- 2 kings 5:26 +. +The leprosy therefore of Naaman shall cleave unto thee, and unto thy seed for ever. And he went out from his presence a leper as white as snow. -- 2 kings 5:27 +. +And the sons of the prophets said unto Elisha, Behold now, the place where we dwell with thee is too strait for us. -- 2 kings 6:1 +. +Let us go, we pray thee, unto Jordan, and take thence every man a beam, and let us make us a place there, where we may dwell. And he answered, Go ye. -- 2 kings 6:2 +. +And one said, Be content, I pray thee, and go with thy servants. And he answered, I will go. -- 2 kings 6:3 +. +So he went with them. And when they came to Jordan, they cut down wood. -- 2 kings 6:4 +. +But as one was felling a beam, the axe head fell into the water: and he cried, and said, Alas, master! for it was borrowed. -- 2 kings 6:5 +. +And the man of God said, Where fell it? And he showed him the place. And he cut down a stick, and cast it in thither; and the iron did swim. -- 2 kings 6:6 +. +Therefore said he, Take it up to thee. And he put out his hand, and took it. -- 2 kings 6:7 +. +Then the king of Syria warred against Israel, and took counsel with his servants, saying, In such and such a place shall be my camp. -- 2 kings 6:8 +. +And the man of God sent unto the king of Israel, saying, Beware that thou pass not such a place; for thither the Syrians are come down. -- 2 kings 6:9 +. +And the king of Israel sent to the place which the man of God told him and warned him of, and saved himself there, not once nor twice. -- 2 kings 6:10 +. +Therefore the heart of the king of Syria was sore troubled for this thing; and he called his servants, and said unto them, Will ye not show me which of us is for the king of Israel? -- 2 kings 6:11 +. +And one of his servants said, None, my lord, O king: but Elisha, the prophet that is in Israel, telleth the king of Israel the words that thou speakest in thy bedchamber. -- 2 kings 6:12 +. +And he said, Go and spy where he is, that I may send and fetch him. And it was told him, saying, Behold, he is in Dothan. -- 2 kings 6:13 +. +Therefore sent he thither horses, and chariots, and a great host: and they came by night, and compassed the city about. -- 2 kings 6:14 +. +And when the servant of the man of God was risen early, and gone forth, behold, an host compassed the city both with horses and chariots. And his servant said unto him, Alas, my master! how shall we do? -- 2 kings 6:15 +. +And he answered, Fear not: for they that be with us are more than they that be with them. -- 2 kings 6:16 +. +And Elisha prayed, and said, LORD, I pray thee, open his eyes, that he may see. And the LORD opened the eyes of the young man; and he saw: and, behold, the mountain was full of horses and chariots of fire round about Elisha. -- 2 kings 6:17 +. +And when they came down to him, Elisha prayed unto the LORD, and said, Smite this people, I pray thee, with blindness. And he smote them with blindness according to the word of Elisha. -- 2 kings 6:18 +. +And Elisha said unto them, This is not the way, neither is this the city: follow me, and I will bring you to the man whom ye seek. But he led them to Samaria. -- 2 kings 6:19 +. +And it came to pass, when they were come into Samaria, that Elisha said, LORD, open the eyes of these men, that they may see. And the LORD opened their eyes, and they saw; and, behold, they were in the midst of Samaria. -- 2 kings 6:20 +. +And the king of Israel said unto Elisha, when he saw them, My father, shall I smite them? shall I smite them? -- 2 kings 6:21 +. +And he answered, Thou shalt not smite them: wouldest thou smite those whom thou hast taken captive with thy sword and with thy bow? set bread and water before them, that they may eat and drink, and go to their master. -- 2 kings 6:22 +. +And he prepared great provision for them: and when they had eaten and drunk, he sent them away, and they went to their master. So the bands of Syria came no more into the land of Israel. -- 2 kings 6:23 +. +And it came to pass after this, that Benhadad king of Syria gathered all his host, and went up, and besieged Samaria. -- 2 kings 6:24 +. +And there was a great famine in Samaria: and, behold, they besieged it, until an ass's head was sold for fourscore pieces of silver, and the fourth part of a cab of dove's dung for five pieces of silver. -- 2 kings 6:25 +. +And as the king of Israel was passing by upon the wall, there cried a woman unto him, saying, Help, my lord, O king. -- 2 kings 6:26 +. +And he said, If the LORD do not help thee, whence shall I help thee? out of the barnfloor, or out of the winepress? -- 2 kings 6:27 +. +And the king said unto her, What aileth thee? And she answered, This woman said unto me, Give thy son, that we may eat him to day, and we will eat my son to morrow. -- 2 kings 6:28 +. +So we boiled my son, and did eat him: and I said unto her on the next day, Give thy son, that we may eat him: and she hath hid her son. -- 2 kings 6:29 +. +And it came to pass, when the king heard the words of the woman, that he rent his clothes; and he passed by upon the wall, and the people looked, and, behold, he had sackcloth within upon his flesh. -- 2 kings 6:30 +. +Then he said, God do so and more also to me, if the head of Elisha the son of Shaphat shall stand on him this day. -- 2 kings 6:31 +. +But Elisha sat in his house, and the elders sat with him; and the king sent a man from before him: but ere the messenger came to him, he said to the elders, See ye how this son of a murderer hath sent to take away mine head? look, when the messenger cometh, shut the door, and hold him fast at the door: is not the sound of his master's feet behind him? -- 2 kings 6:32 +. +And while he yet talked with them, behold, the messenger came down unto him: and he said, Behold, this evil is of the LORD; what should I wait for the LORD any longer? -- 2 kings 6:33 +. +Then Elisha said, Hear ye the word of the LORD; Thus saith the LORD, To morrow about this time shall a measure of fine flour be sold for a shekel, and two measures of barley for a shekel, in the gate of Samaria. -- 2 kings 7:1 +. +Then a lord on whose hand the king leaned answered the man of God, and said, Behold, if the LORD would make windows in heaven, might this thing be? And he said, Behold, thou shalt see it with thine eyes, but shalt not eat thereof. -- 2 kings 7:2 +. +And there were four leprous men at the entering in of the gate: and they said one to another, Why sit we here until we die? -- 2 kings 7:3 +. +If we say, We will enter into the city, then the famine is in the city, and we shall die there: and if we sit still here, we die also. Now therefore come, and let us fall unto the host of the Syrians: if they save us alive, we shall live; and if they kill us, we shall but die. -- 2 kings 7:4 +. +And they rose up in the twilight, to go unto the camp of the Syrians: and when they were come to the uttermost part of the camp of Syria, behold, there was no man there. -- 2 kings 7:5 +. +For the LORD had made the host of the Syrians to hear a noise of chariots, and a noise of horses, even the noise of a great host: and they said one to another, Lo, the king of Israel hath hired against us the kings of the Hittites, and the kings of the Egyptians, to come upon us. -- 2 kings 7:6 +. +Wherefore they arose and fled in the twilight, and left their tents, and their horses, and their asses, even the camp as it was, and fled for their life. -- 2 kings 7:7 +. +And when these lepers came to the uttermost part of the camp, they went into one tent, and did eat and drink, and carried thence silver, and gold, and raiment, and went and hid it; and came again, and entered into another tent, and carried thence also, and went and hid it. -- 2 kings 7:8 +. +Then they said one to another, We do not well: this day is a day of good tidings, and we hold our peace: if we tarry till the morning light, some mischief will come upon us: now therefore come, that we may go and tell the king's household. -- 2 kings 7:9 +. +So they came and called unto the porter of the city: and they told them, saying, We came to the camp of the Syrians, and, behold, there was no man there, neither voice of man, but horses tied, and asses tied, and the tents as they were. -- 2 kings 7:10 +. +And he called the porters; and they told it to the king's house within. -- 2 kings 7:11 +. +And the king arose in the night, and said unto his servants, I will now show you what the Syrians have done to us. They know that we be hungry; therefore are they gone out of the camp to hide themselves in the field, saying, When they come out of the city, we shall catch them alive, and get into the city. -- 2 kings 7:12 +. +And one of his servants answered and said, Let some take, I pray thee, five of the horses that remain, which are left in the city, (behold, they are as all the multitude of Israel that are left in it: behold, I say, they are even as all the multitude of the Israelites that are consumed:) and let us send and see. -- 2 kings 7:13 +. +They took therefore two chariot horses; and the king sent after the host of the Syrians, saying, Go and see. -- 2 kings 7:14 +. +And they went after them unto Jordan: and, lo, all the way was full of garments and vessels, which the Syrians had cast away in their haste. And the messengers returned, and told the king. -- 2 kings 7:15 +. +And the people went out, and spoiled the tents of the Syrians. So a measure of fine flour was sold for a shekel, and two measures of barley for a shekel, according to the word of the LORD. -- 2 kings 7:16 +. +And the king appointed the lord on whose hand he leaned to have the charge of the gate: and the people trode upon him in the gate, and he died, as the man of God had said, who spake when the king came down to him. -- 2 kings 7:17 +. +And it came to pass as the man of God had spoken to the king, saying, Two measures of barley for a shekel, and a measure of fine flour for a shekel, shall be to morrow about this time in the gate of Samaria: -- 2 kings 7:18 +. +And that lord answered the man of God, and said, Now, behold, if the LORD should make windows in heaven, might such a thing be? And he said, Behold, thou shalt see it with thine eyes, but shalt not eat thereof. -- 2 kings 7:19 +. +And so it fell out unto him: for the people trode upon him in the gate, and he died. -- 2 kings 7:20 +. +Then spake Elisha unto the woman, whose son he had restored to life, saying, Arise, and go thou and thine household, and sojourn wheresoever thou canst sojourn: for the LORD hath called for a famine; and it shall also come upon the land seven years. -- 2 kings 8:1 +. +And the woman arose, and did after the saying of the man of God: and she went with her household, and sojourned in the land of the Philistines seven years. -- 2 kings 8:2 +. +And it came to pass at the seven years' end, that the woman returned out of the land of the Philistines: and she went forth to cry unto the king for her house and for her land. -- 2 kings 8:3 +. +And the king talked with Gehazi the servant of the man of God, saying, Tell me, I pray thee, all the great things that Elisha hath done. -- 2 kings 8:4 +. +And it came to pass, as he was telling the king how he had restored a dead body to life, that, behold, the woman, whose son he had restored to life, cried to the king for her house and for her land. And Gehazi said, My lord, O king, this is the woman, and this is her son, whom Elisha restored to life. -- 2 kings 8:5 +. +And when the king asked the woman, she told him. So the king appointed unto her a certain officer, saying, Restore all that was hers, and all the fruits of the field since the day that she left the land, even until now. -- 2 kings 8:6 +. +And Elisha came to Damascus; and Benhadad the king of Syria was sick; and it was told him, saying, The man of God is come hither. -- 2 kings 8:7 +. +And the king said unto Hazael, Take a present in thine hand, and go, meet the man of God, and enquire of the LORD by him, saying, Shall I recover of this disease? -- 2 kings 8:8 +. +So Hazael went to meet him, and took a present with him, even of every good thing of Damascus, forty camels' burden, and came and stood before him, and said, Thy son Benhadad king of Syria hath sent me to thee, saying, Shall I recover of this disease? -- 2 kings 8:9 +. +And Elisha said unto him, Go, say unto him, Thou mayest certainly recover: howbeit the LORD hath showed me that he shall surely die. -- 2 kings 8:10 +. +And he settled his countenance stedfastly, until he was ashamed: and the man of God wept. -- 2 kings 8:11 +. +And Hazael said, Why weepeth my lord? And he answered, Because I know the evil that thou wilt do unto the children of Israel: their strong holds wilt thou set on fire, and their young men wilt thou slay with the sword, and wilt dash their children, and rip up their women with child. -- 2 kings 8:12 +. +And Hazael said, But what, is thy servant a dog, that he should do this great thing? And Elisha answered, The LORD hath showed me that thou shalt be king over Syria. -- 2 kings 8:13 +. +So he departed from Elisha, and came to his master; who said to him, What said Elisha to thee? And he answered, He told me that thou shouldest surely recover. -- 2 kings 8:14 +. +And it came to pass on the morrow, that he took a thick cloth, and dipped it in water, and spread it on his face, so that he died: and Hazael reigned in his stead. -- 2 kings 8:15 +. +And in the fifth year of Joram the son of Ahab king of Israel, Jehoshaphat being then king of Judah, Jehoram the son of Jehoshaphat king of Judah began to reign. -- 2 kings 8:16 +. +Thirty and two years old was he when he began to reign; and he reigned eight years in Jerusalem. -- 2 kings 8:17 +. +And he walked in the way of the kings of Israel, as did the house of Ahab: for the daughter of Ahab was his wife: and he did evil in the sight of the LORD. -- 2 kings 8:18 +. +Yet the LORD would not destroy Judah for David his servant's sake, as he promised him to give him alway a light, and to his children. -- 2 kings 8:19 +. +In his days Edom revolted from under the hand of Judah, and made a king over themselves. -- 2 kings 8:20 +. +So Joram went over to Zair, and all the chariots with him: and he rose by night, and smote the Edomites which compassed him about, and the captains of the chariots: and the people fled into their tents. -- 2 kings 8:21 +. +Yet Edom revolted from under the hand of Judah unto this day. Then Libnah revolted at the same time. -- 2 kings 8:22 +. +And the rest of the acts of Joram, and all that he did, are they not written in the book of the chronicles of the kings of Judah? -- 2 kings 8:23 +. +And Joram slept with his fathers, and was buried with his fathers in the city of David: and Ahaziah his son reigned in his stead. -- 2 kings 8:24 +. +In the twelfth year of Joram the son of Ahab king of Israel did Ahaziah the son of Jehoram king of Judah begin to reign. -- 2 kings 8:25 +. +Two and twenty years old was Ahaziah when he began to reign; and he reigned one year in Jerusalem. And his mother's name was Athaliah, the daughter of Omri king of Israel. -- 2 kings 8:26 +. +And he walked in the way of the house of Ahab, and did evil in the sight of the LORD, as did the house of Ahab: for he was the son in law of the house of Ahab. -- 2 kings 8:27 +. +And he went with Joram the son of Ahab to the war against Hazael king of Syria in Ramothgilead; and the Syrians wounded Joram. -- 2 kings 8:28 +. +And king Joram went back to be healed in Jezreel of the wounds which the Syrians had given him at Ramah, when he fought against Hazael king of Syria. And Ahaziah the son of Jehoram king of Judah went down to see Joram the son of Ahab in Jezreel, because he was sick. -- 2 kings 8:29 +. +And Elisha the prophet called one of the children of the prophets, and said unto him, Gird up thy loins, and take this box of oil in thine hand, and go to Ramothgilead: -- 2 kings 9:1 +. +And when thou comest thither, look out there Jehu the son of Jehoshaphat the son of Nimshi, and go in, and make him arise up from among his brethren, and carry him to an inner chamber; -- 2 kings 9:2 +. +Then take the box of oil, and pour it on his head, and say, Thus saith the LORD, I have anointed thee king over Israel. Then open the door, and flee, and tarry not. -- 2 kings 9:3 +. +So the young man, even the young man the prophet, went to Ramothgilead. -- 2 kings 9:4 +. +And when he came, behold, the captains of the host were sitting; and he said, I have an errand to thee, O captain. And Jehu said, Unto which of all us? And he said, To thee, O captain. -- 2 kings 9:5 +. +And he arose, and went into the house; and he poured the oil on his head, and said unto him, Thus saith the LORD God of Israel, I have anointed thee king over the people of the LORD, even over Israel. -- 2 kings 9:6 +. +And thou shalt smite the house of Ahab thy master, that I may avenge the blood of my servants the prophets, and the blood of all the servants of the LORD, at the hand of Jezebel. -- 2 kings 9:7 +. +For the whole house of Ahab shall perish: and I will cut off from Ahab him that pisseth against the wall, and him that is shut up and left in Israel: -- 2 kings 9:8 +. +And I will make the house of Ahab like the house of Jeroboam the son of Nebat, and like the house of Baasha the son of Ahijah: -- 2 kings 9:9 +. +And the dogs shall eat Jezebel in the portion of Jezreel, and there shall be none to bury her. And he opened the door, and fled. -- 2 kings 9:10 +. +Then Jehu came forth to the servants of his lord: and one said unto him, Is all well? wherefore came this mad fellow to thee? And he said unto them, Ye know the man, and his communication. -- 2 kings 9:11 +. +And they said, It is false; tell us now. And he said, Thus and thus spake he to me, saying, Thus saith the LORD, I have anointed thee king over Israel. -- 2 kings 9:12 +. +Then they hasted, and took every man his garment, and put it under him on the top of the stairs, and blew with trumpets, saying, Jehu is king. -- 2 kings 9:13 +. +So Jehu the son of Jehoshaphat the son of Nimshi conspired against Joram. (Now Joram had kept Ramothgilead, he and all Israel, because of Hazael king of Syria. -- 2 kings 9:14 +. +But king Joram was returned to be healed in Jezreel of the wounds which the Syrians had given him, when he fought with Hazael king of Syria.) And Jehu said, If it be your minds, then let none go forth nor escape out of the city to go to tell it in Jezreel. -- 2 kings 9:15 +. +So Jehu rode in a chariot, and went to Jezreel; for Joram lay there. And Ahaziah king of Judah was come down to see Joram. -- 2 kings 9:16 +. +And there stood a watchman on the tower in Jezreel, and he spied the company of Jehu as he came, and said, I see a company. And Joram said, Take an horseman, and send to meet them, and let him say, Is it peace? -- 2 kings 9:17 +. +So there went one on horseback to meet him, and said, Thus saith the king, Is it peace? And Jehu said, What hast thou to do with peace? turn thee behind me. And the watchman told, saying, The messenger came to them, but he cometh not again. -- 2 kings 9:18 +. +Then he sent out a second on horseback, which came to them, and said, Thus saith the king, Is it peace? And Jehu answered, What hast thou to do with peace? turn thee behind me. -- 2 kings 9:19 +. +And the watchman told, saying, He came even unto them, and cometh not again: and the driving is like the driving of Jehu the son of Nimshi; for he driveth furiously. -- 2 kings 9:20 +. +And Joram said, Make ready. And his chariot was made ready. And Joram king of Israel and Ahaziah king of Judah went out, each in his chariot, and they went out against Jehu, and met him in the portion of Naboth the Jezreelite. -- 2 kings 9:21 +. +And it came to pass, when Joram saw Jehu, that he said, Is it peace, Jehu? And he answered, What peace, so long as the whoredoms of thy mother Jezebel and her witchcrafts are so many? -- 2 kings 9:22 +. +And Joram turned his hands, and fled, and said to Ahaziah, There is treachery, O Ahaziah. -- 2 kings 9:23 +. +And Jehu drew a bow with his full strength, and smote Jehoram between his arms, and the arrow went out at his heart, and he sunk down in his chariot. -- 2 kings 9:24 +. +Then said Jehu to Bidkar his captain, Take up, and cast him in the portion of the field of Naboth the Jezreelite: for remember how that, when I and thou rode together after Ahab his father, the LORD laid this burden upon him; -- 2 kings 9:25 +. +Surely I have seen yesterday the blood of Naboth, and the blood of his sons, saith the LORD; and I will requite thee in this plat, saith the LORD. Now therefore take and cast him into the plat of ground, according to the word of the LORD. -- 2 kings 9:26 +. +But when Ahaziah the king of Judah saw this, he fled by the way of the garden house. And Jehu followed after him, and said, Smite him also in the chariot. And they did so at the going up to Gur, which is by Ibleam. And he fled to Megiddo, and died there. -- 2 kings 9:27 +. +And his servants carried him in a chariot to Jerusalem, and buried him in his sepulchre with his fathers in the city of David. -- 2 kings 9:28 +. +And in the eleventh year of Joram the son of Ahab began Ahaziah to reign over Judah. -- 2 kings 9:29 +. +And when Jehu was come to Jezreel, Jezebel heard of it; and she painted her face, and tired her head, and looked out at a window. -- 2 kings 9:30 +. +And as Jehu entered in at the gate, she said, Had Zimri peace, who slew his master? -- 2 kings 9:31 +. +And he lifted up his face to the window, and said, Who is on my side? who? And there looked out to him two or three eunuchs. -- 2 kings 9:32 +. +And he said, Throw her down. So they threw her down: and some of her blood was sprinkled on the wall, and on the horses: and he trode her under foot. -- 2 kings 9:33 +. +And when he was come in, he did eat and drink, and said, Go, see now this cursed woman, and bury her: for she is a king's daughter. -- 2 kings 9:34 +. +And they went to bury her: but they found no more of her than the skull, and the feet, and the palms of her hands. -- 2 kings 9:35 +. +Wherefore they came again, and told him. And he said, This is the word of the LORD, which he spake by his servant Elijah the Tishbite, saying, In the portion of Jezreel shall dogs eat the flesh of Jezebel: -- 2 kings 9:36 +. +And the carcass of Jezebel shall be as dung upon the face of the field in the portion of Jezreel; so that they shall not say, This is Jezebel. -- 2 kings 9:37 +. +And Ahab had seventy sons in Samaria. And Jehu wrote letters, and sent to Samaria, unto the rulers of Jezreel, to the elders, and to them that brought up Ahab's children, saying, -- 2 kings 10:1 +. +Now as soon as this letter cometh to you, seeing your master's sons are with you, and there are with you chariots and horses, a fenced city also, and armor; -- 2 kings 10:2 +. +Look even out the best and meetest of your master's sons, and set him on his father's throne, and fight for your master's house. -- 2 kings 10:3 +. +But they were exceedingly afraid, and said, Behold, two kings stood not before him: how then shall we stand? -- 2 kings 10:4 +. +And he that was over the house, and he that was over the city, the elders also, and the bringers up of the children, sent to Jehu, saying, We are thy servants, and will do all that thou shalt bid us; we will not make any king: do thou that which is good in thine eyes. -- 2 kings 10:5 +. +Then he wrote a letter the second time to them, saying, If ye be mine, and if ye will hearken unto my voice, take ye the heads of the men your master's sons, and come to me to Jezreel by to morrow this time. Now the king's sons, being seventy persons, were with the great men of the city, which brought them up. -- 2 kings 10:6 +. +And it came to pass, when the letter came to them, that they took the king's sons, and slew seventy persons, and put their heads in baskets, and sent him them to Jezreel. -- 2 kings 10:7 +. +And there came a messenger, and told him, saying, They have brought the heads of the king's sons. And he said, Lay ye them in two heaps at the entering in of the gate until the morning. -- 2 kings 10:8 +. +And it came to pass in the morning, that he went out, and stood, and said to all the people, Ye be righteous: behold, I conspired against my master, and slew him: but who slew all these? -- 2 kings 10:9 +. +Know now that there shall fall unto the earth nothing of the word of the LORD, which the LORD spake concerning the house of Ahab: for the LORD hath done that which he spake by his servant Elijah. -- 2 kings 10:10 +. +So Jehu slew all that remained of the house of Ahab in Jezreel, and all his great men, and his kinsfolk, and his priests, until he left him none remaining. -- 2 kings 10:11 +. +And he arose and departed, and came to Samaria. And as he was at the shearing house in the way, -- 2 kings 10:12 +. +Jehu met with the brethren of Ahaziah king of Judah, and said, Who are ye? And they answered, We are the brethren of Ahaziah; and we go down to salute the children of the king and the children of the queen. -- 2 kings 10:13 +. +And he said, Take them alive. And they took them alive, and slew them at the pit of the shearing house, even two and forty men; neither left he any of them. -- 2 kings 10:14 +. +And when he was departed thence, he lighted on Jehonadab the son of Rechab coming to meet him: and he saluted him, and said to him, Is thine heart right, as my heart is with thy heart? And Jehonadab answered, It is. If it be, give me thine hand. And he gave him his hand; and he took him up to him into the chariot. -- 2 kings 10:15 +. +And he said, Come with me, and see my zeal for the LORD. So they made him ride in his chariot. -- 2 kings 10:16 +. +And when he came to Samaria, he slew all that remained unto Ahab in Samaria, till he had destroyed him, according to the saying of the LORD, which he spake to Elijah. -- 2 kings 10:17 +. +And Jehu gathered all the people together, and said unto them, Ahab served Baal a little; but Jehu shall serve him much. -- 2 kings 10:18 +. +Now therefore call unto me all the prophets of Baal, all his servants, and all his priests; let none be wanting: for I have a great sacrifice to do to Baal; whosoever shall be wanting, he shall not live. But Jehu did it in subtilty, to the intent that he might destroy the worshippers of Baal. -- 2 kings 10:19 +. +And Jehu said, Proclaim a solemn assembly for Baal. And they proclaimed it. -- 2 kings 10:20 +. +And Jehu sent through all Israel: and all the worshippers of Baal came, so that there was not a man left that came not. And they came into the house of Baal; and the house of Baal was full from one end to another. -- 2 kings 10:21 +. +And he said unto him that was over the vestry, Bring forth vestments for all the worshippers of Baal. And he brought them forth vestments. -- 2 kings 10:22 +. +And Jehu went, and Jehonadab the son of Rechab, into the house of Baal, and said unto the worshippers of Baal, Search, and look that there be here with you none of the servants of the LORD, but the worshippers of Baal only. -- 2 kings 10:23 +. +And when they went in to offer sacrifices and burnt offerings, Jehu appointed fourscore men without, and said, If any of the men whom I have brought into your hands escape, he that letteth him go, his life shall be for the life of him. -- 2 kings 10:24 +. +And it came to pass, as soon as he had made an end of offering the burnt offering, that Jehu said to the guard and to the captains, Go in, and slay them; let none come forth. And they smote them with the edge of the sword; and the guard and the captains cast them out, and went to the city of the house of Baal. -- 2 kings 10:25 +. +And they brought forth the images out of the house of Baal, and burned them. -- 2 kings 10:26 +. +And they brake down the image of Baal, and brake down the house of Baal, and made it a draught house unto this day. -- 2 kings 10:27 +. +Thus Jehu destroyed Baal out of Israel. -- 2 kings 10:28 +. +Howbeit from the sins of Jeroboam the son of Nebat, who made Israel to sin, Jehu departed not from after them, to wit, the golden calves that were in Bethel, and that were in Dan. -- 2 kings 10:29 +. +And the LORD said unto Jehu, Because thou hast done well in executing that which is right in mine eyes, and hast done unto the house of Ahab according to all that was in mine heart, thy children of the fourth generation shall sit on the throne of Israel. -- 2 kings 10:30 +. +But Jehu took no heed to walk in the law of the LORD God of Israel with all his heart: for he departed not from the sins of Jeroboam, which made Israel to sin. -- 2 kings 10:31 +. +In those days the LORD began to cut Israel short: and Hazael smote them in all the coasts of Israel; -- 2 kings 10:32 +. +From Jordan eastward, all the land of Gilead, the Gadites, and the Reubenites, and the Manassites, from Aroer, which is by the river Arnon, even Gilead and Bashan. -- 2 kings 10:33 +. +Now the rest of the acts of Jehu, and all that he did, and all his might, are they not written in the book of the chronicles of the kings of Israel? -- 2 kings 10:34 +. +And Jehu slept with his fathers: and they buried him in Samaria. And Jehoahaz his son reigned in his stead. -- 2 kings 10:35 +. +And the time that Jehu reigned over Israel in Samaria was twenty and eight years. -- 2 kings 10:36 +. +And when Athaliah the mother of Ahaziah saw that her son was dead, she arose and destroyed all the seed royal. -- 2 kings 11:1 +. +But Jehosheba, the daughter of king Joram, sister of Ahaziah, took Joash the son of Ahaziah, and stole him from among the king's sons which were slain; and they hid him, even him and his nurse, in the bedchamber from Athaliah, so that he was not slain. -- 2 kings 11:2 +. +And he was with her hid in the house of the LORD six years. And Athaliah did reign over the land. -- 2 kings 11:3 +. +And the seventh year Jehoiada sent and fetched the rulers over hundreds, with the captains and the guard, and brought them to him into the house of the LORD, and made a covenant with them, and took an oath of them in the house of the LORD, and showed them the king's son. -- 2 kings 11:4 +. +And he commanded them, saying, This is the thing that ye shall do; A third part of you that enter in on the sabbath shall even be keepers of the watch of the king's house; -- 2 kings 11:5 +. +And a third part shall be at the gate of Sur; and a third part at the gate behind the guard: so shall ye keep the watch of the house, that it be not broken down. -- 2 kings 11:6 +. +And two parts of all you that go forth on the sabbath, even they shall keep the watch of the house of the LORD about the king. -- 2 kings 11:7 +. +And ye shall compass the king round about, every man with his weapons in his hand: and he that cometh within the ranges, let him be slain: and be ye with the king as he goeth out and as he cometh in. -- 2 kings 11:8 +. +And the captains over the hundreds did according to all things that Jehoiada the priest commanded: and they took every man his men that were to come in on the sabbath, with them that should go out on the sabbath, and came to Jehoiada the priest. -- 2 kings 11:9 +. +And to the captains over hundreds did the priest give king David's spears and shields, that were in the temple of the LORD. -- 2 kings 11:10 +. +And the guard stood, every man with his weapons in his hand, round about the king, from the right corner of the temple to the left corner of the temple, along by the altar and the temple. -- 2 kings 11:11 +. +And he brought forth the king's son, and put the crown upon him, and gave him the testimony; and they made him king, and anointed him; and they clapped their hands, and said, God save the king. -- 2 kings 11:12 +. +And when Athaliah heard the noise of the guard and of the people, she came to the people into the temple of the LORD. -- 2 kings 11:13 +. +And when she looked, behold, the king stood by a pillar, as the manner was, and the princes and the trumpeters by the king, and all the people of the land rejoiced, and blew with trumpets: and Athaliah rent her clothes, and cried, Treason, Treason. -- 2 kings 11:14 +. +But Jehoiada the priest commanded the captains of the hundreds, the officers of the host, and said unto them, Have her forth without the ranges: and him that followeth her kill with the sword. For the priest had said, Let her not be slain in the house of the LORD. -- 2 kings 11:15 +. +And they laid hands on her; and she went by the way by the which the horses came into the king's house: and there was she slain. -- 2 kings 11:16 +. +And Jehoiada made a covenant between the LORD and the king and the people, that they should be the LORD's people; between the king also and the people. -- 2 kings 11:17 +. +And all the people of the land went into the house of Baal, and brake it down; his altars and his images brake they in pieces thoroughly, and slew Mattan the priest of Baal before the altars. And the priest appointed officers over the house of the LORD. -- 2 kings 11:18 +. +And he took the rulers over hundreds, and the captains, and the guard, and all the people of the land; and they brought down the king from the house of the LORD, and came by the way of the gate of the guard to the king's house. And he sat on the throne of the kings. -- 2 kings 11:19 +. +And all the people of the land rejoiced, and the city was in quiet: and they slew Athaliah with the sword beside the king's house. -- 2 kings 11:20 +. +Seven years old was Jehoash when he began to reign. -- 2 kings 11:21 +. +In the seventh year of Jehu Jehoash began to reign; and forty years reigned he in Jerusalem. And his mother's name was Zibiah of Beersheba. -- 2 kings 12:1 +. +And Jehoash did that which was right in the sight of the LORD all his days wherein Jehoiada the priest instructed him. -- 2 kings 12:2 +. +But the high places were not taken away: the people still sacrificed and burnt incense in the high places. -- 2 kings 12:3 +. +And Jehoash said to the priests, All the money of the dedicated things that is brought into the house of the LORD, even the money of every one that passeth the account, the money that every man is set at, and all the money that cometh into any man's heart to bring into the house of the LORD, -- 2 kings 12:4 +. +Let the priests take it to them, every man of his acquaintance: and let them repair the breaches of the house, wheresoever any breach shall be found. -- 2 kings 12:5 +. +But it was so, that in the three and twentieth year of king Jehoash the priests had not repaired the breaches of the house. -- 2 kings 12:6 +. +Then king Jehoash called for Jehoiada the priest, and the other priests, and said unto them, Why repair ye not the breaches of the house? now therefore receive no more money of your acquaintance, but deliver it for the breaches of the house. -- 2 kings 12:7 +. +And the priests consented to receive no more money of the people, neither to repair the breaches of the house. -- 2 kings 12:8 +. +But Jehoiada the priest took a chest, and bored a hole in the lid of it, and set it beside the altar, on the right side as one cometh into the house of the LORD: and the priests that kept the door put therein all the money that was brought into the house of the LORD. -- 2 kings 12:9 +. +And it was so, when they saw that there was much money in the chest, that the king's scribe and the high priest came up, and they put up in bags, and told the money that was found in the house of the LORD. -- 2 kings 12:10 +. +And they gave the money, being told, into the hands of them that did the work, that had the oversight of the house of the LORD: and they laid it out to the carpenters and builders, that wrought upon the house of the LORD, -- 2 kings 12:11 +. +And to masons, and hewers of stone, and to buy timber and hewed stone to repair the breaches of the house of the LORD, and for all that was laid out for the house to repair it. -- 2 kings 12:12 +. +Howbeit there were not made for the house of the LORD bowls of silver, snuffers, basins, trumpets, any vessels of gold, or vessels of silver, of the money that was brought into the house of the LORD: -- 2 kings 12:13 +. +But they gave that to the workmen, and repaired therewith the house of the LORD. -- 2 kings 12:14 +. +Moreover they reckoned not with the men, into whose hand they delivered the money to be bestowed on workmen: for they dealt faithfully. -- 2 kings 12:15 +. +The trespass money and sin money was not brought into the house of the LORD: it was the priests'. -- 2 kings 12:16 +. +Then Hazael king of Syria went up, and fought against Gath, and took it: and Hazael set his face to go up to Jerusalem. -- 2 kings 12:17 +. +And Jehoash king of Judah took all the hallowed things that Jehoshaphat, and Jehoram, and Ahaziah, his fathers, kings of Judah, had dedicated, and his own hallowed things, and all the gold that was found in the treasures of the house of the LORD, and in the king's house, and sent it to Hazael king of Syria: and he went away from Jerusalem. -- 2 kings 12:18 +. +And the rest of the acts of Joash, and all that he did, are they not written in the book of the chronicles of the kings of Judah? -- 2 kings 12:19 +. +And his servants arose, and made a conspiracy, and slew Joash in the house of Millo, which goeth down to Silla. -- 2 kings 12:20 +. +For Jozachar the son of Shimeath, and Jehozabad the son of Shomer, his servants, smote him, and he died; and they buried him with his fathers in the city of David: and Amaziah his son reigned in his stead. -- 2 kings 12:21 +. +In the three and twentieth year of Joash the son of Ahaziah king of Judah Jehoahaz the son of Jehu began to reign over Israel in Samaria, and reigned seventeen years. -- 2 kings 13:1 +. +And he did that which was evil in the sight of the LORD, and followed the sins of Jeroboam the son of Nebat, which made Israel to sin; he departed not therefrom. -- 2 kings 13:2 +. +And the anger of the LORD was kindled against Israel, and he delivered them into the hand of Hazael king of Syria, and into the hand of Benhadad the son of Hazael, all their days. -- 2 kings 13:3 +. +And Jehoahaz besought the LORD, and the LORD hearkened unto him: for he saw the oppression of Israel, because the king of Syria oppressed them. -- 2 kings 13:4 +. +(And the LORD gave Israel a saviour, so that they went out from under the hand of the Syrians: and the children of Israel dwelt in their tents, as beforetime. -- 2 kings 13:5 +. +Nevertheless they departed not from the sins of the house of Jeroboam, who made Israel sin, but walked therein: and there remained the grove also in Samaria.) -- 2 kings 13:6 +. +Neither did he leave of the people to Jehoahaz but fifty horsemen, and ten chariots, and ten thousand footmen; for the king of Syria had destroyed them, and had made them like the dust by threshing. -- 2 kings 13:7 +. +Now the rest of the acts of Jehoahaz, and all that he did, and his might, are they not written in the book of the chronicles of the kings of Israel? -- 2 kings 13:8 +. +And Jehoahaz slept with his fathers; and they buried him in Samaria: and Joash his son reigned in his stead. -- 2 kings 13:9 +. +In the thirty and seventh year of Joash king of Judah began Jehoash the son of Jehoahaz to reign over Israel in Samaria, and reigned sixteen years. -- 2 kings 13:10 +. +And he did that which was evil in the sight of the LORD; he departed not from all the sins of Jeroboam the son of Nebat, who made Israel sin: but he walked therein. -- 2 kings 13:11 +. +And the rest of the acts of Joash, and all that he did, and his might wherewith he fought against Amaziah king of Judah, are they not written in the book of the chronicles of the kings of Israel? -- 2 kings 13:12 +. +And Joash slept with his fathers; and Jeroboam sat upon his throne: and Joash was buried in Samaria with the kings of Israel. -- 2 kings 13:13 +. +Now Elisha was fallen sick of his sickness whereof he died. And Joash the king of Israel came down unto him, and wept over his face, and said, O my father, my father, the chariot of Israel, and the horsemen thereof. -- 2 kings 13:14 +. +And Elisha said unto him, Take bow and arrows. And he took unto him bow and arrows. -- 2 kings 13:15 +. +And he said to the king of Israel, Put thine hand upon the bow. And he put his hand upon it: and Elisha put his hands upon the king's hands. -- 2 kings 13:16 +. +And he said, Open the window eastward. And he opened it. Then Elisha said, Shoot. And he shot. And he said, The arrow of the LORD's deliverance, and the arrow of deliverance from Syria: for thou shalt smite the Syrians in Aphek, till thou have consumed them. -- 2 kings 13:17 +. +And he said, Take the arrows. And he took them. And he said unto the king of Israel, Smite upon the ground. And he smote thrice, and stayed. -- 2 kings 13:18 +. +And the man of God was wroth with him, and said, Thou shouldest have smitten five or six times; then hadst thou smitten Syria till thou hadst consumed it: whereas now thou shalt smite Syria but thrice. -- 2 kings 13:19 +. +And Elisha died, and they buried him. And the bands of the Moabites invaded the land at the coming in of the year. -- 2 kings 13:20 +. +And it came to pass, as they were burying a man, that, behold, they spied a band of men; and they cast the man into the sepulchre of Elisha: and when the man was let down, and touched the bones of Elisha, he revived, and stood up on his feet. -- 2 kings 13:21 +. +But Hazael king of Syria oppressed Israel all the days of Jehoahaz. -- 2 kings 13:22 +. +And the LORD was gracious unto them, and had compassion on them, and had respect unto them, because of his covenant with Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob, and would not destroy them, neither cast he them from his presence as yet. -- 2 kings 13:23 +. +So Hazael king of Syria died; and Benhadad his son reigned in his stead. -- 2 kings 13:24 +. +And Jehoash the son of Jehoahaz took again out of the hand of Benhadad the son of Hazael the cities, which he had taken out of the hand of Jehoahaz his father by war. Three times did Joash beat him, and recovered the cities of Israel. -- 2 kings 13:25 +. +In the second year of Joash son of Jehoahaz king of Israel reigned Amaziah the son of Joash king of Judah. -- 2 kings 14:1 +. +He was twenty and five years old when he began to reign, and reigned twenty and nine years in Jerusalem. And his mother's name was Jehoaddan of Jerusalem. -- 2 kings 14:2 +. +And he did that which was right in the sight of the LORD, yet not like David his father: he did according to all things as Joash his father did. -- 2 kings 14:3 +. +Howbeit the high places were not taken away: as yet the people did sacrifice and burnt incense on the high places. -- 2 kings 14:4 +. +And it came to pass, as soon as the kingdom was confirmed in his hand, that he slew his servants which had slain the king his father. -- 2 kings 14:5 +. +But the children of the murderers he slew not: according unto that which is written in the book of the law of Moses, wherein the LORD commanded, saying, The fathers shall not be put to death for the children, nor the children be put to death for the fathers; but every man shall be put to death for his own sin. -- 2 kings 14:6 +. +He slew of Edom in the valley of salt ten thousand, and took Selah by war, and called the name of it Joktheel unto this day. -- 2 kings 14:7 +. +Then Amaziah sent messengers to Jehoash, the son of Jehoahaz son of Jehu, king of Israel, saying, Come, let us look one another in the face. -- 2 kings 14:8 +. +And Jehoash the king of Israel sent to Amaziah king of Judah, saying, The thistle that was in Lebanon sent to the cedar that was in Lebanon, saying, Give thy daughter to my son to wife: and there passed by a wild beast that was in Lebanon, and trode down the thistle. -- 2 kings 14:9 +. +Thou hast indeed smitten Edom, and thine heart hath lifted thee up: glory of this, and tarry at home: for why shouldest thou meddle to thy hurt, that thou shouldest fall, even thou, and Judah with thee? -- 2 kings 14:10 +. +But Amaziah would not hear. Therefore Jehoash king of Israel went up; and he and Amaziah king of Judah looked one another in the face at Bethshemesh, which belongeth to Judah. -- 2 kings 14:11 +. +And Judah was put to the worse before Israel; and they fled every man to their tents. -- 2 kings 14:12 +. +And Jehoash king of Israel took Amaziah king of Judah, the son of Jehoash the son of Ahaziah, at Bethshemesh, and came to Jerusalem, and brake down the wall of Jerusalem from the gate of Ephraim unto the corner gate, four hundred cubits. -- 2 kings 14:13 +. +And he took all the gold and silver, and all the vessels that were found in the house of the LORD, and in the treasures of the king's house, and hostages, and returned to Samaria. -- 2 kings 14:14 +. +Now the rest of the acts of Jehoash which he did, and his might, and how he fought with Amaziah king of Judah, are they not written in the book of the chronicles of the kings of Israel? -- 2 kings 14:15 +. +And Jehoash slept with his fathers, and was buried in Samaria with the kings of Israel; and Jeroboam his son reigned in his stead. -- 2 kings 14:16 +. +And Amaziah the son of Joash king of Judah lived after the death of Jehoash son of Jehoahaz king of Israel fifteen years. -- 2 kings 14:17 +. +And the rest of the acts of Amaziah, are they not written in the book of the chronicles of the kings of Judah? -- 2 kings 14:18 +. +Now they made a conspiracy against him in Jerusalem: and he fled to Lachish; but they sent after him to Lachish, and slew him there. -- 2 kings 14:19 +. +And they brought him on horses: and he was buried at Jerusalem with his fathers in the city of David. -- 2 kings 14:20 +. +And all the people of Judah took Azariah, which was sixteen years old, and made him king instead of his father Amaziah. -- 2 kings 14:21 +. +He built Elath, and restored it to Judah, after that the king slept with his fathers. -- 2 kings 14:22 +. +In the fifteenth year of Amaziah the son of Joash king of Judah Jeroboam the son of Joash king of Israel began to reign in Samaria, and reigned forty and one years. -- 2 kings 14:23 +. +And he did that which was evil in the sight of the LORD: he departed not from all the sins of Jeroboam the son of Nebat, who made Israel to sin. -- 2 kings 14:24 +. +He restored the coast of Israel from the entering of Hamath unto the sea of the plain, according to the word of the LORD God of Israel, which he spake by the hand of his servant Jonah, the son of Amittai, the prophet, which was of Gathhepher. -- 2 kings 14:25 +. +For the LORD saw the affliction of Israel, that it was very bitter: for there was not any shut up, nor any left, nor any helper for Israel. -- 2 kings 14:26 +. +And the LORD said not that he would blot out the name of Israel from under heaven: but he saved them by the hand of Jeroboam the son of Joash. -- 2 kings 14:27 +. +Now the rest of the acts of Jeroboam, and all that he did, and his might, how he warred, and how he recovered Damascus, and Hamath, which belonged to Judah, for Israel, are they not written in the book of the chronicles of the kings of Israel? -- 2 kings 14:28 +. +And Jeroboam slept with his fathers, even with the kings of Israel; and Zachariah his son reigned in his stead. -- 2 kings 14:29 +. +In the twenty and seventh year of Jeroboam king of Israel began Azariah son of Amaziah king of Judah to reign. -- 2 kings 15:1 +. +Sixteen years old was he when he began to reign, and he reigned two and fifty years in Jerusalem. And his mother's name was Jecholiah of Jerusalem. -- 2 kings 15:2 +. +And he did that which was right in the sight of the LORD, according to all that his father Amaziah had done; -- 2 kings 15:3 +. +Save that the high places were not removed: the people sacrificed and burnt incense still on the high places. -- 2 kings 15:4 +. +And the LORD smote the king, so that he was a leper unto the day of his death, and dwelt in a several house. And Jotham the king's son was over the house, judging the people of the land. -- 2 kings 15:5 +. +And the rest of the acts of Azariah, and all that he did, are they not written in the book of the chronicles of the kings of Judah? -- 2 kings 15:6 +. +So Azariah slept with his fathers; and they buried him with his fathers in the city of David: and Jotham his son reigned in his stead. -- 2 kings 15:7 +. +In the thirty and eighth year of Azariah king of Judah did Zachariah the son of Jeroboam reign over Israel in Samaria six months. -- 2 kings 15:8 +. +And he did that which was evil in the sight of the LORD, as his fathers had done: he departed not from the sins of Jeroboam the son of Nebat, who made Israel to sin. -- 2 kings 15:9 +. +And Shallum the son of Jabesh conspired against him, and smote him before the people, and slew him, and reigned in his stead. -- 2 kings 15:10 +. +And the rest of the acts of Zachariah, behold, they are written in the book of the chronicles of the kings of Israel. -- 2 kings 15:11 +. +This was the word of the LORD which he spake unto Jehu, saying, Thy sons shall sit on the throne of Israel unto the fourth generation. And so it came to pass. -- 2 kings 15:12 +. +Shallum the son of Jabesh began to reign in the nine and thirtieth year of Uzziah king of Judah; and he reigned a full month in Samaria. -- 2 kings 15:13 +. +For Menahem the son of Gadi went up from Tirzah, and came to Samaria, and smote Shallum the son of Jabesh in Samaria, and slew him, and reigned in his stead. -- 2 kings 15:14 +. +And the rest of the acts of Shallum, and his conspiracy which he made, behold, they are written in the book of the chronicles of the kings of Israel. -- 2 kings 15:15 +. +Then Menahem smote Tiphsah, and all that were therein, and the coasts thereof from Tirzah: because they opened not to him, therefore he smote it; and all the women therein that were with child he ripped up. -- 2 kings 15:16 +. +In the nine and thirtieth year of Azariah king of Judah began Menahem the son of Gadi to reign over Israel, and reigned ten years in Samaria. -- 2 kings 15:17 +. +And he did that which was evil in the sight of the LORD: he departed not all his days from the sins of Jeroboam the son of Nebat, who made Israel to sin. -- 2 kings 15:18 +. +And Pul the king of Assyria came against the land: and Menahem gave Pul a thousand talents of silver, that his hand might be with him to confirm the kingdom in his hand. -- 2 kings 15:19 +. +And Menahem exacted the money of Israel, even of all the mighty men of wealth, of each man fifty shekels of silver, to give to the king of Assyria. So the king of Assyria turned back, and stayed not there in the land. -- 2 kings 15:20 +. +And the rest of the acts of Menahem, and all that he did, are they not written in the book of the chronicles of the kings of Israel? -- 2 kings 15:21 +. +And Menahem slept with his fathers; and Pekahiah his son reigned in his stead. -- 2 kings 15:22 +. +In the fiftieth year of Azariah king of Judah Pekahiah the son of Menahem began to reign over Israel in Samaria, and reigned two years. -- 2 kings 15:23 +. +And he did that which was evil in the sight of the LORD: he departed not from the sins of Jeroboam the son of Nebat, who made Israel to sin. -- 2 kings 15:24 +. +But Pekah the son of Remaliah, a captain of his, conspired against him, and smote him in Samaria, in the palace of the king's house, with Argob and Arieh, and with him fifty men of the Gileadites: and he killed him, and reigned in his room. -- 2 kings 15:25 +. +And the rest of the acts of Pekahiah, and all that he did, behold, they are written in the book of the chronicles of the kings of Israel. -- 2 kings 15:26 +. +In the two and fiftieth year of Azariah king of Judah Pekah the son of Remaliah began to reign over Israel in Samaria, and reigned twenty years. -- 2 kings 15:27 +. +And he did that which was evil in the sight of the LORD: he departed not from the sins of Jeroboam the son of Nebat, who made Israel to sin. -- 2 kings 15:28 +. +In the days of Pekah king of Israel came Tiglathpileser king of Assyria, and took Ijon, and Abelbethmaachah, and Janoah, and Kedesh, and Hazor, and Gilead, and Galilee, all the land of Naphtali, and carried them captive to Assyria. -- 2 kings 15:29 +. +And Hoshea the son of Elah made a conspiracy against Pekah the son of Remaliah, and smote him, and slew him, and reigned in his stead, in the twentieth year of Jotham the son of Uzziah. -- 2 kings 15:30 +. +And the rest of the acts of Pekah, and all that he did, behold, they are written in the book of the chronicles of the kings of Israel. -- 2 kings 15:31 +. +In the second year of Pekah the son of Remaliah king of Israel began Jotham the son of Uzziah king of Judah to reign. -- 2 kings 15:32 +. +Five and twenty years old was he when he began to reign, and he reigned sixteen years in Jerusalem. And his mother's name was Jerusha, the daughter of Zadok. -- 2 kings 15:33 +. +And he did that which was right in the sight of the LORD: he did according to all that his father Uzziah had done. -- 2 kings 15:34 +. +Howbeit the high places were not removed: the people sacrificed and burned incense still in the high places. He built the higher gate of the house of the LORD. -- 2 kings 15:35 +. +Now the rest of the acts of Jotham, and all that he did, are they not written in the book of the chronicles of the kings of Judah? -- 2 kings 15:36 +. +In those days the LORD began to send against Judah Rezin the king of Syria, and Pekah the son of Remaliah. -- 2 kings 15:37 +. +And Jotham slept with his fathers, and was buried with his fathers in the city of David his father: and Ahaz his son reigned in his stead. -- 2 kings 15:38 +. +In the seventeenth year of Pekah the son of Remaliah Ahaz the son of Jotham king of Judah began to reign. -- 2 kings 16:1 +. +Twenty years old was Ahaz when he began to reign, and reigned sixteen years in Jerusalem, and did not that which was right in the sight of the LORD his God, like David his father. -- 2 kings 16:2 +. +But he walked in the way of the kings of Israel, yea, and made his son to pass through the fire, according to the abominations of the heathen, whom the LORD cast out from before the children of Israel. -- 2 kings 16:3 +. +And he sacrificed and burnt incense in the high places, and on the hills, and under every green tree. -- 2 kings 16:4 +. +Then Rezin king of Syria and Pekah son of Remaliah king of Israel came up to Jerusalem to war: and they besieged Ahaz, but could not overcome him. -- 2 kings 16:5 +. +At that time Rezin king of Syria recovered Elath to Syria, and drave the Jews from Elath: and the Syrians came to Elath, and dwelt there unto this day. -- 2 kings 16:6 +. +So Ahaz sent messengers to Tiglathpileser king of Assyria, saying, I am thy servant and thy son: come up, and save me out of the hand of the king of Syria, and out of the hand of the king of Israel, which rise up against me. -- 2 kings 16:7 +. +And Ahaz took the silver and gold that was found in the house of the LORD, and in the treasures of the king's house, and sent it for a present to the king of Assyria. -- 2 kings 16:8 +. +And the king of Assyria hearkened unto him: for the king of Assyria went up against Damascus, and took it, and carried the people of it captive to Kir, and slew Rezin. -- 2 kings 16:9 +. +And king Ahaz went to Damascus to meet Tiglathpileser king of Assyria, and saw an altar that was at Damascus: and king Ahaz sent to Urijah the priest the fashion of the altar, and the pattern of it, according to all the workmanship thereof. -- 2 kings 16:10 +. +And Urijah the priest built an altar according to all that king Ahaz had sent from Damascus: so Urijah the priest made it against king Ahaz came from Damascus. -- 2 kings 16:11 +. +And when the king was come from Damascus, the king saw the altar: and the king approached to the altar, and offered thereon. -- 2 kings 16:12 +. +And he burnt his burnt offering and his meat offering, and poured his drink offering, and sprinkled the blood of his peace offerings, upon the altar. -- 2 kings 16:13 +. +And he brought also the brazen altar, which was before the LORD, from the forefront of the house, from between the altar and the house of the LORD, and put it on the north side of the altar. -- 2 kings 16:14 +. +And king Ahaz commanded Urijah the priest, saying, Upon the great altar burn the morning burnt offering, and the evening meat offering, and the king's burnt sacrifice, and his meat offering, with the burnt offering of all the people of the land, and their meat offering, and their drink offerings; and sprinkle upon it all the blood of the burnt offering, and all the blood of the sacrifice: and the brazen altar shall be for me to enquire by. -- 2 kings 16:15 +. +Thus did Urijah the priest, according to all that king Ahaz commanded. -- 2 kings 16:16 +. +And king Ahaz cut off the borders of the bases, and removed the laver from off them; and took down the sea from off the brazen oxen that were under it, and put it upon the pavement of stones. -- 2 kings 16:17 +. +And the covert for the sabbath that they had built in the house, and the king's entry without, turned he from the house of the LORD for the king of Assyria. -- 2 kings 16:18 +. +Now the rest of the acts of Ahaz which he did, are they not written in the book of the chronicles of the kings of Judah? -- 2 kings 16:19 +. +And Ahaz slept with his fathers, and was buried with his fathers in the city of David: and Hezekiah his son reigned in his stead. -- 2 kings 16:20 +. +In the twelfth year of Ahaz king of Judah began Hoshea the son of Elah to reign in Samaria over Israel nine years. -- 2 kings 17:1 +. +And he did that which was evil in the sight of the LORD, but not as the kings of Israel that were before him. -- 2 kings 17:2 +. +Against him came up Shalmaneser king of Assyria; and Hoshea became his servant, and gave him presents. -- 2 kings 17:3 +. +And the king of Assyria found conspiracy in Hoshea: for he had sent messengers to So king of Egypt, and brought no present to the king of Assyria, as he had done year by year: therefore the king of Assyria shut him up, and bound him in prison. -- 2 kings 17:4 +. +Then the king of Assyria came up throughout all the land, and went up to Samaria, and besieged it three years. -- 2 kings 17:5 +. +In the ninth year of Hoshea the king of Assyria took Samaria, and carried Israel away into Assyria, and placed them in Halah and in Habor by the river of Gozan, and in the cities of the Medes. -- 2 kings 17:6 +. +For so it was, that the children of Israel had sinned against the LORD their God, which had brought them up out of the land of Egypt, from under the hand of Pharaoh king of Egypt, and had feared other gods, -- 2 kings 17:7 +. +And walked in the statutes of the heathen, whom the LORD cast out from before the children of Israel, and of the kings of Israel, which they had made. -- 2 kings 17:8 +. +And the children of Israel did secretly those things that were not right against the LORD their God, and they built them high places in all their cities, from the tower of the watchmen to the fenced city. -- 2 kings 17:9 +. +And they set them up images and groves in every high hill, and under every green tree: -- 2 kings 17:10 +. +And there they burnt incense in all the high places, as did the heathen whom the LORD carried away before them; and wrought wicked things to provoke the LORD to anger: -- 2 kings 17:11 +. +For they served idols, whereof the LORD had said unto them, Ye shall not do this thing. -- 2 kings 17:12 +. +Yet the LORD testified against Israel, and against Judah, by all the prophets, and by all the seers, saying, Turn ye from your evil ways, and keep my commandments and my statutes, according to all the law which I commanded your fathers, and which I sent to you by my servants the prophets. -- 2 kings 17:13 +. +Notwithstanding they would not hear, but hardened their necks, like to the neck of their fathers, that did not believe in the LORD their God. -- 2 kings 17:14 +. +And they rejected his statutes, and his covenant that he made with their fathers, and his testimonies which he testified against them; and they followed vanity, and became vain, and went after the heathen that were round about them, concerning whom the LORD had charged them, that they should not do like them. -- 2 kings 17:15 +. +And they left all the commandments of the LORD their God, and made them molten images, even two calves, and made a grove, and worshipped all the host of heaven, and served Baal. -- 2 kings 17:16 +. +And they caused their sons and their daughters to pass through the fire, and used divination and enchantments, and sold themselves to do evil in the sight of the LORD, to provoke him to anger. -- 2 kings 17:17 +. +Therefore the LORD was very angry with Israel, and removed them out of his sight: there was none left but the tribe of Judah only. -- 2 kings 17:18 +. +Also Judah kept not the commandments of the LORD their God, but walked in the statutes of Israel which they made. -- 2 kings 17:19 +. +And the LORD rejected all the seed of Israel, and afflicted them, and delivered them into the hand of spoilers, until he had cast them out of his sight. -- 2 kings 17:20 +. +For he rent Israel from the house of David; and they made Jeroboam the son of Nebat king: and Jeroboam drave Israel from following the LORD, and made them sin a great sin. -- 2 kings 17:21 +. +For the children of Israel walked in all the sins of Jeroboam which he did; they departed not from them; -- 2 kings 17:22 +. +Until the LORD removed Israel out of his sight, as he had said by all his servants the prophets. So was Israel carried away out of their own land to Assyria unto this day. -- 2 kings 17:23 +. +And the king of Assyria brought men from Babylon, and from Cuthah, and from Ava, and from Hamath, and from Sepharvaim, and placed them in the cities of Samaria instead of the children of Israel: and they possessed Samaria, and dwelt in the cities thereof. -- 2 kings 17:24 +. +And so it was at the beginning of their dwelling there, that they feared not the LORD: therefore the LORD sent lions among them, which slew some of them. -- 2 kings 17:25 +. +Wherefore they spake to the king of Assyria, saying, The nations which thou hast removed, and placed in the cities of Samaria, know not the manner of the God of the land: therefore he hath sent lions among them, and, behold, they slay them, because they know not the manner of the God of the land. -- 2 kings 17:26 +. +Then the king of Assyria commanded, saying, Carry thither one of the priests whom ye brought from thence; and let them go and dwell there, and let him teach them the manner of the God of the land. -- 2 kings 17:27 +. +Then one of the priests whom they had carried away from Samaria came and dwelt in Bethel, and taught them how they should fear the LORD. -- 2 kings 17:28 +. +Howbeit every nation made gods of their own, and put them in the houses of the high places which the Samaritans had made, every nation in their cities wherein they dwelt. -- 2 kings 17:29 +. +And the men of Babylon made Succothbenoth, and the men of Cuth made Nergal, and the men of Hamath made Ashima, -- 2 kings 17:30 +. +And the Avites made Nibhaz and Tartak, and the Sepharvites burnt their children in fire to Adrammelech and Anammelech, the gods of Sepharvaim. -- 2 kings 17:31 +. +So they feared the LORD, and made unto themselves of the lowest of them priests of the high places, which sacrificed for them in the houses of the high places. -- 2 kings 17:32 +. +They feared the LORD, and served their own gods, after the manner of the nations whom they carried away from thence. -- 2 kings 17:33 +. +Unto this day they do after the former manners: they fear not the LORD, neither do they after their statutes, or after their ordinances, or after the law and commandment which the LORD commanded the children of Jacob, whom he named Israel; -- 2 kings 17:34 +. +With whom the LORD had made a covenant, and charged them, saying, Ye shall not fear other gods, nor bow yourselves to them, nor serve them, nor sacrifice to them: -- 2 kings 17:35 +. +But the LORD, who brought you up out of the land of Egypt with great power and a stretched out arm, him shall ye fear, and him shall ye worship, and to him shall ye do sacrifice. -- 2 kings 17:36 +. +And the statutes, and the ordinances, and the law, and the commandment, which he wrote for you, ye shall observe to do for evermore; and ye shall not fear other gods. -- 2 kings 17:37 +. +And the covenant that I have made with you ye shall not forget; neither shall ye fear other gods. -- 2 kings 17:38 +. +But the LORD your God ye shall fear; and he shall deliver you out of the hand of all your enemies. -- 2 kings 17:39 +. +Howbeit they did not hearken, but they did after their former manner. -- 2 kings 17:40 +. +So these nations feared the LORD, and served their graven images, both their children, and their children's children: as did their fathers, so do they unto this day. -- 2 kings 17:41 +. +Now it came to pass in the third year of Hoshea son of Elah king of Israel, that Hezekiah the son of Ahaz king of Judah began to reign. -- 2 kings 18:1 +. +Twenty and five years old was he when he began to reign; and he reigned twenty and nine years in Jerusalem. His mother's name also was Abi, the daughter of Zachariah. -- 2 kings 18:2 +. +And he did that which was right in the sight of the LORD, according to all that David his father did. -- 2 kings 18:3 +. +He removed the high places, and brake the images, and cut down the groves, and brake in pieces the brazen serpent that Moses had made: for unto those days the children of Israel did burn incense to it: and he called it Nehushtan. -- 2 kings 18:4 +. +He trusted in the LORD God of Israel; so that after him was none like him among all the kings of Judah, nor any that were before him. -- 2 kings 18:5 +. +For he clave to the LORD, and departed not from following him, but kept his commandments, which the LORD commanded Moses. -- 2 kings 18:6 +. +And the LORD was with him; and he prospered whithersoever he went forth: and he rebelled against the king of Assyria, and served him not. -- 2 kings 18:7 +. +He smote the Philistines, even unto Gaza, and the borders thereof, from the tower of the watchmen to the fenced city. -- 2 kings 18:8 +. +And it came to pass in the fourth year of king Hezekiah, which was the seventh year of Hoshea son of Elah king of Israel, that Shalmaneser king of Assyria came up against Samaria, and besieged it. -- 2 kings 18:9 +. +And at the end of three years they took it: even in the sixth year of Hezekiah, that is in the ninth year of Hoshea king of Israel, Samaria was taken. -- 2 kings 18:10 +. +And the king of Assyria did carry away Israel unto Assyria, and put them in Halah and in Habor by the river of Gozan, and in the cities of the Medes: -- 2 kings 18:11 +. +Because they obeyed not the voice of the LORD their God, but transgressed his covenant, and all that Moses the servant of the LORD commanded, and would not hear them, nor do them. -- 2 kings 18:12 +. +Now in the fourteenth year of king Hezekiah did Sennacherib king of Assyria come up against all the fenced cities of Judah, and took them. -- 2 kings 18:13 +. +And Hezekiah king of Judah sent to the king of Assyria to Lachish, saying, I have offended; return from me: that which thou puttest on me will I bear. And the king of Assyria appointed unto Hezekiah king of Judah three hundred talents of silver and thirty talents of gold. -- 2 kings 18:14 +. +And Hezekiah gave him all the silver that was found in the house of the LORD, and in the treasures of the king's house. -- 2 kings 18:15 +. +At that time did Hezekiah cut off the gold from the doors of the temple of the LORD, and from the pillars which Hezekiah king of Judah had overlaid, and gave it to the king of Assyria. -- 2 kings 18:16 +. +And the king of Assyria sent Tartan and Rabsaris and Rabshakeh from Lachish to king Hezekiah with a great host against Jerusalem. And they went up and came to Jerusalem. And when they were come up, they came and stood by the conduit of the upper pool, which is in the highway of the fuller's field. -- 2 kings 18:17 +. +And when they had called to the king, there came out to them Eliakim the son of Hilkiah, which was over the household, and Shebna the scribe, and Joah the son of Asaph the recorder. -- 2 kings 18:18 +. +And Rabshakeh said unto them, Speak ye now to Hezekiah, Thus saith the great king, the king of Assyria, What confidence is this wherein thou trustest? -- 2 kings 18:19 +. +Thou sayest, (but they are but vain words,) I have counsel and strength for the war. Now on whom dost thou trust, that thou rebellest against me? -- 2 kings 18:20 +. +Now, behold, thou trustest upon the staff of this bruised reed, even upon Egypt, on which if a man lean, it will go into his hand, and pierce it: so is Pharaoh king of Egypt unto all that trust on him. -- 2 kings 18:21 +. +But if ye say unto me, We trust in the LORD our God: is not that he, whose high places and whose altars Hezekiah hath taken away, and hath said to Judah and Jerusalem, Ye shall worship before this altar in Jerusalem? -- 2 kings 18:22 +. +Now therefore, I pray thee, give pledges to my lord the king of Assyria, and I will deliver thee two thousand horses, if thou be able on thy part to set riders upon them. -- 2 kings 18:23 +. +How then wilt thou turn away the face of one captain of the least of my master's servants, and put thy trust on Egypt for chariots and for horsemen? -- 2 kings 18:24 +. +Am I now come up without the LORD against this place to destroy it? The LORD said to me, Go up against this land, and destroy it. -- 2 kings 18:25 +. +Then said Eliakim the son of Hilkiah, and Shebna, and Joah, unto Rabshakeh, Speak, I pray thee, to thy servants in the Syrian language; for we understand it: and talk not with us in the Jews' language in the ears of the people that are on the wall. -- 2 kings 18:26 +. +But Rabshakeh said unto them, Hath my master sent me to thy master, and to thee, to speak these words? hath he not sent me to the men which sit on the wall, that they may eat their own dung, and drink their own piss with you? -- 2 kings 18:27 +. +Then Rabshakeh stood and cried with a loud voice in the Jews' language, and spake, saying, Hear the word of the great king, the king of Assyria: -- 2 kings 18:28 +. +Thus saith the king, Let not Hezekiah deceive you: for he shall not be able to deliver you out of his hand: -- 2 kings 18:29 +. +Neither let Hezekiah make you trust in the LORD, saying, The LORD will surely deliver us, and this city shall not be delivered into the hand of the king of Assyria. -- 2 kings 18:30 +. +Hearken not to Hezekiah: for thus saith the king of Assyria, Make an agreement with me by a present, and come out to me, and then eat ye every man of his own vine, and every one of his fig tree, and drink ye every one the waters of his cistern: -- 2 kings 18:31 +. +Until I come and take you away to a land like your own land, a land of corn and wine, a land of bread and vineyards, a land of oil olive and of honey, that ye may live, and not die: and hearken not unto Hezekiah, when he persuadeth you, saying, The LORD will deliver us. -- 2 kings 18:32 +. +Hath any of the gods of the nations delivered at all his land out of the hand of the king of Assyria? -- 2 kings 18:33 +. +Where are the gods of Hamath, and of Arpad? where are the gods of Sepharvaim, Hena, and Ivah? have they delivered Samaria out of mine hand? -- 2 kings 18:34 +. +Who are they among all the gods of the countries, that have delivered their country out of mine hand, that the LORD should deliver Jerusalem out of mine hand? -- 2 kings 18:35 +. +But the people held their peace, and answered him not a word: for the king's commandment was, saying, Answer him not. -- 2 kings 18:36 +. +Then came Eliakim the son of Hilkiah, which was over the household, and Shebna the scribe, and Joah the son of Asaph the recorder, to Hezekiah with their clothes rent, and told him the words of Rabshakeh. -- 2 kings 18:37 +. +And it came to pass, when king Hezekiah heard it, that he rent his clothes, and covered himself with sackcloth, and went into the house of the LORD. -- 2 kings 19:1 +. +And he sent Eliakim, which was over the household, and Shebna the scribe, and the elders of the priests, covered with sackcloth, to Isaiah the prophet the son of Amoz. -- 2 kings 19:2 +. +And they said unto him, Thus saith Hezekiah, This day is a day of trouble, and of rebuke, and blasphemy; for the children are come to the birth, and there is not strength to bring forth. -- 2 kings 19:3 +. +It may be the LORD thy God will hear all the words of Rabshakeh, whom the king of Assyria his master hath sent to reproach the living God; and will reprove the words which the LORD thy God hath heard: wherefore lift up thy prayer for the remnant that are left. -- 2 kings 19:4 +. +So the servants of king Hezekiah came to Isaiah. -- 2 kings 19:5 +. +And Isaiah said unto them, Thus shall ye say to your master, Thus saith the LORD, Be not afraid of the words which thou hast heard, with which the servants of the king of Assyria have blasphemed me. -- 2 kings 19:6 +. +Behold, I will send a blast upon him, and he shall hear a rumor, and shall return to his own land; and I will cause him to fall by the sword in his own land. -- 2 kings 19:7 +. +So Rabshakeh returned, and found the king of Assyria warring against Libnah: for he had heard that he was departed from Lachish. -- 2 kings 19:8 +. +And when he heard say of Tirhakah king of Ethiopia, Behold, he is come out to fight against thee: he sent messengers again unto Hezekiah, saying, -- 2 kings 19:9 +. +Thus shall ye speak to Hezekiah king of Judah, saying, Let not thy God in whom thou trustest deceive thee, saying, Jerusalem shall not be delivered into the hand of the king of Assyria. -- 2 kings 19:10 +. +Behold, thou hast heard what the kings of Assyria have done to all lands, by destroying them utterly: and shalt thou be delivered? -- 2 kings 19:11 +. +Have the gods of the nations delivered them which my fathers have destroyed; as Gozan, and Haran, and Rezeph, and the children of Eden which were in Thelasar? -- 2 kings 19:12 +. +Where is the king of Hamath, and the king of Arpad, and the king of the city of Sepharvaim, of Hena, and Ivah? -- 2 kings 19:13 +. +And Hezekiah received the letter of the hand of the messengers, and read it: and Hezekiah went up into the house of the LORD, and spread it before the LORD. -- 2 kings 19:14 +. +And Hezekiah prayed before the LORD, and said, O LORD God of Israel, which dwellest between the cherubim, thou art the God, even thou alone, of all the kingdoms of the earth; thou hast made heaven and earth. -- 2 kings 19:15 +. +LORD, bow down thine ear, and hear: open, LORD, thine eyes, and see: and hear the words of Sennacherib, which hath sent him to reproach the living God. -- 2 kings 19:16 +. +Of a truth, LORD, the kings of Assyria have destroyed the nations and their lands, -- 2 kings 19:17 +. +And have cast their gods into the fire: for they were no gods, but the work of men's hands, wood and stone: therefore they have destroyed them. -- 2 kings 19:18 +. +Now therefore, O LORD our God, I beseech thee, save thou us out of his hand, that all the kingdoms of the earth may know that thou art the LORD God, even thou only. -- 2 kings 19:19 +. +Then Isaiah the son of Amoz sent to Hezekiah, saying, Thus saith the LORD God of Israel, That which thou hast prayed to me against Sennacherib king of Assyria I have heard. -- 2 kings 19:20 +. +This is the word that the LORD hath spoken concerning him; The virgin the daughter of Zion hath despised thee, and laughed thee to scorn; the daughter of Jerusalem hath shaken her head at thee. -- 2 kings 19:21 +. +Whom hast thou reproached and blasphemed? and against whom hast thou exalted thy voice, and lifted up thine eyes on high? even against the Holy One of Israel. -- 2 kings 19:22 +. +By thy messengers thou hast reproached the LORD, and hast said, With the multitude of my chariots I am come up to the height of the mountains, to the sides of Lebanon, and will cut down the tall cedar trees thereof, and the choice fir trees thereof: and I will enter into the lodgings of his borders, and into the forest of his Carmel. -- 2 kings 19:23 +. +I have digged and drunk strange waters, and with the sole of my feet have I dried up all the rivers of besieged places. -- 2 kings 19:24 +. +Hast thou not heard long ago how I have done it, and of ancient times that I have formed it? now have I brought it to pass, that thou shouldest be to lay waste fenced cities into ruinous heaps. -- 2 kings 19:25 +. +Therefore their inhabitants were of small power, they were dismayed and confounded; they were as the grass of the field, and as the green herb, as the grass on the house tops, and as corn blasted before it be grown up. -- 2 kings 19:26 +. +But I know thy abode, and thy going out, and thy coming in, and thy rage against me. -- 2 kings 19:27 +. +Because thy rage against me and thy tumult is come up into mine ears, therefore I will put my hook in thy nose, and my bridle in thy lips, and I will turn thee back by the way by which thou camest. -- 2 kings 19:28 +. +And this shall be a sign unto thee, Ye shall eat this year such things as grow of themselves, and in the second year that which springeth of the same; and in the third year sow ye, and reap, and plant vineyards, and eat the fruits thereof. -- 2 kings 19:29 +. +And the remnant that is escaped of the house of Judah shall yet again take root downward, and bear fruit upward. -- 2 kings 19:30 +. +For out of Jerusalem shall go forth a remnant, and they that escape out of mount Zion: the zeal of the LORD of hosts shall do this. -- 2 kings 19:31 +. +Therefore thus saith the LORD concerning the king of Assyria, He shall not come into this city, nor shoot an arrow there, nor come before it with shield, nor cast a bank against it. -- 2 kings 19:32 +. +By the way that he came, by the same shall he return, and shall not come into this city, saith the LORD. -- 2 kings 19:33 +. +For I will defend this city, to save it, for mine own sake, and for my servant David's sake. -- 2 kings 19:34 +. +And it came to pass that night, that the angel of the LORD went out, and smote in the camp of the Assyrians an hundred fourscore and five thousand: and when they arose early in the morning, behold, they were all dead corpses. -- 2 kings 19:35 +. +So Sennacherib king of Assyria departed, and went and returned, and dwelt at Nineveh. -- 2 kings 19:36 +. +And it came to pass, as he was worshipping in the house of Nisroch his god, that Adrammelech and Sharezer his sons smote him with the sword: and they escaped into the land of Armenia. And Esarhaddon his son reigned in his stead. -- 2 kings 19:37 +. +In those days was Hezekiah sick unto death. And the prophet Isaiah the son of Amoz came to him, and said unto him, Thus saith the LORD, Set thine house in order; for thou shalt die, and not live. -- 2 kings 20:1 +. +Then he turned his face to the wall, and prayed unto the LORD, saying, -- 2 kings 20:2 +. +I beseech thee, O LORD, remember now how I have walked before thee in truth and with a perfect heart, and have done that which is good in thy sight. And Hezekiah wept sore. -- 2 kings 20:3 +. +And it came to pass, afore Isaiah was gone out into the middle court, that the word of the LORD came to him, saying, -- 2 kings 20:4 +. +Turn again, and tell Hezekiah the captain of my people, Thus saith the LORD, the God of David thy father, I have heard thy prayer, I have seen thy tears: behold, I will heal thee: on the third day thou shalt go up unto the house of the LORD. -- 2 kings 20:5 +. +And I will add unto thy days fifteen years; and I will deliver thee and this city out of the hand of the king of Assyria; and I will defend this city for mine own sake, and for my servant David's sake. -- 2 kings 20:6 +. +And Isaiah said, Take a lump of figs. And they took and laid it on the boil, and he recovered. -- 2 kings 20:7 +. +And Hezekiah said unto Isaiah, What shall be the sign that the LORD will heal me, and that I shall go up into the house of the LORD the third day? -- 2 kings 20:8 +. +And Isaiah said, This sign shalt thou have of the LORD, that the LORD will do the thing that he hath spoken: shall the shadow go forward ten degrees, or go back ten degrees? -- 2 kings 20:9 +. +And Hezekiah answered, It is a light thing for the shadow to go down ten degrees: nay, but let the shadow return backward ten degrees. -- 2 kings 20:10 +. +And Isaiah the prophet cried unto the LORD: and he brought the shadow ten degrees backward, by which it had gone down in the dial of Ahaz. -- 2 kings 20:11 +. +At that time Berodachbaladan, the son of Baladan, king of Babylon, sent letters and a present unto Hezekiah: for he had heard that Hezekiah had been sick. -- 2 kings 20:12 +. +And Hezekiah hearkened unto them, and showed them all the house of his precious things, the silver, and the gold, and the spices, and the precious ointment, and all the house of his armor, and all that was found in his treasures: there was nothing in his house, nor in all his dominion, that Hezekiah showed them not. -- 2 kings 20:13 +. +Then came Isaiah the prophet unto king Hezekiah, and said unto him, What said these men? and from whence came they unto thee? And Hezekiah said, They are come from a far country, even from Babylon. -- 2 kings 20:14 +. +And he said, What have they seen in thine house? And Hezekiah answered, All the things that are in mine house have they seen: there is nothing among my treasures that I have not showed them. -- 2 kings 20:15 +. +And Isaiah said unto Hezekiah, Hear the word of the LORD. -- 2 kings 20:16 +. +Behold, the days come, that all that is in thine house, and that which thy fathers have laid up in store unto this day, shall be carried into Babylon: nothing shall be left, saith the LORD. -- 2 kings 20:17 +. +And of thy sons that shall issue from thee, which thou shalt beget, shall they take away; and they shall be eunuchs in the palace of the king of Babylon. -- 2 kings 20:18 +. +Then said Hezekiah unto Isaiah, Good is the word of the LORD which thou hast spoken. And he said, Is it not good, if peace and truth be in my days? -- 2 kings 20:19 +. +And the rest of the acts of Hezekiah, and all his might, and how he made a pool, and a conduit, and brought water into the city, are they not written in the book of the chronicles of the kings of Judah? -- 2 kings 20:20 +. +And Hezekiah slept with his fathers: and Manasseh his son reigned in his stead. -- 2 kings 20:21 +. +Manasseh was twelve years old when he began to reign, and reigned fifty and five years in Jerusalem. And his mother's name was Hephzibah. -- 2 kings 21:1 +. +And he did that which was evil in the sight of the LORD, after the abominations of the heathen, whom the LORD cast out before the children of Israel. -- 2 kings 21:2 +. +For he built up again the high places which Hezekiah his father had destroyed; and he reared up altars for Baal, and made a grove, as did Ahab king of Israel; and worshipped all the host of heaven, and served them. -- 2 kings 21:3 +. +And he built altars in the house of the LORD, of which the LORD said, In Jerusalem will I put my name. -- 2 kings 21:4 +. +And he built altars for all the host of heaven in the two courts of the house of the LORD. -- 2 kings 21:5 +. +And he made his son pass through the fire, and observed times, and used enchantments, and dealt with familiar spirits and wizards: he wrought much wickedness in the sight of the LORD, to provoke him to anger. -- 2 kings 21:6 +. +And he set a graven image of the grove that he had made in the house, of which the LORD said to David, and to Solomon his son, In this house, and in Jerusalem, which I have chosen out of all tribes of Israel, will I put my name for ever: -- 2 kings 21:7 +. +Neither will I make the feet of Israel move any more out of the land which I gave their fathers; only if they will observe to do according to all that I have commanded them, and according to all the law that my servant Moses commanded them. -- 2 kings 21:8 +. +But they hearkened not: and Manasseh seduced them to do more evil than did the nations whom the LORD destroyed before the children of Israel. -- 2 kings 21:9 +. +And the LORD spake by his servants the prophets, saying, -- 2 kings 21:10 +. +Because Manasseh king of Judah hath done these abominations, and hath done wickedly above all that the Amorites did, which were before him, and hath made Judah also to sin with his idols: -- 2 kings 21:11 +. +Therefore thus saith the LORD God of Israel, Behold, I am bringing such evil upon Jerusalem and Judah, that whosoever heareth of it, both his ears shall tingle. -- 2 kings 21:12 +. +And I will stretch over Jerusalem the line of Samaria, and the plummet of the house of Ahab: and I will wipe Jerusalem as a man wipeth a dish, wiping it, and turning it upside down. -- 2 kings 21:13 +. +And I will forsake the remnant of mine inheritance, and deliver them into the hand of their enemies; and they shall become a prey and a spoil to all their enemies; -- 2 kings 21:14 +. +Because they have done that which was evil in my sight, and have provoked me to anger, since the day their fathers came forth out of Egypt, even unto this day. -- 2 kings 21:15 +. +Moreover Manasseh shed innocent blood very much, till he had filled Jerusalem from one end to another; beside his sin wherewith he made Judah to sin, in doing that which was evil in the sight of the LORD. -- 2 kings 21:16 +. +Now the rest of the acts of Manasseh, and all that he did, and his sin that he sinned, are they not written in the book of the chronicles of the kings of Judah? -- 2 kings 21:17 +. +And Manasseh slept with his fathers, and was buried in the garden of his own house, in the garden of Uzza: and Amon his son reigned in his stead. -- 2 kings 21:18 +. +Amon was twenty and two years old when he began to reign, and he reigned two years in Jerusalem. And his mother's name was Meshullemeth, the daughter of Haruz of Jotbah. -- 2 kings 21:19 +. +And he did that which was evil in the sight of the LORD, as his father Manasseh did. -- 2 kings 21:20 +. +And he walked in all the way that his father walked in, and served the idols that his father served, and worshipped them: -- 2 kings 21:21 +. +And he forsook the LORD God of his fathers, and walked not in the way of the LORD. -- 2 kings 21:22 +. +And the servants of Amon conspired against him, and slew the king in his own house. -- 2 kings 21:23 +. +And the people of the land slew all them that had conspired against king Amon; and the people of the land made Josiah his son king in his stead. -- 2 kings 21:24 +. +Now the rest of the acts of Amon which he did, are they not written in the book of the chronicles of the kings of Judah? -- 2 kings 21:25 +. +And he was buried in his sepulchre in the garden of Uzza: and Josiah his son reigned in his stead. -- 2 kings 21:26 +. +Josiah was eight years old when he began to reign, and he reigned thirty and one years in Jerusalem. And his mother's name was Jedidah, the daughter of Adaiah of Boscath. -- 2 kings 22:1 +. +And he did that which was right in the sight of the LORD, and walked in all the way of David his father, and turned not aside to the right hand or to the left. -- 2 kings 22:2 +. +And it came to pass in the eighteenth year of king Josiah, that the king sent Shaphan the son of Azaliah, the son of Meshullam, the scribe, to the house of the LORD, saying, -- 2 kings 22:3 +. +Go up to Hilkiah the high priest, that he may sum the silver which is brought into the house of the LORD, which the keepers of the door have gathered of the people: -- 2 kings 22:4 +. +And let them deliver it into the hand of the doers of the work, that have the oversight of the house of the LORD: and let them give it to the doers of the work which is in the house of the LORD, to repair the breaches of the house, -- 2 kings 22:5 +. +Unto carpenters, and builders, and masons, and to buy timber and hewn stone to repair the house. -- 2 kings 22:6 +. +Howbeit there was no reckoning made with them of the money that was delivered into their hand, because they dealt faithfully. -- 2 kings 22:7 +. +And Hilkiah the high priest said unto Shaphan the scribe, I have found the book of the law in the house of the LORD. And Hilkiah gave the book to Shaphan, and he read it. -- 2 kings 22:8 +. +And Shaphan the scribe came to the king, and brought the king word again, and said, Thy servants have gathered the money that was found in the house, and have delivered it into the hand of them that do the work, that have the oversight of the house of the LORD. -- 2 kings 22:9 +. +And Shaphan the scribe showed the king, saying, Hilkiah the priest hath delivered me a book. And Shaphan read it before the king. -- 2 kings 22:10 +. +And it came to pass, when the king had heard the words of the book of the law, that he rent his clothes. -- 2 kings 22:11 +. +And the king commanded Hilkiah the priest, and Ahikam the son of Shaphan, and Achbor the son of Michaiah, and Shaphan the scribe, and Asahiah a servant of the king's, saying, -- 2 kings 22:12 +. +Go ye, enquire of the LORD for me, and for the people, and for all Judah, concerning the words of this book that is found: for great is the wrath of the LORD that is kindled against us, because our fathers have not hearkened unto the words of this book, to do according unto all that which is written concerning us. -- 2 kings 22:13 +. +So Hilkiah the priest, and Ahikam, and Achbor, and Shaphan, and Asahiah, went unto Huldah the prophetess, the wife of Shallum the son of Tikvah, the son of Harhas, keeper of the wardrobe; (now she dwelt in Jerusalem in the college;) and they communed with her. -- 2 kings 22:14 +. +And she said unto them, Thus saith the LORD God of Israel, Tell the man that sent you to me, -- 2 kings 22:15 +. +Thus saith the LORD, Behold, I will bring evil upon this place, and upon the inhabitants thereof, even all the words of the book which the king of Judah hath read: -- 2 kings 22:16 +. +Because they have forsaken me, and have burned incense unto other gods, that they might provoke me to anger with all the works of their hands; therefore my wrath shall be kindled against this place, and shall not be quenched. -- 2 kings 22:17 +. +But to the king of Judah which sent you to enquire of the LORD, thus shall ye say to him, Thus saith the LORD God of Israel, As touching the words which thou hast heard; -- 2 kings 22:18 +. +Because thine heart was tender, and thou hast humbled thyself before the LORD, when thou heardest what I spake against this place, and against the inhabitants thereof, that they should become a desolation and a curse, and hast rent thy clothes, and wept before me; I also have heard thee, saith the LORD. -- 2 kings 22:19 +. +Behold therefore, I will gather thee unto thy fathers, and thou shalt be gathered into thy grave in peace; and thine eyes shall not see all the evil which I will bring upon this place. And they brought the king word again. -- 2 kings 22:20 +. +And the king sent, and they gathered unto him all the elders of Judah and of Jerusalem. -- 2 kings 23:1 +. +And the king went up into the house of the LORD, and all the men of Judah and all the inhabitants of Jerusalem with him, and the priests, and the prophets, and all the people, both small and great: and he read in their ears all the words of the book of the covenant which was found in the house of the LORD. -- 2 kings 23:2 +. +And the king stood by a pillar, and made a covenant before the LORD, to walk after the LORD, and to keep his commandments and his testimonies and his statutes with all their heart and all their soul, to perform the words of this covenant that were written in this book. And all the people stood to the covenant. -- 2 kings 23:3 +. +And the king commanded Hilkiah the high priest, and the priests of the second order, and the keepers of the door, to bring forth out of the temple of the LORD all the vessels that were made for Baal, and for the grove, and for all the host of heaven: and he burned them without Jerusalem in the fields of Kidron, and carried the ashes of them unto Bethel. -- 2 kings 23:4 +. +And he put down the idolatrous priests, whom the kings of Judah had ordained to burn incense in the high places in the cities of Judah, and in the places round about Jerusalem; them also that burned incense unto Baal, to the sun, and to the moon, and to the planets, and to all the host of heaven. -- 2 kings 23:5 +. +And he brought out the grove from the house of the LORD, without Jerusalem, unto the brook Kidron, and burned it at the brook Kidron, and stamped it small to powder, and cast the powder thereof upon the graves of the children of the people. -- 2 kings 23:6 +. +And he brake down the houses of the sodomites, that were by the house of the LORD, where the women wove hangings for the grove. -- 2 kings 23:7 +. +And he brought all the priests out of the cities of Judah, and defiled the high places where the priests had burned incense, from Geba to Beersheba, and brake down the high places of the gates that were in the entering in of the gate of Joshua the governor of the city, which were on a man's left hand at the gate of the city. -- 2 kings 23:8 +. +Nevertheless the priests of the high places came not up to the altar of the LORD in Jerusalem, but they did eat of the unleavened bread among their brethren. -- 2 kings 23:9 +. +And he defiled Topheth, which is in the valley of the children of Hinnom, that no man might make his son or his daughter to pass through the fire to Molech. -- 2 kings 23:10 +. +And he took away the horses that the kings of Judah had given to the sun, at the entering in of the house of the LORD, by the chamber of Nathanmelech the chamberlain, which was in the suburbs, and burned the chariots of the sun with fire. -- 2 kings 23:11 +. +And the altars that were on the top of the upper chamber of Ahaz, which the kings of Judah had made, and the altars which Manasseh had made in the two courts of the house of the LORD, did the king beat down, and brake them down from thence, and cast the dust of them into the brook Kidron. -- 2 kings 23:12 +. +And the high places that were before Jerusalem, which were on the right hand of the mount of corruption, which Solomon the king of Israel had builded for Ashtoreth the abomination of the Zidonians, and for Chemosh the abomination of the Moabites, and for Milcom the abomination of the children of Ammon, did the king defile. -- 2 kings 23:13 +. +And he brake in pieces the images, and cut down the groves, and filled their places with the bones of men. -- 2 kings 23:14 +. +Moreover the altar that was at Bethel, and the high place which Jeroboam the son of Nebat, who made Israel to sin, had made, both that altar and the high place he brake down, and burned the high place, and stamped it small to powder, and burned the grove. -- 2 kings 23:15 +. +And as Josiah turned himself, he spied the sepulchres that were there in the mount, and sent, and took the bones out of the sepulchres, and burned them upon the altar, and polluted it, according to the word of the LORD which the man of God proclaimed, who proclaimed these words. -- 2 kings 23:16 +. +Then he said, What title is that that I see? And the men of the city told him, It is the sepulchre of the man of God, which came from Judah, and proclaimed these things that thou hast done against the altar of Bethel. -- 2 kings 23:17 +. +And he said, Let him alone; let no man move his bones. So they let his bones alone, with the bones of the prophet that came out of Samaria. -- 2 kings 23:18 +. +And all the houses also of the high places that were in the cities of Samaria, which the kings of Israel had made to provoke the Lord to anger, Josiah took away, and did to them according to all the acts that he had done in Bethel. -- 2 kings 23:19 +. +And he slew all the priests of the high places that were there upon the altars, and burned men's bones upon them, and returned to Jerusalem. -- 2 kings 23:20 +. +And the king commanded all the people, saying, Keep the passover unto the LORD your God, as it is written in the book of this covenant. -- 2 kings 23:21 +. +Surely there was not holden such a passover from the days of the judges that judged Israel, nor in all the days of the kings of Israel, nor of the kings of Judah; -- 2 kings 23:22 +. +But in the eighteenth year of king Josiah, wherein this passover was holden to the LORD in Jerusalem. -- 2 kings 23:23 +. +Moreover the workers with familiar spirits, and the wizards, and the images, and the idols, and all the abominations that were spied in the land of Judah and in Jerusalem, did Josiah put away, that he might perform the words of the law which were written in the book that Hilkiah the priest found in the house of the LORD. -- 2 kings 23:24 +. +And like unto him was there no king before him, that turned to the LORD with all his heart, and with all his soul, and with all his might, according to all the law of Moses; neither after him arose there any like him. -- 2 kings 23:25 +. +Notwithstanding the LORD turned not from the fierceness of his great wrath, wherewith his anger was kindled against Judah, because of all the provocations that Manasseh had provoked him withal. -- 2 kings 23:26 +. +And the LORD said, I will remove Judah also out of my sight, as I have removed Israel, and will cast off this city Jerusalem which I have chosen, and the house of which I said, My name shall be there. -- 2 kings 23:27 +. +Now the rest of the acts of Josiah, and all that he did, are they not written in the book of the chronicles of the kings of Judah? -- 2 kings 23:28 +. +In his days Pharaohnechoh king of Egypt went up against the king of Assyria to the river Euphrates: and king Josiah went against him; and he slew him at Megiddo, when he had seen him. -- 2 kings 23:29 +. +And his servants carried him in a chariot dead from Megiddo, and brought him to Jerusalem, and buried him in his own sepulchre. And the people of the land took Jehoahaz the son of Josiah, and anointed him, and made him king in his father's stead. -- 2 kings 23:30 +. +Jehoahaz was twenty and three years old when he began to reign; and he reigned three months in Jerusalem. And his mother's name was Hamutal, the daughter of Jeremiah of Libnah. -- 2 kings 23:31 +. +And he did that which was evil in the sight of the LORD, according to all that his fathers had done. -- 2 kings 23:32 +. +And Pharaohnechoh put him in bands at Riblah in the land of Hamath, that he might not reign in Jerusalem; and put the land to a tribute of an hundred talents of silver, and a talent of gold. -- 2 kings 23:33 +. +And Pharaohnechoh made Eliakim the son of Josiah king in the room of Josiah his father, and turned his name to Jehoiakim, and took Jehoahaz away: and he came to Egypt, and died there. -- 2 kings 23:34 +. +And Jehoiakim gave the silver and the gold to Pharaoh; but he taxed the land to give the money according to the commandment of Pharaoh: he exacted the silver and the gold of the people of the land, of every one according to his taxation, to give it unto Pharaohnechoh. -- 2 kings 23:35 +. +Jehoiakim was twenty and five years old when he began to reign; and he reigned eleven years in Jerusalem. And his mother's name was Zebudah, the daughter of Pedaiah of Rumah. -- 2 kings 23:36 +. +And he did that which was evil in the sight of the LORD, according to all that his fathers had done. -- 2 kings 23:37 +. +In his days Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon came up, and Jehoiakim became his servant three years: then he turned and rebelled against him. -- 2 kings 24:1 +. +And the LORD sent against him bands of the Chaldees, and bands of the Syrians, and bands of the Moabites, and bands of the children of Ammon, and sent them against Judah to destroy it, according to the word of the LORD, which he spake by his servants the prophets. -- 2 kings 24:2 +. +Surely at the commandment of the LORD came this upon Judah, to remove them out of his sight, for the sins of Manasseh, according to all that he did; -- 2 kings 24:3 +. +And also for the innocent blood that he shed: for he filled Jerusalem with innocent blood; which the LORD would not pardon. -- 2 kings 24:4 +. +Now the rest of the acts of Jehoiakim, and all that he did, are they not written in the book of the chronicles of the kings of Judah? -- 2 kings 24:5 +. +So Jehoiakim slept with his fathers: and Jehoiachin his son reigned in his stead. -- 2 kings 24:6 +. +And the king of Egypt came not again any more out of his land: for the king of Babylon had taken from the river of Egypt unto the river Euphrates all that pertained to the king of Egypt. -- 2 kings 24:7 +. +Jehoiachin was eighteen years old when he began to reign, and he reigned in Jerusalem three months. And his mother's name was Nehushta, the daughter of Elnathan of Jerusalem. -- 2 kings 24:8 +. +And he did that which was evil in the sight of the LORD, according to all that his father had done. -- 2 kings 24:9 +. +At that time the servants of Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon came up against Jerusalem, and the city was besieged. -- 2 kings 24:10 +. +And Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon came against the city, and his servants did besiege it. -- 2 kings 24:11 +. +And Jehoiachin the king of Judah went out to the king of Babylon, he, and his mother, and his servants, and his princes, and his officers: and the king of Babylon took him in the eighth year of his reign. -- 2 kings 24:12 +. +And he carried out thence all the treasures of the house of the LORD, and the treasures of the king's house, and cut in pieces all the vessels of gold which Solomon king of Israel had made in the temple of the LORD, as the LORD had said. -- 2 kings 24:13 +. +And he carried away all Jerusalem, and all the princes, and all the mighty men of valor, even ten thousand captives, and all the craftsmen and smiths: none remained, save the poorest sort of the people of the land. -- 2 kings 24:14 +. +And he carried away Jehoiachin to Babylon, and the king's mother, and the king's wives, and his officers, and the mighty of the land, those carried he into captivity from Jerusalem to Babylon. -- 2 kings 24:15 +. +And all the men of might, even seven thousand, and craftsmen and smiths a thousand, all that were strong and apt for war, even them the king of Babylon brought captive to Babylon. -- 2 kings 24:16 +. +And the king of Babylon made Mattaniah his father's brother king in his stead, and changed his name to Zedekiah. -- 2 kings 24:17 +. +Zedekiah was twenty and one years old when he began to reign, and he reigned eleven years in Jerusalem. And his mother's name was Hamutal, the daughter of Jeremiah of Libnah. -- 2 kings 24:18 +. +And he did that which was evil in the sight of the LORD, according to all that Jehoiakim had done. -- 2 kings 24:19 +. +For through the anger of the LORD it came to pass in Jerusalem and Judah, until he had cast them out from his presence, that Zedekiah rebelled against the king of Babylon. -- 2 kings 24:20 +. +And it came to pass in the ninth year of his reign, in the tenth month, in the tenth day of the month, that Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon came, he, and all his host, against Jerusalem, and pitched against it; and they built forts against it round about. -- 2 kings 25:1 +. +And the city was besieged unto the eleventh year of king Zedekiah. -- 2 kings 25:2 +. +And on the ninth day of the fourth month the famine prevailed in the city, and there was no bread for the people of the land. -- 2 kings 25:3 +. +And the city was broken up, and all the men of war fled by night by the way of the gate between two walls, which is by the king's garden: (now the Chaldees were against the city round about:) and the king went the way toward the plain. -- 2 kings 25:4 +. +And the army of the Chaldees pursued after the king, and overtook him in the plains of Jericho: and all his army were scattered from him. -- 2 kings 25:5 +. +So they took the king, and brought him up to the king of Babylon to Riblah; and they gave judgment upon him. -- 2 kings 25:6 +. +And they slew the sons of Zedekiah before his eyes, and put out the eyes of Zedekiah, and bound him with fetters of brass, and carried him to Babylon. -- 2 kings 25:7 +. +And in the fifth month, on the seventh day of the month, which is the nineteenth year of king Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon, came Nebuzaradan, captain of the guard, a servant of the king of Babylon, unto Jerusalem: -- 2 kings 25:8 +. +And he burnt the house of the LORD, and the king's house, and all the houses of Jerusalem, and every great man's house burnt he with fire. -- 2 kings 25:9 +. +And all the army of the Chaldees, that were with the captain of the guard, brake down the walls of Jerusalem round about. -- 2 kings 25:10 +. +Now the rest of the people that were left in the city, and the fugitives that fell away to the king of Babylon, with the remnant of the multitude, did Nebuzaradan the captain of the guard carry away. -- 2 kings 25:11 +. +But the captain of the guard left of the door of the poor of the land to be vinedressers and husbandmen. -- 2 kings 25:12 +. +And the pillars of brass that were in the house of the LORD, and the bases, and the brazen sea that was in the house of the LORD, did the Chaldees break in pieces, and carried the brass of them to Babylon. -- 2 kings 25:13 +. +And the pots, and the shovels, and the snuffers, and the spoons, and all the vessels of brass wherewith they ministered, took they away. -- 2 kings 25:14 +. +And the firepans, and the bowls, and such things as were of gold, in gold, and of silver, in silver, the captain of the guard took away. -- 2 kings 25:15 +. +The two pillars, one sea, and the bases which Solomon had made for the house of the LORD; the brass of all these vessels was without weight. -- 2 kings 25:16 +. +The height of the one pillar was eighteen cubits, and the chapiter upon it was brass: and the height of the chapiter three cubits; and the wreathed work, and pomegranates upon the chapiter round about, all of brass: and like unto these had the second pillar with wreathed work. -- 2 kings 25:17 +. +And the captain of the guard took Seraiah the chief priest, and Zephaniah the second priest, and the three keepers of the door: -- 2 kings 25:18 +. +And out of the city he took an officer that was set over the men of war, and five men of them that were in the king's presence, which were found in the city, and the principal scribe of the host, which mustered the people of the land, and threescore men of the people of the land that were found in the city: -- 2 kings 25:19 +. +And Nebuzaradan captain of the guard took these, and brought them to the king of Babylon to Riblah: -- 2 kings 25:20 +. +And the king of Babylon smote them, and slew them at Riblah in the land of Hamath. So Judah was carried away out of their land. -- 2 kings 25:21 +. +And as for the people that remained in the land of Judah, whom Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon had left, even over them he made Gedaliah the son of Ahikam, the son of Shaphan, ruler. -- 2 kings 25:22 +. +And when all the captains of the armies, they and their men, heard that the king of Babylon had made Gedaliah governor, there came to Gedaliah to Mizpah, even Ishmael the son of Nethaniah, and Johanan the son of Careah, and Seraiah the son of Tanhumeth the Netophathite, and Jaazaniah the son of a Maachathite, they and their men. -- 2 kings 25:23 +. +And Gedaliah sware to them, and to their men, and said unto them, Fear not to be the servants of the Chaldees: dwell in the land, and serve the king of Babylon; and it shall be well with you. -- 2 kings 25:24 +. +But it came to pass in the seventh month, that Ishmael the son of Nethaniah, the son of Elishama, of the seed royal, came, and ten men with him, and smote Gedaliah, that he died, and the Jews and the Chaldees that were with him at Mizpah. -- 2 kings 25:25 +. +And all the people, both small and great, and the captains of the armies, arose, and came to Egypt: for they were afraid of the Chaldees. -- 2 kings 25:26 +. +And it came to pass in the seven and thirtieth year of the captivity of Jehoiachin king of Judah, in the twelfth month, on the seven and twentieth day of the month, that Evilmerodach king of Babylon in the year that he began to reign did lift up the head of Jehoiachin king of Judah out of prison; -- 2 kings 25:27 +. +And he spake kindly to him, and set his throne above the throne of the kings that were with him in Babylon; -- 2 kings 25:28 +. +And changed his prison garments: and he did eat bread continually before him all the days of his life. -- 2 kings 25:29 +. +And his allowance was a continual allowance given him of the king, a daily rate for every day, all the days of his life. -- 2 kings 25:30 +. +Adam, Sheth, Enosh, -- 1 chronicles 1:1 +. +Kenan, Mahalaleel, Jered, -- 1 chronicles 1:2 +. +Henoch, Methuselah, Lamech, -- 1 chronicles 1:3 +. +Noah, Shem, Ham, and Japheth. -- 1 chronicles 1:4 +. +The sons of Japheth; Gomer, and Magog, and Madai, and Javan, and Tubal, and Meshech, and Tiras. -- 1 chronicles 1:5 +. +And the sons of Gomer; Ashchenaz, and Riphath, and Togarmah. -- 1 chronicles 1:6 +. +And the sons of Javan; Elishah, and Tarshish, Kittim, and Dodanim. -- 1 chronicles 1:7 +. +The sons of Ham; Cush, and Mizraim, Put, and Canaan. -- 1 chronicles 1:8 +. +And the sons of Cush; Seba, and Havilah, and Sabta, and Raamah, and Sabtecha. And the sons of Raamah; Sheba, and Dedan. -- 1 chronicles 1:9 +. +And Cush begat Nimrod: he began to be mighty upon the earth. -- 1 chronicles 1:10 +. +And Mizraim begat Ludim, and Anamim, and Lehabim, and Naphtuhim, -- 1 chronicles 1:11 +. +And Pathrusim, and Casluhim, (of whom came the Philistines,) and Caphthorim. -- 1 chronicles 1:12 +. +And Canaan begat Zidon his firstborn, and Heth, -- 1 chronicles 1:13 +. +The Jebusite also, and the Amorite, and the Girgashite, -- 1 chronicles 1:14 +. +And the Hivite, and the Arkite, and the Sinite, -- 1 chronicles 1:15 +. +And the Arvadite, and the Zemarite, and the Hamathite. -- 1 chronicles 1:16 +. +The sons of Shem; Elam, and Asshur, and Arphaxad, and Lud, and Aram, and Uz, and Hul, and Gether, and Meshech. -- 1 chronicles 1:17 +. +And Arphaxad begat Shelah, and Shelah begat Eber. -- 1 chronicles 1:18 +. +And unto Eber were born two sons: the name of the one was Peleg; because in his days the earth was divided: and his brother's name was Joktan. -- 1 chronicles 1:19 +. +And Joktan begat Almodad, and Sheleph, and Hazarmaveth, and Jerah, -- 1 chronicles 1:20 +. +Hadoram also, and Uzal, and Diklah, -- 1 chronicles 1:21 +. +And Ebal, and Abimael, and Sheba, -- 1 chronicles 1:22 +. +And Ophir, and Havilah, and Jobab. All these were the sons of Joktan. -- 1 chronicles 1:23 +. +Shem, Arphaxad, Shelah, -- 1 chronicles 1:24 +. +Eber, Peleg, Reu, -- 1 chronicles 1:25 +. +Serug, Nahor, Terah, -- 1 chronicles 1:26 +. +Abram; the same is Abraham. -- 1 chronicles 1:27 +. +The sons of Abraham; Isaac, and Ishmael. -- 1 chronicles 1:28 +. +These are their generations: The firstborn of Ishmael, Nebaioth; then Kedar, and Adbeel, and Mibsam, -- 1 chronicles 1:29 +. +Mishma, and Dumah, Massa, Hadad, and Tema, -- 1 chronicles 1:30 +. +Jetur, Naphish, and Kedemah. These are the sons of Ishmael. -- 1 chronicles 1:31 +. +Now the sons of Keturah, Abraham's concubine: she bare Zimran, and Jokshan, and Medan, and Midian, and Ishbak, and Shuah. And the sons of Jokshan; Sheba, and Dedan. -- 1 chronicles 1:32 +. +And the sons of Midian; Ephah, and Epher, and Henoch, and Abida, and Eldaah. All these are the sons of Keturah. -- 1 chronicles 1:33 +. +And Abraham begat Isaac. The sons of Isaac; Esau and Israel. -- 1 chronicles 1:34 +. +The sons of Esau; Eliphaz, Reuel, and Jeush, and Jaalam, and Korah. -- 1 chronicles 1:35 +. +The sons of Eliphaz; Teman, and Omar, Zephi, and Gatam, Kenaz, and Timna, and Amalek. -- 1 chronicles 1:36 +. +The sons of Reuel; Nahath, Zerah, Shammah, and Mizzah. -- 1 chronicles 1:37 +. +And the sons of Seir; Lotan, and Shobal, and Zibeon, and Anah, and Dishon, and Ezar, and Dishan. -- 1 chronicles 1:38 +. +And the sons of Lotan; Hori, and Homam: and Timna was Lotan's sister. -- 1 chronicles 1:39 +. +The sons of Shobal; Alian, and Manahath, and Ebal, Shephi, and Onam. and the sons of Zibeon; Aiah, and Anah. -- 1 chronicles 1:40 +. +The sons of Anah; Dishon. And the sons of Dishon; Amram, and Eshban, and Ithran, and Cheran. -- 1 chronicles 1:41 +. +The sons of Ezer; Bilhan, and Zavan, and Jakan. The sons of Dishan; Uz, and Aran. -- 1 chronicles 1:42 +. +Now these are the kings that reigned in the land of Edom before any king reigned over the children of Israel; Bela the son of Beor: and the name of his city was Dinhabah. -- 1 chronicles 1:43 +. +And when Bela was dead, Jobab the son of Zerah of Bozrah reigned in his stead. -- 1 chronicles 1:44 +. +And when Jobab was dead, Husham of the land of the Temanites reigned in his stead. -- 1 chronicles 1:45 +. +And when Husham was dead, Hadad the son of Bedad, which smote Midian in the field of Moab, reigned in his stead: and the name of his city was Avith. -- 1 chronicles 1:46 +. +And when Hadad was dead, Samlah of Masrekah reigned in his stead. -- 1 chronicles 1:47 +. +And when Samlah was dead, Shaul of Rehoboth by the river reigned in his stead. -- 1 chronicles 1:48 +. +And when Shaul was dead, Baalhanan the son of Achbor reigned in his stead. -- 1 chronicles 1:49 +. +And when Baalhanan was dead, Hadad reigned in his stead: and the name of his city was Pai; and his wife's name was Mehetabel, the daughter of Matred, the daughter of Mezahab. -- 1 chronicles 1:50 +. +Hadad died also. And the dukes of Edom were; duke Timnah, duke Aliah, duke Jetheth, -- 1 chronicles 1:51 +. +Duke Aholibamah, duke Elah, duke Pinon, -- 1 chronicles 1:52 +. +Duke Kenaz, duke Teman, duke Mibzar, -- 1 chronicles 1:53 +. +Duke Magdiel, duke Iram. These are the dukes of Edom. -- 1 chronicles 1:54 +. +These are the sons of Israel; Reuben, Simeon, Levi, and Judah, Issachar, and Zebulun, -- 1 chronicles 2:1 +. +Dan, Joseph, and Benjamin, Naphtali, Gad, and Asher. -- 1 chronicles 2:2 +. +The sons of Judah; Er, and Onan, and Shelah: which three were born unto him of the daughter of Shua the Canaanitess. And Er, the firstborn of Judah, was evil in the sight of the LORD; and he slew him. -- 1 chronicles 2:3 +. +And Tamar his daughter in law bore him Pharez and Zerah. All the sons of Judah were five. -- 1 chronicles 2:4 +. +The sons of Pharez; Hezron, and Hamul. -- 1 chronicles 2:5 +. +And the sons of Zerah; Zimri, and Ethan, and Heman, and Calcol, and Dara: five of them in all. -- 1 chronicles 2:6 +. +And the sons of Carmi; Achar, the troubler of Israel, who transgressed in the thing accursed. -- 1 chronicles 2:7 +. +And the sons of Ethan; Azariah. -- 1 chronicles 2:8 +. +The sons also of Hezron, that were born unto him; Jerahmeel, and Ram, and Chelubai. -- 1 chronicles 2:9 +. +And Ram begat Amminadab; and Amminadab begat Nahshon, prince of the children of Judah; -- 1 chronicles 2:10 +. +And Nahshon begat Salma, and Salma begat Boaz, -- 1 chronicles 2:11 +. +And Boaz begat Obed, and Obed begat Jesse, -- 1 chronicles 2:12 +. +And Jesse begat his firstborn Eliab, and Abinadab the second, and Shimma the third, -- 1 chronicles 2:13 +. +Nethaneel the fourth, Raddai the fifth, -- 1 chronicles 2:14 +. +Ozem the sixth, David the seventh: -- 1 chronicles 2:15 +. +Whose sisters were Zeruiah, and Abigail. And the sons of Zeruiah; Abishai, and Joab, and Asahel, three. -- 1 chronicles 2:16 +. +And Abigail bare Amasa: and the father of Amasa was Jether the Ishmeelite. -- 1 chronicles 2:17 +. +And Caleb the son of Hezron begat children of Azubah his wife, and of Jerioth: her sons are these; Jesher, and Shobab, and Ardon. -- 1 chronicles 2:18 +. +And when Azubah was dead, Caleb took unto him Ephrath, which bare him Hur. -- 1 chronicles 2:19 +. +And Hur begat Uri, and Uri begat Bezaleel. -- 1 chronicles 2:20 +. +And afterward Hezron went in to the daughter of Machir the father of Gilead, whom he married when he was threescore years old; and she bare him Segub. -- 1 chronicles 2:21 +. +And Segub begat Jair, who had three and twenty cities in the land of Gilead. -- 1 chronicles 2:22 +. +And he took Geshur, and Aram, with the towns of Jair, from them, with Kenath, and the towns thereof, even threescore cities. All these belonged to the sons of Machir the father of Gilead. -- 1 chronicles 2:23 +. +And after that Hezron was dead in Calebephratah, then Abiah Hezron's wife bare him Ashur the father of Tekoa. -- 1 chronicles 2:24 +. +And the sons of Jerahmeel the firstborn of Hezron were, Ram the firstborn, and Bunah, and Oren, and Ozem, and Ahijah. -- 1 chronicles 2:25 +. +Jerahmeel had also another wife, whose name was Atarah; she was the mother of Onam. -- 1 chronicles 2:26 +. +And the sons of Ram the firstborn of Jerahmeel were, Maaz, and Jamin, and Eker. -- 1 chronicles 2:27 +. +And the sons of Onam were, Shammai, and Jada. And the sons of Shammai; Nadab and Abishur. -- 1 chronicles 2:28 +. +And the name of the wife of Abishur was Abihail, and she bare him Ahban, and Molid. -- 1 chronicles 2:29 +. +And the sons of Nadab; Seled, and Appaim: but Seled died without children. -- 1 chronicles 2:30 +. +And the sons of Appaim; Ishi. And the sons of Ishi; Sheshan. And the children of Sheshan; Ahlai. -- 1 chronicles 2:31 +. +And the sons of Jada the brother of Shammai; Jether, and Jonathan: and Jether died without children. -- 1 chronicles 2:32 +. +And the sons of Jonathan; Peleth, and Zaza. These were the sons of Jerahmeel. -- 1 chronicles 2:33 +. +Now Sheshan had no sons, but daughters. And Sheshan had a servant, an Egyptian, whose name was Jarha. -- 1 chronicles 2:34 +. +And Sheshan gave his daughter to Jarha his servant to wife; and she bare him Attai. -- 1 chronicles 2:35 +. +And Attai begat Nathan, and Nathan begat Zabad, -- 1 chronicles 2:36 +. +And Zabad begat Ephlal, and Ephlal begat Obed, -- 1 chronicles 2:37 +. +And Obed begat Jehu, and Jehu begat Azariah, -- 1 chronicles 2:38 +. +And Azariah begat Helez, and Helez begat Eleasah, -- 1 chronicles 2:39 +. +And Eleasah begat Sisamai, and Sisamai begat Shallum, -- 1 chronicles 2:40 +. +And Shallum begat Jekamiah, and Jekamiah begat Elishama. -- 1 chronicles 2:41 +. +Now the sons of Caleb the brother of Jerahmeel were, Mesha his firstborn, which was the father of Ziph; and the sons of Mareshah the father of Hebron. -- 1 chronicles 2:42 +. +And the sons of Hebron; Korah, and Tappuah, and Rekem, and Shema. -- 1 chronicles 2:43 +. +And Shema begat Raham, the father of Jorkoam: and Rekem begat Shammai. -- 1 chronicles 2:44 +. +And the son of Shammai was Maon: and Maon was the father of Bethzur. -- 1 chronicles 2:45 +. +And Ephah, Caleb's concubine, bare Haran, and Moza, and Gazez: and Haran begat Gazez. -- 1 chronicles 2:46 +. +And the sons of Jahdai; Regem, and Jotham, and Gesham, and Pelet, and Ephah, and Shaaph. -- 1 chronicles 2:47 +. +Maachah, Caleb's concubine, bare Sheber, and Tirhanah. -- 1 chronicles 2:48 +. +She bare also Shaaph the father of Madmannah, Sheva the father of Machbenah, and the father of Gibea: and the daughter of Caleb was Achsa. -- 1 chronicles 2:49 +. +These were the sons of Caleb the son of Hur, the firstborn of Ephratah; Shobal the father of Kirjathjearim. -- 1 chronicles 2:50 +. +Salma the father of Bethlehem, Hareph the father of Bethgader. -- 1 chronicles 2:51 +. +And Shobal the father of Kirjathjearim had sons; Haroeh, and half of the Manahethites. -- 1 chronicles 2:52 +. +And the families of Kirjathjearim; the Ithrites, and the Puhites, and the Shumathites, and the Mishraites; of them came the Zareathites, and the Eshtaulites, -- 1 chronicles 2:53 +. +The sons of Salma; Bethlehem, and the Netophathites, Ataroth, the house of Joab, and half of the Manahethites, the Zorites. -- 1 chronicles 2:54 +. +And the families of the scribes which dwelt at Jabez; the Tirathites, the Shimeathites, and Suchathites. These are the Kenites that came of Hemath, the father of the house of Rechab. -- 1 chronicles 2:55 +. +Now these were the sons of David, which were born unto him in Hebron; the firstborn Amnon, of Ahinoam the Jezreelitess; the second Daniel, of Abigail the Carmelitess: -- 1 chronicles 3:1 +. +The third, Absalom the son of Maachah the daughter of Talmai king of Geshur: the fourth, Adonijah the son of Haggith: -- 1 chronicles 3:2 +. +The fifth, Shephatiah of Abital: the sixth, Ithream by Eglah his wife. -- 1 chronicles 3:3 +. +These six were born unto him in Hebron; and there he reigned seven years and six months: and in Jerusalem he reigned thirty and three years. -- 1 chronicles 3:4 +. +And these were born unto him in Jerusalem; Shimea, and Shobab, and Nathan, and Solomon, four, of Bathshua the daughter of Ammiel: -- 1 chronicles 3:5 +. +Ibhar also, and Elishama, and Eliphelet, -- 1 chronicles 3:6 +. +And Nogah, and Nepheg, and Japhia, -- 1 chronicles 3:7 +. +And Elishama, and Eliada, and Eliphelet, nine. -- 1 chronicles 3:8 +. +These were all the sons of David, beside the sons of the concubines, and Tamar their sister. -- 1 chronicles 3:9 +. +And Solomon's son was Rehoboam, Abia his son, Asa his son, Jehoshaphat his son, -- 1 chronicles 3:10 +. +Joram his son, Ahaziah his son, Joash his son, -- 1 chronicles 3:11 +. +Amaziah his son, Azariah his son, Jotham his son, -- 1 chronicles 3:12 +. +Ahaz his son, Hezekiah his son, Manasseh his son, -- 1 chronicles 3:13 +. +Amon his son, Josiah his son. -- 1 chronicles 3:14 +. +And the sons of Josiah were, the firstborn Johanan, the second Jehoiakim, the third Zedekiah, the fourth Shallum. -- 1 chronicles 3:15 +. +And the sons of Jehoiakim: Jeconiah his son, Zedekiah his son. -- 1 chronicles 3:16 +. +And the sons of Jeconiah; Assir, Salathiel his son, -- 1 chronicles 3:17 +. +Malchiram also, and Pedaiah, and Shenazar, Jecamiah, Hoshama, and Nedabiah. -- 1 chronicles 3:18 +. +And the sons of Pedaiah were, Zerubbabel, and Shimei: and the sons of Zerubbabel; Meshullam, and Hananiah, and Shelomith their sister: -- 1 chronicles 3:19 +. +And Hashubah, and Ohel, and Berechiah, and Hasadiah, Jushabhesed, five. -- 1 chronicles 3:20 +. +And the sons of Hananiah; Pelatiah, and Jesaiah: the sons of Rephaiah, the sons of Arnan, the sons of Obadiah, the sons of Shechaniah. -- 1 chronicles 3:21 +. +And the sons of Shechaniah; Shemaiah: and the sons of Shemaiah; Hattush, and Igeal, and Bariah, and Neariah, and Shaphat, six. -- 1 chronicles 3:22 +. +And the sons of Neariah; Elioenai, and Hezekiah, and Azrikam, three. -- 1 chronicles 3:23 +. +And the sons of Elioenai were, Hodaiah, and Eliashib, and Pelaiah, and Akkub, and Johanan, and Dalaiah, and Anani, seven. -- 1 chronicles 3:24 +. +The sons of Judah; Pharez, Hezron, and Carmi, and Hur, and Shobal. -- 1 chronicles 4:1 +. +And Reaiah the son of Shobal begat Jahath; and Jahath begat Ahumai, and Lahad. These are the families of the Zorathites. -- 1 chronicles 4:2 +. +And these were of the father of Etam; Jezreel, and Ishma, and Idbash: and the name of their sister was Hazelelponi: -- 1 chronicles 4:3 +. +And Penuel the father of Gedor, and Ezer the father of Hushah. These are the sons of Hur, the firstborn of Ephratah, the father of Bethlehem. -- 1 chronicles 4:4 +. +And Ashur the father of Tekoa had two wives, Helah and Naarah. -- 1 chronicles 4:5 +. +And Naarah bare him Ahuzam, and Hepher, and Temeni, and Haahashtari. These were the sons of Naarah. -- 1 chronicles 4:6 +. +And the sons of Helah were, Zereth, and Jezoar, and Ethnan. -- 1 chronicles 4:7 +. +And Coz begat Anub, and Zobebah, and the families of Aharhel the son of Harum. -- 1 chronicles 4:8 +. +And Jabez was more honorable than his brethren: and his mother called his name Jabez, saying, Because I bare him with sorrow. -- 1 chronicles 4:9 +. +And Jabez called on the God of Israel, saying, Oh that thou wouldest bless me indeed, and enlarge my coast, and that thine hand might be with me, and that thou wouldest keep me from evil, that it may not grieve me! And God granted him that which he requested. -- 1 chronicles 4:10 +. +And Chelub the brother of Shuah begat Mehir, which was the father of Eshton. -- 1 chronicles 4:11 +. +And Eshton begat Bethrapha, and Paseah, and Tehinnah the father of Irnahash. These are the men of Rechah. -- 1 chronicles 4:12 +. +And the sons of Kenaz; Othniel, and Seraiah: and the sons of Othniel; Hathath. -- 1 chronicles 4:13 +. +And Meonothai begat Ophrah: and Seraiah begat Joab, the father of the valley of Charashim; for they were craftsmen. -- 1 chronicles 4:14 +. +And the sons of Caleb the son of Jephunneh; Iru, Elah, and Naam: and the sons of Elah, even Kenaz. -- 1 chronicles 4:15 +. +And the sons of Jehaleleel; Ziph, and Ziphah, Tiria, and Asareel. -- 1 chronicles 4:16 +. +And the sons of Ezra were, Jether, and Mered, and Epher, and Jalon: and she bare Miriam, and Shammai, and Ishbah the father of Eshtemoa. -- 1 chronicles 4:17 +. +And his wife Jehudijah bare Jered the father of Gedor, and Heber the father of Socho, and Jekuthiel the father of Zanoah. And these are the sons of Bithiah the daughter of Pharaoh, which Mered took. -- 1 chronicles 4:18 +. +And the sons of his wife Hodiah the sister of Naham, the father of Keilah the Garmite, and Eshtemoa the Maachathite. -- 1 chronicles 4:19 +. +And the sons of Shimon were, Amnon, and Rinnah, Benhanan, and Tilon. And the sons of Ishi were, Zoheth, and Benzoheth. -- 1 chronicles 4:20 +. +The sons of Shelah the son of Judah were, Er the father of Lecah, and Laadah the father of Mareshah, and the families of the house of them that wrought fine linen, of the house of Ashbea, -- 1 chronicles 4:21 +. +And Jokim, and the men of Chozeba, and Joash, and Saraph, who had the dominion in Moab, and Jashubilehem. And these are ancient things. -- 1 chronicles 4:22 +. +These were the potters, and those that dwelt among plants and hedges: there they dwelt with the king for his work. -- 1 chronicles 4:23 +. +The sons of Simeon were, Nemuel, and Jamin, Jarib, Zerah, and Shaul: -- 1 chronicles 4:24 +. +Shallum his son, Mibsam his son, Mishma his son. -- 1 chronicles 4:25 +. +And the sons of Mishma; Hamuel his son, Zacchur his son, Shimei his son. -- 1 chronicles 4:26 +. +And Shimei had sixteen sons and six daughters: but his brethren had not many children, neither did all their family multiply, like to the children of Judah. -- 1 chronicles 4:27 +. +And they dwelt at Beersheba, and Moladah, and Hazarshual, -- 1 chronicles 4:28 +. +And at Bilhah, and at Ezem, and at Tolad, -- 1 chronicles 4:29 +. +And at Bethuel, and at Hormah, and at Ziklag, -- 1 chronicles 4:30 +. +And at Bethmarcaboth, and Hazarsusim, and at Bethbirei, and at Shaaraim. These were their cities unto the reign of David. -- 1 chronicles 4:31 +. +And their villages were, Etam, and Ain, Rimmon, and Tochen, and Ashan, five cities: -- 1 chronicles 4:32 +. +And all their villages that were round about the same cities, unto Baal. These were their habitations, and their genealogy. -- 1 chronicles 4:33 +. +And Meshobab, and Jamlech, and Joshah, the son of Amaziah, -- 1 chronicles 4:34 +. +And Joel, and Jehu the son of Josibiah, the son of Seraiah, the son of Asiel, -- 1 chronicles 4:35 +. +And Elioenai, and Jaakobah, and Jeshohaiah, and Asaiah, and Adiel, and Jesimiel, and Benaiah, -- 1 chronicles 4:36 +. +And Ziza the son of Shiphi, the son of Allon, the son of Jedaiah, the son of Shimri, the son of Shemaiah; -- 1 chronicles 4:37 +. +These mentioned by their names were princes in their families: and the house of their fathers increased greatly. -- 1 chronicles 4:38 +. +And they went to the entrance of Gedor, even unto the east side of the valley, to seek pasture for their flocks. -- 1 chronicles 4:39 +. +And they found fat pasture and good, and the land was wide, and quiet, and peaceable; for they of Ham had dwelt there of old. -- 1 chronicles 4:40 +. +And these written by name came in the days of Hezekiah king of Judah, and smote their tents, and the habitations that were found there, and destroyed them utterly unto this day, and dwelt in their rooms: because there was pasture there for their flocks. -- 1 chronicles 4:41 +. +And some of them, even of the sons of Simeon, five hundred men, went to mount Seir, having for their captains Pelatiah, and Neariah, and Rephaiah, and Uzziel, the sons of Ishi. -- 1 chronicles 4:42 +. +And they smote the rest of the Amalekites that were escaped, and dwelt there unto this day. -- 1 chronicles 4:43 +. +Now the sons of Reuben the firstborn of Israel, (for he was the firstborn; but forasmuch as he defiled his father's bed, his birthright was given unto the sons of Joseph the son of Israel: and the genealogy is not to be reckoned after the birthright. -- 1 chronicles 5:1 +. +For Judah prevailed above his brethren, and of him came the chief ruler; but the birthright was Joseph's:) -- 1 chronicles 5:2 +. +The sons, I say, of Reuben the firstborn of Israel were, Hanoch, and Pallu, Hezron, and Carmi. -- 1 chronicles 5:3 +. +The sons of Joel; Shemaiah his son, Gog his son, Shimei his son, -- 1 chronicles 5:4 +. +Micah his son, Reaia his son, Baal his son, -- 1 chronicles 5:5 +. +Beerah his son, whom Tilgathpilneser king of Assyria carried away captive: he was prince of the Reubenites. -- 1 chronicles 5:6 +. +And his brethren by their families, when the genealogy of their generations was reckoned, were the chief, Jeiel, and Zechariah, -- 1 chronicles 5:7 +. +And Bela the son of Azaz, the son of Shema, the son of Joel, who dwelt in Aroer, even unto Nebo and Baalmeon: -- 1 chronicles 5:8 +. +And eastward he inhabited unto the entering in of the wilderness from the river Euphrates: because their cattle were multiplied in the land of Gilead. -- 1 chronicles 5:9 +. +And in the days of Saul they made war with the Hagarites, who fell by their hand: and they dwelt in their tents throughout all the east land of Gilead. -- 1 chronicles 5:10 +. +And the children of Gad dwelt over against them, in the land of Bashan unto Salcah: -- 1 chronicles 5:11 +. +Joel the chief, and Shapham the next, and Jaanai, and Shaphat in Bashan. -- 1 chronicles 5:12 +. +And their brethren of the house of their fathers were, Michael, and Meshullam, and Sheba, and Jorai, and Jachan, and Zia, and Heber, seven. -- 1 chronicles 5:13 +. +These are the children of Abihail the son of Huri, the son of Jaroah, the son of Gilead, the son of Michael, the son of Jeshishai, the son of Jahdo, the son of Buz; -- 1 chronicles 5:14 +. +Ahi the son of Abdiel, the son of Guni, chief of the house of their fathers. -- 1 chronicles 5:15 +. +And they dwelt in Gilead in Bashan, and in her towns, and in all the suburbs of Sharon, upon their borders. -- 1 chronicles 5:16 +. +All these were reckoned by genealogies in the days of Jotham king of Judah, and in the days of Jeroboam king of Israel. -- 1 chronicles 5:17 +. +The sons of Reuben, and the Gadites, and half the tribe of Manasseh, of valiant men, men able to bear buckler and sword, and to shoot with bow, and skillful in war, were four and forty thousand seven hundred and threescore, that went out to the war. -- 1 chronicles 5:18 +. +And they made war with the Hagarites, with Jetur, and Nephish, and Nodab. -- 1 chronicles 5:19 +. +And they were helped against them, and the Hagarites were delivered into their hand, and all that were with them: for they cried to God in the battle, and he was intreated of them; because they put their trust in him. -- 1 chronicles 5:20 +. +And they took away their cattle; of their camels fifty thousand, and of sheep two hundred and fifty thousand, and of asses two thousand, and of men an hundred thousand. -- 1 chronicles 5:21 +. +For there fell down many slain, because the war was of God. And they dwelt in their steads until the captivity. -- 1 chronicles 5:22 +. +And the children of the half tribe of Manasseh dwelt in the land: they increased from Bashan unto Baalhermon and Senir, and unto mount Hermon. -- 1 chronicles 5:23 +. +And these were the heads of the house of their fathers, even Epher, and Ishi, and Eliel, and Azriel, and Jeremiah, and Hodaviah, and Jahdiel, mighty men of valor, famous men, and heads of the house of their fathers. -- 1 chronicles 5:24 +. +And they transgressed against the God of their fathers, and went a whoring after the gods of the people of the land, whom God destroyed before them. -- 1 chronicles 5:25 +. +And the God of Israel stirred up the spirit of Pul king of Assyria, and the spirit of Tilgathpilneser king of Assyria, and he carried them away, even the Reubenites, and the Gadites, and the half tribe of Manasseh, and brought them unto Halah, and Habor, and Hara, and to the river Gozan, unto this day. -- 1 chronicles 5:26 +. +The sons of Levi; Gershon, Kohath, and Merari. -- 1 chronicles 6:1 +. +And the sons of Kohath; Amram, Izhar, and Hebron, and Uzziel. -- 1 chronicles 6:2 +. +And the children of Amram; Aaron, and Moses, and Miriam. The sons also of Aaron; Nadab, and Abihu, Eleazar, and Ithamar. -- 1 chronicles 6:3 +. +Eleazar begat Phinehas, Phinehas begat Abishua, -- 1 chronicles 6:4 +. +And Abishua begat Bukki, and Bukki begat Uzzi, -- 1 chronicles 6:5 +. +And Uzzi begat Zerahiah, and Zerahiah begat Meraioth, -- 1 chronicles 6:6 +. +Meraioth begat Amariah, and Amariah begat Ahitub, -- 1 chronicles 6:7 +. +And Ahitub begat Zadok, and Zadok begat Ahimaaz, -- 1 chronicles 6:8 +. +And Ahimaaz begat Azariah, and Azariah begat Johanan, -- 1 chronicles 6:9 +. +And Johanan begat Azariah, (he it is that executed the priest's office in the temple that Solomon built in Jerusalem:) -- 1 chronicles 6:10 +. +And Azariah begat Amariah, and Amariah begat Ahitub, -- 1 chronicles 6:11 +. +And Ahitub begat Zadok, and Zadok begat Shallum, -- 1 chronicles 6:12 +. +And Shallum begat Hilkiah, and Hilkiah begat Azariah, -- 1 chronicles 6:13 +. +And Azariah begat Seraiah, and Seraiah begat Jehozadak, -- 1 chronicles 6:14 +. +And Jehozadak went into captivity, when the LORD carried away Judah and Jerusalem by the hand of Nebuchadnezzar. -- 1 chronicles 6:15 +. +The sons of Levi; Gershom, Kohath, and Merari. -- 1 chronicles 6:16 +. +And these be the names of the sons of Gershom; Libni, and Shimei. -- 1 chronicles 6:17 +. +And the sons of Kohath were, Amram, and Izhar, and Hebron, and Uzziel. -- 1 chronicles 6:18 +. +The sons of Merari; Mahli, and Mushi. And these are the families of the Levites according to their fathers. -- 1 chronicles 6:19 +. +Of Gershom; Libni his son, Jahath his son, Zimmah his son, -- 1 chronicles 6:20 +. +Joah his son, Iddo his son, Zerah his son, Jeaterai his son. -- 1 chronicles 6:21 +. +The sons of Kohath; Amminadab his son, Korah his son, Assir his son, -- 1 chronicles 6:22 +. +Elkanah his son, and Ebiasaph his son, and Assir his son, -- 1 chronicles 6:23 +. +Tahath his son, Uriel his son, Uzziah his son, and Shaul his son. -- 1 chronicles 6:24 +. +And the sons of Elkanah; Amasai, and Ahimoth. -- 1 chronicles 6:25 +. +As for Elkanah: the sons of Elkanah; Zophai his son, and Nahath his son, -- 1 chronicles 6:26 +. +Eliab his son, Jeroham his son, Elkanah his son. -- 1 chronicles 6:27 +. +And the sons of Samuel; the firstborn Vashni, and Abiah. -- 1 chronicles 6:28 +. +The sons of Merari; Mahli, Libni his son, Shimei his son, Uzza his son, -- 1 chronicles 6:29 +. +Shimea his son, Haggiah his son, Asaiah his son. -- 1 chronicles 6:30 +. +And these are they whom David set over the service of song in the house of the LORD, after that the ark had rest. -- 1 chronicles 6:31 +. +And they ministered before the dwelling place of the tabernacle of the congregation with singing, until Solomon had built the house of the LORD in Jerusalem: and then they waited on their office according to their order. -- 1 chronicles 6:32 +. +And these are they that waited with their children. Of the sons of the Kohathites: Heman a singer, the son of Joel, the son of Shemuel, -- 1 chronicles 6:33 +. +The son of Elkanah, the son of Jeroham, the son of Eliel, the son of Toah, -- 1 chronicles 6:34 +. +The son of Zuph, the son of Elkanah, the son of Mahath, the son of Amasai, -- 1 chronicles 6:35 +. +The son of Elkanah, the son of Joel, the son of Azariah, the son of Zephaniah, -- 1 chronicles 6:36 +. +The son of Tahath, the son of Assir, the son of Ebiasaph, the son of Korah, -- 1 chronicles 6:37 +. +The son of Izhar, the son of Kohath, the son of Levi, the son of Israel. -- 1 chronicles 6:38 +. +And his brother Asaph, who stood on his right hand, even Asaph the son of Berachiah, the son of Shimea, -- 1 chronicles 6:39 +. +The son of Michael, the son of Baaseiah, the son of Malchiah, -- 1 chronicles 6:40 +. +The son of Ethni, the son of Zerah, the son of Adaiah, -- 1 chronicles 6:41 +. +The son of Ethan, the son of Zimmah, the son of Shimei, -- 1 chronicles 6:42 +. +The son of Jahath, the son of Gershom, the son of Levi. -- 1 chronicles 6:43 +. +And their brethren the sons of Merari stood on the left hand: Ethan the son of Kishi, the son of Abdi, the son of Malluch, -- 1 chronicles 6:44 +. +The son of Hashabiah, the son of Amaziah, the son of Hilkiah, -- 1 chronicles 6:45 +. +The son of Amzi, the son of Bani, the son of Shamer, -- 1 chronicles 6:46 +. +The son of Mahli, the son of Mushi, the son of Merari, the son of Levi. -- 1 chronicles 6:47 +. +Their brethren also the Levites were appointed unto all manner of service of the tabernacle of the house of God. -- 1 chronicles 6:48 +. +But Aaron and his sons offered upon the altar of the burnt offering, and on the altar of incense, and were appointed for all the work of the place most holy, and to make an atonement for Israel, according to all that Moses the servant of God had commanded. -- 1 chronicles 6:49 +. +And these are the sons of Aaron; Eleazar his son, Phinehas his son, Abishua his son, -- 1 chronicles 6:50 +. +Bukki his son, Uzzi his son, Zerahiah his son, -- 1 chronicles 6:51 +. +Meraioth his son, Amariah his son, Ahitub his son, -- 1 chronicles 6:52 +. +Zadok his son, Ahimaaz his son. -- 1 chronicles 6:53 +. +Now these are their dwelling places throughout their castles in their coasts, of the sons of Aaron, of the families of the Kohathites: for theirs was the lot. -- 1 chronicles 6:54 +. +And they gave them Hebron in the land of Judah, and the suburbs thereof round about it. -- 1 chronicles 6:55 +. +But the fields of the city, and the villages thereof, they gave to Caleb the son of Jephunneh. -- 1 chronicles 6:56 +. +And to the sons of Aaron they gave the cities of Judah, namely, Hebron, the city of refuge, and Libnah with her suburbs, and Jattir, and Eshtemoa, with their suburbs, -- 1 chronicles 6:57 +. +And Hilen with her suburbs, Debir with her suburbs, -- 1 chronicles 6:58 +. +And Ashan with her suburbs, and Bethshemesh with her suburbs: -- 1 chronicles 6:59 +. +And out of the tribe of Benjamin; Geba with her suburbs, and Alemeth with her suburbs, and Anathoth with her suburbs. All their cities throughout their families were thirteen cities. -- 1 chronicles 6:60 +. +And unto the sons of Kohath, which were left of the family of that tribe, were cities given out of the half tribe, namely, out of the half tribe of Manasseh, by lot, ten cities. -- 1 chronicles 6:61 +. +And to the sons of Gershom throughout their families out of the tribe of Issachar, and out of the tribe of Asher, and out of the tribe of Naphtali, and out of the tribe of Manasseh in Bashan, thirteen cities. -- 1 chronicles 6:62 +. +Unto the sons of Merari were given by lot, throughout their families, out of the tribe of Reuben, and out of the tribe of Gad, and out of the tribe of Zebulun, twelve cities. -- 1 chronicles 6:63 +. +And the children of Israel gave to the Levites these cities with their suburbs. -- 1 chronicles 6:64 +. +And they gave by lot out of the tribe of the children of Judah, and out of the tribe of the children of Simeon, and out of the tribe of the children of Benjamin, these cities, which are called by their names. -- 1 chronicles 6:65 +. +And the residue of the families of the sons of Kohath had cities of their coasts out of the tribe of Ephraim. -- 1 chronicles 6:66 +. +And they gave unto them, of the cities of refuge, Shechem in mount Ephraim with her suburbs; they gave also Gezer with her suburbs, -- 1 chronicles 6:67 +. +And Jokmeam with her suburbs, and Bethhoron with her suburbs, -- 1 chronicles 6:68 +. +And Aijalon with her suburbs, and Gathrimmon with her suburbs: -- 1 chronicles 6:69 +. +And out of the half tribe of Manasseh; Aner with her suburbs, and Bileam with her suburbs, for the family of the remnant of the sons of Kohath. -- 1 chronicles 6:70 +. +Unto the sons of Gershom were given out of the family of the half tribe of Manasseh, Golan in Bashan with her suburbs, and Ashtaroth with her suburbs: -- 1 chronicles 6:71 +. +And out of the tribe of Issachar; Kedesh with her suburbs, Daberath with her suburbs, -- 1 chronicles 6:72 +. +And Ramoth with her suburbs, and Anem with her suburbs: -- 1 chronicles 6:73 +. +And out of the tribe of Asher; Mashal with her suburbs, and Abdon with her suburbs, -- 1 chronicles 6:74 +. +And Hukok with her suburbs, and Rehob with her suburbs: -- 1 chronicles 6:75 +. +And out of the tribe of Naphtali; Kedesh in Galilee with her suburbs, and Hammon with her suburbs, and Kirjathaim with her suburbs. -- 1 chronicles 6:76 +. +Unto the rest of the children of Merari were given out of the tribe of Zebulun, Rimmon with her suburbs, Tabor with her suburbs: -- 1 chronicles 6:77 +. +And on the other side Jordan by Jericho, on the east side of Jordan, were given them out of the tribe of Reuben, Bezer in the wilderness with her suburbs, and Jahzah with her suburbs, -- 1 chronicles 6:78 +. +Kedemoth also with her suburbs, and Mephaath with her suburbs: -- 1 chronicles 6:79 +. +And out of the tribe of Gad; Ramoth in Gilead with her suburbs, and Mahanaim with her suburbs, -- 1 chronicles 6:80 +. +And Heshbon with her suburbs, and Jazer with her suburbs. -- 1 chronicles 6:81 +. +Now the sons of Issachar were, Tola, and Puah, Jashub, and Shimrom, four. -- 1 chronicles 7:1 +. +And the sons of Tola; Uzzi, and Rephaiah, and Jeriel, and Jahmai, and Jibsam, and Shemuel, heads of their father's house, to wit, of Tola: they were valiant men of might in their generations; whose number was in the days of David two and twenty thousand and six hundred. -- 1 chronicles 7:2 +. +And the sons of Uzzi; Izrahiah: and the sons of Izrahiah; Michael, and Obadiah, and Joel, Ishiah, five: all of them chief men. -- 1 chronicles 7:3 +. +And with them, by their generations, after the house of their fathers, were bands of soldiers for war, six and thirty thousand men: for they had many wives and sons. -- 1 chronicles 7:4 +. +And their brethren among all the families of Issachar were valiant men of might, reckoned in all by their genealogies fourscore and seven thousand. -- 1 chronicles 7:5 +. +The sons of Benjamin; Bela, and Becher, and Jediael, three. -- 1 chronicles 7:6 +. +And the sons of Bela; Ezbon, and Uzzi, and Uzziel, and Jerimoth, and Iri, five; heads of the house of their fathers, mighty men of valor; and were reckoned by their genealogies twenty and two thousand and thirty and four. -- 1 chronicles 7:7 +. +And the sons of Becher; Zemira, and Joash, and Eliezer, and Elioenai, and Omri, and Jerimoth, and Abiah, and Anathoth, and Alameth. All these are the sons of Becher. -- 1 chronicles 7:8 +. +And the number of them, after their genealogy by their generations, heads of the house of their fathers, mighty men of valor, was twenty thousand and two hundred. -- 1 chronicles 7:9 +. +The sons also of Jediael; Bilhan: and the sons of Bilhan; Jeush, and Benjamin, and Ehud, and Chenaanah, and Zethan, and Tharshish, and Ahishahar. -- 1 chronicles 7:10 +. +All these the sons of Jediael, by the heads of their fathers, mighty men of valor, were seventeen thousand and two hundred soldiers, fit to go out for war and battle. -- 1 chronicles 7:11 +. +Shuppim also, and Huppim, the children of Ir, and Hushim, the sons of Aher. -- 1 chronicles 7:12 +. +The sons of Naphtali; Jahziel, and Guni, and Jezer, and Shallum, the sons of Bilhah. -- 1 chronicles 7:13 +. +The sons of Manasseh; Ashriel, whom she bare: (but his concubine the Aramitess bare Machir the father of Gilead: -- 1 chronicles 7:14 +. +And Machir took to wife the sister of Huppim and Shuppim, whose sister's name was Maachah;) and the name of the second was Zelophehad: and Zelophehad had daughters. -- 1 chronicles 7:15 +. +And Maachah the wife of Machir bare a son, and she called his name Peresh; and the name of his brother was Sheresh; and his sons were Ulam and Rakem. -- 1 chronicles 7:16 +. +And the sons of Ulam; Bedan. These were the sons of Gilead, the son of Machir, the son of Manasseh. -- 1 chronicles 7:17 +. +And his sister Hammoleketh bare Ishod, and Abiezer, and Mahalah. -- 1 chronicles 7:18 +. +And the sons of Shemidah were, Ahian, and Shechem, and Likhi, and Aniam. -- 1 chronicles 7:19 +. +And the sons of Ephraim; Shuthelah, and Bered his son, and Tahath his son, and Eladah his son, and Tahath his son, -- 1 chronicles 7:20 +. +And Zabad his son, and Shuthelah his son, and Ezer, and Elead, whom the men of Gath that were born in that land slew, because they came down to take away their cattle. -- 1 chronicles 7:21 +. +And Ephraim their father mourned many days, and his brethren came to comfort him. -- 1 chronicles 7:22 +. +And when he went in to his wife, she conceived, and bare a son, and he called his name Beriah, because it went evil with his house. -- 1 chronicles 7:23 +. +(And his daughter was Sherah, who built Bethhoron the nether, and the upper, and Uzzensherah.) -- 1 chronicles 7:24 +. +And Rephah was his son, also Resheph, and Telah his son, and Tahan his son. -- 1 chronicles 7:25 +. +Laadan his son, Ammihud his son, Elishama his son. -- 1 chronicles 7:26 +. +Non his son, Jehoshuah his son. -- 1 chronicles 7:27 +. +And their possessions and habitations were, Bethel and the towns thereof, and eastward Naaran, and westward Gezer, with the towns thereof; Shechem also and the towns thereof, unto Gaza and the towns thereof: -- 1 chronicles 7:28 +. +And by the borders of the children of Manasseh, Bethshean and her towns, Taanach and her towns, Megiddo and her towns, Dor and her towns. In these dwelt the children of Joseph the son of Israel. -- 1 chronicles 7:29 +. +The sons of Asher; Imnah, and Isuah, and Ishuai, and Beriah, and Serah their sister. -- 1 chronicles 7:30 +. +And the sons of Beriah; Heber, and Malchiel, who is the father of Birzavith. -- 1 chronicles 7:31 +. +And Heber begat Japhlet, and Shomer, and Hotham, and Shua their sister. -- 1 chronicles 7:32 +. +And the sons of Japhlet; Pasach, and Bimhal, and Ashvath. These are the children of Japhlet. -- 1 chronicles 7:33 +. +And the sons of Shamer; Ahi, and Rohgah, Jehubbah, and Aram. -- 1 chronicles 7:34 +. +And the sons of his brother Helem; Zophah, and Imna, and Shelesh, and Amal. -- 1 chronicles 7:35 +. +The sons of Zophah; Suah, and Harnepher, and Shual, and Beri, and Imrah, -- 1 chronicles 7:36 +. +Bezer, and Hod, and Shamma, and Shilshah, and Ithran, and Beera. -- 1 chronicles 7:37 +. +And the sons of Jether; Jephunneh, and Pispah, and Ara. -- 1 chronicles 7:38 +. +And the sons of Ulla; Arah, and Haniel, and Rezia. -- 1 chronicles 7:39 +. +All these were the children of Asher, heads of their father's house, choice and mighty men of valor, chief of the princes. And the number throughout the genealogy of them that were apt to the war and to battle was twenty and six thousand men. -- 1 chronicles 7:40 +. +Now Benjamin begat Bela his firstborn, Ashbel the second, and Aharah the third, -- 1 chronicles 8:1 +. +Nohah the fourth, and Rapha the fifth. -- 1 chronicles 8:2 +. +And the sons of Bela were, Addar, and Gera, and Abihud, -- 1 chronicles 8:3 +. +And Abishua, and Naaman, and Ahoah, -- 1 chronicles 8:4 +. +And Gera, and Shephuphan, and Huram. -- 1 chronicles 8:5 +. +And these are the sons of Ehud: these are the heads of the fathers of the inhabitants of Geba, and they removed them to Manahath: -- 1 chronicles 8:6 +. +And Naaman, and Ahiah, and Gera, he removed them, and begat Uzza, and Ahihud. -- 1 chronicles 8:7 +. +And Shaharaim begat children in the country of Moab, after he had sent them away; Hushim and Baara were his wives. -- 1 chronicles 8:8 +. +And he begat of Hodesh his wife, Jobab, and Zibia, and Mesha, and Malcham, -- 1 chronicles 8:9 +. +And Jeuz, and Shachia, and Mirma. These were his sons, heads of the fathers. -- 1 chronicles 8:10 +. +And of Hushim he begat Abitub, and Elpaal. -- 1 chronicles 8:11 +. +The sons of Elpaal; Eber, and Misham, and Shamed, who built Ono, and Lod, with the towns thereof: -- 1 chronicles 8:12 +. +Beriah also, and Shema, who were heads of the fathers of the inhabitants of Aijalon, who drove away the inhabitants of Gath: -- 1 chronicles 8:13 +. +And Ahio, Shashak, and Jeremoth, -- 1 chronicles 8:14 +. +And Zebadiah, and Arad, and Ader, -- 1 chronicles 8:15 +. +And Michael, and Ispah, and Joha, the sons of Beriah; -- 1 chronicles 8:16 +. +And Zebadiah, and Meshullam, and Hezeki, and Heber, -- 1 chronicles 8:17 +. +Ishmerai also, and Jezliah, and Jobab, the sons of Elpaal; -- 1 chronicles 8:18 +. +And Jakim, and Zichri, and Zabdi, -- 1 chronicles 8:19 +. +And Elienai, and Zilthai, and Eliel, -- 1 chronicles 8:20 +. +And Adaiah, and Beraiah, and Shimrath, the sons of Shimhi; -- 1 chronicles 8:21 +. +And Ishpan, and Heber, and Eliel, -- 1 chronicles 8:22 +. +And Abdon, and Zichri, and Hanan, -- 1 chronicles 8:23 +. +And Hananiah, and Elam, and Antothijah, -- 1 chronicles 8:24 +. +And Iphedeiah, and Penuel, the sons of Shashak; -- 1 chronicles 8:25 +. +And Shamsherai, and Shehariah, and Athaliah, -- 1 chronicles 8:26 +. +And Jaresiah, and Eliah, and Zichri, the sons of Jeroham. -- 1 chronicles 8:27 +. +These were heads of the fathers, by their generations, chief men. These dwelt in Jerusalem. -- 1 chronicles 8:28 +. +And at Gibeon dwelt the father of Gibeon; whose wife's name was Maachah: -- 1 chronicles 8:29 +. +And his firstborn son Abdon, and Zur, and Kish, and Baal, and Nadab, -- 1 chronicles 8:30 +. +And Gedor, and Ahio, and Zacher. -- 1 chronicles 8:31 +. +And Mikloth begat Shimeah. And these also dwelt with their brethren in Jerusalem, over against them. -- 1 chronicles 8:32 +. +And Ner begat Kish, and Kish begat Saul, and Saul begat Jonathan, and Malchishua, and Abinadab, and Eshbaal. -- 1 chronicles 8:33 +. +And the son of Jonathan was Meribbaal; and Meribbaal begat Micah. -- 1 chronicles 8:34 +. +And the sons of Micah were, Pithon, and Melech, and Tarea, and Ahaz. -- 1 chronicles 8:35 +. +And Ahaz begat Jehoadah; and Jehoadah begat Alemeth, and Azmaveth, and Zimri; and Zimri begat Moza, -- 1 chronicles 8:36 +. +And Moza begat Binea: Rapha was his son, Eleasah his son, Azel his son: -- 1 chronicles 8:37 +. +And Azel had six sons, whose names are these, Azrikam, Bocheru, and Ishmael, and Sheariah, and Obadiah, and Hanan. All these were the sons of Azel. -- 1 chronicles 8:38 +. +And the sons of Eshek his brother were, Ulam his firstborn, Jehush the second, and Eliphelet the third. -- 1 chronicles 8:39 +. +And the sons of Ulam were mighty men of valor, archers, and had many sons, and sons' sons, an hundred and fifty. All these are of the sons of Benjamin. -- 1 chronicles 8:40 +. +So all Israel were reckoned by genealogies; and, behold, they were written in the book of the kings of Israel and Judah, who were carried away to Babylon for their transgression. -- 1 chronicles 9:1 +. +Now the first inhabitants that dwelt in their possessions in their cities were, the Israelites, the priests, Levites, and the Nethinims. -- 1 chronicles 9:2 +. +And in Jerusalem dwelt of the children of Judah, and of the children of Benjamin, and of the children of Ephraim, and Manasseh; -- 1 chronicles 9:3 +. +Uthai the son of Ammihud, the son of Omri, the son of Imri, the son of Bani, of the children of Pharez the son of Judah. -- 1 chronicles 9:4 +. +And of the Shilonites; Asaiah the firstborn, and his sons. -- 1 chronicles 9:5 +. +And of the sons of Zerah; Jeuel, and their brethren, six hundred and ninety. -- 1 chronicles 9:6 +. +And of the sons of Benjamin; Sallu the son of Meshullam, the son of Hodaviah, the son of Hasenuah, -- 1 chronicles 9:7 +. +And Ibneiah the son of Jeroham, and Elah the son of Uzzi, the son of Michri, and Meshullam the son of Shephathiah, the son of Reuel, the son of Ibnijah; -- 1 chronicles 9:8 +. +And their brethren, according to their generations, nine hundred and fifty and six. All these men were chief of the fathers in the house of their fathers. -- 1 chronicles 9:9 +. +And of the priests; Jedaiah, and Jehoiarib, and Jachin, -- 1 chronicles 9:10 +. +And Azariah the son of Hilkiah, the son of Meshullam, the son of Zadok, the son of Meraioth, the son of Ahitub, the ruler of the house of God; -- 1 chronicles 9:11 +. +And Adaiah the son of Jeroham, the son of Pashur, the son of Malchijah, and Maasiai the son of Adiel, the son of Jahzerah, the son of Meshullam, the son of Meshillemith, the son of Immer; -- 1 chronicles 9:12 +. +And their brethren, heads of the house of their fathers, a thousand and seven hundred and threescore; very able men for the work of the service of the house of God. -- 1 chronicles 9:13 +. +And of the Levites; Shemaiah the son of Hasshub, the son of Azrikam, the son of Hashabiah, of the sons of Merari; -- 1 chronicles 9:14 +. +And Bakbakkar, Heresh, and Galal, and Mattaniah the son of Micah, the son of Zichri, the son of Asaph; -- 1 chronicles 9:15 +. +And Obadiah the son of Shemaiah, the son of Galal, the son of Jeduthun, and Berechiah the son of Asa, the son of Elkanah, that dwelt in the villages of the Netophathites. -- 1 chronicles 9:16 +. +And the porters were, Shallum, and Akkub, and Talmon, and Ahiman, and their brethren: Shallum was the chief; -- 1 chronicles 9:17 +. +Who hitherto waited in the king's gate eastward: they were porters in the companies of the children of Levi. -- 1 chronicles 9:18 +. +And Shallum the son of Kore, the son of Ebiasaph, the son of Korah, and his brethren, of the house of his father, the Korahites, were over the work of the service, keepers of the gates of the tabernacle: and their fathers, being over the host of the LORD, were keepers of the entry. -- 1 chronicles 9:19 +. +And Phinehas the son of Eleazar was the ruler over them in time past, and the LORD was with him. -- 1 chronicles 9:20 +. +And Zechariah the son of Meshelemiah was porter of the door of the tabernacle of the congregation. -- 1 chronicles 9:21 +. +All these which were chosen to be porters in the gates were two hundred and twelve. These were reckoned by their genealogy in their villages, whom David and Samuel the seer did ordain in their set office. -- 1 chronicles 9:22 +. +So they and their children had the oversight of the gates of the house of the LORD, namely, the house of the tabernacle, by wards. -- 1 chronicles 9:23 +. +In four quarters were the porters, toward the east, west, north, and south. -- 1 chronicles 9:24 +. +And their brethren, which were in their villages, were to come after seven days from time to time with them. -- 1 chronicles 9:25 +. +For these Levites, the four chief porters, were in their set office, and were over the chambers and treasuries of the house of God. -- 1 chronicles 9:26 +. +And they lodged round about the house of God, because the charge was upon them, and the opening thereof every morning pertained to them. -- 1 chronicles 9:27 +. +And certain of them had the charge of the ministering vessels, that they should bring them in and out by tale. -- 1 chronicles 9:28 +. +Some of them also were appointed to oversee the vessels, and all the instruments of the sanctuary, and the fine flour, and the wine, and the oil, and the frankincense, and the spices. -- 1 chronicles 9:29 +. +And some of the sons of the priests made the ointment of the spices. -- 1 chronicles 9:30 +. +And Mattithiah, one of the Levites, who was the firstborn of Shallum the Korahite, had the set office over the things that were made in the pans. -- 1 chronicles 9:31 +. +And other of their brethren, of the sons of the Kohathites, were over the shewbread, to prepare it every sabbath. -- 1 chronicles 9:32 +. +And these are the singers, chief of the fathers of the Levites, who remaining in the chambers were free: for they were employed in that work day and night. -- 1 chronicles 9:33 +. +These chief fathers of the Levites were chief throughout their generations; these dwelt at Jerusalem. -- 1 chronicles 9:34 +. +And in Gibeon dwelt the father of Gibeon, Jehiel, whose wife's name was Maachah: -- 1 chronicles 9:35 +. +And his firstborn son Abdon, then Zur, and Kish, and Baal, and Ner, and Nadab. -- 1 chronicles 9:36 +. +And Gedor, and Ahio, and Zechariah, and Mikloth. -- 1 chronicles 9:37 +. +And Mikloth begat Shimeam. And they also dwelt with their brethren at Jerusalem, over against their brethren. -- 1 chronicles 9:38 +. +And Ner begat Kish; and Kish begat Saul; and Saul begat Jonathan, and Malchishua, and Abinadab, and Eshbaal. -- 1 chronicles 9:39 +. +And the son of Jonathan was Meribbaal: and Meribbaal begat Micah. -- 1 chronicles 9:40 +. +And the sons of Micah were, Pithon, and Melech, and Tahrea, and Ahaz. -- 1 chronicles 9:41 +. +And Ahaz begat Jarah; and Jarah begat Alemeth, and Azmaveth, and Zimri; and Zimri begat Moza; -- 1 chronicles 9:42 +. +And Moza begat Binea; and Rephaiah his son, Eleasah his son, Azel his son. -- 1 chronicles 9:43 +. +And Azel had six sons, whose names are these, Azrikam, Bocheru, and Ishmael, and Sheariah, and Obadiah, and Hanan: these were the sons of Azel. -- 1 chronicles 9:44 +. +Now the Philistines fought against Israel; and the men of Israel fled from before the Philistines, and fell down slain in mount Gilboa. -- 1 chronicles 10:1 +. +And the Philistines followed hard after Saul, and after his sons; and the Philistines slew Jonathan, and Abinadab, and Malchishua, the sons of Saul. -- 1 chronicles 10:2 +. +And the battle went sore against Saul, and the archers hit him, and he was wounded of the archers. -- 1 chronicles 10:3 +. +Then said Saul to his armourbearer, Draw thy sword, and thrust me through therewith; lest these uncircumcised come and abuse me. But his armourbearer would not; for he was sore afraid. So Saul took a sword, and fell upon it. -- 1 chronicles 10:4 +. +And when his armourbearer saw that Saul was dead, he fell likewise on the sword, and died. -- 1 chronicles 10:5 +. +So Saul died, and his three sons, and all his house died together. -- 1 chronicles 10:6 +. +And when all the men of Israel that were in the valley saw that they fled, and that Saul and his sons were dead, then they forsook their cities, and fled: and the Philistines came and dwelt in them. -- 1 chronicles 10:7 +. +And it came to pass on the morrow, when the Philistines came to strip the slain, that they found Saul and his sons fallen in mount Gilboa. -- 1 chronicles 10:8 +. +And when they had stripped him, they took his head, and his armor, and sent into the land of the Philistines round about, to carry tidings unto their idols, and to the people. -- 1 chronicles 10:9 +. +And they put his armor in the house of their gods, and fastened his head in the temple of Dagon. -- 1 chronicles 10:10 +. +And when all Jabeshgilead heard all that the Philistines had done to Saul, -- 1 chronicles 10:11 +. +They arose, all the valiant men, and took away the body of Saul, and the bodies of his sons, and brought them to Jabesh, and buried their bones under the oak in Jabesh, and fasted seven days. -- 1 chronicles 10:12 +. +So Saul died for his transgression which he committed against the LORD, even against the word of the LORD, which he kept not, and also for asking counsel of one that had a familiar spirit, to enquire of it; -- 1 chronicles 10:13 +. +And inquired not of the LORD: therefore he slew him, and turned the kingdom unto David the son of Jesse. -- 1 chronicles 10:14 +. +Then all Israel gathered themselves to David unto Hebron, saying, Behold, we are thy bone and thy flesh. -- 1 chronicles 11:1 +. +And moreover in time past, even when Saul was king, thou wast he that leddest out and broughtest in Israel: and the LORD thy God said unto thee, Thou shalt feed my people Israel, and thou shalt be ruler over my people Israel. -- 1 chronicles 11:2 +. +Therefore came all the elders of Israel to the king to Hebron; and David made a covenant with them in Hebron before the LORD; and they anointed David king over Israel, according to the word of the LORD by Samuel. -- 1 chronicles 11:3 +. +And David and all Israel went to Jerusalem, which is Jebus; where the Jebusites were, the inhabitants of the land. -- 1 chronicles 11:4 +. +And the inhabitants of Jebus said to David, Thou shalt not come hither. Nevertheless David took the castle of Zion, which is the city of David. -- 1 chronicles 11:5 +. +And David said, Whosoever smiteth the Jebusites first shall be chief and captain. So Joab the son of Zeruiah went first up, and was chief. -- 1 chronicles 11:6 +. +And David dwelt in the castle; therefore they called it the city of David. -- 1 chronicles 11:7 +. +And he built the city round about, even from Millo round about: and Joab repaired the rest of the city. -- 1 chronicles 11:8 +. +So David waxed greater and greater: for the LORD of hosts was with him. -- 1 chronicles 11:9 +. +These also are the chief of the mighty men whom David had, who strengthened themselves with him in his kingdom, and with all Israel, to make him king, according to the word of the LORD concerning Israel. -- 1 chronicles 11:10 +. +And this is the number of the mighty men whom David had; Jashobeam, an Hachmonite, the chief of the captains: he lifted up his spear against three hundred slain by him at one time. -- 1 chronicles 11:11 +. +And after him was Eleazar the son of Dodo, the Ahohite, who was one of the three mighties. -- 1 chronicles 11:12 +. +He was with David at Pasdammim, and there the Philistines were gathered together to battle, where was a parcel of ground full of barley; and the people fled from before the Philistines. -- 1 chronicles 11:13 +. +And they set themselves in the midst of that parcel, and delivered it, and slew the Philistines; and the LORD saved them by a great deliverance. -- 1 chronicles 11:14 +. +Now three of the thirty captains went down to the rock to David, into the cave of Adullam; and the host of the Philistines encamped in the valley of Rephaim. -- 1 chronicles 11:15 +. +And David was then in the hold, and the Philistines' garrison was then at Bethlehem. -- 1 chronicles 11:16 +. +And David longed, and said, Oh that one would give me drink of the water of the well of Bethlehem, that is at the gate! -- 1 chronicles 11:17 +. +And the three brake through the host of the Philistines, and drew water out of the well of Bethlehem, that was by the gate, and took it, and brought it to David: but David would not drink of it, but poured it out to the LORD. -- 1 chronicles 11:18 +. +And said, My God forbid it me, that I should do this thing: shall I drink the blood of these men that have put their lives in jeopardy? for with the jeopardy of their lives they brought it. Therefore he would not drink it. These things did these three mightiest. -- 1 chronicles 11:19 +. +And Abishai the brother of Joab, he was chief of the three: for lifting up his spear against three hundred, he slew them, and had a name among the three. -- 1 chronicles 11:20 +. +Of the three, he was more honorable than the two; for he was their captain: howbeit he attained not to the first three. -- 1 chronicles 11:21 +. +Benaiah the son of Jehoiada, the son of a valiant man of Kabzeel, who had done many acts; he slew two lionlike men of Moab: also he went down and slew a lion in a pit in a snowy day. -- 1 chronicles 11:22 +. +And he slew an Egyptian, a man of great stature, five cubits high; and in the Egyptian's hand was a spear like a weaver's beam; and he went down to him with a staff, and plucked the spear out of the Egyptian's hand, and slew him with his own spear. -- 1 chronicles 11:23 +. +These things did Benaiah the son of Jehoiada, and had the name among the three mighties. -- 1 chronicles 11:24 +. +Behold, he was honorable among the thirty, but attained not to the first three: and David set him over his guard. -- 1 chronicles 11:25 +. +Also the valiant men of the armies were, Asahel the brother of Joab, Elhanan the son of Dodo of Bethlehem, -- 1 chronicles 11:26 +. +Shammoth the Harorite, Helez the Pelonite, -- 1 chronicles 11:27 +. +Ira the son of Ikkesh the Tekoite, Abiezer the Antothite, -- 1 chronicles 11:28 +. +Sibbecai the Hushathite, Ilai the Ahohite, -- 1 chronicles 11:29 +. +Maharai the Netophathite, Heled the son of Baanah the Netophathite, -- 1 chronicles 11:30 +. +Ithai the son of Ribai of Gibeah, that pertained to the children of Benjamin, Benaiah the Pirathonite, -- 1 chronicles 11:31 +. +Hurai of the brooks of Gaash, Abiel the Arbathite, -- 1 chronicles 11:32 +. +Azmaveth the Baharumite, Eliahba the Shaalbonite, -- 1 chronicles 11:33 +. +The sons of Hashem the Gizonite, Jonathan the son of Shage the Hararite, -- 1 chronicles 11:34 +. +Ahiam the son of Sacar the Hararite, Eliphal the son of Ur, -- 1 chronicles 11:35 +. +Hepher the Mecherathite, Ahijah the Pelonite, -- 1 chronicles 11:36 +. +Hezro the Carmelite, Naarai the son of Ezbai, -- 1 chronicles 11:37 +. +Joel the brother of Nathan, Mibhar the son of Haggeri, -- 1 chronicles 11:38 +. +Zelek the Ammonite, Naharai the Berothite, the armourbearer of Joab the son of Zeruiah, -- 1 chronicles 11:39 +. +Ira the Ithrite, Gareb the Ithrite, -- 1 chronicles 11:40 +. +Uriah the Hittite, Zabad the son of Ahlai, -- 1 chronicles 11:41 +. +Adina the son of Shiza the Reubenite, a captain of the Reubenites, and thirty with him, -- 1 chronicles 11:42 +. +Hanan the son of Maachah, and Joshaphat the Mithnite, -- 1 chronicles 11:43 +. +Uzzia the Ashterathite, Shama and Jehiel the sons of Hothan the Aroerite, -- 1 chronicles 11:44 +. +Jediael the son of Shimri, and Joha his brother, the Tizite, -- 1 chronicles 11:45 +. +Eliel the Mahavite, and Jeribai, and Joshaviah, the sons of Elnaam, and Ithmah the Moabite, -- 1 chronicles 11:46 +. +Eliel, and Obed, and Jasiel the Mesobaite. -- 1 chronicles 11:47 +. +Now these are they that came to David to Ziklag, while he yet kept himself close because of Saul the son of Kish: and they were among the mighty men, helpers of the war. -- 1 chronicles 12:1 +. +They were armed with bows, and could use both the right hand and the left in hurling stones and shooting arrows out of a bow, even of Saul's brethren of Benjamin. -- 1 chronicles 12:2 +. +The chief was Ahiezer, then Joash, the sons of Shemaah the Gibeathite; and Jeziel, and Pelet, the sons of Azmaveth; and Berachah, and Jehu the Antothite. -- 1 chronicles 12:3 +. +And Ismaiah the Gibeonite, a mighty man among the thirty, and over the thirty; and Jeremiah, and Jahaziel, and Johanan, and Josabad the Gederathite, -- 1 chronicles 12:4 +. +Eluzai, and Jerimoth, and Bealiah, and Shemariah, and Shephatiah the Haruphite, -- 1 chronicles 12:5 +. +Elkanah, and Jesiah, and Azareel, and Joezer, and Jashobeam, the Korhites, -- 1 chronicles 12:6 +. +And Joelah, and Zebadiah, the sons of Jeroham of Gedor. -- 1 chronicles 12:7 +. +And of the Gadites there separated themselves unto David into the hold to the wilderness men of might, and men of war fit for the battle, that could handle shield and buckler, whose faces were like the faces of lions, and were as swift as the roes upon the mountains; -- 1 chronicles 12:8 +. +Ezer the first, Obadiah the second, Eliab the third, -- 1 chronicles 12:9 +. +Mishmannah the fourth, Jeremiah the fifth, -- 1 chronicles 12:10 +. +Attai the sixth, Eliel the seventh, -- 1 chronicles 12:11 +. +Johanan the eighth, Elzabad the ninth, -- 1 chronicles 12:12 +. +Jeremiah the tenth, Machbanai the eleventh. -- 1 chronicles 12:13 +. +These were of the sons of Gad, captains of the host: one of the least was over an hundred, and the greatest over a thousand. -- 1 chronicles 12:14 +. +These are they that went over Jordan in the first month, when it had overflown all his banks; and they put to flight all them of the valleys, both toward the east, and toward the west. -- 1 chronicles 12:15 +. +And there came of the children of Benjamin and Judah to the hold unto David. -- 1 chronicles 12:16 +. +And David went out to meet them, and answered and said unto them, If ye be come peaceably unto me to help me, mine heart shall be knit unto you: but if ye be come to betray me to mine enemies, seeing there is no wrong in mine hands, the God of our fathers look thereon, and rebuke it. -- 1 chronicles 12:17 +. +Then the spirit came upon Amasai, who was chief of the captains, and he said, Thine are we, David, and on thy side, thou son of Jesse: peace, peace be unto thee, and peace be to thine helpers; for thy God helpeth thee. Then David received them, and made them captains of the band. -- 1 chronicles 12:18 +. +And there fell some of Manasseh to David, when he came with the Philistines against Saul to battle: but they helped them not: for the lords of the Philistines upon advisement sent him away, saying, He will fall to his master Saul to the jeopardy of our heads. -- 1 chronicles 12:19 +. +As he went to Ziklag, there fell to him of Manasseh, Adnah, and Jozabad, and Jediael, and Michael, and Jozabad, and Elihu, and Zilthai, captains of the thousands that were of Manasseh. -- 1 chronicles 12:20 +. +And they helped David against the band of the rovers: for they were all mighty men of valor, and were captains in the host. -- 1 chronicles 12:21 +. +For at that time day by day there came to David to help him, until it was a great host, like the host of God. -- 1 chronicles 12:22 +. +And these are the numbers of the bands that were ready armed to the war, and came to David to Hebron, to turn the kingdom of Saul to him, according to the word of the LORD. -- 1 chronicles 12:23 +. +The children of Judah that bare shield and spear were six thousand and eight hundred, ready armed to the war. -- 1 chronicles 12:24 +. +Of the children of Simeon, mighty men of valor for the war, seven thousand and one hundred. -- 1 chronicles 12:25 +. +Of the children of Levi four thousand and six hundred. -- 1 chronicles 12:26 +. +And Jehoiada was the leader of the Aaronites, and with him were three thousand and seven hundred; -- 1 chronicles 12:27 +. +And Zadok, a young man mighty of valor, and of his father's house twenty and two captains. -- 1 chronicles 12:28 +. +And of the children of Benjamin, the kindred of Saul, three thousand: for hitherto the greatest part of them had kept the ward of the house of Saul. -- 1 chronicles 12:29 +. +And of the children of Ephraim twenty thousand and eight hundred, mighty men of valor, famous throughout the house of their fathers. -- 1 chronicles 12:30 +. +And of the half tribe of Manasseh eighteen thousand, which were expressed by name, to come and make David king. -- 1 chronicles 12:31 +. +And of the children of Issachar, which were men that had understanding of the times, to know what Israel ought to do; the heads of them were two hundred; and all their brethren were at their commandment. -- 1 chronicles 12:32 +. +Of Zebulun, such as went forth to battle, expert in war, with all instruments of war, fifty thousand, which could keep rank: they were not of double heart. -- 1 chronicles 12:33 +. +And of Naphtali a thousand captains, and with them with shield and spear thirty and seven thousand. -- 1 chronicles 12:34 +. +And of the Danites expert in war twenty and eight thousand and six hundred. -- 1 chronicles 12:35 +. +And of Asher, such as went forth to battle, expert in war, forty thousand. -- 1 chronicles 12:36 +. +And on the other side of Jordan, of the Reubenites, and the Gadites, and of the half tribe of Manasseh, with all manner of instruments of war for the battle, an hundred and twenty thousand. -- 1 chronicles 12:37 +. +All these men of war, that could keep rank, came with a perfect heart to Hebron, to make David king over all Israel: and all the rest also of Israel were of one heart to make David king. -- 1 chronicles 12:38 +. +And there they were with David three days, eating and drinking: for their brethren had prepared for them. -- 1 chronicles 12:39 +. +Moreover they that were nigh them, even unto Issachar and Zebulun and Naphtali, brought bread on asses, and on camels, and on mules, and on oxen, and meat, meal, cakes of figs, and bunches of raisins, and wine, and oil, and oxen, and sheep abundantly: for there was joy in Israel. -- 1 chronicles 12:40 +. +And David consulted with the captains of thousands and hundreds, and with every leader. -- 1 chronicles 13:1 +. +And David said unto all the congregation of Israel, If it seem good unto you, and that it be of the LORD our God, let us send abroad unto our brethren every where, that are left in all the land of Israel, and with them also to the priests and Levites which are in their cities and suburbs, that they may gather themselves unto us: -- 1 chronicles 13:2 +. +And let us bring again the ark of our God to us: for we inquired not at it in the days of Saul. -- 1 chronicles 13:3 +. +And all the congregation said that they would do so: for the thing was right in the eyes of all the people. -- 1 chronicles 13:4 +. +So David gathered all Israel together, from Shihor of Egypt even unto the entering of Hemath, to bring the ark of God from Kirjathjearim. -- 1 chronicles 13:5 +. +And David went up, and all Israel, to Baalah, that is, to Kirjathjearim, which belonged to Judah, to bring up thence the ark of God the LORD, that dwelleth between the cherubim, whose name is called on it. -- 1 chronicles 13:6 +. +And they carried the ark of God in a new cart out of the house of Abinadab: and Uzza and Ahio drave the cart. -- 1 chronicles 13:7 +. +And David and all Israel played before God with all their might, and with singing, and with harps, and with psalteries, and with timbrels, and with cymbals, and with trumpets. -- 1 chronicles 13:8 +. +And when they came unto the threshingfloor of Chidon, Uzza put forth his hand to hold the ark; for the oxen stumbled. -- 1 chronicles 13:9 +. +And the anger of the LORD was kindled against Uzza, and he smote him, because he put his hand to the ark: and there he died before God. -- 1 chronicles 13:10 +. +And David was displeased, because the LORD had made a breach upon Uzza: wherefore that place is called Perezuzza to this day. -- 1 chronicles 13:11 +. +And David was afraid of God that day, saying, How shall I bring the ark of God home to me? -- 1 chronicles 13:12 +. +So David brought not the ark home to himself to the city of David, but carried it aside into the house of Obededom the Gittite. -- 1 chronicles 13:13 +. +And the ark of God remained with the family of Obededom in his house three months. And the LORD blessed the house of Obededom, and all that he had. -- 1 chronicles 13:14 +. +Now Hiram king of Tyre sent messengers to David, and timber of cedars, with masons and carpenters, to build him an house. -- 1 chronicles 14:1 +. +And David perceived that the LORD had confirmed him king over Israel, for his kingdom was lifted up on high, because of his people Israel. -- 1 chronicles 14:2 +. +And David took more wives at Jerusalem: and David begat more sons and daughters. -- 1 chronicles 14:3 +. +Now these are the names of his children which he had in Jerusalem; Shammua, and Shobab, Nathan, and Solomon, -- 1 chronicles 14:4 +. +And Ibhar, and Elishua, and Elpalet, -- 1 chronicles 14:5 +. +And Nogah, and Nepheg, and Japhia, -- 1 chronicles 14:6 +. +And Elishama, and Beeliada, and Eliphalet. -- 1 chronicles 14:7 +. +And when the Philistines heard that David was anointed king over all Israel, all the Philistines went up to seek David. And David heard of it, and went out against them. -- 1 chronicles 14:8 +. +And the Philistines came and spread themselves in the valley of Rephaim. -- 1 chronicles 14:9 +. +And David inquired of God, saying, Shall I go up against the Philistines? And wilt thou deliver them into mine hand? And the LORD said unto him, Go up; for I will deliver them into thine hand. -- 1 chronicles 14:10 +. +So they came up to Baalperazim; and David smote them there. Then David said, God hath broken in upon mine enemies by mine hand like the breaking forth of waters: therefore they called the name of that place Baalperazim. -- 1 chronicles 14:11 +. +And when they had left their gods there, David gave a commandment, and they were burned with fire. -- 1 chronicles 14:12 +. +And the Philistines yet again spread themselves abroad in the valley. -- 1 chronicles 14:13 +. +Therefore David inquired again of God; and God said unto him, Go not up after them; turn away from them, and come upon them over against the mulberry trees. -- 1 chronicles 14:14 +. +And it shall be, when thou shalt hear a sound of going in the tops of the mulberry trees, that then thou shalt go out to battle: for God is gone forth before thee to smite the host of the Philistines. -- 1 chronicles 14:15 +. +David therefore did as God commanded him: and they smote the host of the Philistines from Gibeon even to Gazer. -- 1 chronicles 14:16 +. +And the fame of David went out into all lands; and the LORD brought the fear of him upon all nations. -- 1 chronicles 14:17 +. +And David made him houses in the city of David, and prepared a place for the ark of God, and pitched for it a tent. -- 1 chronicles 15:1 +. +Then David said, None ought to carry the ark of God but the Levites: for them hath the LORD chosen to carry the ark of God, and to minister unto him for ever. -- 1 chronicles 15:2 +. +And David gathered all Israel together to Jerusalem, to bring up the ark of the LORD unto his place, which he had prepared for it. -- 1 chronicles 15:3 +. +And David assembled the children of Aaron, and the Levites: -- 1 chronicles 15:4 +. +Of the sons of Kohath; Uriel the chief, and his brethren an hundred and twenty: -- 1 chronicles 15:5 +. +Of the sons of Merari; Asaiah the chief, and his brethren two hundred and twenty: -- 1 chronicles 15:6 +. +Of the sons of Gershom; Joel the chief and his brethren an hundred and thirty: -- 1 chronicles 15:7 +. +Of the sons of Elizaphan; Shemaiah the chief, and his brethren two hundred: -- 1 chronicles 15:8 +. +Of the sons of Hebron; Eliel the chief, and his brethren fourscore: -- 1 chronicles 15:9 +. +Of the sons of Uzziel; Amminadab the chief, and his brethren an hundred and twelve. -- 1 chronicles 15:10 +. +And David called for Zadok and Abiathar the priests, and for the Levites, for Uriel, Asaiah, and Joel, Shemaiah, and Eliel, and Amminadab, -- 1 chronicles 15:11 +. +And said unto them, Ye are the chief of the fathers of the Levites: sanctify yourselves, both ye and your brethren, that ye may bring up the ark of the LORD God of Israel unto the place that I have prepared for it. -- 1 chronicles 15:12 +. +For because ye did it not at the first, the LORD our God made a breach upon us, for that we sought him not after the due order. -- 1 chronicles 15:13 +. +So the priests and the Levites sanctified themselves to bring up the ark of the LORD God of Israel. -- 1 chronicles 15:14 +. +And the children of the Levites bare the ark of God upon their shoulders with the staves thereon, as Moses commanded according to the word of the LORD. -- 1 chronicles 15:15 +. +And David spake to the chief of the Levites to appoint their brethren to be the singers with instruments of music, psalteries and harps and cymbals, sounding, by lifting up the voice with joy. -- 1 chronicles 15:16 +. +So the Levites appointed Heman the son of Joel; and of his brethren, Asaph the son of Berechiah; and of the sons of Merari their brethren, Ethan the son of Kushaiah; -- 1 chronicles 15:17 +. +And with them their brethren of the second degree, Zechariah, Ben, and Jaaziel, and Shemiramoth, and Jehiel, and Unni, Eliab, and Benaiah, and Maaseiah, and Mattithiah, and Elipheleh, and Mikneiah, and Obededom, and Jeiel, the porters. -- 1 chronicles 15:18 +. +So the singers, Heman, Asaph, and Ethan, were appointed to sound with cymbals of brass; -- 1 chronicles 15:19 +. +And Zechariah, and Aziel, and Shemiramoth, and Jehiel, and Unni, and Eliab, and Maaseiah, and Benaiah, with psalteries on Alamoth; -- 1 chronicles 15:20 +. +And Mattithiah, and Elipheleh, and Mikneiah, and Obededom, and Jeiel, and Azaziah, with harps on the Sheminith to excel. -- 1 chronicles 15:21 +. +And Chenaniah, chief of the Levites, was for song: he instructed about the song, because he was skillful. -- 1 chronicles 15:22 +. +And Berechiah and Elkanah were doorkeepers for the ark. -- 1 chronicles 15:23 +. +And Shebaniah, and Jehoshaphat, and Nethaneel, and Amasai, and Zechariah, and Benaiah, and Eliezer, the priests, did blow with the trumpets before the ark of God: and Obededom and Jehiah were doorkeepers for the ark. -- 1 chronicles 15:24 +. +So David, and the elders of Israel, and the captains over thousands, went to bring up the ark of the covenant of the LORD out of the house of Obededom with joy. -- 1 chronicles 15:25 +. +And it came to pass, when God helped the Levites that bare the ark of the covenant of the LORD, that they offered seven bullocks and seven rams. -- 1 chronicles 15:26 +. +And David was clothed with a robe of fine linen, and all the Levites that bare the ark, and the singers, and Chenaniah the master of the song with the singers: David also had upon him an ephod of linen. -- 1 chronicles 15:27 +. +Thus all Israel brought up the ark of the covenant of the LORD with shouting, and with sound of the cornet, and with trumpets, and with cymbals, making a noise with psalteries and harps. -- 1 chronicles 15:28 +. +And it came to pass, as the ark of the covenant of the LORD came to the city of David, that Michal, the daughter of Saul looking out at a window saw king David dancing and playing: and she despised him in her heart. -- 1 chronicles 15:29 +. +So they brought the ark of God, and set it in the midst of the tent that David had pitched for it: and they offered burnt sacrifices and peace offerings before God. -- 1 chronicles 16:1 +. +And when David had made an end of offering the burnt offerings and the peace offerings, he blessed the people in the name of the LORD. -- 1 chronicles 16:2 +. +And he dealt to every one of Israel, both man and woman, to every one a loaf of bread, and a good piece of flesh, and a flagon of wine. -- 1 chronicles 16:3 +. +And he appointed certain of the Levites to minister before the ark of the LORD, and to record, and to thank and praise the LORD God of Israel: -- 1 chronicles 16:4 +. +Asaph the chief, and next to him Zechariah, Jeiel, and Shemiramoth, and Jehiel, and Mattithiah, and Eliab, and Benaiah, and Obededom: and Jeiel with psalteries and with harps; but Asaph made a sound with cymbals; -- 1 chronicles 16:5 +. +Benaiah also and Jahaziel the priests with trumpets continually before the ark of the covenant of God. -- 1 chronicles 16:6 +. +Then on that day David delivered first this psalm to thank the LORD into the hand of Asaph and his brethren. -- 1 chronicles 16:7 +. +Give thanks unto the LORD, call upon his name, make known his deeds among the people. -- 1 chronicles 16:8 +. +Sing unto him, sing psalms unto him, talk ye of all his wondrous works. -- 1 chronicles 16:9 +. +Glory ye in his holy name: let the heart of them rejoice that seek the LORD. -- 1 chronicles 16:10 +. +Seek the LORD and his strength, seek his face continually. -- 1 chronicles 16:11 +. +Remember his marvelous works that he hath done, his wonders, and the judgments of his mouth; -- 1 chronicles 16:12 +. +O ye seed of Israel his servant, ye children of Jacob, his chosen ones. -- 1 chronicles 16:13 +. +He is the LORD our God; his judgments are in all the earth. -- 1 chronicles 16:14 +. +Be ye mindful always of his covenant; the word which he commanded to a thousand generations; -- 1 chronicles 16:15 +. +Even of the covenant which he made with Abraham, and of his oath unto Isaac; -- 1 chronicles 16:16 +. +And hath confirmed the same to Jacob for a law, and to Israel for an everlasting covenant, -- 1 chronicles 16:17 +. +Saying, Unto thee will I give the land of Canaan, the lot of your inheritance; -- 1 chronicles 16:18 +. +When ye were but few, even a few, and strangers in it. -- 1 chronicles 16:19 +. +And when they went from nation to nation, and from one kingdom to another people; -- 1 chronicles 16:20 +. +He suffered no man to do them wrong: yea, he reproved kings for their sakes, -- 1 chronicles 16:21 +. +Saying, Touch not mine anointed, and do my prophets no harm. -- 1 chronicles 16:22 +. +Sing unto the LORD, all the earth; show forth from day to day his salvation. -- 1 chronicles 16:23 +. +Declare his glory among the heathen; his marvelous works among all nations. -- 1 chronicles 16:24 +. +For great is the LORD, and greatly to be praised: he also is to be feared above all gods. -- 1 chronicles 16:25 +. +For all the gods of the people are idols: but the LORD made the heavens. -- 1 chronicles 16:26 +. +Glory and honor are in his presence; strength and gladness are in his place. -- 1 chronicles 16:27 +. +Give unto the LORD, ye kindred of the people, give unto the LORD glory and strength. -- 1 chronicles 16:28 +. +Give unto the LORD the glory due unto his name: bring an offering, and come before him: worship the LORD in the beauty of holiness. -- 1 chronicles 16:29 +. +Fear before him, all the earth: the world also shall be stable, that it be not moved. -- 1 chronicles 16:30 +. +Let the heavens be glad, and let the earth rejoice: and let men say among the nations, The LORD reigneth. -- 1 chronicles 16:31 +. +Let the sea roar, and the fulness thereof: let the fields rejoice, and all that is therein. -- 1 chronicles 16:32 +. +Then shall the trees of the wood sing out at the presence of the LORD, because he cometh to judge the earth. -- 1 chronicles 16:33 +. +O give thanks unto the LORD; for he is good; for his mercy endureth for ever. -- 1 chronicles 16:34 +. +And say ye, Save us, O God of our salvation, and gather us together, and deliver us from the heathen, that we may give thanks to thy holy name, and glory in thy praise. -- 1 chronicles 16:35 +. +Blessed be the LORD God of Israel for ever and ever. And all the people said, Amen, and praised the LORD. -- 1 chronicles 16:36 +. +So he left there before the ark of the covenant of the LORD Asaph and his brethren, to minister before the ark continually, as every day's work required: -- 1 chronicles 16:37 +. +And Obededom with their brethren, threescore and eight; Obededom also the son of Jeduthun and Hosah to be porters: -- 1 chronicles 16:38 +. +And Zadok the priest, and his brethren the priests, before the tabernacle of the LORD in the high place that was at Gibeon, -- 1 chronicles 16:39 +. +To offer burnt offerings unto the LORD upon the altar of the burnt offering continually morning and evening, and to do according to all that is written in the law of the LORD, which he commanded Israel; -- 1 chronicles 16:40 +. +And with them Heman and Jeduthun, and the rest that were chosen, who were expressed by name, to give thanks to the LORD, because his mercy endureth for ever; -- 1 chronicles 16:41 +. +And with them Heman and Jeduthun with trumpets and cymbals for those that should make a sound, and with musical instruments of God. And the sons of Jeduthun were porters. -- 1 chronicles 16:42 +. +And all the people departed every man to his house: and David returned to bless his house. -- 1 chronicles 16:43 +. +Now it came to pass, as David sat in his house, that David said to Nathan the prophet, Lo, I dwell in an house of cedars, but the ark of the covenant of the LORD remaineth under curtains. -- 1 chronicles 17:1 +. +Then Nathan said unto David, Do all that is in thine heart; for God is with thee. -- 1 chronicles 17:2 +. +And it came to pass the same night, that the word of God came to Nathan, saying, -- 1 chronicles 17:3 +. +Go and tell David my servant, Thus saith the LORD, Thou shalt not build me an house to dwell in: -- 1 chronicles 17:4 +. +For I have not dwelt in an house since the day that I brought up Israel unto this day; but have gone from tent to tent, and from one tabernacle to another. -- 1 chronicles 17:5 +. +Wheresoever I have walked with all Israel, spake I a word to any of the judges of Israel, whom I commanded to feed my people, saying, Why have ye not built me an house of cedars? -- 1 chronicles 17:6 +. +Now therefore thus shalt thou say unto my servant David, Thus saith the LORD of hosts, I took thee from the sheepcote, even from following the sheep, that thou shouldest be ruler over my people Israel: -- 1 chronicles 17:7 +. +And I have been with thee whithersoever thou hast walked, and have cut off all thine enemies from before thee, and have made thee a name like the name of the great men that are in the earth. -- 1 chronicles 17:8 +. +Also I will ordain a place for my people Israel, and will plant them, and they shall dwell in their place, and shall be moved no more; neither shall the children of wickedness waste them any more, as at the beginning, -- 1 chronicles 17:9 +. +And since the time that I commanded judges to be over my people Israel. Moreover I will subdue all thine enemies. Furthermore I tell thee that the LORD will build thee an house. -- 1 chronicles 17:10 +. +And it shall come to pass, when thy days be expired that thou must go to be with thy fathers, that I will raise up thy seed after thee, which shall be of thy sons; and I will establish his kingdom. -- 1 chronicles 17:11 +. +He shall build me an house, and I will stablish his throne for ever. -- 1 chronicles 17:12 +. +I will be his father, and he shall be my son: and I will not take my mercy away from him, as I took it from him that was before thee: -- 1 chronicles 17:13 +. +But I will settle him in mine house and in my kingdom for ever: and his throne shall be established for evermore. -- 1 chronicles 17:14 +. +According to all these words, and according to all this vision, so did Nathan speak unto David. -- 1 chronicles 17:15 +. +And David the king came and sat before the LORD, and said, Who am I, O LORD God, and what is mine house, that thou hast brought me hitherto? -- 1 chronicles 17:16 +. +And yet this was a small thing in thine eyes, O God; for thou hast also spoken of thy servant's house for a great while to come, and hast regarded me according to the estate of a man of high degree, O LORD God. -- 1 chronicles 17:17 +. +What can David speak more to thee for the honor of thy servant? for thou knowest thy servant. -- 1 chronicles 17:18 +. +O LORD, for thy servant's sake, and according to thine own heart, hast thou done all this greatness, in making known all these great things. -- 1 chronicles 17:19 +. +O LORD, there is none like thee, neither is there any God beside thee, according to all that we have heard with our ears. -- 1 chronicles 17:20 +. +And what one nation in the earth is like thy people Israel, whom God went to redeem to be his own people, to make thee a name of greatness and terribleness, by driving out nations from before thy people whom thou hast redeemed out of Egypt? -- 1 chronicles 17:21 +. +For thy people Israel didst thou make thine own people for ever; and thou, LORD, becamest their God. -- 1 chronicles 17:22 +. +Therefore now, LORD, let the thing that thou hast spoken concerning thy servant and concerning his house be established for ever, and do as thou hast said. -- 1 chronicles 17:23 +. +Let it even be established, that thy name may be magnified for ever, saying, The LORD of hosts is the God of Israel, even a God to Israel: and let the house of David thy servant be established before thee. -- 1 chronicles 17:24 +. +For thou, O my God, hast told thy servant that thou wilt build him an house: therefore thy servant hath found in his heart to pray before thee. -- 1 chronicles 17:25 +. +And now, LORD, thou art God, and hast promised this goodness unto thy servant: -- 1 chronicles 17:26 +. +Now therefore let it please thee to bless the house of thy servant, that it may be before thee for ever: for thou blessest, O LORD, and it shall be blessed for ever. -- 1 chronicles 17:27 +. +Now after this it came to pass, that David smote the Philistines, and subdued them, and took Gath and her towns out of the hand of the Philistines. -- 1 chronicles 18:1 +. +And he smote Moab; and the Moabites became David's servants, and brought gifts. -- 1 chronicles 18:2 +. +And David smote Hadarezer king of Zobah unto Hamath, as he went to stablish his dominion by the river Euphrates. -- 1 chronicles 18:3 +. +And David took from him a thousand chariots, and seven thousand horsemen, and twenty thousand footmen: David also houghed all the chariot horses, but reserved of them an hundred chariots. -- 1 chronicles 18:4 +. +And when the Syrians of Damascus came to help Hadarezer king of Zobah, David slew of the Syrians two and twenty thousand men. -- 1 chronicles 18:5 +. +Then David put garrisons in Syriadamascus; and the Syrians became David's servants, and brought gifts. Thus the LORD preserved David whithersoever he went. -- 1 chronicles 18:6 +. +And David took the shields of gold that were on the servants of Hadarezer, and brought them to Jerusalem. -- 1 chronicles 18:7 +. +Likewise from Tibhath, and from Chun, cities of Hadarezer, brought David very much brass, wherewith Solomon made the brazen sea, and the pillars, and the vessels of brass. -- 1 chronicles 18:8 +. +Now when Tou king of Hamath heard how David had smitten all the host of Hadarezer king of Zobah; -- 1 chronicles 18:9 +. +He sent Hadoram his son to king David, to enquire of his welfare, and to congratulate him, because he had fought against Hadarezer, and smitten him; (for Hadarezer had war with Tou;) and with him all manner of vessels of gold and silver and brass. -- 1 chronicles 18:10 +. +Them also king David dedicated unto the LORD, with the silver and the gold that he brought from all these nations; from Edom, and from Moab, and from the children of Ammon, and from the Philistines, and from Amalek. -- 1 chronicles 18:11 +. +Moreover Abishai the son of Zeruiah slew of the Edomites in the valley of salt eighteen thousand. -- 1 chronicles 18:12 +. +And he put garrisons in Edom; and all the Edomites became David's servants. Thus the LORD preserved David whithersoever he went. -- 1 chronicles 18:13 +. +So David reigned over all Israel, and executed judgment and justice among all his people. -- 1 chronicles 18:14 +. +And Joab the son of Zeruiah was over the host; and Jehoshaphat the son of Ahilud, recorder. -- 1 chronicles 18:15 +. +And Zadok the son of Ahitub, and Abimelech the son of Abiathar, were the priests; and Shavsha was scribe; -- 1 chronicles 18:16 +. +And Benaiah the son of Jehoiada was over the Cherethites and the Pelethites; and the sons of David were chief about the king. -- 1 chronicles 18:17 +. +Now it came to pass after this, that Nahash the king of the children of Ammon died, and his son reigned in his stead. -- 1 chronicles 19:1 +. +And David said, I will show kindness unto Hanun the son of Nahash, because his father showed kindness to me. And David sent messengers to comfort him concerning his father. So the servants of David came into the land of the children of Ammon to Hanun, to comfort him. -- 1 chronicles 19:2 +. +But the princes of the children of Ammon said to Hanun, Thinkest thou that David doth honor thy father, that he hath sent comforters unto thee? are not his servants come unto thee for to search, and to overthrow, and to spy out the land? -- 1 chronicles 19:3 +. +Wherefore Hanun took David's servants, and shaved them, and cut off their garments in the midst hard by their buttocks, and sent them away. -- 1 chronicles 19:4 +. +Then there went certain, and told David how the men were served. And he sent to meet them: for the men were greatly ashamed. And the king said, Tarry at Jericho until your beards be grown, and then return. -- 1 chronicles 19:5 +. +And when the children of Ammon saw that they had made themselves odious to David, Hanun and the children of Ammon sent a thousand talents of silver to hire them chariots and horsemen out of Mesopotamia, and out of Syriamaachah, and out of Zobah. -- 1 chronicles 19:6 +. +So they hired thirty and two thousand chariots, and the king of Maachah and his people; who came and pitched before Medeba. And the children of Ammon gathered themselves together from their cities, and came to battle. -- 1 chronicles 19:7 +. +And when David heard of it, he sent Joab, and all the host of the mighty men. -- 1 chronicles 19:8 +. +And the children of Ammon came out, and put the battle in array before the gate of the city: and the kings that were come were by themselves in the field. -- 1 chronicles 19:9 +. +Now when Joab saw that the battle was set against him before and behind, he chose out of all the choice of Israel, and put them in array against the Syrians. -- 1 chronicles 19:10 +. +And the rest of the people he delivered unto the hand of Abishai his brother, and they set themselves in array against the children of Ammon. -- 1 chronicles 19:11 +. +And he said, If the Syrians be too strong for me, then thou shalt help me: but if the children of Ammon be too strong for thee, then I will help thee. -- 1 chronicles 19:12 +. +Be of good courage, and let us behave ourselves valiantly for our people, and for the cities of our God: and let the LORD do that which is good in his sight. -- 1 chronicles 19:13 +. +So Joab and the people that were with him drew nigh before the Syrians unto the battle; and they fled before him. -- 1 chronicles 19:14 +. +And when the children of Ammon saw that the Syrians were fled, they likewise fled before Abishai his brother, and entered into the city. Then Joab came to Jerusalem. -- 1 chronicles 19:15 +. +And when the Syrians saw that they were put to the worse before Israel, they sent messengers, and drew forth the Syrians that were beyond the river: and Shophach the captain of the host of Hadarezer went before them. -- 1 chronicles 19:16 +. +And it was told David; and he gathered all Israel, and passed over Jordan, and came upon them, and set the battle in array against them. So when David had put the battle in array against the Syrians, they fought with him. -- 1 chronicles 19:17 +. +But the Syrians fled before Israel; and David slew of the Syrians seven thousand men which fought in chariots, and forty thousand footmen, and killed Shophach the captain of the host. -- 1 chronicles 19:18 +. +And when the servants of Hadarezer saw that they were put to the worse before Israel, they made peace with David, and became his servants: neither would the Syrians help the children of Ammon any more. -- 1 chronicles 19:19 +. +And it came to pass, that after the year was expired, at the time that kings go out to battle, Joab led forth the power of the army, and wasted the country of the children of Ammon, and came and besieged Rabbah. But David tarried at Jerusalem. And Joab smote Rabbah, and destroyed it. -- 1 chronicles 20:1 +. +And David took the crown of their king from off his head, and found it to weigh a talent of gold, and there were precious stones in it; and it was set upon David's head: and he brought also exceeding much spoil out of the city. -- 1 chronicles 20:2 +. +And he brought out the people that were in it, and cut them with saws, and with harrows of iron, and with axes. Even so dealt David with all the cities of the children of Ammon. And David and all the people returned to Jerusalem. -- 1 chronicles 20:3 +. +And it came to pass after this, that there arose war at Gezer with the Philistines; at which time Sibbechai the Hushathite slew Sippai, that was of the children of the giant: and they were subdued. -- 1 chronicles 20:4 +. +And there was war again with the Philistines; and Elhanan the son of Jair slew Lahmi the brother of Goliath the Gittite, whose spear staff was like a weaver's beam. -- 1 chronicles 20:5 +. +And yet again there was war at Gath, where was a man of great stature, whose fingers and toes were four and twenty, six on each hand, and six on each foot and he also was the son of the giant. -- 1 chronicles 20:6 +. +But when he defied Israel, Jonathan the son of Shimea David's brother slew him. -- 1 chronicles 20:7 +. +These were born unto the giant in Gath; and they fell by the hand of David, and by the hand of his servants. -- 1 chronicles 20:8 +. +And Satan stood up against Israel, and provoked David to number Israel. -- 1 chronicles 21:1 +. +And David said to Joab and to the rulers of the people, Go, number Israel from Beersheba even to Dan; and bring the number of them to me, that I may know it. -- 1 chronicles 21:2 +. +And Joab answered, The LORD make his people an hundred times so many more as they be: but, my lord the king, are they not all my lord's servants? why then doth my lord require this thing? why will he be a cause of trespass to Israel? -- 1 chronicles 21:3 +. +Nevertheless the king's word prevailed against Joab. Wherefore Joab departed, and went throughout all Israel, and came to Jerusalem. -- 1 chronicles 21:4 +. +And Joab gave the sum of the number of the people unto David. And all they of Israel were a thousand thousand and an hundred thousand men that drew sword: and Judah was four hundred threescore and ten thousand men that drew sword. -- 1 chronicles 21:5 +. +But Levi and Benjamin counted he not among them: for the king's word was abominable to Joab. -- 1 chronicles 21:6 +. +And God was displeased with this thing; therefore he smote Israel. -- 1 chronicles 21:7 +. +And David said unto God, I have sinned greatly, because I have done this thing: but now, I beseech thee, do away the iniquity of thy servant; for I have done very foolishly. -- 1 chronicles 21:8 +. +And the LORD spake unto Gad, David's seer, saying, -- 1 chronicles 21:9 +. +Go and tell David, saying, Thus saith the LORD, I offer thee three things: choose thee one of them, that I may do it unto thee. -- 1 chronicles 21:10 +. +So Gad came to David, and said unto him, Thus saith the LORD, Choose thee -- 1 chronicles 21:11 +. +Either three years' famine; or three months to be destroyed before thy foes, while that the sword of thine enemies overtaketh thee; or else three days the sword of the LORD, even the pestilence, in the land, and the angel of the LORD destroying throughout all the coasts of Israel. Now therefore advise thyself what word I shall bring again to him that sent me. -- 1 chronicles 21:12 +. +And David said unto Gad, I am in a great strait: let me fall now into the hand of the LORD; for very great are his mercies: but let me not fall into the hand of man. -- 1 chronicles 21:13 +. +So the LORD sent pestilence upon Israel: and there fell of Israel seventy thousand men. -- 1 chronicles 21:14 +. +And God sent an angel unto Jerusalem to destroy it: and as he was destroying, the LORD beheld, and he repented him of the evil, and said to the angel that destroyed, It is enough, stay now thine hand. And the angel of the LORD stood by the threshingfloor of Ornan the Jebusite. -- 1 chronicles 21:15 +. +And David lifted up his eyes, and saw the angel of the LORD stand between the earth and the heaven, having a drawn sword in his hand stretched out over Jerusalem. Then David and the elders of Israel, who were clothed in sackcloth, fell upon their faces. -- 1 chronicles 21:16 +. +And David said unto God, Is it not I that commanded the people to be numbered? even I it is that have sinned and done evil indeed; but as for these sheep, what have they done? let thine hand, I pray thee, O LORD my God, be on me, and on my father's house; but not on thy people, that they should be plagued. -- 1 chronicles 21:17 +. +Then the angel of the LORD commanded Gad to say to David, that David should go up, and set up an altar unto the LORD in the threshingfloor of Ornan the Jebusite. -- 1 chronicles 21:18 +. +And David went up at the saying of Gad, which he spake in the name of the LORD. -- 1 chronicles 21:19 +. +And Ornan turned back, and saw the angel; and his four sons with him hid themselves. Now Ornan was threshing wheat. -- 1 chronicles 21:20 +. +And as David came to Ornan, Ornan looked and saw David, and went out of the threshingfloor, and bowed himself to David with his face to the ground. -- 1 chronicles 21:21 +. +Then David said to Ornan, Grant me the place of this threshingfloor, that I may build an altar therein unto the LORD: thou shalt grant it me for the full price: that the plague may be stayed from the people. -- 1 chronicles 21:22 +. +And Ornan said unto David, Take it to thee, and let my lord the king do that which is good in his eyes: lo, I give thee the oxen also for burnt offerings, and the threshing instruments for wood, and the wheat for the meat offering; I give it all. -- 1 chronicles 21:23 +. +And king David said to Ornan, Nay; but I will verily buy it for the full price: for I will not take that which is thine for the LORD, nor offer burnt offerings without cost. -- 1 chronicles 21:24 +. +So David gave to Ornan for the place six hundred shekels of gold by weight. -- 1 chronicles 21:25 +. +And David built there an altar unto the LORD, and offered burnt offerings and peace offerings, and called upon the LORD; and he answered him from heaven by fire upon the altar of burnt offering. -- 1 chronicles 21:26 +. +And the LORD commanded the angel; and he put up his sword again into the sheath thereof. -- 1 chronicles 21:27 +. +At that time when David saw that the LORD had answered him in the threshingfloor of Ornan the Jebusite, then he sacrificed there. -- 1 chronicles 21:28 +. +For the tabernacle of the LORD, which Moses made in the wilderness, and the altar of the burnt offering, were at that season in the high place at Gibeon. -- 1 chronicles 21:29 +. +But David could not go before it to enquire of God: for he was afraid because of the sword of the angel of the LORD. -- 1 chronicles 21:30 +. +Then David said, This is the house of the LORD God, and this is the altar of the burnt offering for Israel. -- 1 chronicles 22:1 +. +And David commanded to gather together the strangers that were in the land of Israel; and he set masons to hew wrought stones to build the house of God. -- 1 chronicles 22:2 +. +And David prepared iron in abundance for the nails for the doors of the gates, and for the joinings; and brass in abundance without weight; -- 1 chronicles 22:3 +. +Also cedar trees in abundance: for the Zidonians and they of Tyre brought much cedar wood to David. -- 1 chronicles 22:4 +. +And David said, Solomon my son is young and tender, and the house that is to be builded for the LORD must be exceeding magnificent, of fame and of glory throughout all countries: I will therefore now make preparation for it. So David prepared abundantly before his death. -- 1 chronicles 22:5 +. +Then he called for Solomon his son, and charged him to build an house for the LORD God of Israel. -- 1 chronicles 22:6 +. +And David said to Solomon, My son, as for me, it was in my mind to build an house unto the name of the LORD my God: -- 1 chronicles 22:7 +. +But the word of the LORD came to me, saying, Thou hast shed blood abundantly, and hast made great wars: thou shalt not build an house unto my name, because thou hast shed much blood upon the earth in my sight. -- 1 chronicles 22:8 +. +Behold, a son shall be born to thee, who shall be a man of rest; and I will give him rest from all his enemies round about: for his name shall be Solomon, and I will give peace and quietness unto Israel in his days. -- 1 chronicles 22:9 +. +He shall build an house for my name; and he shall be my son, and I will be his father; and I will establish the throne of his kingdom over Israel for ever. -- 1 chronicles 22:10 +. +Now, my son, the LORD be with thee; and prosper thou, and build the house of the LORD thy God, as he hath said of thee. -- 1 chronicles 22:11 +. +Only the LORD give thee wisdom and understanding, and give thee charge concerning Israel, that thou mayest keep the law of the LORD thy God. -- 1 chronicles 22:12 +. +Then shalt thou prosper, if thou takest heed to fulfil the statutes and judgments which the LORD charged Moses with concerning Israel: be strong, and of good courage; dread not, nor be dismayed. -- 1 chronicles 22:13 +. +Now, behold, in my trouble I have prepared for the house of the LORD an hundred thousand talents of gold, and a thousand thousand talents of silver; and of brass and iron without weight; for it is in abundance: timber also and stone have I prepared; and thou mayest add thereto. -- 1 chronicles 22:14 +. +Moreover there are workmen with thee in abundance, hewers and workers of stone and timber, and all manner of cunning men for every manner of work. -- 1 chronicles 22:15 +. +Of the gold, the silver, and the brass, and the iron, there is no number. Arise therefore, and be doing, and the LORD be with thee. -- 1 chronicles 22:16 +. +David also commanded all the princes of Israel to help Solomon his son, saying, -- 1 chronicles 22:17 +. +Is not the LORD your God with you? and hath he not given you rest on every side? for he hath given the inhabitants of the land into mine hand; and the land is subdued before the LORD, and before his people. -- 1 chronicles 22:18 +. +Now set your heart and your soul to seek the LORD your God; arise therefore, and build ye the sanctuary of the LORD God, to bring the ark of the covenant of the LORD, and the holy vessels of God, into the house that is to be built to the name of the LORD. -- 1 chronicles 22:19 +. +So when David was old and full of days, he made Solomon his son king over Israel. -- 1 chronicles 23:1 +. +And he gathered together all the princes of Israel, with the priests and the Levites. -- 1 chronicles 23:2 +. +Now the Levites were numbered from the age of thirty years and upward: and their number by their polls, man by man, was thirty and eight thousand. -- 1 chronicles 23:3 +. +Of which, twenty and four thousand were to set forward the work of the house of the LORD; and six thousand were officers and judges: -- 1 chronicles 23:4 +. +Moreover four thousand were porters; and four thousand praised the LORD with the instruments which I made, said David, to praise therewith. -- 1 chronicles 23:5 +. +And David divided them into courses among the sons of Levi, namely, Gershon, Kohath, and Merari. -- 1 chronicles 23:6 +. +Of the Gershonites were, Laadan, and Shimei. -- 1 chronicles 23:7 +. +The sons of Laadan; the chief was Jehiel, and Zetham, and Joel, three. -- 1 chronicles 23:8 +. +The sons of Shimei; Shelomith, and Haziel, and Haran, three. These were the chief of the fathers of Laadan. -- 1 chronicles 23:9 +. +And the sons of Shimei were, Jahath, Zina, and Jeush, and Beriah. These four were the sons of Shimei. -- 1 chronicles 23:10 +. +And Jahath was the chief, and Zizah the second: but Jeush and Beriah had not many sons; therefore they were in one reckoning, according to their father's house. -- 1 chronicles 23:11 +. +The sons of Kohath; Amram, Izhar, Hebron, and Uzziel, four. -- 1 chronicles 23:12 +. +The sons of Amram; Aaron and Moses: and Aaron was separated, that he should sanctify the most holy things, he and his sons for ever, to burn incense before the LORD, to minister unto him, and to bless in his name for ever. -- 1 chronicles 23:13 +. +Now concerning Moses the man of God, his sons were named of the tribe of Levi. -- 1 chronicles 23:14 +. +The sons of Moses were, Gershom, and Eliezer. -- 1 chronicles 23:15 +. +Of the sons of Gershom, Shebuel was the chief. -- 1 chronicles 23:16 +. +And the sons of Eliezer were, Rehabiah the chief. And Eliezer had none other sons; but the sons of Rehabiah were very many. -- 1 chronicles 23:17 +. +Of the sons of Izhar; Shelomith the chief. -- 1 chronicles 23:18 +. +Of the sons of Hebron; Jeriah the first, Amariah the second, Jahaziel the third, and Jekameam the fourth. -- 1 chronicles 23:19 +. +Of the sons of Uzziel; Micah the first and Jesiah the second. -- 1 chronicles 23:20 +. +The sons of Merari; Mahli, and Mushi. The sons of Mahli; Eleazar, and Kish. -- 1 chronicles 23:21 +. +And Eleazar died, and had no sons, but daughters: and their brethren the sons of Kish took them. -- 1 chronicles 23:22 +. +The sons of Mushi; Mahli, and Eder, and Jeremoth, three. -- 1 chronicles 23:23 +. +These were the sons of Levi after the house of their fathers; even the chief of the fathers, as they were counted by number of names by their polls, that did the work for the service of the house of the LORD, from the age of twenty years and upward. -- 1 chronicles 23:24 +. +For David said, The LORD God of Israel hath given rest unto his people, that they may dwell in Jerusalem for ever: -- 1 chronicles 23:25 +. +And also unto the Levites; they shall no more carry the tabernacle, nor any vessels of it for the service thereof. -- 1 chronicles 23:26 +. +For by the last words of David the Levites were numbered from twenty years old and above: -- 1 chronicles 23:27 +. +Because their office was to wait on the sons of Aaron for the service of the house of the LORD, in the courts, and in the chambers, and in the purifying of all holy things, and the work of the service of the house of God; -- 1 chronicles 23:28 +. +Both for the shewbread, and for the fine flour for meat offering, and for the unleavened cakes, and for that which is baked in the pan, and for that which is fried, and for all manner of measure and size; -- 1 chronicles 23:29 +. +And to stand every morning to thank and praise the LORD, and likewise at even: -- 1 chronicles 23:30 +. +And to offer all burnt sacrifices unto the LORD in the sabbaths, in the new moons, and on the set feasts, by number, according to the order commanded unto them, continually before the LORD: -- 1 chronicles 23:31 +. +And that they should keep the charge of the tabernacle of the congregation, and the charge of the holy place, and the charge of the sons of Aaron their brethren, in the service of the house of the LORD. -- 1 chronicles 23:32 +. +Now these are the divisions of the sons of Aaron. The sons of Aaron; Nadab, and Abihu, Eleazar, and Ithamar. -- 1 chronicles 24:1 +. +But Nadab and Abihu died before their father, and had no children: therefore Eleazar and Ithamar executed the priest's office. -- 1 chronicles 24:2 +. +And David distributed them, both Zadok of the sons of Eleazar, and Ahimelech of the sons of Ithamar, according to their offices in their service. -- 1 chronicles 24:3 +. +And there were more chief men found of the sons of Eleazar than of the sons of Ithamar, and thus were they divided. Among the sons of Eleazar there were sixteen chief men of the house of their fathers, and eight among the sons of Ithamar according to the house of their fathers. -- 1 chronicles 24:4 +. +Thus were they divided by lot, one sort with another; for the governors of the sanctuary, and governors of the house of God, were of the sons of Eleazar, and of the sons of Ithamar. -- 1 chronicles 24:5 +. +And Shemaiah the son of Nethaneel the scribe, one of the Levites, wrote them before the king, and the princes, and Zadok the priest, and Ahimelech the son of Abiathar, and before the chief of the fathers of the priests and Levites: one principal household being taken for Eleazar, and one taken for Ithamar. -- 1 chronicles 24:6 +. +Now the first lot came forth to Jehoiarib, the second to Jedaiah, -- 1 chronicles 24:7 +. +The third to Harim, the fourth to Seorim, -- 1 chronicles 24:8 +. +The fifth to Malchijah, the sixth to Mijamin, -- 1 chronicles 24:9 +. +The seventh to Hakkoz, the eighth to Abijah, -- 1 chronicles 24:10 +. +The ninth to Jeshuah, the tenth to Shecaniah, -- 1 chronicles 24:11 +. +The eleventh to Eliashib, the twelfth to Jakim, -- 1 chronicles 24:12 +. +The thirteenth to Huppah, the fourteenth to Jeshebeab, -- 1 chronicles 24:13 +. +The fifteenth to Bilgah, the sixteenth to Immer, -- 1 chronicles 24:14 +. +The seventeenth to Hezir, the eighteenth to Aphses, -- 1 chronicles 24:15 +. +The nineteenth to Pethahiah, the twentieth to Jehezekel, -- 1 chronicles 24:16 +. +The one and twentieth to Jachin, the two and twentieth to Gamul, -- 1 chronicles 24:17 +. +The three and twentieth to Delaiah, the four and twentieth to Maaziah. -- 1 chronicles 24:18 +. +These were the orderings of them in their service to come into the house of the LORD, according to their manner, under Aaron their father, as the LORD God of Israel had commanded him. -- 1 chronicles 24:19 +. +And the rest of the sons of Levi were these: Of the sons of Amram; Shubael: of the sons of Shubael; Jehdeiah. -- 1 chronicles 24:20 +. +Concerning Rehabiah: of the sons of Rehabiah, the first was Isshiah. -- 1 chronicles 24:21 +. +Of the Izharites; Shelomoth: of the sons of Shelomoth; Jahath. -- 1 chronicles 24:22 +. +And the sons of Hebron; Jeriah the first, Amariah the second, Jahaziel the third, Jekameam the fourth. -- 1 chronicles 24:23 +. +Of the sons of Uzziel; Michah: of the sons of Michah; Shamir. -- 1 chronicles 24:24 +. +The brother of Michah was Isshiah: of the sons of Isshiah; Zechariah. -- 1 chronicles 24:25 +. +The sons of Merari were Mahli and Mushi: the sons of Jaaziah; Beno. -- 1 chronicles 24:26 +. +The sons of Merari by Jaaziah; Beno, and Shoham, and Zaccur, and Ibri. -- 1 chronicles 24:27 +. +Of Mahli came Eleazar, who had no sons. -- 1 chronicles 24:28 +. +Concerning Kish: the son of Kish was Jerahmeel. -- 1 chronicles 24:29 +. +The sons also of Mushi; Mahli, and Eder, and Jerimoth. These were the sons of the Levites after the house of their fathers. -- 1 chronicles 24:30 +. +These likewise cast lots over against their brethren the sons of Aaron in the presence of David the king, and Zadok, and Ahimelech, and the chief of the fathers of the priests and Levites, even the principal fathers over against their younger brethren. -- 1 chronicles 24:31 +. +Moreover David and the captains of the host separated to the service of the sons of Asaph, and of Heman, and of Jeduthun, who should prophesy with harps, with psalteries, and with cymbals: and the number of the workmen according to their service was: -- 1 chronicles 25:1 +. +Of the sons of Asaph; Zaccur, and Joseph, and Nethaniah, and Asarelah, the sons of Asaph under the hands of Asaph, which prophesied according to the order of the king. -- 1 chronicles 25:2 +. +Of Jeduthun: the sons of Jeduthun; Gedaliah, and Zeri, and Jeshaiah, Hashabiah, and Mattithiah, six, under the hands of their father Jeduthun, who prophesied with a harp, to give thanks and to praise the LORD. -- 1 chronicles 25:3 +. +Of Heman: the sons of Heman: Bukkiah, Mattaniah, Uzziel, Shebuel, and Jerimoth, Hananiah, Hanani, Eliathah, Giddalti, and Romamtiezer, Joshbekashah, Mallothi, Hothir, and Mahazioth: -- 1 chronicles 25:4 +. +All these were the sons of Heman the king's seer in the words of God, to lift up the horn. And God gave to Heman fourteen sons and three daughters. -- 1 chronicles 25:5 +. +All these were under the hands of their father for song in the house of the LORD, with cymbals, psalteries, and harps, for the service of the house of God, according to the king's order to Asaph, Jeduthun, and Heman. -- 1 chronicles 25:6 +. +So the number of them, with their brethren that were instructed in the songs of the LORD, even all that were cunning, was two hundred fourscore and eight. -- 1 chronicles 25:7 +. +And they cast lots, ward against ward, as well the small as the great, the teacher as the scholar. -- 1 chronicles 25:8 +. +Now the first lot came forth for Asaph to Joseph: the second to Gedaliah, who with his brethren and sons were twelve: -- 1 chronicles 25:9 +. +The third to Zaccur, he, his sons, and his brethren, were twelve: -- 1 chronicles 25:10 +. +The fourth to Izri, he, his sons, and his brethren, were twelve: -- 1 chronicles 25:11 +. +The fifth to Nethaniah, he, his sons, and his brethren, were twelve: -- 1 chronicles 25:12 +. +The sixth to Bukkiah, he, his sons, and his brethren, were twelve: -- 1 chronicles 25:13 +. +The seventh to Jesharelah, he, his sons, and his brethren, were twelve: -- 1 chronicles 25:14 +. +The eighth to Jeshaiah, he, his sons, and his brethren, were twelve: -- 1 chronicles 25:15 +. +The ninth to Mattaniah, he, his sons, and his brethren, were twelve: -- 1 chronicles 25:16 +. +The tenth to Shimei, he, his sons, and his brethren, were twelve: -- 1 chronicles 25:17 +. +The eleventh to Azareel, he, his sons, and his brethren, were twelve: -- 1 chronicles 25:18 +. +The twelfth to Hashabiah, he, his sons, and his brethren, were twelve: -- 1 chronicles 25:19 +. +The thirteenth to Shubael, he, his sons, and his brethren, were twelve: -- 1 chronicles 25:20 +. +The fourteenth to Mattithiah, he, his sons, and his brethren, were twelve: -- 1 chronicles 25:21 +. +The fifteenth to Jeremoth, he, his sons, and his brethren, were twelve: -- 1 chronicles 25:22 +. +The sixteenth to Hananiah, he, his sons, and his brethren, were twelve: -- 1 chronicles 25:23 +. +The seventeenth to Joshbekashah, he, his sons, and his brethren, were twelve: -- 1 chronicles 25:24 +. +The eighteenth to Hanani, he, his sons, and his brethren, were twelve: -- 1 chronicles 25:25 +. +The nineteenth to Mallothi, he, his sons, and his brethren, were twelve: -- 1 chronicles 25:26 +. +The twentieth to Eliathah, he, his sons, and his brethren, were twelve: -- 1 chronicles 25:27 +. +The one and twentieth to Hothir, he, his sons, and his brethren, were twelve: -- 1 chronicles 25:28 +. +The two and twentieth to Giddalti, he, his sons, and his brethren, were twelve: -- 1 chronicles 25:29 +. +The three and twentieth to Mahazioth, he, his sons, and his brethren, were twelve: -- 1 chronicles 25:30 +. +The four and twentieth to Romamtiezer, he, his sons, and his brethren, were twelve. -- 1 chronicles 25:31 +. +Concerning the divisions of the porters: Of the Korhites was Meshelemiah the son of Kore, of the sons of Asaph. -- 1 chronicles 26:1 +. +And the sons of Meshelemiah were, Zechariah the firstborn, Jediael the second, Zebadiah the third, Jathniel the fourth, -- 1 chronicles 26:2 +. +Elam the fifth, Jehohanan the sixth, Elioenai the seventh. -- 1 chronicles 26:3 +. +Moreover the sons of Obededom were, Shemaiah the firstborn, Jehozabad the second, Joah the third, and Sacar the fourth, and Nethaneel the fifth. -- 1 chronicles 26:4 +. +Ammiel the sixth, Issachar the seventh, Peulthai the eighth: for God blessed him. -- 1 chronicles 26:5 +. +Also unto Shemaiah his son were sons born, that ruled throughout the house of their father: for they were mighty men of valor. -- 1 chronicles 26:6 +. +The sons of Shemaiah; Othni, and Rephael, and Obed, Elzabad, whose brethren were strong men, Elihu, and Semachiah. -- 1 chronicles 26:7 +. +All these of the sons of Obededom: they and their sons and their brethren, able men for strength for the service, were threescore and two of Obededom. -- 1 chronicles 26:8 +. +And Meshelemiah had sons and brethren, strong men, eighteen. -- 1 chronicles 26:9 +. +Also Hosah, of the children of Merari, had sons; Simri the chief, (for though he was not the firstborn, yet his father made him the chief;) -- 1 chronicles 26:10 +. +Hilkiah the second, Tebaliah the third, Zechariah the fourth: all the sons and brethren of Hosah were thirteen. -- 1 chronicles 26:11 +. +Among these were the divisions of the porters, even among the chief men, having wards one against another, to minister in the house of the LORD. -- 1 chronicles 26:12 +. +And they cast lots, as well the small as the great, according to the house of their fathers, for every gate. -- 1 chronicles 26:13 +. +And the lot eastward fell to Shelemiah. Then for Zechariah his son, a wise counselor, they cast lots; and his lot came out northward. -- 1 chronicles 26:14 +. +To Obededom southward; and to his sons the house of Asuppim. -- 1 chronicles 26:15 +. +To Shuppim and Hosah the lot came forth westward, with the gate Shallecheth, by the causeway of the going up, ward against ward. -- 1 chronicles 26:16 +. +Eastward were six Levites, northward four a day, southward four a day, and toward Asuppim two and two. -- 1 chronicles 26:17 +. +At Parbar westward, four at the causeway, and two at Parbar. -- 1 chronicles 26:18 +. +These are the divisions of the porters among the sons of Kore, and among the sons of Merari. -- 1 chronicles 26:19 +. +And of the Levites, Ahijah was over the treasures of the house of God, and over the treasures of the dedicated things. -- 1 chronicles 26:20 +. +As concerning the sons of Laadan; the sons of the Gershonite Laadan, chief fathers, even of Laadan the Gershonite, were Jehieli. -- 1 chronicles 26:21 +. +The sons of Jehieli; Zetham, and Joel his brother, which were over the treasures of the house of the LORD. -- 1 chronicles 26:22 +. +Of the Amramites, and the Izharites, the Hebronites, and the Uzzielites: -- 1 chronicles 26:23 +. +And Shebuel the son of Gershom, the son of Moses, was ruler of the treasures. -- 1 chronicles 26:24 +. +And his brethren by Eliezer; Rehabiah his son, and Jeshaiah his son, and Joram his son, and Zichri his son, and Shelomith his son. -- 1 chronicles 26:25 +. +Which Shelomith and his brethren were over all the treasures of the dedicated things, which David the king, and the chief fathers, the captains over thousands and hundreds, and the captains of the host, had dedicated. -- 1 chronicles 26:26 +. +Out of the spoils won in battles did they dedicate to maintain the house of the LORD. -- 1 chronicles 26:27 +. +And all that Samuel the seer, and Saul the son of Kish, and Abner the son of Ner, and Joab the son of Zeruiah, had dedicated; and whosoever had dedicated any thing, it was under the hand of Shelomith, and of his brethren. -- 1 chronicles 26:28 +. +Of the Izharites, Chenaniah and his sons were for the outward business over Israel, for officers and judges. -- 1 chronicles 26:29 +. +And of the Hebronites, Hashabiah and his brethren, men of valor, a thousand and seven hundred, were officers among them of Israel on this side Jordan westward in all the business of the LORD, and in the service of the king. -- 1 chronicles 26:30 +. +Among the Hebronites was Jerijah the chief, even among the Hebronites, according to the generations of his fathers. In the fortieth year of the reign of David they were sought for, and there were found among them mighty men of valor at Jazer of Gilead. -- 1 chronicles 26:31 +. +And his brethren, men of valor, were two thousand and seven hundred chief fathers, whom king David made rulers over the Reubenites, the Gadites, and the half tribe of Manasseh, for every matter pertaining to God, and affairs of the king. -- 1 chronicles 26:32 +. +Now the children of Israel after their number, to wit, the chief fathers and captains of thousands and hundreds, and their officers that served the king in any matter of the courses, which came in and went out month by month throughout all the months of the year, of every course were twenty and four thousand. -- 1 chronicles 27:1 +. +Over the first course for the first month was Jashobeam the son of Zabdiel: and in his course were twenty and four thousand. -- 1 chronicles 27:2 +. +Of the children of Perez was the chief of all the captains of the host for the first month. -- 1 chronicles 27:3 +. +And over the course of the second month was Dodai an Ahohite, and of his course was Mikloth also the ruler: in his course likewise were twenty and four thousand. -- 1 chronicles 27:4 +. +The third captain of the host for the third month was Benaiah the son of Jehoiada, a chief priest: and in his course were twenty and four thousand. -- 1 chronicles 27:5 +. +This is that Benaiah, who was mighty among the thirty, and above the thirty: and in his course was Ammizabad his son. -- 1 chronicles 27:6 +. +The fourth captain for the fourth month was Asahel the brother of Joab, and Zebadiah his son after him: and in his course were twenty and four thousand. -- 1 chronicles 27:7 +. +The fifth captain for the fifth month was Shamhuth the Izrahite: and in his course were twenty and four thousand. -- 1 chronicles 27:8 +. +The sixth captain for the sixth month was Ira the son of Ikkesh the Tekoite: and in his course were twenty and four thousand. -- 1 chronicles 27:9 +. +The seventh captain for the seventh month was Helez the Pelonite, of the children of Ephraim: and in his course were twenty and four thousand. -- 1 chronicles 27:10 +. +The eighth captain for the eighth month was Sibbecai the Hushathite, of the Zarhites: and in his course were twenty and four thousand. -- 1 chronicles 27:11 +. +The ninth captain for the ninth month was Abiezer the Anetothite, of the Benjamites: and in his course were twenty and four thousand. -- 1 chronicles 27:12 +. +The tenth captain for the tenth month was Maharai the Netophathite, of the Zarhites: and in his course were twenty and four thousand. -- 1 chronicles 27:13 +. +The eleventh captain for the eleventh month was Benaiah the Pirathonite, of the children of Ephraim: and in his course were twenty and four thousand. -- 1 chronicles 27:14 +. +The twelfth captain for the twelfth month was Heldai the Netophathite, of Othniel: and in his course were twenty and four thousand. -- 1 chronicles 27:15 +. +Furthermore over the tribes of Israel: the ruler of the Reubenites was Eliezer the son of Zichri: of the Simeonites, Shephatiah the son of Maachah: -- 1 chronicles 27:16 +. +Of the Levites, Hashabiah the son of Kemuel: of the Aaronites, Zadok: -- 1 chronicles 27:17 +. +Of Judah, Elihu, one of the brethren of David: of Issachar, Omri the son of Michael: -- 1 chronicles 27:18 +. +Of Zebulun, Ishmaiah the son of Obadiah: of Naphtali, Jerimoth the son of Azriel: -- 1 chronicles 27:19 +. +Of the children of Ephraim, Hoshea the son of Azaziah: of the half tribe of Manasseh, Joel the son of Pedaiah: -- 1 chronicles 27:20 +. +Of the half tribe of Manasseh in Gilead, Iddo the son of Zechariah: of Benjamin, Jaasiel the son of Abner: -- 1 chronicles 27:21 +. +Of Dan, Azareel the son of Jeroham. These were the princes of the tribes of Israel. -- 1 chronicles 27:22 +. +But David took not the number of them from twenty years old and under: because the LORD had said he would increase Israel like to the stars of the heavens. -- 1 chronicles 27:23 +. +Joab the son of Zeruiah began to number, but he finished not, because there fell wrath for it against Israel; neither was the number put in the account of the chronicles of king David. -- 1 chronicles 27:24 +. +And over the king's treasures was Azmaveth the son of Adiel: and over the storehouses in the fields, in the cities, and in the villages, and in the castles, was Jehonathan the son of Uzziah: -- 1 chronicles 27:25 +. +And over them that did the work of the field for tillage of the ground was Ezri the son of Chelub: -- 1 chronicles 27:26 +. +And over the vineyards was Shimei the Ramathite: over the increase of the vineyards for the wine cellars was Zabdi the Shiphmite: -- 1 chronicles 27:27 +. +And over the olive trees and the sycamore trees that were in the low plains was Baalhanan the Gederite: and over the cellars of oil was Joash: -- 1 chronicles 27:28 +. +And over the herds that fed in Sharon was Shitrai the Sharonite: and over the herds that were in the valleys was Shaphat the son of Adlai: -- 1 chronicles 27:29 +. +Over the camels also was Obil the Ishmaelite: and over the asses was Jehdeiah the Meronothite: -- 1 chronicles 27:30 +. +And over the flocks was Jaziz the Hagerite. All these were the rulers of the substance which was king David's. -- 1 chronicles 27:31 +. +Also Jonathan David's uncle was a counselor, a wise man, and a scribe: and Jehiel the son of Hachmoni was with the king's sons: -- 1 chronicles 27:32 +. +And Ahithophel was the king's counselor: and Hushai the Archite was the king's companion: -- 1 chronicles 27:33 +. +And after Ahithophel was Jehoiada the son of Benaiah, and Abiathar: and the general of the king's army was Joab. -- 1 chronicles 27:34 +. +And David assembled all the princes of Israel, the princes of the tribes, and the captains of the companies that ministered to the king by course, and the captains over the thousands, and captains over the hundreds, and the stewards over all the substance and possession of the king, and of his sons, with the officers, and with the mighty men, and with all the valiant men, unto Jerusalem. -- 1 chronicles 28:1 +. +Then David the king stood up upon his feet, and said, Hear me, my brethren, and my people: As for me, I had in mine heart to build an house of rest for the ark of the covenant of the LORD, and for the footstool of our God, and had made ready for the building: -- 1 chronicles 28:2 +. +But God said unto me, Thou shalt not build an house for my name, because thou hast been a man of war, and hast shed blood. -- 1 chronicles 28:3 +. +Howbeit the LORD God of Israel chose me before all the house of my father to be king over Israel for ever: for he hath chosen Judah to be the ruler; and of the house of Judah, the house of my father; and among the sons of my father he liked me to make me king over all Israel: -- 1 chronicles 28:4 +. +And of all my sons, (for the LORD hath given me many sons,) he hath chosen Solomon my son to sit upon the throne of the kingdom of the LORD over Israel. -- 1 chronicles 28:5 +. +And he said unto me, Solomon thy son, he shall build my house and my courts: for I have chosen him to be my son, and I will be his father. -- 1 chronicles 28:6 +. +Moreover I will establish his kingdom for ever, if he be constant to do my commandments and my judgments, as at this day. -- 1 chronicles 28:7 +. +Now therefore in the sight of all Israel the congregation of the LORD, and in the audience of our God, keep and seek for all the commandments of the LORD your God: that ye may possess this good land, and leave it for an inheritance for your children after you for ever. -- 1 chronicles 28:8 +. +And thou, Solomon my son, know thou the God of thy father, and serve him with a perfect heart and with a willing mind: for the LORD searcheth all hearts, and understandeth all the imaginations of the thoughts: if thou seek him, he will be found of thee; but if thou forsake him, he will cast thee off for ever. -- 1 chronicles 28:9 +. +Take heed now; for the LORD hath chosen thee to build an house for the sanctuary: be strong, and do it. -- 1 chronicles 28:10 +. +Then David gave to Solomon his son the pattern of the porch, and of the houses thereof, and of the treasuries thereof, and of the upper chambers thereof, and of the inner parlors thereof, and of the place of the mercy seat, -- 1 chronicles 28:11 +. +And the pattern of all that he had by the spirit, of the courts of the house of the LORD, and of all the chambers round about, of the treasuries of the house of God, and of the treasuries of the dedicated things: -- 1 chronicles 28:12 +. +Also for the courses of the priests and the Levites, and for all the work of the service of the house of the LORD, and for all the vessels of service in the house of the LORD. -- 1 chronicles 28:13 +. +He gave of gold by weight for things of gold, for all instruments of all manner of service; silver also for all instruments of silver by weight, for all instruments of every kind of service: -- 1 chronicles 28:14 +. +Even the weight for the candlesticks of gold, and for their lamps of gold, by weight for every candlestick, and for the lamps thereof: and for the candlesticks of silver by weight, both for the candlestick, and also for the lamps thereof, according to the use of every candlestick. -- 1 chronicles 28:15 +. +And by weight he gave gold for the tables of shewbread, for every table; and likewise silver for the tables of silver: -- 1 chronicles 28:16 +. +Also pure gold for the fleshhooks, and the bowls, and the cups: and for the golden basins he gave gold by weight for every basin; and likewise silver by weight for every basin of silver: -- 1 chronicles 28:17 +. +And for the altar of incense refined gold by weight; and gold for the pattern of the chariot of the cherubim, that spread out their wings, and covered the ark of the covenant of the LORD. -- 1 chronicles 28:18 +. +All this, said David, the LORD made me understand in writing by his hand upon me, even all the works of this pattern. -- 1 chronicles 28:19 +. +And David said to Solomon his son, Be strong and of good courage, and do it: fear not, nor be dismayed: for the LORD God, even my God, will be with thee; he will not fail thee, nor forsake thee, until thou hast finished all the work for the service of the house of the LORD. -- 1 chronicles 28:20 +. +And, behold, the courses of the priests and the Levites, even they shall be with thee for all the service of the house of God: and there shall be with thee for all manner of workmanship every willing skillful man, for any manner of service: also the princes and all the people will be wholly at thy commandment. -- 1 chronicles 28:21 +. +Furthermore David the king said unto all the congregation, Solomon my son, whom alone God hath chosen, is yet young and tender, and the work is great: for the palace is not for man, but for the LORD God. -- 1 chronicles 29:1 +. +Now I have prepared with all my might for the house of my God the gold for things to be made of gold, and the silver for things of silver, and the brass for things of brass, the iron for things of iron, and wood for things of wood; onyx stones, and stones to be set, glistering stones, and of divers colors, and all manner of precious stones, and marble stones in abundance. -- 1 chronicles 29:2 +. +Moreover, because I have set my affection to the house of my God, I have of mine own proper good, of gold and silver, which I have given to the house of my God, over and above all that I have prepared for the holy house. -- 1 chronicles 29:3 +. +Even three thousand talents of gold, of the gold of Ophir, and seven thousand talents of refined silver, to overlay the walls of the houses withal: -- 1 chronicles 29:4 +. +The gold for things of gold, and the silver for things of silver, and for all manner of work to be made by the hands of artificers. And who then is willing to consecrate his service this day unto the LORD? -- 1 chronicles 29:5 +. +Then the chief of the fathers and princes of the tribes of Israel and the captains of thousands and of hundreds, with the rulers of the king's work, offered willingly, -- 1 chronicles 29:6 +. +And gave for the service of the house of God of gold five thousand talents and ten thousand drams, and of silver ten thousand talents, and of brass eighteen thousand talents, and one hundred thousand talents of iron. -- 1 chronicles 29:7 +. +And they with whom precious stones were found gave them to the treasure of the house of the LORD, by the hand of Jehiel the Gershonite. -- 1 chronicles 29:8 +. +Then the people rejoiced, for that they offered willingly, because with perfect heart they offered willingly to the LORD: and David the king also rejoiced with great joy. -- 1 chronicles 29:9 +. +Wherefore David blessed the LORD before all the congregation: and David said, Blessed be thou, LORD God of Israel our father, for ever and ever. -- 1 chronicles 29:10 +. +Thine, O LORD is the greatness, and the power, and the glory, and the victory, and the majesty: for all that is in the heaven and in the earth is thine; thine is the kingdom, O LORD, and thou art exalted as head above all. -- 1 chronicles 29:11 +. +Both riches and honor come of thee, and thou reignest over all; and in thine hand is power and might; and in thine hand it is to make great, and to give strength unto all. -- 1 chronicles 29:12 +. +Now therefore, our God, we thank thee, and praise thy glorious name. -- 1 chronicles 29:13 +. +But who am I, and what is my people, that we should be able to offer so willingly after this sort? for all things come of thee, and of thine own have we given thee. -- 1 chronicles 29:14 +. +For we are strangers before thee, and sojourners, as were all our fathers: our days on the earth are as a shadow, and there is none abiding. -- 1 chronicles 29:15 +. +O LORD our God, all this store that we have prepared to build thee an house for thine holy name cometh of thine hand, and is all thine own. -- 1 chronicles 29:16 +. +I know also, my God, that thou triest the heart, and hast pleasure in uprightness. As for me, in the uprightness of mine heart I have willingly offered all these things: and now have I seen with joy thy people, which are present here, to offer willingly unto thee. -- 1 chronicles 29:17 +. +O LORD God of Abraham, Isaac, and of Israel, our fathers, keep this for ever in the imagination of the thoughts of the heart of thy people, and prepare their heart unto thee: -- 1 chronicles 29:18 +. +And give unto Solomon my son a perfect heart, to keep thy commandments, thy testimonies, and thy statutes, and to do all these things, and to build the palace, for the which I have made provision. -- 1 chronicles 29:19 +. +And David said to all the congregation, Now bless the LORD your God. And all the congregation blessed the LORD God of their fathers, and bowed down their heads, and worshipped the LORD, and the king. -- 1 chronicles 29:20 +. +And they sacrificed sacrifices unto the LORD, and offered burnt offerings unto the LORD, on the morrow after that day, even a thousand bullocks, a thousand rams, and a thousand lambs, with their drink offerings, and sacrifices in abundance for all Israel: -- 1 chronicles 29:21 +. +And did eat and drink before the LORD on that day with great gladness. And they made Solomon the son of David king the second time, and anointed him unto the LORD to be the chief governor, and Zadok to be priest. -- 1 chronicles 29:22 +. +Then Solomon sat on the throne of the LORD as king instead of David his father, and prospered; and all Israel obeyed him. -- 1 chronicles 29:23 +. +And all the princes, and the mighty men, and all the sons likewise of king David, submitted themselves unto Solomon the king. -- 1 chronicles 29:24 +. +And the LORD magnified Solomon exceedingly in the sight of all Israel, and bestowed upon him such royal majesty as had not been on any king before him in Israel. -- 1 chronicles 29:25 +. +Thus David the son of Jesse reigned over all Israel. -- 1 chronicles 29:26 +. +And the time that he reigned over Israel was forty years; seven years reigned he in Hebron, and thirty and three years reigned he in Jerusalem. -- 1 chronicles 29:27 +. +And he died in a good old age, full of days, riches, and honor: and Solomon his son reigned in his stead. -- 1 chronicles 29:28 +. +Now the acts of David the king, first and last, behold, they are written in the book of Samuel the seer, and in the book of Nathan the prophet, and in the book of Gad the seer, -- 1 chronicles 29:29 +. +With all his reign and his might, and the times that went over him, and over Israel, and over all the kingdoms of the countries. -- 1 chronicles 29:30 +. +And Solomon the son of David was strengthened in his kingdom, and the LORD his God was with him, and magnified him exceedingly. -- 2 chronicles 1:1 +. +Then Solomon spake unto all Israel, to the captains of thousands and of hundreds, and to the judges, and to every governor in all Israel, the chief of the fathers. -- 2 chronicles 1:2 +. +So Solomon, and all the congregation with him, went to the high place that was at Gibeon; for there was the tabernacle of the congregation of God, which Moses the servant of the LORD had made in the wilderness. -- 2 chronicles 1:3 +. +But the ark of God had David brought up from Kirjathjearim to the place which David had prepared for it: for he had pitched a tent for it at Jerusalem. -- 2 chronicles 1:4 +. +Moreover the brazen altar, that Bezaleel the son of Uri, the son of Hur, had made, he put before the tabernacle of the LORD: and Solomon and the congregation sought unto it. -- 2 chronicles 1:5 +. +And Solomon went up thither to the brazen altar before the LORD, which was at the tabernacle of the congregation, and offered a thousand burnt offerings upon it. -- 2 chronicles 1:6 +. +In that night did God appear unto Solomon, and said unto him, Ask what I shall give thee. -- 2 chronicles 1:7 +. +And Solomon said unto God, Thou hast showed great mercy unto David my father, and hast made me to reign in his stead. -- 2 chronicles 1:8 +. +Now, O LORD God, let thy promise unto David my father be established: for thou hast made me king over a people like the dust of the earth in multitude. -- 2 chronicles 1:9 +. +Give me now wisdom and knowledge, that I may go out and come in before this people: for who can judge this thy people, that is so great? -- 2 chronicles 1:10 +. +And God said to Solomon, Because this was in thine heart, and thou hast not asked riches, wealth, or honor, nor the life of thine enemies, neither yet hast asked long life; but hast asked wisdom and knowledge for thyself, that thou mayest judge my people, over whom I have made thee king: -- 2 chronicles 1:11 +. +Wisdom and knowledge is granted unto thee; and I will give thee riches, and wealth, and honor, such as none of the kings have had that have been before thee, neither shall there any after thee have the like. -- 2 chronicles 1:12 +. +Then Solomon came from his journey to the high place that was at Gibeon to Jerusalem, from before the tabernacle of the congregation, and reigned over Israel. -- 2 chronicles 1:13 +. +And Solomon gathered chariots and horsemen: and he had a thousand and four hundred chariots, and twelve thousand horsemen, which he placed in the chariot cities, and with the king at Jerusalem. -- 2 chronicles 1:14 +. +And the king made silver and gold at Jerusalem as plenteous as stones, and cedar trees made he as the sycamore trees that are in the vale for abundance. -- 2 chronicles 1:15 +. +And Solomon had horses brought out of Egypt, and linen yarn: the king's merchants received the linen yarn at a price. -- 2 chronicles 1:16 +. +And they fetched up, and brought forth out of Egypt a chariot for six hundred shekels of silver, and an horse for an hundred and fifty: and so brought they out horses for all the kings of the Hittites, and for the kings of Syria, by their means. -- 2 chronicles 1:17 +. +And Solomon determined to build an house for the name of the LORD, and an house for his kingdom. -- 2 chronicles 2:1 +. +And Solomon told out threescore and ten thousand men to bear burdens, and fourscore thousand to hew in the mountain, and three thousand and six hundred to oversee them. -- 2 chronicles 2:2 +. +And Solomon sent to Huram the king of Tyre, saying, As thou didst deal with David my father, and didst send him cedars to build him an house to dwell therein, even so deal with me. -- 2 chronicles 2:3 +. +Behold, I build an house to the name of the LORD my God, to dedicate it to him, and to burn before him sweet incense, and for the continual shewbread, and for the burnt offerings morning and evening, on the sabbaths, and on the new moons, and on the solemn feasts of the LORD our God. This is an ordinance for ever to Israel. -- 2 chronicles 2:4 +. +And the house which I build is great: for great is our God above all gods. -- 2 chronicles 2:5 +. +But who is able to build him an house, seeing the heaven and heaven of heavens cannot contain him? who am I then, that I should build him an house, save only to burn sacrifice before him? -- 2 chronicles 2:6 +. +Send me now therefore a man cunning to work in gold, and in silver, and in brass, and in iron, and in purple, and crimson, and blue, and that can skill to grave with the cunning men that are with me in Judah and in Jerusalem, whom David my father did provide. -- 2 chronicles 2:7 +. +Send me also cedar trees, fir trees, and algum trees, out of Lebanon: for I know that thy servants can skill to cut timber in Lebanon; and, behold, my servants shall be with thy servants, -- 2 chronicles 2:8 +. +Even to prepare me timber in abundance: for the house which I am about to build shall be wonderful great. -- 2 chronicles 2:9 +. +And, behold, I will give to thy servants, the hewers that cut timber, twenty thousand measures of beaten wheat, and twenty thousand measures of barley, and twenty thousand baths of wine, and twenty thousand baths of oil. -- 2 chronicles 2:10 +. +Then Huram the king of Tyre answered in writing, which he sent to Solomon, Because the LORD hath loved his people, he hath made thee king over them. -- 2 chronicles 2:11 +. +Huram said moreover, Blessed be the LORD God of Israel, that made heaven and earth, who hath given to David the king a wise son, endued with prudence and understanding, that might build an house for the LORD, and an house for his kingdom. -- 2 chronicles 2:12 +. +And now I have sent a cunning man, endued with understanding, of Huram my father's, -- 2 chronicles 2:13 +. +The son of a woman of the daughters of Dan, and his father was a man of Tyre, skillful to work in gold, and in silver, in brass, in iron, in stone, and in timber, in purple, in blue, and in fine linen, and in crimson; also to grave any manner of graving, and to find out every device which shall be put to him, with thy cunning men, and with the cunning men of my lord David thy father. -- 2 chronicles 2:14 +. +Now therefore the wheat, and the barley, the oil, and the wine, which my lord hath spoken of, let him send unto his servants: -- 2 chronicles 2:15 +. +And we will cut wood out of Lebanon, as much as thou shalt need: and we will bring it to thee in floats by sea to Joppa; and thou shalt carry it up to Jerusalem. -- 2 chronicles 2:16 +. +And Solomon numbered all the strangers that were in the land of Israel, after the numbering wherewith David his father had numbered them; and they were found an hundred and fifty thousand and three thousand and six hundred. -- 2 chronicles 2:17 +. +And he set threescore and ten thousand of them to be bearers of burdens, and fourscore thousand to be hewers in the mountain, and three thousand and six hundred overseers to set the people a work. -- 2 chronicles 2:18 +. +Then Solomon began to build the house of the LORD at Jerusalem in mount Moriah, where the Lord appeared unto David his father, in the place that David had prepared in the threshingfloor of Ornan the Jebusite. -- 2 chronicles 3:1 +. +And he began to build in the second day of the second month, in the fourth year of his reign. -- 2 chronicles 3:2 +. +Now these are the things wherein Solomon was instructed for the building of the house of God. The length by cubits after the first measure was threescore cubits, and the breadth twenty cubits. -- 2 chronicles 3:3 +. +And the porch that was in the front of the house, the length of it was according to the breadth of the house, twenty cubits, and the height was an hundred and twenty: and he overlaid it within with pure gold. -- 2 chronicles 3:4 +. +And the greater house he cieled with fir tree, which he overlaid with fine gold, and set thereon palm trees and chains. -- 2 chronicles 3:5 +. +And he garnished the house with precious stones for beauty: and the gold was gold of Parvaim. -- 2 chronicles 3:6 +. +He overlaid also the house, the beams, the posts, and the walls thereof, and the doors thereof, with gold; and graved cherubim on the walls. -- 2 chronicles 3:7 +. +And he made the most holy house, the length whereof was according to the breadth of the house, twenty cubits, and the breadth thereof twenty cubits: and he overlaid it with fine gold, amounting to six hundred talents. -- 2 chronicles 3:8 +. +And the weight of the nails was fifty shekels of gold. And he overlaid the upper chambers with gold. -- 2 chronicles 3:9 +. +And in the most holy house he made two cherubim of image work, and overlaid them with gold. -- 2 chronicles 3:10 +. +And the wings of the cherubim were twenty cubits long: one wing of the one cherub was five cubits, reaching to the wall of the house: and the other wing was likewise five cubits, reaching to the wing of the other cherub. -- 2 chronicles 3:11 +. +And one wing of the other cherub was five cubits, reaching to the wall of the house: and the other wing was five cubits also, joining to the wing of the other cherub. -- 2 chronicles 3:12 +. +The wings of these cherubim spread themselves forth twenty cubits: and they stood on their feet, and their faces were inward. -- 2 chronicles 3:13 +. +And he made the vail of blue, and purple, and crimson, and fine linen, and wrought cherubim thereon. -- 2 chronicles 3:14 +. +Also he made before the house two pillars of thirty and five cubits high, and the chapiter that was on the top of each of them was five cubits. -- 2 chronicles 3:15 +. +And he made chains, as in the oracle, and put them on the heads of the pillars; and made an hundred pomegranates, and put them on the chains. -- 2 chronicles 3:16 +. +And he reared up the pillars before the temple, one on the right hand, and the other on the left; and called the name of that on the right hand Jachin, and the name of that on the left Boaz. -- 2 chronicles 3:17 +. +Moreover he made an altar of brass, twenty cubits the length thereof, and twenty cubits the breadth thereof, and ten cubits the height thereof. -- 2 chronicles 4:1 +. +Also he made a molten sea of ten cubits from brim to brim, round in compass, and five cubits the height thereof; and a line of thirty cubits did compass it round about. -- 2 chronicles 4:2 +. +And under it was the similitude of oxen, which did compass it round about: ten in a cubit, compassing the sea round about. Two rows of oxen were cast, when it was cast. -- 2 chronicles 4:3 +. +It stood upon twelve oxen, three looking toward the north, and three looking toward the west, and three looking toward the south, and three looking toward the east: and the sea was set above upon them, and all their hinder parts were inward. -- 2 chronicles 4:4 +. +And the thickness of it was an handbreadth, and the brim of it like the work of the brim of a cup, with flowers of lilies; and it received and held three thousand baths. -- 2 chronicles 4:5 +. +He made also ten lavers, and put five on the right hand, and five on the left, to wash in them: such things as they offered for the burnt offering they washed in them; but the sea was for the priests to wash in. -- 2 chronicles 4:6 +. +And he made ten candlesticks of gold according to their form, and set them in the temple, five on the right hand, and five on the left. -- 2 chronicles 4:7 +. +He made also ten tables, and placed them in the temple, five on the right side, and five on the left. And he made an hundred basins of gold. -- 2 chronicles 4:8 +. +Furthermore he made the court of the priests, and the great court, and doors for the court, and overlaid the doors of them with brass. -- 2 chronicles 4:9 +. +And he set the sea on the right side of the east end, over against the south. -- 2 chronicles 4:10 +. +And Huram made the pots, and the shovels, and the basins. And Huram finished the work that he was to make for king Solomon for the house of God; -- 2 chronicles 4:11 +. +To wit, the two pillars, and the pommels, and the chapiters which were on the top of the two pillars, and the two wreaths to cover the two pommels of the chapiters which were on the top of the pillars; -- 2 chronicles 4:12 +. +And four hundred pomegranates on the two wreaths; two rows of pomegranates on each wreath, to cover the two pommels of the chapiters which were upon the pillars. -- 2 chronicles 4:13 +. +He made also bases, and lavers made he upon the bases; -- 2 chronicles 4:14 +. +One sea, and twelve oxen under it. -- 2 chronicles 4:15 +. +The pots also, and the shovels, and the fleshhooks, and all their instruments, did Huram his father make to king Solomon for the house of the LORD of bright brass. -- 2 chronicles 4:16 +. +In the plain of Jordan did the king cast them, in the clay ground between Succoth and Zeredathah. -- 2 chronicles 4:17 +. +Thus Solomon made all these vessels in great abundance: for the weight of the brass could not be found out. -- 2 chronicles 4:18 +. +And Solomon made all the vessels that were for the house of God, the golden altar also, and the tables whereon the shewbread was set; -- 2 chronicles 4:19 +. +Moreover the candlesticks with their lamps, that they should burn after the manner before the oracle, of pure gold; -- 2 chronicles 4:20 +. +And the flowers, and the lamps, and the tongs, made he of gold, and that perfect gold; -- 2 chronicles 4:21 +. +And the snuffers, and the basins, and the spoons, and the censers, of pure gold: and the entry of the house, the inner doors thereof for the most holy place, and the doors of the house of the temple, were of gold. -- 2 chronicles 4:22 +. +Thus all the work that Solomon made for the house of the LORD was finished: and Solomon brought in all the things that David his father had dedicated; and the silver, and the gold, and all the instruments, put he among the treasures of the house of God. -- 2 chronicles 5:1 +. +Then Solomon assembled the elders of Israel, and all the heads of the tribes, the chief of the fathers of the children of Israel, unto Jerusalem, to bring up the ark of the covenant of the LORD out of the city of David, which is Zion. -- 2 chronicles 5:2 +. +Wherefore all the men of Israel assembled themselves unto the king in the feast which was in the seventh month. -- 2 chronicles 5:3 +. +And all the elders of Israel came; and the Levites took up the ark. -- 2 chronicles 5:4 +. +And they brought up the ark, and the tabernacle of the congregation, and all the holy vessels that were in the tabernacle, these did the priests and the Levites bring up. -- 2 chronicles 5:5 +. +Also king Solomon, and all the congregation of Israel that were assembled unto him before the ark, sacrificed sheep and oxen, which could not be told nor numbered for multitude. -- 2 chronicles 5:6 +. +And the priests brought in the ark of the covenant of the LORD unto his place, to the oracle of the house, into the most holy place, even under the wings of the cherubim: -- 2 chronicles 5:7 +. +For the cherubim spread forth their wings over the place of the ark, and the cherubim covered the ark and the staves thereof above. -- 2 chronicles 5:8 +. +And they drew out the staves of the ark, that the ends of the staves were seen from the ark before the oracle; but they were not seen without. And there it is unto this day. -- 2 chronicles 5:9 +. +There was nothing in the ark save the two tables which Moses put therein at Horeb, when the LORD made a covenant with the children of Israel, when they came out of Egypt. -- 2 chronicles 5:10 +. +And it came to pass, when the priests were come out of the holy place: (for all the priests that were present were sanctified, and did not then wait by course: -- 2 chronicles 5:11 +. +Also the Levites which were the singers, all of them of Asaph, of Heman, of Jeduthun, with their sons and their brethren, being arrayed in white linen, having cymbals and psalteries and harps, stood at the east end of the altar, and with them an hundred and twenty priests sounding with trumpets:) -- 2 chronicles 5:12 +. +It came even to pass, as the trumpeters and singers were as one, to make one sound to be heard in praising and thanking the LORD; and when they lifted up their voice with the trumpets and cymbals and instruments of music, and praised the LORD, saying, For he is good; for his mercy endureth for ever: that then the house was filled with a cloud, even the house of the LORD; -- 2 chronicles 5:13 +. +So that the priests could not stand to minister by reason of the cloud: for the glory of the LORD had filled the house of God. -- 2 chronicles 5:14 +. +Then said Solomon, The LORD hath said that he would dwell in the thick darkness. -- 2 chronicles 6:1 +. +But I have built an house of habitation for thee, and a place for thy dwelling for ever. -- 2 chronicles 6:2 +. +And the king turned his face, and blessed the whole congregation of Israel: and all the congregation of Israel stood. -- 2 chronicles 6:3 +. +And he said, Blessed be the LORD God of Israel, who hath with his hands fulfilled that which he spake with his mouth to my father David, saying, -- 2 chronicles 6:4 +. +Since the day that I brought forth my people out of the land of Egypt I chose no city among all the tribes of Israel to build an house in, that my name might be there; neither chose I any man to be a ruler over my people Israel: -- 2 chronicles 6:5 +. +But I have chosen Jerusalem, that my name might be there; and have chosen David to be over my people Israel. -- 2 chronicles 6:6 +. +Now it was in the heart of David my father to build an house for the name of the LORD God of Israel. -- 2 chronicles 6:7 +. +But the LORD said to David my father, Forasmuch as it was in thine heart to build an house for my name, thou didst well in that it was in thine heart: -- 2 chronicles 6:8 +. +Notwithstanding thou shalt not build the house; but thy son which shall come forth out of thy loins, he shall build the house for my name. -- 2 chronicles 6:9 +. +The LORD therefore hath performed his word that he hath spoken: for I am risen up in the room of David my father, and am set on the throne of Israel, as the LORD promised, and have built the house for the name of the LORD God of Israel. -- 2 chronicles 6:10 +. +And in it have I put the ark, wherein is the covenant of the LORD, that he made with the children of Israel. -- 2 chronicles 6:11 +. +And he stood before the altar of the LORD in the presence of all the congregation of Israel, and spread forth his hands: -- 2 chronicles 6:12 +. +For Solomon had made a brazen scaffold of five cubits long, and five cubits broad, and three cubits high, and had set it in the midst of the court: and upon it he stood, and kneeled down upon his knees before all the congregation of Israel, and spread forth his hands toward heaven. -- 2 chronicles 6:13 +. +And said, O LORD God of Israel, there is no God like thee in the heaven, nor in the earth; which keepest covenant, and showest mercy unto thy servants, that walk before thee with all their hearts: -- 2 chronicles 6:14 +. +Thou which hast kept with thy servant David my father that which thou hast promised him; and spakest with thy mouth, and hast fulfilled it with thine hand, as it is this day. -- 2 chronicles 6:15 +. +Now therefore, O LORD God of Israel, keep with thy servant David my father that which thou hast promised him, saying, There shall not fail thee a man in my sight to sit upon the throne of Israel; yet so that thy children take heed to their way to walk in my law, as thou hast walked before me. -- 2 chronicles 6:16 +. +Now then, O LORD God of Israel, let thy word be verified, which thou hast spoken unto thy servant David. -- 2 chronicles 6:17 +. +But will God in very deed dwell with men on the earth? behold, heaven and the heaven of heavens cannot contain thee; how much less this house which I have built! -- 2 chronicles 6:18 +. +Have respect therefore to the prayer of thy servant, and to his supplication, O LORD my God, to hearken unto the cry and the prayer which thy servant prayeth before thee: -- 2 chronicles 6:19 +. +That thine eyes may be open upon this house day and night, upon the place whereof thou hast said that thou wouldest put thy name there; to hearken unto the prayer which thy servant prayeth toward this place. -- 2 chronicles 6:20 +. +Hearken therefore unto the supplications of thy servant, and of thy people Israel, which they shall make toward this place: hear thou from thy dwelling place, even from heaven; and when thou hearest, forgive. -- 2 chronicles 6:21 +. +If a man sin against his neighbor, and an oath be laid upon him to make him swear, and the oath come before thine altar in this house; -- 2 chronicles 6:22 +. +Then hear thou from heaven, and do, and judge thy servants, by requiting the wicked, by recompensing his way upon his own head; and by justifying the righteous, by giving him according to his righteousness. -- 2 chronicles 6:23 +. +And if thy people Israel be put to the worse before the enemy, because they have sinned against thee; and shall return and confess thy name, and pray and make supplication before thee in this house; -- 2 chronicles 6:24 +. +Then hear thou from the heavens, and forgive the sin of thy people Israel, and bring them again unto the land which thou gavest to them and to their fathers. -- 2 chronicles 6:25 +. +When the heaven is shut up, and there is no rain, because they have sinned against thee; yet if they pray toward this place, and confess thy name, and turn from their sin, when thou dost afflict them; -- 2 chronicles 6:26 +. +Then hear thou from heaven, and forgive the sin of thy servants, and of thy people Israel, when thou hast taught them the good way, wherein they should walk; and send rain upon thy land, which thou hast given unto thy people for an inheritance. -- 2 chronicles 6:27 +. +If there be dearth in the land, if there be pestilence, if there be blasting, or mildew, locusts, or caterpillars; if their enemies besiege them in the cities of their land; whatsoever sore or whatsoever sickness there be: -- 2 chronicles 6:28 +. +Then what prayer or what supplication soever shall be made of any man, or of all thy people Israel, when every one shall know his own sore and his own grief, and shall spread forth his hands in this house: -- 2 chronicles 6:29 +. +Then hear thou from heaven thy dwelling place, and forgive, and render unto every man according unto all his ways, whose heart thou knowest; (for thou only knowest the hearts of the children of men:) -- 2 chronicles 6:30 +. +That they may fear thee, to walk in thy ways, so long as they live in the land which thou gavest unto our fathers. -- 2 chronicles 6:31 +. +Moreover concerning the stranger, which is not of thy people Israel, but is come from a far country for thy great name's sake, and thy mighty hand, and thy stretched out arm; if they come and pray in this house; -- 2 chronicles 6:32 +. +Then hear thou from the heavens, even from thy dwelling place, and do according to all that the stranger calleth to thee for; that all people of the earth may know thy name, and fear thee, as doth thy people Israel, and may know that this house which I have built is called by thy name. -- 2 chronicles 6:33 +. +If thy people go out to war against their enemies by the way that thou shalt send them, and they pray unto thee toward this city which thou hast chosen, and the house which I have built for thy name; -- 2 chronicles 6:34 +. +Then hear thou from the heavens their prayer and their supplication, and maintain their cause. -- 2 chronicles 6:35 +. +If they sin against thee, (for there is no man which sinneth not,) and thou be angry with them, and deliver them over before their enemies, and they carry them away captives unto a land far off or near; -- 2 chronicles 6:36 +. +Yet if they bethink themselves in the land whither they are carried captive, and turn and pray unto thee in the land of their captivity, saying, We have sinned, we have done amiss, and have dealt wickedly; -- 2 chronicles 6:37 +. +If they return to thee with all their heart and with all their soul in the land of their captivity, whither they have carried them captives, and pray toward their land, which thou gavest unto their fathers, and toward the city which thou hast chosen, and toward the house which I have built for thy name: -- 2 chronicles 6:38 +. +Then hear thou from the heavens, even from thy dwelling place, their prayer and their supplications, and maintain their cause, and forgive thy people which have sinned against thee. -- 2 chronicles 6:39 +. +Now, my God, let, I beseech thee, thine eyes be open, and let thine ears be attent unto the prayer that is made in this place. -- 2 chronicles 6:40 +. +Now therefore arise, O LORD God, into thy resting place, thou, and the ark of thy strength: let thy priests, O LORD God, be clothed with salvation, and let thy saints rejoice in goodness. -- 2 chronicles 6:41 +. +O LORD God, turn not away the face of thine anointed: remember the mercies of David thy servant. -- 2 chronicles 6:42 +. +Now when Solomon had made an end of praying, the fire came down from heaven, and consumed the burnt offering and the sacrifices; and the glory of the LORD filled the house. -- 2 chronicles 7:1 +. +And the priests could not enter into the house of the LORD, because the glory of the LORD had filled the LORD's house. -- 2 chronicles 7:2 +. +And when all the children of Israel saw how the fire came down, and the glory of the LORD upon the house, they bowed themselves with their faces to the ground upon the pavement, and worshipped, and praised the LORD, saying, For he is good; for his mercy endureth for ever. -- 2 chronicles 7:3 +. +Then the king and all the people offered sacrifices before the LORD. -- 2 chronicles 7:4 +. +And king Solomon offered a sacrifice of twenty and two thousand oxen, and an hundred and twenty thousand sheep: so the king and all the people dedicated the house of God. -- 2 chronicles 7:5 +. +And the priests waited on their offices: the Levites also with instruments of music of the LORD, which David the king had made to praise the LORD, because his mercy endureth for ever, when David praised by their ministry; and the priests sounded trumpets before them, and all Israel stood. -- 2 chronicles 7:6 +. +Moreover Solomon hallowed the middle of the court that was before the house of the LORD: for there he offered burnt offerings, and the fat of the peace offerings, because the brazen altar which Solomon had made was not able to receive the burnt offerings, and the meat offerings, and the fat. -- 2 chronicles 7:7 +. +Also at the same time Solomon kept the feast seven days, and all Israel with him, a very great congregation, from the entering in of Hamath unto the river of Egypt. -- 2 chronicles 7:8 +. +And in the eighth day they made a solemn assembly: for they kept the dedication of the altar seven days, and the feast seven days. -- 2 chronicles 7:9 +. +And on the three and twentieth day of the seventh month he sent the people away into their tents, glad and merry in heart for the goodness that the LORD had showed unto David, and to Solomon, and to Israel his people. -- 2 chronicles 7:10 +. +Thus Solomon finished the house of the LORD, and the king's house: and all that came into Solomon's heart to make in the house of the LORD, and in his own house, he prosperously effected. -- 2 chronicles 7:11 +. +And the LORD appeared to Solomon by night, and said unto him, I have heard thy prayer, and have chosen this place to myself for an house of sacrifice. -- 2 chronicles 7:12 +. +If I shut up heaven that there be no rain, or if I command the locusts to devour the land, or if I send pestilence among my people; -- 2 chronicles 7:13 +. +If my people, which are called by my name, shall humble themselves, and pray, and seek my face, and turn from their wicked ways; then will I hear from heaven, and will forgive their sin, and will heal their land. -- 2 chronicles 7:14 +. +Now mine eyes shall be open, and mine ears attent unto the prayer that is made in this place. -- 2 chronicles 7:15 +. +For now have I chosen and sanctified this house, that my name may be there for ever: and mine eyes and mine heart shall be there perpetually. -- 2 chronicles 7:16 +. +And as for thee, if thou wilt walk before me, as David thy father walked, and do according to all that I have commanded thee, and shalt observe my statutes and my judgments; -- 2 chronicles 7:17 +. +Then will I stablish the throne of thy kingdom, according as I have covenanted with David thy father, saying, There shall not fail thee a man to be ruler in Israel. -- 2 chronicles 7:18 +. +But if ye turn away, and forsake my statutes and my commandments, which I have set before you, and shall go and serve other gods, and worship them; -- 2 chronicles 7:19 +. +Then will I pluck them up by the roots out of my land which I have given them; and this house, which I have sanctified for my name, will I cast out of my sight, and will make it to be a proverb and a byword among all nations. -- 2 chronicles 7:20 +. +And this house, which is high, shall be an astonishment to every one that passeth by it; so that he shall say, Why hath the LORD done thus unto this land, and unto this house? -- 2 chronicles 7:21 +. +And it shall be answered, Because they forsook the LORD God of their fathers, which brought them forth out of the land of Egypt, and laid hold on other gods, and worshipped them, and served them: therefore hath he brought all this evil upon them. -- 2 chronicles 7:22 +. +And it came to pass at the end of twenty years, wherein Solomon had built the house of the LORD, and his own house, -- 2 chronicles 8:1 +. +That the cities which Huram had restored to Solomon, Solomon built them, and caused the children of Israel to dwell there. -- 2 chronicles 8:2 +. +And Solomon went to Hamathzobah, and prevailed against it. -- 2 chronicles 8:3 +. +And he built Tadmor in the wilderness, and all the store cities, which he built in Hamath. -- 2 chronicles 8:4 +. +Also he built Bethhoron the upper, and Bethhoron the nether, fenced cities, with walls, gates, and bars; -- 2 chronicles 8:5 +. +And Baalath, and all the store cities that Solomon had, and all the chariot cities, and the cities of the horsemen, and all that Solomon desired to build in Jerusalem, and in Lebanon, and throughout all the land of his dominion. -- 2 chronicles 8:6 +. +As for all the people that were left of the Hittites, and the Amorites, and the Perizzites, and the Hivites, and the Jebusites, which were not of Israel, -- 2 chronicles 8:7 +. +But of their children, who were left after them in the land, whom the children of Israel consumed not, them did Solomon make to pay tribute until this day. -- 2 chronicles 8:8 +. +But of the children of Israel did Solomon make no servants for his work; but they were men of war, and chief of his captains, and captains of his chariots and horsemen. -- 2 chronicles 8:9 +. +And these were the chief of king Solomon's officers, even two hundred and fifty, that bare rule over the people. -- 2 chronicles 8:10 +. +And Solomon brought up the daughter of Pharaoh out of the city of David unto the house that he had built for her: for he said, My wife shall not dwell in the house of David king of Israel, because the places are holy, whereunto the ark of the LORD hath come. -- 2 chronicles 8:11 +. +Then Solomon offered burnt offerings unto the LORD on the altar of the LORD, which he had built before the porch, -- 2 chronicles 8:12 +. +Even after a certain rate every day, offering according to the commandment of Moses, on the sabbaths, and on the new moons, and on the solemn feasts, three times in the year, even in the feast of unleavened bread, and in the feast of weeks, and in the feast of tabernacles. -- 2 chronicles 8:13 +. +And he appointed, according to the order of David his father, the courses of the priests to their service, and the Levites to their charges, to praise and minister before the priests, as the duty of every day required: the porters also by their courses at every gate: for so had David the man of God commanded. -- 2 chronicles 8:14 +. +And they departed not from the commandment of the king unto the priests and Levites concerning any matter, or concerning the treasures. -- 2 chronicles 8:15 +. +Now all the work of Solomon was prepared unto the day of the foundation of the house of the LORD, and until it was finished. So the house of the LORD was perfected. -- 2 chronicles 8:16 +. +Then went Solomon to Eziongeber, and to Eloth, at the sea side in the land of Edom. -- 2 chronicles 8:17 +. +And Huram sent him by the hands of his servants ships, and servants that had knowledge of the sea; and they went with the servants of Solomon to Ophir, and took thence four hundred and fifty talents of gold, and brought them to king Solomon. -- 2 chronicles 8:18 +. +And when the queen of Sheba heard of the fame of Solomon, she came to prove Solomon with hard questions at Jerusalem, with a very great company, and camels that bare spices, and gold in abundance, and precious stones: and when she was come to Solomon, she communed with him of all that was in her heart. -- 2 chronicles 9:1 +. +And Solomon told her all her questions: and there was nothing hid from Solomon which he told her not. -- 2 chronicles 9:2 +. +And when the queen of Sheba had seen the wisdom of Solomon, and the house that he had built, -- 2 chronicles 9:3 +. +And the meat of his table, and the sitting of his servants, and the attendance of his ministers, and their apparel; his cupbearers also, and their apparel; and his ascent by which he went up into the house of the LORD; there was no more spirit in her. -- 2 chronicles 9:4 +. +And she said to the king, It was a true report which I heard in mine own land of thine acts, and of thy wisdom: -- 2 chronicles 9:5 +. +Howbeit I believed not their words, until I came, and mine eyes had seen it: and, behold, the one half of the greatness of thy wisdom was not told me: for thou exceedest the fame that I heard. -- 2 chronicles 9:6 +. +Happy are thy men, and happy are these thy servants, which stand continually before thee, and hear thy wisdom. -- 2 chronicles 9:7 +. +Blessed be the LORD thy God, which delighted in thee to set thee on his throne, to be king for the LORD thy God: because thy God loved Israel, to establish them for ever, therefore made he thee king over them, to do judgment and justice. -- 2 chronicles 9:8 +. +And she gave the king an hundred and twenty talents of gold, and of spices great abundance, and precious stones: neither was there any such spice as the queen of Sheba gave king Solomon. -- 2 chronicles 9:9 +. +And the servants also of Huram, and the servants of Solomon, which brought gold from Ophir, brought algum trees and precious stones. -- 2 chronicles 9:10 +. +And the king made of the algum trees terraces to the house of the LORD, and to the king's palace, and harps and psalteries for singers: and there were none such seen before in the land of Judah. -- 2 chronicles 9:11 +. +And king Solomon gave to the queen of Sheba all her desire, whatsoever she asked, beside that which she had brought unto the king. So she turned, and went away to her own land, she and her servants. -- 2 chronicles 9:12 +. +Now the weight of gold that came to Solomon in one year was six hundred and threescore and six talents of gold; -- 2 chronicles 9:13 +. +Beside that which chapmen and merchants brought. And all the kings of Arabia and governors of the country brought gold and silver to Solomon. -- 2 chronicles 9:14 +. +And king Solomon made two hundred targets of beaten gold: six hundred shekels of beaten gold went to one target. -- 2 chronicles 9:15 +. +And three hundred shields made he of beaten gold: three hundred shekels of gold went to one shield. And the king put them in the house of the forest of Lebanon. -- 2 chronicles 9:16 +. +Moreover the king made a great throne of ivory, and overlaid it with pure gold. -- 2 chronicles 9:17 +. +And there were six steps to the throne, with a footstool of gold, which were fastened to the throne, and stays on each side of the sitting place, and two lions standing by the stays: -- 2 chronicles 9:18 +. +And twelve lions stood there on the one side and on the other upon the six steps. There was not the like made in any kingdom. -- 2 chronicles 9:19 +. +And all the drinking vessels of king Solomon 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 not any thing accounted of in the days of Solomon. -- 2 chronicles 9:20 +. +For the king's ships went to Tarshish with the servants of Huram: every three years once came the ships of Tarshish bringing gold, and silver, ivory, and apes, and peacocks. -- 2 chronicles 9:21 +. +And king Solomon passed all the kings of the earth in riches and wisdom. -- 2 chronicles 9:22 +. +And all the kings of the earth sought the presence of Solomon, to hear his wisdom, that God had put in his heart. -- 2 chronicles 9:23 +. +And they brought every man his present, vessels of silver, and vessels of gold, and raiment, harness, and spices, horses, and mules, a rate year by year. -- 2 chronicles 9:24 +. +And Solomon had four thousand stalls for horses and chariots, and twelve thousand horsemen; whom he bestowed in the chariot cities, and with the king at Jerusalem. -- 2 chronicles 9:25 +. +And he reigned over all the kings from the river even unto the land of the Philistines, and to the border of Egypt. -- 2 chronicles 9:26 +. +And the king made silver in Jerusalem as stones, and cedar trees made he as the sycamore trees that are in the low plains in abundance. -- 2 chronicles 9:27 +. +And they brought unto Solomon horses out of Egypt, and out of all lands. -- 2 chronicles 9:28 +. +Now the rest of the acts of Solomon, first and last, are they not written in the book of Nathan the prophet, and in the prophecy of Ahijah the Shilonite, and in the visions of Iddo the seer against Jeroboam the son of Nebat? -- 2 chronicles 9:29 +. +And Solomon reigned in Jerusalem over all Israel forty years. -- 2 chronicles 9:30 +. +And Solomon slept with his fathers, and he was buried in the city of David his father: and Rehoboam his son reigned in his stead. -- 2 chronicles 9:31 +. +And Rehoboam went to Shechem: for to Shechem were all Israel come to make him king. -- 2 chronicles 10:1 +. +And it came to pass, when Jeroboam the son of Nebat, who was in Egypt, whither he fled from the presence of Solomon the king, heard it, that Jeroboam returned out of Egypt. -- 2 chronicles 10:2 +. +And they sent and called him. So Jeroboam and all Israel came and spake to Rehoboam, saying, -- 2 chronicles 10:3 +. +Thy father made our yoke grievous: now therefore ease thou somewhat the grievous servitude of thy father, and his heavy yoke that he put upon us, and we will serve thee. -- 2 chronicles 10:4 +. +And he said unto them, Come again unto me after three days. And the people departed. -- 2 chronicles 10:5 +. +And king Rehoboam took counsel with the old men that had stood before Solomon his father while he yet lived, saying, What counsel give ye me to return answer to this people? -- 2 chronicles 10:6 +. +And they spake unto him, saying, If thou be kind to this people, and please them, and speak good words to them, they will be thy servants for ever. -- 2 chronicles 10:7 +. +But he forsook the counsel which the old men gave him, and took counsel with the young men that were brought up with him, that stood before him. -- 2 chronicles 10:8 +. +And he said unto them, What advice give ye that we may return answer to this people, which have spoken to me, saying, Ease somewhat the yoke that thy father did put upon us? -- 2 chronicles 10:9 +. +And the young men that were brought up with him spake unto him, saying, Thus shalt thou answer the people that spake unto thee, saying, Thy father made our yoke heavy, but make thou it somewhat lighter for us; thus shalt thou say unto them, My little finger shall be thicker than my father's loins. -- 2 chronicles 10:10 +. +For whereas my father put a heavy yoke upon you, I will put more to your yoke: my father chastised you with whips, but I will chastise you with scorpions. -- 2 chronicles 10:11 +. +So Jeroboam and all the people came to Rehoboam on the third day, as the king bade, saying, Come again to me on the third day. -- 2 chronicles 10:12 +. +And the king answered them roughly; and king Rehoboam forsook the counsel of the old men, -- 2 chronicles 10:13 +. +And answered them after the advice of the young men, saying, My father made your yoke heavy, but I will add thereto: my father chastised you with whips, but I will chastise you with scorpions. -- 2 chronicles 10:14 +. +So the king hearkened not unto the people: for the cause was of God, that the LORD might perform his word, which he spake by the hand of Ahijah the Shilonite to Jeroboam the son of Nebat. -- 2 chronicles 10:15 +. +And when all Israel saw that the king would not hearken unto them, the people answered the king, saying, What portion have we in David? and we have none inheritance in the son of Jesse: every man to your tents, O Israel: and now, David, see to thine own house. So all Israel went to their tents. -- 2 chronicles 10:16 +. +But as for the children of Israel that dwelt in the cities of Judah, Rehoboam reigned over them. -- 2 chronicles 10:17 +. +Then king Rehoboam sent Hadoram that was over the tribute; and the children of Israel stoned him with stones, that he died. But king Rehoboam made speed to get him up to his chariot, to flee to Jerusalem. -- 2 chronicles 10:18 +. +And Israel rebelled against the house of David unto this day. -- 2 chronicles 10:19 +. +And when Rehoboam was come to Jerusalem, he gathered of the house of Judah and Benjamin an hundred and fourscore thousand chosen men, which were warriors, to fight against Israel, that he might bring the kingdom again to Rehoboam. -- 2 chronicles 11:1 +. +But the word of the LORD came to Shemaiah the man of God, saying, -- 2 chronicles 11:2 +. +Speak unto Rehoboam the son of Solomon, king of Judah, and to all Israel in Judah and Benjamin, saying, -- 2 chronicles 11:3 +. +Thus saith the LORD, Ye shall not go up, nor fight against your brethren: return every man to his house: for this thing is done of me. And they obeyed the words of the LORD, and returned from going against Jeroboam. -- 2 chronicles 11:4 +. +And Rehoboam dwelt in Jerusalem, and built cities for defense in Judah. -- 2 chronicles 11:5 +. +He built even Bethlehem, and Etam, and Tekoa, -- 2 chronicles 11:6 +. +And Bethzur, and Shoco, and Adullam, -- 2 chronicles 11:7 +. +And Gath, and Mareshah, and Ziph, -- 2 chronicles 11:8 +. +And Adoraim, and Lachish, and Azekah, -- 2 chronicles 11:9 +. +And Zorah, and Aijalon, and Hebron, which are in Judah and in Benjamin fenced cities. -- 2 chronicles 11:10 +. +And he fortified the strong holds, and put captains in them, and store of victual, and of oil and wine. -- 2 chronicles 11:11 +. +And in every several city he put shields and spears, and made them exceeding strong, having Judah and Benjamin on his side. -- 2 chronicles 11:12 +. +And the priests and the Levites that were in all Israel resorted to him out of all their coasts. -- 2 chronicles 11:13 +. +For the Levites left their suburbs and their possession, and came to Judah and Jerusalem: for Jeroboam and his sons had cast them off from executing the priest's office unto the LORD: -- 2 chronicles 11:14 +. +And he ordained him priests for the high places, and for the devils, and for the calves which he had made. -- 2 chronicles 11:15 +. +And after them out of all the tribes of Israel such as set their hearts to seek the LORD God of Israel came to Jerusalem, to sacrifice unto the LORD God of their fathers. -- 2 chronicles 11:16 +. +So they strengthened the kingdom of Judah, and made Rehoboam the son of Solomon strong, three years: for three years they walked in the way of David and Solomon. -- 2 chronicles 11:17 +. +And Rehoboam took him Mahalath the daughter of Jerimoth the son of David to wife, and Abihail the daughter of Eliab the son of Jesse; -- 2 chronicles 11:18 +. +Which bare him children; Jeush, and Shamariah, and Zaham. -- 2 chronicles 11:19 +. +And after her he took Maachah the daughter of Absalom; which bare him Abijah, and Attai, and Ziza, and Shelomith. -- 2 chronicles 11:20 +. +And Rehoboam loved Maachah the daughter of Absalom above all his wives and his concubines: (for he took eighteen wives, and threescore concubines; and begat twenty and eight sons, and threescore daughters.) -- 2 chronicles 11:21 +. +And Rehoboam made Abijah the son of Maachah the chief, to be ruler among his brethren: for he thought to make him king. -- 2 chronicles 11:22 +. +And he dealt wisely, and dispersed of all his children throughout all the countries of Judah and Benjamin, unto every fenced city: and he gave them victual in abundance. And he desired many wives. -- 2 chronicles 11:23 +. +And it came to pass, when Rehoboam had established the kingdom, and had strengthened himself, he forsook the law of the LORD, and all Israel with him. -- 2 chronicles 12:1 +. +And it came to pass, that in the fifth year of king Rehoboam Shishak king of Egypt came up against Jerusalem, because they had transgressed against the LORD, -- 2 chronicles 12:2 +. +With twelve hundred chariots, and threescore thousand horsemen: and the people were without number that came with him out of Egypt; the Lubims, the Sukkiims, and the Ethiopians. -- 2 chronicles 12:3 +. +And he took the fenced cities which pertained to Judah, and came to Jerusalem. -- 2 chronicles 12:4 +. +Then came Shemaiah the prophet to Rehoboam, and to the princes of Judah, that were gathered together to Jerusalem because of Shishak, and said unto them, Thus saith the LORD, Ye have forsaken me, and therefore have I also left you in the hand of Shishak. -- 2 chronicles 12:5 +. +Whereupon the princes of Israel and the king humbled themselves; and they said, The LORD is righteous. -- 2 chronicles 12:6 +. +And when the LORD saw that they humbled themselves, the word of the LORD came to Shemaiah, saying, They have humbled themselves; therefore I will not destroy them, but I will grant them some deliverance; and my wrath shall not be poured out upon Jerusalem by the hand of Shishak. -- 2 chronicles 12:7 +. +Nevertheless they shall be his servants; that they may know my service, and the service of the kingdoms of the countries. -- 2 chronicles 12:8 +. +So Shishak king of Egypt came up against Jerusalem, and took away the treasures of the house of the LORD, and the treasures of the king's house; he took all: he carried away also the shields of gold which Solomon had made. -- 2 chronicles 12:9 +. +Instead of which king Rehoboam made shields of brass, and committed them to the hands of the chief of the guard, that kept the entrance of the king's house. -- 2 chronicles 12:10 +. +And when the king entered into the house of the LORD, the guard came and fetched them, and brought them again into the guard chamber. -- 2 chronicles 12:11 +. +And when he humbled himself, the wrath of the LORD turned from him, that he would not destroy him altogether: and also in Judah things went well. -- 2 chronicles 12:12 +. +So king Rehoboam strengthened himself in Jerusalem, and reigned: for Rehoboam was one and forty years old when he began to reign, and he reigned seventeen years in Jerusalem, the city which the LORD had chosen out of all the tribes of Israel, to put his name there. And his mother's name was Naamah an Ammonitess. -- 2 chronicles 12:13 +. +And he did evil, because he prepared not his heart to seek the LORD. -- 2 chronicles 12:14 +. +Now the acts of Rehoboam, first and last, are they not written in the book of Shemaiah the prophet, and of Iddo the seer concerning genealogies? And there were wars between Rehoboam and Jeroboam continually. -- 2 chronicles 12:15 +. +And Rehoboam slept with his fathers, and was buried in the city of David: and Abijah his son reigned in his stead. -- 2 chronicles 12:16 +. +Now in the eighteenth year of king Jeroboam began Abijah to reign over Judah. -- 2 chronicles 13:1 +. +He reigned three years in Jerusalem. His mother's name also was Michaiah the daughter of Uriel of Gibeah. And there was war between Abijah and Jeroboam. -- 2 chronicles 13:2 +. +And Abijah set the battle in array with an army of valiant men of war, even four hundred thousand chosen men: Jeroboam also set the battle in array against him with eight hundred thousand chosen men, being mighty men of valor. -- 2 chronicles 13:3 +. +And Abijah stood up upon mount Zemaraim, which is in mount Ephraim, and said, Hear me, thou Jeroboam, and all Israel; -- 2 chronicles 13:4 +. +Ought ye not to know that the LORD God of Israel gave the kingdom over Israel to David for ever, even to him and to his sons by a covenant of salt? -- 2 chronicles 13:5 +. +Yet Jeroboam the son of Nebat, the servant of Solomon the son of David, is risen up, and hath rebelled against his lord. -- 2 chronicles 13:6 +. +And there are gathered unto him vain men, the children of Belial, and have strengthened themselves against Rehoboam the son of Solomon, when Rehoboam was young and tenderhearted, and could not withstand them. -- 2 chronicles 13:7 +. +And now ye think to withstand the kingdom of the LORD in the hand of the sons of David; and ye be a great multitude, and there are with your golden calves, which Jeroboam made you for gods. -- 2 chronicles 13:8 +. +Have ye not cast out the priests of the LORD, the sons of Aaron, and the Levites, and have made you priests after the manner of the nations of other lands? so that whosoever cometh to consecrate himself with a young bullock and seven rams, the same may be a priest of them that are no gods. -- 2 chronicles 13:9 +. +But as for us, the LORD is our God, and we have not forsaken him; and the priests, which minister unto the LORD, are the sons of Aaron, and the Levites wait upon their business: -- 2 chronicles 13:10 +. +And they burn unto the LORD every morning and every evening burnt sacrifices and sweet incense: the shewbread also set they in order upon the pure table; and the candlestick of gold with the lamps thereof, to burn every evening: for we keep the charge of the LORD our God; but ye have forsaken him. -- 2 chronicles 13:11 +. +And, behold, God himself is with us for our captain, and his priests with sounding trumpets to cry alarm against you. O children of Israel, fight ye not against the LORD God of your fathers; for ye shall not prosper. -- 2 chronicles 13:12 +. +But Jeroboam caused an ambushment to come about behind them: so they were before Judah, and the ambushment was behind them. -- 2 chronicles 13:13 +. +And when Judah looked back, behold, the battle was before and behind: and they cried unto the LORD, and the priests sounded with the trumpets. -- 2 chronicles 13:14 +. +Then the men of Judah gave a shout: and as the men of Judah shouted, it came to pass, that God smote Jeroboam and all Israel before Abijah and Judah. -- 2 chronicles 13:15 +. +And the children of Israel fled before Judah: and God delivered them into their hand. -- 2 chronicles 13:16 +. +And Abijah and his people slew them with a great slaughter: so there fell down slain of Israel five hundred thousand chosen men. -- 2 chronicles 13:17 +. +Thus the children of Israel were brought under at that time, and the children of Judah prevailed, because they relied upon the LORD God of their fathers. -- 2 chronicles 13:18 +. +And Abijah pursued after Jeroboam, and took cities from him, Bethel with the towns thereof, and Jeshanah with the towns thereof, and Ephraim with the towns thereof. -- 2 chronicles 13:19 +. +Neither did Jeroboam recover strength again in the days of Abijah: and the LORD struck him, and he died. -- 2 chronicles 13:20 +. +But Abijah waxed mighty, and married fourteen wives, and begat twenty and two sons, and sixteen daughters. -- 2 chronicles 13:21 +. +And the rest of the acts of Abijah, and his ways, and his sayings, are written in the story of the prophet Iddo. -- 2 chronicles 13:22 +. +So Abijah slept with his fathers, and they buried him in the city of David: and Asa his son reigned in his stead. In his days the land was quiet ten years. -- 2 chronicles 14:1 +. +And Asa did that which was good and right in the eyes of the LORD his God: -- 2 chronicles 14:2 +. +For he took away the altars of the strange gods, and the high places, and brake down the images, and cut down the groves: -- 2 chronicles 14:3 +. +And commanded Judah to seek the LORD God of their fathers, and to do the law and the commandment. -- 2 chronicles 14:4 +. +Also he took away out of all the cities of Judah the high places and the images: and the kingdom was quiet before him. -- 2 chronicles 14:5 +. +And he built fenced cities in Judah: for the land had rest, and he had no war in those years; because the LORD had given him rest. -- 2 chronicles 14:6 +. +Therefore he said unto Judah, Let us build these cities, and make about them walls, and towers, gates, and bars, while the land is yet before us; because we have sought the LORD our God, we have sought him, and he hath given us rest on every side. So they built and prospered. -- 2 chronicles 14:7 +. +And Asa had an army of men that bare targets and spears, out of Judah three hundred thousand; and out of Benjamin, that bare shields and drew bows, two hundred and fourscore thousand: all these were mighty men of valor. -- 2 chronicles 14:8 +. +And there came out against them Zerah the Ethiopian with an host of a thousand thousand, and three hundred chariots; and came unto Mareshah. -- 2 chronicles 14:9 +. +Then Asa went out against him, and they set the battle in array in the valley of Zephathah at Mareshah. -- 2 chronicles 14:10 +. +And Asa cried unto the LORD his God, and said, LORD, it is nothing with thee to help, whether with many, or with them that have no power: help us, O LORD our God; for we rest on thee, and in thy name we go against this multitude. O LORD, thou art our God; let no man prevail against thee. -- 2 chronicles 14:11 +. +So the LORD smote the Ethiopians before Asa, and before Judah; and the Ethiopians fled. -- 2 chronicles 14:12 +. +And Asa and the people that were with him pursued them unto Gerar: and the Ethiopians were overthrown, that they could not recover themselves; for they were destroyed before the LORD, and before his host; and they carried away very much spoil. -- 2 chronicles 14:13 +. +And they smote all the cities round about Gerar; for the fear of the LORD came upon them: and they spoiled all the cities; for there was exceeding much spoil in them. -- 2 chronicles 14:14 +. +They smote also the tents of cattle, and carried away sheep and camels in abundance, and returned to Jerusalem. -- 2 chronicles 14:15 +. +And the Spirit of God came upon Azariah the son of Oded: -- 2 chronicles 15:1 +. +And he went out to meet Asa, and said unto him, Hear ye me, Asa, and all Judah and Benjamin; The LORD is with you, while ye be with him; and if ye seek him, he will be found of you; but if ye forsake him, he will forsake you. -- 2 chronicles 15:2 +. +Now for a long season Israel hath been without the true God, and without a teaching priest, and without law. -- 2 chronicles 15:3 +. +But when they in their trouble did turn unto the LORD God of Israel, and sought him, he was found of them. -- 2 chronicles 15:4 +. +And in those times there was no peace to him that went out, nor to him that came in, but great vexations were upon all the inhabitants of the countries. -- 2 chronicles 15:5 +. +And nation was destroyed of nation, and city of city: for God did vex them with all adversity. -- 2 chronicles 15:6 +. +Be ye strong therefore, and let not your hands be weak: for your work shall be rewarded. -- 2 chronicles 15:7 +. +And when Asa heard these words, and the prophecy of Oded the prophet, he took courage, and put away the abominable idols out of all the land of Judah and Benjamin, and out of the cities which he had taken from mount Ephraim, and renewed the altar of the LORD, that was before the porch of the LORD. -- 2 chronicles 15:8 +. +And he gathered all Judah and Benjamin, and the strangers with them out of Ephraim and Manasseh, and out of Simeon: for they fell to him out of Israel in abundance, when they saw that the LORD his God was with him. -- 2 chronicles 15:9 +. +So they gathered themselves together at Jerusalem in the third month, in the fifteenth year of the reign of Asa. -- 2 chronicles 15:10 +. +And they offered unto the LORD the same time, of the spoil which they had brought, seven hundred oxen and seven thousand sheep. -- 2 chronicles 15:11 +. +And they entered into a covenant to seek the LORD God of their fathers with all their heart and with all their soul; -- 2 chronicles 15:12 +. +That whosoever would not seek the LORD God of Israel should be put to death, whether small or great, whether man or woman. -- 2 chronicles 15:13 +. +And they sware unto the LORD with a loud voice, and with shouting, and with trumpets, and with cornets. -- 2 chronicles 15:14 +. +And all Judah rejoiced at the oath: for they had sworn with all their heart, and sought him with their whole desire; and he was found of them: and the LORD gave them rest round about. -- 2 chronicles 15:15 +. +And also concerning Maachah the mother of Asa the king, he removed her from being queen, because she had made an idol in a grove: and Asa cut down her idol, and stamped it, and burnt it at the brook Kidron. -- 2 chronicles 15:16 +. +But the high places were not taken away out of Israel: nevertheless the heart of Asa was perfect all his days. -- 2 chronicles 15:17 +. +And he brought into the house of God the things that his father had dedicated, and that he himself had dedicated, silver, and gold, and vessels. -- 2 chronicles 15:18 +. +And there was no more war unto the five and thirtieth year of the reign of Asa. -- 2 chronicles 15:19 +. +In the six and thirtieth year of the reign of Asa Baasha king of Israel came up against Judah, and built Ramah, to the intent that he might let none go out or come in to Asa king of Judah. -- 2 chronicles 16:1 +. +Then Asa brought out silver and gold out of the treasures of the house of the LORD and of the king's house, and sent to Benhadad king of Syria, that dwelt at Damascus, saying, -- 2 chronicles 16:2 +. +There is a league between me and thee, as there was between my father and thy father: behold, I have sent thee silver and gold; go, break thy league with Baasha king of Israel, that he may depart from me. -- 2 chronicles 16:3 +. +And Benhadad hearkened unto king Asa, and sent the captains of his armies against the cities of Israel; and they smote Ijon, and Dan, and Abelmaim, and all the store cities of Naphtali. -- 2 chronicles 16:4 +. +And it came to pass, when Baasha heard it, that he left off building of Ramah, and let his work cease. -- 2 chronicles 16:5 +. +Then Asa the king took all Judah; and they carried away the stones of Ramah, and the timber thereof, wherewith Baasha was building; and he built therewith Geba and Mizpah. -- 2 chronicles 16:6 +. +And at that time Hanani the seer came to Asa king of Judah, and said unto him, Because thou hast relied on the king of Syria, and not relied on the LORD thy God, therefore is the host of the king of Syria escaped out of thine hand. -- 2 chronicles 16:7 +. +Were not the Ethiopians and the Lubims a huge host, with very many chariots and horsemen? yet, because thou didst rely on the LORD, he delivered them into thine hand. -- 2 chronicles 16:8 +. +For the eyes of the LORD run to and fro throughout the whole earth, to show himself strong in the behalf of them whose heart is perfect toward him. Herein thou hast done foolishly: therefore from henceforth thou shalt have wars. -- 2 chronicles 16:9 +. +Then Asa was wroth with the seer, and put him in a prison house; for he was in a rage with him because of this thing. And Asa oppressed some of the people the same time. -- 2 chronicles 16:10 +. +And, behold, the acts of Asa, first and last, lo, they are written in the book of the kings of Judah and Israel. -- 2 chronicles 16:11 +. +And Asa in the thirty and ninth year of his reign was diseased in his feet, until his disease was exceeding great: yet in his disease he sought not to the LORD, but to the physicians. -- 2 chronicles 16:12 +. +And Asa slept with his fathers, and died in the one and fortieth year of his reign. -- 2 chronicles 16:13 +. +And they buried him in his own sepulchres, which he had made for himself in the city of David, and laid him in the bed which was filled with sweet odorous and divers kinds of spices prepared by the apothecaries' art: and they made a very great burning for him. -- 2 chronicles 16:14 +. +And Jehoshaphat his son reigned in his stead, and strengthened himself against Israel. -- 2 chronicles 17:1 +. +And he placed forces in all the fenced cities of Judah, and set garrisons in the land of Judah, and in the cities of Ephraim, which Asa his father had taken. -- 2 chronicles 17:2 +. +And the LORD was with Jehoshaphat, because he walked in the first ways of his father David, and sought not unto Baalim; -- 2 chronicles 17:3 +. +But sought to the Lord God of his father, and walked in his commandments, and not after the doings of Israel. -- 2 chronicles 17:4 +. +Therefore the LORD stablished the kingdom in his hand; and all Judah brought to Jehoshaphat presents; and he had riches and honor in abundance. -- 2 chronicles 17:5 +. +And his heart was lifted up in the ways of the LORD: moreover he took away the high places and groves out of Judah. -- 2 chronicles 17:6 +. +Also in the third year of his reign he sent to his princes, even to Benhail, and to Obadiah, and to Zechariah, and to Nethaneel, and to Michaiah, to teach in the cities of Judah. -- 2 chronicles 17:7 +. +And with them he sent Levites, even Shemaiah, and Nethaniah, and Zebadiah, and Asahel, and Shemiramoth, and Jehonathan, and Adonijah, and Tobijah, and Tobadonijah, Levites; and with them Elishama and Jehoram, priests. -- 2 chronicles 17:8 +. +And they taught in Judah, and had the book of the law of the LORD with them, and went about throughout all the cities of Judah, and taught the people. -- 2 chronicles 17:9 +. +And the fear of the LORD fell upon all the kingdoms of the lands that were round about Judah, so that they made no war against Jehoshaphat. -- 2 chronicles 17:10 +. +Also some of the Philistines brought Jehoshaphat presents, and tribute silver; and the Arabians brought him flocks, seven thousand and seven hundred rams, and seven thousand and seven hundred he goats. -- 2 chronicles 17:11 +. +And Jehoshaphat waxed great exceedingly; and he built in Judah castles, and cities of store. -- 2 chronicles 17:12 +. +And he had much business in the cities of Judah: and the men of war, mighty men of valor, were in Jerusalem. -- 2 chronicles 17:13 +. +And these are the numbers of them according to the house of their fathers: Of Judah, the captains of thousands; Adnah the chief, and with him mighty men of valor three hundred thousand. -- 2 chronicles 17:14 +. +And next to him was Jehohanan the captain, and with him two hundred and fourscore thousand. -- 2 chronicles 17:15 +. +And next him was Amasiah the son of Zichri, who willingly offered himself unto the LORD; and with him two hundred thousand mighty men of valor. -- 2 chronicles 17:16 +. +And of Benjamin; Eliada a mighty man of valor, and with him armed men with bow and shield two hundred thousand. -- 2 chronicles 17:17 +. +And next him was Jehozabad, and with him an hundred and fourscore thousand ready prepared for the war. -- 2 chronicles 17:18 +. +These waited on the king, beside those whom the king put in the fenced cities throughout all Judah. -- 2 chronicles 17:19 +. +Now Jehoshaphat had riches and honor in abundance, and joined affinity with Ahab. -- 2 chronicles 18:1 +. +And after certain years he went down to Ahab to Samaria. And Ahab killed sheep and oxen for him in abundance, and for the people that he had with him, and persuaded him to go up with him to Ramothgilead. -- 2 chronicles 18:2 +. +And Ahab king of Israel said unto Jehoshaphat king of Judah, Wilt thou go with me to Ramothgilead? And he answered him, I am as thou art, and my people as thy people; and we will be with thee in the war. -- 2 chronicles 18:3 +. +And Jehoshaphat said unto the king of Israel, Enquire, I pray thee, at the word of the LORD to day. -- 2 chronicles 18:4 +. +Therefore the king of Israel gathered together of prophets four hundred men, and said unto them, Shall we go to Ramothgilead to battle, or shall I forbear? And they said, Go up; for God will deliver it into the king's hand. -- 2 chronicles 18:5 +. +But Jehoshaphat said, Is there not here a prophet of the LORD besides, that we might enquire of him? -- 2 chronicles 18:6 +. +And the king of Israel said unto Jehoshaphat, There is yet one man, by whom we may enquire of the LORD: but I hate him; for he never prophesied good unto me, but always evil: the same is Micaiah the son of Imla. And Jehoshaphat said, Let not the king say so. -- 2 chronicles 18:7 +. +And the king of Israel called for one of his officers, and said, Fetch quickly Micaiah the son of Imla. -- 2 chronicles 18:8 +. +And the king of Israel and Jehoshaphat king of Judah sat either of them on his throne, clothed in their robes, and they sat in a void place at the entering in of the gate of Samaria; and all the prophets prophesied before them. -- 2 chronicles 18:9 +. +And Zedekiah the son of Chenaanah had made him horns of iron, and said, Thus saith the LORD, With these thou shalt push Syria until they be consumed. -- 2 chronicles 18:10 +. +And all the prophets prophesied so, saying, Go up to Ramothgilead, and prosper: for the LORD shall deliver it into the hand of the king. -- 2 chronicles 18:11 +. +And the messenger that went to call Micaiah spake to him, saying, Behold, the words of the prophets declare good to the king with one assent; let thy word therefore, I pray thee, be like one of theirs, and speak thou good. -- 2 chronicles 18:12 +. +And Micaiah said, As the LORD liveth, even what my God saith, that will I speak. -- 2 chronicles 18:13 +. +And when he was come to the king, the king said unto him, Micaiah, shall we go to Ramothgilead to battle, or shall I forbear? And he said, Go ye up, and prosper, and they shall be delivered into your hand. -- 2 chronicles 18:14 +. +And the king said to him, How many times shall I adjure thee that thou say nothing but the truth to me in the name of the LORD? -- 2 chronicles 18:15 +. +Then he said, I did see all Israel scattered upon the mountains, as sheep that have no shepherd: and the LORD said, These have no master; let them return therefore every man to his house in peace. -- 2 chronicles 18:16 +. +And the king of Israel said to Jehoshaphat, Did I not tell thee that he would not prophesy good unto me, but evil? -- 2 chronicles 18:17 +. +Again he said, Therefore hear the word of the LORD; I saw the LORD sitting upon his throne, and all the host of heaven standing on his right hand and on his left. -- 2 chronicles 18:18 +. +And the LORD said, Who shall entice Ahab king of Israel, that he may go up and fall at Ramothgilead? And one spake saying after this manner, and another saying after that manner. -- 2 chronicles 18:19 +. +Then there came out a spirit, and stood before the LORD, and said, I will entice him. And the LORD said unto him, Wherewith? -- 2 chronicles 18:20 +. +And he said, I will go out, and be a lying spirit in the mouth of all his prophets. And the Lord said, Thou shalt entice him, and thou shalt also prevail: go out, and do even so. -- 2 chronicles 18:21 +. +Now therefore, behold, the LORD hath put a lying spirit in the mouth of these thy prophets, and the LORD hath spoken evil against thee. -- 2 chronicles 18:22 +. +Then Zedekiah the son of Chenaanah came near, and smote Micaiah upon the cheek, and said, Which way went the Spirit of the LORD from me to speak unto thee? -- 2 chronicles 18:23 +. +And Micaiah said, Behold, thou shalt see on that day when thou shalt go into an inner chamber to hide thyself. -- 2 chronicles 18:24 +. +Then the king of Israel said, Take ye Micaiah, and carry him back to Amon the governor of the city, and to Joash the king's son; -- 2 chronicles 18:25 +. +And say, Thus saith the king, Put this fellow in the prison, and feed him with bread of affliction and with water of affliction, until I return in peace. -- 2 chronicles 18:26 +. +And Micaiah said, If thou certainly return in peace, then hath not the LORD spoken by me. And he said, Hearken, all ye people. -- 2 chronicles 18:27 +. +So the king of Israel and Jehoshaphat the king of Judah went up to Ramothgilead. -- 2 chronicles 18:28 +. +And the king of Israel said unto Jehoshaphat, I will disguise myself, and I will go to the battle; but put thou on thy robes. So the king of Israel disguised himself; and they went to the battle. -- 2 chronicles 18:29 +. +Now the king of Syria had commanded the captains of the chariots that were with him, saying, Fight ye not with small or great, save only with the king of Israel. -- 2 chronicles 18:30 +. +And it came to pass, when the captains of the chariots saw Jehoshaphat, that they said, It is the king of Israel. Therefore they compassed about him to fight: but Jehoshaphat cried out, and the LORD helped him; and God moved them to depart from him. -- 2 chronicles 18:31 +. +For it came to pass, that, when the captains of the chariots perceived that it was not the king of Israel, they turned back again from pursuing him. -- 2 chronicles 18:32 +. +And a certain man drew a bow at a venture, and smote the king of Israel between the joints of the harness: therefore he said to his chariot man, Turn thine hand, that thou mayest carry me out of the host; for I am wounded. -- 2 chronicles 18:33 +. +And the battle increased that day: howbeit the king of Israel stayed himself up in his chariot against the Syrians until the even: and about the time of the sun going down he died. -- 2 chronicles 18:34 +. +And Jehoshaphat the king of Judah returned to his house in peace to Jerusalem. -- 2 chronicles 19:1 +. +And Jehu the son of Hanani the seer went out to meet him, and said to king Jehoshaphat, Shouldest thou help the ungodly, and love them that hate the LORD? therefore is wrath upon thee from before the LORD. -- 2 chronicles 19:2 +. +Nevertheless there are good things found in thee, in that thou hast taken away the groves out of the land, and hast prepared thine heart to seek God. -- 2 chronicles 19:3 +. +And Jehoshaphat dwelt at Jerusalem: and he went out again through the people from Beersheba to mount Ephraim, and brought them back unto the LORD God of their fathers. -- 2 chronicles 19:4 +. +And he set judges in the land throughout all the fenced cities of Judah, city by city, -- 2 chronicles 19:5 +. +And said to the judges, Take heed what ye do: for ye judge not for man, but for the LORD, who is with you in the judgment. -- 2 chronicles 19:6 +. +Wherefore now let the fear of the LORD be upon you; take heed and do it: for there is no iniquity with the LORD our God, nor respect of persons, nor taking of gifts. -- 2 chronicles 19:7 +. +Moreover in Jerusalem did Jehoshaphat set of the Levites, and of the priests, and of the chief of the fathers of Israel, for the judgment of the LORD, and for controversies, when they returned to Jerusalem. -- 2 chronicles 19:8 +. +And he charged them, saying, Thus shall ye do in the fear of the LORD, faithfully, and with a perfect heart. -- 2 chronicles 19:9 +. +And what cause soever shall come to you of your brethren that dwell in your cities, between blood and blood, between law and commandment, statutes and judgments, ye shall even warn them that they trespass not against the LORD, and so wrath come upon you, and upon your brethren: this do, and ye shall not trespass. -- 2 chronicles 19:10 +. +And, behold, Amariah the chief priest is over you in all matters of the LORD; and Zebadiah the son of Ishmael, the ruler of the house of Judah, for all the king's matters: also the Levites shall be officers before you. Deal courageously, and the LORD shall be with the good. -- 2 chronicles 19:11 +. +It came to pass after this also, that the children of Moab, and the children of Ammon, and with them other beside the Ammonites, came against Jehoshaphat to battle. -- 2 chronicles 20:1 +. +Then there came some that told Jehoshaphat, saying, There cometh a great multitude against thee from beyond the sea on this side Syria; and, behold, they be in Hazazontamar, which is Engedi. -- 2 chronicles 20:2 +. +And Jehoshaphat feared, and set himself to seek the LORD, and proclaimed a fast throughout all Judah. -- 2 chronicles 20:3 +. +And Judah gathered themselves together, to ask help of the LORD: even out of all the cities of Judah they came to seek the LORD. -- 2 chronicles 20:4 +. +And Jehoshaphat stood in the congregation of Judah and Jerusalem, in the house of the LORD, before the new court, -- 2 chronicles 20:5 +. +And said, O LORD God of our fathers, art not thou God in heaven? and rulest not thou over all the kingdoms of the heathen? and in thine hand is there not power and might, so that none is able to withstand thee? -- 2 chronicles 20:6 +. +Art not thou our God, who didst drive out the inhabitants of this land before thy people Israel, and gavest it to the seed of Abraham thy friend for ever? -- 2 chronicles 20:7 +. +And they dwelt therein, and have built thee a sanctuary therein for thy name, saying, -- 2 chronicles 20:8 +. +If, when evil cometh upon us, as the sword, judgment, or pestilence, or famine, we stand before this house, and in thy presence, (for thy name is in this house,) and cry unto thee in our affliction, then thou wilt hear and help. -- 2 chronicles 20:9 +. +And now, behold, the children of Ammon and Moab and mount Seir, whom thou wouldest not let Israel invade, when they came out of the land of Egypt, but they turned from them, and destroyed them not; -- 2 chronicles 20:10 +. +Behold, I say, how they reward us, to come to cast us out of thy possession, which thou hast given us to inherit. -- 2 chronicles 20:11 +. +O our God, wilt thou not judge them? for we have no might against this great company that cometh against us; neither know we what to do: but our eyes are upon thee. -- 2 chronicles 20:12 +. +And all Judah stood before the LORD, with their little ones, their wives, and their children. -- 2 chronicles 20:13 +. +Then upon Jahaziel the son of Zechariah, the son of Benaiah, the son of Jeiel, the son of Mattaniah, a Levite of the sons of Asaph, came the Spirit of the LORD in the midst of the congregation; -- 2 chronicles 20:14 +. +And he said, Hearken ye, all Judah, and ye inhabitants of Jerusalem, and thou king Jehoshaphat, Thus saith the LORD unto you, Be not afraid nor dismayed by reason of this great multitude; for the battle is not yours, but God's. -- 2 chronicles 20:15 +. +To morrow go ye down against them: behold, they come up by the cliff of Ziz; and ye shall find them at the end of the brook, before the wilderness of Jeruel. -- 2 chronicles 20:16 +. +Ye shall not need to fight in this battle: set yourselves, stand ye still, and see the salvation of the LORD with you, O Judah and Jerusalem: fear not, nor be dismayed; to morrow go out against them: for the LORD will be with you. -- 2 chronicles 20:17 +. +And Jehoshaphat bowed his head with his face to the ground: and all Judah and the inhabitants of Jerusalem fell before the LORD, worshipping the LORD. -- 2 chronicles 20:18 +. +And the Levites, of the children of the Kohathites, and of the children of the Korhites, stood up to praise the LORD God of Israel with a loud voice on high. -- 2 chronicles 20:19 +. +And they rose early in the morning, and went forth into the wilderness of Tekoa: and as they went forth, Jehoshaphat stood and said, Hear me, O Judah, and ye inhabitants of Jerusalem; Believe in the LORD your God, so shall ye be established; believe his prophets, so shall ye prosper. -- 2 chronicles 20:20 +. +And when he had consulted with the people, he appointed singers unto the LORD, and that should praise the beauty of holiness, as they went out before the army, and to say, Praise the LORD; for his mercy endureth for ever. -- 2 chronicles 20:21 +. +And when they began to sing and to praise, the LORD set ambushments against the children of Ammon, Moab, and mount Seir, which were come against Judah; and they were smitten. -- 2 chronicles 20:22 +. +For the children of Ammon and Moab stood up against the inhabitants of mount Seir, utterly to slay and destroy them: and when they had made an end of the inhabitants of Seir, every one helped to destroy another. -- 2 chronicles 20:23 +. +And when Judah came toward the watch tower in the wilderness, they looked unto the multitude, and, behold, they were dead bodies fallen to the earth, and none escaped. -- 2 chronicles 20:24 +. +And when Jehoshaphat and his people came to take away the spoil of them, they found among them in abundance both riches with the dead bodies, and precious jewels, which they stripped off for themselves, more than they could carry away: and they were three days in gathering of the spoil, it was so much. -- 2 chronicles 20:25 +. +And on the fourth day they assembled themselves in the valley of Berachah; for there they blessed the LORD: therefore the name of the same place was called, The valley of Berachah, unto this day. -- 2 chronicles 20:26 +. +Then they returned, every man of Judah and Jerusalem, and Jehoshaphat in the forefront of them, to go again to Jerusalem with joy; for the LORD had made them to rejoice over their enemies. -- 2 chronicles 20:27 +. +And they came to Jerusalem with psalteries and harps and trumpets unto the house of the LORD. -- 2 chronicles 20:28 +. +And the fear of God was on all the kingdoms of those countries, when they had heard that the LORD fought against the enemies of Israel. -- 2 chronicles 20:29 +. +So the realm of Jehoshaphat was quiet: for his God gave him rest round about. -- 2 chronicles 20:30 +. +And Jehoshaphat reigned over Judah: he was thirty and five years old when he began to reign, and he reigned twenty and five years in Jerusalem. And his mother's name was Azubah the daughter of Shilhi. -- 2 chronicles 20:31 +. +And he walked in the way of Asa his father, and departed not from it, doing that which was right in the sight of the LORD. -- 2 chronicles 20:32 +. +Howbeit the high places were not taken away: for as yet the people had not prepared their hearts unto the God of their fathers. -- 2 chronicles 20:33 +. +Now the rest of the acts of Jehoshaphat, first and last, behold, they are written in the book of Jehu the son of Hanani, who is mentioned in the book of the kings of Israel. -- 2 chronicles 20:34 +. +And after this did Jehoshaphat king of Judah join himself with Ahaziah king of Israel, who did very wickedly: -- 2 chronicles 20:35 +. +And he joined himself with him to make ships to go to Tarshish: and they made the ships in Eziongaber. -- 2 chronicles 20:36 +. +Then Eliezer the son of Dodavah of Mareshah prophesied against Jehoshaphat, saying, Because thou hast joined thyself with Ahaziah, the LORD hath broken thy works. And the ships were broken, that they were not able to go to Tarshish. -- 2 chronicles 20:37 +. +Now Jehoshaphat slept with his fathers, and was buried with his fathers in the city of David. And Jehoram his son reigned in his stead. -- 2 chronicles 21:1 +. +And he had brethren the sons of Jehoshaphat, Azariah, and Jehiel, and Zechariah, and Azariah, and Michael, and Shephatiah: all these were the sons of Jehoshaphat king of Israel. -- 2 chronicles 21:2 +. +And their father gave them great gifts of silver, and of gold, and of precious things, with fenced cities in Judah: but the kingdom gave he to Jehoram; because he was the firstborn. -- 2 chronicles 21:3 +. +Now when Jehoram was risen up to the kingdom of his father, he strengthened himself, and slew all his brethren with the sword, and divers also of the princes of Israel. -- 2 chronicles 21:4 +. +Jehoram was thirty and two years old when he began to reign, and he reigned eight years in Jerusalem. -- 2 chronicles 21:5 +. +And he walked in the way of the kings of Israel, like as did the house of Ahab: for he had the daughter of Ahab to wife: and he wrought that which was evil in the eyes of the LORD. -- 2 chronicles 21:6 +. +Howbeit the LORD would not destroy the house of David, because of the covenant that he had made with David, and as he promised to give a light to him and to his sons for ever. -- 2 chronicles 21:7 +. +In his days the Edomites revolted from under the dominion of Judah, and made themselves a king. -- 2 chronicles 21:8 +. +Then Jehoram went forth with his princes, and all his chariots with him: and he rose up by night, and smote the Edomites which compassed him in, and the captains of the chariots. -- 2 chronicles 21:9 +. +So the Edomites revolted from under the hand of Judah unto this day. The same time also did Libnah revolt from under his hand; because he had forsaken the LORD God of his fathers. -- 2 chronicles 21:10 +. +Moreover he made high places in the mountains of Judah and caused the inhabitants of Jerusalem to commit fornication, and compelled Judah thereto. -- 2 chronicles 21:11 +. +And there came a writing to him from Elijah the prophet, saying, Thus saith the LORD God of David thy father, Because thou hast not walked in the ways of Jehoshaphat thy father, nor in the ways of Asa king of Judah, -- 2 chronicles 21:12 +. +But hast walked in the way of the kings of Israel, and hast made Judah and the inhabitants of Jerusalem to go a whoring, like to the whoredoms of the house of Ahab, and also hast slain thy brethren of thy father's house, which were better than thyself: -- 2 chronicles 21:13 +. +Behold, with a great plague will the LORD smite thy people, and thy children, and thy wives, and all thy goods: -- 2 chronicles 21:14 +. +And thou shalt have great sickness by disease of thy bowels, until thy bowels fall out by reason of the sickness day by day. -- 2 chronicles 21:15 +. +Moreover the LORD stirred up against Jehoram the spirit of the Philistines, and of the Arabians, that were near the Ethiopians: -- 2 chronicles 21:16 +. +And they came up into Judah, and brake into it, and carried away all the substance that was found in the king's house, and his sons also, and his wives; so that there was never a son left him, save Jehoahaz, the youngest of his sons. -- 2 chronicles 21:17 +. +And after all this the LORD smote him in his bowels with an incurable disease. -- 2 chronicles 21:18 +. +And it came to pass, that in process of time, after the end of two years, his bowels fell out by reason of his sickness: so he died of sore diseases. And his people made no burning for him, like the burning of his fathers. -- 2 chronicles 21:19 +. +Thirty and two years old was he when he began to reign, and he reigned in Jerusalem eight years, and departed without being desired. Howbeit they buried him in the city of David, but not in the sepulchres of the kings. -- 2 chronicles 21:20 +. +And the inhabitants of Jerusalem made Ahaziah his youngest son king in his stead: for the band of men that came with the Arabians to the camp had slain all the eldest. So Ahaziah the son of Jehoram king of Judah reigned. -- 2 chronicles 22:1 +. +Forty and two years old was Ahaziah when he began to reign, and he reigned one year in Jerusalem. His mother's name also was Athaliah the daughter of Omri. -- 2 chronicles 22:2 +. +He also walked in the ways of the house of Ahab: for his mother was his counselor to do wickedly. -- 2 chronicles 22:3 +. +Wherefore he did evil in the sight of the LORD like the house of Ahab: for they were his counselors after the death of his father to his destruction. -- 2 chronicles 22:4 +. +He walked also after their counsel, and went with Jehoram the son of Ahab king of Israel to war against Hazael king of Syria at Ramothgilead: and the Syrians smote Joram. -- 2 chronicles 22:5 +. +And he returned to be healed in Jezreel because of the wounds which were given him at Ramah, when he fought with Hazael king of Syria. And Azariah the son of Jehoram king of Judah went down to see Jehoram the son of Ahab at Jezreel, because he was sick. -- 2 chronicles 22:6 +. +And the destruction of Ahaziah was of God by coming to Joram: for when he was come, he went out with Jehoram against Jehu the son of Nimshi, whom the LORD had anointed to cut off the house of Ahab. -- 2 chronicles 22:7 +. +And it came to pass, that, when Jehu was executing judgment upon the house of Ahab, and found the princes of Judah, and the sons of the brethren of Ahaziah, that ministered to Ahaziah, he slew them. -- 2 chronicles 22:8 +. +And he sought Ahaziah: and they caught him, (for he was hid in Samaria,) and brought him to Jehu: and when they had slain him, they buried him: Because, said they, he is the son of Jehoshaphat, who sought the LORD with all his heart. So the house of Ahaziah had no power to keep still the kingdom. -- 2 chronicles 22:9 +. +But when Athaliah the mother of Ahaziah saw that her son was dead, she arose and destroyed all the seed royal of the house of Judah. -- 2 chronicles 22:10 +. +But Jehoshabeath, the daughter of the king, took Joash the son of Ahaziah, and stole him from among the king's sons that were slain, and put him and his nurse in a bedchamber. So Jehoshabeath, the daughter of king Jehoram, the wife of Jehoiada the priest, (for she was the sister of Ahaziah,) hid him from Athaliah, so that she slew him not. -- 2 chronicles 22:11 +. +And he was with them hid in the house of God six years: and Athaliah reigned over the land. -- 2 chronicles 22:12 +. +And in the seventh year Jehoiada strengthened himself, and took the captains of hundreds, Azariah the son of Jeroham, and Ishmael the son of Jehohanan, and Azariah the son of Obed, and Maaseiah the son of Adaiah, and Elishaphat the son of Zichri, into covenant with him. -- 2 chronicles 23:1 +. +And they went about in Judah, and gathered the Levites out of all the cities of Judah, and the chief of the fathers of Israel, and they came to Jerusalem. -- 2 chronicles 23:2 +. +And all the congregation made a covenant with the king in the house of God. And he said unto them, Behold, the king's son shall reign, as the LORD hath said of the sons of David. -- 2 chronicles 23:3 +. +This is the thing that ye shall do; A third part of you entering on the sabbath, of the priests and of the Levites, shall be porters of the doors; -- 2 chronicles 23:4 +. +And a third part shall be at the king's house; and a third part at the gate of the foundation: and all the people shall be in the courts of the house of the LORD. -- 2 chronicles 23:5 +. +But let none come into the house of the LORD, save the priests, and they that minister of the Levites; they shall go in, for they are holy: but all the people shall keep the watch of the LORD. -- 2 chronicles 23:6 +. +And the Levites shall compass the king round about, every man with his weapons in his hand; and whosoever else cometh into the house, he shall be put to death: but be ye with the king when he cometh in, and when he goeth out. -- 2 chronicles 23:7 +. +So the Levites and all Judah did according to all things that Jehoiada the priest had commanded, and took every man his men that were to come in on the sabbath, with them that were to go out on the sabbath: for Jehoiada the priest dismissed not the courses. -- 2 chronicles 23:8 +. +Moreover Jehoiada the priest delivered to the captains of hundreds spears, and bucklers, and shields, that had been king David's, which were in the house of God. -- 2 chronicles 23:9 +. +And he set all the people, every man having his weapon in his hand, from the right side of the temple to the left side of the temple, along by the altar and the temple, by the king round about. -- 2 chronicles 23:10 +. +Then they brought out the king's son, and put upon him the crown, and gave him the testimony, and made him king. And Jehoiada and his sons anointed him, and said, God save the king. -- 2 chronicles 23:11 +. +Now when Athaliah heard the noise of the people running and praising the king, she came to the people into the house of the LORD: -- 2 chronicles 23:12 +. +And she looked, and, behold, the king stood at his pillar at the entering in, and the princes and the trumpets by the king: and all the people of the land rejoiced, and sounded with trumpets, also the singers with instruments of music, and such as taught to sing praise. Then Athaliah rent her clothes, and said, Treason, Treason. -- 2 chronicles 23:13 +. +Then Jehoiada the priest brought out the captains of hundreds that were set over the host, and said unto them, Have her forth of the ranges: and whoso followeth her, let him be slain with the sword. For the priest said, Slay her not in the house of the LORD. -- 2 chronicles 23:14 +. +So they laid hands on her; and when she was come to the entering of the horse gate by the king's house, they slew her there. -- 2 chronicles 23:15 +. +And Jehoiada made a covenant between him, and between all the people, and between the king, that they should be the LORD's people. -- 2 chronicles 23:16 +. +Then all the people went to the house of Baal, and brake it down, and brake his altars and his images in pieces, and slew Mattan the priest of Baal before the altars. -- 2 chronicles 23:17 +. +Also Jehoiada appointed the offices of the house of the LORD by the hand of the priests the Levites, whom David had distributed in the house of the LORD, to offer the burnt offerings of the LORD, as it is written in the law of Moses, with rejoicing and with singing, as it was ordained by David. -- 2 chronicles 23:18 +. +And he set the porters at the gates of the house of the LORD, that none which was unclean in any thing should enter in. -- 2 chronicles 23:19 +. +And he took the captains of hundreds, and the nobles, and the governors of the people, and all the people of the land, and brought down the king from the house of the LORD: and they came through the high gate into the king's house, and set the king upon the throne of the kingdom. -- 2 chronicles 23:20 +. +And all the people of the land rejoiced: and the city was quiet, after that they had slain Athaliah with the sword. -- 2 chronicles 23:21 +. +Joash was seven years old when he began to reign, and he reigned forty years in Jerusalem. His mother's name also was Zibiah of Beersheba. -- 2 chronicles 24:1 +. +And Joash did that which was right in the sight of the LORD all the days of Jehoiada the priest. -- 2 chronicles 24:2 +. +And Jehoiada took for him two wives; and he begat sons and daughters. -- 2 chronicles 24:3 +. +And it came to pass after this, that Joash was minded to repair the house of the LORD. -- 2 chronicles 24:4 +. +And he gathered together the priests and the Levites, and said to them, Go out unto the cities of Judah, and gather of all Israel money to repair the house of your God from year to year, and see that ye hasten the matter. Howbeit the Levites hastened it not. -- 2 chronicles 24:5 +. +And the king called for Jehoiada the chief, and said unto him, Why hast thou not required of the Levites to bring in out of Judah and out of Jerusalem the collection, according to the commandment of Moses the servant of the LORD, and of the congregation of Israel, for the tabernacle of witness? -- 2 chronicles 24:6 +. +For the sons of Athaliah, that wicked woman, had broken up the house of God; and also all the dedicated things of the house of the LORD did they bestow upon Baalim. -- 2 chronicles 24:7 +. +And at the king's commandment they made a chest, and set it without at the gate of the house of the LORD. -- 2 chronicles 24:8 +. +And they made a proclamation through Judah and Jerusalem, to bring in to the LORD the collection that Moses the servant of God laid upon Israel in the wilderness. -- 2 chronicles 24:9 +. +And all the princes and all the people rejoiced, and brought in, and cast into the chest, until they had made an end. -- 2 chronicles 24:10 +. +Now it came to pass, that at what time the chest was brought unto the king's office by the hand of the Levites, and when they saw that there was much money, the king's scribe and the high priest's officer came and emptied the chest, and took it, and carried it to his place again. Thus they did day by day, and gathered money in abundance. -- 2 chronicles 24:11 +. +And the king and Jehoiada gave it to such as did the work of the service of the house of the LORD, and hired masons and carpenters to repair the house of the LORD, and also such as wrought iron and brass to mend the house of the LORD. -- 2 chronicles 24:12 +. +So the workmen wrought, and the work was perfected by them, and they set the house of God in his state, and strengthened it. -- 2 chronicles 24:13 +. +And when they had finished it, they brought the rest of the money before the king and Jehoiada, whereof were made vessels for the house of the LORD, even vessels to minister, and to offer withal, and spoons, and vessels of gold and silver. And they offered burnt offerings in the house of the LORD continually all the days of Jehoiada. -- 2 chronicles 24:14 +. +But Jehoiada waxed old, and was full of days when he died; an hundred and thirty years old was he when he died. -- 2 chronicles 24:15 +. +And they buried him in the city of David among the kings, because he had done good in Israel, both toward God, and toward his house. -- 2 chronicles 24:16 +. +Now after the death of Jehoiada came the princes of Judah, and made obeisance to the king. Then the king hearkened unto them. -- 2 chronicles 24:17 +. +And they left the house of the LORD God of their fathers, and served groves and idols: and wrath came upon Judah and Jerusalem for this their trespass. -- 2 chronicles 24:18 +. +Yet he sent prophets to them, to bring them again unto the LORD; and they testified against them: but they would not give ear. -- 2 chronicles 24:19 +. +And the Spirit of God came upon Zechariah the son of Jehoiada the priest, which stood above the people, and said unto them, Thus saith God, Why transgress ye the commandments of the LORD, that ye cannot prosper? because ye have forsaken the LORD, he hath also forsaken you. -- 2 chronicles 24:20 +. +And they conspired against him, and stoned him with stones at the commandment of the king in the court of the house of the LORD. -- 2 chronicles 24:21 +. +Thus Joash the king remembered not the kindness which Jehoiada his father had done to him, but slew his son. And when he died, he said, The LORD look upon it, and require it. -- 2 chronicles 24:22 +. +And it came to pass at the end of the year, that the host of Syria came up against him: and they came to Judah and Jerusalem, and destroyed all the princes of the people from among the people, and sent all the spoil of them unto the king of Damascus. -- 2 chronicles 24:23 +. +For the army of the Syrians came with a small company of men, and the LORD delivered a very great host into their hand, because they had forsaken the LORD God of their fathers. So they executed judgment against Joash. -- 2 chronicles 24:24 +. +And when they were departed from him, (for they left him in great diseases,) his own servants conspired against him for the blood of the sons of Jehoiada the priest, and slew him on his bed, and he died: and they buried him in the city of David, but they buried him not in the sepulchres of the kings. -- 2 chronicles 24:25 +. +And these are they that conspired against him; Zabad the son of Shimeath an Ammonitess, and Jehozabad the son of Shimrith a Moabitess. -- 2 chronicles 24:26 +. +Now concerning his sons, and the greatness of the burdens laid upon him, and the repairing of the house of God, behold, they are written in the story of the book of the kings. And Amaziah his son reigned in his stead. -- 2 chronicles 24:27 +. +Amaziah was twenty and five years old when he began to reign, and he reigned twenty and nine years in Jerusalem. And his mother's name was Jehoaddan of Jerusalem. -- 2 chronicles 25:1 +. +And he did that which was right in the sight of the LORD, but not with a perfect heart. -- 2 chronicles 25:2 +. +Now it came to pass, when the kingdom was established to him, that he slew his servants that had killed the king his father. -- 2 chronicles 25:3 +. +But he slew not their children, but did as it is written in the law in the book of Moses, where the LORD commanded, saying, The fathers shall not die for the children, neither shall the children die for the fathers, but every man shall die for his own sin. -- 2 chronicles 25:4 +. +Moreover Amaziah gathered Judah together, and made them captains over thousands, and captains over hundreds, according to the houses of their fathers, throughout all Judah and Benjamin: and he numbered them from twenty years old and above, and found them three hundred thousand choice men, able to go forth to war, that could handle spear and shield. -- 2 chronicles 25:5 +. +He hired also an hundred thousand mighty men of valor out of Israel for an hundred talents of silver. -- 2 chronicles 25:6 +. +But there came a man of God to him, saying, O king, let not the army of Israel go with thee; for the LORD is not with Israel, to wit, with all the children of Ephraim. -- 2 chronicles 25:7 +. +But if thou wilt go, do it; be strong for the battle: God shall make thee fall before the enemy: for God hath power to help, and to cast down. -- 2 chronicles 25:8 +. +And Amaziah said to the man of God, But what shall we do for the hundred talents which I have given to the army of Israel? And the man of God answered, The LORD is able to give thee much more than this. -- 2 chronicles 25:9 +. +Then Amaziah separated them, to wit, the army that was come to him out of Ephraim, to go home again: wherefore their anger was greatly kindled against Judah, and they returned home in great anger. -- 2 chronicles 25:10 +. +And Amaziah strengthened himself, and led forth his people, and went to the valley of salt, and smote of the children of Seir ten thousand. -- 2 chronicles 25:11 +. +And other ten thousand left alive did the children of Judah carry away captive, and brought them unto the top of the rock, and cast them down from the top of the rock, that they all were broken in pieces. -- 2 chronicles 25:12 +. +But the soldiers of the army which Amaziah sent back, that they should not go with him to battle, fell upon the cities of Judah, from Samaria even unto Bethhoron, and smote three thousand of them, and took much spoil. -- 2 chronicles 25:13 +. +Now it came to pass, after that Amaziah was come from the slaughter of the Edomites, that he brought the gods of the children of Seir, and set them up to be his gods, and bowed down himself before them, and burned incense unto them. -- 2 chronicles 25:14 +. +Wherefore the anger of the LORD was kindled against Amaziah, and he sent unto him a prophet, which said unto him, Why hast thou sought after the gods of the people, which could not deliver their own people out of thine hand? -- 2 chronicles 25:15 +. +And it came to pass, as he talked with him, that the king said unto him, Art thou made of the king's counsel? forbear; why shouldest thou be smitten? Then the prophet forbare, and said, I know that God hath determined to destroy thee, because thou hast done this, and hast not hearkened unto my counsel. -- 2 chronicles 25:16 +. +Then Amaziah king of Judah took advice, and sent to Joash, the son of Jehoahaz, the son of Jehu, king of Israel, saying, Come, let us see one another in the face. -- 2 chronicles 25:17 +. +And Joash king of Israel sent to Amaziah king of Judah, saying, The thistle that was in Lebanon sent to the cedar that was in Lebanon, saying, Give thy daughter to my son to wife: and there passed by a wild beast that was in Lebanon, and trode down the thistle. -- 2 chronicles 25:18 +. +Thou sayest, Lo, thou hast smitten the Edomites; and thine heart lifteth thee up to boast: abide now at home; why shouldest thou meddle to thine hurt, that thou shouldest fall, even thou, and Judah with thee? -- 2 chronicles 25:19 +. +But Amaziah would not hear; for it came of God, that he might deliver them into the hand of their enemies, because they sought after the gods of Edom. -- 2 chronicles 25:20 +. +So Joash the king of Israel went up; and they saw one another in the face, both he and Amaziah king of Judah, at Bethshemesh, which belongeth to Judah. -- 2 chronicles 25:21 +. +And Judah was put to the worse before Israel, and they fled every man to his tent. -- 2 chronicles 25:22 +. +And Joash the king of Israel took Amaziah king of Judah, the son of Joash, the son of Jehoahaz, at Bethshemesh, and brought him to Jerusalem, and brake down the wall of Jerusalem from the gate of Ephraim to the corner gate, four hundred cubits. -- 2 chronicles 25:23 +. +And he took all the gold and the silver, and all the vessels that were found in the house of God with Obededom, and the treasures of the king's house, the hostages also, and returned to Samaria. -- 2 chronicles 25:24 +. +And Amaziah the son of Joash king of Judah lived after the death of Joash son of Jehoahaz king of Israel fifteen years. -- 2 chronicles 25:25 +. +Now the rest of the acts of Amaziah, first and last, behold, are they not written in the book of the kings of Judah and Israel? -- 2 chronicles 25:26 +. +Now after the time that Amaziah did turn away from following the LORD they made a conspiracy against him in Jerusalem; and he fled to Lachish: but they sent to Lachish after him, and slew him there. -- 2 chronicles 25:27 +. +And they brought him upon horses, and buried him with his fathers in the city of Judah. -- 2 chronicles 25:28 +. +Then all the people of Judah took Uzziah, who was sixteen years old, and made him king in the room of his father Amaziah. -- 2 chronicles 26:1 +. +He built Eloth, and restored it to Judah, after that the king slept with his fathers. -- 2 chronicles 26:2 +. +Sixteen years old was Uzziah when he began to reign, and he reigned fifty and two years in Jerusalem. His mother's name also was Jecoliah of Jerusalem. -- 2 chronicles 26:3 +. +And he did that which was right in the sight of the LORD, according to all that his father Amaziah did. -- 2 chronicles 26:4 +. +And he sought God in the days of Zechariah, who had understanding in the visions of God: and as long as he sought the LORD, God made him to prosper. -- 2 chronicles 26:5 +. +And he went forth and warred against the Philistines, and brake down the wall of Gath, and the wall of Jabneh, and the wall of Ashdod, and built cities about Ashdod, and among the Philistines. -- 2 chronicles 26:6 +. +And God helped him against the Philistines, and against the Arabians that dwelt in Gurbaal, and the Mehunims. -- 2 chronicles 26:7 +. +And the Ammonites gave gifts to Uzziah: and his name spread abroad even to the entering in of Egypt; for he strengthened himself exceedingly. -- 2 chronicles 26:8 +. +Moreover Uzziah built towers in Jerusalem at the corner gate, and at the valley gate, and at the turning of the wall, and fortified them. -- 2 chronicles 26:9 +. +Also he built towers in the desert, and digged many wells: for he had much cattle, both in the low country, and in the plains: husbandmen also, and vine dressers in the mountains, and in Carmel: for he loved husbandry. -- 2 chronicles 26:10 +. +Moreover Uzziah had an host of fighting men, that went out to war by bands, according to the number of their account by the hand of Jeiel the scribe and Maaseiah the ruler, under the hand of Hananiah, one of the king's captains. -- 2 chronicles 26:11 +. +The whole number of the chief of the fathers of the mighty men of valor were two thousand and six hundred. -- 2 chronicles 26:12 +. +And under their hand was an army, three hundred thousand and seven thousand and five hundred, that made war with mighty power, to help the king against the enemy. -- 2 chronicles 26:13 +. +And Uzziah prepared for them throughout all the host shields, and spears, and helmets, and habergeons, and bows, and slings to cast stones. -- 2 chronicles 26:14 +. +And he made in Jerusalem engines, invented by cunning men, to be on the towers and upon the bulwarks, to shoot arrows and great stones withal. And his name spread far abroad; for he was marvelously helped, till he was strong. -- 2 chronicles 26:15 +. +But when he was strong, his heart was lifted up to his destruction: for he transgressed against the LORD his God, and went into the temple of the LORD to burn incense upon the altar of incense. -- 2 chronicles 26:16 +. +And Azariah the priest went in after him, and with him fourscore priests of the LORD, that were valiant men: -- 2 chronicles 26:17 +. +And they withstood Uzziah the king, and said unto him, It appertaineth not unto thee, Uzziah, to burn incense unto the LORD, but to the priests the sons of Aaron, that are consecrated to burn incense: go out of the sanctuary; for thou hast trespassed; neither shall it be for thine honor from the LORD God. -- 2 chronicles 26:18 +. +Then Uzziah was wroth, and had a censer in his hand to burn incense: and while he was wroth with the priests, the leprosy even rose up in his forehead before the priests in the house of the LORD, from beside the incense altar. -- 2 chronicles 26:19 +. +And Azariah the chief priest, and all the priests, looked upon him, and, behold, he was leprous in his forehead, and they thrust him out from thence; yea, himself hasted also to go out, because the LORD had smitten him. -- 2 chronicles 26:20 +. +And Uzziah the king was a leper unto the day of his death, and dwelt in a several house, being a leper; for he was cut off from the house of the LORD: and Jotham his son was over the king's house, judging the people of the land. -- 2 chronicles 26:21 +. +Now the rest of the acts of Uzziah, first and last, did Isaiah the prophet, the son of Amoz, write. -- 2 chronicles 26:22 +. +So Uzziah slept with his fathers, and they buried him with his fathers in the field of the burial which belonged to the kings; for they said, He is a leper: and Jotham his son reigned in his stead. -- 2 chronicles 26:23 +. +Jotham was twenty and five years old when he began to reign, and he reigned sixteen years in Jerusalem. His mother's name also was Jerushah, the daughter of Zadok. -- 2 chronicles 27:1 +. +And he did that which was right in the sight of the LORD, according to all that his father Uzziah did: howbeit he entered not into the temple of the LORD. And the people did yet corruptly. -- 2 chronicles 27:2 +. +He built the high gate of the house of the LORD, and on the wall of Ophel he built much. -- 2 chronicles 27:3 +. +Moreover he built cities in the mountains of Judah, and in the forests he built castles and towers. -- 2 chronicles 27:4 +. +He fought also with the king of the Ammonites, and prevailed against them. And the children of Ammon gave him the same year an hundred talents of silver, and ten thousand measures of wheat, and ten thousand of barley. So much did the children of Ammon pay unto him, both the second year, and the third. -- 2 chronicles 27:5 +. +So Jotham became mighty, because he prepared his ways before the LORD his God. -- 2 chronicles 27:6 +. +Now the rest of the acts of Jotham, and all his wars, and his ways, lo, they are written in the book of the kings of Israel and Judah. -- 2 chronicles 27:7 +. +He was five and twenty years old when he began to reign, and reigned sixteen years in Jerusalem. -- 2 chronicles 27:8 +. +And Jotham slept with his fathers, and they buried him in the city of David: and Ahaz his son reigned in his stead. -- 2 chronicles 27:9 +. +Ahaz was twenty years old when he began to reign, and he reigned sixteen years in Jerusalem: but he did not that which was right in the sight of the LORD, like David his father: -- 2 chronicles 28:1 +. +For he walked in the ways of the kings of Israel, and made also molten images for Baalim. -- 2 chronicles 28:2 +. +Moreover he burnt incense in the valley of the son of Hinnom, and burnt his children in the fire, after the abominations of the heathen whom the LORD had cast out before the children of Israel. -- 2 chronicles 28:3 +. +He sacrificed also and burnt incense in the high places, and on the hills, and under every green tree. -- 2 chronicles 28:4 +. +Wherefore the LORD his God delivered him into the hand of the king of Syria; and they smote him, and carried away a great multitude of them captives, and brought them to Damascus. And he was also delivered into the hand of the king of Israel, who smote him with a great slaughter. -- 2 chronicles 28:5 +. +For Pekah the son of Remaliah slew in Judah an hundred and twenty thousand in one day, which were all valiant men; because they had forsaken the LORD God of their fathers. -- 2 chronicles 28:6 +. +And Zichri, a mighty man of Ephraim, slew Maaseiah the king's son, and Azrikam the governor of the house, and Elkanah that was next to the king. -- 2 chronicles 28:7 +. +And the children of Israel carried away captive of their brethren two hundred thousand, women, sons, and daughters, and took also away much spoil from them, and brought the spoil to Samaria. -- 2 chronicles 28:8 +. +But a prophet of the LORD was there, whose name was Oded: and he went out before the host that came to Samaria, and said unto them, Behold, because the LORD God of your fathers was wroth with Judah, he hath delivered them into your hand, and ye have slain them in a rage that reacheth up unto heaven. -- 2 chronicles 28:9 +. +And now ye purpose to keep under the children of Judah and Jerusalem for bondmen and bondwomen unto you: but are there not with you, even with you, sins against the LORD your God? -- 2 chronicles 28:10 +. +Now hear me therefore, and deliver the captives again, which ye have taken captive of your brethren: for the fierce wrath of the LORD is upon you. -- 2 chronicles 28:11 +. +Then certain of the heads of the children of Ephraim, Azariah the son of Johanan, Berechiah the son of Meshillemoth, and Jehizkiah the son of Shallum, and Amasa the son of Hadlai, stood up against them that came from the war, -- 2 chronicles 28:12 +. +And said unto them, Ye shall not bring in the captives hither: for whereas we have offended against the LORD already, ye intend to add more to our sins and to our trespass: for our trespass is great, and there is fierce wrath against Israel. -- 2 chronicles 28:13 +. +So the armed men left the captives and the spoil before the princes and all the congregation. -- 2 chronicles 28:14 +. +And the men which were expressed by name rose up, and took the captives, and with the spoil clothed all that were naked among them, and arrayed them, and shod them, and gave them to eat and to drink, and anointed them, and carried all the feeble of them upon asses, and brought them to Jericho, the city of palm trees, to their brethren: then they returned to Samaria. -- 2 chronicles 28:15 +. +At that time did king Ahaz send unto the kings of Assyria to help him. -- 2 chronicles 28:16 +. +For again the Edomites had come and smitten Judah, and carried away captives. -- 2 chronicles 28:17 +. +The Philistines also had invaded the cities of the low country, and of the south of Judah, and had taken Bethshemesh, and Ajalon, and Gederoth, and Shocho with the villages thereof, and Timnah with the villages thereof, Gimzo also and the villages thereof: and they dwelt there. -- 2 chronicles 28:18 +. +For the LORD brought Judah low because of Ahaz king of Israel; for he made Judah naked, and transgressed sore against the LORD. -- 2 chronicles 28:19 +. +And Tilgathpilneser king of Assyria came unto him, and distressed him, but strengthened him not. -- 2 chronicles 28:20 +. +For Ahaz took away a portion out of the house of the LORD, and out of the house of the king, and of the princes, and gave it unto the king of Assyria: but he helped him not. -- 2 chronicles 28:21 +. +And in the time of his distress did he trespass yet more against the LORD: this is that king Ahaz. -- 2 chronicles 28:22 +. +For he sacrificed unto the gods of Damascus, which smote him: and he said, Because the gods of the kings of Syria help them, therefore will I sacrifice to them, that they may help me. But they were the ruin of him, and of all Israel. -- 2 chronicles 28:23 +. +And Ahaz gathered together the vessels of the house of God, and cut in pieces the vessels of the house of God, and shut up the doors of the house of the LORD, and he made him altars in every corner of Jerusalem. -- 2 chronicles 28:24 +. +And in every several city of Judah he made high places to burn incense unto other gods, and provoked to anger the LORD God of his fathers. -- 2 chronicles 28:25 +. +Now the rest of his acts and of all his ways, first and last, behold, they are written in the book of the kings of Judah and Israel. -- 2 chronicles 28:26 +. +And Ahaz slept with his fathers, and they buried him in the city, even in Jerusalem: but they brought him not into the sepulchres of the kings of Israel: and Hezekiah his son reigned in his stead. -- 2 chronicles 28:27 +. +Hezekiah began to reign when he was five and twenty years old, and he reigned nine and twenty years in Jerusalem. And his mother's name was Abijah, the daughter of Zechariah. -- 2 chronicles 29:1 +. +And he did that which was right in the sight of the LORD, according to all that David his father had done. -- 2 chronicles 29:2 +. +He in the first year of his reign, in the first month, opened the doors of the house of the LORD, and repaired them. -- 2 chronicles 29:3 +. +And he brought in the priests and the Levites, and gathered them together into the east street, -- 2 chronicles 29:4 +. +And said unto them, Hear me, ye Levites, sanctify now yourselves, and sanctify the house of the LORD God of your fathers, and carry forth the filthiness out of the holy place. -- 2 chronicles 29:5 +. +For our fathers have trespassed, and done that which was evil in the eyes of the LORD our God, and have forsaken him, and have turned away their faces from the habitation of the LORD, and turned their backs. -- 2 chronicles 29:6 +. +Also they have shut up the doors of the porch, and put out the lamps, and have not burned incense nor offered burnt offerings in the holy place unto the God of Israel. -- 2 chronicles 29:7 +. +Wherefore the wrath of the LORD was upon Judah and Jerusalem, and he hath delivered them to trouble, to astonishment, and to hissing, as ye see with your eyes. -- 2 chronicles 29:8 +. +For, lo, our fathers have fallen by the sword, and our sons and our daughters and our wives are in captivity for this. -- 2 chronicles 29:9 +. +Now it is in mine heart to make a covenant with the LORD God of Israel, that his fierce wrath may turn away from us. -- 2 chronicles 29:10 +. +My sons, be not now negligent: for the LORD hath chosen you to stand before him, to serve him, and that ye should minister unto him, and burn incense. -- 2 chronicles 29:11 +. +Then the Levites arose, Mahath the son of Amasai, and Joel the son of Azariah, of the sons of the Kohathites: and of the sons of Merari, Kish the son of Abdi, and Azariah the son of Jehalelel: and of the Gershonites; Joah the son of Zimmah, and Eden the son of Joah: -- 2 chronicles 29:12 +. +And of the sons of Elizaphan; Shimri, and Jeiel: and of the sons of Asaph; Zechariah, and Mattaniah: -- 2 chronicles 29:13 +. +And of the sons of Heman; Jehiel, and Shimei: and of the sons of Jeduthun; Shemaiah, and Uzziel. -- 2 chronicles 29:14 +. +And they gathered their brethren, and sanctified themselves, and came, according to the commandment of the king, by the words of the LORD, to cleanse the house of the LORD. -- 2 chronicles 29:15 +. +And the priests went into the inner part of the house of the LORD, to cleanse it, and brought out all the uncleanness that they found in the temple of the LORD into the court of the house of the LORD. And the Levites took it, to carry it out abroad into the brook Kidron. -- 2 chronicles 29:16 +. +Now they began on the first day of the first month to sanctify, and on the eighth day of the month came they to the porch of the LORD: so they sanctified the house of the LORD in eight days; and in the sixteenth day of the first month they made an end. -- 2 chronicles 29:17 +. +Then they went in to Hezekiah the king, and said, We have cleansed all the house of the LORD, and the altar of burnt offering, with all the vessels thereof, and the shewbread table, with all the vessels thereof. -- 2 chronicles 29:18 +. +Moreover all the vessels, which king Ahaz in his reign did cast away in his transgression, have we prepared and sanctified, and, behold, they are before the altar of the LORD. -- 2 chronicles 29:19 +. +Then Hezekiah the king rose early, and gathered the rulers of the city, and went up to the house of the LORD. -- 2 chronicles 29:20 +. +And they brought seven bullocks, and seven rams, and seven lambs, and seven he goats, for a sin offering for the kingdom, and for the sanctuary, and for Judah. And he commanded the priests the sons of Aaron to offer them on the altar of the LORD. -- 2 chronicles 29:21 +. +So they killed the bullocks, and the priests received the blood, and sprinkled it on the altar: likewise, when they had killed the rams, they sprinkled the blood upon the altar: they killed also the lambs, and they sprinkled the blood upon the altar. -- 2 chronicles 29:22 +. +And they brought forth the he goats for the sin offering before the king and the congregation; and they laid their hands upon them: -- 2 chronicles 29:23 +. +And the priests killed them, and they made reconciliation with their blood upon the altar, to make an atonement for all Israel: for the king commanded that the burnt offering and the sin offering should be made for all Israel. -- 2 chronicles 29:24 +. +And he set the Levites in the house of the LORD with cymbals, with psalteries, and with harps, according to the commandment of David, and of Gad the king's seer, and Nathan the prophet: for so was the commandment of the LORD by his prophets. -- 2 chronicles 29:25 +. +And the Levites stood with the instruments of David, and the priests with the trumpets. -- 2 chronicles 29:26 +. +And Hezekiah commanded to offer the burnt offering upon the altar. And when the burnt offering began, the song of the LORD began also with the trumpets, and with the instruments ordained by David king of Israel. -- 2 chronicles 29:27 +. +And all the congregation worshipped, and the singers sang, and the trumpeters sounded: and all this continued until the burnt offering was finished. -- 2 chronicles 29:28 +. +And when they had made an end of offering, the king and all that were present with him bowed themselves, and worshipped. -- 2 chronicles 29:29 +. +Moreover Hezekiah the king and the princes commanded the Levites to sing praise unto the LORD with the words of David, and of Asaph the seer. And they sang praises with gladness, and they bowed their heads and worshipped. -- 2 chronicles 29:30 +. +Then Hezekiah answered and said, Now ye have consecrated yourselves unto the LORD, come near and bring sacrifices and thank offerings into the house of the LORD. And the congregation brought in sacrifices and thank offerings; and as many as were of a free heart burnt offerings. -- 2 chronicles 29:31 +. +And the number of the burnt offerings, which the congregation brought, was threescore and ten bullocks, an hundred rams, and two hundred lambs: all these were for a burnt offering to the LORD. -- 2 chronicles 29:32 +. +And the consecrated things were six hundred oxen and three thousand sheep. -- 2 chronicles 29:33 +. +But the priests were too few, so that they could not flay all the burnt offerings: wherefore their brethren the Levites did help them, till the work was ended, and until the other priests had sanctified themselves: for the Levites were more upright in heart to sanctify themselves than the priests. -- 2 chronicles 29:34 +. +And also the burnt offerings were in abundance, with the fat of the peace offerings, and the drink offerings for every burnt offering. So the service of the house of the LORD was set in order. -- 2 chronicles 29:35 +. +And Hezekiah rejoiced, and all the people, that God had prepared the people: for the thing was done suddenly. -- 2 chronicles 29:36 +. +And Hezekiah sent to all Israel and Judah, and wrote letters also to Ephraim and Manasseh, that they should come to the house of the LORD at Jerusalem, to keep the passover unto the LORD God of Israel. -- 2 chronicles 30:1 +. +For the king had taken counsel, and his princes, and all the congregation in Jerusalem, to keep the passover in the second month. -- 2 chronicles 30:2 +. +For they could not keep it at that time, because the priests had not sanctified themselves sufficiently, neither had the people gathered themselves together to Jerusalem. -- 2 chronicles 30:3 +. +And the thing pleased the king and all the congregation. -- 2 chronicles 30:4 +. +So they established a decree to make proclamation throughout all Israel, from Beersheba even to Dan, that they should come to keep the passover unto the LORD God of Israel at Jerusalem: for they had not done it of a long time in such sort as it was written. -- 2 chronicles 30:5 +. +So the posts went with the letters from the king and his princes throughout all Israel and Judah, and according to the commandment of the king, saying, Ye children of Israel, turn again unto the LORD God of Abraham, Isaac, and Israel, and he will return to the remnant of you, that are escaped out of the hand of the kings of Assyria. -- 2 chronicles 30:6 +. +And be not ye like your fathers, and like your brethren, which trespassed against the LORD God of their fathers, who therefore gave them up to desolation, as ye see. -- 2 chronicles 30:7 +. +Now be ye not stiffnecked, as your fathers were, but yield yourselves unto the LORD, and enter into his sanctuary, which he hath sanctified for ever: and serve the LORD your God, that the fierceness of his wrath may turn away from you. -- 2 chronicles 30:8 +. +For if ye turn again unto the LORD, your brethren and your children shall find compassion before them that lead them captive, so that they shall come again into this land: for the LORD your God is gracious and merciful, and will not turn away his face from you, if ye return unto him. -- 2 chronicles 30:9 +. +So the posts passed from city to city through the country of Ephraim and Manasseh even unto Zebulun: but they laughed them to scorn, and mocked them. -- 2 chronicles 30:10 +. +Nevertheless divers of Asher and Manasseh and of Zebulun humbled themselves, and came to Jerusalem. -- 2 chronicles 30:11 +. +Also in Judah the hand of God was to give them one heart to do the commandment of the king and of the princes, by the word of the LORD. -- 2 chronicles 30:12 +. +And there assembled at Jerusalem much people to keep the feast of unleavened bread in the second month, a very great congregation. -- 2 chronicles 30:13 +. +And they arose and took away the altars that were in Jerusalem, and all the altars for incense took they away, and cast them into the brook Kidron. -- 2 chronicles 30:14 +. +Then they killed the passover on the fourteenth day of the second month: and the priests and the Levites were ashamed, and sanctified themselves, and brought in the burnt offerings into the house of the LORD. -- 2 chronicles 30:15 +. +And they stood in their place after their manner, according to the law of Moses the man of God: the priests sprinkled the blood, which they received of the hand of the Levites. -- 2 chronicles 30:16 +. +For there were many in the congregation that were not sanctified: therefore the Levites had the charge of the killing of the passovers for every one that was not clean, to sanctify them unto the LORD. -- 2 chronicles 30:17 +. +For a multitude of the people, even many of Ephraim, and Manasseh, Issachar, and Zebulun, had not cleansed themselves, yet did they eat the passover otherwise than it was written. But Hezekiah prayed for them, saying, The good LORD pardon every one -- 2 chronicles 30:18 +. +That prepareth his heart to seek God, the LORD God of his fathers, though he be not cleansed according to the purification of the sanctuary. -- 2 chronicles 30:19 +. +And the LORD hearkened to Hezekiah, and healed the people. -- 2 chronicles 30:20 +. +And the children of Israel that were present at Jerusalem kept the feast of unleavened bread seven days with great gladness: and the Levites and the priests praised the LORD day by day, singing with loud instruments unto the LORD. -- 2 chronicles 30:21 +. +And Hezekiah spake comfortably unto all the Levites that taught the good knowledge of the LORD: and they did eat throughout the feast seven days, offering peace offerings, and making confession to the LORD God of their fathers. -- 2 chronicles 30:22 +. +And the whole assembly took counsel to keep other seven days: and they kept other seven days with gladness. -- 2 chronicles 30:23 +. +For Hezekiah king of Judah did give to the congregation a thousand bullocks and seven thousand sheep; and the princes gave to the congregation a thousand bullocks and ten thousand sheep: and a great number of priests sanctified themselves. -- 2 chronicles 30:24 +. +And all the congregation of Judah, with the priests and the Levites, and all the congregation that came out of Israel, and the strangers that came out of the land of Israel, and that dwelt in Judah, rejoiced. -- 2 chronicles 30:25 +. +So there was great joy in Jerusalem: for since the time of Solomon the son of David king of Israel there was not the like in Jerusalem. -- 2 chronicles 30:26 +. +Then the priests the Levites arose and blessed the people: and their voice was heard, and their prayer came up to his holy dwelling place, even unto heaven. -- 2 chronicles 30:27 +. +Now when all this was finished, all Israel that were present went out to the cities of Judah, and brake the images in pieces, and cut down the groves, and threw down the high places and the altars out of all Judah and Benjamin, in Ephraim also and Manasseh, until they had utterly destroyed them all. Then all the children of Israel returned, every man to his possession, into their own cities. -- 2 chronicles 31:1 +. +And Hezekiah appointed the courses of the priests and the Levites after their courses, every man according to his service, the priests and Levites for burnt offerings and for peace offerings, to minister, and to give thanks, and to praise in the gates of the tents of the LORD. -- 2 chronicles 31:2 +. +He appointed also the king's portion of his substance for the burnt offerings, to wit, for the morning and evening burnt offerings, and the burnt offerings for the sabbaths, and for the new moons, and for the set feasts, as it is written in the law of the LORD. -- 2 chronicles 31:3 +. +Moreover he commanded the people that dwelt in Jerusalem to give the portion of the priests and the Levites, that they might be encouraged in the law of the LORD. -- 2 chronicles 31:4 +. +And as soon as the commandment came abroad, the children of Israel brought in abundance the firstfruits of corn, wine, and oil, and honey, and of all the increase of the field; and the tithe of all things brought they in abundantly. -- 2 chronicles 31:5 +. +And concerning the children of Israel and Judah, that dwelt in the cities of Judah, they also brought in the tithe of oxen and sheep, and the tithe of holy things which were consecrated unto the LORD their God, and laid them by heaps. -- 2 chronicles 31:6 +. +In the third month they began to lay the foundation of the heaps, and finished them in the seventh month. -- 2 chronicles 31:7 +. +And when Hezekiah and the princes came and saw the heaps, they blessed the LORD, and his people Israel. -- 2 chronicles 31:8 +. +Then Hezekiah questioned with the priests and the Levites concerning the heaps. -- 2 chronicles 31:9 +. +And Azariah the chief priest of the house of Zadok answered him, and said, Since the people began to bring the offerings into the house of the LORD, we have had enough to eat, and have left plenty: for the LORD hath blessed his people; and that which is left is this great store. -- 2 chronicles 31:10 +. +Then Hezekiah commanded to prepare chambers in the house of the LORD; and they prepared them, -- 2 chronicles 31:11 +. +And brought in the offerings and the tithes and the dedicated things faithfully: over which Cononiah the Levite was ruler, and Shimei his brother was the next. -- 2 chronicles 31:12 +. +And Jehiel, and Azaziah, and Nahath, and Asahel, and Jerimoth, and Jozabad, and Eliel, and Ismachiah, and Mahath, and Benaiah, were overseers under the hand of Cononiah and Shimei his brother, at the commandment of Hezekiah the king, and Azariah the ruler of the house of God. -- 2 chronicles 31:13 +. +And Kore the son of Imnah the Levite, the porter toward the east, was over the freewill offerings of God, to distribute the oblations of the LORD, and the most holy things. -- 2 chronicles 31:14 +. +And next him were Eden, and Miniamin, and Jeshua, and Shemaiah, Amariah, and Shecaniah, in the cities of the priests, in their set office, to give to their brethren by courses, as well to the great as to the small: -- 2 chronicles 31:15 +. +Beside their genealogy of males, from three years old and upward, even unto every one that entereth into the house of the LORD, his daily portion for their service in their charges according to their courses; -- 2 chronicles 31:16 +. +Both to the genealogy of the priests by the house of their fathers, and the Levites from twenty years old and upward, in their charges by their courses; -- 2 chronicles 31:17 +. +And to the genealogy of all their little ones, their wives, and their sons, and their daughters, through all the congregation: for in their set office they sanctified themselves in holiness: -- 2 chronicles 31:18 +. +Also of the sons of Aaron the priests, which were in the fields of the suburbs of their cities, in every several city, the men that were expressed by name, to give portions to all the males among the priests, and to all that were reckoned by genealogies among the Levites. -- 2 chronicles 31:19 +. +And thus did Hezekiah throughout all Judah, and wrought that which was good and right and truth before the LORD his God. -- 2 chronicles 31:20 +. +And in every work that he began in the service of the house of God, and in the law, and in the commandments, to seek his God, he did it with all his heart, and prospered. -- 2 chronicles 31:21 +. +After these things, and the establishment thereof, Sennacherib king of Assyria came, and entered into Judah, and encamped against the fenced cities, and thought to win them for himself. -- 2 chronicles 32:1 +. +And when Hezekiah saw that Sennacherib was come, and that he was purposed to fight against Jerusalem, -- 2 chronicles 32:2 +. +He took counsel with his princes and his mighty men to stop the waters of the fountains which were without the city: and they did help him. -- 2 chronicles 32:3 +. +So there was gathered much people together, who stopped all the fountains, and the brook that ran through the midst of the land, saying, Why should the kings of Assyria come, and find much water? -- 2 chronicles 32:4 +. +Also he strengthened himself, and built up all the wall that was broken, and raised it up to the towers, and another wall without, and repaired Millo in the city of David, and made darts and shields in abundance. -- 2 chronicles 32:5 +. +And he set captains of war over the people, and gathered them together to him in the street of the gate of the city, and spake comfortably to them, saying, -- 2 chronicles 32:6 +. +Be strong and courageous, be not afraid nor dismayed for the king of Assyria, nor for all the multitude that is with him: for there be more with us than with him: -- 2 chronicles 32:7 +. +With him is an arm of flesh; but with us is the LORD our God to help us, and to fight our battles. And the people rested themselves upon the words of Hezekiah king of Judah. -- 2 chronicles 32:8 +. +After this did Sennacherib king of Assyria send his servants to Jerusalem, (but he himself laid siege against Lachish, and all his power with him,) unto Hezekiah king of Judah, and unto all Judah that were at Jerusalem, saying, -- 2 chronicles 32:9 +. +Thus saith Sennacherib king of Assyria, Whereon do ye trust, that ye abide in the siege in Jerusalem? -- 2 chronicles 32:10 +. +Doth not Hezekiah persuade you to give over yourselves to die by famine and by thirst, saying, The LORD our God shall deliver us out of the hand of the king of Assyria? -- 2 chronicles 32:11 +. +Hath not the same Hezekiah taken away his high places and his altars, and commanded Judah and Jerusalem, saying, Ye shall worship before one altar, and burn incense upon it? -- 2 chronicles 32:12 +. +Know ye not what I and my fathers have done unto all the people of other lands? were the gods of the nations of those lands any ways able to deliver their lands out of mine hand? -- 2 chronicles 32:13 +. +Who was there among all the gods of those nations that my fathers utterly destroyed, that could deliver his people out of mine hand, that your God should be able to deliver you out of mine hand? -- 2 chronicles 32:14 +. +Now therefore let not Hezekiah deceive you, nor persuade you on this manner, neither yet believe him: for no god of any nation or kingdom was able to deliver his people out of mine hand, and out of the hand of my fathers: how much less shall your God deliver you out of mine hand? -- 2 chronicles 32:15 +. +And his servants spake yet more against the LORD God, and against his servant Hezekiah. -- 2 chronicles 32:16 +. +He wrote also letters to rail on the LORD God of Israel, and to speak against him, saying, As the gods of the nations of other lands have not delivered their people out of mine hand, so shall not the God of Hezekiah deliver his people out of mine hand. -- 2 chronicles 32:17 +. +Then they cried with a loud voice in the Jews' speech unto the people of Jerusalem that were on the wall, to affright them, and to trouble them; that they might take the city. -- 2 chronicles 32:18 +. +And they spake against the God of Jerusalem, as against the gods of the people of the earth, which were the work of the hands of man. -- 2 chronicles 32:19 +. +And for this cause Hezekiah the king, and the prophet Isaiah the son of Amoz, prayed and cried to heaven. -- 2 chronicles 32:20 +. +And the LORD sent an angel, which cut off all the mighty men of valor, and the leaders and captains in the camp of the king of Assyria. So he returned with shame of face to his own land. And when he was come into the house of his god, they that came forth of his own bowels slew him there with the sword. -- 2 chronicles 32:21 +. +Thus the LORD saved Hezekiah and the inhabitants of Jerusalem from the hand of Sennacherib the king of Assyria, and from the hand of all other, and guided them on every side. -- 2 chronicles 32:22 +. +And many brought gifts unto the LORD to Jerusalem, and presents to Hezekiah king of Judah: so that he was magnified in the sight of all nations from thenceforth. -- 2 chronicles 32:23 +. +In those days Hezekiah was sick to the death, and prayed unto the LORD: and he spake unto him, and he gave him a sign. -- 2 chronicles 32:24 +. +But Hezekiah rendered not again according to the benefit done unto him; for his heart was lifted up: therefore there was wrath upon him, and upon Judah and Jerusalem. -- 2 chronicles 32:25 +. +Notwithstanding Hezekiah humbled himself for the pride of his heart, both he and the inhabitants of Jerusalem, so that the wrath of the LORD came not upon them in the days of Hezekiah. -- 2 chronicles 32:26 +. +And Hezekiah had exceeding much riches and honor: and he made himself treasuries for silver, and for gold, and for precious stones, and for spices, and for shields, and for all manner of pleasant jewels; -- 2 chronicles 32:27 +. +Storehouses also for the increase of corn, and wine, and oil; and stalls for all manner of beasts, and cotes for flocks. -- 2 chronicles 32:28 +. +Moreover he provided him cities, and possessions of flocks and herds in abundance: for God had given him substance very much. -- 2 chronicles 32:29 +. +This same Hezekiah also stopped the upper watercourse of Gihon, and brought it straight down to the west side of the city of David. And Hezekiah prospered in all his works. -- 2 chronicles 32:30 +. +Howbeit in the business of the ambassadors of the princes of Babylon, who sent unto him to enquire of the wonder that was done in the land, God left him, to try him, that he might know all that was in his heart. -- 2 chronicles 32:31 +. +Now the rest of the acts of Hezekiah, and his goodness, behold, they are written in the vision of Isaiah the prophet, the son of Amoz, and in the book of the kings of Judah and Israel. -- 2 chronicles 32:32 +. +And Hezekiah slept with his fathers, and they buried him in the chiefest of the sepulchres of the sons of David: and all Judah and the inhabitants of Jerusalem did him honor at his death. And Manasseh his son reigned in his stead. -- 2 chronicles 32:33 +. +Manasseh was twelve years old when he began to reign, and he reigned fifty and five years in Jerusalem: -- 2 chronicles 33:1 +. +But did that which was evil in the sight of the LORD, like unto the abominations of the heathen, whom the LORD had cast out before the children of Israel. -- 2 chronicles 33:2 +. +For he built again the high places which Hezekiah his father had broken down, and he reared up altars for Baalim, and made groves, and worshipped all the host of heaven, and served them. -- 2 chronicles 33:3 +. +Also he built altars in the house of the LORD, whereof the LORD had said, In Jerusalem shall my name be for ever. -- 2 chronicles 33:4 +. +And he built altars for all the host of heaven in the two courts of the house of the LORD. -- 2 chronicles 33:5 +. +And he caused his children to pass through the fire in the valley of the son of Hinnom: also he observed times, and used enchantments, and used witchcraft, and dealt with a familiar spirit, and with wizards: he wrought much evil in the sight of the LORD, to provoke him to anger. -- 2 chronicles 33:6 +. +And he set a carved image, the idol which he had made, in the house of God, of which God had said to David and to Solomon his son, In this house, and in Jerusalem, which I have chosen before all the tribes of Israel, will I put my name for ever: -- 2 chronicles 33:7 +. +Neither will I any more remove the foot of Israel from out of the land which I have appointed for your fathers; so that they will take heed to do all that I have commanded them, according to the whole law and the statutes and the ordinances by the hand of Moses. -- 2 chronicles 33:8 +. +So Manasseh made Judah and the inhabitants of Jerusalem to err, and to do worse than the heathen, whom the LORD had destroyed before the children of Israel. -- 2 chronicles 33:9 +. +And the LORD spake to Manasseh, and to his people: but they would not hearken. -- 2 chronicles 33:10 +. +Wherefore the LORD brought upon them the captains of the host of the king of Assyria, which took Manasseh among the thorns, and bound him with fetters, and carried him to Babylon. -- 2 chronicles 33:11 +. +And when he was in affliction, he besought the LORD his God, and humbled himself greatly before the God of his fathers, -- 2 chronicles 33:12 +. +And prayed unto him: and he was intreated of him, and heard his supplication, and brought him again to Jerusalem into his kingdom. Then Manasseh knew that the LORD he was God. -- 2 chronicles 33:13 +. +Now after this he built a wall without the city of David, on the west side of Gihon, in the valley, even to the entering in at the fish gate, and compassed about Ophel, and raised it up a very great height, and put captains of war in all the fenced cities of Judah. -- 2 chronicles 33:14 +. +And he took away the strange gods, and the idol out of the house of the LORD, and all the altars that he had built in the mount of the house of the LORD, and in Jerusalem, and cast them out of the city. -- 2 chronicles 33:15 +. +And he repaired the altar of the LORD, and sacrificed thereon peace offerings and thank offerings, and commanded Judah to serve the LORD God of Israel. -- 2 chronicles 33:16 +. +Nevertheless the people did sacrifice still in the high places, yet unto the LORD their God only. -- 2 chronicles 33:17 +. +Now the rest of the acts of Manasseh, and his prayer unto his God, and the words of the seers that spake to him in the name of the LORD God of Israel, behold, they are written in the book of the kings of Israel. -- 2 chronicles 33:18 +. +His prayer also, and how God was intreated of him, and all his sins, and his trespass, and the places wherein he built high places, and set up groves and graven images, before he was humbled: behold, they are written among the sayings of the seers. -- 2 chronicles 33:19 +. +So Manasseh slept with his fathers, and they buried him in his own house: and Amon his son reigned in his stead. -- 2 chronicles 33:20 +. +Amon was two and twenty years old when he began to reign, and reigned two years in Jerusalem. -- 2 chronicles 33:21 +. +But he did that which was evil in the sight of the LORD, as did Manasseh his father: for Amon sacrificed unto all the carved images which Manasseh his father had made, and served them; -- 2 chronicles 33:22 +. +And humbled not himself before the LORD, as Manasseh his father had humbled himself; but Amon trespassed more and more. -- 2 chronicles 33:23 +. +And his servants conspired against him, and slew him in his own house. -- 2 chronicles 33:24 +. +But the people of the land slew all them that had conspired against king Amon; and the people of the land made Josiah his son king in his stead. -- 2 chronicles 33:25 +. +Josiah was eight years old when he began to reign, and he reigned in Jerusalem one and thirty years. -- 2 chronicles 34:1 +. +And he did that which was right in the sight of the LORD, and walked in the ways of David his father, and declined neither to the right hand, nor to the left. -- 2 chronicles 34:2 +. +For in the eighth year of his reign, while he was yet young, he began to seek after the God of David his father: and in the twelfth year he began to purge Judah and Jerusalem from the high places, and the groves, and the carved images, and the molten images. -- 2 chronicles 34:3 +. +And they brake down the altars of Baalim in his presence; and the images, that were on high above them, he cut down; and the groves, and the carved images, and the molten images, he brake in pieces, and made dust of them, and strewed it upon the graves of them that had sacrificed unto them. -- 2 chronicles 34:4 +. +And he burnt the bones of the priests upon their altars, and cleansed Judah and Jerusalem. -- 2 chronicles 34:5 +. +And so did he in the cities of Manasseh, and Ephraim, and Simeon, even unto Naphtali, with their mattocks round about. -- 2 chronicles 34:6 +. +And when he had broken down the altars and the groves, and had beaten the graven images into powder, and cut down all the idols throughout all the land of Israel, he returned to Jerusalem. -- 2 chronicles 34:7 +. +Now in the eighteenth year of his reign, when he had purged the land, and the house, he sent Shaphan the son of Azaliah, and Maaseiah the governor of the city, and Joah the son of Joahaz the recorder, to repair the house of the LORD his God. -- 2 chronicles 34:8 +. +And when they came to Hilkiah the high priest, they delivered the money that was brought into the house of God, which the Levites that kept the doors had gathered of the hand of Manasseh and Ephraim, and of all the remnant of Israel, and of all Judah and Benjamin; and they returned to Jerusalem. -- 2 chronicles 34:9 +. +And they put it in the hand of the workmen that had the oversight of the house of the LORD, and they gave it to the workmen that wrought in the house of the LORD, to repair and amend the house: -- 2 chronicles 34:10 +. +Even to the artificers and builders gave they it, to buy hewn stone, and timber for couplings, and to floor the houses which the kings of Judah had destroyed. -- 2 chronicles 34:11 +. +And the men did the work faithfully: and the overseers of them were Jahath and Obadiah, the Levites, of the sons of Merari; and Zechariah and Meshullam, of the sons of the Kohathites, to set it forward; and other of the Levites, all that could skill of instruments of music. -- 2 chronicles 34:12 +. +Also they were over the bearers of burdens, and were overseers of all that wrought the work in any manner of service: and of the Levites there were scribes, and officers, and porters. -- 2 chronicles 34:13 +. +And when they brought out the money that was brought into the house of the LORD, Hilkiah the priest found a book of the law of the LORD given by Moses. -- 2 chronicles 34:14 +. +And Hilkiah answered and said to Shaphan the scribe, I have found the book of the law in the house of the LORD. And Hilkiah delivered the book to Shaphan. -- 2 chronicles 34:15 +. +And Shaphan carried the book to the king, and brought the king word back again, saying, All that was committed to thy servants, they do it. -- 2 chronicles 34:16 +. +And they have gathered together the money that was found in the house of the LORD, and have delivered it into the hand of the overseers, and to the hand of the workmen. -- 2 chronicles 34:17 +. +Then Shaphan the scribe told the king, saying, Hilkiah the priest hath given me a book. And Shaphan read it before the king. -- 2 chronicles 34:18 +. +And it came to pass, when the king had heard the words of the law, that he rent his clothes. -- 2 chronicles 34:19 +. +And the king commanded Hilkiah, and Ahikam the son of Shaphan, and Abdon the son of Micah, and Shaphan the scribe, and Asaiah a servant of the king's, saying, -- 2 chronicles 34:20 +. +Go, enquire of the LORD for me, and for them that are left in Israel and in Judah, concerning the words of the book that is found: for great is the wrath of the LORD that is poured out upon us, because our fathers have not kept the word of the LORD, to do after all that is written in this book. -- 2 chronicles 34:21 +. +And Hilkiah, and they that the king had appointed, went to Huldah the prophetess, the wife of Shallum the son of Tikvath, the son of Hasrah, keeper of the wardrobe; (now she dwelt in Jerusalem in the college:) and they spake to her to that effect. -- 2 chronicles 34:22 +. +And she answered them, Thus saith the LORD God of Israel, Tell ye the man that sent you to me, -- 2 chronicles 34:23 +. +Thus saith the LORD, Behold, I will bring evil upon this place, and upon the inhabitants thereof, even all the curses that are written in the book which they have read before the king of Judah: -- 2 chronicles 34:24 +. +Because they have forsaken me, and have burned incense unto other gods, that they might provoke me to anger with all the works of their hands; therefore my wrath shall be poured out upon this place, and shall not be quenched. -- 2 chronicles 34:25 +. +And as for the king of Judah, who sent you to enquire of the LORD, so shall ye say unto him, Thus saith the LORD God of Israel concerning the words which thou hast heard; -- 2 chronicles 34:26 +. +Because thine heart was tender, and thou didst humble thyself before God, when thou heardest his words against this place, and against the inhabitants thereof, and humbledst thyself before me, and didst rend thy clothes, and weep before me; I have even heard thee also, saith the LORD. -- 2 chronicles 34:27 +. +Behold, I will gather thee to thy fathers, and thou shalt be gathered to thy grave in peace, neither shall thine eyes see all the evil that I will bring upon this place, and upon the inhabitants of the same. So they brought the king word again. -- 2 chronicles 34:28 +. +Then the king sent and gathered together all the elders of Judah and Jerusalem. -- 2 chronicles 34:29 +. +And the king went up into the house of the LORD, and all the men of Judah, and the inhabitants of Jerusalem, and the priests, and the Levites, and all the people, great and small: and he read in their ears all the words of the book of the covenant that was found in the house of the LORD. -- 2 chronicles 34:30 +. +And the king stood in his place, and made a covenant before the LORD, to walk after the LORD, and to keep his commandments, and his testimonies, and his statutes, with all his heart, and with all his soul, to perform the words of the covenant which are written in this book. -- 2 chronicles 34:31 +. +And he caused all that were present in Jerusalem and Benjamin to stand to it. And the inhabitants of Jerusalem did according to the covenant of God, the God of their fathers. -- 2 chronicles 34:32 +. +And Josiah took away all the abominations out of all the countries that pertained to the children of Israel, and made all that were present in Israel to serve, even to serve the LORD their God. And all his days they departed not from following the LORD, the God of their fathers. -- 2 chronicles 34:33 +. +Moreover Josiah kept a passover unto the LORD in Jerusalem: and they killed the passover on the fourteenth day of the first month. -- 2 chronicles 35:1 +. +And he set the priests in their charges, and encouraged them to the service of the house of the LORD, -- 2 chronicles 35:2 +. +And said unto the Levites that taught all Israel, which were holy unto the LORD, Put the holy ark in the house which Solomon the son of David king of Israel did build; it shall not be a burden upon your shoulders: serve now the LORD your God, and his people Israel, -- 2 chronicles 35:3 +. +And prepare yourselves by the houses of your fathers, after your courses, according to the writing of David king of Israel, and according to the writing of Solomon his son. -- 2 chronicles 35:4 +. +And stand in the holy place according to the divisions of the families of the fathers of your brethren the people, and after the division of the families of the Levites. -- 2 chronicles 35:5 +. +So kill the passover, and sanctify yourselves, and prepare your brethren, that they may do according to the word of the LORD by the hand of Moses. -- 2 chronicles 35:6 +. +And Josiah gave to the people, of the flock, lambs and kids, all for the passover offerings, for all that were present, to the number of thirty thousand, and three thousand bullocks: these were of the king's substance. -- 2 chronicles 35:7 +. +And his princes gave willingly unto the people, to the priests, and to the Levites: Hilkiah and Zechariah and Jehiel, rulers of the house of God, gave unto the priests for the passover offerings two thousand and six hundred small cattle and three hundred oxen. -- 2 chronicles 35:8 +. +Conaniah also, and Shemaiah and Nethaneel, his brethren, and Hashabiah and Jeiel and Jozabad, chief of the Levites, gave unto the Levites for passover offerings five thousand small cattle, and five hundred oxen. -- 2 chronicles 35:9 +. +So the service was prepared, and the priests stood in their place, and the Levites in their courses, according to the king's commandment. -- 2 chronicles 35:10 +. +And they killed the passover, and the priests sprinkled the blood from their hands, and the Levites flayed them. -- 2 chronicles 35:11 +. +And they removed the burnt offerings, that they might give according to the divisions of the families of the people, to offer unto the LORD, as it is written in the book of Moses. And so did they with the oxen. -- 2 chronicles 35:12 +. +And they roasted the passover with fire according to the ordinance: but the other holy offerings sod they in pots, and in caldrons, and in pans, and divided them speedily among all the people. -- 2 chronicles 35:13 +. +And afterward they made ready for themselves, and for the priests: because the priests the sons of Aaron were busied in offering of burnt offerings and the fat until night; therefore the Levites prepared for themselves, and for the priests the sons of Aaron. -- 2 chronicles 35:14 +. +And the singers the sons of Asaph were in their place, according to the commandment of David, and Asaph, and Heman, and Jeduthun the king's seer; and the porters waited at every gate; they might not depart from their service; for their brethren the Levites prepared for them. -- 2 chronicles 35:15 +. +So all the service of the LORD was prepared the same day, to keep the passover, and to offer burnt offerings upon the altar of the LORD, according to the commandment of king Josiah. -- 2 chronicles 35:16 +. +And the children of Israel that were present kept the passover at that time, and the feast of unleavened bread seven days. -- 2 chronicles 35:17 +. +And there was no passover like to that kept in Israel from the days of Samuel the prophet; neither did all the kings of Israel keep such a passover as Josiah kept, and the priests, and the Levites, and all Judah and Israel that were present, and the inhabitants of Jerusalem. -- 2 chronicles 35:18 +. +In the eighteenth year of the reign of Josiah was this passover kept. -- 2 chronicles 35:19 +. +After all this, when Josiah had prepared the temple, Necho king of Egypt came up to fight against Charchemish by Euphrates: and Josiah went out against him. -- 2 chronicles 35:20 +. +But he sent ambassadors to him, saying, What have I to do with thee, thou king of Judah? I come not against thee this day, but against the house wherewith I have war: for God commanded me to make haste: forbear thee from meddling with God, who is with me, that he destroy thee not. -- 2 chronicles 35:21 +. +Nevertheless Josiah would not turn his face from him, but disguised himself, that he might fight with him, and hearkened not unto the words of Necho from the mouth of God, and came to fight in the valley of Megiddo. -- 2 chronicles 35:22 +. +And the archers shot at king Josiah; and the king said to his servants, Have me away; for I am sore wounded. -- 2 chronicles 35:23 +. +His servants therefore took him out of that chariot, and put him in the second chariot that he had; and they brought him to Jerusalem, and he died, and was buried in one of the sepulchres of his fathers. And all Judah and Jerusalem mourned for Josiah. -- 2 chronicles 35:24 +. +And Jeremiah lamented for Josiah: and all the singing men and the singing women spake of Josiah in their lamentations to this day, and made them an ordinance in Israel: and, behold, they are written in the lamentations. -- 2 chronicles 35:25 +. +Now the rest of the acts of Josiah, and his goodness, according to that which was written in the law of the LORD, -- 2 chronicles 35:26 +. +And his deeds, first and last, behold, they are written in the book of the kings of Israel and Judah. -- 2 chronicles 35:27 +. +Then the people of the land took Jehoahaz the son of Josiah, and made him king in his father's stead in Jerusalem. -- 2 chronicles 36:1 +. +Jehoahaz was twenty and three years old when he began to reign, and he reigned three months in Jerusalem. -- 2 chronicles 36:2 +. +And the king of Egypt put him down at Jerusalem, and condemned the land in an hundred talents of silver and a talent of gold. -- 2 chronicles 36:3 +. +And the king of Egypt made Eliakim his brother king over Judah and Jerusalem, and turned his name to Jehoiakim. And Necho took Jehoahaz his brother, and carried him to Egypt. -- 2 chronicles 36:4 +. +Jehoiakim was twenty and five years old when he began to reign, and he reigned eleven years in Jerusalem: and he did that which was evil in the sight of the LORD his God. -- 2 chronicles 36:5 +. +Against him came up Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon, and bound him in fetters, to carry him to Babylon. -- 2 chronicles 36:6 +. +Nebuchadnezzar also carried of the vessels of the house of the LORD to Babylon, and put them in his temple at Babylon. -- 2 chronicles 36:7 +. +Now the rest of the acts of Jehoiakim, and his abominations which he did, and that which was found in him, behold, they are written in the book of the kings of Israel and Judah: and Jehoiachin his son reigned in his stead. -- 2 chronicles 36:8 +. +Jehoiachin was eight years old when he began to reign, and he reigned three months and ten days in Jerusalem: and he did that which was evil in the sight of the LORD. -- 2 chronicles 36:9 +. +And when the year was expired, king Nebuchadnezzar sent, and brought him to Babylon, with the goodly vessels of the house of the LORD, and made Zedekiah his brother king over Judah and Jerusalem. -- 2 chronicles 36:10 +. +Zedekiah was one and twenty years old when he began to reign, and reigned eleven years in Jerusalem. -- 2 chronicles 36:11 +. +And he did that which was evil in the sight of the LORD his God, and humbled not himself before Jeremiah the prophet speaking from the mouth of the LORD. -- 2 chronicles 36:12 +. +And he also rebelled against king Nebuchadnezzar, who had made him swear by God: but he stiffened his neck, and hardened his heart from turning unto the LORD God of Israel. -- 2 chronicles 36:13 +. +Moreover all the chief of the priests, and the people, transgressed very much after all the abominations of the heathen; and polluted the house of the LORD which he had hallowed in Jerusalem. -- 2 chronicles 36:14 +. +And the LORD God of their fathers sent to them by his messengers, rising up betimes, and sending; because he had compassion on his people, and on his dwelling place: -- 2 chronicles 36:15 +. +But they mocked the messengers of God, and despised his words, and misused his prophets, until the wrath of the LORD arose against his people, till there was no remedy. -- 2 chronicles 36:16 +. +Therefore he brought upon them the king of the Chaldees, who slew their young men with the sword in the house of their sanctuary, and had no compassion upon young man or maiden, old man, or him that stooped for age: he gave them all into his hand. -- 2 chronicles 36:17 +. +And all the vessels of the house of God, great and small, and the treasures of the house of the LORD, and the treasures of the king, and of his princes; all these he brought to Babylon. -- 2 chronicles 36:18 +. +And they burnt the house of God, and brake down the wall of Jerusalem, and burnt all the palaces thereof with fire, and destroyed all the goodly vessels thereof. -- 2 chronicles 36:19 +. +And them that had escaped from the sword carried he away to Babylon; where they were servants to him and his sons until the reign of the kingdom of Persia: -- 2 chronicles 36:20 +. +To fulfil the word of the LORD by the mouth of Jeremiah, until the land had enjoyed her sabbaths: for as long as she lay desolate she kept sabbath, to fulfil threescore and ten years. -- 2 chronicles 36:21 +. +Now in the first year of Cyrus king of Persia, that the word of the LORD spoken by the mouth of Jeremiah might be accomplished, the LORD stirred up the spirit of Cyrus king of Persia, that he made a proclamation throughout all his kingdom, and put it also in writing, saying, -- 2 chronicles 36:22 +. +Thus saith Cyrus king of Persia, All the kingdoms of the earth hath the LORD God of heaven given me; and he hath charged me to build him an house in Jerusalem, which is in Judah. Who is there among you of all his people? The LORD his God be with him, and let him go up. -- 2 chronicles 36:23 +. +Now in the first year of Cyrus king of Persia, that the word of the LORD by the mouth of Jeremiah might be fulfilled, the LORD stirred up the spirit of Cyrus king of Persia, that he made a proclamation throughout all his kingdom, and put it also in writing, saying, -- ezra 1:1 +. +Thus saith Cyrus king of Persia, The LORD God of heaven hath given me all the kingdoms of the earth; and he hath charged me to build him an house at Jerusalem, which is in Judah. -- ezra 1:2 +. +Who is there among you of all his people? his God be with him, and let him go up to Jerusalem, which is in Judah, and build the house of the LORD God of Israel, (he is the God,) which is in Jerusalem. -- ezra 1:3 +. +And whosoever remaineth in any place where he sojourneth, let the men of his place help him with silver, and with gold, and with goods, and with beasts, beside the freewill offering for the house of God that is in Jerusalem. -- ezra 1:4 +. +Then rose up the chief of the fathers of Judah and Benjamin, and the priests, and the Levites, with all them whose spirit God had raised, to go up to build the house of the LORD which is in Jerusalem. -- ezra 1:5 +. +And all they that were about them strengthened their hands with vessels of silver, with gold, with goods, and with beasts, and with precious things, beside all that was willingly offered. -- ezra 1:6 +. +Also Cyrus the king brought forth the vessels of the house of the LORD, which Nebuchadnezzar had brought forth out of Jerusalem, and had put them in the house of his gods; -- ezra 1:7 +. +Even those did Cyrus king of Persia bring forth by the hand of Mithredath the treasurer, and numbered them unto Sheshbazzar, the prince of Judah. -- ezra 1:8 +. +And this is the number of them: thirty chargers of gold, a thousand chargers of silver, nine and twenty knives, -- ezra 1:9 +. +Thirty basins of gold, silver basins of a second sort four hundred and ten, and other vessels a thousand. -- ezra 1:10 +. +All the vessels of gold and of silver were five thousand and four hundred. All these did Sheshbazzar bring up with them of the captivity that were brought up from Babylon unto Jerusalem. -- ezra 1:11 +. +Now these are the children of the province that went up out of the captivity, of those which had been carried away, whom Nebuchadnezzar the king of Babylon had carried away unto Babylon, and came again unto Jerusalem and Judah, every one unto his city; -- ezra 2:1 +. +Which came with Zerubbabel: Jeshua, Nehemiah, Seraiah, Reelaiah, Mordecai, Bilshan, Mizpar, Bigvai, Rehum, Baanah. The number of the men of the people of Israel: -- ezra 2:2 +. +The children of Parosh, two thousand an hundred seventy and two. -- ezra 2:3 +. +The children of Shephatiah, three hundred seventy and two. -- ezra 2:4 +. +The children of Arah, seven hundred seventy and five. -- ezra 2:5 +. +The children of Pahathmoab, of the children of Jeshua and Joab, two thousand eight hundred and twelve. -- ezra 2:6 +. +The children of Elam, a thousand two hundred fifty and four. -- ezra 2:7 +. +The children of Zattu, nine hundred forty and five. -- ezra 2:8 +. +The children of Zaccai, seven hundred and threescore. -- ezra 2:9 +. +The children of Bani, six hundred forty and two. -- ezra 2:10 +. +The children of Bebai, six hundred twenty and three. -- ezra 2:11 +. +The children of Azgad, a thousand two hundred twenty and two. -- ezra 2:12 +. +The children of Adonikam, six hundred sixty and six. -- ezra 2:13 +. +The children of Bigvai, two thousand fifty and six. -- ezra 2:14 +. +The children of Adin, four hundred fifty and four. -- ezra 2:15 +. +The children of Ater of Hezekiah, ninety and eight. -- ezra 2:16 +. +The children of Bezai, three hundred twenty and three. -- ezra 2:17 +. +The children of Jorah, an hundred and twelve. -- ezra 2:18 +. +The children of Hashum, two hundred twenty and three. -- ezra 2:19 +. +The children of Gibbar, ninety and five. -- ezra 2:20 +. +The children of Bethlehem, an hundred twenty and three. -- ezra 2:21 +. +The men of Netophah, fifty and six. -- ezra 2:22 +. +The men of Anathoth, an hundred twenty and eight. -- ezra 2:23 +. +The children of Azmaveth, forty and two. -- ezra 2:24 +. +The children of Kirjatharim, Chephirah, and Beeroth, seven hundred and forty and three. -- ezra 2:25 +. +The children of Ramah and Gaba, six hundred twenty and one. -- ezra 2:26 +. +The men of Michmas, an hundred twenty and two. -- ezra 2:27 +. +The men of Bethel and Ai, two hundred twenty and three. -- ezra 2:28 +. +The children of Nebo, fifty and two. -- ezra 2:29 +. +The children of Magbish, an hundred fifty and six. -- ezra 2:30 +. +The children of the other Elam, a thousand two hundred fifty and four. -- ezra 2:31 +. +The children of Harim, three hundred and twenty. -- ezra 2:32 +. +The children of Lod, Hadid, and Ono, seven hundred twenty and five. -- ezra 2:33 +. +The children of Jericho, three hundred forty and five. -- ezra 2:34 +. +The children of Senaah, three thousand and six hundred and thirty. -- ezra 2:35 +. +The priests: the children of Jedaiah, of the house of Jeshua, nine hundred seventy and three. -- ezra 2:36 +. +The children of Immer, a thousand fifty and two. -- ezra 2:37 +. +The children of Pashur, a thousand two hundred forty and seven. -- ezra 2:38 +. +The children of Harim, a thousand and seventeen. -- ezra 2:39 +. +The Levites: the children of Jeshua and Kadmiel, of the children of Hodaviah, seventy and four. -- ezra 2:40 +. +The singers: the children of Asaph, an hundred twenty and eight. -- ezra 2:41 +. +The children of the porters: the children of Shallum, the children of Ater, the children of Talmon, the children of Akkub, the children of Hatita, the children of Shobai, in all an hundred thirty and nine. -- ezra 2:42 +. +The Nethinims: the children of Ziha, the children of Hasupha, the children of Tabbaoth, -- ezra 2:43 +. +The children of Keros, the children of Siaha, the children of Padon, -- ezra 2:44 +. +The children of Lebanah, the children of Hagabah, the children of Akkub, -- ezra 2:45 +. +The children of Hagab, the children of Shalmai, the children of Hanan, -- ezra 2:46 +. +The children of Giddel, the children of Gahar, the children of Reaiah, -- ezra 2:47 +. +The children of Rezin, the children of Nekoda, the children of Gazzam, -- ezra 2:48 +. +The children of Uzza, the children of Paseah, the children of Besai, -- ezra 2:49 +. +The children of Asnah, the children of Mehunim, the children of Nephusim, -- ezra 2:50 +. +The children of Bakbuk, the children of Hakupha, the children of Harhur, -- ezra 2:51 +. +The children of Bazluth, the children of Mehida, the children of Harsha, -- ezra 2:52 +. +The children of Barkos, the children of Sisera, the children of Thamah, -- ezra 2:53 +. +The children of Neziah, the children of Hatipha. -- ezra 2:54 +. +The children of Solomon's servants: the children of Sotai, the children of Sophereth, the children of Peruda, -- ezra 2:55 +. +The children of Jaalah, the children of Darkon, the children of Giddel, -- ezra 2:56 +. +The children of Shephatiah, the children of Hattil, the children of Pochereth of Zebaim, the children of Ami. -- ezra 2:57 +. +All the Nethinims, and the children of Solomon's servants, were three hundred ninety and two. -- ezra 2:58 +. +And these were they which went up from Telmelah, Telharsa, Cherub, Addan, and Immer: but they could not shew their father's house, and their seed, whether they were of Israel: -- ezra 2:59 +. +The children of Delaiah, the children of Tobiah, the children of Nekoda, six hundred fifty and two. -- ezra 2:60 +. +And of the children of the priests: the children of Habaiah, the children of Koz, the children of Barzillai; which took a wife of the daughters of Barzillai the Gileadite, and was called after their name: -- ezra 2:61 +. +These sought their register among those that were reckoned by genealogy, but they were not found: therefore were they, as polluted, put from the priesthood. -- ezra 2:62 +. +And the Tirshatha said unto them, that they should not eat of the most holy things, till there stood up a priest with Urim and with Thummim. -- ezra 2:63 +. +The whole congregation together was forty and two thousand three hundred and threescore, -- ezra 2:64 +. +Beside their servants and their maids, of whom there were seven thousand three hundred thirty and seven: and there were among them two hundred singing men and singing women. -- ezra 2:65 +. +Their horses were seven hundred thirty and six; their mules, two hundred forty and five; -- ezra 2:66 +. +Their camels, four hundred thirty and five; their asses, six thousand seven hundred and twenty. -- ezra 2:67 +. +And some of the chief of the fathers, when they came to the house of the LORD which is at Jerusalem, offered freely for the house of God to set it up in his place: -- ezra 2:68 +. +They gave after their ability unto the treasure of the work threescore and one thousand drams of gold, and five thousand pound of silver, and one hundred priests' garments. -- ezra 2:69 +. +So the priests, and the Levites, and some of the people, and the singers, and the porters, and the Nethinims, dwelt in their cities, and all Israel in their cities. -- ezra 2:70 +. +And when the seventh month was come, and the children of Israel were in the cities, the people gathered themselves together as one man to Jerusalem. -- ezra 3:1 +. +Then stood up Jeshua the son of Jozadak, and his brethren the priests, and Zerubbabel the son of Shealtiel, and his brethren, and builded the altar of the God of Israel, to offer burnt offerings thereon, as it is written in the law of Moses the man of God. -- ezra 3:2 +. +And they set the altar upon his bases; for fear was upon them because of the people of those countries: and they offered burnt offerings thereon unto the LORD, even burnt offerings morning and evening. -- ezra 3:3 +. +They kept also the feast of tabernacles, as it is written, and offered the daily burnt offerings by number, according to the custom, as the duty of every day required; -- ezra 3:4 +. +And afterward offered the continual burnt offering, both of the new moons, and of all the set feasts of the LORD that were consecrated, and of every one that willingly offered a freewill offering unto the LORD. -- ezra 3:5 +. +From the first day of the seventh month began they to offer burnt offerings unto the LORD. But the foundation of the temple of the LORD was not yet laid. -- ezra 3:6 +. +They gave money also unto the masons, and to the carpenters; and meat, and drink, and oil, unto them of Zidon, and to them of Tyre, to bring cedar trees from Lebanon to the sea of Joppa, according to the grant that they had of Cyrus king of Persia. -- ezra 3:7 +. +Now in the second year of their coming unto the house of God at Jerusalem, in the second month, began Zerubbabel the son of Shealtiel, and Jeshua the son of Jozadak, and the remnant of their brethren the priests and the Levites, and all they that were come out of the captivity unto Jerusalem; and appointed the Levites, from twenty years old and upward, to set forward the work of the house of the LORD. -- ezra 3:8 +. +Then stood Jeshua with his sons and his brethren, Kadmiel and his sons, the sons of Judah, together, to set forward the workmen in the house of God: the sons of Henadad, with their sons and their brethren the Levites. -- ezra 3:9 +. +And when the builders laid the foundation of the temple of the LORD, they set the priests in their apparel with trumpets, and the Levites the sons of Asaph with cymbals, to praise the LORD, after the ordinance of David king of Israel. -- ezra 3:10 +. +And they sang together by course in praising and giving thanks unto the LORD; because he is good, for his mercy endureth for ever toward Israel. And all the people shouted with a great shout, when they praised the LORD, because the foundation of the house of the LORD was laid. -- ezra 3:11 +. +But many of the priests and Levites and chief of the fathers, who were ancient men, that had seen the first house, when the foundation of this house was laid before their eyes, wept with a loud voice; and many shouted aloud for joy: -- ezra 3:12 +. +So that the people could not discern the noise of the shout of joy from the noise of the weeping of the people: for the people shouted with a loud shout, and the noise was heard afar off. -- ezra 3:13 +. +Now when the adversaries of Judah and Benjamin heard that the children of the captivity builded the temple unto the LORD God of Israel; -- ezra 4:1 +. +Then they came to Zerubbabel, and to the chief of the fathers, and said unto them, Let us build with you: for we seek your God, as ye do; and we do sacrifice unto him since the days of Esarhaddon king of Assur, which brought us up hither. -- ezra 4:2 +. +But Zerubbabel, and Jeshua, and the rest of the chief of the fathers of Israel, said unto them, Ye have nothing to do with us to build an house unto our God; but we ourselves together will build unto the LORD God of Israel, as king Cyrus the king of Persia hath commanded us. -- ezra 4:3 +. +Then the people of the land weakened the hands of the people of Judah, and troubled them in building, -- ezra 4:4 +. +And hired counsellors against them, to frustrate their purpose, all the days of Cyrus king of Persia, even until the reign of Darius king of Persia. -- ezra 4:5 +. +And in the reign of Ahasuerus, in the beginning of his reign, wrote they unto him an accusation against the inhabitants of Judah and Jerusalem. -- ezra 4:6 +. +And in the days of Artaxerxes wrote Bishlam, Mithredath, Tabeel, and the rest of their companions, unto Artaxerxes king of Persia; and the writing of the letter was written in the Syrian tongue, and interpreted in the Syrian tongue. -- ezra 4:7 +. +Rehum the chancellor and Shimshai the scribe wrote a letter against Jerusalem to Artaxerxes the king in this sort: -- ezra 4:8 +. +Then wrote Rehum the chancellor, and Shimshai the scribe, and the rest of their companions; the Dinaites, the Apharsathchites, the Tarpelites, the Apharsites, the Archevites, the Babylonians, the Susanchites, the Dehavites, and the Elamites, -- ezra 4:9 +. +And the rest of the nations whom the great and noble Asnapper brought over, and set in the cities of Samaria, and the rest that are on this side the river, and at such a time. -- ezra 4:10 +. +This is the copy of the letter that they sent unto him, even unto Artaxerxes the king; Thy servants the men on this side the river, and at such a time. -- ezra 4:11 +. +Be it known unto the king, that the Jews which came up from thee to us are come unto Jerusalem, building the rebellious and the bad city, and have set up the walls thereof, and joined the foundations. -- ezra 4:12 +. +Be it known now unto the king, that, if this city be builded, and the walls set up again, then will they not pay toll, tribute, and custom, and so thou shalt endamage the revenue of the kings. -- ezra 4:13 +. +Now because we have maintenance from the king's palace, and it was not meet for us to see the king's dishonour, therefore have we sent and certified the king; -- ezra 4:14 +. +That search may be made in the book of the records of thy fathers: so shalt thou find in the book of the records, and know that this city is a rebellious city, and hurtful unto kings and provinces, and that they have moved sedition within the same of old time: for which cause was this city destroyed. -- ezra 4:15 +. +We certify the king that, if this city be builded again, and the walls thereof set up, by this means thou shalt have no portion on this side the river. -- ezra 4:16 +. +Then sent the king an answer unto Rehum the chancellor, and to Shimshai the scribe, and to the rest of their companions that dwell in Samaria, and unto the rest beyond the river, Peace, and at such a time. -- ezra 4:17 +. +The letter which ye sent unto us hath been plainly read before me. -- ezra 4:18 +. +And I commanded, and search hath been made, and it is found that this city of old time hath made insurrection against kings, and that rebellion and sedition have been made therein. -- ezra 4:19 +. +There have been mighty kings also over Jerusalem, which have ruled over all countries beyond the river; and toll, tribute, and custom, was paid unto them. -- ezra 4:20 +. +Give ye now commandment to cause these men to cease, and that this city be not builded, until another commandment shall be given from me. -- ezra 4:21 +. +Take heed now that ye fail not to do this: why should damage grow to the hurt of the kings? -- ezra 4:22 +. +Now when the copy of king Artaxerxes' letter was read before Rehum, and Shimshai the scribe, and their companions, they went up in haste to Jerusalem unto the Jews, and made them to cease by force and power. -- ezra 4:23 +. +Then ceased the work of the house of God which is at Jerusalem. So it ceased unto the second year of the reign of Darius king of Persia. -- ezra 4:24 +. +Then the prophets, Haggai the prophet, and Zechariah the son of Iddo, prophesied unto the Jews that were in Judah and Jerusalem in the name of the God of Israel, even unto them. -- ezra 5:1 +. +Then rose up Zerubbabel the son of Shealtiel, and Jeshua the son of Jozadak, and began to build the house of God which is at Jerusalem: and with them were the prophets of God helping them. -- ezra 5:2 +. +At the same time came to them Tatnai, governor on this side the river, and Shetharboznai and their companions, and said thus unto them, Who hath commanded you to build this house, and to make up this wall? -- ezra 5:3 +. +Then said we unto them after this manner, What are the names of the men that make this building? -- ezra 5:4 +. +But the eye of their God was upon the elders of the Jews, that they could not cause them to cease, till the matter came to Darius: and then they returned answer by letter concerning this matter. -- ezra 5:5 +. +The copy of the letter that Tatnai, governor on this side the river, and Shetharboznai and his companions the Apharsachites, which were on this side the river, sent unto Darius the king: -- ezra 5:6 +. +They sent a letter unto him, wherein was written thus; Unto Darius the king, all peace. -- ezra 5:7 +. +Be it known unto the king, that we went into the province of Judea, to the house of the great God, which is builded with great stones, and timber is laid in the walls, and this work goeth fast on, and prospereth in their hands. -- ezra 5:8 +. +Then asked we those elders, and said unto them thus, Who commanded you to build this house, and to make up these walls? -- ezra 5:9 +. +We asked their names also, to certify thee, that we might write the names of the men that were the chief of them. -- ezra 5:10 +. +And thus they returned us answer, saying, We are the servants of the God of heaven and earth, and build the house that was builded these many years ago, which a great king of Israel builded and set up. -- ezra 5:11 +. +But after that our fathers had provoked the God of heaven unto wrath, he gave them into the hand of Nebuchadnezzar the king of Babylon, the Chaldean, who destroyed this house, and carried the people away into Babylon. -- ezra 5:12 +. +But in the first year of Cyrus the king of Babylon the same king Cyrus made a decree to build this house of God. -- ezra 5:13 +. +And the vessels also of gold and silver of the house of God, which Nebuchadnezzar took out of the temple that was in Jerusalem, and brought them into the temple of Babylon, those did Cyrus the king take out of the temple of Babylon, and they were delivered unto one, whose name was Sheshbazzar, whom he had made governor; -- ezra 5:14 +. +And said unto him, Take these vessels, go, carry them into the temple that is in Jerusalem, and let the house of God be builded in his place. -- ezra 5:15 +. +Then came the same Sheshbazzar, and laid the foundation of the house of God which is in Jerusalem: and since that time even until now hath it been in building, and yet it is not finished. -- ezra 5:16 +. +Now therefore, if it seem good to the king, let there be search made in the king's treasure house, which is there at Babylon, whether it be so, that a decree was made of Cyrus the king to build this house of God at Jerusalem, and let the king send his pleasure to us concerning this matter. -- ezra 5:17 +. +Then Darius the king made a decree, and search was made in the house of the rolls, where the treasures were laid up in Babylon. -- ezra 6:1 +. +And there was found at Achmetha, in the palace that is in the province of the Medes, a roll, and therein was a record thus written: -- ezra 6:2 +. +In the first year of Cyrus the king the same Cyrus the king made a decree concerning the house of God at Jerusalem, Let the house be builded, the place where they offered sacrifices, and let the foundations thereof be strongly laid; the height thereof threescore cubits, and the breadth thereof threescore cubits; -- ezra 6:3 +. +With three rows of great stones, and a row of new timber: and let the expenses be given out of the king's house: -- ezra 6:4 +. +And also let the golden and silver vessels of the house of God, which Nebuchadnezzar took forth out of the temple which is at Jerusalem, and brought unto Babylon, be restored, and brought again unto the temple which is at Jerusalem, every one to his place, and place them in the house of God. -- ezra 6:5 +. +Now therefore, Tatnai, governor beyond the river, Shetharboznai, and your companions the Apharsachites, which are beyond the river, be ye far from thence: -- ezra 6:6 +. +Let the work of this house of God alone; let the governor of the Jews and the elders of the Jews build this house of God in his place. -- ezra 6:7 +. +Moreover I make a decree what ye shall do to the elders of these Jews for the building of this house of God: that of the king's goods, even of the tribute beyond the river, forthwith expenses be given unto these men, that they be not hindered. -- ezra 6:8 +. +And that which they have need of, both young bullocks, and rams, and lambs, for the burnt offerings of the God of heaven, wheat, salt, wine, and oil, according to the appointment of the priests which are at Jerusalem, let it be given them day by day without fail: -- ezra 6:9 +. +That they may offer sacrifices of sweet savours unto the God of heaven, and pray for the life of the king, and of his sons. -- ezra 6:10 +. +Also I have made a decree, that whosoever shall alter this word, let timber be pulled down from his house, and being set up, let him be hanged thereon; and let his house be made a dunghill for this. -- ezra 6:11 +. +And the God that hath caused his name to dwell there destroy all kings and people, that shall put to their hand to alter and to destroy this house of God which is at Jerusalem. I Darius have made a decree; let it be done with speed. -- ezra 6:12 +. +Then Tatnai, governor on this side the river, Shetharboznai, and their companions, according to that which Darius the king had sent, so they did speedily. -- ezra 6:13 +. +And the elders of the Jews builded, and they prospered through the prophesying of Haggai the prophet and Zechariah the son of Iddo. And they builded, and finished it, according to the commandment of the God of Israel, and according to the commandment of Cyrus, and Darius, and Artaxerxes king of Persia. -- ezra 6:14 +. +And this house was finished on the third day of the month Adar, which was in the sixth year of the reign of Darius the king. -- ezra 6:15 +. +And the children of Israel, the priests, and the Levites, and the rest of the children of the captivity, kept the dedication of this house of God with joy. -- ezra 6:16 +. +And offered at the dedication of this house of God an hundred bullocks, two hundred rams, four hundred lambs; and for a sin offering for all Israel, twelve he goats, according to the number of the tribes of Israel. -- ezra 6:17 +. +And they set the priests in their divisions, and the Levites in their courses, for the service of God, which is at Jerusalem; as it is written in the book of Moses. -- ezra 6:18 +. +And the children of the captivity kept the passover upon the fourteenth day of the first month. -- ezra 6:19 +. +For the priests and the Levites were purified together, all of them were pure, and killed the passover for all the children of the captivity, and for their brethren the priests, and for themselves. -- ezra 6:20 +. +And the children of Israel, which were come again out of captivity, and all such as had separated themselves unto them from the filthiness of the heathen of the land, to seek the LORD God of Israel, did eat, -- ezra 6:21 +. +And kept the feast of unleavened bread seven days with joy: for the LORD had made them joyful, and turned the heart of the king of Assyria unto them, to strengthen their hands in the work of the house of God, the God of Israel. -- ezra 6:22 +. +Now after these things, in the reign of Artaxerxes king of Persia, Ezra the son of Seraiah, the son of Azariah, the son of Hilkiah, -- ezra 7:1 +. +The son of Shallum, the son of Zadok, the son of Ahitub, -- ezra 7:2 +. +The son of Amariah, the son of Azariah, the son of Meraioth, -- ezra 7:3 +. +The son of Zerahiah, the son of Uzzi, the son of Bukki, -- ezra 7:4 +. +The son of Abishua, the son of Phinehas, the son of Eleazar, the son of Aaron the chief priest: -- ezra 7:5 +. +This Ezra went up from Babylon; and he was a ready scribe in the law of Moses, which the LORD God of Israel had given: and the king granted him all his request, according to the hand of the LORD his God upon him. -- ezra 7:6 +. +And there went up some of the children of Israel, and of the priests, and the Levites, and the singers, and the porters, and the Nethinims, unto Jerusalem, in the seventh year of Artaxerxes the king. -- ezra 7:7 +. +And he came to Jerusalem in the fifth month, which was in the seventh year of the king. -- ezra 7:8 +. +For upon the first day of the first month began he to go up from Babylon, and on the first day of the fifth month came he to Jerusalem, according to the good hand of his God upon him. -- ezra 7:9 +. +For Ezra had prepared his heart to seek the law of the LORD, and to do it, and to teach in Israel statutes and judgments. -- ezra 7:10 +. +Now this is the copy of the letter that the king Artaxerxes gave unto Ezra the priest, the scribe, even a scribe of the words of the commandments of the LORD, and of his statutes to Israel. -- ezra 7:11 +. +Artaxerxes, king of kings, unto Ezra the priest, a scribe of the law of the God of heaven, perfect peace, and at such a time. -- ezra 7:12 +. +I make a decree, that all they of the people of Israel, and of his priests and Levites, in my realm, which are minded of their own freewill to go up to Jerusalem, go with thee. -- ezra 7:13 +. +Forasmuch as thou art sent of the king, and of his seven counsellors, to enquire concerning Judah and Jerusalem, according to the law of thy God which is in thine hand; -- ezra 7:14 +. +And to carry the silver and gold, which the king and his counsellors have freely offered unto the God of Israel, whose habitation is in Jerusalem, -- ezra 7:15 +. +And all the silver and gold that thou canst find in all the province of Babylon, with the freewill offering of the people, and of the priests, offering willingly for the house of their God which is in Jerusalem: -- ezra 7:16 +. +That thou mayest buy speedily with this money bullocks, rams, lambs, with their meat offerings and their drink offerings, and offer them upon the altar of the house of your God which is in Jerusalem. -- ezra 7:17 +. +And whatsoever shall seem good to thee, and to thy brethren, to do with the rest of the silver and the gold, that do after the will of your God. -- ezra 7:18 +. +The vessels also that are given thee for the service of the house of thy God, those deliver thou before the God of Jerusalem. -- ezra 7:19 +. +And whatsoever more shall be needful for the house of thy God, which thou shalt have occasion to bestow, bestow it out of the king's treasure house. -- ezra 7:20 +. +And I, even I Artaxerxes the king, do make a decree to all the treasurers which are beyond the river, that whatsoever Ezra the priest, the scribe of the law of the God of heaven, shall require of you, it be done speedily, -- ezra 7:21 +. +Unto an hundred talents of silver, and to an hundred measures of wheat, and to an hundred baths of wine, and to an hundred baths of oil, and salt without prescribing how much. -- ezra 7:22 +. +Whatsoever is commanded by the God of heaven, let it be diligently done for the house of the God of heaven: for why should there be wrath against the realm of the king and his sons? -- ezra 7:23 +. +Also we certify you, that touching any of the priests and Levites, singers, porters, Nethinims, or ministers of this house of God, it shall not be lawful to impose toll, tribute, or custom, upon them. -- ezra 7:24 +. +And thou, Ezra, after the wisdom of thy God, that is in thine hand, set magistrates and judges, which may judge all the people that are beyond the river, all such as know the laws of thy God; and teach ye them that know them not. -- ezra 7:25 +. +And whosoever will not do the law of thy God, and the law of the king, let judgment be executed speedily upon him, whether it be unto death, or to banishment, or to confiscation of goods, or to imprisonment. -- ezra 7:26 +. +Blessed be the LORD God of our fathers, which hath put such a thing as this in the king's heart, to beautify the house of the LORD which is in Jerusalem: -- ezra 7:27 +. +And hath extended mercy unto me before the king, and his counsellors, and before all the king's mighty princes. And I was strengthened as the hand of the LORD my God was upon me, and I gathered together out of Israel chief men to go up with me. -- ezra 7:28 +. +These are now the chief of their fathers, and this is the genealogy of them that went up with me from Babylon, in the reign of Artaxerxes the king. -- ezra 8:1 +. +Of the sons of Phinehas; Gershom: of the sons of Ithamar; Daniel: of the sons of David; Hattush. -- ezra 8:2 +. +Of the sons of Shechaniah, of the sons of Pharosh; Zechariah: and with him were reckoned by genealogy of the males an hundred and fifty. -- ezra 8:3 +. +Of the sons of Pahathmoab; Elihoenai the son of Zerahiah, and with him two hundred males. -- ezra 8:4 +. +Of the sons of Shechaniah; the son of Jahaziel, and with him three hundred males. -- ezra 8:5 +. +Of the sons also of Adin; Ebed the son of Jonathan, and with him fifty males. -- ezra 8:6 +. +And of the sons of Elam; Jeshaiah the son of Athaliah, and with him seventy males. -- ezra 8:7 +. +And of the sons of Shephatiah; Zebadiah the son of Michael, and with him fourscore males. -- ezra 8:8 +. +Of the sons of Joab; Obadiah the son of Jehiel, and with him two hundred and eighteen males. -- ezra 8:9 +. +And of the sons of Shelomith; the son of Josiphiah, and with him an hundred and threescore males. -- ezra 8:10 +. +And of the sons of Bebai; Zechariah the son of Bebai, and with him twenty and eight males. -- ezra 8:11 +. +And of the sons of Azgad; Johanan the son of Hakkatan, and with him an hundred and ten males. -- ezra 8:12 +. +And of the last sons of Adonikam, whose names are these, Eliphelet, Jeiel, and Shemaiah, and with them threescore males. -- ezra 8:13 +. +Of the sons also of Bigvai; Uthai, and Zabbud, and with them seventy males. -- ezra 8:14 +. +And I gathered them together to the river that runneth to Ahava; and there abode we in tents three days: and I viewed the people, and the priests, and found there none of the sons of Levi. -- ezra 8:15 +. +Then sent I for Eliezer, for Ariel, for Shemaiah, and for Elnathan, and for Jarib, and for Elnathan, and for Nathan, and for Zechariah, and for Meshullam, chief men; also for Joiarib, and for Elnathan, men of understanding. -- ezra 8:16 +. +And I sent them with commandment unto Iddo the chief at the place Casiphia, and I told them what they should say unto Iddo, and to his brethren the Nethinims, at the place Casiphia, that they should bring unto us ministers for the house of our God. -- ezra 8:17 +. +And by the good hand of our God upon us they brought us a man of understanding, of the sons of Mahli, the son of Levi, the son of Israel; and Sherebiah, with his sons and his brethren, eighteen; -- ezra 8:18 +. +And Hashabiah, and with him Jeshaiah of the sons of Merari, his brethren and their sons, twenty; -- ezra 8:19 +. +Also of the Nethinims, whom David and the princes had appointed for the service of the Levites, two hundred and twenty Nethinims: all of them were expressed by name. -- ezra 8:20 +. +Then I proclaimed a fast there, at the river of Ahava, that we might afflict ourselves before our God, to seek of him a right way for us, and for our little ones, and for all our substance. -- ezra 8:21 +. +For I was ashamed to require of the king a band of soldiers and horsemen to help us against the enemy in the way: because we had spoken unto the king, saying, The hand of our God is upon all them for good that seek him; but his power and his wrath is against all them that forsake him. -- ezra 8:22 +. +So we fasted and besought our God for this: and he was intreated of us. -- ezra 8:23 +. +Then I separated twelve of the chief of the priests, Sherebiah, Hashabiah, and ten of their brethren with them, -- ezra 8:24 +. +And weighed unto them the silver, and the gold, and the vessels, even the offering of the house of our God, which the king, and his counsellors, and his lords, and all Israel there present, had offered: -- ezra 8:25 +. +I even weighed unto their hand six hundred and fifty talents of silver, and silver vessels an hundred talents, and of gold an hundred talents; -- ezra 8:26 +. +Also twenty basons of gold, of a thousand drams; and two vessels of fine copper, precious as gold. -- ezra 8:27 +. +And I said unto them, Ye are holy unto the LORD; the vessels are holy also; and the silver and the gold are a freewill offering unto the LORD God of your fathers. -- ezra 8:28 +. +Watch ye, and keep them, until ye weigh them before the chief of the priests and the Levites, and chief of the fathers of Israel, at Jerusalem, in the chambers of the house of the LORD. -- ezra 8:29 +. +So took the priests and the Levites the weight of the silver, and the gold, and the vessels, to bring them to Jerusalem unto the house of our God. -- ezra 8:30 +. +Then we departed from the river of Ahava on the twelfth day of the first month, to go unto Jerusalem: and the hand of our God was upon us, and he delivered us from the hand of the enemy, and of such as lay in wait by the way. -- ezra 8:31 +. +And we came to Jerusalem, and abode there three days. -- ezra 8:32 +. +Now on the fourth day was the silver and the gold and the vessels weighed in the house of our God by the hand of Meremoth the son of Uriah the priest; and with him was Eleazar the son of Phinehas; and with them was Jozabad the son of Jeshua, and Noadiah the son of Binnui, Levites; -- ezra 8:33 +. +By number and by weight of every one: and all the weight was written at that time. -- ezra 8:34 +. +Also the children of those that had been carried away, which were come out of the captivity, offered burnt offerings unto the God of Israel, twelve bullocks for all Israel, ninety and six rams, seventy and seven lambs, twelve he goats for a sin offering: all this was a burnt offering unto the LORD. -- ezra 8:35 +. +And they delivered the king's commissions unto the king's lieutenants, and to the governors on this side the river: and they furthered the people, and the house of God. -- ezra 8:36 +. +Now when these things were done, the princes came to me, saying, The people of Israel, and the priests, and the Levites, have not separated themselves from the people of the lands, doing according to their abominations, even of the Canaanites, the Hittites, the Perizzites, the Jebusites, the Ammonites, the Moabites, the Egyptians, and the Amorites. -- ezra 9:1 +. +For they have taken of their daughters for themselves, and for their sons: so that the holy seed have mingled themselves with the people of those lands: yea, the hand of the princes and rulers hath been chief in this trespass. -- ezra 9:2 +. +And when I heard this thing, I rent my garment and my mantle, and plucked off the hair of my head and of my beard, and sat down astonied. -- ezra 9:3 +. +Then were assembled unto me every one that trembled at the words of the God of Israel, because of the transgression of those that had been carried away; and I sat astonied until the evening sacrifice. -- ezra 9:4 +. +And at the evening sacrifice I arose up from my heaviness; and having rent my garment and my mantle, I fell upon my knees, and spread out my hands unto the LORD my God, -- ezra 9:5 +. +And said, O my God, I am ashamed and blush to lift up my face to thee, my God: for our iniquities are increased over our head, and our trespass is grown up unto the heavens. -- ezra 9:6 +. +Since the days of our fathers have we been in a great trespass unto this day; and for our iniquities have we, our kings, and our priests, been delivered into the hand of the kings of the lands, to the sword, to captivity, and to a spoil, and to confusion of face, as it is this day. -- ezra 9:7 +. +And now for a little space grace hath been shewed from the LORD our God, to leave us a remnant to escape, and to give us a nail in his holy place, that our God may lighten our eyes, and give us a little reviving in our bondage. -- ezra 9:8 +. +For we were bondmen; yet our God hath not forsaken us in our bondage, but hath extended mercy unto us in the sight of the kings of Persia, to give us a reviving, to set up the house of our God, and to repair the desolations thereof, and to give us a wall in Judah and in Jerusalem. -- ezra 9:9 +. +And now, O our God, what shall we say after this? for we have forsaken thy commandments, -- ezra 9:10 +. +Which thou hast commanded by thy servants the prophets, saying, The land, unto which ye go to possess it, is an unclean land with the filthiness of the people of the lands, with their abominations, which have filled it from one end to another with their uncleanness. -- ezra 9:11 +. +Now therefore give not your daughters unto their sons, neither take their daughters unto your sons, nor seek their peace or their wealth for ever: that ye may be strong, and eat the good of the land, and leave it for an inheritance to your children for ever. -- ezra 9:12 +. +And after all that is come upon us for our evil deeds, and for our great trespass, seeing that thou our God hast punished us less than our iniquities deserve, and hast given us such deliverance as this; -- ezra 9:13 +. +Should we again break thy commandments, and join in affinity with the people of these abominations? wouldest not thou be angry with us till thou hadst consumed us, so that there should be no remnant nor escaping? -- ezra 9:14 +. +O LORD God of Israel, thou art righteous: for we remain yet escaped, as it is this day: behold, we are before thee in our trespasses: for we cannot stand before thee because of this. -- ezra 9:15 +. +Now when Ezra had prayed, and when he had confessed, weeping and casting himself down before the house of God, there assembled unto him out of Israel a very great congregation of men and women and children: for the people wept very sore. -- ezra 10:1 +. +And Shechaniah the son of Jehiel, one of the sons of Elam, answered and said unto Ezra, We have trespassed against our God, and have taken strange wives of the people of the land: yet now there is hope in Israel concerning this thing. -- ezra 10:2 +. +Now therefore let us make a covenant with our God to put away all the wives, and such as are born of them, according to the counsel of my lord, and of those that tremble at the commandment of our God; and let it be done according to the law. -- ezra 10:3 +. +Arise; for this matter belongeth unto thee: we also will be with thee: be of good courage, and do it. -- ezra 10:4 +. +Then arose Ezra, and made the chief priests, the Levites, and all Israel, to swear that they should do according to this word. And they sware. -- ezra 10:5 +. +Then Ezra rose up from before the house of God, and went into the chamber of Johanan the son of Eliashib: and when he came thither, he did eat no bread, nor drink water: for he mourned because of the transgression of them that had been carried away. -- ezra 10:6 +. +And they made proclamation throughout Judah and Jerusalem unto all the children of the captivity, that they should gather themselves together unto Jerusalem; -- ezra 10:7 +. +And that whosoever would not come within three days, according to the counsel of the princes and the elders, all his substance should be forfeited, and himself separated from the congregation of those that had been carried away. -- ezra 10:8 +. +Then all the men of Judah and Benjamin gathered themselves together unto Jerusalem within three days. It was the ninth month, on the twentieth day of the month; and all the people sat in the street of the house of God, trembling because of this matter, and for the great rain. -- ezra 10:9 +. +And Ezra the priest stood up, and said unto them, Ye have transgressed, and have taken strange wives, to increase the trespass of Israel. -- ezra 10:10 +. +Now therefore make confession unto the LORD God of your fathers, and do his pleasure: and separate yourselves from the people of the land, and from the strange wives. -- ezra 10:11 +. +Then all the congregation answered and said with a loud voice, As thou hast said, so must we do. -- ezra 10:12 +. +But the people are many, and it is a time of much rain, and we are not able to stand without, neither is this a work of one day or two: for we are many that have transgressed in this thing. -- ezra 10:13 +. +Let now our rulers of all the congregation stand, and let all them which have taken strange wives in our cities come at appointed times, and with them the elders of every city, and the judges thereof, until the fierce wrath of our God for this matter be turned from us. -- ezra 10:14 +. +Only Jonathan the son of Asahel and Jahaziah the son of Tikvah were employed about this matter: and Meshullam and Shabbethai the Levite helped them. -- ezra 10:15 +. +And the children of the captivity did so. And Ezra the priest, with certain chief of the fathers, after the house of their fathers, and all of them by their names, were separated, and sat down in the first day of the tenth month to examine the matter. -- ezra 10:16 +. +And they made an end with all the men that had taken strange wives by the first day of the first month. -- ezra 10:17 +. +And among the sons of the priests there were found that had taken strange wives: namely, of the sons of Jeshua the son of Jozadak, and his brethren; Maaseiah, and Eliezer, and Jarib, and Gedaliah. -- ezra 10:18 +. +And they gave their hands that they would put away their wives; and being guilty, they offered a ram of the flock for their trespass. -- ezra 10:19 +. +And of the sons of Immer; Hanani, and Zebadiah. -- ezra 10:20 +. +And of the sons of Harim; Maaseiah, and Elijah, and Shemaiah, and Jehiel, and Uzziah. -- ezra 10:21 +. +And of the sons of Pashur; Elioenai, Maaseiah, Ishmael, Nethaneel, Jozabad, and Elasah. -- ezra 10:22 +. +Also of the Levites; Jozabad, and Shimei, and Kelaiah, (the same is Kelita,) Pethahiah, Judah, and Eliezer. -- ezra 10:23 +. +Of the singers also; Eliashib: and of the porters; Shallum, and Telem, and Uri. -- ezra 10:24 +. +Moreover of Israel: of the sons of Parosh; Ramiah, and Jeziah, and Malchiah, and Miamin, and Eleazar, and Malchijah, and Benaiah. -- ezra 10:25 +. +And of the sons of Elam; Mattaniah, Zechariah, and Jehiel, and Abdi, and Jeremoth, and Eliah. -- ezra 10:26 +. +And of the sons of Zattu; Elioenai, Eliashib, Mattaniah, and Jeremoth, and Zabad, and Aziza. -- ezra 10:27 +. +Of the sons also of Bebai; Jehohanan, Hananiah, Zabbai, and Athlai. -- ezra 10:28 +. +And of the sons of Bani; Meshullam, Malluch, and Adaiah, Jashub, and Sheal, and Ramoth. -- ezra 10:29 +. +And of the sons of Pahathmoab; Adna, and Chelal, Benaiah, Maaseiah, Mattaniah, Bezaleel, and Binnui, and Manasseh. -- ezra 10:30 +. +And of the sons of Harim; Eliezer, Ishijah, Malchiah, Shemaiah, Shimeon, -- ezra 10:31 +. +Benjamin, Malluch, and Shemariah. -- ezra 10:32 +. +Of the sons of Hashum; Mattenai, Mattathah, Zabad, Eliphelet, Jeremai, Manasseh, and Shimei. -- ezra 10:33 +. +Of the sons of Bani; Maadai, Amram, and Uel, -- ezra 10:34 +. +Benaiah, Bedeiah, Chelluh, -- ezra 10:35 +. +Vaniah, Meremoth, Eliashib, -- ezra 10:36 +. +Mattaniah, Mattenai, and Jaasau, -- ezra 10:37 +. +And Bani, and Binnui, Shimei, -- ezra 10:38 +. +And Shelemiah, and Nathan, and Adaiah, -- ezra 10:39 +. +Machnadebai, Shashai, Sharai, -- ezra 10:40 +. +Azareel, and Shelemiah, Shemariah, -- ezra 10:41 +. +Shallum, Amariah, and Joseph. -- ezra 10:42 +. +Of the sons of Nebo; Jeiel, Mattithiah, Zabad, Zebina, Jadau, and Joel, Benaiah. -- ezra 10:43 +. +All these had taken strange wives: and some of them had wives by whom they had children. -- ezra 10:44 +. +The words of Nehemiah the son of Hachaliah. And it came to pass in the month Chisleu, in the twentieth year, as I was in Shushan the palace, -- nehemiah 1:1 +. +That Hanani, one of my brethren, came, he and certain men of Judah; and I asked them concerning the Jews that had escaped, which were left of the captivity, and concerning Jerusalem. -- nehemiah 1:2 +. +And they said unto me, The remnant that are left of the captivity there in the province are in great affliction and reproach: the wall of Jerusalem also is broken down, and the gates thereof are burned with fire. -- nehemiah 1:3 +. +And it came to pass, when I heard these words, that I sat down and wept, and mourned certain days, and fasted, and prayed before the God of heaven, -- nehemiah 1:4 +. +And said, I beseech thee, O LORD God of heaven, the great and terrible God, that keepeth covenant and mercy for them that love him and observe his commandments: -- nehemiah 1:5 +. +Let thine ear now be attentive, and thine eyes open, that thou mayest hear the prayer of thy servant, which I pray before thee now, day and night, for the children of Israel thy servants, and confess the sins of the children of Israel, which we have sinned against thee: both I and my father's house have sinned. -- nehemiah 1:6 +. +We have dealt very corruptly against thee, and have not kept the commandments, nor the statutes, nor the judgments, which thou commandedst thy servant Moses. -- nehemiah 1:7 +. +Remember, I beseech thee, the word that thou commandedst thy servant Moses, saying, If ye transgress, I will scatter you abroad among the nations: -- nehemiah 1:8 +. +But if ye turn unto me, and keep my commandments, and do them; though there were of you cast out unto the uttermost part of the heaven, yet will I gather them from thence, and will bring them unto the place that I have chosen to set my name there. -- nehemiah 1:9 +. +Now these are thy servants and thy people, whom thou hast redeemed by thy great power, and by thy strong hand. -- nehemiah 1:10 +. +O LORD, I beseech thee, let now thine ear be attentive to the prayer of thy servant, and to the prayer of thy servants, who desire to fear thy name: and prosper, I pray thee, thy servant this day, and grant him mercy in the sight of this man. For I was the king's cupbearer. -- nehemiah 1:11 +. +And it came to pass in the month Nisan, in the twentieth year of Artaxerxes the king, that wine was before him: and I took up the wine, and gave it unto the king. Now I had not been beforetime sad in his presence. -- nehemiah 2:1 +. +Wherefore the king said unto me, Why is thy countenance sad, seeing thou art not sick? this is nothing else but sorrow of heart. Then I was very sore afraid, -- nehemiah 2:2 +. +And said unto the king, Let the king live for ever: why should not my countenance be sad, when the city, the place of my fathers' sepulchres, lieth waste, and the gates thereof are consumed with fire? -- nehemiah 2:3 +. +Then the king said unto me, For what dost thou make request? So I prayed to the God of heaven. -- nehemiah 2:4 +. +And I said unto the king, If it please the king, and if thy servant have found favour in thy sight, that thou wouldest send me unto Judah, unto the city of my fathers' sepulchres, that I may build it. -- nehemiah 2:5 +. +And the king said unto me, (the queen also sitting by him,) For how long shall thy journey be? and when wilt thou return? So it pleased the king to send me; and I set him a time. -- nehemiah 2:6 +. +Moreover I said unto the king, If it please the king, let letters be given me to the governors beyond the river, that they may convey me over till I come into Judah; -- nehemiah 2:7 +. +And a letter unto Asaph the keeper of the king's forest, that he may give me timber to make beams for the gates of the palace which appertained to the house, and for the wall of the city, and for the house that I shall enter into. And the king granted me, according to the good hand of my God upon me. -- nehemiah 2:8 +. +Then I came to the governors beyond the river, and gave them the king's letters. Now the king had sent captains of the army and horsemen with me. -- nehemiah 2:9 +. +When Sanballat the Horonite, and Tobiah the servant, the Ammonite, heard of it, it grieved them exceedingly that there was come a man to seek the welfare of the children of Israel. -- nehemiah 2:10 +. +So I came to Jerusalem, and was there three days. -- nehemiah 2:11 +. +And I arose in the night, I and some few men with me; neither told I any man what my God had put in my heart to do at Jerusalem: neither was there any beast with me, save the beast that I rode upon. -- nehemiah 2:12 +. +And I went out by night by the gate of the valley, even before the dragon well, and to the dung port, and viewed the walls of Jerusalem, which were broken down, and the gates thereof were consumed with fire. -- nehemiah 2:13 +. +Then I went on to the gate of the fountain, and to the king's pool: but there was no place for the beast that was under me to pass. -- nehemiah 2:14 +. +Then went I up in the night by the brook, and viewed the wall, and turned back, and entered by the gate of the valley, and so returned. -- nehemiah 2:15 +. +And the rulers knew not whither I went, or what I did; neither had I as yet told it to the Jews, nor to the priests, nor to the nobles, nor to the rulers, nor to the rest that did the work. -- nehemiah 2:16 +. +Then said I unto them, Ye see the distress that we are in, how Jerusalem lieth waste, and the gates thereof are burned with fire: come, and let us build up the wall of Jerusalem, that we be no more a reproach. -- nehemiah 2:17 +. +Then I told them of the hand of my God which was good upon me; as also the king's words that he had spoken unto me. And they said, Let us rise up and build. So they strengthened their hands for this good work. -- nehemiah 2:18 +. +But when Sanballat the Horonite, and Tobiah the servant, the Ammonite, and Geshem the Arabian, heard it, they laughed us to scorn, and despised us, and said, What is this thing that ye do? will ye rebel against the king? -- nehemiah 2:19 +. +Then answered I them, and said unto them, The God of heaven, he will prosper us; therefore we his servants will arise and build: but ye have no portion, nor right, nor memorial, in Jerusalem. -- nehemiah 2:20 +. +Then Eliashib the high priest rose up with his brethren the priests, and they builded the sheep gate; they sanctified it, and set up the doors of it; even unto the tower of Meah they sanctified it, unto the tower of Hananeel. -- nehemiah 3:1 +. +And next unto him builded the men of Jericho. And next to them builded Zaccur the son of Imri. -- nehemiah 3:2 +. +But the fish gate did the sons of Hassenaah build, who also laid the beams thereof, and set up the doors thereof, the locks thereof, and the bars thereof. -- nehemiah 3:3 +. +And next unto them repaired Meremoth the son of Urijah, the son of Koz. And next unto them repaired Meshullam the son of Berechiah, the son of Meshezabeel. And next unto them repaired Zadok the son of Baana. -- nehemiah 3:4 +. +And next unto them the Tekoites repaired; but their nobles put not their necks to the work of their LORD. -- nehemiah 3:5 +. +Moreover the old gate repaired Jehoiada the son of Paseah, and Meshullam the son of Besodeiah; they laid the beams thereof, and set up the doors thereof, and the locks thereof, and the bars thereof. -- nehemiah 3:6 +. +And next unto them repaired Melatiah the Gibeonite, and Jadon the Meronothite, the men of Gibeon, and of Mizpah, unto the throne of the governor on this side the river. -- nehemiah 3:7 +. +Next unto him repaired Uzziel the son of Harhaiah, of the goldsmiths. Next unto him also repaired Hananiah the son of one of the apothecaries, and they fortified Jerusalem unto the broad wall. -- nehemiah 3:8 +. +And next unto them repaired Rephaiah the son of Hur, the ruler of the half part of Jerusalem. -- nehemiah 3:9 +. +And next unto them repaired Jedaiah the son of Harumaph, even over against his house. And next unto him repaired Hattush the son of Hashabniah. -- nehemiah 3:10 +. +Malchijah the son of Harim, and Hashub the son of Pahathmoab, repaired the other piece, and the tower of the furnaces. -- nehemiah 3:11 +. +And next unto him repaired Shallum the son of Halohesh, the ruler of the half part of Jerusalem, he and his daughters. -- nehemiah 3:12 +. +The valley gate repaired Hanun, and the inhabitants of Zanoah; they built it, and set up the doors thereof, the locks thereof, and the bars thereof, and a thousand cubits on the wall unto the dung gate. -- nehemiah 3:13 +. +But the dung gate repaired Malchiah the son of Rechab, the ruler of part of Bethhaccerem; he built it, and set up the doors thereof, the locks thereof, and the bars thereof. -- nehemiah 3:14 +. +But the gate of the fountain repaired Shallun the son of Colhozeh, the ruler of part of Mizpah; he built it, and covered it, and set up the doors thereof, the locks thereof, and the bars thereof, and the wall of the pool of Siloah by the king's garden, and unto the stairs that go down from the city of David. -- nehemiah 3:15 +. +After him repaired Nehemiah the son of Azbuk, the ruler of the half part of Bethzur, unto the place over against the sepulchres of David, and to the pool that was made, and unto the house of the mighty. -- nehemiah 3:16 +. +After him repaired the Levites, Rehum the son of Bani. Next unto him repaired Hashabiah, the ruler of the half part of Keilah, in his part. -- nehemiah 3:17 +. +After him repaired their brethren, Bavai the son of Henadad, the ruler of the half part of Keilah. -- nehemiah 3:18 +. +And next to him repaired Ezer the son of Jeshua, the ruler of Mizpah, another piece over against the going up to the armoury at the turning of the wall. -- nehemiah 3:19 +. +After him Baruch the son of Zabbai earnestly repaired the other piece, from the turning of the wall unto the door of the house of Eliashib the high priest. -- nehemiah 3:20 +. +After him repaired Meremoth the son of Urijah the son of Koz another piece, from the door of the house of Eliashib even to the end of the house of Eliashib. -- nehemiah 3:21 +. +And after him repaired the priests, the men of the plain. -- nehemiah 3:22 +. +After him repaired Benjamin and Hashub over against their house. After him repaired Azariah the son of Maaseiah the son of Ananiah by his house. -- nehemiah 3:23 +. +After him repaired Binnui the son of Henadad another piece, from the house of Azariah unto the turning of the wall, even unto the corner. -- nehemiah 3:24 +. +Palal the son of Uzai, over against the turning of the wall, and the tower which lieth out from the king's high house, that was by the court of the prison. After him Pedaiah the son of Parosh. -- nehemiah 3:25 +. +Moreover the Nethinims dwelt in Ophel, unto the place over against the water gate toward the east, and the tower that lieth out. -- nehemiah 3:26 +. +After them the Tekoites repaired another piece, over against the great tower that lieth out, even unto the wall of Ophel. -- nehemiah 3:27 +. +From above the horse gate repaired the priests, every one over against his house. -- nehemiah 3:28 +. +After them repaired Zadok the son of Immer over against his house. After him repaired also Shemaiah the son of Shechaniah, the keeper of the east gate. -- nehemiah 3:29 +. +After him repaired Hananiah the son of Shelemiah, and Hanun the sixth son of Zalaph, another piece. After him repaired Meshullam the son of Berechiah over against his chamber. -- nehemiah 3:30 +. +After him repaired Malchiah the goldsmith's son unto the place of the Nethinims, and of the merchants, over against the gate Miphkad, and to the going up of the corner. -- nehemiah 3:31 +. +And between the going up of the corner unto the sheep gate repaired the goldsmiths and the merchants. -- nehemiah 3:32 +. +But it came to pass, that when Sanballat heard that we builded the wall, he was wroth, and took great indignation, and mocked the Jews. -- nehemiah 4:1 +. +And he spake before his brethren and the army of Samaria, and said, What do these feeble Jews? will they fortify themselves? will they sacrifice? will they make an end in a day? will they revive the stones out of the heaps of the rubbish which are burned? -- nehemiah 4:2 +. +Now Tobiah the Ammonite was by him, and he said, Even that which they build, if a fox go up, he shall even break down their stone wall. -- nehemiah 4:3 +. +Hear, O our God; for we are despised: and turn their reproach upon their own head, and give them for a prey in the land of captivity: -- nehemiah 4:4 +. +And cover not their iniquity, and let not their sin be blotted out from before thee: for they have provoked thee to anger before the builders. -- nehemiah 4:5 +. +So built we the wall; and all the wall was joined together unto the half thereof: for the people had a mind to work. -- nehemiah 4:6 +. +But it came to pass, that when Sanballat, and Tobiah, and the Arabians, and the Ammonites, and the Ashdodites, heard that the walls of Jerusalem were made up, and that the breaches began to be stopped, then they were very wroth, -- nehemiah 4:7 +. +And conspired all of them together to come and to fight against Jerusalem, and to hinder it. -- nehemiah 4:8 +. +Nevertheless we made our prayer unto our God, and set a watch against them day and night, because of them. -- nehemiah 4:9 +. +And Judah said, The strength of the bearers of burdens is decayed, and there is much rubbish; so that we are not able to build the wall. -- nehemiah 4:10 +. +And our adversaries said, They shall not know, neither see, till we come in the midst among them, and slay them, and cause the work to cease. -- nehemiah 4:11 +. +And it came to pass, that when the Jews which dwelt by them came, they said unto us ten times, From all places whence ye shall return unto us they will be upon you. -- nehemiah 4:12 +. +Therefore set I in the lower places behind the wall, and on the higher places, I even set the people after their families with their swords, their spears, and their bows. -- nehemiah 4:13 +. +And I looked, and rose up, and said unto the nobles, and to the rulers, and to the rest of the people, Be not ye afraid of them: remember the LORD, which is great and terrible, and fight for your brethren, your sons, and your daughters, your wives, and your houses. -- nehemiah 4:14 +. +And it came to pass, when our enemies heard that it was known unto us, and God had brought their counsel to nought, that we returned all of us to the wall, every one unto his work. -- nehemiah 4:15 +. +And it came to pass from that time forth, that the half of my servants wrought in the work, and the other half of them held both the spears, the shields, and the bows, and the habergeons; and the rulers were behind all the house of Judah. -- nehemiah 4:16 +. +They which builded on the wall, and they that bare burdens, with those that laded, every one with one of his hands wrought in the work, and with the other hand held a weapon. -- nehemiah 4:17 +. +For the builders, every one had his sword girded by his side, and so builded. And he that sounded the trumpet was by me. -- nehemiah 4:18 +. +And I said unto the nobles, and to the rulers, and to the rest of the people, The work is great and large, and we are separated upon the wall, one far from another. -- nehemiah 4:19 +. +In what place therefore ye hear the sound of the trumpet, resort ye thither unto us: our God shall fight for us. -- nehemiah 4:20 +. +So we laboured in the work: and half of them held the spears from the rising of the morning till the stars appeared. -- nehemiah 4:21 +. +Likewise at the same time said I unto the people, Let every one with his servant lodge within Jerusalem, that in the night they may be a guard to us, and labour on the day. -- nehemiah 4:22 +. +So neither I, nor my brethren, nor my servants, nor the men of the guard which followed me, none of us put off our clothes, saving that every one put them off for washing. -- nehemiah 4:23 +. +And there was a great cry of the people and of their wives against their brethren the Jews. -- nehemiah 5:1 +. +For there were that said, We, our sons, and our daughters, are many: therefore we take up corn for them, that we may eat, and live. -- nehemiah 5:2 +. +Some also there were that said, We have mortgaged our lands, vineyards, and houses, that we might buy corn, because of the dearth. -- nehemiah 5:3 +. +There were also that said, We have borrowed money for the king's tribute, and that upon our lands and vineyards. -- nehemiah 5:4 +. +Yet now our flesh is as the flesh of our brethren, our children as their children: and, lo, we bring into bondage our sons and our daughters to be servants, and some of our daughters are brought unto bondage already: neither is it in our power to redeem them; for other men have our lands and vineyards. -- nehemiah 5:5 +. +And I was very angry when I heard their cry and these words. -- nehemiah 5:6 +. +Then I consulted with myself, and I rebuked the nobles, and the rulers, and said unto them, Ye exact usury, every one of his brother. And I set a great assembly against them. -- nehemiah 5:7 +. +And I said unto them, We after our ability have redeemed our brethren the Jews, which were sold unto the heathen; and will ye even sell your brethren? or shall they be sold unto us? Then held they their peace, and found nothing to answer. -- nehemiah 5:8 +. +Also I said, It is not good that ye do: ought ye not to walk in the fear of our God because of the reproach of the heathen our enemies? -- nehemiah 5:9 +. +I likewise, and my brethren, and my servants, might exact of them money and corn: I pray you, let us leave off this usury. -- nehemiah 5:10 +. +Restore, I pray you, to them, even this day, their lands, their vineyards, their oliveyards, and their houses, also the hundredth part of the money, and of the corn, the wine, and the oil, that ye exact of them. -- nehemiah 5:11 +. +Then said they, We will restore them, and will require nothing of them; so will we do as thou sayest. Then I called the priests, and took an oath of them, that they should do according to this promise. -- nehemiah 5:12 +. +Also I shook my lap, and said, So God shake out every man from his house, and from his labour, that performeth not this promise, even thus be he shaken out, and emptied. And all the congregation said, Amen, and praised the LORD. And the people did according to this promise. -- nehemiah 5:13 +. +Moreover from the time that I was appointed to be their governor in the land of Judah, from the twentieth year even unto the two and thirtieth year of Artaxerxes the king, that is, twelve years, I and my brethren have not eaten the bread of the governor. -- nehemiah 5:14 +. +But the former governors that had been before me were chargeable unto the people, and had taken of them bread and wine, beside forty shekels of silver; yea, even their servants bare rule over the people: but so did not I, because of the fear of God. -- nehemiah 5:15 +. +Yea, also I continued in the work of this wall, neither bought we any land: and all my servants were gathered thither unto the work. -- nehemiah 5:16 +. +Moreover there were at my table an hundred and fifty of the Jews and rulers, beside those that came unto us from among the heathen that are about us. -- nehemiah 5:17 +. +Now that which was prepared for me daily was one ox and six choice sheep; also fowls were prepared for me, and once in ten days store of all sorts of wine: yet for all this required not I the bread of the governor, because the bondage was heavy upon this people. -- nehemiah 5:18 +. +Think upon me, my God, for good, according to all that I have done for this people. -- nehemiah 5:19 +. +Now it came to pass when Sanballat, and Tobiah, and Geshem the Arabian, and the rest of our enemies, heard that I had builded the wall, and that there was no breach left therein; (though at that time I had not set up the doors upon the gates;) -- nehemiah 6:1 +. +That Sanballat and Geshem sent unto me, saying, Come, let us meet together in some one of the villages in the plain of Ono. But they thought to do me mischief. -- nehemiah 6:2 +. +And I sent messengers unto them, saying, I am doing a great work, so that I cannot come down: why should the work cease, whilst I leave it, and come down to you? -- nehemiah 6:3 +. +Yet they sent unto me four times after this sort; and I answered them after the same manner. -- nehemiah 6:4 +. +Then sent Sanballat his servant unto me in like manner the fifth time with an open letter in his hand; -- nehemiah 6:5 +. +Wherein was written, It is reported among the heathen, and Gashmu saith it, that thou and the Jews think to rebel: for which cause thou buildest the wall, that thou mayest be their king, according to these words. -- nehemiah 6:6 +. +And thou hast also appointed prophets to preach of thee at Jerusalem, saying, There is a king in Judah: and now shall it be reported to the king according to these words. Come now therefore, and let us take counsel together. -- nehemiah 6:7 +. +Then I sent unto him, saying, There are no such things done as thou sayest, but thou feignest them out of thine own heart. -- nehemiah 6:8 +. +For they all made us afraid, saying, Their hands shall be weakened from the work, that it be not done. Now therefore, O God, strengthen my hands. -- nehemiah 6:9 +. +Afterward I came unto the house of Shemaiah the son of Delaiah the son of Mehetabeel, who was shut up; and he said, Let us meet together in the house of God, within the temple, and let us shut the doors of the temple: for they will come to slay thee; yea, in the night will they come to slay thee. -- nehemiah 6:10 +. +And I said, Should such a man as I flee? and who is there, that, being as I am, would go into the temple to save his life? I will not go in. -- nehemiah 6:11 +. +And, lo, I perceived that God had not sent him; but that he pronounced this prophecy against me: for Tobiah and Sanballat had hired him. -- nehemiah 6:12 +. +Therefore was he hired, that I should be afraid, and do so, and sin, and that they might have matter for an evil report, that they might reproach me. -- nehemiah 6:13 +. +My God, think thou upon Tobiah and Sanballat according to these their works, and on the prophetess Noadiah, and the rest of the prophets, that would have put me in fear. -- nehemiah 6:14 +. +So the wall was finished in the twenty and fifth day of the month Elul, in fifty and two days. -- nehemiah 6:15 +. +And it came to pass, that when all our enemies heard thereof, and all the heathen that were about us saw these things, they were much cast down in their own eyes: for they perceived that this work was wrought of our God. -- nehemiah 6:16 +. +Moreover in those days the nobles of Judah sent many letters unto Tobiah, and the letters of Tobiah came unto them. -- nehemiah 6:17 +. +For there were many in Judah sworn unto him, because he was the son in law of Shechaniah the son of Arah; and his son Johanan had taken the daughter of Meshullam the son of Berechiah. -- nehemiah 6:18 +. +Also they reported his good deeds before me, and uttered my words to him. And Tobiah sent letters to put me in fear. -- nehemiah 6:19 +. +Now it came to pass, when the wall was built, and I had set up the doors, and the porters and the singers and the Levites were appointed, -- nehemiah 7:1 +. +That I gave my brother Hanani, and Hananiah the ruler of the palace, charge over Jerusalem: for he was a faithful man, and feared God above many. -- nehemiah 7:2 +. +And I said unto them, Let not the gates of Jerusalem be opened until the sun be hot; and while they stand by, let them shut the doors, and bar them: and appoint watches of the inhabitants of Jerusalem, every one in his watch, and every one to be over against his house. -- nehemiah 7:3 +. +Now the city was large and great: but the people were few therein, and the houses were not builded. -- nehemiah 7:4 +. +And my God put into mine heart to gather together the nobles, and the rulers, and the people, that they might be reckoned by genealogy. And I found a register of the genealogy of them which came up at the first, and found written therein, -- nehemiah 7:5 +. +These are the children of the province, that went up out of the captivity, of those that had been carried away, whom Nebuchadnezzar the king of Babylon had carried away, and came again to Jerusalem and to Judah, every one unto his city; -- nehemiah 7:6 +. +Who came with Zerubbabel, Jeshua, Nehemiah, Azariah, Raamiah, Nahamani, Mordecai, Bilshan, Mispereth, Bigvai, Nehum, Baanah. The number, I say, of the men of the people of Israel was this; -- nehemiah 7:7 +. +The children of Parosh, two thousand an hundred seventy and two. -- nehemiah 7:8 +. +The children of Shephatiah, three hundred seventy and two. -- nehemiah 7:9 +. +The children of Arah, six hundred fifty and two. -- nehemiah 7:10 +. +The children of Pahathmoab, of the children of Jeshua and Joab, two thousand and eight hundred and eighteen. -- nehemiah 7:11 +. +The children of Elam, a thousand two hundred fifty and four. -- nehemiah 7:12 +. +The children of Zattu, eight hundred forty and five. -- nehemiah 7:13 +. +The children of Zaccai, seven hundred and threescore. -- nehemiah 7:14 +. +The children of Binnui, six hundred forty and eight. -- nehemiah 7:15 +. +The children of Bebai, six hundred twenty and eight. -- nehemiah 7:16 +. +The children of Azgad, two thousand three hundred twenty and two. -- nehemiah 7:17 +. +The children of Adonikam, six hundred threescore and seven. -- nehemiah 7:18 +. +The children of Bigvai, two thousand threescore and seven. -- nehemiah 7:19 +. +The children of Adin, six hundred fifty and five. -- nehemiah 7:20 +. +The children of Ater of Hezekiah, ninety and eight. -- nehemiah 7:21 +. +The children of Hashum, three hundred twenty and eight. -- nehemiah 7:22 +. +The children of Bezai, three hundred twenty and four. -- nehemiah 7:23 +. +The children of Hariph, an hundred and twelve. -- nehemiah 7:24 +. +The children of Gibeon, ninety and five. -- nehemiah 7:25 +. +The men of Bethlehem and Netophah, an hundred fourscore and eight. -- nehemiah 7:26 +. +The men of Anathoth, an hundred twenty and eight. -- nehemiah 7:27 +. +The men of Bethazmaveth, forty and two. -- nehemiah 7:28 +. +The men of Kirjathjearim, Chephirah, and Beeroth, seven hundred forty and three. -- nehemiah 7:29 +. +The men of Ramah and Gaba, six hundred twenty and one. -- nehemiah 7:30 +. +The men of Michmas, an hundred and twenty and two. -- nehemiah 7:31 +. +The men of Bethel and Ai, an hundred twenty and three. -- nehemiah 7:32 +. +The men of the other Nebo, fifty and two. -- nehemiah 7:33 +. +The children of the other Elam, a thousand two hundred fifty and four. -- nehemiah 7:34 +. +The children of Harim, three hundred and twenty. -- nehemiah 7:35 +. +The children of Jericho, three hundred forty and five. -- nehemiah 7:36 +. +The children of Lod, Hadid, and Ono, seven hundred twenty and one. -- nehemiah 7:37 +. +The children of Senaah, three thousand nine hundred and thirty. -- nehemiah 7:38 +. +The priests: the children of Jedaiah, of the house of Jeshua, nine hundred seventy and three. -- nehemiah 7:39 +. +The children of Immer, a thousand fifty and two. -- nehemiah 7:40 +. +The children of Pashur, a thousand two hundred forty and seven. -- nehemiah 7:41 +. +The children of Harim, a thousand and seventeen. -- nehemiah 7:42 +. +The Levites: the children of Jeshua, of Kadmiel, and of the children of Hodevah, seventy and four. -- nehemiah 7:43 +. +The singers: the children of Asaph, an hundred forty and eight. -- nehemiah 7:44 +. +The porters: the children of Shallum, the children of Ater, the children of Talmon, the children of Akkub, the children of Hatita, the children of Shobai, an hundred thirty and eight. -- nehemiah 7:45 +. +The Nethinims: the children of Ziha, the children of Hashupha, the children of Tabbaoth, -- nehemiah 7:46 +. +The children of Keros, the children of Sia, the children of Padon, -- nehemiah 7:47 +. +The children of Lebana, the children of Hagaba, the children of Shalmai, -- nehemiah 7:48 +. +The children of Hanan, the children of Giddel, the children of Gahar, -- nehemiah 7:49 +. +The children of Reaiah, the children of Rezin, the children of Nekoda, -- nehemiah 7:50 +. +The children of Gazzam, the children of Uzza, the children of Phaseah, -- nehemiah 7:51 +. +The children of Besai, the children of Meunim, the children of Nephishesim, -- nehemiah 7:52 +. +The children of Bakbuk, the children of Hakupha, the children of Harhur, -- nehemiah 7:53 +. +The children of Bazlith, the children of Mehida, the children of Harsha, -- nehemiah 7:54 +. +The children of Barkos, the children of Sisera, the children of Tamah, -- nehemiah 7:55 +. +The children of Neziah, the children of Hatipha. -- nehemiah 7:56 +. +The children of Solomon's servants: the children of Sotai, the children of Sophereth, the children of Perida, -- nehemiah 7:57 +. +The children of Jaala, the children of Darkon, the children of Giddel, -- nehemiah 7:58 +. +The children of Shephatiah, the children of Hattil, the children of Pochereth of Zebaim, the children of Amon. -- nehemiah 7:59 +. +All the Nethinims, and the children of Solomon's servants, were three hundred ninety and two. -- nehemiah 7:60 +. +And these were they which went up also from Telmelah, Telharesha, Cherub, Addon, and Immer: but they could not shew their father's house, nor their seed, whether they were of Israel. -- nehemiah 7:61 +. +The children of Delaiah, the children of Tobiah, the children of Nekoda, six hundred forty and two. -- nehemiah 7:62 +. +And of the priests: the children of Habaiah, the children of Koz, the children of Barzillai, which took one of the daughters of Barzillai the Gileadite to wife, and was called after their name. -- nehemiah 7:63 +. +These sought their register among those that were reckoned by genealogy, but it was not found: therefore were they, as polluted, put from the priesthood. -- nehemiah 7:64 +. +And the Tirshatha said unto them, that they should not eat of the most holy things, till there stood up a priest with Urim and Thummim. -- nehemiah 7:65 +. +The whole congregation together was forty and two thousand three hundred and threescore, -- nehemiah 7:66 +. +Beside their manservants and their maidservants, of whom there were seven thousand three hundred thirty and seven: and they had two hundred forty and five singing men and singing women. -- nehemiah 7:67 +. +Their horses, seven hundred thirty and six: their mules, two hundred forty and five: -- nehemiah 7:68 +. +Their camels, four hundred thirty and five: six thousand seven hundred and twenty asses. -- nehemiah 7:69 +. +And some of the chief of the fathers gave unto the work. The Tirshatha gave to the treasure a thousand drams of gold, fifty basons, five hundred and thirty priests' garments. -- nehemiah 7:70 +. +And some of the chief of the fathers gave to the treasure of the work twenty thousand drams of gold, and two thousand and two hundred pound of silver. -- nehemiah 7:71 +. +And that which the rest of the people gave was twenty thousand drams of gold, and two thousand pound of silver, and threescore and seven priests' garments. -- nehemiah 7:72 +. +So the priests, and the Levites, and the porters, and the singers, and some of the people, and the Nethinims, and all Israel, dwelt in their cities; and when the seventh month came, the children of Israel were in their cities. -- nehemiah 7:73 +. +And all the people gathered themselves together as one man into the street that was before the water gate; and they spake unto Ezra the scribe to bring the book of the law of Moses, which the LORD had commanded to Israel. -- nehemiah 8:1 +. +And Ezra the priest brought the law before the congregation both of men and women, and all that could hear with understanding, upon the first day of the seventh month. -- nehemiah 8:2 +. +And he read therein before the street that was before the water gate from the morning until midday, before the men and the women, and those that could understand; and the ears of all the people were attentive unto the book of the law. -- nehemiah 8:3 +. +And Ezra the scribe stood upon a pulpit of wood, which they had made for the purpose; and beside him stood Mattithiah, and Shema, and Anaiah, and Urijah, and Hilkiah, and Maaseiah, on his right hand; and on his left hand, Pedaiah, and Mishael, and Malchiah, and Hashum, and Hashbadana, Zechariah, and Meshullam. -- nehemiah 8:4 +. +And Ezra opened the book in the sight of all the people; (for he was above all the people;) and when he opened it, all the people stood up: -- nehemiah 8:5 +. +And Ezra blessed the LORD, the great God. And all the people answered, Amen, Amen, with lifting up their hands: and they bowed their heads, and worshipped the LORD with their faces to the ground. -- nehemiah 8:6 +. +Also Jeshua, and Bani, and Sherebiah, Jamin, Akkub, Shabbethai, Hodijah, Maaseiah, Kelita, Azariah, Jozabad, Hanan, Pelaiah, and the Levites, caused the people to understand the law: and the people stood in their place. -- nehemiah 8:7 +. +So they read in the book in the law of God distinctly, and gave the sense, and caused them to understand the reading. -- nehemiah 8:8 +. +And Nehemiah, which is the Tirshatha, and Ezra the priest the scribe, and the Levites that taught the people, said unto all the people, This day is holy unto the LORD your God; mourn not, nor weep. For all the people wept, when they heard the words of the law. -- nehemiah 8:9 +. +Then he said unto them, Go your way, eat the fat, and drink the sweet, and send portions unto them for whom nothing is prepared: for this day is holy unto our LORD: neither be ye sorry; for the joy of the LORD is your strength. -- nehemiah 8:10 +. +So the Levites stilled all the people, saying, Hold your peace, for the day is holy; neither be ye grieved. -- nehemiah 8:11 +. +And all the people went their way to eat, and to drink, and to send portions, and to make great mirth, because they had understood the words that were declared unto them. -- nehemiah 8:12 +. +And on the second day were gathered together the chief of the fathers of all the people, the priests, and the Levites, unto Ezra the scribe, even to understand the words of the law. -- nehemiah 8:13 +. +And they found written in the law which the LORD had commanded by Moses, that the children of Israel should dwell in booths in the feast of the seventh month: -- nehemiah 8:14 +. +And that they should publish and proclaim in all their cities, and in Jerusalem, saying, Go forth unto the mount, and fetch olive branches, and pine branches, and myrtle branches, and palm branches, and branches of thick trees, to make booths, as it is written. -- nehemiah 8:15 +. +So the people went forth, and brought them, and made themselves booths, every one upon the roof of his house, and in their courts, and in the courts of the house of God, and in the street of the water gate, and in the street of the gate of Ephraim. -- nehemiah 8:16 +. +And all the congregation of them that were come again out of the captivity made booths, and sat under the booths: for since the days of Jeshua the son of Nun unto that day had not the children of Israel done so. And there was very great gladness. -- nehemiah 8:17 +. +Also day by day, from the first day unto the last day, he read in the book of the law of God. And they kept the feast seven days; and on the eighth day was a solemn assembly, according unto the manner. -- nehemiah 8:18 +. +Now in the twenty and fourth day of this month the children of Israel were assembled with fasting, and with sackclothes, and earth upon them. -- nehemiah 9:1 +. +And the seed of Israel separated themselves from all strangers, and stood and confessed their sins, and the iniquities of their fathers. -- nehemiah 9:2 +. +And they stood up in their place, and read in the book of the law of the LORD their God one fourth part of the day; and another fourth part they confessed, and worshipped the LORD their God. -- nehemiah 9:3 +. +Then stood up upon the stairs, of the Levites, Jeshua, and Bani, Kadmiel, Shebaniah, Bunni, Sherebiah, Bani, and Chenani, and cried with a loud voice unto the LORD their God. -- nehemiah 9:4 +. +Then the Levites, Jeshua, and Kadmiel, Bani, Hashabniah, Sherebiah, Hodijah, Shebaniah, and Pethahiah, said, Stand up and bless the LORD your God for ever and ever: and blessed be thy glorious name, which is exalted above all blessing and praise. -- nehemiah 9:5 +. +Thou, even thou, art LORD alone; thou hast made heaven, the heaven of heavens, with all their host, the earth, and all things that are therein, the seas, and all that is therein, and thou preservest them all; and the host of heaven worshippeth thee. -- nehemiah 9:6 +. +Thou art the LORD the God, who didst choose Abram, and broughtest him forth out of Ur of the Chaldees, and gavest him the name of Abraham; -- nehemiah 9:7 +. +And foundest his heart faithful before thee, and madest a covenant with him to give the land of the Canaanites, the Hittites, the Amorites, and the Perizzites, and the Jebusites, and the Girgashites, to give it, I say, to his seed, and hast performed thy words; for thou art righteous: -- nehemiah 9:8 +. +And didst see the affliction of our fathers in Egypt, and heardest their cry by the Red sea; -- nehemiah 9:9 +. +And shewedst signs and wonders upon Pharaoh, and on all his servants, and on all the people of his land: for thou knewest that they dealt proudly against them. So didst thou get thee a name, as it is this day. -- nehemiah 9:10 +. +And thou didst divide the sea before them, so that they went through the midst of the sea on the dry land; and their persecutors thou threwest into the deeps, as a stone into the mighty waters. -- nehemiah 9:11 +. +Moreover thou leddest them in the day by a cloudy pillar; and in the night by a pillar of fire, to give them light in the way wherein they should go. -- nehemiah 9:12 +. +Thou camest down also upon mount Sinai, and spakest with them from heaven, and gavest them right judgments, and true laws, good statutes and commandments: -- nehemiah 9:13 +. +And madest known unto them thy holy sabbath, and commandedst them precepts, statutes, and laws, by the hand of Moses thy servant: -- nehemiah 9:14 +. +And gavest them bread from heaven for their hunger, and broughtest forth water for them out of the rock for their thirst, and promisedst them that they should go in to possess the land which thou hadst sworn to give them. -- nehemiah 9:15 +. +But they and our fathers dealt proudly, and hardened their necks, and hearkened not to thy commandments, -- nehemiah 9:16 +. +And refused to obey, neither were mindful of thy wonders that thou didst among them; but hardened their necks, and in their rebellion appointed a captain to return to their bondage: but thou art a God ready to pardon, gracious and merciful, slow to anger, and of great kindness, and forsookest them not. -- nehemiah 9:17 +. +Yea, when they had made them a molten calf, and said, This is thy God that brought thee up out of Egypt, and had wrought great provocations; -- nehemiah 9:18 +. +Yet thou in thy manifold mercies forsookest them not in the wilderness: the pillar of the cloud departed not from them by day, to lead them in the way; neither the pillar of fire by night, to shew them light, and the way wherein they should go. -- nehemiah 9:19 +. +Thou gavest also thy good spirit to instruct them, and withheldest not thy manna from their mouth, and gavest them water for their thirst. -- nehemiah 9:20 +. +Yea, forty years didst thou sustain them in the wilderness, so that they lacked nothing; their clothes waxed not old, and their feet swelled not. -- nehemiah 9:21 +. +Moreover thou gavest them kingdoms and nations, and didst divide them into corners: so they possessed the land of Sihon, and the land of the king of Heshbon, and the land of Og king of Bashan. -- nehemiah 9:22 +. +Their children also multipliedst thou as the stars of heaven, and broughtest them into the land, concerning which thou hadst promised to their fathers, that they should go in to possess it. -- nehemiah 9:23 +. +So the children went in and possessed the land, and thou subduedst before them the inhabitants of the land, the Canaanites, and gavest them into their hands, with their kings, and the people of the land, that they might do with them as they would. -- nehemiah 9:24 +. +And they took strong cities, and a fat land, and possessed houses full of all goods, wells digged, vineyards, and oliveyards, and fruit trees in abundance: so they did eat, and were filled, and became fat, and delighted themselves in thy great goodness. -- nehemiah 9:25 +. +Nevertheless they were disobedient, and rebelled against thee, and cast thy law behind their backs, and slew thy prophets which testified against them to turn them to thee, and they wrought great provocations. -- nehemiah 9:26 +. +Therefore thou deliveredst them into the hand of their enemies, who vexed them: and in the time of their trouble, when they cried unto thee, thou heardest them from heaven; and according to thy manifold mercies thou gavest them saviours, who saved them out of the hand of their enemies. -- nehemiah 9:27 +. +But after they had rest, they did evil again before thee: therefore leftest thou them in the land of their enemies, so that they had the dominion over them: yet when they returned, and cried unto thee, thou heardest them from heaven; and many times didst thou deliver them according to thy mercies; -- nehemiah 9:28 +. +And testifiedst against them, that thou mightest bring them again unto thy law: yet they dealt proudly, and hearkened not unto thy commandments, but sinned against thy judgments, (which if a man do, he shall live in them;) and withdrew the shoulder, and hardened their neck, and would not hear. -- nehemiah 9:29 +. +Yet many years didst thou forbear them, and testifiedst against them by thy spirit in thy prophets: yet would they not give ear: therefore gavest thou them into the hand of the people of the lands. -- nehemiah 9:30 +. +Nevertheless for thy great mercies' sake thou didst not utterly consume them, nor forsake them; for thou art a gracious and merciful God. -- nehemiah 9:31 +. +Now therefore, our God, the great, the mighty, and the terrible God, who keepest covenant and mercy, let not all the trouble seem little before thee, that hath come upon us, on our kings, on our princes, and on our priests, and on our prophets, and on our fathers, and on all thy people, since the time of the kings of Assyria unto this day. -- nehemiah 9:32 +. +Howbeit thou art just in all that is brought upon us; for thou hast done right, but we have done wickedly: -- nehemiah 9:33 +. +Neither have our kings, our princes, our priests, nor our fathers, kept thy law, nor hearkened unto thy commandments and thy testimonies, wherewith thou didst testify against them. -- nehemiah 9:34 +. +For they have not served thee in their kingdom, and in thy great goodness that thou gavest them, and in the large and fat land which thou gavest before them, neither turned they from their wicked works. -- nehemiah 9:35 +. +Behold, we are servants this day, and for the land that thou gavest unto our fathers to eat the fruit thereof and the good thereof, behold, we are servants in it: -- nehemiah 9:36 +. +And it yieldeth much increase unto the kings whom thou hast set over us because of our sins: also they have dominion over our bodies, and over our cattle, at their pleasure, and we are in great distress. -- nehemiah 9:37 +. +And because of all this we make a sure covenant, and write it; and our princes, Levites, and priests, seal unto it. -- nehemiah 9:38 +. +Now those that sealed were, Nehemiah, the Tirshatha, the son of Hachaliah, and Zidkijah, -- nehemiah 10:1 +. +Seraiah, Azariah, Jeremiah, -- nehemiah 10:2 +. +Pashur, Amariah, Malchijah, -- nehemiah 10:3 +. +Hattush, Shebaniah, Malluch, -- nehemiah 10:4 +. +Harim, Meremoth, Obadiah, -- nehemiah 10:5 +. +Daniel, Ginnethon, Baruch, -- nehemiah 10:6 +. +Meshullam, Abijah, Mijamin, -- nehemiah 10:7 +. +Maaziah, Bilgai, Shemaiah: these were the priests. -- nehemiah 10:8 +. +And the Levites: both Jeshua the son of Azaniah, Binnui of the sons of Henadad, Kadmiel; -- nehemiah 10:9 +. +And their brethren, Shebaniah, Hodijah, Kelita, Pelaiah, Hanan, -- nehemiah 10:10 +. +Micha, Rehob, Hashabiah, -- nehemiah 10:11 +. +Zaccur, Sherebiah, Shebaniah, -- nehemiah 10:12 +. +Hodijah, Bani, Beninu. -- nehemiah 10:13 +. +The chief of the people; Parosh, Pahathmoab, Elam, Zatthu, Bani, -- nehemiah 10:14 +. +Bunni, Azgad, Bebai, -- nehemiah 10:15 +. +Adonijah, Bigvai, Adin, -- nehemiah 10:16 +. +Ater, Hizkijah, Azzur, -- nehemiah 10:17 +. +Hodijah, Hashum, Bezai, -- nehemiah 10:18 +. +Hariph, Anathoth, Nebai, -- nehemiah 10:19 +. +Magpiash, Meshullam, Hezir, -- nehemiah 10:20 +. +Meshezabeel, Zadok, Jaddua, -- nehemiah 10:21 +. +Pelatiah, Hanan, Anaiah, -- nehemiah 10:22 +. +Hoshea, Hananiah, Hashub, -- nehemiah 10:23 +. +Hallohesh, Pileha, Shobek, -- nehemiah 10:24 +. +Rehum, Hashabnah, Maaseiah, -- nehemiah 10:25 +. +And Ahijah, Hanan, Anan, -- nehemiah 10:26 +. +Malluch, Harim, Baanah. -- nehemiah 10:27 +. +And the rest of the people, the priests, the Levites, the porters, the singers, the Nethinims, and all they that had separated themselves from the people of the lands unto the law of God, their wives, their sons, and their daughters, every one having knowledge, and having understanding; -- nehemiah 10:28 +. +They clave to their brethren, their nobles, and entered into a curse, and into an oath, to walk in God's law, which was given by Moses the servant of God, and to observe and do all the commandments of the LORD our Lord, and his judgments and his statutes; -- nehemiah 10:29 +. +And that we would not give our daughters unto the people of the land, not take their daughters for our sons: -- nehemiah 10:30 +. +And if the people of the land bring ware or any victuals on the sabbath day to sell, that we would not buy it of them on the sabbath, or on the holy day: and that we would leave the seventh year, and the exaction of every debt. -- nehemiah 10:31 +. +Also we made ordinances for us, to charge ourselves yearly with the third part of a shekel for the service of the house of our God; -- nehemiah 10:32 +. +For the shewbread, and for the continual meat offering, and for the continual burnt offering, of the sabbaths, of the new moons, for the set feasts, and for the holy things, and for the sin offerings to make an atonement for Israel, and for all the work of the house of our God. -- nehemiah 10:33 +. +And we cast the lots among the priests, the Levites, and the people, for the wood offering, to bring it into the house of our God, after the houses of our fathers, at times appointed year by year, to burn upon the altar of the LORD our God, as it is written in the law: -- nehemiah 10:34 +. +And to bring the firstfruits of our ground, and the firstfruits of all fruit of all trees, year by year, unto the house of the LORD: -- nehemiah 10:35 +. +Also the firstborn of our sons, and of our cattle, as it is written in the law, and the firstlings of our herds and of our flocks, to bring to the house of our God, unto the priests that minister in the house of our God: -- nehemiah 10:36 +. +And that we should bring the firstfruits of our dough, and our offerings, and the fruit of all manner of trees, of wine and of oil, unto the priests, to the chambers of the house of our God; and the tithes of our ground unto the Levites, that the same Levites might have the tithes in all the cities of our tillage. -- nehemiah 10:37 +. +And the priest the son of Aaron shall be with the Levites, when the Levites take tithes: and the Levites shall bring up the tithe of the tithes unto the house of our God, to the chambers, into the treasure house. -- nehemiah 10:38 +. +For the children of Israel and the children of Levi shall bring the offering of the corn, of the new wine, and the oil, unto the chambers, where are the vessels of the sanctuary, and the priests that minister, and the porters, and the singers: and we will not forsake the house of our God. -- nehemiah 10:39 +. +And the rulers of the people dwelt at Jerusalem: the rest of the people also cast lots, to bring one of ten to dwell in Jerusalem the holy city, and nine parts to dwell in other cities. -- nehemiah 11:1 +. +And the people blessed all the men, that willingly offered themselves to dwell at Jerusalem. -- nehemiah 11:2 +. +Now these are the chief of the province that dwelt in Jerusalem: but in the cities of Judah dwelt every one in his possession in their cities, to wit, Israel, the priests, and the Levites, and the Nethinims, and the children of Solomon's servants. -- nehemiah 11:3 +. +And at Jerusalem dwelt certain of the children of Judah, and of the children of Benjamin. Of the children of Judah; Athaiah the son of Uzziah, the son of Zechariah, the son of Amariah, the son of Shephatiah, the son of Mahalaleel, of the children of Perez; -- nehemiah 11:4 +. +And Maaseiah the son of Baruch, the son of Colhozeh, the son of Hazaiah, the son of Adaiah, the son of Joiarib, the son of Zechariah, the son of Shiloni. -- nehemiah 11:5 +. +All the sons of Perez that dwelt at Jerusalem were four hundred threescore and eight valiant men. -- nehemiah 11:6 +. +And these are the sons of Benjamin; Sallu the son of Meshullam, the son of Joed, the son of Pedaiah, the son of Kolaiah, the son of Maaseiah, the son of Ithiel, the son of Jesaiah. -- nehemiah 11:7 +. +And after him Gabbai, Sallai, nine hundred twenty and eight. -- nehemiah 11:8 +. +And Joel the son of Zichri was their overseer: and Judah the son of Senuah was second over the city. -- nehemiah 11:9 +. +Of the priests: Jedaiah the son of Joiarib, Jachin. -- nehemiah 11:10 +. +Seraiah the son of Hilkiah, the son of Meshullam, the son of Zadok, the son of Meraioth, the son of Ahitub, was the ruler of the house of God. -- nehemiah 11:11 +. +And their brethren that did the work of the house were eight hundred twenty and two: and Adaiah the son of Jeroham, the son of Pelaliah, the son of Amzi, the son of Zechariah, the son of Pashur, the son of Malchiah. -- nehemiah 11:12 +. +And his brethren, chief of the fathers, two hundred forty and two: and Amashai the son of Azareel, the son of Ahasai, the son of Meshillemoth, the son of Immer, -- nehemiah 11:13 +. +And their brethren, mighty men of valour, an hundred twenty and eight: and their overseer was Zabdiel, the son of one of the great men. -- nehemiah 11:14 +. +Also of the Levites: Shemaiah the son of Hashub, the son of Azrikam, the son of Hashabiah, the son of Bunni; -- nehemiah 11:15 +. +And Shabbethai and Jozabad, of the chief of the Levites, had the oversight of the outward business of the house of God. -- nehemiah 11:16 +. +And Mattaniah the son of Micha, the son of Zabdi, the son of Asaph, was the principal to begin the thanksgiving in prayer: and Bakbukiah the second among his brethren, and Abda the son of Shammua, the son of Galal, the son of Jeduthun. -- nehemiah 11:17 +. +All the Levites in the holy city were two hundred fourscore and four. -- nehemiah 11:18 +. +Moreover the porters, Akkub, Talmon, and their brethren that kept the gates, were an hundred seventy and two. -- nehemiah 11:19 +. +And the residue of Israel, of the priests, and the Levites, were in all the cities of Judah, every one in his inheritance. -- nehemiah 11:20 +. +But the Nethinims dwelt in Ophel: and Ziha and Gispa were over the Nethinims. -- nehemiah 11:21 +. +The overseer also of the Levites at Jerusalem was Uzzi the son of Bani, the son of Hashabiah, the son of Mattaniah, the son of Micha. Of the sons of Asaph, the singers were over the business of the house of God. -- nehemiah 11:22 +. +For it was the king's commandment concerning them, that a certain portion should be for the singers, due for every day. -- nehemiah 11:23 +. +And Pethahiah the son of Meshezabeel, of the children of Zerah the son of Judah, was at the king's hand in all matters concerning the people. -- nehemiah 11:24 +. +And for the villages, with their fields, some of the children of Judah dwelt at Kirjatharba, and in the villages thereof, and at Dibon, and in the villages thereof, and at Jekabzeel, and in the villages thereof, -- nehemiah 11:25 +. +And at Jeshua, and at Moladah, and at Bethphelet, -- nehemiah 11:26 +. +And at Hazarshual, and at Beersheba, and in the villages thereof, -- nehemiah 11:27 +. +And at Ziklag, and at Mekonah, and in the villages thereof, -- nehemiah 11:28 +. +And at Enrimmon, and at Zareah, and at Jarmuth, -- nehemiah 11:29 +. +Zanoah, Adullam, and in their villages, at Lachish, and the fields thereof, at Azekah, and in the villages thereof. And they dwelt from Beersheba unto the valley of Hinnom. -- nehemiah 11:30 +. +The children also of Benjamin from Geba dwelt at Michmash, and Aija, and Bethel, and in their villages. -- nehemiah 11:31 +. +And at Anathoth, Nob, Ananiah, -- nehemiah 11:32 +. +Hazor, Ramah, Gittaim, -- nehemiah 11:33 +. +Hadid, Zeboim, Neballat, -- nehemiah 11:34 +. +Lod, and Ono, the valley of craftsmen. -- nehemiah 11:35 +. +And of the Levites were divisions in Judah, and in Benjamin. -- nehemiah 11:36 +. +Now these are the priests and the Levites that went up with Zerubbabel the son of Shealtiel, and Jeshua: Seraiah, Jeremiah, Ezra, -- nehemiah 12:1 +. +Amariah, Malluch, Hattush, -- nehemiah 12:2 +. +Shechaniah, Rehum, Meremoth, -- nehemiah 12:3 +. +Iddo, Ginnetho, Abijah, -- nehemiah 12:4 +. +Miamin, Maadiah, Bilgah, -- nehemiah 12:5 +. +Shemaiah, and Joiarib, Jedaiah, -- nehemiah 12:6 +. +Sallu, Amok, Hilkiah, Jedaiah. These were the chief of the priests and of their brethren in the days of Jeshua. -- nehemiah 12:7 +. +Moreover the Levites: Jeshua, Binnui, Kadmiel, Sherebiah, Judah, and Mattaniah, which was over the thanksgiving, he and his brethren. -- nehemiah 12:8 +. +Also Bakbukiah and Unni, their brethren, were over against them in the watches. -- nehemiah 12:9 +. +And Jeshua begat Joiakim, Joiakim also begat Eliashib, and Eliashib begat Joiada, -- nehemiah 12:10 +. +And Joiada begat Jonathan, and Jonathan begat Jaddua. -- nehemiah 12:11 +. +And in the days of Joiakim were priests, the chief of the fathers: of Seraiah, Meraiah; of Jeremiah, Hananiah; -- nehemiah 12:12 +. +Of Ezra, Meshullam; of Amariah, Jehohanan; -- nehemiah 12:13 +. +Of Melicu, Jonathan; of Shebaniah, Joseph; -- nehemiah 12:14 +. +Of Harim, Adna; of Meraioth, Helkai; -- nehemiah 12:15 +. +Of Iddo, Zechariah; of Ginnethon, Meshullam; -- nehemiah 12:16 +. +Of Abijah, Zichri; of Miniamin, of Moadiah, Piltai: -- nehemiah 12:17 +. +Of Bilgah, Shammua; of Shemaiah, Jehonathan; -- nehemiah 12:18 +. +And of Joiarib, Mattenai; of Jedaiah, Uzzi; -- nehemiah 12:19 +. +Of Sallai, Kallai; of Amok, Eber; -- nehemiah 12:20 +. +Of Hilkiah, Hashabiah; of Jedaiah, Nethaneel. -- nehemiah 12:21 +. +The Levites in the days of Eliashib, Joiada, and Johanan, and Jaddua, were recorded chief of the fathers: also the priests, to the reign of Darius the Persian. -- nehemiah 12:22 +. +The sons of Levi, the chief of the fathers, were written in the book of the chronicles, even until the days of Johanan the son of Eliashib. -- nehemiah 12:23 +. +And the chief of the Levites: Hashabiah, Sherebiah, and Jeshua the son of Kadmiel, with their brethren over against them, to praise and to give thanks, according to the commandment of David the man of God, ward over against ward. -- nehemiah 12:24 +. +Mattaniah, and Bakbukiah, Obadiah, Meshullam, Talmon, Akkub, were porters keeping the ward at the thresholds of the gates. -- nehemiah 12:25 +. +These were in the days of Joiakim the son of Jeshua, the son of Jozadak, and in the days of Nehemiah the governor, and of Ezra the priest, the scribe. -- nehemiah 12:26 +. +And at the dedication of the wall of Jerusalem they sought the Levites out of all their places, to bring them to Jerusalem, to keep the dedication with gladness, both with thanksgivings, and with singing, with cymbals, psalteries, and with harps. -- nehemiah 12:27 +. +And the sons of the singers gathered themselves together, both out of the plain country round about Jerusalem, and from the villages of Netophathi; -- nehemiah 12:28 +. +Also from the house of Gilgal, and out of the fields of Geba and Azmaveth: for the singers had builded them villages round about Jerusalem. -- nehemiah 12:29 +. +And the priests and the Levites purified themselves, and purified the people, and the gates, and the wall. -- nehemiah 12:30 +. +Then I brought up the princes of Judah upon the wall, and appointed two great companies of them that gave thanks, whereof one went on the right hand upon the wall toward the dung gate: -- nehemiah 12:31 +. +And after them went Hoshaiah, and half of the princes of Judah, -- nehemiah 12:32 +. +And Azariah, Ezra, and Meshullam, -- nehemiah 12:33 +. +Judah, and Benjamin, and Shemaiah, and Jeremiah, -- nehemiah 12:34 +. +And certain of the priests' sons with trumpets; namely, Zechariah the son of Jonathan, the son of Shemaiah, the son of Mattaniah, the son of Michaiah, the son of Zaccur, the son of Asaph: -- nehemiah 12:35 +. +And his brethren, Shemaiah, and Azarael, Milalai, Gilalai, Maai, Nethaneel, and Judah, Hanani, with the musical instruments of David the man of God, and Ezra the scribe before them. -- nehemiah 12:36 +. +And at the fountain gate, which was over against them, they went up by the stairs of the city of David, at the going up of the wall, above the house of David, even unto the water gate eastward. -- nehemiah 12:37 +. +And the other company of them that gave thanks went over against them, and I after them, and the half of the people upon the wall, from beyond the tower of the furnaces even unto the broad wall; -- nehemiah 12:38 +. +And from above the gate of Ephraim, and above the old gate, and above the fish gate, and the tower of Hananeel, and the tower of Meah, even unto the sheep gate: and they stood still in the prison gate. -- nehemiah 12:39 +. +So stood the two companies of them that gave thanks in the house of God, and I, and the half of the rulers with me: -- nehemiah 12:40 +. +And the priests; Eliakim, Maaseiah, Miniamin, Michaiah, Elioenai, Zechariah, and Hananiah, with trumpets; -- nehemiah 12:41 +. +And Maaseiah, and Shemaiah, and Eleazar, and Uzzi, and Jehohanan, and Malchijah, and Elam, and Ezer. And the singers sang loud, with Jezrahiah their overseer. -- nehemiah 12:42 +. +Also that day they offered great sacrifices, and rejoiced: for God had made them rejoice with great joy: the wives also and the children rejoiced: so that the joy of Jerusalem was heard even afar off. -- nehemiah 12:43 +. +And at that time were some appointed over the chambers for the treasures, for the offerings, for the firstfruits, and for the tithes, to gather into them out of the fields of the cities the portions of the law for the priests and Levites: for Judah rejoiced for the priests and for the Levites that waited. -- nehemiah 12:44 +. +And both the singers and the porters kept the ward of their God, and the ward of the purification, according to the commandment of David, and of Solomon his son. -- nehemiah 12:45 +. +For in the days of David and Asaph of old there were chief of the singers, and songs of praise and thanksgiving unto God. -- nehemiah 12:46 +. +And all Israel in the days of Zerubbabel, and in the days of Nehemiah, gave the portions of the singers and the porters, every day his portion: and they sanctified holy things unto the Levites; and the Levites sanctified them unto the children of Aaron. -- nehemiah 12:47 +. +On that day they read in the book of Moses in the audience of the people; and therein was found written, that the Ammonite and the Moabite should not come into the congregation of God for ever; -- nehemiah 13:1 +. +Because they met not the children of Israel with bread and with water, but hired Balaam against them, that he should curse them: howbeit our God turned the curse into a blessing. -- nehemiah 13:2 +. +Now it came to pass, when they had heard the law, that they separated from Israel all the mixed multitude. -- nehemiah 13:3 +. +And before this, Eliashib the priest, having the oversight of the chamber of the house of our God, was allied unto Tobiah: -- nehemiah 13:4 +. +And he had prepared for him a great chamber, where aforetime they laid the meat offerings, the frankincense, and the vessels, and the tithes of the corn, the new wine, and the oil, which was commanded to be given to the Levites, and the singers, and the porters; and the offerings of the priests. -- nehemiah 13:5 +. +But in all this time was not I at Jerusalem: for in the two and thirtieth year of Artaxerxes king of Babylon came I unto the king, and after certain days obtained I leave of the king: -- nehemiah 13:6 +. +And I came to Jerusalem, and understood of the evil that Eliashib did for Tobiah, in preparing him a chamber in the courts of the house of God. -- nehemiah 13:7 +. +And it grieved me sore: therefore I cast forth all the household stuff to Tobiah out of the chamber. -- nehemiah 13:8 +. +Then I commanded, and they cleansed the chambers: and thither brought I again the vessels of the house of God, with the meat offering and the frankincense. -- nehemiah 13:9 +. +And I perceived that the portions of the Levites had not been given them: for the Levites and the singers, that did the work, were fled every one to his field. -- nehemiah 13:10 +. +Then contended I with the rulers, and said, Why is the house of God forsaken? And I gathered them together, and set them in their place. -- nehemiah 13:11 +. +Then brought all Judah the tithe of the corn and the new wine and the oil unto the treasuries. -- nehemiah 13:12 +. +And I made treasurers over the treasuries, Shelemiah the priest, and Zadok the scribe, and of the Levites, Pedaiah: and next to them was Hanan the son of Zaccur, the son of Mattaniah: for they were counted faithful, and their office was to distribute unto their brethren. -- nehemiah 13:13 +. +Remember me, O my God, concerning this, and wipe not out my good deeds that I have done for the house of my God, and for the offices thereof. -- nehemiah 13:14 +. +In those days saw I in Judah some treading wine presses on the sabbath, and bringing in sheaves, and lading asses; as also wine, grapes, and figs, and all manner of burdens, which they brought into Jerusalem on the sabbath day: and I testified against them in the day wherein they sold victuals. -- nehemiah 13:15 +. +There dwelt men of Tyre also therein, which brought fish, and all manner of ware, and sold on the sabbath unto the children of Judah, and in Jerusalem. -- nehemiah 13:16 +. +Then I contended with the nobles of Judah, and said unto them, What evil thing is this that ye do, and profane the sabbath day? -- nehemiah 13:17 +. +Did not your fathers thus, and did not our God bring all this evil upon us, and upon this city? yet ye bring more wrath upon Israel by profaning the sabbath. -- nehemiah 13:18 +. +And it came to pass, that when the gates of Jerusalem began to be dark before the sabbath, I commanded that the gates should be shut, and charged that they should not be opened till after the sabbath: and some of my servants set I at the gates, that there should no burden be brought in on the sabbath day. -- nehemiah 13:19 +. +So the merchants and sellers of all kind of ware lodged without Jerusalem once or twice. -- nehemiah 13:20 +. +Then I testified against them, and said unto them, Why lodge ye about the wall? if ye do so again, I will lay hands on you. From that time forth came they no more on the sabbath. -- nehemiah 13:21 +. +And I commanded the Levites that they should cleanse themselves, and that they should come and keep the gates, to sanctify the sabbath day. Remember me, O my God, concerning this also, and spare me according to the greatness of thy mercy. -- nehemiah 13:22 +. +In those days also saw I Jews that had married wives of Ashdod, of Ammon, and of Moab: -- nehemiah 13:23 +. +And their children spake half in the speech of Ashdod, and could not speak in the Jews' language, but according to the language of each people. -- nehemiah 13:24 +. +And I contended with them, and cursed them, and smote certain of them, and plucked off their hair, and made them swear by God, saying, Ye shall not give your daughters unto their sons, nor take their daughters unto your sons, or for yourselves. -- nehemiah 13:25 +. +Did not Solomon king of Israel sin by these things? yet among many nations was there no king like him, who was beloved of his God, and God made him king over all Israel: nevertheless even him did outlandish women cause to sin. -- nehemiah 13:26 +. +Shall we then hearken unto you to do all this great evil, to transgress against our God in marrying strange wives? -- nehemiah 13:27 +. +And one of the sons of Joiada, the son of Eliashib the high priest, was son in law to Sanballat the Horonite: therefore I chased him from me. -- nehemiah 13:28 +. +Remember them, O my God, because they have defiled the priesthood, and the covenant of the priesthood, and of the Levites. -- nehemiah 13:29 +. +Thus cleansed I them from all strangers, and appointed the wards of the priests and the Levites, every one in his business; -- nehemiah 13:30 +. +And for the wood offering, at times appointed, and for the firstfruits. Remember me, O my God, for good. -- nehemiah 13:31 +. +Now it came to pass in the days of Ahasuerus, (this is Ahasuerus which reigned, from India even unto Ethiopia, over an hundred and seven and twenty provinces:) -- esther 1:1 +. +That in those days, when the king Ahasuerus sat on the throne of his kingdom, which was in Shushan the palace, -- esther 1:2 +. +In the third year of his reign, he made a feast unto all his princes and his servants; the power of Persia and Media, the nobles and princes of the provinces, being before him: -- esther 1:3 +. +When he shewed the riches of his glorious kingdom and the honour of his excellent majesty many days, even an hundred and fourscore days. -- esther 1:4 +. +And when these days were expired, the king made a feast unto all the people that were present in Shushan the palace, both unto great and small, seven days, in the court of the garden of the king's palace; -- esther 1:5 +. +Where were white, green, and blue, hangings, fastened with cords of fine linen and purple to silver rings and pillars of marble: the beds were of gold and silver, upon a pavement of red, and blue, and white, and black, marble. -- esther 1:6 +. +And they gave them drink in vessels of gold, (the vessels being diverse one from another,) and royal wine in abundance, according to the state of the king. -- esther 1:7 +. +And the drinking was according to the law; none did compel: for so the king had appointed to all the officers of his house, that they should do according to every man's pleasure. -- esther 1:8 +. +Also Vashti the queen made a feast for the women in the royal house which belonged to king Ahasuerus. -- esther 1:9 +. +On the seventh day, when the heart of the king was merry with wine, he commanded Mehuman, Biztha, Harbona, Bigtha, and Abagtha, Zethar, and Carcas, the seven chamberlains that served in the presence of Ahasuerus the king, -- esther 1:10 +. +To bring Vashti the queen before the king with the crown royal, to shew the people and the princes her beauty: for she was fair to look on. -- esther 1:11 +. +But the queen Vashti refused to come at the king's commandment by his chamberlains: therefore was the king very wroth, and his anger burned in him. -- esther 1:12 +. +Then the king said to the wise men, which knew the times, (for so was the king's manner toward all that knew law and judgment: -- esther 1:13 +. +And the next unto him was Carshena, Shethar, Admatha, Tarshish, Meres, Marsena, and Memucan, the seven princes of Persia and Media, which saw the king's face, and which sat the first in the kingdom;) -- esther 1:14 +. +What shall we do unto the queen Vashti according to law, because she hath not performed the commandment of the king Ahasuerus by the chamberlains? -- esther 1:15 +. +And Memucan answered before the king and the princes, Vashti the queen hath not done wrong to the king only, but also to all the princes, and to all the people that are in all the provinces of the king Ahasuerus. -- esther 1:16 +. +For this deed of the queen shall come abroad unto all women, so that they shall despise their husbands in their eyes, when it shall be reported, The king Ahasuerus commanded Vashti the queen to be brought in before him, but she came not. -- esther 1:17 +. +Likewise shall the ladies of Persia and Media say this day unto all the king's princes, which have heard of the deed of the queen. Thus shall there arise too much contempt and wrath. -- esther 1:18 +. +If it please the king, let there go a royal commandment from him, and let it be written among the laws of the Persians and the Medes, that it be not altered, That Vashti come no more before king Ahasuerus; and let the king give her royal estate unto another that is better than she. -- esther 1:19 +. +And when the king's decree which he shall make shall be published throughout all his empire, (for it is great,) all the wives shall give to their husbands honour, both to great and small. -- esther 1:20 +. +And the saying pleased the king and the princes; and the king did according to the word of Memucan: -- esther 1:21 +. +For he sent letters into all the king's provinces, into every province according to the writing thereof, and to every people after their language, that every man should bear rule in his own house, and that it should be published according to the language of every people. -- esther 1:22 +. +After these things, when the wrath of king Ahasuerus was appeased, he remembered Vashti, and what she had done, and what was decreed against her. -- esther 2:1 +. +Then said the king's servants that ministered unto him, Let there be fair young virgins sought for the king: -- esther 2:2 +. +And let the king appoint officers in all the provinces of his kingdom, that they may gather together all the fair young virgins unto Shushan the palace, to the house of the women, unto the custody of Hege the king's chamberlain, keeper of the women; and let their things for purification be given them: -- esther 2:3 +. +And let the maiden which pleaseth the king be queen instead of Vashti. And the thing pleased the king; and he did so. -- esther 2:4 +. +Now in Shushan the palace there was a certain Jew, whose name was Mordecai, the son of Jair, the son of Shimei, the son of Kish, a Benjamite; -- esther 2:5 +. +Who had been carried away from Jerusalem with the captivity which had been carried away with Jeconiah king of Judah, whom Nebuchadnezzar the king of Babylon had carried away. -- esther 2:6 +. +And he brought up Hadassah, that is, Esther, his uncle's daughter: for she had neither father nor mother, and the maid was fair and beautiful; whom Mordecai, when her father and mother were dead, took for his own daughter. -- esther 2:7 +. +So it came to pass, when the king's commandment and his decree was heard, and when many maidens were gathered together unto Shushan the palace, to the custody of Hegai, that Esther was brought also unto the king's house, to the custody of Hegai, keeper of the women. -- esther 2:8 +. +And the maiden pleased him, and she obtained kindness of him; and he speedily gave her her things for purification, with such things as belonged to her, and seven maidens, which were meet to be given her, out of the king's house: and he preferred her and her maids unto the best place of the house of the women. -- esther 2:9 +. +Esther had not shewed her people nor her kindred: for Mordecai had charged her that she should not shew it. -- esther 2:10 +. +And Mordecai walked every day before the court of the women's house, to know how Esther did, and what should become of her. -- esther 2:11 +. +Now when every maid's turn was come to go in to king Ahasuerus, after that she had been twelve months, according to the manner of the women, (for so were the days of their purifications accomplished, to wit, six months with oil of myrrh, and six months with sweet odours, and with other things for the purifying of the women;) -- esther 2:12 +. +Then thus came every maiden unto the king; whatsoever she desired was given her to go with her out of the house of the women unto the king's house. -- esther 2:13 +. +In the evening she went, and on the morrow she returned into the second house of the women, to the custody of Shaashgaz, the king's chamberlain, which kept the concubines: she came in unto the king no more, except the king delighted in her, and that she were called by name. -- esther 2:14 +. +Now when the turn of Esther, the daughter of Abihail the uncle of Mordecai, who had taken her for his daughter, was come to go in unto the king, she required nothing but what Hegai the king's chamberlain, the keeper of the women, appointed. And Esther obtained favour in the sight of all them that looked upon her. -- esther 2:15 +. +So Esther was taken unto king Ahasuerus into his house royal in the tenth month, which is the month Tebeth, in the seventh year of his reign. -- esther 2:16 +. +And the king loved Esther above all the women, and she obtained grace and favour in his sight more than all the virgins; so that he set the royal crown upon her head, and made her queen instead of Vashti. -- esther 2:17 +. +Then the king made a great feast unto all his princes and his servants, even Esther's feast; and he made a release to the provinces, and gave gifts, according to the state of the king. -- esther 2:18 +. +And when the virgins were gathered together the second time, then Mordecai sat in the king's gate. -- esther 2:19 +. +Esther had not yet shewed her kindred nor her people; as Mordecai had charged her: for Esther did the commandment of Mordecai, like as when she was brought up with him. -- esther 2:20 +. +In those days, while Mordecai sat in the king's gate, two of the king's chamberlains, Bigthan and Teresh, of those which kept the door, were wroth, and sought to lay hands on the king Ahasuerus. -- esther 2:21 +. +And the thing was known to Mordecai, who told it unto Esther the queen; and Esther certified the king thereof in Mordecai's name. -- esther 2:22 +. +And when inquisition was made of the matter, it was found out; therefore they were both hanged on a tree: and it was written in the book of the chronicles before the king. -- esther 2:23 +. +After these things did king Ahasuerus promote Haman the son of Hammedatha the Agagite, and advanced him, and set his seat above all the princes that were with him. -- esther 3:1 +. +And all the king's servants, that were in the king's gate, bowed, and reverenced Haman: for the king had so commanded concerning him. But Mordecai bowed not, nor did him reverence. -- esther 3:2 +. +Then the king's servants, which were in the king's gate, said unto Mordecai, Why transgressest thou the king's commandment? -- esther 3:3 +. +Now it came to pass, when they spake daily unto him, and he hearkened not unto them, that they told Haman, to see whether Mordecai's matters would stand: for he had told them that he was a Jew. -- esther 3:4 +. +And when Haman saw that Mordecai bowed not, nor did him reverence, then was Haman full of wrath. -- esther 3:5 +. +And he thought scorn to lay hands on Mordecai alone; for they had shewed him the people of Mordecai: wherefore Haman sought to destroy all the Jews that were throughout the whole kingdom of Ahasuerus, even the people of Mordecai. -- esther 3:6 +. +In the first month, that is, the month Nisan, in the twelfth year of king Ahasuerus, they cast Pur, that is, the lot, before Haman from day to day, and from month to month, to the twelfth month, that is, the month Adar. -- esther 3:7 +. +And Haman said unto king Ahasuerus, There is a certain people scattered abroad and dispersed among the people in all the provinces of thy kingdom; and their laws are diverse from all people; neither keep they the king's laws: therefore it is not for the king's profit to suffer them. -- esther 3:8 +. +If it please the king, let it be written that they may be destroyed: and I will pay ten thousand talents of silver to the hands of those that have the charge of the business, to bring it into the king's treasuries. -- esther 3:9 +. +And the king took his ring from his hand, and gave it unto Haman the son of Hammedatha the Agagite, the Jews' enemy. -- esther 3:10 +. +And the king said unto Haman, The silver is given to thee, the people also, to do with them as it seemeth good to thee. -- esther 3:11 +. +Then were the king's scribes called on the thirteenth day of the first month, and there was written according to all that Haman had commanded unto the king's lieutenants, and to the governors that were over every province, and to the rulers of every people of every province according to the writing thereof, and to every people after their language; in the name of king Ahasuerus was it written, and sealed with the king's ring. -- esther 3:12 +. +And the letters were sent by posts into all the king's provinces, to destroy, to kill, and to cause to perish, all Jews, both young and old, little children and women, in one day, even upon the thirteenth day of the twelfth month, which is the month Adar, and to take the spoil of them for a prey. -- esther 3:13 +. +The copy of the writing for a commandment to be given in every province was published unto all people, that they should be ready against that day. -- esther 3:14 +. +The posts went out, being hastened by the king's commandment, and the decree was given in Shushan the palace. And the king and Haman sat down to drink; but the city Shushan was perplexed. -- esther 3:15 +. +When Mordecai perceived all that was done, Mordecai rent his clothes, and put on sackcloth with ashes, and went out into the midst of the city, and cried with a loud and a bitter cry; -- esther 4:1 +. +And came even before the king's gate: for none might enter into the king's gate clothed with sackcloth. -- esther 4:2 +. +And in every province, whithersoever the king's commandment and his decree came, there was great mourning among the Jews, and fasting, and weeping, and wailing; and many lay in sackcloth and ashes. -- esther 4:3 +. +So Esther's maids and her chamberlains came and told it her. Then was the queen exceedingly grieved; and she sent raiment to clothe Mordecai, and to take away his sackcloth from him: but he received it not. -- esther 4:4 +. +Then called Esther for Hatach, one of the king's chamberlains, whom he had appointed to attend upon her, and gave him a commandment to Mordecai, to know what it was, and why it was. -- esther 4:5 +. +So Hatach went forth to Mordecai unto the street of the city, which was before the king's gate. -- esther 4:6 +. +And Mordecai told him of all that had happened unto him, and of the sum of the money that Haman had promised to pay to the king's treasuries for the Jews, to destroy them. -- esther 4:7 +. +Also he gave him the copy of the writing of the decree that was given at Shushan to destroy them, to shew it unto Esther, and to declare it unto her, and to charge her that she should go in unto the king, to make supplication unto him, and to make request before him for her people. -- esther 4:8 +. +And Hatach came and told Esther the words of Mordecai. -- esther 4:9 +. +Again Esther spake unto Hatach, and gave him commandment unto Mordecai; -- esther 4:10 +. +All the king's servants, and the people of the king's provinces, do know, that whosoever, whether man or women, shall come unto the king into the inner court, who is not called, there is one law of his to put him to death, except such to whom the king shall hold out the golden sceptre, that he may live: but I have not been called to come in unto the king these thirty days. -- esther 4:11 +. +And they told to Mordecai Esther's words. -- esther 4:12 +. +Then Mordecai commanded to answer Esther, Think not with thyself that thou shalt escape in the king's house, more than all the Jews. -- esther 4:13 +. +For if thou altogether holdest thy peace at this time, then shall there enlargement and deliverance arise to the Jews from another place; but thou and thy father's house shall be destroyed: and who knoweth whether thou art come to the kingdom for such a time as this? -- esther 4:14 +. +Then Esther bade them return Mordecai this answer, -- esther 4:15 +. +Go, gather together all the Jews that are present in Shushan, and fast ye for me, and neither eat nor drink three days, night or day: I also and my maidens will fast likewise; and so will I go in unto the king, which is not according to the law: and if I perish, I perish. -- esther 4:16 +. +So Mordecai went his way, and did according to all that Esther had commanded him. -- esther 4:17 +. +Now it came to pass on the third day, that Esther put on her royal apparel, and stood in the inner court of the king's house, over against the king's house: and the king sat upon his royal throne in the royal house, over against the gate of the house. -- esther 5:1 +. +And it was so, when the king saw Esther the queen standing in the court, that she obtained favour in his sight: and the king held out to Esther the golden sceptre that was in his hand. So Esther drew near, and touched the top of the sceptre. -- esther 5:2 +. +Then said the king unto her, What wilt thou, queen Esther? and what is thy request? it shall be even given thee to the half of the kingdom. -- esther 5:3 +. +And Esther answered, If it seem good unto the king, let the king and Haman come this day unto the banquet that I have prepared for him. -- esther 5:4 +. +Then the king said, Cause Haman to make haste, that he may do as Esther hath said. So the king and Haman came to the banquet that Esther had prepared. -- esther 5:5 +. +And the king said unto Esther at the banquet of wine, What is thy petition? and it shall be granted thee: and what is thy request? even to the half of the kingdom it shall be performed. -- esther 5:6 +. +Then answered Esther, and said, My petition and my request is; -- esther 5:7 +. +If I have found favour in the sight of the king, and if it please the king to grant my petition, and to perform my request, let the king and Haman come to the banquet that I shall prepare for them, and I will do to morrow as the king hath said. -- esther 5:8 +. +Then went Haman forth that day joyful and with a glad heart: but when Haman saw Mordecai in the king's gate, that he stood not up, nor moved for him, he was full of indignation against Mordecai. -- esther 5:9 +. +Nevertheless Haman refrained himself: and when he came home, he sent and called for his friends, and Zeresh his wife. -- esther 5:10 +. +And Haman told them of the glory of his riches, and the multitude of his children, and all the things wherein the king had promoted him, and how he had advanced him above the princes and servants of the king. -- esther 5:11 +. +Haman said moreover, Yea, Esther the queen did let no man come in with the king unto the banquet that she had prepared but myself; and to morrow am I invited unto her also with the king. -- esther 5:12 +. +Yet all this availeth me nothing, so long as I see Mordecai the Jew sitting at the king's gate. -- esther 5:13 +. +Then said Zeresh his wife and all his friends unto him, Let a gallows be made of fifty cubits high, and to morrow speak thou unto the king that Mordecai may be hanged thereon: then go thou in merrily with the king unto the banquet. And the thing pleased Haman; and he caused the gallows to be made. -- esther 5:14 +. +On that night could not the king sleep, and he commanded to bring the book of records of the chronicles; and they were read before the king. -- esther 6:1 +. +And it was found written, that Mordecai had told of Bigthana and Teresh, two of the king's chamberlains, the keepers of the door, who sought to lay hand on the king Ahasuerus. -- esther 6:2 +. +And the king said, What honour and dignity hath been done to Mordecai for this? Then said the king's servants that ministered unto him, There is nothing done for him. -- esther 6:3 +. +And the king said, Who is in the court? Now Haman was come into the outward court of the king's house, to speak unto the king to hang Mordecai on the gallows that he had prepared for him. -- esther 6:4 +. +And the king's servants said unto him, Behold, Haman standeth in the court. And the king said, Let him come in. -- esther 6:5 +. +So Haman came in. And the king said unto him, What shall be done unto the man whom the king delighteth to honour? Now Haman thought in his heart, To whom would the king delight to do honour more than to myself? -- esther 6:6 +. +And Haman answered the king, For the man whom the king delighteth to honour, -- esther 6:7 +. +Let the royal apparel be brought which the king useth to wear, and the horse that the king rideth upon, and the crown royal which is set upon his head: -- esther 6:8 +. +And let this apparel and horse be delivered to the hand of one of the king's most noble princes, that they may array the man withal whom the king delighteth to honour, and bring him on horseback through the street of the city, and proclaim before him, Thus shall it be done to the man whom the king delighteth to honour. -- esther 6:9 +. +Then the king said to Haman, Make haste, and take the apparel and the horse, as thou hast said, and do even so to Mordecai the Jew, that sitteth at the king's gate: let nothing fail of all that thou hast spoken. -- esther 6:10 +. +Then took Haman the apparel and the horse, and arrayed Mordecai, and brought him on horseback through the street of the city, and proclaimed before him, Thus shall it be done unto the man whom the king delighteth to honour. -- esther 6:11 +. +And Mordecai came again to the king's gate. But Haman hasted to his house mourning, and having his head covered. -- esther 6:12 +. +And Haman told Zeresh his wife and all his friends every thing that had befallen him. Then said his wise men and Zeresh his wife unto him, If Mordecai be of the seed of the Jews, before whom thou hast begun to fall, thou shalt not prevail against him, but shalt surely fall before him. -- esther 6:13 +. +And while they were yet talking with him, came the king's chamberlains, and hasted to bring Haman unto the banquet that Esther had prepared. -- esther 6:14 +. +So the king and Haman came to banquet with Esther the queen. -- esther 7:1 +. +And the king said again unto Esther on the second day at the banquet of wine, What is thy petition, queen Esther? and it shall be granted thee: and what is thy request? and it shall be performed, even to the half of the kingdom. -- esther 7:2 +. +Then Esther the queen answered and said, If I have found favour in thy sight, O king, and if it please the king, let my life be given me at my petition, and my people at my request: -- esther 7:3 +. +For we are sold, I and my people, to be destroyed, to be slain, and to perish. But if we had been sold for bondmen and bondwomen, I had held my tongue, although the enemy could not countervail the king's damage. -- esther 7:4 +. +Then the king Ahasuerus answered and said unto Esther the queen, Who is he, and where is he, that durst presume in his heart to do so? -- esther 7:5 +. +And Esther said, The adversary and enemy is this wicked Haman. Then Haman was afraid before the king and the queen. -- esther 7:6 +. +And the king arising from the banquet of wine in his wrath went into the palace garden: and Haman stood up to make request for his life to Esther the queen; for he saw that there was evil determined against him by the king. -- esther 7:7 +. +Then the king returned out of the palace garden into the place of the banquet of wine; and Haman was fallen upon the bed whereon Esther was. Then said the king, Will he force the queen also before me in the house? As the word went out of king's mouth, they covered Haman's face. -- esther 7:8 +. +And Harbonah, one of the chamberlains, said before the king, Behold also, the gallows fifty cubits high, which Haman had made for Mordecai, who spoken good for the king, standeth in the house of Haman. Then the king said, Hang him thereon. -- esther 7:9 +. +So they hanged Haman on the gallows that he had prepared for Mordecai. Then was the king's wrath pacified. -- esther 7:10 +. +On that day did the king Ahasuerus give the house of Haman the Jews' enemy unto Esther the queen. And Mordecai came before the king; for Esther had told what he was unto her. -- esther 8:1 +. +And the king took off his ring, which he had taken from Haman, and gave it unto Mordecai. And Esther set Mordecai over the house of Haman. -- esther 8:2 +. +And Esther spake yet again before the king, and fell down at his feet, and besought him with tears to put away the mischief of Haman the Agagite, and his device that he had devised against the Jews. -- esther 8:3 +. +Then the king held out the golden sceptre toward Esther. So Esther arose, and stood before the king, -- esther 8:4 +. +And said, If it please the king, and if I have favour in his sight, and the thing seem right before the king, and I be pleasing in his eyes, let it be written to reverse the letters devised by Haman the son of Hammedatha the Agagite, which he wrote to destroy the Jews which are in all the king's provinces: -- esther 8:5 +. +For how can I endure to see the evil that shall come unto my people? or how can I endure to see the destruction of my kindred? -- esther 8:6 +. +Then the king Ahasuerus said unto Esther the queen and to Mordecai the Jew, Behold, I have given Esther the house of Haman, and him they have hanged upon the gallows, because he laid his hand upon the Jews. -- esther 8:7 +. +Write ye also for the Jews, as it liketh you, in the king's name, and seal it with the king's ring: for the writing which is written in the king's name, and sealed with the king's ring, may no man reverse. -- esther 8:8 +. +Then were the king's scribes called at that time in the third month, that is, the month Sivan, on the three and twentieth day thereof; and it was written according to all that Mordecai commanded unto the Jews, and to the lieutenants, and the deputies and rulers of the provinces which are from India unto Ethiopia, an hundred twenty and seven provinces, unto every province according to the writing thereof, and unto every people after their language, and to the Jews according to their writing, and according to their language. -- esther 8:9 +. +And he wrote in the king Ahasuerus' name, and sealed it with the king's ring, and sent letters by posts on horseback, and riders on mules, camels, and young dromedaries: -- esther 8:10 +. +Wherein the king granted the Jews which were in every city to gather themselves together, and to stand for their life, to destroy, to slay and to cause to perish, all the power of the people and province that would assault them, both little ones and women, and to take the spoil of them for a prey, -- esther 8:11 +. +Upon one day in all the provinces of king Ahasuerus, namely, upon the thirteenth day of the twelfth month, which is the month Adar. -- esther 8:12 +. +The copy of the writing for a commandment to be given in every province was published unto all people, and that the Jews should be ready against that day to avenge themselves on their enemies. -- esther 8:13 +. +So the posts that rode upon mules and camels went out, being hastened and pressed on by the king's commandment. And the decree was given at Shushan the palace. -- esther 8:14 +. +And Mordecai went out from the presence of the king in royal apparel of blue and white, and with a great crown of gold, and with a garment of fine linen and purple: and the city of Shushan rejoiced and was glad. -- esther 8:15 +. +The Jews had light, and gladness, and joy, and honour. -- esther 8:16 +. +And in every province, and in every city, whithersoever the king's commandment and his decree came, the Jews had joy and gladness, a feast and a good day. And many of the people of the land became Jews; for the fear of the Jews fell upon them. -- esther 8:17 +. +Now in the twelfth month, that is, the month Adar, on the thirteenth day of the same, when the king's commandment and his decree drew near to be put in execution, in the day that the enemies of the Jews hoped to have power over them, (though it was turned to the contrary, that the Jews had rule over them that hated them;) -- esther 9:1 +. +The Jews gathered themselves together in their cities throughout all the provinces of the king Ahasuerus, to lay hand on such as sought their hurt: and no man could withstand them; for the fear of them fell upon all people. -- esther 9:2 +. +And all the rulers of the provinces, and the lieutenants, and the deputies, and officers of the king, helped the Jews; because the fear of Mordecai fell upon them. -- esther 9:3 +. +For Mordecai was great in the king's house, and his fame went out throughout all the provinces: for this man Mordecai waxed greater and greater. -- esther 9:4 +. +Thus the Jews smote all their enemies with the stroke of the sword, and slaughter, and destruction, and did what they would unto those that hated them. -- esther 9:5 +. +And in Shushan the palace the Jews slew and destroyed five hundred men. -- esther 9:6 +. +And Parshandatha, and Dalphon, and Aspatha, -- esther 9:7 +. +And Poratha, and Adalia, and Aridatha, -- esther 9:8 +. +And Parmashta, and Arisai, and Aridai, and Vajezatha, -- esther 9:9 +. +The ten sons of Haman the son of Hammedatha, the enemy of the Jews, slew they; but on the spoil laid they not their hand. -- esther 9:10 +. +On that day the number of those that were slain in Shushan the palace was brought before the king. -- esther 9:11 +. +And the king said unto Esther the queen, The Jews have slain and destroyed five hundred men in Shushan the palace, and the ten sons of Haman; what have they done in the rest of the king's provinces? now what is thy petition? and it shall be granted thee: or what is thy request further? and it shall be done. -- esther 9:12 +. +Then said Esther, If it please the king, let it be granted to the Jews which are in Shushan to do to morrow also according unto this day's decree, and let Haman's ten sons be hanged upon the gallows. -- esther 9:13 +. +And the king commanded it so to be done: and the decree was given at Shushan; and they hanged Haman's ten sons. -- esther 9:14 +. +For the Jews that were in Shushan gathered themselves together on the fourteenth day also of the month Adar, and slew three hundred men at Shushan; but on the prey they laid not their hand. -- esther 9:15 +. +But the other Jews that were in the king's provinces gathered themselves together, and stood for their lives, and had rest from their enemies, and slew of their foes seventy and five thousand, but they laid not their hands on the prey, -- esther 9:16 +. +On the thirteenth day of the month Adar; and on the fourteenth day of the same rested they, and made it a day of feasting and gladness. -- esther 9:17 +. +But the Jews that were at Shushan assembled together on the thirteenth day thereof, and on the fourteenth thereof; and on the fifteenth day of the same they rested, and made it a day of feasting and gladness. -- esther 9:18 +. +Therefore the Jews of the villages, that dwelt in the unwalled towns, made the fourteenth day of the month Adar a day of gladness and feasting, and a good day, and of sending portions one to another. -- esther 9:19 +. +And Mordecai wrote these things, and sent letters unto all the Jews that were in all the provinces of the king Ahasuerus, both nigh and far, -- esther 9:20 +. +To stablish this among them, that they should keep the fourteenth day of the month Adar, and the fifteenth day of the same, yearly, -- esther 9:21 +. +As the days wherein the Jews rested from their enemies, and the month which was turned unto them from sorrow to joy, and from mourning into a good day: that they should make them days of feasting and joy, and of sending portions one to another, and gifts to the poor. -- esther 9:22 +. +And the Jews undertook to do as they had begun, and as Mordecai had written unto them; -- esther 9:23 +. +Because Haman the son of Hammedatha, the Agagite, the enemy of all the Jews, had devised against the Jews to destroy them, and had cast Pur, that is, the lot, to consume them, and to destroy them; -- esther 9:24 +. +But when Esther came before the king, he commanded by letters that his wicked device, which he devised against the Jews, should return upon his own head, and that he and his sons should be hanged on the gallows. -- esther 9:25 +. +Wherefore they called these days Purim after the name of Pur. Therefore for all the words of this letter, and of that which they had seen concerning this matter, and which had come unto them, -- esther 9:26 +. +The Jews ordained, and took upon them, and upon their seed, and upon all such as joined themselves unto them, so as it should not fail, that they would keep these two days according to their writing, and according to their appointed time every year; -- esther 9:27 +. +And that these days should be remembered and kept throughout every generation, every family, every province, and every city; and that these days of Purim should not fail from among the Jews, nor the memorial of them perish from their seed. -- esther 9:28 +. +Then Esther the queen, the daughter of Abihail, and Mordecai the Jew, wrote with all authority, to confirm this second letter of Purim. -- esther 9:29 +. +And he sent the letters unto all the Jews, to the hundred twenty and seven provinces of the kingdom of Ahasuerus, with words of peace and truth, -- esther 9:30 +. +To confirm these days of Purim in their times appointed, according as Mordecai the Jew and Esther the queen had enjoined them, and as they had decreed for themselves and for their seed, the matters of the fastings and their cry. -- esther 9:31 +. +And the decree of Esther confirmed these matters of Purim; and it was written in the book. -- esther 9:32 +. +And the king Ahasuerus laid a tribute upon the land, and upon the isles of the sea. -- esther 10:1 +. +And all the acts of his power and of his might, and the declaration of the greatness of Mordecai, whereunto the king advanced him, are they not written in the book of the chronicles of the kings of Media and Persia? -- esther 10:2 +. +For Mordecai the Jew was next unto king Ahasuerus, and great among the Jews, and accepted of the multitude of his brethren, seeking the wealth of his people, and speaking peace to all his seed. -- esther 10:3 +. +There was a man in the land of Uz, whose name was Job; and that man was perfect and upright, and one that feared God, and eschewed evil. -- job 1:1 +. +And there were born unto him seven sons and three daughters. -- job 1:2 +. +His substance also was seven thousand sheep, and three thousand camels, and five hundred yoke of oxen, and five hundred she asses, and a very great household; so that this man was the greatest of all the men of the east. -- job 1:3 +. +And his sons went and feasted in their houses, every one his day; and sent and called for their three sisters to eat and to drink with them. -- job 1:4 +. +And it was so, when the days of their feasting were gone about, that Job sent and sanctified them, and rose up early in the morning, and offered burnt offerings according to the number of them all: for Job said, It may be that my sons have sinned, and cursed God in their hearts. Thus did Job continually. -- job 1:5 +. +Now there was a day when the sons of God came to present themselves before the LORD, and Satan came also among them. -- job 1:6 +. +And the LORD said unto Satan, Whence comest thou? Then Satan answered the LORD, and said, From going to and fro in the earth, and from walking up and down in it. -- job 1:7 +. +And the LORD said unto Satan, Hast thou considered my servant Job, that there is none like him in the earth, a perfect and an upright man, one that feareth God, and escheweth evil? -- job 1:8 +. +Then Satan answered the LORD, and said, Doth Job fear God for nought? -- job 1:9 +. +Hast not thou made an hedge about him, and about his house, and about all that he hath on every side? thou hast blessed the work of his hands, and his substance is increased in the land. -- job 1:10 +. +But put forth thine hand now, and touch all that he hath, and he will curse thee to thy face. -- job 1:11 +. +And the LORD said unto Satan, Behold, all that he hath is in thy power; only upon himself put not forth thine hand. So Satan went forth from the presence of the LORD. -- job 1:12 +. +And there was a day when his sons and his daughters were eating and drinking wine in their eldest brother's house: -- job 1:13 +. +And there came a messenger unto Job, and said, The oxen were plowing, and the asses feeding beside them: -- job 1:14 +. +And the Sabeans fell upon them, and took them away; yea, they have slain the servants with the edge of the sword; and I only am escaped alone to tell thee. -- job 1:15 +. +While he was yet speaking, there came also another, and said, The fire of God is fallen from heaven, and hath burned up the sheep, and the servants, and consumed them; and I only am escaped alone to tell thee. -- job 1:16 +. +While he was yet speaking, there came also another, and said, The Chaldeans made out three bands, and fell upon the camels, and have carried them away, yea, and slain the servants with the edge of the sword; and I only am escaped alone to tell thee. -- job 1:17 +. +While he was yet speaking, there came also another, and said, Thy sons and thy daughters were eating and drinking wine in their eldest brother's house: -- job 1:18 +. +And, behold, there came a great wind from the wilderness, and smote the four corners of the house, and it fell upon the young men, and they are dead; and I only am escaped alone to tell thee. -- job 1:19 +. +Then Job arose, and rent his mantle, and shaved his head, and fell down upon the ground, and worshipped, -- job 1:20 +. +And said, Naked came I out of my mother's womb, and naked shall I return thither: the LORD gave, and the LORD hath taken away; blessed be the name of the LORD. -- job 1:21 +. +In all this Job sinned not, nor charged God foolishly. -- job 1:22 +. +Again there was a day when the sons of God came to present themselves before the LORD, and Satan came also among them to present himself before the LORD. -- job 2:1 +. +And the LORD said unto Satan, From whence comest thou? And Satan answered the LORD, and said, From going to and fro in the earth, and from walking up and down in it. -- job 2:2 +. +And the LORD said unto Satan, Hast thou considered my servant Job, that there is none like him in the earth, a perfect and an upright man, one that feareth God, and escheweth evil? and still he holdeth fast his integrity, although thou movedst me against him, to destroy him without cause. -- job 2:3 +. +And Satan answered the LORD, and said, Skin for skin, yea, all that a man hath will he give for his life. -- job 2:4 +. +But put forth thine hand now, and touch his bone and his flesh, and he will curse thee to thy face. -- job 2:5 +. +And the LORD said unto Satan, Behold, he is in thine hand; but save his life. -- job 2:6 +. +So went Satan forth from the presence of the LORD, and smote Job with sore boils from the sole of his foot unto his crown. -- job 2:7 +. +And he took him a potsherd to scrape himself withal; and he sat down among the ashes. -- job 2:8 +. +Then said his wife unto him, Dost thou still retain thine integrity? curse God, and die. -- job 2:9 +. +But he said unto her, Thou speakest as one of the foolish women speaketh. What? shall we receive good at the hand of God, and shall we not receive evil? In all this did not Job sin with his lips. -- job 2:10 +. +Now when Job's three friends heard of all this evil that was come upon him, they came every one from his own place; Eliphaz the Temanite, and Bildad the Shuhite, and Zophar the Naamathite: for they had made an appointment together to come to mourn with him and to comfort him. -- job 2:11 +. +And when they lifted up their eyes afar off, and knew him not, they lifted up their voice, and wept; and they rent every one his mantle, and sprinkled dust upon their heads toward heaven. -- job 2:12 +. +So they sat down with him upon the ground seven days and seven nights, and none spake a word unto him: for they saw that his grief was very great. -- job 2:13 +. +After this opened Job his mouth, and cursed his day. -- job 3:1 +. +And Job spake, and said, -- job 3:2 +. +Let the day perish wherein I was born, and the night in which it was said, There is a man child conceived. -- job 3:3 +. +Let that day be darkness; let not God regard it from above, neither let the light shine upon it. -- job 3:4 +. +Let darkness and the shadow of death stain it; let a cloud dwell upon it; let the blackness of the day terrify it. -- job 3:5 +. +As for that night, let darkness seize upon it; let it not be joined unto the days of the year, let it not come into the number of the months. -- job 3:6 +. +Lo, let that night be solitary, let no joyful voice come therein. -- job 3:7 +. +Let them curse it that curse the day, who are ready to raise up their mourning. -- job 3:8 +. +Let the stars of the twilight thereof be dark; let it look for light, but have none; neither let it see the dawning of the day: -- job 3:9 +. +Because it shut not up the doors of my mother's womb, nor hid sorrow from mine eyes. -- job 3:10 +. +Why died I not from the womb? why did I not give up the ghost when I came out of the belly? -- job 3:11 +. +Why did the knees prevent me? or why the breasts that I should suck? -- job 3:12 +. +For now should I have lain still and been quiet, I should have slept: then had I been at rest, -- job 3:13 +. +With kings and counsellors of the earth, which build desolate places for themselves; -- job 3:14 +. +Or with princes that had gold, who filled their houses with silver: -- job 3:15 +. +Or as an hidden untimely birth I had not been; as infants which never saw light. -- job 3:16 +. +There the wicked cease from troubling; and there the weary be at rest. -- job 3:17 +. +There the prisoners rest together; they hear not the voice of the oppressor. -- job 3:18 +. +The small and great are there; and the servant is free from his master. -- job 3:19 +. +Wherefore is light given to him that is in misery, and life unto the bitter in soul; -- job 3:20 +. +Which long for death, but it cometh not; and dig for it more than for hid treasures; -- job 3:21 +. +Which rejoice exceedingly, and are glad, when they can find the grave? -- job 3:22 +. +Why is light given to a man whose way is hid, and whom God hath hedged in? -- job 3:23 +. +For my sighing cometh before I eat, and my roarings are poured out like the waters. -- job 3:24 +. +For the thing which I greatly feared is come upon me, and that which I was afraid of is come unto me. -- job 3:25 +. +I was not in safety, neither had I rest, neither was I quiet; yet trouble came. -- job 3:26 +. +Then Eliphaz the Temanite answered and said, -- job 4:1 +. +If we assay to commune with thee, wilt thou be grieved? but who can withhold himself from speaking? -- job 4:2 +. +Behold, thou hast instructed many, and thou hast strengthened the weak hands. -- job 4:3 +. +Thy words have upholden him that was falling, and thou hast strengthened the feeble knees. -- job 4:4 +. +But now it is come upon thee, and thou faintest; it toucheth thee, and thou art troubled. -- job 4:5 +. +Is not this thy fear, thy confidence, thy hope, and the uprightness of thy ways? -- job 4:6 +. +Remember, I pray thee, who ever perished, being innocent? or where were the righteous cut off? -- job 4:7 +. +Even as I have seen, they that plow iniquity, and sow wickedness, reap the same. -- job 4:8 +. +By the blast of God they perish, and by the breath of his nostrils are they consumed. -- job 4:9 +. +The roaring of the lion, and the voice of the fierce lion, and the teeth of the young lions, are broken. -- job 4:10 +. +The old lion perisheth for lack of prey, and the stout lion's whelps are scattered abroad. -- job 4:11 +. +Now a thing was secretly brought to me, and mine ear received a little thereof. -- job 4:12 +. +In thoughts from the visions of the night, when deep sleep falleth on men, -- job 4:13 +. +Fear came upon me, and trembling, which made all my bones to shake. -- job 4:14 +. +Then a spirit passed before my face; the hair of my flesh stood up: -- job 4:15 +. +It stood still, but I could not discern the form thereof: an image was before mine eyes, there was silence, and I heard a voice, saying, -- job 4:16 +. +Shall mortal man be more just than God? shall a man be more pure than his maker? -- job 4:17 +. +Behold, he put no trust in his servants; and his angels he charged with folly: -- job 4:18 +. +How much less in them that dwell in houses of clay, whose foundation is in the dust, which are crushed before the moth? -- job 4:19 +. +They are destroyed from morning to evening: they perish for ever without any regarding it. -- job 4:20 +. +Doth not their excellency which is in them go away? they die, even without wisdom. -- job 4:21 +. +Call now, if there be any that will answer thee; and to which of the saints wilt thou turn? -- job 5:1 +. +For wrath killeth the foolish man, and envy slayeth the silly one. -- job 5:2 +. +I have seen the foolish taking root: but suddenly I cursed his habitation. -- job 5:3 +. +His children are far from safety, and they are crushed in the gate, neither is there any to deliver them. -- job 5:4 +. +Whose harvest the hungry eateth up, and taketh it even out of the thorns, and the robber swalloweth up their substance. -- job 5:5 +. +Although affliction cometh not forth of the dust, neither doth trouble spring out of the ground; -- job 5:6 +. +Yet man is born unto trouble, as the sparks fly upward. -- job 5:7 +. +I would seek unto God, and unto God would I commit my cause: -- job 5:8 +. +Which doeth great things and unsearchable; marvellous things without number: -- job 5:9 +. +Who giveth rain upon the earth, and sendeth waters upon the fields: -- job 5:10 +. +To set up on high those that be low; that those which mourn may be exalted to safety. -- job 5:11 +. +He disappointeth the devices of the crafty, so that their hands cannot perform their enterprise. -- job 5:12 +. +He taketh the wise in their own craftiness: and the counsel of the froward is carried headlong. -- job 5:13 +. +They meet with darkness in the day time, and grope in the noonday as in the night. -- job 5:14 +. +But he saveth the poor from the sword, from their mouth, and from the hand of the mighty. -- job 5:15 +. +So the poor hath hope, and iniquity stoppeth her mouth. -- job 5:16 +. +Behold, happy is the man whom God correcteth: therefore despise not thou the chastening of the Almighty: -- job 5:17 +. +For he maketh sore, and bindeth up: he woundeth, and his hands make whole. -- job 5:18 +. +He shall deliver thee in six troubles: yea, in seven there shall no evil touch thee. -- job 5:19 +. +In famine he shall redeem thee from death: and in war from the power of the sword. -- job 5:20 +. +Thou shalt be hid from the scourge of the tongue: neither shalt thou be afraid of destruction when it cometh. -- job 5:21 +. +At destruction and famine thou shalt laugh: neither shalt thou be afraid of the beasts of the earth. -- job 5:22 +. +For thou shalt be in league with the stones of the field: and the beasts of the field shall be at peace with thee. -- job 5:23 +. +And thou shalt know that thy tabernacle shall be in peace; and thou shalt visit thy habitation, and shalt not sin. -- job 5:24 +. +Thou shalt know also that thy seed shall be great, and thine offspring as the grass of the earth. -- job 5:25 +. +Thou shalt come to thy grave in a full age, like as a shock of corn cometh in in his season. -- job 5:26 +. +Lo this, we have searched it, so it is; hear it, and know thou it for thy good. -- job 5:27 +. +But Job answered and said, -- job 6:1 +. +Oh that my grief were throughly weighed, and my calamity laid in the balances together! -- job 6:2 +. +For now it would be heavier than the sand of the sea: therefore my words are swallowed up. -- job 6:3 +. +For the arrows of the Almighty are within me, the poison whereof drinketh up my spirit: the terrors of God do set themselves in array against me. -- job 6:4 +. +Doth the wild ass bray when he hath grass? or loweth the ox over his fodder? -- job 6:5 +. +Can that which is unsavoury be eaten without salt? or is there any taste in the white of an egg? -- job 6:6 +. +The things that my soul refused to touch are as my sorrowful meat. -- job 6:7 +. +Oh that I might have my request; and that God would grant me the thing that I long for! -- job 6:8 +. +Even that it would please God to destroy me; that he would let loose his hand, and cut me off! -- job 6:9 +. +Then should I yet have comfort; yea, I would harden myself in sorrow: let him not spare; for I have not concealed the words of the Holy One. -- job 6:10 +. +What is my strength, that I should hope? and what is mine end, that I should prolong my life? -- job 6:11 +. +Is my strength the strength of stones? or is my flesh of brass? -- job 6:12 +. +Is not my help in me? and is wisdom driven quite from me? -- job 6:13 +. +To him that is afflicted pity should be shewed from his friend; but he forsaketh the fear of the Almighty. -- job 6:14 +. +My brethren have dealt deceitfully as a brook, and as the stream of brooks they pass away; -- job 6:15 +. +Which are blackish by reason of the ice, and wherein the snow is hid: -- job 6:16 +. +What time they wax warm, they vanish: when it is hot, they are consumed out of their place. -- job 6:17 +. +The paths of their way are turned aside; they go to nothing, and perish. -- job 6:18 +. +The troops of Tema looked, the companies of Sheba waited for them. -- job 6:19 +. +They were confounded because they had hoped; they came thither, and were ashamed. -- job 6:20 +. +For now ye are nothing; ye see my casting down, and are afraid. -- job 6:21 +. +Did I say, Bring unto me? or, Give a reward for me of your substance? -- job 6:22 +. +Or, Deliver me from the enemy's hand? or, Redeem me from the hand of the mighty? -- job 6:23 +. +Teach me, and I will hold my tongue: and cause me to understand wherein I have erred. -- job 6:24 +. +How forcible are right words! but what doth your arguing reprove? -- job 6:25 +. +Do ye imagine to reprove words, and the speeches of one that is desperate, which are as wind? -- job 6:26 +. +Yea, ye overwhelm the fatherless, and ye dig a pit for your friend. -- job 6:27 +. +Now therefore be content, look upon me; for it is evident unto you if I lie. -- job 6:28 +. +Return, I pray you, let it not be iniquity; yea, return again, my righteousness is in it. -- job 6:29 +. +Is there iniquity in my tongue? cannot my taste discern perverse things? -- job 6:30 +. +Is there not an appointed time to man upon earth? are not his days also like the days of an hireling? -- job 7:1 +. +As a servant earnestly desireth the shadow, and as an hireling looketh for the reward of his work: -- job 7:2 +. +So am I made to possess months of vanity, and wearisome nights are appointed to me. -- job 7:3 +. +When I lie down, I say, When shall I arise, and the night be gone? and I am full of tossings to and fro unto the dawning of the day. -- job 7:4 +. +My flesh is clothed with worms and clods of dust; my skin is broken, and become loathsome. -- job 7:5 +. +My days are swifter than a weaver's shuttle, and are spent without hope. -- job 7:6 +. +O remember that my life is wind: mine eye shall no more see good. -- job 7:7 +. +The eye of him that hath seen me shall see me no more: thine eyes are upon me, and I am not. -- job 7:8 +. +As the cloud is consumed and vanisheth away: so he that goeth down to the grave shall come up no more. -- job 7:9 +. +He shall return no more to his house, neither shall his place know him any more. -- job 7:10 +. +Therefore I will not refrain my mouth; I will speak in the anguish of my spirit; I will complain in the bitterness of my soul. -- job 7:11 +. +Am I a sea, or a whale, that thou settest a watch over me? -- job 7:12 +. +When I say, My bed shall comfort me, my couch shall ease my complaints; -- job 7:13 +. +Then thou scarest me with dreams, and terrifiest me through visions: -- job 7:14 +. +So that my soul chooseth strangling, and death rather than my life. -- job 7:15 +. +I loathe it; I would not live alway: let me alone; for my days are vanity. -- job 7:16 +. +What is man, that thou shouldest magnify him? and that thou shouldest set thine heart upon him? -- job 7:17 +. +And that thou shouldest visit him every morning, and try him every moment? -- job 7:18 +. +How long wilt thou not depart from me, nor let me alone till I swallow down my spittle? -- job 7:19 +. +I have sinned; what shall I do unto thee, O thou preserver of men? why hast thou set me as a mark against thee, so that I am a burden to myself? -- job 7:20 +. +And why dost thou not pardon my transgression, and take away my iniquity? for now shall I sleep in the dust; and thou shalt seek me in the morning, but I shall not be. -- job 7:21 +. +Then answered Bildad the Shuhite, and said, -- job 8:1 +. +How long wilt thou speak these things? and how long shall the words of thy mouth be like a strong wind? -- job 8:2 +. +Doth God pervert judgment? or doth the Almighty pervert justice? -- job 8:3 +. +If thy children have sinned against him, and he have cast them away for their transgression; -- job 8:4 +. +If thou wouldest seek unto God betimes, and make thy supplication to the Almighty; -- job 8:5 +. +If thou wert pure and upright; surely now he would awake for thee, and make the habitation of thy righteousness prosperous. -- job 8:6 +. +Though thy beginning was small, yet thy latter end should greatly increase. -- job 8:7 +. +For enquire, I pray thee, of the former age, and prepare thyself to the search of their fathers: -- job 8:8 +. +(For we are but of yesterday, and know nothing, because our days upon earth are a shadow:) -- job 8:9 +. +Shall not they teach thee, and tell thee, and utter words out of their heart? -- job 8:10 +. +Can the rush grow up without mire? can the flag grow without water? -- job 8:11 +. +Whilst it is yet in his greenness, and not cut down, it withereth before any other herb. -- job 8:12 +. +So are the paths of all that forget God; and the hypocrite's hope shall perish: -- job 8:13 +. +Whose hope shall be cut off, and whose trust shall be a spider's web. -- job 8:14 +. +He shall lean upon his house, but it shall not stand: he shall hold it fast, but it shall not endure. -- job 8:15 +. +He is green before the sun, and his branch shooteth forth in his garden. -- job 8:16 +. +His roots are wrapped about the heap, and seeth the place of stones. -- job 8:17 +. +If he destroy him from his place, then it shall deny him, saying, I have not seen thee. -- job 8:18 +. +Behold, this is the joy of his way, and out of the earth shall others grow. -- job 8:19 +. +Behold, God will not cast away a perfect man, neither will he help the evil doers: -- job 8:20 +. +Till he fill thy mouth with laughing, and thy lips with rejoicing. -- job 8:21 +. +They that hate thee shall be clothed with shame; and the dwelling place of the wicked shall come to nought. -- job 8:22 +. +Then Job answered and said, -- job 9:1 +. +I know it is so of a truth: but how should man be just with God? -- job 9:2 +. +If he will contend with him, he cannot answer him one of a thousand. -- job 9:3 +. +He is wise in heart, and mighty in strength: who hath hardened himself against him, and hath prospered? -- job 9:4 +. +Which removeth the mountains, and they know not: which overturneth them in his anger. -- job 9:5 +. +Which shaketh the earth out of her place, and the pillars thereof tremble. -- job 9:6 +. +Which commandeth the sun, and it riseth not; and sealeth up the stars. -- job 9:7 +. +Which alone spreadeth out the heavens, and treadeth upon the waves of the sea. -- job 9:8 +. +Which maketh Arcturus, Orion, and Pleiades, and the chambers of the south. -- job 9:9 +. +Which doeth great things past finding out; yea, and wonders without number. -- job 9:10 +. +Lo, he goeth by me, and I see him not: he passeth on also, but I perceive him not. -- job 9:11 +. +Behold, he taketh away, who can hinder him? who will say unto him, What doest thou? -- job 9:12 +. +If God will not withdraw his anger, the proud helpers do stoop under him. -- job 9:13 +. +How much less shall I answer him, and choose out my words to reason with him? -- job 9:14 +. +Whom, though I were righteous, yet would I not answer, but I would make supplication to my judge. -- job 9:15 +. +If I had called, and he had answered me; yet would I not believe that he had hearkened unto my voice. -- job 9:16 +. +For he breaketh me with a tempest, and multiplieth my wounds without cause. -- job 9:17 +. +He will not suffer me to take my breath, but filleth me with bitterness. -- job 9:18 +. +If I speak of strength, lo, he is strong: and if of judgment, who shall set me a time to plead? -- job 9:19 +. +If I justify myself, mine own mouth shall condemn me: if I say, I am perfect, it shall also prove me perverse. -- job 9:20 +. +Though I were perfect, yet would I not know my soul: I would despise my life. -- job 9:21 +. +This is one thing, therefore I said it, He destroyeth the perfect and the wicked. -- job 9:22 +. +If the scourge slay suddenly, he will laugh at the trial of the innocent. -- job 9:23 +. +The earth is given into the hand of the wicked: he covereth the faces of the judges thereof; if not, where, and who is he? -- job 9:24 +. +Now my days are swifter than a post: they flee away, they see no good. -- job 9:25 +. +They are passed away as the swift ships: as the eagle that hasteth to the prey. -- job 9:26 +. +If I say, I will forget my complaint, I will leave off my heaviness, and comfort myself: -- job 9:27 +. +I am afraid of all my sorrows, I know that thou wilt not hold me innocent. -- job 9:28 +. +If I be wicked, why then labour I in vain? -- job 9:29 +. +If I wash myself with snow water, and make my hands never so clean; -- job 9:30 +. +Yet shalt thou plunge me in the ditch, and mine own clothes shall abhor me. -- job 9:31 +. +For he is not a man, as I am, that I should answer him, and we should come together in judgment. -- job 9:32 +. +Neither is there any daysman betwixt us, that might lay his hand upon us both. -- job 9:33 +. +Let him take his rod away from me, and let not his fear terrify me: -- job 9:34 +. +Then would I speak, and not fear him; but it is not so with me. -- job 9:35 +. +My soul is weary of my life; I will leave my complaint upon myself; I will speak in the bitterness of my soul. -- job 10:1 +. +I will say unto God, Do not condemn me; shew me wherefore thou contendest with me. -- job 10:2 +. +Is it good unto thee that thou shouldest oppress, that thou shouldest despise the work of thine hands, and shine upon the counsel of the wicked? -- job 10:3 +. +Hast thou eyes of flesh? or seest thou as man seeth? -- job 10:4 +. +Are thy days as the days of man? are thy years as man's days, -- job 10:5 +. +That thou enquirest after mine iniquity, and searchest after my sin? -- job 10:6 +. +Thou knowest that I am not wicked; and there is none that can deliver out of thine hand. -- job 10:7 +. +Thine hands have made me and fashioned me together round about; yet thou dost destroy me. -- job 10:8 +. +Remember, I beseech thee, that thou hast made me as the clay; and wilt thou bring me into dust again? -- job 10:9 +. +Hast thou not poured me out as milk, and curdled me like cheese? -- job 10:10 +. +Thou hast clothed me with skin and flesh, and hast fenced me with bones and sinews. -- job 10:11 +. +Thou hast granted me life and favour, and thy visitation hath preserved my spirit. -- job 10:12 +. +And these things hast thou hid in thine heart: I know that this is with thee. -- job 10:13 +. +If I sin, then thou markest me, and thou wilt not acquit me from mine iniquity. -- job 10:14 +. +If I be wicked, woe unto me; and if I be righteous, yet will I not lift up my head. I am full of confusion; therefore see thou mine affliction; -- job 10:15 +. +For it increaseth. Thou huntest me as a fierce lion: and again thou shewest thyself marvellous upon me. -- job 10:16 +. +Thou renewest thy witnesses against me, and increasest thine indignation upon me; changes and war are against me. -- job 10:17 +. +Wherefore then hast thou brought me forth out of the womb? Oh that I had given up the ghost, and no eye had seen me! -- job 10:18 +. +I should have been as though I had not been; I should have been carried from the womb to the grave. -- job 10:19 +. +Are not my days few? cease then, and let me alone, that I may take comfort a little, -- job 10:20 +. +Before I go whence I shall not return, even to the land of darkness and the shadow of death; -- job 10:21 +. +A land of darkness, as darkness itself; and of the shadow of death, without any order, and where the light is as darkness. -- job 10:22 +. +Then answered Zophar the Naamathite, and said, -- job 11:1 +. +Should not the multitude of words be answered? and should a man full of talk be justified? -- job 11:2 +. +Should thy lies make men hold their peace? and when thou mockest, shall no man make thee ashamed? -- job 11:3 +. +For thou hast said, My doctrine is pure, and I am clean in thine eyes. -- job 11:4 +. +But oh that God would speak, and open his lips against thee; -- job 11:5 +. +And that he would shew thee the secrets of wisdom, that they are double to that which is! Know therefore that God exacteth of thee less than thine iniquity deserveth. -- job 11:6 +. +Canst thou by searching find out God? canst thou find out the Almighty unto perfection? -- job 11:7 +. +It is as high as heaven; what canst thou do? deeper than hell; what canst thou know? -- job 11:8 +. +The measure thereof is longer than the earth, and broader than the sea. -- job 11:9 +. +If he cut off, and shut up, or gather together, then who can hinder him? -- job 11:10 +. +For he knoweth vain men: he seeth wickedness also; will he not then consider it? -- job 11:11 +. +For vain men would be wise, though man be born like a wild ass's colt. -- job 11:12 +. +If thou prepare thine heart, and stretch out thine hands toward him; -- job 11:13 +. +If iniquity be in thine hand, put it far away, and let not wickedness dwell in thy tabernacles. -- job 11:14 +. +For then shalt thou lift up thy face without spot; yea, thou shalt be stedfast, and shalt not fear: -- job 11:15 +. +Because thou shalt forget thy misery, and remember it as waters that pass away: -- job 11:16 +. +And thine age shall be clearer than the noonday: thou shalt shine forth, thou shalt be as the morning. -- job 11:17 +. +And thou shalt be secure, because there is hope; yea, thou shalt dig about thee, and thou shalt take thy rest in safety. -- job 11:18 +. +Also thou shalt lie down, and none shall make thee afraid; yea, many shall make suit unto thee. -- job 11:19 +. +But the eyes of the wicked shall fail, and they shall not escape, and their hope shall be as the giving up of the ghost. -- job 11:20 +. +And Job answered and said, -- job 12:1 +. +No doubt but ye are the people, and wisdom shall die with you. -- job 12:2 +. +But I have understanding as well as you; I am not inferior to you: yea, who knoweth not such things as these? -- job 12:3 +. +I am as one mocked of his neighbour, who calleth upon God, and he answereth him: the just upright man is laughed to scorn. -- job 12:4 +. +He that is ready to slip with his feet is as a lamp despised in the thought of him that is at ease. -- job 12:5 +. +The tabernacles of robbers prosper, and they that provoke God are secure; into whose hand God bringeth abundantly. -- job 12:6 +. +But ask now the beasts, and they shall teach thee; and the fowls of the air, and they shall tell thee: -- job 12:7 +. +Or speak to the earth, and it shall teach thee: and the fishes of the sea shall declare unto thee. -- job 12:8 +. +Who knoweth not in all these that the hand of the LORD hath wrought this? -- job 12:9 +. +In whose hand is the soul of every living thing, and the breath of all mankind. -- job 12:10 +. +Doth not the ear try words? and the mouth taste his meat? -- job 12:11 +. +With the ancient is wisdom; and in length of days understanding. -- job 12:12 +. +With him is wisdom and strength, he hath counsel and understanding. -- job 12:13 +. +Behold, he breaketh down, and it cannot be built again: he shutteth up a man, and there can be no opening. -- job 12:14 +. +Behold, he withholdeth the waters, and they dry up: also he sendeth them out, and they overturn the earth. -- job 12:15 +. +With him is strength and wisdom: the deceived and the deceiver are his. -- job 12:16 +. +He leadeth counsellors away spoiled, and maketh the judges fools. -- job 12:17 +. +He looseth the bond of kings, and girdeth their loins with a girdle. -- job 12:18 +. +He leadeth princes away spoiled, and overthroweth the mighty. -- job 12:19 +. +He removeth away the speech of the trusty, and taketh away the understanding of the aged. -- job 12:20 +. +He poureth contempt upon princes, and weakeneth the strength of the mighty. -- job 12:21 +. +He discovereth deep things out of darkness, and bringeth out to light the shadow of death. -- job 12:22 +. +He increaseth the nations, and destroyeth them: he enlargeth the nations, and straiteneth them again. -- job 12:23 +. +He taketh away the heart of the chief of the people of the earth, and causeth them to wander in a wilderness where there is no way. -- job 12:24 +. +They grope in the dark without light, and he maketh them to stagger like a drunken man. -- job 12:25 +. +Lo, mine eye hath seen all this, mine ear hath heard and understood it. -- job 13:1 +. +What ye know, the same do I know also: I am not inferior unto you. -- job 13:2 +. +Surely I would speak to the Almighty, and I desire to reason with God. -- job 13:3 +. +But ye are forgers of lies, ye are all physicians of no value. -- job 13:4 +. +O that ye would altogether hold your peace! and it should be your wisdom. -- job 13:5 +. +Hear now my reasoning, and hearken to the pleadings of my lips. -- job 13:6 +. +Will ye speak wickedly for God? and talk deceitfully for him? -- job 13:7 +. +Will ye accept his person? will ye contend for God? -- job 13:8 +. +Is it good that he should search you out? or as one man mocketh another, do ye so mock him? -- job 13:9 +. +He will surely reprove you, if ye do secretly accept persons. -- job 13:10 +. +Shall not his excellency make you afraid? and his dread fall upon you? -- job 13:11 +. +Your remembrances are like unto ashes, your bodies to bodies of clay. -- job 13:12 +. +Hold your peace, let me alone, that I may speak, and let come on me what will. -- job 13:13 +. +Wherefore do I take my flesh in my teeth, and put my life in mine hand? -- job 13:14 +. +Though he slay me, yet will I trust in him: but I will maintain mine own ways before him. -- job 13:15 +. +He also shall be my salvation: for an hypocrite shall not come before him. -- job 13:16 +. +Hear diligently my speech, and my declaration with your ears. -- job 13:17 +. +Behold now, I have ordered my cause; I know that I shall be justified. -- job 13:18 +. +Who is he that will plead with me? for now, if I hold my tongue, I shall give up the ghost. -- job 13:19 +. +Only do not two things unto me: then will I not hide myself from thee. -- job 13:20 +. +Withdraw thine hand far from me: and let not thy dread make me afraid. -- job 13:21 +. +Then call thou, and I will answer: or let me speak, and answer thou me. -- job 13:22 +. +How many are mine iniquities and sins? make me to know my transgression and my sin. -- job 13:23 +. +Wherefore hidest thou thy face, and holdest me for thine enemy? -- job 13:24 +. +Wilt thou break a leaf driven to and fro? and wilt thou pursue the dry stubble? -- job 13:25 +. +For thou writest bitter things against me, and makest me to possess the iniquities of my youth. -- job 13:26 +. +Thou puttest my feet also in the stocks, and lookest narrowly unto all my paths; thou settest a print upon the heels of my feet. -- job 13:27 +. +And he, as a rotten thing, consumeth, as a garment that is moth eaten. -- job 13:28 +. +Man that is born of a woman is of few days and full of trouble. -- job 14:1 +. +He cometh forth like a flower, and is cut down: he fleeth also as a shadow, and continueth not. -- job 14:2 +. +And doth thou open thine eyes upon such an one, and bringest me into judgment with thee? -- job 14:3 +. +Who can bring a clean thing out of an unclean? not one. -- job 14:4 +. +Seeing his days are determined, the number of his months are with thee, thou hast appointed his bounds that he cannot pass; -- job 14:5 +. +Turn from him, that he may rest, till he shall accomplish, as an hireling, his day. -- job 14:6 +. +For there is hope of a tree, if it be cut down, that it will sprout again, and that the tender branch thereof will not cease. -- job 14:7 +. +Though the root thereof wax old in the earth, and the stock thereof die in the ground; -- job 14:8 +. +Yet through the scent of water it will bud, and bring forth boughs like a plant. -- job 14:9 +. +But man dieth, and wasteth away: yea, man giveth up the ghost, and where is he? -- job 14:10 +. +As the waters fail from the sea, and the flood decayeth and drieth up: -- job 14:11 +. +So man lieth down, and riseth not: till the heavens be no more, they shall not awake, nor be raised out of their sleep. -- job 14:12 +. +O that thou wouldest hide me in the grave, that thou wouldest keep me secret, until thy wrath be past, that thou wouldest appoint me a set time, and remember me! -- job 14:13 +. +If a man die, shall he live again? all the days of my appointed time will I wait, till my change come. -- job 14:14 +. +Thou shalt call, and I will answer thee: thou wilt have a desire to the work of thine hands. -- job 14:15 +. +For now thou numberest my steps: dost thou not watch over my sin? -- job 14:16 +. +My transgression is sealed up in a bag, and thou sewest up mine iniquity. -- job 14:17 +. +And surely the mountains falling cometh to nought, and the rock is removed out of his place. -- job 14:18 +. +The waters wear the stones: thou washest away the things which grow out of the dust of the earth; and thou destroyest the hope of man. -- job 14:19 +. +Thou prevailest for ever against him, and he passeth: thou changest his countenance, and sendest him away. -- job 14:20 +. +His sons come to honour, and he knoweth it not; and they are brought low, but he perceiveth it not of them. -- job 14:21 +. +But his flesh upon him shall have pain, and his soul within him shall mourn. -- job 14:22 +. +Then answered Eliphaz the Temanite, and said, -- job 15:1 +. +Should a wise man utter vain knowledge, and fill his belly with the east wind? -- job 15:2 +. +Should he reason with unprofitable talk? or with speeches wherewith he can do no good? -- job 15:3 +. +Yea, thou castest off fear, and restrainest prayer before God. -- job 15:4 +. +For thy mouth uttereth thine iniquity, and thou choosest the tongue of the crafty. -- job 15:5 +. +Thine own mouth condemneth thee, and not I: yea, thine own lips testify against thee. -- job 15:6 +. +Art thou the first man that was born? or wast thou made before the hills? -- job 15:7 +. +Hast thou heard the secret of God? and dost thou restrain wisdom to thyself? -- job 15:8 +. +What knowest thou, that we know not? what understandest thou, which is not in us? -- job 15:9 +. +With us are both the grayheaded and very aged men, much elder than thy father. -- job 15:10 +. +Are the consolations of God small with thee? is there any secret thing with thee? -- job 15:11 +. +Why doth thine heart carry thee away? and what do thy eyes wink at, -- job 15:12 +. +That thou turnest thy spirit against God, and lettest such words go out of thy mouth? -- job 15:13 +. +What is man, that he should be clean? and he which is born of a woman, that he should be righteous? -- job 15:14 +. +Behold, he putteth no trust in his saints; yea, the heavens are not clean in his sight. -- job 15:15 +. +How much more abominable and filthy is man, which drinketh iniquity like water? -- job 15:16 +. +I will shew thee, hear me; and that which I have seen I will declare; -- job 15:17 +. +Which wise men have told from their fathers, and have not hid it: -- job 15:18 +. +Unto whom alone the earth was given, and no stranger passed among them. -- job 15:19 +. +The wicked man travaileth with pain all his days, and the number of years is hidden to the oppressor. -- job 15:20 +. +A dreadful sound is in his ears: in prosperity the destroyer shall come upon him. -- job 15:21 +. +He believeth not that he shall return out of darkness, and he is waited for of the sword. -- job 15:22 +. +He wandereth abroad for bread, saying, Where is it? he knoweth that the day of darkness is ready at his hand. -- job 15:23 +. +Trouble and anguish shall make him afraid; they shall prevail against him, as a king ready to the battle. -- job 15:24 +. +For he stretcheth out his hand against God, and strengtheneth himself against the Almighty. -- job 15:25 +. +He runneth upon him, even on his neck, upon the thick bosses of his bucklers: -- job 15:26 +. +Because he covereth his face with his fatness, and maketh collops of fat on his flanks. -- job 15:27 +. +And he dwelleth in desolate cities, and in houses which no man inhabiteth, which are ready to become heaps. -- job 15:28 +. +He shall not be rich, neither shall his substance continue, neither shall he prolong the perfection thereof upon the earth. -- job 15:29 +. +He shall not depart out of darkness; the flame shall dry up his branches, and by the breath of his mouth shall he go away. -- job 15:30 +. +Let not him that is deceived trust in vanity: for vanity shall be his recompence. -- job 15:31 +. +It shall be accomplished before his time, and his branch shall not be green. -- job 15:32 +. +He shall shake off his unripe grape as the vine, and shall cast off his flower as the olive. -- job 15:33 +. +For the congregation of hypocrites shall be desolate, and fire shall consume the tabernacles of bribery. -- job 15:34 +. +They conceive mischief, and bring forth vanity, and their belly prepareth deceit. -- job 15:35 +. +Then Job answered and said, -- job 16:1 +. +I have heard many such things: miserable comforters are ye all. -- job 16:2 +. +Shall vain words have an end? or what emboldeneth thee that thou answerest? -- job 16:3 +. +I also could speak as ye do: if your soul were in my soul's stead, I could heap up words against you, and shake mine head at you. -- job 16:4 +. +But I would strengthen you with my mouth, and the moving of my lips should asswage your grief. -- job 16:5 +. +Though I speak, my grief is not asswaged: and though I forbear, what am I eased? -- job 16:6 +. +But now he hath made me weary: thou hast made desolate all my company. -- job 16:7 +. +And thou hast filled me with wrinkles, which is a witness against me: and my leanness rising up in me beareth witness to my face. -- job 16:8 +. +He teareth me in his wrath, who hateth me: he gnasheth upon me with his teeth; mine enemy sharpeneth his eyes upon me. -- job 16:9 +. +They have gaped upon me with their mouth; they have smitten me upon the cheek reproachfully; they have gathered themselves together against me. -- job 16:10 +. +God hath delivered me to the ungodly, and turned me over into the hands of the wicked. -- job 16:11 +. +I was at ease, but he hath broken me asunder: he hath also taken me by my neck, and shaken me to pieces, and set me up for his mark. -- job 16:12 +. +His archers compass me round about, he cleaveth my reins asunder, and doth not spare; he poureth out my gall upon the ground. -- job 16:13 +. +He breaketh me with breach upon breach, he runneth upon me like a giant. -- job 16:14 +. +I have sewed sackcloth upon my skin, and defiled my horn in the dust. -- job 16:15 +. +My face is foul with weeping, and on my eyelids is the shadow of death; -- job 16:16 +. +Not for any injustice in mine hands: also my prayer is pure. -- job 16:17 +. +O earth, cover not thou my blood, and let my cry have no place. -- job 16:18 +. +Also now, behold, my witness is in heaven, and my record is on high. -- job 16:19 +. +My friends scorn me: but mine eye poureth out tears unto God. -- job 16:20 +. +O that one might plead for a man with God, as a man pleadeth for his neighbour! -- job 16:21 +. +When a few years are come, then I shall go the way whence I shall not return. -- job 16:22 +. +My breath is corrupt, my days are extinct, the graves are ready for me. -- job 17:1 +. +Are there not mockers with me? and doth not mine eye continue in their provocation? -- job 17:2 +. +Lay down now, put me in a surety with thee; who is he that will strike hands with me? -- job 17:3 +. +For thou hast hid their heart from understanding: therefore shalt thou not exalt them. -- job 17:4 +. +He that speaketh flattery to his friends, even the eyes of his children shall fail. -- job 17:5 +. +He hath made me also a byword of the people; and aforetime I was as a tabret. -- job 17:6 +. +Mine eye also is dim by reason of sorrow, and all my members are as a shadow. -- job 17:7 +. +Upright men shall be astonied at this, and the innocent shall stir up himself against the hypocrite. -- job 17:8 +. +The righteous also shall hold on his way, and he that hath clean hands shall be stronger and stronger. -- job 17:9 +. +But as for you all, do ye return, and come now: for I cannot find one wise man among you. -- job 17:10 +. +My days are past, my purposes are broken off, even the thoughts of my heart. -- job 17:11 +. +They change the night into day: the light is short because of darkness. -- job 17:12 +. +If I wait, the grave is mine house: I have made my bed in the darkness. -- job 17:13 +. +I have said to corruption, Thou art my father: to the worm, Thou art my mother, and my sister. -- job 17:14 +. +And where is now my hope? as for my hope, who shall see it? -- job 17:15 +. +They shall go down to the bars of the pit, when our rest together is in the dust. -- job 17:16 +. +Then answered Bildad the Shuhite, and said, -- job 18:1 +. +How long will it be ere ye make an end of words? mark, and afterwards we will speak. -- job 18:2 +. +Wherefore are we counted as beasts, and reputed vile in your sight? -- job 18:3 +. +He teareth himself in his anger: shall the earth be forsaken for thee? and shall the rock be removed out of his place? -- job 18:4 +. +Yea, the light of the wicked shall be put out, and the spark of his fire shall not shine. -- job 18:5 +. +The light shall be dark in his tabernacle, and his candle shall be put out with him. -- job 18:6 +. +The steps of his strength shall be straitened, and his own counsel shall cast him down. -- job 18:7 +. +For he is cast into a net by his own feet, and he walketh upon a snare. -- job 18:8 +. +The gin shall take him by the heel, and the robber shall prevail against him. -- job 18:9 +. +The snare is laid for him in the ground, and a trap for him in the way. -- job 18:10 +. +Terrors shall make him afraid on every side, and shall drive him to his feet. -- job 18:11 +. +His strength shall be hungerbitten, and destruction shall be ready at his side. -- job 18:12 +. +It shall devour the strength of his skin: even the firstborn of death shall devour his strength. -- job 18:13 +. +His confidence shall be rooted out of his tabernacle, and it shall bring him to the king of terrors. -- job 18:14 +. +It shall dwell in his tabernacle, because it is none of his: brimstone shall be scattered upon his habitation. -- job 18:15 +. +His roots shall be dried up beneath, and above shall his branch be cut off. -- job 18:16 +. +His remembrance shall perish from the earth, and he shall have no name in the street. -- job 18:17 +. +He shall be driven from light into darkness, and chased out of the world. -- job 18:18 +. +He shall neither have son nor nephew among his people, nor any remaining in his dwellings. -- job 18:19 +. +They that come after him shall be astonied at his day, as they that went before were affrighted. -- job 18:20 +. +Surely such are the dwellings of the wicked, and this is the place of him that knoweth not God. -- job 18:21 +. +Then Job answered and said, -- job 19:1 +. +How long will ye vex my soul, and break me in pieces with words? -- job 19:2 +. +These ten times have ye reproached me: ye are not ashamed that ye make yourselves strange to me. -- job 19:3 +. +And be it indeed that I have erred, mine error remaineth with myself. -- job 19:4 +. +If indeed ye will magnify yourselves against me, and plead against me my reproach: -- job 19:5 +. +Know now that God hath overthrown me, and hath compassed me with his net. -- job 19:6 +. +Behold, I cry out of wrong, but I am not heard: I cry aloud, but there is no judgment. -- job 19:7 +. +He hath fenced up my way that I cannot pass, and he hath set darkness in my paths. -- job 19:8 +. +He hath stripped me of my glory, and taken the crown from my head. -- job 19:9 +. +He hath destroyed me on every side, and I am gone: and mine hope hath he removed like a tree. -- job 19:10 +. +He hath also kindled his wrath against me, and he counteth me unto him as one of his enemies. -- job 19:11 +. +His troops come together, and raise up their way against me, and encamp round about my tabernacle. -- job 19:12 +. +He hath put my brethren far from me, and mine acquaintance are verily estranged from me. -- job 19:13 +. +My kinsfolk have failed, and my familiar friends have forgotten me. -- job 19:14 +. +They that dwell in mine house, and my maids, count me for a stranger: I am an alien in their sight. -- job 19:15 +. +I called my servant, and he gave me no answer; I intreated him with my mouth. -- job 19:16 +. +My breath is strange to my wife, though I intreated for the children's sake of mine own body. -- job 19:17 +. +Yea, young children despised me; I arose, and they spake against me. -- job 19:18 +. +All my inward friends abhorred me: and they whom I loved are turned against me. -- job 19:19 +. +My bone cleaveth to my skin and to my flesh, and I am escaped with the skin of my teeth. -- job 19:20 +. +Have pity upon me, have pity upon me, O ye my friends; for the hand of God hath touched me. -- job 19:21 +. +Why do ye persecute me as God, and are not satisfied with my flesh? -- job 19:22 +. +Oh that my words were now written! oh that they were printed in a book! -- job 19:23 +. +That they were graven with an iron pen and lead in the rock for ever! -- job 19:24 +. +For I know that my redeemer liveth, and that he shall stand at the latter day upon the earth: -- job 19:25 +. +And though after my skin worms destroy this body, yet in my flesh shall I see God: -- job 19:26 +. +Whom I shall see for myself, and mine eyes shall behold, and not another; though my reins be consumed within me. -- job 19:27 +. +But ye should say, Why persecute we him, seeing the root of the matter is found in me? -- job 19:28 +. +Be ye afraid of the sword: for wrath bringeth the punishments of the sword, that ye may know there is a judgment. -- job 19:29 +. +Then answered Zophar the Naamathite, and said, -- job 20:1 +. +Therefore do my thoughts cause me to answer, and for this I make haste. -- job 20:2 +. +I have heard the check of my reproach, and the spirit of my understanding causeth me to answer. -- job 20:3 +. +Knowest thou not this of old, since man was placed upon earth, -- job 20:4 +. +That the triumphing of the wicked is short, and the joy of the hypocrite but for a moment? -- job 20:5 +. +Though his excellency mount up to the heavens, and his head reach unto the clouds; -- job 20:6 +. +Yet he shall perish for ever like his own dung: they which have seen him shall say, Where is he? -- job 20:7 +. +He shall fly away as a dream, and shall not be found: yea, he shall be chased away as a vision of the night. -- job 20:8 +. +The eye also which saw him shall see him no more; neither shall his place any more behold him. -- job 20:9 +. +His children shall seek to please the poor, and his hands shall restore their goods. -- job 20:10 +. +His bones are full of the sin of his youth, which shall lie down with him in the dust. -- job 20:11 +. +Though wickedness be sweet in his mouth, though he hide it under his tongue; -- job 20:12 +. +Though he spare it, and forsake it not; but keep it still within his mouth: -- job 20:13 +. +Yet his meat in his bowels is turned, it is the gall of asps within him. -- job 20:14 +. +He hath swallowed down riches, and he shall vomit them up again: God shall cast them out of his belly. -- job 20:15 +. +He shall suck the poison of asps: the viper's tongue shall slay him. -- job 20:16 +. +He shall not see the rivers, the floods, the brooks of honey and butter. -- job 20:17 +. +That which he laboured for shall he restore, and shall not swallow it down: according to his substance shall the restitution be, and he shall not rejoice therein. -- job 20:18 +. +Because he hath oppressed and hath forsaken the poor; because he hath violently taken away an house which he builded not; -- job 20:19 +. +Surely he shall not feel quietness in his belly, he shall not save of that which he desired. -- job 20:20 +. +There shall none of his meat be left; therefore shall no man look for his goods. -- job 20:21 +. +In the fulness of his sufficiency he shall be in straits: every hand of the wicked shall come upon him. -- job 20:22 +. +When he is about to fill his belly, God shall cast the fury of his wrath upon him, and shall rain it upon him while he is eating. -- job 20:23 +. +He shall flee from the iron weapon, and the bow of steel shall strike him through. -- job 20:24 +. +It is drawn, and cometh out of the body; yea, the glittering sword cometh out of his gall: terrors are upon him. -- job 20:25 +. +All darkness shall be hid in his secret places: a fire not blown shall consume him; it shall go ill with him that is left in his tabernacle. -- job 20:26 +. +The heaven shall reveal his iniquity; and the earth shall rise up against him. -- job 20:27 +. +The increase of his house shall depart, and his goods shall flow away in the day of his wrath. -- job 20:28 +. +This is the portion of a wicked man from God, and the heritage appointed unto him by God. -- job 20:29 +. +But Job answered and said, -- job 21:1 +. +Hear diligently my speech, and let this be your consolations. -- job 21:2 +. +Suffer me that I may speak; and after that I have spoken, mock on. -- job 21:3 +. +As for me, is my complaint to man? and if it were so, why should not my spirit be troubled? -- job 21:4 +. +Mark me, and be astonished, and lay your hand upon your mouth. -- job 21:5 +. +Even when I remember I am afraid, and trembling taketh hold on my flesh. -- job 21:6 +. +Wherefore do the wicked live, become old, yea, are mighty in power? -- job 21:7 +. +Their seed is established in their sight with them, and their offspring before their eyes. -- job 21:8 +. +Their houses are safe from fear, neither is the rod of God upon them. -- job 21:9 +. +Their bull gendereth, and faileth not; their cow calveth, and casteth not her calf. -- job 21:10 +. +They send forth their little ones like a flock, and their children dance. -- job 21:11 +. +They take the timbrel and harp, and rejoice at the sound of the organ. -- job 21:12 +. +They spend their days in wealth, and in a moment go down to the grave. -- job 21:13 +. +Therefore they say unto God, Depart from us; for we desire not the knowledge of thy ways. -- job 21:14 +. +What is the Almighty, that we should serve him? and what profit should we have, if we pray unto him? -- job 21:15 +. +Lo, their good is not in their hand: the counsel of the wicked is far from me. -- job 21:16 +. +How oft is the candle of the wicked put out! and how oft cometh their destruction upon them! God distributeth sorrows in his anger. -- job 21:17 +. +They are as stubble before the wind, and as chaff that the storm carrieth away. -- job 21:18 +. +God layeth up his iniquity for his children: he rewardeth him, and he shall know it. -- job 21:19 +. +His eyes shall see his destruction, and he shall drink of the wrath of the Almighty. -- job 21:20 +. +For what pleasure hath he in his house after him, when the number of his months is cut off in the midst? -- job 21:21 +. +Shall any teach God knowledge? seeing he judgeth those that are high. -- job 21:22 +. +One dieth in his full strength, being wholly at ease and quiet. -- job 21:23 +. +His breasts are full of milk, and his bones are moistened with marrow. -- job 21:24 +. +And another dieth in the bitterness of his soul, and never eateth with pleasure. -- job 21:25 +. +They shall lie down alike in the dust, and the worms shall cover them. -- job 21:26 +. +Behold, I know your thoughts, and the devices which ye wrongfully imagine against me. -- job 21:27 +. +For ye say, Where is the house of the prince? and where are the dwelling places of the wicked? -- job 21:28 +. +Have ye not asked them that go by the way? and do ye not know their tokens, -- job 21:29 +. +That the wicked is reserved to the day of destruction? they shall be brought forth to the day of wrath. -- job 21:30 +. +Who shall declare his way to his face? and who shall repay him what he hath done? -- job 21:31 +. +Yet shall he be brought to the grave, and shall remain in the tomb. -- job 21:32 +. +The clods of the valley shall be sweet unto him, and every man shall draw after him, as there are innumerable before him. -- job 21:33 +. +How then comfort ye me in vain, seeing in your answers there remaineth falsehood? -- job 21:34 +. +Then Eliphaz the Temanite answered and said, -- job 22:1 +. +Can a man be profitable unto God, as he that is wise may be profitable unto himself? -- job 22:2 +. +Is it any pleasure to the Almighty, that thou art righteous? or is it gain to him, that thou makest thy ways perfect? -- job 22:3 +. +Will he reprove thee for fear of thee? will he enter with thee into judgment? -- job 22:4 +. +Is not thy wickedness great? and thine iniquities infinite? -- job 22:5 +. +For thou hast taken a pledge from thy brother for nought, and stripped the naked of their clothing. -- job 22:6 +. +Thou hast not given water to the weary to drink, and thou hast withholden bread from the hungry. -- job 22:7 +. +But as for the mighty man, he had the earth; and the honourable man dwelt in it. -- job 22:8 +. +Thou hast sent widows away empty, and the arms of the fatherless have been broken. -- job 22:9 +. +Therefore snares are round about thee, and sudden fear troubleth thee; -- job 22:10 +. +Or darkness, that thou canst not see; and abundance of waters cover thee. -- job 22:11 +. +Is not God in the height of heaven? and behold the height of the stars, how high they are! -- job 22:12 +. +And thou sayest, How doth God know? can he judge through the dark cloud? -- job 22:13 +. +Thick clouds are a covering to him, that he seeth not; and he walketh in the circuit of heaven. -- job 22:14 +. +Hast thou marked the old way which wicked men have trodden? -- job 22:15 +. +Which were cut down out of time, whose foundation was overflown with a flood: -- job 22:16 +. +Which said unto God, Depart from us: and what can the Almighty do for them? -- job 22:17 +. +Yet he filled their houses with good things: but the counsel of the wicked is far from me. -- job 22:18 +. +The righteous see it, and are glad: and the innocent laugh them to scorn. -- job 22:19 +. +Whereas our substance is not cut down, but the remnant of them the fire consumeth. -- job 22:20 +. +Acquaint now thyself with him, and be at peace: thereby good shall come unto thee. -- job 22:21 +. +Receive, I pray thee, the law from his mouth, and lay up his words in thine heart. -- job 22:22 +. +If thou return to the Almighty, thou shalt be built up, thou shalt put away iniquity far from thy tabernacles. -- job 22:23 +. +Then shalt thou lay up gold as dust, and the gold of Ophir as the stones of the brooks. -- job 22:24 +. +Yea, the Almighty shall be thy defence, and thou shalt have plenty of silver. -- job 22:25 +. +For then shalt thou have thy delight in the Almighty, and shalt lift up thy face unto God. -- job 22:26 +. +Thou shalt make thy prayer unto him, and he shall hear thee, and thou shalt pay thy vows. -- job 22:27 +. +Thou shalt also decree a thing, and it shall be established unto thee: and the light shall shine upon thy ways. -- job 22:28 +. +When men are cast down, then thou shalt say, There is lifting up; and he shall save the humble person. -- job 22:29 +. +He shall deliver the island of the innocent: and it is delivered by the pureness of thine hands. -- job 22:30 +. +Then Job answered and said, -- job 23:1 +. +Even to day is my complaint bitter: my stroke is heavier than my groaning. -- job 23:2 +. +Oh that I knew where I might find him! that I might come even to his seat! -- job 23:3 +. +I would order my cause before him, and fill my mouth with arguments. -- job 23:4 +. +I would know the words which he would answer me, and understand what he would say unto me. -- job 23:5 +. +Will he plead against me with his great power? No; but he would put strength in me. -- job 23:6 +. +There the righteous might dispute with him; so should I be delivered for ever from my judge. -- job 23:7 +. +Behold, I go forward, but he is not there; and backward, but I cannot perceive him: -- job 23:8 +. +On the left hand, where he doth work, but I cannot behold him: he hideth himself on the right hand, that I cannot see him: -- job 23:9 +. +But he knoweth the way that I take: when he hath tried me, I shall come forth as gold. -- job 23:10 +. +My foot hath held his steps, his way have I kept, and not declined. -- job 23:11 +. +Neither have I gone back from the commandment of his lips; I have esteemed the words of his mouth more than my necessary food. -- job 23:12 +. +But he is in one mind, and who can turn him? and what his soul desireth, even that he doeth. -- job 23:13 +. +For he performeth the thing that is appointed for me: and many such things are with him. -- job 23:14 +. +Therefore am I troubled at his presence: when I consider, I am afraid of him. -- job 23:15 +. +For God maketh my heart soft, and the Almighty troubleth me: -- job 23:16 +. +Because I was not cut off before the darkness, neither hath he covered the darkness from my face. -- job 23:17 +. +Why, seeing times are not hidden from the Almighty, do they that know him not see his days? -- job 24:1 +. +Some remove the landmarks; they violently take away flocks, and feed thereof. -- job 24:2 +. +They drive away the ass of the fatherless, they take the widow's ox for a pledge. -- job 24:3 +. +They turn the needy out of the way: the poor of the earth hide themselves together. -- job 24:4 +. +Behold, as wild asses in the desert, go they forth to their work; rising betimes for a prey: the wilderness yieldeth food for them and for their children. -- job 24:5 +. +They reap every one his corn in the field: and they gather the vintage of the wicked. -- job 24:6 +. +They cause the naked to lodge without clothing, that they have no covering in the cold. -- job 24:7 +. +They are wet with the showers of the mountains, and embrace the rock for want of a shelter. -- job 24:8 +. +They pluck the fatherless from the breast, and take a pledge of the poor. -- job 24:9 +. +They cause him to go naked without clothing, and they take away the sheaf from the hungry; -- job 24:10 +. +Which make oil within their walls, and tread their winepresses, and suffer thirst. -- job 24:11 +. +Men groan from out of the city, and the soul of the wounded crieth out: yet God layeth not folly to them. -- job 24:12 +. +They are of those that rebel against the light; they know not the ways thereof, nor abide in the paths thereof. -- job 24:13 +. +The murderer rising with the light killeth the poor and needy, and in the night is as a thief. -- job 24:14 +. +The eye also of the adulterer waiteth for the twilight, saying, No eye shall see me: and disguiseth his face. -- job 24:15 +. +In the dark they dig through houses, which they had marked for themselves in the daytime: they know not the light. -- job 24:16 +. +For the morning is to them even as the shadow of death: if one know them, they are in the terrors of the shadow of death. -- job 24:17 +. +He is swift as the waters; their portion is cursed in the earth: he beholdeth not the way of the vineyards. -- job 24:18 +. +Drought and heat consume the snow waters: so doth the grave those which have sinned. -- job 24:19 +. +The womb shall forget him; the worm shall feed sweetly on him; he shall be no more remembered; and wickedness shall be broken as a tree. -- job 24:20 +. +He evil entreateth the barren that beareth not: and doeth not good to the widow. -- job 24:21 +. +He draweth also the mighty with his power: he riseth up, and no man is sure of life. -- job 24:22 +. +Though it be given him to be in safety, whereon he resteth; yet his eyes are upon their ways. -- job 24:23 +. +They are exalted for a little while, but are gone and brought low; they are taken out of the way as all other, and cut off as the tops of the ears of corn. -- job 24:24 +. +And if it be not so now, who will make me a liar, and make my speech nothing worth? -- job 24:25 +. +Then answered Bildad the Shuhite, and said, -- job 25:1 +. +Dominion and fear are with him, he maketh peace in his high places. -- job 25:2 +. +Is there any number of his armies? and upon whom doth not his light arise? -- job 25:3 +. +How then can man be justified with God? or how can he be clean that is born of a woman? -- job 25:4 +. +Behold even to the moon, and it shineth not; yea, the stars are not pure in his sight. -- job 25:5 +. +How much less man, that is a worm? and the son of man, which is a worm? -- job 25:6 +. +But Job answered and said, -- job 26:1 +. +How hast thou helped him that is without power? how savest thou the arm that hath no strength? -- job 26:2 +. +How hast thou counselled him that hath no wisdom? and how hast thou plentifully declared the thing as it is? -- job 26:3 +. +To whom hast thou uttered words? and whose spirit came from thee? -- job 26:4 +. +Dead things are formed from under the waters, and the inhabitants thereof. -- job 26:5 +. +Hell is naked before him, and destruction hath no covering. -- job 26:6 +. +He stretcheth out the north over the empty place, and hangeth the earth upon nothing. -- job 26:7 +. +He bindeth up the waters in his thick clouds; and the cloud is not rent under them. -- job 26:8 +. +He holdeth back the face of his throne, and spreadeth his cloud upon it. -- job 26:9 +. +He hath compassed the waters with bounds, until the day and night come to an end. -- job 26:10 +. +The pillars of heaven tremble and are astonished at his reproof. -- job 26:11 +. +He divideth the sea with his power, and by his understanding he smiteth through the proud. -- job 26:12 +. +By his spirit he hath garnished the heavens; his hand hath formed the crooked serpent. -- job 26:13 +. +Lo, these are parts of his ways: but how little a portion is heard of him? but the thunder of his power who can understand? -- job 26:14 +. +Moreover Job continued his parable, and said, -- job 27:1 +. +As God liveth, who hath taken away my judgment; and the Almighty, who hath vexed my soul; -- job 27:2 +. +All the while my breath is in me, and the spirit of God is in my nostrils; -- job 27:3 +. +My lips shall not speak wickedness, nor my tongue utter deceit. -- job 27:4 +. +God forbid that I should justify you: till I die I will not remove mine integrity from me. -- job 27:5 +. +My righteousness I hold fast, and will not let it go: my heart shall not reproach me so long as I live. -- job 27:6 +. +Let mine enemy be as the wicked, and he that riseth up against me as the unrighteous. -- job 27:7 +. +For what is the hope of the hypocrite, though he hath gained, when God taketh away his soul? -- job 27:8 +. +Will God hear his cry when trouble cometh upon him? -- job 27:9 +. +Will he delight himself in the Almighty? will he always call upon God? -- job 27:10 +. +I will teach you by the hand of God: that which is with the Almighty will I not conceal. -- job 27:11 +. +Behold, all ye yourselves have seen it; why then are ye thus altogether vain? -- job 27:12 +. +This is the portion of a wicked man with God, and the heritage of oppressors, which they shall receive of the Almighty. -- job 27:13 +. +If his children be multiplied, it is for the sword: and his offspring shall not be satisfied with bread. -- job 27:14 +. +Those that remain of him shall be buried in death: and his widows shall not weep. -- job 27:15 +. +Though he heap up silver as the dust, and prepare raiment as the clay; -- job 27:16 +. +He may prepare it, but the just shall put it on, and the innocent shall divide the silver. -- job 27:17 +. +He buildeth his house as a moth, and as a booth that the keeper maketh. -- job 27:18 +. +The rich man shall lie down, but he shall not be gathered: he openeth his eyes, and he is not. -- job 27:19 +. +Terrors take hold on him as waters, a tempest stealeth him away in the night. -- job 27:20 +. +The east wind carrieth him away, and he departeth: and as a storm hurleth him out of his place. -- job 27:21 +. +For God shall cast upon him, and not spare: he would fain flee out of his hand. -- job 27:22 +. +Men shall clap their hands at him, and shall hiss him out of his place. -- job 27:23 +. +Surely there is a vein for the silver, and a place for gold where they fine it. -- job 28:1 +. +Iron is taken out of the earth, and brass is molten out of the stone. -- job 28:2 +. +He setteth an end to darkness, and searcheth out all perfection: the stones of darkness, and the shadow of death. -- job 28:3 +. +The flood breaketh out from the inhabitant; even the waters forgotten of the foot: they are dried up, they are gone away from men. -- job 28:4 +. +As for the earth, out of it cometh bread: and under it is turned up as it were fire. -- job 28:5 +. +The stones of it are the place of sapphires: and it hath dust of gold. -- job 28:6 +. +There is a path which no fowl knoweth, and which the vulture's eye hath not seen: -- job 28:7 +. +The lion's whelps have not trodden it, nor the fierce lion passed by it. -- job 28:8 +. +He putteth forth his hand upon the rock; he overturneth the mountains by the roots. -- job 28:9 +. +He cutteth out rivers among the rocks; and his eye seeth every precious thing. -- job 28:10 +. +He bindeth the floods from overflowing; and the thing that is hid bringeth he forth to light. -- job 28:11 +. +But where shall wisdom be found? and where is the place of understanding? -- job 28:12 +. +Man knoweth not the price thereof; neither is it found in the land of the living. -- job 28:13 +. +The depth saith, It is not in me: and the sea saith, It is not with me. -- job 28:14 +. +It cannot be gotten for gold, neither shall silver be weighed for the price thereof. -- job 28:15 +. +It cannot be valued with the gold of Ophir, with the precious onyx, or the sapphire. -- job 28:16 +. +The gold and the crystal cannot equal it: and the exchange of it shall not be for jewels of fine gold. -- job 28:17 +. +No mention shall be made of coral, or of pearls: for the price of wisdom is above rubies. -- job 28:18 +. +The topaz of Ethiopia shall not equal it, neither shall it be valued with pure gold. -- job 28:19 +. +Whence then cometh wisdom? and where is the place of understanding? -- job 28:20 +. +Seeing it is hid from the eyes of all living, and kept close from the fowls of the air. -- job 28:21 +. +Destruction and death say, We have heard the fame thereof with our ears. -- job 28:22 +. +God understandeth the way thereof, and he knoweth the place thereof. -- job 28:23 +. +For he looketh to the ends of the earth, and seeth under the whole heaven; -- job 28:24 +. +To make the weight for the winds; and he weigheth the waters by measure. -- job 28:25 +. +When he made a decree for the rain, and a way for the lightning of the thunder: -- job 28:26 +. +Then did he see it, and declare it; he prepared it, yea, and searched it out. -- job 28:27 +. +And unto man he said, Behold, the fear of the LORD, that is wisdom; and to depart from evil is understanding. -- job 28:28 +. +Moreover Job continued his parable, and said, -- job 29:1 +. +Oh that I were as in months past, as in the days when God preserved me; -- job 29:2 +. +When his candle shined upon my head, and when by his light I walked through darkness; -- job 29:3 +. +As I was in the days of my youth, when the secret of God was upon my tabernacle; -- job 29:4 +. +When the Almighty was yet with me, when my children were about me; -- job 29:5 +. +When I washed my steps with butter, and the rock poured me out rivers of oil; -- job 29:6 +. +When I went out to the gate through the city, when I prepared my seat in the street! -- job 29:7 +. +The young men saw me, and hid themselves: and the aged arose, and stood up. -- job 29:8 +. +The princes refrained talking, and laid their hand on their mouth. -- job 29:9 +. +The nobles held their peace, and their tongue cleaved to the roof of their mouth. -- job 29:10 +. +When the ear heard me, then it blessed me; and when the eye saw me, it gave witness to me: -- job 29:11 +. +Because I delivered the poor that cried, and the fatherless, and him that had none to help him. -- job 29:12 +. +The blessing of him that was ready to perish came upon me: and I caused the widow's heart to sing for joy. -- job 29:13 +. +I put on righteousness, and it clothed me: my judgment was as a robe and a diadem. -- job 29:14 +. +I was eyes to the blind, and feet was I to the lame. -- job 29:15 +. +I was a father to the poor: and the cause which I knew not I searched out. -- job 29:16 +. +And I brake the jaws of the wicked, and plucked the spoil out of his teeth. -- job 29:17 +. +Then I said, I shall die in my nest, and I shall multiply my days as the sand. -- job 29:18 +. +My root was spread out by the waters, and the dew lay all night upon my branch. -- job 29:19 +. +My glory was fresh in me, and my bow was renewed in my hand. -- job 29:20 +. +Unto me men gave ear, and waited, and kept silence at my counsel. -- job 29:21 +. +After my words they spake not again; and my speech dropped upon them. -- job 29:22 +. +And they waited for me as for the rain; and they opened their mouth wide as for the latter rain. -- job 29:23 +. +If I laughed on them, they believed it not; and the light of my countenance they cast not down. -- job 29:24 +. +I chose out their way, and sat chief, and dwelt as a king in the army, as one that comforteth the mourners. -- job 29:25 +. +But now they that are younger than I have me in derision, whose fathers I would have disdained to have set with the dogs of my flock. -- job 30:1 +. +Yea, whereto might the strength of their hands profit me, in whom old age was perished? -- job 30:2 +. +For want and famine they were solitary; fleeing into the wilderness in former time desolate and waste. -- job 30:3 +. +Who cut up mallows by the bushes, and juniper roots for their meat. -- job 30:4 +. +They were driven forth from among men, (they cried after them as after a thief;) -- job 30:5 +. +To dwell in the cliffs of the valleys, in caves of the earth, and in the rocks. -- job 30:6 +. +Among the bushes they brayed; under the nettles they were gathered together. -- job 30:7 +. +They were children of fools, yea, children of base men: they were viler than the earth. -- job 30:8 +. +And now am I their song, yea, I am their byword. -- job 30:9 +. +They abhor me, they flee far from me, and spare not to spit in my face. -- job 30:10 +. +Because he hath loosed my cord, and afflicted me, they have also let loose the bridle before me. -- job 30:11 +. +Upon my right hand rise the youth; they push away my feet, and they raise up against me the ways of their destruction. -- job 30:12 +. +They mar my path, they set forward my calamity, they have no helper. -- job 30:13 +. +They came upon me as a wide breaking in of waters: in the desolation they rolled themselves upon me. -- job 30:14 +. +Terrors are turned upon me: they pursue my soul as the wind: and my welfare passeth away as a cloud. -- job 30:15 +. +And now my soul is poured out upon me; the days of affliction have taken hold upon me. -- job 30:16 +. +My bones are pierced in me in the night season: and my sinews take no rest. -- job 30:17 +. +By the great force of my disease is my garment changed: it bindeth me about as the collar of my coat. -- job 30:18 +. +He hath cast me into the mire, and I am become like dust and ashes. -- job 30:19 +. +I cry unto thee, and thou dost not hear me: I stand up, and thou regardest me not. -- job 30:20 +. +Thou art become cruel to me: with thy strong hand thou opposest thyself against me. -- job 30:21 +. +Thou liftest me up to the wind; thou causest me to ride upon it, and dissolvest my substance. -- job 30:22 +. +For I know that thou wilt bring me to death, and to the house appointed for all living. -- job 30:23 +. +Howbeit he will not stretch out his hand to the grave, though they cry in his destruction. -- job 30:24 +. +Did not I weep for him that was in trouble? was not my soul grieved for the poor? -- job 30:25 +. +When I looked for good, then evil came unto me: and when I waited for light, there came darkness. -- job 30:26 +. +My bowels boiled, and rested not: the days of affliction prevented me. -- job 30:27 +. +I went mourning without the sun: I stood up, and I cried in the congregation. -- job 30:28 +. +I am a brother to dragons, and a companion to owls. -- job 30:29 +. +My skin is black upon me, and my bones are burned with heat. -- job 30:30 +. +My harp also is turned to mourning, and my organ into the voice of them that weep. -- job 30:31 +. +I made a covenant with mine eyes; why then should I think upon a maid? -- job 31:1 +. +For what portion of God is there from above? and what inheritance of the Almighty from on high? -- job 31:2 +. +Is not destruction to the wicked? and a strange punishment to the workers of iniquity? -- job 31:3 +. +Doth not he see my ways, and count all my steps? -- job 31:4 +. +If I have walked with vanity, or if my foot hath hasted to deceit; -- job 31:5 +. +Let me be weighed in an even balance that God may know mine integrity. -- job 31:6 +. +If my step hath turned out of the way, and mine heart walked after mine eyes, and if any blot hath cleaved to mine hands; -- job 31:7 +. +Then let me sow, and let another eat; yea, let my offspring be rooted out. -- job 31:8 +. +If mine heart have been deceived by a woman, or if I have laid wait at my neighbour's door; -- job 31:9 +. +Then let my wife grind unto another, and let others bow down upon her. -- job 31:10 +. +For this is an heinous crime; yea, it is an iniquity to be punished by the judges. -- job 31:11 +. +For it is a fire that consumeth to destruction, and would root out all mine increase. -- job 31:12 +. +If I did despise the cause of my manservant or of my maidservant, when they contended with me; -- job 31:13 +. +What then shall I do when God riseth up? and when he visiteth, what shall I answer him? -- job 31:14 +. +Did not he that made me in the womb make him? and did not one fashion us in the womb? -- job 31:15 +. +If I have withheld the poor from their desire, or have caused the eyes of the widow to fail; -- job 31:16 +. +Or have eaten my morsel myself alone, and the fatherless hath not eaten thereof; -- job 31:17 +. +(For from my youth he was brought up with me, as with a father, and I have guided her from my mother's womb;) -- job 31:18 +. +If I have seen any perish for want of clothing, or any poor without covering; -- job 31:19 +. +If his loins have not blessed me, and if he were not warmed with the fleece of my sheep; -- job 31:20 +. +If I have lifted up my hand against the fatherless, when I saw my help in the gate: -- job 31:21 +. +Then let mine arm fall from my shoulder blade, and mine arm be broken from the bone. -- job 31:22 +. +For destruction from God was a terror to me, and by reason of his highness I could not endure. -- job 31:23 +. +If I have made gold my hope, or have said to the fine gold, Thou art my confidence; -- job 31:24 +. +If I rejoice because my wealth was great, and because mine hand had gotten much; -- job 31:25 +. +If I beheld the sun when it shined, or the moon walking in brightness; -- job 31:26 +. +And my heart hath been secretly enticed, or my mouth hath kissed my hand: -- job 31:27 +. +This also were an iniquity to be punished by the judge: for I should have denied the God that is above. -- job 31:28 +. +If I rejoice at the destruction of him that hated me, or lifted up myself when evil found him: -- job 31:29 +. +Neither have I suffered my mouth to sin by wishing a curse to his soul. -- job 31:30 +. +If the men of my tabernacle said not, Oh that we had of his flesh! we cannot be satisfied. -- job 31:31 +. +The stranger did not lodge in the street: but I opened my doors to the traveller. -- job 31:32 +. +If I covered my transgressions as Adam, by hiding mine iniquity in my bosom: -- job 31:33 +. +Did I fear a great multitude, or did the contempt of families terrify me, that I kept silence, and went not out of the door? -- job 31:34 +. +Oh that one would hear me! behold, my desire is, that the Almighty would answer me, and that mine adversary had written a book. -- job 31:35 +. +Surely I would take it upon my shoulder, and bind it as a crown to me. -- job 31:36 +. +I would declare unto him the number of my steps; as a prince would I go near unto him. -- job 31:37 +. +If my land cry against me, or that the furrows likewise thereof complain; -- job 31:38 +. +If I have eaten the fruits thereof without money, or have caused the owners thereof to lose their life: -- job 31:39 +. +Let thistles grow instead of wheat, and cockle instead of barley. The words of Job are ended. -- job 31:40 +. +So these three men ceased to answer Job, because he was righteous in his own eyes. -- job 32:1 +. +Then was kindled the wrath of Elihu the son of Barachel the Buzite, of the kindred of Ram: against Job was his wrath kindled, because he justified himself rather than God. -- job 32:2 +. +Also against his three friends was his wrath kindled, because they had found no answer, and yet had condemned Job. -- job 32:3 +. +Now Elihu had waited till Job had spoken, because they were elder than he. -- job 32:4 +. +When Elihu saw that there was no answer in the mouth of these three men, then his wrath was kindled. -- job 32:5 +. +And Elihu the son of Barachel the Buzite answered and said, I am young, and ye are very old; wherefore I was afraid, and durst not shew you mine opinion. -- job 32:6 +. +I said, Days should speak, and multitude of years should teach wisdom. -- job 32:7 +. +But there is a spirit in man: and the inspiration of the Almighty giveth them understanding. -- job 32:8 +. +Great men are not always wise: neither do the aged understand judgment. -- job 32:9 +. +Therefore I said, Hearken to me; I also will shew mine opinion. -- job 32:10 +. +Behold, I waited for your words; I gave ear to your reasons, whilst ye searched out what to say. -- job 32:11 +. +Yea, I attended unto you, and, behold, there was none of you that convinced Job, or that answered his words: -- job 32:12 +. +Lest ye should say, We have found out wisdom: God thrusteth him down, not man. -- job 32:13 +. +Now he hath not directed his words against me: neither will I answer him with your speeches. -- job 32:14 +. +They were amazed, they answered no more: they left off speaking. -- job 32:15 +. +When I had waited, (for they spake not, but stood still, and answered no more;) -- job 32:16 +. +I said, I will answer also my part, I also will shew mine opinion. -- job 32:17 +. +For I am full of matter, the spirit within me constraineth me. -- job 32:18 +. +Behold, my belly is as wine which hath no vent; it is ready to burst like new bottles. -- job 32:19 +. +I will speak, that I may be refreshed: I will open my lips and answer. -- job 32:20 +. +Let me not, I pray you, accept any man's person, neither let me give flattering titles unto man. -- job 32:21 +. +For I know not to give flattering titles; in so doing my maker would soon take me away. -- job 32:22 +. +Wherefore, Job, I pray thee, hear my speeches, and hearken to all my words. -- job 33:1 +. +Behold, now I have opened my mouth, my tongue hath spoken in my mouth. -- job 33:2 +. +My words shall be of the uprightness of my heart: and my lips shall utter knowledge clearly. -- job 33:3 +. +The spirit of God hath made me, and the breath of the Almighty hath given me life. -- job 33:4 +. +If thou canst answer me, set thy words in order before me, stand up. -- job 33:5 +. +Behold, I am according to thy wish in God's stead: I also am formed out of the clay. -- job 33:6 +. +Behold, my terror shall not make thee afraid, neither shall my hand be heavy upon thee. -- job 33:7 +. +Surely thou hast spoken in mine hearing, and I have heard the voice of thy words, saying, -- job 33:8 +. +I am clean without transgression, I am innocent; neither is there iniquity in me. -- job 33:9 +. +Behold, he findeth occasions against me, he counteth me for his enemy, -- job 33:10 +. +He putteth my feet in the stocks, he marketh all my paths. -- job 33:11 +. +Behold, in this thou art not just: I will answer thee, that God is greater than man. -- job 33:12 +. +Why dost thou strive against him? for he giveth not account of any of his matters. -- job 33:13 +. +For God speaketh once, yea twice, yet man perceiveth it not. -- job 33:14 +. +In a dream, in a vision of the night, when deep sleep falleth upon men, in slumberings upon the bed; -- job 33:15 +. +Then he openeth the ears of men, and sealeth their instruction, -- job 33:16 +. +That he may withdraw man from his purpose, and hide pride from man. -- job 33:17 +. +He keepeth back his soul from the pit, and his life from perishing by the sword. -- job 33:18 +. +He is chastened also with pain upon his bed, and the multitude of his bones with strong pain: -- job 33:19 +. +So that his life abhorreth bread, and his soul dainty meat. -- job 33:20 +. +His flesh is consumed away, that it cannot be seen; and his bones that were not seen stick out. -- job 33:21 +. +Yea, his soul draweth near unto the grave, and his life to the destroyers. -- job 33:22 +. +If there be a messenger with him, an interpreter, one among a thousand, to shew unto man his uprightness: -- job 33:23 +. +Then he is gracious unto him, and saith, Deliver him from going down to the pit: I have found a ransom. -- job 33:24 +. +His flesh shall be fresher than a child's: he shall return to the days of his youth: -- job 33:25 +. +He shall pray unto God, and he will be favourable unto him: and he shall see his face with joy: for he will render unto man his righteousness. -- job 33:26 +. +He looketh upon men, and if any say, I have sinned, and perverted that which was right, and it profited me not; -- job 33:27 +. +He will deliver his soul from going into the pit, and his life shall see the light. -- job 33:28 +. +Lo, all these things worketh God oftentimes with man, -- job 33:29 +. +To bring back his soul from the pit, to be enlightened with the light of the living. -- job 33:30 +. +Mark well, O Job, hearken unto me: hold thy peace, and I will speak. -- job 33:31 +. +If thou hast anything to say, answer me: speak, for I desire to justify thee. -- job 33:32 +. +If not, hearken unto me: hold thy peace, and I shall teach thee wisdom. -- job 33:33 +. +Furthermore Elihu answered and said, -- job 34:1 +. +Hear my words, O ye wise men; and give ear unto me, ye that have knowledge. -- job 34:2 +. +For the ear trieth words, as the mouth tasteth meat. -- job 34:3 +. +Let us choose to us judgment: let us know among ourselves what is good. -- job 34:4 +. +For Job hath said, I am righteous: and God hath taken away my judgment. -- job 34:5 +. +Should I lie against my right? my wound is incurable without transgression. -- job 34:6 +. +What man is like Job, who drinketh up scorning like water? -- job 34:7 +. +Which goeth in company with the workers of iniquity, and walketh with wicked men. -- job 34:8 +. +For he hath said, It profiteth a man nothing that he should delight himself with God. -- job 34:9 +. +Therefore hearken unto me ye men of understanding: far be it from God, that he should do wickedness; and from the Almighty, that he should commit iniquity. -- job 34:10 +. +For the work of a man shall he render unto him, and cause every man to find according to his ways. -- job 34:11 +. +Yea, surely God will not do wickedly, neither will the Almighty pervert judgment. -- job 34:12 +. +Who hath given him a charge over the earth? or who hath disposed the whole world? -- job 34:13 +. +If he set his heart upon man, if he gather unto himself his spirit and his breath; -- job 34:14 +. +All flesh shall perish together, and man shall turn again unto dust. -- job 34:15 +. +If now thou hast understanding, hear this: hearken to the voice of my words. -- job 34:16 +. +Shall even he that hateth right govern? and wilt thou condemn him that is most just? -- job 34:17 +. +Is it fit to say to a king, Thou art wicked? and to princes, Ye are ungodly? -- job 34:18 +. +How much less to him that accepteth not the persons of princes, nor regardeth the rich more than the poor? for they all are the work of his hands. -- job 34:19 +. +In a moment shall they die, and the people shall be troubled at midnight, and pass away: and the mighty shall be taken away without hand. -- job 34:20 +. +For his eyes are upon the ways of man, and he seeth all his goings. -- job 34:21 +. +There is no darkness, nor shadow of death, where the workers of iniquity may hide themselves. -- job 34:22 +. +For he will not lay upon man more than right; that he should enter into judgment with God. -- job 34:23 +. +He shall break in pieces mighty men without number, and set others in their stead. -- job 34:24 +. +Therefore he knoweth their works, and he overturneth them in the night, so that they are destroyed. -- job 34:25 +. +He striketh them as wicked men in the open sight of others; -- job 34:26 +. +Because they turned back from him, and would not consider any of his ways: -- job 34:27 +. +So that they cause the cry of the poor to come unto him, and he heareth the cry of the afflicted. -- job 34:28 +. +When he giveth quietness, who then can make trouble? and when he hideth his face, who then can behold him? whether it be done against a nation, or against a man only: -- job 34:29 +. +That the hypocrite reign not, lest the people be ensnared. -- job 34:30 +. +Surely it is meet to be said unto God, I have borne chastisement, I will not offend any more: -- job 34:31 +. +That which I see not teach thou me: if I have done iniquity, I will do no more. -- job 34:32 +. +Should it be according to thy mind? he will recompense it, whether thou refuse, or whether thou choose; and not I: therefore speak what thou knowest. -- job 34:33 +. +Let men of understanding tell me, and let a wise man hearken unto me. -- job 34:34 +. +Job hath spoken without knowledge, and his words were without wisdom. -- job 34:35 +. +My desire is that Job may be tried unto the end because of his answers for wicked men. -- job 34:36 +. +For he addeth rebellion unto his sin, he clappeth his hands among us, and multiplieth his words against God. -- job 34:37 +. +Elihu spake moreover, and said, -- job 35:1 +. +Thinkest thou this to be right, that thou saidst, My righteousness is more than God's? -- job 35:2 +. +For thou saidst, What advantage will it be unto thee? and, What profit shall I have, if I be cleansed from my sin? -- job 35:3 +. +I will answer thee, and thy companions with thee. -- job 35:4 +. +Look unto the heavens, and see; and behold the clouds which are higher than thou. -- job 35:5 +. +If thou sinnest, what doest thou against him? or if thy transgressions be multiplied, what doest thou unto him? -- job 35:6 +. +If thou be righteous, what givest thou him? or what receiveth he of thine hand? -- job 35:7 +. +Thy wickedness may hurt a man as thou art; and thy righteousness may profit the son of man. -- job 35:8 +. +By reason of the multitude of oppressions they make the oppressed to cry: they cry out by reason of the arm of the mighty. -- job 35:9 +. +But none saith, Where is God my maker, who giveth songs in the night; -- job 35:10 +. +Who teacheth us more than the beasts of the earth, and maketh us wiser than the fowls of heaven? -- job 35:11 +. +There they cry, but none giveth answer, because of the pride of evil men. -- job 35:12 +. +Surely God will not hear vanity, neither will the Almighty regard it. -- job 35:13 +. +Although thou sayest thou shalt not see him, yet judgment is before him; therefore trust thou in him. -- job 35:14 +. +But now, because it is not so, he hath visited in his anger; yet he knoweth it not in great extremity: -- job 35:15 +. +Therefore doth Job open his mouth in vain; he multiplieth words without knowledge. -- job 35:16 +. +Elihu also proceeded, and said, -- job 36:1 +. +Suffer me a little, and I will shew thee that I have yet to speak on God's behalf. -- job 36:2 +. +I will fetch my knowledge from afar, and will ascribe righteousness to my Maker. -- job 36:3 +. +For truly my words shall not be false: he that is perfect in knowledge is with thee. -- job 36:4 +. +Behold, God is mighty, and despiseth not any: he is mighty in strength and wisdom. -- job 36:5 +. +He preserveth not the life of the wicked: but giveth right to the poor. -- job 36:6 +. +He withdraweth not his eyes from the righteous: but with kings are they on the throne; yea, he doth establish them for ever, and they are exalted. -- job 36:7 +. +And if they be bound in fetters, and be holden in cords of affliction; -- job 36:8 +. +Then he sheweth them their work, and their transgressions that they have exceeded. -- job 36:9 +. +He openeth also their ear to discipline, and commandeth that they return from iniquity. -- job 36:10 +. +If they obey and serve him, they shall spend their days in prosperity, and their years in pleasures. -- job 36:11 +. +But if they obey not, they shall perish by the sword, and they shall die without knowledge. -- job 36:12 +. +But the hypocrites in heart heap up wrath: they cry not when he bindeth them. -- job 36:13 +. +They die in youth, and their life is among the unclean. -- job 36:14 +. +He delivereth the poor in his affliction, and openeth their ears in oppression. -- job 36:15 +. +Even so would he have removed thee out of the strait into a broad place, where there is no straitness; and that which should be set on thy table should be full of fatness. -- job 36:16 +. +But thou hast fulfilled the judgment of the wicked: judgment and justice take hold on thee. -- job 36:17 +. +Because there is wrath, beware lest he take thee away with his stroke: then a great ransom cannot deliver thee. -- job 36:18 +. +Will he esteem thy riches? no, not gold, nor all the forces of strength. -- job 36:19 +. +Desire not the night, when people are cut off in their place. -- job 36:20 +. +Take heed, regard not iniquity: for this hast thou chosen rather than affliction. -- job 36:21 +. +Behold, God exalteth by his power: who teacheth like him? -- job 36:22 +. +Who hath enjoined him his way? or who can say, Thou hast wrought iniquity? -- job 36:23 +. +Remember that thou magnify his work, which men behold. -- job 36:24 +. +Every man may see it; man may behold it afar off. -- job 36:25 +. +Behold, God is great, and we know him not, neither can the number of his years be searched out. -- job 36:26 +. +For he maketh small the drops of water: they pour down rain according to the vapour thereof: -- job 36:27 +. +Which the clouds do drop and distil upon man abundantly. -- job 36:28 +. +Also can any understand the spreadings of the clouds, or the noise of his tabernacle? -- job 36:29 +. +Behold, he spreadeth his light upon it, and covereth the bottom of the sea. -- job 36:30 +. +For by them judgeth he the people; he giveth meat in abundance. -- job 36:31 +. +With clouds he covereth the light; and commandeth it not to shine by the cloud that cometh betwixt. -- job 36:32 +. +The noise thereof sheweth concerning it, the cattle also concerning the vapour. -- job 36:33 +. +At this also my heart trembleth, and is moved out of his place. -- job 37:1 +. +Hear attentively the noise of his voice, and the sound that goeth out of his mouth. -- job 37:2 +. +He directeth it under the whole heaven, and his lightning unto the ends of the earth. -- job 37:3 +. +After it a voice roareth: he thundereth with the voice of his excellency; and he will not stay them when his voice is heard. -- job 37:4 +. +God thundereth marvellously with his voice; great things doeth he, which we cannot comprehend. -- job 37:5 +. +For he saith to the snow, Be thou on the earth; likewise to the small rain, and to the great rain of his strength. -- job 37:6 +. +He sealeth up the hand of every man; that all men may know his work. -- job 37:7 +. +Then the beasts go into dens, and remain in their places. -- job 37:8 +. +Out of the south cometh the whirlwind: and cold out of the north. -- job 37:9 +. +By the breath of God frost is given: and the breadth of the waters is straitened. -- job 37:10 +. +Also by watering he wearieth the thick cloud: he scattereth his bright cloud: -- job 37:11 +. +And it is turned round about by his counsels: that they may do whatsoever he commandeth them upon the face of the world in the earth. -- job 37:12 +. +He causeth it to come, whether for correction, or for his land, or for mercy. -- job 37:13 +. +Hearken unto this, O Job: stand still, and consider the wondrous works of God. -- job 37:14 +. +Dost thou know when God disposed them, and caused the light of his cloud to shine? -- job 37:15 +. +Dost thou know the balancings of the clouds, the wondrous works of him which is perfect in knowledge? -- job 37:16 +. +How thy garments are warm, when he quieteth the earth by the south wind? -- job 37:17 +. +Hast thou with him spread out the sky, which is strong, and as a molten looking glass? -- job 37:18 +. +Teach us what we shall say unto him; for we cannot order our speech by reason of darkness. -- job 37:19 +. +Shall it be told him that I speak? if a man speak, surely he shall be swallowed up. -- job 37:20 +. +And now men see not the bright light which is in the clouds: but the wind passeth, and cleanseth them. -- job 37:21 +. +Fair weather cometh out of the north: with God is terrible majesty. -- job 37:22 +. +Touching the Almighty, we cannot find him out: he is excellent in power, and in judgment, and in plenty of justice: he will not afflict. -- job 37:23 +. +Men do therefore fear him: he respecteth not any that are wise of heart. -- job 37:24 +. +Then the LORD answered Job out of the whirlwind, and said, -- job 38:1 +. +Who is this that darkeneth counsel by words without knowledge? -- job 38:2 +. +Gird up now thy loins like a man; for I will demand of thee, and answer thou me. -- job 38:3 +. +Where wast thou when I laid the foundations of the earth? declare, if thou hast understanding. -- job 38:4 +. +Who hath laid the measures thereof, if thou knowest? or who hath stretched the line upon it? -- job 38:5 +. +Whereupon are the foundations thereof fastened? or who laid the corner stone thereof; -- job 38:6 +. +When the morning stars sang together, and all the sons of God shouted for joy? -- job 38:7 +. +Or who shut up the sea with doors, when it brake forth, as if it had issued out of the womb? -- job 38:8 +. +When I made the cloud the garment thereof, and thick darkness a swaddlingband for it, -- job 38:9 +. +And brake up for it my decreed place, and set bars and doors, -- job 38:10 +. +And said, Hitherto shalt thou come, but no further: and here shall thy proud waves be stayed? -- job 38:11 +. +Hast thou commanded the morning since thy days; and caused the dayspring to know his place; -- job 38:12 +. +That it might take hold of the ends of the earth, that the wicked might be shaken out of it? -- job 38:13 +. +It is turned as clay to the seal; and they stand as a garment. -- job 38:14 +. +And from the wicked their light is withholden, and the high arm shall be broken. -- job 38:15 +. +Hast thou entered into the springs of the sea? or hast thou walked in the search of the depth? -- job 38:16 +. +Have the gates of death been opened unto thee? or hast thou seen the doors of the shadow of death? -- job 38:17 +. +Hast thou perceived the breadth of the earth? declare if thou knowest it all. -- job 38:18 +. +Where is the way where light dwelleth? and as for darkness, where is the place thereof, -- job 38:19 +. +That thou shouldest take it to the bound thereof, and that thou shouldest know the paths to the house thereof? -- job 38:20 +. +Knowest thou it, because thou wast then born? or because the number of thy days is great? -- job 38:21 +. +Hast thou entered into the treasures of the snow? or hast thou seen the treasures of the hail, -- job 38:22 +. +Which I have reserved against the time of trouble, against the day of battle and war? -- job 38:23 +. +By what way is the light parted, which scattereth the east wind upon the earth? -- job 38:24 +. +Who hath divided a watercourse for the overflowing of waters, or a way for the lightning of thunder; -- job 38:25 +. +To cause it to rain on the earth, where no man is; on the wilderness, wherein there is no man; -- job 38:26 +. +To satisfy the desolate and waste ground; and to cause the bud of the tender herb to spring forth? -- job 38:27 +. +Hath the rain a father? or who hath begotten the drops of dew? -- job 38:28 +. +Out of whose womb came the ice? and the hoary frost of heaven, who hath gendered it? -- job 38:29 +. +The waters are hid as with a stone, and the face of the deep is frozen. -- job 38:30 +. +Canst thou bind the sweet influences of Pleiades, or loose the bands of Orion? -- job 38:31 +. +Canst thou bring forth Mazzaroth in his season? or canst thou guide Arcturus with his sons? -- job 38:32 +. +Knowest thou the ordinances of heaven? canst thou set the dominion thereof in the earth? -- job 38:33 +. +Canst thou lift up thy voice to the clouds, that abundance of waters may cover thee? -- job 38:34 +. +Canst thou send lightnings, that they may go and say unto thee, Here we are? -- job 38:35 +. +Who hath put wisdom in the inward parts? or who hath given understanding to the heart? -- job 38:36 +. +Who can number the clouds in wisdom? or who can stay the bottles of heaven, -- job 38:37 +. +When the dust groweth into hardness, and the clods cleave fast together? -- job 38:38 +. +Wilt thou hunt the prey for the lion? or fill the appetite of the young lions, -- job 38:39 +. +When they couch in their dens, and abide in the covert to lie in wait? -- job 38:40 +. +Who provideth for the raven his food? when his young ones cry unto God, they wander for lack of meat. -- job 38:41 +. +Knowest thou the time when the wild goats of the rock bring forth? or canst thou mark when the hinds do calve? -- job 39:1 +. +Canst thou number the months that they fulfil? or knowest thou the time when they bring forth? -- job 39:2 +. +They bow themselves, they bring forth their young ones, they cast out their sorrows. -- job 39:3 +. +Their young ones are in good liking, they grow up with corn; they go forth, and return not unto them. -- job 39:4 +. +Who hath sent out the wild ass free? or who hath loosed the bands of the wild ass? -- job 39:5 +. +Whose house I have made the wilderness, and the barren land his dwellings. -- job 39:6 +. +He scorneth the multitude of the city, neither regardeth he the crying of the driver. -- job 39:7 +. +The range of the mountains is his pasture, and he searcheth after every green thing. -- job 39:8 +. +Will the unicorn be willing to serve thee, or abide by thy crib? -- job 39:9 +. +Canst thou bind the unicorn with his band in the furrow? or will he harrow the valleys after thee? -- job 39:10 +. +Wilt thou trust him, because his strength is great? or wilt thou leave thy labour to him? -- job 39:11 +. +Wilt thou believe him, that he will bring home thy seed, and gather it into thy barn? -- job 39:12 +. +Gavest thou the goodly wings unto the peacocks? or wings and feathers unto the ostrich? -- job 39:13 +. +Which leaveth her eggs in the earth, and warmeth them in dust, -- job 39:14 +. +And forgetteth that the foot may crush them, or that the wild beast may break them. -- job 39:15 +. +She is hardened against her young ones, as though they were not her's: her labour is in vain without fear; -- job 39:16 +. +Because God hath deprived her of wisdom, neither hath he imparted to her understanding. -- job 39:17 +. +What time she lifteth up herself on high, she scorneth the horse and his rider. -- job 39:18 +. +Hast thou given the horse strength? hast thou clothed his neck with thunder? -- job 39:19 +. +Canst thou make him afraid as a grasshopper? the glory of his nostrils is terrible. -- job 39:20 +. +He paweth in the valley, and rejoiceth in his strength: he goeth on to meet the armed men. -- job 39:21 +. +He mocketh at fear, and is not affrighted; neither turneth he back from the sword. -- job 39:22 +. +The quiver rattleth against him, the glittering spear and the shield. -- job 39:23 +. +He swalloweth the ground with fierceness and rage: neither believeth he that it is the sound of the trumpet. -- job 39:24 +. +He saith among the trumpets, Ha, ha; and he smelleth the battle afar off, the thunder of the captains, and the shouting. -- job 39:25 +. +Doth the hawk fly by thy wisdom, and stretch her wings toward the south? -- job 39:26 +. +Doth the eagle mount up at thy command, and make her nest on high? -- job 39:27 +. +She dwelleth and abideth on the rock, upon the crag of the rock, and the strong place. -- job 39:28 +. +From thence she seeketh the prey, and her eyes behold afar off. -- job 39:29 +. +Her young ones also suck up blood: and where the slain are, there is she. -- job 39:30 +. +Moreover the LORD answered Job, and said, -- job 40:1 +. +Shall he that contendeth with the Almighty instruct him? he that reproveth God, let him answer it. -- job 40:2 +. +Then Job answered the LORD, and said, -- job 40:3 +. +Behold, I am vile; what shall I answer thee? I will lay mine hand upon my mouth. -- job 40:4 +. +Once have I spoken; but I will not answer: yea, twice; but I will proceed no further. -- job 40:5 +. +Then answered the LORD unto Job out of the whirlwind, and said, -- job 40:6 +. +Gird up thy loins now like a man: I will demand of thee, and declare thou unto me. -- job 40:7 +. +Wilt thou also disannul my judgment? wilt thou condemn me, that thou mayest be righteous? -- job 40:8 +. +Hast thou an arm like God? or canst thou thunder with a voice like him? -- job 40:9 +. +Deck thyself now with majesty and excellency; and array thyself with glory and beauty. -- job 40:10 +. +Cast abroad the rage of thy wrath: and behold every one that is proud, and abase him. -- job 40:11 +. +Look on every one that is proud, and bring him low; and tread down the wicked in their place. -- job 40:12 +. +Hide them in the dust together; and bind their faces in secret. -- job 40:13 +. +Then will I also confess unto thee that thine own right hand can save thee. -- job 40:14 +. +Behold now behemoth, which I made with thee; he eateth grass as an ox. -- job 40:15 +. +Lo now, his strength is in his loins, and his force is in the navel of his belly. -- job 40:16 +. +He moveth his tail like a cedar: the sinews of his stones are wrapped together. -- job 40:17 +. +His bones are as strong pieces of brass; his bones are like bars of iron. -- job 40:18 +. +He is the chief of the ways of God: he that made him can make his sword to approach unto him. -- job 40:19 +. +Surely the mountains bring him forth food, where all the beasts of the field play. -- job 40:20 +. +He lieth under the shady trees, in the covert of the reed, and fens. -- job 40:21 +. +The shady trees cover him with their shadow; the willows of the brook compass him about. -- job 40:22 +. +Behold, he drinketh up a river, and hasteth not: he trusteth that he can draw up Jordan into his mouth. -- job 40:23 +. +He taketh it with his eyes: his nose pierceth through snares. -- job 40:24 +. +Canst thou draw out leviathan with an hook? or his tongue with a cord which thou lettest down? -- job 41:1 +. +Canst thou put an hook into his nose? or bore his jaw through with a thorn? -- job 41:2 +. +Will he make many supplications unto thee? will he speak soft words unto thee? -- job 41:3 +. +Will he make a covenant with thee? wilt thou take him for a servant for ever? -- job 41:4 +. +Wilt thou play with him as with a bird? or wilt thou bind him for thy maidens? -- job 41:5 +. +Shall the companions make a banquet of him? shall they part him among the merchants? -- job 41:6 +. +Canst thou fill his skin with barbed irons? or his head with fish spears? -- job 41:7 +. +Lay thine hand upon him, remember the battle, do no more. -- job 41:8 +. +Behold, the hope of him is in vain: shall not one be cast down even at the sight of him? -- job 41:9 +. +None is so fierce that dare stir him up: who then is able to stand before me? -- job 41:10 +. +Who hath prevented me, that I should repay him? whatsoever is under the whole heaven is mine. -- job 41:11 +. +I will not conceal his parts, nor his power, nor his comely proportion. -- job 41:12 +. +Who can discover the face of his garment? or who can come to him with his double bridle? -- job 41:13 +. +Who can open the doors of his face? his teeth are terrible round about. -- job 41:14 +. +His scales are his pride, shut up together as with a close seal. -- job 41:15 +. +One is so near to another, that no air can come between them. -- job 41:16 +. +They are joined one to another, they stick together, that they cannot be sundered. -- job 41:17 +. +By his neesings a light doth shine, and his eyes are like the eyelids of the morning. -- job 41:18 +. +Out of his mouth go burning lamps, and sparks of fire leap out. -- job 41:19 +. +Out of his nostrils goeth smoke, as out of a seething pot or caldron. -- job 41:20 +. +His breath kindleth coals, and a flame goeth out of his mouth. -- job 41:21 +. +In his neck remaineth strength, and sorrow is turned into joy before him. -- job 41:22 +. +The flakes of his flesh are joined together: they are firm in themselves; they cannot be moved. -- job 41:23 +. +His heart is as firm as a stone; yea, as hard as a piece of the nether millstone. -- job 41:24 +. +When he raiseth up himself, the mighty are afraid: by reason of breakings they purify themselves. -- job 41:25 +. +The sword of him that layeth at him cannot hold: the spear, the dart, nor the habergeon. -- job 41:26 +. +He esteemeth iron as straw, and brass as rotten wood. -- job 41:27 +. +The arrow cannot make him flee: slingstones are turned with him into stubble. -- job 41:28 +. +Darts are counted as stubble: he laugheth at the shaking of a spear. -- job 41:29 +. +Sharp stones are under him: he spreadeth sharp pointed things upon the mire. -- job 41:30 +. +He maketh the deep to boil like a pot: he maketh the sea like a pot of ointment. -- job 41:31 +. +He maketh a path to shine after him; one would think the deep to be hoary. -- job 41:32 +. +Upon earth there is not his like, who is made without fear. -- job 41:33 +. +He beholdeth all high things: he is a king over all the children of pride. -- job 41:34 +. +Then Job answered the LORD, and said, -- job 42:1 +. +I know that thou canst do every thing, and that no thought can be withholden from thee. -- job 42:2 +. +Who is he that hideth counsel without knowledge? therefore have I uttered that I understood not; things too wonderful for me, which I knew not. -- job 42:3 +. +Hear, I beseech thee, and I will speak: I will demand of thee, and declare thou unto me. -- job 42:4 +. +I have heard of thee by the hearing of the ear: but now mine eye seeth thee. -- job 42:5 +. +Wherefore I abhor myself, and repent in dust and ashes. -- job 42:6 +. +And it was so, that after the LORD had spoken these words unto Job, the LORD said to Eliphaz the Temanite, My wrath is kindled against thee, and against thy two friends: for ye have not spoken of me the thing that is right, as my servant Job hath. -- job 42:7 +. +Therefore take unto you now seven bullocks and seven rams, and go to my servant Job, and offer up for yourselves a burnt offering; and my servant Job shall pray for you: for him will I accept: lest I deal with you after your folly, in that ye have not spoken of me the thing which is right, like my servant Job. -- job 42:8 +. +So Eliphaz the Temanite and Bildad the Shuhite and Zophar the Naamathite went, and did according as the LORD commanded them: the LORD also accepted Job. -- job 42:9 +. +And the LORD turned the captivity of Job, when he prayed for his friends: also the LORD gave Job twice as much as he had before. -- job 42:10 +. +Then came there unto him all his brethren, and all his sisters, and all they that had been of his acquaintance before, and did eat bread with him in his house: and they bemoaned him, and comforted him over all the evil that the LORD had brought upon him: every man also gave him a piece of money, and every one an earring of gold. -- job 42:11 +. +So the LORD blessed the latter end of Job more than his beginning: for he had fourteen thousand sheep, and six thousand camels, and a thousand yoke of oxen, and a thousand she asses. -- job 42:12 +. +He had also seven sons and three daughters. -- job 42:13 +. +And he called the name of the first, Jemima; and the name of the second, Kezia; and the name of the third, Kerenhappuch. -- job 42:14 +. +And in all the land were no women found so fair as the daughters of Job: and their father gave them inheritance among their brethren. -- job 42:15 +. +After this lived Job an hundred and forty years, and saw his sons, and his sons' sons, even four generations. -- job 42:16 +. +So Job died, being old and full of days. -- job 42:17 +. +Blessed is the man that walketh not in the counsel of the ungodly, nor standeth in the way of sinners, nor sitteth in the seat of the scornful. -- psalms 1:1 +. +But his delight is in the law of the LORD; and in his law doth he meditate day and night. -- psalms 1:2 +. +And he shall be like a tree planted by the rivers of water, that bringeth forth his fruit in his season; his leaf also shall not wither; and whatsoever he doeth shall prosper. -- psalms 1:3 +. +The ungodly are not so: but are like the chaff which the wind driveth away. -- psalms 1:4 +. +Therefore the ungodly shall not stand in the judgment, nor sinners in the congregation of the righteous. -- psalms 1:5 +. +For the LORD knoweth the way of the righteous: but the way of the ungodly shall perish. -- psalms 1:6 +. +Why do the heathen rage, and the people imagine a vain thing? -- psalms 2:1 +. +The kings of the earth set themselves, and the rulers take counsel together, against the LORD, and against his anointed, saying, -- psalms 2:2 +. +Let us break their bands asunder, and cast away their cords from us. -- psalms 2:3 +. +He that sitteth in the heavens shall laugh: the LORD shall have them in derision. -- psalms 2:4 +. +Then shall he speak unto them in his wrath, and vex them in his sore displeasure. -- psalms 2:5 +. +Yet have I set my king upon my holy hill of Zion. -- psalms 2:6 +. +I will declare the decree: the LORD hath said unto me, Thou art my Son; this day have I begotten thee. -- psalms 2:7 +. +Ask of me, and I shall give thee the heathen for thine inheritance, and the uttermost parts of the earth for thy possession. -- psalms 2:8 +. +Thou shalt break them with a rod of iron; thou shalt dash them in pieces like a potter's vessel. -- psalms 2:9 +. +Be wise now therefore, O ye kings: be instructed, ye judges of the earth. -- psalms 2:10 +. +Serve the LORD with fear, and rejoice with trembling. -- psalms 2:11 +. +Kiss the Son, lest he be angry, and ye perish from the way, when his wrath is kindled but a little. Blessed are all they that put their trust in him. -- psalms 2:12 +. +Lord, how are they increased that trouble me! many are they that rise up against me. -- psalms 3:1 +. +Many there be which say of my soul, There is no help for him in God. Selah. -- psalms 3:2 +. +But thou, O LORD, art a shield for me; my glory, and the lifter up of mine head. -- psalms 3:3 +. +I cried unto the LORD with my voice, and he heard me out of his holy hill. Selah. -- psalms 3:4 +. +I laid me down and slept; I awaked; for the LORD sustained me. -- psalms 3:5 +. +I will not be afraid of ten thousands of people, that have set themselves against me round about. -- psalms 3:6 +. +Arise, O LORD; save me, O my God: for thou hast smitten all mine enemies upon the cheek bone; thou hast broken the teeth of the ungodly. -- psalms 3:7 +. +Salvation belongeth unto the LORD: thy blessing is upon thy people. Selah. -- psalms 3:8 +. +Hear me when I call, O God of my righteousness: thou hast enlarged me when I was in distress; have mercy upon me, and hear my prayer. -- psalms 4:1 +. +O ye sons of men, how long will ye turn my glory into shame? how long will ye love vanity, and seek after leasing? Selah. -- psalms 4:2 +. +But know that the LORD hath set apart him that is godly for himself: the LORD will hear when I call unto him. -- psalms 4:3 +. +Stand in awe, and sin not: commune with your own heart upon your bed, and be still. Selah. -- psalms 4:4 +. +Offer the sacrifices of righteousness, and put your trust in the LORD. -- psalms 4:5 +. +There be many that say, Who will shew us any good? LORD, lift thou up the light of thy countenance upon us. -- psalms 4:6 +. +Thou hast put gladness in my heart, more than in the time that their corn and their wine increased. -- psalms 4:7 +. +I will both lay me down in peace, and sleep: for thou, LORD, only makest me dwell in safety. -- psalms 4:8 +. +Give ear to my words, O LORD, consider my meditation. -- psalms 5:1 +. +Hearken unto the voice of my cry, my King, and my God: for unto thee will I pray. -- psalms 5:2 +. +My voice shalt thou hear in the morning, O LORD; in the morning will I direct my prayer unto thee, and will look up. -- psalms 5:3 +. +For thou art not a God that hath pleasure in wickedness: neither shall evil dwell with thee. -- psalms 5:4 +. +The foolish shall not stand in thy sight: thou hatest all workers of iniquity. -- psalms 5:5 +. +Thou shalt destroy them that speak leasing: the LORD will abhor the bloody and deceitful man. -- psalms 5:6 +. +But as for me, I will come into thy house in the multitude of thy mercy: and in thy fear will I worship toward thy holy temple. -- psalms 5:7 +. +Lead me, O LORD, in thy righteousness because of mine enemies; make thy way straight before my face. -- psalms 5:8 +. +For there is no faithfulness in their mouth; their inward part is very wickedness; their throat is an open sepulchre; they flatter with their tongue. -- psalms 5:9 +. +Destroy thou them, O God; let them fall by their own counsels; cast them out in the multitude of their transgressions; for they have rebelled against thee. -- psalms 5:10 +. +But let all those that put their trust in thee rejoice: let them ever shout for joy, because thou defendest them: let them also that love thy name be joyful in thee. -- psalms 5:11 +. +For thou, LORD, wilt bless the righteous; with favour wilt thou compass him as with a shield. -- psalms 5:12 +. +O LORD, rebuke me not in thine anger, neither chasten me in thy hot displeasure. -- psalms 6:1 +. +Have mercy upon me, O LORD; for I am weak: O LORD, heal me; for my bones are vexed. -- psalms 6:2 +. +My soul is also sore vexed: but thou, O LORD, how long? -- psalms 6:3 +. +Return, O LORD, deliver my soul: oh save me for thy mercies' sake. -- psalms 6:4 +. +For in death there is no remembrance of thee: in the grave who shall give thee thanks? -- psalms 6:5 +. +I am weary with my groaning; all the night make I my bed to swim; I water my couch with my tears. -- psalms 6:6 +. +Mine eye is consumed because of grief; it waxeth old because of all mine enemies. -- psalms 6:7 +. +Depart from me, all ye workers of iniquity; for the LORD hath heard the voice of my weeping. -- psalms 6:8 +. +The LORD hath heard my supplication; the LORD will receive my prayer. -- psalms 6:9 +. +Let all mine enemies be ashamed and sore vexed: let them return and be ashamed suddenly. -- psalms 6:10 +. +O LORD my God, in thee do I put my trust: save me from all them that persecute me, and deliver me: -- psalms 7:1 +. +Lest he tear my soul like a lion, rending it in pieces, while there is none to deliver. -- psalms 7:2 +. +O LORD my God, If I have done this; if there be iniquity in my hands; -- psalms 7:3 +. +If I have rewarded evil unto him that was at peace with me; (yea, I have delivered him that without cause is mine enemy:) -- psalms 7:4 +. +Let the enemy persecute my soul, and take it; yea, let him tread down my life upon the earth, and lay mine honour in the dust. Selah. -- psalms 7:5 +. +Arise, O LORD, in thine anger, lift up thyself because of the rage of mine enemies: and awake for me to the judgment that thou hast commanded. -- psalms 7:6 +. +So shall the congregation of the people compass thee about: for their sakes therefore return thou on high. -- psalms 7:7 +. +The LORD shall judge the people: judge me, O LORD, according to my righteousness, and according to mine integrity that is in me. -- psalms 7:8 +. +Oh let the wickedness of the wicked come to an end; but establish the just: for the righteous God trieth the hearts and reins. -- psalms 7:9 +. +My defence is of God, which saveth the upright in heart. -- psalms 7:10 +. +God judgeth the righteous, and God is angry with the wicked every day. -- psalms 7:11 +. +If he turn not, he will whet his sword; he hath bent his bow, and made it ready. -- psalms 7:12 +. +He hath also prepared for him the instruments of death; he ordaineth his arrows against the persecutors. -- psalms 7:13 +. +Behold, he travaileth with iniquity, and hath conceived mischief, and brought forth falsehood. -- psalms 7:14 +. +He made a pit, and digged it, and is fallen into the ditch which he made. -- psalms 7:15 +. +His mischief shall return upon his own head, and his violent dealing shall come down upon his own pate. -- psalms 7:16 +. +I will praise the LORD according to his righteousness: and will sing praise to the name of the LORD most high. -- psalms 7:17 +. +O LORD, our Lord, how excellent is thy name in all the earth! who hast set thy glory above the heavens. -- psalms 8:1 +. +Out of the mouth of babes and sucklings hast thou ordained strength because of thine enemies, that thou mightest still the enemy and the avenger. -- psalms 8:2 +. +When I consider thy heavens, the work of thy fingers, the moon and the stars, which thou hast ordained; -- psalms 8:3 +. +What is man, that thou art mindful of him? and the son of man, that thou visitest him? -- psalms 8:4 +. +For thou hast made him a little lower than the angels, and hast crowned him with glory and honour. -- psalms 8:5 +. +Thou madest him to have dominion over the works of thy hands; thou hast put all things under his feet: -- psalms 8:6 +. +All sheep and oxen, yea, and the beasts of the field; -- psalms 8:7 +. +The fowl of the air, and the fish of the sea, and whatsoever passeth through the paths of the seas. -- psalms 8:8 +. +O LORD our Lord, how excellent is thy name in all the earth! -- psalms 8:9 +. +I will praise thee, O LORD, with my whole heart; I will shew forth all thy marvellous works. -- psalms 9:1 +. +I will be glad and rejoice in thee: I will sing praise to thy name, O thou most High. -- psalms 9:2 +. +When mine enemies are turned back, they shall fall and perish at thy presence. -- psalms 9:3 +. +For thou hast maintained my right and my cause; thou satest in the throne judging right. -- psalms 9:4 +. +Thou hast rebuked the heathen, thou hast destroyed the wicked, thou hast put out their name for ever and ever. -- psalms 9:5 +. +O thou enemy, destructions are come to a perpetual end: and thou hast destroyed cities; their memorial is perished with them. -- psalms 9:6 +. +But the LORD shall endure for ever: he hath prepared his throne for judgment. -- psalms 9:7 +. +And he shall judge the world in righteousness, he shall minister judgment to the people in uprightness. -- psalms 9:8 +. +The LORD also will be a refuge for the oppressed, a refuge in times of trouble. -- psalms 9:9 +. +And they that know thy name will put their trust in thee: for thou, LORD, hast not forsaken them that seek thee. -- psalms 9:10 +. +Sing praises to the LORD, which dwelleth in Zion: declare among the people his doings. -- psalms 9:11 +. +When he maketh inquisition for blood, he remembereth them: he forgetteth not the cry of the humble. -- psalms 9:12 +. +Have mercy upon me, O LORD; consider my trouble which I suffer of them that hate me, thou that liftest me up from the gates of death: -- psalms 9:13 +. +That I may shew forth all thy praise in the gates of the daughter of Zion: I will rejoice in thy salvation. -- psalms 9:14 +. +The heathen are sunk down in the pit that they made: in the net which they hid is their own foot taken. -- psalms 9:15 +. +The LORD is known by the judgment which he executeth: the wicked is snared in the work of his own hands. Higgaion. Selah. -- psalms 9:16 +. +The wicked shall be turned into hell, and all the nations that forget God. -- psalms 9:17 +. +For the needy shall not alway be forgotten: the expectation of the poor shall not perish for ever. -- psalms 9:18 +. +Arise, O LORD; let not man prevail: let the heathen be judged in thy sight. -- psalms 9:19 +. +Put them in fear, O LORD: that the nations may know themselves to be but men. Selah. -- psalms 9:20 +. +Why standest thou afar off, O LORD? why hidest thou thyself in times of trouble? -- psalms 10:1 +. +The wicked in his pride doth persecute the poor: let them be taken in the devices that they have imagined. -- psalms 10:2 +. +For the wicked boasteth of his heart's desire, and blesseth the covetous, whom the LORD abhorreth. -- psalms 10:3 +. +The wicked, through the pride of his countenance, will not seek after God: God is not in all his thoughts. -- psalms 10:4 +. +His ways are always grievous; thy judgments are far above out of his sight: as for all his enemies, he puffeth at them. -- psalms 10:5 +. +He hath said in his heart, I shall not be moved: for I shall never be in adversity. -- psalms 10:6 +. +His mouth is full of cursing and deceit and fraud: under his tongue is mischief and vanity. -- psalms 10:7 +. +He sitteth in the lurking places of the villages: in the secret places doth he murder the innocent: his eyes are privily set against the poor. -- psalms 10:8 +. +He lieth in wait secretly as a lion in his den: he lieth in wait to catch the poor: he doth catch the poor, when he draweth him into his net. -- psalms 10:9 +. +He croucheth, and humbleth himself, that the poor may fall by his strong ones. -- psalms 10:10 +. +He hath said in his heart, God hath forgotten: he hideth his face; he will never see it. -- psalms 10:11 +. +Arise, O LORD; O God, lift up thine hand: forget not the humble. -- psalms 10:12 +. +Wherefore doth the wicked contemn God? he hath said in his heart, Thou wilt not require it. -- psalms 10:13 +. +Thou hast seen it; for thou beholdest mischief and spite, to requite it with thy hand: the poor committeth himself unto thee; thou art the helper of the fatherless. -- psalms 10:14 +. +Break thou the arm of the wicked and the evil man: seek out his wickedness till thou find none. -- psalms 10:15 +. +The LORD is King for ever and ever: the heathen are perished out of his land. -- psalms 10:16 +. +LORD, thou hast heard the desire of the humble: thou wilt prepare their heart, thou wilt cause thine ear to hear: -- psalms 10:17 +. +To judge the fatherless and the oppressed, that the man of the earth may no more oppress. -- psalms 10:18 +. +In the LORD put I my trust: how say ye to my soul, Flee as a bird to your mountain? -- psalms 11:1 +. +For, lo, the wicked bend their bow, they make ready their arrow upon the string, that they may privily shoot at the upright in heart. -- psalms 11:2 +. +If the foundations be destroyed, what can the righteous do? -- psalms 11:3 +. +The LORD is in his holy temple, the LORD's throne is in heaven: his eyes behold, his eyelids try, the children of men. -- psalms 11:4 +. +The LORD trieth the righteous: but the wicked and him that loveth violence his soul hateth. -- psalms 11:5 +. +Upon the wicked he shall rain snares, fire and brimstone, and an horrible tempest: this shall be the portion of their cup. -- psalms 11:6 +. +For the righteous LORD loveth righteousness; his countenance doth behold the upright. -- psalms 11:7 +. +Help, LORD; for the godly man ceaseth; for the faithful fail from among the children of men. -- psalms 12:1 +. +They speak vanity every one with his neighbour: with flattering lips and with a double heart do they speak. -- psalms 12:2 +. +The LORD shall cut off all flattering lips, and the tongue that speaketh proud things: -- psalms 12:3 +. +Who have said, With our tongue will we prevail; our lips are our own: who is lord over us? -- psalms 12:4 +. +For the oppression of the poor, for the sighing of the needy, now will I arise, saith the LORD; I will set him in safety from him that puffeth at him. -- psalms 12:5 +. +The words of the LORD are pure words: as silver tried in a furnace of earth, purified seven times. -- psalms 12:6 +. +Thou shalt keep them, O LORD, thou shalt preserve them from this generation for ever. -- psalms 12:7 +. +The wicked walk on every side, when the vilest men are exalted. -- psalms 12:8 +. +How long wilt thou forget me, O LORD? for ever? how long wilt thou hide thy face from me? -- psalms 13:1 +. +How long shall I take counsel in my soul, having sorrow in my heart daily? how long shall mine enemy be exalted over me? -- psalms 13:2 +. +Consider and hear me, O LORD my God: lighten mine eyes, lest I sleep the sleep of death; -- psalms 13:3 +. +Lest mine enemy say, I have prevailed against him; and those that trouble me rejoice when I am moved. -- psalms 13:4 +. +But I have trusted in thy mercy; my heart shall rejoice in thy salvation. -- psalms 13:5 +. +I will sing unto the LORD, because he hath dealt bountifully with me. -- psalms 13:6 +. +The fool hath said in his heart, There is no God. They are corrupt, they have done abominable works, there is none that doeth good. -- psalms 14:1 +. +The LORD looked down from heaven upon the children of men, to see if there were any that did understand, and seek God. -- psalms 14:2 +. +They are all gone aside, they are all together become filthy: there is none that doeth good, no, not one. -- psalms 14:3 +. +Have all the workers of iniquity no knowledge? who eat up my people as they eat bread, and call not upon the LORD. -- psalms 14:4 +. +There were they in great fear: for God is in the generation of the righteous. -- psalms 14:5 +. +Ye have shamed the counsel of the poor, because the LORD is his refuge. -- psalms 14:6 +. +Oh that the salvation of Israel were come out of Zion! when the LORD bringeth back the captivity of his people, Jacob shall rejoice, and Israel shall be glad. -- psalms 14:7 +. +Lord, who shall abide in thy tabernacle? who shall dwell in thy holy hill? -- psalms 15:1 +. +He that walketh uprightly, and worketh righteousness, and speaketh the truth in his heart. -- psalms 15:2 +. +He that backbiteth not with his tongue, nor doeth evil to his neighbour, nor taketh up a reproach against his neighbour. -- psalms 15:3 +. +In whose eyes a vile person is contemned; but he honoureth them that fear the LORD. He that sweareth to his own hurt, and changeth not. -- psalms 15:4 +. +He that putteth not out his money to usury, nor taketh reward against the innocent. He that doeth these things shall never be moved. -- psalms 15:5 +. +Preserve me, O God: for in thee do I put my trust. -- psalms 16:1 +. +O my soul, thou hast said unto the LORD, Thou art my Lord: my goodness extendeth not to thee; -- psalms 16:2 +. +But to the saints that are in the earth, and to the excellent, in whom is all my delight. -- psalms 16:3 +. +Their sorrows shall be multiplied that hasten after another god: their drink offerings of blood will I not offer, nor take up their names into my lips. -- psalms 16:4 +. +The LORD is the portion of mine inheritance and of my cup: thou maintainest my lot. -- psalms 16:5 +. +The lines are fallen unto me in pleasant places; yea, I have a goodly heritage. -- psalms 16:6 +. +I will bless the LORD, who hath given me counsel: my reins also instruct me in the night seasons. -- psalms 16:7 +. +I have set the LORD always before me: because he is at my right hand, I shall not be moved. -- psalms 16:8 +. +Therefore my heart is glad, and my glory rejoiceth: my flesh also shall rest in hope. -- psalms 16:9 +. +For thou wilt not leave my soul in hell; neither wilt thou suffer thine Holy One to see corruption. -- psalms 16:10 +. +Thou wilt shew me the path of life: in thy presence is fulness of joy; at thy right hand there are pleasures for evermore. -- psalms 16:11 +. +Hear the right, O LORD, attend unto my cry, give ear unto my prayer, that goeth not out of feigned lips. -- psalms 17:1 +. +Let my sentence come forth from thy presence; let thine eyes behold the things that are equal. -- psalms 17:2 +. +Thou hast proved mine heart; thou hast visited me in the night; thou hast tried me, and shalt find nothing; I am purposed that my mouth shall not transgress. -- psalms 17:3 +. +Concerning the works of men, by the word of thy lips I have kept me from the paths of the destroyer. -- psalms 17:4 +. +Hold up my goings in thy paths, that my footsteps slip not. -- psalms 17:5 +. +I have called upon thee, for thou wilt hear me, O God: incline thine ear unto me, and hear my speech. -- psalms 17:6 +. +Shew thy marvellous lovingkindness, O thou that savest by thy right hand them which put their trust in thee from those that rise up against them. -- psalms 17:7 +. +Keep me as the apple of the eye, hide me under the shadow of thy wings, -- psalms 17:8 +. +From the wicked that oppress me, from my deadly enemies, who compass me about. -- psalms 17:9 +. +They are inclosed in their own fat: with their mouth they speak proudly. -- psalms 17:10 +. +They have now compassed us in our steps: they have set their eyes bowing down to the earth; -- psalms 17:11 +. +Like as a lion that is greedy of his prey, and as it were a young lion lurking in secret places. -- psalms 17:12 +. +Arise, O LORD, disappoint him, cast him down: deliver my soul from the wicked, which is thy sword: -- psalms 17:13 +. +From men which are thy hand, O LORD, from men of the world, which have their portion in this life, and whose belly thou fillest with thy hid treasure: they are full of children, and leave the rest of their substance to their babes. -- psalms 17:14 +. +As for me, I will behold thy face in righteousness: I shall be satisfied, when I awake, with thy likeness. -- psalms 17:15 +. +I will love thee, O LORD, my strength. -- psalms 18:1 +. +The LORD is my rock, and my fortress, and my deliverer; my God, my strength, in whom I will trust; my buckler, and the horn of my salvation, and my high tower. -- psalms 18:2 +. +I will call upon the LORD, who is worthy to be praised: so shall I be saved from mine enemies. -- psalms 18:3 +. +The sorrows of death compassed me, and the floods of ungodly men made me afraid. -- psalms 18:4 +. +The sorrows of hell compassed me about: the snares of death prevented me. -- psalms 18:5 +. +In my distress I called upon the LORD, and cried unto my God: he heard my voice out of his temple, and my cry came before him, even into his ears. -- psalms 18:6 +. +Then the earth shook and trembled; the foundations also of the hills moved and were shaken, because he was wroth. -- psalms 18:7 +. +There went up a smoke out of his nostrils, and fire out of his mouth devoured: coals were kindled by it. -- psalms 18:8 +. +He bowed the heavens also, and came down: and darkness was under his feet. -- psalms 18:9 +. +And he rode upon a cherub, and did fly: yea, he did fly upon the wings of the wind. -- psalms 18:10 +. +He made darkness his secret place; his pavilion round about him were dark waters and thick clouds of the skies. -- psalms 18:11 +. +At the brightness that was before him his thick clouds passed, hail stones and coals of fire. -- psalms 18:12 +. +The LORD also thundered in the heavens, and the Highest gave his voice; hail stones and coals of fire. -- psalms 18:13 +. +Yea, he sent out his arrows, and scattered them; and he shot out lightnings, and discomfited them. -- psalms 18:14 +. +Then the channels of waters were seen, and the foundations of the world were discovered at thy rebuke, O LORD, at the blast of the breath of thy nostrils. -- psalms 18:15 +. +He sent from above, he took me, he drew me out of many waters. -- psalms 18:16 +. +He delivered me from my strong enemy, and from them which hated me: for they were too strong for me. -- psalms 18:17 +. +They prevented me in the day of my calamity: but the LORD was my stay. -- psalms 18:18 +. +He brought me forth also into a large place; he delivered me, because he delighted in me. -- psalms 18:19 +. +The LORD rewarded me according to my righteousness; according to the cleanness of my hands hath he recompensed me. -- psalms 18:20 +. +For I have kept the ways of the LORD, and have not wickedly departed from my God. -- psalms 18:21 +. +For all his judgments were before me, and I did not put away his statutes from me. -- psalms 18:22 +. +I was also upright before him, and I kept myself from mine iniquity. -- psalms 18:23 +. +Therefore hath the LORD recompensed me according to my righteousness, according to the cleanness of my hands in his eyesight. -- psalms 18:24 +. +With the merciful thou wilt shew thyself merciful; with an upright man thou wilt shew thyself upright; -- psalms 18:25 +. +With the pure thou wilt shew thyself pure; and with the froward thou wilt shew thyself froward. -- psalms 18:26 +. +For thou wilt save the afflicted people; but wilt bring down high looks. -- psalms 18:27 +. +For thou wilt light my candle: the LORD my God will enlighten my darkness. -- psalms 18:28 +. +For by thee I have run through a troop; and by my God have I leaped over a wall. -- psalms 18:29 +. +As for God, his way is perfect: the word of the LORD is tried: he is a buckler to all those that trust in him. -- psalms 18:30 +. +For who is God save the LORD? or who is a rock save our God? -- psalms 18:31 +. +It is God that girdeth me with strength, and maketh my way perfect. -- psalms 18:32 +. +He maketh my feet like hinds' feet, and setteth me upon my high places. -- psalms 18:33 +. +He teacheth my hands to war, so that a bow of steel is broken by mine arms. -- psalms 18:34 +. +Thou hast also given me the shield of thy salvation: and thy right hand hath holden me up, and thy gentleness hath made me great. -- psalms 18:35 +. +Thou hast enlarged my steps under me, that my feet did not slip. -- psalms 18:36 +. +I have pursued mine enemies, and overtaken them: neither did I turn again till they were consumed. -- psalms 18:37 +. +I have wounded them that they were not able to rise: they are fallen under my feet. -- psalms 18:38 +. +For thou hast girded me with strength unto the battle: thou hast subdued under me those that rose up against me. -- psalms 18:39 +. +Thou hast also given me the necks of mine enemies; that I might destroy them that hate me. -- psalms 18:40 +. +They cried, but there was none to save them: even unto the LORD, but he answered them not. -- psalms 18:41 +. +Then did I beat them small as the dust before the wind: I did cast them out as the dirt in the streets. -- psalms 18:42 +. +Thou hast delivered me from the strivings of the people; and thou hast made me the head of the heathen: a people whom I have not known shall serve me. -- psalms 18:43 +. +As soon as they hear of me, they shall obey me: the strangers shall submit themselves unto me. -- psalms 18:44 +. +The strangers shall fade away, and be afraid out of their close places. -- psalms 18:45 +. +The LORD liveth; and blessed be my rock; and let the God of my salvation be exalted. -- psalms 18:46 +. +It is God that avengeth me, and subdueth the people under me. -- psalms 18:47 +. +He delivereth me from mine enemies: yea, thou liftest me up above those that rise up against me: thou hast delivered me from the violent man. -- psalms 18:48 +. +Therefore will I give thanks unto thee, O LORD, among the heathen, and sing praises unto thy name. -- psalms 18:49 +. +Great deliverance giveth he to his king; and sheweth mercy to his anointed, to David, and to his seed for evermore. -- psalms 18:50 +. +The heavens declare the glory of God; and the firmament sheweth his handywork. -- psalms 19:1 +. +Day unto day uttereth speech, and night unto night sheweth knowledge. -- psalms 19:2 +. +There is no speech nor language, where their voice is not heard. -- psalms 19:3 +. +Their line is gone out through all the earth, and their words to the end of the world. In them hath he set a tabernacle for the sun, -- psalms 19:4 +. +Which is as a bridegroom coming out of his chamber, and rejoiceth as a strong man to run a race. -- psalms 19:5 +. +His going forth is from the end of the heaven, and his circuit unto the ends of it: and there is nothing hid from the heat thereof. -- psalms 19:6 +. +The law of the LORD is perfect, converting the soul: the testimony of the LORD is sure, making wise the simple. -- psalms 19:7 +. +The statutes of the LORD are right, rejoicing the heart: the commandment of the LORD is pure, enlightening the eyes. -- psalms 19:8 +. +The fear of the LORD is clean, enduring for ever: the judgments of the LORD are true and righteous altogether. -- psalms 19:9 +. +More to be desired are they than gold, yea, than much fine gold: sweeter also than honey and the honeycomb. -- psalms 19:10 +. +Moreover by them is thy servant warned: and in keeping of them there is great reward. -- psalms 19:11 +. +Who can understand his errors? cleanse thou me from secret faults. -- psalms 19:12 +. +Keep back thy servant also from presumptuous sins; let them not have dominion over me: then shall I be upright, and I shall be innocent from the great transgression. -- psalms 19:13 +. +Let the words of my mouth, and the meditation of my heart, be acceptable in thy sight, O LORD, my strength, and my redeemer. -- psalms 19:14 +. +The LORD hear thee in the day of trouble; the name of the God of Jacob defend thee; -- psalms 20:1 +. +Send thee help from the sanctuary, and strengthen thee out of Zion; -- psalms 20:2 +. +Remember all thy offerings, and accept thy burnt sacrifice; Selah. -- psalms 20:3 +. +Grant thee according to thine own heart, and fulfil all thy counsel. -- psalms 20:4 +. +We will rejoice in thy salvation, and in the name of our God we will set up our banners: the LORD fulfil all thy petitions. -- psalms 20:5 +. +Now know I that the LORD saveth his anointed; he will hear him from his holy heaven with the saving strength of his right hand. -- psalms 20:6 +. +Some trust in chariots, and some in horses: but we will remember the name of the LORD our God. -- psalms 20:7 +. +They are brought down and fallen: but we are risen, and stand upright. -- psalms 20:8 +. +Save, LORD: let the king hear us when we call. -- psalms 20:9 +. +The king shall joy in thy strength, O LORD; and in thy salvation how greatly shall he rejoice! -- psalms 21:1 +. +Thou hast given him his heart's desire, and hast not withholden the request of his lips. Selah. -- psalms 21:2 +. +For thou preventest him with the blessings of goodness: thou settest a crown of pure gold on his head. -- psalms 21:3 +. +He asked life of thee, and thou gavest it him, even length of days for ever and ever. -- psalms 21:4 +. +His glory is great in thy salvation: honour and majesty hast thou laid upon him. -- psalms 21:5 +. +For thou hast made him most blessed for ever: thou hast made him exceeding glad with thy countenance. -- psalms 21:6 +. +For the king trusteth in the LORD, and through the mercy of the most High he shall not be moved. -- psalms 21:7 +. +Thine hand shall find out all thine enemies: thy right hand shall find out those that hate thee. -- psalms 21:8 +. +Thou shalt make them as a fiery oven in the time of thine anger: the LORD shall swallow them up in his wrath, and the fire shall devour them. -- psalms 21:9 +. +Their fruit shalt thou destroy from the earth, and their seed from among the children of men. -- psalms 21:10 +. +For they intended evil against thee: they imagined a mischievous device, which they are not able to perform. -- psalms 21:11 +. +Therefore shalt thou make them turn their back, when thou shalt make ready thine arrows upon thy strings against the face of them. -- psalms 21:12 +. +Be thou exalted, LORD, in thine own strength: so will we sing and praise thy power. -- psalms 21:13 +. +My God, my God, why hast thou forsaken me? why art thou so far from helping me, and from the words of my roaring? -- psalms 22:1 +. +O my God, I cry in the day time, but thou hearest not; and in the night season, and am not silent. -- psalms 22:2 +. +But thou art holy, O thou that inhabitest the praises of Israel. -- psalms 22:3 +. +Our fathers trusted in thee: they trusted, and thou didst deliver them. -- psalms 22:4 +. +They cried unto thee, and were delivered: they trusted in thee, and were not confounded. -- psalms 22:5 +. +But I am a worm, and no man; a reproach of men, and despised of the people. -- psalms 22:6 +. +All they that see me laugh me to scorn: they shoot out the lip, they shake the head, saying, -- psalms 22:7 +. +He trusted on the LORD that he would deliver him: let him deliver him, seeing he delighted in him. -- psalms 22:8 +. +But thou art he that took me out of the womb: thou didst make me hope when I was upon my mother's breasts. -- psalms 22:9 +. +I was cast upon thee from the womb: thou art my God from my mother's belly. -- psalms 22:10 +. +Be not far from me; for trouble is near; for there is none to help. -- psalms 22:11 +. +Many bulls have compassed me: strong bulls of Bashan have beset me round. -- psalms 22:12 +. +They gaped upon me with their mouths, as a ravening and a roaring lion. -- psalms 22:13 +. +I am poured out like water, and all my bones are out of joint: my heart is like wax; it is melted in the midst of my bowels. -- psalms 22:14 +. +My strength is dried up like a potsherd; and my tongue cleaveth to my jaws; and thou hast brought me into the dust of death. -- psalms 22:15 +. +For dogs have compassed me: the assembly of the wicked have inclosed me: they pierced my hands and my feet. -- psalms 22:16 +. +I may tell all my bones: they look and stare upon me. -- psalms 22:17 +. +They part my garments among them, and cast lots upon my vesture. -- psalms 22:18 +. +But be not thou far from me, O LORD: O my strength, haste thee to help me. -- psalms 22:19 +. +Deliver my soul from the sword; my darling from the power of the dog. -- psalms 22:20 +. +Save me from the lion's mouth: for thou hast heard me from the horns of the unicorns. -- psalms 22:21 +. +I will declare thy name unto my brethren: in the midst of the congregation will I praise thee. -- psalms 22:22 +. +Ye that fear the LORD, praise him; all ye the seed of Jacob, glorify him; and fear him, all ye the seed of Israel. -- psalms 22:23 +. +For he hath not despised nor abhorred the affliction of the afflicted; neither hath he hid his face from him; but when he cried unto him, he heard. -- psalms 22:24 +. +My praise shall be of thee in the great congregation: I will pay my vows before them that fear him. -- psalms 22:25 +. +The meek shall eat and be satisfied: they shall praise the LORD that seek him: your heart shall live for ever. -- psalms 22:26 +. +All the ends of the world shall remember and turn unto the LORD: and all the kindreds of the nations shall worship before thee. -- psalms 22:27 +. +For the kingdom is the LORD's: and he is the governor among the nations. -- psalms 22:28 +. +All they that be fat upon earth shall eat and worship: all they that go down to the dust shall bow before him: and none can keep alive his own soul. -- psalms 22:29 +. +A seed shall serve him; it shall be accounted to the Lord for a generation. -- psalms 22:30 +. +They shall come, and shall declare his righteousness unto a people that shall be born, that he hath done this. -- psalms 22:31 +. +The LORD is my shepherd; I shall not want. -- psalms 23:1 +. +He maketh me to lie down in green pastures: he leadeth me beside the still waters. -- psalms 23:2 +. +He restoreth my soul: he leadeth me in the paths of righteousness for his name's sake. -- psalms 23:3 +. +Yea, though I walk through the valley of the shadow of death, I will fear no evil: for thou art with me; thy rod and thy staff they comfort me. -- psalms 23:4 +. +Thou preparest a table before me in the presence of mine enemies: thou anointest my head with oil; my cup runneth over. -- psalms 23:5 +. +Surely goodness and mercy shall follow me all the days of my life: and I will dwell in the house of the LORD for ever. -- psalms 23:6 +. +The earth is the LORD's, and the fulness thereof; the world, and they that dwell therein. -- psalms 24:1 +. +For he hath founded it upon the seas, and established it upon the floods. -- psalms 24:2 +. +Who shall ascend into the hill of the LORD? or who shall stand in his holy place? -- psalms 24:3 +. +He that hath clean hands, and a pure heart; who hath not lifted up his soul unto vanity, nor sworn deceitfully. -- psalms 24:4 +. +He shall receive the blessing from the LORD, and righteousness from the God of his salvation. -- psalms 24:5 +. +This is the generation of them that seek him, that seek thy face, O Jacob. Selah. -- psalms 24:6 +. +Lift up your heads, O ye gates; and be ye lift up, ye everlasting doors; and the King of glory shall come in. -- psalms 24:7 +. +Who is this King of glory? The LORD strong and mighty, the LORD mighty in battle. -- psalms 24:8 +. +Lift up your heads, O ye gates; even lift them up, ye everlasting doors; and the King of glory shall come in. -- psalms 24:9 +. +Who is this King of glory? The LORD of hosts, he is the King of glory. Selah. -- psalms 24:10 +. +Unto thee, O LORD, do I lift up my soul. -- psalms 25:1 +. +O my God, I trust in thee: let me not be ashamed, let not mine enemies triumph over me. -- psalms 25:2 +. +Yea, let none that wait on thee be ashamed: let them be ashamed which transgress without cause. -- psalms 25:3 +. +Shew me thy ways, O LORD; teach me thy paths. -- psalms 25:4 +. +Lead me in thy truth, and teach me: for thou art the God of my salvation; on thee do I wait all the day. -- psalms 25:5 +. +Remember, O LORD, thy tender mercies and thy lovingkindnesses; for they have been ever of old. -- psalms 25:6 +. +Remember not the sins of my youth, nor my transgressions: according to thy mercy remember thou me for thy goodness' sake, O LORD. -- psalms 25:7 +. +Good and upright is the LORD: therefore will he teach sinners in the way. -- psalms 25:8 +. +The meek will he guide in judgment: and the meek will he teach his way. -- psalms 25:9 +. +All the paths of the LORD are mercy and truth unto such as keep his covenant and his testimonies. -- psalms 25:10 +. +For thy name's sake, O LORD, pardon mine iniquity; for it is great. -- psalms 25:11 +. +What man is he that feareth the LORD? him shall he teach in the way that he shall choose. -- psalms 25:12 +. +His soul shall dwell at ease; and his seed shall inherit the earth. -- psalms 25:13 +. +The secret of the LORD is with them that fear him; and he will shew them his covenant. -- psalms 25:14 +. +Mine eyes are ever toward the LORD; for he shall pluck my feet out of the net. -- psalms 25:15 +. +Turn thee unto me, and have mercy upon me; for I am desolate and afflicted. -- psalms 25:16 +. +The troubles of my heart are enlarged: O bring thou me out of my distresses. -- psalms 25:17 +. +Look upon mine affliction and my pain; and forgive all my sins. -- psalms 25:18 +. +Consider mine enemies; for they are many; and they hate me with cruel hatred. -- psalms 25:19 +. +O keep my soul, and deliver me: let me not be ashamed; for I put my trust in thee. -- psalms 25:20 +. +Let integrity and uprightness preserve me; for I wait on thee. -- psalms 25:21 +. +Redeem Israel, O God, out of all his troubles. -- psalms 25:22 +. +Judge me, O LORD; for I have walked in mine integrity: I have trusted also in the LORD; therefore I shall not slide. -- psalms 26:1 +. +Examine me, O LORD, and prove me; try my reins and my heart. -- psalms 26:2 +. +For thy lovingkindness is before mine eyes: and I have walked in thy truth. -- psalms 26:3 +. +I have not sat with vain persons, neither will I go in with dissemblers. -- psalms 26:4 +. +I have hated the congregation of evil doers; and will not sit with the wicked. -- psalms 26:5 +. +I will wash mine hands in innocency: so will I compass thine altar, O LORD: -- psalms 26:6 +. +That I may publish with the voice of thanksgiving, and tell of all thy wondrous works. -- psalms 26:7 +. +LORD, I have loved the habitation of thy house, and the place where thine honour dwelleth. -- psalms 26:8 +. +Gather not my soul with sinners, nor my life with bloody men: -- psalms 26:9 +. +In whose hands is mischief, and their right hand is full of bribes. -- psalms 26:10 +. +But as for me, I will walk in mine integrity: redeem me, and be merciful unto me. -- psalms 26:11 +. +My foot standeth in an even place: in the congregations will I bless the LORD. -- psalms 26:12 +. +The LORD is my light and my salvation; whom shall I fear? the LORD is the strength of my life; of whom shall I be afraid? -- psalms 27:1 +. +When the wicked, even mine enemies and my foes, came upon me to eat up my flesh, they stumbled and fell. -- psalms 27:2 +. +Though an host should encamp against me, my heart shall not fear: though war should rise against me, in this will I be confident. -- psalms 27:3 +. +One thing have I desired of the LORD, that will I seek after; that I may dwell in the house of the LORD all the days of my life, to behold the beauty of the LORD, and to enquire in his temple. -- psalms 27:4 +. +For in the time of trouble he shall hide me in his pavilion: in the secret of his tabernacle shall he hide me; he shall set me up upon a rock. -- psalms 27:5 +. +And now shall mine head be lifted up above mine enemies round about me: therefore will I offer in his tabernacle sacrifices of joy; I will sing, yea, I will sing praises unto the LORD. -- psalms 27:6 +. +Hear, O LORD, when I cry with my voice: have mercy also upon me, and answer me. -- psalms 27:7 +. +When thou saidst, Seek ye my face; my heart said unto thee, Thy face, LORD, will I seek. -- psalms 27:8 +. +Hide not thy face far from me; put not thy servant away in anger: thou hast been my help; leave me not, neither forsake me, O God of my salvation. -- psalms 27:9 +. +When my father and my mother forsake me, then the LORD will take me up. -- psalms 27:10 +. +Teach me thy way, O LORD, and lead me in a plain path, because of mine enemies. -- psalms 27:11 +. +Deliver me not over unto the will of mine enemies: for false witnesses are risen up against me, and such as breathe out cruelty. -- psalms 27:12 +. +I had fainted, unless I had believed to see the goodness of the LORD in the land of the living. -- psalms 27:13 +. +Wait on the LORD: be of good courage, and he shall strengthen thine heart: wait, I say, on the LORD. -- psalms 27:14 +. +Unto thee will I cry, O LORD my rock; be not silent to me: lest, if thou be silent to me, I become like them that go down into the pit. -- psalms 28:1 +. +Hear the voice of my supplications, when I cry unto thee, when I lift up my hands toward thy holy oracle. -- psalms 28:2 +. +Draw me not away with the wicked, and with the workers of iniquity, which speak peace to their neighbours, but mischief is in their hearts. -- psalms 28:3 +. +Give them according to their deeds, and according to the wickedness of their endeavours: give them after the work of their hands; render to them their desert. -- psalms 28:4 +. +Because they regard not the works of the LORD, nor the operation of his hands, he shall destroy them, and not build them up. -- psalms 28:5 +. +Blessed be the LORD, because he hath heard the voice of my supplications. -- psalms 28:6 +. +The LORD is my strength and my shield; my heart trusted in him, and I am helped: therefore my heart greatly rejoiceth; and with my song will I praise him. -- psalms 28:7 +. +The LORD is their strength, and he is the saving strength of his anointed. -- psalms 28:8 +. +Save thy people, and bless thine inheritance: feed them also, and lift them up for ever. -- psalms 28:9 +. +Give unto the LORD, O ye mighty, give unto the LORD glory and strength. -- psalms 29:1 +. +Give unto the LORD the glory due unto his name; worship the LORD in the beauty of holiness. -- psalms 29:2 +. +The voice of the LORD is upon the waters: the God of glory thundereth: the LORD is upon many waters. -- psalms 29:3 +. +The voice of the LORD is powerful; the voice of the LORD is full of majesty. -- psalms 29:4 +. +The voice of the LORD breaketh the cedars; yea, the LORD breaketh the cedars of Lebanon. -- psalms 29:5 +. +He maketh them also to skip like a calf; Lebanon and Sirion like a young unicorn. -- psalms 29:6 +. +The voice of the LORD divideth the flames of fire. -- psalms 29:7 +. +The voice of the LORD shaketh the wilderness; the LORD shaketh the wilderness of Kadesh. -- psalms 29:8 +. +The voice of the LORD maketh the hinds to calve, and discovereth the forests: and in his temple doth every one speak of his glory. -- psalms 29:9 +. +The LORD sitteth upon the flood; yea, the LORD sitteth King for ever. -- psalms 29:10 +. +The LORD will give strength unto his people; the LORD will bless his people with peace. -- psalms 29:11 +. +I will extol thee, O LORD; for thou hast lifted me up, and hast not made my foes to rejoice over me. -- psalms 30:1 +. +O LORD my God, I cried unto thee, and thou hast healed me. -- psalms 30:2 +. +O LORD, thou hast brought up my soul from the grave: thou hast kept me alive, that I should not go down to the pit. -- psalms 30:3 +. +Sing unto the LORD, O ye saints of his, and give thanks at the remembrance of his holiness. -- psalms 30:4 +. +For his anger endureth but a moment; in his favour is life: weeping may endure for a night, but joy cometh in the morning. -- psalms 30:5 +. +And in my prosperity I said, I shall never be moved. -- psalms 30:6 +. +LORD, by thy favour thou hast made my mountain to stand strong: thou didst hide thy face, and I was troubled. -- psalms 30:7 +. +I cried to thee, O LORD; and unto the LORD I made supplication. -- psalms 30:8 +. +What profit is there in my blood, when I go down to the pit? Shall the dust praise thee? shall it declare thy truth? -- psalms 30:9 +. +Hear, O LORD, and have mercy upon me: LORD, be thou my helper. -- psalms 30:10 +. +Thou hast turned for me my mourning into dancing: thou hast put off my sackcloth, and girded me with gladness; -- psalms 30:11 +. +To the end that my glory may sing praise to thee, and not be silent. O LORD my God, I will give thanks unto thee for ever. -- psalms 30:12 +. +In thee, O LORD, do I put my trust; let me never be ashamed: deliver me in thy righteousness. -- psalms 31:1 +. +Bow down thine ear to me; deliver me speedily: be thou my strong rock, for an house of defence to save me. -- psalms 31:2 +. +For thou art my rock and my fortress; therefore for thy name's sake lead me, and guide me. -- psalms 31:3 +. +Pull me out of the net that they have laid privily for me: for thou art my strength. -- psalms 31:4 +. +Into thine hand I commit my spirit: thou hast redeemed me, O LORD God of truth. -- psalms 31:5 +. +I have hated them that regard lying vanities: but I trust in the LORD. -- psalms 31:6 +. +I will be glad and rejoice in thy mercy: for thou hast considered my trouble; thou hast known my soul in adversities; -- psalms 31:7 +. +And hast not shut me up into the hand of the enemy: thou hast set my feet in a large room. -- psalms 31:8 +. +Have mercy upon me, O LORD, for I am in trouble: mine eye is consumed with grief, yea, my soul and my belly. -- psalms 31:9 +. +For my life is spent with grief, and my years with sighing: my strength faileth because of mine iniquity, and my bones are consumed. -- psalms 31:10 +. +I was a reproach among all mine enemies, but especially among my neighbours, and a fear to mine acquaintance: they that did see me without fled from me. -- psalms 31:11 +. +I am forgotten as a dead man out of mind: I am like a broken vessel. -- psalms 31:12 +. +For I have heard the slander of many: fear was on every side: while they took counsel together against me, they devised to take away my life. -- psalms 31:13 +. +But I trusted in thee, O LORD: I said, Thou art my God. -- psalms 31:14 +. +My times are in thy hand: deliver me from the hand of mine enemies, and from them that persecute me. -- psalms 31:15 +. +Make thy face to shine upon thy servant: save me for thy mercies' sake. -- psalms 31:16 +. +Let me not be ashamed, O LORD; for I have called upon thee: let the wicked be ashamed, and let them be silent in the grave. -- psalms 31:17 +. +Let the lying lips be put to silence; which speak grievous things proudly and contemptuously against the righteous. -- psalms 31:18 +. +Oh how great is thy goodness, which thou hast laid up for them that fear thee; which thou hast wrought for them that trust in thee before the sons of men! -- psalms 31:19 +. +Thou shalt hide them in the secret of thy presence from the pride of man: thou shalt keep them secretly in a pavilion from the strife of tongues. -- psalms 31:20 +. +Blessed be the LORD: for he hath shewed me his marvellous kindness in a strong city. -- psalms 31:21 +. +For I said in my haste, I am cut off from before thine eyes: nevertheless thou heardest the voice of my supplications when I cried unto thee. -- psalms 31:22 +. +O love the LORD, all ye his saints: for the LORD preserveth the faithful, and plentifully rewardeth the proud doer. -- psalms 31:23 +. +Be of good courage, and he shall strengthen your heart, all ye that hope in the LORD. -- psalms 31:24 +. +Blessed is he whose transgression is forgiven, whose sin is covered. -- psalms 32:1 +. +Blessed is the man unto whom the LORD imputeth not iniquity, and in whose spirit there is no guile. -- psalms 32:2 +. +When I kept silence, my bones waxed old through my roaring all the day long. -- psalms 32:3 +. +For day and night thy hand was heavy upon me: my moisture is turned into the drought of summer. Selah. -- psalms 32:4 +. +I acknowledge my sin unto thee, and mine iniquity have I not hid. I said, I will confess my transgressions unto the LORD; and thou forgavest the iniquity of my sin. Selah. -- psalms 32:5 +. +For this shall every one that is godly pray unto thee in a time when thou mayest be found: surely in the floods of great waters they shall not come nigh unto him. -- psalms 32:6 +. +Thou art my hiding place; thou shalt preserve me from trouble; thou shalt compass me about with songs of deliverance. Selah. -- psalms 32:7 +. +I will instruct thee and teach thee in the way which thou shalt go: I will guide thee with mine eye. -- psalms 32:8 +. +Be ye not as the horse, or as the mule, which have no understanding: whose mouth must be held in with bit and bridle, lest they come near unto thee. -- psalms 32:9 +. +Many sorrows shall be to the wicked: but he that trusteth in the LORD, mercy shall compass him about. -- psalms 32:10 +. +Be glad in the LORD, and rejoice, ye righteous: and shout for joy, all ye that are upright in heart. -- psalms 32:11 +. +Rejoice in the LORD, O ye righteous: for praise is comely for the upright. -- psalms 33:1 +. +Praise the LORD with harp: sing unto him with the psaltery and an instrument of ten strings. -- psalms 33:2 +. +Sing unto him a new song; play skilfully with a loud noise. -- psalms 33:3 +. +For the word of the LORD is right; and all his works are done in truth. -- psalms 33:4 +. +He loveth righteousness and judgment: the earth is full of the goodness of the LORD. -- psalms 33:5 +. +By the word of the LORD were the heavens made; and all the host of them by the breath of his mouth. -- psalms 33:6 +. +He gathereth the waters of the sea together as an heap: he layeth up the depth in storehouses. -- psalms 33:7 +. +Let all the earth fear the LORD: let all the inhabitants of the world stand in awe of him. -- psalms 33:8 +. +For he spake, and it was done; he commanded, and it stood fast. -- psalms 33:9 +. +The LORD bringeth the counsel of the heathen to nought: he maketh the devices of the people of none effect. -- psalms 33:10 +. +The counsel of the LORD standeth for ever, the thoughts of his heart to all generations. -- psalms 33:11 +. +Blessed is the nation whose God is the LORD; and the people whom he hath chosen for his own inheritance. -- psalms 33:12 +. +The LORD looketh from heaven; he beholdeth all the sons of men. -- psalms 33:13 +. +From the place of his habitation he looketh upon all the inhabitants of the earth. -- psalms 33:14 +. +He fashioneth their hearts alike; he considereth all their works. -- psalms 33:15 +. +There is no king saved by the multitude of an host: a mighty man is not delivered by much strength. -- psalms 33:16 +. +An horse is a vain thing for safety: neither shall he deliver any by his great strength. -- psalms 33:17 +. +Behold, the eye of the LORD is upon them that fear him, upon them that hope in his mercy; -- psalms 33:18 +. +To deliver their soul from death, and to keep them alive in famine. -- psalms 33:19 +. +Our soul waiteth for the LORD: he is our help and our shield. -- psalms 33:20 +. +For our heart shall rejoice in him, because we have trusted in his holy name. -- psalms 33:21 +. +Let thy mercy, O LORD, be upon us, according as we hope in thee. -- psalms 33:22 +. +I will bless the LORD at all times: his praise shall continually be in my mouth. -- psalms 34:1 +. +My soul shall make her boast in the LORD: the humble shall hear thereof, and be glad. -- psalms 34:2 +. +O magnify the LORD with me, and let us exalt his name together. -- psalms 34:3 +. +I sought the LORD, and he heard me, and delivered me from all my fears. -- psalms 34:4 +. +They looked unto him, and were lightened: and their faces were not ashamed. -- psalms 34:5 +. +This poor man cried, and the LORD heard him, and saved him out of all his troubles. -- psalms 34:6 +. +The angel of the LORD encampeth round about them that fear him, and delivereth them. -- psalms 34:7 +. +O taste and see that the LORD is good: blessed is the man that trusteth in him. -- psalms 34:8 +. +O fear the LORD, ye his saints: for there is no want to them that fear him. -- psalms 34:9 +. +The young lions do lack, and suffer hunger: but they that seek the LORD shall not want any good thing. -- psalms 34:10 +. +Come, ye children, hearken unto me: I will teach you the fear of the LORD. -- psalms 34:11 +. +What man is he that desireth life, and loveth many days, that he may see good? -- psalms 34:12 +. +Keep thy tongue from evil, and thy lips from speaking guile. -- psalms 34:13 +. +Depart from evil, and do good; seek peace, and pursue it. -- psalms 34:14 +. +The eyes of the LORD are upon the righteous, and his ears are open unto their cry. -- psalms 34:15 +. +The face of the LORD is against them that do evil, to cut off the remembrance of them from the earth. -- psalms 34:16 +. +The righteous cry, and the LORD heareth, and delivereth them out of all their troubles. -- psalms 34:17 +. +The LORD is nigh unto them that are of a broken heart; and saveth such as be of a contrite spirit. -- psalms 34:18 +. +Many are the afflictions of the righteous: but the LORD delivereth him out of them all. -- psalms 34:19 +. +He keepeth all his bones: not one of them is broken. -- psalms 34:20 +. +Evil shall slay the wicked: and they that hate the righteous shall be desolate. -- psalms 34:21 +. +The LORD redeemeth the soul of his servants: and none of them that trust in him shall be desolate. -- psalms 34:22 +. +Plead my cause, O LORD, with them that strive with me: fight against them that fight against me. -- psalms 35:1 +. +Take hold of shield and buckler, and stand up for mine help. -- psalms 35:2 +. +Draw out also the spear, and stop the way against them that persecute me: say unto my soul, I am thy salvation. -- psalms 35:3 +. +Let them be confounded and put to shame that seek after my soul: let them be turned back and brought to confusion that devise my hurt. -- psalms 35:4 +. +Let them be as chaff before the wind: and let the angel of the LORD chase them. -- psalms 35:5 +. +Let their way be dark and slippery: and let the angel of the LORD persecute them. -- psalms 35:6 +. +For without cause have they hid for me their net in a pit, which without cause they have digged for my soul. -- psalms 35:7 +. +Let destruction come upon him at unawares; and let his net that he hath hid catch himself: into that very destruction let him fall. -- psalms 35:8 +. +And my soul shall be joyful in the LORD: it shall rejoice in his salvation. -- psalms 35:9 +. +All my bones shall say, LORD, who is like unto thee, which deliverest the poor from him that is too strong for him, yea, the poor and the needy from him that spoileth him? -- psalms 35:10 +. +False witnesses did rise up; they laid to my charge things that I knew not. -- psalms 35:11 +. +They rewarded me evil for good to the spoiling of my soul. -- psalms 35:12 +. +But as for me, when they were sick, my clothing was sackcloth: I humbled my soul with fasting; and my prayer returned into mine own bosom. -- psalms 35:13 +. +I behaved myself as though he had been my friend or brother: I bowed down heavily, as one that mourneth for his mother. -- psalms 35:14 +. +But in mine adversity they rejoiced, and gathered themselves together: yea, the abjects gathered themselves together against me, and I knew it not; they did tear me, and ceased not: -- psalms 35:15 +. +With hypocritical mockers in feasts, they gnashed upon me with their teeth. -- psalms 35:16 +. +Lord, how long wilt thou look on? rescue my soul from their destructions, my darling from the lions. -- psalms 35:17 +. +I will give thee thanks in the great congregation: I will praise thee among much people. -- psalms 35:18 +. +Let not them that are mine enemies wrongfully rejoice over me: neither let them wink with the eye that hate me without a cause. -- psalms 35:19 +. +For they speak not peace: but they devise deceitful matters against them that are quiet in the land. -- psalms 35:20 +. +Yea, they opened their mouth wide against me, and said, Aha, aha, our eye hath seen it. -- psalms 35:21 +. +This thou hast seen, O LORD: keep not silence: O Lord, be not far from me. -- psalms 35:22 +. +Stir up thyself, and awake to my judgment, even unto my cause, my God and my Lord. -- psalms 35:23 +. +Judge me, O LORD my God, according to thy righteousness; and let them not rejoice over me. -- psalms 35:24 +. +Let them not say in their hearts, Ah, so would we have it: let them not say, We have swallowed him up. -- psalms 35:25 +. +Let them be ashamed and brought to confusion together that rejoice at mine hurt: let them be clothed with shame and dishonour that magnify themselves against me. -- psalms 35:26 +. +Let them shout for joy, and be glad, that favour my righteous cause: yea, let them say continually, Let the LORD be magnified, which hath pleasure in the prosperity of his servant. -- psalms 35:27 +. +And my tongue shall speak of thy righteousness and of thy praise all the day long. -- psalms 35:28 +. +The transgression of the wicked saith within my heart, that there is no fear of God before his eyes. -- psalms 36:1 +. +For he flattereth himself in his own eyes, until his iniquity be found to be hateful. -- psalms 36:2 +. +The words of his mouth are iniquity and deceit: he hath left off to be wise, and to do good. -- psalms 36:3 +. +He deviseth mischief upon his bed; he setteth himself in a way that is not good; he abhorreth not evil. -- psalms 36:4 +. +Thy mercy, O LORD, is in the heavens; and thy faithfulness reacheth unto the clouds. -- psalms 36:5 +. +Thy righteousness is like the great mountains; thy judgments are a great deep: O LORD, thou preservest man and beast. -- psalms 36:6 +. +How excellent is thy lovingkindness, O God! therefore the children of men put their trust under the shadow of thy wings. -- psalms 36:7 +. +They shall be abundantly satisfied with the fatness of thy house; and thou shalt make them drink of the river of thy pleasures. -- psalms 36:8 +. +For with thee is the fountain of life: in thy light shall we see light. -- psalms 36:9 +. +O continue thy lovingkindness unto them that know thee; and thy righteousness to the upright in heart. -- psalms 36:10 +. +Let not the foot of pride come against me, and let not the hand of the wicked remove me. -- psalms 36:11 +. +There are the workers of iniquity fallen: they are cast down, and shall not be able to rise. -- psalms 36:12 +. +Fret not thyself because of evildoers, neither be thou envious against the workers of iniquity. -- psalms 37:1 +. +For they shall soon be cut down like the grass, and wither as the green herb. -- psalms 37:2 +. +Trust in the LORD, and do good; so shalt thou dwell in the land, and verily thou shalt be fed. -- psalms 37:3 +. +Delight thyself also in the LORD: and he shall give thee the desires of thine heart. -- psalms 37:4 +. +Commit thy way unto the LORD; trust also in him; and he shall bring it to pass. -- psalms 37:5 +. +And he shall bring forth thy righteousness as the light, and thy judgment as the noonday. -- psalms 37:6 +. +Rest in the LORD, and wait patiently for him: fret not thyself because of him who prospereth in his way, because of the man who bringeth wicked devices to pass. -- psalms 37:7 +. +Cease from anger, and forsake wrath: fret not thyself in any wise to do evil. -- psalms 37:8 +. +For evildoers shall be cut off: but those that wait upon the LORD, they shall inherit the earth. -- psalms 37:9 +. +For yet a little while, and the wicked shall not be: yea, thou shalt diligently consider his place, and it shall not be. -- psalms 37:10 +. +But the meek shall inherit the earth; and shall delight themselves in the abundance of peace. -- psalms 37:11 +. +The wicked plotteth against the just, and gnasheth upon him with his teeth. -- psalms 37:12 +. +The LORD shall laugh at him: for he seeth that his day is coming. -- psalms 37:13 +. +The wicked have drawn out the sword, and have bent their bow, to cast down the poor and needy, and to slay such as be of upright conversation. -- psalms 37:14 +. +Their sword shall enter into their own heart, and their bows shall be broken. -- psalms 37:15 +. +A little that a righteous man hath is better than the riches of many wicked. -- psalms 37:16 +. +For the arms of the wicked shall be broken: but the LORD upholdeth the righteous. -- psalms 37:17 +. +The LORD knoweth the days of the upright: and their inheritance shall be for ever. -- psalms 37:18 +. +They shall not be ashamed in the evil time: and in the days of famine they shall be satisfied. -- psalms 37:19 +. +But the wicked shall perish, and the enemies of the LORD shall be as the fat of lambs: they shall consume; into smoke shall they consume away. -- psalms 37:20 +. +The wicked borroweth, and payeth not again: but the righteous sheweth mercy, and giveth. -- psalms 37:21 +. +For such as be blessed of him shall inherit the earth; and they that be cursed of him shall be cut off. -- psalms 37:22 +. +The steps of a good man are ordered by the LORD: and he delighteth in his way. -- psalms 37:23 +. +Though he fall, he shall not be utterly cast down: for the LORD upholdeth him with his hand. -- psalms 37:24 +. +I have been young, and now am old; yet have I not seen the righteous forsaken, nor his seed begging bread. -- psalms 37:25 +. +He is ever merciful, and lendeth; and his seed is blessed. -- psalms 37:26 +. +Depart from evil, and do good; and dwell for evermore. -- psalms 37:27 +. +For the LORD loveth judgment, and forsaketh not his saints; they are preserved for ever: but the seed of the wicked shall be cut off. -- psalms 37:28 +. +The righteous shall inherit the land, and dwell therein for ever. -- psalms 37:29 +. +The mouth of the righteous speaketh wisdom, and his tongue talketh of judgment. -- psalms 37:30 +. +The law of his God is in his heart; none of his steps shall slide. -- psalms 37:31 +. +The wicked watcheth the righteous, and seeketh to slay him. -- psalms 37:32 +. +The LORD will not leave him in his hand, nor condemn him when he is judged. -- psalms 37:33 +. +Wait on the LORD, and keep his way, and he shall exalt thee to inherit the land: when the wicked are cut off, thou shalt see it. -- psalms 37:34 +. +I have seen the wicked in great power, and spreading himself like a green bay tree. -- psalms 37:35 +. +Yet he passed away, and, lo, he was not: yea, I sought him, but he could not be found. -- psalms 37:36 +. +Mark the perfect man, and behold the upright: for the end of that man is peace. -- psalms 37:37 +. +But the transgressors shall be destroyed together: the end of the wicked shall be cut off. -- psalms 37:38 +. +But the salvation of the righteous is of the LORD: he is their strength in the time of trouble. -- psalms 37:39 +. +And the LORD shall help them, and deliver them: he shall deliver them from the wicked, and save them, because they trust in him. -- psalms 37:40 +. +O lord, rebuke me not in thy wrath: neither chasten me in thy hot displeasure. -- psalms 38:1 +. +For thine arrows stick fast in me, and thy hand presseth me sore. -- psalms 38:2 +. +There is no soundness in my flesh because of thine anger; neither is there any rest in my bones because of my sin. -- psalms 38:3 +. +For mine iniquities are gone over mine head: as an heavy burden they are too heavy for me. -- psalms 38:4 +. +My wounds stink and are corrupt because of my foolishness. -- psalms 38:5 +. +I am troubled; I am bowed down greatly; I go mourning all the day long. -- psalms 38:6 +. +For my loins are filled with a loathsome disease: and there is no soundness in my flesh. -- psalms 38:7 +. +I am feeble and sore broken: I have roared by reason of the disquietness of my heart. -- psalms 38:8 +. +Lord, all my desire is before thee; and my groaning is not hid from thee. -- psalms 38:9 +. +My heart panteth, my strength faileth me: as for the light of mine eyes, it also is gone from me. -- psalms 38:10 +. +My lovers and my friends stand aloof from my sore; and my kinsmen stand afar off. -- psalms 38:11 +. +They also that seek after my life lay snares for me: and they that seek my hurt speak mischievous things, and imagine deceits all the day long. -- psalms 38:12 +. +But I, as a deaf man, heard not; and I was as a dumb man that openeth not his mouth. -- psalms 38:13 +. +Thus I was as a man that heareth not, and in whose mouth are no reproofs. -- psalms 38:14 +. +For in thee, O LORD, do I hope: thou wilt hear, O Lord my God. -- psalms 38:15 +. +For I said, Hear me, lest otherwise they should rejoice over me: when my foot slippeth, they magnify themselves against me. -- psalms 38:16 +. +For I am ready to halt, and my sorrow is continually before me. -- psalms 38:17 +. +For I will declare mine iniquity; I will be sorry for my sin. -- psalms 38:18 +. +But mine enemies are lively, and they are strong: and they that hate me wrongfully are multiplied. -- psalms 38:19 +. +They also that render evil for good are mine adversaries; because I follow the thing that good is. -- psalms 38:20 +. +Forsake me not, O LORD: O my God, be not far from me. -- psalms 38:21 +. +Make haste to help me, O Lord my salvation. -- psalms 38:22 +. +I said, I will take heed to my ways, that I sin not with my tongue: I will keep my mouth with a bridle, while the wicked is before me. -- psalms 39:1 +. +I was dumb with silence, I held my peace, even from good; and my sorrow was stirred. -- psalms 39:2 +. +My heart was hot within me, while I was musing the fire burned: then spake I with my tongue, -- psalms 39:3 +. +LORD, make me to know mine end, and the measure of my days, what it is: that I may know how frail I am. -- psalms 39:4 +. +Behold, thou hast made my days as an handbreadth; and mine age is as nothing before thee: verily every man at his best state is altogether vanity. Selah. -- psalms 39:5 +. +Surely every man walketh in a vain shew: surely they are disquieted in vain: he heapeth up riches, and knoweth not who shall gather them. -- psalms 39:6 +. +And now, Lord, what wait I for? my hope is in thee. -- psalms 39:7 +. +Deliver me from all my transgressions: make me not the reproach of the foolish. -- psalms 39:8 +. +I was dumb, I opened not my mouth; because thou didst it. -- psalms 39:9 +. +Remove thy stroke away from me: I am consumed by the blow of thine hand. -- psalms 39:10 +. +When thou with rebukes dost correct man for iniquity, thou makest his beauty to consume away like a moth: surely every man is vanity. Selah. -- psalms 39:11 +. +Hear my prayer, O LORD, and give ear unto my cry; hold not thy peace at my tears: for I am a stranger with thee, and a sojourner, as all my fathers were. -- psalms 39:12 +. +O spare me, that I may recover strength, before I go hence, and be no more. -- psalms 39:13 +. +I waited patiently for the LORD; and he inclined unto me, and heard my cry. -- psalms 40:1 +. +He brought me up also out of an horrible pit, out of the miry clay, and set my feet upon a rock, and established my goings. -- psalms 40:2 +. +And he hath put a new song in my mouth, even praise unto our God: many shall see it, and fear, and shall trust in the LORD. -- psalms 40:3 +. +Blessed is that man that maketh the LORD his trust, and respecteth not the proud, nor such as turn aside to lies. -- psalms 40:4 +. +Many, O LORD my God, are thy wonderful works which thou hast done, and thy thoughts which are to us-ward: they cannot be reckoned up in order unto thee: if I would declare and speak of them, they are more than can be numbered. -- psalms 40:5 +. +Sacrifice and offering thou didst not desire; mine ears hast thou opened: burnt offering and sin offering hast thou not required. -- psalms 40:6 +. +Then said I, Lo, I come: in the volume of the book it is written of me, -- psalms 40:7 +. +I delight to do thy will, O my God: yea, thy law is within my heart. -- psalms 40:8 +. +I have preached righteousness in the great congregation: lo, I have not refrained my lips, O LORD, thou knowest. -- psalms 40:9 +. +I have not hid thy righteousness within my heart; I have declared thy faithfulness and thy salvation: I have not concealed thy lovingkindness and thy truth from the great congregation. -- psalms 40:10 +. +Withhold not thou thy tender mercies from me, O LORD: let thy lovingkindness and thy truth continually preserve me. -- psalms 40:11 +. +For innumerable evils have compassed me about: mine iniquities have taken hold upon me, so that I am not able to look up; they are more than the hairs of mine head: therefore my heart faileth me. -- psalms 40:12 +. +Be pleased, O LORD, to deliver me: O LORD, make haste to help me. -- psalms 40:13 +. +Let them be ashamed and confounded together that seek after my soul to destroy it; let them be driven backward and put to shame that wish me evil. -- psalms 40:14 +. +Let them be desolate for a reward of their shame that say unto me, Aha, aha. -- psalms 40:15 +. +Let all those that seek thee rejoice and be glad in thee: let such as love thy salvation say continually, The LORD be magnified. -- psalms 40:16 +. +But I am poor and needy; yet the Lord thinketh upon me: thou art my help and my deliverer; make no tarrying, O my God. -- psalms 40:17 +. +Blessed is he that considereth the poor: the LORD will deliver him in time of trouble. -- psalms 41:1 +. +The LORD will preserve him, and keep him alive; and he shall be blessed upon the earth: and thou wilt not deliver him unto the will of his enemies. -- psalms 41:2 +. +The LORD will strengthen him upon the bed of languishing: thou wilt make all his bed in his sickness. -- psalms 41:3 +. +I said, LORD, be merciful unto me: heal my soul; for I have sinned against thee. -- psalms 41:4 +. +Mine enemies speak evil of me, When shall he die, and his name perish? -- psalms 41:5 +. +And if he come to see me, he speaketh vanity: his heart gathereth iniquity to itself; when he goeth abroad, he telleth it. -- psalms 41:6 +. +All that hate me whisper together against me: against me do they devise my hurt. -- psalms 41:7 +. +An evil disease, say they, cleaveth fast unto him: and now that he lieth he shall rise up no more. -- psalms 41:8 +. +Yea, mine own familiar friend, in whom I trusted, which did eat of my bread, hath lifted up his heel against me. -- psalms 41:9 +. +But thou, O LORD, be merciful unto me, and raise me up, that I may requite them. -- psalms 41:10 +. +By this I know that thou favourest me, because mine enemy doth not triumph over me. -- psalms 41:11 +. +And as for me, thou upholdest me in mine integrity, and settest me before thy face for ever. -- psalms 41:12 +. +Blessed be the LORD God of Israel from everlasting, and to everlasting. Amen, and Amen. -- psalms 41:13 +. +As the hart panteth after the water brooks, so panteth my soul after thee, O God. -- psalms 42:1 +. +My soul thirsteth for God, for the living God: when shall I come and appear before God? -- psalms 42:2 +. +My tears have been my meat day and night, while they continually say unto me, Where is thy God? -- psalms 42:3 +. +When I remember these things, I pour out my soul in me: for I had gone with the multitude, I went with them to the house of God, with the voice of joy and praise, with a multitude that kept holyday. -- psalms 42:4 +. +Why art thou cast down, O my soul? and why art thou disquieted in me? hope thou in God: for I shall yet praise him for the help of his countenance. -- psalms 42:5 +. +O my God, my soul is cast down within me: therefore will I remember thee from the land of Jordan, and of the Hermonites, from the hill Mizar. -- psalms 42:6 +. +Deep calleth unto deep at the noise of thy waterspouts: all thy waves and thy billows are gone over me. -- psalms 42:7 +. +Yet the LORD will command his lovingkindness in the day time, and in the night his song shall be with me, and my prayer unto the God of my life. -- psalms 42:8 +. +I will say unto God my rock, Why hast thou forgotten me? why go I mourning because of the oppression of the enemy? -- psalms 42:9 +. +As with a sword in my bones, mine enemies reproach me; while they say daily unto me, Where is thy God? -- psalms 42:10 +. +Why art thou cast down, O my soul? and why art thou disquieted within me? hope thou in God: for I shall yet praise him, who is the health of my countenance, and my God. -- psalms 42:11 +. +Judge me, O God, and plead my cause against an ungodly nation: O deliver me from the deceitful and unjust man. -- psalms 43:1 +. +For thou art the God of my strength: why dost thou cast me off? why go I mourning because of the oppression of the enemy? -- psalms 43:2 +. +O send out thy light and thy truth: let them lead me; let them bring me unto thy holy hill, and to thy tabernacles. -- psalms 43:3 +. +Then will I go unto the altar of God, unto God my exceeding joy: yea, upon the harp will I praise thee, O God my God. -- psalms 43:4 +. +Why art thou cast down, O my soul? and why art thou disquieted within me? hope in God: for I shall yet praise him, who is the health of my countenance, and my God. -- psalms 43:5 +. +We have heard with our ears, O God, our fathers have told us, what work thou didst in their days, in the times of old. -- psalms 44:1 +. +How thou didst drive out the heathen with thy hand, and plantedst them; how thou didst afflict the people, and cast them out. -- psalms 44:2 +. +For they got not the land in possession by their own sword, neither did their own arm save them: but thy right hand, and thine arm, and the light of thy countenance, because thou hadst a favour unto them. -- psalms 44:3 +. +Thou art my King, O God: command deliverances for Jacob. -- psalms 44:4 +. +Through thee will we push down our enemies: through thy name will we tread them under that rise up against us. -- psalms 44:5 +. +For I will not trust in my bow, neither shall my sword save me. -- psalms 44:6 +. +But thou hast saved us from our enemies, and hast put them to shame that hated us. -- psalms 44:7 +. +In God we boast all the day long, and praise thy name for ever. Selah. -- psalms 44:8 +. +But thou hast cast off, and put us to shame; and goest not forth with our armies. -- psalms 44:9 +. +Thou makest us to turn back from the enemy: and they which hate us spoil for themselves. -- psalms 44:10 +. +Thou hast given us like sheep appointed for meat; and hast scattered us among the heathen. -- psalms 44:11 +. +Thou sellest thy people for nought, and dost not increase thy wealth by their price. -- psalms 44:12 +. +Thou makest us a reproach to our neighbours, a scorn and a derision to them that are round about us. -- psalms 44:13 +. +Thou makest us a byword among the heathen, a shaking of the head among the people. -- psalms 44:14 +. +My confusion is continually before me, and the shame of my face hath covered me, -- psalms 44:15 +. +For the voice of him that reproacheth and blasphemeth; by reason of the enemy and avenger. -- psalms 44:16 +. +All this is come upon us; yet have we not forgotten thee, neither have we dealt falsely in thy covenant. -- psalms 44:17 +. +Our heart is not turned back, neither have our steps declined from thy way; -- psalms 44:18 +. +Though thou hast sore broken us in the place of dragons, and covered us with the shadow of death. -- psalms 44:19 +. +If we have forgotten the name of our God, or stretched out our hands to a strange god; -- psalms 44:20 +. +Shall not God search this out? for he knoweth the secrets of the heart. -- psalms 44:21 +. +Yea, for thy sake are we killed all the day long; we are counted as sheep for the slaughter. -- psalms 44:22 +. +Awake, why sleepest thou, O Lord? arise, cast us not off for ever. -- psalms 44:23 +. +Wherefore hidest thou thy face, and forgettest our affliction and our oppression? -- psalms 44:24 +. +For our soul is bowed down to the dust: our belly cleaveth unto the earth. -- psalms 44:25 +. +Arise for our help, and redeem us for thy mercies' sake. -- psalms 44:26 +. +My heart is inditing a good matter: I speak of the things which I have made touching the king: my tongue is the pen of a ready writer. -- psalms 45:1 +. +Thou art fairer than the children of men: grace is poured into thy lips: therefore God hath blessed thee for ever. -- psalms 45:2 +. +Gird thy sword upon thy thigh, O most mighty, with thy glory and thy majesty. -- psalms 45:3 +. +And in thy majesty ride prosperously because of truth and meekness and righteousness; and thy right hand shall teach thee terrible things. -- psalms 45:4 +. +Thine arrows are sharp in the heart of the king's enemies; whereby the people fall under thee. -- psalms 45:5 +. +Thy throne, O God, is for ever and ever: the sceptre of thy kingdom is a right sceptre. -- psalms 45:6 +. +Thou lovest righteousness, and hatest wickedness: therefore God, thy God, hath anointed thee with the oil of gladness above thy fellows. -- psalms 45:7 +. +All thy garments smell of myrrh, and aloes, and cassia, out of the ivory palaces, whereby they have made thee glad. -- psalms 45:8 +. +Kings' daughters were among thy honourable women: upon thy right hand did stand the queen in gold of Ophir. -- psalms 45:9 +. +Hearken, O daughter, and consider, and incline thine ear; forget also thine own people, and thy father's house; -- psalms 45:10 +. +So shall the king greatly desire thy beauty: for he is thy Lord; and worship thou him. -- psalms 45:11 +. +And the daughter of Tyre shall be there with a gift; even the rich among the people shall intreat thy favour. -- psalms 45:12 +. +The king's daughter is all glorious within: her clothing is of wrought gold. -- psalms 45:13 +. +She shall be brought unto the king in raiment of needlework: the virgins her companions that follow her shall be brought unto thee. -- psalms 45:14 +. +With gladness and rejoicing shall they be brought: they shall enter into the king's palace. -- psalms 45:15 +. +Instead of thy fathers shall be thy children, whom thou mayest make princes in all the earth. -- psalms 45:16 +. +I will make thy name to be remembered in all generations: therefore shall the people praise thee for ever and ever. -- psalms 45:17 +. +God is our refuge and strength, a very present help in trouble. -- psalms 46:1 +. +Therefore will not we fear, though the earth be removed, and though the mountains be carried into the midst of the sea; -- psalms 46:2 +. +Though the waters thereof roar and be troubled, though the mountains shake with the swelling thereof. Selah. -- psalms 46:3 +. +There is a river, the streams whereof shall make glad the city of God, the holy place of the tabernacles of the most High. -- psalms 46:4 +. +God is in the midst of her; she shall not be moved: God shall help her, and that right early. -- psalms 46:5 +. +The heathen raged, the kingdoms were moved: he uttered his voice, the earth melted. -- psalms 46:6 +. +The LORD of hosts is with us; the God of Jacob is our refuge. Selah. -- psalms 46:7 +. +Come, behold the works of the LORD, what desolations he hath made in the earth. -- psalms 46:8 +. +He maketh wars to cease unto the end of the earth; he breaketh the bow, and cutteth the spear in sunder; he burneth the chariot in the fire. -- psalms 46:9 +. +Be still, and know that I am God: I will be exalted among the heathen, I will be exalted in the earth. -- psalms 46:10 +. +The LORD of hosts is with us; the God of Jacob is our refuge. Selah. -- psalms 46:11 +. +O clap your hands, all ye people; shout unto God with the voice of triumph. -- psalms 47:1 +. +For the LORD most high is terrible; he is a great King over all the earth. -- psalms 47:2 +. +He shall subdue the people under us, and the nations under our feet. -- psalms 47:3 +. +He shall choose our inheritance for us, the excellency of Jacob whom he loved. Selah. -- psalms 47:4 +. +God is gone up with a shout, the LORD with the sound of a trumpet. -- psalms 47:5 +. +Sing praises to God, sing praises: sing praises unto our King, sing praises. -- psalms 47:6 +. +For God is the King of all the earth: sing ye praises with understanding. -- psalms 47:7 +. +God reigneth over the heathen: God sitteth upon the throne of his holiness. -- psalms 47:8 +. +The princes of the people are gathered together, even the people of the God of Abraham: for the shields of the earth belong unto God: he is greatly exalted. -- psalms 47:9 +. +Great is the LORD, and greatly to be praised in the city of our God, in the mountain of his holiness. -- psalms 48:1 +. +Beautiful for situation, the joy of the whole earth, is mount Zion, on the sides of the north, the city of the great King. -- psalms 48:2 +. +God is known in her palaces for a refuge. -- psalms 48:3 +. +For, lo, the kings were assembled, they passed by together. -- psalms 48:4 +. +They saw it, and so they marvelled; they were troubled, and hasted away. -- psalms 48:5 +. +Fear took hold upon them there, and pain, as of a woman in travail. -- psalms 48:6 +. +Thou breakest the ships of Tarshish with an east wind. -- psalms 48:7 +. +As we have heard, so have we seen in the city of the LORD of hosts, in the city of our God: God will establish it for ever. Selah. -- psalms 48:8 +. +We have thought of thy lovingkindness, O God, in the midst of thy temple. -- psalms 48:9 +. +According to thy name, O God, so is thy praise unto the ends of the earth: thy right hand is full of righteousness. -- psalms 48:10 +. +Let mount Zion rejoice, let the daughters of Judah be glad, because of thy judgments. -- psalms 48:11 +. +Walk about Zion, and go round about her: tell the towers thereof. -- psalms 48:12 +. +Mark ye well her bulwarks, consider her palaces; that ye may tell it to the generation following. -- psalms 48:13 +. +For this God is our God for ever and ever: he will be our guide even unto death. -- psalms 48:14 +. +Hear this, all ye people; give ear, all ye inhabitants of the world: -- psalms 49:1 +. +Both low and high, rich and poor, together. -- psalms 49:2 +. +My mouth shall speak of wisdom; and the meditation of my heart shall be of understanding. -- psalms 49:3 +. +I will incline mine ear to a parable: I will open my dark saying upon the harp. -- psalms 49:4 +. +Wherefore should I fear in the days of evil, when the iniquity of my heels shall compass me about? -- psalms 49:5 +. +They that trust in their wealth, and boast themselves in the multitude of their riches; -- psalms 49:6 +. +None of them can by any means redeem his brother, nor give to God a ransom for him: -- psalms 49:7 +. +(For the redemption of their soul is precious, and it ceaseth for ever:) -- psalms 49:8 +. +That he should still live for ever, and not see corruption. -- psalms 49:9 +. +For he seeth that wise men die, likewise the fool and the brutish person perish, and leave their wealth to others. -- psalms 49:10 +. +Their inward thought is, that their houses shall continue for ever, and their dwelling places to all generations; they call their lands after their own names. -- psalms 49:11 +. +Nevertheless man being in honour abideth not: he is like the beasts that perish. -- psalms 49:12 +. +This their way is their folly: yet their posterity approve their sayings. Selah. -- psalms 49:13 +. +Like sheep they are laid in the grave; death shall feed on them; and the upright shall have dominion over them in the morning; and their beauty shall consume in the grave from their dwelling. -- psalms 49:14 +. +But God will redeem my soul from the power of the grave: for he shall receive me. Selah. -- psalms 49:15 +. +Be not thou afraid when one is made rich, when the glory of his house is increased; -- psalms 49:16 +. +For when he dieth he shall carry nothing away: his glory shall not descend after him. -- psalms 49:17 +. +Though while he lived he blessed his soul: and men will praise thee, when thou doest well to thyself. -- psalms 49:18 +. +He shall go to the generation of his fathers; they shall never see light. -- psalms 49:19 +. +Man that is in honour, and understandeth not, is like the beasts that perish. -- psalms 49:20 +. +The mighty God, even the LORD, hath spoken, and called the earth from the rising of the sun unto the going down thereof. -- psalms 50:1 +. +Out of Zion, the perfection of beauty, God hath shined. -- psalms 50:2 +. +Our God shall come, and shall not keep silence: a fire shall devour before him, and it shall be very tempestuous round about him. -- psalms 50:3 +. +He shall call to the heavens from above, and to the earth, that he may judge his people. -- psalms 50:4 +. +Gather my saints together unto me; those that have made a covenant with me by sacrifice. -- psalms 50:5 +. +And the heavens shall declare his righteousness: for God is judge himself. Selah. -- psalms 50:6 +. +Hear, O my people, and I will speak; O Israel, and I will testify against thee: I am God, even thy God. -- psalms 50:7 +. +I will not reprove thee for thy sacrifices or thy burnt offerings, to have been continually before me. -- psalms 50:8 +. +I will take no bullock out of thy house, nor he goats out of thy folds. -- psalms 50:9 +. +For every beast of the forest is mine, and the cattle upon a thousand hills. -- psalms 50:10 +. +I know all the fowls of the mountains: and the wild beasts of the field are mine. -- psalms 50:11 +. +If I were hungry, I would not tell thee: for the world is mine, and the fulness thereof. -- psalms 50:12 +. +Will I eat the flesh of bulls, or drink the blood of goats? -- psalms 50:13 +. +Offer unto God thanksgiving; and pay thy vows unto the most High: -- psalms 50:14 +. +And call upon me in the day of trouble: I will deliver thee, and thou shalt glorify me. -- psalms 50:15 +. +But unto the wicked God saith, What hast thou to do to declare my statutes, or that thou shouldest take my covenant in thy mouth? -- psalms 50:16 +. +Seeing thou hatest instruction, and casteth my words behind thee. -- psalms 50:17 +. +When thou sawest a thief, then thou consentedst with him, and hast been partaker with adulterers. -- psalms 50:18 +. +Thou givest thy mouth to evil, and thy tongue frameth deceit. -- psalms 50:19 +. +Thou sittest and speakest against thy brother; thou slanderest thine own mother's son. -- psalms 50:20 +. +These things hast thou done, and I kept silence; thou thoughtest that I was altogether such an one as thyself: but I will reprove thee, and set them in order before thine eyes. -- psalms 50:21 +. +Now consider this, ye that forget God, lest I tear you in pieces, and there be none to deliver. -- psalms 50:22 +. +Whoso offereth praise glorifieth me: and to him that ordereth his conversation aright will I shew the salvation of God. -- psalms 50:23 +. +Have mercy upon me, O God, according to thy lovingkindness: according unto the multitude of thy tender mercies blot out my transgressions. -- psalms 51:1 +. +Wash me throughly from mine iniquity, and cleanse me from my sin. -- psalms 51:2 +. +For I acknowledge my transgressions: and my sin is ever before me. -- psalms 51:3 +. +Against thee, thee only, have I sinned, and done this evil in thy sight: that thou mightest be justified when thou speakest, and be clear when thou judgest. -- psalms 51:4 +. +Behold, I was shapen in iniquity; and in sin did my mother conceive me. -- psalms 51:5 +. +Behold, thou desirest truth in the inward parts: and in the hidden part thou shalt make me to know wisdom. -- psalms 51:6 +. +Purge me with hyssop, and I shall be clean: wash me, and I shall be whiter than snow. -- psalms 51:7 +. +Make me to hear joy and gladness; that the bones which thou hast broken may rejoice. -- psalms 51:8 +. +Hide thy face from my sins, and blot out all mine iniquities. -- psalms 51:9 +. +Create in me a clean heart, O God; and renew a right spirit within me. -- psalms 51:10 +. +Cast me not away from thy presence; and take not thy holy spirit from me. -- psalms 51:11 +. +Restore unto me the joy of thy salvation; and uphold me with thy free spirit. -- psalms 51:12 +. +Then will I teach transgressors thy ways; and sinners shall be converted unto thee. -- psalms 51:13 +. +Deliver me from bloodguiltiness, O God, thou God of my salvation: and my tongue shall sing aloud of thy righteousness. -- psalms 51:14 +. +O Lord, open thou my lips; and my mouth shall shew forth thy praise. -- psalms 51:15 +. +For thou desirest not sacrifice; else would I give it: thou delightest not in burnt offering. -- psalms 51:16 +. +The sacrifices of God are a broken spirit: a broken and a contrite heart, O God, thou wilt not despise. -- psalms 51:17 +. +Do good in thy good pleasure unto Zion: build thou the walls of Jerusalem. -- psalms 51:18 +. +Then shalt thou be pleased with the sacrifices of righteousness, with burnt offering and whole burnt offering: then shall they offer bullocks upon thine altar. -- psalms 51:19 +. +Why boastest thou thyself in mischief, O mighty man? the goodness of God endureth continually. -- psalms 52:1 +. +The tongue deviseth mischiefs; like a sharp razor, working deceitfully. -- psalms 52:2 +. +Thou lovest evil more than good; and lying rather than to speak righteousness. Selah. -- psalms 52:3 +. +Thou lovest all devouring words, O thou deceitful tongue. -- psalms 52:4 +. +God shall likewise destroy thee for ever, he shall take thee away, and pluck thee out of thy dwelling place, and root thee out of the land of the living. Selah. -- psalms 52:5 +. +The righteous also shall see, and fear, and shall laugh at him: -- psalms 52:6 +. +Lo, this is the man that made not God his strength; but trusted in the abundance of his riches, and strengthened himself in his wickedness. -- psalms 52:7 +. +But I am like a green olive tree in the house of God: I trust in the mercy of God for ever and ever. -- psalms 52:8 +. +I will praise thee for ever, because thou hast done it: and I will wait on thy name; for it is good before thy saints. -- psalms 52:9 +. +The fool hath said in his heart, There is no God. Corrupt are they, and have done abominable iniquity: there is none that doeth good. -- psalms 53:1 +. +God looked down from heaven upon the children of men, to see if there were any that did understand, that did seek God. -- psalms 53:2 +. +Every one of them is gone back: they are altogether become filthy; there is none that doeth good, no, not one. -- psalms 53:3 +. +Have the workers of iniquity no knowledge? who eat up my people as they eat bread: they have not called upon God. -- psalms 53:4 +. +There were they in great fear, where no fear was: for God hath scattered the bones of him that encampeth against thee: thou hast put them to shame, because God hath despised them. -- psalms 53:5 +. +Oh that the salvation of Israel were come out of Zion! When God bringeth back the captivity of his people, Jacob shall rejoice, and Israel shall be glad. -- psalms 53:6 +. +Save me, O God, by thy name, and judge me by thy strength. -- psalms 54:1 +. +Hear my prayer, O God; give ear to the words of my mouth. -- psalms 54:2 +. +For strangers are risen up against me, and oppressors seek after my soul: they have not set God before them. Selah. -- psalms 54:3 +. +Behold, God is mine helper: the Lord is with them that uphold my soul. -- psalms 54:4 +. +He shall reward evil unto mine enemies: cut them off in thy truth. -- psalms 54:5 +. +I will freely sacrifice unto thee: I will praise thy name, O LORD; for it is good. -- psalms 54:6 +. +For he hath delivered me out of all trouble: and mine eye hath seen his desire upon mine enemies. -- psalms 54:7 +. +Give ear to my prayer, O God; and hide not thyself from my supplication. -- psalms 55:1 +. +Attend unto me, and hear me: I mourn in my complaint, and make a noise; -- psalms 55:2 +. +Because of the voice of the enemy, because of the oppression of the wicked: for they cast iniquity upon me, and in wrath they hate me. -- psalms 55:3 +. +My heart is sore pained within me: and the terrors of death are fallen upon me. -- psalms 55:4 +. +Fearfulness and trembling are come upon me, and horror hath overwhelmed me. -- psalms 55:5 +. +And I said, Oh that I had wings like a dove! for then would I fly away, and be at rest. -- psalms 55:6 +. +Lo, then would I wander far off, and remain in the wilderness. Selah. -- psalms 55:7 +. +I would hasten my escape from the windy storm and tempest. -- psalms 55:8 +. +Destroy, O Lord, and divide their tongues: for I have seen violence and strife in the city. -- psalms 55:9 +. +Day and night they go about it upon the walls thereof: mischief also and sorrow are in the midst of it. -- psalms 55:10 +. +Wickedness is in the midst thereof: deceit and guile depart not from her streets. -- psalms 55:11 +. +For it was not an enemy that reproached me; then I could have borne it: neither was it he that hated me that did magnify himself against me; then I would have hid myself from him: -- psalms 55:12 +. +But it was thou, a man mine equal, my guide, and mine acquaintance. -- psalms 55:13 +. +We took sweet counsel together, and walked unto the house of God in company. -- psalms 55:14 +. +Let death seize upon them, and let them go down quick into hell: for wickedness is in their dwellings, and among them. -- psalms 55:15 +. +As for me, I will call upon God; and the LORD shall save me. -- psalms 55:16 +. +Evening, and morning, and at noon, will I pray, and cry aloud: and he shall hear my voice. -- psalms 55:17 +. +He hath delivered my soul in peace from the battle that was against me: for there were many with me. -- psalms 55:18 +. +God shall hear, and afflict them, even he that abideth of old. Selah. Because they have no changes, therefore they fear not God. -- psalms 55:19 +. +He hath put forth his hands against such as be at peace with him: he hath broken his covenant. -- psalms 55:20 +. +The words of his mouth were smoother than butter, but war was in his heart: his words were softer than oil, yet were they drawn swords. -- psalms 55:21 +. +Cast thy burden upon the LORD, and he shall sustain thee: he shall never suffer the righteous to be moved. -- psalms 55:22 +. +But thou, O God, shalt bring them down into the pit of destruction: bloody and deceitful men shall not live out half their days; but I will trust in thee. -- psalms 55:23 +. +Be merciful unto me, O God: for man would swallow me up; he fighting daily oppresseth me. -- psalms 56:1 +. +Mine enemies would daily swallow me up: for they be many that fight against me, O thou most High. -- psalms 56:2 +. +What time I am afraid, I will trust in thee. -- psalms 56:3 +. +In God I will praise his word, in God I have put my trust; I will not fear what flesh can do unto me. -- psalms 56:4 +. +Every day they wrest my words: all their thoughts are against me for evil. -- psalms 56:5 +. +They gather themselves together, they hide themselves, they mark my steps, when they wait for my soul. -- psalms 56:6 +. +Shall they escape by iniquity? in thine anger cast down the people, O God. -- psalms 56:7 +. +Thou tellest my wanderings: put thou my tears into thy bottle: are they not in thy book? -- psalms 56:8 +. +When I cry unto thee, then shall mine enemies turn back: this I know; for God is for me. -- psalms 56:9 +. +In God will I praise his word: in the LORD will I praise his word. -- psalms 56:10 +. +In God have I put my trust: I will not be afraid what man can do unto me. -- psalms 56:11 +. +Thy vows are upon me, O God: I will render praises unto thee. -- psalms 56:12 +. +For thou hast delivered my soul from death: wilt not thou deliver my feet from falling, that I may walk before God in the light of the living? -- psalms 56:13 +. +Be merciful unto me, O God, be merciful unto me: for my soul trusteth in thee: yea, in the shadow of thy wings will I make my refuge, until these calamities be overpast. -- psalms 57:1 +. +I will cry unto God most high; unto God that performeth all things for me. -- psalms 57:2 +. +He shall send from heaven, and save me from the reproach of him that would swallow me up. Selah. God shall send forth his mercy and his truth. -- psalms 57:3 +. +My soul is among lions: and I lie even among them that are set on fire, even the sons of men, whose teeth are spears and arrows, and their tongue a sharp sword. -- psalms 57:4 +. +Be thou exalted, O God, above the heavens; let thy glory be above all the earth. -- psalms 57:5 +. +They have prepared a net for my steps; my soul is bowed down: they have digged a pit before me, into the midst whereof they are fallen themselves. Selah. -- psalms 57:6 +. +My heart is fixed, O God, my heart is fixed: I will sing and give praise. -- psalms 57:7 +. +Awake up, my glory; awake, psaltery and harp: I myself will awake early. -- psalms 57:8 +. +I will praise thee, O Lord, among the people: I will sing unto thee among the nations. -- psalms 57:9 +. +For thy mercy is great unto the heavens, and thy truth unto the clouds. -- psalms 57:10 +. +Be thou exalted, O God, above the heavens: let thy glory be above all the earth. -- psalms 57:11 +. +Do ye indeed speak righteousness, O congregation? do ye judge uprightly, O ye sons of men? -- psalms 58:1 +. +Yea, in heart ye work wickedness; ye weigh the violence of your hands in the earth. -- psalms 58:2 +. +The wicked are estranged from the womb: they go astray as soon as they be born, speaking lies. -- psalms 58:3 +. +Their poison is like the poison of a serpent: they are like the deaf adder that stoppeth her ear; -- psalms 58:4 +. +Which will not hearken to the voice of charmers, charming never so wisely. -- psalms 58:5 +. +Break their teeth, O God, in their mouth: break out the great teeth of the young lions, O LORD. -- psalms 58:6 +. +Let them melt away as waters which run continually: when he bendeth his bow to shoot his arrows, let them be as cut in pieces. -- psalms 58:7 +. +As a snail which melteth, let every one of them pass away: like the untimely birth of a woman, that they may not see the sun. -- psalms 58:8 +. +Before your pots can feel the thorns, he shall take them away as with a whirlwind, both living, and in his wrath. -- psalms 58:9 +. +The righteous shall rejoice when he seeth the vengeance: he shall wash his feet in the blood of the wicked. -- psalms 58:10 +. +So that a man shall say, Verily there is a reward for the righteous: verily he is a God that judgeth in the earth. -- psalms 58:11 +. +Deliver me from mine enemies, O my God: defend me from them that rise up against me. -- psalms 59:1 +. +Deliver me from the workers of iniquity, and save me from bloody men. -- psalms 59:2 +. +For, lo, they lie in wait for my soul: the mighty are gathered against me; not for my transgression, nor for my sin, O LORD. -- psalms 59:3 +. +They run and prepare themselves without my fault: awake to help me, and behold. -- psalms 59:4 +. +Thou therefore, O LORD God of hosts, the God of Israel, awake to visit all the heathen: be not merciful to any wicked transgressors. Selah. -- psalms 59:5 +. +They return at evening: they make a noise like a dog, and go round about the city. -- psalms 59:6 +. +Behold, they belch out with their mouth: swords are in their lips: for who, say they, doth hear? -- psalms 59:7 +. +But thou, O LORD, shalt laugh at them; thou shalt have all the heathen in derision. -- psalms 59:8 +. +Because of his strength will I wait upon thee: for God is my defence. -- psalms 59:9 +. +The God of my mercy shall prevent me: God shall let me see my desire upon mine enemies. -- psalms 59:10 +. +Slay them not, lest my people forget: scatter them by thy power; and bring them down, O Lord our shield. -- psalms 59:11 +. +For the sin of their mouth and the words of their lips let them even be taken in their pride: and for cursing and lying which they speak. -- psalms 59:12 +. +Consume them in wrath, consume them, that they may not be: and let them know that God ruleth in Jacob unto the ends of the earth. Selah. -- psalms 59:13 +. +And at evening let them return; and let them make a noise like a dog, and go round about the city. -- psalms 59:14 +. +Let them wander up and down for meat, and grudge if they be not satisfied. -- psalms 59:15 +. +But I will sing of thy power; yea, I will sing aloud of thy mercy in the morning: for thou hast been my defence and refuge in the day of my trouble. -- psalms 59:16 +. +Unto thee, O my strength, will I sing: for God is my defence, and the God of my mercy. -- psalms 59:17 +. +O God, thou hast cast us off, thou hast scattered us, thou hast been displeased; O turn thyself to us again. -- psalms 60:1 +. +Thou hast made the earth to tremble; thou hast broken it: heal the breaches thereof; for it shaketh. -- psalms 60:2 +. +Thou hast shewed thy people hard things: thou hast made us to drink the wine of astonishment. -- psalms 60:3 +. +Thou hast given a banner to them that fear thee, that it may be displayed because of the truth. Selah. -- psalms 60:4 +. +That thy beloved may be delivered; save with thy right hand, and hear me. -- psalms 60:5 +. +God hath spoken in his holiness; I will rejoice, I will divide Shechem, and mete out the valley of Succoth. -- psalms 60:6 +. +Gilead is mine, and Manasseh is mine; Ephraim also is the strength of mine head; Judah is my lawgiver; -- psalms 60:7 +. +Moab is my washpot; over Edom will I cast out my shoe: Philistia, triumph thou because of me. -- psalms 60:8 +. +Who will bring me into the strong city? who will lead me into Edom? -- psalms 60:9 +. +Wilt not thou, O God, which hadst cast us off? and thou, O God, which didst not go out with our armies? -- psalms 60:10 +. +Give us help from trouble: for vain is the help of man. -- psalms 60:11 +. +Through God we shall do valiantly: for he it is that shall tread down our enemies. -- psalms 60:12 +. +Hear my cry, O God; attend unto my prayer. -- psalms 61:1 +. +From the end of the earth will I cry unto thee, when my heart is overwhelmed: lead me to the rock that is higher than I. -- psalms 61:2 +. +For thou hast been a shelter for me, and a strong tower from the enemy. -- psalms 61:3 +. +I will abide in thy tabernacle for ever: I will trust in the covert of thy wings. Selah. -- psalms 61:4 +. +For thou, O God, hast heard my vows: thou hast given me the heritage of those that fear thy name. -- psalms 61:5 +. +Thou wilt prolong the king's life: and his years as many generations. -- psalms 61:6 +. +He shall abide before God for ever: O prepare mercy and truth, which may preserve him. -- psalms 61:7 +. +So will I sing praise unto thy name for ever, that I may daily perform my vows. -- psalms 61:8 +. +Truly my soul waiteth upon God: from him cometh my salvation. -- psalms 62:1 +. +He only is my rock and my salvation; he is my defence; I shall not be greatly moved. -- psalms 62:2 +. +How long will ye imagine mischief against a man? ye shall be slain all of you: as a bowing wall shall ye be, and as a tottering fence. -- psalms 62:3 +. +They only consult to cast him down from his excellency: they delight in lies: they bless with their mouth, but they curse inwardly. Selah. -- psalms 62:4 +. +My soul, wait thou only upon God; for my expectation is from him. -- psalms 62:5 +. +He only is my rock and my salvation: he is my defence; I shall not be moved. -- psalms 62:6 +. +In God is my salvation and my glory: the rock of my strength, and my refuge, is in God. -- psalms 62:7 +. +Trust in him at all times; ye people, pour out your heart before him: God is a refuge for us. Selah. -- psalms 62:8 +. +Surely men of low degree are vanity, and men of high degree are a lie: to be laid in the balance, they are altogether lighter than vanity. -- psalms 62:9 +. +Trust not in oppression, and become not vain in robbery: if riches increase, set not your heart upon them. -- psalms 62:10 +. +God hath spoken once; twice have I heard this; that power belongeth unto God. -- psalms 62:11 +. +Also unto thee, O Lord, belongeth mercy: for thou renderest to every man according to his work. -- psalms 62:12 +. +O God, thou art my God; early will I seek thee: my soul thirsteth for thee, my flesh longeth for thee in a dry and thirsty land, where no water is; -- psalms 63:1 +. +To see thy power and thy glory, so as I have seen thee in the sanctuary. -- psalms 63:2 +. +Because thy lovingkindness is better than life, my lips shall praise thee. -- psalms 63:3 +. +Thus will I bless thee while I live: I will lift up my hands in thy name. -- psalms 63:4 +. +My soul shall be satisfied as with marrow and fatness; and my mouth shall praise thee with joyful lips: -- psalms 63:5 +. +When I remember thee upon my bed, and meditate on thee in the night watches. -- psalms 63:6 +. +Because thou hast been my help, therefore in the shadow of thy wings will I rejoice. -- psalms 63:7 +. +My soul followeth hard after thee: thy right hand upholdeth me. -- psalms 63:8 +. +But those that seek my soul, to destroy it, shall go into the lower parts of the earth. -- psalms 63:9 +. +They shall fall by the sword: they shall be a portion for foxes. -- psalms 63:10 +. +But the king shall rejoice in God; every one that sweareth by him shall glory: but the mouth of them that speak lies shall be stopped. -- psalms 63:11 +. +Hear my voice, O God, in my prayer: preserve my life from fear of the enemy. -- psalms 64:1 +. +Hide me from the secret counsel of the wicked; from the insurrection of the workers of iniquity: -- psalms 64:2 +. +Who whet their tongue like a sword, and bend their bows to shoot their arrows, even bitter words: -- psalms 64:3 +. +That they may shoot in secret at the perfect: suddenly do they shoot at him, and fear not. -- psalms 64:4 +. +They encourage themselves in an evil matter: they commune of laying snares privily; they say, Who shall see them? -- psalms 64:5 +. +They search out iniquities; they accomplish a diligent search: both the inward thought of every one of them, and the heart, is deep. -- psalms 64:6 +. +But God shall shoot at them with an arrow; suddenly shall they be wounded. -- psalms 64:7 +. +So they shall make their own tongue to fall upon themselves: all that see them shall flee away. -- psalms 64:8 +. +And all men shall fear, and shall declare the work of God; for they shall wisely consider of his doing. -- psalms 64:9 +. +The righteous shall be glad in the LORD, and shall trust in him; and all the upright in heart shall glory. -- psalms 64:10 +. +Praise waiteth for thee, O God, in Sion: and unto thee shall the vow be performed. -- psalms 65:1 +. +O thou that hearest prayer, unto thee shall all flesh come. -- psalms 65:2 +. +Iniquities prevail against me: as for our transgressions, thou shalt purge them away. -- psalms 65:3 +. +Blessed is the man whom thou choosest, and causest to approach unto thee, that he may dwell in thy courts: we shall be satisfied with the goodness of thy house, even of thy holy temple. -- psalms 65:4 +. +By terrible things in righteousness wilt thou answer us, O God of our salvation; who art the confidence of all the ends of the earth, and of them that are afar off upon the sea: -- psalms 65:5 +. +Which by his strength setteth fast the mountains; being girded with power: -- psalms 65:6 +. +Which stilleth the noise of the seas, the noise of their waves, and the tumult of the people. -- psalms 65:7 +. +They also that dwell in the uttermost parts are afraid at thy tokens: thou makest the outgoings of the morning and evening to rejoice. -- psalms 65:8 +. +Thou visitest the earth, and waterest it: thou greatly enrichest it with the river of God, which is full of water: thou preparest them corn, when thou hast so provided for it. -- psalms 65:9 +. +Thou waterest the ridges thereof abundantly: thou settlest the furrows thereof: thou makest it soft with showers: thou blessest the springing thereof. -- psalms 65:10 +. +Thou crownest the year with thy goodness; and thy paths drop fatness. -- psalms 65:11 +. +They drop upon the pastures of the wilderness: and the little hills rejoice on every side. -- psalms 65:12 +. +The pastures are clothed with flocks; the valleys also are covered over with corn; they shout for joy, they also sing. -- psalms 65:13 +. +Make a joyful noise unto God, all ye lands: -- psalms 66:1 +. +Sing forth the honour of his name: make his praise glorious. -- psalms 66:2 +. +Say unto God, How terrible art thou in thy works! through the greatness of thy power shall thine enemies submit themselves unto thee. -- psalms 66:3 +. +All the earth shall worship thee, and shall sing unto thee; they shall sing to thy name. Selah. -- psalms 66:4 +. +Come and see the works of God: he is terrible in his doing toward the children of men. -- psalms 66:5 +. +He turned the sea into dry land: they went through the flood on foot: there did we rejoice in him. -- psalms 66:6 +. +He ruleth by his power for ever; his eyes behold the nations: let not the rebellious exalt themselves. Selah. -- psalms 66:7 +. +O bless our God, ye people, and make the voice of his praise to be heard: -- psalms 66:8 +. +Which holdeth our soul in life, and suffereth not our feet to be moved. -- psalms 66:9 +. +For thou, O God, hast proved us: thou hast tried us, as silver is tried. -- psalms 66:10 +. +Thou broughtest us into the net; thou laidst affliction upon our loins. -- psalms 66:11 +. +Thou hast caused men to ride over our heads; we went through fire and through water: but thou broughtest us out into a wealthy place. -- psalms 66:12 +. +I will go into thy house with burnt offerings: I will pay thee my vows, -- psalms 66:13 +. +Which my lips have uttered, and my mouth hath spoken, when I was in trouble. -- psalms 66:14 +. +I will offer unto thee burnt sacrifices of fatlings, with the incense of rams; I will offer bullocks with goats. Selah. -- psalms 66:15 +. +Come and hear, all ye that fear God, and I will declare what he hath done for my soul. -- psalms 66:16 +. +I cried unto him with my mouth, and he was extolled with my tongue. -- psalms 66:17 +. +If I regard iniquity in my heart, the Lord will not hear me: -- psalms 66:18 +. +But verily God hath heard me; he hath attended to the voice of my prayer. -- psalms 66:19 +. +Blessed be God, which hath not turned away my prayer, nor his mercy from me. -- psalms 66:20 +. +God be merciful unto us, and bless us; and cause his face to shine upon us; Selah. -- psalms 67:1 +. +That thy way may be known upon earth, thy saving health among all nations. -- psalms 67:2 +. +Let the people praise thee, O God; let all the people praise thee. -- psalms 67:3 +. +O let the nations be glad and sing for joy: for thou shalt judge the people righteously, and govern the nations upon earth. Selah. -- psalms 67:4 +. +Let the people praise thee, O God; let all the people praise thee. -- psalms 67:5 +. +Then shall the earth yield her increase; and God, even our own God, shall bless us. -- psalms 67:6 +. +God shall bless us; and all the ends of the earth shall fear him. -- psalms 67:7 +. +Let God arise, let his enemies be scattered: let them also that hate him flee before him. -- psalms 68:1 +. +As smoke is driven away, so drive them away: as wax melteth before the fire, so let the wicked perish at the presence of God. -- psalms 68:2 +. +But let the righteous be glad; let them rejoice before God: yea, let them exceedingly rejoice. -- psalms 68:3 +. +Sing unto God, sing praises to his name: extol him that rideth upon the heavens by his name JAH, and rejoice before him. -- psalms 68:4 +. +A father of the fatherless, and a judge of the widows, is God in his holy habitation. -- psalms 68:5 +. +God setteth the solitary in families: he bringeth out those which are bound with chains: but the rebellious dwell in a dry land. -- psalms 68:6 +. +O God, when thou wentest forth before thy people, when thou didst march through the wilderness; Selah: -- psalms 68:7 +. +The earth shook, the heavens also dropped at the presence of God: even Sinai itself was moved at the presence of God, the God of Israel. -- psalms 68:8 +. +Thou, O God, didst send a plentiful rain, whereby thou didst confirm thine inheritance, when it was weary. -- psalms 68:9 +. +Thy congregation hath dwelt therein: thou, O God, hast prepared of thy goodness for the poor. -- psalms 68:10 +. +The Lord gave the word: great was the company of those that published it. -- psalms 68:11 +. +Kings of armies did flee apace: and she that tarried at home divided the spoil. -- psalms 68:12 +. +Though ye have lien among the pots, yet shall ye be as the wings of a dove covered with silver, and her feathers with yellow gold. -- psalms 68:13 +. +When the Almighty scattered kings in it, it was white as snow in Salmon. -- psalms 68:14 +. +The hill of God is as the hill of Bashan; an high hill as the hill of Bashan. -- psalms 68:15 +. +Why leap ye, ye high hills? this is the hill which God desireth to dwell in; yea, the LORD will dwell in it for ever. -- psalms 68:16 +. +The chariots of God are twenty thousand, even thousands of angels: the Lord is among them, as in Sinai, in the holy place. -- psalms 68:17 +. +Thou hast ascended on high, thou hast led captivity captive: thou hast received gifts for men; yea, for the rebellious also, that the LORD God might dwell among them. -- psalms 68:18 +. +Blessed be the Lord, who daily loadeth us with benefits, even the God of our salvation. Selah. -- psalms 68:19 +. +He that is our God is the God of salvation; and unto GOD the Lord belong the issues from death. -- psalms 68:20 +. +But God shall wound the head of his enemies, and the hairy scalp of such an one as goeth on still in his trespasses. -- psalms 68:21 +. +The Lord said, I will bring again from Bashan, I will bring my people again from the depths of the sea: -- psalms 68:22 +. +That thy foot may be dipped in the blood of thine enemies, and the tongue of thy dogs in the same. -- psalms 68:23 +. +They have seen thy goings, O God; even the goings of my God, my King, in the sanctuary. -- psalms 68:24 +. +The singers went before, the players on instruments followed after; among them were the damsels playing with timbrels. -- psalms 68:25 +. +Bless ye God in the congregations, even the Lord, from the fountain of Israel. -- psalms 68:26 +. +There is little Benjamin with their ruler, the princes of Judah and their council, the princes of Zebulun, and the princes of Naphtali. -- psalms 68:27 +. +Thy God hath commanded thy strength: strengthen, O God, that which thou hast wrought for us. -- psalms 68:28 +. +Because of thy temple at Jerusalem shall kings bring presents unto thee. -- psalms 68:29 +. +Rebuke the company of spearmen, the multitude of the bulls, with the calves of the people, till every one submit himself with pieces of silver: scatter thou the people that delight in war. -- psalms 68:30 +. +Princes shall come out of Egypt; Ethiopia shall soon stretch out her hands unto God. -- psalms 68:31 +. +Sing unto God, ye kingdoms of the earth; O sing praises unto the Lord; Selah: -- psalms 68:32 +. +To him that rideth upon the heavens of heavens, which were of old; lo, he doth send out his voice, and that a mighty voice. -- psalms 68:33 +. +Ascribe ye strength unto God: his excellency is over Israel, and his strength is in the clouds. -- psalms 68:34 +. +O God, thou art terrible out of thy holy places: the God of Israel is he that giveth strength and power unto his people. Blessed be God. -- psalms 68:35 +. +Save me, O God; for the waters are come in unto my soul. -- psalms 69:1 +. +I sink in deep mire, where there is no standing: I am come into deep waters, where the floods overflow me. -- psalms 69:2 +. +I am weary of my crying: my throat is dried: mine eyes fail while I wait for my God. -- psalms 69:3 +. +They that hate me without a cause are more than the hairs of mine head: they that would destroy me, being mine enemies wrongfully, are mighty: then I restored that which I took not away. -- psalms 69:4 +. +O God, thou knowest my foolishness; and my sins are not hid from thee. -- psalms 69:5 +. +Let not them that wait on thee, O Lord GOD of hosts, be ashamed for my sake: let not those that seek thee be confounded for my sake, O God of Israel. -- psalms 69:6 +. +Because for thy sake I have borne reproach; shame hath covered my face. -- psalms 69:7 +. +I am become a stranger unto my brethren, and an alien unto my mother's children. -- psalms 69:8 +. +For the zeal of thine house hath eaten me up; and the reproaches of them that reproached thee are fallen upon me. -- psalms 69:9 +. +When I wept, and chastened my soul with fasting, that was to my reproach. -- psalms 69:10 +. +I made sackcloth also my garment; and I became a proverb to them. -- psalms 69:11 +. +They that sit in the gate speak against me; and I was the song of the drunkards. -- psalms 69:12 +. +But as for me, my prayer is unto thee, O LORD, in an acceptable time: O God, in the multitude of thy mercy hear me, in the truth of thy salvation. -- psalms 69:13 +. +Deliver me out of the mire, and let me not sink: let me be delivered from them that hate me, and out of the deep waters. -- psalms 69:14 +. +Let not the waterflood overflow me, neither let the deep swallow me up, and let not the pit shut her mouth upon me. -- psalms 69:15 +. +Hear me, O LORD; for thy lovingkindness is good: turn unto me according to the multitude of thy tender mercies. -- psalms 69:16 +. +And hide not thy face from thy servant; for I am in trouble: hear me speedily. -- psalms 69:17 +. +Draw nigh unto my soul, and redeem it: deliver me because of mine enemies. -- psalms 69:18 +. +Thou hast known my reproach, and my shame, and my dishonour: mine adversaries are all before thee. -- psalms 69:19 +. +Reproach hath broken my heart; and I am full of heaviness: and I looked for some to take pity, but there was none; and for comforters, but I found none. -- psalms 69:20 +. +They gave me also gall for my meat; and in my thirst they gave me vinegar to drink. -- psalms 69:21 +. +Let their table become a snare before them: and that which should have been for their welfare, let it become a trap. -- psalms 69:22 +. +Let their eyes be darkened, that they see not; and make their loins continually to shake. -- psalms 69:23 +. +Pour out thine indignation upon them, and let thy wrathful anger take hold of them. -- psalms 69:24 +. +Let their habitation be desolate; and let none dwell in their tents. -- psalms 69:25 +. +For they persecute him whom thou hast smitten; and they talk to the grief of those whom thou hast wounded. -- psalms 69:26 +. +Add iniquity unto their iniquity: and let them not come into thy righteousness. -- psalms 69:27 +. +Let them be blotted out of the book of the living, and not be written with the righteous. -- psalms 69:28 +. +But I am poor and sorrowful: let thy salvation, O God, set me up on high. -- psalms 69:29 +. +I will praise the name of God with a song, and will magnify him with thanksgiving. -- psalms 69:30 +. +This also shall please the LORD better than an ox or bullock that hath horns and hoofs. -- psalms 69:31 +. +The humble shall see this, and be glad: and your heart shall live that seek God. -- psalms 69:32 +. +For the LORD heareth the poor, and despiseth not his prisoners. -- psalms 69:33 +. +Let the heaven and earth praise him, the seas, and every thing that moveth therein. -- psalms 69:34 +. +For God will save Zion, and will build the cities of Judah: that they may dwell there, and have it in possession. -- psalms 69:35 +. +The seed also of his servants shall inherit it: and they that love his name shall dwell therein. -- psalms 69:36 +. +MAKE HASTE, O GOD, TO DELIVER ME; MAKE HASTE TO HELP ME, O LORD. -- psalms 70:1 +. +Let them be ashamed and confounded that seek after my soul: let them be turned backward, and put to confusion, that desire my hurt. -- psalms 70:2 +. +Let them be turned back for a reward of their shame that say, Aha, aha. -- psalms 70:3 +. +Let all those that seek thee rejoice and be glad in thee: and let such as love thy salvation say continually, Let God be magnified. -- psalms 70:4 +. +But I am poor and needy: make haste unto me, O God: thou art my help and my deliverer; O LORD, make no tarrying. -- psalms 70:5 +. +In thee, O LORD, do I put my trust: let me never be put to confusion. -- psalms 71:1 +. +Deliver me in thy righteousness, and cause me to escape: incline thine ear unto me, and save me. -- psalms 71:2 +. +Be thou my strong habitation, whereunto I may continually resort: thou hast given commandment to save me; for thou art my rock and my fortress. -- psalms 71:3 +. +Deliver me, O my God, out of the hand of the wicked, out of the hand of the unrighteous and cruel man. -- psalms 71:4 +. +For thou art my hope, O Lord GOD: thou art my trust from my youth. -- psalms 71:5 +. +By thee have I been holden up from the womb: thou art he that took me out of my mother's bowels: my praise shall be continually of thee. -- psalms 71:6 +. +I am as a wonder unto many; but thou art my strong refuge. -- psalms 71:7 +. +Let my mouth be filled with thy praise and with thy honour all the day. -- psalms 71:8 +. +Cast me not off in the time of old age; forsake me not when my strength faileth. -- psalms 71:9 +. +For mine enemies speak against me; and they that lay wait for my soul take counsel together, -- psalms 71:10 +. +Saying, God hath forsaken him: persecute and take him; for there is none to deliver him. -- psalms 71:11 +. +O God, be not far from me: O my God, make haste for my help. -- psalms 71:12 +. +Let them be confounded and consumed that are adversaries to my soul; let them be covered with reproach and dishonour that seek my hurt. -- psalms 71:13 +. +But I will hope continually, and will yet praise thee more and more. -- psalms 71:14 +. +My mouth shall shew forth thy righteousness and thy salvation all the day; for I know not the numbers thereof. -- psalms 71:15 +. +I will go in the strength of the Lord GOD: I will make mention of thy righteousness, even of thine only. -- psalms 71:16 +. +O God, thou hast taught me from my youth: and hitherto have I declared thy wondrous works. -- psalms 71:17 +. +Now also when I am old and greyheaded, O God, forsake me not; until I have shewed thy strength unto this generation, and thy power to every one that is to come. -- psalms 71:18 +. +Thy righteousness also, O God, is very high, who hast done great things: O God, who is like unto thee! -- psalms 71:19 +. +Thou, which hast shewed me great and sore troubles, shalt quicken me again, and shalt bring me up again from the depths of the earth. -- psalms 71:20 +. +Thou shalt increase my greatness, and comfort me on every side. -- psalms 71:21 +. +I will also praise thee with the psaltery, even thy truth, O my God: unto thee will I sing with the harp, O thou Holy One of Israel. -- psalms 71:22 +. +My lips shall greatly rejoice when I sing unto thee; and my soul, which thou hast redeemed. -- psalms 71:23 +. +My tongue also shall talk of thy righteousness all the day long: for they are confounded, for they are brought unto shame, that seek my hurt. -- psalms 71:24 +. +Give the king thy judgments, O God, and thy righteousness unto the king's son. -- psalms 72:1 +. +He shall judge thy people with righteousness, and thy poor with judgment. -- psalms 72:2 +. +The mountains shall bring peace to the people, and the little hills, by righteousness. -- psalms 72:3 +. +He shall judge the poor of the people, he shall save the children of the needy, and shall break in pieces the oppressor. -- psalms 72:4 +. +They shall fear thee as long as the sun and moon endure, throughout all generations. -- psalms 72:5 +. +He shall come down like rain upon the mown grass: as showers that water the earth. -- psalms 72:6 +. +In his days shall the righteous flourish; and abundance of peace so long as the moon endureth. -- psalms 72:7 +. +He shall have dominion also from sea to sea, and from the river unto the ends of the earth. -- psalms 72:8 +. +They that dwell in the wilderness shall bow before him; and his enemies shall lick the dust. -- psalms 72:9 +. +The kings of Tarshish and of the isles shall bring presents: the kings of Sheba and Seba shall offer gifts. -- psalms 72:10 +. +Yea, all kings shall fall down before him: all nations shall serve him. -- psalms 72:11 +. +For he shall deliver the needy when he crieth; the poor also, and him that hath no helper. -- psalms 72:12 +. +He shall spare the poor and needy, and shall save the souls of the needy. -- psalms 72:13 +. +He shall redeem their soul from deceit and violence: and precious shall their blood be in his sight. -- psalms 72:14 +. +And he shall live, and to him shall be given of the gold of Sheba: prayer also shall be made for him continually; and daily shall he be praised. -- psalms 72:15 +. +There shall be an handful of corn in the earth upon the top of the mountains; the fruit thereof shall shake like Lebanon: and they of the city shall flourish like grass of the earth. -- psalms 72:16 +. +His name shall endure for ever: his name shall be continued as long as the sun: and men shall be blessed in him: all nations shall call him blessed. -- psalms 72:17 +. +Blessed be the LORD God, the God of Israel, who only doeth wondrous things. -- psalms 72:18 +. +And blessed be his glorious name for ever: and let the whole earth be filled with his glory; Amen, and Amen. -- psalms 72:19 +. +The prayers of David the son of Jesse are ended. -- psalms 72:20 +. +Truly God is good to Israel, even to such as are of a clean heart. -- psalms 73:1 +. +But as for me, my feet were almost gone; my steps had well nigh slipped. -- psalms 73:2 +. +For I was envious at the foolish, when I saw the prosperity of the wicked. -- psalms 73:3 +. +For there are no bands in their death: but their strength is firm. -- psalms 73:4 +. +They are not in trouble as other men; neither are they plagued like other men. -- psalms 73:5 +. +Therefore pride compasseth them about as a chain; violence covereth them as a garment. -- psalms 73:6 +. +Their eyes stand out with fatness: they have more than heart could wish. -- psalms 73:7 +. +They are corrupt, and speak wickedly concerning oppression: they speak loftily. -- psalms 73:8 +. +They set their mouth against the heavens, and their tongue walketh through the earth. -- psalms 73:9 +. +Therefore his people return hither: and waters of a full cup are wrung out to them. -- psalms 73:10 +. +And they say, How doth God know? and is there knowledge in the most High? -- psalms 73:11 +. +Behold, these are the ungodly, who prosper in the world; they increase in riches. -- psalms 73:12 +. +Verily I have cleansed my heart in vain, and washed my hands in innocency. -- psalms 73:13 +. +For all the day long have I been plagued, and chastened every morning. -- psalms 73:14 +. +If I say, I will speak thus; behold, I should offend against the generation of thy children. -- psalms 73:15 +. +When I thought to know this, it was too painful for me; -- psalms 73:16 +. +Until I went into the sanctuary of God; then understood I their end. -- psalms 73:17 +. +Surely thou didst set them in slippery places: thou castedst them down into destruction. -- psalms 73:18 +. +How are they brought into desolation, as in a moment! they are utterly consumed with terrors. -- psalms 73:19 +. +As a dream when one awaketh; so, O Lord, when thou awakest, thou shalt despise their image. -- psalms 73:20 +. +Thus my heart was grieved, and I was pricked in my reins. -- psalms 73:21 +. +So foolish was I, and ignorant: I was as a beast before thee. -- psalms 73:22 +. +Nevertheless I am continually with thee: thou hast holden me by my right hand. -- psalms 73:23 +. +Thou shalt guide me with thy counsel, and afterward receive me to glory. -- psalms 73:24 +. +Whom have I in heaven but thee? and there is none upon earth that I desire beside thee. -- psalms 73:25 +. +My flesh and my heart faileth: but God is the strength of my heart, and my portion for ever. -- psalms 73:26 +. +For, lo, they that are far from thee shall perish: thou hast destroyed all them that go a whoring from thee. -- psalms 73:27 +. +But it is good for me to draw near to God: I have put my trust in the Lord GOD, that I may declare all thy works. -- psalms 73:28 +. +O God, why hast thou cast us off for ever? why doth thine anger smoke against the sheep of thy pasture? -- psalms 74:1 +. +Remember thy congregation, which thou hast purchased of old; the rod of thine inheritance, which thou hast redeemed; this mount Zion, wherein thou hast dwelt. -- psalms 74:2 +. +Lift up thy feet unto the perpetual desolations; even all that the enemy hath done wickedly in the sanctuary. -- psalms 74:3 +. +Thine enemies roar in the midst of thy congregations; they set up their ensigns for signs. -- psalms 74:4 +. +A man was famous according as he had lifted up axes upon the thick trees. -- psalms 74:5 +. +But now they break down the carved work thereof at once with axes and hammers. -- psalms 74:6 +. +They have cast fire into thy sanctuary, they have defiled by casting down the dwelling place of thy name to the ground. -- psalms 74:7 +. +They said in their hearts, Let us destroy them together: they have burned up all the synagogues of God in the land. -- psalms 74:8 +. +We see not our signs: there is no more any prophet: neither is there among us any that knoweth how long. -- psalms 74:9 +. +O God, how long shall the adversary reproach? shall the enemy blaspheme thy name for ever? -- psalms 74:10 +. +Why withdrawest thou thy hand, even thy right hand? pluck it out of thy bosom. -- psalms 74:11 +. +For God is my King of old, working salvation in the midst of the earth. -- psalms 74:12 +. +Thou didst divide the sea by thy strength: thou brakest the heads of the dragons in the waters. -- psalms 74:13 +. +Thou brakest the heads of leviathan in pieces, and gavest him to be meat to the people inhabiting the wilderness. -- psalms 74:14 +. +Thou didst cleave the fountain and the flood: thou driedst up mighty rivers. -- psalms 74:15 +. +The day is thine, the night also is thine: thou hast prepared the light and the sun. -- psalms 74:16 +. +Thou hast set all the borders of the earth: thou hast made summer and winter. -- psalms 74:17 +. +Remember this, that the enemy hath reproached, O LORD, and that the foolish people have blasphemed thy name. -- psalms 74:18 +. +O deliver not the soul of thy turtledove unto the multitude of the wicked: forget not the congregation of thy poor for ever. -- psalms 74:19 +. +Have respect unto the covenant: for the dark places of the earth are full of the habitations of cruelty. -- psalms 74:20 +. +O let not the oppressed return ashamed: let the poor and needy praise thy name. -- psalms 74:21 +. +Arise, O God, plead thine own cause: remember how the foolish man reproacheth thee daily. -- psalms 74:22 +. +Forget not the voice of thine enemies: the tumult of those that rise up against thee increaseth continually. -- psalms 74:23 +. +Unto thee, O God, do we give thanks, unto thee do we give thanks: for that thy name is near thy wondrous works declare. -- psalms 75:1 +. +When I shall receive the congregation I will judge uprightly. -- psalms 75:2 +. +The earth and all the inhabitants thereof are dissolved: I bear up the pillars of it. Selah. -- psalms 75:3 +. +I said unto the fools, Deal not foolishly: and to the wicked, Lift not up the horn: -- psalms 75:4 +. +Lift not up your horn on high: speak not with a stiff neck. -- psalms 75:5 +. +For promotion cometh neither from the east, nor from the west, nor from the south. -- psalms 75:6 +. +But God is the judge: he putteth down one, and setteth up another. -- psalms 75:7 +. +For in the hand of the LORD there is a cup, and the wine is red; it is full of mixture; and he poureth out of the same: but the dregs thereof, all the wicked of the earth shall wring them out, and drink them. -- psalms 75:8 +. +But I will declare for ever; I will sing praises to the God of Jacob. -- psalms 75:9 +. +All the horns of the wicked also will I cut off; but the horns of the righteous shall be exalted. -- psalms 75:10 +. +In Judah is God known: his name is great in Israel. -- psalms 76:1 +. +In Salem also is his tabernacle, and his dwelling place in Zion. -- psalms 76:2 +. +There brake he the arrows of the bow, the shield, and the sword, and the battle. Selah. -- psalms 76:3 +. +Thou art more glorious and excellent than the mountains of prey. -- psalms 76:4 +. +The stouthearted are spoiled, they have slept their sleep: and none of the men of might have found their hands. -- psalms 76:5 +. +At thy rebuke, O God of Jacob, both the chariot and horse are cast into a dead sleep. -- psalms 76:6 +. +Thou, even thou, art to be feared: and who may stand in thy sight when once thou art angry? -- psalms 76:7 +. +Thou didst cause judgment to be heard from heaven; the earth feared, and was still, -- psalms 76:8 +. +When God arose to judgment, to save all the meek of the earth. Selah. -- psalms 76:9 +. +Surely the wrath of man shall praise thee: the remainder of wrath shalt thou restrain. -- psalms 76:10 +. +Vow, and pay unto the LORD your God: let all that be round about him bring presents unto him that ought to be feared. -- psalms 76:11 +. +He shall cut off the spirit of princes: he is terrible to the kings of the earth. -- psalms 76:12 +. +I cried unto God with my voice, even unto God with my voice; and he gave ear unto me. -- psalms 77:1 +. +In the day of my trouble I sought the Lord: my sore ran in the night, and ceased not: my soul refused to be comforted. -- psalms 77:2 +. +I remembered God, and was troubled: I complained, and my spirit was overwhelmed. Selah. -- psalms 77:3 +. +Thou holdest mine eyes waking: I am so troubled that I cannot speak. -- psalms 77:4 +. +I have considered the days of old, the years of ancient times. -- psalms 77:5 +. +I call to remembrance my song in the night: I commune with mine own heart: and my spirit made diligent search. -- psalms 77:6 +. +Will the Lord cast off for ever? and will he be favourable no more? -- psalms 77:7 +. +Is his mercy clean gone for ever? doth his promise fail for evermore? -- psalms 77:8 +. +Hath God forgotten to be gracious? hath he in anger shut up his tender mercies? Selah. -- psalms 77:9 +. +And I said, This is my infirmity: but I will remember the years of the right hand of the most High. -- psalms 77:10 +. +I will remember the works of the LORD: surely I will remember thy wonders of old. -- psalms 77:11 +. +I will meditate also of all thy work, and talk of thy doings. -- psalms 77:12 +. +Thy way, O God, is in the sanctuary: who is so great a God as our God? -- psalms 77:13 +. +Thou art the God that doest wonders: thou hast declared thy strength among the people. -- psalms 77:14 +. +Thou hast with thine arm redeemed thy people, the sons of Jacob and Joseph. Selah. -- psalms 77:15 +. +The waters saw thee, O God, the waters saw thee; they were afraid: the depths also were troubled. -- psalms 77:16 +. +The clouds poured out water: the skies sent out a sound: thine arrows also went abroad. -- psalms 77:17 +. +The voice of thy thunder was in the heaven: the lightnings lightened the world: the earth trembled and shook. -- psalms 77:18 +. +Thy way is in the sea, and thy path in the great waters, and thy footsteps are not known. -- psalms 77:19 +. +Thou leddest thy people like a flock by the hand of Moses and Aaron. -- psalms 77:20 +. +Give ear, O my people, to my law: incline your ears to the words of my mouth. -- psalms 78:1 +. +I will open my mouth in a parable: I will utter dark sayings of old: -- psalms 78:2 +. +Which we have heard and known, and our fathers have told us. -- psalms 78:3 +. +We will not hide them from their children, shewing to the generation to come the praises of the LORD, and his strength, and his wonderful works that he hath done. -- psalms 78:4 +. +For he established a testimony in Jacob, and appointed a law in Israel, which he commanded our fathers, that they should make them known to their children: -- psalms 78:5 +. +That the generation to come might know them, even the children which should be born; who should arise and declare them to their children: -- psalms 78:6 +. +That they might set their hope in God, and not forget the works of God, but keep his commandments: -- psalms 78:7 +. +And might not be as their fathers, a stubborn and rebellious generation; a generation that set not their heart aright, and whose spirit was not stedfast with God. -- psalms 78:8 +. +The children of Ephraim, being armed, and carrying bows, turned back in the day of battle. -- psalms 78:9 +. +They kept not the covenant of God, and refused to walk in his law; -- psalms 78:10 +. +And forgat his works, and his wonders that he had shewed them. -- psalms 78:11 +. +Marvellous things did he in the sight of their fathers, in the land of Egypt, in the field of Zoan. -- psalms 78:12 +. +He divided the sea, and caused them to pass through; and he made the waters to stand as an heap. -- psalms 78:13 +. +In the daytime also he led them with a cloud, and all the night with a light of fire. -- psalms 78:14 +. +He clave the rocks in the wilderness, and gave them drink as out of the great depths. -- psalms 78:15 +. +He brought streams also out of the rock, and caused waters to run down like rivers. -- psalms 78:16 +. +And they sinned yet more against him by provoking the most High in the wilderness. -- psalms 78:17 +. +And they tempted God in their heart by asking meat for their lust. -- psalms 78:18 +. +Yea, they spake against God; they said, Can God furnish a table in the wilderness? -- psalms 78:19 +. +Behold, he smote the rock, that the waters gushed out, and the streams overflowed; can he give bread also? can he provide flesh for his people? -- psalms 78:20 +. +Therefore the LORD heard this, and was wroth: so a fire was kindled against Jacob, and anger also came up against Israel; -- psalms 78:21 +. +Because they believed not in God, and trusted not in his salvation: -- psalms 78:22 +. +Though he had commanded the clouds from above, and opened the doors of heaven, -- psalms 78:23 +. +And had rained down manna upon them to eat, and had given them of the corn of heaven. -- psalms 78:24 +. +Man did eat angels' food: he sent them meat to the full. -- psalms 78:25 +. +He caused an east wind to blow in the heaven: and by his power he brought in the south wind. -- psalms 78:26 +. +He rained flesh also upon them as dust, and feathered fowls like as the sand of the sea: -- psalms 78:27 +. +And he let it fall in the midst of their camp, round about their habitations. -- psalms 78:28 +. +So they did eat, and were well filled: for he gave them their own desire; -- psalms 78:29 +. +They were not estranged from their lust. But while their meat was yet in their mouths, -- psalms 78:30 +. +The wrath of God came upon them, and slew the fattest of them, and smote down the chosen men of Israel. -- psalms 78:31 +. +For all this they sinned still, and believed not for his wondrous works. -- psalms 78:32 +. +Therefore their days did he consume in vanity, and their years in trouble. -- psalms 78:33 +. +When he slew them, then they sought him: and they returned and enquired early after God. -- psalms 78:34 +. +And they remembered that God was their rock, and the high God their redeemer. -- psalms 78:35 +. +Nevertheless they did flatter him with their mouth, and they lied unto him with their tongues. -- psalms 78:36 +. +For their heart was not right with him, neither were they stedfast in his covenant. -- psalms 78:37 +. +But he, being full of compassion, forgave their iniquity, and destroyed them not: yea, many a time turned he his anger away, and did not stir up all his wrath. -- psalms 78:38 +. +For he remembered that they were but flesh; a wind that passeth away, and cometh not again. -- psalms 78:39 +. +How oft did they provoke him in the wilderness, and grieve him in the desert! -- psalms 78:40 +. +Yea, they turned back and tempted God, and limited the Holy One of Israel. -- psalms 78:41 +. +They remembered not his hand, nor the day when he delivered them from the enemy. -- psalms 78:42 +. +How he had wrought his signs in Egypt, and his wonders in the field of Zoan. -- psalms 78:43 +. +And had turned their rivers into blood; and their floods, that they could not drink. -- psalms 78:44 +. +He sent divers sorts of flies among them, which devoured them; and frogs, which destroyed them. -- psalms 78:45 +. +He gave also their increase unto the caterpiller, and their labour unto the locust. -- psalms 78:46 +. +He destroyed their vines with hail, and their sycomore trees with frost. -- psalms 78:47 +. +He gave up their cattle also to the hail, and their flocks to hot thunderbolts. -- psalms 78:48 +. +He cast upon them the fierceness of his anger, wrath, and indignation, and trouble, by sending evil angels among them. -- psalms 78:49 +. +He made a way to his anger; he spared not their soul from death, but gave their life over to the pestilence; -- psalms 78:50 +. +And smote all the firstborn in Egypt; the chief of their strength in the tabernacles of Ham: -- psalms 78:51 +. +But made his own people to go forth like sheep, and guided them in the wilderness like a flock. -- psalms 78:52 +. +And he led them on safely, so that they feared not: but the sea overwhelmed their enemies. -- psalms 78:53 +. +And he brought them to the border of his sanctuary, even to this mountain, which his right hand had purchased. -- psalms 78:54 +. +He cast out the heathen also before them, and divided them an inheritance by line, and made the tribes of Israel to dwell in their tents. -- psalms 78:55 +. +Yet they tempted and provoked the most high God, and kept not his testimonies: -- psalms 78:56 +. +But turned back, and dealt unfaithfully like their fathers: they were turned aside like a deceitful bow. -- psalms 78:57 +. +For they provoked him to anger with their high places, and moved him to jealousy with their graven images. -- psalms 78:58 +. +When God heard this, he was wroth, and greatly abhorred Israel: -- psalms 78:59 +. +So that he forsook the tabernacle of Shiloh, the tent which he placed among men; -- psalms 78:60 +. +And delivered his strength into captivity, and his glory into the enemy's hand. -- psalms 78:61 +. +He gave his people over also unto the sword; and was wroth with his inheritance. -- psalms 78:62 +. +The fire consumed their young men; and their maidens were not given to marriage. -- psalms 78:63 +. +Their priests fell by the sword; and their widows made no lamentation. -- psalms 78:64 +. +Then the LORD awaked as one out of sleep, and like a mighty man that shouteth by reason of wine. -- psalms 78:65 +. +And he smote his enemies in the hinder parts: he put them to a perpetual reproach. -- psalms 78:66 +. +Moreover he refused the tabernacle of Joseph, and chose not the tribe of Ephraim: -- psalms 78:67 +. +But chose the tribe of Judah, the mount Zion which he loved. -- psalms 78:68 +. +And he built his sanctuary like high palaces, like the earth which he hath established for ever. -- psalms 78:69 +. +He chose David also his servant, and took him from the sheepfolds: -- psalms 78:70 +. +From following the ewes great with young he brought him to feed Jacob his people, and Israel his inheritance. -- psalms 78:71 +. +So he fed them according to the integrity of his heart; and guided them by the skilfulness of his hands. -- psalms 78:72 +. +O god, the heathen are come into thine inheritance; thy holy temple have they defiled; they have laid Jerusalem on heaps. -- psalms 79:1 +. +The dead bodies of thy servants have they given to be meat unto the fowls of the heaven, the flesh of thy saints unto the beasts of the earth. -- psalms 79:2 +. +Their blood have they shed like water round about Jerusalem; and there was none to bury them. -- psalms 79:3 +. +We are become a reproach to our neighbours, a scorn and derision to them that are round about us. -- psalms 79:4 +. +How long, LORD? wilt thou be angry for ever? shall thy jealousy burn like fire? -- psalms 79:5 +. +Pour out thy wrath upon the heathen that have not known thee, and upon the kingdoms that have not called upon thy name. -- psalms 79:6 +. +For they have devoured Jacob, and laid waste his dwelling place. -- psalms 79:7 +. +O remember not against us former iniquities: let thy tender mercies speedily prevent us: for we are brought very low. -- psalms 79:8 +. +Help us, O God of our salvation, for the glory of thy name: and deliver us, and purge away our sins, for thy name's sake. -- psalms 79:9 +. +Wherefore should the heathen say, Where is their God? let him be known among the heathen in our sight by the revenging of the blood of thy servants which is shed. -- psalms 79:10 +. +Let the sighing of the prisoner come before thee; according to the greatness of thy power preserve thou those that are appointed to die; -- psalms 79:11 +. +And render unto our neighbours sevenfold into their bosom their reproach, wherewith they have reproached thee, O Lord. -- psalms 79:12 +. +So we thy people and sheep of thy pasture will give thee thanks for ever: we will shew forth thy praise to all generations. -- psalms 79:13 +. +Give ear, O Shepherd of Israel, thou that leadest Joseph like a flock; thou that dwellest between the cherubims, shine forth. -- psalms 80:1 +. +Before Ephraim and Benjamin and Manasseh stir up thy strength, and come and save us. -- psalms 80:2 +. +Turn us again, O God, and cause thy face to shine; and we shall be saved. -- psalms 80:3 +. +O LORD God of hosts, how long wilt thou be angry against the prayer of thy people? -- psalms 80:4 +. +Thou feedest them with the bread of tears; and givest them tears to drink in great measure. -- psalms 80:5 +. +Thou makest us a strife unto our neighbours: and our enemies laugh among themselves. -- psalms 80:6 +. +Turn us again, O God of hosts, and cause thy face to shine; and we shall be saved. -- psalms 80:7 +. +Thou hast brought a vine out of Egypt: thou hast cast out the heathen, and planted it. -- psalms 80:8 +. +Thou preparedst room before it, and didst cause it to take deep root, and it filled the land. -- psalms 80:9 +. +The hills were covered with the shadow of it, and the boughs thereof were like the goodly cedars. -- psalms 80:10 +. +She sent out her boughs unto the sea, and her branches unto the river. -- psalms 80:11 +. +Why hast thou then broken down her hedges, so that all they which pass by the way do pluck her? -- psalms 80:12 +. +The boar out of the wood doth waste it, and the wild beast of the field doth devour it. -- psalms 80:13 +. +Return, we beseech thee, O God of hosts: look down from heaven, and behold, and visit this vine; -- psalms 80:14 +. +And the vineyard which thy right hand hath planted, and the branch that thou madest strong for thyself. -- psalms 80:15 +. +It is burned with fire, it is cut down: they perish at the rebuke of thy countenance. -- psalms 80:16 +. +Let thy hand be upon the man of thy right hand, upon the son of man whom thou madest strong for thyself. -- psalms 80:17 +. +So will not we go back from thee: quicken us, and we will call upon thy name. -- psalms 80:18 +. +Turn us again, O LORD God of hosts, cause thy face to shine; and we shall be saved. -- psalms 80:19 +. +Sing aloud unto God our strength: make a joyful noise unto the God of Jacob. -- psalms 81:1 +. +Take a psalm, and bring hither the timbrel, the pleasant harp with the psaltery. -- psalms 81:2 +. +Blow up the trumpet in the new moon, in the time appointed, on our solemn feast day. -- psalms 81:3 +. +For this was a statute for Israel, and a law of the God of Jacob. -- psalms 81:4 +. +This he ordained in Joseph for a testimony, when he went out through the land of Egypt: where I heard a language that I understood not. -- psalms 81:5 +. +I removed his shoulder from the burden: his hands were delivered from the pots. -- psalms 81:6 +. +Thou calledst in trouble, and I delivered thee; I answered thee in the secret place of thunder: I proved thee at the waters of Meribah. Selah. -- psalms 81:7 +. +Hear, O my people, and I will testify unto thee: O Israel, if thou wilt hearken unto me; -- psalms 81:8 +. +There shall no strange god be in thee; neither shalt thou worship any strange god. -- psalms 81:9 +. +I am the LORD thy God, which brought thee out of the land of Egypt: open thy mouth wide, and I will fill it. -- psalms 81:10 +. +But my people would not hearken to my voice; and Israel would none of me. -- psalms 81:11 +. +So I gave them up unto their own hearts' lust: and they walked in their own counsels. -- psalms 81:12 +. +Oh that my people had hearkened unto me, and Israel had walked in my ways! -- psalms 81:13 +. +I should soon have subdued their enemies, and turned my hand against their adversaries. -- psalms 81:14 +. +The haters of the LORD should have submitted themselves unto him: but their time should have endured for ever. -- psalms 81:15 +. +He should have fed them also with the finest of the wheat: and with honey out of the rock should I have satisfied thee. -- psalms 81:16 +. +God standeth in the congregation of the mighty; he judgeth among the gods. -- psalms 82:1 +. +How long will ye judge unjustly, and accept the persons of the wicked? Selah. -- psalms 82:2 +. +Defend the poor and fatherless: do justice to the afflicted and needy. -- psalms 82:3 +. +Deliver the poor and needy: rid them out of the hand of the wicked. -- psalms 82:4 +. +They know not, neither will they understand; they walk on in darkness: all the foundations of the earth are out of course. -- psalms 82:5 +. +I have said, Ye are gods; and all of you are children of the most High. -- psalms 82:6 +. +But ye shall die like men, and fall like one of the princes. -- psalms 82:7 +. +Arise, O God, judge the earth: for thou shalt inherit all nations. -- psalms 82:8 +. +Keep not thou silence, O God: hold not thy peace, and be not still, O God. -- psalms 83:1 +. +For, lo, thine enemies make a tumult: and they that hate thee have lifted up the head. -- psalms 83:2 +. +They have taken crafty counsel against thy people, and consulted against thy hidden ones. -- psalms 83:3 +. +They have said, Come, and let us cut them off from being a nation; that the name of Israel may be no more in remembrance. -- psalms 83:4 +. +For they have consulted together with one consent: they are confederate against thee: -- psalms 83:5 +. +The tabernacles of Edom, and the Ishmaelites; of Moab, and the Hagarenes; -- psalms 83:6 +. +Gebal, and Ammon, and Amalek; the Philistines with the inhabitants of Tyre; -- psalms 83:7 +. +Assur also is joined with them: they have holpen the children of Lot. Selah. -- psalms 83:8 +. +Do unto them as unto the Midianites; as to Sisera, as to Jabin, at the brook of Kison: -- psalms 83:9 +. +Which perished at Endor: they became as dung for the earth. -- psalms 83:10 +. +Make their nobles like Oreb, and like Zeeb: yea, all their princes as Zebah, and as Zalmunna: -- psalms 83:11 +. +Who said, Let us take to ourselves the houses of God in possession. -- psalms 83:12 +. +O my God, make them like a wheel; as the stubble before the wind. -- psalms 83:13 +. +As the fire burneth a wood, and as the flame setteth the mountains on fire; -- psalms 83:14 +. +So persecute them with thy tempest, and make them afraid with thy storm. -- psalms 83:15 +. +Fill their faces with shame; that they may seek thy name, O LORD. -- psalms 83:16 +. +Let them be confounded and troubled for ever; yea, let them be put to shame, and perish: -- psalms 83:17 +. +That men may know that thou, whose name alone is JEHOVAH, art the most high over all the earth. -- psalms 83:18 +. +How amiable are thy tabernacles, O LORD of hosts! -- psalms 84:1 +. +My soul longeth, yea, even fainteth for the courts of the LORD: my heart and my flesh crieth out for the living God. -- psalms 84:2 +. +Yea, the sparrow hath found an house, and the swallow a nest for herself, where she may lay her young, even thine altars, O LORD of hosts, my King, and my God. -- psalms 84:3 +. +Blessed are they that dwell in thy house: they will be still praising thee. Selah. -- psalms 84:4 +. +Blessed is the man whose strength is in thee; in whose heart are the ways of them. -- psalms 84:5 +. +Who passing through the valley of Baca make it a well; the rain also filleth the pools. -- psalms 84:6 +. +They go from strength to strength, every one of them in Zion appeareth before God. -- psalms 84:7 +. +O LORD God of hosts, hear my prayer: give ear, O God of Jacob. Selah. -- psalms 84:8 +. +Behold, O God our shield, and look upon the face of thine anointed. -- psalms 84:9 +. +For a day in thy courts is better than a thousand. I had rather be a doorkeeper in the house of my God, than to dwell in the tents of wickedness. -- psalms 84:10 +. +For the LORD God is a sun and shield: the LORD will give grace and glory: no good thing will he withhold from them that walk uprightly. -- psalms 84:11 +. +O LORD of hosts, blessed is the man that trusteth in thee. -- psalms 84:12 +. +Lord, thou hast been favourable unto thy land: thou hast brought back the captivity of Jacob. -- psalms 85:1 +. +Thou hast forgiven the iniquity of thy people, thou hast covered all their sin. Selah. -- psalms 85:2 +. +Thou hast taken away all thy wrath: thou hast turned thyself from the fierceness of thine anger. -- psalms 85:3 +. +Turn us, O God of our salvation, and cause thine anger toward us to cease. -- psalms 85:4 +. +Wilt thou be angry with us for ever? wilt thou draw out thine anger to all generations? -- psalms 85:5 +. +Wilt thou not revive us again: that thy people may rejoice in thee? -- psalms 85:6 +. +Shew us thy mercy, O LORD, and grant us thy salvation. -- psalms 85:7 +. +I will hear what God the LORD will speak: for he will speak peace unto his people, and to his saints: but let them not turn again to folly. -- psalms 85:8 +. +Surely his salvation is nigh them that fear him; that glory may dwell in our land. -- psalms 85:9 +. +Mercy and truth are met together; righteousness and peace have kissed each other. -- psalms 85:10 +. +Truth shall spring out of the earth; and righteousness shall look down from heaven. -- psalms 85:11 +. +Yea, the LORD shall give that which is good; and our land shall yield her increase. -- psalms 85:12 +. +Righteousness shall go before him; and shall set us in the way of his steps. -- psalms 85:13 +. +Bow down thine ear, O LORD, hear me: for I am poor and needy. -- psalms 86:1 +. +Preserve my soul; for I am holy: O thou my God, save thy servant that trusteth in thee. -- psalms 86:2 +. +Be merciful unto me, O Lord: for I cry unto thee daily. -- psalms 86:3 +. +Rejoice the soul of thy servant: for unto thee, O Lord, do I lift up my soul. -- psalms 86:4 +. +For thou, Lord, art good, and ready to forgive; and plenteous in mercy unto all them that call upon thee. -- psalms 86:5 +. +Give ear, O LORD, unto my prayer; and attend to the voice of my supplications. -- psalms 86:6 +. +In the day of my trouble I will call upon thee: for thou wilt answer me. -- psalms 86:7 +. +Among the gods there is none like unto thee, O Lord; neither are there any works like unto thy works. -- psalms 86:8 +. +All nations whom thou hast made shall come and worship before thee, O Lord; and shall glorify thy name. -- psalms 86:9 +. +For thou art great, and doest wondrous things: thou art God alone. -- psalms 86:10 +. +Teach me thy way, O LORD; I will walk in thy truth: unite my heart to fear thy name. -- psalms 86:11 +. +I will praise thee, O Lord my God, with all my heart: and I will glorify thy name for evermore. -- psalms 86:12 +. +For great is thy mercy toward me: and thou hast delivered my soul from the lowest hell. -- psalms 86:13 +. +O God, the proud are risen against me, and the assemblies of violent men have sought after my soul; and have not set thee before them. -- psalms 86:14 +. +But thou, O Lord, art a God full of compassion, and gracious, longsuffering, and plenteous in mercy and truth. -- psalms 86:15 +. +O turn unto me, and have mercy upon me; give thy strength unto thy servant, and save the son of thine handmaid. -- psalms 86:16 +. +Shew me a token for good; that they which hate me may see it, and be ashamed: because thou, LORD, hast holpen me, and comforted me. -- psalms 86:17 +. +His foundation is in the holy mountains. -- psalms 87:1 +. +The LORD loveth the gates of Zion more than all the dwellings of Jacob. -- psalms 87:2 +. +Glorious things are spoken of thee, O city of God. Selah. -- psalms 87:3 +. +I will make mention of Rahab and Babylon to them that know me: behold Philistia, and Tyre, with Ethiopia; this man was born there. -- psalms 87:4 +. +And of Zion it shall be said, This and that man was born in her: and the highest himself shall establish her. -- psalms 87:5 +. +The LORD shall count, when he writeth up the people, that this man was born there. Selah. -- psalms 87:6 +. +As well the singers as the players on instruments shall be there: all my springs are in thee. -- psalms 87:7 +. +O lord God of my salvation, I have cried day and night before thee: -- psalms 88:1 +. +Let my prayer come before thee: incline thine ear unto my cry; -- psalms 88:2 +. +For my soul is full of troubles: and my life draweth nigh unto the grave. -- psalms 88:3 +. +I am counted with them that go down into the pit: I am as a man that hath no strength: -- psalms 88:4 +. +Free among the dead, like the slain that lie in the grave, whom thou rememberest no more: and they are cut off from thy hand. -- psalms 88:5 +. +Thou hast laid me in the lowest pit, in darkness, in the deeps. -- psalms 88:6 +. +Thy wrath lieth hard upon me, and thou hast afflicted me with all thy waves. Selah. -- psalms 88:7 +. +Thou hast put away mine acquaintance far from me; thou hast made me an abomination unto them: I am shut up, and I cannot come forth. -- psalms 88:8 +. +Mine eye mourneth by reason of affliction: LORD, I have called daily upon thee, I have stretched out my hands unto thee. -- psalms 88:9 +. +Wilt thou shew wonders to the dead? shall the dead arise and praise thee? Selah. -- psalms 88:10 +. +Shall thy lovingkindness be declared in the grave? or thy faithfulness in destruction? -- psalms 88:11 +. +Shall thy wonders be known in the dark? and thy righteousness in the land of forgetfulness? -- psalms 88:12 +. +But unto thee have I cried, O LORD; and in the morning shall my prayer prevent thee. -- psalms 88:13 +. +LORD, why castest thou off my soul? why hidest thou thy face from me? -- psalms 88:14 +. +I am afflicted and ready to die from my youth up: while I suffer thy terrors I am distracted. -- psalms 88:15 +. +Thy fierce wrath goeth over me; thy terrors have cut me off. -- psalms 88:16 +. +They came round about me daily like water; they compassed me about together. -- psalms 88:17 +. +Lover and friend hast thou put far from me, and mine acquaintance into darkness. -- psalms 88:18 +. +I will sing of the mercies of the LORD for ever: with my mouth will I make known thy faithfulness to all generations. -- psalms 89:1 +. +For I have said, Mercy shall be built up for ever: thy faithfulness shalt thou establish in the very heavens. -- psalms 89:2 +. +I have made a covenant with my chosen, I have sworn unto David my servant, -- psalms 89:3 +. +Thy seed will I establish for ever, and build up thy throne to all generations. Selah. -- psalms 89:4 +. +And the heavens shall praise thy wonders, O LORD: thy faithfulness also in the congregation of the saints. -- psalms 89:5 +. +For who in the heaven can be compared unto the LORD? who among the sons of the mighty can be likened unto the LORD? -- psalms 89:6 +. +God is greatly to be feared in the assembly of the saints, and to be had in reverence of all them that are about him. -- psalms 89:7 +. +O LORD God of hosts, who is a strong LORD like unto thee? or to thy faithfulness round about thee? -- psalms 89:8 +. +Thou rulest the raging of the sea: when the waves thereof arise, thou stillest them. -- psalms 89:9 +. +Thou hast broken Rahab in pieces, as one that is slain; thou hast scattered thine enemies with thy strong arm. -- psalms 89:10 +. +The heavens are thine, the earth also is thine: as for the world and the fulness thereof, thou hast founded them. -- psalms 89:11 +. +The north and the south thou hast created them: Tabor and Hermon shall rejoice in thy name. -- psalms 89:12 +. +Thou hast a mighty arm: strong is thy hand, and high is thy right hand. -- psalms 89:13 +. +Justice and judgment are the habitation of thy throne: mercy and truth shall go before thy face. -- psalms 89:14 +. +Blessed is the people that know the joyful sound: they shall walk, O LORD, in the light of thy countenance. -- psalms 89:15 +. +In thy name shall they rejoice all the day: and in thy righteousness shall they be exalted. -- psalms 89:16 +. +For thou art the glory of their strength: and in thy favour our horn shall be exalted. -- psalms 89:17 +. +For the LORD is our defence; and the Holy One of Israel is our king. -- psalms 89:18 +. +Then thou spakest in vision to thy holy one, and saidst, I have laid help upon one that is mighty; I have exalted one chosen out of the people. -- psalms 89:19 +. +I have found David my servant; with my holy oil have I anointed him: -- psalms 89:20 +. +With whom my hand shall be established: mine arm also shall strengthen him. -- psalms 89:21 +. +The enemy shall not exact upon him; nor the son of wickedness afflict him. -- psalms 89:22 +. +And I will beat down his foes before his face, and plague them that hate him. -- psalms 89:23 +. +But my faithfulness and my mercy shall be with him: and in my name shall his horn be exalted. -- psalms 89:24 +. +I will set his hand also in the sea, and his right hand in the rivers. -- psalms 89:25 +. +He shall cry unto me, Thou art my father, my God, and the rock of my salvation. -- psalms 89:26 +. +Also I will make him my firstborn, higher than the kings of the earth. -- psalms 89:27 +. +My mercy will I keep for him for evermore, and my covenant shall stand fast with him. -- psalms 89:28 +. +His seed also will I make to endure for ever, and his throne as the days of heaven. -- psalms 89:29 +. +If his children forsake my law, and walk not in my judgments; -- psalms 89:30 +. +If they break my statutes, and keep not my commandments; -- psalms 89:31 +. +Then will I visit their transgression with the rod, and their iniquity with stripes. -- psalms 89:32 +. +Nevertheless my lovingkindness will I not utterly take from him, nor suffer my faithfulness to fail. -- psalms 89:33 +. +My covenant will I not break, nor alter the thing that is gone out of my lips. -- psalms 89:34 +. +Once have I sworn by my holiness that I will not lie unto David. -- psalms 89:35 +. +His seed shall endure for ever, and his throne as the sun before me. -- psalms 89:36 +. +It shall be established for ever as the moon, and as a faithful witness in heaven. Selah. -- psalms 89:37 +. +But thou hast cast off and abhorred, thou hast been wroth with thine anointed. -- psalms 89:38 +. +Thou hast made void the covenant of thy servant: thou hast profaned his crown by casting it to the ground. -- psalms 89:39 +. +Thou hast broken down all his hedges; thou hast brought his strong holds to ruin. -- psalms 89:40 +. +All that pass by the way spoil him: he is a reproach to his neighbours. -- psalms 89:41 +. +Thou hast set up the right hand of his adversaries; thou hast made all his enemies to rejoice. -- psalms 89:42 +. +Thou hast also turned the edge of his sword, and hast not made him to stand in the battle. -- psalms 89:43 +. +Thou hast made his glory to cease, and cast his throne down to the ground. -- psalms 89:44 +. +The days of his youth hast thou shortened: thou hast covered him with shame. Selah. -- psalms 89:45 +. +How long, LORD? wilt thou hide thyself for ever? shall thy wrath burn like fire? -- psalms 89:46 +. +Remember how short my time is: wherefore hast thou made all men in vain? -- psalms 89:47 +. +What man is he that liveth, and shall not see death? shall he deliver his soul from the hand of the grave? Selah. -- psalms 89:48 +. +Lord, where are thy former lovingkindnesses, which thou swarest unto David in thy truth? -- psalms 89:49 +. +Remember, Lord, the reproach of thy servants; how I do bear in my bosom the reproach of all the mighty people; -- psalms 89:50 +. +Wherewith thine enemies have reproached, O LORD; wherewith they have reproached the footsteps of thine anointed. -- psalms 89:51 +. +Blessed be the LORD for evermore. Amen, and Amen. -- psalms 89:52 +. +Lord, thou hast been our dwelling place in all generations. -- psalms 90:1 +. +Before the mountains were brought forth, or ever thou hadst formed the earth and the world, even from everlasting to everlasting, thou art God. -- psalms 90:2 +. +Thou turnest man to destruction; and sayest, Return, ye children of men. -- psalms 90:3 +. +For a thousand years in thy sight are but as yesterday when it is past, and as a watch in the night. -- psalms 90:4 +. +Thou carriest them away as with a flood; they are as a sleep: in the morning they are like grass which groweth up. -- psalms 90:5 +. +In the morning it flourisheth, and groweth up; in the evening it is cut down, and withereth. -- psalms 90:6 +. +For we are consumed by thine anger, and by thy wrath are we troubled. -- psalms 90:7 +. +Thou hast set our iniquities before thee, our secret sins in the light of thy countenance. -- psalms 90:8 +. +For all our days are passed away in thy wrath: we spend our years as a tale that is told. -- psalms 90:9 +. +The days of our years are threescore years and ten; and if by reason of strength they be fourscore years, yet is their strength labour and sorrow; for it is soon cut off, and we fly away. -- psalms 90:10 +. +Who knoweth the power of thine anger? even according to thy fear, so is thy wrath. -- psalms 90:11 +. +So teach us to number our days, that we may apply our hearts unto wisdom. -- psalms 90:12 +. +Return, O LORD, how long? and let it repent thee concerning thy servants. -- psalms 90:13 +. +O satisfy us early with thy mercy; that we may rejoice and be glad all our days. -- psalms 90:14 +. +Make us glad according to the days wherein thou hast afflicted us, and the years wherein we have seen evil. -- psalms 90:15 +. +Let thy work appear unto thy servants, and thy glory unto their children. -- psalms 90:16 +. +And let the beauty of the LORD our God be upon us: and establish thou the work of our hands upon us; yea, the work of our hands establish thou it. -- psalms 90:17 +. +He that dwelleth in the secret place of the most High shall abide under the shadow of the Almighty. -- psalms 91:1 +. +I will say of the LORD, He is my refuge and my fortress: my God; in him will I trust. -- psalms 91:2 +. +Surely he shall deliver thee from the snare of the fowler, and from the noisome pestilence. -- psalms 91:3 +. +He shall cover thee with his feathers, and under his wings shalt thou trust: his truth shall be thy shield and buckler. -- psalms 91:4 +. +Thou shalt not be afraid for the terror by night; nor for the arrow that flieth by day; -- psalms 91:5 +. +Nor for the pestilence that walketh in darkness; nor for the destruction that wasteth at noonday. -- psalms 91:6 +. +A thousand shall fall at thy side, and ten thousand at thy right hand; but it shall not come nigh thee. -- psalms 91:7 +. +Only with thine eyes shalt thou behold and see the reward of the wicked. -- psalms 91:8 +. +Because thou hast made the LORD, which is my refuge, even the most High, thy habitation; -- psalms 91:9 +. +There shall no evil befall thee, neither shall any plague come nigh thy dwelling. -- psalms 91:10 +. +For he shall give his angels charge over thee, to keep thee in all thy ways. -- psalms 91:11 +. +They shall bear thee up in their hands, lest thou dash thy foot against a stone. -- psalms 91:12 +. +Thou shalt tread upon the lion and adder: the young lion and the dragon shalt thou trample under feet. -- psalms 91:13 +. +Because he hath set his love upon me, therefore will I deliver him: I will set him on high, because he hath known my name. -- psalms 91:14 +. +He shall call upon me, and I will answer him: I will be with him in trouble; I will deliver him, and honour him. -- psalms 91:15 +. +With long life will I satisfy him, and shew him my salvation. -- psalms 91:16 +. +IT IS A GOOD THING TO GIVE THANKS UNTO THE LORD, AND TO SING PRAISES UNTO THY NAME, O MOST HIGH: -- psalms 92:1 +. +To shew forth thy lovingkindness in the morning, and thy faithfulness every night, -- psalms 92:2 +. +Upon an instrument of ten strings, and upon the psaltery; upon the harp with a solemn sound. -- psalms 92:3 +. +For thou, LORD, hast made me glad through thy work: I will triumph in the works of thy hands. -- psalms 92:4 +. +O LORD, how great are thy works! and thy thoughts are very deep. -- psalms 92:5 +. +A brutish man knoweth not; neither doth a fool understand this. -- psalms 92:6 +. +When the wicked spring as the grass, and when all the workers of iniquity do flourish; it is that they shall be destroyed for ever: -- psalms 92:7 +. +But thou, LORD, art most high for evermore. -- psalms 92:8 +. +For, lo, thine enemies, O LORD, for, lo, thine enemies shall perish; all the workers of iniquity shall be scattered. -- psalms 92:9 +. +But my horn shalt thou exalt like the horn of an unicorn: I shall be anointed with fresh oil. -- psalms 92:10 +. +Mine eye also shall see my desire on mine enemies, and mine ears shall hear my desire of the wicked that rise up against me. -- psalms 92:11 +. +The righteous shall flourish like the palm tree: he shall grow like a cedar in Lebanon. -- psalms 92:12 +. +Those that be planted in the house of the LORD shall flourish in the courts of our God. -- psalms 92:13 +. +They shall still bring forth fruit in old age; they shall be fat and flourishing; -- psalms 92:14 +. +To shew that the LORD is upright: he is my rock, and there is no unrighteousness in him. -- psalms 92:15 +. +The LORD reigneth, he is clothed with majesty; the LORD is clothed with strength, wherewith he hath girded himself: the world also is stablished, that it cannot be moved. -- psalms 93:1 +. +Thy throne is established of old: thou art from everlasting. -- psalms 93:2 +. +The floods have lifted up, O LORD, the floods have lifted up their voice; the floods lift up their waves. -- psalms 93:3 +. +The LORD on high is mightier than the noise of many waters, yea, than the mighty waves of the sea. -- psalms 93:4 +. +Thy testimonies are very sure: holiness becometh thine house, O LORD, for ever. -- psalms 93:5 +. +O Lord God, to whom vengeance belongeth; O God, to whom vengeance belongeth, shew thyself. -- psalms 94:1 +. +Lift up thyself, thou judge of the earth: render a reward to the proud. -- psalms 94:2 +. +LORD, how long shall the wicked, how long shall the wicked triumph? -- psalms 94:3 +. +How long shall they utter and speak hard things? and all the workers of iniquity boast themselves? -- psalms 94:4 +. +They break in pieces thy people, O LORD, and afflict thine heritage. -- psalms 94:5 +. +They slay the widow and the stranger, and murder the fatherless. -- psalms 94:6 +. +Yet they say, The LORD shall not see, neither shall the God of Jacob regard it. -- psalms 94:7 +. +Understand, ye brutish among the people: and ye fools, when will ye be wise? -- psalms 94:8 +. +He that planted the ear, shall he not hear? he that formed the eye, shall he not see? -- psalms 94:9 +. +He that chastiseth the heathen, shall not he correct? he that teacheth man knowledge, shall not he know? -- psalms 94:10 +. +The LORD knoweth the thoughts of man, that they are vanity. -- psalms 94:11 +. +Blessed is the man whom thou chastenest, O LORD, and teachest him out of thy law; -- psalms 94:12 +. +That thou mayest give him rest from the days of adversity, until the pit be digged for the wicked. -- psalms 94:13 +. +For the LORD will not cast off his people, neither will he forsake his inheritance. -- psalms 94:14 +. +But judgment shall return unto righteousness: and all the upright in heart shall follow it. -- psalms 94:15 +. +Who will rise up for me against the evildoers? or who will stand up for me against the workers of iniquity? -- psalms 94:16 +. +Unless the LORD had been my help, my soul had almost dwelt in silence. -- psalms 94:17 +. +When I said, My foot slippeth; thy mercy, O LORD, held me up. -- psalms 94:18 +. +In the multitude of my thoughts within me thy comforts delight my soul. -- psalms 94:19 +. +Shall the throne of iniquity have fellowship with thee, which frameth mischief by a law? -- psalms 94:20 +. +They gather themselves together against the soul of the righteous, and condemn the innocent blood. -- psalms 94:21 +. +But the LORD is my defence; and my God is the rock of my refuge. -- psalms 94:22 +. +And he shall bring upon them their own iniquity, and shall cut them off in their own wickedness; yea, the LORD our God shall cut them off. -- psalms 94:23 +. +O come, let us sing unto the LORD: let us make a joyful noise to the rock of our salvation. -- psalms 95:1 +. +Let us come before his presence with thanksgiving, and make a joyful noise unto him with psalms. -- psalms 95:2 +. +For the LORD is a great God, and a great King above all gods. -- psalms 95:3 +. +In his hand are the deep places of the earth: the strength of the hills is his also. -- psalms 95:4 +. +The sea is his, and he made it: and his hands formed the dry land. -- psalms 95:5 +. +O come, let us worship and bow down: let us kneel before the LORD our maker. -- psalms 95:6 +. +For he is our God; and we are the people of his pasture, and the sheep of his hand. To day if ye will hear his voice, -- psalms 95:7 +. +Harden not your heart, as in the provocation, and as in the day of temptation in the wilderness: -- psalms 95:8 +. +When your fathers tempted me, proved me, and saw my work. -- psalms 95:9 +. +Forty years long was I grieved with this generation, and said, It is a people that do err in their heart, and they have not known my ways: -- psalms 95:10 +. +Unto whom I sware in my wrath that they should not enter into my rest. -- psalms 95:11 +. +O sing unto the LORD a new song: sing unto the LORD, all the earth. -- psalms 96:1 +. +Sing unto the LORD, bless his name; shew forth his salvation from day to day. -- psalms 96:2 +. +Declare his glory among the heathen, his wonders among all people. -- psalms 96:3 +. +For the LORD is great, and greatly to be praised: he is to be feared above all gods. -- psalms 96:4 +. +For all the gods of the nations are idols: but the LORD made the heavens. -- psalms 96:5 +. +Honour and majesty are before him: strength and beauty are in his sanctuary. -- psalms 96:6 +. +Give unto the LORD, O ye kindreds of the people, give unto the LORD glory and strength. -- psalms 96:7 +. +Give unto the LORD the glory due unto his name: bring an offering, and come into his courts. -- psalms 96:8 +. +O worship the LORD in the beauty of holiness: fear before him, all the earth. -- psalms 96:9 +. +Say among the heathen that the LORD reigneth: the world also shall be established that it shall not be moved: he shall judge the people righteously. -- psalms 96:10 +. +Let the heavens rejoice, and let the earth be glad; let the sea roar, and the fulness thereof. -- psalms 96:11 +. +Let the field be joyful, and all that is therein: then shall all the trees of the wood rejoice -- psalms 96:12 +. +Before the LORD: for he cometh, for he cometh to judge the earth: he shall judge the world with righteousness, and the people with his truth. -- psalms 96:13 +. +The LORD reigneth; let the earth rejoice; let the multitude of isles be glad thereof. -- psalms 97:1 +. +Clouds and darkness are round about him: righteousness and judgment are the habitation of his throne. -- psalms 97:2 +. +A fire goeth before him, and burneth up his enemies round about. -- psalms 97:3 +. +His lightnings enlightened the world: the earth saw, and trembled. -- psalms 97:4 +. +The hills melted like wax at the presence of the LORD, at the presence of the Lord of the whole earth. -- psalms 97:5 +. +The heavens declare his righteousness, and all the people see his glory. -- psalms 97:6 +. +Confounded be all they that serve graven images, that boast themselves of idols: worship him, all ye gods. -- psalms 97:7 +. +Zion heard, and was glad; and the daughters of Judah rejoiced because of thy judgments, O LORD. -- psalms 97:8 +. +For thou, LORD, art high above all the earth: thou art exalted far above all gods. -- psalms 97:9 +. +Ye that love the LORD, hate evil: he preserveth the souls of his saints; he delivereth them out of the hand of the wicked. -- psalms 97:10 +. +Light is sown for the righteous, and gladness for the upright in heart. -- psalms 97:11 +. +Rejoice in the LORD, ye righteous; and give thanks at the remembrance of his holiness. -- psalms 97:12 +. +O sing unto the LORD a new song; for he hath done marvellous things: his right hand, and his holy arm, hath gotten him the victory. -- psalms 98:1 +. +The LORD hath made known his salvation: his righteousness hath he openly shewed in the sight of the heathen. -- psalms 98:2 +. +He hath remembered his mercy and his truth toward the house of Israel: all the ends of the earth have seen the salvation of our God. -- psalms 98:3 +. +Make a joyful noise unto the LORD, all the earth: make a loud noise, and rejoice, and sing praise. -- psalms 98:4 +. +Sing unto the LORD with the harp; with the harp, and the voice of a psalm. -- psalms 98:5 +. +With trumpets and sound of cornet make a joyful noise before the LORD, the King. -- psalms 98:6 +. +Let the sea roar, and the fulness thereof; the world, and they that dwell therein. -- psalms 98:7 +. +Let the floods clap their hands: let the hills be joyful together -- psalms 98:8 +. +Before the LORD; for he cometh to judge the earth: with righteousness shall he judge the world, and the people with equity. -- psalms 98:9 +. +The LORD reigneth; let the people tremble: he sitteth between the cherubims; let the earth be moved. -- psalms 99:1 +. +The LORD is great in Zion; and he is high above all the people. -- psalms 99:2 +. +Let them praise thy great and terrible name; for it is holy. -- psalms 99:3 +. +The king's strength also loveth judgment; thou dost establish equity, thou executest judgment and righteousness in Jacob. -- psalms 99:4 +. +Exalt ye the LORD our God, and worship at his footstool; for he is holy. -- psalms 99:5 +. +Moses and Aaron among his priests, and Samuel among them that call upon his name; they called upon the LORD, and he answered them. -- psalms 99:6 +. +He spake unto them in the cloudy pillar: they kept his testimonies, and the ordinance that he gave them. -- psalms 99:7 +. +Thou answeredst them, O LORD our God: thou wast a God that forgavest them, though thou tookest vengeance of their inventions. -- psalms 99:8 +. +Exalt the LORD our God, and worship at his holy hill; for the LORD our God is holy. -- psalms 99:9 +. +Make a joyful noise unto the LORD, all ye lands. -- psalms 100:1 +. +Serve the LORD with gladness: come before his presence with singing. -- psalms 100:2 +. +Know ye that the LORD he is God: it is he that hath made us, and not we ourselves; we are his people, and the sheep of his pasture. -- psalms 100:3 +. +Enter into his gates with thanksgiving, and into his courts with praise: be thankful unto him, and bless his name. -- psalms 100:4 +. +For the LORD is good; his mercy is everlasting; and his truth endureth to all generations. -- psalms 100:5 +. +I will sing of mercy and judgment: unto thee, O LORD, will I sing. -- psalms 101:1 +. +I will behave myself wisely in a perfect way. O when wilt thou come unto me? I will walk within my house with a perfect heart. -- psalms 101:2 +. +I will set no wicked thing before mine eyes: I hate the work of them that turn aside; it shall not cleave to me. -- psalms 101:3 +. +A froward heart shall depart from me: I will not know a wicked person. -- psalms 101:4 +. +Whoso privily slandereth his neighbour, him will I cut off: him that hath an high look and a proud heart will not I suffer. -- psalms 101:5 +. +Mine eyes shall be upon the faithful of the land, that they may dwell with me: he that walketh in a perfect way, he shall serve me. -- psalms 101:6 +. +He that worketh deceit shall not dwell within my house: he that telleth lies shall not tarry in my sight. -- psalms 101:7 +. +I will early destroy all the wicked of the land; that I may cut off all wicked doers from the city of the LORD. -- psalms 101:8 +. +Hear my prayer, O LORD, and let my cry come unto thee. -- psalms 102:1 +. +Hide not thy face from me in the day when I am in trouble; incline thine ear unto me: in the day when I call answer me speedily. -- psalms 102:2 +. +For my days are consumed like smoke, and my bones are burned as an hearth. -- psalms 102:3 +. +My heart is smitten, and withered like grass; so that I forget to eat my bread. -- psalms 102:4 +. +By reason of the voice of my groaning my bones cleave to my skin. -- psalms 102:5 +. +I am like a pelican of the wilderness: I am like an owl of the desert. -- psalms 102:6 +. +I watch, and am as a sparrow alone upon the house top. -- psalms 102:7 +. +Mine enemies reproach me all the day; and they that are mad against me are sworn against me. -- psalms 102:8 +. +For I have eaten ashes like bread, and mingled my drink with weeping. -- psalms 102:9 +. +Because of thine indignation and thy wrath: for thou hast lifted me up, and cast me down. -- psalms 102:10 +. +My days are like a shadow that declineth; and I am withered like grass. -- psalms 102:11 +. +But thou, O LORD, shall endure for ever; and thy remembrance unto all generations. -- psalms 102:12 +. +Thou shalt arise, and have mercy upon Zion: for the time to favour her, yea, the set time, is come. -- psalms 102:13 +. +For thy servants take pleasure in her stones, and favour the dust thereof. -- psalms 102:14 +. +So the heathen shall fear the name of the LORD, and all the kings of the earth thy glory. -- psalms 102:15 +. +When the LORD shall build up Zion, he shall appear in his glory. -- psalms 102:16 +. +He will regard the prayer of the destitute, and not despise their prayer. -- psalms 102:17 +. +This shall be written for the generation to come: and the people which shall be created shall praise the LORD. -- psalms 102:18 +. +For he hath looked down from the height of his sanctuary; from heaven did the LORD behold the earth; -- psalms 102:19 +. +To hear the groaning of the prisoner; to loose those that are appointed to death; -- psalms 102:20 +. +To declare the name of the LORD in Zion, and his praise in Jerusalem; -- psalms 102:21 +. +When the people are gathered together, and the kingdoms, to serve the LORD. -- psalms 102:22 +. +He weakened my strength in the way; he shortened my days. -- psalms 102:23 +. +I said, O my God, take me not away in the midst of my days: thy years are throughout all generations. -- psalms 102:24 +. +Of old hast thou laid the foundation of the earth: and the heavens are the work of thy hands. -- psalms 102:25 +. +They shall perish, but thou shalt endure: yea, all of them shall wax old like a garment; as a vesture shalt thou change them, and they shall be changed: -- psalms 102:26 +. +But thou art the same, and thy years shall have no end. -- psalms 102:27 +. +The children of thy servants shall continue, and their seed shall be established before thee. -- psalms 102:28 +. +Bless the LORD, O my soul: and all that is within me, bless his holy name. -- psalms 103:1 +. +Bless the LORD, O my soul, and forget not all his benefits: -- psalms 103:2 +. +Who forgiveth all thine iniquities; who healeth all thy diseases; -- psalms 103:3 +. +Who redeemeth thy life from destruction; who crowneth thee with lovingkindness and tender mercies; -- psalms 103:4 +. +Who satisfieth thy mouth with good things; so that thy youth is renewed like the eagle's. -- psalms 103:5 +. +The LORD executeth righteousness and judgment for all that are oppressed. -- psalms 103:6 +. +He made known his ways unto Moses, his acts unto the children of Israel. -- psalms 103:7 +. +The LORD is merciful and gracious, slow to anger, and plenteous in mercy. -- psalms 103:8 +. +He will not always chide: neither will he keep his anger for ever. -- psalms 103:9 +. +He hath not dealt with us after our sins; nor rewarded us according to our iniquities. -- psalms 103:10 +. +For as the heaven is high above the earth, so great is his mercy toward them that fear him. -- psalms 103:11 +. +As far as the east is from the west, so far hath he removed our transgressions from us. -- psalms 103:12 +. +Like as a father pitieth his children, so the LORD pitieth them that fear him. -- psalms 103:13 +. +For he knoweth our frame; he remembereth that we are dust. -- psalms 103:14 +. +As for man, his days are as grass: as a flower of the field, so he flourisheth. -- psalms 103:15 +. +For the wind passeth over it, and it is gone; and the place thereof shall know it no more. -- psalms 103:16 +. +But the mercy of the LORD is from everlasting to everlasting upon them that fear him, and his righteousness unto children's children; -- psalms 103:17 +. +To such as keep his covenant, and to those that remember his commandments to do them. -- psalms 103:18 +. +The LORD hath prepared his throne in the heavens; and his kingdom ruleth over all. -- psalms 103:19 +. +Bless the LORD, ye his angels, that excel in strength, that do his commandments, hearkening unto the voice of his word. -- psalms 103:20 +. +Bless ye the LORD, all ye his hosts; ye ministers of his, that do his pleasure. -- psalms 103:21 +. +Bless the LORD, all his works in all places of his dominion: bless the LORD, O my soul. -- psalms 103:22 +. +Bless the LORD, O my soul. O LORD my God, thou art very great; thou art clothed with honour and majesty. -- psalms 104:1 +. +Who coverest thyself with light as with a garment: who stretchest out the heavens like a curtain: -- psalms 104:2 +. +Who layeth the beams of his chambers in the waters: who maketh the clouds his chariot: who walketh upon the wings of the wind: -- psalms 104:3 +. +Who maketh his angels spirits; his ministers a flaming fire: -- psalms 104:4 +. +Who laid the foundations of the earth, that it should not be removed for ever. -- psalms 104:5 +. +Thou coveredst it with the deep as with a garment: the waters stood above the mountains. -- psalms 104:6 +. +At thy rebuke they fled; at the voice of thy thunder they hasted away. -- psalms 104:7 +. +They go up by the mountains; they go down by the valleys unto the place which thou hast founded for them. -- psalms 104:8 +. +Thou hast set a bound that they may not pass over; that they turn not again to cover the earth. -- psalms 104:9 +. +He sendeth the springs into the valleys, which run among the hills. -- psalms 104:10 +. +They give drink to every beast of the field: the wild asses quench their thirst. -- psalms 104:11 +. +By them shall the fowls of the heaven have their habitation, which sing among the branches. -- psalms 104:12 +. +He watereth the hills from his chambers: the earth is satisfied with the fruit of thy works. -- psalms 104:13 +. +He causeth the grass to grow for the cattle, and herb for the service of man: that he may bring forth food out of the earth; -- psalms 104:14 +. +And wine that maketh glad the heart of man, and oil to make his face to shine, and bread which strengtheneth man's heart. -- psalms 104:15 +. +The trees of the LORD are full of sap; the cedars of Lebanon, which he hath planted; -- psalms 104:16 +. +Where the birds make their nests: as for the stork, the fir trees are her house. -- psalms 104:17 +. +The high hills are a refuge for the wild goats; and the rocks for the conies. -- psalms 104:18 +. +He appointed the moon for seasons: the sun knoweth his going down. -- psalms 104:19 +. +Thou makest darkness, and it is night: wherein all the beasts of the forest do creep forth. -- psalms 104:20 +. +The young lions roar after their prey, and seek their meat from God. -- psalms 104:21 +. +The sun ariseth, they gather themselves together, and lay them down in their dens. -- psalms 104:22 +. +Man goeth forth unto his work and to his labour until the evening. -- psalms 104:23 +. +O LORD, how manifold are thy works! in wisdom hast thou made them all: the earth is full of thy riches. -- psalms 104:24 +. +So is this great and wide sea, wherein are things creeping innumerable, both small and great beasts. -- psalms 104:25 +. +There go the ships: there is that leviathan, whom thou hast made to play therein. -- psalms 104:26 +. +These wait all upon thee; that thou mayest give them their meat in due season. -- psalms 104:27 +. +That thou givest them they gather: thou openest thine hand, they are filled with good. -- psalms 104:28 +. +Thou hidest thy face, they are troubled: thou takest away their breath, they die, and return to their dust. -- psalms 104:29 +. +Thou sendest forth thy spirit, they are created: and thou renewest the face of the earth. -- psalms 104:30 +. +The glory of the LORD shall endure for ever: the LORD shall rejoice in his works. -- psalms 104:31 +. +He looketh on the earth, and it trembleth: he toucheth the hills, and they smoke. -- psalms 104:32 +. +I will sing unto the LORD as long as I live: I will sing praise to my God while I have my being. -- psalms 104:33 +. +My meditation of him shall be sweet: I will be glad in the LORD. -- psalms 104:34 +. +Let the sinners be consumed out of the earth, and let the wicked be no more. Bless thou the LORD, O my soul. Praise ye the LORD. -- psalms 104:35 +. +O give thanks unto the LORD; call upon his name: make known his deeds among the people. -- psalms 105:1 +. +Sing unto him, sing psalms unto him: talk ye of all his wondrous works. -- psalms 105:2 +. +Glory ye in his holy name: let the heart of them rejoice that seek the LORD. -- psalms 105:3 +. +Seek the LORD, and his strength: seek his face evermore. -- psalms 105:4 +. +Remember his marvellous works that he hath done; his wonders, and the judgments of his mouth; -- psalms 105:5 +. +O ye seed of Abraham his servant, ye children of Jacob his chosen. -- psalms 105:6 +. +He is the LORD our God: his judgments are in all the earth. -- psalms 105:7 +. +He hath remembered his covenant for ever, the word which he commanded to a thousand generations. -- psalms 105:8 +. +Which covenant he made with Abraham, and his oath unto Isaac; -- psalms 105:9 +. +And confirmed the same unto Jacob for a law, and to Israel for an everlasting covenant: -- psalms 105:10 +. +Saying, Unto thee will I give the land of Canaan, the lot of your inheritance: -- psalms 105:11 +. +When they were but a few men in number; yea, very few, and strangers in it. -- psalms 105:12 +. +When they went from one nation to another, from one kingdom to another people; -- psalms 105:13 +. +He suffered no man to do them wrong: yea, he reproved kings for their sakes; -- psalms 105:14 +. +Saying, Touch not mine anointed, and do my prophets no harm. -- psalms 105:15 +. +Moreover he called for a famine upon the land: he brake the whole staff of bread. -- psalms 105:16 +. +He sent a man before them, even Joseph, who was sold for a servant: -- psalms 105:17 +. +Whose feet they hurt with fetters: he was laid in iron: -- psalms 105:18 +. +Until the time that his word came: the word of the LORD tried him. -- psalms 105:19 +. +The king sent and loosed him; even the ruler of the people, and let him go free. -- psalms 105:20 +. +He made him lord of his house, and ruler of all his substance: -- psalms 105:21 +. +To bind his princes at his pleasure; and teach his senators wisdom. -- psalms 105:22 +. +Israel also came into Egypt; and Jacob sojourned in the land of Ham. -- psalms 105:23 +. +And he increased his people greatly; and made them stronger than their enemies. -- psalms 105:24 +. +He turned their heart to hate his people, to deal subtilly with his servants. -- psalms 105:25 +. +He sent Moses his servant; and Aaron whom he had chosen. -- psalms 105:26 +. +They shewed his signs among them, and wonders in the land of Ham. -- psalms 105:27 +. +He sent darkness, and made it dark; and they rebelled not against his word. -- psalms 105:28 +. +He turned their waters into blood, and slew their fish. -- psalms 105:29 +. +Their land brought forth frogs in abundance, in the chambers of their kings. -- psalms 105:30 +. +He spake, and there came divers sorts of flies, and lice in all their coasts. -- psalms 105:31 +. +He gave them hail for rain, and flaming fire in their land. -- psalms 105:32 +. +He smote their vines also and their fig trees; and brake the trees of their coasts. -- psalms 105:33 +. +He spake, and the locusts came, and caterpillers, and that without number, -- psalms 105:34 +. +And did eat up all the herbs in their land, and devoured the fruit of their ground. -- psalms 105:35 +. +He smote also all the firstborn in their land, the chief of all their strength. -- psalms 105:36 +. +He brought them forth also with silver and gold: and there was not one feeble person among their tribes. -- psalms 105:37 +. +Egypt was glad when they departed: for the fear of them fell upon them. -- psalms 105:38 +. +He spread a cloud for a covering; and fire to give light in the night. -- psalms 105:39 +. +The people asked, and he brought quails, and satisfied them with the bread of heaven. -- psalms 105:40 +. +He opened the rock, and the waters gushed out; they ran in the dry places like a river. -- psalms 105:41 +. +For he remembered his holy promise, and Abraham his servant. -- psalms 105:42 +. +And he brought forth his people with joy, and his chosen with gladness: -- psalms 105:43 +. +And gave them the lands of the heathen: and they inherited the labour of the people; -- psalms 105:44 +. +That they might observe his statutes, and keep his laws. Praise ye the LORD. -- psalms 105:45 +. +Praise ye the LORD. O give thanks unto the LORD; for he is good: for his mercy endureth for ever. -- psalms 106:1 +. +Who can utter the mighty acts of the LORD? who can shew forth all his praise? -- psalms 106:2 +. +Blessed are they that keep judgment, and he that doeth righteousness at all times. -- psalms 106:3 +. +Remember me, O LORD, with the favour that thou bearest unto thy people: O visit me with thy salvation; -- psalms 106:4 +. +That I may see the good of thy chosen, that I may rejoice in the gladness of thy nation, that I may glory with thine inheritance. -- psalms 106:5 +. +We have sinned with our fathers, we have committed iniquity, we have done wickedly. -- psalms 106:6 +. +Our fathers understood not thy wonders in Egypt; they remembered not the multitude of thy mercies; but provoked him at the sea, even at the Red sea. -- psalms 106:7 +. +Nevertheless he saved them for his name's sake, that he might make his mighty power to be known. -- psalms 106:8 +. +He rebuked the Red sea also, and it was dried up: so he led them through the depths, as through the wilderness. -- psalms 106:9 +. +And he saved them from the hand of him that hated them, and redeemed them from the hand of the enemy. -- psalms 106:10 +. +And the waters covered their enemies: there was not one of them left. -- psalms 106:11 +. +Then believed they his words; they sang his praise. -- psalms 106:12 +. +They soon forgat his works; they waited not for his counsel: -- psalms 106:13 +. +But lusted exceedingly in the wilderness, and tempted God in the desert. -- psalms 106:14 +. +And he gave them their request; but sent leanness into their soul. -- psalms 106:15 +. +They envied Moses also in the camp, and Aaron the saint of the LORD. -- psalms 106:16 +. +The earth opened and swallowed up Dathan and covered the company of Abiram. -- psalms 106:17 +. +And a fire was kindled in their company; the flame burned up the wicked. -- psalms 106:18 +. +They made a calf in Horeb, and worshipped the molten image. -- psalms 106:19 +. +Thus they changed their glory into the similitude of an ox that eateth grass. -- psalms 106:20 +. +They forgat God their saviour, which had done great things in Egypt; -- psalms 106:21 +. +Wondrous works in the land of Ham, and terrible things by the Red sea. -- psalms 106:22 +. +Therefore he said that he would destroy them, had not Moses his chosen stood before him in the breach, to turn away his wrath, lest he should destroy them. -- psalms 106:23 +. +Yea, they despised the pleasant land, they believed not his word: -- psalms 106:24 +. +But murmured in their tents, and hearkened not unto the voice of the LORD. -- psalms 106:25 +. +Therefore he lifted up his hand against them, to overthrow them in the wilderness: -- psalms 106:26 +. +To overthrow their seed also among the nations, and to scatter them in the lands. -- psalms 106:27 +. +They joined themselves also unto Baalpeor, and ate the sacrifices of the dead. -- psalms 106:28 +. +Thus they provoked him to anger with their inventions: and the plague brake in upon them. -- psalms 106:29 +. +Then stood up Phinehas, and executed judgment: and so the plague was stayed. -- psalms 106:30 +. +And that was counted unto him for righteousness unto all generations for evermore. -- psalms 106:31 +. +They angered him also at the waters of strife, so that it went ill with Moses for their sakes: -- psalms 106:32 +. +Because they provoked his spirit, so that he spake unadvisedly with his lips. -- psalms 106:33 +. +They did not destroy the nations, concerning whom the LORD commanded them: -- psalms 106:34 +. +But were mingled among the heathen, and learned their works. -- psalms 106:35 +. +And they served their idols: which were a snare unto them. -- psalms 106:36 +. +Yea, they sacrificed their sons and their daughters unto devils, -- psalms 106:37 +. +And shed innocent blood, even the blood of their sons and of their daughters, whom they sacrificed unto the idols of Canaan: and the land was polluted with blood. -- psalms 106:38 +. +Thus were they defiled with their own works, and went a whoring with their own inventions. -- psalms 106:39 +. +Therefore was the wrath of the LORD kindled against his people, insomuch that he abhorred his own inheritance. -- psalms 106:40 +. +And he gave them into the hand of the heathen; and they that hated them ruled over them. -- psalms 106:41 +. +Their enemies also oppressed them, and they were brought into subjection under their hand. -- psalms 106:42 +. +Many times did he deliver them; but they provoked him with their counsel, and were brought low for their iniquity. -- psalms 106:43 +. +Nevertheless he regarded their affliction, when he heard their cry: -- psalms 106:44 +. +And he remembered for them his covenant, and repented according to the multitude of his mercies. -- psalms 106:45 +. +He made them also to be pitied of all those that carried them captives. -- psalms 106:46 +. +Save us, O LORD our God, and gather us from among the heathen, to give thanks unto thy holy name, and to triumph in thy praise. -- psalms 106:47 +. +Blessed be the LORD God of Israel from everlasting to everlasting: and let all the people say, Amen. Praise ye the LORD. -- psalms 106:48 +. +O give thanks unto the LORD, for he is good: for his mercy endureth for ever. -- psalms 107:1 +. +Let the redeemed of the LORD say so, whom he hath redeemed from the hand of the enemy; -- psalms 107:2 +. +And gathered them out of the lands, from the east, and from the west, from the north, and from the south. -- psalms 107:3 +. +They wandered in the wilderness in a solitary way; they found no city to dwell in. -- psalms 107:4 +. +Hungry and thirsty, their soul fainted in them. -- psalms 107:5 +. +Then they cried unto the LORD in their trouble, and he delivered them out of their distresses. -- psalms 107:6 +. +And he led them forth by the right way, that they might go to a city of habitation. -- psalms 107:7 +. +Oh that men would praise the LORD for his goodness, and for his wonderful works to the children of men! -- psalms 107:8 +. +For he satisfieth the longing soul, and filleth the hungry soul with goodness. -- psalms 107:9 +. +Such as sit in darkness and in the shadow of death, being bound in affliction and iron; -- psalms 107:10 +. +Because they rebelled against the words of God, and contemned the counsel of the most High: -- psalms 107:11 +. +Therefore he brought down their heart with labour; they fell down, and there was none to help. -- psalms 107:12 +. +Then they cried unto the LORD in their trouble, and he saved them out of their distresses. -- psalms 107:13 +. +He brought them out of darkness and the shadow of death, and brake their bands in sunder. -- psalms 107:14 +. +Oh that men would praise the LORD for his goodness, and for his wonderful works to the children of men! -- psalms 107:15 +. +For he hath broken the gates of brass, and cut the bars of iron in sunder. -- psalms 107:16 +. +Fools because of their transgression, and because of their iniquities, are afflicted. -- psalms 107:17 +. +Their soul abhorreth all manner of meat; and they draw near unto the gates of death. -- psalms 107:18 +. +Then they cry unto the LORD in their trouble, and he saveth them out of their distresses. -- psalms 107:19 +. +He sent his word, and healed them, and delivered them from their destructions. -- psalms 107:20 +. +Oh that men would praise the LORD for his goodness, and for his wonderful works to the children of men! -- psalms 107:21 +. +And let them sacrifice the sacrifices of thanksgiving, and declare his works with rejoicing. -- psalms 107:22 +. +They that go down to the sea in ships, that do business in great waters; -- psalms 107:23 +. +These see the works of the LORD, and his wonders in the deep. -- psalms 107:24 +. +For he commandeth, and raiseth the stormy wind, which lifteth up the waves thereof. -- psalms 107:25 +. +They mount up to the heaven, they go down again to the depths: their soul is melted because of trouble. -- psalms 107:26 +. +They reel to and fro, and stagger like a drunken man, and are at their wit's end. -- psalms 107:27 +. +Then they cry unto the LORD in their trouble, and he bringeth them out of their distresses. -- psalms 107:28 +. +He maketh the storm a calm, so that the waves thereof are still. -- psalms 107:29 +. +Then are they glad because they be quiet; so he bringeth them unto their desired haven. -- psalms 107:30 +. +Oh that men would praise the LORD for his goodness, and for his wonderful works to the children of men! -- psalms 107:31 +. +Let them exalt him also in the congregation of the people, and praise him in the assembly of the elders. -- psalms 107:32 +. +He turneth rivers into a wilderness, and the watersprings into dry ground; -- psalms 107:33 +. +A fruitful land into barrenness, for the wickedness of them that dwell therein. -- psalms 107:34 +. +He turneth the wilderness into a standing water, and dry ground into watersprings. -- psalms 107:35 +. +And there he maketh the hungry to dwell, that they may prepare a city for habitation; -- psalms 107:36 +. +And sow the fields, and plant vineyards, which may yield fruits of increase. -- psalms 107:37 +. +He blesseth them also, so that they are multiplied greatly; and suffereth not their cattle to decrease. -- psalms 107:38 +. +Again, they are minished and brought low through oppression, affliction, and sorrow. -- psalms 107:39 +. +He poureth contempt upon princes, and causeth them to wander in the wilderness, where there is no way. -- psalms 107:40 +. +Yet setteth he the poor on high from affliction, and maketh him families like a flock. -- psalms 107:41 +. +The righteous shall see it, and rejoice: and all iniquity shall stop her mouth. -- psalms 107:42 +. +Whoso is wise, and will observe these things, even they shall understand the lovingkindness of the LORD. -- psalms 107:43 +. +O god, my heart is fixed; I will sing and give praise, even with my glory. -- psalms 108:1 +. +Awake, psaltery and harp: I myself will awake early. -- psalms 108:2 +. +I will praise thee, O LORD, among the people: and I will sing praises unto thee among the nations. -- psalms 108:3 +. +For thy mercy is great above the heavens: and thy truth reacheth unto the clouds. -- psalms 108:4 +. +Be thou exalted, O God, above the heavens: and thy glory above all the earth; -- psalms 108:5 +. +That thy beloved may be delivered: save with thy right hand, and answer me. -- psalms 108:6 +. +God hath spoken in his holiness; I will rejoice, I will divide Shechem, and mete out the valley of Succoth. -- psalms 108:7 +. +Gilead is mine; Manasseh is mine; Ephraim also is the strength of mine head; Judah is my lawgiver; -- psalms 108:8 +. +Moab is my washpot; over Edom will I cast out my shoe; over Philistia will I triumph. -- psalms 108:9 +. +Who will bring me into the strong city? who will lead me into Edom? -- psalms 108:10 +. +Wilt not thou, O God, who hast cast us off? and wilt not thou, O God, go forth with our hosts? -- psalms 108:11 +. +Give us help from trouble: for vain is the help of man. -- psalms 108:12 +. +Through God we shall do valiantly: for he it is that shall tread down our enemies. -- psalms 108:13 +. +Hold not thy peace, O God of my praise; -- psalms 109:1 +. +For the mouth of the wicked and the mouth of the deceitful are opened against me: they have spoken against me with a lying tongue. -- psalms 109:2 +. +They compassed me about also with words of hatred; and fought against me without a cause. -- psalms 109:3 +. +For my love they are my adversaries: but I give myself unto prayer. -- psalms 109:4 +. +And they have rewarded me evil for good, and hatred for my love. -- psalms 109:5 +. +Set thou a wicked man over him: and let Satan stand at his right hand. -- psalms 109:6 +. +When he shall be judged, let him be condemned: and let his prayer become sin. -- psalms 109:7 +. +Let his days be few; and let another take his office. -- psalms 109:8 +. +Let his children be fatherless, and his wife a widow. -- psalms 109:9 +. +Let his children be continually vagabonds, and beg: let them seek their bread also out of their desolate places. -- psalms 109:10 +. +Let the extortioner catch all that he hath; and let the strangers spoil his labour. -- psalms 109:11 +. +Let there be none to extend mercy unto him: neither let there be any to favour his fatherless children. -- psalms 109:12 +. +Let his posterity be cut off; and in the generation following let their name be blotted out. -- psalms 109:13 +. +Let the iniquity of his fathers be remembered with the LORD; and let not the sin of his mother be blotted out. -- psalms 109:14 +. +Let them be before the LORD continually, that he may cut off the memory of them from the earth. -- psalms 109:15 +. +Because that he remembered not to shew mercy, but persecuted the poor and needy man, that he might even slay the broken in heart. -- psalms 109:16 +. +As he loved cursing, so let it come unto him: as he delighted not in blessing, so let it be far from him. -- psalms 109:17 +. +As he clothed himself with cursing like as with his garment, so let it come into his bowels like water, and like oil into his bones. -- psalms 109:18 +. +Let it be unto him as the garment which covereth him, and for a girdle wherewith he is girded continually. -- psalms 109:19 +. +Let this be the reward of mine adversaries from the LORD, and of them that speak evil against my soul. -- psalms 109:20 +. +But do thou for me, O GOD the Lord, for thy name's sake: because thy mercy is good, deliver thou me. -- psalms 109:21 +. +For I am poor and needy, and my heart is wounded within me. -- psalms 109:22 +. +I am gone like the shadow when it declineth: I am tossed up and down as the locust. -- psalms 109:23 +. +My knees are weak through fasting; and my flesh faileth of fatness. -- psalms 109:24 +. +I became also a reproach unto them: when they looked upon me they shaked their heads. -- psalms 109:25 +. +Help me, O LORD my God: O save me according to thy mercy: -- psalms 109:26 +. +That they may know that this is thy hand; that thou, LORD, hast done it. -- psalms 109:27 +. +Let them curse, but bless thou: when they arise, let them be ashamed; but let thy servant rejoice. -- psalms 109:28 +. +Let mine adversaries be clothed with shame, and let them cover themselves with their own confusion, as with a mantle. -- psalms 109:29 +. +I will greatly praise the LORD with my mouth; yea, I will praise him among the multitude. -- psalms 109:30 +. +For he shall stand at the right hand of the poor, to save him from those that condemn his soul. -- psalms 109:31 +. +The LORD said unto my Lord, Sit thou at my right hand, until I make thine enemies thy footstool. -- psalms 110:1 +. +The LORD shall send the rod of thy strength out of Zion: rule thou in the midst of thine enemies. -- psalms 110:2 +. +Thy people shall be willing in the day of thy power, in the beauties of holiness from the womb of the morning: thou hast the dew of thy youth. -- psalms 110:3 +. +The LORD hath sworn, and will not repent, Thou art a priest for ever after the order of Melchizedek. -- psalms 110:4 +. +The Lord at thy right hand shall strike through kings in the day of his wrath. -- psalms 110:5 +. +He shall judge among the heathen, he shall fill the places with the dead bodies; he shall wound the heads over many countries. -- psalms 110:6 +. +He shall drink of the brook in the way: therefore shall he lift up the head. -- psalms 110:7 +. +Praise ye the LORD. I will praise the LORD with my whole heart, in the assembly of the upright, and in the congregation. -- psalms 111:1 +. +The works of the LORD are great, sought out of all them that have pleasure therein. -- psalms 111:2 +. +His work is honourable and glorious: and his righteousness endureth for ever. -- psalms 111:3 +. +He hath made his wonderful works to be remembered: the LORD is gracious and full of compassion. -- psalms 111:4 +. +He hath given meat unto them that fear him: he will ever be mindful of his covenant. -- psalms 111:5 +. +He hath shewed his people the power of his works, that he may give them the heritage of the heathen. -- psalms 111:6 +. +The works of his hands are verity and judgment; all his commandments are sure. -- psalms 111:7 +. +They stand fast for ever and ever, and are done in truth and uprightness. -- psalms 111:8 +. +He sent redemption unto his people: he hath commanded his covenant for ever: holy and reverend is his name. -- psalms 111:9 +. +The fear of the LORD is the beginning of wisdom: a good understanding have all they that do his commandments: his praise endureth for ever. -- psalms 111:10 +. +Praise ye the LORD. Blessed is the man that feareth the LORD, that delighteth greatly in his commandments. -- psalms 112:1 +. +His seed shall be mighty upon earth: the generation of the upright shall be blessed. -- psalms 112:2 +. +Wealth and riches shall be in his house: and his righteousness endureth for ever. -- psalms 112:3 +. +Unto the upright there ariseth light in the darkness: he is gracious, and full of compassion, and righteous. -- psalms 112:4 +. +A good man sheweth favour, and lendeth: he will guide his affairs with discretion. -- psalms 112:5 +. +Surely he shall not be moved for ever: the righteous shall be in everlasting remembrance. -- psalms 112:6 +. +He shall not be afraid of evil tidings: his heart is fixed, trusting in the LORD. -- psalms 112:7 +. +His heart is established, he shall not be afraid, until he see his desire upon his enemies. -- psalms 112:8 +. +He hath dispersed, he hath given to the poor; his righteousness endureth for ever; his horn shall be exalted with honour. -- psalms 112:9 +. +The wicked shall see it, and be grieved; he shall gnash with his teeth, and melt away: the desire of the wicked shall perish. -- psalms 112:10 +. +Praise ye the LORD. Praise, O ye servants of the LORD, praise the name of the LORD. -- psalms 113:1 +. +Blessed be the name of the LORD from this time forth and for evermore. -- psalms 113:2 +. +From the rising of the sun unto the going down of the same the LORD's name is to be praised. -- psalms 113:3 +. +The LORD is high above all nations, and his glory above the heavens. -- psalms 113:4 +. +Who is like unto the LORD our God, who dwelleth on high, -- psalms 113:5 +. +Who humbleth himself to behold the things that are in heaven, and in the earth! -- psalms 113:6 +. +He raiseth up the poor out of the dust, and lifteth the needy out of the dunghill; -- psalms 113:7 +. +That he may set him with princes, even with the princes of his people. -- psalms 113:8 +. +He maketh the barren woman to keep house, and to be a joyful mother of children. Praise ye the LORD. -- psalms 113:9 +. +When Israel went out of Egypt, the house of Jacob from a people of strange language; -- psalms 114:1 +. +Judah was his sanctuary, and Israel his dominion. -- psalms 114:2 +. +The sea saw it, and fled: Jordan was driven back. -- psalms 114:3 +. +The mountains skipped like rams, and the little hills like lambs. -- psalms 114:4 +. +What ailed thee, O thou sea, that thou fleddest? thou Jordan, that thou wast driven back? -- psalms 114:5 +. +Ye mountains, that ye skipped like rams; and ye little hills, like lambs? -- psalms 114:6 +. +Tremble, thou earth, at the presence of the Lord, at the presence of the God of Jacob; -- psalms 114:7 +. +Which turned the rock into a standing water, the flint into a fountain of waters. -- psalms 114:8 +. +Not unto us, O LORD, not unto us, but unto thy name give glory, for thy mercy, and for thy truth's sake. -- psalms 115:1 +. +Wherefore should the heathen say, Where is now their God? -- psalms 115:2 +. +But our God is in the heavens: he hath done whatsoever he hath pleased. -- psalms 115:3 +. +Their idols are silver and gold, the work of men's hands. -- psalms 115:4 +. +They have mouths, but they speak not: eyes have they, but they see not: -- psalms 115:5 +. +They have ears, but they hear not: noses have they, but they smell not: -- psalms 115:6 +. +They have hands, but they handle not: feet have they, but they walk not: neither speak they through their throat. -- psalms 115:7 +. +They that make them are like unto them; so is every one that trusteth in them. -- psalms 115:8 +. +O Israel, trust thou in the LORD: he is their help and their shield. -- psalms 115:9 +. +O house of Aaron, trust in the LORD: he is their help and their shield. -- psalms 115:10 +. +Ye that fear the LORD, trust in the LORD: he is their help and their shield. -- psalms 115:11 +. +The LORD hath been mindful of us: he will bless us; he will bless the house of Israel; he will bless the house of Aaron. -- psalms 115:12 +. +He will bless them that fear the LORD, both small and great. -- psalms 115:13 +. +The LORD shall increase you more and more, you and your children. -- psalms 115:14 +. +Ye are blessed of the LORD which made heaven and earth. -- psalms 115:15 +. +The heaven, even the heavens, are the LORD's: but the earth hath he given to the children of men. -- psalms 115:16 +. +The dead praise not the LORD, neither any that go down into silence. -- psalms 115:17 +. +But we will bless the LORD from this time forth and for evermore. Praise the LORD. -- psalms 115:18 +. +I love the LORD, because he hath heard my voice and my supplications. -- psalms 116:1 +. +Because he hath inclined his ear unto me, therefore will I call upon him as long as I live. -- psalms 116:2 +. +The sorrows of death compassed me, and the pains of hell gat hold upon me: I found trouble and sorrow. -- psalms 116:3 +. +Then called I upon the name of the LORD; O LORD, I beseech thee, deliver my soul. -- psalms 116:4 +. +Gracious is the LORD, and righteous; yea, our God is merciful. -- psalms 116:5 +. +The LORD preserveth the simple: I was brought low, and he helped me. -- psalms 116:6 +. +Return unto thy rest, O my soul; for the LORD hath dealt bountifully with thee. -- psalms 116:7 +. +For thou hast delivered my soul from death, mine eyes from tears, and my feet from falling. -- psalms 116:8 +. +I will walk before the LORD in the land of the living. -- psalms 116:9 +. +I believed, therefore have I spoken: I was greatly afflicted: -- psalms 116:10 +. +I said in my haste, All men are liars. -- psalms 116:11 +. +What shall I render unto the LORD for all his benefits toward me? -- psalms 116:12 +. +I will take the cup of salvation, and call upon the name of the LORD. -- psalms 116:13 +. +I will pay my vows unto the LORD now in the presence of all his people. -- psalms 116:14 +. +Precious in the sight of the LORD is the death of his saints. -- psalms 116:15 +. +O LORD, truly I am thy servant; I am thy servant, and the son of thine handmaid: thou hast loosed my bonds. -- psalms 116:16 +. +I will offer to thee the sacrifice of thanksgiving, and will call upon the name of the LORD. -- psalms 116:17 +. +I will pay my vows unto the LORD now in the presence of all his people. -- psalms 116:18 +. +In the courts of the LORD's house, in the midst of thee, O Jerusalem. Praise ye the LORD. -- psalms 116:19 +. +O praise the LORD, all ye nations: praise him, all ye people. -- psalms 117:1 +. +For his merciful kindness is great toward us: and the truth of the LORD endureth for ever. Praise ye the LORD. -- psalms 117:2 +. +O give thanks unto the LORD; for he is good: because his mercy endureth for ever. -- psalms 118:1 +. +Let Israel now say, that his mercy endureth for ever. -- psalms 118:2 +. +Let the house of Aaron now say, that his mercy endureth for ever. -- psalms 118:3 +. +Let them now that fear the LORD say, that his mercy endureth for ever. -- psalms 118:4 +. +I called upon the LORD in distress: the LORD answered me, and set me in a large place. -- psalms 118:5 +. +The LORD is on my side; I will not fear: what can man do unto me? -- psalms 118:6 +. +The LORD taketh my part with them that help me: therefore shall I see my desire upon them that hate me. -- psalms 118:7 +. +It is better to trust in the LORD than to put confidence in man. -- psalms 118:8 +. +It is better to trust in the LORD than to put confidence in princes. -- psalms 118:9 +. +All nations compassed me about: but in the name of the LORD will I destroy them. -- psalms 118:10 +. +They compassed me about; yea, they compassed me about: but in the name of the LORD I will destroy them. -- psalms 118:11 +. +They compassed me about like bees: they are quenched as the fire of thorns: for in the name of the LORD I will destroy them. -- psalms 118:12 +. +Thou hast thrust sore at me that I might fall: but the LORD helped me. -- psalms 118:13 +. +The LORD is my strength and song, and is become my salvation. -- psalms 118:14 +. +The voice of rejoicing and salvation is in the tabernacles of the righteous: the right hand of the LORD doeth valiantly. -- psalms 118:15 +. +The right hand of the LORD is exalted: the right hand of the LORD doeth valiantly. -- psalms 118:16 +. +I shall not die, but live, and declare the works of the LORD. -- psalms 118:17 +. +The LORD hath chastened me sore: but he hath not given me over unto death. -- psalms 118:18 +. +Open to me the gates of righteousness: I will go into them, and I will praise the LORD: -- psalms 118:19 +. +This gate of the LORD, into which the righteous shall enter. -- psalms 118:20 +. +I will praise thee: for thou hast heard me, and art become my salvation. -- psalms 118:21 +. +The stone which the builders refused is become the head stone of the corner. -- psalms 118:22 +. +This is the LORD's doing; it is marvellous in our eyes. -- psalms 118:23 +. +This is the day which the LORD hath made; we will rejoice and be glad in it. -- psalms 118:24 +. +Save now, I beseech thee, O LORD: O LORD, I beseech thee, send now prosperity. -- psalms 118:25 +. +Blessed be he that cometh in the name of the LORD: we have blessed you out of the house of the LORD. -- psalms 118:26 +. +God is the LORD, which hath shewed us light: bind the sacrifice with cords, even unto the horns of the altar. -- psalms 118:27 +. +Thou art my God, and I will praise thee: thou art my God, I will exalt thee. -- psalms 118:28 +. +O give thanks unto the LORD; for he is good: for his mercy endureth for ever. -- psalms 118:29 +. +Blessed are the undefiled in the way, who walk in the law of the LORD. -- psalms 119:1 +. +Blessed are they that keep his testimonies, and that seek him with the whole heart. -- psalms 119:2 +. +They also do no iniquity: they walk in his ways. -- psalms 119:3 +. +Thou hast commanded us to keep thy precepts diligently. -- psalms 119:4 +. +O that my ways were directed to keep thy statutes! -- psalms 119:5 +. +Then shall I not be ashamed, when I have respect unto all thy commandments. -- psalms 119:6 +. +I will praise thee with uprightness of heart, when I shall have learned thy righteous judgments. -- psalms 119:7 +. +I will keep thy statutes: O forsake me not utterly. -- psalms 119:8 +. +Wherewithal shall a young man cleanse his way? by taking heed thereto according to thy word. -- psalms 119:9 +. +With my whole heart have I sought thee: O let me not wander from thy commandments. -- psalms 119:10 +. +Thy word have I hid in mine heart, that I might not sin against thee. -- psalms 119:11 +. +Blessed art thou, O LORD: teach me thy statutes. -- psalms 119:12 +. +With my lips have I declared all the judgments of thy mouth. -- psalms 119:13 +. +I have rejoiced in the way of thy testimonies, as much as in all riches. -- psalms 119:14 +. +I will meditate in thy precepts, and have respect unto thy ways. -- psalms 119:15 +. +I will delight myself in thy statutes: I will not forget thy word. -- psalms 119:16 +. +Deal bountifully with thy servant, that I may live, and keep thy word. -- psalms 119:17 +. +Open thou mine eyes, that I may behold wondrous things out of thy law. -- psalms 119:18 +. +I am a stranger in the earth: hide not thy commandments from me. -- psalms 119:19 +. +My soul breaketh for the longing that it hath unto thy judgments at all times. -- psalms 119:20 +. +Thou hast rebuked the proud that are cursed, which do err from thy commandments. -- psalms 119:21 +. +Remove from me reproach and contempt; for I have kept thy testimonies. -- psalms 119:22 +. +Princes also did sit and speak against me: but thy servant did meditate in thy statutes. -- psalms 119:23 +. +Thy testimonies also are my delight and my counsellors. -- psalms 119:24 +. +My soul cleaveth unto the dust: quicken thou me according to thy word. -- psalms 119:25 +. +I have declared my ways, and thou heardest me: teach me thy statutes. -- psalms 119:26 +. +Make me to understand the way of thy precepts: so shall I talk of thy wondrous works. -- psalms 119:27 +. +My soul melteth for heaviness: strengthen thou me according unto thy word. -- psalms 119:28 +. +Remove from me the way of lying: and grant me thy law graciously. -- psalms 119:29 +. +I have chosen the way of truth: thy judgments have I laid before me. -- psalms 119:30 +. +I have stuck unto thy testimonies: O LORD, put me not to shame. -- psalms 119:31 +. +I will run the way of thy commandments, when thou shalt enlarge my heart. -- psalms 119:32 +. +Teach me, O LORD, the way of thy statutes; and I shall keep it unto the end. -- psalms 119:33 +. +Give me understanding, and I shall keep thy law; yea, I shall observe it with my whole heart. -- psalms 119:34 +. +Make me to go in the path of thy commandments; for therein do I delight. -- psalms 119:35 +. +Incline my heart unto thy testimonies, and not to covetousness. -- psalms 119:36 +. +Turn away mine eyes from beholding vanity; and quicken thou me in thy way. -- psalms 119:37 +. +Stablish thy word unto thy servant, who is devoted to thy fear. -- psalms 119:38 +. +Turn away my reproach which I fear: for thy judgments are good. -- psalms 119:39 +. +Behold, I have longed after thy precepts: quicken me in thy righteousness. -- psalms 119:40 +. +Let thy mercies come also unto me, O LORD, even thy salvation, according to thy word. -- psalms 119:41 +. +So shall I have wherewith to answer him that reproacheth me: for I trust in thy word. -- psalms 119:42 +. +And take not the word of truth utterly out of my mouth; for I have hoped in thy judgments. -- psalms 119:43 +. +So shall I keep thy law continually for ever and ever. -- psalms 119:44 +. +And I will walk at liberty: for I seek thy precepts. -- psalms 119:45 +. +I will speak of thy testimonies also before kings, and will not be ashamed. -- psalms 119:46 +. +And I will delight myself in thy commandments, which I have loved. -- psalms 119:47 +. +My hands also will I lift up unto thy commandments, which I have loved; and I will meditate in thy statutes. -- psalms 119:48 +. +Remember the word unto thy servant, upon which thou hast caused me to hope. -- psalms 119:49 +. +This is my comfort in my affliction: for thy word hath quickened me. -- psalms 119:50 +. +The proud have had me greatly in derision: yet have I not declined from thy law. -- psalms 119:51 +. +I remembered thy judgments of old, O LORD; and have comforted myself. -- psalms 119:52 +. +Horror hath taken hold upon me because of the wicked that forsake thy law. -- psalms 119:53 +. +Thy statutes have been my songs in the house of my pilgrimage. -- psalms 119:54 +. +I have remembered thy name, O LORD, in the night, and have kept thy law. -- psalms 119:55 +. +This I had, because I kept thy precepts. -- psalms 119:56 +. +Thou art my portion, O LORD: I have said that I would keep thy words. -- psalms 119:57 +. +I intreated thy favour with my whole heart: be merciful unto me according to thy word. -- psalms 119:58 +. +I thought on my ways, and turned my feet unto thy testimonies. -- psalms 119:59 +. +I made haste, and delayed not to keep thy commandments. -- psalms 119:60 +. +The bands of the wicked have robbed me: but I have not forgotten thy law. -- psalms 119:61 +. +At midnight I will rise to give thanks unto thee because of thy righteous judgments. -- psalms 119:62 +. +I am a companion of all them that fear thee, and of them that keep thy precepts. -- psalms 119:63 +. +The earth, O LORD, is full of thy mercy: teach me thy statutes. -- psalms 119:64 +. +Thou hast dealt well with thy servant, O LORD, according unto thy word. -- psalms 119:65 +. +Teach me good judgment and knowledge: for I have believed thy commandments. -- psalms 119:66 +. +Before I was afflicted I went astray: but now have I kept thy word. -- psalms 119:67 +. +Thou art good, and doest good; teach me thy statutes. -- psalms 119:68 +. +The proud have forged a lie against me: but I will keep thy precepts with my whole heart. -- psalms 119:69 +. +Their heart is as fat as grease; but I delight in thy law. -- psalms 119:70 +. +It is good for me that I have been afflicted; that I might learn thy statutes. -- psalms 119:71 +. +The law of thy mouth is better unto me than thousands of gold and silver. -- psalms 119:72 +. +Thy hands have made me and fashioned me: give me understanding, that I may learn thy commandments. -- psalms 119:73 +. +They that fear thee will be glad when they see me; because I have hoped in thy word. -- psalms 119:74 +. +I know, O LORD, that thy judgments are right, and that thou in faithfulness hast afflicted me. -- psalms 119:75 +. +Let, I pray thee, thy merciful kindness be for my comfort, according to thy word unto thy servant. -- psalms 119:76 +. +Let thy tender mercies come unto me, that I may live: for thy law is my delight. -- psalms 119:77 +. +Let the proud be ashamed; for they dealt perversely with me without a cause: but I will meditate in thy precepts. -- psalms 119:78 +. +Let those that fear thee turn unto me, and those that have known thy testimonies. -- psalms 119:79 +. +Let my heart be sound in thy statutes; that I be not ashamed. -- psalms 119:80 +. +My soul fainteth for thy salvation: but I hope in thy word. -- psalms 119:81 +. +Mine eyes fail for thy word, saying, When wilt thou comfort me? -- psalms 119:82 +. +For I am become like a bottle in the smoke; yet do I not forget thy statutes. -- psalms 119:83 +. +How many are the days of thy servant? when wilt thou execute judgment on them that persecute me? -- psalms 119:84 +. +The proud have digged pits for me, which are not after thy law. -- psalms 119:85 +. +All thy commandments are faithful: they persecute me wrongfully; help thou me. -- psalms 119:86 +. +They had almost consumed me upon earth; but I forsook not thy precepts. -- psalms 119:87 +. +Quicken me after thy lovingkindness; so shall I keep the testimony of thy mouth. -- psalms 119:88 +. +For ever, O LORD, thy word is settled in heaven. -- psalms 119:89 +. +Thy faithfulness is unto all generations: thou hast established the earth, and it abideth. -- psalms 119:90 +. +They continue this day according to thine ordinances: for all are thy servants. -- psalms 119:91 +. +Unless thy law had been my delights, I should then have perished in mine affliction. -- psalms 119:92 +. +I will never forget thy precepts: for with them thou hast quickened me. -- psalms 119:93 +. +I am thine, save me: for I have sought thy precepts. -- psalms 119:94 +. +The wicked have waited for me to destroy me: but I will consider thy testimonies. -- psalms 119:95 +. +I have seen an end of all perfection: but thy commandment is exceeding broad. -- psalms 119:96 +. +O how I love thy law! it is my meditation all the day. -- psalms 119:97 +. +Thou through thy commandments hast made me wiser than mine enemies: for they are ever with me. -- psalms 119:98 +. +I have more understanding than all my teachers: for thy testimonies are my meditation. -- psalms 119:99 +. +I understand more than the ancients, because I keep thy precepts. -- psalms 119:100 +. +I have refrained my feet from every evil way, that I might keep thy word. -- psalms 119:101 +. +I have not departed from thy judgments: for thou hast taught me. -- psalms 119:102 +. +How sweet are thy words unto my taste! yea, sweeter than honey to my mouth! -- psalms 119:103 +. +Through thy precepts I get understanding: therefore I hate every false way. -- psalms 119:104 +. +Thy word is a lamp unto my feet, and a light unto my path. -- psalms 119:105 +. +I have sworn, and I will perform it, that I will keep thy righteous judgments. -- psalms 119:106 +. +I am afflicted very much: quicken me, O LORD, according unto thy word. -- psalms 119:107 +. +Accept, I beseech thee, the freewill offerings of my mouth, O LORD, and teach me thy judgments. -- psalms 119:108 +. +My soul is continually in my hand: yet do I not forget thy law. -- psalms 119:109 +. +The wicked have laid a snare for me: yet I erred not from thy precepts. -- psalms 119:110 +. +Thy testimonies have I taken as an heritage for ever: for they are the rejoicing of my heart. -- psalms 119:111 +. +I have inclined mine heart to perform thy statutes alway, even unto the end. -- psalms 119:112 +. +I hate vain thoughts: but thy law do I love. -- psalms 119:113 +. +Thou art my hiding place and my shield: I hope in thy word. -- psalms 119:114 +. +Depart from me, ye evildoers: for I will keep the commandments of my God. -- psalms 119:115 +. +Uphold me according unto thy word, that I may live: and let me not be ashamed of my hope. -- psalms 119:116 +. +Hold thou me up, and I shall be safe: and I will have respect unto thy statutes continually. -- psalms 119:117 +. +Thou hast trodden down all them that err from thy statutes: for their deceit is falsehood. -- psalms 119:118 +. +Thou puttest away all the wicked of the earth like dross: therefore I love thy testimonies. -- psalms 119:119 +. +My flesh trembleth for fear of thee; and I am afraid of thy judgments. -- psalms 119:120 +. +I have done judgment and justice: leave me not to mine oppressors. -- psalms 119:121 +. +Be surety for thy servant for good: let not the proud oppress me. -- psalms 119:122 +. +Mine eyes fail for thy salvation, and for the word of thy righteousness. -- psalms 119:123 +. +Deal with thy servant according unto thy mercy, and teach me thy statutes. -- psalms 119:124 +. +I am thy servant; give me understanding, that I may know thy testimonies. -- psalms 119:125 +. +It is time for thee, LORD, to work: for they have made void thy law. -- psalms 119:126 +. +Therefore I love thy commandments above gold; yea, above fine gold. -- psalms 119:127 +. +Therefore I esteem all thy precepts concerning all things to be right; and I hate every false way. -- psalms 119:128 +. +Thy testimonies are wonderful: therefore doth my soul keep them. -- psalms 119:129 +. +The entrance of thy words giveth light; it giveth understanding unto the simple. -- psalms 119:130 +. +I opened my mouth, and panted: for I longed for thy commandments. -- psalms 119:131 +. +Look thou upon me, and be merciful unto me, as thou usest to do unto those that love thy name. -- psalms 119:132 +. +Order my steps in thy word: and let not any iniquity have dominion over me. -- psalms 119:133 +. +Deliver me from the oppression of man: so will I keep thy precepts. -- psalms 119:134 +. +Make thy face to shine upon thy servant; and teach me thy statutes. -- psalms 119:135 +. +Rivers of waters run down mine eyes, because they keep not thy law. -- psalms 119:136 +. +Righteous art thou, O LORD, and upright are thy judgments. -- psalms 119:137 +. +Thy testimonies that thou hast commanded are righteous and very faithful. -- psalms 119:138 +. +My zeal hath consumed me, because mine enemies have forgotten thy words. -- psalms 119:139 +. +Thy word is very pure: therefore thy servant loveth it. -- psalms 119:140 +. +I am small and despised: yet do not I forget thy precepts. -- psalms 119:141 +. +Thy righteousness is an everlasting righteousness, and thy law is the truth. -- psalms 119:142 +. +Trouble and anguish have taken hold on me: yet thy commandments are my delights. -- psalms 119:143 +. +The righteousness of thy testimonies is everlasting: give me understanding, and I shall live. -- psalms 119:144 +. +I cried with my whole heart; hear me, O LORD: I will keep thy statutes. -- psalms 119:145 +. +I cried unto thee; save me, and I shall keep thy testimonies. -- psalms 119:146 +. +I prevented the dawning of the morning, and cried: I hoped in thy word. -- psalms 119:147 +. +Mine eyes prevent the night watches, that I might meditate in thy word. -- psalms 119:148 +. +Hear my voice according unto thy lovingkindness: O LORD, quicken me according to thy judgment. -- psalms 119:149 +. +They draw nigh that follow after mischief: they are far from thy law. -- psalms 119:150 +. +Thou art near, O LORD; and all thy commandments are truth. -- psalms 119:151 +. +Concerning thy testimonies, I have known of old that thou hast founded them for ever. -- psalms 119:152 +. +Consider mine affliction, and deliver me: for I do not forget thy law. -- psalms 119:153 +. +Plead my cause, and deliver me: quicken me according to thy word. -- psalms 119:154 +. +Salvation is far from the wicked: for they seek not thy statutes. -- psalms 119:155 +. +Great are thy tender mercies, O LORD: quicken me according to thy judgments. -- psalms 119:156 +. +Many are my persecutors and mine enemies; yet do I not decline from thy testimonies. -- psalms 119:157 +. +I beheld the transgressors, and was grieved; because they kept not thy word. -- psalms 119:158 +. +Consider how I love thy precepts: quicken me, O LORD, according to thy lovingkindness. -- psalms 119:159 +. +Thy word is true from the beginning: and every one of thy righteous judgments endureth for ever. -- psalms 119:160 +. +Princes have persecuted me without a cause: but my heart standeth in awe of thy word. -- psalms 119:161 +. +I rejoice at thy word, as one that findeth great spoil. -- psalms 119:162 +. +I hate and abhor lying: but thy law do I love. -- psalms 119:163 +. +Seven times a day do I praise thee because of thy righteous judgments. -- psalms 119:164 +. +Great peace have they which love thy law: and nothing shall offend them. -- psalms 119:165 +. +LORD, I have hoped for thy salvation, and done thy commandments. -- psalms 119:166 +. +My soul hath kept thy testimonies; and I love them exceedingly. -- psalms 119:167 +. +I have kept thy precepts and thy testimonies: for all my ways are before thee. -- psalms 119:168 +. +Let my cry come near before thee, O LORD: give me understanding according to thy word. -- psalms 119:169 +. +Let my supplication come before thee: deliver me according to thy word. -- psalms 119:170 +. +My lips shall utter praise, when thou hast taught me thy statutes. -- psalms 119:171 +. +My tongue shall speak of thy word: for all thy commandments are righteousness. -- psalms 119:172 +. +Let thine hand help me; for I have chosen thy precepts. -- psalms 119:173 +. +I have longed for thy salvation, O LORD; and thy law is my delight. -- psalms 119:174 +. +Let my soul live, and it shall praise thee; and let thy judgments help me. -- psalms 119:175 +. +I have gone astray like a lost sheep; seek thy servant; for I do not forget thy commandments. -- psalms 119:176 +. +In my distress I cried unto the LORD, and he heard me. -- psalms 120:1 +. +Deliver my soul, O LORD, from lying lips, and from a deceitful tongue. -- psalms 120:2 +. +What shall be given unto thee? or what shall be done unto thee, thou false tongue? -- psalms 120:3 +. +Sharp arrows of the mighty, with coals of juniper. -- psalms 120:4 +. +Woe is me, that I sojourn in Mesech, that I dwell in the tents of Kedar! -- psalms 120:5 +. +My soul hath long dwelt with him that hateth peace. -- psalms 120:6 +. +I am for peace: but when I speak, they are for war. -- psalms 120:7 +. +I will lift up mine eyes unto the hills, from whence cometh my help. -- psalms 121:1 +. +My help cometh from the LORD, which made heaven and earth. -- psalms 121:2 +. +He will not suffer thy foot to be moved: he that keepeth thee will not slumber. -- psalms 121:3 +. +Behold, he that keepeth Israel shall neither slumber nor sleep. -- psalms 121:4 +. +The LORD is thy keeper: the LORD is thy shade upon thy right hand. -- psalms 121:5 +. +The sun shall not smite thee by day, nor the moon by night. -- psalms 121:6 +. +The LORD shall preserve thee from all evil: he shall preserve thy soul. -- psalms 121:7 +. +The LORD shall preserve thy going out and thy coming in from this time forth, and even for evermore. -- psalms 121:8 +. +I was glad when they said unto me, Let us go into the house of the LORD. -- psalms 122:1 +. +Our feet shall stand within thy gates, O Jerusalem. -- psalms 122:2 +. +Jerusalem is builded as a city that is compact together: -- psalms 122:3 +. +Whither the tribes go up, the tribes of the LORD, unto the testimony of Israel, to give thanks unto the name of the LORD. -- psalms 122:4 +. +For there are set thrones of judgment, the thrones of the house of David. -- psalms 122:5 +. +Pray for the peace of Jerusalem: they shall prosper that love thee. -- psalms 122:6 +. +Peace be within thy walls, and prosperity within thy palaces. -- psalms 122:7 +. +For my brethren and companions' sakes, I will now say, Peace be within thee. -- psalms 122:8 +. +Because of the house of the LORD our God I will seek thy good. -- psalms 122:9 +. +Unto thee lift I up mine eyes, O thou that dwellest in the heavens. -- psalms 123:1 +. +Behold, as the eyes of servants look unto the hand of their masters, and as the eyes of a maiden unto the hand of her mistress; so our eyes wait upon the LORD our God, until that he have mercy upon us. -- psalms 123:2 +. +Have mercy upon us, O LORD, have mercy upon us: for we are exceedingly filled with contempt. -- psalms 123:3 +. +Our soul is exceedingly filled with the scorning of those that are at ease, and with the contempt of the proud. -- psalms 123:4 +. +If it had not been the LORD who was on our side, now may Israel say; -- psalms 124:1 +. +If it had not been the LORD who was on our side, when men rose up against us: -- psalms 124:2 +. +Then they had swallowed us up quick, when their wrath was kindled against us: -- psalms 124:3 +. +Then the waters had overwhelmed us, the stream had gone over our soul: -- psalms 124:4 +. +Then the proud waters had gone over our soul. -- psalms 124:5 +. +Blessed be the LORD, who hath not given us as a prey to their teeth. -- psalms 124:6 +. +Our soul is escaped as a bird out of the snare of the fowlers: the snare is broken, and we are escaped. -- psalms 124:7 +. +Our help is in the name of the LORD, who made heaven and earth. -- psalms 124:8 +. +They that trust in the LORD shall be as mount Zion, which cannot be removed, but abideth for ever. -- psalms 125:1 +. +As the mountains are round about Jerusalem, so the LORD is round about his people from henceforth even for ever. -- psalms 125:2 +. +For the rod of the wicked shall not rest upon the lot of the righteous; lest the righteous put forth their hands unto iniquity. -- psalms 125:3 +. +Do good, O LORD, unto those that be good, and to them that are upright in their hearts. -- psalms 125:4 +. +As for such as turn aside unto their crooked ways, the LORD shall lead them forth with the workers of iniquity: but peace shall be upon Israel. -- psalms 125:5 +. +When the LORD turned again the captivity of Zion, we were like them that dream. -- psalms 126:1 +. +Then was our mouth filled with laughter, and our tongue with singing: then said they among the heathen, The LORD hath done great things for them. -- psalms 126:2 +. +The LORD hath done great things for us; whereof we are glad. -- psalms 126:3 +. +Turn again our captivity, O LORD, as the streams in the south. -- psalms 126:4 +. +They that sow in tears shall reap in joy. -- psalms 126:5 +. +He that goeth forth and weepeth, bearing precious seed, shall doubtless come again with rejoicing, bringing his sheaves with him. -- psalms 126:6 +. +Except the LORD build the house, they labour in vain that build it: except the LORD keep the city, the watchman waketh but in vain. -- psalms 127:1 +. +It is vain for you to rise up early, to sit up late, to eat the bread of sorrows: for so he giveth his beloved sleep. -- psalms 127:2 +. +Lo, children are an heritage of the LORD: and the fruit of the womb is his reward. -- psalms 127:3 +. +As arrows are in the hand of a mighty man; so are children of the youth. -- psalms 127:4 +. +Happy is the man that hath his quiver full of them: they shall not be ashamed, but they shall speak with the enemies in the gate. -- psalms 127:5 +. +Blessed is every one that feareth the LORD; that walketh in his ways. -- psalms 128:1 +. +For thou shalt eat the labour of thine hands: happy shalt thou be, and it shall be well with thee. -- psalms 128:2 +. +Thy wife shall be as a fruitful vine by the sides of thine house: thy children like olive plants round about thy table. -- psalms 128:3 +. +Behold, that thus shall the man be blessed that feareth the LORD. -- psalms 128:4 +. +The LORD shall bless thee out of Zion: and thou shalt see the good of Jerusalem all the days of thy life. -- psalms 128:5 +. +Yea, thou shalt see thy children's children, and peace upon Israel. -- psalms 128:6 +. +Many a time have they afflicted me from my youth, may Israel now say: -- psalms 129:1 +. +Many a time have they afflicted me from my youth: yet they have not prevailed against me. -- psalms 129:2 +. +The plowers plowed upon my back: they made long their furrows. -- psalms 129:3 +. +The LORD is righteous: he hath cut asunder the cords of the wicked. -- psalms 129:4 +. +Let them all be confounded and turned back that hate Zion. -- psalms 129:5 +. +Let them be as the grass upon the housetops, which withereth afore it groweth up: -- psalms 129:6 +. +Wherewith the mower filleth not his hand; nor he that bindeth sheaves his bosom. -- psalms 129:7 +. +Neither do they which go by say, The blessing of the LORD be upon you: we bless you in the name of the LORD. -- psalms 129:8 +. +Out of the depths have I cried unto thee, O LORD. -- psalms 130:1 +. +Lord, hear my voice: let thine ears be attentive to the voice of my supplications. -- psalms 130:2 +. +If thou, LORD, shouldest mark iniquities, O Lord, who shall stand? -- psalms 130:3 +. +But there is forgiveness with thee, that thou mayest be feared. -- psalms 130:4 +. +I wait for the LORD, my soul doth wait, and in his word do I hope. -- psalms 130:5 +. +My soul waiteth for the Lord more than they that watch for the morning: I say, more than they that watch for the morning. -- psalms 130:6 +. +Let Israel hope in the LORD: for with the LORD there is mercy, and with him is plenteous redemption. -- psalms 130:7 +. +And he shall redeem Israel from all his iniquities. -- psalms 130:8 +. +Lord, my heart is not haughty, nor mine eyes lofty: neither do I exercise myself in great matters, or in things too high for me. -- psalms 131:1 +. +Surely I have behaved and quieted myself, as a child that is weaned of his mother: my soul is even as a weaned child. -- psalms 131:2 +. +Let Israel hope in the LORD from henceforth and for ever. -- psalms 131:3 +. +Lord, remember David, and all his afflictions: -- psalms 132:1 +. +How he sware unto the LORD, and vowed unto the mighty God of Jacob; -- psalms 132:2 +. +Surely I will not come into the tabernacle of my house, nor go up into my bed; -- psalms 132:3 +. +I will not give sleep to mine eyes, or slumber to mine eyelids, -- psalms 132:4 +. +Until I find out a place for the LORD, an habitation for the mighty God of Jacob. -- psalms 132:5 +. +Lo, we heard of it at Ephratah: we found it in the fields of the wood. -- psalms 132:6 +. +We will go into his tabernacles: we will worship at his footstool. -- psalms 132:7 +. +Arise, O LORD, into thy rest; thou, and the ark of thy strength. -- psalms 132:8 +. +Let thy priests be clothed with righteousness; and let thy saints shout for joy. -- psalms 132:9 +. +For thy servant David's sake turn not away the face of thine anointed. -- psalms 132:10 +. +The LORD hath sworn in truth unto David; he will not turn from it; Of the fruit of thy body will I set upon thy throne. -- psalms 132:11 +. +If thy children will keep my covenant and my testimony that I shall teach them, their children shall also sit upon thy throne for evermore. -- psalms 132:12 +. +For the LORD hath chosen Zion; he hath desired it for his habitation. -- psalms 132:13 +. +This is my rest for ever: here will I dwell; for I have desired it. -- psalms 132:14 +. +I will abundantly bless her provision: I will satisfy her poor with bread. -- psalms 132:15 +. +I will also clothe her priests with salvation: and her saints shall shout aloud for joy. -- psalms 132:16 +. +There will I make the horn of David to bud: I have ordained a lamp for mine anointed. -- psalms 132:17 +. +His enemies will I clothe with shame: but upon himself shall his crown flourish. -- psalms 132:18 +. +Behold, how good and how pleasant it is for brethren to dwell together in unity! -- psalms 133:1 +. +It is like the precious ointment upon the head, that ran down upon the beard, even Aaron's beard: that went down to the skirts of his garments; -- psalms 133:2 +. +As the dew of Hermon, and as the dew that descended upon the mountains of Zion: for there the LORD commanded the blessing, even life for evermore. -- psalms 133:3 +. +Behold, bless ye the LORD, all ye servants of the LORD, which by night stand in the house of the LORD. -- psalms 134:1 +. +Lift up your hands in the sanctuary, and bless the LORD. -- psalms 134:2 +. +The LORD that made heaven and earth bless thee out of Zion. -- psalms 134:3 +. +Praise ye the LORD. Praise ye the name of the LORD; praise him, O ye servants of the LORD. -- psalms 135:1 +. +Ye that stand in the house of the LORD, in the courts of the house of our God. -- psalms 135:2 +. +Praise the LORD; for the LORD is good: sing praises unto his name; for it is pleasant. -- psalms 135:3 +. +For the LORD hath chosen Jacob unto himself, and Israel for his peculiar treasure. -- psalms 135:4 +. +For I know that the LORD is great, and that our Lord is above all gods. -- psalms 135:5 +. +Whatsoever the LORD pleased, that did he in heaven, and in earth, in the seas, and all deep places. -- psalms 135:6 +. +He causeth the vapours to ascend from the ends of the earth; he maketh lightnings for the rain; he bringeth the wind out of his treasuries. -- psalms 135:7 +. +Who smote the firstborn of Egypt, both of man and beast. -- psalms 135:8 +. +Who sent tokens and wonders into the midst of thee, O Egypt, upon Pharaoh, and upon all his servants. -- psalms 135:9 +. +Who smote great nations, and slew mighty kings; -- psalms 135:10 +. +Sihon king of the Amorites, and Og king of Bashan, and all the kingdoms of Canaan: -- psalms 135:11 +. +And gave their land for an heritage, an heritage unto Israel his people. -- psalms 135:12 +. +Thy name, O LORD, endureth for ever; and thy memorial, O LORD, throughout all generations. -- psalms 135:13 +. +For the LORD will judge his people, and he will repent himself concerning his servants. -- psalms 135:14 +. +The idols of the heathen are silver and gold, the work of men's hands. -- psalms 135:15 +. +They have mouths, but they speak not; eyes have they, but they see not; -- psalms 135:16 +. +They have ears, but they hear not; neither is there any breath in their mouths. -- psalms 135:17 +. +They that make them are like unto them: so is every one that trusteth in them. -- psalms 135:18 +. +Bless the LORD, O house of Israel: bless the LORD, O house of Aaron: -- psalms 135:19 +. +Bless the LORD, O house of Levi: ye that fear the LORD, bless the LORD. -- psalms 135:20 +. +Blessed be the LORD out of Zion, which dwelleth at Jerusalem. Praise ye the LORD. -- psalms 135:21 +. +O give thanks unto the LORD; for he is good: for his mercy endureth for ever. -- psalms 136:1 +. +O give thanks unto the God of gods: for his mercy endureth for ever. -- psalms 136:2 +. +O give thanks to the Lord of lords: for his mercy endureth for ever. -- psalms 136:3 +. +To him who alone doeth great wonders: for his mercy endureth for ever. -- psalms 136:4 +. +To him that by wisdom made the heavens: for his mercy endureth for ever. -- psalms 136:5 +. +To him that stretched out the earth above the waters: for his mercy endureth for ever. -- psalms 136:6 +. +To him that made great lights: for his mercy endureth for ever: -- psalms 136:7 +. +The sun to rule by day: for his mercy endureth for ever: -- psalms 136:8 +. +The moon and stars to rule by night: for his mercy endureth for ever. -- psalms 136:9 +. +To him that smote Egypt in their firstborn: for his mercy endureth for ever: -- psalms 136:10 +. +And brought out Israel from among them: for his mercy endureth for ever: -- psalms 136:11 +. +With a strong hand, and with a stretched out arm: for his mercy endureth for ever. -- psalms 136:12 +. +To him which divided the Red sea into parts: for his mercy endureth for ever: -- psalms 136:13 +. +And made Israel to pass through the midst of it: for his mercy endureth for ever: -- psalms 136:14 +. +But overthrew Pharaoh and his host in the Red sea: for his mercy endureth for ever. -- psalms 136:15 +. +To him which led his people through the wilderness: for his mercy endureth for ever. -- psalms 136:16 +. +To him which smote great kings: for his mercy endureth for ever: -- psalms 136:17 +. +And slew famous kings: for his mercy endureth for ever: -- psalms 136:18 +. +Sihon king of the Amorites: for his mercy endureth for ever: -- psalms 136:19 +. +And Og the king of Bashan: for his mercy endureth for ever: -- psalms 136:20 +. +And gave their land for an heritage: for his mercy endureth for ever: -- psalms 136:21 +. +Even an heritage unto Israel his servant: for his mercy endureth for ever. -- psalms 136:22 +. +Who remembered us in our low estate: for his mercy endureth for ever: -- psalms 136:23 +. +And hath redeemed us from our enemies: for his mercy endureth for ever. -- psalms 136:24 +. +Who giveth food to all flesh: for his mercy endureth for ever. -- psalms 136:25 +. +O give thanks unto the God of heaven: for his mercy endureth for ever. -- psalms 136:26 +. +By the rivers of Babylon, there we sat down, yea, we wept, when we remembered Zion. -- psalms 137:1 +. +We hanged our harps upon the willows in the midst thereof. -- psalms 137:2 +. +For there they that carried us away captive required of us a song; and they that wasted us required of us mirth, saying, Sing us one of the songs of Zion. -- psalms 137:3 +. +How shall we sing the LORD's song in a strange land? -- psalms 137:4 +. +If I forget thee, O Jerusalem, let my right hand forget her cunning. -- psalms 137:5 +. +If I do not remember thee, let my tongue cleave to the roof of my mouth; if I prefer not Jerusalem above my chief joy. -- psalms 137:6 +. +Remember, O LORD, the children of Edom in the day of Jerusalem; who said, Rase it, rase it, even to the foundation thereof. -- psalms 137:7 +. +O daughter of Babylon, who art to be destroyed; happy shall he be, that rewardeth thee as thou hast served us. -- psalms 137:8 +. +Happy shall he be, that taketh and dasheth thy little ones against the stones. -- psalms 137:9 +. +I will praise thee with my whole heart: before the gods will I sing praise unto thee. -- psalms 138:1 +. +I will worship toward thy holy temple, and praise thy name for thy lovingkindness and for thy truth: for thou hast magnified thy word above all thy name. -- psalms 138:2 +. +In the day when I cried thou answeredst me, and strengthenedst me with strength in my soul. -- psalms 138:3 +. +All the kings of the earth shall praise thee, O LORD, when they hear the words of thy mouth. -- psalms 138:4 +. +Yea, they shall sing in the ways of the LORD: for great is the glory of the LORD. -- psalms 138:5 +. +Though the LORD be high, yet hath he respect unto the lowly: but the proud he knoweth afar off. -- psalms 138:6 +. +Though I walk in the midst of trouble, thou wilt revive me: thou shalt stretch forth thine hand against the wrath of mine enemies, and thy right hand shall save me. -- psalms 138:7 +. +The LORD will perfect that which concerneth me: thy mercy, O LORD, endureth for ever: forsake not the works of thine own hands. -- psalms 138:8 +. +O lord, thou hast searched me, and known me. -- psalms 139:1 +. +Thou knowest my downsitting and mine uprising, thou understandest my thought afar off. -- psalms 139:2 +. +Thou compassest my path and my lying down, and art acquainted with all my ways. -- psalms 139:3 +. +For there is not a word in my tongue, but, lo, O LORD, thou knowest it altogether. -- psalms 139:4 +. +Thou hast beset me behind and before, and laid thine hand upon me. -- psalms 139:5 +. +Such knowledge is too wonderful for me; it is high, I cannot attain unto it. -- psalms 139:6 +. +Whither shall I go from thy spirit? or whither shall I flee from thy presence? -- psalms 139:7 +. +If I ascend up into heaven, thou art there: if I make my bed in hell, behold, thou art there. -- psalms 139:8 +. +If I take the wings of the morning, and dwell in the uttermost parts of the sea; -- psalms 139:9 +. +Even there shall thy hand lead me, and thy right hand shall hold me. -- psalms 139:10 +. +If I say, Surely the darkness shall cover me; even the night shall be light about me. -- psalms 139:11 +. +Yea, the darkness hideth not from thee; but the night shineth as the day: the darkness and the light are both alike to thee. -- psalms 139:12 +. +For thou hast possessed my reins: thou hast covered me in my mother's womb. -- psalms 139:13 +. +I will praise thee; for I am fearfully and wonderfully made: marvellous are thy works; and that my soul knoweth right well. -- psalms 139:14 +. +My substance was not hid from thee, when I was made in secret, and curiously wrought in the lowest parts of the earth. -- psalms 139:15 +. +Thine eyes did see my substance, yet being unperfect; and in thy book all my members were written, which in continuance were fashioned, when as yet there was none of them. -- psalms 139:16 +. +How precious also are thy thoughts unto me, O God! how great is the sum of them! -- psalms 139:17 +. +If I should count them, they are more in number than the sand: when I awake, I am still with thee. -- psalms 139:18 +. +Surely thou wilt slay the wicked, O God: depart from me therefore, ye bloody men. -- psalms 139:19 +. +For they speak against thee wickedly, and thine enemies take thy name in vain. -- psalms 139:20 +. +Do not I hate them, O LORD, that hate thee? and am not I grieved with those that rise up against thee? -- psalms 139:21 +. +I hate them with perfect hatred: I count them mine enemies. -- psalms 139:22 +. +Search me, O God, and know my heart: try me, and know my thoughts: -- psalms 139:23 +. +And see if there be any wicked way in me, and lead me in the way everlasting. -- psalms 139:24 +. +Deliver me, O LORD, from the evil man: preserve me from the violent man; -- psalms 140:1 +. +Which imagine mischiefs in their heart; continually are they gathered together for war. -- psalms 140:2 +. +They have sharpened their tongues like a serpent; adders' poison is under their lips. Selah. -- psalms 140:3 +. +Keep me, O LORD, from the hands of the wicked; preserve me from the violent man; who have purposed to overthrow my goings. -- psalms 140:4 +. +The proud have hid a snare for me, and cords; they have spread a net by the wayside; they have set gins for me. Selah. -- psalms 140:5 +. +I said unto the LORD, Thou art my God: hear the voice of my supplications, O LORD. -- psalms 140:6 +. +O GOD the Lord, the strength of my salvation, thou hast covered my head in the day of battle. -- psalms 140:7 +. +Grant not, O LORD, the desires of the wicked: further not his wicked device; lest they exalt themselves. Selah. -- psalms 140:8 +. +As for the head of those that compass me about, let the mischief of their own lips cover them. -- psalms 140:9 +. +Let burning coals fall upon them: let them be cast into the fire; into deep pits, that they rise not up again. -- psalms 140:10 +. +Let not an evil speaker be established in the earth: evil shall hunt the violent man to overthrow him. -- psalms 140:11 +. +I know that the LORD will maintain the cause of the afflicted, and the right of the poor. -- psalms 140:12 +. +Surely the righteous shall give thanks unto thy name: the upright shall dwell in thy presence. -- psalms 140:13 +. +Lord, I cry unto thee: make haste unto me; give ear unto my voice, when I cry unto thee. -- psalms 141:1 +. +Let my prayer be set forth before thee as incense; and the lifting up of my hands as the evening sacrifice. -- psalms 141:2 +. +Set a watch, O LORD, before my mouth; keep the door of my lips. -- psalms 141:3 +. +Incline not my heart to any evil thing, to practise wicked works with men that work iniquity: and let me not eat of their dainties. -- psalms 141:4 +. +Let the righteous smite me; it shall be a kindness: and let him reprove me; it shall be an excellent oil, which shall not break my head: for yet my prayer also shall be in their calamities. -- psalms 141:5 +. +When their judges are overthrown in stony places, they shall hear my words; for they are sweet. -- psalms 141:6 +. +Our bones are scattered at the grave's mouth, as when one cutteth and cleaveth wood upon the earth. -- psalms 141:7 +. +But mine eyes are unto thee, O GOD the Lord: in thee is my trust; leave not my soul destitute. -- psalms 141:8 +. +Keep me from the snares which they have laid for me, and the gins of the workers of iniquity. -- psalms 141:9 +. +Let the wicked fall into their own nets, whilst that I withal escape. -- psalms 141:10 +. +I cried unto the LORD with my voice; with my voice unto the LORD did I make my supplication. -- psalms 142:1 +. +I poured out my complaint before him; I shewed before him my trouble. -- psalms 142:2 +. +When my spirit was overwhelmed within me, then thou knewest my path. In the way wherein I walked have they privily laid a snare for me. -- psalms 142:3 +. +I looked on my right hand, and beheld, but there was no man that would know me: refuge failed me; no man cared for my soul. -- psalms 142:4 +. +I cried unto thee, O LORD: I said, Thou art my refuge and my portion in the land of the living. -- psalms 142:5 +. +Attend unto my cry; for I am brought very low: deliver me from my persecutors; for they are stronger than I. -- psalms 142:6 +. +Bring my soul out of prison, that I may praise thy name: the righteous shall compass me about; for thou shalt deal bountifully with me. -- psalms 142:7 +. +Hear my prayer, O LORD, give ear to my supplications: in thy faithfulness answer me, and in thy righteousness. -- psalms 143:1 +. +And enter not into judgment with thy servant: for in thy sight shall no man living be justified. -- psalms 143:2 +. +For the enemy hath persecuted my soul; he hath smitten my life down to the ground; he hath made me to dwell in darkness, as those that have been long dead. -- psalms 143:3 +. +Therefore is my spirit overwhelmed within me; my heart within me is desolate. -- psalms 143:4 +. +I remember the days of old; I meditate on all thy works; I muse on the work of thy hands. -- psalms 143:5 +. +I stretch forth my hands unto thee: my soul thirsteth after thee, as a thirsty land. Selah. -- psalms 143:6 +. +Hear me speedily, O LORD: my spirit faileth: hide not thy face from me, lest I be like unto them that go down into the pit. -- psalms 143:7 +. +Cause me to hear thy lovingkindness in the morning; for in thee do I trust: cause me to know the way wherein I should walk; for I lift up my soul unto thee. -- psalms 143:8 +. +Deliver me, O LORD, from mine enemies: I flee unto thee to hide me. -- psalms 143:9 +. +Teach me to do thy will; for thou art my God: thy spirit is good; lead me into the land of uprightness. -- psalms 143:10 +. +Quicken me, O LORD, for thy name's sake: for thy righteousness' sake bring my soul out of trouble. -- psalms 143:11 +. +And of thy mercy cut off mine enemies, and destroy all them that afflict my soul: for I am thy servant. -- psalms 143:12 +. +Blessed be the LORD my strength which teacheth my hands to war, and my fingers to fight: -- psalms 144:1 +. +My goodness, and my fortress; my high tower, and my deliverer; my shield, and he in whom I trust; who subdueth my people under me. -- psalms 144:2 +. +LORD, what is man, that thou takest knowledge of him! or the son of man, that thou makest account of him! -- psalms 144:3 +. +Man is like to vanity: his days are as a shadow that passeth away. -- psalms 144:4 +. +Bow thy heavens, O LORD, and come down: touch the mountains, and they shall smoke. -- psalms 144:5 +. +Cast forth lightning, and scatter them: shoot out thine arrows, and destroy them. -- psalms 144:6 +. +Send thine hand from above; rid me, and deliver me out of great waters, from the hand of strange children; -- psalms 144:7 +. +Whose mouth speaketh vanity, and their right hand is a right hand of falsehood. -- psalms 144:8 +. +I will sing a new song unto thee, O God: upon a psaltery and an instrument of ten strings will I sing praises unto thee. -- psalms 144:9 +. +It is he that giveth salvation unto kings: who delivereth David his servant from the hurtful sword. -- psalms 144:10 +. +Rid me, and deliver me from the hand of strange children, whose mouth speaketh vanity, and their right hand is a right hand of falsehood: -- psalms 144:11 +. +That our sons may be as plants grown up in their youth; that our daughters may be as corner stones, polished after the similitude of a palace: -- psalms 144:12 +. +That our garners may be full, affording all manner of store: that our sheep may bring forth thousands and ten thousands in our streets: -- psalms 144:13 +. +That our oxen may be strong to labour; that there be no breaking in, nor going out; that there be no complaining in our streets. -- psalms 144:14 +. +Happy is that people, that is in such a case: yea, happy is that people, whose God is the LORD. -- psalms 144:15 +. +I will extol thee, my God, O king; and I will bless thy name for ever and ever. -- psalms 145:1 +. +Every day will I bless thee; and I will praise thy name for ever and ever. -- psalms 145:2 +. +Great is the LORD, and greatly to be praised; and his greatness is unsearchable. -- psalms 145:3 +. +One generation shall praise thy works to another, and shall declare thy mighty acts. -- psalms 145:4 +. +I will speak of the glorious honour of thy majesty, and of thy wondrous works. -- psalms 145:5 +. +And men shall speak of the might of thy terrible acts: and I will declare thy greatness. -- psalms 145:6 +. +They shall abundantly utter the memory of thy great goodness, and shall sing of thy righteousness. -- psalms 145:7 +. +The LORD is gracious, and full of compassion; slow to anger, and of great mercy. -- psalms 145:8 +. +The LORD is good to all: and his tender mercies are over all his works. -- psalms 145:9 +. +All thy works shall praise thee, O LORD; and thy saints shall bless thee. -- psalms 145:10 +. +They shall speak of the glory of thy kingdom, and talk of thy power; -- psalms 145:11 +. +To make known to the sons of men his mighty acts, and the glorious majesty of his kingdom. -- psalms 145:12 +. +Thy kingdom is an everlasting kingdom, and thy dominion endureth throughout all generations. -- psalms 145:13 +. +The LORD upholdeth all that fall, and raiseth up all those that be bowed down. -- psalms 145:14 +. +The eyes of all wait upon thee; and thou givest them their meat in due season. -- psalms 145:15 +. +Thou openest thine hand, and satisfiest the desire of every living thing. -- psalms 145:16 +. +The LORD is righteous in all his ways, and holy in all his works. -- psalms 145:17 +. +The LORD is nigh unto all them that call upon him, to all that call upon him in truth. -- psalms 145:18 +. +He will fulfil the desire of them that fear him: he also will hear their cry, and will save them. -- psalms 145:19 +. +The LORD preserveth all them that love him: but all the wicked will he destroy. -- psalms 145:20 +. +My mouth shall speak the praise of the LORD: and let all flesh bless his holy name for ever and ever. -- psalms 145:21 +. +Praise ye the LORD. Praise the LORD, O my soul. -- psalms 146:1 +. +While I live will I praise the LORD: I will sing praises unto my God while I have any being. -- psalms 146:2 +. +Put not your trust in princes, nor in the son of man, in whom there is no help. -- psalms 146:3 +. +His breath goeth forth, he returneth to his earth; in that very day his thoughts perish. -- psalms 146:4 +. +Happy is he that hath the God of Jacob for his help, whose hope is in the LORD his God: -- psalms 146:5 +. +Which made heaven, and earth, the sea, and all that therein is: which keepeth truth for ever: -- psalms 146:6 +. +Which executeth judgment for the oppressed: which giveth food to the hungry. The LORD looseth the prisoners: -- psalms 146:7 +. +The LORD openeth the eyes of the blind: the LORD raiseth them that are bowed down: the LORD loveth the righteous: -- psalms 146:8 +. +The LORD preserveth the strangers; he relieveth the fatherless and widow: but the way of the wicked he turneth upside down. -- psalms 146:9 +. +The LORD shall reign for ever, even thy God, O Zion, unto all generations. Praise ye the LORD. -- psalms 146:10 +. +Praise ye the LORD: for it is good to sing praises unto our God; for it is pleasant; and praise is comely. -- psalms 147:1 +. +The LORD doth build up Jerusalem: he gathereth together the outcasts of Israel. -- psalms 147:2 +. +He healeth the broken in heart, and bindeth up their wounds. -- psalms 147:3 +. +He telleth the number of the stars; he calleth them all by their names. -- psalms 147:4 +. +Great is our Lord, and of great power: his understanding is infinite. -- psalms 147:5 +. +The LORD lifteth up the meek: he casteth the wicked down to the ground. -- psalms 147:6 +. +Sing unto the LORD with thanksgiving; sing praise upon the harp unto our God: -- psalms 147:7 +. +Who covereth the heaven with clouds, who prepareth rain for the earth, who maketh grass to grow upon the mountains. -- psalms 147:8 +. +He giveth to the beast his food, and to the young ravens which cry. -- psalms 147:9 +. +He delighteth not in the strength of the horse: he taketh not pleasure in the legs of a man. -- psalms 147:10 +. +The LORD taketh pleasure in them that fear him, in those that hope in his mercy. -- psalms 147:11 +. +Praise the LORD, O Jerusalem; praise thy God, O Zion. -- psalms 147:12 +. +For he hath strengthened the bars of thy gates; he hath blessed thy children within thee. -- psalms 147:13 +. +He maketh peace in thy borders, and filleth thee with the finest of the wheat. -- psalms 147:14 +. +He sendeth forth his commandment upon earth: his word runneth very swiftly. -- psalms 147:15 +. +He giveth snow like wool: he scattereth the hoarfrost like ashes. -- psalms 147:16 +. +He casteth forth his ice like morsels: who can stand before his cold? -- psalms 147:17 +. +He sendeth out his word, and melteth them: he causeth his wind to blow, and the waters flow. -- psalms 147:18 +. +He sheweth his word unto Jacob, his statutes and his judgments unto Israel. -- psalms 147:19 +. +He hath not dealt so with any nation: and as for his judgments, they have not known them. Praise ye the LORD. -- psalms 147:20 +. +Praise ye the LORD. Praise ye the LORD from the heavens: praise him in the heights. -- psalms 148:1 +. +Praise ye him, all his angels: praise ye him, all his hosts. -- psalms 148:2 +. +Praise ye him, sun and moon: praise him, all ye stars of light. -- psalms 148:3 +. +Praise him, ye heavens of heavens, and ye waters that be above the heavens. -- psalms 148:4 +. +Let them praise the name of the LORD: for he commanded, and they were created. -- psalms 148:5 +. +He hath also stablished them for ever and ever: he hath made a decree which shall not pass. -- psalms 148:6 +. +Praise the LORD from the earth, ye dragons, and all deeps: -- psalms 148:7 +. +Fire, and hail; snow, and vapours; stormy wind fulfilling his word: -- psalms 148:8 +. +Mountains, and all hills; fruitful trees, and all cedars: -- psalms 148:9 +. +Beasts, and all cattle; creeping things, and flying fowl: -- psalms 148:10 +. +Kings of the earth, and all people; princes, and all judges of the earth: -- psalms 148:11 +. +Both young men, and maidens; old men, and children: -- psalms 148:12 +. +Let them praise the name of the LORD: for his name alone is excellent; his glory is above the earth and heaven. -- psalms 148:13 +. +He also exalteth the horn of his people, the praise of all his saints; even of the children of Israel, a people near unto him. Praise ye the LORD. -- psalms 148:14 +. +Praise ye the LORD. Sing unto the LORD a new song, and his praise in the congregation of saints. -- psalms 149:1 +. +Let Israel rejoice in him that made him: let the children of Zion be joyful in their King. -- psalms 149:2 +. +Let them praise his name in the dance: let them sing praises unto him with the timbrel and harp. -- psalms 149:3 +. +For the LORD taketh pleasure in his people: he will beautify the meek with salvation. -- psalms 149:4 +. +Let the saints be joyful in glory: let them sing aloud upon their beds. -- psalms 149:5 +. +Let the high praises of God be in their mouth, and a two-edged sword in their hand; -- psalms 149:6 +. +To execute vengeance upon the heathen, and punishments upon the people; -- psalms 149:7 +. +To bind their kings with chains, and their nobles with fetters of iron; -- psalms 149:8 +. +To execute upon them the judgment written: this honour have all his saints. Praise ye the LORD. -- psalms 149:9 +. +Praise ye the LORD. Praise God in his sanctuary: praise him in the firmament of his power. -- psalms 150:1 +. +Praise him for his mighty acts: praise him according to his excellent greatness. -- psalms 150:2 +. +Praise him with the sound of the trumpet: praise him with the psaltery and harp. -- psalms 150:3 +. +Praise him with the timbrel and dance: praise him with stringed instruments and organs. -- psalms 150:4 +. +Praise him upon the loud cymbals: praise him upon the high sounding cymbals. -- psalms 150:5 +. +Let every thing that hath breath praise the LORD. Praise ye the LORD. -- psalms 150:6 +. +The proverbs of Solomon the son of David, king of Israel; -- proverbs 1:1 +. +To know wisdom and instruction; to perceive the words of understanding; -- proverbs 1:2 +. +To receive the instruction of wisdom, justice, and judgment, and equity; -- proverbs 1:3 +. +To give subtilty to the simple, to the young man knowledge and discretion. -- proverbs 1:4 +. +A wise man will hear, and will increase learning; and a man of understanding shall attain unto wise counsels: -- proverbs 1:5 +. +To understand a proverb, and the interpretation; the words of the wise, and their dark sayings. -- proverbs 1:6 +. +The fear of the LORD is the beginning of knowledge: but fools despise wisdom and instruction. -- proverbs 1:7 +. +My son, hear the instruction of thy father, and forsake not the law of thy mother: -- proverbs 1:8 +. +For they shall be an ornament of grace unto thy head, and chains about thy neck. -- proverbs 1:9 +. +My son, if sinners entice thee, consent thou not. -- proverbs 1:10 +. +If they say, Come with us, let us lay wait for blood, let us lurk privily for the innocent without cause: -- proverbs 1:11 +. +Let us swallow them up alive as the grave; and whole, as those that go down into the pit: -- proverbs 1:12 +. +We shall find all precious substance, we shall fill our houses with spoil: -- proverbs 1:13 +. +Cast in thy lot among us; let us all have one purse: -- proverbs 1:14 +. +My son, walk not thou in the way with them; refrain thy foot from their path: -- proverbs 1:15 +. +For their feet run to evil, and make haste to shed blood. -- proverbs 1:16 +. +Surely in vain the net is spread in the sight of any bird. -- proverbs 1:17 +. +And they lay wait for their own blood; they lurk privily for their own lives. -- proverbs 1:18 +. +So are the ways of every one that is greedy of gain; which taketh away the life of the owners thereof. -- proverbs 1:19 +. +Wisdom crieth without; she uttereth her voice in the streets: -- proverbs 1:20 +. +She crieth in the chief place of concourse, in the openings of the gates: in the city she uttereth her words, saying, -- proverbs 1:21 +. +How long, ye simple ones, will ye love simplicity? and the scorners delight in their scorning, and fools hate knowledge? -- proverbs 1:22 +. +Turn you at my reproof: behold, I will pour out my spirit unto you, I will make known my words unto you. -- proverbs 1:23 +. +Because I have called, and ye refused; I have stretched out my hand, and no man regarded; -- proverbs 1:24 +. +But ye have set at nought all my counsel, and would none of my reproof: -- proverbs 1:25 +. +I also will laugh at your calamity; I will mock when your fear cometh; -- proverbs 1:26 +. +When your fear cometh as desolation, and your destruction cometh as a whirlwind; when distress and anguish cometh upon you. -- proverbs 1:27 +. +Then shall they call upon me, but I will not answer; they shall seek me early, but they shall not find me: -- proverbs 1:28 +. +For that they hated knowledge, and did not choose the fear of the LORD: -- proverbs 1:29 +. +They would none of my counsel: they despised all my reproof. -- proverbs 1:30 +. +Therefore shall they eat of the fruit of their own way, and be filled with their own devices. -- proverbs 1:31 +. +For the turning away of the simple shall slay them, and the prosperity of fools shall destroy them. -- proverbs 1:32 +. +But whoso hearkeneth unto me shall dwell safely, and shall be quiet from fear of evil. -- proverbs 1:33 +. +My son, if thou wilt receive my words, and hide my commandments with thee; -- proverbs 2:1 +. +So that thou incline thine ear unto wisdom, and apply thine heart to understanding; -- proverbs 2:2 +. +Yea, if thou criest after knowledge, and liftest up thy voice for understanding; -- proverbs 2:3 +. +If thou seekest her as silver, and searchest for her as for hid treasures; -- proverbs 2:4 +. +Then shalt thou understand the fear of the LORD, and find the knowledge of God. -- proverbs 2:5 +. +For the LORD giveth wisdom: out of his mouth cometh knowledge and understanding. -- proverbs 2:6 +. +He layeth up sound wisdom for the righteous: he is a buckler to them that walk uprightly. -- proverbs 2:7 +. +He keepeth the paths of judgment, and preserveth the way of his saints. -- proverbs 2:8 +. +Then shalt thou understand righteousness, and judgment, and equity; yea, every good path. -- proverbs 2:9 +. +When wisdom entereth into thine heart, and knowledge is pleasant unto thy soul; -- proverbs 2:10 +. +Discretion shall preserve thee, understanding shall keep thee: -- proverbs 2:11 +. +To deliver thee from the way of the evil man, from the man that speaketh froward things; -- proverbs 2:12 +. +Who leave the paths of uprightness, to walk in the ways of darkness; -- proverbs 2:13 +. +Who rejoice to do evil, and delight in the frowardness of the wicked; -- proverbs 2:14 +. +Whose ways are crooked, and they froward in their paths: -- proverbs 2:15 +. +To deliver thee from the strange woman, even from the stranger which flattereth with her words; -- proverbs 2:16 +. +Which forsaketh the guide of her youth, and forgetteth the covenant of her God. -- proverbs 2:17 +. +For her house inclineth unto death, and her paths unto the dead. -- proverbs 2:18 +. +None that go unto her return again, neither take they hold of the paths of life. -- proverbs 2:19 +. +That thou mayest walk in the way of good men, and keep the paths of the righteous. -- proverbs 2:20 +. +For the upright shall dwell in the land, and the perfect shall remain in it. -- proverbs 2:21 +. +But the wicked shall be cut off from the earth, and the transgressors shall be rooted out of it. -- proverbs 2:22 +. +My son, forget not my law; but let thine heart keep my commandments: -- proverbs 3:1 +. +For length of days, and long life, and peace, shall they add to thee. -- proverbs 3:2 +. +Let not mercy and truth forsake thee: bind them about thy neck; write them upon the table of thine heart: -- proverbs 3:3 +. +So shalt thou find favour and good understanding in the sight of God and man. -- proverbs 3:4 +. +Trust in the LORD with all thine heart; and lean not unto thine own understanding. -- proverbs 3:5 +. +In all thy ways acknowledge him, and he shall direct thy paths. -- proverbs 3:6 +. +Be not wise in thine own eyes: fear the LORD, and depart from evil. -- proverbs 3:7 +. +It shall be health to thy navel, and marrow to thy bones. -- proverbs 3:8 +. +Honour the LORD with thy substance, and with the firstfruits of all thine increase: -- proverbs 3:9 +. +So shall thy barns be filled with plenty, and thy presses shall burst out with new wine. -- proverbs 3:10 +. +My son, despise not the chastening of the LORD; neither be weary of his correction: -- proverbs 3:11 +. +For whom the LORD loveth he correcteth; even as a father the son in whom he delighteth. -- proverbs 3:12 +. +Happy is the man that findeth wisdom, and the man that getteth understanding. -- proverbs 3:13 +. +For the merchandise of it is better than the merchandise of silver, and the gain thereof than fine gold. -- proverbs 3:14 +. +She is more precious than rubies: and all the things thou canst desire are not to be compared unto her. -- proverbs 3:15 +. +Length of days is in her right hand; and in her left hand riches and honour. -- proverbs 3:16 +. +Her ways are ways of pleasantness, and all her paths are peace. -- proverbs 3:17 +. +She is a tree of life to them that lay hold upon her: and happy is every one that retaineth her. -- proverbs 3:18 +. +The LORD by wisdom hath founded the earth; by understanding hath he established the heavens. -- proverbs 3:19 +. +By his knowledge the depths are broken up, and the clouds drop down the dew. -- proverbs 3:20 +. +My son, let not them depart from thine eyes: keep sound wisdom and discretion: -- proverbs 3:21 +. +So shall they be life unto thy soul, and grace to thy neck. -- proverbs 3:22 +. +Then shalt thou walk in thy way safely, and thy foot shall not stumble. -- proverbs 3:23 +. +When thou liest down, thou shalt not be afraid: yea, thou shalt lie down, and thy sleep shall be sweet. -- proverbs 3:24 +. +Be not afraid of sudden fear, neither of the desolation of the wicked, when it cometh. -- proverbs 3:25 +. +For the LORD shall be thy confidence, and shall keep thy foot from being taken. -- proverbs 3:26 +. +Withhold not good from them to whom it is due, when it is in the power of thine hand to do it. -- proverbs 3:27 +. +Say not unto thy neighbour, Go, and come again, and to morrow I will give; when thou hast it by thee. -- proverbs 3:28 +. +Devise not evil against thy neighbour, seeing he dwelleth securely by thee. -- proverbs 3:29 +. +Strive not with a man without cause, if he have done thee no harm. -- proverbs 3:30 +. +Envy thou not the oppressor, and choose none of his ways. -- proverbs 3:31 +. +For the froward is abomination to the LORD: but his secret is with the righteous. -- proverbs 3:32 +. +The curse of the LORD is in the house of the wicked: but he blesseth the habitation of the just. -- proverbs 3:33 +. +Surely he scorneth the scorners: but he giveth grace unto the lowly. -- proverbs 3:34 +. +The wise shall inherit glory: but shame shall be the promotion of fools. -- proverbs 3:35 +. +Hear, ye children, the instruction of a father, and attend to know understanding. -- proverbs 4:1 +. +For I give you good doctrine, forsake ye not my law. -- proverbs 4:2 +. +For I was my father's son, tender and only beloved in the sight of my mother. -- proverbs 4:3 +. +He taught me also, and said unto me, Let thine heart retain my words: keep my commandments, and live. -- proverbs 4:4 +. +Get wisdom, get understanding: forget it not; neither decline from the words of my mouth. -- proverbs 4:5 +. +Forsake her not, and she shall preserve thee: love her, and she shall keep thee. -- proverbs 4:6 +. +Wisdom is the principal thing; therefore get wisdom: and with all thy getting get understanding. -- proverbs 4:7 +. +Exalt her, and she shall promote thee: she shall bring thee to honour, when thou dost embrace her. -- proverbs 4:8 +. +She shall give to thine head an ornament of grace: a crown of glory shall she deliver to thee. -- proverbs 4:9 +. +Hear, O my son, and receive my sayings; and the years of thy life shall be many. -- proverbs 4:10 +. +I have taught thee in the way of wisdom; I have led thee in right paths. -- proverbs 4:11 +. +When thou goest, thy steps shall not be straitened; and when thou runnest, thou shalt not stumble. -- proverbs 4:12 +. +Take fast hold of instruction; let her not go: keep her; for she is thy life. -- proverbs 4:13 +. +Enter not into the path of the wicked, and go not in the way of evil men. -- proverbs 4:14 +. +Avoid it, pass not by it, turn from it, and pass away. -- proverbs 4:15 +. +For they sleep not, except they have done mischief; and their sleep is taken away, unless they cause some to fall. -- proverbs 4:16 +. +For they eat the bread of wickedness, and drink the wine of violence. -- proverbs 4:17 +. +But the path of the just is as the shining light, that shineth more and more unto the perfect day. -- proverbs 4:18 +. +The way of the wicked is as darkness: they know not at what they stumble. -- proverbs 4:19 +. +My son, attend to my words; incline thine ear unto my sayings. -- proverbs 4:20 +. +Let them not depart from thine eyes; keep them in the midst of thine heart. -- proverbs 4:21 +. +For they are life unto those that find them, and health to all their flesh. -- proverbs 4:22 +. +Keep thy heart with all diligence; for out of it are the issues of life. -- proverbs 4:23 +. +Put away from thee a froward mouth, and perverse lips put far from thee. -- proverbs 4:24 +. +Let thine eyes look right on, and let thine eyelids look straight before thee. -- proverbs 4:25 +. +Ponder the path of thy feet, and let all thy ways be established. -- proverbs 4:26 +. +Turn not to the right hand nor to the left: remove thy foot from evil. -- proverbs 4:27 +. +My son, attend unto my wisdom, and bow thine ear to my understanding: -- proverbs 5:1 +. +That thou mayest regard discretion, and that thy lips may keep knowledge. -- proverbs 5:2 +. +For the lips of a strange woman drop as an honeycomb, and her mouth is smoother than oil: -- proverbs 5:3 +. +But her end is bitter as wormwood, sharp as a two-edged sword. -- proverbs 5:4 +. +Her feet go down to death; her steps take hold on hell. -- proverbs 5:5 +. +Lest thou shouldest ponder the path of life, her ways are moveable, that thou canst not know them. -- proverbs 5:6 +. +Hear me now therefore, O ye children, and depart not from the words of my mouth. -- proverbs 5:7 +. +Remove thy way far from her, and come not nigh the door of her house: -- proverbs 5:8 +. +Lest thou give thine honour unto others, and thy years unto the cruel: -- proverbs 5:9 +. +Lest strangers be filled with thy wealth; and thy labours be in the house of a stranger; -- proverbs 5:10 +. +And thou mourn at the last, when thy flesh and thy body are consumed, -- proverbs 5:11 +. +And say, How have I hated instruction, and my heart despised reproof; -- proverbs 5:12 +. +And have not obeyed the voice of my teachers, nor inclined mine ear to them that instructed me! -- proverbs 5:13 +. +I was almost in all evil in the midst of the congregation and assembly. -- proverbs 5:14 +. +Drink waters out of thine own cistern, and running waters out of thine own well. -- proverbs 5:15 +. +Let thy fountains be dispersed abroad, and rivers of waters in the streets. -- proverbs 5:16 +. +Let them be only thine own, and not strangers' with thee. -- proverbs 5:17 +. +Let thy fountain be blessed: and rejoice with the wife of thy youth. -- proverbs 5:18 +. +Let her be as the loving hind and pleasant roe; let her breasts satisfy thee at all times; and be thou ravished always with her love. -- proverbs 5:19 +. +And why wilt thou, my son, be ravished with a strange woman, and embrace the bosom of a stranger? -- proverbs 5:20 +. +For the ways of man are before the eyes of the LORD, and he pondereth all his goings. -- proverbs 5:21 +. +His own iniquities shall take the wicked himself, and he shall be holden with the cords of his sins. -- proverbs 5:22 +. +He shall die without instruction; and in the greatness of his folly he shall go astray. -- proverbs 5:23 +. +My son, if thou be surety for thy friend, if thou hast stricken thy hand with a stranger, -- proverbs 6:1 +. +Thou art snared with the words of thy mouth, thou art taken with the words of thy mouth. -- proverbs 6:2 +. +Do this now, my son, and deliver thyself, when thou art come into the hand of thy friend; go, humble thyself, and make sure thy friend. -- proverbs 6:3 +. +Give not sleep to thine eyes, nor slumber to thine eyelids. -- proverbs 6:4 +. +Deliver thyself as a roe from the hand of the hunter, and as a bird from the hand of the fowler. -- proverbs 6:5 +. +Go to the ant, thou sluggard; consider her ways, and be wise: -- proverbs 6:6 +. +Which having no guide, overseer, or ruler, -- proverbs 6:7 +. +Provideth her meat in the summer, and gathereth her food in the harvest. -- proverbs 6:8 +. +How long wilt thou sleep, O sluggard? when wilt thou arise out of thy sleep? -- proverbs 6:9 +. +Yet a little sleep, a little slumber, a little folding of the hands to sleep: -- proverbs 6:10 +. +So shall thy poverty come as one that travelleth, and thy want as an armed man. -- proverbs 6:11 +. +A naughty person, a wicked man, walketh with a froward mouth. -- proverbs 6:12 +. +He winketh with his eyes, he speaketh with his feet, he teacheth with his fingers; -- proverbs 6:13 +. +Frowardness is in his heart, he deviseth mischief continually; he soweth discord. -- proverbs 6:14 +. +Therefore shall his calamity come suddenly; suddenly shall he be broken without remedy. -- proverbs 6:15 +. +These six things doth the LORD hate: yea, seven are an abomination unto him: -- proverbs 6:16 +. +A proud look, a lying tongue, and hands that shed innocent blood, -- proverbs 6:17 +. +An heart that deviseth wicked imaginations, feet that be swift in running to mischief, -- proverbs 6:18 +. +A false witness that speaketh lies, and he that soweth discord among brethren. -- proverbs 6:19 +. +My son, keep thy father's commandment, and forsake not the law of thy mother: -- proverbs 6:20 +. +Bind them continually upon thine heart, and tie them about thy neck. -- proverbs 6:21 +. +When thou goest, it shall lead thee; when thou sleepest, it shall keep thee; and when thou awakest, it shall talk with thee. -- proverbs 6:22 +. +For the commandment is a lamp; and the law is light; and reproofs of instruction are the way of life: -- proverbs 6:23 +. +To keep thee from the evil woman, from the flattery of the tongue of a strange woman. -- proverbs 6:24 +. +Lust not after her beauty in thine heart; neither let her take thee with her eyelids. -- proverbs 6:25 +. +For by means of a whorish woman a man is brought to a piece of bread: and the adultress will hunt for the precious life. -- proverbs 6:26 +. +Can a man take fire in his bosom, and his clothes not be burned? -- proverbs 6:27 +. +Can one go upon hot coals, and his feet not be burned? -- proverbs 6:28 +. +So he that goeth in to his neighbour's wife; whosoever toucheth her shall not be innocent. -- proverbs 6:29 +. +Men do not despise a thief, if he steal to satisfy his soul when he is hungry; -- proverbs 6:30 +. +But if he be found, he shall restore sevenfold; he shall give all the substance of his house. -- proverbs 6:31 +. +But whoso committeth adultery with a woman lacketh understanding: he that doeth it destroyeth his own soul. -- proverbs 6:32 +. +A wound and dishonour shall he get; and his reproach shall not be wiped away. -- proverbs 6:33 +. +For jealousy is the rage of a man: therefore he will not spare in the day of vengeance. -- proverbs 6:34 +. +He will not regard any ransom; neither will he rest content, though thou givest many gifts. -- proverbs 6:35 +. +My son, keep my words, and lay up my commandments with thee. -- proverbs 7:1 +. +Keep my commandments, and live; and my law as the apple of thine eye. -- proverbs 7:2 +. +Bind them upon thy fingers, write them upon the table of thine heart. -- proverbs 7:3 +. +Say unto wisdom, Thou art my sister; and call understanding thy kinswoman: -- proverbs 7:4 +. +That they may keep thee from the strange woman, from the stranger which flattereth with her words. -- proverbs 7:5 +. +For at the window of my house I looked through my casement, -- proverbs 7:6 +. +And beheld among the simple ones, I discerned among the youths, a young man void of understanding, -- proverbs 7:7 +. +Passing through the street near her corner; and he went the way to her house, -- proverbs 7:8 +. +In the twilight, in the evening, in the black and dark night: -- proverbs 7:9 +. +And, behold, there met him a woman with the attire of an harlot, and subtil of heart. -- proverbs 7:10 +. +(She is loud and stubborn; her feet abide not in her house: -- proverbs 7:11 +. +Now is she without, now in the streets, and lieth in wait at every corner.) -- proverbs 7:12 +. +So she caught him, and kissed him, and with an impudent face said unto him, -- proverbs 7:13 +. +I have peace offerings with me; this day have I payed my vows. -- proverbs 7:14 +. +Therefore came I forth to meet thee, diligently to seek thy face, and I have found thee. -- proverbs 7:15 +. +I have decked my bed with coverings of tapestry, with carved works, with fine linen of Egypt. -- proverbs 7:16 +. +I have perfumed my bed with myrrh, aloes, and cinnamon. -- proverbs 7:17 +. +Come, let us take our fill of love until the morning: let us solace ourselves with loves. -- proverbs 7:18 +. +For the goodman is not at home, he is gone a long journey: -- proverbs 7:19 +. +He hath taken a bag of money with him, and will come home at the day appointed. -- proverbs 7:20 +. +With her much fair speech she caused him to yield, with the flattering of her lips she forced him. -- proverbs 7:21 +. +He goeth after her straightway, as an ox goeth to the slaughter, or as a fool to the correction of the stocks; -- proverbs 7:22 +. +Till a dart strike through his liver; as a bird hasteth to the snare, and knoweth not that it is for his life. -- proverbs 7:23 +. +Hearken unto me now therefore, O ye children, and attend to the words of my mouth. -- proverbs 7:24 +. +Let not thine heart decline to her ways, go not astray in her paths. -- proverbs 7:25 +. +For she hath cast down many wounded: yea, many strong men have been slain by her. -- proverbs 7:26 +. +Her house is the way to hell, going down to the chambers of death. -- proverbs 7:27 +. +Doth not wisdom cry? and understanding put forth her voice? -- proverbs 8:1 +. +She standeth in the top of high places, by the way in the places of the paths. -- proverbs 8:2 +. +She crieth at the gates, at the entry of the city, at the coming in at the doors. -- proverbs 8:3 +. +Unto you, O men, I call; and my voice is to the sons of man. -- proverbs 8:4 +. +O ye simple, understand wisdom: and, ye fools, be ye of an understanding heart. -- proverbs 8:5 +. +Hear; for I will speak of excellent things; and the opening of my lips shall be right things. -- proverbs 8:6 +. +For my mouth shall speak truth; and wickedness is an abomination to my lips. -- proverbs 8:7 +. +All the words of my mouth are in righteousness; there is nothing froward or perverse in them. -- proverbs 8:8 +. +They are all plain to him that understandeth, and right to them that find knowledge. -- proverbs 8:9 +. +Receive my instruction, and not silver; and knowledge rather than choice gold. -- proverbs 8:10 +. +For wisdom is better than rubies; and all the things that may be desired are not to be compared to it. -- proverbs 8:11 +. +I wisdom dwell with prudence, and find out knowledge of witty inventions. -- proverbs 8:12 +. +The fear of the LORD is to hate evil: pride, and arrogancy, and the evil way, and the froward mouth, do I hate. -- proverbs 8:13 +. +Counsel is mine, and sound wisdom: I am understanding; I have strength. -- proverbs 8:14 +. +By me kings reign, and princes decree justice. -- proverbs 8:15 +. +By me princes rule, and nobles, even all the judges of the earth. -- proverbs 8:16 +. +I love them that love me; and those that seek me early shall find me. -- proverbs 8:17 +. +Riches and honour are with me; yea, durable riches and righteousness. -- proverbs 8:18 +. +My fruit is better than gold, yea, than fine gold; and my revenue than choice silver. -- proverbs 8:19 +. +I lead in the way of righteousness, in the midst of the paths of judgment: -- proverbs 8:20 +. +That I may cause those that love me to inherit substance; and I will fill their treasures. -- proverbs 8:21 +. +The LORD possessed me in the beginning of his way, before his works of old. -- proverbs 8:22 +. +I was set up from everlasting, from the beginning, or ever the earth was. -- proverbs 8:23 +. +When there were no depths, I was brought forth; when there were no fountains abounding with water. -- proverbs 8:24 +. +Before the mountains were settled, before the hills was I brought forth: -- proverbs 8:25 +. +While as yet he had not made the earth, nor the fields, nor the highest part of the dust of the world. -- proverbs 8:26 +. +When he prepared the heavens, I was there: when he set a compass upon the face of the depth: -- proverbs 8:27 +. +When he established the clouds above: when he strengthened the fountains of the deep: -- proverbs 8:28 +. +When he gave to the sea his decree, that the waters should not pass his commandment: when he appointed the foundations of the earth: -- proverbs 8:29 +. +Then I was by him, as one brought up with him: and I was daily his delight, rejoicing always before him; -- proverbs 8:30 +. +Rejoicing in the habitable part of his earth; and my delights were with the sons of men. -- proverbs 8:31 +. +Now therefore hearken unto me, O ye children: for blessed are they that keep my ways. -- proverbs 8:32 +. +Hear instruction, and be wise, and refuse it not. -- proverbs 8:33 +. +Blessed is the man that heareth me, watching daily at my gates, waiting at the posts of my doors. -- proverbs 8:34 +. +For whoso findeth me findeth life, and shall obtain favour of the LORD. -- proverbs 8:35 +. +But he that sinneth against me wrongeth his own soul: all they that hate me love death. -- proverbs 8:36 +. +Wisdom hath builded her house, she hath hewn out her seven pillars: -- proverbs 9:1 +. +She hath killed her beasts; she hath mingled her wine; she hath also furnished her table. -- proverbs 9:2 +. +She hath sent forth her maidens: she crieth upon the highest places of the city, -- proverbs 9:3 +. +Whoso is simple, let him turn in hither: as for him that wanteth understanding, she saith to him, -- proverbs 9:4 +. +Come, eat of my bread, and drink of the wine which I have mingled. -- proverbs 9:5 +. +Forsake the foolish, and live; and go in the way of understanding. -- proverbs 9:6 +. +He that reproveth a scorner getteth to himself shame: and he that rebuketh a wicked man getteth himself a blot. -- proverbs 9:7 +. +Reprove not a scorner, lest he hate thee: rebuke a wise man, and he will love thee. -- proverbs 9:8 +. +Give instruction to a wise man, and he will be yet wiser: teach a just man, and he will increase in learning. -- proverbs 9:9 +. +The fear of the LORD is the beginning of wisdom: and the knowledge of the holy is understanding. -- proverbs 9:10 +. +For by me thy days shall be multiplied, and the years of thy life shall be increased. -- proverbs 9:11 +. +If thou be wise, thou shalt be wise for thyself: but if thou scornest, thou alone shalt bear it. -- proverbs 9:12 +. +A foolish woman is clamorous: she is simple, and knoweth nothing. -- proverbs 9:13 +. +For she sitteth at the door of her house, on a seat in the high places of the city, -- proverbs 9:14 +. +To call passengers who go right on their ways: -- proverbs 9:15 +. +Whoso is simple, let him turn in hither: and as for him that wanteth understanding, she saith to him, -- proverbs 9:16 +. +Stolen waters are sweet, and bread eaten in secret is pleasant. -- proverbs 9:17 +. +But he knoweth not that the dead are there; and that her guests are in the depths of hell. -- proverbs 9:18 +. +The proverbs of Solomon. A wise son maketh a glad father: but a foolish son is the heaviness of his mother. -- proverbs 10:1 +. +Treasures of wickedness profit nothing: but righteousness delivereth from death. -- proverbs 10:2 +. +The LORD will not suffer the soul of the righteous to famish: but he casteth away the substance of the wicked. -- proverbs 10:3 +. +He becometh poor that dealeth with a slack hand: but the hand of the diligent maketh rich. -- proverbs 10:4 +. +He that gathereth in summer is a wise son: but he that sleepeth in harvest is a son that causeth shame. -- proverbs 10:5 +. +Blessings are upon the head of the just: but violence covereth the mouth of the wicked. -- proverbs 10:6 +. +The memory of the just is blessed: but the name of the wicked shall rot. -- proverbs 10:7 +. +The wise in heart will receive commandments: but a prating fool shall fall. -- proverbs 10:8 +. +He that walketh uprightly walketh surely: but he that perverteth his ways shall be known. -- proverbs 10:9 +. +He that winketh with the eye causeth sorrow: but a prating fool shall fall. -- proverbs 10:10 +. +The mouth of a righteous man is a well of life: but violence covereth the mouth of the wicked. -- proverbs 10:11 +. +Hatred stirreth up strifes: but love covereth all sins. -- proverbs 10:12 +. +In the lips of him that hath understanding wisdom is found: but a rod is for the back of him that is void of understanding. -- proverbs 10:13 +. +Wise men lay up knowledge: but the mouth of the foolish is near destruction. -- proverbs 10:14 +. +The rich man's wealth is his strong city: the destruction of the poor is their poverty. -- proverbs 10:15 +. +The labour of the righteous tendeth to life: the fruit of the wicked to sin. -- proverbs 10:16 +. +He is in the way of life that keepeth instruction: but he that refuseth reproof erreth. -- proverbs 10:17 +. +He that hideth hatred with lying lips, and he that uttereth a slander, is a fool. -- proverbs 10:18 +. +In the multitude of words there wanteth not sin: but he that refraineth his lips is wise. -- proverbs 10:19 +. +The tongue of the just is as choice silver: the heart of the wicked is little worth. -- proverbs 10:20 +. +The lips of the righteous feed many: but fools die for want of wisdom. -- proverbs 10:21 +. +The blessing of the LORD, it maketh rich, and he addeth no sorrow with it. -- proverbs 10:22 +. +It is as sport to a fool to do mischief: but a man of understanding hath wisdom. -- proverbs 10:23 +. +The fear of the wicked, it shall come upon him: but the desire of the righteous shall be granted. -- proverbs 10:24 +. +As the whirlwind passeth, so is the wicked no more: but the righteous is an everlasting foundation. -- proverbs 10:25 +. +As vinegar to the teeth, and as smoke to the eyes, so is the sluggard to them that send him. -- proverbs 10:26 +. +The fear of the LORD prolongeth days: but the years of the wicked shall be shortened. -- proverbs 10:27 +. +The hope of the righteous shall be gladness: but the expectation of the wicked shall perish. -- proverbs 10:28 +. +The way of the LORD is strength to the upright: but destruction shall be to the workers of iniquity. -- proverbs 10:29 +. +The righteous shall never be removed: but the wicked shall not inhabit the earth. -- proverbs 10:30 +. +The mouth of the just bringeth forth wisdom: but the froward tongue shall be cut out. -- proverbs 10:31 +. +The lips of the righteous know what is acceptable: but the mouth of the wicked speaketh frowardness. -- proverbs 10:32 +. +A false balance is abomination to the LORD: but a just weight is his delight. -- proverbs 11:1 +. +When pride cometh, then cometh shame: but with the lowly is wisdom. -- proverbs 11:2 +. +The integrity of the upright shall guide them: but the perverseness of transgressors shall destroy them. -- proverbs 11:3 +. +Riches profit not in the day of wrath: but righteousness delivereth from death. -- proverbs 11:4 +. +The righteousness of the perfect shall direct his way: but the wicked shall fall by his own wickedness. -- proverbs 11:5 +. +The righteousness of the upright shall deliver them: but transgressors shall be taken in their own naughtiness. -- proverbs 11:6 +. +When a wicked man dieth, his expectation shall perish: and the hope of unjust men perisheth. -- proverbs 11:7 +. +The righteous is delivered out of trouble, and the wicked cometh in his stead. -- proverbs 11:8 +. +An hypocrite with his mouth destroyeth his neighbour: but through knowledge shall the just be delivered. -- proverbs 11:9 +. +When it goeth well with the righteous, the city rejoiceth: and when the wicked perish, there is shouting. -- proverbs 11:10 +. +By the blessing of the upright the city is exalted: but it is overthrown by the mouth of the wicked. -- proverbs 11:11 +. +He that is void of wisdom despiseth his neighbour: but a man of understanding holdeth his peace. -- proverbs 11:12 +. +A talebearer revealeth secrets: but he that is of a faithful spirit concealeth the matter. -- proverbs 11:13 +. +Where no counsel is, the people fall: but in the multitude of counsellors there is safety. -- proverbs 11:14 +. +He that is surety for a stranger shall smart for it: and he that hateth suretiship is sure. -- proverbs 11:15 +. +A gracious woman retaineth honour: and strong men retain riches. -- proverbs 11:16 +. +The merciful man doeth good to his own soul: but he that is cruel troubleth his own flesh. -- proverbs 11:17 +. +The wicked worketh a deceitful work: but to him that soweth righteousness shall be a sure reward. -- proverbs 11:18 +. +As righteousness tendeth to life: so he that pursueth evil pursueth it to his own death. -- proverbs 11:19 +. +They that are of a froward heart are abomination to the LORD: but such as are upright in their way are his delight. -- proverbs 11:20 +. +Though hand join in hand, the wicked shall not be unpunished: but the seed of the righteous shall be delivered. -- proverbs 11:21 +. +As a jewel of gold in a swine's snout, so is a fair woman which is without discretion. -- proverbs 11:22 +. +The desire of the righteous is only good: but the expectation of the wicked is wrath. -- proverbs 11:23 +. +There is that scattereth, and yet increaseth; and there is that withholdeth more than is meet, but it tendeth to poverty. -- proverbs 11:24 +. +The liberal soul shall be made fat: and he that watereth shall be watered also himself. -- proverbs 11:25 +. +He that withholdeth corn, the people shall curse him: but blessing shall be upon the head of him that selleth it. -- proverbs 11:26 +. +He that diligently seeketh good procureth favour: but he that seeketh mischief, it shall come unto him. -- proverbs 11:27 +. +He that trusteth in his riches shall fall; but the righteous shall flourish as a branch. -- proverbs 11:28 +. +He that troubleth his own house shall inherit the wind: and the fool shall be servant to the wise of heart. -- proverbs 11:29 +. +The fruit of the righteous is a tree of life; and he that winneth souls is wise. -- proverbs 11:30 +. +Behold, the righteous shall be recompensed in the earth: much more the wicked and the sinner. -- proverbs 11:31 +. +Whoso loveth instruction loveth knowledge: but he that hateth reproof is brutish. -- proverbs 12:1 +. +A good man obtaineth favour of the LORD: but a man of wicked devices will he condemn. -- proverbs 12:2 +. +A man shall not be established by wickedness: but the root of the righteous shall not be moved. -- proverbs 12:3 +. +A virtuous woman is a crown to her husband: but she that maketh ashamed is as rottenness in his bones. -- proverbs 12:4 +. +The thoughts of the righteous are right: but the counsels of the wicked are deceit. -- proverbs 12:5 +. +The words of the wicked are to lie in wait for blood: but the mouth of the upright shall deliver them. -- proverbs 12:6 +. +The wicked are overthrown, and are not: but the house of the righteous shall stand. -- proverbs 12:7 +. +A man shall be commended according to his wisdom: but he that is of a perverse heart shall be despised. -- proverbs 12:8 +. +He that is despised, and hath a servant, is better than he that honoureth himself, and lacketh bread. -- proverbs 12:9 +. +A righteous man regardeth the life of his beast: but the tender mercies of the wicked are cruel. -- proverbs 12:10 +. +He that tilleth his land shall be satisfied with bread: but he that followeth vain persons is void of understanding. -- proverbs 12:11 +. +The wicked desireth the net of evil men: but the root of the righteous yieldeth fruit. -- proverbs 12:12 +. +The wicked is snared by the transgression of his lips: but the just shall come out of trouble. -- proverbs 12:13 +. +A man shall be satisfied with good by the fruit of his mouth: and the recompence of a man's hands shall be rendered unto him. -- proverbs 12:14 +. +The way of a fool is right in his own eyes: but he that hearkeneth unto counsel is wise. -- proverbs 12:15 +. +A fool's wrath is presently known: but a prudent man covereth shame. -- proverbs 12:16 +. +He that speaketh truth sheweth forth righteousness: but a false witness deceit. -- proverbs 12:17 +. +There is that speaketh like the piercings of a sword: but the tongue of the wise is health. -- proverbs 12:18 +. +The lip of truth shall be established for ever: but a lying tongue is but for a moment. -- proverbs 12:19 +. +Deceit is in the heart of them that imagine evil: but to the counsellors of peace is joy. -- proverbs 12:20 +. +There shall no evil happen to the just: but the wicked shall be filled with mischief. -- proverbs 12:21 +. +Lying lips are abomination to the LORD: but they that deal truly are his delight. -- proverbs 12:22 +. +A prudent man concealeth knowledge: but the heart of fools proclaimeth foolishness. -- proverbs 12:23 +. +The hand of the diligent shall bear rule: but the slothful shall be under tribute. -- proverbs 12:24 +. +Heaviness in the heart of man maketh it stoop: but a good word maketh it glad. -- proverbs 12:25 +. +The righteous is more excellent than his neighbour: but the way of the wicked seduceth them. -- proverbs 12:26 +. +The slothful man roasteth not that which he took in hunting: but the substance of a diligent man is precious. -- proverbs 12:27 +. +In the way of righteousness is life: and in the pathway thereof there is no death. -- proverbs 12:28 +. +A wise son heareth his father's instruction: but a scorner heareth not rebuke. -- proverbs 13:1 +. +A man shall eat good by the fruit of his mouth: but the soul of the transgressors shall eat violence. -- proverbs 13:2 +. +He that keepeth his mouth keepeth his life: but he that openeth wide his lips shall have destruction. -- proverbs 13:3 +. +The soul of the sluggard desireth, and hath nothing: but the soul of the diligent shall be made fat. -- proverbs 13:4 +. +A righteous man hateth lying: but a wicked man is loathsome, and cometh to shame. -- proverbs 13:5 +. +Righteousness keepeth him that is upright in the way: but wickedness overthroweth the sinner. -- proverbs 13:6 +. +There is that maketh himself rich, yet hath nothing: there is that maketh himself poor, yet hath great riches. -- proverbs 13:7 +. +The ransom of a man's life are his riches: but the poor heareth not rebuke. -- proverbs 13:8 +. +The light of the righteous rejoiceth: but the lamp of the wicked shall be put out. -- proverbs 13:9 +. +Only by pride cometh contention: but with the well advised is wisdom. -- proverbs 13:10 +. +Wealth gotten by vanity shall be diminished: but he that gathereth by labour shall increase. -- proverbs 13:11 +. +Hope deferred maketh the heart sick: but when the desire cometh, it is a tree of life. -- proverbs 13:12 +. +Whoso despiseth the word shall be destroyed: but he that feareth the commandment shall be rewarded. -- proverbs 13:13 +. +The law of the wise is a fountain of life, to depart from the snares of death. -- proverbs 13:14 +. +Good understanding giveth favour: but the way of transgressors is hard. -- proverbs 13:15 +. +Every prudent man dealeth with knowledge: but a fool layeth open his folly. -- proverbs 13:16 +. +A wicked messenger falleth into mischief: but a faithful ambassador is health. -- proverbs 13:17 +. +Poverty and shame shall be to him that refuseth instruction: but he that regardeth reproof shall be honoured. -- proverbs 13:18 +. +The desire accomplished is sweet to the soul: but it is abomination to fools to depart from evil. -- proverbs 13:19 +. +He that walketh with wise men shall be wise: but a companion of fools shall be destroyed. -- proverbs 13:20 +. +Evil pursueth sinners: but to the righteous good shall be repayed. -- proverbs 13:21 +. +A good man leaveth an inheritance to his children's children: and the wealth of the sinner is laid up for the just. -- proverbs 13:22 +. +Much food is in the tillage of the poor: but there is that is destroyed for want of judgment. -- proverbs 13:23 +. +He that spareth his rod hateth his son: but he that loveth him chasteneth him betimes. -- proverbs 13:24 +. +The righteous eateth to the satisfying of his soul: but the belly of the wicked shall want. -- proverbs 13:25 +. +Every wise woman buildeth her house: but the foolish plucketh it down with her hands. -- proverbs 14:1 +. +He that walketh in his uprightness feareth the LORD: but he that is perverse in his ways despiseth him. -- proverbs 14:2 +. +In the mouth of the foolish is a rod of pride: but the lips of the wise shall preserve them. -- proverbs 14:3 +. +Where no oxen are, the crib is clean: but much increase is by the strength of the ox. -- proverbs 14:4 +. +A faithful witness will not lie: but a false witness will utter lies. -- proverbs 14:5 +. +A scorner seeketh wisdom, and findeth it not: but knowledge is easy unto him that understandeth. -- proverbs 14:6 +. +Go from the presence of a foolish man, when thou perceivest not in him the lips of knowledge. -- proverbs 14:7 +. +The wisdom of the prudent is to understand his way: but the folly of fools is deceit. -- proverbs 14:8 +. +Fools make a mock at sin: but among the righteous there is favour. -- proverbs 14:9 +. +The heart knoweth his own bitterness; and a stranger doth not intermeddle with his joy. -- proverbs 14:10 +. +The house of the wicked shall be overthrown: but the tabernacle of the upright shall flourish. -- proverbs 14:11 +. +There is a way which seemeth right unto a man, but the end thereof are the ways of death. -- proverbs 14:12 +. +Even in laughter the heart is sorrowful; and the end of that mirth is heaviness. -- proverbs 14:13 +. +The backslider in heart shall be filled with his own ways: and a good man shall be satisfied from himself. -- proverbs 14:14 +. +The simple believeth every word: but the prudent man looketh well to his going. -- proverbs 14:15 +. +A wise man feareth, and departeth from evil: but the fool rageth, and is confident. -- proverbs 14:16 +. +He that is soon angry dealeth foolishly: and a man of wicked devices is hated. -- proverbs 14:17 +. +The simple inherit folly: but the prudent are crowned with knowledge. -- proverbs 14:18 +. +The evil bow before the good; and the wicked at the gates of the righteous. -- proverbs 14:19 +. +The poor is hated even of his own neighbour: but the rich hath many friends. -- proverbs 14:20 +. +He that despiseth his neighbour sinneth: but he that hath mercy on the poor, happy is he. -- proverbs 14:21 +. +Do they not err that devise evil? but mercy and truth shall be to them that devise good. -- proverbs 14:22 +. +In all labour there is profit: but the talk of the lips tendeth only to penury. -- proverbs 14:23 +. +The crown of the wise is their riches: but the foolishness of fools is folly. -- proverbs 14:24 +. +A true witness delivereth souls: but a deceitful witness speaketh lies. -- proverbs 14:25 +. +In the fear of the LORD is strong confidence: and his children shall have a place of refuge. -- proverbs 14:26 +. +The fear of the LORD is a fountain of life, to depart from the snares of death. -- proverbs 14:27 +. +In the multitude of people is the king's honour: but in the want of people is the destruction of the prince. -- proverbs 14:28 +. +He that is slow to wrath is of great understanding: but he that is hasty of spirit exalteth folly. -- proverbs 14:29 +. +A sound heart is the life of the flesh: but envy the rottenness of the bones. -- proverbs 14:30 +. +He that oppresseth the poor reproacheth his Maker: but he that honoureth him hath mercy on the poor. -- proverbs 14:31 +. +The wicked is driven away in his wickedness: but the righteous hath hope in his death. -- proverbs 14:32 +. +Wisdom resteth in the heart of him that hath understanding: but that which is in the midst of fools is made known. -- proverbs 14:33 +. +Righteousness exalteth a nation: but sin is a reproach to any people. -- proverbs 14:34 +. +The king's favour is toward a wise servant: but his wrath is against him that causeth shame. -- proverbs 14:35 +. +A soft answer turneth away wrath: but grievous words stir up anger. -- proverbs 15:1 +. +The tongue of the wise useth knowledge aright: but the mouth of fools poureth out foolishness. -- proverbs 15:2 +. +The eyes of the LORD are in every place, beholding the evil and the good. -- proverbs 15:3 +. +A wholesome tongue is a tree of life: but perverseness therein is a breach in the spirit. -- proverbs 15:4 +. +A fool despiseth his father's instruction: but he that regardeth reproof is prudent. -- proverbs 15:5 +. +In the house of the righteous is much treasure: but in the revenues of the wicked is trouble. -- proverbs 15:6 +. +The lips of the wise disperse knowledge: but the heart of the foolish doeth not so. -- proverbs 15:7 +. +The sacrifice of the wicked is an abomination to the LORD: but the prayer of the upright is his delight. -- proverbs 15:8 +. +The way of the wicked is an abomination unto the LORD: but he loveth him that followeth after righteousness. -- proverbs 15:9 +. +Correction is grievous unto him that forsaketh the way: and he that hateth reproof shall die. -- proverbs 15:10 +. +Hell and destruction are before the LORD: how much more then the hearts of the children of men? -- proverbs 15:11 +. +A scorner loveth not one that reproveth him: neither will he go unto the wise. -- proverbs 15:12 +. +A merry heart maketh a cheerful countenance: but by sorrow of the heart the spirit is broken. -- proverbs 15:13 +. +The heart of him that hath understanding seeketh knowledge: but the mouth of fools feedeth on foolishness. -- proverbs 15:14 +. +All the days of the afflicted are evil: but he that is of a merry heart hath a continual feast. -- proverbs 15:15 +. +Better is little with the fear of the LORD than great treasure and trouble therewith. -- proverbs 15:16 +. +Better is a dinner of herbs where love is, than a stalled ox and hatred therewith. -- proverbs 15:17 +. +A wrathful man stirreth up strife: but he that is slow to anger appeaseth strife. -- proverbs 15:18 +. +The way of the slothful man is as an hedge of thorns: but the way of the righteous is made plain. -- proverbs 15:19 +. +A wise son maketh a glad father: but a foolish man despiseth his mother. -- proverbs 15:20 +. +Folly is joy to him that is destitute of wisdom: but a man of understanding walketh uprightly. -- proverbs 15:21 +. +Without counsel purposes are disappointed: but in the multitude of counsellors they are established. -- proverbs 15:22 +. +A man hath joy by the answer of his mouth: and a word spoken in due season, how good is it! -- proverbs 15:23 +. +The way of life is above to the wise, that he may depart from hell beneath. -- proverbs 15:24 +. +The LORD will destroy the house of the proud: but he will establish the border of the widow. -- proverbs 15:25 +. +The thoughts of the wicked are an abomination to the LORD: but the words of the pure are pleasant words. -- proverbs 15:26 +. +He that is greedy of gain troubleth his own house; but he that hateth gifts shall live. -- proverbs 15:27 +. +The heart of the righteous studieth to answer: but the mouth of the wicked poureth out evil things. -- proverbs 15:28 +. +The LORD is far from the wicked: but he heareth the prayer of the righteous. -- proverbs 15:29 +. +The light of the eyes rejoiceth the heart: and a good report maketh the bones fat. -- proverbs 15:30 +. +The ear that heareth the reproof of life abideth among the wise. -- proverbs 15:31 +. +He that refuseth instruction despiseth his own soul: but he that heareth reproof getteth understanding. -- proverbs 15:32 +. +The fear of the LORD is the instruction of wisdom; and before honour is humility. -- proverbs 15:33 +. +The preparations of the heart in man, and the answer of the tongue, is from the LORD. -- proverbs 16:1 +. +All the ways of a man are clean in his own eyes; but the LORD weigheth the spirits. -- proverbs 16:2 +. +Commit thy works unto the LORD, and thy thoughts shall be established. -- proverbs 16:3 +. +The LORD hath made all things for himself: yea, even the wicked for the day of evil. -- proverbs 16:4 +. +Every one that is proud in heart is an abomination to the LORD: though hand join in hand, he shall not be unpunished. -- proverbs 16:5 +. +By mercy and truth iniquity is purged: and by the fear of the LORD men depart from evil. -- proverbs 16:6 +. +When a man's ways please the LORD, he maketh even his enemies to be at peace with him. -- proverbs 16:7 +. +Better is a little with righteousness than great revenues without right. -- proverbs 16:8 +. +A man's heart deviseth his way: but the LORD directeth his steps. -- proverbs 16:9 +. +A divine sentence is in the lips of the king: his mouth transgresseth not in judgment. -- proverbs 16:10 +. +A just weight and balance are the LORD's: all the weights of the bag are his work. -- proverbs 16:11 +. +It is an abomination to kings to commit wickedness: for the throne is established by righteousness. -- proverbs 16:12 +. +Righteous lips are the delight of kings; and they love him that speaketh right. -- proverbs 16:13 +. +The wrath of a king is as messengers of death: but a wise man will pacify it. -- proverbs 16:14 +. +In the light of the king's countenance is life; and his favour is as a cloud of the latter rain. -- proverbs 16:15 +. +How much better is it to get wisdom than gold! and to get understanding rather to be chosen than silver! -- proverbs 16:16 +. +The highway of the upright is to depart from evil: he that keepeth his way preserveth his soul. -- proverbs 16:17 +. +Pride goeth before destruction, and an haughty spirit before a fall. -- proverbs 16:18 +. +Better it is to be of an humble spirit with the lowly, than to divide the spoil with the proud. -- proverbs 16:19 +. +He that handleth a matter wisely shall find good: and whoso trusteth in the LORD, happy is he. -- proverbs 16:20 +. +The wise in heart shall be called prudent: and the sweetness of the lips increaseth learning. -- proverbs 16:21 +. +Understanding is a wellspring of life unto him that hath it: but the instruction of fools is folly. -- proverbs 16:22 +. +The heart of the wise teacheth his mouth, and addeth learning to his lips. -- proverbs 16:23 +. +Pleasant words are as an honeycomb, sweet to the soul, and health to the bones. -- proverbs 16:24 +. +There is a way that seemeth right unto a man, but the end thereof are the ways of death. -- proverbs 16:25 +. +He that laboureth laboureth for himself; for his mouth craveth it of him. -- proverbs 16:26 +. +An ungodly man diggeth up evil: and in his lips there is as a burning fire. -- proverbs 16:27 +. +A froward man soweth strife: and a whisperer separateth chief friends. -- proverbs 16:28 +. +A violent man enticeth his neighbour, and leadeth him into the way that is not good. -- proverbs 16:29 +. +He shutteth his eyes to devise froward things: moving his lips he bringeth evil to pass. -- proverbs 16:30 +. +The hoary head is a crown of glory, if it be found in the way of righteousness. -- proverbs 16:31 +. +He that is slow to anger is better than the mighty; and he that ruleth his spirit than he that taketh a city. -- proverbs 16:32 +. +The lot is cast into the lap; but the whole disposing thereof is of the LORD. -- proverbs 16:33 +. +Better is a dry morsel, and quietness therewith, than an house full of sacrifices with strife. -- proverbs 17:1 +. +A wise servant shall have rule over a son that causeth shame, and shall have part of the inheritance among the brethren. -- proverbs 17:2 +. +The fining pot is for silver, and the furnace for gold: but the LORD trieth the hearts. -- proverbs 17:3 +. +A wicked doer giveth heed to false lips; and a liar giveth ear to a naughty tongue. -- proverbs 17:4 +. +Whoso mocketh the poor reproacheth his Maker: and he that is glad at calamities shall not be unpunished. -- proverbs 17:5 +. +Children's children are the crown of old men; and the glory of children are their fathers. -- proverbs 17:6 +. +Excellent speech becometh not a fool: much less do lying lips a prince. -- proverbs 17:7 +. +A gift is as a precious stone in the eyes of him that hath it: whithersoever it turneth, it prospereth. -- proverbs 17:8 +. +He that covereth a transgression seeketh love; but he that repeateth a matter separateth very friends. -- proverbs 17:9 +. +A reproof entereth more into a wise man than an hundred stripes into a fool. -- proverbs 17:10 +. +An evil man seeketh only rebellion: therefore a cruel messenger shall be sent against him. -- proverbs 17:11 +. +Let a bear robbed of her whelps meet a man, rather than a fool in his folly. -- proverbs 17:12 +. +Whoso rewardeth evil for good, evil shall not depart from his house. -- proverbs 17:13 +. +The beginning of strife is as when one letteth out water: therefore leave off contention, before it be meddled with. -- proverbs 17:14 +. +He that justifieth the wicked, and he that condemneth the just, even they both are abomination to the LORD. -- proverbs 17:15 +. +Wherefore is there a price in the hand of a fool to get wisdom, seeing he hath no heart to it? -- proverbs 17:16 +. +A friend loveth at all times, and a brother is born for adversity. -- proverbs 17:17 +. +A man void of understanding striketh hands, and becometh surety in the presence of his friend. -- proverbs 17:18 +. +He loveth transgression that loveth strife: and he that exalteth his gate seeketh destruction. -- proverbs 17:19 +. +He that hath a froward heart findeth no good: and he that hath a perverse tongue falleth into mischief. -- proverbs 17:20 +. +He that begetteth a fool doeth it to his sorrow: and the father of a fool hath no joy. -- proverbs 17:21 +. +A merry heart doeth good like a medicine: but a broken spirit drieth the bones. -- proverbs 17:22 +. +A wicked man taketh a gift out of the bosom to pervert the ways of judgment. -- proverbs 17:23 +. +Wisdom is before him that hath understanding; but the eyes of a fool are in the ends of the earth. -- proverbs 17:24 +. +A foolish son is a grief to his father, and bitterness to her that bare him. -- proverbs 17:25 +. +Also to punish the just is not good, nor to strike princes for equity. -- proverbs 17:26 +. +He that hath knowledge spareth his words: and a man of understanding is of an excellent spirit. -- proverbs 17:27 +. +Even a fool, when he holdeth his peace, is counted wise: and he that shutteth his lips is esteemed a man of understanding. -- proverbs 17:28 +. +Through desire a man, having separated himself, seeketh and intermeddleth with all wisdom. -- proverbs 18:1 +. +A fool hath no delight in understanding, but that his heart may discover itself. -- proverbs 18:2 +. +When the wicked cometh, then cometh also contempt, and with ignominy reproach. -- proverbs 18:3 +. +The words of a man's mouth are as deep waters, and the wellspring of wisdom as a flowing brook. -- proverbs 18:4 +. +It is not good to accept the person of the wicked, to overthrow the righteous in judgment. -- proverbs 18:5 +. +A fool's lips enter into contention, and his mouth calleth for strokes. -- proverbs 18:6 +. +A fool's mouth is his destruction, and his lips are the snare of his soul. -- proverbs 18:7 +. +The words of a talebearer are as wounds, and they go down into the innermost parts of the belly. -- proverbs 18:8 +. +He also that is slothful in his work is brother to him that is a great waster. -- proverbs 18:9 +. +The name of the LORD is a strong tower: the righteous runneth into it, and is safe. -- proverbs 18:10 +. +The rich man's wealth is his strong city, and as an high wall in his own conceit. -- proverbs 18:11 +. +Before destruction the heart of man is haughty, and before honour is humility. -- proverbs 18:12 +. +He that answereth a matter before he heareth it, it is folly and shame unto him. -- proverbs 18:13 +. +The spirit of a man will sustain his infirmity; but a wounded spirit who can bear? -- proverbs 18:14 +. +The heart of the prudent getteth knowledge; and the ear of the wise seeketh knowledge. -- proverbs 18:15 +. +A man's gift maketh room for him, and bringeth him before great men. -- proverbs 18:16 +. +He that is first in his own cause seemeth just; but his neighbour cometh and searcheth him. -- proverbs 18:17 +. +The lot causeth contentions to cease, and parteth between the mighty. -- proverbs 18:18 +. +A brother offended is harder to be won than a strong city: and their contentions are like the bars of a castle. -- proverbs 18:19 +. +A man's belly shall be satisfied with the fruit of his mouth; and with the increase of his lips shall he be filled. -- proverbs 18:20 +. +Death and life are in the power of the tongue: and they that love it shall eat the fruit thereof. -- proverbs 18:21 +. +Whoso findeth a wife findeth a good thing, and obtaineth favour of the LORD. -- proverbs 18:22 +. +The poor useth intreaties; but the rich answereth roughly. -- proverbs 18:23 +. +A man that hath friends must shew himself friendly: and there is a friend that sticketh closer than a brother. -- proverbs 18:24 +. +Better is the poor that walketh in his integrity, than he that is perverse in his lips, and is a fool. -- proverbs 19:1 +. +Also, that the soul be without knowledge, it is not good; and he that hasteth with his feet sinneth. -- proverbs 19:2 +. +The foolishness of man perverteth his way: and his heart fretteth against the LORD. -- proverbs 19:3 +. +Wealth maketh many friends; but the poor is separated from his neighbour. -- proverbs 19:4 +. +A false witness shall not be unpunished, and he that speaketh lies shall not escape. -- proverbs 19:5 +. +Many will intreat the favour of the prince: and every man is a friend to him that giveth gifts. -- proverbs 19:6 +. +All the brethren of the poor do hate him: how much more do his friends go far from him? he pursueth them with words, yet they are wanting to him. -- proverbs 19:7 +. +He that getteth wisdom loveth his own soul: he that keepeth understanding shall find good. -- proverbs 19:8 +. +A false witness shall not be unpunished, and he that speaketh lies shall perish. -- proverbs 19:9 +. +Delight is not seemly for a fool; much less for a servant to have rule over princes. -- proverbs 19:10 +. +The discretion of a man deferreth his anger; and it is his glory to pass over a transgression. -- proverbs 19:11 +. +The king's wrath is as the roaring of a lion; but his favour is as dew upon the grass. -- proverbs 19:12 +. +A foolish son is the calamity of his father: and the contentions of a wife are a continual dropping. -- proverbs 19:13 +. +House and riches are the inheritance of fathers: and a prudent wife is from the LORD. -- proverbs 19:14 +. +Slothfulness casteth into a deep sleep; and an idle soul shall suffer hunger. -- proverbs 19:15 +. +He that keepeth the commandment keepeth his own soul; but he that despiseth his ways shall die. -- proverbs 19:16 +. +He that hath pity upon the poor lendeth unto the LORD; and that which he hath given will he pay him again. -- proverbs 19:17 +. +Chasten thy son while there is hope, and let not thy soul spare for his crying. -- proverbs 19:18 +. +A man of great wrath shall suffer punishment: for if thou deliver him, yet thou must do it again. -- proverbs 19:19 +. +Hear counsel, and receive instruction, that thou mayest be wise in thy latter end. -- proverbs 19:20 +. +There are many devices in a man's heart; nevertheless the counsel of the LORD, that shall stand. -- proverbs 19:21 +. +The desire of a man is his kindness: and a poor man is better than a liar. -- proverbs 19:22 +. +The fear of the LORD tendeth to life: and he that hath it shall abide satisfied; he shall not be visited with evil. -- proverbs 19:23 +. +A slothful man hideth his hand in his bosom, and will not so much as bring it to his mouth again. -- proverbs 19:24 +. +Smite a scorner, and the simple will beware: and reprove one that hath understanding, and he will understand knowledge. -- proverbs 19:25 +. +He that wasteth his father, and chaseth away his mother, is a son that causeth shame, and bringeth reproach. -- proverbs 19:26 +. +Cease, my son, to hear the instruction that causeth to err from the words of knowledge. -- proverbs 19:27 +. +An ungodly witness scorneth judgment: and the mouth of the wicked devoureth iniquity. -- proverbs 19:28 +. +Judgments are prepared for scorners, and stripes for the back of fools. -- proverbs 19:29 +. +Wine is a mocker, strong drink is raging: and whosoever is deceived thereby is not wise. -- proverbs 20:1 +. +The fear of a king is as the roaring of a lion: whoso provoketh him to anger sinneth against his own soul. -- proverbs 20:2 +. +It is an honour for a man to cease from strife: but every fool will be meddling. -- proverbs 20:3 +. +The sluggard will not plow by reason of the cold; therefore shall he beg in harvest, and have nothing. -- proverbs 20:4 +. +Counsel in the heart of man is like deep water; but a man of understanding will draw it out. -- proverbs 20:5 +. +Most men will proclaim every one his own goodness: but a faithful man who can find? -- proverbs 20:6 +. +The just man walketh in his integrity: his children are blessed after him. -- proverbs 20:7 +. +A king that sitteth in the throne of judgment scattereth away all evil with his eyes. -- proverbs 20:8 +. +Who can say, I have made my heart clean, I am pure from my sin? -- proverbs 20:9 +. +Divers weights, and divers measures, both of them are alike abomination to the LORD. -- proverbs 20:10 +. +Even a child is known by his doings, whether his work be pure, and whether it be right. -- proverbs 20:11 +. +The hearing ear, and the seeing eye, the LORD hath made even both of them. -- proverbs 20:12 +. +Love not sleep, lest thou come to poverty; open thine eyes, and thou shalt be satisfied with bread. -- proverbs 20:13 +. +It is naught, it is naught, saith the buyer: but when he is gone his way, then he boasteth. -- proverbs 20:14 +. +There is gold, and a multitude of rubies: but the lips of knowledge are a precious jewel. -- proverbs 20:15 +. +Take his garment that is surety for a stranger: and take a pledge of him for a strange woman. -- proverbs 20:16 +. +Bread of deceit is sweet to a man; but afterwards his mouth shall be filled with gravel. -- proverbs 20:17 +. +Every purpose is established by counsel: and with good advice make war. -- proverbs 20:18 +. +He that goeth about as a talebearer revealeth secrets: therefore meddle not with him that flattereth with his lips. -- proverbs 20:19 +. +Whoso curseth his father or his mother, his lamp shall be put out in obscure darkness. -- proverbs 20:20 +. +An inheritance may be gotten hastily at the beginning; but the end thereof shall not be blessed. -- proverbs 20:21 +. +Say not thou, I will recompense evil; but wait on the LORD, and he shall save thee. -- proverbs 20:22 +. +Divers weights are an abomination unto the LORD; and a false balance is not good. -- proverbs 20:23 +. +Man's goings are of the LORD; how can a man then understand his own way? -- proverbs 20:24 +. +It is a snare to the man who devoureth that which is holy, and after vows to make enquiry. -- proverbs 20:25 +. +A wise king scattereth the wicked, and bringeth the wheel over them. -- proverbs 20:26 +. +The spirit of man is the candle of the LORD, searching all the inward parts of the belly. -- proverbs 20:27 +. +Mercy and truth preserve the king: and his throne is upholden by mercy. -- proverbs 20:28 +. +The glory of young men is their strength: and the beauty of old men is the grey head. -- proverbs 20:29 +. +The blueness of a wound cleanseth away evil: so do stripes the inward parts of the belly. -- proverbs 20:30 +. +The king's heart is in the hand of the LORD, as the rivers of water: he turneth it whithersoever he will. -- proverbs 21:1 +. +Every way of a man is right in his own eyes: but the LORD pondereth the hearts. -- proverbs 21:2 +. +To do justice and judgment is more acceptable to the LORD than sacrifice. -- proverbs 21:3 +. +An high look, and a proud heart, and the plowing of the wicked, is sin. -- proverbs 21:4 +. +The thoughts of the diligent tend only to plenteousness; but of every one that is hasty only to want. -- proverbs 21:5 +. +The getting of treasures by a lying tongue is a vanity tossed to and fro of them that seek death. -- proverbs 21:6 +. +The robbery of the wicked shall destroy them; because they refuse to do judgment. -- proverbs 21:7 +. +The way of man is froward and strange: but as for the pure, his work is right. -- proverbs 21:8 +. +It is better to dwell in a corner of the housetop, than with a brawling woman in a wide house. -- proverbs 21:9 +. +The soul of the wicked desireth evil: his neighbour findeth no favour in his eyes. -- proverbs 21:10 +. +When the scorner is punished, the simple is made wise: and when the wise is instructed, he receiveth knowledge. -- proverbs 21:11 +. +The righteous man wisely considereth the house of the wicked: but God overthroweth the wicked for their wickedness. -- proverbs 21:12 +. +Whoso stoppeth his ears at the cry of the poor, he also shall cry himself, but shall not be heard. -- proverbs 21:13 +. +A gift in secret pacifieth anger: and a reward in the bosom strong wrath. -- proverbs 21:14 +. +It is joy to the just to do judgment: but destruction shall be to the workers of iniquity. -- proverbs 21:15 +. +The man that wandereth out of the way of understanding shall remain in the congregation of the dead. -- proverbs 21:16 +. +He that loveth pleasure shall be a poor man: he that loveth wine and oil shall not be rich. -- proverbs 21:17 +. +The wicked shall be a ransom for the righteous, and the transgressor for the upright. -- proverbs 21:18 +. +It is better to dwell in the wilderness, than with a contentious and an angry woman. -- proverbs 21:19 +. +There is treasure to be desired and oil in the dwelling of the wise; but a foolish man spendeth it up. -- proverbs 21:20 +. +He that followeth after righteousness and mercy findeth life, righteousness, and honour. -- proverbs 21:21 +. +A wise man scaleth the city of the mighty, and casteth down the strength of the confidence thereof. -- proverbs 21:22 +. +Whoso keepeth his mouth and his tongue keepeth his soul from troubles. -- proverbs 21:23 +. +Proud and haughty scorner is his name, who dealeth in proud wrath. -- proverbs 21:24 +. +The desire of the slothful killeth him; for his hands refuse to labour. -- proverbs 21:25 +. +He coveteth greedily all the day long: but the righteous giveth and spareth not. -- proverbs 21:26 +. +The sacrifice of the wicked is abomination: how much more, when he bringeth it with a wicked mind? -- proverbs 21:27 +. +A false witness shall perish: but the man that heareth speaketh constantly. -- proverbs 21:28 +. +A wicked man hardeneth his face: but as for the upright, he directeth his way. -- proverbs 21:29 +. +There is no wisdom nor understanding nor counsel against the LORD. -- proverbs 21:30 +. +The horse is prepared against the day of battle: but safety is of the LORD. -- proverbs 21:31 +. +A GOOD name is rather to be chosen than great riches, and loving favour rather than silver and gold. -- proverbs 22:1 +. +The rich and poor meet together: the LORD is the maker of them all. -- proverbs 22:2 +. +A prudent man foreseeth the evil, and hideth himself: but the simple pass on, and are punished. -- proverbs 22:3 +. +By humility and the fear of the LORD are riches, and honour, and life. -- proverbs 22:4 +. +Thorns and snares are in the way of the froward: he that doth keep his soul shall be far from them. -- proverbs 22:5 +. +Train up a child in the way he should go: and when he is old, he will not depart from it. -- proverbs 22:6 +. +The rich ruleth over the poor, and the borrower is servant to the lender. -- proverbs 22:7 +. +He that soweth iniquity shall reap vanity: and the rod of his anger shall fail. -- proverbs 22:8 +. +He that hath a bountiful eye shall be blessed; for he giveth of his bread to the poor. -- proverbs 22:9 +. +Cast out the scorner, and contention shall go out; yea, strife and reproach shall cease. -- proverbs 22:10 +. +He that loveth pureness of heart, for the grace of his lips the king shall be his friend. -- proverbs 22:11 +. +The eyes of the LORD preserve knowledge, and he overthroweth the words of the transgressor. -- proverbs 22:12 +. +The slothful man saith, There is a lion without, I shall be slain in the streets. -- proverbs 22:13 +. +The mouth of strange women is a deep pit: he that is abhorred of the LORD shall fall therein. -- proverbs 22:14 +. +Foolishness is bound in the heart of a child; but the rod of correction shall drive it far from him. -- proverbs 22:15 +. +He that oppresseth the poor to increase his riches, and he that giveth to the rich, shall surely come to want. -- proverbs 22:16 +. +Bow down thine ear, and hear the words of the wise, and apply thine heart unto my knowledge. -- proverbs 22:17 +. +For it is a pleasant thing if thou keep them within thee; they shall withal be fitted in thy lips. -- proverbs 22:18 +. +That thy trust may be in the LORD, I have made known to thee this day, even to thee. -- proverbs 22:19 +. +Have not I written to thee excellent things in counsels and knowledge, -- proverbs 22:20 +. +That I might make thee know the certainty of the words of truth; that thou mightest answer the words of truth to them that send unto thee? -- proverbs 22:21 +. +Rob not the poor, because he is poor: neither oppress the afflicted in the gate: -- proverbs 22:22 +. +For the LORD will plead their cause, and spoil the soul of those that spoiled them. -- proverbs 22:23 +. +Make no friendship with an angry man; and with a furious man thou shalt not go: -- proverbs 22:24 +. +Lest thou learn his ways, and get a snare to thy soul. -- proverbs 22:25 +. +Be not thou one of them that strike hands, or of them that are sureties for debts. -- proverbs 22:26 +. +If thou hast nothing to pay, why should he take away thy bed from under thee? -- proverbs 22:27 +. +Remove not the ancient landmark, which thy fathers have set. -- proverbs 22:28 +. +Seest thou a man diligent in his business? he shall stand before kings; he shall not stand before mean men. -- proverbs 22:29 +. +When thou sittest to eat with a ruler, consider diligently what is before thee: -- proverbs 23:1 +. +And put a knife to thy throat, if thou be a man given to appetite. -- proverbs 23:2 +. +Be not desirous of his dainties: for they are deceitful meat. -- proverbs 23:3 +. +Labour not to be rich: cease from thine own wisdom. -- proverbs 23:4 +. +Wilt thou set thine eyes upon that which is not? for riches certainly make themselves wings; they fly away as an eagle toward heaven. -- proverbs 23:5 +. +Eat thou not the bread of him that hath an evil eye, neither desire thou his dainty meats: -- proverbs 23:6 +. +For as he thinketh in his heart, so is he: Eat and drink, saith he to thee; but his heart is not with thee. -- proverbs 23:7 +. +The morsel which thou hast eaten shalt thou vomit up, and lose thy sweet words. -- proverbs 23:8 +. +Speak not in the ears of a fool: for he will despise the wisdom of thy words. -- proverbs 23:9 +. +Remove not the old landmark; and enter not into the fields of the fatherless: -- proverbs 23:10 +. +For their redeemer is mighty; he shall plead their cause with thee. -- proverbs 23:11 +. +Apply thine heart unto instruction, and thine ears to the words of knowledge. -- proverbs 23:12 +. +Withhold not correction from the child: for if thou beatest him with the rod, he shall not die. -- proverbs 23:13 +. +Thou shalt beat him with the rod, and shalt deliver his soul from hell. -- proverbs 23:14 +. +My son, if thine heart be wise, my heart shall rejoice, even mine. -- proverbs 23:15 +. +Yea, my reins shall rejoice, when thy lips speak right things. -- proverbs 23:16 +. +Let not thine heart envy sinners: but be thou in the fear of the LORD all the day long. -- proverbs 23:17 +. +For surely there is an end; and thine expectation shall not be cut off. -- proverbs 23:18 +. +Hear thou, my son, and be wise, and guide thine heart in the way. -- proverbs 23:19 +. +Be not among winebibbers; among riotous eaters of flesh: -- proverbs 23:20 +. +For the drunkard and the glutton shall come to poverty: and drowsiness shall clothe a man with rags. -- proverbs 23:21 +. +Hearken unto thy father that begat thee, and despise not thy mother when she is old. -- proverbs 23:22 +. +Buy the truth, and sell it not; also wisdom, and instruction, and understanding. -- proverbs 23:23 +. +The father of the righteous shall greatly rejoice: and he that begetteth a wise child shall have joy of him. -- proverbs 23:24 +. +Thy father and thy mother shall be glad, and she that bare thee shall rejoice. -- proverbs 23:25 +. +My son, give me thine heart, and let thine eyes observe my ways. -- proverbs 23:26 +. +For a whore is a deep ditch; and a strange woman is a narrow pit. -- proverbs 23:27 +. +She also lieth in wait as for a prey, and increaseth the transgressors among men. -- proverbs 23:28 +. +Who hath woe? who hath sorrow? who hath contentions? who hath babbling? who hath wounds without cause? who hath redness of eyes? -- proverbs 23:29 +. +They that tarry long at the wine; they that go to seek mixed wine. -- proverbs 23:30 +. +Look not thou upon the wine when it is red, when it giveth his colour in the cup, when it moveth itself aright. -- proverbs 23:31 +. +At the last it biteth like a serpent, and stingeth like an adder. -- proverbs 23:32 +. +Thine eyes shall behold strange women, and thine heart shall utter perverse things. -- proverbs 23:33 +. +Yea, thou shalt be as he that lieth down in the midst of the sea, or as he that lieth upon the top of a mast. -- proverbs 23:34 +. +They have stricken me, shalt thou say, and I was not sick; they have beaten me, and I felt it not: when shall I awake? I will seek it yet again. -- proverbs 23:35 +. +Be not thou envious against evil men, neither desire to be with them. -- proverbs 24:1 +. +For their heart studieth destruction, and their lips talk of mischief. -- proverbs 24:2 +. +Through wisdom is an house builded; and by understanding it is established: -- proverbs 24:3 +. +And by knowledge shall the chambers be filled with all precious and pleasant riches. -- proverbs 24:4 +. +A wise man is strong; yea, a man of knowledge increaseth strength. -- proverbs 24:5 +. +For by wise counsel thou shalt make thy war: and in multitude of counsellors there is safety. -- proverbs 24:6 +. +Wisdom is too high for a fool: he openeth not his mouth in the gate. -- proverbs 24:7 +. +He that deviseth to do evil shall be called a mischievous person. -- proverbs 24:8 +. +The thought of foolishness is sin: and the scorner is an abomination to men. -- proverbs 24:9 +. +If thou faint in the day of adversity, thy strength is small. -- proverbs 24:10 +. +If thou forbear to deliver them that are drawn unto death, and those that are ready to be slain; -- proverbs 24:11 +. +If thou sayest, Behold, we knew it not; doth not he that pondereth the heart consider it? and he that keepeth thy soul, doth not he know it? and shall not he render to every man according to his works? -- proverbs 24:12 +. +My son, eat thou honey, because it is good; and the honeycomb, which is sweet to thy taste: -- proverbs 24:13 +. +So shall the knowledge of wisdom be unto thy soul: when thou hast found it, then there shall be a reward, and thy expectation shall not be cut off. -- proverbs 24:14 +. +Lay not wait, O wicked man, against the dwelling of the righteous; spoil not his resting place: -- proverbs 24:15 +. +For a just man falleth seven times, and riseth up again: but the wicked shall fall into mischief. -- proverbs 24:16 +. +Rejoice not when thine enemy falleth, and let not thine heart be glad when he stumbleth: -- proverbs 24:17 +. +Lest the LORD see it, and it displease him, and he turn away his wrath from him. -- proverbs 24:18 +. +Fret not thyself because of evil men, neither be thou envious at the wicked: -- proverbs 24:19 +. +For there shall be no reward to the evil man; the candle of the wicked shall be put out. -- proverbs 24:20 +. +My son, fear thou the LORD and the king: and meddle not with them that are given to change: -- proverbs 24:21 +. +For their calamity shall rise suddenly; and who knoweth the ruin of them both? -- proverbs 24:22 +. +These things also belong to the wise. It is not good to have respect of persons in judgment. -- proverbs 24:23 +. +He that saith unto the wicked, Thou are righteous; him shall the people curse, nations shall abhor him: -- proverbs 24:24 +. +But to them that rebuke him shall be delight, and a good blessing shall come upon them. -- proverbs 24:25 +. +Every man shall kiss his lips that giveth a right answer. -- proverbs 24:26 +. +Prepare thy work without, and make it fit for thyself in the field; and afterwards build thine house. -- proverbs 24:27 +. +Be not a witness against thy neighbour without cause; and deceive not with thy lips. -- proverbs 24:28 +. +Say not, I will do so to him as he hath done to me: I will render to the man according to his work. -- proverbs 24:29 +. +I went by the field of the slothful, and by the vineyard of the man void of understanding; -- proverbs 24:30 +. +And, lo, it was all grown over with thorns, and nettles had covered the face thereof, and the stone wall thereof was broken down. -- proverbs 24:31 +. +Then I saw, and considered it well: I looked upon it, and received instruction. -- proverbs 24:32 +. +Yet a little sleep, a little slumber, a little folding of the hands to sleep: -- proverbs 24:33 +. +So shall thy poverty come as one that travelleth; and thy want as an armed man. -- proverbs 24:34 +. +These are also proverbs of Solomon, which the men of Hezekiah king of Judah copied out. -- proverbs 25:1 +. +It is the glory of God to conceal a thing: but the honour of kings is to search out a matter. -- proverbs 25:2 +. +The heaven for height, and the earth for depth, and the heart of kings is unsearchable. -- proverbs 25:3 +. +Take away the dross from the silver, and there shall come forth a vessel for the finer. -- proverbs 25:4 +. +Take away the wicked from before the king, and his throne shall be established in righteousness. -- proverbs 25:5 +. +Put not forth thyself in the presence of the king, and stand not in the place of great men: -- proverbs 25:6 +. +For better it is that it be said unto thee, Come up hither; than that thou shouldest be put lower in the presence of the prince whom thine eyes have seen. -- proverbs 25:7 +. +Go not forth hastily to strive, lest thou know not what to do in the end thereof, when thy neighbour hath put thee to shame. -- proverbs 25:8 +. +Debate thy cause with thy neighbour himself; and discover not a secret to another: -- proverbs 25:9 +. +Lest he that heareth it put thee to shame, and thine infamy turn not away. -- proverbs 25:10 +. +A word fitly spoken is like apples of gold in pictures of silver. -- proverbs 25:11 +. +As an earring of gold, and an ornament of fine gold, so is a wise reprover upon an obedient ear. -- proverbs 25:12 +. +As the cold of snow in the time of harvest, so is a faithful messenger to them that send him: for he refresheth the soul of his masters. -- proverbs 25:13 +. +Whoso boasteth himself of a false gift is like clouds and wind without rain. -- proverbs 25:14 +. +By long forbearing is a prince persuaded, and a soft tongue breaketh the bone. -- proverbs 25:15 +. +Hast thou found honey? eat so much as is sufficient for thee, lest thou be filled therewith, and vomit it. -- proverbs 25:16 +. +Withdraw thy foot from thy neighbour's house; lest he be weary of thee, and so hate thee. -- proverbs 25:17 +. +A man that beareth false witness against his neighbour is a maul, and a sword, and a sharp arrow. -- proverbs 25:18 +. +Confidence in an unfaithful man in time of trouble is like a broken tooth, and a foot out of joint. -- proverbs 25:19 +. +As he that taketh away a garment in cold weather, and as vinegar upon nitre, so is he that singeth songs to an heavy heart. -- proverbs 25:20 +. +If thine enemy be hungry, give him bread to eat; and if he be thirsty, give him water to drink: -- proverbs 25:21 +. +For thou shalt heap coals of fire upon his head, and the LORD shall reward thee. -- proverbs 25:22 +. +The north wind driveth away rain: so doth an angry countenance a backbiting tongue. -- proverbs 25:23 +. +It is better to dwell in the corner of the housetop, than with a brawling woman and in a wide house. -- proverbs 25:24 +. +As cold waters to a thirsty soul, so is good news from a far country. -- proverbs 25:25 +. +A righteous man falling down before the wicked is as a troubled fountain, and a corrupt spring. -- proverbs 25:26 +. +It is not good to eat much honey: so for men to search their own glory is not glory. -- proverbs 25:27 +. +He that hath no rule over his own spirit is like a city that is broken down, and without walls. -- proverbs 25:28 +. +As snow in summer, and as rain in harvest, so honour is not seemly for a fool. -- proverbs 26:1 +. +As the bird by wandering, as the swallow by flying, so the curse causeless shall not come. -- proverbs 26:2 +. +A whip for the horse, a bridle for the ass, and a rod for the fool's back. -- proverbs 26:3 +. +Answer not a fool according to his folly, lest thou also be like unto him. -- proverbs 26:4 +. +Answer a fool according to his folly, lest he be wise in his own conceit. -- proverbs 26:5 +. +He that sendeth a message by the hand of a fool cutteth off the feet, and drinketh damage. -- proverbs 26:6 +. +The legs of the lame are not equal: so is a parable in the mouth of fools. -- proverbs 26:7 +. +As he that bindeth a stone in a sling, so is he that giveth honour to a fool. -- proverbs 26:8 +. +As a thorn goeth up into the hand of a drunkard, so is a parable in the mouths of fools. -- proverbs 26:9 +. +The great God that formed all things both rewardeth the fool, and rewardeth transgressors. -- proverbs 26:10 +. +As a dog returneth to his vomit, so a fool returneth to his folly. -- proverbs 26:11 +. +Seest thou a man wise in his own conceit? there is more hope of a fool than of him. -- proverbs 26:12 +. +The slothful man saith, There is a lion in the way; a lion is in the streets. -- proverbs 26:13 +. +As the door turneth upon his hinges, so doth the slothful upon his bed. -- proverbs 26:14 +. +The slothful hideth his hand in his bosom; it grieveth him to bring it again to his mouth. -- proverbs 26:15 +. +The sluggard is wiser in his own conceit than seven men that can render a reason. -- proverbs 26:16 +. +He that passeth by, and meddleth with strife belonging not to him, is like one that taketh a dog by the ears. -- proverbs 26:17 +. +As a mad man who casteth firebrands, arrows, and death, -- proverbs 26:18 +. +So is the man that deceiveth his neighbour, and saith, Am not I in sport? -- proverbs 26:19 +. +Where no wood is, there the fire goeth out: so where there is no talebearer, the strife ceaseth. -- proverbs 26:20 +. +As coals are to burning coals, and wood to fire; so is a contentious man to kindle strife. -- proverbs 26:21 +. +The words of a talebearer are as wounds, and they go down into the innermost parts of the belly. -- proverbs 26:22 +. +Burning lips and a wicked heart are like a potsherd covered with silver dross. -- proverbs 26:23 +. +He that hateth dissembleth with his lips, and layeth up deceit within him; -- proverbs 26:24 +. +When he speaketh fair, believe him not: for there are seven abominations in his heart. -- proverbs 26:25 +. +Whose hatred is covered by deceit, his wickedness shall be shewed before the whole congregation. -- proverbs 26:26 +. +Whoso diggeth a pit shall fall therein: and he that rolleth a stone, it will return upon him. -- proverbs 26:27 +. +A lying tongue hateth those that are afflicted by it; and a flattering mouth worketh ruin. -- proverbs 26:28 +. +Boast not thyself of to morrow; for thou knowest not what a day may bring forth. -- proverbs 27:1 +. +Let another man praise thee, and not thine own mouth; a stranger, and not thine own lips. -- proverbs 27:2 +. +A stone is heavy, and the sand weighty; but a fool's wrath is heavier than them both. -- proverbs 27:3 +. +Wrath is cruel, and anger is outrageous; but who is able to stand before envy? -- proverbs 27:4 +. +Open rebuke is better than secret love. -- proverbs 27:5 +. +Faithful are the wounds of a friend; but the kisses of an enemy are deceitful. -- proverbs 27:6 +. +The full soul loatheth an honeycomb; but to the hungry soul every bitter thing is sweet. -- proverbs 27:7 +. +As a bird that wandereth from her nest, so is a man that wandereth from his place. -- proverbs 27:8 +. +Ointment and perfume rejoice the heart: so doth the sweetness of a man's friend by hearty counsel. -- proverbs 27:9 +. +Thine own friend, and thy father's friend, forsake not; neither go into thy brother's house in the day of thy calamity: for better is a neighbour that is near than a brother far off. -- proverbs 27:10 +. +My son, be wise, and make my heart glad, that I may answer him that reproacheth me. -- proverbs 27:11 +. +A prudent man foreseeth the evil, and hideth himself; but the simple pass on, and are punished. -- proverbs 27:12 +. +Take his garment that is surety for a stranger, and take a pledge of him for a strange woman. -- proverbs 27:13 +. +He that blesseth his friend with a loud voice, rising early in the morning, it shall be counted a curse to him. -- proverbs 27:14 +. +A continual dropping in a very rainy day and a contentious woman are alike. -- proverbs 27:15 +. +Whosoever hideth her hideth the wind, and the ointment of his right hand, which bewrayeth itself. -- proverbs 27:16 +. +Iron sharpeneth iron; so a man sharpeneth the countenance of his friend. -- proverbs 27:17 +. +Whoso keepeth the fig tree shall eat the fruit thereof: so he that waiteth on his master shall be honoured. -- proverbs 27:18 +. +As in water face answereth to face, so the heart of man to man. -- proverbs 27:19 +. +Hell and destruction are never full; so the eyes of man are never satisfied. -- proverbs 27:20 +. +As the fining pot for silver, and the furnace for gold; so is a man to his praise. -- proverbs 27:21 +. +Though thou shouldest bray a fool in a mortar among wheat with a pestle, yet will not his foolishness depart from him. -- proverbs 27:22 +. +Be thou diligent to know the state of thy flocks, and look well to thy herds. -- proverbs 27:23 +. +For riches are not for ever: and doth the crown endure to every generation? -- proverbs 27:24 +. +The hay appeareth, and the tender grass sheweth itself, and herbs of the mountains are gathered. -- proverbs 27:25 +. +The lambs are for thy clothing, and the goats are the price of the field. -- proverbs 27:26 +. +And thou shalt have goats' milk enough for thy food, for the food of thy household, and for the maintenance for thy maidens. -- proverbs 27:27 +. +The wicked flee when no man pursueth: but the righteous are bold as a lion. -- proverbs 28:1 +. +For the transgression of a land many are the princes thereof: but by a man of understanding and knowledge the state thereof shall be prolonged. -- proverbs 28:2 +. +A poor man that oppresseth the poor is like a sweeping rain which leaveth no food. -- proverbs 28:3 +. +They that forsake the law praise the wicked: but such as keep the law contend with them. -- proverbs 28:4 +. +Evil men understand not judgment: but they that seek the LORD understand all things. -- proverbs 28:5 +. +Better is the poor that walketh in his uprightness, than he that is perverse in his ways, though he be rich. -- proverbs 28:6 +. +Whoso keepeth the law is a wise son: but he that is a companion of riotous men shameth his father. -- proverbs 28:7 +. +He that by usury and unjust gain increaseth his substance, he shall gather it for him that will pity the poor. -- proverbs 28:8 +. +He that turneth away his ear from hearing the law, even his prayer shall be abomination. -- proverbs 28:9 +. +Whoso causeth the righteous to go astray in an evil way, he shall fall himself into his own pit: but the upright shall have good things in possession. -- proverbs 28:10 +. +The rich man is wise in his own conceit; but the poor that hath understanding searcheth him out. -- proverbs 28:11 +. +When righteous men do rejoice, there is great glory: but when the wicked rise, a man is hidden. -- proverbs 28:12 +. +He that covereth his sins shall not prosper: but whoso confesseth and forsaketh them shall have mercy. -- proverbs 28:13 +. +Happy is the man that feareth alway: but he that hardeneth his heart shall fall into mischief. -- proverbs 28:14 +. +As a roaring lion, and a ranging bear; so is a wicked ruler over the poor people. -- proverbs 28:15 +. +The prince that wanteth understanding is also a great oppressor: but he that hateth covetousness shall prolong his days. -- proverbs 28:16 +. +A man that doeth violence to the blood of any person shall flee to the pit; let no man stay him. -- proverbs 28:17 +. +Whoso walketh uprightly shall be saved: but he that is perverse in his ways shall fall at once. -- proverbs 28:18 +. +He that tilleth his land shall have plenty of bread: but he that followeth after vain persons shall have poverty enough. -- proverbs 28:19 +. +A faithful man shall abound with blessings: but he that maketh haste to be rich shall not be innocent. -- proverbs 28:20 +. +To have respect of persons is not good: for for a piece of bread that man will transgress. -- proverbs 28:21 +. +He that hasteth to be rich hath an evil eye, and considereth not that poverty shall come upon him. -- proverbs 28:22 +. +He that rebuketh a man afterwards shall find more favour than he that flattereth with the tongue. -- proverbs 28:23 +. +Whoso robbeth his father or his mother, and saith, It is no transgression; the same is the companion of a destroyer. -- proverbs 28:24 +. +He that is of a proud heart stirreth up strife: but he that putteth his trust in the LORD shall be made fat. -- proverbs 28:25 +. +He that trusteth in his own heart is a fool: but whoso walketh wisely, he shall be delivered. -- proverbs 28:26 +. +He that giveth unto the poor shall not lack: but he that hideth his eyes shall have many a curse. -- proverbs 28:27 +. +When the wicked rise, men hide themselves: but when they perish, the righteous increase. -- proverbs 28:28 +. +He, that being often reproved hardeneth his neck, shall suddenly be destroyed, and that without remedy. -- proverbs 29:1 +. +When the righteous are in authority, the people rejoice: but when the wicked beareth rule, the people mourn. -- proverbs 29:2 +. +Whoso loveth wisdom rejoiceth his father: but he that keepeth company with harlots spendeth his substance. -- proverbs 29:3 +. +The king by judgment establisheth the land: but he that receiveth gifts overthroweth it. -- proverbs 29:4 +. +A man that flattereth his neighbour spreadeth a net for his feet. -- proverbs 29:5 +. +In the transgression of an evil man there is a snare: but the righteous doth sing and rejoice. -- proverbs 29:6 +. +The righteous considereth the cause of the poor: but the wicked regardeth not to know it. -- proverbs 29:7 +. +Scornful men bring a city into a snare: but wise men turn away wrath. -- proverbs 29:8 +. +If a wise man contendeth with a foolish man, whether he rage or laugh, there is no rest. -- proverbs 29:9 +. +The bloodthirsty hate the upright: but the just seek his soul. -- proverbs 29:10 +. +A fool uttereth all his mind: but a wise man keepeth it in till afterwards. -- proverbs 29:11 +. +If a ruler hearken to lies, all his servants are wicked. -- proverbs 29:12 +. +The poor and the deceitful man meet together: the LORD lighteneth both their eyes. -- proverbs 29:13 +. +The king that faithfully judgeth the poor, his throne shall be established for ever. -- proverbs 29:14 +. +The rod and reproof give wisdom: but a child left to himself bringeth his mother to shame. -- proverbs 29:15 +. +When the wicked are multiplied, transgression increaseth: but the righteous shall see their fall. -- proverbs 29:16 +. +Correct thy son, and he shall give thee rest; yea, he shall give delight unto thy soul. -- proverbs 29:17 +. +Where there is no vision, the people perish: but he that keepeth the law, happy is he. -- proverbs 29:18 +. +A servant will not be corrected by words: for though he understand he will not answer. -- proverbs 29:19 +. +Seest thou a man that is hasty in his words? there is more hope of a fool than of him. -- proverbs 29:20 +. +He that delicately bringeth up his servant from a child shall have him become his son at the length. -- proverbs 29:21 +. +An angry man stirreth up strife, and a furious man aboundeth in transgression. -- proverbs 29:22 +. +A man's pride shall bring him low: but honour shall uphold the humble in spirit. -- proverbs 29:23 +. +Whoso is partner with a thief hateth his own soul: he heareth cursing, and bewrayeth it not. -- proverbs 29:24 +. +The fear of man bringeth a snare: but whoso putteth his trust in the LORD shall be safe. -- proverbs 29:25 +. +Many seek the ruler's favour; but every man's judgment cometh from the LORD. -- proverbs 29:26 +. +An unjust man is an abomination to the just: and he that is upright in the way is abomination to the wicked. -- proverbs 29:27 +. +The words of Agur the son of Jakeh, even the prophecy: the man spake unto Ithiel, even unto Ithiel and Ucal, -- proverbs 30:1 +. +Surely I am more brutish than any man, and have not the understanding of a man. -- proverbs 30:2 +. +I neither learned wisdom, nor have the knowledge of the holy. -- proverbs 30:3 +. +Who hath ascended up into heaven, or descended? who hath gathered the wind in his fists? who hath bound the waters in a garment? who hath established all the ends of the earth? what is his name, and what is his son's name, if thou canst tell? -- proverbs 30:4 +. +Every word of God is pure: he is a shield unto them that put their trust in him. -- proverbs 30:5 +. +Add thou not unto his words, lest he reprove thee, and thou be found a liar. -- proverbs 30:6 +. +Two things have I required of thee; deny me them not before I die: -- proverbs 30:7 +. +Remove far from me vanity and lies: give me neither poverty nor riches; feed me with food convenient for me: -- proverbs 30:8 +. +Lest I be full, and deny thee, and say, Who is the LORD? or lest I be poor, and steal, and take the name of my God in vain. -- proverbs 30:9 +. +Accuse not a servant unto his master, lest he curse thee, and thou be found guilty. -- proverbs 30:10 +. +There is a generation that curseth their father, and doth not bless their mother. -- proverbs 30:11 +. +There is a generation that are pure in their own eyes, and yet is not washed from their filthiness. -- proverbs 30:12 +. +There is a generation, O how lofty are their eyes! and their eyelids are lifted up. -- proverbs 30:13 +. +There is a generation, whose teeth are as swords, and their jaw teeth as knives, to devour the poor from off the earth, and the needy from among men. -- proverbs 30:14 +. +The horseleach hath two daughters, crying, Give, give. There are three things that are never satisfied, yea, four things say not, It is enough: -- proverbs 30:15 +. +The grave; and the barren womb; the earth that is not filled with water; and the fire that saith not, It is enough. -- proverbs 30:16 +. +The eye that mocketh at his father, and despiseth to obey his mother, the ravens of the valley shall pick it out, and the young eagles shall eat it. -- proverbs 30:17 +. +There be three things which are too wonderful for me, yea, four which I know not: -- proverbs 30:18 +. +The way of an eagle in the air; the way of a serpent upon a rock; the way of a ship in the midst of the sea; and the way of a man with a maid. -- proverbs 30:19 +. +Such is the way of an adulterous woman; she eateth, and wipeth her mouth, and saith, I have done no wickedness. -- proverbs 30:20 +. +For three things the earth is disquieted, and for four which it cannot bear: -- proverbs 30:21 +. +For a servant when he reigneth; and a fool when he is filled with meat; -- proverbs 30:22 +. +For an odious woman when she is married; and an handmaid that is heir to her mistress. -- proverbs 30:23 +. +There be four things which are little upon the earth, but they are exceeding wise: -- proverbs 30:24 +. +The ants are a people not strong, yet they prepare their meat in the summer; -- proverbs 30:25 +. +The conies are but a feeble folk, yet make they their houses in the rocks; -- proverbs 30:26 +. +The locusts have no king, yet go they forth all of them by bands; -- proverbs 30:27 +. +The spider taketh hold with her hands, and is in kings' palaces. -- proverbs 30:28 +. +There be three things which go well, yea, four are comely in going: -- proverbs 30:29 +. +A lion which is strongest among beasts, and turneth not away for any; -- proverbs 30:30 +. +A greyhound; an he goat also; and a king, against whom there is no rising up. -- proverbs 30:31 +. +If thou hast done foolishly in lifting up thyself, or if thou hast thought evil, lay thine hand upon thy mouth. -- proverbs 30:32 +. +Surely the churning of milk bringeth forth butter, and the wringing of the nose bringeth forth blood: so the forcing of wrath bringeth forth strife. -- proverbs 30:33 +. +The words of king Lemuel, the prophecy that his mother taught him. -- proverbs 31:1 +. +What, my son? and what, the son of my womb? and what, the son of my vows? -- proverbs 31:2 +. +Give not thy strength unto women, nor thy ways to that which destroyeth kings. -- proverbs 31:3 +. +It is not for kings, O Lemuel, it is not for kings to drink wine; nor for princes strong drink: -- proverbs 31:4 +. +Lest they drink, and forget the law, and pervert the judgment of any of the afflicted. -- proverbs 31:5 +. +Give strong drink unto him that is ready to perish, and wine unto those that be of heavy hearts. -- proverbs 31:6 +. +Let him drink, and forget his poverty, and remember his misery no more. -- proverbs 31:7 +. +Open thy mouth for the dumb in the cause of all such as are appointed to destruction. -- proverbs 31:8 +. +Open thy mouth, judge righteously, and plead the cause of the poor and needy. -- proverbs 31:9 +. +Who can find a virtuous woman? for her price is far above rubies. -- proverbs 31:10 +. +The heart of her husband doth safely trust in her, so that he shall have no need of spoil. -- proverbs 31:11 +. +She will do him good and not evil all the days of her life. -- proverbs 31:12 +. +She seeketh wool, and flax, and worketh willingly with her hands. -- proverbs 31:13 +. +She is like the merchants' ships; she bringeth her food from afar. -- proverbs 31:14 +. +She riseth also while it is yet night, and giveth meat to her household, and a portion to her maidens. -- proverbs 31:15 +. +She considereth a field, and buyeth it: with the fruit of her hands she planteth a vineyard. -- proverbs 31:16 +. +She girdeth her loins with strength, and strengtheneth her arms. -- proverbs 31:17 +. +She perceiveth that her merchandise is good: her candle goeth not out by night. -- proverbs 31:18 +. +She layeth her hands to the spindle, and her hands hold the distaff. -- proverbs 31:19 +. +She stretcheth out her hand to the poor; yea, she reacheth forth her hands to the needy. -- proverbs 31:20 +. +She is not afraid of the snow for her household: for all her household are clothed with scarlet. -- proverbs 31:21 +. +She maketh herself coverings of tapestry; her clothing is silk and purple. -- proverbs 31:22 +. +Her husband is known in the gates, when he sitteth among the elders of the land. -- proverbs 31:23 +. +She maketh fine linen, and selleth it; and delivereth girdles unto the merchant. -- proverbs 31:24 +. +Strength and honour are her clothing; and she shall rejoice in time to come. -- proverbs 31:25 +. +She openeth her mouth with wisdom; and in her tongue is the law of kindness. -- proverbs 31:26 +. +She looketh well to the ways of her household, and eateth not the bread of idleness. -- proverbs 31:27 +. +Her children arise up, and call her blessed; her husband also, and he praiseth her. -- proverbs 31:28 +. +Many daughters have done virtuously, but thou excellest them all. -- proverbs 31:29 +. +Favour is deceitful, and beauty is vain: but a woman that feareth the LORD, she shall be praised. -- proverbs 31:30 +. +Give her of the fruit of her hands; and let her own works praise her in the gates. -- proverbs 31:31 +. +The words of the Preacher, the son of David, king in Jerusalem. -- ecclesiastes 1:1 +. +Vanity of vanities, saith the Preacher, vanity of vanities; all is vanity. -- ecclesiastes 1:2 +. +What profit hath a man of all his labour which he taketh under the sun? -- ecclesiastes 1:3 +. +One generation passeth away, and another generation cometh: but the earth abideth for ever. -- ecclesiastes 1:4 +. +The sun also ariseth, and the sun goeth down, and hasteth to his place where he arose. -- ecclesiastes 1:5 +. +The wind goeth toward the south, and turneth about unto the north; it whirleth about continually, and the wind returneth again according to his circuits. -- ecclesiastes 1:6 +. +All the rivers run into the sea; yet the sea is not full; unto the place from whence the rivers come, thither they return again. -- ecclesiastes 1:7 +. +All things are full of labour; man cannot utter it: the eye is not satisfied with seeing, nor the ear filled with hearing. -- ecclesiastes 1:8 +. +The thing that hath been, it is that which shall be; and that which is done is that which shall be done: and there is no new thing under the sun. -- ecclesiastes 1:9 +. +Is there any thing whereof it may be said, See, this is new? it hath been already of old time, which was before us. -- ecclesiastes 1:10 +. +There is no remembrance of former things; neither shall there be any remembrance of things that are to come with those that shall come after. -- ecclesiastes 1:11 +. +I the Preacher was king over Israel in Jerusalem. -- ecclesiastes 1:12 +. +And I gave my heart to seek and search out by wisdom concerning all things that are done under heaven: this sore travail hath God given to the sons of man to be exercised therewith. -- ecclesiastes 1:13 +. +I have seen all the works that are done under the sun; and, behold, all is vanity and vexation of spirit. -- ecclesiastes 1:14 +. +That which is crooked cannot be made straight: and that which is wanting cannot be numbered. -- ecclesiastes 1:15 +. +I communed with mine own heart, saying, Lo, I am come to great estate, and have gotten more wisdom than all they that have been before me in Jerusalem: yea, my heart had great experience of wisdom and knowledge. -- ecclesiastes 1:16 +. +And I gave my heart to know wisdom, and to know madness and folly: I perceived that this also is vexation of spirit. -- ecclesiastes 1:17 +. +For in much wisdom is much grief: and he that increaseth knowledge increaseth sorrow. -- ecclesiastes 1:18 +. +I said in mine heart, Go to now, I will prove thee with mirth, therefore enjoy pleasure: and, behold, this also is vanity. -- ecclesiastes 2:1 +. +I said of laughter, It is mad: and of mirth, What doeth it? -- ecclesiastes 2:2 +. +I sought in mine heart to give myself unto wine, yet acquainting mine heart with wisdom; and to lay hold on folly, till I might see what was that good for the sons of men, which they should do under the heaven all the days of their life. -- ecclesiastes 2:3 +. +I made me great works; I builded me houses; I planted me vineyards: -- ecclesiastes 2:4 +. +I made me gardens and orchards, and I planted trees in them of all kind of fruits: -- ecclesiastes 2:5 +. +I made me pools of water, to water therewith the wood that bringeth forth trees: -- ecclesiastes 2:6 +. +I got me servants and maidens, and had servants born in my house; also I had great possessions of great and small cattle above all that were in Jerusalem before me: -- ecclesiastes 2:7 +. +I gathered me also silver and gold, and the peculiar treasure of kings and of the provinces: I gat me men singers and women singers, and the delights of the sons of men, as musical instruments, and that of all sorts. -- ecclesiastes 2:8 +. +So I was great, and increased more than all that were before me in Jerusalem: also my wisdom remained with me. -- ecclesiastes 2:9 +. +And whatsoever mine eyes desired I kept not from them, I withheld not my heart from any joy; for my heart rejoiced in all my labour: and this was my portion of all my labour. -- ecclesiastes 2:10 +. +Then I looked on all the works that my hands had wrought, and on the labour that I had laboured to do: and, behold, all was vanity and vexation of spirit, and there was no profit under the sun. -- ecclesiastes 2:11 +. +And I turned myself to behold wisdom, and madness, and folly: for what can the man do that cometh after the king? even that which hath been already done. -- ecclesiastes 2:12 +. +Then I saw that wisdom excelleth folly, as far as light excelleth darkness. -- ecclesiastes 2:13 +. +The wise man's eyes are in his head; but the fool walketh in darkness: and I myself perceived also that one event happeneth to them all. -- ecclesiastes 2:14 +. +Then said I in my heart, As it happeneth to the fool, so it happeneth even to me; and why was I then more wise? Then I said in my heart, that this also is vanity. -- ecclesiastes 2:15 +. +For there is no remembrance of the wise more than of the fool for ever; seeing that which now is in the days to come shall all be forgotten. And how dieth the wise man? as the fool. -- ecclesiastes 2:16 +. +Therefore I hated life; because the work that is wrought under the sun is grievous unto me: for all is vanity and vexation of spirit. -- ecclesiastes 2:17 +. +Yea, I hated all my labour which I had taken under the sun: because I should leave it unto the man that shall be after me. -- ecclesiastes 2:18 +. +And who knoweth whether he shall be a wise man or a fool? yet shall he have rule over all my labour wherein I have laboured, and wherein I have shewed myself wise under the sun. This is also vanity. -- ecclesiastes 2:19 +. +Therefore I went about to cause my heart to despair of all the labour which I took under the sun. -- ecclesiastes 2:20 +. +For there is a man whose labour is in wisdom, and in knowledge, and in equity; yet to a man that hath not laboured therein shall he leave it for his portion. This also is vanity and a great evil. -- ecclesiastes 2:21 +. +For what hath man of all his labour, and of the vexation of his heart, wherein he hath laboured under the sun? -- ecclesiastes 2:22 +. +For all his days are sorrows, and his travail grief; yea, his heart taketh not rest in the night. This is also vanity. -- ecclesiastes 2:23 +. +There is nothing better for a man, than that he should eat and drink, and that he should make his soul enjoy good in his labour. This also I saw, that it was from the hand of God. -- ecclesiastes 2:24 +. +For who can eat, or who else can hasten hereunto, more than I? -- ecclesiastes 2:25 +. +For God giveth to a man that is good in his sight wisdom, and knowledge, and joy: but to the sinner he giveth travail, to gather and to heap up, that he may give to him that is good before God. This also is vanity and vexation of spirit. -- ecclesiastes 2:26 +. +To every thing there is a season, and a time to every purpose under the heaven: -- ecclesiastes 3:1 +. +A time to be born, and a time to die; a time to plant, and a time to pluck up that which is planted; -- ecclesiastes 3:2 +. +A time to kill, and a time to heal; a time to break down, and a time to build up; -- ecclesiastes 3:3 +. +A time to weep, and a time to laugh; a time to mourn, and a time to dance; -- ecclesiastes 3:4 +. +A time to cast away stones, and a time to gather stones together; a time to embrace, and a time to refrain from embracing; -- ecclesiastes 3:5 +. +A time to get, and a time to lose; a time to keep, and a time to cast away; -- ecclesiastes 3:6 +. +A time to rend, and a time to sew; a time to keep silence, and a time to speak; -- ecclesiastes 3:7 +. +A time to love, and a time to hate; a time of war, and a time of peace. -- ecclesiastes 3:8 +. +What profit hath he that worketh in that wherein he laboureth? -- ecclesiastes 3:9 +. +I have seen the travail, which God hath given to the sons of men to be exercised in it. -- ecclesiastes 3:10 +. +He hath made every thing beautiful in his time: also he hath set the world in their heart, so that no man can find out the work that God maketh from the beginning to the end. -- ecclesiastes 3:11 +. +I know that there is no good in them, but for a man to rejoice, and to do good in his life. -- ecclesiastes 3:12 +. +And also that every man should eat and drink, and enjoy the good of all his labour, it is the gift of God. -- ecclesiastes 3:13 +. +I know that, whatsoever God doeth, it shall be for ever: nothing can be put to it, nor any thing taken from it: and God doeth it, that men should fear before him. -- ecclesiastes 3:14 +. +That which hath been is now; and that which is to be hath already been; and God requireth that which is past. -- ecclesiastes 3:15 +. +And moreover I saw under the sun the place of judgment, that wickedness was there; and the place of righteousness, that iniquity was there. -- ecclesiastes 3:16 +. +I said in mine heart, God shall judge the righteous and the wicked: for there is a time there for every purpose and for every work. -- ecclesiastes 3:17 +. +I said in mine heart concerning the estate of the sons of men, that God might manifest them, and that they might see that they themselves are beasts. -- ecclesiastes 3:18 +. +For that which befalleth the sons of men befalleth beasts; even one thing befalleth them: as the one dieth, so dieth the other; yea, they have all one breath; so that a man hath no preeminence above a beast: for all is vanity. -- ecclesiastes 3:19 +. +All go unto one place; all are of the dust, and all turn to dust again. -- ecclesiastes 3:20 +. +Who knoweth the spirit of man that goeth upward, and the spirit of the beast that goeth downward to the earth? -- ecclesiastes 3:21 +. +Wherefore I perceive that there is nothing better, than that a man should rejoice in his own works; for that is his portion: for who shall bring him to see what shall be after him? -- ecclesiastes 3:22 +. +So I returned, and considered all the oppressions that are done under the sun: and behold the tears of such as were oppressed, and they had no comforter; and on the side of their oppressors there was power; but they had no comforter. -- ecclesiastes 4:1 +. +Wherefore I praised the dead which are already dead more than the living which are yet alive. -- ecclesiastes 4:2 +. +Yea, better is he than both they, which hath not yet been, who hath not seen the evil work that is done under the sun. -- ecclesiastes 4:3 +. +Again, I considered all travail, and every right work, that for this a man is envied of his neighbour. This is also vanity and vexation of spirit. -- ecclesiastes 4:4 +. +The fool foldeth his hands together, and eateth his own flesh. -- ecclesiastes 4:5 +. +Better is an handful with quietness, than both the hands full with travail and vexation of spirit. -- ecclesiastes 4:6 +. +Then I returned, and I saw vanity under the sun. -- ecclesiastes 4:7 +. +There is one alone, and there is not a second; yea, he hath neither child nor brother: yet is there no end of all his labour; neither is his eye satisfied with riches; neither saith he, For whom do I labour, and bereave my soul of good? This is also vanity, yea, it is a sore travail. -- ecclesiastes 4:8 +. +Two are better than one; because they have a good reward for their labour. -- ecclesiastes 4:9 +. +For if they fall, the one will lift up his fellow: but woe to him that is alone when he falleth; for he hath not another to help him up. -- ecclesiastes 4:10 +. +Again, if two lie together, then they have heat: but how can one be warm alone? -- ecclesiastes 4:11 +. +And if one prevail against him, two shall withstand him; and a threefold cord is not quickly broken. -- ecclesiastes 4:12 +. +Better is a poor and a wise child than an old and foolish king, who will no more be admonished. -- ecclesiastes 4:13 +. +For out of prison he cometh to reign; whereas also he that is born in his kingdom becometh poor. -- ecclesiastes 4:14 +. +I considered all the living which walk under the sun, with the second child that shall stand up in his stead. -- ecclesiastes 4:15 +. +There is no end of all the people, even of all that have been before them: they also that come after shall not rejoice in him. Surely this also is vanity and vexation of spirit. -- ecclesiastes 4:16 +. +Keep thy foot when thou goest to the house of God, and be more ready to hear, than to give the sacrifice of fools: for they consider not that they do evil. -- ecclesiastes 5:1 +. +Be not rash with thy mouth, and let not thine heart be hasty to utter any thing before God: for God is in heaven, and thou upon earth: therefore let thy words be few. -- ecclesiastes 5:2 +. +For a dream cometh through the multitude of business; and a fool's voice is known by multitude of words. -- ecclesiastes 5:3 +. +When thou vowest a vow unto God, defer not to pay it; for he hath no pleasure in fools: pay that which thou hast vowed. -- ecclesiastes 5:4 +. +Better is it that thou shouldest not vow, than that thou shouldest vow and not pay. -- ecclesiastes 5:5 +. +Suffer not thy mouth to cause thy flesh to sin; neither say thou before the angel, that it was an error: wherefore should God be angry at thy voice, and destroy the work of thine hands? -- ecclesiastes 5:6 +. +For in the multitude of dreams and many words there are also divers vanities: but fear thou God. -- ecclesiastes 5:7 +. +If thou seest the oppression of the poor, and violent perverting of judgment and justice in a province, marvel not at the matter: for he that is higher than the highest regardeth; and there be higher than they. -- ecclesiastes 5:8 +. +Moreover the profit of the earth is for all: the king himself is served by the field. -- ecclesiastes 5:9 +. +He that loveth silver shall not be satisfied with silver; nor he that loveth abundance with increase: this is also vanity. -- ecclesiastes 5:10 +. +When goods increase, they are increased that eat them: and what good is there to the owners thereof, saving the beholding of them with their eyes? -- ecclesiastes 5:11 +. +The sleep of a labouring man is sweet, whether he eat little or much: but the abundance of the rich will not suffer him to sleep. -- ecclesiastes 5:12 +. +There is a sore evil which I have seen under the sun, namely, riches kept for the owners thereof to their hurt. -- ecclesiastes 5:13 +. +But those riches perish by evil travail: and he begetteth a son, and there is nothing in his hand. -- ecclesiastes 5:14 +. +As he came forth of his mother's womb, naked shall he return to go as he came, and shall take nothing of his labour, which he may carry away in his hand. -- ecclesiastes 5:15 +. +And this also is a sore evil, that in all points as he came, so shall he go: and what profit hath he that hath laboured for the wind? -- ecclesiastes 5:16 +. +All his days also he eateth in darkness, and he hath much sorrow and wrath with his sickness. -- ecclesiastes 5:17 +. +Behold that which I have seen: it is good and comely for one to eat and to drink, and to enjoy the good of all his labour that he taketh under the sun all the days of his life, which God giveth him: for it is his portion. -- ecclesiastes 5:18 +. +Every man also to whom God hath given riches and wealth, and hath given him power to eat thereof, and to take his portion, and to rejoice in his labour; this is the gift of God. -- ecclesiastes 5:19 +. +For he shall not much remember the days of his life; because God answereth him in the joy of his heart. -- ecclesiastes 5:20 +. +There is an evil which I have seen under the sun, and it is common among men: -- ecclesiastes 6:1 +. +A man to whom God hath given riches, wealth, and honour, so that he wanteth nothing for his soul of all that he desireth, yet God giveth him not power to eat thereof, but a stranger eateth it: this is vanity, and it is an evil disease. -- ecclesiastes 6:2 +. +If a man beget an hundred children, and live many years, so that the days of his years be many, and his soul be not filled with good, and also that he have no burial; I say, that an untimely birth is better than he. -- ecclesiastes 6:3 +. +For he cometh in with vanity, and departeth in darkness, and his name shall be covered with darkness. -- ecclesiastes 6:4 +. +Moreover he hath not seen the sun, nor known any thing: this hath more rest than the other. -- ecclesiastes 6:5 +. +Yea, though he live a thousand years twice told, yet hath he seen no good: do not all go to one place? -- ecclesiastes 6:6 +. +All the labour of man is for his mouth, and yet the appetite is not filled. -- ecclesiastes 6:7 +. +For what hath the wise more than the fool? what hath the poor, that knoweth to walk before the living? -- ecclesiastes 6:8 +. +Better is the sight of the eyes than the wandering of the desire: this is also vanity and vexation of spirit. -- ecclesiastes 6:9 +. +That which hath been is named already, and it is known that it is man: neither may he contend with him that is mightier than he. -- ecclesiastes 6:10 +. +Seeing there be many things that increase vanity, what is man the better? -- ecclesiastes 6:11 +. +For who knoweth what is good for man in this life, all the days of his vain life which he spendeth as a shadow? for who can tell a man what shall be after him under the sun? -- ecclesiastes 6:12 +. +A good name is better than precious ointment; and the day of death than the day of one's birth. -- ecclesiastes 7:1 +. +It is better to go to the house of mourning, than to go to the house of feasting: for that is the end of all men; and the living will lay it to his heart. -- ecclesiastes 7:2 +. +Sorrow is better than laughter: for by the sadness of the countenance the heart is made better. -- ecclesiastes 7:3 +. +The heart of the wise is in the house of mourning; but the heart of fools is in the house of mirth. -- ecclesiastes 7:4 +. +It is better to hear the rebuke of the wise, than for a man to hear the song of fools. -- ecclesiastes 7:5 +. +For as the crackling of thorns under a pot, so is the laughter of the fool: this also is vanity. -- ecclesiastes 7:6 +. +Surely oppression maketh a wise man mad; and a gift destroyeth the heart. -- ecclesiastes 7:7 +. +Better is the end of a thing than the beginning thereof: and the patient in spirit is better than the proud in spirit. -- ecclesiastes 7:8 +. +Be not hasty in thy spirit to be angry: for anger resteth in the bosom of fools. -- ecclesiastes 7:9 +. +Say not thou, What is the cause that the former days were better than these? for thou dost not enquire wisely concerning this. -- ecclesiastes 7:10 +. +Wisdom is good with an inheritance: and by it there is profit to them that see the sun. -- ecclesiastes 7:11 +. +For wisdom is a defence, and money is a defence: but the excellency of knowledge is, that wisdom giveth life to them that have it. -- ecclesiastes 7:12 +. +Consider the work of God: for who can make that straight, which he hath made crooked? -- ecclesiastes 7:13 +. +In the day of prosperity be joyful, but in the day of adversity consider: God also hath set the one over against the other, to the end that man should find nothing after him. -- ecclesiastes 7:14 +. +All things have I seen in the days of my vanity: there is a just man that perisheth in his righteousness, and there is a wicked man that prolongeth his life in his wickedness. -- ecclesiastes 7:15 +. +Be not righteous over much; neither make thyself over wise: why shouldest thou destroy thyself ? -- ecclesiastes 7:16 +. +Be not over much wicked, neither be thou foolish: why shouldest thou die before thy time? -- ecclesiastes 7:17 +. +It is good that thou shouldest take hold of this; yea, also from this withdraw not thine hand: for he that feareth God shall come forth of them all. -- ecclesiastes 7:18 +. +Wisdom strengtheneth the wise more than ten mighty men which are in the city. -- ecclesiastes 7:19 +. +For there is not a just man upon earth, that doeth good, and sinneth not. -- ecclesiastes 7:20 +. +Also take no heed unto all words that are spoken; lest thou hear thy servant curse thee: -- ecclesiastes 7:21 +. +For oftentimes also thine own heart knoweth that thou thyself likewise hast cursed others. -- ecclesiastes 7:22 +. +All this have I proved by wisdom: I said, I will be wise; but it was far from me. -- ecclesiastes 7:23 +. +That which is far off, and exceeding deep, who can find it out? -- ecclesiastes 7:24 +. +I applied mine heart to know, and to search, and to seek out wisdom, and the reason of things, and to know the wickedness of folly, even of foolishness and madness: -- ecclesiastes 7:25 +. +And I find more bitter than death the woman, whose heart is snares and nets, and her hands as bands: whoso pleaseth God shall escape from her; but the sinner shall be taken by her. -- ecclesiastes 7:26 +. +Behold, this have I found, saith the preacher, counting one by one, to find out the account: -- ecclesiastes 7:27 +. +Which yet my soul seeketh, but I find not: one man among a thousand have I found; but a woman among all those have I not found. -- ecclesiastes 7:28 +. +Lo, this only have I found, that God hath made man upright; but they have sought out many inventions. -- ecclesiastes 7:29 +. +Who is as the wise man? and who knoweth the interpretation of a thing? a man's wisdom maketh his face to shine, and the boldness of his face shall be changed. -- ecclesiastes 8:1 +. +I counsel thee to keep the king's commandment, and that in regard of the oath of God. -- ecclesiastes 8:2 +. +Be not hasty to go out of his sight: stand not in an evil thing; for he doeth whatsoever pleaseth him. -- ecclesiastes 8:3 +. +Where the word of a king is, there is power: and who may say unto him, What doest thou? -- ecclesiastes 8:4 +. +Whoso keepeth the commandment shall feel no evil thing: and a wise man's heart discerneth both time and judgment. -- ecclesiastes 8:5 +. +Because to every purpose there is time and judgment, therefore the misery of man is great upon him. -- ecclesiastes 8:6 +. +For he knoweth not that which shall be: for who can tell him when it shall be? -- ecclesiastes 8:7 +. +There is no man that hath power over the spirit to retain the spirit; neither hath he power in the day of death: and there is no discharge in that war; neither shall wickedness deliver those that are given to it. -- ecclesiastes 8:8 +. +All this have I seen, and applied my heart unto every work that is done under the sun: there is a time wherein one man ruleth over another to his own hurt. -- ecclesiastes 8:9 +. +And so I saw the wicked buried, who had come and gone from the place of the holy, and they were forgotten in the city where they had so done: this is also vanity. -- ecclesiastes 8:10 +. +Because sentence against an evil work is not executed speedily, therefore the heart of the sons of men is fully set in them to do evil. -- ecclesiastes 8:11 +. +Though a sinner do evil an hundred times, and his days be prolonged, yet surely I know that it shall be well with them that fear God, which fear before him: -- ecclesiastes 8:12 +. +But it shall not be well with the wicked, neither shall he prolong his days, which are as a shadow; because he feareth not before God. -- ecclesiastes 8:13 +. +There is a vanity which is done upon the earth; that there be just men, unto whom it happeneth according to the work of the wicked; again, there be wicked men, to whom it happeneth according to the work of the righteous: I said that this also is vanity. -- ecclesiastes 8:14 +. +Then I commended mirth, because a man hath no better thing under the sun, than to eat, and to drink, and to be merry: for that shall abide with him of his labour the days of his life, which God giveth him under the sun. -- ecclesiastes 8:15 +. +When I applied mine heart to know wisdom, and to see the business that is done upon the earth: (for also there is that neither day nor night seeth sleep with his eyes:) -- ecclesiastes 8:16 +. +Then I beheld all the work of God, that a man cannot find out the work that is done under the sun: because though a man labour to seek it out, yet he shall not find it; yea farther; though a wise man think to know it, yet shall he not be able to find it. -- ecclesiastes 8:17 +. +For all this I considered in my heart even to declare all this, that the righteous, and the wise, and their works, are in the hand of God: no man knoweth either love or hatred by all that is before them. -- ecclesiastes 9:1 +. +All things come alike to all: there is one event to the righteous, and to the wicked; to the good and to the clean, and to the unclean; to him that sacrificeth, and to him that sacrificeth not: as is the good, so is the sinner; and he that sweareth, as he that feareth an oath. -- ecclesiastes 9:2 +. +This is an evil among all things that are done under the sun, that there is one event unto all: yea, also the heart of the sons of men is full of evil, and madness is in their heart while they live, and after that they go to the dead. -- ecclesiastes 9:3 +. +For to him that is joined to all the living there is hope: for a living dog is better than a dead lion. -- ecclesiastes 9:4 +. +For the living know that they shall die: but the dead know not any thing, neither have they any more a reward; for the memory of them is forgotten. -- ecclesiastes 9:5 +. +Also their love, and their hatred, and their envy, is now perished; neither have they any more a portion for ever in any thing that is done under the sun. -- ecclesiastes 9:6 +. +Go thy way, eat thy bread with joy, and drink thy wine with a merry heart; for God now accepteth thy works. -- ecclesiastes 9:7 +. +Let thy garments be always white; and let thy head lack no ointment. -- ecclesiastes 9:8 +. +Live joyfully with the wife whom thou lovest all the days of the life of thy vanity, which he hath given thee under the sun, all the days of thy vanity: for that is thy portion in this life, and in thy labour which thou takest under the sun. -- ecclesiastes 9:9 +. +Whatsoever thy hand findeth to do, do it with thy might; for there is no work, nor device, nor knowledge, nor wisdom, in the grave, whither thou goest. -- ecclesiastes 9:10 +. +I returned, and saw under the sun, that the race is not to the swift, nor the battle to the strong, neither yet bread to the wise, nor yet riches to men of understanding, nor yet favour to men of skill; but time and chance happeneth to them all. -- ecclesiastes 9:11 +. +For man also knoweth not his time: as the fishes that are taken in an evil net, and as the birds that are caught in the snare; so are the sons of men snared in an evil time, when it falleth suddenly upon them. -- ecclesiastes 9:12 +. +This wisdom have I seen also under the sun, and it seemed great unto me: -- ecclesiastes 9:13 +. +There was a little city, and few men within it; and there came a great king against it, and besieged it, and built great bulwarks against it: -- ecclesiastes 9:14 +. +Now there was found in it a poor wise man, and he by his wisdom delivered the city; yet no man remembered that same poor man. -- ecclesiastes 9:15 +. +Then said I, Wisdom is better than strength: nevertheless the poor man's wisdom is despised, and his words are not heard. -- ecclesiastes 9:16 +. +The words of wise men are heard in quiet more than the cry of him that ruleth among fools. -- ecclesiastes 9:17 +. +Wisdom is better than weapons of war: but one sinner destroyeth much good. -- ecclesiastes 9:18 +. +Dead flies cause the ointment of the apothecary to send forth a stinking savour: so doth a little folly him that is in reputation for wisdom and honour. -- ecclesiastes 10:1 +. +A wise man's heart is at his right hand; but a fool's heart at his left. -- ecclesiastes 10:2 +. +Yea also, when he that is a fool walketh by the way, his wisdom faileth him, and he saith to every one that he is a fool. -- ecclesiastes 10:3 +. +If the spirit of the ruler rise up against thee, leave not thy place; for yielding pacifieth great offences. -- ecclesiastes 10:4 +. +There is an evil which I have seen under the sun, as an error which proceedeth from the ruler: -- ecclesiastes 10:5 +. +Folly is set in great dignity, and the rich sit in low place. -- ecclesiastes 10:6 +. +I have seen servants upon horses, and princes walking as servants upon the earth. -- ecclesiastes 10:7 +. +He that diggeth a pit shall fall into it; and whoso breaketh an hedge, a serpent shall bite him. -- ecclesiastes 10:8 +. +Whoso removeth stones shall be hurt therewith; and he that cleaveth wood shall be endangered thereby. -- ecclesiastes 10:9 +. +If the iron be blunt, and he do not whet the edge, then must he put to more strength: but wisdom is profitable to direct. -- ecclesiastes 10:10 +. +Surely the serpent will bite without enchantment; and a babbler is no better. -- ecclesiastes 10:11 +. +The words of a wise man's mouth are gracious; but the lips of a fool will swallow up himself. -- ecclesiastes 10:12 +. +The beginning of the words of his mouth is foolishness: and the end of his talk is mischievous madness. -- ecclesiastes 10:13 +. +A fool also is full of words: a man cannot tell what shall be; and what shall be after him, who can tell him? -- ecclesiastes 10:14 +. +The labour of the foolish wearieth every one of them, because he knoweth not how to go to the city. -- ecclesiastes 10:15 +. +Woe to thee, O land, when thy king is a child, and thy princes eat in the morning! -- ecclesiastes 10:16 +. +Blessed art thou, O land, when thy king is the son of nobles, and thy princes eat in due season, for strength, and not for drunkenness! -- ecclesiastes 10:17 +. +By much slothfulness the building decayeth; and through idleness of the hands the house droppeth through. -- ecclesiastes 10:18 +. +A feast is made for laughter, and wine maketh merry: but money answereth all things. -- ecclesiastes 10:19 +. +Curse not the king, no not in thy thought; and curse not the rich in thy bedchamber: for a bird of the air shall carry the voice, and that which hath wings shall tell the matter. -- ecclesiastes 10:20 +. +Cast thy bread upon the waters: for thou shalt find it after many days. -- ecclesiastes 11:1 +. +Give a portion to seven, and also to eight; for thou knowest not what evil shall be upon the earth. -- ecclesiastes 11:2 +. +If the clouds be full of rain, they empty themselves upon the earth: and if the tree fall toward the south, or toward the north, in the place where the tree falleth, there it shall be. -- ecclesiastes 11:3 +. +He that observeth the wind shall not sow; and he that regardeth the clouds shall not reap. -- ecclesiastes 11:4 +. +As thou knowest not what is the way of the spirit, nor how the bones do grow in the womb of her that is with child: even so thou knowest not the works of God who maketh all. -- ecclesiastes 11:5 +. +In the morning sow thy seed, and in the evening withhold not thine hand: for thou knowest not whether shall prosper, either this or that, or whether they both shall be alike good. -- ecclesiastes 11:6 +. +Truly the light is sweet, and a pleasant thing it is for the eyes to behold the sun: -- ecclesiastes 11:7 +. +But if a man live many years, and rejoice in them all; yet let him remember the days of darkness; for they shall be many. All that cometh is vanity. -- ecclesiastes 11:8 +. +Rejoice, O young man, in thy youth; and let thy heart cheer thee in the days of thy youth, and walk in the ways of thine heart, and in the sight of thine eyes: but know thou, that for all these things God will bring thee into judgment. -- ecclesiastes 11:9 +. +Therefore remove sorrow from thy heart, and put away evil from thy flesh: for childhood and youth are vanity. -- ecclesiastes 11:10 +. +Remember now thy Creator in the days of thy youth, while the evil days come not, nor the years draw nigh, when thou shalt say, I have no pleasure in them; -- ecclesiastes 12:1 +. +While the sun, or the light, or the moon, or the stars, be not darkened, nor the clouds return after the rain: -- ecclesiastes 12:2 +. +In the day when the keepers of the house shall tremble, and the strong men shall bow themselves, and the grinders cease because they are few, and those that look out of the windows be darkened, -- ecclesiastes 12:3 +. +And the doors shall be shut in the streets, when the sound of the grinding is low, and he shall rise up at the voice of the bird, and all the daughters of musick shall be brought low; -- ecclesiastes 12:4 +. +Also when they shall be afraid of that which is high, and fears shall be in the way, and the almond tree shall flourish, and the grasshopper shall be a burden, and desire shall fail: because man goeth to his long home, and the mourners go about the streets: -- ecclesiastes 12:5 +. +Or ever the silver cord be loosed, or the golden bowl be broken, or the pitcher be broken at the fountain, or the wheel broken at the cistern. -- ecclesiastes 12:6 +. +Then shall the dust return to the earth as it was: and the spirit shall return unto God who gave it. -- ecclesiastes 12:7 +. +Vanity of vanities, saith the preacher; all is vanity. -- ecclesiastes 12:8 +. +And moreover, because the preacher was wise, he still taught the people knowledge; yea, he gave good heed, and sought out, and set in order many proverbs. -- ecclesiastes 12:9 +. +The preacher sought to find out acceptable words: and that which was written was upright, even words of truth. -- ecclesiastes 12:10 +. +The words of the wise are as goads, and as nails fastened by the masters of assemblies, which are given from one shepherd. -- ecclesiastes 12:11 +. +And further, by these, my son, be admonished: of making many books there is no end; and much study is a weariness of the flesh. -- ecclesiastes 12:12 +. +Let us hear the conclusion of the whole matter: Fear God, and keep his commandments: for this is the whole duty of man. -- ecclesiastes 12:13 +. +For God shall bring every work into judgment, with every secret thing, whether it be good, or whether it be evil. -- ecclesiastes 12:14 +. +The song of songs, which is Solomon's. -- song of solomon 1:1 +. +Let him kiss me with the kisses of his mouth: for thy love is better than wine. -- song of solomon 1:2 +. +Because of the savour of thy good ointments thy name is as ointment poured forth, therefore do the virgins love thee. -- song of solomon 1:3 +. +Draw me, we will run after thee: the king hath brought me into his chambers: we will be glad and rejoice in thee, we will remember thy love more than wine: the upright love thee. -- song of solomon 1:4 +. +I am black, but comely, O ye daughters of Jerusalem, as the tents of Kedar, as the curtains of Solomon. -- song of solomon 1:5 +. +Look not upon me, because I am black, because the sun hath looked upon me: my mother's children were angry with me; they made me the keeper of the vineyards; but mine own vineyard have I not kept. -- song of solomon 1:6 +. +Tell me, O thou whom my soul loveth, where thou feedest, where thou makest thy flock to rest at noon: for why should I be as one that turneth aside by the flocks of thy companions? -- song of solomon 1:7 +. +If thou know not, O thou fairest among women, go thy way forth by the footsteps of the flock, and feed thy kids beside the shepherds' tents. -- song of solomon 1:8 +. +I have compared thee, O my love, to a company of horses in Pharaoh's chariots. -- song of solomon 1:9 +. +Thy cheeks are comely with rows of jewels, thy neck with chains of gold. -- song of solomon 1:10 +. +We will make thee borders of gold with studs of silver. -- song of solomon 1:11 +. +While the king sitteth at his table, my spikenard sendeth forth the smell thereof. -- song of solomon 1:12 +. +A bundle of myrrh is my well-beloved unto me; he shall lie all night betwixt my breasts. -- song of solomon 1:13 +. +My beloved is unto me as a cluster of camphire in the vineyards of Engedi. -- song of solomon 1:14 +. +Behold, thou art fair, my love; behold, thou art fair; thou hast doves' eyes. -- song of solomon 1:15 +. +Behold, thou art fair, my beloved, yea, pleasant: also our bed is green. -- song of solomon 1:16 +. +The beams of our house are cedar, and our rafters of fir. -- song of solomon 1:17 +. +I am the rose of Sharon, and the lily of the valleys. -- song of solomon 2:1 +. +As the lily among thorns, so is my love among the daughters. -- song of solomon 2:2 +. +As the apple tree among the trees of the wood, so is my beloved among the sons. I sat down under his shadow with great delight, and his fruit was sweet to my taste. -- song of solomon 2:3 +. +He brought me to the banqueting house, and his banner over me was love. -- song of solomon 2:4 +. +Stay me with flagons, comfort me with apples: for I am sick of love. -- song of solomon 2:5 +. +His left hand is under my head, and his right hand doth embrace me. -- song of solomon 2:6 +. +I charge you, O ye daughters of Jerusalem, by the roes, and by the hinds of the field, that ye stir not up, nor awake my love, till he please. -- song of solomon 2:7 +. +The voice of my beloved! behold, he cometh leaping upon the mountains, skipping upon the hills. -- song of solomon 2:8 +. +My beloved is like a roe or a young hart: behold, he standeth behind our wall, he looketh forth at the windows, shewing himself through the lattice. -- song of solomon 2:9 +. +My beloved spake, and said unto me, Rise up, my love, my fair one, and come away. -- song of solomon 2:10 +. +For, lo, the winter is past, the rain is over and gone; -- song of solomon 2:11 +. +The flowers appear on the earth; the time of the singing of birds is come, and the voice of the turtle is heard in our land; -- song of solomon 2:12 +. +The fig tree putteth forth her green figs, and the vines with the tender grape give a good smell. Arise, my love, my fair one, and come away. -- song of solomon 2:13 +. +O my dove, that art in the clefts of the rock, in the secret places of the stairs, let me see thy countenance, let me hear thy voice; for sweet is thy voice, and thy countenance is comely. -- song of solomon 2:14 +. +Take us the foxes, the little foxes, that spoil the vines: for our vines have tender grapes. -- song of solomon 2:15 +. +My beloved is mine, and I am his: he feedeth among the lilies. -- song of solomon 2:16 +. +Until the day break, and the shadows flee away, turn, my beloved, and be thou like a roe or a young hart upon the mountains of Bether. -- song of solomon 2:17 +. +By night on my bed I sought him whom my soul loveth: I sought him, but I found him not. -- song of solomon 3:1 +. +I will rise now, and go about the city in the streets, and in the broad ways I will seek him whom my soul loveth: I sought him, but I found him not. -- song of solomon 3:2 +. +The watchmen that go about the city found me: to whom I said, Saw ye him whom my soul loveth? -- song of solomon 3:3 +. +It was but a little that I passed from them, but I found him whom my soul loveth: I held him, and would not let him go, until I had brought him into my mother's house, and into the chamber of her that conceived me. -- song of solomon 3:4 +. +I charge you, O ye daughters of Jerusalem, by the roes, and by the hinds of the field, that ye stir not up, nor awake my love, till he please. -- song of solomon 3:5 +. +Who is this that cometh out of the wilderness like pillars of smoke, perfumed with myrrh and frankincense, with all powders of the merchant? -- song of solomon 3:6 +. +Behold his bed, which is Solomon's; threescore valiant men are about it, of the valiant of Israel. -- song of solomon 3:7 +. +They all hold swords, being expert in war: every man hath his sword upon his thigh because of fear in the night. -- song of solomon 3:8 +. +King Solomon made himself a chariot of the wood of Lebanon. -- song of solomon 3:9 +. +He made the pillars thereof of silver, the bottom thereof of gold, the covering of it of purple, the midst thereof being paved with love, for the daughters of Jerusalem. -- song of solomon 3:10 +. +Go forth, O ye daughters of Zion, and behold king Solomon with the crown wherewith his mother crowned him in the day of his espousals, and in the day of the gladness of his heart. -- song of solomon 3:11 +. +Behold, thou art fair, my love; behold, thou art fair; thou hast doves' eyes within thy locks: thy hair is as a flock of goats, that appear from mount Gilead. -- song of solomon 4:1 +. +Thy teeth are like a flock of sheep that are even shorn, which came up from the washing; whereof every one bear twins, and none is barren among them. -- song of solomon 4:2 +. +Thy lips are like a thread of scarlet, and thy speech is comely: thy temples are like a piece of a pomegranate within thy locks. -- song of solomon 4:3 +. +Thy neck is like the tower of David builded for an armoury, whereon there hang a thousand bucklers, all shields of mighty men. -- song of solomon 4:4 +. +Thy two breasts are like two young roes that are twins, which feed among the lilies. -- song of solomon 4:5 +. +Until the day break, and the shadows flee away, I will get me to the mountain of myrrh, and to the hill of frankincense. -- song of solomon 4:6 +. +Thou art all fair, my love; there is no spot in thee. -- song of solomon 4:7 +. +Come with me from Lebanon, my spouse, with me from Lebanon: look from the top of Amana, from the top of Shenir and Hermon, from the lions' dens, from the mountains of the leopards. -- song of solomon 4:8 +. +Thou hast ravished my heart, my sister, my spouse; thou hast ravished my heart with one of thine eyes, with one chain of thy neck. -- song of solomon 4:9 +. +How fair is thy love, my sister, my spouse! how much better is thy love than wine! and the smell of thine ointments than all spices! -- song of solomon 4:10 +. +Thy lips, O my spouse, drop as the honeycomb: honey and milk are under thy tongue; and the smell of thy garments is like the smell of Lebanon. -- song of solomon 4:11 +. +A garden inclosed is my sister, my spouse; a spring shut up, a fountain sealed. -- song of solomon 4:12 +. +Thy plants are an orchard of pomegranates, with pleasant fruits; camphire, with spikenard, -- song of solomon 4:13 +. +Spikenard and saffron; calamus and cinnamon, with all trees of frankincense; myrrh and aloes, with all the chief spices: -- song of solomon 4:14 +. +A fountain of gardens, a well of living waters, and streams from Lebanon. -- song of solomon 4:15 +. +Awake, O north wind; and come, thou south; blow upon my garden, that the spices thereof may flow out. Let my beloved come into his garden, and eat his pleasant fruits. -- song of solomon 4:16 +. +I am come into my garden, my sister, my spouse: I have gathered my myrrh with my spice; I have eaten my honeycomb with my honey; I have drunk my wine with my milk: eat, O friends; drink, yea, drink abundantly, O beloved. -- song of solomon 5:1 +. +I sleep, but my heart waketh: it is the voice of my beloved that knocketh, saying, Open to me, my sister, my love, my dove, my undefiled: for my head is filled with dew, and my locks with the drops of the night. -- song of solomon 5:2 +. +I have put off my coat; how shall I put it on? I have washed my feet; how shall I defile them? -- song of solomon 5:3 +. +My beloved put in his hand by the hole of the door, and my bowels were moved for him. -- song of solomon 5:4 +. +I rose up to open to my beloved; and my hands dropped with myrrh, and my fingers with sweet smelling myrrh, upon the handles of the lock. -- song of solomon 5:5 +. +I opened to my beloved; but my beloved had withdrawn himself, and was gone: my soul failed when he spake: I sought him, but I could not find him; I called him, but he gave me no answer. -- song of solomon 5:6 +. +The watchmen that went about the city found me, they smote me, they wounded me; the keepers of the walls took away my veil from me. -- song of solomon 5:7 +. +I charge you, O daughters of Jerusalem, if ye find my beloved, that ye tell him, that I am sick of love. -- song of solomon 5:8 +. +What is thy beloved more than another beloved, O thou fairest among women? what is thy beloved more than another beloved, that thou dost so charge us? -- song of solomon 5:9 +. +My beloved is white and ruddy, the chiefest among ten thousand. -- song of solomon 5:10 +. +His head is as the most fine gold, his locks are bushy, and black as a raven. -- song of solomon 5:11 +. +His eyes are as the eyes of doves by the rivers of waters, washed with milk, and fitly set. -- song of solomon 5:12 +. +His cheeks are as a bed of spices, as sweet flowers: his lips like lilies, dropping sweet smelling myrrh. -- song of solomon 5:13 +. +His hands are as gold rings set with the beryl: his belly is as bright ivory overlaid with sapphires. -- song of solomon 5:14 +. +His legs are as pillars of marble, set upon sockets of fine gold: his countenance is as Lebanon, excellent as the cedars. -- song of solomon 5:15 +. +His mouth is most sweet: yea, he is altogether lovely. This is my beloved, and this is my friend, O daughters of Jerusalem. -- song of solomon 5:16 +. +Whither is thy beloved gone, O thou fairest among women? whither is thy beloved turned aside? that we may seek him with thee. -- song of solomon 6:1 +. +My beloved is gone down into his garden, to the beds of spices, to feed in the gardens, and to gather lilies. -- song of solomon 6:2 +. +I am my beloved's, and my beloved is mine: he feedeth among the lilies. -- song of solomon 6:3 +. +Thou art beautiful, O my love, as Tirzah, comely as Jerusalem, terrible as an army with banners. -- song of solomon 6:4 +. +Turn away thine eyes from me, for they have overcome me: thy hair is as a flock of goats that appear from Gilead. -- song of solomon 6:5 +. +Thy teeth are as a flock of sheep which go up from the washing, whereof every one beareth twins, and there is not one barren among them. -- song of solomon 6:6 +. +As a piece of a pomegranate are thy temples within thy locks. -- song of solomon 6:7 +. +There are threescore queens, and fourscore concubines, and virgins without number. -- song of solomon 6:8 +. +My dove, my undefiled is but one; she is the only one of her mother, she is the choice one of her that bare her. The daughters saw her, and blessed her; yea, the queens and the concubines, and they praised her. -- song of solomon 6:9 +. +Who is she that looketh forth as the morning, fair as the moon, clear as the sun, and terrible as an army with banners? -- song of solomon 6:10 +. +I went down into the garden of nuts to see the fruits of the valley, and to see whether the vine flourished and the pomegranates budded. -- song of solomon 6:11 +. +Or ever I was aware, my soul made me like the chariots of Amminadib. -- song of solomon 6:12 +. +Return, return, O Shulamite; return, return, that we may look upon thee. What will ye see in the Shulamite? As it were the company of two armies. -- song of solomon 6:13 +. +How beautiful are thy feet with shoes, O prince's daughter! the joints of thy thighs are like jewels, the work of the hands of a cunning workman. -- song of solomon 7:1 +. +Thy navel is like a round goblet, which wanteth not liquor: thy belly is like an heap of wheat set about with lilies. -- song of solomon 7:2 +. +Thy two breasts are like two young roes that are twins. -- song of solomon 7:3 +. +Thy neck is as a tower of ivory; thine eyes like the fishpools in Heshbon, by the gate of Bathrabbim: thy nose is as the tower of Lebanon which looketh toward Damascus. -- song of solomon 7:4 +. +Thine head upon thee is like Carmel, and the hair of thine head like purple; the king is held in the galleries. -- song of solomon 7:5 +. +How fair and how pleasant art thou, O love, for delights! -- song of solomon 7:6 +. +This thy stature is like to a palm tree, and thy breasts to clusters of grapes. -- song of solomon 7:7 +. +I said, I will go up to the palm tree, I will take hold of the boughs thereof: now also thy breasts shall be as clusters of the vine, and the smell of thy nose like apples; -- song of solomon 7:8 +. +And the roof of thy mouth like the best wine for my beloved, that goeth down sweetly, causing the lips of those that are asleep to speak. -- song of solomon 7:9 +. +I am my beloved's, and his desire is toward me. -- song of solomon 7:10 +. +Come, my beloved, let us go forth into the field; let us lodge in the villages. -- song of solomon 7:11 +. +Let us get up early to the vineyards; let us see if the vine flourish, whether the tender grape appear, and the pomegranates bud forth: there will I give thee my loves. -- song of solomon 7:12 +. +The mandrakes give a smell, and at our gates are all manner of pleasant fruits, new and old, which I have laid up for thee, O my beloved. -- song of solomon 7:13 +. +O that thou wert as my brother, that sucked the breasts of my mother! when I should find thee without, I would kiss thee; yea, I should not be despised. -- song of solomon 8:1 +. +I would lead thee, and bring thee into my mother's house, who would instruct me: I would cause thee to drink of spiced wine of the juice of my pomegranate. -- song of solomon 8:2 +. +His left hand should be under my head, and his right hand should embrace me. -- song of solomon 8:3 +. +I charge you, O daughters of Jerusalem, that ye stir not up, nor awake my love, until he please. -- song of solomon 8:4 +. +Who is this that cometh up from the wilderness, leaning upon her beloved? I raised thee up under the apple tree: there thy mother brought thee forth: there she brought thee forth that bare thee. -- song of solomon 8:5 +. +Set me as a seal upon thine heart, as a seal upon thine arm: for love is strong as death; jealousy is cruel as the grave: the coals thereof are coals of fire, which hath a most vehement flame. -- song of solomon 8:6 +. +Many waters cannot quench love, neither can the floods drown it: if a man would give all the substance of his house for love, it would utterly be contemned. -- song of solomon 8:7 +. +We have a little sister, and she hath no breasts: what shall we do for our sister in the day when she shall be spoken for? -- song of solomon 8:8 +. +If she be a wall, we will build upon her a palace of silver: and if she be a door, we will inclose her with boards of cedar. -- song of solomon 8:9 +. +I am a wall, and my breasts like towers: then was I in his eyes as one that found favour. -- song of solomon 8:10 +. +Solomon had a vineyard at Baalhamon; he let out the vineyard unto keepers; every one for the fruit thereof was to bring a thousand pieces of silver. -- song of solomon 8:11 +. +My vineyard, which is mine, is before me: thou, O Solomon, must have a thousand, and those that keep the fruit thereof two hundred. -- song of solomon 8:12 +. +Thou that dwellest in the gardens, the companions hearken to thy voice: cause me to hear it. -- song of solomon 8:13 +. +Make haste, my beloved, and be thou like to a roe or to a young hart upon the mountains of spices. -- song of solomon 8:14 +. +The vision of Isaiah the son of Amoz, which he saw concerning Judah and Jerusalem in the days of Uzziah, Jotham, Ahaz, and Hezekiah, kings of Judah. -- isaiah 1:1 +. +Hear, O heavens, and give ear, O earth: for the LORD hath spoken, I have nourished and brought up children, and they have rebelled against me. -- isaiah 1:2 +. +The ox knoweth his owner, and the ass his master's crib: but Israel doth not know, my people doth not consider. -- isaiah 1:3 +. +Ah sinful nation, a people laden with iniquity, a seed of evildoers, children that are corrupters: they have forsaken the LORD, they have provoked the Holy One of Israel unto anger, they are gone away backward. -- isaiah 1:4 +. +Why should ye be stricken any more? ye will revolt more and more: the whole head is sick, and the whole heart faint. -- isaiah 1:5 +. +From the sole of the foot even unto the head there is no soundness in it; but wounds, and bruises, and putrifying sores: they have not been closed, neither bound up, neither mollified with ointment. -- isaiah 1:6 +. +Your country is desolate, your cities are burned with fire: your land, strangers devour it in your presence, and it is desolate, as overthrown by strangers. -- isaiah 1:7 +. +And the daughter of Zion is left as a cottage in a vineyard, as a lodge in a garden of cucumbers, as a besieged city. -- isaiah 1:8 +. +Except the LORD of hosts had left unto us a very small remnant, we should have been as Sodom, and we should have been like unto Gomorrah. -- isaiah 1:9 +. +Hear the word of the LORD, ye rulers of Sodom; give ear unto the law of our God, ye people of Gomorrah. -- isaiah 1:10 +. +To what purpose is the multitude of your sacrifices unto me? saith the LORD: I am full of the burnt offerings of rams, and the fat of fed beasts; and I delight not in the blood of bullocks, or of lambs, or of he goats. -- isaiah 1:11 +. +When ye come to appear before me, who hath required this at your hand, to tread my courts? -- isaiah 1:12 +. +Bring no more vain oblations; incense is an abomination unto me; the new moons and sabbaths, the calling of assemblies, I cannot away with; it is iniquity, even the solemn meeting. -- isaiah 1:13 +. +Your new moons and your appointed feasts my soul hateth: they are a trouble unto me; I am weary to bear them. -- isaiah 1:14 +. +And when ye spread forth your hands, I will hide mine eyes from you: yea, when ye make many prayers, I will not hear: your hands are full of blood. -- isaiah 1:15 +. +Wash you, make you clean; put away the evil of your doings from before mine eyes; cease to do evil; -- isaiah 1:16 +. +Learn to do well; seek judgment, relieve the oppressed, judge the fatherless, plead for the widow. -- isaiah 1:17 +. +Come now, and let us reason together, saith the LORD: though your sins be as scarlet, they shall be as white as snow; though they be red like crimson, they shall be as wool. -- isaiah 1:18 +. +If ye be willing and obedient, ye shall eat the good of the land: -- isaiah 1:19 +. +But if ye refuse and rebel, ye shall be devoured with the sword: for the mouth of the LORD hath spoken it. -- isaiah 1:20 +. +How is the faithful city become an harlot! it was full of judgment; righteousness lodged in it; but now murderers. -- isaiah 1:21 +. +Thy silver is become dross, thy wine mixed with water: -- isaiah 1:22 +. +Thy princes are rebellious, and companions of thieves: every one loveth gifts, and followeth after rewards: they judge not the fatherless, neither doth the cause of the widow come unto them. -- isaiah 1:23 +. +Therefore saith the LORD, the LORD of hosts, the mighty One of Israel, Ah, I will ease me of mine adversaries, and avenge me of mine enemies: -- isaiah 1:24 +. +And I will turn my hand upon thee, and purely purge away thy dross, and take away all thy tin: -- isaiah 1:25 +. +And I will restore thy judges as at the first, and thy counsellors as at the beginning: afterward thou shalt be called, The city of righteousness, the faithful city. -- isaiah 1:26 +. +Zion shall be redeemed with judgment, and her converts with righteousness. -- isaiah 1:27 +. +And the destruction of the transgressors and of the sinners shall be together, and they that forsake the LORD shall be consumed. -- isaiah 1:28 +. +For they shall be ashamed of the oaks which ye have desired, and ye shall be confounded for the gardens that ye have chosen. -- isaiah 1:29 +. +For ye shall be as an oak whose leaf fadeth, and as a garden that hath no water. -- isaiah 1:30 +. +And the strong shall be as tow, and the maker of it as a spark, and they shall both burn together, and none shall quench them. -- isaiah 1:31 +. +The word that Isaiah the son of Amoz saw concerning Judah and Jerusalem. -- isaiah 2:1 +. +And it shall come to pass in the last days, that the mountain of the LORD's house shall be established in the top of the mountains, and shall be exalted above the hills; and all nations shall flow unto it. -- isaiah 2:2 +. +And many people shall go and say, Come ye, and let us go up to the mountain of the LORD, to the house of the God of Jacob; and he will teach us of his ways, and we will walk in his paths: for out of Zion shall go forth the law, and the word of the LORD from Jerusalem. -- isaiah 2:3 +. +And he shall judge among the nations, and shall rebuke many people: and they shall beat their swords into plowshares, and their spears into pruninghooks: nation shall not lift up sword against nation, neither shall they learn war any more. -- isaiah 2:4 +. +O house of Jacob, come ye, and let us walk in the light of the LORD. -- isaiah 2:5 +. +Therefore thou hast forsaken thy people the house of Jacob, because they be replenished from the east, and are soothsayers like the Philistines, and they please themselves in the children of strangers. -- isaiah 2:6 +. +Their land also is full of silver and gold, neither is there any end of their treasures; their land is also full of horses, neither is there any end of their chariots: -- isaiah 2:7 +. +Their land also is full of idols; they worship the work of their own hands, that which their own fingers have made: -- isaiah 2:8 +. +And the mean man boweth down, and the great man humbleth himself: therefore forgive them not. -- isaiah 2:9 +. +Enter into the rock, and hide thee in the dust, for fear of the LORD, and for the glory of his majesty. -- isaiah 2:10 +. +The lofty looks of man shall be humbled, and the haughtiness of men shall be bowed down, and the LORD alone shall be exalted in that day. -- isaiah 2:11 +. +For the day of the LORD of hosts shall be upon every one that is proud and lofty, and upon every one that is lifted up; and he shall be brought low: -- isaiah 2:12 +. +And upon all the cedars of Lebanon, that are high and lifted up, and upon all the oaks of Bashan, -- isaiah 2:13 +. +And upon all the high mountains, and upon all the hills that are lifted up, -- isaiah 2:14 +. +And upon every high tower, and upon every fenced wall, -- isaiah 2:15 +. +And upon all the ships of Tarshish, and upon all pleasant pictures. -- isaiah 2:16 +. +And the loftiness of man shall be bowed down, and the haughtiness of men shall be made low: and the LORD alone shall be exalted in that day. -- isaiah 2:17 +. +And the idols he shall utterly abolish. -- isaiah 2:18 +. +And they shall go into the holes of the rocks, and into the caves of the earth, for fear of the LORD, and for the glory of his majesty, when he ariseth to shake terribly the earth. -- isaiah 2:19 +. +In that day a man shall cast his idols of silver, and his idols of gold, which they made each one for himself to worship, to the moles and to the bats; -- isaiah 2:20 +. +To go into the clefts of the rocks, and into the tops of the ragged rocks, for fear of the LORD, and for the glory of his majesty, when he ariseth to shake terribly the earth. -- isaiah 2:21 +. +Cease ye from man, whose breath is in his nostrils: for wherein is he to be accounted of ? -- isaiah 2:22 +. +For, behold, the Lord, the LORD of hosts, doth take away from Jerusalem and from Judah the stay and the staff, the whole stay of bread, and the whole stay of water. -- isaiah 3:1 +. +The mighty man, and the man of war, the judge, and the prophet, and the prudent, and the ancient, -- isaiah 3:2 +. +The captain of fifty, and the honourable man, and the counsellor, and the cunning artificer, and the eloquent orator. -- isaiah 3:3 +. +And I will give children to be their princes, and babes shall rule over them. -- isaiah 3:4 +. +And the people shall be oppressed, every one by another, and every one by his neighbour: the child shall behave himself proudly against the ancient, and the base against the honourable. -- isaiah 3:5 +. +When a man shall take hold of his brother of the house of his father, saying, Thou hast clothing, be thou our ruler, and let this ruin be under thy hand: -- isaiah 3:6 +. +In that day shall he swear, saying, I will not be an healer; for in my house is neither bread nor clothing: make me not a ruler of the people. -- isaiah 3:7 +. +For Jerusalem is ruined, and Judah is fallen: because their tongue and their doings are against the LORD, to provoke the eyes of his glory. -- isaiah 3:8 +. +The shew of their countenance doth witness against them; and they declare their sin as Sodom, they hide it not. Woe unto their soul! for they have rewarded evil unto themselves. -- isaiah 3:9 +. +Say ye to the righteous, that it shall be well with him: for they shall eat the fruit of their doings. -- isaiah 3:10 +. +Woe unto the wicked! it shall be ill with him: for the reward of his hands shall be given him. -- isaiah 3:11 +. +As for my people, children are their oppressors, and women rule over them. O my people, they which lead thee cause thee to err, and destroy the way of thy paths. -- isaiah 3:12 +. +The LORD standeth up to plead, and standeth to judge the people. -- isaiah 3:13 +. +The LORD will enter into judgment with the ancients of his people, and the princes thereof: for ye have eaten up the vineyard; the spoil of the poor is in your houses. -- isaiah 3:14 +. +What mean ye that ye beat my people to pieces, and grind the faces of the poor? saith the Lord GOD of hosts. -- isaiah 3:15 +. +Moreover the LORD saith, Because the daughters of Zion are haughty, and walk with stretched forth necks and wanton eyes, walking and mincing as they go, and making a tinkling with their feet: -- isaiah 3:16 +. +Therefore the LORD will smite with a scab the crown of the head of the daughters of Zion, and the LORD will discover their secret parts. -- isaiah 3:17 +. +In that day the Lord will take away the bravery of their tinkling ornaments about their feet, and their cauls, and their round tires like the moon, -- isaiah 3:18 +. +The chains, and the bracelets, and the mufflers, -- isaiah 3:19 +. +The bonnets, and the ornaments of the legs, and the headbands, and the tablets, and the earrings, -- isaiah 3:20 +. +The rings, and nose jewels, -- isaiah 3:21 +. +The changeable suits of apparel, and the mantles, and the wimples, and the crisping pins, -- isaiah 3:22 +. +The glasses, and the fine linen, and the hoods, and the vails. -- isaiah 3:23 +. +And it shall come to pass, that instead of sweet smell there shall be stink; and instead of a girdle a rent; and instead of well set hair baldness; and instead of a stomacher a girding of sackcloth; and burning instead of beauty. -- isaiah 3:24 +. +Thy men shall fall by the sword, and thy mighty in the war. -- isaiah 3:25 +. +And her gates shall lament and mourn; and she being desolate shall sit upon the ground. -- isaiah 3:26 +. +And in that day seven women shall take hold of one man, saying, We will eat our own bread, and wear our own apparel: only let us be called by thy name, to take away our reproach. -- isaiah 4:1 +. +In that day shall the branch of the LORD be beautiful and glorious, and the fruit of the earth shall be excellent and comely for them that are escaped of Israel. -- isaiah 4:2 +. +And it shall come to pass, that he that is left in Zion, and he that remaineth in Jerusalem, shall be called holy, even every one that is written among the living in Jerusalem: -- isaiah 4:3 +. +When the Lord shall have washed away the filth of the daughters of Zion, and shall have purged the blood of Jerusalem from the midst thereof by the spirit of judgment, and by the spirit of burning. -- isaiah 4:4 +. +And the LORD will create upon every dwelling place of mount Zion, and upon her assemblies, a cloud and smoke by day, and the shining of a flaming fire by night: for upon all the glory shall be a defence. -- isaiah 4:5 +. +And there shall be a tabernacle for a shadow in the day time from the heat, and for a place of refuge, and for a covert from storm and from rain. -- isaiah 4:6 +. +Now will I sing to my wellbeloved a song of my beloved touching his vineyard. My wellbeloved hath a vineyard in a very fruitful hill: -- isaiah 5:1 +. +And he fenced it, and gathered out the stones thereof, and planted it with the choicest vine, and built a tower in the midst of it, and also made a winepress therein: and he looked that it should bring forth grapes, and it brought forth wild grapes. -- isaiah 5:2 +. +And now, O inhabitants of Jerusalem, and men of Judah, judge, I pray you, betwixt me and my vineyard. -- isaiah 5:3 +. +What could have been done more to my vineyard, that I have not done in it? wherefore, when I looked that it should bring forth grapes, brought it forth wild grapes? -- isaiah 5:4 +. +And now go to; I will tell you what I will do to my vineyard: I will take away the hedge thereof, and it shall be eaten up; and break down the wall thereof, and it shall be trodden down: -- isaiah 5:5 +. +And I will lay it waste: it shall not be pruned, nor digged; but there shall come up briers and thorns: I will also command the clouds that they rain no rain upon it. -- isaiah 5:6 +. +For the vineyard of the LORD of hosts is the house of Israel, and the men of Judah his pleasant plant: and he looked for judgment, but behold oppression; for righteousness, but behold a cry. -- isaiah 5:7 +. +Woe unto them that join house to house, that lay field to field, till there be no place, that they may be placed alone in the midst of the earth! -- isaiah 5:8 +. +In mine ears said the LORD of hosts, Of a truth many houses shall be desolate, even great and fair, without inhabitant. -- isaiah 5:9 +. +Yea, ten acres of vineyard shall yield one bath, and the seed of an homer shall yield an ephah. -- isaiah 5:10 +. +Woe unto them that rise up early in the morning, that they may follow strong drink; that continue until night, till wine inflame them! -- isaiah 5:11 +. +And the harp, and the viol, the tabret, and pipe, and wine, are in their feasts: but they regard not the work of the LORD, neither consider the operation of his hands. -- isaiah 5:12 +. +Therefore my people are gone into captivity, because they have no knowledge: and their honourable men are famished, and their multitude dried up with thirst. -- isaiah 5:13 +. +Therefore hell hath enlarged herself, and opened her mouth without measure: and their glory, and their multitude, and their pomp, and he that rejoiceth, shall descend into it. -- isaiah 5:14 +. +And the mean man shall be brought down, and the mighty man shall be humbled, and the eyes of the lofty shall be humbled: -- isaiah 5:15 +. +But the LORD of hosts shall be exalted in judgment, and God that is holy shall be sanctified in righteousness. -- isaiah 5:16 +. +Then shall the lambs feed after their manner, and the waste places of the fat ones shall strangers eat. -- isaiah 5:17 +. +Woe unto them that draw iniquity with cords of vanity, and sin as it were with a cart rope: -- isaiah 5:18 +. +That say, Let him make speed, and hasten his work, that we may see it: and let the counsel of the Holy One of Israel draw nigh and come, that we may know it! -- isaiah 5:19 +. +Woe unto them that call evil good, and good evil; that put darkness for light, and light for darkness; that put bitter for sweet, and sweet for bitter! -- isaiah 5:20 +. +Woe unto them that are wise in their own eyes, and prudent in their own sight! -- isaiah 5:21 +. +Woe unto them that are mighty to drink wine, and men of strength to mingle strong drink: -- isaiah 5:22 +. +Which justify the wicked for reward, and take away the righteousness of the righteous from him! -- isaiah 5:23 +. +Therefore as the fire devoureth the stubble, and the flame consumeth the chaff, so their root shall be as rottenness, and their blossom shall go up as dust: because they have cast away the law of the LORD of hosts, and despised the word of the Holy One of Israel. -- isaiah 5:24 +. +Therefore is the anger of the LORD kindled against his people, and he hath stretched forth his hand against them, and hath smitten them: and the hills did tremble, and their carcases were torn in the midst of the streets. For all this his anger is not turned away, but his hand is stretched out still. -- isaiah 5:25 +. +And he will lift up an ensign to the nations from far, and will hiss unto them from the end of the earth: and, behold, they shall come with speed swiftly: -- isaiah 5:26 +. +None shall be weary nor stumble among them; none shall slumber nor sleep; neither shall the girdle of their loins be loosed, nor the latchet of their shoes be broken: -- isaiah 5:27 +. +Whose arrows are sharp, and all their bows bent, their horses' hoofs shall be counted like flint, and their wheels like a whirlwind: -- isaiah 5:28 +. +Their roaring shall be like a lion, they shall roar like young lions: yea, they shall roar, and lay hold of the prey, and shall carry it away safe, and none shall deliver it. -- isaiah 5:29 +. +And in that day they shall roar against them like the roaring of the sea: and if one look unto the land, behold darkness and sorrow, and the light is darkened in the heavens thereof. -- isaiah 5:30 +. +In the year that king Uzziah died I saw also the LORD sitting upon a throne, high and lifted up, and his train filled the temple. -- isaiah 6:1 +. +Above it stood the seraphims: each one had six wings; with twain he covered his face, and with twain he covered his feet, and with twain he did fly. -- isaiah 6:2 +. +And one cried unto another, and said, Holy, holy, holy, is the LORD of hosts: the whole earth is full of his glory. -- isaiah 6:3 +. +And the posts of the door moved at the voice of him that cried, and the house was filled with smoke. -- isaiah 6:4 +. +Then said I, Woe is me! for I am undone; because I am a man of unclean lips, and I dwell in the midst of a people of unclean lips: for mine eyes have seen the King, the LORD of hosts. -- isaiah 6:5 +. +Then flew one of the seraphims unto me, having a live coal in his hand, which he had taken with the tongs from off the altar: -- isaiah 6:6 +. +And he laid it upon my mouth, and said, Lo, this hath touched thy lips; and thine iniquity is taken away, and thy sin purged. -- isaiah 6:7 +. +Also I heard the voice of the Lord, saying, Whom shall I send, and who will go for us? Then said I, Here am I; send me. -- isaiah 6:8 +. +And he said, Go, and tell this people, Hear ye indeed, but understand not; and see ye indeed, but perceive not. -- isaiah 6:9 +. +Make the heart of this people fat, and make their ears heavy, and shut their eyes; lest they see with their eyes, and hear with their ears, and understand with their heart, and convert, and be healed. -- isaiah 6:10 +. +Then said I, Lord, how long? And he answered, Until the cities be wasted without inhabitant, and the houses without man, and the land be utterly desolate, -- isaiah 6:11 +. +And the LORD have removed men far away, and there be a great forsaking in the midst of the land. -- isaiah 6:12 +. +But yet in it shall be a tenth, and it shall return, and shall be eaten: as a teil tree, and as an oak, whose substance is in them, when they cast their leaves: so the holy seed shall be the substance thereof. -- isaiah 6:13 +. +And it came to pass in the days of Ahaz the son of Jotham, the son of Uzziah, king of Judah, that Rezin the king of Syria, and Pekah the son of Remaliah, king of Israel, went up toward Jerusalem to war against it, but could not prevail against it. -- isaiah 7:1 +. +And it was told the house of David, saying, Syria is confederate with Ephraim. And his heart was moved, and the heart of his people, as the trees of the wood are moved with the wind. -- isaiah 7:2 +. +Then said the LORD unto Isaiah, Go forth now to meet Ahaz, thou, and Shearjashub thy son, at the end of the conduit of the upper pool in the highway of the fuller's field; -- isaiah 7:3 +. +And say unto him, Take heed, and be quiet; fear not, neither be fainthearted for the two tails of these smoking firebrands, for the fierce anger of Rezin with Syria, and of the son of Remaliah. -- isaiah 7:4 +. +Because Syria, Ephraim, and the son of Remaliah, have taken evil counsel against thee, saying, -- isaiah 7:5 +. +Let us go up against Judah, and vex it, and let us make a breach therein for us, and set a king in the midst of it, even the son of Tabeal: -- isaiah 7:6 +. +Thus saith the Lord GOD, It shall not stand, neither shall it come to pass. -- isaiah 7:7 +. +For the head of Syria is Damascus, and the head of Damascus is Rezin; and within threescore and five years shall Ephraim be broken, that it be not a people. -- isaiah 7:8 +. +And the head of Ephraim is Samaria, and the head of Samaria is Remaliah's son. If ye will not believe, surely ye shall not be established. -- isaiah 7:9 +. +Moreover the LORD spake again unto Ahaz, saying, -- isaiah 7:10 +. +Ask thee a sign of the LORD thy God; ask it either in the depth, or in the height above. -- isaiah 7:11 +. +But Ahaz said, I will not ask, neither will I tempt the LORD. -- isaiah 7:12 +. +And he said, Hear ye now, O house of David; Is it a small thing for you to weary men, but will ye weary my God also? -- isaiah 7:13 +. +Therefore the Lord himself shall give you a sign; Behold, a virgin shall conceive, and bear a son, and shall call his name Immanuel. -- isaiah 7:14 +. +Butter and honey shall he eat, that he may know to refuse the evil, and choose the good. -- isaiah 7:15 +. +For before the child shall know to refuse the evil, and choose the good, the land that thou abhorrest shall be forsaken of both her kings. -- isaiah 7:16 +. +The LORD shall bring upon thee, and upon thy people, and upon thy father's house, days that have not come, from the day that Ephraim departed from Judah; even the king of Assyria. -- isaiah 7:17 +. +And it shall come to pass in that day, that the LORD shall hiss for the fly that is in the uttermost part of the rivers of Egypt, and for the bee that is in the land of Assyria. -- isaiah 7:18 +. +And they shall come, and shall rest all of them in the desolate valleys, and in the holes of the rocks, and upon all thorns, and upon all bushes. -- isaiah 7:19 +. +In the same day shall the Lord shave with a razor that is hired, namely, by them beyond the river, by the king of Assyria, the head, and the hair of the feet: and it shall also consume the beard. -- isaiah 7:20 +. +And it shall come to pass in that day, that a man shall nourish a young cow, and two sheep; -- isaiah 7:21 +. +And it shall come to pass, for the abundance of milk that they shall give he shall eat butter: for butter and honey shall every one eat that is left in the land. -- isaiah 7:22 +. +And it shall come to pass in that day, that every place shall be, where there were a thousand vines at a thousand silverlings, it shall even be for briers and thorns. -- isaiah 7:23 +. +With arrows and with bows shall men come thither; because all the land shall become briers and thorns. -- isaiah 7:24 +. +And on all hills that shall be digged with the mattock, there shall not come thither the fear of briers and thorns: but it shall be for the sending forth of oxen, and for the treading of lesser cattle. -- isaiah 7:25 +. +Moreover the LORD said unto me, Take thee a great roll, and write in it with a man's pen concerning Mahershalalhashbaz. -- isaiah 8:1 +. +And I took unto me faithful witnesses to record, Uriah the priest, and Zechariah the son of Jeberechiah. -- isaiah 8:2 +. +And I went unto the prophetess; and she conceived, and bare a son. Then said the LORD to me, Call his name Mahershalalhashbaz. -- isaiah 8:3 +. +For before the child shall have knowledge to cry, My father, and my mother, the riches of Damascus and the spoil of Samaria shall be taken away before the king of Assyria. -- isaiah 8:4 +. +The LORD spake also unto me again, saying, -- isaiah 8:5 +. +Forasmuch as this people refuseth the waters of Shiloah that go softly, and rejoice in Rezin and Remaliah's son; -- isaiah 8:6 +. +Now therefore, behold, the Lord bringeth up upon them the waters of the river, strong and many, even the king of Assyria, and all his glory: and he shall come up over all his channels, and go over all his banks: -- isaiah 8:7 +. +And he shall pass through Judah; he shall overflow and go over, he shall reach even to the neck; and the stretching out of his wings shall fill the breadth of thy land, O Immanuel. -- isaiah 8:8 +. +Associate yourselves, O ye people, and ye shall be broken in pieces; and give ear, all ye of far countries: gird yourselves, and ye shall be broken in pieces; gird yourselves, and ye shall be broken in pieces. -- isaiah 8:9 +. +Take counsel together, and it shall come to nought; speak the word, and it shall not stand: for God is with us. -- isaiah 8:10 +. +For the LORD spake thus to me with a strong hand, and instructed me that I should not walk in the way of this people, saying, -- isaiah 8:11 +. +Say ye not, A confederacy, to all them to whom this people shall say, A confederacy; neither fear ye their fear, nor be afraid. -- isaiah 8:12 +. +Sanctify the LORD of hosts himself; and let him be your fear, and let him be your dread. -- isaiah 8:13 +. +And he shall be for a sanctuary; but for a stone of stumbling and for a rock of offence to both the houses of Israel, for a gin and for a snare to the inhabitants of Jerusalem. -- isaiah 8:14 +. +And many among them shall stumble, and fall, and be broken, and be snared, and be taken. -- isaiah 8:15 +. +Bind up the testimony, seal the law among my disciples. -- isaiah 8:16 +. +And I will wait upon the LORD, that hideth his face from the house of Jacob, and I will look for him. -- isaiah 8:17 +. +Behold, I and the children whom the LORD hath given me are for signs and for wonders in Israel from the LORD of hosts, which dwelleth in mount Zion. -- isaiah 8:18 +. +And when they shall say unto you, Seek unto them that have familiar spirits, and unto wizards that peep, and that mutter: should not a people seek unto their God? for the living to the dead? -- isaiah 8:19 +. +To the law and to the testimony: if they speak not according to this word, it is because there is no light in them. -- isaiah 8:20 +. +And they shall pass through it, hardly bestead and hungry: and it shall come to pass, that when they shall be hungry, they shall fret themselves, and curse their king and their God, and look upward. -- isaiah 8:21 +. +And they shall look unto the earth; and behold trouble and darkness, dimness of anguish; and they shall be driven to darkness. -- isaiah 8:22 +. +Nevertheless the dimness shall not be such as was in her vexation, when at the first he lightly afflicted the land of Zebulun and the land of Naphtali, and afterward did more grievously afflict her by the way of the sea, beyond Jordan, in Galilee of the nations. -- isaiah 9:1 +. +The people that walked in darkness have seen a great light: they that dwell in the land of the shadow of death, upon them hath the light shined. -- isaiah 9:2 +. +Thou hast multiplied the nation, and not increased the joy: they joy before thee according to the joy in harvest, and as men rejoice when they divide the spoil. -- isaiah 9:3 +. +For thou hast broken the yoke of his burden, and the staff of his shoulder, the rod of his oppressor, as in the day of Midian. -- isaiah 9:4 +. +For every battle of the warrior is with confused noise, and garments rolled in blood; but this shall be with burning and fuel of fire. -- isaiah 9:5 +. +For unto us a child is born, unto us a son is given: and the government shall be upon his shoulder: and his name shall be called Wonderful, Counsellor, The mighty God, The everlasting Father, The Prince of Peace. -- isaiah 9:6 +. +Of the increase of his government and peace there shall be no end, upon the throne of David, and upon his kingdom, to order it, and to establish it with judgment and with justice from henceforth even for ever. The zeal of the LORD of hosts will perform this. -- isaiah 9:7 +. +The Lord sent a word into Jacob, and it hath lighted upon Israel. -- isaiah 9:8 +. +And all the people shall know, even Ephraim and the inhabitant of Samaria, that say in the pride and stoutness of heart, -- isaiah 9:9 +. +The bricks are fallen down, but we will build with hewn stones: the sycomores are cut down, but we will change them into cedars. -- isaiah 9:10 +. +Therefore the LORD shall set up the adversaries of Rezin against him, and join his enemies together; -- isaiah 9:11 +. +The Syrians before, and the Philistines behind; and they shall devour Israel with open mouth. For all this his anger is not turned away, but his hand is stretched out still. -- isaiah 9:12 +. +For the people turneth not unto him that smiteth them, neither do they seek the LORD of hosts. -- isaiah 9:13 +. +Therefore the LORD will cut off from Israel head and tail, branch and rush, in one day. -- isaiah 9:14 +. +The ancient and honourable, he is the head; and the prophet that teacheth lies, he is the tail. -- isaiah 9:15 +. +For the leaders of this people cause them to err; and they that are led of them are destroyed. -- isaiah 9:16 +. +Therefore the LORD shall have no joy in their young men, neither shall have mercy on their fatherless and widows: for every one is an hypocrite and an evildoer, and every mouth speaketh folly. For all this his anger is not turned away, but his hand is stretched out still. -- isaiah 9:17 +. +For wickedness burneth as the fire: it shall devour the briers and thorns, and shall kindle in the thickets of the forest, and they shall mount up like the lifting up of smoke. -- isaiah 9:18 +. +Through the wrath of the LORD of hosts is the land darkened, and the people shall be as the fuel of the fire: no man shall spare his brother. -- isaiah 9:19 +. +And he shall snatch on the right hand, and be hungry; and he shall eat on the left hand, and they shall not be satisfied: they shall eat every man the flesh of his own arm: -- isaiah 9:20 +. +Manasseh, Ephraim; and Ephraim, Manasseh: and they together shall be against Judah. For all this his anger is not turned away, but his hand is stretched out still. -- isaiah 9:21 +. +Woe unto them that decree unrighteous decrees, and that write grievousness which they have prescribed; -- isaiah 10:1 +. +To turn aside the needy from judgment, and to take away the right from the poor of my people, that widows may be their prey, and that they may rob the fatherless! -- isaiah 10:2 +. +And what will ye do in the day of visitation, and in the desolation which shall come from far? to whom will ye flee for help? and where will ye leave your glory? -- isaiah 10:3 +. +Without me they shall bow down under the prisoners, and they shall fall under the slain. For all this his anger is not turned away, but his hand is stretched out still. -- isaiah 10:4 +. +O Assyrian, the rod of mine anger, and the staff in their hand is mine indignation. -- isaiah 10:5 +. +I will send him against an hypocritical nation, and against the people of my wrath will I give him a charge, to take the spoil, and to take the prey, and to tread them down like the mire of the streets. -- isaiah 10:6 +. +Howbeit he meaneth not so, neither doth his heart think so; but it is in his heart to destroy and cut off nations not a few. -- isaiah 10:7 +. +For he saith, Are not my princes altogether kings? -- isaiah 10:8 +. +Is not Calno as Carchemish? is not Hamath as Arpad? is not Samaria as Damascus? -- isaiah 10:9 +. +As my hand hath found the kingdoms of the idols, and whose graven images did excel them of Jerusalem and of Samaria; -- isaiah 10:10 +. +Shall I not, as I have done unto Samaria and her idols, so do to Jerusalem and her idols? -- isaiah 10:11 +. +Wherefore it shall come to pass, that when the Lord hath performed his whole work upon mount Zion and on Jerusalem, I will punish the fruit of the stout heart of the king of Assyria, and the glory of his high looks. -- isaiah 10:12 +. +For he saith, By the strength of my hand I have done it, and by my wisdom; for I am prudent: and I have removed the bounds of the people, and have robbed their treasures, and I have put down the inhabitants like a valiant man: -- isaiah 10:13 +. +And my hand hath found as a nest the riches of the people: and as one gathereth eggs that are left, have I gathered all the earth; and there was none that moved the wing, or opened the mouth, or peeped. -- isaiah 10:14 +. +Shall the axe boast itself against him that heweth therewith? or shall the saw magnify itself against him that shaketh it? as if the rod should shake itself against them that lift it up, or as if the staff should lift up itself, as if it were no wood. -- isaiah 10:15 +. +Therefore shall the Lord, the Lord of hosts, send among his fat ones leanness; and under his glory he shall kindle a burning like the burning of a fire. -- isaiah 10:16 +. +And the light of Israel shall be for a fire, and his Holy One for a flame: and it shall burn and devour his thorns and his briers in one day; -- isaiah 10:17 +. +And shall consume the glory of his forest, and of his fruitful field, both soul and body: and they shall be as when a standard-bearer fainteth. -- isaiah 10:18 +. +And the rest of the trees of his forest shall be few, that a child may write them. -- isaiah 10:19 +. +And it shall come to pass in that day, that the remnant of Israel, and such as are escaped of the house of Jacob, shall no more again stay upon him that smote them; but shall stay upon the LORD, the Holy One of Israel, in truth. -- isaiah 10:20 +. +The remnant shall return, even the remnant of Jacob, unto the mighty God. -- isaiah 10:21 +. +For though thy people Israel be as the sand of the sea, yet a remnant of them shall return: the consumption decreed shall overflow with righteousness. -- isaiah 10:22 +. +For the Lord GOD of hosts shall make a consumption, even determined, in the midst of all the land. -- isaiah 10:23 +. +Therefore thus saith the Lord GOD of hosts, O my people that dwellest in Zion, be not afraid of the Assyrian: he shall smite thee with a rod, and shall lift up his staff against thee, after the manner of Egypt. -- isaiah 10:24 +. +For yet a very little while, and the indignation shall cease, and mine anger in their destruction. -- isaiah 10:25 +. +And the LORD of hosts shall stir up a scourge for him according to the slaughter of Midian at the rock of Oreb: and as his rod was upon the sea, so shall he lift it up after the manner of Egypt. -- isaiah 10:26 +. +And it shall come to pass in that day, that his burden shall be taken away from off thy shoulder, and his yoke from off thy neck, and the yoke shall be destroyed because of the anointing. -- isaiah 10:27 +. +He is come to Aiath, he is passed to Migron; at Michmash he hath laid up his carriages: -- isaiah 10:28 +. +They are gone over the passage: they have taken up their lodging at Geba; Ramah is afraid; Gibeah of Saul is fled. -- isaiah 10:29 +. +Lift up thy voice, O daughter of Gallim: cause it to be heard unto Laish, O poor Anathoth. -- isaiah 10:30 +. +Madmenah is removed; the inhabitants of Gebim gather themselves to flee. -- isaiah 10:31 +. +As yet shall he remain at Nob that day: he shall shake his hand against the mount of the daughter of Zion, the hill of Jerusalem. -- isaiah 10:32 +. +Behold, the Lord, the LORD of hosts, shall lop the bough with terror: and the high ones of stature shall be hewn down, and the haughty shall be humbled. -- isaiah 10:33 +. +And he shall cut down the thickets of the forest with iron, and Lebanon shall fall by a mighty one. -- isaiah 10:34 +. +And there shall come forth a rod out of the stem of Jesse, and a Branch shall grow out of his roots: -- isaiah 11:1 +. +And the spirit of the LORD shall rest upon him, the spirit of wisdom and understanding, the spirit of counsel and might, the spirit of knowledge and of the fear of the LORD; -- isaiah 11:2 +. +And shall make him of quick understanding in the fear of the LORD: and he shall not judge after the sight of his eyes, neither reprove after the hearing of his ears: -- isaiah 11:3 +. +But with righteousness shall he judge the poor, and reprove with equity for the meek of the earth: and he shall smite the earth: with the rod of his mouth, and with the breath of his lips shall he slay the wicked. -- isaiah 11:4 +. +And righteousness shall be the girdle of his loins, and faithfulness the girdle of his reins. -- isaiah 11:5 +. +The wolf also shall dwell with the lamb, and the leopard shall lie down with the kid; and the calf and the young lion and the fatling together; and a little child shall lead them. -- isaiah 11:6 +. +And the cow and the bear shall feed; their young ones shall lie down together: and the lion shall eat straw like the ox. -- isaiah 11:7 +. +And the sucking child shall play on the hole of the asp, and the weaned child shall put his hand on the cockatrice' den. -- isaiah 11:8 +. +They shall not hurt nor destroy in all my holy mountain: for the earth shall be full of the knowledge of the LORD, as the waters cover the sea. -- isaiah 11:9 +. +And in that day there shall be a root of Jesse, which shall stand for an ensign of the people; to it shall the Gentiles seek: and his rest shall be glorious. -- isaiah 11:10 +. +And it shall come to pass in that day, that the Lord shall set his hand again the second time to recover the remnant of his people, which shall be left, from Assyria, and from Egypt, and from Pathros, and from Cush, and from Elam, and from Shinar, and from Hamath, and from the islands of the sea. -- isaiah 11:11 +. +And he shall set up an ensign for the nations, and shall assemble the outcasts of Israel, and gather together the dispersed of Judah from the four corners of the earth. -- isaiah 11:12 +. +The envy also of Ephraim shall depart, and the adversaries of Judah shall be cut off: Ephraim shall not envy Judah, and Judah shall not vex Ephraim. -- isaiah 11:13 +. +But they shall fly upon the shoulders of the Philistines toward the west; they shall spoil them of the east together: they shall lay their hand upon Edom and Moab; and the children of Ammon shall obey them. -- isaiah 11:14 +. +And the LORD shall utterly destroy the tongue of the Egyptian sea; and with his mighty wind shall he shake his hand over the river, and shall smite it in the seven streams, and make men go over dryshod. -- isaiah 11:15 +. +And there shall be an highway for the remnant of his people, which shall be left, from Assyria; like as it was to Israel in the day that he came up out of the land of Egypt. -- isaiah 11:16 +. +And in that day thou shalt say, O LORD, I will praise thee: though thou wast angry with me, thine anger is turned away, and thou comfortedst me. -- isaiah 12:1 +. +Behold, God is my salvation; I will trust, and not be afraid: for the LORD JEHOVAH is my strength and my song; he also is become my salvation. -- isaiah 12:2 +. +Therefore with joy shall ye draw water out of the wells of salvation. -- isaiah 12:3 +. +And in that day shall ye say, Praise the LORD, call upon his name, declare his doings among the people, make mention that his name is exalted. -- isaiah 12:4 +. +Sing unto the LORD; for he hath done excellent things: this is known in all the earth. -- isaiah 12:5 +. +Cry out and shout, thou inhabitant of Zion: for great is the Holy One of Israel in the midst of thee. -- isaiah 12:6 +. +The burden of Babylon, which Isaiah the son of Amoz did see. -- isaiah 13:1 +. +Lift ye up a banner upon the high mountain, exalt the voice unto them, shake the hand, that they may go into the gates of the nobles. -- isaiah 13:2 +. +I have commanded my sanctified ones, I have also called my mighty ones for mine anger, even them that rejoice in my highness. -- isaiah 13:3 +. +The noise of a multitude in the mountains, like as of a great people; a tumultuous noise of the kingdoms of nations gathered together: the LORD of hosts mustereth the host of the battle. -- isaiah 13:4 +. +They come from a far country, from the end of heaven, even the LORD, and the weapons of his indignation, to destroy the whole land. -- isaiah 13:5 +. +Howl ye; for the day of the LORD is at hand; it shall come as a destruction from the Almighty. -- isaiah 13:6 +. +Therefore shall all hands be faint, and every man's heart shall melt: -- isaiah 13:7 +. +And they shall be afraid: pangs and sorrows shall take hold of them; they shall be in pain as a woman that travaileth: they shall be amazed one at another; their faces shall be as flames. -- isaiah 13:8 +. +Behold, the day of the LORD cometh, cruel both with wrath and fierce anger, to lay the land desolate: and he shall destroy the sinners thereof out of it. -- isaiah 13:9 +. +For the stars of heaven and the constellations thereof shall not give their light: the sun shall be darkened in his going forth, and the moon shall not cause her light to shine. -- isaiah 13:10 +. +And I will punish the world for their evil, and the wicked for their iniquity; and I will cause the arrogancy of the proud to cease, and will lay low the haughtiness of the terrible. -- isaiah 13:11 +. +I will make a man more precious than fine gold; even a man than the golden wedge of Ophir. -- isaiah 13:12 +. +Therefore I will shake the heavens, and the earth shall remove out of her place, in the wrath of the LORD of hosts, and in the day of his fierce anger. -- isaiah 13:13 +. +And it shall be as the chased roe, and as a sheep that no man taketh up: they shall every man turn to his own people, and flee every one into his own land. -- isaiah 13:14 +. +Every one that is found shall be thrust through; and every one that is joined unto them shall fall by the sword. -- isaiah 13:15 +. +Their children also shall be dashed to pieces before their eyes; their houses shall be spoiled, and their wives ravished. -- isaiah 13:16 +. +Behold, I will stir up the Medes against them, which shall not regard silver; and as for gold, they shall not delight in it. -- isaiah 13:17 +. +Their bows also shall dash the young men to pieces; and they shall have no pity on the fruit of the womb; their eyes shall not spare children. -- isaiah 13:18 +. +And Babylon, the glory of kingdoms, the beauty of the Chaldees' excellency, shall be as when God overthrew Sodom and Gomorrah. -- isaiah 13:19 +. +It shall never be inhabited, neither shall it be dwelt in from generation to generation: neither shall the Arabian pitch tent there; neither shall the shepherds make their fold there. -- isaiah 13:20 +. +But wild beasts of the desert shall lie there; and their houses shall be full of doleful creatures; and owls shall dwell there, and satyrs shall dance there. -- isaiah 13:21 +. +And the wild beasts of the islands shall cry in their desolate houses, and dragons in their pleasant palaces: and her time is near to come, and her days shall not be prolonged. -- isaiah 13:22 +. +For the LORD will have mercy on Jacob, and will yet choose Israel, and set them in their own land: and the strangers shall be joined with them, and they shall cleave to the house of Jacob. -- isaiah 14:1 +. +And the people shall take them, and bring them to their place: and the house of Israel shall possess them in the land of the LORD for servants and handmaids: and they shall take them captives, whose captives they were; and they shall rule over their oppressors. -- isaiah 14:2 +. +And it shall come to pass in the day that the LORD shall give thee rest from thy sorrow, and from thy fear, and from the hard bondage wherein thou wast made to serve, -- isaiah 14:3 +. +That thou shalt take up this proverb against the king of Babylon, and say, How hath the oppressor ceased! the golden city ceased! -- isaiah 14:4 +. +The LORD hath broken the staff of the wicked, and the sceptre of the rulers. -- isaiah 14:5 +. +He who smote the people in wrath with a continual stroke, he that ruled the nations in anger, is persecuted, and none hindereth. -- isaiah 14:6 +. +The whole earth is at rest, and is quiet: they break forth into singing. -- isaiah 14:7 +. +Yea, the fir trees rejoice at thee, and the cedars of Lebanon, saying, Since thou art laid down, no feller is come up against us. -- isaiah 14:8 +. +Hell from beneath is moved for thee to meet thee at thy coming: it stirreth up the dead for thee, even all the chief ones of the earth; it hath raised up from their thrones all the kings of the nations. -- isaiah 14:9 +. +All they shall speak and say unto thee, Art thou also become weak as we? art thou become like unto us? -- isaiah 14:10 +. +Thy pomp is brought down to the grave, and the noise of thy viols: the worm is spread under thee, and the worms cover thee. -- isaiah 14:11 +. +How art thou fallen from heaven, O Lucifer, son of the morning! how art thou cut down to the ground, which didst weaken the nations! -- isaiah 14:12 +. +For thou hast said in thine heart, I will ascend into heaven, I will exalt my throne above the stars of God: I will sit also upon the mount of the congregation, in the sides of the north: -- isaiah 14:13 +. +I will ascend above the heights of the clouds; I will be like the most High. -- isaiah 14:14 +. +Yet thou shalt be brought down to hell, to the sides of the pit. -- isaiah 14:15 +. +They that see thee shall narrowly look upon thee, and consider thee, saying, Is this the man that made the earth to tremble, that did shake kingdoms; -- isaiah 14:16 +. +That made the world as a wilderness, and destroyed the cities thereof; that opened not the house of his prisoners? -- isaiah 14:17 +. +All the kings of the nations, even all of them, lie in glory, every one in his own house. -- isaiah 14:18 +. +But thou art cast out of thy grave like an abominable branch, and as the raiment of those that are slain, thrust through with a sword, that go down to the stones of the pit; as a carcase trodden under feet. -- isaiah 14:19 +. +Thou shalt not be joined with them in burial, because thou hast destroyed thy land, and slain thy people: the seed of evildoers shall never be renowned. -- isaiah 14:20 +. +Prepare slaughter for his children for the iniquity of their fathers; that they do not rise, nor possess the land, nor fill the face of the world with cities. -- isaiah 14:21 +. +For I will rise up against them, saith the LORD of hosts, and cut off from Babylon the name, and remnant, and son, and nephew, saith the LORD. -- isaiah 14:22 +. +I will also make it a possession for the bittern, and pools of water: and I will sweep it with the besom of destruction, saith the LORD of hosts. -- isaiah 14:23 +. +The LORD of hosts hath sworn, saying, Surely as I have thought, so shall it come to pass; and as I have purposed, so shall it stand: -- isaiah 14:24 +. +That I will break the Assyrian in my land, and upon my mountains tread him under foot: then shall his yoke depart from off them, and his burden depart from off their shoulders. -- isaiah 14:25 +. +This is the purpose that is purposed upon the whole earth: and this is the hand that is stretched out upon all the nations. -- isaiah 14:26 +. +For the LORD of hosts hath purposed, and who shall disannul it? and his hand is stretched out, and who shall turn it back? -- isaiah 14:27 +. +In the year that king Ahaz died was this burden. -- isaiah 14:28 +. +Rejoice not thou, whole Palestina, because the rod of him that smote thee is broken: for out of the serpent's root shall come forth a cockatrice, and his fruit shall be a fiery flying serpent. -- isaiah 14:29 +. +And the firstborn of the poor shall feed, and the needy shall lie down in safety: and I will kill thy root with famine, and he shall slay thy remnant. -- isaiah 14:30 +. +Howl, O gate; cry, O city; thou, whole Palestina, art dissolved: for there shall come from the north a smoke, and none shall be alone in his appointed times. -- isaiah 14:31 +. +What shall one then answer the messengers of the nation? That the LORD hath founded Zion, and the poor of his people shall trust in it. -- isaiah 14:32 +. +The burden of Moab. Because in the night Ar of Moab is laid waste, and brought to silence; because in the night Kir of Moab is laid waste, and brought to silence; -- isaiah 15:1 +. +He is gone up to Bajith, and to Dibon, the high places, to weep: Moab shall howl over Nebo, and over Medeba: on all their heads shall be baldness, and every beard cut off. -- isaiah 15:2 +. +In their streets they shall gird themselves with sackcloth: on the tops of their houses, and in their streets, every one shall howl, weeping abundantly. -- isaiah 15:3 +. +And Heshbon shall cry, and Elealeh: their voice shall be heard even unto Jahaz: therefore the armed soldiers of Moab shall cry out; his life shall be grievous unto him. -- isaiah 15:4 +. +My heart shall cry out for Moab; his fugitives shall flee unto Zoar, an heifer of three years old: for by the mounting up of Luhith with weeping shall they go it up; for in the way of Horonaim they shall raise up a cry of destruction. -- isaiah 15:5 +. +For the waters of Nimrim shall be desolate: for the hay is withered away, the grass faileth, there is no green thing. -- isaiah 15:6 +. +Therefore the abundance they have gotten, and that which they have laid up, shall they carry away to the brook of the willows. -- isaiah 15:7 +. +For the cry is gone round about the borders of Moab; the howling thereof unto Eglaim, and the howling thereof unto Beerelim. -- isaiah 15:8 +. +For the waters of Dimon shall be full of blood: for I will bring more upon Dimon, lions upon him that escapeth of Moab, and upon the remnant of the land. -- isaiah 15:9 +. +Send ye the lamb to the ruler of the land from Sela to the wilderness, unto the mount of the daughter of Zion. -- isaiah 16:1 +. +For it shall be, that, as a wandering bird cast out of the nest, so the daughters of Moab shall be at the fords of Arnon. -- isaiah 16:2 +. +Take counsel, execute judgment; make thy shadow as the night in the midst of the noonday; hide the outcasts; bewray not him that wandereth. -- isaiah 16:3 +. +Let mine outcasts dwell with thee, Moab; be thou a covert to them from the face of the spoiler: for the extortioner is at an end, the spoiler ceaseth, the oppressors are consumed out of the land. -- isaiah 16:4 +. +And in mercy shall the throne be established: and he shall sit upon it in truth in the tabernacle of David, judging, and seeking judgment, and hasting righteousness. -- isaiah 16:5 +. +We have heard of the pride of Moab; he is very proud: even of his haughtiness, and his pride, and his wrath: but his lies shall not be so. -- isaiah 16:6 +. +Therefore shall Moab howl for Moab, every one shall howl: for the foundations of Kirhareseth shall ye mourn; surely they are stricken. -- isaiah 16:7 +. +For the fields of Heshbon languish, and the vine of Sibmah: the lords of the heathen have broken down the principal plants thereof, they are come even unto Jazer, they wandered through the wilderness: her branches are stretched out, they are gone over the sea. -- isaiah 16:8 +. +Therefore I will bewail with the weeping of Jazer the vine of Sibmah: I will water thee with my tears, O Heshbon, and Elealeh: for the shouting for thy summer fruits and for thy harvest is fallen. -- isaiah 16:9 +. +And gladness is taken away, and joy out of the plentiful field; and in the vineyards there shall be no singing, neither shall there be shouting: the treaders shall tread out no wine in their presses; I have made their vintage shouting to cease. -- isaiah 16:10 +. +Wherefore my bowels shall sound like an harp for Moab, and mine inward parts for Kirharesh. -- isaiah 16:11 +. +And it shall come to pass, when it is seen that Moab is weary on the high place, that he shall come to his sanctuary to pray; but he shall not prevail. -- isaiah 16:12 +. +This is the word that the LORD hath spoken concerning Moab since that time. -- isaiah 16:13 +. +But now the LORD hath spoken, saying, Within three years, as the years of an hireling, and the glory of Moab shall be contemned, with all that great multitude; and the remnant shall be very small and feeble. -- isaiah 16:14 +. +The burden of Damascus. Behold, Damascus is taken away from being a city, and it shall be a ruinous heap. -- isaiah 17:1 +. +The cities of Aroer are forsaken: they shall be for flocks, which shall lie down, and none shall make them afraid. -- isaiah 17:2 +. +The fortress also shall cease from Ephraim, and the kingdom from Damascus, and the remnant of Syria: they shall be as the glory of the children of Israel, saith the LORD of hosts. -- isaiah 17:3 +. +And in that day it shall come to pass, that the glory of Jacob shall be made thin, and the fatness of his flesh shall wax lean. -- isaiah 17:4 +. +And it shall be as when the harvestman gathereth the corn, and reapeth the ears with his arm; and it shall be as he that gathereth ears in the valley of Rephaim. -- isaiah 17:5 +. +Yet gleaning grapes shall be left in it, as the shaking of an olive tree, two or three berries in the top of the uppermost bough, four or five in the outmost fruitful branches thereof, saith the LORD God of Israel. -- isaiah 17:6 +. +At that day shall a man look to his Maker, and his eyes shall have respect to the Holy One of Israel. -- isaiah 17:7 +. +And he shall not look to the altars, the work of his hands, neither shall respect that which his fingers have made, either the groves, or the images. -- isaiah 17:8 +. +In that day shall his strong cities be as a forsaken bough, and an uppermost branch, which they left because of the children of Israel: and there shall be desolation. -- isaiah 17:9 +. +Because thou hast forgotten the God of thy salvation, and hast not been mindful of the rock of thy strength, therefore shalt thou plant pleasant plants, and shalt set it with strange slips: -- isaiah 17:10 +. +In the day shalt thou make thy plant to grow, and in the morning shalt thou make thy seed to flourish: but the harvest shall be a heap in the day of grief and of desperate sorrow. -- isaiah 17:11 +. +Woe to the multitude of many people, which make a noise like the noise of the seas; and to the rushing of nations, that make a rushing like the rushing of mighty waters! -- isaiah 17:12 +. +The nations shall rush like the rushing of many waters: but God shall rebuke them, and they shall flee far off, and shall be chased as the chaff of the mountains before the wind, and like a rolling thing before the whirlwind. -- isaiah 17:13 +. +And behold at eveningtide trouble; and before the morning he is not. This is the portion of them that spoil us, and the lot of them that rob us. -- isaiah 17:14 +. +Woe to the land shadowing with wings, which is beyond the rivers of Ethiopia: -- isaiah 18:1 +. +That sendeth ambassadors by the sea, even in vessels of bulrushes upon the waters, saying, Go, ye swift messengers, to a nation scattered and peeled, to a people terrible from their beginning hitherto; a nation meted out and trodden down, whose land the rivers have spoiled! -- isaiah 18:2 +. +All ye inhabitants of the world, and dwellers on the earth, see ye, when he lifteth up an ensign on the mountains; and when he bloweth a trumpet, hear ye. -- isaiah 18:3 +. +For so the LORD said unto me, I will take my rest, and I will consider in my dwelling place like a clear heat upon herbs, and like a cloud of dew in the heat of harvest. -- isaiah 18:4 +. +For afore the harvest, when the bud is perfect, and the sour grape is ripening in the flower, he shall both cut off the sprigs with pruning hooks, and take away and cut down the branches. -- isaiah 18:5 +. +They shall be left together unto the fowls of the mountains, and to the beasts of the earth: and the fowls shall summer upon them, and all the beasts of the earth shall winter upon them. -- isaiah 18:6 +. +In that time shall the present be brought unto the LORD of hosts of a people scattered and peeled, and from a people terrible from their beginning hitherto; a nation meted out and trodden under foot, whose land the rivers have spoiled, to the place of the name of the LORD of hosts, the mount Zion. -- isaiah 18:7 +. +The burden of Egypt. Behold, the LORD rideth upon a swift cloud, and shall come into Egypt: and the idols of Egypt shall be moved at his presence, and the heart of Egypt shall melt in the midst of it. -- isaiah 19:1 +. +And I will set the Egyptians against the Egyptians: and they shall fight every one against his brother, and every one against his neighbour; city against city, and kingdom against kingdom. -- isaiah 19:2 +. +And the spirit of Egypt shall fail in the midst thereof; and I will destroy the counsel thereof: and they shall seek to the idols, and to the charmers, and to them that have familiar spirits, and to the wizards. -- isaiah 19:3 +. +And the Egyptians will I give over into the hand of a cruel lord; and a fierce king shall rule over them, saith the Lord, the LORD of hosts. -- isaiah 19:4 +. +And the waters shall fail from the sea, and the river shall be wasted and dried up. -- isaiah 19:5 +. +And they shall turn the rivers far away; and the brooks of defence shall be emptied and dried up: the reeds and flags shall wither. -- isaiah 19:6 +. +The paper reeds by the brooks, by the mouth of the brooks, and every thing sown by the brooks, shall wither, be driven away, and be no more. -- isaiah 19:7 +. +The fishers also shall mourn, and all they that cast angle into the brooks shall lament, and they that spread nets upon the waters shall languish. -- isaiah 19:8 +. +Moreover they that work in fine flax, and they that weave networks, shall be confounded. -- isaiah 19:9 +. +And they shall be broken in the purposes thereof, all that make sluices and ponds for fish. -- isaiah 19:10 +. +Surely the princes of Zoan are fools, the counsel of the wise counsellors of Pharaoh is become brutish: how say ye unto Pharaoh, I am the son of the wise, the son of ancient kings? -- isaiah 19:11 +. +Where are they? where are thy wise men? and let them tell thee now, and let them know what the LORD of hosts hath purposed upon Egypt. -- isaiah 19:12 +. +The princes of Zoan are become fools, the princes of Noph are deceived; they have also seduced Egypt, even they that are the stay of the tribes thereof. -- isaiah 19:13 +. +The LORD hath mingled a perverse spirit in the midst thereof: and they have caused Egypt to err in every work thereof, as a drunken man staggereth in his vomit. -- isaiah 19:14 +. +Neither shall there be any work for Egypt, which the head or tail, branch or rush, may do. -- isaiah 19:15 +. +In that day shall Egypt be like unto women: and it shall be afraid and fear because of the shaking of the hand of the LORD of hosts, which he shaketh over it. -- isaiah 19:16 +. +And the land of Judah shall be a terror unto Egypt, every one that maketh mention thereof shall be afraid in himself, because of the counsel of the LORD of hosts, which he hath determined against it. -- isaiah 19:17 +. +In that day shall five cities in the land of Egypt speak the language of Canaan, and swear to the LORD of hosts; one shall be called, The city of destruction. -- isaiah 19:18 +. +In that day shall there be an altar to the LORD in the midst of the land of Egypt, and a pillar at the border thereof to the LORD. -- isaiah 19:19 +. +And it shall be for a sign and for a witness unto the LORD of hosts in the land of Egypt: for they shall cry unto the LORD because of the oppressors, and he shall send them a saviour, and a great one, and he shall deliver them. -- isaiah 19:20 +. +And the LORD shall be known to Egypt, and the Egyptians shall know the LORD in that day, and shall do sacrifice and oblation; yea, they shall vow a vow unto the LORD, and perform it. -- isaiah 19:21 +. +And the LORD shall smite Egypt: he shall smite and heal it: and they shall return even to the LORD, and he shall be intreated of them, and shall heal them. -- isaiah 19:22 +. +In that day shall there be a highway out of Egypt to Assyria, and the Assyrian shall come into Egypt, and the Egyptian into Assyria, and the Egyptians shall serve with the Assyrians. -- isaiah 19:23 +. +In that day shall Israel be the third with Egypt and with Assyria, even a blessing in the midst of the land: -- isaiah 19:24 +. +Whom the LORD of hosts shall bless, saying, Blessed be Egypt my people, and Assyria the work of my hands, and Israel mine inheritance. -- isaiah 19:25 +. +In the year that Tartan came unto Ashdod, (when Sargon the king of Assyria sent him,) and fought against Ashdod, and took it; -- isaiah 20:1 +. +At the same time spake the LORD by Isaiah the son of Amoz, saying, Go and loose the sackcloth from off thy loins, and put off thy shoe from thy foot. And he did so, walking naked and barefoot. -- isaiah 20:2 +. +And the LORD said, Like as my servant Isaiah hath walked naked and barefoot three years for a sign and wonder upon Egypt and upon Ethiopia; -- isaiah 20:3 +. +So shall the king of Assyria lead away the Egyptians prisoners, and the Ethiopians captives, young and old, naked and barefoot, even with their buttocks uncovered, to the shame of Egypt. -- isaiah 20:4 +. +And they shall be afraid and ashamed of Ethiopia their expectation, and of Egypt their glory. -- isaiah 20:5 +. +And the inhabitant of this isle shall say in that day, Behold, such is our expectation, whither we flee for help to be delivered from the king of Assyria: and how shall we escape? -- isaiah 20:6 +. +The burden of the desert of the sea. As whirlwinds in the south pass through; so it cometh from the desert, from a terrible land. -- isaiah 21:1 +. +A grievous vision is declared unto me; the treacherous dealer dealeth treacherously, and the spoiler spoileth. Go up, O Elam: besiege, O Media; all the sighing thereof have I made to cease. -- isaiah 21:2 +. +Therefore are my loins filled with pain: pangs have taken hold upon me, as the pangs of a woman that travaileth: I was bowed down at the hearing of it; I was dismayed at the seeing of it. -- isaiah 21:3 +. +My heart panted, fearfulness affrighted me: the night of my pleasure hath he turned into fear unto me. -- isaiah 21:4 +. +Prepare the table, watch in the watchtower, eat, drink: arise, ye princes, and anoint the shield. -- isaiah 21:5 +. +For thus hath the LORD said unto me, Go, set a watchman, let him declare what he seeth. -- isaiah 21:6 +. +And he saw a chariot with a couple of horsemen, a chariot of asses, and a chariot of camels; and he hearkened diligently with much heed: -- isaiah 21:7 +. +And he cried, A lion: My lord, I stand continually upon the watchtower in the daytime, and I am set in my ward whole nights: -- isaiah 21:8 +. +And, behold, here cometh a chariot of men, with a couple of horsemen. And he answered and said, Babylon is fallen, is fallen; and all the graven images of her gods he hath broken unto the ground. -- isaiah 21:9 +. +O my threshing, and the corn of my floor: that which I have heard of the LORD of hosts, the God of Israel, have I declared unto you. -- isaiah 21:10 +. +The burden of Dumah. He calleth to me out of Seir, Watchman, what of the night? Watchman, what of the night? -- isaiah 21:11 +. +The watchman said, The morning cometh, and also the night: if ye will enquire, enquire ye: return, come. -- isaiah 21:12 +. +The burden upon Arabia. In the forest in Arabia shall ye lodge, O ye travelling companies of Dedanim. -- isaiah 21:13 +. +The inhabitants of the land of Tema brought water to him that was thirsty, they prevented with their bread him that fled. -- isaiah 21:14 +. +For they fled from the swords, from the drawn sword, and from the bent bow, and from the grievousness of war. -- isaiah 21:15 +. +For thus hath the LORD said unto me, Within a year, according to the years of an hireling, and all the glory of Kedar shall fail: -- isaiah 21:16 +. +And the residue of the number of archers, the mighty men of the children of Kedar, shall be diminished: for the LORD God of Israel hath spoken it. -- isaiah 21:17 +. +The burden of the valley of vision. What aileth thee now, that thou art wholly gone up to the housetops? -- isaiah 22:1 +. +Thou that art full of stirs, a tumultuous city, joyous city: thy slain men are not slain with the sword, nor dead in battle. -- isaiah 22:2 +. +All thy rulers are fled together, they are bound by the archers: all that are found in thee are bound together, which have fled from far. -- isaiah 22:3 +. +Therefore said I, Look away from me; I will weep bitterly, labour not to comfort me, because of the spoiling of the daughter of my people. -- isaiah 22:4 +. +For it is a day of trouble, and of treading down, and of perplexity by the Lord GOD of hosts in the valley of vision, breaking down the walls, and of crying to the mountains. -- isaiah 22:5 +. +And Elam bare the quiver with chariots of men and horsemen, and Kir uncovered the shield. -- isaiah 22:6 +. +And it shall come to pass, that thy choicest valleys shall be full of chariots, and the horsemen shall set themselves in array at the gate. -- isaiah 22:7 +. +And he discovered the covering of Judah, and thou didst look in that day to the armour of the house of the forest. -- isaiah 22:8 +. +Ye have seen also the breaches of the city of David, that they are many: and ye gathered together the waters of the lower pool. -- isaiah 22:9 +. +And ye have numbered the houses of Jerusalem, and the houses have ye broken down to fortify the wall. -- isaiah 22:10 +. +Ye made also a ditch between the two walls for the water of the old pool: but ye have not looked unto the maker thereof, neither had respect unto him that fashioned it long ago. -- isaiah 22:11 +. +And in that day did the Lord GOD of hosts call to weeping, and to mourning, and to baldness, and to girding with sackcloth: -- isaiah 22:12 +. +And behold joy and gladness, slaying oxen, and killing sheep, eating flesh, and drinking wine: let us eat and drink; for to morrow we shall die. -- isaiah 22:13 +. +And it was revealed in mine ears by the LORD of hosts, Surely this iniquity shall not be purged from you till ye die, saith the Lord GOD of hosts. -- isaiah 22:14 +. +Thus saith the Lord GOD of hosts, Go, get thee unto this treasurer, even unto Shebna, which is over the house, and say, -- isaiah 22:15 +. +What hast thou here? and whom hast thou here, that thou hast hewed thee out a sepulchre here, as he that heweth him out a sepulchre on high, and that graveth an habitation for himself in a rock? -- isaiah 22:16 +. +Behold, the LORD will carry thee away with a mighty captivity, and will surely cover thee. -- isaiah 22:17 +. +He will surely violently turn and toss thee like a ball into a large country: there shalt thou die, and there the chariots of thy glory shall be the shame of thy lord's house. -- isaiah 22:18 +. +And I will drive thee from thy station, and from thy state shall he pull thee down. -- isaiah 22:19 +. +And it shall come to pass in that day, that I will call my servant Eliakim the son of Hilkiah: -- isaiah 22:20 +. +And I will clothe him with thy robe, and strengthen him with thy girdle, and I will commit thy government into his hand: and he shall be a father to the inhabitants of Jerusalem, and to the house of Judah. -- isaiah 22:21 +. +And the key of the house of David will I lay upon his shoulder; so he shall open, and none shall shut; and he shall shut, and none shall open. -- isaiah 22:22 +. +And I will fasten him as a nail in a sure place; and he shall be for a glorious throne to his father's house. -- isaiah 22:23 +. +And they shall hang upon him all the glory of his father's house, the offspring and the issue, all vessels of small quantity, from the vessels of cups, even to all the vessels of flagons. -- isaiah 22:24 +. +In that day, saith the LORD of hosts, shall the nail that is fastened in the sure place be removed, and be cut down, and fall; and the burden that was upon it shall be cut off: for the LORD hath spoken it. -- isaiah 22:25 +. +The burden of Tyre. Howl, ye ships of Tarshish; for it is laid waste, so that there is no house, no entering in: from the land of Chittim it is revealed to them. -- isaiah 23:1 +. +Be still, ye inhabitants of the isle; thou whom the merchants of Zidon, that pass over the sea, have replenished. -- isaiah 23:2 +. +And by great waters the seed of Sihor, the harvest of the river, is her revenue; and she is a mart of nations. -- isaiah 23:3 +. +Be thou ashamed, O Zidon: for the sea hath spoken, even the strength of the sea, saying, I travail not, nor bring forth children, neither do I nourish up young men, nor bring up virgins. -- isaiah 23:4 +. +As at the report concerning Egypt, so shall they be sorely pained at the report of Tyre. -- isaiah 23:5 +. +Pass ye over to Tarshish; howl, ye inhabitants of the isle. -- isaiah 23:6 +. +Is this your joyous city, whose antiquity is of ancient days? her own feet shall carry her afar off to sojourn. -- isaiah 23:7 +. +Who hath taken this counsel against Tyre, the crowning city, whose merchants are princes, whose traffickers are the honourable of the earth? -- isaiah 23:8 +. +The LORD of hosts hath purposed it, to stain the pride of all glory, and to bring into contempt all the honourable of the earth. -- isaiah 23:9 +. +Pass through thy land as a river, O daughter of Tarshish: there is no more strength. -- isaiah 23:10 +. +He stretched out his hand over the sea, he shook the kingdoms: the LORD hath given a commandment against the merchant city, to destroy the strong holds thereof. -- isaiah 23:11 +. +And he said, Thou shalt no more rejoice, O thou oppressed virgin, daughter of Zidon: arise, pass over to Chittim; there also shalt thou have no rest. -- isaiah 23:12 +. +Behold the land of the Chaldeans; this people was not, till the Assyrian founded it for them that dwell in the wilderness: they set up the towers thereof, they raised up the palaces thereof; and he brought it to ruin. -- isaiah 23:13 +. +Howl, ye ships of Tarshish: for your strength is laid waste. -- isaiah 23:14 +. +And it shall come to pass in that day, that Tyre shall be forgotten seventy years, according to the days of one king: after the end of seventy years shall Tyre sing as an harlot. -- isaiah 23:15 +. +Take an harp, go about the city, thou harlot that hast been forgotten; make sweet melody, sing many songs, that thou mayest be remembered. -- isaiah 23:16 +. +And it shall come to pass after the end of seventy years, that the LORD will visit Tyre, and she shall turn to her hire, and shall commit fornication with all the kingdoms of the world upon the face of the earth. -- isaiah 23:17 +. +And her merchandise and her hire shall be holiness to the LORD: it shall not be treasured nor laid up; for her merchandise shall be for them that dwell before the LORD, to eat sufficiently, and for durable clothing. -- isaiah 23:18 +. +Behold, the LORD maketh the earth empty, and maketh it waste, and turneth it upside down, and scattereth abroad the inhabitants thereof. -- isaiah 24:1 +. +And it shall be, as with the people, so with the priest; as with the servant, so with his master; as with the maid, so with her mistress; as with the buyer, so with the seller; as with the lender, so with the borrower; as with the taker of usury, so with the giver of usury to him. -- isaiah 24:2 +. +The land shall be utterly emptied, and utterly spoiled: for the LORD hath spoken this word. -- isaiah 24:3 +. +The earth mourneth and fadeth away, the world languisheth and fadeth away, the haughty people of the earth do languish. -- isaiah 24:4 +. +The earth also is defiled under the inhabitants thereof; because they have transgressed the laws, changed the ordinance, broken the everlasting covenant. -- isaiah 24:5 +. +Therefore hath the curse devoured the earth, and they that dwell therein are desolate: therefore the inhabitants of the earth are burned, and few men left. -- isaiah 24:6 +. +The new wine mourneth, the vine languisheth, all the merryhearted do sigh. -- isaiah 24:7 +. +The mirth of tabrets ceaseth, the noise of them that rejoice endeth, the joy of the harp ceaseth. -- isaiah 24:8 +. +They shall not drink wine with a song; strong drink shall be bitter to them that drink it. -- isaiah 24:9 +. +The city of confusion is broken down: every house is shut up, that no man may come in. -- isaiah 24:10 +. +There is a crying for wine in the streets; all joy is darkened, the mirth of the land is gone. -- isaiah 24:11 +. +In the city is left desolation, and the gate is smitten with destruction. -- isaiah 24:12 +. +When thus it shall be in the midst of the land among the people, there shall be as the shaking of an olive tree, and as the gleaning grapes when the vintage is done. -- isaiah 24:13 +. +They shall lift up their voice, they shall sing for the majesty of the LORD, they shall cry aloud from the sea. -- isaiah 24:14 +. +Wherefore glorify ye the LORD in the fires, even the name of the LORD God of Israel in the isles of the sea. -- isaiah 24:15 +. +From the uttermost part of the earth have we heard songs, even glory to the righteous. But I said, My leanness, my leanness, woe unto me! the treacherous dealers have dealt treacherously; yea, the treacherous dealers have dealt very treacherously. -- isaiah 24:16 +. +Fear, and the pit, and the snare, are upon thee, O inhabitant of the earth. -- isaiah 24:17 +. +And it shall come to pass, that he who fleeth from the noise of the fear shall fall into the pit; and he that cometh up out of the midst of the pit shall be taken in the snare: for the windows from on high are open, and the foundations of the earth do shake. -- isaiah 24:18 +. +The earth is utterly broken down, the earth is clean dissolved, the earth is moved exceedingly. -- isaiah 24:19 +. +The earth shall reel to and fro like a drunkard, and shall be removed like a cottage; and the transgression thereof shall be heavy upon it; and it shall fall, and not rise again. -- isaiah 24:20 +. +And it shall come to pass in that day, that the LORD shall punish the host of the high ones that are on high, and the kings of the earth upon the earth. -- isaiah 24:21 +. +And they shall be gathered together, as prisoners are gathered in the pit, and shall be shut up in the prison, and after many days shall they be visited. -- isaiah 24:22 +. +Then the moon shall be confounded, and the sun ashamed, when the LORD of hosts shall reign in mount Zion, and in Jerusalem, and before his ancients gloriously. -- isaiah 24:23 +. +O Lord, thou art my God; I will exalt thee, I will praise thy name; for thou hast done wonderful things; thy counsels of old are faithfulness and truth. -- isaiah 25:1 +. +For thou hast made of a city an heap; of a defenced city a ruin: a palace of strangers to be no city; it shall never be built. -- isaiah 25:2 +. +Therefore shall the strong people glorify thee, the city of the terrible nations shall fear thee. -- isaiah 25:3 +. +For thou hast been a strength to the poor, a strength to the needy in his distress, a refuge from the storm, a shadow from the heat, when the blast of the terrible ones is as a storm against the wall. -- isaiah 25:4 +. +Thou shalt bring down the noise of strangers, as the heat in a dry place; even the heat with the shadow of a cloud: the branch of the terrible ones shall be brought low. -- isaiah 25:5 +. +And in this mountain shall the LORD of hosts make unto all people a feast of fat things, a feast of wines on the lees, of fat things full of marrow, of wines on the lees well refined. -- isaiah 25:6 +. +And he will destroy in this mountain the face of the covering cast over all people, and the vail that is spread over all nations. -- isaiah 25:7 +. +He will swallow up death in victory; and the Lord GOD will wipe away tears from off all faces; and the rebuke of his people shall he take away from off all the earth: for the LORD hath spoken it. -- isaiah 25:8 +. +And it shall be said in that day, Lo, this is our God; we have waited for him, and he will save us: this is the LORD; we have waited for him, we will be glad and rejoice in his salvation. -- isaiah 25:9 +. +For in this mountain shall the hand of the LORD rest, and Moab shall be trodden down under him, even as straw is trodden down for the dunghill. -- isaiah 25:10 +. +And he shall spread forth his hands in the midst of them, as he that swimmeth spreadeth forth his hands to swim: and he shall bring down their pride together with the spoils of their hands. -- isaiah 25:11 +. +And the fortress of the high fort of thy walls shall he bring down, lay low, and bring to the ground, even to the dust. -- isaiah 25:12 +. +In that day shall this song be sung in the land of Judah; We have a strong city; salvation will God appoint for walls and bulwarks. -- isaiah 26:1 +. +Open ye the gates, that the righteous nation which keepeth the truth may enter in. -- isaiah 26:2 +. +Thou wilt keep him in perfect peace, whose mind is stayed on thee: because he trusteth in thee. -- isaiah 26:3 +. +Trust ye in the LORD for ever: for in the LORD JEHOVAH is everlasting strength: -- isaiah 26:4 +. +For he bringeth down them that dwell on high; the lofty city, he layeth it low; he layeth it low, even to the ground; he bringeth it even to the dust. -- isaiah 26:5 +. +The foot shall tread it down, even the feet of the poor, and the steps of the needy. -- isaiah 26:6 +. +The way of the just is uprightness: thou, most upright, dost weigh the path of the just. -- isaiah 26:7 +. +Yea, in the way of thy judgments, O LORD, have we waited for thee; the desire of our soul is to thy name, and to the remembrance of thee. -- isaiah 26:8 +. +With my soul have I desired thee in the night; yea, with my spirit within me will I seek thee early: for when thy judgments are in the earth, the inhabitants of the world will learn righteousness. -- isaiah 26:9 +. +Let favour be shewed to the wicked, yet will he not learn righteousness: in the land of uprightness will he deal unjustly, and will not behold the majesty of the LORD. -- isaiah 26:10 +. +LORD, when thy hand is lifted up, they will not see: but they shall see, and be ashamed for their envy at the people; yea, the fire of thine enemies shall devour them. -- isaiah 26:11 +. +LORD, thou wilt ordain peace for us: for thou also hast wrought all our works in us. -- isaiah 26:12 +. +O LORD our God, other lords beside thee have had dominion over us: but by thee only will we make mention of thy name. -- isaiah 26:13 +. +They are dead, they shall not live; they are deceased, they shall not rise: therefore hast thou visited and destroyed them, and made all their memory to perish. -- isaiah 26:14 +. +Thou hast increased the nation, O LORD, thou hast increased the nation: thou art glorified: thou hadst removed it far unto all the ends of the earth. -- isaiah 26:15 +. +LORD, in trouble have they visited thee, they poured out a prayer when thy chastening was upon them. -- isaiah 26:16 +. +Like as a woman with child, that draweth near the time of her delivery, is in pain, and crieth out in her pangs; so have we been in thy sight, O LORD. -- isaiah 26:17 +. +We have been with child, we have been in pain, we have as it were brought forth wind; we have not wrought any deliverance in the earth; neither have the inhabitants of the world fallen. -- isaiah 26:18 +. +Thy dead men shall live, together with my dead body shall they arise. Awake and sing, ye that dwell in dust: for thy dew is as the dew of herbs, and the earth shall cast out the dead. -- isaiah 26:19 +. +Come, my people, enter thou into thy chambers, and shut thy doors about thee: hide thyself as it were for a little moment, until the indignation be overpast. -- isaiah 26:20 +. +For, behold, the LORD cometh out of his place to punish the inhabitants of the earth for their iniquity: the earth also shall disclose her blood, and shall no more cover her slain. -- isaiah 26:21 +. +In that day the LORD with his sore and great and strong sword shall punish leviathan the piercing serpent, even leviathan that crooked serpent; and he shall slay the dragon that is in the sea. -- isaiah 27:1 +. +In that day sing ye unto her, A vineyard of red wine. -- isaiah 27:2 +. +I the LORD do keep it; I will water it every moment: lest any hurt it, I will keep it night and day. -- isaiah 27:3 +. +Fury is not in me: who would set the briers and thorns against me in battle? I would go through them, I would burn them together. -- isaiah 27:4 +. +Or let him take hold of my strength, that he may make peace with me; and he shall make peace with me. -- isaiah 27:5 +. +He shall cause them that come of Jacob to take root: Israel shall blossom and bud, and fill the face of the world with fruit. -- isaiah 27:6 +. +Hath he smitten him, as he smote those that smote him? or is he slain according to the slaughter of them that are slain by him? -- isaiah 27:7 +. +In measure, when it shooteth forth, thou wilt debate with it: he stayeth his rough wind in the day of the east wind. -- isaiah 27:8 +. +By this therefore shall the iniquity of Jacob be purged; and this is all the fruit to take away his sin; when he maketh all the stones of the altar as chalkstones that are beaten in sunder, the groves and images shall not stand up. -- isaiah 27:9 +. +Yet the defenced city shall be desolate, and the habitation forsaken, and left like a wilderness: there shall the calf feed, and there shall he lie down, and consume the branches thereof. -- isaiah 27:10 +. +When the boughs thereof are withered, they shall be broken off: the women come, and set them on fire: for it is a people of no understanding: therefore he that made them will not have mercy on them, and he that formed them will shew them no favour. -- isaiah 27:11 +. +And it shall come to pass in that day, that the LORD shall beat off from the channel of the river unto the stream of Egypt, and ye shall be gathered one by one, O ye children of Israel. -- isaiah 27:12 +. +And it shall come to pass in that day, that the great trumpet shall be blown, and they shall come which were ready to perish in the land of Assyria, and the outcasts in the land of Egypt, and shall worship the LORD in the holy mount at Jerusalem. -- isaiah 27:13 +. +Woe to the crown of pride, to the drunkards of Ephraim, whose glorious beauty is a fading flower, which are on the head of the fat valleys of them that are overcome with wine! -- isaiah 28:1 +. +Behold, the Lord hath a mighty and strong one, which as a tempest of hail and a destroying storm, as a flood of mighty waters overflowing, shall cast down to the earth with the hand. -- isaiah 28:2 +. +The crown of pride, the drunkards of Ephraim, shall be trodden under feet: -- isaiah 28:3 +. +And the glorious beauty, which is on the head of the fat valley, shall be a fading flower, and as the hasty fruit before the summer; which when he that looketh upon it seeth, while it is yet in his hand he eateth it up. -- isaiah 28:4 +. +In that day shall the LORD of hosts be for a crown of glory, and for a diadem of beauty, unto the residue of his people, -- isaiah 28:5 +. +And for a spirit of judgment to him that sitteth in judgment, and for strength to them that turn the battle to the gate. -- isaiah 28:6 +. +But they also have erred through wine, and through strong drink are out of the way; the priest and the prophet have erred through strong drink, they are swallowed up of wine, they are out of the way through strong drink; they err in vision, they stumble in judgment. -- isaiah 28:7 +. +For all tables are full of vomit and filthiness, so that there is no place clean. -- isaiah 28:8 +. +Whom shall he teach knowledge? and whom shall he make to understand doctrine? them that are weaned from the milk, and drawn from the breasts. -- isaiah 28:9 +. +For precept must be upon precept, precept upon precept; line upon line, line upon line; here a little, and there a little: -- isaiah 28:10 +. +For with stammering lips and another tongue will he speak to this people. -- isaiah 28:11 +. +To whom he said, This is the rest wherewith ye may cause the weary to rest; and this is the refreshing: yet they would not hear. -- isaiah 28:12 +. +But the word of the LORD was unto them precept upon precept, precept upon precept; line upon line, line upon line; here a little, and there a little; that they might go, and fall backward, and be broken, and snared, and taken. -- isaiah 28:13 +. +Wherefore hear the word of the LORD, ye scornful men, that rule this people which is in Jerusalem. -- isaiah 28:14 +. +Because ye have said, We have made a covenant with death, and with hell are we at agreement; when the overflowing scourge shall pass through, it shall not come unto us: for we have made lies our refuge, and under falsehood have we hid ourselves: -- isaiah 28:15 +. +Therefore thus saith the Lord GOD, Behold, I lay in Zion for a foundation a stone, a tried stone, a precious corner stone, a sure foundation: he that believeth shall not make haste. -- isaiah 28:16 +. +Judgment also will I lay to the line, and righteousness to the plummet: and the hail shall sweep away the refuge of lies, and the waters shall overflow the hiding place. -- isaiah 28:17 +. +And your covenant with death shall be disannulled, and your agreement with hell shall not stand; when the overflowing scourge shall pass through, then ye shall be trodden down by it. -- isaiah 28:18 +. +From the time that it goeth forth it shall take you: for morning by morning shall it pass over, by day and by night: and it shall be a vexation only to understand the report. -- isaiah 28:19 +. +For the bed is shorter than that a man can stretch himself on it: and the covering narrower than that he can wrap himself in it. -- isaiah 28:20 +. +For the LORD shall rise up as in mount Perazim, he shall be wroth as in the valley of Gibeon, that he may do his work, his strange work; and bring to pass his act, his strange act. -- isaiah 28:21 +. +Now therefore be ye not mockers, lest your bands be made strong: for I have heard from the Lord GOD of hosts a consumption, even determined upon the whole earth. -- isaiah 28:22 +. +Give ye ear, and hear my voice; hearken, and hear my speech. -- isaiah 28:23 +. +Doth the plowman plow all day to sow? doth he open and break the clods of his ground? -- isaiah 28:24 +. +When he hath made plain the face thereof, doth he not cast abroad the fitches, and scatter the cummin, and cast in the principal wheat and the appointed barley and the rie in their place? -- isaiah 28:25 +. +For his God doth instruct him to discretion, and doth teach him. -- isaiah 28:26 +. +For the fitches are not threshed with a threshing instrument, neither is a cart wheel turned about upon the cummin; but the fitches are beaten out with a staff, and the cummin with a rod. -- isaiah 28:27 +. +Bread corn is bruised; because he will not ever be threshing it, nor break it with the wheel of his cart, nor bruise it with his horsemen. -- isaiah 28:28 +. +This also cometh forth from the LORD of hosts, which is wonderful in counsel, and excellent in working. -- isaiah 28:29 +. +Woe to Ariel, to Ariel, the city where David dwelt! add ye year to year; let them kill sacrifices. -- isaiah 29:1 +. +Yet I will distress Ariel, and there shall be heaviness and sorrow: and it shall be unto me as Ariel. -- isaiah 29:2 +. +And I will camp against thee round about, and will lay siege against thee with a mount, and I will raise forts against thee. -- isaiah 29:3 +. +And thou shalt be brought down, and shalt speak out of the ground, and thy speech shall be low out of the dust, and thy voice shall be, as of one that hath a familiar spirit, out of the ground, and thy speech shall whisper out of the dust. -- isaiah 29:4 +. +Moreover the multitude of thy strangers shall be like small dust, and the multitude of the terrible ones shall be as chaff that passeth away: yea, it shall be at an instant suddenly. -- isaiah 29:5 +. +Thou shalt be visited of the LORD of hosts with thunder, and with earthquake, and great noise, with storm and tempest, and the flame of devouring fire. -- isaiah 29:6 +. +And the multitude of all the nations that fight against Ariel, even all that fight against her and her munition, and that distress her, shall be as a dream of a night vision. -- isaiah 29:7 +. +It shall even be as when an hungry man dreameth, and, behold, he eateth; but he awaketh, and his soul is empty: or as when a thirsty man dreameth, and, behold, he drinketh; but he awaketh, and, behold, he is faint, and his soul hath appetite: so shall the multitude of all the nations be, that fight against mount Zion. -- isaiah 29:8 +. +Stay yourselves, and wonder; cry ye out, and cry: they are drunken, but not with wine; they stagger, but not with strong drink. -- isaiah 29:9 +. +For the LORD hath poured out upon you the spirit of deep sleep, and hath closed your eyes: the prophets and your rulers, the seers hath he covered. -- isaiah 29:10 +. +And the vision of all is become unto you as the words of a book that is sealed, which men deliver to one that is learned, saying, Read this, I pray thee: and he saith, I cannot; for it is sealed: -- isaiah 29:11 +. +And the book is delivered to him that is not learned, saying, Read this, I pray thee: and he saith, I am not learned. -- isaiah 29:12 +. +Wherefore the Lord said, Forasmuch as this people draw near me with their mouth, and with their lips do honour me, but have removed their heart far from me, and their fear toward me is taught by the precept of men: -- isaiah 29:13 +. +Therefore, behold, I will proceed to do a marvellous work among this people, even a marvellous work and a wonder: for the wisdom of their wise men shall perish, and the understanding of their prudent men shall be hid. -- isaiah 29:14 +. +Woe unto them that seek deep to hide their counsel from the LORD, and their works are in the dark, and they say, Who seeth us? and who knoweth us? -- isaiah 29:15 +. +Surely your turning of things upside down shall be esteemed as the potter's clay: for shall the work say of him that made it, He made me not? or shall the thing framed say of him that framed it, He had no understanding? -- isaiah 29:16 +. +Is it not yet a very little while, and Lebanon shall be turned into a fruitful field, and the fruitful field shall be esteemed as a forest? -- isaiah 29:17 +. +And in that day shall the deaf hear the words of the book, and the eyes of the blind shall see out of obscurity, and out of darkness. -- isaiah 29:18 +. +The meek also shall increase their joy in the LORD, and the poor among men shall rejoice in the Holy One of Israel. -- isaiah 29:19 +. +For the terrible one is brought to nought, and the scorner is consumed, and all that watch for iniquity are cut off: -- isaiah 29:20 +. +That make a man an offender for a word, and lay a snare for him that reproveth in the gate, and turn aside the just for a thing of nought. -- isaiah 29:21 +. +Therefore thus saith the LORD, who redeemed Abraham, concerning the house of Jacob, Jacob shall not now be ashamed, neither shall his face now wax pale. -- isaiah 29:22 +. +But when he seeth his children, the work of mine hands, in the midst of him, they shall sanctify my name, and sanctify the Holy One of Jacob, and shall fear the God of Israel. -- isaiah 29:23 +. +They also that erred in spirit shall come to understanding, and they that murmured shall learn doctrine. -- isaiah 29:24 +. +Woe to the rebellious children, saith the LORD, that take counsel, but not of me; and that cover with a covering, but not of my spirit, that they may add sin to sin: -- isaiah 30:1 +. +That walk to go down into Egypt, and have not asked at my mouth; to strengthen themselves in the strength of Pharaoh, and to trust in the shadow of Egypt! -- isaiah 30:2 +. +Therefore shall the strength of Pharaoh be your shame, and the trust in the shadow of Egypt your confusion. -- isaiah 30:3 +. +For his princes were at Zoan, and his ambassadors came to Hanes. -- isaiah 30:4 +. +They were all ashamed of a people that could not profit them, nor be an help nor profit, but a shame, and also a reproach. -- isaiah 30:5 +. +The burden of the beasts of the south: into the land of trouble and anguish, from whence come the young and old lion, the viper and fiery flying serpent, they will carry their riches upon the shoulders of young asses, and their treasures upon the bunches of camels, to a people that shall not profit them. -- isaiah 30:6 +. +For the Egyptians shall help in vain, and to no purpose: therefore have I cried concerning this, Their strength is to sit still. -- isaiah 30:7 +. +Now go, write it before them in a table, and note it in a book, that it may be for the time to come for ever and ever: -- isaiah 30:8 +. +That this is a rebellious people, lying children, children that will not hear the law of the LORD: -- isaiah 30:9 +. +Which say to the seers, See not; and to the prophets, Prophesy not unto us right things, speak unto us smooth things, prophesy deceits: -- isaiah 30:10 +. +Get you out of the way, turn aside out of the path, cause the Holy One of Israel to cease from before us. -- isaiah 30:11 +. +Wherefore thus saith the Holy One of Israel, Because ye despise this word, and trust in oppression and perverseness, and stay thereon: -- isaiah 30:12 +. +Therefore this iniquity shall be to you as a breach ready to fall, swelling out in a high wall, whose breaking cometh suddenly at an instant. -- isaiah 30:13 +. +And he shall break it as the breaking of the potters' vessel that is broken in pieces; he shall not spare: so that there shall not be found in the bursting of it a sherd to take fire from the hearth, or to take water withal out of the pit. -- isaiah 30:14 +. +For thus saith the Lord GOD, the Holy One of Israel; In returning and rest shall ye be saved; in quietness and in confidence shall be your strength: and ye would not. -- isaiah 30:15 +. +But ye said, No; for we will flee upon horses; therefore shall ye flee: and, We will ride upon the swift; therefore shall they that pursue you be swift. -- isaiah 30:16 +. +One thousand shall flee at the rebuke of one; at the rebuke of five shall ye flee: till ye be left as a beacon upon the top of a mountain, and as an ensign on an hill. -- isaiah 30:17 +. +And therefore will the LORD wait, that he may be gracious unto you, and therefore will he be exalted, that he may have mercy upon you: for the LORD is a God of judgment: blessed are all they that wait for him. -- isaiah 30:18 +. +For the people shall dwell in Zion at Jerusalem: thou shalt weep no more: he will be very gracious unto thee at the voice of thy cry; when he shall hear it, he will answer thee. -- isaiah 30:19 +. +And though the Lord give you the bread of adversity, and the water of affliction, yet shall not thy teachers be removed into a corner any more, but thine eyes shall see thy teachers: -- isaiah 30:20 +. +And thine ears shall hear a word behind thee, saying, This is the way, walk ye in it, when ye turn to the right hand, and when ye turn to the left. -- isaiah 30:21 +. +Ye shall defile also the covering of thy graven images of silver, and the ornament of thy molten images of gold: thou shalt cast them away as a menstruous cloth; thou shalt say unto it, Get thee hence. -- isaiah 30:22 +. +Then shall he give the rain of thy seed, that thou shalt sow the ground withal; and bread of the increase of the earth, and it shall be fat and plenteous: in that day shall thy cattle feed in large pastures. -- isaiah 30:23 +. +The oxen likewise and the young asses that ear the ground shall eat clean provender, which hath been winnowed with the shovel and with the fan. -- isaiah 30:24 +. +And there shall be upon every high mountain, and upon every high hill, rivers and streams of waters in the day of the great slaughter, when the towers fall. -- isaiah 30:25 +. +Moreover the light of the moon shall be as the light of the sun, and the light of the sun shall be sevenfold, as the light of seven days, in the day that the LORD bindeth up the breach of his people, and healeth the stroke of their wound. -- isaiah 30:26 +. +Behold, the name of the LORD cometh from far, burning with his anger, and the burden thereof is heavy: his lips are full of indignation, and his tongue as a devouring fire: -- isaiah 30:27 +. +And his breath, as an overflowing stream, shall reach to the midst of the neck, to sift the nations with the sieve of vanity: and there shall be a bridle in the jaws of the people, causing them to err. -- isaiah 30:28 +. +Ye shall have a song, as in the night when a holy solemnity is kept; and gladness of heart, as when one goeth with a pipe to come into the mountain of the LORD, to the mighty One of Israel. -- isaiah 30:29 +. +And the LORD shall cause his glorious voice to be heard, and shall shew the lighting down of his arm, with the indignation of his anger, and with the flame of a devouring fire, with scattering, and tempest, and hailstones. -- isaiah 30:30 +. +For through the voice of the LORD shall the Assyrian be beaten down, which smote with a rod. -- isaiah 30:31 +. +And in every place where the grounded staff shall pass, which the LORD shall lay upon him, it shall be with tabrets and harps: and in battles of shaking will he fight with it. -- isaiah 30:32 +. +For Tophet is ordained of old; yea, for the king it is prepared; he hath made it deep and large: the pile thereof is fire and much wood; the breath of the LORD, like a stream of brimstone, doth kindle it. -- isaiah 30:33 +. +Woe to them that go down to Egypt for help; and stay on horses, and trust in chariots, because they are many; and in horsemen, because they are very strong; but they look not unto the Holy One of Israel, neither seek the LORD! -- isaiah 31:1 +. +Yet he also is wise, and will bring evil, and will not call back his words: but will arise against the house of the evildoers, and against the help of them that work iniquity. -- isaiah 31:2 +. +Now the Egyptians are men, and not God; and their horses flesh, and not spirit. When the LORD shall stretch out his hand, both he that helpeth shall fall, and he that is holpen shall fall down, and they all shall fail together. -- isaiah 31:3 +. +For thus hath the LORD spoken unto me, Like as the lion and the young lion roaring on his prey, when a multitude of shepherds is called forth against him, he will not be afraid of their voice, nor abase himself for the noise of them: so shall the LORD of hosts come down to fight for mount Zion, and for the hill thereof. -- isaiah 31:4 +. +As birds flying, so will the LORD of hosts defend Jerusalem; defending also he will deliver it; and passing over he will preserve it. -- isaiah 31:5 +. +Turn ye unto him from whom the children of Israel have deeply revolted. -- isaiah 31:6 +. +For in that day every man shall cast away his idols of silver, and his idols of gold, which your own hands have made unto you for a sin. -- isaiah 31:7 +. +Then shall the Assyrian fall with the sword, not of a mighty man; and the sword, not of a mean man, shall devour him: but he shall flee from the sword, and his young men shall be discomfited. -- isaiah 31:8 +. +And he shall pass over to his strong hold for fear, and his princes shall be afraid of the ensign, saith the LORD, whose fire is in Zion, and his furnace in Jerusalem. -- isaiah 31:9 +. +Behold, a king shall reign in righteousness, and princes shall rule in judgment. -- isaiah 32:1 +. +And a man shall be as an hiding place from the wind, and a covert from the tempest; as rivers of water in a dry place, as the shadow of a great rock in a weary land. -- isaiah 32:2 +. +And the eyes of them that see shall not be dim, and the ears of them that hear shall hearken. -- isaiah 32:3 +. +The heart also of the rash shall understand knowledge, and the tongue of the stammerers shall be ready to speak plainly. -- isaiah 32:4 +. +The vile person shall be no more called liberal, nor the churl said to be bountiful. -- isaiah 32:5 +. +For the vile person will speak villany, and his heart will work iniquity, to practise hypocrisy, and to utter error against the LORD, to make empty the soul of the hungry, and he will cause the drink of the thirsty to fail. -- isaiah 32:6 +. +The instruments also of the churl are evil: he deviseth wicked devices to destroy the poor with lying words, even when the needy speaketh right. -- isaiah 32:7 +. +But the liberal deviseth liberal things; and by liberal things shall he stand. -- isaiah 32:8 +. +Rise up, ye women that are at ease; hear my voice, ye careless daughters; give ear unto my speech. -- isaiah 32:9 +. +Many days and years shall ye be troubled, ye careless women: for the vintage shall fail, the gathering shall not come. -- isaiah 32:10 +. +Tremble, ye women that are at ease; be troubled, ye careless ones: strip you, and make you bare, and gird sackcloth upon your loins. -- isaiah 32:11 +. +They shall lament for the teats, for the pleasant fields, for the fruitful vine. -- isaiah 32:12 +. +Upon the land of my people shall come up thorns and briers; yea, upon all the houses of joy in the joyous city: -- isaiah 32:13 +. +Because the palaces shall be forsaken; the multitude of the city shall be left; the forts and towers shall be for dens for ever, a joy of wild asses, a pasture of flocks; -- isaiah 32:14 +. +Until the spirit be poured upon us from on high, and the wilderness be a fruitful field, and the fruitful field be counted for a forest. -- isaiah 32:15 +. +Then judgment shall dwell in the wilderness, and righteousness remain in the fruitful field. -- isaiah 32:16 +. +And the work of righteousness shall be peace; and the effect of righteousness quietness and assurance for ever. -- isaiah 32:17 +. +And my people shall dwell in a peaceable habitation, and in sure dwellings, and in quiet resting places; -- isaiah 32:18 +. +When it shall hail, coming down on the forest; and the city shall be low in a low place. -- isaiah 32:19 +. +Blessed are ye that sow beside all waters, that send forth thither the feet of the ox and the ass. -- isaiah 32:20 +. +Woe to thee that spoilest, and thou wast not spoiled; and dealest treacherously, and they dealt not treacherously with thee! when thou shalt cease to spoil, thou shalt be spoiled; and when thou shalt make an end to deal treacherously, they shall deal treacherously with thee. -- isaiah 33:1 +. +O LORD, be gracious unto us; we have waited for thee: be thou their arm every morning, our salvation also in the time of trouble. -- isaiah 33:2 +. +At the noise of the tumult the people fled; at the lifting up of thyself the nations were scattered. -- isaiah 33:3 +. +And your spoil shall be gathered like the gathering of the caterpiller: as the running to and fro of locusts shall he run upon them. -- isaiah 33:4 +. +The LORD is exalted; for he dwelleth on high: he hath filled Zion with judgment and righteousness. -- isaiah 33:5 +. +And wisdom and knowledge shall be the stability of thy times, and strength of salvation: the fear of the LORD is his treasure. -- isaiah 33:6 +. +Behold, their valiant ones shall cry without: the ambassadors of peace shall weep bitterly. -- isaiah 33:7 +. +The highways lie waste, the wayfaring man ceaseth: he hath broken the covenant, he hath despised the cities, he regardeth no man. -- isaiah 33:8 +. +The earth mourneth and languisheth: Lebanon is ashamed and hewn down: Sharon is like a wilderness; and Bashan and Carmel shake off their fruits. -- isaiah 33:9 +. +Now will I rise, saith the LORD; now will I be exalted; now will I lift up myself. -- isaiah 33:10 +. +Ye shall conceive chaff, ye shall bring forth stubble: your breath, as fire, shall devour you. -- isaiah 33:11 +. +And the people shall be as the burnings of lime: as thorns cut up shall they be burned in the fire. -- isaiah 33:12 +. +Hear, ye that are far off, what I have done; and, ye that are near, acknowledge my might. -- isaiah 33:13 +. +The sinners in Zion are afraid; fearfulness hath surprised the hypocrites. Who among us shall dwell with the devouring fire? who among us shall dwell with everlasting burnings? -- isaiah 33:14 +. +He that walketh righteously, and speaketh uprightly; he that despiseth the gain of oppressions, that shaketh his hands from holding of bribes, that stoppeth his ears from hearing of blood, and shutteth his eyes from seeing evil; -- isaiah 33:15 +. +He shall dwell on high: his place of defence shall be the munitions of rocks: bread shall be given him; his waters shall be sure. -- isaiah 33:16 +. +Thine eyes shall see the king in his beauty: they shall behold the land that is very far off. -- isaiah 33:17 +. +Thine heart shall meditate terror. Where is the scribe? where is the receiver? where is he that counted the towers? -- isaiah 33:18 +. +Thou shalt not see a fierce people, a people of a deeper speech than thou canst perceive; of a stammering tongue, that thou canst not understand. -- isaiah 33:19 +. +Look upon Zion, the city of our solemnities: thine eyes shall see Jerusalem a quiet habitation, a tabernacle that shall not be taken down; not one of the stakes thereof shall ever be removed, neither shall any of the cords thereof be broken. -- isaiah 33:20 +. +But there the glorious LORD will be unto us a place of broad rivers and streams; wherein shall go no galley with oars, neither shall gallant ship pass thereby. -- isaiah 33:21 +. +For the LORD is our judge, the LORD is our lawgiver, the LORD is our king; he will save us. -- isaiah 33:22 +. +Thy tacklings are loosed; they could not well strengthen their mast, they could not spread the sail: then is the prey of a great spoil divided; the lame take the prey. -- isaiah 33:23 +. +And the inhabitant shall not say, I am sick: the people that dwell therein shall be forgiven their iniquity. -- isaiah 33:24 +. +Come near, ye nations, to hear; and hearken, ye people: let the earth hear, and all that is therein; the world, and all things that come forth of it. -- isaiah 34:1 +. +For the indignation of the LORD is upon all nations, and his fury upon all their armies: he hath utterly destroyed them, he hath delivered them to the slaughter. -- isaiah 34:2 +. +Their slain also shall be cast out, and their stink shall come up out of their carcases, and the mountains shall be melted with their blood. -- isaiah 34:3 +. +And all the host of heaven shall be dissolved, and the heavens shall be rolled together as a scroll: and all their host shall fall down, as the leaf falleth off from the vine, and as a falling fig from the fig tree. -- isaiah 34:4 +. +For my sword shall be bathed in heaven: behold, it shall come down upon Idumea, and upon the people of my curse, to judgment. -- isaiah 34:5 +. +The sword of the LORD is filled with blood, it is made fat with fatness, and with the blood of lambs and goats, with the fat of the kidneys of rams: for the LORD hath a sacrifice in Bozrah, and a great slaughter in the land of Idumea. -- isaiah 34:6 +. +And the unicorns shall come down with them, and the bullocks with the bulls; and their land shall be soaked with blood, and their dust made fat with fatness. -- isaiah 34:7 +. +For it is the day of the LORD's vengeance, and the year of recompences for the controversy of Zion. -- isaiah 34:8 +. +And the streams thereof shall be turned into pitch, and the dust thereof into brimstone, and the land thereof shall become burning pitch. -- isaiah 34:9 +. +It shall not be quenched night nor day; the smoke thereof shall go up for ever: from generation to generation it shall lie waste; none shall pass through it for ever and ever. -- isaiah 34:10 +. +But the cormorant and the bittern shall possess it; the owl also and the raven shall dwell in it: and he shall stretch out upon it the line of confusion, and the stones of emptiness. -- isaiah 34:11 +. +They shall call the nobles thereof to the kingdom, but none shall be there, and all her princes shall be nothing. -- isaiah 34:12 +. +And thorns shall come up in her palaces, nettles and brambles in the fortresses thereof: and it shall be an habitation of dragons, and a court for owls. -- isaiah 34:13 +. +The wild beasts of the desert shall also meet with the wild beasts of the island, and the satyr shall cry to his fellow; the screech owl also shall rest there, and find for herself a place of rest. -- isaiah 34:14 +. +There shall the great owl make her nest, and lay, and hatch, and gather under her shadow: there shall the vultures also be gathered, every one with her mate. -- isaiah 34:15 +. +Seek ye out of the book of the LORD, and read: no one of these shall fail, none shall want her mate: for my mouth it hath commanded, and his spirit it hath gathered them. -- isaiah 34:16 +. +And he hath cast the lot for them, and his hand hath divided it unto them by line: they shall possess it for ever, from generation to generation shall they dwell therein. -- isaiah 34:17 +. +The wilderness and the solitary place shall be glad for them; and the desert shall rejoice, and blossom as the rose. -- isaiah 35:1 +. +It shall blossom abundantly, and rejoice even with joy and singing: the glory of Lebanon shall be given unto it, the excellency of Carmel and Sharon, they shall see the glory of the LORD, and the excellency of our God. -- isaiah 35:2 +. +Strengthen ye the weak hands, and confirm the feeble knees. -- isaiah 35:3 +. +Say to them that are of a fearful heart, Be strong, fear not: behold, your God will come with vengeance, even God with a recompence; he will come and save you. -- isaiah 35:4 +. +Then the eyes of the blind shall be opened, and the ears of the deaf shall be unstopped. -- isaiah 35:5 +. +Then shall the lame man leap as an hart, and the tongue of the dumb sing: for in the wilderness shall waters break out, and streams in the desert. -- isaiah 35:6 +. +And the parched ground shall become a pool, and the thirsty land springs of water: in the habitation of dragons, where each lay, shall be grass with reeds and rushes. -- isaiah 35:7 +. +And an highway shall be there, and a way, and it shall be called The way of holiness; the unclean shall not pass over it; but it shall be for those: the wayfaring men, though fools, shall not err therein. -- isaiah 35:8 +. +No lion shall be there, nor any ravenous beast shall go up thereon, it shall not be found there; but the redeemed shall walk there: -- isaiah 35:9 +. +And the ransomed of the LORD shall return, and come to Zion with songs and everlasting joy upon their heads: they shall obtain joy and gladness, and sorrow and sighing shall flee away. -- isaiah 35:10 +. +Now it came to pass in the fourteenth year of king Hezekiah, that Sennacherib king of Assyria came up against all the defenced cities of Judah, and took them. -- isaiah 36:1 +. +And the king of Assyria sent Rabshakeh from Lachish to Jerusalem unto king Hezekiah with a great army. And he stood by the conduit of the upper pool in the highway of the fuller's field. -- isaiah 36:2 +. +Then came forth unto him Eliakim, Hilkiah's son, which was over the house, and Shebna the scribe, and Joah, Asaph's son, the recorder. -- isaiah 36:3 +. +And Rabshakeh said unto them, Say ye now to Hezekiah, Thus saith the great king, the king of Assyria, What confidence is this wherein thou trustest? -- isaiah 36:4 +. +I say, sayest thou, (but they are but vain words) I have counsel and strength for war: now on whom dost thou trust, that thou rebellest against me? -- isaiah 36:5 +. +Lo, thou trustest in the staff of this broken reed, on Egypt; whereon if a man lean, it will go into his hand, and pierce it: so is Pharaoh king of Egypt to all that trust in him. -- isaiah 36:6 +. +But if thou say to me, We trust in the LORD our God: is it not he, whose high places and whose altars Hezekiah hath taken away, and said to Judah and to Jerusalem, Ye shall worship before this altar? -- isaiah 36:7 +. +Now therefore give pledges, I pray thee, to my master the king of Assyria, and I will give thee two thousand horses, if thou be able on thy part to set riders upon them. -- isaiah 36:8 +. +How then wilt thou turn away the face of one captain of the least of my master's servants, and put thy trust on Egypt for chariots and for horsemen? -- isaiah 36:9 +. +And am I now come up without the LORD against this land to destroy it? the LORD said unto me, Go up against this land, and destroy it. -- isaiah 36:10 +. +Then said Eliakim and Shebna and Joah unto Rabshakeh, Speak, I pray thee, unto thy servants in the Syrian language; for we understand it: and speak not to us in the Jews' language, in the ears of the people that are on the wall. -- isaiah 36:11 +. +But Rabshakeh said, Hath my master sent me to thy master and to thee to speak these words? hath he not sent me to the men that sit upon the wall, that they may eat their own dung, and drink their own piss with you? -- isaiah 36:12 +. +Then Rabshakeh stood, and cried with a loud voice in the Jews' language, and said, Hear ye the words of the great king, the king of Assyria. -- isaiah 36:13 +. +Thus saith the king, Let not Hezekiah deceive you: for he shall not be able to deliver you. -- isaiah 36:14 +. +Neither let Hezekiah make you trust in the LORD, saying, The LORD will surely deliver us: this city shall not be delivered into the hand of the king of Assyria. -- isaiah 36:15 +. +Hearken not to Hezekiah: for thus saith the king of Assyria, Make an agreement with me by a present, and come out to me: and eat ye every one of his vine, and every one of his fig tree, and drink ye every one the waters of his own cistern; -- isaiah 36:16 +. +Until I come and take you away to a land like your own land, a land of corn and wine, a land of bread and vineyards. -- isaiah 36:17 +. +Beware lest Hezekiah persuade you, saying, the LORD will deliver us. Hath any of the gods of the nations delivered his land out of the hand of the king of Assyria? -- isaiah 36:18 +. +Where are the gods of Hamath and Arphad? where are the gods of Sepharvaim? and have they delivered Samaria out of my hand? -- isaiah 36:19 +. +Who are they among all the gods of these lands, that have delivered their land out of my hand, that the LORD should deliver Jerusalem out of my hand? -- isaiah 36:20 +. +But they held their peace, and answered him not a word: for the king's commandment was, saying, Answer him not. -- isaiah 36:21 +. +Then came Eliakim, the son of Hilkiah, that was over the household, and Shebna the scribe, and Joah, the son of Asaph, the recorder, to Hezekiah with their clothes rent, and told him the words of Rabshakeh. -- isaiah 36:22 +. +And it came to pass, when king Hezekiah heard it, that he rent his clothes, and covered himself with sackcloth, and went into the house of the LORD. -- isaiah 37:1 +. +And he sent Eliakim, who was over the household, and Shebna the scribe, and the elders of the priests covered with sackcloth, unto Isaiah the prophet the son of Amoz. -- isaiah 37:2 +. +And they said unto him, Thus saith Hezekiah, This day is a day of trouble, and of rebuke, and of blasphemy: for the children are come to the birth, and there is not strength to bring forth. -- isaiah 37:3 +. +It may be the LORD thy God will hear the words of Rabshakeh, whom the king of Assyria his master hath sent to reproach the living God, and will reprove the words which the LORD thy God hath heard: wherefore lift up thy prayer for the remnant that is left. -- isaiah 37:4 +. +So the servants of king Hezekiah came to Isaiah. -- isaiah 37:5 +. +And Isaiah said unto them, Thus shall ye say unto your master, Thus saith the LORD, Be not afraid of the words that thou hast heard, wherewith the servants of the king of Assyria have blasphemed me. -- isaiah 37:6 +. +Behold, I will send a blast upon him, and he shall hear a rumour, and return to his own land; and I will cause him to fall by the sword in his own land. -- isaiah 37:7 +. +So Rabshakeh returned, and found the king of Assyria warring against Libnah: for he had heard that he was departed from Lachish. -- isaiah 37:8 +. +And he heard say concerning Tirhakah king of Ethiopia, He is come forth to make war with thee. And when he heard it, he sent messengers to Hezekiah, saying, -- isaiah 37:9 +. +Thus shall ye speak to Hezekiah king of Judah, saying, Let not thy God, in whom thou trustest, deceive thee, saying, Jerusalem shall not be given into the hand of the king of Assyria. -- isaiah 37:10 +. +Behold, thou hast heard what the kings of Assyria have done to all lands by destroying them utterly; and shalt thou be delivered? -- isaiah 37:11 +. +Have the gods of the nations delivered them which my fathers have destroyed, as Gozan, and Haran, and Rezeph, and the children of Eden which were in Telassar? -- isaiah 37:12 +. +Where is the king of Hamath, and the king of Arphad, and the king of the city of Sepharvaim, Hena, and Ivah? -- isaiah 37:13 +. +And Hezekiah received the letter from the hand of the messengers, and read it: and Hezekiah went up unto the house of the LORD, and spread it before the LORD. -- isaiah 37:14 +. +And Hezekiah prayed unto the LORD, saying, -- isaiah 37:15 +. +O LORD of hosts, God of Israel, that dwellest between the cherubims, thou art the God, even thou alone, of all the kingdoms of the earth: thou hast made heaven and earth. -- isaiah 37:16 +. +Incline thine ear, O LORD, and hear; open thine eyes, O LORD, and see: and hear all the words of Sennacherib, which hath sent to reproach the living God. -- isaiah 37:17 +. +Of a truth, LORD, the kings of Assyria have laid waste all the nations, and their countries, -- isaiah 37:18 +. +And have cast their gods into the fire: for they were no gods, but the work of men's hands, wood and stone: therefore they have destroyed them. -- isaiah 37:19 +. +Now therefore, O LORD our God, save us from his hand, that all the kingdoms of the earth may know that thou art the LORD, even thou only. -- isaiah 37:20 +. +Then Isaiah the son of Amoz sent unto Hezekiah, saying, Thus saith the LORD God of Israel, Whereas thou hast prayed to me against Sennacherib king of Assyria: -- isaiah 37:21 +. +This is the word which the LORD hath spoken concerning him; The virgin, the daughter of Zion, hath despised thee, and laughed thee to scorn; the daughter of Jerusalem hath shaken her head at thee. -- isaiah 37:22 +. +Whom hast thou reproached and blasphemed? and against whom hast thou exalted thy voice, and lifted up thine eyes on high? even against the Holy One of Israel. -- isaiah 37:23 +. +By thy servants hast thou reproached the Lord, and hast said, By the multitude of my chariots am I come up to the height of the mountains, to the sides of Lebanon; and I will cut down the tall cedars thereof, and the choice fir trees thereof: and I will enter into the height of his border, and the forest of his Carmel. -- isaiah 37:24 +. +I have digged, and drunk water; and with the sole of my feet have I dried up all the rivers of the besieged places. -- isaiah 37:25 +. +Hast thou not heard long ago, how I have done it; and of ancient times, that I have formed it? now have I brought it to pass, that thou shouldest be to lay waste defenced cities into ruinous heaps. -- isaiah 37:26 +. +Therefore their inhabitants were of small power, they were dismayed and confounded: they were as the grass of the field, and as the green herb, as the grass on the housetops, and as corn blasted before it be grown up. -- isaiah 37:27 +. +But I know thy abode, and thy going out, and thy coming in, and thy rage against me. -- isaiah 37:28 +. +Because thy rage against me, and thy tumult, is come up into mine ears, therefore will I put my hook in thy nose, and my bridle in thy lips, and I will turn thee back by the way by which thou camest. -- isaiah 37:29 +. +And this shall be a sign unto thee, Ye shall eat this year such as groweth of itself; and the second year that which springeth of the same: and in the third year sow ye, and reap, and plant vineyards, and eat the fruit thereof. -- isaiah 37:30 +. +And the remnant that is escaped of the house of Judah shall again take root downward, and bear fruit upward: -- isaiah 37:31 +. +For out of Jerusalem shall go forth a remnant, and they that escape out of mount Zion: the zeal of the LORD of hosts shall do this. -- isaiah 37:32 +. +Therefore thus saith the LORD concerning the king of Assyria, He shall not come into this city, nor shoot an arrow there, nor come before it with shields, nor cast a bank against it. -- isaiah 37:33 +. +By the way that he came, by the same shall he return, and shall not come into this city, saith the LORD. -- isaiah 37:34 +. +For I will defend this city to save it for mine own sake, and for my servant David's sake. -- isaiah 37:35 +. +Then the angel of the LORD went forth, and smote in the camp of the Assyrians a hundred and fourscore and five thousand: and when they arose early in the morning, behold, they were all dead corpses. -- isaiah 37:36 +. +So Sennacherib king of Assyria departed, and went and returned, and dwelt at Nineveh. -- isaiah 37:37 +. +And it came to pass, as he was worshipping in the house of Nisroch his god, that Adrammelech and Sharezer his sons smote him with the sword; and they escaped into the land of Armenia: and Esarhaddon his son reigned in his stead. -- isaiah 37:38 +. +In those days was Hezekiah sick unto death. And Isaiah the prophet the son of Amoz came unto him, and said unto him, Thus saith the LORD, Set thine house in order: for thou shalt die, and not live. -- isaiah 38:1 +. +Then Hezekiah turned his face toward the wall, and prayed unto the LORD, -- isaiah 38:2 +. +And said, Remember now, O LORD, I beseech thee, how I have walked before thee in truth and with a perfect heart, and have done that which is good in thy sight. And Hezekiah wept sore. -- isaiah 38:3 +. +Then came the word of the LORD to Isaiah, saying, -- isaiah 38:4 +. +Go, and say to Hezekiah, Thus saith the LORD, the God of David thy father, I have heard thy prayer, I have seen thy tears: behold, I will add unto thy days fifteen years. -- isaiah 38:5 +. +And I will deliver thee and this city out of the hand of the king of Assyria: and I will defend this city. -- isaiah 38:6 +. +And this shall be a sign unto thee from the LORD, that the LORD will do this thing that he hath spoken; -- isaiah 38:7 +. +Behold, I will bring again the shadow of the degrees, which is gone down in the sun dial of Ahaz, ten degrees backward. So the sun returned ten degrees, by which degrees it was gone down. -- isaiah 38:8 +. +The writing of Hezekiah king of Judah, when he had been sick, and was recovered of his sickness: -- isaiah 38:9 +. +I said in the cutting off of my days, I shall go to the gates of the grave: I am deprived of the residue of my years. -- isaiah 38:10 +. +I said, I shall not see the LORD, even the LORD, in the land of the living: I shall behold man no more with the inhabitants of the world. -- isaiah 38:11 +. +Mine age is departed, and is removed from me as a shepherd's tent: I have cut off like a weaver my life: he will cut me off with pining sickness: from day even to night wilt thou make an end of me. -- isaiah 38:12 +. +I reckoned till morning, that, as a lion, so will he break all my bones: from day even to night wilt thou make an end of me. -- isaiah 38:13 +. +Like a crane or a swallow, so did I chatter: I did mourn as a dove: mine eyes fail with looking upward: O LORD, I am oppressed; undertake for me. -- isaiah 38:14 +. +What shall I say? he hath both spoken unto me, and himself hath done it: I shall go softly all my years in the bitterness of my soul. -- isaiah 38:15 +. +O LORD, by these things men live, and in all these things is the life of my spirit: so wilt thou recover me, and make me to live. -- isaiah 38:16 +. +Behold, for peace I had great bitterness: but thou hast in love to my soul delivered it from the pit of corruption: for thou hast cast all my sins behind thy back. -- isaiah 38:17 +. +For the grave cannot praise thee, death can not celebrate thee: they that go down into the pit cannot hope for thy truth. -- isaiah 38:18 +. +The living, the living, he shall praise thee, as I do this day: the father to the children shall make known thy truth. -- isaiah 38:19 +. +The LORD was ready to save me: therefore we will sing my songs to the stringed instruments all the days of our life in the house of the LORD. -- isaiah 38:20 +. +For Isaiah had said, Let them take a lump of figs, and lay it for a plaister upon the boil, and he shall recover. -- isaiah 38:21 +. +Hezekiah also had said, What is the sign that I shall go up to the house of the LORD? -- isaiah 38:22 +. +At that time Merodachbaladan, the son of Baladan, king of Babylon, sent letters and a present to Hezekiah: for he had heard that he had been sick, and was recovered. -- isaiah 39:1 +. +And Hezekiah was glad of them, and shewed them the house of his precious things, the silver, and the gold, and the spices, and the precious ointment, and all the house of his armour, and all that was found in his treasures: there was nothing in his house, nor in all his dominion, that Hezekiah shewed them not. -- isaiah 39:2 +. +Then came Isaiah the prophet unto king Hezekiah, and said unto him, What said these men? and from whence came they unto thee? And Hezekiah said, They are come from a far country unto me, even from Babylon. -- isaiah 39:3 +. +Then said he, What have they seen in thine house? And Hezekiah answered, All that is in mine house have they seen: there is nothing among my treasures that I have not shewed them. -- isaiah 39:4 +. +Then said Isaiah to Hezekiah, Hear the word of the LORD of hosts: -- isaiah 39:5 +. +Behold, the days come, that all that is in thine house, and that which thy fathers have laid up in store until this day, shall be carried to Babylon: nothing shall be left, saith the LORD. -- isaiah 39:6 +. +And of thy sons that shall issue from thee, which thou shalt beget, shall they take away; and they shall be eunuchs in the palace of the king of Babylon. -- isaiah 39:7 +. +Then said Hezekiah to Isaiah, Good is the word of the LORD which thou hast spoken. He said moreover, For there shall be peace and truth in my days. -- isaiah 39:8 +. +Comfort ye, comfort ye my people, saith your God. -- isaiah 40:1 +. +Speak ye comfortably to Jerusalem, and cry unto her, that her warfare is accomplished, that her iniquity is pardoned: for she hath received of the LORD's hand double for all her sins. -- isaiah 40:2 +. +The voice of him that crieth in the wilderness, Prepare ye the way of the LORD, make straight in the desert a highway for our God. -- isaiah 40:3 +. +Every valley shall be exalted, and every mountain and hill shall be made low: and the crooked shall be made straight, and the rough places plain: -- isaiah 40:4 +. +And the glory of the LORD shall be revealed, and all flesh shall see it together: for the mouth of the LORD hath spoken it. -- isaiah 40:5 +. +The voice said, Cry. And he said, What shall I cry? All flesh is grass, and all the goodliness thereof is as the flower of the field: -- isaiah 40:6 +. +The grass withereth, the flower fadeth: because the spirit of the LORD bloweth upon it: surely the people is grass. -- isaiah 40:7 +. +The grass withereth, the flower fadeth: but the word of our God shall stand for ever. -- isaiah 40:8 +. +O Zion, that bringest good tidings, get thee up into the high mountain; O Jerusalem, that bringest good tidings, lift up thy voice with strength; lift it up, be not afraid; say unto the cities of Judah, Behold your God! -- isaiah 40:9 +. +Behold, the Lord GOD will come with strong hand, and his arm shall rule for him: behold, his reward is with him, and his work before him. -- isaiah 40:10 +. +He shall feed his flock like a shepherd: he shall gather the lambs with his arm, and carry them in his bosom, and shall gently lead those that are with young. -- isaiah 40:11 +. +Who hath measured the waters in the hollow of his hand, and meted out heaven with the span, and comprehended the dust of the earth in a measure, and weighed the mountains in scales, and the hills in a balance? -- isaiah 40:12 +. +Who hath directed the Spirit of the LORD, or being his counsellor hath taught him? -- isaiah 40:13 +. +With whom took he counsel, and who instructed him, and taught him in the path of judgment, and taught him knowledge, and shewed to him the way of understanding? -- isaiah 40:14 +. +Behold, the nations are as a drop of a bucket, and are counted as the small dust of the balance: behold, he taketh up the isles as a very little thing. -- isaiah 40:15 +. +And Lebanon is not sufficient to burn, nor the beasts thereof sufficient for a burnt offering. -- isaiah 40:16 +. +All nations before him are as nothing; and they are counted to him less than nothing, and vanity. -- isaiah 40:17 +. +To whom then will ye liken God? or what likeness will ye compare unto him? -- isaiah 40:18 +. +The workman melteth a graven image, and the goldsmith spreadeth it over with gold, and casteth silver chains. -- isaiah 40:19 +. +He that is so impoverished that he hath no oblation chooseth a tree that will not rot; he seeketh unto him a cunning workman to prepare a graven image, that shall not be moved. -- isaiah 40:20 +. +Have ye not known? have ye not heard? hath it not been told you from the beginning? have ye not understood from the foundations of the earth? -- isaiah 40:21 +. +It is he that sitteth upon the circle of the earth, and the inhabitants thereof are as grasshoppers; that stretcheth out the heavens as a curtain, and spreadeth them out as a tent to dwell in: -- isaiah 40:22 +. +That bringeth the princes to nothing; he maketh the judges of the earth as vanity. -- isaiah 40:23 +. +Yea, they shall not be planted; yea, they shall not be sown: yea, their stock shall not take root in the earth: and he shall also blow upon them, and they shall wither, and the whirlwind shall take them away as stubble. -- isaiah 40:24 +. +To whom then will ye liken me, or shall I be equal? saith the Holy One. -- isaiah 40:25 +. +Lift up your eyes on high, and behold who hath created these things, that bringeth out their host by number: he calleth them all by names by the greatness of his might, for that he is strong in power; not one faileth. -- isaiah 40:26 +. +Why sayest thou, O Jacob, and speakest, O Israel, My way is hid from the LORD, and my judgment is passed over from my God? -- isaiah 40:27 +. +Hast thou not known? hast thou not heard, that the everlasting God, the LORD, the Creator of the ends of the earth, fainteth not, neither is weary? there is no searching of his understanding. -- isaiah 40:28 +. +He giveth power to the faint; and to them that have no might he increaseth strength. -- isaiah 40:29 +. +Even the youths shall faint and be weary, and the young men shall utterly fall: -- isaiah 40:30 +. +But they that wait upon the LORD shall renew their strength; they shall mount up with wings as eagles; they shall run, and not be weary; and they shall walk, and not faint. -- isaiah 40:31 +. +Keep silence before me, O islands; and let the people renew their strength: let them come near; then let them speak: let us come near together to judgment. -- isaiah 41:1 +. +Who raised up the righteous man from the east, called him to his foot, gave the nations before him, and made him rule over kings? he gave them as the dust to his sword, and as driven stubble to his bow. -- isaiah 41:2 +. +He pursued them, and passed safely; even by the way that he had not gone with his feet. -- isaiah 41:3 +. +Who hath wrought and done it, calling the generations from the beginning? I the LORD, the first, and with the last; I am he. -- isaiah 41:4 +. +The isles saw it, and feared; the ends of the earth were afraid, drew near, and came. -- isaiah 41:5 +. +They helped every one his neighbour; and every one said to his brother, Be of good courage. -- isaiah 41:6 +. +So the carpenter encouraged the goldsmith, and he that smootheth with the hammer him that smote the anvil, saying, It is ready for the sodering: and he fastened it with nails, that it should not be moved. -- isaiah 41:7 +. +But thou, Israel, art my servant, Jacob whom I have chosen, the seed of Abraham my friend. -- isaiah 41:8 +. +Thou whom I have taken from the ends of the earth, and called thee from the chief men thereof, and said unto thee, Thou art my servant; I have chosen thee, and not cast thee away. -- isaiah 41:9 +. +Fear thou not; for I am with thee: be not dismayed; for I am thy God: I will strengthen thee; yea, I will help thee; yea, I will uphold thee with the right hand of my righteousness. -- isaiah 41:10 +. +Behold, all they that were incensed against thee shall be ashamed and confounded: they shall be as nothing; and they that strive with thee shall perish. -- isaiah 41:11 +. +Thou shalt seek them, and shalt not find them, even them that contended with thee: they that war against thee shall be as nothing, and as a thing of nought. -- isaiah 41:12 +. +For I the LORD thy God will hold thy right hand, saying unto thee, Fear not; I will help thee. -- isaiah 41:13 +. +Fear not, thou worm Jacob, and ye men of Israel; I will help thee, saith the LORD, and thy redeemer, the Holy One of Israel. -- isaiah 41:14 +. +Behold, I will make thee a new sharp threshing instrument having teeth: thou shalt thresh the mountains, and beat them small, and shalt make the hills as chaff. -- isaiah 41:15 +. +Thou shalt fan them, and the wind shall carry them away, and the whirlwind shall scatter them: and thou shalt rejoice in the LORD, and shalt glory in the Holy One of Israel. -- isaiah 41:16 +. +When the poor and needy seek water, and there is none, and their tongue faileth for thirst, I the LORD will hear them, I the God of Israel will not forsake them. -- isaiah 41:17 +. +I will open rivers in high places, and fountains in the midst of the valleys: I will make the wilderness a pool of water, and the dry land springs of water. -- isaiah 41:18 +. +I will plant in the wilderness the cedar, the shittah tree, and the myrtle, and the oil tree; I will set in the desert the fir tree, and the pine, and the box tree together: -- isaiah 41:19 +. +That they may see, and know, and consider, and understand together, that the hand of the LORD hath done this, and the Holy One of Israel hath created it. -- isaiah 41:20 +. +Produce your cause, saith the LORD; bring forth your strong reasons, saith the King of Jacob. -- isaiah 41:21 +. +Let them bring them forth, and shew us what shall happen: let them shew the former things, what they be, that we may consider them, and know the latter end of them; or declare us things for to come. -- isaiah 41:22 +. +Shew the things that are to come hereafter, that we may know that ye are gods: yea, do good, or do evil, that we may be dismayed, and behold it together. -- isaiah 41:23 +. +Behold, ye are of nothing, and your work of nought: an abomination is he that chooseth you. -- isaiah 41:24 +. +I have raised up one from the north, and he shall come: from the rising of the sun shall he call upon my name: and he shall come upon princes as upon morter, and as the potter treadeth clay. -- isaiah 41:25 +. +Who hath declared from the beginning, that we may know? and beforetime, that we may say, He is righteous? yea, there is none that sheweth, yea, there is none that declareth, yea, there is none that heareth your words. -- isaiah 41:26 +. +The first shall say to Zion, Behold, behold them: and I will give to Jerusalem one that bringeth good tidings. -- isaiah 41:27 +. +For I beheld, and there was no man; even among them, and there was no counsellor, that, when I asked of them, could answer a word. -- isaiah 41:28 +. +Behold, they are all vanity; their works are nothing: their molten images are wind and confusion. -- isaiah 41:29 +. +Behold my servant, whom I uphold; mine elect, in whom my soul delighteth; I have put my spirit upon him: he shall bring forth judgment to the Gentiles. -- isaiah 42:1 +. +He shall not cry, nor lift up, nor cause his voice to be heard in the street. -- isaiah 42:2 +. +A bruised reed shall he not break, and the smoking flax shall he not quench: he shall bring forth judgment unto truth. -- isaiah 42:3 +. +He shall not fail nor be discouraged, till he have set judgment in the earth: and the isles shall wait for his law. -- isaiah 42:4 +. +Thus saith God the LORD, he that created the heavens, and stretched them out; he that spread forth the earth, and that which cometh out of it; he that giveth breath unto the people upon it, and spirit to them that walk therein: -- isaiah 42:5 +. +I the LORD have called thee in righteousness, and will hold thine hand, and will keep thee, and give thee for a covenant of the people, for a light of the Gentiles; -- isaiah 42:6 +. +To open the blind eyes, to bring out the prisoners from the prison, and them that sit in darkness out of the prison house. -- isaiah 42:7 +. +I am the LORD: that is my name: and my glory will I not give to another, neither my praise to graven images. -- isaiah 42:8 +. +Behold, the former things are come to pass, and new things do I declare: before they spring forth I tell you of them. -- isaiah 42:9 +. +Sing unto the LORD a new song, and his praise from the end of the earth, ye that go down to the sea, and all that is therein; the isles, and the inhabitants thereof. -- isaiah 42:10 +. +Let the wilderness and the cities thereof lift up their voice, the villages that Kedar doth inhabit: let the inhabitants of the rock sing, let them shout from the top of the mountains. -- isaiah 42:11 +. +Let them give glory unto the LORD, and declare his praise in the islands. -- isaiah 42:12 +. +The LORD shall go forth as a mighty man, he shall stir up jealousy like a man of war: he shall cry, yea, roar; he shall prevail against his enemies. -- isaiah 42:13 +. +I have long time holden my peace; I have been still, and refrained myself: now will I cry like a travailing woman; I will destroy and devour at once. -- isaiah 42:14 +. +I will make waste mountains and hills, and dry up all their herbs; and I will make the rivers islands, and I will dry up the pools. -- isaiah 42:15 +. +And I will bring the blind by a way that they knew not; I will lead them in paths that they have not known: I will make darkness light before them, and crooked things straight. These things will I do unto them, and not forsake them. -- isaiah 42:16 +. +They shall be turned back, they shall be greatly ashamed, that trust in graven images, that say to the molten images, Ye are our gods. -- isaiah 42:17 +. +Hear, ye deaf; and look, ye blind, that ye may see. -- isaiah 42:18 +. +Who is blind, but my servant? or deaf, as my messenger that I sent? who is blind as he that is perfect, and blind as the LORD's servant? -- isaiah 42:19 +. +Seeing many things, but thou observest not; opening the ears, but he heareth not. -- isaiah 42:20 +. +The LORD is well pleased for his righteousness' sake; he will magnify the law, and make it honourable. -- isaiah 42:21 +. +But this is a people robbed and spoiled; they are all of them snared in holes, and they are hid in prison houses: they are for a prey, and none delivereth; for a spoil, and none saith, Restore. -- isaiah 42:22 +. +Who among you will give ear to this? who will hearken and hear for the time to come? -- isaiah 42:23 +. +Who gave Jacob for a spoil, and Israel to the robbers? did not the LORD, he against whom we have sinned? for they would not walk in his ways, neither were they obedient unto his law. -- isaiah 42:24 +. +Therefore he hath poured upon him the fury of his anger, and the strength of battle: and it hath set him on fire round about, yet he knew not; and it burned him, yet he laid it not to heart. -- isaiah 42:25 +. +But now thus saith the LORD that created thee, O Jacob, and he that formed thee, O Israel, Fear not: for I have redeemed thee, I have called thee by thy name; thou art mine. -- isaiah 43:1 +. +When thou passest through the waters, I will be with thee; and through the rivers, they shall not overflow thee: when thou walkest through the fire, thou shalt not be burned; neither shall the flame kindle upon thee. -- isaiah 43:2 +. +For I am the LORD thy God, the Holy One of Israel, thy Saviour: I gave Egypt for thy ransom, Ethiopia and Seba for thee. -- isaiah 43:3 +. +Since thou wast precious in my sight, thou hast been honourable, and I have loved thee: therefore will I give men for thee, and people for thy life. -- isaiah 43:4 +. +Fear not: for I am with thee: I will bring thy seed from the east, and gather thee from the west; -- isaiah 43:5 +. +I will say to the north, Give up; and to the south, Keep not back: bring my sons from far, and my daughters from the ends of the earth; -- isaiah 43:6 +. +Even every one that is called by my name: for I have created him for my glory, I have formed him; yea, I have made him. -- isaiah 43:7 +. +Bring forth the blind people that have eyes, and the deaf that have ears. -- isaiah 43:8 +. +Let all the nations be gathered together, and let the people be assembled: who among them can declare this, and shew us former things? let them bring forth their witnesses, that they may be justified: or let them hear, and say, It is truth. -- isaiah 43:9 +. +Ye are my witnesses, saith the LORD, and my servant whom I have chosen: that ye may know and believe me, and understand that I am he: before me there was no God formed, neither shall there be after me. -- isaiah 43:10 +. +I, even I, am the LORD; and beside me there is no saviour. -- isaiah 43:11 +. +I have declared, and have saved, and I have shewed, when there was no strange god among you: therefore ye are my witnesses, saith the LORD, that I am God. -- isaiah 43:12 +. +Yea, before the day was I am he; and there is none that can deliver out of my hand: I will work, and who shall let it? -- isaiah 43:13 +. +Thus saith the LORD, your redeemer, the Holy One of Israel; For your sake I have sent to Babylon, and have brought down all their nobles, and the Chaldeans, whose cry is in the ships. -- isaiah 43:14 +. +I am the LORD, your Holy One, the creator of Israel, your King. -- isaiah 43:15 +. +Thus saith the LORD, which maketh a way in the sea, and a path in the mighty waters; -- isaiah 43:16 +. +Which bringeth forth the chariot and horse, the army and the power; they shall lie down together, they shall not rise: they are extinct, they are quenched as tow. -- isaiah 43:17 +. +Remember ye not the former things, neither consider the things of old. -- isaiah 43:18 +. +Behold, I will do a new thing; now it shall spring forth; shall ye not know it? I will even make a way in the wilderness, and rivers in the desert. -- isaiah 43:19 +. +The beast of the field shall honour me, the dragons and the owls: because I give waters in the wilderness, and rivers in the desert, to give drink to my people, my chosen. -- isaiah 43:20 +. +This people have I formed for myself; they shall shew forth my praise. -- isaiah 43:21 +. +But thou hast not called upon me, O Jacob; but thou hast been weary of me, O Israel. -- isaiah 43:22 +. +Thou hast not brought me the small cattle of thy burnt offerings; neither hast thou honoured me with thy sacrifices. I have not caused thee to serve with an offering, nor wearied thee with incense. -- isaiah 43:23 +. +Thou hast bought me no sweet cane with money, neither hast thou filled me with the fat of thy sacrifices: but thou hast made me to serve with thy sins, thou hast wearied me with thine iniquities. -- isaiah 43:24 +. +I, even I, am he that blotteth out thy transgressions for mine own sake, and will not remember thy sins. -- isaiah 43:25 +. +Put me in remembrance: let us plead together: declare thou, that thou mayest be justified. -- isaiah 43:26 +. +Thy first father hath sinned, and thy teachers have transgressed against me. -- isaiah 43:27 +. +Therefore I have profaned the princes of the sanctuary, and have given Jacob to the curse, and Israel to reproaches. -- isaiah 43:28 +. +Yet now hear, O Jacob my servant; and Israel, whom I have chosen: -- isaiah 44:1 +. +Thus saith the LORD that made thee, and formed thee from the womb, which will help thee; Fear not, O Jacob, my servant; and thou, Jesurun, whom I have chosen. -- isaiah 44:2 +. +For I will pour water upon him that is thirsty, and floods upon the dry ground: I will pour my spirit upon thy seed, and my blessing upon thine offspring: -- isaiah 44:3 +. +And they shall spring up as among the grass, as willows by the water courses. -- isaiah 44:4 +. +One shall say, I am the LORD's; and another shall call himself by the name of Jacob; and another shall subscribe with his hand unto the LORD, and surname himself by the name of Israel. -- isaiah 44:5 +. +Thus saith the LORD the King of Israel, and his redeemer the LORD of hosts; I am the first, and I am the last; and beside me there is no God. -- isaiah 44:6 +. +And who, as I, shall call, and shall declare it, and set it in order for me, since I appointed the ancient people? and the things that are coming, and shall come, let them shew unto them. -- isaiah 44:7 +. +Fear ye not, neither be afraid: have not I told thee from that time, and have declared it? ye are even my witnesses. Is there a God beside me? yea, there is no God; I know not any. -- isaiah 44:8 +. +They that make a graven image are all of them vanity; and their delectable things shall not profit; and they are their own witnesses; they see not, nor know; that they may be ashamed. -- isaiah 44:9 +. +Who hath formed a god, or molten a graven image that is profitable for nothing? -- isaiah 44:10 +. +Behold, all his fellows shall be ashamed: and the workmen, they are of men: let them all be gathered together, let them stand up; yet they shall fear, and they shall be ashamed together. -- isaiah 44:11 +. +The smith with the tongs both worketh in the coals, and fashioneth it with hammers, and worketh it with the strength of his arms: yea, he is hungry, and his strength faileth: he drinketh no water, and is faint. -- isaiah 44:12 +. +The carpenter stretcheth out his rule; he marketh it out with a line; he fitteth it with planes, and he marketh it out with the compass, and maketh it after the figure of a man, according to the beauty of a man; that it may remain in the house. -- isaiah 44:13 +. +He heweth him down cedars, and taketh the cypress and the oak, which he strengtheneth for himself among the trees of the forest: he planteth an ash, and the rain doth nourish it. -- isaiah 44:14 +. +Then shall it be for a man to burn: for he will take thereof, and warm himself; yea, he kindleth it, and baketh bread; yea, he maketh a god, and worshippeth it; he maketh it a graven image, and falleth down thereto. -- isaiah 44:15 +. +He burneth part thereof in the fire; with part thereof he eateth flesh; he roasteth roast, and is satisfied: yea, he warmeth himself, and saith, Aha, I am warm, I have seen the fire: -- isaiah 44:16 +. +And the residue thereof he maketh a god, even his graven image: he falleth down unto it, and worshippeth it, and prayeth unto it, and saith, Deliver me; for thou art my god. -- isaiah 44:17 +. +They have not known nor understood: for he hath shut their eyes, that they cannot see; and their hearts, that they cannot understand. -- isaiah 44:18 +. +And none considereth in his heart, neither is there knowledge nor understanding to say, I have burned part of it in the fire; yea, also I have baked bread upon the coals thereof; I have roasted flesh, and eaten it: and shall I make the residue thereof an abomination? shall I fall down to the stock of a tree? -- isaiah 44:19 +. +He feedeth on ashes: a deceived heart hath turned him aside, that he cannot deliver his soul, nor say, Is there not a lie in my right hand? -- isaiah 44:20 +. +Remember these, O Jacob and Israel; for thou art my servant: I have formed thee; thou art my servant: O Israel, thou shalt not be forgotten of me. -- isaiah 44:21 +. +I have blotted out, as a thick cloud, thy transgressions, and, as a cloud, thy sins: return unto me; for I have redeemed thee. -- isaiah 44:22 +. +Sing, O ye heavens; for the LORD hath done it: shout, ye lower parts of the earth: break forth into singing, ye mountains, O forest, and every tree therein: for the LORD hath redeemed Jacob, and glorified himself in Israel. -- isaiah 44:23 +. +Thus saith the LORD, thy redeemer, and he that formed thee from the womb, I am the LORD that maketh all things; that stretcheth forth the heavens alone; that spreadeth abroad the earth by myself; -- isaiah 44:24 +. +That frustrateth the tokens of the liars, and maketh diviners mad; that turneth wise men backward, and maketh their knowledge foolish; -- isaiah 44:25 +. +That confirmeth the word of his servant, and performeth the counsel of his messengers; that saith to Jerusalem, Thou shalt be inhabited; and to the cities of Judah, Ye shall be built, and I will raise up the decayed places thereof: -- isaiah 44:26 +. +That saith to the deep, Be dry, and I will dry up thy rivers: -- isaiah 44:27 +. +That saith of Cyrus, He is my shepherd, and shall perform all my pleasure: even saying to Jerusalem, Thou shalt be built; and to the temple, Thy foundation shall be laid. -- isaiah 44:28 +. +Thus saith the LORD to his anointed, to Cyrus, whose right hand I have holden, to subdue nations before him; and I will loose the loins of kings, to open before him the two leaved gates; and the gates shall not be shut; -- isaiah 45:1 +. +I will go before thee, and make the crooked places straight: I will break in pieces the gates of brass, and cut in sunder the bars of iron: -- isaiah 45:2 +. +And I will give thee the treasures of darkness, and hidden riches of secret places, that thou mayest know that I, the LORD, which call thee by thy name, am the God of Israel. -- isaiah 45:3 +. +For Jacob my servant's sake, and Israel mine elect, I have even called thee by thy name: I have surnamed thee, though thou hast not known me. -- isaiah 45:4 +. +I am the LORD, and there is none else, there is no God beside me: I girded thee, though thou hast not known me: -- isaiah 45:5 +. +That they may know from the rising of the sun, and from the west, that there is none beside me. I am the LORD, and there is none else. -- isaiah 45:6 +. +I form the light, and create darkness: I make peace, and create evil: I the LORD do all these things. -- isaiah 45:7 +. +Drop down, ye heavens, from above, and let the skies pour down righteousness: let the earth open, and let them bring forth salvation, and let righteousness spring up together; I the LORD have created it. -- isaiah 45:8 +. +Woe unto him that striveth with his Maker! Let the potsherd strive with the potsherds of the earth. Shall the clay say to him that fashioneth it, What makest thou? or thy work, He hath no hands? -- isaiah 45:9 +. +Woe unto him that saith unto his father, What begettest thou? or to the woman, What hast thou brought forth? -- isaiah 45:10 +. +Thus saith the LORD, the Holy One of Israel, and his Maker, Ask me of things to come concerning my sons, and concerning the work of my hands command ye me. -- isaiah 45:11 +. +I have made the earth, and created man upon it: I, even my hands, have stretched out the heavens, and all their host have I commanded. -- isaiah 45:12 +. +I have raised him up in righteousness, and I will direct all his ways: he shall build my city, and he shall let go my captives, not for price nor reward, saith the LORD of hosts. -- isaiah 45:13 +. +Thus saith the LORD, The labour of Egypt, and merchandise of Ethiopia and of the Sabeans, men of stature, shall come over unto thee, and they shall be thine: they shall come after thee; in chains they shall come over, and they shall fall down unto thee, they shall make supplication unto thee, saying, Surely God is in thee; and there is none else, there is no God. -- isaiah 45:14 +. +Verily thou art a God that hidest thyself, O God of Israel, the Saviour. -- isaiah 45:15 +. +They shall be ashamed, and also confounded, all of them: they shall go to confusion together that are makers of idols. -- isaiah 45:16 +. +But Israel shall be saved in the LORD with an everlasting salvation: ye shall not be ashamed nor confounded world without end. -- isaiah 45:17 +. +For thus saith the LORD that created the heavens; God himself that formed the earth and made it; he hath established it, he created it not in vain, he formed it to be inhabited: I am the LORD; and there is none else. -- isaiah 45:18 +. +I have not spoken in secret, in a dark place of the earth: I said not unto the seed of Jacob, Seek ye me in vain: I the LORD speak righteousness, I declare things that are right. -- isaiah 45:19 +. +Assemble yourselves and come; draw near together, ye that are escaped of the nations: they have no knowledge that set up the wood of their graven image, and pray unto a god that cannot save. -- isaiah 45:20 +. +Tell ye, and bring them near; yea, let them take counsel together: who hath declared this from ancient time? who hath told it from that time? have not I the LORD? and there is no God else beside me; a just God and a Saviour; there is none beside me. -- isaiah 45:21 +. +Look unto me, and be ye saved, all the ends of the earth: for I am God, and there is none else. -- isaiah 45:22 +. +I have sworn by myself, the word is gone out of my mouth in righteousness, and shall not return, That unto me every knee shall bow, every tongue shall swear. -- isaiah 45:23 +. +Surely, shall one say, in the LORD have I righteousness and strength: even to him shall men come; and all that are incensed against him shall be ashamed. -- isaiah 45:24 +. +In the LORD shall all the seed of Israel be justified, and shall glory. -- isaiah 45:25 +. +Bel boweth down, Nebo stoopeth, their idols were upon the beasts, and upon the cattle: your carriages were heavy loaden; they are a burden to the weary beast. -- isaiah 46:1 +. +They stoop, they bow down together; they could not deliver the burden, but themselves are gone into captivity. -- isaiah 46:2 +. +Hearken unto me, O house of Jacob, and all the remnant of the house of Israel, which are borne by me from the belly, which are carried from the womb: -- isaiah 46:3 +. +And even to your old age I am he; and even to hoar hairs will I carry you: I have made, and I will bear; even I will carry, and will deliver you. -- isaiah 46:4 +. +To whom will ye liken me, and make me equal, and compare me, that we may be like? -- isaiah 46:5 +. +They lavish gold out of the bag, and weigh silver in the balance, and hire a goldsmith; and he maketh it a god: they fall down, yea, they worship. -- isaiah 46:6 +. +They bear him upon the shoulder, they carry him, and set him in his place, and he standeth; from his place shall he not remove: yea, one shall cry unto him, yet can he not answer, nor save him out of his trouble. -- isaiah 46:7 +. +Remember this, and shew yourselves men: bring it again to mind, O ye transgressors. -- isaiah 46:8 +. +Remember the former things of old: for I am God, and there is none else; I am God, and there is none like me, -- isaiah 46:9 +. +Declaring the end from the beginning, and from ancient times the things that are not yet done, saying, My counsel shall stand, and I will do all my pleasure: -- isaiah 46:10 +. +Calling a ravenous bird from the east, the man that executeth my counsel from a far country: yea, I have spoken it, I will also bring it to pass; I have purposed it, I will also do it. -- isaiah 46:11 +. +Hearken unto me, ye stouthearted, that are far from righteousness: -- isaiah 46:12 +. +I bring near my righteousness; it shall not be far off, and my salvation shall not tarry: and I will place salvation in Zion for Israel my glory. -- isaiah 46:13 +. +Come down, and sit in the dust, O virgin daughter of Babylon, sit on the ground: there is no throne, O daughter of the Chaldeans: for thou shalt no more be called tender and delicate. -- isaiah 47:1 +. +Take the millstones, and grind meal: uncover thy locks, make bare the leg, uncover the thigh, pass over the rivers. -- isaiah 47:2 +. +Thy nakedness shall be uncovered, yea, thy shame shall be seen: I will take vengeance, and I will not meet thee as a man. -- isaiah 47:3 +. +As for our redeemer, the LORD of hosts is his name, the Holy One of Israel. -- isaiah 47:4 +. +Sit thou silent, and get thee into darkness, O daughter of the Chaldeans: for thou shalt no more be called, The lady of kingdoms. -- isaiah 47:5 +. +I was wroth with my people, I have polluted mine inheritance, and given them into thine hand: thou didst shew them no mercy; upon the ancient hast thou very heavily laid thy yoke. -- isaiah 47:6 +. +And thou saidst, I shall be a lady for ever: so that thou didst not lay these things to thy heart, neither didst remember the latter end of it. -- isaiah 47:7 +. +Therefore hear now this, thou that art given to pleasures, that dwellest carelessly, that sayest in thine heart, I am, and none else beside me; I shall not sit as a widow, neither shall I know the loss of children: -- isaiah 47:8 +. +But these two things shall come to thee in a moment in one day, the loss of children, and widowhood: they shall come upon thee in their perfection for the multitude of thy sorceries, and for the great abundance of thine enchantments. -- isaiah 47:9 +. +For thou hast trusted in thy wickedness: thou hast said, None seeth me. Thy wisdom and thy knowledge, it hath perverted thee; and thou hast said in thine heart, I am, and none else beside me. -- isaiah 47:10 +. +Therefore shall evil come upon thee; thou shalt not know from whence it riseth: and mischief shall fall upon thee; thou shalt not be able to put it off: and desolation shall come upon thee suddenly, which thou shalt not know. -- isaiah 47:11 +. +Stand now with thine enchantments, and with the multitude of thy sorceries, wherein thou hast laboured from thy youth; if so be thou shalt be able to profit, if so be thou mayest prevail. -- isaiah 47:12 +. +Thou art wearied in the multitude of thy counsels. Let now the astrologers, the stargazers, the monthly prognosticators, stand up, and save thee from these things that shall come upon thee. -- isaiah 47:13 +. +Behold, they shall be as stubble; the fire shall burn them; they shall not deliver themselves from the power of the flame: there shall not be a coal to warm at, nor fire to sit before it. -- isaiah 47:14 +. +Thus shall they be unto thee with whom thou hast laboured, even thy merchants, from thy youth: they shall wander every one to his quarter; none shall save thee. -- isaiah 47:15 +. +Hear ye this, O house of Jacob, which are called by the name of Israel, and are come forth out of the waters of Judah, which swear by the name of the LORD, and make mention of the God of Israel, but not in truth, nor in righteousness. -- isaiah 48:1 +. +For they call themselves of the holy city, and stay themselves upon the God of Israel; The LORD of hosts is his name. -- isaiah 48:2 +. +I have declared the former things from the beginning; and they went forth out of my mouth, and I shewed them; I did them suddenly, and they came to pass. -- isaiah 48:3 +. +Because I knew that thou art obstinate, and thy neck is an iron sinew, and thy brow brass; -- isaiah 48:4 +. +I have even from the beginning declared it to thee; before it came to pass I shewed it thee: lest thou shouldest say, Mine idol hath done them, and my graven image, and my molten image, hath commanded them. -- isaiah 48:5 +. +Thou hast heard, see all this; and will not ye declare it? I have shewed thee new things from this time, even hidden things, and thou didst not know them. -- isaiah 48:6 +. +They are created now, and not from the beginning; even before the day when thou heardest them not; lest thou shouldest say, Behold, I knew them. -- isaiah 48:7 +. +Yea, thou heardest not; yea, thou knewest not; yea, from that time that thine ear was not opened: for I knew that thou wouldest deal very treacherously, and wast called a transgressor from the womb. -- isaiah 48:8 +. +For my name's sake will I defer mine anger, and for my praise will I refrain for thee, that I cut thee not off. -- isaiah 48:9 +. +Behold, I have refined thee, but not with silver; I have chosen thee in the furnace of affliction. -- isaiah 48:10 +. +For mine own sake, even for mine own sake, will I do it: for how should my name be polluted? and I will not give my glory unto another. -- isaiah 48:11 +. +Hearken unto me, O Jacob and Israel, my called; I am he; I am the first, I also am the last. -- isaiah 48:12 +. +Mine hand also hath laid the foundation of the earth, and my right hand hath spanned the heavens: when I call unto them, they stand up together. -- isaiah 48:13 +. +All ye, assemble yourselves, and hear; which among them hath declared these things? The LORD hath loved him: he will do his pleasure on Babylon, and his arm shall be on the Chaldeans. -- isaiah 48:14 +. +I, even I, have spoken; yea, I have called him: I have brought him, and he shall make his way prosperous. -- isaiah 48:15 +. +Come ye near unto me, hear ye this; I have not spoken in secret from the beginning; from the time that it was, there am I: and now the Lord GOD, and his Spirit, hath sent me. -- isaiah 48:16 +. +Thus saith the LORD, thy Redeemer, the Holy One of Israel; I am the LORD thy God which teacheth thee to profit, which leadeth thee by the way that thou shouldest go. -- isaiah 48:17 +. +O that thou hadst hearkened to my commandments! then had thy peace been as a river, and thy righteousness as the waves of the sea: -- isaiah 48:18 +. +Thy seed also had been as the sand, and the offspring of thy bowels like the gravel thereof; his name should not have been cut off nor destroyed from before me. -- isaiah 48:19 +. +Go ye forth of Babylon, flee ye from the Chaldeans, with a voice of singing declare ye, tell this, utter it even to the end of the earth; say ye, The LORD hath redeemed his servant Jacob. -- isaiah 48:20 +. +And they thirsted not when he led them through the deserts: he caused the waters to flow out of the rock for them: he clave the rock also, and the waters gushed out. -- isaiah 48:21 +. +There is no peace, saith the LORD, unto the wicked. -- isaiah 48:22 +. +Listen, O isles, unto me; and hearken, ye people, from far; The LORD hath called me from the womb; from the bowels of my mother hath he made mention of my name. -- isaiah 49:1 +. +And he hath made my mouth like a sharp sword; in the shadow of his hand hath he hid me, and made me a polished shaft; in his quiver hath he hid me; -- isaiah 49:2 +. +And said unto me, Thou art my servant, O Israel, in whom I will be glorified. -- isaiah 49:3 +. +Then I said, I have laboured in vain, I have spent my strength for nought, and in vain: yet surely my judgment is with the LORD, and my work with my God. -- isaiah 49:4 +. +And now, saith the LORD that formed me from the womb to be his servant, to bring Jacob again to him, Though Israel be not gathered, yet shall I be glorious in the eyes of the LORD, and my God shall be my strength. -- isaiah 49:5 +. +And he said, It is a light thing that thou shouldest be my servant to raise up the tribes of Jacob, and to restore the preserved of Israel: I will also give thee for a light to the Gentiles, that thou mayest be my salvation unto the end of the earth. -- isaiah 49:6 +. +Thus saith the LORD, the Redeemer of Israel, and his Holy One, to him whom man despiseth, to him whom the nation abhorreth, to a servant of rulers, Kings shall see and arise, princes also shall worship, because of the LORD that is faithful, and the Holy One of Israel, and he shall choose thee. -- isaiah 49:7 +. +Thus saith the LORD, In an acceptable time have I heard thee, and in a day of salvation have I helped thee: and I will preserve thee, and give thee for a covenant of the people, to establish the earth, to cause to inherit the desolate heritages; -- isaiah 49:8 +. +That thou mayest say to the prisoners, Go forth; to them that are in darkness, Shew yourselves. They shall feed in the ways, and their pastures shall be in all high places. -- isaiah 49:9 +. +They shall not hunger nor thirst; neither shall the heat nor sun smite them: for he that hath mercy on them shall lead them, even by the springs of water shall he guide them. -- isaiah 49:10 +. +And I will make all my mountains a way, and my highways shall be exalted. -- isaiah 49:11 +. +Behold, these shall come from far: and, lo, these from the north and from the west; and these from the land of Sinim. -- isaiah 49:12 +. +Sing, O heavens; and be joyful, O earth; and break forth into singing, O mountains: for the LORD hath comforted his people, and will have mercy upon his afflicted. -- isaiah 49:13 +. +But Zion said, The LORD hath forsaken me, and my Lord hath forgotten me. -- isaiah 49:14 +. +Can a woman forget her sucking child, that she should not have compassion on the son of her womb? yea, they may forget, yet will I not forget thee. -- isaiah 49:15 +. +Behold, I have graven thee upon the palms of my hands; thy walls are continually before me. -- isaiah 49:16 +. +Thy children shall make haste; thy destroyers and they that made thee waste shall go forth of thee. -- isaiah 49:17 +. +Lift up thine eyes round about, and behold: all these gather themselves together, and come to thee. As I live, saith the LORD, thou shalt surely clothe thee with them all, as with an ornament, and bind them on thee, as a bride doeth. -- isaiah 49:18 +. +For thy waste and thy desolate places, and the land of thy destruction, shall even now be too narrow by reason of the inhabitants, and they that swallowed thee up shall be far away. -- isaiah 49:19 +. +The children which thou shalt have, after thou hast lost the other, shall say again in thine ears, The place is too strait for me: give place to me that I may dwell. -- isaiah 49:20 +. +Then shalt thou say in thine heart, Who hath begotten me these, seeing I have lost my children, and am desolate, a captive, and removing to and fro? and who hath brought up these? Behold, I was left alone; these, where had they been? -- isaiah 49:21 +. +Thus saith the Lord GOD, Behold, I will lift up mine hand to the Gentiles, and set up my standard to the people: and they shall bring thy sons in their arms, and thy daughters shall be carried upon their shoulders. -- isaiah 49:22 +. +And kings shall be thy nursing fathers, and their queens thy nursing mothers: they shall bow down to thee with their face toward the earth, and lick up the dust of thy feet; and thou shalt know that I am the LORD: for they shall not be ashamed that wait for me. -- isaiah 49:23 +. +Shall the prey be taken from the mighty, or the lawful captive delivered? -- isaiah 49:24 +. +But thus saith the LORD, Even the captives of the mighty shall be taken away, and the prey of the terrible shall be delivered: for I will contend with him that contendeth with thee, and I will save thy children. -- isaiah 49:25 +. +And I will feed them that oppress thee with their own flesh; and they shall be drunken with their own blood, as with sweet wine: and all flesh shall know that I the LORD am thy Saviour and thy Redeemer, the mighty One of Jacob. -- isaiah 49:26 +. +Thus saith the LORD, Where is the bill of your mother's divorcement, whom I have put away? or which of my creditors is it to whom I have sold you? Behold, for your iniquities have ye sold yourselves, and for your transgressions is your mother put away. -- isaiah 50:1 +. +Wherefore, when I came, was there no man? when I called, was there none to answer? Is my hand shortened at all, that it cannot redeem? or have I no power to deliver? behold, at my rebuke I dry up the sea, I make the rivers a wilderness: their fish stinketh, because there is no water, and dieth for thirst. -- isaiah 50:2 +. +I clothe the heavens with blackness, and I make sackcloth their covering. -- isaiah 50:3 +. +The Lord GOD hath given me the tongue of the learned, that I should know how to speak a word in season to him that is weary: he wakeneth morning by morning, he wakeneth mine ear to hear as the learned. -- isaiah 50:4 +. +The Lord GOD hath opened mine ear, and I was not rebellious, neither turned away back. -- isaiah 50:5 +. +I gave my back to the smiters, and my cheeks to them that plucked off the hair: I hid not my face from shame and spitting. -- isaiah 50:6 +. +For the Lord GOD will help me; therefore shall I not be confounded: therefore have I set my face like a flint, and I know that I shall not be ashamed. -- isaiah 50:7 +. +He is near that justifieth me; who will contend with me? let us stand together: who is mine adversary? let him come near to me. -- isaiah 50:8 +. +Behold, the Lord GOD will help me; who is he that shall condemn me? lo, they all shall wax old as a garment; the moth shall eat them up. -- isaiah 50:9 +. +Who is among you that feareth the LORD, that obeyeth the voice of his servant, that walketh in darkness, and hath no light? let him trust in the name of the LORD, and stay upon his God. -- isaiah 50:10 +. +Behold, all ye that kindle a fire, that compass yourselves about with sparks: walk in the light of your fire, and in the sparks that ye have kindled. This shall ye have of mine hand; ye shall lie down in sorrow. -- isaiah 50:11 +. +Hearken to me, ye that follow after righteousness, ye that seek the LORD: look unto the rock whence ye are hewn, and to the hole of the pit whence ye are digged. -- isaiah 51:1 +. +Look unto Abraham your father, and unto Sarah that bare you: for I called him alone, and blessed him, and increased him. -- isaiah 51:2 +. +For the LORD shall comfort Zion: he will comfort all her waste places; and he will make her wilderness like Eden, and her desert like the garden of the LORD; joy and gladness shall be found therein, thanksgiving, and the voice of melody. -- isaiah 51:3 +. +Hearken unto me, my people; and give ear unto me, O my nation: for a law shall proceed from me, and I will make my judgment to rest for a light of the people. -- isaiah 51:4 +. +My righteousness is near; my salvation is gone forth, and mine arms shall judge the people; the isles shall wait upon me, and on mine arm shall they trust. -- isaiah 51:5 +. +Lift up your eyes to the heavens, and look upon the earth beneath: for the heavens shall vanish away like smoke, and the earth shall wax old like a garment, and they that dwell therein shall die in like manner: but my salvation shall be for ever, and my righteousness shall not be abolished. -- isaiah 51:6 +. +Hearken unto me, ye that know righteousness, the people in whose heart is my law; fear ye not the reproach of men, neither be ye afraid of their revilings. -- isaiah 51:7 +. +For the moth shall eat them up like a garment, and the worm shall eat them like wool: but my righteousness shall be for ever, and my salvation from generation to generation. -- isaiah 51:8 +. +Awake, awake, put on strength, O arm of the LORD; awake, as in the ancient days, in the generations of old. Art thou not it that hath cut Rahab, and wounded the dragon? -- isaiah 51:9 +. +Art thou not it which hath dried the sea, the waters of the great deep; that hath made the depths of the sea a way for the ransomed to pass over? -- isaiah 51:10 +. +Therefore the redeemed of the LORD shall return, and come with singing unto Zion; and everlasting joy shall be upon their head: they shall obtain gladness and joy; and sorrow and mourning shall flee away. -- isaiah 51:11 +. +I, even I, am he that comforteth you: who art thou, that thou shouldest be afraid of a man that shall die, and of the son of man which shall be made as grass; -- isaiah 51:12 +. +And forgettest the LORD thy maker, that hath stretched forth the heavens, and laid the foundations of the earth; and hast feared continually every day because of the fury of the oppressor, as if he were ready to destroy? and where is the fury of the oppressor? -- isaiah 51:13 +. +The captive exile hasteneth that he may be loosed, and that he should not die in the pit, nor that his bread should fail. -- isaiah 51:14 +. +But I am the LORD thy God, that divided the sea, whose waves roared: The LORD of hosts is his name. -- isaiah 51:15 +. +And I have put my words in thy mouth, and I have covered thee in the shadow of mine hand, that I may plant the heavens, and lay the foundations of the earth, and say unto Zion, Thou art my people. -- isaiah 51:16 +. +Awake, awake, stand up, O Jerusalem, which hast drunk at the hand of the LORD the cup of his fury; thou hast drunken the dregs of the cup of trembling, and wrung them out. -- isaiah 51:17 +. +There is none to guide her among all the sons whom she hath brought forth; neither is there any that taketh her by the hand of all the sons that she hath brought up. -- isaiah 51:18 +. +These two things are come unto thee; who shall be sorry for thee? desolation, and destruction, and the famine, and the sword: by whom shall I comfort thee? -- isaiah 51:19 +. +Thy sons have fainted, they lie at the head of all the streets, as a wild bull in a net: they are full of the fury of the LORD, the rebuke of thy God. -- isaiah 51:20 +. +Therefore hear now this, thou afflicted, and drunken, but not with wine: -- isaiah 51:21 +. +Thus saith thy Lord the LORD, and thy God that pleadeth the cause of his people, Behold, I have taken out of thine hand the cup of trembling, even the dregs of the cup of my fury; thou shalt no more drink it again: -- isaiah 51:22 +. +But I will put it into the hand of them that afflict thee; which have said to thy soul, Bow down, that we may go over: and thou hast laid thy body as the ground, and as the street, to them that went over. -- isaiah 51:23 +. +Awake, awake; put on thy strength, O Zion; put on thy beautiful garments, O Jerusalem, the holy city: for henceforth there shall no more come into thee the uncircumcised and the unclean. -- isaiah 52:1 +. +Shake thyself from the dust; arise, and sit down, O Jerusalem: loose thyself from the bands of thy neck, O captive daughter of Zion. -- isaiah 52:2 +. +For thus saith the LORD, Ye have sold yourselves for nought; and ye shall be redeemed without money. -- isaiah 52:3 +. +For thus saith the Lord GOD, My people went down aforetime into Egypt to sojourn there; and the Assyrian oppressed them without cause. -- isaiah 52:4 +. +Now therefore, what have I here, saith the LORD, that my people is taken away for nought? they that rule over them make them to howl, saith the LORD; and my name continually every day is blasphemed. -- isaiah 52:5 +. +Therefore my people shall know my name: therefore they shall know in that day that I am he that doth speak: behold, it is I. -- isaiah 52:6 +. +How beautiful upon the mountains are the feet of him that bringeth good tidings, that publisheth peace; that bringeth good tidings of good, that publisheth salvation; that saith unto Zion, Thy God reigneth! -- isaiah 52:7 +. +Thy watchmen shall lift up the voice; with the voice together shall they sing: for they shall see eye to eye, when the LORD shall bring again Zion. -- isaiah 52:8 +. +Break forth into joy, sing together, ye waste places of Jerusalem: for the LORD hath comforted his people, he hath redeemed Jerusalem. -- isaiah 52:9 +. +The LORD hath made bare his holy arm in the eyes of all the nations; and all the ends of the earth shall see the salvation of our God. -- isaiah 52:10 +. +Depart ye, depart ye, go ye out from thence, touch no unclean thing; go ye out of the midst of her; be ye clean, that bear the vessels of the LORD. -- isaiah 52:11 +. +For ye shall not go out with haste, nor go by flight: for the LORD will go before you; and the God of Israel will be your rereward. -- isaiah 52:12 +. +Behold, my servant shall deal prudently, he shall be exalted and extolled, and be very high. -- isaiah 52:13 +. +As many were astonied at thee; his visage was so marred more than any man, and his form more than the sons of men: -- isaiah 52:14 +. +So shall he sprinkle many nations; the kings shall shut their mouths at him: for that which had not been told them shall they see; and that which they had not heard shall they consider. -- isaiah 52:15 +. +Who hath believed our report? and to whom is the arm of the LORD revealed? -- isaiah 53:1 +. +For he shall grow up before him as a tender plant, and as a root out of a dry ground: he hath no form nor comeliness; and when we shall see him, there is no beauty that we should desire him. -- isaiah 53:2 +. +He is despised and rejected of men; a man of sorrows, and acquainted with grief: and we hid as it were our faces from him; he was despised, and we esteemed him not. -- isaiah 53:3 +. +Surely he hath borne our griefs, and carried our sorrows: yet we did esteem him stricken, smitten of God, and afflicted. -- isaiah 53:4 +. +But he was wounded for our transgressions, he was bruised for our iniquities: the chastisement of our peace was upon him; and with his stripes we are healed. -- isaiah 53:5 +. +All we like sheep have gone astray; we have turned every one to his own way; and the LORD hath laid on him the iniquity of us all. -- isaiah 53:6 +. +He was oppressed, and he was afflicted, yet he opened not his mouth: he is brought as a lamb to the slaughter, and as a sheep before her shearers is dumb, so he openeth not his mouth. -- isaiah 53:7 +. +He was taken from prison and from judgment: and who shall declare his generation? for he was cut off out of the land of the living: for the transgression of my people was he stricken. -- isaiah 53:8 +. +And he made his grave with the wicked, and with the rich in his death; because he had done no violence, neither was any deceit in his mouth. -- isaiah 53:9 +. +Yet it pleased the LORD to bruise him; he hath put him to grief: when thou shalt make his soul an offering for sin, he shall see his seed, he shall prolong his days, and the pleasure of the LORD shall prosper in his hand. -- isaiah 53:10 +. +He shall see of the travail of his soul, and shall be satisfied: by his knowledge shall my righteous servant justify many; for he shall bear their iniquities. -- isaiah 53:11 +. +Therefore will I divide him a portion with the great, and he shall divide the spoil with the strong; because he hath poured out his soul unto death: and he was numbered with the transgressors; and he bare the sin of many, and made intercession for the transgressors. -- isaiah 53:12 +. +Sing, O barren, thou that didst not bear; break forth into singing, and cry aloud, thou that didst not travail with child: for more are the children of the desolate than the children of the married wife, saith the LORD. -- isaiah 54:1 +. +Enlarge the place of thy tent, and let them stretch forth the curtains of thine habitations: spare not, lengthen thy cords, and strengthen thy stakes; -- isaiah 54:2 +. +For thou shalt break forth on the right hand and on the left; and thy seed shall inherit the Gentiles, and make the desolate cities to be inhabited. -- isaiah 54:3 +. +Fear not; for thou shalt not be ashamed: neither be thou confounded; for thou shalt not be put to shame: for thou shalt forget the shame of thy youth, and shalt not remember the reproach of thy widowhood any more. -- isaiah 54:4 +. +For thy Maker is thine husband; the LORD of hosts is his name; and thy Redeemer the Holy One of Israel; The God of the whole earth shall he be called. -- isaiah 54:5 +. +For the LORD hath called thee as a woman forsaken and grieved in spirit, and a wife of youth, when thou wast refused, saith thy God. -- isaiah 54:6 +. +For a small moment have I forsaken thee; but with great mercies will I gather thee. -- isaiah 54:7 +. +In a little wrath I hid my face from thee for a moment; but with everlasting kindness will I have mercy on thee, saith the LORD thy Redeemer. -- isaiah 54:8 +. +For this is as the waters of Noah unto me: for as I have sworn that the waters of Noah should no more go over the earth; so have I sworn that I would not be wroth with thee, nor rebuke thee. -- isaiah 54:9 +. +For the mountains shall depart, and the hills be removed; but my kindness shall not depart from thee, neither shall the covenant of my peace be removed, saith the LORD that hath mercy on thee. -- isaiah 54:10 +. +O thou afflicted, tossed with tempest, and not comforted, behold, I will lay thy stones with fair colours, and lay thy foundations with sapphires. -- isaiah 54:11 +. +And I will make thy windows of agates, and thy gates of carbuncles, and all thy borders of pleasant stones. -- isaiah 54:12 +. +And all thy children shall be taught of the LORD; and great shall be the peace of thy children. -- isaiah 54:13 +. +In righteousness shalt thou be established: thou shalt be far from oppression; for thou shalt not fear: and from terror; for it shall not come near thee. -- isaiah 54:14 +. +Behold, they shall surely gather together, but not by me: whosoever shall gather together against thee shall fall for thy sake. -- isaiah 54:15 +. +Behold, I have created the smith that bloweth the coals in the fire, and that bringeth forth an instrument for his work; and I have created the waster to destroy. -- isaiah 54:16 +. +No weapon that is formed against thee shall prosper; and every tongue that shall rise against thee in judgment thou shalt condemn. This is the heritage of the servants of the LORD, and their righteousness is of me, saith the LORD. -- isaiah 54:17 +. +Ho, every one that thirsteth, come ye to the waters, and he that hath no money; come ye, buy, and eat; yea, come, buy wine and milk without money and without price. -- isaiah 55:1 +. +Wherefore do ye spend money for that which is not bread? and your labour for that which satisfieth not? hearken diligently unto me, and eat ye that which is good, and let your soul delight itself in fatness. -- isaiah 55:2 +. +Incline your ear, and come unto me: hear, and your soul shall live; and I will make an everlasting covenant with you, even the sure mercies of David. -- isaiah 55:3 +. +Behold, I have given him for a witness to the people, a leader and commander to the people. -- isaiah 55:4 +. +Behold, thou shalt call a nation that thou knowest not, and nations that knew not thee shall run unto thee because of the LORD thy God, and for the Holy One of Israel; for he hath glorified thee. -- isaiah 55:5 +. +Seek ye the LORD while he may be found, call ye upon him while he is near: -- isaiah 55:6 +. +Let the wicked forsake his way, and the unrighteous man his thoughts: and let him return unto the LORD, and he will have mercy upon him; and to our God, for he will abundantly pardon. -- isaiah 55:7 +. +For my thoughts are not your thoughts, neither are your ways my ways, saith the LORD. -- isaiah 55:8 +. +For as the heavens are higher than the earth, so are my ways higher than your ways, and my thoughts than your thoughts. -- isaiah 55:9 +. +For as the rain cometh down, and the snow from heaven, and returneth not thither, but watereth the earth, and maketh it bring forth and bud, that it may give seed to the sower, and bread to the eater: -- isaiah 55:10 +. +So shall my word be that goeth forth out of my mouth: it shall not return unto me void, but it shall accomplish that which I please, and it shall prosper in the thing whereto I sent it. -- isaiah 55:11 +. +For ye shall go out with joy, and be led forth with peace: the mountains and the hills shall break forth before you into singing, and all the trees of the field shall clap their hands. -- isaiah 55:12 +. +Instead of the thorn shall come up the fir tree, and instead of the brier shall come up the myrtle tree: and it shall be to the LORD for a name, for an everlasting sign that shall not be cut off. -- isaiah 55:13 +. +Thus saith the LORD, Keep ye judgment, and do justice: for my salvation is near to come, and my righteousness to be revealed. -- isaiah 56:1 +. +Blessed is the man that doeth this, and the son of man that layeth hold on it; that keepeth the sabbath from polluting it, and keepeth his hand from doing any evil. -- isaiah 56:2 +. +Neither let the son of the stranger, that hath joined himself to the LORD, speak, saying, The LORD hath utterly separated me from his people: neither let the eunuch say, Behold, I am a dry tree. -- isaiah 56:3 +. +For thus saith the LORD unto the eunuchs that keep my sabbaths, and choose the things that please me, and take hold of my covenant; -- isaiah 56:4 +. +Even unto them will I give in mine house and within my walls a place and a name better than of sons and of daughters: I will give them an everlasting name, that shall not be cut off. -- isaiah 56:5 +. +Also the sons of the stranger, that join themselves to the LORD, to serve him, and to love the name of the LORD, to be his servants, every one that keepeth the sabbath from polluting it, and taketh hold of my covenant; -- isaiah 56:6 +. +Even them will I bring to my holy mountain, and make them joyful in my house of prayer: their burnt offerings and their sacrifices shall be accepted upon mine altar; for mine house shall be called an house of prayer for all people. -- isaiah 56:7 +. +The Lord GOD, which gathereth the outcasts of Israel saith, Yet will I gather others to him, beside those that are gathered unto him. -- isaiah 56:8 +. +All ye beasts of the field, come to devour, yea, all ye beasts in the forest. -- isaiah 56:9 +. +His watchmen are blind: they are all ignorant, they are all dumb dogs, they cannot bark; sleeping, lying down, loving to slumber. -- isaiah 56:10 +. +Yea, they are greedy dogs which can never have enough, and they are shepherds that cannot understand: they all look to their own way, every one for his gain, from his quarter. -- isaiah 56:11 +. +Come ye, say they, I will fetch wine, and we will fill ourselves with strong drink; and to morrow shall be as this day, and much more abundant. -- isaiah 56:12 +. +The righteous perisheth, and no man layeth it to heart: and merciful men are taken away, none considering that the righteous is taken away from the evil to come. -- isaiah 57:1 +. +He shall enter into peace: they shall rest in their beds, each one walking in his uprightness. -- isaiah 57:2 +. +But draw near hither, ye sons of the sorceress, the seed of the adulterer and the whore. -- isaiah 57:3 +. +Against whom do ye sport yourselves? against whom make ye a wide mouth, and draw out the tongue? are ye not children of transgression, a seed of falsehood. -- isaiah 57:4 +. +Enflaming yourselves with idols under every green tree, slaying the children in the valleys under the clifts of the rocks? -- isaiah 57:5 +. +Among the smooth stones of the stream is thy portion; they, they are thy lot: even to them hast thou poured a drink offering, thou hast offered a meat offering. Should I receive comfort in these? -- isaiah 57:6 +. +Upon a lofty and high mountain hast thou set thy bed: even thither wentest thou up to offer sacrifice. -- isaiah 57:7 +. +Behind the doors also and the posts hast thou set up thy remembrance: for thou hast discovered thyself to another than me, and art gone up; thou hast enlarged thy bed, and made thee a covenant with them; thou lovedst their bed where thou sawest it. -- isaiah 57:8 +. +And thou wentest to the king with ointment, and didst increase thy perfumes, and didst send thy messengers far off, and didst debase thyself even unto hell. -- isaiah 57:9 +. +Thou art wearied in the greatness of thy way; yet saidst thou not, There is no hope: thou hast found the life of thine hand; therefore thou wast not grieved. -- isaiah 57:10 +. +And of whom hast thou been afraid or feared, that thou hast lied, and hast not remembered me, nor laid it to thy heart? have not I held my peace even of old, and thou fearest me not? -- isaiah 57:11 +. +I will declare thy righteousness, and thy works; for they shall not profit thee. -- isaiah 57:12 +. +When thou criest, let thy companies deliver thee; but the wind shall carry them all away; vanity shall take them: but he that putteth his trust in me shall possess the land, and shall inherit my holy mountain; -- isaiah 57:13 +. +And shall say, Cast ye up, cast ye up, prepare the way, take up the stumblingblock out of the way of my people. -- isaiah 57:14 +. +For thus saith the high and lofty One that inhabiteth eternity, whose name is Holy; I dwell in the high and holy place, with him also that is of a contrite and humble spirit, to revive the spirit of the humble, and to revive the heart of the contrite ones. -- isaiah 57:15 +. +For I will not contend for ever, neither will I be always wroth: for the spirit should fail before me, and the souls which I have made. -- isaiah 57:16 +. +For the iniquity of his covetousness was I wroth, and smote him: I hid me, and was wroth, and he went on frowardly in the way of his heart. -- isaiah 57:17 +. +I have seen his ways, and will heal him: I will lead him also, and restore comforts unto him and to his mourners. -- isaiah 57:18 +. +I create the fruit of the lips; Peace, peace to him that is far off, and to him that is near, saith the LORD; and I will heal him. -- isaiah 57:19 +. +But the wicked are like the troubled sea, when it cannot rest, whose waters cast up mire and dirt. -- isaiah 57:20 +. +There is no peace, saith my God, to the wicked. -- isaiah 57:21 +. +Cry aloud, spare not, lift up thy voice like a trumpet, and shew my people their transgression, and the house of Jacob their sins. -- isaiah 58:1 +. +Yet they seek me daily, and delight to know my ways, as a nation that did righteousness, and forsook not the ordinance of their God: they ask of me the ordinances of justice; they take delight in approaching to God. -- isaiah 58:2 +. +Wherefore have we fasted, say they, and thou seest not? wherefore have we afflicted our soul, and thou takest no knowledge? Behold, in the day of your fast ye find pleasure, and exact all your labours. -- isaiah 58:3 +. +Behold, ye fast for strife and debate, and to smite with the fist of wickedness: ye shall not fast as ye do this day, to make your voice to be heard on high. -- isaiah 58:4 +. +Is it such a fast that I have chosen? a day for a man to afflict his soul? is it to bow down his head as a bulrush, and to spread sackcloth and ashes under him? wilt thou call this a fast, and an acceptable day to the LORD? -- isaiah 58:5 +. +Is not this the fast that I have chosen? to loose the bands of wickedness, to undo the heavy burdens, and to let the oppressed go free, and that ye break every yoke? -- isaiah 58:6 +. +Is it not to deal thy bread to the hungry, and that thou bring the poor that are cast out to thy house? when thou seest the naked, that thou cover him; and that thou hide not thyself from thine own flesh? -- isaiah 58:7 +. +Then shall thy light break forth as the morning, and thine health shall spring forth speedily: and thy righteousness shall go before thee; the glory of the LORD shall be thy rereward. -- isaiah 58:8 +. +Then shalt thou call, and the LORD shall answer; thou shalt cry, and he shall say, Here I am. If thou take away from the midst of thee the yoke, the putting forth of the finger, and speaking vanity; -- isaiah 58:9 +. +And if thou draw out thy soul to the hungry, and satisfy the afflicted soul; then shall thy light rise in obscurity, and thy darkness be as the noon day: -- isaiah 58:10 +. +And the LORD shall guide thee continually, and satisfy thy soul in drought, and make fat thy bones: and thou shalt be like a watered garden, and like a spring of water, whose waters fail not. -- isaiah 58:11 +. +And they that shall be of thee shall build the old waste places: thou shalt raise up the foundations of many generations; and thou shalt be called, The repairer of the breach, The restorer of paths to dwell in. -- isaiah 58:12 +. +If thou turn away thy foot from the sabbath, from doing thy pleasure on my holy day; and call the sabbath a delight, the holy of the LORD, honourable; and shalt honour him, not doing thine own ways, nor finding thine own pleasure, nor speaking thine own words: -- isaiah 58:13 +. +Then shalt thou delight thyself in the LORD; and I will cause thee to ride upon the high places of the earth, and feed thee with the heritage of Jacob thy father: for the mouth of the LORD hath spoken it. -- isaiah 58:14 +. +Behold, the LORD's hand is not shortened, that it cannot save; neither his ear heavy, that it cannot hear: -- isaiah 59:1 +. +But your iniquities have separated between you and your God, and your sins have hid his face from you, that he will not hear. -- isaiah 59:2 +. +For your hands are defiled with blood, and your fingers with iniquity; your lips have spoken lies, your tongue hath muttered perverseness. -- isaiah 59:3 +. +None calleth for justice, nor any pleadeth for truth: they trust in vanity, and speak lies; they conceive mischief, and bring forth iniquity. -- isaiah 59:4 +. +They hatch cockatrice' eggs, and weave the spider's web: he that eateth of their eggs dieth, and that which is crushed breaketh out into a viper. -- isaiah 59:5 +. +Their webs shall not become garments, neither shall they cover themselves with their works: their works are works of iniquity, and the act of violence is in their hands. -- isaiah 59:6 +. +Their feet run to evil, and they make haste to shed innocent blood: their thoughts are thoughts of iniquity; wasting and destruction are in their paths. -- isaiah 59:7 +. +The way of peace they know not; and there is no judgment in their goings: they have made them crooked paths: whosoever goeth therein shall not know peace. -- isaiah 59:8 +. +Therefore is judgment far from us, neither doth justice overtake us: we wait for light, but behold obscurity; for brightness, but we walk in darkness. -- isaiah 59:9 +. +We grope for the wall like the blind, and we grope as if we had no eyes: we stumble at noon day as in the night; we are in desolate places as dead men. -- isaiah 59:10 +. +We roar all like bears, and mourn sore like doves: we look for judgment, but there is none; for salvation, but it is far off from us. -- isaiah 59:11 +. +For our transgressions are multiplied before thee, and our sins testify against us: for our transgressions are with us; and as for our iniquities, we know them; -- isaiah 59:12 +. +In transgressing and lying against the LORD, and departing away from our God, speaking oppression and revolt, conceiving and uttering from the heart words of falsehood. -- isaiah 59:13 +. +And judgment is turned away backward, and justice standeth afar off: for truth is fallen in the street, and equity cannot enter. -- isaiah 59:14 +. +Yea, truth faileth; and he that departeth from evil maketh himself a prey: and the LORD saw it, and it displeased him that there was no judgment. -- isaiah 59:15 +. +And he saw that there was no man, and wondered that there was no intercessor: therefore his arm brought salvation unto him; and his righteousness, it sustained him. -- isaiah 59:16 +. +For he put on righteousness as a breastplate, and an helmet of salvation upon his head; and he put on the garments of vengeance for clothing, and was clad with zeal as a cloak. -- isaiah 59:17 +. +According to their deeds, accordingly he will repay, fury to his adversaries, recompence to his enemies; to the islands he will repay recompence. -- isaiah 59:18 +. +So shall they fear the name of the LORD from the west, and his glory from the rising of the sun. When the enemy shall come in like a flood, the Spirit of the LORD shall lift up a standard against him. -- isaiah 59:19 +. +And the Redeemer shall come to Zion, and unto them that turn from transgression in Jacob, saith the LORD. -- isaiah 59:20 +. +As for me, this is my covenant with them, saith the LORD; My spirit that is upon thee, and my words which I have put in thy mouth, shall not depart out of thy mouth, nor out of the mouth of thy seed, nor out of the mouth of thy seed's seed, saith the LORD, from henceforth and for ever. -- isaiah 59:21 +. +Arise, shine; for thy light is come, and the glory of the LORD is risen upon thee. -- isaiah 60:1 +. +For, behold, the darkness shall cover the earth, and gross darkness the people: but the LORD shall arise upon thee, and his glory shall be seen upon thee. -- isaiah 60:2 +. +And the Gentiles shall come to thy light, and kings to the brightness of thy rising. -- isaiah 60:3 +. +Lift up thine eyes round about, and see: all they gather themselves together, they come to thee: thy sons shall come from far, and thy daughters shall be nursed at thy side. -- isaiah 60:4 +. +Then thou shalt see, and flow together, and thine heart shall fear, and be enlarged; because the abundance of the sea shall be converted unto thee, the forces of the Gentiles shall come unto thee. -- isaiah 60:5 +. +The multitude of camels shall cover thee, the dromedaries of Midian and Ephah; all they from Sheba shall come: they shall bring gold and incense; and they shall shew forth the praises of the LORD. -- isaiah 60:6 +. +All the flocks of Kedar shall be gathered together unto thee, the rams of Nebaioth shall minister unto thee: they shall come up with acceptance on mine altar, and I will glorify the house of my glory. -- isaiah 60:7 +. +Who are these that fly as a cloud, and as the doves to their windows? -- isaiah 60:8 +. +Surely the isles shall wait for me, and the ships of Tarshish first, to bring thy sons from far, their silver and their gold with them, unto the name of the LORD thy God, and to the Holy One of Israel, because he hath glorified thee. -- isaiah 60:9 +. +And the sons of strangers shall build up thy walls, and their kings shall minister unto thee: for in my wrath I smote thee, but in my favour have I had mercy on thee. -- isaiah 60:10 +. +Therefore thy gates shall be open continually; they shall not be shut day nor night; that men may bring unto thee the forces of the Gentiles, and that their kings may be brought. -- isaiah 60:11 +. +For the nation and kingdom that will not serve thee shall perish; yea, those nations shall be utterly wasted. -- isaiah 60:12 +. +The glory of Lebanon shall come unto thee, the fir tree, the pine tree, and the box together, to beautify the place of my sanctuary; and I will make the place of my feet glorious. -- isaiah 60:13 +. +The sons also of them that afflicted thee shall come bending unto thee; and all they that despised thee shall bow themselves down at the soles of thy feet; and they shall call thee; The city of the LORD, The Zion of the Holy One of Israel. -- isaiah 60:14 +. +Whereas thou has been forsaken and hated, so that no man went through thee, I will make thee an eternal excellency, a joy of many generations. -- isaiah 60:15 +. +Thou shalt also suck the milk of the Gentiles, and shalt suck the breast of kings: and thou shalt know that I the LORD am thy Saviour and thy Redeemer, the mighty One of Jacob. -- isaiah 60:16 +. +For brass I will bring gold, and for iron I will bring silver, and for wood brass, and for stones iron: I will also make thy officers peace, and thine exactors righteousness. -- isaiah 60:17 +. +Violence shall no more be heard in thy land, wasting nor destruction within thy borders; but thou shalt call thy walls Salvation, and thy gates Praise. -- isaiah 60:18 +. +The sun shall be no more thy light by day; neither for brightness shall the moon give light unto thee: but the LORD shall be unto thee an everlasting light, and thy God thy glory. -- isaiah 60:19 +. +Thy sun shall no more go down; neither shall thy moon withdraw itself: for the LORD shall be thine everlasting light, and the days of thy mourning shall be ended. -- isaiah 60:20 +. +Thy people also shall be all righteous: they shall inherit the land for ever, the branch of my planting, the work of my hands, that I may be glorified. -- isaiah 60:21 +. +A little one shall become a thousand, and a small one a strong nation: I the LORD will hasten it in his time. -- isaiah 60:22 +. +The Spirit of the Lord GOD is upon me; because the LORD hath anointed me to preach good tidings unto the meek; he hath sent me to bind up the brokenhearted, to proclaim liberty to the captives, and the opening of the prison to them that are bound; -- isaiah 61:1 +. +To proclaim the acceptable year of the LORD, and the day of vengeance of our God; to comfort all that mourn; -- isaiah 61:2 +. +To appoint unto them that mourn in Zion, to give unto them beauty for ashes, the oil of joy for mourning, the garment of praise for the spirit of heaviness; that they might be called trees of righteousness, the planting of the LORD, that he might be glorified. -- isaiah 61:3 +. +And they shall build the old wastes, they shall raise up the former desolations, and they shall repair the waste cities, the desolations of many generations. -- isaiah 61:4 +. +And strangers shall stand and feed your flocks, and the sons of the alien shall be your plowmen and your vinedressers. -- isaiah 61:5 +. +But ye shall be named the Priests of the LORD: men shall call you the Ministers of our God: ye shall eat the riches of the Gentiles, and in their glory shall ye boast yourselves. -- isaiah 61:6 +. +For your shame ye shall have double; and for confusion they shall rejoice in their portion: therefore in their land they shall possess the double: everlasting joy shall be unto them. -- isaiah 61:7 +. +For I the LORD love judgment, I hate robbery for burnt offering; and I will direct their work in truth, and I will make an everlasting covenant with them. -- isaiah 61:8 +. +And their seed shall be known among the Gentiles, and their offspring among the people: all that see them shall acknowledge them, that they are the seed which the LORD hath blessed. -- isaiah 61:9 +. +I will greatly rejoice in the LORD, my soul shall be joyful in my God; for he hath clothed me with the garments of salvation, he hath covered me with the robe of righteousness, as a bridegroom decketh himself with ornaments, and as a bride adorneth herself with her jewels. -- isaiah 61:10 +. +For as the earth bringeth forth her bud, and as the garden causeth the things that are sown in it to spring forth; so the Lord GOD will cause righteousness and praise to spring forth before all the nations. -- isaiah 61:11 +. +For Zion's sake will I not hold my peace, and for Jerusalem's sake I will not rest, until the righteousness thereof go forth as brightness, and the salvation thereof as a lamp that burneth. -- isaiah 62:1 +. +And the Gentiles shall see thy righteousness, and all kings thy glory: and thou shalt be called by a new name, which the mouth of the LORD shall name. -- isaiah 62:2 +. +Thou shalt also be a crown of glory in the hand of the LORD, and a royal diadem in the hand of thy God. -- isaiah 62:3 +. +Thou shalt no more be termed Forsaken; neither shall thy land any more be termed Desolate: but thou shalt be called Hephzibah, and thy land Beulah: for the LORD delighteth in thee, and thy land shall be married. -- isaiah 62:4 +. +For as a young man marrieth a virgin, so shall thy sons marry thee: and as the bridegroom rejoiceth over the bride, so shall thy God rejoice over thee. -- isaiah 62:5 +. +I have set watchmen upon thy walls, O Jerusalem, which shall never hold their peace day nor night: ye that make mention of the LORD, keep not silence, -- isaiah 62:6 +. +And give him no rest, till he establish, and till he make Jerusalem a praise in the earth. -- isaiah 62:7 +. +The LORD hath sworn by his right hand, and by the arm of his strength, Surely I will no more give thy corn to be meat for thine enemies; and the sons of the stranger shall not drink thy wine, for the which thou hast laboured: -- isaiah 62:8 +. +But they that have gathered it shall eat it, and praise the LORD; and they that have brought it together shall drink it in the courts of my holiness. -- isaiah 62:9 +. +Go through, go through the gates; prepare ye the way of the people; cast up, cast up the highway; gather out the stones; lift up a standard for the people. -- isaiah 62:10 +. +Behold, the LORD hath proclaimed unto the end of the world, Say ye to the daughter of Zion, Behold, thy salvation cometh; behold, his reward is with him, and his work before him. -- isaiah 62:11 +. +And they shall call them, The holy people, The redeemed of the LORD: and thou shalt be called, Sought out, A city not forsaken. -- isaiah 62:12 +. +Who is this that cometh from Edom, with dyed garments from Bozrah? this that is glorious in his apparel, travelling in the greatness of his strength? I that speak in righteousness, mighty to save. -- isaiah 63:1 +. +Wherefore art thou red in thine apparel, and thy garments like him that treadeth in the winefat? -- isaiah 63:2 +. +I have trodden the winepress alone; and of the people there was none with me: for I will tread them in mine anger, and trample them in my fury; and their blood shall be sprinkled upon my garments, and I will stain all my raiment. -- isaiah 63:3 +. +For the day of vengeance is in mine heart, and the year of my redeemed is come. -- isaiah 63:4 +. +And I looked, and there was none to help; and I wondered that there was none to uphold: therefore mine own arm brought salvation unto me; and my fury, it upheld me. -- isaiah 63:5 +. +And I will tread down the people in mine anger, and make them drunk in my fury, and I will bring down their strength to the earth. -- isaiah 63:6 +. +I will mention the lovingkindnesses of the LORD, and the praises of the LORD, according to all that the LORD hath bestowed on us, and the great goodness toward the house of Israel, which he hath bestowed on them according to his mercies, and according to the multitude of his lovingkindnesses. -- isaiah 63:7 +. +For he said, Surely they are my people, children that will not lie: so he was their Saviour. -- isaiah 63:8 +. +In all their affliction he was afflicted, and the angel of his presence saved them: in his love and in his pity he redeemed them; and he bare them, and carried them all the days of old. -- isaiah 63:9 +. +But they rebelled, and vexed his holy Spirit: therefore he was turned to be their enemy, and he fought against them. -- isaiah 63:10 +. +Then he remembered the days of old, Moses, and his people, saying, Where is he that brought them up out of the sea with the shepherd of his flock? where is he that put his holy Spirit within him? -- isaiah 63:11 +. +That led them by the right hand of Moses with his glorious arm, dividing the water before them, to make himself an everlasting name? -- isaiah 63:12 +. +That led them through the deep, as an horse in the wilderness, that they should not stumble? -- isaiah 63:13 +. +As a beast goeth down into the valley, the Spirit of the LORD caused him to rest: so didst thou lead thy people, to make thyself a glorious name. -- isaiah 63:14 +. +Look down from heaven, and behold from the habitation of thy holiness and of thy glory: where is thy zeal and thy strength, the sounding of thy bowels and of thy mercies toward me? are they restrained? -- isaiah 63:15 +. +Doubtless thou art our father, though Abraham be ignorant of us, and Israel acknowledge us not: thou, O LORD, art our father, our redeemer; thy name is from everlasting. -- isaiah 63:16 +. +O LORD, why hast thou made us to err from thy ways, and hardened our heart from thy fear? Return for thy servants' sake, the tribes of thine inheritance. -- isaiah 63:17 +. +The people of thy holiness have possessed it but a little while: our adversaries have trodden down thy sanctuary. -- isaiah 63:18 +. +We are thine: thou never barest rule over them; they were not called by thy name. -- isaiah 63:19 +. +Oh that thou wouldest rend the heavens, that thou wouldest come down, that the mountains might flow down at thy presence, -- isaiah 64:1 +. +As when the melting fire burneth, the fire causeth the waters to boil, to make thy name known to thine adversaries, that the nations may tremble at thy presence! -- isaiah 64:2 +. +When thou didst terrible things which we looked not for, thou camest down, the mountains flowed down at thy presence. -- isaiah 64:3 +. +For since the beginning of the world men have not heard, nor perceived by the ear, neither hath the eye seen, O God, beside thee, what he hath prepared for him that waiteth for him. -- isaiah 64:4 +. +Thou meetest him that rejoiceth and worketh righteousness, those that remember thee in thy ways: behold, thou art wroth; for we have sinned: in those is continuance, and we shall be saved. -- isaiah 64:5 +. +But we are all as an unclean thing, and all our righteousnesses are as filthy rags; and we all do fade as a leaf; and our iniquities, like the wind, have taken us away. -- isaiah 64:6 +. +And there is none that calleth upon thy name, that stirreth up himself to take hold of thee: for thou hast hid thy face from us, and hast consumed us, because of our iniquities. -- isaiah 64:7 +. +But now, O LORD, thou art our father; we are the clay, and thou our potter; and we all are the work of thy hand. -- isaiah 64:8 +. +Be not wroth very sore, O LORD, neither remember iniquity for ever: behold, see, we beseech thee, we are all thy people. -- isaiah 64:9 +. +Thy holy cities are a wilderness, Zion is a wilderness, Jerusalem a desolation. -- isaiah 64:10 +. +Our holy and our beautiful house, where our fathers praised thee, is burned up with fire: and all our pleasant things are laid waste. -- isaiah 64:11 +. +Wilt thou refrain thyself for these things, O LORD? wilt thou hold thy peace, and afflict us very sore? -- isaiah 64:12 +. +I am sought of them that asked not for me; I am found of them that sought me not: I said, Behold me, behold me, unto a nation that was not called by my name. -- isaiah 65:1 +. +I have spread out my hands all the day unto a rebellious people, which walketh in a way that was not good, after their own thoughts; -- isaiah 65:2 +. +A people that provoketh me to anger continually to my face; that sacrificeth in gardens, and burneth incense upon altars of brick; -- isaiah 65:3 +. +Which remain among the graves, and lodge in the monuments, which eat swine's flesh, and broth of abominable things is in their vessels; -- isaiah 65:4 +. +Which say, Stand by thyself, come not near to me; for I am holier than thou. These are a smoke in my nose, a fire that burneth all the day. -- isaiah 65:5 +. +Behold, it is written before me: I will not keep silence, but will recompense, even recompense into their bosom, -- isaiah 65:6 +. +Your iniquities, and the iniquities of your fathers together, saith the LORD, which have burned incense upon the mountains, and blasphemed me upon the hills: therefore will I measure their former work into their bosom. -- isaiah 65:7 +. +Thus saith the LORD, As the new wine is found in the cluster, and one saith, Destroy it not; for a blessing is in it: so will I do for my servants' sakes, that I may not destroy them all. -- isaiah 65:8 +. +And I will bring forth a seed out of Jacob, and out of Judah an inheritor of my mountains: and mine elect shall inherit it, and my servants shall dwell there. -- isaiah 65:9 +. +And Sharon shall be a fold of flocks, and the valley of Achor a place for the herds to lie down in, for my people that have sought me. -- isaiah 65:10 +. +But ye are they that forsake the LORD, that forget my holy mountain, that prepare a table for that troop, and that furnish the drink offering unto that number. -- isaiah 65:11 +. +Therefore will I number you to the sword, and ye shall all bow down to the slaughter: because when I called, ye did not answer; when I spake, ye did not hear; but did evil before mine eyes, and did choose that wherein I delighted not. -- isaiah 65:12 +. +Therefore thus saith the Lord GOD, Behold, my servants shall eat, but ye shall be hungry: behold, my servants shall drink, but ye shall be thirsty: behold, my servants shall rejoice, but ye shall be ashamed: -- isaiah 65:13 +. +Behold, my servants shall sing for joy of heart, but ye shall cry for sorrow of heart, and shall howl for vexation of spirit. -- isaiah 65:14 +. +And ye shall leave your name for a curse unto my chosen: for the Lord GOD shall slay thee, and call his servants by another name: -- isaiah 65:15 +. +That he who blesseth himself in the earth shall bless himself in the God of truth; and he that sweareth in the earth shall swear by the God of truth; because the former troubles are forgotten, and because they are hid from mine eyes. -- isaiah 65:16 +. +For, behold, I create new heavens and a new earth: and the former shall not be remembered, nor come into mind. -- isaiah 65:17 +. +But be ye glad and rejoice for ever in that which I create: for, behold, I create Jerusalem a rejoicing, and her people a joy. -- isaiah 65:18 +. +And I will rejoice in Jerusalem, and joy in my people: and the voice of weeping shall be no more heard in her, nor the voice of crying. -- isaiah 65:19 +. +There shall be no more thence an infant of days, nor an old man that hath not filled his days: for the child shall die an hundred years old; but the sinner being an hundred years old shall be accursed. -- isaiah 65:20 +. +And they shall build houses, and inhabit them; and they shall plant vineyards, and eat the fruit of them. -- isaiah 65:21 +. +They shall not build, and another inhabit; they shall not plant, and another eat: for as the days of a tree are the days of my people, and mine elect shall long enjoy the work of their hands. -- isaiah 65:22 +. +They shall not labour in vain, nor bring forth for trouble; for they are the seed of the blessed of the LORD, and their offspring with them. -- isaiah 65:23 +. +And it shall come to pass, that before they call, I will answer; and while they are yet speaking, I will hear. -- isaiah 65:24 +. +The wolf and the lamb shall feed together, and the lion shall eat straw like the bullock: and dust shall be the serpent's meat. They shall not hurt nor destroy in all my holy mountain, saith the LORD. -- isaiah 65:25 +. +Thus saith the LORD, The heaven is my throne, and the earth is my footstool: where is the house that ye build unto me? and where is the place of my rest? -- isaiah 66:1 +. +For all those things hath mine hand made, and all those things have been, saith the LORD: but to this man will I look, even to him that is poor and of a contrite spirit, and trembleth at my word. -- isaiah 66:2 +. +He that killeth an ox is as if he slew a man; he that sacrificeth a lamb, as if he cut off a dog's neck; he that offereth an oblation, as if he offered swine's blood; he that burneth incense, as if he blessed an idol. Yea, they have chosen their own ways, and their soul delighteth in their abominations. -- isaiah 66:3 +. +I also will choose their delusions, and will bring their fears upon them; because when I called, none did answer; when I spake, they did not hear: but they did evil before mine eyes, and chose that in which I delighted not. -- isaiah 66:4 +. +Hear the word of the LORD, ye that tremble at his word; Your brethren that hated you, that cast you out for my name's sake, said, Let the LORD be glorified: but he shall appear to your joy, and they shall be ashamed. -- isaiah 66:5 +. +A voice of noise from the city, a voice from the temple, a voice of the LORD that rendereth recompence to his enemies. -- isaiah 66:6 +. +Before she travailed, she brought forth; before her pain came, she was delivered of a man child. -- isaiah 66:7 +. +Who hath heard such a thing? who hath seen such things? Shall the earth be made to bring forth in one day? or shall a nation be born at once? for as soon as Zion travailed, she brought forth her children. -- isaiah 66:8 +. +Shall I bring to the birth, and not cause to bring forth? saith the LORD: shall I cause to bring forth, and shut the womb? saith thy God. -- isaiah 66:9 +. +Rejoice ye with Jerusalem, and be glad with her, all ye that love her: rejoice for joy with her, all ye that mourn for her: -- isaiah 66:10 +. +That ye may suck, and be satisfied with the breasts of her consolations; that ye may milk out, and be delighted with the abundance of her glory. -- isaiah 66:11 +. +For thus saith the LORD, Behold, I will extend peace to her like a river, and the glory of the Gentiles like a flowing stream: then shall ye suck, ye shall be borne upon her sides, and be dandled upon her knees. -- isaiah 66:12 +. +As one whom his mother comforteth, so will I comfort you; and ye shall be comforted in Jerusalem. -- isaiah 66:13 +. +And when ye see this, your heart shall rejoice, and your bones shall flourish like an herb: and the hand of the LORD shall be known toward his servants, and his indignation toward his enemies. -- isaiah 66:14 +. +For, behold, the LORD will come with fire, and with his chariots like a whirlwind, to render his anger with fury, and his rebuke with flames of fire. -- isaiah 66:15 +. +For by fire and by his sword will the LORD plead with all flesh: and the slain of the LORD shall be many. -- isaiah 66:16 +. +They that sanctify themselves, and purify themselves in the gardens behind one tree in the midst, eating swine's flesh, and the abomination, and the mouse, shall be consumed together, saith the LORD. -- isaiah 66:17 +. +For I know their works and their thoughts: it shall come, that I will gather all nations and tongues; and they shall come, and see my glory. -- isaiah 66:18 +. +And I will set a sign among them, and I will send those that escape of them unto the nations, to Tarshish, Pul, and Lud, that draw the bow, to Tubal, and Javan, to the isles afar off, that have not heard my fame, neither have seen my glory; and they shall declare my glory among the Gentiles. -- isaiah 66:19 +. +And they shall bring all your brethren for an offering unto the LORD out of all nations upon horses, and in chariots, and in litters, and upon mules, and upon swift beasts, to my holy mountain Jerusalem, saith the LORD, as the children of Israel bring an offering in a clean vessel into the house of the LORD. -- isaiah 66:20 +. +And I will also take of them for priests and for Levites, saith the LORD. -- isaiah 66:21 +. +For as the new heavens and the new earth, which I will make, shall remain before me, saith the LORD, so shall your seed and your name remain. -- isaiah 66:22 +. +And it shall come to pass, that from one new moon to another, and from one sabbath to another, shall all flesh come to worship before me, saith the LORD. -- isaiah 66:23 +. +And they shall go forth, and look upon the carcases of the men that have transgressed against me: for their worm shall not die, neither shall their fire be quenched; and they shall be an abhorring unto all flesh. -- isaiah 66:24 +. +The words of Jeremiah the son of Hilkiah, of the priests that were in Anathoth in the land of Benjamin: -- jeremiah 1:1 +. +To whom the word of the LORD came in the days of Josiah the son of Amon king of Judah, in the thirteenth year of his reign. -- jeremiah 1:2 +. +It came also in the days of Jehoiakim the son of Josiah king of Judah, unto the end of the eleventh year of Zedekiah the son of Josiah king of Judah, unto the carrying away of Jerusalem captive in the fifth month. -- jeremiah 1:3 +. +Then the word of the LORD came unto me, saying, -- jeremiah 1:4 +. +Before I formed thee in the belly I knew thee; and before thou camest forth out of the womb I sanctified thee, and I ordained thee a prophet unto the nations. -- jeremiah 1:5 +. +Then said I, Ah, Lord GOD! behold, I cannot speak: for I am a child. -- jeremiah 1:6 +. +But the LORD said unto me, Say not, I am a child: for thou shalt go to all that I shall send thee, and whatsoever I command thee thou shalt speak. -- jeremiah 1:7 +. +Be not afraid of their faces: for I am with thee to deliver thee, saith the LORD. -- jeremiah 1:8 +. +Then the LORD put forth his hand, and touched my mouth. And the LORD said unto me, Behold, I have put my words in thy mouth. -- jeremiah 1:9 +. +See, I have this day set thee over the nations and over the kingdoms, to root out, and to pull down, and to destroy, and to throw down, to build, and to plant. -- jeremiah 1:10 +. +Moreover the word of the LORD came unto me, saying, Jeremiah, what seest thou? And I said, I see a rod of an almond tree. -- jeremiah 1:11 +. +Then said the LORD unto me, Thou hast well seen: for I will hasten my word to perform it. -- jeremiah 1:12 +. +And the word of the LORD came unto me the second time, saying, What seest thou? And I said, I see a seething pot; and the face thereof is toward the north. -- jeremiah 1:13 +. +Then the LORD said unto me, Out of the north an evil shall break forth upon all the inhabitants of the land. -- jeremiah 1:14 +. +For, lo, I will call all the families of the kingdoms of the north, saith the LORD; and they shall come, and they shall set every one his throne at the entering of the gates of Jerusalem, and against all the walls thereof round about, and against all the cities of Judah. -- jeremiah 1:15 +. +And I will utter my judgments against them touching all their wickedness, who have forsaken me, and have burned incense unto other gods, and worshipped the works of their own hands. -- jeremiah 1:16 +. +Thou therefore gird up thy loins, and arise, and speak unto them all that I command thee: be not dismayed at their faces, lest I confound thee before them. -- jeremiah 1:17 +. +For, behold, I have made thee this day a defenced city, and an iron pillar, and brasen walls against the whole land, against the kings of Judah, against the princes thereof, against the priests thereof, and against the people of the land. -- jeremiah 1:18 +. +And they shall fight against thee; but they shall not prevail against thee; for I am with thee, saith the LORD, to deliver thee. -- jeremiah 1:19 +. +Moreover the word of the LORD came to me, saying, -- jeremiah 2:1 +. +Go and cry in the ears of Jerusalem, saying, Thus saith the LORD; I remember thee, the kindness of thy youth, the love of thine espousals, when thou wentest after me in the wilderness, in a land that was not sown. -- jeremiah 2:2 +. +Israel was holiness unto the LORD, and the firstfruits of his increase: all that devour him shall offend; evil shall come upon them, saith the LORD. -- jeremiah 2:3 +. +Hear ye the word of the LORD, O house of Jacob, and all the families of the house of Israel: -- jeremiah 2:4 +. +Thus saith the LORD, What iniquity have your fathers found in me, that they are gone far from me, and have walked after vanity, and are become vain? -- jeremiah 2:5 +. +Neither said they, Where is the LORD that brought us up out of the land of Egypt, that led us through the wilderness, through a land of deserts and of pits, through a land of drought, and of the shadow of death, through a land that no man passed through, and where no man dwelt? -- jeremiah 2:6 +. +And I brought you into a plentiful country, to eat the fruit thereof and the goodness thereof; but when ye entered, ye defiled my land, and made mine heritage an abomination. -- jeremiah 2:7 +. +The priests said not, Where is the LORD? and they that handle the law knew me not: the pastors also transgressed against me, and the prophets prophesied by Baal, and walked after things that do not profit. -- jeremiah 2:8 +. +Wherefore I will yet plead with you, saith the LORD, and with your children's children will I plead. -- jeremiah 2:9 +. +For pass over the isles of Chittim, and see; and send unto Kedar, and consider diligently, and see if there be such a thing. -- jeremiah 2:10 +. +Hath a nation changed their gods, which are yet no gods? but my people have changed their glory for that which doth not profit. -- jeremiah 2:11 +. +Be astonished, O ye heavens, at this, and be horribly afraid, be ye very desolate, saith the LORD. -- jeremiah 2:12 +. +For my people have committed two evils; they have forsaken me the fountain of living waters, and hewed them out cisterns, broken cisterns, that can hold no water. -- jeremiah 2:13 +. +Is Israel a servant? is he a homeborn slave? why is he spoiled? -- jeremiah 2:14 +. +The young lions roared upon him, and yelled, and they made his land waste: his cities are burned without inhabitant. -- jeremiah 2:15 +. +Also the children of Noph and Tahapanes have broken the crown of thy head. -- jeremiah 2:16 +. +Hast thou not procured this unto thyself, in that thou hast forsaken the LORD thy God, when he led thee by the way? -- jeremiah 2:17 +. +And now what hast thou to do in the way of Egypt, to drink the waters of Sihor? or what hast thou to do in the way of Assyria, to drink the waters of the river? -- jeremiah 2:18 +. +Thine own wickedness shall correct thee, and thy backslidings shall reprove thee: know therefore and see that it is an evil thing and bitter, that thou hast forsaken the LORD thy God, and that my fear is not in thee, saith the Lord GOD of hosts. -- jeremiah 2:19 +. +For of old time I have broken thy yoke, and burst thy bands; and thou saidst, I will not transgress; when upon every high hill and under every green tree thou wanderest, playing the harlot. -- jeremiah 2:20 +. +Yet I had planted thee a noble vine, wholly a right seed: how then art thou turned into the degenerate plant of a strange vine unto me? -- jeremiah 2:21 +. +For though thou wash thee with nitre, and take thee much soap, yet thine iniquity is marked before me, saith the Lord GOD. -- jeremiah 2:22 +. +How canst thou say, I am not polluted, I have not gone after Baalim? see thy way in the valley, know what thou hast done: thou art a swift dromedary traversing her ways; -- jeremiah 2:23 +. +A wild ass used to the wilderness, that snuffeth up the wind at her pleasure; in her occasion who can turn her away? all they that seek her will not weary themselves; in her month they shall find her. -- jeremiah 2:24 +. +Withhold thy foot from being unshod, and thy throat from thirst: but thou saidst, There is no hope: no; for I have loved strangers, and after them will I go. -- jeremiah 2:25 +. +As the thief is ashamed when he is found, so is the house of Israel ashamed; they, their kings, their princes, and their priests, and their prophets. -- jeremiah 2:26 +. +Saying to a stock, Thou art my father; and to a stone, Thou hast brought me forth: for they have turned their back unto me, and not their face: but in the time of their trouble they will say, Arise, and save us. -- jeremiah 2:27 +. +But where are thy gods that thou hast made thee? let them arise, if they can save thee in the time of thy trouble: for according to the number of thy cities are thy gods, O Judah. -- jeremiah 2:28 +. +Wherefore will ye plead with me? ye all have transgressed against me, saith the LORD. -- jeremiah 2:29 +. +In vain have I smitten your children; they received no correction: your own sword hath devoured your prophets, like a destroying lion. -- jeremiah 2:30 +. +O generation, see ye the word of the LORD. Have I been a wilderness unto Israel? a land of darkness? wherefore say my people, We are lords; we will come no more unto thee? -- jeremiah 2:31 +. +Can a maid forget her ornaments, or a bride her attire? yet my people have forgotten me days without number. -- jeremiah 2:32 +. +Why trimmest thou thy way to seek love? therefore hast thou also taught the wicked ones thy ways. -- jeremiah 2:33 +. +Also in thy skirts is found the blood of the souls of the poor innocents: I have not found it by secret search, but upon all these. -- jeremiah 2:34 +. +Yet thou sayest, Because I am innocent, surely his anger shall turn from me. Behold, I will plead with thee, because thou sayest, I have not sinned. -- jeremiah 2:35 +. +Why gaddest thou about so much to change thy way? thou also shalt be ashamed of Egypt, as thou wast ashamed of Assyria. -- jeremiah 2:36 +. +Yea, thou shalt go forth from him, and thine hands upon thine head: for the LORD hath rejected thy confidences, and thou shalt not prosper in them. -- jeremiah 2:37 +. +They say, If a man put away his wife, and she go from him, and become another man's, shall he return unto her again? shall not that land be greatly polluted? but thou hast played the harlot with many lovers; yet return again to me, saith the LORD. -- jeremiah 3:1 +. +Lift up thine eyes unto the high places, and see where thou hast not been lien with. In the ways hast thou sat for them, as the Arabian in the wilderness; and thou hast polluted the land with thy whoredoms and with thy wickedness. -- jeremiah 3:2 +. +Therefore the showers have been withholden, and there hath been no latter rain; and thou hadst a whore's forehead, thou refusedst to be ashamed. -- jeremiah 3:3 +. +Wilt thou not from this time cry unto me, My father, thou art the guide of my youth? -- jeremiah 3:4 +. +Will he reserve his anger for ever? will he keep it to the end? Behold, thou hast spoken and done evil things as thou couldest. -- jeremiah 3:5 +. +The LORD said also unto me in the days of Josiah the king, Hast thou seen that which backsliding Israel hath done? she is gone up upon every high mountain and under every green tree, and there hath played the harlot. -- jeremiah 3:6 +. +And I said after she had done all these things, Turn thou unto me. But she returned not. And her treacherous sister Judah saw it. -- jeremiah 3:7 +. +And I saw, when for all the causes whereby backsliding Israel committed adultery I had put her away, and given her a bill of divorce; yet her treacherous sister Judah feared not, but went and played the harlot also. -- jeremiah 3:8 +. +And it came to pass through the lightness of her whoredom, that she defiled the land, and committed adultery with stones and with stocks. -- jeremiah 3:9 +. +And yet for all this her treacherous sister Judah hath not turned unto me with her whole heart, but feignedly, saith the LORD. -- jeremiah 3:10 +. +And the LORD said unto me, The backsliding Israel hath justified herself more than treacherous Judah. -- jeremiah 3:11 +. +Go and proclaim these words toward the north, and say, Return, thou backsliding Israel, saith the LORD; and I will not cause mine anger to fall upon you: for I am merciful, saith the LORD, and I will not keep anger for ever. -- jeremiah 3:12 +. +Only acknowledge thine iniquity, that thou hast transgressed against the LORD thy God, and hast scattered thy ways to the strangers under every green tree, and ye have not obeyed my voice, saith the LORD. -- jeremiah 3:13 +. +Turn, O backsliding children, saith the LORD; for I am married unto you: and I will take you one of a city, and two of a family, and I will bring you to Zion: -- jeremiah 3:14 +. +And I will give you pastors according to mine heart, which shall feed you with knowledge and understanding. -- jeremiah 3:15 +. +And it shall come to pass, when ye be multiplied and increased in the land, in those days, saith the LORD, they shall say no more, The ark of the covenant of the LORD: neither shall it come to mind: neither shall they remember it; neither shall they visit it; neither shall that be done any more. -- jeremiah 3:16 +. +At that time they shall call Jerusalem the throne of the LORD; and all the nations shall be gathered unto it, to the name of the LORD, to Jerusalem: neither shall they walk any more after the imagination of their evil heart. -- jeremiah 3:17 +. +In those days the house of Judah shall walk with the house of Israel, and they shall come together out of the land of the north to the land that I have given for an inheritance unto your fathers. -- jeremiah 3:18 +. +But I said, How shall I put thee among the children, and give thee a pleasant land, a goodly heritage of the hosts of nations? and I said, Thou shalt call me, My father; and shalt not turn away from me. -- jeremiah 3:19 +. +Surely as a wife treacherously departeth from her husband, so have ye dealt treacherously with me, O house of Israel, saith the LORD. -- jeremiah 3:20 +. +A voice was heard upon the high places, weeping and supplications of the children of Israel: for they have perverted their way, and they have forgotten the LORD their God. -- jeremiah 3:21 +. +Return, ye backsliding children, and I will heal your backslidings. Behold, we come unto thee; for thou art the LORD our God. -- jeremiah 3:22 +. +Truly in vain is salvation hoped for from the hills, and from the multitude of mountains: truly in the LORD our God is the salvation of Israel. -- jeremiah 3:23 +. +For shame hath devoured the labour of our fathers from our youth; their flocks and their herds, their sons and their daughters. -- jeremiah 3:24 +. +We lie down in our shame, and our confusion covereth us: for we have sinned against the LORD our God, we and our fathers, from our youth even unto this day, and have not obeyed the voice of the LORD our God. -- jeremiah 3:25 +. +If thou wilt return, O Israel, saith the LORD, return unto me: and if thou wilt put away thine abominations out of my sight, then shalt thou not remove. -- jeremiah 4:1 +. +And thou shalt swear, The LORD liveth, in truth, in judgment, and in righteousness; and the nations shall bless themselves in him, and in him shall they glory. -- jeremiah 4:2 +. +For thus saith the LORD to the men of Judah and Jerusalem, Break up your fallow ground, and sow not among thorns. -- jeremiah 4:3 +. +Circumcise yourselves to the LORD, and take away the foreskins of your heart, ye men of Judah and inhabitants of Jerusalem: lest my fury come forth like fire, and burn that none can quench it, because of the evil of your doings. -- jeremiah 4:4 +. +Declare ye in Judah, and publish in Jerusalem; and say, Blow ye the trumpet in the land: cry, gather together, and say, Assemble yourselves, and let us go into the defenced cities. -- jeremiah 4:5 +. +Set up the standard toward Zion: retire, stay not: for I will bring evil from the north, and a great destruction. -- jeremiah 4:6 +. +The lion is come up from his thicket, and the destroyer of the Gentiles is on his way; he is gone forth from his place to make thy land desolate; and thy cities shall be laid waste, without an inhabitant. -- jeremiah 4:7 +. +For this gird you with sackcloth, lament and howl: for the fierce anger of the LORD is not turned back from us. -- jeremiah 4:8 +. +And it shall come to pass at that day, saith the LORD, that the heart of the king shall perish, and the heart of the princes; and the priests shall be astonished, and the prophets shall wonder. -- jeremiah 4:9 +. +Then said I, Ah, Lord GOD! surely thou hast greatly deceived this people and Jerusalem, saying, Ye shall have peace; whereas the sword reacheth unto the soul. -- jeremiah 4:10 +. +At that time shall it be said to this people and to Jerusalem, A dry wind of the high places in the wilderness toward the daughter of my people, not to fan, nor to cleanse, -- jeremiah 4:11 +. +Even a full wind from those places shall come unto me: now also will I give sentence against them. -- jeremiah 4:12 +. +Behold, he shall come up as clouds, and his chariots shall be as a whirlwind: his horses are swifter than eagles. Woe unto us! for we are spoiled. -- jeremiah 4:13 +. +O Jerusalem, wash thine heart from wickedness, that thou mayest be saved. How long shall thy vain thoughts lodge within thee? -- jeremiah 4:14 +. +For a voice declareth from Dan, and publisheth affliction from mount Ephraim. -- jeremiah 4:15 +. +Make ye mention to the nations; behold, publish against Jerusalem, that watchers come from a far country, and give out their voice against the cities of Judah. -- jeremiah 4:16 +. +As keepers of a field, are they against her round about; because she hath been rebellious against me, saith the LORD. -- jeremiah 4:17 +. +Thy way and thy doings have procured these things unto thee; this is thy wickedness, because it is bitter, because it reacheth unto thine heart. -- jeremiah 4:18 +. +My bowels, my bowels! I am pained at my very heart; my heart maketh a noise in me; I cannot hold my peace, because thou hast heard, O my soul, the sound of the trumpet, the alarm of war. -- jeremiah 4:19 +. +Destruction upon destruction is cried; for the whole land is spoiled: suddenly are my tents spoiled, and my curtains in a moment. -- jeremiah 4:20 +. +How long shall I see the standard, and hear the sound of the trumpet? -- jeremiah 4:21 +. +For my people is foolish, they have not known me; they are sottish children, and they have none understanding: they are wise to do evil, but to do good they have no knowledge. -- jeremiah 4:22 +. +I beheld the earth, and, lo, it was without form, and void; and the heavens, and they had no light. -- jeremiah 4:23 +. +I beheld the mountains, and, lo, they trembled, and all the hills moved lightly. -- jeremiah 4:24 +. +I beheld, and, lo, there was no man, and all the birds of the heavens were fled. -- jeremiah 4:25 +. +I beheld, and, lo, the fruitful place was a wilderness, and all the cities thereof were broken down at the presence of the LORD, and by his fierce anger. -- jeremiah 4:26 +. +For thus hath the LORD said, The whole land shall be desolate; yet will I not make a full end. -- jeremiah 4:27 +. +For this shall the earth mourn, and the heavens above be black; because I have spoken it, I have purposed it, and will not repent, neither will I turn back from it. -- jeremiah 4:28 +. +The whole city shall flee for the noise of the horsemen and bowmen; they shall go into thickets, and climb up upon the rocks: every city shall be forsaken, and not a man dwell therein. -- jeremiah 4:29 +. +And when thou art spoiled, what wilt thou do? Though thou clothest thyself with crimson, though thou deckest thee with ornaments of gold, though thou rentest thy face with painting, in vain shalt thou make thyself fair; thy lovers will despise thee, they will seek thy life. -- jeremiah 4:30 +. +For I have heard a voice as of a woman in travail, and the anguish as of her that bringeth forth her first child, the voice of the daughter of Zion, that bewaileth herself, that spreadeth her hands, saying, Woe is me now! for my soul is wearied because of murderers. -- jeremiah 4:31 +. +Run ye to and fro through the streets of Jerusalem, and see now, and know, and seek in the broad places thereof, if ye can find a man, if there be any that executeth judgment, that seeketh the truth; and I will pardon it. -- jeremiah 5:1 +. +And though they say, The LORD liveth; surely they swear falsely. -- jeremiah 5:2 +. +O LORD, are not thine eyes upon the truth? thou hast stricken them, but they have not grieved; thou hast consumed them, but they have refused to receive correction: they have made their faces harder than a rock; they have refused to return. -- jeremiah 5:3 +. +Therefore I said, Surely these are poor; they are foolish: for they know not the way of the LORD, nor the judgment of their God. -- jeremiah 5:4 +. +I will get me unto the great men, and will speak unto them; for they have known the way of the LORD, and the judgment of their God: but these have altogether broken the yoke, and burst the bonds. -- jeremiah 5:5 +. +Wherefore a lion out of the forest shall slay them, and a wolf of the evenings shall spoil them, a leopard shall watch over their cities: every one that goeth out thence shall be torn in pieces: because their transgressions are many, and their backslidings are increased. -- jeremiah 5:6 +. +How shall I pardon thee for this? thy children have forsaken me, and sworn by them that are no gods: when I had fed them to the full, they then committed adultery, and assembled themselves by troops in the harlots' houses. -- jeremiah 5:7 +. +They were as fed horses in the morning: every one neighed after his neighbour's wife. -- jeremiah 5:8 +. +Shall I not visit for these things? saith the LORD: and shall not my soul be avenged on such a nation as this? -- jeremiah 5:9 +. +Go ye up upon her walls, and destroy; but make not a full end: take away her battlements; for they are not the LORD's. -- jeremiah 5:10 +. +For the house of Israel and the house of Judah have dealt very treacherously against me, saith the LORD. -- jeremiah 5:11 +. +They have belied the LORD, and said, It is not he; neither shall evil come upon us; neither shall we see sword nor famine: -- jeremiah 5:12 +. +And the prophets shall become wind, and the word is not in them: thus shall it be done unto them. -- jeremiah 5:13 +. +Wherefore thus saith the LORD God of hosts, Because ye speak this word, behold, I will make my words in thy mouth fire, and this people wood, and it shall devour them. -- jeremiah 5:14 +. +Lo, I will bring a nation upon you from far, O house of Israel, saith the LORD: it is a mighty nation, it is an ancient nation, a nation whose language thou knowest not, neither understandest what they say. -- jeremiah 5:15 +. +Their quiver is as an open sepulchre, they are all mighty men. -- jeremiah 5:16 +. +And they shall eat up thine harvest, and thy bread, which thy sons and thy daughters should eat: they shall eat up thy flocks and thine herds: they shall eat up thy vines and thy fig trees: they shall impoverish thy fenced cities, wherein thou trustedst, with the sword. -- jeremiah 5:17 +. +Nevertheless in those days, saith the LORD, I will not make a full end with you. -- jeremiah 5:18 +. +And it shall come to pass, when ye shall say, Wherefore doeth the LORD our God all these things unto us? then shalt thou answer them, Like as ye have forsaken me, and served strange gods in your land, so shall ye serve strangers in a land that is not your's. -- jeremiah 5:19 +. +Declare this in the house of Jacob, and publish it in Judah, saying, -- jeremiah 5:20 +. +Hear now this, O foolish people, and without understanding; which have eyes, and see not; which have ears, and hear not: -- jeremiah 5:21 +. +Fear ye not me? saith the LORD: will ye not tremble at my presence, which have placed the sand for the bound of the sea by a perpetual decree, that it cannot pass it: and though the waves thereof toss themselves, yet can they not prevail; though they roar, yet can they not pass over it? -- jeremiah 5:22 +. +But this people hath a revolting and a rebellious heart; they are revolted and gone. -- jeremiah 5:23 +. +Neither say they in their heart, Let us now fear the LORD our God, that giveth rain, both the former and the latter, in his season: he reserveth unto us the appointed weeks of the harvest. -- jeremiah 5:24 +. +Your iniquities have turned away these things, and your sins have withholden good things from you. -- jeremiah 5:25 +. +For among my people are found wicked men: they lay wait, as he that setteth snares; they set a trap, they catch men. -- jeremiah 5:26 +. +As a cage is full of birds, so are their houses full of deceit: therefore they are become great, and waxen rich. -- jeremiah 5:27 +. +They are waxen fat, they shine: yea, they overpass the deeds of the wicked: they judge not the cause, the cause of the fatherless, yet they prosper; and the right of the needy do they not judge. -- jeremiah 5:28 +. +Shall I not visit for these things? saith the LORD: shall not my soul be avenged on such a nation as this? -- jeremiah 5:29 +. +A wonderful and horrible thing is committed in the land; -- jeremiah 5:30 +. +The prophets prophesy falsely, and the priests bear rule by their means; and my people love to have it so: and what will ye do in the end thereof? -- jeremiah 5:31 +. +O ye children of Benjamin, gather yourselves to flee out of the midst of Jerusalem, and blow the trumpet in Tekoa, and set up a sign of fire in Bethhaccerem: for evil appeareth out of the north, and great destruction. -- jeremiah 6:1 +. +I have likened the daughter of Zion to a comely and delicate woman. -- jeremiah 6:2 +. +The shepherds with their flocks shall come unto her; they shall pitch their tents against her round about; they shall feed every one in his place. -- jeremiah 6:3 +. +Prepare ye war against her; arise, and let us go up at noon. Woe unto us! for the day goeth away, for the shadows of the evening are stretched out. -- jeremiah 6:4 +. +Arise, and let us go by night, and let us destroy her palaces. -- jeremiah 6:5 +. +For thus hath the LORD of hosts said, Hew ye down trees, and cast a mount against Jerusalem: this is the city to be visited; she is wholly oppression in the midst of her. -- jeremiah 6:6 +. +As a fountain casteth out her waters, so she casteth out her wickedness: violence and spoil is heard in her; before me continually is grief and wounds. -- jeremiah 6:7 +. +Be thou instructed, O Jerusalem, lest my soul depart from thee; lest I make thee desolate, a land not inhabited. -- jeremiah 6:8 +. +Thus saith the LORD of hosts, They shall throughly glean the remnant of Israel as a vine: turn back thine hand as a grapegatherer into the baskets. -- jeremiah 6:9 +. +To whom shall I speak, and give warning, that they may hear? behold, their ear is uncircumcised, and they cannot hearken: behold, the word of the LORD is unto them a reproach; they have no delight in it. -- jeremiah 6:10 +. +Therefore I am full of the fury of the LORD; I am weary with holding in: I will pour it out upon the children abroad, and upon the assembly of young men together: for even the husband with the wife shall be taken, the aged with him that is full of days. -- jeremiah 6:11 +. +And their houses shall be turned unto others, with their fields and wives together: for I will stretch out my hand upon the inhabitants of the land, saith the LORD. -- jeremiah 6:12 +. +For from the least of them even unto the greatest of them every one is given to covetousness; and from the prophet even unto the priest every one dealeth falsely. -- jeremiah 6:13 +. +They have healed also the hurt of the daughter of my people slightly, saying, Peace, peace; when there is no peace. -- jeremiah 6:14 +. +Were they ashamed when they had committed abomination? nay, they were not at all ashamed, neither could they blush: therefore they shall fall among them that fall: at the time that I visit them they shall be cast down, saith the LORD. -- jeremiah 6:15 +. +Thus saith the LORD, Stand ye in the ways, and see, and ask for the old paths, where is the good way, and walk therein, and ye shall find rest for your souls. But they said, We will not walk therein. -- jeremiah 6:16 +. +Also I set watchmen over you, saying, Hearken to the sound of the trumpet. But they said, We will not hearken. -- jeremiah 6:17 +. +Therefore hear, ye nations, and know, O congregation, what is among them. -- jeremiah 6:18 +. +Hear, O earth: behold, I will bring evil upon this people, even the fruit of their thoughts, because they have not hearkened unto my words, nor to my law, but rejected it. -- jeremiah 6:19 +. +To what purpose cometh there to me incense from Sheba, and the sweet cane from a far country? your burnt offerings are not acceptable, nor your sacrifices sweet unto me. -- jeremiah 6:20 +. +Therefore thus saith the LORD, Behold, I will lay stumblingblocks before this people, and the fathers and the sons together shall fall upon them; the neighbour and his friend shall perish. -- jeremiah 6:21 +. +Thus saith the LORD, Behold, a people cometh from the north country, and a great nation shall be raised from the sides of the earth. -- jeremiah 6:22 +. +They shall lay hold on bow and spear; they are cruel, and have no mercy; their voice roareth like the sea; and they ride upon horses, set in array as men for war against thee, O daughter of Zion. -- jeremiah 6:23 +. +We have heard the fame thereof: our hands wax feeble: anguish hath taken hold of us, and pain, as of a woman in travail. -- jeremiah 6:24 +. +Go not forth into the field, nor walk by the way; for the sword of the enemy and fear is on every side. -- jeremiah 6:25 +. +O daughter of my people, gird thee with sackcloth, and wallow thyself in ashes: make thee mourning, as for an only son, most bitter lamentation: for the spoiler shall suddenly come upon us. -- jeremiah 6:26 +. +I have set thee for a tower and a fortress among my people, that thou mayest know and try their way. -- jeremiah 6:27 +. +They are all grievous revolters, walking with slanders: they are brass and iron; they are all corrupters. -- jeremiah 6:28 +. +The bellows are burned, the lead is consumed of the fire; the founder melteth in vain: for the wicked are not plucked away. -- jeremiah 6:29 +. +Reprobate silver shall men call them, because the LORD hath rejected them. -- jeremiah 6:30 +. +The word that came to Jeremiah from the LORD, saying, -- jeremiah 7:1 +. +Stand in the gate of the LORD's house, and proclaim there this word, and say, Hear the word of the LORD, all ye of Judah, that enter in at these gates to worship the LORD. -- jeremiah 7:2 +. +Thus saith the LORD of hosts, the God of Israel, Amend your ways and your doings, and I will cause you to dwell in this place. -- jeremiah 7:3 +. +Trust ye not in lying words, saying, The temple of the LORD, The temple of the LORD, The temple of the LORD, are these. -- jeremiah 7:4 +. +For if ye throughly amend your ways and your doings; if ye throughly execute judgment between a man and his neighbour; -- jeremiah 7:5 +. +If ye oppress not the stranger, the fatherless, and the widow, and shed not innocent blood in this place, neither walk after other gods to your hurt: -- jeremiah 7:6 +. +Then will I cause you to dwell in this place, in the land that I gave to your fathers, for ever and ever. -- jeremiah 7:7 +. +Behold, ye trust in lying words, that cannot profit. -- jeremiah 7:8 +. +Will ye steal, murder, and commit adultery, and swear falsely, and burn incense unto Baal, and walk after other gods whom ye know not; -- jeremiah 7:9 +. +And come and stand before me in this house, which is called by my name, and say, We are delivered to do all these abominations? -- jeremiah 7:10 +. +Is this house, which is called by my name, become a den of robbers in your eyes? Behold, even I have seen it, saith the LORD. -- jeremiah 7:11 +. +But go ye now unto my place which was in Shiloh, where I set my name at the first, and see what I did to it for the wickedness of my people Israel. -- jeremiah 7:12 +. +And now, because ye have done all these works, saith the LORD, and I spake unto you, rising up early and speaking, but ye heard not; and I called you, but ye answered not; -- jeremiah 7:13 +. +Therefore will I do unto this house, which is called by my name, wherein ye trust, and unto the place which I gave to you and to your fathers, as I have done to Shiloh. -- jeremiah 7:14 +. +And I will cast you out of my sight, as I have cast out all your brethren, even the whole seed of Ephraim. -- jeremiah 7:15 +. +Therefore pray not thou for this people, neither lift up cry nor prayer for them, neither make intercession to me: for I will not hear thee. -- jeremiah 7:16 +. +Seest thou not what they do in the cities of Judah and in the streets of Jerusalem? -- jeremiah 7:17 +. +The children gather wood, and the fathers kindle the fire, and the women knead their dough, to make cakes to the queen of heaven, and to pour out drink offerings unto other gods, that they may provoke me to anger. -- jeremiah 7:18 +. +Do they provoke me to anger? saith the LORD: do they not provoke themselves to the confusion of their own faces? -- jeremiah 7:19 +. +Therefore thus saith the Lord GOD; Behold, mine anger and my fury shall be poured out upon this place, upon man, and upon beast, and upon the trees of the field, and upon the fruit of the ground; and it shall burn, and shall not be quenched. -- jeremiah 7:20 +. +Thus saith the LORD of hosts, the God of Israel; Put your burnt offerings unto your sacrifices, and eat flesh. -- jeremiah 7:21 +. +For I spake not unto your fathers, nor commanded them in the day that I brought them out of the land of Egypt, concerning burnt offerings or sacrifices: -- jeremiah 7:22 +. +But this thing commanded I them, saying, Obey my voice, and I will be your God, and ye shall be my people: and walk ye in all the ways that I have commanded you, that it may be well unto you. -- jeremiah 7:23 +. +But they hearkened not, nor inclined their ear, but walked in the counsels and in the imagination of their evil heart, and went backward, and not forward. -- jeremiah 7:24 +. +Since the day that your fathers came forth out of the land of Egypt unto this day I have even sent unto you all my servants the prophets, daily rising up early and sending them: -- jeremiah 7:25 +. +Yet they hearkened not unto me, nor inclined their ear, but hardened their neck: they did worse than their fathers. -- jeremiah 7:26 +. +Therefore thou shalt speak all these words unto them; but they will not hearken to thee: thou shalt also call unto them; but they will not answer thee. -- jeremiah 7:27 +. +But thou shalt say unto them, This is a nation that obeyeth not the voice of the LORD their God, nor receiveth correction: truth is perished, and is cut off from their mouth. -- jeremiah 7:28 +. +Cut off thine hair, O Jerusalem, and cast it away, and take up a lamentation on high places; for the LORD hath rejected and forsaken the generation of his wrath. -- jeremiah 7:29 +. +For the children of Judah have done evil in my sight, saith the LORD: they have set their abominations in the house which is called by my name, to pollute it. -- jeremiah 7:30 +. +And they have built the high places of Tophet, which is in the valley of the son of Hinnom, to burn their sons and their daughters in the fire; which I commanded them not, neither came it into my heart. -- jeremiah 7:31 +. +Therefore, behold, the days come, saith the LORD, that it shall no more be called Tophet, nor the valley of the son of Hinnom, but the valley of slaughter: for they shall bury in Tophet, till there be no place. -- jeremiah 7:32 +. +And the carcases of this people shall be meat for the fowls of the heaven, and for the beasts of the earth; and none shall fray them away. -- jeremiah 7:33 +. +Then will I cause to cease from the cities of Judah, and from the streets of Jerusalem, the voice of mirth, and the voice of gladness, the voice of the bridegroom, and the voice of the bride: for the land shall be desolate. -- jeremiah 7:34 +. +At that time, saith the LORD, they shall bring out the bones of the kings of Judah, and the bones of his princes, and the bones of the priests, and the bones of the prophets, and the bones of the inhabitants of Jerusalem, out of their graves: -- jeremiah 8:1 +. +And they shall spread them before the sun, and the moon, and all the host of heaven, whom they have loved, and whom they have served, and after whom they have walked, and whom they have sought, and whom they have worshipped: they shall not be gathered, nor be buried; they shall be for dung upon the face of the earth. -- jeremiah 8:2 +. +And death shall be chosen rather than life by all the residue of them that remain of this evil family, which remain in all the places whither I have driven them, saith the LORD of hosts. -- jeremiah 8:3 +. +Moreover thou shalt say unto them, Thus saith the LORD; Shall they fall, and not arise? shall he turn away, and not return? -- jeremiah 8:4 +. +Why then is this people of Jerusalem slidden back by a perpetual backsliding? they hold fast deceit, they refuse to return. -- jeremiah 8:5 +. +I hearkened and heard, but they spake not aright: no man repented him of his wickedness, saying, What have I done? every one turned to his course, as the horse rusheth into the battle. -- jeremiah 8:6 +. +Yea, the stork in the heaven knoweth her appointed times; and the turtle and the crane and the swallow observe the time of their coming; but my people know not the judgment of the LORD. -- jeremiah 8:7 +. +How do ye say, We are wise, and the law of the LORD is with us? Lo, certainly in vain made he it; the pen of the scribes is in vain. -- jeremiah 8:8 +. +The wise men are ashamed, they are dismayed and taken: lo, they have rejected the word of the LORD; and what wisdom is in them? -- jeremiah 8:9 +. +Therefore will I give their wives unto others, and their fields to them that shall inherit them: for every one from the least even unto the greatest is given to covetousness, from the prophet even unto the priest every one dealeth falsely. -- jeremiah 8:10 +. +For they have healed the hurt of the daughter of my people slightly, saying, Peace, peace; when there is no peace. -- jeremiah 8:11 +. +Were they ashamed when they had committed abomination? nay, they were not at all ashamed, neither could they blush: therefore shall they fall among them that fall: in the time of their visitation they shall be cast down, saith the LORD. -- jeremiah 8:12 +. +I will surely consume them, saith the LORD: there shall be no grapes on the vine, nor figs on the fig tree, and the leaf shall fade; and the things that I have given them shall pass away from them. -- jeremiah 8:13 +. +Why do we sit still? assemble yourselves, and let us enter into the defenced cities, and let us be silent there: for the LORD our God hath put us to silence, and given us water of gall to drink, because we have sinned against the LORD. -- jeremiah 8:14 +. +We looked for peace, but no good came; and for a time of health, and behold trouble! -- jeremiah 8:15 +. +The snorting of his horses was heard from Dan: the whole land trembled at the sound of the neighing of his strong ones; for they are come, and have devoured the land, and all that is in it; the city, and those that dwell therein. -- jeremiah 8:16 +. +For, behold, I will send serpents, cockatrices, among you, which will not be charmed, and they shall bite you, saith the LORD. -- jeremiah 8:17 +. +When I would comfort myself against sorrow, my heart is faint in me. -- jeremiah 8:18 +. +Behold the voice of the cry of the daughter of my people because of them that dwell in a far country: Is not the LORD in Zion? is not her king in her? Why have they provoked me to anger with their graven images, and with strange vanities? -- jeremiah 8:19 +. +The harvest is past, the summer is ended, and we are not saved. -- jeremiah 8:20 +. +For the hurt of the daughter of my people am I hurt; I am black; astonishment hath taken hold on me. -- jeremiah 8:21 +. +Is there no balm in Gilead; is there no physician there? why then is not the health of the daughter of my people recovered? -- jeremiah 8:22 +. +Oh that my head were waters, and mine eyes a fountain of tears, that I might weep day and night for the slain of the daughter of my people! -- jeremiah 9:1 +. +Oh that I had in the wilderness a lodging place of wayfaring men; that I might leave my people, and go from them! for they be all adulterers, an assembly of treacherous men. -- jeremiah 9:2 +. +And they bend their tongues like their bow for lies: but they are not valiant for the truth upon the earth; for they proceed from evil to evil, and they know not me, saith the LORD. -- jeremiah 9:3 +. +Take ye heed every one of his neighbour, and trust ye not in any brother: for every brother will utterly supplant, and every neighbour will walk with slanders. -- jeremiah 9:4 +. +And they will deceive every one his neighbour, and will not speak the truth: they have taught their tongue to speak lies, and weary themselves to commit iniquity. -- jeremiah 9:5 +. +Thine habitation is in the midst of deceit; through deceit they refuse to know me, saith the LORD. -- jeremiah 9:6 +. +Therefore thus saith the LORD of hosts, Behold, I will melt them, and try them; for how shall I do for the daughter of my people? -- jeremiah 9:7 +. +Their tongue is as an arrow shot out; it speaketh deceit: one speaketh peaceably to his neighbour with his mouth, but in heart he layeth his wait. -- jeremiah 9:8 +. +Shall I not visit them for these things? saith the LORD: shall not my soul be avenged on such a nation as this? -- jeremiah 9:9 +. +For the mountains will I take up a weeping and wailing, and for the habitations of the wilderness a lamentation, because they are burned up, so that none can pass through them; neither can men hear the voice of the cattle; both the fowl of the heavens and the beast are fled; they are gone. -- jeremiah 9:10 +. +And I will make Jerusalem heaps, and a den of dragons; and I will make the cities of Judah desolate, without an inhabitant. -- jeremiah 9:11 +. +Who is the wise man, that may understand this? and who is he to whom the mouth of the LORD hath spoken, that he may declare it, for what the land perisheth and is burned up like a wilderness, that none passeth through? -- jeremiah 9:12 +. +And the LORD saith, Because they have forsaken my law which I set before them, and have not obeyed my voice, neither walked therein; -- jeremiah 9:13 +. +But have walked after the imagination of their own heart, and after Baalim, which their fathers taught them: -- jeremiah 9:14 +. +Therefore thus saith the LORD of hosts, the God of Israel; Behold, I will feed them, even this people, with wormwood, and give them water of gall to drink. -- jeremiah 9:15 +. +I will scatter them also among the heathen, whom neither they nor their fathers have known: and I will send a sword after them, till I have consumed them. -- jeremiah 9:16 +. +Thus saith the LORD of hosts, Consider ye, and call for the mourning women, that they may come; and send for cunning women, that they may come: -- jeremiah 9:17 +. +And let them make haste, and take up a wailing for us, that our eyes may run down with tears, and our eyelids gush out with waters. -- jeremiah 9:18 +. +For a voice of wailing is heard out of Zion, How are we spoiled! we are greatly confounded, because we have forsaken the land, because our dwellings have cast us out. -- jeremiah 9:19 +. +Yet hear the word of the LORD, O ye women, and let your ear receive the word of his mouth, and teach your daughters wailing, and every one her neighbour lamentation. -- jeremiah 9:20 +. +For death is come up into our windows, and is entered into our palaces, to cut off the children from without, and the young men from the streets. -- jeremiah 9:21 +. +Speak, Thus saith the LORD, Even the carcases of men shall fall as dung upon the open field, and as the handful after the harvestman, and none shall gather them. -- jeremiah 9:22 +. +Thus saith the LORD, Let not the wise man glory in his wisdom, neither let the mighty man glory in his might, let not the rich man glory in his riches: -- jeremiah 9:23 +. +But let him that glorieth glory in this, that he understandeth and knoweth me, that I am the LORD which exercise lovingkindness, judgment, and righteousness, in the earth: for in these things I delight, saith the LORD. -- jeremiah 9:24 +. +Behold, the days come, saith the LORD, that I will punish all them which are circumcised with the uncircumcised; -- jeremiah 9:25 +. +Egypt, and Judah, and Edom, and the children of Ammon, and Moab, and all that are in the utmost corners, that dwell in the wilderness: for all these nations are uncircumcised, and all the house of Israel are uncircumcised in the heart. -- jeremiah 9:26 +. +Hear ye the word which the LORD speaketh unto you, O house of Israel: -- jeremiah 10:1 +. +Thus saith the LORD, Learn not the way of the heathen, and be not dismayed at the signs of heaven; for the heathen are dismayed at them. -- jeremiah 10:2 +. +For the customs of the people are vain: for one cutteth a tree out of the forest, the work of the hands of the workman, with the axe. -- jeremiah 10:3 +. +They deck it with silver and with gold; they fasten it with nails and with hammers, that it move not. -- jeremiah 10:4 +. +They are upright as the palm tree, but speak not: they must needs be borne, because they cannot go. Be not afraid of them; for they cannot do evil, neither also is it in them to do good. -- jeremiah 10:5 +. +Forasmuch as there is none like unto thee, O LORD; thou art great, and thy name is great in might. -- jeremiah 10:6 +. +Who would not fear thee, O King of nations? for to thee doth it appertain: forasmuch as among all the wise men of the nations, and in all their kingdoms, there is none like unto thee. -- jeremiah 10:7 +. +But they are altogether brutish and foolish: the stock is a doctrine of vanities. -- jeremiah 10:8 +. +Silver spread into plates is brought from Tarshish, and gold from Uphaz, the work of the workman, and of the hands of the founder: blue and purple is their clothing: they are all the work of cunning men. -- jeremiah 10:9 +. +But the LORD is the true God, he is the living God, and an everlasting king: at his wrath the earth shall tremble, and the nations shall not be able to abide his indignation. -- jeremiah 10:10 +. +Thus shall ye say unto them, The gods that have not made the heavens and the earth, even they shall perish from the earth, and from under these heavens. -- jeremiah 10:11 +. +He hath made the earth by his power, he hath established the world by his wisdom, and hath stretched out the heavens by his discretion. -- jeremiah 10:12 +. +When he uttereth his voice, there is a multitude of waters in the heavens, and he causeth the vapours to ascend from the ends of the earth; he maketh lightnings with rain, and bringeth forth the wind out of his treasures. -- jeremiah 10:13 +. +Every man is brutish in his knowledge: every founder is confounded by the graven image: for his molten image is falsehood, and there is no breath in them. -- jeremiah 10:14 +. +They are vanity, and the work of errors: in the time of their visitation they shall perish. -- jeremiah 10:15 +. +The portion of Jacob is not like them: for he is the former of all things; and Israel is the rod of his inheritance: The LORD of hosts is his name. -- jeremiah 10:16 +. +Gather up thy wares out of the land, O inhabitant of the fortress. -- jeremiah 10:17 +. +For thus saith the LORD, Behold, I will sling out the inhabitants of the land at this once, and will distress them, that they may find it so. -- jeremiah 10:18 +. +Woe is me for my hurt! my wound is grievous; but I said, Truly this is a grief, and I must bear it. -- jeremiah 10:19 +. +My tabernacle is spoiled, and all my cords are broken: my children are gone forth of me, and they are not: there is none to stretch forth my tent any more, and to set up my curtains. -- jeremiah 10:20 +. +For the pastors are become brutish, and have not sought the LORD: therefore they shall not prosper, and all their flocks shall be scattered. -- jeremiah 10:21 +. +Behold, the noise of the bruit is come, and a great commotion out of the north country, to make the cities of Judah desolate, and a den of dragons. -- jeremiah 10:22 +. +O LORD, I know that the way of man is not in himself: it is not in man that walketh to direct his steps. -- jeremiah 10:23 +. +O LORD, correct me, but with judgment; not in thine anger, lest thou bring me to nothing. -- jeremiah 10:24 +. +Pour out thy fury upon the heathen that know thee not, and upon the families that call not on thy name: for they have eaten up Jacob, and devoured him, and consumed him, and have made his habitation desolate. -- jeremiah 10:25 +. +The word that came to Jeremiah from the LORD saying, -- jeremiah 11:1 +. +Hear ye the words of this covenant, and speak unto the men of Judah, and to the inhabitants of Jerusalem; -- jeremiah 11:2 +. +And say thou unto them, Thus saith the LORD God of Israel; Cursed be the man that obeyeth not the words of this covenant, -- jeremiah 11:3 +. +Which I commanded your fathers in the day that I brought them forth out of the land of Egypt, from the iron furnace, saying, Obey my voice, and do them, according to all which I command you: so shall ye be my people, and I will be your God: -- jeremiah 11:4 +. +That I may perform the oath which I have sworn unto your fathers, to give them a land flowing with milk and honey, as it is this day. Then answered I, and said, So be it, O LORD. -- jeremiah 11:5 +. +Then the LORD said unto me, Proclaim all these words in the cities of Judah, and in the streets of Jerusalem, saying, Hear ye the words of this covenant, and do them. -- jeremiah 11:6 +. +For I earnestly protested unto your fathers in the day that I brought them up out of the land of Egypt, even unto this day, rising early and protesting, saying, Obey my voice. -- jeremiah 11:7 +. +Yet they obeyed not, nor inclined their ear, but walked every one in the imagination of their evil heart: therefore I will bring upon them all the words of this covenant, which I commanded them to do: but they did them not. -- jeremiah 11:8 +. +And the LORD said unto me, A conspiracy is found among the men of Judah, and among the inhabitants of Jerusalem. -- jeremiah 11:9 +. +They are turned back to the iniquities of their forefathers, which refused to hear my words; and they went after other gods to serve them: the house of Israel and the house of Judah have broken my covenant which I made with their fathers. -- jeremiah 11:10 +. +Therefore thus saith the LORD, Behold, I will bring evil upon them, which they shall not be able to escape; and though they shall cry unto me, I will not hearken unto them. -- jeremiah 11:11 +. +Then shall the cities of Judah and inhabitants of Jerusalem go, and cry unto the gods unto whom they offer incense: but they shall not save them at all in the time of their trouble. -- jeremiah 11:12 +. +For according to the number of thy cities were thy gods, O Judah; and according to the number of the streets of Jerusalem have ye set up altars to that shameful thing, even altars to burn incense unto Baal. -- jeremiah 11:13 +. +Therefore pray not thou for this people, neither lift up a cry or prayer for them: for I will not hear them in the time that they cry unto me for their trouble. -- jeremiah 11:14 +. +What hath my beloved to do in mine house, seeing she hath wrought lewdness with many, and the holy flesh is passed from thee? when thou doest evil, then thou rejoicest. -- jeremiah 11:15 +. +The LORD called thy name, A green olive tree, fair, and of goodly fruit: with the noise of a great tumult he hath kindled fire upon it, and the branches of it are broken. -- jeremiah 11:16 +. +For the LORD of hosts, that planted thee, hath pronounced evil against thee, for the evil of the house of Israel and of the house of Judah, which they have done against themselves to provoke me to anger in offering incense unto Baal. -- jeremiah 11:17 +. +And the LORD hath given me knowledge of it, and I know it: then thou shewedst me their doings. -- jeremiah 11:18 +. +But I was like a lamb or an ox that is brought to the slaughter; and I knew not that they had devised devices against me, saying, Let us destroy the tree with the fruit thereof, and let us cut him off from the land of the living, that his name may be no more remembered. -- jeremiah 11:19 +. +But, O LORD of hosts, that judgest righteously, that triest the reins and the heart, let me see thy vengeance on them: for unto thee have I revealed my cause. -- jeremiah 11:20 +. +Therefore thus saith the LORD of the men of Anathoth, that seek thy life, saying, Prophesy not in the name of the LORD, that thou die not by our hand: -- jeremiah 11:21 +. +Therefore thus saith the LORD of hosts, Behold, I will punish them: the young men shall die by the sword; their sons and their daughters shall die by famine: -- jeremiah 11:22 +. +And there shall be no remnant of them: for I will bring evil upon the men of Anathoth, even the year of their visitation. -- jeremiah 11:23 +. +Righteous art thou, O LORD, when I plead with thee: yet let me talk with thee of thy judgments: Wherefore doth the way of the wicked prosper? wherefore are all they happy that deal very treacherously? -- jeremiah 12:1 +. +Thou hast planted them, yea, they have taken root: they grow, yea, they bring forth fruit: thou art near in their mouth, and far from their reins. -- jeremiah 12:2 +. +But thou, O LORD, knowest me: thou hast seen me, and tried mine heart toward thee: pull them out like sheep for the slaughter, and prepare them for the day of slaughter. -- jeremiah 12:3 +. +How long shall the land mourn, and the herbs of every field wither, for the wickedness of them that dwell therein? the beasts are consumed, and the birds; because they said, He shall not see our last end. -- jeremiah 12:4 +. +If thou hast run with the footmen, and they have wearied thee, then how canst thou contend with horses? and if in the land of peace, wherein thou trustedst, they wearied thee, then how wilt thou do in the swelling of Jordan? -- jeremiah 12:5 +. +For even thy brethren, and the house of thy father, even they have dealt treacherously with thee; yea, they have called a multitude after thee: believe them not, though they speak fair words unto thee. -- jeremiah 12:6 +. +I have forsaken mine house, I have left mine heritage; I have given the dearly beloved of my soul into the hand of her enemies. -- jeremiah 12:7 +. +Mine heritage is unto me as a lion in the forest; it crieth out against me: therefore have I hated it. -- jeremiah 12:8 +. +Mine heritage is unto me as a speckled bird, the birds round about are against her; come ye, assemble all the beasts of the field, come to devour. -- jeremiah 12:9 +. +Many pastors have destroyed my vineyard, they have trodden my portion under foot, they have made my pleasant portion a desolate wilderness. -- jeremiah 12:10 +. +They have made it desolate, and being desolate it mourneth unto me; the whole land is made desolate, because no man layeth it to heart. -- jeremiah 12:11 +. +The spoilers are come upon all high places through the wilderness: for the sword of the LORD shall devour from the one end of the land even to the other end of the land: no flesh shall have peace. -- jeremiah 12:12 +. +They have sown wheat, but shall reap thorns: they have put themselves to pain, but shall not profit: and they shall be ashamed of your revenues because of the fierce anger of the LORD. -- jeremiah 12:13 +. +Thus saith the LORD against all mine evil neighbours, that touch the inheritance which I have caused my people Israel to inherit; Behold, I will pluck them out of their land, and pluck out the house of Judah from among them. -- jeremiah 12:14 +. +And it shall come to pass, after that I have plucked them out I will return, and have compassion on them, and will bring them again, every man to his heritage, and every man to his land. -- jeremiah 12:15 +. +And it shall come to pass, if they will diligently learn the ways of my people, to swear by my name, The LORD liveth; as they taught my people to swear by Baal; then shall they be built in the midst of my people. -- jeremiah 12:16 +. +But if they will not obey, I will utterly pluck up and destroy that nation, saith the LORD. -- jeremiah 12:17 +. +Thus saith the LORD unto me, Go and get thee a linen girdle, and put it upon thy loins, and put it not in water. -- jeremiah 13:1 +. +So I got a girdle according to the word of the LORD, and put it on my loins. -- jeremiah 13:2 +. +And the word of the LORD came unto me the second time, saying, -- jeremiah 13:3 +. +Take the girdle that thou hast got, which is upon thy loins, and arise, go to Euphrates, and hide it there in a hole of the rock. -- jeremiah 13:4 +. +So I went, and hid it by Euphrates, as the LORD commanded me. -- jeremiah 13:5 +. +And it came to pass after many days, that the LORD said unto me, Arise, go to Euphrates, and take the girdle from thence, which I commanded thee to hide there. -- jeremiah 13:6 +. +Then I went to Euphrates, and digged, and took the girdle from the place where I had hid it: and, behold, the girdle was marred, it was profitable for nothing. -- jeremiah 13:7 +. +Then the word of the LORD came unto me, saying, -- jeremiah 13:8 +. +Thus saith the LORD, After this manner will I mar the pride of Judah, and the great pride of Jerusalem. -- jeremiah 13:9 +. +This evil people, which refuse to hear my words, which walk in the imagination of their heart, and walk after other gods, to serve them, and to worship them, shall even be as this girdle, which is good for nothing. -- jeremiah 13:10 +. +For as the girdle cleaveth to the loins of a man, so have I caused to cleave unto me the whole house of Israel and the whole house of Judah, saith the LORD; that they might be unto me for a people, and for a name, and for a praise, and for a glory: but they would not hear. -- jeremiah 13:11 +. +Therefore thou shalt speak unto them this word; Thus saith the LORD God of Israel, Every bottle shall be filled with wine: and they shall say unto thee, Do we not certainly know that every bottle shall be filled with wine? -- jeremiah 13:12 +. +Then shalt thou say unto them, Thus saith the LORD, Behold, I will fill all the inhabitants of this land, even the kings that sit upon David's throne, and the priests, and the prophets, and all the inhabitants of Jerusalem, with drunkenness. -- jeremiah 13:13 +. +And I will dash them one against another, even the fathers and the sons together, saith the LORD: I will not pity, nor spare, nor have mercy, but destroy them. -- jeremiah 13:14 +. +Hear ye, and give ear; be not proud: for the LORD hath spoken. -- jeremiah 13:15 +. +Give glory to the LORD your God, before he cause darkness, and before your feet stumble upon the dark mountains, and, while ye look for light, he turn it into the shadow of death, and make it gross darkness. -- jeremiah 13:16 +. +But if ye will not hear it, my soul shall weep in secret places for your pride; and mine eye shall weep sore, and run down with tears, because the LORD's flock is carried away captive. -- jeremiah 13:17 +. +Say unto the king and to the queen, Humble yourselves, sit down: for your principalities shall come down, even the crown of your glory. -- jeremiah 13:18 +. +The cities of the south shall be shut up, and none shall open them: Judah shall be carried away captive all of it, it shall be wholly carried away captive. -- jeremiah 13:19 +. +Lift up your eyes, and behold them that come from the north: where is the flock that was given thee, thy beautiful flock? -- jeremiah 13:20 +. +What wilt thou say when he shall punish thee? for thou hast taught them to be captains, and as chief over thee: shall not sorrows take thee, as a woman in travail? -- jeremiah 13:21 +. +And if thou say in thine heart, Wherefore come these things upon me? For the greatness of thine iniquity are thy skirts discovered, and thy heels made bare. -- jeremiah 13:22 +. +Can the Ethiopian change his skin, or the leopard his spots? then may ye also do good, that are accustomed to do evil. -- jeremiah 13:23 +. +Therefore will I scatter them as the stubble that passeth away by the wind of the wilderness. -- jeremiah 13:24 +. +This is thy lot, the portion of thy measures from me, saith the LORD; because thou hast forgotten me, and trusted in falsehood. -- jeremiah 13:25 +. +Therefore will I discover thy skirts upon thy face, that thy shame may appear. -- jeremiah 13:26 +. +I have seen thine adulteries, and thy neighings, the lewdness of thy whoredom, and thine abominations on the hills in the fields. Woe unto thee, O Jerusalem! wilt thou not be made clean? when shall it once be? -- jeremiah 13:27 +. +The word of the LORD that came to Jeremiah concerning the dearth. -- jeremiah 14:1 +. +Judah mourneth, and the gates thereof languish; they are black unto the ground; and the cry of Jerusalem is gone up. -- jeremiah 14:2 +. +And their nobles have sent their little ones to the waters: they came to the pits, and found no water; they returned with their vessels empty; they were ashamed and confounded, and covered their heads. -- jeremiah 14:3 +. +Because the ground is chapt, for there was no rain in the earth, the plowmen were ashamed, they covered their heads. -- jeremiah 14:4 +. +Yea, the hind also calved in the field, and forsook it, because there was no grass. -- jeremiah 14:5 +. +And the wild asses did stand in the high places, they snuffed up the wind like dragons; their eyes did fail, because there was no grass. -- jeremiah 14:6 +. +O LORD, though our iniquities testify against us, do thou it for thy name's sake: for our backslidings are many; we have sinned against thee. -- jeremiah 14:7 +. +O the hope of Israel, the saviour thereof in time of trouble, why shouldest thou be as a stranger in the land, and as a wayfaring man that turneth aside to tarry for a night? -- jeremiah 14:8 +. +Why shouldest thou be as a man astonied, as a mighty man that cannot save? yet thou, O LORD, art in the midst of us, and we are called by thy name; leave us not. -- jeremiah 14:9 +. +Thus saith the LORD unto this people, Thus have they loved to wander, they have not refrained their feet, therefore the LORD doth not accept them; he will now remember their iniquity, and visit their sins. -- jeremiah 14:10 +. +Then said the LORD unto me, Pray not for this people for their good. -- jeremiah 14:11 +. +When they fast, I will not hear their cry; and when they offer burnt offering and an oblation, I will not accept them: but I will consume them by the sword, and by the famine, and by the pestilence. -- jeremiah 14:12 +. +Then said I, Ah, Lord GOD! behold, the prophets say unto them, Ye shall not see the sword, neither shall ye have famine; but I will give you assured peace in this place. -- jeremiah 14:13 +. +Then the LORD said unto me, The prophets prophesy lies in my name: I sent them not, neither have I commanded them, neither spake unto them: they prophesy unto you a false vision and divination, and a thing of nought, and the deceit of their heart. -- jeremiah 14:14 +. +Therefore thus saith the LORD concerning the prophets that prophesy in my name, and I sent them not, yet they say, Sword and famine shall not be in this land; By sword and famine shall those prophets be consumed. -- jeremiah 14:15 +. +And the people to whom they prophesy shall be cast out in the streets of Jerusalem because of the famine and the sword; and they shall have none to bury them, them, their wives, nor their sons, nor their daughters: for I will pour their wickedness upon them. -- jeremiah 14:16 +. +Therefore thou shalt say this word unto them; Let mine eyes run down with tears night and day, and let them not cease: for the virgin daughter of my people is broken with a great breach, with a very grievous blow. -- jeremiah 14:17 +. +If I go forth into the field, then behold the slain with the sword! and if I enter into the city, then behold them that are sick with famine! yea, both the prophet and the priest go about into a land that they know not. -- jeremiah 14:18 +. +Hast thou utterly rejected Judah? hath thy soul lothed Zion? why hast thou smitten us, and there is no healing for us? we looked for peace, and there is no good; and for the time of healing, and behold trouble! -- jeremiah 14:19 +. +We acknowledge, O LORD, our wickedness, and the iniquity of our fathers: for we have sinned against thee. -- jeremiah 14:20 +. +Do not abhor us, for thy name's sake, do not disgrace the throne of thy glory: remember, break not thy covenant with us. -- jeremiah 14:21 +. +Are there any among the vanities of the Gentiles that can cause rain? or can the heavens give showers? art not thou he, O LORD our God? therefore we will wait upon thee: for thou hast made all these things. -- jeremiah 14:22 +. +Then said the LORD unto me, Though Moses and Samuel stood before me, yet my mind could not be toward this people: cast them out of my sight, and let them go forth. -- jeremiah 15:1 +. +And it shall come to pass, if they say unto thee, Whither shall we go forth? then thou shalt tell them, Thus saith the LORD; Such as are for death, to death; and such as are for the sword, to the sword; and such as are for the famine, to the famine; and such as are for the captivity, to the captivity. -- jeremiah 15:2 +. +And I will appoint over them four kinds, saith the LORD: the sword to slay, and the dogs to tear, and the fowls of the heaven, and the beasts of the earth, to devour and destroy. -- jeremiah 15:3 +. +And I will cause them to be removed into all kingdoms of the earth, because of Manasseh the son of Hezekiah king of Judah, for that which he did in Jerusalem. -- jeremiah 15:4 +. +For who shall have pity upon thee, O Jerusalem? or who shall bemoan thee? or who shall go aside to ask how thou doest? -- jeremiah 15:5 +. +Thou hast forsaken me, saith the LORD, thou art gone backward: therefore will I stretch out my hand against thee, and destroy thee; I am weary with repenting. -- jeremiah 15:6 +. +And I will fan them with a fan in the gates of the land; I will bereave them of children, I will destroy my people since they return not from their ways. -- jeremiah 15:7 +. +Their widows are increased to me above the sand of the seas: I have brought upon them against the mother of the young men a spoiler at noonday: I have caused him to fall upon it suddenly, and terrors upon the city. -- jeremiah 15:8 +. +She that hath borne seven languisheth: she hath given up the ghost; her sun is gone down while it was yet day: she hath been ashamed and confounded: and the residue of them will I deliver to the sword before their enemies, saith the LORD. -- jeremiah 15:9 +. +Woe is me, my mother, that thou hast borne me a man of strife and a man of contention to the whole earth! I have neither lent on usury, nor men have lent to me on usury; yet every one of them doth curse me. -- jeremiah 15:10 +. +The LORD said, Verily it shall be well with thy remnant; verily I will cause the enemy to entreat thee well in the time of evil and in the time of affliction. -- jeremiah 15:11 +. +Shall iron break the northern iron and the steel? -- jeremiah 15:12 +. +Thy substance and thy treasures will I give to the spoil without price, and that for all thy sins, even in all thy borders. -- jeremiah 15:13 +. +And I will make thee to pass with thine enemies into a land which thou knowest not: for a fire is kindled in mine anger, which shall burn upon you. -- jeremiah 15:14 +. +O LORD, thou knowest: remember me, and visit me, and revenge me of my persecutors; take me not away in thy longsuffering: know that for thy sake I have suffered rebuke. -- jeremiah 15:15 +. +Thy words were found, and I did eat them; and thy word was unto me the joy and rejoicing of mine heart: for I am called by thy name, O LORD God of hosts. -- jeremiah 15:16 +. +I sat not in the assembly of the mockers, nor rejoiced; I sat alone because of thy hand: for thou hast filled me with indignation. -- jeremiah 15:17 +. +Why is my pain perpetual, and my wound incurable, which refuseth to be healed? wilt thou be altogether unto me as a liar, and as waters that fail? -- jeremiah 15:18 +. +Therefore thus saith the LORD, If thou return, then will I bring thee again, and thou shalt stand before me: and if thou take forth the precious from the vile, thou shalt be as my mouth: let them return unto thee; but return not thou unto them. -- jeremiah 15:19 +. +And I will make thee unto this people a fenced brasen wall: and they shall fight against thee, but they shall not prevail against thee: for I am with thee to save thee and to deliver thee, saith the LORD. -- jeremiah 15:20 +. +And I will deliver thee out of the hand of the wicked, and I will redeem thee out of the hand of the terrible. -- jeremiah 15:21 +. +The word of the LORD came also unto me, saying, -- jeremiah 16:1 +. +Thou shalt not take thee a wife, neither shalt thou have sons or daughters in this place. -- jeremiah 16:2 +. +For thus saith the LORD concerning the sons and concerning the daughters that are born in this place, and concerning their mothers that bare them, and concerning their fathers that begat them in this land; -- jeremiah 16:3 +. +They shall die of grievous deaths; they shall not be lamented; neither shall they be buried; but they shall be as dung upon the face of the earth: and they shall be consumed by the sword, and by famine; and their carcases shall be meat for the fowls of heaven, and for the beasts of the earth. -- jeremiah 16:4 +. +For thus saith the LORD, Enter not into the house of mourning, neither go to lament nor bemoan them: for I have taken away my peace from this people, saith the LORD, even lovingkindness and mercies. -- jeremiah 16:5 +. +Both the great and the small shall die in this land: they shall not be buried, neither shall men lament for them, nor cut themselves, nor make themselves bald for them: -- jeremiah 16:6 +. +Neither shall men tear themselves for them in mourning, to comfort them for the dead; neither shall men give them the cup of consolation to drink for their father or for their mother. -- jeremiah 16:7 +. +Thou shalt not also go into the house of feasting, to sit with them to eat and to drink. -- jeremiah 16:8 +. +For thus saith the LORD of hosts, the God of Israel; Behold, I will cause to cease out of this place in your eyes, and in your days, the voice of mirth, and the voice of gladness, the voice of the bridegroom, and the voice of the bride. -- jeremiah 16:9 +. +And it shall come to pass, when thou shalt shew this people all these words, and they shall say unto thee, Wherefore hath the LORD pronounced all this great evil against us? or what is our iniquity? or what is our sin that we have committed against the LORD our God? -- jeremiah 16:10 +. +Then shalt thou say unto them, Because your fathers have forsaken me, saith the LORD, and have walked after other gods, and have served them, and have worshipped them, and have forsaken me, and have not kept my law; -- jeremiah 16:11 +. +And ye have done worse than your fathers; for, behold, ye walk every one after the imagination of his evil heart, that they may not hearken unto me: -- jeremiah 16:12 +. +Therefore will I cast you out of this land into a land that ye know not, neither ye nor your fathers; and there shall ye serve other gods day and night; where I will not shew you favour. -- jeremiah 16:13 +. +Therefore, behold, the days come, saith the LORD, that it shall no more be said, The LORD liveth, that brought up the children of Israel out of the land of Egypt; -- jeremiah 16:14 +. +But, The LORD liveth, that brought up the children of Israel from the land of the north, and from all the lands whither he had driven them: and I will bring them again into their land that I gave unto their fathers. -- jeremiah 16:15 +. +Behold, I will send for many fishers, saith the LORD, and they shall fish them; and after will I send for many hunters, and they shall hunt them from every mountain, and from every hill, and out of the holes of the rocks. -- jeremiah 16:16 +. +For mine eyes are upon all their ways: they are not hid from my face, neither is their iniquity hid from mine eyes. -- jeremiah 16:17 +. +And first I will recompense their iniquity and their sin double; because they have defiled my land, they have filled mine inheritance with the carcases of their detestable and abominable things. -- jeremiah 16:18 +. +O LORD, my strength, and my fortress, and my refuge in the day of affliction, the Gentiles shall come unto thee from the ends of the earth, and shall say, Surely our fathers have inherited lies, vanity, and things wherein there is no profit. -- jeremiah 16:19 +. +Shall a man make gods unto himself, and they are no gods? -- jeremiah 16:20 +. +Therefore, behold, I will this once cause them to know, I will cause them to know mine hand and my might; and they shall know that my name is The LORD. -- jeremiah 16:21 +. +The sin of Judah is written with a pen of iron, and with the point of a diamond: it is graven upon the table of their heart, and upon the horns of your altars; -- jeremiah 17:1 +. +Whilst their children remember their altars and their groves by the green trees upon the high hills. -- jeremiah 17:2 +. +O my mountain in the field, I will give thy substance and all thy treasures to the spoil, and thy high places for sin, throughout all thy borders. -- jeremiah 17:3 +. +And thou, even thyself, shalt discontinue from thine heritage that I gave thee; and I will cause thee to serve thine enemies in the land which thou knowest not: for ye have kindled a fire in mine anger, which shall burn for ever. -- jeremiah 17:4 +. +Thus saith the LORD; Cursed be the man that trusteth in man, and maketh flesh his arm, and whose heart departeth from the LORD. -- jeremiah 17:5 +. +For he shall be like the heath in the desert, and shall not see when good cometh; but shall inhabit the parched places in the wilderness, in a salt land and not inhabited. -- jeremiah 17:6 +. +Blessed is the man that trusteth in the LORD, and whose hope the LORD is. -- jeremiah 17:7 +. +For he shall be as a tree planted by the waters, and that spreadeth out her roots by the river, and shall not see when heat cometh, but her leaf shall be green; and shall not be careful in the year of drought, neither shall cease from yielding fruit. -- jeremiah 17:8 +. +The heart is deceitful above all things, and desperately wicked: who can know it? -- jeremiah 17:9 +. +I the LORD search the heart, I try the reins, even to give every man according to his ways, and according to the fruit of his doings. -- jeremiah 17:10 +. +As the partridge sitteth on eggs, and hatcheth them not; so he that getteth riches, and not by right, shall leave them in the midst of his days, and at his end shall be a fool. -- jeremiah 17:11 +. +A glorious high throne from the beginning is the place of our sanctuary. -- jeremiah 17:12 +. +O LORD, the hope of Israel, all that forsake thee shall be ashamed, and they that depart from me shall be written in the earth, because they have forsaken the LORD, the fountain of living waters. -- jeremiah 17:13 +. +Heal me, O LORD, and I shall be healed; save me, and I shall be saved: for thou art my praise. -- jeremiah 17:14 +. +Behold, they say unto me, Where is the word of the LORD? let it come now. -- jeremiah 17:15 +. +As for me, I have not hastened from being a pastor to follow thee: neither have I desired the woeful day; thou knowest: that which came out of my lips was right before thee. -- jeremiah 17:16 +. +Be not a terror unto me: thou art my hope in the day of evil. -- jeremiah 17:17 +. +Let them be confounded that persecute me, but let not me be confounded: let them be dismayed, but let not me be dismayed: bring upon them the day of evil, and destroy them with double destruction. -- jeremiah 17:18 +. +Thus said the LORD unto me; Go and stand in the gate of the children of the people, whereby the kings of Judah come in, and by the which they go out, and in all the gates of Jerusalem; -- jeremiah 17:19 +. +And say unto them, Hear ye the word of the LORD, ye kings of Judah, and all Judah, and all the inhabitants of Jerusalem, that enter in by these gates: -- jeremiah 17:20 +. +Thus saith the LORD; Take heed to yourselves, and bear no burden on the sabbath day, nor bring it in by the gates of Jerusalem; -- jeremiah 17:21 +. +Neither carry forth a burden out of your houses on the sabbath day, neither do ye any work, but hallow ye the sabbath day, as I commanded your fathers. -- jeremiah 17:22 +. +But they obeyed not, neither inclined their ear, but made their neck stiff, that they might not hear, nor receive instruction. -- jeremiah 17:23 +. +And it shall come to pass, if ye diligently hearken unto me, saith the LORD, to bring in no burden through the gates of this city on the sabbath day, but hallow the sabbath day, to do no work therein; -- jeremiah 17:24 +. +Then shall there enter into the gates of this city kings and princes sitting upon the throne of David, riding in chariots and on horses, they, and their princes, the men of Judah, and the inhabitants of Jerusalem: and this city shall remain for ever. -- jeremiah 17:25 +. +And they shall come from the cities of Judah, and from the places about Jerusalem, and from the land of Benjamin, and from the plain, and from the mountains, and from the south, bringing burnt offerings, and sacrifices, and meat offerings, and incense, and bringing sacrifices of praise, unto the house of the LORD. -- jeremiah 17:26 +. +But if ye will not hearken unto me to hallow the sabbath day, and not to bear a burden, even entering in at the gates of Jerusalem on the sabbath day; then will I kindle a fire in the gates thereof, and it shall devour the palaces of Jerusalem, and it shall not be quenched. -- jeremiah 17:27 +. +The word which came to Jeremiah from the LORD, saying, -- jeremiah 18:1 +. +Arise, and go down to the potter's house, and there I will cause thee to hear my words. -- jeremiah 18:2 +. +Then I went down to the potter's house, and, behold, he wrought a work on the wheels. -- jeremiah 18:3 +. +And the vessel that he made of clay was marred in the hand of the potter: so he made it again another vessel, as seemed good to the potter to make it. -- jeremiah 18:4 +. +Then the word of the LORD came to me, saying, -- jeremiah 18:5 +. +O house of Israel, cannot I do with you as this potter? saith the LORD. Behold, as the clay is in the potter's hand, so are ye in mine hand, O house of Israel. -- jeremiah 18:6 +. +At what instant I shall speak concerning a nation, and concerning a kingdom, to pluck up, and to pull down, and to destroy it; -- jeremiah 18:7 +. +If that nation, against whom I have pronounced, turn from their evil, I will repent of the evil that I thought to do unto them. -- jeremiah 18:8 +. +And at what instant I shall speak concerning a nation, and concerning a kingdom, to build and to plant it; -- jeremiah 18:9 +. +If it do evil in my sight, that it obey not my voice, then I will repent of the good, wherewith I said I would benefit them. -- jeremiah 18:10 +. +Now therefore go to, speak to the men of Judah, and to the inhabitants of Jerusalem, saying, Thus saith the LORD; Behold, I frame evil against you, and devise a device against you: return ye now every one from his evil way, and make your ways and your doings good. -- jeremiah 18:11 +. +And they said, There is no hope: but we will walk after our own devices, and we will every one do the imagination of his evil heart. -- jeremiah 18:12 +. +Therefore thus saith the LORD; Ask ye now among the heathen, who hath heard such things: the virgin of Israel hath done a very horrible thing. -- jeremiah 18:13 +. +Will a man leave the snow of Lebanon which cometh from the rock of the field? or shall the cold flowing waters that come from another place be forsaken? -- jeremiah 18:14 +. +Because my people hath forgotten me, they have burned incense to vanity, and they have caused them to stumble in their ways from the ancient paths, to walk in paths, in a way not cast up; -- jeremiah 18:15 +. +To make their land desolate, and a perpetual hissing; every one that passeth thereby shall be astonished, and wag his head. -- jeremiah 18:16 +. +I will scatter them as with an east wind before the enemy; I will shew them the back, and not the face, in the day of their calamity. -- jeremiah 18:17 +. +Then said they, Come and let us devise devices against Jeremiah; for the law shall not perish from the priest, nor counsel from the wise, nor the word from the prophet. Come, and let us smite him with the tongue, and let us not give heed to any of his words. -- jeremiah 18:18 +. +Give heed to me, O LORD, and hearken to the voice of them that contend with me. -- jeremiah 18:19 +. +Shall evil be recompensed for good? for they have digged a pit for my soul. Remember that I stood before thee to speak good for them, and to turn away thy wrath from them. -- jeremiah 18:20 +. +Therefore deliver up their children to the famine, and pour out their blood by the force of the sword; and let their wives be bereaved of their children, and be widows; and let their men be put to death; let their young men be slain by the sword in battle. -- jeremiah 18:21 +. +Let a cry be heard from their houses, when thou shalt bring a troop suddenly upon them: for they have digged a pit to take me, and hid snares for my feet. -- jeremiah 18:22 +. +Yet, LORD, thou knowest all their counsel against me to slay me: forgive not their iniquity, neither blot out their sin from thy sight, but let them be overthrown before thee; deal thus with them in the time of thine anger. -- jeremiah 18:23 +. +Thus saith the LORD, Go and get a potter's earthen bottle, and take of the ancients of the people, and of the ancients of the priests; -- jeremiah 19:1 +. +And go forth unto the valley of the son of Hinnom, which is by the entry of the east gate, and proclaim there the words that I shall tell thee, -- jeremiah 19:2 +. +And say, Hear ye the word of the LORD, O kings of Judah, and inhabitants of Jerusalem; Thus saith the LORD of hosts, the God of Israel; Behold, I will bring evil upon this place, the which whosoever heareth, his ears shall tingle. -- jeremiah 19:3 +. +Because they have forsaken me, and have estranged this place, and have burned incense in it unto other gods, whom neither they nor their fathers have known, nor the kings of Judah, and have filled this place with the blood of innocents; -- jeremiah 19:4 +. +They have built also the high places of Baal, to burn their sons with fire for burnt offerings unto Baal, which I commanded not, nor spake it, neither came it into my mind: -- jeremiah 19:5 +. +Therefore, behold, the days come, saith the LORD, that this place shall no more be called Tophet, nor The valley of the son of Hinnom, but The valley of slaughter. -- jeremiah 19:6 +. +And I will make void the counsel of Judah and Jerusalem in this place; and I will cause them to fall by the sword before their enemies, and by the hands of them that seek their lives: and their carcases will I give to be meat for the fowls of the heaven, and for the beasts of the earth. -- jeremiah 19:7 +. +And I will make this city desolate, and an hissing; every one that passeth thereby shall be astonished and hiss because of all the plagues thereof. -- jeremiah 19:8 +. +And I will cause them to eat the flesh of their sons and the flesh of their daughters, and they shall eat every one the flesh of his friend in the siege and straitness, wherewith their enemies, and they that seek their lives, shall straiten them. -- jeremiah 19:9 +. +Then shalt thou break the bottle in the sight of the men that go with thee, -- jeremiah 19:10 +. +And shalt say unto them, Thus saith the LORD of hosts; Even so will I break this people and this city, as one breaketh a potter's vessel, that cannot be made whole again: and they shall bury them in Tophet, till there be no place to bury. -- jeremiah 19:11 +. +Thus will I do unto this place, saith the LORD, and to the inhabitants thereof, and even make this city as Tophet: -- jeremiah 19:12 +. +And the houses of Jerusalem, and the houses of the kings of Judah, shall be defiled as the place of Tophet, because of all the houses upon whose roofs they have burned incense unto all the host of heaven, and have poured out drink offerings unto other gods. -- jeremiah 19:13 +. +Then came Jeremiah from Tophet, whither the LORD had sent him to prophesy; and he stood in the court of the LORD's house; and said to all the people, -- jeremiah 19:14 +. +Thus saith the LORD of hosts, the God of Israel; Behold, I will bring upon this city and upon all her towns all the evil that I have pronounced against it, because they have hardened their necks, that they might not hear my words. -- jeremiah 19:15 +. +Now Pashur the son of Immer the priest, who was also chief governor in the house of the LORD, heard that Jeremiah prophesied these things. -- jeremiah 20:1 +. +Then Pashur smote Jeremiah the prophet, and put him in the stocks that were in the high gate of Benjamin, which was by the house of the LORD. -- jeremiah 20:2 +. +And it came to pass on the morrow, that Pashur brought forth Jeremiah out of the stocks. Then said Jeremiah unto him, The LORD hath not called thy name Pashur, but Magormissabib. -- jeremiah 20:3 +. +For thus saith the LORD, Behold, I will make thee a terror to thyself, and to all thy friends: and they shall fall by the sword of their enemies, and thine eyes shall behold it: and I will give all Judah into the hand of the king of Babylon, and he shall carry them captive into Babylon, and shall slay them with the sword. -- jeremiah 20:4 +. +Moreover I will deliver all the strength of this city, and all the labours thereof, and all the precious things thereof, and all the treasures of the kings of Judah will I give into the hand of their enemies, which shall spoil them, and take them, and carry them to Babylon. -- jeremiah 20:5 +. +And thou, Pashur, and all that dwell in thine house shall go into captivity: and thou shalt come to Babylon, and there thou shalt die, and shalt be buried there, thou, and all thy friends, to whom thou hast prophesied lies. -- jeremiah 20:6 +. +O LORD, thou hast deceived me, and I was deceived; thou art stronger than I, and hast prevailed: I am in derision daily, every one mocketh me. -- jeremiah 20:7 +. +For since I spake, I cried out, I cried violence and spoil; because the word of the LORD was made a reproach unto me, and a derision, daily. -- jeremiah 20:8 +. +Then I said, I will not make mention of him, nor speak any more in his name. But his word was in mine heart as a burning fire shut up in my bones, and I was weary with forbearing, and I could not stay. -- jeremiah 20:9 +. +For I heard the defaming of many, fear on every side. Report, say they, and we will report it. All my familiars watched for my halting, saying, Peradventure he will be enticed, and we shall prevail against him, and we shall take our revenge on him. -- jeremiah 20:10 +. +But the LORD is with me as a mighty terrible one: therefore my persecutors shall stumble, and they shall not prevail: they shall be greatly ashamed; for they shall not prosper: their everlasting confusion shall never be forgotten. -- jeremiah 20:11 +. +But, O LORD of hosts, that triest the righteous, and seest the reins and the heart, let me see thy vengeance on them: for unto thee have I opened my cause. -- jeremiah 20:12 +. +Sing unto the LORD, praise ye the LORD: for he hath delivered the soul of the poor from the hand of evildoers. -- jeremiah 20:13 +. +Cursed be the day wherein I was born: let not the day wherein my mother bare me be blessed. -- jeremiah 20:14 +. +Cursed be the man who brought tidings to my father, saying, A man child is born unto thee; making him very glad. -- jeremiah 20:15 +. +And let that man be as the cities which the LORD overthrew, and repented not: and let him hear the cry in the morning, and the shouting at noontide; -- jeremiah 20:16 +. +Because he slew me not from the womb; or that my mother might have been my grave, and her womb to be always great with me. -- jeremiah 20:17 +. +Wherefore came I forth out of the womb to see labour and sorrow, that my days should be consumed with shame? -- jeremiah 20:18 +. +The word which came unto Jeremiah from the LORD, when king Zedekiah sent unto him Pashur the son of Melchiah, and Zephaniah the son of Maaseiah the priest, saying, -- jeremiah 21:1 +. +Enquire, I pray thee, of the LORD for us; for Nebuchadrezzar king of Babylon maketh war against us; if so be that the LORD will deal with us according to all his wondrous works, that he may go up from us. -- jeremiah 21:2 +. +Then said Jeremiah unto them, Thus shall ye say to Zedekiah: -- jeremiah 21:3 +. +Thus saith the LORD God of Israel; Behold, I will turn back the weapons of war that are in your hands, wherewith ye fight against the king of Babylon, and against the Chaldeans, which besiege you without the walls, and I will assemble them into the midst of this city. -- jeremiah 21:4 +. +And I myself will fight against you with an outstretched hand and with a strong arm, even in anger, and in fury, and in great wrath. -- jeremiah 21:5 +. +And I will smite the inhabitants of this city, both man and beast: they shall die of a great pestilence. -- jeremiah 21:6 +. +And afterward, saith the LORD, I will deliver Zedekiah king of Judah, and his servants, and the people, and such as are left in this city from the pestilence, from the sword, and from the famine, into the hand of Nebuchadrezzar king of Babylon, and into the hand of their enemies, and into the hand of those that seek their life: and he shall smite them with the edge of the sword; he shall not spare them, neither have pity, nor have mercy. -- jeremiah 21:7 +. +And unto this people thou shalt say, Thus saith the LORD; Behold, I set before you the way of life, and the way of death. -- jeremiah 21:8 +. +He that abideth in this city shall die by the sword, and by the famine, and by the pestilence: but he that goeth out, and falleth to the Chaldeans that besiege you, he shall live, and his life shall be unto him for a prey. -- jeremiah 21:9 +. +For I have set my face against this city for evil, and not for good, saith the LORD: it shall be given into the hand of the king of Babylon, and he shall burn it with fire. -- jeremiah 21:10 +. +And touching the house of the king of Judah, say, Hear ye the word of the LORD; -- jeremiah 21:11 +. +O house of David, thus saith the LORD; Execute judgment in the morning, and deliver him that is spoiled out of the hand of the oppressor, lest my fury go out like fire, and burn that none can quench it, because of the evil of your doings. -- jeremiah 21:12 +. +Behold, I am against thee, O inhabitant of the valley, and rock of the plain, saith the LORD; which say, Who shall come down against us? or who shall enter into our habitations? -- jeremiah 21:13 +. +But I will punish you according to the fruit of your doings, saith the LORD: and I will kindle a fire in the forest thereof, and it shall devour all things round about it. -- jeremiah 21:14 +. +Thus saith the LORD; Go down to the house of the king of Judah, and speak there this word, -- jeremiah 22:1 +. +And say, Hear the word of the LORD, O king of Judah, that sittest upon the throne of David, thou, and thy servants, and thy people that enter in by these gates: -- jeremiah 22:2 +. +Thus saith the LORD; Execute ye judgment and righteousness, and deliver the spoiled out of the hand of the oppressor: and do no wrong, do no violence to the stranger, the fatherless, nor the widow, neither shed innocent blood in this place. -- jeremiah 22:3 +. +For if ye do this thing indeed, then shall there enter in by the gates of this house kings sitting upon the throne of David, riding in chariots and on horses, he, and his servants, and his people. -- jeremiah 22:4 +. +But if ye will not hear these words, I swear by myself, saith the LORD, that this house shall become a desolation. -- jeremiah 22:5 +. +For thus saith the LORD unto the king's house of Judah; Thou art Gilead unto me, and the head of Lebanon: yet surely I will make thee a wilderness, and cities which are not inhabited. -- jeremiah 22:6 +. +And I will prepare destroyers against thee, every one with his weapons: and they shall cut down thy choice cedars, and cast them into the fire. -- jeremiah 22:7 +. +And many nations shall pass by this city, and they shall say every man to his neighbour, Wherefore hath the LORD done thus unto this great city? -- jeremiah 22:8 +. +Then they shall answer, Because they have forsaken the covenant of the LORD their God, and worshipped other gods, and served them. -- jeremiah 22:9 +. +Weep ye not for the dead, neither bemoan him: but weep sore for him that goeth away: for he shall return no more, nor see his native country. -- jeremiah 22:10 +. +For thus saith the LORD touching Shallum the son of Josiah king of Judah, which reigned instead of Josiah his father, which went forth out of this place; He shall not return thither any more: -- jeremiah 22:11 +. +But he shall die in the place whither they have led him captive, and shall see this land no more. -- jeremiah 22:12 +. +Woe unto him that buildeth his house by unrighteousness, and his chambers by wrong; that useth his neighbour's service without wages, and giveth him not for his work; -- jeremiah 22:13 +. +That saith, I will build me a wide house and large chambers, and cutteth him out windows; and it is cieled with cedar, and painted with vermilion. -- jeremiah 22:14 +. +Shalt thou reign, because thou closest thyself in cedar? did not thy father eat and drink, and do judgment and justice, and then it was well with him? -- jeremiah 22:15 +. +He judged the cause of the poor and needy; then it was well with him: was not this to know me? saith the LORD. -- jeremiah 22:16 +. +But thine eyes and thine heart are not but for thy covetousness, and for to shed innocent blood, and for oppression, and for violence, to do it. -- jeremiah 22:17 +. +Therefore thus saith the LORD concerning Jehoiakim the son of Josiah king of Judah; They shall not lament for him, saying, Ah my brother! or, Ah sister! they shall not lament for him, saying, Ah lord! or, Ah his glory! -- jeremiah 22:18 +. +He shall be buried with the burial of an ass, drawn and cast forth beyond the gates of Jerusalem. -- jeremiah 22:19 +. +Go up to Lebanon, and cry; and lift up thy voice in Bashan, and cry from the passages: for all thy lovers are destroyed. -- jeremiah 22:20 +. +I spake unto thee in thy prosperity; but thou saidst, I will not hear. This hath been thy manner from thy youth, that thou obeyedst not my voice. -- jeremiah 22:21 +. +The wind shall eat up all thy pastors, and thy lovers shall go into captivity: surely then shalt thou be ashamed and confounded for all thy wickedness. -- jeremiah 22:22 +. +O inhabitant of Lebanon, that makest thy nest in the cedars, how gracious shalt thou be when pangs come upon thee, the pain as of a woman in travail! -- jeremiah 22:23 +. +As I live, saith the LORD, though Coniah the son of Jehoiakim king of Judah were the signet upon my right hand, yet would I pluck thee thence; -- jeremiah 22:24 +. +And I will give thee into the hand of them that seek thy life, and into the hand of them whose face thou fearest, even into the hand of Nebuchadrezzar king of Babylon, and into the hand of the Chaldeans. -- jeremiah 22:25 +. +And I will cast thee out, and thy mother that bare thee, into another country, where ye were not born; and there shall ye die. -- jeremiah 22:26 +. +But to the land whereunto they desire to return, thither shall they not return. -- jeremiah 22:27 +. +Is this man Coniah a despised broken idol? is he a vessel wherein is no pleasure? wherefore are they cast out, he and his seed, and are cast into a land which they know not? -- jeremiah 22:28 +. +O earth, earth, earth, hear the word of the LORD. -- jeremiah 22:29 +. +Thus saith the LORD, Write ye this man childless, a man that shall not prosper in his days: for no man of his seed shall prosper, sitting upon the throne of David, and ruling any more in Judah. -- jeremiah 22:30 +. +Woe be unto the pastors that destroy and scatter the sheep of my pasture! saith the LORD. -- jeremiah 23:1 +. +Therefore thus saith the LORD God of Israel against the pastors that feed my people; Ye have scattered my flock, and driven them away, and have not visited them: behold, I will visit upon you the evil of your doings, saith the LORD. -- jeremiah 23:2 +. +And I will gather the remnant of my flock out of all countries whither I have driven them, and will bring them again to their folds; and they shall be fruitful and increase. -- jeremiah 23:3 +. +And I will set up shepherds over them which shall feed them: and they shall fear no more, nor be dismayed, neither shall they be lacking, saith the LORD. -- jeremiah 23:4 +. +Behold, the days come, saith the LORD, that I will raise unto David a righteous Branch, and a King shall reign and prosper, and shall execute judgment and justice in the earth. -- jeremiah 23:5 +. +In his days Judah shall be saved, and Israel shall dwell safely: and this is his name whereby he shall be called, THE LORD OUR RIGHTEOUSNESS. -- jeremiah 23:6 +. +Therefore, behold, the days come, saith the LORD, that they shall no more say, The LORD liveth, which brought up the children of Israel out of the land of Egypt; -- jeremiah 23:7 +. +But, The LORD liveth, which brought up and which led the seed of the house of Israel out of the north country, and from all countries whither I had driven them; and they shall dwell in their own land. -- jeremiah 23:8 +. +Mine heart within me is broken because of the prophets; all my bones shake; I am like a drunken man, and like a man whom wine hath overcome, because of the LORD, and because of the words of his holiness. -- jeremiah 23:9 +. +For the land is full of adulterers; for because of swearing the land mourneth; the pleasant places of the wilderness are dried up, and their course is evil, and their force is not right. -- jeremiah 23:10 +. +For both prophet and priest are profane; yea, in my house have I found their wickedness, saith the LORD. -- jeremiah 23:11 +. +Wherefore their way shall be unto them as slippery ways in the darkness: they shall be driven on, and fall therein: for I will bring evil upon them, even the year of their visitation, saith the LORD. -- jeremiah 23:12 +. +And I have seen folly in the prophets of Samaria; they prophesied in Baal, and caused my people Israel to err. -- jeremiah 23:13 +. +I have seen also in the prophets of Jerusalem an horrible thing: they commit adultery, and walk in lies: they strengthen also the hands of evildoers, that none doth return from his wickedness; they are all of them unto me as Sodom, and the inhabitants thereof as Gomorrah. -- jeremiah 23:14 +. +Therefore thus saith the LORD of hosts concerning the prophets; Behold, I will feed them with wormwood, and make them drink the water of gall: for from the prophets of Jerusalem is profaneness gone forth into all the land. -- jeremiah 23:15 +. +Thus saith the LORD of hosts, Hearken not unto the words of the prophets that prophesy unto you: they make you vain: they speak a vision of their own heart, and not out of the mouth of the LORD. -- jeremiah 23:16 +. +They say still unto them that despise me, The LORD hath said, Ye shall have peace; and they say unto every one that walketh after the imagination of his own heart, No evil shall come upon you. -- jeremiah 23:17 +. +For who hath stood in the counsel of the LORD, and hath perceived and heard his word? who hath marked his word, and heard it? -- jeremiah 23:18 +. +Behold, a whirlwind of the LORD is gone forth in fury, even a grievous whirlwind: it shall fall grievously upon the head of the wicked. -- jeremiah 23:19 +. +The anger of the LORD shall not return, until he have executed, and till he have performed the thoughts of his heart: in the latter days ye shall consider it perfectly. -- jeremiah 23:20 +. +I have not sent these prophets, yet they ran: I have not spoken to them, yet they prophesied. -- jeremiah 23:21 +. +But if they had stood in my counsel, and had caused my people to hear my words, then they should have turned them from their evil way, and from the evil of their doings. -- jeremiah 23:22 +. +Am I a God at hand, saith the LORD, and not a God afar off? -- jeremiah 23:23 +. +Can any hide himself in secret places that I shall not see him? saith the LORD. Do not I fill heaven and earth? saith the LORD. -- jeremiah 23:24 +. +I have heard what the prophets said, that prophesy lies in my name, saying, I have dreamed, I have dreamed. -- jeremiah 23:25 +. +How long shall this be in the heart of the prophets that prophesy lies? yea, they are prophets of the deceit of their own heart; -- jeremiah 23:26 +. +Which think to cause my people to forget my name by their dreams which they tell every man to his neighbour, as their fathers have forgotten my name for Baal. -- jeremiah 23:27 +. +The prophet that hath a dream, let him tell a dream; and he that hath my word, let him speak my word faithfully. What is the chaff to the wheat? saith the LORD. -- jeremiah 23:28 +. +Is not my word like as a fire? saith the LORD; and like a hammer that breaketh the rock in pieces? -- jeremiah 23:29 +. +Therefore, behold, I am against the prophets, saith the LORD, that steal my words every one from his neighbour. -- jeremiah 23:30 +. +Behold, I am against the prophets, saith the LORD, that use their tongues, and say, He saith. -- jeremiah 23:31 +. +Behold, I am against them that prophesy false dreams, saith the LORD, and do tell them, and cause my people to err by their lies, and by their lightness; yet I sent them not, nor commanded them: therefore they shall not profit this people at all, saith the LORD. -- jeremiah 23:32 +. +And when this people, or the prophet, or a priest, shall ask thee, saying, What is the burden of the LORD? thou shalt then say unto them, What burden? I will even forsake you, saith the LORD. -- jeremiah 23:33 +. +And as for the prophet, and the priest, and the people, that shall say, The burden of the LORD, I will even punish that man and his house. -- jeremiah 23:34 +. +Thus shall ye say every one to his neighbour, and every one to his brother, What hath the LORD answered? and, What hath the LORD spoken? -- jeremiah 23:35 +. +And the burden of the LORD shall ye mention no more: for every man's word shall be his burden; for ye have perverted the words of the living God, of the LORD of hosts our God. -- jeremiah 23:36 +. +Thus shalt thou say to the prophet, What hath the LORD answered thee? and, What hath the LORD spoken? -- jeremiah 23:37 +. +But since ye say, The burden of the LORD; therefore thus saith the LORD; Because ye say this word, The burden of the LORD, and I have sent unto you, saying, Ye shall not say, The burden of the LORD; -- jeremiah 23:38 +. +Therefore, behold, I, even I, will utterly forget you, and I will forsake you, and the city that I gave you and your fathers, and cast you out of my presence: -- jeremiah 23:39 +. +And I will bring an everlasting reproach upon you, and a perpetual shame, which shall not be forgotten. -- jeremiah 23:40 +. +The LORD shewed me, and, behold, two baskets of figs were set before the temple of the LORD, after that Nebuchadrezzar king of Babylon had carried away captive Jeconiah the son of Jehoiakim king of Judah, and the princes of Judah, with the carpenters and smiths, from Jerusalem, and had brought them to Babylon. -- jeremiah 24:1 +. +One basket had very good figs, even like the figs that are first ripe: and the other basket had very naughty figs, which could not be eaten, they were so bad. -- jeremiah 24:2 +. +Then said the LORD unto me, What seest thou, Jeremiah? And I said, Figs; the good figs, very good; and the evil, very evil, that cannot be eaten, they are so evil. -- jeremiah 24:3 +. +Again the word of the LORD came unto me, saying, -- jeremiah 24:4 +. +Thus saith the LORD, the God of Israel; Like these good figs, so will I acknowledge them that are carried away captive of Judah, whom I have sent out of this place into the land of the Chaldeans for their good. -- jeremiah 24:5 +. +For I will set mine eyes upon them for good, and I will bring them again to this land: and I will build them, and not pull them down; and I will plant them, and not pluck them up. -- jeremiah 24:6 +. +And I will give them an heart to know me, that I am the LORD: and they shall be my people, and I will be their God: for they shall return unto me with their whole heart. -- jeremiah 24:7 +. +And as the evil figs, which cannot be eaten, they are so evil; surely thus saith the LORD, So will I give Zedekiah the king of Judah, and his princes, and the residue of Jerusalem, that remain in this land, and them that dwell in the land of Egypt: -- jeremiah 24:8 +. +And I will deliver them to be removed into all the kingdoms of the earth for their hurt, to be a reproach and a proverb, a taunt and a curse, in all places whither I shall drive them. -- jeremiah 24:9 +. +And I will send the sword, the famine, and the pestilence, among them, till they be consumed from off the land that I gave unto them and to their fathers. -- jeremiah 24:10 +. +The word that came to Jeremiah concerning all the people of Judah in the fourth year of Jehoiakim the son of Josiah king of Judah, that was the first year of Nebuchadrezzar king of Babylon; -- jeremiah 25:1 +. +The which Jeremiah the prophet spake unto all the people of Judah, and to all the inhabitants of Jerusalem, saying, -- jeremiah 25:2 +. +From the thirteenth year of Josiah the son of Amon king of Judah, even unto this day, that is the three and twentieth year, the word of the LORD hath come unto me, and I have spoken unto you, rising early and speaking; but ye have not hearkened. -- jeremiah 25:3 +. +And the LORD hath sent unto you all his servants the prophets, rising early and sending them; but ye have not hearkened, nor inclined your ear to hear. -- jeremiah 25:4 +. +They said, Turn ye again now every one from his evil way, and from the evil of your doings, and dwell in the land that the LORD hath given unto you and to your fathers for ever and ever: -- jeremiah 25:5 +. +And go not after other gods to serve them, and to worship them, and provoke me not to anger with the works of your hands; and I will do you no hurt. -- jeremiah 25:6 +. +Yet ye have not hearkened unto me, saith the LORD; that ye might provoke me to anger with the works of your hands to your own hurt. -- jeremiah 25:7 +. +Therefore thus saith the LORD of hosts; Because ye have not heard my words, -- jeremiah 25:8 +. +Behold, I will send and take all the families of the north, saith the LORD, and Nebuchadrezzar the king of Babylon, my servant, and will bring them against this land, and against the inhabitants thereof, and against all these nations round about, and will utterly destroy them, and make them an astonishment, and an hissing, and perpetual desolations. -- jeremiah 25:9 +. +Moreover I will take from them the voice of mirth, and the voice of gladness, the voice of the bridegroom, and the voice of the bride, the sound of the millstones, and the light of the candle. -- jeremiah 25:10 +. +And this whole land shall be a desolation, and an astonishment; and these nations shall serve the king of Babylon seventy years. -- jeremiah 25:11 +. +And it shall come to pass, when seventy years are accomplished, that I will punish the king of Babylon, and that nation, saith the LORD, for their iniquity, and the land of the Chaldeans, and will make it perpetual desolations. -- jeremiah 25:12 +. +And I will bring upon that land all my words which I have pronounced against it, even all that is written in this book, which Jeremiah hath prophesied against all the nations. -- jeremiah 25:13 +. +For many nations and great kings shall serve themselves of them also: and I will recompense them according to their deeds, and according to the works of their own hands. -- jeremiah 25:14 +. +For thus saith the LORD God of Israel unto me; Take the wine cup of this fury at my hand, and cause all the nations, to whom I send thee, to drink it. -- jeremiah 25:15 +. +And they shall drink, and be moved, and be mad, because of the sword that I will send among them. -- jeremiah 25:16 +. +Then took I the cup at the LORD's hand, and made all the nations to drink, unto whom the LORD had sent me: -- jeremiah 25:17 +. +To wit, Jerusalem, and the cities of Judah, and the kings thereof, and the princes thereof, to make them a desolation, an astonishment, an hissing, and a curse; as it is this day; -- jeremiah 25:18 +. +Pharaoh king of Egypt, and his servants, and his princes, and all his people; -- jeremiah 25:19 +. +And all the mingled people, and all the kings of the land of Uz, and all the kings of the land of the Philistines, and Ashkelon, and Azzah, and Ekron, and the remnant of Ashdod, -- jeremiah 25:20 +. +Edom, and Moab, and the children of Ammon, -- jeremiah 25:21 +. +And all the kings of Tyrus, and all the kings of Zidon, and the kings of the isles which are beyond the sea, -- jeremiah 25:22 +. +Dedan, and Tema, and Buz, and all that are in the utmost corners, -- jeremiah 25:23 +. +And all the kings of Arabia, and all the kings of the mingled people that dwell in the desert, -- jeremiah 25:24 +. +And all the kings of Zimri, and all the kings of Elam, and all the kings of the Medes, -- jeremiah 25:25 +. +And all the kings of the north, far and near, one with another, and all the kingdoms of the world, which are upon the face of the earth: and the king of Sheshach shall drink after them. -- jeremiah 25:26 +. +Therefore thou shalt say unto them, Thus saith the LORD of hosts, the God of Israel; Drink ye, and be drunken, and spue, and fall, and rise no more, because of the sword which I will send among you. -- jeremiah 25:27 +. +And it shall be, if they refuse to take the cup at thine hand to drink, then shalt thou say unto them, Thus saith the LORD of hosts; Ye shall certainly drink. -- jeremiah 25:28 +. +For, lo, I begin to bring evil on the city which is called by my name, and should ye be utterly unpunished? Ye shall not be unpunished: for I will call for a sword upon all the inhabitants of the earth, saith the LORD of hosts. -- jeremiah 25:29 +. +Therefore prophesy thou against them all these words, and say unto them, The LORD shall roar from on high, and utter his voice from his holy habitation; he shall mightily roar upon his habitation; he shall give a shout, as they that tread the grapes, against all the inhabitants of the earth. -- jeremiah 25:30 +. +A noise shall come even to the ends of the earth; for the LORD hath a controversy with the nations, he will plead with all flesh; he will give them that are wicked to the sword, saith the LORD. -- jeremiah 25:31 +. +Thus saith the LORD of hosts, Behold, evil shall go forth from nation to nation, and a great whirlwind shall be raised up from the coasts of the earth. -- jeremiah 25:32 +. +And the slain of the LORD shall be at that day from one end of the earth even unto the other end of the earth: they shall not be lamented, neither gathered, nor buried; they shall be dung upon the ground. -- jeremiah 25:33 +. +Howl, ye shepherds, and cry; and wallow yourselves in the ashes, ye principal of the flock: for the days of your slaughter and of your dispersions are accomplished; and ye shall fall like a pleasant vessel. -- jeremiah 25:34 +. +And the shepherds shall have no way to flee, nor the principal of the flock to escape. -- jeremiah 25:35 +. +A voice of the cry of the shepherds, and an howling of the principal of the flock, shall be heard: for the LORD hath spoiled their pasture. -- jeremiah 25:36 +. +And the peaceable habitations are cut down because of the fierce anger of the LORD. -- jeremiah 25:37 +. +He hath forsaken his covert, as the lion: for their land is desolate because of the fierceness of the oppressor, and because of his fierce anger. -- jeremiah 25:38 +. +In the beginning of the reign of Jehoiakim the son of Josiah king of Judah came this word from the LORD, saying, -- jeremiah 26:1 +. +Thus saith the LORD; Stand in the court of the LORD's house, and speak unto all the cities of Judah, which come to worship in the LORD's house, all the words that I command thee to speak unto them; diminish not a word: -- jeremiah 26:2 +. +If so be they will hearken, and turn every man from his evil way, that I may repent me of the evil, which I purpose to do unto them because of the evil of their doings. -- jeremiah 26:3 +. +And thou shalt say unto them, Thus saith the LORD; If ye will not hearken to me, to walk in my law, which I have set before you, -- jeremiah 26:4 +. +To hearken to the words of my servants the prophets, whom I sent unto you, both rising up early, and sending them, but ye have not hearkened; -- jeremiah 26:5 +. +Then will I make this house like Shiloh, and will make this city a curse to all the nations of the earth. -- jeremiah 26:6 +. +So the priests and the prophets and all the people heard Jeremiah speaking these words in the house of the LORD. -- jeremiah 26:7 +. +Now it came to pass, when Jeremiah had made an end of speaking all that the LORD had commanded him to speak unto all the people, that the priests and the prophets and all the people took him, saying, Thou shalt surely die. -- jeremiah 26:8 +. +Why hast thou prophesied in the name of the LORD, saying, This house shall be like Shiloh, and this city shall be desolate without an inhabitant? And all the people were gathered against Jeremiah in the house of the LORD. -- jeremiah 26:9 +. +When the princes of Judah heard these things, then they came up from the king's house unto the house of the LORD, and sat down in the entry of the new gate of the LORD's house. -- jeremiah 26:10 +. +Then spake the priests and the prophets unto the princes and to all the people, saying, This man is worthy to die; for he hath prophesied against this city, as ye have heard with your ears. -- jeremiah 26:11 +. +Then spake Jeremiah unto all the princes and to all the people, saying, The LORD sent me to prophesy against this house and against this city all the words that ye have heard. -- jeremiah 26:12 +. +Therefore now amend your ways and your doings, and obey the voice of the LORD your God; and the LORD will repent him of the evil that he hath pronounced against you. -- jeremiah 26:13 +. +As for me, behold, I am in your hand: do with me as seemeth good and meet unto you. -- jeremiah 26:14 +. +But know ye for certain, that if ye put me to death, ye shall surely bring innocent blood upon yourselves, and upon this city, and upon the inhabitants thereof: for of a truth the LORD hath sent me unto you to speak all these words in your ears. -- jeremiah 26:15 +. +Then said the princes and all the people unto the priests and to the prophets; This man is not worthy to die: for he hath spoken to us in the name of the LORD our God. -- jeremiah 26:16 +. +Then rose up certain of the elders of the land, and spake to all the assembly of the people, saying, -- jeremiah 26:17 +. +Micah the Morasthite prophesied in the days of Hezekiah king of Judah, and spake to all the people of Judah, saying, Thus saith the LORD of hosts; Zion shall be plowed like a field, and Jerusalem shall become heaps, and the mountain of the house as the high places of a forest. -- jeremiah 26:18 +. +Did Hezekiah king of Judah and all Judah put him at all to death? did he not fear the LORD, and besought the LORD, and the LORD repented him of the evil which he had pronounced against them? Thus might we procure great evil against our souls. -- jeremiah 26:19 +. +And there was also a man that prophesied in the name of the LORD, Urijah the son of Shemaiah of Kirjathjearim, who prophesied against this city and against this land according to all the words of Jeremiah. -- jeremiah 26:20 +. +And when Jehoiakim the king, with all his mighty men, and all the princes, heard his words, the king sought to put him to death: but when Urijah heard it, he was afraid, and fled, and went into Egypt; -- jeremiah 26:21 +. +And Jehoiakim the king sent men into Egypt, namely, Elnathan the son of Achbor, and certain men with him into Egypt. -- jeremiah 26:22 +. +And they fetched forth Urijah out of Egypt, and brought him unto Jehoiakim the king; who slew him with the sword, and cast his dead body into the graves of the common people. -- jeremiah 26:23 +. +Nevertheless the hand of Ahikam the son of Shaphan was with Jeremiah, that they should not give him into the hand of the people to put him to death. -- jeremiah 26:24 +. +In the beginning of the reign of Jehoiakim the son of Josiah king of Judah came this word unto Jeremiah from the LORD, saying, -- jeremiah 27:1 +. +Thus saith the LORD to me; Make thee bonds and yokes, and put them upon thy neck, -- jeremiah 27:2 +. +And send them to the king of Edom, and to the king of Moab, and to the king of the Ammonites, and to the king of Tyrus, and to the king of Zidon, by the hand of the messengers which come to Jerusalem unto Zedekiah king of Judah; -- jeremiah 27:3 +. +And command them to say unto their masters, Thus saith the LORD of hosts, the God of Israel; Thus shall ye say unto your masters; -- jeremiah 27:4 +. +I have made the earth, the man and the beast that are upon the ground, by my great power and by my outstretched arm, and have given it unto whom it seemed meet unto me. -- jeremiah 27:5 +. +And now have I given all these lands into the hand of Nebuchadnezzar the king of Babylon, my servant; and the beasts of the field have I given him also to serve him. -- jeremiah 27:6 +. +And all nations shall serve him, and his son, and his son's son, until the very time of his land come: and then many nations and great kings shall serve themselves of him. -- jeremiah 27:7 +. +And it shall come to pass, that the nation and kingdom which will not serve the same Nebuchadnezzar the king of Babylon, and that will not put their neck under the yoke of the king of Babylon, that nation will I punish, saith the LORD, with the sword, and with the famine, and with the pestilence, until I have consumed them by his hand. -- jeremiah 27:8 +. +Therefore hearken not ye to your prophets, nor to your diviners, nor to your dreamers, nor to your enchanters, nor to your sorcerers, which speak unto you, saying, Ye shall not serve the king of Babylon: -- jeremiah 27:9 +. +For they prophesy a lie unto you, to remove you far from your land; and that I should drive you out, and ye should perish. -- jeremiah 27:10 +. +But the nations that bring their neck under the yoke of the king of Babylon, and serve him, those will I let remain still in their own land, saith the LORD; and they shall till it, and dwell therein. -- jeremiah 27:11 +. +I spake also to Zedekiah king of Judah according to all these words, saying, Bring your necks under the yoke of the king of Babylon, and serve him and his people, and live. -- jeremiah 27:12 +. +Why will ye die, thou and thy people, by the sword, by the famine, and by the pestilence, as the LORD hath spoken against the nation that will not serve the king of Babylon? -- jeremiah 27:13 +. +Therefore hearken not unto the words of the prophets that speak unto you, saying, Ye shall not serve the king of Babylon: for they prophesy a lie unto you. -- jeremiah 27:14 +. +For I have not sent them, saith the LORD, yet they prophesy a lie in my name; that I might drive you out, and that ye might perish, ye, and the prophets that prophesy unto you. -- jeremiah 27:15 +. +Also I spake to the priests and to all this people, saying, Thus saith the LORD; Hearken not to the words of your prophets that prophesy unto you, saying, Behold, the vessels of the LORD's house shall now shortly be brought again from Babylon: for they prophesy a lie unto you. -- jeremiah 27:16 +. +Hearken not unto them; serve the king of Babylon, and live: wherefore should this city be laid waste? -- jeremiah 27:17 +. +But if they be prophets, and if the word of the LORD be with them, let them now make intercession to the LORD of hosts, that the vessels which are left in the house of the LORD, and in the house of the king of Judah, and at Jerusalem, go not to Babylon. -- jeremiah 27:18 +. +For thus saith the LORD of hosts concerning the pillars, and concerning the sea, and concerning the bases, and concerning the residue of the vessels that remain in this city. -- jeremiah 27:19 +. +Which Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon took not, when he carried away captive Jeconiah the son of Jehoiakim king of Judah from Jerusalem to Babylon, and all the nobles of Judah and Jerusalem; -- jeremiah 27:20 +. +Yea, thus saith the LORD of hosts, the God of Israel, concerning the vessels that remain in the house of the LORD, and in the house of the king of Judah and of Jerusalem; -- jeremiah 27:21 +. +They shall be carried to Babylon, and there shall they be until the day that I visit them, saith the LORD; then will I bring them up, and restore them to this place. -- jeremiah 27:22 +. +And it came to pass the same year, in the beginning of the reign of Zedekiah king of Judah, in the fourth year, and in the fifth month, that Hananiah the son of Azur the prophet, which was of Gibeon, spake unto me in the house of the LORD, in the presence of the priests and of all the people, saying, -- jeremiah 28:1 +. +Thus speaketh the LORD of hosts, the God of Israel, saying, I have broken the yoke of the king of Babylon. -- jeremiah 28:2 +. +Within two full years will I bring again into this place all the vessels of the LORD's house, that Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon took away from this place, and carried them to Babylon: -- jeremiah 28:3 +. +And I will bring again to this place Jeconiah the son of Jehoiakim king of Judah, with all the captives of Judah, that went into Babylon, saith the LORD: for I will break the yoke of the king of Babylon. -- jeremiah 28:4 +. +Then the prophet Jeremiah said unto the prophet Hananiah in the presence of the priests, and in the presence of all the people that stood in the house of the LORD, -- jeremiah 28:5 +. +Even the prophet Jeremiah said, Amen: the LORD do so: the LORD perform thy words which thou hast prophesied, to bring again the vessels of the LORD's house, and all that is carried away captive, from Babylon into this place. -- jeremiah 28:6 +. +Nevertheless hear thou now this word that I speak in thine ears, and in the ears of all the people; -- jeremiah 28:7 +. +The prophets that have been before me and before thee of old prophesied both against many countries, and against great kingdoms, of war, and of evil, and of pestilence. -- jeremiah 28:8 +. +The prophet which prophesieth of peace, when the word of the prophet shall come to pass, then shall the prophet be known, that the LORD hath truly sent him. -- jeremiah 28:9 +. +Then Hananiah the prophet took the yoke from off the prophet Jeremiah's neck, and brake it. -- jeremiah 28:10 +. +And Hananiah spake in the presence of all the people, saying, Thus saith the LORD; Even so will I break the yoke of Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon from the neck of all nations within the space of two full years. And the prophet Jeremiah went his way. -- jeremiah 28:11 +. +Then the word of the LORD came unto Jeremiah the prophet, after that Hananiah the prophet had broken the yoke from off the neck of the prophet Jeremiah, saying, -- jeremiah 28:12 +. +Go and tell Hananiah, saying, Thus saith the LORD; Thou hast broken the yokes of wood; but thou shalt make for them yokes of iron. -- jeremiah 28:13 +. +For thus saith the LORD of hosts, the God of Israel; I have put a yoke of iron upon the neck of all these nations, that they may serve Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon; and they shall serve him: and I have given him the beasts of the field also. -- jeremiah 28:14 +. +Then said the prophet Jeremiah unto Hananiah the prophet, Hear now, Hananiah; The LORD hath not sent thee; but thou makest this people to trust in a lie. -- jeremiah 28:15 +. +Therefore thus saith the LORD; Behold, I will cast thee from off the face of the earth: this year thou shalt die, because thou hast taught rebellion against the LORD. -- jeremiah 28:16 +. +So Hananiah the prophet died the same year in the seventh month. -- jeremiah 28:17 +. +Now these are the words of the letter that Jeremiah the prophet sent from Jerusalem unto the residue of the elders which were carried away captives, and to the priests, and to the prophets, and to all the people whom Nebuchadnezzar had carried away captive from Jerusalem to Babylon; -- jeremiah 29:1 +. +(After that Jeconiah the king, and the queen, and the eunuchs, the princes of Judah and Jerusalem, and the carpenters, and the smiths, were departed from Jerusalem;) -- jeremiah 29:2 +. +By the hand of Elasah the son of Shaphan, and Gemariah the son of Hilkiah, (whom Zedekiah king of Judah sent unto Babylon to Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon) saying, -- jeremiah 29:3 +. +Thus saith the LORD of hosts, the God of Israel, unto all that are carried away captives, whom I have caused to be carried away from Jerusalem unto Babylon; -- jeremiah 29:4 +. +Build ye houses, and dwell in them; and plant gardens, and eat the fruit of them; -- jeremiah 29:5 +. +Take ye wives, and beget sons and daughters; and take wives for your sons, and give your daughters to husbands, that they may bear sons and daughters; that ye may be increased there, and not diminished. -- jeremiah 29:6 +. +And seek the peace of the city whither I have caused you to be carried away captives, and pray unto the LORD for it: for in the peace thereof shall ye have peace. -- jeremiah 29:7 +. +For thus saith the LORD of hosts, the God of Israel; Let not your prophets and your diviners, that be in the midst of you, deceive you, neither hearken to your dreams which ye cause to be dreamed. -- jeremiah 29:8 +. +For they prophesy falsely unto you in my name: I have not sent them, saith the LORD. -- jeremiah 29:9 +. +For thus saith the LORD, That after seventy years be accomplished at Babylon I will visit you, and perform my good word toward you, in causing you to return to this place. -- jeremiah 29:10 +. +For I know the thoughts that I think toward you, saith the LORD, thoughts of peace, and not of evil, to give you an expected end. -- jeremiah 29:11 +. +Then shall ye call upon me, and ye shall go and pray unto me, and I will hearken unto you. -- jeremiah 29:12 +. +And ye shall seek me, and find me, when ye shall search for me with all your heart. -- jeremiah 29:13 +. +And I will be found of you, saith the LORD: and I will turn away your captivity, and I will gather you from all the nations, and from all the places whither I have driven you, saith the LORD; and I will bring you again into the place whence I caused you to be carried away captive. -- jeremiah 29:14 +. +Because ye have said, The LORD hath raised us up prophets in Babylon; -- jeremiah 29:15 +. +Know that thus saith the LORD of the king that sitteth upon the throne of David, and of all the people that dwelleth in this city, and of your brethren that are not gone forth with you into captivity; -- jeremiah 29:16 +. +Thus saith the LORD of hosts; Behold, I will send upon them the sword, the famine, and the pestilence, and will make them like vile figs, that cannot be eaten, they are so evil. -- jeremiah 29:17 +. +And I will persecute them with the sword, with the famine, and with the pestilence, and will deliver them to be removed to all the kingdoms of the earth, to be a curse, and an astonishment, and an hissing, and a reproach, among all the nations whither I have driven them: -- jeremiah 29:18 +. +Because they have not hearkened to my words, saith the LORD, which I sent unto them by my servants the prophets, rising up early and sending them; but ye would not hear, saith the LORD. -- jeremiah 29:19 +. +Hear ye therefore the word of the LORD, all ye of the captivity, whom I have sent from Jerusalem to Babylon: -- jeremiah 29:20 +. +Thus saith the LORD of hosts, the God of Israel, of Ahab the son of Kolaiah, and of Zedekiah the son of Maaseiah, which prophesy a lie unto you in my name; Behold, I will deliver them into the hand of Nebuchadrezzar king of Babylon; and he shall slay them before your eyes; -- jeremiah 29:21 +. +And of them shall be taken up a curse by all the captivity of Judah which are in Babylon, saying, The LORD make thee like Zedekiah and like Ahab, whom the king of Babylon roasted in the fire; -- jeremiah 29:22 +. +Because they have committed villany in Israel, and have committed adultery with their neighbours' wives, and have spoken lying words in my name, which I have not commanded them; even I know, and am a witness, saith the LORD. -- jeremiah 29:23 +. +Thus shalt thou also speak to Shemaiah the Nehelamite, saying, -- jeremiah 29:24 +. +Thus speaketh the LORD of hosts, the God of Israel, saying, Because thou hast sent letters in thy name unto all the people that are at Jerusalem, and to Zephaniah the son of Maaseiah the priest, and to all the priests, saying, -- jeremiah 29:25 +. +The LORD hath made thee priest in the stead of Jehoiada the priest, that ye should be officers in the house of the LORD, for every man that is mad, and maketh himself a prophet, that thou shouldest put him in prison, and in the stocks. -- jeremiah 29:26 +. +Now therefore why hast thou not reproved Jeremiah of Anathoth, which maketh himself a prophet to you? -- jeremiah 29:27 +. +For therefore he sent unto us in Babylon, saying, This captivity is long: build ye houses, and dwell in them; and plant gardens, and eat the fruit of them. -- jeremiah 29:28 +. +And Zephaniah the priest read this letter in the ears of Jeremiah the prophet. -- jeremiah 29:29 +. +Then came the word of the LORD unto Jeremiah, saying, -- jeremiah 29:30 +. +Send to all them of the captivity, saying, Thus saith the LORD concerning Shemaiah the Nehelamite; Because that Shemaiah hath prophesied unto you, and I sent him not, and he caused you to trust in a lie: -- jeremiah 29:31 +. +Therefore thus saith the LORD; Behold, I will punish Shemaiah the Nehelamite, and his seed: he shall not have a man to dwell among this people; neither shall he behold the good that I will do for my people, saith the LORD; because he hath taught rebellion against the LORD. -- jeremiah 29:32 +. +The word that came to Jeremiah from the LORD, saying, -- jeremiah 30:1 +. +Thus speaketh the LORD God of Israel, saying, Write thee all the words that I have spoken unto thee in a book. -- jeremiah 30:2 +. +For, lo, the days come, saith the LORD, that I will bring again the captivity of my people Israel and Judah, saith the LORD: and I will cause them to return to the land that I gave to their fathers, and they shall possess it. -- jeremiah 30:3 +. +And these are the words that the LORD spake concerning Israel and concerning Judah. -- jeremiah 30:4 +. +For thus saith the LORD; We have heard a voice of trembling, of fear, and not of peace. -- jeremiah 30:5 +. +Ask ye now, and see whether a man doth travail with child? wherefore do I see every man with his hands on his loins, as a woman in travail, and all faces are turned into paleness? -- jeremiah 30:6 +. +Alas! for that day is great, so that none is like it: it is even the time of Jacob's trouble, but he shall be saved out of it. -- jeremiah 30:7 +. +For it shall come to pass in that day, saith the LORD of hosts, that I will break his yoke from off thy neck, and will burst thy bonds, and strangers shall no more serve themselves of him: -- jeremiah 30:8 +. +But they shall serve the LORD their God, and David their king, whom I will raise up unto them. -- jeremiah 30:9 +. +Therefore fear thou not, O my servant Jacob, saith the LORD; neither be dismayed, O Israel: for, lo, I will save thee from afar, and thy seed from the land of their captivity; and Jacob shall return, and shall be in rest, and be quiet, and none shall make him afraid. -- jeremiah 30:10 +. +For I am with thee, saith the LORD, to save thee: though I make a full end of all nations whither I have scattered thee, yet I will not make a full end of thee: but I will correct thee in measure, and will not leave thee altogether unpunished. -- jeremiah 30:11 +. +For thus saith the LORD, Thy bruise is incurable, and thy wound is grievous. -- jeremiah 30:12 +. +There is none to plead thy cause, that thou mayest be bound up: thou hast no healing medicines. -- jeremiah 30:13 +. +All thy lovers have forgotten thee; they seek thee not; for I have wounded thee with the wound of an enemy, with the chastisement of a cruel one, for the multitude of thine iniquity; because thy sins were increased. -- jeremiah 30:14 +. +Why criest thou for thine affliction? thy sorrow is incurable for the multitude of thine iniquity: because thy sins were increased, I have done these things unto thee. -- jeremiah 30:15 +. +Therefore all they that devour thee shall be devoured; and all thine adversaries, every one of them, shall go into captivity; and they that spoil thee shall be a spoil, and all that prey upon thee will I give for a prey. -- jeremiah 30:16 +. +For I will restore health unto thee, and I will heal thee of thy wounds, saith the LORD; because they called thee an Outcast, saying, This is Zion, whom no man seeketh after. -- jeremiah 30:17 +. +Thus saith the LORD; Behold, I will bring again the captivity of Jacob's tents, and have mercy on his dwellingplaces; and the city shall be builded upon her own heap, and the palace shall remain after the manner thereof. -- jeremiah 30:18 +. +And out of them shall proceed thanksgiving and the voice of them that make merry: and I will multiply them, and they shall not be few; I will also glorify them, and they shall not be small. -- jeremiah 30:19 +. +Their children also shall be as aforetime, and their congregation shall be established before me, and I will punish all that oppress them. -- jeremiah 30:20 +. +And their nobles shall be of themselves, and their governor shall proceed from the midst of them; and I will cause him to draw near, and he shall approach unto me: for who is this that engaged his heart to approach unto me? saith the LORD. -- jeremiah 30:21 +. +And ye shall be my people, and I will be your God. -- jeremiah 30:22 +. +Behold, the whirlwind of the LORD goeth forth with fury, a continuing whirlwind: it shall fall with pain upon the head of the wicked. -- jeremiah 30:23 +. +The fierce anger of the LORD shall not return, until he hath done it, and until he have performed the intents of his heart: in the latter days ye shall consider it. -- jeremiah 30:24 +. +At the same time, saith the LORD, will I be the God of all the families of Israel, and they shall be my people. -- jeremiah 31:1 +. +Thus saith the LORD, The people which were left of the sword found grace in the wilderness; even Israel, when I went to cause him to rest. -- jeremiah 31:2 +. +The LORD hath appeared of old unto me, saying, Yea, I have loved thee with an everlasting love: therefore with lovingkindness have I drawn thee. -- jeremiah 31:3 +. +Again I will build thee, and thou shalt be built, O virgin of Israel: thou shalt again be adorned with thy tabrets, and shalt go forth in the dances of them that make merry. -- jeremiah 31:4 +. +Thou shalt yet plant vines upon the mountains of Samaria: the planters shall plant, and shall eat them as common things. -- jeremiah 31:5 +. +For there shall be a day, that the watchmen upon the mount Ephraim shall cry, Arise ye, and let us go up to Zion unto the LORD our God. -- jeremiah 31:6 +. +For thus saith the LORD; Sing with gladness for Jacob, and shout among the chief of the nations: publish ye, praise ye, and say, O LORD, save thy people, the remnant of Israel. -- jeremiah 31:7 +. +Behold, I will bring them from the north country, and gather them from the coasts of the earth, and with them the blind and the lame, the woman with child and her that travaileth with child together: a great company shall return thither. -- jeremiah 31:8 +. +They shall come with weeping, and with supplications will I lead them: I will cause them to walk by the rivers of waters in a straight way, wherein they shall not stumble: for I am a father to Israel, and Ephraim is my firstborn. -- jeremiah 31:9 +. +Hear the word of the LORD, O ye nations, and declare it in the isles afar off, and say, He that scattered Israel will gather him, and keep him, as a shepherd doth his flock. -- jeremiah 31:10 +. +For the LORD hath redeemed Jacob, and ransomed him from the hand of him that was stronger than he. -- jeremiah 31:11 +. +Therefore they shall come and sing in the height of Zion, and shall flow together to the goodness of the LORD, for wheat, and for wine, and for oil, and for the young of the flock and of the herd: and their soul shall be as a watered garden; and they shall not sorrow any more at all. -- jeremiah 31:12 +. +Then shall the virgin rejoice in the dance, both young men and old together: for I will turn their mourning into joy, and will comfort them, and make them rejoice from their sorrow. -- jeremiah 31:13 +. +And I will satiate the soul of the priests with fatness, and my people shall be satisfied with my goodness, saith the LORD. -- jeremiah 31:14 +. +Thus saith the LORD; A voice was heard in Ramah, lamentation, and bitter weeping; Rahel weeping for her children refused to be comforted for her children, because they were not. -- jeremiah 31:15 +. +Thus saith the LORD; Refrain thy voice from weeping, and thine eyes from tears: for thy work shall be rewarded, saith the LORD; and they shall come again from the land of the enemy. -- jeremiah 31:16 +. +And there is hope in thine end, saith the LORD, that thy children shall come again to their own border. -- jeremiah 31:17 +. +I have surely heard Ephraim bemoaning himself thus; Thou hast chastised me, and I was chastised, as a bullock unaccustomed to the yoke: turn thou me, and I shall be turned; for thou art the LORD my God. -- jeremiah 31:18 +. +Surely after that I was turned, I repented; and after that I was instructed, I smote upon my thigh: I was ashamed, yea, even confounded, because I did bear the reproach of my youth. -- jeremiah 31:19 +. +Is Ephraim my dear son? is he a pleasant child? for since I spake against him, I do earnestly remember him still: therefore my bowels are troubled for him; I will surely have mercy upon him, saith the LORD. -- jeremiah 31:20 +. +Set thee up waymarks, make thee high heaps: set thine heart toward the highway, even the way which thou wentest: turn again, O virgin of Israel, turn again to these thy cities. -- jeremiah 31:21 +. +How long wilt thou go about, O thou backsliding daughter? for the LORD hath created a new thing in the earth, A woman shall compass a man. -- jeremiah 31:22 +. +Thus saith the LORD of hosts, the God of Israel; As yet they shall use this speech in the land of Judah and in the cities thereof, when I shall bring again their captivity; The LORD bless thee, O habitation of justice, and mountain of holiness. -- jeremiah 31:23 +. +And there shall dwell in Judah itself, and in all the cities thereof together, husbandmen, and they that go forth with flocks. -- jeremiah 31:24 +. +For I have satiated the weary soul, and I have replenished every sorrowful soul. -- jeremiah 31:25 +. +Upon this I awaked, and beheld; and my sleep was sweet unto me. -- jeremiah 31:26 +. +Behold, the days come, saith the LORD, that I will sow the house of Israel and the house of Judah with the seed of man, and with the seed of beast. -- jeremiah 31:27 +. +And it shall come to pass, that like as I have watched over them, to pluck up, and to break down, and to throw down, and to destroy, and to afflict; so will I watch over them, to build, and to plant, saith the LORD. -- jeremiah 31:28 +. +In those days they shall say no more, The fathers have eaten a sour grape, and the children's teeth are set on edge. -- jeremiah 31:29 +. +But every one shall die for his own iniquity: every man that eateth the sour grape, his teeth shall be set on edge. -- jeremiah 31:30 +. +Behold, the days come, saith the LORD, that I will make a new covenant with the house of Israel, and with the house of Judah: -- jeremiah 31:31 +. +Not according to the covenant that I made with their fathers in the day that I took them by the hand to bring them out of the land of Egypt; which my covenant they brake, although I was an husband unto them, saith the LORD: -- jeremiah 31:32 +. +But this shall be the covenant that I will make with the house of Israel; After those days, saith the LORD, I will put my law in their inward parts, and write it in their hearts; and will be their God, and they shall be my people. -- jeremiah 31:33 +. +And they shall teach no more every man his neighbour, and every man his brother, saying, Know the LORD: for they shall all know me, from the least of them unto the greatest of them, saith the LORD: for I will forgive their iniquity, and I will remember their sin no more. -- jeremiah 31:34 +. +Thus saith the LORD, which giveth the sun for a light by day, and the ordinances of the moon and of the stars for a light by night, which divideth the sea when the waves thereof roar; The LORD of hosts is his name: -- jeremiah 31:35 +. +If those ordinances depart from before me, saith the LORD, then the seed of Israel also shall cease from being a nation before me for ever. -- jeremiah 31:36 +. +Thus saith the LORD; If heaven above can be measured, and the foundations of the earth searched out beneath, I will also cast off all the seed of Israel for all that they have done, saith the LORD. -- jeremiah 31:37 +. +Behold, the days come, saith the LORD, that the city shall be built to the LORD from the tower of Hananeel unto the gate of the corner. -- jeremiah 31:38 +. +And the measuring line shall yet go forth over against it upon the hill Gareb, and shall compass about to Goath. -- jeremiah 31:39 +. +And the whole valley of the dead bodies, and of the ashes, and all the fields unto the brook of Kidron, unto the corner of the horse gate toward the east, shall be holy unto the LORD; it shall not be plucked up, nor thrown down any more for ever. -- jeremiah 31:40 +. +The word that came to Jeremiah from the LORD in the tenth year of Zedekiah king of Judah, which was the eighteenth year of Nebuchadrezzar. -- jeremiah 32:1 +. +For then the king of Babylon's army besieged Jerusalem: and Jeremiah the prophet was shut up in the court of the prison, which was in the king of Judah's house. -- jeremiah 32:2 +. +For Zedekiah king of Judah had shut him up, saying, Wherefore dost thou prophesy, and say, Thus saith the LORD, Behold, I will give this city into the hand of the king of Babylon, and he shall take it; -- jeremiah 32:3 +. +And Zedekiah king of Judah shall not escape out of the hand of the Chaldeans, but shall surely be delivered into the hand of the king of Babylon, and shall speak with him mouth to mouth, and his eyes shall behold his eyes; -- jeremiah 32:4 +. +And he shall lead Zedekiah to Babylon, and there shall he be until I visit him, saith the LORD: though ye fight with the Chaldeans, ye shall not prosper. -- jeremiah 32:5 +. +And Jeremiah said, The word of the LORD came unto me, saying, -- jeremiah 32:6 +. +Behold, Hanameel the son of Shallum thine uncle shall come unto thee saying, Buy thee my field that is in Anathoth: for the right of redemption is thine to buy it. -- jeremiah 32:7 +. +So Hanameel mine uncle's son came to me in the court of the prison according to the word of the LORD, and said unto me, Buy my field, I pray thee, that is in Anathoth, which is in the country of Benjamin: for the right of inheritance is thine, and the redemption is thine; buy it for thyself. Then I knew that this was the word of the LORD. -- jeremiah 32:8 +. +And I bought the field of Hanameel my uncle's son, that was in Anathoth, and weighed him the money, even seventeen shekels of silver. -- jeremiah 32:9 +. +And I subscribed the evidence, and sealed it, and took witnesses, and weighed him the money in the balances. -- jeremiah 32:10 +. +So I took the evidence of the purchase, both that which was sealed according to the law and custom, and that which was open: -- jeremiah 32:11 +. +And I gave the evidence of the purchase unto Baruch the son of Neriah, the son of Maaseiah, in the sight of Hanameel mine uncle's son, and in the presence of the witnesses that subscribed the book of the purchase, before all the Jews that sat in the court of the prison. -- jeremiah 32:12 +. +And I charged Baruch before them, saying, -- jeremiah 32:13 +. +Thus saith the LORD of hosts, the God of Israel; Take these evidences, this evidence of the purchase, both which is sealed, and this evidence which is open; and put them in an earthen vessel, that they may continue many days. -- jeremiah 32:14 +. +For thus saith the LORD of hosts, the God of Israel; Houses and fields and vineyards shall be possessed again in this land. -- jeremiah 32:15 +. +Now when I had delivered the evidence of the purchase unto Baruch the son of Neriah, I prayed unto the LORD, saying, -- jeremiah 32:16 +. +Ah Lord GOD! behold, thou hast made the heaven and the earth by thy great power and stretched out arm, and there is nothing too hard for thee: -- jeremiah 32:17 +. +Thou shewest lovingkindness unto thousands, and recompensest the iniquity of the fathers into the bosom of their children after them: the Great, the Mighty God, the LORD of hosts, is his name, -- jeremiah 32:18 +. +Great in counsel, and mighty in work: for thine eyes are open upon all the ways of the sons of men: to give every one according to his ways, and according to the fruit of his doings: -- jeremiah 32:19 +. +Which hast set signs and wonders in the land of Egypt, even unto this day, and in Israel, and among other men; and hast made thee a name, as at this day; -- jeremiah 32:20 +. +And hast brought forth thy people Israel out of the land of Egypt with signs, and with wonders, and with a strong hand, and with a stretched out arm, and with great terror; -- jeremiah 32:21 +. +And hast given them this land, which thou didst swear to their fathers to give them, a land flowing with milk and honey; -- jeremiah 32:22 +. +And they came in, and possessed it; but they obeyed not thy voice, neither walked in thy law; they have done nothing of all that thou commandedst them to do: therefore thou hast caused all this evil to come upon them: -- jeremiah 32:23 +. +Behold the mounts, they are come unto the city to take it; and the city is given into the hand of the Chaldeans, that fight against it, because of the sword, and of the famine, and of the pestilence: and what thou hast spoken is come to pass; and, behold, thou seest it. -- jeremiah 32:24 +. +And thou hast said unto me, O Lord GOD, Buy thee the field for money, and take witnesses; for the city is given into the hand of the Chaldeans. -- jeremiah 32:25 +. +Then came the word of the LORD unto Jeremiah, saying, -- jeremiah 32:26 +. +Behold, I am the LORD, the God of all flesh: is there any thing too hard for me? -- jeremiah 32:27 +. +Therefore thus saith the LORD; Behold, I will give this city into the hand of the Chaldeans, and into the hand of Nebuchadrezzar king of Babylon, and he shall take it: -- jeremiah 32:28 +. +And the Chaldeans, that fight against this city, shall come and set fire on this city, and burn it with the houses, upon whose roofs they have offered incense unto Baal, and poured out drink offerings unto other gods, to provoke me to anger. -- jeremiah 32:29 +. +For the children of Israel and the children of Judah have only done evil before me from their youth: for the children of Israel have only provoked me to anger with the work of their hands, saith the LORD. -- jeremiah 32:30 +. +For this city hath been to me as a provocation of mine anger and of my fury from the day that they built it even unto this day; that I should remove it from before my face, -- jeremiah 32:31 +. +Because of all the evil of the children of Israel and of the children of Judah, which they have done to provoke me to anger, they, their kings, their princes, their priests, and their prophets, and the men of Judah, and the inhabitants of Jerusalem. -- jeremiah 32:32 +. +And they have turned unto me the back, and not the face: though I taught them, rising up early and teaching them, yet they have not hearkened to receive instruction. -- jeremiah 32:33 +. +But they set their abominations in the house, which is called by my name, to defile it. -- jeremiah 32:34 +. +And they built the high places of Baal, which are in the valley of the son of Hinnom, to cause their sons and their daughters to pass through the fire unto Molech; which I commanded them not, neither came it into my mind, that they should do this abomination, to cause Judah to sin. -- jeremiah 32:35 +. +And now therefore thus saith the LORD, the God of Israel, concerning this city, whereof ye say, It shall be delivered into the hand of the king of Babylon by the sword, and by the famine, and by the pestilence; -- jeremiah 32:36 +. +Behold, I will gather them out of all countries, whither I have driven them in mine anger, and in my fury, and in great wrath; and I will bring them again unto this place, and I will cause them to dwell safely: -- jeremiah 32:37 +. +And they shall be my people, and I will be their God: -- jeremiah 32:38 +. +And I will give them one heart, and one way, that they may fear me for ever, for the good of them, and of their children after them: -- jeremiah 32:39 +. +And I will make an everlasting covenant with them, that I will not turn away from them, to do them good; but I will put my fear in their hearts, that they shall not depart from me. -- jeremiah 32:40 +. +Yea, I will rejoice over them to do them good, and I will plant them in this land assuredly with my whole heart and with my whole soul. -- jeremiah 32:41 +. +For thus saith the LORD; Like as I have brought all this great evil upon this people, so will I bring upon them all the good that I have promised them. -- jeremiah 32:42 +. +And fields shall be bought in this land, whereof ye say, It is desolate without man or beast; it is given into the hand of the Chaldeans. -- jeremiah 32:43 +. +Men shall buy fields for money, and subscribe evidences, and seal them, and take witnesses in the land of Benjamin, and in the places about Jerusalem, and in the cities of Judah, and in the cities of the mountains, and in the cities of the valley, and in the cities of the south: for I will cause their captivity to return, saith the LORD. -- jeremiah 32:44 +. +Moreover the word of the LORD came unto Jeremiah the second time, while he was yet shut up in the court of the prison, saying, -- jeremiah 33:1 +. +Thus saith the LORD the maker thereof, the LORD that formed it, to establish it; the LORD is his name; -- jeremiah 33:2 +. +Call unto me, and I will answer thee, and shew thee great and mighty things, which thou knowest not. -- jeremiah 33:3 +. +For thus saith the LORD, the God of Israel, concerning the houses of this city, and concerning the houses of the kings of Judah, which are thrown down by the mounts, and by the sword; -- jeremiah 33:4 +. +They come to fight with the Chaldeans, but it is to fill them with the dead bodies of men, whom I have slain in mine anger and in my fury, and for all whose wickedness I have hid my face from this city. -- jeremiah 33:5 +. +Behold, I will bring it health and cure, and I will cure them, and will reveal unto them the abundance of peace and truth. -- jeremiah 33:6 +. +And I will cause the captivity of Judah and the captivity of Israel to return, and will build them, as at the first. -- jeremiah 33:7 +. +And I will cleanse them from all their iniquity, whereby they have sinned against me; and I will pardon all their iniquities, whereby they have sinned, and whereby they have transgressed against me. -- jeremiah 33:8 +. +And it shall be to me a name of joy, a praise and an honour before all the nations of the earth, which shall hear all the good that I do unto them: and they shall fear and tremble for all the goodness and for all the prosperity that I procure unto it. -- jeremiah 33:9 +. +Thus saith the LORD; Again there shall be heard in this place, which ye say shall be desolate without man and without beast, even in the cities of Judah, and in the streets of Jerusalem, that are desolate, without man, and without inhabitant, and without beast, -- jeremiah 33:10 +. +The voice of joy, and the voice of gladness, the voice of the bridegroom, and the voice of the bride, the voice of them that shall say, Praise the LORD of hosts: for the LORD is good; for his mercy endureth for ever: and of them that shall bring the sacrifice of praise into the house of the LORD. For I will cause to return the captivity of the land, as at the first, saith the LORD. -- jeremiah 33:11 +. +Thus saith the LORD of hosts; Again in this place, which is desolate without man and without beast, and in all the cities thereof, shall be an habitation of shepherds causing their flocks to lie down. -- jeremiah 33:12 +. +In the cities of the mountains, in the cities of the vale, and in the cities of the south, and in the land of Benjamin, and in the places about Jerusalem, and in the cities of Judah, shall the flocks pass again under the hands of him that telleth them, saith the LORD. -- jeremiah 33:13 +. +Behold, the days come, saith the LORD, that I will perform that good thing which I have promised unto the house of Israel and to the house of Judah. -- jeremiah 33:14 +. +In those days, and at that time, will I cause the Branch of righteousness to grow up unto David; and he shall execute judgment and righteousness in the land. -- jeremiah 33:15 +. +In those days shall Judah be saved, and Jerusalem shall dwell safely: and this is the name wherewith she shall be called, The LORD our righteousness. -- jeremiah 33:16 +. +For thus saith the LORD; David shall never want a man to sit upon the throne of the house of Israel; -- jeremiah 33:17 +. +Neither shall the priests the Levites want a man before me to offer burnt offerings, and to kindle meat offerings, and to do sacrifice continually. -- jeremiah 33:18 +. +And the word of the LORD came unto Jeremiah, saying, -- jeremiah 33:19 +. +Thus saith the LORD; If ye can break my covenant of the day, and my covenant of the night, and that there should not be day and night in their season; -- jeremiah 33:20 +. +Then may also my covenant be broken with David my servant, that he should not have a son to reign upon his throne; and with the Levites the priests, my ministers. -- jeremiah 33:21 +. +As the host of heaven cannot be numbered, neither the sand of the sea measured: so will I multiply the seed of David my servant, and the Levites that minister unto me. -- jeremiah 33:22 +. +Moreover the word of the LORD came to Jeremiah, saying, -- jeremiah 33:23 +. +Considerest thou not what this people have spoken, saying, The two families which the LORD hath chosen, he hath even cast them off? thus they have despised my people, that they should be no more a nation before them. -- jeremiah 33:24 +. +Thus saith the LORD; If my covenant be not with day and night, and if I have not appointed the ordinances of heaven and earth; -- jeremiah 33:25 +. +Then will I cast away the seed of Jacob and David my servant, so that I will not take any of his seed to be rulers over the seed of Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob: for I will cause their captivity to return, and have mercy on them. -- jeremiah 33:26 +. +The word which came unto Jeremiah from the LORD, when Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon, and all his army, and all the kingdoms of the earth of his dominion, and all the people, fought against Jerusalem, and against all the cities thereof, saying, -- jeremiah 34:1 +. +Thus saith the LORD, the God of Israel; Go and speak to Zedekiah king of Judah, and tell him, Thus saith the LORD; Behold, I will give this city into the hand of the king of Babylon, and he shall burn it with fire: -- jeremiah 34:2 +. +And thou shalt not escape out of his hand, but shalt surely be taken, and delivered into his hand; and thine eyes shall behold the eyes of the king of Babylon, and he shall speak with thee mouth to mouth, and thou shalt go to Babylon. -- jeremiah 34:3 +. +Yet hear the word of the LORD, O Zedekiah king of Judah; Thus saith the LORD of thee, Thou shalt not die by the sword: -- jeremiah 34:4 +. +But thou shalt die in peace: and with the burnings of thy fathers, the former kings which were before thee, so shall they burn odours for thee; and they will lament thee, saying, Ah lord! for I have pronounced the word, saith the LORD. -- jeremiah 34:5 +. +Then Jeremiah the prophet spake all these words unto Zedekiah king of Judah in Jerusalem, -- jeremiah 34:6 +. +When the king of Babylon's army fought against Jerusalem, and against all the cities of Judah that were left, against Lachish, and against Azekah: for these defenced cities remained of the cities of Judah. -- jeremiah 34:7 +. +This is the word that came unto Jeremiah from the LORD, after that the king Zedekiah had made a covenant with all the people which were at Jerusalem, to proclaim liberty unto them; -- jeremiah 34:8 +. +That every man should let his manservant, and every man his maidservant, being an Hebrew or an Hebrewess, go free; that none should serve himself of them, to wit, of a Jew his brother. -- jeremiah 34:9 +. +Now when all the princes, and all the people, which had entered into the covenant, heard that every one should let his manservant, and every one his maidservant, go free, that none should serve themselves of them any more, then they obeyed, and let them go. -- jeremiah 34:10 +. +But afterward they turned, and caused the servants and the handmaids, whom they had let go free, to return, and brought them into subjection for servants and for handmaids. -- jeremiah 34:11 +. +Therefore the word of the LORD came to Jeremiah from the LORD, saying, -- jeremiah 34:12 +. +Thus saith the LORD, the God of Israel; I made a covenant with your fathers in the day that I brought them forth out of the land of Egypt, out of the house of bondmen, saying, -- jeremiah 34:13 +. +At the end of seven years let ye go every man his brother an Hebrew, which hath been sold unto thee; and when he hath served thee six years, thou shalt let him go free from thee: but your fathers hearkened not unto me, neither inclined their ear. -- jeremiah 34:14 +. +And ye were now turned, and had done right in my sight, in proclaiming liberty every man to his neighbour; and ye had made a covenant before me in the house which is called by my name: -- jeremiah 34:15 +. +But ye turned and polluted my name, and caused every man his servant, and every man his handmaid, whom he had set at liberty at their pleasure, to return, and brought them into subjection, to be unto you for servants and for handmaids. -- jeremiah 34:16 +. +Therefore thus saith the LORD; Ye have not hearkened unto me, in proclaiming liberty, every one to his brother, and every man to his neighbour: behold, I proclaim a liberty for you, saith the LORD, to the sword, to the pestilence, and to the famine; and I will make you to be removed into all the kingdoms of the earth. -- jeremiah 34:17 +. +And I will give the men that have transgressed my covenant, which have not performed the words of the covenant which they had made before me, when they cut the calf in twain, and passed between the parts thereof, -- jeremiah 34:18 +. +The princes of Judah, and the princes of Jerusalem, the eunuchs, and the priests, and all the people of the land, which passed between the parts of the calf; -- jeremiah 34:19 +. +I will even give them into the hand of their enemies, and into the hand of them that seek their life: and their dead bodies shall be for meat unto the fowls of the heaven, and to the beasts of the earth. -- jeremiah 34:20 +. +And Zedekiah king of Judah and his princes will I give into the hand of their enemies, and into the hand of them that seek their life, and into the hand of the king of Babylon's army, which are gone up from you. -- jeremiah 34:21 +. +Behold, I will command, saith the LORD, and cause them to return to this city; and they shall fight against it, and take it, and burn it with fire: and I will make the cities of Judah a desolation without an inhabitant. -- jeremiah 34:22 +. +The word which came unto Jeremiah from the LORD in the days of Jehoiakim the son of Josiah king of Judah, saying, -- jeremiah 35:1 +. +Go unto the house of the Rechabites, and speak unto them, and bring them into the house of the LORD, into one of the chambers, and give them wine to drink. -- jeremiah 35:2 +. +Then I took Jaazaniah the son of Jeremiah, the son of Habaziniah, and his brethren, and all his sons, and the whole house of the Rechabites; -- jeremiah 35:3 +. +And I brought them into the house of the LORD, into the chamber of the sons of Hanan, the son of Igdaliah, a man of God, which was by the chamber of the princes, which was above the chamber of Maaseiah the son of Shallum, the keeper of the door: -- jeremiah 35:4 +. +And I set before the sons of the house of the Rechabites pots full of wine, and cups, and I said unto them, Drink ye wine. -- jeremiah 35:5 +. +But they said, We will drink no wine: for Jonadab the son of Rechab our father commanded us, saying, Ye shall drink no wine, neither ye, nor your sons for ever: -- jeremiah 35:6 +. +Neither shall ye build house, nor sow seed, nor plant vineyard, nor have any: but all your days ye shall dwell in tents; that ye may live many days in the land where ye be strangers. -- jeremiah 35:7 +. +Thus have we obeyed the voice of Jonadab the son of Rechab our father in all that he hath charged us, to drink no wine all our days, we, our wives, our sons, nor our daughters; -- jeremiah 35:8 +. +Nor to build houses for us to dwell in: neither have we vineyard, nor field, nor seed: -- jeremiah 35:9 +. +But we have dwelt in tents, and have obeyed, and done according to all that Jonadab our father commanded us. -- jeremiah 35:10 +. +But it came to pass, when Nebuchadrezzar king of Babylon came up into the land, that we said, Come, and let us go to Jerusalem for fear of the army of the Chaldeans, and for fear of the army of the Syrians: so we dwell at Jerusalem. -- jeremiah 35:11 +. +Then came the word of the LORD unto Jeremiah, saying, -- jeremiah 35:12 +. +Thus saith the LORD of hosts, the God of Israel; Go and tell the men of Judah and the inhabitants of Jerusalem, Will ye not receive instruction to hearken to my words? saith the LORD. -- jeremiah 35:13 +. +The words of Jonadab the son of Rechab, that he commanded his sons not to drink wine, are performed; for unto this day they drink none, but obey their father's commandment: notwithstanding I have spoken unto you, rising early and speaking; but ye hearkened not unto me. -- jeremiah 35:14 +. +I have sent also unto you all my servants the prophets, rising up early and sending them, saying, Return ye now every man from his evil way, and amend your doings, and go not after other gods to serve them, and ye shall dwell in the land which I have given to you and to your fathers: but ye have not inclined your ear, nor hearkened unto me. -- jeremiah 35:15 +. +Because the sons of Jonadab the son of Rechab have performed the commandment of their father, which he commanded them; but this people hath not hearkened unto me: -- jeremiah 35:16 +. +Therefore thus saith the LORD God of hosts, the God of Israel; Behold, I will bring upon Judah and upon all the inhabitants of Jerusalem all the evil that I have pronounced against them: because I have spoken unto them, but they have not heard; and I have called unto them, but they have not answered. -- jeremiah 35:17 +. +And Jeremiah said unto the house of the Rechabites, Thus saith the LORD of hosts, the God of Israel; Because ye have obeyed the commandment of Jonadab your father, and kept all his precepts, and done according unto all that he hath commanded you: -- jeremiah 35:18 +. +Therefore thus saith the LORD of hosts, the God of Israel; Jonadab the son of Rechab shall not want a man to stand before me for ever. -- jeremiah 35:19 +. +And it came to pass in the fourth year of Jehoiakim the son of Josiah king of Judah, that this word came unto Jeremiah from the LORD, saying, -- jeremiah 36:1 +. +Take thee a roll of a book, and write therein all the words that I have spoken unto thee against Israel, and against Judah, and against all the nations, from the day I spake unto thee, from the days of Josiah, even unto this day. -- jeremiah 36:2 +. +It may be that the house of Judah will hear all the evil which I purpose to do unto them; that they may return every man from his evil way; that I may forgive their iniquity and their sin. -- jeremiah 36:3 +. +Then Jeremiah called Baruch the son of Neriah: and Baruch wrote from the mouth of Jeremiah all the words of the LORD, which he had spoken unto him, upon a roll of a book. -- jeremiah 36:4 +. +And Jeremiah commanded Baruch, saying, I am shut up; I cannot go into the house of the LORD: -- jeremiah 36:5 +. +Therefore go thou, and read in the roll, which thou hast written from my mouth, the words of the LORD in the ears of the people in the LORD's house upon the fasting day: and also thou shalt read them in the ears of all Judah that come out of their cities. -- jeremiah 36:6 +. +It may be they will present their supplication before the LORD, and will return every one from his evil way: for great is the anger and the fury that the LORD hath pronounced against this people. -- jeremiah 36:7 +. +And Baruch the son of Neriah did according to all that Jeremiah the prophet commanded him, reading in the book the words of the LORD in the LORD's house. -- jeremiah 36:8 +. +And it came to pass in the fifth year of Jehoiakim the son of Josiah king of Judah, in the ninth month, that they proclaimed a fast before the LORD to all the people in Jerusalem, and to all the people that came from the cities of Judah unto Jerusalem. -- jeremiah 36:9 +. +Then read Baruch in the book the words of Jeremiah in the house of the LORD, in the chamber of Gemariah the son of Shaphan the scribe, in the higher court, at the entry of the new gate of the LORD's house, in the ears of all the people. -- jeremiah 36:10 +. +When Michaiah the son of Gemariah, the son of Shaphan, had heard out of the book all the words of the LORD, -- jeremiah 36:11 +. +Then he went down into the king's house, into the scribe's chamber: and, lo, all the princes sat there, even Elishama the scribe, and Delaiah the son of Shemaiah, and Elnathan the son of Achbor, and Gemariah the son of Shaphan, and Zedekiah the son of Hananiah, and all the princes. -- jeremiah 36:12 +. +Then Michaiah declared unto them all the words that he had heard, when Baruch read the book in the ears of the people. -- jeremiah 36:13 +. +Therefore all the princes sent Jehudi the son of Nethaniah, the son of Shelemiah, the son of Cushi, unto Baruch, saying, Take in thine hand the roll wherein thou hast read in the ears of the people, and come. So Baruch the son of Neriah took the roll in his hand, and came unto them. -- jeremiah 36:14 +. +And they said unto him, Sit down now, and read it in our ears. So Baruch read it in their ears. -- jeremiah 36:15 +. +Now it came to pass, when they had heard all the words, they were afraid both one and other, and said unto Baruch, We will surely tell the king of all these words. -- jeremiah 36:16 +. +And they asked Baruch, saying, Tell us now, How didst thou write all these words at his mouth? -- jeremiah 36:17 +. +Then Baruch answered them, He pronounced all these words unto me with his mouth, and I wrote them with ink in the book. -- jeremiah 36:18 +. +Then said the princes unto Baruch, Go, hide thee, thou and Jeremiah; and let no man know where ye be. -- jeremiah 36:19 +. +And they went in to the king into the court, but they laid up the roll in the chamber of Elishama the scribe, and told all the words in the ears of the king. -- jeremiah 36:20 +. +So the king sent Jehudi to fetch the roll: and he took it out of Elishama the scribe's chamber. And Jehudi read it in the ears of the king, and in the ears of all the princes which stood beside the king. -- jeremiah 36:21 +. +Now the king sat in the winterhouse in the ninth month: and there was a fire on the hearth burning before him. -- jeremiah 36:22 +. +And it came to pass, that when Jehudi had read three or four leaves, he cut it with the penknife, and cast it into the fire that was on the hearth, until all the roll was consumed in the fire that was on the hearth. -- jeremiah 36:23 +. +Yet they were not afraid, nor rent their garments, neither the king, nor any of his servants that heard all these words. -- jeremiah 36:24 +. +Nevertheless Elnathan and Delaiah and Gemariah had made intercession to the king that he would not burn the roll: but he would not hear them. -- jeremiah 36:25 +. +But the king commanded Jerahmeel the son of Hammelech, and Seraiah the son of Azriel, and Shelemiah the son of Abdeel, to take Baruch the scribe and Jeremiah the prophet: but the LORD hid them. -- jeremiah 36:26 +. +Then the word of the LORD came to Jeremiah, after that the king had burned the roll, and the words which Baruch wrote at the mouth of Jeremiah, saying, -- jeremiah 36:27 +. +Take thee again another roll, and write in it all the former words that were in the first roll, which Jehoiakim the king of Judah hath burned. -- jeremiah 36:28 +. +And thou shalt say to Jehoiakim king of Judah, Thus saith the LORD; Thou hast burned this roll, saying, Why hast thou written therein, saying, The king of Babylon shall certainly come and destroy this land, and shall cause to cease from thence man and beast? -- jeremiah 36:29 +. +Therefore thus saith the LORD of Jehoiakim king of Judah; He shall have none to sit upon the throne of David: and his dead body shall be cast out in the day to the heat, and in the night to the frost. -- jeremiah 36:30 +. +And I will punish him and his seed and his servants for their iniquity; and I will bring upon them, and upon the inhabitants of Jerusalem, and upon the men of Judah, all the evil that I have pronounced against them; but they hearkened not. -- jeremiah 36:31 +. +Then took Jeremiah another roll, and gave it to Baruch the scribe, the son of Neriah; who wrote therein from the mouth of Jeremiah all the words of the book which Jehoiakim king of Judah had burned in the fire: and there were added besides unto them many like words. -- jeremiah 36:32 +. +And king Zedekiah the son of Josiah reigned instead of Coniah the son of Jehoiakim, whom Nebuchadrezzar king of Babylon made king in the land of Judah. -- jeremiah 37:1 +. +But neither he, nor his servants, nor the people of the land, did hearken unto the words of the LORD, which he spake by the prophet Jeremiah. -- jeremiah 37:2 +. +And Zedekiah the king sent Jehucal the son of Shelemiah and Zephaniah the son of Maaseiah the priest to the prophet Jeremiah, saying, Pray now unto the LORD our God for us. -- jeremiah 37:3 +. +Now Jeremiah came in and went out among the people: for they had not put him into prison. -- jeremiah 37:4 +. +Then Pharaoh's army was come forth out of Egypt: and when the Chaldeans that besieged Jerusalem heard tidings of them, they departed from Jerusalem. -- jeremiah 37:5 +. +Then came the word of the LORD unto the prophet Jeremiah saying, -- jeremiah 37:6 +. +Thus saith the LORD, the God of Israel; Thus shall ye say to the king of Judah, that sent you unto me to enquire of me; Behold, Pharaoh's army, which is come forth to help you, shall return to Egypt into their own land. -- jeremiah 37:7 +. +And the Chaldeans shall come again, and fight against this city, and take it, and burn it with fire. -- jeremiah 37:8 +. +Thus saith the LORD; Deceive not yourselves, saying, The Chaldeans shall surely depart from us: for they shall not depart. -- jeremiah 37:9 +. +For though ye had smitten the whole army of the Chaldeans that fight against you, and there remained but wounded men among them, yet should they rise up every man in his tent, and burn this city with fire. -- jeremiah 37:10 +. +And it came to pass, that when the army of the Chaldeans was broken up from Jerusalem for fear of Pharaoh's army, -- jeremiah 37:11 +. +Then Jeremiah went forth out of Jerusalem to go into the land of Benjamin, to separate himself thence in the midst of the people. -- jeremiah 37:12 +. +And when he was in the gate of Benjamin, a captain of the ward was there, whose name was Irijah, the son of Shelemiah, the son of Hananiah; and he took Jeremiah the prophet, saying, Thou fallest away to the Chaldeans. -- jeremiah 37:13 +. +Then said Jeremiah, It is false; I fall not away to the Chaldeans. But he hearkened not to him: so Irijah took Jeremiah, and brought him to the princes. -- jeremiah 37:14 +. +Wherefore the princes were wroth with Jeremiah, and smote him, and put him in prison in the house of Jonathan the scribe: for they had made that the prison. -- jeremiah 37:15 +. +When Jeremiah was entered into the dungeon, and into the cabins, and Jeremiah had remained there many days; -- jeremiah 37:16 +. +Then Zedekiah the king sent, and took him out: and the king asked him secretly in his house, and said, Is there any word from the LORD? And Jeremiah said, There is: for, said he, thou shalt be delivered into the hand of the king of Babylon. -- jeremiah 37:17 +. +Moreover Jeremiah said unto king Zedekiah, What have I offended against thee, or against thy servants, or against this people, that ye have put me in prison? -- jeremiah 37:18 +. +Where are now your prophets which prophesied unto you, saying, The king of Babylon shall not come against you, nor against this land? -- jeremiah 37:19 +. +Therefore hear now, I pray thee, O my lord the king: let my supplication, I pray thee, be accepted before thee; that thou cause me not to return to the house of Jonathan the scribe, lest I die there. -- jeremiah 37:20 +. +Then Zedekiah the king commanded that they should commit Jeremiah into the court of the prison, and that they should give him daily a piece of bread out of the bakers' street, until all the bread in the city were spent. Thus Jeremiah remained in the court of the prison. -- jeremiah 37:21 +. +Then Shephatiah the son of Mattan, and Gedaliah the son of Pashur, and Jucal the son of Shelemiah, and Pashur the son of Malchiah, heard the words that Jeremiah had spoken unto all the people, saying, -- jeremiah 38:1 +. +Thus saith the LORD, He that remaineth in this city shall die by the sword, by the famine, and by the pestilence: but he that goeth forth to the Chaldeans shall live; for he shall have his life for a prey, and shall live. -- jeremiah 38:2 +. +Thus saith the LORD, This city shall surely be given into the hand of the king of Babylon's army, which shall take it. -- jeremiah 38:3 +. +Therefore the princes said unto the king, We beseech thee, let this man be put to death: for thus he weakeneth the hands of the men of war that remain in this city, and the hands of all the people, in speaking such words unto them: for this man seeketh not the welfare of this people, but the hurt. -- jeremiah 38:4 +. +Then Zedekiah the king said, Behold, he is in your hand: for the king is not he that can do any thing against you. -- jeremiah 38:5 +. +Then took they Jeremiah, and cast him into the dungeon of Malchiah the son of Hammelech, that was in the court of the prison: and they let down Jeremiah with cords. And in the dungeon there was no water, but mire: so Jeremiah sunk in the mire. -- jeremiah 38:6 +. +Now when Ebedmelech the Ethiopian, one of the eunuchs which was in the king's house, heard that they had put Jeremiah in the dungeon; the king then sitting in the gate of Benjamin; -- jeremiah 38:7 +. +Ebedmelech went forth out of the king's house, and spake to the king saying, -- jeremiah 38:8 +. +My lord the king, these men have done evil in all that they have done to Jeremiah the prophet, whom they have cast into the dungeon; and he is like to die for hunger in the place where he is: for there is no more bread in the city. -- jeremiah 38:9 +. +Then the king commanded Ebedmelech the Ethiopian, saying, Take from hence thirty men with thee, and take up Jeremiah the prophet out of the dungeon, before he die. -- jeremiah 38:10 +. +So Ebedmelech took the men with him, and went into the house of the king under the treasury, and took thence old cast clouts and old rotten rags, and let them down by cords into the dungeon to Jeremiah. -- jeremiah 38:11 +. +And Ebedmelech the Ethiopian said unto Jeremiah, Put now these old cast clouts and rotten rags under thine armholes under the cords. And Jeremiah did so. -- jeremiah 38:12 +. +So they drew up Jeremiah with cords, and took him up out of the dungeon: and Jeremiah remained in the court of the prison. -- jeremiah 38:13 +. +Then Zedekiah the king sent, and took Jeremiah the prophet unto him into the third entry that is in the house of the LORD: and the king said unto Jeremiah, I will ask thee a thing; hide nothing from me. -- jeremiah 38:14 +. +Then Jeremiah said unto Zedekiah, If I declare it unto thee, wilt thou not surely put me to death? and if I give thee counsel, wilt thou not hearken unto me? -- jeremiah 38:15 +. +So Zedekiah the king sware secretly unto Jeremiah, saying, As the LORD liveth, that made us this soul, I will not put thee to death, neither will I give thee into the hand of these men that seek thy life. -- jeremiah 38:16 +. +Then said Jeremiah unto Zedekiah, Thus saith the LORD, the God of hosts, the God of Israel; If thou wilt assuredly go forth unto the king of Babylon's princes, then thy soul shall live, and this city shall not be burned with fire; and thou shalt live, and thine house: -- jeremiah 38:17 +. +But if thou wilt not go forth to the king of Babylon's princes, then shall this city be given into the hand of the Chaldeans, and they shall burn it with fire, and thou shalt not escape out of their hand. -- jeremiah 38:18 +. +And Zedekiah the king said unto Jeremiah, I am afraid of the Jews that are fallen to the Chaldeans, lest they deliver me into their hand, and they mock me. -- jeremiah 38:19 +. +But Jeremiah said, They shall not deliver thee. Obey, I beseech thee, the voice of the LORD, which I speak unto thee: so it shall be well unto thee, and thy soul shall live. -- jeremiah 38:20 +. +But if thou refuse to go forth, this is the word that the LORD hath shewed me: -- jeremiah 38:21 +. +And, behold, all the women that are left in the king of Judah's house shall be brought forth to the king of Babylon's princes, and those women shall say, Thy friends have set thee on, and have prevailed against thee: thy feet are sunk in the mire, and they are turned away back. -- jeremiah 38:22 +. +So they shall bring out all thy wives and thy children to the Chaldeans: and thou shalt not escape out of their hand, but shalt be taken by the hand of the king of Babylon: and thou shalt cause this city to be burned with fire. -- jeremiah 38:23 +. +Then said Zedekiah unto Jeremiah, Let no man know of these words, and thou shalt not die. -- jeremiah 38:24 +. +But if the princes hear that I have talked with thee, and they come unto thee, and say unto thee, Declare unto us now what thou hast said unto the king, hide it not from us, and we will not put thee to death; also what the king said unto thee: -- jeremiah 38:25 +. +Then thou shalt say unto them, I presented my supplication before the king, that he would not cause me to return to Jonathan's house, to die there. -- jeremiah 38:26 +. +Then came all the princes unto Jeremiah, and asked him: and he told them according to all these words that the king had commanded. So they left off speaking with him; for the matter was not perceived. -- jeremiah 38:27 +. +So Jeremiah abode in the court of the prison until the day that Jerusalem was taken: and he was there when Jerusalem was taken. -- jeremiah 38:28 +. +In the ninth year of Zedekiah king of Judah, in the tenth month, came Nebuchadrezzar king of Babylon and all his army against Jerusalem, and they besieged it. -- jeremiah 39:1 +. +And in the eleventh year of Zedekiah, in the fourth month, the ninth day of the month, the city was broken up. -- jeremiah 39:2 +. +And all the princes of the king of Babylon came in, and sat in the middle gate, even Nergalsharezer, Samgarnebo, Sarsechim, Rabsaris, Nergalsharezer, Rabmag, with all the residue of the princes of the king of Babylon. -- jeremiah 39:3 +. +And it came to pass, that when Zedekiah the king of Judah saw them, and all the men of war, then they fled, and went forth out of the city by night, by the way of the king's garden, by the gate betwixt the two walls: and he went out the way of the plain. -- jeremiah 39:4 +. +But the Chaldeans' army pursued after them, and overtook Zedekiah in the plains of Jericho: and when they had taken him, they brought him up to Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon to Riblah in the land of Hamath, where he gave judgment upon him. -- jeremiah 39:5 +. +Then the king of Babylon slew the sons of Zedekiah in Riblah before his eyes: also the king of Babylon slew all the nobles of Judah. -- jeremiah 39:6 +. +Moreover he put out Zedekiah's eyes, and bound him with chains, to carry him to Babylon. -- jeremiah 39:7 +. +And the Chaldeans burned the king's house, and the houses of the people, with fire, and brake down the walls of Jerusalem. -- jeremiah 39:8 +. +Then Nebuzaradan the captain of the guard carried away captive into Babylon the remnant of the people that remained in the city, and those that fell away, that fell to him, with the rest of the people that remained. -- jeremiah 39:9 +. +But Nebuzaradan the captain of the guard left of the poor of the people, which had nothing, in the land of Judah, and gave them vineyards and fields at the same time. -- jeremiah 39:10 +. +Now Nebuchadrezzar king of Babylon gave charge concerning Jeremiah to Nebuzaradan the captain of the guard, saying, -- jeremiah 39:11 +. +Take him, and look well to him, and do him no harm; but do unto him even as he shall say unto thee. -- jeremiah 39:12 +. +So Nebuzaradan the captain of the guard sent, and Nebushasban, Rabsaris, and Nergalsharezer, Rabmag, and all the king of Babylon's princes; -- jeremiah 39:13 +. +Even they sent, and took Jeremiah out of the court of the prison, and committed him unto Gedaliah the son of Ahikam the son of Shaphan, that he should carry him home: so he dwelt among the people. -- jeremiah 39:14 +. +Now the word of the LORD came unto Jeremiah, while he was shut up in the court of the prison, saying, -- jeremiah 39:15 +. +Go and speak to Ebedmelech the Ethiopian, saying, Thus saith the LORD of hosts, the God of Israel; Behold, I will bring my words upon this city for evil, and not for good; and they shall be accomplished in that day before thee. -- jeremiah 39:16 +. +But I will deliver thee in that day, saith the LORD: and thou shalt not be given into the hand of the men of whom thou art afraid. -- jeremiah 39:17 +. +For I will surely deliver thee, and thou shalt not fall by the sword, but thy life shall be for a prey unto thee: because thou hast put thy trust in me, saith the LORD. -- jeremiah 39:18 +. +The word that came to Jeremiah from the LORD, after that Nebuzaradan the captain of the guard had let him go from Ramah, when he had taken him being bound in chains among all that were carried away captive of Jerusalem and Judah, which were carried away captive unto Babylon. -- jeremiah 40:1 +. +And the captain of the guard took Jeremiah, and said unto him, The LORD thy God hath pronounced this evil upon this place. -- jeremiah 40:2 +. +Now the LORD hath brought it, and done according as he hath said: because ye have sinned against the LORD, and have not obeyed his voice, therefore this thing is come upon you. -- jeremiah 40:3 +. +And now, behold, I loose thee this day from the chains which were upon thine hand. If it seem good unto thee to come with me into Babylon, come; and I will look well unto thee: but if it seem ill unto thee to come with me into Babylon, forbear: behold, all the land is before thee: whither it seemeth good and convenient for thee to go, thither go. -- jeremiah 40:4 +. +Now while he was not yet gone back, he said, Go back also to Gedaliah the son of Ahikam the son of Shaphan, whom the king of Babylon hath made governor over the cities of Judah, and dwell with him among the people: or go wheresoever it seemeth convenient unto thee to go. So the captain of the guard gave him victuals and a reward, and let him go. -- jeremiah 40:5 +. +Then went Jeremiah unto Gedaliah the son of Ahikam to Mizpah; and dwelt with him among the people that were left in the land. -- jeremiah 40:6 +. +Now when all the captains of the forces which were in the fields, even they and their men, heard that the king of Babylon had made Gedaliah the son of Ahikam governor in the land, and had committed unto him men, and women, and children, and of the poor of the land, of them that were not carried away captive to Babylon; -- jeremiah 40:7 +. +Then they came to Gedaliah to Mizpah, even Ishmael the son of Nethaniah, and Johanan and Jonathan the sons of Kareah, and Seraiah the son of Tanhumeth, and the sons of Ephai the Netophathite, and Jezaniah the son of a Maachathite, they and their men. -- jeremiah 40:8 +. +And Gedaliah the son of Ahikam the son of Shaphan sware unto them and to their men, saying, Fear not to serve the Chaldeans: dwell in the land, and serve the king of Babylon, and it shall be well with you. -- jeremiah 40:9 +. +As for me, behold, I will dwell at Mizpah, to serve the Chaldeans, which will come unto us: but ye, gather ye wine, and summer fruits, and oil, and put them in your vessels, and dwell in your cities that ye have taken. -- jeremiah 40:10 +. +Likewise when all the Jews that were in Moab, and among the Ammonites, and in Edom, and that were in all the countries, heard that the king of Babylon had left a remnant of Judah, and that he had set over them Gedaliah the son of Ahikam the son of Shaphan; -- jeremiah 40:11 +. +Even all the Jews returned out of all places whither they were driven, and came to the land of Judah, to Gedaliah, unto Mizpah, and gathered wine and summer fruits very much. -- jeremiah 40:12 +. +Moreover Johanan the son of Kareah, and all the captains of the forces that were in the fields, came to Gedaliah to Mizpah, -- jeremiah 40:13 +. +And said unto him, Dost thou certainly know that Baalis the king of the Ammonites hath sent Ishmael the son of Nethaniah to slay thee? But Gedaliah the son of Ahikam believed them not. -- jeremiah 40:14 +. +Then Johanan the son of Kareah spake to Gedaliah in Mizpah secretly saying, Let me go, I pray thee, and I will slay Ishmael the son of Nethaniah, and no man shall know it: wherefore should he slay thee, that all the Jews which are gathered unto thee should be scattered, and the remnant in Judah perish? -- jeremiah 40:15 +. +But Gedaliah the son of Ahikam said unto Johanan the son of Kareah, Thou shalt not do this thing: for thou speakest falsely of Ishmael. -- jeremiah 40:16 +. +Now it came to pass in the seventh month, that Ishmael the son of Nethaniah the son of Elishama, of the seed royal, and the princes of the king, even ten men with him, came unto Gedaliah the son of Ahikam to Mizpah; and there they did eat bread together in Mizpah. -- jeremiah 41:1 +. +Then arose Ishmael the son of Nethaniah, and the ten men that were with him, and smote Gedaliah the son of Ahikam the son of Shaphan with the sword, and slew him, whom the king of Babylon had made governor over the land. -- jeremiah 41:2 +. +Ishmael also slew all the Jews that were with him, even with Gedaliah, at Mizpah, and the Chaldeans that were found there, and the men of war. -- jeremiah 41:3 +. +And it came to pass the second day after he had slain Gedaliah, and no man knew it, -- jeremiah 41:4 +. +That there came certain from Shechem, from Shiloh, and from Samaria, even fourscore men, having their beards shaven, and their clothes rent, and having cut themselves, with offerings and incense in their hand, to bring them to the house of the LORD. -- jeremiah 41:5 +. +And Ishmael the son of Nethaniah went forth from Mizpah to meet them, weeping all along as he went: and it came to pass, as he met them, he said unto them, Come to Gedaliah the son of Ahikam. -- jeremiah 41:6 +. +And it was so, when they came into the midst of the city, that Ishmael the son of Nethaniah slew them, and cast them into the midst of the pit, he, and the men that were with him. -- jeremiah 41:7 +. +But ten men were found among them that said unto Ishmael, Slay us not: for we have treasures in the field, of wheat, and of barley, and of oil, and of honey. So he forbare, and slew them not among their brethren. -- jeremiah 41:8 +. +Now the pit wherein Ishmael had cast all the dead bodies of the men, whom he had slain because of Gedaliah, was it which Asa the king had made for fear of Baasha king of Israel: and Ishmael the son of Nethaniah filled it with them that were slain. -- jeremiah 41:9 +. +Then Ishmael carried away captive all the residue of the people that were in Mizpah, even the king's daughters, and all the people that remained in Mizpah, whom Nebuzaradan the captain of the guard had committed to Gedaliah the son of Ahikam: and Ishmael the son of Nethaniah carried them away captive, and departed to go over to the Ammonites. -- jeremiah 41:10 +. +But when Johanan the son of Kareah, and all the captains of the forces that were with him, heard of all the evil that Ishmael the son of Nethaniah had done, -- jeremiah 41:11 +. +Then they took all the men, and went to fight with Ishmael the son of Nethaniah, and found him by the great waters that are in Gibeon. -- jeremiah 41:12 +. +Now it came to pass, that when all the people which were with Ishmael saw Johanan the son of Kareah, and all the captains of the forces that were with him, then they were glad. -- jeremiah 41:13 +. +So all the people that Ishmael had carried away captive from Mizpah cast about and returned, and went unto Johanan the son of Kareah. -- jeremiah 41:14 +. +But Ishmael the son of Nethaniah escaped from Johanan with eight men, and went to the Ammonites. -- jeremiah 41:15 +. +Then took Johanan the son of Kareah, and all the captains of the forces that were with him, all the remnant of the people whom he had recovered from Ishmael the son of Nethaniah, from Mizpah, after that he had slain Gedaliah the son of Ahikam, even mighty men of war, and the women, and the children, and the eunuchs, whom he had brought again from Gibeon: -- jeremiah 41:16 +. +And they departed, and dwelt in the habitation of Chimham, which is by Bethlehem, to go to enter into Egypt, -- jeremiah 41:17 +. +Because of the Chaldeans: for they were afraid of them, because Ishmael the son of Nethaniah had slain Gedaliah the son of Ahikam, whom the king of Babylon made governor in the land. -- jeremiah 41:18 +. +Then all the captains of the forces, and Johanan the son of Kareah, and Jezaniah the son of Hoshaiah, and all the people from the least even unto the greatest, came near, -- jeremiah 42:1 +. +And said unto Jeremiah the prophet, Let, we beseech thee, our supplication be accepted before thee, and pray for us unto the LORD thy God, even for all this remnant; (for we are left but a few of many, as thine eyes do behold us:) -- jeremiah 42:2 +. +That the LORD thy God may shew us the way wherein we may walk, and the thing that we may do. -- jeremiah 42:3 +. +Then Jeremiah the prophet said unto them, I have heard you; behold, I will pray unto the LORD your God according to your words; and it shall come to pass, that whatsoever thing the LORD shall answer you, I will declare it unto you; I will keep nothing back from you. -- jeremiah 42:4 +. +Then they said to Jeremiah, The LORD be a true and faithful witness between us, if we do not even according to all things for the which the LORD thy God shall send thee to us. -- jeremiah 42:5 +. +Whether it be good, or whether it be evil, we will obey the voice of the LORD our God, to whom we send thee; that it may be well with us, when we obey the voice of the LORD our God. -- jeremiah 42:6 +. +And it came to pass after ten days, that the word of the LORD came unto Jeremiah. -- jeremiah 42:7 +. +Then called he Johanan the son of Kareah, and all the captains of the forces which were with him, and all the people from the least even to the greatest, -- jeremiah 42:8 +. +And said unto them, Thus saith the LORD, the God of Israel, unto whom ye sent me to present your supplication before him; -- jeremiah 42:9 +. +If ye will still abide in this land, then will I build you, and not pull you down, and I will plant you, and not pluck you up: for I repent me of the evil that I have done unto you. -- jeremiah 42:10 +. +Be not afraid of the king of Babylon, of whom ye are afraid; be not afraid of him, saith the LORD: for I am with you to save you, and to deliver you from his hand. -- jeremiah 42:11 +. +And I will shew mercies unto you, that he may have mercy upon you, and cause you to return to your own land. -- jeremiah 42:12 +. +But if ye say, We will not dwell in this land, neither obey the voice of the LORD your God, -- jeremiah 42:13 +. +Saying, No; but we will go into the land of Egypt, where we shall see no war, nor hear the sound of the trumpet, nor have hunger of bread; and there will we dwell: -- jeremiah 42:14 +. +And now therefore hear the word of the LORD, ye remnant of Judah; Thus saith the LORD of hosts, the God of Israel; If ye wholly set your faces to enter into Egypt, and go to sojourn there; -- jeremiah 42:15 +. +Then it shall come to pass, that the sword, which ye feared, shall overtake you there in the land of Egypt, and the famine, whereof ye were afraid, shall follow close after you there in Egypt; and there ye shall die. -- jeremiah 42:16 +. +So shall it be with all the men that set their faces to go into Egypt to sojourn there; they shall die by the sword, by the famine, and by the pestilence: and none of them shall remain or escape from the evil that I will bring upon them. -- jeremiah 42:17 +. +For thus saith the LORD of hosts, the God of Israel; As mine anger and my fury hath been poured forth upon the inhabitants of Jerusalem; so shall my fury be poured forth upon you, when ye shall enter into Egypt: and ye shall be an execration, and an astonishment, and a curse, and a reproach; and ye shall see this place no more. -- jeremiah 42:18 +. +The LORD hath said concerning you, O ye remnant of Judah; Go ye not into Egypt: know certainly that I have admonished you this day. -- jeremiah 42:19 +. +For ye dissembled in your hearts, when ye sent me unto the LORD your God, saying, Pray for us unto the LORD our God; and according unto all that the LORD our God shall say, so declare unto us, and we will do it. -- jeremiah 42:20 +. +And now I have this day declared it to you; but ye have not obeyed the voice of the LORD your God, nor any thing for the which he hath sent me unto you. -- jeremiah 42:21 +. +Now therefore know certainly that ye shall die by the sword, by the famine, and by the pestilence, in the place whither ye desire to go and to sojourn. -- jeremiah 42:22 +. +And it came to pass, that when Jeremiah had made an end of speaking unto all the people all the words of the LORD their God, for which the LORD their God had sent him to them, even all these words, -- jeremiah 43:1 +. +Then spake Azariah the son of Hoshaiah, and Johanan the son of Kareah, and all the proud men, saying unto Jeremiah, Thou speakest falsely: the LORD our God hath not sent thee to say, Go not into Egypt to sojourn there: -- jeremiah 43:2 +. +But Baruch the son of Neriah setteth thee on against us, for to deliver us into the hand of the Chaldeans, that they might put us to death, and carry us away captives into Babylon. -- jeremiah 43:3 +. +So Johanan the son of Kareah, and all the captains of the forces, and all the people, obeyed not the voice of the LORD, to dwell in the land of Judah. -- jeremiah 43:4 +. +But Johanan the son of Kareah, and all the captains of the forces, took all the remnant of Judah, that were returned from all nations, whither they had been driven, to dwell in the land of Judah; -- jeremiah 43:5 +. +Even men, and women, and children, and the king's daughters, and every person that Nebuzaradan the captain of the guard had left with Gedaliah the son of Ahikam the son of Shaphan, and Jeremiah the prophet, and Baruch the son of Neriah. -- jeremiah 43:6 +. +So they came into the land of Egypt: for they obeyed not the voice of the LORD: thus came they even to Tahpanhes. -- jeremiah 43:7 +. +Then came the word of the LORD unto Jeremiah in Tahpanhes, saying, -- jeremiah 43:8 +. +Take great stones in thine hand, and hide them in the clay in the brickkiln, which is at the entry of Pharaoh's house in Tahpanhes, in the sight of the men of Judah; -- jeremiah 43:9 +. +And say unto them, Thus saith the LORD of hosts, the God of Israel; Behold, I will send and take Nebuchadrezzar the king of Babylon, my servant, and will set his throne upon these stones that I have hid; and he shall spread his royal pavilion over them. -- jeremiah 43:10 +. +And when he cometh, he shall smite the land of Egypt, and deliver such as are for death to death; and such as are for captivity to captivity; and such as are for the sword to the sword. -- jeremiah 43:11 +. +And I will kindle a fire in the houses of the gods of Egypt; and he shall burn them, and carry them away captives: and he shall array himself with the land of Egypt, as a shepherd putteth on his garment; and he shall go forth from thence in peace. -- jeremiah 43:12 +. +He shall break also the images of Bethshemesh, that is in the land of Egypt; and the houses of the gods of the Egyptians shall he burn with fire. -- jeremiah 43:13 +. +The word that came to Jeremiah concerning all the Jews which dwell in the land of Egypt, which dwell at Migdol, and at Tahpanhes, and at Noph, and in the country of Pathros, saying, -- jeremiah 44:1 +. +Thus saith the LORD of hosts, the God of Israel; Ye have seen all the evil that I have brought upon Jerusalem, and upon all the cities of Judah; and, behold, this day they are a desolation, and no man dwelleth therein, -- jeremiah 44:2 +. +Because of their wickedness which they have committed to provoke me to anger, in that they went to burn incense, and to serve other gods, whom they knew not, neither they, ye, nor your fathers. -- jeremiah 44:3 +. +Howbeit I sent unto you all my servants the prophets, rising early and sending them, saying, Oh, do not this abominable thing that I hate. -- jeremiah 44:4 +. +But they hearkened not, nor inclined their ear to turn from their wickedness, to burn no incense unto other gods. -- jeremiah 44:5 +. +Wherefore my fury and mine anger was poured forth, and was kindled in the cities of Judah and in the streets of Jerusalem; and they are wasted and desolate, as at this day. -- jeremiah 44:6 +. +Therefore now thus saith the LORD, the God of hosts, the God of Israel; Wherefore commit ye this great evil against your souls, to cut off from you man and woman, child and suckling, out of Judah, to leave you none to remain; -- jeremiah 44:7 +. +In that ye provoke me unto wrath with the works of your hands, burning incense unto other gods in the land of Egypt, whither ye be gone to dwell, that ye might cut yourselves off, and that ye might be a curse and a reproach among all the nations of the earth? -- jeremiah 44:8 +. +Have ye forgotten the wickedness of your fathers, and the wickedness of the kings of Judah, and the wickedness of their wives, and your own wickedness, and the wickedness of your wives, which they have committed in the land of Judah, and in the streets of Jerusalem? -- jeremiah 44:9 +. +They are not humbled even unto this day, neither have they feared, nor walked in my law, nor in my statutes, that I set before you and before your fathers. -- jeremiah 44:10 +. +Therefore thus saith the LORD of hosts, the God of Israel; Behold, I will set my face against you for evil, and to cut off all Judah. -- jeremiah 44:11 +. +And I will take the remnant of Judah, that have set their faces to go into the land of Egypt to sojourn there, and they shall all be consumed, and fall in the land of Egypt; they shall even be consumed by the sword and by the famine: they shall die, from the least even unto the greatest, by the sword and by the famine: and they shall be an execration, and an astonishment, and a curse, and a reproach. -- jeremiah 44:12 +. +For I will punish them that dwell in the land of Egypt, as I have punished Jerusalem, by the sword, by the famine, and by the pestilence: -- jeremiah 44:13 +. +So that none of the remnant of Judah, which are gone into the land of Egypt to sojourn there, shall escape or remain, that they should return into the land of Judah, to the which they have a desire to return to dwell there: for none shall return but such as shall escape. -- jeremiah 44:14 +. +Then all the men which knew that their wives had burned incense unto other gods, and all the women that stood by, a great multitude, even all the people that dwelt in the land of Egypt, in Pathros, answered Jeremiah, saying, -- jeremiah 44:15 +. +As for the word that thou hast spoken unto us in the name of the LORD, we will not hearken unto thee. -- jeremiah 44:16 +. +But we will certainly do whatsoever thing goeth forth out of our own mouth, to burn incense unto the queen of heaven, and to pour out drink offerings unto her, as we have done, we, and our fathers, our kings, and our princes, in the cities of Judah, and in the streets of Jerusalem: for then had we plenty of victuals, and were well, and saw no evil. -- jeremiah 44:17 +. +But since we left off to burn incense to the queen of heaven, and to pour out drink offerings unto her, we have wanted all things, and have been consumed by the sword and by the famine. -- jeremiah 44:18 +. +And when we burned incense to the queen of heaven, and poured out drink offerings unto her, did we make her cakes to worship her, and pour out drink offerings unto her, without our men? -- jeremiah 44:19 +. +Then Jeremiah said unto all the people, to the men, and to the women, and to all the people which had given him that answer, saying, -- jeremiah 44:20 +. +The incense that ye burned in the cities of Judah, and in the streets of Jerusalem, ye, and your fathers, your kings, and your princes, and the people of the land, did not the LORD remember them, and came it not into his mind? -- jeremiah 44:21 +. +So that the LORD could no longer bear, because of the evil of your doings, and because of the abominations which ye have committed; therefore is your land a desolation, and an astonishment, and a curse, without an inhabitant, as at this day. -- jeremiah 44:22 +. +Because ye have burned incense, and because ye have sinned against the LORD, and have not obeyed the voice of the LORD, nor walked in his law, nor in his statutes, nor in his testimonies; therefore this evil is happened unto you, as at this day. -- jeremiah 44:23 +. +Moreover Jeremiah said unto all the people, and to all the women, Hear the word of the LORD, all Judah that are in the land of Egypt: -- jeremiah 44:24 +. +Thus saith the LORD of hosts, the God of Israel, saying; Ye and your wives have both spoken with your mouths, and fulfilled with your hand, saying, We will surely perform our vows that we have vowed, to burn incense to the queen of heaven, and to pour out drink offerings unto her: ye will surely accomplish your vows, and surely perform your vows. -- jeremiah 44:25 +. +Therefore hear ye the word of the LORD, all Judah that dwell in the land of Egypt; Behold, I have sworn by my great name, saith the LORD, that my name shall no more be named in the mouth of any man of Judah in all the land of Egypt, saying, The Lord GOD liveth. -- jeremiah 44:26 +. +Behold, I will watch over them for evil, and not for good: and all the men of Judah that are in the land of Egypt shall be consumed by the sword and by the famine, until there be an end of them. -- jeremiah 44:27 +. +Yet a small number that escape the sword shall return out of the land of Egypt into the land of Judah, and all the remnant of Judah, that are gone into the land of Egypt to sojourn there, shall know whose words shall stand, mine, or their's. -- jeremiah 44:28 +. +And this shall be a sign unto you, saith the LORD, that I will punish you in this place, that ye may know that my words shall surely stand against you for evil: -- jeremiah 44:29 +. +Thus saith the LORD; Behold, I will give Pharaohhophra king of Egypt into the hand of his enemies, and into the hand of them that seek his life; as I gave Zedekiah king of Judah into the hand of Nebuchadrezzar king of Babylon, his enemy, and that sought his life. -- jeremiah 44:30 +. +The word that Jeremiah the prophet spake unto Baruch the son of Neriah, when he had written these words in a book at the mouth of Jeremiah, in the fourth year of Jehoiakim the son of Josiah king of Judah, saying, -- jeremiah 45:1 +. +Thus saith the LORD, the God of Israel, unto thee, O Baruch: -- jeremiah 45:2 +. +Thou didst say, Woe is me now! for the LORD hath added grief to my sorrow; I fainted in my sighing, and I find no rest. -- jeremiah 45:3 +. +Thus shalt thou say unto him, The LORD saith thus; Behold, that which I have built will I break down, and that which I have planted I will pluck up, even this whole land. -- jeremiah 45:4 +. +And seekest thou great things for thyself? seek them not: for, behold, I will bring evil upon all flesh, saith the LORD: but thy life will I give unto thee for a prey in all places whither thou goest. -- jeremiah 45:5 +. +The word of the LORD which came to Jeremiah the prophet against the Gentiles; -- jeremiah 46:1 +. +Against Egypt, against the army of Pharaohnecho king of Egypt, which was by the river Euphrates in Carchemish, which Nebuchadrezzar king of Babylon smote in the fourth year of Jehoiakim the son of Josiah king of Judah. -- jeremiah 46:2 +. +Order ye the buckler and shield, and draw near to battle. -- jeremiah 46:3 +. +Harness the horses; and get up, ye horsemen, and stand forth with your helmets; furbish the spears, and put on the brigandines. -- jeremiah 46:4 +. +Wherefore have I seen them dismayed and turned away back? and their mighty ones are beaten down, and are fled apace, and look not back: for fear was round about, saith the LORD. -- jeremiah 46:5 +. +Let not the swift flee away, nor the mighty man escape; they shall stumble, and fall toward the north by the river Euphrates. -- jeremiah 46:6 +. +Who is this that cometh up as a flood, whose waters are moved as the rivers? -- jeremiah 46:7 +. +Egypt riseth up like a flood, and his waters are moved like the rivers; and he saith, I will go up, and will cover the earth; I will destroy the city and the inhabitants thereof. -- jeremiah 46:8 +. +Come up, ye horses; and rage, ye chariots; and let the mighty men come forth; the Ethiopians and the Libyans, that handle the shield; and the Lydians, that handle and bend the bow. -- jeremiah 46:9 +. +For this is the day of the Lord GOD of hosts, a day of vengeance, that he may avenge him of his adversaries: and the sword shall devour, and it shall be satiate and made drunk with their blood: for the Lord GOD of hosts hath a sacrifice in the north country by the river Euphrates. -- jeremiah 46:10 +. +Go up into Gilead, and take balm, O virgin, the daughter of Egypt: in vain shalt thou use many medicines; for thou shalt not be cured. -- jeremiah 46:11 +. +The nations have heard of thy shame, and thy cry hath filled the land: for the mighty man hath stumbled against the mighty, and they are fallen both together. -- jeremiah 46:12 +. +The word that the LORD spake to Jeremiah the prophet, how Nebuchadrezzar king of Babylon should come and smite the land of Egypt. -- jeremiah 46:13 +. +Declare ye in Egypt, and publish in Migdol, and publish in Noph and in Tahpanhes: say ye, Stand fast, and prepare thee; for the sword shall devour round about thee. -- jeremiah 46:14 +. +Why are thy valiant men swept away? they stood not, because the LORD did drive them. -- jeremiah 46:15 +. +He made many to fall, yea, one fell upon another: and they said, Arise, and let us go again to our own people, and to the land of our nativity, from the oppressing sword. -- jeremiah 46:16 +. +They did cry there, Pharaoh king of Egypt is but a noise; he hath passed the time appointed. -- jeremiah 46:17 +. +As I live, saith the King, whose name is the LORD of hosts, Surely as Tabor is among the mountains, and as Carmel by the sea, so shall he come. -- jeremiah 46:18 +. +O thou daughter dwelling in Egypt, furnish thyself to go into captivity: for Noph shall be waste and desolate without an inhabitant. -- jeremiah 46:19 +. +Egypt is like a very fair heifer, but destruction cometh; it cometh out of the north. -- jeremiah 46:20 +. +Also her hired men are in the midst of her like fatted bullocks; for they also are turned back, and are fled away together: they did not stand, because the day of their calamity was come upon them, and the time of their visitation. -- jeremiah 46:21 +. +The voice thereof shall go like a serpent; for they shall march with an army, and come against her with axes, as hewers of wood. -- jeremiah 46:22 +. +They shall cut down her forest, saith the LORD, though it cannot be searched; because they are more than the grasshoppers, and are innumerable. -- jeremiah 46:23 +. +The daughter of Egypt shall be confounded; she shall be delivered into the hand of the people of the north. -- jeremiah 46:24 +. +The LORD of hosts, the God of Israel, saith; Behold, I will punish the multitude of No, and Pharaoh, and Egypt, with their gods, and their kings; even Pharaoh, and all them that trust in him: -- jeremiah 46:25 +. +And I will deliver them into the hand of those that seek their lives, and into the hand of Nebuchadrezzar king of Babylon, and into the hand of his servants: and afterward it shall be inhabited, as in the days of old, saith the LORD. -- jeremiah 46:26 +. +But fear not thou, O my servant Jacob, and be not dismayed, O Israel: for, behold, I will save thee from afar off, and thy seed from the land of their captivity; and Jacob shall return, and be in rest and at ease, and none shall make him afraid. -- jeremiah 46:27 +. +Fear thou not, O Jacob my servant, saith the LORD: for I am with thee; for I will make a full end of all the nations whither I have driven thee: but I will not make a full end of thee, but correct thee in measure; yet will I not leave thee wholly unpunished. -- jeremiah 46:28 +. +The word of the LORD that came to Jeremiah the prophet against the Philistines, before that Pharaoh smote Gaza. -- jeremiah 47:1 +. +Thus saith the LORD; Behold, waters rise up out of the north, and shall be an overflowing flood, and shall overflow the land, and all that is therein; the city, and them that dwell therein: then the men shall cry, and all the inhabitants of the land shall howl. -- jeremiah 47:2 +. +At the noise of the stamping of the hoofs of his strong horses, at the rushing of his chariots, and at the rumbling of his wheels, the fathers shall not look back to their children for feebleness of hands; -- jeremiah 47:3 +. +Because of the day that cometh to spoil all the Philistines, and to cut off from Tyrus and Zidon every helper that remaineth: for the LORD will spoil the Philistines, the remnant of the country of Caphtor. -- jeremiah 47:4 +. +Baldness is come upon Gaza; Ashkelon is cut off with the remnant of their valley: how long wilt thou cut thyself? -- jeremiah 47:5 +. +O thou sword of the LORD, how long will it be ere thou be quiet? put up thyself into thy scabbard, rest, and be still. -- jeremiah 47:6 +. +How can it be quiet, seeing the LORD hath given it a charge against Ashkelon, and against the sea shore? there hath he appointed it. -- jeremiah 47:7 +. +Against Moab thus saith the LORD of hosts, the God of Israel; Woe unto Nebo! for it is spoiled: Kiriathaim is confounded and taken: Misgab is confounded and dismayed. -- jeremiah 48:1 +. +There shall be no more praise of Moab: in Heshbon they have devised evil against it; come, and let us cut it off from being a nation. Also thou shalt be cut down, O Madmen; the sword shall pursue thee. -- jeremiah 48:2 +. +A voice of crying shall be from Horonaim, spoiling and great destruction. -- jeremiah 48:3 +. +Moab is destroyed; her little ones have caused a cry to be heard. -- jeremiah 48:4 +. +For in the going up of Luhith continual weeping shall go up; for in the going down of Horonaim the enemies have heard a cry of destruction. -- jeremiah 48:5 +. +Flee, save your lives, and be like the heath in the wilderness. -- jeremiah 48:6 +. +For because thou hast trusted in thy works and in thy treasures, thou shalt also be taken: and Chemosh shall go forth into captivity with his priests and his princes together. -- jeremiah 48:7 +. +And the spoiler shall come upon every city, and no city shall escape: the valley also shall perish, and the plain shall be destroyed, as the LORD hath spoken. -- jeremiah 48:8 +. +Give wings unto Moab, that it may flee and get away: for the cities thereof shall be desolate, without any to dwell therein. -- jeremiah 48:9 +. +Cursed be he that doeth the work of the LORD deceitfully, and cursed be he that keepeth back his sword from blood. -- jeremiah 48:10 +. +Moab hath been at ease from his youth, and he hath settled on his lees, and hath not been emptied from vessel to vessel, neither hath he gone into captivity: therefore his taste remained in him, and his scent is not changed. -- jeremiah 48:11 +. +Therefore, behold, the days come, saith the LORD, that I will send unto him wanderers, that shall cause him to wander, and shall empty his vessels, and break their bottles. -- jeremiah 48:12 +. +And Moab shall be ashamed of Chemosh, as the house of Israel was ashamed of Bethel their confidence. -- jeremiah 48:13 +. +How say ye, We are mighty and strong men for the war? -- jeremiah 48:14 +. +Moab is spoiled, and gone up out of her cities, and his chosen young men are gone down to the slaughter, saith the King, whose name is the LORD of hosts. -- jeremiah 48:15 +. +The calamity of Moab is near to come, and his affliction hasteth fast. -- jeremiah 48:16 +. +All ye that are about him, bemoan him; and all ye that know his name, say, How is the strong staff broken, and the beautiful rod! -- jeremiah 48:17 +. +Thou daughter that dost inhabit Dibon, come down from thy glory, and sit in thirst; for the spoiler of Moab shall come upon thee, and he shall destroy thy strong holds. -- jeremiah 48:18 +. +O inhabitant of Aroer, stand by the way, and espy; ask him that fleeth, and her that escapeth, and say, What is done? -- jeremiah 48:19 +. +Moab is confounded; for it is broken down: howl and cry; tell ye it in Arnon, that Moab is spoiled, -- jeremiah 48:20 +. +And judgment is come upon the plain country; upon Holon, and upon Jahazah, and upon Mephaath, -- jeremiah 48:21 +. +And upon Dibon, and upon Nebo, and upon Bethdiblathaim, -- jeremiah 48:22 +. +And upon Kiriathaim, and upon Bethgamul, and upon Bethmeon, -- jeremiah 48:23 +. +And upon Kerioth, and upon Bozrah, and upon all the cities of the land of Moab, far or near. -- jeremiah 48:24 +. +The horn of Moab is cut off, and his arm is broken, saith the LORD. -- jeremiah 48:25 +. +Make ye him drunken: for he magnified himself against the LORD: Moab also shall wallow in his vomit, and he also shall be in derision. -- jeremiah 48:26 +. +For was not Israel a derision unto thee? was he found among thieves? for since thou spakest of him, thou skippedst for joy. -- jeremiah 48:27 +. +O ye that dwell in Moab, leave the cities, and dwell in the rock, and be like the dove that maketh her nest in the sides of the hole's mouth. -- jeremiah 48:28 +. +We have heard the pride of Moab, (he is exceeding proud) his loftiness, and his arrogancy, and his pride, and the haughtiness of his heart. -- jeremiah 48:29 +. +I know his wrath, saith the LORD; but it shall not be so; his lies shall not so effect it. -- jeremiah 48:30 +. +Therefore will I howl for Moab, and I will cry out for all Moab; mine heart shall mourn for the men of Kirheres. -- jeremiah 48:31 +. +O vine of Sibmah, I will weep for thee with the weeping of Jazer: thy plants are gone over the sea, they reach even to the sea of Jazer: the spoiler is fallen upon thy summer fruits and upon thy vintage. -- jeremiah 48:32 +. +And joy and gladness is taken from the plentiful field, and from the land of Moab, and I have caused wine to fail from the winepresses: none shall tread with shouting; their shouting shall be no shouting. -- jeremiah 48:33 +. +From the cry of Heshbon even unto Elealeh, and even unto Jahaz, have they uttered their voice, from Zoar even unto Horonaim, as an heifer of three years old: for the waters also of Nimrim shall be desolate. -- jeremiah 48:34 +. +Moreover I will cause to cease in Moab, saith the LORD, him that offereth in the high places, and him that burneth incense to his gods. -- jeremiah 48:35 +. +Therefore mine heart shall sound for Moab like pipes, and mine heart shall sound like pipes for the men of Kirheres: because the riches that he hath gotten are perished. -- jeremiah 48:36 +. +For every head shall be bald, and every beard clipped: upon all the hands shall be cuttings, and upon the loins sackcloth. -- jeremiah 48:37 +. +There shall be lamentation generally upon all the housetops of Moab, and in the streets thereof: for I have broken Moab like a vessel wherein is no pleasure, saith the LORD. -- jeremiah 48:38 +. +They shall howl, saying, How is it broken down! how hath Moab turned the back with shame! so shall Moab be a derision and a dismaying to all them about him. -- jeremiah 48:39 +. +For thus saith the LORD; Behold, he shall fly as an eagle, and shall spread his wings over Moab. -- jeremiah 48:40 +. +Kerioth is taken, and the strong holds are surprised, and the mighty men's hearts in Moab at that day shall be as the heart of a woman in her pangs. -- jeremiah 48:41 +. +And Moab shall be destroyed from being a people, because he hath magnified himself against the LORD. -- jeremiah 48:42 +. +Fear, and the pit, and the snare, shall be upon thee, O inhabitant of Moab, saith the LORD. -- jeremiah 48:43 +. +He that fleeth from the fear shall fall into the pit; and he that getteth up out of the pit shall be taken in the snare: for I will bring upon it, even upon Moab, the year of their visitation, saith the LORD. -- jeremiah 48:44 +. +They that fled stood under the shadow of Heshbon because of the force: but a fire shall come forth out of Heshbon, and a flame from the midst of Sihon, and shall devour the corner of Moab, and the crown of the head of the tumultuous ones. -- jeremiah 48:45 +. +Woe be unto thee, O Moab! the people of Chemosh perisheth: for thy sons are taken captives, and thy daughters captives. -- jeremiah 48:46 +. +Yet will I bring again the captivity of Moab in the latter days, saith the LORD. Thus far is the judgment of Moab. -- jeremiah 48:47 +. +Concerning the Ammonites, thus saith the LORD; Hath Israel no sons? hath he no heir? why then doth their king inherit Gad, and his people dwell in his cities? -- jeremiah 49:1 +. +Therefore, behold, the days come, saith the LORD, that I will cause an alarm of war to be heard in Rabbah of the Ammonites; and it shall be a desolate heap, and her daughters shall be burned with fire: then shall Israel be heir unto them that were his heirs, saith the LORD. -- jeremiah 49:2 +. +Howl, O Heshbon, for Ai is spoiled: cry, ye daughters of Rabbah, gird you with sackcloth; lament, and run to and fro by the hedges; for their king shall go into captivity, and his priests and his princes together. -- jeremiah 49:3 +. +Wherefore gloriest thou in the valleys, thy flowing valley, O backsliding daughter? that trusted in her treasures, saying, Who shall come unto me? -- jeremiah 49:4 +. +Behold, I will bring a fear upon thee, saith the Lord GOD of hosts, from all those that be about thee; and ye shall be driven out every man right forth; and none shall gather up him that wandereth. -- jeremiah 49:5 +. +And afterward I will bring again the captivity of the children of Ammon, saith the LORD. -- jeremiah 49:6 +. +Concerning Edom, thus saith the LORD of hosts; Is wisdom no more in Teman? is counsel perished from the prudent? is their wisdom vanished? -- jeremiah 49:7 +. +Flee ye, turn back, dwell deep, O inhabitants of Dedan; for I will bring the calamity of Esau upon him, the time that I will visit him. -- jeremiah 49:8 +. +If grapegatherers come to thee, would they not leave some gleaning grapes? if thieves by night, they will destroy till they have enough. -- jeremiah 49:9 +. +But I have made Esau bare, I have uncovered his secret places, and he shall not be able to hide himself: his seed is spoiled, and his brethren, and his neighbours, and he is not. -- jeremiah 49:10 +. +Leave thy fatherless children, I will preserve them alive; and let thy widows trust in me. -- jeremiah 49:11 +. +For thus saith the LORD; Behold, they whose judgment was not to drink of the cup have assuredly drunken; and art thou he that shall altogether go unpunished? thou shalt not go unpunished, but thou shalt surely drink of it. -- jeremiah 49:12 +. +For I have sworn by myself, saith the LORD, that Bozrah shall become a desolation, a reproach, a waste, and a curse; and all the cities thereof shall be perpetual wastes. -- jeremiah 49:13 +. +I have heard a rumour from the LORD, and an ambassador is sent unto the heathen, saying, Gather ye together, and come against her, and rise up to the battle. -- jeremiah 49:14 +. +For, lo, I will make thee small among the heathen, and despised among men. -- jeremiah 49:15 +. +Thy terribleness hath deceived thee, and the pride of thine heart, O thou that dwellest in the clefts of the rock, that holdest the height of the hill: though thou shouldest make thy nest as high as the eagle, I will bring thee down from thence, saith the LORD. -- jeremiah 49:16 +. +Also Edom shall be a desolation: every one that goeth by it shall be astonished, and shall hiss at all the plagues thereof. -- jeremiah 49:17 +. +As in the overthrow of Sodom and Gomorrah and the neighbour cities thereof, saith the LORD, no man shall abide there, neither shall a son of man dwell in it. -- jeremiah 49:18 +. +Behold, he shall come up like a lion from the swelling of Jordan against the habitation of the strong: but I will suddenly make him run away from her: and who is a chosen man, that I may appoint over her? for who is like me? and who will appoint me the time? and who is that shepherd that will stand before me? -- jeremiah 49:19 +. +Therefore hear the counsel of the LORD, that he hath taken against Edom; and his purposes, that he hath purposed against the inhabitants of Teman: Surely the least of the flock shall draw them out: surely he shall make their habitations desolate with them. -- jeremiah 49:20 +. +The earth is moved at the noise of their fall, at the cry the noise thereof was heard in the Red sea. -- jeremiah 49:21 +. +Behold, he shall come up and fly as the eagle, and spread his wings over Bozrah: and at that day shall the heart of the mighty men of Edom be as the heart of a woman in her pangs. -- jeremiah 49:22 +. +Concerning Damascus. Hamath is confounded, and Arpad: for they have heard evil tidings: they are fainthearted; there is sorrow on the sea; it cannot be quiet. -- jeremiah 49:23 +. +Damascus is waxed feeble, and turneth herself to flee, and fear hath seized on her: anguish and sorrows have taken her, as a woman in travail. -- jeremiah 49:24 +. +How is the city of praise not left, the city of my joy! -- jeremiah 49:25 +. +Therefore her young men shall fall in her streets, and all the men of war shall be cut off in that day, saith the LORD of hosts. -- jeremiah 49:26 +. +And I will kindle a fire in the wall of Damascus, and it shall consume the palaces of Benhadad. -- jeremiah 49:27 +. +Concerning Kedar, and concerning the kingdoms of Hazor, which Nebuchadrezzar king of Babylon shall smite, thus saith the LORD; Arise ye, go up to Kedar, and spoil the men of the east. -- jeremiah 49:28 +. +Their tents and their flocks shall they take away: they shall take to themselves their curtains, and all their vessels, and their camels; and they shall cry unto them, Fear is on every side. -- jeremiah 49:29 +. +Flee, get you far off, dwell deep, O ye inhabitants of Hazor, saith the LORD; for Nebuchadrezzar king of Babylon hath taken counsel against you, and hath conceived a purpose against you. -- jeremiah 49:30 +. +Arise, get you up unto the wealthy nation, that dwelleth without care, saith the LORD, which have neither gates nor bars, which dwell alone. -- jeremiah 49:31 +. +And their camels shall be a booty, and the multitude of their cattle a spoil: and I will scatter into all winds them that are in the utmost corners; and I will bring their calamity from all sides thereof, saith the LORD. -- jeremiah 49:32 +. +And Hazor shall be a dwelling for dragons, and a desolation for ever: there shall no man abide there, nor any son of man dwell in it. -- jeremiah 49:33 +. +The word of the LORD that came to Jeremiah the prophet against Elam in the beginning of the reign of Zedekiah king of Judah, saying, -- jeremiah 49:34 +. +Thus saith the LORD of hosts; Behold, I will break the bow of Elam, the chief of their might. -- jeremiah 49:35 +. +And upon Elam will I bring the four winds from the four quarters of heaven, and will scatter them toward all those winds; and there shall be no nation whither the outcasts of Elam shall not come. -- jeremiah 49:36 +. +For I will cause Elam to be dismayed before their enemies, and before them that seek their life: and I will bring evil upon them, even my fierce anger, saith the LORD; and I will send the sword after them, till I have consumed them: -- jeremiah 49:37 +. +And I will set my throne in Elam, and will destroy from thence the king and the princes, saith the LORD. -- jeremiah 49:38 +. +But it shall come to pass in the latter days, that I will bring again the captivity of Elam, saith the LORD. -- jeremiah 49:39 +. +The word that the LORD spake against Babylon and against the land of the Chaldeans by Jeremiah the prophet. -- jeremiah 50:1 +. +Declare ye among the nations, and publish, and set up a standard; publish, and conceal not: say, Babylon is taken, Bel is confounded, Merodach is broken in pieces; her idols are confounded, her images are broken in pieces. -- jeremiah 50:2 +. +For out of the north there cometh up a nation against her, which shall make her land desolate, and none shall dwell therein: they shall remove, they shall depart, both man and beast. -- jeremiah 50:3 +. +In those days, and in that time, saith the LORD, the children of Israel shall come, they and the children of Judah together, going and weeping: they shall go, and seek the LORD their God. -- jeremiah 50:4 +. +They shall ask the way to Zion with their faces thitherward, saying, Come, and let us join ourselves to the LORD in a perpetual covenant that shall not be forgotten. -- jeremiah 50:5 +. +My people hath been lost sheep: their shepherds have caused them to go astray, they have turned them away on the mountains: they have gone from mountain to hill, they have forgotten their restingplace. -- jeremiah 50:6 +. +All that found them have devoured them: and their adversaries said, We offend not, because they have sinned against the LORD, the habitation of justice, even the LORD, the hope of their fathers. -- jeremiah 50:7 +. +Remove out of the midst of Babylon, and go forth out of the land of the Chaldeans, and be as the he goats before the flocks. -- jeremiah 50:8 +. +For, lo, I will raise and cause to come up against Babylon an assembly of great nations from the north country: and they shall set themselves in array against her; from thence she shall be taken: their arrows shall be as of a mighty expert man; none shall return in vain. -- jeremiah 50:9 +. +And Chaldea shall be a spoil: all that spoil her shall be satisfied, saith the LORD. -- jeremiah 50:10 +. +Because ye were glad, because ye rejoiced, O ye destroyers of mine heritage, because ye are grown fat as the heifer at grass, and bellow as bulls; -- jeremiah 50:11 +. +Your mother shall be sore confounded; she that bare you shall be ashamed: behold, the hindermost of the nations shall be a wilderness, a dry land, and a desert. -- jeremiah 50:12 +. +Because of the wrath of the LORD it shall not be inhabited, but it shall be wholly desolate: every one that goeth by Babylon shall be astonished, and hiss at all her plagues. -- jeremiah 50:13 +. +Put yourselves in array against Babylon round about: all ye that bend the bow, shoot at her, spare no arrows: for she hath sinned against the LORD. -- jeremiah 50:14 +. +Shout against her round about: she hath given her hand: her foundations are fallen, her walls are thrown down: for it is the vengeance of the LORD: take vengeance upon her; as she hath done, do unto her. -- jeremiah 50:15 +. +Cut off the sower from Babylon, and him that handleth the sickle in the time of harvest: for fear of the oppressing sword they shall turn every one to his people, and they shall flee every one to his own land. -- jeremiah 50:16 +. +Israel is a scattered sheep; the lions have driven him away: first the king of Assyria hath devoured him; and last this Nebuchadrezzar king of Babylon hath broken his bones. -- jeremiah 50:17 +. +Therefore thus saith the LORD of hosts, the God of Israel; Behold, I will punish the king of Babylon and his land, as I have punished the king of Assyria. -- jeremiah 50:18 +. +And I will bring Israel again to his habitation, and he shall feed on Carmel and Bashan, and his soul shall be satisfied upon mount Ephraim and Gilead. -- jeremiah 50:19 +. +In those days, and in that time, saith the LORD, the iniquity of Israel shall be sought for, and there shall be none; and the sins of Judah, and they shall not be found: for I will pardon them whom I reserve. -- jeremiah 50:20 +. +Go up against the land of Merathaim, even against it, and against the inhabitants of Pekod: waste and utterly destroy after them, saith the LORD, and do according to all that I have commanded thee. -- jeremiah 50:21 +. +A sound of battle is in the land, and of great destruction. -- jeremiah 50:22 +. +How is the hammer of the whole earth cut asunder and broken! how is Babylon become a desolation among the nations! -- jeremiah 50:23 +. +I have laid a snare for thee, and thou art also taken, O Babylon, and thou wast not aware: thou art found, and also caught, because thou hast striven against the LORD. -- jeremiah 50:24 +. +The LORD hath opened his armoury, and hath brought forth the weapons of his indignation: for this is the work of the Lord GOD of hosts in the land of the Chaldeans. -- jeremiah 50:25 +. +Come against her from the utmost border, open her storehouses: cast her up as heaps, and destroy her utterly: let nothing of her be left. -- jeremiah 50:26 +. +Slay all her bullocks; let them go down to the slaughter: woe unto them! for their day is come, the time of their visitation. -- jeremiah 50:27 +. +The voice of them that flee and escape out of the land of Babylon, to declare in Zion the vengeance of the LORD our God, the vengeance of his temple. -- jeremiah 50:28 +. +Call together the archers against Babylon: all ye that bend the bow, camp against it round about; let none thereof escape: recompense her according to her work; according to all that she hath done, do unto her: for she hath been proud against the LORD, against the Holy One of Israel. -- jeremiah 50:29 +. +Therefore shall her young men fall in the streets, and all her men of war shall be cut off in that day, saith the LORD. -- jeremiah 50:30 +. +Behold, I am against thee, O thou most proud, saith the Lord GOD of hosts: for thy day is come, the time that I will visit thee. -- jeremiah 50:31 +. +And the most proud shall stumble and fall, and none shall raise him up: and I will kindle a fire in his cities, and it shall devour all round about him. -- jeremiah 50:32 +. +Thus saith the LORD of hosts; The children of Israel and the children of Judah were oppressed together: and all that took them captives held them fast; they refused to let them go. -- jeremiah 50:33 +. +Their Redeemer is strong; the LORD of hosts is his name: he shall throughly plead their cause, that he may give rest to the land, and disquiet the inhabitants of Babylon. -- jeremiah 50:34 +. +A sword is upon the Chaldeans, saith the LORD, and upon the inhabitants of Babylon, and upon her princes, and upon her wise men. -- jeremiah 50:35 +. +A sword is upon the liars; and they shall dote: a sword is upon her mighty men; and they shall be dismayed. -- jeremiah 50:36 +. +A sword is upon their horses, and upon their chariots, and upon all the mingled people that are in the midst of her; and they shall become as women: a sword is upon her treasures; and they shall be robbed. -- jeremiah 50:37 +. +A drought is upon her waters; and they shall be dried up: for it is the land of graven images, and they are mad upon their idols. -- jeremiah 50:38 +. +Therefore the wild beasts of the desert with the wild beasts of the islands shall dwell there, and the owls shall dwell therein: and it shall be no more inhabited for ever; neither shall it be dwelt in from generation to generation. -- jeremiah 50:39 +. +As God overthrew Sodom and Gomorrah and the neighbour cities thereof, saith the LORD; so shall no man abide there, neither shall any son of man dwell therein. -- jeremiah 50:40 +. +Behold, a people shall come from the north, and a great nation, and many kings shall be raised up from the coasts of the earth. -- jeremiah 50:41 +. +They shall hold the bow and the lance: they are cruel, and will not shew mercy: their voice shall roar like the sea, and they shall ride upon horses, every one put in array, like a man to the battle, against thee, O daughter of Babylon. -- jeremiah 50:42 +. +The king of Babylon hath heard the report of them, and his hands waxed feeble: anguish took hold of him, and pangs as of a woman in travail. -- jeremiah 50:43 +. +Behold, he shall come up like a lion from the swelling of Jordan unto the habitation of the strong: but I will make them suddenly run away from her: and who is a chosen man, that I may appoint over her? for who is like me? and who will appoint me the time? and who is that shepherd that will stand before me? -- jeremiah 50:44 +. +Therefore hear ye the counsel of the LORD, that he hath taken against Babylon; and his purposes, that he hath purposed against the land of the Chaldeans: Surely the least of the flock shall draw them out: surely he shall make their habitation desolate with them. -- jeremiah 50:45 +. +At the noise of the taking of Babylon the earth is moved, and the cry is heard among the nations. -- jeremiah 50:46 +. +Thus saith the LORD; Behold, I will raise up against Babylon, and against them that dwell in the midst of them that rise up against me, a destroying wind; -- jeremiah 51:1 +. +And will send unto Babylon fanners, that shall fan her, and shall empty her land: for in the day of trouble they shall be against her round about. -- jeremiah 51:2 +. +Against him that bendeth let the archer bend his bow, and against him that lifteth himself up in his brigandine: and spare ye not her young men; destroy ye utterly all her host. -- jeremiah 51:3 +. +Thus the slain shall fall in the land of the Chaldeans, and they that are thrust through in her streets. -- jeremiah 51:4 +. +For Israel hath not been forsaken, nor Judah of his God, of the LORD of hosts; though their land was filled with sin against the Holy One of Israel. -- jeremiah 51:5 +. +Flee out of the midst of Babylon, and deliver every man his soul: be not cut off in her iniquity; for this is the time of the LORD's vengeance; he will render unto her a recompence. -- jeremiah 51:6 +. +Babylon hath been a golden cup in the LORD's hand, that made all the earth drunken: the nations have drunken of her wine; therefore the nations are mad. -- jeremiah 51:7 +. +Babylon is suddenly fallen and destroyed: howl for her; take balm for her pain, if so be she may be healed. -- jeremiah 51:8 +. +We would have healed Babylon, but she is not healed: forsake her, and let us go every one into his own country: for her judgment reacheth unto heaven, and is lifted up even to the skies. -- jeremiah 51:9 +. +The LORD hath brought forth our righteousness: come, and let us declare in Zion the work of the LORD our God. -- jeremiah 51:10 +. +Make bright the arrows; gather the shields: the LORD hath raised up the spirit of the kings of the Medes: for his device is against Babylon, to destroy it; because it is the vengeance of the LORD, the vengeance of his temple. -- jeremiah 51:11 +. +Set up the standard upon the walls of Babylon, make the watch strong, set up the watchmen, prepare the ambushes: for the LORD hath both devised and done that which he spake against the inhabitants of Babylon. -- jeremiah 51:12 +. +O thou that dwellest upon many waters, abundant in treasures, thine end is come, and the measure of thy covetousness. -- jeremiah 51:13 +. +The LORD of hosts hath sworn by himself, saying, Surely I will fill thee with men, as with caterpillers; and they shall lift up a shout against thee. -- jeremiah 51:14 +. +He hath made the earth by his power, he hath established the world by his wisdom, and hath stretched out the heaven by his understanding. -- jeremiah 51:15 +. +When he uttereth his voice, there is a multitude of waters in the heavens; and he causeth the vapours to ascend from the ends of the earth: he maketh lightnings with rain, and bringeth forth the wind out of his treasures. -- jeremiah 51:16 +. +Every man is brutish by his knowledge; every founder is confounded by the graven image: for his molten image is falsehood, and there is no breath in them. -- jeremiah 51:17 +. +They are vanity, the work of errors: in the time of their visitation they shall perish. -- jeremiah 51:18 +. +The portion of Jacob is not like them; for he is the former of all things: and Israel is the rod of his inheritance: the LORD of hosts is his name. -- jeremiah 51:19 +. +Thou art my battle axe and weapons of war: for with thee will I break in pieces the nations, and with thee will I destroy kingdoms; -- jeremiah 51:20 +. +And with thee will I break in pieces the horse and his rider; and with thee will I break in pieces the chariot and his rider; -- jeremiah 51:21 +. +With thee also will I break in pieces man and woman; and with thee will I break in pieces old and young; and with thee will I break in pieces the young man and the maid; -- jeremiah 51:22 +. +I will also break in pieces with thee the shepherd and his flock; and with thee will I break in pieces the husbandman and his yoke of oxen; and with thee will I break in pieces captains and rulers. -- jeremiah 51:23 +. +And I will render unto Babylon and to all the inhabitants of Chaldea all their evil that they have done in Zion in your sight, saith the LORD. -- jeremiah 51:24 +. +Behold, I am against thee, O destroying mountain, saith the LORD, which destroyest all the earth: and I will stretch out mine hand upon thee, and roll thee down from the rocks, and will make thee a burnt mountain. -- jeremiah 51:25 +. +And they shall not take of thee a stone for a corner, nor a stone for foundations; but thou shalt be desolate for ever, saith the LORD. -- jeremiah 51:26 +. +Set ye up a standard in the land, blow the trumpet among the nations, prepare the nations against her, call together against her the kingdoms of Ararat, Minni, and Ashchenaz; appoint a captain against her; cause the horses to come up as the rough caterpillers. -- jeremiah 51:27 +. +Prepare against her the nations with the kings of the Medes, the captains thereof, and all the rulers thereof, and all the land of his dominion. -- jeremiah 51:28 +. +And the land shall tremble and sorrow: for every purpose of the LORD shall be performed against Babylon, to make the land of Babylon a desolation without an inhabitant. -- jeremiah 51:29 +. +The mighty men of Babylon have forborn to fight, they have remained in their holds: their might hath failed; they became as women: they have burned her dwellingplaces; her bars are broken. -- jeremiah 51:30 +. +One post shall run to meet another, and one messenger to meet another, to shew the king of Babylon that his city is taken at one end, -- jeremiah 51:31 +. +And that the passages are stopped, and the reeds they have burned with fire, and the men of war are affrighted. -- jeremiah 51:32 +. +For thus saith the LORD of hosts, the God of Israel; The daughter of Babylon is like a threshingfloor, it is time to thresh her: yet a little while, and the time of her harvest shall come. -- jeremiah 51:33 +. +Nebuchadrezzar the king of Babylon hath devoured me, he hath crushed me, he hath made me an empty vessel, he hath swallowed me up like a dragon, he hath filled his belly with my delicates, he hath cast me out. -- jeremiah 51:34 +. +The violence done to me and to my flesh be upon Babylon, shall the inhabitant of Zion say; and my blood upon the inhabitants of Chaldea, shall Jerusalem say. -- jeremiah 51:35 +. +Therefore thus saith the LORD; Behold, I will plead thy cause, and take vengeance for thee; and I will dry up her sea, and make her springs dry. -- jeremiah 51:36 +. +And Babylon shall become heaps, a dwellingplace for dragons, an astonishment, and an hissing, without an inhabitant. -- jeremiah 51:37 +. +They shall roar together like lions: they shall yell as lions' whelps. -- jeremiah 51:38 +. +In their heat I will make their feasts, and I will make them drunken, that they may rejoice, and sleep a perpetual sleep, and not wake, saith the LORD. -- jeremiah 51:39 +. +I will bring them down like lambs to the slaughter, like rams with he goats. -- jeremiah 51:40 +. +How is Sheshach taken! and how is the praise of the whole earth surprised! how is Babylon become an astonishment among the nations! -- jeremiah 51:41 +. +The sea is come up upon Babylon: she is covered with the multitude of the waves thereof. -- jeremiah 51:42 +. +Her cities are a desolation, a dry land, and a wilderness, a land wherein no man dwelleth, neither doth any son of man pass thereby. -- jeremiah 51:43 +. +And I will punish Bel in Babylon, and I will bring forth out of his mouth that which he hath swallowed up: and the nations shall not flow together any more unto him: yea, the wall of Babylon shall fall. -- jeremiah 51:44 +. +My people, go ye out of the midst of her, and deliver ye every man his soul from the fierce anger of the LORD. -- jeremiah 51:45 +. +And lest your heart faint, and ye fear for the rumour that shall be heard in the land; a rumour shall both come one year, and after that in another year shall come a rumour, and violence in the land, ruler against ruler. -- jeremiah 51:46 +. +Therefore, behold, the days come, that I will do judgment upon the graven images of Babylon: and her whole land shall be confounded, and all her slain shall fall in the midst of her. -- jeremiah 51:47 +. +Then the heaven and the earth, and all that is therein, shall sing for Babylon: for the spoilers shall come unto her from the north, saith the LORD. -- jeremiah 51:48 +. +As Babylon hath caused the slain of Israel to fall, so at Babylon shall fall the slain of all the earth. -- jeremiah 51:49 +. +Ye that have escaped the sword, go away, stand not still: remember the LORD afar off, and let Jerusalem come into your mind. -- jeremiah 51:50 +. +We are confounded, because we have heard reproach: shame hath covered our faces: for strangers are come into the sanctuaries of the LORD's house. -- jeremiah 51:51 +. +Wherefore, behold, the days come, saith the LORD, that I will do judgment upon her graven images: and through all her land the wounded shall groan. -- jeremiah 51:52 +. +Though Babylon should mount up to heaven, and though she should fortify the height of her strength, yet from me shall spoilers come unto her, saith the LORD. -- jeremiah 51:53 +. +A sound of a cry cometh from Babylon, and great destruction from the land of the Chaldeans: -- jeremiah 51:54 +. +Because the LORD hath spoiled Babylon, and destroyed out of her the great voice; when her waves do roar like great waters, a noise of their voice is uttered: -- jeremiah 51:55 +. +Because the spoiler is come upon her, even upon Babylon, and her mighty men are taken, every one of their bows is broken: for the LORD God of recompences shall surely requite. -- jeremiah 51:56 +. +And I will make drunk her princes, and her wise men, her captains, and her rulers, and her mighty men: and they shall sleep a perpetual sleep, and not wake, saith the King, whose name is the LORD of hosts. -- jeremiah 51:57 +. +Thus saith the LORD of hosts; The broad walls of Babylon shall be utterly broken, and her high gates shall be burned with fire; and the people shall labour in vain, and the folk in the fire, and they shall be weary. -- jeremiah 51:58 +. +The word which Jeremiah the prophet commanded Seraiah the son of Neriah, the son of Maaseiah, when he went with Zedekiah the king of Judah into Babylon in the fourth year of his reign. And this Seraiah was a quiet prince. -- jeremiah 51:59 +. +So Jeremiah wrote in a book all the evil that should come upon Babylon, even all these words that are written against Babylon. -- jeremiah 51:60 +. +And Jeremiah said to Seraiah, When thou comest to Babylon, and shalt see, and shalt read all these words; -- jeremiah 51:61 +. +Then shalt thou say, O LORD, thou hast spoken against this place, to cut it off, that none shall remain in it, neither man nor beast, but that it shall be desolate for ever. -- jeremiah 51:62 +. +And it shall be, when thou hast made an end of reading this book, that thou shalt bind a stone to it, and cast it into the midst of Euphrates: -- jeremiah 51:63 +. +And thou shalt say, Thus shall Babylon sink, and shall not rise from the evil that I will bring upon her: and they shall be weary. Thus far are the words of Jeremiah. -- jeremiah 51:64 +. +Zedekiah was one and twenty years old when he began to reign, and he reigned eleven years in Jerusalem. And his mother's name was Hamutal the daughter of Jeremiah of Libnah. -- jeremiah 52:1 +. +And he did that which was evil in the eyes of the LORD, according to all that Jehoiakim had done. -- jeremiah 52:2 +. +For through the anger of the LORD it came to pass in Jerusalem and Judah, till he had cast them out from his presence, that Zedekiah rebelled against the king of Babylon. -- jeremiah 52:3 +. +And it came to pass in the ninth year of his reign, in the tenth month, in the tenth day of the month, that Nebuchadrezzar king of Babylon came, he and all his army, against Jerusalem, and pitched against it, and built forts against it round about. -- jeremiah 52:4 +. +So the city was besieged unto the eleventh year of king Zedekiah. -- jeremiah 52:5 +. +And in the fourth month, in the ninth day of the month, the famine was sore in the city, so that there was no bread for the people of the land. -- jeremiah 52:6 +. +Then the city was broken up, and all the men of war fled, and went forth out of the city by night by the way of the gate between the two walls, which was by the king's garden; (now the Chaldeans were by the city round about:) and they went by the way of the plain. -- jeremiah 52:7 +. +But the army of the Chaldeans pursued after the king, and overtook Zedekiah in the plains of Jericho; and all his army was scattered from him. -- jeremiah 52:8 +. +Then they took the king, and carried him up unto the king of Babylon to Riblah in the land of Hamath; where he gave judgment upon him. -- jeremiah 52:9 +. +And the king of Babylon slew the sons of Zedekiah before his eyes: he slew also all the princes of Judah in Riblah. -- jeremiah 52:10 +. +Then he put out the eyes of Zedekiah; and the king of Babylon bound him in chains, and carried him to Babylon, and put him in prison till the day of his death. -- jeremiah 52:11 +. +Now in the fifth month, in the tenth day of the month, which was the nineteenth year of Nebuchadrezzar king of Babylon, came Nebuzaradan, captain of the guard, which served the king of Babylon, into Jerusalem, -- jeremiah 52:12 +. +And burned the house of the LORD, and the king's house; and all the houses of Jerusalem, and all the houses of the great men, burned he with fire: -- jeremiah 52:13 +. +And all the army of the Chaldeans, that were with the captain of the guard, brake down all the walls of Jerusalem round about. -- jeremiah 52:14 +. +Then Nebuzaradan the captain of the guard carried away captive certain of the poor of the people, and the residue of the people that remained in the city, and those that fell away, that fell to the king of Babylon, and the rest of the multitude. -- jeremiah 52:15 +. +But Nebuzaradan the captain of the guard left certain of the poor of the land for vinedressers and for husbandmen. -- jeremiah 52:16 +. +Also the pillars of brass that were in the house of the LORD, and the bases, and the brasen sea that was in the house of the LORD, the Chaldeans brake, and carried all the brass of them to Babylon. -- jeremiah 52:17 +. +The caldrons also, and the shovels, and the snuffers, and the bowls, and the spoons, and all the vessels of brass wherewith they ministered, took they away. -- jeremiah 52:18 +. +And the basons, and the firepans, and the bowls, and the caldrons, and the candlesticks, and the spoons, and the cups; that which was of gold in gold, and that which was of silver in silver, took the captain of the guard away. -- jeremiah 52:19 +. +The two pillars, one sea, and twelve brasen bulls that were under the bases, which king Solomon had made in the house of the LORD: the brass of all these vessels was without weight. -- jeremiah 52:20 +. +And concerning the pillars, the height of one pillar was eighteen cubits; and a fillet of twelve cubits did compass it; and the thickness thereof was four fingers: it was hollow. -- jeremiah 52:21 +. +And a chapiter of brass was upon it; and the height of one chapiter was five cubits, with network and pomegranates upon the chapiters round about, all of brass. The second pillar also and the pomegranates were like unto these. -- jeremiah 52:22 +. +And there were ninety and six pomegranates on a side; and all the pomegranates upon the network were an hundred round about. -- jeremiah 52:23 +. +And the captain of the guard took Seraiah the chief priest, and Zephaniah the second priest, and the three keepers of the door: -- jeremiah 52:24 +. +He took also out of the city an eunuch, which had the charge of the men of war; and seven men of them that were near the king's person, which were found in the city; and the principal scribe of the host, who mustered the people of the land; and threescore men of the people of the land, that were found in the midst of the city. -- jeremiah 52:25 +. +So Nebuzaradan the captain of the guard took them, and brought them to the king of Babylon to Riblah. -- jeremiah 52:26 +. +And the king of Babylon smote them, and put them to death in Riblah in the land of Hamath. Thus Judah was carried away captive out of his own land. -- jeremiah 52:27 +. +This is the people whom Nebuchadrezzar carried away captive: in the seventh year three thousand Jews and three and twenty: -- jeremiah 52:28 +. +In the eighteenth year of Nebuchadrezzar he carried away captive from Jerusalem eight hundred thirty and two persons: -- jeremiah 52:29 +. +In the three and twentieth year of Nebuchadrezzar Nebuzaradan the captain of the guard carried away captive of the Jews seven hundred forty and five persons: all the persons were four thousand and six hundred. -- jeremiah 52:30 +. +And it came to pass in the seven and thirtieth year of the captivity of Jehoiachin king of Judah, in the twelfth month, in the five and twentieth day of the month, that Evilmerodach king of Babylon in the first year of his reign lifted up the head of Jehoiachin king of Judah, and brought him forth out of prison. -- jeremiah 52:31 +. +And spake kindly unto him, and set his throne above the throne of the kings that were with him in Babylon, -- jeremiah 52:32 +. +And changed his prison garments: and he did continually eat bread before him all the days of his life. -- jeremiah 52:33 +. +And for his diet, there was a continual diet given him of the king of Babylon, every day a portion until the day of his death, all the days of his life. -- jeremiah 52:34 +. +How doth the city sit solitary, that was full of people! how is she become as a widow! she that was great among the nations, and princess among the provinces, how is she become tributary! -- lamentations 1:1 +. +She weepeth sore in the night, and her tears are on her cheeks: among all her lovers she hath none to comfort her: all her friends have dealt treacherously with her, they are become her enemies. -- lamentations 1:2 +. +Judah is gone into captivity because of affliction, and because of great servitude: she dwelleth among the heathen, she findeth no rest: all her persecutors overtook her between the straits. -- lamentations 1:3 +. +The ways of Zion do mourn, because none come to the solemn feasts: all her gates are desolate: her priests sigh, her virgins are afflicted, and she is in bitterness. -- lamentations 1:4 +. +Her adversaries are the chief, her enemies prosper; for the LORD hath afflicted her for the multitude of her transgressions: her children are gone into captivity before the enemy. -- lamentations 1:5 +. +And from the daughter of Zion all her beauty is departed: her princes are become like harts that find no pasture, and they are gone without strength before the pursuer. -- lamentations 1:6 +. +Jerusalem remembered in the days of her affliction and of her miseries all her pleasant things that she had in the days of old, when her people fell into the hand of the enemy, and none did help her: the adversaries saw her, and did mock at her sabbaths. -- lamentations 1:7 +. +Jerusalem hath grievously sinned; therefore she is removed: all that honoured her despise her, because they have seen her nakedness: yea, she sigheth, and turneth backward. -- lamentations 1:8 +. +Her filthiness is in her skirts; she remembereth not her last end; therefore she came down wonderfully: she had no comforter. O LORD, behold my affliction: for the enemy hath magnified himself. -- lamentations 1:9 +. +The adversary hath spread out his hand upon all her pleasant things: for she hath seen that the heathen entered into her sanctuary, whom thou didst command that they should not enter into thy congregation. -- lamentations 1:10 +. +All her people sigh, they seek bread; they have given their pleasant things for meat to relieve the soul: see, O LORD, and consider; for I am become vile. -- lamentations 1:11 +. +Is it nothing to you, all ye that pass by? behold, and see if there be any sorrow like unto my sorrow, which is done unto me, wherewith the LORD hath afflicted me in the day of his fierce anger. -- lamentations 1:12 +. +From above hath he sent fire into my bones, and it prevaileth against them: he hath spread a net for my feet, he hath turned me back: he hath made me desolate and faint all the day. -- lamentations 1:13 +. +The yoke of my transgressions is bound by his hand: they are wreathed, and come up upon my neck: he hath made my strength to fall, the LORD hath delivered me into their hands, from whom I am not able to rise up. -- lamentations 1:14 +. +The LORD hath trodden under foot all my mighty men in the midst of me: he hath called an assembly against me to crush my young men: the LORD hath trodden the virgin, the daughter of Judah, as in a winepress. -- lamentations 1:15 +. +For these things I weep; mine eye, mine eye runneth down with water, because the comforter that should relieve my soul is far from me: my children are desolate, because the enemy prevailed. -- lamentations 1:16 +. +Zion spreadeth forth her hands, and there is none to comfort her: the LORD hath commanded concerning Jacob, that his adversaries should be round about him: Jerusalem is as a menstruous woman among them. -- lamentations 1:17 +. +The LORD is righteous; for I have rebelled against his commandment: hear, I pray you, all people, and behold my sorrow: my virgins and my young men are gone into captivity. -- lamentations 1:18 +. +I called for my lovers, but they deceived me: my priests and mine elders gave up the ghost in the city, while they sought their meat to relieve their souls. -- lamentations 1:19 +. +Behold, O LORD; for I am in distress: my bowels are troubled; mine heart is turned within me; for I have grievously rebelled: abroad the sword bereaveth, at home there is as death. -- lamentations 1:20 +. +They have heard that I sigh: there is none to comfort me: all mine enemies have heard of my trouble; they are glad that thou hast done it: thou wilt bring the day that thou hast called, and they shall be like unto me. -- lamentations 1:21 +. +Let all their wickedness come before thee; and do unto them, as thou hast done unto me for all my transgressions: for my sighs are many, and my heart is faint. -- lamentations 1:22 +. +How hath the LORD covered the daughter of Zion with a cloud in his anger, and cast down from heaven unto the earth the beauty of Israel, and remembered not his footstool in the day of his anger! -- lamentations 2:1 +. +The LORD hath swallowed up all the habitations of Jacob, and hath not pitied: he hath thrown down in his wrath the strong holds of the daughter of Judah; he hath brought them down to the ground: he hath polluted the kingdom and the princes thereof. -- lamentations 2:2 +. +He hath cut off in his fierce anger all the horn of Israel: he hath drawn back his right hand from before the enemy, and he burned against Jacob like a flaming fire, which devoureth round about. -- lamentations 2:3 +. +He hath bent his bow like an enemy: he stood with his right hand as an adversary, and slew all that were pleasant to the eye in the tabernacle of the daughter of Zion: he poured out his fury like fire. -- lamentations 2:4 +. +The LORD was as an enemy: he hath swallowed up Israel, he hath swallowed up all her palaces: he hath destroyed his strong holds, and hath increased in the daughter of Judah mourning and lamentation. -- lamentations 2:5 +. +And he hath violently taken away his tabernacle, as if it were of a garden: he hath destroyed his places of the assembly: the LORD hath caused the solemn feasts and sabbaths to be forgotten in Zion, and hath despised in the indignation of his anger the king and the priest. -- lamentations 2:6 +. +The LORD hath cast off his altar, he hath abhorred his sanctuary, he hath given up into the hand of the enemy the walls of her palaces; they have made a noise in the house of the LORD, as in the day of a solemn feast. -- lamentations 2:7 +. +The LORD hath purposed to destroy the wall of the daughter of Zion: he hath stretched out a line, he hath not withdrawn his hand from destroying: therefore he made the rampart and the wall to lament; they languished together. -- lamentations 2:8 +. +Her gates are sunk into the ground; he hath destroyed and broken her bars: her king and her princes are among the Gentiles: the law is no more; her prophets also find no vision from the LORD. -- lamentations 2:9 +. +The elders of the daughter of Zion sit upon the ground, and keep silence: they have cast up dust upon their heads; they have girded themselves with sackcloth: the virgins of Jerusalem hang down their heads to the ground. -- lamentations 2:10 +. +Mine eyes do fail with tears, my bowels are troubled, my liver is poured upon the earth, for the destruction of the daughter of my people; because the children and the sucklings swoon in the streets of the city. -- lamentations 2:11 +. +They say to their mothers, Where is corn and wine? when they swooned as the wounded in the streets of the city, when their soul was poured out into their mothers' bosom. -- lamentations 2:12 +. +What thing shall I take to witness for thee? what thing shall I liken to thee, O daughter of Jerusalem? what shall I equal to thee, that I may comfort thee, O virgin daughter of Zion? for thy breach is great like the sea: who can heal thee? -- lamentations 2:13 +. +Thy prophets have seen vain and foolish things for thee: and they have not discovered thine iniquity, to turn away thy captivity; but have seen for thee false burdens and causes of banishment. -- lamentations 2:14 +. +All that pass by clap their hands at thee; they hiss and wag their head at the daughter of Jerusalem, saying, Is this the city that men call The perfection of beauty, The joy of the whole earth? -- lamentations 2:15 +. +All thine enemies have opened their mouth against thee: they hiss and gnash the teeth: they say, We have swallowed her up: certainly this is the day that we looked for; we have found, we have seen it. -- lamentations 2:16 +. +The LORD hath done that which he had devised; he hath fulfilled his word that he had commanded in the days of old: he hath thrown down, and hath not pitied: and he hath caused thine enemy to rejoice over thee, he hath set up the horn of thine adversaries. -- lamentations 2:17 +. +Their heart cried unto the LORD, O wall of the daughter of Zion, let tears run down like a river day and night: give thyself no rest; let not the apple of thine eye cease. -- lamentations 2:18 +. +Arise, cry out in the night: in the beginning of the watches pour out thine heart like water before the face of the LORD: lift up thy hands toward him for the life of thy young children, that faint for hunger in the top of every street. -- lamentations 2:19 +. +Behold, O LORD, and consider to whom thou hast done this. Shall the women eat their fruit, and children of a span long? shall the priest and the prophet be slain in the sanctuary of the Lord? -- lamentations 2:20 +. +The young and the old lie on the ground in the streets: my virgins and my young men are fallen by the sword; thou hast slain them in the day of thine anger; thou hast killed, and not pitied. -- lamentations 2:21 +. +Thou hast called as in a solemn day my terrors round about, so that in the day of the LORD's anger none escaped nor remained: those that I have swaddled and brought up hath mine enemy consumed. -- lamentations 2:22 +. +I AM the man that hath seen affliction by the rod of his wrath. -- lamentations 3:1 +. +He hath led me, and brought me into darkness, but not into light. -- lamentations 3:2 +. +Surely against me is he turned; he turneth his hand against me all the day. -- lamentations 3:3 +. +My flesh and my skin hath he made old; he hath broken my bones. -- lamentations 3:4 +. +He hath builded against me, and compassed me with gall and travail. -- lamentations 3:5 +. +He hath set me in dark places, as they that be dead of old. -- lamentations 3:6 +. +He hath hedged me about, that I cannot get out: he hath made my chain heavy. -- lamentations 3:7 +. +Also when I cry and shout, he shutteth out my prayer. -- lamentations 3:8 +. +He hath inclosed my ways with hewn stone, he hath made my paths crooked. -- lamentations 3:9 +. +He was unto me as a bear lying in wait, and as a lion in secret places. -- lamentations 3:10 +. +He hath turned aside my ways, and pulled me in pieces: he hath made me desolate. -- lamentations 3:11 +. +He hath bent his bow, and set me as a mark for the arrow. -- lamentations 3:12 +. +He hath caused the arrows of his quiver to enter into my reins. -- lamentations 3:13 +. +I was a derision to all my people; and their song all the day. -- lamentations 3:14 +. +He hath filled me with bitterness, he hath made me drunken with wormwood. -- lamentations 3:15 +. +He hath also broken my teeth with gravel stones, he hath covered me with ashes. -- lamentations 3:16 +. +And thou hast removed my soul far off from peace: I forgat prosperity. -- lamentations 3:17 +. +And I said, My strength and my hope is perished from the LORD: -- lamentations 3:18 +. +Remembering mine affliction and my misery, the wormwood and the gall. -- lamentations 3:19 +. +My soul hath them still in remembrance, and is humbled in me. -- lamentations 3:20 +. +This I recall to my mind, therefore have I hope. -- lamentations 3:21 +. +It is of the LORD's mercies that we are not consumed, because his compassions fail not. -- lamentations 3:22 +. +They are new every morning: great is thy faithfulness. -- lamentations 3:23 +. +The LORD is my portion, saith my soul; therefore will I hope in him. -- lamentations 3:24 +. +The LORD is good unto them that wait for him, to the soul that seeketh him. -- lamentations 3:25 +. +It is good that a man should both hope and quietly wait for the salvation of the LORD. -- lamentations 3:26 +. +It is good for a man that he bear the yoke of his youth. -- lamentations 3:27 +. +He sitteth alone and keepeth silence, because he hath borne it upon him. -- lamentations 3:28 +. +He putteth his mouth in the dust; if so be there may be hope. -- lamentations 3:29 +. +He giveth his cheek to him that smiteth him: he is filled full with reproach. -- lamentations 3:30 +. +For the LORD will not cast off for ever: -- lamentations 3:31 +. +But though he cause grief, yet will he have compassion according to the multitude of his mercies. -- lamentations 3:32 +. +For he doth not afflict willingly nor grieve the children of men. -- lamentations 3:33 +. +To crush under his feet all the prisoners of the earth. -- lamentations 3:34 +. +To turn aside the right of a man before the face of the most High, -- lamentations 3:35 +. +To subvert a man in his cause, the LORD approveth not. -- lamentations 3:36 +. +Who is he that saith, and it cometh to pass, when the Lord commandeth it not? -- lamentations 3:37 +. +Out of the mouth of the most High proceedeth not evil and good? -- lamentations 3:38 +. +Wherefore doth a living man complain, a man for the punishment of his sins? -- lamentations 3:39 +. +Let us search and try our ways, and turn again to the LORD. -- lamentations 3:40 +. +Let us lift up our heart with our hands unto God in the heavens. -- lamentations 3:41 +. +We have transgressed and have rebelled: thou hast not pardoned. -- lamentations 3:42 +. +Thou hast covered with anger, and persecuted us: thou hast slain, thou hast not pitied. -- lamentations 3:43 +. +Thou hast covered thyself with a cloud, that our prayer should not pass through. -- lamentations 3:44 +. +Thou hast made us as the offscouring and refuse in the midst of the people. -- lamentations 3:45 +. +All our enemies have opened their mouths against us. -- lamentations 3:46 +. +Fear and a snare is come upon us, desolation and destruction. -- lamentations 3:47 +. +Mine eye runneth down with rivers of water for the destruction of the daughter of my people. -- lamentations 3:48 +. +Mine eye trickleth down, and ceaseth not, without any intermission. -- lamentations 3:49 +. +Till the LORD look down, and behold from heaven. -- lamentations 3:50 +. +Mine eye affecteth mine heart because of all the daughters of my city. -- lamentations 3:51 +. +Mine enemies chased me sore, like a bird, without cause. -- lamentations 3:52 +. +They have cut off my life in the dungeon, and cast a stone upon me. -- lamentations 3:53 +. +Waters flowed over mine head; then I said, I am cut off. -- lamentations 3:54 +. +I called upon thy name, O LORD, out of the low dungeon. -- lamentations 3:55 +. +Thou hast heard my voice: hide not thine ear at my breathing, at my cry. -- lamentations 3:56 +. +Thou drewest near in the day that I called upon thee: thou saidst, Fear not. -- lamentations 3:57 +. +O LORD, thou hast pleaded the causes of my soul; thou hast redeemed my life. -- lamentations 3:58 +. +O LORD, thou hast seen my wrong: judge thou my cause. -- lamentations 3:59 +. +Thou hast seen all their vengeance and all their imaginations against me. -- lamentations 3:60 +. +Thou hast heard their reproach, O LORD, and all their imaginations against me; -- lamentations 3:61 +. +The lips of those that rose up against me, and their device against me all the day. -- lamentations 3:62 +. +Behold their sitting down, and their rising up; I am their musick. -- lamentations 3:63 +. +Render unto them a recompence, O LORD, according to the work of their hands. -- lamentations 3:64 +. +Give them sorrow of heart, thy curse unto them. -- lamentations 3:65 +. +Persecute and destroy them in anger from under the heavens of the LORD. -- lamentations 3:66 +. +How is the gold become dim! how is the most fine gold changed! the stones of the sanctuary are poured out in the top of every street. -- lamentations 4:1 +. +The precious sons of Zion, comparable to fine gold, how are they esteemed as earthen pitchers, the work of the hands of the potter! -- lamentations 4:2 +. +Even the sea monsters draw out the breast, they give suck to their young ones: the daughter of my people is become cruel, like the ostriches in the wilderness. -- lamentations 4:3 +. +The tongue of the sucking child cleaveth to the roof of his mouth for thirst: the young children ask bread, and no man breaketh it unto them. -- lamentations 4:4 +. +They that did feed delicately are desolate in the streets: they that were brought up in scarlet embrace dunghills. -- lamentations 4:5 +. +For the punishment of the iniquity of the daughter of my people is greater than the punishment of the sin of Sodom, that was overthrown as in a moment, and no hands stayed on her. -- lamentations 4:6 +. +Her Nazarites were purer than snow, they were whiter than milk, they were more ruddy in body than rubies, their polishing was of sapphire: -- lamentations 4:7 +. +Their visage is blacker than a coal; they are not known in the streets: their skin cleaveth to their bones; it is withered, it is become like a stick. -- lamentations 4:8 +. +They that be slain with the sword are better than they that be slain with hunger: for these pine away, stricken through for want of the fruits of the field. -- lamentations 4:9 +. +The hands of the pitiful women have sodden their own children: they were their meat in the destruction of the daughter of my people. -- lamentations 4:10 +. +The LORD hath accomplished his fury; he hath poured out his fierce anger, and hath kindled a fire in Zion, and it hath devoured the foundations thereof. -- lamentations 4:11 +. +The kings of the earth, and all the inhabitants of the world, would not have believed that the adversary and the enemy should have entered into the gates of Jerusalem. -- lamentations 4:12 +. +For the sins of her prophets, and the iniquities of her priests, that have shed the blood of the just in the midst of her, -- lamentations 4:13 +. +They have wandered as blind men in the streets, they have polluted themselves with blood, so that men could not touch their garments. -- lamentations 4:14 +. +They cried unto them, Depart ye; it is unclean; depart, depart, touch not: when they fled away and wandered, they said among the heathen, They shall no more sojourn there. -- lamentations 4:15 +. +The anger of the LORD hath divided them; he will no more regard them: they respected not the persons of the priests, they favoured not the elders. -- lamentations 4:16 +. +As for us, our eyes as yet failed for our vain help: in our watching we have watched for a nation that could not save us. -- lamentations 4:17 +. +They hunt our steps, that we cannot go in our streets: our end is near, our days are fulfilled; for our end is come. -- lamentations 4:18 +. +Our persecutors are swifter than the eagles of the heaven: they pursued us upon the mountains, they laid wait for us in the wilderness. -- lamentations 4:19 +. +The breath of our nostrils, the anointed of the LORD, was taken in their pits, of whom we said, Under his shadow we shall live among the heathen. -- lamentations 4:20 +. +Rejoice and be glad, O daughter of Edom, that dwellest in the land of Uz; the cup also shall pass through unto thee: thou shalt be drunken, and shalt make thyself naked. -- lamentations 4:21 +. +The punishment of thine iniquity is accomplished, O daughter of Zion; he will no more carry thee away into captivity: he will visit thine iniquity, O daughter of Edom; he will discover thy sins. -- lamentations 4:22 +. +Remember, O LORD, what is come upon us: consider, and behold our reproach. -- lamentations 5:1 +. +Our inheritance is turned to strangers, our houses to aliens. -- lamentations 5:2 +. +We are orphans and fatherless, our mothers are as widows. -- lamentations 5:3 +. +We have drunken our water for money; our wood is sold unto us. -- lamentations 5:4 +. +Our necks are under persecution: we labour, and have no rest. -- lamentations 5:5 +. +We have given the hand to the Egyptians, and to the Assyrians, to be satisfied with bread. -- lamentations 5:6 +. +Our fathers have sinned, and are not; and we have borne their iniquities. -- lamentations 5:7 +. +Servants have ruled over us: there is none that doth deliver us out of their hand. -- lamentations 5:8 +. +We gat our bread with the peril of our lives because of the sword of the wilderness. -- lamentations 5:9 +. +Our skin was black like an oven because of the terrible famine. -- lamentations 5:10 +. +They ravished the women in Zion, and the maids in the cities of Judah. -- lamentations 5:11 +. +Princes are hanged up by their hand: the faces of elders were not honoured. -- lamentations 5:12 +. +They took the young men to grind, and the children fell under the wood. -- lamentations 5:13 +. +The elders have ceased from the gate, the young men from their musick. -- lamentations 5:14 +. +The joy of our heart is ceased; our dance is turned into mourning. -- lamentations 5:15 +. +The crown is fallen from our head: woe unto us, that we have sinned! -- lamentations 5:16 +. +For this our heart is faint; for these things our eyes are dim. -- lamentations 5:17 +. +Because of the mountain of Zion, which is desolate, the foxes walk upon it. -- lamentations 5:18 +. +Thou, O LORD, remainest for ever; thy throne from generation to generation. -- lamentations 5:19 +. +Wherefore dost thou forget us for ever, and forsake us so long time? -- lamentations 5:20 +. +Turn thou us unto thee, O LORD, and we shall be turned; renew our days as of old. -- lamentations 5:21 +. +But thou hast utterly rejected us; thou art very wroth against us. -- lamentations 5:22 +. +Now it came to pass in the thirtieth year, in the fourth month, in the fifth day of the month, as I was among the captives by the river of Chebar, that the heavens were opened, and I saw visions of God. -- ezekiel 1:1 +. +In the fifth day of the month, which was the fifth year of king Jehoiachin's captivity, -- ezekiel 1:2 +. +The word of the LORD came expressly unto Ezekiel the priest, the son of Buzi, in the land of the Chaldeans by the river Chebar; and the hand of the LORD was there upon him. -- ezekiel 1:3 +. +And I looked, and, behold, a whirlwind came out of the north, a great cloud, and a fire infolding itself, and a brightness was about it, and out of the midst thereof as the colour of amber, out of the midst of the fire. -- ezekiel 1:4 +. +Also out of the midst thereof came the likeness of four living creatures. And this was their appearance; they had the likeness of a man. -- ezekiel 1:5 +. +And every one had four faces, and every one had four wings. -- ezekiel 1:6 +. +And their feet were straight feet; and the sole of their feet was like the sole of a calf's foot: and they sparkled like the colour of burnished brass. -- ezekiel 1:7 +. +And they had the hands of a man under their wings on their four sides; and they four had their faces and their wings. -- ezekiel 1:8 +. +Their wings were joined one to another; they turned not when they went; they went every one straight forward. -- ezekiel 1:9 +. +As for the likeness of their faces, they four had the face of a man, and the face of a lion, on the right side: and they four had the face of an ox on the left side; they four also had the face of an eagle. -- ezekiel 1:10 +. +Thus were their faces: and their wings were stretched upward; two wings of every one were joined one to another, and two covered their bodies. -- ezekiel 1:11 +. +And they went every one straight forward: whither the spirit was to go, they went; and they turned not when they went. -- ezekiel 1:12 +. +As for the likeness of the living creatures, their appearance was like burning coals of fire, and like the appearance of lamps: it went up and down among the living creatures; and the fire was bright, and out of the fire went forth lightning. -- ezekiel 1:13 +. +And the living creatures ran and returned as the appearance of a flash of lightning. -- ezekiel 1:14 +. +Now as I beheld the living creatures, behold one wheel upon the earth by the living creatures, with his four faces. -- ezekiel 1:15 +. +The appearance of the wheels and their work was like unto the colour of a beryl: and they four had one likeness: and their appearance and their work was as it were a wheel in the middle of a wheel. -- ezekiel 1:16 +. +When they went, they went upon their four sides: and they turned not when they went. -- ezekiel 1:17 +. +As for their rings, they were so high that they were dreadful; and their rings were full of eyes round about them four. -- ezekiel 1:18 +. +And when the living creatures went, the wheels went by them: and when the living creatures were lifted up from the earth, the wheels were lifted up. -- ezekiel 1:19 +. +Whithersoever the spirit was to go, they went, thither was their spirit to go; and the wheels were lifted up over against them: for the spirit of the living creature was in the wheels. -- ezekiel 1:20 +. +When those went, these went; and when those stood, these stood; and when those were lifted up from the earth, the wheels were lifted up over against them: for the spirit of the living creature was in the wheels. -- ezekiel 1:21 +. +And the likeness of the firmament upon the heads of the living creature was as the colour of the terrible crystal, stretched forth over their heads above. -- ezekiel 1:22 +. +And under the firmament were their wings straight, the one toward the other: every one had two, which covered on this side, and every one had two, which covered on that side, their bodies. -- ezekiel 1:23 +. +And when they went, I heard the noise of their wings, like the noise of great waters, as the voice of the Almighty, the voice of speech, as the noise of an host: when they stood, they let down their wings. -- ezekiel 1:24 +. +And there was a voice from the firmament that was over their heads, when they stood, and had let down their wings. -- ezekiel 1:25 +. +And above the firmament that was over their heads was the likeness of a throne, as the appearance of a sapphire stone: and upon the likeness of the throne was the likeness as the appearance of a man above upon it. -- ezekiel 1:26 +. +And I saw as the colour of amber, as the appearance of fire round about within it, from the appearance of his loins even upward, and from the appearance of his loins even downward, I saw as it were the appearance of fire, and it had brightness round about. -- ezekiel 1:27 +. +As the appearance of the bow that is in the cloud in the day of rain, so was the appearance of the brightness round about. This was the appearance of the likeness of the glory of the LORD. And when I saw it, I fell upon my face, and I heard a voice of one that spake. -- ezekiel 1:28 +. +And he said unto me, Son of man, stand upon thy feet, and I will speak unto thee. -- ezekiel 2:1 +. +And the spirit entered into me when he spake unto me, and set me upon my feet, that I heard him that spake unto me. -- ezekiel 2:2 +. +And he said unto me, Son of man, I send thee to the children of Israel, to a rebellious nation that hath rebelled against me: they and their fathers have transgressed against me, even unto this very day. -- ezekiel 2:3 +. +For they are impudent children and stiffhearted. I do send thee unto them; and thou shalt say unto them, Thus saith the Lord GOD. -- ezekiel 2:4 +. +And they, whether they will hear, or whether they will forbear, (for they are a rebellious house,) yet shall know that there hath been a prophet among them. -- ezekiel 2:5 +. +And thou, son of man, be not afraid of them, neither be afraid of their words, though briers and thorns be with thee, and thou dost dwell among scorpions: be not afraid of their words, nor be dismayed at their looks, though they be a rebellious house. -- ezekiel 2:6 +. +And thou shalt speak my words unto them, whether they will hear, or whether they will forbear: for they are most rebellious. -- ezekiel 2:7 +. +But thou, son of man, hear what I say unto thee; Be not thou rebellious like that rebellious house: open thy mouth, and eat that I give thee. -- ezekiel 2:8 +. +And when I looked, behold, an hand was sent unto me; and, lo, a roll of a book was therein; -- ezekiel 2:9 +. +And he spread it before me; and it was written within and without: and there was written therein lamentations, and mourning, and woe. -- ezekiel 2:10 +. +Moreover he said unto me, Son of man, eat that thou findest; eat this roll, and go speak unto the house of Israel. -- ezekiel 3:1 +. +So I opened my mouth, and he caused me to eat that roll. -- ezekiel 3:2 +. +And he said unto me, Son of man, cause thy belly to eat, and fill thy bowels with this roll that I give thee. Then did I eat it; and it was in my mouth as honey for sweetness. -- ezekiel 3:3 +. +And he said unto me, Son of man, go, get thee unto the house of Israel, and speak with my words unto them. -- ezekiel 3:4 +. +For thou art not sent to a people of a strange speech and of an hard language, but to the house of Israel; -- ezekiel 3:5 +. +Not to many people of a strange speech and of an hard language, whose words thou canst not understand. Surely, had I sent thee to them, they would have hearkened unto thee. -- ezekiel 3:6 +. +But the house of Israel will not hearken unto thee; for they will not hearken unto me: for all the house of Israel are impudent and hardhearted. -- ezekiel 3:7 +. +Behold, I have made thy face strong against their faces, and thy forehead strong against their foreheads. -- ezekiel 3:8 +. +As an adamant harder than flint have I made thy forehead: fear them not, neither be dismayed at their looks, though they be a rebellious house. -- ezekiel 3:9 +. +Moreover he said unto me, Son of man, all my words that I shall speak unto thee receive in thine heart, and hear with thine ears. -- ezekiel 3:10 +. +And go, get thee to them of the captivity, unto the children of thy people, and speak unto them, and tell them, Thus saith the Lord GOD; whether they will hear, or whether they will forbear. -- ezekiel 3:11 +. +Then the spirit took me up, and I heard behind me a voice of a great rushing, saying, Blessed be the glory of the LORD from his place. -- ezekiel 3:12 +. +I heard also the noise of the wings of the living creatures that touched one another, and the noise of the wheels over against them, and a noise of a great rushing. -- ezekiel 3:13 +. +So the spirit lifted me up, and took me away, and I went in bitterness, in the heat of my spirit; but the hand of the LORD was strong upon me. -- ezekiel 3:14 +. +Then I came to them of the captivity at Telabib, that dwelt by the river of Chebar, and I sat where they sat, and remained there astonished among them seven days. -- ezekiel 3:15 +. +And it came to pass at the end of seven days, that the word of the LORD came unto me, saying, -- ezekiel 3:16 +. +Son of man, I have made thee a watchman unto the house of Israel: therefore hear the word at my mouth, and give them warning from me. -- ezekiel 3:17 +. +When I say unto the wicked, Thou shalt surely die; and thou givest him not warning, nor speakest to warn the wicked from his wicked way, to save his life; the same wicked man shall die in his iniquity; but his blood will I require at thine hand. -- ezekiel 3:18 +. +Yet if thou warn the wicked, and he turn not from his wickedness, nor from his wicked way, he shall die in his iniquity; but thou hast delivered thy soul. -- ezekiel 3:19 +. +Again, When a righteous man doth turn from his righteousness, and commit iniquity, and I lay a stumbling-block before him, he shall die: because thou hast not given him warning, he shall die in his sin, and his righteousness which he hath done shall not be remembered; but his blood will I require at thine hand. -- ezekiel 3:20 +. +Nevertheless if thou warn the righteous man, that the righteous sin not, and he doth not sin, he shall surely live, because he is warned; also thou hast delivered thy soul. -- ezekiel 3:21 +. +And the hand of the LORD was there upon me; and he said unto me, Arise, go forth into the plain, and I will there talk with thee. -- ezekiel 3:22 +. +Then I arose, and went forth into the plain: and, behold, the glory of the LORD stood there, as the glory which I saw by the river of Chebar: and I fell on my face. -- ezekiel 3:23 +. +Then the spirit entered into me, and set me upon my feet, and spake with me, and said unto me, Go, shut thyself within thine house. -- ezekiel 3:24 +. +But thou, O son of man, behold, they shall put bands upon thee, and shall bind thee with them, and thou shalt not go out among them: -- ezekiel 3:25 +. +And I will make thy tongue cleave to the roof of thy mouth, that thou shalt be dumb, and shalt not be to them a reprover: for they are a rebellious house. -- ezekiel 3:26 +. +But when I speak with thee, I will open thy mouth, and thou shalt say unto them, Thus saith the Lord GOD; He that heareth, let him hear; and he that forbeareth, let him forbear: for they are a rebellious house. -- ezekiel 3:27 +. +Thou also, son of man, take thee a tile, and lay it before thee, and pourtray upon it the city, even Jerusalem: -- ezekiel 4:1 +. +And lay siege against it, and build a fort against it, and cast a mount against it; set the camp also against it, and set battering rams against it round about. -- ezekiel 4:2 +. +Moreover take thou unto thee an iron pan, and set it for a wall of iron between thee and the city: and set thy face against it, and it shall be besieged, and thou shalt lay siege against it. This shall be a sign to the house of Israel. -- ezekiel 4:3 +. +Lie thou also upon thy left side, and lay the iniquity of the house of Israel upon it: according to the number of the days that thou shalt lie upon it thou shalt bear their iniquity. -- ezekiel 4:4 +. +For I have laid upon thee the years of their iniquity, according to the number of the days, three hundred and ninety days: so shalt thou bear the iniquity of the house of Israel. -- ezekiel 4:5 +. +And when thou hast accomplished them, lie again on thy right side, and thou shalt bear the iniquity of the house of Judah forty days: I have appointed thee each day for a year. -- ezekiel 4:6 +. +Therefore thou shalt set thy face toward the siege of Jerusalem, and thine arm shall be uncovered, and thou shalt prophesy against it. -- ezekiel 4:7 +. +And, behold, I will lay bands upon thee, and thou shalt not turn thee from one side to another, till thou hast ended the days of thy siege. -- ezekiel 4:8 +. +Take thou also unto thee wheat, and barley, and beans, and lentiles, and millet, and fitches, and put them in one vessel, and make thee bread thereof, according to the number of the days that thou shalt lie upon thy side, three hundred and ninety days shalt thou eat thereof. -- ezekiel 4:9 +. +And thy meat which thou shalt eat shall be by weight, twenty shekels a day: from time to time shalt thou eat it. -- ezekiel 4:10 +. +Thou shalt drink also water by measure, the sixth part of an hin: from time to time shalt thou drink. -- ezekiel 4:11 +. +And thou shalt eat it as barley cakes, and thou shalt bake it with dung that cometh out of man, in their sight. -- ezekiel 4:12 +. +And the LORD said, Even thus shall the children of Israel eat their defiled bread among the Gentiles, whither I will drive them. -- ezekiel 4:13 +. +Then said I, Ah Lord GOD! behold, my soul hath not been polluted: for from my youth up even till now have I not eaten of that which dieth of itself, or is torn in pieces; neither came there abominable flesh into my mouth. -- ezekiel 4:14 +. +Then he said unto me, Lo, I have given thee cow's dung for man's dung, and thou shalt prepare thy bread therewith. -- ezekiel 4:15 +. +Moreover he said unto me, Son of man, behold, I will break the staff of bread in Jerusalem: and they shall eat bread by weight, and with care; and they shall drink water by measure, and with astonishment: -- ezekiel 4:16 +. +That they may want bread and water, and be astonied one with another, and consume away for their iniquity. -- ezekiel 4:17 +. +And thou, son of man, take thee a sharp knife, take thee a barber's razor, and cause it to pass upon thine head and upon thy beard: then take thee balances to weigh, and divide the hair. -- ezekiel 5:1 +. +Thou shalt burn with fire a third part in the midst of the city, when the days of the siege are fulfilled: and thou shalt take a third part, and smite about it with a knife: and a third part thou shalt scatter in the wind; and I will draw out a sword after them. -- ezekiel 5:2 +. +Thou shalt also take thereof a few in number, and bind them in thy skirts. -- ezekiel 5:3 +. +Then take of them again, and cast them into the midst of the fire, and burn them in the fire; for thereof shall a fire come forth into all the house of Israel. -- ezekiel 5:4 +. +Thus saith the Lord GOD; This is Jerusalem: I have set it in the midst of the nations and countries that are round about her. -- ezekiel 5:5 +. +And she hath changed my judgments into wickedness more than the nations, and my statutes more than the countries that are round about her: for they have refused my judgments and my statutes, they have not walked in them. -- ezekiel 5:6 +. +Therefore thus saith the Lord GOD; Because ye multiplied more than the nations that are round about 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 round about you; -- ezekiel 5:7 +. +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. -- ezekiel 5:8 +. +And I will do in thee that which I have not done, and whereunto I will not do any more the like, because of all thine abominations. -- ezekiel 5:9 +. +Therefore the fathers shall eat the sons in the midst of thee, and the sons shall eat their fathers; and I will execute judgments in thee, and the whole remnant of thee will I scatter into all the winds. -- ezekiel 5:10 +. +Wherefore, as I live, saith the Lord GOD; Surely, because thou hast defiled my sanctuary with all thy detestable things, and with all thine abominations, therefore will I also diminish thee; neither shall mine eye spare, neither will I have any pity. -- ezekiel 5:11 +. +A third part of thee shall die with the pestilence, and with famine shall they be consumed in the midst of thee: and a third part shall fall by the sword round about thee; and I will scatter a third part into all the winds, and I will draw out a sword after them. -- ezekiel 5:12 +. +Thus shall mine anger be accomplished, and I will cause my fury to rest upon them, and I will be comforted: and they shall know that I the LORD have spoken it in my zeal, when I have accomplished my fury in them. -- ezekiel 5:13 +. +Moreover I will make thee waste, and a reproach among the nations that are round about thee, in the sight of all that pass by. -- ezekiel 5:14 +. +So it shall be a reproach and a taunt, an instruction and an astonishment unto the nations that are round about thee, when I shall execute judgments in thee in anger and in fury and in furious rebukes. I the LORD have spoken it. -- ezekiel 5:15 +. +When I shall send upon them the evil arrows of famine, which shall be for their destruction, and which I will send to destroy you: and I will increase the famine upon you, and will break your staff of bread: -- ezekiel 5:16 +. +So will I send upon you famine and evil beasts, and they shall bereave thee: and pestilence and blood shall pass through thee; and I will bring the sword upon thee. I the LORD have spoken it. -- ezekiel 5:17 +. +And the word of the LORD came unto me, saying, -- ezekiel 6:1 +. +Son of man, set thy face toward the mountains of Israel, and prophesy against them, -- ezekiel 6:2 +. +And say, Ye mountains of Israel, hear the word of the Lord GOD; Thus saith the Lord GOD to the mountains, and to the hills, to the rivers, and to the valleys; Behold, I, even I, will bring a sword upon you, and I will destroy your high places. -- ezekiel 6:3 +. +And your altars shall be desolate, and your images shall be broken: and I will cast down your slain men before your idols. -- ezekiel 6:4 +. +And I will lay the dead carcases of the children of Israel before their idols; and I will scatter your bones round about your altars. -- ezekiel 6:5 +. +In all your dwellingplaces the cities shall be laid waste, and the high places shall be desolate; that your altars may be laid waste and made desolate, and your idols may be broken and cease, and your images may be cut down, and your works may be abolished. -- ezekiel 6:6 +. +And the slain shall fall in the midst of you, and ye shall know that I am the LORD. -- ezekiel 6:7 +. +Yet will I leave a remnant, that ye may have some that shall escape the sword among the nations, when ye shall be scattered through the countries. -- ezekiel 6:8 +. +And they that escape of you shall remember me among the nations whither they shall be carried captives, because I am broken with their whorish heart, which hath departed from me, and with their eyes, which go a whoring after their idols: and they shall lothe themselves for the evils which they have committed in all their abominations. -- ezekiel 6:9 +. +And they shall know that I am the LORD, and that I have not said in vain that I would do this evil unto them. -- ezekiel 6:10 +. +Thus saith the Lord GOD; Smite with thine hand, and stamp with thy foot, and say, Alas for all the evil abominations of the house of Israel! for they shall fall by the sword, by the famine, and by the pestilence. -- ezekiel 6:11 +. +He that is far off shall die of the pestilence; and he that is near shall fall by the sword; and he that remaineth and is besieged shall die by the famine: thus will I accomplish my fury upon them. -- ezekiel 6:12 +. +Then shall ye know that I am the LORD, when their slain men shall be among their idols round about their altars, upon every high hill, in all the tops of the mountains, and under every green tree, and under every thick oak, the place where they did offer sweet savour to all their idols. -- ezekiel 6:13 +. +So will I stretch out my hand upon them, and make the land desolate, yea, more desolate than the wilderness toward Diblath, in all their habitations: and they shall know that I am the LORD. -- ezekiel 6:14 +. +Moreover the word of the LORD came unto me, saying, -- ezekiel 7:1 +. +Also, thou son of man, thus saith the Lord GOD unto the land of Israel; An end, the end is come upon the four corners of the land. -- ezekiel 7:2 +. +Now is the end come upon thee, and I will send mine anger upon thee, and will judge thee according to thy ways, and will recompense upon thee all thine abominations. -- ezekiel 7:3 +. +And mine eye shall not spare thee, neither will I have pity: but I will recompense thy ways upon thee, and thine abominations shall be in the midst of thee: and ye shall know that I am the LORD. -- ezekiel 7:4 +. +Thus saith the Lord GOD; An evil, an only evil, behold, is come. -- ezekiel 7:5 +. +An end is come, the end is come: it watcheth for thee; behold, it is come. -- ezekiel 7:6 +. +The morning is come unto thee, O thou that dwellest in the land: the time is come, the day of trouble is near, and not the sounding again of the mountains. -- ezekiel 7:7 +. +Now will I shortly pour out my fury upon thee, and accomplish mine anger upon thee: and I will judge thee according to thy ways, and will recompense thee for all thine abominations. -- ezekiel 7:8 +. +And mine eye shall not spare, neither will I have pity: I will recompense thee according to thy ways and thine abominations that are in the midst of thee; and ye shall know that I am the LORD that smiteth. -- ezekiel 7:9 +. +Behold the day, behold, it is come: the morning is gone forth; the rod hath blossomed, pride hath budded. -- ezekiel 7:10 +. +Violence is risen up into a rod of wickedness: none of them shall remain, nor of their multitude, nor of any of their's: neither shall there be wailing for them. -- ezekiel 7:11 +. +The time is come, the day draweth near: let not the buyer rejoice, nor the seller mourn: for wrath is upon all the multitude thereof. -- ezekiel 7:12 +. +For the seller shall not return to that which is sold, although they were yet alive: for the vision is touching the whole multitude thereof, which shall not return; neither shall any strengthen himself in the iniquity of his life. -- ezekiel 7:13 +. +They have blown the trumpet, even to make all ready; but none goeth to the battle: for my wrath is upon all the multitude thereof. -- ezekiel 7:14 +. +The sword is without, and the pestilence and the famine within: he that is in the field shall die with the sword; and he that is in the city, famine and pestilence shall devour him. -- ezekiel 7:15 +. +But they that escape of them shall escape, and shall be on the mountains like doves of the valleys, all of them mourning, every one for his iniquity. -- ezekiel 7:16 +. +All hands shall be feeble, and all knees shall be weak as water. -- ezekiel 7:17 +. +They shall also gird themselves with sackcloth, and horror shall cover them; and shame shall be upon all faces, and baldness upon all their heads. -- ezekiel 7:18 +. +They shall cast their silver in the streets, and their gold shall be removed: their silver and their gold shall not be able to deliver them in the day of the wrath of the LORD: they shall not satisfy their souls, neither fill their bowels: because it is the stumblingblock of their iniquity. -- ezekiel 7:19 +. +As for the beauty of his ornament, he set it in majesty: but they made the images of their abominations and of their detestable things therein: therefore have I set it far from them. -- ezekiel 7:20 +. +And I will give it into the hands of the strangers for a prey, and to the wicked of the earth for a spoil; and they shall pollute it. -- ezekiel 7:21 +. +My face will I turn also from them, and they shall pollute my secret place: for the robbers shall enter into it, and defile it. -- ezekiel 7:22 +. +Make a chain: for the land is full of bloody crimes, and the city is full of violence. -- ezekiel 7:23 +. +Wherefore I will bring the worst of the heathen, and they shall possess their houses: I will also make the pomp of the strong to cease; and their holy places shall be defiled. -- ezekiel 7:24 +. +Destruction cometh; and they shall seek peace, and there shall be none. -- ezekiel 7:25 +. +Mischief shall come upon mischief, and rumour shall be upon rumour; then shall they seek a vision of the prophet; but the law shall perish from the priest, and counsel from the ancients. -- ezekiel 7:26 +. +The king shall mourn, and the prince shall be clothed with desolation, and the hands of the people of the land shall be troubled: I will do unto them after their way, and according to their deserts will I judge them; and they shall know that I am the LORD. -- ezekiel 7:27 +. +And it came to pass in the sixth year, in the sixth month, in the fifth day of the month, as I sat in mine house, and the elders of Judah sat before me, that the hand of the Lord GOD fell there upon me. -- ezekiel 8:1 +. +Then I beheld, and lo a likeness as the appearance of fire: from the appearance of his loins even downward, fire; and from his loins even upward, as the appearance of brightness, as the colour of amber. -- ezekiel 8:2 +. +And he put forth the form of an hand, and took me by a lock of mine head; and the spirit lifted me up between the earth and the heaven, and brought me in the visions of God to Jerusalem, to the door of the inner gate that looketh toward the north; where was the seat of the image of jealousy, which provoketh to jealousy. -- ezekiel 8:3 +. +And, behold, the glory of the God of Israel was there, according to the vision that I saw in the plain. -- ezekiel 8:4 +. +Then said he unto me, Son of man, lift up thine eyes now the way toward the north. So I lifted up mine eyes the way toward the north, and behold northward at the gate of the altar this image of jealousy in the entry. -- ezekiel 8:5 +. +He said furthermore unto me, Son of man, seest thou what they do? even the great abominations that the house of Israel committeth here, that I should go far off from my sanctuary? but turn thee yet again, and thou shalt see greater abominations. -- ezekiel 8:6 +. +And he brought me to the door of the court; and when I looked, behold a hole in the wall. -- ezekiel 8:7 +. +Then said he unto me, Son of man, dig now in the wall: and when I had digged in the wall, behold a door. -- ezekiel 8:8 +. +And he said unto me, Go in, and behold the wicked abominations that they do here. -- ezekiel 8:9 +. +So I went in and saw; and behold every form of creeping things, and abominable beasts, and all the idols of the house of Israel, pourtrayed upon the wall round about. -- ezekiel 8:10 +. +And there stood before them seventy men of the ancients of the house of Israel, and in the midst of them stood Jaazaniah the son of Shaphan, with every man his censer in his hand; and a thick cloud of incense went up. -- ezekiel 8:11 +. +Then said he unto me, Son of man, hast thou seen what the ancients of the house of Israel do in the dark, every man in the chambers of his imagery? for they say, the LORD seeth us not; the LORD hath forsaken the earth. -- ezekiel 8:12 +. +He said also unto me, Turn thee yet again, and thou shalt see greater abominations that they do. -- ezekiel 8:13 +. +Then he brought me to the door of the gate of the LORD's house which was toward the north; and, behold, there sat women weeping for Tammuz. -- ezekiel 8:14 +. +Then said he unto me, Hast thou seen this, O son of man? turn thee yet again, and thou shalt see greater abominations than these. -- ezekiel 8:15 +. +And he brought me into the inner court of the LORD's house, and, behold, at the door of the temple of the LORD, between the porch and the altar, were about five and twenty men, with their backs toward the temple of the LORD, and their faces toward the east; and they worshipped the sun toward the east. -- ezekiel 8:16 +. +Then he said unto me, Hast thou seen this, O son of man? Is it a light thing to the house of Judah that they commit the abominations which they commit here? for they have filled the land with violence, and have returned to provoke me to anger: and, lo, they put the branch to their nose. -- ezekiel 8:17 +. +Therefore will I also deal in fury: mine eye shall not spare, neither will I have pity: and though they cry in mine ears with a loud voice, yet will I not hear them. -- ezekiel 8:18 +. +He cried also in mine ears with a loud voice, saying, Cause them that have charge over the city to draw near, even every man with his destroying weapon in his hand. -- ezekiel 9:1 +. +And, behold, six men came from the way of the higher gate, which lieth toward the north, and every man a slaughter weapon in his hand; and one man among them was clothed with linen, with a writer's inkhorn by his side: and they went in, and stood beside the brasen altar. -- ezekiel 9:2 +. +And the glory of the God of Israel was gone up from the cherub, whereupon he was, to the threshold of the house. And he called to the man clothed with linen, which had the writer's inkhorn by his side; -- ezekiel 9:3 +. +And the LORD said unto him, Go through the midst of the city, through the midst of Jerusalem, and set a mark upon the foreheads of the men that sigh and that cry for all the abominations that be done in the midst thereof. -- ezekiel 9:4 +. +And to the others he said in mine hearing, Go ye after him through the city, and smite: let not your eye spare, neither have ye pity: -- ezekiel 9:5 +. +Slay utterly old and young, both maids, and little children, and women: but come not near any man upon whom is the mark; and begin at my sanctuary. Then they began at the ancient men which were before the house. -- ezekiel 9:6 +. +And he said unto them, Defile the house, and fill the courts with the slain: go ye forth. And they went forth, and slew in the city. -- ezekiel 9:7 +. +And it came to pass, while they were slaying them, and I was left, that I fell upon my face, and cried, and said, Ah Lord GOD! wilt thou destroy all the residue of Israel in thy pouring out of thy fury upon Jerusalem? -- ezekiel 9:8 +. +Then said he unto me, The iniquity of the house of Israel and Judah is exceeding great, and the land is full of blood, and the city full of perverseness: for they say, The LORD hath forsaken the earth, and the LORD seeth not. -- ezekiel 9:9 +. +And as for me also, mine eye shall not spare, neither will I have pity, but I will recompense their way upon their head. -- ezekiel 9:10 +. +And, behold, the man clothed with linen, which had the inkhorn by his side, reported the matter, saying, I have done as thou hast commanded me. -- ezekiel 9:11 +. +Then I looked, and, behold, in the firmament that was above the head of the cherubims there appeared over them as it were a sapphire stone, as the appearance of the likeness of a throne. -- ezekiel 10:1 +. +And he spake unto the man clothed with linen, and said, Go in between the wheels, even under the cherub, and fill thine hand with coals of fire from between the cherubims, and scatter them over the city. And he went in in my sight. -- ezekiel 10:2 +. +Now the cherubims stood on the right side of the house, when the man went in; and the cloud filled the inner court. -- ezekiel 10:3 +. +Then the glory of the LORD went up from the cherub, and stood over the threshold of the house; and the house was filled with the cloud, and the court was full of the brightness of the LORD's glory. -- ezekiel 10:4 +. +And the sound of the cherubims' wings was heard even to the outer court, as the voice of the Almighty God when he speaketh. -- ezekiel 10:5 +. +And it came to pass, that when he had commanded the man clothed with linen, saying, Take fire from between the wheels, from between the cherubims; then he went in, and stood beside the wheels. -- ezekiel 10:6 +. +And one cherub stretched forth his hand from between the cherubims unto the fire that was between the cherubims, and took thereof, and put it into the hands of him that was clothed with linen: who took it, and went out. -- ezekiel 10:7 +. +And there appeared in the cherubims the form of a man's hand under their wings. -- ezekiel 10:8 +. +And when I looked, behold the four wheels by the cherubims, one wheel by one cherub, and another wheel by another cherub: and the appearance of the wheels was as the colour of a beryl stone. -- ezekiel 10:9 +. +And as for their appearances, they four had one likeness, as if a wheel had been in the midst of a wheel. -- ezekiel 10:10 +. +When they went, they went upon their four sides; they turned not as they went, but to the place whither the head looked they followed it; they turned not as they went. -- ezekiel 10:11 +. +And their whole body, and their backs, and their hands, and their wings, and the wheels, were full of eyes round about, even the wheels that they four had. -- ezekiel 10:12 +. +As for the wheels, it was cried unto them in my hearing, O wheel. -- ezekiel 10:13 +. +And every one had four faces: the first face was the face of a cherub, and the second face was the face of a man, and the third the face of a lion, and the fourth the face of an eagle. -- ezekiel 10:14 +. +And the cherubims were lifted up. This is the living creature that I saw by the river of Chebar. -- ezekiel 10:15 +. +And when the cherubims went, the wheels went by them: and when the cherubims lifted up their wings to mount up from the earth, the same wheels also turned not from beside them. -- ezekiel 10:16 +. +When they stood, these stood; and when they were lifted up, these lifted up themselves also: for the spirit of the living creature was in them. -- ezekiel 10:17 +. +Then the glory of the LORD departed from off the threshold of the house, and stood over the cherubims. -- ezekiel 10:18 +. +And the cherubims lifted up their wings, and mounted up from the earth in my sight: when they went out, the wheels also were beside them, and every one stood at the door of the east gate of the LORD's house; and the glory of the God of Israel was over them above. -- ezekiel 10:19 +. +This is the living creature that I saw under the God of Israel by the river of Chebar; and I knew that they were the cherubims. -- ezekiel 10:20 +. +Every one had four faces apiece, and every one four wings; and the likeness of the hands of a man was under their wings. -- ezekiel 10:21 +. +And the likeness of their faces was the same faces which I saw by the river of Chebar, their appearances and themselves: they went every one straight forward. -- ezekiel 10:22 +. +Moreover the spirit lifted me up, and brought me unto the east gate of the LORD's house, which looketh eastward: and behold at the door of the gate five and twenty men; among whom I saw Jaazaniah the son of Azur, and Pelatiah the son of Benaiah, princes of the people. -- ezekiel 11:1 +. +Then said he unto me, Son of man, these are the men that devise mischief, and give wicked counsel in this city: -- ezekiel 11:2 +. +Which say, It is not near; let us build houses: this city is the caldron, and we be the flesh. -- ezekiel 11:3 +. +Therefore prophesy against them, prophesy, O son of man. -- ezekiel 11:4 +. +And the Spirit of the LORD fell upon me, and said unto me, Speak; Thus saith the LORD; Thus have ye said, O house of Israel: for I know the things that come into your mind, every one of them. -- ezekiel 11:5 +. +Ye have multiplied your slain in this city, and ye have filled the streets thereof with the slain. -- ezekiel 11:6 +. +Therefore thus saith the Lord GOD; Your slain whom ye have laid in the midst of it, they are the flesh, and this city is the caldron: but I will bring you forth out of the midst of it. -- ezekiel 11:7 +. +Ye have feared the sword; and I will bring a sword upon you, saith the Lord GOD. -- ezekiel 11:8 +. +And I will bring you out of the midst thereof, and deliver you into the hands of strangers, and will execute judgments among you. -- ezekiel 11:9 +. +Ye shall fall by the sword; I will judge you in the border of Israel; and ye shall know that I am the LORD. -- ezekiel 11:10 +. +This city shall not be your caldron, neither shall ye be the flesh in the midst thereof; but I will judge you in the border of Israel: -- ezekiel 11:11 +. +And ye shall know that I am the LORD: for ye have not walked in my statutes, neither executed my judgments, but have done after the manners of the heathen that are round about you. -- ezekiel 11:12 +. +And it came to pass, when I prophesied, that Pelatiah the son of Benaiah died. Then fell I down upon my face, and cried with a loud voice, and said, Ah Lord GOD! wilt thou make a full end of the remnant of Israel? -- ezekiel 11:13 +. +Again the word of the LORD came unto me, saying, -- ezekiel 11:14 +. +Son of man, thy brethren, even thy brethren, the men of thy kindred, and all the house of Israel wholly, are they unto whom the inhabitants of Jerusalem have said, Get you far from the LORD: unto us is this land given in possession. -- ezekiel 11:15 +. +Therefore say, Thus saith the Lord GOD; Although I have cast them far off among the heathen, and although I have scattered them among the countries, yet will I be to them as a little sanctuary in the countries where they shall come. -- ezekiel 11:16 +. +Therefore say, Thus saith the Lord GOD; I will even gather you from the people, and assemble you out of the countries where ye have been scattered, and I will give you the land of Israel. -- ezekiel 11:17 +. +And they shall come thither, and they shall take away all the detestable things thereof and all the abominations thereof from thence. -- ezekiel 11:18 +. +And I will give them one heart, and I will put a new spirit within you; and I will take the stony heart out of their flesh, and will give them an heart of flesh: -- ezekiel 11:19 +. +That they may walk in my statutes, and keep mine ordinances, and do them: and they shall be my people, and I will be their God. -- ezekiel 11:20 +. +But as for them whose heart walketh after the heart of their detestable things and their abominations, I will recompense their way upon their own heads, saith the Lord GOD. -- ezekiel 11:21 +. +Then did the cherubims lift up their wings, and the wheels beside them; and the glory of the God of Israel was over them above. -- ezekiel 11:22 +. +And the glory of the LORD went up from the midst of the city, and stood upon the mountain which is on the east side of the city. -- ezekiel 11:23 +. +Afterwards the spirit took me up, and brought me in a vision by the Spirit of God into Chaldea, to them of the captivity. So the vision that I had seen went up from me. -- ezekiel 11:24 +. +Then I spake unto them of the captivity all the things that the LORD had shewed me. -- ezekiel 11:25 +. +The word of the LORD also came unto me, saying, -- ezekiel 12:1 +. +Son of man, thou dwellest in the midst of a rebellious house, which have eyes to see, and see not; they have ears to hear, and hear not: for they are a rebellious house. -- ezekiel 12:2 +. +Therefore, thou son of man, prepare thee stuff for removing, and remove by day in their sight; and thou shalt remove from thy place to another place in their sight: it may be they will consider, though they be a rebellious house. -- ezekiel 12:3 +. +Then shalt thou bring forth thy stuff by day in their sight, as stuff for removing: and thou shalt go forth at even in their sight, as they that go forth into captivity. -- ezekiel 12:4 +. +Dig thou through the wall in their sight, and carry out thereby. -- ezekiel 12:5 +. +In their sight shalt thou bear it upon thy shoulders, and carry it forth in the twilight: thou shalt cover thy face, that thou see not the ground: for I have set thee for a sign unto the house of Israel. -- ezekiel 12:6 +. +And I did so as I was commanded: I brought forth my stuff by day, as stuff for captivity, and in the even I digged through the wall with mine hand; I brought it forth in the twilight, and I bare it upon my shoulder in their sight. -- ezekiel 12:7 +. +And in the morning came the word of the LORD unto me, saying, -- ezekiel 12:8 +. +Son of man, hath not the house of Israel, the rebellious house, said unto thee, What doest thou? -- ezekiel 12:9 +. +Say thou unto them, Thus saith the Lord GOD; This burden concerneth the prince in Jerusalem, and all the house of Israel that are among them. -- ezekiel 12:10 +. +Say, I am your sign: like as I have done, so shall it be done unto them: they shall remove and go into captivity. -- ezekiel 12:11 +. +And the prince that is among them shall bear upon his shoulder in the twilight, and shall go forth: they shall dig through the wall to carry out thereby: he shall cover his face, that he see not the ground with his eyes. -- ezekiel 12:12 +. +My net also will I spread upon him, and he shall be taken in my snare: and I will bring him to Babylon to the land of the Chaldeans; yet shall he not see it, though he shall die there. -- ezekiel 12:13 +. +And I will scatter toward every wind all that are about him to help him, and all his bands; and I will draw out the sword after them. -- ezekiel 12:14 +. +And they shall know that I am the LORD, when I shall scatter them among the nations, and disperse them in the countries. -- ezekiel 12:15 +. +But I will leave a few men of them from the sword, from the famine, and from the pestilence; that they may declare all their abominations among the heathen whither they come; and they shall know that I am the LORD. -- ezekiel 12:16 +. +Moreover the word of the LORD came to me, saying, -- ezekiel 12:17 +. +Son of man, eat thy bread with quaking, and drink thy water with trembling and with carefulness; -- ezekiel 12:18 +. +And say unto the people of the land, Thus saith the Lord GOD of the inhabitants of Jerusalem, and of the land of Israel; They shall eat their bread with carefulness, and drink their water with astonishment, that her land may be desolate from all that is therein, because of the violence of all them that dwell therein. -- ezekiel 12:19 +. +And the cities that are inhabited shall be laid waste, and the land shall be desolate; and ye shall know that I am the LORD. -- ezekiel 12:20 +. +And the word of the LORD came unto me, saying, -- ezekiel 12:21 +. +Son of man, what is that proverb that ye have in the land of Israel, saying, The days are prolonged, and every vision faileth? -- ezekiel 12:22 +. +Tell them therefore, Thus saith the Lord GOD; I will make this proverb to cease, and they shall no more use it as a proverb in Israel; but say unto them, The days are at hand, and the effect of every vision. -- ezekiel 12:23 +. +For there shall be no more any vain vision nor flattering divination within the house of Israel. -- ezekiel 12:24 +. +For I am the LORD: I will speak, and the word that I shall speak shall come to pass; it shall be no more prolonged: for in your days, O rebellious house, will I say the word, and will perform it, saith the Lord GOD. -- ezekiel 12:25 +. +Again the word of the LORD came to me, saying. -- ezekiel 12:26 +. +Son of man, behold, they of the house of Israel say, The vision that he seeth is for many days to come, and he prophesieth of the times that are far off. -- ezekiel 12:27 +. +Therefore say unto them, Thus saith the Lord GOD; There shall none of my words be prolonged any more, but the word which I have spoken shall be done, saith the Lord GOD. -- ezekiel 12:28 +. +And the word of the LORD came unto me, saying, -- ezekiel 13:1 +. +Son of man, prophesy against the prophets of Israel that prophesy, and say thou unto them that prophesy out of their own hearts, Hear ye the word of the LORD; -- ezekiel 13:2 +. +Thus saith the Lord GOD; Woe unto the foolish prophets, that follow their own spirit, and have seen nothing! -- ezekiel 13:3 +. +O Israel, thy prophets are like the foxes in the deserts. -- ezekiel 13:4 +. +Ye have not gone up into the gaps, neither made up the hedge for the house of Israel to stand in the battle in the day of the LORD. -- ezekiel 13:5 +. +They have seen vanity and lying divination, saying, The LORD saith: and the LORD hath not sent them: and they have made others to hope that they would confirm the word. -- ezekiel 13:6 +. +Have ye not seen a vain vision, and have ye not spoken a lying divination, whereas ye say, The LORD saith it; albeit I have not spoken? -- ezekiel 13:7 +. +Therefore thus saith the Lord GOD; Because ye have spoken vanity, and seen lies, therefore, behold, I am against you, saith the Lord GOD. -- ezekiel 13:8 +. +And mine hand shall be upon the prophets that see vanity, and that divine lies: they shall not be in the assembly of my people, neither shall they be written in the writing of the house of Israel, neither shall they enter into the land of Israel; and ye shall know that I am the Lord GOD. -- ezekiel 13:9 +. +Because, even because they have seduced my people, saying, Peace; and there was no peace; and one built up a wall, and, lo, others daubed it with untempered morter: -- ezekiel 13:10 +. +Say unto them which daub it with untempered morter, that it shall fall: there shall be an overflowing shower; and ye, O great hailstones, shall fall; and a stormy wind shall rend it. -- ezekiel 13:11 +. +Lo, when the wall is fallen, shall it not be said unto you, Where is the daubing wherewith ye have daubed it? -- ezekiel 13:12 +. +Therefore thus saith the Lord GOD; I will even rend it with a stormy wind in my fury; and there shall be an overflowing shower in mine anger, and great hailstones in my fury to consume it. -- ezekiel 13:13 +. +So will I break down the wall that ye have daubed with untempered morter, and bring it down to the ground, so that the foundation thereof shall be discovered, and it shall fall, and ye shall be consumed in the midst thereof: and ye shall know that I am the LORD. -- ezekiel 13:14 +. +Thus will I accomplish my wrath upon the wall, and upon them that have daubed it with untempered morter, and will say unto you, The wall is no more, neither they that daubed it; -- ezekiel 13:15 +. +To wit, the prophets of Israel which prophesy concerning Jerusalem, and which see visions of peace for her, and there is no peace, saith the Lord GOD. -- ezekiel 13:16 +. +Likewise, thou son of man, set thy face against the daughters of thy people, which prophesy out of their own heart; and prophesy thou against them, -- ezekiel 13:17 +. +And say, Thus saith the Lord GOD; Woe to the women that sew pillows to all armholes, and make kerchiefs upon the head of every stature to hunt souls! Will ye hunt the souls of my people, and will ye save the souls alive that come unto you? -- ezekiel 13:18 +. +And will ye pollute me among my people for handfuls of barley and for pieces of bread, to slay the souls that should not die, and to save the souls alive that should not live, by your lying to my people that hear your lies? -- ezekiel 13:19 +. +Wherefore thus saith the Lord GOD; Behold, I am against your pillows, wherewith ye there hunt the souls to make them fly, and I will tear them from your arms, and will let the souls go, even the souls that ye hunt to make them fly. -- ezekiel 13:20 +. +Your kerchiefs also will I tear, and deliver my people out of your hand, and they shall be no more in your hand to be hunted; and ye shall know that I am the LORD. -- ezekiel 13:21 +. +Because with lies ye have made the heart of the righteous sad, whom I have not made sad; and strengthened the hands of the wicked, that he should not return from his wicked way, by promising him life: -- ezekiel 13:22 +. +Therefore ye shall see no more vanity, nor divine divinations: for I will deliver my people out of your hand: and ye shall know that I am the LORD. -- ezekiel 13:23 +. +Then came certain of the elders of Israel unto me, and sat before me. -- ezekiel 14:1 +. +And the word of the LORD came unto me, saying, -- ezekiel 14:2 +. +Son of man, these men have set up their idols in their heart, and put the stumblingblock of their iniquity before their face: should I be enquired of at all by them? -- ezekiel 14:3 +. +Therefore speak unto them, and say unto them, Thus saith the Lord GOD; Every man of the house of Israel that setteth up his idols in his heart, and putteth the stumblingblock of his iniquity before his face, and cometh to the prophet; I the LORD will answer him that cometh according to the multitude of his idols; -- ezekiel 14:4 +. +That I may take the house of Israel in their own heart, because they are all estranged from me through their idols. -- ezekiel 14:5 +. +Therefore say unto the house of Israel, Thus saith the Lord GOD; Repent, and turn yourselves from your idols; and turn away your faces from all your abominations. -- ezekiel 14:6 +. +For every one of the house of Israel, or of the stranger that sojourneth in Israel, which separateth himself from me, and setteth up his idols in his heart, and putteth the stumblingblock of his iniquity before his face, and cometh to a prophet to enquire of him concerning me; I the LORD will answer him by myself: -- ezekiel 14:7 +. +And I will set my face against that man, and will make him a sign and a proverb, and I will cut him off from the midst of my people; and ye shall know that I am the LORD. -- ezekiel 14:8 +. +And if the prophet be deceived when he hath spoken a thing, I the LORD have deceived that prophet, and I will stretch out my hand upon him, and will destroy him from the midst of my people Israel. -- ezekiel 14:9 +. +And they shall bear the punishment of their iniquity: the punishment of the prophet shall be even as the punishment of him that seeketh unto him; -- ezekiel 14:10 +. +That the house of Israel may go no more astray from me, neither be polluted any more with all their transgressions; but that they may be my people, and I may be their God, saith the Lord GOD. -- ezekiel 14:11 +. +The word of the LORD came again to me, saying, -- ezekiel 14:12 +. +Son of man, when the land sinneth against me by trespassing grievously, then will I stretch out mine hand upon it, and will break the staff of the bread thereof, and will send famine upon it, and will cut off man and beast from it: -- ezekiel 14:13 +. +Though these three men, Noah, Daniel, and Job, were in it, they should deliver but their own souls by their righteousness, saith the Lord GOD. -- ezekiel 14:14 +. +If I cause noisome beasts to pass through the land, and they spoil it, so that it be desolate, that no man may pass through because of the beasts: -- ezekiel 14:15 +. +Though these three men were in it, as I live, saith the Lord GOD, they shall deliver neither sons nor daughters; they only shall be delivered, but the land shall be desolate. -- ezekiel 14:16 +. +Or if I bring a sword upon that land, and say, Sword, go through the land; so that I cut off man and beast from it: -- ezekiel 14:17 +. +Though these three men were in it, as I live, saith the Lord GOD, they shall deliver neither sons nor daughters, but they only shall be delivered themselves. -- ezekiel 14:18 +. +Or if I send a pestilence into that land, and pour out my fury upon it in blood, to cut off from it man and beast: -- ezekiel 14:19 +. +Though Noah, Daniel, and Job were in it, as I live, saith the Lord GOD, they shall deliver neither son nor daughter; they shall but deliver their own souls by their righteousness. -- ezekiel 14:20 +. +For thus saith the Lord GOD; How much more when I send my four sore judgments upon Jerusalem, the sword, and the famine, and the noisome beast, and the pestilence, to cut off from it man and beast? -- ezekiel 14:21 +. +Yet, behold, therein shall be left a remnant that shall be brought forth, both sons and daughters: behold, they shall come forth unto you, and ye shall see their way and their doings: and ye shall be comforted concerning the evil that I have brought upon Jerusalem, even concerning all that I have brought upon it. -- ezekiel 14:22 +. +And they shall comfort you, when ye see their ways and their doings: and ye shall know that I have not done without cause all that I have done in it, saith the Lord GOD. -- ezekiel 14:23 +. +And the word of the LORD came unto me, saying, -- ezekiel 15:1 +. +Son of man, what is the vine tree more than any tree, or than a branch which is among the trees of the forest? -- ezekiel 15:2 +. +Shall wood be taken thereof to do any work? or will men take a pin of it to hang any vessel thereon? -- ezekiel 15:3 +. +Behold, it is cast into the fire for fuel; the fire devoureth both the ends of it, and the midst of it is burned. Is it meet for any work? -- ezekiel 15:4 +. +Behold, when it was whole, it was meet for no work: how much less shall it be meet yet for any work, when the fire hath devoured it, and it is burned? -- ezekiel 15:5 +. +Therefore thus saith the Lord GOD; As the vine tree among the trees of the forest, which I have given to the fire for fuel, so will I give the inhabitants of Jerusalem. -- ezekiel 15:6 +. +And I will set my face against them; they shall go out from one fire, and another fire shall devour them; and ye shall know that I am the LORD, when I set my face against them. -- ezekiel 15:7 +. +And I will make the land desolate, because they have committed a trespass, saith the Lord GOD. -- ezekiel 15:8 +. +Again the word of the LORD came unto me, saying, -- ezekiel 16:1 +. +Son of man, cause Jerusalem to know her abominations, -- ezekiel 16:2 +. +And say, Thus saith the Lord GOD unto Jerusalem; Thy birth and thy nativity is of the land of Canaan; thy father was an Amorite, and thy mother an Hittite. -- ezekiel 16:3 +. +And as for thy nativity, in the day thou wast born thy navel was not cut, neither wast thou washed in water to supple thee; thou wast not salted at all, nor swaddled at all. -- ezekiel 16:4 +. +None eye pitied thee, to do any of these unto thee, to have compassion upon thee; but thou wast cast out in the open field, to the lothing of thy person, in the day that thou wast born. -- ezekiel 16:5 +. +And when I passed by thee, and saw thee polluted in thine own blood, I said unto thee when thou wast in thy blood, Live; yea, I said unto thee when thou wast in thy blood, Live. -- ezekiel 16:6 +. +I have caused thee to multiply as the bud of the field, and thou hast increased and waxen great, and thou art come to excellent ornaments: thy breasts are fashioned, and thine hair is grown, whereas thou wast naked and bare. -- ezekiel 16:7 +. +Now when I passed by thee, and looked upon thee, behold, thy time was the time of love; and I spread my skirt over thee, and covered thy nakedness: yea, I sware unto thee, and entered into a covenant with thee, saith the Lord GOD, and thou becamest mine. -- ezekiel 16:8 +. +Then washed I thee with water; yea, I throughly washed away thy blood from thee, and I anointed thee with oil. -- ezekiel 16:9 +. +I clothed thee also with broidered work, and shod thee with badgers' skin, and I girded thee about with fine linen, and I covered thee with silk. -- ezekiel 16:10 +. +I decked thee also with ornaments, and I put bracelets upon thy hands, and a chain on thy neck. -- ezekiel 16:11 +. +And I put a jewel on thy forehead, and earrings in thine ears, and a beautiful crown upon thine head. -- ezekiel 16:12 +. +Thus wast thou decked with gold and silver; and thy raiment was of fine linen, and silk, and broidered work; thou didst eat fine flour, and honey, and oil: and thou wast exceeding beautiful, and thou didst prosper into a kingdom. -- ezekiel 16:13 +. +And thy renown went forth among the heathen for thy beauty: for it was perfect through my comeliness, which I had put upon thee, saith the Lord GOD. -- ezekiel 16:14 +. +But thou didst trust in thine own beauty, and playedst the harlot because of thy renown, and pouredst out thy fornications on every one that passed by; his it was. -- ezekiel 16:15 +. +And of thy garments thou didst take, and deckedst thy high places with divers colours, and playedst the harlot thereupon: the like things shall not come, neither shall it be so. -- ezekiel 16:16 +. +Thou hast also taken thy fair jewels of my gold and of my silver, which I had given thee, and madest to thyself images of men, and didst commit whoredom with them, -- ezekiel 16:17 +. +And tookest thy broidered garments, and coveredst them: and thou hast set mine oil and mine incense before them. -- ezekiel 16:18 +. +My meat also which I gave thee, fine flour, and oil, and honey, wherewith I fed thee, thou hast even set it before them for a sweet savour: and thus it was, saith the Lord GOD. -- ezekiel 16:19 +. +Moreover thou hast taken thy sons and thy daughters, whom thou hast borne unto me, and these hast thou sacrificed unto them to be devoured. Is this of thy whoredoms a small matter, -- ezekiel 16:20 +. +That thou hast slain my children, and delivered them to cause them to pass through the fire for them? -- ezekiel 16:21 +. +And in all thine abominations and thy whoredoms thou hast not remembered the days of thy youth, when thou wast naked and bare, and wast polluted in thy blood. -- ezekiel 16:22 +. +And it came to pass after all thy wickedness, (woe, woe unto thee! saith the LORD GOD;) -- ezekiel 16:23 +. +That thou hast also built unto thee an eminent place, and hast made thee an high place in every street. -- ezekiel 16:24 +. +Thou hast built thy high place at every head of the way, and hast made thy beauty to be abhorred, and hast opened thy feet to every one that passed by, and multiplied thy whoredoms. -- ezekiel 16:25 +. +Thou hast also committed fornication with the Egyptians thy neighbours, great of flesh; and hast increased thy whoredoms, to provoke me to anger. -- ezekiel 16:26 +. +Behold, therefore I have stretched out my hand over thee, and have diminished thine ordinary food, and delivered thee unto the will of them that hate thee, the daughters of the Philistines, which are ashamed of thy lewd way. -- ezekiel 16:27 +. +Thou hast played the whore also with the Assyrians, because thou wast unsatiable; yea, thou hast played the harlot with them, and yet couldest not be satisfied. -- ezekiel 16:28 +. +Thou hast moreover multiplied thy fornication in the land of Canaan unto Chaldea; and yet thou wast not satisfied therewith. -- ezekiel 16:29 +. +How weak is thine heart, saith the LORD GOD, seeing thou doest all these things, the work of an imperious whorish woman; -- ezekiel 16:30 +. +In that thou buildest thine eminent place in the head of every way, and makest thine high place in every street; and hast not been as an harlot, in that thou scornest hire; -- ezekiel 16:31 +. +But as a wife that committeth adultery, which taketh strangers instead of her husband! -- ezekiel 16:32 +. +They give gifts to all whores: but thou givest thy gifts to all thy lovers, and hirest them, that they may come unto thee on every side for thy whoredom. -- ezekiel 16:33 +. +And the contrary is in thee from other women in thy whoredoms, whereas none followeth thee to commit whoredoms: and in that thou givest a reward, and no reward is given unto thee, therefore thou art contrary. -- ezekiel 16:34 +. +Wherefore, O harlot, hear the word of the LORD: -- ezekiel 16:35 +. +Thus saith the Lord GOD; Because thy filthiness was poured out, and thy nakedness discovered through thy whoredoms with thy lovers, and with all the idols of thy abominations, and by the blood of thy children, which thou didst give unto them; -- ezekiel 16:36 +. +Behold, therefore I will gather all thy lovers, with whom thou hast taken pleasure, and all them that thou hast loved, with all them that thou hast hated; I will even gather them round about against thee, and will discover thy nakedness unto them, that they may see all thy nakedness. -- ezekiel 16:37 +. +And I will judge thee, as women that break wedlock and shed blood are judged; and I will give thee blood in fury and jealousy. -- ezekiel 16:38 +. +And I will also give thee into their hand, and they shall throw down thine eminent place, and shall break down thy high places: they shall strip thee also of thy clothes, and shall take thy fair jewels, and leave thee naked and bare. -- ezekiel 16:39 +. +They shall also bring up a company against thee, and they shall stone thee with stones, and thrust thee through with their swords. -- ezekiel 16:40 +. +And they shall burn thine houses with fire, and execute judgments upon thee in the sight of many women: and I will cause thee to cease from playing the harlot, and thou also shalt give no hire any more. -- ezekiel 16:41 +. +So will I make my fury toward thee to rest, and my jealousy shall depart from thee, and I will be quiet, and will be no more angry. -- ezekiel 16:42 +. +Because thou hast not remembered the days of thy youth, but hast fretted me in all these things; behold, therefore I also will recompense thy way upon thine head, saith the Lord GOD: and thou shalt not commit this lewdness above all thine abominations. -- ezekiel 16:43 +. +Behold, every one that useth proverbs shall use this proverb against thee, saying, As is the mother, so is her daughter. -- ezekiel 16:44 +. +Thou art thy mother's daughter, that lotheth her husband and her children; and thou art the sister of thy sisters, which lothed their husbands and their children: your mother was an Hittite, and your father an Amorite. -- ezekiel 16:45 +. +And thine elder sister is Samaria, she and her daughters that dwell at thy left hand: and thy younger sister, that dwelleth at thy right hand, is Sodom and her daughters. -- ezekiel 16:46 +. +Yet hast thou not walked after their ways, nor done after their abominations: but, as if that were a very little thing, thou wast corrupted more than they in all thy ways. -- ezekiel 16:47 +. +As I live, saith the Lord GOD, Sodom thy sister hath not done, she nor her daughters, as thou hast done, thou and thy daughters. -- ezekiel 16:48 +. +Behold, this was the iniquity of thy sister Sodom, pride, fulness of bread, and abundance of idleness was in her and in her daughters, neither did she strengthen the hand of the poor and needy. -- ezekiel 16:49 +. +And they were haughty, and committed abomination before me: therefore I took them away as I saw good. -- ezekiel 16:50 +. +Neither hath Samaria committed half of thy sins; but thou hast multiplied thine abominations more than they, and hast justified thy sisters in all thine abominations which thou hast done. -- ezekiel 16:51 +. +Thou also, which hast judged thy sisters, bear thine own shame for thy sins that thou hast committed more abominable than they: they are more righteous than thou: yea, be thou confounded also, and bear thy shame, in that thou hast justified thy sisters. -- ezekiel 16:52 +. +When I shall bring again their captivity, the captivity of Sodom and her daughters, and the captivity of Samaria and her daughters, then will I bring again the captivity of thy captives in the midst of them: -- ezekiel 16:53 +. +That thou mayest bear thine own shame, and mayest be confounded in all that thou hast done, in that thou art a comfort unto them. -- ezekiel 16:54 +. +When thy sisters, Sodom and her daughters, shall return to their former estate, and Samaria and her daughters shall return to their former estate, then thou and thy daughters shall return to your former estate. -- ezekiel 16:55 +. +For thy sister Sodom was not mentioned by thy mouth in the day of thy pride, -- ezekiel 16:56 +. +Before thy wickedness was discovered, as at the time of thy reproach of the daughters of Syria, and all that are round about her, the daughters of the Philistines, which despise thee round about. -- ezekiel 16:57 +. +Thou hast borne thy lewdness and thine abominations, saith the LORD. -- ezekiel 16:58 +. +For thus saith the Lord GOD; I will even deal with thee as thou hast done, which hast despised the oath in breaking the covenant. -- ezekiel 16:59 +. +Nevertheless I will remember my covenant with thee in the days of thy youth, and I will establish unto thee an everlasting covenant. -- ezekiel 16:60 +. +Then thou shalt remember thy ways, and be ashamed, when thou shalt receive thy sisters, thine elder and thy younger: and I will give them unto thee for daughters, but not by thy covenant. -- ezekiel 16:61 +. +And I will establish my covenant with thee; and thou shalt know that I am the LORD: -- ezekiel 16:62 +. +That thou mayest remember, and be confounded, and never open thy mouth any more because of thy shame, when I am pacified toward thee for all that thou hast done, saith the Lord GOD. -- ezekiel 16:63 +. +And the word of the LORD came unto me, saying, -- ezekiel 17:1 +. +Son of man, put forth a riddle, and speak a parable unto the house of Israel; -- ezekiel 17:2 +. +And say, Thus saith the Lord GOD; A great eagle with great wings, longwinged, full of feathers, which had divers colours, came unto Lebanon, and took the highest branch of the cedar: -- ezekiel 17:3 +. +He cropped off the top of his young twigs, and carried it into a land of traffick; he set it in a city of merchants. -- ezekiel 17:4 +. +He took also of the seed of the land, and planted it in a fruitful field; he placed it by great waters, and set it as a willow tree. -- ezekiel 17:5 +. +And it grew, and became a spreading vine of low stature, whose branches turned toward him, and the roots thereof were under him: so it became a vine, and brought forth branches, and shot forth sprigs. -- ezekiel 17:6 +. +There was also another great eagle with great wings and many feathers: and, behold, this vine did bend her roots toward him, and shot forth her branches toward him, that he might water it by the furrows of her plantation. -- ezekiel 17:7 +. +It was planted in a good soil by great waters, that it might bring forth branches, and that it might bear fruit, that it might be a goodly vine. -- ezekiel 17:8 +. +Say thou, Thus saith the Lord GOD; Shall it prosper? shall he not pull up the roots thereof, and cut off the fruit thereof, that it wither? it shall wither in all the leaves of her spring, even without great power or many people to pluck it up by the roots thereof. -- ezekiel 17:9 +. +Yea, behold, being planted, shall it prosper? shall it not utterly wither, when the east wind toucheth it? it shall wither in the furrows where it grew. -- ezekiel 17:10 +. +Moreover the word of the LORD came unto me, saying, -- ezekiel 17:11 +. +Say now to the rebellious house, Know ye not what these things mean? tell them, Behold, the king of Babylon is come to Jerusalem, and hath taken the king thereof, and the princes thereof, and led them with him to Babylon; -- ezekiel 17:12 +. +And hath taken of the king's seed, and made a covenant with him, and hath taken an oath of him: he hath also taken the mighty of the land: -- ezekiel 17:13 +. +That the kingdom might be base, that it might not lift itself up, but that by keeping of his covenant it might stand. -- ezekiel 17:14 +. +But he rebelled against him in sending his ambassadors into Egypt, that they might give him horses and much people. Shall he prosper? shall he escape that doeth such things? or shall he break the covenant, and be delivered? -- ezekiel 17:15 +. +As I live, saith the Lord GOD, surely in the place where the king dwelleth that made him king, whose oath he despised, and whose covenant he brake, even with him in the midst of Babylon he shall die. -- ezekiel 17:16 +. +Neither shall Pharaoh with his mighty army and great company make for him in the war, by casting up mounts, and building forts, to cut off many persons: -- ezekiel 17:17 +. +Seeing he despised the oath by breaking the covenant, when, lo, he had given his hand, and hath done all these things, he shall not escape. -- ezekiel 17:18 +. +Therefore thus saith the Lord GOD; As I live, surely mine oath that he hath despised, and my covenant that he hath broken, even it will I recompense upon his own head. -- ezekiel 17:19 +. +And I will spread my net upon him, and he shall be taken in my snare, and I will bring him to Babylon, and will plead with him there for his trespass that he hath trespassed against me. -- ezekiel 17:20 +. +And all his fugitives with all his bands shall fall by the sword, and they that remain shall be scattered toward all winds: and ye shall know that I the LORD have spoken it. -- ezekiel 17:21 +. +Thus saith the Lord GOD; I will also take of the highest branch of the high cedar, and will set it; I will crop off from the top of his young twigs a tender one, and will plant it upon an high mountain and eminent: -- ezekiel 17:22 +. +In the mountain of the height of Israel will I plant it: and it shall bring forth boughs, and bear fruit, and be a goodly cedar: and under it shall dwell all fowl of every wing; in the shadow of the branches thereof shall they dwell. -- ezekiel 17:23 +. +And all the trees of the field shall know that I the LORD have brought down the high tree, have exalted the low tree, have dried up the green tree, and have made the dry tree to flourish: I the LORD have spoken and have done it. -- ezekiel 17:24 +. +The word of the LORD came unto me again, saying, -- ezekiel 18:1 +. +What mean ye, that ye use this proverb concerning the land of Israel, saying, The fathers have eaten sour grapes, and the children's teeth are set on edge? -- ezekiel 18:2 +. +As I live, saith the Lord GOD, ye shall not have occasion any more to use this proverb in Israel. -- ezekiel 18:3 +. +Behold, all souls are mine; as the soul of the father, so also the soul of the son is mine: the soul that sinneth, it shall die. -- ezekiel 18:4 +. +But if a man be just, and do that which is lawful and right, -- ezekiel 18:5 +. +And hath not eaten upon the mountains, neither hath lifted up his eyes to the idols of the house of Israel, neither hath defiled his neighbour's wife, neither hath come near to a menstruous woman, -- ezekiel 18:6 +. +And hath not oppressed any, but hath restored to the debtor his pledge, hath spoiled none by violence, hath given his bread to the hungry, and hath covered the naked with a garment; -- ezekiel 18:7 +. +He that hath not given forth upon usury, neither hath taken any increase, that hath withdrawn his hand from iniquity, hath executed true judgment between man and man, -- ezekiel 18:8 +. +Hath walked in my statutes, and hath kept my judgments, to deal truly; he is just, he shall surely live, saith the Lord GOD. -- ezekiel 18:9 +. +If he beget a son that is a robber, a shedder of blood, and that doeth the like to any one of these things, -- ezekiel 18:10 +. +And that doeth not any of those duties, but even hath eaten upon the mountains, and defiled his neighbour's wife, -- ezekiel 18:11 +. +Hath oppressed the poor and needy, hath spoiled by violence, hath not restored the pledge, and hath lifted up his eyes to the idols, hath committed abomination, -- ezekiel 18:12 +. +Hath given forth upon usury, and hath taken increase: shall he then live? he shall not live: he hath done all these abominations; he shall surely die; his blood shall be upon him. -- ezekiel 18:13 +. +Now, lo, if he beget a son, that seeth all his father's sins which he hath done, and considereth, and doeth not such like, -- ezekiel 18:14 +. +That hath not eaten upon the mountains, neither hath lifted up his eyes to the idols of the house of Israel, hath not defiled his neighbour's wife, -- ezekiel 18:15 +. +Neither hath oppressed any, hath not withholden the pledge, neither hath spoiled by violence, but hath given his bread to the hungry, and hath covered the naked with a garment, -- ezekiel 18:16 +. +That hath taken off his hand from the poor, that hath not received usury nor increase, hath executed my judgments, hath walked in my statutes; he shall not die for the iniquity of his father, he shall surely live. -- ezekiel 18:17 +. +As for his father, because he cruelly oppressed, spoiled his brother by violence, and did that which is not good among his people, lo, even he shall die in his iniquity. -- ezekiel 18:18 +. +Yet say ye, Why? doth not the son bear the iniquity of the father? When the son hath done that which is lawful and right, and hath kept all my statutes, and hath done them, he shall surely live. -- ezekiel 18:19 +. +The soul that sinneth, it shall die. The son shall not bear the iniquity of the father, neither shall the father bear the iniquity of the son: the righteousness of the righteous shall be upon him, and the wickedness of the wicked shall be upon him. -- ezekiel 18:20 +. +But if the wicked will turn from all his sins that he hath committed, and keep all my statutes, and do that which is lawful and right, he shall surely live, he shall not die. -- ezekiel 18:21 +. +All his transgressions that he hath committed, they shall not be mentioned unto him: in his righteousness that he hath done he shall live. -- ezekiel 18:22 +. +Have I any pleasure at all that the wicked should die? saith the Lord GOD: and not that he should return from his ways, and live? -- ezekiel 18:23 +. +But when the righteous turneth away from his righteousness, and committeth iniquity, and doeth according to all the abominations that the wicked man doeth, shall he live? All his righteousness that he hath done shall not be mentioned: in his trespass that he hath trespassed, and in his sin that he hath sinned, in them shall he die. -- ezekiel 18:24 +. +Yet ye say, The way of the LORD is not equal. Hear now, O house of Israel; Is not my way equal? are not your ways unequal? -- ezekiel 18:25 +. +When a righteous man turneth away from his righteousness, and committeth iniquity, and dieth in them; for his iniquity that he hath done shall he die. -- ezekiel 18:26 +. +Again, when the wicked man turneth away from his wickedness that he hath committed, and doeth that which is lawful and right, he shall save his soul alive. -- ezekiel 18:27 +. +Because he considereth, and turneth away from all his transgressions that he hath committed, he shall surely live, he shall not die. -- ezekiel 18:28 +. +Yet saith the house of Israel, The way of the LORD is not equal. O house of Israel, are not my ways equal? are not your ways unequal? -- ezekiel 18:29 +. +Therefore I will judge you, O house of Israel, every one according to his ways, saith the Lord GOD. Repent, and turn yourselves from all your transgressions; so iniquity shall not be your ruin. -- ezekiel 18:30 +. +Cast away from you all your transgressions, whereby ye have transgressed; and make you a new heart and a new spirit: for why will ye die, O house of Israel? -- ezekiel 18:31 +. +For I have no pleasure in the death of him that dieth, saith the Lord GOD: wherefore turn yourselves, and live ye. -- ezekiel 18:32 +. +Moreover take thou up a lamentation for the princes of Israel, -- ezekiel 19:1 +. +And say, What is thy mother? A lioness: she lay down among lions, she nourished her whelps among young lions. -- ezekiel 19:2 +. +And she brought up one of her whelps: it became a young lion, and it learned to catch the prey; it devoured men. -- ezekiel 19:3 +. +The nations also heard of him; he was taken in their pit, and they brought him with chains unto the land of Egypt. -- ezekiel 19:4 +. +Now when she saw that she had waited, and her hope was lost, then she took another of her whelps, and made him a young lion. -- ezekiel 19:5 +. +And he went up and down among the lions, he became a young lion, and learned to catch the prey, and devoured men. -- ezekiel 19:6 +. +And he knew their desolate palaces, and he laid waste their cities; and the land was desolate, and the fulness thereof, by the noise of his roaring. -- ezekiel 19:7 +. +Then the nations set against him on every side from the provinces, and spread their net over him: he was taken in their pit. -- ezekiel 19:8 +. +And they put him in ward in chains, and brought him to the king of Babylon: they brought him into holds, that his voice should no more be heard upon the mountains of Israel. -- ezekiel 19:9 +. +Thy mother is like a vine in thy blood, planted by the waters: she was fruitful and full of branches by reason of many waters. -- ezekiel 19:10 +. +And she had strong rods for the sceptres of them that bare rule, and her stature was exalted among the thick branches, and she appeared in her height with the multitude of her branches. -- ezekiel 19:11 +. +But she was plucked up in fury, she was cast down to the ground, and the east wind dried up her fruit: her strong rods were broken and withered; the fire consumed them. -- ezekiel 19:12 +. +And now she is planted in the wilderness, in a dry and thirsty ground. -- ezekiel 19:13 +. +And fire is gone out of a rod of her branches, which hath devoured her fruit, so that she hath no strong rod to be a sceptre to rule. This is a lamentation, and shall be for a lamentation. -- ezekiel 19:14 +. +And it came to pass in the seventh year, in the fifth month, the tenth day of the month, that certain of the elders of Israel came to enquire of the LORD, and sat before me. -- ezekiel 20:1 +. +Then came the word of the LORD unto me, saying, -- ezekiel 20:2 +. +Son of man, speak unto the elders of Israel, and say unto them, Thus saith the Lord GOD; Are ye come to enquire of me? As I live, saith the Lord GOD, I will not be enquired of by you. -- ezekiel 20:3 +. +Wilt thou judge them, son of man, wilt thou judge them? cause them to know the abominations of their fathers: -- ezekiel 20:4 +. +And say unto them, Thus saith the Lord GOD; In the day when I chose Israel, and lifted up mine hand unto the seed of the house of Jacob, and made myself known unto them in the land of Egypt, when I lifted up mine hand unto them, saying, I am the LORD your God; -- ezekiel 20:5 +. +In the day that I lifted up mine hand unto them, to bring them forth of the land of Egypt into a land that I had espied for them, flowing with milk and honey, which is the glory of all lands: -- ezekiel 20:6 +. +Then said I unto them, Cast ye away every man the abominations of his eyes, and defile not yourselves with the idols of Egypt: I am the LORD your God. -- ezekiel 20:7 +. +But they rebelled against me, and would not hearken unto me: they did not every man cast away the abominations of their eyes, neither did they forsake the idols of Egypt: then I said, I will pour out my fury upon them, to accomplish my anger against them in the midst of the land of Egypt. -- ezekiel 20:8 +. +But I wrought for my name's sake, that it should not be polluted before the heathen, among whom they were, in whose sight I made myself known unto them, in bringing them forth out of the land of Egypt. -- ezekiel 20:9 +. +Wherefore I caused them to go forth out of the land of Egypt, and brought them into the wilderness. -- ezekiel 20:10 +. +And I gave them my statutes, and shewed them my judgments, which if a man do, he shall even live in them. -- ezekiel 20:11 +. +Moreover also I gave them my sabbaths, to be a sign between me and them, that they might know that I am the LORD that sanctify them. -- ezekiel 20:12 +. +But the house of Israel rebelled against me in the wilderness: they walked not in my statutes, and they despised my judgments, which if a man do, he shall even live in them; and my sabbaths they greatly polluted: then I said, I would pour out my fury upon them in the wilderness, to consume them. -- ezekiel 20:13 +. +But I wrought for my name's sake, that it should not be polluted before the heathen, in whose sight I brought them out. -- ezekiel 20:14 +. +Yet also I lifted up my hand unto them in the wilderness, that I would not bring them into the land which I had given them, flowing with milk and honey, which is the glory of all lands; -- ezekiel 20:15 +. +Because they despised my judgments, and walked not in my statutes, but polluted my sabbaths: for their heart went after their idols. -- ezekiel 20:16 +. +Nevertheless mine eye spared them from destroying them, neither did I make an end of them in the wilderness. -- ezekiel 20:17 +. +But I said unto their children in the wilderness, Walk ye not in the statutes of your fathers, neither observe their judgments, nor defile yourselves with their idols: -- ezekiel 20:18 +. +I am the LORD your God; walk in my statutes, and keep my judgments, and do them; -- ezekiel 20:19 +. +And hallow my sabbaths; and they shall be a sign between me and you, that ye may know that I am the LORD your God. -- ezekiel 20:20 +. +Notwithstanding the children rebelled against me: they walked not in my statutes, neither kept my judgments to do them, which if a man do, he shall even live in them; they polluted my sabbaths: then I said, I would pour out my fury upon them, to accomplish my anger against them in the wilderness. -- ezekiel 20:21 +. +Nevertheless I withdrew mine hand, and wrought for my name's sake, that it should not be polluted in the sight of the heathen, in whose sight I brought them forth. -- ezekiel 20:22 +. +I lifted up mine hand unto them also in the wilderness, that I would scatter them among the heathen, and disperse them through the countries; -- ezekiel 20:23 +. +Because they had not executed my judgments, but had despised my statutes, and had polluted my sabbaths, and their eyes were after their fathers' idols. -- ezekiel 20:24 +. +Wherefore I gave them also statutes that were not good, and judgments whereby they should not live; -- ezekiel 20:25 +. +And I polluted them in their own gifts, in that they caused to pass through the fire all that openeth the womb, that I might make them desolate, to the end that they might know that I am the LORD. -- ezekiel 20:26 +. +Therefore, son of man, speak unto the house of Israel, and say unto them, Thus saith the Lord GOD; Yet in this your fathers have blasphemed me, in that they have committed a trespass against me. -- ezekiel 20:27 +. +For when I had brought them into the land, for the which I lifted up mine hand to give it to them, then they saw every high hill, and all the thick trees, and they offered there their sacrifices, and there they presented the provocation of their offering: there also they made their sweet savour, and poured out there their drink offerings. -- ezekiel 20:28 +. +Then I said unto them, What is the high place whereunto ye go? And the name whereof is called Bamah unto this day. -- ezekiel 20:29 +. +Wherefore say unto the house of Israel, Thus saith the Lord GOD; Are ye polluted after the manner of your fathers? and commit ye whoredom after their abominations? -- ezekiel 20:30 +. +For when ye offer your gifts, when ye make your sons to pass through the fire, ye pollute yourselves with all your idols, even unto this day: and shall I be enquired of by you, O house of Israel? As I live, saith the Lord GOD, I will not be enquired of by you. -- ezekiel 20:31 +. +And that which cometh into your mind shall not be at all, that ye say, We will be as the heathen, as the families of the countries, to serve wood and stone. -- ezekiel 20:32 +. +As I live, saith the Lord GOD, surely with a mighty hand, and with a stretched out arm, and with fury poured out, will I rule over you: -- ezekiel 20:33 +. +And I will bring you out from the people, and will gather you out of the countries wherein ye are scattered, with a mighty hand, and with a stretched out arm, and with fury poured out. -- ezekiel 20:34 +. +And I will bring you into the wilderness of the people, and there will I plead with you face to face. -- ezekiel 20:35 +. +Like as I pleaded with your fathers in the wilderness of the land of Egypt, so will I plead with you, saith the Lord GOD. -- ezekiel 20:36 +. +And I will cause you to pass under the rod, and I will bring you into the bond of the covenant: -- ezekiel 20:37 +. +And I will purge out from among you the rebels, and them that transgress against me: I will bring them forth out of the country where they sojourn, and they shall not enter into the land of Israel: and ye shall know that I am the LORD. -- ezekiel 20:38 +. +As for you, O house of Israel, thus saith the Lord GOD; Go ye, serve ye every one his idols, and hereafter also, if ye will not hearken unto me: but pollute ye my holy name no more with your gifts, and with your idols. -- ezekiel 20:39 +. +For in mine holy mountain, in the mountain of the height of Israel, saith the Lord GOD, there shall all the house of Israel, all of them in the land, serve me: there will I accept them, and there will I require your offerings, and the firstfruits of your oblations, with all your holy things. -- ezekiel 20:40 +. +I will accept you with your sweet savour, when I bring you out from the people, and gather you out of the countries wherein ye have been scattered; and I will be sanctified in you before the heathen. -- ezekiel 20:41 +. +And ye shall know that I am the LORD, when I shall bring you into the land of Israel, into the country for the which I lifted up mine hand to give it to your fathers. -- ezekiel 20:42 +. +And there shall ye remember your ways, and all your doings, wherein ye have been defiled; and ye shall lothe yourselves in your own sight for all your evils that ye have committed. -- ezekiel 20:43 +. +And ye shall know that I am the LORD when I have wrought with you for my name's sake, not according to your wicked ways, nor according to your corrupt doings, O ye house of Israel, saith the Lord GOD. -- ezekiel 20:44 +. +Moreover the word of the LORD came unto me, saying, -- ezekiel 20:45 +. +Son of man, set thy face toward the south, and drop thy word toward the south, and prophesy against the forest of the south field; -- ezekiel 20:46 +. +And say to the forest of the south, Hear the word of the LORD; Thus saith the Lord GOD; Behold, I will kindle a fire in thee, and it shall devour every green tree in thee, and every dry tree: the flaming flame shall not be quenched, and all faces from the south to the north shall be burned therein. -- ezekiel 20:47 +. +And all flesh shall see that I the LORD have kindled it: it shall not be quenched. -- ezekiel 20:48 +. +Then said I, Ah Lord GOD! they say of me, Doth he not speak parables? -- ezekiel 20:49 +. +And the word of the LORD came unto me, saying, -- ezekiel 21:1 +. +Son of man, set thy face toward Jerusalem, and drop thy word toward the holy places, and prophesy against the land of Israel, -- ezekiel 21:2 +. +And say to the land of Israel, Thus saith the LORD; Behold, I am against thee, and will draw forth my sword out of his sheath, and will cut off from thee the righteous and the wicked. -- ezekiel 21:3 +. +Seeing then that I will cut off from thee the righteous and the wicked, therefore shall my sword go forth out of his sheath against all flesh from the south to the north: -- ezekiel 21:4 +. +That all flesh may know that I the LORD have drawn forth my sword out of his sheath: it shall not return any more. -- ezekiel 21:5 +. +Sigh therefore, thou son of man, with the breaking of thy loins; and with bitterness sigh before their eyes. -- ezekiel 21:6 +. +And it shall be, when they say unto thee, Wherefore sighest thou? that thou shalt answer, For the tidings; because it cometh: and every heart shall melt, and all hands shall be feeble, and every spirit shall faint, and all knees shall be weak as water: behold, it cometh, and shall be brought to pass, saith the Lord GOD. -- ezekiel 21:7 +. +Again the word of the LORD came unto me, saying, -- ezekiel 21:8 +. +Son of man, prophesy, and say, Thus saith the LORD; Say, A sword, a sword is sharpened, and also furbished: -- ezekiel 21:9 +. +It is sharpened to make a sore slaughter; it is furbished that it may glitter: should we then make mirth? it contemneth the rod of my son, as every tree. -- ezekiel 21:10 +. +And he hath given it to be furbished, that it may be handled: this sword is sharpened, and it is furbished, to give it into the hand of the slayer. -- ezekiel 21:11 +. +Cry and howl, son of man: for it shall be upon my people, it shall be upon all the princes of Israel: terrors by reason of the sword shall be upon my people: smite therefore upon thy thigh. -- ezekiel 21:12 +. +Because it is a trial, and what if the sword contemn even the rod? it shall be no more, saith the Lord GOD. -- ezekiel 21:13 +. +Thou therefore, son of man, prophesy, and smite thine hands together. and let the sword be doubled the third time, the sword of the slain: it is the sword of the great men that are slain, which entereth into their privy chambers. -- ezekiel 21:14 +. +I have set the point of the sword against all their gates, that their heart may faint, and their ruins be multiplied: ah! it is made bright, it is wrapped up for the slaughter. -- ezekiel 21:15 +. +Go thee one way or other, either on the right hand, or on the left, whithersoever thy face is set. -- ezekiel 21:16 +. +I will also smite mine hands together, and I will cause my fury to rest: I the LORD have said it. -- ezekiel 21:17 +. +The word of the LORD came unto me again, saying, -- ezekiel 21:18 +. +Also, thou son of man, appoint thee two ways, that the sword of the king of Babylon may come: both twain shall come forth out of one land: and choose thou a place, choose it at the head of the way to the city. -- ezekiel 21:19 +. +Appoint a way, that the sword may come to Rabbath of the Ammonites, and to Judah in Jerusalem the defenced. -- ezekiel 21:20 +. +For the king of Babylon stood at the parting of the way, at the head of the two ways, to use divination: he made his arrows bright, he consulted with images, he looked in the liver. -- ezekiel 21:21 +. +At his right hand was the divination for Jerusalem, to appoint captains, to open the mouth in the slaughter, to lift up the voice with shouting, to appoint battering rams against the gates, to cast a mount, and to build a fort. -- ezekiel 21:22 +. +And it shall be unto them as a false divination in their sight, to them that have sworn oaths: but he will call to remembrance the iniquity, that they may be taken. -- ezekiel 21:23 +. +Therefore thus saith the Lord GOD; Because ye have made your iniquity to be remembered, in that your transgressions are discovered, so that in all your doings your sins do appear; because, I say, that ye are come to remembrance, ye shall be taken with the hand. -- ezekiel 21:24 +. +And thou, profane wicked prince of Israel, whose day is come, when iniquity shall have an end, -- ezekiel 21:25 +. +Thus saith the Lord GOD; Remove the diadem, and take off the crown: this shall not be the same: exalt him that is low, and abase him that is high. -- ezekiel 21:26 +. +I will overturn, overturn, overturn, it: and it shall be no more, until he come whose right it is; and I will give it him. -- ezekiel 21:27 +. +And thou, son of man, prophesy and say, Thus saith the Lord GOD concerning the Ammonites, and concerning their reproach; even say thou, The sword, the sword is drawn: for the slaughter it is furbished, to consume because of the glittering: -- ezekiel 21:28 +. +Whiles they see vanity unto thee, whiles they divine a lie unto thee, to bring thee upon the necks of them that are slain, of the wicked, whose day is come, when their iniquity shall have an end. -- ezekiel 21:29 +. +Shall I cause it to return into his sheath? I will judge thee in the place where thou wast created, in the land of thy nativity. -- ezekiel 21:30 +. +And I will pour out mine indignation upon thee, I will blow against thee in the fire of my wrath, and deliver thee into the hand of brutish men, and skilful to destroy. -- ezekiel 21:31 +. +Thou shalt be for fuel to the fire; thy blood shall be in the midst of the land; thou shalt be no more remembered: for I the LORD have spoken it. -- ezekiel 21:32 +. +Moreover the word of the LORD came unto me, saying, -- ezekiel 22:1 +. +Now, thou son of man, wilt thou judge, wilt thou judge the bloody city? yea, thou shalt shew her all her abominations. -- ezekiel 22:2 +. +Then say thou, Thus saith the Lord GOD, The city sheddeth blood in the midst of it, that her time may come, and maketh idols against herself to defile herself. -- ezekiel 22:3 +. +Thou art become guilty in thy blood that thou hast shed; and hast defiled thyself in thine idols which thou hast made; and thou hast caused thy days to draw near, and art come even unto thy years: therefore have I made thee a reproach unto the heathen, and a mocking to all countries. -- ezekiel 22:4 +. +Those that be near, and those that be far from thee, shall mock thee, which art infamous and much vexed. -- ezekiel 22:5 +. +Behold, the princes of Israel, every one were in thee to their power to shed blood. -- ezekiel 22:6 +. +In thee have they set light by father and mother: in the midst of thee have they dealt by oppression with the stranger: in thee have they vexed the fatherless and the widow. -- ezekiel 22:7 +. +Thou hast despised mine holy things, and hast profaned my sabbaths. -- ezekiel 22:8 +. +In thee are men that carry tales to shed blood: and in thee they eat upon the mountains: in the midst of thee they commit lewdness. -- ezekiel 22:9 +. +In thee have they discovered their fathers' nakedness: in thee have they humbled her that was set apart for pollution. -- ezekiel 22:10 +. +And one hath committed abomination with his neighbour's wife; and another hath lewdly defiled his daughter in law; and another in thee hath humbled his sister, his father's daughter. -- ezekiel 22:11 +. +In thee have they taken gifts to shed blood; thou hast taken usury and increase, and thou hast greedily gained of thy neighbours by extortion, and hast forgotten me, saith the Lord GOD. -- ezekiel 22:12 +. +Behold, therefore I have smitten mine hand at thy dishonest gain which thou hast made, and at thy blood which hath been in the midst of thee. -- ezekiel 22:13 +. +Can thine heart endure, or can thine hands be strong, in the days that I shall deal with thee? I the LORD have spoken it, and will do it. -- ezekiel 22:14 +. +And I will scatter thee among the heathen, and disperse thee in the countries, and will consume thy filthiness out of thee. -- ezekiel 22:15 +. +And thou shalt take thine inheritance in thyself in the sight of the heathen, and thou shalt know that I am the LORD. -- ezekiel 22:16 +. +And the word of the LORD came unto me, saying, -- ezekiel 22:17 +. +Son of man, the house of Israel is to me become dross: all they are brass, and tin, and iron, and lead, in the midst of the furnace; they are even the dross of silver. -- ezekiel 22:18 +. +Therefore thus saith the Lord GOD; Because ye are all become dross, behold, therefore I will gather you into the midst of Jerusalem. -- ezekiel 22:19 +. +As they gather silver, and brass, and iron, and lead, and tin, into the midst of the furnace, to blow the fire upon it, to melt it; so will I gather you in mine anger and in my fury, and I will leave you there, and melt you. -- ezekiel 22:20 +. +Yea, I will gather you, and blow upon you in the fire of my wrath, and ye shall be melted in the midst therof. -- ezekiel 22:21 +. +As silver is melted in the midst of the furnace, so shall ye be melted in the midst thereof; and ye shall know that I the LORD have poured out my fury upon you. -- ezekiel 22:22 +. +And the word of the LORD came unto me, saying, -- ezekiel 22:23 +. +Son of man, say unto her, Thou art the land that is not cleansed, nor rained upon in the day of indignation. -- ezekiel 22:24 +. +There is a conspiracy of her prophets in the midst thereof, like a roaring lion ravening the prey; they have devoured souls; they have taken the treasure and precious things; they have made her many widows in the midst thereof. -- ezekiel 22:25 +. +Her priests have violated my law, and have profaned mine holy things: they have put no difference between the holy and profane, neither have they shewed difference between the unclean and the clean, and have hid their eyes from my sabbaths, and I am profaned among them. -- ezekiel 22:26 +. +Her princes in the midst thereof are like wolves ravening the prey, to shed blood, and to destroy souls, to get dishonest gain. -- ezekiel 22:27 +. +And her prophets have daubed them with untempered morter, seeing vanity, and divining lies unto them, saying, Thus saith the Lord GOD, when the LORD hath not spoken. -- ezekiel 22:28 +. +The people of the land have used oppression, and exercised robbery, and have vexed the poor and needy: yea, they have oppressed the stranger wrongfully. -- ezekiel 22:29 +. +And I sought for a man among them, that should make up the hedge, and stand in the gap before me for the land, that I should not destroy it: but I found none. -- ezekiel 22:30 +. +Therefore have I poured out mine indignation upon them; I have consumed them with the fire of my wrath: their own way have I recompensed upon their heads, saith the Lord GOD. -- ezekiel 22:31 +. +The word of the LORD came again unto me, saying, -- ezekiel 23:1 +. +Son of man, there were two women, the daughters of one mother: -- ezekiel 23:2 +. +And they committed whoredoms in Egypt; they committed whoredoms in their youth: there were their breasts pressed, and there they bruised the teats of their virginity. -- ezekiel 23:3 +. +And the names of them were Aholah the elder, and Aholibah her sister: and they were mine, and they bare sons and daughters. Thus were their names; Samaria is Aholah, and Jerusalem Aholibah. -- ezekiel 23:4 +. +And Aholah played the harlot when she was mine; and she doted on her lovers, on the Assyrians her neighbours, -- ezekiel 23:5 +. +Which were clothed with blue, captains and rulers, all of them desirable young men, horsemen riding upon horses. -- ezekiel 23:6 +. +Thus she committed her whoredoms with them, with all them that were the chosen men of Assyria, and with all on whom she doted: with all their idols she defiled herself. -- ezekiel 23:7 +. +Neither left she her whoredoms brought from Egypt: for in her youth they lay with her, and they bruised the breasts of her virginity, and poured their whoredom upon her. -- ezekiel 23:8 +. +Wherefore I have delivered her into the hand of her lovers, into the hand of the Assyrians, upon whom she doted. -- ezekiel 23:9 +. +These discovered her nakedness: they took her sons and her daughters, and slew her with the sword: and she became famous among women; for they had executed judgment upon her. -- ezekiel 23:10 +. +And when her sister Aholibah saw this, she was more corrupt in her inordinate love than she, and in her whoredoms more than her sister in her whoredoms. -- ezekiel 23:11 +. +She doted upon the Assyrians her neighbours, captains and rulers clothed most gorgeously, horsemen riding upon horses, all of them desirable young men. -- ezekiel 23:12 +. +Then I saw that she was defiled, that they took both one way, -- ezekiel 23:13 +. +And that she increased her whoredoms: for when she saw men pourtrayed upon the wall, the images of the Chaldeans pourtrayed with vermilion, -- ezekiel 23:14 +. +Girded with girdles upon their loins, exceeding in dyed attire upon their heads, all of them princes to look to, after the manner of the Babylonians of Chaldea, the land of their nativity: -- ezekiel 23:15 +. +And as soon as she saw them with her eyes, she doted upon them, and sent messengers unto them into Chaldea. -- ezekiel 23:16 +. +And the Babylonians came to her into the bed of love, and they defiled her with their whoredom, and she was polluted with them, and her mind was alienated from them. -- ezekiel 23:17 +. +So she discovered her whoredoms, and discovered her nakedness: then my mind was alienated from her, like as my mind was alienated from her sister. -- ezekiel 23:18 +. +Yet she multiplied her whoredoms, in calling to remembrance the days of her youth, wherein she had played the harlot in the land of Egypt. -- ezekiel 23:19 +. +For she doted upon their paramours, whose flesh is as the flesh of asses, and whose issue is like the issue of horses. -- ezekiel 23:20 +. +Thus thou calledst to remembrance the lewdness of thy youth, in bruising thy teats by the Egyptians for the paps of thy youth. -- ezekiel 23:21 +. +Therefore, O Aholibah, thus saith the Lord GOD; Behold, I will raise up thy lovers against thee, from whom thy mind is alienated, and I will bring them against thee on every side; -- ezekiel 23:22 +. +The Babylonians, and all the Chaldeans, Pekod, and Shoa, and Koa, and all the Assyrians with them: all of them desirable young men, captains and rulers, great lords and renowned, all of them riding upon horses. -- ezekiel 23:23 +. +And they shall come against thee with chariots, wagons, and wheels, and with an assembly of people, which shall set against thee buckler and shield and helmet round about: and I will set judgment before them, and they shall judge thee according to their judgments. -- ezekiel 23:24 +. +And I will set my jealousy against thee, and they shall deal furiously with thee: they shall take away thy nose and thine ears; and thy remnant shall fall by the sword: they shall take thy sons and thy daughters; and thy residue shall be devoured by the fire. -- ezekiel 23:25 +. +They shall also strip thee out of thy clothes, and take away thy fair jewels. -- ezekiel 23:26 +. +Thus will I make thy lewdness to cease from thee, and thy whoredom brought from the land of Egypt: so that thou shalt not lift up thine eyes unto them, nor remember Egypt any more. -- ezekiel 23:27 +. +For thus saith the Lord GOD; Behold, I will deliver thee into the hand of them whom thou hatest, into the hand of them from whom thy mind is alienated: -- ezekiel 23:28 +. +And they shall deal with thee hatefully, and shall take away all thy labour, and shall leave thee naked and bare: and the nakedness of thy whoredoms shall be discovered, both thy lewdness and thy whoredoms. -- ezekiel 23:29 +. +I will do these things unto thee, because thou hast gone a whoring after the heathen, and because thou art polluted with their idols. -- ezekiel 23:30 +. +Thou hast walked in the way of thy sister; therefore will I give her cup into thine hand. -- ezekiel 23:31 +. +Thus saith the Lord GOD; Thou shalt drink of thy sister's cup deep and large: thou shalt be laughed to scorn and had in derision; it containeth much. -- ezekiel 23:32 +. +Thou shalt be filled with drunkenness and sorrow, with the cup of astonishment and desolation, with the cup of thy sister Samaria. -- ezekiel 23:33 +. +Thou shalt even drink it and suck it out, and thou shalt break the sherds thereof, and pluck off thine own breasts: for I have spoken it, saith the Lord GOD. -- ezekiel 23:34 +. +Therefore thus saith the Lord GOD; Because thou hast forgotten me, and cast me behind thy back, therefore bear thou also thy lewdness and thy whoredoms. -- ezekiel 23:35 +. +The LORD said moreover unto me; Son of man, wilt thou judge Aholah and Aholibah? yea, declare unto them their abominations; -- ezekiel 23:36 +. +That they have committed adultery, and blood is in their hands, and with their idols have they committed adultery, and have also caused their sons, whom they bare unto me, to pass for them through the fire, to devour them. -- ezekiel 23:37 +. +Moreover this they have done unto me: they have defiled my sanctuary in the same day, and have profaned my sabbaths. -- ezekiel 23:38 +. +For when they had slain their children to their idols, then they came the same day into my sanctuary to profane it; and, lo, thus have they done in the midst of mine house. -- ezekiel 23:39 +. +And furthermore, that ye have sent for men to come from far, unto whom a messenger was sent; and, lo, they came: for whom thou didst wash thyself, paintedst thy eyes, and deckedst thyself with ornaments, -- ezekiel 23:40 +. +And satest upon a stately bed, and a table prepared before it, whereupon thou hast set mine incense and mine oil. -- ezekiel 23:41 +. +And a voice of a multitude being at ease was with her: and with the men of the common sort were brought Sabeans from the wilderness, which put bracelets upon their hands, and beautiful crowns upon their heads. -- ezekiel 23:42 +. +Then said I unto her that was old in adulteries, Will they now commit whoredoms with her, and she with them? -- ezekiel 23:43 +. +Yet they went in unto her, as they go in unto a woman that playeth the harlot: so went they in unto Aholah and unto Aholibah, the lewd women. -- ezekiel 23:44 +. +And the righteous men, they shall judge them after the manner of adulteresses, and after the manner of women that shed blood; because they are adulteresses, and blood is in their hands. -- ezekiel 23:45 +. +For thus saith the Lord GOD; I will bring up a company upon them, and will give them to be removed and spoiled. -- ezekiel 23:46 +. +And the company shall stone them with stones, and dispatch them with their swords; they shall slay their sons and their daughters, and burn up their houses with fire. -- ezekiel 23:47 +. +Thus will I cause lewdness to cease out of the land, that all women may be taught not to do after your lewdness. -- ezekiel 23:48 +. +And they shall recompense your lewdness upon you, and ye shall bear the sins of your idols: and ye shall know that I am the Lord GOD. -- ezekiel 23:49 +. +Again in the ninth year, in the tenth month, in the tenth day of the month, the word of the LORD came unto me, saying, -- ezekiel 24:1 +. +Son of man, write thee the name of the day, even of this same day: the king of Babylon set himself against Jerusalem this same day. -- ezekiel 24:2 +. +And utter a parable unto the rebellious house, and say unto them, Thus saith the Lord GOD; Set on a pot, set it on, and also pour water into it: -- ezekiel 24:3 +. +Gather the pieces thereof into it, even every good piece, the thigh, and the shoulder; fill it with the choice bones. -- ezekiel 24:4 +. +Take the choice of the flock, and burn also the bones under it, and make it boil well, and let them seethe the bones of it therein. -- ezekiel 24:5 +. +Wherefore thus saith the Lord GOD; Woe to the bloody city, to the pot whose scum is therein, and whose scum is not gone out of it! bring it out piece by piece; let no lot fall upon it. -- ezekiel 24:6 +. +For her blood is in the midst of her; she set it upon the top of a rock; she poured it not upon the ground, to cover it with dust; -- ezekiel 24:7 +. +That it might cause fury to come up to take vengeance; I have set her blood upon the top of a rock, that it should not be covered. -- ezekiel 24:8 +. +Therefore thus saith the Lord GOD; Woe to the bloody city! I will even make the pile for fire great. -- ezekiel 24:9 +. +Heap on wood, kindle the fire, consume the flesh, and spice it well, and let the bones be burned. -- ezekiel 24:10 +. +Then set it empty upon the coals thereof, that the brass of it may be hot, and may burn, and that the filthiness of it may be molten in it, that the scum of it may be consumed. -- ezekiel 24:11 +. +She hath wearied herself with lies, and her great scum went not forth out of her: her scum shall be in the fire. -- ezekiel 24:12 +. +In thy filthiness is lewdness: because I have purged thee, and thou wast not purged, thou shalt not be purged from thy filthiness any more, till I have caused my fury to rest upon thee. -- ezekiel 24:13 +. +I the LORD have spoken it: it shall come to pass, and I will do it; I will not go back, neither will I spare, neither will I repent; according to thy ways, and according to thy doings, shall they judge thee, saith the Lord GOD. -- ezekiel 24:14 +. +Also the word of the LORD came unto me, saying, -- ezekiel 24:15 +. +Son of man, behold, I take away from thee the desire of thine eyes with a stroke: yet neither shalt thou mourn nor weep, neither shall thy tears run down. -- ezekiel 24:16 +. +Forbear to cry, make no mourning for the dead, bind the tire of thine head upon thee, and put on thy shoes upon thy feet, and cover not thy lips, and eat not the bread of men. -- ezekiel 24:17 +. +So I spake unto the people in the morning: and at even my wife died; and I did in the morning as I was commanded. -- ezekiel 24:18 +. +And the people said unto me, Wilt thou not tell us what these things are to us, that thou doest so? -- ezekiel 24:19 +. +Then I answered them, The word of the LORD came unto me, saying, -- ezekiel 24:20 +. +Speak unto the house of Israel, Thus saith the Lord GOD; Behold, I will profane my sanctuary, the excellency of your strength, the desire of your eyes, and that which your soul pitieth; and your sons and your daughters whom ye have left shall fall by the sword. -- ezekiel 24:21 +. +And ye shall do as I have done: ye shall not cover your lips, nor eat the bread of men. -- ezekiel 24:22 +. +And your tires shall be upon your heads, and your shoes upon your feet: ye shall not mourn nor weep; but ye shall pine away for your iniquities, and mourn one toward another. -- ezekiel 24:23 +. +Thus Ezekiel is unto you a sign: according to all that he hath done shall ye do: and when this cometh, ye shall know that I am the Lord GOD. -- ezekiel 24:24 +. +Also, thou son of man, shall it not be in the day when I take from them their strength, the joy of their glory, the desire of their eyes, and that whereupon they set their minds, their sons and their daughters, -- ezekiel 24:25 +. +That he that escapeth in that day shall come unto thee, to cause thee to hear it with thine ears? -- ezekiel 24:26 +. +In that day shall thy mouth be opened to him which is escaped, and thou shalt speak, and be no more dumb: and thou shalt be a sign unto them; and they shall know that I am the LORD. -- ezekiel 24:27 +. +The word of the LORD came again unto me, saying, -- ezekiel 25:1 +. +Son of man, set thy face against the Ammonites, and prophesy against them; -- ezekiel 25:2 +. +And say unto the Ammonites, Hear the word of the Lord GOD; Thus saith the Lord GOD; Because thou saidst, Aha, against my sanctuary, when it was profaned; and against the land of Israel, when it was desolate; and against the house of Judah, when they went into captivity; -- ezekiel 25:3 +. +Behold, therefore I will deliver thee to the men of the east for a possession, and they shall set their palaces in thee, and make their dwellings in thee: they shall eat thy fruit, and they shall drink thy milk. -- ezekiel 25:4 +. +And I will make Rabbah a stable for camels, and the Ammonites a couching place for flocks: and ye shall know that I am the LORD. -- ezekiel 25:5 +. +For thus saith the Lord GOD; Because thou hast clapped thine hands, and stamped with the feet, and rejoiced in heart with all thy despite against the land of Israel; -- ezekiel 25:6 +. +Behold, therefore I will stretch out mine hand upon thee, and will deliver thee for a spoil to the heathen; and I will cut thee off from the people, and I will cause thee to perish out of the countries: I will destroy thee; and thou shalt know that I am the LORD. -- ezekiel 25:7 +. +Thus saith the Lord GOD; Because that Moab and Seir do say, Behold, the house of Judah is like unto all the heathen; -- ezekiel 25:8 +. +Therefore, behold, I will open the side of Moab from the cities, from his cities which are on his frontiers, the glory of the country, Bethjeshimoth, Baalmeon, and Kiriathaim, -- ezekiel 25:9 +. +Unto the men of the east with the Ammonites, and will give them in possession, that the Ammonites may not be remembered among the nations. -- ezekiel 25:10 +. +And I will execute judgments upon Moab; and they shall know that I am the LORD. -- ezekiel 25:11 +. +Thus saith the Lord GOD; Because that Edom hath dealt against the house of Judah by taking vengeance, and hath greatly offended, and revenged himself upon them; -- ezekiel 25:12 +. +Therefore thus saith the Lord GOD; I will also stretch out mine hand upon Edom, and will cut off man and beast from it; and I will make it desolate from Teman; and they of Dedan shall fall by the sword. -- ezekiel 25:13 +. +And I will lay my vengeance upon Edom by the hand of my people Israel: and they shall do in Edom according to mine anger and according to my fury; and they shall know my vengeance, saith the Lord GOD. -- ezekiel 25:14 +. +Thus saith the Lord GOD; Because the Philistines have dealt by revenge, and have taken vengeance with a despiteful heart, to destroy it for the old hatred; -- ezekiel 25:15 +. +Therefore thus saith the Lord GOD; Behold, I will stretch out mine hand upon the Philistines, and I will cut off the Cherethims, and destroy the remnant of the sea coast. -- ezekiel 25:16 +. +And I will execute great vengeance upon them with furious rebukes; and they shall know that I am the LORD, when I shall lay my vengeance upon them. -- ezekiel 25:17 +. +And it came to pass in the eleventh year, in the first day of the month, that the word of the LORD came unto me, saying, -- ezekiel 26:1 +. +Son of man, because that Tyrus hath said against Jerusalem, Aha, she is broken that was the gates of the people: she is turned unto me: I shall be replenished, now she is laid waste: -- ezekiel 26:2 +. +Therefore thus saith the Lord GOD; Behold, I am against thee, O Tyrus, and will cause many nations to come up against thee, as the sea causeth his waves to come up. -- ezekiel 26:3 +. +And they shall destroy the walls of Tyrus, and break down her towers: I will also scrape her dust from her, and make her like the top of a rock. -- ezekiel 26:4 +. +It shall be a place for the spreading of nets in the midst of the sea: for I have spoken it, saith the Lord GOD: and it shall become a spoil to the nations. -- ezekiel 26:5 +. +And her daughters which are in the field shall be slain by the sword; and they shall know that I am the LORD. -- ezekiel 26:6 +. +For thus saith the Lord GOD; Behold, I will bring upon Tyrus Nebuchadrezzar king of Babylon, a king of kings, from the north, with horses, and with chariots, and with horsemen, and companies, and much people. -- ezekiel 26:7 +. +He shall slay with the sword thy daughters in the field: and he shall make a fort against thee, and cast a mount against thee, and lift up the buckler against thee. -- ezekiel 26:8 +. +And he shall set engines of war against thy walls, and with his axes he shall break down thy towers. -- ezekiel 26:9 +. +By reason of the abundance of his horses their dust shall cover thee: thy walls shall shake at the noise of the horsemen, and of the wheels, and of the chariots, when he shall enter into thy gates, as men enter into a city wherein is made a breach. -- ezekiel 26:10 +. +With the hoofs of his horses shall he tread down all thy streets: he shall slay thy people by the sword, and thy strong garrisons shall go down to the ground. -- ezekiel 26:11 +. +And they shall make a spoil of thy riches, and make a prey of thy merchandise: and they shall break down thy walls, and destroy thy pleasant houses: and they shall lay thy stones and thy timber and thy dust in the midst of the water. -- ezekiel 26:12 +. +And I will cause the noise of thy songs to cease; and the sound of thy harps shall be no more heard. -- ezekiel 26:13 +. +And I will make thee like the top of a rock: thou shalt be a place to spread nets upon; thou shalt be built no more: for I the LORD have spoken it, saith the Lord GOD. -- ezekiel 26:14 +. +Thus saith the Lord GOD to Tyrus; Shall not the isles shake at the sound of thy fall, when the wounded cry, when the slaughter is made in the midst of thee? -- ezekiel 26:15 +. +Then all the princes of the sea shall come down from their thrones, and lay away their robes, and put off their broidered garments: they shall clothe themselves with trembling; they shall sit upon the ground, and shall tremble at every moment, and be astonished at thee. -- ezekiel 26:16 +. +And they shall take up a lamentation for thee, and say to thee, How art thou destroyed, that wast inhabited of seafaring men, the renowned city, which wast strong in the sea, she and her inhabitants, which cause their terror to be on all that haunt it! -- ezekiel 26:17 +. +Now shall the isles tremble in the day of thy fall; yea, the isles that are in the sea shall be troubled at thy departure. -- ezekiel 26:18 +. +For thus saith the Lord GOD; When I shall make thee a desolate city, like the cities that are not inhabited; when I shall bring up the deep upon thee, and great waters shall cover thee; -- ezekiel 26:19 +. +When I shall bring thee down with them that descend into the pit, with the people of old time, and shall set thee in the low parts of the earth, in places desolate of old, with them that go down to the pit, that thou be not inhabited; and I shall set glory in the land of the living; -- ezekiel 26:20 +. +I will make thee a terror, and thou shalt be no more: though thou be sought for, yet shalt thou never be found again, saith the Lord GOD. -- ezekiel 26:21 +. +The word of the LORD came again unto me, saying, -- ezekiel 27:1 +. +Now, thou son of man, take up a lamentation for Tyrus; -- ezekiel 27:2 +. +And say unto Tyrus, O thou that art situate at the entry of the sea, which art a merchant of the people for many isles, Thus saith the Lord GOD; O Tyrus, thou hast said, I am of perfect beauty. -- ezekiel 27:3 +. +Thy borders are in the midst of the seas, thy builders have perfected thy beauty. -- ezekiel 27:4 +. +They have made all thy ship boards of fir trees of Senir: they have taken cedars from Lebanon to make masts for thee. -- ezekiel 27:5 +. +Of the oaks of Bashan have they made thine oars; the company of the Ashurites have made thy benches of ivory, brought out of the isles of Chittim. -- ezekiel 27:6 +. +Fine linen with broidered work from Egypt was that which thou spreadest forth to be thy sail; blue and purple from the isles of Elishah was that which covered thee. -- ezekiel 27:7 +. +The inhabitants of Zidon and Arvad were thy mariners: thy wise men, O Tyrus, that were in thee, were thy pilots. -- ezekiel 27:8 +. +The ancients of Gebal and the wise men thereof were in thee thy calkers: all the ships of the sea with their mariners were in thee to occupy thy merchandise. -- ezekiel 27:9 +. +They of Persia and of Lud and of Phut were in thine army, thy men of war: they hanged the shield and helmet in thee; they set forth thy comeliness. -- ezekiel 27:10 +. +The men of Arvad with thine army were upon thy walls round about, and the Gammadims were in thy towers: they hanged their shields upon thy walls round about; they have made thy beauty perfect. -- ezekiel 27:11 +. +Tarshish was thy merchant by reason of the multitude of all kind of riches; with silver, iron, tin, and lead, they traded in thy fairs. -- ezekiel 27:12 +. +Javan, Tubal, and Meshech, they were thy merchants: they traded the persons of men and vessels of brass in thy market. -- ezekiel 27:13 +. +They of the house of Togarmah traded in thy fairs with horses and horsemen and mules. -- ezekiel 27:14 +. +The men of Dedan were thy merchants; many isles were the merchandise of thine hand: they brought thee for a present horns of ivory and ebony. -- ezekiel 27:15 +. +Syria was thy merchant by reason of the multitude of the wares of thy making: they occupied in thy fairs with emeralds, purple, and broidered work, and fine linen, and coral, and agate. -- ezekiel 27:16 +. +Judah, and the land of Israel, they were thy merchants: they traded in thy market wheat of Minnith, and Pannag, and honey, and oil, and balm. -- ezekiel 27:17 +. +Damascus was thy merchant in the multitude of the wares of thy making, for the multitude of all riches; in the wine of Helbon, and white wool. -- ezekiel 27:18 +. +Dan also and Javan going to and fro occupied in thy fairs: bright iron, cassia, and calamus, were in thy market. -- ezekiel 27:19 +. +Dedan was thy merchant in precious clothes for chariots. -- ezekiel 27:20 +. +Arabia, and all the princes of Kedar, they occupied with thee in lambs, and rams, and goats: in these were they thy merchants. -- ezekiel 27:21 +. +The merchants of Sheba and Raamah, they were thy merchants: they occupied in thy fairs with chief of all spices, and with all precious stones, and gold. -- ezekiel 27:22 +. +Haran, and Canneh, and Eden, the merchants of Sheba, Asshur, and Chilmad, were thy merchants. -- ezekiel 27:23 +. +These were thy merchants in all sorts of things, in blue clothes, and broidered work, and in chests of rich apparel, bound with cords, and made of cedar, among thy merchandise. -- ezekiel 27:24 +. +The ships of Tarshish did sing of thee in thy market: and thou wast replenished, and made very glorious in the midst of the seas. -- ezekiel 27:25 +. +Thy rowers have brought thee into great waters: the east wind hath broken thee in the midst of the seas. -- ezekiel 27:26 +. +Thy riches, and thy fairs, thy merchandise, thy mariners, and thy pilots, thy calkers, and the occupiers of thy merchandise, and all thy men of war, that are in thee, and in all thy company which is in the midst of thee, shall fall into the midst of the seas in the day of thy ruin. -- ezekiel 27:27 +. +The suburbs shall shake at the sound of the cry of thy pilots. -- ezekiel 27:28 +. +And all that handle the oar, the mariners, and all the pilots of the sea, shall come down from their ships, they shall stand upon the land; -- ezekiel 27:29 +. +And shall cause their voice to be heard against thee, and shall cry bitterly, and shall cast up dust upon their heads, they shall wallow themselves in the ashes: -- ezekiel 27:30 +. +And they shall make themselves utterly bald for thee, and gird them with sackcloth, and they shall weep for thee with bitterness of heart and bitter wailing. -- ezekiel 27:31 +. +And in their wailing they shall take up a lamentation for thee, and lament over thee, saying, What city is like Tyrus, like the destroyed in the midst of the sea? -- ezekiel 27:32 +. +When thy wares went forth out of the seas, thou filledst many people; thou didst enrich the kings of the earth with the multitude of thy riches and of thy merchandise. -- ezekiel 27:33 +. +In the time when thou shalt be broken by the seas in the depths of the waters thy merchandise and all thy company in the midst of thee shall fall. -- ezekiel 27:34 +. +All the inhabitants of the isles shall be astonished at thee, and their kings shall be sore afraid, they shall be troubled in their countenance. -- ezekiel 27:35 +. +The merchants among the people shall hiss at thee; thou shalt be a terror, and never shalt be any more. -- ezekiel 27:36 +. +The word of the LORD came again unto me, saying, -- ezekiel 28:1 +. +Son of man, say unto the prince of Tyrus, Thus saith the Lord GOD; Because thine heart is lifted up, and thou hast said, I am a God, I sit in the seat of God, in the midst of the seas; yet thou art a man, and not God, though thou set thine heart as the heart of God: -- ezekiel 28:2 +. +Behold, thou art wiser than Daniel; there is no secret that they can hide from thee: -- ezekiel 28:3 +. +With thy wisdom and with thine understanding thou hast gotten thee riches, and hast gotten gold and silver into thy treasures: -- ezekiel 28:4 +. +By thy great wisdom and by thy traffick hast thou increased thy riches, and thine heart is lifted up because of thy riches: -- ezekiel 28:5 +. +Therefore thus saith the Lord GOD; Because thou hast set thine heart as the heart of God; -- ezekiel 28:6 +. +Behold, therefore I will bring strangers upon thee, the terrible of the nations: and they shall draw their swords against the beauty of thy wisdom, and they shall defile thy brightness. -- ezekiel 28:7 +. +They shall bring thee down to the pit, and thou shalt die the deaths of them that are slain in the midst of the seas. -- ezekiel 28:8 +. +Wilt thou yet say before him that slayeth thee, I am God? but thou shalt be a man, and no God, in the hand of him that slayeth thee. -- ezekiel 28:9 +. +Thou shalt die the deaths of the uncircumcised by the hand of strangers: for I have spoken it, saith the Lord GOD. -- ezekiel 28:10 +. +Moreover the word of the LORD came unto me, saying, -- ezekiel 28:11 +. +Son of man, take up a lamentation upon the king of Tyrus, and say unto him, Thus saith the Lord GOD; Thou sealest up the sum, full of wisdom, and perfect in beauty. -- ezekiel 28:12 +. +Thou hast been in Eden the garden of God; every precious stone was thy covering, the sardius, topaz, and the diamond, the beryl, the onyx, and the jasper, the sapphire, the emerald, and the carbuncle, and gold: the workmanship of thy tabrets and of thy pipes was prepared in thee in the day that thou wast created. -- ezekiel 28:13 +. +Thou art the anointed cherub that covereth; and I have set thee so: thou wast upon the holy mountain of God; thou hast walked up and down in the midst of the stones of fire. -- ezekiel 28:14 +. +Thou wast perfect in thy ways from the day that thou wast created, till iniquity was found in thee. -- ezekiel 28:15 +. +By the multitude of thy merchandise they have filled the midst of thee with violence, and thou hast sinned: therefore I will cast thee as profane out of the mountain of God: and I will destroy thee, O covering cherub, from the midst of the stones of fire. -- ezekiel 28:16 +. +Thine heart was lifted up because of thy beauty, thou hast corrupted thy wisdom by reason of thy brightness: I will cast thee to the ground, I will lay thee before kings, that they may behold thee. -- ezekiel 28:17 +. +Thou hast defiled thy sanctuaries by the multitude of thine iniquities, by the iniquity of thy traffick; therefore will I bring forth a fire from the midst of thee, it shall devour thee, and I will bring thee to ashes upon the earth in the sight of all them that behold thee. -- ezekiel 28:18 +. +All they that know thee among the people shall be astonished at thee: thou shalt be a terror, and never shalt thou be any more. -- ezekiel 28:19 +. +Again the word of the LORD came unto me, saying, -- ezekiel 28:20 +. +Son of man, set thy face against Zidon, and prophesy against it, -- ezekiel 28:21 +. +And say, Thus saith the Lord GOD; Behold, I am against thee, O Zidon; and I will be glorified in the midst of thee: and they shall know that I am the LORD, when I shall have executed judgments in her, and shall be sanctified in her. -- ezekiel 28:22 +. +For I will send into her pestilence, and blood into her streets; and the wounded shall be judged in the midst of her by the sword upon her on every side; and they shall know that I am the LORD. -- ezekiel 28:23 +. +And there shall be no more a pricking brier unto the house of Israel, nor any grieving thorn of all that are round about them, that despised them; and they shall know that I am the Lord GOD. -- ezekiel 28:24 +. +Thus saith the Lord GOD; When I shall have gathered the house of Israel from the people among whom they are scattered, and shall be sanctified in them in the sight of the heathen, then shall they dwell in their land that I have given to my servant Jacob. -- ezekiel 28:25 +. +And they shall dwell safely therein, and shall build houses, and plant vineyards; yea, they shall dwell with confidence, when I have executed judgments upon all those that despise them round about them; and they shall know that I am the LORD their God. -- ezekiel 28:26 +. +In the tenth year, in the tenth month, in the twelfth day of the month, the word of the LORD came unto me, saying, -- ezekiel 29:1 +. +Son of man, set thy face against Pharaoh king of Egypt, and prophesy against him, and against all Egypt: -- ezekiel 29:2 +. +Speak, and say, Thus saith the Lord GOD; Behold, I am against thee, Pharaoh king of Egypt, the great dragon that lieth in the midst of his rivers, which hath said, My river is mine own, and I have made it for myself. -- ezekiel 29:3 +. +But I will put hooks in thy jaws, and I will cause the fish of thy rivers to stick unto thy scales, and I will bring thee up out of the midst of thy rivers, and all the fish of thy rivers shall stick unto thy scales. -- ezekiel 29:4 +. +And I will leave thee thrown into the wilderness, thee and all the fish of thy rivers: thou shalt fall upon the open fields; thou shalt not be brought together, nor gathered: I have given thee for meat to the beasts of the field and to the fowls of the heaven. -- ezekiel 29:5 +. +And all the inhabitants of Egypt shall know that I am the LORD, because they have been a staff of reed to the house of Israel. -- ezekiel 29:6 +. +When they took hold of thee by thy hand, thou didst break, and rend all their shoulder: and when they leaned upon thee, thou brakest, and madest all their loins to be at a stand. -- ezekiel 29:7 +. +Therefore thus saith the Lord GOD; Behold, I will bring a sword upon thee, and cut off man and beast out of thee. -- ezekiel 29:8 +. +And the land of Egypt shall be desolate and waste; and they shall know that I am the LORD: because he hath said, The river is mine, and I have made it. -- ezekiel 29:9 +. +Behold, therefore I am against thee, and against thy rivers, and I will make the land of Egypt utterly waste and desolate, from the tower of Syene even unto the border of Ethiopia. -- ezekiel 29:10 +. +No foot of man shall pass through it, nor foot of beast shall pass through it, neither shall it be inhabited forty years. -- ezekiel 29:11 +. +And I will make the land of Egypt desolate in the midst of the countries that are desolate, and her cities among the cities that are laid waste shall be desolate forty years: and I will scatter the Egyptians among the nations, and will disperse them through the countries. -- ezekiel 29:12 +. +Yet thus saith the Lord GOD; At the end of forty years will I gather the Egyptians from the people whither they were scattered: -- ezekiel 29:13 +. +And I will bring again the captivity of Egypt, and will cause them to return into the land of Pathros, into the land of their habitation; and they shall be there a base kingdom. -- ezekiel 29:14 +. +It shall be the basest of the kingdoms; neither shall it exalt itself any more above the nations: for I will diminish them, that they shall no more rule over the nations. -- ezekiel 29:15 +. +And it shall be no more the confidence of the house of Israel, which bringeth their iniquity to remembrance, when they shall look after them: but they shall know that I am the Lord GOD. -- ezekiel 29:16 +. +And it came to pass in the seven and twentieth year, in the first month, in the first day of the month, the word of the LORD came unto me, saying, -- ezekiel 29:17 +. +Son of man, Nebuchadrezzar king of Babylon caused his army to serve a great service against Tyrus: every head was made bald, and every shoulder was peeled: yet had he no wages, nor his army, for Tyrus, for the service that he had served against it: -- ezekiel 29:18 +. +Therefore thus saith the Lord GOD; Behold, I will give the land of Egypt unto Nebuchadrezzar king of Babylon; and he shall take her multitude, and take her spoil, and take her prey; and it shall be the wages for his army. -- ezekiel 29:19 +. +I have given him the land of Egypt for his labour wherewith he served against it, because they wrought for me, saith the Lord GOD. -- ezekiel 29:20 +. +In that day will I cause the horn of the house of Israel to bud forth, and I will give thee the opening of the mouth in the midst of them; and they shall know that I am the LORD. -- ezekiel 29:21 +. +The word of the LORD came again unto me, saying, -- ezekiel 30:1 +. +Son of man, prophesy and say, Thus saith the Lord GOD; Howl ye, Woe worth the day! -- ezekiel 30:2 +. +For the day is near, even the day of the LORD is near, a cloudy day; it shall be the time of the heathen. -- ezekiel 30:3 +. +And the sword shall come upon Egypt, and great pain shall be in Ethiopia, when the slain shall fall in Egypt, and they shall take away her multitude, and her foundations shall be broken down. -- ezekiel 30:4 +. +Ethiopia, and Libya, and Lydia, and all the mingled people, and Chub, and the men of the land that is in league, shall fall with them by the sword. -- ezekiel 30:5 +. +Thus saith the LORD; They also that uphold Egypt shall fall; and the pride of her power shall come down: from the tower of Syene shall they fall in it by the sword, saith the Lord GOD. -- ezekiel 30:6 +. +And they shall be desolate in the midst of the countries that are desolate, and her cities shall be in the midst of the cities that are wasted. -- ezekiel 30:7 +. +And they shall know that I am the LORD, when I have set a fire in Egypt, and when all her helpers shall be destroyed. -- ezekiel 30:8 +. +In that day shall messengers go forth from me in ships to make the careless Ethiopians afraid, and great pain shall come upon them, as in the day of Egypt: for, lo, it cometh. -- ezekiel 30:9 +. +Thus saith the Lord GOD; I will also make the multitude of Egypt to cease by the hand of Nebuchadrezzar king of Babylon. -- ezekiel 30:10 +. +He and his people with him, the terrible of the nations, shall be brought to destroy the land: and they shall draw their swords against Egypt, and fill the land with the slain. -- ezekiel 30:11 +. +And I will make the rivers dry, and sell the land into the hand of the wicked: and I will make the land waste, and all that is therein, by the hand of strangers: I the LORD have spoken it. -- ezekiel 30:12 +. +Thus saith the Lord GOD; I will also destroy the idols, and I will cause their images to cease out of Noph; and there shall be no more a prince of the land of Egypt: and I will put a fear in the land of Egypt. -- ezekiel 30:13 +. +And I will make Pathros desolate, and will set fire in Zoan, and will execute judgments in No. -- ezekiel 30:14 +. +And I will pour my fury upon Sin, the strength of Egypt; and I will cut off the multitude of No. -- ezekiel 30:15 +. +And I will set fire in Egypt: Sin shall have great pain, and No shall be rent asunder, and Noph shall have distresses daily. -- ezekiel 30:16 +. +The young men of Aven and of Pibeseth shall fall by the sword: and these cities shall go into captivity. -- ezekiel 30:17 +. +At Tehaphnehes also the day shall be darkened, when I shall break there the yokes of Egypt: and the pomp of her strength shall cease in her: as for her, a cloud shall cover her, and her daughters shall go into captivity. -- ezekiel 30:18 +. +Thus will I execute judgments in Egypt: and they shall know that I am the LORD. -- ezekiel 30:19 +. +And it came to pass in the eleventh year, in the first month, in the seventh day of the month, that the word of the LORD came unto me, saying, -- ezekiel 30:20 +. +Son of man, I have broken the arm of Pharaoh king of Egypt; and, lo, it shall not be bound up to be healed, to put a roller to bind it, to make it strong to hold the sword. -- ezekiel 30:21 +. +Therefore thus saith the Lord GOD; Behold, I am against Pharaoh king of Egypt, and will break his arms, the strong, and that which was broken; and I will cause the sword to fall out of his hand. -- ezekiel 30:22 +. +And I will scatter the Egyptians among the nations, and will disperse them through the countries. -- ezekiel 30:23 +. +And I will strengthen the arms of the king of Babylon, and put my sword in his hand: but I will break Pharaoh's arms, and he shall groan before him with the groanings of a deadly wounded man. -- ezekiel 30:24 +. +But I will strengthen the arms of the king of Babylon, and the arms of Pharaoh shall fall down; and they shall know that I am the LORD, when I shall put my sword into the hand of the king of Babylon, and he shall stretch it out upon the land of Egypt. -- ezekiel 30:25 +. +And I will scatter the Egyptians among the nations, and disperse them among the countries; and they shall know that I am the LORD. -- ezekiel 30:26 +. +And it came to pass in the eleventh year, in the third month, in the first day of the month, that the word of the LORD came unto me, saying, -- ezekiel 31:1 +. +Son of man, speak unto Pharaoh king of Egypt, and to his multitude; Whom art thou like in thy greatness? -- ezekiel 31:2 +. +Behold, the Assyrian was a cedar in Lebanon with fair branches, and with a shadowing shroud, and of an high stature; and his top was among the thick boughs. -- ezekiel 31:3 +. +The waters made him great, the deep set him up on high with her rivers running round about his plants, and sent her little rivers unto all the trees of the field. -- ezekiel 31:4 +. +Therefore his height was exalted above all the trees of the field, and his boughs were multiplied, and his branches became long because of the multitude of waters, when he shot forth. -- ezekiel 31:5 +. +All the fowls of heaven made their nests in his boughs, and under his branches did all the beasts of the field bring forth their young, and under his shadow dwelt all great nations. -- ezekiel 31:6 +. +Thus was he fair in his greatness, in the length of his branches: for his root was by great waters. -- ezekiel 31:7 +. +The cedars in the garden of God could not hide him: the fir trees were not like his boughs, and the chestnut trees were not like his branches; nor any tree in the garden of God was like unto him in his beauty. -- ezekiel 31:8 +. +I have made him fair by the multitude of his branches: so that all the trees of Eden, that were in the garden of God, envied him. -- ezekiel 31:9 +. +Therefore thus saith the Lord GOD; Because thou hast lifted up thyself in height, and he hath shot up his top among the thick boughs, and his heart is lifted up in his height; -- ezekiel 31:10 +. +I have therefore delivered him into the hand of the mighty one of the heathen; he shall surely deal with him: I have driven him out for his wickedness. -- ezekiel 31:11 +. +And strangers, the terrible of the nations, have cut him off, and have left him: upon the mountains and in all the valleys his branches are fallen, and his boughs are broken by all the rivers of the land; and all the people of the earth are gone down from his shadow, and have left him. -- ezekiel 31:12 +. +Upon his ruin shall all the fowls of the heaven remain, and all the beasts of the field shall be upon his branches: -- ezekiel 31:13 +. +To the end that none of all the trees by the waters exalt themselves for their height, neither shoot up their top among the thick boughs, neither their trees stand up in their height, all that drink water: for they are all delivered unto death, to the nether parts of the earth, in the midst of the children of men, with them that go down to the pit. -- ezekiel 31:14 +. +Thus saith the Lord GOD; In the day when he went down to the grave I caused a mourning: I covered the deep for him, and I restrained the floods thereof, and the great waters were stayed: and I caused Lebanon to mourn for him, and all the trees of the field fainted for him. -- ezekiel 31:15 +. +I made the nations to shake at the sound of his fall, when I cast him down to hell with them that descend into the pit: and all the trees of Eden, the choice and best of Lebanon, all that drink water, shall be comforted in the nether parts of the earth. -- ezekiel 31:16 +. +They also went down into hell with him unto them that be slain with the sword; and they that were his arm, that dwelt under his shadow in the midst of the heathen. -- ezekiel 31:17 +. +To whom art thou thus like in glory and in greatness among the trees of Eden? yet shalt thou be brought down with the trees of Eden unto the nether parts of the earth: thou shalt lie in the midst of the uncircumcised with them that be slain by the sword. This is Pharaoh and all his multitude, saith the Lord GOD. -- ezekiel 31:18 +. +And it came to pass in the twelfth year, in the twelfth month, in the first day of the month, that the word of the LORD came unto me, saying, -- ezekiel 32:1 +. +Son of man, take up a lamentation for Pharaoh king of Egypt, and say unto him, Thou art like a young lion of the nations, and thou art as a whale in the seas: and thou camest forth with thy rivers, and troubledst the waters with thy feet, and fouledst their rivers. -- ezekiel 32:2 +. +Thus saith the Lord GOD; I will therefore spread out my net over thee with a company of many people; and they shall bring thee up in my net. -- ezekiel 32:3 +. +Then will I leave thee upon the land, I will cast thee forth upon the open field, and will cause all the fowls of the heaven to remain upon thee, and I will fill the beasts of the whole earth with thee. -- ezekiel 32:4 +. +And I will lay thy flesh upon the mountains, and fill the valleys with thy height. -- ezekiel 32:5 +. +I will also water with thy blood the land wherein thou swimmest, even to the mountains; and the rivers shall be full of thee. -- ezekiel 32:6 +. +And when I shall put thee out, I will cover the heaven, and make the stars thereof dark; I will cover the sun with a cloud, and the moon shall not give her light. -- ezekiel 32:7 +. +All the bright lights of heaven will I make dark over thee, and set darkness upon thy land, saith the Lord GOD. -- ezekiel 32:8 +. +I will also vex the hearts of many people, when I shall bring thy destruction among the nations, into the countries which thou hast not known. -- ezekiel 32:9 +. +Yea, I will make many people amazed at thee, and their kings shall be horribly afraid for thee, when I shall brandish my sword before them; and they shall tremble at every moment, every man for his own life, in the day of thy fall. -- ezekiel 32:10 +. +For thus saith the Lord GOD; The sword of the king of Babylon shall come upon thee. -- ezekiel 32:11 +. +By the swords of the mighty will I cause thy multitude to fall, the terrible of the nations, all of them: and they shall spoil the pomp of Egypt, and all the multitude thereof shall be destroyed. -- ezekiel 32:12 +. +I will destroy also all the beasts thereof from beside the great waters; neither shall the foot of man trouble them any more, nor the hoofs of beasts trouble them. -- ezekiel 32:13 +. +Then will I make their waters deep, and cause their rivers to run like oil, saith the Lord GOD. -- ezekiel 32:14 +. +When I shall make the land of Egypt desolate, and the country shall be destitute of that whereof it was full, when I shall smite all them that dwell therein, then shall they know that I am the LORD. -- ezekiel 32:15 +. +This is the lamentation wherewith they shall lament her: the daughters of the nations shall lament her: they shall lament for her, even for Egypt, and for all her multitude, saith the Lord GOD. -- ezekiel 32:16 +. +It came to pass also in the twelfth year, in the fifteenth day of the month, that the word of the LORD came unto me, saying, -- ezekiel 32:17 +. +Son of man, wail for the multitude of Egypt, and cast them down, even her, and the daughters of the famous nations, unto the nether parts of the earth, with them that go down into the pit. -- ezekiel 32:18 +. +Whom dost thou pass in beauty? go down, and be thou laid with the uncircumcised. -- ezekiel 32:19 +. +They shall fall in the midst of them that are slain by the sword: she is delivered to the sword: draw her and all her multitudes. -- ezekiel 32:20 +. +The strong among the mighty shall speak to him out of the midst of hell with them that help him: they are gone down, they lie uncircumcised, slain by the sword. -- ezekiel 32:21 +. +Asshur is there and all her company: his graves are about him: all of them slain, fallen by the sword: -- ezekiel 32:22 +. +Whose graves are set in the sides of the pit, and her company is round about her grave: all of them slain, fallen by the sword, which caused terror in the land of the living. -- ezekiel 32:23 +. +There is Elam and all her multitude round about her grave, all of them slain, fallen by the sword, which are gone down uncircumcised into the nether parts of the earth, which caused their terror in the land of the living; yet have they borne their shame with them that go down to the pit. -- ezekiel 32:24 +. +They have set her a bed in the midst of the slain with all her multitude: her graves are round about him: all of them uncircumcised, slain by the sword: though their terror was caused in the land of the living, yet have they borne their shame with them that go down to the pit: he is put in the midst of them that be slain. -- ezekiel 32:25 +. +There is Meshech, Tubal, and all her multitude: her graves are round about him: all of them uncircumcised, slain by the sword, though they caused their terror in the land of the living. -- ezekiel 32:26 +. +And they shall not lie with the mighty that are fallen of the uncircumcised, which are gone down to hell with their weapons of war: and they have laid their swords under their heads, but their iniquities shall be upon their bones, though they were the terror of the mighty in the land of the living. -- ezekiel 32:27 +. +Yea, thou shalt be broken in the midst of the uncircumcised, and shalt lie with them that are slain with the sword. -- ezekiel 32:28 +. +There is Edom, her kings, and all her princes, which with their might are laid by them that were slain by the sword: they shall lie with the uncircumcised, and with them that go down to the pit. -- ezekiel 32:29 +. +There be the princes of the north, all of them, and all the Zidonians, which are gone down with the slain; with their terror they are ashamed of their might; and they lie uncircumcised with them that be slain by the sword, and bear their shame with them that go down to the pit. -- ezekiel 32:30 +. +Pharaoh shall see them, and shall be comforted over all his multitude, even Pharaoh and all his army slain by the sword, saith the Lord GOD. -- ezekiel 32:31 +. +For I have caused my terror in the land of the living: and he shall be laid in the midst of the uncircumcised with them that are slain with the sword, even Pharaoh and all his multitude, saith the Lord GOD. -- ezekiel 32:32 +. +Again the word of the LORD came unto me, saying, -- ezekiel 33:1 +. +Son of man, speak to the children of thy people, and say unto them, When I bring the sword upon a land, if the people of the land take a man of their coasts, and set him for their watchman: -- ezekiel 33:2 +. +If when he seeth the sword come upon the land, he blow the trumpet, and warn the people; -- ezekiel 33:3 +. +Then whosoever heareth the sound of the trumpet, and taketh not warning; if the sword come, and take him away, his blood shall be upon his own head. -- ezekiel 33:4 +. +He heard the sound of the trumpet, and took not warning; his blood shall be upon him. But he that taketh warning shall deliver his soul. -- ezekiel 33:5 +. +But if the watchman see the sword come, and blow not the trumpet, and the people be not warned; if the sword come, and take any person from among them, he is taken away in his iniquity; but his blood will I require at the watchman's hand. -- ezekiel 33:6 +. +So thou, O son of man, I have set thee a watchman unto the house of Israel; therefore thou shalt hear the word at my mouth, and warn them from me. -- ezekiel 33:7 +. +When I say unto the wicked, O wicked man, thou shalt surely die; if thou dost not speak to warn the wicked from his way, that wicked man shall die in his iniquity; but his blood will I require at thine hand. -- ezekiel 33:8 +. +Nevertheless, if thou warn the wicked of his way to turn from it; if he do not turn from his way, he shall die in his iniquity; but thou hast delivered thy soul. -- ezekiel 33:9 +. +Therefore, O thou son of man, speak unto the house of Israel; Thus ye speak, saying, If our transgressions and our sins be upon us, and we pine away in them, how should we then live? -- ezekiel 33:10 +. +Say unto them, As I live, saith the Lord GOD, I have no pleasure in the death of the wicked; but that the wicked turn from his way and live: turn ye, turn ye from your evil ways; for why will ye die, O house of Israel? -- ezekiel 33:11 +. +Therefore, thou son of man, say unto the children of thy people, The righteousness of the righteous shall not deliver him in the day of his transgression: as for the wickedness of the wicked, he shall not fall thereby in the day that he turneth from his wickedness; neither shall the righteous be able to live for his righteousness in the day that he sinneth. -- ezekiel 33:12 +. +When I shall say to the righteous, that he shall surely live; if he trust to his own righteousness, and commit iniquity, all his righteousnesses shall not be remembered; but for his iniquity that he hath committed, he shall die for it. -- ezekiel 33:13 +. +Again, when I say unto the wicked, Thou shalt surely die; if he turn from his sin, and do that which is lawful and right; -- ezekiel 33:14 +. +If the wicked restore the pledge, give again that he had robbed, walk in the statutes of life, without committing iniquity; he shall surely live, he shall not die. -- ezekiel 33:15 +. +None of his sins that he hath committed shall be mentioned unto him: he hath done that which is lawful and right; he shall surely live. -- ezekiel 33:16 +. +Yet the children of thy people say, The way of the Lord is not equal: but as for them, their way is not equal. -- ezekiel 33:17 +. +When the righteous turneth from his righteousness, and committeth iniquity, he shall even die thereby. -- ezekiel 33:18 +. +But if the wicked turn from his wickedness, and do that which is lawful and right, he shall live thereby. -- ezekiel 33:19 +. +Yet ye say, The way of the Lord is not equal. O ye house of Israel, I will judge you every one after his ways. -- ezekiel 33:20 +. +And it came to pass in the twelfth year of our captivity, in the tenth month, in the fifth day of the month, that one that had escaped out of Jerusalem came unto me, saying, The city is smitten. -- ezekiel 33:21 +. +Now the hand of the LORD was upon me in the evening, afore he that was escaped came; and had opened my mouth, until he came to me in the morning; and my mouth was opened, and I was no more dumb. -- ezekiel 33:22 +. +Then the word of the LORD came unto me, saying, -- ezekiel 33:23 +. +Son of man, they that inhabit those wastes of the land of Israel speak, saying, Abraham was one, and he inherited the land: but we are many; the land is given us for inheritance. -- ezekiel 33:24 +. +Wherefore say unto them, Thus saith the Lord GOD; Ye eat with the blood, and lift up your eyes toward your idols, and shed blood: and shall ye possess the land? -- ezekiel 33:25 +. +Ye stand upon your sword, ye work abomination, and ye defile every one his neighbour's wife: and shall ye possess the land? -- ezekiel 33:26 +. +Say thou thus unto them, Thus saith the Lord GOD; As I live, surely they that are in the wastes shall fall by the sword, and him that is in the open field will I give to the beasts to be devoured, and they that be in the forts and in the caves shall die of the pestilence. -- ezekiel 33:27 +. +For I will lay the land most desolate, and the pomp of her strength shall cease; and the mountains of Israel shall be desolate, that none shall pass through. -- ezekiel 33:28 +. +Then shall they know that I am the LORD, when I have laid the land most desolate because of all their abominations which they have committed. -- ezekiel 33:29 +. +Also, thou son of man, the children of thy people still are talking against thee by the walls and in the doors of the houses, and speak one to another, every one to his brother, saying, Come, I pray you, and hear what is the word that cometh forth from the LORD. -- ezekiel 33:30 +. +And they come unto thee as the people cometh, and they sit before thee as my people, and they hear thy words, but they will not do them: for with their mouth they shew much love, but their heart goeth after their covetousness. -- ezekiel 33:31 +. +And, lo, thou art unto them as a very lovely song of one that hath a pleasant voice, and can play well on an instrument: for they hear thy words, but they do them not. -- ezekiel 33:32 +. +And when this cometh to pass, (lo, it will come,) then shall they know that a prophet hath been among them. -- ezekiel 33:33 +. +And the word of the LORD came unto me, saying, -- ezekiel 34:1 +. +Son of man, prophesy against the shepherds of Israel, prophesy, and say unto them, Thus saith the Lord GOD unto the shepherds; Woe be to the shepherds of Israel that do feed themselves! should not the shepherds feed the flocks? -- ezekiel 34:2 +. +Ye eat the fat, and ye clothe you with the wool, ye kill them that are fed: but ye feed not the flock. -- ezekiel 34:3 +. +The diseased have ye not strengthened, neither have ye healed that which was sick, neither have ye bound up that which was broken, neither have ye brought again that which was driven away, neither have ye sought that which was lost; but with force and with cruelty have ye ruled them. -- ezekiel 34:4 +. +And they were scattered, because there is no shepherd: and they became meat to all the beasts of the field, when they were scattered. -- ezekiel 34:5 +. +My sheep wandered through all the mountains, and upon every high hill: yea, my flock was scattered upon all the face of the earth, and none did search or seek after them. -- ezekiel 34:6 +. +Therefore, ye shepherds, hear the word of the LORD; -- ezekiel 34:7 +. +As I live, saith the Lord GOD, surely because my flock became a prey, and my flock became meat to every beast of the field, because there was no shepherd, neither did my shepherds search for my flock, but the shepherds fed themselves, and fed not my flock; -- ezekiel 34:8 +. +Therefore, O ye shepherds, hear the word of the LORD; -- ezekiel 34:9 +. +Thus saith the Lord GOD; Behold, I am against the shepherds; and I will require my flock at their hand, and cause them to cease from feeding the flock; neither shall the shepherds feed themselves any more; for I will deliver my flock from their mouth, that they may not be meat for them. -- ezekiel 34:10 +. +For thus saith the Lord GOD; Behold, I, even I, will both search my sheep, and seek them out. -- ezekiel 34:11 +. +As a shepherd seeketh out his flock in the day that he is among his sheep that are scattered; so will I seek out my sheep, and will deliver them out of all places where they have been scattered in the cloudy and dark day. -- ezekiel 34:12 +. +And I will bring them out from the people, and gather them from the countries, and will bring them to their own land, and feed them upon the mountains of Israel by the rivers, and in all the inhabited places of the country. -- ezekiel 34:13 +. +I will feed them in a good pasture, and upon the high mountains of Israel shall their fold be: there shall they lie in a good fold, and in a fat pasture shall they feed upon the mountains of Israel. -- ezekiel 34:14 +. +I will feed my flock, and I will cause them to lie down, saith the Lord GOD. -- ezekiel 34:15 +. +I will seek that which was lost, and bring again that which was driven away, and will bind up that which was broken, and will strengthen that which was sick: but I will destroy the fat and the strong; I will feed them with judgment. -- ezekiel 34:16 +. +And as for you, O my flock, thus saith the Lord GOD; Behold, I judge between cattle and cattle, between the rams and the he goats. -- ezekiel 34:17 +. +Seemeth it a small thing unto you to have eaten up the good pasture, but ye must tread down with your feet the residue of your pastures? and to have drunk of the deep waters, but ye must foul the residue with your feet? -- ezekiel 34:18 +. +And as for my flock, they eat that which ye have trodden with your feet; and they drink that which ye have fouled with your feet. -- ezekiel 34:19 +. +Therefore thus saith the Lord GOD unto them; Behold, I, even I, will judge between the fat cattle and between the lean cattle. -- ezekiel 34:20 +. +Because ye have thrust with side and with shoulder, and pushed all the diseased with your horns, till ye have scattered them abroad; -- ezekiel 34:21 +. +Therefore will I save my flock, and they shall no more be a prey; and I will judge between cattle and cattle. -- ezekiel 34:22 +. +And I will set up one shepherd over them, and he shall feed them, even my servant David; he shall feed them, and he shall be their shepherd. -- ezekiel 34:23 +. +And I the LORD will be their God, and my servant David a prince among them; I the LORD have spoken it. -- ezekiel 34:24 +. +And I will make with them a covenant of peace, and will cause the evil beasts to cease out of the land: and they shall dwell safely in the wilderness, and sleep in the woods. -- ezekiel 34:25 +. +And I will make them and the places round about my hill a blessing; and I will cause the shower to come down in his season; there shall be showers of blessing. -- ezekiel 34:26 +. +And the tree of the field shall yield her fruit, and the earth shall yield her increase, and they shall be safe in their land, and shall know that I am the LORD, when I have broken the bands of their yoke, and delivered them out of the hand of those that served themselves of them. -- ezekiel 34:27 +. +And they shall no more be a prey to the heathen, neither shall the beast of the land devour them; but they shall dwell safely, and none shall make them afraid. -- ezekiel 34:28 +. +And I will raise up for them a plant of renown, and they shall be no more consumed with hunger in the land, neither bear the shame of the heathen any more. -- ezekiel 34:29 +. +Thus shall they know that I the LORD their God am with them, and that they, even the house of Israel, are my people, saith the Lord GOD. -- ezekiel 34:30 +. +And ye my flock, the flock of my pasture, are men, and I am your God, saith the Lord GOD. -- ezekiel 34:31 +. +Moreover the word of the LORD came unto me, saying, -- ezekiel 35:1 +. +Son of man, set thy face against mount Seir, and prophesy against it, -- ezekiel 35:2 +. +And say unto it, Thus saith the Lord GOD; Behold, O mount Seir, I am against thee, and I will stretch out mine hand against thee, and I will make thee most desolate. -- ezekiel 35:3 +. +I will lay thy cities waste, and thou shalt be desolate, and thou shalt know that I am the LORD. -- ezekiel 35:4 +. +Because thou hast had a perpetual hatred, and hast shed the blood of the children of Israel by the force of the sword in the time of their calamity, in the time that their iniquity had an end: -- ezekiel 35:5 +. +Therefore, as I live, saith the Lord GOD, I will prepare thee unto blood, and blood shall pursue thee: sith thou hast not hated blood, even blood shall pursue thee. -- ezekiel 35:6 +. +Thus will I make mount Seir most desolate, and cut off from it him that passeth out and him that returneth. -- ezekiel 35:7 +. +And I will fill his mountains with his slain men: in thy hills, and in thy valleys, and in all thy rivers, shall they fall that are slain with the sword. -- ezekiel 35:8 +. +I will make thee perpetual desolations, and thy cities shall not return: and ye shall know that I am the LORD. -- ezekiel 35:9 +. +Because thou hast said, These two nations and these two countries shall be mine, and we will possess it; whereas the LORD was there: -- ezekiel 35:10 +. +Therefore, as I live, saith the Lord GOD, I will even do according to thine anger, and according to thine envy which thou hast used out of thy hatred against them; and I will make myself known among them, when I have judged thee. -- ezekiel 35:11 +. +And thou shalt know that I am the LORD, and that I have heard all thy blasphemies which thou hast spoken against the mountains of Israel, saying, They are laid desolate, they are given us to consume. -- ezekiel 35:12 +. +Thus with your mouth ye have boasted against me, and have multiplied your words against me: I have heard them. -- ezekiel 35:13 +. +Thus saith the Lord GOD; When the whole earth rejoiceth, I will make thee desolate. -- ezekiel 35:14 +. +As thou didst rejoice at the inheritance of the house of Israel, because it was desolate, so will I do unto thee: thou shalt be desolate, O mount Seir, and all Idumea, even all of it: and they shall know that I am the LORD. -- ezekiel 35:15 +. +Also, thou son of man, prophesy unto the mountains of Israel, and say, Ye mountains of Israel, hear the word of the LORD: -- ezekiel 36:1 +. +Thus saith the Lord GOD; Because the enemy hath said against you, Aha, even the ancient high places are ours in possession: -- ezekiel 36:2 +. +Therefore prophesy and say, Thus saith the Lord GOD; Because they have made you desolate, and swallowed you up on every side, that ye might be a possession unto the residue of the heathen, and ye are taken up in the lips of talkers, and are an infamy of the people: -- ezekiel 36:3 +. +Therefore, ye mountains of Israel, hear the word of the Lord GOD; Thus saith the Lord GOD to the mountains, and to the hills, to the rivers, and to the valleys, to the desolate wastes, and to the cities that are forsaken, which became a prey and derision to the residue of the heathen that are round about; -- ezekiel 36:4 +. +Therefore thus saith the Lord GOD; Surely in the fire of my jealousy have I spoken against the residue of the heathen, and against all Idumea, which have appointed my land into their possession with the joy of all their heart, with despiteful minds, to cast it out for a prey. -- ezekiel 36:5 +. +Prophesy therefore concerning the land of Israel, and say unto the mountains, and to the hills, to the rivers, and to the valleys, Thus saith the Lord GOD; Behold, I have spoken in my jealousy and in my fury, because ye have borne the shame of the heathen: -- ezekiel 36:6 +. +Therefore thus saith the Lord GOD; I have lifted up mine hand, Surely the heathen that are about you, they shall bear their shame. -- ezekiel 36:7 +. +But ye, O mountains of Israel, ye shall shoot forth your branches, and yield your fruit to my people of Israel; for they are at hand to come. -- ezekiel 36:8 +. +For, behold, I am for you, and I will turn unto you, and ye shall be tilled and sown: -- ezekiel 36:9 +. +And I will multiply men upon you, all the house of Israel, even all of it: and the cities shall be inhabited, and the wastes shall be builded: -- ezekiel 36:10 +. +And I will multiply upon you man and beast; and they shall increase and bring fruit: and I will settle you after your old estates, and will do better unto you than at your beginnings: and ye shall know that I am the LORD. -- ezekiel 36:11 +. +Yea, I will cause men to walk upon you, even my people Israel; and they shall possess thee, and thou shalt be their inheritance, and thou shalt no more henceforth bereave them of men. -- ezekiel 36:12 +. +Thus saith the Lord GOD; Because they say unto you, Thou land devourest up men, and hast bereaved thy nations: -- ezekiel 36:13 +. +Therefore thou shalt devour men no more, neither bereave thy nations any more, saith the Lord GOD. -- ezekiel 36:14 +. +Neither will I cause men to hear in thee the shame of the heathen any more, neither shalt thou bear the reproach of the people any more, neither shalt thou cause thy nations to fall any more, saith the Lord GOD. -- ezekiel 36:15 +. +Moreover the word of the LORD came unto me, saying, -- ezekiel 36:16 +. +Son of man, when the house of Israel dwelt in their own land, they defiled it by their own way and by their doings: their way was before me as the uncleanness of a removed woman. -- ezekiel 36:17 +. +Wherefore I poured my fury upon them for the blood that they had shed upon the land, and for their idols wherewith they had polluted it: -- ezekiel 36:18 +. +And I scattered them among the heathen, and they were dispersed through the countries: according to their way and according to their doings I judged them. -- ezekiel 36:19 +. +And when they entered unto the heathen, whither they went, they profaned my holy name, when they said to them, These are the people of the LORD, and are gone forth out of his land. -- ezekiel 36:20 +. +But I had pity for mine holy name, which the house of Israel had profaned among the heathen, whither they went. -- ezekiel 36:21 +. +Therefore say unto the house of Israel, thus saith the Lord GOD; I do not this for your sakes, O house of Israel, but for mine holy name's sake, which ye have profaned among the heathen, whither ye went. -- ezekiel 36:22 +. +And I will sanctify my great name, which was profaned among the heathen, which ye have profaned in the midst of them; and the heathen shall know that I am the LORD, saith the Lord GOD, when I shall be sanctified in you before their eyes. -- ezekiel 36:23 +. +For I will take you from among the heathen, and gather you out of all countries, and will bring you into your own land. -- ezekiel 36:24 +. +Then will I sprinkle clean water upon you, and ye shall be clean: from all your filthiness, and from all your idols, will I cleanse you. -- ezekiel 36:25 +. +A new heart also will I give you, and a new spirit will I put within you: and I will take away the stony heart out of your flesh, and I will give you an heart of flesh. -- ezekiel 36:26 +. +And I will put my spirit within you, and cause you to walk in my statutes, and ye shall keep my judgments, and do them. -- ezekiel 36:27 +. +And ye shall dwell in the land that I gave to your fathers; and ye shall be my people, and I will be your God. -- ezekiel 36:28 +. +I will also save you from all your uncleannesses: and I will call for the corn, and will increase it, and lay no famine upon you. -- ezekiel 36:29 +. +And I will multiply the fruit of the tree, and the increase of the field, that ye shall receive no more reproach of famine among the heathen. -- ezekiel 36:30 +. +Then shall ye remember your own evil ways, and your doings that were not good, and shall lothe yourselves in your own sight for your iniquities and for your abominations. -- ezekiel 36:31 +. +Not for your sakes do I this, saith the Lord GOD, be it known unto you: be ashamed and confounded for your own ways, O house of Israel. -- ezekiel 36:32 +. +Thus saith the Lord GOD; In the day that I shall have cleansed you from all your iniquities I will also cause you to dwell in the cities, and the wastes shall be builded. -- ezekiel 36:33 +. +And the desolate land shall be tilled, whereas it lay desolate in the sight of all that passed by. -- ezekiel 36:34 +. +And they shall say, This land that was desolate is become like the garden of Eden; and the waste and desolate and ruined cities are become fenced, and are inhabited. -- ezekiel 36:35 +. +Then the heathen that are left round about you shall know that I the LORD build the ruined places, and plant that that was desolate: I the LORD have spoken it, and I will do it. -- ezekiel 36:36 +. +Thus saith the Lord GOD; I will yet for this be enquired of by the house of Israel, to do it for them; I will increase them with men like a flock. -- ezekiel 36:37 +. +As the holy flock, as the flock of Jerusalem in her solemn feasts; so shall the waste cities be filled with flocks of men: and they shall know that I am the LORD. -- ezekiel 36:38 +. +The hand of the LORD was upon me, and carried me out in the spirit of the LORD, and set me down in the midst of the valley which was full of bones, -- ezekiel 37:1 +. +And caused me to pass by them round about: and, behold, there were very many in the open valley; and, lo, they were very dry. -- ezekiel 37:2 +. +And he said unto me, Son of man, can these bones live? And I answered, O Lord GOD, thou knowest. -- ezekiel 37:3 +. +Again he said unto me, Prophesy upon these bones, and say unto them, O ye dry bones, hear the word of the LORD. -- ezekiel 37:4 +. +Thus saith the Lord GOD unto these bones; Behold, I will cause breath to enter into you, and ye shall live: -- ezekiel 37:5 +. +And I will lay sinews upon you, and will bring up flesh upon you, and cover you with skin, and put breath in you, and ye shall live; and ye shall know that I am the LORD. -- ezekiel 37:6 +. +So I prophesied as I was commanded: and as I prophesied, there was a noise, and behold a shaking, and the bones came together, bone to his bone. -- ezekiel 37:7 +. +And when I beheld, lo, the sinews and the flesh came up upon them, and the skin covered them above: but there was no breath in them. -- ezekiel 37:8 +. +Then said he unto me, Prophesy unto the wind, prophesy, son of man, and say to the wind, Thus saith the Lord GOD; Come from the four winds, O breath, and breathe upon these slain, that they may live. -- ezekiel 37:9 +. +So I prophesied as he commanded me, and the breath came into them, and they lived, and stood up upon their feet, an exceeding great army. -- ezekiel 37:10 +. +Then he said unto me, Son of man, these bones are the whole house of Israel: behold, they say, Our bones are dried, and our hope is lost: we are cut off for our parts. -- ezekiel 37:11 +. +Therefore prophesy and say unto them, Thus saith the Lord GOD; Behold, O my people, I will open your graves, and cause you to come up out of your graves, and bring you into the land of Israel. -- ezekiel 37:12 +. +And ye shall know that I am the LORD, when I have opened your graves, O my people, and brought you up out of your graves, -- ezekiel 37:13 +. +And shall put my spirit in you, and ye shall live, and I shall place you in your own land: then shall ye know that I the LORD have spoken it, and performed it, saith the LORD. -- ezekiel 37:14 +. +The word of the LORD came again unto me, saying, -- ezekiel 37:15 +. +Moreover, thou son of man, take thee one stick, and write upon it, For Judah, and for the children of Israel his companions: then take another stick, and write upon it, For Joseph, the stick of Ephraim and for all the house of Israel his companions: -- ezekiel 37:16 +. +And join them one to another into one stick; and they shall become one in thine hand. -- ezekiel 37:17 +. +And when the children of thy people shall speak unto thee, saying, Wilt thou not shew us what thou meanest by these? -- ezekiel 37:18 +. +Say unto them, Thus saith the Lord GOD; Behold, I will take the stick of Joseph, which is in the hand of Ephraim, and the tribes of Israel his fellows, and will put them with him, even with the stick of Judah, and make them one stick, and they shall be one in mine hand. -- ezekiel 37:19 +. +And the sticks whereon thou writest shall be in thine hand before their eyes. -- ezekiel 37:20 +. +And say unto them, Thus saith the Lord GOD; Behold, I will take the children of Israel from among the heathen, whither they be gone, and will gather them on every side, and bring them into their own land: -- ezekiel 37:21 +. +And I will make them one nation in the land upon the mountains of Israel; and one king shall be king to them all: and they shall be no more two nations, neither shall they be divided into two kingdoms any more at all. -- ezekiel 37:22 +. +Neither shall they defile themselves any more with their idols, nor with their detestable things, nor with any of their transgressions: but I will save them out of all their dwellingplaces, wherein they have sinned, and will cleanse them: so shall they be my people, and I will be their God. -- ezekiel 37:23 +. +And David my servant shall be king over them; and they all shall have one shepherd: they shall also walk in my judgments, and observe my statutes, and do them. -- ezekiel 37:24 +. +And they shall dwell in the land that I have given unto Jacob my servant, wherein your fathers have dwelt; and they shall dwell therein, even they, and their children, and their children's children for ever: and my servant David shall be their prince for ever. -- ezekiel 37:25 +. +Moreover I will make a covenant of peace with them; it shall be an everlasting covenant with them: and I will place them, and multiply them, and will set my sanctuary in the midst of them for evermore. -- ezekiel 37:26 +. +My tabernacle also shall be with them: yea, I will be their God, and they shall be my people. -- ezekiel 37:27 +. +And the heathen shall know that I the LORD do sanctify Israel, when my sanctuary shall be in the midst of them for evermore. -- ezekiel 37:28 +. +And the word of the LORD came unto me, saying, -- ezekiel 38:1 +. +Son of man, set thy face against Gog, the land of Magog, the chief prince of Meshech and Tubal, and prophesy against him, -- ezekiel 38:2 +. +And say, Thus saith the Lord GOD; Behold, I am against thee, O Gog, the chief prince of Meshech and Tubal: -- ezekiel 38:3 +. +And I will turn thee back, and put hooks into thy jaws, and I will bring thee forth, and all thine army, horses and horsemen, all of them clothed with all sorts of armour, even a great company with bucklers and shields, all of them handling swords: -- ezekiel 38:4 +. +Persia, Ethiopia, and Libya with them; all of them with shield and helmet: -- ezekiel 38:5 +. +Gomer, and all his bands; the house of Togarmah of the north quarters, and all his bands: and many people with thee. -- ezekiel 38:6 +. +Be thou prepared, and prepare for thyself, thou, and all thy company that are assembled unto thee, and be thou a guard unto them. -- ezekiel 38:7 +. +After many days thou shalt be visited: in the latter years thou shalt come into the land that is brought back from the sword, and is gathered out of many people, against the mountains of Israel, which have been always waste: but it is brought forth out of the nations, and they shall dwell safely all of them. -- ezekiel 38:8 +. +Thou shalt ascend and come like a storm, thou shalt be like a cloud to cover the land, thou, and all thy bands, and many people with thee. -- ezekiel 38:9 +. +Thus saith the Lord GOD; It shall also come to pass, that at the same time shall things come into thy mind, and thou shalt think an evil thought: -- ezekiel 38:10 +. +And thou shalt say, I will go up to the land of unwalled villages; I will go to them that are at rest, that dwell safely, all of them dwelling without walls, and having neither bars nor gates, -- ezekiel 38:11 +. +To take a spoil, and to take a prey; to turn thine hand upon the desolate places that are now inhabited, and upon the people that are gathered out of the nations, which have gotten cattle and goods, that dwell in the midst of the land. -- ezekiel 38:12 +. +Sheba, and Dedan, and the merchants of Tarshish, with all the young lions thereof, shall say unto thee, Art thou come to take a spoil? hast thou gathered thy company to take a prey? to carry away silver and gold, to take away cattle and goods, to take a great spoil? -- ezekiel 38:13 +. +Therefore, son of man, prophesy and say unto Gog, Thus saith the Lord GOD; In that day when my people of Israel dwelleth safely, shalt thou not know it? -- ezekiel 38:14 +. +And thou shalt come from thy place out of the north parts, thou, and many people with thee, all of them riding upon horses, a great company, and a mighty army: -- ezekiel 38:15 +. +And thou shalt come up against my people of Israel, as a cloud to cover the land; it shall be in the latter days, and I will bring thee against my land, that the heathen may know me, when I shall be sanctified in thee, O Gog, before their eyes. -- ezekiel 38:16 +. +Thus saith the Lord GOD; Art thou he of whom I have spoken in old time by my servants the prophets of Israel, which prophesied in those days many years that I would bring thee against them? -- ezekiel 38:17 +. +And it shall come to pass at the same time when Gog shall come against the land of Israel, saith the Lord GOD, that my fury shall come up in my face. -- ezekiel 38:18 +. +For in my jealousy and in the fire of my wrath have I spoken, Surely in that day there shall be a great shaking in the land of Israel; -- ezekiel 38:19 +. +So that the fishes of the sea, and the fowls of the heaven, and the beasts of the field, and all creeping things that creep upon the earth, and all the men that are upon the face of the earth, shall shake at my presence, and the mountains shall be thrown down, and the steep places shall fall, and every wall shall fall to the ground. -- ezekiel 38:20 +. +And I will call for a sword against him throughout all my mountains, saith the Lord GOD: every man's sword shall be against his brother. -- ezekiel 38:21 +. +And I will plead against him with pestilence and with blood; and I will rain upon him, and upon his bands, and upon the many people that are with him, an overflowing rain, and great hailstones, fire, and brimstone. -- ezekiel 38:22 +. +Thus will I magnify myself, and sanctify myself; and I will be known in the eyes of many nations, and they shall know that I am the LORD. -- ezekiel 38:23 +. +Therefore, thou son of man, prophesy against Gog, and say, Thus saith the Lord GOD; Behold, I am against thee, O Gog, the chief prince of Meshech and Tubal: -- ezekiel 39:1 +. +And I will turn thee back, and leave but the sixth part of thee, and will cause thee to come up from the north parts, and will bring thee upon the mountains of Israel: -- ezekiel 39:2 +. +And I will smite thy bow out of thy left hand, and will cause thine arrows to fall out of thy right hand. -- ezekiel 39:3 +. +Thou shalt fall upon the mountains of Israel, thou, and all thy bands, and the people that is with thee: I will give thee unto the ravenous birds of every sort, and to the beasts of the field to be devoured. -- ezekiel 39:4 +. +Thou shalt fall upon the open field: for I have spoken it, saith the Lord GOD. -- ezekiel 39:5 +. +And I will send a fire on Magog, and among them that dwell carelessly in the isles: and they shall know that I am the LORD. -- ezekiel 39:6 +. +So will I make my holy name known in the midst of my people Israel; and I will not let them pollute my holy name any more: and the heathen shall know that I am the LORD, the Holy One in Israel. -- ezekiel 39:7 +. +Behold, it is come, and it is done, saith the Lord GOD; this is the day whereof I have spoken. -- ezekiel 39:8 +. +And they that dwell in the cities of Israel shall go forth, and shall set on fire and burn the weapons, both the shields and the bucklers, the bows and the arrows, and the handstaves, and the spears, and they shall burn them with fire seven years: -- ezekiel 39:9 +. +So that they shall take no wood out of the field, neither cut down any out of the forests; for they shall burn the weapons with fire: and they shall spoil those that spoiled them, and rob those that robbed them, saith the Lord GOD. -- ezekiel 39:10 +. +And it shall come to pass in that day, that I will give unto Gog a place there of graves in Israel, the valley of the passengers on the east of the sea: and it shall stop the noses of the passengers: and there shall they bury Gog and all his multitude: and they shall call it The valley of Hamongog. -- ezekiel 39:11 +. +And seven months shall the house of Israel be burying of them, that they may cleanse the land. -- ezekiel 39:12 +. +Yea, all the people of the land shall bury them; and it shall be to them a renown the day that I shall be glorified, saith the Lord GOD. -- ezekiel 39:13 +. +And they shall sever out men of continual employment, passing through the land to bury with the passengers those that remain upon the face of the earth, to cleanse it: after the end of seven months shall they search. -- ezekiel 39:14 +. +And the passengers that pass through the land, when any seeth a man's bone, then shall he set up a sign by it, till the buriers have buried it in the valley of Hamongog. -- ezekiel 39:15 +. +And also the name of the city shall be Hamonah. Thus shall they cleanse the land. -- ezekiel 39:16 +. +And, thou son of man, thus saith the Lord GOD; Speak unto every feathered fowl, and to every beast of the field, Assemble yourselves, and come; gather yourselves on every side to my sacrifice that I do sacrifice for you, even a great sacrifice upon the mountains of Israel, that ye may eat flesh, and drink blood. -- ezekiel 39:17 +. +Ye shall eat the flesh of the mighty, and drink the blood of the princes of the earth, of rams, of lambs, and of goats, of bullocks, all of them fatlings of Bashan. -- ezekiel 39:18 +. +And ye shall eat fat till ye be full, and drink blood till ye be drunken, of my sacrifice which I have sacrificed for you. -- ezekiel 39:19 +. +Thus ye shall be filled at my table with horses and chariots, with mighty men, and with all men of war, saith the Lord GOD. -- ezekiel 39:20 +. +And I will set my glory among the heathen, and all the heathen shall see my judgment that I have executed, and my hand that I have laid upon them. -- ezekiel 39:21 +. +So the house of Israel shall know that I am the LORD their God from that day and forward. -- ezekiel 39:22 +. +And the heathen shall know that the house of Israel went into captivity for their iniquity: because they trespassed against me, therefore hid I my face from them, and gave them into the hand of their enemies: so fell they all by the sword. -- ezekiel 39:23 +. +According to their uncleanness and according to their transgressions have I done unto them, and hid my face from them. -- ezekiel 39:24 +. +Therefore thus saith the Lord GOD; Now will I bring again the captivity of Jacob, and have mercy upon the whole house of Israel, and will be jealous for my holy name; -- ezekiel 39:25 +. +After that they have borne their shame, and all their trespasses whereby they have trespassed against me, when they dwelt safely in their land, and none made them afraid. -- ezekiel 39:26 +. +When I have brought them again from the people, and gathered them out of their enemies' lands, and am sanctified in them in the sight of many nations; -- ezekiel 39:27 +. +Then shall they know that I am the LORD their God, which caused them to be led into captivity among the heathen: but I have gathered them unto their own land, and have left none of them any more there. -- ezekiel 39:28 +. +Neither will I hide my face any more from them: for I have poured out my spirit upon the house of Israel, saith the Lord GOD. -- ezekiel 39:29 +. +In the five and twentieth year of our captivity, in the beginning of the year, in the tenth day of the month, in the fourteenth year after that the city was smitten, in the selfsame day the hand of the LORD was upon me, and brought me thither. -- ezekiel 40:1 +. +In the visions of God brought he me into the land of Israel, and set me upon a very high mountain, by which was as the frame of a city on the south. -- ezekiel 40:2 +. +And he brought me thither, and, behold, there was a man, whose appearance was like the appearance of brass, with a line of flax in his hand, and a measuring reed; and he stood in the gate. -- ezekiel 40:3 +. +And the man said unto me, Son of man, behold with thine eyes, and hear with thine ears, and set thine heart upon all that I shall shew thee; for to the intent that I might shew them unto thee art thou brought hither: declare all that thou seest to the house of Israel. -- ezekiel 40:4 +. +And behold a wall on the outside of the house round about, and in the man's hand a measuring reed of six cubits long by the cubit and an hand breadth: so he measured the breadth of the building, one reed; and the height, one reed. -- ezekiel 40:5 +. +Then came he unto the gate which looketh toward the east, and went up the stairs thereof, and measured the threshold of the gate, which was one reed broad; and the other threshold of the gate, which was one reed broad. -- ezekiel 40:6 +. +And every little chamber was one reed long, and one reed broad; and between the little chambers were five cubits; and the threshold of the gate by the porch of the gate within was one reed. -- ezekiel 40:7 +. +He measured also the porch of the gate within, one reed. -- ezekiel 40:8 +. +Then measured he the porch of the gate, eight cubits; and the posts thereof, two cubits; and the porch of the gate was inward. -- ezekiel 40:9 +. +And the little chambers of the gate eastward were three on this side, and three on that side; they three were of one measure: and the posts had one measure on this side and on that side. -- ezekiel 40:10 +. +And he measured the breadth of the entry of the gate, ten cubits; and the length of the gate, thirteen cubits. -- ezekiel 40:11 +. +The space also before the little chambers was one cubit on this side, and the space was one cubit on that side: and the little chambers were six cubits on this side, and six cubits on that side. -- ezekiel 40:12 +. +He measured then the gate from the roof of one little chamber to the roof of another: the breadth was five and twenty cubits, door against door. -- ezekiel 40:13 +. +He made also posts of threescore cubits, even unto the post of the court round about the gate. -- ezekiel 40:14 +. +And from the face of the gate of the entrance unto the face of the porch of the inner gate were fifty cubits. -- ezekiel 40:15 +. +And there were narrow windows to the little chambers, and to their posts within the gate round about, and likewise to the arches: and windows were round about inward: and upon each post were palm trees. -- ezekiel 40:16 +. +Then brought he me into the outward court, and, lo, there were chambers, and a pavement made for the court round about: thirty chambers were upon the pavement. -- ezekiel 40:17 +. +And the pavement by the side of the gates over against the length of the gates was the lower pavement. -- ezekiel 40:18 +. +Then he measured the breadth from the forefront of the lower gate unto the forefront of the inner court without, an hundred cubits eastward and northward. -- ezekiel 40:19 +. +And the gate of the outward court that looked toward the north, he measured the length thereof, and the breadth thereof. -- ezekiel 40:20 +. +And the little chambers thereof were three on this side and three on that side; and the posts thereof and the arches thereof were after the measure of the first gate: the length thereof was fifty cubits, and the breadth five and twenty cubits. -- ezekiel 40:21 +. +And their windows, and their arches, and their palm trees, were after the measure of the gate that looketh toward the east; and they went up unto it by seven steps; and the arches thereof were before them. -- ezekiel 40:22 +. +And the gate of the inner court was over against the gate toward the north, and toward the east; and he measured from gate to gate an hundred cubits. -- ezekiel 40:23 +. +After that he brought me toward the south, and behold a gate toward the south: and he measured the posts thereof and the arches thereof according to these measures. -- ezekiel 40:24 +. +And there were windows in it and in the arches thereof round about, like those windows: the length was fifty cubits, and the breadth five and twenty cubits. -- ezekiel 40:25 +. +And there were seven steps to go up to it, and the arches thereof were before them: and it had palm trees, one on this side, and another on that side, upon the posts thereof. -- ezekiel 40:26 +. +And there was a gate in the inner court toward the south: and he measured from gate to gate toward the south an hundred cubits. -- ezekiel 40:27 +. +And he brought me to the inner court by the south gate: and he measured the south gate according to these measures; -- ezekiel 40:28 +. +And the little chambers thereof, and the posts thereof, and the arches thereof, according to these measures: and there were windows in it and in the arches thereof round about: it was fifty cubits long, and five and twenty cubits broad. -- ezekiel 40:29 +. +And the arches round about were five and twenty cubits long, and five cubits broad. -- ezekiel 40:30 +. +And the arches thereof were toward the utter court; and palm trees were upon the posts thereof: and the going up to it had eight steps. -- ezekiel 40:31 +. +And he brought me into the inner court toward the east: and he measured the gate according to these measures. -- ezekiel 40:32 +. +And the little chambers thereof, and the posts thereof, and the arches thereof, were according to these measures: and there were windows therein and in the arches thereof round about: it was fifty cubits long, and five and twenty cubits broad. -- ezekiel 40:33 +. +And the arches thereof were toward the outward court; and palm trees were upon the posts thereof, on this side, and on that side: and the going up to it had eight steps. -- ezekiel 40:34 +. +And he brought me to the north gate, and measured it according to these measures; -- ezekiel 40:35 +. +The little chambers thereof, the posts thereof, and the arches thereof, and the windows to it round about: the length was fifty cubits, and the breadth five and twenty cubits. -- ezekiel 40:36 +. +And the posts thereof were toward the utter court; and palm trees were upon the posts thereof, on this side, and on that side: and the going up to it had eight steps. -- ezekiel 40:37 +. +And the chambers and the entries thereof were by the posts of the gates, where they washed the burnt offering. -- ezekiel 40:38 +. +And in the porch of the gate were two tables on this side, and two tables on that side, to slay thereon the burnt offering and the sin offering and the trespass offering. -- ezekiel 40:39 +. +And at the side without, as one goeth up to the entry of the north gate, were two tables; and on the other side, which was at the porch of the gate, were two tables. -- ezekiel 40:40 +. +Four tables were on this side, and four tables on that side, by the side of the gate; eight tables, whereupon they slew their sacrifices. -- ezekiel 40:41 +. +And the four tables were of hewn stone for the burnt offering, of a cubit and an half long, and a cubit and an half broad, and one cubit high: whereupon also they laid the instruments wherewith they slew the burnt offering and the sacrifice. -- ezekiel 40:42 +. +And within were hooks, an hand broad, fastened round about: and upon the tables was the flesh of the offering. -- ezekiel 40:43 +. +And without the inner gate were the chambers of the singers in the inner court, which was at the side of the north gate; and their prospect was toward the south: one at the side of the east gate having the prospect toward the north. -- ezekiel 40:44 +. +And he said unto me, This chamber, whose prospect is toward the south, is for the priests, the keepers of the charge of the house. -- ezekiel 40:45 +. +And the chamber whose prospect is toward the north is for the priests, the keepers of the charge of the altar: these are the sons of Zadok among the sons of Levi, which come near to the LORD to minister unto him. -- ezekiel 40:46 +. +So he measured the court, an hundred cubits long, and an hundred cubits broad, foursquare; and the altar that was before the house. -- ezekiel 40:47 +. +And he brought me to the porch of the house, and measured each post of the porch, five cubits on this side, and five cubits on that side: and the breadth of the gate was three cubits on this side, and three cubits on that side. -- ezekiel 40:48 +. +The length of the porch was twenty cubits, and the breadth eleven cubits, and he brought me by the steps whereby they went up to it: and there were pillars by the posts, one on this side, and another on that side. -- ezekiel 40:49 +. +Afterward he brought me to the temple, and measured the posts, six cubits broad on the one side, and six cubits broad on the other side, which was the breadth of the tabernacle. -- ezekiel 41:1 +. +And the breadth of the door was ten cubits; and the sides of the door were five cubits on the one side, and five cubits on the other side: and he measured the length thereof, forty cubits: and the breadth, twenty cubits. -- ezekiel 41:2 +. +Then went he inward, and measured the post of the door, two cubits; and the door, six cubits; and the breadth of the door, seven cubits. -- ezekiel 41:3 +. +So he measured the length thereof, twenty cubits; and the breadth, twenty cubits, before the temple: and he said unto me, This is the most holy place. -- ezekiel 41:4 +. +After he measured the wall of the house, six cubits; and the breadth of every side chamber, four cubits, round about the house on every side. -- ezekiel 41:5 +. +And the side chambers were three, one over another, and thirty in order; and they entered into the wall which was of the house for the side chambers round about, that they might have hold, but they had not hold in the wall of the house. -- ezekiel 41:6 +. +And there was an enlarging, and a winding about still upward to the side chambers: for the winding about of the house went still upward round about the house: therefore the breadth of the house was still upward, and so increased from the lowest chamber to the highest by the midst. -- ezekiel 41:7 +. +I saw also the height of the house round about: the foundations of the side chambers were a full reed of six great cubits. -- ezekiel 41:8 +. +The thickness of the wall, which was for the side chamber without, was five cubits: and that which was left was the place of the side chambers that were within. -- ezekiel 41:9 +. +And between the chambers was the wideness of twenty cubits round about the house on every side. -- ezekiel 41:10 +. +And the doors of the side chambers were toward the place that was left, one door toward the north, and another door toward the south: and the breadth of the place that was left was five cubits round about. -- ezekiel 41:11 +. +Now the building that was before the separate place at the end toward the west was seventy cubits broad; and the wall of the building was five cubits thick round about, and the length thereof ninety cubits. -- ezekiel 41:12 +. +So he measured the house, an hundred cubits long; and the separate place, and the building, with the walls thereof, an hundred cubits long; -- ezekiel 41:13 +. +Also the breadth of the face of the house, and of the separate place toward the east, an hundred cubits. -- ezekiel 41:14 +. +And he measured the length of the building over against the separate place which was behind it, and the galleries thereof on the one side and on the other side, an hundred cubits, with the inner temple, and the porches of the court; -- ezekiel 41:15 +. +The door posts, and the narrow windows, and the galleries round about on their three stories, over against the door, cieled with wood round about, and from the ground up to the windows, and the windows were covered; -- ezekiel 41:16 +. +To that above the door, even unto the inner house, and without, and by all the wall round about within and without, by measure. -- ezekiel 41:17 +. +And it was made with cherubims and palm trees, so that a palm tree was between a cherub and a cherub; and every cherub had two faces; -- ezekiel 41:18 +. +So that the face of a man was toward the palm tree on the one side, and the face of a young lion toward the palm tree on the other side: it was made through all the house round about. -- ezekiel 41:19 +. +From the ground unto above the door were cherubims and palm trees made, and on the wall of the temple. -- ezekiel 41:20 +. +The posts of the temple were squared, and the face of the sanctuary; the appearance of the one as the appearance of the other. -- ezekiel 41:21 +. +The altar of wood was three cubits high, and the length thereof two cubits; and the corners thereof, and the length thereof, and the walls thereof, were of wood: and he said unto me, This is the table that is before the LORD. -- ezekiel 41:22 +. +And the temple and the sanctuary had two doors. -- ezekiel 41:23 +. +And the doors had two leaves apiece, two turning leaves; two leaves for the one door, and two leaves for the other door. -- ezekiel 41:24 +. +And there were made on them, on the doors of the temple, cherubims and palm trees, like as were made upon the walls; and there were thick planks upon the face of the porch without. -- ezekiel 41:25 +. +And there were narrow windows and palm trees on the one side and on the other side, on the sides of the porch, and upon the side chambers of the house, and thick planks. -- ezekiel 41:26 +. +Then he brought me forth into the utter court, the way toward the north: and he brought me into the chamber that was over against the separate place, and which was before the building toward the north. -- ezekiel 42:1 +. +Before the length of an hundred cubits was the north door, and the breadth was fifty cubits. -- ezekiel 42:2 +. +Over against the twenty cubits which were for the inner court, and over against the pavement which was for the utter court, was gallery against gallery in three stories. -- ezekiel 42:3 +. +And before the chambers was a walk to ten cubits breadth inward, a way of one cubit; and their doors toward the north. -- ezekiel 42:4 +. +Now the upper chambers were shorter: for the galleries were higher than these, than the lower, and than the middlemost of the building. -- ezekiel 42:5 +. +For they were in three stories, but had not pillars as the pillars of the courts: therefore the building was straitened more than the lowest and the middlemost from the ground. -- ezekiel 42:6 +. +And the wall that was without over against the chambers, toward the utter court on the forepart of the chambers, the length thereof was fifty cubits. -- ezekiel 42:7 +. +For the length of the chambers that were in the utter court was fifty cubits: and, lo, before the temple were an hundred cubits. -- ezekiel 42:8 +. +And from under these chambers was the entry on the east side, as one goeth into them from the utter court. -- ezekiel 42:9 +. +The chambers were in the thickness of the wall of the court toward the east, over against the separate place, and over against the building. -- ezekiel 42:10 +. +And the way before them was like the appearance of the chambers which were toward the north, as long as they, and as broad as they: and all their goings out were both according to their fashions, and according to their doors. -- ezekiel 42:11 +. +And according to the doors of the chambers that were toward the south was a door in the head of the way, even the way directly before the wall toward the east, as one entereth into them. -- ezekiel 42:12 +. +Then said he unto me, The north chambers and the south chambers, which are before the separate place, they be holy chambers, where the priests that approach unto the LORD shall eat the most holy things: there shall they lay the most holy things, and the meat offering, and the sin offering, and the trespass offering; for the place is holy. -- ezekiel 42:13 +. +When the priests enter therein, then shall they not go out of the holy place into the utter court, but there they shall lay their garments wherein they minister; for they are holy; and shall put on other garments, and shall approach to those things which are for the people. -- ezekiel 42:14 +. +Now when he had made an end of measuring the inner house, he brought me forth toward the gate whose prospect is toward the east, and measured it round about. -- ezekiel 42:15 +. +He measured the east side with the measuring reed, five hundred reeds, with the measuring reed round about. -- ezekiel 42:16 +. +He measured the north side, five hundred reeds, with the measuring reed round about. -- ezekiel 42:17 +. +He measured the south side, five hundred reeds, with the measuring reed. -- ezekiel 42:18 +. +He turned about to the west side, and measured five hundred reeds with the measuring reed. -- ezekiel 42:19 +. +He measured it by the four sides: it had a wall round about, five hundred reeds long, and five hundred broad, to make a separation between the sanctuary and the profane place. -- ezekiel 42:20 +. +Afterward he brought me to the gate, even the gate that looketh toward the east: -- ezekiel 43:1 +. +And, behold, the glory of the God of Israel came from the way of the east: and his voice was like a noise of many waters: and the earth shined with his glory. -- ezekiel 43:2 +. +And it was according to the appearance of the vision which I saw, even according to the vision that I saw when I came to destroy the city: and the visions were like the vision that I saw by the river Chebar; and I fell upon my face. -- ezekiel 43:3 +. +And the glory of the LORD came into the house by the way of the gate whose prospect is toward the east. -- ezekiel 43:4 +. +So the spirit took me up, and brought me into the inner court; and, behold, the glory of the LORD filled the house. -- ezekiel 43:5 +. +And I heard him speaking unto me out of the house; and the man stood by me. -- ezekiel 43:6 +. +And he said unto me, Son of man, the place of my throne, and the place of the soles of my feet, where I will dwell in the midst of the children of Israel for ever, and my holy name, shall the house of Israel no more defile, neither they, nor their kings, by their whoredom, nor by the carcases of their kings in their high places. -- ezekiel 43:7 +. +In their setting of their threshold by my thresholds, and their post by my posts, and the wall between me and them, they have even defiled my holy name by their abominations that they have committed: wherefore I have consumed them in mine anger. -- ezekiel 43:8 +. +Now let them put away their whoredom, and the carcases of their kings, far from me, and I will dwell in the midst of them for ever. -- ezekiel 43:9 +. +Thou son of man, shew the house to the house of Israel, that they may be ashamed of their iniquities: and let them measure the pattern. -- ezekiel 43:10 +. +And if they be ashamed of all that they have done, shew them the form of the house, and the fashion thereof, and the goings out thereof, and the comings in thereof, and all the forms thereof, and all the ordinances thereof, and all the forms thereof, and all the laws thereof: and write it in their sight, that they may keep the whole form thereof, and all the ordinances thereof, and do them. -- ezekiel 43:11 +. +This is the law of the house; Upon the top of the mountain the whole limit thereof round about shall be most holy. Behold, this is the law of the house. -- ezekiel 43:12 +. +And these are the measures of the altar after the cubits: The cubit is a cubit and an hand breadth; even the bottom shall be a cubit, and the breadth a cubit, and the border thereof by the edge thereof round about shall be a span: and this shall be the higher place of the altar. -- ezekiel 43:13 +. +And from the bottom upon the ground even to the lower settle shall be two cubits, and the breadth one cubit; and from the lesser settle even to the greater settle shall be four cubits, and the breadth one cubit. -- ezekiel 43:14 +. +So the altar shall be four cubits; and from the altar and upward shall be four horns. -- ezekiel 43:15 +. +And the altar shall be twelve cubits long, twelve broad, square in the four squares thereof. -- ezekiel 43:16 +. +And the settle shall be fourteen cubits long and fourteen broad in the four squares thereof; and the border about it shall be half a cubit; and the bottom thereof shall be a cubit about; and his stairs shall look toward the east. -- ezekiel 43:17 +. +And he said unto me, Son of man, thus saith the Lord GOD; These are the ordinances of the altar in the day when they shall make it, to offer burnt offerings thereon, and to sprinkle blood thereon. -- ezekiel 43:18 +. +And thou shalt give to the priests the Levites that be of the seed of Zadok, which approach unto me, to minister unto me, saith the Lord GOD, a young bullock for a sin offering. -- ezekiel 43:19 +. +And thou shalt take of the blood thereof, and put it on the four horns of it, and on the four corners of the settle, and upon the border round about: thus shalt thou cleanse and purge it. -- ezekiel 43:20 +. +Thou shalt take the bullock also of the sin offering, and he shall burn it in the appointed place of the house, without the sanctuary. -- ezekiel 43:21 +. +And on the second day thou shalt offer a kid of the goats without blemish for a sin offering; and they shall cleanse the altar, as they did cleanse it with the bullock. -- ezekiel 43:22 +. +When thou hast made an end of cleansing it, thou shalt offer a young bullock without blemish, and a ram out of the flock without blemish. -- ezekiel 43:23 +. +And thou shalt offer them before the LORD, and the priests shall cast salt upon them, and they shall offer them up for a burnt offering unto the LORD. -- ezekiel 43:24 +. +Seven days shalt thou prepare every day a goat for a sin offering: they shall also prepare a young bullock, and a ram out of the flock, without blemish. -- ezekiel 43:25 +. +Seven days shall they purge the altar and purify it; and they shall consecrate themselves. -- ezekiel 43:26 +. +And when these days are expired, it shall be, that upon the eighth day, and so forward, the priests shall make your burnt offerings upon the altar, and your peace offerings; and I will accept you, saith the Lord GOD. -- ezekiel 43:27 +. +Then he brought me back the way of the gate of the outward sanctuary which looketh toward the east; and it was shut. -- ezekiel 44:1 +. +Then said the LORD unto me; This gate shall be shut, it shall not be opened, and no man shall enter in by it; because the LORD, the God of Israel, hath entered in by it, therefore it shall be shut. -- ezekiel 44:2 +. +It is for the prince; the prince, he shall sit in it to eat bread before the LORD; he shall enter by the way of the porch of that gate, and shall go out by the way of the same. -- ezekiel 44:3 +. +Then brought he me the way of the north gate before the house: and I looked, and, behold, the glory of the LORD filled the house of the LORD: and I fell upon my face. -- ezekiel 44:4 +. +And the LORD said unto me, Son of man, mark well, and behold with thine eyes, and hear with thine ears all that I say unto thee concerning all the ordinances of the house of the LORD, and all the laws thereof; and mark well the entering in of the house, with every going forth of the sanctuary. -- ezekiel 44:5 +. +And thou shalt say to the rebellious, even to the house of Israel, Thus saith the Lord GOD; O ye house of Israel, let it suffice you of all your abominations, -- ezekiel 44:6 +. +In that ye have brought into my sanctuary strangers, uncircumcised in heart, and uncircumcised in flesh, to be in my sanctuary, to pollute it, even my house, when ye offer my bread, the fat and the blood, and they have broken my covenant because of all your abominations. -- ezekiel 44:7 +. +And ye have not kept the charge of mine holy things: but ye have set keepers of my charge in my sanctuary for yourselves. -- ezekiel 44:8 +. +Thus saith the Lord GOD; No stranger, uncircumcised in heart, nor uncircumcised in flesh, shall enter into my sanctuary, of any stranger that is among the children of Israel. -- ezekiel 44:9 +. +And the Levites that are gone away far from me, when Israel went astray, which went astray away from me after their idols; they shall even bear their iniquity. -- ezekiel 44:10 +. +Yet they shall be ministers in my sanctuary, having charge at the gates of the house, and ministering to the house: they shall slay the burnt offering and the sacrifice for the people, and they shall stand before them to minister unto them. -- ezekiel 44:11 +. +Because they ministered unto them before their idols, and caused the house of Israel to fall into iniquity; therefore have I lifted up mine hand against them, saith the Lord GOD, and they shall bear their iniquity. -- ezekiel 44:12 +. +And they shall not come near unto me, to do the office of a priest unto me, nor to come near to any of my holy things, in the most holy place: but they shall bear their shame, and their abominations which they have committed. -- ezekiel 44:13 +. +But I will make them keepers of the charge of the house, for all the service thereof, and for all that shall be done therein. -- ezekiel 44:14 +. +But the priests the Levites, the sons of Zadok, that kept the charge of my sanctuary when the children of Israel went astray from me, they shall come near to me to minister unto me, and they shall stand before me to offer unto me the fat and the blood, saith the Lord GOD: -- ezekiel 44:15 +. +They shall enter into my sanctuary, and they shall come near to my table, to minister unto me, and they shall keep my charge. -- ezekiel 44:16 +. +And it shall come to pass, that when they enter in at the gates of the inner court, they shall be clothed with linen garments; and no wool shall come upon them, whiles they minister in the gates of the inner court, and within. -- ezekiel 44:17 +. +They shall have linen bonnets upon their heads, and shall have linen breeches upon their loins; they shall not gird themselves with any thing that causeth sweat. -- ezekiel 44:18 +. +And when they go forth into the utter court, even into the utter court to the people, they shall put off their garments wherein they ministered, and lay them in the holy chambers, and they shall put on other garments; and they shall not sanctify the people with their garments. -- ezekiel 44:19 +. +Neither shall they shave their heads, nor suffer their locks to grow long; they shall only poll their heads. -- ezekiel 44:20 +. +Neither shall any priest drink wine, when they enter into the inner court. -- ezekiel 44:21 +. +Neither shall they take for their wives a widow, nor her that is put away: but they shall take maidens of the seed of the house of Israel, or a widow that had a priest before. -- ezekiel 44:22 +. +And they shall teach my people the difference between the holy and profane, and cause them to discern between the unclean and the clean. -- ezekiel 44:23 +. +And in controversy they shall stand in judgment; and they shall judge it according to my judgments: and they shall keep my laws and my statutes in all mine assemblies; and they shall hallow my sabbaths. -- ezekiel 44:24 +. +And they shall come at no dead person to defile themselves: but for father, or for mother, or for son, or for daughter, for brother, or for sister that hath had no husband, they may defile themselves. -- ezekiel 44:25 +. +And after he is cleansed, they shall reckon unto him seven days. -- ezekiel 44:26 +. +And in the day that he goeth into the sanctuary, unto the inner court, to minister in the sanctuary, he shall offer his sin offering, saith the Lord GOD. -- ezekiel 44:27 +. +And it shall be unto them for an inheritance: I am their inheritance: and ye shall give them no possession in Israel: I am their possession. -- ezekiel 44:28 +. +They shall eat the meat offering, and the sin offering, and the trespass offering: and every dedicated thing in Israel shall be theirs. -- ezekiel 44:29 +. +And the first of all the firstfruits of all things, and every oblation of all, of every sort of your oblations, shall be the priest's: ye shall also give unto the priest the first of your dough, that he may cause the blessing to rest in thine house. -- ezekiel 44:30 +. +The priests shall not eat of any thing that is dead of itself, or torn, whether it be fowl or beast. -- ezekiel 44:31 +. +Moreover, when ye shall divide by lot the land for inheritance, ye shall offer an oblation unto the LORD, an holy portion of the land: the length shall be the length of five and twenty thousand reeds, and the breadth shall be ten thousand. This shall be holy in all the borders thereof round about. -- ezekiel 45:1 +. +Of this there shall be for the sanctuary five hundred in length, with five hundred in breadth, square round about; and fifty cubits round about for the suburbs thereof. -- ezekiel 45:2 +. +And of this measure shalt thou measure the length of five and twenty thousand, and the breadth of ten thousand: and in it shall be the sanctuary and the most holy place. -- ezekiel 45:3 +. +The holy portion of the land shall be for the priests the ministers of the sanctuary, which shall come near to minister unto the LORD: and it shall be a place for their houses, and an holy place for the sanctuary. -- ezekiel 45:4 +. +And the five and twenty thousand of length, and the ten thousand of breadth shall also the Levites, the ministers of the house, have for themselves, for a possession for twenty chambers. -- ezekiel 45:5 +. +And ye shall appoint the possession of the city five thousand broad, and five and twenty thousand long, over against the oblation of the holy portion: it shall be for the whole house of Israel. -- ezekiel 45:6 +. +And a portion shall be for the prince on the one side and on the other side of the oblation of the holy portion, and of the possession of the city, before the oblation of the holy portion, and before the possession of the city, from the west side westward, and from the east side eastward: and the length shall be over against one of the portions, from the west border unto the east border. -- ezekiel 45:7 +. +In the land shall be his possession in Israel: and my princes shall no more oppress my people; and the rest of the land shall they give to the house of Israel according to their tribes. -- ezekiel 45:8 +. +Thus saith the Lord GOD; Let it suffice you, O princes of Israel: remove violence and spoil, and execute judgment and justice, take away your exactions from my people, saith the Lord GOD. -- ezekiel 45:9 +. +Ye shall have just balances, and a just ephah, and a just bath. -- ezekiel 45:10 +. +The ephah and the bath shall be of one measure, that the bath may contain the tenth part of an homer, and the ephah the tenth part of an homer: the measure thereof shall be after the homer. -- ezekiel 45:11 +. +And the shekel shall be twenty gerahs: twenty shekels, five and twenty shekels, fifteen shekels, shall be your maneh. -- ezekiel 45:12 +. +This is the oblation that ye shall offer; the sixth part of an ephah of an homer of wheat, and ye shall give the sixth part of an ephah of an homer of barley: -- ezekiel 45:13 +. +Concerning the ordinance of oil, the bath of oil, ye shall offer the tenth part of a bath out of the cor, which is an homer of ten baths; for ten baths are an homer: -- ezekiel 45:14 +. +And one lamb out of the flock, out of two hundred, out of the fat pastures of Israel; for a meat offering, and for a burnt offering, and for peace offerings, to make reconciliation for them, saith the Lord GOD. -- ezekiel 45:15 +. +All the people of the land shall give this oblation for the prince in Israel. -- ezekiel 45:16 +. +And it shall be the prince's part to give burnt offerings, and meat offerings, and drink offerings, in the feasts, and in the new moons, and in the sabbaths, in all solemnities of the house of Israel: he shall prepare the sin offering, and the meat offering, and the burnt offering, and the peace offerings, to make reconciliation for the house of Israel. -- ezekiel 45:17 +. +Thus saith the Lord GOD; In the first month, in the first day of the month, thou shalt take a young bullock without blemish, and cleanse the sanctuary: -- ezekiel 45:18 +. +And the priest shall take of the blood of the sin offering, and put it upon the posts of the house, and upon the four corners of the settle of the altar, and upon the posts of the gate of the inner court. -- ezekiel 45:19 +. +And so thou shalt do the seventh day of the month for every one that erreth, and for him that is simple: so shall ye reconcile the house. -- ezekiel 45:20 +. +In the first month, in the fourteenth day of the month, ye shall have the passover, a feast of seven days; unleavened bread shall be eaten. -- ezekiel 45:21 +. +And upon that day shall the prince prepare for himself and for all the people of the land a bullock for a sin offering. -- ezekiel 45:22 +. +And seven days of the feast he shall prepare a burnt offering to the LORD, seven bullocks and seven rams without blemish daily the seven days; and a kid of the goats daily for a sin offering. -- ezekiel 45:23 +. +And he shall prepare a meat offering of an ephah for a bullock, and an ephah for a ram, and an hin of oil for an ephah. -- ezekiel 45:24 +. +In the seventh month, in the fifteenth day of the month, shall he do the like in the feast of the seven days, according to the sin offering, according to the burnt offering, and according to the meat offering, and according to the oil. -- ezekiel 45:25 +. +Thus saith the Lord GOD; The gate of the inner court that looketh toward the east shall be shut the six working days; but on the sabbath it shall be opened, and in the day of the new moon it shall be opened. -- ezekiel 46:1 +. +And the prince shall enter by the way of the porch of that gate without, and shall stand by the post of the gate, and the priests shall prepare his burnt offering and his peace offerings, and he shall worship at the threshold of the gate: then he shall go forth; but the gate shall not be shut until the evening. -- ezekiel 46:2 +. +Likewise the people of the land shall worship at the door of this gate before the LORD in the sabbaths and in the new moons. -- ezekiel 46:3 +. +And the burnt offering that the prince shall offer unto the LORD in the sabbath day shall be six lambs without blemish, and a ram without blemish. -- ezekiel 46:4 +. +And the meat offering shall be an ephah for a ram, and the meat offering for the lambs as he shall be able to give, and an hin of oil to an ephah. -- ezekiel 46:5 +. +And in the day of the new moon it shall be a young bullock without blemish, and six lambs, and a ram: they shall be without blemish. -- ezekiel 46:6 +. +And he shall prepare a meat offering, an ephah for a bullock, and an ephah for a ram, and for the lambs according as his hand shall attain unto, and an hin of oil to an ephah. -- ezekiel 46:7 +. +And when the prince shall enter, he shall go in by the way of the porch of that gate, and he shall go forth by the way thereof. -- ezekiel 46:8 +. +But when the people of the land shall come before the LORD in the solemn feasts, he that entereth in by the way of the north gate to worship shall go out by the way of the south gate; and he that entereth by the way of the south gate shall go forth by the way of the north gate: he shall not return by the way of the gate whereby he came in, but shall go forth over against it. -- ezekiel 46:9 +. +And the prince in the midst of them, when they go in, shall go in; and when they go forth, shall go forth. -- ezekiel 46:10 +. +And in the feasts and in the solemnities the meat offering shall be an ephah to a bullock, and an ephah to a ram, and to the lambs as he is able to give, and an hin of oil to an ephah. -- ezekiel 46:11 +. +Now when the prince shall prepare a voluntary burnt offering or peace offerings voluntarily unto the LORD, one shall then open him the gate that looketh toward the east, and he shall prepare his burnt offering and his peace offerings, as he did on the sabbath day: then he shall go forth; and after his going forth one shall shut the gate. -- ezekiel 46:12 +. +Thou shalt daily prepare a burnt offering unto the LORD of a lamb of the first year without blemish: thou shalt prepare it every morning. -- ezekiel 46:13 +. +And thou shalt prepare a meat offering for it every morning, the sixth part of an ephah, and the third part of an hin of oil, to temper with the fine flour; a meat offering continually by a perpetual ordinance unto the LORD. -- ezekiel 46:14 +. +Thus shall they prepare the lamb, and the meat offering, and the oil, every morning for a continual burnt offering. -- ezekiel 46:15 +. +Thus saith the Lord GOD; If the prince give a gift unto any of his sons, the inheritance thereof shall be his sons'; it shall be their possession by inheritance. -- ezekiel 46:16 +. +But if he give a gift of his inheritance to one of his servants, then it shall be his to the year of liberty; after it shall return to the prince: but his inheritance shall be his sons' for them. -- ezekiel 46:17 +. +Moreover the prince shall not take of the people's inheritance by oppression, to thrust them out of their possession; but he shall give his sons inheritance out of his own possession: that my people be not scattered every man from his possession. -- ezekiel 46:18 +. +After he brought me through the entry, which was at the side of the gate, into the holy chambers of the priests, which looked toward the north: and, behold, there was a place on the two sides westward. -- ezekiel 46:19 +. +Then said he unto me, This is the place where the priests shall boil the trespass offering and the sin offering, where they shall bake the meat offering; that they bear them not out into the utter court, to sanctify the people. -- ezekiel 46:20 +. +Then he brought me forth into the utter court, and caused me to pass by the four corners of the court; and, behold, in every corner of the court there was a court. -- ezekiel 46:21 +. +In the four corners of the court there were courts joined of forty cubits long and thirty broad: these four corners were of one measure. -- ezekiel 46:22 +. +And there was a row of building round about in them, round about them four, and it was made with boiling places under the rows round about. -- ezekiel 46:23 +. +Then said he unto me, These are the places of them that boil, where the ministers of the house shall boil the sacrifice of the people. -- ezekiel 46:24 +. +Afterward he brought me again unto the door of the house; and, behold, waters issued out from under the threshold of the house eastward: for the forefront of the house stood toward the east, and the waters came down from under from the right side of the house, at the south side of the altar. -- ezekiel 47:1 +. +Then brought he me out of the way of the gate northward, and led me about the way without unto the utter gate by the way that looketh eastward; and, behold, there ran out waters on the right side. -- ezekiel 47:2 +. +And when the man that had the line in his hand went forth eastward, he measured a thousand cubits, and he brought me through the waters; the waters were to the ankles. -- ezekiel 47:3 +. +Again he measured a thousand, and brought me through the waters; the waters were to the knees. Again he measured a thousand, and brought me through; the waters were to the loins. -- ezekiel 47:4 +. +Afterward he measured a thousand; and it was a river that I could not pass over: for the waters were risen, waters to swim in, a river that could not be passed over. -- ezekiel 47:5 +. +And he said unto me, Son of man, hast thou seen this? Then he brought me, and caused me to return to the brink of the river. -- ezekiel 47:6 +. +Now when I had returned, behold, at the bank of the river were very many trees on the one side and on the other. -- ezekiel 47:7 +. +Then said he unto me, These waters issue out toward the east country, and go down into the desert, and go into the sea: which being brought forth into the sea, the waters shall be healed. -- ezekiel 47:8 +. +And it shall come to pass, that every thing that liveth, which moveth, whithersoever the rivers shall come, shall live: and there shall be a very great multitude of fish, because these waters shall come thither: for they shall be healed; and every thing shall live whither the river cometh. -- ezekiel 47:9 +. +And it shall come to pass, that the fishers shall stand upon it from Engedi even unto Eneglaim; they shall be a place to spread forth nets; their fish shall be according to their kinds, as the fish of the great sea, exceeding many. -- ezekiel 47:10 +. +But the miry places thereof and the marishes thereof shall not be healed; they shall be given to salt. -- ezekiel 47:11 +. +And by the river upon the bank thereof, on this side and on that side, shall grow all trees for meat, whose leaf shall not fade, neither shall the fruit thereof be consumed: it shall bring forth new fruit according to his months, because their waters they issued out of the sanctuary: and the fruit thereof shall be for meat, and the leaf thereof for medicine. -- ezekiel 47:12 +. +Thus saith the Lord GOD; This shall be the border, whereby ye shall inherit the land according to the twelve tribes of Israel: Joseph shall have two portions. -- ezekiel 47:13 +. +And ye shall inherit it, one as well as another: concerning the which I lifted up mine hand to give it unto your fathers: and this land shall fall unto you for inheritance. -- ezekiel 47:14 +. +And this shall be the border of the land toward the north side, from the great sea, the way of Hethlon, as men go to Zedad; -- ezekiel 47:15 +. +Hamath, Berothah, Sibraim, which is between the border of Damascus and the border of Hamath; Hazarhatticon, which is by the coast of Hauran. -- ezekiel 47:16 +. +And the border from the sea shall be Hazarenan, the border of Damascus, and the north northward, and the border of Hamath. And this is the north side. -- ezekiel 47:17 +. +And the east side ye shall measure from Hauran, and from Damascus, and from Gilead, and from the land of Israel by Jordan, from the border unto the east sea. And this is the east side. -- ezekiel 47:18 +. +And the south side southward, from Tamar even to the waters of strife in Kadesh, the river to the great sea. And this is the south side southward. -- ezekiel 47:19 +. +The west side also shall be the great sea from the border, till a man come over against Hamath. This is the west side. -- ezekiel 47:20 +. +So shall ye divide this land unto you according to the tribes of Israel. -- ezekiel 47:21 +. +And it shall come to pass, that ye shall divide it by lot for an inheritance unto you, and to the strangers that sojourn among you, which shall beget children among you: and they shall be unto you as born in the country among the children of Israel; they shall have inheritance with you among the tribes of Israel. -- ezekiel 47:22 +. +And it shall come to pass, that in what tribe the stranger sojourneth, there shall ye give him his inheritance, saith the Lord GOD. -- ezekiel 47:23 +. +Now these are the names of the tribes. From the north end to the coast of the way of Hethlon, as one goeth to Hamath, Hazarenan, the border of Damascus northward, to the coast of Hamath; for these are his sides east and west; a portion for Dan. -- ezekiel 48:1 +. +And by the border of Dan, from the east side unto the west side, a portion for Asher. -- ezekiel 48:2 +. +And by the border of Asher, from the east side even unto the west side, a portion for Naphtali. -- ezekiel 48:3 +. +And by the border of Naphtali, from the east side unto the west side, a portion for Manasseh. -- ezekiel 48:4 +. +And by the border of Manasseh, from the east side unto the west side, a portion for Ephraim. -- ezekiel 48:5 +. +And by the border of Ephraim, from the east side even unto the west side, a portion for Reuben. -- ezekiel 48:6 +. +And by the border of Reuben, from the east side unto the west side, a portion for Judah. -- ezekiel 48:7 +. +And by the border of Judah, from the east side unto the west side, shall be the offering which ye shall offer of five and twenty thousand reeds in breadth, and in length as one of the other parts, from the east side unto the west side: and the sanctuary shall be in the midst of it. -- ezekiel 48:8 +. +The oblation that ye shall offer unto the LORD shall be of five and twenty thousand in length, and of ten thousand in breadth. -- ezekiel 48:9 +. +And for them, even for the priests, shall be this holy oblation; toward the north five and twenty thousand in length, and toward the west ten thousand in breadth, and toward the east ten thousand in breadth, and toward the south five and twenty thousand in length: and the sanctuary of the LORD shall be in the midst thereof. -- ezekiel 48:10 +. +It shall be for the priests that are sanctified of the sons of Zadok; which have kept my charge, which went not astray when the children of Israel went astray, as the Levites went astray. -- ezekiel 48:11 +. +And this oblation of the land that is offered shall be unto them a thing most holy by the border of the Levites. -- ezekiel 48:12 +. +And over against the border of the priests the Levites shall have five and twenty thousand in length, and ten thousand in breadth: all the length shall be five and twenty thousand, and the breadth ten thousand. -- ezekiel 48:13 +. +And they shall not sell of it, neither exchange, nor alienate the firstfruits of the land: for it is holy unto the LORD. -- ezekiel 48:14 +. +And the five thousand, that are left in the breadth over against the five and twenty thousand, shall be a profane place for the city, for dwelling, and for suburbs: and the city shall be in the midst thereof. -- ezekiel 48:15 +. +And these shall be the measures thereof; the north side four thousand and five hundred, and the south side four thousand and five hundred, and on the east side four thousand and five hundred, and the west side four thousand and five hundred. -- ezekiel 48:16 +. +And the suburbs of the city shall be toward the north two hundred and fifty, and toward the south two hundred and fifty, and toward the east two hundred and fifty, and toward the west two hundred and fifty. -- ezekiel 48:17 +. +And the residue in length over against the oblation of the holy portion shall be ten thousand eastward, and ten thousand westward: and it shall be over against the oblation of the holy portion; and the increase thereof shall be for food unto them that serve the city. -- ezekiel 48:18 +. +And they that serve the city shall serve it out of all the tribes of Israel. -- ezekiel 48:19 +. +All the oblation shall be five and twenty thousand by five and twenty thousand: ye shall offer the holy oblation foursquare, with the possession of the city. -- ezekiel 48:20 +. +And the residue shall be for the prince, on the one side and on the other of the holy oblation, and of the possession of the city, over against the five and twenty thousand of the oblation toward the east border, and westward over against the five and twenty thousand toward the west border, over against the portions for the prince: and it shall be the holy oblation; and the sanctuary of the house shall be in the midst thereof. -- ezekiel 48:21 +. +Moreover from the possession of the Levites, and from the possession of the city, being in the midst of that which is the prince's, between the border of Judah and the border of Benjamin, shall be for the prince. -- ezekiel 48:22 +. +As for the rest of the tribes, from the east side unto the west side, Benjamin shall have a portion. -- ezekiel 48:23 +. +And by the border of Benjamin, from the east side unto the west side, Simeon shall have a portion. -- ezekiel 48:24 +. +And by the border of Simeon, from the east side unto the west side, Issachar a portion. -- ezekiel 48:25 +. +And by the border of Issachar, from the east side unto the west side, Zebulun a portion. -- ezekiel 48:26 +. +And by the border of Zebulun, from the east side unto the west side, Gad a portion. -- ezekiel 48:27 +. +And by the border of Gad, at the south side southward, the border shall be even from Tamar unto the waters of strife in Kadesh, and to the river toward the great sea. -- ezekiel 48:28 +. +This is the land which ye shall divide by lot unto the tribes of Israel for inheritance, and these are their portions, saith the Lord GOD. -- ezekiel 48:29 +. +And these are the goings out of the city on the north side, four thousand and five hundred measures. -- ezekiel 48:30 +. +And the gates of the city shall be after the names of the tribes of Israel: three gates northward; one gate of Reuben, one gate of Judah, one gate of Levi. -- ezekiel 48:31 +. +And at the east side four thousand and five hundred: and three gates; and one gate of Joseph, one gate of Benjamin, one gate of Dan. -- ezekiel 48:32 +. +And at the south side four thousand and five hundred measures: and three gates; one gate of Simeon, one gate of Issachar, one gate of Zebulun. -- ezekiel 48:33 +. +At the west side four thousand and five hundred, with their three gates; one gate of Gad, one gate of Asher, one gate of Naphtali. -- ezekiel 48:34 +. +It was round about eighteen thousand measures: and the name of the city from that day shall be, The LORD is there. -- ezekiel 48:35 +. +In the third year of the reign of Jehoiakim king of Judah came Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon unto Jerusalem, and besieged it. -- daniel 1:1 +. +And the Lord gave Jehoiakim king of Judah into his hand, with part of the vessels of the house of God: which he carried into the land of Shinar to the house of his god; and he brought the vessels into the treasure house of his god. -- daniel 1:2 +. +And the king spake unto Ashpenaz the master of his eunuchs, that he should bring certain of the children of Israel, and of the king's seed, and of the princes; -- daniel 1:3 +. +Children in whom was no blemish, but well favoured, and skilful in all wisdom, and cunning in knowledge, and understanding science, and such as had ability in them to stand in the king's palace, and whom they might teach the learning and the tongue of the Chaldeans. -- daniel 1:4 +. +And the king appointed them a daily provision of the king's meat, and of the wine which he drank: so nourishing them three years, that at the end thereof they might stand before the king. -- daniel 1:5 +. +Now among these were of the children of Judah, Daniel, Hananiah, Mishael, and Azariah: -- daniel 1:6 +. +Unto whom the prince of the eunuchs gave names: for he gave unto Daniel the name of Belteshazzar; and to Hananiah, of Shadrach; and to Mishael, of Meshach; and to Azariah, of Abednego. -- daniel 1:7 +. +But Daniel purposed in his heart that he would not defile himself with the portion of the king's meat, nor with the wine which he drank: therefore he requested of the prince of the eunuchs that he might not defile himself. -- daniel 1:8 +. +Now God had brought Daniel into favour and tender love with the prince of the eunuchs. -- daniel 1:9 +. +And the prince of the eunuchs said unto Daniel, I fear my lord the king, who hath appointed your meat and your drink: for why should he see your faces worse liking than the children which are of your sort? then shall ye make me endanger my head to the king. -- daniel 1:10 +. +Then said Daniel to Melzar, whom the prince of the eunuchs had set over Daniel, Hananiah, Mishael, and Azariah, -- daniel 1:11 +. +Prove thy servants, I beseech thee, ten days; and let them give us pulse to eat, and water to drink. -- daniel 1:12 +. +Then let our countenances be looked upon before thee, and the countenance of the children that eat of the portion of the king's meat: and as thou seest, deal with thy servants. -- daniel 1:13 +. +So he consented to them in this matter, and proved them ten days. -- daniel 1:14 +. +And at the end of ten days their countenances appeared fairer and fatter in flesh than all the children which did eat the portion of the king's meat. -- daniel 1:15 +. +Thus Melzar took away the portion of their meat, and the wine that they should drink; and gave them pulse. -- daniel 1:16 +. +As for these four children, God gave them knowledge and skill in all learning and wisdom: and Daniel had understanding in all visions and dreams. -- daniel 1:17 +. +Now at the end of the days that the king had said he should bring them in, then the prince of the eunuchs brought them in before Nebuchadnezzar. -- daniel 1:18 +. +And the king communed with them; and among them all was found none like Daniel, Hananiah, Mishael, and Azariah: therefore stood they before the king. -- daniel 1:19 +. +And in all matters of wisdom and understanding, that the king enquired of them, he found them ten times better than all the magicians and astrologers that were in all his realm. -- daniel 1:20 +. +And Daniel continued even unto the first year of king Cyrus. -- daniel 1:21 +. +And in the second year of the reign of Nebuchadnezzar Nebuchadnezzar dreamed dreams, wherewith his spirit was troubled, and his sleep brake from him. -- daniel 2:1 +. +Then the king commanded to call the magicians, and the astrologers, and the sorcerers, and the Chaldeans, for to shew the king his dreams. So they came and stood before the king. -- daniel 2:2 +. +And the king said unto them, I have dreamed a dream, and my spirit was troubled to know the dream. -- daniel 2:3 +. +Then spake the Chaldeans to the king in Syriack, O king, live for ever: tell thy servants the dream, and we will shew the interpretation. -- daniel 2:4 +. +The king answered and said to the Chaldeans, The thing is gone from me: if ye will not make known unto me the dream, with the interpretation thereof, ye shall be cut in pieces, and your houses shall be made a dunghill. -- daniel 2:5 +. +But if ye shew the dream, and the interpretation thereof, ye shall receive of me gifts and rewards and great honour: therefore shew me the dream, and the interpretation thereof. -- daniel 2:6 +. +They answered again and said, Let the king tell his servants the dream, and we will shew the interpretation of it. -- daniel 2:7 +. +The king answered and said, I know of certainty that ye would gain the time, because ye see the thing is gone from me. -- daniel 2:8 +. +But if ye will not make known unto me the dream, there is but one decree for you: for ye have prepared lying and corrupt words to speak before me, till the time be changed: therefore tell me the dream, and I shall know that ye can shew me the interpretation thereof. -- daniel 2:9 +. +The Chaldeans answered before the king, and said, There is not a man upon the earth that can shew the king's matter: therefore there is no king, lord, nor ruler, that asked such things at any magician, or astrologer, or Chaldean. -- daniel 2:10 +. +And it is a rare thing that the king requireth, and there is none other that can shew it before the king, except the gods, whose dwelling is not with flesh. -- daniel 2:11 +. +For this cause the king was angry and very furious, and commanded to destroy all the wise men of Babylon. -- daniel 2:12 +. +And the decree went forth that the wise men should be slain; and they sought Daniel and his fellows to be slain. -- daniel 2:13 +. +Then Daniel answered with counsel and wisdom to Arioch the captain of the king's guard, which was gone forth to slay the wise men of Babylon: -- daniel 2:14 +. +He answered and said to Arioch the king's captain, Why is the decree so hasty from the king? Then Arioch made the thing known to Daniel. -- daniel 2:15 +. +Then Daniel went in, and desired of the king that he would give him time, and that he would shew the king the interpretation. -- daniel 2:16 +. +Then Daniel went to his house, and made the thing known to Hananiah, Mishael, and Azariah, his companions: -- daniel 2:17 +. +That they would desire mercies of the God of heaven concerning this secret; that Daniel and his fellows should not perish with the rest of the wise men of Babylon. -- daniel 2:18 +. +Then was the secret revealed unto Daniel in a night vision. Then Daniel blessed the God of heaven. -- daniel 2:19 +. +Daniel answered and said, Blessed be the name of God for ever and ever: for wisdom and might are his: -- daniel 2:20 +. +And he changeth the times and the seasons: he removeth kings, and setteth up kings: he giveth wisdom unto the wise, and knowledge to them that know understanding: -- daniel 2:21 +. +He revealeth the deep and secret things: he knoweth what is in the darkness, and the light dwelleth with him. -- daniel 2:22 +. +I thank thee, and praise thee, O thou God of my fathers, who hast given me wisdom and might, and hast made known unto me now what we desired of thee: for thou hast now made known unto us the king's matter. -- daniel 2:23 +. +Therefore Daniel went in unto Arioch, whom the king had ordained to destroy the wise men of Babylon: he went and said thus unto him; Destroy not the wise men of Babylon: bring me in before the king, and I will shew unto the king the interpretation. -- daniel 2:24 +. +Then Arioch brought in Daniel before the king in haste, and said thus unto him, I have found a man of the captives of Judah, that will make known unto the king the interpretation. -- daniel 2:25 +. +The king answered and said to Daniel, whose name was Belteshazzar, Art thou able to make known unto me the dream which I have seen, and the interpretation thereof? -- daniel 2:26 +. +Daniel answered in the presence of the king, and said, The secret which the king hath demanded cannot the wise men, the astrologers, the magicians, the soothsayers, shew unto the king; -- daniel 2:27 +. +But there is a God in heaven that revealeth secrets, and maketh known to the king Nebuchadnezzar what shall be in the latter days. Thy dream, and the visions of thy head upon thy bed, are these; -- daniel 2:28 +. +As for thee, O king, thy thoughts came into thy mind upon thy bed, what should come to pass hereafter: and he that revealeth secrets maketh known to thee what shall come to pass. -- daniel 2:29 +. +But as for me, this secret is not revealed to me for any wisdom that I have more than any living, but for their sakes that shall make known the interpretation to the king, and that thou mightest know the thoughts of thy heart. -- daniel 2:30 +. +Thou, O king, sawest, and behold a great image. This great image, whose brightness was excellent, stood before thee; and the form thereof was terrible. -- daniel 2:31 +. +This image's head was of fine gold, his breast and his arms of silver, his belly and his thighs of brass, -- daniel 2:32 +. +His legs of iron, his feet part of iron and part of clay. -- daniel 2:33 +. +Thou sawest till that a stone was cut out without hands, which smote the image upon his feet that were of iron and clay, and brake them to pieces. -- daniel 2:34 +. +Then was the iron, the clay, the brass, the silver, and the gold, broken to pieces together, and became like the chaff of the summer threshingfloors; and the wind carried them away, that no place was found for them: and the stone that smote the image became a great mountain, and filled the whole earth. -- daniel 2:35 +. +This is the dream; and we will tell the interpretation thereof before the king. -- daniel 2:36 +. +Thou, O king, art a king of kings: for the God of heaven hath given thee a kingdom, power, and strength, and glory. -- daniel 2:37 +. +And wheresoever the children of men dwell, the beasts of the field and the fowls of the heaven hath he given into thine hand, and hath made thee ruler over them all. Thou art this head of gold. -- daniel 2:38 +. +And after thee shall arise another kingdom inferior to thee, and another third kingdom of brass, which shall bear rule over all the earth. -- daniel 2:39 +. +And the fourth kingdom shall be strong as iron: forasmuch as iron breaketh in pieces and subdueth all things: and as iron that breaketh all these, shall it break in pieces and bruise. -- daniel 2:40 +. +And whereas thou sawest the feet and toes, part of potters' clay, and part of iron, the kingdom shall be divided; but there shall be in it of the strength of the iron, forasmuch as thou sawest the iron mixed with miry clay. -- daniel 2:41 +. +And as the toes of the feet were part of iron, and part of clay, so the kingdom shall be partly strong, and partly broken. -- daniel 2:42 +. +And whereas thou sawest iron mixed with miry clay, they shall mingle themselves with the seed of men: but they shall not cleave one to another, even as iron is not mixed with clay. -- daniel 2:43 +. +And in the days of these kings shall the God of heaven set up a kingdom, which shall never be destroyed: and the kingdom shall not be left to other people, but it shall break in pieces and consume all these kingdoms, and it shall stand for ever. -- daniel 2:44 +. +Forasmuch as thou sawest that the stone was cut out of the mountain without hands, and that it brake in pieces the iron, the brass, the clay, the silver, and the gold; the great God hath made known to the king what shall come to pass hereafter: and the dream is certain, and the interpretation thereof sure. -- daniel 2:45 +. +Then the king Nebuchadnezzar fell upon his face, and worshipped Daniel, and commanded that they should offer an oblation and sweet odours unto him. -- daniel 2:46 +. +The king answered unto Daniel, and said, Of a truth it is, that your God is a God of gods, and a Lord of kings, and a revealer of secrets, seeing thou couldest reveal this secret. -- daniel 2:47 +. +Then the king made Daniel a great man, and gave him many great gifts, and made him ruler over the whole province of Babylon, and chief of the governors over all the wise men of Babylon. -- daniel 2:48 +. +Then Daniel requested of the king, and he set Shadrach, Meshach, and Abednego, over the affairs of the province of Babylon: but Daniel sat in the gate of the king. -- daniel 2:49 +. +Nebuchadnezzar the king made an image of gold, whose height was threescore cubits, and the breadth thereof six cubits: he set it up in the plain of Dura, in the province of Babylon. -- daniel 3:1 +. +Then Nebuchadnezzar the king sent to gather together the princes, the governors, and the captains, the judges, the treasurers, the counsellors, the sheriffs, and all the rulers of the provinces, to come to the dedication of the image which Nebuchadnezzar the king had set up. -- daniel 3:2 +. +Then the princes, the governors, and captains, the judges, the treasurers, the counsellors, the sheriffs, and all the rulers of the provinces, were gathered together unto the dedication of the image that Nebuchadnezzar the king had set up; and they stood before the image that Nebuchadnezzar had set up. -- daniel 3:3 +. +Then an herald cried aloud, To you it is commanded, O people, nations, and languages, -- daniel 3:4 +. +That at what time ye hear the sound of the cornet, flute, harp, sackbut, psaltery, dulcimer, and all kinds of musick, ye fall down and worship the golden image that Nebuchadnezzar the king hath set up: -- daniel 3:5 +. +And whoso falleth not down and worshippeth shall the same hour be cast into the midst of a burning fiery furnace. -- daniel 3:6 +. +Therefore at that time, when all the people heard the sound of the cornet, flute, harp, sackbut, psaltery, and all kinds of musick, all the people, the nations, and the languages, fell down and worshipped the golden image that Nebuchadnezzar the king had set up. -- daniel 3:7 +. +Wherefore at that time certain Chaldeans came near, and accused the Jews. -- daniel 3:8 +. +They spake and said to the king Nebuchadnezzar, O king, live for ever. -- daniel 3:9 +. +Thou, O king, hast made a decree, that every man that shall hear the sound of the cornet, flute, harp, sackbut, psaltery, and dulcimer, and all kinds of musick, shall fall down and worship the golden image: -- daniel 3:10 +. +And whoso falleth not down and worshippeth, that he should be cast into the midst of a burning fiery furnace. -- daniel 3:11 +. +There are certain Jews whom thou hast set over the affairs of the province of Babylon, Shadrach, Meshach, and Abednego; these men, O king, have not regarded thee: they serve not thy gods, nor worship the golden image which thou hast set up. -- daniel 3:12 +. +Then Nebuchadnezzar in his rage and fury commanded to bring Shadrach, Meshach, and Abednego. Then they brought these men before the king. -- daniel 3:13 +. +Nebuchadnezzar spake and said unto them, Is it true, O Shadrach, Meshach, and Abednego, do not ye serve my gods, nor worship the golden image which I have set up? -- daniel 3:14 +. +Now if ye be ready that at what time ye hear the sound of the cornet, flute, harp, sackbut, psaltery, and dulcimer, and all kinds of musick, ye fall down and worship the image which I have made; well: but if ye worship not, ye shall be cast the same hour into the midst of a burning fiery furnace; and who is that God that shall deliver you out of my hands? -- daniel 3:15 +. +Shadrach, Meshach, and Abednego, answered and said to the king, O Nebuchadnezzar, we are not careful to answer thee in this matter. -- daniel 3:16 +. +If it be so, our God whom we serve is able to deliver us from the burning fiery furnace, and he will deliver us out of thine hand, O king. -- daniel 3:17 +. +But if not, be it known unto thee, O king, that we will not serve thy gods, nor worship the golden image which thou hast set up. -- daniel 3:18 +. +Then was Nebuchadnezzar full of fury, and the form of his visage was changed against Shadrach, Meshach, and Abednego: therefore he spake, and commanded that they should heat the furnace one seven times more than it was wont to be heated. -- daniel 3:19 +. +And he commanded the most mighty men that were in his army to bind Shadrach, Meshach, and Abednego, and to cast them into the burning fiery furnace. -- daniel 3:20 +. +Then these men were bound in their coats, their hosen, and their hats, and their other garments, and were cast into the midst of the burning fiery furnace. -- daniel 3:21 +. +Therefore because the king's commandment was urgent, and the furnace exceeding hot, the flames of the fire slew those men that took up Shadrach, Meshach, and Abednego. -- daniel 3:22 +. +And these three men, Shadrach, Meshach, and Abednego, fell down bound into the midst of the burning fiery furnace. -- daniel 3:23 +. +Then Nebuchadnezzar the king was astonied, and rose up in haste, and spake, and said unto his counsellors, Did not we cast three men bound into the midst of the fire? They answered and said unto the king, True, O king. -- daniel 3:24 +. +He answered and said, Lo, I see four men loose, walking in the midst of the fire, and they have no hurt; and the form of the fourth is like the Son of God. -- daniel 3:25 +. +Then Nebuchadnezzar came near to the mouth of the burning fiery furnace, and spake, and said, Shadrach, Meshach, and Abednego, ye servants of the most high God, come forth, and come hither. Then Shadrach, Meshach, and Abednego, came forth of the midst of the fire. -- daniel 3:26 +. +And the princes, governors, and captains, and the king's counsellors, being gathered together, saw these men, upon whose bodies the fire had no power, nor was an hair of their head singed, neither were their coats changed, nor the smell of fire had passed on them. -- daniel 3:27 +. +Then Nebuchadnezzar spake, and said, Blessed be the God of Shadrach, Meshach, and Abednego, who hath sent his angel, and delivered his servants that trusted in him, and have changed the king's word, and yielded their bodies, that they might not serve nor worship any god, except their own God. -- daniel 3:28 +. +Therefore I make a decree, That every people, nation, and language, which speak any thing amiss against the God of Shadrach, Meshach, and Abednego, shall be cut in pieces, and their houses shall be made a dunghill: because there is no other God that can deliver after this sort. -- daniel 3:29 +. +Then the king promoted Shadrach, Meshach, and Abednego, in the province of Babylon. -- daniel 3:30 +. +Nebuchadnezzar the king, unto all people, nations, and languages, that dwell in all the earth; Peace be multiplied unto you. -- daniel 4:1 +. +I thought it good to shew the signs and wonders that the high God hath wrought toward me. -- daniel 4:2 +. +How great are his signs! and how mighty are his wonders! his kingdom is an everlasting kingdom, and his dominion is from generation to generation. -- daniel 4:3 +. +I Nebuchadnezzar was at rest in mine house, and flourishing in my palace: -- daniel 4:4 +. +I saw a dream which made me afraid, and the thoughts upon my bed and the visions of my head troubled me. -- daniel 4:5 +. +Therefore made I a decree to bring in all the wise men of Babylon before me, that they might make known unto me the interpretation of the dream. -- daniel 4:6 +. +Then came in the magicians, the astrologers, the Chaldeans, and the soothsayers: and I told the dream before them; but they did not make known unto me the interpretation thereof. -- daniel 4:7 +. +But at the last Daniel came in before me, whose name was Belteshazzar, according to the name of my God, and in whom is the spirit of the holy gods: and before him I told the dream, saying, -- daniel 4:8 +. +O Belteshazzar, master of the magicians, because I know that the spirit of the holy gods is in thee, and no secret troubleth thee, tell me the visions of my dream that I have seen, and the interpretation thereof. -- daniel 4:9 +. +Thus were the visions of mine head in my bed; I saw, and behold a tree in the midst of the earth, and the height thereof was great. -- daniel 4:10 +. +The tree grew, and was strong, and the height thereof reached unto heaven, and the sight thereof to the end of all the earth: -- daniel 4:11 +. +The leaves thereof were fair, and the fruit thereof much, and in it was meat for all: the beasts of the field had shadow under it, and the fowls of the heaven dwelt in the boughs thereof, and all flesh was fed of it. -- daniel 4:12 +. +I saw in the visions of my head upon my bed, and, behold, a watcher and an holy one came down from heaven; -- daniel 4:13 +. +He cried aloud, and said thus, Hew down the tree, and cut off his branches, shake off his leaves, and scatter his fruit: let the beasts get away from under it, and the fowls from his branches: -- daniel 4:14 +. +Nevertheless leave the stump of his roots in the earth, even with a band of iron and brass, in the tender grass of the field; and let it be wet with the dew of heaven, and let his portion be with the beasts in the grass of the earth: -- daniel 4:15 +. +Let his heart be changed from man's, and let a beast's heart be given unto him; and let seven times pass over him. -- daniel 4:16 +. +This matter is by the decree of the watchers, and the demand by the word of the holy ones: to the intent that the living may know that the most High ruleth in the kingdom of men, and giveth it to whomsoever he will, and setteth up over it the basest of men. -- daniel 4:17 +. +This dream I king Nebuchadnezzar have seen. Now thou, O Belteshazzar, declare the interpretation thereof, forasmuch as all the wise men of my kingdom are not able to make known unto me the interpretation: but thou art able; for the spirit of the holy gods is in thee. -- daniel 4:18 +. +Then Daniel, whose name was Belteshazzar, was astonied for one hour, and his thoughts troubled him. The king spake, and said, Belteshazzar, let not the dream, or the interpretation thereof, trouble thee. Belteshazzar answered and said, My lord, the dream be to them that hate thee, and the interpretation thereof to thine enemies. -- daniel 4:19 +. +The tree that thou sawest, which grew, and was strong, whose height reached unto the heaven, and the sight thereof to all the earth; -- daniel 4:20 +. +Whose leaves were fair, and the fruit thereof much, and in it was meat for all; under which the beasts of the field dwelt, and upon whose branches the fowls of the heaven had their habitation: -- daniel 4:21 +. +It is thou, O king, that art grown and become strong: for thy greatness is grown, and reacheth unto heaven, and thy dominion to the end of the earth. -- daniel 4:22 +. +And whereas the king saw a watcher and an holy one coming down from heaven, and saying, Hew the tree down, and destroy it; yet leave the stump of the roots thereof in the earth, even with a band of iron and brass, in the tender grass of the field; and let it be wet with the dew of heaven, and let his portion be with the beasts of the field, till seven times pass over him; -- daniel 4:23 +. +This is the interpretation, O king, and this is the decree of the most High, which is come upon my lord the king: -- daniel 4:24 +. +That they shall drive thee from men, and thy dwelling shall be with the beasts of the field, and they shall make thee to eat grass as oxen, and they shall wet thee with the dew of heaven, and seven times shall pass over thee, till thou know that the most High ruleth in the kingdom of men, and giveth it to whomsoever he will. -- daniel 4:25 +. +And whereas they commanded to leave the stump of the tree roots; thy kingdom shall be sure unto thee, after that thou shalt have known that the heavens do rule. -- daniel 4:26 +. +Wherefore, O king, let my counsel be acceptable unto thee, and break off thy sins by righteousness, and thine iniquities by shewing mercy to the poor; if it may be a lengthening of thy tranquillity. -- daniel 4:27 +. +All this came upon the king Nebuchadnezzar. -- daniel 4:28 +. +At the end of twelve months he walked in the palace of the kingdom of Babylon. -- daniel 4:29 +. +The king spake, and said, Is not this great Babylon, that I have built for the house of the kingdom by the might of my power, and for the honour of my majesty? -- daniel 4:30 +. +While the word was in the king's mouth, there fell a voice from heaven, saying, O king Nebuchadnezzar, to thee it is spoken; The kingdom is departed from thee. -- daniel 4:31 +. +And they shall drive thee from men, and thy dwelling shall be with the beasts of the field: they shall make thee to eat grass as oxen, and seven times shall pass over thee, until thou know that the most High ruleth in the kingdom of men, and giveth it to whomsoever he will. -- daniel 4:32 +. +The same hour was the thing fulfilled upon Nebuchadnezzar: and he was driven from men, and did eat grass as oxen, and his body was wet with the dew of heaven, till his hairs were grown like eagles' feathers, and his nails like birds' claws. -- daniel 4:33 +. +And at the end of the days I Nebuchadnezzar lifted up mine eyes unto heaven, and mine understanding returned unto me, and I blessed the most High, and I praised and honoured him that liveth for ever, whose dominion is an everlasting dominion, and his kingdom is from generation to generation: -- daniel 4:34 +. +And all the inhabitants of the earth are reputed as nothing: and he doeth according to his will in the army of heaven, and among the inhabitants of the earth: and none can stay his hand, or say unto him, What doest thou? -- daniel 4:35 +. +At the same time my reason returned unto me; and for the glory of my kingdom, mine honour and brightness returned unto me; and my counsellors and my lords sought unto me; and I was established in my kingdom, and excellent majesty was added unto me. -- daniel 4:36 +. +Now I Nebuchadnezzar praise and extol and honour the King of heaven, all whose works are truth, and his ways judgment: and those that walk in pride he is able to abase. -- daniel 4:37 +. +Belshazzar the king made a great feast to a thousand of his lords, and drank wine before the thousand. -- daniel 5:1 +. +Belshazzar, whiles he tasted the wine, commanded to bring the golden and silver vessels which his father Nebuchadnezzar had taken out of the temple which was in Jerusalem; that the king, and his princes, his wives, and his concubines, might drink therein. -- daniel 5:2 +. +Then they brought the golden vessels that were taken out of the temple of the house of God which was at Jerusalem; and the king, and his princes, his wives, and his concubines, drank in them. -- daniel 5:3 +. +They drank wine, and praised the gods of gold, and of silver, of brass, of iron, of wood, and of stone. -- daniel 5:4 +. +In the same hour came forth fingers of a man's hand, and wrote over against the candlestick upon the plaister of the wall of the king's palace: and the king saw the part of the hand that wrote. -- daniel 5:5 +. +Then the king's countenance was changed, and his thoughts troubled him, so that the joints of his loins were loosed, and his knees smote one against another. -- daniel 5:6 +. +The king cried aloud to bring in the astrologers, the Chaldeans, and the soothsayers. And the king spake, and said to the wise men of Babylon, Whosoever shall read this writing, and shew me the interpretation thereof, shall be clothed with scarlet, and have a chain of gold about his neck, and shall be the third ruler in the kingdom. -- daniel 5:7 +. +Then came in all the king's wise men: but they could not read the writing, nor make known to the king the interpretation thereof. -- daniel 5:8 +. +Then was king Belshazzar greatly troubled, and his countenance was changed in him, and his lords were astonied. -- daniel 5:9 +. +Now the queen by reason of the words of the king and his lords came into the banquet house: and the queen spake and said, O king, live for ever: let not thy thoughts trouble thee, nor let thy countenance be changed: -- daniel 5:10 +. +There is a man in thy kingdom, in whom is the spirit of the holy gods; and in the days of thy father light and understanding and wisdom, like the wisdom of the gods, was found in him; whom the king Nebuchadnezzar thy father, the king, I say, thy father, made master of the magicians, astrologers, Chaldeans, and soothsayers; -- daniel 5:11 +. +Forasmuch as an excellent spirit, and knowledge, and understanding, interpreting of dreams, and shewing of hard sentences, and dissolving of doubts, were found in the same Daniel, whom the king named Belteshazzar: now let Daniel be called, and he will shew the interpretation. -- daniel 5:12 +. +Then was Daniel brought in before the king. And the king spake and said unto Daniel, Art thou that Daniel, which art of the children of the captivity of Judah, whom the king my father brought out of Jewry? -- daniel 5:13 +. +I have even heard of thee, that the spirit of the gods is in thee, and that light and understanding and excellent wisdom is found in thee. -- daniel 5:14 +. +And now the wise men, the astrologers, have been brought in before me, that they should read this writing, and make known unto me the interpretation thereof: but they could not shew the interpretation of the thing: -- daniel 5:15 +. +And I have heard of thee, that thou canst make interpretations, and dissolve doubts: now if thou canst read the writing, and make known to me the interpretation thereof, thou shalt be clothed with scarlet, and have a chain of gold about thy neck, and shalt be the third ruler in the kingdom. -- daniel 5:16 +. +Then Daniel answered and said before the king, Let thy gifts be to thyself, and give thy rewards to another; yet I will read the writing unto the king, and make known to him the interpretation. -- daniel 5:17 +. +O thou king, the most high God gave Nebuchadnezzar thy father a kingdom, and majesty, and glory, and honour: -- daniel 5:18 +. +And for the majesty that he gave him, all people, nations, and languages, trembled and feared before him: whom he would he slew; and whom he would he kept alive; and whom he would he set up; and whom he would he put down. -- daniel 5:19 +. +But when his heart was lifted up, and his mind hardened in pride, he was deposed from his kingly throne, and they took his glory from him: -- daniel 5:20 +. +And he was driven from the sons of men; and his heart was made like the beasts, and his dwelling was with the wild asses: they fed him with grass like oxen, and his body was wet with the dew of heaven; till he knew that the most high God ruled in the kingdom of men, and that he appointeth over it whomsoever he will. -- daniel 5:21 +. +And thou his son, O Belshazzar, hast not humbled thine heart, though thou knewest all this; -- daniel 5:22 +. +But hast lifted up thyself against the Lord of heaven; and they have brought the vessels of his house before thee, and thou, and thy lords, thy wives, and thy concubines, have drunk wine in them; and thou hast praised the gods of silver, and gold, of brass, iron, wood, and stone, which see not, nor hear, nor know: and the God in whose hand thy breath is, and whose are all thy ways, hast thou not glorified: -- daniel 5:23 +. +Then was the part of the hand sent from him; and this writing was written. -- daniel 5:24 +. +And this is the writing that was written, MENE, MENE, TEKEL, UPHARSIN. -- daniel 5:25 +. +This is the interpretation of the thing: MENE; God hath numbered thy kingdom, and finished it. -- daniel 5:26 +. +TEKEL; Thou art weighed in the balances, and art found wanting. -- daniel 5:27 +. +PERES; Thy kingdom is divided, and given to the Medes and Persians. -- daniel 5:28 +. +Then commanded Belshazzar, and they clothed Daniel with scarlet, and put a chain of gold about his neck, and made a proclamation concerning him, that he should be the third ruler in the kingdom. -- daniel 5:29 +. +In that night was Belshazzar the king of the Chaldeans slain. -- daniel 5:30 +. +And Darius the Median took the kingdom, being about threescore and two years old. -- daniel 5:31 +. +It pleased Darius to set over the kingdom an hundred and twenty princes, which should be over the whole kingdom; -- daniel 6:1 +. +And over these three presidents; of whom Daniel was first: that the princes might give accounts unto them, and the king should have no damage. -- daniel 6:2 +. +Then this Daniel was preferred above the presidents and princes, because an excellent spirit was in him; and the king thought to set him over the whole realm. -- daniel 6:3 +. +Then the presidents and princes sought to find occasion against Daniel concerning the kingdom; but they could find none occasion nor fault; forasmuch as he was faithful, neither was there any error or fault found in him. -- daniel 6:4 +. +Then said these men, We shall not find any occasion against this Daniel, except we find it against him concerning the law of his God. -- daniel 6:5 +. +Then these presidents and princes assembled together to the king, and said thus unto him, King Darius, live for ever. -- daniel 6:6 +. +All the presidents of the kingdom, the governors, and the princes, the counsellors, and the captains, have consulted together to establish a royal statute, and to make a firm decree, that whosoever shall ask a petition of any God or man for thirty days, save of thee, O king, he shall be cast into the den of lions. -- daniel 6:7 +. +Now, O king, establish the decree, and sign the writing, that it be not changed, according to the law of the Medes and Persians, which altereth not. -- daniel 6:8 +. +Wherefore king Darius signed the writing and the decree. -- daniel 6:9 +. +Now when Daniel knew that the writing was signed, he went into his house; and his windows being open in his chamber toward Jerusalem, he kneeled upon his knees three times a day, and prayed, and gave thanks before his God, as he did aforetime. -- daniel 6:10 +. +Then these men assembled, and found Daniel praying and making supplication before his God. -- daniel 6:11 +. +Then they came near, and spake before the king concerning the king's decree; Hast thou not signed a decree, that every man that shall ask a petition of any God or man within thirty days, save of thee, O king, shall be cast into the den of lions? The king answered and said, The thing is true, according to the law of the Medes and Persians, which altereth not. -- daniel 6:12 +. +Then answered they and said before the king, That Daniel, which is of the children of the captivity of Judah, regardeth not thee, O king, nor the decree that thou hast signed, but maketh his petition three times a day. -- daniel 6:13 +. +Then the king, when he heard these words, was sore displeased with himself, and set his heart on Daniel to deliver him: and he laboured till the going down of the sun to deliver him. -- daniel 6:14 +. +Then these men assembled unto the king, and said unto the king, Know, O king, that the law of the Medes and Persians is, That no decree nor statute which the king establisheth may be changed. -- daniel 6:15 +. +Then the king commanded, and they brought Daniel, and cast him into the den of lions. Now the king spake and said unto Daniel, Thy God whom thou servest continually, he will deliver thee. -- daniel 6:16 +. +And a stone was brought, and laid upon the mouth of the den; and the king sealed it with his own signet, and with the signet of his lords; that the purpose might not be changed concerning Daniel. -- daniel 6:17 +. +Then the king went to his palace, and passed the night fasting: neither were instruments of musick brought before him: and his sleep went from him. -- daniel 6:18 +. +Then the king arose very early in the morning, and went in haste unto the den of lions. -- daniel 6:19 +. +And when he came to the den, he cried with a lamentable voice unto Daniel: and the king spake and said to Daniel, O Daniel, servant of the living God, is thy God, whom thou servest continually, able to deliver thee from the lions? -- daniel 6:20 +. +Then said Daniel unto the king, O king, live for ever. -- daniel 6:21 +. +My God hath sent his angel, and hath shut the lions' mouths, that they have not hurt me: forasmuch as before him innocency was found in me; and also before thee, O king, have I done no hurt. -- daniel 6:22 +. +Then was the king exceedingly glad for him, and commanded that they should take Daniel up out of the den. So Daniel was taken up out of the den, and no manner of hurt was found upon him, because he believed in his God. -- daniel 6:23 +. +And the king commanded, and they brought those men which had accused Daniel, and they cast them into the den of lions, them, their children, and their wives; and the lions had the mastery of them, and brake all their bones in pieces or ever they came at the bottom of the den. -- daniel 6:24 +. +Then king Darius wrote unto all people, nations, and languages, that dwell in all the earth; Peace be multiplied unto you. -- daniel 6:25 +. +I make a decree, That in every dominion of my kingdom men tremble and fear before the God of Daniel: for he is the living God, and stedfast for ever, and his kingdom that which shall not be destroyed, and his dominion shall be even unto the end. -- daniel 6:26 +. +He delivereth and rescueth, and he worketh signs and wonders in heaven and in earth, who hath delivered Daniel from the power of the lions. -- daniel 6:27 +. +So this Daniel prospered in the reign of Darius, and in the reign of Cyrus the Persian. -- daniel 6:28 +. +In the first year of Belshazzar king of Babylon Daniel had a dream and visions of his head upon his bed: then he wrote the dream, and told the sum of the matters. -- daniel 7:1 +. +Daniel spake and said, I saw in my vision by night, and, behold, the four winds of the heaven strove upon the great sea. -- daniel 7:2 +. +And four great beasts came up from the sea, diverse one from another. -- daniel 7:3 +. +The first was like a lion, and had eagle's wings: I beheld till the wings thereof were plucked, and it was lifted up from the earth, and made stand upon the feet as a man, and a man's heart was given to it. -- daniel 7:4 +. +And behold another beast, a second, like to a bear, and it raised up itself on one side, and it had three ribs in the mouth of it between the teeth of it: and they said thus unto it, Arise, devour much flesh. -- daniel 7:5 +. +After this I beheld, and lo another, like a leopard, which had upon the back of it four wings of a fowl; the beast had also four heads; and dominion was given to it. -- daniel 7:6 +. +After this I saw in the night visions, and behold a fourth beast, dreadful and terrible, and strong exceedingly; and it had great iron teeth: it devoured and brake in pieces, and stamped the residue with the feet of it: and it was diverse from all the beasts that were before it; and it had ten horns. -- daniel 7:7 +. +I considered the horns, and, behold, there came up among them another little horn, before whom there were three of the first horns plucked up by the roots: and, behold, in this horn were eyes like the eyes of man, and a mouth speaking great things. -- daniel 7:8 +. +I beheld till the thrones were cast down, and the Ancient of days did sit, whose garment was white as snow, and the hair of his head like the pure wool: his throne was like the fiery flame, and his wheels as burning fire. -- daniel 7:9 +. +A fiery stream issued and came forth from before him: thousand thousands ministered unto him, and ten thousand times ten thousand stood before him: the judgment was set, and the books were opened. -- daniel 7:10 +. +I beheld then because of the voice of the great words which the horn spake: I beheld even till the beast was slain, and his body destroyed, and given to the burning flame. -- daniel 7:11 +. +As concerning the rest of the beasts, they had their dominion taken away: yet their lives were prolonged for a season and time. -- daniel 7:12 +. +I saw in the night visions, and, behold, one like the Son of man came with the clouds of heaven, and came to the Ancient of days, and they brought him near before him. -- daniel 7:13 +. +And there was given him dominion, and glory, and a kingdom, that all people, nations, and languages, should serve him: his dominion is an everlasting dominion, which shall not pass away, and his kingdom that which shall not be destroyed. -- daniel 7:14 +. +I Daniel was grieved in my spirit in the midst of my body, and the visions of my head troubled me. -- daniel 7:15 +. +I came near unto one of them that stood by, and asked him the truth of all this. So he told me, and made me know the interpretation of the things. -- daniel 7:16 +. +These great beasts, which are four, are four kings, which shall arise out of the earth. -- daniel 7:17 +. +But the saints of the most High shall take the kingdom, and possess the kingdom for ever, even for ever and ever. -- daniel 7:18 +. +Then I would know the truth of the fourth beast, which was diverse from all the others, exceeding dreadful, whose teeth were of iron, and his nails of brass; which devoured, brake in pieces, and stamped the residue with his feet; -- daniel 7:19 +. +And of the ten horns that were in his head, and of the other which came up, and before whom three fell; even of that horn that had eyes, and a mouth that spake very great things, whose look was more stout than his fellows. -- daniel 7:20 +. +I beheld, and the same horn made war with the saints, and prevailed against them; -- daniel 7:21 +. +Until the Ancient of days came, and judgment was given to the saints of the most High; and the time came that the saints possessed the kingdom. -- daniel 7:22 +. +Thus he said, The fourth beast shall be the fourth kingdom upon earth, which shall be diverse from all kingdoms, and shall devour the whole earth, and shall tread it down, and break it in pieces. -- daniel 7:23 +. +And the ten horns out of this kingdom are ten kings that shall arise: and another shall rise after them; and he shall be diverse from the first, and he shall subdue three kings. -- daniel 7:24 +. +And he shall speak great words against the most High, and shall wear out the saints of the most High, and think to change times and laws: and they shall be given into his hand until a time and times and the dividing of time. -- daniel 7:25 +. +But the judgment shall sit, and they shall take away his dominion, to consume and to destroy it unto the end. -- daniel 7:26 +. +And the kingdom and dominion, and the greatness of the kingdom under the whole heaven, shall be given to the people of the saints of the most High, whose kingdom is an everlasting kingdom, and all dominions shall serve and obey him. -- daniel 7:27 +. +Hitherto is the end of the matter. As for me Daniel, my cogitations much troubled me, and my countenance changed in me: but I kept the matter in my heart. -- daniel 7:28 +. +In the third year of the reign of king Belshazzar a vision appeared unto me, even unto me Daniel, after that which appeared unto me at the first. -- daniel 8:1 +. +And I saw in a vision; and it came to pass, when I saw, that I was at Shushan in the palace, which is in the province of Elam; and I saw in a vision, and I was by the river of Ulai. -- daniel 8:2 +. +Then I lifted up mine eyes, and saw, and, behold, there stood before the river a ram which had two horns: and the two horns were high; but one was higher than the other, and the higher came up last. -- daniel 8:3 +. +I saw the ram pushing westward, and northward, and southward; so that no beasts might stand before him, neither was there any that could deliver out of his hand; but he did according to his will, and became great. -- daniel 8:4 +. +And as I was considering, behold, an he goat came from the west on the face of the whole earth, and touched not the ground: and the goat had a notable horn between his eyes. -- daniel 8:5 +. +And he came to the ram that had two horns, which I had seen standing before the river, and ran unto him in the fury of his power. -- daniel 8:6 +. +And I saw him come close unto the ram, and he was moved with choler against him, and smote the ram, and brake his two horns: and there was no power in the ram to stand before him, but he cast him down to the ground, and stamped upon him: and there was none that could deliver the ram out of his hand. -- daniel 8:7 +. +Therefore the he goat waxed very great: and when he was strong, the great horn was broken; and for it came up four notable ones toward the four winds of heaven. -- daniel 8:8 +. +And out of one of them came forth a little horn, which waxed exceeding great, toward the south, and toward the east, and toward the pleasant land. -- daniel 8:9 +. +And it waxed great, even to the host of heaven; and it cast down some of the host and of the stars to the ground, and stamped upon them. -- daniel 8:10 +. +Yea, he magnified himself even to the prince of the host, and by him the daily sacrifice was taken away, and the place of the sanctuary was cast down. -- daniel 8:11 +. +And an host was given him against the daily sacrifice by reason of transgression, and it cast down the truth to the ground; and it practised, and prospered. -- daniel 8:12 +. +Then I heard one saint speaking, and another saint said unto that certain saint which spake, How long shall be the vision concerning the daily sacrifice, and the transgression of desolation, to give both the sanctuary and the host to be trodden under foot? -- daniel 8:13 +. +And he said unto me, Unto two thousand and three hundred days; then shall the sanctuary be cleansed. -- daniel 8:14 +. +And it came to pass, when I, even I Daniel, had seen the vision, and sought for the meaning, then, behold, there stood before me as the appearance of a man. -- daniel 8:15 +. +And I heard a man's voice between the banks of Ulai, which called, and said, Gabriel, make this man to understand the vision. -- daniel 8:16 +. +So he came near where I stood: and when he came, I was afraid, and fell upon my face: but he said unto me, Understand, O son of man: for at the time of the end shall be the vision. -- daniel 8:17 +. +Now as he was speaking with me, I was in a deep sleep on my face toward the ground: but he touched me, and set me upright. -- daniel 8:18 +. +And he said, Behold, I will make thee know what shall be in the last end of the indignation: for at the time appointed the end shall be. -- daniel 8:19 +. +The ram which thou sawest having two horns are the kings of Media and Persia. -- daniel 8:20 +. +And the rough goat is the king of Grecia: and the great horn that is between his eyes is the first king. -- daniel 8:21 +. +Now that being broken, whereas four stood up for it, four kingdoms shall stand up out of the nation, but not in his power. -- daniel 8:22 +. +And in the latter time of their kingdom, when the transgressors are come to the full, a king of fierce countenance, and understanding dark sentences, shall stand up. -- daniel 8:23 +. +And his power shall be mighty, but not by his own power: and he shall destroy wonderfully, and shall prosper, and practise, and shall destroy the mighty and the holy people. -- daniel 8:24 +. +And through his policy also he shall cause craft to prosper in his hand; and he shall magnify himself in his heart, and by peace shall destroy many: he shall also stand up against the Prince of princes; but he shall be broken without hand. -- daniel 8:25 +. +And the vision of the evening and the morning which was told is true: wherefore shut thou up the vision; for it shall be for many days. -- daniel 8:26 +. +And I Daniel fainted, and was sick certain days; afterward I rose up, and did the king's business; and I was astonished at the vision, but none understood it. -- daniel 8:27 +. +In the first year of Darius the son of Ahasuerus, of the seed of the Medes, which was made king over the realm of the Chaldeans; -- daniel 9:1 +. +In the first year of his reign I Daniel understood by books the number of the years, whereof the word of the LORD came to Jeremiah the prophet, that he would accomplish seventy years in the desolations of Jerusalem. -- daniel 9:2 +. +And I set my face unto the Lord God, to seek by prayer and supplications, with fasting, and sackcloth, and ashes: -- daniel 9:3 +. +And I prayed unto the LORD my God, and made my confession, and said, O Lord, the great and dreadful God, keeping the covenant and mercy to them that love him, and to them that keep his commandments; -- daniel 9:4 +. +We have sinned, and have committed iniquity, and have done wickedly, and have rebelled, even by departing from thy precepts and from thy judgments: -- daniel 9:5 +. +Neither have we hearkened unto thy servants the prophets, which spake in thy name to our kings, our princes, and our fathers, and to all the people of the land. -- daniel 9:6 +. +O LORD, righteousness belongeth unto thee, but unto us confusion of faces, as at this day; to the men of Judah, and to the inhabitants of Jerusalem, and unto all Israel, that are near, and that are far off, through all the countries whither thou hast driven them, because of their trespass that they have trespassed against thee. -- daniel 9:7 +. +O Lord, to us belongeth confusion of face, to our kings, to our princes, and to our fathers, because we have sinned against thee. -- daniel 9:8 +. +To the Lord our God belong mercies and forgivenesses, though we have rebelled against him; -- daniel 9:9 +. +Neither have we obeyed the voice of the LORD our God, to walk in his laws, which he set before us by his servants the prophets. -- daniel 9:10 +. +Yea, all Israel have transgressed thy law, even by departing, that they might not obey thy voice; therefore the curse is poured upon us, and the oath that is written in the law of Moses the servant of God, because we have sinned against him. -- daniel 9:11 +. +And he hath confirmed his words, which he spake against us, and against our judges that judged us, by bringing upon us a great evil: for under the whole heaven hath not been done as hath been done upon Jerusalem. -- daniel 9:12 +. +As it is written in the law of Moses, all this evil is come upon us: yet made we not our prayer before the LORD our God, that we might turn from our iniquities, and understand thy truth. -- daniel 9:13 +. +Therefore hath the LORD watched upon the evil, and brought it upon us: for the LORD our God is righteous in all his works which he doeth: for we obeyed not his voice. -- daniel 9:14 +. +And now, O Lord our God, that hast brought thy people forth out of the land of Egypt with a mighty hand, and hast gotten thee renown, as at this day; we have sinned, we have done wickedly. -- daniel 9:15 +. +O LORD, according to all thy righteousness, I beseech thee, let thine anger and thy fury be turned away from thy city Jerusalem, thy holy mountain: because for our sins, and for the iniquities of our fathers, Jerusalem and thy people are become a reproach to all that are about us. -- daniel 9:16 +. +Now therefore, O our God, hear the prayer of thy servant, and his supplications, and cause thy face to shine upon thy sanctuary that is desolate, for the Lord's sake. -- daniel 9:17 +. +O my God, incline thine ear, and hear; open thine eyes, and behold our desolations, and the city which is called by thy name: for we do not present our supplications before thee for our righteousnesses, but for thy great mercies. -- daniel 9:18 +. +O Lord, hear; O Lord, forgive; O Lord, hearken and do; defer not, for thine own sake, O my God: for thy city and thy people are called by thy name. -- daniel 9:19 +. +And whiles I was speaking, and praying, and confessing my sin and the sin of my people Israel, and presenting my supplication before the LORD my God for the holy mountain of my God; -- daniel 9:20 +. +Yea, whiles I was speaking in prayer, even the man Gabriel, whom I had seen in the vision at the beginning, being caused to fly swiftly, touched me about the time of the evening oblation. -- daniel 9:21 +. +And he informed me, and talked with me, and said, O Daniel, I am now come forth to give thee skill and understanding. -- daniel 9:22 +. +At the beginning of thy supplications the commandment came forth, and I am come to shew thee; for thou art greatly beloved: therefore understand the matter, and consider the vision. -- daniel 9:23 +. +Seventy weeks are determined upon thy people and upon thy holy city, to finish the transgression, and to make an end of sins, and to make reconciliation for iniquity, and to bring in everlasting righteousness, and to seal up the vision and prophecy, and to anoint the most Holy. -- daniel 9:24 +. +Know therefore and understand, that from the going forth of the commandment to restore and to build Jerusalem unto the Messiah the Prince shall be seven weeks, and threescore and two weeks: the street shall be built again, and the wall, even in troublous times. -- daniel 9:25 +. +And after threescore and two weeks shall Messiah be cut off, but not for himself: and the people of the prince that shall come shall destroy the city and the sanctuary; and the end thereof shall be with a flood, and unto the end of the war desolations are determined. -- daniel 9:26 +. +And he shall confirm the covenant with many for one week: and in the midst of the week he shall cause the sacrifice and the oblation to cease, and for the overspreading of abominations he shall make it desolate, even until the consummation, and that determined shall be poured upon the desolate. -- daniel 9:27 +. +In the third year of Cyrus king of Persia a thing was revealed unto Daniel, whose name was called Belteshazzar; and the thing was true, but the time appointed was long: and he understood the thing, and had understanding of the vision. -- daniel 10:1 +. +In those days I Daniel was mourning three full weeks. -- daniel 10:2 +. +I ate no pleasant bread, neither came flesh nor wine in my mouth, neither did I anoint myself at all, till three whole weeks were fulfilled. -- daniel 10:3 +. +And in the four and twentieth day of the first month, as I was by the side of the great river, which is Hiddekel; -- daniel 10:4 +. +Then I lifted up mine eyes, and looked, and behold a certain man clothed in linen, whose loins were girded with fine gold of Uphaz: -- daniel 10:5 +. +His body also was like the beryl, and his face as the appearance of lightning, and his eyes as lamps of fire, and his arms and his feet like in colour to polished brass, and the voice of his words like the voice of a multitude. -- daniel 10:6 +. +And I Daniel alone saw the vision: for the men that were with me saw not the vision; but a great quaking fell upon them, so that they fled to hide themselves. -- daniel 10:7 +. +Therefore I was left alone, and saw this great vision, and there remained no strength in me: for my comeliness was turned in me into corruption, and I retained no strength. -- daniel 10:8 +. +Yet heard I the voice of his words: and when I heard the voice of his words, then was I in a deep sleep on my face, and my face toward the ground. -- daniel 10:9 +. +And, behold, an hand touched me, which set me upon my knees and upon the palms of my hands. -- daniel 10:10 +. +And he said unto me, O Daniel, a man greatly beloved, understand the words that I speak unto thee, and stand upright: for unto thee am I now sent. And when he had spoken this word unto me, I stood trembling. -- daniel 10:11 +. +Then said he unto me, Fear not, Daniel: for from the first day that thou didst set thine heart to understand, and to chasten thyself before thy God, thy words were heard, and I am come for thy words. -- daniel 10:12 +. +But the prince of the kingdom of Persia withstood me one and twenty days: but, lo, Michael, one of the chief princes, came to help me; and I remained there with the kings of Persia. -- daniel 10:13 +. +Now I am come to make thee understand what shall befall thy people in the latter days: for yet the vision is for many days. -- daniel 10:14 +. +And when he had spoken such words unto me, I set my face toward the ground, and I became dumb. -- daniel 10:15 +. +And, behold, one like the similitude of the sons of men touched my lips: then I opened my mouth, and spake, and said unto him that stood before me, O my lord, by the vision my sorrows are turned upon me, and I have retained no strength. -- daniel 10:16 +. +For how can the servant of this my lord talk with this my lord? for as for me, straightway there remained no strength in me, neither is there breath left in me. -- daniel 10:17 +. +Then there came again and touched me one like the appearance of a man, and he strengthened me, -- daniel 10:18 +. +And said, O man greatly beloved, fear not: peace be unto thee, be strong, yea, be strong. And when he had spoken unto me, I was strengthened, and said, Let my lord speak; for thou hast strengthened me. -- daniel 10:19 +. +Then said he, Knowest thou wherefore I come unto thee? and now will I return to fight with the prince of Persia: and when I am gone forth, lo, the prince of Grecia shall come. -- daniel 10:20 +. +But I will shew thee that which is noted in the scripture of truth: and there is none that holdeth with me in these things, but Michael your prince. -- daniel 10:21 +. +Also I in the first year of Darius the Mede, even I, stood to confirm and to strengthen him. -- daniel 11:1 +. +And now will I shew thee the truth. Behold, there shall stand up yet three kings in Persia; and the fourth shall be far richer than they all: and by his strength through his riches he shall stir up all against the realm of Grecia. -- daniel 11:2 +. +And a mighty king shall stand up, that shall rule with great dominion, and do according to his will. -- daniel 11:3 +. +And when he shall stand up, his kingdom shall be broken, and shall be divided toward the four winds of heaven; and not to his posterity, nor according to his dominion which he ruled: for his kingdom shall be plucked up, even for others beside those. -- daniel 11:4 +. +And the king of the south shall be strong, and one of his princes; and he shall be strong above him, and have dominion; his dominion shall be a great dominion. -- daniel 11:5 +. +And in the end of years they shall join themselves together; for the king's daughter of the south shall come to the king of the north to make an agreement: but she shall not retain the power of the arm; neither shall he stand, nor his arm: but she shall be given up, and they that brought her, and he that begat her, and he that strengthened her in these times. -- daniel 11:6 +. +But out of a branch of her roots shall one stand up in his estate, which shall come with an army, and shall enter into the fortress of the king of the north, and shall deal against them, and shall prevail: -- daniel 11:7 +. +And shall also carry captives into Egypt their gods, with their princes, and with their precious vessels of silver and of gold; and he shall continue more years than the king of the north. -- daniel 11:8 +. +So the king of the south shall come into his kingdom, and shall return into his own land. -- daniel 11:9 +. +But his sons shall be stirred up, and shall assemble a multitude of great forces: and one shall certainly come, and overflow, and pass through: then shall he return, and be stirred up, even to his fortress. -- daniel 11:10 +. +And the king of the south shall be moved with choler, and shall come forth and fight with him, even with the king of the north: and he shall set forth a great multitude; but the multitude shall be given into his hand. -- daniel 11:11 +. +And when he hath taken away the multitude, his heart shall be lifted up; and he shall cast down many ten thousands: but he shall not be strengthened by it. -- daniel 11:12 +. +For the king of the north shall return, and shall set forth a multitude greater than the former, and shall certainly come after certain years with a great army and with much riches. -- daniel 11:13 +. +And in those times there shall many stand up against the king of the south: also the robbers of thy people shall exalt themselves to establish the vision; but they shall fall. -- daniel 11:14 +. +So the king of the north shall come, and cast up a mount, and take the most fenced cities: and the arms of the south shall not withstand, neither his chosen people, neither shall there be any strength to withstand. -- daniel 11:15 +. +But he that cometh against him shall do according to his own will, and none shall stand before him: and he shall stand in the glorious land, which by his hand shall be consumed. -- daniel 11:16 +. +He shall also set his face to enter with the strength of his whole kingdom, and upright ones with him; thus shall he do: and he shall give him the daughter of women, corrupting her: but she shall not stand on his side, neither be for him. -- daniel 11:17 +. +After this shall he turn his face unto the isles, and shall take many: but a prince for his own behalf shall cause the reproach offered by him to cease; without his own reproach he shall cause it to turn upon him. -- daniel 11:18 +. +Then he shall turn his face toward the fort of his own land: but he shall stumble and fall, and not be found. -- daniel 11:19 +. +Then shall stand up in his estate a raiser of taxes in the glory of the kingdom: but within few days he shall be destroyed, neither in anger, nor in battle. -- daniel 11:20 +. +And in his estate shall stand up a vile person, to whom they shall not give the honour of the kingdom: but he shall come in peaceably, and obtain the kingdom by flatteries. -- daniel 11:21 +. +And with the arms of a flood shall they be overflown from before him, and shall be broken; yea, also the prince of the covenant. -- daniel 11:22 +. +And after the league made with him he shall work deceitfully: for he shall come up, and shall become strong with a small people. -- daniel 11:23 +. +He shall enter peaceably even upon the fattest places of the province; and he shall do that which his fathers have not done, nor his fathers' fathers; he shall scatter among them the prey, and spoil, and riches: yea, and he shall forecast his devices against the strong holds, even for a time. -- daniel 11:24 +. +And he shall stir up his power and his courage against the king of the south with a great army; and the king of the south shall be stirred up to battle with a very great and mighty army; but he shall not stand: for they shall forecast devices against him. -- daniel 11:25 +. +Yea, they that feed of the portion of his meat shall destroy him, and his army shall overflow: and many shall fall down slain. -- daniel 11:26 +. +And both of these kings' hearts shall be to do mischief, and they shall speak lies at one table; but it shall not prosper: for yet the end shall be at the time appointed. -- daniel 11:27 +. +Then shall he return into his land with great riches; and his heart shall be against the holy covenant; and he shall do exploits, and return to his own land. -- daniel 11:28 +. +At the time appointed he shall return, and come toward the south; but it shall not be as the former, or as the latter. -- daniel 11:29 +. +For the ships of Chittim shall come against him: therefore he shall be grieved, and return, and have indignation against the holy covenant: so shall he do; he shall even return, and have intelligence with them that forsake the holy covenant. -- daniel 11:30 +. +And arms shall stand on his part, and they shall pollute the sanctuary of strength, and shall take away the daily sacrifice, and they shall place the abomination that maketh desolate. -- daniel 11:31 +. +And such as do wickedly against the covenant shall he corrupt by flatteries: but the people that do know their God shall be strong, and do exploits. -- daniel 11:32 +. +And they that understand among the people shall instruct many: yet they shall fall by the sword, and by flame, by captivity, and by spoil, many days. -- daniel 11:33 +. +Now when they shall fall, they shall be holpen with a little help: but many shall cleave to them with flatteries. -- daniel 11:34 +. +And some of them of understanding shall fall, to try them, and to purge, and to make them white, even to the time of the end: because it is yet for a time appointed. -- daniel 11:35 +. +And the king shall do according to his will; and he shall exalt himself, and magnify himself above every god, and shall speak marvellous things against the God of gods, and shall prosper till the indignation be accomplished: for that that is determined shall be done. -- daniel 11:36 +. +Neither shall he regard the God of his fathers, nor the desire of women, nor regard any god: for he shall magnify himself above all. -- daniel 11:37 +. +But in his estate shall he honour the God of forces: and a god whom his fathers knew not shall he honour with gold, and silver, and with precious stones, and pleasant things. -- daniel 11:38 +. +Thus shall he do in the most strong holds with a strange god, whom he shall acknowledge and increase with glory: and he shall cause them to rule over many, and shall divide the land for gain. -- daniel 11:39 +. +And at the time of the end shall the king of the south push at him: and the king of the north shall come against him like a whirlwind, with chariots, and with horsemen, and with many ships; and he shall enter into the countries, and shall overflow and pass over. -- daniel 11:40 +. +He shall enter also into the glorious land, and many countries shall be overthrown: but these shall escape out of his hand, even Edom, and Moab, and the chief of the children of Ammon. -- daniel 11:41 +. +He shall stretch forth his hand also upon the countries: and the land of Egypt shall not escape. -- daniel 11:42 +. +But he shall have power over the treasures of gold and of silver, and over all the precious things of Egypt: and the Libyans and the Ethiopians shall be at his steps. -- daniel 11:43 +. +But tidings out of the east and out of the north shall trouble him: therefore he shall go forth with great fury to destroy, and utterly to make away many. -- daniel 11:44 +. +And he shall plant the tabernacles of his palace between the seas in the glorious holy mountain; yet he shall come to his end, and none shall help him. -- daniel 11:45 +. +And at that time shall Michael stand up, the great prince which standeth for the children of thy people: and there shall be a time of trouble, such as never was since there was a nation even to that same time: and at that time thy people shall be delivered, every one that shall be found written in the book. -- daniel 12:1 +. +And many of them that sleep in the dust of the earth shall awake, some to everlasting life, and some to shame and everlasting contempt. -- daniel 12:2 +. +And they that be wise shall shine as the brightness of the firmament; and they that turn many to righteousness as the stars for ever and ever. -- daniel 12:3 +. +But thou, O Daniel, shut up the words, and seal the book, even to the time of the end: many shall run to and fro, and knowledge shall be increased. -- daniel 12:4 +. +Then I Daniel looked, and, behold, there stood other two, the one on this side of the bank of the river, and the other on that side of the bank of the river. -- daniel 12:5 +. +And one said to the man clothed in linen, which was upon the waters of the river, How long shall it be to the end of these wonders? -- daniel 12:6 +. +And I heard the man clothed in linen, which was upon the waters of the river, when he held up his right hand and his left hand unto heaven, and sware by him that liveth for ever that it shall be for a time, times, and an half; and when he shall have accomplished to scatter the power of the holy people, all these things shall be finished. -- daniel 12:7 +. +And I heard, but I understood not: then said I, O my Lord, what shall be the end of these things? -- daniel 12:8 +. +And he said, Go thy way, Daniel: for the words are closed up and sealed till the time of the end. -- daniel 12:9 +. +Many shall be purified, and made white, and tried; but the wicked shall do wickedly: and none of the wicked shall understand; but the wise shall understand. -- daniel 12:10 +. +And from the time that the daily sacrifice shall be taken away, and the abomination that maketh desolate set up, there shall be a thousand two hundred and ninety days. -- daniel 12:11 +. +Blessed is he that waiteth, and cometh to the thousand three hundred and five and thirty days. -- daniel 12:12 +. +But go thou thy way till the end be: for thou shalt rest, and stand in thy lot at the end of the days. -- daniel 12:13 +. +The word of the LORD that came unto Hosea, the son of Beeri, in the days of Uzziah, Jotham, Ahaz, and Hezekiah, kings of Judah, and in the days of Jeroboam the son of Joash, king of Israel. -- hosea 1:1 +. +The beginning of the word of the LORD by Hosea. And the LORD said to Hosea, Go, take unto thee a wife of whoredoms and children of whoredoms: for the land hath committed great whoredom, departing from the LORD. -- hosea 1:2 +. +So he went and took Gomer the daughter of Diblaim; which conceived, and bare him a son. -- hosea 1:3 +. +And the LORD said unto him, Call his name Jezreel; for yet a little while, and I will avenge the blood of Jezreel upon the house of Jehu, and will cause to cease the kingdom of the house of Israel. -- hosea 1:4 +. +And it shall come to pass at that day, that I will break the bow of Israel, in the valley of Jezreel. -- hosea 1:5 +. +And she conceived again, and bare a daughter. And God said unto him, Call her name Loruhamah: for I will no more have mercy upon the house of Israel; but I will utterly take them away. -- hosea 1:6 +. +But I will have mercy upon the house of Judah, and will save them by the LORD their God, and will not save them by bow, nor by sword, nor by battle, by horses, nor by horsemen. -- hosea 1:7 +. +Now when she had weaned Loruhamah, she conceived, and bare a son. -- hosea 1:8 +. +Then said God, Call his name Loammi: for ye are not my people, and I will not be your God. -- hosea 1:9 +. +Yet the number of the children of Israel shall be as the sand of the sea, which cannot be measured nor numbered; and it shall come to pass, that in the place where it was said unto them, Ye are not my people, there it shall be said unto them, Ye are the sons of the living God. -- hosea 1:10 +. +Then shall the children of Judah and the children of Israel be gathered together, and appoint themselves one head, and they shall come up out of the land: for great shall be the day of Jezreel. -- hosea 1:11 +. +Say ye unto your brethren, Ammi; and to your sisters, Ruhamah. -- hosea 2:1 +. +Plead with your mother, plead: for she is not my wife, neither am I her husband: let her therefore put away her whoredoms out of her sight, and her adulteries from between her breasts; -- hosea 2:2 +. +Lest I strip her naked, and set her as in the day that she was born, and make her as a wilderness, and set her like a dry land, and slay her with thirst. -- hosea 2:3 +. +And I will not have mercy upon her children; for they be the children of whoredoms. -- hosea 2:4 +. +For their mother hath played the harlot: she that conceived them hath done shamefully: for she said, I will go after my lovers, that give me my bread and my water, my wool and my flax, mine oil and my drink. -- hosea 2:5 +. +Therefore, behold, I will hedge up thy way with thorns, and make a wall, that she shall not find her paths. -- hosea 2:6 +. +And she shall follow after her lovers, but she shall not overtake them; and she shall seek them, but shall not find them: then shall she say, I will go and return to my first husband; for then was it better with me than now. -- hosea 2:7 +. +For she did not know that I gave her corn, and wine, and oil, and multiplied her silver and gold, which they prepared for Baal. -- hosea 2:8 +. +Therefore will I return, and take away my corn in the time thereof, and my wine in the season thereof, and will recover my wool and my flax given to cover her nakedness. -- hosea 2:9 +. +And now will I discover her lewdness in the sight of her lovers, and none shall deliver her out of mine hand. -- hosea 2:10 +. +I will also cause all her mirth to cease, her feast days, her new moons, and her sabbaths, and all her solemn feasts. -- hosea 2:11 +. +And I will destroy her vines and her fig trees, whereof she hath said, These are my rewards that my lovers have given me: and I will make them a forest, and the beasts of the field shall eat them. -- hosea 2:12 +. +And I will visit upon her the days of Baalim, wherein she burned incense to them, and she decked herself with her earrings and her jewels, and she went after her lovers, and forgat me, saith the LORD. -- hosea 2:13 +. +Therefore, behold, I will allure her, and bring her into the wilderness, and speak comfortably unto her. -- hosea 2:14 +. +And I will give her her vineyards from thence, and the valley of Achor for a door of hope: and she shall sing there, as in the days of her youth, and as in the day when she came up out of the land of Egypt. -- hosea 2:15 +. +And it shall be at that day, saith the LORD, that thou shalt call me Ishi; and shalt call me no more Baali. -- hosea 2:16 +. +For I will take away the names of Baalim out of her mouth, and they shall no more be remembered by their name. -- hosea 2:17 +. +And in that day will I make a covenant for them with the beasts of the field and with the fowls of heaven, and with the creeping things of the ground: and I will break the bow and the sword and the battle out of the earth, and will make them to lie down safely. -- hosea 2:18 +. +And I will betroth thee unto me for ever; yea, I will betroth thee unto me in righteousness, and in judgment, and in lovingkindness, and in mercies. -- hosea 2:19 +. +I will even betroth thee unto me in faithfulness: and thou shalt know the LORD. -- hosea 2:20 +. +And it shall come to pass in that day, I will hear, saith the LORD, I will hear the heavens, and they shall hear the earth; -- hosea 2:21 +. +And the earth shall hear the corn, and the wine, and the oil; and they shall hear Jezreel. -- hosea 2:22 +. +And I will sow her unto me in the earth; and I will have mercy upon her that had not obtained mercy; and I will say to them which were not my people, Thou art my people; and they shall say, Thou art my God. -- hosea 2:23 +. +Then said the LORD unto me, Go yet, love a woman beloved of her friend, yet an adulteress, according to the love of the LORD toward the children of Israel, who look to other gods, and love flagons of wine. -- hosea 3:1 +. +So I bought her to me for fifteen pieces of silver, and for an homer of barley, and an half homer of barley: -- hosea 3:2 +. +And I said unto her, Thou shalt abide for me many days; thou shalt not play the harlot, and thou shalt not be for another man: so will I also be for thee. -- hosea 3:3 +. +For the children of Israel shall abide many days without a king, and without a prince, and without a sacrifice, and without an image, and without an ephod, and without teraphim: -- hosea 3:4 +. +Afterward shall the children of Israel return, and seek the LORD their God, and David their king; and shall fear the LORD and his goodness in the latter days. -- hosea 3:5 +. +Hear the word of the LORD, ye children of Israel: for the LORD hath a controversy with the inhabitants of the land, because there is no truth, nor mercy, nor knowledge of God in the land. -- hosea 4:1 +. +By swearing, and lying, and killing, and stealing, and committing adultery, they break out, and blood toucheth blood. -- hosea 4:2 +. +Therefore shall the land mourn, and every one that dwelleth therein shall languish, with the beasts of the field, and with the fowls of heaven; yea, the fishes of the sea also shall be taken away. -- hosea 4:3 +. +Yet let no man strive, nor reprove another: for thy people are as they that strive with the priest. -- hosea 4:4 +. +Therefore shalt thou fall in the day, and the prophet also shall fall with thee in the night, and I will destroy thy mother. -- hosea 4:5 +. +My people are destroyed for lack of knowledge: because thou hast rejected knowledge, I will also reject thee, that thou shalt be no priest to me: seeing thou hast forgotten the law of thy God, I will also forget thy children. -- hosea 4:6 +. +As they were increased, so they sinned against me: therefore will I change their glory into shame. -- hosea 4:7 +. +They eat up the sin of my people, and they set their heart on their iniquity. -- hosea 4:8 +. +And there shall be, like people, like priest: and I will punish them for their ways, and reward them their doings. -- hosea 4:9 +. +For they shall eat, and not have enough: they shall commit whoredom, and shall not increase: because they have left off to take heed to the LORD. -- hosea 4:10 +. +Whoredom and wine and new wine take away the heart. -- hosea 4:11 +. +My people ask counsel at their stocks, and their staff declareth unto them: for the spirit of whoredoms hath caused them to err, and they have gone a whoring from under their God. -- hosea 4:12 +. +They sacrifice upon the tops of the mountains, and burn incense upon the hills, under oaks and poplars and elms, because the shadow thereof is good: therefore your daughters shall commit whoredom, and your spouses shall commit adultery. -- hosea 4:13 +. +I will not punish your daughters when they commit whoredom, nor your spouses when they commit adultery: for themselves are separated with whores, and they sacrifice with harlots: therefore the people that doth not understand shall fall. -- hosea 4:14 +. +Though thou, Israel, play the harlot, yet let not Judah offend; and come not ye unto Gilgal, neither go ye up to Bethaven, nor swear, The LORD liveth. -- hosea 4:15 +. +For Israel slideth back as a backsliding heifer: now the LORD will feed them as a lamb in a large place. -- hosea 4:16 +. +Ephraim is joined to idols: let him alone. -- hosea 4:17 +. +Their drink is sour: they have committed whoredom continually: her rulers with shame do love, Give ye. -- hosea 4:18 +. +The wind hath bound her up in her wings, and they shall be ashamed because of their sacrifices. -- hosea 4:19 +. +Hear ye this, O priests; and hearken, ye house of Israel; and give ye ear, O house of the king; for judgment is toward you, because ye have been a snare on Mizpah, and a net spread upon Tabor. -- hosea 5:1 +. +And the revolters are profound to make slaughter, though I have been a rebuker of them all. -- hosea 5:2 +. +I know Ephraim, and Israel is not hid from me: for now, O Ephraim, thou committest whoredom, and Israel is defiled. -- hosea 5:3 +. +They will not frame their doings to turn unto their God: for the spirit of whoredoms is in the midst of them, and they have not known the LORD. -- hosea 5:4 +. +And the pride of Israel doth testify to his face: therefore shall Israel and Ephraim fall in their iniquity: Judah also shall fall with them. -- hosea 5:5 +. +They shall go with their flocks and with their herds to seek the LORD; but they shall not find him; he hath withdrawn himself from them. -- hosea 5:6 +. +They have dealt treacherously against the LORD: for they have begotten strange children: now shall a month devour them with their portions. -- hosea 5:7 +. +Blow ye the cornet in Gibeah, and the trumpet in Ramah: cry aloud at Bethaven, after thee, O Benjamin. -- hosea 5:8 +. +Ephraim shall be desolate in the day of rebuke: among the tribes of Israel have I made known that which shall surely be. -- hosea 5:9 +. +The princes of Judah were like them that remove the bound: therefore I will pour out my wrath upon them like water. -- hosea 5:10 +. +Ephraim is oppressed and broken in judgment, because he willingly walked after the commandment. -- hosea 5:11 +. +Therefore will I be unto Ephraim as a moth, and to the house of Judah as rottenness. -- hosea 5:12 +. +When Ephraim saw his sickness, and Judah saw his wound, then went Ephraim to the Assyrian, and sent to king Jareb: yet could he not heal you, nor cure you of your wound. -- hosea 5:13 +. +For I will be unto Ephraim as a lion, and as a young lion to the house of Judah: I, even I, will tear and go away; I will take away, and none shall rescue him. -- hosea 5:14 +. +I will go and return to my place, till they acknowledge their offence, and seek my face: in their affliction they will seek me early. -- hosea 5:15 +. +Come, and let us return unto the LORD: for he hath torn, and he will heal us; he hath smitten, and he will bind us up. -- hosea 6:1 +. +After two days will he revive us: in the third day he will raise us up, and we shall live in his sight. -- hosea 6:2 +. +Then shall we know, if we follow on to know the LORD: his going forth is prepared as the morning; and he shall come unto us as the rain, as the latter and former rain unto the earth. -- hosea 6:3 +. +O Ephraim, what shall I do unto thee? O Judah, what shall I do unto thee? for your goodness is as a morning cloud, and as the early dew it goeth away. -- hosea 6:4 +. +Therefore have I hewed them by the prophets; I have slain them by the words of my mouth: and thy judgments are as the light that goeth forth. -- hosea 6:5 +. +For I desired mercy, and not sacrifice; and the knowledge of God more than burnt offerings. -- hosea 6:6 +. +But they like men have transgressed the covenant: there have they dealt treacherously against me. -- hosea 6:7 +. +Gilead is a city of them that work iniquity, and is polluted with blood. -- hosea 6:8 +. +And as troops of robbers wait for a man, so the company of priests murder in the way by consent: for they commit lewdness. -- hosea 6:9 +. +I have seen an horrible thing in the house of Israel: there is the whoredom of Ephraim, Israel is defiled. -- hosea 6:10 +. +Also, O Judah, he hath set an harvest for thee, when I returned the captivity of my people. -- hosea 6:11 +. +When I would have healed Israel, then the iniquity of Ephraim was discovered, and the wickedness of Samaria: for they commit falsehood; and the thief cometh in, and the troop of robbers spoileth without. -- hosea 7:1 +. +And they consider not in their hearts that I remember all their wickedness: now their own doings have beset them about; they are before my face. -- hosea 7:2 +. +They make the king glad with their wickedness, and the princes with their lies. -- hosea 7:3 +. +They are all adulterers, as an oven heated by the baker, who ceaseth from raising after he hath kneaded the dough, until it be leavened. -- hosea 7:4 +. +In the day of our king the princes have made him sick with bottles of wine; he stretched out his hand with scorners. -- hosea 7:5 +. +For they have made ready their heart like an oven, whiles they lie in wait: their baker sleepeth all the night; in the morning it burneth as a flaming fire. -- hosea 7:6 +. +They are all hot as an oven, and have devoured their judges; all their kings are fallen: there is none among them that calleth unto me. -- hosea 7:7 +. +Ephraim, he hath mixed himself among the people; Ephraim is a cake not turned. -- hosea 7:8 +. +Strangers have devoured his strength, and he knoweth it not: yea, gray hairs are here and there upon him, yet he knoweth not. -- hosea 7:9 +. +And the pride of Israel testifieth to his face: and they do not return to the LORD their God, nor seek him for all this. -- hosea 7:10 +. +Ephraim also is like a silly dove without heart: they call to Egypt, they go to Assyria. -- hosea 7:11 +. +When they shall go, I will spread my net upon them; I will bring them down as the fowls of the heaven; I will chastise them, as their congregation hath heard. -- hosea 7:12 +. +Woe unto them! for they have fled from me: destruction unto them! because they have transgressed against me: though I have redeemed them, yet they have spoken lies against me. -- hosea 7:13 +. +And they have not cried unto me with their heart, when they howled upon their beds: they assemble themselves for corn and wine, and they rebel against me. -- hosea 7:14 +. +Though I have bound and strengthened their arms, yet do they imagine mischief against me. -- hosea 7:15 +. +They return, but not to the most High: they are like a deceitful bow: their princes shall fall by the sword for the rage of their tongue: this shall be their derision in the land of Egypt. -- hosea 7:16 +. +Set the trumpet to thy mouth. He shall come as an eagle against the house of the LORD, because they have transgressed my covenant, and trespassed against my law. -- hosea 8:1 +. +Israel shall cry unto me, My God, we know thee. -- hosea 8:2 +. +Israel hath cast off the thing that is good: the enemy shall pursue him. -- hosea 8:3 +. +They have set up kings, but not by me: they have made princes, and I knew it not: of their silver and their gold have they made them idols, that they may be cut off. -- hosea 8:4 +. +Thy calf, O Samaria, hath cast thee off; mine anger is kindled against them: how long will it be ere they attain to innocency? -- hosea 8:5 +. +For from Israel was it also: the workman made it; therefore it is not God: but the calf of Samaria shall be broken in pieces. -- hosea 8:6 +. +For they have sown the wind, and they shall reap the whirlwind: it hath no stalk; the bud shall yield no meal: if so be it yield, the strangers shall swallow it up. -- hosea 8:7 +. +Israel is swallowed up: now shall they be among the Gentiles as a vessel wherein is no pleasure. -- hosea 8:8 +. +For they are gone up to Assyria, a wild ass alone by himself: Ephraim hath hired lovers. -- hosea 8:9 +. +Yea, though they have hired among the nations, now will I gather them, and they shall sorrow a little for the burden of the king of princes. -- hosea 8:10 +. +Because Ephraim hath made many altars to sin, altars shall be unto him to sin. -- hosea 8:11 +. +I have written to him the great things of my law, but they were counted as a strange thing. -- hosea 8:12 +. +They sacrifice flesh for the sacrifices of mine offerings, and eat it; but the LORD accepteth them not; now will he remember their iniquity, and visit their sins: they shall return to Egypt. -- hosea 8:13 +. +For Israel hath forgotten his Maker, and buildeth temples; and Judah hath multiplied fenced cities: but I will send a fire upon his cities, and it shall devour the palaces thereof. -- hosea 8:14 +. +Rejoice not, O Israel, for joy, as other people: for thou hast gone a whoring from thy God, thou hast loved a reward upon every cornfloor. -- hosea 9:1 +. +The floor and the winepress shall not feed them, and the new wine shall fail in her. -- hosea 9:2 +. +They shall not dwell in the LORD's land; but Ephraim shall return to Egypt, and they shall eat unclean things in Assyria. -- hosea 9:3 +. +They shall not offer wine offerings to the LORD, neither shall they be pleasing unto him: their sacrifices shall be unto them as the bread of mourners; all that eat thereof shall be polluted: for their bread for their soul shall not come into the house of the LORD. -- hosea 9:4 +. +What will ye do in the solemn day, and in the day of the feast of the LORD? -- hosea 9:5 +. +For, lo, they are gone because of destruction: Egypt shall gather them up, Memphis shall bury them: the pleasant places for their silver, nettles shall possess them: thorns shall be in their tabernacles. -- hosea 9:6 +. +The days of visitation are come, the days of recompence are come; Israel shall know it: the prophet is a fool, the spiritual man is mad, for the multitude of thine iniquity, and the great hatred. -- hosea 9:7 +. +The watchman of Ephraim was with my God: but the prophet is a snare of a fowler in all his ways, and hatred in the house of his God. -- hosea 9:8 +. +They have deeply corrupted themselves, as in the days of Gibeah: therefore he will remember their iniquity, he will visit their sins. -- hosea 9:9 +. +I found Israel like grapes in the wilderness; I saw your fathers as the firstripe in the fig tree at her first time: but they went to Baalpeor, and separated themselves unto that shame; and their abominations were according as they loved. -- hosea 9:10 +. +As for Ephraim, their glory shall fly away like a bird, from the birth, and from the womb, and from the conception. -- hosea 9:11 +. +Though they bring up their children, yet will I bereave them, that there shall not be a man left: yea, woe also to them when I depart from them! -- hosea 9:12 +. +Ephraim, as I saw Tyrus, is planted in a pleasant place: but Ephraim shall bring forth his children to the murderer. -- hosea 9:13 +. +Give them, O LORD: what wilt thou give? give them a miscarrying womb and dry breasts. -- hosea 9:14 +. +All their wickedness is in Gilgal: for there I hated them: for the wickedness of their doings I will drive them out of mine house, I will love them no more: all their princes are revolters. -- hosea 9:15 +. +Ephraim is smitten, their root is dried up, they shall bear no fruit: yea, though they bring forth, yet will I slay even the beloved fruit of their womb. -- hosea 9:16 +. +My God will cast them away, because they did not hearken unto him: and they shall be wanderers among the nations. -- hosea 9:17 +. +Israel is an empty vine, he bringeth forth fruit unto himself: according to the multitude of his fruit he hath increased the altars; according to the goodness of his land they have made goodly images. -- hosea 10:1 +. +Their heart is divided; now shall they be found faulty: he shall break down their altars, he shall spoil their images. -- hosea 10:2 +. +For now they shall say, We have no king, because we feared not the LORD; what then should a king do to us? -- hosea 10:3 +. +They have spoken words, swearing falsely in making a covenant: thus judgment springeth up as hemlock in the furrows of the field. -- hosea 10:4 +. +The inhabitants of Samaria shall fear because of the calves of Bethaven: for the people thereof shall mourn over it, and the priests thereof that rejoiced on it, for the glory thereof, because it is departed from it. -- hosea 10:5 +. +It shall be also carried unto Assyria for a present to king Jareb: Ephraim shall receive shame, and Israel shall be ashamed of his own counsel. -- hosea 10:6 +. +As for Samaria, her king is cut off as the foam upon the water. -- hosea 10:7 +. +The high places also of Aven, the sin of Israel, shall be destroyed: the thorn and the thistle shall come up on their altars; and they shall say to the mountains, Cover us; and to the hills, Fall on us. -- hosea 10:8 +. +O Israel, thou hast sinned from the days of Gibeah: there they stood: the battle in Gibeah against the children of iniquity did not overtake them. -- hosea 10:9 +. +It is in my desire that I should chastise them; and the people shall be gathered against them, when they shall bind themselves in their two furrows. -- hosea 10:10 +. +And Ephraim is as an heifer that is taught, and loveth to tread out the corn; but I passed over upon her fair neck: I will make Ephraim to ride; Judah shall plow, and Jacob shall break his clods. -- hosea 10:11 +. +Sow to yourselves in righteousness, reap in mercy; break up your fallow ground: for it is time to seek the LORD, till he come and rain righteousness upon you. -- hosea 10:12 +. +Ye have plowed wickedness, ye have reaped iniquity; ye have eaten the fruit of lies: because thou didst trust in thy way, in the multitude of thy mighty men. -- hosea 10:13 +. +Therefore shall a tumult arise among thy people, and all thy fortresses shall be spoiled, as Shalman spoiled Betharbel in the day of battle: the mother was dashed in pieces upon her children. -- hosea 10:14 +. +So shall Bethel do unto you because of your great wickedness: in a morning shall the king of Israel utterly be cut off. -- hosea 10:15 +. +When Israel was a child, then I loved him, and called my son out of Egypt. -- hosea 11:1 +. +As they called them, so they went from them: they sacrificed unto Baalim, and burned incense to graven images. -- hosea 11:2 +. +I taught Ephraim also to go, taking them by their arms; but they knew not that I healed them. -- hosea 11:3 +. +I drew them with cords of a man, with bands of love: and I was to them as they that take off the yoke on their jaws, and I laid meat unto them. -- hosea 11:4 +. +He shall not return into the land of Egypt, and the Assyrian shall be his king, because they refused to return. -- hosea 11:5 +. +And the sword shall abide on his cities, and shall consume his branches, and devour them, because of their own counsels. -- hosea 11:6 +. +And my people are bent to backsliding from me: though they called them to the most High, none at all would exalt him. -- hosea 11:7 +. +How shall I give thee up, Ephraim? how shall I deliver thee, Israel? how shall I make thee as Admah? how shall I set thee as Zeboim? mine heart is turned within me, my repentings are kindled together. -- hosea 11:8 +. +I will not execute the fierceness of mine anger, I will not return to destroy Ephraim: for I am God, and not man; the Holy One in the midst of thee: and I will not enter into the city. -- hosea 11:9 +. +They shall walk after the LORD: he shall roar like a lion: when he shall roar, then the children shall tremble from the west. -- hosea 11:10 +. +They shall tremble as a bird out of Egypt, and as a dove out of the land of Assyria: and I will place them in their houses, saith the LORD. -- hosea 11:11 +. +Ephraim compasseth me about with lies, and the house of Israel with deceit: but Judah yet ruleth with God, and is faithful with the saints. -- hosea 11:12 +. +Ephraim feedeth on wind, and followeth after the east wind: he daily increaseth lies and desolation; and they do make a covenant with the Assyrians, and oil is carried into Egypt. -- hosea 12:1 +. +The LORD hath also a controversy with Judah, and will punish Jacob according to his ways; according to his doings will he recompense him. -- hosea 12:2 +. +He took his brother by the heel in the womb, and by his strength he had power with God: -- hosea 12:3 +. +Yea, he had power over the angel, and prevailed: he wept, and made supplication unto him: he found him in Bethel, and there he spake with us; -- hosea 12:4 +. +Even the LORD God of hosts; the LORD is his memorial. -- hosea 12:5 +. +Therefore turn thou to thy God: keep mercy and judgment and wait on thy God continually. -- hosea 12:6 +. +He is a merchant, the balances of deceit are in his hand: he loveth to oppress. -- hosea 12:7 +. +And Ephraim said, Yet I am become rich, I have found me out substance: in all my labours they shall find none iniquity in me that were sin. -- hosea 12:8 +. +And I that am the LORD thy God from the land of Egypt will yet make thee to dwell in tabernacles, as in the days of the solemn feast. -- hosea 12:9 +. +I have also spoken by the prophets, and I have multiplied visions, and used similitudes, by the ministry of the prophets. -- hosea 12:10 +. +Is there iniquity in Gilead? surely they are vanity: they sacrifice bullocks in Gilgal; yea, their altars are as heaps in the furrows of the fields. -- hosea 12:11 +. +And Jacob fled into the country of Syria, and Israel served for a wife, and for a wife he kept sheep. -- hosea 12:12 +. +And by a prophet the LORD brought Israel out of Egypt, and by a prophet was he preserved. -- hosea 12:13 +. +Ephraim provoked him to anger most bitterly: therefore shall he leave his blood upon him, and his reproach shall his LORD return unto him. -- hosea 12:14 +. +When Ephraim spake trembling, he exalted himself in Israel; but when he offended in Baal, he died. -- hosea 13:1 +. +And now they sin more and more, and have made them molten images of their silver, and idols according to their own understanding, all of it the work of the craftsmen: they say of them, Let the men that sacrifice kiss the calves. -- hosea 13:2 +. +Therefore they shall be as the morning cloud and as the early dew that passeth away, as the chaff that is driven with the whirlwind out of the floor, and as the smoke out of the chimney. -- hosea 13:3 +. +Yet I am the LORD thy God from the land of Egypt, and thou shalt know no god but me: for there is no saviour beside me. -- hosea 13:4 +. +I did know thee in the wilderness, in the land of great drought. -- hosea 13:5 +. +According to their pasture, so were they filled; they were filled, and their heart was exalted; therefore have they forgotten me. -- hosea 13:6 +. +Therefore I will be unto them as a lion: as a leopard by the way will I observe them: -- hosea 13:7 +. +I will meet them as a bear that is bereaved of her whelps, and will rend the caul of their heart, and there will I devour them like a lion: the wild beast shall tear them. -- hosea 13:8 +. +O Israel, thou hast destroyed thyself; but in me is thine help. -- hosea 13:9 +. +I will be thy king: where is any other that may save thee in all thy cities? and thy judges of whom thou saidst, Give me a king and princes? -- hosea 13:10 +. +I gave thee a king in mine anger, and took him away in my wrath. -- hosea 13:11 +. +The iniquity of Ephraim is bound up; his sin is hid. -- hosea 13:12 +. +The sorrows of a travailing woman shall come upon him: he is an unwise son; for he should not stay long in the place of the breaking forth of children. -- hosea 13:13 +. +I will ransom them from the power of the grave; I will redeem them from death: O death, I will be thy plagues; O grave, I will be thy destruction: repentance shall be hid from mine eyes. -- hosea 13:14 +. +Though he be fruitful among his brethren, an east wind shall come, the wind of the LORD shall come up from the wilderness, and his spring shall become dry, and his fountain shall be dried up: he shall spoil the treasure of all pleasant vessels. -- hosea 13:15 +. +Samaria shall become desolate; for she hath rebelled against her God: they shall fall by the sword: their infants shall be dashed in pieces, and their women with child shall be ripped up. -- hosea 13:16 +. +O israel, return unto the LORD thy God; for thou hast fallen by thine iniquity. -- hosea 14:1 +. +Take with you words, and turn to the LORD: say unto him, Take away all iniquity, and receive us graciously: so will we render the calves of our lips. -- hosea 14:2 +. +Asshur shall not save us; we will not ride upon horses: neither will we say any more to the work of our hands, Ye are our gods: for in thee the fatherless findeth mercy. -- hosea 14:3 +. +I will heal their backsliding, I will love them freely: for mine anger is turned away from him. -- hosea 14:4 +. +I will be as the dew unto Israel: he shall grow as the lily, and cast forth his roots as Lebanon. -- hosea 14:5 +. +His branches shall spread, and his beauty shall be as the olive tree, and his smell as Lebanon. -- hosea 14:6 +. +They that dwell under his shadow shall return; they shall revive as the corn, and grow as the vine: the scent thereof shall be as the wine of Lebanon. -- hosea 14:7 +. +Ephraim shall say, What have I to do any more with idols? I have heard him, and observed him: I am like a green fir tree. From me is thy fruit found. -- hosea 14:8 +. +Who is wise, and he shall understand these things? prudent, and he shall know them? for the ways of the LORD are right, and the just shall walk in them: but the transgressors shall fall therein. -- hosea 14:9 +. +The word of the LORD that came to Joel the son of Pethuel. -- joel 1:1 +. +Hear this, ye old men, and give ear, all ye inhabitants of the land. Hath this been in your days, or even in the days of your fathers? -- joel 1:2 +. +Tell ye your children of it, and let your children tell their children, and their children another generation. -- joel 1:3 +. +That which the palmerworm hath left hath the locust eaten; and that which the locust hath left hath the cankerworm eaten; and that which the cankerworm hath left hath the caterpiller eaten. -- joel 1:4 +. +Awake, ye drunkards, and weep; and howl, all ye drinkers of wine, because of the new wine; for it is cut off from your mouth. -- joel 1:5 +. +For a nation is come up upon my land, strong, and without number, whose teeth are the teeth of a lion, and he hath the cheek teeth of a great lion. -- joel 1:6 +. +He hath laid my vine waste, and barked my fig tree: he hath made it clean bare, and cast it away; the branches thereof are made white. -- joel 1:7 +. +Lament like a virgin girded with sackcloth for the husband of her youth. -- joel 1:8 +. +The meat offering and the drink offering is cut off from the house of the LORD; the priests, the LORD's ministers, mourn. -- joel 1:9 +. +The field is wasted, the land mourneth; for the corn is wasted: the new wine is dried up, the oil languisheth. -- joel 1:10 +. +Be ye ashamed, O ye husbandmen; howl, O ye vinedressers, for the wheat and for the barley; because the harvest of the field is perished. -- joel 1:11 +. +The vine is dried up, and the fig tree languisheth; the pomegranate tree, the palm tree also, and the apple tree, even all the trees of the field, are withered: because joy is withered away from the sons of men. -- joel 1:12 +. +Gird yourselves, and lament, ye priests: howl, ye ministers of the altar: come, lie all night in sackcloth, ye ministers of my God: for the meat offering and the drink offering is withholden from the house of your God. -- joel 1:13 +. +Sanctify ye a fast, call a solemn assembly, gather the elders and all the inhabitants of the land into the house of the LORD your God, and cry unto the LORD, -- joel 1:14 +. +Alas for the day! for the day of the LORD is at hand, and as a destruction from the Almighty shall it come. -- joel 1:15 +. +Is not the meat cut off before our eyes, yea, joy and gladness from the house of our God? -- joel 1:16 +. +The seed is rotten under their clods, the garners are laid desolate, the barns are broken down; for the corn is withered. -- joel 1:17 +. +How do the beasts groan! the herds of cattle are perplexed, because they have no pasture; yea, the flocks of sheep are made desolate. -- joel 1:18 +. +O LORD, to thee will I cry: for the fire hath devoured the pastures of the wilderness, and the flame hath burned all the trees of the field. -- joel 1:19 +. +The beasts of the field cry also unto thee: for the rivers of waters are dried up, and the fire hath devoured the pastures of the wilderness. -- joel 1:20 +. +Blow ye the trumpet in Zion, and sound an alarm in my holy mountain: let all the inhabitants of the land tremble: for the day of the LORD cometh, for it is nigh at hand; -- joel 2:1 +. +A day of darkness and of gloominess, a day of clouds and of thick darkness, as the morning spread upon the mountains: a great people and a strong; there hath not been ever the like, neither shall be any more after it, even to the years of many generations. -- joel 2:2 +. +A fire devoureth before them; and behind them a flame burneth: the land is as the garden of Eden before them, and behind them a desolate wilderness; yea, and nothing shall escape them. -- joel 2:3 +. +The appearance of them is as the appearance of horses; and as horsemen, so shall they run. -- joel 2:4 +. +Like the noise of chariots on the tops of mountains shall they leap, like the noise of a flame of fire that devoureth the stubble, as a strong people set in battle array. -- joel 2:5 +. +Before their face the people shall be much pained: all faces shall gather blackness. -- joel 2:6 +. +They shall run like mighty men; they shall climb the wall like men of war; and they shall march every one on his ways, and they shall not break their ranks: -- joel 2:7 +. +Neither shall one thrust another; they shall walk every one in his path: and when they fall upon the sword, they shall not be wounded. -- joel 2:8 +. +They shall run to and fro in the city; they shall run upon the wall, they shall climb up upon the houses; they shall enter in at the windows like a thief. -- joel 2:9 +. +The earth shall quake before them; the heavens shall tremble: the sun and the moon shall be dark, and the stars shall withdraw their shining: -- joel 2:10 +. +And the LORD shall utter his voice before his army: for his camp is very great: for he is strong that executeth his word: for the day of the LORD is great and very terrible; and who can abide it? -- joel 2:11 +. +Therefore also now, saith the LORD, turn ye even to me with all your heart, and with fasting, and with weeping, and with mourning: -- joel 2:12 +. +And rend your heart, and not your garments, and turn unto the LORD your God: for he is gracious and merciful, slow to anger, and of great kindness, and repenteth him of the evil. -- joel 2:13 +. +Who knoweth if he will return and repent, and leave a blessing behind him; even a meat offering and a drink offering unto the LORD your God? -- joel 2:14 +. +Blow the trumpet in Zion, sanctify a fast, call a solemn assembly: -- joel 2:15 +. +Gather the people, sanctify the congregation, assemble the elders, gather the children, and those that suck the breasts: let the bridegroom go forth of his chamber, and the bride out of her closet. -- joel 2:16 +. +Let the priests, the ministers of the LORD, weep between the porch and the altar, and let them say, Spare thy people, O LORD, and give not thine heritage to reproach, that the heathen should rule over them: wherefore should they say among the people, Where is their God? -- joel 2:17 +. +Then will the LORD be jealous for his land, and pity his people. -- joel 2:18 +. +Yea, the LORD will answer and say unto his people, Behold, I will send you corn, and wine, and oil, and ye shall be satisfied therewith: and I will no more make you a reproach among the heathen: -- joel 2:19 +. +But I will remove far off from you the northern army, and will drive him into a land barren and desolate, with his face toward the east sea, and his hinder part toward the utmost sea, and his stink shall come up, and his ill savour shall come up, because he hath done great things. -- joel 2:20 +. +Fear not, O land; be glad and rejoice: for the LORD will do great things. -- joel 2:21 +. +Be not afraid, ye beasts of the field: for the pastures of the wilderness do spring, for the tree beareth her fruit, the fig tree and the vine do yield their strength. -- joel 2:22 +. +Be glad then, ye children of Zion, and rejoice in the LORD your God: for he hath given you the former rain moderately, and he will cause to come down for you the rain, the former rain, and the latter rain in the first month. -- joel 2:23 +. +And the floors shall be full of wheat, and the vats shall overflow with wine and oil. -- joel 2:24 +. +And I will restore to you the years that the locust hath eaten, the cankerworm, and the caterpiller, and the palmerworm, my great army which I sent among you. -- joel 2:25 +. +And ye shall eat in plenty, and be satisfied, and praise the name of the LORD your God, that hath dealt wondrously with you: and my people shall never be ashamed. -- joel 2:26 +. +And ye shall know that I am in the midst of Israel, and that I am the LORD your God, and none else: and my people shall never be ashamed. -- joel 2:27 +. +And it shall come to pass afterward, that I will pour out my spirit upon all flesh; and your sons and your daughters shall prophesy, your old men shall dream dreams, your young men shall see visions: -- joel 2:28 +. +And also upon the servants and upon the handmaids in those days will I pour out my spirit. -- joel 2:29 +. +And I will shew wonders in the heavens and in the earth, blood, and fire, and pillars of smoke. -- joel 2:30 +. +The sun shall be turned into darkness, and the moon into blood, before the great and terrible day of the LORD come. -- joel 2:31 +. +And it shall come to pass, that whosoever shall call on the name of the LORD shall be delivered: for in mount Zion and in Jerusalem shall be deliverance, as the LORD hath said, and in the remnant whom the LORD shall call. -- joel 2:32 +. +For, behold, in those days, and in that time, when I shall bring again the captivity of Judah and Jerusalem, -- joel 3:1 +. +I will also gather all nations, and will bring them down into the valley of Jehoshaphat, and will plead with them there for my people and for my heritage Israel, whom they have scattered among the nations, and parted my land. -- joel 3:2 +. +And they have cast lots for my people; and have given a boy for an harlot, and sold a girl for wine, that they might drink. -- joel 3:3 +. +Yea, and what have ye to do with me, O Tyre, and Zidon, and all the coasts of Palestine? will ye render me a recompence? and if ye recompense me, swiftly and speedily will I return your recompence upon your own head; -- joel 3:4 +. +Because ye have taken my silver and my gold, and have carried into your temples my goodly pleasant things: -- joel 3:5 +. +The children also of Judah and the children of Jerusalem have ye sold unto the Grecians, that ye might remove them far from their border. -- joel 3:6 +. +Behold, I will raise them out of the place whither ye have sold them, and will return your recompence upon your own head: -- joel 3:7 +. +And I will sell your sons and your daughters into the hand of the children of Judah, and they shall sell them to the Sabeans, to a people far off: for the LORD hath spoken it. -- joel 3:8 +. +Proclaim ye this among the Gentiles; Prepare war, wake up the mighty men, let all the men of war draw near; let them come up: -- joel 3:9 +. +Beat your plowshares into swords and your pruninghooks into spears: let the weak say, I am strong. -- joel 3:10 +. +Assemble yourselves, and come, all ye heathen, and gather yourselves together round about: thither cause thy mighty ones to come down, O LORD. -- joel 3:11 +. +Let the heathen be wakened, and come up to the valley of Jehoshaphat: for there will I sit to judge all the heathen round about. -- joel 3:12 +. +Put ye in the sickle, for the harvest is ripe: come, get you down; for the press is full, the fats overflow; for their wickedness is great. -- joel 3:13 +. +Multitudes, multitudes in the valley of decision: for the day of the LORD is near in the valley of decision. -- joel 3:14 +. +The sun and the moon shall be darkened, and the stars shall withdraw their shining. -- joel 3:15 +. +The LORD also shall roar out of Zion, and utter his voice from Jerusalem; and the heavens and the earth shall shake: but the LORD will be the hope of his people, and the strength of the children of Israel. -- joel 3:16 +. +So shall ye know that I am the LORD your God dwelling in Zion, my holy mountain: then shall Jerusalem be holy, and there shall no strangers pass through her any more. -- joel 3:17 +. +And it shall come to pass in that day, that the mountains shall drop down new wine, and the hills shall flow with milk, and all the rivers of Judah shall flow with waters, and a fountain shall come forth out of the house of the LORD, and shall water the valley of Shittim. -- joel 3:18 +. +Egypt shall be a desolation, and Edom shall be a desolate wilderness, for the violence against the children of Judah, because they have shed innocent blood in their land. -- joel 3:19 +. +But Judah shall dwell for ever, and Jerusalem from generation to generation. -- joel 3:20 +. +For I will cleanse their blood that I have not cleansed: for the LORD dwelleth in Zion. -- joel 3:21 +. +The words of Amos, who was among the herdmen of Tekoa, which he saw concerning Israel in the days of Uzziah king of Judah, and in the days of Jeroboam the son of Joash king of Israel, two years before the earthquake. -- amos 1:1 +. +And he said, The LORD will roar from Zion, and utter his voice from Jerusalem; and the habitations of the shepherds shall mourn, and the top of Carmel shall wither. -- amos 1:2 +. +Thus saith the LORD; For three transgressions of Damascus, and for four, I will not turn away the punishment thereof; because they have threshed Gilead with threshing instruments of iron: -- amos 1:3 +. +But I will send a fire into the house of Hazael, which shall devour the palaces of Benhadad. -- amos 1:4 +. +I will break also the bar of Damascus, and cut off the inhabitant from the plain of Aven, and him that holdeth the sceptre from the house of Eden: and the people of Syria shall go into captivity unto Kir, saith the LORD. -- amos 1:5 +. +Thus saith the LORD; For three transgressions of Gaza, and for four, I will not turn away the punishment thereof; because they carried away captive the whole captivity, to deliver them up to Edom: -- amos 1:6 +. +But I will send a fire on the wall of Gaza, which shall devour the palaces thereof: -- amos 1:7 +. +And I will cut off the inhabitant from Ashdod, and him that holdeth the sceptre from Ashkelon, and I will turn mine hand against Ekron: and the remnant of the Philistines shall perish, saith the Lord GOD. -- amos 1:8 +. +Thus saith the LORD; For three transgressions of Tyrus, and for four, I will not turn away the punishment thereof; because they delivered up the whole captivity to Edom, and remembered not the brotherly covenant: -- amos 1:9 +. +But I will send a fire on the wall of Tyrus, which shall devour the palaces thereof. -- amos 1:10 +. +Thus saith the LORD; For three transgressions of Edom, and for four, I will not turn away the punishment thereof; because he did pursue his brother with the sword, and did cast off all pity, and his anger did tear perpetually, and he kept his wrath for ever: -- amos 1:11 +. +But I will send a fire upon Teman, which shall devour the palaces of Bozrah. -- amos 1:12 +. +Thus saith the LORD; For three transgressions of the children of Ammon, and for four, I will not turn away the punishment thereof; because they have ripped up the women with child of Gilead, that they might enlarge their border: -- amos 1:13 +. +But I will kindle a fire in the wall of Rabbah, and it shall devour the palaces thereof, with shouting in the day of battle, with a tempest in the day of the whirlwind: -- amos 1:14 +. +And their king shall go into captivity, he and his princes together, saith the LORD. -- amos 1:15 +. +Thus saith the LORD; For three transgressions of Moab, and for four, I will not turn away the punishment thereof; because he burned the bones of the king of Edom into lime: -- amos 2:1 +. +But I will send a fire upon Moab, and it shall devour the palaces of Kirioth: and Moab shall die with tumult, with shouting, and with the sound of the trumpet: -- amos 2:2 +. +And I will cut off the judge from the midst thereof, and will slay all the princes thereof with him, saith the LORD. -- amos 2:3 +. +Thus saith the LORD; For three transgressions of Judah, and for four, I will not turn away the punishment thereof; because they have despised the law of the LORD, and have not kept his commandments, and their lies caused them to err, after the which their fathers have walked: -- amos 2:4 +. +But I will send a fire upon Judah, and it shall devour the palaces of Jerusalem. -- amos 2:5 +. +Thus saith the LORD; For three transgressions of Israel, and for four, I will not turn away the punishment thereof; because they sold the righteous for silver, and the poor for a pair of shoes; -- amos 2:6 +. +That pant after the dust of the earth on the head of the poor, and turn aside the way of the meek: and a man and his father will go in unto the same maid, to profane my holy name: -- amos 2:7 +. +And they lay themselves down upon clothes laid to pledge by every altar, and they drink the wine of the condemned in the house of their god. -- amos 2:8 +. +Yet destroyed I the Amorite before them, whose height was like the height of the cedars, and he was strong as the oaks; yet I destroyed his fruit from above, and his roots from beneath. -- amos 2:9 +. +Also I brought you up from the land of Egypt, and led you forty years through the wilderness, to possess the land of the Amorite. -- amos 2:10 +. +And I raised up of your sons for prophets, and of your young men for Nazarites. Is it not even thus, O ye children of Israel? saith the LORD. -- amos 2:11 +. +But ye gave the Nazarites wine to drink; and commanded the prophets, saying, Prophesy not. -- amos 2:12 +. +Behold, I am pressed under you, as a cart is pressed that is full of sheaves. -- amos 2:13 +. +Therefore the flight shall perish from the swift, and the strong shall not strengthen his force, neither shall the mighty deliver himself: -- amos 2:14 +. +Neither shall he stand that handleth the bow; and he that is swift of foot shall not deliver himself: neither shall he that rideth the horse deliver himself. -- amos 2:15 +. +And he that is courageous among the mighty shall flee away naked in that day, saith the LORD. -- amos 2:16 +. +Hear this word that the LORD hath spoken against you, O children of Israel, against the whole family which I brought up from the land of Egypt, saying, -- amos 3:1 +. +You only have I known of all the families of the earth: therefore I will punish you for all your iniquities. -- amos 3:2 +. +Can two walk together, except they be agreed? -- amos 3:3 +. +Will a lion roar in the forest, when he hath no prey? will a young lion cry out of his den, if he have taken nothing? -- amos 3:4 +. +Can a bird fall in a snare upon the earth, where no gin is for him? shall one take up a snare from the earth, and have taken nothing at all? -- amos 3:5 +. +Shall a trumpet be blown in the city, and the people not be afraid? shall there be evil in a city, and the LORD hath not done it? -- amos 3:6 +. +Surely the Lord GOD will do nothing, but he revealeth his secret unto his servants the prophets. -- amos 3:7 +. +The lion hath roared, who will not fear? the Lord GOD hath spoken, who can but prophesy? -- amos 3:8 +. +Publish in the palaces at Ashdod, and in the palaces in the land of Egypt, and say, Assemble yourselves upon the mountains of Samaria, and behold the great tumults in the midst thereof, and the oppressed in the midst thereof. -- amos 3:9 +. +For they know not to do right, saith the LORD, who store up violence and robbery in their palaces. -- amos 3:10 +. +Therefore thus saith the Lord GOD; An adversary there shall be even round about the land; and he shall bring down thy strength from thee, and thy palaces shall be spoiled. -- amos 3:11 +. +Thus saith the LORD; As the shepherd taketh out of the mouth of the lion two legs, or a piece of an ear; so shall the children of Israel be taken out that dwell in Samaria in the corner of a bed, and in Damascus in a couch. -- amos 3:12 +. +Hear ye, and testify in the house of Jacob, saith the Lord GOD, the God of hosts, -- amos 3:13 +. +That in the day that I shall visit the transgressions of Israel upon him I will also visit the altars of Bethel: and the horns of the altar shall be cut off, and fall to the ground. -- amos 3:14 +. +And I will smite the winter house with the summer house; and the houses of ivory shall perish, and the great houses shall have an end, saith the LORD. -- amos 3:15 +. +Hear this word, ye kine of Bashan, that are in the mountain of Samaria, which oppress the poor, which crush the needy, which say to their masters, Bring, and let us drink. -- amos 4:1 +. +The Lord GOD hath sworn by his holiness, that, lo, the days shall come upon you, that he will take you away with hooks, and your posterity with fishhooks. -- amos 4:2 +. +And ye shall go out at the breaches, every cow at that which is before her; and ye shall cast them into the palace, saith the LORD. -- amos 4:3 +. +Come to Bethel, and transgress; at Gilgal multiply transgression; and bring your sacrifices every morning, and your tithes after three years: -- amos 4:4 +. +And offer a sacrifice of thanksgiving with leaven, and proclaim and publish the free offerings: for this liketh you, O ye children of Israel, saith the Lord GOD. -- amos 4:5 +. +And I also have given you cleanness of teeth in all your cities, and want of bread in all your places: yet have ye not returned unto me, saith the LORD. -- amos 4:6 +. +And also I have withholden the rain from you, when there were yet three months to the harvest: and I caused it to rain upon one city, and caused it not to rain upon another city: one piece was rained upon, and the piece whereupon it rained not withered. -- amos 4:7 +. +So two or three cities wandered unto one city, to drink water; but they were not satisfied: yet have ye not returned unto me, saith the LORD. -- amos 4:8 +. +I have smitten you with blasting and mildew: when your gardens and your vineyards and your fig trees and your olive trees increased, the palmerworm devoured them: yet have ye not returned unto me, saith the LORD. -- amos 4:9 +. +I have sent among you the pestilence after the manner of Egypt: your young men have I slain with the sword, and have taken away your horses; and I have made the stink of your camps to come up unto your nostrils: yet have ye not returned unto me, saith the LORD. -- amos 4:10 +. +I have overthrown some of you, as God overthrew Sodom and Gomorrah, and ye were as a firebrand plucked out of the burning: yet have ye not returned unto me, saith the LORD. -- amos 4:11 +. +Therefore thus will I do unto thee, O Israel: and because I will do this unto thee, prepare to meet thy God, O Israel. -- amos 4:12 +. +For, lo, he that formeth the mountains, and createth the wind, and declareth unto man what is his thought, that maketh the morning darkness, and treadeth upon the high places of the earth, The LORD, The God of hosts, is his name. -- amos 4:13 +. +Hear ye this word which I take up against you, even a lamentation, O house of Israel. -- amos 5:1 +. +The virgin of Israel is fallen; she shall no more rise: she is forsaken upon her land; there is none to raise her up. -- amos 5:2 +. +For thus saith the Lord GOD; The city that went out by a thousand shall leave an hundred, and that which went forth by an hundred shall leave ten, to the house of Israel. -- amos 5:3 +. +For thus saith the LORD unto the house of Israel, Seek ye me, and ye shall live: -- amos 5:4 +. +But seek not Bethel, nor enter into Gilgal, and pass not to Beersheba: for Gilgal shall surely go into captivity, and Bethel shall come to nought. -- amos 5:5 +. +Seek the LORD, and ye shall live; lest he break out like fire in the house of Joseph, and devour it, and there be none to quench it in Bethel. -- amos 5:6 +. +Ye who turn judgment to wormwood, and leave off righteousness in the earth, -- amos 5:7 +. +Seek him that maketh the seven stars and Orion, and turneth the shadow of death into the morning, and maketh the day dark with night: that calleth for the waters of the sea, and poureth them out upon the face of the earth: The LORD is his name: -- amos 5:8 +. +That strengtheneth the spoiled against the strong, so that the spoiled shall come against the fortress. -- amos 5:9 +. +They hate him that rebuketh in the gate, and they abhor him that speaketh uprightly. -- amos 5:10 +. +Forasmuch therefore as your treading is upon the poor, and ye take from him burdens of wheat: ye have built houses of hewn stone, but ye shall not dwell in them; ye have planted pleasant vineyards, but ye shall not drink wine of them. -- amos 5:11 +. +For I know your manifold transgressions and your mighty sins: they afflict the just, they take a bribe, and they turn aside the poor in the gate from their right. -- amos 5:12 +. +Therefore the prudent shall keep silence in that time; for it is an evil time. -- amos 5:13 +. +Seek good, and not evil, that ye may live: and so the LORD, the God of hosts, shall be with you, as ye have spoken. -- amos 5:14 +. +Hate the evil, and love the good, and establish judgment in the gate: it may be that the LORD God of hosts will be gracious unto the remnant of Joseph. -- amos 5:15 +. +Therefore the LORD, the God of hosts, the LORD, saith thus; Wailing shall be in all streets; and they shall say in all the highways, Alas! alas! and they shall call the husbandman to mourning, and such as are skilful of lamentation to wailing. -- amos 5:16 +. +And in all vineyards shall be wailing: for I will pass through thee, saith the LORD. -- amos 5:17 +. +Woe unto you that desire the day of the LORD! to what end is it for you? the day of the LORD is darkness, and not light. -- amos 5:18 +. +As if a man did flee from a lion, and a bear met him; or went into the house, and leaned his hand on the wall, and a serpent bit him. -- amos 5:19 +. +Shall not the day of the LORD be darkness, and not light? even very dark, and no brightness in it? -- amos 5:20 +. +I hate, I despise your feast days, and I will not smell in your solemn assemblies. -- amos 5:21 +. +Though ye offer me burnt offerings and your meat offerings, I will not accept them: neither will I regard the peace offerings of your fat beasts. -- amos 5:22 +. +Take thou away from me the noise of thy songs; for I will not hear the melody of thy viols. -- amos 5:23 +. +But let judgment run down as waters, and righteousness as a mighty stream. -- amos 5:24 +. +Have ye offered unto me sacrifices and offerings in the wilderness forty years, O house of Israel? -- amos 5:25 +. +But ye have borne the tabernacle of your Moloch and Chiun your images, the star of your god, which ye made to yourselves. -- amos 5:26 +. +Therefore will I cause you to go into captivity beyond Damascus, saith the LORD, whose name is The God of hosts. -- amos 5:27 +. +Woe to them that are at ease in Zion, and trust in the mountain of Samaria, which are named chief of the nations, to whom the house of Israel came! -- amos 6:1 +. +Pass ye unto Calneh, and see; and from thence go ye to Hamath the great: then go down to Gath of the Philistines: be they better than these kingdoms? or their border greater than your border? -- amos 6:2 +. +Ye that put far away the evil day, and cause the seat of violence to come near; -- amos 6:3 +. +That lie upon beds of ivory, and stretch themselves upon their couches, and eat the lambs out of the flock, and the calves out of the midst of the stall; -- amos 6:4 +. +That chant to the sound of the viol, and invent to themselves instruments of musick, like David; -- amos 6:5 +. +That drink wine in bowls, and anoint themselves with the chief ointments: but they are not grieved for the affliction of Joseph. -- amos 6:6 +. +Therefore now shall they go captive with the first that go captive, and the banquet of them that stretched themselves shall be removed. -- amos 6:7 +. +The Lord GOD hath sworn by himself, saith the LORD the God of hosts, I abhor the excellency of Jacob, and hate his palaces: therefore will I deliver up the city with all that is therein. -- amos 6:8 +. +And it shall come to pass, if there remain ten men in one house, that they shall die. -- amos 6:9 +. +And a man's uncle shall take him up, and he that burneth him, to bring out the bones out of the house, and shall say unto him that is by the sides of the house, Is there yet any with thee? and he shall say, No. Then shall he say, Hold thy tongue: for we may not make mention of the name of the LORD. -- amos 6:10 +. +For, behold, the LORD commandeth, and he will smite the great house with breaches, and the little house with clefts. -- amos 6:11 +. +Shall horses run upon the rock? will one plow there with oxen? for ye have turned judgment into gall, and the fruit of righteousness into hemlock: -- amos 6:12 +. +Ye which rejoice in a thing of nought, which say, Have we not taken to us horns by our own strength? -- amos 6:13 +. +But, behold, I will raise up against you a nation, O house of Israel, saith the LORD the God of hosts; and they shall afflict you from the entering in of Hemath unto the river of the wilderness. -- amos 6:14 +. +Thus hath the Lord GOD shewed unto me; and, behold, he formed grasshoppers in the beginning of the shooting up of the latter growth; and, lo, it was the latter growth after the king's mowings. -- amos 7:1 +. +And it came to pass, that when they had made an end of eating the grass of the land, then I said, O Lord GOD, forgive, I beseech thee: by whom shall Jacob arise? for he is small. -- amos 7:2 +. +The LORD repented for this: It shall not be, saith the LORD. -- amos 7:3 +. +Thus hath the Lord GOD shewed unto me: and, behold, the Lord GOD called to contend by fire, and it devoured the great deep, and did eat up a part. -- amos 7:4 +. +Then said I, O Lord GOD, cease, I beseech thee: by whom shall Jacob arise? for he is small. -- amos 7:5 +. +The LORD repented for this: This also shall not be, saith the Lord GOD. -- amos 7:6 +. +Thus he shewed me: and, behold, the LORD stood upon a wall made by a plumbline, with a plumbline in his hand. -- amos 7:7 +. +And the LORD said unto me, Amos, what seest thou? And I said, A plumbline. Then said the LORD, Behold, I will set a plumbline in the midst of my people Israel: I will not again pass by them any more: -- amos 7:8 +. +And the high places of Isaac shall be desolate, and the sanctuaries of Israel shall be laid waste; and I will rise against the house of Jeroboam with the sword. -- amos 7:9 +. +Then Amaziah the priest of Bethel sent to Jeroboam king of Israel, saying, Amos hath conspired against thee in the midst of the house of Israel: the land is not able to bear all his words. -- amos 7:10 +. +For thus Amos saith, Jeroboam shall die by the sword, and Israel shall surely be led away captive out of their own land. -- amos 7:11 +. +Also Amaziah said unto Amos, O thou seer, go, flee thee away into the land of Judah, and there eat bread, and prophesy there: -- amos 7:12 +. +But prophesy not again any more at Bethel: for it is the king's chapel, and it is the king's court. -- amos 7:13 +. +Then answered Amos, and said to Amaziah, I was no prophet, neither was I a prophet's son; but I was an herdman, and a gatherer of sycomore fruit: -- amos 7:14 +. +And the LORD took me as I followed the flock, and the LORD said unto me, Go, prophesy unto my people Israel. -- amos 7:15 +. +Now therefore hear thou the word of the LORD: Thou sayest, Prophesy not against Israel, and drop not thy word against the house of Isaac. -- amos 7:16 +. +Therefore thus saith the LORD; Thy wife shall be an harlot in the city, and thy sons and thy daughters shall fall by the sword, and thy land shall be divided by line; and thou shalt die in a polluted land: and Israel shall surely go into captivity forth of his land. -- amos 7:17 +. +Thus hath the Lord GOD shewed unto me: and behold a basket of summer fruit. -- amos 8:1 +. +And he said, Amos, what seest thou? And I said, A basket of summer fruit. Then said the LORD unto me, The end is come upon my people of Israel; I will not again pass by them any more. -- amos 8:2 +. +And the songs of the temple shall be howlings in that day, saith the Lord GOD: there shall be many dead bodies in every place; they shall cast them forth with silence. -- amos 8:3 +. +Hear this, O ye that swallow up the needy, even to make the poor of the land to fail, -- amos 8:4 +. +Saying, When will the new moon be gone, that we may sell corn? and the sabbath, that we may set forth wheat, making the ephah small, and the shekel great, and falsifying the balances by deceit? -- amos 8:5 +. +That we may buy the poor for silver, and the needy for a pair of shoes; yea, and sell the refuse of the wheat? -- amos 8:6 +. +The LORD hath sworn by the excellency of Jacob, Surely I will never forget any of their works. -- amos 8:7 +. +Shall not the land tremble for this, and every one mourn that dwelleth therein? and it shall rise up wholly as a flood; and it shall be cast out and drowned, as by the flood of Egypt. -- amos 8:8 +. +And it shall come to pass in that day, saith the Lord GOD, that I will cause the sun to go down at noon, and I will darken the earth in the clear day: -- amos 8:9 +. +And I will turn your feasts into mourning, and all your songs into lamentation; and I will bring up sackcloth upon all loins, and baldness upon every head; and I will make it as the mourning of an only son, and the end thereof as a bitter day. -- amos 8:10 +. +Behold, the days come, saith the Lord GOD, that I will send a famine in the land, not a famine of bread, nor a thirst for water, but of hearing the words of the LORD: -- amos 8:11 +. +And they shall wander from sea to sea, and from the north even to the east, they shall run to and fro to seek the word of the LORD, and shall not find it. -- amos 8:12 +. +In that day shall the fair virgins and young men faint for thirst. -- amos 8:13 +. +They that swear by the sin of Samaria, and say, Thy god, O Dan, liveth; and, The manner of Beersheba liveth; even they shall fall, and never rise up again. -- amos 8:14 +. +I saw the LORD standing upon the altar: and he said, Smite the lintel of the door, that the posts may shake: and cut them in the head, all of them; and I will slay the last of them with the sword: he that fleeth of them shall not flee away, and he that escapeth of them shall not be delivered. -- amos 9:1 +. +Though they dig into hell, thence shall mine hand take them; though they climb up to heaven, thence will I bring them down: -- amos 9:2 +. +And though they hide themselves in the top of Carmel, I will search and take them out thence; and though they be hid from my sight in the bottom of the sea, thence will I command the serpent, and he shall bite them: -- amos 9:3 +. +And though they go into captivity before their enemies, thence will I command the sword, and it shall slay them: and I will set mine eyes upon them for evil, and not for good. -- amos 9:4 +. +And the Lord GOD of hosts is he that toucheth the land, and it shall melt, and all that dwell therein shall mourn: and it shall rise up wholly like a flood; and shall be drowned, as by the flood of Egypt. -- amos 9:5 +. +It is he that buildeth his stories in the heaven, and hath founded his troop in the earth; he that calleth for the waters of the sea, and poureth them out upon the face of the earth: The LORD is his name. -- amos 9:6 +. +Are ye not as children of the Ethiopians unto me, O children of Israel? saith the LORD. Have not I brought up Israel out of the land of Egypt? and the Philistines from Caphtor, and the Syrians from Kir? -- amos 9:7 +. +Behold, the eyes of the Lord GOD are upon the sinful kingdom, and I will destroy it from off the face of the earth; saving that I will not utterly destroy the house of Jacob, saith the LORD. -- amos 9:8 +. +For, lo, I will command, and I will sift the house of Israel among all nations, like as corn is sifted in a sieve, yet shall not the least grain fall upon the earth. -- amos 9:9 +. +All the sinners of my people shall die by the sword, which say, The evil shall not overtake nor prevent us. -- amos 9:10 +. +In that day will I raise up the tabernacle of David that is fallen, and close up the breaches thereof; and I will raise up his ruins, and I will build it as in the days of old: -- amos 9:11 +. +That they may possess the remnant of Edom, and of all the heathen, which are called by my name, saith the LORD that doeth this. -- amos 9:12 +. +Behold, the days come, saith the LORD, that the plowman shall overtake the reaper, and the treader of grapes him that soweth seed; and the mountains shall drop sweet wine, and all the hills shall melt. -- amos 9:13 +. +And I will bring again the captivity of my people of Israel, and they shall build the waste cities, and inhabit them; and they shall plant vineyards, and drink the wine thereof; they shall also make gardens, and eat the fruit of them. -- amos 9:14 +. +And I will plant them upon their land, and they shall no more be pulled up out of their land which I have given them, saith the LORD thy God. -- amos 9:15 +. +The vision of Obadiah. Thus saith the Lord GOD concerning Edom; We have heard a rumour from the LORD, and an ambassador is sent among the heathen, Arise ye, and let us rise up against her in battle. -- obadiah 1:1 +. +Behold, I have made thee small among the heathen: thou art greatly despised. -- obadiah 1:2 +. +The pride of thine heart hath deceived thee, thou that dwellest in the clefts of the rock, whose habitation is high; that saith in his heart, Who shall bring me down to the ground? -- obadiah 1:3 +. +Though thou exalt thyself as the eagle, and though thou set thy nest among the stars, thence will I bring thee down, saith the LORD. -- obadiah 1:4 +. +If thieves came to thee, if robbers by night, (how art thou cut off!) would they not have stolen till they had enough? if the grapegatherers came to thee, would they not leave some grapes? -- obadiah 1:5 +. +How are the things of Esau searched out! how are his hidden things sought up! -- obadiah 1:6 +. +All the men of thy confederacy have brought thee even to the border: the men that were at peace with thee have deceived thee, and prevailed against thee; that they eat thy bread have laid a wound under thee: there is none understanding in him. -- obadiah 1:7 +. +Shall I not in that day, saith the LORD, even destroy the wise men out of Edom, and understanding out of the mount of Esau? -- obadiah 1:8 +. +And thy mighty men, O Teman, shall be dismayed, to the end that every one of the mount of Esau may be cut off by slaughter. -- obadiah 1:9 +. +For thy violence against thy brother Jacob shame shall cover thee, and thou shalt be cut off for ever. -- obadiah 1:10 +. +In the day that thou stoodest on the other side, in the day that the strangers carried away captive his forces, and foreigners entered into his gates, and cast lots upon Jerusalem, even thou wast as one of them. -- obadiah 1:11 +. +But thou shouldest not have looked on the day of thy brother in the day that he became a stranger; neither shouldest thou have rejoiced over the children of Judah in the day of their destruction; neither shouldest thou have spoken proudly in the day of distress. -- obadiah 1:12 +. +Thou shouldest not have entered into the gate of my people in the day of their calamity; yea, thou shouldest not have looked on their affliction in the day of their calamity, nor have laid hands on their substance in the day of their calamity; -- obadiah 1:13 +. +Neither shouldest thou have stood in the crossway, to cut off those of his that did escape; neither shouldest thou have delivered up those of his that did remain in the day of distress. -- obadiah 1:14 +. +For the day of the LORD is near upon all the heathen: as thou hast done, it shall be done unto thee: thy reward shall return upon thine own head. -- obadiah 1:15 +. +For as ye have drunk upon my holy mountain, so shall all the heathen drink continually, yea, they shall drink, and they shall swallow down, and they shall be as though they had not been. -- obadiah 1:16 +. +But upon mount Zion shall be deliverance, and there shall be holiness; and the house of Jacob shall possess their possessions. -- obadiah 1:17 +. +And the house of Jacob shall be a fire, and the house of Joseph a flame, and the house of Esau for stubble, and they shall kindle in them, and devour them; and there shall not be any remaining of the house of Esau; for the LORD hath spoken it. -- obadiah 1:18 +. +And they of the south shall possess the mount of Esau; and they of the plain the Philistines: and they shall possess the fields of Ephraim, and the fields of Samaria: and Benjamin shall possess Gilead. -- obadiah 1:19 +. +And the captivity of this host of the children of Israel shall possess that of the Canaanites, even unto Zarephath; and the captivity of Jerusalem, which is in Sepharad, shall possess the cities of the south. -- obadiah 1:20 +. +And saviours shall come up on mount Zion to judge the mount of Esau; and the kingdom shall be the LORD's. -- obadiah 1:21 +. +Now the word of the LORD came unto Jonah the son of Amittai, saying, -- jonah 1:1 +. +Arise, go to Nineveh, that great city, and cry against it; for their wickedness is come up before me. -- jonah 1:2 +. +But Jonah rose up to flee unto Tarshish from the presence of the LORD, and went down to Joppa; and he found a ship going to Tarshish: so he paid the fare thereof, and went down into it, to go with them unto Tarshish from the presence of the LORD. -- jonah 1:3 +. +But the LORD sent out a great wind into the sea, and there was a mighty tempest in the sea, so that the ship was like to be broken. -- jonah 1:4 +. +Then the mariners were afraid, and cried every man unto his god, and cast forth the wares that were in the ship into the sea, to lighten it of them. But Jonah was gone down into the sides of the ship; and he lay, and was fast asleep. -- jonah 1:5 +. +So the shipmaster came to him, and said unto him, What meanest thou, O sleeper? arise, call upon thy God, if so be that God will think upon us, that we perish not. -- jonah 1:6 +. +And they said every one 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. -- jonah 1:7 +. +Then said they unto him, Tell us, we pray thee, for whose cause this evil is upon us; What is thine occupation? and whence comest thou? what is thy country? and of what people art thou? -- jonah 1:8 +. +And he said unto them, I am an Hebrew; and I fear the LORD, the God of heaven, which hath made the sea and the dry land. -- jonah 1:9 +. +Then were the men exceedingly afraid, and said unto him. Why hast thou done this? For the men knew that he fled from the presence of the LORD, because he had told them. -- jonah 1:10 +. +Then said they unto him, What shall we do unto thee, that the sea may be calm unto us? for the sea wrought, and was tempestuous. -- jonah 1:11 +. +And he said unto them, Take me up, and cast me forth into the sea; so shall the sea be calm unto you: for I know that for my sake this great tempest is upon you. -- jonah 1:12 +. +Nevertheless the men rowed hard to bring it to the land; but they could not: for the sea wrought, and was tempestuous against them. -- jonah 1:13 +. +Wherefore they cried unto the LORD, and said, We beseech thee, O LORD, we beseech thee, let us not perish for this man's life, and lay not upon us innocent blood: for thou, O LORD, hast done as it pleased thee. -- jonah 1:14 +. +So they look up Jonah, and cast him forth into the sea: and the sea ceased from her raging. -- jonah 1:15 +. +Then the men feared the LORD exceedingly, and offered a sacrifice unto the LORD, and made vows. -- jonah 1:16 +. +Now the LORD had prepared a great fish to swallow up Jonah. And Jonah was in the belly of the fish three days and three nights. -- jonah 1:17 +. +Then Jonah prayed unto the LORD his God out of the fish's belly, -- jonah 2:1 +. +And said, I cried by reason of mine affliction unto the LORD, and he heard me; out of the belly of hell cried I, and thou heardest my voice. -- jonah 2:2 +. +For thou hadst cast me into the deep, in the midst of the seas; and the floods compassed me about: all thy billows and thy waves passed over me. -- jonah 2:3 +. +Then I said, I am cast out of thy sight; yet I will look again toward thy holy temple. -- jonah 2:4 +. +The waters compassed me about, even to the soul: the depth closed me round about, the weeds were wrapped about my head. -- jonah 2:5 +. +I went down to the bottoms of the mountains; the earth with her bars was about me for ever: yet hast thou brought up my life from corruption, O LORD my God. -- jonah 2:6 +. +When my soul fainted within me I remembered the LORD: and my prayer came in unto thee, into thine holy temple. -- jonah 2:7 +. +They that observe lying vanities forsake their own mercy. -- jonah 2:8 +. +But I will sacrifice unto thee with the voice of thanksgiving; I will pay that that I have vowed. Salvation is of the LORD. -- jonah 2:9 +. +And the LORD spake unto the fish, and it vomited out Jonah upon the dry land. -- jonah 2:10 +. +And the word of the LORD came unto Jonah the second time, saying, -- jonah 3:1 +. +Arise, go unto Nineveh, that great city, and preach unto it the preaching that I bid thee. -- jonah 3:2 +. +So Jonah arose, and went unto Nineveh, according to the word of the LORD. Now Nineveh was an exceeding great city of three days' journey. -- jonah 3:3 +. +And Jonah began to enter into the city a day's journey, and he cried, and said, Yet forty days, and Nineveh shall be overthrown. -- jonah 3:4 +. +So the people of Nineveh believed God, and proclaimed a fast, and put on sackcloth, from the greatest of them even to the least of them. -- jonah 3:5 +. +For word came unto the king of Nineveh, and he arose from his throne, and he laid his robe from him, and covered him with sackcloth, and sat in ashes. -- jonah 3:6 +. +And he caused it to be proclaimed and published through Nineveh by the decree of the king and his nobles, saying, Let neither man nor beast, herd nor flock, taste any thing: let them not feed, nor drink water: -- jonah 3:7 +. +But let man and beast be covered with sackcloth, and cry mightily unto God: yea, let them turn every one from his evil way, and from the violence that is in their hands. -- jonah 3:8 +. +Who can tell if God will turn and repent, and turn away from his fierce anger, that we perish not? -- jonah 3:9 +. +And God saw their works, that they turned from their evil way; and God repented of the evil, that he had said that he would do unto them; and he did it not. -- jonah 3:10 +. +But it displeased Jonah exceedingly, and he was very angry. -- jonah 4:1 +. +And he prayed unto the LORD, and said, I pray thee, O LORD, was not this my saying, when I was yet in my country? Therefore I fled before unto Tarshish: for I knew that thou art a gracious God, and merciful, slow to anger, and of great kindness, and repentest thee of the evil. -- jonah 4:2 +. +Therefore now, O LORD, take, I beseech thee, my life from me; for it is better for me to die than to live. -- jonah 4:3 +. +Then said the LORD, Doest thou well to be angry? -- jonah 4:4 +. +So Jonah went out of the city, and sat on the east side of the city, and there made him a booth, and sat under it in the shadow, till he might see what would become of the city. -- jonah 4:5 +. +And the LORD God prepared a gourd, and made it to come up over Jonah, that it might be a shadow over his head, to deliver him from his grief. So Jonah was exceeding glad of the gourd. -- jonah 4:6 +. +But God prepared a worm when the morning rose the next day, and it smote the gourd that it withered. -- jonah 4:7 +. +And it came to pass, when the sun did arise, that God prepared a vehement east wind; and the sun beat upon the head of Jonah, that he fainted, and wished in himself to die, and said, It is better for me to die than to live. -- jonah 4:8 +. +And God said to Jonah, Doest thou well to be angry for the gourd? And he said, I do well to be angry, even unto death. -- jonah 4:9 +. +Then said the LORD, Thou hast had pity on the gourd, for the which thou hast not laboured, neither madest it grow; which came up in a night, and perished in a night: -- jonah 4:10 +. +And should not I spare Nineveh, that great city, wherein are more then sixscore thousand persons that cannot discern between their right hand and their left hand; and also much cattle? -- jonah 4:11 +. +The word of the LORD that came to Micah the Morasthite in the days of Jotham, Ahaz, and Hezekiah, kings of Judah, which he saw concerning Samaria and Jerusalem. -- micah 1:1 +. +Hear, all ye people; hearken, O earth, and all that therein is: and let the Lord GOD be witness against you, the LORD from his holy temple. -- micah 1:2 +. +For, behold, the LORD cometh forth out of his place, and will come down, and tread upon the high places of the earth. -- micah 1:3 +. +And the mountains shall be molten under him, and the valleys shall be cleft, as wax before the fire, and as the waters that are poured down a steep place. -- micah 1:4 +. +For the transgression of Jacob is all this, and for the sins of the house of Israel. What is the transgression of Jacob? is it not Samaria? and what are the high places of Judah? are they not Jerusalem? -- micah 1:5 +. +Therefore I will make Samaria as an heap of the field, and as plantings of a vineyard: and I will pour down the stones thereof into the valley, and I will discover the foundations thereof. -- micah 1:6 +. +And all the graven images thereof shall be beaten to pieces, and all the hires thereof shall be burned with the fire, and all the idols thereof will I lay desolate: for she gathered it of the hire of an harlot, and they shall return to the hire of an harlot. -- micah 1:7 +. +Therefore I will wail and howl, I will go stripped and naked: I will make a wailing like the dragons, and mourning as the owls. -- micah 1:8 +. +For her wound is incurable; for it is come unto Judah; he is come unto the gate of my people, even to Jerusalem. -- micah 1:9 +. +Declare ye it not at Gath, weep ye not at all: in the house of Aphrah roll thyself in the dust. -- micah 1:10 +. +Pass ye away, thou inhabitant of Saphir, having thy shame naked: the inhabitant of Zaanan came not forth in the mourning of Bethezel; he shall receive of you his standing. -- micah 1:11 +. +For the inhabitant of Maroth waited carefully for good: but evil came down from the LORD unto the gate of Jerusalem. -- micah 1:12 +. +O thou inhabitant of Lachish, bind the chariot to the swift beast: she is the beginning of the sin to the daughter of Zion: for the transgressions of Israel were found in thee. -- micah 1:13 +. +Therefore shalt thou give presents to Moreshethgath: the houses of Achzib shall be a lie to the kings of Israel. -- micah 1:14 +. +Yet will I bring an heir unto thee, O inhabitant of Mareshah: he shall come unto Adullam the glory of Israel. -- micah 1:15 +. +Make thee bald, and poll thee for thy delicate children; enlarge thy baldness as the eagle; for they are gone into captivity from thee. -- micah 1:16 +. +Woe to them that devise iniquity, and work evil upon their beds! when the morning is light, they practise it, because it is in the power of their hand. -- micah 2:1 +. +And they covet fields, and take them by violence; and houses, and take them away: so they oppress a man and his house, even a man and his heritage. -- micah 2:2 +. +Therefore thus saith the LORD; Behold, against this family do I devise an evil, from which ye shall not remove your necks; neither shall ye go haughtily: for this time is evil. -- micah 2:3 +. +In that day shall one take up a parable against you, and lament with a doleful lamentation, and say, We be utterly spoiled: he hath changed the portion of my people: how hath he removed it from me! turning away he hath divided our fields. -- micah 2:4 +. +Therefore thou shalt have none that shall cast a cord by lot in the congregation of the LORD. -- micah 2:5 +. +Prophesy ye not, say they to them that prophesy: they shall not prophesy to them, that they shall not take shame. -- micah 2:6 +. +O thou that art named the house of Jacob, is the spirit of the LORD straitened? are these his doings? do not my words do good to him that walketh uprightly? -- micah 2:7 +. +Even of late my people is risen up as an enemy: ye pull off the robe with the garment from them that pass by securely as men averse from war. -- micah 2:8 +. +The women of my people have ye cast out from their pleasant houses; from their children have ye taken away my glory for ever. -- micah 2:9 +. +Arise ye, and depart; for this is not your rest: because it is polluted, it shall destroy you, even with a sore destruction. -- micah 2:10 +. +If a man walking in the spirit and falsehood do lie, saying, I will prophesy unto thee of wine and of strong drink; he shall even be the prophet of this people. -- micah 2:11 +. +I will surely assemble, O Jacob, all of thee; I will surely gather the remnant of Israel; I will put them together as the sheep of Bozrah, as the flock in the midst of their fold: they shall make great noise by reason of the multitude of men. -- micah 2:12 +. +The breaker is come up before them: they have broken up, and have passed through the gate, and are gone out by it: and their king shall pass before them, and the LORD on the head of them. -- micah 2:13 +. +And I said, Hear, I pray you, O heads of Jacob, and ye princes of the house of Israel; Is it not for you to know judgment? -- micah 3:1 +. +Who hate the good, and love the evil; who pluck off their skin from off them, and their flesh from off their bones; -- micah 3:2 +. +Who also eat the flesh of my people, and flay their skin from off them; and they break their bones, and chop them in pieces, as for the pot, and as flesh within the caldron. -- micah 3:3 +. +Then shall they cry unto the LORD, but he will not hear them: he will even hide his face from them at that time, as they have behaved themselves ill in their doings. -- micah 3:4 +. +Thus saith the LORD concerning the prophets that make my people err, that bite with their teeth, and cry, Peace; and he that putteth not into their mouths, they even prepare war against him. -- micah 3:5 +. +Therefore night shall be unto you, that ye shall not have a vision; and it shall be dark unto you, that ye shall not divine; and the sun shall go down over the prophets, and the day shall be dark over them. -- micah 3:6 +. +Then shall the seers be ashamed, and the diviners confounded: yea, they shall all cover their lips; for there is no answer of God. -- micah 3:7 +. +But truly I am full of power by the spirit of the LORD, and of judgment, and of might, to declare unto Jacob his transgression, and to Israel his sin. -- micah 3:8 +. +Hear this, I pray you, ye heads of the house of Jacob, and princes of the house of Israel, that abhor judgment, and pervert all equity. -- micah 3:9 +. +They build up Zion with blood, and Jerusalem with iniquity. -- micah 3:10 +. +The heads thereof judge for reward, and the priests thereof teach for hire, and the prophets thereof divine for money: yet will they lean upon the LORD, and say, Is not the LORD among us? none evil can come upon us. -- micah 3:11 +. +Therefore shall Zion for your sake be plowed as a field, and Jerusalem shall become heaps, and the mountain of the house as the high places of the forest. -- micah 3:12 +. +But in the last days it shall come to pass, that the mountain of the house of the LORD shall be established in the top of the mountains, and it shall be exalted above the hills; and people shall flow unto it. -- micah 4:1 +. +And many nations shall come, and say, Come, and let us go up to the mountain of the LORD, and to the house of the God of Jacob; and he will teach us of his ways, and we will walk in his paths: for the law shall go forth of Zion, and the word of the LORD from Jerusalem. -- micah 4:2 +. +And he shall judge among many people, and rebuke strong nations afar off; and they shall beat their swords into plowshares, and their spears into pruninghooks: nation shall not lift up a sword against nation, neither shall they learn war any more. -- micah 4:3 +. +But they shall sit every man under his vine and under his fig tree; and none shall make them afraid: for the mouth of the LORD of hosts hath spoken it. -- micah 4:4 +. +For all people will walk every one in the name of his god, and we will walk in the name of the LORD our God for ever and ever. -- micah 4:5 +. +In that day, saith the LORD, will I assemble her that halteth, and I will gather her that is driven out, and her that I have afflicted; -- micah 4:6 +. +And I will make her that halted a remnant, and her that was cast far off a strong nation: and the LORD shall reign over them in mount Zion from henceforth, even for ever. -- micah 4:7 +. +And thou, O tower of the flock, the strong hold of the daughter of Zion, unto thee shall it come, even the first dominion; the kingdom shall come to the daughter of Jerusalem. -- micah 4:8 +. +Now why dost thou cry out aloud? is there no king in thee? is thy counsellor perished? for pangs have taken thee as a woman in travail. -- micah 4:9 +. +Be in pain, and labour to bring forth, O daughter of Zion, like a woman in travail: for now shalt thou go forth out of the city, and thou shalt dwell in the field, and thou shalt go even to Babylon; there shalt thou be delivered; there the LORD shall redeem thee from the hand of thine enemies. -- micah 4:10 +. +Now also many nations are gathered against thee, that say, Let her be defiled, and let our eye look upon Zion. -- micah 4:11 +. +But they know not the thoughts of the LORD, neither understand they his counsel: for he shall gather them as the sheaves into the floor. -- micah 4:12 +. +Arise and thresh, O daughter of Zion: for I will make thine horn iron, and I will make thy hoofs brass: and thou shalt beat in pieces many people: and I will consecrate their gain unto the LORD, and their substance unto the Lord of the whole earth. -- micah 4:13 +. +Now gather thyself in troops, O daughter of troops: he hath laid siege against us: they shall smite the judge of Israel with a rod upon the cheek. -- micah 5:1 +. +But thou, Bethlehem Ephratah, though thou be little among the thousands of Judah, yet out of thee shall he come forth unto me that is to be ruler in Israel; whose goings forth have been from of old, from everlasting. -- micah 5:2 +. +Therefore will he give them up, until the time that she which travaileth hath brought forth: then the remnant of his brethren shall return unto the children of Israel. -- micah 5:3 +. +And he shall stand and feed in the strength of the LORD, in the majesty of the name of the LORD his God; and they shall abide: for now shall he be great unto the ends of the earth. -- micah 5:4 +. +And this man shall be the peace, when the Assyrian shall come into our land: and when he shall tread in our palaces, then shall we raise against him seven shepherds, and eight principal men. -- micah 5:5 +. +And they shall waste the land of Assyria with the sword, and the land of Nimrod in the entrances thereof: thus shall he deliver us from the Assyrian, when he cometh into our land, and when he treadeth within our borders. -- micah 5:6 +. +And the remnant of Jacob shall be in the midst of many people as a dew from the LORD, as the showers upon the grass, that tarrieth not for man, nor waiteth for the sons of men. -- micah 5:7 +. +And the remnant of Jacob shall be among the Gentiles in the midst of many people as a lion among the beasts of the forest, as a young lion among the flocks of sheep: who, if he go through, both treadeth down, and teareth in pieces, and none can deliver. -- micah 5:8 +. +Thine hand shall be lifted up upon thine adversaries, and all thine enemies shall be cut off. -- micah 5:9 +. +And it shall come to pass in that day, saith the LORD, that I will cut off thy horses out of the midst of thee, and I will destroy thy chariots: -- micah 5:10 +. +And I will cut off the cities of thy land, and throw down all thy strong holds: -- micah 5:11 +. +And I will cut off witchcrafts out of thine hand; and thou shalt have no more soothsayers: -- micah 5:12 +. +Thy graven images also will I cut off, and thy standing images out of the midst of thee; and thou shalt no more worship the work of thine hands. -- micah 5:13 +. +And I will pluck up thy groves out of the midst of thee: so will I destroy thy cities. -- micah 5:14 +. +And I will execute vengeance in anger and fury upon the heathen, such as they have not heard. -- micah 5:15 +. +Hear ye now what the LORD saith; Arise, contend thou before the mountains, and let the hills hear thy voice. -- micah 6:1 +. +Hear ye, O mountains, the LORD's controversy, and ye strong foundations of the earth: for the LORD hath a controversy with his people, and he will plead with Israel. -- micah 6:2 +. +O my people, what have I done unto thee? and wherein have I wearied thee? testify against me. -- micah 6:3 +. +For I brought thee up out of the land of Egypt, and redeemed thee out of the house of servants; and I sent before thee Moses, Aaron, and Miriam. -- micah 6:4 +. +O my people, remember now what Balak king of Moab consulted, and what Balaam the son of Beor answered him from Shittim unto Gilgal; that ye may know the righteousness of the LORD. -- micah 6:5 +. +Wherewith shall I come before the LORD, and bow myself before the high God? shall I come before him with burnt offerings, with calves of a year old? -- micah 6:6 +. +Will the LORD be pleased with thousands of rams, or with ten thousands of rivers of oil? shall I give my firstborn for my transgression, the fruit of my body for the sin of my soul? -- micah 6:7 +. +He hath shewed thee, O man, what is good; and what doth the LORD require of thee, but to do justly, and to love mercy, and to walk humbly with thy God? -- micah 6:8 +. +The LORD's voice crieth unto the city, and the man of wisdom shall see thy name: hear ye the rod, and who hath appointed it. -- micah 6:9 +. +Are there yet the treasures of wickedness in the house of the wicked, and the scant measure that is abominable? -- micah 6:10 +. +Shall I count them pure with the wicked balances, and with the bag of deceitful weights? -- micah 6:11 +. +For the rich men thereof are full of violence, and the inhabitants thereof have spoken lies, and their tongue is deceitful in their mouth. -- micah 6:12 +. +Therefore also will I make thee sick in smiting thee, in making thee desolate because of thy sins. -- micah 6:13 +. +Thou shalt eat, but not be satisfied; and thy casting down shall be in the midst of thee; and thou shalt take hold, but shalt not deliver; and that which thou deliverest will I give up to the sword. -- micah 6:14 +. +Thou shalt sow, but thou shalt not reap; thou shalt tread the olives, but thou shalt not anoint thee with oil; and sweet wine, but shalt not drink wine. -- micah 6:15 +. +For the statutes of Omri are kept, and all the works of the house of Ahab, and ye walk in their counsels; that I should make thee a desolation, and the inhabitants thereof an hissing: therefore ye shall bear the reproach of my people. -- micah 6:16 +. +Woe is me! for I am as when they have gathered the summer fruits, as the grapegleanings of the vintage: there is no cluster to eat: my soul desired the firstripe fruit. -- micah 7:1 +. +The good man is perished out of the earth: and there is none upright among men: they all lie in wait for blood; they hunt every man his brother with a net. -- micah 7:2 +. +That they may do evil with both hands earnestly, the prince asketh, and the judge asketh for a reward; and the great man, he uttereth his mischievous desire: so they wrap it up. -- micah 7:3 +. +The best of them is as a brier: the most upright is sharper than a thorn hedge: the day of thy watchmen and thy visitation cometh; now shall be their perplexity. -- micah 7:4 +. +Trust ye not in a friend, put ye not confidence in a guide: keep the doors of thy mouth from her that lieth in thy bosom. -- micah 7:5 +. +For the son dishonoureth the father, the daughter riseth up against her mother, the daughter in law against her mother in law; a man's enemies are the men of his own house. -- micah 7:6 +. +Therefore I will look unto the LORD; I will wait for the God of my salvation: my God will hear me. -- micah 7:7 +. +Rejoice not against me, O mine enemy: when I fall, I shall arise; when I sit in darkness, the LORD shall be a light unto me. -- micah 7:8 +. +I will bear the indignation of the LORD, because I have sinned against him, until he plead my cause, and execute judgment for me: he will bring me forth to the light, and I shall behold his righteousness. -- micah 7:9 +. +Then she that is mine enemy shall see it, and shame shall cover her which said unto me, Where is the LORD thy God? mine eyes shall behold her: now shall she be trodden down as the mire of the streets. -- micah 7:10 +. +In the day that thy walls are to be built, in that day shall the decree be far removed. -- micah 7:11 +. +In that day also he shall come even to thee from Assyria, and from the fortified cities, and from the fortress even to the river, and from sea to sea, and from mountain to mountain. -- micah 7:12 +. +Notwithstanding the land shall be desolate because of them that dwell therein, for the fruit of their doings. -- micah 7:13 +. +Feed thy people with thy rod, the flock of thine heritage, which dwell solitarily in the wood, in the midst of Carmel: let them feed in Bashan and Gilead, as in the days of old. -- micah 7:14 +. +According to the days of thy coming out of the land of Egypt will I shew unto him marvellous things. -- micah 7:15 +. +The nations shall see and be confounded at all their might: they shall lay their hand upon their mouth, their ears shall be deaf. -- micah 7:16 +. +They shall lick the dust like a serpent, they shall move out of their holes like worms of the earth: they shall be afraid of the LORD our God, and shall fear because of thee. -- micah 7:17 +. +Who is a God like unto thee, that pardoneth iniquity, and passeth by the transgression of the remnant of his heritage? he retaineth not his anger for ever, because he delighteth in mercy. -- micah 7:18 +. +He will turn again, he will have compassion upon us; he will subdue our iniquities; and thou wilt cast all their sins into the depths of the sea. -- micah 7:19 +. +Thou wilt perform the truth to Jacob, and the mercy to Abraham, which thou hast sworn unto our fathers from the days of old. -- micah 7:20 +. +The burden of Nineveh. The book of the vision of Nahum the Elkoshite. -- nahum 1:1 +. +God is jealous, and the LORD revengeth; the LORD revengeth, and is furious; the LORD will take vengeance on his adversaries, and he reserveth wrath for his enemies. -- nahum 1:2 +. +The LORD is slow to anger, and great in power, and will not at all acquit the wicked: the LORD hath his way in the whirlwind and in the storm, and the clouds are the dust of his feet. -- nahum 1:3 +. +He rebuketh the sea, and maketh it dry, and drieth up all the rivers: Bashan languisheth, and Carmel, and the flower of Lebanon languisheth. -- nahum 1:4 +. +The mountains quake at him, and the hills melt, and the earth is burned at his presence, yea, the world, and all that dwell therein. -- nahum 1:5 +. +Who can stand before his indignation? and who can abide in the fierceness of his anger? his fury is poured out like fire, and the rocks are thrown down by him. -- nahum 1:6 +. +The LORD is good, a strong hold in the day of trouble; and he knoweth them that trust in him. -- nahum 1:7 +. +But with an overrunning flood he will make an utter end of the place thereof, and darkness shall pursue his enemies. -- nahum 1:8 +. +What do ye imagine against the LORD? he will make an utter end: affliction shall not rise up the second time. -- nahum 1:9 +. +For while they be folden together as thorns, and while they are drunken as drunkards, they shall be devoured as stubble fully dry. -- nahum 1:10 +. +There is one come out of thee, that imagineth evil against the LORD, a wicked counsellor. -- nahum 1:11 +. +Thus saith the LORD; Though they be quiet, and likewise many, yet thus shall they be cut down, when he shall pass through. Though I have afflicted thee, I will afflict thee no more. -- nahum 1:12 +. +For now will I break his yoke from off thee, and will burst thy bonds in sunder. -- nahum 1:13 +. +And the LORD hath given a commandment concerning thee, that no more of thy name be sown: out of the house of thy gods will I cut off the graven image and the molten image: I will make thy grave; for thou art vile. -- nahum 1:14 +. +Behold upon the mountains the feet of him that bringeth good tidings, that publisheth peace! O Judah, keep thy solemn feasts, perform thy vows: for the wicked shall no more pass through thee; he is utterly cut off. -- nahum 1:15 +. +He that dasheth in pieces is come up before thy face: keep the munition, watch the way, make thy loins strong, fortify thy power mightily. -- nahum 2:1 +. +For the LORD hath turned away the excellency of Jacob, as the excellency of Israel: for the emptiers have emptied them out, and marred their vine branches. -- nahum 2:2 +. +The shield of his mighty men is made red, the valiant men are in scarlet: the chariots shall be with flaming torches in the day of his preparation, and the fir trees shall be terribly shaken. -- nahum 2:3 +. +The chariots shall rage in the streets, they shall justle one against another in the broad ways: they shall seem like torches, they shall run like the lightnings. -- nahum 2:4 +. +He shall recount his worthies: they shall stumble in their walk; they shall make haste to the wall thereof, and the defence shall be prepared. -- nahum 2:5 +. +The gates of the rivers shall be opened, and the palace shall be dissolved. -- nahum 2:6 +. +And Huzzab shall be led away captive, she shall be brought up, and her maids shall lead her as with the voice of doves, tabering upon their breasts. -- nahum 2:7 +. +But Nineveh is of old like a pool of water: yet they shall flee away. Stand, stand, shall they cry; but none shall look back. -- nahum 2:8 +. +Take ye the spoil of silver, take the spoil of gold: for there is none end of the store and glory out of all the pleasant furniture. -- nahum 2:9 +. +She is empty, and void, and waste: and the heart melteth, and the knees smite together, and much pain is in all loins, and the faces of them all gather blackness. -- nahum 2:10 +. +Where is the dwelling of the lions, and the feedingplace of the young lions, where the lion, even the old lion, walked, and the lion's whelp, and none made them afraid? -- nahum 2:11 +. +The lion did tear in pieces enough for his whelps, and strangled for his lionesses, and filled his holes with prey, and his dens with ravin. -- nahum 2:12 +. +Behold, I am against thee, saith the LORD of hosts, and I will burn her chariots in the smoke, and the sword shall devour thy young lions: and I will cut off thy prey from the earth, and the voice of thy messengers shall no more be heard. -- nahum 2:13 +. +Woe to the bloody city! it is all full of lies and robbery; the prey departeth not; -- nahum 3:1 +. +The noise of a whip, and the noise of the rattling of the wheels, and of the pransing horses, and of the jumping chariots. -- nahum 3:2 +. +The horseman lifteth up both the bright sword and the glittering spear: and there is a multitude of slain, and a great number of carcases; and there is none end of their corpses; they stumble upon their corpses: -- nahum 3:3 +. +Because of the multitude of the whoredoms of the wellfavoured harlot, the mistress of witchcrafts, that selleth nations through her whoredoms, and families through her witchcrafts. -- nahum 3:4 +. +Behold, I am against thee, saith the LORD of hosts; and I will discover thy skirts upon thy face, and I will shew the nations thy nakedness, and the kingdoms thy shame. -- nahum 3:5 +. +And I will cast abominable filth upon thee, and make thee vile, and will set thee as a gazingstock. -- nahum 3:6 +. +And it shall come to pass, that all they that look upon thee shall flee from thee, and say, Nineveh is laid waste: who will bemoan her? whence shall I seek comforters for thee? -- nahum 3:7 +. +Art thou better than populous No, that was situate among the rivers, that had the waters round about it, whose rampart was the sea, and her wall was from the sea? -- nahum 3:8 +. +Ethiopia and Egypt were her strength, and it was infinite; Put and Lubim were thy helpers. -- nahum 3:9 +. +Yet was she carried away, she went into captivity: her young children also were dashed in pieces at the top of all the streets: and they cast lots for her honourable men, and all her great men were bound in chains. -- nahum 3:10 +. +Thou also shalt be drunken: thou shalt be hid, thou also shalt seek strength because of the enemy. -- nahum 3:11 +. +All thy strong holds shall be like fig trees with the firstripe figs: if they be shaken, they shall even fall into the mouth of the eater. -- nahum 3:12 +. +Behold, thy people in the midst of thee are women: the gates of thy land shall be set wide open unto thine enemies: the fire shall devour thy bars. -- nahum 3:13 +. +Draw thee waters for the siege, fortify thy strong holds: go into clay, and tread the morter, make strong the brickkiln. -- nahum 3:14 +. +There shall the fire devour thee; the sword shall cut thee off, it shall eat thee up like the cankerworm: make thyself many as the cankerworm, make thyself many as the locusts. -- nahum 3:15 +. +Thou hast multiplied thy merchants above the stars of heaven: the cankerworm spoileth, and fleeth away. -- nahum 3:16 +. +Thy crowned are as the locusts, and thy captains as the great grasshoppers, which camp in the hedges in the cold day, but when the sun ariseth they flee away, and their place is not known where they are. -- nahum 3:17 +. +Thy shepherds slumber, O king of Assyria: thy nobles shall dwell in the dust: thy people is scattered upon the mountains, and no man gathereth them. -- nahum 3:18 +. +There is no healing of thy bruise; thy wound is grievous: all that hear the bruit of thee shall clap the hands over thee: for upon whom hath not thy wickedness passed continually? -- nahum 3:19 +. +The burden which Habakkuk the prophet did see. -- habakkuk 1:1 +. +O LORD, how long shall I cry, and thou wilt not hear! even cry out unto thee of violence, and thou wilt not save! -- habakkuk 1:2 +. +Why dost thou shew me iniquity, and cause me to behold grievance? for spoiling and violence are before me: and there are that raise up strife and contention. -- habakkuk 1:3 +. +Therefore the law is slacked, and judgment doth never go forth: for the wicked doth compass about the righteous; therefore wrong judgment proceedeth. -- habakkuk 1:4 +. +Behold ye among the heathen, and regard, and wonder marvelously: for I will work a work in your days which ye will not believe, though it be told you. -- habakkuk 1:5 +. +For, lo, I raise up the Chaldeans, that bitter and hasty nation, which shall march through the breadth of the land, to possess the dwellingplaces that are not their's. -- habakkuk 1:6 +. +They are terrible and dreadful: their judgment and their dignity shall proceed of themselves. -- habakkuk 1:7 +. +Their horses also are swifter than the leopards, and are more fierce than the evening wolves: and their horsemen shall spread themselves, and their horsemen shall come from far; they shall fly as the eagle that hasteth to eat. -- habakkuk 1:8 +. +They shall come all for violence: their faces shall sup up as the east wind, and they shall gather the captivity as the sand. -- habakkuk 1:9 +. +And they shall scoff at the kings, and the princes shall be a scorn unto them: they shall deride every strong hold; for they shall heap dust, and take it. -- habakkuk 1:10 +. +Then shall his mind change, and he shall pass over, and offend, imputing this his power unto his god. -- habakkuk 1:11 +. +Art thou not from everlasting, O LORD my God, mine Holy One? we shall not die. O LORD, thou hast ordained them for judgment; and, O mighty God, thou hast established them for correction. -- habakkuk 1:12 +. +Thou art of purer eyes than to behold evil, and canst not look on iniquity: wherefore lookest thou upon them that deal treacherously, and holdest thy tongue when the wicked devoureth the man that is more righteous than he? -- habakkuk 1:13 +. +And makest men as the fishes of the sea, as the creeping things, that have no ruler over them? -- habakkuk 1:14 +. +They take up all of them with the angle, they catch them in their net, and gather them in their drag: therefore they rejoice and are glad. -- habakkuk 1:15 +. +Therefore they sacrifice unto their net, and burn incense unto their drag; because by them their portion is fat, and their meat plenteous. -- habakkuk 1:16 +. +Shall they therefore empty their net, and not spare continually to slay the nations? -- habakkuk 1:17 +. +I will stand upon my watch, and set me upon the tower, and will watch to see what he will say unto me, and what I shall answer when I am reproved. -- habakkuk 2:1 +. +And the LORD answered me, and said, Write the vision, and make it plain upon tables, that he may run that readeth it. -- habakkuk 2:2 +. +For the vision is yet for an appointed time, but at the end it shall speak, and not lie: though it tarry, wait for it; because it will surely come, it will not tarry. -- habakkuk 2:3 +. +Behold, his soul which is lifted up is not upright in him: but the just shall live by his faith. -- habakkuk 2:4 +. +Yea also, because he transgresseth by wine, he is a proud man, neither keepeth at home, who enlargeth his desire as hell, and is as death, and cannot be satisfied, but gathereth unto him all nations, and heapeth unto him all people: -- habakkuk 2:5 +. +Shall not all these take up a parable against him, and a taunting proverb against him, and say, Woe to him that increaseth that which is not his! how long? and to him that ladeth himself with thick clay! -- habakkuk 2:6 +. +Shall they not rise up suddenly that shall bite thee, and awake that shall vex thee, and thou shalt be for booties unto them? -- habakkuk 2:7 +. +Because thou hast spoiled many nations, all the remnant of the people shall spoil thee; because of men's blood, and for the violence of the land, of the city, and of all that dwell therein. -- habakkuk 2:8 +. +Woe to him that coveteth an evil covetousness to his house, that he may set his nest on high, that he may be delivered from the power of evil! -- habakkuk 2:9 +. +Thou hast consulted shame to thy house by cutting off many people, and hast sinned against thy soul. -- habakkuk 2:10 +. +For the stone shall cry out of the wall, and the beam out of the timber shall answer it. -- habakkuk 2:11 +. +Woe to him that buildeth a town with blood, and stablisheth a city by iniquity! -- habakkuk 2:12 +. +Behold, is it not of the LORD of hosts that the people shall labour in the very fire, and the people shall weary themselves for very vanity? -- habakkuk 2:13 +. +For the earth shall be filled with the knowledge of the glory of the LORD, as the waters cover the sea. -- habakkuk 2:14 +. +Woe unto him that giveth his neighbour drink, that puttest thy bottle to him, and makest him drunken also, that thou mayest look on their nakedness! -- habakkuk 2:15 +. +Thou art filled with shame for glory: drink thou also, and let thy foreskin be uncovered: the cup of the LORD's right hand shall be turned unto thee, and shameful spewing shall be on thy glory. -- habakkuk 2:16 +. +For the violence of Lebanon shall cover thee, and the spoil of beasts, which made them afraid, because of men's blood, and for the violence of the land, of the city, and of all that dwell therein. -- habakkuk 2:17 +. +What profiteth the graven image that the maker thereof hath graven it; the molten image, and a teacher of lies, that the maker of his work trusteth therein, to make dumb idols? -- habakkuk 2:18 +. +Woe unto him that saith to the wood, Awake; to the dumb stone, Arise, it shall teach! Behold, it is laid over with gold and silver, and there is no breath at all in the midst of it. -- habakkuk 2:19 +. +But the LORD is in his holy temple: let all the earth keep silence before him. -- habakkuk 2:20 +. +A prayer of Habakkuk the prophet upon Shigionoth. -- habakkuk 3:1 +. +O LORD, I have heard thy speech, and was afraid: O LORD, revive thy work in the midst of the years, in the midst of the years make known; in wrath remember mercy. -- habakkuk 3:2 +. +God came from Teman, and the Holy One from mount Paran. Selah. His glory covered the heavens, and the earth was full of his praise. -- habakkuk 3:3 +. +And his brightness was as the light; he had horns coming out of his hand: and there was the hiding of his power. -- habakkuk 3:4 +. +Before him went the pestilence, and burning coals went forth at his feet. -- habakkuk 3:5 +. +He stood, and measured the earth: he beheld, and drove asunder the nations; and the everlasting mountains were scattered, the perpetual hills did bow: his ways are everlasting. -- habakkuk 3:6 +. +I saw the tents of Cushan in affliction: and the curtains of the land of Midian did tremble. -- habakkuk 3:7 +. +Was the LORD displeased against the rivers? was thine anger against the rivers? was thy wrath against the sea, that thou didst ride upon thine horses and thy chariots of salvation? -- habakkuk 3:8 +. +Thy bow was made quite naked, according to the oaths of the tribes, even thy word. Selah. Thou didst cleave the earth with rivers. -- habakkuk 3:9 +. +The mountains saw thee, and they trembled: the overflowing of the water passed by: the deep uttered his voice, and lifted up his hands on high. -- habakkuk 3:10 +. +The sun and moon stood still in their habitation: at the light of thine arrows they went, and at the shining of thy glittering spear. -- habakkuk 3:11 +. +Thou didst march through the land in indignation, thou didst thresh the heathen in anger. -- habakkuk 3:12 +. +Thou wentest forth for the salvation of thy people, even for salvation with thine anointed; thou woundedst the head out of the house of the wicked, by discovering the foundation unto the neck. Selah. -- habakkuk 3:13 +. +Thou didst strike through with his staves the head of his villages: they came out as a whirlwind to scatter me: their rejoicing was as to devour the poor secretly. -- habakkuk 3:14 +. +Thou didst walk through the sea with thine horses, through the heap of great waters. -- habakkuk 3:15 +. +When I heard, my belly trembled; my lips quivered at the voice: rottenness entered into my bones, and I trembled in myself, that I might rest in the day of trouble: when he cometh up unto the people, he will invade them with his troops. -- habakkuk 3:16 +. +Although the fig tree shall not blossom, neither shall fruit be in the vines; the labour of the olive shall fail, and the fields shall yield no meat; the flock shall be cut off from the fold, and there shall be no herd in the stalls: -- habakkuk 3:17 +. +Yet I will rejoice in the LORD, I will joy in the God of my salvation. -- habakkuk 3:18 +. +The LORD God is my strength, and he will make my feet like hinds' feet, and he will make me to walk upon mine high places. To the chief singer on my stringed instruments. -- habakkuk 3:19 +. +The word of the LORD which came unto Zephaniah the son of Cushi, the son of Gedaliah, the son of Amariah, the son of Hizkiah, in the days of Josiah the son of Amon, king of Judah. -- zephaniah 1:1 +. +I will utterly consume all things from off the land, saith the LORD. -- zephaniah 1:2 +. +I will consume man and beast; I will consume the fowls of the heaven, and the fishes of the sea, and the stumblingblocks with the wicked: and I will cut off man from off the land, saith the LORD. -- zephaniah 1:3 +. +I will also stretch out mine hand upon Judah, and upon all the inhabitants of Jerusalem; and I will cut off the remnant of Baal from this place, and the name of the Chemarims with the priests; -- zephaniah 1:4 +. +And them that worship the host of heaven upon the housetops; and them that worship and that swear by the LORD, and that swear by Malcham; -- zephaniah 1:5 +. +And them that are turned back from the LORD; and those that have not sought the LORD, nor enquired for him. -- zephaniah 1:6 +. +Hold thy peace at the presence of the Lord GOD: for the day of the LORD is at hand: for the LORD hath prepared a sacrifice, he hath bid his guests. -- zephaniah 1:7 +. +And it shall come to pass in the day of the LORD's sacrifice, that I will punish the princes, and the king's children, and all such as are clothed with strange apparel. -- zephaniah 1:8 +. +In the same day also will I punish all those that leap on the threshold, which fill their masters' houses with violence and deceit. -- zephaniah 1:9 +. +And it shall come to pass in that day, saith the LORD, that there shall be the noise of a cry from the fish gate, and an howling from the second, and a great crashing from the hills. -- zephaniah 1:10 +. +Howl, ye inhabitants of Maktesh, for all the merchant people are cut down; all they that bear silver are cut off. -- zephaniah 1:11 +. +And it shall come to pass at that time, that I will search Jerusalem with candles, and punish the men that are settled on their lees: that say in their heart, The LORD will not do good, neither will he do evil. -- zephaniah 1:12 +. +Therefore their goods shall become a booty, and their houses a desolation: they shall also build houses, but not inhabit them; and they shall plant vineyards, but not drink the wine thereof. -- zephaniah 1:13 +. +The great day of the LORD is near, it is near, and hasteth greatly, even the voice of the day of the LORD: the mighty man shall cry there bitterly. -- zephaniah 1:14 +. +That day is a day of wrath, a day of trouble and distress, a day of wasteness and desolation, a day of darkness and gloominess, a day of clouds and thick darkness, -- zephaniah 1:15 +. +A day of the trumpet and alarm against the fenced cities, and against the high towers. -- zephaniah 1:16 +. +And I will bring distress upon men, that they shall walk like blind men, because they have sinned against the LORD: and their blood shall be poured out as dust, and their flesh as the dung. -- zephaniah 1:17 +. +Neither their silver nor their gold shall be able to deliver them in the day of the LORD's wrath; but the whole land shall be devoured by the fire of his jealousy: for he shall make even a speedy riddance of all them that dwell in the land. -- zephaniah 1:18 +. +Gather yourselves together, yea, gather together, O nation not desired; -- zephaniah 2:1 +. +Before the decree bring forth, before the day pass as the chaff, before the fierce anger of the LORD come upon you, before the day of the LORD's anger come upon you. -- zephaniah 2:2 +. +Seek ye the LORD, all ye meek of the earth, which have wrought his judgment; seek righteousness, seek meekness: it may be ye shall be hid in the day of the LORD's anger. -- zephaniah 2:3 +. +For Gaza shall be forsaken, and Ashkelon a desolation: they shall drive out Ashdod at the noon day, and Ekron shall be rooted up. -- zephaniah 2:4 +. +Woe unto the inhabitants of the sea coast, the nation of the Cherethites! the word of the LORD is against you; O Canaan, the land of the Philistines, I will even destroy thee, that there shall be no inhabitant. -- zephaniah 2:5 +. +And the sea coast shall be dwellings and cottages for shepherds, and folds for flocks. -- zephaniah 2:6 +. +And the coast shall be for the remnant of the house of Judah; they shall feed thereupon: in the houses of Ashkelon shall they lie down in the evening: for the LORD their God shall visit them, and turn away their captivity. -- zephaniah 2:7 +. +I have heard the reproach of Moab, and the revilings of the children of Ammon, whereby they have reproached my people, and magnified themselves against their border. -- zephaniah 2:8 +. +Therefore as I live, saith the LORD of hosts, the God of Israel, Surely Moab shall be as Sodom, and the children of Ammon as Gomorrah, even the breeding of nettles, and saltpits, and a perpetual desolation: the residue of my people shall spoil them, and the remnant of my people shall possess them. -- zephaniah 2:9 +. +This shall they have for their pride, because they have reproached and magnified themselves against the people of the LORD of hosts. -- zephaniah 2:10 +. +The LORD will be terrible unto them: for he will famish all the gods of the earth; and men shall worship him, every one from his place, even all the isles of the heathen. -- zephaniah 2:11 +. +Ye Ethiopians also, ye shall be slain by my sword. -- zephaniah 2:12 +. +And he will stretch out his hand against the north, and destroy Assyria; and will make Nineveh a desolation, and dry like a wilderness. -- zephaniah 2:13 +. +And flocks shall lie down in the midst of her, all the beasts of the nations: both the cormorant and the bittern shall lodge in the upper lintels of it; their voice shall sing in the windows; desolation shall be in the thresholds; for he shall uncover the cedar work. -- zephaniah 2:14 +. +This is the rejoicing city that dwelt carelessly, that said in her heart, I am, and there is none beside me: how is she become a desolation, a place for beasts to lie down in! every one that passeth by her shall hiss, and wag his hand. -- zephaniah 2:15 +. +Woe to her that is filthy and polluted, to the oppressing city! -- zephaniah 3:1 +. +She obeyed not the voice; she received not correction; she trusted not in the LORD; she drew not near to her God. -- zephaniah 3:2 +. +Her princes within her are roaring lions; her judges are evening wolves; they gnaw not the bones till the morrow. -- zephaniah 3:3 +. +Her prophets are light and treacherous persons: her priests have polluted the sanctuary, they have done violence to the law. -- zephaniah 3:4 +. +The just LORD is in the midst thereof; he will not do iniquity: every morning doth he bring his judgment to light, he faileth not; but the unjust knoweth no shame. -- zephaniah 3:5 +. +I have cut off the nations: their towers are desolate; I made their streets waste, that none passeth by: their cities are destroyed, so that there is no man, that there is none inhabitant. -- zephaniah 3:6 +. +I said, Surely thou wilt fear me, thou wilt receive instruction; so their dwelling should not be cut off, howsoever I punished them: but they rose early, and corrupted all their doings. -- zephaniah 3:7 +. +Therefore wait ye upon me, saith the LORD, until the day that I rise up to the prey: for my determination is to gather the nations, that I may assemble the kingdoms, to pour upon them mine indignation, even all my fierce anger: for all the earth shall be devoured with the fire of my jealousy. -- zephaniah 3:8 +. +For then will I turn to the people a pure language, that they may all call upon the name of the LORD, to serve him with one consent. -- zephaniah 3:9 +. +From beyond the rivers of Ethiopia my suppliants, even the daughter of my dispersed, shall bring mine offering. -- zephaniah 3:10 +. +In that day shalt thou not be ashamed for all thy doings, wherein thou hast transgressed against me: for then I will take away out of the midst of thee them that rejoice in thy pride, and thou shalt no more be haughty because of my holy mountain. -- zephaniah 3:11 +. +I will also leave in the midst of thee an afflicted and poor people, and they shall trust in the name of the LORD. -- zephaniah 3:12 +. +The remnant of Israel shall not do iniquity, nor speak lies; neither shall a deceitful tongue be found in their mouth: for they shall feed and lie down, and none shall make them afraid. -- zephaniah 3:13 +. +Sing, O daughter of Zion; shout, O Israel; be glad and rejoice with all the heart, O daughter of Jerusalem. -- zephaniah 3:14 +. +The LORD hath taken away thy judgments, he hath cast out thine enemy: the king of Israel, even the LORD, is in the midst of thee: thou shalt not see evil any more. -- zephaniah 3:15 +. +In that day it shall be said to Jerusalem, Fear thou not: and to Zion, Let not thine hands be slack. -- zephaniah 3:16 +. +The LORD thy God in the midst of thee is mighty; he will save, he will rejoice over thee with joy; he will rest in his love, he will joy over thee with singing. -- zephaniah 3:17 +. +I will gather them that are sorrowful for the solemn assembly, who are of thee, to whom the reproach of it was a burden. -- zephaniah 3:18 +. +Behold, at that time I will undo all that afflict thee: and I will save her that halteth, and gather her that was driven out; and I will get them praise and fame in every land where they have been put to shame. -- zephaniah 3:19 +. +At that time will I bring you again, even in the time that I gather you: for I will make you a name and a praise among all people of the earth, when I turn back your captivity before your eyes, saith the LORD. -- zephaniah 3:20 +. +In the second year of Darius the king, in the sixth month, in the first day of the month, came the word of the LORD by Haggai the prophet unto Zerubbabel the son of Shealtiel, governor of Judah, and to Joshua the son of Josedech, the high priest, saying, -- haggai 1:1 +. +Thus speaketh the LORD of hosts, saying, This people say, The time is not come, the time that the LORD's house should be built. -- haggai 1:2 +. +Then came the word of the LORD by Haggai the prophet, saying, -- haggai 1:3 +. +Is it time for you, O ye, to dwell in your cieled houses, and this house lie waste? -- haggai 1:4 +. +Now therefore thus saith the LORD of hosts; Consider your ways. -- haggai 1:5 +. +Ye have sown much, and bring in little; ye eat, but ye have not enough; ye drink, but ye are not filled with drink; ye clothe you, but there is none warm; and he that earneth wages earneth wages to put it into a bag with holes. -- haggai 1:6 +. +Thus saith the LORD of hosts; Consider your ways. -- haggai 1:7 +. +Go up to the mountain, and bring wood, and build the house; and I will take pleasure in it, and I will be glorified, saith the LORD. -- haggai 1:8 +. +Ye looked for much, and, lo it came to little; and when ye brought it home, I did blow upon it. Why? saith the LORD of hosts. Because of mine house that is waste, and ye run every man unto his own house. -- haggai 1:9 +. +Therefore the heaven over you is stayed from dew, and the earth is stayed from her fruit. -- haggai 1:10 +. +And I called for a drought upon the land, and upon the mountains, and upon the corn, and upon the new wine, and upon the oil, and upon that which the ground bringeth forth, and upon men, and upon cattle, and upon all the labour of the hands. -- haggai 1:11 +. +Then Zerubbabel the son of Shealtiel, and Joshua the son of Josedech, the high priest, with all the remnant of the people, obeyed the voice of the LORD their God, and the words of Haggai the prophet, as the LORD their God had sent him, and the people did fear before the LORD. -- haggai 1:12 +. +Then spake Haggai the LORD's messenger in the LORD's message unto the people, saying, I am with you, saith the LORD. -- haggai 1:13 +. +And the LORD stirred up the spirit of Zerubbabel the son of Shealtiel, governor of Judah, and the spirit of Joshua the son of Josedech, the high priest, and the spirit of all the remnant of the people; and they came and did work in the house of the LORD of hosts, their God, -- haggai 1:14 +. +In the four and twentieth day of the sixth month, in the second year of Darius the king. -- haggai 1:15 +. +In the seventh month, in the one and twentieth day of the month, came the word of the LORD by the prophet Haggai, saying, -- haggai 2:1 +. +Speak now to Zerubbabel the son of Shealtiel, governor of Judah, and to Joshua the son of Josedech, the high priest, and to the residue of the people, saying, -- haggai 2:2 +. +Who is left among you that saw this house in her first glory? and how do ye see it now? is it not in your eyes in comparison of it as nothing? -- haggai 2:3 +. +Yet now be strong, O Zerubbabel, saith the LORD; and be strong, O Joshua, son of Josedech, the high priest; and be strong, all ye people of the land, saith the LORD, and work: for I am with you, saith the LORD of hosts: -- haggai 2:4 +. +According to the word that I covenanted with you when ye came out of Egypt, so my spirit remaineth among you: fear ye not. -- haggai 2:5 +. +For thus saith the LORD of hosts; Yet once, it is a little while, and I will shake the heavens, and the earth, and the sea, and the dry land; -- haggai 2:6 +. +And I will shake all nations, and the desire of all nations shall come: and I will fill this house with glory, saith the LORD of hosts. -- haggai 2:7 +. +The silver is mine, and the gold is mine, saith the LORD of hosts. -- haggai 2:8 +. +The glory of this latter house shall be greater than of the former, saith the LORD of hosts: and in this place will I give peace, saith the LORD of hosts. -- haggai 2:9 +. +In the four and twentieth day of the ninth month, in the second year of Darius, came the word of the LORD by Haggai the prophet, saying, -- haggai 2:10 +. +Thus saith the LORD of hosts; Ask now the priests concerning the law, saying, -- haggai 2:11 +. +If one bear holy flesh in the skirt of his garment, and with his skirt do touch bread, or pottage, or wine, or oil, or any meat, shall it be holy? And the priests answered and said, No. -- haggai 2:12 +. +Then said Haggai, If one that is unclean by a dead body touch any of these, shall it be unclean? And the priests answered and said, It shall be unclean. -- haggai 2:13 +. +Then answered Haggai, and said, So is this people, and so is this nation before me, saith the LORD; and so is every work of their hands; and that which they offer there is unclean. -- haggai 2:14 +. +And now, I pray you, consider from this day and upward, from before a stone was laid upon a stone in the temple of the LORD: -- haggai 2:15 +. +Since those days were, when one came to an heap of twenty measures, there were but ten: when one came to the pressfat for to draw out fifty vessels out of the press, there were but twenty. -- haggai 2:16 +. +I smote you with blasting and with mildew and with hail in all the labours of your hands; yet ye turned not to me, saith the LORD. -- haggai 2:17 +. +Consider now from this day and upward, from the four and twentieth day of the ninth month, even from the day that the foundation of the LORD's temple was laid, consider it. -- haggai 2:18 +. +Is the seed yet in the barn? yea, as yet the vine, and the fig tree, and the pomegranate, and the olive tree, hath not brought forth: from this day will I bless you. -- haggai 2:19 +. +And again the word of the LORD came unto Haggai in the four and twentieth day of the month, saying, -- haggai 2:20 +. +Speak to Zerubbabel, governor of Judah, saying, I will shake the heavens and the earth; -- haggai 2:21 +. +And I will overthrow the throne of kingdoms, and I will destroy the strength of the kingdoms of the heathen; and I will overthrow the chariots, and those that ride in them; and the horses and their riders shall come down, every one by the sword of his brother. -- haggai 2:22 +. +In that day, saith the LORD of hosts, will I take thee, O Zerubbabel, my servant, the son of Shealtiel, saith the LORD, and will make thee as a signet: for I have chosen thee, saith the LORD of hosts. -- haggai 2:23 +. +In the eighth month, in the second year of Darius, came the word of the LORD unto Zechariah, the son of Berechiah, the son of Iddo the prophet, saying, -- zechariah 1:1 +. +The LORD hath been sore displeased with your fathers. -- zechariah 1:2 +. +Therefore say thou unto them, Thus saith the LORD of hosts; Turn ye unto me, saith the LORD of hosts, and I will turn unto you, saith the LORD of hosts. -- zechariah 1:3 +. +Be ye not as your fathers, unto whom the former prophets have cried, saying, Thus saith the LORD of hosts; Turn ye now from your evil ways, and from your evil doings: but they did not hear, nor hearken unto me, saith the LORD. -- zechariah 1:4 +. +Your fathers, where are they? and the prophets, do they live for ever? -- zechariah 1:5 +. +But my words and my statutes, which I commanded my servants the prophets, did they not take hold of your fathers? and they returned and said, Like as the LORD of hosts thought to do unto us, according to our ways, and according to our doings, so hath he dealt with us. -- zechariah 1:6 +. +Upon the four and twentieth day of the eleventh month, which is the month Sebat, in the second year of Darius, came the word of the LORD unto Zechariah, the son of Berechiah, the son of Iddo the prophet, saying, -- zechariah 1:7 +. +I saw by night, and behold a man riding upon a red horse, and he stood among the myrtle trees that were in the bottom; and behind him were there red horses, speckled, and white. -- zechariah 1:8 +. +Then said I, O my lord, what are these? And the angel that talked with me said unto me, I will shew thee what these be. -- zechariah 1:9 +. +And the man that stood among the myrtle trees answered and said, These are they whom the LORD hath sent to walk to and fro through the earth. -- zechariah 1:10 +. +And they answered the angel of the LORD that stood among the myrtle trees, and said, We have walked to and fro through the earth, and, behold, all the earth sitteth still, and is at rest. -- zechariah 1:11 +. +Then the angel of the LORD answered and said, O LORD of hosts, how long wilt thou not have mercy on Jerusalem and on the cities of Judah, against which thou hast had indignation these threescore and ten years? -- zechariah 1:12 +. +And the LORD answered the angel that talked with me with good words and comfortable words. -- zechariah 1:13 +. +So the angel that communed with me said unto me, Cry thou, saying, Thus saith the LORD of hosts; I am jealous for Jerusalem and for Zion with a great jealousy. -- zechariah 1:14 +. +And I am very sore displeased with the heathen that are at ease: for I was but a little displeased, and they helped forward the affliction. -- zechariah 1:15 +. +Therefore thus saith the LORD; I am returned to Jerusalem with mercies: my house shall be built in it, saith the LORD of hosts, and a line shall be stretched forth upon Jerusalem. -- zechariah 1:16 +. +Cry yet, saying, Thus saith the LORD of hosts; My cities through prosperity shall yet be spread abroad; and the LORD shall yet comfort Zion, and shall yet choose Jerusalem. -- zechariah 1:17 +. +Then lifted I up mine eyes, and saw, and behold four horns. -- zechariah 1:18 +. +And I said unto the angel that talked with me, What be these? And he answered me, These are the horns which have scattered Judah, Israel, and Jerusalem. -- zechariah 1:19 +. +And the LORD shewed me four carpenters. -- zechariah 1:20 +. +Then said I, What come these to do? And he spake, saying, These are the horns which have scattered Judah, so that no man did lift up his head: but these are come to fray them, to cast out the horns of the Gentiles, which lifted up their horn over the land of Judah to scatter it. -- zechariah 1:21 +. +I lifted up mine eyes again, and looked, and behold a man with a measuring line in his hand. -- zechariah 2:1 +. +Then said I, Whither goest thou? And he said unto me, To measure Jerusalem, to see what is the breadth thereof, and what is the length thereof. -- zechariah 2:2 +. +And, behold, the angel that talked with me went forth, and another angel went out to meet him, -- zechariah 2:3 +. +And said unto him, Run, speak to this young man, saying, Jerusalem shall be inhabited as towns without walls for the multitude of men and cattle therein: -- zechariah 2:4 +. +For I, saith the LORD, will be unto her a wall of fire round about, and will be the glory in the midst of her. -- zechariah 2:5 +. +Ho, ho, come forth, and flee from the land of the north, saith the LORD: for I have spread you abroad as the four winds of the heaven, saith the LORD. -- zechariah 2:6 +. +Deliver thyself, O Zion, that dwellest with the daughter of Babylon. -- zechariah 2:7 +. +For thus saith the LORD of hosts; After the glory hath he sent me unto the nations which spoiled you: for he that toucheth you toucheth the apple of his eye. -- zechariah 2:8 +. +For, behold, I will shake mine hand upon them, and they shall be a spoil to their servants: and ye shall know that the LORD of hosts hath sent me. -- zechariah 2:9 +. +Sing and rejoice, O daughter of Zion: for, lo, I come, and I will dwell in the midst of thee, saith the LORD. -- zechariah 2:10 +. +And many nations shall be joined to the LORD in that day, and shall be my people: and I will dwell in the midst of thee, and thou shalt know that the LORD of hosts hath sent me unto thee. -- zechariah 2:11 +. +And the LORD shall inherit Judah his portion in the holy land, and shall choose Jerusalem again. -- zechariah 2:12 +. +Be silent, O all flesh, before the LORD: for he is raised up out of his holy habitation. -- zechariah 2:13 +. +And he shewed me Joshua the high priest standing before the angel of the LORD, and Satan standing at his right hand to resist him. -- zechariah 3:1 +. +And the LORD said unto Satan, The LORD rebuke thee, O Satan; even the LORD that hath chosen Jerusalem rebuke thee: is not this a brand plucked out of the fire? -- zechariah 3:2 +. +Now Joshua was clothed with filthy garments, and stood before the angel. -- zechariah 3:3 +. +And he answered and spake unto those that stood before him, saying, Take away the filthy garments from him. And unto him he said, Behold, I have caused thine iniquity to pass from thee, and I will clothe thee with change of raiment. -- zechariah 3:4 +. +And I said, Let them set a fair mitre upon his head. So they set a fair mitre upon his head, and clothed him with garments. And the angel of the LORD stood by. -- zechariah 3:5 +. +And the angel of the LORD protested unto Joshua, saying, -- zechariah 3:6 +. +Thus saith the LORD of hosts; If thou wilt walk in my ways, and if thou wilt keep my charge, then thou shalt also judge my house, and shalt also keep my courts, and I will give thee places to walk among these that stand by. -- zechariah 3:7 +. +Hear now, O Joshua the high priest, thou, and thy fellows that sit before thee: for they are men wondered at: for, behold, I will bring forth my servant the BRANCH. -- zechariah 3:8 +. +For behold the stone that I have laid before Joshua; upon one stone shall be seven eyes: behold, I will engrave the graving thereof, saith the LORD of hosts, and I will remove the iniquity of that land in one day. -- zechariah 3:9 +. +In that day, saith the LORD of hosts, shall ye call every man his neighbour under the vine and under the fig tree. -- zechariah 3:10 +. +And the angel that talked with me came again, and waked me, as a man that is wakened out of his sleep. -- zechariah 4:1 +. +And said unto me, What seest thou? And I said, I have looked, and behold a candlestick all of gold, with a bowl upon the top of it, and his seven lamps thereon, and seven pipes to the seven lamps, which are upon the top thereof: -- zechariah 4:2 +. +And two olive trees by it, one upon the right side of the bowl, and the other upon the left side thereof. -- zechariah 4:3 +. +So I answered and spake to the angel that talked with me, saying, What are these, my lord? -- zechariah 4:4 +. +Then the angel that talked with me answered and said unto me, Knowest thou not what these be? And I said, No, my lord. -- zechariah 4:5 +. +Then he answered and spake unto me, saying, This is the word of the LORD unto Zerubbabel, saying, Not by might, nor by power, but by my spirit, saith the LORD of hosts. -- zechariah 4:6 +. +Who art thou, O great mountain? before Zerubbabel thou shalt become a plain: and he shall bring forth the headstone thereof with shoutings, crying, Grace, grace unto it. -- zechariah 4:7 +. +Moreover the word of the LORD came unto me, saying, -- zechariah 4:8 +. +The hands of Zerubbabel have laid the foundation of this house; his hands shall also finish it; and thou shalt know that the LORD of hosts hath sent me unto you. -- zechariah 4:9 +. +For who hath despised the day of small things? for they shall rejoice, and shall see the plummet in the hand of Zerubbabel with those seven; they are the eyes of the LORD, which run to and fro through the whole earth. -- zechariah 4:10 +. +Then answered I, and said unto him, What are these two olive trees upon the right side of the candlestick and upon the left side thereof? -- zechariah 4:11 +. +And I answered again, and said unto him, What be these two olive branches which through the two golden pipes empty the golden oil out of themselves? -- zechariah 4:12 +. +And he answered me and said, Knowest thou not what these be? And I said, No, my lord. -- zechariah 4:13 +. +Then said he, These are the two anointed ones, that stand by the LORD of the whole earth. -- zechariah 4:14 +. +Then I turned, and lifted up mine eyes, and looked, and behold a flying roll. -- zechariah 5:1 +. +And he said unto me, What seest thou? And I answered, I see a flying roll; the length thereof is twenty cubits, and the breadth thereof ten cubits. -- zechariah 5:2 +. +Then said he unto me, This is the curse that goeth forth over the face of the whole earth: for every one that stealeth shall be cut off as on this side according to it; and every one that sweareth shall be cut off as on that side according to it. -- zechariah 5:3 +. +I will bring it forth, saith the LORD of hosts, and it shall enter into the house of the thief, and into the house of him that sweareth falsely by my name: and it shall remain in the midst of his house, and shall consume it with the timber thereof and the stones thereof. -- zechariah 5:4 +. +Then the angel that talked with me went forth, and said unto me, Lift up now thine eyes, and see what is this that goeth forth. -- zechariah 5:5 +. +And I said, What is it? And he said, This is an ephah that goeth forth. He said moreover, This is their resemblance through all the earth. -- zechariah 5:6 +. +And, behold, there was lifted up a talent of lead: and this is a woman that sitteth in the midst of the ephah. -- zechariah 5:7 +. +And he said, This is wickedness. And he cast it into the midst of the ephah; and he cast the weight of lead upon the mouth thereof. -- zechariah 5:8 +. +Then lifted I up mine eyes, and looked, and, behold, there came out two women, and the wind was in their wings; for they had wings like the wings of a stork: and they lifted up the ephah between the earth and the heaven. -- zechariah 5:9 +. +Then said I to the angel that talked with me, Whither do these bear the ephah? -- zechariah 5:10 +. +And he said unto me, To build it an house in the land of Shinar: and it shall be established, and set there upon her own base. -- zechariah 5:11 +. +And I turned, and lifted up mine eyes, and looked, and, behold, there came four chariots out from between two mountains; and the mountains were mountains of brass. -- zechariah 6:1 +. +In the first chariot were red horses; and in the second chariot black horses; -- zechariah 6:2 +. +And in the third chariot white horses; and in the fourth chariot grisled and bay horses. -- zechariah 6:3 +. +Then I answered and said unto the angel that talked with me, What are these, my lord? -- zechariah 6:4 +. +And the angel answered and said unto me, These are the four spirits of the heavens, which go forth from standing before the LORD of all the earth. -- zechariah 6:5 +. +The black horses which are therein go forth into the north country; and the white go forth after them; and the grisled go forth toward the south country. -- zechariah 6:6 +. +And the bay went forth, and sought to go that they might walk to and fro through the earth: and he said, Get you hence, walk to and fro through the earth. So they walked to and fro through the earth. -- zechariah 6:7 +. +Then cried he upon me, and spake unto me, saying, Behold, these that go toward the north country have quieted my spirit in the north country. -- zechariah 6:8 +. +And the word of the LORD came unto me, saying, -- zechariah 6:9 +. +Take of them of the captivity, even of Heldai, of Tobijah, and of Jedaiah, which are come from Babylon, and come thou the same day, and go into the house of Josiah the son of Zephaniah; -- zechariah 6:10 +. +Then take silver and gold, and make crowns, and set them upon the head of Joshua the son of Josedech, the high priest; -- zechariah 6:11 +. +And speak unto him, saying, Thus speaketh the LORD of hosts, saying, Behold the man whose name is The BRANCH; and he shall grow up out of his place, and he shall build the temple of the LORD: -- zechariah 6:12 +. +Even he shall build the temple of the LORD; and he shall bear the glory, and shall sit and rule upon his throne; and he shall be a priest upon his throne: and the counsel of peace shall be between them both. -- zechariah 6:13 +. +And the crowns shall be to Helem, and to Tobijah, and to Jedaiah, and to Hen the son of Zephaniah, for a memorial in the temple of the LORD. -- zechariah 6:14 +. +And they that are far off shall come and build in the temple of the LORD, and ye shall know that the LORD of hosts hath sent me unto you. And this shall come to pass, if ye will diligently obey the voice of the LORD your God. -- zechariah 6:15 +. +And it came to pass in the fourth year of king Darius, that the word of the LORD came unto Zechariah in the fourth day of the ninth month, even in Chisleu; -- zechariah 7:1 +. +When they had sent unto the house of God Sherezer and Regemmelech, and their men, to pray before the LORD, -- zechariah 7:2 +. +And to speak unto the priests which were in the house of the LORD of hosts, and to the prophets, saying, Should I weep in the fifth month, separating myself, as I have done these so many years? -- zechariah 7:3 +. +Then came the word of the LORD of hosts unto me, saying, -- zechariah 7:4 +. +Speak unto all the people of the land, and to the priests, saying, When ye fasted and mourned in the fifth and seventh month, even those seventy years, did ye at all fast unto me, even to me? -- zechariah 7:5 +. +And when ye did eat, and when ye did drink, did not ye eat for yourselves, and drink for yourselves? -- zechariah 7:6 +. +Should ye not hear the words which the LORD hath cried by the former prophets, when Jerusalem was inhabited and in prosperity, and the cities thereof round about her, when men inhabited the south and the plain? -- zechariah 7:7 +. +And the word of the LORD came unto Zechariah, saying, -- zechariah 7:8 +. +Thus speaketh the LORD of hosts, saying, Execute true judgment, and shew mercy and compassions every man to his brother: -- zechariah 7:9 +. +And oppress not the widow, nor the fatherless, the stranger, nor the poor; and let none of you imagine evil against his brother in your heart. -- zechariah 7:10 +. +But they refused to hearken, and pulled away the shoulder, and stopped their ears, that they should not hear. -- zechariah 7:11 +. +Yea, they made their hearts as an adamant stone, lest they should hear the law, and the words which the LORD of hosts hath sent in his spirit by the former prophets: therefore came a great wrath from the LORD of hosts. -- zechariah 7:12 +. +Therefore it is come to pass, that as he cried, and they would not hear; so they cried, and I would not hear, saith the LORD of hosts: -- zechariah 7:13 +. +But I scattered them with a whirlwind among all the nations whom they knew not. Thus the land was desolate after them, that no man passed through nor returned: for they laid the pleasant land desolate. -- zechariah 7:14 +. +Again the word of the LORD of hosts came to me, saying, -- zechariah 8:1 +. +Thus saith the LORD of hosts; I was jealous for Zion with great jealousy, and I was jealous for her with great fury. -- zechariah 8:2 +. +Thus saith the LORD; I am returned unto Zion, and will dwell in the midst of Jerusalem: and Jerusalem shall be called a city of truth; and the mountain of the LORD of hosts the holy mountain. -- zechariah 8:3 +. +Thus saith the LORD of hosts; There shall yet old men and old women dwell in the streets of Jerusalem, and every man with his staff in his hand for very age. -- zechariah 8:4 +. +And the streets of the city shall be full of boys and girls playing in the streets thereof. -- zechariah 8:5 +. +Thus saith the LORD of hosts; If it be marvellous in the eyes of the remnant of this people in these days, should it also be marvellous in mine eyes? saith the LORD of hosts. -- zechariah 8:6 +. +Thus saith the LORD of hosts; Behold, I will save my people from the east country, and from the west country; -- zechariah 8:7 +. +And I will bring them, and they shall dwell in the midst of Jerusalem: and they shall be my people, and I will be their God, in truth and in righteousness. -- zechariah 8:8 +. +Thus saith the LORD of hosts; Let your hands be strong, ye that hear in these days these words by the mouth of the prophets, which were in the day that the foundation of the house of the LORD of hosts was laid, that the temple might be built. -- zechariah 8:9 +. +For before these days there was no hire for man, nor any hire for beast; neither was there any peace to him that went out or came in because of the affliction: for I set all men every one against his neighbour. -- zechariah 8:10 +. +But now I will not be unto the residue of this people as in the former days, saith the LORD of hosts. -- zechariah 8:11 +. +For the seed shall be prosperous; the vine shall give her fruit, and the ground shall give her increase, and the heavens shall give their dew; and I will cause the remnant of this people to possess all these things. -- zechariah 8:12 +. +And it shall come to pass, that as ye were a curse among the heathen, O house of Judah, and house of Israel; so will I save you, and ye shall be a blessing: fear not, but let your hands be strong. -- zechariah 8:13 +. +For thus saith the LORD of hosts; As I thought to punish you, when your fathers provoked me to wrath, saith the LORD of hosts, and I repented not: -- zechariah 8:14 +. +So again have I thought in these days to do well unto Jerusalem and to the house of Judah: fear ye not. -- zechariah 8:15 +. +These are the things that ye shall do; Speak ye every man the truth to his neighbour; execute the judgment of truth and peace in your gates: -- zechariah 8:16 +. +And let none of you imagine evil in your hearts against his neighbour; and love no false oath: for all these are things that I hate, saith the LORD. -- zechariah 8:17 +. +And the word of the LORD of hosts came unto me, saying, -- zechariah 8:18 +. +Thus saith the LORD of hosts; The fast of the fourth month, and the fast of the fifth, and the fast of the seventh, and the fast of the tenth, shall be to the house of Judah joy and gladness, and cheerful feasts; therefore love the truth and peace. -- zechariah 8:19 +. +Thus saith the LORD of hosts; It shall yet come to pass, that there shall come people, and the inhabitants of many cities: -- zechariah 8:20 +. +And the inhabitants of one city shall go to another, saying, Let us go speedily to pray before the LORD, and to seek the LORD of hosts: I will go also. -- zechariah 8:21 +. +Yea, many people and strong nations shall come to seek the LORD of hosts in Jerusalem, and to pray before the LORD. -- zechariah 8:22 +. +Thus saith the LORD of hosts; In those days it shall come to pass, that ten men shall take hold out of all languages of the nations, even shall take hold of the skirt of him that is a Jew, saying, We will go with you: for we have heard that God is with you. -- zechariah 8:23 +. +The burden of the word of the LORD in the land of Hadrach, and Damascus shall be the rest thereof: when the eyes of man, as of all the tribes of Israel, shall be toward the LORD. -- zechariah 9:1 +. +And Hamath also shall border thereby; Tyrus, and Zidon, though it be very wise. -- zechariah 9:2 +. +And Tyrus did build herself a strong hold, and heaped up silver as the dust, and fine gold as the mire of the streets. -- zechariah 9:3 +. +Behold, the LORD will cast her out, and he will smite her power in the sea; and she shall be devoured with fire. -- zechariah 9:4 +. +Ashkelon shall see it, and fear; Gaza also shall see it, and be very sorrowful, and Ekron; for her expectation shall be ashamed; and the king shall perish from Gaza, and Ashkelon shall not be inhabited. -- zechariah 9:5 +. +And a bastard shall dwell in Ashdod, and I will cut off the pride of the Philistines. -- zechariah 9:6 +. +And I will take away his blood out of his mouth, and his abominations from between his teeth: but he that remaineth, even he, shall be for our God, and he shall be as a governor in Judah, and Ekron as a Jebusite. -- zechariah 9:7 +. +And I will encamp about mine house because of the army, because of him that passeth by, and because of him that returneth: and no oppressor shall pass through them any more: for now have I seen with mine eyes. -- zechariah 9:8 +. +Rejoice greatly, O daughter of Zion; shout, O daughter of Jerusalem: behold, thy King cometh unto thee: he is just, and having salvation; lowly, and riding upon an ass, and upon a colt the foal of an ass. -- zechariah 9:9 +. +And I will cut off the chariot from Ephraim, and the horse from Jerusalem, and the battle bow shall be cut off: and he shall speak peace unto the heathen: and his dominion shall be from sea even to sea, and from the river even to the ends of the earth. -- zechariah 9:10 +. +As for thee also, by the blood of thy covenant I have sent forth thy prisoners out of the pit wherein is no water. -- zechariah 9:11 +. +Turn you to the strong hold, ye prisoners of hope: even to day do I declare that I will render double unto thee; -- zechariah 9:12 +. +When I have bent Judah for me, filled the bow with Ephraim, and raised up thy sons, O Zion, against thy sons, O Greece, and made thee as the sword of a mighty man. -- zechariah 9:13 +. +And the LORD shall be seen over them, and his arrow shall go forth as the lightning: and the LORD God shall blow the trumpet, and shall go with whirlwinds of the south. -- zechariah 9:14 +. +The LORD of hosts shall defend them; and they shall devour, and subdue with sling stones; and they shall drink, and make a noise as through wine; and they shall be filled like bowls, and as the corners of the altar. -- zechariah 9:15 +. +And the LORD their God shall save them in that day as the flock of his people: for they shall be as the stones of a crown, lifted up as an ensign upon his land. -- zechariah 9:16 +. +For how great is his goodness, and how great is his beauty! corn shall make the young men cheerful, and new wine the maids. -- zechariah 9:17 +. +Ask ye of the LORD rain in the time of the latter rain; so the LORD shall make bright clouds, and give them showers of rain, to every one grass in the field. -- zechariah 10:1 +. +For the idols have spoken vanity, and the diviners have seen a lie, and have told false dreams; they comfort in vain: therefore they went their way as a flock, they were troubled, because there was no shepherd. -- zechariah 10:2 +. +Mine anger was kindled against the shepherds, and I punished the goats: for the LORD of hosts hath visited his flock the house of Judah, and hath made them as his goodly horse in the battle. -- zechariah 10:3 +. +Out of him came forth the corner, out of him the nail, out of him the battle bow, out of him every oppressor together. -- zechariah 10:4 +. +And they shall be as mighty men, which tread down their enemies in the mire of the streets in the battle: and they shall fight, because the LORD is with them, and the riders on horses shall be confounded. -- zechariah 10:5 +. +And I will strengthen the house of Judah, and I will save the house of Joseph, and I will bring them again to place them; for I have mercy upon them: and they shall be as though I had not cast them off: for I am the LORD their God, and will hear them. -- zechariah 10:6 +. +And they of Ephraim shall be like a mighty man, and their heart shall rejoice as through wine: yea, their children shall see it, and be glad; their heart shall rejoice in the LORD. -- zechariah 10:7 +. +I will hiss for them, and gather them; for I have redeemed them: and they shall increase as they have increased. -- zechariah 10:8 +. +And I will sow them among the people: and they shall remember me in far countries; and they shall live with their children, and turn again. -- zechariah 10:9 +. +I will bring them again also out of the land of Egypt, and gather them out of Assyria; and I will bring them into the land of Gilead and Lebanon; and place shall not be found for them. -- zechariah 10:10 +. +And he shall pass through the sea with affliction, and shall smite the waves in the sea, and all the deeps of the river shall dry up: and the pride of Assyria shall be brought down, and the sceptre of Egypt shall depart away. -- zechariah 10:11 +. +And I will strengthen them in the LORD; and they shall walk up and down in his name, saith the LORD. -- zechariah 10:12 +. +Open thy doors, O Lebanon, that the fire may devour thy cedars. -- zechariah 11:1 +. +Howl, fir tree; for the cedar is fallen; because the mighty are spoiled: howl, O ye oaks of Bashan; for the forest of the vintage is come down. -- zechariah 11:2 +. +There is a voice of the howling of the shepherds; for their glory is spoiled: a voice of the roaring of young lions; for the pride of Jordan is spoiled. -- zechariah 11:3 +. +Thus saith the LORD my God; Feed the flock of the slaughter; -- zechariah 11:4 +. +Whose possessors slay them, and hold themselves not guilty: and they that sell them say, Blessed be the LORD; for I am rich: and their own shepherds pity them not. -- zechariah 11:5 +. +For I will no more pity the inhabitants of the land, saith the LORD: but, lo, I will deliver the men every one into his neighbour's hand, and into the hand of his king: and they shall smite the land, and out of their hand I will not deliver them. -- zechariah 11:6 +. +And I will feed the flock of slaughter, even you, O poor of the flock. And I took unto me two staves; the one I called Beauty, and the other I called Bands; and I fed the flock. -- zechariah 11:7 +. +Three shepherds also I cut off in one month; and my soul lothed them, and their soul also abhorred me. -- zechariah 11:8 +. +Then said I, I will not feed you: that that dieth, let it die; and that that is to be cut off, let it be cut off; and let the rest eat every one the flesh of another. -- zechariah 11:9 +. +And I took my staff, even Beauty, and cut it asunder, that I might break my covenant which I had made with all the people. -- zechariah 11:10 +. +And it was broken in that day: and so the poor of the flock that waited upon me knew that it was the word of the LORD. -- zechariah 11:11 +. +And I said unto them, If ye think good, give me my price; and if not, forbear. So they weighed for my price thirty pieces of silver. -- zechariah 11:12 +. +And the LORD said unto me, Cast it unto the potter: a goodly price that I was prised at of them. And I took the thirty pieces of silver, and cast them to the potter in the house of the LORD. -- zechariah 11:13 +. +Then I cut asunder mine other staff, even Bands, that I might break the brotherhood between Judah and Israel. -- zechariah 11:14 +. +And the LORD said unto me, Take unto thee yet the instruments of a foolish shepherd. -- zechariah 11:15 +. +For, lo, I will raise up a shepherd in the land, which shall not visit those that be cut off, neither shall seek the young one, nor heal that that is broken, nor feed that that standeth still: but he shall eat the flesh of the fat, and tear their claws in pieces. -- zechariah 11:16 +. +Woe to the idol shepherd that leaveth the flock! the sword shall be upon his arm, and upon his right eye: his arm shall be clean dried up, and his right eye shall be utterly darkened. -- zechariah 11:17 +. +The burden of the word of the LORD for Israel, saith the LORD, which stretcheth forth the heavens, and layeth the foundation of the earth, and formeth the spirit of man within him. -- zechariah 12:1 +. +Behold, I will make Jerusalem a cup of trembling unto all the people round about, when they shall be in the siege both against Judah and against Jerusalem. -- zechariah 12:2 +. +And in that day will I make Jerusalem a burdensome stone for all people: all that burden themselves with it shall be cut in pieces, though all the people of the earth be gathered together against it. -- zechariah 12:3 +. +In that day, saith the LORD, I will smite every horse with astonishment, and his rider with madness: and I will open mine eyes upon the house of Judah, and will smite every horse of the people with blindness. -- zechariah 12:4 +. +And the governors of Judah shall say in their heart, The inhabitants of Jerusalem shall be my strength in the LORD of hosts their God. -- zechariah 12:5 +. +In that day will I make the governors of Judah like an hearth of fire among the wood, and like a torch of fire in a sheaf; and they shall devour all the people round about, on the right hand and on the left: and Jerusalem shall be inhabited again in her own place, even in Jerusalem. -- zechariah 12:6 +. +The LORD also shall save the tents of Judah first, that the glory of the house of David and the glory of the inhabitants of Jerusalem do not magnify themselves against Judah. -- zechariah 12:7 +. +In that day shall the LORD defend the inhabitants of Jerusalem; and he that is feeble among them at that day shall be as David; and the house of David shall be as God, as the angel of the LORD before them. -- zechariah 12:8 +. +And it shall come to pass in that day, that I will seek to destroy all the nations that come against Jerusalem. -- zechariah 12:9 +. +And I will pour upon the house of David, and upon the inhabitants of Jerusalem, the spirit of grace and of supplications: and they shall look upon me whom they have pierced, and they shall mourn for him, as one mourneth for his only son, and shall be in bitterness for him, as one that is in bitterness for his firstborn. -- zechariah 12:10 +. +In that day shall there be a great mourning in Jerusalem, as the mourning of Hadadrimmon in the valley of Megiddon. -- zechariah 12:11 +. +And the land shall mourn, every family apart; the family of the house of David apart, and their wives apart; the family of the house of Nathan apart, and their wives apart; -- zechariah 12:12 +. +The family of the house of Levi apart, and their wives apart; the family of Shimei apart, and their wives apart; -- zechariah 12:13 +. +All the families that remain, every family apart, and their wives apart. -- zechariah 12:14 +. +In that day there shall be a fountain opened to the house of David and to the inhabitants of Jerusalem for sin and for uncleanness. -- zechariah 13:1 +. +And it shall come to pass in that day, saith the LORD of hosts, that I will cut off the names of the idols out of the land, and they shall no more be remembered: and also I will cause the prophets and the unclean spirit to pass out of the land. -- zechariah 13:2 +. +And it shall come to pass, that when any shall yet prophesy, then his father and his mother that begat him shall say unto him, Thou shalt not live; for thou speakest lies in the name of the LORD: and his father and his mother that begat him shall thrust him through when he prophesieth. -- zechariah 13:3 +. +And it shall come to pass in that day, that the prophets shall be ashamed every one of his vision, when he hath prophesied; neither shall they wear a rough garment to deceive: -- zechariah 13:4 +. +But he shall say, I am no prophet, I am an husbandman; for man taught me to keep cattle from my youth. -- zechariah 13:5 +. +And one shall say unto him, What are these wounds in thine hands? Then he shall answer, Those with which I was wounded in the house of my friends. -- zechariah 13:6 +. +Awake, O sword, against my shepherd, and against the man that is my fellow, saith the LORD of hosts: smite the shepherd, and the sheep shall be scattered: and I will turn mine hand upon the little ones. -- zechariah 13:7 +. +And it shall come to pass, that in all the land, saith the LORD, two parts therein shall be cut off and die; but the third shall be left therein. -- zechariah 13:8 +. +And I will bring the third part through the fire, and will refine them as silver is refined, and will try them as gold is tried: they shall call on my name, and I will hear them: I will say, It is my people: and they shall say, The LORD is my God. -- zechariah 13:9 +. +Behold, the day of the LORD cometh, and thy spoil shall be divided in the midst of thee. -- zechariah 14:1 +. +For I will gather all nations against Jerusalem to battle; and the city shall be taken, and the houses rifled, and the women ravished; and half of the city shall go forth into captivity, and the residue of the people shall not be cut off from the city. -- zechariah 14:2 +. +Then shall the LORD go forth, and fight against those nations, as when he fought in the day of battle. -- zechariah 14:3 +. +And his feet shall stand in that day upon the mount of Olives, which is before Jerusalem on the east, and the mount of Olives shall cleave in the midst thereof toward the east and toward the west, and there shall be a very great valley; and half of the mountain shall remove toward the north, and half of it toward the south. -- zechariah 14:4 +. +And ye shall flee to the valley of the mountains; for the valley of the mountains shall reach unto Azal: yea, ye shall flee, like as ye fled from before the earthquake in the days of Uzziah king of Judah: and the LORD my God shall come, and all the saints with thee. -- zechariah 14:5 +. +And it shall come to pass in that day, that the light shall not be clear, nor dark: -- zechariah 14:6 +. +But it shall be one day which shall be known to the LORD, not day, nor night: but it shall come to pass, that at evening time it shall be light. -- zechariah 14:7 +. +And it shall be in that day, that living waters shall go out from Jerusalem; half of them toward the former sea, and half of them toward the hinder sea: in summer and in winter shall it be. -- zechariah 14:8 +. +And the LORD shall be king over all the earth: in that day shall there be one LORD, and his name one. -- zechariah 14:9 +. +All the land shall be turned as a plain from Geba to Rimmon south of Jerusalem: and it shall be lifted up, and inhabited in her place, from Benjamin's gate unto the place of the first gate, unto the corner gate, and from the tower of Hananeel unto the king's winepresses. -- zechariah 14:10 +. +And men shall dwell in it, and there shall be no more utter destruction; but Jerusalem shall be safely inhabited. -- zechariah 14:11 +. +And this shall be the plague wherewith the LORD will smite all the people that have fought against Jerusalem; Their flesh shall consume away while they stand upon their feet, and their eyes shall consume away in their holes, and their tongue shall consume away in their mouth. -- zechariah 14:12 +. +And it shall come to pass in that day, that a great tumult from the LORD shall be among them; and they shall lay hold every one on the hand of his neighbour, and his hand shall rise up against the hand of his neighbour. -- zechariah 14:13 +. +And Judah also shall fight at Jerusalem; and the wealth of all the heathen round about shall be gathered together, gold, and silver, and apparel, in great abundance. -- zechariah 14:14 +. +And so shall be the plague of the horse, of the mule, of the camel, and of the ass, and of all the beasts that shall be in these tents, as this plague. -- zechariah 14:15 +. +And it shall come to pass, that every one that is left of all the nations which came against Jerusalem shall even go up from year to year to worship the King, the LORD of hosts, and to keep the feast of tabernacles. -- zechariah 14:16 +. +And it shall be, that whoso will not come up of all the families of the earth unto Jerusalem to worship the King, the LORD of hosts, even upon them shall be no rain. -- zechariah 14:17 +. +And if the family of Egypt go not up, and come not, that have no rain; there shall be the plague, wherewith the LORD will smite the heathen that come not up to keep the feast of tabernacles. -- zechariah 14:18 +. +This shall be the punishment of Egypt, and the punishment of all nations that come not up to keep the feast of tabernacles. -- zechariah 14:19 +. +In that day shall there be upon the bells of the horses, HOLINESS UNTO THE LORD; and the pots in the LORD's house shall be like the bowls before the altar. -- zechariah 14:20 +. +Yea, every pot in Jerusalem and in Judah shall be holiness unto the LORD of hosts: and all they that sacrifice shall come and take of them, and seethe therein: and in that day there shall be no more the Canaanite in the house of the LORD of hosts. -- zechariah 14:21 +. +The burden of the word of the LORD to Israel by Malachi. -- malachi 1:1 +. +I have loved you, saith the LORD. Yet ye say, Wherein hast thou loved us? Was not Esau Jacob's brother? saith the LORD: yet I loved Jacob, -- malachi 1:2 +. +And I hated Esau, and laid his mountains and his heritage waste for the dragons of the wilderness. -- malachi 1:3 +. +Whereas Edom saith, We are impoverished, but we will return and build the desolate places; thus saith the LORD of hosts, They shall build, but I will throw down; and they shall call them, The border of wickedness, and, The people against whom the LORD hath indignation for ever. -- malachi 1:4 +. +And your eyes shall see, and ye shall say, The LORD will be magnified from the border of Israel. -- malachi 1:5 +. +A son honoureth his father, and a servant his master: if then I be a father, where is mine honour? and if I be a master, where is my fear? saith the LORD of hosts unto you, O priests, that despise my name. And ye say, Wherein have we despised thy name? -- malachi 1:6 +. +Ye offer polluted bread upon mine altar; and ye say, Wherein have we polluted thee? In that ye say, The table of the LORD is contemptible. -- malachi 1:7 +. +And if ye offer the blind for sacrifice, is it not evil? and if ye offer the lame and sick, is it not evil? offer it now unto thy governor; will he be pleased with thee, or accept thy person? saith the LORD of hosts. -- malachi 1:8 +. +And now, I pray you, beseech God that he will be gracious unto us: this hath been by your means: will he regard your persons? saith the LORD of hosts. -- malachi 1:9 +. +Who is there even among you that would shut the doors for nought? neither do ye kindle fire on mine altar for nought. I have no pleasure in you, saith the LORD of hosts, neither will I accept an offering at your hand. -- malachi 1:10 +. +For from the rising of the sun even unto the going down of the same my name shall be great among the Gentiles; and in every place incense shall be offered unto my name, and a pure offering: for my name shall be great among the heathen, saith the LORD of hosts. -- malachi 1:11 +. +But ye have profaned it, in that ye say, The table of the LORD is polluted; and the fruit thereof, even his meat, is contemptible. -- malachi 1:12 +. +Ye said also, Behold, what a weariness is it! and ye have snuffed at it, saith the LORD of hosts; and ye brought that which was torn, and the lame, and the sick; thus ye brought an offering: should I accept this of your hand? saith the LORD. -- malachi 1:13 +. +But cursed be the deceiver, which hath in his flock a male, and voweth, and sacrificeth unto the LORD a corrupt thing: for I am a great King, saith the LORD of hosts, and my name is dreadful among the heathen. -- malachi 1:14 +. +And now, O ye priests, this commandment is for you. -- malachi 2:1 +. +If ye will not hear, and if ye will not lay it to heart, to give glory unto my name, saith the LORD of hosts, I will even send a curse upon you, and I will curse your blessings: yea, I have cursed them already, because ye do not lay it to heart. -- malachi 2:2 +. +Behold, I will corrupt your seed, and spread dung upon your faces, even the dung of your solemn feasts; and one shall take you away with it. -- malachi 2:3 +. +And ye shall know that I have sent this commandment unto you, that my covenant might be with Levi, saith the LORD of hosts. -- malachi 2:4 +. +My covenant was with him of life and peace; and I gave them to him for the fear wherewith he feared me, and was afraid before my name. -- malachi 2:5 +. +The law of truth was in his mouth, and iniquity was not found in his lips: he walked with me in peace and equity, and did turn many away from iniquity. -- malachi 2:6 +. +For the priest's lips should keep knowledge, and they should seek the law at his mouth: for he is the messenger of the LORD of hosts. -- malachi 2:7 +. +But ye are departed out of the way; ye have caused many to stumble at the law; ye have corrupted the covenant of Levi, saith the LORD of hosts. -- malachi 2:8 +. +Therefore have I also made you contemptible and base before all the people, according as ye have not kept my ways, but have been partial in the law. -- malachi 2:9 +. +Have we not all one father? hath not one God created us? why do we deal treacherously every man against his brother, by profaning the covenant of our fathers? -- malachi 2:10 +. +Judah hath dealt treacherously, and an abomination is committed in Israel and in Jerusalem; for Judah hath profaned the holiness of the LORD which he loved, and hath married the daughter of a strange god. -- malachi 2:11 +. +The LORD will cut off the man that doeth this, the master and the scholar, out of the tabernacles of Jacob, and him that offereth an offering unto the LORD of hosts. -- malachi 2:12 +. +And this have ye done again, covering the altar of the LORD with tears, with weeping, and with crying out, insomuch that he regardeth not the offering any more, or receiveth it with good will at your hand. -- malachi 2:13 +. +Yet ye say, Wherefore? Because the LORD hath been witness between thee and the wife of thy youth, against whom thou hast dealt treacherously: yet is she thy companion, and the wife of thy covenant. -- malachi 2:14 +. +And did not he make one? Yet had he the residue of the spirit. And wherefore one? That he might seek a godly seed. Therefore take heed to your spirit, and let none deal treacherously against the wife of his youth. -- malachi 2:15 +. +For the LORD, the God of Israel, saith that he hateth putting away: for one covereth violence with his garment, saith the LORD of hosts: therefore take heed to your spirit, that ye deal not treacherously. -- malachi 2:16 +. +Ye have wearied the LORD with your words. Yet ye say, Wherein have we wearied him? When ye say, Every one that doeth evil is good in the sight of the LORD, and he delighteth in them; or, Where is the God of judgment? -- malachi 2:17 +. +Behold, I will send my messenger, and he shall prepare the way before me: and the LORD, whom ye seek, shall suddenly come to his temple, even the messenger of the covenant, whom ye delight in: behold, he shall come, saith the LORD of hosts. -- malachi 3:1 +. +But who may abide the day of his coming? and who shall stand when he appeareth? for he is like a refiner's fire, and like fullers' soap: -- malachi 3:2 +. +And he shall sit as a refiner and purifier of silver: and he shall purify the sons of Levi, and purge them as gold and silver, that they may offer unto the LORD an offering in righteousness. -- malachi 3:3 +. +Then shall the offering of Judah and Jerusalem be pleasant unto the LORD, as in the days of old, and as in former years. -- malachi 3:4 +. +And I will come near to you to judgment; and I will be a swift witness against the sorcerers, and against the adulterers, and against false swearers, and against those that oppress the hireling in his wages, the widow, and the fatherless, and that turn aside the stranger from his right, and fear not me, saith the LORD of hosts. -- malachi 3:5 +. +For I am the LORD, I change not; therefore ye sons of Jacob are not consumed. -- malachi 3:6 +. +Even from the days of your fathers ye are gone away from mine ordinances, and have not kept them. Return unto me, and I will return unto you, saith the LORD of hosts. But ye said, Wherein shall we return? -- malachi 3:7 +. +Will a man rob God? Yet ye have robbed me. But ye say, Wherein have we robbed thee? In tithes and offerings. -- malachi 3:8 +. +Ye are cursed with a curse: for ye have robbed me, even this whole nation. -- malachi 3:9 +. +Bring ye all the tithes into the storehouse, that there may be meat in mine house, and prove me now herewith, saith the LORD of hosts, if I will not open you the windows of heaven, and pour you out a blessing, that there shall not be room enough to receive it. -- malachi 3:10 +. +And I will rebuke the devourer for your sakes, and he shall not destroy the fruits of your ground; neither shall your vine cast her fruit before the time in the field, saith the LORD of hosts. -- malachi 3:11 +. +And all nations shall call you blessed: for ye shall be a delightsome land, saith the LORD of hosts. -- malachi 3:12 +. +Your words have been stout against me, saith the LORD. Yet ye say, What have we spoken so much against thee? -- malachi 3:13 +. +Ye have said, It is vain to serve God: and what profit is it that we have kept his ordinance, and that we have walked mournfully before the LORD of hosts? -- malachi 3:14 +. +And now we call the proud happy; yea, they that work wickedness are set up; yea, they that tempt God are even delivered. -- malachi 3:15 +. +Then they that feared the LORD spake often one to another: and the LORD hearkened, and heard it, and a book of remembrance was written before him for them that feared the LORD, and that thought upon his name. -- malachi 3:16 +. +And they shall be mine, saith the LORD of hosts, in that day when I make up my jewels; and I will spare them, as a man spareth his own son that serveth him. -- malachi 3:17 +. +Then shall ye return, and discern between the righteous and the wicked, between him that serveth God and him that serveth him not. -- malachi 3:18 +. +For, behold, the day cometh, that shall burn as an oven; and all the proud, yea, and all that do wickedly, shall be stubble: and the day that cometh shall burn them up, saith the LORD of hosts, that it shall leave them neither root nor branch. -- malachi 4:1 +. +But unto you that fear my name shall the Sun of righteousness arise with healing in his wings; and ye shall go forth, and grow up as calves of the stall. -- malachi 4:2 +. +And ye shall tread down the wicked; for they shall be ashes under the soles of your feet in the day that I shall do this, saith the LORD of hosts. -- malachi 4:3 +. +Remember ye the law of Moses my servant, which I commanded unto him in Horeb for all Israel, with the statutes and judgments. -- malachi 4:4 +. +Behold, I will send you Elijah the prophet before the coming of the great and dreadful day of the LORD: -- malachi 4:5 +. +And he shall turn the heart of the fathers to the children, and the heart of the children to their fathers, lest I come and smite the earth with a curse. -- malachi 4:6 +. +The book of the generation of Jesus Christ, the son of David, the son of Abraham. -- matthew 1:1 +. +Abraham begat Isaac; and Isaac begat Jacob; and Jacob begat Judas and his brethren; -- matthew 1:2 +. +And Judas begat Phares and Zara of Thamar; and Phares begat Esrom; and Esrom begat Aram; -- matthew 1:3 +. +And Aram begat Aminadab; and Aminadab begat Naasson; and Naasson begat Salmon; -- matthew 1:4 +. +And Salmon begat Booz of Rachab; and Booz begat Obed of Ruth; and Obed begat Jesse; -- matthew 1:5 +. +And Jesse begat David the king; and David the king begat Solomon of her that had been the wife of Urias; -- matthew 1:6 +. +And Solomon begat Roboam; and Roboam begat Abia; and Abia begat Asa; -- matthew 1:7 +. +And Asa begat Josaphat; and Josaphat begat Joram; and Joram begat Ozias; -- matthew 1:8 +. +And Ozias begat Joatham; and Joatham begat Achaz; and Achaz begat Ezekias; -- matthew 1:9 +. +And Ezekias begat Manasses; and Manasses begat Amon; and Amon begat Josias; -- matthew 1:10 +. +And Josias begat Jechonias and his brethren, about the time they were carried away to Babylon: -- matthew 1:11 +. +And after they were brought to Babylon, Jechonias begat Salathiel; and Salathiel begat Zorobabel; -- matthew 1:12 +. +And Zorobabel begat Abiud; and Abiud begat Eliakim; and Eliakim begat Azor; -- matthew 1:13 +. +And Azor begat Sadoc; and Sadoc begat Achim; and Achim begat Eliud; -- matthew 1:14 +. +And Eliud begat Eleazar; and Eleazar begat Matthan; and Matthan begat Jacob; -- matthew 1:15 +. +And Jacob begat Joseph the husband of Mary, of whom was born Jesus, who is called Christ. -- matthew 1:16 +. +So all the generations from Abraham to David are fourteen generations; and from David until the carrying away into Babylon are fourteen generations; and from the carrying away into Babylon unto Christ are fourteen generations. -- matthew 1:17 +. +Now the birth of Jesus Christ was on this wise: When as his mother Mary was espoused to Joseph, before they came together, she was found with child of the Holy Ghost. -- matthew 1:18 +. +Then Joseph her husband, being a just man, and not willing to make her a publick example, was minded to put her away privily. -- matthew 1:19 +. +But while he thought on these things, behold, the angel of the LORD appeared unto him in a dream, saying, Joseph, thou son of David, fear not to take unto thee Mary thy wife: for that which is conceived in her is of the Holy Ghost. -- matthew 1:20 +. +And she shall bring forth a son, and thou shalt call his name JESUS: for he shall save his people from their sins. -- matthew 1:21 +. +Now all this was done, that it might be fulfilled which was spoken of the Lord by the prophet, saying, -- matthew 1:22 +. +Behold, a virgin shall be with child, and shall bring forth a son, and they shall call his name Emmanuel, which being interpreted is, God with us. -- matthew 1:23 +. +Then Joseph being raised from sleep did as the angel of the Lord had bidden him, and took unto him his wife: -- matthew 1:24 +. +And knew her not till she had brought forth her firstborn son: and he called his name JESUS. -- matthew 1:25 +. +Now when Jesus was born in Bethlehem of Judaea in the days of Herod the king, behold, there came wise men from the east to Jerusalem, -- matthew 2:1 +. +Saying, Where is he that is born King of the Jews? for we have seen his star in the east, and are come to worship him. -- matthew 2:2 +. +When Herod the king had heard these things, he was troubled, and all Jerusalem with him. -- matthew 2:3 +. +And when he had gathered all the chief priests and scribes of the people together, he demanded of them where Christ should be born. -- matthew 2:4 +. +And they said unto him, In Bethlehem of Judaea: for thus it is written by the prophet, -- matthew 2:5 +. +And thou Bethlehem, in the land of Juda, art not the least among the princes of Juda: for out of thee shall come a Governor, that shall rule my people Israel. -- matthew 2:6 +. +Then Herod, when he had privily called the wise men, enquired of them diligently what time the star appeared. -- matthew 2:7 +. +And he sent them to Bethlehem, and said, Go and search diligently for the young child; and when ye have found him, bring me word again, that I may come and worship him also. -- matthew 2:8 +. +When they had heard the king, they departed; and, lo, the star, which they saw in the east, went before them, till it came and stood over where the young child was. -- matthew 2:9 +. +When they saw the star, they rejoiced with exceeding great joy. -- matthew 2:10 +. +And when they were come into the house, they saw the young child with Mary his mother, and fell down, and worshipped him: and when they had opened their treasures, they presented unto him gifts; gold, and frankincense and myrrh. -- matthew 2:11 +. +And being warned of God in a dream that they should not return to Herod, they departed into their own country another way. -- matthew 2:12 +. +And when they were departed, behold, the angel of the Lord appeareth to Joseph in a dream, saying, Arise, and take the young child and his mother, and flee into Egypt, and be thou there until I bring thee word: for Herod will seek the young child to destroy him. -- matthew 2:13 +. +When he arose, he took the young child and his mother by night, and departed into Egypt: -- matthew 2:14 +. +And was there until the death of Herod: that it might be fulfilled which was spoken of the Lord by the prophet, saying, Out of Egypt have I called my son. -- matthew 2:15 +. +Then Herod, when he saw that he was mocked of the wise men, was exceeding wroth, and sent forth, and slew all the children that were in Bethlehem, and in all the coasts thereof, from two years old and under, according to the time which he had diligently enquired of the wise men. -- matthew 2:16 +. +Then was fulfilled that which was spoken by Jeremy the prophet, saying, -- matthew 2:17 +. +In Rama was there a voice heard, lamentation, and weeping, and great mourning, Rachel weeping for her children, and would not be comforted, because they are not. -- matthew 2:18 +. +But when Herod was dead, behold, an angel of the Lord appeareth in a dream to Joseph in Egypt, -- matthew 2:19 +. +Saying, Arise, and take the young child and his mother, and go into the land of Israel: for they are dead which sought the young child's life. -- matthew 2:20 +. +And he arose, and took the young child and his mother, and came into the land of Israel. -- matthew 2:21 +. +But when he heard that Archelaus did reign in Judaea in the room of his father Herod, he was afraid to go thither: notwithstanding, being warned of God in a dream, he turned aside into the parts of Galilee: -- matthew 2:22 +. +And he came and dwelt in a city called Nazareth: that it might be fulfilled which was spoken by the prophets, He shall be called a Nazarene. -- matthew 2:23 +. +In those days came John the Baptist, preaching in the wilderness of Judaea, -- matthew 3:1 +. +And saying, Repent ye: for the kingdom of heaven is at hand. -- matthew 3:2 +. +For this is he that was spoken of by the prophet Esaias, saying, The voice of one crying in the wilderness, Prepare ye the way of the Lord, make his paths straight. -- matthew 3:3 +. +And the same John had his raiment of camel's hair, and a leathern girdle about his loins; and his meat was locusts and wild honey. -- matthew 3:4 +. +Then went out to him Jerusalem, and all Judaea, and all the region round about Jordan, -- matthew 3:5 +. +And were baptized of him in Jordan, confessing their sins. -- matthew 3:6 +. +But when he saw many of the Pharisees and Sadducees come to his baptism, he said unto them, O generation of vipers, who hath warned you to flee from the wrath to come? -- matthew 3:7 +. +Bring forth therefore fruits meet for repentance: -- matthew 3:8 +. +And think not to say within yourselves, We have Abraham to our father: for I say unto you, that God is able of these stones to raise up children unto Abraham. -- matthew 3:9 +. +And now also the axe is laid unto the root of the trees: therefore every tree which bringeth not forth good fruit is hewn down, and cast into the fire. -- matthew 3:10 +. +I indeed baptize you with water unto repentance: but he that cometh after me is mightier than I, whose shoes I am not worthy to bear: he shall baptize you with the Holy Ghost, and with fire: -- matthew 3:11 +. +Whose fan is in his hand, and he will throughly purge his floor, and gather his wheat into the garner; but he will burn up the chaff with unquenchable fire. -- matthew 3:12 +. +Then cometh Jesus from Galilee to Jordan unto John, to be baptized of him. -- matthew 3:13 +. +But John forbad him, saying, I have need to be baptized of thee, and comest thou to me? -- matthew 3:14 +. +And Jesus answering said unto him, Suffer it to be so now: for thus it becometh us to fulfil all righteousness. Then he suffered him. -- matthew 3:15 +. +And Jesus, when he was baptized, went up straightway out of the water: and, lo, the heavens were opened unto him, and he saw the Spirit of God descending like a dove, and lighting upon him: -- matthew 3:16 +. +And lo a voice from heaven, saying, This is my beloved Son, in whom I am well pleased. -- matthew 3:17 +. +Then was Jesus led up of the spirit into the wilderness to be tempted of the devil. -- matthew 4:1 +. +And when he had fasted forty days and forty nights, he was afterward an hungred. -- matthew 4:2 +. +And when the tempter came to him, he said, If thou be the Son of God, command that these stones be made bread. -- matthew 4:3 +. +But he answered and said, It is written, Man shall not live by bread alone, but by every word that proceedeth out of the mouth of God. -- matthew 4:4 +. +Then the devil taketh him up into the holy city, and setteth him on a pinnacle of the temple, -- matthew 4:5 +. +And saith unto him, If thou be the Son of God, cast thyself down: for it is written, He shall give his angels charge concerning thee: and in their hands they shall bear thee up, lest at any time thou dash thy foot against a stone. -- matthew 4:6 +. +Jesus said unto him, It is written again, Thou shalt not tempt the Lord thy God. -- matthew 4:7 +. +Again, the devil taketh him up into an exceeding high mountain, and sheweth him all the kingdoms of the world, and the glory of them; -- matthew 4:8 +. +And saith unto him, All these things will I give thee, if thou wilt fall down and worship me. -- matthew 4:9 +. +Then saith Jesus unto him, Get thee hence, Satan: for it is written, Thou shalt worship the Lord thy God, and him only shalt thou serve. -- matthew 4:10 +. +Then the devil leaveth him, and, behold, angels came and ministered unto him. -- matthew 4:11 +. +Now when Jesus had heard that John was cast into prison, he departed into Galilee; -- matthew 4:12 +. +And leaving Nazareth, he came and dwelt in Capernaum, which is upon the sea coast, in the borders of Zabulon and Nephthalim: -- matthew 4:13 +. +That it might be fulfilled which was spoken by Esaias the prophet, saying, -- matthew 4:14 +. +The land of Zabulon, and the land of Nephthalim, by the way of the sea, beyond Jordan, Galilee of the Gentiles; -- matthew 4:15 +. +The people which sat in darkness saw great light; and to them which sat in the region and shadow of death light is sprung up. -- matthew 4:16 +. +From that time Jesus began to preach, and to say, Repent: for the kingdom of heaven is at hand. -- matthew 4:17 +. +And Jesus, walking by the sea of Galilee, saw two brethren, Simon called Peter, and Andrew his brother, casting a net into the sea: for they were fishers. -- matthew 4:18 +. +And he saith unto them, Follow me, and I will make you fishers of men. -- matthew 4:19 +. +And they straightway left their nets, and followed him. -- matthew 4:20 +. +And going on from thence, he saw other two brethren, James the son of Zebedee, and John his brother, in a ship with Zebedee their father, mending their nets; and he called them. -- matthew 4:21 +. +And they immediately left the ship and their father, and followed him. -- matthew 4:22 +. +And Jesus went about all Galilee, teaching in their synagogues, and preaching the gospel of the kingdom, and healing all manner of sickness and all manner of disease among the people. -- matthew 4:23 +. +And his fame went throughout all Syria: and they brought unto him all sick people that were taken with divers diseases and torments, and those which were possessed with devils, and those which were lunatick, and those that had the palsy; and he healed them. -- matthew 4:24 +. +And there followed him great multitudes of people from Galilee, and from Decapolis, and from Jerusalem, and from Judaea, and from beyond Jordan. -- matthew 4:25 +. +And seeing the multitudes, he went up into a mountain: and when he was set, his disciples came unto him: -- matthew 5:1 +. +And he opened his mouth, and taught them, saying, -- matthew 5:2 +. +Blessed are the poor in spirit: for theirs is the kingdom of heaven. -- matthew 5:3 +. +Blessed are they that mourn: for they shall be comforted. -- matthew 5:4 +. +Blessed are the meek: for they shall inherit the earth. -- matthew 5:5 +. +Blessed are they which do hunger and thirst after righteousness: for they shall be filled. -- matthew 5:6 +. +Blessed are the merciful: for they shall obtain mercy. -- matthew 5:7 +. +Blessed are the pure in heart: for they shall see God. -- matthew 5:8 +. +Blessed are the peacemakers: for they shall be called the children of God. -- matthew 5:9 +. +Blessed are they which are persecuted for righteousness' sake: for theirs is the kingdom of heaven. -- matthew 5:10 +. +Blessed are ye, when men shall revile you, and persecute you, and shall say all manner of evil against you falsely, for my sake. -- matthew 5:11 +. +Rejoice, and be exceeding glad: for great is your reward in heaven: for so persecuted they the prophets which were before you. -- matthew 5:12 +. +Ye are the salt of the earth: but if the salt have lost his savour, wherewith shall it be salted? it is thenceforth good for nothing, but to be cast out, and to be trodden under foot of men. -- matthew 5:13 +. +Ye are the light of the world. A city that is set on an hill cannot be hid. -- matthew 5:14 +. +Neither do men light a candle, and put it under a bushel, but on a candlestick; and it giveth light unto all that are in the house. -- matthew 5:15 +. +Let your light so shine before men, that they may see your good works, and glorify your Father which is in heaven. -- matthew 5:16 +. +Think not that I am come to destroy the law, or the prophets: I am not come to destroy, but to fulfil. -- matthew 5:17 +. +For verily I say unto you, Till heaven and earth pass, one jot or one tittle shall in no wise pass from the law, till all be fulfilled. -- matthew 5:18 +. +Whosoever therefore shall break one of these least commandments, and shall teach men so, he shall be called the least in the kingdom of heaven: but whosoever shall do and teach them, the same shall be called great in the kingdom of heaven. -- matthew 5:19 +. +For I say unto you, That except your righteousness shall exceed the righteousness of the scribes and Pharisees, ye shall in no case enter into the kingdom of heaven. -- matthew 5:20 +. +Ye have heard that it was said of them of old time, Thou shalt not kill; and whosoever shall kill shall be in danger of the judgment: -- matthew 5:21 +. +But I say unto you, That whosoever is angry with his brother without a cause shall be in danger of the judgment: and whosoever shall say to his brother, Raca, shall be in danger of the council: but whosoever shall say, Thou fool, shall be in danger of hell fire. -- matthew 5:22 +. +Therefore if thou bring thy gift to the altar, and there rememberest that thy brother hath ought against thee; -- matthew 5:23 +. +Leave there thy gift before the altar, and go thy way; first be reconciled to thy brother, and then come and offer thy gift. -- matthew 5:24 +. +Agree with thine adversary quickly, whiles thou art in the way with him; lest at any time the adversary deliver thee to the judge, and the judge deliver thee to the officer, and thou be cast into prison. -- matthew 5:25 +. +Verily I say unto thee, Thou shalt by no means come out thence, till thou hast paid the uttermost farthing. -- matthew 5:26 +. +Ye have heard that it was said by them of old time, Thou shalt not commit adultery: -- matthew 5:27 +. +But I say unto you, That whosoever looketh on a woman to lust after her hath committed adultery with her already in his heart. -- matthew 5:28 +. +And if thy right eye offend thee, pluck it out, and cast it from thee: for it is profitable for thee that one of thy members should perish, and not that thy whole body should be cast into hell. -- matthew 5:29 +. +And if thy right hand offend thee, cut it off, and cast it from thee: for it is profitable for thee that one of thy members should perish, and not that thy whole body should be cast into hell. -- matthew 5:30 +. +It hath been said, Whosoever shall put away his wife, let him give her a writing of divorcement: -- matthew 5:31 +. +But I say unto you, That whosoever shall put away his wife, saving for the cause of fornication, causeth her to commit adultery: and whosoever shall marry her that is divorced committeth adultery. -- matthew 5:32 +. +Again, ye have heard that it hath been said by them of old time, Thou shalt not forswear thyself, but shalt perform unto the Lord thine oaths: -- matthew 5:33 +. +But I say unto you, Swear not at all; neither by heaven; for it is God's throne: -- matthew 5:34 +. +Nor by the earth; for it is his footstool: neither by Jerusalem; for it is the city of the great King. -- matthew 5:35 +. +Neither shalt thou swear by thy head, because thou canst not make one hair white or black. -- matthew 5:36 +. +But let your communication be, Yea, yea; Nay, nay: for whatsoever is more than these cometh of evil. -- matthew 5:37 +. +Ye have heard that it hath been said, An eye for an eye, and a tooth for a tooth: -- matthew 5:38 +. +But I say unto you, That ye resist not evil: but whosoever shall smite thee on thy right cheek, turn to him the other also. -- matthew 5:39 +. +And if any man will sue thee at the law, and take away thy coat, let him have thy cloak also. -- matthew 5:40 +. +And whosoever shall compel thee to go a mile, go with him twain. -- matthew 5:41 +. +Give to him that asketh thee, and from him that would borrow of thee turn not thou away. -- matthew 5:42 +. +Ye have heard that it hath been said, Thou shalt love thy neighbour, and hate thine enemy. -- matthew 5:43 +. +But I say unto you, Love your enemies, bless them that curse you, do good to them that hate you, and pray for them which despitefully use you, and persecute you; -- matthew 5:44 +. +That ye may be the children of your Father which is in heaven: for he maketh his sun to rise on the evil and on the good, and sendeth rain on the just and on the unjust. -- matthew 5:45 +. +For if ye love them which love you, what reward have ye? do not even the publicans the same? -- matthew 5:46 +. +And if ye salute your brethren only, what do ye more than others? do not even the publicans so? -- matthew 5:47 +. +Be ye therefore perfect, even as your Father which is in heaven is perfect. -- matthew 5:48 +. +Take heed that ye do not your alms before men, to be seen of them: otherwise ye have no reward of your Father which is in heaven. -- matthew 6:1 +. +Therefore when thou doest thine alms, do not sound a trumpet before thee, as the hypocrites do in the synagogues and in the streets, that they may have glory of men. Verily I say unto you, They have their reward. -- matthew 6:2 +. +But when thou doest alms, let not thy left hand know what thy right hand doeth: -- matthew 6:3 +. +That thine alms may be in secret: and thy Father which seeth in secret himself shall reward thee openly. -- matthew 6:4 +. +And when thou prayest, thou shalt not be as the hypocrites are: for they love to pray standing in the synagogues and in the corners of the streets, that they may be seen of men. Verily I say unto you, They have their reward. -- matthew 6:5 +. +But thou, when thou prayest, enter into thy closet, and when thou hast shut thy door, pray to thy Father which is in secret; and thy Father which seeth in secret shall reward thee openly. -- matthew 6:6 +. +But when ye pray, use not vain repetitions, as the heathen do: for they think that they shall be heard for their much speaking. -- matthew 6:7 +. +Be not ye therefore like unto them: for your Father knoweth what things ye have need of, before ye ask him. -- matthew 6:8 +. +After this manner therefore pray ye: Our Father which art in heaven, Hallowed be thy name. -- matthew 6:9 +. +Thy kingdom come, Thy will be done in earth, as it is in heaven. -- matthew 6:10 +. +Give us this day our daily bread. -- matthew 6:11 +. +And forgive us our debts, as we forgive our debtors. -- matthew 6:12 +. +And lead us not into temptation, but deliver us from evil: For thine is the kingdom, and the power, and the glory, for ever. Amen. -- matthew 6:13 +. +For if ye forgive men their trespasses, your heavenly Father will also forgive you: -- matthew 6:14 +. +But if ye forgive not men their trespasses, neither will your Father forgive your trespasses. -- matthew 6:15 +. +Moreover when ye fast, be not, as the hypocrites, of a sad countenance: for they disfigure their faces, that they may appear unto men to fast. Verily I say unto you, They have their reward. -- matthew 6:16 +. +But thou, when thou fastest, anoint thine head, and wash thy face; -- matthew 6:17 +. +That thou appear not unto men to fast, but unto thy Father which is in secret: and thy Father, which seeth in secret, shall reward thee openly. -- matthew 6:18 +. +Lay not up for yourselves treasures upon earth, where moth and rust doth corrupt, and where thieves break through and steal: -- matthew 6:19 +. +But lay up for yourselves treasures in heaven, where neither moth nor rust doth corrupt, and where thieves do not break through nor steal: -- matthew 6:20 +. +For where your treasure is, there will your heart be also. -- matthew 6:21 +. +The light of the body is the eye: if therefore thine eye be single, thy whole body shall be full of light. -- matthew 6:22 +. +But if thine eye be evil, thy whole body shall be full of darkness. If therefore the light that is in thee be darkness, how great is that darkness! -- matthew 6:23 +. +No man can serve two masters: for either he will hate the one, and love the other; or else he will hold to the one, and despise the other. Ye cannot serve God and mammon. -- matthew 6:24 +. +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 meat, and the body than raiment? -- matthew 6:25 +. +Behold the fowls of the air: for they sow not, neither do they reap, nor gather into barns; yet your heavenly Father feedeth them. Are ye not much better than they? -- matthew 6:26 +. +Which of you by taking thought can add one cubit unto his stature? -- matthew 6:27 +. +And why take ye thought for raiment? Consider the lilies of the field, how they grow; they toil not, neither do they spin: -- matthew 6:28 +. +And yet I say unto you, That even Solomon in all his glory was not arrayed like one of these. -- matthew 6:29 +. +Wherefore, if God so clothe the grass of the field, which to day is, and to morrow is cast into the oven, shall he not much more clothe you, O ye of little faith? -- matthew 6:30 +. +Therefore take no thought, saying, What shall we eat? or, What shall we drink? or, Wherewithal shall we be clothed? -- matthew 6:31 +. +(For after all these things do the Gentiles seek:) for your heavenly Father knoweth that ye have need of all these things. -- matthew 6:32 +. +But seek ye first the kingdom of God, and his righteousness; and all these things shall be added unto you. -- matthew 6:33 +. +Take therefore no thought for the morrow: for the morrow shall take thought for the things of itself. Sufficient unto the day is the evil thereof. -- matthew 6:34 +. +Judge not, that ye be not judged. -- matthew 7:1 +. +For with what judgment ye judge, ye shall be judged: and with what measure ye mete, it shall be measured to you again. -- matthew 7:2 +. +And why beholdest thou the mote that is in thy brother's eye, but considerest not the beam that is in thine own eye? -- matthew 7:3 +. +Or how wilt thou say to thy brother, Let me pull out the mote out of thine eye; and, behold, a beam is in thine own eye? -- matthew 7:4 +. +Thou hypocrite, first cast out the beam out of thine own eye; and then shalt thou see clearly to cast out the mote out of thy brother's eye. -- matthew 7:5 +. +Give not that which is holy unto the dogs, neither cast ye your pearls before swine, lest they trample them under their feet, and turn again and rend you. -- matthew 7:6 +. +Ask, and it shall be given you; seek, and ye shall find; knock, and it shall be opened unto you: -- matthew 7:7 +. +For every one that asketh receiveth; and he that seeketh findeth; and to him that knocketh it shall be opened. -- matthew 7:8 +. +Or what man is there of you, whom if his son ask bread, will he give him a stone? -- matthew 7:9 +. +Or if he ask a fish, will he give him a serpent? -- matthew 7:10 +. +If ye then, being evil, know how to give good gifts unto your children, how much more shall your Father which is in heaven give good things to them that ask him? -- matthew 7:11 +. +Therefore all things whatsoever ye would that men should do to you, do ye even so to them: for this is the law and the prophets. -- matthew 7:12 +. +Enter ye in at the strait gate: for wide is the gate, and broad is the way, that leadeth to destruction, and many there be which go in thereat: -- matthew 7:13 +. +Because strait is the gate, and narrow is the way, which leadeth unto life, and few there be that find it. -- matthew 7:14 +. +Beware of false prophets, which come to you in sheep's clothing, but inwardly they are ravening wolves. -- matthew 7:15 +. +Ye shall know them by their fruits. Do men gather grapes of thorns, or figs of thistles? -- matthew 7:16 +. +Even so every good tree bringeth forth good fruit; but a corrupt tree bringeth forth evil fruit. -- matthew 7:17 +. +A good tree cannot bring forth evil fruit, neither can a corrupt tree bring forth good fruit. -- matthew 7:18 +. +Every tree that bringeth not forth good fruit is hewn down, and cast into the fire. -- matthew 7:19 +. +Wherefore by their fruits ye shall know them. -- matthew 7:20 +. +Not every one that saith unto me, Lord, Lord, shall enter into the kingdom of heaven; but he that doeth the will of my Father which is in heaven. -- matthew 7:21 +. +Many will say to me in that day, Lord, Lord, have we not prophesied in thy name? and in thy name have cast out devils? and in thy name done many wonderful works? -- matthew 7:22 +. +And then will I profess unto them, I never knew you: depart from me, ye that work iniquity. -- matthew 7:23 +. +Therefore whosoever heareth these sayings of mine, and doeth them, I will liken him unto a wise man, which built his house upon a rock: -- matthew 7:24 +. +And the rain descended, and the floods came, and the winds blew, and beat upon that house; and it fell not: for it was founded upon a rock. -- matthew 7:25 +. +And every one that heareth these sayings of mine, and doeth them not, shall be likened unto a foolish man, which built his house upon the sand: -- matthew 7:26 +. +And the rain descended, and the floods came, and the winds blew, and beat upon that house; and it fell: and great was the fall of it. -- matthew 7:27 +. +And it came to pass, when Jesus had ended these sayings, the people were astonished at his doctrine: -- matthew 7:28 +. +For he taught them as one having authority, and not as the scribes. -- matthew 7:29 +. +When he was come down from the mountain, great multitudes followed him. -- matthew 8:1 +. +And, behold, there came a leper and worshipped him, saying, Lord, if thou wilt, thou canst make me clean. -- matthew 8:2 +. +And Jesus put forth his hand, and touched him, saying, I will; be thou clean. And immediately his leprosy was cleansed. -- matthew 8:3 +. +And Jesus saith unto him, See thou tell no man; but go thy way, shew thyself to the priest, and offer the gift that Moses commanded, for a testimony unto them. -- matthew 8:4 +. +And when Jesus was entered into Capernaum, there came unto him a centurion, beseeching him, -- matthew 8:5 +. +And saying, Lord, my servant lieth at home sick of the palsy, grievously tormented. -- matthew 8:6 +. +And Jesus saith unto him, I will come and heal him. -- matthew 8:7 +. +The centurion answered and said, Lord, I am not worthy that thou shouldest come under my roof: but speak the word only, and my servant shall be healed. -- matthew 8:8 +. +For I am a man under authority, having soldiers under me: and I say to this man, Go, and he goeth; and to another, Come, and he cometh; and to my servant, Do this, and he doeth it. -- matthew 8:9 +. +When Jesus heard it, he marvelled, and said to them that followed, Verily I say unto you, I have not found so great faith, no, not in Israel. -- matthew 8:10 +. +And I say unto you, That many shall come from the east and west, and shall sit down with Abraham, and Isaac, and Jacob, in the kingdom of heaven. -- matthew 8:11 +. +But the children of the kingdom shall be cast out into outer darkness: there shall be weeping and gnashing of teeth. -- matthew 8:12 +. +And Jesus said unto the centurion, Go thy way; and as thou hast believed, so be it done unto thee. And his servant was healed in the selfsame hour. -- matthew 8:13 +. +And when Jesus was come into Peter's house, he saw his wife's mother laid, and sick of a fever. -- matthew 8:14 +. +And he touched her hand, and the fever left her: and she arose, and ministered unto them. -- matthew 8:15 +. +When the even was come, they brought unto him many that were possessed with devils: and he cast out the spirits with his word, and healed all that were sick: -- matthew 8:16 +. +That it might be fulfilled which was spoken by Esaias the prophet, saying, Himself took our infirmities, and bare our sicknesses. -- matthew 8:17 +. +Now when Jesus saw great multitudes about him, he gave commandment to depart unto the other side. -- matthew 8:18 +. +And a certain scribe came, and said unto him, Master, I will follow thee whithersoever thou goest. -- matthew 8:19 +. +And Jesus saith unto him, The foxes have holes, and the birds of the air have nests; but the Son of man hath not where to lay his head. -- matthew 8:20 +. +And another of his disciples said unto him, Lord, suffer me first to go and bury my father. -- matthew 8:21 +. +But Jesus said unto him, Follow me; and let the dead bury their dead. -- matthew 8:22 +. +And when he was entered into a ship, his disciples followed him. -- matthew 8:23 +. +And, behold, there arose a great tempest in the sea, insomuch that the ship was covered with the waves: but he was asleep. -- matthew 8:24 +. +And his disciples came to him, and awoke him, saying, Lord, save us: we perish. -- matthew 8:25 +. +And he saith unto them, Why are ye fearful, O ye of little faith? Then he arose, and rebuked the winds and the sea; and there was a great calm. -- matthew 8:26 +. +But the men marvelled, saying, What manner of man is this, that even the winds and the sea obey him! -- matthew 8:27 +. +And when he was come to the other side into the country of the Gergesenes, there met him two possessed with devils, coming out of the tombs, exceeding fierce, so that no man might pass by that way. -- matthew 8:28 +. +And, behold, they cried out, saying, What have we to do with thee, Jesus, thou Son of God? art thou come hither to torment us before the time? -- matthew 8:29 +. +And there was a good way off from them an herd of many swine feeding. -- matthew 8:30 +. +So the devils besought him, saying, If thou cast us out, suffer us to go away into the herd of swine. -- matthew 8:31 +. +And he said unto them, Go. And when they were come out, they went into the herd of swine: and, behold, the whole herd of swine ran violently down a steep place into the sea, and perished in the waters. -- matthew 8:32 +. +And they that kept them fled, and went their ways into the city, and told every thing, and what was befallen to the possessed of the devils. -- matthew 8:33 +. +And, behold, the whole city came out to meet Jesus: and when they saw him, they besought him that he would depart out of their coasts. -- matthew 8:34 +. +And he entered into a ship, and passed over, and came into his own city. -- matthew 9:1 +. +And, behold, they brought to him a man sick of the palsy, lying on a bed: and Jesus seeing their faith said unto the sick of the palsy; Son, be of good cheer; thy sins be forgiven thee. -- matthew 9:2 +. +And, behold, certain of the scribes said within themselves, This man blasphemeth. -- matthew 9:3 +. +And Jesus knowing their thoughts said, Wherefore think ye evil in your hearts? -- matthew 9:4 +. +For whether is easier, to say, Thy sins be forgiven thee; or to say, Arise, and walk? -- matthew 9:5 +. +But that ye may know that the Son of man hath power on earth to forgive sins, (then saith he to the sick of the palsy,) Arise, take up thy bed, and go unto thine house. -- matthew 9:6 +. +And he arose, and departed to his house. -- matthew 9:7 +. +But when the multitudes saw it, they marvelled, and glorified God, which had given such power unto men. -- matthew 9:8 +. +And as Jesus passed forth from thence, he saw a man, named Matthew, sitting at the receipt of custom: and he saith unto him, Follow me. And he arose, and followed him. -- matthew 9:9 +. +And it came to pass, as Jesus sat at meat in the house, behold, many publicans and sinners came and sat down with him and his disciples. -- matthew 9:10 +. +And when the Pharisees saw it, they said unto his disciples, Why eateth your Master with publicans and sinners? -- matthew 9:11 +. +But when Jesus heard that, he said unto them, They that be whole need not a physician, but they that are sick. -- matthew 9:12 +. +But go ye and learn what that meaneth, I will have mercy, and not sacrifice: for I am not come to call the righteous, but sinners to repentance. -- matthew 9:13 +. +Then came to him the disciples of John, saying, Why do we and the Pharisees fast oft, but thy disciples fast not? -- matthew 9:14 +. +And Jesus said unto them, Can the children of the bridechamber mourn, as long as the bridegroom is with them? but the days will come, when the bridegroom shall be taken from them, and then shall they fast. -- matthew 9:15 +. +No man putteth a piece of new cloth unto an old garment, for that which is put in to fill it up taketh from the garment, and the rent is made worse. -- matthew 9:16 +. +Neither do men put new wine into old bottles: else the bottles break, and the wine runneth out, and the bottles perish: but they put new wine into new bottles, and both are preserved. -- matthew 9:17 +. +While he spake these things unto them, behold, there came a certain ruler, and worshipped him, saying, My daughter is even now dead: but come and lay thy hand upon her, and she shall live. -- matthew 9:18 +. +And Jesus arose, and followed him, and so did his disciples. -- matthew 9:19 +. +And, behold, a woman, which was diseased with an issue of blood twelve years, came behind him, and touched the hem of his garment: -- matthew 9:20 +. +For she said within herself, If I may but touch his garment, I shall be whole. -- matthew 9:21 +. +But Jesus turned him about, and when he saw her, he said, Daughter, be of good comfort; thy faith hath made thee whole. And the woman was made whole from that hour. -- matthew 9:22 +. +And when Jesus came into the ruler's house, and saw the minstrels and the people making a noise, -- matthew 9:23 +. +He said unto them, Give place: for the maid is not dead, but sleepeth. And they laughed him to scorn. -- matthew 9:24 +. +But when the people were put forth, he went in, and took her by the hand, and the maid arose. -- matthew 9:25 +. +And the fame hereof went abroad into all that land. -- matthew 9:26 +. +And when Jesus departed thence, two blind men followed him, crying, and saying, Thou son of David, have mercy on us. -- matthew 9:27 +. +And when he was come into the house, the blind men came to him: and Jesus saith unto them, Believe ye that I am able to do this? They said unto him, Yea, Lord. -- matthew 9:28 +. +Then touched he their eyes, saying, According to your faith be it unto you. -- matthew 9:29 +. +And their eyes were opened; and Jesus straitly charged them, saying, See that no man know it. -- matthew 9:30 +. +But they, when they were departed, spread abroad his fame in all that country. -- matthew 9:31 +. +As they went out, behold, they brought to him a dumb man possessed with a devil. -- matthew 9:32 +. +And when the devil was cast out, the dumb spake: and the multitudes marvelled, saying, It was never so seen in Israel. -- matthew 9:33 +. +But the Pharisees said, He casteth out devils through the prince of the devils. -- matthew 9:34 +. +And Jesus went about all the cities and villages, teaching in their synagogues, and preaching the gospel of the kingdom, and healing every sickness and every disease among the people. -- matthew 9:35 +. +But when he saw the multitudes, he was moved with compassion on them, because they fainted, and were scattered abroad, as sheep having no shepherd. -- matthew 9:36 +. +Then saith he unto his disciples, The harvest truly is plenteous, but the labourers are few; -- matthew 9:37 +. +Pray ye therefore the Lord of the harvest, that he will send forth labourers into his harvest. -- matthew 9:38 +. +And when he had called unto him his twelve disciples, he gave them power against unclean spirits, to cast them out, and to heal all manner of sickness and all manner of disease. -- matthew 10:1 +. +Now the names of the twelve apostles are these; The first, Simon, who is called Peter, and Andrew his brother; James the son of Zebedee, and John his brother; -- matthew 10:2 +. +Philip, and Bartholomew; Thomas, and Matthew the publican; James the son of Alphaeus, and Lebbaeus, whose surname was Thaddaeus; -- matthew 10:3 +. +Simon the Canaanite, and Judas Iscariot, who also betrayed him. -- matthew 10:4 +. +These twelve Jesus sent forth, and commanded them, saying, Go not into the way of the Gentiles, and into any city of the Samaritans enter ye not: -- matthew 10:5 +. +But go rather to the lost sheep of the house of Israel. -- matthew 10:6 +. +And as ye go, preach, saying, The kingdom of heaven is at hand. -- matthew 10:7 +. +Heal the sick, cleanse the lepers, raise the dead, cast out devils: freely ye have received, freely give. -- matthew 10:8 +. +Provide neither gold, nor silver, nor brass in your purses, -- matthew 10:9 +. +Nor scrip for your journey, neither two coats, neither shoes, nor yet staves: for the workman is worthy of his meat. -- matthew 10:10 +. +And into whatsoever city or town ye shall enter, enquire who in it is worthy; and there abide till ye go thence. -- matthew 10:11 +. +And when ye come into an house, salute it. -- matthew 10:12 +. +And if the house be worthy, let your peace come upon it: but if it be not worthy, let your peace return to you. -- matthew 10:13 +. +And whosoever shall not receive you, nor hear your words, when ye depart out of that house or city, shake off the dust of your feet. -- matthew 10:14 +. +Verily I say unto you, It shall be more tolerable for the land of Sodom and Gomorrha in the day of judgment, than for that city. -- matthew 10:15 +. +Behold, I send you forth as sheep in the midst of wolves: be ye therefore wise as serpents, and harmless as doves. -- matthew 10:16 +. +But beware of men: for they will deliver you up to the councils, and they will scourge you in their synagogues; -- matthew 10:17 +. +And ye shall be brought before governors and kings for my sake, for a testimony against them and the Gentiles. -- matthew 10:18 +. +But when they deliver you up, take no thought how or what ye shall speak: for it shall be given you in that same hour what ye shall speak. -- matthew 10:19 +. +For it is not ye that speak, but the Spirit of your Father which speaketh in you. -- matthew 10:20 +. +And the brother shall deliver up the brother to death, and the father the child: and the children shall rise up against their parents, and cause them to be put to death. -- matthew 10:21 +. +And ye shall be hated of all men for my name's sake: but he that endureth to the end shall be saved. -- matthew 10:22 +. +But when they persecute you in this city, flee ye into another: for verily I say unto you, Ye shall not have gone over the cities of Israel, till the Son of man be come. -- matthew 10:23 +. +The disciple is not above his master, nor the servant above his lord. -- matthew 10:24 +. +It is enough for the disciple that he be as his master, and the servant as his lord. If they have called the master of the house Beelzebub, how much more shall they call them of his household? -- matthew 10:25 +. +Fear them not therefore: for there is nothing covered, that shall not be revealed; and hid, that shall not be known. -- matthew 10:26 +. +What I tell you in darkness, that speak ye in light: and what ye hear in the ear, that preach ye upon the housetops. -- matthew 10:27 +. +And fear not them which kill the body, but are not able to kill the soul: but rather fear him which is able to destroy both soul and body in hell. -- matthew 10:28 +. +Are not two sparrows sold for a farthing? and one of them shall not fall on the ground without your Father. -- matthew 10:29 +. +But the very hairs of your head are all numbered. -- matthew 10:30 +. +Fear ye not therefore, ye are of more value than many sparrows. -- matthew 10:31 +. +Whosoever therefore shall confess me before men, him will I confess also before my Father which is in heaven. -- matthew 10:32 +. +But whosoever shall deny me before men, him will I also deny before my Father which is in heaven. -- matthew 10:33 +. +Think not that I am come to send peace on earth: I came not to send peace, but a sword. -- matthew 10:34 +. +For I am come to set a man at variance against his father, and the daughter against her mother, and the daughter in law against her mother in law. -- matthew 10:35 +. +And a man's foes shall be they of his own household. -- matthew 10:36 +. +He that loveth father or mother more than me is not worthy of me: and he that loveth son or daughter more than me is not worthy of me. -- matthew 10:37 +. +And he that taketh not his cross, and followeth after me, is not worthy of me. -- matthew 10:38 +. +He that findeth his life shall lose it: and he that loseth his life for my sake shall find it. -- matthew 10:39 +. +He that receiveth you receiveth me, and he that receiveth me receiveth him that sent me. -- matthew 10:40 +. +He that receiveth a prophet in the name of a prophet shall receive a prophet's reward; and he that receiveth a righteous man in the name of a righteous man shall receive a righteous man's reward. -- matthew 10:41 +. +And whosoever shall give to drink unto one of these little ones a cup of cold water only in the name of a disciple, verily I say unto you, he shall in no wise lose his reward. -- matthew 10:42 +. +And it came to pass, when Jesus had made an end of commanding his twelve disciples, he departed thence to teach and to preach in their cities. -- matthew 11:1 +. +Now when John had heard in the prison the works of Christ, he sent two of his disciples, -- matthew 11:2 +. +And said unto him, Art thou he that should come, or do we look for another? -- matthew 11:3 +. +Jesus answered and said unto them, Go and shew John again those things which ye do hear and see: -- matthew 11:4 +. +The blind receive their sight, and the lame walk, the lepers are cleansed, and the deaf hear, the dead are raised up, and the poor have the gospel preached to them. -- matthew 11:5 +. +And blessed is he, whosoever shall not be offended in me. -- matthew 11:6 +. +And as they departed, Jesus began to say unto the multitudes concerning John, What went ye out into the wilderness to see? A reed shaken with the wind? -- matthew 11:7 +. +But what went ye out for to see? A man clothed in soft raiment? behold, they that wear soft clothing are in kings' houses. -- matthew 11:8 +. +But what went ye out for to see? A prophet? yea, I say unto you, and more than a prophet. -- matthew 11:9 +. +For this is he, of whom it is written, Behold, I send my messenger before thy face, which shall prepare thy way before thee. -- matthew 11:10 +. +Verily I say unto you, Among them that are born of women there hath not risen a greater than John the Baptist: notwithstanding he that is least in the kingdom of heaven is greater than he. -- matthew 11:11 +. +And from the days of John the Baptist until now the kingdom of heaven suffereth violence, and the violent take it by force. -- matthew 11:12 +. +For all the prophets and the law prophesied until John. -- matthew 11:13 +. +And if ye will receive it, this is Elias, which was for to come. -- matthew 11:14 +. +He that hath ears to hear, let him hear. -- matthew 11:15 +. +But whereunto shall I liken this generation? It is like unto children sitting in the markets, and calling unto their fellows, -- matthew 11:16 +. +And saying, We have piped unto you, and ye have not danced; we have mourned unto you, and ye have not lamented. -- matthew 11:17 +. +For John came neither eating nor drinking, and they say, He hath a devil. -- matthew 11:18 +. +The Son of man came eating and drinking, and they say, Behold a man gluttonous, and a winebibber, a friend of publicans and sinners. But wisdom is justified of her children. -- matthew 11:19 +. +Then began he to upbraid the cities wherein most of his mighty works were done, because they repented not: -- matthew 11:20 +. +Woe unto thee, Chorazin! woe unto thee, Bethsaida! for if the mighty works, which were done in you, had been done in Tyre and Sidon, they would have repented long ago in sackcloth and ashes. -- matthew 11:21 +. +But I say unto you, It shall be more tolerable for Tyre and Sidon at the day of judgment, than for you. -- matthew 11:22 +. +And thou, Capernaum, which art exalted unto heaven, shalt be brought down to hell: for if the mighty works, which have been done in thee, had been done in Sodom, it would have remained until this day. -- matthew 11:23 +. +But I say unto you, That it shall be more tolerable for the land of Sodom in the day of judgment, than for thee. -- matthew 11:24 +. +At that time Jesus answered and said, I thank thee, O Father, Lord of heaven and earth, because thou hast hid these things from the wise and prudent, and hast revealed them unto babes. -- matthew 11:25 +. +Even so, Father: for so it seemed good in thy sight. -- matthew 11:26 +. +All things are delivered unto me of my Father: and no man knoweth the Son, but the Father; neither knoweth any man the Father, save the Son, and he to whomsoever the Son will reveal him. -- matthew 11:27 +. +Come unto me, all ye that labour and are heavy laden, and I will give you rest. -- matthew 11:28 +. +Take my yoke upon you, and learn of me; for I am meek and lowly in heart: and ye shall find rest unto your souls. -- matthew 11:29 +. +For my yoke is easy, and my burden is light. -- matthew 11:30 +. +At that time Jesus went on the sabbath day through the corn; and his disciples were an hungred, and began to pluck the ears of corn and to eat. -- matthew 12:1 +. +But when the Pharisees saw it, they said unto him, Behold, thy disciples do that which is not lawful to do upon the sabbath day. -- matthew 12:2 +. +But he said unto them, Have ye not read what David did, when he was an hungred, and they that were with him; -- matthew 12:3 +. +How he entered into the house of God, and did eat the shewbread, which was not lawful for him to eat, neither for them which were with him, but only for the priests? -- matthew 12:4 +. +Or have ye not read in the law, how that on the sabbath days the priests in the temple profane the sabbath, and are blameless? -- matthew 12:5 +. +But I say unto you, That in this place is one greater than the temple. -- matthew 12:6 +. +But if ye had known what this meaneth, I will have mercy, and not sacrifice, ye would not have condemned the guiltless. -- matthew 12:7 +. +For the Son of man is Lord even of the sabbath day. -- matthew 12:8 +. +And when he was departed thence, he went into their synagogue: -- matthew 12:9 +. +And, behold, there was a man which had his hand withered. And they asked him, saying, Is it lawful to heal on the sabbath days? that they might accuse him. -- matthew 12:10 +. +And he said unto them, What man shall there be among you, that shall have one sheep, and if it fall into a pit on the sabbath day, will he not lay hold on it, and lift it out? -- matthew 12:11 +. +How much then is a man better than a sheep? Wherefore it is lawful to do well on the sabbath days. -- matthew 12:12 +. +Then saith he to the man, Stretch forth thine hand. And he stretched it forth; and it was restored whole, like as the other. -- matthew 12:13 +. +Then the Pharisees went out, and held a council against him, how they might destroy him. -- matthew 12:14 +. +But when Jesus knew it, he withdrew himself from thence: and great multitudes followed him, and he healed them all; -- matthew 12:15 +. +And charged them that they should not make him known: -- matthew 12:16 +. +That it might be fulfilled which was spoken by Esaias the prophet, saying, -- matthew 12:17 +. +Behold my servant, whom I have chosen; my beloved, in whom my soul is well pleased: I will put my spirit upon him, and he shall shew judgment to the Gentiles. -- matthew 12:18 +. +He shall not strive, nor cry; neither shall any man hear his voice in the streets. -- matthew 12:19 +. +A bruised reed shall he not break, and smoking flax shall he not quench, till he send forth judgment unto victory. -- matthew 12:20 +. +And in his name shall the Gentiles trust. -- matthew 12:21 +. +Then was brought unto him one possessed with a devil, blind, and dumb: and he healed him, insomuch that the blind and dumb both spake and saw. -- matthew 12:22 +. +And all the people were amazed, and said, Is not this the son of David? -- matthew 12:23 +. +But when the Pharisees heard it, they said, This fellow doth not cast out devils, but by Beelzebub the prince of the devils. -- matthew 12:24 +. +And Jesus knew their thoughts, and said unto them, Every kingdom divided against itself is brought to desolation; and every city or house divided against itself shall not stand: -- matthew 12:25 +. +And if Satan cast out Satan, he is divided against himself; how shall then his kingdom stand? -- matthew 12:26 +. +And if I by Beelzebub cast out devils, by whom do your children cast them out? therefore they shall be your judges. -- matthew 12:27 +. +But if I cast out devils by the Spirit of God, then the kingdom of God is come unto you. -- matthew 12:28 +. +Or else how can one enter into a strong man's house, and spoil his goods, except he first bind the strong man? and then he will spoil his house. -- matthew 12:29 +. +He that is not with me is against me; and he that gathereth not with me scattereth abroad. -- matthew 12:30 +. +Wherefore I say unto you, All manner of sin and blasphemy shall be forgiven unto men: but the blasphemy against the Holy Ghost shall not be forgiven unto men. -- matthew 12:31 +. +And whosoever speaketh a word against the Son of man, it shall be forgiven him: but whosoever speaketh against the Holy Ghost, it shall not be forgiven him, neither in this world, neither in the world to come. -- matthew 12:32 +. +Either make the tree good, and his fruit good; or else make the tree corrupt, and his fruit corrupt: for the tree is known by his fruit. -- matthew 12:33 +. +O generation of vipers, how can ye, being evil, speak good things? for out of the abundance of the heart the mouth speaketh. -- matthew 12:34 +. +A good man out of the good treasure of the heart bringeth forth good things: and an evil man out of the evil treasure bringeth forth evil things. -- matthew 12:35 +. +But I say unto you, That every idle word that men shall speak, they shall give account thereof in the day of judgment. -- matthew 12:36 +. +For by thy words thou shalt be justified, and by thy words thou shalt be condemned. -- matthew 12:37 +. +Then certain of the scribes and of the Pharisees answered, saying, Master, we would see a sign from thee. -- matthew 12:38 +. +But he answered and said unto them, An evil and adulterous generation seeketh after a sign; and there shall no sign be given to it, but the sign of the prophet Jonas: -- matthew 12:39 +. +For as Jonas was three days and three nights in the whale's belly; so shall the Son of man be three days and three nights in the heart of the earth. -- matthew 12:40 +. +The men of Nineveh shall rise in judgment with this generation, and shall condemn it: because they repented at the preaching of Jonas; and, behold, a greater than Jonas is here. -- matthew 12:41 +. +The queen of the south shall rise up in the judgment with this generation, and shall condemn it: for she came from the uttermost parts of the earth to hear the wisdom of Solomon; and, behold, a greater than Solomon is here. -- matthew 12:42 +. +When the unclean spirit is gone out of a man, he walketh through dry places, seeking rest, and findeth none. -- matthew 12:43 +. +Then he saith, I will return into my house from whence I came out; and when he is come, he findeth it empty, swept, and garnished. -- matthew 12:44 +. +Then goeth he, and taketh with himself seven other spirits more wicked than himself, and they enter in and dwell there: and the last state of that man is worse than the first. Even so shall it be also unto this wicked generation. -- matthew 12:45 +. +While he yet talked to the people, behold, his mother and his brethren stood without, desiring to speak with him. -- matthew 12:46 +. +Then one said unto him, Behold, thy mother and thy brethren stand without, desiring to speak with thee. -- matthew 12:47 +. +But he answered and said unto him that told him, Who is my mother? and who are my brethren? -- matthew 12:48 +. +And he stretched forth his hand toward his disciples, and said, Behold my mother and my brethren! -- matthew 12:49 +. +For whosoever shall do the will of my Father which is in heaven, the same is my brother, and sister, and mother. -- matthew 12:50 +. +The same day went Jesus out of the house, and sat by the sea side. -- matthew 13:1 +. +And great multitudes were gathered together unto him, so that he went into a ship, and sat; and the whole multitude stood on the shore. -- matthew 13:2 +. +And he spake many things unto them in parables, saying, Behold, a sower went forth to sow; -- matthew 13:3 +. +And when he sowed, some seeds fell by the way side, and the fowls came and devoured them up: -- matthew 13:4 +. +Some fell upon stony places, where they had not much earth: and forthwith they sprung up, because they had no deepness of earth: -- matthew 13:5 +. +And when the sun was up, they were scorched; and because they had no root, they withered away. -- matthew 13:6 +. +And some fell among thorns; and the thorns sprung up, and choked them: -- matthew 13:7 +. +But other fell into good ground, and brought forth fruit, some an hundredfold, some sixtyfold, some thirtyfold. -- matthew 13:8 +. +Who hath ears to hear, let him hear. -- matthew 13:9 +. +And the disciples came, and said unto him, Why speakest thou unto them in parables? -- matthew 13:10 +. +He answered and said unto them, Because it is given unto you to know the mysteries of the kingdom of heaven, but to them it is not given. -- matthew 13:11 +. +For whosoever hath, to him shall be given, and he shall have more abundance: but whosoever hath not, from him shall be taken away even that he hath. -- matthew 13:12 +. +Therefore speak I to them in parables: because they seeing see not; and hearing they hear not, neither do they understand. -- matthew 13:13 +. +And in them is fulfilled the prophecy of Esaias, which saith, By hearing ye shall hear, and shall not understand; and seeing ye shall see, and shall not perceive: -- matthew 13:14 +. +For this people's heart is waxed gross, and their ears are dull of hearing, and their eyes they have closed; lest at any time they should see with their eyes and hear with their ears, and should understand with their heart, and should be converted, and I should heal them. -- matthew 13:15 +. +But blessed are your eyes, for they see: and your ears, for they hear. -- matthew 13:16 +. +For verily I say unto you, That many prophets and righteous men have desired to see those things which ye see, and have not seen them; and to hear those things which ye hear, and have not heard them. -- matthew 13:17 +. +Hear ye therefore the parable of the sower. -- matthew 13:18 +. +When any one heareth the word of the kingdom, and understandeth it not, then cometh the wicked one, and catcheth away that which was sown in his heart. This is he which received seed by the way side. -- matthew 13:19 +. +But he that received the seed into stony places, the same is he that heareth the word, and anon with joy receiveth it; -- matthew 13:20 +. +Yet hath he not root in himself, but dureth for a while: for when tribulation or persecution ariseth because of the word, by and by he is offended. -- matthew 13:21 +. +He also that received seed among the thorns is he that heareth the word; and the care of this world, and the deceitfulness of riches, choke the word, and he becometh unfruitful. -- matthew 13:22 +. +But he that received seed into the good ground is he that heareth the word, and understandeth it; which also beareth fruit, and bringeth forth, some an hundredfold, some sixty, some thirty. -- matthew 13:23 +. +Another parable put he forth unto them, saying, The kingdom of heaven is likened unto a man which sowed good seed in his field: -- matthew 13:24 +. +But while men slept, his enemy came and sowed tares among the wheat, and went his way. -- matthew 13:25 +. +But when the blade was sprung up, and brought forth fruit, then appeared the tares also. -- matthew 13:26 +. +So the servants of the householder came and said unto him, Sir, didst not thou sow good seed in thy field? from whence then hath it tares? -- matthew 13:27 +. +He said unto them, An enemy hath done this. The servants said unto him, Wilt thou then that we go and gather them up? -- matthew 13:28 +. +But he said, Nay; lest while ye gather up the tares, ye root up also the wheat with them. -- matthew 13:29 +. +Let both grow together until the harvest: and in the time of harvest I will say to the reapers, Gather ye together first the tares, and bind them in bundles to burn them: but gather the wheat into my barn. -- matthew 13:30 +. +Another parable put he forth unto them, saying, The kingdom of heaven is like to a grain of mustard seed, which a man took, and sowed in his field: -- matthew 13:31 +. +Which indeed is the least of all seeds: but when it is grown, it is the greatest among herbs, and becometh a tree, so that the birds of the air come and lodge in the branches thereof. -- matthew 13:32 +. +Another parable spake he unto them; The kingdom of heaven is like unto leaven, which a woman took, and hid in three measures of meal, till the whole was leavened. -- matthew 13:33 +. +All these things spake Jesus unto the multitude in parables; and without a parable spake he not unto them: -- matthew 13:34 +. +That it might be fulfilled which was spoken by the prophet, saying, I will open my mouth in parables; I will utter things which have been kept secret from the foundation of the world. -- matthew 13:35 +. +Then Jesus sent the multitude away, and went into the house: and his disciples came unto him, saying, Declare unto us the parable of the tares of the field. -- matthew 13:36 +. +He answered and said unto them, He that soweth the good seed is the Son of man; -- matthew 13:37 +. +The field is the world; the good seed are the children of the kingdom; but the tares are the children of the wicked one; -- matthew 13:38 +. +The enemy that sowed them is the devil; the harvest is the end of the world; and the reapers are the angels. -- matthew 13:39 +. +As therefore the tares are gathered and burned in the fire; so shall it be in the end of this world. -- matthew 13:40 +. +The Son of man shall send forth his angels, and they shall gather out of his kingdom all things that offend, and them which do iniquity; -- matthew 13:41 +. +And shall cast them into a furnace of fire: there shall be wailing and gnashing of teeth. -- matthew 13:42 +. +Then shall the righteous shine forth as the sun in the kingdom of their Father. Who hath ears to hear, let him hear. -- matthew 13:43 +. +Again, the kingdom of heaven is like unto treasure hid in a field; the which when a man hath found, he hideth, and for joy thereof goeth and selleth all that he hath, and buyeth that field. -- matthew 13:44 +. +Again, the kingdom of heaven is like unto a merchant man, seeking goodly pearls: -- matthew 13:45 +. +Who, when he had found one pearl of great price, went and sold all that he had, and bought it. -- matthew 13:46 +. +Again, the kingdom of heaven is like unto a net, that was cast into the sea, and gathered of every kind: -- matthew 13:47 +. +Which, when it was full, they drew to shore, and sat down, and gathered the good into vessels, but cast the bad away. -- matthew 13:48 +. +So shall it be at the end of the world: the angels shall come forth, and sever the wicked from among the just, -- matthew 13:49 +. +And shall cast them into the furnace of fire: there shall be wailing and gnashing of teeth. -- matthew 13:50 +. +Jesus saith unto them, Have ye understood all these things? They say unto him, Yea, Lord. -- matthew 13:51 +. +Then said he unto them, Therefore every scribe which is instructed unto the kingdom of heaven is like unto a man that is an householder, which bringeth forth out of his treasure things new and old. -- matthew 13:52 +. +And it came to pass, that when Jesus had finished these parables, he departed thence. -- matthew 13:53 +. +And when he was come into his own country, he taught them in their synagogue, insomuch that they were astonished, and said, Whence hath this man this wisdom, and these mighty works? -- matthew 13:54 +. +Is not this the carpenter's son? is not his mother called Mary? and his brethren, James, and Joses, and Simon, and Judas? -- matthew 13:55 +. +And his sisters, are they not all with us? Whence then hath this man all these things? -- matthew 13:56 +. +And they were offended in him. But Jesus said unto them, A prophet is not without honour, save in his own country, and in his own house. -- matthew 13:57 +. +And he did not many mighty works there because of their unbelief. -- matthew 13:58 +. +At that time Herod the tetrarch heard of the fame of Jesus, -- matthew 14:1 +. +And said unto his servants, This is John the Baptist; he is risen from the dead; and therefore mighty works do shew forth themselves in him. -- matthew 14:2 +. +For Herod had laid hold on John, and bound him, and put him in prison for Herodias' sake, his brother Philip's wife. -- matthew 14:3 +. +For John said unto him, It is not lawful for thee to have her. -- matthew 14:4 +. +And when he would have put him to death, he feared the multitude, because they counted him as a prophet. -- matthew 14:5 +. +But when Herod's birthday was kept, the daughter of Herodias danced before them, and pleased Herod. -- matthew 14:6 +. +Whereupon he promised with an oath to give her whatsoever she would ask. -- matthew 14:7 +. +And she, being before instructed of her mother, said, Give me here John Baptist's head in a charger. -- matthew 14:8 +. +And the king was sorry: nevertheless for the oath's sake, and them which sat with him at meat, he commanded it to be given her. -- matthew 14:9 +. +And he sent, and beheaded John in the prison. -- matthew 14:10 +. +And his head was brought in a charger, and given to the damsel: and she brought it to her mother. -- matthew 14:11 +. +And his disciples came, and took up the body, and buried it, and went and told Jesus. -- matthew 14:12 +. +When Jesus heard of it, he departed thence by ship into a desert place apart: and when the people had heard thereof, they followed him on foot out of the cities. -- matthew 14:13 +. +And Jesus went forth, and saw a great multitude, and was moved with compassion toward them, and he healed their sick. -- matthew 14:14 +. +And when it was evening, his disciples came to him, saying, This is a desert place, and the time is now past; send the multitude away, that they may go into the villages, and buy themselves victuals. -- matthew 14:15 +. +But Jesus said unto them, They need not depart; give ye them to eat. -- matthew 14:16 +. +And they say unto him, We have here but five loaves, and two fishes. -- matthew 14:17 +. +He said, Bring them hither to me. -- matthew 14:18 +. +And he commanded the multitude to sit down on the grass, and took the five loaves, and the two fishes, and looking up to heaven, he blessed, and brake, and gave the loaves to his disciples, and the disciples to the multitude. -- matthew 14:19 +. +And they did all eat, and were filled: and they took up of the fragments that remained twelve baskets full. -- matthew 14:20 +. +And they that had eaten were about five thousand men, beside women and children. -- matthew 14:21 +. +And straightway Jesus constrained his disciples to get into a ship, and to go before him unto the other side, while he sent the multitudes away. -- matthew 14:22 +. +And when he had sent the multitudes away, he went up into a mountain apart to pray: and when the evening was come, he was there alone. -- matthew 14:23 +. +But the ship was now in the midst of the sea, tossed with waves: for the wind was contrary. -- matthew 14:24 +. +And in the fourth watch of the night Jesus went unto them, walking on the sea. -- matthew 14:25 +. +And when the disciples saw him walking on the sea, they were troubled, saying, It is a spirit; and they cried out for fear. -- matthew 14:26 +. +But straightway Jesus spake unto them, saying, Be of good cheer; it is I; be not afraid. -- matthew 14:27 +. +And Peter answered him and said, Lord, if it be thou, bid me come unto thee on the water. -- matthew 14:28 +. +And he said, Come. And when Peter was come down out of the ship, he walked on the water, to go to Jesus. -- matthew 14:29 +. +But when he saw the wind boisterous, he was afraid; and beginning to sink, he cried, saying, Lord, save me. -- matthew 14:30 +. +And immediately Jesus stretched forth his hand, and caught him, and said unto him, O thou of little faith, wherefore didst thou doubt? -- matthew 14:31 +. +And when they were come into the ship, the wind ceased. -- matthew 14:32 +. +Then they that were in the ship came and worshipped him, saying, Of a truth thou art the Son of God. -- matthew 14:33 +. +And when they were gone over, they came into the land of Gennesaret. -- matthew 14:34 +. +And when the men of that place had knowledge of him, they sent out into all that country round about, and brought unto him all that were diseased; -- matthew 14:35 +. +And besought him that they might only touch the hem of his garment: and as many as touched were made perfectly whole. -- matthew 14:36 +. +Then came to Jesus scribes and Pharisees, which were of Jerusalem, saying, -- matthew 15:1 +. +Why do thy disciples transgress the tradition of the elders? for they wash not their hands when they eat bread. -- matthew 15:2 +. +But he answered and said unto them, Why do ye also transgress the commandment of God by your tradition? -- matthew 15:3 +. +For God commanded, saying, Honour thy father and mother: and, He that curseth father or mother, let him die the death. -- matthew 15:4 +. +But ye say, Whosoever shall say to his father or his mother, It is a gift, by whatsoever thou mightest be profited by me; -- matthew 15:5 +. +And honour not his father or his mother, he shall be free. Thus have ye made the commandment of God of none effect by your tradition. -- matthew 15:6 +. +Ye hypocrites, well did Esaias prophesy of you, saying, -- matthew 15:7 +. +This people draweth nigh unto me with their mouth, and honoureth me with their lips; but their heart is far from me. -- matthew 15:8 +. +But in vain they do worship me, teaching for doctrines the commandments of men. -- matthew 15:9 +. +And he called the multitude, and said unto them, Hear, and understand: -- matthew 15:10 +. +Not that which goeth into the mouth defileth a man; but that which cometh out of the mouth, this defileth a man. -- matthew 15:11 +. +Then came his disciples, and said unto him, Knowest thou that the Pharisees were offended, after they heard this saying? -- matthew 15:12 +. +But he answered and said, Every plant, which my heavenly Father hath not planted, shall be rooted up. -- matthew 15:13 +. +Let them alone: they be blind leaders of the blind. And if the blind lead the blind, both shall fall into the ditch. -- matthew 15:14 +. +Then answered Peter and said unto him, Declare unto us this parable. -- matthew 15:15 +. +And Jesus said, Are ye also yet without understanding? -- matthew 15:16 +. +Do not ye yet understand, that whatsoever entereth in at the mouth goeth into the belly, and is cast out into the draught? -- matthew 15:17 +. +But those things which proceed out of the mouth come forth from the heart; and they defile the man. -- matthew 15:18 +. +For out of the heart proceed evil thoughts, murders, adulteries, fornications, thefts, false witness, blasphemies: -- matthew 15:19 +. +These are the things which defile a man: but to eat with unwashen hands defileth not a man. -- matthew 15:20 +. +Then Jesus went thence, and departed into the coasts of Tyre and Sidon. -- matthew 15:21 +. +And, behold, a woman of Canaan came out of the same coasts, and cried unto him, saying, Have mercy on me, O Lord, thou son of David; my daughter is grievously vexed with a devil. -- matthew 15:22 +. +But he answered her not a word. And his disciples came and besought him, saying, Send her away; for she crieth after us. -- matthew 15:23 +. +But he answered and said, I am not sent but unto the lost sheep of the house of Israel. -- matthew 15:24 +. +Then came she and worshipped him, saying, Lord, help me. -- matthew 15:25 +. +But he answered and said, It is not meet to take the children's bread, and to cast it to dogs. -- matthew 15:26 +. +And she said, Truth, Lord: yet the dogs eat of the crumbs which fall from their masters' table. -- matthew 15:27 +. +Then Jesus answered and said unto her, O woman, great is thy faith: be it unto thee even as thou wilt. And her daughter was made whole from that very hour. -- matthew 15:28 +. +And Jesus departed from thence, and came nigh unto the sea of Galilee; and went up into a mountain, and sat down there. -- matthew 15:29 +. +And great multitudes came unto him, having with them those that were lame, blind, dumb, maimed, and many others, and cast them down at Jesus' feet; and he healed them: -- matthew 15:30 +. +Insomuch that the multitude wondered, when they saw the dumb to speak, the maimed to be whole, the lame to walk, and the blind to see: and they glorified the God of Israel. -- matthew 15:31 +. +Then Jesus called his disciples unto him, and said, I have compassion on the multitude, because they continue with me now three days, and have nothing to eat: and I will not send them away fasting, lest they faint in the way. -- matthew 15:32 +. +And his disciples say unto him, Whence should we have so much bread in the wilderness, as to fill so great a multitude? -- matthew 15:33 +. +And Jesus saith unto them, How many loaves have ye? And they said, Seven, and a few little fishes. -- matthew 15:34 +. +And he commanded the multitude to sit down on the ground. -- matthew 15:35 +. +And he took the seven loaves and the fishes, and gave thanks, and brake them, and gave to his disciples, and the disciples to the multitude. -- matthew 15:36 +. +And they did all eat, and were filled: and they took up of the broken meat that was left seven baskets full. -- matthew 15:37 +. +And they that did eat were four thousand men, beside women and children. -- matthew 15:38 +. +And he sent away the multitude, and took ship, and came into the coasts of Magdala. -- matthew 15:39 +. +The Pharisees also with the Sadducees came, and tempting desired him that he would shew them a sign from heaven. -- matthew 16:1 +. +He answered and said unto them, When it is evening, ye say, It will be fair weather: for the sky is red. -- matthew 16:2 +. +And in the morning, It will be foul weather to day: for the sky is red and lowering. O ye hypocrites, ye can discern the face of the sky; but can ye not discern the signs of the times? -- matthew 16:3 +. +A wicked and adulterous generation seeketh after a sign; and there shall no sign be given unto it, but the sign of the prophet Jonas. And he left them, and departed. -- matthew 16:4 +. +And when his disciples were come to the other side, they had forgotten to take bread. -- matthew 16:5 +. +Then Jesus said unto them, Take heed and beware of the leaven of the Pharisees and of the Sadducees. -- matthew 16:6 +. +And they reasoned among themselves, saying, It is because we have taken no bread. -- matthew 16:7 +. +Which when Jesus perceived, he said unto them, O ye of little faith, why reason ye among yourselves, because ye have brought no bread? -- matthew 16:8 +. +Do ye not yet understand, neither remember the five loaves of the five thousand, and how many baskets ye took up? -- matthew 16:9 +. +Neither the seven loaves of the four thousand, and how many baskets ye took up? -- matthew 16:10 +. +How is it that ye do not understand that I spake it not to you concerning bread, that ye should beware of the leaven of the Pharisees and of the Sadducees? -- matthew 16:11 +. +Then understood they how that he bade them not beware of the leaven of bread, but of the doctrine of the Pharisees and of the Sadducees. -- matthew 16:12 +. +When Jesus came into the coasts of Caesarea Philippi, he asked his disciples, saying, Whom do men say that I the Son of man am? -- matthew 16:13 +. +And they said, Some say that thou art John the Baptist: some, Elias; and others, Jeremias, or one of the prophets. -- matthew 16:14 +. +He saith unto them, But whom say ye that I am? -- matthew 16:15 +. +And Simon Peter answered and said, Thou art the Christ, the Son of the living God. -- matthew 16:16 +. +And Jesus answered and said unto him, Blessed art thou, Simon Barjona: for flesh and blood hath not revealed it unto thee, but my Father which is in heaven. -- matthew 16:17 +. +And I say also unto thee, That thou art Peter, and upon this rock I will build my church; and the gates of hell shall not prevail against it. -- matthew 16:18 +. +And I will give unto thee the keys of the kingdom of heaven: and whatsoever thou shalt bind on earth shall be bound in heaven: and whatsoever thou shalt loose on earth shall be loosed in heaven. -- matthew 16:19 +. +Then charged he his disciples that they should tell no man that he was Jesus the Christ. -- matthew 16:20 +. +From that time forth began Jesus to shew unto his disciples, how that he must go unto Jerusalem, and suffer many things of the elders and chief priests and scribes, and be killed, and be raised again the third day. -- matthew 16:21 +. +Then Peter took him, and began to rebuke him, saying, Be it far from thee, Lord: this shall not be unto thee. -- matthew 16:22 +. +But he turned, and said unto Peter, Get thee behind me, Satan: thou art an offence unto me: for thou savourest not the things that be of God, but those that be of men. -- matthew 16:23 +. +Then said Jesus unto his disciples, If any man will come after me, let him deny himself, and take up his cross, and follow me. -- matthew 16:24 +. +For whosoever will save his life shall lose it: and whosoever will lose his life for my sake shall find it. -- matthew 16:25 +. +For what is a man profited, if he shall gain the whole world, and lose his own soul? or what shall a man give in exchange for his soul? -- matthew 16:26 +. +For the Son of man shall come in the glory of his Father with his angels; and then he shall reward every man according to his works. -- matthew 16:27 +. +Verily I say unto you, There be some standing here, which shall not taste of death, till they see the Son of man coming in his kingdom. -- matthew 16:28 +. +And after six days Jesus taketh Peter, James, and John his brother, and bringeth them up into an high mountain apart, -- matthew 17:1 +. +And was transfigured before them: and his face did shine as the sun, and his raiment was white as the light. -- matthew 17:2 +. +And, behold, there appeared unto them Moses and Elias talking with him. -- matthew 17:3 +. +Then answered Peter, and said unto Jesus, Lord, it is good for us to be here: if thou wilt, let us make here three tabernacles; one for thee, and one for Moses, and one for Elias. -- matthew 17:4 +. +While he yet spake, behold, a bright cloud overshadowed them: and behold a voice out of the cloud, which said, This is my beloved Son, in whom I am well pleased; hear ye him. -- matthew 17:5 +. +And when the disciples heard it, they fell on their face, and were sore afraid. -- matthew 17:6 +. +And Jesus came and touched them, and said, Arise, and be not afraid. -- matthew 17:7 +. +And when they had lifted up their eyes, they saw no man, save Jesus only. -- matthew 17:8 +. +And as they came down from the mountain, Jesus charged them, saying, Tell the vision to no man, until the Son of man be risen again from the dead. -- matthew 17:9 +. +And his disciples asked him, saying, Why then say the scribes that Elias must first come? -- matthew 17:10 +. +And Jesus answered and said unto them, Elias truly shall first come, and restore all things. -- matthew 17:11 +. +But I say unto you, That Elias is come already, and they knew him not, but have done unto him whatsoever they listed. Likewise shall also the Son of man suffer of them. -- matthew 17:12 +. +Then the disciples understood that he spake unto them of John the Baptist. -- matthew 17:13 +. +And when they were come to the multitude, there came to him a certain man, kneeling down to him, and saying, -- matthew 17:14 +. +Lord, have mercy on my son: for he is lunatick, and sore vexed: for ofttimes he falleth into the fire, and oft into the water. -- matthew 17:15 +. +And I brought him to thy disciples, and they could not cure him. -- matthew 17:16 +. +Then Jesus answered and said, O faithless and perverse generation, how long shall I be with you? how long shall I suffer you? bring him hither to me. -- matthew 17:17 +. +And Jesus rebuked the devil; and he departed out of him: and the child was cured from that very hour. -- matthew 17:18 +. +Then came the disciples to Jesus apart, and said, Why could not we cast him out? -- matthew 17:19 +. +And Jesus said unto them, Because of your unbelief: for verily I say unto you, If ye have faith as a grain of mustard seed, ye shall say unto this mountain, Remove hence to yonder place; and it shall remove; and nothing shall be impossible unto you. -- matthew 17:20 +. +Howbeit this kind goeth not out but by prayer and fasting. -- matthew 17:21 +. +And while they abode in Galilee, Jesus said unto them, The Son of man shall be betrayed into the hands of men: -- matthew 17:22 +. +And they shall kill him, and the third day he shall be raised again. And they were exceeding sorry. -- matthew 17:23 +. +And when they were come to Capernaum, they that received tribute money came to Peter, and said, Doth not your master pay tribute? -- matthew 17:24 +. +He saith, Yes. And when he was come into the house, Jesus prevented him, saying, What thinkest thou, Simon? of whom do the kings of the earth take custom or tribute? of their own children, or of strangers? -- matthew 17:25 +. +Peter saith unto him, Of strangers. Jesus saith unto him, Then are the children free. -- matthew 17:26 +. +Notwithstanding, lest we should offend them, go thou to the sea, and cast an hook, and take up the fish that first cometh up; and when thou hast opened his mouth, thou shalt find a piece of money: that take, and give unto them for me and thee. -- matthew 17:27 +. +At the same time came the disciples unto Jesus, saying, Who is the greatest in the kingdom of heaven? -- matthew 18:1 +. +And Jesus called a little child unto him, and set him in the midst of them, -- matthew 18:2 +. +And said, Verily I say unto you, Except ye be converted, and become as little children, ye shall not enter into the kingdom of heaven. -- matthew 18:3 +. +Whosoever therefore shall humble himself as this little child, the same is greatest in the kingdom of heaven. -- matthew 18:4 +. +And whoso shall receive one such little child in my name receiveth me. -- matthew 18:5 +. +But whoso shall offend one of these little ones which believe in me, it were better for him that a millstone were hanged about his neck, and that he were drowned in the depth of the sea. -- matthew 18:6 +. +Woe unto the world because of offences! for it must needs be that offences come; but woe to that man by whom the offence cometh! -- matthew 18:7 +. +Wherefore if thy hand or thy foot offend thee, cut them off, and cast them from thee: it is better for thee to enter into life halt or maimed, rather than having two hands or two feet to be cast into everlasting fire. -- matthew 18:8 +. +And if thine eye offend thee, pluck it out, and cast it from thee: it is better for thee to enter into life with one eye, rather than having two eyes to be cast into hell fire. -- matthew 18:9 +. +Take heed that ye despise not one of these little ones; for I say unto you, That in heaven their angels do always behold the face of my Father which is in heaven. -- matthew 18:10 +. +For the Son of man is come to save that which was lost. -- matthew 18:11 +. +How think ye? if a man have an hundred sheep, and one of them be gone astray, doth he not leave the ninety and nine, and goeth into the mountains, and seeketh that which is gone astray? -- matthew 18:12 +. +And if so be that he find it, verily I say unto you, he rejoiceth more of that sheep, than of the ninety and nine which went not astray. -- matthew 18:13 +. +Even so it is not the will of your Father which is in heaven, that one of these little ones should perish. -- matthew 18:14 +. +Moreover if thy brother shall trespass against thee, go and tell him his fault between thee and him alone: if he shall hear thee, thou hast gained thy brother. -- matthew 18:15 +. +But if he will not hear thee, then take with thee one or two more, that in the mouth of two or three witnesses every word may be established. -- matthew 18:16 +. +And if he shall neglect to hear them, tell it unto the church: but if he neglect to hear the church, let him be unto thee as an heathen man and a publican. -- matthew 18:17 +. +Verily I say unto you, Whatsoever ye shall bind on earth shall be bound in heaven: and whatsoever ye shall loose on earth shall be loosed in heaven. -- matthew 18:18 +. +Again I say unto you, That if two of you shall agree on earth as touching any thing that they shall ask, it shall be done for them of my Father which is in heaven. -- matthew 18:19 +. +For where two or three are gathered together in my name, there am I in the midst of them. -- matthew 18:20 +. +Then came Peter to him, and said, Lord, how oft shall my brother sin against me, and I forgive him? till seven times? -- matthew 18:21 +. +Jesus saith unto him, I say not unto thee, Until seven times: but, Until seventy times seven. -- matthew 18:22 +. +Therefore is the kingdom of heaven likened unto a certain king, which would take account of his servants. -- matthew 18:23 +. +And when he had begun to reckon, one was brought unto him, which owed him ten thousand talents. -- matthew 18:24 +. +But forasmuch as he had not to pay, his lord commanded him to be sold, and his wife, and children, and all that he had, and payment to be made. -- matthew 18:25 +. +The servant therefore fell down, and worshipped him, saying, Lord, have patience with me, and I will pay thee all. -- matthew 18:26 +. +Then the lord of that servant was moved with compassion, and loosed him, and forgave him the debt. -- matthew 18:27 +. +But the same servant went out, and found one of his fellowservants, which owed him an hundred pence: and he laid hands on him, and took him by the throat, saying, Pay me that thou owest. -- matthew 18:28 +. +And his fellowservant fell down at his feet, and besought him, saying, Have patience with me, and I will pay thee all. -- matthew 18:29 +. +And he would not: but went and cast him into prison, till he should pay the debt. -- matthew 18:30 +. +So when his fellowservants saw what was done, they were very sorry, and came and told unto their lord all that was done. -- matthew 18:31 +. +Then his lord, after that he had called him, said unto him, O thou wicked servant, I forgave thee all that debt, because thou desiredst me: -- matthew 18:32 +. +Shouldest not thou also have had compassion on thy fellowservant, even as I had pity on thee? -- matthew 18:33 +. +And his lord was wroth, and delivered him to the tormentors, till he should pay all that was due unto him. -- matthew 18:34 +. +So likewise shall my heavenly Father do also unto you, if ye from your hearts forgive not every one his brother their trespasses. -- matthew 18:35 +. +And it came to pass, that when Jesus had finished these sayings, he departed from Galilee, and came into the coasts of Judaea beyond Jordan; -- matthew 19:1 +. +And great multitudes followed him; and he healed them there. -- matthew 19:2 +. +The Pharisees also came unto him, tempting him, and saying unto him, Is it lawful for a man to put away his wife for every cause? -- matthew 19:3 +. +And he answered and said unto them, Have ye not read, that he which made them at the beginning made them male and female, -- matthew 19:4 +. +And said, For this cause shall a man leave father and mother, and shall cleave to his wife: and they twain shall be one flesh? -- matthew 19:5 +. +Wherefore they are no more twain, but one flesh. What therefore God hath joined together, let not man put asunder. -- matthew 19:6 +. +They say unto him, Why did Moses then command to give a writing of divorcement, and to put her away? -- matthew 19:7 +. +He saith unto them, Moses because of the hardness of your hearts suffered you to put away your wives: but from the beginning it was not so. -- matthew 19:8 +. +And I say unto you, Whosoever shall put away his wife, except it be for fornication, and shall marry another, committeth adultery: and whoso marrieth her which is put away doth commit adultery. -- matthew 19:9 +. +His disciples say unto him, If the case of the man be so with his wife, it is not good to marry. -- matthew 19:10 +. +But he said unto them, All men cannot receive this saying, save they to whom it is given. -- matthew 19:11 +. +For there are some eunuchs, which were so born from their mother's womb: and there are some eunuchs, which were made eunuchs of men: and there be eunuchs, which have made themselves eunuchs for the kingdom of heaven's sake. He that is able to receive it, let him receive it. -- matthew 19:12 +. +Then were there brought unto him little children, that he should put his hands on them, and pray: and the disciples rebuked them. -- matthew 19:13 +. +But Jesus said, Suffer little children, and forbid them not, to come unto me: for of such is the kingdom of heaven. -- matthew 19:14 +. +And he laid his hands on them, and departed thence. -- matthew 19:15 +. +And, behold, one came and said unto him, Good Master, what good thing shall I do, that I may have eternal life? -- matthew 19:16 +. +And he said unto him, Why callest thou me good? there is none good but one, that is, God: but if thou wilt enter into life, keep the commandments. -- matthew 19:17 +. +He saith unto him, Which? Jesus said, Thou shalt do no murder, Thou shalt not commit adultery, Thou shalt not steal, Thou shalt not bear false witness, -- matthew 19:18 +. +Honour thy father and thy mother: and, Thou shalt love thy neighbour as thyself. -- matthew 19:19 +. +The young man saith unto him, All these things have I kept from my youth up: what lack I yet? -- matthew 19:20 +. +Jesus said unto him, If thou wilt be perfect, go and sell that thou hast, and give to the poor, and thou shalt have treasure in heaven: and come and follow me. -- matthew 19:21 +. +But when the young man heard that saying, he went away sorrowful: for he had great possessions. -- matthew 19:22 +. +Then said Jesus unto his disciples, Verily I say unto you, That a rich man shall hardly enter into the kingdom of heaven. -- matthew 19:23 +. +And again I say unto you, It is easier for a camel to go through the eye of a needle, than for a rich man to enter into the kingdom of God. -- matthew 19:24 +. +When his disciples heard it, they were exceedingly amazed, saying, Who then can be saved? -- matthew 19:25 +. +But Jesus beheld them, and said unto them, With men this is impossible; but with God all things are possible. -- matthew 19:26 +. +Then answered Peter and said unto him, Behold, we have forsaken all, and followed thee; what shall we have therefore? -- matthew 19:27 +. +And Jesus said unto them, Verily I say unto you, That ye which have followed me, in the regeneration when the Son of man shall sit in the throne of his glory, ye also shall sit upon twelve thrones, judging the twelve tribes of Israel. -- matthew 19:28 +. +And every one that hath forsaken houses, or brethren, or sisters, or father, or mother, or wife, or children, or lands, for my name's sake, shall receive an hundredfold, and shall inherit everlasting life. -- matthew 19:29 +. +But many that are first shall be last; and the last shall be first. -- matthew 19:30 +. +For the kingdom of heaven is like unto a man that is an householder, which went out early in the morning to hire labourers into his vineyard. -- matthew 20:1 +. +And when he had agreed with the labourers for a penny a day, he sent them into his vineyard. -- matthew 20:2 +. +And he went out about the third hour, and saw others standing idle in the marketplace, -- matthew 20:3 +. +And said unto them; Go ye also into the vineyard, and whatsoever is right I will give you. And they went their way. -- matthew 20:4 +. +Again he went out about the sixth and ninth hour, and did likewise. -- matthew 20:5 +. +And about the eleventh hour he went out, and found others standing idle, and saith unto them, Why stand ye here all the day idle? -- matthew 20:6 +. +They say unto him, Because no man hath hired us. He saith unto them, Go ye also into the vineyard; and whatsoever is right, that shall ye receive. -- matthew 20:7 +. +So when even was come, the lord of the vineyard saith unto his steward, Call the labourers, and give them their hire, beginning from the last unto the first. -- matthew 20:8 +. +And when they came that were hired about the eleventh hour, they received every man a penny. -- matthew 20:9 +. +But when the first came, they supposed that they should have received more; and they likewise received every man a penny. -- matthew 20:10 +. +And when they had received it, they murmured against the goodman of the house, -- matthew 20:11 +. +Saying, These last have wrought but one hour, and thou hast made them equal unto us, which have borne the burden and heat of the day. -- matthew 20:12 +. +But he answered one of them, and said, Friend, I do thee no wrong: didst not thou agree with me for a penny? -- matthew 20:13 +. +Take that thine is, and go thy way: I will give unto this last, even as unto thee. -- matthew 20:14 +. +Is it not lawful for me to do what I will with mine own? Is thine eye evil, because I am good? -- matthew 20:15 +. +So the last shall be first, and the first last: for many be called, but few chosen. -- matthew 20:16 +. +And Jesus going up to Jerusalem took the twelve disciples apart in the way, and said unto them, -- matthew 20:17 +. +Behold, we go up to Jerusalem; and the Son of man shall be betrayed unto the chief priests and unto the scribes, and they shall condemn him to death, -- matthew 20:18 +. +And shall deliver him to the Gentiles to mock, and to scourge, and to crucify him: and the third day he shall rise again. -- matthew 20:19 +. +Then came to him the mother of Zebedees children with her sons, worshipping him, and desiring a certain thing of him. -- matthew 20:20 +. +And he said unto her, What wilt thou? She saith unto him, Grant that these my two sons may sit, the one on thy right hand, and the other on the left, in thy kingdom. -- matthew 20:21 +. +But Jesus answered and said, Ye know not what ye ask. Are ye able to drink of the cup that I shall drink of, and to be baptized with the baptism that I am baptized with? They say unto him, We are able. -- matthew 20:22 +. +And he saith unto them, Ye shall drink indeed of my cup, and be baptized with the baptism that I am baptized with: but to sit on my right hand, and on my left, is not mine to give, but it shall be given to them for whom it is prepared of my Father. -- matthew 20:23 +. +And when the ten heard it, they were moved with indignation against the two brethren. -- matthew 20:24 +. +But Jesus called them unto him, and said, Ye know that the princes of the Gentiles exercise dominion over them, and they that are great exercise authority upon them. -- matthew 20:25 +. +But it shall not be so among you: but whosoever will be great among you, let him be your minister; -- matthew 20:26 +. +And whosoever will be chief among you, let him be your servant: -- matthew 20:27 +. +Even as the Son of man came not to be ministered unto, but to minister, and to give his life a ransom for many. -- matthew 20:28 +. +And as they departed from Jericho, a great multitude followed him. -- matthew 20:29 +. +And, behold, two blind men sitting by the way side, when they heard that Jesus passed by, cried out, saying, Have mercy on us, O Lord, thou son of David. -- matthew 20:30 +. +And the multitude rebuked them, because they should hold their peace: but they cried the more, saying, Have mercy on us, O Lord, thou son of David. -- matthew 20:31 +. +And Jesus stood still, and called them, and said, What will ye that I shall do unto you? -- matthew 20:32 +. +They say unto him, Lord, that our eyes may be opened. -- matthew 20:33 +. +So Jesus had compassion on them, and touched their eyes: and immediately their eyes received sight, and they followed him. -- matthew 20:34 +. +And when they drew nigh unto Jerusalem, and were come to Bethphage, unto the mount of Olives, then sent Jesus two disciples, -- matthew 21:1 +. +Saying unto them, Go into the village over against you, and straightway ye shall find an ass tied, and a colt with her: loose them, and bring them unto me. -- matthew 21:2 +. +And if any man say ought unto you, ye shall say, The Lord hath need of them; and straightway he will send them. -- matthew 21:3 +. +All this was done, that it might be fulfilled which was spoken by the prophet, saying, -- matthew 21:4 +. +Tell ye the daughter of Sion, Behold, thy King cometh unto thee, meek, and sitting upon an ass, and a colt the foal of an ass. -- matthew 21:5 +. +And the disciples went, and did as Jesus commanded them, -- matthew 21:6 +. +And brought the ass, and the colt, and put on them their clothes, and they set him thereon. -- matthew 21:7 +. +And a very great multitude spread their garments in the way; others cut down branches from the trees, and strawed them in the way. -- matthew 21:8 +. +And the multitudes that went before, and that followed, cried, saying, Hosanna to the son of David: Blessed is he that cometh in the name of the Lord; Hosanna in the highest. -- matthew 21:9 +. +And when he was come into Jerusalem, all the city was moved, saying, Who is this? -- matthew 21:10 +. +And the multitude said, This is Jesus the prophet of Nazareth of Galilee. -- matthew 21:11 +. +And Jesus went into the temple of God, and cast out all them that sold and bought in the temple, and overthrew the tables of the moneychangers, and the seats of them that sold doves, -- matthew 21:12 +. +And said unto them, It is written, My house shall be called the house of prayer; but ye have made it a den of thieves. -- matthew 21:13 +. +And the blind and the lame came to him in the temple; and he healed them. -- matthew 21:14 +. +And when the chief priests and scribes saw the wonderful things that he did, and the children crying in the temple, and saying, Hosanna to the son of David; they were sore displeased, -- matthew 21:15 +. +And said unto him, Hearest thou what these say? And Jesus saith unto them, Yea; have ye never read, Out of the mouth of babes and sucklings thou hast perfected praise? -- matthew 21:16 +. +And he left them, and went out of the city into Bethany; and he lodged there. -- matthew 21:17 +. +Now in the morning as he returned into the city, he hungered. -- matthew 21:18 +. +And when he saw a fig tree in the way, he came to it, and found nothing thereon, but leaves only, and said unto it, Let no fruit grow on thee henceforward for ever. And presently the fig tree withered away. -- matthew 21:19 +. +And when the disciples saw it, they marvelled, saying, How soon is the fig tree withered away! -- matthew 21:20 +. +Jesus answered and said unto them, Verily I say unto you, If ye have faith, and doubt not, ye shall not only do this which is done to the fig tree, but also if ye shall say unto this mountain, Be thou removed, and be thou cast into the sea; it shall be done. -- matthew 21:21 +. +And all things, whatsoever ye shall ask in prayer, believing, ye shall receive. -- matthew 21:22 +. +And when he was come into the temple, the chief priests and the elders of the people came unto him as he was teaching, and said, By what authority doest thou these things? and who gave thee this authority? -- matthew 21:23 +. +And Jesus answered and said unto them, I also will ask you one thing, which if ye tell me, I in like wise will tell you by what authority I do these things. -- matthew 21:24 +. +The baptism of John, whence was it? from heaven, or of men? And they reasoned with themselves, saying, If we shall say, From heaven; he will say unto us, Why did ye not then believe him? -- matthew 21:25 +. +But if we shall say, Of men; we fear the people; for all hold John as a prophet. -- matthew 21:26 +. +And they answered Jesus, and said, We cannot tell. And he said unto them, Neither tell I you by what authority I do these things. -- matthew 21:27 +. +But what think ye? A certain man had two sons; and he came to the first, and said, Son, go work to day in my vineyard. -- matthew 21:28 +. +He answered and said, I will not: but afterward he repented, and went. -- matthew 21:29 +. +And he came to the second, and said likewise. And he answered and said, I go, sir: and went not. -- matthew 21:30 +. +Whether of them twain did the will of his father? They say unto him, The first. Jesus saith unto them, Verily I say unto you, That the publicans and the harlots go into the kingdom of God before you. -- matthew 21:31 +. +For John came unto you in the way of righteousness, and ye believed him not: but the publicans and the harlots believed him: and ye, when ye had seen it, repented not afterward, that ye might believe him. -- matthew 21:32 +. +Hear another parable: There was a certain householder, which planted a vineyard, and hedged it round about, and digged a winepress in it, and built a tower, and let it out to husbandmen, and went into a far country: -- matthew 21:33 +. +And when the time of the fruit drew near, he sent his servants to the husbandmen, that they might receive the fruits of it. -- matthew 21:34 +. +And the husbandmen took his servants, and beat one, and killed another, and stoned another. -- matthew 21:35 +. +Again, he sent other servants more than the first: and they did unto them likewise. -- matthew 21:36 +. +But last of all he sent unto them his son, saying, They will reverence my son. -- matthew 21:37 +. +But when the husbandmen saw the son, they said among themselves, This is the heir; come, let us kill him, and let us seize on his inheritance. -- matthew 21:38 +. +And they caught him, and cast him out of the vineyard, and slew him. -- matthew 21:39 +. +When the lord therefore of the vineyard cometh, what will he do unto those husbandmen? -- matthew 21:40 +. +They say unto him, He will miserably destroy those wicked men, and will let out his vineyard unto other husbandmen, which shall render him the fruits in their seasons. -- matthew 21:41 +. +Jesus saith unto them, Did ye never read in the scriptures, The stone which the builders rejected, the same is become the head of the corner: this is the Lord's doing, and it is marvellous in our eyes? -- matthew 21:42 +. +Therefore say I unto you, The kingdom of God shall be taken from you, and given to a nation bringing forth the fruits thereof. -- matthew 21:43 +. +And whosoever shall fall on this stone shall be broken: but on whomsoever it shall fall, it will grind him to powder. -- matthew 21:44 +. +And when the chief priests and Pharisees had heard his parables, they perceived that he spake of them. -- matthew 21:45 +. +But when they sought to lay hands on him, they feared the multitude, because they took him for a prophet. -- matthew 21:46 +. +And Jesus answered and spake unto them again by parables, and said, -- matthew 22:1 +. +The kingdom of heaven is like unto a certain king, which made a marriage for his son, -- matthew 22:2 +. +And sent forth his servants to call them that were bidden to the wedding: and they would not come. -- matthew 22:3 +. +Again, he sent forth other servants, saying, Tell them which are bidden, Behold, I have prepared my dinner: my oxen and my fatlings are killed, and all things are ready: come unto the marriage. -- matthew 22:4 +. +But they made light of it, and went their ways, one to his farm, another to his merchandise: -- matthew 22:5 +. +And the remnant took his servants, and entreated them spitefully, and slew them. -- matthew 22:6 +. +But when the king heard thereof, he was wroth: and he sent forth his armies, and destroyed those murderers, and burned up their city. -- matthew 22:7 +. +Then saith he to his servants, The wedding is ready, but they which were bidden were not worthy. -- matthew 22:8 +. +Go ye therefore into the highways, and as many as ye shall find, bid to the marriage. -- matthew 22:9 +. +So those servants went out into the highways, and gathered together all as many as they found, both bad and good: and the wedding was furnished with guests. -- matthew 22:10 +. +And when the king came in to see the guests, he saw there a man which had not on a wedding garment: -- matthew 22:11 +. +And he saith unto him, Friend, how camest thou in hither not having a wedding garment? And he was speechless. -- matthew 22:12 +. +Then said the king to the servants, Bind him hand and foot, and take him away, and cast him into outer darkness, there shall be weeping and gnashing of teeth. -- matthew 22:13 +. +For many are called, but few are chosen. -- matthew 22:14 +. +Then went the Pharisees, and took counsel how they might entangle him in his talk. -- matthew 22:15 +. +And they sent out unto him their disciples with the Herodians, saying, Master, we know that thou art true, and teachest the way of God in truth, neither carest thou for any man: for thou regardest not the person of men. -- matthew 22:16 +. +Tell us therefore, What thinkest thou? Is it lawful to give tribute unto Caesar, or not? -- matthew 22:17 +. +But Jesus perceived their wickedness, and said, Why tempt ye me, ye hypocrites? -- matthew 22:18 +. +Shew me the tribute money. And they brought unto him a penny. -- matthew 22:19 +. +And he saith unto them, Whose is this image and superscription? -- matthew 22:20 +. +They say unto him, Caesar's. Then saith he unto them, Render therefore unto Caesar the things which are Caesar's; and unto God the things that are God's. -- matthew 22:21 +. +When they had heard these words, they marvelled, and left him, and went their way. -- matthew 22:22 +. +The same day came to him the Sadducees, which say that there is no resurrection, and asked him, -- matthew 22:23 +. +Saying, Master, Moses said, If a man die, having no children, his brother shall marry his wife, and raise up seed unto his brother. -- matthew 22:24 +. +Now there were with us seven brethren: and the first, when he had married a wife, deceased, and, having no issue, left his wife unto his brother: -- matthew 22:25 +. +Likewise the second also, and the third, unto the seventh. -- matthew 22:26 +. +And last of all the woman died also. -- matthew 22:27 +. +Therefore in the resurrection whose wife shall she be of the seven? for they all had her. -- matthew 22:28 +. +Jesus answered and said unto them, Ye do err, not knowing the scriptures, nor the power of God. -- matthew 22:29 +. +For in the resurrection they neither marry, nor are given in marriage, but are as the angels of God in heaven. -- matthew 22:30 +. +But as touching the resurrection of the dead, have ye not read that which was spoken unto you by God, saying, -- matthew 22:31 +. +I am the God of Abraham, and the God of Isaac, and the God of Jacob? God is not the God of the dead, but of the living. -- matthew 22:32 +. +And when the multitude heard this, they were astonished at his doctrine. -- matthew 22:33 +. +But when the Pharisees had heard that he had put the Sadducees to silence, they were gathered together. -- matthew 22:34 +. +Then one of them, which was a lawyer, asked him a question, tempting him, and saying, -- matthew 22:35 +. +Master, which is the great commandment in the law? -- matthew 22:36 +. +Jesus said unto him, Thou shalt love the Lord thy God with all thy heart, and with all thy soul, and with all thy mind. -- matthew 22:37 +. +This is the first and great commandment. -- matthew 22:38 +. +And the second is like unto it, Thou shalt love thy neighbour as thyself. -- matthew 22:39 +. +On these two commandments hang all the law and the prophets. -- matthew 22:40 +. +While the Pharisees were gathered together, Jesus asked them, -- matthew 22:41 +. +Saying, What think ye of Christ? whose son is he? They say unto him, The son of David. -- matthew 22:42 +. +He saith unto them, How then doth David in spirit call him Lord, saying, -- matthew 22:43 +. +The LORD said unto my Lord, Sit thou on my right hand, till I make thine enemies thy footstool? -- matthew 22:44 +. +If David then call him Lord, how is he his son? -- matthew 22:45 +. +And no man was able to answer him a word, neither durst any man from that day forth ask him any more questions. -- matthew 22:46 +. +Then spake Jesus to the multitude, and to his disciples, -- matthew 23:1 +. +Saying The scribes and the Pharisees sit in Moses' seat: -- matthew 23:2 +. +All therefore whatsoever they bid you observe, that observe and do; but do not ye after their works: for they say, and do not. -- matthew 23:3 +. +For they bind heavy burdens and grievous to be borne, and lay them on men's shoulders; but they themselves will not move them with one of their fingers. -- matthew 23:4 +. +But all their works they do for to be seen of men: they make broad their phylacteries, and enlarge the borders of their garments, -- matthew 23:5 +. +And love the uppermost rooms at feasts, and the chief seats in the synagogues, -- matthew 23:6 +. +And greetings in the markets, and to be called of men, Rabbi, Rabbi. -- matthew 23:7 +. +But be not ye called Rabbi: for one is your Master, even Christ; and all ye are brethren. -- matthew 23:8 +. +And call no man your father upon the earth: for one is your Father, which is in heaven. -- matthew 23:9 +. +Neither be ye called masters: for one is your Master, even Christ. -- matthew 23:10 +. +But he that is greatest among you shall be your servant. -- matthew 23:11 +. +And whosoever shall exalt himself shall be abased; and he that shall humble himself shall be exalted. -- matthew 23:12 +. +But woe unto you, scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites! for ye shut up the kingdom of heaven against men: for ye neither go in yourselves, neither suffer ye them that are entering to go in. -- matthew 23:13 +. +Woe unto you, scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites! for ye devour widows' houses, and for a pretence make long prayer: therefore ye shall receive the greater damnation. -- matthew 23:14 +. +Woe unto you, scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites! for ye compass sea and land to make one proselyte, and when he is made, ye make him twofold more the child of hell than yourselves. -- matthew 23:15 +. +Woe unto you, ye blind guides, which say, Whosoever shall swear by the temple, it is nothing; but whosoever shall swear by the gold of the temple, he is a debtor! -- matthew 23:16 +. +Ye fools and blind: for whether is greater, the gold, or the temple that sanctifieth the gold? -- matthew 23:17 +. +And, Whosoever shall swear by the altar, it is nothing; but whosoever sweareth by the gift that is upon it, he is guilty. -- matthew 23:18 +. +Ye fools and blind: for whether is greater, the gift, or the altar that sanctifieth the gift? -- matthew 23:19 +. +Whoso therefore shall swear by the altar, sweareth by it, and by all things thereon. -- matthew 23:20 +. +And whoso shall swear by the temple, sweareth by it, and by him that dwelleth therein. -- matthew 23:21 +. +And he that shall swear by heaven, sweareth by the throne of God, and by him that sitteth thereon. -- matthew 23:22 +. +Woe unto you, scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites! for ye pay tithe of mint and anise and cummin, and have omitted the weightier matters of the law, judgment, mercy, and faith: these ought ye to have done, and not to leave the other undone. -- matthew 23:23 +. +Ye blind guides, which strain at a gnat, and swallow a camel. -- matthew 23:24 +. +Woe unto you, scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites! for ye make clean the outside of the cup and of the platter, but within they are full of extortion and excess. -- matthew 23:25 +. +Thou blind Pharisee, cleanse first that which is within the cup and platter, that the outside of them may be clean also. -- matthew 23:26 +. +Woe unto you, scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites! for ye are like unto whited sepulchres, which indeed appear beautiful outward, but are within full of dead men's bones, and of all uncleanness. -- matthew 23:27 +. +Even so ye also outwardly appear righteous unto men, but within ye are full of hypocrisy and iniquity. -- matthew 23:28 +. +Woe unto you, scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites! because ye build the tombs of the prophets, and garnish the sepulchres of the righteous, -- matthew 23:29 +. +And say, If we had been in the days of our fathers, we would not have been partakers with them in the blood of the prophets. -- matthew 23:30 +. +Wherefore ye be witnesses unto yourselves, that ye are the children of them which killed the prophets. -- matthew 23:31 +. +Fill ye up then the measure of your fathers. -- matthew 23:32 +. +Ye serpents, ye generation of vipers, how can ye escape the damnation of hell? -- matthew 23:33 +. +Wherefore, behold, I send unto you prophets, and wise men, and scribes: and some of them ye shall kill and crucify; and some of them shall ye scourge in your synagogues, and persecute them from city to city: -- matthew 23:34 +. +That upon you may come all the righteous blood shed upon the earth, from the blood of righteous Abel unto the blood of Zacharias son of Barachias, whom ye slew between the temple and the altar. -- matthew 23:35 +. +Verily I say unto you, All these things shall come upon this generation. -- matthew 23:36 +. +O Jerusalem, Jerusalem, thou that killest the prophets, and stonest them which are sent unto thee, how often would I have gathered thy children together, even as a hen gathereth her chickens under her wings, and ye would not! -- matthew 23:37 +. +Behold, your house is left unto you desolate. -- matthew 23:38 +. +For I say unto you, Ye shall not see me henceforth, till ye shall say, Blessed is he that cometh in the name of the Lord. -- matthew 23:39 +. +And Jesus went out, and departed from the temple: and his disciples came to him for to shew him the buildings of the temple. -- matthew 24:1 +. +And Jesus said unto them, See ye not all these things? verily I say unto you, There shall not be left here one stone upon another, that shall not be thrown down. -- matthew 24:2 +. +And as he sat upon the mount of Olives, the disciples came unto him privately, saying, Tell us, when shall these things be? and what shall be the sign of thy coming, and of the end of the world? -- matthew 24:3 +. +And Jesus answered and said unto them, Take heed that no man deceive you. -- matthew 24:4 +. +For many shall come in my name, saying, I am Christ; and shall deceive many. -- matthew 24:5 +. +And ye shall hear of wars and rumours of wars: see that ye be not troubled: for all these things must come to pass, but the end is not yet. -- matthew 24:6 +. +For nation shall rise against nation, and kingdom against kingdom: and there shall be famines, and pestilences, and earthquakes, in divers places. -- matthew 24:7 +. +All these are the beginning of sorrows. -- matthew 24:8 +. +Then shall they deliver you up to be afflicted, and shall kill you: and ye shall be hated of all nations for my name's sake. -- matthew 24:9 +. +And then shall many be offended, and shall betray one another, and shall hate one another. -- matthew 24:10 +. +And many false prophets shall rise, and shall deceive many. -- matthew 24:11 +. +And because iniquity shall abound, the love of many shall wax cold. -- matthew 24:12 +. +But he that shall endure unto the end, the same shall be saved. -- matthew 24:13 +. +And this gospel of the kingdom shall be preached in all the world for a witness unto all nations; and then shall the end come. -- matthew 24:14 +. +When ye therefore shall see the abomination of desolation, spoken of by Daniel the prophet, stand in the holy place, (whoso readeth, let him understand:) -- matthew 24:15 +. +Then let them which be in Judaea flee into the mountains: -- matthew 24:16 +. +Let him which is on the housetop not come down to take any thing out of his house: -- matthew 24:17 +. +Neither let him which is in the field return back to take his clothes. -- matthew 24:18 +. +And woe unto them that are with child, and to them that give suck in those days! -- matthew 24:19 +. +But pray ye that your flight be not in the winter, neither on the sabbath day: -- matthew 24:20 +. +For then shall be great tribulation, such as was not since the beginning of the world to this time, no, nor ever shall be. -- matthew 24:21 +. +And except those days should be shortened, there should no flesh be saved: but for the elect's sake those days shall be shortened. -- matthew 24:22 +. +Then if any man shall say unto you, Lo, here is Christ, or there; believe it not. -- matthew 24:23 +. +For there shall arise false Christs, and false prophets, and shall shew great signs and wonders; insomuch that, if it were possible, they shall deceive the very elect. -- matthew 24:24 +. +Behold, I have told you before. -- matthew 24:25 +. +Wherefore if they shall say unto you, Behold, he is in the desert; go not forth: behold, he is in the secret chambers; believe it not. -- matthew 24:26 +. +For as the lightning cometh out of the east, and shineth even unto the west; so shall also the coming of the Son of man be. -- matthew 24:27 +. +For wheresoever the carcase is, there will the eagles be gathered together. -- matthew 24:28 +. +Immediately after the tribulation of those days shall the sun be darkened, and the moon shall not give her light, and the stars shall fall from heaven, and the powers of the heavens shall be shaken: -- matthew 24:29 +. +And then shall appear the sign of the Son of man in heaven: and then shall all the tribes of the earth mourn, and they shall see the Son of man coming in the clouds of heaven with power and great glory. -- matthew 24:30 +. +And he shall send his angels with a great sound of a trumpet, and they shall gather together his elect from the four winds, from one end of heaven to the other. -- matthew 24:31 +. +Now learn a parable of the fig tree; When his branch is yet tender, and putteth forth leaves, ye know that summer is nigh: -- matthew 24:32 +. +So likewise ye, when ye shall see all these things, know that it is near, even at the doors. -- matthew 24:33 +. +Verily I say unto you, This generation shall not pass, till all these things be fulfilled. -- matthew 24:34 +. +Heaven and earth shall pass away, but my words shall not pass away. -- matthew 24:35 +. +But of that day and hour knoweth no man, no, not the angels of heaven, but my Father only. -- matthew 24:36 +. +But as the days of Noe were, so shall also the coming of the Son of man be. -- matthew 24:37 +. +For as in the days that were before the flood they were eating and drinking, marrying and giving in marriage, until the day that Noe entered into the ark, -- matthew 24:38 +. +And knew not until the flood came, and took them all away; so shall also the coming of the Son of man be. -- matthew 24:39 +. +Then shall two be in the field; the one shall be taken, and the other left. -- matthew 24:40 +. +Two women shall be grinding at the mill; the one shall be taken, and the other left. -- matthew 24:41 +. +Watch therefore: for ye know not what hour your Lord doth come. -- matthew 24:42 +. +But know this, that if the goodman of the house had known in what watch the thief would come, he would have watched, and would not have suffered his house to be broken up. -- matthew 24:43 +. +Therefore be ye also ready: for in such an hour as ye think not the Son of man cometh. -- matthew 24:44 +. +Who then is a faithful and wise servant, whom his lord hath made ruler over his household, to give them meat in due season? -- matthew 24:45 +. +Blessed is that servant, whom his lord when he cometh shall find so doing. -- matthew 24:46 +. +Verily I say unto you, That he shall make him ruler over all his goods. -- matthew 24:47 +. +But and if that evil servant shall say in his heart, My lord delayeth his coming; -- matthew 24:48 +. +And shall begin to smite his fellowservants, and to eat and drink with the drunken; -- matthew 24:49 +. +The lord of that servant shall come in a day when he looketh not for him, and in an hour that he is not aware of, -- matthew 24:50 +. +And shall cut him asunder, and appoint him his portion with the hypocrites: there shall be weeping and gnashing of teeth. -- matthew 24:51 +. +Then shall the kingdom of heaven be likened unto ten virgins, which took their lamps, and went forth to meet the bridegroom. -- matthew 25:1 +. +And five of them were wise, and five were foolish. -- matthew 25:2 +. +They that were foolish took their lamps, and took no oil with them: -- matthew 25:3 +. +But the wise took oil in their vessels with their lamps. -- matthew 25:4 +. +While the bridegroom tarried, they all slumbered and slept. -- matthew 25:5 +. +And at midnight there was a cry made, Behold, the bridegroom cometh; go ye out to meet him. -- matthew 25:6 +. +Then all those virgins arose, and trimmed their lamps. -- matthew 25:7 +. +And the foolish said unto the wise, Give us of your oil; for our lamps are gone out. -- matthew 25:8 +. +But the wise answered, saying, Not so; lest there be not enough for us and you: but go ye rather to them that sell, and buy for yourselves. -- matthew 25:9 +. +And while they went to buy, the bridegroom came; and they that were ready went in with him to the marriage: and the door was shut. -- matthew 25:10 +. +Afterward came also the other virgins, saying, Lord, Lord, open to us. -- matthew 25:11 +. +But he answered and said, Verily I say unto you, I know you not. -- matthew 25:12 +. +Watch therefore, for ye know neither the day nor the hour wherein the Son of man cometh. -- matthew 25:13 +. +For the kingdom of heaven is as a man travelling into a far country, who called his own servants, and delivered unto them his goods. -- matthew 25:14 +. +And unto one he gave five talents, to another two, and to another one; to every man according to his several ability; and straightway took his journey. -- matthew 25:15 +. +Then he that had received the five talents went and traded with the same, and made them other five talents. -- matthew 25:16 +. +And likewise he that had received two, he also gained other two. -- matthew 25:17 +. +But he that had received one went and digged in the earth, and hid his lord's money. -- matthew 25:18 +. +After a long time the lord of those servants cometh, and reckoneth with them. -- matthew 25:19 +. +And so he that had received five talents came and brought other five talents, saying, Lord, thou deliveredst unto me five talents: behold, I have gained beside them five talents more. -- matthew 25:20 +. +His lord said unto him, Well done, thou good and faithful servant: thou hast been faithful over a few things, I will make thee ruler over many things: enter thou into the joy of thy lord. -- matthew 25:21 +. +He also that had received two talents came and said, Lord, thou deliveredst unto me two talents: behold, I have gained two other talents beside them. -- matthew 25:22 +. +His lord said unto him, Well done, good and faithful servant; thou hast been faithful over a few things, I will make thee ruler over many things: enter thou into the joy of thy lord. -- matthew 25:23 +. +Then he which had received the one talent came and said, Lord, I knew thee that thou art an hard man, reaping where thou hast not sown, and gathering where thou hast not strawed: -- matthew 25:24 +. +And I was afraid, and went and hid thy talent in the earth: lo, there thou hast that is thine. -- matthew 25:25 +. +His lord answered and said unto him, Thou wicked and slothful servant, thou knewest that I reap where I sowed not, and gather where I have not strawed: -- matthew 25:26 +. +Thou oughtest therefore to have put my money to the exchangers, and then at my coming I should have received mine own with usury. -- matthew 25:27 +. +Take therefore the talent from him, and give it unto him which hath ten talents. -- matthew 25:28 +. +For unto every one that hath shall be given, and he shall have abundance: but from him that hath not shall be taken away even that which he hath. -- matthew 25:29 +. +And cast ye the unprofitable servant into outer darkness: there shall be weeping and gnashing of teeth. -- matthew 25:30 +. +When the Son of man shall come in his glory, and all the holy angels with him, then shall he sit upon the throne of his glory: -- matthew 25:31 +. +And before him shall be gathered all nations: and he shall separate them one from another, as a shepherd divideth his sheep from the goats: -- matthew 25:32 +. +And he shall set the sheep on his right hand, but the goats on the left. -- matthew 25:33 +. +Then shall the King say unto them on his right hand, Come, ye blessed of my Father, inherit the kingdom prepared for you from the foundation of the world: -- matthew 25:34 +. +For I was an hungred, and ye gave me meat: I was thirsty, and ye gave me drink: I was a stranger, and ye took me in: -- matthew 25:35 +. +Naked, and ye clothed me: I was sick, and ye visited me: I was in prison, and ye came unto me. -- matthew 25:36 +. +Then shall the righteous answer him, saying, Lord, when saw we thee an hungred, and fed thee? or thirsty, and gave thee drink? -- matthew 25:37 +. +When saw we thee a stranger, and took thee in? or naked, and clothed thee? -- matthew 25:38 +. +Or when saw we thee sick, or in prison, and came unto thee? -- matthew 25:39 +. +And the King shall answer and say unto them, Verily I say unto you, Inasmuch as ye have done it unto one of the least of these my brethren, ye have done it unto me. -- matthew 25:40 +. +Then shall he say also unto them on the left hand, Depart from me, ye cursed, into everlasting fire, prepared for the devil and his angels: -- matthew 25:41 +. +For I was an hungred, and ye gave me no meat: I was thirsty, and ye gave me no drink: -- matthew 25:42 +. +I was a stranger, and ye took me not in: naked, and ye clothed me not: sick, and in prison, and ye visited me not. -- matthew 25:43 +. +Then shall they also answer him, saying, Lord, when saw we thee an hungred, or athirst, or a stranger, or naked, or sick, or in prison, and did not minister unto thee? -- matthew 25:44 +. +Then shall he answer them, saying, Verily I say unto you, Inasmuch as ye did it not to one of the least of these, ye did it not to me. -- matthew 25:45 +. +And these shall go away into everlasting punishment: but the righteous into life eternal. -- matthew 25:46 +. +And it came to pass, when Jesus had finished all these sayings, he said unto his disciples, -- matthew 26:1 +. +Ye know that after two days is the feast of the passover, and the Son of man is betrayed to be crucified. -- matthew 26:2 +. +Then assembled together the chief priests, and the scribes, and the elders of the people, unto the palace of the high priest, who was called Caiaphas, -- matthew 26:3 +. +And consulted that they might take Jesus by subtilty, and kill him. -- matthew 26:4 +. +But they said, Not on the feast day, lest there be an uproar among the people. -- matthew 26:5 +. +Now when Jesus was in Bethany, in the house of Simon the leper, -- matthew 26:6 +. +There came unto him a woman having an alabaster box of very precious ointment, and poured it on his head, as he sat at meat. -- matthew 26:7 +. +But when his disciples saw it, they had indignation, saying, To what purpose is this waste? -- matthew 26:8 +. +For this ointment might have been sold for much, and given to the poor. -- matthew 26:9 +. +When Jesus understood it, he said unto them, Why trouble ye the woman? for she hath wrought a good work upon me. -- matthew 26:10 +. +For ye have the poor always with you; but me ye have not always. -- matthew 26:11 +. +For in that she hath poured this ointment on my body, she did it for my burial. -- matthew 26:12 +. +Verily I say unto you, Wheresoever this gospel shall be preached in the whole world, there shall also this, that this woman hath done, be told for a memorial of her. -- matthew 26:13 +. +Then one of the twelve, called Judas Iscariot, went unto the chief priests, -- matthew 26:14 +. +And said unto them, What will ye give me, and I will deliver him unto you? And they covenanted with him for thirty pieces of silver. -- matthew 26:15 +. +And from that time he sought opportunity to betray him. -- matthew 26:16 +. +Now the first day of the feast of unleavened bread the disciples came to Jesus, saying unto him, Where wilt thou that we prepare for thee to eat the passover? -- matthew 26:17 +. +And he said, Go into the city to such a man, and say unto him, The Master saith, My time is at hand; I will keep the passover at thy house with my disciples. -- matthew 26:18 +. +And the disciples did as Jesus had appointed them; and they made ready the passover. -- matthew 26:19 +. +Now when the even was come, he sat down with the twelve. -- matthew 26:20 +. +And as they did eat, he said, Verily I say unto you, that one of you shall betray me. -- matthew 26:21 +. +And they were exceeding sorrowful, and began every one of them to say unto him, Lord, is it I? -- matthew 26:22 +. +And he answered and said, He that dippeth his hand with me in the dish, the same shall betray me. -- matthew 26:23 +. +The Son of man goeth as it is written of him: but woe unto that man by whom the Son of man is betrayed! it had been good for that man if he had not been born. -- matthew 26:24 +. +Then Judas, which betrayed him, answered and said, Master, is it I? He said unto him, Thou hast said. -- matthew 26:25 +. +And as they were eating, Jesus took bread, and blessed it, and brake it, and gave it to the disciples, and said, Take, eat; this is my body. -- matthew 26:26 +. +And he took the cup, and gave thanks, and gave it to them, saying, Drink ye all of it; -- matthew 26:27 +. +For this is my blood of the new testament, which is shed for many for the remission of sins. -- matthew 26:28 +. +But I say unto you, I will not drink henceforth of this fruit of the vine, until that day when I drink it new with you in my Father's kingdom. -- matthew 26:29 +. +And when they had sung an hymn, they went out into the mount of Olives. -- matthew 26:30 +. +Then saith Jesus unto them, All ye shall be offended because of me this night: for it is written, I will smite the shepherd, and the sheep of the flock shall be scattered abroad. -- matthew 26:31 +. +But after I am risen again, I will go before you into Galilee. -- matthew 26:32 +. +Peter answered and said unto him, Though all men shall be offended because of thee, yet will I never be offended. -- matthew 26:33 +. +Jesus said unto him, Verily I say unto thee, That this night, before the cock crow, thou shalt deny me thrice. -- matthew 26:34 +. +Peter said unto him, Though I should die with thee, yet will I not deny thee. Likewise also said all the disciples. -- matthew 26:35 +. +Then cometh Jesus with them unto a place called Gethsemane, and saith unto the disciples, Sit ye here, while I go and pray yonder. -- matthew 26:36 +. +And he took with him Peter and the two sons of Zebedee, and began to be sorrowful and very heavy. -- matthew 26:37 +. +Then saith he unto them, My soul is exceeding sorrowful, even unto death: tarry ye here, and watch with me. -- matthew 26:38 +. +And he went a little farther, and fell on his face, and prayed, saying, O my Father, if it be possible, let this cup pass from me: nevertheless not as I will, but as thou wilt. -- matthew 26:39 +. +And he cometh unto the disciples, and findeth them asleep, and saith unto Peter, What, could ye not watch with me one hour? -- matthew 26:40 +. +Watch and pray, that ye enter not into temptation: the spirit indeed is willing, but the flesh is weak. -- matthew 26:41 +. +He went away again the second time, and prayed, saying, O my Father, if this cup may not pass away from me, except I drink it, thy will be done. -- matthew 26:42 +. +And he came and found them asleep again: for their eyes were heavy. -- matthew 26:43 +. +And he left them, and went away again, and prayed the third time, saying the same words. -- matthew 26:44 +. +Then cometh he to his disciples, and saith unto them, Sleep on now, and take your rest: behold, the hour is at hand, and the Son of man is betrayed into the hands of sinners. -- matthew 26:45 +. +Rise, let us be going: behold, he is at hand that doth betray me. -- matthew 26:46 +. +And while he yet spake, lo, Judas, one of the twelve, came, and with him a great multitude with swords and staves, from the chief priests and elders of the people. -- matthew 26:47 +. +Now he that betrayed him gave them a sign, saying, Whomsoever I shall kiss, that same is he: hold him fast. -- matthew 26:48 +. +And forthwith he came to Jesus, and said, Hail, master; and kissed him. -- matthew 26:49 +. +And Jesus said unto him, Friend, wherefore art thou come? Then came they, and laid hands on Jesus and took him. -- matthew 26:50 +. +And, behold, one of them which were with Jesus stretched out his hand, and drew his sword, and struck a servant of the high priest's, and smote off his ear. -- matthew 26:51 +. +Then said Jesus unto him, Put up again thy sword into his place: for all they that take the sword shall perish with the sword. -- matthew 26:52 +. +Thinkest thou that I cannot now pray to my Father, and he shall presently give me more than twelve legions of angels? -- matthew 26:53 +. +But how then shall the scriptures be fulfilled, that thus it must be? -- matthew 26:54 +. +In that same hour said Jesus to the multitudes, Are ye come out as against a thief with swords and staves for to take me? I sat daily with you teaching in the temple, and ye laid no hold on me. -- matthew 26:55 +. +But all this was done, that the scriptures of the prophets might be fulfilled. Then all the disciples forsook him, and fled. -- matthew 26:56 +. +And they that had laid hold on Jesus led him away to Caiaphas the high priest, where the scribes and the elders were assembled. -- matthew 26:57 +. +But Peter followed him afar off unto the high priest's palace, and went in, and sat with the servants, to see the end. -- matthew 26:58 +. +Now the chief priests, and elders, and all the council, sought false witness against Jesus, to put him to death; -- matthew 26:59 +. +But found none: yea, though many false witnesses came, yet found they none. At the last came two false witnesses, -- matthew 26:60 +. +And said, This fellow said, I am able to destroy the temple of God, and to build it in three days. -- matthew 26:61 +. +And the high priest arose, and said unto him, Answerest thou nothing? what is it which these witness against thee? -- matthew 26:62 +. +But Jesus held his peace, And the high priest answered and said unto him, I adjure thee by the living God, that thou tell us whether thou be the Christ, the Son of God. -- matthew 26:63 +. +Jesus saith unto him, Thou hast said: nevertheless I say unto you, Hereafter shall ye see the Son of man sitting on the right hand of power, and coming in the clouds of heaven. -- matthew 26:64 +. +Then the high priest rent his clothes, saying, He hath spoken blasphemy; what further need have we of witnesses? behold, now ye have heard his blasphemy. -- matthew 26:65 +. +What think ye? They answered and said, He is guilty of death. -- matthew 26:66 +. +Then did they spit in his face, and buffeted him; and others smote him with the palms of their hands, -- matthew 26:67 +. +Saying, Prophesy unto us, thou Christ, Who is he that smote thee? -- matthew 26:68 +. +Now Peter sat without in the palace: and a damsel came unto him, saying, Thou also wast with Jesus of Galilee. -- matthew 26:69 +. +But he denied before them all, saying, I know not what thou sayest. -- matthew 26:70 +. +And when he was gone out into the porch, another maid saw him, and said unto them that were there, This fellow was also with Jesus of Nazareth. -- matthew 26:71 +. +And again he denied with an oath, I do not know the man. -- matthew 26:72 +. +And after a while came unto him they that stood by, and said to Peter, Surely thou also art one of them; for thy speech bewrayeth thee. -- matthew 26:73 +. +Then began he to curse and to swear, saying, I know not the man. And immediately the cock crew. -- matthew 26:74 +. +And Peter remembered the word of Jesus, which said unto him, Before the cock crow, thou shalt deny me thrice. And he went out, and wept bitterly. -- matthew 26:75 +. +When the morning was come, all the chief priests and elders of the people took counsel against Jesus to put him to death: -- matthew 27:1 +. +And when they had bound him, they led him away, and delivered him to Pontius Pilate the governor. -- matthew 27:2 +. +Then Judas, which had betrayed him, when he saw that he was condemned, repented himself, and brought again the thirty pieces of silver to the chief priests and elders, -- matthew 27:3 +. +Saying, I have sinned in that I have betrayed the innocent blood. And they said, What is that to us? see thou to that. -- matthew 27:4 +. +And he cast down the pieces of silver in the temple, and departed, and went and hanged himself. -- matthew 27:5 +. +And the chief priests took the silver pieces, and said, It is not lawful for to put them into the treasury, because it is the price of blood. -- matthew 27:6 +. +And they took counsel, and bought with them the potter's field, to bury strangers in. -- matthew 27:7 +. +Wherefore that field was called, The field of blood, unto this day. -- matthew 27:8 +. +Then was fulfilled that which was spoken by Jeremy the prophet, saying, And they took the thirty pieces of silver, the price of him that was valued, whom they of the children of Israel did value; -- matthew 27:9 +. +And gave them for the potter's field, as the Lord appointed me. -- matthew 27:10 +. +And Jesus stood before the governor: and the governor asked him, saying, Art thou the King of the Jews? And Jesus said unto him, Thou sayest. -- matthew 27:11 +. +And when he was accused of the chief priests and elders, he answered nothing. -- matthew 27:12 +. +Then said Pilate unto him, Hearest thou not how many things they witness against thee? -- matthew 27:13 +. +And he answered him to never a word; insomuch that the governor marvelled greatly. -- matthew 27:14 +. +Now at that feast the governor was wont to release unto the people a prisoner, whom they would. -- matthew 27:15 +. +And they had then a notable prisoner, called Barabbas. -- matthew 27:16 +. +Therefore when they were gathered together, Pilate said unto them, Whom will ye that I release unto you? Barabbas, or Jesus which is called Christ? -- matthew 27:17 +. +For he knew that for envy they had delivered him. -- matthew 27:18 +. +When he was set down on the judgment seat, his wife sent unto him, saying, Have thou nothing to do with that just man: for I have suffered many things this day in a dream because of him. -- matthew 27:19 +. +But the chief priests and elders persuaded the multitude that they should ask Barabbas, and destroy Jesus. -- matthew 27:20 +. +The governor answered and said unto them, Whether of the twain will ye that I release unto you? They said, Barabbas. -- matthew 27:21 +. +Pilate saith unto them, What shall I do then with Jesus which is called Christ? They all say unto him, Let him be crucified. -- matthew 27:22 +. +And the governor said, Why, what evil hath he done? But they cried out the more, saying, Let him be crucified. -- matthew 27:23 +. +When Pilate saw that he could prevail nothing, but that rather a tumult was made, he took water, and washed his hands before the multitude, saying, I am innocent of the blood of this just person: see ye to it. -- matthew 27:24 +. +Then answered all the people, and said, His blood be on us, and on our children. -- matthew 27:25 +. +Then released he Barabbas unto them: and when he had scourged Jesus, he delivered him to be crucified. -- matthew 27:26 +. +Then the soldiers of the governor took Jesus into the common hall, and gathered unto him the whole band of soldiers. -- matthew 27:27 +. +And they stripped him, and put on him a scarlet robe. -- matthew 27:28 +. +And when they had platted a crown of thorns, they put it upon his head, and a reed in his right hand: and they bowed the knee before him, and mocked him, saying, Hail, King of the Jews! -- matthew 27:29 +. +And they spit upon him, and took the reed, and smote him on the head. -- matthew 27:30 +. +And after that they had mocked him, they took the robe off from him, and put his own raiment on him, and led him away to crucify him. -- matthew 27:31 +. +And as they came out, they found a man of Cyrene, Simon by name: him they compelled to bear his cross. -- matthew 27:32 +. +And when they were come unto a place called Golgotha, that is to say, a place of a skull, -- matthew 27:33 +. +They gave him vinegar to drink mingled with gall: and when he had tasted thereof, he would not drink. -- matthew 27:34 +. +And they crucified him, and parted his garments, casting lots: that it might be fulfilled which was spoken by the prophet, They parted my garments among them, and upon my vesture did they cast lots. -- matthew 27:35 +. +And sitting down they watched him there; -- matthew 27:36 +. +And set up over his head his accusation written, THIS IS JESUS THE KING OF THE JEWS. -- matthew 27:37 +. +Then were there two thieves crucified with him, one on the right hand, and another on the left. -- matthew 27:38 +. +And they that passed by reviled him, wagging their heads, -- matthew 27:39 +. +And saying, Thou that destroyest the temple, and buildest it in three days, save thyself. If thou be the Son of God, come down from the cross. -- matthew 27:40 +. +Likewise also the chief priests mocking him, with the scribes and elders, said, -- matthew 27:41 +. +He saved others; himself he cannot save. If he be the King of Israel, let him now come down from the cross, and we will believe him. -- matthew 27:42 +. +He trusted in God; let him deliver him now, if he will have him: for he said, I am the Son of God. -- matthew 27:43 +. +The thieves also, which were crucified with him, cast the same in his teeth. -- matthew 27:44 +. +Now from the sixth hour there was darkness over all the land unto the ninth hour. -- matthew 27:45 +. +And about the ninth hour Jesus cried with a loud voice, saying, Eli, Eli, lama sabachthani? that is to say, My God, my God, why hast thou forsaken me? -- matthew 27:46 +. +Some of them that stood there, when they heard that, said, This man calleth for Elias. -- matthew 27:47 +. +And straightway one of them ran, and took a spunge, and filled it with vinegar, and put it on a reed, and gave him to drink. -- matthew 27:48 +. +The rest said, Let be, let us see whether Elias will come to save him. -- matthew 27:49 +. +Jesus, when he had cried again with a loud voice, yielded up the ghost. -- matthew 27:50 +. +And, behold, the veil of the temple was rent in twain from the top to the bottom; and the earth did quake, and the rocks rent; -- matthew 27:51 +. +And the graves were opened; and many bodies of the saints which slept arose, -- matthew 27:52 +. +And came out of the graves after his resurrection, and went into the holy city, and appeared unto many. -- matthew 27:53 +. +Now when the centurion, and they that were with him, watching Jesus, saw the earthquake, and those things that were done, they feared greatly, saying, Truly this was the Son of God. -- matthew 27:54 +. +And many women were there beholding afar off, which followed Jesus from Galilee, ministering unto him: -- matthew 27:55 +. +Among which was Mary Magdalene, and Mary the mother of James and Joses, and the mother of Zebedees children. -- matthew 27:56 +. +When the even was come, there came a rich man of Arimathaea, named Joseph, who also himself was Jesus' disciple: -- matthew 27:57 +. +He went to Pilate, and begged the body of Jesus. Then Pilate commanded the body to be delivered. -- matthew 27:58 +. +And when Joseph had taken the body, he wrapped it in a clean linen cloth, -- matthew 27:59 +. +And laid it in his own new tomb, which he had hewn out in the rock: and he rolled a great stone to the door of the sepulchre, and departed. -- matthew 27:60 +. +And there was Mary Magdalene, and the other Mary, sitting over against the sepulchre. -- matthew 27:61 +. +Now the next day, that followed the day of the preparation, the chief priests and Pharisees came together unto Pilate, -- matthew 27:62 +. +Saying, Sir, we remember that that deceiver said, while he was yet alive, After three days I will rise again. -- matthew 27:63 +. +Command therefore that the sepulchre be made sure until the third day, lest his disciples come by night, and steal him away, and say unto the people, He is risen from the dead: so the last error shall be worse than the first. -- matthew 27:64 +. +Pilate said unto them, Ye have a watch: go your way, make it as sure as ye can. -- matthew 27:65 +. +So they went, and made the sepulchre sure, sealing the stone, and setting a watch. -- matthew 27:66 +. +In the end of the sabbath, as it began to dawn toward the first day of the week, came Mary Magdalene and the other Mary to see the sepulchre. -- matthew 28:1 +. +And, behold, there was a great earthquake: for the angel of the Lord descended from heaven, and came and rolled back the stone from the door, and sat upon it. -- matthew 28:2 +. +His countenance was like lightning, and his raiment white as snow: -- matthew 28:3 +. +And for fear of him the keepers did shake, and became as dead men. -- matthew 28:4 +. +And the angel answered and said unto the women, Fear not ye: for I know that ye seek Jesus, which was crucified. -- matthew 28:5 +. +He is not here: for he is risen, as he said. Come, see the place where the Lord lay. -- matthew 28:6 +. +And go quickly, and tell his disciples that he is risen from the dead; and, behold, he goeth before you into Galilee; there shall ye see him: lo, I have told you. -- matthew 28:7 +. +And they departed quickly from the sepulchre with fear and great joy; and did run to bring his disciples word. -- matthew 28:8 +. +And as they went to tell his disciples, behold, Jesus met them, saying, All hail. And they came and held him by the feet, and worshipped him. -- matthew 28:9 +. +Then said Jesus unto them, Be not afraid: go tell my brethren that they go into Galilee, and there shall they see me. -- matthew 28:10 +. +Now when they were going, behold, some of the watch came into the city, and shewed unto the chief priests all the things that were done. -- matthew 28:11 +. +And when they were assembled with the elders, and had taken counsel, they gave large money unto the soldiers, -- matthew 28:12 +. +Saying, Say ye, His disciples came by night, and stole him away while we slept. -- matthew 28:13 +. +And if this come to the governor's ears, we will persuade him, and secure you. -- matthew 28:14 +. +So they took the money, and did as they were taught: and this saying is commonly reported among the Jews until this day. -- matthew 28:15 +. +Then the eleven disciples went away into Galilee, into a mountain where Jesus had appointed them. -- matthew 28:16 +. +And when they saw him, they worshipped him: but some doubted. -- matthew 28:17 +. +And Jesus came and spake unto them, saying, All power is given unto me in heaven and in earth. -- matthew 28:18 +. +Go ye therefore, and teach all nations, baptizing them in the name of the Father, and of the Son, and of the Holy Ghost: -- matthew 28:19 +. +Teaching them to observe all things whatsoever I have commanded you: and, lo, I am with you alway, even unto the end of the world. Amen. -- matthew 28:20 +. +The beginning of the gospel of Jesus Christ, the Son of God; -- mark 1:1 +. +As it is written in the prophets, Behold, I send my messenger before thy face, which shall prepare thy way before thee. -- mark 1:2 +. +The voice of one crying in the wilderness, Prepare ye the way of the Lord, make his paths straight. -- mark 1:3 +. +John did baptize in the wilderness, and preach the baptism of repentance for the remission of sins. -- mark 1:4 +. +And there went out unto him all the land of Judaea, and they of Jerusalem, and were all baptized of him in the river of Jordan, confessing their sins. -- mark 1:5 +. +And John was clothed with camel's hair, and with a girdle of a skin about his loins; and he did eat locusts and wild honey; -- mark 1:6 +. +And preached, saying, There cometh one mightier than I after me, the latchet of whose shoes I am not worthy to stoop down and unloose. -- mark 1:7 +. +I indeed have baptized you with water: but he shall baptize you with the Holy Ghost. -- mark 1:8 +. +And it came to pass in those days, that Jesus came from Nazareth of Galilee, and was baptized of John in Jordan. -- mark 1:9 +. +And straightway coming up out of the water, he saw the heavens opened, and the Spirit like a dove descending upon him: -- mark 1:10 +. +And there came a voice from heaven, saying, Thou art my beloved Son, in whom I am well pleased. -- mark 1:11 +. +And immediately the spirit driveth him into the wilderness. -- mark 1:12 +. +And he was there in the wilderness forty days, tempted of Satan; and was with the wild beasts; and the angels ministered unto him. -- mark 1:13 +. +Now after that John was put in prison, Jesus came into Galilee, preaching the gospel of the kingdom of God, -- mark 1:14 +. +And saying, The time is fulfilled, and the kingdom of God is at hand: repent ye, and believe the gospel. -- mark 1:15 +. +Now as he walked by the sea of Galilee, he saw Simon and Andrew his brother casting a net into the sea: for they were fishers. -- mark 1:16 +. +And Jesus said unto them, Come ye after me, and I will make you to become fishers of men. -- mark 1:17 +. +And straightway they forsook their nets, and followed him. -- mark 1:18 +. +And when he had gone a little farther thence, he saw James the son of Zebedee, and John his brother, who also were in the ship mending their nets. -- mark 1:19 +. +And straightway he called them: and they left their father Zebedee in the ship with the hired servants, and went after him. -- mark 1:20 +. +And they went into Capernaum; and straightway on the sabbath day he entered into the synagogue, and taught. -- mark 1:21 +. +And they were astonished at his doctrine: for he taught them as one that had authority, and not as the scribes. -- mark 1:22 +. +And there was in their synagogue a man with an unclean spirit; and he cried out, -- mark 1:23 +. +Saying, Let us alone; what have we to do with thee, thou Jesus of Nazareth? art thou come to destroy us? I know thee who thou art, the Holy One of God. -- mark 1:24 +. +And Jesus rebuked him, saying, Hold thy peace, and come out of him. -- mark 1:25 +. +And when the unclean spirit had torn him, and cried with a loud voice, he came out of him. -- mark 1:26 +. +And they were all amazed, insomuch that they questioned among themselves, saying, What thing is this? what new doctrine is this? for with authority commandeth he even the unclean spirits, and they do obey him. -- mark 1:27 +. +And immediately his fame spread abroad throughout all the region round about Galilee. -- mark 1:28 +. +And forthwith, when they were come out of the synagogue, they entered into the house of Simon and Andrew, with James and John. -- mark 1:29 +. +But Simon's wife's mother lay sick of a fever, and anon they tell him of her. -- mark 1:30 +. +And he came and took her by the hand, and lifted her up; and immediately the fever left her, and she ministered unto them. -- mark 1:31 +. +And at even, when the sun did set, they brought unto him all that were diseased, and them that were possessed with devils. -- mark 1:32 +. +And all the city was gathered together at the door. -- mark 1:33 +. +And he healed many that were sick of divers diseases, and cast out many devils; and suffered not the devils to speak, because they knew him. -- mark 1:34 +. +And in the morning, rising up a great while before day, he went out, and departed into a solitary place, and there prayed. -- mark 1:35 +. +And Simon and they that were with him followed after him. -- mark 1:36 +. +And when they had found him, they said unto him, All men seek for thee. -- mark 1:37 +. +And he said unto them, Let us go into the next towns, that I may preach there also: for therefore came I forth. -- mark 1:38 +. +And he preached in their synagogues throughout all Galilee, and cast out devils. -- mark 1:39 +. +And there came a leper to him, beseeching him, and kneeling down to him, and saying unto him, If thou wilt, thou canst make me clean. -- mark 1:40 +. +And Jesus, moved with compassion, put forth his hand, and touched him, and saith unto him, I will; be thou clean. -- mark 1:41 +. +And as soon as he had spoken, immediately the leprosy departed from him, and he was cleansed. -- mark 1:42 +. +And he straitly charged him, and forthwith sent him away; -- mark 1:43 +. +And saith unto him, See thou say nothing to any man: but go thy way, shew thyself to the priest, and offer for thy cleansing those things which Moses commanded, for a testimony unto them. -- mark 1:44 +. +But he went out, and began to publish it much, and to blaze abroad the matter, insomuch that Jesus could no more openly enter into the city, but was without in desert places: and they came to him from every quarter. -- mark 1:45 +. +And again he entered into Capernaum after some days; and it was noised that he was in the house. -- mark 2:1 +. +And straightway many were gathered together, insomuch that there was no room to receive them, no, not so much as about the door: and he preached the word unto them. -- mark 2:2 +. +And they come unto him, bringing one sick of the palsy, which was borne of four. -- mark 2:3 +. +And when they could not come nigh unto him for the press, they uncovered the roof where he was: and when they had broken it up, they let down the bed wherein the sick of the palsy lay. -- mark 2:4 +. +When Jesus saw their faith, he said unto the sick of the palsy, Son, thy sins be forgiven thee. -- mark 2:5 +. +But there was certain of the scribes sitting there, and reasoning in their hearts, -- mark 2:6 +. +Why doth this man thus speak blasphemies? who can forgive sins but God only? -- mark 2:7 +. +And immediately when Jesus perceived in his spirit that they so reasoned within themselves, he said unto them, Why reason ye these things in your hearts? -- mark 2:8 +. +Whether is it easier to say to the sick of the palsy, Thy sins be forgiven thee; or to say, Arise, and take up thy bed, and walk? -- mark 2:9 +. +But that ye may know that the Son of man hath power on earth to forgive sins, (he saith to the sick of the palsy,) -- mark 2:10 +. +I say unto thee, Arise, and take up thy bed, and go thy way into thine house. -- mark 2:11 +. +And immediately he arose, took up the bed, and went forth before them all; insomuch that they were all amazed, and glorified God, saying, We never saw it on this fashion. -- mark 2:12 +. +And he went forth again by the sea side; and all the multitude resorted unto him, and he taught them. -- mark 2:13 +. +And as he passed by, he saw Levi the son of Alphaeus sitting at the receipt of custom, and said unto him, Follow me. And he arose and followed him. -- mark 2:14 +. +And it came to pass, that, as Jesus sat at meat in his house, many publicans and sinners sat also together with Jesus and his disciples: for there were many, and they followed him. -- mark 2:15 +. +And when the scribes and Pharisees saw him eat with publicans and sinners, they said unto his disciples, How is it that he eateth and drinketh with publicans and sinners? -- mark 2:16 +. +When Jesus heard it, he saith unto them, They that are whole have no need of the physician, but they that are sick: I came not to call the righteous, but sinners to repentance. -- mark 2:17 +. +And the disciples of John and of the Pharisees used to fast: and they come and say unto him, Why do the disciples of John and of the Pharisees fast, but thy disciples fast not? -- mark 2:18 +. +And Jesus said unto them, Can the children of the bridechamber fast, while the bridegroom is with them? as long as they have the bridegroom with them, they cannot fast. -- mark 2:19 +. +But the days will come, when the bridegroom shall be taken away from them, and then shall they fast in those days. -- mark 2:20 +. +No man also seweth a piece of new cloth on an old garment: else the new piece that filled it up taketh away from the old, and the rent is made worse. -- mark 2:21 +. +And no man putteth new wine into old bottles: else the new wine doth burst the bottles, and the wine is spilled, and the bottles will be marred: but new wine must be put into new bottles. -- mark 2:22 +. +And it came to pass, that he went through the corn fields on the sabbath day; and his disciples began, as they went, to pluck the ears of corn. -- mark 2:23 +. +And the Pharisees said unto him, Behold, why do they on the sabbath day that which is not lawful? -- mark 2:24 +. +And he said unto them, Have ye never read what David did, when he had need, and was an hungred, he, and they that were with him? -- mark 2:25 +. +How he went into the house of God in the days of Abiathar the high priest, and did eat the shewbread, which is not lawful to eat but for the priests, and gave also to them which were with him? -- mark 2:26 +. +And he said unto them, The sabbath was made for man, and not man for the sabbath: -- mark 2:27 +. +Therefore the Son of man is Lord also of the sabbath. -- mark 2:28 +. +And he entered again into the synagogue; and there was a man there which had a withered hand. -- mark 3:1 +. +And they watched him, whether he would heal him on the sabbath day; that they might accuse him. -- mark 3:2 +. +And he saith unto the man which had the withered hand, Stand forth. -- mark 3:3 +. +And he saith unto them, Is it lawful to do good on the sabbath days, or to do evil? to save life, or to kill? But they held their peace. -- mark 3:4 +. +And when he had looked round about on them with anger, being grieved for the hardness of their hearts, he saith unto the man, Stretch forth thine hand. And he stretched it out: and his hand was restored whole as the other. -- mark 3:5 +. +And the Pharisees went forth, and straightway took counsel with the Herodians against him, how they might destroy him. -- mark 3:6 +. +But Jesus withdrew himself with his disciples to the sea: and a great multitude from Galilee followed him, and from Judaea, -- mark 3:7 +. +And from Jerusalem, and from Idumaea, and from beyond Jordan; and they about Tyre and Sidon, a great multitude, when they had heard what great things he did, came unto him. -- mark 3:8 +. +And he spake to his disciples, that a small ship should wait on him because of the multitude, lest they should throng him. -- mark 3:9 +. +For he had healed many; insomuch that they pressed upon him for to touch him, as many as had plagues. -- mark 3:10 +. +And unclean spirits, when they saw him, fell down before him, and cried, saying, Thou art the Son of God. -- mark 3:11 +. +And he straitly charged them that they should not make him known. -- mark 3:12 +. +And he goeth up into a mountain, and calleth unto him whom he would: and they came unto him. -- mark 3:13 +. +And he ordained twelve, that they should be with him, and that he might send them forth to preach, -- mark 3:14 +. +And to have power to heal sicknesses, and to cast out devils: -- mark 3:15 +. +And Simon he surnamed Peter; -- mark 3:16 +. +And James the son of Zebedee, and John the brother of James; and he surnamed them Boanerges, which is, The sons of thunder: -- mark 3:17 +. +And Andrew, and Philip, and Bartholomew, and Matthew, and Thomas, and James the son of Alphaeus, and Thaddaeus, and Simon the Canaanite, -- mark 3:18 +. +And Judas Iscariot, which also betrayed him: and they went into an house. -- mark 3:19 +. +And the multitude cometh together again, so that they could not so much as eat bread. -- mark 3:20 +. +And when his friends heard of it, they went out to lay hold on him: for they said, He is beside himself. -- mark 3:21 +. +And the scribes which came down from Jerusalem said, He hath Beelzebub, and by the prince of the devils casteth he out devils. -- mark 3:22 +. +And he called them unto him, and said unto them in parables, How can Satan cast out Satan? -- mark 3:23 +. +And if a kingdom be divided against itself, that kingdom cannot stand. -- mark 3:24 +. +And if a house be divided against itself, that house cannot stand. -- mark 3:25 +. +And if Satan rise up against himself, and be divided, he cannot stand, but hath an end. -- mark 3:26 +. +No man can enter into a strong man's house, and spoil his goods, except he will first bind the strong man; and then he will spoil his house. -- mark 3:27 +. +Verily I say unto you, All sins shall be forgiven unto the sons of men, and blasphemies wherewith soever they shall blaspheme: -- mark 3:28 +. +But he that shall blaspheme against the Holy Ghost hath never forgiveness, but is in danger of eternal damnation. -- mark 3:29 +. +Because they said, He hath an unclean spirit. -- mark 3:30 +. +There came then his brethren and his mother, and, standing without, sent unto him, calling him. -- mark 3:31 +. +And the multitude sat about him, and they said unto him, Behold, thy mother and thy brethren without seek for thee. -- mark 3:32 +. +And he answered them, saying, Who is my mother, or my brethren? -- mark 3:33 +. +And he looked round about on them which sat about him, and said, Behold my mother and my brethren! -- mark 3:34 +. +For whosoever shall do the will of God, the same is my brother, and my sister, and mother. -- mark 3:35 +. +And he began again to teach by the sea side: and there was gathered unto him a great multitude, so that he entered into a ship, and sat in the sea; and the whole multitude was by the sea on the land. -- mark 4:1 +. +And he taught them many things by parables, and said unto them in his doctrine, -- mark 4:2 +. +Hearken; Behold, there went out a sower to sow: -- mark 4:3 +. +And it came to pass, as he sowed, some fell by the way side, and the fowls of the air came and devoured it up. -- mark 4:4 +. +And some fell on stony ground, where it had not much earth; and immediately it sprang up, because it had no depth of earth: -- mark 4:5 +. +But when the sun was up, it was scorched; and because it had no root, it withered away. -- mark 4:6 +. +And some fell among thorns, and the thorns grew up, and choked it, and it yielded no fruit. -- mark 4:7 +. +And other fell on good ground, and did yield fruit that sprang up and increased; and brought forth, some thirty, and some sixty, and some an hundred. -- mark 4:8 +. +And he said unto them, He that hath ears to hear, let him hear. -- mark 4:9 +. +And when he was alone, they that were about him with the twelve asked of him the parable. -- mark 4:10 +. +And he said unto them, Unto you it is given to know the mystery of the kingdom of God: but unto them that are without, all these things are done in parables: -- mark 4:11 +. +That seeing they may see, and not perceive; and hearing they may hear, and not understand; lest at any time they should be converted, and their sins should be forgiven them. -- mark 4:12 +. +And he said unto them, Know ye not this parable? and how then will ye know all parables? -- mark 4:13 +. +The sower soweth the word. -- mark 4:14 +. +And these are they by the way side, where the word is sown; but when they have heard, Satan cometh immediately, and taketh away the word that was sown in their hearts. -- mark 4:15 +. +And these are they likewise which are sown on stony ground; who, when they have heard the word, immediately receive it with gladness; -- mark 4:16 +. +And have no root in themselves, and so endure but for a time: afterward, when affliction or persecution ariseth for the word's sake, immediately they are offended. -- mark 4:17 +. +And these are they which are sown among thorns; such as hear the word, -- mark 4:18 +. +And the cares of this world, and the deceitfulness of riches, and the lusts of other things entering in, choke the word, and it becometh unfruitful. -- mark 4:19 +. +And these are they which are sown on good ground; such as hear the word, and receive it, and bring forth fruit, some thirtyfold, some sixty, and some an hundred. -- mark 4:20 +. +And he said unto them, Is a candle brought to be put under a bushel, or under a bed? and not to be set on a candlestick? -- mark 4:21 +. +For there is nothing hid, which shall not be manifested; neither was any thing kept secret, but that it should come abroad. -- mark 4:22 +. +If any man have ears to hear, let him hear. -- mark 4:23 +. +And he said unto them, Take heed what ye hear: with what measure ye mete, it shall be measured to you: and unto you that hear shall more be given. -- mark 4:24 +. +For he that hath, to him shall be given: and he that hath not, from him shall be taken even that which he hath. -- mark 4:25 +. +And he said, So is the kingdom of God, as if a man should cast seed into the ground; -- mark 4:26 +. +And should sleep, and rise night and day, and the seed should spring and grow up, he knoweth not how. -- mark 4:27 +. +For the earth bringeth forth fruit of herself; first the blade, then the ear, after that the full corn in the ear. -- mark 4:28 +. +But when the fruit is brought forth, immediately he putteth in the sickle, because the harvest is come. -- mark 4:29 +. +And he said, Whereunto shall we liken the kingdom of God? or with what comparison shall we compare it? -- mark 4:30 +. +It is like a grain of mustard seed, which, when it is sown in the earth, is less than all the seeds that be in the earth: -- mark 4:31 +. +But when it is sown, it groweth up, and becometh greater than all herbs, and shooteth out great branches; so that the fowls of the air may lodge under the shadow of it. -- mark 4:32 +. +And with many such parables spake he the word unto them, as they were able to hear it. -- mark 4:33 +. +But without a parable spake he not unto them: and when they were alone, he expounded all things to his disciples. -- mark 4:34 +. +And the same day, when the even was come, he saith unto them, Let us pass over unto the other side. -- mark 4:35 +. +And when they had sent away the multitude, they took him even as he was in the ship. And there were also with him other little ships. -- mark 4:36 +. +And there arose a great storm of wind, and the waves beat into the ship, so that it was now full. -- mark 4:37 +. +And he was in the hinder part of the ship, asleep on a pillow: and they awake him, and say unto him, Master, carest thou not that we perish? -- mark 4:38 +. +And he arose, and rebuked the wind, and said unto the sea, Peace, be still. And the wind ceased, and there was a great calm. -- mark 4:39 +. +And he said unto them, Why are ye so fearful? how is it that ye have no faith? -- mark 4:40 +. +And they feared exceedingly, and said one to another, What manner of man is this, that even the wind and the sea obey him? -- mark 4:41 +. +And they came over unto the other side of the sea, into the country of the Gadarenes. -- mark 5:1 +. +And when he was come out of the ship, immediately there met him out of the tombs a man with an unclean spirit, -- mark 5:2 +. +Who had his dwelling among the tombs; and no man could bind him, no, not with chains: -- mark 5:3 +. +Because that he had been often bound with fetters and chains, and the chains had been plucked asunder by him, and the fetters broken in pieces: neither could any man tame him. -- mark 5:4 +. +And always, night and day, he was in the mountains, and in the tombs, crying, and cutting himself with stones. -- mark 5:5 +. +But when he saw Jesus afar off, he ran and worshipped him, -- mark 5:6 +. +And cried with a loud voice, and said, What have I to do with thee, Jesus, thou Son of the most high God? I adjure thee by God, that thou torment me not. -- mark 5:7 +. +For he said unto him, Come out of the man, thou unclean spirit. -- mark 5:8 +. +And he asked him, What is thy name? And he answered, saying, My name is Legion: for we are many. -- mark 5:9 +. +And he besought him much that he would not send them away out of the country. -- mark 5:10 +. +Now there was there nigh unto the mountains a great herd of swine feeding. -- mark 5:11 +. +And all the devils besought him, saying, Send us into the swine, that we may enter into them. -- mark 5:12 +. +And forthwith Jesus gave them leave. And the unclean spirits went out, and entered into the swine: and the herd ran violently down a steep place into the sea, (they were about two thousand;) and were choked in the sea. -- mark 5:13 +. +And they that fed the swine fled, and told it in the city, and in the country. And they went out to see what it was that was done. -- mark 5:14 +. +And they come to Jesus, and see him that was possessed with the devil, and had the legion, sitting, and clothed, and in his right mind: and they were afraid. -- mark 5:15 +. +And they that saw it told them how it befell to him that was possessed with the devil, and also concerning the swine. -- mark 5:16 +. +And they began to pray him to depart out of their coasts. -- mark 5:17 +. +And when he was come into the ship, he that had been possessed with the devil prayed him that he might be with him. -- mark 5:18 +. +Howbeit Jesus suffered him not, but saith unto him, Go home to thy friends, and tell them how great things the Lord hath done for thee, and hath had compassion on thee. -- mark 5:19 +. +And he departed, and began to publish in Decapolis how great things Jesus had done for him: and all men did marvel. -- mark 5:20 +. +And when Jesus was passed over again by ship unto the other side, much people gathered unto him: and he was nigh unto the sea. -- mark 5:21 +. +And, behold, there cometh one of the rulers of the synagogue, Jairus by name; and when he saw him, he fell at his feet, -- mark 5:22 +. +And besought him greatly, saying, My little daughter lieth at the point of death: I pray thee, come and lay thy hands on her, that she may be healed; and she shall live. -- mark 5:23 +. +And Jesus went with him; and much people followed him, and thronged him. -- mark 5:24 +. +And a certain woman, which had an issue of blood twelve years, -- mark 5:25 +. +And had suffered many things of many physicians, and had spent all that she had, and was nothing bettered, but rather grew worse, -- mark 5:26 +. +When she had heard of Jesus, came in the press behind, and touched his garment. -- mark 5:27 +. +For she said, If I may touch but his clothes, I shall be whole. -- mark 5:28 +. +And straightway the fountain of her blood was dried up; and she felt in her body that she was healed of that plague. -- mark 5:29 +. +And Jesus, immediately knowing in himself that virtue had gone out of him, turned him about in the press, and said, Who touched my clothes? -- mark 5:30 +. +And his disciples said unto him, Thou seest the multitude thronging thee, and sayest thou, Who touched me? -- mark 5:31 +. +And he looked round about to see her that had done this thing. -- mark 5:32 +. +But the woman fearing and trembling, knowing what was done in her, came and fell down before him, and told him all the truth. -- mark 5:33 +. +And he said unto her, Daughter, thy faith hath made thee whole; go in peace, and be whole of thy plague. -- mark 5:34 +. +While he yet spake, there came from the ruler of the synagogue's house certain which said, Thy daughter is dead: why troublest thou the Master any further? -- mark 5:35 +. +As soon as Jesus heard the word that was spoken, he saith unto the ruler of the synagogue, Be not afraid, only believe. -- mark 5:36 +. +And he suffered no man to follow him, save Peter, and James, and John the brother of James. -- mark 5:37 +. +And he cometh to the house of the ruler of the synagogue, and seeth the tumult, and them that wept and wailed greatly. -- mark 5:38 +. +And when he was come in, he saith unto them, Why make ye this ado, and weep? the damsel is not dead, but sleepeth. -- mark 5:39 +. +And they laughed him to scorn. But when he had put them all out, he taketh the father and the mother of the damsel, and them that were with him, and entereth in where the damsel was lying. -- mark 5:40 +. +And he took the damsel by the hand, and said unto her, Talitha cumi; which is, being interpreted, Damsel, I say unto thee, arise. -- mark 5:41 +. +And straightway the damsel arose, and walked; for she was of the age of twelve years. And they were astonished with a great astonishment. -- mark 5:42 +. +And he charged them straitly that no man should know it; and commanded that something should be given her to eat. -- mark 5:43 +. +And he went out from thence, and came into his own country; and his disciples follow him. -- mark 6:1 +. +And when the sabbath day was come, he began to teach in the synagogue: and many hearing him were astonished, saying, From whence hath this man these things? and what wisdom is this which is given unto him, that even such mighty works are wrought by his hands? -- mark 6:2 +. +Is not this the carpenter, the son of Mary, the brother of James, and Joses, and of Juda, and Simon? and are not his sisters here with us? And they were offended at him. -- mark 6:3 +. +But Jesus, said unto them, A prophet is not without honour, but in his own country, and among his own kin, and in his own house. -- mark 6:4 +. +And he could there do no mighty work, save that he laid his hands upon a few sick folk, and healed them. -- mark 6:5 +. +And he marvelled because of their unbelief. And he went round about the villages, teaching. -- mark 6:6 +. +And he called unto him the twelve, and began to send them forth by two and two; and gave them power over unclean spirits; -- mark 6:7 +. +And commanded them that they should take nothing for their journey, save a staff only; no scrip, no bread, no money in their purse: -- mark 6:8 +. +But be shod with sandals; and not put on two coats. -- mark 6:9 +. +And he said unto them, In what place soever ye enter into an house, there abide till ye depart from that place. -- mark 6:10 +. +And whosoever shall not receive you, nor hear you, when ye depart thence, shake off the dust under your feet for a testimony against them. Verily I say unto you, It shall be more tolerable for Sodom and Gomorrha in the day of judgment, than for that city. -- mark 6:11 +. +And they went out, and preached that men should repent. -- mark 6:12 +. +And they cast out many devils, and anointed with oil many that were sick, and healed them. -- mark 6:13 +. +And king Herod heard of him; (for his name was spread abroad:) and he said, That John the Baptist was risen from the dead, and therefore mighty works do shew forth themselves in him. -- mark 6:14 +. +Others said, That it is Elias. And others said, That it is a prophet, or as one of the prophets. -- mark 6:15 +. +But when Herod heard thereof, he said, It is John, whom I beheaded: he is risen from the dead. -- mark 6:16 +. +For Herod himself had sent forth and laid hold upon John, and bound him in prison for Herodias' sake, his brother Philip's wife: for he had married her. -- mark 6:17 +. +For John had said unto Herod, It is not lawful for thee to have thy brother's wife. -- mark 6:18 +. +Therefore Herodias had a quarrel against him, and would have killed him; but she could not: -- mark 6:19 +. +For Herod feared John, knowing that he was a just man and an holy, and observed him; and when he heard him, he did many things, and heard him gladly. -- mark 6:20 +. +And when a convenient day was come, that Herod on his birthday made a supper to his lords, high captains, and chief estates of Galilee; -- mark 6:21 +. +And when the daughter of the said Herodias came in, and danced, and pleased Herod and them that sat with him, the king said unto the damsel, Ask of me whatsoever thou wilt, and I will give it thee. -- mark 6:22 +. +And he sware unto her, Whatsoever thou shalt ask of me, I will give it thee, unto the half of my kingdom. -- mark 6:23 +. +And she went forth, and said unto her mother, What shall I ask? And she said, The head of John the Baptist. -- mark 6:24 +. +And she came in straightway with haste unto the king, and asked, saying, I will that thou give me by and by in a charger the head of John the Baptist. -- mark 6:25 +. +And the king was exceeding sorry; yet for his oath's sake, and for their sakes which sat with him, he would not reject her. -- mark 6:26 +. +And immediately the king sent an executioner, and commanded his head to be brought: and he went and beheaded him in the prison, -- mark 6:27 +. +And brought his head in a charger, and gave it to the damsel: and the damsel gave it to her mother. -- mark 6:28 +. +And when his disciples heard of it, they came and took up his corpse, and laid it in a tomb. -- mark 6:29 +. +And the apostles gathered themselves together unto Jesus, and told him all things, both what they had done, and what they had taught. -- mark 6:30 +. +And he said unto them, Come ye yourselves apart into a desert place, and rest a while: for there were many coming and going, and they had no leisure so much as to eat. -- mark 6:31 +. +And they departed into a desert place by ship privately. -- mark 6:32 +. +And the people saw them departing, and many knew him, and ran afoot thither out of all cities, and outwent them, and came together unto him. -- mark 6:33 +. +And Jesus, when he came out, saw much people, and was moved with compassion toward them, because they were as sheep not having a shepherd: and he began to teach them many things. -- mark 6:34 +. +And when the day was now far spent, his disciples came unto him, and said, This is a desert place, and now the time is far passed: -- mark 6:35 +. +Send them away, that they may go into the country round about, and into the villages, and buy themselves bread: for they have nothing to eat. -- mark 6:36 +. +He answered and said unto them, Give ye them to eat. And they say unto him, Shall we go and buy two hundred pennyworth of bread, and give them to eat? -- mark 6:37 +. +He saith unto them, How many loaves have ye? go and see. And when they knew, they say, Five, and two fishes. -- mark 6:38 +. +And he commanded them to make all sit down by companies upon the green grass. -- mark 6:39 +. +And they sat down in ranks, by hundreds, and by fifties. -- mark 6:40 +. +And when he had taken the five loaves and the two fishes, he looked up to heaven, and blessed, and brake the loaves, and gave them to his disciples to set before them; and the two fishes divided he among them all. -- mark 6:41 +. +And they did all eat, and were filled. -- mark 6:42 +. +And they took up twelve baskets full of the fragments, and of the fishes. -- mark 6:43 +. +And they that did eat of the loaves were about five thousand men. -- mark 6:44 +. +And straightway he constrained his disciples to get into the ship, and to go to the other side before unto Bethsaida, while he sent away the people. -- mark 6:45 +. +And when he had sent them away, he departed into a mountain to pray. -- mark 6:46 +. +And when even was come, the ship was in the midst of the sea, and he alone on the land. -- mark 6:47 +. +And he saw them toiling in rowing; for the wind was contrary unto them: and about the fourth watch of the night he cometh unto them, walking upon the sea, and would have passed by them. -- mark 6:48 +. +But when they saw him walking upon the sea, they supposed it had been a spirit, and cried out: -- mark 6:49 +. +For they all saw him, and were troubled. And immediately he talked with them, and saith unto them, Be of good cheer: it is I; be not afraid. -- mark 6:50 +. +And he went up unto them into the ship; and the wind ceased: and they were sore amazed in themselves beyond measure, and wondered. -- mark 6:51 +. +For they considered not the miracle of the loaves: for their heart was hardened. -- mark 6:52 +. +And when they had passed over, they came into the land of Gennesaret, and drew to the shore. -- mark 6:53 +. +And when they were come out of the ship, straightway they knew him, -- mark 6:54 +. +And ran through that whole region round about, and began to carry about in beds those that were sick, where they heard he was. -- mark 6:55 +. +And whithersoever he entered, into villages, or cities, or country, they laid the sick in the streets, and besought him that they might touch if it were but the border of his garment: and as many as touched him were made whole. -- mark 6:56 +. +Then came together unto him the Pharisees, and certain of the scribes, which came from Jerusalem. -- mark 7:1 +. +And when they saw some of his disciples eat bread with defiled, that is to say, with unwashen, hands, they found fault. -- mark 7:2 +. +For the Pharisees, and all the Jews, except they wash their hands oft, eat not, holding the tradition of the elders. -- mark 7:3 +. +And when they come from the market, except they wash, they eat not. And many other things there be, which they have received to hold, as the washing of cups, and pots, brasen vessels, and of tables. -- mark 7:4 +. +Then the Pharisees and scribes asked him, Why walk not thy disciples according to the tradition of the elders, but eat bread with unwashen hands? -- mark 7:5 +. +He answered and said unto them, Well hath Esaias prophesied of you hypocrites, as it is written, This people honoureth me with their lips, but their heart is far from me. -- mark 7:6 +. +Howbeit in vain do they worship me, teaching for doctrines the commandments of men. -- mark 7:7 +. +For laying aside the commandment of God, ye hold the tradition of men, as the washing of pots and cups: and many other such like things ye do. -- mark 7:8 +. +And he said unto them, Full well ye reject the commandment of God, that ye may keep your own tradition. -- mark 7:9 +. +For Moses said, Honour thy father and thy mother; and, Whoso curseth father or mother, let him die the death: -- mark 7:10 +. +But ye say, If a man shall say to his father or mother, It is Corban, that is to say, a gift, by whatsoever thou mightest be profited by me; he shall be free. -- mark 7:11 +. +And ye suffer him no more to do ought for his father or his mother; -- mark 7:12 +. +Making the word of God of none effect through your tradition, which ye have delivered: and many such like things do ye. -- mark 7:13 +. +And when he had called all the people unto him, he said unto them, Hearken unto me every one of you, and understand: -- mark 7:14 +. +There is nothing from without a man, that entering into him can defile him: but the things which come out of him, those are they that defile the man. -- mark 7:15 +. +If any man have ears to hear, let him hear. -- mark 7:16 +. +And when he was entered into the house from the people, his disciples asked him concerning the parable. -- mark 7:17 +. +And he saith unto them, Are ye so without understanding also? Do ye not perceive, that whatsoever thing from without entereth into the man, it cannot defile him; -- mark 7:18 +. +Because it entereth not into his heart, but into the belly, and goeth out into the draught, purging all meats? -- mark 7:19 +. +And he said, That which cometh out of the man, that defileth the man. -- mark 7:20 +. +For from within, out of the heart of men, proceed evil thoughts, adulteries, fornications, murders, -- mark 7:21 +. +Thefts, covetousness, wickedness, deceit, lasciviousness, an evil eye, blasphemy, pride, foolishness: -- mark 7:22 +. +All these evil things come from within, and defile the man. -- mark 7:23 +. +And from thence he arose, and went into the borders of Tyre and Sidon, and entered into an house, and would have no man know it: but he could not be hid. -- mark 7:24 +. +For a certain woman, whose young daughter had an unclean spirit, heard of him, and came and fell at his feet: -- mark 7:25 +. +The woman was a Greek, a Syrophenician by nation; and she besought him that he would cast forth the devil out of her daughter. -- mark 7:26 +. +But Jesus said unto her, Let the children first be filled: for it is not meet to take the children's bread, and to cast it unto the dogs. -- mark 7:27 +. +And she answered and said unto him, Yes, Lord: yet the dogs under the table eat of the children's crumbs. -- mark 7:28 +. +And he said unto her, For this saying go thy way; the devil is gone out of thy daughter. -- mark 7:29 +. +And when she was come to her house, she found the devil gone out, and her daughter laid upon the bed. -- mark 7:30 +. +And again, departing from the coasts of Tyre and Sidon, he came unto the sea of Galilee, through the midst of the coasts of Decapolis. -- mark 7:31 +. +And they bring unto him one that was deaf, and had an impediment in his speech; and they beseech him to put his hand upon him. -- mark 7:32 +. +And he took him aside from the multitude, and put his fingers into his ears, and he spit, and touched his tongue; -- mark 7:33 +. +And looking up to heaven, he sighed, and saith unto him, Ephphatha, that is, Be opened. -- mark 7:34 +. +And straightway his ears were opened, and the string of his tongue was loosed, and he spake plain. -- mark 7:35 +. +And he charged them that they should tell no man: but the more he charged them, so much the more a great deal they published it; -- mark 7:36 +. +And were beyond measure astonished, saying, He hath done all things well: he maketh both the deaf to hear, and the dumb to speak. -- mark 7:37 +. +In those days the multitude being very great, and having nothing to eat, Jesus called his disciples unto him, and saith unto them, -- mark 8:1 +. +I have compassion on the multitude, because they have now been with me three days, and have nothing to eat: -- mark 8:2 +. +And if I send them away fasting to their own houses, they will faint by the way: for divers of them came from far. -- mark 8:3 +. +And his disciples answered him, From whence can a man satisfy these men with bread here in the wilderness? -- mark 8:4 +. +And he asked them, How many loaves have ye? And they said, Seven. -- mark 8:5 +. +And he commanded the people to sit down on the ground: and he took the seven loaves, and gave thanks, and brake, and gave to his disciples to set before them; and they did set them before the people. -- mark 8:6 +. +And they had a few small fishes: and he blessed, and commanded to set them also before them. -- mark 8:7 +. +So they did eat, and were filled: and they took up of the broken meat that was left seven baskets. -- mark 8:8 +. +And they that had eaten were about four thousand: and he sent them away. -- mark 8:9 +. +And straightway he entered into a ship with his disciples, and came into the parts of Dalmanutha. -- mark 8:10 +. +And the Pharisees came forth, and began to question with him, seeking of him a sign from heaven, tempting him. -- mark 8:11 +. +And he sighed deeply in his spirit, and saith, Why doth this generation seek after a sign? verily I say unto you, There shall no sign be given unto this generation. -- mark 8:12 +. +And he left them, and entering into the ship again departed to the other side. -- mark 8:13 +. +Now the disciples had forgotten to take bread, neither had they in the ship with them more than one loaf. -- mark 8:14 +. +And he charged them, saying, Take heed, beware of the leaven of the Pharisees, and of the leaven of Herod. -- mark 8:15 +. +And they reasoned among themselves, saying, It is because we have no bread. -- mark 8:16 +. +And when Jesus knew it, he saith unto them, Why reason ye, because ye have no bread? perceive ye not yet, neither understand? have ye your heart yet hardened? -- mark 8:17 +. +Having eyes, see ye not? and having ears, hear ye not? and do ye not remember? -- mark 8:18 +. +When I brake the five loaves among five thousand, how many baskets full of fragments took ye up? They say unto him, Twelve. -- mark 8:19 +. +And when the seven among four thousand, how many baskets full of fragments took ye up? And they said, Seven. -- mark 8:20 +. +And he said unto them, How is it that ye do not understand? -- mark 8:21 +. +And he cometh to Bethsaida; and they bring a blind man unto him, and besought him to touch him. -- mark 8:22 +. +And he took the blind man by the hand, and led him out of the town; and when he had spit on his eyes, and put his hands upon him, he asked him if he saw ought. -- mark 8:23 +. +And he looked up, and said, I see men as trees, walking. -- mark 8:24 +. +After that he put his hands again upon his eyes, and made him look up: and he was restored, and saw every man clearly. -- mark 8:25 +. +And he sent him away to his house, saying, Neither go into the town, nor tell it to any in the town. -- mark 8:26 +. +And Jesus went out, and his disciples, into the towns of Caesarea Philippi: and by the way he asked his disciples, saying unto them, Whom do men say that I am? -- mark 8:27 +. +And they answered, John the Baptist; but some say, Elias; and others, One of the prophets. -- mark 8:28 +. +And he saith unto them, But whom say ye that I am? And Peter answereth and saith unto him, Thou art the Christ. -- mark 8:29 +. +And he charged them that they should tell no man of him. -- mark 8:30 +. +And he began to teach them, that the Son of man must suffer many things, and be rejected of the elders, and of the chief priests, and scribes, and be killed, and after three days rise again. -- mark 8:31 +. +And he spake that saying openly. And Peter took him, and began to rebuke him. -- mark 8:32 +. +But when he had turned about and looked on his disciples, he rebuked Peter, saying, Get thee behind me, Satan: for thou savourest not the things that be of God, but the things that be of men. -- mark 8:33 +. +And when he had called the people unto him with his disciples also, he said unto them, Whosoever will come after me, let him deny himself, and take up his cross, and follow me. -- mark 8:34 +. +For whosoever will save his life shall lose it; but whosoever shall lose his life for my sake and the gospel's, the same shall save it. -- mark 8:35 +. +For what shall it profit a man, if he shall gain the whole world, and lose his own soul? -- mark 8:36 +. +Or what shall a man give in exchange for his soul? -- mark 8:37 +. +Whosoever therefore shall be ashamed of me and of my words in this adulterous and sinful generation; of him also shall the Son of man be ashamed, when he cometh in the glory of his Father with the holy angels. -- mark 8:38 +. +And he said unto them, Verily I say unto you, That there be some of them that stand here, which shall not taste of death, till they have seen the kingdom of God come with power. -- mark 9:1 +. +And after six days Jesus taketh with him Peter, and James, and John, and leadeth them up into an high mountain apart by themselves: and he was transfigured before them. -- mark 9:2 +. +And his raiment became shining, exceeding white as snow; so as no fuller on earth can white them. -- mark 9:3 +. +And there appeared unto them Elias with Moses: and they were talking with Jesus. -- mark 9:4 +. +And Peter answered and said to Jesus, Master, it is good for us to be here: and let us make three tabernacles; one for thee, and one for Moses, and one for Elias. -- mark 9:5 +. +For he wist not what to say; for they were sore afraid. -- mark 9:6 +. +And there was a cloud that overshadowed them: and a voice came out of the cloud, saying, This is my beloved Son: hear him. -- mark 9:7 +. +And suddenly, when they had looked round about, they saw no man any more, save Jesus only with themselves. -- mark 9:8 +. +And as they came down from the mountain, he charged them that they should tell no man what things they had seen, till the Son of man were risen from the dead. -- mark 9:9 +. +And they kept that saying with themselves, questioning one with another what the rising from the dead should mean. -- mark 9:10 +. +And they asked him, saying, Why say the scribes that Elias must first come? -- mark 9:11 +. +And he answered and told them, Elias verily cometh first, and restoreth all things; and how it is written of the Son of man, that he must suffer many things, and be set at nought. -- mark 9:12 +. +But I say unto you, That Elias is indeed come, and they have done unto him whatsoever they listed, as it is written of him. -- mark 9:13 +. +And when he came to his disciples, he saw a great multitude about them, and the scribes questioning with them. -- mark 9:14 +. +And straightway all the people, when they beheld him, were greatly amazed, and running to him saluted him. -- mark 9:15 +. +And he asked the scribes, What question ye with them? -- mark 9:16 +. +And one of the multitude answered and said, Master, I have brought unto thee my son, which hath a dumb spirit; -- mark 9:17 +. +And wheresoever he taketh him, he teareth him: and he foameth, and gnasheth with his teeth, and pineth away: and I spake to thy disciples that they should cast him out; and they could not. -- mark 9:18 +. +He answereth him, and saith, O faithless generation, how long shall I be with you? how long shall I suffer you? bring him unto me. -- mark 9:19 +. +And they brought him unto him: and when he saw him, straightway the spirit tare him; and he fell on the ground, and wallowed foaming. -- mark 9:20 +. +And he asked his father, How long is it ago since this came unto him? And he said, Of a child. -- mark 9:21 +. +And ofttimes it hath cast him into the fire, and into the waters, to destroy him: but if thou canst do any thing, have compassion on us, and help us. -- mark 9:22 +. +Jesus said unto him, If thou canst believe, all things are possible to him that believeth. -- mark 9:23 +. +And straightway the father of the child cried out, and said with tears, Lord, I believe; help thou mine unbelief. -- mark 9:24 +. +When Jesus saw that the people came running together, he rebuked the foul spirit, saying unto him, Thou dumb and deaf spirit, I charge thee, come out of him, and enter no more into him. -- mark 9:25 +. +And the spirit cried, and rent him sore, and came out of him: and he was as one dead; insomuch that many said, He is dead. -- mark 9:26 +. +But Jesus took him by the hand, and lifted him up; and he arose. -- mark 9:27 +. +And when he was come into the house, his disciples asked him privately, Why could not we cast him out? -- mark 9:28 +. +And he said unto them, This kind can come forth by nothing, but by prayer and fasting. -- mark 9:29 +. +And they departed thence, and passed through Galilee; and he would not that any man should know it. -- mark 9:30 +. +For he taught his disciples, and said unto them, The Son of man is delivered into the hands of men, and they shall kill him; and after that he is killed, he shall rise the third day. -- mark 9:31 +. +But they understood not that saying, and were afraid to ask him. -- mark 9:32 +. +And he came to Capernaum: and being in the house he asked them, What was it that ye disputed among yourselves by the way? -- mark 9:33 +. +But they held their peace: for by the way they had disputed among themselves, who should be the greatest. -- mark 9:34 +. +And he sat down, and called the twelve, and saith unto them, If any man desire to be first, the same shall be last of all, and servant of all. -- mark 9:35 +. +And he took a child, and set him in the midst of them: and when he had taken him in his arms, he said unto them, -- mark 9:36 +. +Whosoever shall receive one of such children in my name, receiveth me: and whosoever shall receive me, receiveth not me, but him that sent me. -- mark 9:37 +. +And John answered him, saying, Master, we saw one casting out devils in thy name, and he followeth not us: and we forbad him, because he followeth not us. -- mark 9:38 +. +But Jesus said, Forbid him not: for there is no man which shall do a miracle in my name, that can lightly speak evil of me. -- mark 9:39 +. +For he that is not against us is on our part. -- mark 9:40 +. +For whosoever shall give you a cup of water to drink in my name, because ye belong to Christ, verily I say unto you, he shall not lose his reward. -- mark 9:41 +. +And whosoever shall offend one of these little ones that believe in me, it is better for him that a millstone were hanged about his neck, and he were cast into the sea. -- mark 9:42 +. +And if thy hand offend thee, cut it off: it is better for thee to enter into life maimed, than having two hands to go into hell, into the fire that never shall be quenched: -- mark 9:43 +. +Where their worm dieth not, and the fire is not quenched. -- mark 9:44 +. +And if thy foot offend thee, cut it off: it is better for thee to enter halt into life, than having two feet to be cast into hell, into the fire that never shall be quenched: -- mark 9:45 +. +Where their worm dieth not, and the fire is not quenched. -- mark 9:46 +. +And if thine eye offend thee, pluck it out: it is better for thee to enter into the kingdom of God with one eye, than having two eyes to be cast into hell fire: -- mark 9:47 +. +Where their worm dieth not, and the fire is not quenched. -- mark 9:48 +. +For every one shall be salted with fire, and every sacrifice shall be salted with salt. -- mark 9:49 +. +Salt is good: but if the salt have lost his saltness, wherewith will ye season it? Have salt in yourselves, and have peace one with another. -- mark 9:50 +. +And he arose from thence, and cometh into the coasts of Judaea by the farther side of Jordan: and the people resort unto him again; and, as he was wont, he taught them again. -- mark 10:1 +. +And the Pharisees came to him, and asked him, Is it lawful for a man to put away his wife? tempting him. -- mark 10:2 +. +And he answered and said unto them, What did Moses command you? -- mark 10:3 +. +And they said, Moses suffered to write a bill of divorcement, and to put her away. -- mark 10:4 +. +And Jesus answered and said unto them, For the hardness of your heart he wrote you this precept. -- mark 10:5 +. +But from the beginning of the creation God made them male and female. -- mark 10:6 +. +For this cause shall a man leave his father and mother, and cleave to his wife; -- mark 10:7 +. +And they twain shall be one flesh: so then they are no more twain, but one flesh. -- mark 10:8 +. +What therefore God hath joined together, let not man put asunder. -- mark 10:9 +. +And in the house his disciples asked him again of the same matter. -- mark 10:10 +. +And he saith unto them, Whosoever shall put away his wife, and marry another, committeth adultery against her. -- mark 10:11 +. +And if a woman shall put away her husband, and be married to another, she committeth adultery. -- mark 10:12 +. +And they brought young children to him, that he should touch them: and his disciples rebuked those that brought them. -- mark 10:13 +. +But when Jesus saw it, he was much displeased, and said unto them, Suffer the little children to come unto me, and forbid them not: for of such is the kingdom of God. -- mark 10:14 +. +Verily I say unto you, Whosoever shall not receive the kingdom of God as a little child, he shall not enter therein. -- mark 10:15 +. +And he took them up in his arms, put his hands upon them, and blessed them. -- mark 10:16 +. +And when he was gone forth into the way, there came one running, and kneeled to him, and asked him, Good Master, what shall I do that I may inherit eternal life? -- mark 10:17 +. +And Jesus said unto him, Why callest thou me good? there is none good but one, that is, God. -- mark 10:18 +. +Thou knowest the commandments, Do not commit adultery, Do not kill, Do not steal, Do not bear false witness, Defraud not, Honour thy father and mother. -- mark 10:19 +. +And he answered and said unto him, Master, all these have I observed from my youth. -- mark 10:20 +. +Then Jesus beholding him loved him, and said unto him, One thing thou lackest: go thy way, sell whatsoever thou hast, and give to the poor, and thou shalt have treasure in heaven: and come, take up the cross, and follow me. -- mark 10:21 +. +And he was sad at that saying, and went away grieved: for he had great possessions. -- mark 10:22 +. +And Jesus looked round about, and saith unto his disciples, How hardly shall they that have riches enter into the kingdom of God! -- mark 10:23 +. +And the disciples were astonished at his words. But Jesus answereth again, and saith unto them, Children, how hard is it for them that trust in riches to enter into the kingdom of God! -- mark 10:24 +. +It is easier for a camel to go through the eye of a needle, than for a rich man to enter into the kingdom of God. -- mark 10:25 +. +And they were astonished out of measure, saying among themselves, Who then can be saved? -- mark 10:26 +. +And Jesus looking upon them saith, With men it is impossible, but not with God: for with God all things are possible. -- mark 10:27 +. +Then Peter began to say unto him, Lo, we have left all, and have followed thee. -- mark 10:28 +. +And Jesus answered and said, Verily I say unto you, There is no man that hath left house, or brethren, or sisters, or father, or mother, or wife, or children, or lands, for my sake, and the gospel's, -- mark 10:29 +. +But he shall receive an 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. -- mark 10:30 +. +But many that are first shall be last; and the last first. -- mark 10:31 +. +And they were in the way going up to Jerusalem; and Jesus went before them: and they were amazed; and as they followed, they were afraid. And he took again the twelve, and began to tell them what things should happen unto him, -- mark 10:32 +. +Saying, Behold, we go up to Jerusalem; and the Son of man shall be delivered unto the chief priests, and unto the scribes; and they shall condemn him to death, and shall deliver him to the Gentiles: -- mark 10:33 +. +And they shall mock him, and shall scourge him, and shall spit upon him, and shall kill him: and the third day he shall rise again. -- mark 10:34 +. +And James and John, the sons of Zebedee, come unto him, saying, Master, we would that thou shouldest do for us whatsoever we shall desire. -- mark 10:35 +. +And he said unto them, What would ye that I should do for you? -- mark 10:36 +. +They said unto him, Grant unto us that we may sit, one on thy right hand, and the other on thy left hand, in thy glory. -- mark 10:37 +. +But Jesus said unto them, Ye know not what ye ask: can ye drink of the cup that I drink of? and be baptized with the baptism that I am baptized with? -- mark 10:38 +. +And they said unto him, We can. And Jesus said unto them, Ye shall indeed drink of the cup that I drink of; and with the baptism that I am baptized withal shall ye be baptized: -- mark 10:39 +. +But to sit on my right hand and on my left hand is not mine to give; but it shall be given to them for whom it is prepared. -- mark 10:40 +. +And when the ten heard it, they began to be much displeased with James and John. -- mark 10:41 +. +But Jesus called them to him, and saith unto them, Ye know that they which are accounted to rule over the Gentiles exercise lordship over them; and their great ones exercise authority upon them. -- mark 10:42 +. +But so shall it not be among you: but whosoever will be great among you, shall be your minister: -- mark 10:43 +. +And whosoever of you will be the chiefest, shall be servant of all. -- mark 10:44 +. +For even the Son of man came not to be ministered unto, but to minister, and to give his life a ransom for many. -- mark 10:45 +. +And they came to Jericho: and as he went out of Jericho with his disciples and a great number of people, blind Bartimaeus, the son of Timaeus, sat by the highway side begging. -- mark 10:46 +. +And when he heard that it was Jesus of Nazareth, he began to cry out, and say, Jesus, thou son of David, have mercy on me. -- mark 10:47 +. +And many charged him that he should hold his peace: but he cried the more a great deal, Thou son of David, have mercy on me. -- mark 10:48 +. +And Jesus stood still, and commanded him to be called. And they call the blind man, saying unto him, Be of good comfort, rise; he calleth thee. -- mark 10:49 +. +And he, casting away his garment, rose, and came to Jesus. -- mark 10:50 +. +And Jesus answered and said unto him, What wilt thou that I should do unto thee? The blind man said unto him, Lord, that I might receive my sight. -- mark 10:51 +. +And Jesus said unto him, Go thy way; thy faith hath made thee whole. And immediately he received his sight, and followed Jesus in the way. -- mark 10:52 +. +And when they came nigh to Jerusalem, unto Bethphage and Bethany, at the mount of Olives, he sendeth forth two of his disciples, -- mark 11:1 +. +And saith unto them, Go your way into the village over against you: and as soon as ye be entered into it, ye shall find a colt tied, whereon never man sat; loose him, and bring him. -- mark 11:2 +. +And if any man say unto you, Why do ye this? say ye that the Lord hath need of him; and straightway he will send him hither. -- mark 11:3 +. +And they went their way, and found the colt tied by the door without in a place where two ways met; and they loose him. -- mark 11:4 +. +And certain of them that stood there said unto them, What do ye, loosing the colt? -- mark 11:5 +. +And they said unto them even as Jesus had commanded: and they let them go. -- mark 11:6 +. +And they brought the colt to Jesus, and cast their garments on him; and he sat upon him. -- mark 11:7 +. +And many spread their garments in the way: and others cut down branches off the trees, and strawed them in the way. -- mark 11:8 +. +And they that went before, and they that followed, cried, saying, Hosanna; Blessed is he that cometh in the name of the Lord: -- mark 11:9 +. +Blessed be the kingdom of our father David, that cometh in the name of the Lord: Hosanna in the highest. -- mark 11:10 +. +And Jesus entered into Jerusalem, and into the temple: and when he had looked round about upon all things, and now the eventide was come, he went out unto Bethany with the twelve. -- mark 11:11 +. +And on the morrow, when they were come from Bethany, he was hungry: -- mark 11:12 +. +And seeing a fig tree afar off having leaves, he came, if haply he might find any thing thereon: and when he came to it, he found nothing but leaves; for the time of figs was not yet. -- mark 11:13 +. +And Jesus answered and said unto it, No man eat fruit of thee hereafter for ever. And his disciples heard it. -- mark 11:14 +. +And they come to Jerusalem: and Jesus went into the temple, and began to cast out them that sold and bought in the temple, and overthrew the tables of the moneychangers, and the seats of them that sold doves; -- mark 11:15 +. +And would not suffer that any man should carry any vessel through the temple. -- mark 11:16 +. +And he taught, saying unto them, Is it not written, My house shall be called of all nations the house of prayer? but ye have made it a den of thieves. -- mark 11:17 +. +And the scribes and chief priests heard it, and sought how they might destroy him: for they feared him, because all the people was astonished at his doctrine. -- mark 11:18 +. +And when even was come, he went out of the city. -- mark 11:19 +. +And in the morning, as they passed by, they saw the fig tree dried up from the roots. -- mark 11:20 +. +And Peter calling to remembrance saith unto him, Master, behold, the fig tree which thou cursedst is withered away. -- mark 11:21 +. +And Jesus answering saith unto them, Have faith in God. -- mark 11:22 +. +For verily I say unto you, That whosoever shall say unto this mountain, Be thou removed, and be thou cast into the sea; and shall not doubt in his heart, but shall believe that those things which he saith shall come to pass; he shall have whatsoever he saith. -- mark 11:23 +. +Therefore I say unto you, What things soever ye desire, when ye pray, believe that ye receive them, and ye shall have them. -- mark 11:24 +. +And when ye stand praying, forgive, if ye have ought against any: that your Father also which is in heaven may forgive you your trespasses. -- mark 11:25 +. +But if ye do not forgive, neither will your Father which is in heaven forgive your trespasses. -- mark 11:26 +. +And they come again to Jerusalem: and as he was walking in the temple, there come to him the chief priests, and the scribes, and the elders, -- mark 11:27 +. +And say unto him, By what authority doest thou these things? and who gave thee this authority to do these things? -- mark 11:28 +. +And Jesus answered and said unto them, I will also ask of you one question, and answer me, and I will tell you by what authority I do these things. -- mark 11:29 +. +The baptism of John, was it from heaven, or of men? answer me. -- mark 11:30 +. +And they reasoned with themselves, saying, If we shall say, From heaven; he will say, Why then did ye not believe him? -- mark 11:31 +. +But if we shall say, Of men; they feared the people: for all men counted John, that he was a prophet indeed. -- mark 11:32 +. +And they answered and said unto Jesus, We cannot tell. And Jesus answering saith unto them, Neither do I tell you by what authority I do these things. -- mark 11:33 +. +And he began to speak unto them by parables. A certain man planted a vineyard, and set an hedge about it, and digged a place for the winefat, and built a tower, and let it out to husbandmen, and went into a far country. -- mark 12:1 +. +And at the season he sent to the husbandmen a servant, that he might receive from the husbandmen of the fruit of the vineyard. -- mark 12:2 +. +And they caught him, and beat him, and sent him away empty. -- mark 12:3 +. +And again he sent unto them another servant; and at him they cast stones, and wounded him in the head, and sent him away shamefully handled. -- mark 12:4 +. +And again he sent another; and him they killed, and many others; beating some, and killing some. -- mark 12:5 +. +Having yet therefore one son, his wellbeloved, he sent him also last unto them, saying, They will reverence my son. -- mark 12:6 +. +But those husbandmen said among themselves, This is the heir; come, let us kill him, and the inheritance shall be our's. -- mark 12:7 +. +And they took him, and killed him, and cast him out of the vineyard. -- mark 12:8 +. +What shall therefore the lord of the vineyard do? he will come and destroy the husbandmen, and will give the vineyard unto others. -- mark 12:9 +. +And have ye not read this scripture; The stone which the builders rejected is become the head of the corner: -- mark 12:10 +. +This was the Lord's doing, and it is marvellous in our eyes? -- mark 12:11 +. +And they sought to lay hold on him, but feared the people: for they knew that he had spoken the parable against them: and they left him, and went their way. -- mark 12:12 +. +And they send unto him certain of the Pharisees and of the Herodians, to catch him in his words. -- mark 12:13 +. +And when they were come, they say unto him, Master, we know that thou art true, and carest for no man: for thou regardest not the person of men, but teachest the way of God in truth: Is it lawful to give tribute to Caesar, or not? -- mark 12:14 +. +Shall we give, or shall we not give? But he, knowing their hypocrisy, said unto them, Why tempt ye me? bring me a penny, that I may see it. -- mark 12:15 +. +And they brought it. And he saith unto them, Whose is this image and superscription? And they said unto him, Caesar's. -- mark 12:16 +. +And Jesus answering said unto them, Render to Caesar the things that are Caesar's, and to God the things that are God's. And they marvelled at him. -- mark 12:17 +. +Then come unto him the Sadducees, which say there is no resurrection; and they asked him, saying, -- mark 12:18 +. +Master, Moses wrote unto us, If a man's brother die, and leave his wife behind him, and leave no children, that his brother should take his wife, and raise up seed unto his brother. -- mark 12:19 +. +Now there were seven brethren: and the first took a wife, and dying left no seed. -- mark 12:20 +. +And the second took her, and died, neither left he any seed: and the third likewise. -- mark 12:21 +. +And the seven had her, and left no seed: last of all the woman died also. -- mark 12:22 +. +In the resurrection therefore, when they shall rise, whose wife shall she be of them? for the seven had her to wife. -- mark 12:23 +. +And Jesus answering said unto them, Do ye not therefore err, because ye know not the scriptures, neither the power of God? -- mark 12:24 +. +For when they shall rise from the dead, they neither marry, nor are given in marriage; but are as the angels which are in heaven. -- mark 12:25 +. +And as touching the dead, that they rise: have ye not read in the book of Moses, how in the bush God spake unto him, saying, I am the God of Abraham, and the God of Isaac, and the God of Jacob? -- mark 12:26 +. +He is not the God of the dead, but the God of the living: ye therefore do greatly err. -- mark 12:27 +. +And one of the scribes came, and having heard them reasoning together, and perceiving that he had answered them well, asked him, Which is the first commandment of all? -- mark 12:28 +. +And Jesus answered him, The first of all the commandments is, Hear, O Israel; The Lord our God is one Lord: -- mark 12:29 +. +And thou shalt love the Lord thy God with all thy heart, and with all thy soul, and with all thy mind, and with all thy strength: this is the first commandment. -- mark 12:30 +. +And the second is like, namely this, Thou shalt love thy neighbour as thyself. There is none other commandment greater than these. -- mark 12:31 +. +And the scribe said unto him, Well, Master, thou hast said the truth: for there is one God; and there is none other but he: -- mark 12:32 +. +And to love him with all the heart, and with all the understanding, and with all the soul, and with all the strength, and to love his neighbour as himself, is more than all whole burnt offerings and sacrifices. -- mark 12:33 +. +And when Jesus saw that he answered discreetly, he said unto him, Thou art not far from the kingdom of God. And no man after that durst ask him any question. -- mark 12:34 +. +And Jesus answered and said, while he taught in the temple, How say the scribes that Christ is the son of David? -- mark 12:35 +. +For David himself said by the Holy Ghost, The LORD said to my Lord, Sit thou on my right hand, till I make thine enemies thy footstool. -- mark 12:36 +. +David therefore himself calleth him Lord; and whence is he then his son? And the common people heard him gladly. -- mark 12:37 +. +And he said unto them in his doctrine, Beware of the scribes, which love to go in long clothing, and love salutations in the marketplaces, -- mark 12:38 +. +And the chief seats in the synagogues, and the uppermost rooms at feasts: -- mark 12:39 +. +Which devour widows' houses, and for a pretence make long prayers: these shall receive greater damnation. -- mark 12:40 +. +And Jesus sat over against the treasury, and beheld how the people cast money into the treasury: and many that were rich cast in much. -- mark 12:41 +. +And there came a certain poor widow, and she threw in two mites, which make a farthing. -- mark 12:42 +. +And he called unto him his disciples, and saith unto them, Verily I say unto you, That this poor widow hath cast more in, than all they which have cast into the treasury: -- mark 12:43 +. +For all they did cast in of their abundance; but she of her want did cast in all that she had, even all her living. -- mark 12:44 +. +And as he went out of the temple, one of his disciples saith unto him, Master, see what manner of stones and what buildings are here! -- mark 13:1 +. +And Jesus answering said unto him, Seest thou these great buildings? there shall not be left one stone upon another, that shall not be thrown down. -- mark 13:2 +. +And as he sat upon the mount of Olives over against the temple, Peter and James and John and Andrew asked him privately, -- mark 13:3 +. +Tell us, when shall these things be? and what shall be the sign when all these things shall be fulfilled? -- mark 13:4 +. +And Jesus answering them began to say, Take heed lest any man deceive you: -- mark 13:5 +. +For many shall come in my name, saying, I am Christ; and shall deceive many. -- mark 13:6 +. +And when ye shall hear of wars and rumours of wars, be ye not troubled: for such things must needs be; but the end shall not be yet. -- mark 13:7 +. +For nation shall rise against nation, and kingdom against kingdom: and there shall be earthquakes in divers places, and there shall be famines and troubles: these are the beginnings of sorrows. -- mark 13:8 +. +But take heed to yourselves: for they shall deliver you up to councils; and in the synagogues ye shall be beaten: and ye shall be brought before rulers and kings for my sake, for a testimony against them. -- mark 13:9 +. +And the gospel must first be published among all nations. -- mark 13:10 +. +But when they shall lead you, and deliver you up, take no thought beforehand what ye shall speak, neither do ye premeditate: but whatsoever shall be given you in that hour, that speak ye: for it is not ye that speak, but the Holy Ghost. -- mark 13:11 +. +Now the brother shall betray the brother to death, and the father the son; and children shall rise up against their parents, and shall cause them to be put to death. -- mark 13:12 +. +And ye shall be hated of all men for my name's sake: but he that shall endure unto the end, the same shall be saved. -- mark 13:13 +. +But when ye shall see the abomination of desolation, spoken of by Daniel the prophet, standing where it ought not, (let him that readeth understand,) then let them that be in Judaea flee to the mountains: -- mark 13:14 +. +And let him that is on the housetop not go down into the house, neither enter therein, to take any thing out of his house: -- mark 13:15 +. +And let him that is in the field not turn back again for to take up his garment. -- mark 13:16 +. +But woe to them that are with child, and to them that give suck in those days! -- mark 13:17 +. +And pray ye that your flight be not in the winter. -- mark 13:18 +. +For in those days shall be affliction, such as was not from the beginning of the creation which God created unto this time, neither shall be. -- mark 13:19 +. +And except that the Lord had shortened those days, no flesh should be saved: but for the elect's sake, whom he hath chosen, he hath shortened the days. -- mark 13:20 +. +And then if any man shall say to you, Lo, here is Christ; or, lo, he is there; believe him not: -- mark 13:21 +. +For false Christs and false prophets shall rise, and shall shew signs and wonders, to seduce, if it were possible, even the elect. -- mark 13:22 +. +But take ye heed: behold, I have foretold you all things. -- mark 13:23 +. +But in those days, after that tribulation, the sun shall be darkened, and the moon shall not give her light, -- mark 13:24 +. +And the stars of heaven shall fall, and the powers that are in heaven shall be shaken. -- mark 13:25 +. +And then shall they see the Son of man coming in the clouds with great power and glory. -- mark 13:26 +. +And then shall he send his angels, and shall gather together his elect from the four winds, from the uttermost part of the earth to the uttermost part of heaven. -- mark 13:27 +. +Now learn a parable of the fig tree; When her branch is yet tender, and putteth forth leaves, ye know that summer is near: -- mark 13:28 +. +So ye in like manner, when ye shall see these things come to pass, know that it is nigh, even at the doors. -- mark 13:29 +. +Verily I say unto you, that this generation shall not pass, till all these things be done. -- mark 13:30 +. +Heaven and earth shall pass away: but my words shall not pass away. -- mark 13:31 +. +But of that day and that hour knoweth no man, no, not the angels which are in heaven, neither the Son, but the Father. -- mark 13:32 +. +Take ye heed, watch and pray: for ye know not when the time is. -- mark 13:33 +. +For the Son of Man is as a man taking a far journey, who left his house, and gave authority to his servants, and to every man his work, and commanded the porter to watch. -- mark 13:34 +. +Watch ye therefore: for ye know not when the master of the house cometh, at even, or at midnight, or at the cockcrowing, or in the morning: -- mark 13:35 +. +Lest coming suddenly he find you sleeping. -- mark 13:36 +. +And what I say unto you I say unto all, Watch. -- mark 13:37 +. +After two days was the feast of the passover, and of unleavened bread: and the chief priests and the scribes sought how they might take him by craft, and put him to death. -- mark 14:1 +. +But they said, Not on the feast day, lest there be an uproar of the people. -- mark 14:2 +. +And being in Bethany in the house of Simon the leper, as he sat at meat, there came a woman having an alabaster box of ointment of spikenard very precious; and she brake the box, and poured it on his head. -- mark 14:3 +. +And there were some that had indignation within themselves, and said, Why was this waste of the ointment made? -- mark 14:4 +. +For it might have been sold for more than three hundred pence, and have been given to the poor. And they murmured against her. -- mark 14:5 +. +And Jesus said, Let her alone; why trouble ye her? she hath wrought a good work on me. -- mark 14:6 +. +For ye have the poor with you always, and whensoever ye will ye may do them good: but me ye have not always. -- mark 14:7 +. +She hath done what she could: she is come aforehand to anoint my body to the burying. -- mark 14:8 +. +Verily I say unto you, Wheresoever this gospel shall be preached throughout the whole world, this also that she hath done shall be spoken of for a memorial of her. -- mark 14:9 +. +And Judas Iscariot, one of the twelve, went unto the chief priests, to betray him unto them. -- mark 14:10 +. +And when they heard it, they were glad, and promised to give him money. And he sought how he might conveniently betray him. -- mark 14:11 +. +And the first day of unleavened bread, when they killed the passover, his disciples said unto him, Where wilt thou that we go and prepare that thou mayest eat the passover? -- mark 14:12 +. +And he sendeth forth two of his disciples, and saith unto them, Go ye into the city, and there shall meet you a man bearing a pitcher of water: follow him. -- mark 14:13 +. +And wheresoever he shall go in, say ye to the goodman of the house, The Master saith, Where is the guestchamber, where I shall eat the passover with my disciples? -- mark 14:14 +. +And he will shew you a large upper room furnished and prepared: there make ready for us. -- mark 14:15 +. +And his disciples went forth, and came into the city, and found as he had said unto them: and they made ready the passover. -- mark 14:16 +. +And in the evening he cometh with the twelve. -- mark 14:17 +. +And as they sat and did eat, Jesus said, Verily I say unto you, One of you which eateth with me shall betray me. -- mark 14:18 +. +And they began to be sorrowful, and to say unto him one by one, Is it I? and another said, Is it I? -- mark 14:19 +. +And he answered and said unto them, It is one of the twelve, that dippeth with me in the dish. -- mark 14:20 +. +The Son of man indeed goeth, as it is written of him: but woe to that man by whom the Son of man is betrayed! good were it for that man if he had never been born. -- mark 14:21 +. +And as they did eat, Jesus took bread, and blessed, and brake it, and gave to them, and said, Take, eat: this is my body. -- mark 14:22 +. +And he took the cup, and when he had given thanks, he gave it to them: and they all drank of it. -- mark 14:23 +. +And he said unto them, This is my blood of the new testament, which is shed for many. -- mark 14:24 +. +Verily I say unto you, I will drink no more of the fruit of the vine, until that day that I drink it new in the kingdom of God. -- mark 14:25 +. +And when they had sung an hymn, they went out into the mount of Olives. -- mark 14:26 +. +And Jesus saith unto them, All ye shall be offended because of me this night: for it is written, I will smite the shepherd, and the sheep shall be scattered. -- mark 14:27 +. +But after that I am risen, I will go before you into Galilee. -- mark 14:28 +. +But Peter said unto him, Although all shall be offended, yet will not I. -- mark 14:29 +. +And Jesus saith unto him, Verily I say unto thee, That this day, even in this night, before the cock crow twice, thou shalt deny me thrice. -- mark 14:30 +. +But he spake the more vehemently, If I should die with thee, I will not deny thee in any wise. Likewise also said they all. -- mark 14:31 +. +And they came to a place which was named Gethsemane: and he saith to his disciples, Sit ye here, while I shall pray. -- mark 14:32 +. +And he taketh with him Peter and James and John, and began to be sore amazed, and to be very heavy; -- mark 14:33 +. +And saith unto them, My soul is exceeding sorrowful unto death: tarry ye here, and watch. -- mark 14:34 +. +And he went forward a little, and fell on the ground, and prayed that, if it were possible, the hour might pass from him. -- mark 14:35 +. +And he said, Abba, Father, all things are possible unto thee; take away this cup from me: nevertheless not what I will, but what thou wilt. -- mark 14:36 +. +And he cometh, and findeth them sleeping, and saith unto Peter, Simon, sleepest thou? couldest not thou watch one hour? -- mark 14:37 +. +Watch ye and pray, lest ye enter into temptation. The spirit truly is ready, but the flesh is weak. -- mark 14:38 +. +And again he went away, and prayed, and spake the same words. -- mark 14:39 +. +And when he returned, he found them asleep again, (for their eyes were heavy,) neither wist they what to answer him. -- mark 14:40 +. +And he cometh the third time, and saith unto them, Sleep on now, and take your rest: it is enough, the hour is come; behold, the Son of man is betrayed into the hands of sinners. -- mark 14:41 +. +Rise up, let us go; lo, he that betrayeth me is at hand. -- mark 14:42 +. +And immediately, while he yet spake, cometh Judas, one of the twelve, and with him a great multitude with swords and staves, from the chief priests and the scribes and the elders. -- mark 14:43 +. +And he that betrayed him had given them a token, saying, Whomsoever I shall kiss, that same is he; take him, and lead him away safely. -- mark 14:44 +. +And as soon as he was come, he goeth straightway to him, and saith, Master, master; and kissed him. -- mark 14:45 +. +And they laid their hands on him, and took him. -- mark 14:46 +. +And one of them that stood by drew a sword, and smote a servant of the high priest, and cut off his ear. -- mark 14:47 +. +And Jesus answered and said unto them, Are ye come out, as against a thief, with swords and with staves to take me? -- mark 14:48 +. +I was daily with you in the temple teaching, and ye took me not: but the scriptures must be fulfilled. -- mark 14:49 +. +And they all forsook him, and fled. -- mark 14:50 +. +And there followed him a certain young man, having a linen cloth cast about his naked body; and the young men laid hold on him: -- mark 14:51 +. +And he left the linen cloth, and fled from them naked. -- mark 14:52 +. +And they led Jesus away to the high priest: and with him were assembled all the chief priests and the elders and the scribes. -- mark 14:53 +. +And Peter followed him afar off, even into the palace of the high priest: and he sat with the servants, and warmed himself at the fire. -- mark 14:54 +. +And the chief priests and all the council sought for witness against Jesus to put him to death; and found none. -- mark 14:55 +. +For many bare false witness against him, but their witness agreed not together. -- mark 14:56 +. +And there arose certain, and bare false witness against him, saying, -- mark 14:57 +. +We heard him say, I will destroy this temple that is made with hands, and within three days I will build another made without hands. -- mark 14:58 +. +But neither so did their witness agree together. -- mark 14:59 +. +And the high priest stood up in the midst, and asked Jesus, saying, Answerest thou nothing? what is it which these witness against thee? -- mark 14:60 +. +But he held his peace, and answered nothing. Again the high priest asked him, and said unto him, Art thou the Christ, the Son of the Blessed? -- mark 14:61 +. +And Jesus said, I am: and ye shall see the Son of man sitting on the right hand of power, and coming in the clouds of heaven. -- mark 14:62 +. +Then the high priest rent his clothes, and saith, What need we any further witnesses? -- mark 14:63 +. +Ye have heard the blasphemy: what think ye? And they all condemned him to be guilty of death. -- mark 14:64 +. +And some began to spit on him, and to cover his face, and to buffet him, and to say unto him, Prophesy: and the servants did strike him with the palms of their hands. -- mark 14:65 +. +And as Peter was beneath in the palace, there cometh one of the maids of the high priest: -- mark 14:66 +. +And when she saw Peter warming himself, she looked upon him, and said, And thou also wast with Jesus of Nazareth. -- mark 14:67 +. +But he denied, saying, I know not, neither understand I what thou sayest. And he went out into the porch; and the cock crew. -- mark 14:68 +. +And a maid saw him again, and began to say to them that stood by, This is one of them. -- mark 14:69 +. +And he denied it again. And a little after, they that stood by said again to Peter, Surely thou art one of them: for thou art a Galilaean, and thy speech agreeth thereto. -- mark 14:70 +. +But he began to curse and to swear, saying, I know not this man of whom ye speak. -- mark 14:71 +. +And the second time the cock crew. And Peter called to mind the word that Jesus said unto him, Before the cock crow twice, thou shalt deny me thrice. And when he thought thereon, he wept. -- mark 14:72 +. +And straightway in the morning the chief priests held a consultation with the elders and scribes and the whole council, and bound Jesus, and carried him away, and delivered him to Pilate. -- mark 15:1 +. +And Pilate asked him, Art thou the King of the Jews? And he answering said unto them, Thou sayest it. -- mark 15:2 +. +And the chief priests accused him of many things: but he answered nothing. -- mark 15:3 +. +And Pilate asked him again, saying, Answerest thou nothing? behold how many things they witness against thee. -- mark 15:4 +. +But Jesus yet answered nothing; so that Pilate marvelled. -- mark 15:5 +. +Now at that feast he released unto them one prisoner, whomsoever they desired. -- mark 15:6 +. +And there was one named Barabbas, which lay bound with them that had made insurrection with him, who had committed murder in the insurrection. -- mark 15:7 +. +And the multitude crying aloud began to desire him to do as he had ever done unto them. -- mark 15:8 +. +But Pilate answered them, saying, Will ye that I release unto you the King of the Jews? -- mark 15:9 +. +For he knew that the chief priests had delivered him for envy. -- mark 15:10 +. +But the chief priests moved the people, that he should rather release Barabbas unto them. -- mark 15:11 +. +And Pilate answered and said again unto them, What will ye then that I shall do unto him whom ye call the King of the Jews? -- mark 15:12 +. +And they cried out again, Crucify him. -- mark 15:13 +. +Then Pilate said unto them, Why, what evil hath he done? And they cried out the more exceedingly, Crucify him. -- mark 15:14 +. +And so Pilate, willing to content the people, released Barabbas unto them, and delivered Jesus, when he had scourged him, to be crucified. -- mark 15:15 +. +And the soldiers led him away into the hall, called Praetorium; and they call together the whole band. -- mark 15:16 +. +And they clothed him with purple, and platted a crown of thorns, and put it about his head, -- mark 15:17 +. +And began to salute him, Hail, King of the Jews! -- mark 15:18 +. +And they smote him on the head with a reed, and did spit upon him, and bowing their knees worshipped him. -- mark 15:19 +. +And when they had mocked him, they took off the purple from him, and put his own clothes on him, and led him out to crucify him. -- mark 15:20 +. +And they compel one Simon a Cyrenian, who passed by, coming out of the country, the father of Alexander and Rufus, to bear his cross. -- mark 15:21 +. +And they bring him unto the place Golgotha, which is, being interpreted, The place of a skull. -- mark 15:22 +. +And they gave him to drink wine mingled with myrrh: but he received it not. -- mark 15:23 +. +And when they had crucified him, they parted his garments, casting lots upon them, what every man should take. -- mark 15:24 +. +And it was the third hour, and they crucified him. -- mark 15:25 +. +And the superscription of his accusation was written over, THE KING OF THE JEWS. -- mark 15:26 +. +And with him they crucify two thieves; the one on his right hand, and the other on his left. -- mark 15:27 +. +And the scripture was fulfilled, which saith, And he was numbered with the transgressors. -- mark 15:28 +. +And they that passed by railed on him, wagging their heads, and saying, Ah, thou that destroyest the temple, and buildest it in three days, -- mark 15:29 +. +Save thyself, and come down from the cross. -- mark 15:30 +. +Likewise also the chief priests mocking said among themselves with the scribes, He saved others; himself he cannot save. -- mark 15:31 +. +Let Christ the King of Israel descend now from the cross, that we may see and believe. And they that were crucified with him reviled him. -- mark 15:32 +. +And when the sixth hour was come, there was darkness over the whole land until the ninth hour. -- mark 15:33 +. +And at the ninth hour Jesus cried with a loud voice, saying, Eloi, Eloi, lama sabachthani? which is, being interpreted, My God, my God, why hast thou forsaken me? -- mark 15:34 +. +And some of them that stood by, when they heard it, said, Behold, he calleth Elias. -- mark 15:35 +. +And one ran and filled a spunge full of vinegar, and put it on a reed, and gave him to drink, saying, Let alone; let us see whether Elias will come to take him down. -- mark 15:36 +. +And Jesus cried with a loud voice, and gave up the ghost. -- mark 15:37 +. +And the veil of the temple was rent in twain from the top to the bottom. -- mark 15:38 +. +And when the centurion, which stood over against him, saw that he so cried out, and gave up the ghost, he said, Truly this man was the Son of God. -- mark 15:39 +. +There were also women looking on afar off: among whom was Mary Magdalene, and Mary the mother of James the less and of Joses, and Salome; -- mark 15:40 +. +(Who also, when he was in Galilee, followed him, and ministered unto him;) and many other women which came up with him unto Jerusalem. -- mark 15:41 +. +And now when the even was come, because it was the preparation, that is, the day before the sabbath, -- mark 15:42 +. +Joseph of Arimathaea, an honourable counsellor, which also waited for the kingdom of God, came, and went in boldly unto Pilate, and craved the body of Jesus. -- mark 15:43 +. +And Pilate marvelled if he were already dead: and calling unto him the centurion, he asked him whether he had been any while dead. -- mark 15:44 +. +And when he knew it of the centurion, he gave the body to Joseph. -- mark 15:45 +. +And he bought fine linen, and took him down, and wrapped him in the linen, and laid him in a sepulchre which was hewn out of a rock, and rolled a stone unto the door of the sepulchre. -- mark 15:46 +. +And Mary Magdalene and Mary the mother of Joses beheld where he was laid. -- mark 15:47 +. +And when the sabbath was past, Mary Magdalene, and Mary the mother of James, and Salome, had bought sweet spices, that they might come and anoint him. -- mark 16:1 +. +And very early in the morning the first day of the week, they came unto the sepulchre at the rising of the sun. -- mark 16:2 +. +And they said among themselves, Who shall roll us away the stone from the door of the sepulchre? -- mark 16:3 +. +And when they looked, they saw that the stone was rolled away: for it was very great. -- mark 16:4 +. +And entering into the sepulchre, they saw a young man sitting on the right side, clothed in a long white garment; and they were affrighted. -- mark 16:5 +. +And he saith unto them, Be not affrighted: Ye seek Jesus of Nazareth, which was crucified: he is risen; he is not here: behold the place where they laid him. -- mark 16:6 +. +But go your way, tell his disciples and Peter that he goeth before you into Galilee: there shall ye see him, as he said unto you. -- mark 16:7 +. +And they went out quickly, and fled from the sepulchre; for they trembled and were amazed: neither said they any thing to any man; for they were afraid. -- mark 16:8 +. +Now when Jesus was risen early the first day of the week, he appeared first to Mary Magdalene, out of whom he had cast seven devils. -- mark 16:9 +. +And she went and told them that had been with him, as they mourned and wept. -- mark 16:10 +. +And they, when they had heard that he was alive, and had been seen of her, believed not. -- mark 16:11 +. +After that he appeared in another form unto two of them, as they walked, and went into the country. -- mark 16:12 +. +And they went and told it unto the residue: neither believed they them. -- mark 16:13 +. +Afterward he appeared unto the eleven as they sat at meat, and upbraided them with their unbelief and hardness of heart, because they believed not them which had seen him after he was risen. -- mark 16:14 +. +And he said unto them, Go ye into all the world, and preach the gospel to every creature. -- mark 16:15 +. +He that believeth and is baptized shall be saved; but he that believeth not shall be damned. -- mark 16:16 +. +And these signs shall follow them that believe; In my name shall they cast out devils; they shall speak with new tongues; -- mark 16:17 +. +They shall take up serpents; and if they drink any deadly thing, it shall not hurt them; they shall lay hands on the sick, and they shall recover. -- mark 16:18 +. +So then after the Lord had spoken unto them, he was received up into heaven, and sat on the right hand of God. -- mark 16:19 +. +And they went forth, and preached every where, the Lord working with them, and confirming the word with signs following. Amen. -- mark 16:20 +. +Forasmuch as many have taken in hand to set forth in order a declaration of those things which are most surely believed among us, -- luke 1:1 +. +Even as they delivered them unto us, which from the beginning were eyewitnesses, and ministers of the word; -- luke 1:2 +. +It seemed good to me also, having had perfect understanding of all things from the very first, to write unto thee in order, most excellent Theophilus, -- luke 1:3 +. +That thou mightest know the certainty of those things, wherein thou hast been instructed. -- luke 1:4 +. +THERE was in the days of Herod, the king of Judaea, a certain priest named Zacharias, of the course of Abia: and his wife was of the daughters of Aaron, and her name was Elisabeth. -- luke 1:5 +. +And they were both righteous before God, walking in all the commandments and ordinances of the Lord blameless. -- luke 1:6 +. +And they had no child, because that Elisabeth was barren, and they both were now well stricken in years. -- luke 1:7 +. +And it came to pass, that while he executed the priest's office before God in the order of his course, -- luke 1:8 +. +According to the custom of the priest's office, his lot was to burn incense when he went into the temple of the Lord. -- luke 1:9 +. +And the whole multitude of the people were praying without at the time of incense. -- luke 1:10 +. +And there appeared unto him an angel of the Lord standing on the right side of the altar of incense. -- luke 1:11 +. +And when Zacharias saw him, he was troubled, and fear fell upon him. -- luke 1:12 +. +But the angel said unto him, Fear not, Zacharias: for thy prayer is heard; and thy wife Elisabeth shall bear thee a son, and thou shalt call his name John. -- luke 1:13 +. +And thou shalt have joy and gladness; and many shall rejoice at his birth. -- luke 1:14 +. +For he shall be great in the sight of the Lord, and shall drink neither wine nor strong drink; and he shall be filled with the Holy Ghost, even from his mother's womb. -- luke 1:15 +. +And many of the children of Israel shall he turn to the Lord their God. -- luke 1:16 +. +And he shall go before him in the spirit and power of Elias, to turn the hearts of the fathers to the children, and the disobedient to the wisdom of the just; to make ready a people prepared for the Lord. -- luke 1:17 +. +And Zacharias said unto the angel, Whereby shall I know this? for I am an old man, and my wife well stricken in years. -- luke 1:18 +. +And the angel answering said unto him, I am Gabriel, that stand in the presence of God; and am sent to speak unto thee, and to shew thee these glad tidings. -- luke 1:19 +. +And, behold, thou shalt be dumb, and not able to speak, until the day that these things shall be performed, because thou believest not my words, which shall be fulfilled in their season. -- luke 1:20 +. +And the people waited for Zacharias, and marvelled that he tarried so long in the temple. -- luke 1:21 +. +And when he came out, he could not speak unto them: and they perceived that he had seen a vision in the temple: for he beckoned unto them, and remained speechless. -- luke 1:22 +. +And it came to pass, that, as soon as the days of his ministration were accomplished, he departed to his own house. -- luke 1:23 +. +And after those days his wife Elisabeth conceived, and hid herself five months, saying, -- luke 1:24 +. +Thus hath the Lord dealt with me in the days wherein he looked on me, to take away my reproach among men. -- luke 1:25 +. +And in the sixth month the angel Gabriel was sent from God unto a city of Galilee, named Nazareth, -- luke 1:26 +. +To a virgin espoused to a man whose name was Joseph, of the house of David; and the virgin's name was Mary. -- luke 1:27 +. +And the angel came in unto her, and said, Hail, thou that art highly favoured, the Lord is with thee: blessed art thou among women. -- luke 1:28 +. +And when she saw him, she was troubled at his saying, and cast in her mind what manner of salutation this should be. -- luke 1:29 +. +And the angel said unto her, Fear not, Mary: for thou hast found favour with God. -- luke 1:30 +. +And, behold, thou shalt conceive in thy womb, and bring forth a son, and shalt call his name JESUS. -- luke 1:31 +. +He shall be great, and shall be called the Son of the Highest: and the Lord God shall give unto him the throne of his father David: -- luke 1:32 +. +And he shall reign over the house of Jacob for ever; and of his kingdom there shall be no end. -- luke 1:33 +. +Then said Mary unto the angel, How shall this be, seeing I know not a man? -- luke 1:34 +. +And the angel answered and said unto her, The Holy Ghost shall come upon thee, and the power of the Highest shall overshadow thee: therefore also that holy thing which shall be born of thee shall be called the Son of God. -- luke 1:35 +. +And, behold, thy cousin Elisabeth, she hath also conceived a son in her old age: and this is the sixth month with her, who was called barren. -- luke 1:36 +. +For with God nothing shall be impossible. -- luke 1:37 +. +And Mary said, Behold the handmaid of the Lord; be it unto me according to thy word. And the angel departed from her. -- luke 1:38 +. +And Mary arose in those days, and went into the hill country with haste, into a city of Juda; -- luke 1:39 +. +And entered into the house of Zacharias, and saluted Elisabeth. -- luke 1:40 +. +And it came to pass, that, when Elisabeth heard the salutation of Mary, the babe leaped in her womb; and Elisabeth was filled with the Holy Ghost: -- luke 1:41 +. +And she spake out with a loud voice, and said, Blessed art thou among women, and blessed is the fruit of thy womb. -- luke 1:42 +. +And whence is this to me, that the mother of my Lord should come to me? -- luke 1:43 +. +For, lo, as soon as the voice of thy salutation sounded in mine ears, the babe leaped in my womb for joy. -- luke 1:44 +. +And blessed is she that believed: for there shall be a performance of those things which were told her from the Lord. -- luke 1:45 +. +And Mary said, My soul doth magnify the Lord, -- luke 1:46 +. +And my spirit hath rejoiced in God my Saviour. -- luke 1:47 +. +For he hath regarded the low estate of his handmaiden: for, behold, from henceforth all generations shall call me blessed. -- luke 1:48 +. +For he that is mighty hath done to me great things; and holy is his name. -- luke 1:49 +. +And his mercy is on them that fear him from generation to generation. -- luke 1:50 +. +He hath shewed strength with his arm; he hath scattered the proud in the imagination of their hearts. -- luke 1:51 +. +He hath put down the mighty from their seats, and exalted them of low degree. -- luke 1:52 +. +He hath filled the hungry with good things; and the rich he hath sent empty away. -- luke 1:53 +. +He hath holpen his servant Israel, in remembrance of his mercy; -- luke 1:54 +. +As he spake to our fathers, to Abraham, and to his seed for ever. -- luke 1:55 +. +And Mary abode with her about three months, and returned to her own house. -- luke 1:56 +. +Now Elisabeth's full time came that she should be delivered; and she brought forth a son. -- luke 1:57 +. +And her neighbours and her cousins heard how the Lord had shewed great mercy upon her; and they rejoiced with her. -- luke 1:58 +. +And it came to pass, that on the eighth day they came to circumcise the child; and they called him Zacharias, after the name of his father. -- luke 1:59 +. +And his mother answered and said, Not so; but he shall be called John. -- luke 1:60 +. +And they said unto her, There is none of thy kindred that is called by this name. -- luke 1:61 +. +And they made signs to his father, how he would have him called. -- luke 1:62 +. +And he asked for a writing table, and wrote, saying, His name is John. And they marvelled all. -- luke 1:63 +. +And his mouth was opened immediately, and his tongue loosed, and he spake, and praised God. -- luke 1:64 +. +And fear came on all that dwelt round about them: and all these sayings were noised abroad throughout all the hill country of Judaea. -- luke 1:65 +. +And all they that heard them laid them up in their hearts, saying, What manner of child shall this be! And the hand of the Lord was with him. -- luke 1:66 +. +And his father Zacharias was filled with the Holy Ghost, and prophesied, saying, -- luke 1:67 +. +Blessed be the Lord God of Israel; for he hath visited and redeemed his people, -- luke 1:68 +. +And hath raised up an horn of salvation for us in the house of his servant David; -- luke 1:69 +. +As he spake by the mouth of his holy prophets, which have been since the world began: -- luke 1:70 +. +That we should be saved from our enemies, and from the hand of all that hate us; -- luke 1:71 +. +To perform the mercy promised to our fathers, and to remember his holy covenant; -- luke 1:72 +. +The oath which he sware to our father Abraham, -- luke 1:73 +. +That he would grant unto us, that we being delivered out of the hand of our enemies might serve him without fear, -- luke 1:74 +. +In holiness and righteousness before him, all the days of our life. -- luke 1:75 +. +And thou, child, shalt be called the prophet of the Highest: for thou shalt go before the face of the Lord to prepare his ways; -- luke 1:76 +. +To give knowledge of salvation unto his people by the remission of their sins, -- luke 1:77 +. +Through the tender mercy of our God; whereby the dayspring from on high hath visited us, -- luke 1:78 +. +To give light to them that sit in darkness and in the shadow of death, to guide our feet into the way of peace. -- luke 1:79 +. +And the child grew, and waxed strong in spirit, and was in the deserts till the day of his shewing unto Israel. -- luke 1:80 +. +And it came to pass in those days, that there went out a decree from Caesar Augustus that all the world should be taxed. -- luke 2:1 +. +(And this taxing was first made when Cyrenius was governor of Syria.) -- luke 2:2 +. +And all went to be taxed, every one into his own city. -- luke 2:3 +. +And Joseph also went up from Galilee, out of the city of Nazareth, into Judaea, unto the city of David, which is called Bethlehem; (because he was of the house and lineage of David:) -- luke 2:4 +. +To be taxed with Mary his espoused wife, being great with child. -- luke 2:5 +. +And so it was, that, while they were there, the days were accomplished that she should be delivered. -- luke 2:6 +. +And she brought forth her firstborn son, and wrapped him in swaddling clothes, and laid him in a manger; because there was no room for them in the inn. -- luke 2:7 +. +And there were in the same country shepherds abiding in the field, keeping watch over their flock by night. -- luke 2:8 +. +And, lo, the angel of the Lord came upon them, and the glory of the Lord shone round about them: and they were sore afraid. -- luke 2:9 +. +And the angel said unto them, Fear not: for, behold, I bring you good tidings of great joy, which shall be to all people. -- luke 2:10 +. +For unto you is born this day in the city of David a Saviour, which is Christ the Lord. -- luke 2:11 +. +And this shall be a sign unto you; Ye shall find the babe wrapped in swaddling clothes, lying in a manger. -- luke 2:12 +. +And suddenly there was with the angel a multitude of the heavenly host praising God, and saying, -- luke 2:13 +. +Glory to God in the highest, and on earth peace, good will toward men. -- luke 2:14 +. +And it came to pass, as the angels were gone away from them into heaven, the shepherds said one to another, Let us now go even unto Bethlehem, and see this thing which is come to pass, which the Lord hath made known unto us. -- luke 2:15 +. +And they came with haste, and found Mary, and Joseph, and the babe lying in a manger. -- luke 2:16 +. +And when they had seen it, they made known abroad the saying which was told them concerning this child. -- luke 2:17 +. +And all they that heard it wondered at those things which were told them by the shepherds. -- luke 2:18 +. +But Mary kept all these things, and pondered them in her heart. -- luke 2:19 +. +And the shepherds returned, glorifying and praising God for all the things that they had heard and seen, as it was told unto them. -- luke 2:20 +. +And when eight days were accomplished for the circumcising of the child, his name was called JESUS, which was so named of the angel before he was conceived in the womb. -- luke 2:21 +. +And when the days of her purification according to the law of Moses were accomplished, they brought him to Jerusalem, to present him to the Lord; -- luke 2:22 +. +(As it is written in the law of the LORD, Every male that openeth the womb shall be called holy to the Lord;) -- luke 2:23 +. +And to offer a sacrifice according to that which is said in the law of the Lord, A pair of turtledoves, or two young pigeons. -- luke 2:24 +. +And, behold, there was a man in Jerusalem, whose name was Simeon; and the same man was just and devout, waiting for the consolation of Israel: and the Holy Ghost was upon him. -- luke 2:25 +. +And it was revealed unto him by the Holy Ghost, that he should not see death, before he had seen the Lord's Christ. -- luke 2:26 +. +And he came by the Spirit into the temple: and when the parents brought in the child Jesus, to do for him after the custom of the law, -- luke 2:27 +. +Then took he him up in his arms, and blessed God, and said, -- luke 2:28 +. +Lord, now lettest thou thy servant depart in peace, according to thy word: -- luke 2:29 +. +For mine eyes have seen thy salvation, -- luke 2:30 +. +Which thou hast prepared before the face of all people; -- luke 2:31 +. +A light to lighten the Gentiles, and the glory of thy people Israel. -- luke 2:32 +. +And Joseph and his mother marvelled at those things which were spoken of him. -- luke 2:33 +. +And Simeon blessed them, and said unto Mary his mother, Behold, this child is set for the fall and rising again of many in Israel; and for a sign which shall be spoken against; -- luke 2:34 +. +(Yea, a sword shall pierce through thy own soul also,) that the thoughts of many hearts may be revealed. -- luke 2:35 +. +And there was one Anna, a prophetess, the daughter of Phanuel, of the tribe of Aser: she was of a great age, and had lived with an husband seven years from her virginity; -- luke 2:36 +. +And she was a widow of about fourscore and four years, which departed not from the temple, but served God with fastings and prayers night and day. -- luke 2:37 +. +And she coming in that instant gave thanks likewise unto the Lord, and spake of him to all them that looked for redemption in Jerusalem. -- luke 2:38 +. +And when they had performed all things according to the law of the Lord, they returned into Galilee, to their own city Nazareth. -- luke 2:39 +. +And the child grew, and waxed strong in spirit, filled with wisdom: and the grace of God was upon him. -- luke 2:40 +. +Now his parents went to Jerusalem every year at the feast of the passover. -- luke 2:41 +. +And when he was twelve years old, they went up to Jerusalem after the custom of the feast. -- luke 2:42 +. +And when they had fulfilled the days, as they returned, the child Jesus tarried behind in Jerusalem; and Joseph and his mother knew not of it. -- luke 2:43 +. +But they, supposing him to have been in the company, went a day's journey; and they sought him among their kinsfolk and acquaintance. -- luke 2:44 +. +And when they found him not, they turned back again to Jerusalem, seeking him. -- luke 2:45 +. +And it came to pass, that after three days they found him in the temple, sitting in the midst of the doctors, both hearing them, and asking them questions. -- luke 2:46 +. +And all that heard him were astonished at his understanding and answers. -- luke 2:47 +. +And when they saw him, they were amazed: and his mother said unto him, Son, why hast thou thus dealt with us? behold, thy father and I have sought thee sorrowing. -- luke 2:48 +. +And he said unto them, How is it that ye sought me? wist ye not that I must be about my Father's business? -- luke 2:49 +. +And they understood not the saying which he spake unto them. -- luke 2:50 +. +And he went down with them, and came to Nazareth, and was subject unto them: but his mother kept all these sayings in her heart. -- luke 2:51 +. +And Jesus increased in wisdom and stature, and in favour with God and man. -- luke 2:52 +. +Now in the fifteenth year of the reign of Tiberius Caesar, Pontius Pilate being governor of Judaea, and Herod being tetrarch of Galilee, and his brother Philip tetrarch of Ituraea and of the region of Trachonitis, and Lysanias the tetrarch of Abilene, -- luke 3:1 +. +Annas and Caiaphas being the high priests, the word of God came unto John the son of Zacharias in the wilderness. -- luke 3:2 +. +And he came into all the country about Jordan, preaching the baptism of repentance for the remission of sins; -- luke 3:3 +. +As it is written in the book of the words of Esaias the prophet, saying, The voice of one crying in the wilderness, Prepare ye the way of the Lord, make his paths straight. -- luke 3:4 +. +Every valley shall be filled, and every mountain and hill shall be brought low; and the crooked shall be made straight, and the rough ways shall be made smooth; -- luke 3:5 +. +And all flesh shall see the salvation of God. -- luke 3:6 +. +Then said he to the multitude that came forth to be baptized of him, O generation of vipers, who hath warned you to flee from the wrath to come? -- luke 3:7 +. +Bring forth therefore fruits worthy of repentance, and begin not to say within yourselves, We have Abraham to our father: for I say unto you, That God is able of these stones to raise up children unto Abraham. -- luke 3:8 +. +And now also the axe is laid unto the root of the trees: every tree therefore which bringeth not forth good fruit is hewn down, and cast into the fire. -- luke 3:9 +. +And the people asked him, saying, What shall we do then? -- luke 3:10 +. +He answereth and saith unto them, He that hath two coats, let him impart to him that hath none; and he that hath meat, let him do likewise. -- luke 3:11 +. +Then came also publicans to be baptized, and said unto him, Master, what shall we do? -- luke 3:12 +. +And he said unto them, Exact no more than that which is appointed you. -- luke 3:13 +. +And the soldiers likewise demanded of him, saying, And what shall we do? And he said unto them, Do violence to no man, neither accuse any falsely; and be content with your wages. -- luke 3:14 +. +And as the people were in expectation, and all men mused in their hearts of John, whether he were the Christ, or not; -- luke 3:15 +. +John answered, saying unto them all, I indeed baptize you with water; but one mightier than I cometh, the latchet of whose shoes I am not worthy to unloose: he shall baptize you with the Holy Ghost and with fire: -- luke 3:16 +. +Whose fan is in his hand, and he will throughly purge his floor, and will gather the wheat into his garner; but the chaff he will burn with fire unquenchable. -- luke 3:17 +. +And many other things in his exhortation preached he unto the people. -- luke 3:18 +. +But Herod the tetrarch, being reproved by him for Herodias his brother Philip's wife, and for all the evils which Herod had done, -- luke 3:19 +. +Added yet this above all, that he shut up John in prison. -- luke 3:20 +. +Now when all the people were baptized, it came to pass, that Jesus also being baptized, and praying, the heaven was opened, -- luke 3:21 +. +And the Holy Ghost descended in a bodily shape like a dove upon him, and a voice came from heaven, which said, Thou art my beloved Son; in thee I am well pleased. -- luke 3:22 +. +And Jesus himself began to be about thirty years of age, being (as was supposed) the son of Joseph, which was the son of Heli, -- luke 3:23 +. +Which was the son of Matthat, which was the son of Levi, which was the son of Melchi, which was the son of Janna, which was the son of Joseph, -- luke 3:24 +. +Which was the son of Mattathias, which was the son of Amos, which was the son of Naum, which was the son of Esli, which was the son of Nagge, -- luke 3:25 +. +Which was the son of Maath, which was the son of Mattathias, which was the son of Semei, which was the son of Joseph, which was the son of Juda, -- luke 3:26 +. +Which was the son of Joanna, which was the son of Rhesa, which was the son of Zorobabel, which was the son of Salathiel, which was the son of Neri, -- luke 3:27 +. +Which was the son of Melchi, which was the son of Addi, which was the son of Cosam, which was the son of Elmodam, which was the son of Er, -- luke 3:28 +. +Which was the son of Jose, which was the son of Eliezer, which was the son of Jorim, which was the son of Matthat, which was the son of Levi, -- luke 3:29 +. +Which was the son of Simeon, which was the son of Juda, which was the son of Joseph, which was the son of Jonan, which was the son of Eliakim, -- luke 3:30 +. +Which was the son of Melea, which was the son of Menan, which was the son of Mattatha, which was the son of Nathan, which was the son of David, -- luke 3:31 +. +Which was the son of Jesse, which was the son of Obed, which was the son of Booz, which was the son of Salmon, which was the son of Naasson, -- luke 3:32 +. +Which was the son of Aminadab, which was the son of Aram, which was the son of Esrom, which was the son of Phares, which was the son of Juda, -- luke 3:33 +. +Which was the son of Jacob, which was the son of Isaac, which was the son of Abraham, which was the son of Thara, which was the son of Nachor, -- luke 3:34 +. +Which was the son of Saruch, which was the son of Ragau, which was the son of Phalec, which was the son of Heber, which was the son of Sala, -- luke 3:35 +. +Which was the son of Cainan, which was the son of Arphaxad, which was the son of Sem, which was the son of Noe, which was the son of Lamech, -- luke 3:36 +. +Which was the son of Mathusala, which was the son of Enoch, which was the son of Jared, which was the son of Maleleel, which was the son of Cainan, -- luke 3:37 +. +Which was the son of Enos, which was the son of Seth, which was the son of Adam, which was the son of God. -- luke 3:38 +. +And Jesus being full of the Holy Ghost returned from Jordan, and was led by the Spirit into the wilderness, -- luke 4:1 +. +Being forty days tempted of the devil. And in those days he did eat nothing: and when they were ended, he afterward hungered. -- luke 4:2 +. +And the devil said unto him, If thou be the Son of God, command this stone that it be made bread. -- luke 4:3 +. +And Jesus answered him, saying, It is written, That man shall not live by bread alone, but by every word of God. -- luke 4:4 +. +And the devil, taking him up into an high mountain, shewed unto him all the kingdoms of the world in a moment of time. -- luke 4:5 +. +And the devil said unto him, All this power will I give thee, and the glory of them: for that is delivered unto me; and to whomsoever I will I give it. -- luke 4:6 +. +If thou therefore wilt worship me, all shall be thine. -- luke 4:7 +. +And Jesus answered and said unto him, Get thee behind me, Satan: for it is written, Thou shalt worship the Lord thy God, and him only shalt thou serve. -- luke 4:8 +. +And he brought him to Jerusalem, and set him on a pinnacle of the temple, and said unto him, If thou be the Son of God, cast thyself down from hence: -- luke 4:9 +. +For it is written, He shall give his angels charge over thee, to keep thee: -- luke 4:10 +. +And in their hands they shall bear thee up, lest at any time thou dash thy foot against a stone. -- luke 4:11 +. +And Jesus answering said unto him, It is said, Thou shalt not tempt the Lord thy God. -- luke 4:12 +. +And when the devil had ended all the temptation, he departed from him for a season. -- luke 4:13 +. +And Jesus returned in the power of the Spirit into Galilee: and there went out a fame of him through all the region round about. -- luke 4:14 +. +And he taught in their synagogues, being glorified of all. -- luke 4:15 +. +And he came to Nazareth, where he had been brought up: and, as his custom was, he went into the synagogue on the sabbath day, and stood up for to read. -- luke 4:16 +. +And there was delivered unto him the book of the prophet Esaias. And when he had opened the book, he found the place where it was written, -- luke 4:17 +. +The Spirit of the Lord is upon me, because he hath anointed me to preach the gospel to the poor; he hath sent me to heal the brokenhearted, to preach deliverance to the captives, and recovering of sight to the blind, to set at liberty them that are bruised, -- luke 4:18 +. +To preach the acceptable year of the Lord. -- luke 4:19 +. +And he closed the book, and he gave it again to the minister, and sat down. And the eyes of all them that were in the synagogue were fastened on him. -- luke 4:20 +. +And he began to say unto them, This day is this scripture fulfilled in your ears. -- luke 4:21 +. +And all bare him witness, and wondered at the gracious words which proceeded out of his mouth. And they said, Is not this Joseph's son? -- luke 4:22 +. +And he said unto them, Ye will surely say unto me this proverb, Physician, heal thyself: whatsoever we have heard done in Capernaum, do also here in thy country. -- luke 4:23 +. +And he said, Verily I say unto you, No prophet is accepted in his own country. -- luke 4:24 +. +But I tell you of a truth, many widows were in Israel in the days of Elias, when the heaven was shut up three years and six months, when great famine was throughout all the land; -- luke 4:25 +. +But unto none of them was Elias sent, save unto Sarepta, a city of Sidon, unto a woman that was a widow. -- luke 4:26 +. +And many lepers were in Israel in the time of Eliseus the prophet; and none of them was cleansed, saving Naaman the Syrian. -- luke 4:27 +. +And all they in the synagogue, when they heard these things, were filled with wrath, -- luke 4:28 +. +And rose up, and thrust him out of the city, and led him unto the brow of the hill whereon their city was built, that they might cast him down headlong. -- luke 4:29 +. +But he passing through the midst of them went his way, -- luke 4:30 +. +And came down to Capernaum, a city of Galilee, and taught them on the sabbath days. -- luke 4:31 +. +And they were astonished at his doctrine: for his word was with power. -- luke 4:32 +. +And in the synagogue there was a man, which had a spirit of an unclean devil, and cried out with a loud voice, -- luke 4:33 +. +Saying, Let us alone; what have we to do with thee, thou Jesus of Nazareth? art thou come to destroy us? I know thee who thou art; the Holy One of God. -- luke 4:34 +. +And Jesus rebuked him, saying, Hold thy peace, and come out of him. And when the devil had thrown him in the midst, he came out of him, and hurt him not. -- luke 4:35 +. +And they were all amazed, and spake among themselves, saying, What a word is this! for with authority and power he commandeth the unclean spirits, and they come out. -- luke 4:36 +. +And the fame of him went out into every place of the country round about. -- luke 4:37 +. +And he arose out of the synagogue, and entered into Simon's house. And Simon's wife's mother was taken with a great fever; and they besought him for her. -- luke 4:38 +. +And he stood over her, and rebuked the fever; and it left her: and immediately she arose and ministered unto them. -- luke 4:39 +. +Now when the sun was setting, all they that had any sick with divers diseases brought them unto him; and he laid his hands on every one of them, and healed them. -- luke 4:40 +. +And devils also came out of many, crying out, and saying, Thou art Christ the Son of God. And he rebuking them suffered them not to speak: for they knew that he was Christ. -- luke 4:41 +. +And when it was day, he departed and went into a desert place: and the people sought him, and came unto him, and stayed him, that he should not depart from them. -- luke 4:42 +. +And he said unto them, I must preach the kingdom of God to other cities also: for therefore am I sent. -- luke 4:43 +. +And he preached in the synagogues of Galilee. -- luke 4:44 +. +And it came to pass, that, as the people pressed upon him to hear the word of God, he stood by the lake of Gennesaret, -- luke 5:1 +. +And saw two ships standing by the lake: but the fishermen were gone out of them, and were washing their nets. -- luke 5:2 +. +And he entered into one of the ships, which was Simon's, and prayed him that he would thrust out a little from the land. And he sat down, and taught the people out of the ship. -- luke 5:3 +. +Now when he had left speaking, he said unto Simon, Launch out into the deep, and let down your nets for a draught. -- luke 5:4 +. +And Simon answering said unto him, Master, we have toiled all the night, and have taken nothing: nevertheless at thy word I will let down the net. -- luke 5:5 +. +And when they had this done, they inclosed a great multitude of fishes: and their net brake. -- luke 5:6 +. +And they beckoned unto their partners, which were in the other ship, that they should come and help them. And they came, and filled both the ships, so that they began to sink. -- luke 5:7 +. +When Simon Peter saw it, he fell down at Jesus' knees, saying, Depart from me; for I am a sinful man, O Lord. -- luke 5:8 +. +For he was astonished, and all that were with him, at the draught of the fishes which they had taken: -- luke 5:9 +. +And so was also James, and John, the sons of Zebedee, which were partners with Simon. And Jesus said unto Simon, Fear not; from henceforth thou shalt catch men. -- luke 5:10 +. +And when they had brought their ships to land, they forsook all, and followed him. -- luke 5:11 +. +And it came to pass, when he was in a certain city, behold a man full of leprosy: who seeing Jesus fell on his face, and besought him, saying, Lord, if thou wilt, thou canst make me clean. -- luke 5:12 +. +And he put forth his hand, and touched him, saying, I will: be thou clean. And immediately the leprosy departed from him. -- luke 5:13 +. +And he charged him to tell no man: but go, and shew thyself to the priest, and offer for thy cleansing, according as Moses commanded, for a testimony unto them. -- luke 5:14 +. +But so much the more went there a fame abroad of him: and great multitudes came together to hear, and to be healed by him of their infirmities. -- luke 5:15 +. +And he withdrew himself into the wilderness, and prayed. -- luke 5:16 +. +And it came to pass on a certain day, as he was teaching, that there were Pharisees and doctors of the law sitting by, which were come out of every town of Galilee, and Judaea, and Jerusalem: and the power of the Lord was present to heal them. -- luke 5:17 +. +And, behold, men brought in a bed a man which was taken with a palsy: and they sought means to bring him in, and to lay him before him. -- luke 5:18 +. +And when they could not find by what way they might bring him in because of the multitude, they went upon the housetop, and let him down through the tiling with his couch into the midst before Jesus. -- luke 5:19 +. +And when he saw their faith, he said unto him, Man, thy sins are forgiven thee. -- luke 5:20 +. +And the scribes and the Pharisees began to reason, saying, Who is this which speaketh blasphemies? Who can forgive sins, but God alone? -- luke 5:21 +. +But when Jesus perceived their thoughts, he answering said unto them, What reason ye in your hearts? -- luke 5:22 +. +Whether is easier, to say, Thy sins be forgiven thee; or to say, Rise up and walk? -- luke 5:23 +. +But that ye may know that the Son of man hath power upon earth to forgive sins, (he said unto the sick of the palsy,) I say unto thee, Arise, and take up thy couch, and go into thine house. -- luke 5:24 +. +And immediately he rose up before them, and took up that whereon he lay, and departed to his own house, glorifying God. -- luke 5:25 +. +And they were all amazed, and they glorified God, and were filled with fear, saying, We have seen strange things to day. -- luke 5:26 +. +And after these things he went forth, and saw a publican, named Levi, sitting at the receipt of custom: and he said unto him, Follow me. -- luke 5:27 +. +And he left all, rose up, and followed him. -- luke 5:28 +. +And Levi made him a great feast in his own house: and there was a great company of publicans and of others that sat down with them. -- luke 5:29 +. +But their scribes and Pharisees murmured against his disciples, saying, Why do ye eat and drink with publicans and sinners? -- luke 5:30 +. +And Jesus answering said unto them, They that are whole need not a physician; but they that are sick. -- luke 5:31 +. +I came not to call the righteous, but sinners to repentance. -- luke 5:32 +. +And they said unto him, Why do the disciples of John fast often, and make prayers, and likewise the disciples of the Pharisees; but thine eat and drink? -- luke 5:33 +. +And he said unto them, Can ye make the children of the bridechamber fast, while the bridegroom is with them? -- luke 5:34 +. +But the days will come, when the bridegroom shall be taken away from them, and then shall they fast in those days. -- luke 5:35 +. +And he spake also a parable unto them; No man putteth a piece of a new garment upon an old; if otherwise, then both the new maketh a rent, and the piece that was taken out of the new agreeth not with the old. -- luke 5:36 +. +And no man putteth new wine into old bottles; else the new wine will burst the bottles, and be spilled, and the bottles shall perish. -- luke 5:37 +. +But new wine must be put into new bottles; and both are preserved. -- luke 5:38 +. +No man also having drunk old wine straightway desireth new: for he saith, The old is better. -- luke 5:39 +. +And it came to pass on the second sabbath after the first, that he went through the corn fields; and his disciples plucked the ears of corn, and did eat, rubbing them in their hands. -- luke 6:1 +. +And certain of the Pharisees said unto them, Why do ye that which is not lawful to do on the sabbath days? -- luke 6:2 +. +And Jesus answering them said, Have ye not read so much as this, what David did, when himself was an hungred, and they which were with him; -- luke 6:3 +. +How he went into the house of God, and did take and eat the shewbread, and gave also to them that were with him; which it is not lawful to eat but for the priests alone? -- luke 6:4 +. +And he said unto them, That the Son of man is Lord also of the sabbath. -- luke 6:5 +. +And it came to pass also on another sabbath, that he entered into the synagogue and taught: and there was a man whose right hand was withered. -- luke 6:6 +. +And the scribes and Pharisees watched him, whether he would heal on the sabbath day; that they might find an accusation against him. -- luke 6:7 +. +But he knew their thoughts, and said to the man which had the withered hand, Rise up, and stand forth in the midst. And he arose and stood forth. -- luke 6:8 +. +Then said Jesus unto them, I will ask you one thing; Is it lawful on the sabbath days to do good, or to do evil? to save life, or to destroy it? -- luke 6:9 +. +And looking round about upon them all, he said unto the man, Stretch forth thy hand. And he did so: and his hand was restored whole as the other. -- luke 6:10 +. +And they were filled with madness; and communed one with another what they might do to Jesus. -- luke 6:11 +. +And it came to pass in those days, that he went out into a mountain to pray, and continued all night in prayer to God. -- luke 6:12 +. +And when it was day, he called unto him his disciples: and of them he chose twelve, whom also he named apostles; -- luke 6:13 +. +Simon, (whom he also named Peter,) and Andrew his brother, James and John, Philip and Bartholomew, -- luke 6:14 +. +Matthew and Thomas, James the son of Alphaeus, and Simon called Zelotes, -- luke 6:15 +. +And Judas the brother of James, and Judas Iscariot, which also was the traitor. -- luke 6:16 +. +And he came down with them, and stood in the plain, and the company of his disciples, and a great multitude of people out of all Judaea and Jerusalem, and from the sea coast of Tyre and Sidon, which came to hear him, and to be healed of their diseases; -- luke 6:17 +. +And they that were vexed with unclean spirits: and they were healed. -- luke 6:18 +. +And the whole multitude sought to touch him: for there went virtue out of him, and healed them all. -- luke 6:19 +. +And he lifted up his eyes on his disciples, and said, Blessed be ye poor: for yours is the kingdom of God. -- luke 6:20 +. +Blessed are ye that hunger now: for ye shall be filled. Blessed are ye that weep now: for ye shall laugh. -- luke 6:21 +. +Blessed are ye, when men shall hate you, and when they shall separate you from their company, and shall reproach you, and cast out your name as evil, for the Son of man's sake. -- luke 6:22 +. +Rejoice ye in that day, and leap for joy: for, behold, your reward is great in heaven: for in the like manner did their fathers unto the prophets. -- luke 6:23 +. +But woe unto you that are rich! for ye have received your consolation. -- luke 6:24 +. +Woe unto you that are full! for ye shall hunger. Woe unto you that laugh now! for ye shall mourn and weep. -- luke 6:25 +. +Woe unto you, when all men shall speak well of you! for so did their fathers to the false prophets. -- luke 6:26 +. +But I say unto you which hear, Love your enemies, do good to them which hate you, -- luke 6:27 +. +Bless them that curse you, and pray for them which despitefully use you. -- luke 6:28 +. +And unto him that smiteth thee on the one cheek offer also the other; and him that taketh away thy cloak forbid not to take thy coat also. -- luke 6:29 +. +Give to every man that asketh of thee; and of him that taketh away thy goods ask them not again. -- luke 6:30 +. +And as ye would that men should do to you, do ye also to them likewise. -- luke 6:31 +. +For if ye love them which love you, what thank have ye? for sinners also love those that love them. -- luke 6:32 +. +And if ye do good to them which do good to you, what thank have ye? for sinners also do even the same. -- luke 6:33 +. +And if ye lend to them of whom ye hope to receive, what thank have ye? for sinners also lend to sinners, to receive as much again. -- luke 6:34 +. +But love ye your enemies, and do good, and lend, hoping for nothing again; and your reward shall be great, and ye shall be the children of the Highest: for he is kind unto the unthankful and to the evil. -- luke 6:35 +. +Be ye therefore merciful, as your Father also is merciful. -- luke 6:36 +. +Judge not, and ye shall not be judged: condemn not, and ye shall not be condemned: forgive, and ye shall be forgiven: -- luke 6:37 +. +Give, and it shall be given unto you; good measure, pressed down, and shaken together, and running over, shall men give into your bosom. For with the same measure that ye mete withal it shall be measured to you again. -- luke 6:38 +. +And he spake a parable unto them, Can the blind lead the blind? shall they not both fall into the ditch? -- luke 6:39 +. +The disciple is not above his master: but every one that is perfect shall be as his master. -- luke 6:40 +. +And why beholdest thou the mote that is in thy brother's eye, but perceivest not the beam that is in thine own eye? -- luke 6:41 +. +Either how canst thou say to thy brother, Brother, let me pull out the mote that is in thine eye, when thou thyself beholdest not the beam that is in thine own eye? Thou hypocrite, cast out first the beam out of thine own eye, and then shalt thou see clearly to pull out the mote that is in thy brother's eye. -- luke 6:42 +. +For a good tree bringeth not forth corrupt fruit; neither doth a corrupt tree bring forth good fruit. -- luke 6:43 +. +For every tree is known by his own fruit. For of thorns men do not gather figs, nor of a bramble bush gather they grapes. -- luke 6:44 +. +A good man out of the good treasure of his heart bringeth forth that which is good; and an evil man out of the evil treasure of his heart bringeth forth that which is evil: for of the abundance of the heart his mouth speaketh. -- luke 6:45 +. +And why call ye me, Lord, Lord, and do not the things which I say? -- luke 6:46 +. +Whosoever cometh to me, and heareth my sayings, and doeth them, I will shew you to whom he is like: -- luke 6:47 +. +He is like a man which built an house, and digged deep, and laid the foundation on a rock: and when the flood arose, the stream beat vehemently upon that house, and could not shake it: for it was founded upon a rock. -- luke 6:48 +. +But he that heareth, and doeth not, is like a man that without a foundation built an house upon the earth; against which the stream did beat vehemently, and immediately it fell; and the ruin of that house was great. -- luke 6:49 +. +Now when he had ended all his sayings in the audience of the people, he entered into Capernaum. -- luke 7:1 +. +And a certain centurion's servant, who was dear unto him, was sick, and ready to die. -- luke 7:2 +. +And when he heard of Jesus, he sent unto him the elders of the Jews, beseeching him that he would come and heal his servant. -- luke 7:3 +. +And when they came to Jesus, they besought him instantly, saying, That he was worthy for whom he should do this: -- luke 7:4 +. +For he loveth our nation, and he hath built us a synagogue. -- luke 7:5 +. +Then Jesus went with them. And when he was now not far from the house, the centurion sent friends to him, saying unto him, Lord, trouble not thyself: for I am not worthy that thou shouldest enter under my roof: -- luke 7:6 +. +Wherefore neither thought I myself worthy to come unto thee: but say in a word, and my servant shall be healed. -- luke 7:7 +. +For I also am a man set under authority, having under me soldiers, and I say unto one, Go, and he goeth; and to another, Come, and he cometh; and to my servant, Do this, and he doeth it. -- luke 7:8 +. +When Jesus heard these things, he marvelled at him, and turned him about, and said unto the people that followed him, I say unto you, I have not found so great faith, no, not in Israel. -- luke 7:9 +. +And they that were sent, returning to the house, found the servant whole that had been sick. -- luke 7:10 +. +And it came to pass the day after, that he went into a city called Nain; and many of his disciples went with him, and much people. -- luke 7:11 +. +Now when he came nigh to the gate of the city, behold, there was a dead man carried out, the only son of his mother, and she was a widow: and much people of the city was with her. -- luke 7:12 +. +And when the Lord saw her, he had compassion on her, and said unto her, Weep not. -- luke 7:13 +. +And he came and touched the bier: and they that bare him stood still. And he said, Young man, I say unto thee, Arise. -- luke 7:14 +. +And he that was dead sat up, and began to speak. And he delivered him to his mother. -- luke 7:15 +. +And there came a fear on all: and they glorified God, saying, That a great prophet is risen up among us; and, That God hath visited his people. -- luke 7:16 +. +And this rumour of him went forth throughout all Judaea, and throughout all the region round about. -- luke 7:17 +. +And the disciples of John shewed him of all these things. -- luke 7:18 +. +And John calling unto him two of his disciples sent them to Jesus, saying, Art thou he that should come? or look we for another? -- luke 7:19 +. +When the men were come unto him, they said, John Baptist hath sent us unto thee, saying, Art thou he that should come? or look we for another? -- luke 7:20 +. +And in that same hour he cured many of their infirmities and plagues, and of evil spirits; and unto many that were blind he gave sight. -- luke 7:21 +. +Then Jesus answering said unto them, Go your way, and tell John what things ye have seen and heard; how that the blind see, the lame walk, the lepers are cleansed, the deaf hear, the dead are raised, to the poor the gospel is preached. -- luke 7:22 +. +And blessed is he, whosoever shall not be offended in me. -- luke 7:23 +. +And when the messengers of John were departed, he began to speak unto the people concerning John, What went ye out into the wilderness for to see? A reed shaken with the wind? -- luke 7:24 +. +But what went ye out for to see? A man clothed in soft raiment? Behold, they which are gorgeously apparelled, and live delicately, are in kings' courts. -- luke 7:25 +. +But what went ye out for to see? A prophet? Yea, I say unto you, and much more than a prophet. -- luke 7:26 +. +This is he, of whom it is written, Behold, I send my messenger before thy face, which shall prepare thy way before thee. -- luke 7:27 +. +For I say unto you, Among those that are born of women there is not a greater prophet than John the Baptist: but he that is least in the kingdom of God is greater than he. -- luke 7:28 +. +And all the people that heard him, and the publicans, justified God, being baptized with the baptism of John. -- luke 7:29 +. +But the Pharisees and lawyers rejected the counsel of God against themselves, being not baptized of him. -- luke 7:30 +. +And the Lord said, Whereunto then shall I liken the men of this generation? and to what are they like? -- luke 7:31 +. +They are like unto children sitting in the marketplace, and calling one to another, and saying, We have piped unto you, and ye have not danced; we have mourned to you, and ye have not wept. -- luke 7:32 +. +For John the Baptist came neither eating bread nor drinking wine; and ye say, He hath a devil. -- luke 7:33 +. +The Son of man is come eating and drinking; and ye say, Behold a gluttonous man, and a winebibber, a friend of publicans and sinners! -- luke 7:34 +. +But wisdom is justified of all her children. -- luke 7:35 +. +And one of the Pharisees desired him that he would eat with him. And he went into the Pharisee's house, and sat down to meat. -- luke 7:36 +. +And, behold, a woman in the city, which was a sinner, when she knew that Jesus sat at meat in the Pharisee's house, brought an alabaster box of ointment, -- luke 7:37 +. +And stood at his feet behind him weeping, and began to wash his feet with tears, and did wipe them with the hairs of her head, and kissed his feet, and anointed them with the ointment. -- luke 7:38 +. +Now when the Pharisee which had bidden him saw it, he spake within himself, saying, This man, if he were a prophet, would have known who and what manner of woman this is that toucheth him: for she is a sinner. -- luke 7:39 +. +And Jesus answering said unto him, Simon, I have somewhat to say unto thee. And he saith, Master, say on. -- luke 7:40 +. +There was a certain creditor which had two debtors: the one owed five hundred pence, and the other fifty. -- luke 7:41 +. +And when they had nothing to pay, he frankly forgave them both. Tell me therefore, which of them will love him most? -- luke 7:42 +. +Simon answered and said, I suppose that he, to whom he forgave most. And he said unto him, Thou hast rightly judged. -- luke 7:43 +. +And he turned to the woman, and said unto Simon, Seest thou this woman? I entered into thine house, thou gavest me no water for my feet: but she hath washed my feet with tears, and wiped them with the hairs of her head. -- luke 7:44 +. +Thou gavest me no kiss: but this woman since the time I came in hath not ceased to kiss my feet. -- luke 7:45 +. +My head with oil thou didst not anoint: but this woman hath anointed my feet with ointment. -- luke 7:46 +. +Wherefore I say unto thee, Her sins, which are many, are forgiven; for she loved much: but to whom little is forgiven, the same loveth little. -- luke 7:47 +. +And he said unto her, Thy sins are forgiven. -- luke 7:48 +. +And they that sat at meat with him began to say within themselves, Who is this that forgiveth sins also? -- luke 7:49 +. +And he said to the woman, Thy faith hath saved thee; go in peace. -- luke 7:50 +. +And it came to pass afterward, that he went throughout every city and village, preaching and shewing the glad tidings of the kingdom of God: and the twelve were with him, -- luke 8:1 +. +And certain women, which had been healed of evil spirits and infirmities, Mary called Magdalene, out of whom went seven devils, -- luke 8:2 +. +And Joanna the wife of Chuza Herod's steward, and Susanna, and many others, which ministered unto him of their substance. -- luke 8:3 +. +And when much people were gathered together, and were come to him out of every city, he spake by a parable: -- luke 8:4 +. +A sower went out to sow his seed: and as he sowed, some fell by the way side; and it was trodden down, and the fowls of the air devoured it. -- luke 8:5 +. +And some fell upon a rock; and as soon as it was sprung up, it withered away, because it lacked moisture. -- luke 8:6 +. +And some fell among thorns; and the thorns sprang up with it, and choked it. -- luke 8:7 +. +And other fell on good ground, and sprang up, and bare fruit an hundredfold. And when he had said these things, he cried, He that hath ears to hear, let him hear. -- luke 8:8 +. +And his disciples asked him, saying, What might this parable be? -- luke 8:9 +. +And he said, Unto you it is given to know the mysteries of the kingdom of God: but to others in parables; that seeing they might not see, and hearing they might not understand. -- luke 8:10 +. +Now the parable is this: The seed is the word of God. -- luke 8:11 +. +Those by the way side are they that hear; then cometh the devil, and taketh away the word out of their hearts, lest they should believe and be saved. -- luke 8:12 +. +They on the rock are they, which, when they hear, receive the word with joy; and these have no root, which for a while believe, and in time of temptation fall away. -- luke 8:13 +. +And that which fell among thorns are they, which, when they have heard, go forth, and are choked with cares and riches and pleasures of this life, and bring no fruit to perfection. -- luke 8:14 +. +But that on the good ground are they, which in an honest and good heart, having heard the word, keep it, and bring forth fruit with patience. -- luke 8:15 +. +No man, when he hath lighted a candle, covereth it with a vessel, or putteth it under a bed; but setteth it on a candlestick, that they which enter in may see the light. -- luke 8:16 +. +For nothing is secret, that shall not be made manifest; neither any thing hid, that shall not be known and come abroad. -- luke 8:17 +. +Take heed therefore how ye hear: for whosoever hath, to him shall be given; and whosoever hath not, from him shall be taken even that which he seemeth to have. -- luke 8:18 +. +Then came to him his mother and his brethren, and could not come at him for the press. -- luke 8:19 +. +And it was told him by certain which said, Thy mother and thy brethren stand without, desiring to see thee. -- luke 8:20 +. +And he answered and said unto them, My mother and my brethren are these which hear the word of God, and do it. -- luke 8:21 +. +Now it came to pass on a certain day, that he went into a ship with his disciples: and he said unto them, Let us go over unto the other side of the lake. And they launched forth. -- luke 8:22 +. +But as they sailed he fell asleep: and there came down a storm of wind on the lake; and they were filled with water, and were in jeopardy. -- luke 8:23 +. +And they came to him, and awoke him, saying, Master, master, we perish. Then he arose, and rebuked the wind and the raging of the water: and they ceased, and there was a calm. -- luke 8:24 +. +And he said unto them, Where is your faith? And they being afraid wondered, saying one to another, What manner of man is this! for he commandeth even the winds and water, and they obey him. -- luke 8:25 +. +And they arrived at the country of the Gadarenes, which is over against Galilee. -- luke 8:26 +. +And when he went forth to land, there met him out of the city a certain man, which had devils long time, and ware no clothes, neither abode in any house, but in the tombs. -- luke 8:27 +. +When he saw Jesus, he cried out, and fell down before him, and with a loud voice said, What have I to do with thee, Jesus, thou Son of God most high? I beseech thee, torment me not. -- luke 8:28 +. +(For he had commanded the unclean spirit to come out of the man. For oftentimes it had caught him: and he was kept bound with chains and in fetters; and he brake the bands, and was driven of the devil into the wilderness.) -- luke 8:29 +. +And Jesus asked him, saying, What is thy name? And he said, Legion: because many devils were entered into him. -- luke 8:30 +. +And they besought him that he would not command them to go out into the deep. -- luke 8:31 +. +And there was there an herd of many swine feeding on the mountain: and they besought him that he would suffer them to enter into them. And he suffered them. -- luke 8:32 +. +Then went the devils out of the man, and entered into the swine: and the herd ran violently down a steep place into the lake, and were choked. -- luke 8:33 +. +When they that fed them saw what was done, they fled, and went and told it in the city and in the country. -- luke 8:34 +. +Then they went out to see what was done; and came to Jesus, and found the man, out of whom the devils were departed, sitting at the feet of Jesus, clothed, and in his right mind: and they were afraid. -- luke 8:35 +. +They also which saw it told them by what means he that was possessed of the devils was healed. -- luke 8:36 +. +Then the whole multitude of the country of the Gadarenes round about besought him to depart from them; for they were taken with great fear: and he went up into the ship, and returned back again. -- luke 8:37 +. +Now the man out of whom the devils were departed besought him that he might be with him: but Jesus sent him away, saying, -- luke 8:38 +. +Return to thine own house, and shew how great things God hath done unto thee. And he went his way, and published throughout the whole city how great things Jesus had done unto him. -- luke 8:39 +. +And it came to pass, that, when Jesus was returned, the people gladly received him: for they were all waiting for him. -- luke 8:40 +. +And, behold, there came a man named Jairus, and he was a ruler of the synagogue: and he fell down at Jesus' feet, and besought him that he would come into his house: -- luke 8:41 +. +For he had one only daughter, about twelve years of age, and she lay a dying. But as he went the people thronged him. -- luke 8:42 +. +And a woman having an issue of blood twelve years, which had spent all her living upon physicians, neither could be healed of any, -- luke 8:43 +. +Came behind him, and touched the border of his garment: and immediately her issue of blood stanched. -- luke 8:44 +. +And Jesus said, Who touched me? When all denied, Peter and they that were with him said, Master, the multitude throng thee and press thee, and sayest thou, Who touched me? -- luke 8:45 +. +And Jesus said, Somebody hath touched me: for I perceive that virtue is gone out of me. -- luke 8:46 +. +And when the woman saw that she was not hid, she came trembling, and falling down before him, she declared unto him before all the people for what cause she had touched him, and how she was healed immediately. -- luke 8:47 +. +And he said unto her, Daughter, be of good comfort: thy faith hath made thee whole; go in peace. -- luke 8:48 +. +While he yet spake, there cometh one from the ruler of the synagogue's house, saying to him, Thy daughter is dead; trouble not the Master. -- luke 8:49 +. +But when Jesus heard it, he answered him, saying, Fear not: believe only, and she shall be made whole. -- luke 8:50 +. +And when he came into the house, he suffered no man to go in, save Peter, and James, and John, and the father and the mother of the maiden. -- luke 8:51 +. +And all wept, and bewailed her: but he said, Weep not; she is not dead, but sleepeth. -- luke 8:52 +. +And they laughed him to scorn, knowing that she was dead. -- luke 8:53 +. +And he put them all out, and took her by the hand, and called, saying, Maid, arise. -- luke 8:54 +. +And her spirit came again, and she arose straightway: and he commanded to give her meat. -- luke 8:55 +. +And her parents were astonished: but he charged them that they should tell no man what was done. -- luke 8:56 +. +Then he called his twelve disciples together, and gave them power and authority over all devils, and to cure diseases. -- luke 9:1 +. +And he sent them to preach the kingdom of God, and to heal the sick. -- luke 9:2 +. +And he said unto them, Take nothing for your journey, neither staves, nor scrip, neither bread, neither money; neither have two coats apiece. -- luke 9:3 +. +And whatsoever house ye enter into, there abide, and thence depart. -- luke 9:4 +. +And whosoever will not receive you, when ye go out of that city, shake off the very dust from your feet for a testimony against them. -- luke 9:5 +. +And they departed, and went through the towns, preaching the gospel, and healing every where. -- luke 9:6 +. +Now Herod the tetrarch heard of all that was done by him: and he was perplexed, because that it was said of some, that John was risen from the dead; -- luke 9:7 +. +And of some, that Elias had appeared; and of others, that one of the old prophets was risen again. -- luke 9:8 +. +And Herod said, John have I beheaded: but who is this, of whom I hear such things? And he desired to see him. -- luke 9:9 +. +And the apostles, when they were returned, told him all that they had done. And he took them, and went aside privately into a desert place belonging to the city called Bethsaida. -- luke 9:10 +. +And the people, when they knew it, followed him: and he received them, and spake unto them of the kingdom of God, and healed them that had need of healing. -- luke 9:11 +. +And when the day began to wear away, then came the twelve, and said unto him, Send the multitude away, that they may go into the towns and country round about, and lodge, and get victuals: for we are here in a desert place. -- luke 9:12 +. +But he said unto them, Give ye them to eat. And they said, We have no more but five loaves and two fishes; except we should go and buy meat for all this people. -- luke 9:13 +. +For they were about five thousand men. And he said to his disciples, Make them sit down by fifties in a company. -- luke 9:14 +. +And they did so, and made them all sit down. -- luke 9:15 +. +Then he took the five loaves and the two fishes, and looking up to heaven, he blessed them, and brake, and gave to the disciples to set before the multitude. -- luke 9:16 +. +And they did eat, and were all filled: and there was taken up of fragments that remained to them twelve baskets. -- luke 9:17 +. +And it came to pass, as he was alone praying, his disciples were with him: and he asked them, saying, Whom say the people that I am? -- luke 9:18 +. +They answering said, John the Baptist; but some say, Elias; and others say, that one of the old prophets is risen again. -- luke 9:19 +. +He said unto them, But whom say ye that I am? Peter answering said, The Christ of God. -- luke 9:20 +. +And he straitly charged them, and commanded them to tell no man that thing; -- luke 9:21 +. +Saying, The Son of man must suffer many things, and be rejected of the elders and chief priests and scribes, and be slain, and be raised the third day. -- luke 9:22 +. +And he said to them all, If any man will come after me, let him deny himself, and take up his cross daily, and follow me. -- luke 9:23 +. +For whosoever will save his life shall lose it: but whosoever will lose his life for my sake, the same shall save it. -- luke 9:24 +. +For what is a man advantaged, if he gain the whole world, and lose himself, or be cast away? -- luke 9:25 +. +For whosoever shall be ashamed of me and of my words, of him shall the Son of man be ashamed, when he shall come in his own glory, and in his Father's, and of the holy angels. -- luke 9:26 +. +But I tell you of a truth, there be some standing here, which shall not taste of death, till they see the kingdom of God. -- luke 9:27 +. +And it came to pass about an eight days after these sayings, he took Peter and John and James, and went up into a mountain to pray. -- luke 9:28 +. +And as he prayed, the fashion of his countenance was altered, and his raiment was white and glistering. -- luke 9:29 +. +And, behold, there talked with him two men, which were Moses and Elias: -- luke 9:30 +. +Who appeared in glory, and spake of his decease which he should accomplish at Jerusalem. -- luke 9:31 +. +But Peter and they that were with him were heavy with sleep: and when they were awake, they saw his glory, and the two men that stood with him. -- luke 9:32 +. +And it came to pass, as they departed from him, Peter said unto Jesus, Master, it is good for us to be here: and let us make three tabernacles; one for thee, and one for Moses, and one for Elias: not knowing what he said. -- luke 9:33 +. +While he thus spake, there came a cloud, and overshadowed them: and they feared as they entered into the cloud. -- luke 9:34 +. +And there came a voice out of the cloud, saying, This is my beloved Son: hear him. -- luke 9:35 +. +And when the voice was past, Jesus was found alone. And they kept it close, and told no man in those days any of those things which they had seen. -- luke 9:36 +. +And it came to pass, that on the next day, when they were come down from the hill, much people met him. -- luke 9:37 +. +And, behold, a man of the company cried out, saying, Master, I beseech thee, look upon my son: for he is mine only child. -- luke 9:38 +. +And, lo, a spirit taketh him, and he suddenly crieth out; and it teareth him that he foameth again, and bruising him hardly departeth from him. -- luke 9:39 +. +And I besought thy disciples to cast him out; and they could not. -- luke 9:40 +. +And Jesus answering said, O faithless and perverse generation, how long shall I be with you, and suffer you? Bring thy son hither. -- luke 9:41 +. +And as he was yet a coming, the devil threw him down, and tare him. And Jesus rebuked the unclean spirit, and healed the child, and delivered him again to his father. -- luke 9:42 +. +And they were all amazed at the mighty power of God. But while they wondered every one at all things which Jesus did, he said unto his disciples, -- luke 9:43 +. +Let these sayings sink down into your ears: for the Son of man shall be delivered into the hands of men. -- luke 9:44 +. +But they understood not this saying, and it was hid from them, that they perceived it not: and they feared to ask him of that saying. -- luke 9:45 +. +Then there arose a reasoning among them, which of them should be greatest. -- luke 9:46 +. +And Jesus, perceiving the thought of their heart, took a child, and set him by him, -- luke 9:47 +. +And said unto them, Whosoever shall receive this child in my name receiveth me: and whosoever shall receive me receiveth him that sent me: for he that is least among you all, the same shall be great. -- luke 9:48 +. +And John answered and said, Master, we saw one casting out devils in thy name; and we forbad him, because he followeth not with us. -- luke 9:49 +. +And Jesus said unto him, Forbid him not: for he that is not against us is for us. -- luke 9:50 +. +And it came to pass, when the time was come that he should be received up, he stedfastly set his face to go to Jerusalem, -- luke 9:51 +. +And sent messengers before his face: and they went, and entered into a village of the Samaritans, to make ready for him. -- luke 9:52 +. +And they did not receive him, because his face was as though he would go to Jerusalem. -- luke 9:53 +. +And when his disciples James and John saw this, they said, Lord, wilt thou that we command fire to come down from heaven, and consume them, even as Elias did? -- luke 9:54 +. +But he turned, and rebuked them, and said, Ye know not what manner of spirit ye are of. -- luke 9:55 +. +For the Son of man is not come to destroy men's lives, but to save them. And they went to another village. -- luke 9:56 +. +And it came to pass, that, as they went in the way, a certain man said unto him, Lord, I will follow thee whithersoever thou goest. -- luke 9:57 +. +And Jesus said unto him, Foxes have holes, and birds of the air have nests; but the Son of man hath not where to lay his head. -- luke 9:58 +. +And he said unto another, Follow me. But he said, Lord, suffer me first to go and bury my father. -- luke 9:59 +. +Jesus said unto him, Let the dead bury their dead: but go thou and preach the kingdom of God. -- luke 9:60 +. +And another also said, Lord, I will follow thee; but let me first go bid them farewell, which are at home at my house. -- luke 9:61 +. +And Jesus said unto him, No man, having put his hand to the plough, and looking back, is fit for the kingdom of God. -- luke 9:62 +. +After these things the LORD appointed other seventy also, and sent them two and two before his face into every city and place, whither he himself would come. -- luke 10:1 +. +Therefore said he unto them, The harvest truly is great, but the labourers are few: pray ye therefore the Lord of the harvest, that he would send forth labourers into his harvest. -- luke 10:2 +. +Go your ways: behold, I send you forth as lambs among wolves. -- luke 10:3 +. +Carry neither purse, nor scrip, nor shoes: and salute no man by the way. -- luke 10:4 +. +And into whatsoever house ye enter, first say, Peace be to this house. -- luke 10:5 +. +And if the son of peace be there, your peace shall rest upon it: if not, it shall turn to you again. -- luke 10:6 +. +And in the same house remain, eating and drinking such things as they give: for the labourer is worthy of his hire. Go not from house to house. -- luke 10:7 +. +And into whatsoever city ye enter, and they receive you, eat such things as are set before you: -- luke 10:8 +. +And heal the sick that are therein, and say unto them, The kingdom of God is come nigh unto you. -- luke 10:9 +. +But into whatsoever city ye enter, and they receive you not, go your ways out into the streets of the same, and say, -- luke 10:10 +. +Even the very dust of your city, which cleaveth on us, we do wipe off against you: notwithstanding be ye sure of this, that the kingdom of God is come nigh unto you. -- luke 10:11 +. +But I say unto you, that it shall be more tolerable in that day for Sodom, than for that city. -- luke 10:12 +. +Woe unto thee, Chorazin! woe unto thee, Bethsaida! for if the mighty works had been done in Tyre and Sidon, which have been done in you, they had a great while ago repented, sitting in sackcloth and ashes. -- luke 10:13 +. +But it shall be more tolerable for Tyre and Sidon at the judgment, than for you. -- luke 10:14 +. +And thou, Capernaum, which art exalted to heaven, shalt be thrust down to hell. -- luke 10:15 +. +He that heareth you heareth me; and he that despiseth you despiseth me; and he that despiseth me despiseth him that sent me. -- luke 10:16 +. +And the seventy returned again with joy, saying, Lord, even the devils are subject unto us through thy name. -- luke 10:17 +. +And he said unto them, I beheld Satan as lightning fall from heaven. -- luke 10:18 +. +Behold, I give unto you power to tread on serpents and scorpions, and over all the power of the enemy: and nothing shall by any means hurt you. -- luke 10:19 +. +Notwithstanding in this rejoice not, that the spirits are subject unto you; but rather rejoice, because your names are written in heaven. -- luke 10:20 +. +In that hour Jesus rejoiced in spirit, and said, I thank thee, O Father, Lord of heaven and earth, that thou hast hid these things from the wise and prudent, and hast revealed them unto babes: even so, Father; for so it seemed good in thy sight. -- luke 10:21 +. +All things are delivered to me of my Father: and no man knoweth who the Son is, but the Father; and who the Father is, but the Son, and he to whom the Son will reveal him. -- luke 10:22 +. +And he turned him unto his disciples, and said privately, Blessed are the eyes which see the things that ye see: -- luke 10:23 +. +For I tell you, that many prophets and kings have desired to see those things which ye see, and have not seen them; and to hear those things which ye hear, and have not heard them. -- luke 10:24 +. +And, behold, a certain lawyer stood up, and tempted him, saying, Master, what shall I do to inherit eternal life? -- luke 10:25 +. +He said unto him, What is written in the law? how readest thou? -- luke 10:26 +. +And he answering said, Thou shalt love the Lord thy God with all thy heart, and with all thy soul, and with all thy strength, and with all thy mind; and thy neighbour as thyself. -- luke 10:27 +. +And he said unto him, Thou hast answered right: this do, and thou shalt live. -- luke 10:28 +. +But he, willing to justify himself, said unto Jesus, And who is my neighbour? -- luke 10:29 +. +And Jesus answering said, A certain man went down from Jerusalem to Jericho, and fell among thieves, which stripped him of his raiment, and wounded him, and departed, leaving him half dead. -- luke 10:30 +. +And by chance there came down a certain priest that way: and when he saw him, he passed by on the other side. -- luke 10:31 +. +And likewise a Levite, when he was at the place, came and looked on him, and passed by on the other side. -- luke 10:32 +. +But a certain Samaritan, as he journeyed, came where he was: and when he saw him, he had compassion on him, -- luke 10:33 +. +And went to him, and bound up his wounds, pouring in oil and wine, and set him on his own beast, and brought him to an inn, and took care of him. -- luke 10:34 +. +And on the morrow when he departed, he took out two pence, and gave them to the host, and said unto him, Take care of him; and whatsoever thou spendest more, when I come again, I will repay thee. -- luke 10:35 +. +Which now of these three, thinkest thou, was neighbour unto him that fell among the thieves? -- luke 10:36 +. +And he said, He that shewed mercy on him. Then said Jesus unto him, Go, and do thou likewise. -- luke 10:37 +. +Now it came to pass, as they went, that he entered into a certain village: and a certain woman named Martha received him into her house. -- luke 10:38 +. +And she had a sister called Mary, which also sat at Jesus' feet, and heard his word. -- luke 10:39 +. +But Martha was cumbered about much serving, and came to him, and said, Lord, dost thou not care that my sister hath left me to serve alone? bid her therefore that she help me. -- luke 10:40 +. +And Jesus answered and said unto her, Martha, Martha, thou art careful and troubled about many things: -- luke 10:41 +. +But one thing is needful: and Mary hath chosen that good part, which shall not be taken away from her. -- luke 10:42 +. +And it came to pass, that, as he was praying in a certain place, when he ceased, one of his disciples said unto him, Lord, teach us to pray, as John also taught his disciples. -- luke 11:1 +. +And he said unto them, When ye pray, say, Our Father which art in heaven, Hallowed be thy name. Thy kingdom come. Thy will be done, as in heaven, so in earth. -- luke 11:2 +. +Give us day by day our daily bread. -- luke 11:3 +. +And forgive us our sins; for we also forgive every one that is indebted to us. And lead us not into temptation; but deliver us from evil. -- luke 11:4 +. +And he said unto them, Which of you shall have a friend, and shall go unto him at midnight, and say unto him, Friend, lend me three loaves; -- luke 11:5 +. +For a friend of mine in his journey is come to me, and I have nothing to set before him? -- luke 11:6 +. +And he from within shall answer and say, Trouble me not: the door is now shut, and my children are with me in bed; I cannot rise and give thee. -- luke 11:7 +. +I say unto you, Though he will not rise and give him, because he is his friend, yet because of his importunity he will rise and give him as many as he needeth. -- luke 11:8 +. +And I say unto you, Ask, and it shall be given you; seek, and ye shall find; knock, and it shall be opened unto you. -- luke 11:9 +. +For every one that asketh receiveth; and he that seeketh findeth; and to him that knocketh it shall be opened. -- luke 11:10 +. +If a son shall ask bread of any of you that is a father, will he give him a stone? or if he ask a fish, will he for a fish give him a serpent? -- luke 11:11 +. +Or if he shall ask an egg, will he offer him a scorpion? -- luke 11:12 +. +If ye then, being evil, know how to give good gifts unto your children: how much more shall your heavenly Father give the Holy Spirit to them that ask him? -- luke 11:13 +. +And he was casting out a devil, and it was dumb. And it came to pass, when the devil was gone out, the dumb spake; and the people wondered. -- luke 11:14 +. +But some of them said, He casteth out devils through Beelzebub the chief of the devils. -- luke 11:15 +. +And others, tempting him, sought of him a sign from heaven. -- luke 11:16 +. +But he, knowing their thoughts, said unto them, Every kingdom divided against itself is brought to desolation; and a house divided against a house falleth. -- luke 11:17 +. +If Satan also be divided against himself, how shall his kingdom stand? because ye say that I cast out devils through Beelzebub. -- luke 11:18 +. +And if I by Beelzebub cast out devils, by whom do your sons cast them out? therefore shall they be your judges. -- luke 11:19 +. +But if I with the finger of God cast out devils, no doubt the kingdom of God is come upon you. -- luke 11:20 +. +When a strong man armed keepeth his palace, his goods are in peace: -- luke 11:21 +. +But when a stronger than he shall come upon him, and overcome him, he taketh from him all his armour wherein he trusted, and divideth his spoils. -- luke 11:22 +. +He that is not with me is against me: and he that gathereth not with me scattereth. -- luke 11:23 +. +When the unclean spirit is gone out of a man, he walketh through dry places, seeking rest; and finding none, he saith, I will return unto my house whence I came out. -- luke 11:24 +. +And when he cometh, he findeth it swept and garnished. -- luke 11:25 +. +Then goeth he, and taketh to him seven other spirits more wicked than himself; and they enter in, and dwell there: and the last state of that man is worse than the first. -- luke 11:26 +. +And it came to pass, as he spake these things, a certain woman of the company lifted up her voice, and said unto him, Blessed is the womb that bare thee, and the paps which thou hast sucked. -- luke 11:27 +. +But he said, Yea rather, blessed are they that hear the word of God, and keep it. -- luke 11:28 +. +And when the people were gathered thick together, he began to say, This is an evil generation: they seek a sign; and there shall no sign be given it, but the sign of Jonas the prophet. -- luke 11:29 +. +For as Jonas was a sign unto the Ninevites, so shall also the Son of man be to this generation. -- luke 11:30 +. +The queen of the south shall rise up in the judgment with the men of this generation, and condemn them: for she came from the utmost parts of the earth to hear the wisdom of Solomon; and, behold, a greater than Solomon is here. -- luke 11:31 +. +The men of Nineve shall rise up in the judgment with this generation, and shall condemn it: for they repented at the preaching of Jonas; and, behold, a greater than Jonas is here. -- luke 11:32 +. +No man, when he hath lighted a candle, putteth it in a secret place, neither under a bushel, but on a candlestick, that they which come in may see the light. -- luke 11:33 +. +The light of the body is the eye: therefore when thine eye is single, thy whole body also is full of light; but when thine eye is evil, thy body also is full of darkness. -- luke 11:34 +. +Take heed therefore that the light which is in thee be not darkness. -- luke 11:35 +. +If thy whole body therefore be full of light, having no part dark, the whole shall be full of light, as when the bright shining of a candle doth give thee light. -- luke 11:36 +. +And as he spake, a certain Pharisee besought him to dine with him: and he went in, and sat down to meat. -- luke 11:37 +. +And when the Pharisee saw it, he marvelled that he had not first washed before dinner. -- luke 11:38 +. +And the Lord said unto him, Now do ye Pharisees make clean the outside of the cup and the platter; but your inward part is full of ravening and wickedness. -- luke 11:39 +. +Ye fools, did not he that made that which is without make that which is within also? -- luke 11:40 +. +But rather give alms of such things as ye have; and, behold, all things are clean unto you. -- luke 11:41 +. +But woe unto you, Pharisees! for ye tithe mint and rue and all manner of herbs, and pass over judgment and the love of God: these ought ye to have done, and not to leave the other undone. -- luke 11:42 +. +Woe unto you, Pharisees! for ye love the uppermost seats in the synagogues, and greetings in the markets. -- luke 11:43 +. +Woe unto you, scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites! for ye are as graves which appear not, and the men that walk over them are not aware of them. -- luke 11:44 +. +Then answered one of the lawyers, and said unto him, Master, thus saying thou reproachest us also. -- luke 11:45 +. +And he said, Woe unto you also, ye lawyers! for ye lade men with burdens grievous to be borne, and ye yourselves touch not the burdens with one of your fingers. -- luke 11:46 +. +Woe unto you! for ye build the sepulchres of the prophets, and your fathers killed them. -- luke 11:47 +. +Truly ye bear witness that ye allow the deeds of your fathers: for they indeed killed them, and ye build their sepulchres. -- luke 11:48 +. +Therefore also said the wisdom of God, I will send them prophets and apostles, and some of them they shall slay and persecute: -- luke 11:49 +. +That the blood of all the prophets, which was shed from the foundation of the world, may be required of this generation; -- luke 11:50 +. +From the blood of Abel unto the blood of Zacharias which perished between the altar and the temple: verily I say unto you, It shall be required of this generation. -- luke 11:51 +. +Woe unto you, lawyers! for ye have taken away the key of knowledge: ye entered not in yourselves, and them that were entering in ye hindered. -- luke 11:52 +. +And as he said these things unto them, the scribes and the Pharisees began to urge him vehemently, and to provoke him to speak of many things: -- luke 11:53 +. +Laying wait for him, and seeking to catch something out of his mouth, that they might accuse him. -- luke 11:54 +. +In the mean time, when there were gathered together an innumerable multitude of people, insomuch that they trode one upon another, he began to say unto his disciples first of all, Beware ye of the leaven of the Pharisees, which is hypocrisy. -- luke 12:1 +. +For there is nothing covered, that shall not be revealed; neither hid, that shall not be known. -- luke 12:2 +. +Therefore whatsoever ye have spoken in darkness shall be heard in the light; and that which ye have spoken in the ear in closets shall be proclaimed upon the housetops. -- luke 12:3 +. +And I say unto you my friends, Be not afraid of them that kill the body, and after that have no more that they can do. -- luke 12:4 +. +But I will forewarn you whom ye shall fear: Fear him, which after he hath killed hath power to cast into hell; yea, I say unto you, Fear him. -- luke 12:5 +. +Are not five sparrows sold for two farthings, and not one of them is forgotten before God? -- luke 12:6 +. +But even the very hairs of your head are all numbered. Fear not therefore: ye are of more value than many sparrows. -- luke 12:7 +. +Also I say unto you, Whosoever shall confess me before men, him shall the Son of man also confess before the angels of God: -- luke 12:8 +. +But he that denieth me before men shall be denied before the angels of God. -- luke 12:9 +. +And whosoever shall speak a word against the Son of man, it shall be forgiven him: but unto him that blasphemeth against the Holy Ghost it shall not be forgiven. -- luke 12:10 +. +And when they bring you unto the synagogues, and unto magistrates, and powers, take ye no thought how or what thing ye shall answer, or what ye shall say: -- luke 12:11 +. +For the Holy Ghost shall teach you in the same hour what ye ought to say. -- luke 12:12 +. +And one of the company said unto him, Master, speak to my brother, that he divide the inheritance with me. -- luke 12:13 +. +And he said unto him, Man, who made me a judge or a divider over you? -- luke 12:14 +. +And he said unto them, Take heed, and beware of covetousness: for a man's life consisteth not in the abundance of the things which he possesseth. -- luke 12:15 +. +And he spake a parable unto them, saying, The ground of a certain rich man brought forth plentifully: -- luke 12:16 +. +And he thought within himself, saying, What shall I do, because I have no room where to bestow my fruits? -- luke 12:17 +. +And he said, This will I do: I will pull down my barns, and build greater; and there will I bestow all my fruits and my goods. -- luke 12:18 +. +And I will say to my soul, Soul, thou hast much goods laid up for many years; take thine ease, eat, drink, and be merry. -- luke 12:19 +. +But God said unto him, Thou fool, this night thy soul shall be required of thee: then whose shall those things be, which thou hast provided? -- luke 12:20 +. +So is he that layeth up treasure for himself, and is not rich toward God. -- luke 12:21 +. +And he said unto his disciples, Therefore I say unto you, Take no thought for your life, what ye shall eat; neither for the body, what ye shall put on. -- luke 12:22 +. +The life is more than meat, and the body is more than raiment. -- luke 12:23 +. +Consider the ravens: for they neither sow nor reap; which neither have storehouse nor barn; and God feedeth them: how much more are ye better than the fowls? -- luke 12:24 +. +And which of you with taking thought can add to his stature one cubit? -- luke 12:25 +. +If ye then be not able to do that thing which is least, why take ye thought for the rest? -- luke 12:26 +. +Consider the lilies how they grow: they toil not, they spin not; and yet I say unto you, that Solomon in all his glory was not arrayed like one of these. -- luke 12:27 +. +If then God so clothe the grass, which is to day in the field, and to morrow is cast into the oven; how much more will he clothe you, O ye of little faith? -- luke 12:28 +. +And seek not ye what ye shall eat, or what ye shall drink, neither be ye of doubtful mind. -- luke 12:29 +. +For all these things do the nations of the world seek after: and your Father knoweth that ye have need of these things. -- luke 12:30 +. +But rather seek ye the kingdom of God; and all these things shall be added unto you. -- luke 12:31 +. +Fear not, little flock; for it is your Father's good pleasure to give you the kingdom. -- luke 12:32 +. +Sell that ye have, and give alms; provide yourselves bags which wax not old, a treasure in the heavens that faileth not, where no thief approacheth, neither moth corrupteth. -- luke 12:33 +. +For where your treasure is, there will your heart be also. -- luke 12:34 +. +Let your loins be girded about, and your lights burning; -- luke 12:35 +. +And ye yourselves like unto men that wait for their lord, when he will return from the wedding; that when he cometh and knocketh, they may open unto him immediately. -- luke 12:36 +. +Blessed are those servants, whom the lord when he cometh shall find watching: verily I say unto you, that he shall gird himself, and make them to sit down to meat, and will come forth and serve them. -- luke 12:37 +. +And if he shall come in the second watch, or come in the third watch, and find them so, blessed are those servants. -- luke 12:38 +. +And this know, that if the goodman of the house had known what hour the thief would come, he would have watched, and not have suffered his house to be broken through. -- luke 12:39 +. +Be ye therefore ready also: for the Son of man cometh at an hour when ye think not. -- luke 12:40 +. +Then Peter said unto him, Lord, speakest thou this parable unto us, or even to all? -- luke 12:41 +. +And the Lord said, Who then is that faithful and wise steward, whom his lord shall make ruler over his household, to give them their portion of meat in due season? -- luke 12:42 +. +Blessed is that servant, whom his lord when he cometh shall find so doing. -- luke 12:43 +. +Of a truth I say unto you, that he will make him ruler over all that he hath. -- luke 12:44 +. +But and if that servant say in his heart, My lord delayeth his coming; and shall begin to beat the menservants and maidens, and to eat and drink, and to be drunken; -- luke 12:45 +. +The lord of that servant will come in a day when he looketh not for him, and at an hour when he is not aware, and will cut him in sunder, and will appoint him his portion with the unbelievers. -- luke 12:46 +. +And that servant, which knew his lord's will, and prepared not himself, neither did according to his will, shall be beaten with many stripes. -- luke 12:47 +. +But he that knew not, and did commit things worthy of stripes, shall be beaten with few stripes. For unto whomsoever much is given, of him shall be much required: and to whom men have committed much, of him they will ask the more. -- luke 12:48 +. +I am come to send fire on the earth; and what will I, if it be already kindled? -- luke 12:49 +. +But I have a baptism to be baptized with; and how am I straitened till it be accomplished! -- luke 12:50 +. +Suppose ye that I am come to give peace on earth? I tell you, Nay; but rather division: -- luke 12:51 +. +For from henceforth there shall be five in one house divided, three against two, and two against three. -- luke 12:52 +. +The father shall be divided against the son, and the son against the father; the mother against the daughter, and the daughter against the mother; the mother in law against her daughter in law, and the daughter in law against her mother in law. -- luke 12:53 +. +And he said also to the people, When ye see a cloud rise out of the west, straightway ye say, There cometh a shower; and so it is. -- luke 12:54 +. +And when ye see the south wind blow, ye say, There will be heat; and it cometh to pass. -- luke 12:55 +. +Ye hypocrites, ye can discern the face of the sky and of the earth; but how is it that ye do not discern this time? -- luke 12:56 +. +Yea, and why even of yourselves judge ye not what is right? -- luke 12:57 +. +When thou goest with thine adversary to the magistrate, as thou art in the way, give diligence that thou mayest be delivered from him; lest he hale thee to the judge, and the judge deliver thee to the officer, and the officer cast thee into prison. -- luke 12:58 +. +I tell thee, thou shalt not depart thence, till thou hast paid the very last mite. -- luke 12:59 +. +There were present at that season some that told him of the Galilaeans, whose blood Pilate had mingled with their sacrifices. -- luke 13:1 +. +And Jesus answering said unto them, Suppose ye that these Galilaeans were sinners above all the Galilaeans, because they suffered such things? -- luke 13:2 +. +I tell you, Nay: but, except ye repent, ye shall all likewise perish. -- luke 13:3 +. +Or those eighteen, upon whom the tower in Siloam fell, and slew them, think ye that they were sinners above all men that dwelt in Jerusalem? -- luke 13:4 +. +I tell you, Nay: but, except ye repent, ye shall all likewise perish. -- luke 13:5 +. +He spake also this parable; A certain man had a fig tree planted in his vineyard; and he came and sought fruit thereon, and found none. -- luke 13:6 +. +Then said he unto the dresser of his vineyard, Behold, these three years I come seeking fruit on this fig tree, and find none: cut it down; why cumbereth it the ground? -- luke 13:7 +. +And he answering said unto him, Lord, let it alone this year also, till I shall dig about it, and dung it: -- luke 13:8 +. +And if it bear fruit, well: and if not, then after that thou shalt cut it down. -- luke 13:9 +. +And he was teaching in one of the synagogues on the sabbath. -- luke 13:10 +. +And, behold, there was a woman which had a spirit of infirmity eighteen years, and was bowed together, and could in no wise lift up herself. -- luke 13:11 +. +And when Jesus saw her, he called her to him, and said unto her, Woman, thou art loosed from thine infirmity. -- luke 13:12 +. +And he laid his hands on her: and immediately she was made straight, and glorified God. -- luke 13:13 +. +And the ruler of the synagogue answered with indignation, because that Jesus had healed on the sabbath day, and said unto the people, There are six days in which men ought to work: in them therefore come and be healed, and not on the sabbath day. -- luke 13:14 +. +The Lord then answered him, and said, Thou hypocrite, doth not each one of you on the sabbath loose his ox or his ass from the stall, and lead him away to watering? -- luke 13:15 +. +And ought not this woman, being a daughter of Abraham, whom Satan hath bound, lo, these eighteen years, be loosed from this bond on the sabbath day? -- luke 13:16 +. +And when he had said these things, all his adversaries were ashamed: and all the people rejoiced for all the glorious things that were done by him. -- luke 13:17 +. +Then said he, Unto what is the kingdom of God like? and whereunto shall I resemble it? -- luke 13:18 +. +It is like a grain of mustard seed, which a man took, and cast into his garden; and it grew, and waxed a great tree; and the fowls of the air lodged in the branches of it. -- luke 13:19 +. +And again he said, Whereunto shall I liken the kingdom of God? -- luke 13:20 +. +It is like leaven, which a woman took and hid in three measures of meal, till the whole was leavened. -- luke 13:21 +. +And he went through the cities and villages, teaching, and journeying toward Jerusalem. -- luke 13:22 +. +Then said one unto him, Lord, are there few that be saved? And he said unto them, -- luke 13:23 +. +Strive to enter in at the strait gate: for many, I say unto you, will seek to enter in, and shall not be able. -- luke 13:24 +. +When once the master of the house is risen up, and hath shut to the door, and ye begin to stand without, and to knock at the door, saying, Lord, Lord, open unto us; and he shall answer and say unto you, I know you not whence ye are: -- luke 13:25 +. +Then shall ye begin to say, We have eaten and drunk in thy presence, and thou hast taught in our streets. -- luke 13:26 +. +But he shall say, I tell you, I know you not whence ye are; depart from me, all ye workers of iniquity. -- luke 13:27 +. +There shall be weeping and gnashing of teeth, when ye shall see Abraham, and Isaac, and Jacob, and all the prophets, in the kingdom of God, and you yourselves thrust out. -- luke 13:28 +. +And they shall come from the east, and from the west, and from the north, and from the south, and shall sit down in the kingdom of God. -- luke 13:29 +. +And, behold, there are last which shall be first, and there are first which shall be last. -- luke 13:30 +. +The same day there came certain of the Pharisees, saying unto him, Get thee out, and depart hence: for Herod will kill thee. -- luke 13:31 +. +And he said unto them, Go ye, and tell that fox, Behold, I cast out devils, and I do cures to day and to morrow, and the third day I shall be perfected. -- luke 13:32 +. +Nevertheless I must walk to day, and to morrow, and the day following: for it cannot be that a prophet perish out of Jerusalem. -- luke 13:33 +. +O Jerusalem, Jerusalem, which killest the prophets, and stonest them that are sent unto thee; how often would I have gathered thy children together, as a hen doth gather her brood under her wings, and ye would not! -- luke 13:34 +. +Behold, your house is left unto you desolate: and verily I say unto you, Ye shall not see me, until the time come when ye shall say, Blessed is he that cometh in the name of the Lord. -- luke 13:35 +. +And it came to pass, as he went into the house of one of the chief Pharisees to eat bread on the sabbath day, that they watched him. -- luke 14:1 +. +And, behold, there was a certain man before him which had the dropsy. -- luke 14:2 +. +And Jesus answering spake unto the lawyers and Pharisees, saying, Is it lawful to heal on the sabbath day? -- luke 14:3 +. +And they held their peace. And he took him, and healed him, and let him go; -- luke 14:4 +. +And answered them, saying, Which of you shall have an ass or an ox fallen into a pit, and will not straightway pull him out on the sabbath day? -- luke 14:5 +. +And they could not answer him again to these things. -- luke 14:6 +. +And he put forth a parable to those which were bidden, when he marked how they chose out the chief rooms; saying unto them. -- luke 14:7 +. +When thou art bidden of any man to a wedding, sit not down in the highest room; lest a more honourable man than thou be bidden of him; -- luke 14:8 +. +And he that bade thee and him come and say to thee, Give this man place; and thou begin with shame to take the lowest room. -- luke 14:9 +. +But when thou art bidden, go and sit down in the lowest room; that when he that bade thee cometh, he may say unto thee, Friend, go up higher: then shalt thou have worship in the presence of them that sit at meat with thee. -- luke 14:10 +. +For whosoever exalteth himself shall be abased; and he that humbleth himself shall be exalted. -- luke 14:11 +. +Then said he also to him that bade him, When thou makest a dinner or a supper, call not thy friends, nor thy brethren, neither thy kinsmen, nor thy rich neighbours; lest they also bid thee again, and a recompence be made thee. -- luke 14:12 +. +But when thou makest a feast, call the poor, the maimed, the lame, the blind: -- luke 14:13 +. +And thou shalt be blessed; for they cannot recompense thee: for thou shalt be recompensed at the resurrection of the just. -- luke 14:14 +. +And when one of them that sat at meat with him heard these things, he said unto him, Blessed is he that shall eat bread in the kingdom of God. -- luke 14:15 +. +Then said he unto him, A certain man made a great supper, and bade many: -- luke 14:16 +. +And sent his servant at supper time to say to them that were bidden, Come; for all things are now ready. -- luke 14:17 +. +And they all with one consent began to make excuse. The first said unto him, I have bought a piece of ground, and I must needs go and see it: I pray thee have me excused. -- luke 14:18 +. +And another said, I have bought five yoke of oxen, and I go to prove them: I pray thee have me excused. -- luke 14:19 +. +And another said, I have married a wife, and therefore I cannot come. -- luke 14:20 +. +So that servant came, and shewed his lord these things. Then the master of the house being angry said to his servant, Go out quickly into the streets and lanes of the city, and bring in hither the poor, and the maimed, and the halt, and the blind. -- luke 14:21 +. +And the servant said, Lord, it is done as thou hast commanded, and yet there is room. -- luke 14:22 +. +And the lord said unto the servant, Go out into the highways and hedges, and compel them to come in, that my house may be filled. -- luke 14:23 +. +For I say unto you, That none of those men which were bidden shall taste of my supper. -- luke 14:24 +. +And there went great multitudes with him: and he turned, and said unto them, -- luke 14:25 +. +If any man come to me, and hate not his father, and mother, and wife, and children, and brethren, and sisters, yea, and his own life also, he cannot be my disciple. -- luke 14:26 +. +And whosoever doth not bear his cross, and come after me, cannot be my disciple. -- luke 14:27 +. +For which of you, intending to build a tower, sitteth not down first, and counteth the cost, whether he have sufficient to finish it? -- luke 14:28 +. +Lest haply, after he hath laid the foundation, and is not able to finish it, all that behold it begin to mock him, -- luke 14:29 +. +Saying, This man began to build, and was not able to finish. -- luke 14:30 +. +Or what king, going to make war against another king, sitteth not down first, and consulteth whether he be able with ten thousand to meet him that cometh against him with twenty thousand? -- luke 14:31 +. +Or else, while the other is yet a great way off, he sendeth an ambassage, and desireth conditions of peace. -- luke 14:32 +. +So likewise, whosoever he be of you that forsaketh not all that he hath, he cannot be my disciple. -- luke 14:33 +. +Salt is good: but if the salt have lost his savour, wherewith shall it be seasoned? -- luke 14:34 +. +It is neither fit for the land, nor yet for the dunghill; but men cast it out. He that hath ears to hear, let him hear. -- luke 14:35 +. +Then drew near unto him all the publicans and sinners for to hear him. -- luke 15:1 +. +And the Pharisees and scribes murmured, saying, This man receiveth sinners, and eateth with them. -- luke 15:2 +. +And he spake this parable unto them, saying, -- luke 15:3 +. +What man of you, having an hundred sheep, if he lose one of them, doth not leave the ninety and nine in the wilderness, and go after that which is lost, until he find it? -- luke 15:4 +. +And when he hath found it, he layeth it on his shoulders, rejoicing. -- luke 15:5 +. +And when he cometh home, he calleth together his friends and neighbours, saying unto them, Rejoice with me; for I have found my sheep which was lost. -- luke 15:6 +. +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. -- luke 15:7 +. +Either what woman having ten pieces of silver, if she lose one piece, doth not light a candle, and sweep the house, and seek diligently till she find it? -- luke 15:8 +. +And when she hath found it, she calleth her friends and her neighbours together, saying, Rejoice with me; for I have found the piece which I had lost. -- luke 15:9 +. +Likewise, I say unto you, there is joy in the presence of the angels of God over one sinner that repenteth. -- luke 15:10 +. +And he said, A certain man had two sons: -- luke 15:11 +. +And the younger of them said to his father, Father, give me the portion of goods that falleth to me. And he divided unto them his living. -- luke 15:12 +. +And not many days after the younger son gathered all together, and took his journey into a far country, and there wasted his substance with riotous living. -- luke 15:13 +. +And when he had spent all, there arose a mighty famine in that land; and he began to be in want. -- luke 15:14 +. +And he went and joined himself to a citizen of that country; and he sent him into his fields to feed swine. -- luke 15:15 +. +And he would fain have filled his belly with the husks that the swine did eat: and no man gave unto him. -- luke 15:16 +. +And when he came to himself, he said, How many hired servants of my father's have bread enough and to spare, and I perish with hunger! -- luke 15:17 +. +I will arise and go to my father, and will say unto him, Father, I have sinned against heaven, and before thee, -- luke 15:18 +. +And am no more worthy to be called thy son: make me as one of thy hired servants. -- luke 15:19 +. +And he arose, and came to his father. But when he was yet a great way off, his father saw him, and had compassion, and ran, and fell on his neck, and kissed him. -- luke 15:20 +. +And the son said unto him, Father, I have sinned against heaven, and in thy sight, and am no more worthy to be called thy son. -- luke 15:21 +. +But the father said to his servants, Bring forth the best robe, and put it on him; and put a ring on his hand, and shoes on his feet: -- luke 15:22 +. +And bring hither the fatted calf, and kill it; and let us eat, and be merry: -- luke 15:23 +. +For this my son was dead, and is alive again; he was lost, and is found. And they began to be merry. -- luke 15:24 +. +Now his elder son was in the field: and as he came and drew nigh to the house, he heard musick and dancing. -- luke 15:25 +. +And he called one of the servants, and asked what these things meant. -- luke 15:26 +. +And he said unto him, Thy brother is come; and thy father hath killed the fatted calf, because he hath received him safe and sound. -- luke 15:27 +. +And he was angry, and would not go in: therefore came his father out, and intreated him. -- luke 15:28 +. +And he answering said to his father, Lo, these many years do I serve thee, neither transgressed I at any time thy commandment: and yet thou never gavest me a kid, that I might make merry with my friends: -- luke 15:29 +. +But as soon as this thy son was come, which hath devoured thy living with harlots, thou hast killed for him the fatted calf. -- luke 15:30 +. +And he said unto him, Son, thou art ever with me, and all that I have is thine. -- luke 15:31 +. +It was meet that we should make merry, and be glad: for this thy brother was dead, and is alive again; and was lost, and is found. -- luke 15:32 +. +And he said also unto his disciples, There was a certain rich man, which had a steward; and the same was accused unto him that he had wasted his goods. -- luke 16:1 +. +And he called him, and said unto him, How is it that I hear this of thee? give an account of thy stewardship; for thou mayest be no longer steward. -- luke 16:2 +. +Then the steward said within himself, What shall I do? for my lord taketh away from me the stewardship: I cannot dig; to beg I am ashamed. -- luke 16:3 +. +I am resolved what to do, that, when I am put out of the stewardship, they may receive me into their houses. -- luke 16:4 +. +So he called every one of his lord's debtors unto him, and said unto the first, How much owest thou unto my lord? -- luke 16:5 +. +And he said, An hundred measures of oil. And he said unto him, Take thy bill, and sit down quickly, and write fifty. -- luke 16:6 +. +Then said he to another, And how much owest thou? And he said, An hundred measures of wheat. And he said unto him, Take thy bill, and write fourscore. -- luke 16:7 +. +And the lord commended the unjust steward, because he had done wisely: for the children of this world are in their generation wiser than the children of light. -- luke 16:8 +. +And I say unto you, Make to yourselves friends of the mammon of unrighteousness; that, when ye fail, they may receive you into everlasting habitations. -- luke 16:9 +. +He that is faithful in that which is least is faithful also in much: and he that is unjust in the least is unjust also in much. -- luke 16:10 +. +If therefore ye have not been faithful in the unrighteous mammon, who will commit to your trust the true riches? -- luke 16:11 +. +And if ye have not been faithful in that which is another man's, who shall give you that which is your own? -- luke 16:12 +. +No servant can serve two masters: for either he will hate the one, and love the other; or else he will hold to the one, and despise the other. Ye cannot serve God and mammon. -- luke 16:13 +. +And the Pharisees also, who were covetous, heard all these things: and they derided him. -- luke 16:14 +. +And he said unto them, Ye are they which justify yourselves before men; but God knoweth your hearts: for that which is highly esteemed among men is abomination in the sight of God. -- luke 16:15 +. +The law and the prophets were until John: since that time the kingdom of God is preached, and every man presseth into it. -- luke 16:16 +. +And it is easier for heaven and earth to pass, than one tittle of the law to fail. -- luke 16:17 +. +Whosoever putteth away his wife, and marrieth another, committeth adultery: and whosoever marrieth her that is put away from her husband committeth adultery. -- luke 16:18 +. +There was a certain rich man, which was clothed in purple and fine linen, and fared sumptuously every day: -- luke 16:19 +. +And there was a certain beggar named Lazarus, which was laid at his gate, full of sores, -- luke 16:20 +. +And desiring to be fed with the crumbs which fell from the rich man's table: moreover the dogs came and licked his sores. -- luke 16:21 +. +And it came to pass, that the beggar died, and was carried by the angels into Abraham's bosom: the rich man also died, and was buried; -- luke 16:22 +. +And in hell he lift up his eyes, being in torments, and seeth Abraham afar off, and Lazarus in his bosom. -- luke 16:23 +. +And he cried and said, Father Abraham, have mercy on me, and send Lazarus, that he may dip the tip of his finger in water, and cool my tongue; for I am tormented in this flame. -- luke 16:24 +. +But Abraham said, Son, remember that thou in thy lifetime receivedst thy good things, and likewise Lazarus evil things: but now he is comforted, and thou art tormented. -- luke 16:25 +. +And beside all this, between us and you there is a great gulf fixed: so that they which would pass from hence to you cannot; neither can they pass to us, that would come from thence. -- luke 16:26 +. +Then he said, I pray thee therefore, father, that thou wouldest send him to my father's house: -- luke 16:27 +. +For I have five brethren; that he may testify unto them, lest they also come into this place of torment. -- luke 16:28 +. +Abraham saith unto him, They have Moses and the prophets; let them hear them. -- luke 16:29 +. +And he said, Nay, father Abraham: but if one went unto them from the dead, they will repent. -- luke 16:30 +. +And he said unto him, If they hear not Moses and the prophets, neither will they be persuaded, though one rose from the dead. -- luke 16:31 +. +Then said he unto the disciples, It is impossible but that offences will come: but woe unto him, through whom they come! -- luke 17:1 +. +It were better for him that a millstone were hanged about his neck, and he cast into the sea, than that he should offend one of these little ones. -- luke 17:2 +. +Take heed to yourselves: If thy brother trespass against thee, rebuke him; and if he repent, forgive him. -- luke 17:3 +. +And if he trespass against thee seven times in a day, and seven times in a day turn again to thee, saying, I repent; thou shalt forgive him. -- luke 17:4 +. +And the apostles said unto the Lord, Increase our faith. -- luke 17:5 +. +And the Lord said, If ye had faith as a grain of mustard seed, ye might say unto this sycamine tree, Be thou plucked up by the root, and be thou planted in the sea; and it should obey you. -- luke 17:6 +. +But which of you, having a servant plowing or feeding cattle, will say unto him by and by, when he is come from the field, Go and sit down to meat? -- luke 17:7 +. +And will not rather say unto him, Make ready wherewith I may sup, and gird thyself, and serve me, till I have eaten and drunken; and afterward thou shalt eat and drink? -- luke 17:8 +. +Doth he thank that servant because he did the things that were commanded him? I trow not. -- luke 17:9 +. +So likewise ye, when ye shall have done all those things which are commanded you, say, We are unprofitable servants: we have done that which was our duty to do. -- luke 17:10 +. +And it came to pass, as he went to Jerusalem, that he passed through the midst of Samaria and Galilee. -- luke 17:11 +. +And as he entered into a certain village, there met him ten men that were lepers, which stood afar off: -- luke 17:12 +. +And they lifted up their voices, and said, Jesus, Master, have mercy on us. -- luke 17:13 +. +And when he saw them, he said unto them, Go shew yourselves unto the priests. And it came to pass, that, as they went, they were cleansed. -- luke 17:14 +. +And one of them, when he saw that he was healed, turned back, and with a loud voice glorified God, -- luke 17:15 +. +And fell down on his face at his feet, giving him thanks: and he was a Samaritan. -- luke 17:16 +. +And Jesus answering said, Were there not ten cleansed? but where are the nine? -- luke 17:17 +. +There are not found that returned to give glory to God, save this stranger. -- luke 17:18 +. +And he said unto him, Arise, go thy way: thy faith hath made thee whole. -- luke 17:19 +. +And when he was demanded of the Pharisees, when the kingdom of God should come, he answered them and said, The kingdom of God cometh not with observation: -- luke 17:20 +. +Neither shall they say, Lo here! or, lo there! for, behold, the kingdom of God is within you. -- luke 17:21 +. +And he said unto the disciples, The days will come, when ye shall desire to see one of the days of the Son of man, and ye shall not see it. -- luke 17:22 +. +And they shall say to you, See here; or, see there: go not after them, nor follow them. -- luke 17:23 +. +For as the lightning, that lighteneth out of the one part under heaven, shineth unto the other part under heaven; so shall also the Son of man be in his day. -- luke 17:24 +. +But first must he suffer many things, and be rejected of this generation. -- luke 17:25 +. +And as it was in the days of Noe, so shall it be also in the days of the Son of man. -- luke 17:26 +. +They did eat, they drank, they married wives, they were given in marriage, until the day that Noe entered into the ark, and the flood came, and destroyed them all. -- luke 17:27 +. +Likewise also as it was in the days of Lot; they did eat, they drank, they bought, they sold, they planted, they builded; -- luke 17:28 +. +But the same day that Lot went out of Sodom it rained fire and brimstone from heaven, and destroyed them all. -- luke 17:29 +. +Even thus shall it be in the day when the Son of man is revealed. -- luke 17:30 +. +In that day, he which shall be upon the housetop, and his stuff in the house, let him not come down to take it away: and he that is in the field, let him likewise not return back. -- luke 17:31 +. +Remember Lot's wife. -- luke 17:32 +. +Whosoever shall seek to save his life shall lose it; and whosoever shall lose his life shall preserve it. -- luke 17:33 +. +I tell you, in that night there shall be two men in one bed; the one shall be taken, and the other shall be left. -- luke 17:34 +. +Two women shall be grinding together; the one shall be taken, and the other left. -- luke 17:35 +. +Two men shall be in the field; the one shall be taken, and the other left. -- luke 17:36 +. +And they answered and said unto him, Where, Lord? And he said unto them, Wheresoever the body is, thither will the eagles be gathered together. -- luke 17:37 +. +And he spake a parable unto them to this end, that men ought always to pray, and not to faint; -- luke 18:1 +. +Saying, There was in a city a judge, which feared not God, neither regarded man: -- luke 18:2 +. +And there was a widow in that city; and she came unto him, saying, Avenge me of mine adversary. -- luke 18:3 +. +And he would not for a while: but afterward he said within himself, Though I fear not God, nor regard man; -- luke 18:4 +. +Yet because this widow troubleth me, I will avenge her, lest by her continual coming she weary me. -- luke 18:5 +. +And the Lord said, Hear what the unjust judge saith. -- luke 18:6 +. +And shall not God avenge his own elect, which cry day and night unto him, though he bear long with them? -- luke 18:7 +. +I tell you that he will avenge them speedily. Nevertheless when the Son of man cometh, shall he find faith on the earth? -- luke 18:8 +. +And he spake this parable unto certain which trusted in themselves that they were righteous, and despised others: -- luke 18:9 +. +Two men went up into the temple to pray; the one a Pharisee, and the other a publican. -- luke 18:10 +. +The Pharisee stood and prayed thus with himself, God, I thank thee, that I am not as other men are, extortioners, unjust, adulterers, or even as this publican. -- luke 18:11 +. +I fast twice in the week, I give tithes of all that I possess. -- luke 18:12 +. +And the publican, standing afar off, would not lift up so much as his eyes unto heaven, but smote upon his breast, saying, God be merciful to me a sinner. -- luke 18:13 +. +I tell you, this man went down to his house justified rather than the other: for every one that exalteth himself shall be abased; and he that humbleth himself shall be exalted. -- luke 18:14 +. +And they brought unto him also infants, that he would touch them: but when his disciples saw it, they rebuked them. -- luke 18:15 +. +But Jesus called them unto him, and said, Suffer little children to come unto me, and forbid them not: for of such is the kingdom of God. -- luke 18:16 +. +Verily I say unto you, Whosoever shall not receive the kingdom of God as a little child shall in no wise enter therein. -- luke 18:17 +. +And a certain ruler asked him, saying, Good Master, what shall I do to inherit eternal life? -- luke 18:18 +. +And Jesus said unto him, Why callest thou me good? none is good, save one, that is, God. -- luke 18:19 +. +Thou knowest the commandments, Do not commit adultery, Do not kill, Do not steal, Do not bear false witness, Honour thy father and thy mother. -- luke 18:20 +. +And he said, All these have I kept from my youth up. -- luke 18:21 +. +Now when Jesus heard these things, he said unto him, Yet lackest thou one thing: sell all that thou hast, and distribute unto the poor, and thou shalt have treasure in heaven: and come, follow me. -- luke 18:22 +. +And when he heard this, he was very sorrowful: for he was very rich. -- luke 18:23 +. +And when Jesus saw that he was very sorrowful, he said, How hardly shall they that have riches enter into the kingdom of God! -- luke 18:24 +. +For it is easier for a camel to go through a needle's eye, than for a rich man to enter into the kingdom of God. -- luke 18:25 +. +And they that heard it said, Who then can be saved? -- luke 18:26 +. +And he said, The things which are impossible with men are possible with God. -- luke 18:27 +. +Then Peter said, Lo, we have left all, and followed thee. -- luke 18:28 +. +And he said unto them, Verily I say unto you, There is no man that hath left house, or parents, or brethren, or wife, or children, for the kingdom of God's sake, -- luke 18:29 +. +Who shall not receive manifold more in this present time, and in the world to come life everlasting. -- luke 18:30 +. +Then he took unto him the twelve, and said unto them, Behold, we go up to Jerusalem, and all things that are written by the prophets concerning the Son of man shall be accomplished. -- luke 18:31 +. +For he shall be delivered unto the Gentiles, and shall be mocked, and spitefully entreated, and spitted on: -- luke 18:32 +. +And they shall scourge him, and put him to death: and the third day he shall rise again. -- luke 18:33 +. +And they understood none of these things: and this saying was hid from them, neither knew they the things which were spoken. -- luke 18:34 +. +And it came to pass, that as he was come nigh unto Jericho, a certain blind man sat by the way side begging: -- luke 18:35 +. +And hearing the multitude pass by, he asked what it meant. -- luke 18:36 +. +And they told him, that Jesus of Nazareth passeth by. -- luke 18:37 +. +And he cried, saying, Jesus, thou son of David, have mercy on me. -- luke 18:38 +. +And they which went before rebuked him, that he should hold his peace: but he cried so much the more, Thou son of David, have mercy on me. -- luke 18:39 +. +And Jesus stood, and commanded him to be brought unto him: and when he was come near, he asked him, -- luke 18:40 +. +Saying, What wilt thou that I shall do unto thee? And he said, Lord, that I may receive my sight. -- luke 18:41 +. +And Jesus said unto him, Receive thy sight: thy faith hath saved thee. -- luke 18:42 +. +And immediately he received his sight, and followed him, glorifying God: and all the people, when they saw it, gave praise unto God. -- luke 18:43 +. +And Jesus entered and passed through Jericho. -- luke 19:1 +. +And, behold, there was a man named Zacchaeus, which was the chief among the publicans, and he was rich. -- luke 19:2 +. +And he sought to see Jesus who he was; and could not for the press, because he was little of stature. -- luke 19:3 +. +And he ran before, and climbed up into a sycomore tree to see him: for he was to pass that way. -- luke 19:4 +. +And when Jesus came to the place, he looked up, and saw him, and said unto him, Zacchaeus, make haste, and come down; for to day I must abide at thy house. -- luke 19:5 +. +And he made haste, and came down, and received him joyfully. -- luke 19:6 +. +And when they saw it, they all murmured, saying, That he was gone to be guest with a man that is a sinner. -- luke 19:7 +. +And Zacchaeus stood, and said unto the Lord: Behold, Lord, the half of my goods I give to the poor; and if I have taken any thing from any man by false accusation, I restore him fourfold. -- luke 19:8 +. +And Jesus said unto him, This day is salvation come to this house, forsomuch as he also is a son of Abraham. -- luke 19:9 +. +For the Son of man is come to seek and to save that which was lost. -- luke 19:10 +. +And as they heard these things, he added and spake a parable, because he was nigh to Jerusalem, and because they thought that the kingdom of God should immediately appear. -- luke 19:11 +. +He said therefore, A certain nobleman went into a far country to receive for himself a kingdom, and to return. -- luke 19:12 +. +And he called his ten servants, and delivered them ten pounds, and said unto them, Occupy till I come. -- luke 19:13 +. +But his citizens hated him, and sent a message after him, saying, We will not have this man to reign over us. -- luke 19:14 +. +And it came to pass, that when he was returned, having received the kingdom, then he commanded these servants to be called unto him, to whom he had given the money, that he might know how much every man had gained by trading. -- luke 19:15 +. +Then came the first, saying, Lord, thy pound hath gained ten pounds. -- luke 19:16 +. +And he said unto him, Well, thou good servant: because thou hast been faithful in a very little, have thou authority over ten cities. -- luke 19:17 +. +And the second came, saying, Lord, thy pound hath gained five pounds. -- luke 19:18 +. +And he said likewise to him, Be thou also over five cities. -- luke 19:19 +. +And another came, saying, Lord, behold, here is thy pound, which I have kept laid up in a napkin: -- luke 19:20 +. +For I feared thee, because thou art an austere man: thou takest up that thou layedst not down, and reapest that thou didst not sow. -- luke 19:21 +. +And he saith unto him, Out of thine own mouth will I judge thee, thou wicked servant. Thou knewest that I was an austere man, taking up that I laid not down, and reaping that I did not sow: -- luke 19:22 +. +Wherefore then gavest not thou my money into the bank, that at my coming I might have required mine own with usury? -- luke 19:23 +. +And he said unto them that stood by, Take from him the pound, and give it to him that hath ten pounds. -- luke 19:24 +. +(And they said unto him, Lord, he hath ten pounds.) -- luke 19:25 +. +For I say unto you, That unto every one which hath shall be given; and from him that hath not, even that he hath shall be taken away from him. -- luke 19:26 +. +But those mine enemies, which would not that I should reign over them, bring hither, and slay them before me. -- luke 19:27 +. +And when he had thus spoken, he went before, ascending up to Jerusalem. -- luke 19:28 +. +And it came to pass, when he was come nigh to Bethphage and Bethany, at the mount called the mount of Olives, he sent two of his disciples, -- luke 19:29 +. +Saying, Go ye into the village over against you; in the which at your entering ye shall find a colt tied, whereon yet never man sat: loose him, and bring him hither. -- luke 19:30 +. +And if any man ask you, Why do ye loose him? thus shall ye say unto him, Because the Lord hath need of him. -- luke 19:31 +. +And they that were sent went their way, and found even as he had said unto them. -- luke 19:32 +. +And as they were loosing the colt, the owners thereof said unto them, Why loose ye the colt? -- luke 19:33 +. +And they said, The Lord hath need of him. -- luke 19:34 +. +And they brought him to Jesus: and they cast their garments upon the colt, and they set Jesus thereon. -- luke 19:35 +. +And as he went, they spread their clothes in the way. -- luke 19:36 +. +And when he was come nigh, even now at the descent of the mount of Olives, the whole multitude of the disciples began to rejoice and praise God with a loud voice for all the mighty works that they had seen; -- luke 19:37 +. +Saying, Blessed be the King that cometh in the name of the Lord: peace in heaven, and glory in the highest. -- luke 19:38 +. +And some of the Pharisees from among the multitude said unto him, Master, rebuke thy disciples. -- luke 19:39 +. +And he answered and said unto them, I tell you that, if these should hold their peace, the stones would immediately cry out. -- luke 19:40 +. +And when he was come near, he beheld the city, and wept over it, -- luke 19:41 +. +Saying, If thou hadst known, even thou, at least in this thy day, the things which belong unto thy peace! but now they are hid from thine eyes. -- luke 19:42 +. +For the days shall come upon thee, that thine enemies shall cast a trench about thee, and compass thee round, and keep thee in on every side, -- luke 19:43 +. +And shall lay thee even with the ground, and thy children within thee; and they shall not leave in thee one stone upon another; because thou knewest not the time of thy visitation. -- luke 19:44 +. +And he went into the temple, and began to cast out them that sold therein, and them that bought; -- luke 19:45 +. +Saying unto them, It is written, My house is the house of prayer: but ye have made it a den of thieves. -- luke 19:46 +. +And he taught daily in the temple. But the chief priests and the scribes and the chief of the people sought to destroy him, -- luke 19:47 +. +And could not find what they might do: for all the people were very attentive to hear him. -- luke 19:48 +. +And it came to pass, that on one of those days, as he taught the people in the temple, and preached the gospel, the chief priests and the scribes came upon him with the elders, -- luke 20:1 +. +And spake unto him, saying, Tell us, by what authority doest thou these things? or who is he that gave thee this authority? -- luke 20:2 +. +And he answered and said unto them, I will also ask you one thing; and answer me: -- luke 20:3 +. +The baptism of John, was it from heaven, or of men? -- luke 20:4 +. +And they reasoned with themselves, saying, If we shall say, From heaven; he will say, Why then believed ye him not? -- luke 20:5 +. +But and if we say, Of men; all the people will stone us: for they be persuaded that John was a prophet. -- luke 20:6 +. +And they answered, that they could not tell whence it was. -- luke 20:7 +. +And Jesus said unto them, Neither tell I you by what authority I do these things. -- luke 20:8 +. +Then began he to speak to the people this parable; A certain man planted a vineyard, and let it forth to husbandmen, and went into a far country for a long time. -- luke 20:9 +. +And at the season he sent a servant to the husbandmen, that they should give him of the fruit of the vineyard: but the husbandmen beat him, and sent him away empty. -- luke 20:10 +. +And again he sent another servant: and they beat him also, and entreated him shamefully, and sent him away empty. -- luke 20:11 +. +And again he sent a third: and they wounded him also, and cast him out. -- luke 20:12 +. +Then said the lord of the vineyard, What shall I do? I will send my beloved son: it may be they will reverence him when they see him. -- luke 20:13 +. +But when the husbandmen saw him, they reasoned among themselves, saying, This is the heir: come, let us kill him, that the inheritance may be ours. -- luke 20:14 +. +So they cast him out of the vineyard, and killed him. What therefore shall the lord of the vineyard do unto them? -- luke 20:15 +. +He shall come and destroy these husbandmen, and shall give the vineyard to others. And when they heard it, they said, God forbid. -- luke 20:16 +. +And he beheld them, and said, What is this then that is written, The stone which the builders rejected, the same is become the head of the corner? -- luke 20:17 +. +Whosoever shall fall upon that stone shall be broken; but on whomsoever it shall fall, it will grind him to powder. -- luke 20:18 +. +And the chief priests and the scribes the same hour sought to lay hands on him; and they feared the people: for they perceived that he had spoken this parable against them. -- luke 20:19 +. +And they watched him, and sent forth spies, which should feign themselves just men, that they might take hold of his words, that so they might deliver him unto the power and authority of the governor. -- luke 20:20 +. +And they asked him, saying, Master, we know that thou sayest and teachest rightly, neither acceptest thou the person of any, but teachest the way of God truly: -- luke 20:21 +. +Is it lawful for us to give tribute unto Caesar, or no? -- luke 20:22 +. +But he perceived their craftiness, and said unto them, Why tempt ye me? -- luke 20:23 +. +Shew me a penny. Whose image and superscription hath it? They answered and said, Caesar's. -- luke 20:24 +. +And he said unto them, Render therefore unto Caesar the things which be Caesar's, and unto God the things which be God's. -- luke 20:25 +. +And they could not take hold of his words before the people: and they marvelled at his answer, and held their peace. -- luke 20:26 +. +Then came to him certain of the Sadducees, which deny that there is any resurrection; and they asked him, -- luke 20:27 +. +Saying, Master, Moses wrote unto us, If any man's brother die, having a wife, and he die without children, that his brother should take his wife, and raise up seed unto his brother. -- luke 20:28 +. +There were therefore seven brethren: and the first took a wife, and died without children. -- luke 20:29 +. +And the second took her to wife, and he died childless. -- luke 20:30 +. +And the third took her; and in like manner the seven also: and they left no children, and died. -- luke 20:31 +. +Last of all the woman died also. -- luke 20:32 +. +Therefore in the resurrection whose wife of them is she? for seven had her to wife. -- luke 20:33 +. +And Jesus answering said unto them, The children of this world marry, and are given in marriage: -- luke 20:34 +. +But they which shall be accounted worthy to obtain that world, and the resurrection from the dead, neither marry, nor are given in marriage: -- luke 20:35 +. +Neither can they die any more: for they are equal unto the angels; and are the children of God, being the children of the resurrection. -- luke 20:36 +. +Now that the dead are raised, even Moses shewed at the bush, when he calleth the Lord the God of Abraham, and the God of Isaac, and the God of Jacob. -- luke 20:37 +. +For he is not a God of the dead, but of the living: for all live unto him. -- luke 20:38 +. +Then certain of the scribes answering said, Master, thou hast well said. -- luke 20:39 +. +And after that they durst not ask him any question at all. -- luke 20:40 +. +And he said unto them, How say they that Christ is David's son? -- luke 20:41 +. +And David himself saith in the book of Psalms, The LORD said unto my Lord, Sit thou on my right hand, -- luke 20:42 +. +Till I make thine enemies thy footstool. -- luke 20:43 +. +David therefore calleth him Lord, how is he then his son? -- luke 20:44 +. +Then in the audience of all the people he said unto his disciples, -- luke 20:45 +. +Beware of the scribes, which desire to walk in long robes, and love greetings in the markets, and the highest seats in the synagogues, and the chief rooms at feasts; -- luke 20:46 +. +Which devour widows' houses, and for a shew make long prayers: the same shall receive greater damnation. -- luke 20:47 +. +And he looked up, and saw the rich men casting their gifts into the treasury. -- luke 21:1 +. +And he saw also a certain poor widow casting in thither two mites. -- luke 21:2 +. +And he said, Of a truth I say unto you, that this poor widow hath cast in more than they all: -- luke 21:3 +. +For all these have of their abundance cast in unto the offerings of God: but she of her penury hath cast in all the living that she had. -- luke 21:4 +. +And as some spake of the temple, how it was adorned with goodly stones and gifts, he said, -- luke 21:5 +. +As for these things which ye behold, the days will come, in the which there shall not be left one stone upon another, that shall not be thrown down. -- luke 21:6 +. +And they asked him, saying, Master, but when shall these things be? and what sign will there be when these things shall come to pass? -- luke 21:7 +. +And he said, Take heed that ye be not deceived: for many shall come in my name, saying, I am Christ; and the time draweth near: go ye not therefore after them. -- luke 21:8 +. +But when ye shall hear of wars and commotions, be not terrified: for these things must first come to pass; but the end is not by and by. -- luke 21:9 +. +Then said he unto them, Nation shall rise against nation, and kingdom against kingdom: -- luke 21:10 +. +And great earthquakes shall be in divers places, and famines, and pestilences; and fearful sights and great signs shall there be from heaven. -- luke 21:11 +. +But before all these, they shall lay their hands on you, and persecute you, delivering you up to the synagogues, and into prisons, being brought before kings and rulers for my name's sake. -- luke 21:12 +. +And it shall turn to you for a testimony. -- luke 21:13 +. +Settle it therefore in your hearts, not to meditate before what ye shall answer: -- luke 21:14 +. +For I will give you a mouth and wisdom, which all your adversaries shall not be able to gainsay nor resist. -- luke 21:15 +. +And ye shall be betrayed both by parents, and brethren, and kinsfolks, and friends; and some of you shall they cause to be put to death. -- luke 21:16 +. +And ye shall be hated of all men for my name's sake. -- luke 21:17 +. +But there shall not an hair of your head perish. -- luke 21:18 +. +In your patience possess ye your souls. -- luke 21:19 +. +And when ye shall see Jerusalem compassed with armies, then know that the desolation thereof is nigh. -- luke 21:20 +. +Then let them which are in Judaea flee to the mountains; and let them which are in the midst of it depart out; and let not them that are in the countries enter thereinto. -- luke 21:21 +. +For these be the days of vengeance, that all things which are written may be fulfilled. -- luke 21:22 +. +But woe unto them that are with child, and to them that give suck, in those days! for there shall be great distress in the land, and wrath upon this people. -- luke 21:23 +. +And they shall fall by the edge of the sword, and shall be led away captive into all nations: and Jerusalem shall be trodden down of the Gentiles, until the times of the Gentiles be fulfilled. -- luke 21:24 +. +And there shall be signs in the sun, and in the moon, and in the stars; and upon the earth distress of nations, with perplexity; the sea and the waves roaring; -- luke 21:25 +. +Men's hearts failing them for fear, and for looking after those things which are coming on the earth: for the powers of heaven shall be shaken. -- luke 21:26 +. +And then shall they see the Son of man coming in a cloud with power and great glory. -- luke 21:27 +. +And when these things begin to come to pass, then look up, and lift up your heads; for your redemption draweth nigh. -- luke 21:28 +. +And he spake to them a parable; Behold the fig tree, and all the trees; -- luke 21:29 +. +When they now shoot forth, ye see and know of your own selves that summer is now nigh at hand. -- luke 21:30 +. +So likewise ye, when ye see these things come to pass, know ye that the kingdom of God is nigh at hand. -- luke 21:31 +. +Verily I say unto you, This generation shall not pass away, till all be fulfilled. -- luke 21:32 +. +Heaven and earth shall pass away: but my words shall not pass away. -- luke 21:33 +. +And take heed to yourselves, lest at any time your hearts be overcharged with surfeiting, and drunkenness, and cares of this life, and so that day come upon you unawares. -- luke 21:34 +. +For as a snare shall it come on all them that dwell on the face of the whole earth. -- luke 21:35 +. +Watch ye therefore, and pray always, that ye may be accounted worthy to escape all these things that shall come to pass, and to stand before the Son of man. -- luke 21:36 +. +And in the day time he was teaching in the temple; and at night he went out, and abode in the mount that is called the mount of Olives. -- luke 21:37 +. +And all the people came early in the morning to him in the temple, for to hear him. -- luke 21:38 +. +Now the feast of unleavened bread drew nigh, which is called the Passover. -- luke 22:1 +. +And the chief priests and scribes sought how they might kill him; for they feared the people. -- luke 22:2 +. +Then entered Satan into Judas surnamed Iscariot, being of the number of the twelve. -- luke 22:3 +. +And he went his way, and communed with the chief priests and captains, how he might betray him unto them. -- luke 22:4 +. +And they were glad, and covenanted to give him money. -- luke 22:5 +. +And he promised, and sought opportunity to betray him unto them in the absence of the multitude. -- luke 22:6 +. +Then came the day of unleavened bread, when the passover must be killed. -- luke 22:7 +. +And he sent Peter and John, saying, Go and prepare us the passover, that we may eat. -- luke 22:8 +. +And they said unto him, Where wilt thou that we prepare? -- luke 22:9 +. +And he said unto them, Behold, when ye are entered into the city, there shall a man meet you, bearing a pitcher of water; follow him into the house where he entereth in. -- luke 22:10 +. +And ye shall say unto the goodman of the house, The Master saith unto thee, Where is the guestchamber, where I shall eat the passover with my disciples? -- luke 22:11 +. +And he shall shew you a large upper room furnished: there make ready. -- luke 22:12 +. +And they went, and found as he had said unto them: and they made ready the passover. -- luke 22:13 +. +And when the hour was come, he sat down, and the twelve apostles with him. -- luke 22:14 +. +And he said unto them, With desire I have desired to eat this passover with you before I suffer: -- luke 22:15 +. +For I say unto you, I will not any more eat thereof, until it be fulfilled in the kingdom of God. -- luke 22:16 +. +And he took the cup, and gave thanks, and said, Take this, and divide it among yourselves: -- luke 22:17 +. +For I say unto you, I will not drink of the fruit of the vine, until the kingdom of God shall come. -- luke 22:18 +. +And he took bread, and gave thanks, and brake it, and gave unto them, saying, This is my body which is given for you: this do in remembrance of me. -- luke 22:19 +. +Likewise also the cup after supper, saying, This cup is the new testament in my blood, which is shed for you. -- luke 22:20 +. +But, behold, the hand of him that betrayeth me is with me on the table. -- luke 22:21 +. +And truly the Son of man goeth, as it was determined: but woe unto that man by whom he is betrayed! -- luke 22:22 +. +And they began to enquire among themselves, which of them it was that should do this thing. -- luke 22:23 +. +And there was also a strife among them, which of them should be accounted the greatest. -- luke 22:24 +. +And he said unto them, The kings of the Gentiles exercise lordship over them; and they that exercise authority upon them are called benefactors. -- luke 22:25 +. +But ye shall not be so: but he that is greatest among you, let him be as the younger; and he that is chief, as he that doth serve. -- luke 22:26 +. +For whether is greater, he that sitteth at meat, or he that serveth? is not he that sitteth at meat? but I am among you as he that serveth. -- luke 22:27 +. +Ye are they which have continued with me in my temptations. -- luke 22:28 +. +And I appoint unto you a kingdom, as my Father hath appointed unto me; -- luke 22:29 +. +That ye may eat and drink at my table in my kingdom, and sit on thrones judging the twelve tribes of Israel. -- luke 22:30 +. +And the Lord said, Simon, Simon, behold, Satan hath desired to have you, that he may sift you as wheat: -- luke 22:31 +. +But I have prayed for thee, that thy faith fail not: and when thou art converted, strengthen thy brethren. -- luke 22:32 +. +And he said unto him, Lord, I am ready to go with thee, both into prison, and to death. -- luke 22:33 +. +And he said, I tell thee, Peter, the cock shall not crow this day, before that thou shalt thrice deny that thou knowest me. -- luke 22:34 +. +And he said unto them, When I sent you without purse, and scrip, and shoes, lacked ye any thing? And they said, Nothing. -- luke 22:35 +. +Then said he unto them, But now, he that hath a purse, let him take it, and likewise his scrip: and he that hath no sword, let him sell his garment, and buy one. -- luke 22:36 +. +For I say unto you, that this that is written must yet be accomplished in me, And he was reckoned among the transgressors: for the things concerning me have an end. -- luke 22:37 +. +And they said, Lord, behold, here are two swords. And he said unto them, It is enough. -- luke 22:38 +. +And he came out, and went, as he was wont, to the mount of Olives; and his disciples also followed him. -- luke 22:39 +. +And when he was at the place, he said unto them, Pray that ye enter not into temptation. -- luke 22:40 +. +And he was withdrawn from them about a stone's cast, and kneeled down, and prayed, -- luke 22:41 +. +Saying, Father, if thou be willing, remove this cup from me: nevertheless not my will, but thine, be done. -- luke 22:42 +. +And there appeared an angel unto him from heaven, strengthening him. -- luke 22:43 +. +And being in an agony he prayed more earnestly: and his sweat was as it were great drops of blood falling down to the ground. -- luke 22:44 +. +And when he rose up from prayer, and was come to his disciples, he found them sleeping for sorrow, -- luke 22:45 +. +And said unto them, Why sleep ye? rise and pray, lest ye enter into temptation. -- luke 22:46 +. +And while he yet spake, behold a multitude, and he that was called Judas, one of the twelve, went before them, and drew near unto Jesus to kiss him. -- luke 22:47 +. +But Jesus said unto him, Judas, betrayest thou the Son of man with a kiss? -- luke 22:48 +. +When they which were about him saw what would follow, they said unto him, Lord, shall we smite with the sword? -- luke 22:49 +. +And one of them smote the servant of the high priest, and cut off his right ear. -- luke 22:50 +. +And Jesus answered and said, Suffer ye thus far. And he touched his ear, and healed him. -- luke 22:51 +. +Then Jesus said unto the chief priests, and captains of the temple, and the elders, which were come to him, Be ye come out, as against a thief, with swords and staves? -- luke 22:52 +. +When I was daily with you in the temple, ye stretched forth no hands against me: but this is your hour, and the power of darkness. -- luke 22:53 +. +Then took they him, and led him, and brought him into the high priest's house. And Peter followed afar off. -- luke 22:54 +. +And when they had kindled a fire in the midst of the hall, and were set down together, Peter sat down among them. -- luke 22:55 +. +But a certain maid beheld him as he sat by the fire, and earnestly looked upon him, and said, This man was also with him. -- luke 22:56 +. +And he denied him, saying, Woman, I know him not. -- luke 22:57 +. +And after a little while another saw him, and said, Thou art also of them. And Peter said, Man, I am not. -- luke 22:58 +. +And about the space of one hour after another confidently affirmed, saying, Of a truth this fellow also was with him: for he is a Galilaean. -- luke 22:59 +. +And Peter said, Man, I know not what thou sayest. And immediately, while he yet spake, the cock crew. -- luke 22:60 +. +And the Lord turned, and looked upon Peter. And Peter remembered the word of the Lord, how he had said unto him, Before the cock crow, thou shalt deny me thrice. -- luke 22:61 +. +And Peter went out, and wept bitterly. -- luke 22:62 +. +And the men that held Jesus mocked him, and smote him. -- luke 22:63 +. +And when they had blindfolded him, they struck him on the face, and asked him, saying, Prophesy, who is it that smote thee? -- luke 22:64 +. +And many other things blasphemously spake they against him. -- luke 22:65 +. +And as soon as it was day, the elders of the people and the chief priests and the scribes came together, and led him into their council, saying, -- luke 22:66 +. +Art thou the Christ? tell us. And he said unto them, If I tell you, ye will not believe: -- luke 22:67 +. +And if I also ask you, ye will not answer me, nor let me go. -- luke 22:68 +. +Hereafter shall the Son of man sit on the right hand of the power of God. -- luke 22:69 +. +Then said they all, Art thou then the Son of God? And he said unto them, Ye say that I am. -- luke 22:70 +. +And they said, What need we any further witness? for we ourselves have heard of his own mouth. -- luke 22:71 +. +And the whole multitude of them arose, and led him unto Pilate. -- luke 23:1 +. +And they began to accuse him, saying, We found this fellow perverting the nation, and forbidding to give tribute to Caesar, saying that he himself is Christ a King. -- luke 23:2 +. +And Pilate asked him, saying, Art thou the King of the Jews? And he answered him and said, Thou sayest it. -- luke 23:3 +. +Then said Pilate to the chief priests and to the people, I find no fault in this man. -- luke 23:4 +. +And they were the more fierce, saying, He stirreth up the people, teaching throughout all Jewry, beginning from Galilee to this place. -- luke 23:5 +. +When Pilate heard of Galilee, he asked whether the man were a Galilaean. -- luke 23:6 +. +And as soon as he knew that he belonged unto Herod's jurisdiction, he sent him to Herod, who himself also was at Jerusalem at that time. -- luke 23:7 +. +And when Herod saw Jesus, he was exceeding glad: for he was desirous to see him of a long season, because he had heard many things of him; and he hoped to have seen some miracle done by him. -- luke 23:8 +. +Then he questioned with him in many words; but he answered him nothing. -- luke 23:9 +. +And the chief priests and scribes stood and vehemently accused him. -- luke 23:10 +. +And Herod with his men of war set him at nought, and mocked him, and arrayed him in a gorgeous robe, and sent him again to Pilate. -- luke 23:11 +. +And the same day Pilate and Herod were made friends together: for before they were at enmity between themselves. -- luke 23:12 +. +And Pilate, when he had called together the chief priests and the rulers and the people, -- luke 23:13 +. +Said unto them, Ye have brought this man unto me, as one that perverteth the people: and, behold, I, having examined him before you, have found no fault in this man touching those things whereof ye accuse him: -- luke 23:14 +. +No, nor yet Herod: for I sent you to him; and, lo, nothing worthy of death is done unto him. -- luke 23:15 +. +I will therefore chastise him, and release him. -- luke 23:16 +. +(For of necessity he must release one unto them at the feast.) -- luke 23:17 +. +And they cried out all at once, saying, Away with this man, and release unto us Barabbas: -- luke 23:18 +. +(Who for a certain sedition made in the city, and for murder, was cast into prison.) -- luke 23:19 +. +Pilate therefore, willing to release Jesus, spake again to them. -- luke 23:20 +. +But they cried, saying, Crucify him, crucify him. -- luke 23:21 +. +And he said unto them the third time, Why, what evil hath he done? I have found no cause of death in him: I will therefore chastise him, and let him go. -- luke 23:22 +. +And they were instant with loud voices, requiring that he might be crucified. And the voices of them and of the chief priests prevailed. -- luke 23:23 +. +And Pilate gave sentence that it should be as they required. -- luke 23:24 +. +And he released unto them him that for sedition and murder was cast into prison, whom they had desired; but he delivered Jesus to their will. -- luke 23:25 +. +And as they led him away, they laid hold upon one Simon, a Cyrenian, coming out of the country, and on him they laid the cross, that he might bear it after Jesus. -- luke 23:26 +. +And there followed him a great company of people, and of women, which also bewailed and lamented him. -- luke 23:27 +. +But Jesus turning unto them said, Daughters of Jerusalem, weep not for me, but weep for yourselves, and for your children. -- luke 23:28 +. +For, behold, the days are coming, in the which they shall say, Blessed are the barren, and the wombs that never bare, and the paps which never gave suck. -- luke 23:29 +. +Then shall they begin to say to the mountains, Fall on us; and to the hills, Cover us. -- luke 23:30 +. +For if they do these things in a green tree, what shall be done in the dry? -- luke 23:31 +. +And there were also two other, malefactors, led with him to be put to death. -- luke 23:32 +. +And when they were come to the place, which is called Calvary, there they crucified him, and the malefactors, one on the right hand, and the other on the left. -- luke 23:33 +. +Then said Jesus, Father, forgive them; for they know not what they do. And they parted his raiment, and cast lots. -- luke 23:34 +. +And the people stood beholding. And the rulers also with them derided him, saying, He saved others; let him save himself, if he be Christ, the chosen of God. -- luke 23:35 +. +And the soldiers also mocked him, coming to him, and offering him vinegar, -- luke 23:36 +. +And saying, If thou be the king of the Jews, save thyself. -- luke 23:37 +. +And a superscription also was written over him in letters of Greek, and Latin, and Hebrew, THIS IS THE KING OF THE JEWS. -- luke 23:38 +. +And one of the malefactors which were hanged railed on him, saying, If thou be Christ, save thyself and us. -- luke 23:39 +. +But the other answering rebuked him, saying, Dost not thou fear God, seeing thou art in the same condemnation? -- luke 23:40 +. +And we indeed justly; for we receive the due reward of our deeds: but this man hath done nothing amiss. -- luke 23:41 +. +And he said unto Jesus, Lord, remember me when thou comest into thy kingdom. -- luke 23:42 +. +And Jesus said unto him, Verily I say unto thee, To day shalt thou be with me in paradise. -- luke 23:43 +. +And it was about the sixth hour, and there was a darkness over all the earth until the ninth hour. -- luke 23:44 +. +And the sun was darkened, and the veil of the temple was rent in the midst. -- luke 23:45 +. +And when Jesus had cried with a loud voice, he said, Father, into thy hands I commend my spirit: and having said thus, he gave up the ghost. -- luke 23:46 +. +Now when the centurion saw what was done, he glorified God, saying, Certainly this was a righteous man. -- luke 23:47 +. +And all the people that came together to that sight, beholding the things which were done, smote their breasts, and returned. -- luke 23:48 +. +And all his acquaintance, and the women that followed him from Galilee, stood afar off, beholding these things. -- luke 23:49 +. +And, behold, there was a man named Joseph, a counsellor; and he was a good man, and a just: -- luke 23:50 +. +(The same had not consented to the counsel and deed of them;) he was of Arimathaea, a city of the Jews: who also himself waited for the kingdom of God. -- luke 23:51 +. +This man went unto Pilate, and begged the body of Jesus. -- luke 23:52 +. +And he took it down, and wrapped it in linen, and laid it in a sepulchre that was hewn in stone, wherein never man before was laid. -- luke 23:53 +. +And that day was the preparation, and the sabbath drew on. -- luke 23:54 +. +And the women also, which came with him from Galilee, followed after, and beheld the sepulchre, and how his body was laid. -- luke 23:55 +. +And they returned, and prepared spices and ointments; and rested the sabbath day according to the commandment. -- luke 23:56 +. +Now upon the first day of the week, very early in the morning, they came unto the sepulchre, bringing the spices which they had prepared, and certain others with them. -- luke 24:1 +. +And they found the stone rolled away from the sepulchre. -- luke 24:2 +. +And they entered in, and found not the body of the Lord Jesus. -- luke 24:3 +. +And it came to pass, as they were much perplexed thereabout, behold, two men stood by them in shining garments: -- luke 24:4 +. +And as they were afraid, and bowed down their faces to the earth, they said unto them, Why seek ye the living among the dead? -- luke 24:5 +. +He is not here, but is risen: remember how he spake unto you when he was yet in Galilee, -- luke 24:6 +. +Saying, The Son of man must be delivered into the hands of sinful men, and be crucified, and the third day rise again. -- luke 24:7 +. +And they remembered his words, -- luke 24:8 +. +And returned from the sepulchre, and told all these things unto the eleven, and to all the rest. -- luke 24:9 +. +It was Mary Magdalene and Joanna, and Mary the mother of James, and other women that were with them, which told these things unto the apostles. -- luke 24:10 +. +And their words seemed to them as idle tales, and they believed them not. -- luke 24:11 +. +Then arose Peter, and ran unto the sepulchre; and stooping down, he beheld the linen clothes laid by themselves, and departed, wondering in himself at that which was come to pass. -- luke 24:12 +. +And, behold, two of them went that same day to a village called Emmaus, which was from Jerusalem about threescore furlongs. -- luke 24:13 +. +And they talked together of all these things which had happened. -- luke 24:14 +. +And it came to pass, that, while they communed together and reasoned, Jesus himself drew near, and went with them. -- luke 24:15 +. +But their eyes were holden that they should not know him. -- luke 24:16 +. +And he said unto them, What manner of communications are these that ye have one to another, as ye walk, and are sad? -- luke 24:17 +. +And the one of them, whose name was Cleopas, answering said unto him, Art thou only a stranger in Jerusalem, and hast not known the things which are come to pass there in these days? -- luke 24:18 +. +And he said unto them, What things? And they said unto him, Concerning Jesus of Nazareth, which was a prophet mighty in deed and word before God and all the people: -- luke 24:19 +. +And how the chief priests and our rulers delivered him to be condemned to death, and have crucified him. -- luke 24:20 +. +But we trusted that it had been he which should have redeemed Israel: and beside all this, to day is the third day since these things were done. -- luke 24:21 +. +Yea, and certain women also of our company made us astonished, which were early at the sepulchre; -- luke 24:22 +. +And when they found not his body, they came, saying, that they had also seen a vision of angels, which said that he was alive. -- luke 24:23 +. +And certain of them which were with us went to the sepulchre, and found it even so as the women had said: but him they saw not. -- luke 24:24 +. +Then he said unto them, O fools, and slow of heart to believe all that the prophets have spoken: -- luke 24:25 +. +Ought not Christ to have suffered these things, and to enter into his glory? -- luke 24:26 +. +And beginning at Moses and all the prophets, he expounded unto them in all the scriptures the things concerning himself. -- luke 24:27 +. +And they drew nigh unto the village, whither they went: and he made as though he would have gone further. -- luke 24:28 +. +But they constrained him, saying, Abide with us: for it is toward evening, and the day is far spent. And he went in to tarry with them. -- luke 24:29 +. +And it came to pass, as he sat at meat with them, he took bread, and blessed it, and brake, and gave to them. -- luke 24:30 +. +And their eyes were opened, and they knew him; and he vanished out of their sight. -- luke 24:31 +. +And they said one to another, Did not our heart burn within us, while he talked with us by the way, and while he opened to us the scriptures? -- luke 24:32 +. +And they rose up the same hour, and returned to Jerusalem, and found the eleven gathered together, and them that were with them, -- luke 24:33 +. +Saying, The Lord is risen indeed, and hath appeared to Simon. -- luke 24:34 +. +And they told what things were done in the way, and how he was known of them in breaking of bread. -- luke 24:35 +. +And as they thus spake, Jesus himself stood in the midst of them, and saith unto them, Peace be unto you. -- luke 24:36 +. +But they were terrified and affrighted, and supposed that they had seen a spirit. -- luke 24:37 +. +And he said unto them, Why are ye troubled? and why do thoughts arise in your hearts? -- luke 24:38 +. +Behold my hands and my feet, that it is I myself: handle me, and see; for a spirit hath not flesh and bones, as ye see me have. -- luke 24:39 +. +And when he had thus spoken, he shewed them his hands and his feet. -- luke 24:40 +. +And while they yet believed not for joy, and wondered, he said unto them, Have ye here any meat? -- luke 24:41 +. +And they gave him a piece of a broiled fish, and of an honeycomb. -- luke 24:42 +. +And he took it, and did eat before them. -- luke 24:43 +. +And he said unto them, These are the words which I spake unto you, while I was yet with you, that all things must be fulfilled, which were written in the law of Moses, and in the prophets, and in the psalms, concerning me. -- luke 24:44 +. +Then opened he their understanding, that they might understand the scriptures, -- luke 24:45 +. +And said unto them, Thus it is written, and thus it behoved Christ to suffer, and to rise from the dead the third day: -- luke 24:46 +. +And that repentance and remission of sins should be preached in his name among all nations, beginning at Jerusalem. -- luke 24:47 +. +And ye are witnesses of these things. -- luke 24:48 +. +And, behold, I send the promise of my Father upon you: but tarry ye in the city of Jerusalem, until ye be endued with power from on high. -- luke 24:49 +. +And he led them out as far as to Bethany, and he lifted up his hands, and blessed them. -- luke 24:50 +. +And it came to pass, while he blessed them, he was parted from them, and carried up into heaven. -- luke 24:51 +. +And they worshipped him, and returned to Jerusalem with great joy: -- luke 24:52 +. +And were continually in the temple, praising and blessing God. Amen. -- luke 24:53 +. +In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God, and the Word was God. -- john 1:1 +. +The same was in the beginning with God. -- john 1:2 +. +All things were made by him; and without him was not any thing made that was made. -- john 1:3 +. +In him was life; and the life was the light of men. -- john 1:4 +. +And the light shineth in darkness; and the darkness comprehended it not. -- john 1:5 +. +There was a man sent from God, whose name was John. -- john 1:6 +. +The same came for a witness, to bear witness of the Light, that all men through him might believe. -- john 1:7 +. +He was not that Light, but was sent to bear witness of that Light. -- john 1:8 +. +That was the true Light, which lighteth every man that cometh into the world. -- john 1:9 +. +He was in the world, and the world was made by him, and the world knew him not. -- john 1:10 +. +He came unto his own, and his own received him not. -- john 1:11 +. +But as many as received him, to them gave he power to become the sons of God, even to them that believe on his name: -- john 1:12 +. +Which were born, not of blood, nor of the will of the flesh, nor of the will of man, but of God. -- john 1:13 +. +And the Word was made flesh, and dwelt among us, (and we beheld his glory, the glory as of the only begotten of the Father,) full of grace and truth. -- john 1:14 +. +John bare witness of him, and cried, saying, This was he of whom I spake, He that cometh after me is preferred before me: for he was before me. -- john 1:15 +. +And of his fulness have all we received, and grace for grace. -- john 1:16 +. +For the law was given by Moses, but grace and truth came by Jesus Christ. -- john 1:17 +. +No man hath seen God at any time, the only begotten Son, which is in the bosom of the Father, he hath declared him. -- john 1:18 +. +And this is the record of John, when the Jews sent priests and Levites from Jerusalem to ask him, Who art thou? -- john 1:19 +. +And he confessed, and denied not; but confessed, I am not the Christ. -- john 1:20 +. +And they asked him, What then? Art thou Elias? And he saith, I am not. Art thou that prophet? And he answered, No. -- john 1:21 +. +Then said they unto him, Who art thou? that we may give an answer to them that sent us. What sayest thou of thyself? -- john 1:22 +. +He said, I am the voice of one crying in the wilderness, Make straight the way of the Lord, as said the prophet Esaias. -- john 1:23 +. +And they which were sent were of the Pharisees. -- john 1:24 +. +And they asked him, and said unto him, Why baptizest thou then, if thou be not that Christ, nor Elias, neither that prophet? -- john 1:25 +. +John answered them, saying, I baptize with water: but there standeth one among you, whom ye know not; -- john 1:26 +. +He it is, who coming after me is preferred before me, whose shoe's latchet I am not worthy to unloose. -- john 1:27 +. +These things were done in Bethabara beyond Jordan, where John was baptizing. -- john 1:28 +. +The next day John seeth Jesus coming unto him, and saith, Behold the Lamb of God, which taketh away the sin of the world. -- john 1:29 +. +This is he of whom I said, After me cometh a man which is preferred before me: for he was before me. -- john 1:30 +. +And I knew him not: but that he should be made manifest to Israel, therefore am I come baptizing with water. -- john 1:31 +. +And John bare record, saying, I saw the Spirit descending from heaven like a dove, and it abode upon him. -- john 1:32 +. +And I knew him not: but he that sent me to baptize with water, the same said unto me, Upon whom thou shalt see the Spirit descending, and remaining on him, the same is he which baptizeth with the Holy Ghost. -- john 1:33 +. +And I saw, and bare record that this is the Son of God. -- john 1:34 +. +Again the next day after John stood, and two of his disciples; -- john 1:35 +. +And looking upon Jesus as he walked, he saith, Behold the Lamb of God! -- john 1:36 +. +And the two disciples heard him speak, and they followed Jesus. -- john 1:37 +. +Then Jesus turned, and saw them following, and saith unto them, What seek ye? They said unto him, Rabbi, (which is to say, being interpreted, Master,) where dwellest thou? -- john 1:38 +. +He saith unto them, Come and see. They came and saw where he dwelt, and abode with him that day: for it was about the tenth hour. -- john 1:39 +. +One of the two which heard John speak, and followed him, was Andrew, Simon Peter's brother. -- john 1:40 +. +He first findeth his own brother Simon, and saith unto him, We have found the Messias, which is, being interpreted, the Christ. -- john 1:41 +. +And he brought him to Jesus. And when Jesus beheld him, he said, Thou art Simon the son of Jona: thou shalt be called Cephas, which is by interpretation, A stone. -- john 1:42 +. +The day following Jesus would go forth into Galilee, and findeth Philip, and saith unto him, Follow me. -- john 1:43 +. +Now Philip was of Bethsaida, the city of Andrew and Peter. -- john 1:44 +. +Philip findeth Nathanael, and saith unto him, We have found him, of whom Moses in the law, and the prophets, did write, Jesus of Nazareth, the son of Joseph. -- john 1:45 +. +And Nathanael said unto him, Can there any good thing come out of Nazareth? Philip saith unto him, Come and see. -- john 1:46 +. +Jesus saw Nathanael coming to him, and saith of him, Behold an Israelite indeed, in whom is no guile! -- john 1:47 +. +Nathanael saith unto him, Whence knowest thou me? Jesus answered and said unto him, Before that Philip called thee, when thou wast under the fig tree, I saw thee. -- john 1:48 +. +Nathanael answered and saith unto him, Rabbi, thou art the Son of God; thou art the King of Israel. -- john 1:49 +. +Jesus answered and said unto him, Because I said unto thee, I saw thee under the fig tree, believest thou? thou shalt see greater things than these. -- john 1:50 +. +And he saith unto him, Verily, verily, I say unto you, Hereafter ye shall see heaven open, and the angels of God ascending and descending upon the Son of man. -- john 1:51 +. +And the third day there was a marriage in Cana of Galilee; and the mother of Jesus was there: -- john 2:1 +. +And both Jesus was called, and his disciples, to the marriage. -- john 2:2 +. +And when they wanted wine, the mother of Jesus saith unto him, They have no wine. -- john 2:3 +. +Jesus saith unto her, Woman, what have I to do with thee? mine hour is not yet come. -- john 2:4 +. +His mother saith unto the servants, Whatsoever he saith unto you, do it. -- john 2:5 +. +And there were set there six waterpots of stone, after the manner of the purifying of the Jews, containing two or three firkins apiece. -- john 2:6 +. +Jesus saith unto them, Fill the waterpots with water. And they filled them up to the brim. -- john 2:7 +. +And he saith unto them, Draw out now, and bear unto the governor of the feast. And they bare it. -- john 2:8 +. +When the ruler of the feast had tasted the water that was made wine, and knew not whence it was: (but the servants which drew the water knew;) the governor of the feast called the bridegroom, -- john 2:9 +. +And saith unto him, Every man at the beginning doth set forth good wine; and when men have well drunk, then that which is worse: but thou hast kept the good wine until now. -- john 2:10 +. +This beginning of miracles did Jesus in Cana of Galilee, and manifested forth his glory; and his disciples believed on him. -- john 2:11 +. +After this he went down to Capernaum, he, and his mother, and his brethren, and his disciples: and they continued there not many days. -- john 2:12 +. +And the Jews' passover was at hand, and Jesus went up to Jerusalem. -- john 2:13 +. +And found in the temple those that sold oxen and sheep and doves, and the changers of money sitting: -- john 2:14 +. +And when he had made a scourge of small cords, he drove them all out of the temple, and the sheep, and the oxen; and poured out the changers' money, and overthrew the tables; -- john 2:15 +. +And said unto them that sold doves, Take these things hence; make not my Father's house an house of merchandise. -- john 2:16 +. +And his disciples remembered that it was written, The zeal of thine house hath eaten me up. -- john 2:17 +. +Then answered the Jews and said unto him, What sign shewest thou unto us, seeing that thou doest these things? -- john 2:18 +. +Jesus answered and said unto them, Destroy this temple, and in three days I will raise it up. -- john 2:19 +. +Then said the Jews, Forty and six years was this temple in building, and wilt thou rear it up in three days? -- john 2:20 +. +But he spake of the temple of his body. -- john 2:21 +. +When therefore he was risen from the dead, his disciples remembered that he had said this unto them; and they believed the scripture, and the word which Jesus had said. -- john 2:22 +. +Now when he was in Jerusalem at the passover, in the feast day, many believed in his name, when they saw the miracles which he did. -- john 2:23 +. +But Jesus did not commit himself unto them, because he knew all men, -- john 2:24 +. +And needed not that any should testify of man: for he knew what was in man. -- john 2:25 +. +There was a man of the Pharisees, named Nicodemus, a ruler of the Jews: -- john 3:1 +. +The same came to Jesus by night, and said unto him, Rabbi, we know that thou art a teacher come from God: for no man can do these miracles that thou doest, except God be with him. -- john 3:2 +. +Jesus answered and said unto him, Verily, verily, I say unto thee, Except a man be born again, he cannot see the kingdom of God. -- john 3:3 +. +Nicodemus saith unto him, How can a man be born when he is old? can he enter the second time into his mother's womb, and be born? -- john 3:4 +. +Jesus answered, Verily, verily, I say unto thee, Except a man be born of water and of the Spirit, he cannot enter into the kingdom of God. -- john 3:5 +. +That which is born of the flesh is flesh; and that which is born of the Spirit is spirit. -- john 3:6 +. +Marvel not that I said unto thee, Ye must be born again. -- john 3:7 +. +The wind bloweth where it listeth, and thou hearest the sound thereof, but canst not tell whence it cometh, and whither it goeth: so is every one that is born of the Spirit. -- john 3:8 +. +Nicodemus answered and said unto him, How can these things be? -- john 3:9 +. +Jesus answered and said unto him, Art thou a master of Israel, and knowest not these things? -- john 3:10 +. +Verily, verily, I say unto thee, We speak that we do know, and testify that we have seen; and ye receive not our witness. -- john 3:11 +. +If I have told you earthly things, and ye believe not, how shall ye believe, if I tell you of heavenly things? -- john 3:12 +. +And no man hath ascended up to heaven, but he that came down from heaven, even the Son of man which is in heaven. -- john 3:13 +. +And as Moses lifted up the serpent in the wilderness, even so must the Son of man be lifted up: -- john 3:14 +. +That whosoever believeth in him should not perish, but have eternal life. -- john 3:15 +. +For God so loved the world, that he gave his only begotten Son, that whosoever believeth in him should not perish, but have everlasting life. -- john 3:16 +. +For God sent not his Son into the world to condemn the world; but that the world through him might be saved. -- john 3:17 +. +He that believeth on him is not condemned: but he that believeth not is condemned already, because he hath not believed in the name of the only begotten Son of God. -- john 3:18 +. +And this is the condemnation, that light is come into the world, and men loved darkness rather than light, because their deeds were evil. -- john 3:19 +. +For every one that doeth evil hateth the light, neither cometh to the light, lest his deeds should be reproved. -- john 3:20 +. +But he that doeth truth cometh to the light, that his deeds may be made manifest, that they are wrought in God. -- john 3:21 +. +After these things came Jesus and his disciples into the land of Judaea; and there he tarried with them, and baptized. -- john 3:22 +. +And John also was baptizing in Aenon near to Salim, because there was much water there: and they came, and were baptized. -- john 3:23 +. +For John was not yet cast into prison. -- john 3:24 +. +Then there arose a question between some of John's disciples and the Jews about purifying. -- john 3:25 +. +And they came unto John, and said unto him, Rabbi, he that was with thee beyond Jordan, to whom thou barest witness, behold, the same baptizeth, and all men come to him. -- john 3:26 +. +John answered and said, A man can receive nothing, except it be given him from heaven. -- john 3:27 +. +Ye yourselves bear me witness, that I said, I am not the Christ, but that I am sent before him. -- john 3:28 +. +He that hath the bride is the bridegroom: but the friend of the bridegroom, which standeth and heareth him, rejoiceth greatly because of the bridegroom's voice: this my joy therefore is fulfilled. -- john 3:29 +. +He must increase, but I must decrease. -- john 3:30 +. +He that cometh from above is above all: he that is of the earth is earthly, and speaketh of the earth: he that cometh from heaven is above all. -- john 3:31 +. +And what he hath seen and heard, that he testifieth; and no man receiveth his testimony. -- john 3:32 +. +He that hath received his testimony hath set to his seal that God is true. -- john 3:33 +. +For he whom God hath sent speaketh the words of God: for God giveth not the Spirit by measure unto him. -- john 3:34 +. +The Father loveth the Son, and hath given all things into his hand. -- john 3:35 +. +He that believeth on the Son hath everlasting life: and he that believeth not the Son shall not see life; but the wrath of God abideth on him. -- john 3:36 +. +When therefore the LORD knew how the Pharisees had heard that Jesus made and baptized more disciples than John, -- john 4:1 +. +(Though Jesus himself baptized not, but his disciples,) -- john 4:2 +. +He left Judaea, and departed again into Galilee. -- john 4:3 +. +And he must needs go through Samaria. -- john 4:4 +. +Then cometh he to a city of Samaria, which is called Sychar, near to the parcel of ground that Jacob gave to his son Joseph. -- john 4:5 +. +Now Jacob's well was there. Jesus therefore, being wearied with his journey, sat thus on the well: and it was about the sixth hour. -- john 4:6 +. +There cometh a woman of Samaria to draw water: Jesus saith unto her, Give me to drink. -- john 4:7 +. +(For his disciples were gone away unto the city to buy meat.) -- john 4:8 +. +Then saith the woman of Samaria unto him, How is it that thou, being a Jew, askest drink of me, which am a woman of Samaria? for the Jews have no dealings with the Samaritans. -- john 4:9 +. +Jesus answered and said unto her, If thou knewest the gift of God, and who it is that saith to thee, Give me to drink; thou wouldest have asked of him, and he would have given thee living water. -- john 4:10 +. +The woman saith unto him, Sir, thou hast nothing to draw with, and the well is deep: from whence then hast thou that living water? -- john 4:11 +. +Art thou greater than our father Jacob, which gave us the well, and drank thereof himself, and his children, and his cattle? -- john 4:12 +. +Jesus answered and said unto her, Whosoever drinketh of this water shall thirst again: -- john 4:13 +. +But whosoever drinketh of the water that I shall give him shall never thirst; but the water that I shall give him shall be in him a well of water springing up into everlasting life. -- john 4:14 +. +The woman saith unto him, Sir, give me this water, that I thirst not, neither come hither to draw. -- john 4:15 +. +Jesus saith unto her, Go, call thy husband, and come hither. -- john 4:16 +. +The woman answered and said, I have no husband. Jesus said unto her, Thou hast well said, I have no husband: -- john 4:17 +. +For thou hast had five husbands; and he whom thou now hast is not thy husband: in that saidst thou truly. -- john 4:18 +. +The woman saith unto him, Sir, I perceive that thou art a prophet. -- john 4:19 +. +Our fathers worshipped in this mountain; and ye say, that in Jerusalem is the place where men ought to worship. -- john 4:20 +. +Jesus saith unto her, Woman, believe me, the hour cometh, when ye shall neither in this mountain, nor yet at Jerusalem, worship the Father. -- john 4:21 +. +Ye worship ye know not what: we know what we worship: for salvation is of the Jews. -- john 4:22 +. +But the hour cometh, and now is, when the true worshippers shall worship the Father in spirit and in truth: for the Father seeketh such to worship him. -- john 4:23 +. +God is a Spirit: and they that worship him must worship him in spirit and in truth. -- john 4:24 +. +The woman saith unto him, I know that Messias cometh, which is called Christ: when he is come, he will tell us all things. -- john 4:25 +. +Jesus saith unto her, I that speak unto thee am he. -- john 4:26 +. +And upon this came his disciples, and marvelled that he talked with the woman: yet no man said, What seekest thou? or, Why talkest thou with her? -- john 4:27 +. +The woman then left her waterpot, and went her way into the city, and saith to the men, -- john 4:28 +. +Come, see a man, which told me all things that ever I did: is not this the Christ? -- john 4:29 +. +Then they went out of the city, and came unto him. -- john 4:30 +. +In the mean while his disciples prayed him, saying, Master, eat. -- john 4:31 +. +But he said unto them, I have meat to eat that ye know not of. -- john 4:32 +. +Therefore said the disciples one to another, Hath any man brought him ought to eat? -- john 4:33 +. +Jesus saith unto them, My meat is to do the will of him that sent me, and to finish his work. -- john 4:34 +. +Say not ye, There are yet four months, and then cometh harvest? behold, I say unto you, Lift up your eyes, and look on the fields; for they are white already to harvest. -- john 4:35 +. +And he that reapeth receiveth wages, and gathereth fruit unto life eternal: that both he that soweth and he that reapeth may rejoice together. -- john 4:36 +. +And herein is that saying true, One soweth, and another reapeth. -- john 4:37 +. +I sent you to reap that whereon ye bestowed no labour: other men laboured, and ye are entered into their labours. -- john 4:38 +. +And many of the Samaritans of that city believed on him for the saying of the woman, which testified, He told me all that ever I did. -- john 4:39 +. +So when the Samaritans were come unto him, they besought him that he would tarry with them: and he abode there two days. -- john 4:40 +. +And many more believed because of his own word; -- john 4:41 +. +And said unto the woman, Now we believe, not because of thy saying: for we have heard him ourselves, and know that this is indeed the Christ, the Saviour of the world. -- john 4:42 +. +Now after two days he departed thence, and went into Galilee. -- john 4:43 +. +For Jesus himself testified, that a prophet hath no honour in his own country. -- john 4:44 +. +Then when he was come into Galilee, the Galilaeans received him, having seen all the things that he did at Jerusalem at the feast: for they also went unto the feast. -- john 4:45 +. +So Jesus came again into Cana of Galilee, where he made the water wine. And there was a certain nobleman, whose son was sick at Capernaum. -- john 4:46 +. +When he heard that Jesus was come out of Judaea into Galilee, he went unto him, and besought him that he would come down, and heal his son: for he was at the point of death. -- john 4:47 +. +Then said Jesus unto him, Except ye see signs and wonders, ye will not believe. -- john 4:48 +. +The nobleman saith unto him, Sir, come down ere my child die. -- john 4:49 +. +Jesus saith unto him, Go thy way; thy son liveth. And the man believed the word that Jesus had spoken unto him, and he went his way. -- john 4:50 +. +And as he was now going down, his servants met him, and told him, saying, Thy son liveth. -- john 4:51 +. +Then enquired he of them the hour when he began to amend. And they said unto him, Yesterday at the seventh hour the fever left him. -- john 4:52 +. +So the father knew that it was at the same hour, in the which Jesus said unto him, Thy son liveth: and himself believed, and his whole house. -- john 4:53 +. +This is again the second miracle that Jesus did, when he was come out of Judaea into Galilee. -- john 4:54 +. +After this there was a feast of the Jews; and Jesus went up to Jerusalem. -- john 5:1 +. +Now there is at Jerusalem by the sheep market a pool, which is called in the Hebrew tongue Bethesda, having five porches. -- john 5:2 +. +In these lay a great multitude of impotent folk, of blind, halt, withered, waiting for the moving of the water. -- john 5:3 +. +For an angel went down at a certain season into the pool, and troubled the water: whosoever then first after the troubling of the water stepped in was made whole of whatsoever disease he had. -- john 5:4 +. +And a certain man was there, which had an infirmity thirty and eight years. -- john 5:5 +. +When Jesus saw him lie, and knew that he had been now a long time in that case, he saith unto him, Wilt thou be made whole? -- john 5:6 +. +The impotent man answered him, Sir, I have no man, when the water is troubled, to put me into the pool: but while I am coming, another steppeth down before me. -- john 5:7 +. +Jesus saith unto him, Rise, take up thy bed, and walk. -- john 5:8 +. +And immediately the man was made whole, and took up his bed, and walked: and on the same day was the sabbath. -- john 5:9 +. +The Jews therefore said unto him that was cured, It is the sabbath day: it is not lawful for thee to carry thy bed. -- john 5:10 +. +He answered them, He that made me whole, the same said unto me, Take up thy bed, and walk. -- john 5:11 +. +Then asked they him, What man is that which said unto thee, Take up thy bed, and walk? -- john 5:12 +. +And he that was healed wist not who it was: for Jesus had conveyed himself away, a multitude being in that place. -- john 5:13 +. +Afterward Jesus findeth him in the temple, and said unto him, Behold, thou art made whole: sin no more, lest a worse thing come unto thee. -- john 5:14 +. +The man departed, and told the Jews that it was Jesus, which had made him whole. -- john 5:15 +. +And therefore did the Jews persecute Jesus, and sought to slay him, because he had done these things on the sabbath day. -- john 5:16 +. +But Jesus answered them, My Father worketh hitherto, and I work. -- john 5:17 +. +Therefore the Jews sought the more to kill him, because he not only had broken the sabbath, but said also that God was his Father, making himself equal with God. -- john 5:18 +. +Then answered Jesus and said unto them, Verily, verily, I say unto you, The Son can do nothing of himself, but what he seeth the Father do: for what things soever he doeth, these also doeth the Son likewise. -- john 5:19 +. +For the Father loveth the Son, and sheweth him all things that himself doeth: and he will shew him greater works than these, that ye may marvel. -- john 5:20 +. +For as the Father raiseth up the dead, and quickeneth them; even so the Son quickeneth whom he will. -- john 5:21 +. +For the Father judgeth no man, but hath committed all judgment unto the Son: -- john 5:22 +. +That all men should honour the Son, even as they honour the Father. He that honoureth not the Son honoureth not the Father which hath sent him. -- john 5:23 +. +Verily, verily, I say unto you, He that heareth my word, and believeth on him that sent me, hath everlasting life, and shall not come into condemnation; but is passed from death unto life. -- john 5:24 +. +Verily, verily, I say unto you, The hour is coming, and now is, when the dead shall hear the voice of the Son of God: and they that hear shall live. -- john 5:25 +. +For as the Father hath life in himself; so hath he given to the Son to have life in himself; -- john 5:26 +. +And hath given him authority to execute judgment also, because he is the Son of man. -- john 5:27 +. +Marvel not at this: for the hour is coming, in the which all that are in the graves shall hear his voice, -- john 5:28 +. +And shall come forth; they that have done good, unto the resurrection of life; and they that have done evil, unto the resurrection of damnation. -- john 5:29 +. +I can of mine own self do nothing: as I hear, I judge: and my judgment is just; because I seek not mine own will, but the will of the Father which hath sent me. -- john 5:30 +. +If I bear witness of myself, my witness is not true. -- john 5:31 +. +There is another that beareth witness of me; and I know that the witness which he witnesseth of me is true. -- john 5:32 +. +Ye sent unto John, and he bare witness unto the truth. -- john 5:33 +. +But I receive not testimony from man: but these things I say, that ye might be saved. -- john 5:34 +. +He was a burning and a shining light: and ye were willing for a season to rejoice in his light. -- john 5:35 +. +But I have greater witness than that of John: for the works which the Father hath given me to finish, the same works that I do, bear witness of me, that the Father hath sent me. -- john 5:36 +. +And the Father himself, which hath sent me, hath borne witness of me. Ye have neither heard his voice at any time, nor seen his shape. -- john 5:37 +. +And ye have not his word abiding in you: for whom he hath sent, him ye believe not. -- john 5:38 +. +Search the scriptures; for in them ye think ye have eternal life: and they are they which testify of me. -- john 5:39 +. +And ye will not come to me, that ye might have life. -- john 5:40 +. +I receive not honour from men. -- john 5:41 +. +But I know you, that ye have not the love of God in you. -- john 5:42 +. +I am come in my Father's name, and ye receive me not: if another shall come in his own name, him ye will receive. -- john 5:43 +. +How can ye believe, which receive honour one of another, and seek not the honour that cometh from God only? -- john 5:44 +. +Do not think that I will accuse you to the Father: there is one that accuseth you, even Moses, in whom ye trust. -- john 5:45 +. +For had ye believed Moses, ye would have believed me; for he wrote of me. -- john 5:46 +. +But if ye believe not his writings, how shall ye believe my words? -- john 5:47 +. +After these things Jesus went over the sea of Galilee, which is the sea of Tiberias. -- john 6:1 +. +And a great multitude followed him, because they saw his miracles which he did on them that were diseased. -- john 6:2 +. +And Jesus went up into a mountain, and there he sat with his disciples. -- john 6:3 +. +And the passover, a feast of the Jews, was nigh. -- john 6:4 +. +When Jesus then lifted up his eyes, and saw a great company come unto him, he saith unto Philip, Whence shall we buy bread, that these may eat? -- john 6:5 +. +And this he said to prove him: for he himself knew what he would do. -- john 6:6 +. +Philip answered him, Two hundred pennyworth of bread is not sufficient for them, that every one of them may take a little. -- john 6:7 +. +One of his disciples, Andrew, Simon Peter's brother, saith unto him, -- john 6:8 +. +There is a lad here, which hath five barley loaves, and two small fishes: but what are they among so many? -- john 6:9 +. +And Jesus said, Make the men sit down. Now there was much grass in the place. So the men sat down, in number about five thousand. -- john 6:10 +. +And Jesus took the loaves; and when he had given thanks, he distributed to the disciples, and the disciples to them that were set down; and likewise of the fishes as much as they would. -- john 6:11 +. +When they were filled, he said unto his disciples, Gather up the fragments that remain, that nothing be lost. -- john 6:12 +. +Therefore they gathered them together, and filled twelve baskets with the fragments of the five barley loaves, which remained over and above unto them that had eaten. -- john 6:13 +. +Then those men, when they had seen the miracle that Jesus did, said, This is of a truth that prophet that should come into the world. -- john 6:14 +. +When Jesus therefore perceived that they would come and take him by force, to make him a king, he departed again into a mountain himself alone. -- john 6:15 +. +And when even was now come, his disciples went down unto the sea, -- john 6:16 +. +And entered into a ship, and went over the sea toward Capernaum. And it was now dark, and Jesus was not come to them. -- john 6:17 +. +And the sea arose by reason of a great wind that blew. -- john 6:18 +. +So when they had rowed about five and twenty or thirty furlongs, they see Jesus walking on the sea, and drawing nigh unto the ship: and they were afraid. -- john 6:19 +. +But he saith unto them, It is I; be not afraid. -- john 6:20 +. +Then they willingly received him into the ship: and immediately the ship was at the land whither they went. -- john 6:21 +. +The day following, when the people which stood on the other side of the sea saw that there was none other boat there, save that one whereinto his disciples were entered, and that Jesus went not with his disciples into the boat, but that his disciples were gone away alone; -- john 6:22 +. +(Howbeit there came other boats from Tiberias nigh unto the place where they did eat bread, after that the Lord had given thanks:) -- john 6:23 +. +When the people therefore saw that Jesus was not there, neither his disciples, they also took shipping, and came to Capernaum, seeking for Jesus. -- john 6:24 +. +And when they had found him on the other side of the sea, they said unto him, Rabbi, when camest thou hither? -- john 6:25 +. +Jesus answered them and said, Verily, verily, I say unto you, Ye seek me, not because ye saw the miracles, but because ye did eat of the loaves, and were filled. -- john 6:26 +. +Labour not for the meat which perisheth, but for that meat which endureth unto everlasting life, which the Son of man shall give unto you: for him hath God the Father sealed. -- john 6:27 +. +Then said they unto him, What shall we do, that we might work the works of God? -- john 6:28 +. +Jesus answered and said unto them, This is the work of God, that ye believe on him whom he hath sent. -- john 6:29 +. +They said therefore unto him, What sign shewest thou then, that we may see, and believe thee? what dost thou work? -- john 6:30 +. +Our fathers did eat manna in the desert; as it is written, He gave them bread from heaven to eat. -- john 6:31 +. +Then Jesus said unto them, Verily, verily, I say unto you, Moses gave you not that bread from heaven; but my Father giveth you the true bread from heaven. -- john 6:32 +. +For the bread of God is he which cometh down from heaven, and giveth life unto the world. -- john 6:33 +. +Then said they unto him, Lord, evermore give us this bread. -- john 6:34 +. +And Jesus said unto them, I am the bread of life: he that cometh to me shall never hunger; and he that believeth on me shall never thirst. -- john 6:35 +. +But I said unto you, That ye also have seen me, and believe not. -- john 6:36 +. +All that the Father giveth me shall come to me; and him that cometh to me I will in no wise cast out. -- john 6:37 +. +For I came down from heaven, not to do mine own will, but the will of him that sent me. -- john 6:38 +. +And this is the Father's will which hath sent me, that of all which he hath given me I should lose nothing, but should raise it up again at the last day. -- john 6:39 +. +And this is the will of him that sent me, that every one which seeth the Son, and believeth on him, may have everlasting life: and I will raise him up at the last day. -- john 6:40 +. +The Jews then murmured at him, because he said, I am the bread which came down from heaven. -- john 6:41 +. +And they said, Is not this Jesus, the son of Joseph, whose father and mother we know? how is it then that he saith, I came down from heaven? -- john 6:42 +. +Jesus therefore answered and said unto them, Murmur not among yourselves. -- john 6:43 +. +No man can come to me, except the Father which hath sent me draw him: and I will raise him up at the last day. -- john 6:44 +. +It is written in the prophets, And they shall be all taught of God. Every man therefore that hath heard, and hath learned of the Father, cometh unto me. -- john 6:45 +. +Not that any man hath seen the Father, save he which is of God, he hath seen the Father. -- john 6:46 +. +Verily, verily, I say unto you, He that believeth on me hath everlasting life. -- john 6:47 +. +I am that bread of life. -- john 6:48 +. +Your fathers did eat manna in the wilderness, and are dead. -- john 6:49 +. +This is the bread which cometh down from heaven, that a man may eat thereof, and not die. -- john 6:50 +. +I am the living bread which came down from heaven: if any man eat of this bread, he shall live for ever: and the bread that I will give is my flesh, which I will give for the life of the world. -- john 6:51 +. +The Jews therefore strove among themselves, saying, How can this man give us his flesh to eat? -- john 6:52 +. +Then Jesus said unto them, Verily, verily, I say unto you, Except ye eat the flesh of the Son of man, and drink his blood, ye have no life in you. -- john 6:53 +. +Whoso eateth my flesh, and drinketh my blood, hath eternal life; and I will raise him up at the last day. -- john 6:54 +. +For my flesh is meat indeed, and my blood is drink indeed. -- john 6:55 +. +He that eateth my flesh, and drinketh my blood, dwelleth in me, and I in him. -- john 6:56 +. +As the living Father hath sent me, and I live by the Father: so he that eateth me, even he shall live by me. -- john 6:57 +. +This is that bread which came down from heaven: not as your fathers did eat manna, and are dead: he that eateth of this bread shall live for ever. -- john 6:58 +. +These things said he in the synagogue, as he taught in Capernaum. -- john 6:59 +. +Many therefore of his disciples, when they had heard this, said, This is an hard saying; who can hear it? -- john 6:60 +. +When Jesus knew in himself that his disciples murmured at it, he said unto them, Doth this offend you? -- john 6:61 +. +What and if ye shall see the Son of man ascend up where he was before? -- john 6:62 +. +It is the spirit that quickeneth; the flesh profiteth nothing: the words that I speak unto you, they are spirit, and they are life. -- john 6:63 +. +But there are some of you that believe not. For Jesus knew from the beginning who they were that believed not, and who should betray him. -- john 6:64 +. +And he said, Therefore said I unto you, that no man can come unto me, except it were given unto him of my Father. -- john 6:65 +. +From that time many of his disciples went back, and walked no more with him. -- john 6:66 +. +Then said Jesus unto the twelve, Will ye also go away? -- john 6:67 +. +Then Simon Peter answered him, Lord, to whom shall we go? thou hast the words of eternal life. -- john 6:68 +. +And we believe and are sure that thou art that Christ, the Son of the living God. -- john 6:69 +. +Jesus answered them, Have not I chosen you twelve, and one of you is a devil? -- john 6:70 +. +He spake of Judas Iscariot the son of Simon: for he it was that should betray him, being one of the twelve. -- john 6:71 +. +After these things Jesus walked in Galilee: for he would not walk in Jewry, because the Jews sought to kill him. -- john 7:1 +. +Now the Jew's feast of tabernacles was at hand. -- john 7:2 +. +His brethren therefore said unto him, Depart hence, and go into Judaea, that thy disciples also may see the works that thou doest. -- john 7:3 +. +For there is no man that doeth any thing in secret, and he himself seeketh to be known openly. If thou do these things, shew thyself to the world. -- john 7:4 +. +For neither did his brethren believe in him. -- john 7:5 +. +Then Jesus said unto them, My time is not yet come: but your time is alway ready. -- john 7:6 +. +The world cannot hate you; but me it hateth, because I testify of it, that the works thereof are evil. -- john 7:7 +. +Go ye up unto this feast: I go not up yet unto this feast: for my time is not yet full come. -- john 7:8 +. +When he had said these words unto them, he abode still in Galilee. -- john 7:9 +. +But when his brethren were gone up, then went he also up unto the feast, not openly, but as it were in secret. -- john 7:10 +. +Then the Jews sought him at the feast, and said, Where is he? -- john 7:11 +. +And there was much murmuring among the people concerning him: for some said, He is a good man: others said, Nay; but he deceiveth the people. -- john 7:12 +. +Howbeit no man spake openly of him for fear of the Jews. -- john 7:13 +. +Now about the midst of the feast Jesus went up into the temple, and taught. -- john 7:14 +. +And the Jews marvelled, saying, How knoweth this man letters, having never learned? -- john 7:15 +. +Jesus answered them, and said, My doctrine is not mine, but his that sent me. -- john 7:16 +. +If any man will do his will, he shall know of the doctrine, whether it be of God, or whether I speak of myself. -- john 7:17 +. +He that speaketh of himself seeketh his own glory: but he that seeketh his glory that sent him, the same is true, and no unrighteousness is in him. -- john 7:18 +. +Did not Moses give you the law, and yet none of you keepeth the law? Why go ye about to kill me? -- john 7:19 +. +The people answered and said, Thou hast a devil: who goeth about to kill thee? -- john 7:20 +. +Jesus answered and said unto them, I have done one work, and ye all marvel. -- john 7:21 +. +Moses therefore gave unto you circumcision; (not because it is of Moses, but of the fathers;) and ye on the sabbath day circumcise a man. -- john 7:22 +. +If a man on the sabbath day receive circumcision, that the law of Moses should not be broken; are ye angry at me, because I have made a man every whit whole on the sabbath day? -- john 7:23 +. +Judge not according to the appearance, but judge righteous judgment. -- john 7:24 +. +Then said some of them of Jerusalem, Is not this he, whom they seek to kill? -- john 7:25 +. +But, lo, he speaketh boldly, and they say nothing unto him. Do the rulers know indeed that this is the very Christ? -- john 7:26 +. +Howbeit we know this man whence he is: but when Christ cometh, no man knoweth whence he is. -- john 7:27 +. +Then cried Jesus in the temple as he taught, saying, Ye both know me, and ye know whence I am: and I am not come of myself, but he that sent me is true, whom ye know not. -- john 7:28 +. +But I know him: for I am from him, and he hath sent me. -- john 7:29 +. +Then they sought to take him: but no man laid hands on him, because his hour was not yet come. -- john 7:30 +. +And many of the people believed on him, and said, When Christ cometh, will he do more miracles than these which this man hath done? -- john 7:31 +. +The Pharisees heard that the people murmured such things concerning him; and the Pharisees and the chief priests sent officers to take him. -- john 7:32 +. +Then said Jesus unto them, Yet a little while am I with you, and then I go unto him that sent me. -- john 7:33 +. +Ye shall seek me, and shall not find me: and where I am, thither ye cannot come. -- john 7:34 +. +Then said the Jews among themselves, Whither will he go, that we shall not find him? will he go unto the dispersed among the Gentiles, and teach the Gentiles? -- john 7:35 +. +What manner of saying is this that he said, Ye shall seek me, and shall not find me: and where I am, thither ye cannot come? -- john 7:36 +. +In the last day, that great day of the feast, Jesus stood and cried, saying, If any man thirst, let him come unto me, and drink. -- john 7:37 +. +He that believeth on me, as the scripture hath said, out of his belly shall flow rivers of living water. -- john 7:38 +. +(But this spake he of the Spirit, which they that believe on him should receive: for the Holy Ghost was not yet given; because that Jesus was not yet glorified.) -- john 7:39 +. +Many of the people therefore, when they heard this saying, said, Of a truth this is the Prophet. -- john 7:40 +. +Others said, This is the Christ. But some said, Shall Christ come out of Galilee? -- john 7:41 +. +Hath not the scripture said, That Christ cometh of the seed of David, and out of the town of Bethlehem, where David was? -- john 7:42 +. +So there was a division among the people because of him. -- john 7:43 +. +And some of them would have taken him; but no man laid hands on him. -- john 7:44 +. +Then came the officers to the chief priests and Pharisees; and they said unto them, Why have ye not brought him? -- john 7:45 +. +The officers answered, Never man spake like this man. -- john 7:46 +. +Then answered them the Pharisees, Are ye also deceived? -- john 7:47 +. +Have any of the rulers or of the Pharisees believed on him? -- john 7:48 +. +But this people who knoweth not the law are cursed. -- john 7:49 +. +Nicodemus saith unto them, (he that came to Jesus by night, being one of them,) -- john 7:50 +. +Doth our law judge any man, before it hear him, and know what he doeth? -- john 7:51 +. +They answered and said unto him, Art thou also of Galilee? Search, and look: for out of Galilee ariseth no prophet. -- john 7:52 +. +And every man went unto his own house. -- john 7:53 +. +Jesus went unto the mount of Olives. -- john 8:1 +. +And early in the morning he came again into the temple, and all the people came unto him; and he sat down, and taught them. -- john 8:2 +. +And the scribes and Pharisees brought unto him a woman taken in adultery; and when they had set her in the midst, -- john 8:3 +. +They say unto him, Master, this woman was taken in adultery, in the very act. -- john 8:4 +. +Now Moses in the law commanded us, that such should be stoned: but what sayest thou? -- john 8:5 +. +This they said, tempting him, that they might have to accuse him. But Jesus stooped down, and with his finger wrote on the ground, as though he heard them not. -- john 8:6 +. +So when they continued asking him, he lifted up himself, and said unto them, He that is without sin among you, let him first cast a stone at her. -- john 8:7 +. +And again he stooped down, and wrote on the ground. -- john 8:8 +. +And they which heard it, being convicted by their own conscience, went out one by one, beginning at the eldest, even unto the last: and Jesus was left alone, and the woman standing in the midst. -- john 8:9 +. +When Jesus had lifted up himself, and saw none but the woman, he said unto her, Woman, where are those thine accusers? hath no man condemned thee? -- john 8:10 +. +She said, No man, Lord. And Jesus said unto her, Neither do I condemn thee: go, and sin no more. -- john 8:11 +. +Then spake Jesus again unto them, saying, I am the light of the world: he that followeth me shall not walk in darkness, but shall have the light of life. -- john 8:12 +. +The Pharisees therefore said unto him, Thou bearest record of thyself; thy record is not true. -- john 8:13 +. +Jesus answered and said unto them, Though I bear record of myself, yet my record is true: for I know whence I came, and whither I go; but ye cannot tell whence I come, and whither I go. -- john 8:14 +. +Ye judge after the flesh; I judge no man. -- john 8:15 +. +And yet if I judge, my judgment is true: for I am not alone, but I and the Father that sent me. -- john 8:16 +. +It is also written in your law, that the testimony of two men is true. -- john 8:17 +. +I am one that bear witness of myself, and the Father that sent me beareth witness of me. -- john 8:18 +. +Then said they unto him, Where is thy Father? Jesus answered, Ye neither know me, nor my Father: if ye had known me, ye should have known my Father also. -- john 8:19 +. +These words spake Jesus in the treasury, as he taught in the temple: and no man laid hands on him; for his hour was not yet come. -- john 8:20 +. +Then said Jesus again unto them, I go my way, and ye shall seek me, and shall die in your sins: whither I go, ye cannot come. -- john 8:21 +. +Then said the Jews, Will he kill himself? because he saith, Whither I go, ye cannot come. -- john 8:22 +. +And he said unto them, Ye are from beneath; I am from above: ye are of this world; I am not of this world. -- john 8:23 +. +I said therefore unto you, that ye shall die in your sins: for if ye believe not that I am he, ye shall die in your sins. -- john 8:24 +. +Then said they unto him, Who art thou? And Jesus saith unto them, Even the same that I said unto you from the beginning. -- john 8:25 +. +I have many things to say and to judge of you: but he that sent me is true; and I speak to the world those things which I have heard of him. -- john 8:26 +. +They understood not that he spake to them of the Father. -- john 8:27 +. +Then said Jesus unto them, When ye have lifted up the Son of man, then shall ye know that I am he, and that I do nothing of myself; but as my Father hath taught me, I speak these things. -- john 8:28 +. +And he that sent me is with me: the Father hath not left me alone; for I do always those things that please him. -- john 8:29 +. +As he spake these words, many believed on him. -- john 8:30 +. +Then said Jesus to those Jews which believed on him, If ye continue in my word, then are ye my disciples indeed; -- john 8:31 +. +And ye shall know the truth, and the truth shall make you free. -- john 8:32 +. +They answered him, We be Abraham's seed, and were never in bondage to any man: how sayest thou, Ye shall be made free? -- john 8:33 +. +Jesus answered them, Verily, verily, I say unto you, Whosoever committeth sin is the servant of sin. -- john 8:34 +. +And the servant abideth not in the house for ever: but the Son abideth ever. -- john 8:35 +. +If the Son therefore shall make you free, ye shall be free indeed. -- john 8:36 +. +I know that ye are Abraham's seed; but ye seek to kill me, because my word hath no place in you. -- john 8:37 +. +I speak that which I have seen with my Father: and ye do that which ye have seen with your father. -- john 8:38 +. +They answered and said unto him, Abraham is our father. Jesus saith unto them, If ye were Abraham's children, ye would do the works of Abraham. -- john 8:39 +. +But now ye seek to kill me, a man that hath told you the truth, which I have heard of God: this did not Abraham. -- john 8:40 +. +Ye do the deeds of your father. Then said they to him, We be not born of fornication; we have one Father, even God. -- john 8:41 +. +Jesus said unto them, If God were your Father, ye would love me: for I proceeded forth and came from God; neither came I of myself, but he sent me. -- john 8:42 +. +Why do ye not understand my speech? even because ye cannot hear my word. -- john 8:43 +. +Ye are of your father the devil, and the lusts of your father ye will do. He was a murderer from the beginning, and abode not in the truth, because there is no truth in him. When he speaketh a lie, he speaketh of his own: for he is a liar, and the father of it. -- john 8:44 +. +And because I tell you the truth, ye believe me not. -- john 8:45 +. +Which of you convinceth me of sin? And if I say the truth, why do ye not believe me? -- john 8:46 +. +He that is of God heareth God's words: ye therefore hear them not, because ye are not of God. -- john 8:47 +. +Then answered the Jews, and said unto him, Say we not well that thou art a Samaritan, and hast a devil? -- john 8:48 +. +Jesus answered, I have not a devil; but I honour my Father, and ye do dishonour me. -- john 8:49 +. +And I seek not mine own glory: there is one that seeketh and judgeth. -- john 8:50 +. +Verily, verily, I say unto you, If a man keep my saying, he shall never see death. -- john 8:51 +. +Then said the Jews unto him, Now we know that thou hast a devil. Abraham is dead, and the prophets; and thou sayest, If a man keep my saying, he shall never taste of death. -- john 8:52 +. +Art thou greater than our father Abraham, which is dead? and the prophets are dead: whom makest thou thyself? -- john 8:53 +. +Jesus answered, If I honour myself, my honour is nothing: it is my Father that honoureth me; of whom ye say, that he is your God: -- john 8:54 +. +Yet ye have not known him; but I know him: and if I should say, I know him not, I shall be a liar like unto you: but I know him, and keep his saying. -- john 8:55 +. +Your father Abraham rejoiced to see my day: and he saw it, and was glad. -- john 8:56 +. +Then said the Jews unto him, Thou art not yet fifty years old, and hast thou seen Abraham? -- john 8:57 +. +Jesus said unto them, Verily, verily, I say unto you, Before Abraham was, I am. -- john 8:58 +. +Then took they up stones to cast at him: but Jesus hid himself, and went out of the temple, going through the midst of them, and so passed by. -- john 8:59 +. +And as Jesus passed by, he saw a man which was blind from his birth. -- john 9:1 +. +And his disciples asked him, saying, Master, who did sin, this man, or his parents, that he was born blind? -- john 9:2 +. +Jesus answered, Neither hath this man sinned, nor his parents: but that the works of God should be made manifest in him. -- john 9:3 +. +I must work the works of him that sent me, while it is day: the night cometh, when no man can work. -- john 9:4 +. +As long as I am in the world, I am the light of the world. -- john 9:5 +. +When he had thus spoken, he spat on the ground, and made clay of the spittle, and he anointed the eyes of the blind man with the clay, -- john 9:6 +. +And said unto him, Go, wash in the pool of Siloam, (which is by interpretation, Sent.) He went his way therefore, and washed, and came seeing. -- john 9:7 +. +The neighbours therefore, and they which before had seen him that he was blind, said, Is not this he that sat and begged? -- john 9:8 +. +Some said, This is he: others said, He is like him: but he said, I am he. -- john 9:9 +. +Therefore said they unto him, How were thine eyes opened? -- john 9:10 +. +He answered and said, A man that is called Jesus made clay, and anointed mine eyes, and said unto me, Go to the pool of Siloam, and wash: and I went and washed, and I received sight. -- john 9:11 +. +Then said they unto him, Where is he? He said, I know not. -- john 9:12 +. +They brought to the Pharisees him that aforetime was blind. -- john 9:13 +. +And it was the sabbath day when Jesus made the clay, and opened his eyes. -- john 9:14 +. +Then again the Pharisees also asked him how he had received his sight. He said unto them, He put clay upon mine eyes, and I washed, and do see. -- john 9:15 +. +Therefore said some of the Pharisees, This man is not of God, because he keepeth not the sabbath day. Others said, How can a man that is a sinner do such miracles? And there was a division among them. -- john 9:16 +. +They say unto the blind man again, What sayest thou of him, that he hath opened thine eyes? He said, He is a prophet. -- john 9:17 +. +But the Jews did not believe concerning him, that he had been blind, and received his sight, until they called the parents of him that had received his sight. -- john 9:18 +. +And they asked them, saying, Is this your son, who ye say was born blind? how then doth he now see? -- john 9:19 +. +His parents answered them and said, We know that this is our son, and that he was born blind: -- john 9:20 +. +But by what means he now seeth, we know not; or who hath opened his eyes, we know not: he is of age; ask him: he shall speak for himself. -- john 9:21 +. +These words spake his parents, because they feared the Jews: for the Jews had agreed already, that if any man did confess that he was Christ, he should be put out of the synagogue. -- john 9:22 +. +Therefore said his parents, He is of age; ask him. -- john 9:23 +. +Then again called they the man that was blind, and said unto him, Give God the praise: we know that this man is a sinner. -- john 9:24 +. +He answered and said, Whether he be a sinner or no, I know not: one thing I know, that, whereas I was blind, now I see. -- john 9:25 +. +Then said they to him again, What did he to thee? how opened he thine eyes? -- john 9:26 +. +He answered them, I have told you already, and ye did not hear: wherefore would ye hear it again? will ye also be his disciples? -- john 9:27 +. +Then they reviled him, and said, Thou art his disciple; but we are Moses' disciples. -- john 9:28 +. +We know that God spake unto Moses: as for this fellow, we know not from whence he is. -- john 9:29 +. +The man answered and said unto them, Why herein is a marvellous thing, that ye know not from whence he is, and yet he hath opened mine eyes. -- john 9:30 +. +Now we know that God heareth not sinners: but if any man be a worshipper of God, and doeth his will, him he heareth. -- john 9:31 +. +Since the world began was it not heard that any man opened the eyes of one that was born blind. -- john 9:32 +. +If this man were not of God, he could do nothing. -- john 9:33 +. +They answered and said unto him, Thou wast altogether born in sins, and dost thou teach us? And they cast him out. -- john 9:34 +. +Jesus heard that they had cast him out; and when he had found him, he said unto him, Dost thou believe on the Son of God? -- john 9:35 +. +He answered and said, Who is he, Lord, that I might believe on him? -- john 9:36 +. +And Jesus said unto him, Thou hast both seen him, and it is he that talketh with thee. -- john 9:37 +. +And he said, Lord, I believe. And he worshipped him. -- john 9:38 +. +And Jesus said, For judgment I am come into this world, that they which see not might see; and that they which see might be made blind. -- john 9:39 +. +And some of the Pharisees which were with him heard these words, and said unto him, Are we blind also? -- john 9:40 +. +Jesus said unto them, If ye were blind, ye should have no sin: but now ye say, We see; therefore your sin remaineth. -- john 9:41 +. +Verily, verily, I say unto you, He that entereth not by the door into the sheepfold, but climbeth up some other way, the same is a thief and a robber. -- john 10:1 +. +But he that entereth in by the door is the shepherd of the sheep. -- john 10:2 +. +To him the porter openeth; and the sheep hear his voice: and he calleth his own sheep by name, and leadeth them out. -- john 10:3 +. +And when he putteth forth his own sheep, he goeth before them, and the sheep follow him: for they know his voice. -- john 10:4 +. +And a stranger will they not follow, but will flee from him: for they know not the voice of strangers. -- john 10:5 +. +This parable spake Jesus unto them: but they understood not what things they were which he spake unto them. -- john 10:6 +. +Then said Jesus unto them again, Verily, verily, I say unto you, I am the door of the sheep. -- john 10:7 +. +All that ever came before me are thieves and robbers: but the sheep did not hear them. -- john 10:8 +. +I am the door: by me if any man enter in, he shall be saved, and shall go in and out, and find pasture. -- john 10:9 +. +The thief cometh not, but for to steal, and to kill, and to destroy: I am come that they might have life, and that they might have it more abundantly. -- john 10:10 +. +I am the good shepherd: the good shepherd giveth his life for the sheep. -- john 10:11 +. +But he that is an hireling, and not the shepherd, whose own the sheep are not, seeth the wolf coming, and leaveth the sheep, and fleeth: and the wolf catcheth them, and scattereth the sheep. -- john 10:12 +. +The hireling fleeth, because he is an hireling, and careth not for the sheep. -- john 10:13 +. +I am the good shepherd, and know my sheep, and am known of mine. -- john 10:14 +. +As the Father knoweth me, even so know I the Father: and I lay down my life for the sheep. -- john 10:15 +. +And other sheep I have, which are not of this fold: them also I must bring, and they shall hear my voice; and there shall be one fold, and one shepherd. -- john 10:16 +. +Therefore doth my Father love me, because I lay down my life, that I might take it again. -- john 10:17 +. +No man taketh it from me, but I lay it down of myself. I have power to lay it down, and I have power to take it again. This commandment have I received of my Father. -- john 10:18 +. +There was a division therefore again among the Jews for these sayings. -- john 10:19 +. +And many of them said, He hath a devil, and is mad; why hear ye him? -- john 10:20 +. +Others said, These are not the words of him that hath a devil. Can a devil open the eyes of the blind? -- john 10:21 +. +And it was at Jerusalem the feast of the dedication, and it was winter. -- john 10:22 +. +And Jesus walked in the temple in Solomon's porch. -- john 10:23 +. +Then came the Jews round about him, and said unto him, How long dost thou make us to doubt? If thou be the Christ, tell us plainly. -- john 10:24 +. +Jesus answered them, I told you, and ye believed not: the works that I do in my Father's name, they bear witness of me. -- john 10:25 +. +But ye believe not, because ye are not of my sheep, as I said unto you. -- john 10:26 +. +My sheep hear my voice, and I know them, and they follow me: -- john 10:27 +. +And I give unto them eternal life; and they shall never perish, neither shall any man pluck them out of my hand. -- john 10:28 +. +My Father, which gave them me, is greater than all; and no man is able to pluck them out of my Father's hand. -- john 10:29 +. +I and my Father are one. -- john 10:30 +. +Then the Jews took up stones again to stone him. -- john 10:31 +. +Jesus answered them, Many good works have I shewed you from my Father; for which of those works do ye stone me? -- john 10:32 +. +The Jews answered him, saying, For a good work we stone thee not; but for blasphemy; and because that thou, being a man, makest thyself God. -- john 10:33 +. +Jesus answered them, Is it not written in your law, I said, Ye are gods? -- john 10:34 +. +If he called them gods, unto whom the word of God came, and the scripture cannot be broken; -- john 10:35 +. +Say ye of him, whom the Father hath sanctified, and sent into the world, Thou blasphemest; because I said, I am the Son of God? -- john 10:36 +. +If I do not the works of my Father, believe me not. -- john 10:37 +. +But if I do, though ye believe not me, believe the works: that ye may know, and believe, that the Father is in me, and I in him. -- john 10:38 +. +Therefore they sought again to take him: but he escaped out of their hand, -- john 10:39 +. +And went away again beyond Jordan into the place where John at first baptized; and there he abode. -- john 10:40 +. +And many resorted unto him, and said, John did no miracle: but all things that John spake of this man were true. -- john 10:41 +. +And many believed on him there. -- john 10:42 +. +Now a certain man was sick, named Lazarus, of Bethany, the town of Mary and her sister Martha. -- john 11:1 +. +(It was that Mary which anointed the Lord with ointment, and wiped his feet with her hair, whose brother Lazarus was sick.) -- john 11:2 +. +Therefore his sisters sent unto him, saying, Lord, behold, he whom thou lovest is sick. -- john 11:3 +. +When Jesus heard that, he said, This sickness is not unto death, but for the glory of God, that the Son of God might be glorified thereby. -- john 11:4 +. +Now Jesus loved Martha, and her sister, and Lazarus. -- john 11:5 +. +When he had heard therefore that he was sick, he abode two days still in the same place where he was. -- john 11:6 +. +Then after that saith he to his disciples, Let us go into Judaea again. -- john 11:7 +. +His disciples say unto him, Master, the Jews of late sought to stone thee; and goest thou thither again? -- john 11:8 +. +Jesus answered, Are there not twelve hours in the day? If any man walk in the day, he stumbleth not, because he seeth the light of this world. -- john 11:9 +. +But if a man walk in the night, he stumbleth, because there is no light in him. -- john 11:10 +. +These things said he: and after that he saith unto them, Our friend Lazarus sleepeth; but I go, that I may awake him out of sleep. -- john 11:11 +. +Then said his disciples, Lord, if he sleep, he shall do well. -- john 11:12 +. +Howbeit Jesus spake of his death: but they thought that he had spoken of taking of rest in sleep. -- john 11:13 +. +Then said Jesus unto them plainly, Lazarus is dead. -- john 11:14 +. +And I am glad for your sakes that I was not there, to the intent ye may believe; nevertheless let us go unto him. -- john 11:15 +. +Then said Thomas, which is called Didymus, unto his fellowdisciples, Let us also go, that we may die with him. -- john 11:16 +. +Then when Jesus came, he found that he had lain in the grave four days already. -- john 11:17 +. +Now Bethany was nigh unto Jerusalem, about fifteen furlongs off: -- john 11:18 +. +And many of the Jews came to Martha and Mary, to comfort them concerning their brother. -- john 11:19 +. +Then Martha, as soon as she heard that Jesus was coming, went and met him: but Mary sat still in the house. -- john 11:20 +. +Then said Martha unto Jesus, Lord, if thou hadst been here, my brother had not died. -- john 11:21 +. +But I know, that even now, whatsoever thou wilt ask of God, God will give it thee. -- john 11:22 +. +Jesus saith unto her, Thy brother shall rise again. -- john 11:23 +. +Martha saith unto him, I know that he shall rise again in the resurrection at the last day. -- john 11:24 +. +Jesus said unto her, I am the resurrection, and the life: he that believeth in me, though he were dead, yet shall he live: -- john 11:25 +. +And whosoever liveth and believeth in me shall never die. Believest thou this? -- john 11:26 +. +She saith unto him, Yea, Lord: I believe that thou art the Christ, the Son of God, which should come into the world. -- john 11:27 +. +And when she had so said, she went her way, and called Mary her sister secretly, saying, The Master is come, and calleth for thee. -- john 11:28 +. +As soon as she heard that, she arose quickly, and came unto him. -- john 11:29 +. +Now Jesus was not yet come into the town, but was in that place where Martha met him. -- john 11:30 +. +The Jews then which were with her in the house, and comforted her, when they saw Mary, that she rose up hastily and went out, followed her, saying, She goeth unto the grave to weep there. -- john 11:31 +. +Then when Mary was come where Jesus was, and saw him, she fell down at his feet, saying unto him, Lord, if thou hadst been here, my brother had not died. -- john 11:32 +. +When Jesus therefore saw her weeping, and the Jews also weeping which came with her, he groaned in the spirit, and was troubled. -- john 11:33 +. +And said, Where have ye laid him? They said unto him, Lord, come and see. -- john 11:34 +. +Jesus wept. -- john 11:35 +. +Then said the Jews, Behold how he loved him! -- john 11:36 +. +And some of them said, Could not this man, which opened the eyes of the blind, have caused that even this man should not have died? -- john 11:37 +. +Jesus therefore again groaning in himself cometh to the grave. It was a cave, and a stone lay upon it. -- john 11:38 +. +Jesus said, Take ye away the stone. Martha, the sister of him that was dead, saith unto him, Lord, by this time he stinketh: for he hath been dead four days. -- john 11:39 +. +Jesus saith unto her, Said I not unto thee, that, if thou wouldest believe, thou shouldest see the glory of God? -- john 11:40 +. +Then they took away the stone from the place where the dead was laid. And Jesus lifted up his eyes, and said, Father, I thank thee that thou hast heard me. -- john 11:41 +. +And I knew that thou hearest me always: but because of the people which stand by I said it, that they may believe that thou hast sent me. -- john 11:42 +. +And when he thus had spoken, he cried with a loud voice, Lazarus, come forth. -- john 11:43 +. +And he that was dead came forth, bound hand and foot with graveclothes: and his face was bound about with a napkin. Jesus saith unto them, Loose him, and let him go. -- john 11:44 +. +Then many of the Jews which came to Mary, and had seen the things which Jesus did, believed on him. -- john 11:45 +. +But some of them went their ways to the Pharisees, and told them what things Jesus had done. -- john 11:46 +. +Then gathered the chief priests and the Pharisees a council, and said, What do we? for this man doeth many miracles. -- john 11:47 +. +If we let him thus alone, all men will believe on him: and the Romans shall come and take away both our place and nation. -- john 11:48 +. +And one of them, named Caiaphas, being the high priest that same year, said unto them, Ye know nothing at all, -- john 11:49 +. +Nor consider that it is expedient for us, that one man should die for the people, and that the whole nation perish not. -- john 11:50 +. +And this spake he not of himself: but being high priest that year, he prophesied that Jesus should die for that nation; -- john 11:51 +. +And not for that nation only, but that also he should gather together in one the children of God that were scattered abroad. -- john 11:52 +. +Then from that day forth they took counsel together for to put him to death. -- john 11:53 +. +Jesus therefore walked no more openly among the Jews; but went thence unto a country near to the wilderness, into a city called Ephraim, and there continued with his disciples. -- john 11:54 +. +And the Jews' passover was nigh at hand: and many went out of the country up to Jerusalem before the passover, to purify themselves. -- john 11:55 +. +Then sought they for Jesus, and spake among themselves, as they stood in the temple, What think ye, that he will not come to the feast? -- john 11:56 +. +Now both the chief priests and the Pharisees had given a commandment, that, if any man knew where he were, he should shew it, that they might take him. -- john 11:57 +. +Then Jesus six days before the passover came to Bethany, where Lazarus was, which had been dead, whom he raised from the dead. -- john 12:1 +. +There they made him a supper; and Martha served: but Lazarus was one of them that sat at the table with him. -- john 12:2 +. +Then took Mary a pound of ointment of spikenard, very costly, and anointed the feet of Jesus, and wiped his feet with her hair: and the house was filled with the odour of the ointment. -- john 12:3 +. +Then saith one of his disciples, Judas Iscariot, Simon's son, which should betray him, -- john 12:4 +. +Why was not this ointment sold for three hundred pence, and given to the poor? -- john 12:5 +. +This he said, not that he cared for the poor; but because he was a thief, and had the bag, and bare what was put therein. -- john 12:6 +. +Then said Jesus, Let her alone: against the day of my burying hath she kept this. -- john 12:7 +. +For the poor always ye have with you; but me ye have not always. -- john 12:8 +. +Much people of the Jews therefore knew that he was there: and they came not for Jesus' sake only, but that they might see Lazarus also, whom he had raised from the dead. -- john 12:9 +. +But the chief priests consulted that they might put Lazarus also to death; -- john 12:10 +. +Because that by reason of him many of the Jews went away, and believed on Jesus. -- john 12:11 +. +On the next day much people that were come to the feast, when they heard that Jesus was coming to Jerusalem, -- john 12:12 +. +Took branches of palm trees, and went forth to meet him, and cried, Hosanna: Blessed is the King of Israel that cometh in the name of the Lord. -- john 12:13 +. +And Jesus, when he had found a young ass, sat thereon; as it is written, -- john 12:14 +. +Fear not, daughter of Sion: behold, thy King cometh, sitting on an ass's colt. -- john 12:15 +. +These things understood not his disciples at the first: but when Jesus was glorified, then remembered they that these things were written of him, and that they had done these things unto him. -- john 12:16 +. +The people therefore that was with him when he called Lazarus out of his grave, and raised him from the dead, bare record. -- john 12:17 +. +For this cause the people also met him, for that they heard that he had done this miracle. -- john 12:18 +. +The Pharisees therefore said among themselves, Perceive ye how ye prevail nothing? behold, the world is gone after him. -- john 12:19 +. +And there were certain Greeks among them that came up to worship at the feast: -- john 12:20 +. +The same came therefore to Philip, which was of Bethsaida of Galilee, and desired him, saying, Sir, we would see Jesus. -- john 12:21 +. +Philip cometh and telleth Andrew: and again Andrew and Philip tell Jesus. -- john 12:22 +. +And Jesus answered them, saying, The hour is come, that the Son of man should be glorified. -- john 12:23 +. +Verily, verily, I say unto you, Except a corn of wheat fall into the ground and die, it abideth alone: but if it die, it bringeth forth much fruit. -- john 12:24 +. +He that loveth his life shall lose it; and he that hateth his life in this world shall keep it unto life eternal. -- john 12:25 +. +If any man serve me, let him follow me; and where I am, there shall also my servant be: if any man serve me, him will my Father honour. -- john 12:26 +. +Now is my soul troubled; and what shall I say? Father, save me from this hour: but for this cause came I unto this hour. -- john 12:27 +. +Father, glorify thy name. Then came there a voice from heaven, saying, I have both glorified it, and will glorify it again. -- john 12:28 +. +The people therefore, that stood by, and heard it, said that it thundered: others said, An angel spake to him. -- john 12:29 +. +Jesus answered and said, This voice came not because of me, but for your sakes. -- john 12:30 +. +Now is the judgment of this world: now shall the prince of this world be cast out. -- john 12:31 +. +And I, if I be lifted up from the earth, will draw all men unto me. -- john 12:32 +. +This he said, signifying what death he should die. -- john 12:33 +. +The people answered him, We have heard out of the law that Christ abideth for ever: and how sayest thou, The Son of man must be lifted up? who is this Son of man? -- john 12:34 +. +Then Jesus said unto them, Yet a little while is the light with you. Walk while ye have the light, lest darkness come upon you: for he that walketh in darkness knoweth not whither he goeth. -- john 12:35 +. +While ye have light, believe in the light, that ye may be the children of light. These things spake Jesus, and departed, and did hide himself from them. -- john 12:36 +. +But though he had done so many miracles before them, yet they believed not on him: -- john 12:37 +. +That the saying of Esaias the prophet might be fulfilled, which he spake, Lord, who hath believed our report? and to whom hath the arm of the Lord been revealed? -- john 12:38 +. +Therefore they could not believe, because that Esaias said again, -- john 12:39 +. +He hath blinded their eyes, and hardened their heart; that they should not see with their eyes, nor understand with their heart, and be converted, and I should heal them. -- john 12:40 +. +These things said Esaias, when he saw his glory, and spake of him. -- john 12:41 +. +Nevertheless among the chief rulers also many believed on him; but because of the Pharisees they did not confess him, lest they should be put out of the synagogue: -- john 12:42 +. +For they loved the praise of men more than the praise of God. -- john 12:43 +. +Jesus cried and said, He that believeth on me, believeth not on me, but on him that sent me. -- john 12:44 +. +And he that seeth me seeth him that sent me. -- john 12:45 +. +I am come a light into the world, that whosoever believeth on me should not abide in darkness. -- john 12:46 +. +And if any man hear my words, and believe not, I judge him not: for I came not to judge the world, but to save the world. -- john 12:47 +. +He that rejecteth me, and receiveth not my words, hath one that judgeth him: the word that I have spoken, the same shall judge him in the last day. -- john 12:48 +. +For I have not spoken of myself; but the Father which sent me, he gave me a commandment, what I should say, and what I should speak. -- john 12:49 +. +And I know that his commandment is life everlasting: whatsoever I speak therefore, even as the Father said unto me, so I speak. -- john 12:50 +. +Now before the feast of the passover, when Jesus knew that his hour was come that he should depart out of this world unto the Father, having loved his own which were in the world, he loved them unto the end. -- john 13:1 +. +And supper being ended, the devil having now put into the heart of Judas Iscariot, Simon's son, to betray him; -- john 13:2 +. +Jesus knowing that the Father had given all things into his hands, and that he was come from God, and went to God; -- john 13:3 +. +He riseth from supper, and laid aside his garments; and took a towel, and girded himself. -- john 13:4 +. +After that he poureth water into a bason, and began to wash the disciples' feet, and to wipe them with the towel wherewith he was girded. -- john 13:5 +. +Then cometh he to Simon Peter: and Peter saith unto him, Lord, dost thou wash my feet? -- john 13:6 +. +Jesus answered and said unto him, What I do thou knowest not now; but thou shalt know hereafter. -- john 13:7 +. +Peter saith unto him, Thou shalt never wash my feet. Jesus answered him, If I wash thee not, thou hast no part with me. -- john 13:8 +. +Simon Peter saith unto him, Lord, not my feet only, but also my hands and my head. -- john 13:9 +. +Jesus saith to him, He that is washed needeth not save to wash his feet, but is clean every whit: and ye are clean, but not all. -- john 13:10 +. +For he knew who should betray him; therefore said he, Ye are not all clean. -- john 13:11 +. +So after he had washed their feet, and had taken his garments, and was set down again, he said unto them, Know ye what I have done to you? -- john 13:12 +. +Ye call me Master and Lord: and ye say well; for so I am. -- john 13:13 +. +If I then, your Lord and Master, have washed your feet; ye also ought to wash one another's feet. -- john 13:14 +. +For I have given you an example, that ye should do as I have done to you. -- john 13:15 +. +Verily, verily, I say unto you, The servant is not greater than his lord; neither he that is sent greater than he that sent him. -- john 13:16 +. +If ye know these things, happy are ye if ye do them. -- john 13:17 +. +I speak not of you all: I know whom I have chosen: but that the scripture may be fulfilled, He that eateth bread with me hath lifted up his heel against me. -- john 13:18 +. +Now I tell you before it come, that, when it is come to pass, ye may believe that I am he. -- john 13:19 +. +Verily, verily, I say unto you, He that receiveth whomsoever I send receiveth me; and he that receiveth me receiveth him that sent me. -- john 13:20 +. +When Jesus had thus said, he was troubled in spirit, and testified, and said, Verily, verily, I say unto you, that one of you shall betray me. -- john 13:21 +. +Then the disciples looked one on another, doubting of whom he spake. -- john 13:22 +. +Now there was leaning on Jesus' bosom one of his disciples, whom Jesus loved. -- john 13:23 +. +Simon Peter therefore beckoned to him, that he should ask who it should be of whom he spake. -- john 13:24 +. +He then lying on Jesus' breast saith unto him, Lord, who is it? -- john 13:25 +. +Jesus answered, He it is, to whom I shall give a sop, when I have dipped it. And when he had dipped the sop, he gave it to Judas Iscariot, the son of Simon. -- john 13:26 +. +And after the sop Satan entered into him. Then said Jesus unto him, That thou doest, do quickly. -- john 13:27 +. +Now no man at the table knew for what intent he spake this unto him. -- john 13:28 +. +For some of them thought, because Judas had the bag, that Jesus had said unto him, Buy those things that we have need of against the feast; or, that he should give something to the poor. -- john 13:29 +. +He then having received the sop went immediately out: and it was night. -- john 13:30 +. +Therefore, when he was gone out, Jesus said, Now is the Son of man glorified, and God is glorified in him. -- john 13:31 +. +If God be glorified in him, God shall also glorify him in himself, and shall straightway glorify him. -- john 13:32 +. +Little children, yet a little while I am with you. Ye shall seek me: and as I said unto the Jews, Whither I go, ye cannot come; so now I say to you. -- john 13:33 +. +A new commandment I give unto you, That ye love one another; as I have loved you, that ye also love one another. -- john 13:34 +. +By this shall all men know that ye are my disciples, if ye have love one to another. -- john 13:35 +. +Simon Peter said unto him, Lord, whither goest thou? Jesus answered him, Whither I go, thou canst not follow me now; but thou shalt follow me afterwards. -- john 13:36 +. +Peter said unto him, Lord, why cannot I follow thee now? I will lay down my life for thy sake. -- john 13:37 +. +Jesus answered him, Wilt thou lay down thy life for my sake? Verily, verily, I say unto thee, The cock shall not crow, till thou hast denied me thrice. -- john 13:38 +. +Let not your heart be troubled: ye believe in God, believe also in me. -- john 14:1 +. +In my Father's house are many mansions: if it were not so, I would have told you. I go to prepare a place for you. -- john 14:2 +. +And if I go and prepare a place for you, I will come again, and receive you unto myself; that where I am, there ye may be also. -- john 14:3 +. +And whither I go ye know, and the way ye know. -- john 14:4 +. +Thomas saith unto him, Lord, we know not whither thou goest; and how can we know the way? -- john 14:5 +. +Jesus saith unto him, I am the way, the truth, and the life: no man cometh unto the Father, but by me. -- john 14:6 +. +If ye had known me, ye should have known my Father also: and from henceforth ye know him, and have seen him. -- john 14:7 +. +Philip saith unto him, Lord, shew us the Father, and it sufficeth us. -- john 14:8 +. +Jesus saith unto him, Have I been so long time with you, and yet hast thou not known me, Philip? he that hath seen me hath seen the Father; and how sayest thou then, Shew us the Father? -- john 14:9 +. +Believest thou not that I am in the Father, and the Father in me? the words that I speak unto you I speak not of myself: but the Father that dwelleth in me, he doeth the works. -- john 14:10 +. +Believe me that I am in the Father, and the Father in me: or else believe me for the very works' sake. -- john 14:11 +. +Verily, verily, I say unto you, He that believeth on me, the works that I do shall he do also; and greater works than these shall he do; because I go unto my Father. -- john 14:12 +. +And whatsoever ye shall ask in my name, that will I do, that the Father may be glorified in the Son. -- john 14:13 +. +If ye shall ask any thing in my name, I will do it. -- john 14:14 +. +If ye love me, keep my commandments. -- john 14:15 +. +And I will pray the Father, and he shall give you another Comforter, that he may abide with you for ever; -- john 14:16 +. +Even the Spirit of truth; whom the world cannot receive, because it seeth him not, neither knoweth him: but ye know him; for he dwelleth with you, and shall be in you. -- john 14:17 +. +I will not leave you comfortless: I will come to you. -- john 14:18 +. +Yet a little while, and the world seeth me no more; but ye see me: because I live, ye shall live also. -- john 14:19 +. +At that day ye shall know that I am in my Father, and ye in me, and I in you. -- john 14:20 +. +He that hath my commandments, and keepeth them, he it is that loveth me: and he that loveth me shall be loved of my Father, and I will love him, and will manifest myself to him. -- john 14:21 +. +Judas saith unto him, not Iscariot, Lord, how is it that thou wilt manifest thyself unto us, and not unto the world? -- john 14:22 +. +Jesus answered and said unto him, If a man love me, he will keep my words: and my Father will love him, and we will come unto him, and make our abode with him. -- john 14:23 +. +He that loveth me not keepeth not my sayings: and the word which ye hear is not mine, but the Father's which sent me. -- john 14:24 +. +These things have I spoken unto you, being yet present with you. -- john 14:25 +. +But the Comforter, which is the Holy Ghost, whom the Father will send in my name, he shall teach you all things, and bring all things to your remembrance, whatsoever I have said unto you. -- john 14:26 +. +Peace I leave with you, my peace I give unto you: not as the world giveth, give I unto you. Let not your heart be troubled, neither let it be afraid. -- john 14:27 +. +Ye have heard how I said unto you, I go away, and come again unto you. If ye loved me, ye would rejoice, because I said, I go unto the Father: for my Father is greater than I. -- john 14:28 +. +And now I have told you before it come to pass, that, when it is come to pass, ye might believe. -- john 14:29 +. +Hereafter I will not talk much with you: for the prince of this world cometh, and hath nothing in me. -- john 14:30 +. +But that the world may know that I love the Father; and as the Father gave me commandment, even so I do. Arise, let us go hence. -- john 14:31 +. +I am the true vine, and my Father is the husbandman. -- john 15:1 +. +Every branch in me that beareth not fruit he taketh away: and every branch that beareth fruit, he purgeth it, that it may bring forth more fruit. -- john 15:2 +. +Now ye are clean through the word which I have spoken unto you. -- john 15:3 +. +Abide in me, and I in you. As the branch cannot bear fruit of itself, except it abide in the vine; no more can ye, except ye abide in me. -- john 15:4 +. +I am the vine, ye are the branches: He that abideth in me, and I in him, the same bringeth forth much fruit: for without me ye can do nothing. -- john 15:5 +. +If a man abide not in me, he is cast forth as a branch, and is withered; and men gather them, and cast them into the fire, and they are burned. -- john 15:6 +. +If ye abide in me, and my words abide in you, ye shall ask what ye will, and it shall be done unto you. -- john 15:7 +. +Herein is my Father glorified, that ye bear much fruit; so shall ye be my disciples. -- john 15:8 +. +As the Father hath loved me, so have I loved you: continue ye in my love. -- john 15:9 +. +If ye keep my commandments, ye shall abide in my love; even as I have kept my Father's commandments, and abide in his love. -- john 15:10 +. +These things have I spoken unto you, that my joy might remain in you, and that your joy might be full. -- john 15:11 +. +This is my commandment, That ye love one another, as I have loved you. -- john 15:12 +. +Greater love hath no man than this, that a man lay down his life for his friends. -- john 15:13 +. +Ye are my friends, if ye do whatsoever I command you. -- john 15:14 +. +Henceforth I call you not servants; for the servant knoweth not what his lord doeth: but I have called you friends; for all things that I have heard of my Father I have made known unto you. -- john 15:15 +. +Ye have not chosen me, but I have chosen you, and ordained you, that ye should go and bring forth fruit, and that your fruit should remain: that whatsoever ye shall ask of the Father in my name, he may give it you. -- john 15:16 +. +These things I command you, that ye love one another. -- john 15:17 +. +If the world hate you, ye know that it hated me before it hated you. -- john 15:18 +. +If ye were of the world, the world would love his own: but because ye are not of the world, but I have chosen you out of the world, therefore the world hateth you. -- john 15:19 +. +Remember the word that I said unto you, The servant is not greater than his lord. If they have persecuted me, they will also persecute you; if they have kept my saying, they will keep yours also. -- john 15:20 +. +But all these things will they do unto you for my name's sake, because they know not him that sent me. -- john 15:21 +. +If I had not come and spoken unto them, they had not had sin: but now they have no cloak for their sin. -- john 15:22 +. +He that hateth me hateth my Father also. -- john 15:23 +. +If I had not done among them the works which none other man did, they had not had sin: but now have they both seen and hated both me and my Father. -- john 15:24 +. +But this cometh to pass, that the word might be fulfilled that is written in their law, They hated me without a cause. -- john 15:25 +. +But when the Comforter is come, whom I will send unto you from the Father, even the Spirit of truth, which proceedeth from the Father, he shall testify of me: -- john 15:26 +. +And ye also shall bear witness, because ye have been with me from the beginning. -- john 15:27 +. +These things have I spoken unto you, that ye should not be offended. -- john 16:1 +. +They shall put you out of the synagogues: yea, the time cometh, that whosoever killeth you will think that he doeth God service. -- john 16:2 +. +And these things will they do unto you, because they have not known the Father, nor me. -- john 16:3 +. +But these things have I told you, that when the time shall come, ye may remember that I told you of them. And these things I said not unto you at the beginning, because I was with you. -- john 16:4 +. +But now I go my way to him that sent me; and none of you asketh me, Whither goest thou? -- john 16:5 +. +But because I have said these things unto you, sorrow hath filled your heart. -- john 16:6 +. +Nevertheless I tell you the truth; It is expedient for you that I go away: for if I go not away, the Comforter will not come unto you; but if I depart, I will send him unto you. -- john 16:7 +. +And when he is come, he will reprove the world of sin, and of righteousness, and of judgment: -- john 16:8 +. +Of sin, because they believe not on me; -- john 16:9 +. +Of righteousness, because I go to my Father, and ye see me no more; -- john 16:10 +. +Of judgment, because the prince of this world is judged. -- john 16:11 +. +I have yet many things to say unto you, but ye cannot bear them now. -- john 16:12 +. +Howbeit when he, the Spirit of truth, is come, he will guide you into all truth: for he shall not speak of himself; but whatsoever he shall hear, that shall he speak: and he will shew you things to come. -- john 16:13 +. +He shall glorify me: for he shall receive of mine, and shall shew it unto you. -- john 16:14 +. +All things that the Father hath are mine: therefore said I, that he shall take of mine, and shall shew it unto you. -- john 16:15 +. +A little while, and ye shall not see me: and again, a little while, and ye shall see me, because I go to the Father. -- john 16:16 +. +Then said some of his disciples among themselves, What is this that he saith unto us, A little while, and ye shall not see me: and again, a little while, and ye shall see me: and, Because I go to the Father? -- john 16:17 +. +They said therefore, What is this that he saith, A little while? we cannot tell what he saith. -- john 16:18 +. +Now Jesus knew that they were desirous to ask him, and said unto them, Do ye enquire among yourselves of that I said, A little while, and ye shall not see me: and again, a little while, and ye shall see me? -- john 16:19 +. +Verily, verily, I say unto you, That ye shall weep and lament, but the world shall rejoice: and ye shall be sorrowful, but your sorrow shall be turned into joy. -- john 16:20 +. +A woman when she is in travail hath sorrow, because her hour is come: but as soon as she is delivered of the child, she remembereth no more the anguish, for joy that a man is born into the world. -- john 16:21 +. +And ye now therefore have sorrow: but I will see you again, and your heart shall rejoice, and your joy no man taketh from you. -- john 16:22 +. +And in that day ye shall ask me nothing. Verily, verily, I say unto you, Whatsoever ye shall ask the Father in my name, he will give it you. -- john 16:23 +. +Hitherto have ye asked nothing in my name: ask, and ye shall receive, that your joy may be full. -- john 16:24 +. +These things have I spoken unto you in proverbs: but the time cometh, when I shall no more speak unto you in proverbs, but I shall shew you plainly of the Father. -- john 16:25 +. +At that day ye shall ask in my name: and I say not unto you, that I will pray the Father for you: -- john 16:26 +. +For the Father himself loveth you, because ye have loved me, and have believed that I came out from God. -- john 16:27 +. +I came forth from the Father, and am come into the world: again, I leave the world, and go to the Father. -- john 16:28 +. +His disciples said unto him, Lo, now speakest thou plainly, and speakest no proverb. -- john 16:29 +. +Now are we sure that thou knowest all things, and needest not that any man should ask thee: by this we believe that thou camest forth from God. -- john 16:30 +. +Jesus answered them, Do ye now believe? -- john 16:31 +. +Behold, the hour cometh, yea, is now come, that ye shall be scattered, every man to his own, and shall leave me alone: and yet I am not alone, because the Father is with me. -- john 16:32 +. +These things I have spoken unto you, that in me ye might have peace. In the world ye shall have tribulation: but be of good cheer; I have overcome the world. -- john 16:33 +. +These words spake Jesus, and lifted up his eyes to heaven, and said, Father, the hour is come; glorify thy Son, that thy Son also may glorify thee: -- john 17:1 +. +As thou hast given him power over all flesh, that he should give eternal life to as many as thou hast given him. -- john 17:2 +. +And this is life eternal, that they might know thee the only true God, and Jesus Christ, whom thou hast sent. -- john 17:3 +. +I have glorified thee on the earth: I have finished the work which thou gavest me to do. -- john 17:4 +. +And now, O Father, glorify thou me with thine own self with the glory which I had with thee before the world was. -- john 17:5 +. +I have manifested thy name unto the men which thou gavest me out of the world: thine they were, and thou gavest them me; and they have kept thy word. -- john 17:6 +. +Now they have known that all things whatsoever thou hast given me are of thee. -- john 17:7 +. +For I have given unto them the words which thou gavest me; and they have received them, and have known surely that I came out from thee, and they have believed that thou didst send me. -- john 17:8 +. +I pray for them: I pray not for the world, but for them which thou hast given me; for they are thine. -- john 17:9 +. +And all mine are thine, and thine are mine; and I am glorified in them. -- john 17:10 +. +And now I am no more in the world, but these are in the world, and I come to thee. Holy Father, keep through thine own name those whom thou hast given me, that they may be one, as we are. -- john 17:11 +. +While I was with them in the world, I kept them in thy name: those that thou gavest me I have kept, and none of them is lost, but the son of perdition; that the scripture might be fulfilled. -- john 17:12 +. +And now come I to thee; and these things I speak in the world, that they might have my joy fulfilled in themselves. -- john 17:13 +. +I have given them thy word; and the world hath hated them, because they are not of the world, even as I am not of the world. -- john 17:14 +. +I pray not that thou shouldest take them out of the world, but that thou shouldest keep them from the evil. -- john 17:15 +. +They are not of the world, even as I am not of the world. -- john 17:16 +. +Sanctify them through thy truth: thy word is truth. -- john 17:17 +. +As thou hast sent me into the world, even so have I also sent them into the world. -- john 17:18 +. +And for their sakes I sanctify myself, that they also might be sanctified through the truth. -- john 17:19 +. +Neither pray I for these alone, but for them also which shall believe on me through their word; -- john 17:20 +. +That they all may be one; as thou, Father, art in me, and I in thee, that they also may be one in us: that the world may believe that thou hast sent me. -- john 17:21 +. +And the glory which thou gavest me I have given them; that they may be one, even as we are one: -- john 17:22 +. +I in them, and thou in me, that they may be made perfect in one; and that the world may know that thou hast sent me, and hast loved them, as thou hast loved me. -- john 17:23 +. +Father, I will that they also, whom thou hast given me, be with me where I am; that they may behold my glory, which thou hast given me: for thou lovedst me before the foundation of the world. -- john 17:24 +. +O righteous Father, the world hath not known thee: but I have known thee, and these have known that thou hast sent me. -- john 17:25 +. +And I have declared unto them thy name, and will declare it: that the love wherewith thou hast loved me may be in them, and I in them. -- john 17:26 +. +When Jesus had spoken these words, he went forth with his disciples over the brook Cedron, where was a garden, into the which he entered, and his disciples. -- john 18:1 +. +And Judas also, which betrayed him, knew the place: for Jesus ofttimes resorted thither with his disciples. -- john 18:2 +. +Judas then, having received a band of men and officers from the chief priests and Pharisees, cometh thither with lanterns and torches and weapons. -- john 18:3 +. +Jesus therefore, knowing all things that should come upon him, went forth, and said unto them, Whom seek ye? -- john 18:4 +. +They answered him, Jesus of Nazareth. Jesus saith unto them, I am he. And Judas also, which betrayed him, stood with them. -- john 18:5 +. +As soon then as he had said unto them, I am he, they went backward, and fell to the ground. -- john 18:6 +. +Then asked he them again, Whom seek ye? And they said, Jesus of Nazareth. -- john 18:7 +. +Jesus answered, I have told you that I am he: if therefore ye seek me, let these go their way: -- john 18:8 +. +That the saying might be fulfilled, which he spake, Of them which thou gavest me have I lost none. -- john 18:9 +. +Then Simon Peter having a sword drew it, and smote the high priest's servant, and cut off his right ear. The servant's name was Malchus. -- john 18:10 +. +Then said Jesus unto Peter, Put up thy sword into the sheath: the cup which my Father hath given me, shall I not drink it? -- john 18:11 +. +Then the band and the captain and officers of the Jews took Jesus, and bound him, -- john 18:12 +. +And led him away to Annas first; for he was father in law to Caiaphas, which was the high priest that same year. -- john 18:13 +. +Now Caiaphas was he, which gave counsel to the Jews, that it was expedient that one man should die for the people. -- john 18:14 +. +And Simon Peter followed Jesus, and so did another disciple: that disciple was known unto the high priest, and went in with Jesus into the palace of the high priest. -- john 18:15 +. +But Peter stood at the door without. Then went out that other disciple, which was known unto the high priest, and spake unto her that kept the door, and brought in Peter. -- john 18:16 +. +Then saith the damsel that kept the door unto Peter, Art not thou also one of this man's disciples? He saith, I am not. -- john 18:17 +. +And the servants and officers stood there, who had made a fire of coals; for it was cold: and they warmed themselves: and Peter stood with them, and warmed himself. -- john 18:18 +. +The high priest then asked Jesus of his disciples, and of his doctrine. -- john 18:19 +. +Jesus answered him, I spake openly to the world; I ever taught in the synagogue, and in the temple, whither the Jews always resort; and in secret have I said nothing. -- john 18:20 +. +Why askest thou me? ask them which heard me, what I have said unto them: behold, they know what I said. -- john 18:21 +. +And when he had thus spoken, one of the officers which stood by struck Jesus with the palm of his hand, saying, Answerest thou the high priest so? -- john 18:22 +. +Jesus answered him, If I have spoken evil, bear witness of the evil: but if well, why smitest thou me? -- john 18:23 +. +Now Annas had sent him bound unto Caiaphas the high priest. -- john 18:24 +. +And Simon Peter stood and warmed himself. They said therefore unto him, Art not thou also one of his disciples? He denied it, and said, I am not. -- john 18:25 +. +One of the servants of the high priest, being his kinsman whose ear Peter cut off, saith, Did not I see thee in the garden with him? -- john 18:26 +. +Peter then denied again: and immediately the cock crew. -- john 18:27 +. +Then led they Jesus from Caiaphas unto the hall of judgment: and it was early; and they themselves went not into the judgment hall, lest they should be defiled; but that they might eat the passover. -- john 18:28 +. +Pilate then went out unto them, and said, What accusation bring ye against this man? -- john 18:29 +. +They answered and said unto him, If he were not a malefactor, we would not have delivered him up unto thee. -- john 18:30 +. +Then said Pilate unto them, Take ye him, and judge him according to your law. The Jews therefore said unto him, It is not lawful for us to put any man to death: -- john 18:31 +. +That the saying of Jesus might be fulfilled, which he spake, signifying what death he should die. -- john 18:32 +. +Then Pilate entered into the judgment hall again, and called Jesus, and said unto him, Art thou the King of the Jews? -- john 18:33 +. +Jesus answered him, Sayest thou this thing of thyself, or did others tell it thee of me? -- john 18:34 +. +Pilate answered, Am I a Jew? Thine own nation and the chief priests have delivered thee unto me: what hast thou done? -- john 18:35 +. +Jesus answered, My kingdom is not of this world: if my kingdom were of this world, then would my servants fight, that I should not be delivered to the Jews: but now is my kingdom not from hence. -- john 18:36 +. +Pilate therefore said unto him, Art thou a king then? Jesus answered, Thou sayest that I am a king. To this end was I born, and for this cause came I into the world, that I should bear witness unto the truth. Every one that is of the truth heareth my voice. -- john 18:37 +. +Pilate saith unto him, What is truth? And when he had said this, he went out again unto the Jews, and saith unto them, I find in him no fault at all. -- john 18:38 +. +But ye have a custom, that I should release unto you one at the passover: will ye therefore that I release unto you the King of the Jews? -- john 18:39 +. +Then cried they all again, saying, Not this man, but Barabbas. Now Barabbas was a robber. -- john 18:40 +. +Then Pilate therefore took Jesus, and scourged him. -- john 19:1 +. +And the soldiers platted a crown of thorns, and put it on his head, and they put on him a purple robe, -- john 19:2 +. +And said, Hail, King of the Jews! and they smote him with their hands. -- john 19:3 +. +Pilate therefore went forth again, and saith unto them, Behold, I bring him forth to you, that ye may know that I find no fault in him. -- john 19:4 +. +Then came Jesus forth, wearing the crown of thorns, and the purple robe. And Pilate saith unto them, Behold the man! -- john 19:5 +. +When the chief priests therefore and officers saw him, they cried out, saying, Crucify him, crucify him. Pilate saith unto them, Take ye him, and crucify him: for I find no fault in him. -- john 19:6 +. +The Jews answered him, We have a law, and by our law he ought to die, because he made himself the Son of God. -- john 19:7 +. +When Pilate therefore heard that saying, he was the more afraid; -- john 19:8 +. +And went again into the judgment hall, and saith unto Jesus, Whence art thou? But Jesus gave him no answer. -- john 19:9 +. +Then saith Pilate unto him, Speakest thou not unto me? knowest thou not that I have power to crucify thee, and have power to release thee? -- john 19:10 +. +Jesus answered, Thou couldest have no power at all against me, except it were given thee from above: therefore he that delivered me unto thee hath the greater sin. -- john 19:11 +. +And from thenceforth Pilate sought to release him: but the Jews cried out, saying, If thou let this man go, thou art not Caesar's friend: whosoever maketh himself a king speaketh against Caesar. -- john 19:12 +. +When Pilate therefore heard that saying, he brought Jesus forth, and sat down in the judgment seat in a place that is called the Pavement, but in the Hebrew, Gabbatha. -- john 19:13 +. +And it was the preparation of the passover, and about the sixth hour: and he saith unto the Jews, Behold your King! -- john 19:14 +. +But they cried out, Away with him, away with him, crucify him. Pilate saith unto them, Shall I crucify your King? The chief priests answered, We have no king but Caesar. -- john 19:15 +. +Then delivered he him therefore unto them to be crucified. And they took Jesus, and led him away. -- john 19:16 +. +And he bearing his cross went forth into a place called the place of a skull, which is called in the Hebrew Golgotha: -- john 19:17 +. +Where they crucified him, and two other with him, on either side one, and Jesus in the midst. -- john 19:18 +. +And Pilate wrote a title, and put it on the cross. And the writing was JESUS OF NAZARETH THE KING OF THE JEWS. -- john 19:19 +. +This title then read many of the Jews: for the place where Jesus was crucified was nigh to the city: and it was written in Hebrew, and Greek, and Latin. -- john 19:20 +. +Then said the chief priests of the Jews to Pilate, Write not, The King of the Jews; but that he said, I am King of the Jews. -- john 19:21 +. +Pilate answered, What I have written I have written. -- john 19:22 +. +Then the soldiers, when they had crucified Jesus, took his garments, and made four parts, to every soldier a part; and also his coat: now the coat was without seam, woven from the top throughout. -- john 19:23 +. +They said therefore among themselves, Let us not rend it, but cast lots for it, whose it shall be: that the scripture might be fulfilled, which saith, They parted my raiment among them, and for my vesture they did cast lots. These things therefore the soldiers did. -- john 19:24 +. +Now there stood by the cross of Jesus his mother, and his mother's sister, Mary the wife of Cleophas, and Mary Magdalene. -- john 19:25 +. +When Jesus therefore saw his mother, and the disciple standing by, whom he loved, he saith unto his mother, Woman, behold thy son! -- john 19:26 +. +Then saith he to the disciple, Behold thy mother! And from that hour that disciple took her unto his own home. -- john 19:27 +. +After this, Jesus knowing that all things were now accomplished, that the scripture might be fulfilled, saith, I thirst. -- john 19:28 +. +Now there was set a vessel full of vinegar: and they filled a spunge with vinegar, and put it upon hyssop, and put it to his mouth. -- john 19:29 +. +When Jesus therefore had received the vinegar, he said, It is finished: and he bowed his head, and gave up the ghost. -- john 19:30 +. +The Jews therefore, because it was the preparation, that the bodies should not remain upon the cross on the sabbath day, (for that sabbath day was an high day,) besought Pilate that their legs might be broken, and that they might be taken away. -- john 19:31 +. +Then came the soldiers, and brake the legs of the first, and of the other which was crucified with him. -- john 19:32 +. +But when they came to Jesus, and saw that he was dead already, they brake not his legs: -- john 19:33 +. +But one of the soldiers with a spear pierced his side, and forthwith came there out blood and water. -- john 19:34 +. +And he that saw it bare record, and his record is true: and he knoweth that he saith true, that ye might believe. -- john 19:35 +. +For these things were done, that the scripture should be fulfilled, A bone of him shall not be broken. -- john 19:36 +. +And again another scripture saith, They shall look on him whom they pierced. -- john 19:37 +. +And after this Joseph of Arimathaea, being a disciple of Jesus, but secretly for fear of the Jews, besought Pilate that he might take away the body of Jesus: and Pilate gave him leave. He came therefore, and took the body of Jesus. -- john 19:38 +. +And there came also Nicodemus, which at the first came to Jesus by night, and brought a mixture of myrrh and aloes, about an hundred pound weight. -- john 19:39 +. +Then took they the body of Jesus, and wound it in linen clothes with the spices, as the manner of the Jews is to bury. -- john 19:40 +. +Now in the place where he was crucified there was a garden; and in the garden a new sepulchre, wherein was never man yet laid. -- john 19:41 +. +There laid they Jesus therefore because of the Jews' preparation day; for the sepulchre was nigh at hand. -- john 19:42 +. +The first day of the week cometh Mary Magdalene early, when it was yet dark, unto the sepulchre, and seeth the stone taken away from the sepulchre. -- john 20:1 +. +Then she runneth, and cometh to Simon Peter, and to the other disciple, whom Jesus loved, and saith unto them, They have taken away the LORD out of the sepulchre, and we know not where they have laid him. -- john 20:2 +. +Peter therefore went forth, and that other disciple, and came to the sepulchre. -- john 20:3 +. +So they ran both together: and the other disciple did outrun Peter, and came first to the sepulchre. -- john 20:4 +. +And he stooping down, and looking in, saw the linen clothes lying; yet went he not in. -- john 20:5 +. +Then cometh Simon Peter following him, and went into the sepulchre, and seeth the linen clothes lie, -- john 20:6 +. +And the napkin, that was about his head, not lying with the linen clothes, but wrapped together in a place by itself. -- john 20:7 +. +Then went in also that other disciple, which came first to the sepulchre, and he saw, and believed. -- john 20:8 +. +For as yet they knew not the scripture, that he must rise again from the dead. -- john 20:9 +. +Then the disciples went away again unto their own home. -- john 20:10 +. +But Mary stood without at the sepulchre weeping: and as she wept, she stooped down, and looked into the sepulchre, -- john 20:11 +. +And seeth two angels in white sitting, the one at the head, and the other at the feet, where the body of Jesus had lain. -- john 20:12 +. +And they say unto her, Woman, why weepest thou? She saith unto them, Because they have taken away my LORD, and I know not where they have laid him. -- john 20:13 +. +And when she had thus said, she turned herself back, and saw Jesus standing, and knew not that it was Jesus. -- john 20:14 +. +Jesus saith unto her, Woman, why weepest thou? whom seekest thou? She, supposing him to be the gardener, saith unto him, Sir, if thou have borne him hence, tell me where thou hast laid him, and I will take him away. -- john 20:15 +. +Jesus saith unto her, Mary. She turned herself, and saith unto him, Rabboni; which is to say, Master. -- john 20:16 +. +Jesus saith unto her, Touch me not; for I am not yet ascended to my Father: but go to my brethren, and say unto them, I ascend unto my Father, and your Father; and to my God, and your God. -- john 20:17 +. +Mary Magdalene came and told the disciples that she had seen the LORD, and that he had spoken these things unto her. -- john 20:18 +. +Then the same day at evening, being the first day of the week, when the doors were shut where the disciples were assembled for fear of the Jews, came Jesus and stood in the midst, and saith unto them, Peace be unto you. -- john 20:19 +. +And when he had so said, he shewed unto them his hands and his side. Then were the disciples glad, when they saw the LORD. -- john 20:20 +. +Then said Jesus to them again, Peace be unto you: as my Father hath sent me, even so send I you. -- john 20:21 +. +And when he had said this, he breathed on them, and saith unto them, Receive ye the Holy Ghost: -- john 20:22 +. +Whose soever sins ye remit, they are remitted unto them; and whose soever sins ye retain, they are retained. -- john 20:23 +. +But Thomas, one of the twelve, called Didymus, was not with them when Jesus came. -- john 20:24 +. +The other disciples therefore said unto him, We have seen the LORD. But he said unto them, Except I shall see in his hands the print of the nails, and put my finger into the print of the nails, and thrust my hand into his side, I will not believe. -- john 20:25 +. +And after eight days again his disciples were within, and Thomas with them: then came Jesus, the doors being shut, and stood in the midst, and said, Peace be unto you. -- john 20:26 +. +Then saith he to Thomas, Reach hither thy finger, and behold my hands; and reach hither thy hand, and thrust it into my side: and be not faithless, but believing. -- john 20:27 +. +And Thomas answered and said unto him, My LORD and my God. -- john 20:28 +. +Jesus saith unto him, Thomas, because thou hast seen me, thou hast believed: blessed are they that have not seen, and yet have believed. -- john 20:29 +. +And many other signs truly did Jesus in the presence of his disciples, which are not written in this book: -- john 20:30 +. +But these are written, that ye might believe that Jesus is the Christ, the Son of God; and that believing ye might have life through his name. -- john 20:31 +. +After these things Jesus shewed himself again to the disciples at the sea of Tiberias; and on this wise shewed he himself. -- john 21:1 +. +There were together Simon Peter, and Thomas called Didymus, and Nathanael of Cana in Galilee, and the sons of Zebedee, and two other of his disciples. -- john 21:2 +. +Simon Peter saith unto them, I go a fishing. They say unto him, We also go with thee. They went forth, and entered into a ship immediately; and that night they caught nothing. -- john 21:3 +. +But when the morning was now come, Jesus stood on the shore: but the disciples knew not that it was Jesus. -- john 21:4 +. +Then Jesus saith unto them, Children, have ye any meat? They answered him, No. -- john 21:5 +. +And he said unto them, Cast the net on the right side of the ship, and ye shall find. They cast therefore, and now they were not able to draw it for the multitude of fishes. -- john 21:6 +. +Therefore that disciple whom Jesus loved saith unto Peter, It is the Lord. Now when Simon Peter heard that it was the Lord, he girt his fisher's coat unto him, (for he was naked,) and did cast himself into the sea. -- john 21:7 +. +And the other disciples came in a little ship; (for they were not far from land, but as it were two hundred cubits,) dragging the net with fishes. -- john 21:8 +. +As soon then as they were come to land, they saw a fire of coals there, and fish laid thereon, and bread. -- john 21:9 +. +Jesus saith unto them, Bring of the fish which ye have now caught. -- john 21:10 +. +Simon Peter went up, and drew the net to land full of great fishes, an hundred and fifty and three: and for all there were so many, yet was not the net broken. -- john 21:11 +. +Jesus saith unto them, Come and dine. And none of the disciples durst ask him, Who art thou? knowing that it was the Lord. -- john 21:12 +. +Jesus then cometh, and taketh bread, and giveth them, and fish likewise. -- john 21:13 +. +This is now the third time that Jesus shewed himself to his disciples, after that he was risen from the dead. -- john 21:14 +. +So when they had dined, Jesus saith to Simon Peter, Simon, son of Jonas, lovest thou me more than these? He saith unto him, Yea, Lord; thou knowest that I love thee. He saith unto him, Feed my lambs. -- john 21:15 +. +He saith to him again the second time, Simon, son of Jonas, lovest thou me? He saith unto him, Yea, Lord; thou knowest that I love thee. He saith unto him, Feed my sheep. -- john 21:16 +. +He saith unto him the third time, Simon, son of Jonas, lovest thou me? Peter was grieved because he said unto him the third time, Lovest thou me? And he said unto him, Lord, thou knowest all things; thou knowest that I love thee. Jesus saith unto him, Feed my sheep. -- john 21:17 +. +Verily, verily, I say unto thee, When thou wast young, thou girdest thyself, and walkedst whither thou wouldest: but when thou shalt be old, thou shalt stretch forth thy hands, and another shall gird thee, and carry thee whither thou wouldest not. -- john 21:18 +. +This spake he, signifying by what death he should glorify God. And when he had spoken this, he saith unto him, Follow me. -- john 21:19 +. +Then Peter, turning about, seeth the disciple whom Jesus loved following; which also leaned on his breast at supper, and said, Lord, which is he that betrayeth thee? -- john 21:20 +. +Peter seeing him saith to Jesus, Lord, and what shall this man do? -- john 21:21 +. +Jesus saith unto him, If I will that he tarry till I come, what is that to thee? follow thou me. -- john 21:22 +. +Then went this saying abroad among the brethren, that that disciple should not die: yet Jesus said not unto him, He shall not die; but, If I will that he tarry till I come, what is that to thee? -- john 21:23 +. +This is the disciple which testifieth of these things, and wrote these things: and we know that his testimony is true. -- john 21:24 +. +And there are also many other things which Jesus did, the which, if they should be written every one, I suppose that even the world itself could not contain the books that should be written. Amen. -- john 21:25 +. +The former treatise have I made, O Theophilus, of all that Jesus began both to do and teach, -- acts 1:1 +. +Until the day in which he was taken up, after that he through the Holy Ghost had given commandments unto the apostles whom he had chosen: -- acts 1:2 +. +To whom also he shewed himself alive after his passion by many infallible proofs, being seen of them forty days, and speaking of the things pertaining to the kingdom of God: -- acts 1:3 +. +And, being assembled together with them, commanded them that they should not depart from Jerusalem, but wait for the promise of the Father, which, saith he, ye have heard of me. -- acts 1:4 +. +For John truly baptized with water; but ye shall be baptized with the Holy Ghost not many days hence. -- acts 1:5 +. +When they therefore were come together, they asked of him, saying, Lord, wilt thou at this time restore again the kingdom to Israel? -- acts 1:6 +. +And he said unto them, It is not for you to know the times or the seasons, which the Father hath put in his own power. -- acts 1:7 +. +But ye shall receive power, after that the Holy Ghost is come upon you: and ye shall be witnesses unto me both in Jerusalem, and in all Judaea, and in Samaria, and unto the uttermost part of the earth. -- acts 1:8 +. +And when he had spoken these things, while they beheld, he was taken up; and a cloud received him out of their sight. -- acts 1:9 +. +And while they looked stedfastly toward heaven as he went up, behold, two men stood by them in white apparel; -- acts 1:10 +. +Which also said, Ye men of Galilee, why stand ye gazing up into heaven? this same Jesus, which is taken up from you into heaven, shall so come in like manner as ye have seen him go into heaven. -- acts 1:11 +. +Then returned they unto Jerusalem from the mount called Olivet, which is from Jerusalem a sabbath day's journey. -- acts 1:12 +. +And when they were come in, they went up into an upper room, where abode both Peter, and James, and John, and Andrew, Philip, and Thomas, Bartholomew, and Matthew, James the son of Alphaeus, and Simon Zelotes, and Judas the brother of James. -- acts 1:13 +. +These all continued with one accord in prayer and supplication, with the women, and Mary the mother of Jesus, and with his brethren. -- acts 1:14 +. +And in those days Peter stood up in the midst of the disciples, and said, (the number of names together were about an hundred and twenty,) -- acts 1:15 +. +Men and brethren, this scripture must needs have been fulfilled, which the Holy Ghost by the mouth of David spake before concerning Judas, which was guide to them that took Jesus. -- acts 1:16 +. +For he was numbered with us, and had obtained part of this ministry. -- acts 1:17 +. +Now this man purchased a field with the reward of iniquity; and falling headlong, he burst asunder in the midst, and all his bowels gushed out. -- acts 1:18 +. +And it was known unto all the dwellers at Jerusalem; insomuch as that field is called in their proper tongue, Aceldama, that is to say, The field of blood. -- acts 1:19 +. +For it is written in the book of Psalms, Let his habitation be desolate, and let no man dwell therein: and his bishoprick let another take. -- acts 1:20 +. +Wherefore of these men which have companied with us all the time that the Lord Jesus went in and out among us, -- acts 1:21 +. +Beginning from the baptism of John, unto that same day that he was taken up from us, must one be ordained to be a witness with us of his resurrection. -- acts 1:22 +. +And they appointed two, Joseph called Barsabas, who was surnamed Justus, and Matthias. -- acts 1:23 +. +And they prayed, and said, Thou, Lord, which knowest the hearts of all men, shew whether of these two thou hast chosen, -- acts 1:24 +. +That he may take part of this ministry and apostleship, from which Judas by transgression fell, that he might go to his own place. -- acts 1:25 +. +And they gave forth their lots; and the lot fell upon Matthias; and he was numbered with the eleven apostles. -- acts 1:26 +. +And when the day of Pentecost was fully come, they were all with one accord in one place. -- acts 2:1 +. +And suddenly there came a sound from heaven as of a rushing mighty wind, and it filled all the house where they were sitting. -- acts 2:2 +. +And there appeared unto them cloven tongues like as of fire, and it sat upon each of them. -- acts 2:3 +. +And they were all filled with the Holy Ghost, and began to speak with other tongues, as the Spirit gave them utterance. -- acts 2:4 +. +And there were dwelling at Jerusalem Jews, devout men, out of every nation under heaven. -- acts 2:5 +. +Now when this was noised abroad, the multitude came together, and were confounded, because that every man heard them speak in his own language. -- acts 2:6 +. +And they were all amazed and marvelled, saying one to another, Behold, are not all these which speak Galilaeans? -- acts 2:7 +. +And how hear we every man in our own tongue, wherein we were born? -- acts 2:8 +. +Parthians, and Medes, and Elamites, and the dwellers in Mesopotamia, and in Judaea, and Cappadocia, in Pontus, and Asia, -- acts 2:9 +. +Phrygia, and Pamphylia, in Egypt, and in the parts of Libya about Cyrene, and strangers of Rome, Jews and proselytes, -- acts 2:10 +. +Cretes and Arabians, we do hear them speak in our tongues the wonderful works of God. -- acts 2:11 +. +And they were all amazed, and were in doubt, saying one to another, What meaneth this? -- acts 2:12 +. +Others mocking said, These men are full of new wine. -- acts 2:13 +. +But Peter, standing up with the eleven, lifted up his voice, and said unto them, Ye men of Judaea, and all ye that dwell at Jerusalem, be this known unto you, and hearken to my words: -- acts 2:14 +. +For these are not drunken, as ye suppose, seeing it is but the third hour of the day. -- acts 2:15 +. +But this is that which was spoken by the prophet Joel; -- acts 2:16 +. +And it shall come to pass in the last days, saith God, I will pour out of my Spirit upon all flesh: and your sons and your daughters shall prophesy, and your young men shall see visions, and your old men shall dream dreams: -- acts 2:17 +. +And on my servants and on my handmaidens I will pour out in those days of my Spirit; and they shall prophesy: -- acts 2:18 +. +And I will shew wonders in heaven above, and signs in the earth beneath; blood, and fire, and vapour of smoke: -- acts 2:19 +. +The sun shall be turned into darkness, and the moon into blood, before the great and notable day of the Lord come: -- acts 2:20 +. +And it shall come to pass, that whosoever shall call on the name of the Lord shall be saved. -- acts 2:21 +. +Ye men of Israel, hear these words; Jesus of Nazareth, a man approved of God among you by miracles and wonders and signs, which God did by him in the midst of you, as ye yourselves also know: -- acts 2:22 +. +Him, being delivered by the determinate counsel and foreknowledge of God, ye have taken, and by wicked hands have crucified and slain: -- acts 2:23 +. +Whom God hath raised up, having loosed the pains of death: because it was not possible that he should be holden of it. -- acts 2:24 +. +For David speaketh concerning him, I foresaw the Lord always before my face, for he is on my right hand, that I should not be moved: -- acts 2:25 +. +Therefore did my heart rejoice, and my tongue was glad; moreover also my flesh shall rest in hope: -- acts 2:26 +. +Because thou wilt not leave my soul in hell, neither wilt thou suffer thine Holy One to see corruption. -- acts 2:27 +. +Thou hast made known to me the ways of life; thou shalt make me full of joy with thy countenance. -- acts 2:28 +. +Men and brethren, let me freely speak unto you of the patriarch David, that he is both dead and buried, and his sepulchre is with us unto this day. -- acts 2:29 +. +Therefore being a prophet, and knowing that God had sworn with an oath to him, that of the fruit of his loins, according to the flesh, he would raise up Christ to sit on his throne; -- acts 2:30 +. +He seeing this before spake of the resurrection of Christ, that his soul was not left in hell, neither his flesh did see corruption. -- acts 2:31 +. +This Jesus hath God raised up, whereof we all are witnesses. -- acts 2:32 +. +Therefore being by the right hand of God exalted, and having received of the Father the promise of the Holy Ghost, he hath shed forth this, which ye now see and hear. -- acts 2:33 +. +For David is not ascended into the heavens: but he saith himself, The Lord said unto my Lord, Sit thou on my right hand, -- acts 2:34 +. +Until I make thy foes thy footstool. -- acts 2:35 +. +Therefore let all the house of Israel know assuredly, that God hath made the same Jesus, whom ye have crucified, both Lord and Christ. -- acts 2:36 +. +Now when they heard this, they were pricked in their heart, and said unto Peter and to the rest of the apostles, Men and brethren, what shall we do? -- acts 2:37 +. +Then Peter said unto them, Repent, and be baptized every one of you in the name of Jesus Christ for the remission of sins, and ye shall receive the gift of the Holy Ghost. -- acts 2:38 +. +For the promise is unto you, and to your children, and to all that are afar off, even as many as the LORD our God shall call. -- acts 2:39 +. +And with many other words did he testify and exhort, saying, Save yourselves from this untoward generation. -- acts 2:40 +. +Then they that gladly received his word were baptized: and the same day there were added unto them about three thousand souls. -- acts 2:41 +. +And they continued stedfastly in the apostles' doctrine and fellowship, and in breaking of bread, and in prayers. -- acts 2:42 +. +And fear came upon every soul: and many wonders and signs were done by the apostles. -- acts 2:43 +. +And all that believed were together, and had all things common; -- acts 2:44 +. +And sold their possessions and goods, and parted them to all men, as every man had need. -- acts 2:45 +. +And they, continuing daily with one accord in the temple, and breaking bread from house to house, did eat their meat with gladness and singleness of heart, -- acts 2:46 +. +Praising God, and having favour with all the people. And the Lord added to the church daily such as should be saved. -- acts 2:47 +. +Now Peter and John went up together into the temple at the hour of prayer, being the ninth hour. -- acts 3:1 +. +And a certain man lame from his mother's womb was carried, whom they laid daily at the gate of the temple which is called Beautiful, to ask alms of them that entered into the temple; -- acts 3:2 +. +Who seeing Peter and John about to go into the temple asked an alms. -- acts 3:3 +. +And Peter, fastening his eyes upon him with John, said, Look on us. -- acts 3:4 +. +And he gave heed unto them, expecting to receive something of them. -- acts 3:5 +. +Then Peter said, Silver and gold have I none; but such as I have give I thee: In the name of Jesus Christ of Nazareth rise up and walk. -- acts 3:6 +. +And he took him by the right hand, and lifted him up: and immediately his feet and ankle bones received strength. -- acts 3:7 +. +And he leaping up stood, and walked, and entered with them into the temple, walking, and leaping, and praising God. -- acts 3:8 +. +And all the people saw him walking and praising God: -- acts 3:9 +. +And they knew that it was he which sat for alms at the Beautiful gate of the temple: and they were filled with wonder and amazement at that which had happened unto him. -- acts 3:10 +. +And as the lame man which was healed held Peter and John, all the people ran together unto them in the porch that is called Solomon's, greatly wondering. -- acts 3:11 +. +And when Peter saw it, he answered unto the people, Ye men of Israel, why marvel ye at this? or why look ye so earnestly on us, as though by our own power or holiness we had made this man to walk? -- acts 3:12 +. +The God of Abraham, and of Isaac, and of Jacob, the God of our fathers, hath glorified his Son Jesus; whom ye delivered up, and denied him in the presence of Pilate, when he was determined to let him go. -- acts 3:13 +. +But ye denied the Holy One and the Just, and desired a murderer to be granted unto you; -- acts 3:14 +. +And killed the Prince of life, whom God hath raised from the dead; whereof we are witnesses. -- acts 3:15 +. +And his name through faith in his name hath made this man strong, whom ye see and know: yea, the faith which is by him hath given him this perfect soundness in the presence of you all. -- acts 3:16 +. +And now, brethren, I wot that through ignorance ye did it, as did also your rulers. -- acts 3:17 +. +But those things, which God before had shewed by the mouth of all his prophets, that Christ should suffer, he hath so fulfilled. -- acts 3:18 +. +Repent ye therefore, and be converted, that your sins may be blotted out, when the times of refreshing shall come from the presence of the Lord. -- acts 3:19 +. +And he shall send Jesus Christ, which before was preached unto you: -- acts 3:20 +. +Whom the heaven must receive until the times of restitution of all things, which God hath spoken by the mouth of all his holy prophets since the world began. -- acts 3:21 +. +For Moses truly said unto the fathers, A prophet shall the Lord your God raise up unto you of your brethren, like unto me; him shall ye hear in all things whatsoever he shall say unto you. -- acts 3:22 +. +And it shall come to pass, that every soul, which will not hear that prophet, shall be destroyed from among the people. -- acts 3:23 +. +Yea, and all the prophets from Samuel and those that follow after, as many as have spoken, have likewise foretold of these days. -- acts 3:24 +. +Ye are the children of the prophets, and of the covenant which God made with our fathers, saying unto Abraham, And in thy seed shall all the kindreds of the earth be blessed. -- acts 3:25 +. +Unto you first God, having raised up his Son Jesus, sent him to bless you, in turning away every one of you from his iniquities. -- acts 3:26 +. +And as they spake unto the people, the priests, and the captain of the temple, and the Sadducees, came upon them, -- acts 4:1 +. +Being grieved that they taught the people, and preached through Jesus the resurrection from the dead. -- acts 4:2 +. +And they laid hands on them, and put them in hold unto the next day: for it was now eventide. -- acts 4:3 +. +Howbeit many of them which heard the word believed; and the number of the men was about five thousand. -- acts 4:4 +. +And it came to pass on the morrow, that their rulers, and elders, and scribes, -- acts 4:5 +. +And Annas the high priest, and Caiaphas, and John, and Alexander, and as many as were of the kindred of the high priest, were gathered together at Jerusalem. -- acts 4:6 +. +And when they had set them in the midst, they asked, By what power, or by what name, have ye done this? -- acts 4:7 +. +Then Peter, filled with the Holy Ghost, said unto them, Ye rulers of the people, and elders of Israel, -- acts 4:8 +. +If we this day be examined of the good deed done to the impotent man, by what means he is made whole; -- acts 4:9 +. +Be it known unto you all, and to all the people of Israel, that by the name of Jesus Christ of Nazareth, whom ye crucified, whom God raised from the dead, even by him doth this man stand here before you whole. -- acts 4:10 +. +This is the stone which was set at nought of you builders, which is become the head of the corner. -- acts 4:11 +. +Neither is there salvation in any other: for there is none other name under heaven given among men, whereby we must be saved. -- acts 4:12 +. +Now when they saw the boldness of Peter and John, and perceived that they were unlearned and ignorant men, they marvelled; and they took knowledge of them, that they had been with Jesus. -- acts 4:13 +. +And beholding the man which was healed standing with them, they could say nothing against it. -- acts 4:14 +. +But when they had commanded them to go aside out of the council, they conferred among themselves, -- acts 4:15 +. +Saying, What shall we do to these men? for that indeed a notable miracle hath been done by them is manifest to all them that dwell in Jerusalem; and we cannot deny it. -- acts 4:16 +. +But that it spread no further among the people, let us straitly threaten them, that they speak henceforth to no man in this name. -- acts 4:17 +. +And they called them, and commanded them not to speak at all nor teach in the name of Jesus. -- acts 4:18 +. +But Peter and John answered and said unto them, Whether it be right in the sight of God to hearken unto you more than unto God, judge ye. -- acts 4:19 +. +For we cannot but speak the things which we have seen and heard. -- acts 4:20 +. +So when they had further threatened them, they let them go, finding nothing how they might punish them, because of the people: for all men glorified God for that which was done. -- acts 4:21 +. +For the man was above forty years old, on whom this miracle of healing was shewed. -- acts 4:22 +. +And being let go, they went to their own company, and reported all that the chief priests and elders had said unto them. -- acts 4:23 +. +And when they heard that, they lifted up their voice to God with one accord, and said, Lord, thou art God, which hast made heaven, and earth, and the sea, and all that in them is: -- acts 4:24 +. +Who by the mouth of thy servant David hast said, Why did the heathen rage, and the people imagine vain things? -- acts 4:25 +. +The kings of the earth stood up, and the rulers were gathered together against the Lord, and against his Christ. -- acts 4:26 +. +For of a truth against thy holy child Jesus, whom thou hast anointed, both Herod, and Pontius Pilate, with the Gentiles, and the people of Israel, were gathered together, -- acts 4:27 +. +For to do whatsoever thy hand and thy counsel determined before to be done. -- acts 4:28 +. +And now, Lord, behold their threatenings: and grant unto thy servants, that with all boldness they may speak thy word, -- acts 4:29 +. +By stretching forth thine hand to heal; and that signs and wonders may be done by the name of thy holy child Jesus. -- acts 4:30 +. +And when they had prayed, the place was shaken where they were assembled together; and they were all filled with the Holy Ghost, and they spake the word of God with boldness. -- acts 4:31 +. +And the multitude of them that believed were of one heart and of one soul: neither said any of them that ought of the things which he possessed was his own; but they had all things common. -- acts 4:32 +. +And with great power gave the apostles witness of the resurrection of the Lord Jesus: and great grace was upon them all. -- acts 4:33 +. +Neither was there any among them that lacked: for as many as were possessors of lands or houses sold them, and brought the prices of the things that were sold, -- acts 4:34 +. +And laid them down at the apostles' feet: and distribution was made unto every man according as he had need. -- acts 4:35 +. +And Joses, who by the apostles was surnamed Barnabas, (which is, being interpreted, The son of consolation,) a Levite, and of the country of Cyprus, -- acts 4:36 +. +Having land, sold it, and brought the money, and laid it at the apostles' feet. -- acts 4:37 +. +But a certain man named Ananias, with Sapphira his wife, sold a possession, -- acts 5:1 +. +And kept back part of the price, his wife also being privy to it, and brought a certain part, and laid it at the apostles' feet. -- acts 5:2 +. +But Peter said, Ananias, why hath Satan filled thine heart to lie to the Holy Ghost, and to keep back part of the price of the land? -- acts 5:3 +. +Whiles it remained, was it not thine own? and after it was sold, was it not in thine own power? why hast thou conceived this thing in thine heart? thou hast not lied unto men, but unto God. -- acts 5:4 +. +And Ananias hearing these words fell down, and gave up the ghost: and great fear came on all them that heard these things. -- acts 5:5 +. +And the young men arose, wound him up, and carried him out, and buried him. -- acts 5:6 +. +And it was about the space of three hours after, when his wife, not knowing what was done, came in. -- acts 5:7 +. +And Peter answered unto her, Tell me whether ye sold the land for so much? And she said, Yea, for so much. -- acts 5:8 +. +Then Peter said unto her, How is it that ye have agreed together to tempt the Spirit of the Lord? behold, the feet of them which have buried thy husband are at the door, and shall carry thee out. -- acts 5:9 +. +Then fell she down straightway at his feet, and yielded up the ghost: and the young men came in, and found her dead, and, carrying her forth, buried her by her husband. -- acts 5:10 +. +And great fear came upon all the church, and upon as many as heard these things. -- acts 5:11 +. +And by the hands of the apostles were many signs and wonders wrought among the people; (and they were all with one accord in Solomon's porch. -- acts 5:12 +. +And of the rest durst no man join himself to them: but the people magnified them. -- acts 5:13 +. +And believers were the more added to the Lord, multitudes both of men and women.) -- acts 5:14 +. +Insomuch that they brought forth the sick into the streets, and laid them on beds and couches, that at the least the shadow of Peter passing by might overshadow some of them. -- acts 5:15 +. +There came also a multitude out of the cities round about unto Jerusalem, bringing sick folks, and them which were vexed with unclean spirits: and they were healed every one. -- acts 5:16 +. +Then the high priest rose up, and all they that were with him, (which is the sect of the Sadducees,) and were filled with indignation, -- acts 5:17 +. +And laid their hands on the apostles, and put them in the common prison. -- acts 5:18 +. +But the angel of the Lord by night opened the prison doors, and brought them forth, and said, -- acts 5:19 +. +Go, stand and speak in the temple to the people all the words of this life. -- acts 5:20 +. +And when they heard that, they entered into the temple early in the morning, and taught. But the high priest came, and they that were with him, and called the council together, and all the senate of the children of Israel, and sent to the prison to have them brought. -- acts 5:21 +. +But when the officers came, and found them not in the prison, they returned and told, -- acts 5:22 +. +Saying, The prison truly found we shut with all safety, and the keepers standing without before the doors: but when we had opened, we found no man within. -- acts 5:23 +. +Now when the high priest and the captain of the temple and the chief priests heard these things, they doubted of them whereunto this would grow. -- acts 5:24 +. +Then came one and told them, saying, Behold, the men whom ye put in prison are standing in the temple, and teaching the people. -- acts 5:25 +. +Then went the captain with the officers, and brought them without violence: for they feared the people, lest they should have been stoned. -- acts 5:26 +. +And when they had brought them, they set them before the council: and the high priest asked them, -- acts 5:27 +. +Saying, Did not we straitly command you that ye should not teach in this name? and, behold, ye have filled Jerusalem with your doctrine, and intend to bring this man's blood upon us. -- acts 5:28 +. +Then Peter and the other apostles answered and said, We ought to obey God rather than men. -- acts 5:29 +. +The God of our fathers raised up Jesus, whom ye slew and hanged on a tree. -- acts 5:30 +. +Him hath God exalted with his right hand to be a Prince and a Saviour, for to give repentance to Israel, and forgiveness of sins. -- acts 5:31 +. +And we are his witnesses of these things; and so is also the Holy Ghost, whom God hath given to them that obey him. -- acts 5:32 +. +When they heard that, they were cut to the heart, and took counsel to slay them. -- acts 5:33 +. +Then stood there up one in the council, a Pharisee, named Gamaliel, a doctor of the law, had in reputation among all the people, and commanded to put the apostles forth a little space; -- acts 5:34 +. +And said unto them, Ye men of Israel, take heed to yourselves what ye intend to do as touching these men. -- acts 5:35 +. +For before these days rose up Theudas, boasting himself to be somebody; to whom a number of men, about four hundred, joined themselves: who was slain; and all, as many as obeyed him, were scattered, and brought to nought. -- acts 5:36 +. +After this man rose up Judas of Galilee in the days of the taxing, and drew away much people after him: he also perished; and all, even as many as obeyed him, were dispersed. -- acts 5:37 +. +And now I say unto you, Refrain from these men, and let them alone: for if this counsel or this work be of men, it will come to nought: -- acts 5:38 +. +But if it be of God, ye cannot overthrow it; lest haply ye be found even to fight against God. -- acts 5:39 +. +And to him they agreed: and when they had called the apostles, and beaten them, they commanded that they should not speak in the name of Jesus, and let them go. -- acts 5:40 +. +And they departed from the presence of the council, rejoicing that they were counted worthy to suffer shame for his name. -- acts 5:41 +. +And daily in the temple, and in every house, they ceased not to teach and preach Jesus Christ. -- acts 5:42 +. +And in those days, when the number of the disciples was multiplied, there arose a murmuring of the Grecians against the Hebrews, because their widows were neglected in the daily ministration. -- acts 6:1 +. +Then the twelve called the multitude of the disciples unto them, and said, It is not reason that we should leave the word of God, and serve tables. -- acts 6:2 +. +Wherefore, brethren, look ye out among you seven men of honest report, full of the Holy Ghost and wisdom, whom we may appoint over this business. -- acts 6:3 +. +But we will give ourselves continually to prayer, and to the ministry of the word. -- acts 6:4 +. +And the saying pleased the whole multitude: and they chose Stephen, a man full of faith and of the Holy Ghost, and Philip, and Prochorus, and Nicanor, and Timon, and Parmenas, and Nicolas a proselyte of Antioch: -- acts 6:5 +. +Whom they set before the apostles: and when they had prayed, they laid their hands on them. -- acts 6:6 +. +And the word of God increased; and the number of the disciples multiplied in Jerusalem greatly; and a great company of the priests were obedient to the faith. -- acts 6:7 +. +And Stephen, full of faith and power, did great wonders and miracles among the people. -- acts 6:8 +. +Then there arose certain of the synagogue, which is called the synagogue of the Libertines, and Cyrenians, and Alexandrians, and of them of Cilicia and of Asia, disputing with Stephen. -- acts 6:9 +. +And they were not able to resist the wisdom and the spirit by which he spake. -- acts 6:10 +. +Then they suborned men, which said, We have heard him speak blasphemous words against Moses, and against God. -- acts 6:11 +. +And they stirred up the people, and the elders, and the scribes, and came upon him, and caught him, and brought him to the council, -- acts 6:12 +. +And set up false witnesses, which said, This man ceaseth not to speak blasphemous words against this holy place, and the law: -- acts 6:13 +. +For we have heard him say, that this Jesus of Nazareth shall destroy this place, and shall change the customs which Moses delivered us. -- acts 6:14 +. +And all that sat in the council, looking stedfastly on him, saw his face as it had been the face of an angel. -- acts 6:15 +. +Then said the high priest, Are these things so? -- acts 7:1 +. +And he said, Men, brethren, and fathers, hearken; The God of glory appeared unto our father Abraham, when he was in Mesopotamia, before he dwelt in Charran, -- acts 7:2 +. +And said unto him, Get thee out of thy country, and from thy kindred, and come into the land which I shall shew thee. -- acts 7:3 +. +Then came he out of the land of the Chaldaeans, and dwelt in Charran: and from thence, when his father was dead, he removed him into this land, wherein ye now dwell. -- acts 7:4 +. +And he gave him none inheritance in it, no, not so much as to set his foot on: yet he promised that he would give it to him for a possession, and to his seed after him, when as yet he had no child. -- acts 7:5 +. +And God spake on this wise, That his seed should sojourn in a strange land; and that they should bring them into bondage, and entreat them evil four hundred years. -- acts 7:6 +. +And the nation to whom they shall be in bondage will I judge, said God: and after that shall they come forth, and serve me in this place. -- acts 7:7 +. +And he gave him the covenant of circumcision: and so Abraham begat Isaac, and circumcised him the eighth day; and Isaac begat Jacob; and Jacob begat the twelve patriarchs. -- acts 7:8 +. +And the patriarchs, moved with envy, sold Joseph into Egypt: but God was with him, -- acts 7:9 +. +And delivered him out of all his afflictions, and gave him favour and wisdom in the sight of Pharaoh king of Egypt; and he made him governor over Egypt and all his house. -- acts 7:10 +. +Now there came a dearth over all the land of Egypt and Chanaan, and great affliction: and our fathers found no sustenance. -- acts 7:11 +. +But when Jacob heard that there was corn in Egypt, he sent out our fathers first. -- acts 7:12 +. +And at the second time Joseph was made known to his brethren; and Joseph's kindred was made known unto Pharaoh. -- acts 7:13 +. +Then sent Joseph, and called his father Jacob to him, and all his kindred, threescore and fifteen souls. -- acts 7:14 +. +So Jacob went down into Egypt, and died, he, and our fathers, -- acts 7:15 +. +And were carried over into Sychem, and laid in the sepulchre that Abraham bought for a sum of money of the sons of Emmor the father of Sychem. -- acts 7:16 +. +But when the time of the promise drew nigh, which God had sworn to Abraham, the people grew and multiplied in Egypt, -- acts 7:17 +. +Till another king arose, which knew not Joseph. -- acts 7:18 +. +The same dealt subtilly with our kindred, and evil entreated our fathers, so that they cast out their young children, to the end they might not live. -- acts 7:19 +. +In which time Moses was born, and was exceeding fair, and nourished up in his father's house three months: -- acts 7:20 +. +And when he was cast out, Pharaoh's daughter took him up, and nourished him for her own son. -- acts 7:21 +. +And Moses was learned in all the wisdom of the Egyptians, and was mighty in words and in deeds. -- acts 7:22 +. +And when he was full forty years old, it came into his heart to visit his brethren the children of Israel. -- acts 7:23 +. +And seeing one of them suffer wrong, he defended him, and avenged him that was oppressed, and smote the Egyptian: -- acts 7:24 +. +For he supposed his brethren would have understood how that God by his hand would deliver them: but they understood not. -- acts 7:25 +. +And the next day he shewed himself unto them as they strove, and would have set them at one again, saying, Sirs, ye are brethren; why do ye wrong one to another? -- acts 7:26 +. +But he that did his neighbour wrong thrust him away, saying, Who made thee a ruler and a judge over us? -- acts 7:27 +. +Wilt thou kill me, as thou diddest the Egyptian yesterday? -- acts 7:28 +. +Then fled Moses at this saying, and was a stranger in the land of Madian, where he begat two sons. -- acts 7:29 +. +And when forty years were expired, there appeared to him in the wilderness of mount Sina an angel of the Lord in a flame of fire in a bush. -- acts 7:30 +. +When Moses saw it, he wondered at the sight: and as he drew near to behold it, the voice of the LORD came unto him, -- acts 7:31 +. +Saying, I am the God of thy fathers, the God of Abraham, and the God of Isaac, and the God of Jacob. Then Moses trembled, and durst not behold. -- acts 7:32 +. +Then said the Lord to him, Put off thy shoes from thy feet: for the place where thou standest is holy ground. -- acts 7:33 +. +I have seen, I have seen the affliction of my people which is in Egypt, and I have heard their groaning, and am come down to deliver them. And now come, I will send thee into Egypt. -- acts 7:34 +. +This Moses whom they refused, saying, Who made thee a ruler and a judge? the same did God send to be a ruler and a deliverer by the hand of the angel which appeared to him in the bush. -- acts 7:35 +. +He brought them out, after that he had shewed wonders and signs in the land of Egypt, and in the Red sea, and in the wilderness forty years. -- acts 7:36 +. +This is that Moses, which said unto the children of Israel, A prophet shall the Lord your God raise up unto you of your brethren, like unto me; him shall ye hear. -- acts 7:37 +. +This is he, that was in the church in the wilderness with the angel which spake to him in the mount Sina, and with our fathers: who received the lively oracles to give unto us: -- acts 7:38 +. +To whom our fathers would not obey, but thrust him from them, and in their hearts turned back again into Egypt, -- acts 7:39 +. +Saying unto Aaron, Make us gods to go before us: for as for this Moses, which brought us out of the land of Egypt, we wot not what is become of him. -- acts 7:40 +. +And they made a calf in those days, and offered sacrifice unto the idol, and rejoiced in the works of their own hands. -- acts 7:41 +. +Then God turned, and gave them up to worship the host of heaven; as it is written in the book of the prophets, O ye house of Israel, have ye offered to me slain beasts and sacrifices by the space of forty years in the wilderness? -- acts 7:42 +. +Yea, ye took up the tabernacle of Moloch, and the star of your god Remphan, figures which ye made to worship them: and I will carry you away beyond Babylon. -- acts 7:43 +. +Our fathers had the tabernacle of witness in the wilderness, as he had appointed, speaking unto Moses, that he should make it according to the fashion that he had seen. -- acts 7:44 +. +Which also our fathers that came after brought in with Jesus into the possession of the Gentiles, whom God drave out before the face of our fathers, unto the days of David; -- acts 7:45 +. +Who found favour before God, and desired to find a tabernacle for the God of Jacob. -- acts 7:46 +. +But Solomon built him an house. -- acts 7:47 +. +Howbeit the most High dwelleth not in temples made with hands; as saith the prophet, -- acts 7:48 +. +Heaven is my throne, and earth is my footstool: what house will ye build me? saith the Lord: or what is the place of my rest? -- acts 7:49 +. +Hath not my hand made all these things? -- acts 7:50 +. +Ye stiffnecked and uncircumcised in heart and ears, ye do always resist the Holy Ghost: as your fathers did, so do ye. -- acts 7:51 +. +Which of the prophets have not your fathers persecuted? and they have slain them which shewed before of the coming of the Just One; of whom ye have been now the betrayers and murderers: -- acts 7:52 +. +Who have received the law by the disposition of angels, and have not kept it. -- acts 7:53 +. +When they heard these things, they were cut to the heart, and they gnashed on him with their teeth. -- acts 7:54 +. +But he, being full of the Holy Ghost, looked up stedfastly into heaven, and saw the glory of God, and Jesus standing on the right hand of God, -- acts 7:55 +. +And said, Behold, I see the heavens opened, and the Son of man standing on the right hand of God. -- acts 7:56 +. +Then they cried out with a loud voice, and stopped their ears, and ran upon him with one accord, -- acts 7:57 +. +And cast him out of the city, and stoned him: and the witnesses laid down their clothes at a young man's feet, whose name was Saul. -- acts 7:58 +. +And they stoned Stephen, calling upon God, and saying, Lord Jesus, receive my spirit. -- acts 7:59 +. +And he kneeled down, and cried with a loud voice, Lord, lay not this sin to their charge. And when he had said this, he fell asleep. -- acts 7:60 +. +And Saul was consenting unto his death. And at that time there was a great persecution against the church which was at Jerusalem; and they were all scattered abroad throughout the regions of Judaea and Samaria, except the apostles. -- acts 8:1 +. +And devout men carried Stephen to his burial, and made great lamentation over him. -- acts 8:2 +. +As for Saul, he made havock of the church, entering into every house, and haling men and women committed them to prison. -- acts 8:3 +. +Therefore they that were scattered abroad went every where preaching the word. -- acts 8:4 +. +Then Philip went down to the city of Samaria, and preached Christ unto them. -- acts 8:5 +. +And the people with one accord gave heed unto those things which Philip spake, hearing and seeing the miracles which he did. -- acts 8:6 +. +For unclean spirits, crying with loud voice, came out of many that were possessed with them: and many taken with palsies, and that were lame, were healed. -- acts 8:7 +. +And there was great joy in that city. -- acts 8:8 +. +But there was a certain man, called Simon, which beforetime in the same city used sorcery, and bewitched the people of Samaria, giving out that himself was some great one: -- acts 8:9 +. +To whom they all gave heed, from the least to the greatest, saying, This man is the great power of God. -- acts 8:10 +. +And to him they had regard, because that of long time he had bewitched them with sorceries. -- acts 8:11 +. +But when they believed Philip preaching the things concerning the kingdom of God, and the name of Jesus Christ, they were baptized, both men and women. -- acts 8:12 +. +Then Simon himself believed also: and when he was baptized, he continued with Philip, and wondered, beholding the miracles and signs which were done. -- acts 8:13 +. +Now when the apostles which were at Jerusalem heard that Samaria had received the word of God, they sent unto them Peter and John: -- acts 8:14 +. +Who, when they were come down, prayed for them, that they might receive the Holy Ghost: -- acts 8:15 +. +(For as yet he was fallen upon none of them: only they were baptized in the name of the Lord Jesus.) -- acts 8:16 +. +Then laid they their hands on them, and they received the Holy Ghost. -- acts 8:17 +. +And when Simon saw that through laying on of the apostles' hands the Holy Ghost was given, he offered them money, -- acts 8:18 +. +Saying, Give me also this power, that on whomsoever I lay hands, he may receive the Holy Ghost. -- acts 8:19 +. +But Peter said unto him, Thy money perish with thee, because thou hast thought that the gift of God may be purchased with money. -- acts 8:20 +. +Thou hast neither part nor lot in this matter: for thy heart is not right in the sight of God. -- acts 8:21 +. +Repent therefore of this thy wickedness, and pray God, if perhaps the thought of thine heart may be forgiven thee. -- acts 8:22 +. +For I perceive that thou art in the gall of bitterness, and in the bond of iniquity. -- acts 8:23 +. +Then answered Simon, and said, Pray ye to the LORD for me, that none of these things which ye have spoken come upon me. -- acts 8:24 +. +And they, when they had testified and preached the word of the Lord, returned to Jerusalem, and preached the gospel in many villages of the Samaritans. -- acts 8:25 +. +And the angel of the Lord spake unto Philip, saying, Arise, and go toward the south unto the way that goeth down from Jerusalem unto Gaza, which is desert. -- acts 8:26 +. +And he arose and went: and, behold, a man of Ethiopia, an eunuch of great authority under Candace queen of the Ethiopians, who had the charge of all her treasure, and had come to Jerusalem for to worship, -- acts 8:27 +. +Was returning, and sitting in his chariot read Esaias the prophet. -- acts 8:28 +. +Then the Spirit said unto Philip, Go near, and join thyself to this chariot. -- acts 8:29 +. +And Philip ran thither to him, and heard him read the prophet Esaias, and said, Understandest thou what thou readest? -- acts 8:30 +. +And he said, How can I, except some man should guide me? And he desired Philip that he would come up and sit with him. -- acts 8:31 +. +The place of the scripture which he read was this, He was led as a sheep to the slaughter; and like a lamb dumb before his shearer, so opened he not his mouth: -- acts 8:32 +. +In his humiliation his judgment was taken away: and who shall declare his generation? for his life is taken from the earth. -- acts 8:33 +. +And the eunuch answered Philip, and said, I pray thee, of whom speaketh the prophet this? of himself, or of some other man? -- acts 8:34 +. +Then Philip opened his mouth, and began at the same scripture, and preached unto him Jesus. -- acts 8:35 +. +And as they went on their way, they came unto a certain water: and the eunuch said, See, here is water; what doth hinder me to be baptized? -- acts 8:36 +. +And Philip said, If thou believest with all thine heart, thou mayest. And he answered and said, I believe that Jesus Christ is the Son of God. -- acts 8:37 +. +And he commanded the chariot to stand still: and they went down both into the water, both Philip and the eunuch; and he baptized him. -- acts 8:38 +. +And when they were come up out of the water, the Spirit of the Lord caught away Philip, that the eunuch saw him no more: and he went on his way rejoicing. -- acts 8:39 +. +But Philip was found at Azotus: and passing through he preached in all the cities, till he came to Caesarea. -- acts 8:40 +. +And Saul, yet breathing out threatenings and slaughter against the disciples of the Lord, went unto the high priest, -- acts 9:1 +. +And desired of him letters to Damascus to the synagogues, that if he found any of this way, whether they were men or women, he might bring them bound unto Jerusalem. -- acts 9:2 +. +And as he journeyed, he came near Damascus: and suddenly there shined round about him a light from heaven: -- acts 9:3 +. +And he fell to the earth, and heard a voice saying unto him, Saul, Saul, why persecutest thou me? -- acts 9:4 +. +And he said, Who art thou, Lord? And the Lord said, I am Jesus whom thou persecutest: it is hard for thee to kick against the pricks. -- acts 9:5 +. +And he trembling and astonished said, Lord, what wilt thou have me to do? And the Lord said unto him, Arise, and go into the city, and it shall be told thee what thou must do. -- acts 9:6 +. +And the men which journeyed with him stood speechless, hearing a voice, but seeing no man. -- acts 9:7 +. +And Saul arose from the earth; and when his eyes were opened, he saw no man: but they led him by the hand, and brought him into Damascus. -- acts 9:8 +. +And he was three days without sight, and neither did eat nor drink. -- acts 9:9 +. +And there was a certain disciple at Damascus, named Ananias; and to him said the Lord in a vision, Ananias. And he said, Behold, I am here, Lord. -- acts 9:10 +. +And the Lord said unto him, Arise, and go into the street which is called Straight, and enquire in the house of Judas for one called Saul, of Tarsus: for, behold, he prayeth, -- acts 9:11 +. +And hath seen in a vision a man named Ananias coming in, and putting his hand on him, that he might receive his sight. -- acts 9:12 +. +Then Ananias answered, Lord, I have heard by many of this man, how much evil he hath done to thy saints at Jerusalem: -- acts 9:13 +. +And here he hath authority from the chief priests to bind all that call on thy name. -- acts 9:14 +. +But the Lord said unto him, Go thy way: for he is a chosen vessel unto me, to bear my name before the Gentiles, and kings, and the children of Israel: -- acts 9:15 +. +For I will shew him how great things he must suffer for my name's sake. -- acts 9:16 +. +And Ananias went his way, and entered into the house; and putting his hands on him said, Brother Saul, the Lord, even Jesus, that appeared unto thee in the way as thou camest, hath sent me, that thou mightest receive thy sight, and be filled with the Holy Ghost. -- acts 9:17 +. +And immediately there fell from his eyes as it had been scales: and he received sight forthwith, and arose, and was baptized. -- acts 9:18 +. +And when he had received meat, he was strengthened. Then was Saul certain days with the disciples which were at Damascus. -- acts 9:19 +. +And straightway he preached Christ in the synagogues, that he is the Son of God. -- acts 9:20 +. +But all that heard him were amazed, and said; Is not this he that destroyed them which called on this name in Jerusalem, and came hither for that intent, that he might bring them bound unto the chief priests? -- acts 9:21 +. +But Saul increased the more in strength, and confounded the Jews which dwelt at Damascus, proving that this is very Christ. -- acts 9:22 +. +And after that many days were fulfilled, the Jews took counsel to kill him: -- acts 9:23 +. +But their laying await was known of Saul. And they watched the gates day and night to kill him. -- acts 9:24 +. +Then the disciples took him by night, and let him down by the wall in a basket. -- acts 9:25 +. +And when Saul was come to Jerusalem, he assayed to join himself to the disciples: but they were all afraid of him, and believed not that he was a disciple. -- acts 9:26 +. +But Barnabas took him, and brought him to the apostles, and declared unto them how he had seen the Lord in the way, and that he had spoken to him, and how he had preached boldly at Damascus in the name of Jesus. -- acts 9:27 +. +And he was with them coming in and going out at Jerusalem. -- acts 9:28 +. +And he spake boldly in the name of the Lord Jesus, and disputed against the Grecians: but they went about to slay him. -- acts 9:29 +. +Which when the brethren knew, they brought him down to Caesarea, and sent him forth to Tarsus. -- acts 9:30 +. +Then had the churches rest throughout all Judaea and Galilee and Samaria, and were edified; and walking in the fear of the Lord, and in the comfort of the Holy Ghost, were multiplied. -- acts 9:31 +. +And it came to pass, as Peter passed throughout all quarters, he came down also to the saints which dwelt at Lydda. -- acts 9:32 +. +And there he found a certain man named Aeneas, which had kept his bed eight years, and was sick of the palsy. -- acts 9:33 +. +And Peter said unto him, Aeneas, Jesus Christ maketh thee whole: arise, and make thy bed. And he arose immediately. -- acts 9:34 +. +And all that dwelt at Lydda and Saron saw him, and turned to the Lord. -- acts 9:35 +. +Now there was at Joppa a certain disciple named Tabitha, which by interpretation is called Dorcas: this woman was full of good works and almsdeeds which she did. -- acts 9:36 +. +And it came to pass in those days, that she was sick, and died: whom when they had washed, they laid her in an upper chamber. -- acts 9:37 +. +And forasmuch as Lydda was nigh to Joppa, and the disciples had heard that Peter was there, they sent unto him two men, desiring him that he would not delay to come to them. -- acts 9:38 +. +Then Peter arose and went with them. When he was come, they brought him into the upper chamber: and all the widows stood by him weeping, and shewing the coats and garments which Dorcas made, while she was with them. -- acts 9:39 +. +But Peter put them all forth, and kneeled down, and prayed; and turning him to the body said, Tabitha, arise. And she opened her eyes: and when she saw Peter, she sat up. -- acts 9:40 +. +And he gave her his hand, and lifted her up, and when he had called the saints and widows, presented her alive. -- acts 9:41 +. +And it was known throughout all Joppa; and many believed in the Lord. -- acts 9:42 +. +And it came to pass, that he tarried many days in Joppa with one Simon a tanner. -- acts 9:43 +. +There was a certain man in Caesarea called Cornelius, a centurion of the band called the Italian band, -- acts 10:1 +. +A devout man, and one that feared God with all his house, which gave much alms to the people, and prayed to God alway. -- acts 10:2 +. +He saw in a vision evidently about the ninth hour of the day an angel of God coming in to him, and saying unto him, Cornelius. -- acts 10:3 +. +And when he looked on him, he was afraid, and said, What is it, Lord? And he said unto him, Thy prayers and thine alms are come up for a memorial before God. -- acts 10:4 +. +And now send men to Joppa, and call for one Simon, whose surname is Peter: -- acts 10:5 +. +He lodgeth with one Simon a tanner, whose house is by the sea side: he shall tell thee what thou oughtest to do. -- acts 10:6 +. +And when the angel which spake unto Cornelius was departed, he called two of his household servants, and a devout soldier of them that waited on him continually; -- acts 10:7 +. +And when he had declared all these things unto them, he sent them to Joppa. -- acts 10:8 +. +On the morrow, as they went on their journey, and drew nigh unto the city, Peter went up upon the housetop to pray about the sixth hour: -- acts 10:9 +. +And he became very hungry, and would have eaten: but while they made ready, he fell into a trance, -- acts 10:10 +. +And saw heaven opened, and a certain vessel descending upon him, as it had been a great sheet knit at the four corners, and let down to the earth: -- acts 10:11 +. +Wherein were all manner of fourfooted beasts of the earth, and wild beasts, and creeping things, and fowls of the air. -- acts 10:12 +. +And there came a voice to him, Rise, Peter; kill, and eat. -- acts 10:13 +. +But Peter said, Not so, Lord; for I have never eaten any thing that is common or unclean. -- acts 10:14 +. +And the voice spake unto him again the second time, What God hath cleansed, that call not thou common. -- acts 10:15 +. +This was done thrice: and the vessel was received up again into heaven. -- acts 10:16 +. +Now while Peter doubted in himself what this vision which he had seen should mean, behold, the men which were sent from Cornelius had made enquiry for Simon's house, and stood before the gate, -- acts 10:17 +. +And called, and asked whether Simon, which was surnamed Peter, were lodged there. -- acts 10:18 +. +While Peter thought on the vision, the Spirit said unto him, Behold, three men seek thee. -- acts 10:19 +. +Arise therefore, and get thee down, and go with them, doubting nothing: for I have sent them. -- acts 10:20 +. +Then Peter went down to the men which were sent unto him from Cornelius; and said, Behold, I am he whom ye seek: what is the cause wherefore ye are come? -- acts 10:21 +. +And they said, Cornelius the centurion, a just man, and one that feareth God, and of good report among all the nation of the Jews, was warned from God by an holy angel to send for thee into his house, and to hear words of thee. -- acts 10:22 +. +Then called he them in, and lodged them. And on the morrow Peter went away with them, and certain brethren from Joppa accompanied him. -- acts 10:23 +. +And the morrow after they entered into Caesarea. And Cornelius waited for them, and he had called together his kinsmen and near friends. -- acts 10:24 +. +And as Peter was coming in, Cornelius met him, and fell down at his feet, and worshipped him. -- acts 10:25 +. +But Peter took him up, saying, Stand up; I myself also am a man. -- acts 10:26 +. +And as he talked with him, he went in, and found many that were come together. -- acts 10:27 +. +And he said unto them, Ye know how that it is an unlawful thing for a man that is a Jew to keep company, or come unto one of another nation; but God hath shewed me that I should not call any man common or unclean. -- acts 10:28 +. +Therefore came I unto you without gainsaying, as soon as I was sent for: I ask therefore for what intent ye have sent for me? -- acts 10:29 +. +And Cornelius said, Four days ago I was fasting until this hour; and at the ninth hour I prayed in my house, and, behold, a man stood before me in bright clothing, -- acts 10:30 +. +And said, Cornelius, thy prayer is heard, and thine alms are had in remembrance in the sight of God. -- acts 10:31 +. +Send therefore to Joppa, and call hither Simon, whose surname is Peter; he is lodged in the house of one Simon a tanner by the sea side: who, when he cometh, shall speak unto thee. -- acts 10:32 +. +Immediately therefore I sent to thee; and thou hast well done that thou art come. Now therefore are we all here present before God, to hear all things that are commanded thee of God. -- acts 10:33 +. +Then Peter opened his mouth, and said, Of a truth I perceive that God is no respecter of persons: -- acts 10:34 +. +But in every nation he that feareth him, and worketh righteousness, is accepted with him. -- acts 10:35 +. +The word which God sent unto the children of Israel, preaching peace by Jesus Christ: (he is Lord of all:) -- acts 10:36 +. +That word, I say, ye know, which was published throughout all Judaea, and began from Galilee, after the baptism which John preached; -- acts 10:37 +. +How God anointed Jesus of Nazareth with the Holy Ghost and with power: who went about doing good, and healing all that were oppressed of the devil; for God was with him. -- acts 10:38 +. +And we are witnesses of all things which he did both in the land of the Jews, and in Jerusalem; whom they slew and hanged on a tree: -- acts 10:39 +. +Him God raised up the third day, and shewed him openly; -- acts 10:40 +. +Not to all the people, but unto witnesses chosen before God, even to us, who did eat and drink with him after he rose from the dead. -- acts 10:41 +. +And he commanded us to preach unto the people, and to testify that it is he which was ordained of God to be the Judge of quick and dead. -- acts 10:42 +. +To him give all the prophets witness, that through his name whosoever believeth in him shall receive remission of sins. -- acts 10:43 +. +While Peter yet spake these words, the Holy Ghost fell on all them which heard the word. -- acts 10:44 +. +And they of the circumcision which believed were astonished, as many as came with Peter, because that on the Gentiles also was poured out the gift of the Holy Ghost. -- acts 10:45 +. +For they heard them speak with tongues, and magnify God. Then answered Peter, -- acts 10:46 +. +Can any man forbid water, that these should not be baptized, which have received the Holy Ghost as well as we? -- acts 10:47 +. +And he commanded them to be baptized in the name of the Lord. Then prayed they him to tarry certain days. -- acts 10:48 +. +And the apostles and brethren that were in Judaea heard that the Gentiles had also received the word of God. -- acts 11:1 +. +And when Peter was come up to Jerusalem, they that were of the circumcision contended with him, -- acts 11:2 +. +Saying, Thou wentest in to men uncircumcised, and didst eat with them. -- acts 11:3 +. +But Peter rehearsed the matter from the beginning, and expounded it by order unto them, saying, -- acts 11:4 +. +I was in the city of Joppa praying: and in a trance I saw a vision, A certain vessel descend, as it had been a great sheet, let down from heaven by four corners; and it came even to me: -- acts 11:5 +. +Upon the which when I had fastened mine eyes, I considered, and saw fourfooted beasts of the earth, and wild beasts, and creeping things, and fowls of the air. -- acts 11:6 +. +And I heard a voice saying unto me, Arise, Peter; slay and eat. -- acts 11:7 +. +But I said, Not so, Lord: for nothing common or unclean hath at any time entered into my mouth. -- acts 11:8 +. +But the voice answered me again from heaven, What God hath cleansed, that call not thou common. -- acts 11:9 +. +And this was done three times: and all were drawn up again into heaven. -- acts 11:10 +. +And, behold, immediately there were three men already come unto the house where I was, sent from Caesarea unto me. -- acts 11:11 +. +And the Spirit bade me go with them, nothing doubting. Moreover these six brethren accompanied me, and we entered into the man's house: -- acts 11:12 +. +And he shewed us how he had seen an angel in his house, which stood and said unto him, Send men to Joppa, and call for Simon, whose surname is Peter; -- acts 11:13 +. +Who shall tell thee words, whereby thou and all thy house shall be saved. -- acts 11:14 +. +And as I began to speak, the Holy Ghost fell on them, as on us at the beginning. -- acts 11:15 +. +Then remembered I the word of the Lord, how that he said, John indeed baptized with water; but ye shall be baptized with the Holy Ghost. -- acts 11:16 +. +Forasmuch then as God gave them the like gift as he did unto us, who believed on the Lord Jesus Christ; what was I, that I could withstand God? -- acts 11:17 +. +When they heard these things, they held their peace, and glorified God, saying, Then hath God also to the Gentiles granted repentance unto life. -- acts 11:18 +. +Now they which were scattered abroad upon the persecution that arose about Stephen travelled as far as Phenice, and Cyprus, and Antioch, preaching the word to none but unto the Jews only. -- acts 11:19 +. +And some of them were men of Cyprus and Cyrene, which, when they were come to Antioch, spake unto the Grecians, preaching the LORD Jesus. -- acts 11:20 +. +And the hand of the Lord was with them: and a great number believed, and turned unto the Lord. -- acts 11:21 +. +Then tidings of these things came unto the ears of the church which was in Jerusalem: and they sent forth Barnabas, that he should go as far as Antioch. -- acts 11:22 +. +Who, when he came, and had seen the grace of God, was glad, and exhorted them all, that with purpose of heart they would cleave unto the Lord. -- acts 11:23 +. +For he was a good man, and full of the Holy Ghost and of faith: and much people was added unto the Lord. -- acts 11:24 +. +Then departed Barnabas to Tarsus, for to seek Saul: -- acts 11:25 +. +And when he had found him, he brought him unto Antioch. And it came to pass, that a whole year they assembled themselves with the church, and taught much people. And the disciples were called Christians first in Antioch. -- acts 11:26 +. +And in these days came prophets from Jerusalem unto Antioch. -- acts 11:27 +. +And there stood up one of them named Agabus, and signified by the Spirit that there should be great dearth throughout all the world: which came to pass in the days of Claudius Caesar. -- acts 11:28 +. +Then the disciples, every man according to his ability, determined to send relief unto the brethren which dwelt in Judaea: -- acts 11:29 +. +Which also they did, and sent it to the elders by the hands of Barnabas and Saul. -- acts 11:30 +. +Now about that time Herod the king stretched forth his hands to vex certain of the church. -- acts 12:1 +. +And he killed James the brother of John with the sword. -- acts 12:2 +. +And because he saw it pleased the Jews, he proceeded further to take Peter also. (Then were the days of unleavened bread.) -- acts 12:3 +. +And when he had apprehended him, he put him in prison, and delivered him to four quaternions of soldiers to keep him; intending after Easter to bring him forth to the people. -- acts 12:4 +. +Peter therefore was kept in prison: but prayer was made without ceasing of the church unto God for him. -- acts 12:5 +. +And when Herod would have brought him forth, the same night Peter was sleeping between two soldiers, bound with two chains: and the keepers before the door kept the prison. -- acts 12:6 +. +And, behold, the angel of the Lord came upon him, and a light shined in the prison: and he smote Peter on the side, and raised him up, saying, Arise up quickly. And his chains fell off from his hands. -- acts 12:7 +. +And the angel said unto him, Gird thyself, and bind on thy sandals. And so he did. And he saith unto him, Cast thy garment about thee, and follow me. -- acts 12:8 +. +And he went out, and followed him; and wist not that it was true which was done by the angel; but thought he saw a vision. -- acts 12:9 +. +When they were past the first and the second ward, they came unto the iron gate that leadeth unto the city; which opened to them of his own accord: and they went out, and passed on through one street; and forthwith the angel departed from him. -- acts 12:10 +. +And when Peter was come to himself, he said, Now I know of a surety, that the LORD hath sent his angel, and hath delivered me out of the hand of Herod, and from all the expectation of the people of the Jews. -- acts 12:11 +. +And when he had considered the thing, he came to the house of Mary the mother of John, whose surname was Mark; where many were gathered together praying. -- acts 12:12 +. +And as Peter knocked at the door of the gate, a damsel came to hearken, named Rhoda. -- acts 12:13 +. +And when she knew Peter's voice, she opened not the gate for gladness, but ran in, and told how Peter stood before the gate. -- acts 12:14 +. +And they said unto her, Thou art mad. But she constantly affirmed that it was even so. Then said they, It is his angel. -- acts 12:15 +. +But Peter continued knocking: and when they had opened the door, and saw him, they were astonished. -- acts 12:16 +. +But he, beckoning unto them with the hand to hold their peace, declared unto them how the Lord had brought him out of the prison. And he said, Go shew these things unto James, and to the brethren. And he departed, and went into another place. -- acts 12:17 +. +Now as soon as it was day, there was no small stir among the soldiers, what was become of Peter. -- acts 12:18 +. +And when Herod had sought for him, and found him not, he examined the keepers, and commanded that they should be put to death. And he went down from Judaea to Caesarea, and there abode. -- acts 12:19 +. +And Herod was highly displeased with them of Tyre and Sidon: but they came with one accord to him, and, having made Blastus the king's chamberlain their friend, desired peace; because their country was nourished by the king's country. -- acts 12:20 +. +And upon a set day Herod, arrayed in royal apparel, sat upon his throne, and made an oration unto them. -- acts 12:21 +. +And the people gave a shout, saying, It is the voice of a god, and not of a man. -- acts 12:22 +. +And immediately the angel of the Lord smote him, because he gave not God the glory: and he was eaten of worms, and gave up the ghost. -- acts 12:23 +. +But the word of God grew and multiplied. -- acts 12:24 +. +And Barnabas and Saul returned from Jerusalem, when they had fulfilled their ministry, and took with them John, whose surname was Mark. -- acts 12:25 +. +Now there were in the church that was at Antioch certain prophets and teachers; as Barnabas, and Simeon that was called Niger, and Lucius of Cyrene, and Manaen, which had been brought up with Herod the tetrarch, and Saul. -- acts 13:1 +. +As they ministered to the Lord, and fasted, the Holy Ghost said, Separate me Barnabas and Saul for the work whereunto I have called them. -- acts 13:2 +. +And when they had fasted and prayed, and laid their hands on them, they sent them away. -- acts 13:3 +. +So they, being sent forth by the Holy Ghost, departed unto Seleucia; and from thence they sailed to Cyprus. -- acts 13:4 +. +And when they were at Salamis, they preached the word of God in the synagogues of the Jews: and they had also John to their minister. -- acts 13:5 +. +And when they had gone through the isle unto Paphos, they found a certain sorcerer, a false prophet, a Jew, whose name was Barjesus: -- acts 13:6 +. +Which was with the deputy of the country, Sergius Paulus, a prudent man; who called for Barnabas and Saul, and desired to hear the word of God. -- acts 13:7 +. +But Elymas the sorcerer (for so is his name by interpretation) withstood them, seeking to turn away the deputy from the faith. -- acts 13:8 +. +Then Saul, (who also is called Paul,) filled with the Holy Ghost, set his eyes on him. -- acts 13:9 +. +And said, O full of all subtilty and all mischief, thou child of the devil, thou enemy of all righteousness, wilt thou not cease to pervert the right ways of the Lord? -- acts 13:10 +. +And now, behold, the hand of the Lord is upon thee, and thou shalt be blind, not seeing the sun for a season. And immediately there fell on him a mist and a darkness; and he went about seeking some to lead him by the hand. -- acts 13:11 +. +Then the deputy, when he saw what was done, believed, being astonished at the doctrine of the Lord. -- acts 13:12 +. +Now when Paul and his company loosed from Paphos, they came to Perga in Pamphylia: and John departing from them returned to Jerusalem. -- acts 13:13 +. +But when they departed from Perga, they came to Antioch in Pisidia, and went into the synagogue on the sabbath day, and sat down. -- acts 13:14 +. +And after the reading of the law and the prophets the rulers of the synagogue sent unto them, saying, Ye men and brethren, if ye have any word of exhortation for the people, say on. -- acts 13:15 +. +Then Paul stood up, and beckoning with his hand said, Men of Israel, and ye that fear God, give audience. -- acts 13:16 +. +The God of this people of Israel chose our fathers, and exalted the people when they dwelt as strangers in the land of Egypt, and with an high arm brought he them out of it. -- acts 13:17 +. +And about the time of forty years suffered he their manners in the wilderness. -- acts 13:18 +. +And when he had destroyed seven nations in the land of Chanaan, he divided their land to them by lot. -- acts 13:19 +. +And after that he gave unto them judges about the space of four hundred and fifty years, until Samuel the prophet. -- acts 13:20 +. +And afterward they desired a king: and God gave unto them Saul the son of Cis, a man of the tribe of Benjamin, by the space of forty years. -- acts 13:21 +. +And when he had removed him, he raised up unto them David to be their king; to whom also he gave their testimony, and said, I have found David the son of Jesse, a man after mine own heart, which shall fulfil all my will. -- acts 13:22 +. +Of this man's seed hath God according to his promise raised unto Israel a Saviour, Jesus: -- acts 13:23 +. +When John had first preached before his coming the baptism of repentance to all the people of Israel. -- acts 13:24 +. +And as John fulfilled his course, he said, Whom think ye that I am? I am not he. But, behold, there cometh one after me, whose shoes of his feet I am not worthy to loose. -- acts 13:25 +. +Men and brethren, children of the stock of Abraham, and whosoever among you feareth God, to you is the word of this salvation sent. -- acts 13:26 +. +For they that dwell at Jerusalem, and their rulers, because they knew him not, nor yet the voices of the prophets which are read every sabbath day, they have fulfilled them in condemning him. -- acts 13:27 +. +And though they found no cause of death in him, yet desired they Pilate that he should be slain. -- acts 13:28 +. +And when they had fulfilled all that was written of him, they took him down from the tree, and laid him in a sepulchre. -- acts 13:29 +. +But God raised him from the dead: -- acts 13:30 +. +And he was seen many days of them which came up with him from Galilee to Jerusalem, who are his witnesses unto the people. -- acts 13:31 +. +And we declare unto you glad tidings, how that the promise which was made unto the fathers, -- acts 13:32 +. +God hath fulfilled the same unto us their children, in that he hath raised up Jesus again; as it is also written in the second psalm, Thou art my Son, this day have I begotten thee. -- acts 13:33 +. +And as concerning that he raised him up from the dead, now no more to return to corruption, he said on this wise, I will give you the sure mercies of David. -- acts 13:34 +. +Wherefore he saith also in another psalm, Thou shalt not suffer thine Holy One to see corruption. -- acts 13:35 +. +For David, after he had served his own generation by the will of God, fell on sleep, and was laid unto his fathers, and saw corruption: -- acts 13:36 +. +But he, whom God raised again, saw no corruption. -- acts 13:37 +. +Be it known unto you therefore, men and brethren, that through this man is preached unto you the forgiveness of sins: -- acts 13:38 +. +And by him all that believe are justified from all things, from which ye could not be justified by the law of Moses. -- acts 13:39 +. +Beware therefore, lest that come upon you, which is spoken of in the prophets; -- acts 13:40 +. +Behold, ye despisers, and wonder, and perish: for I work a work in your days, a work which ye shall in no wise believe, though a man declare it unto you. -- acts 13:41 +. +And when the Jews were gone out of the synagogue, the Gentiles besought that these words might be preached to them the next sabbath. -- acts 13:42 +. +Now when the congregation was broken up, many of the Jews and religious proselytes followed Paul and Barnabas: who, speaking to them, persuaded them to continue in the grace of God. -- acts 13:43 +. +And the next sabbath day came almost the whole city together to hear the word of God. -- acts 13:44 +. +But when the Jews saw the multitudes, they were filled with envy, and spake against those things which were spoken by Paul, contradicting and blaspheming. -- acts 13:45 +. +Then Paul and Barnabas waxed bold, and said, It was necessary that the word of God should first have been spoken to you: but seeing ye put it from you, and judge yourselves unworthy of everlasting life, lo, we turn to the Gentiles. -- acts 13:46 +. +For so hath the Lord commanded us, saying, I have set thee to be a light of the Gentiles, that thou shouldest be for salvation unto the ends of the earth. -- acts 13:47 +. +And when the Gentiles heard this, they were glad, and glorified the word of the Lord: and as many as were ordained to eternal life believed. -- acts 13:48 +. +And the word of the Lord was published throughout all the region. -- acts 13:49 +. +But the Jews stirred up the devout and honourable women, and the chief men of the city, and raised persecution against Paul and Barnabas, and expelled them out of their coasts. -- acts 13:50 +. +But they shook off the dust of their feet against them, and came unto Iconium. -- acts 13:51 +. +And the disciples were filled with joy, and with the Holy Ghost. -- acts 13:52 +. +And it came to pass in Iconium, that they went both together into the synagogue of the Jews, and so spake, that a great multitude both of the Jews and also of the Greeks believed. -- acts 14:1 +. +But the unbelieving Jews stirred up the Gentiles, and made their minds evil affected against the brethren. -- acts 14:2 +. +Long time therefore abode they speaking boldly in the Lord, which gave testimony unto the word of his grace, and granted signs and wonders to be done by their hands. -- acts 14:3 +. +But the multitude of the city was divided: and part held with the Jews, and part with the apostles. -- acts 14:4 +. +And when there was an assault made both of the Gentiles, and also of the Jews with their rulers, to use them despitefully, and to stone them, -- acts 14:5 +. +They were ware of it, and fled unto Lystra and Derbe, cities of Lycaonia, and unto the region that lieth round about: -- acts 14:6 +. +And there they preached the gospel. -- acts 14:7 +. +And there sat a certain man at Lystra, impotent in his feet, being a cripple from his mother's womb, who never had walked: -- acts 14:8 +. +The same heard Paul speak: who stedfastly beholding him, and perceiving that he had faith to be healed, -- acts 14:9 +. +Said with a loud voice, Stand upright on thy feet. And he leaped and walked. -- acts 14:10 +. +And when the people saw what Paul had done, they lifted up their voices, saying in the speech of Lycaonia, The gods are come down to us in the likeness of men. -- acts 14:11 +. +And they called Barnabas, Jupiter; and Paul, Mercurius, because he was the chief speaker. -- acts 14:12 +. +Then the priest of Jupiter, which was before their city, brought oxen and garlands unto the gates, and would have done sacrifice with the people. -- acts 14:13 +. +Which when the apostles, Barnabas and Paul, heard of, they rent their clothes, and ran in among the people, crying out, -- acts 14:14 +. +And saying, Sirs, why do ye these things? We also are men of like passions with you, and preach unto you that ye should turn from these vanities unto the living God, which made heaven, and earth, and the sea, and all things that are therein: -- acts 14:15 +. +Who in times past suffered all nations to walk in their own ways. -- acts 14:16 +. +Nevertheless he left not himself without witness, in that he did good, and gave us rain from heaven, and fruitful seasons, filling our hearts with food and gladness. -- acts 14:17 +. +And with these sayings scarce restrained they the people, that they had not done sacrifice unto them. -- acts 14:18 +. +And there came thither certain Jews from Antioch and Iconium, who persuaded the people, and having stoned Paul, drew him out of the city, supposing he had been dead. -- acts 14:19 +. +Howbeit, as the disciples stood round about him, he rose up, and came into the city: and the next day he departed with Barnabas to Derbe. -- acts 14:20 +. +And when they had preached the gospel to that city, and had taught many, they returned again to Lystra, and to Iconium, and Antioch, -- acts 14:21 +. +Confirming the souls of the disciples, and exhorting them to continue in the faith, and that we must through much tribulation enter into the kingdom of God. -- acts 14:22 +. +And when they had ordained them elders in every church, and had prayed with fasting, they commended them to the Lord, on whom they believed. -- acts 14:23 +. +And after they had passed throughout Pisidia, they came to Pamphylia. -- acts 14:24 +. +And when they had preached the word in Perga, they went down into Attalia: -- acts 14:25 +. +And thence sailed to Antioch, from whence they had been recommended to the grace of God for the work which they fulfilled. -- acts 14:26 +. +And when they were come, and had gathered the church together, they rehearsed all that God had done with them, and how he had opened the door of faith unto the Gentiles. -- acts 14:27 +. +And there they abode long time with the disciples. -- acts 14:28 +. +And certain men which came down from Judaea taught the brethren, and said, Except ye be circumcised after the manner of Moses, ye cannot be saved. -- acts 15:1 +. +When therefore Paul and Barnabas had no small dissension and disputation with them, they determined that Paul and Barnabas, and certain other of them, should go up to Jerusalem unto the apostles and elders about this question. -- acts 15:2 +. +And being brought on their way by the church, they passed through Phenice and Samaria, declaring the conversion of the Gentiles: and they caused great joy unto all the brethren. -- acts 15:3 +. +And when they were come to Jerusalem, they were received of the church, and of the apostles and elders, and they declared all things that God had done with them. -- acts 15:4 +. +But there rose up certain of the sect of the Pharisees which believed, saying, That it was needful to circumcise them, and to command them to keep the law of Moses. -- acts 15:5 +. +And the apostles and elders came together for to consider of this matter. -- acts 15:6 +. +And when there had been much disputing, Peter rose up, and said unto them, Men and brethren, ye know how that a good while ago God made choice among us, that the Gentiles by my mouth should hear the word of the gospel, and believe. -- acts 15:7 +. +And God, which knoweth the hearts, bare them witness, giving them the Holy Ghost, even as he did unto us; -- acts 15:8 +. +And put no difference between us and them, purifying their hearts by faith. -- acts 15:9 +. +Now therefore why tempt ye God, to put a yoke upon the neck of the disciples, which neither our fathers nor we were able to bear? -- acts 15:10 +. +But we believe that through the grace of the LORD Jesus Christ we shall be saved, even as they. -- acts 15:11 +. +Then all the multitude kept silence, and gave audience to Barnabas and Paul, declaring what miracles and wonders God had wrought among the Gentiles by them. -- acts 15:12 +. +And after they had held their peace, James answered, saying, Men and brethren, hearken unto me: -- acts 15:13 +. +Simeon hath declared how God at the first did visit the Gentiles, to take out of them a people for his name. -- acts 15:14 +. +And to this agree the words of the prophets; as it is written, -- acts 15:15 +. +After this I will return, and will build again the tabernacle of David, which is fallen down; and I will build again the ruins thereof, and I will set it up: -- acts 15:16 +. +That the residue of men might seek after the Lord, and all the Gentiles, upon whom my name is called, saith the Lord, who doeth all these things. -- acts 15:17 +. +Known unto God are all his works from the beginning of the world. -- acts 15:18 +. +Wherefore my sentence is, that we trouble not them, which from among the Gentiles are turned to God: -- acts 15:19 +. +But that we write unto them, that they abstain from pollutions of idols, and from fornication, and from things strangled, and from blood. -- acts 15:20 +. +For Moses of old time hath in every city them that preach him, being read in the synagogues every sabbath day. -- acts 15:21 +. +Then pleased it the apostles and elders with the whole church, to send chosen men of their own company to Antioch with Paul and Barnabas; namely, Judas surnamed Barsabas and Silas, chief men among the brethren: -- acts 15:22 +. +And they wrote letters by them after this manner; The apostles and elders and brethren send greeting unto the brethren which are of the Gentiles in Antioch and Syria and Cilicia. -- acts 15:23 +. +Forasmuch as we have heard, that certain which went out from us have troubled you with words, subverting your souls, saying, Ye must be circumcised, and keep the law: to whom we gave no such commandment: -- acts 15:24 +. +It seemed good unto us, being assembled with one accord, to send chosen men unto you with our beloved Barnabas and Paul, -- acts 15:25 +. +Men that have hazarded their lives for the name of our Lord Jesus Christ. -- acts 15:26 +. +We have sent therefore Judas and Silas, who shall also tell you the same things by mouth. -- acts 15:27 +. +For it seemed good to the Holy Ghost, and to us, to lay upon you no greater burden than these necessary things; -- acts 15:28 +. +That ye abstain from meats offered to idols, and from blood, and from things strangled, and from fornication: from which if ye keep yourselves, ye shall do well. Fare ye well. -- acts 15:29 +. +So when they were dismissed, they came to Antioch: and when they had gathered the multitude together, they delivered the epistle: -- acts 15:30 +. +Which when they had read, they rejoiced for the consolation. -- acts 15:31 +. +And Judas and Silas, being prophets also themselves, exhorted the brethren with many words, and confirmed them. -- acts 15:32 +. +And after they had tarried there a space, they were let go in peace from the brethren unto the apostles. -- acts 15:33 +. +Notwithstanding it pleased Silas to abide there still. -- acts 15:34 +. +Paul also and Barnabas continued in Antioch, teaching and preaching the word of the Lord, with many others also. -- acts 15:35 +. +And some days after Paul said unto Barnabas, Let us go again and visit our brethren in every city where we have preached the word of the LORD, and see how they do. -- acts 15:36 +. +And Barnabas determined to take with them John, whose surname was Mark. -- acts 15:37 +. +But Paul thought not good to take him with them, who departed from them from Pamphylia, and went not with them to the work. -- acts 15:38 +. +And the contention was so sharp between them, that they departed asunder one from the other: and so Barnabas took Mark, and sailed unto Cyprus; -- acts 15:39 +. +And Paul chose Silas, and departed, being recommended by the brethren unto the grace of God. -- acts 15:40 +. +And he went through Syria and Cilicia, confirming the churches. -- acts 15:41 +. +Then came he to Derbe and Lystra: and, behold, a certain disciple was there, named Timotheus, the son of a certain woman, which was a Jewess, and believed; but his father was a Greek: -- acts 16:1 +. +Which was well reported of by the brethren that were at Lystra and Iconium. -- acts 16:2 +. +Him would Paul have to go forth with him; and took and circumcised him because of the Jews which were in those quarters: for they knew all that his father was a Greek. -- acts 16:3 +. +And as they went through the cities, they delivered them the decrees for to keep, that were ordained of the apostles and elders which were at Jerusalem. -- acts 16:4 +. +And so were the churches established in the faith, and increased in number daily. -- acts 16:5 +. +Now when they had gone throughout Phrygia and the region of Galatia, and were forbidden of the Holy Ghost to preach the word in Asia, -- acts 16:6 +. +After they were come to Mysia, they assayed to go into Bithynia: but the Spirit suffered them not. -- acts 16:7 +. +And they passing by Mysia came down to Troas. -- acts 16:8 +. +And a vision appeared to Paul in the night; There stood a man of Macedonia, and prayed him, saying, Come over into Macedonia, and help us. -- acts 16:9 +. +And after he had seen the vision, immediately we endeavoured to go into Macedonia, assuredly gathering that the Lord had called us for to preach the gospel unto them. -- acts 16:10 +. +Therefore loosing from Troas, we came with a straight course to Samothracia, and the next day to Neapolis; -- acts 16:11 +. +And from thence to Philippi, which is the chief city of that part of Macedonia, and a colony: and we were in that city abiding certain days. -- acts 16:12 +. +And on the sabbath we went out of the city by a river side, where prayer was wont to be made; and we sat down, and spake unto the women which resorted thither. -- acts 16:13 +. +And a certain woman named Lydia, a seller of purple, of the city of Thyatira, which worshipped God, heard us: whose heart the Lord opened, that she attended unto the things which were spoken of Paul. -- acts 16:14 +. +And when she was baptized, and her household, she besought us, saying, If ye have judged me to be faithful to the Lord, come into my house, and abide there. And she constrained us. -- acts 16:15 +. +And it came to pass, as we went to prayer, a certain damsel possessed with a spirit of divination met us, which brought her masters much gain by soothsaying: -- acts 16:16 +. +The same followed Paul and us, and cried, saying, These men are the servants of the most high God, which shew unto us the way of salvation. -- acts 16:17 +. +And this did she many days. But Paul, being grieved, turned and said to the spirit, I command thee in the name of Jesus Christ to come out of her. And he came out the same hour. -- acts 16:18 +. +And when her masters saw that the hope of their gains was gone, they caught Paul and Silas, and drew them into the marketplace unto the rulers, -- acts 16:19 +. +And brought them to the magistrates, saying, These men, being Jews, do exceedingly trouble our city, -- acts 16:20 +. +And teach customs, which are not lawful for us to receive, neither to observe, being Romans. -- acts 16:21 +. +And the multitude rose up together against them: and the magistrates rent off their clothes, and commanded to beat them. -- acts 16:22 +. +And when they had laid many stripes upon them, they cast them into prison, charging the jailor to keep them safely: -- acts 16:23 +. +Who, having received such a charge, thrust them into the inner prison, and made their feet fast in the stocks. -- acts 16:24 +. +And at midnight Paul and Silas prayed, and sang praises unto God: and the prisoners heard them. -- acts 16:25 +. +And suddenly there was a great earthquake, so that the foundations of the prison were shaken: and immediately all the doors were opened, and every one's bands were loosed. -- acts 16:26 +. +And the keeper of the prison awaking out of his sleep, and seeing the prison doors open, he drew out his sword, and would have killed himself, supposing that the prisoners had been fled. -- acts 16:27 +. +But Paul cried with a loud voice, saying, Do thyself no harm: for we are all here. -- acts 16:28 +. +Then he called for a light, and sprang in, and came trembling, and fell down before Paul and Silas, -- acts 16:29 +. +And brought them out, and said, Sirs, what must I do to be saved? -- acts 16:30 +. +And they said, Believe on the Lord Jesus Christ, and thou shalt be saved, and thy house. -- acts 16:31 +. +And they spake unto him the word of the Lord, and to all that were in his house. -- acts 16:32 +. +And he took them the same hour of the night, and washed their stripes; and was baptized, he and all his, straightway. -- acts 16:33 +. +And when he had brought them into his house, he set meat before them, and rejoiced, believing in God with all his house. -- acts 16:34 +. +And when it was day, the magistrates sent the serjeants, saying, Let those men go. -- acts 16:35 +. +And the keeper of the prison told this saying to Paul, The magistrates have sent to let you go: now therefore depart, and go in peace. -- acts 16:36 +. +But Paul said unto them, They have beaten us openly uncondemned, being Romans, and have cast us into prison; and now do they thrust us out privily? nay verily; but let them come themselves and fetch us out. -- acts 16:37 +. +And the serjeants told these words unto the magistrates: and they feared, when they heard that they were Romans. -- acts 16:38 +. +And they came and besought them, and brought them out, and desired them to depart out of the city. -- acts 16:39 +. +And they went out of the prison, and entered into the house of Lydia: and when they had seen the brethren, they comforted them, and departed. -- acts 16:40 +. +Now when they had passed through Amphipolis and Apollonia, they came to Thessalonica, where was a synagogue of the Jews: -- acts 17:1 +. +And Paul, as his manner was, went in unto them, and three sabbath days reasoned with them out of the scriptures, -- acts 17:2 +. +Opening and alleging, that Christ must needs have suffered, and risen again from the dead; and that this Jesus, whom I preach unto you, is Christ. -- acts 17:3 +. +And some of them believed, and consorted with Paul and Silas; and of the devout Greeks a great multitude, and of the chief women not a few. -- acts 17:4 +. +But the Jews which believed not, moved with envy, took unto them certain lewd fellows of the baser sort, and gathered a company, and set all the city on an uproar, and assaulted the house of Jason, and sought to bring them out to the people. -- acts 17:5 +. +And when they found them not, they drew Jason and certain brethren unto the rulers of the city, crying, These that have turned the world upside down are come hither also; -- acts 17:6 +. +Whom Jason hath received: and these all do contrary to the decrees of Caesar, saying that there is another king, one Jesus. -- acts 17:7 +. +And they troubled the people and the rulers of the city, when they heard these things. -- acts 17:8 +. +And when they had taken security of Jason, and of the other, they let them go. -- acts 17:9 +. +And the brethren immediately sent away Paul and Silas by night unto Berea: who coming thither went into the synagogue of the Jews. -- acts 17:10 +. +These were more noble than those in Thessalonica, in that they received the word with all readiness of mind, and searched the scriptures daily, whether those things were so. -- acts 17:11 +. +Therefore many of them believed; also of honourable women which were Greeks, and of men, not a few. -- acts 17:12 +. +But when the Jews of Thessalonica had knowledge that the word of God was preached of Paul at Berea, they came thither also, and stirred up the people. -- acts 17:13 +. +And then immediately the brethren sent away Paul to go as it were to the sea: but Silas and Timotheus abode there still. -- acts 17:14 +. +And they that conducted Paul brought him unto Athens: and receiving a commandment unto Silas and Timotheus for to come to him with all speed, they departed. -- acts 17:15 +. +Now while Paul waited for them at Athens, his spirit was stirred in him, when he saw the city wholly given to idolatry. -- acts 17:16 +. +Therefore disputed he in the synagogue with the Jews, and with the devout persons, and in the market daily with them that met with him. -- acts 17:17 +. +Then certain philosophers of the Epicureans, and of the Stoicks, encountered him. And some said, What will this babbler say? other some, He seemeth to be a setter forth of strange gods: because he preached unto them Jesus, and the resurrection. -- acts 17:18 +. +And they took him, and brought him unto Areopagus, saying, May we know what this new doctrine, whereof thou speakest, is? -- acts 17:19 +. +For thou bringest certain strange things to our ears: we would know therefore what these things mean. -- acts 17:20 +. +(For all the Athenians and strangers which were there spent their time in nothing else, but either to tell, or to hear some new thing.) -- acts 17:21 +. +Then Paul stood in the midst of Mars' hill, and said, Ye men of Athens, I perceive that in all things ye are too superstitious. -- acts 17:22 +. +For as I passed by, and beheld your devotions, I found an altar with this inscription, TO THE UNKNOWN GOD. Whom therefore ye ignorantly worship, him declare I unto you. -- acts 17:23 +. +God that made the world and all things therein, seeing that he is Lord of heaven and earth, dwelleth not in temples made with hands; -- acts 17:24 +. +Neither is worshipped with men's hands, as though he needed any thing, seeing he giveth to all life, and breath, and all things; -- acts 17:25 +. +And hath made of one blood all nations of men for to dwell on all the face of the earth, and hath determined the times before appointed, and the bounds of their habitation; -- acts 17:26 +. +That they should seek the Lord, if haply they might feel after him, and find him, though he be not far from every one of us: -- acts 17:27 +. +For in him we live, and move, and have our being; as certain also of your own poets have said, For we are also his offspring. -- acts 17:28 +. +Forasmuch then as we are the offspring of God, we ought not to think that the Godhead is like unto gold, or silver, or stone, graven by art and man's device. -- acts 17:29 +. +And the times of this ignorance God winked at; but now commandeth all men every where to repent: -- acts 17:30 +. +Because he hath appointed a day, in the which he will judge the world in righteousness by that man whom he hath ordained; whereof he hath given assurance unto all men, in that he hath raised him from the dead. -- acts 17:31 +. +And when they heard of the resurrection of the dead, some mocked: and others said, We will hear thee again of this matter. -- acts 17:32 +. +So Paul departed from among them. -- acts 17:33 +. +Howbeit certain men clave unto him, and believed: among the which was Dionysius the Areopagite, and a woman named Damaris, and others with them. -- acts 17:34 +. +After these things Paul departed from Athens, and came to Corinth; -- acts 18:1 +. +And found a certain Jew named Aquila, born in Pontus, lately come from Italy, with his wife Priscilla; (because that Claudius had commanded all Jews to depart from Rome:) and came unto them. -- acts 18:2 +. +And because he was of the same craft, he abode with them, and wrought: for by their occupation they were tentmakers. -- acts 18:3 +. +And he reasoned in the synagogue every sabbath, and persuaded the Jews and the Greeks. -- acts 18:4 +. +And when Silas and Timotheus were come from Macedonia, Paul was pressed in the spirit, and testified to the Jews that Jesus was Christ. -- acts 18:5 +. +And when they opposed themselves, and blasphemed, he shook his raiment, and said unto them, Your blood be upon your own heads; I am clean; from henceforth I will go unto the Gentiles. -- acts 18:6 +. +And he departed thence, and entered into a certain man's house, named Justus, one that worshipped God, whose house joined hard to the synagogue. -- acts 18:7 +. +And Crispus, the chief ruler of the synagogue, believed on the Lord with all his house; and many of the Corinthians hearing believed, and were baptized. -- acts 18:8 +. +Then spake the Lord to Paul in the night by a vision, Be not afraid, but speak, and hold not thy peace: -- acts 18:9 +. +For I am with thee, and no man shall set on thee to hurt thee: for I have much people in this city. -- acts 18:10 +. +And he continued there a year and six months, teaching the word of God among them. -- acts 18:11 +. +And when Gallio was the deputy of Achaia, the Jews made insurrection with one accord against Paul, and brought him to the judgment seat, -- acts 18:12 +. +Saying, This fellow persuadeth men to worship God contrary to the law. -- acts 18:13 +. +And when Paul was now about to open his mouth, Gallio said unto the Jews, If it were a matter of wrong or wicked lewdness, O ye Jews, reason would that I should bear with you: -- acts 18:14 +. +But if it be a question of words and names, and of your law, look ye to it; for I will be no judge of such matters. -- acts 18:15 +. +And he drave them from the judgment seat. -- acts 18:16 +. +Then all the Greeks took Sosthenes, the chief ruler of the synagogue, and beat him before the judgment seat. And Gallio cared for none of those things. -- acts 18:17 +. +And Paul after this tarried there yet a good while, and then took his leave of the brethren, and sailed thence into Syria, and with him Priscilla and Aquila; having shorn his head in Cenchrea: for he had a vow. -- acts 18:18 +. +And he came to Ephesus, and left them there: but he himself entered into the synagogue, and reasoned with the Jews. -- acts 18:19 +. +When they desired him to tarry longer time with them, he consented not; -- acts 18:20 +. +But bade them farewell, saying, I must by all means keep this feast that cometh in Jerusalem: but I will return again unto you, if God will. And he sailed from Ephesus. -- acts 18:21 +. +And when he had landed at Caesarea, and gone up, and saluted the church, he went down to Antioch. -- acts 18:22 +. +And after he had spent some time there, he departed, and went over all the country of Galatia and Phrygia in order, strengthening all the disciples. -- acts 18:23 +. +And a certain Jew named Apollos, born at Alexandria, an eloquent man, and mighty in the scriptures, came to Ephesus. -- acts 18:24 +. +This man was instructed in the way of the Lord; and being fervent in the spirit, he spake and taught diligently the things of the Lord, knowing only the baptism of John. -- acts 18:25 +. +And he began to speak boldly in the synagogue: whom when Aquila and Priscilla had heard, they took him unto them, and expounded unto him the way of God more perfectly. -- acts 18:26 +. +And when he was disposed to pass into Achaia, the brethren wrote, exhorting the disciples to receive him: who, when he was come, helped them much which had believed through grace: -- acts 18:27 +. +For he mightily convinced the Jews, and that publickly, shewing by the scriptures that Jesus was Christ. -- acts 18:28 +. +And it came to pass, that, while Apollos was at Corinth, Paul having passed through the upper coasts came to Ephesus: and finding certain disciples, -- acts 19:1 +. +He said unto them, Have ye received the Holy Ghost since ye believed? And they said unto him, We have not so much as heard whether there be any Holy Ghost. -- acts 19:2 +. +And he said unto them, Unto what then were ye baptized? And they said, Unto John's baptism. -- acts 19:3 +. +Then said Paul, John verily baptized with the baptism of repentance, saying unto the people, that they should believe on him which should come after him, that is, on Christ Jesus. -- acts 19:4 +. +When they heard this, they were baptized in the name of the Lord Jesus. -- acts 19:5 +. +And when Paul had laid his hands upon them, the Holy Ghost came on them; and they spake with tongues, and prophesied. -- acts 19:6 +. +And all the men were about twelve. -- acts 19:7 +. +And he went into the synagogue, and spake boldly for the space of three months, disputing and persuading the things concerning the kingdom of God. -- acts 19:8 +. +But when divers were hardened, and believed not, but spake evil of that way before the multitude, he departed from them, and separated the disciples, disputing daily in the school of one Tyrannus. -- acts 19:9 +. +And this continued by the space of two years; so that all they which dwelt in Asia heard the word of the Lord Jesus, both Jews and Greeks. -- acts 19:10 +. +And God wrought special miracles by the hands of Paul: -- acts 19:11 +. +So that from his body were brought unto the sick handkerchiefs or aprons, and the diseases departed from them, and the evil spirits went out of them. -- acts 19:12 +. +Then certain of the vagabond Jews, exorcists, took upon them to call over them which had evil spirits the name of the LORD Jesus, saying, We adjure you by Jesus whom Paul preacheth. -- acts 19:13 +. +And there were seven sons of one Sceva, a Jew, and chief of the priests, which did so. -- acts 19:14 +. +And the evil spirit answered and said, Jesus I know, and Paul I know; but who are ye? -- acts 19:15 +. +And the man in whom the evil spirit was leaped on them, and overcame them, and prevailed against them, so that they fled out of that house naked and wounded. -- acts 19:16 +. +And this was known to all the Jews and Greeks also dwelling at Ephesus; and fear fell on them all, and the name of the Lord Jesus was magnified. -- acts 19:17 +. +And many that believed came, and confessed, and shewed their deeds. -- acts 19:18 +. +Many of them also which used curious arts brought their books together, and burned them before all men: and they counted the price of them, and found it fifty thousand pieces of silver. -- acts 19:19 +. +So mightily grew the word of God and prevailed. -- acts 19:20 +. +After these things were ended, Paul purposed in the spirit, when he had passed through Macedonia and Achaia, to go to Jerusalem, saying, After I have been there, I must also see Rome. -- acts 19:21 +. +So he sent into Macedonia two of them that ministered unto him, Timotheus and Erastus; but he himself stayed in Asia for a season. -- acts 19:22 +. +And the same time there arose no small stir about that way. -- acts 19:23 +. +For a certain man named Demetrius, a silversmith, which made silver shrines for Diana, brought no small gain unto the craftsmen; -- acts 19:24 +. +Whom he called together with the workmen of like occupation, and said, Sirs, ye know that by this craft we have our wealth. -- acts 19:25 +. +Moreover ye see and hear, that not alone at Ephesus, but almost throughout all Asia, this Paul hath persuaded and turned away much people, saying that they be no gods, which are made with hands: -- acts 19:26 +. +So that not only this our craft is in danger to be set at nought; but also that the temple of the great goddess Diana should be despised, and her magnificence should be destroyed, whom all Asia and the world worshippeth. -- acts 19:27 +. +And when they heard these sayings, they were full of wrath, and cried out, saying, Great is Diana of the Ephesians. -- acts 19:28 +. +And the whole city was filled with confusion: and having caught Gaius and Aristarchus, men of Macedonia, Paul's companions in travel, they rushed with one accord into the theatre. -- acts 19:29 +. +And when Paul would have entered in unto the people, the disciples suffered him not. -- acts 19:30 +. +And certain of the chief of Asia, which were his friends, sent unto him, desiring him that he would not adventure himself into the theatre. -- acts 19:31 +. +Some therefore cried one thing, and some another: for the assembly was confused: and the more part knew not wherefore they were come together. -- acts 19:32 +. +And they drew Alexander out of the multitude, the Jews putting him forward. And Alexander beckoned with the hand, and would have made his defence unto the people. -- acts 19:33 +. +But when they knew that he was a Jew, all with one voice about the space of two hours cried out, Great is Diana of the Ephesians. -- acts 19:34 +. +And when the townclerk had appeased the people, he said, Ye men of Ephesus, what man is there that knoweth not how that the city of the Ephesians is a worshipper of the great goddess Diana, and of the image which fell down from Jupiter? -- acts 19:35 +. +Seeing then that these things cannot be spoken against, ye ought to be quiet, and to do nothing rashly. -- acts 19:36 +. +For ye have brought hither these men, which are neither robbers of churches, nor yet blasphemers of your goddess. -- acts 19:37 +. +Wherefore if Demetrius, and the craftsmen which are with him, have a matter against any man, the law is open, and there are deputies: let them implead one another. -- acts 19:38 +. +But if ye enquire any thing concerning other matters, it shall be determined in a lawful assembly. -- acts 19:39 +. +For we are in danger to be called in question for this day's uproar, there being no cause whereby we may give an account of this concourse. -- acts 19:40 +. +And when he had thus spoken, he dismissed the assembly. -- acts 19:41 +. +And after the uproar was ceased, Paul called unto him the disciples, and embraced them, and departed for to go into Macedonia. -- acts 20:1 +. +And when he had gone over those parts, and had given them much exhortation, he came into Greece, -- acts 20:2 +. +And there abode three months. And when the Jews laid wait for him, as he was about to sail into Syria, he purposed to return through Macedonia. -- acts 20:3 +. +And there accompanied him into Asia Sopater of Berea; and of the Thessalonians, Aristarchus and Secundus; and Gaius of Derbe, and Timotheus; and of Asia, Tychicus and Trophimus. -- acts 20:4 +. +These going before tarried for us at Troas. -- acts 20:5 +. +And we sailed away from Philippi after the days of unleavened bread, and came unto them to Troas in five days; where we abode seven days. -- acts 20:6 +. +And upon the first day of the week, when the disciples came together to break bread, Paul preached unto them, ready to depart on the morrow; and continued his speech until midnight. -- acts 20:7 +. +And there were many lights in the upper chamber, where they were gathered together. -- acts 20:8 +. +And there sat in a window a certain young man named Eutychus, being fallen into a deep sleep: and as Paul was long preaching, he sunk down with sleep, and fell down from the third loft, and was taken up dead. -- acts 20:9 +. +And Paul went down, and fell on him, and embracing him said, Trouble not yourselves; for his life is in him. -- acts 20:10 +. +When he therefore was come up again, and had broken bread, and eaten, and talked a long while, even till break of day, so he departed. -- acts 20:11 +. +And they brought the young man alive, and were not a little comforted. -- acts 20:12 +. +And we went before to ship, and sailed unto Assos, there intending to take in Paul: for so had he appointed, minding himself to go afoot. -- acts 20:13 +. +And when he met with us at Assos, we took him in, and came to Mitylene. -- acts 20:14 +. +And we sailed thence, and came the next day over against Chios; and the next day we arrived at Samos, and tarried at Trogyllium; and the next day we came to Miletus. -- acts 20:15 +. +For Paul had determined to sail by Ephesus, because he would not spend the time in Asia: for he hasted, if it were possible for him, to be at Jerusalem the day of Pentecost. -- acts 20:16 +. +And from Miletus he sent to Ephesus, and called the elders of the church. -- acts 20:17 +. +And when they were come to him, he said unto them, Ye know, from the first day that I came into Asia, after what manner I have been with you at all seasons, -- acts 20:18 +. +Serving the LORD with all humility of mind, and with many tears, and temptations, which befell me by the lying in wait of the Jews: -- acts 20:19 +. +And how I kept back nothing that was profitable unto you, but have shewed you, and have taught you publickly, and from house to house, -- acts 20:20 +. +Testifying both to the Jews, and also to the Greeks, repentance toward God, and faith toward our Lord Jesus Christ. -- acts 20:21 +. +And now, behold, I go bound in the spirit unto Jerusalem, not knowing the things that shall befall me there: -- acts 20:22 +. +Save that the Holy Ghost witnesseth in every city, saying that bonds and afflictions abide me. -- acts 20:23 +. +But none of these things move me, neither count I my life dear unto myself, so that I might finish my course with joy, and the ministry, which I have received of the Lord Jesus, to testify the gospel of the grace of God. -- acts 20:24 +. +And now, behold, I know that ye all, among whom I have gone preaching the kingdom of God, shall see my face no more. -- acts 20:25 +. +Wherefore I take you to record this day, that I am pure from the blood of all men. -- acts 20:26 +. +For I have not shunned to declare unto you all the counsel of God. -- acts 20:27 +. +Take heed therefore unto yourselves, and to all the flock, over the which the Holy Ghost hath made you overseers, to feed the church of God, which he hath purchased with his own blood. -- acts 20:28 +. +For I know this, that after my departing shall grievous wolves enter in among you, not sparing the flock. -- acts 20:29 +. +Also of your own selves shall men arise, speaking perverse things, to draw away disciples after them. -- acts 20:30 +. +Therefore watch, and remember, that by the space of three years I ceased not to warn every one night and day with tears. -- acts 20:31 +. +And now, brethren, I commend you to God, and to the word of his grace, which is able to build you up, and to give you an inheritance among all them which are sanctified. -- acts 20:32 +. +I have coveted no man's silver, or gold, or apparel. -- acts 20:33 +. +Yea, ye yourselves know, that these hands have ministered unto my necessities, and to them that were with me. -- acts 20:34 +. +I have shewed you all things, how that so labouring ye ought to support the weak, and to remember the words of the Lord Jesus, how he said, It is more blessed to give than to receive. -- acts 20:35 +. +And when he had thus spoken, he kneeled down, and prayed with them all. -- acts 20:36 +. +And they all wept sore, and fell on Paul's neck, and kissed him, -- acts 20:37 +. +Sorrowing most of all for the words which he spake, that they should see his face no more. And they accompanied him unto the ship. -- acts 20:38 +. +And it came to pass, that after we were gotten from them, and had launched, we came with a straight course unto Coos, and the day following unto Rhodes, and from thence unto Patara: -- acts 21:1 +. +And finding a ship sailing over unto Phenicia, we went aboard, and set forth. -- acts 21:2 +. +Now when we had discovered Cyprus, we left it on the left hand, and sailed into Syria, and landed at Tyre: for there the ship was to unlade her burden. -- acts 21:3 +. +And finding disciples, we tarried there seven days: who said to Paul through the Spirit, that he should not go up to Jerusalem. -- acts 21:4 +. +And when we had accomplished those days, we departed and went our way; and they all brought us on our way, with wives and children, till we were out of the city: and we kneeled down on the shore, and prayed. -- acts 21:5 +. +And when we had taken our leave one of another, we took ship; and they returned home again. -- acts 21:6 +. +And when we had finished our course from Tyre, we came to Ptolemais, and saluted the brethren, and abode with them one day. -- acts 21:7 +. +And the next day we that were of Paul's company departed, and came unto Caesarea: and we entered into the house of Philip the evangelist, which was one of the seven; and abode with him. -- acts 21:8 +. +And the same man had four daughters, virgins, which did prophesy. -- acts 21:9 +. +And as we tarried there many days, there came down from Judaea a certain prophet, named Agabus. -- acts 21:10 +. +And when he was come unto us, he took Paul's girdle, and bound his own hands and feet, and said, Thus saith the Holy Ghost, So shall the Jews at Jerusalem bind the man that owneth this girdle, and shall deliver him into the hands of the Gentiles. -- acts 21:11 +. +And when we heard these things, both we, and they of that place, besought him not to go up to Jerusalem. -- acts 21:12 +. +Then Paul answered, What mean ye to weep and to break mine heart? for I am ready not to be bound only, but also to die at Jerusalem for the name of the Lord Jesus. -- acts 21:13 +. +And when he would not be persuaded, we ceased, saying, The will of the Lord be done. -- acts 21:14 +. +And after those days we took up our carriages, and went up to Jerusalem. -- acts 21:15 +. +There went with us also certain of the disciples of Caesarea, and brought with them one Mnason of Cyprus, an old disciple, with whom we should lodge. -- acts 21:16 +. +And when we were come to Jerusalem, the brethren received us gladly. -- acts 21:17 +. +And the day following Paul went in with us unto James; and all the elders were present. -- acts 21:18 +. +And when he had saluted them, he declared particularly what things God had wrought among the Gentiles by his ministry. -- acts 21:19 +. +And when they heard it, they glorified the Lord, and said unto him, Thou seest, brother, how many thousands of Jews there are which believe; and they are all zealous of the law: -- acts 21:20 +. +And they are informed of thee, that thou teachest all the Jews which are among the Gentiles to forsake Moses, saying that they ought not to circumcise their children, neither to walk after the customs. -- acts 21:21 +. +What is it therefore? the multitude must needs come together: for they will hear that thou art come. -- acts 21:22 +. +Do therefore this that we say to thee: We have four men which have a vow on them; -- acts 21:23 +. +Them take, and purify thyself with them, and be at charges with them, that they may shave their heads: and all may know that those things, whereof they were informed concerning thee, are nothing; but that thou thyself also walkest orderly, and keepest the law. -- acts 21:24 +. +As touching the Gentiles which believe, we have written and concluded that they observe no such thing, save only that they keep themselves from things offered to idols, and from blood, and from strangled, and from fornication. -- acts 21:25 +. +Then Paul took the men, and the next day purifying himself with them entered into the temple, to signify the accomplishment of the days of purification, until that an offering should be offered for every one of them. -- acts 21:26 +. +And when the seven days were almost ended, the Jews which were of Asia, when they saw him in the temple, stirred up all the people, and laid hands on him, -- acts 21:27 +. +Crying out, Men of Israel, help: This is the man, that teacheth all men every where against the people, and the law, and this place: and further brought Greeks also into the temple, and hath polluted this holy place. -- acts 21:28 +. +(For they had seen before with him in the city Trophimus an Ephesian, whom they supposed that Paul had brought into the temple.) -- acts 21:29 +. +And all the city was moved, and the people ran together: and they took Paul, and drew him out of the temple: and forthwith the doors were shut. -- acts 21:30 +. +And as they went about to kill him, tidings came unto the chief captain of the band, that all Jerusalem was in an uproar. -- acts 21:31 +. +Who immediately took soldiers and centurions, and ran down unto them: and when they saw the chief captain and the soldiers, they left beating of Paul. -- acts 21:32 +. +Then the chief captain came near, and took him, and commanded him to be bound with two chains; and demanded who he was, and what he had done. -- acts 21:33 +. +And some cried one thing, some another, among the multitude: and when he could not know the certainty for the tumult, he commanded him to be carried into the castle. -- acts 21:34 +. +And when he came upon the stairs, so it was, that he was borne of the soldiers for the violence of the people. -- acts 21:35 +. +For the multitude of the people followed after, crying, Away with him. -- acts 21:36 +. +And as Paul was to be led into the castle, he said unto the chief captain, May I speak unto thee? Who said, Canst thou speak Greek? -- acts 21:37 +. +Art not thou that Egyptian, which before these days madest an uproar, and leddest out into the wilderness four thousand men that were murderers? -- acts 21:38 +. +But Paul said, I am a man which am a Jew of Tarsus, a city in Cilicia, a citizen of no mean city: and, I beseech thee, suffer me to speak unto the people. -- acts 21:39 +. +And when he had given him licence, Paul stood on the stairs, and beckoned with the hand unto the people. And when there was made a great silence, he spake unto them in the Hebrew tongue, saying, -- acts 21:40 +. +Men, brethren, and fathers, hear ye my defence which I make now unto you. -- acts 22:1 +. +(And when they heard that he spake in the Hebrew tongue to them, they kept the more silence: and he saith,) -- acts 22:2 +. +I am verily a man which am a Jew, born in Tarsus, a city in Cilicia, yet brought up in this city at the feet of Gamaliel, and taught according to the perfect manner of the law of the fathers, and was zealous toward God, as ye all are this day. -- acts 22:3 +. +And I persecuted this way unto the death, binding and delivering into prisons both men and women. -- acts 22:4 +. +As also the high priest doth bear me witness, and all the estate of the elders: from whom also I received letters unto the brethren, and went to Damascus, to bring them which were there bound unto Jerusalem, for to be punished. -- acts 22:5 +. +And it came to pass, that, as I made my journey, and was come nigh unto Damascus about noon, suddenly there shone from heaven a great light round about me. -- acts 22:6 +. +And I fell unto the ground, and heard a voice saying unto me, Saul, Saul, why persecutest thou me? -- acts 22:7 +. +And I answered, Who art thou, Lord? And he said unto me, I am Jesus of Nazareth, whom thou persecutest. -- acts 22:8 +. +And they that were with me saw indeed the light, and were afraid; but they heard not the voice of him that spake to me. -- acts 22:9 +. +And I said, What shall I do, LORD? And the Lord said unto me, Arise, and go into Damascus; and there it shall be told thee of all things which are appointed for thee to do. -- acts 22:10 +. +And when I could not see for the glory of that light, being led by the hand of them that were with me, I came into Damascus. -- acts 22:11 +. +And one Ananias, a devout man according to the law, having a good report of all the Jews which dwelt there, -- acts 22:12 +. +Came unto me, and stood, and said unto me, Brother Saul, receive thy sight. And the same hour I looked up upon him. -- acts 22:13 +. +And he said, The God of our fathers hath chosen thee, that thou shouldest know his will, and see that Just One, and shouldest hear the voice of his mouth. -- acts 22:14 +. +For thou shalt be his witness unto all men of what thou hast seen and heard. -- acts 22:15 +. +And now why tarriest thou? arise, and be baptized, and wash away thy sins, calling on the name of the Lord. -- acts 22:16 +. +And it came to pass, that, when I was come again to Jerusalem, even while I prayed in the temple, I was in a trance; -- acts 22:17 +. +And saw him saying unto me, Make haste, and get thee quickly out of Jerusalem: for they will not receive thy testimony concerning me. -- acts 22:18 +. +And I said, Lord, they know that I imprisoned and beat in every synagogue them that believed on thee: -- acts 22:19 +. +And when the blood of thy martyr Stephen was shed, I also was standing by, and consenting unto his death, and kept the raiment of them that slew him. -- acts 22:20 +. +And he said unto me, Depart: for I will send thee far hence unto the Gentiles. -- acts 22:21 +. +And they gave him audience unto this word, and then lifted up their voices, and said, Away with such a fellow from the earth: for it is not fit that he should live. -- acts 22:22 +. +And as they cried out, and cast off their clothes, and threw dust into the air, -- acts 22:23 +. +The chief captain commanded him to be brought into the castle, and bade that he should be examined by scourging; that he might know wherefore they cried so against him. -- acts 22:24 +. +And as they bound him with thongs, Paul said unto the centurion that stood by, Is it lawful for you to scourge a man that is a Roman, and uncondemned? -- acts 22:25 +. +When the centurion heard that, he went and told the chief captain, saying, Take heed what thou doest: for this man is a Roman. -- acts 22:26 +. +Then the chief captain came, and said unto him, Tell me, art thou a Roman? He said, Yea. -- acts 22:27 +. +And the chief captain answered, With a great sum obtained I this freedom. And Paul said, But I was free born. -- acts 22:28 +. +Then straightway they departed from him which should have examined him: and the chief captain also was afraid, after he knew that he was a Roman, and because he had bound him. -- acts 22:29 +. +On the morrow, because he would have known the certainty wherefore he was accused of the Jews, he loosed him from his bands, and commanded the chief priests and all their council to appear, and brought Paul down, and set him before them. -- acts 22:30 +. +And Paul, earnestly beholding the council, said, Men and brethren, I have lived in all good conscience before God until this day. -- acts 23:1 +. +And the high priest Ananias commanded them that stood by him to smite him on the mouth. -- acts 23:2 +. +Then said Paul unto him, God shall smite thee, thou whited wall: for sittest thou to judge me after the law, and commandest me to be smitten contrary to the law? -- acts 23:3 +. +And they that stood by said, Revilest thou God's high priest? -- acts 23:4 +. +Then said Paul, I wist not, brethren, that he was the high priest: for it is written, Thou shalt not speak evil of the ruler of thy people. -- acts 23:5 +. +But when Paul perceived that the one part were Sadducees, and the other Pharisees, he cried out in the council, Men and brethren, I am a Pharisee, the son of a Pharisee: of the hope and resurrection of the dead I am called in question. -- acts 23:6 +. +And when he had so said, there arose a dissension between the Pharisees and the Sadducees: and the multitude was divided. -- acts 23:7 +. +For the Sadducees say that there is no resurrection, neither angel, nor spirit: but the Pharisees confess both. -- acts 23:8 +. +And there arose a great cry: and the scribes that were of the Pharisees' part arose, and strove, saying, We find no evil in this man: but if a spirit or an angel hath spoken to him, let us not fight against God. -- acts 23:9 +. +And when there arose a great dissension, the chief captain, fearing lest Paul should have been pulled in pieces of them, commanded the soldiers to go down, and to take him by force from among them, and to bring him into the castle. -- acts 23:10 +. +And the night following the Lord stood by him, and said, Be of good cheer, Paul: for as thou hast testified of me in Jerusalem, so must thou bear witness also at Rome. -- acts 23:11 +. +And when it was day, certain of the Jews banded together, and bound themselves under a curse, saying that they would neither eat nor drink till they had killed Paul. -- acts 23:12 +. +And they were more than forty which had made this conspiracy. -- acts 23:13 +. +And they came to the chief priests and elders, and said, We have bound ourselves under a great curse, that we will eat nothing until we have slain Paul. -- acts 23:14 +. +Now therefore ye with the council signify to the chief captain that he bring him down unto you to morrow, as though ye would enquire something more perfectly concerning him: and we, or ever he come near, are ready to kill him. -- acts 23:15 +. +And when Paul's sister's son heard of their lying in wait, he went and entered into the castle, and told Paul. -- acts 23:16 +. +Then Paul called one of the centurions unto him, and said, Bring this young man unto the chief captain: for he hath a certain thing to tell him. -- acts 23:17 +. +So he took him, and brought him to the chief captain, and said, Paul the prisoner called me unto him, and prayed me to bring this young man unto thee, who hath something to say unto thee. -- acts 23:18 +. +Then the chief captain took him by the hand, and went with him aside privately, and asked him, What is that thou hast to tell me? -- acts 23:19 +. +And he said, The Jews have agreed to desire thee that thou wouldest bring down Paul to morrow into the council, as though they would enquire somewhat of him more perfectly. -- acts 23:20 +. +But do not thou yield unto them: for there lie in wait for him of them more than forty men, which have bound themselves with an oath, that they will neither eat nor drink till they have killed him: and now are they ready, looking for a promise from thee. -- acts 23:21 +. +So the chief captain then let the young man depart, and charged him, See thou tell no man that thou hast shewed these things to me. -- acts 23:22 +. +And he called unto him two centurions, saying, Make ready two hundred soldiers to go to Caesarea, and horsemen threescore and ten, and spearmen two hundred, at the third hour of the night; -- acts 23:23 +. +And provide them beasts, that they may set Paul on, and bring him safe unto Felix the governor. -- acts 23:24 +. +And he wrote a letter after this manner: -- acts 23:25 +. +Claudius Lysias unto the most excellent governor Felix sendeth greeting. -- acts 23:26 +. +This man was taken of the Jews, and should have been killed of them: then came I with an army, and rescued him, having understood that he was a Roman. -- acts 23:27 +. +And when I would have known the cause wherefore they accused him, I brought him forth into their council: -- acts 23:28 +. +Whom I perceived to be accused of questions of their law, but to have nothing laid to his charge worthy of death or of bonds. -- acts 23:29 +. +And when it was told me how that the Jews laid wait for the man, I sent straightway to thee, and gave commandment to his accusers also to say before thee what they had against him. Farewell. -- acts 23:30 +. +Then the soldiers, as it was commanded them, took Paul, and brought him by night to Antipatris. -- acts 23:31 +. +On the morrow they left the horsemen to go with him, and returned to the castle: -- acts 23:32 +. +Who, when they came to Caesarea and delivered the epistle to the governor, presented Paul also before him. -- acts 23:33 +. +And when the governor had read the letter, he asked of what province he was. And when he understood that he was of Cilicia; -- acts 23:34 +. +I will hear thee, said he, when thine accusers are also come. And he commanded him to be kept in Herod's judgment hall. -- acts 23:35 +. +And after five days Ananias the high priest descended with the elders, and with a certain orator named Tertullus, who informed the governor against Paul. -- acts 24:1 +. +And when he was called forth, Tertullus began to accuse him, saying, Seeing that by thee we enjoy great quietness, and that very worthy deeds are done unto this nation by thy providence, -- acts 24:2 +. +We accept it always, and in all places, most noble Felix, with all thankfulness. -- acts 24:3 +. +Notwithstanding, that I be not further tedious unto thee, I pray thee that thou wouldest hear us of thy clemency a few words. -- acts 24:4 +. +For we have found this man a pestilent fellow, and a mover of sedition among all the Jews throughout the world, and a ringleader of the sect of the Nazarenes: -- acts 24:5 +. +Who also hath gone about to profane the temple: whom we took, and would have judged according to our law. -- acts 24:6 +. +But the chief captain Lysias came upon us, and with great violence took him away out of our hands, -- acts 24:7 +. +Commanding his accusers to come unto thee: by examining of whom thyself mayest take knowledge of all these things, whereof we accuse him. -- acts 24:8 +. +And the Jews also assented, saying that these things were so. -- acts 24:9 +. +Then Paul, after that the governor had beckoned unto him to speak, answered, Forasmuch as I know that thou hast been of many years a judge unto this nation, I do the more cheerfully answer for myself: -- acts 24:10 +. +Because that thou mayest understand, that there are yet but twelve days since I went up to Jerusalem for to worship. -- acts 24:11 +. +And they neither found me in the temple disputing with any man, neither raising up the people, neither in the synagogues, nor in the city: -- acts 24:12 +. +Neither can they prove the things whereof they now accuse me. -- acts 24:13 +. +But this I confess unto thee, that after the way which they call heresy, so worship I the God of my fathers, believing all things which are written in the law and in the prophets: -- acts 24:14 +. +And have hope toward God, which they themselves also allow, that there shall be a resurrection of the dead, both of the just and unjust. -- acts 24:15 +. +And herein do I exercise myself, to have always a conscience void to offence toward God, and toward men. -- acts 24:16 +. +Now after many years I came to bring alms to my nation, and offerings. -- acts 24:17 +. +Whereupon certain Jews from Asia found me purified in the temple, neither with multitude, nor with tumult. -- acts 24:18 +. +Who ought to have been here before thee, and object, if they had ought against me. -- acts 24:19 +. +Or else let these same here say, if they have found any evil doing in me, while I stood before the council, -- acts 24:20 +. +Except it be for this one voice, that I cried standing among them, Touching the resurrection of the dead I am called in question by you this day. -- acts 24:21 +. +And when Felix heard these things, having more perfect knowledge of that way, he deferred them, and said, When Lysias the chief captain shall come down, I will know the uttermost of your matter. -- acts 24:22 +. +And he commanded a centurion to keep Paul, and to let him have liberty, and that he should forbid none of his acquaintance to minister or come unto him. -- acts 24:23 +. +And after certain days, when Felix came with his wife Drusilla, which was a Jewess, he sent for Paul, and heard him concerning the faith in Christ. -- acts 24:24 +. +And as he reasoned of righteousness, temperance, and judgment to come, Felix trembled, and answered, Go thy way for this time; when I have a convenient season, I will call for thee. -- acts 24:25 +. +He hoped also that money should have been given him of Paul, that he might loose him: wherefore he sent for him the oftener, and communed with him. -- acts 24:26 +. +But after two years Porcius Festus came into Felix' room: and Felix, willing to shew the Jews a pleasure, left Paul bound. -- acts 24:27 +. +Now when Festus was come into the province, after three days he ascended from Caesarea to Jerusalem. -- acts 25:1 +. +Then the high priest and the chief of the Jews informed him against Paul, and besought him, -- acts 25:2 +. +And desired favour against him, that he would send for him to Jerusalem, laying wait in the way to kill him. -- acts 25:3 +. +But Festus answered, that Paul should be kept at Caesarea, and that he himself would depart shortly thither. -- acts 25:4 +. +Let them therefore, said he, which among you are able, go down with me, and accuse this man, if there be any wickedness in him. -- acts 25:5 +. +And when he had tarried among them more than ten days, he went down unto Caesarea; and the next day sitting on the judgment seat commanded Paul to be brought. -- acts 25:6 +. +And when he was come, the Jews which came down from Jerusalem stood round about, and laid many and grievous complaints against Paul, which they could not prove. -- acts 25:7 +. +While he answered for himself, Neither against the law of the Jews, neither against the temple, nor yet against Caesar, have I offended any thing at all. -- acts 25:8 +. +But Festus, willing to do the Jews a pleasure, answered Paul, and said, Wilt thou go up to Jerusalem, and there be judged of these things before me? -- acts 25:9 +. +Then said Paul, I stand at Caesar's judgment seat, where I ought to be judged: to the Jews have I done no wrong, as thou very well knowest. -- acts 25:10 +. +For if I be an offender, or have committed any thing worthy of death, I refuse not to die: but if there be none of these things whereof these accuse me, no man may deliver me unto them. I appeal unto Caesar. -- acts 25:11 +. +Then Festus, when he had conferred with the council, answered, Hast thou appealed unto Caesar? unto Caesar shalt thou go. -- acts 25:12 +. +And after certain days king Agrippa and Bernice came unto Caesarea to salute Festus. -- acts 25:13 +. +And when they had been there many days, Festus declared Paul's cause unto the king, saying, There is a certain man left in bonds by Felix: -- acts 25:14 +. +About whom, when I was at Jerusalem, the chief priests and the elders of the Jews informed me, desiring to have judgment against him. -- acts 25:15 +. +To whom I answered, It is not the manner of the Romans to deliver any man to die, before that he which is accused have the accusers face to face, and have licence to answer for himself concerning the crime laid against him. -- acts 25:16 +. +Therefore, when they were come hither, without any delay on the morrow I sat on the judgment seat, and commanded the man to be brought forth. -- acts 25:17 +. +Against whom when the accusers stood up, they brought none accusation of such things as I supposed: -- acts 25:18 +. +But had certain questions against him of their own superstition, and of one Jesus, which was dead, whom Paul affirmed to be alive. -- acts 25:19 +. +And because I doubted of such manner of questions, I asked him whether he would go to Jerusalem, and there be judged of these matters. -- acts 25:20 +. +But when Paul had appealed to be reserved unto the hearing of Augustus, I commanded him to be kept till I might send him to Caesar. -- acts 25:21 +. +Then Agrippa said unto Festus, I would also hear the man myself. To morrow, said he, thou shalt hear him. -- acts 25:22 +. +And on the morrow, when Agrippa was come, and Bernice, with great pomp, and was entered into the place of hearing, with the chief captains, and principal men of the city, at Festus' commandment Paul was brought forth. -- acts 25:23 +. +And Festus said, King Agrippa, and all men which are here present with us, ye see this man, about whom all the multitude of the Jews have dealt with me, both at Jerusalem, and also here, crying that he ought not to live any longer. -- acts 25:24 +. +But when I found that he had committed nothing worthy of death, and that he himself hath appealed to Augustus, I have determined to send him. -- acts 25:25 +. +Of whom I have no certain thing to write unto my lord. Wherefore I have brought him forth before you, and specially before thee, O king Agrippa, that, after examination had, I might have somewhat to write. -- acts 25:26 +. +For it seemeth to me unreasonable to send a prisoner, and not withal to signify the crimes laid against him. -- acts 25:27 +. +Then Agrippa said unto Paul, Thou art permitted to speak for thyself. Then Paul stretched forth the hand, and answered for himself: -- acts 26:1 +. +I think myself happy, king Agrippa, because I shall answer for myself this day before thee touching all the things whereof I am accused of the Jews: -- acts 26:2 +. +Especially because I know thee to be expert in all customs and questions which are among the Jews: wherefore I beseech thee to hear me patiently. -- acts 26:3 +. +My manner of life from my youth, which was at the first among mine own nation at Jerusalem, know all the Jews; -- acts 26:4 +. +Which knew me from the beginning, if they would testify, that after the most straitest sect of our religion I lived a Pharisee. -- acts 26:5 +. +And now I stand and am judged for the hope of the promise made of God, unto our fathers: -- acts 26:6 +. +Unto which promise our twelve tribes, instantly serving God day and night, hope to come. For which hope's sake, king Agrippa, I am accused of the Jews. -- acts 26:7 +. +Why should it be thought a thing incredible with you, that God should raise the dead? -- acts 26:8 +. +I verily thought with myself, that I ought to do many things contrary to the name of Jesus of Nazareth. -- acts 26:9 +. +Which thing I also did in Jerusalem: and many of the saints did I shut up in prison, having received authority from the chief priests; and when they were put to death, I gave my voice against them. -- acts 26:10 +. +And I punished them oft in every synagogue, and compelled them to blaspheme; and being exceedingly mad against them, I persecuted them even unto strange cities. -- acts 26:11 +. +Whereupon as I went to Damascus with authority and commission from the chief priests, -- acts 26:12 +. +At midday, O king, I saw in the way a light from heaven, above the brightness of the sun, shining round about me and them which journeyed with me. -- acts 26:13 +. +And when we were all fallen to the earth, I heard a voice speaking unto me, and saying in the Hebrew tongue, Saul, Saul, why persecutest thou me? it is hard for thee to kick against the pricks. -- acts 26:14 +. +And I said, Who art thou, Lord? And he said, I am Jesus whom thou persecutest. -- acts 26:15 +. +But rise, and stand upon thy feet: for I have appeared unto thee for this purpose, to make thee a minister and a witness both of these things which thou hast seen, and of those things in the which I will appear unto thee; -- acts 26:16 +. +Delivering thee from the people, and from the Gentiles, unto whom now I send thee, -- acts 26:17 +. +To open their eyes, and to turn them from darkness to light, and from the power of Satan unto God, that they may receive forgiveness of sins, and inheritance among them which are sanctified by faith that is in me. -- acts 26:18 +. +Whereupon, O king Agrippa, I was not disobedient unto the heavenly vision: -- acts 26:19 +. +But shewed first unto them of Damascus, and at Jerusalem, and throughout all the coasts of Judaea, and then to the Gentiles, that they should repent and turn to God, and do works meet for repentance. -- acts 26:20 +. +For these causes the Jews caught me in the temple, and went about to kill me. -- acts 26:21 +. +Having therefore obtained help of God, I continue unto this day, witnessing both to small and great, saying none other things than those which the prophets and Moses did say should come: -- acts 26:22 +. +That Christ should suffer, and that he should be the first that should rise from the dead, and should shew light unto the people, and to the Gentiles. -- acts 26:23 +. +And as he thus spake for himself, Festus said with a loud voice, Paul, thou art beside thyself; much learning doth make thee mad. -- acts 26:24 +. +But he said, I am not mad, most noble Festus; but speak forth the words of truth and soberness. -- acts 26:25 +. +For the king knoweth of these things, before whom also I speak freely: for I am persuaded that none of these things are hidden from him; for this thing was not done in a corner. -- acts 26:26 +. +King Agrippa, believest thou the prophets? I know that thou believest. -- acts 26:27 +. +Then Agrippa said unto Paul, Almost thou persuadest me to be a Christian. -- acts 26:28 +. +And Paul said, I would to God, that not only thou, but also all that hear me this day, were both almost, and altogether such as I am, except these bonds. -- acts 26:29 +. +And when he had thus spoken, the king rose up, and the governor, and Bernice, and they that sat with them: -- acts 26:30 +. +And when they were gone aside, they talked between themselves, saying, This man doeth nothing worthy of death or of bonds. -- acts 26:31 +. +Then said Agrippa unto Festus, This man might have been set at liberty, if he had not appealed unto Caesar. -- acts 26:32 +. +And when it was determined that we should sail into Italy, they delivered Paul and certain other prisoners unto one named Julius, a centurion of Augustus' band. -- acts 27:1 +. +And entering into a ship of Adramyttium, we launched, meaning to sail by the coasts of Asia; one Aristarchus, a Macedonian of Thessalonica, being with us. -- acts 27:2 +. +And the next day we touched at Sidon. And Julius courteously entreated Paul, and gave him liberty to go unto his friends to refresh himself. -- acts 27:3 +. +And when we had launched from thence, we sailed under Cyprus, because the winds were contrary. -- acts 27:4 +. +And when we had sailed over the sea of Cilicia and Pamphylia, we came to Myra, a city of Lycia. -- acts 27:5 +. +And there the centurion found a ship of Alexandria sailing into Italy; and he put us therein. -- acts 27:6 +. +And when we had sailed slowly many days, and scarce were come over against Cnidus, the wind not suffering us, we sailed under Crete, over against Salmone; -- acts 27:7 +. +And, hardly passing it, came unto a place which is called The fair havens; nigh whereunto was the city of Lasea. -- acts 27:8 +. +Now when much time was spent, and when sailing was now dangerous, because the fast was now already past, Paul admonished them, -- acts 27:9 +. +And said unto them, Sirs, I perceive that this voyage will be with hurt and much damage, not only of the lading and ship, but also of our lives. -- acts 27:10 +. +Nevertheless the centurion believed the master and the owner of the ship, more than those things which were spoken by Paul. -- acts 27:11 +. +And because the haven was not commodious to winter in, the more part advised to depart thence also, if by any means they might attain to Phenice, and there to winter; which is an haven of Crete, and lieth toward the south west and north west. -- acts 27:12 +. +And when the south wind blew softly, supposing that they had obtained their purpose, loosing thence, they sailed close by Crete. -- acts 27:13 +. +But not long after there arose against it a tempestuous wind, called Euroclydon. -- acts 27:14 +. +And when the ship was caught, and could not bear up into the wind, we let her drive. -- acts 27:15 +. +And running under a certain island which is called Clauda, we had much work to come by the boat: -- acts 27:16 +. +Which when they had taken up, they used helps, undergirding the ship; and, fearing lest they should fall into the quicksands, strake sail, and so were driven. -- acts 27:17 +. +And we being exceedingly tossed with a tempest, the next day they lightened the ship; -- acts 27:18 +. +And the third day we cast out with our own hands the tackling of the ship. -- acts 27:19 +. +And when neither sun nor stars in many days appeared, and no small tempest lay on us, all hope that we should be saved was then taken away. -- acts 27:20 +. +But after long abstinence Paul stood forth in the midst of them, and said, Sirs, ye should have hearkened unto me, and not have loosed from Crete, and to have gained this harm and loss. -- acts 27:21 +. +And now I exhort you to be of good cheer: for there shall be no loss of any man's life among you, but of the ship. -- acts 27:22 +. +For there stood by me this night the angel of God, whose I am, and whom I serve, -- acts 27:23 +. +Saying, Fear not, Paul; thou must be brought before Caesar: and, lo, God hath given thee all them that sail with thee. -- acts 27:24 +. +Wherefore, sirs, be of good cheer: for I believe God, that it shall be even as it was told me. -- acts 27:25 +. +Howbeit we must be cast upon a certain island. -- acts 27:26 +. +But when the fourteenth night was come, as we were driven up and down in Adria, about midnight the shipmen deemed that they drew near to some country; -- acts 27:27 +. +And sounded, and found it twenty fathoms: and when they had gone a little further, they sounded again, and found it fifteen fathoms. -- acts 27:28 +. +Then fearing lest we should have fallen upon rocks, they cast four anchors out of the stern, and wished for the day. -- acts 27:29 +. +And as the shipmen were about to flee out of the ship, when they had let down the boat into the sea, under colour as though they would have cast anchors out of the foreship, -- acts 27:30 +. +Paul said to the centurion and to the soldiers, Except these abide in the ship, ye cannot be saved. -- acts 27:31 +. +Then the soldiers cut off the ropes of the boat, and let her fall off. -- acts 27:32 +. +And while the day was coming on, Paul besought them all to take meat, saying, This day is the fourteenth day that ye have tarried and continued fasting, having taken nothing. -- acts 27:33 +. +Wherefore I pray you to take some meat: for this is for your health: for there shall not an hair fall from the head of any of you. -- acts 27:34 +. +And when he had thus spoken, he took bread, and gave thanks to God in presence of them all: and when he had broken it, he began to eat. -- acts 27:35 +. +Then were they all of good cheer, and they also took some meat. -- acts 27:36 +. +And we were in all in the ship two hundred threescore and sixteen souls. -- acts 27:37 +. +And when they had eaten enough, they lightened the ship, and cast out the wheat into the sea. -- acts 27:38 +. +And when it was day, they knew not the land: but they discovered a certain creek with a shore, into the which they were minded, if it were possible, to thrust in the ship. -- acts 27:39 +. +And when they had taken up the anchors, they committed themselves unto the sea, and loosed the rudder bands, and hoised up the mainsail to the wind, and made toward shore. -- acts 27:40 +. +And falling into a place where two seas met, they ran the ship aground; and the forepart stuck fast, and remained unmoveable, but the hinder part was broken with the violence of the waves. -- acts 27:41 +. +And the soldiers' counsel was to kill the prisoners, lest any of them should swim out, and escape. -- acts 27:42 +. +But the centurion, willing to save Paul, kept them from their purpose; and commanded that they which could swim should cast themselves first into the sea, and get to land: -- acts 27:43 +. +And the rest, some on boards, and some on broken pieces of the ship. And so it came to pass, that they escaped all safe to land. -- acts 27:44 +. +And when they were escaped, then they knew that the island was called Melita. -- acts 28:1 +. +And the barbarous people shewed us no little kindness: for they kindled a fire, and received us every one, because of the present rain, and because of the cold. -- acts 28:2 +. +And when Paul had gathered a bundle of sticks, and laid them on the fire, there came a viper out of the heat, and fastened on his hand. -- acts 28:3 +. +And when the barbarians saw the venomous beast hang on his hand, they said among themselves, No doubt this man is a murderer, whom, though he hath escaped the sea, yet vengeance suffereth not to live. -- acts 28:4 +. +And he shook off the beast into the fire, and felt no harm. -- acts 28:5 +. +Howbeit they looked when he should have swollen, or fallen down dead suddenly: but after they had looked a great while, and saw no harm come to him, they changed their minds, and said that he was a god. -- acts 28:6 +. +In the same quarters were possessions of the chief man of the island, whose name was Publius; who received us, and lodged us three days courteously. -- acts 28:7 +. +And it came to pass, that the father of Publius lay sick of a fever and of a bloody flux: to whom Paul entered in, and prayed, and laid his hands on him, and healed him. -- acts 28:8 +. +So when this was done, others also, which had diseases in the island, came, and were healed: -- acts 28:9 +. +Who also honoured us with many honours; and when we departed, they laded us with such things as were necessary. -- acts 28:10 +. +And after three months we departed in a ship of Alexandria, which had wintered in the isle, whose sign was Castor and Pollux. -- acts 28:11 +. +And landing at Syracuse, we tarried there three days. -- acts 28:12 +. +And from thence we fetched a compass, and came to Rhegium: and after one day the south wind blew, and we came the next day to Puteoli: -- acts 28:13 +. +Where we found brethren, and were desired to tarry with them seven days: and so we went toward Rome. -- acts 28:14 +. +And from thence, when the brethren heard of us, they came to meet us as far as Appii forum, and The three taverns: whom when Paul saw, he thanked God, and took courage. -- acts 28:15 +. +And when we came to Rome, the centurion delivered the prisoners to the captain of the guard: but Paul was suffered to dwell by himself with a soldier that kept him. -- acts 28:16 +. +And it came to pass, that after three days Paul called the chief of the Jews together: and when they were come together, he said unto them, Men and brethren, though I have committed nothing against the people, or customs of our fathers, yet was I delivered prisoner from Jerusalem into the hands of the Romans. -- acts 28:17 +. +Who, when they had examined me, would have let me go, because there was no cause of death in me. -- acts 28:18 +. +But when the Jews spake against it, I was constrained to appeal unto Caesar; not that I had ought to accuse my nation of. -- acts 28:19 +. +For this cause therefore have I called for you, to see you, and to speak with you: because that for the hope of Israel I am bound with this chain. -- acts 28:20 +. +And they said unto him, We neither received letters out of Judaea concerning thee, neither any of the brethren that came shewed or spake any harm of thee. -- acts 28:21 +. +But we desire to hear of thee what thou thinkest: for as concerning this sect, we know that every where it is spoken against. -- acts 28:22 +. +And when they had appointed him a day, there came many to him into his lodging; to whom he expounded and testified the kingdom of God, persuading them concerning Jesus, both out of the law of Moses, and out of the prophets, from morning till evening. -- acts 28:23 +. +And some believed the things which were spoken, and some believed not. -- acts 28:24 +. +And when they agreed not among themselves, they departed, after that Paul had spoken one word, Well spake the Holy Ghost by Esaias the prophet unto our fathers, -- acts 28:25 +. +Saying, Go unto this people, and say, Hearing ye shall hear, and shall not understand; and seeing ye shall see, and not perceive: -- acts 28:26 +. +For the heart of this people is waxed gross, and their ears are dull of hearing, and their eyes have they closed; lest they should see with their eyes, and hear with their ears, and understand with their heart, and should be converted, and I should heal them. -- acts 28:27 +. +Be it known therefore unto you, that the salvation of God is sent unto the Gentiles, and that they will hear it. -- acts 28:28 +. +And when he had said these words, the Jews departed, and had great reasoning among themselves. -- acts 28:29 +. +And Paul dwelt two whole years in his own hired house, and received all that came in unto him, -- acts 28:30 +. +Preaching the kingdom of God, and teaching those things which concern the Lord Jesus Christ, with all confidence, no man forbidding him. -- acts 28:31 +. +Paul, a servant of Jesus Christ, called to be an apostle, separated unto the gospel of God, -- romans 1:1 +. +(Which he had promised afore by his prophets in the holy scriptures,) -- romans 1:2 +. +Concerning his Son Jesus Christ our Lord, which was made of the seed of David according to the flesh; -- romans 1:3 +. +And declared to be the Son of God with power, according to the spirit of holiness, by the resurrection from the dead: -- romans 1:4 +. +By whom we have received grace and apostleship, for obedience to the faith among all nations, for his name: -- romans 1:5 +. +Among whom are ye also the called of Jesus Christ: -- romans 1:6 +. +To all that be in Rome, beloved of God, called to be saints: Grace to you and peace from God our Father, and the Lord Jesus Christ. -- romans 1:7 +. +First, I thank my God through Jesus Christ for you all, that your faith is spoken of throughout the whole world. -- romans 1:8 +. +For God is my witness, whom I serve with my spirit in the gospel of his Son, that without ceasing I make mention of you always in my prayers; -- romans 1:9 +. +Making request, if by any means now at length I might have a prosperous journey by the will of God to come unto you. -- romans 1:10 +. +For I long to see you, that I may impart unto you some spiritual gift, to the end ye may be established; -- romans 1:11 +. +That is, that I may be comforted together with you by the mutual faith both of you and me. -- romans 1:12 +. +Now I would not have you ignorant, brethren, that oftentimes I purposed to come unto you, (but was let hitherto,) that I might have some fruit among you also, even as among other Gentiles. -- romans 1:13 +. +I am debtor both to the Greeks, and to the Barbarians; both to the wise, and to the unwise. -- romans 1:14 +. +So, as much as in me is, I am ready to preach the gospel to you that are at Rome also. -- romans 1:15 +. +For I am not ashamed of the gospel of Christ: for it is the power of God unto salvation to every one that believeth; to the Jew first, and also to the Greek. -- romans 1:16 +. +For therein is the righteousness of God revealed from faith to faith: as it is written, The just shall live by faith. -- romans 1:17 +. +For the wrath of God is revealed from heaven against all ungodliness and unrighteousness of men, who hold the truth in unrighteousness; -- romans 1:18 +. +Because that which may be known of God is manifest in them; for God hath shewed it unto them. -- romans 1:19 +. +For the invisible things of him from the creation of the world are clearly seen, being understood by the things that are made, even his eternal power and Godhead; so that they are without excuse: -- romans 1:20 +. +Because that, when they knew God, they glorified him not as God, neither were thankful; but became vain in their imaginations, and their foolish heart was darkened. -- romans 1:21 +. +Professing themselves to be wise, they became fools, -- romans 1:22 +. +And changed the glory of the uncorruptible God into an image made like to corruptible man, and to birds, and fourfooted beasts, and creeping things. -- romans 1:23 +. +Wherefore God also gave them up to uncleanness through the lusts of their own hearts, to dishonour their own bodies between themselves: -- romans 1:24 +. +Who changed the truth of God into a lie, and worshipped and served the creature more than the Creator, who is blessed for ever. Amen. -- romans 1:25 +. +For this cause God gave them up unto vile affections: for even their women did change the natural use into that which is against nature: -- romans 1:26 +. +And likewise also the men, leaving the natural use of the woman, burned in their lust one toward another; men with men working that which is unseemly, and receiving in themselves that recompence of their error which was meet. -- romans 1:27 +. +And even as they did not like to retain God in their knowledge, God gave them over to a reprobate mind, to do those things which are not convenient; -- romans 1:28 +. +Being filled with all unrighteousness, fornication, wickedness, covetousness, maliciousness; full of envy, murder, debate, deceit, malignity; whisperers, -- romans 1:29 +. +Backbiters, haters of God, despiteful, proud, boasters, inventors of evil things, disobedient to parents, -- romans 1:30 +. +Without understanding, covenantbreakers, without natural affection, implacable, unmerciful: -- romans 1:31 +. +Who knowing the judgment of God, that they which commit such things are worthy of death, not only do the same, but have pleasure in them that do them. -- romans 1:32 +. +Therefore thou art inexcusable, O man, whosoever thou art that judgest: for wherein thou judgest another, thou condemnest thyself; for thou that judgest doest the same things. -- romans 2:1 +. +But we are sure that the judgment of God is according to truth against them which commit such things. -- romans 2:2 +. +And thinkest thou this, O man, that judgest them which do such things, and doest the same, that thou shalt escape the judgment of God? -- romans 2:3 +. +Or despisest thou the riches of his goodness and forbearance and longsuffering; not knowing that the goodness of God leadeth thee to repentance? -- romans 2:4 +. +But after thy hardness and impenitent heart treasurest up unto thyself wrath against the day of wrath and revelation of the righteous judgment of God; -- romans 2:5 +. +Who will render to every man according to his deeds: -- romans 2:6 +. +To them who by patient continuance in well doing seek for glory and honour and immortality, eternal life: -- romans 2:7 +. +But unto them that are contentious, and do not obey the truth, but obey unrighteousness, indignation and wrath, -- romans 2:8 +. +Tribulation and anguish, upon every soul of man that doeth evil, of the Jew first, and also of the Gentile; -- romans 2:9 +. +But glory, honour, and peace, to every man that worketh good, to the Jew first, and also to the Gentile: -- romans 2:10 +. +For there is no respect of persons with God. -- romans 2:11 +. +For as many as have sinned without law shall also perish without law: and as many as have sinned in the law shall be judged by the law; -- romans 2:12 +. +(For not the hearers of the law are just before God, but the doers of the law shall be justified. -- romans 2:13 +. +For when the Gentiles, which have not the law, do by nature the things contained in the law, these, having not the law, are a law unto themselves: -- romans 2:14 +. +Which shew the work of the law written in their hearts, their conscience also bearing witness, and their thoughts the mean while accusing or else excusing one another;) -- romans 2:15 +. +In the day when God shall judge the secrets of men by Jesus Christ according to my gospel. -- romans 2:16 +. +Behold, thou art called a Jew, and restest in the law, and makest thy boast of God, -- romans 2:17 +. +And knowest his will, and approvest the things that are more excellent, being instructed out of the law; -- romans 2:18 +. +And art confident that thou thyself art a guide of the blind, a light of them which are in darkness, -- romans 2:19 +. +An instructor of the foolish, a teacher of babes, which hast the form of knowledge and of the truth in the law. -- romans 2:20 +. +Thou therefore which teachest another, teachest thou not thyself? thou that preachest a man should not steal, dost thou steal? -- romans 2:21 +. +Thou that sayest a man should not commit adultery, dost thou commit adultery? thou that abhorrest idols, dost thou commit sacrilege? -- romans 2:22 +. +Thou that makest thy boast of the law, through breaking the law dishonourest thou God? -- romans 2:23 +. +For the name of God is blasphemed among the Gentiles through you, as it is written. -- romans 2:24 +. +For circumcision verily profiteth, if thou keep the law: but if thou be a breaker of the law, thy circumcision is made uncircumcision. -- romans 2:25 +. +Therefore if the uncircumcision keep the righteousness of the law, shall not his uncircumcision be counted for circumcision? -- romans 2:26 +. +And shall not uncircumcision which is by nature, if it fulfil the law, judge thee, who by the letter and circumcision dost transgress the law? -- romans 2:27 +. +For he is not a Jew, which is one outwardly; neither is that circumcision, which is outward in the flesh: -- romans 2:28 +. +But he is a Jew, which is one inwardly; and circumcision is that of the heart, in the spirit, and not in the letter; whose praise is not of men, but of God. -- romans 2:29 +. +What advantage then hath the Jew? or what profit is there of circumcision? -- romans 3:1 +. +Much every way: chiefly, because that unto them were committed the oracles of God. -- romans 3:2 +. +For what if some did not believe? shall their unbelief make the faith of God without effect? -- romans 3:3 +. +God forbid: yea, let God be true, but every man a liar; as it is written, That thou mightest be justified in thy sayings, and mightest overcome when thou art judged. -- romans 3:4 +. +But if our unrighteousness commend the righteousness of God, what shall we say? Is God unrighteous who taketh vengeance? (I speak as a man) -- romans 3:5 +. +God forbid: for then how shall God judge the world? -- romans 3:6 +. +For if the truth of God hath more abounded through my lie unto his glory; why yet am I also judged as a sinner? -- romans 3:7 +. +And not rather, (as we be slanderously reported, and as some affirm that we say,) Let us do evil, that good may come? whose damnation is just. -- romans 3:8 +. +What then? are we better than they? No, in no wise: for we have before proved both Jews and Gentiles, that they are all under sin; -- romans 3:9 +. +As it is written, There is none righteous, no, not one: -- romans 3:10 +. +There is none that understandeth, there is none that seeketh after God. -- romans 3:11 +. +They are all gone out of the way, they are together become unprofitable; there is none that doeth good, no, not one. -- romans 3:12 +. +Their throat is an open sepulchre; with their tongues they have used deceit; the poison of asps is under their lips: -- romans 3:13 +. +Whose mouth is full of cursing and bitterness: -- romans 3:14 +. +Their feet are swift to shed blood: -- romans 3:15 +. +Destruction and misery are in their ways: -- romans 3:16 +. +And the way of peace have they not known: -- romans 3:17 +. +There is no fear of God before their eyes. -- romans 3:18 +. +Now we know that what things soever the law saith, it saith to them who are under the law: that every mouth may be stopped, and all the world may become guilty before God. -- romans 3:19 +. +Therefore by the deeds of the law there shall no flesh be justified in his sight: for by the law is the knowledge of sin. -- romans 3:20 +. +But now the righteousness of God without the law is manifested, being witnessed by the law and the prophets; -- romans 3:21 +. +Even the righteousness of God which is by faith of Jesus Christ unto all and upon all them that believe: for there is no difference: -- romans 3:22 +. +For all have sinned, and come short of the glory of God; -- romans 3:23 +. +Being justified freely by his grace through the redemption that is in Christ Jesus: -- romans 3:24 +. +Whom God hath set forth to be a propitiation through faith in his blood, to declare his righteousness for the remission of sins that are past, through the forbearance of God; -- romans 3:25 +. +To declare, I say, at this time his righteousness: that he might be just, and the justifier of him which believeth in Jesus. -- romans 3:26 +. +Where is boasting then? It is excluded. By what law? of works? Nay: but by the law of faith. -- romans 3:27 +. +Therefore we conclude that a man is justified by faith without the deeds of the law. -- romans 3:28 +. +Is he the God of the Jews only? is he not also of the Gentiles? Yes, of the Gentiles also: -- romans 3:29 +. +Seeing it is one God, which shall justify the circumcision by faith, and uncircumcision through faith. -- romans 3:30 +. +Do we then make void the law through faith? God forbid: yea, we establish the law. -- romans 3:31 +. +What shall we say then that Abraham our father, as pertaining to the flesh, hath found? -- romans 4:1 +. +For if Abraham were justified by works, he hath whereof to glory; but not before God. -- romans 4:2 +. +For what saith the scripture? Abraham believed God, and it was counted unto him for righteousness. -- romans 4:3 +. +Now to him that worketh is the reward not reckoned of grace, but of debt. -- romans 4:4 +. +But to him that worketh not, but believeth on him that justifieth the ungodly, his faith is counted for righteousness. -- romans 4:5 +. +Even as David also describeth the blessedness of the man, unto whom God imputeth righteousness without works, -- romans 4:6 +. +Saying, Blessed are they whose iniquities are forgiven, and whose sins are covered. -- romans 4:7 +. +Blessed is the man to whom the Lord will not impute sin. -- romans 4:8 +. +Cometh this blessedness then upon the circumcision only, or upon the uncircumcision also? for we say that faith was reckoned to Abraham for righteousness. -- romans 4:9 +. +How was it then reckoned? when he was in circumcision, or in uncircumcision? Not in circumcision, but in uncircumcision. -- romans 4:10 +. +And he received the sign of circumcision, a seal of the righteousness of the faith which he had yet being uncircumcised: that he might be the father of all them that believe, though they be not circumcised; that righteousness might be imputed unto them also: -- romans 4:11 +. +And the father of circumcision to them who are not of the circumcision only, but who also walk in the steps of that faith of our father Abraham, which he had being yet uncircumcised. -- romans 4:12 +. +For the promise, that he should be the heir of the world, was not to Abraham, or to his seed, through the law, but through the righteousness of faith. -- romans 4:13 +. +For if they which are of the law be heirs, faith is made void, and the promise made of none effect: -- romans 4:14 +. +Because the law worketh wrath: for where no law is, there is no transgression. -- romans 4:15 +. +Therefore it is of faith, that it might be by grace; to the end the promise might be sure to all the seed; not to that only which is of the law, but to that also which is of the faith of Abraham; who is the father of us all, -- romans 4:16 +. +(As it is written, I have made thee a father of many nations,) before him whom he believed, even God, who quickeneth the dead, and calleth those things which be not as though they were. -- romans 4:17 +. +Who against hope believed in hope, that he might become the father of many nations, according to that which was spoken, So shall thy seed be. -- romans 4:18 +. +And being not weak in faith, he considered not his own body now dead, when he was about an hundred years old, neither yet the deadness of Sarah's womb: -- romans 4:19 +. +He staggered not at the promise of God through unbelief; but was strong in faith, giving glory to God; -- romans 4:20 +. +And being fully persuaded that, what he had promised, he was able also to perform. -- romans 4:21 +. +And therefore it was imputed to him for righteousness. -- romans 4:22 +. +Now it was not written for his sake alone, that it was imputed to him; -- romans 4:23 +. +But for us also, to whom it shall be imputed, if we believe on him that raised up Jesus our Lord from the dead; -- romans 4:24 +. +Who was delivered for our offences, and was raised again for our justification. -- romans 4:25 +. +Therefore being justified by faith, we have peace with God through our Lord Jesus Christ: -- romans 5:1 +. +By whom also we have access by faith into this grace wherein we stand, and rejoice in hope of the glory of God. -- romans 5:2 +. +And not only so, but we glory in tribulations also: knowing that tribulation worketh patience; -- romans 5:3 +. +And patience, experience; and experience, hope: -- romans 5:4 +. +And hope maketh not ashamed; because the love of God is shed abroad in our hearts by the Holy Ghost which is given unto us. -- romans 5:5 +. +For when we were yet without strength, in due time Christ died for the ungodly. -- romans 5:6 +. +For scarcely for a righteous man will one die: yet peradventure for a good man some would even dare to die. -- romans 5:7 +. +But God commendeth his love toward us, in that, while we were yet sinners, Christ died for us. -- romans 5:8 +. +Much more then, being now justified by his blood, we shall be saved from wrath through him. -- romans 5:9 +. +For if, when we were enemies, we were reconciled to God by the death of his Son, much more, being reconciled, we shall be saved by his life. -- romans 5:10 +. +And not only so, but we also joy in God through our Lord Jesus Christ, by whom we have now received the atonement. -- romans 5:11 +. +Wherefore, as by one man sin entered into the world, and death by sin; and so death passed upon all men, for that all have sinned: -- romans 5:12 +. +(For until the law sin was in the world: but sin is not imputed when there is no law. -- romans 5:13 +. +Nevertheless death reigned from Adam to Moses, even over them that had not sinned after the similitude of Adam's transgression, who is the figure of him that was to come. -- romans 5:14 +. +But not as the offence, so also is the free gift. For if through the offence of one many be dead, much more the grace of God, and the gift by grace, which is by one man, Jesus Christ, hath abounded unto many. -- romans 5:15 +. +And not as it was by one that sinned, so is the gift: for the judgment was by one to condemnation, but the free gift is of many offences unto justification. -- romans 5:16 +. +For if by one man's offence death reigned by one; much more they which receive abundance of grace and of the gift of righteousness shall reign in life by one, Jesus Christ.) -- romans 5:17 +. +Therefore as by the offence of one judgment came upon all men to condemnation; even so by the righteousness of one the free gift came upon all men unto justification of life. -- romans 5:18 +. +For as by one man's disobedience many were made sinners, so by the obedience of one shall many be made righteous. -- romans 5:19 +. +Moreover the law entered, that the offence might abound. But where sin abounded, grace did much more abound: -- romans 5:20 +. +That as sin hath reigned unto death, even so might grace reign through righteousness unto eternal life by Jesus Christ our Lord. -- romans 5:21 +. +What shall we say then? Shall we continue in sin, that grace may abound? -- romans 6:1 +. +God forbid. How shall we, that are dead to sin, live any longer therein? -- romans 6:2 +. +Know ye not, that so many of us as were baptized into Jesus Christ were baptized into his death? -- romans 6:3 +. +Therefore we are buried with him by baptism into death: that like as Christ was raised up from the dead by the glory of the Father, even so we also should walk in newness of life. -- romans 6:4 +. +For if we have been planted together in the likeness of his death, we shall be also in the likeness of his resurrection: -- romans 6:5 +. +Knowing this, that our old man is crucified with him, that the body of sin might be destroyed, that henceforth we should not serve sin. -- romans 6:6 +. +For he that is dead is freed from sin. -- romans 6:7 +. +Now if we be dead with Christ, we believe that we shall also live with him: -- romans 6:8 +. +Knowing that Christ being raised from the dead dieth no more; death hath no more dominion over him. -- romans 6:9 +. +For in that he died, he died unto sin once: but in that he liveth, he liveth unto God. -- romans 6:10 +. +Likewise reckon ye also yourselves to be dead indeed unto sin, but alive unto God through Jesus Christ our Lord. -- romans 6:11 +. +Let not sin therefore reign in your mortal body, that ye should obey it in the lusts thereof. -- romans 6:12 +. +Neither yield ye your members as instruments of unrighteousness unto sin: but yield yourselves unto God, as those that are alive from the dead, and your members as instruments of righteousness unto God. -- romans 6:13 +. +For sin shall not have dominion over you: for ye are not under the law, but under grace. -- romans 6:14 +. +What then? shall we sin, because we are not under the law, but under grace? God forbid. -- romans 6:15 +. +Know ye not, that to whom ye yield yourselves servants to obey, his servants ye are to whom ye obey; whether of sin unto death, or of obedience unto righteousness? -- romans 6:16 +. +But God be thanked, that ye were the servants of sin, but ye have obeyed from the heart that form of doctrine which was delivered you. -- romans 6:17 +. +Being then made free from sin, ye became the servants of righteousness. -- romans 6:18 +. +I speak after the manner of men because of the infirmity of your flesh: for as ye have yielded your members servants to uncleanness and to iniquity unto iniquity; even so now yield your members servants to righteousness unto holiness. -- romans 6:19 +. +For when ye were the servants of sin, ye were free from righteousness. -- romans 6:20 +. +What fruit had ye then in those things whereof ye are now ashamed? for the end of those things is death. -- romans 6:21 +. +But now being made free from sin, and become servants to God, ye have your fruit unto holiness, and the end everlasting life. -- romans 6:22 +. +For the wages of sin is death; but the gift of God is eternal life through Jesus Christ our Lord. -- romans 6:23 +. +Know ye not, brethren, (for I speak to them that know the law,) how that the law hath dominion over a man as long as he liveth? -- romans 7:1 +. +For the woman which hath an husband is bound by the law to her husband so long as he liveth; but if the husband be dead, she is loosed from the law of her husband. -- romans 7:2 +. +So then if, while her husband liveth, she be married to another man, she shall be called an adulteress: but if her husband be dead, she is free from that law; so that she is no adulteress, though she be married to another man. -- romans 7:3 +. +Wherefore, my brethren, ye also are become dead to the law by the body of Christ; that ye should be married to another, even to him who is raised from the dead, that we should bring forth fruit unto God. -- romans 7:4 +. +For when we were in the flesh, the motions of sins, which were by the law, did work in our members to bring forth fruit unto death. -- romans 7:5 +. +But now we are delivered from the law, that being dead wherein we were held; that we should serve in newness of spirit, and not in the oldness of the letter. -- romans 7:6 +. +What shall we say then? Is the law sin? God forbid. Nay, I had not known sin, but by the law: for I had not known lust, except the law had said, Thou shalt not covet. -- romans 7:7 +. +But sin, taking occasion by the commandment, wrought in me all manner of concupiscence. For without the law sin was dead. -- romans 7:8 +. +For I was alive without the law once: but when the commandment came, sin revived, and I died. -- romans 7:9 +. +And the commandment, which was ordained to life, I found to be unto death. -- romans 7:10 +. +For sin, taking occasion by the commandment, deceived me, and by it slew me. -- romans 7:11 +. +Wherefore the law is holy, and the commandment holy, and just, and good. -- romans 7:12 +. +Was then that which is good made death unto me? God forbid. But sin, that it might appear sin, working death in me by that which is good; that sin by the commandment might become exceeding sinful. -- romans 7:13 +. +For we know that the law is spiritual: but I am carnal, sold under sin. -- romans 7:14 +. +For that which I do I allow not: for what I would, that do I not; but what I hate, that do I. -- romans 7:15 +. +If then I do that which I would not, I consent unto the law that it is good. -- romans 7:16 +. +Now then it is no more I that do it, but sin that dwelleth in me. -- romans 7:17 +. +For I know that in me (that is, in my flesh,) dwelleth no good thing: for to will is present with me; but how to perform that which is good I find not. -- romans 7:18 +. +For the good that I would I do not: but the evil which I would not, that I do. -- romans 7:19 +. +Now if I do that I would not, it is no more I that do it, but sin that dwelleth in me. -- romans 7:20 +. +I find then a law, that, when I would do good, evil is present with me. -- romans 7:21 +. +For I delight in the law of God after the inward man: -- romans 7:22 +. +But I see another law in my members, warring against the law of my mind, and bringing me into captivity to the law of sin which is in my members. -- romans 7:23 +. +O wretched man that I am! who shall deliver me from the body of this death? -- romans 7:24 +. +I thank God through Jesus Christ our Lord. So then with the mind I myself serve the law of God; but with the flesh the law of sin. -- romans 7:25 +. +There is therefore now no condemnation to them which are in Christ Jesus, who walk not after the flesh, but after the Spirit. -- romans 8:1 +. +For the law of the Spirit of life in Christ Jesus hath made me free from the law of sin and death. -- romans 8:2 +. +For what the law could not do, in that it was weak through the flesh, God sending his own Son in the likeness of sinful flesh, and for sin, condemned sin in the flesh: -- romans 8:3 +. +That the righteousness of the law might be fulfilled in us, who walk not after the flesh, but after the Spirit. -- romans 8:4 +. +For they that are after the flesh do mind the things of the flesh; but they that are after the Spirit the things of the Spirit. -- romans 8:5 +. +For to be carnally minded is death; but to be spiritually minded is life and peace. -- romans 8:6 +. +Because the carnal mind is enmity against God: for it is not subject to the law of God, neither indeed can be. -- romans 8:7 +. +So then they that are in the flesh cannot please God. -- romans 8:8 +. +But ye are not in the flesh, but in the Spirit, if so be that the Spirit of God dwell in you. Now if any man have not the Spirit of Christ, he is none of his. -- romans 8:9 +. +And if Christ be in you, the body is dead because of sin; but the Spirit is life because of righteousness. -- romans 8:10 +. +But if the Spirit of him that raised up Jesus from the dead dwell in you, he that raised up Christ from the dead shall also quicken your mortal bodies by his Spirit that dwelleth in you. -- romans 8:11 +. +Therefore, brethren, we are debtors, not to the flesh, to live after the flesh. -- romans 8:12 +. +For if ye live after the flesh, ye shall die: but if ye through the Spirit do mortify the deeds of the body, ye shall live. -- romans 8:13 +. +For as many as are led by the Spirit of God, they are the sons of God. -- romans 8:14 +. +For ye have not received the spirit of bondage again to fear; but ye have received the Spirit of adoption, whereby we cry, Abba, Father. -- romans 8:15 +. +The Spirit itself beareth witness with our spirit, that we are the children of God: -- romans 8:16 +. +And if children, then heirs; heirs of God, and joint-heirs with Christ; if so be that we suffer with him, that we may be also glorified together. -- romans 8:17 +. +For I reckon that the sufferings of this present time are not worthy to be compared with the glory which shall be revealed in us. -- romans 8:18 +. +For the earnest expectation of the creature waiteth for the manifestation of the sons of God. -- romans 8:19 +. +For the creature was made subject to vanity, not willingly, but by reason of him who hath subjected the same in hope, -- romans 8:20 +. +Because the creature itself also shall be delivered from the bondage of corruption into the glorious liberty of the children of God. -- romans 8:21 +. +For we know that the whole creation groaneth and travaileth in pain together until now. -- romans 8:22 +. +And not only they, but ourselves also, which have the firstfruits of the Spirit, even we ourselves groan within ourselves, waiting for the adoption, to wit, the redemption of our body. -- romans 8:23 +. +For we are saved by hope: but hope that is seen is not hope: for what a man seeth, why doth he yet hope for? -- romans 8:24 +. +But if we hope for that we see not, then do we with patience wait for it. -- romans 8:25 +. +Likewise the Spirit also helpeth our infirmities: for we know not what we should pray for as we ought: but the Spirit itself maketh intercession for us with groanings which cannot be uttered. -- romans 8:26 +. +And he that searcheth the hearts knoweth what is the mind of the Spirit, because he maketh intercession for the saints according to the will of God. -- romans 8:27 +. +And we know that all things work together for good to them that love God, to them who are the called according to his purpose. -- romans 8:28 +. +For whom he did foreknow, he also did predestinate to be conformed to the image of his Son, that he might be the firstborn among many brethren. -- romans 8:29 +. +Moreover whom he did predestinate, them he also called: and whom he called, them he also justified: and whom he justified, them he also glorified. -- romans 8:30 +. +What shall we then say to these things? If God be for us, who can be against us? -- romans 8:31 +. +He that spared not his own Son, but delivered him up for us all, how shall he not with him also freely give us all things? -- romans 8:32 +. +Who shall lay any thing to the charge of God's elect? It is God that justifieth. -- romans 8:33 +. +Who is he that condemneth? It is Christ that died, yea rather, that is risen again, who is even at the right hand of God, who also maketh intercession for us. -- romans 8:34 +. +Who shall separate us from the love of Christ? shall tribulation, or distress, or persecution, or famine, or nakedness, or peril, or sword? -- romans 8:35 +. +As it is written, For thy sake we are killed all the day long; we are accounted as sheep for the slaughter. -- romans 8:36 +. +Nay, in all these things we are more than conquerors through him that loved us. -- romans 8:37 +. +For I am persuaded, that neither death, nor life, nor angels, nor principalities, nor powers, nor things present, nor things to come, -- romans 8:38 +. +Nor height, nor depth, nor any other creature, shall be able to separate us from the love of God, which is in Christ Jesus our Lord. -- romans 8:39 +. +I say the truth in Christ, I lie not, my conscience also bearing me witness in the Holy Ghost, -- romans 9:1 +. +That I have great heaviness and continual sorrow in my heart. -- romans 9:2 +. +For I could wish that myself were accursed from Christ for my brethren, my kinsmen according to the flesh: -- romans 9:3 +. +Who are Israelites; to whom pertaineth the adoption, and the glory, and the covenants, and the giving of the law, and the service of God, and the promises; -- romans 9:4 +. +Whose are the fathers, and of whom as concerning the flesh Christ came, who is over all, God blessed for ever. Amen. -- romans 9:5 +. +Not as though the word of God hath taken none effect. For they are not all Israel, which are of Israel: -- romans 9:6 +. +Neither, because they are the seed of Abraham, are they all children: but, In Isaac shall thy seed be called. -- romans 9:7 +. +That is, They which are the children of the flesh, these are not the children of God: but the children of the promise are counted for the seed. -- romans 9:8 +. +For this is the word of promise, At this time will I come, and Sarah shall have a son. -- romans 9:9 +. +And not only this; but when Rebecca also had conceived by one, even by our father Isaac; -- romans 9:10 +. +(For the children being not yet born, neither having done any good or evil, that the purpose of God according to election might stand, not of works, but of him that calleth;) -- romans 9:11 +. +It was said unto her, The elder shall serve the younger. -- romans 9:12 +. +As it is written, Jacob have I loved, but Esau have I hated. -- romans 9:13 +. +What shall we say then? Is there unrighteousness with God? God forbid. -- romans 9:14 +. +For he saith to Moses, I will have mercy on whom I will have mercy, and I will have compassion on whom I will have compassion. -- romans 9:15 +. +So then it is not of him that willeth, nor of him that runneth, but of God that sheweth mercy. -- romans 9:16 +. +For the scripture saith unto Pharaoh, Even for this same purpose have I raised thee up, that I might shew my power in thee, and that my name might be declared throughout all the earth. -- romans 9:17 +. +Therefore hath he mercy on whom he will have mercy, and whom he will he hardeneth. -- romans 9:18 +. +Thou wilt say then unto me, Why doth he yet find fault? For who hath resisted his will? -- romans 9:19 +. +Nay but, O man, who art thou that repliest against God? Shall the thing formed say to him that formed it, Why hast thou made me thus? -- romans 9:20 +. +Hath not the potter power over the clay, of the same lump to make one vessel unto honour, and another unto dishonour? -- romans 9:21 +. +What if God, willing to shew his wrath, and to make his power known, endured with much longsuffering the vessels of wrath fitted to destruction: -- romans 9:22 +. +And that he might make known the riches of his glory on the vessels of mercy, which he had afore prepared unto glory, -- romans 9:23 +. +Even us, whom he hath called, not of the Jews only, but also of the Gentiles? -- romans 9:24 +. +As he saith also in Osee, I will call them my people, which were not my people; and her beloved, which was not beloved. -- romans 9:25 +. +And it shall come to pass, that in the place where it was said unto them, Ye are not my people; there shall they be called the children of the living God. -- romans 9:26 +. +Esaias also crieth concerning Israel, Though the number of the children of Israel be as the sand of the sea, a remnant shall be saved: -- romans 9:27 +. +For he will finish the work, and cut it short in righteousness: because a short work will the Lord make upon the earth. -- romans 9:28 +. +And as Esaias said before, Except the Lord of Sabaoth had left us a seed, we had been as Sodoma, and been made like unto Gomorrha. -- romans 9:29 +. +What shall we say then? That the Gentiles, which followed not after righteousness, have attained to righteousness, even the righteousness which is of faith. -- romans 9:30 +. +But Israel, which followed after the law of righteousness, hath not attained to the law of righteousness. -- romans 9:31 +. +Wherefore? Because they sought it not by faith, but as it were by the works of the law. For they stumbled at that stumblingstone; -- romans 9:32 +. +As it is written, Behold, I lay in Sion a stumblingstone and rock of offence: and whosoever believeth on him shall not be ashamed. -- romans 9:33 +. +Brethren, my heart's desire and prayer to God for Israel is, that they might be saved. -- romans 10:1 +. +For I bear them record that they have a zeal of God, but not according to knowledge. -- romans 10:2 +. +For they being ignorant of God's righteousness, and going about to establish their own righteousness, have not submitted themselves unto the righteousness of God. -- romans 10:3 +. +For Christ is the end of the law for righteousness to every one that believeth. -- romans 10:4 +. +For Moses describeth the righteousness which is of the law, That the man which doeth those things shall live by them. -- romans 10:5 +. +But the righteousness which is of faith speaketh on this wise, Say not in thine heart, Who shall ascend into heaven? (that is, to bring Christ down from above:) -- romans 10:6 +. +Or, Who shall descend into the deep? (that is, to bring up Christ again from the dead.) -- romans 10:7 +. +But what saith it? The word is nigh thee, even in thy mouth, and in thy heart: that is, the word of faith, which we preach; -- romans 10:8 +. +That if thou shalt confess with thy mouth the Lord Jesus, and shalt believe in thine heart that God hath raised him from the dead, thou shalt be saved. -- romans 10:9 +. +For with the heart man believeth unto righteousness; and with the mouth confession is made unto salvation. -- romans 10:10 +. +For the scripture saith, Whosoever believeth on him shall not be ashamed. -- romans 10:11 +. +For there is no difference between the Jew and the Greek: for the same Lord over all is rich unto all that call upon him. -- romans 10:12 +. +For whosoever shall call upon the name of the Lord shall be saved. -- romans 10:13 +. +How then shall they call on him in whom they have not believed? and how shall they believe in him of whom they have not heard? and how shall they hear without a preacher? -- romans 10:14 +. +And how shall they preach, except they be sent? as it is written, How beautiful are the feet of them that preach the gospel of peace, and bring glad tidings of good things! -- romans 10:15 +. +But they have not all obeyed the gospel. For Esaias saith, Lord, who hath believed our report? -- romans 10:16 +. +So then faith cometh by hearing, and hearing by the word of God. -- romans 10:17 +. +But I say, Have they not heard? Yes verily, their sound went into all the earth, and their words unto the ends of the world. -- romans 10:18 +. +But I say, Did not Israel know? First Moses saith, I will provoke you to jealousy by them that are no people, and by a foolish nation I will anger you. -- romans 10:19 +. +But Esaias is very bold, and saith, I was found of them that sought me not; I was made manifest unto them that asked not after me. -- romans 10:20 +. +But to Israel he saith, All day long I have stretched forth my hands unto a disobedient and gainsaying people. -- romans 10:21 +. +I say then, Hath God cast away his people? God forbid. For I also am an Israelite, of the seed of Abraham, of the tribe of Benjamin. -- romans 11:1 +. +God hath not cast away his people which he foreknew. Wot ye not what the scripture saith of Elias? how he maketh intercession to God against Israel saying, -- romans 11:2 +. +Lord, they have killed thy prophets, and digged down thine altars; and I am left alone, and they seek my life. -- romans 11:3 +. +But what saith the answer of God unto him? I have reserved to myself seven thousand men, who have not bowed the knee to the image of Baal. -- romans 11:4 +. +Even so then at this present time also there is a remnant according to the election of grace. -- romans 11:5 +. +And if by grace, then is it no more of works: otherwise grace is no more grace. But if it be of works, then it is no more grace: otherwise work is no more work. -- romans 11:6 +. +What then? Israel hath not obtained that which he seeketh for; but the election hath obtained it, and the rest were blinded. -- romans 11:7 +. +(According as it is written, God hath given them the spirit of slumber, eyes that they should not see, and ears that they should not hear;) unto this day. -- romans 11:8 +. +And David saith, Let their table be made a snare, and a trap, and a stumblingblock, and a recompence unto them: -- romans 11:9 +. +Let their eyes be darkened, that they may not see, and bow down their back alway. -- romans 11:10 +. +I say then, Have they stumbled that they should fall? God forbid: but rather through their fall salvation is come unto the Gentiles, for to provoke them to jealousy. -- romans 11:11 +. +Now if the fall of them be the riches of the world, and the diminishing of them the riches of the Gentiles; how much more their fulness? -- romans 11:12 +. +For I speak to you Gentiles, inasmuch as I am the apostle of the Gentiles, I magnify mine office: -- romans 11:13 +. +If by any means I may provoke to emulation them which are my flesh, and might save some of them. -- romans 11:14 +. +For if the casting away of them be the reconciling of the world, what shall the receiving of them be, but life from the dead? -- romans 11:15 +. +For if the firstfruit be holy, the lump is also holy: and if the root be holy, so are the branches. -- romans 11:16 +. +And if some of the branches be broken off, and thou, being a wild olive tree, wert graffed in among them, and with them partakest of the root and fatness of the olive tree; -- romans 11:17 +. +Boast not against the branches. But if thou boast, thou bearest not the root, but the root thee. -- romans 11:18 +. +Thou wilt say then, The branches were broken off, that I might be graffed in. -- romans 11:19 +. +Well; because of unbelief they were broken off, and thou standest by faith. Be not highminded, but fear: -- romans 11:20 +. +For if God spared not the natural branches, take heed lest he also spare not thee. -- romans 11:21 +. +Behold therefore the goodness and severity of God: on them which fell, severity; but toward thee, goodness, if thou continue in his goodness: otherwise thou also shalt be cut off. -- romans 11:22 +. +And they also, if they abide not still in unbelief, shall be graffed in: for God is able to graff them in again. -- romans 11:23 +. +For if thou wert cut out of the olive tree which is wild by nature, and wert graffed contrary to nature into a good olive tree: how much more shall these, which be the natural branches, be graffed into their own olive tree? -- romans 11:24 +. +For I would not, brethren, that ye should be ignorant of this mystery, lest ye should be wise in your own conceits; that blindness in part is happened to Israel, until the fulness of the Gentiles be come in. -- romans 11:25 +. +And so all Israel shall be saved: as it is written, There shall come out of Sion the Deliverer, and shall turn away ungodliness from Jacob: -- romans 11:26 +. +For this is my covenant unto them, when I shall take away their sins. -- romans 11:27 +. +As concerning the gospel, they are enemies for your sakes: but as touching the election, they are beloved for the father's sakes. -- romans 11:28 +. +For the gifts and calling of God are without repentance. -- romans 11:29 +. +For as ye in times past have not believed God, yet have now obtained mercy through their unbelief: -- romans 11:30 +. +Even so have these also now not believed, that through your mercy they also may obtain mercy. -- romans 11:31 +. +For God hath concluded them all in unbelief, that he might have mercy upon all. -- romans 11:32 +. +O the depth of the riches both of the wisdom and knowledge of God! how unsearchable are his judgments, and his ways past finding out! -- romans 11:33 +. +For who hath known the mind of the Lord? or who hath been his counsellor? -- romans 11:34 +. +Or who hath first given to him, and it shall be recompensed unto him again? -- romans 11:35 +. +For of him, and through him, and to him, are all things: to whom be glory for ever. Amen. -- romans 11:36 +. +I beseech you therefore, brethren, by the mercies of God, that ye present your bodies a living sacrifice, holy, acceptable unto God, which is your reasonable service. -- romans 12:1 +. +And be not conformed to this world: but be ye transformed by the renewing of your mind, that ye may prove what is that good, and acceptable, and perfect, will of God. -- romans 12:2 +. +For I say, through the grace given unto me, to every man that is among you, not to think of himself more highly than he ought to think; but to think soberly, according as God hath dealt to every man the measure of faith. -- romans 12:3 +. +For as we have many members in one body, and all members have not the same office: -- romans 12:4 +. +So we, being many, are one body in Christ, and every one members one of another. -- romans 12:5 +. +Having then gifts differing according to the grace that is given to us, whether prophecy, let us prophesy according to the proportion of faith; -- romans 12:6 +. +Or ministry, let us wait on our ministering: or he that teacheth, on teaching; -- romans 12:7 +. +Or he that exhorteth, on exhortation: he that giveth, let him do it with simplicity; he that ruleth, with diligence; he that sheweth mercy, with cheerfulness. -- romans 12:8 +. +Let love be without dissimulation. Abhor that which is evil; cleave to that which is good. -- romans 12:9 +. +Be kindly affectioned one to another with brotherly love; in honour preferring one another; -- romans 12:10 +. +Not slothful in business; fervent in spirit; serving the Lord; -- romans 12:11 +. +Rejoicing in hope; patient in tribulation; continuing instant in prayer; -- romans 12:12 +. +Distributing to the necessity of saints; given to hospitality. -- romans 12:13 +. +Bless them which persecute you: bless, and curse not. -- romans 12:14 +. +Rejoice with them that do rejoice, and weep with them that weep. -- romans 12:15 +. +Be of the same mind one toward another. Mind not high things, but condescend to men of low estate. Be not wise in your own conceits. -- romans 12:16 +. +Recompense to no man evil for evil. Provide things honest in the sight of all men. -- romans 12:17 +. +If it be possible, as much as lieth in you, live peaceably with all men. -- romans 12:18 +. +Dearly beloved, avenge not yourselves, but rather give place unto wrath: for it is written, Vengeance is mine; I will repay, saith the Lord. -- romans 12:19 +. +Therefore if thine enemy hunger, feed him; if he thirst, give him drink: for in so doing thou shalt heap coals of fire on his head. -- romans 12:20 +. +Be not overcome of evil, but overcome evil with good. -- romans 12:21 +. +Let every soul be subject unto the higher powers. For there is no power but of God: the powers that be are ordained of God. -- romans 13:1 +. +Whosoever therefore resisteth the power, resisteth the ordinance of God: and they that resist shall receive to themselves damnation. -- romans 13:2 +. +For rulers are not a terror to good works, but to the evil. Wilt thou then not be afraid of the power? do that which is good, and thou shalt have praise of the same: -- romans 13:3 +. +For he is the minister of God to thee for good. But if thou do that which is evil, be afraid; for he beareth not the sword in vain: for he is the minister of God, a revenger to execute wrath upon him that doeth evil. -- romans 13:4 +. +Wherefore ye must needs be subject, not only for wrath, but also for conscience sake. -- romans 13:5 +. +For for this cause pay ye tribute also: for they are God's ministers, attending continually upon this very thing. -- romans 13:6 +. +Render therefore to all their dues: tribute to whom tribute is due; custom to whom custom; fear to whom fear; honour to whom honour. -- romans 13:7 +. +Owe no man any thing, but to love one another: for he that loveth another hath fulfilled the law. -- romans 13:8 +. +For this, Thou shalt not commit adultery, Thou shalt not kill, Thou shalt not steal, Thou shalt not bear false witness, Thou shalt not covet; and if there be any other commandment, it is briefly comprehended in this saying, namely, Thou shalt love thy neighbour as thyself. -- romans 13:9 +. +Love worketh no ill to his neighbour: therefore love is the fulfilling of the law. -- romans 13:10 +. +And that, knowing the time, that now it is high time to awake out of sleep: for now is our salvation nearer than when we believed. -- romans 13:11 +. +The night is far spent, the day is at hand: let us therefore cast off the works of darkness, and let us put on the armour of light. -- romans 13:12 +. +Let us walk honestly, as in the day; not in rioting and drunkenness, not in chambering and wantonness, not in strife and envying. -- romans 13:13 +. +But put ye on the Lord Jesus Christ, and make not provision for the flesh, to fulfil the lusts thereof. -- romans 13:14 +. +Him that is weak in the faith receive ye, but not to doubtful disputations. -- romans 14:1 +. +For one believeth that he may eat all things: another, who is weak, eateth herbs. -- romans 14:2 +. +Let not him that eateth despise him that eateth not; and let not him which eateth not judge him that eateth: for God hath received him. -- romans 14:3 +. +Who art thou that judgest another man's servant? to his own master he standeth or falleth. Yea, he shall be holden up: for God is able to make him stand. -- romans 14:4 +. +One man esteemeth one day above another: another esteemeth every day alike. Let every man be fully persuaded in his own mind. -- romans 14:5 +. +He that regardeth the day, regardeth it unto the Lord; and he that regardeth not the day, to the Lord he doth not regard it. He that eateth, eateth to the Lord, for he giveth God thanks; and he that eateth not, to the Lord he eateth not, and giveth God thanks. -- romans 14:6 +. +For none of us liveth to himself, and no man dieth to himself. -- romans 14:7 +. +For whether we live, we live unto the Lord; and whether we die, we die unto the Lord: whether we live therefore, or die, we are the Lord's. -- romans 14:8 +. +For to this end Christ both died, and rose, and revived, that he might be Lord both of the dead and living. -- romans 14:9 +. +But why dost thou judge thy brother? or why dost thou set at nought thy brother? for we shall all stand before the judgment seat of Christ. -- romans 14:10 +. +For it is written, As I live, saith the Lord, every knee shall bow to me, and every tongue shall confess to God. -- romans 14:11 +. +So then every one of us shall give account of himself to God. -- romans 14:12 +. +Let us not therefore judge one another any more: but judge this rather, that no man put a stumblingblock or an occasion to fall in his brother's way. -- romans 14:13 +. +I know, and am persuaded by the Lord Jesus, that there is nothing unclean of itself: but to him that esteemeth any thing to be unclean, to him it is unclean. -- romans 14:14 +. +But if thy brother be grieved with thy meat, now walkest thou not charitably. Destroy not him with thy meat, for whom Christ died. -- romans 14:15 +. +Let not then your good be evil spoken of: -- romans 14:16 +. +For the kingdom of God is not meat and drink; but righteousness, and peace, and joy in the Holy Ghost. -- romans 14:17 +. +For he that in these things serveth Christ is acceptable to God, and approved of men. -- romans 14:18 +. +Let us therefore follow after the things which make for peace, and things wherewith one may edify another. -- romans 14:19 +. +For meat destroy not the work of God. All things indeed are pure; but it is evil for that man who eateth with offence. -- romans 14:20 +. +It is good neither to eat flesh, nor to drink wine, nor any thing whereby thy brother stumbleth, or is offended, or is made weak. -- romans 14:21 +. +Hast thou faith? have it to thyself before God. Happy is he that condemneth not himself in that thing which he alloweth. -- romans 14:22 +. +And he that doubteth is damned if he eat, because he eateth not of faith: for whatsoever is not of faith is sin. -- romans 14:23 +. +We then that are strong ought to bear the infirmities of the weak, and not to please ourselves. -- romans 15:1 +. +Let every one of us please his neighbour for his good to edification. -- romans 15:2 +. +For even Christ pleased not himself; but, as it is written, The reproaches of them that reproached thee fell on me. -- romans 15:3 +. +For whatsoever things were written aforetime were written for our learning, that we through patience and comfort of the scriptures might have hope. -- romans 15:4 +. +Now the God of patience and consolation grant you to be likeminded one toward another according to Christ Jesus: -- romans 15:5 +. +That ye may with one mind and one mouth glorify God, even the Father of our Lord Jesus Christ. -- romans 15:6 +. +Wherefore receive ye one another, as Christ also received us to the glory of God. -- romans 15:7 +. +Now I say that Jesus Christ was a minister of the circumcision for the truth of God, to confirm the promises made unto the fathers: -- romans 15:8 +. +And that the Gentiles might glorify God for his mercy; as it is written, For this cause I will confess to thee among the Gentiles, and sing unto thy name. -- romans 15:9 +. +And again he saith, Rejoice, ye Gentiles, with his people. -- romans 15:10 +. +And again, Praise the Lord, all ye Gentiles; and laud him, all ye people. -- romans 15:11 +. +And again, Esaias saith, There shall be a root of Jesse, and he that shall rise to reign over the Gentiles; in him shall the Gentiles trust. -- romans 15:12 +. +Now the God of hope fill you with all joy and peace in believing, that ye may abound in hope, through the power of the Holy Ghost. -- romans 15:13 +. +And I myself also am persuaded of you, my brethren, that ye also are full of goodness, filled with all knowledge, able also to admonish one another. -- romans 15:14 +. +Nevertheless, brethren, I have written the more boldly unto you in some sort, as putting you in mind, because of the grace that is given to me of God, -- romans 15:15 +. +That I should be the minister of Jesus Christ to the Gentiles, ministering the gospel of God, that the offering up of the Gentiles might be acceptable, being sanctified by the Holy Ghost. -- romans 15:16 +. +I have therefore whereof I may glory through Jesus Christ in those things which pertain to God. -- romans 15:17 +. +For I will not dare to speak of any of those things which Christ hath not wrought by me, to make the Gentiles obedient, by word and deed, -- romans 15:18 +. +Through mighty signs and wonders, by the power of the Spirit of God; so that from Jerusalem, and round about unto Illyricum, I have fully preached the gospel of Christ. -- romans 15:19 +. +Yea, so have I strived to preach the gospel, not where Christ was named, lest I should build upon another man's foundation: -- romans 15:20 +. +But as it is written, To whom he was not spoken of, they shall see: and they that have not heard shall understand. -- romans 15:21 +. +For which cause also I have been much hindered from coming to you. -- romans 15:22 +. +But now having no more place in these parts, and having a great desire these many years to come unto you; -- romans 15:23 +. +Whensoever I take my journey into Spain, I will come to you: for I trust to see you in my journey, and to be brought on my way thitherward by you, if first I be somewhat filled with your company. -- romans 15:24 +. +But now I go unto Jerusalem to minister unto the saints. -- romans 15:25 +. +For it hath pleased them of Macedonia and Achaia to make a certain contribution for the poor saints which are at Jerusalem. -- romans 15:26 +. +It hath pleased them verily; and their debtors they are. For if the Gentiles have been made partakers of their spiritual things, their duty is also to minister unto them in carnal things. -- romans 15:27 +. +When therefore I have performed this, and have sealed to them this fruit, I will come by you into Spain. -- romans 15:28 +. +And I am sure that, when I come unto you, I shall come in the fulness of the blessing of the gospel of Christ. -- romans 15:29 +. +Now I beseech you, brethren, for the Lord Jesus Christ's sake, and for the love of the Spirit, that ye strive together with me in your prayers to God for me; -- romans 15:30 +. +That I may be delivered from them that do not believe in Judaea; and that my service which I have for Jerusalem may be accepted of the saints; -- romans 15:31 +. +That I may come unto you with joy by the will of God, and may with you be refreshed. -- romans 15:32 +. +Now the God of peace be with you all. Amen. -- romans 15:33 +. +I commend unto you Phebe our sister, which is a servant of the church which is at Cenchrea: -- romans 16:1 +. +That ye receive her in the Lord, as becometh saints, and that ye assist her in whatsoever business she hath need of you: for she hath been a succourer of many, and of myself also. -- romans 16:2 +. +Greet Priscilla and Aquila my helpers in Christ Jesus: -- romans 16:3 +. +Who have for my life laid down their own necks: unto whom not only I give thanks, but also all the churches of the Gentiles. -- romans 16:4 +. +Likewise greet the church that is in their house. Salute my well-beloved Epaenetus, who is the firstfruits of Achaia unto Christ. -- romans 16:5 +. +Greet Mary, who bestowed much labour on us. -- romans 16:6 +. +Salute Andronicus and Junia, my kinsmen, and my fellow-prisoners, who are of note among the apostles, who also were in Christ before me. -- romans 16:7 +. +Greet Amplias my beloved in the Lord. -- romans 16:8 +. +Salute Urbane, our helper in Christ, and Stachys my beloved. -- romans 16:9 +. +Salute Apelles approved in Christ. Salute them which are of Aristobulus' household. -- romans 16:10 +. +Salute Herodion my kinsman. Greet them that be of the household of Narcissus, which are in the Lord. -- romans 16:11 +. +Salute Tryphena and Tryphosa, who labour in the Lord. Salute the beloved Persis, which laboured much in the Lord. -- romans 16:12 +. +Salute Rufus chosen in the Lord, and his mother and mine. -- romans 16:13 +. +Salute Asyncritus, Phlegon, Hermas, Patrobas, Hermes, and the brethren which are with them. -- romans 16:14 +. +Salute Philologus, and Julia, Nereus, and his sister, and Olympas, and all the saints which are with them. -- romans 16:15 +. +Salute one another with an holy kiss. The churches of Christ salute you. -- romans 16:16 +. +Now I beseech you, brethren, mark them which cause divisions and offences contrary to the doctrine which ye have learned; and avoid them. -- romans 16:17 +. +For they that are such serve not our Lord Jesus Christ, but their own belly; and by good words and fair speeches deceive the hearts of the simple. -- romans 16:18 +. +For your obedience is come abroad unto all men. I am glad therefore on your behalf: but yet I would have you wise unto that which is good, and simple concerning evil. -- romans 16:19 +. +And the God of peace shall bruise Satan under your feet shortly. The grace of our Lord Jesus Christ be with you. Amen. -- romans 16:20 +. +Timotheus my workfellow, and Lucius, and Jason, and Sosipater, my kinsmen, salute you. -- romans 16:21 +. +I Tertius, who wrote this epistle, salute you in the Lord. -- romans 16:22 +. +Gaius mine host, and of the whole church, saluteth you. Erastus the chamberlain of the city saluteth you, and Quartus a brother. -- romans 16:23 +. +The grace of our Lord Jesus Christ be with you all. Amen. -- romans 16:24 +. +Now to him that is of power to stablish you according to my gospel, and the preaching of Jesus Christ, according to the revelation of the mystery, which was kept secret since the world began, -- romans 16:25 +. +But now is made manifest, and by the scriptures of the prophets, according to the commandment of the everlasting God, made known to all nations for the obedience of faith: -- romans 16:26 +. +To God only wise, be glory through Jesus Christ for ever. Amen. -- romans 16:27 +. +Paul called to be an apostle of Jesus Christ through the will of God, and Sosthenes our brother, -- 1 corinthians 1:1 +. +Unto the church of God which is at Corinth, to them that are sanctified in Christ Jesus, called to be saints, with all that in every place call upon the name of Jesus Christ our Lord, both their's and our's: -- 1 corinthians 1:2 +. +Grace be unto you, and peace, from God our Father, and from the Lord Jesus Christ. -- 1 corinthians 1:3 +. +I thank my God always on your behalf, for the grace of God which is given you by Jesus Christ; -- 1 corinthians 1:4 +. +That in every thing ye are enriched by him, in all utterance, and in all knowledge; -- 1 corinthians 1:5 +. +Even as the testimony of Christ was confirmed in you: -- 1 corinthians 1:6 +. +So that ye come behind in no gift; waiting for the coming of our Lord Jesus Christ: -- 1 corinthians 1:7 +. +Who shall also confirm you unto the end, that ye may be blameless in the day of our Lord Jesus Christ. -- 1 corinthians 1:8 +. +God is faithful, by whom ye were called unto the fellowship of his Son Jesus Christ our Lord. -- 1 corinthians 1:9 +. +Now I beseech you, brethren, by the name of our Lord Jesus Christ, that ye all speak the same thing, and that there be no divisions among you; but that ye be perfectly joined together in the same mind and in the same judgment. -- 1 corinthians 1:10 +. +For it hath been declared unto me of you, my brethren, by them which are of the house of Chloe, that there are contentions among you. -- 1 corinthians 1:11 +. +Now this I say, that every one of you saith, I am of Paul; and I of Apollos; and I of Cephas; and I of Christ. -- 1 corinthians 1:12 +. +Is Christ divided? was Paul crucified for you? or were ye baptized in the name of Paul? -- 1 corinthians 1:13 +. +I thank God that I baptized none of you, but Crispus and Gaius; -- 1 corinthians 1:14 +. +Lest any should say that I had baptized in mine own name. -- 1 corinthians 1:15 +. +And I baptized also the household of Stephanas: besides, I know not whether I baptized any other. -- 1 corinthians 1:16 +. +For Christ sent me not to baptize, but to preach the gospel: not with wisdom of words, lest the cross of Christ should be made of none effect. -- 1 corinthians 1:17 +. +For the preaching of the cross is to them that perish foolishness; but unto us which are saved it is the power of God. -- 1 corinthians 1:18 +. +For it is written, I will destroy the wisdom of the wise, and will bring to nothing the understanding of the prudent. -- 1 corinthians 1:19 +. +Where is the wise? where is the scribe? where is the disputer of this world? hath not God made foolish the wisdom of this world? -- 1 corinthians 1:20 +. +For after that in the wisdom of God the world by wisdom knew not God, it pleased God by the foolishness of preaching to save them that believe. -- 1 corinthians 1:21 +. +For the Jews require a sign, and the Greeks seek after wisdom: -- 1 corinthians 1:22 +. +But we preach Christ crucified, unto the Jews a stumblingblock, and unto the Greeks foolishness; -- 1 corinthians 1:23 +. +But unto them which are called, both Jews and Greeks, Christ the power of God, and the wisdom of God. -- 1 corinthians 1:24 +. +Because the foolishness of God is wiser than men; and the weakness of God is stronger than men. -- 1 corinthians 1:25 +. +For ye see your calling, brethren, how that not many wise men after the flesh, not many mighty, not many noble, are called: -- 1 corinthians 1:26 +. +But God hath chosen the foolish things of the world to confound the wise; and God hath chosen the weak things of the world to confound the things which are mighty; -- 1 corinthians 1:27 +. +And base things of the world, and things which are despised, hath God chosen, yea, and things which are not, to bring to nought things that are: -- 1 corinthians 1:28 +. +That no flesh should glory in his presence. -- 1 corinthians 1:29 +. +But of him are ye in Christ Jesus, who of God is made unto us wisdom, and righteousness, and sanctification, and redemption: -- 1 corinthians 1:30 +. +That, according as it is written, He that glorieth, let him glory in the Lord. -- 1 corinthians 1:31 +. +And I, brethren, when I came to you, came not with excellency of speech or of wisdom, declaring unto you the testimony of God. -- 1 corinthians 2:1 +. +For I determined not to know any thing among you, save Jesus Christ, and him crucified. -- 1 corinthians 2:2 +. +And I was with you in weakness, and in fear, and in much trembling. -- 1 corinthians 2:3 +. +And my speech and my preaching was not with enticing words of man's wisdom, but in demonstration of the Spirit and of power: -- 1 corinthians 2:4 +. +That your faith should not stand in the wisdom of men, but in the power of God. -- 1 corinthians 2:5 +. +Howbeit we speak wisdom among them that are perfect: yet not the wisdom of this world, nor of the princes of this world, that come to nought: -- 1 corinthians 2:6 +. +But we speak the wisdom of God in a mystery, even the hidden wisdom, which God ordained before the world unto our glory: -- 1 corinthians 2:7 +. +Which none of the princes of this world knew: for had they known it, they would not have crucified the Lord of glory. -- 1 corinthians 2:8 +. +But as it is written, Eye hath not seen, nor ear heard, neither have entered into the heart of man, the things which God hath prepared for them that love him. -- 1 corinthians 2:9 +. +But God hath revealed them unto us by his Spirit: for the Spirit searcheth all things, yea, the deep things of God. -- 1 corinthians 2:10 +. +For what man knoweth the things of a man, save the spirit of man which is in him? even so the things of God knoweth no man, but the Spirit of God. -- 1 corinthians 2:11 +. +Now we have received, not the spirit of the world, but the spirit which is of God; that we might know the things that are freely given to us of God. -- 1 corinthians 2:12 +. +Which things also we speak, not in the words which man's wisdom teacheth, but which the Holy Ghost teacheth; comparing spiritual things with spiritual. -- 1 corinthians 2:13 +. +But the natural man receiveth not the things of the Spirit of God: for they are foolishness unto him: neither can he know them, because they are spiritually discerned. -- 1 corinthians 2:14 +. +But he that is spiritual judgeth all things, yet he himself is judged of no man. -- 1 corinthians 2:15 +. +For who hath known the mind of the Lord, that he may instruct him? But we have the mind of Christ. -- 1 corinthians 2:16 +. +And I, brethren, could not speak unto you as unto spiritual, but as unto carnal, even as unto babes in Christ. -- 1 corinthians 3:1 +. +I have fed you with milk, and not with meat: for hitherto ye were not able to bear it, neither yet now are ye able. -- 1 corinthians 3:2 +. +For ye are yet carnal: for whereas there is among you envying, and strife, and divisions, are ye not carnal, and walk as men? -- 1 corinthians 3:3 +. +For while one saith, I am of Paul; and another, I am of Apollos; are ye not carnal? -- 1 corinthians 3:4 +. +Who then is Paul, and who is Apollos, but ministers by whom ye believed, even as the Lord gave to every man? -- 1 corinthians 3:5 +. +I have planted, Apollos watered; but God gave the increase. -- 1 corinthians 3:6 +. +So then neither is he that planteth any thing, neither he that watereth; but God that giveth the increase. -- 1 corinthians 3:7 +. +Now he that planteth and he that watereth are one: and every man shall receive his own reward according to his own labour. -- 1 corinthians 3:8 +. +For we are labourers together with God: ye are God's husbandry, ye are God's building. -- 1 corinthians 3:9 +. +According to the grace of God which is given unto me, as a wise masterbuilder, I have laid the foundation, and another buildeth thereon. But let every man take heed how he buildeth thereupon. -- 1 corinthians 3:10 +. +For other foundation can no man lay than that is laid, which is Jesus Christ. -- 1 corinthians 3:11 +. +Now if any man build upon this foundation gold, silver, precious stones, wood, hay, stubble; -- 1 corinthians 3:12 +. +Every man's work shall be made manifest: for the day shall declare it, because it shall be revealed by fire; and the fire shall try every man's work of what sort it is. -- 1 corinthians 3:13 +. +If any man's work abide which he hath built thereupon, he shall receive a reward. -- 1 corinthians 3:14 +. +If any man's work shall be burned, he shall suffer loss: but he himself shall be saved; yet so as by fire. -- 1 corinthians 3:15 +. +Know ye not that ye are the temple of God, and that the Spirit of God dwelleth in you? -- 1 corinthians 3:16 +. +If any man defile the temple of God, him shall God destroy; for the temple of God is holy, which temple ye are. -- 1 corinthians 3:17 +. +Let no man deceive himself. If any man among you seemeth to be wise in this world, let him become a fool, that he may be wise. -- 1 corinthians 3:18 +. +For the wisdom of this world is foolishness with God. For it is written, He taketh the wise in their own craftiness. -- 1 corinthians 3:19 +. +And again, The Lord knoweth the thoughts of the wise, that they are vain. -- 1 corinthians 3:20 +. +Therefore let no man glory in men. For all things are your's; -- 1 corinthians 3:21 +. +Whether Paul, or Apollos, or Cephas, or the world, or life, or death, or things present, or things to come; all are your's; -- 1 corinthians 3:22 +. +And ye are Christ's; and Christ is God's. -- 1 corinthians 3:23 +. +Let a man so account of us, as of the ministers of Christ, and stewards of the mysteries of God. -- 1 corinthians 4:1 +. +Moreover it is required in stewards, that a man be found faithful. -- 1 corinthians 4:2 +. +But with me it is a very small thing that I should be judged of you, or of man's judgment: yea, I judge not mine own self. -- 1 corinthians 4:3 +. +For I know nothing by myself; yet am I not hereby justified: but he that judgeth me is the Lord. -- 1 corinthians 4:4 +. +Therefore judge nothing before the time, until the Lord come, who both will bring to light the hidden things of darkness, and will make manifest the counsels of the hearts: and then shall every man have praise of God. -- 1 corinthians 4:5 +. +And these things, brethren, I have in a figure transferred to myself and to Apollos for your sakes; that ye might learn in us not to think of men above that which is written, that no one of you be puffed up for one against another. -- 1 corinthians 4:6 +. +For who maketh thee to differ from another? and what hast thou that thou didst not receive? now if thou didst receive it, why dost thou glory, as if thou hadst not received it? -- 1 corinthians 4:7 +. +Now ye are full, now ye are rich, ye have reigned as kings without us: and I would to God ye did reign, that we also might reign with you. -- 1 corinthians 4:8 +. +For I think that God hath set forth us the apostles last, as it were appointed to death: for we are made a spectacle unto the world, and to angels, and to men. -- 1 corinthians 4:9 +. +We are fools for Christ's sake, but ye are wise in Christ; we are weak, but ye are strong; ye are honourable, but we are despised. -- 1 corinthians 4:10 +. +Even unto this present hour we both hunger, and thirst, and are naked, and are buffeted, and have no certain dwellingplace; -- 1 corinthians 4:11 +. +And labour, working with our own hands: being reviled, we bless; being persecuted, we suffer it: -- 1 corinthians 4:12 +. +Being defamed, we intreat: we are made as the filth of the world, and are the offscouring of all things unto this day. -- 1 corinthians 4:13 +. +I write not these things to shame you, but as my beloved sons I warn you. -- 1 corinthians 4:14 +. +For though ye have ten thousand instructers in Christ, yet have ye not many fathers: for in Christ Jesus I have begotten you through the gospel. -- 1 corinthians 4:15 +. +Wherefore I beseech you, be ye followers of me. -- 1 corinthians 4:16 +. +For this cause have I sent unto you Timotheus, who is my beloved son, and faithful in the Lord, who shall bring you into remembrance of my ways which be in Christ, as I teach every where in every church. -- 1 corinthians 4:17 +. +Now some are puffed up, as though I would not come to you. -- 1 corinthians 4:18 +. +But I will come to you shortly, if the Lord will, and will know, not the speech of them which are puffed up, but the power. -- 1 corinthians 4:19 +. +For the kingdom of God is not in word, but in power. -- 1 corinthians 4:20 +. +What will ye? shall I come unto you with a rod, or in love, and in the spirit of meekness? -- 1 corinthians 4:21 +. +It is reported commonly that there is fornication among you, and such fornication as is not so much as named among the Gentiles, that one should have his father's wife. -- 1 corinthians 5:1 +. +And ye are puffed up, and have not rather mourned, that he that hath done this deed might be taken away from among you. -- 1 corinthians 5:2 +. +For I verily, as absent in body, but present in spirit, have judged already, as though I were present, concerning him that hath so done this deed, -- 1 corinthians 5:3 +. +In the name of our Lord Jesus Christ, when ye are gathered together, and my spirit, with the power of our Lord Jesus Christ, -- 1 corinthians 5:4 +. +To deliver such an one unto Satan for the destruction of the flesh, that the spirit may be saved in the day of the Lord Jesus. -- 1 corinthians 5:5 +. +Your glorying is not good. Know ye not that a little leaven leaveneth the whole lump? -- 1 corinthians 5:6 +. +Purge out therefore the old leaven, that ye may be a new lump, as ye are unleavened. For even Christ our passover is sacrificed for us: -- 1 corinthians 5:7 +. +Therefore let us keep the feast, not with old leaven, neither with the leaven of malice and wickedness; but with the unleavened bread of sincerity and truth. -- 1 corinthians 5:8 +. +I wrote unto you in an epistle not to company with fornicators: -- 1 corinthians 5:9 +. +Yet not altogether with the fornicators of this world, or with the covetous, or extortioners, or with idolaters; for then must ye needs go out of the world. -- 1 corinthians 5:10 +. +But now I have written unto you not to keep company, if any man that is called a brother be a fornicator, or covetous, or an idolater, or a railer, or a drunkard, or an extortioner; with such an one no not to eat. -- 1 corinthians 5:11 +. +For what have I to do to judge them also that are without? do not ye judge them that are within? -- 1 corinthians 5:12 +. +But them that are without God judgeth. Therefore put away from among yourselves that wicked person. -- 1 corinthians 5:13 +. +Dare any of you, having a matter against another, go to law before the unjust, and not before the saints? -- 1 corinthians 6:1 +. +Do ye not know that the saints shall judge the world? and if the world shall be judged by you, are ye unworthy to judge the smallest matters? -- 1 corinthians 6:2 +. +Know ye not that we shall judge angels? how much more things that pertain to this life? -- 1 corinthians 6:3 +. +If then ye have judgments of things pertaining to this life, set them to judge who are least esteemed in the church. -- 1 corinthians 6:4 +. +I speak to your shame. Is it so, that there is not a wise man among you? no, not one that shall be able to judge between his brethren? -- 1 corinthians 6:5 +. +But brother goeth to law with brother, and that before the unbelievers. -- 1 corinthians 6:6 +. +Now therefore there is utterly a fault among you, because ye go to law one with another. Why do ye not rather take wrong? why do ye not rather suffer yourselves to be defrauded? -- 1 corinthians 6:7 +. +Nay, ye do wrong, and defraud, and that your brethren. -- 1 corinthians 6:8 +. +Know ye not that the unrighteous shall not inherit the kingdom of God? Be not deceived: neither fornicators, nor idolaters, nor adulterers, nor effeminate, nor abusers of themselves with mankind, -- 1 corinthians 6:9 +. +Nor thieves, nor covetous, nor drunkards, nor revilers, nor extortioners, shall inherit the kingdom of God. -- 1 corinthians 6:10 +. +And such were some of you: but ye are washed, but ye are sanctified, but ye are justified in the name of the Lord Jesus, and by the Spirit of our God. -- 1 corinthians 6:11 +. +All things are lawful unto me, but all things are not expedient: all things are lawful for me, but I will not be brought under the power of any. -- 1 corinthians 6:12 +. +Meats for the belly, and the belly for meats: but God shall destroy both it and them. Now the body is not for fornication, but for the Lord; and the Lord for the body. -- 1 corinthians 6:13 +. +And God hath both raised up the Lord, and will also raise up us by his own power. -- 1 corinthians 6:14 +. +Know ye not that your bodies are the members of Christ? shall I then take the members of Christ, and make them the members of an harlot? God forbid. -- 1 corinthians 6:15 +. +What? know ye not that he which is joined to an harlot is one body? for two, saith he, shall be one flesh. -- 1 corinthians 6:16 +. +But he that is joined unto the Lord is one spirit. -- 1 corinthians 6:17 +. +Flee fornication. Every sin that a man doeth is without the body; but he that committeth fornication sinneth against his own body. -- 1 corinthians 6:18 +. +What? know ye not that your body is the temple of the Holy Ghost which is in you, which ye have of God, and ye are not your own? -- 1 corinthians 6:19 +. +For ye are bought with a price: therefore glorify God in your body, and in your spirit, which are God's. -- 1 corinthians 6:20 +. +Now concerning the things whereof ye wrote unto me: It is good for a man not to touch a woman. -- 1 corinthians 7:1 +. +Nevertheless, to avoid fornication, let every man have his own wife, and let every woman have her own husband. -- 1 corinthians 7:2 +. +Let the husband render unto the wife due benevolence: and likewise also the wife unto the husband. -- 1 corinthians 7:3 +. +The wife hath not power of her own body, but the husband: and likewise also the husband hath not power of his own body, but the wife. -- 1 corinthians 7:4 +. +Defraud ye not one the other, except it be with consent for a time, that ye may give yourselves to fasting and prayer; and come together again, that Satan tempt you not for your incontinency. -- 1 corinthians 7:5 +. +But I speak this by permission, and not of commandment. -- 1 corinthians 7:6 +. +For I would that all men were even as I myself. But every man hath his proper gift of God, one after this manner, and another after that. -- 1 corinthians 7:7 +. +I say therefore to the unmarried and widows, It is good for them if they abide even as I. -- 1 corinthians 7:8 +. +But if they cannot contain, let them marry: for it is better to marry than to burn. -- 1 corinthians 7:9 +. +And unto the married I command, yet not I, but the Lord, Let not the wife depart from her husband: -- 1 corinthians 7:10 +. +But and if she depart, let her remain unmarried or be reconciled to her husband: and let not the husband put away his wife. -- 1 corinthians 7:11 +. +But to the rest speak I, not the Lord: If any brother hath a wife that believeth not, and she be pleased to dwell with him, let him not put her away. -- 1 corinthians 7:12 +. +And the woman which hath an husband that believeth not, and if he be pleased to dwell with her, let her not leave him. -- 1 corinthians 7:13 +. +For the unbelieving husband is sanctified by the wife, and the unbelieving wife is sanctified by the husband: else were your children unclean; but now are they holy. -- 1 corinthians 7:14 +. +But if the unbelieving depart, let him depart. A brother or a sister is not under bondage in such cases: but God hath called us to peace. -- 1 corinthians 7:15 +. +For what knowest thou, O wife, whether thou shalt save thy husband? or how knowest thou, O man, whether thou shalt save thy wife? -- 1 corinthians 7:16 +. +But as God hath distributed to every man, as the Lord hath called every one, so let him walk. And so ordain I in all churches. -- 1 corinthians 7:17 +. +Is any man called being circumcised? let him not become uncircumcised. Is any called in uncircumcision? let him not be circumcised. -- 1 corinthians 7:18 +. +Circumcision is nothing, and uncircumcision is nothing, but the keeping of the commandments of God. -- 1 corinthians 7:19 +. +Let every man abide in the same calling wherein he was called. -- 1 corinthians 7:20 +. +Art thou called being a servant? care not for it: but if thou mayest be made free, use it rather. -- 1 corinthians 7:21 +. +For he that is called in the Lord, being a servant, is the Lord's freeman: likewise also he that is called, being free, is Christ's servant. -- 1 corinthians 7:22 +. +Ye are bought with a price; be not ye the servants of men. -- 1 corinthians 7:23 +. +Brethren, let every man, wherein he is called, therein abide with God. -- 1 corinthians 7:24 +. +Now concerning virgins I have no commandment of the Lord: yet I give my judgment, as one that hath obtained mercy of the Lord to be faithful. -- 1 corinthians 7:25 +. +I suppose therefore that this is good for the present distress, I say, that it is good for a man so to be. -- 1 corinthians 7:26 +. +Art thou bound unto a wife? seek not to be loosed. Art thou loosed from a wife? seek not a wife. -- 1 corinthians 7:27 +. +But and if thou marry, thou hast not sinned; and if a virgin marry, she hath not sinned. Nevertheless such shall have trouble in the flesh: but I spare you. -- 1 corinthians 7:28 +. +But this I say, brethren, the time is short: it remaineth, that both they that have wives be as though they had none; -- 1 corinthians 7:29 +. +And they that weep, as though they wept not; and they that rejoice, as though they rejoiced not; and they that buy, as though they possessed not; -- 1 corinthians 7:30 +. +And they that use this world, as not abusing it: for the fashion of this world passeth away. -- 1 corinthians 7:31 +. +But I would have you without carefulness. He that is unmarried careth for the things that belong to the Lord, how he may please the Lord: -- 1 corinthians 7:32 +. +But he that is married careth for the things that are of the world, how he may please his wife. -- 1 corinthians 7:33 +. +There is difference also between a wife and a virgin. The unmarried woman careth for the things of the Lord, that she may be holy both in body and in spirit: but she that is married careth for the things of the world, how she may please her husband. -- 1 corinthians 7:34 +. +And this I speak for your own profit; not that I may cast a snare upon you, but for that which is comely, and that ye may attend upon the Lord without distraction. -- 1 corinthians 7:35 +. +But if any man think that he behaveth himself uncomely toward his virgin, if she pass the flower of her age, and need so require, let him do what he will, he sinneth not: let them marry. -- 1 corinthians 7:36 +. +Nevertheless he that standeth stedfast in his heart, having no necessity, but hath power over his own will, and hath so decreed in his heart that he will keep his virgin, doeth well. -- 1 corinthians 7:37 +. +So then he that giveth her in marriage doeth well; but he that giveth her not in marriage doeth better. -- 1 corinthians 7:38 +. +The wife is bound by the law as long as her husband liveth; but if her husband be dead, she is at liberty to be married to whom she will; only in the Lord. -- 1 corinthians 7:39 +. +But she is happier if she so abide, after my judgment: and I think also that I have the Spirit of God. -- 1 corinthians 7:40 +. +Now as touching things offered unto idols, we know that we all have knowledge. Knowledge puffeth up, but charity edifieth. -- 1 corinthians 8:1 +. +And if any man think that he knoweth any thing, he knoweth nothing yet as he ought to know. -- 1 corinthians 8:2 +. +But if any man love God, the same is known of him. -- 1 corinthians 8:3 +. +As concerning therefore the eating of those things that are offered in sacrifice unto idols, we know that an idol is nothing in the world, and that there is none other God but one. -- 1 corinthians 8:4 +. +For though there be that are called gods, whether in heaven or in earth, (as there be gods many, and lords many,) -- 1 corinthians 8:5 +. +But to us there is but one God, the Father, of whom are all things, and we in him; and one Lord Jesus Christ, by whom are all things, and we by him. -- 1 corinthians 8:6 +. +Howbeit there is not in every man that knowledge: for some with conscience of the idol unto this hour eat it as a thing offered unto an idol; and their conscience being weak is defiled. -- 1 corinthians 8:7 +. +But meat commendeth us not to God: for neither, if we eat, are we the better; neither, if we eat not, are we the worse. -- 1 corinthians 8:8 +. +But take heed lest by any means this liberty of your's become a stumblingblock to them that are weak. -- 1 corinthians 8:9 +. +For if any man see thee which hast knowledge sit at meat in the idol's temple, shall not the conscience of him which is weak be emboldened to eat those things which are offered to idols; -- 1 corinthians 8:10 +. +And through thy knowledge shall the weak brother perish, for whom Christ died? -- 1 corinthians 8:11 +. +But when ye sin so against the brethren, and wound their weak conscience, ye sin against Christ. -- 1 corinthians 8:12 +. +Wherefore, if meat make my brother to offend, I will eat no flesh while the world standeth, lest I make my brother to offend. -- 1 corinthians 8:13 +. +Am I not an apostle? am I not free? have I not seen Jesus Christ our Lord? are not ye my work in the Lord? -- 1 corinthians 9:1 +. +If I be not an apostle unto others, yet doubtless I am to you: for the seal of mine apostleship are ye in the Lord. -- 1 corinthians 9:2 +. +Mine answer to them that do examine me is this, -- 1 corinthians 9:3 +. +Have we not power to eat and to drink? -- 1 corinthians 9:4 +. +Have we not power to lead about a sister, a wife, as well as other apostles, and as the brethren of the Lord, and Cephas? -- 1 corinthians 9:5 +. +Or I only and Barnabas, have not we power to forbear working? -- 1 corinthians 9:6 +. +Who goeth a warfare any time at his own charges? who planteth a vineyard, and eateth not of the fruit thereof? or who feedeth a flock, and eateth not of the milk of the flock? -- 1 corinthians 9:7 +. +Say I these things as a man? or saith not the law the same also? -- 1 corinthians 9:8 +. +For it is written in the law of Moses, Thou shalt not muzzle the mouth of the ox that treadeth out the corn. Doth God take care for oxen? -- 1 corinthians 9:9 +. +Or saith he it altogether for our sakes? For our sakes, no doubt, this is written: that he that ploweth should plow in hope; and that he that thresheth in hope should be partaker of his hope. -- 1 corinthians 9:10 +. +If we have sown unto you spiritual things, is it a great thing if we shall reap your carnal things? -- 1 corinthians 9:11 +. +If others be partakers of this power over you, are not we rather? Nevertheless we have not used this power; but suffer all things, lest we should hinder the gospel of Christ. -- 1 corinthians 9:12 +. +Do ye not know that they which minister about holy things live of the things of the temple? and they which wait at the altar are partakers with the altar? -- 1 corinthians 9:13 +. +Even so hath the Lord ordained that they which preach the gospel should live of the gospel. -- 1 corinthians 9:14 +. +But I have used none of these things: neither have I written these things, that it should be so done unto me: for it were better for me to die, than that any man should make my glorying void. -- 1 corinthians 9:15 +. +For though I preach the gospel, I have nothing to glory of: for necessity is laid upon me; yea, woe is unto me, if I preach not the gospel! -- 1 corinthians 9:16 +. +For if I do this thing willingly, I have a reward: but if against my will, a dispensation of the gospel is committed unto me. -- 1 corinthians 9:17 +. +What is my reward then? Verily that, when I preach the gospel, I may make the gospel of Christ without charge, that I abuse not my power in the gospel. -- 1 corinthians 9:18 +. +For though I be free from all men, yet have I made myself servant unto all, that I might gain the more. -- 1 corinthians 9:19 +. +And unto the Jews I became as a Jew, that I might gain the Jews; to them that are under the law, as under the law, that I might gain them that are under the law; -- 1 corinthians 9:20 +. +To them that are without law, as without law, (being not without law to God, but under the law to Christ,) that I might gain them that are without law. -- 1 corinthians 9:21 +. +To the weak became I as weak, that I might gain the weak: I am made all things to all men, that I might by all means save some. -- 1 corinthians 9:22 +. +And this I do for the gospel's sake, that I might be partaker thereof with you. -- 1 corinthians 9:23 +. +Know ye not that they which run in a race run all, but one receiveth the prize? So run, that ye may obtain. -- 1 corinthians 9:24 +. +And every man that striveth for the mastery is temperate in all things. Now they do it to obtain a corruptible crown; but we an incorruptible. -- 1 corinthians 9:25 +. +I therefore so run, not as uncertainly; so fight I, not as one that beateth the air: -- 1 corinthians 9:26 +. +But I keep under my body, and bring it into subjection: lest that by any means, when I have preached to others, I myself should be a castaway. -- 1 corinthians 9:27 +. +Moreover, brethren, I would not that ye should be ignorant, how that all our fathers were under the cloud, and all passed through the sea; -- 1 corinthians 10:1 +. +And were all baptized unto Moses in the cloud and in the sea; -- 1 corinthians 10:2 +. +And did all eat the same spiritual meat; -- 1 corinthians 10:3 +. +And did all drink the same spiritual drink: for they drank of that spiritual Rock that followed them: and that Rock was Christ. -- 1 corinthians 10:4 +. +But with many of them God was not well pleased: for they were overthrown in the wilderness. -- 1 corinthians 10:5 +. +Now these things were our examples, to the intent we should not lust after evil things, as they also lusted. -- 1 corinthians 10:6 +. +Neither be ye idolaters, as were some of them; as it is written, The people sat down to eat and drink, and rose up to play. -- 1 corinthians 10:7 +. +Neither let us commit fornication, as some of them committed, and fell in one day three and twenty thousand. -- 1 corinthians 10:8 +. +Neither let us tempt Christ, as some of them also tempted, and were destroyed of serpents. -- 1 corinthians 10:9 +. +Neither murmur ye, as some of them also murmured, and were destroyed of the destroyer. -- 1 corinthians 10:10 +. +Now all these things happened unto them for ensamples: and they are written for our admonition, upon whom the ends of the world are come. -- 1 corinthians 10:11 +. +Wherefore let him that thinketh he standeth take heed lest he fall. -- 1 corinthians 10:12 +. +There hath no temptation taken you but such as is common to man: but God is faithful, who will not suffer you to be tempted above that ye are able; but will with the temptation also make a way to escape, that ye may be able to bear it. -- 1 corinthians 10:13 +. +Wherefore, my dearly beloved, flee from idolatry. -- 1 corinthians 10:14 +. +I speak as to wise men; judge ye what I say. -- 1 corinthians 10:15 +. +The cup of blessing which we bless, is it not the communion of the blood of Christ? The bread which we break, is it not the communion of the body of Christ? -- 1 corinthians 10:16 +. +For we being many are one bread, and one body: for we are all partakers of that one bread. -- 1 corinthians 10:17 +. +Behold Israel after the flesh: are not they which eat of the sacrifices partakers of the altar? -- 1 corinthians 10:18 +. +What say I then? that the idol is any thing, or that which is offered in sacrifice to idols is any thing? -- 1 corinthians 10:19 +. +But I say, that the things which the Gentiles sacrifice, they sacrifice to devils, and not to God: and I would not that ye should have fellowship with devils. -- 1 corinthians 10:20 +. +Ye cannot drink the cup of the Lord, and the cup of devils: ye cannot be partakers of the Lord's table, and of the table of devils. -- 1 corinthians 10:21 +. +Do we provoke the Lord to jealousy? are we stronger than he? -- 1 corinthians 10:22 +. +All things are lawful for me, but all things are not expedient: all things are lawful for me, but all things edify not. -- 1 corinthians 10:23 +. +Let no man seek his own, but every man another's wealth. -- 1 corinthians 10:24 +. +Whatsoever is sold in the shambles, that eat, asking no question for conscience sake: -- 1 corinthians 10:25 +. +For the earth is the Lord's, and the fulness thereof. -- 1 corinthians 10:26 +. +If any of them that believe not bid you to a feast, and ye be disposed to go; whatsoever is set before you, eat, asking no question for conscience sake. -- 1 corinthians 10:27 +. +But if any man say unto you, This is offered in sacrifice unto idols, eat not for his sake that shewed it, and for conscience sake: for the earth is the Lord's, and the fulness thereof: -- 1 corinthians 10:28 +. +Conscience, I say, not thine own, but of the other: for why is my liberty judged of another man's conscience? -- 1 corinthians 10:29 +. +For if I by grace be a partaker, why am I evil spoken of for that for which I give thanks? -- 1 corinthians 10:30 +. +Whether therefore ye eat, or drink, or whatsoever ye do, do all to the glory of God. -- 1 corinthians 10:31 +. +Give none offence, neither to the Jews, nor to the Gentiles, nor to the church of God: -- 1 corinthians 10:32 +. +Even as I please all men in all things, not seeking mine own profit, but the profit of many, that they may be saved. -- 1 corinthians 10:33 +. +Be ye followers of me, even as I also am of Christ. -- 1 corinthians 11:1 +. +Now I praise you, brethren, that ye remember me in all things, and keep the ordinances, as I delivered them to you. -- 1 corinthians 11:2 +. +But I would have you know, that the head of every man is Christ; and the head of the woman is the man; and the head of Christ is God. -- 1 corinthians 11:3 +. +Every man praying or prophesying, having his head covered, dishonoureth his head. -- 1 corinthians 11:4 +. +But every woman that prayeth or prophesieth with her head uncovered dishonoureth her head: for that is even all one as if she were shaven. -- 1 corinthians 11:5 +. +For if the woman be not covered, let her also be shorn: but if it be a shame for a woman to be shorn or shaven, let her be covered. -- 1 corinthians 11:6 +. +For a man indeed ought not to cover his head, forasmuch as he is the image and glory of God: but the woman is the glory of the man. -- 1 corinthians 11:7 +. +For the man is not of the woman: but the woman of the man. -- 1 corinthians 11:8 +. +Neither was the man created for the woman; but the woman for the man. -- 1 corinthians 11:9 +. +For this cause ought the woman to have power on her head because of the angels. -- 1 corinthians 11:10 +. +Nevertheless neither is the man without the woman, neither the woman without the man, in the Lord. -- 1 corinthians 11:11 +. +For as the woman is of the man, even so is the man also by the woman; but all things of God. -- 1 corinthians 11:12 +. +Judge in yourselves: is it comely that a woman pray unto God uncovered? -- 1 corinthians 11:13 +. +Doth not even nature itself teach you, that, if a man have long hair, it is a shame unto him? -- 1 corinthians 11:14 +. +But if a woman have long hair, it is a glory to her: for her hair is given her for a covering. -- 1 corinthians 11:15 +. +But if any man seem to be contentious, we have no such custom, neither the churches of God. -- 1 corinthians 11:16 +. +Now in this that I declare unto you I praise you not, that ye come together not for the better, but for the worse. -- 1 corinthians 11:17 +. +For first of all, when ye come together in the church, I hear that there be divisions among you; and I partly believe it. -- 1 corinthians 11:18 +. +For there must be also heresies among you, that they which are approved may be made manifest among you. -- 1 corinthians 11:19 +. +When ye come together therefore into one place, this is not to eat the Lord's supper. -- 1 corinthians 11:20 +. +For in eating every one taketh before other his own supper: and one is hungry, and another is drunken. -- 1 corinthians 11:21 +. +What? have ye not houses to eat and to drink in? or despise ye the church of God, and shame them that have not? What shall I say to you? shall I praise you in this? I praise you not. -- 1 corinthians 11:22 +. +For I have received of the Lord that which also I delivered unto you, That the Lord Jesus the same night in which he was betrayed took bread: -- 1 corinthians 11:23 +. +And when he had given thanks, he brake it, and said, Take, eat: this is my body, which is broken for you: this do in remembrance of me. -- 1 corinthians 11:24 +. +After the same manner also he took the cup, when he had supped, saying, This cup is the new testament in my blood: this do ye, as oft as ye drink it, in remembrance of me. -- 1 corinthians 11:25 +. +For as often as ye eat this bread, and drink this cup, ye do shew the Lord's death till he come. -- 1 corinthians 11:26 +. +Wherefore whosoever shall eat this bread, and drink this cup of the Lord, unworthily, shall be guilty of the body and blood of the Lord. -- 1 corinthians 11:27 +. +But let a man examine himself, and so let him eat of that bread, and drink of that cup. -- 1 corinthians 11:28 +. +For he that eateth and drinketh unworthily, eateth and drinketh damnation to himself, not discerning the Lord's body. -- 1 corinthians 11:29 +. +For this cause many are weak and sickly among you, and many sleep. -- 1 corinthians 11:30 +. +For if we would judge ourselves, we should not be judged. -- 1 corinthians 11:31 +. +But when we are judged, we are chastened of the Lord, that we should not be condemned with the world. -- 1 corinthians 11:32 +. +Wherefore, my brethren, when ye come together to eat, tarry one for another. -- 1 corinthians 11:33 +. +And if any man hunger, let him eat at home; that ye come not together unto condemnation. And the rest will I set in order when I come. -- 1 corinthians 11:34 +. +Now concerning spiritual gifts, brethren, I would not have you ignorant. -- 1 corinthians 12:1 +. +Ye know that ye were Gentiles, carried away unto these dumb idols, even as ye were led. -- 1 corinthians 12:2 +. +Wherefore I give you to understand, that no man speaking by the Spirit of God calleth Jesus accursed: and that no man can say that Jesus is the Lord, but by the Holy Ghost. -- 1 corinthians 12:3 +. +Now there are diversities of gifts, but the same Spirit. -- 1 corinthians 12:4 +. +And there are differences of administrations, but the same Lord. -- 1 corinthians 12:5 +. +And there are diversities of operations, but it is the same God which worketh all in all. -- 1 corinthians 12:6 +. +But the manifestation of the Spirit is given to every man to profit withal. -- 1 corinthians 12:7 +. +For to one is given by the Spirit the word of wisdom; to another the word of knowledge by the same Spirit; -- 1 corinthians 12:8 +. +To another faith by the same Spirit; to another the gifts of healing by the same Spirit; -- 1 corinthians 12:9 +. +To another the working of miracles; to another prophecy; to another discerning of spirits; to another divers kinds of tongues; to another the interpretation of tongues: -- 1 corinthians 12:10 +. +But all these worketh that one and the selfsame Spirit, dividing to every man severally as he will. -- 1 corinthians 12:11 +. +For as the body is one, and hath many members, and all the members of that one body, being many, are one body: so also is Christ. -- 1 corinthians 12:12 +. +For by one Spirit are we all baptized into one body, whether we be Jews or Gentiles, whether we be bond or free; and have been all made to drink into one Spirit. -- 1 corinthians 12:13 +. +For the body is not one member, but many. -- 1 corinthians 12:14 +. +If the foot shall say, Because I am not the hand, I am not of the body; is it therefore not of the body? -- 1 corinthians 12:15 +. +And if the ear shall say, Because I am not the eye, I am not of the body; is it therefore not of the body? -- 1 corinthians 12:16 +. +If the whole body were an eye, where were the hearing? If the whole were hearing, where were the smelling? -- 1 corinthians 12:17 +. +But now hath God set the members every one of them in the body, as it hath pleased him. -- 1 corinthians 12:18 +. +And if they were all one member, where were the body? -- 1 corinthians 12:19 +. +But now are they many members, yet but one body. -- 1 corinthians 12:20 +. +And the eye cannot say unto the hand, I have no need of thee: nor again the head to the feet, I have no need of you. -- 1 corinthians 12:21 +. +Nay, much more those members of the body, which seem to be more feeble, are necessary: -- 1 corinthians 12:22 +. +And those members of the body, which we think to be less honourable, upon these we bestow more abundant honour; and our uncomely parts have more abundant comeliness. -- 1 corinthians 12:23 +. +For our comely parts have no need: but God hath tempered the body together, having given more abundant honour to that part which lacked. -- 1 corinthians 12:24 +. +That there should be no schism in the body; but that the members should have the same care one for another. -- 1 corinthians 12:25 +. +And whether one member suffer, all the members suffer with it; or one member be honoured, all the members rejoice with it. -- 1 corinthians 12:26 +. +Now ye are the body of Christ, and members in particular. -- 1 corinthians 12:27 +. +And God hath set some in the church, first apostles, secondarily prophets, thirdly teachers, after that miracles, then gifts of healings, helps, governments, diversities of tongues. -- 1 corinthians 12:28 +. +Are all apostles? are all prophets? are all teachers? are all workers of miracles? -- 1 corinthians 12:29 +. +Have all the gifts of healing? do all speak with tongues? do all interpret? -- 1 corinthians 12:30 +. +But covet earnestly the best gifts: and yet shew I unto you a more excellent way. -- 1 corinthians 12:31 +. +Though I speak with the tongues of men and of angels, and have not charity, I am become as sounding brass, or a tinkling cymbal. -- 1 corinthians 13:1 +. +And though I have the gift of prophecy, and understand all mysteries, and all knowledge; and though I have all faith, so that I could remove mountains, and have not charity, I am nothing. -- 1 corinthians 13:2 +. +And though I bestow all my goods to feed the poor, and though I give my body to be burned, and have not charity, it profiteth me nothing. -- 1 corinthians 13:3 +. +Charity suffereth long, and is kind; charity envieth not; charity vaunteth not itself, is not puffed up, -- 1 corinthians 13:4 +. +Doth not behave itself unseemly, seeketh not her own, is not easily provoked, thinketh no evil; -- 1 corinthians 13:5 +. +Rejoiceth not in iniquity, but rejoiceth in the truth; -- 1 corinthians 13:6 +. +Beareth all things, believeth all things, hopeth all things, endureth all things. -- 1 corinthians 13:7 +. +Charity never faileth: but whether there be prophecies, they shall fail; whether there be tongues, they shall cease; whether there be knowledge, it shall vanish away. -- 1 corinthians 13:8 +. +For we know in part, and we prophesy in part. -- 1 corinthians 13:9 +. +But when that which is perfect is come, then that which is in part shall be done away. -- 1 corinthians 13:10 +. +When I was a child, I spake as a child, I understood as a child, I thought as a child: but when I became a man, I put away childish things. -- 1 corinthians 13:11 +. +For now we see through a glass, darkly; but then face to face: now I know in part; but then shall I know even as also I am known. -- 1 corinthians 13:12 +. +And now abideth faith, hope, charity, these three; but the greatest of these is charity. -- 1 corinthians 13:13 +. +Follow after charity, and desire spiritual gifts, but rather that ye may prophesy. -- 1 corinthians 14:1 +. +For he that speaketh in an unknown tongue speaketh not unto men, but unto God: for no man understandeth him; howbeit in the spirit he speaketh mysteries. -- 1 corinthians 14:2 +. +But he that prophesieth speaketh unto men to edification, and exhortation, and comfort. -- 1 corinthians 14:3 +. +He that speaketh in an unknown tongue edifieth himself; but he that prophesieth edifieth the church. -- 1 corinthians 14:4 +. +I would that ye all spake with tongues but rather that ye prophesied: for greater is he that prophesieth than he that speaketh with tongues, except he interpret, that the church may receive edifying. -- 1 corinthians 14:5 +. +Now, brethren, if I come unto you speaking with tongues, what shall I profit you, except I shall speak to you either by revelation, or by knowledge, or by prophesying, or by doctrine? -- 1 corinthians 14:6 +. +And even things without life giving sound, whether pipe or harp, except they give a distinction in the sounds, how shall it be known what is piped or harped? -- 1 corinthians 14:7 +. +For if the trumpet give an uncertain sound, who shall prepare himself to the battle? -- 1 corinthians 14:8 +. +So likewise ye, except ye utter by the tongue words easy to be understood, how shall it be known what is spoken? for ye shall speak into the air. -- 1 corinthians 14:9 +. +There are, it may be, so many kinds of voices in the world, and none of them is without signification. -- 1 corinthians 14:10 +. +Therefore if I know not the meaning of the voice, I shall be unto him that speaketh a barbarian, and he that speaketh shall be a barbarian unto me. -- 1 corinthians 14:11 +. +Even so ye, forasmuch as ye are zealous of spiritual gifts, seek that ye may excel to the edifying of the church. -- 1 corinthians 14:12 +. +Wherefore let him that speaketh in an unknown tongue pray that he may interpret. -- 1 corinthians 14:13 +. +For if I pray in an unknown tongue, my spirit prayeth, but my understanding is unfruitful. -- 1 corinthians 14:14 +. +What is it then? I will pray with the spirit, and I will pray with the understanding also: I will sing with the spirit, and I will sing with the understanding also. -- 1 corinthians 14:15 +. +Else when thou shalt bless with the spirit, how shall he that occupieth the room of the unlearned say Amen at thy giving of thanks, seeing he understandeth not what thou sayest? -- 1 corinthians 14:16 +. +For thou verily givest thanks well, but the other is not edified. -- 1 corinthians 14:17 +. +I thank my God, I speak with tongues more than ye all: -- 1 corinthians 14:18 +. +Yet in the church I had rather speak five words with my understanding, that by my voice I might teach others also, than ten thousand words in an unknown tongue. -- 1 corinthians 14:19 +. +Brethren, be not children in understanding: howbeit in malice be ye children, but in understanding be men. -- 1 corinthians 14:20 +. +In the law it is written, With men of other tongues and other lips will I speak unto this people; and yet for all that will they not hear me, saith the Lord. -- 1 corinthians 14:21 +. +Wherefore tongues are for a sign, not to them that believe, but to them that believe not: but prophesying serveth not for them that believe not, but for them which believe. -- 1 corinthians 14:22 +. +If therefore the whole church be come together into one place, and all speak with tongues, and there come in those that are unlearned, or unbelievers, will they not say that ye are mad? -- 1 corinthians 14:23 +. +But if all prophesy, and there come in one that believeth not, or one unlearned, he is convinced of all, he is judged of all: -- 1 corinthians 14:24 +. +And thus are the secrets of his heart made manifest; and so falling down on his face he will worship God, and report that God is in you of a truth. -- 1 corinthians 14:25 +. +How is it then, brethren? when ye come together, every one of you hath a psalm, hath a doctrine, hath a tongue, hath a revelation, hath an interpretation. Let all things be done unto edifying. -- 1 corinthians 14:26 +. +If any man speak in an unknown tongue, let it be by two, or at the most by three, and that by course; and let one interpret. -- 1 corinthians 14:27 +. +But if there be no interpreter, let him keep silence in the church; and let him speak to himself, and to God. -- 1 corinthians 14:28 +. +Let the prophets speak two or three, and let the other judge. -- 1 corinthians 14:29 +. +If any thing be revealed to another that sitteth by, let the first hold his peace. -- 1 corinthians 14:30 +. +For ye may all prophesy one by one, that all may learn, and all may be comforted. -- 1 corinthians 14:31 +. +And the spirits of the prophets are subject to the prophets. -- 1 corinthians 14:32 +. +For God is not the author of confusion, but of peace, as in all churches of the saints. -- 1 corinthians 14:33 +. +Let your women keep silence in the churches: for it is not permitted unto them to speak; but they are commanded to be under obedience as also saith the law. -- 1 corinthians 14:34 +. +And if they will learn any thing, let them ask their husbands at home: for it is a shame for women to speak in the church. -- 1 corinthians 14:35 +. +What? came the word of God out from you? or came it unto you only? -- 1 corinthians 14:36 +. +If any man think himself to be a prophet, or spiritual, let him acknowledge that the things that I write unto you are the commandments of the Lord. -- 1 corinthians 14:37 +. +But if any man be ignorant, let him be ignorant. -- 1 corinthians 14:38 +. +Wherefore, brethren, covet to prophesy, and forbid not to speak with tongues. -- 1 corinthians 14:39 +. +Let all things be done decently and in order. -- 1 corinthians 14:40 +. +Moreover, brethren, I declare unto you the gospel which I preached unto you, which also ye have received, and wherein ye stand; -- 1 corinthians 15:1 +. +By which also ye are saved, if ye keep in memory what I preached unto you, unless ye have believed in vain. -- 1 corinthians 15:2 +. +For I delivered unto you first of all that which I also received, how that Christ died for our sins according to the scriptures; -- 1 corinthians 15:3 +. +And that he was buried, and that he rose again the third day according to the scriptures: -- 1 corinthians 15:4 +. +And that he was seen of Cephas, then of the twelve: -- 1 corinthians 15:5 +. +After that, he was seen of above five hundred brethren at once; of whom the greater part remain unto this present, but some are fallen asleep. -- 1 corinthians 15:6 +. +After that, he was seen of James; then of all the apostles. -- 1 corinthians 15:7 +. +And last of all he was seen of me also, as of one born out of due time. -- 1 corinthians 15:8 +. +For I am the least of the apostles, that am not meet to be called an apostle, because I persecuted the church of God. -- 1 corinthians 15:9 +. +But by the grace of God I am what I am: and his grace which was bestowed upon me was not in vain; but I laboured more abundantly than they all: yet not I, but the grace of God which was with me. -- 1 corinthians 15:10 +. +Therefore whether it were I or they, so we preach, and so ye believed. -- 1 corinthians 15:11 +. +Now if Christ be preached that he rose from the dead, how say some among you that there is no resurrection of the dead? -- 1 corinthians 15:12 +. +But if there be no resurrection of the dead, then is Christ not risen: -- 1 corinthians 15:13 +. +And if Christ be not risen, then is our preaching vain, and your faith is also vain. -- 1 corinthians 15:14 +. +Yea, and we are found false witnesses of God; because we have testified of God that he raised up Christ: whom he raised not up, if so be that the dead rise not. -- 1 corinthians 15:15 +. +For if the dead rise not, then is not Christ raised: -- 1 corinthians 15:16 +. +And if Christ be not raised, your faith is vain; ye are yet in your sins. -- 1 corinthians 15:17 +. +Then they also which are fallen asleep in Christ are perished. -- 1 corinthians 15:18 +. +If in this life only we have hope in Christ, we are of all men most miserable. -- 1 corinthians 15:19 +. +But now is Christ risen from the dead, and become the firstfruits of them that slept. -- 1 corinthians 15:20 +. +For since by man came death, by man came also the resurrection of the dead. -- 1 corinthians 15:21 +. +For as in Adam all die, even so in Christ shall all be made alive. -- 1 corinthians 15:22 +. +But every man in his own order: Christ the firstfruits; afterward they that are Christ's at his coming. -- 1 corinthians 15:23 +. +Then cometh the end, when he shall have delivered up the kingdom to God, even the Father; when he shall have put down all rule and all authority and power. -- 1 corinthians 15:24 +. +For he must reign, till he hath put all enemies under his feet. -- 1 corinthians 15:25 +. +The last enemy that shall be destroyed is death. -- 1 corinthians 15:26 +. +For he hath put all things under his feet. But when he saith all things are put under him, it is manifest that he is excepted, which did put all things under him. -- 1 corinthians 15:27 +. +And when all things shall be subdued unto him, then shall the Son also himself be subject unto him that put all things under him, that God may be all in all. -- 1 corinthians 15:28 +. +Else what shall they do which are baptized for the dead, if the dead rise not at all? why are they then baptized for the dead? -- 1 corinthians 15:29 +. +And why stand we in jeopardy every hour? -- 1 corinthians 15:30 +. +I protest by your rejoicing which I have in Christ Jesus our Lord, I die daily. -- 1 corinthians 15:31 +. +If after the manner of men I have fought with beasts at Ephesus, what advantageth it me, if the dead rise not? let us eat and drink; for to morrow we die. -- 1 corinthians 15:32 +. +Be not deceived: evil communications corrupt good manners. -- 1 corinthians 15:33 +. +Awake to righteousness, and sin not; for some have not the knowledge of God: I speak this to your shame. -- 1 corinthians 15:34 +. +But some man will say, How are the dead raised up? and with what body do they come? -- 1 corinthians 15:35 +. +Thou fool, that which thou sowest is not quickened, except it die: -- 1 corinthians 15:36 +. +And that which thou sowest, thou sowest not that body that shall be, but bare grain, it may chance of wheat, or of some other grain: -- 1 corinthians 15:37 +. +But God giveth it a body as it hath pleased him, and to every seed his own body. -- 1 corinthians 15:38 +. +All flesh is not the same flesh: but there is one kind of flesh of men, another flesh of beasts, another of fishes, and another of birds. -- 1 corinthians 15:39 +. +There are also celestial bodies, and bodies terrestrial: but the glory of the celestial is one, and the glory of the terrestrial is another. -- 1 corinthians 15:40 +. +There is one glory of the sun, and another glory of the moon, and another glory of the stars: for one star differeth from another star in glory. -- 1 corinthians 15:41 +. +So also is the resurrection of the dead. It is sown in corruption; it is raised in incorruption: -- 1 corinthians 15:42 +. +It is sown in dishonour; it is raised in glory: it is sown in weakness; it is raised in power: -- 1 corinthians 15:43 +. +It is sown a natural body; it is raised a spiritual body. There is a natural body, and there is a spiritual body. -- 1 corinthians 15:44 +. +And so it is written, The first man Adam was made a living soul; the last Adam was made a quickening spirit. -- 1 corinthians 15:45 +. +Howbeit that was not first which is spiritual, but that which is natural; and afterward that which is spiritual. -- 1 corinthians 15:46 +. +The first man is of the earth, earthy; the second man is the Lord from heaven. -- 1 corinthians 15:47 +. +As is the earthy, such are they also that are earthy: and as is the heavenly, such are they also that are heavenly. -- 1 corinthians 15:48 +. +And as we have borne the image of the earthy, we shall also bear the image of the heavenly. -- 1 corinthians 15:49 +. +Now this I say, brethren, that flesh and blood cannot inherit the kingdom of God; neither doth corruption inherit incorruption. -- 1 corinthians 15:50 +. +Behold, I shew you a mystery; We shall not all sleep, but we shall all be changed, -- 1 corinthians 15:51 +. +In a moment, in the twinkling of an eye, at the last trump: for the trumpet shall sound, and the dead shall be raised incorruptible, and we shall be changed. -- 1 corinthians 15:52 +. +For this corruptible must put on incorruption, and this mortal must put on immortality. -- 1 corinthians 15:53 +. +So when this corruptible shall have put on incorruption, and this mortal shall have put on immortality, then shall be brought to pass the saying that is written, Death is swallowed up in victory. -- 1 corinthians 15:54 +. +O death, where is thy sting? O grave, where is thy victory? -- 1 corinthians 15:55 +. +The sting of death is sin; and the strength of sin is the law. -- 1 corinthians 15:56 +. +But thanks be to God, which giveth us the victory through our Lord Jesus Christ. -- 1 corinthians 15:57 +. +Therefore, my beloved brethren, be ye stedfast, unmoveable, always abounding in the work of the Lord, forasmuch as ye know that your labour is not in vain in the Lord. -- 1 corinthians 15:58 +. +Now concerning the collection for the saints, as I have given order to the churches of Galatia, even so do ye. -- 1 corinthians 16:1 +. +Upon the first day of the week let every one of you lay by him in store, as God hath prospered him, that there be no gatherings when I come. -- 1 corinthians 16:2 +. +And when I come, whomsoever ye shall approve by your letters, them will I send to bring your liberality unto Jerusalem. -- 1 corinthians 16:3 +. +And if it be meet that I go also, they shall go with me. -- 1 corinthians 16:4 +. +Now I will come unto you, when I shall pass through Macedonia: for I do pass through Macedonia. -- 1 corinthians 16:5 +. +And it may be that I will abide, yea, and winter with you, that ye may bring me on my journey whithersoever I go. -- 1 corinthians 16:6 +. +For I will not see you now by the way; but I trust to tarry a while with you, if the Lord permit. -- 1 corinthians 16:7 +. +But I will tarry at Ephesus until Pentecost. -- 1 corinthians 16:8 +. +For a great door and effectual is opened unto me, and there are many adversaries. -- 1 corinthians 16:9 +. +Now if Timotheus come, see that he may be with you without fear: for he worketh the work of the Lord, as I also do. -- 1 corinthians 16:10 +. +Let no man therefore despise him: but conduct him forth in peace, that he may come unto me: for I look for him with the brethren. -- 1 corinthians 16:11 +. +As touching our brother Apollos, I greatly desired him to come unto you with the brethren: but his will was not at all to come at this time; but he will come when he shall have convenient time. -- 1 corinthians 16:12 +. +Watch ye, stand fast in the faith, quit you like men, be strong. -- 1 corinthians 16:13 +. +Let all your things be done with charity. -- 1 corinthians 16:14 +. +I beseech you, brethren, (ye know the house of Stephanas, that it is the firstfruits of Achaia, and that they have addicted themselves to the ministry of the saints,) -- 1 corinthians 16:15 +. +That ye submit yourselves unto such, and to every one that helpeth with us, and laboureth. -- 1 corinthians 16:16 +. +I am glad of the coming of Stephanas and Fortunatus and Achaicus: for that which was lacking on your part they have supplied. -- 1 corinthians 16:17 +. +For they have refreshed my spirit and your's: therefore acknowledge ye them that are such. -- 1 corinthians 16:18 +. +The churches of Asia salute you. Aquila and Priscilla salute you much in the Lord, with the church that is in their house. -- 1 corinthians 16:19 +. +All the brethren greet you. Greet ye one another with an holy kiss. -- 1 corinthians 16:20 +. +The salutation of me Paul with mine own hand. -- 1 corinthians 16:21 +. +If any man love not the Lord Jesus Christ, let him be Anathema Maranatha. -- 1 corinthians 16:22 +. +The grace of our Lord Jesus Christ be with you. -- 1 corinthians 16:23 +. +My love be with you all in Christ Jesus. Amen. -- 1 corinthians 16:24 +. +Paul, an apostle of Jesus Christ by the will of God, and Timothy our brother, unto the church of God which is at Corinth, with all the saints which are in all Achaia: -- 2 corinthians 1:1 +. +Grace be to you and peace from God our Father, and from the Lord Jesus Christ. -- 2 corinthians 1:2 +. +Blessed be God, even the Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, the Father of mercies, and the God of all comfort; -- 2 corinthians 1:3 +. +Who comforteth us in all our tribulation, that we may be able to comfort them which are in any trouble, by the comfort wherewith we ourselves are comforted of God. -- 2 corinthians 1:4 +. +For as the sufferings of Christ abound in us, so our consolation also aboundeth by Christ. -- 2 corinthians 1:5 +. +And whether we be afflicted, it is for your consolation and salvation, which is effectual in the enduring of the same sufferings which we also suffer: or whether we be comforted, it is for your consolation and salvation. -- 2 corinthians 1:6 +. +And our hope of you is stedfast, knowing, that as ye are partakers of the sufferings, so shall ye be also of the consolation. -- 2 corinthians 1:7 +. +For we would not, brethren, have you ignorant of our trouble which came to us in Asia, that we were pressed out of measure, above strength, insomuch that we despaired even of life: -- 2 corinthians 1:8 +. +But we had the sentence of death in ourselves, that we should not trust in ourselves, but in God which raiseth the dead: -- 2 corinthians 1:9 +. +Who delivered us from so great a death, and doth deliver: in whom we trust that he will yet deliver us; -- 2 corinthians 1:10 +. +Ye also helping together by prayer for us, that for the gift bestowed upon us by the means of many persons thanks may be given by many on our behalf. -- 2 corinthians 1:11 +. +For our rejoicing is this, the testimony of our conscience, that in simplicity and godly sincerity, not with fleshly wisdom, but by the grace of God, we have had our conversation in the world, and more abundantly to you-ward. -- 2 corinthians 1:12 +. +For we write none other things unto you, than what ye read or acknowledge; and I trust ye shall acknowledge even to the end; -- 2 corinthians 1:13 +. +As also ye have acknowledged us in part, that we are your rejoicing, even as ye also are our's in the day of the Lord Jesus. -- 2 corinthians 1:14 +. +And in this confidence I was minded to come unto you before, that ye might have a second benefit; -- 2 corinthians 1:15 +. +And to pass by you into Macedonia, and to come again out of Macedonia unto you, and of you to be brought on my way toward Judaea. -- 2 corinthians 1:16 +. +When I therefore was thus minded, did I use lightness? or the things that I purpose, do I purpose according to the flesh, that with me there should be yea yea, and nay nay? -- 2 corinthians 1:17 +. +But as God is true, our word toward you was not yea and nay. -- 2 corinthians 1:18 +. +For the Son of God, Jesus Christ, who was preached among you by us, even by me and Silvanus and Timotheus, was not yea and nay, but in him was yea. -- 2 corinthians 1:19 +. +For all the promises of God in him are yea, and in him Amen, unto the glory of God by us. -- 2 corinthians 1:20 +. +Now he which stablisheth us with you in Christ, and hath anointed us, is God; -- 2 corinthians 1:21 +. +Who hath also sealed us, and given the earnest of the Spirit in our hearts. -- 2 corinthians 1:22 +. +Moreover I call God for a record upon my soul, that to spare you I came not as yet unto Corinth. -- 2 corinthians 1:23 +. +Not for that we have dominion over your faith, but are helpers of your joy: for by faith ye stand. -- 2 corinthians 1:24 +. +But I determined this with myself, that I would not come again to you in heaviness. -- 2 corinthians 2:1 +. +For if I make you sorry, who is he then that maketh me glad, but the same which is made sorry by me? -- 2 corinthians 2:2 +. +And I wrote this same unto you, lest, when I came, I should have sorrow from them of whom I ought to rejoice; having confidence in you all, that my joy is the joy of you all. -- 2 corinthians 2:3 +. +For out of much affliction and anguish of heart I wrote unto you with many tears; not that ye should be grieved, but that ye might know the love which I have more abundantly unto you. -- 2 corinthians 2:4 +. +But if any have caused grief, he hath not grieved me, but in part: that I may not overcharge you all. -- 2 corinthians 2:5 +. +Sufficient to such a man is this punishment, which was inflicted of many. -- 2 corinthians 2:6 +. +So that contrariwise ye ought rather to forgive him, and comfort him, lest perhaps such a one should be swallowed up with overmuch sorrow. -- 2 corinthians 2:7 +. +Wherefore I beseech you that ye would confirm your love toward him. -- 2 corinthians 2:8 +. +For to this end also did I write, that I might know the proof of you, whether ye be obedient in all things. -- 2 corinthians 2:9 +. +To whom ye forgive any thing, I forgive also: for if I forgave any thing, to whom I forgave it, for your sakes forgave I it in the person of Christ; -- 2 corinthians 2:10 +. +Lest Satan should get an advantage of us: for we are not ignorant of his devices. -- 2 corinthians 2:11 +. +Furthermore, when I came to Troas to preach Christ's gospel, and a door was opened unto me of the Lord, -- 2 corinthians 2:12 +. +I had no rest in my spirit, because I found not Titus my brother: but taking my leave of them, I went from thence into Macedonia. -- 2 corinthians 2:13 +. +Now thanks be unto God, which always causeth us to triumph in Christ, and maketh manifest the savour of his knowledge by us in every place. -- 2 corinthians 2:14 +. +For we are unto God a sweet savour of Christ, in them that are saved, and in them that perish: -- 2 corinthians 2:15 +. +To the one we are the savour of death unto death; and to the other the savour of life unto life. And who is sufficient for these things? -- 2 corinthians 2:16 +. +For we are not as many, which corrupt the word of God: but as of sincerity, but as of God, in the sight of God speak we in Christ. -- 2 corinthians 2:17 +. +Do we begin again to commend ourselves? or need we, as some others, epistles of commendation to you, or letters of commendation from you? -- 2 corinthians 3:1 +. +Ye are our epistle written in our hearts, known and read of all men: -- 2 corinthians 3:2 +. +Forasmuch as ye are manifestly declared to be the epistle of Christ ministered by us, written not with ink, but with the Spirit of the living God; not in tables of stone, but in fleshy tables of the heart. -- 2 corinthians 3:3 +. +And such trust have we through Christ to God-ward: -- 2 corinthians 3:4 +. +Not that we are sufficient of ourselves to think any thing as of ourselves; but our sufficiency is of God; -- 2 corinthians 3:5 +. +Who also hath made us able ministers of the new testament; not of the letter, but of the spirit: for the letter killeth, but the spirit giveth life. -- 2 corinthians 3:6 +. +But if the ministration of death, written and engraven in stones, was glorious, so that the children of Israel could not stedfastly behold the face of Moses for the glory of his countenance; which glory was to be done away: -- 2 corinthians 3:7 +. +How shall not the ministration of the spirit be rather glorious? -- 2 corinthians 3:8 +. +For if the ministration of condemnation be glory, much more doth the ministration of righteousness exceed in glory. -- 2 corinthians 3:9 +. +For even that which was made glorious had no glory in this respect, by reason of the glory that excelleth. -- 2 corinthians 3:10 +. +For if that which is done away was glorious, much more that which remaineth is glorious. -- 2 corinthians 3:11 +. +Seeing then that we have such hope, we use great plainness of speech: -- 2 corinthians 3:12 +. +And not as Moses, which put a vail over his face, that the children of Israel could not stedfastly look to the end of that which is abolished: -- 2 corinthians 3:13 +. +But their minds were blinded: for until this day remaineth the same vail untaken away in the reading of the old testament; which vail is done away in Christ. -- 2 corinthians 3:14 +. +But even unto this day, when Moses is read, the vail is upon their heart. -- 2 corinthians 3:15 +. +Nevertheless when it shall turn to the Lord, the vail shall be taken away. -- 2 corinthians 3:16 +. +Now the Lord is that Spirit: and where the Spirit of the Lord is, there is liberty. -- 2 corinthians 3:17 +. +But we all, with open face beholding as in a glass the glory of the Lord, are changed into the same image from glory to glory, even as by the Spirit of the Lord. -- 2 corinthians 3:18 +. +Therefore seeing we have this ministry, as we have received mercy, we faint not; -- 2 corinthians 4:1 +. +But have renounced the hidden things of dishonesty, not walking in craftiness, nor handling the word of God deceitfully; but by manifestation of the truth commending ourselves to every man's conscience in the sight of God. -- 2 corinthians 4:2 +. +But if our gospel be hid, it is hid to them that are lost: -- 2 corinthians 4:3 +. +In whom the god of this world hath blinded the minds of them which believe not, lest the light of the glorious gospel of Christ, who is the image of God, should shine unto them. -- 2 corinthians 4:4 +. +For we preach not ourselves, but Christ Jesus the Lord; and ourselves your servants for Jesus' sake. -- 2 corinthians 4:5 +. +For God, who commanded the light to shine out of darkness, hath shined in our hearts, to give the light of the knowledge of the glory of God in the face of Jesus Christ. -- 2 corinthians 4:6 +. +But we have this treasure in earthen vessels, that the excellency of the power may be of God, and not of us. -- 2 corinthians 4:7 +. +We are troubled on every side, yet not distressed; we are perplexed, but not in despair; -- 2 corinthians 4:8 +. +Persecuted, but not forsaken; cast down, but not destroyed; -- 2 corinthians 4:9 +. +Always bearing about in the body the dying of the Lord Jesus, that the life also of Jesus might be made manifest in our body. -- 2 corinthians 4:10 +. +For we which live are alway delivered unto death for Jesus' sake, that the life also of Jesus might be made manifest in our mortal flesh. -- 2 corinthians 4:11 +. +So then death worketh in us, but life in you. -- 2 corinthians 4:12 +. +We having the same spirit of faith, according as it is written, I believed, and therefore have I spoken; we also believe, and therefore speak; -- 2 corinthians 4:13 +. +Knowing that he which raised up the Lord Jesus shall raise up us also by Jesus, and shall present us with you. -- 2 corinthians 4:14 +. +For all things are for your sakes, that the abundant grace might through the thanksgiving of many redound to the glory of God. -- 2 corinthians 4:15 +. +For which cause we faint not; but though our outward man perish, yet the inward man is renewed day by day. -- 2 corinthians 4:16 +. +For our light affliction, which is but for a moment, worketh for us a far more exceeding and eternal weight of glory; -- 2 corinthians 4:17 +. +While we look not at the things which are seen, but at the things which are not seen: for the things which are seen are temporal; but the things which are not seen are eternal. -- 2 corinthians 4:18 +. +For we know that if our earthly house of this tabernacle were dissolved, we have a building of God, an house not made with hands, eternal in the heavens. -- 2 corinthians 5:1 +. +For in this we groan, earnestly desiring to be clothed upon with our house which is from heaven: -- 2 corinthians 5:2 +. +If so be that being clothed we shall not be found naked. -- 2 corinthians 5:3 +. +For we that are in this tabernacle do groan, being burdened: not for that we would be unclothed, but clothed upon, that mortality might be swallowed up of life. -- 2 corinthians 5:4 +. +Now he that hath wrought us for the selfsame thing is God, who also hath given unto us the earnest of the Spirit. -- 2 corinthians 5:5 +. +Therefore we are always confident, knowing that, whilst we are at home in the body, we are absent from the Lord: -- 2 corinthians 5:6 +. +(For we walk by faith, not by sight:) -- 2 corinthians 5:7 +. +We are confident, I say, and willing rather to be absent from the body, and to be present with the Lord. -- 2 corinthians 5:8 +. +Wherefore we labour, that, whether present or absent, we may be accepted of him. -- 2 corinthians 5:9 +. +For we must all appear before the judgment seat of Christ; that every one may receive the things done in his body, according to that he hath done, whether it be good or bad. -- 2 corinthians 5:10 +. +Knowing therefore the terror of the Lord, we persuade men; but we are made manifest unto God; and I trust also are made manifest in your consciences. -- 2 corinthians 5:11 +. +For we commend not ourselves again unto you, but give you occasion to glory on our behalf, that ye may have somewhat to answer them which glory in appearance, and not in heart. -- 2 corinthians 5:12 +. +For whether we be beside ourselves, it is to God: or whether we be sober, it is for your cause. -- 2 corinthians 5:13 +. +For the love of Christ constraineth us; because we thus judge, that if one died for all, then were all dead: -- 2 corinthians 5:14 +. +And that he died for all, that they which live should not henceforth live unto themselves, but unto him which died for them, and rose again. -- 2 corinthians 5:15 +. +Wherefore henceforth know we no man after the flesh: yea, though we have known Christ after the flesh, yet now henceforth know we him no more. -- 2 corinthians 5:16 +. +Therefore if any man be in Christ, he is a new creature: old things are passed away; behold, all things are become new. -- 2 corinthians 5:17 +. +And all things are of God, who hath reconciled us to himself by Jesus Christ, and hath given to us the ministry of reconciliation; -- 2 corinthians 5:18 +. +To wit, that God was in Christ, reconciling the world unto himself, not imputing their trespasses unto them; and hath committed unto us the word of reconciliation. -- 2 corinthians 5:19 +. +Now then we are ambassadors for Christ, as though God did beseech you by us: we pray you in Christ's stead, be ye reconciled to God. -- 2 corinthians 5:20 +. +For he hath made him to be sin for us, who knew no sin; that we might be made the righteousness of God in him. -- 2 corinthians 5:21 +. +We then, as workers together with him, beseech you also that ye receive not the grace of God in vain. -- 2 corinthians 6:1 +. +(For he saith, I have heard thee in a time accepted, and in the day of salvation have I succoured thee: behold, now is the accepted time; behold, now is the day of salvation.) -- 2 corinthians 6:2 +. +Giving no offence in any thing, that the ministry be not blamed: -- 2 corinthians 6:3 +. +But in all things approving ourselves as the ministers of God, in much patience, in afflictions, in necessities, in distresses, -- 2 corinthians 6:4 +. +In stripes, in imprisonments, in tumults, in labours, in watchings, in fastings; -- 2 corinthians 6:5 +. +By pureness, by knowledge, by longsuffering, by kindness, by the Holy Ghost, by love unfeigned, -- 2 corinthians 6:6 +. +By the word of truth, by the power of God, by the armour of righteousness on the right hand and on the left, -- 2 corinthians 6:7 +. +By honour and dishonour, by evil report and good report: as deceivers, and yet true; -- 2 corinthians 6:8 +. +As unknown, and yet well known; as dying, and, behold, we live; as chastened, and not killed; -- 2 corinthians 6:9 +. +As sorrowful, yet alway rejoicing; as poor, yet making many rich; as having nothing, and yet possessing all things. -- 2 corinthians 6:10 +. +O ye Corinthians, our mouth is open unto you, our heart is enlarged. -- 2 corinthians 6:11 +. +Ye are not straitened in us, but ye are straitened in your own bowels. -- 2 corinthians 6:12 +. +Now for a recompence in the same, (I speak as unto my children,) be ye also enlarged. -- 2 corinthians 6:13 +. +Be ye not unequally yoked together with unbelievers: for what fellowship hath righteousness with unrighteousness? and what communion hath light with darkness? -- 2 corinthians 6:14 +. +And what concord hath Christ with Belial? or what part hath he that believeth with an infidel? -- 2 corinthians 6:15 +. +And what agreement hath the temple of God with idols? for ye are the temple of the living God; as God hath said, I will dwell in them, and walk in them; and I will be their God, and they shall be my people. -- 2 corinthians 6:16 +. +Wherefore come out from among them, and be ye separate, saith the Lord, and touch not the unclean thing; and I will receive you. -- 2 corinthians 6:17 +. +And will be a Father unto you, and ye shall be my sons and daughters, saith the Lord Almighty. -- 2 corinthians 6:18 +. +Having therefore these promises, dearly beloved, let us cleanse ourselves from all filthiness of the flesh and spirit, perfecting holiness in the fear of God. -- 2 corinthians 7:1 +. +Receive us; we have wronged no man, we have corrupted no man, we have defrauded no man. -- 2 corinthians 7:2 +. +I speak not this to condemn you: for I have said before, that ye are in our hearts to die and live with you. -- 2 corinthians 7:3 +. +Great is my boldness of speech toward you, great is my glorying of you: I am filled with comfort, I am exceeding joyful in all our tribulation. -- 2 corinthians 7:4 +. +For, when we were come into Macedonia, our flesh had no rest, but we were troubled on every side; without were fightings, within were fears. -- 2 corinthians 7:5 +. +Nevertheless God, that comforteth those that are cast down, comforted us by the coming of Titus; -- 2 corinthians 7:6 +. +And not by his coming only, but by the consolation wherewith he was comforted in you, when he told us your earnest desire, your mourning, your fervent mind toward me; so that I rejoiced the more. -- 2 corinthians 7:7 +. +For though I made you sorry with a letter, I do not repent, though I did repent: for I perceive that the same epistle hath made you sorry, though it were but for a season. -- 2 corinthians 7:8 +. +Now I rejoice, not that ye were made sorry, but that ye sorrowed to repentance: for ye were made sorry after a godly manner, that ye might receive damage by us in nothing. -- 2 corinthians 7:9 +. +For godly sorrow worketh repentance to salvation not to be repented of: but the sorrow of the world worketh death. -- 2 corinthians 7:10 +. +For behold this selfsame thing, that ye sorrowed after a godly sort, what carefulness it wrought in you, yea, what clearing of yourselves, yea, what indignation, yea, what fear, yea, what vehement desire, yea, what zeal, yea, what revenge! In all things ye have approved yourselves to be clear in this matter. -- 2 corinthians 7:11 +. +Wherefore, though I wrote unto you, I did it not for his cause that had done the wrong, nor for his cause that suffered wrong, but that our care for you in the sight of God might appear unto you. -- 2 corinthians 7:12 +. +Therefore we were comforted in your comfort: yea, and exceedingly the more joyed we for the joy of Titus, because his spirit was refreshed by you all. -- 2 corinthians 7:13 +. +For if I have boasted any thing to him of you, I am not ashamed; but as we spake all things to you in truth, even so our boasting, which I made before Titus, is found a truth. -- 2 corinthians 7:14 +. +And his inward affection is more abundant toward you, whilst he remembereth the obedience of you all, how with fear and trembling ye received him. -- 2 corinthians 7:15 +. +I rejoice therefore that I have confidence in you in all things. -- 2 corinthians 7:16 +. +Moreover, brethren, we do you to wit of the grace of God bestowed on the churches of Macedonia; -- 2 corinthians 8:1 +. +How that in a great trial of affliction the abundance of their joy and their deep poverty abounded unto the riches of their liberality. -- 2 corinthians 8:2 +. +For to their power, I bear record, yea, and beyond their power they were willing of themselves; -- 2 corinthians 8:3 +. +Praying us with much intreaty that we would receive the gift, and take upon us the fellowship of the ministering to the saints. -- 2 corinthians 8:4 +. +And this they did, not as we hoped, but first gave their own selves to the Lord, and unto us by the will of God. -- 2 corinthians 8:5 +. +Insomuch that we desired Titus, that as he had begun, so he would also finish in you the same grace also. -- 2 corinthians 8:6 +. +Therefore, as ye abound in every thing, in faith, and utterance, and knowledge, and in all diligence, and in your love to us, see that ye abound in this grace also. -- 2 corinthians 8:7 +. +I speak not by commandment, but by occasion of the forwardness of others, and to prove the sincerity of your love. -- 2 corinthians 8:8 +. +For ye know the grace of our Lord Jesus Christ, that, though he was rich, yet for your sakes he became poor, that ye through his poverty might be rich. -- 2 corinthians 8:9 +. +And herein I give my advice: for this is expedient for you, who have begun before, not only to do, but also to be forward a year ago. -- 2 corinthians 8:10 +. +Now therefore perform the doing of it; that as there was a readiness to will, so there may be a performance also out of that which ye have. -- 2 corinthians 8:11 +. +For if there be first a willing mind, it is accepted according to that a man hath, and not according to that he hath not. -- 2 corinthians 8:12 +. +For I mean not that other men be eased, and ye burdened: -- 2 corinthians 8:13 +. +But by an equality, that now at this time your abundance may be a supply for their want, that their abundance also may be a supply for your want: that there may be equality: -- 2 corinthians 8:14 +. +As it is written, He that had gathered much had nothing over; and he that had gathered little had no lack. -- 2 corinthians 8:15 +. +But thanks be to God, which put the same earnest care into the heart of Titus for you. -- 2 corinthians 8:16 +. +For indeed he accepted the exhortation; but being more forward, of his own accord he went unto you. -- 2 corinthians 8:17 +. +And we have sent with him the brother, whose praise is in the gospel throughout all the churches; -- 2 corinthians 8:18 +. +And not that only, but who was also chosen of the churches to travel with us with this grace, which is administered by us to the glory of the same Lord, and declaration of your ready mind: -- 2 corinthians 8:19 +. +Avoiding this, that no man should blame us in this abundance which is administered by us: -- 2 corinthians 8:20 +. +Providing for honest things, not only in the sight of the Lord, but also in the sight of men. -- 2 corinthians 8:21 +. +And we have sent with them our brother, whom we have oftentimes proved diligent in many things, but now much more diligent, upon the great confidence which I have in you. -- 2 corinthians 8:22 +. +Whether any do enquire of Titus, he is my partner and fellowhelper concerning you: or our brethren be enquired of, they are the messengers of the churches, and the glory of Christ. -- 2 corinthians 8:23 +. +Wherefore shew ye to them, and before the churches, the proof of your love, and of our boasting on your behalf. -- 2 corinthians 8:24 +. +For as touching the ministering to the saints, it is superfluous for me to write to you: -- 2 corinthians 9:1 +. +For I know the forwardness of your mind, for which I boast of you to them of Macedonia, that Achaia was ready a year ago; and your zeal hath provoked very many. -- 2 corinthians 9:2 +. +Yet have I sent the brethren, lest our boasting of you should be in vain in this behalf; that, as I said, ye may be ready: -- 2 corinthians 9:3 +. +Lest haply if they of Macedonia come with me, and find you unprepared, we (that we say not, ye) should be ashamed in this same confident boasting. -- 2 corinthians 9:4 +. +Therefore I thought it necessary to exhort the brethren, that they would go before unto you, and make up beforehand your bounty, whereof ye had notice before, that the same might be ready, as a matter of bounty, and not as of covetousness. -- 2 corinthians 9:5 +. +But this I say, He which soweth sparingly shall reap also sparingly; and he which soweth bountifully shall reap also bountifully. -- 2 corinthians 9:6 +. +Every man according as he purposeth in his heart, so let him give; not grudgingly, or of necessity: for God loveth a cheerful giver. -- 2 corinthians 9:7 +. +And God is able to make all grace abound toward you; that ye, always having all sufficiency in all things, may abound to every good work: -- 2 corinthians 9:8 +. +(As it is written, He hath dispersed abroad; he hath given to the poor: his righteousness remaineth for ever. -- 2 corinthians 9:9 +. +Now he that ministereth seed to the sower both minister bread for your food, and multiply your seed sown, and increase the fruits of your righteousness;) -- 2 corinthians 9:10 +. +Being enriched in every thing to all bountifulness, which causeth through us thanksgiving to God. -- 2 corinthians 9:11 +. +For the administration of this service not only supplieth the want of the saints, but is abundant also by many thanksgivings unto God; -- 2 corinthians 9:12 +. +Whiles by the experiment of this ministration they glorify God for your professed subjection unto the gospel of Christ, and for your liberal distribution unto them, and unto all men; -- 2 corinthians 9:13 +. +And by their prayer for you, which long after you for the exceeding grace of God in you. -- 2 corinthians 9:14 +. +Thanks be unto God for his unspeakable gift. -- 2 corinthians 9:15 +. +Now I Paul myself beseech you by the meekness and gentleness of Christ, who in presence am base among you, but being absent am bold toward you: -- 2 corinthians 10:1 +. +But I beseech you, that I may not be bold when I am present with that confidence, wherewith I think to be bold against some, which think of us as if we walked according to the flesh. -- 2 corinthians 10:2 +. +For though we walk in the flesh, we do not war after the flesh: -- 2 corinthians 10:3 +. +(For the weapons of our warfare are not carnal, but mighty through God to the pulling down of strong holds;) -- 2 corinthians 10:4 +. +Casting down imaginations, and every high thing that exalteth itself against the knowledge of God, and bringing into captivity every thought to the obedience of Christ; -- 2 corinthians 10:5 +. +And having in a readiness to revenge all disobedience, when your obedience is fulfilled. -- 2 corinthians 10:6 +. +Do ye look on things after the outward appearance? If any man trust to himself that he is Christ's, let him of himself think this again, that, as he is Christ's, even so are we Christ's. -- 2 corinthians 10:7 +. +For though I should boast somewhat more of our authority, which the Lord hath given us for edification, and not for your destruction, I should not be ashamed: -- 2 corinthians 10:8 +. +That I may not seem as if I would terrify you by letters. -- 2 corinthians 10:9 +. +For his letters, say they, are weighty and powerful; but his bodily presence is weak, and his speech contemptible. -- 2 corinthians 10:10 +. +Let such an one think this, that, such as we are in word by letters when we are absent, such will we be also in deed when we are present. -- 2 corinthians 10:11 +. +For we dare not make ourselves of the number, or compare ourselves with some that commend themselves: but they measuring themselves by themselves, and comparing themselves among themselves, are not wise. -- 2 corinthians 10:12 +. +But we will not boast of things without our measure, but according to the measure of the rule which God hath distributed to us, a measure to reach even unto you. -- 2 corinthians 10:13 +. +For we stretch not ourselves beyond our measure, as though we reached not unto you: for we are come as far as to you also in preaching the gospel of Christ: -- 2 corinthians 10:14 +. +Not boasting of things without our measure, that is, of other men's labours; but having hope, when your faith is increased, that we shall be enlarged by you according to our rule abundantly, -- 2 corinthians 10:15 +. +To preach the gospel in the regions beyond you, and not to boast in another man's line of things made ready to our hand. -- 2 corinthians 10:16 +. +But he that glorieth, let him glory in the Lord. -- 2 corinthians 10:17 +. +For not he that commendeth himself is approved, but whom the Lord commendeth. -- 2 corinthians 10:18 +. +Would to God ye could bear with me a little in my folly: and indeed bear with me. -- 2 corinthians 11:1 +. +For I am jealous over you with godly jealousy: for I have espoused you to one husband, that I may present you as a chaste virgin to Christ. -- 2 corinthians 11:2 +. +But I fear, lest by any means, as the serpent beguiled Eve through his subtilty, so your minds should be corrupted from the simplicity that is in Christ. -- 2 corinthians 11:3 +. +For if he that cometh preacheth another Jesus, whom we have not preached, or if ye receive another spirit, which ye have not received, or another gospel, which ye have not accepted, ye might well bear with him. -- 2 corinthians 11:4 +. +For I suppose I was not a whit behind the very chiefest apostles. -- 2 corinthians 11:5 +. +But though I be rude in speech, yet not in knowledge; but we have been throughly made manifest among you in all things. -- 2 corinthians 11:6 +. +Have I committed an offence in abasing myself that ye might be exalted, because I have preached to you the gospel of God freely? -- 2 corinthians 11:7 +. +I robbed other churches, taking wages of them, to do you service. -- 2 corinthians 11:8 +. +And when I was present with you, and wanted, I was chargeable to no man: for that which was lacking to me the brethren which came from Macedonia supplied: and in all things I have kept myself from being burdensome unto you, and so will I keep myself. -- 2 corinthians 11:9 +. +As the truth of Christ is in me, no man shall stop me of this boasting in the regions of Achaia. -- 2 corinthians 11:10 +. +Wherefore? because I love you not? God knoweth. -- 2 corinthians 11:11 +. +But what I do, that I will do, that I may cut off occasion from them which desire occasion; that wherein they glory, they may be found even as we. -- 2 corinthians 11:12 +. +For such are false apostles, deceitful workers, transforming themselves into the apostles of Christ. -- 2 corinthians 11:13 +. +And no marvel; for Satan himself is transformed into an angel of light. -- 2 corinthians 11:14 +. +Therefore it is no great thing if his ministers also be transformed as the ministers of righteousness; whose end shall be according to their works. -- 2 corinthians 11:15 +. +I say again, Let no man think me a fool; if otherwise, yet as a fool receive me, that I may boast myself a little. -- 2 corinthians 11:16 +. +That which I speak, I speak it not after the Lord, but as it were foolishly, in this confidence of boasting. -- 2 corinthians 11:17 +. +Seeing that many glory after the flesh, I will glory also. -- 2 corinthians 11:18 +. +For ye suffer fools gladly, seeing ye yourselves are wise. -- 2 corinthians 11:19 +. +For ye suffer, if a man bring you into bondage, if a man devour you, if a man take of you, if a man exalt himself, if a man smite you on the face. -- 2 corinthians 11:20 +. +I speak as concerning reproach, as though we had been weak. Howbeit whereinsoever any is bold, (I speak foolishly,) I am bold also. -- 2 corinthians 11:21 +. +Are they Hebrews? so am I. Are they Israelites? so am I. Are they the seed of Abraham? so am I. -- 2 corinthians 11:22 +. +Are they ministers of Christ? (I speak as a fool) I am more; in labours more abundant, in stripes above measure, in prisons more frequent, in deaths oft. -- 2 corinthians 11:23 +. +Of the Jews five times received I forty stripes save one. -- 2 corinthians 11:24 +. +Thrice was I beaten with rods, once was I stoned, thrice I suffered shipwreck, a night and a day I have been in the deep; -- 2 corinthians 11:25 +. +In journeyings often, in perils of waters, in perils of robbers, in perils by mine own countrymen, in perils by the heathen, in perils in the city, in perils in the wilderness, in perils in the sea, in perils among false brethren; -- 2 corinthians 11:26 +. +In weariness and painfulness, in watchings often, in hunger and thirst, in fastings often, in cold and nakedness. -- 2 corinthians 11:27 +. +Beside those things that are without, that which cometh upon me daily, the care of all the churches. -- 2 corinthians 11:28 +. +Who is weak, and I am not weak? who is offended, and I burn not? -- 2 corinthians 11:29 +. +If I must needs glory, I will glory of the things which concern mine infirmities. -- 2 corinthians 11:30 +. +The God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, which is blessed for evermore, knoweth that I lie not. -- 2 corinthians 11:31 +. +In Damascus the governor under Aretas the king kept the city of the Damascenes with a garrison, desirous to apprehend me: -- 2 corinthians 11:32 +. +And through a window in a basket was I let down by the wall, and escaped his hands. -- 2 corinthians 11:33 +. +It is not expedient for me doubtless to glory. I will come to visions and revelations of the Lord. -- 2 corinthians 12:1 +. +I knew a man in Christ above fourteen years ago, (whether in the body, I cannot tell; or whether out of the body, I cannot tell: God knoweth;) such an one caught up to the third heaven. -- 2 corinthians 12:2 +. +And I knew such a man, (whether in the body, or out of the body, I cannot tell: God knoweth;) -- 2 corinthians 12:3 +. +How that he was caught up into paradise, and heard unspeakable words, which it is not lawful for a man to utter. -- 2 corinthians 12:4 +. +Of such an one will I glory: yet of myself I will not glory, but in mine infirmities. -- 2 corinthians 12:5 +. +For though I would desire to glory, I shall not be a fool; for I will say the truth: but now I forbear, lest any man should think of me above that which he seeth me to be, or that he heareth of me. -- 2 corinthians 12:6 +. +And lest I should be exalted above measure through the abundance of the revelations, there was given to me a thorn in the flesh, the messenger of Satan to buffet me, lest I should be exalted above measure. -- 2 corinthians 12:7 +. +For this thing I besought the Lord thrice, that it might depart from me. -- 2 corinthians 12:8 +. +And he said unto me, My grace is sufficient for thee: for my strength is made perfect in weakness. Most gladly therefore will I rather glory in my infirmities, that the power of Christ may rest upon me. -- 2 corinthians 12:9 +. +Therefore I take pleasure in infirmities, in reproaches, in necessities, in persecutions, in distresses for Christ's sake: for when I am weak, then am I strong. -- 2 corinthians 12:10 +. +I am become a fool in glorying; ye have compelled me: for I ought to have been commended of you: for in nothing am I behind the very chiefest apostles, though I be nothing. -- 2 corinthians 12:11 +. +Truly the signs of an apostle were wrought among you in all patience, in signs, and wonders, and mighty deeds. -- 2 corinthians 12:12 +. +For what is it wherein ye were inferior to other churches, except it be that I myself was not burdensome to you? forgive me this wrong. -- 2 corinthians 12:13 +. +Behold, the third time I am ready to come to you; and I will not be burdensome to you: for I seek not your's but you: for the children ought not to lay up for the parents, but the parents for the children. -- 2 corinthians 12:14 +. +And I will very gladly spend and be spent for you; though the more abundantly I love you, the less I be loved. -- 2 corinthians 12:15 +. +But be it so, I did not burden you: nevertheless, being crafty, I caught you with guile. -- 2 corinthians 12:16 +. +Did I make a gain of you by any of them whom I sent unto you? -- 2 corinthians 12:17 +. +I desired Titus, and with him I sent a brother. Did Titus make a gain of you? walked we not in the same spirit? walked we not in the same steps? -- 2 corinthians 12:18 +. +Again, think ye that we excuse ourselves unto you? we speak before God in Christ: but we do all things, dearly beloved, for your edifying. -- 2 corinthians 12:19 +. +For I fear, lest, when I come, I shall not find you such as I would, and that I shall be found unto you such as ye would not: lest there be debates, envyings, wraths, strifes, backbitings, whisperings, swellings, tumults: -- 2 corinthians 12:20 +. +And lest, when I come again, my God will humble me among you, and that I shall bewail many which have sinned already, and have not repented of the uncleanness and fornication and lasciviousness which they have committed. -- 2 corinthians 12:21 +. +This is the third time I am coming to you. In the mouth of two or three witnesses shall every word be established. -- 2 corinthians 13:1 +. +I told you before, and foretell you, as if I were present, the second time; and being absent now I write to them which heretofore have sinned, and to all other, that, if I come again, I will not spare: -- 2 corinthians 13:2 +. +Since ye seek a proof of Christ speaking in me, which to you-ward is not weak, but is mighty in you. -- 2 corinthians 13:3 +. +For though he was crucified through weakness, yet he liveth by the power of God. For we also are weak in him, but we shall live with him by the power of God toward you. -- 2 corinthians 13:4 +. +Examine yourselves, whether ye be in the faith; prove your own selves. Know ye not your own selves, how that Jesus Christ is in you, except ye be reprobates? -- 2 corinthians 13:5 +. +But I trust that ye shall know that we are not reprobates. -- 2 corinthians 13:6 +. +Now I pray to God that ye do no evil; not that we should appear approved, but that ye should do that which is honest, though we be as reprobates. -- 2 corinthians 13:7 +. +For we can do nothing against the truth, but for the truth. -- 2 corinthians 13:8 +. +For we are glad, when we are weak, and ye are strong: and this also we wish, even your perfection. -- 2 corinthians 13:9 +. +Therefore I write these things being absent, lest being present I should use sharpness, according to the power which the Lord hath given me to edification, and not to destruction. -- 2 corinthians 13:10 +. +Finally, brethren, farewell. Be perfect, be of good comfort, be of one mind, live in peace; and the God of love and peace shall be with you. -- 2 corinthians 13:11 +. +Greet one another with an holy kiss. -- 2 corinthians 13:12 +. +All the saints salute you. -- 2 corinthians 13:13 +. +The grace of the Lord Jesus Christ, and the love of God, and the communion of the Holy Ghost, be with you all. Amen. -- 2 corinthians 13:14 +. +Paul, an apostle, (not of men, neither by man, but by Jesus Christ, and God the Father, who raised him from the dead;) -- galatians 1:1 +. +And all the brethren which are with me, unto the churches of Galatia: -- galatians 1:2 +. +Grace be to you and peace from God the Father, and from our Lord Jesus Christ, -- galatians 1:3 +. +Who gave himself for our sins, that he might deliver us from this present evil world, according to the will of God and our Father: -- galatians 1:4 +. +To whom be glory for ever and ever. Amen. -- galatians 1:5 +. +I marvel that ye are so soon removed from him that called you into the grace of Christ unto another gospel: -- galatians 1:6 +. +Which is not another; but there be some that trouble you, and would pervert the gospel of Christ. -- galatians 1:7 +. +But though we, or an angel from heaven, preach any other gospel unto you than that which we have preached unto you, let him be accursed. -- galatians 1:8 +. +As we said before, so say I now again, if any man preach any other gospel unto you than that ye have received, let him be accursed. -- galatians 1:9 +. +For do I now persuade men, or God? or do I seek to please men? for if I yet pleased men, I should not be the servant of Christ. -- galatians 1:10 +. +But I certify you, brethren, that the gospel which was preached of me is not after man. -- galatians 1:11 +. +For I neither received it of man, neither was I taught it, but by the revelation of Jesus Christ. -- galatians 1:12 +. +For ye have heard of my conversation in time past in the Jews' religion, how that beyond measure I persecuted the church of God, and wasted it: -- galatians 1:13 +. +And profited in the Jews' religion above many my equals in mine own nation, being more exceedingly zealous of the traditions of my fathers. -- galatians 1:14 +. +But when it pleased God, who separated me from my mother's womb, and called me by his grace, -- galatians 1:15 +. +To reveal his Son in me, that I might preach him among the heathen; immediately I conferred not with flesh and blood: -- galatians 1:16 +. +Neither went I up to Jerusalem to them which were apostles before me; but I went into Arabia, and returned again unto Damascus. -- galatians 1:17 +. +Then after three years I went up to Jerusalem to see Peter, and abode with him fifteen days. -- galatians 1:18 +. +But other of the apostles saw I none, save James the Lord's brother. -- galatians 1:19 +. +Now the things which I write unto you, behold, before God, I lie not. -- galatians 1:20 +. +Afterwards I came into the regions of Syria and Cilicia; -- galatians 1:21 +. +And was unknown by face unto the churches of Judaea which were in Christ: -- galatians 1:22 +. +But they had heard only, That he which persecuted us in times past now preacheth the faith which once he destroyed. -- galatians 1:23 +. +And they glorified God in me. -- galatians 1:24 +. +Then fourteen years after I went up again to Jerusalem with Barnabas, and took Titus with me also. -- galatians 2:1 +. +And I went up by revelation, and communicated unto them that gospel which I preach among the Gentiles, but privately to them which were of reputation, lest by any means I should run, or had run, in vain. -- galatians 2:2 +. +But neither Titus, who was with me, being a Greek, was compelled to be circumcised: -- galatians 2:3 +. +And that because of false brethren unawares brought in, who came in privily to spy out our liberty which we have in Christ Jesus, that they might bring us into bondage: -- galatians 2:4 +. +To whom we gave place by subjection, no, not for an hour; that the truth of the gospel might continue with you. -- galatians 2:5 +. +But of these who seemed to be somewhat, (whatsoever they were, it maketh no matter to me: God accepteth no man's person:) for they who seemed to be somewhat in conference added nothing to me: -- galatians 2:6 +. +But contrariwise, when they saw that the gospel of the uncircumcision was committed unto me, as the gospel of the circumcision was unto Peter; -- galatians 2:7 +. +(For he that wrought effectually in Peter to the apostleship of the circumcision, the same was mighty in me toward the Gentiles:) -- galatians 2:8 +. +And when James, Cephas, and John, who seemed to be pillars, perceived the grace that was given unto me, they gave to me and Barnabas the right hands of fellowship; that we should go unto the heathen, and they unto the circumcision. -- galatians 2:9 +. +Only they would that we should remember the poor; the same which I also was forward to do. -- galatians 2:10 +. +But when Peter was come to Antioch, I withstood him to the face, because he was to be blamed. -- galatians 2:11 +. +For before that certain came from James, he did eat with the Gentiles: but when they were come, he withdrew and separated himself, fearing them which were of the circumcision. -- galatians 2:12 +. +And the other Jews dissembled likewise with him; insomuch that Barnabas also was carried away with their dissimulation. -- galatians 2:13 +. +But when I saw that they walked not uprightly according to the truth of the gospel, I said unto Peter before them all, If thou, being a Jew, livest after the manner of Gentiles, and not as do the Jews, why compellest thou the Gentiles to live as do the Jews? -- galatians 2:14 +. +We who are Jews by nature, and not sinners of the Gentiles, -- galatians 2:15 +. +Knowing that a man is not justified by the works of the law, but by the faith of Jesus Christ, even we have believed in Jesus Christ, that we might be justified by the faith of Christ, and not by the works of the law: for by the works of the law shall no flesh be justified. -- galatians 2:16 +. +But if, while we seek to be justified by Christ, we ourselves also are found sinners, is therefore Christ the minister of sin? God forbid. -- galatians 2:17 +. +For if I build again the things which I destroyed, I make myself a transgressor. -- galatians 2:18 +. +For I through the law am dead to the law, that I might live unto God. -- galatians 2:19 +. +I am crucified with Christ: neverthless I live; yet not I, but Christ liveth in me: and the life which I now live in the flesh I live by the faith of the Son of God, who loved me, and gave himself for me. -- galatians 2:20 +. +I do not frustrate the grace of God: for if righteousness come by the law, then Christ is dead in vain. -- galatians 2:21 +. +O foolish Galatians, who hath bewitched you, that ye should not obey the truth, before whose eyes Jesus Christ hath been evidently set forth, crucified among you? -- galatians 3:1 +. +This only would I learn of you, Received ye the Spirit by the works of the law, or by the hearing of faith? -- galatians 3:2 +. +Are ye so foolish? having begun in the Spirit, are ye now made perfect by the flesh? -- galatians 3:3 +. +Have ye suffered so many things in vain? if it be yet in vain. -- galatians 3:4 +. +He therefore that ministereth to you the Spirit, and worketh miracles among you, doeth he it by the works of the law, or by the hearing of faith? -- galatians 3:5 +. +Even as Abraham believed God, and it was accounted to him for righteousness. -- galatians 3:6 +. +Know ye therefore that they which are of faith, the same are the children of Abraham. -- galatians 3:7 +. +And the scripture, foreseeing that God would justify the heathen through faith, preached before the gospel unto Abraham, saying, In thee shall all nations be blessed. -- galatians 3:8 +. +So then they which be of faith are blessed with faithful Abraham. -- galatians 3:9 +. +For as many as are of the works of the law are under the curse: for it is written, Cursed is every one that continueth not in all things which are written in the book of the law to do them. -- galatians 3:10 +. +But that no man is justified by the law in the sight of God, it is evident: for, The just shall live by faith. -- galatians 3:11 +. +And the law is not of faith: but, The man that doeth them shall live in them. -- galatians 3:12 +. +Christ hath redeemed us from the curse of the law, being made a curse for us: for it is written, Cursed is every one that hangeth on a tree: -- galatians 3:13 +. +That the blessing of Abraham might come on the Gentiles through Jesus Christ; that we might receive the promise of the Spirit through faith. -- galatians 3:14 +. +Brethren, I speak after the manner of men; Though it be but a man's covenant, yet if it be confirmed, no man disannulleth, or addeth thereto. -- galatians 3:15 +. +Now to Abraham and his seed were the promises made. He saith not, And to seeds, as of many; but as of one, And to thy seed, which is Christ. -- galatians 3:16 +. +And this I say, that the covenant, that was confirmed before of God in Christ, the law, which was four hundred and thirty years after, cannot disannul, that it should make the promise of none effect. -- galatians 3:17 +. +For if the inheritance be of the law, it is no more of promise: but God gave it to Abraham by promise. -- galatians 3:18 +. +Wherefore then serveth the law? It was added because of transgressions, till the seed should come to whom the promise was made; and it was ordained by angels in the hand of a mediator. -- galatians 3:19 +. +Now a mediator is not a mediator of one, but God is one. -- galatians 3:20 +. +Is the law then against the promises of God? God forbid: for if there had been a law given which could have given life, verily righteousness should have been by the law. -- galatians 3:21 +. +But the scripture hath concluded all under sin, that the promise by faith of Jesus Christ might be given to them that believe. -- galatians 3:22 +. +But before faith came, we were kept under the law, shut up unto the faith which should afterwards be revealed. -- galatians 3:23 +. +Wherefore the law was our schoolmaster to bring us unto Christ, that we might be justified by faith. -- galatians 3:24 +. +But after that faith is come, we are no longer under a schoolmaster. -- galatians 3:25 +. +For ye are all the children of God by faith in Christ Jesus. -- galatians 3:26 +. +For as many of you as have been baptized into Christ have put on Christ. -- galatians 3:27 +. +There is neither Jew nor Greek, there is neither bond nor free, there is neither male nor female: for ye are all one in Christ Jesus. -- galatians 3:28 +. +And if ye be Christ's, then are ye Abraham's seed, and heirs according to the promise. -- galatians 3:29 +. +Now I say, That the heir, as long as he is a child, differeth nothing from a servant, though he be lord of all; -- galatians 4:1 +. +But is under tutors and governors until the time appointed of the father. -- galatians 4:2 +. +Even so we, when we were children, were in bondage under the elements of the world: -- galatians 4:3 +. +But when the fulness of the time was come, God sent forth his Son, made of a woman, made under the law, -- galatians 4:4 +. +To redeem them that were under the law, that we might receive the adoption of sons. -- galatians 4:5 +. +And because ye are sons, God hath sent forth the Spirit of his Son into your hearts, crying, Abba, Father. -- galatians 4:6 +. +Wherefore thou art no more a servant, but a son; and if a son, then an heir of God through Christ. -- galatians 4:7 +. +Howbeit then, when ye knew not God, ye did service unto them which by nature are no gods. -- galatians 4:8 +. +But now, after that ye have known God, or rather are known of God, how turn ye again to the weak and beggarly elements, whereunto ye desire again to be in bondage? -- galatians 4:9 +. +Ye observe days, and months, and times, and years. -- galatians 4:10 +. +I am afraid of you, lest I have bestowed upon you labour in vain. -- galatians 4:11 +. +Brethren, I beseech you, be as I am; for I am as ye are: ye have not injured me at all. -- galatians 4:12 +. +Ye know how through infirmity of the flesh I preached the gospel unto you at the first. -- galatians 4:13 +. +And my temptation which was in my flesh ye despised not, nor rejected; but received me as an angel of God, even as Christ Jesus. -- galatians 4:14 +. +Where is then the blessedness ye spake of? for I bear you record, that, if it had been possible, ye would have plucked out your own eyes, and have given them to me. -- galatians 4:15 +. +Am I therefore become your enemy, because I tell you the truth? -- galatians 4:16 +. +They zealously affect you, but not well; yea, they would exclude you, that ye might affect them. -- galatians 4:17 +. +But it is good to be zealously affected always in a good thing, and not only when I am present with you. -- galatians 4:18 +. +My little children, of whom I travail in birth again until Christ be formed in you, -- galatians 4:19 +. +I desire to be present with you now, and to change my voice; for I stand in doubt of you. -- galatians 4:20 +. +Tell me, ye that desire to be under the law, do ye not hear the law? -- galatians 4:21 +. +For it is written, that Abraham had two sons, the one by a bondmaid, the other by a freewoman. -- galatians 4:22 +. +But he who was of the bondwoman was born after the flesh; but he of the freewoman was by promise. -- galatians 4:23 +. +Which things are an allegory: for these are the two covenants; the one from the mount Sinai, which gendereth to bondage, which is Agar. -- galatians 4:24 +. +For this Agar is mount Sinai in Arabia, and answereth to Jerusalem which now is, and is in bondage with her children. -- galatians 4:25 +. +But Jerusalem which is above is free, which is the mother of us all. -- galatians 4:26 +. +For it is written, Rejoice, thou barren that bearest not; break forth and cry, thou that travailest not: for the desolate hath many more children than she which hath an husband. -- galatians 4:27 +. +Now we, brethren, as Isaac was, are the children of promise. -- galatians 4:28 +. +But as then he that was born after the flesh persecuted him that was born after the Spirit, even so it is now. -- galatians 4:29 +. +Nevertheless what saith the scripture? Cast out the bondwoman and her son: for the son of the bondwoman shall not be heir with the son of the freewoman. -- galatians 4:30 +. +So then, brethren, we are not children of the bondwoman, but of the free. -- galatians 4:31 +. +Stand fast therefore in the liberty wherewith Christ hath made us free, and be not entangled again with the yoke of bondage. -- galatians 5:1 +. +Behold, I Paul say unto you, that if ye be circumcised, Christ shall profit you nothing. -- galatians 5:2 +. +For I testify again to every man that is circumcised, that he is a debtor to do the whole law. -- galatians 5:3 +. +Christ is become of no effect unto you, whosoever of you are justified by the law; ye are fallen from grace. -- galatians 5:4 +. +For we through the Spirit wait for the hope of righteousness by faith. -- galatians 5:5 +. +For in Jesus Christ neither circumcision availeth any thing, nor uncircumcision; but faith which worketh by love. -- galatians 5:6 +. +Ye did run well; who did hinder you that ye should not obey the truth? -- galatians 5:7 +. +This persuasion cometh not of him that calleth you. -- galatians 5:8 +. +A little leaven leaveneth the whole lump. -- galatians 5:9 +. +I have confidence in you through the Lord, that ye will be none otherwise minded: but he that troubleth you shall bear his judgment, whosoever he be. -- galatians 5:10 +. +And I, brethren, if I yet preach circumcision, why do I yet suffer persecution? then is the offence of the cross ceased. -- galatians 5:11 +. +I would they were even cut off which trouble you. -- galatians 5:12 +. +For, brethren, ye have been called unto liberty; only use not liberty for an occasion to the flesh, but by love serve one another. -- galatians 5:13 +. +For all the law is fulfilled in one word, even in this; Thou shalt love thy neighbour as thyself. -- galatians 5:14 +. +But if ye bite and devour one another, take heed that ye be not consumed one of another. -- galatians 5:15 +. +This I say then, Walk in the Spirit, and ye shall not fulfil the lust of the flesh. -- galatians 5:16 +. +For the flesh lusteth against the Spirit, and the Spirit against the flesh: and these are contrary the one to the other: so that ye cannot do the things that ye would. -- galatians 5:17 +. +But if ye be led of the Spirit, ye are not under the law. -- galatians 5:18 +. +Now the works of the flesh are manifest, which are these; Adultery, fornication, uncleanness, lasciviousness, -- galatians 5:19 +. +Idolatry, witchcraft, hatred, variance, emulations, wrath, strife, seditions, heresies, -- galatians 5:20 +. +Envyings, murders, drunkenness, revellings, and such like: of the which I tell you before, as I have also told you in time past, that they which do such things shall not inherit the kingdom of God. -- galatians 5:21 +. +But the fruit of the Spirit is love, joy, peace, longsuffering, gentleness, goodness, faith, -- galatians 5:22 +. +Meekness, temperance: against such there is no law. -- galatians 5:23 +. +And they that are Christ's have crucified the flesh with the affections and lusts. -- galatians 5:24 +. +If we live in the Spirit, let us also walk in the Spirit. -- galatians 5:25 +. +Let us not be desirous of vain glory, provoking one another, envying one another. -- galatians 5:26 +. +Brethren, if a man be overtaken in a fault, ye which are spiritual, restore such an one in the spirit of meekness; considering thyself, lest thou also be tempted. -- galatians 6:1 +. +Bear ye one another's burdens, and so fulfil the law of Christ. -- galatians 6:2 +. +For if a man think himself to be something, when he is nothing, he deceiveth himself. -- galatians 6:3 +. +But let every man prove his own work, and then shall he have rejoicing in himself alone, and not in another. -- galatians 6:4 +. +For every man shall bear his own burden. -- galatians 6:5 +. +Let him that is taught in the word communicate unto him that teacheth in all good things. -- galatians 6:6 +. +Be not deceived; God is not mocked: for whatsoever a man soweth, that shall he also reap. -- galatians 6:7 +. +For he that soweth to his flesh shall of the flesh reap corruption; but he that soweth to the Spirit shall of the Spirit reap life everlasting. -- galatians 6:8 +. +And let us not be weary in well doing: for in due season we shall reap, if we faint not. -- galatians 6:9 +. +As we have therefore opportunity, let us do good unto all men, especially unto them who are of the household of faith. -- galatians 6:10 +. +Ye see how large a letter I have written unto you with mine own hand. -- galatians 6:11 +. +As many as desire to make a fair shew in the flesh, they constrain you to be circumcised; only lest they should suffer persecution for the cross of Christ. -- galatians 6:12 +. +For neither they themselves who are circumcised keep the law; but desire to have you circumcised, that they may glory in your flesh. -- galatians 6:13 +. +But God forbid that I should glory, save in the cross of our Lord Jesus Christ, by whom the world is crucified unto me, and I unto the world. -- galatians 6:14 +. +For in Christ Jesus neither circumcision availeth any thing, nor uncircumcision, but a new creature. -- galatians 6:15 +. +And as many as walk according to this rule, peace be on them, and mercy, and upon the Israel of God. -- galatians 6:16 +. +From henceforth let no man trouble me: for I bear in my body the marks of the Lord Jesus. -- galatians 6:17 +. +Brethren, the grace of our Lord Jesus Christ be with your spirit. Amen. -- galatians 6:18 +. +Paul, an apostle of Jesus Christ by the will of God, to the saints which are at Ephesus, and to the faithful in Christ Jesus: -- ephesians 1:1 +. +Grace be to you, and peace, from God our Father, and from the Lord Jesus Christ. -- ephesians 1:2 +. +Blessed be the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, who hath blessed us with all spiritual blessings in heavenly places in Christ: -- ephesians 1:3 +. +According as he hath chosen us in him before the foundation of the world, that we should be holy and without blame before him in love: -- ephesians 1:4 +. +Having predestinated us unto the adoption of children by Jesus Christ to himself, according to the good pleasure of his will, -- ephesians 1:5 +. +To the praise of the glory of his grace, wherein he hath made us accepted in the beloved. -- ephesians 1:6 +. +In whom we have redemption through his blood, the forgiveness of sins, according to the riches of his grace; -- ephesians 1:7 +. +Wherein he hath abounded toward us in all wisdom and prudence; -- ephesians 1:8 +. +Having made known unto us the mystery of his will, according to his good pleasure which he hath purposed in himself: -- ephesians 1:9 +. +That in the dispensation of the fulness of times he might gather together in one all things in Christ, both which are in heaven, and which are on earth; even in him: -- ephesians 1:10 +. +In whom also we have obtained an inheritance, being predestinated according to the purpose of him who worketh all things after the counsel of his own will: -- ephesians 1:11 +. +That we should be to the praise of his glory, who first trusted in Christ. -- ephesians 1:12 +. +In whom ye also trusted, after that ye heard the word of truth, the gospel of your salvation: in whom also after that ye believed, ye were sealed with that holy Spirit of promise, -- ephesians 1:13 +. +Which is the earnest of our inheritance until the redemption of the purchased possession, unto the praise of his glory. -- ephesians 1:14 +. +Wherefore I also, after I heard of your faith in the Lord Jesus, and love unto all the saints, -- ephesians 1:15 +. +Cease not to give thanks for you, making mention of you in my prayers; -- ephesians 1:16 +. +That the God of our Lord Jesus Christ, the Father of glory, may give unto you the spirit of wisdom and revelation in the knowledge of him: -- ephesians 1:17 +. +The eyes of your understanding being enlightened; that ye may know what is the hope of his calling, and what the riches of the glory of his inheritance in the saints, -- ephesians 1:18 +. +And what is the exceeding greatness of his power to us-ward who believe, according to the working of his mighty power, -- ephesians 1:19 +. +Which he wrought in Christ, when he raised him from the dead, and set him at his own right hand in the heavenly places, -- ephesians 1:20 +. +Far above all principality, and power, and might, and dominion, and every name that is named, not only in this world, but also in that which is to come: -- ephesians 1:21 +. +And hath put all things under his feet, and gave him to be the head over all things to the church, -- ephesians 1:22 +. +Which is his body, the fulness of him that filleth all in all. -- ephesians 1:23 +. +And you hath he quickened, who were dead in trespasses and sins; -- ephesians 2:1 +. +Wherein in time past ye walked according to the course of this world, according to the prince of the power of the air, the spirit that now worketh in the children of disobedience: -- ephesians 2:2 +. +Among whom also we all had our conversation in times past in the lusts of our flesh, fulfilling the desires of the flesh and of the mind; and were by nature the children of wrath, even as others. -- ephesians 2:3 +. +But God, who is rich in mercy, for his great love wherewith he loved us, -- ephesians 2:4 +. +Even when we were dead in sins, hath quickened us together with Christ, (by grace ye are saved;) -- ephesians 2:5 +. +And hath raised us up together, and made us sit together in heavenly places in Christ Jesus: -- ephesians 2:6 +. +That in the ages to come he might shew the exceeding riches of his grace in his kindness toward us through Christ Jesus. -- ephesians 2:7 +. +For by grace are ye saved through faith; and that not of yourselves: it is the gift of God: -- ephesians 2:8 +. +Not of works, lest any man should boast. -- ephesians 2:9 +. +For we are his workmanship, created in Christ Jesus unto good works, which God hath before ordained that we should walk in them. -- ephesians 2:10 +. +Wherefore remember, that ye being in time past Gentiles in the flesh, who are called Uncircumcision by that which is called the Circumcision in the flesh made by hands; -- ephesians 2:11 +. +That at that time ye were without Christ, being aliens from the commonwealth of Israel, and strangers from the covenants of promise, having no hope, and without God in the world: -- ephesians 2:12 +. +But now in Christ Jesus ye who sometimes were far off are made nigh by the blood of Christ. -- ephesians 2:13 +. +For he is our peace, who hath made both one, and hath broken down the middle wall of partition between us; -- ephesians 2:14 +. +Having abolished in his flesh the enmity, even the law of commandments contained in ordinances; for to make in himself of twain one new man, so making peace; -- ephesians 2:15 +. +And that he might reconcile both unto God in one body by the cross, having slain the enmity thereby: -- ephesians 2:16 +. +And came and preached peace to you which were afar off, and to them that were nigh. -- ephesians 2:17 +. +For through him we both have access by one Spirit unto the Father. -- ephesians 2:18 +. +Now therefore ye are no more strangers and foreigners, but fellowcitizens with the saints, and of the household of God; -- ephesians 2:19 +. +And are built upon the foundation of the apostles and prophets, Jesus Christ himself being the chief corner stone; -- ephesians 2:20 +. +In whom all the building fitly framed together groweth unto an holy temple in the Lord: -- ephesians 2:21 +. +In whom ye also are builded together for an habitation of God through the Spirit. -- ephesians 2:22 +. +For this cause I Paul, the prisoner of Jesus Christ for you Gentiles, -- ephesians 3:1 +. +If ye have heard of the dispensation of the grace of God which is given me to you-ward: -- ephesians 3:2 +. +How that by revelation he made known unto me the mystery; (as I wrote afore in few words, -- ephesians 3:3 +. +Whereby, when ye read, ye may understand my knowledge in the mystery of Christ) -- ephesians 3:4 +. +Which in other ages was not made known unto the sons of men, as it is now revealed unto his holy apostles and prophets by the Spirit; -- ephesians 3:5 +. +That the Gentiles should be fellowheirs, and of the same body, and partakers of his promise in Christ by the gospel: -- ephesians 3:6 +. +Whereof I was made a minister, according to the gift of the grace of God given unto me by the effectual working of his power. -- ephesians 3:7 +. +Unto me, who am less than the least of all saints, is this grace given, that I should preach among the Gentiles the unsearchable riches of Christ; -- ephesians 3:8 +. +And to make all men see what is the fellowship of the mystery, which from the beginning of the world hath been hid in God, who created all things by Jesus Christ: -- ephesians 3:9 +. +To the intent that now unto the principalities and powers in heavenly places might be known by the church the manifold wisdom of God, -- ephesians 3:10 +. +According to the eternal purpose which he purposed in Christ Jesus our Lord: -- ephesians 3:11 +. +In whom we have boldness and access with confidence by the faith of him. -- ephesians 3:12 +. +Wherefore I desire that ye faint not at my tribulations for you, which is your glory. -- ephesians 3:13 +. +For this cause I bow my knees unto the Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, -- ephesians 3:14 +. +Of whom the whole family in heaven and earth is named, -- ephesians 3:15 +. +That he would grant you, according to the riches of his glory, to be strengthened with might by his Spirit in the inner man; -- ephesians 3:16 +. +That Christ may dwell in your hearts by faith; that ye, being rooted and grounded in love, -- ephesians 3:17 +. +May be able to comprehend with all saints what is the breadth, and length, and depth, and height; -- ephesians 3:18 +. +And to know the love of Christ, which passeth knowledge, that ye might be filled with all the fulness of God. -- ephesians 3:19 +. +Now unto him that is able to do exceeding abundantly above all that we ask or think, according to the power that worketh in us, -- ephesians 3:20 +. +Unto him be glory in the church by Christ Jesus throughout all ages, world without end. Amen. -- ephesians 3:21 +. +I therefore, the prisoner of the Lord, beseech you that ye walk worthy of the vocation wherewith ye are called, -- ephesians 4:1 +. +With all lowliness and meekness, with longsuffering, forbearing one another in love; -- ephesians 4:2 +. +Endeavouring to keep the unity of the Spirit in the bond of peace. -- ephesians 4:3 +. +There is one body, and one Spirit, even as ye are called in one hope of your calling; -- ephesians 4:4 +. +One Lord, one faith, one baptism, -- ephesians 4:5 +. +One God and Father of all, who is above all, and through all, and in you all. -- ephesians 4:6 +. +But unto every one of us is given grace according to the measure of the gift of Christ. -- ephesians 4:7 +. +Wherefore he saith, When he ascended up on high, he led captivity captive, and gave gifts unto men. -- ephesians 4:8 +. +(Now that he ascended, what is it but that he also descended first into the lower parts of the earth? -- ephesians 4:9 +. +He that descended is the same also that ascended up far above all heavens, that he might fill all things.) -- ephesians 4:10 +. +And he gave some, apostles; and some, prophets; and some, evangelists; and some, pastors and teachers; -- ephesians 4:11 +. +For the perfecting of the saints, for the work of the ministry, for the edifying of the body of Christ: -- ephesians 4:12 +. +Till we all come in the unity of the faith, and of the knowledge of the Son of God, unto a perfect man, unto the measure of the stature of the fulness of Christ: -- ephesians 4:13 +. +That we henceforth be no more children, tossed to and fro, and carried about with every wind of doctrine, by the sleight of men, and cunning craftiness, whereby they lie in wait to deceive; -- ephesians 4:14 +. +But speaking the truth in love, may grow up into him in all things, which is the head, even Christ: -- ephesians 4:15 +. +From whom the whole body fitly joined together and compacted by that which every joint supplieth, according to the effectual working in the measure of every part, maketh increase of the body unto the edifying of itself in love. -- ephesians 4:16 +. +This I say therefore, and testify in the Lord, that ye henceforth walk not as other Gentiles walk, in the vanity of their mind, -- ephesians 4:17 +. +Having the understanding darkened, being alienated from the life of God through the ignorance that is in them, because of the blindness of their heart: -- ephesians 4:18 +. +Who being past feeling have given themselves over unto lasciviousness, to work all uncleanness with greediness. -- ephesians 4:19 +. +But ye have not so learned Christ; -- ephesians 4:20 +. +If so be that ye have heard him, and have been taught by him, as the truth is in Jesus: -- ephesians 4:21 +. +That ye put off concerning the former conversation the old man, which is corrupt according to the deceitful lusts; -- ephesians 4:22 +. +And be renewed in the spirit of your mind; -- ephesians 4:23 +. +And that ye put on the new man, which after God is created in righteousness and true holiness. -- ephesians 4:24 +. +Wherefore putting away lying, speak every man truth with his neighbour: for we are members one of another. -- ephesians 4:25 +. +Be ye angry, and sin not: let not the sun go down upon your wrath: -- ephesians 4:26 +. +Neither give place to the devil. -- ephesians 4:27 +. +Let him that stole steal no more: but rather let him labour, working with his hands the thing which is good, that he may have to give to him that needeth. -- ephesians 4:28 +. +Let no corrupt communication proceed out of your mouth, but that which is good to the use of edifying, that it may minister grace unto the hearers. -- ephesians 4:29 +. +And grieve not the holy Spirit of God, whereby ye are sealed unto the day of redemption. -- ephesians 4:30 +. +Let all bitterness, and wrath, and anger, and clamour, and evil speaking, be put away from you, with all malice: -- ephesians 4:31 +. +And be ye kind one to another, tenderhearted, forgiving one another, even as God for Christ's sake hath forgiven you. -- ephesians 4:32 +. +Be ye therefore followers of God, as dear children; -- ephesians 5:1 +. +And walk in love, as Christ also hath loved us, and hath given himself for us an offering and a sacrifice to God for a sweetsmelling savour. -- ephesians 5:2 +. +But fornication, and all uncleanness, or covetousness, let it not be once named among you, as becometh saints; -- ephesians 5:3 +. +Neither filthiness, nor foolish talking, nor jesting, which are not convenient: but rather giving of thanks. -- ephesians 5:4 +. +For this ye know, that no whoremonger, nor unclean person, nor covetous man, who is an idolater, hath any inheritance in the kingdom of Christ and of God. -- ephesians 5:5 +. +Let no man deceive you with vain words: for because of these things cometh the wrath of God upon the children of disobedience. -- ephesians 5:6 +. +Be not ye therefore partakers with them. -- ephesians 5:7 +. +For ye were sometimes darkness, but now are ye light in the Lord: walk as children of light: -- ephesians 5:8 +. +(For the fruit of the Spirit is in all goodness and righteousness and truth;) -- ephesians 5:9 +. +Proving what is acceptable unto the Lord. -- ephesians 5:10 +. +And have no fellowship with the unfruitful works of darkness, but rather reprove them. -- ephesians 5:11 +. +For it is a shame even to speak of those things which are done of them in secret. -- ephesians 5:12 +. +But all things that are reproved are made manifest by the light: for whatsoever doth make manifest is light. -- ephesians 5:13 +. +Wherefore he saith, Awake thou that sleepest, and arise from the dead, and Christ shall give thee light. -- ephesians 5:14 +. +See then that ye walk circumspectly, not as fools, but as wise, -- ephesians 5:15 +. +Redeeming the time, because the days are evil. -- ephesians 5:16 +. +Wherefore be ye not unwise, but understanding what the will of the Lord is. -- ephesians 5:17 +. +And be not drunk with wine, wherein is excess; but be filled with the Spirit; -- ephesians 5:18 +. +Speaking to yourselves in psalms and hymns and spiritual songs, singing and making melody in your heart to the Lord; -- ephesians 5:19 +. +Giving thanks always for all things unto God and the Father in the name of our Lord Jesus Christ; -- ephesians 5:20 +. +Submitting yourselves one to another in the fear of God. -- ephesians 5:21 +. +Wives, submit yourselves unto your own husbands, as unto the Lord. -- ephesians 5:22 +. +For the husband is the head of the wife, even as Christ is the head of the church: and he is the saviour of the body. -- ephesians 5:23 +. +Therefore as the church is subject unto Christ, so let the wives be to their own husbands in every thing. -- ephesians 5:24 +. +Husbands, love your wives, even as Christ also loved the church, and gave himself for it; -- ephesians 5:25 +. +That he might sanctify and cleanse it with the washing of water by the word, -- ephesians 5:26 +. +That he might present it to himself a glorious church, not having spot, or wrinkle, or any such thing; but that it should be holy and without blemish. -- ephesians 5:27 +. +So ought men to love their wives as their own bodies. He that loveth his wife loveth himself. -- ephesians 5:28 +. +For no man ever yet hated his own flesh; but nourisheth and cherisheth it, even as the Lord the church: -- ephesians 5:29 +. +For we are members of his body, of his flesh, and of his bones. -- ephesians 5:30 +. +For this cause shall a man leave his father and mother, and shall be joined unto his wife, and they two shall be one flesh. -- ephesians 5:31 +. +This is a great mystery: but I speak concerning Christ and the church. -- ephesians 5:32 +. +Nevertheless let every one of you in particular so love his wife even as himself; and the wife see that she reverence her husband. -- ephesians 5:33 +. +Children, obey your parents in the Lord: for this is right. -- ephesians 6:1 +. +Honour thy father and mother; which is the first commandment with promise; -- ephesians 6:2 +. +That it may be well with thee, and thou mayest live long on the earth. -- ephesians 6:3 +. +And, ye fathers, provoke not your children to wrath: but bring them up in the nurture and admonition of the Lord. -- ephesians 6:4 +. +Servants, be obedient to them that are your masters according to the flesh, with fear and trembling, in singleness of your heart, as unto Christ; -- ephesians 6:5 +. +Not with eyeservice, as menpleasers; but as the servants of Christ, doing the will of God from the heart; -- ephesians 6:6 +. +With good will doing service, as to the Lord, and not to men: -- ephesians 6:7 +. +Knowing that whatsoever good thing any man doeth, the same shall he receive of the Lord, whether he be bond or free. -- ephesians 6:8 +. +And, ye masters, do the same things unto them, forbearing threatening: knowing that your Master also is in heaven; neither is there respect of persons with him. -- ephesians 6:9 +. +Finally, my brethren, be strong in the Lord, and in the power of his might. -- ephesians 6:10 +. +Put on the whole armour of God, that ye may be able to stand against the wiles of the devil. -- ephesians 6:11 +. +For we wrestle not against flesh and blood, but against principalities, against powers, against the rulers of the darkness of this world, against spiritual wickedness in high places. -- ephesians 6:12 +. +Wherefore take unto you the whole armour of God, that ye may be able to withstand in the evil day, and having done all, to stand. -- ephesians 6:13 +. +Stand therefore, having your loins girt about with truth, and having on the breastplate of righteousness; -- ephesians 6:14 +. +And your feet shod with the preparation of the gospel of peace; -- ephesians 6:15 +. +Above all, taking the shield of faith, wherewith ye shall be able to quench all the fiery darts of the wicked. -- ephesians 6:16 +. +And take the helmet of salvation, and the sword of the Spirit, which is the word of God: -- ephesians 6:17 +. +Praying always with all prayer and supplication in the Spirit, and watching thereunto with all perseverance and supplication for all saints; -- ephesians 6:18 +. +And for me, that utterance may be given unto me, that I may open my mouth boldly, to make known the mystery of the gospel, -- ephesians 6:19 +. +For which I am an ambassador in bonds: that therein I may speak boldly, as I ought to speak. -- ephesians 6:20 +. +But that ye also may know my affairs, and how I do, Tychicus, a beloved brother and faithful minister in the Lord, shall make known to you all things: -- ephesians 6:21 +. +Whom I have sent unto you for the same purpose, that ye might know our affairs, and that he might comfort your hearts. -- ephesians 6:22 +. +Peace be to the brethren, and love with faith, from God the Father and the Lord Jesus Christ. -- ephesians 6:23 +. +Grace be with all them that love our Lord Jesus Christ in sincerity. Amen. -- ephesians 6:24 +. +Paul and Timotheus, the servants of Jesus Christ, to all the saints in Christ Jesus which are at Philippi, with the bishops and deacons: -- philippians 1:1 +. +Grace be unto you, and peace, from God our Father, and from the Lord Jesus Christ. -- philippians 1:2 +. +I thank my God upon every remembrance of you, -- philippians 1:3 +. +Always in every prayer of mine for you all making request with joy, -- philippians 1:4 +. +For your fellowship in the gospel from the first day until now; -- philippians 1:5 +. +Being confident of this very thing, that he which hath begun a good work in you will perform it until the day of Jesus Christ: -- philippians 1:6 +. +Even as it is meet for me to think this of you all, because I have you in my heart; inasmuch as both in my bonds, and in the defence and confirmation of the gospel, ye all are partakers of my grace. -- philippians 1:7 +. +For God is my record, how greatly I long after you all in the bowels of Jesus Christ. -- philippians 1:8 +. +And this I pray, that your love may abound yet more and more in knowledge and in all judgment; -- philippians 1:9 +. +That ye may approve things that are excellent; that ye may be sincere and without offence till the day of Christ. -- philippians 1:10 +. +Being filled with the fruits of righteousness, which are by Jesus Christ, unto the glory and praise of God. -- philippians 1:11 +. +But I would ye should understand, brethren, that the things which happened unto me have fallen out rather unto the furtherance of the gospel; -- philippians 1:12 +. +So that my bonds in Christ are manifest in all the palace, and in all other places; -- philippians 1:13 +. +And many of the brethren in the Lord, waxing confident by my bonds, are much more bold to speak the word without fear. -- philippians 1:14 +. +Some indeed preach Christ even of envy and strife; and some also of good will: -- philippians 1:15 +. +The one preach Christ of contention, not sincerely, supposing to add affliction to my bonds: -- philippians 1:16 +. +But the other of love, knowing that I am set for the defence of the gospel. -- philippians 1:17 +. +What then? notwithstanding, every way, whether in pretence, or in truth, Christ is preached; and I therein do rejoice, yea, and will rejoice. -- philippians 1:18 +. +For I know that this shall turn to my salvation through your prayer, and the supply of the Spirit of Jesus Christ, -- philippians 1:19 +. +According to my earnest expectation and my hope, that in nothing I shall be ashamed, but that with all boldness, as always, so now also Christ shall be magnified in my body, whether it be by life, or by death. -- philippians 1:20 +. +For to me to live is Christ, and to die is gain. -- philippians 1:21 +. +But if I live in the flesh, this is the fruit of my labour: yet what I shall choose I wot not. -- philippians 1:22 +. +For I am in a strait betwixt two, having a desire to depart, and to be with Christ; which is far better: -- philippians 1:23 +. +Nevertheless to abide in the flesh is more needful for you. -- philippians 1:24 +. +And having this confidence, I know that I shall abide and continue with you all for your furtherance and joy of faith; -- philippians 1:25 +. +That your rejoicing may be more abundant in Jesus Christ for me by my coming to you again. -- philippians 1:26 +. +Only let your conversation be as it becometh the gospel of Christ: that whether I come and see you, or else be absent, I may hear of your affairs, that ye stand fast in one spirit, with one mind striving together for the faith of the gospel; -- philippians 1:27 +. +And in nothing terrified by your adversaries: which is to them an evident token of perdition, but to you of salvation, and that of God. -- philippians 1:28 +. +For unto you it is given in the behalf of Christ, not only to believe on him, but also to suffer for his sake; -- philippians 1:29 +. +Having the same conflict which ye saw in me, and now hear to be in me. -- philippians 1:30 +. +If there be therefore any consolation in Christ, if any comfort of love, if any fellowship of the Spirit, if any bowels and mercies, -- philippians 2:1 +. +Fulfil ye my joy, that ye be likeminded, having the same love, being of one accord, of one mind. -- philippians 2:2 +. +Let nothing be done through strife or vainglory; but in lowliness of mind let each esteem other better than themselves. -- philippians 2:3 +. +Look not every man on his own things, but every man also on the things of others. -- philippians 2:4 +. +Let this mind be in you, which was also in Christ Jesus: -- philippians 2:5 +. +Who, being in the form of God, thought it not robbery to be equal with God: -- philippians 2:6 +. +But made himself of no reputation, and took upon him the form of a servant, and was made in the likeness of men: -- philippians 2:7 +. +And being found in fashion as a man, he humbled himself, and became obedient unto death, even the death of the cross. -- philippians 2:8 +. +Wherefore God also hath highly exalted him, and given him a name which is above every name: -- philippians 2:9 +. +That at the name of Jesus every knee should bow, of things in heaven, and things in earth, and things under the earth; -- philippians 2:10 +. +And that every tongue should confess that Jesus Christ is Lord, to the glory of God the Father. -- philippians 2:11 +. +Wherefore, my beloved, as ye have always obeyed, not as in my presence only, but now much more in my absence, work out your own salvation with fear and trembling. -- philippians 2:12 +. +For it is God which worketh in you both to will and to do of his good pleasure. -- philippians 2:13 +. +Do all things without murmurings and disputings: -- philippians 2:14 +. +That ye may be blameless and harmless, the sons of God, without rebuke, in the midst of a crooked and perverse nation, among whom ye shine as lights in the world; -- philippians 2:15 +. +Holding forth the word of life; that I may rejoice in the day of Christ, that I have not run in vain, neither laboured in vain. -- philippians 2:16 +. +Yea, and if I be offered upon the sacrifice and service of your faith, I joy, and rejoice with you all. -- philippians 2:17 +. +For the same cause also do ye joy, and rejoice with me. -- philippians 2:18 +. +But I trust in the Lord Jesus to send Timotheus shortly unto you, that I also may be of good comfort, when I know your state. -- philippians 2:19 +. +For I have no man likeminded, who will naturally care for your state. -- philippians 2:20 +. +For all seek their own, not the things which are Jesus Christ's. -- philippians 2:21 +. +But ye know the proof of him, that, as a son with the father, he hath served with me in the gospel. -- philippians 2:22 +. +Him therefore I hope to send presently, so soon as I shall see how it will go with me. -- philippians 2:23 +. +But I trust in the Lord that I also myself shall come shortly. -- philippians 2:24 +. +Yet I supposed it necessary to send to you Epaphroditus, my brother, and companion in labour, and fellowsoldier, but your messenger, and he that ministered to my wants. -- philippians 2:25 +. +For he longed after you all, and was full of heaviness, because that ye had heard that he had been sick. -- philippians 2:26 +. +For indeed he was sick nigh unto death: but God had mercy on him; and not on him only, but on me also, lest I should have sorrow upon sorrow. -- philippians 2:27 +. +I sent him therefore the more carefully, that, when ye see him again, ye may rejoice, and that I may be the less sorrowful. -- philippians 2:28 +. +Receive him therefore in the Lord with all gladness; and hold such in reputation: -- philippians 2:29 +. +Because for the work of Christ he was nigh unto death, not regarding his life, to supply your lack of service toward me. -- philippians 2:30 +. +Finally, my brethren, rejoice in the Lord. To write the same things to you, to me indeed is not grievous, but for you it is safe. -- philippians 3:1 +. +Beware of dogs, beware of evil workers, beware of the concision. -- philippians 3:2 +. +For we are the circumcision, which worship God in the spirit, and rejoice in Christ Jesus, and have no confidence in the flesh. -- philippians 3:3 +. +Though I might also have confidence in the flesh. If any other man thinketh that he hath whereof he might trust in the flesh, I more: -- philippians 3:4 +. +Circumcised the eighth day, of the stock of Israel, of the tribe of Benjamin, an Hebrew of the Hebrews; as touching the law, a Pharisee; -- philippians 3:5 +. +Concerning zeal, persecuting the church; touching the righteousness which is in the law, blameless. -- philippians 3:6 +. +But what things were gain to me, those I counted loss for Christ. -- philippians 3:7 +. +Yea doubtless, and I count all things but loss for the excellency of the knowledge of Christ Jesus my Lord: for whom I have suffered the loss of all things, and do count them but dung, that I may win Christ, -- philippians 3:8 +. +And be found in him, not having mine own righteousness, which is of the law, but that which is through the faith of Christ, the righteousness which is of God by faith: -- philippians 3:9 +. +That I may know him, and the power of his resurrection, and the fellowship of his sufferings, being made conformable unto his death; -- philippians 3:10 +. +If by any means I might attain unto the resurrection of the dead. -- philippians 3:11 +. +Not as though I had already attained, either were already perfect: but I follow after, if that I may apprehend that for which also I am apprehended of Christ Jesus. -- philippians 3:12 +. +Brethren, I count not myself to have apprehended: but this one thing I do, forgetting those things which are behind, and reaching forth unto those things which are before, -- philippians 3:13 +. +I press toward the mark for the prize of the high calling of God in Christ Jesus. -- philippians 3:14 +. +Let us therefore, as many as be perfect, be thus minded: and if in any thing ye be otherwise minded, God shall reveal even this unto you. -- philippians 3:15 +. +Nevertheless, whereto we have already attained, let us walk by the same rule, let us mind the same thing. -- philippians 3:16 +. +Brethren, be followers together of me, and mark them which walk so as ye have us for an ensample. -- philippians 3:17 +. +(For many walk, of whom I have told you often, and now tell you even weeping, that they are the enemies of the cross of Christ: -- philippians 3:18 +. +Whose end is destruction, whose God is their belly, and whose glory is in their shame, who mind earthly things.) -- philippians 3:19 +. +For our conversation is in heaven; from whence also we look for the Saviour, the Lord Jesus Christ: -- philippians 3:20 +. +Who shall change our vile body, that it may be fashioned like unto his glorious body, according to the working whereby he is able even to subdue all things unto himself. -- philippians 3:21 +. +Therefore, my brethren dearly beloved and longed for, my joy and crown, so stand fast in the Lord, my dearly beloved. -- philippians 4:1 +. +I beseech Euodias, and beseech Syntyche, that they be of the same mind in the Lord. -- philippians 4:2 +. +And I intreat thee also, true yokefellow, help those women which laboured with me in the gospel, with Clement also, and with other my fellowlabourers, whose names are in the book of life. -- philippians 4:3 +. +Rejoice in the Lord alway: and again I say, Rejoice. -- philippians 4:4 +. +Let your moderation be known unto all men. The Lord is at hand. -- philippians 4:5 +. +Be careful for nothing; but in every thing by prayer and supplication with thanksgiving let your requests be made known unto God. -- philippians 4:6 +. +And the peace of God, which passeth all understanding, shall keep your hearts and minds through Christ Jesus. -- philippians 4:7 +. +Finally, brethren, whatsoever things are true, whatsoever things are honest, whatsoever things are just, whatsoever things are pure, whatsoever things are lovely, whatsoever things are of good report; if there be any virtue, and if there be any praise, think on these things. -- philippians 4:8 +. +Those things, which ye have both learned, and received, and heard, and seen in me, do: and the God of peace shall be with you. -- philippians 4:9 +. +But I rejoiced in the Lord greatly, that now at the last your care of me hath flourished again; wherein ye were also careful, but ye lacked opportunity. -- philippians 4:10 +. +Not that I speak in respect of want: for I have learned, in whatsoever state I am, therewith to be content. -- philippians 4:11 +. +I know both how to be abased, and I know how to abound: every where and in all things I am instructed both to be full and to be hungry, both to abound and to suffer need. -- philippians 4:12 +. +I can do all things through Christ which strengtheneth me. -- philippians 4:13 +. +Notwithstanding ye have well done, that ye did communicate with my affliction. -- philippians 4:14 +. +Now ye Philippians know also, that in the beginning of the gospel, when I departed from Macedonia, no church communicated with me as concerning giving and receiving, but ye only. -- philippians 4:15 +. +For even in Thessalonica ye sent once and again unto my necessity. -- philippians 4:16 +. +Not because I desire a gift: but I desire fruit that may abound to your account. -- philippians 4:17 +. +But I have all, and abound: I am full, having received of Epaphroditus the things which were sent from you, an odour of a sweet smell, a sacrifice acceptable, wellpleasing to God. -- philippians 4:18 +. +But my God shall supply all your need according to his riches in glory by Christ Jesus. -- philippians 4:19 +. +Now unto God and our Father be glory for ever and ever. Amen. -- philippians 4:20 +. +Salute every saint in Christ Jesus. The brethren which are with me greet you. -- philippians 4:21 +. +All the saints salute you, chiefly they that are of Caesar's household. -- philippians 4:22 +. +The grace of our Lord Jesus Christ be with you all. Amen. -- philippians 4:23 +. +Paul, an apostle of Jesus Christ by the will of God, and Timotheus our brother, -- colossians 1:1 +. +To the saints and faithful brethren in Christ which are at Colosse: Grace be unto you, and peace, from God our Father and the Lord Jesus Christ. -- colossians 1:2 +. +We give thanks to God and the Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, praying always for you, -- colossians 1:3 +. +Since we heard of your faith in Christ Jesus, and of the love which ye have to all the saints, -- colossians 1:4 +. +For the hope which is laid up for you in heaven, whereof ye heard before in the word of the truth of the gospel; -- colossians 1:5 +. +Which is come unto you, as it is in all the world; and bringeth forth fruit, as it doth also in you, since the day ye heard of it, and knew the grace of God in truth: -- colossians 1:6 +. +As ye also learned of Epaphras our dear fellowservant, who is for you a faithful minister of Christ; -- colossians 1:7 +. +Who also declared unto us your love in the Spirit. -- colossians 1:8 +. +For this cause we also, since the day we heard it, do not cease to pray for you, and to desire that ye might be filled with the knowledge of his will in all wisdom and spiritual understanding; -- colossians 1:9 +. +That ye might walk worthy of the Lord unto all pleasing, being fruitful in every good work, and increasing in the knowledge of God; -- colossians 1:10 +. +Strengthened with all might, according to his glorious power, unto all patience and longsuffering with joyfulness; -- colossians 1:11 +. +Giving thanks unto the Father, which hath made us meet to be partakers of the inheritance of the saints in light: -- colossians 1:12 +. +Who hath delivered us from the power of darkness, and hath translated us into the kingdom of his dear Son: -- colossians 1:13 +. +In whom we have redemption through his blood, even the forgiveness of sins: -- colossians 1:14 +. +Who is the image of the invisible God, the firstborn of every creature: -- colossians 1:15 +. +For by him were all things created, that are in heaven, and that are in earth, visible and invisible, whether they be thrones, or dominions, or principalities, or powers: all things were created by him, and for him: -- colossians 1:16 +. +And he is before all things, and by him all things consist. -- colossians 1:17 +. +And he is the head of the body, the church: who is the beginning, the firstborn from the dead; that in all things he might have the preeminence. -- colossians 1:18 +. +For it pleased the Father that in him should all fulness dwell; -- colossians 1:19 +. +And, having made peace through the blood of his cross, by him to reconcile all things unto himself; by him, I say, whether they be things in earth, or things in heaven. -- colossians 1:20 +. +And you, that were sometime alienated and enemies in your mind by wicked works, yet now hath he reconciled -- colossians 1:21 +. +In the body of his flesh through death, to present you holy and unblameable and unreproveable in his sight: -- colossians 1:22 +. +If ye continue in the faith grounded and settled, and be not moved away from the hope of the gospel, which ye have heard, and which was preached to every creature which is under heaven; whereof I Paul am made a minister; -- colossians 1:23 +. +Who now rejoice in my sufferings for you, and fill up that which is behind of the afflictions of Christ in my flesh for his body's sake, which is the church: -- colossians 1:24 +. +Whereof I am made a minister, according to the dispensation of God which is given to me for you, to fulfil the word of God; -- colossians 1:25 +. +Even the mystery which hath been hid from ages and from generations, but now is made manifest to his saints: -- colossians 1:26 +. +To whom God would make known what is the riches of the glory of this mystery among the Gentiles; which is Christ in you, the hope of glory: -- colossians 1:27 +. +Whom we preach, warning every man, and teaching every man in all wisdom; that we may present every man perfect in Christ Jesus: -- colossians 1:28 +. +Whereunto I also labour, striving according to his working, which worketh in me mightily. -- colossians 1:29 +. +For I would that ye knew what great conflict I have for you, and for them at Laodicea, and for as many as have not seen my face in the flesh; -- colossians 2:1 +. +That their hearts might be comforted, being knit together in love, and unto all riches of the full assurance of understanding, to the acknowledgement of the mystery of God, and of the Father, and of Christ; -- colossians 2:2 +. +In whom are hid all the treasures of wisdom and knowledge. -- colossians 2:3 +. +And this I say, lest any man should beguile you with enticing words. -- colossians 2:4 +. +For though I be absent in the flesh, yet am I with you in the spirit, joying and beholding your order, and the stedfastness of your faith in Christ. -- colossians 2:5 +. +As ye have therefore received Christ Jesus the Lord, so walk ye in him: -- colossians 2:6 +. +Rooted and built up in him, and stablished in the faith, as ye have been taught, abounding therein with thanksgiving. -- colossians 2:7 +. +Beware lest any man spoil you through philosophy and vain deceit, after the tradition of men, after the rudiments of the world, and not after Christ. -- colossians 2:8 +. +For in him dwelleth all the fulness of the Godhead bodily. -- colossians 2:9 +. +And ye are complete in him, which is the head of all principality and power: -- colossians 2:10 +. +In whom also ye are circumcised with the circumcision made without hands, in putting off the body of the sins of the flesh by the circumcision of Christ: -- colossians 2:11 +. +Buried with him in baptism, wherein also ye are risen with him through the faith of the operation of God, who hath raised him from the dead. -- colossians 2:12 +. +And you, being dead in your sins and the uncircumcision of your flesh, hath he quickened together with him, having forgiven you all trespasses; -- colossians 2:13 +. +Blotting out the handwriting of ordinances that was against us, which was contrary to us, and took it out of the way, nailing it to his cross; -- colossians 2:14 +. +And having spoiled principalities and powers, he made a shew of them openly, triumphing over them in it. -- colossians 2:15 +. +Let no man therefore judge you in meat, or in drink, or in respect of an holyday, or of the new moon, or of the sabbath days: -- colossians 2:16 +. +Which are a shadow of things to come; but the body is of Christ. -- colossians 2:17 +. +Let no man beguile you of your reward in a voluntary humility and worshipping of angels, intruding into those things which he hath not seen, vainly puffed up by his fleshly mind, -- colossians 2:18 +. +And not holding the Head, from which all the body by joints and bands having nourishment ministered, and knit together, increaseth with the increase of God. -- colossians 2:19 +. +Wherefore if ye be dead with Christ from the rudiments of the world, why, as though living in the world, are ye subject to ordinances, -- colossians 2:20 +. +(Touch not; taste not; handle not; -- colossians 2:21 +. +Which all are to perish with the using;) after the commandments and doctrines of men? -- colossians 2:22 +. +Which things have indeed a shew of wisdom in will worship, and humility, and neglecting of the body: not in any honour to the satisfying of the flesh. -- colossians 2:23 +. +If ye then be risen with Christ, seek those things which are above, where Christ sitteth on the right hand of God. -- colossians 3:1 +. +Set your affection on things above, not on things on the earth. -- colossians 3:2 +. +For ye are dead, and your life is hid with Christ in God. -- colossians 3:3 +. +When Christ, who is our life, shall appear, then shall ye also appear with him in glory. -- colossians 3:4 +. +Mortify therefore your members which are upon the earth; fornication, uncleanness, inordinate affection, evil concupiscence, and covetousness, which is idolatry: -- colossians 3:5 +. +For which things' sake the wrath of God cometh on the children of disobedience: -- colossians 3:6 +. +In the which ye also walked some time, when ye lived in them. -- colossians 3:7 +. +But now ye also put off all these; anger, wrath, malice, blasphemy, filthy communication out of your mouth. -- colossians 3:8 +. +Lie not one to another, seeing that ye have put off the old man with his deeds; -- colossians 3:9 +. +And have put on the new man, which is renewed in knowledge after the image of him that created him: -- colossians 3:10 +. +Where there is neither Greek nor Jew, circumcision nor uncircumcision, Barbarian, Scythian, bond nor free: but Christ is all, and in all. -- colossians 3:11 +. +Put on therefore, as the elect of God, holy and beloved, bowels of mercies, kindness, humbleness of mind, meekness, longsuffering; -- colossians 3:12 +. +Forbearing one another, and forgiving one another, if any man have a quarrel against any: even as Christ forgave you, so also do ye. -- colossians 3:13 +. +And above all these things put on charity, which is the bond of perfectness. -- colossians 3:14 +. +And let the peace of God rule in your hearts, to the which also ye are called in one body; and be ye thankful. -- colossians 3:15 +. +Let the word of Christ dwell in you richly in all wisdom; teaching and admonishing one another in psalms and hymns and spiritual songs, singing with grace in your hearts to the Lord. -- colossians 3:16 +. +And whatsoever ye do in word or deed, do all in the name of the Lord Jesus, giving thanks to God and the Father by him. -- colossians 3:17 +. +Wives, submit yourselves unto your own husbands, as it is fit in the Lord. -- colossians 3:18 +. +Husbands, love your wives, and be not bitter against them. -- colossians 3:19 +. +Children, obey your parents in all things: for this is well pleasing unto the Lord. -- colossians 3:20 +. +Fathers, provoke not your children to anger, lest they be discouraged. -- colossians 3:21 +. +Servants, obey in all things your masters according to the flesh; not with eyeservice, as menpleasers; but in singleness of heart, fearing God; -- colossians 3:22 +. +And whatsoever ye do, do it heartily, as to the Lord, and not unto men; -- colossians 3:23 +. +Knowing that of the Lord ye shall receive the reward of the inheritance: for ye serve the Lord Christ. -- colossians 3:24 +. +But he that doeth wrong shall receive for the wrong which he hath done: and there is no respect of persons. -- colossians 3:25 +. +Masters, give unto your servants that which is just and equal; knowing that ye also have a Master in heaven. -- colossians 4:1 +. +Continue in prayer, and watch in the same with thanksgiving; -- colossians 4:2 +. +Withal praying also for us, that God would open unto us a door of utterance, to speak the mystery of Christ, for which I am also in bonds: -- colossians 4:3 +. +That I may make it manifest, as I ought to speak. -- colossians 4:4 +. +Walk in wisdom toward them that are without, redeeming the time. -- colossians 4:5 +. +Let your speech be alway with grace, seasoned with salt, that ye may know how ye ought to answer every man. -- colossians 4:6 +. +All my state shall Tychicus declare unto you, who is a beloved brother, and a faithful minister and fellowservant in the Lord: -- colossians 4:7 +. +Whom I have sent unto you for the same purpose, that he might know your estate, and comfort your hearts; -- colossians 4:8 +. +With Onesimus, a faithful and beloved brother, who is one of you. They shall make known unto you all things which are done here. -- colossians 4:9 +. +Aristarchus my fellowprisoner saluteth you, and Marcus, sister's son to Barnabas, (touching whom ye received commandments: if he come unto you, receive him;) -- colossians 4:10 +. +And Jesus, which is called Justus, who are of the circumcision. These only are my fellowworkers unto the kingdom of God, which have been a comfort unto me. -- colossians 4:11 +. +Epaphras, who is one of you, a servant of Christ, saluteth you, always labouring fervently for you in prayers, that ye may stand perfect and complete in all the will of God. -- colossians 4:12 +. +For I bear him record, that he hath a great zeal for you, and them that are in Laodicea, and them in Hierapolis. -- colossians 4:13 +. +Luke, the beloved physician, and Demas, greet you. -- colossians 4:14 +. +Salute the brethren which are in Laodicea, and Nymphas, and the church which is in his house. -- colossians 4:15 +. +And when this epistle is read among you, cause that it be read also in the church of the Laodiceans; and that ye likewise read the epistle from Laodicea. -- colossians 4:16 +. +And say to Archippus, Take heed to the ministry which thou hast received in the Lord, that thou fulfil it. -- colossians 4:17 +. +The salutation by the hand of me Paul. Remember my bonds. Grace be with you. Amen. -- colossians 4:18 +. +Paul, and Silvanus, and Timotheus, unto the church of the Thessalonians which is in God the Father and in the Lord Jesus Christ: Grace be unto you, and peace, from God our Father, and the Lord Jesus Christ. -- 1 thessalonians 1:1 +. +We give thanks to God always for you all, making mention of you in our prayers; -- 1 thessalonians 1:2 +. +Remembering without ceasing your work of faith, and labour of love, and patience of hope in our Lord Jesus Christ, in the sight of God and our Father; -- 1 thessalonians 1:3 +. +Knowing, brethren beloved, your election of God. -- 1 thessalonians 1:4 +. +For our gospel came not unto you in word only, but also in power, and in the Holy Ghost, and in much assurance; as ye know what manner of men we were among you for your sake. -- 1 thessalonians 1:5 +. +And ye became followers of us, and of the Lord, having received the word in much affliction, with joy of the Holy Ghost. -- 1 thessalonians 1:6 +. +So that ye were ensamples to all that believe in Macedonia and Achaia. -- 1 thessalonians 1:7 +. +For from you sounded out the word of the Lord not only in Macedonia and Achaia, but also in every place your faith to God-ward is spread abroad; so that we need not to speak any thing. -- 1 thessalonians 1:8 +. +For they themselves shew of us what manner of entering in we had unto you, and how ye turned to God from idols to serve the living and true God; -- 1 thessalonians 1:9 +. +And to wait for his Son from heaven, whom he raised from the dead, even Jesus, which delivered us from the wrath to come. -- 1 thessalonians 1:10 +. +For yourselves, brethren, know our entrance in unto you, that it was not in vain: -- 1 thessalonians 2:1 +. +But even after that we had suffered before, and were shamefully entreated, as ye know, at Philippi, we were bold in our God to speak unto you the gospel of God with much contention. -- 1 thessalonians 2:2 +. +For our exhortation was not of deceit, nor of uncleanness, nor in guile: -- 1 thessalonians 2:3 +. +But as we were allowed of God to be put in trust with the gospel, even so we speak; not as pleasing men, but God, which trieth our hearts. -- 1 thessalonians 2:4 +. +For neither at any time used we flattering words, as ye know, nor a cloke of covetousness; God is witness: -- 1 thessalonians 2:5 +. +Nor of men sought we glory, neither of you, nor yet of others, when we might have been burdensome, as the apostles of Christ. -- 1 thessalonians 2:6 +. +But we were gentle among you, even as a nurse cherisheth her children: -- 1 thessalonians 2:7 +. +So being affectionately desirous of you, we were willing to have imparted unto you, not the gospel of God only, but also our own souls, because ye were dear unto us. -- 1 thessalonians 2:8 +. +For ye remember, brethren, our labour and travail: for labouring night and day, because we would not be chargeable unto any of you, we preached unto you the gospel of God. -- 1 thessalonians 2:9 +. +Ye are witnesses, and God also, how holily and justly and unblameably we behaved ourselves among you that believe: -- 1 thessalonians 2:10 +. +As ye know how we exhorted and comforted and charged every one of you, as a father doth his children, -- 1 thessalonians 2:11 +. +That ye would walk worthy of God, who hath called you unto his kingdom and glory. -- 1 thessalonians 2:12 +. +For this cause also thank we God without ceasing, because, when ye received the word of God which ye heard of us, ye received it not as the word of men, but as it is in truth, the word of God, which effectually worketh also in you that believe. -- 1 thessalonians 2:13 +. +For ye, brethren, became followers of the churches of God which in Judaea are in Christ Jesus: for ye also have suffered like things of your own countrymen, even as they have of the Jews: -- 1 thessalonians 2:14 +. +Who both killed the Lord Jesus, and their own prophets, and have persecuted us; and they please not God, and are contrary to all men: -- 1 thessalonians 2:15 +. +Forbidding us to speak to the Gentiles that they might be saved, to fill up their sins alway: for the wrath is come upon them to the uttermost. -- 1 thessalonians 2:16 +. +But we, brethren, being taken from you for a short time in presence, not in heart, endeavoured the more abundantly to see your face with great desire. -- 1 thessalonians 2:17 +. +Wherefore we would have come unto you, even I Paul, once and again; but Satan hindered us. -- 1 thessalonians 2:18 +. +For what is our hope, or joy, or crown of rejoicing? Are not even ye in the presence of our Lord Jesus Christ at his coming? -- 1 thessalonians 2:19 +. +For ye are our glory and joy. -- 1 thessalonians 2:20 +. +Wherefore when we could no longer forbear, we thought it good to be left at Athens alone; -- 1 thessalonians 3:1 +. +And sent Timotheus, our brother, and minister of God, and our fellowlabourer in the gospel of Christ, to establish you, and to comfort you concerning your faith: -- 1 thessalonians 3:2 +. +That no man should be moved by these afflictions: for yourselves know that we are appointed thereunto. -- 1 thessalonians 3:3 +. +For verily, when we were with you, we told you before that we should suffer tribulation; even as it came to pass, and ye know. -- 1 thessalonians 3:4 +. +For this cause, when I could no longer forbear, I sent to know your faith, lest by some means the tempter have tempted you, and our labour be in vain. -- 1 thessalonians 3:5 +. +But now when Timotheus came from you unto us, and brought us good tidings of your faith and charity, and that ye have good remembrance of us always, desiring greatly to see us, as we also to see you: -- 1 thessalonians 3:6 +. +Therefore, brethren, we were comforted over you in all our affliction and distress by your faith: -- 1 thessalonians 3:7 +. +For now we live, if ye stand fast in the Lord. -- 1 thessalonians 3:8 +. +For what thanks can we render to God again for you, for all the joy wherewith we joy for your sakes before our God; -- 1 thessalonians 3:9 +. +Night and day praying exceedingly that we might see your face, and might perfect that which is lacking in your faith? -- 1 thessalonians 3:10 +. +Now God himself and our Father, and our Lord Jesus Christ, direct our way unto you. -- 1 thessalonians 3:11 +. +And the Lord make you to increase and abound in love one toward another, and toward all men, even as we do toward you: -- 1 thessalonians 3:12 +. +To the end he may stablish your hearts unblameable in holiness before God, even our Father, at the coming of our Lord Jesus Christ with all his saints. -- 1 thessalonians 3:13 +. +Furthermore then we beseech you, brethren, and exhort you by the Lord Jesus, that as ye have received of us how ye ought to walk and to please God, so ye would abound more and more. -- 1 thessalonians 4:1 +. +For ye know what commandments we gave you by the Lord Jesus. -- 1 thessalonians 4:2 +. +For this is the will of God, even your sanctification, that ye should abstain from fornication: -- 1 thessalonians 4:3 +. +That every one of you should know how to possess his vessel in sanctification and honour; -- 1 thessalonians 4:4 +. +Not in the lust of concupiscence, even as the Gentiles which know not God: -- 1 thessalonians 4:5 +. +That no man go beyond and defraud his brother in any matter: because that the Lord is the avenger of all such, as we also have forewarned you and testified. -- 1 thessalonians 4:6 +. +For God hath not called us unto uncleanness, but unto holiness. -- 1 thessalonians 4:7 +. +He therefore that despiseth, despiseth not man, but God, who hath also given unto us his holy Spirit. -- 1 thessalonians 4:8 +. +But as touching brotherly love ye need not that I write unto you: for ye yourselves are taught of God to love one another. -- 1 thessalonians 4:9 +. +And indeed ye do it toward all the brethren which are in all Macedonia: but we beseech you, brethren, that ye increase more and more; -- 1 thessalonians 4:10 +. +And that ye study to be quiet, and to do your own business, and to work with your own hands, as we commanded you; -- 1 thessalonians 4:11 +. +That ye may walk honestly toward them that are without, and that ye may have lack of nothing. -- 1 thessalonians 4:12 +. +But I would not have you to be ignorant, brethren, concerning them which are asleep, that ye sorrow not, even as others which have no hope. -- 1 thessalonians 4:13 +. +For if we believe that Jesus died and rose again, even so them also which sleep in Jesus will God bring with him. -- 1 thessalonians 4:14 +. +For this we say unto you by the word of the Lord, that we which are alive and remain unto the coming of the Lord shall not prevent them which are asleep. -- 1 thessalonians 4:15 +. +For the Lord himself shall descend from heaven with a shout, with the voice of the archangel, and with the trump of God: and the dead in Christ shall rise first: -- 1 thessalonians 4:16 +. +Then we which are alive and remain shall be caught up together with them in the clouds, to meet the Lord in the air: and so shall we ever be with the Lord. -- 1 thessalonians 4:17 +. +Wherefore comfort one another with these words. -- 1 thessalonians 4:18 +. +But of the times and the seasons, brethren, ye have no need that I write unto you. -- 1 thessalonians 5:1 +. +For yourselves know perfectly that the day of the Lord so cometh as a thief in the night. -- 1 thessalonians 5:2 +. +For when they shall say, Peace and safety; then sudden destruction cometh upon them, as travail upon a woman with child; and they shall not escape. -- 1 thessalonians 5:3 +. +But ye, brethren, are not in darkness, that that day should overtake you as a thief. -- 1 thessalonians 5:4 +. +Ye are all the children of light, and the children of the day: we are not of the night, nor of darkness. -- 1 thessalonians 5:5 +. +Therefore let us not sleep, as do others; but let us watch and be sober. -- 1 thessalonians 5:6 +. +For they that sleep sleep in the night; and they that be drunken are drunken in the night. -- 1 thessalonians 5:7 +. +But let us, who are of the day, be sober, putting on the breastplate of faith and love; and for an helmet, the hope of salvation. -- 1 thessalonians 5:8 +. +For God hath not appointed us to wrath, but to obtain salvation by our Lord Jesus Christ, -- 1 thessalonians 5:9 +. +Who died for us, that, whether we wake or sleep, we should live together with him. -- 1 thessalonians 5:10 +. +Wherefore comfort yourselves together, and edify one another, even as also ye do. -- 1 thessalonians 5:11 +. +And we beseech you, brethren, to know them which labour among you, and are over you in the Lord, and admonish you; -- 1 thessalonians 5:12 +. +And to esteem them very highly in love for their work's sake. And be at peace among yourselves. -- 1 thessalonians 5:13 +. +Now we exhort you, brethren, warn them that are unruly, comfort the feebleminded, support the weak, be patient toward all men. -- 1 thessalonians 5:14 +. +See that none render evil for evil unto any man; but ever follow that which is good, both among yourselves, and to all men. -- 1 thessalonians 5:15 +. +Rejoice evermore. -- 1 thessalonians 5:16 +. +Pray without ceasing. -- 1 thessalonians 5:17 +. +In every thing give thanks: for this is the will of God in Christ Jesus concerning you. -- 1 thessalonians 5:18 +. +Quench not the Spirit. -- 1 thessalonians 5:19 +. +Despise not prophesyings. -- 1 thessalonians 5:20 +. +Prove all things; hold fast that which is good. -- 1 thessalonians 5:21 +. +Abstain from all appearance of evil. -- 1 thessalonians 5:22 +. +And the very God of peace sanctify you wholly; and I pray God your whole spirit and soul and body be preserved blameless unto the coming of our Lord Jesus Christ. -- 1 thessalonians 5:23 +. +Faithful is he that calleth you, who also will do it. -- 1 thessalonians 5:24 +. +Brethren, pray for us. -- 1 thessalonians 5:25 +. +Greet all the brethren with an holy kiss. -- 1 thessalonians 5:26 +. +I charge you by the Lord that this epistle be read unto all the holy brethren. -- 1 thessalonians 5:27 +. +The grace of our Lord Jesus Christ be with you. Amen. -- 1 thessalonians 5:28 +. +Paul, and Silvanus, and Timotheus, unto the church of the Thessalonians in God our Father and the Lord Jesus Christ: -- 2 thessalonians 1:1 +. +Grace unto you, and peace, from God our Father and the Lord Jesus Christ. -- 2 thessalonians 1:2 +. +We are bound to thank God always for you, brethren, as it is meet, because that your faith groweth exceedingly, and the charity of every one of you all toward each other aboundeth; -- 2 thessalonians 1:3 +. +So that we ourselves glory in you in the churches of God for your patience and faith in all your persecutions and tribulations that ye endure: -- 2 thessalonians 1:4 +. +Which is a manifest token of the righteous judgment of God, that ye may be counted worthy of the kingdom of God, for which ye also suffer: -- 2 thessalonians 1:5 +. +Seeing it is a righteous thing with God to recompense tribulation to them that trouble you; -- 2 thessalonians 1:6 +. +And to you who are troubled rest with us, when the Lord Jesus shall be revealed from heaven with his mighty angels, -- 2 thessalonians 1:7 +. +In flaming fire taking vengeance on them that know not God, and that obey not the gospel of our Lord Jesus Christ: -- 2 thessalonians 1:8 +. +Who shall be punished with everlasting destruction from the presence of the Lord, and from the glory of his power; -- 2 thessalonians 1:9 +. +When he shall come to be glorified in his saints, and to be admired in all them that believe (because our testimony among you was believed) in that day. -- 2 thessalonians 1:10 +. +Wherefore also we pray always for you, that our God would count you worthy of this calling, and fulfil all the good pleasure of his goodness, and the work of faith with power: -- 2 thessalonians 1:11 +. +That the name of our Lord Jesus Christ may be glorified in you, and ye in him, according to the grace of our God and the Lord Jesus Christ. -- 2 thessalonians 1:12 +. +Now we beseech you, brethren, by the coming of our Lord Jesus Christ, and by our gathering together unto him, -- 2 thessalonians 2:1 +. +That ye be not soon shaken in mind, or be troubled, neither by spirit, nor by word, nor by letter as from us, as that the day of Christ is at hand. -- 2 thessalonians 2:2 +. +Let no man deceive you by any means: for that day shall not come, except there come a falling away first, and that man of sin be revealed, the son of perdition; -- 2 thessalonians 2:3 +. +Who opposeth and exalteth himself above all that is called God, or that is worshipped; so that he as God sitteth in the temple of God, shewing himself that he is God. -- 2 thessalonians 2:4 +. +Remember ye not, that, when I was yet with you, I told you these things? -- 2 thessalonians 2:5 +. +And now ye know what withholdeth that he might be revealed in his time. -- 2 thessalonians 2:6 +. +For the mystery of iniquity doth already work: only he who now letteth will let, until he be taken out of the way. -- 2 thessalonians 2:7 +. +And then shall that Wicked be revealed, whom the Lord shall consume with the spirit of his mouth, and shall destroy with the brightness of his coming: -- 2 thessalonians 2:8 +. +Even him, whose coming is after the working of Satan with all power and signs and lying wonders, -- 2 thessalonians 2:9 +. +And with all deceivableness of unrighteousness in them that perish; because they received not the love of the truth, that they might be saved. -- 2 thessalonians 2:10 +. +And for this cause God shall send them strong delusion, that they should believe a lie: -- 2 thessalonians 2:11 +. +That they all might be damned who believed not the truth, but had pleasure in unrighteousness. -- 2 thessalonians 2:12 +. +But we are bound to give thanks alway to God for you, brethren beloved of the Lord, because God hath from the beginning chosen you to salvation through sanctification of the Spirit and belief of the truth: -- 2 thessalonians 2:13 +. +Whereunto he called you by our gospel, to the obtaining of the glory of our Lord Jesus Christ. -- 2 thessalonians 2:14 +. +Therefore, brethren, stand fast, and hold the traditions which ye have been taught, whether by word, or our epistle. -- 2 thessalonians 2:15 +. +Now our Lord Jesus Christ himself, and God, even our Father, which hath loved us, and hath given us everlasting consolation and good hope through grace, -- 2 thessalonians 2:16 +. +Comfort your hearts, and stablish you in every good word and work. -- 2 thessalonians 2:17 +. +Finally, brethren, pray for us, that the word of the Lord may have free course, and be glorified, even as it is with you: -- 2 thessalonians 3:1 +. +And that we may be delivered from unreasonable and wicked men: for all men have not faith. -- 2 thessalonians 3:2 +. +But the Lord is faithful, who shall stablish you, and keep you from evil. -- 2 thessalonians 3:3 +. +And we have confidence in the Lord touching you, that ye both do and will do the things which we command you. -- 2 thessalonians 3:4 +. +And the Lord direct your hearts into the love of God, and into the patient waiting for Christ. -- 2 thessalonians 3:5 +. +Now we command you, brethren, in the name of our Lord Jesus Christ, that ye withdraw yourselves from every brother that walketh disorderly, and not after the tradition which he received of us. -- 2 thessalonians 3:6 +. +For yourselves know how ye ought to follow us: for we behaved not ourselves disorderly among you; -- 2 thessalonians 3:7 +. +Neither did we eat any man's bread for nought; but wrought with labour and travail night and day, that we might not be chargeable to any of you: -- 2 thessalonians 3:8 +. +Not because we have not power, but to make ourselves an ensample unto you to follow us. -- 2 thessalonians 3:9 +. +For even when we were with you, this we commanded you, that if any would not work, neither should he eat. -- 2 thessalonians 3:10 +. +For we hear that there are some which walk among you disorderly, working not at all, but are busybodies. -- 2 thessalonians 3:11 +. +Now them that are such we command and exhort by our Lord Jesus Christ, that with quietness they work, and eat their own bread. -- 2 thessalonians 3:12 +. +But ye, brethren, be not weary in well doing. -- 2 thessalonians 3:13 +. +And if any man obey not our word by this epistle, note that man, and have no company with him, that he may be ashamed. -- 2 thessalonians 3:14 +. +Yet count him not as an enemy, but admonish him as a brother. -- 2 thessalonians 3:15 +. +Now the Lord of peace himself give you peace always by all means. The Lord be with you all. -- 2 thessalonians 3:16 +. +The salutation of Paul with mine own hand, which is the token in every epistle: so I write. -- 2 thessalonians 3:17 +. +The grace of our Lord Jesus Christ be with you all. Amen. -- 2 thessalonians 3:18 +. +Paul, an apostle of Jesus Christ by the commandment of God our Saviour, and Lord Jesus Christ, which is our hope; -- 1 timothy 1:1 +. +Unto Timothy, my own son in the faith: Grace, mercy, and peace, from God our Father and Jesus Christ our Lord. -- 1 timothy 1:2 +. +As I besought thee to abide still at Ephesus, when I went into Macedonia, that thou mightest charge some that they teach no other doctrine, -- 1 timothy 1:3 +. +Neither give heed to fables and endless genealogies, which minister questions, rather than godly edifying which is in faith: so do. -- 1 timothy 1:4 +. +Now the end of the commandment is charity out of a pure heart, and of a good conscience, and of faith unfeigned: -- 1 timothy 1:5 +. +From which some having swerved have turned aside unto vain jangling; -- 1 timothy 1:6 +. +Desiring to be teachers of the law; understanding neither what they say, nor whereof they affirm. -- 1 timothy 1:7 +. +But we know that the law is good, if a man use it lawfully; -- 1 timothy 1:8 +. +Knowing this, that the law is not made for a righteous man, but for the lawless and disobedient, for the ungodly and for sinners, for unholy and profane, for murderers of fathers and murderers of mothers, for manslayers, -- 1 timothy 1:9 +. +For whoremongers, for them that defile themselves with mankind, for menstealers, for liars, for perjured persons, and if there be any other thing that is contrary to sound doctrine; -- 1 timothy 1:10 +. +According to the glorious gospel of the blessed God, which was committed to my trust. -- 1 timothy 1:11 +. +And I thank Christ Jesus our Lord, who hath enabled me, for that he counted me faithful, putting me into the ministry; -- 1 timothy 1:12 +. +Who was before a blasphemer, and a persecutor, and injurious: but I obtained mercy, because I did it ignorantly in unbelief. -- 1 timothy 1:13 +. +And the grace of our Lord was exceeding abundant with faith and love which is in Christ Jesus. -- 1 timothy 1:14 +. +This is a faithful saying, and worthy of all acceptation, that Christ Jesus came into the world to save sinners; of whom I am chief. -- 1 timothy 1:15 +. +Howbeit for this cause I obtained mercy, that in me first Jesus Christ might shew forth all longsuffering, for a pattern to them which should hereafter believe on him to life everlasting. -- 1 timothy 1:16 +. +Now unto the King eternal, immortal, invisible, the only wise God, be honour and glory for ever and ever. Amen. -- 1 timothy 1:17 +. +This charge I commit unto thee, son Timothy, according to the prophecies which went before on thee, that thou by them mightest war a good warfare; -- 1 timothy 1:18 +. +Holding faith, and a good conscience; which some having put away concerning faith have made shipwreck: -- 1 timothy 1:19 +. +Of whom is Hymenaeus and Alexander; whom I have delivered unto Satan, that they may learn not to blaspheme. -- 1 timothy 1:20 +. +I exhort therefore, that, first of all, supplications, prayers, intercessions, and giving of thanks, be made for all men; -- 1 timothy 2:1 +. +For kings, and for all that are in authority; that we may lead a quiet and peaceable life in all godliness and honesty. -- 1 timothy 2:2 +. +For this is good and acceptable in the sight of God our Saviour; -- 1 timothy 2:3 +. +Who will have all men to be saved, and to come unto the knowledge of the truth. -- 1 timothy 2:4 +. +For there is one God, and one mediator between God and men, the man Christ Jesus; -- 1 timothy 2:5 +. +Who gave himself a ransom for all, to be testified in due time. -- 1 timothy 2:6 +. +Whereunto I am ordained a preacher, and an apostle, (I speak the truth in Christ, and lie not;) a teacher of the Gentiles in faith and verity. -- 1 timothy 2:7 +. +I will therefore that men pray every where, lifting up holy hands, without wrath and doubting. -- 1 timothy 2:8 +. +In like manner also, that women adorn themselves in modest apparel, with shamefacedness and sobriety; not with broided hair, or gold, or pearls, or costly array; -- 1 timothy 2:9 +. +But (which becometh women professing godliness) with good works. -- 1 timothy 2:10 +. +Let the woman learn in silence with all subjection. -- 1 timothy 2:11 +. +But I suffer not a woman to teach, nor to usurp authority over the man, but to be in silence. -- 1 timothy 2:12 +. +For Adam was first formed, then Eve. -- 1 timothy 2:13 +. +And Adam was not deceived, but the woman being deceived was in the transgression. -- 1 timothy 2:14 +. +Notwithstanding she shall be saved in childbearing, if they continue in faith and charity and holiness with sobriety. -- 1 timothy 2:15 +. +This is a true saying, If a man desire the office of a bishop, he desireth a good work. -- 1 timothy 3:1 +. +A bishop then must be blameless, the husband of one wife, vigilant, sober, of good behaviour, given to hospitality, apt to teach; -- 1 timothy 3:2 +. +Not given to wine, no striker, not greedy of filthy lucre; but patient, not a brawler, not covetous; -- 1 timothy 3:3 +. +One that ruleth well his own house, having his children in subjection with all gravity; -- 1 timothy 3:4 +. +(For if a man know not how to rule his own house, how shall he take care of the church of God?) -- 1 timothy 3:5 +. +Not a novice, lest being lifted up with pride he fall into the condemnation of the devil. -- 1 timothy 3:6 +. +Moreover he must have a good report of them which are without; lest he fall into reproach and the snare of the devil. -- 1 timothy 3:7 +. +Likewise must the deacons be grave, not doubletongued, not given to much wine, not greedy of filthy lucre; -- 1 timothy 3:8 +. +Holding the mystery of the faith in a pure conscience. -- 1 timothy 3:9 +. +And let these also first be proved; then let them use the office of a deacon, being found blameless. -- 1 timothy 3:10 +. +Even so must their wives be grave, not slanderers, sober, faithful in all things. -- 1 timothy 3:11 +. +Let the deacons be the husbands of one wife, ruling their children and their own houses well. -- 1 timothy 3:12 +. +For they that have used the office of a deacon well purchase to themselves a good degree, and great boldness in the faith which is in Christ Jesus. -- 1 timothy 3:13 +. +These things write I unto thee, hoping to come unto thee shortly: -- 1 timothy 3:14 +. +But if I tarry long, that thou mayest know how thou oughtest to behave thyself in the house of God, which is the church of the living God, the pillar and ground of the truth. -- 1 timothy 3:15 +. +And without controversy great is the mystery of godliness: God was manifest in the flesh, justified in the Spirit, seen of angels, preached unto the Gentiles, believed on in the world, received up into glory. -- 1 timothy 3:16 +. +Now the Spirit speaketh expressly, that in the latter times some shall depart from the faith, giving heed to seducing spirits, and doctrines of devils; -- 1 timothy 4:1 +. +Speaking lies in hypocrisy; having their conscience seared with a hot iron; -- 1 timothy 4:2 +. +Forbidding to marry, and commanding to abstain from meats, which God hath created to be received with thanksgiving of them which believe and know the truth. -- 1 timothy 4:3 +. +For every creature of God is good, and nothing to be refused, if it be received with thanksgiving: -- 1 timothy 4:4 +. +For it is sanctified by the word of God and prayer. -- 1 timothy 4:5 +. +If thou put the brethren in remembrance of these things, thou shalt be a good minister of Jesus Christ, nourished up in the words of faith and of good doctrine, whereunto thou hast attained. -- 1 timothy 4:6 +. +But refuse profane and old wives' fables, and exercise thyself rather unto godliness. -- 1 timothy 4:7 +. +For bodily exercise profiteth little: but godliness is profitable unto all things, having promise of the life that now is, and of that which is to come. -- 1 timothy 4:8 +. +This is a faithful saying and worthy of all acceptation. -- 1 timothy 4:9 +. +For therefore we both labour and suffer reproach, because we trust in the living God, who is the Saviour of all men, specially of those that believe. -- 1 timothy 4:10 +. +These things command and teach. -- 1 timothy 4:11 +. +Let no man despise thy youth; but be thou an example of the believers, in word, in conversation, in charity, in spirit, in faith, in purity. -- 1 timothy 4:12 +. +Till I come, give attendance to reading, to exhortation, to doctrine. -- 1 timothy 4:13 +. +Neglect not the gift that is in thee, which was given thee by prophecy, with the laying on of the hands of the presbytery. -- 1 timothy 4:14 +. +Meditate upon these things; give thyself wholly to them; that thy profiting may appear to all. -- 1 timothy 4:15 +. +Take heed unto thyself, and unto the doctrine; continue in them: for in doing this thou shalt both save thyself, and them that hear thee. -- 1 timothy 4:16 +. +Rebuke not an elder, but intreat him as a father; and the younger men as brethren; -- 1 timothy 5:1 +. +The elder women as mothers; the younger as sisters, with all purity. -- 1 timothy 5:2 +. +Honour widows that are widows indeed. -- 1 timothy 5:3 +. +But if any widow have children or nephews, let them learn first to shew piety at home, and to requite their parents: for that is good and acceptable before God. -- 1 timothy 5:4 +. +Now she that is a widow indeed, and desolate, trusteth in God, and continueth in supplications and prayers night and day. -- 1 timothy 5:5 +. +But she that liveth in pleasure is dead while she liveth. -- 1 timothy 5:6 +. +And these things give in charge, that they may be blameless. -- 1 timothy 5:7 +. +But if any provide not for his own, and specially for those of his own house, he hath denied the faith, and is worse than an infidel. -- 1 timothy 5:8 +. +Let not a widow be taken into the number under threescore years old, having been the wife of one man. -- 1 timothy 5:9 +. +Well reported of for good works; if she have brought up children, if she have lodged strangers, if she have washed the saints' feet, if she have relieved the afflicted, if she have diligently followed every good work. -- 1 timothy 5:10 +. +But the younger widows refuse: for when they have begun to wax wanton against Christ, they will marry; -- 1 timothy 5:11 +. +Having damnation, because they have cast off their first faith. -- 1 timothy 5:12 +. +And withal they learn to be idle, wandering about from house to house; and not only idle, but tattlers also and busybodies, speaking things which they ought not. -- 1 timothy 5:13 +. +I will therefore that the younger women marry, bear children, guide the house, give none occasion to the adversary to speak reproachfully. -- 1 timothy 5:14 +. +For some are already turned aside after Satan. -- 1 timothy 5:15 +. +If any man or woman that believeth have widows, let them relieve them, and let not the church be charged; that it may relieve them that are widows indeed. -- 1 timothy 5:16 +. +Let the elders that rule well be counted worthy of double honour, especially they who labour in the word and doctrine. -- 1 timothy 5:17 +. +For the scripture saith, Thou shalt not muzzle the ox that treadeth out the corn. And, The labourer is worthy of his reward. -- 1 timothy 5:18 +. +Against an elder receive not an accusation, but before two or three witnesses. -- 1 timothy 5:19 +. +Them that sin rebuke before all, that others also may fear. -- 1 timothy 5:20 +. +I charge thee before God, and the Lord Jesus Christ, and the elect angels, that thou observe these things without preferring one before another, doing nothing by partiality. -- 1 timothy 5:21 +. +Lay hands suddenly on no man, neither be partaker of other men's sins: keep thyself pure. -- 1 timothy 5:22 +. +Drink no longer water, but use a little wine for thy stomach's sake and thine often infirmities. -- 1 timothy 5:23 +. +Some men's sins are open beforehand, going before to judgment; and some men they follow after. -- 1 timothy 5:24 +. +Likewise also the good works of some are manifest beforehand; and they that are otherwise cannot be hid. -- 1 timothy 5:25 +. +Let as many servants as are under the yoke count their own masters worthy of all honour, that the name of God and his doctrine be not blasphemed. -- 1 timothy 6:1 +. +And they that have believing masters, let them not despise them, because they are brethren; but rather do them service, because they are faithful and beloved, partakers of the benefit. These things teach and exhort. -- 1 timothy 6:2 +. +If any man teach otherwise, and consent not to wholesome words, even the words of our Lord Jesus Christ, and to the doctrine which is according to godliness; -- 1 timothy 6:3 +. +He is proud, knowing nothing, but doting about questions and strifes of words, whereof cometh envy, strife, railings, evil surmisings, -- 1 timothy 6:4 +. +Perverse disputings of men of corrupt minds, and destitute of the truth, supposing that gain is godliness: from such withdraw thyself. -- 1 timothy 6:5 +. +But godliness with contentment is great gain. -- 1 timothy 6:6 +. +For we brought nothing into this world, and it is certain we can carry nothing out. -- 1 timothy 6:7 +. +And having food and raiment let us be therewith content. -- 1 timothy 6:8 +. +But they that will be rich fall into temptation and a snare, and into many foolish and hurtful lusts, which drown men in destruction and perdition. -- 1 timothy 6:9 +. +For the love of money is the root of all evil: which while some coveted after, they have erred from the faith, and pierced themselves through with many sorrows. -- 1 timothy 6:10 +. +But thou, O man of God, flee these things; and follow after righteousness, godliness, faith, love, patience, meekness. -- 1 timothy 6:11 +. +Fight the good fight of faith, lay hold on eternal life, whereunto thou art also called, and hast professed a good profession before many witnesses. -- 1 timothy 6:12 +. +I give thee charge in the sight of God, who quickeneth all things, and before Christ Jesus, who before Pontius Pilate witnessed a good confession; -- 1 timothy 6:13 +. +That thou keep this commandment without spot, unrebukable, until the appearing of our Lord Jesus Christ: -- 1 timothy 6:14 +. +Which in his times he shall shew, who is the blessed and only Potentate, the King of kings, and Lord of lords; -- 1 timothy 6:15 +. +Who only hath immortality, dwelling in the light which no man can approach unto; whom no man hath seen, nor can see: to whom be honour and power everlasting. Amen. -- 1 timothy 6:16 +. +Charge them that are rich in this world, that they be not highminded, nor trust in uncertain riches, but in the living God, who giveth us richly all things to enjoy; -- 1 timothy 6:17 +. +That they do good, that they be rich in good works, ready to distribute, willing to communicate; -- 1 timothy 6:18 +. +Laying up in store for themselves a good foundation against the time to come, that they may lay hold on eternal life. -- 1 timothy 6:19 +. +O Timothy, keep that which is committed to thy trust, avoiding profane and vain babblings, and oppositions of science falsely so called: -- 1 timothy 6:20 +. +Which some professing have erred concerning the faith. Grace be with thee. Amen. -- 1 timothy 6:21 +. +Paul, an apostle of Jesus Christ by the will of God, according to the promise of life which is in Christ Jesus, -- 2 timothy 1:1 +. +To Timothy, my dearly beloved son: Grace, mercy, and peace, from God the Father and Christ Jesus our Lord. -- 2 timothy 1:2 +. +I thank God, whom I serve from my forefathers with pure conscience, that without ceasing I have remembrance of thee in my prayers night and day; -- 2 timothy 1:3 +. +Greatly desiring to see thee, being mindful of thy tears, that I may be filled with joy; -- 2 timothy 1:4 +. +When I call to remembrance the unfeigned faith that is in thee, which dwelt first in thy grandmother Lois, and thy mother Eunice; and I am persuaded that in thee also. -- 2 timothy 1:5 +. +Wherefore I put thee in remembrance that thou stir up the gift of God, which is in thee by the putting on of my hands. -- 2 timothy 1:6 +. +For God hath not given us the spirit of fear; but of power, and of love, and of a sound mind. -- 2 timothy 1:7 +. +Be not thou therefore ashamed of the testimony of our Lord, nor of me his prisoner: but be thou partaker of the afflictions of the gospel according to the power of God; -- 2 timothy 1:8 +. +Who hath saved us, and called us with an holy calling, not according to our works, but according to his own purpose and grace, which was given us in Christ Jesus before the world began, -- 2 timothy 1:9 +. +But is now made manifest by the appearing of our Saviour Jesus Christ, who hath abolished death, and hath brought life and immortality to light through the gospel: -- 2 timothy 1:10 +. +Whereunto I am appointed a preacher, and an apostle, and a teacher of the Gentiles. -- 2 timothy 1:11 +. +For the which cause I also suffer these things: nevertheless I am not ashamed: for I know whom I have believed, and am persuaded that he is able to keep that which I have committed unto him against that day. -- 2 timothy 1:12 +. +Hold fast the form of sound words, which thou hast heard of me, in faith and love which is in Christ Jesus. -- 2 timothy 1:13 +. +That good thing which was committed unto thee keep by the Holy Ghost which dwelleth in us. -- 2 timothy 1:14 +. +This thou knowest, that all they which are in Asia be turned away from me; of whom are Phygellus and Hermogenes. -- 2 timothy 1:15 +. +The Lord give mercy unto the house of Onesiphorus; for he oft refreshed me, and was not ashamed of my chain: -- 2 timothy 1:16 +. +But, when he was in Rome, he sought me out very diligently, and found me. -- 2 timothy 1:17 +. +The Lord grant unto him that he may find mercy of the Lord in that day: and in how many things he ministered unto me at Ephesus, thou knowest very well. -- 2 timothy 1:18 +. +Thou therefore, my son, be strong in the grace that is in Christ Jesus. -- 2 timothy 2:1 +. +And the things that thou hast heard of me among many witnesses, the same commit thou to faithful men, who shall be able to teach others also. -- 2 timothy 2:2 +. +Thou therefore endure hardness, as a good soldier of Jesus Christ. -- 2 timothy 2:3 +. +No man that warreth entangleth himself with the affairs of this life; that he may please him who hath chosen him to be a soldier. -- 2 timothy 2:4 +. +And if a man also strive for masteries, yet is he not crowned, except he strive lawfully. -- 2 timothy 2:5 +. +The husbandman that laboureth must be first partaker of the fruits. -- 2 timothy 2:6 +. +Consider what I say; and the Lord give thee understanding in all things. -- 2 timothy 2:7 +. +Remember that Jesus Christ of the seed of David was raised from the dead according to my gospel: -- 2 timothy 2:8 +. +Wherein I suffer trouble, as an evil doer, even unto bonds; but the word of God is not bound. -- 2 timothy 2:9 +. +Therefore I endure all things for the elect's sakes, that they may also obtain the salvation which is in Christ Jesus with eternal glory. -- 2 timothy 2:10 +. +It is a faithful saying: For if we be dead with him, we shall also live with him: -- 2 timothy 2:11 +. +If we suffer, we shall also reign with him: if we deny him, he also will deny us: -- 2 timothy 2:12 +. +If we believe not, yet he abideth faithful: he cannot deny himself. -- 2 timothy 2:13 +. +Of these things put them in remembrance, charging them before the Lord that they strive not about words to no profit, but to the subverting of the hearers. -- 2 timothy 2:14 +. +Study to shew thyself approved unto God, a workman that needeth not to be ashamed, rightly dividing the word of truth. -- 2 timothy 2:15 +. +But shun profane and vain babblings: for they will increase unto more ungodliness. -- 2 timothy 2:16 +. +And their word will eat as doth a canker: of whom is Hymenaeus and Philetus; -- 2 timothy 2:17 +. +Who concerning the truth have erred, saying that the resurrection is past already; and overthrow the faith of some. -- 2 timothy 2:18 +. +Nevertheless the foundation of God standeth sure, having this seal, The Lord knoweth them that are his. And, Let every one that nameth the name of Christ depart from iniquity. -- 2 timothy 2:19 +. +But in a great house there are not only vessels of gold and of silver, but also of wood and of earth; and some to honour, and some to dishonour. -- 2 timothy 2:20 +. +If a man therefore purge himself from these, he shall be a vessel unto honour, sanctified, and meet for the master's use, and prepared unto every good work. -- 2 timothy 2:21 +. +Flee also youthful lusts: but follow righteousness, faith, charity, peace, with them that call on the Lord out of a pure heart. -- 2 timothy 2:22 +. +But foolish and unlearned questions avoid, knowing that they do gender strifes. -- 2 timothy 2:23 +. +And the servant of the Lord must not strive; but be gentle unto all men, apt to teach, patient, -- 2 timothy 2:24 +. +In meekness instructing those that oppose themselves; if God peradventure will give them repentance to the acknowledging of the truth; -- 2 timothy 2:25 +. +And that they may recover themselves out of the snare of the devil, who are taken captive by him at his will. -- 2 timothy 2:26 +. +This know also, that in the last days perilous times shall come. -- 2 timothy 3:1 +. +For men shall be lovers of their own selves, covetous, boasters, proud, blasphemers, disobedient to parents, unthankful, unholy, -- 2 timothy 3:2 +. +Without natural affection, trucebreakers, false accusers, incontinent, fierce, despisers of those that are good, -- 2 timothy 3:3 +. +Traitors, heady, highminded, lovers of pleasures more than lovers of God; -- 2 timothy 3:4 +. +Having a form of godliness, but denying the power thereof: from such turn away. -- 2 timothy 3:5 +. +For of this sort are they which creep into houses, and lead captive silly women laden with sins, led away with divers lusts, -- 2 timothy 3:6 +. +Ever learning, and never able to come to the knowledge of the truth. -- 2 timothy 3:7 +. +Now as Jannes and Jambres withstood Moses, so do these also resist the truth: men of corrupt minds, reprobate concerning the faith. -- 2 timothy 3:8 +. +But they shall proceed no further: for their folly shall be manifest unto all men, as their's also was. -- 2 timothy 3:9 +. +But thou hast fully known my doctrine, manner of life, purpose, faith, longsuffering, charity, patience, -- 2 timothy 3:10 +. +Persecutions, afflictions, which came unto me at Antioch, at Iconium, at Lystra; what persecutions I endured: but out of them all the Lord delivered me. -- 2 timothy 3:11 +. +Yea, and all that will live godly in Christ Jesus shall suffer persecution. -- 2 timothy 3:12 +. +But evil men and seducers shall wax worse and worse, deceiving, and being deceived. -- 2 timothy 3:13 +. +But continue thou in the things which thou hast learned and hast been assured of, knowing of whom thou hast learned them; -- 2 timothy 3:14 +. +And that from a child thou hast known the holy scriptures, which are able to make thee wise unto salvation through faith which is in Christ Jesus. -- 2 timothy 3:15 +. +All scripture is given by inspiration of God, and is profitable for doctrine, for reproof, for correction, for instruction in righteousness: -- 2 timothy 3:16 +. +That the man of God may be perfect, throughly furnished unto all good works. -- 2 timothy 3:17 +. +I charge thee therefore before God, and the Lord Jesus Christ, who shall judge the quick and the dead at his appearing and his kingdom; -- 2 timothy 4:1 +. +Preach the word; be instant in season, out of season; reprove, rebuke, exhort with all longsuffering and doctrine. -- 2 timothy 4:2 +. +For the time will come when they will not endure sound doctrine; but after their own lusts shall they heap to themselves teachers, having itching ears; -- 2 timothy 4:3 +. +And they shall turn away their ears from the truth, and shall be turned unto fables. -- 2 timothy 4:4 +. +But watch thou in all things, endure afflictions, do the work of an evangelist, make full proof of thy ministry. -- 2 timothy 4:5 +. +For I am now ready to be offered, and the time of my departure is at hand. -- 2 timothy 4:6 +. +I have fought a good fight, I have finished my course, I have kept the faith: -- 2 timothy 4:7 +. +Henceforth there is laid up for me a crown of righteousness, which the Lord, the righteous judge, shall give me at that day: and not to me only, but unto all them also that love his appearing. -- 2 timothy 4:8 +. +Do thy diligence to come shortly unto me: -- 2 timothy 4:9 +. +For Demas hath forsaken me, having loved this present world, and is departed unto Thessalonica; Crescens to Galatia, Titus unto Dalmatia. -- 2 timothy 4:10 +. +Only Luke is with me. Take Mark, and bring him with thee: for he is profitable to me for the ministry. -- 2 timothy 4:11 +. +And Tychicus have I sent to Ephesus. -- 2 timothy 4:12 +. +The cloke that I left at Troas with Carpus, when thou comest, bring with thee, and the books, but especially the parchments. -- 2 timothy 4:13 +. +Alexander the coppersmith did me much evil: the Lord reward him according to his works: -- 2 timothy 4:14 +. +Of whom be thou ware also; for he hath greatly withstood our words. -- 2 timothy 4:15 +. +At my first answer no man stood with me, but all men forsook me: I pray God that it may not be laid to their charge. -- 2 timothy 4:16 +. +Notwithstanding the Lord stood with me, and strengthened me; that by me the preaching might be fully known, and that all the Gentiles might hear: and I was delivered out of the mouth of the lion. -- 2 timothy 4:17 +. +And the Lord shall deliver me from every evil work, and will preserve me unto his heavenly kingdom: to whom be glory for ever and ever. Amen. -- 2 timothy 4:18 +. +Salute Prisca and Aquila, and the household of Onesiphorus. -- 2 timothy 4:19 +. +Erastus abode at Corinth: but Trophimus have I left at Miletum sick. -- 2 timothy 4:20 +. +Do thy diligence to come before winter. Eubulus greeteth thee, and Pudens, and Linus, and Claudia, and all the brethren. -- 2 timothy 4:21 +. +The Lord Jesus Christ be with thy spirit. Grace be with you. Amen. -- 2 timothy 4:22 +. +Paul, a servant of God, and an apostle of Jesus Christ, according to the faith of God's elect, and the acknowledging of the truth which is after godliness; -- titus 1:1 +. +In hope of eternal life, which God, that cannot lie, promised before the world began; -- titus 1:2 +. +But hath in due times manifested his word through preaching, which is committed unto me according to the commandment of God our Saviour; -- titus 1:3 +. +To Titus, mine own son after the common faith: Grace, mercy, and peace, from God the Father and the Lord Jesus Christ our Saviour. -- titus 1:4 +. +For this cause left I thee in Crete, that thou shouldest set in order the things that are wanting, and ordain elders in every city, as I had appointed thee: -- titus 1:5 +. +If any be blameless, the husband of one wife, having faithful children not accused of riot or unruly. -- titus 1:6 +. +For a bishop must be blameless, as the steward of God; not selfwilled, not soon angry, not given to wine, no striker, not given to filthy lucre; -- titus 1:7 +. +But a lover of hospitality, a lover of good men, sober, just, holy, temperate; -- titus 1:8 +. +Holding fast the faithful word as he hath been taught, that he may be able by sound doctrine both to exhort and to convince the gainsayers. -- titus 1:9 +. +For there are many unruly and vain talkers and deceivers, specially they of the circumcision: -- titus 1:10 +. +Whose mouths must be stopped, who subvert whole houses, teaching things which they ought not, for filthy lucre's sake. -- titus 1:11 +. +One of themselves, even a prophet of their own, said, The Cretians are alway liars, evil beasts, slow bellies. -- titus 1:12 +. +This witness is true. Wherefore rebuke them sharply, that they may be sound in the faith; -- titus 1:13 +. +Not giving heed to Jewish fables, and commandments of men, that turn from the truth. -- titus 1:14 +. +Unto the pure all things are pure: but unto them that are defiled and unbelieving is nothing pure; but even their mind and conscience is defiled. -- titus 1:15 +. +They profess that they know God; but in works they deny him, being abominable, and disobedient, and unto every good work reprobate. -- titus 1:16 +. +But speak thou the things which become sound doctrine: -- titus 2:1 +. +That the aged men be sober, grave, temperate, sound in faith, in charity, in patience. -- titus 2:2 +. +The aged women likewise, that they be in behaviour as becometh holiness, not false accusers, not given to much wine, teachers of good things; -- titus 2:3 +. +That they may teach the young women to be sober, to love their husbands, to love their children, -- titus 2:4 +. +To be discreet, chaste, keepers at home, good, obedient to their own husbands, that the word of God be not blasphemed. -- titus 2:5 +. +Young men likewise exhort to be sober minded. -- titus 2:6 +. +In all things shewing thyself a pattern of good works: in doctrine shewing uncorruptness, gravity, sincerity, -- titus 2:7 +. +Sound speech, that cannot be condemned; that he that is of the contrary part may be ashamed, having no evil thing to say of you. -- titus 2:8 +. +Exhort servants to be obedient unto their own masters, and to please them well in all things; not answering again; -- titus 2:9 +. +Not purloining, but shewing all good fidelity; that they may adorn the doctrine of God our Saviour in all things. -- titus 2:10 +. +For the grace of God that bringeth salvation hath appeared to all men, -- titus 2:11 +. +Teaching us that, denying ungodliness and worldly lusts, we should live soberly, righteously, and godly, in this present world; -- titus 2:12 +. +Looking for that blessed hope, and the glorious appearing of the great God and our Saviour Jesus Christ; -- titus 2:13 +. +Who gave himself for us, that he might redeem us from all iniquity, and purify unto himself a peculiar people, zealous of good works. -- titus 2:14 +. +These things speak, and exhort, and rebuke with all authority. Let no man despise thee. -- titus 2:15 +. +Put them in mind to be subject to principalities and powers, to obey magistrates, to be ready to every good work, -- titus 3:1 +. +To speak evil of no man, to be no brawlers, but gentle, shewing all meekness unto all men. -- titus 3:2 +. +For we ourselves also were sometimes foolish, disobedient, deceived, serving divers lusts and pleasures, living in malice and envy, hateful, and hating one another. -- titus 3:3 +. +But after that the kindness and love of God our Saviour toward man appeared, -- titus 3:4 +. +Not by works of righteousness which we have done, but according to his mercy he saved us, by the washing of regeneration, and renewing of the Holy Ghost; -- titus 3:5 +. +Which he shed on us abundantly through Jesus Christ our Saviour; -- titus 3:6 +. +That being justified by his grace, we should be made heirs according to the hope of eternal life. -- titus 3:7 +. +This is a faithful saying, and these things I will that thou affirm constantly, that they which have believed in God might be careful to maintain good works. These things are good and profitable unto men. -- titus 3:8 +. +But avoid foolish questions, and genealogies, and contentions, and strivings about the law; for they are unprofitable and vain. -- titus 3:9 +. +A man that is an heretick after the first and second admonition reject; -- titus 3:10 +. +Knowing that he that is such is subverted, and sinneth, being condemned of himself. -- titus 3:11 +. +When I shall send Artemas unto thee, or Tychicus, be diligent to come unto me to Nicopolis: for I have determined there to winter. -- titus 3:12 +. +Bring Zenas the lawyer and Apollos on their journey diligently, that nothing be wanting unto them. -- titus 3:13 +. +And let our's also learn to maintain good works for necessary uses, that they be not unfruitful. -- titus 3:14 +. +All that are with me salute thee. Greet them that love us in the faith. Grace be with you all. Amen. -- titus 3:15 +. +Paul, a prisoner of Jesus Christ, and Timothy our brother, unto Philemon our dearly beloved, and fellowlabourer, -- philemon 1:1 +. +And to our beloved Apphia, and Archippus our fellowsoldier, and to the church in thy house: -- philemon 1:2 +. +Grace to you, and peace, from God our Father and the Lord Jesus Christ. -- philemon 1:3 +. +I thank my God, making mention of thee always in my prayers, -- philemon 1:4 +. +Hearing of thy love and faith, which thou hast toward the Lord Jesus, and toward all saints; -- philemon 1:5 +. +That the communication of thy faith may become effectual by the acknowledging of every good thing which is in you in Christ Jesus. -- philemon 1:6 +. +For we have great joy and consolation in thy love, because the bowels of the saints are refreshed by thee, brother. -- philemon 1:7 +. +Wherefore, though I might be much bold in Christ to enjoin thee that which is convenient, -- philemon 1:8 +. +Yet for love's sake I rather beseech thee, being such an one as Paul the aged, and now also a prisoner of Jesus Christ. -- philemon 1:9 +. +I beseech thee for my son Onesimus, whom I have begotten in my bonds: -- philemon 1:10 +. +Which in time past was to thee unprofitable, but now profitable to thee and to me: -- philemon 1:11 +. +Whom I have sent again: thou therefore receive him, that is, mine own bowels: -- philemon 1:12 +. +Whom I would have retained with me, that in thy stead he might have ministered unto me in the bonds of the gospel: -- philemon 1:13 +. +But without thy mind would I do nothing; that thy benefit should not be as it were of necessity, but willingly. -- philemon 1:14 +. +For perhaps he therefore departed for a season, that thou shouldest receive him for ever; -- philemon 1:15 +. +Not now as a servant, but above a servant, a brother beloved, specially to me, but how much more unto thee, both in the flesh, and in the Lord? -- philemon 1:16 +. +If thou count me therefore a partner, receive him as myself. -- philemon 1:17 +. +If he hath wronged thee, or oweth thee ought, put that on mine account; -- philemon 1:18 +. +I Paul have written it with mine own hand, I will repay it: albeit I do not say to thee how thou owest unto me even thine own self besides. -- philemon 1:19 +. +Yea, brother, let me have joy of thee in the Lord: refresh my bowels in the Lord. -- philemon 1:20 +. +Having confidence in thy obedience I wrote unto thee, knowing that thou wilt also do more than I say. -- philemon 1:21 +. +But withal prepare me also a lodging: for I trust that through your prayers I shall be given unto you. -- philemon 1:22 +. +There salute thee Epaphras, my fellowprisoner in Christ Jesus; -- philemon 1:23 +. +Marcus, Aristarchus, Demas, Lucas, my fellowlabourers. -- philemon 1:24 +. +The grace of our Lord Jesus Christ be with your spirit. Amen. -- philemon 1:25 +. +God, who at sundry times and in divers manners spake in time past unto the fathers by the prophets, -- hebrews 1:1 +. +Hath in these last days spoken unto us by his Son, whom he hath appointed heir of all things, by whom also he made the worlds; -- hebrews 1:2 +. +Who being the brightness of his glory, and the express image of his person, 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: -- hebrews 1:3 +. +Being made so much better than the angels, as he hath by inheritance obtained a more excellent name than they. -- hebrews 1:4 +. +For unto which of the angels said he at any time, Thou art my Son, this day have I begotten thee? And again, I will be to him a Father, and he shall be to me a Son? -- hebrews 1:5 +. +And again, when he bringeth in the firstbegotten into the world, he saith, And let all the angels of God worship him. -- hebrews 1:6 +. +And of the angels he saith, Who maketh his angels spirits, and his ministers a flame of fire. -- hebrews 1:7 +. +But unto the Son he saith, Thy throne, O God, is for ever and ever: a sceptre of righteousness is the sceptre of thy kingdom. -- hebrews 1:8 +. +Thou hast loved righteousness, and hated iniquity; therefore God, even thy God, hath anointed thee with the oil of gladness above thy fellows. -- hebrews 1:9 +. +And, Thou, Lord, in the beginning hast laid the foundation of the earth; and the heavens are the works of thine hands: -- hebrews 1:10 +. +They shall perish; but thou remainest; and they all shall wax old as doth a garment; -- hebrews 1:11 +. +And as a vesture shalt thou fold them up, and they shall be changed: but thou art the same, and thy years shall not fail. -- hebrews 1:12 +. +But to which of the angels said he at any time, Sit on my right hand, until I make thine enemies thy footstool? -- hebrews 1:13 +. +Are they not all ministering spirits, sent forth to minister for them who shall be heirs of salvation? -- hebrews 1:14 +. +Therefore we ought to give the more earnest heed to the things which we have heard, lest at any time we should let them slip. -- hebrews 2:1 +. +For if the word spoken by angels was stedfast, and every transgression and disobedience received a just recompence of reward; -- hebrews 2:2 +. +How shall we escape, if we neglect so great salvation; which at the first began to be spoken by the Lord, and was confirmed unto us by them that heard him; -- hebrews 2:3 +. +God also bearing them witness, both with signs and wonders, and with divers miracles, and gifts of the Holy Ghost, according to his own will? -- hebrews 2:4 +. +For unto the angels hath he not put in subjection the world to come, whereof we speak. -- hebrews 2:5 +. +But one in a certain place testified, saying, What is man, that thou art mindful of him? or the son of man that thou visitest him? -- hebrews 2:6 +. +Thou madest him a little lower than the angels; thou crownedst him with glory and honour, and didst set him over the works of thy hands: -- hebrews 2:7 +. +Thou hast put all things in subjection under his feet. For in that he put all in subjection under him, he left nothing that is not put under him. But now we see not yet all things put under him. -- hebrews 2:8 +. +But we see Jesus, who was made a little lower than the angels for the suffering of death, crowned with glory and honour; that he by the grace of God should taste death for every man. -- hebrews 2:9 +. +For it became him, for whom are all things, and by whom are all things, in bringing many sons unto glory, to make the captain of their salvation perfect through sufferings. -- hebrews 2:10 +. +For both he that sanctifieth and they who are sanctified are all of one: for which cause he is not ashamed to call them brethren, -- hebrews 2:11 +. +Saying, I will declare thy name unto my brethren, in the midst of the church will I sing praise unto thee. -- hebrews 2:12 +. +And again, I will put my trust in him. And again, Behold I and the children which God hath given me. -- hebrews 2:13 +. +Forasmuch then as the children are partakers of flesh and blood, he also himself likewise took part of the same; that through death he might destroy him that had the power of death, that is, the devil; -- hebrews 2:14 +. +And deliver them who through fear of death were all their lifetime subject to bondage. -- hebrews 2:15 +. +For verily he took not on him the nature of angels; but he took on him the seed of Abraham. -- hebrews 2:16 +. +Wherefore in all things it behoved him to be made like unto his brethren, that he might be a merciful and faithful high priest in things pertaining to God, to make reconciliation for the sins of the people. -- hebrews 2:17 +. +For in that he himself hath suffered being tempted, he is able to succour them that are tempted. -- hebrews 2:18 +. +Wherefore, holy brethren, partakers of the heavenly calling, consider the Apostle and High Priest of our profession, Christ Jesus; -- hebrews 3:1 +. +Who was faithful to him that appointed him, as also Moses was faithful in all his house. -- hebrews 3:2 +. +For this man was counted worthy of more glory than Moses, inasmuch as he who hath builded the house hath more honour than the house. -- hebrews 3:3 +. +For every house is builded by some man; but he that built all things is God. -- hebrews 3:4 +. +And Moses verily was faithful in all his house, as a servant, for a testimony of those things which were to be spoken after; -- hebrews 3:5 +. +But Christ as a son over his own house; whose house are we, if we hold fast the confidence and the rejoicing of the hope firm unto the end. -- hebrews 3:6 +. +Wherefore (as the Holy Ghost saith, To day if ye will hear his voice, -- hebrews 3:7 +. +Harden not your hearts, as in the provocation, in the day of temptation in the wilderness: -- hebrews 3:8 +. +When your fathers tempted me, proved me, and saw my works forty years. -- hebrews 3:9 +. +Wherefore I was grieved with that generation, and said, They do alway err in their heart; and they have not known my ways. -- hebrews 3:10 +. +So I sware in my wrath, They shall not enter into my rest.) -- hebrews 3:11 +. +Take heed, brethren, lest there be in any of you an evil heart of unbelief, in departing from the living God. -- hebrews 3:12 +. +But exhort one another daily, while it is called To day; lest any of you be hardened through the deceitfulness of sin. -- hebrews 3:13 +. +For we are made partakers of Christ, if we hold the beginning of our confidence stedfast unto the end; -- hebrews 3:14 +. +While it is said, To day if ye will hear his voice, harden not your hearts, as in the provocation. -- hebrews 3:15 +. +For some, when they had heard, did provoke: howbeit not all that came out of Egypt by Moses. -- hebrews 3:16 +. +But with whom was he grieved forty years? was it not with them that had sinned, whose carcases fell in the wilderness? -- hebrews 3:17 +. +And to whom sware he that they should not enter into his rest, but to them that believed not? -- hebrews 3:18 +. +So we see that they could not enter in because of unbelief. -- hebrews 3:19 +. +Let us therefore fear, lest, a promise being left us of entering into his rest, any of you should seem to come short of it. -- hebrews 4:1 +. +For unto us was the gospel preached, as well as unto them: but the word preached did not profit them, not being mixed with faith in them that heard it. -- hebrews 4:2 +. +For we which have believed do enter into rest, as he said, As I have sworn in my wrath, if they shall enter into my rest: although the works were finished from the foundation of the world. -- hebrews 4:3 +. +For he spake in a certain place of the seventh day on this wise, And God did rest the seventh day from all his works. -- hebrews 4:4 +. +And in this place again, If they shall enter into my rest. -- hebrews 4:5 +. +Seeing therefore it remaineth that some must enter therein, and they to whom it was first preached entered not in because of unbelief: -- hebrews 4:6 +. +Again, he limiteth a certain day, saying in David, To day, after so long a time; as it is said, To day if ye will hear his voice, harden not your hearts. -- hebrews 4:7 +. +For if Jesus had given them rest, then would he not afterward have spoken of another day. -- hebrews 4:8 +. +There remaineth therefore a rest to the people of God. -- hebrews 4:9 +. +For he that is entered into his rest, he also hath ceased from his own works, as God did from his. -- hebrews 4:10 +. +Let us labour therefore to enter into that rest, lest any man fall after the same example of unbelief. -- hebrews 4:11 +. +For the word of God is quick, and powerful, and sharper than any twoedged sword, piercing even to the dividing asunder of soul and spirit, and of the joints and marrow, and is a discerner of the thoughts and intents of the heart. -- hebrews 4:12 +. +Neither is there any creature that is not manifest in his sight: but all things are naked and opened unto the eyes of him with whom we have to do. -- hebrews 4:13 +. +Seeing then that we have a great high priest, that is passed into the heavens, Jesus the Son of God, let us hold fast our profession. -- hebrews 4:14 +. +For we have not an high priest which cannot be touched with the feeling of our infirmities; but was in all points tempted like as we are, yet without sin. -- hebrews 4:15 +. +Let us therefore come boldly unto the throne of grace, that we may obtain mercy, and find grace to help in time of need. -- hebrews 4:16 +. +For every high priest taken from among men is ordained for men in things pertaining to God, that he may offer both gifts and sacrifices for sins: -- hebrews 5:1 +. +Who can have compassion on the ignorant, and on them that are out of the way; for that he himself also is compassed with infirmity. -- hebrews 5:2 +. +And by reason hereof he ought, as for the people, so also for himself, to offer for sins. -- hebrews 5:3 +. +And no man taketh this honour unto himself, but he that is called of God, as was Aaron. -- hebrews 5:4 +. +So also Christ glorified not himself to be made an high priest; but he that said unto him, Thou art my Son, to day have I begotten thee. -- hebrews 5:5 +. +As he saith also in another place, Thou art a priest for ever after the order of Melchisedec. -- hebrews 5:6 +. +Who in the days of his flesh, when he had offered up prayers and supplications with strong crying and tears unto him that was able to save him from death, and was heard in that he feared; -- hebrews 5:7 +. +Though he were a Son, yet learned he obedience by the things which he suffered; -- hebrews 5:8 +. +And being made perfect, he became the author of eternal salvation unto all them that obey him; -- hebrews 5:9 +. +Called of God an high priest after the order of Melchisedec. -- hebrews 5:10 +. +Of whom we have many things to say, and hard to be uttered, seeing ye are dull of hearing. -- hebrews 5:11 +. +For when for the time ye ought to be teachers, ye have need that one teach you again which be the first principles of the oracles of God; and are become such as have need of milk, and not of strong meat. -- hebrews 5:12 +. +For every one that useth milk is unskilful in the word of righteousness: for he is a babe. -- hebrews 5:13 +. +But strong meat belongeth to them that are of full age, even those who by reason of use have their senses exercised to discern both good and evil. -- hebrews 5:14 +. +Therefore leaving the principles of the doctrine of Christ, let us go on unto perfection; not laying again the foundation of repentance from dead works, and of faith toward God, -- hebrews 6:1 +. +Of the doctrine of baptisms, and of laying on of hands, and of resurrection of the dead, and of eternal judgment. -- hebrews 6:2 +. +And this will we do, if God permit. -- hebrews 6:3 +. +For it is impossible for those who were once enlightened, and have tasted of the heavenly gift, and were made partakers of the Holy Ghost, -- hebrews 6:4 +. +And have tasted the good word of God, and the powers of the world to come, -- hebrews 6:5 +. +If they shall fall away, to renew them again unto repentance; seeing they crucify to themselves the Son of God afresh, and put him to an open shame. -- hebrews 6:6 +. +For the earth which drinketh in the rain that cometh oft upon it, and bringeth forth herbs meet for them by whom it is dressed, receiveth blessing from God: -- hebrews 6:7 +. +But that which beareth thorns and briers is rejected, and is nigh unto cursing; whose end is to be burned. -- hebrews 6:8 +. +But, beloved, we are persuaded better things of you, and things that accompany salvation, though we thus speak. -- hebrews 6:9 +. +For God is not unrighteous to forget your work and labour of love, which ye have shewed toward his name, in that ye have ministered to the saints, and do minister. -- hebrews 6:10 +. +And we desire that every one of you do shew the same diligence to the full assurance of hope unto the end: -- hebrews 6:11 +. +That ye be not slothful, but followers of them who through faith and patience inherit the promises. -- hebrews 6:12 +. +For when God made promise to Abraham, because he could swear by no greater, he sware by himself, -- hebrews 6:13 +. +Saying, Surely blessing I will bless thee, and multiplying I will multiply thee. -- hebrews 6:14 +. +And so, after he had patiently endured, he obtained the promise. -- hebrews 6:15 +. +For men verily swear by the greater: and an oath for confirmation is to them an end of all strife. -- hebrews 6:16 +. +Wherein God, willing more abundantly to shew unto the heirs of promise the immutability of his counsel, confirmed it by an oath: -- hebrews 6:17 +. +That by two immutable things, in which it was impossible for God to lie, we might have a strong consolation, who have fled for refuge to lay hold upon the hope set before us: -- hebrews 6:18 +. +Which hope we have as an anchor of the soul, both sure and stedfast, and which entereth into that within the veil; -- hebrews 6:19 +. +Whither the forerunner is for us entered, even Jesus, made an high priest for ever after the order of Melchisedec. -- hebrews 6:20 +. +For this Melchisedec, king of Salem, priest of the most high God, who met Abraham returning from the slaughter of the kings, and blessed him; -- hebrews 7:1 +. +To whom also Abraham gave a tenth part of all; first being by interpretation King of righteousness, and after that also King of Salem, which is, King of peace; -- hebrews 7:2 +. +Without father, without mother, without descent, having neither beginning of days, nor end of life; but made like unto the Son of God; abideth a priest continually. -- hebrews 7:3 +. +Now consider how great this man was, unto whom even the patriarch Abraham gave the tenth of the spoils. -- hebrews 7:4 +. +And verily they that are of the sons of Levi, who receive the office of the priesthood, have a commandment to take tithes of the people according to the law, that is, of their brethren, though they come out of the loins of Abraham: -- hebrews 7:5 +. +But he whose descent is not counted from them received tithes of Abraham, and blessed him that had the promises. -- hebrews 7:6 +. +And without all contradiction the less is blessed of the better. -- hebrews 7:7 +. +And here men that die receive tithes; but there he receiveth them, of whom it is witnessed that he liveth. -- hebrews 7:8 +. +And as I may so say, Levi also, who receiveth tithes, payed tithes in Abraham. -- hebrews 7:9 +. +For he was yet in the loins of his father, when Melchisedec met him. -- hebrews 7:10 +. +If therefore perfection were by the Levitical priesthood, (for under it the people received the law,) what further need was there that another priest should rise after the order of Melchisedec, and not be called after the order of Aaron? -- hebrews 7:11 +. +For the priesthood being changed, there is made of necessity a change also of the law. -- hebrews 7:12 +. +For he of whom these things are spoken pertaineth to another tribe, of which no man gave attendance at the altar. -- hebrews 7:13 +. +For it is evident that our Lord sprang out of Juda; of which tribe Moses spake nothing concerning priesthood. -- hebrews 7:14 +. +And it is yet far more evident: for that after the similitude of Melchisedec there ariseth another priest, -- hebrews 7:15 +. +Who is made, not after the law of a carnal commandment, but after the power of an endless life. -- hebrews 7:16 +. +For he testifieth, Thou art a priest for ever after the order of Melchisedec. -- hebrews 7:17 +. +For there is verily a disannulling of the commandment going before for the weakness and unprofitableness thereof. -- hebrews 7:18 +. +For the law made nothing perfect, but the bringing in of a better hope did; by the which we draw nigh unto God. -- hebrews 7:19 +. +And inasmuch as not without an oath he was made priest: -- hebrews 7:20 +. +(For those priests were made without an oath; but this with an oath by him that said unto him, The Lord sware and will not repent, Thou art a priest for ever after the order of Melchisedec:) -- hebrews 7:21 +. +By so much was Jesus made a surety of a better testament. -- hebrews 7:22 +. +And they truly were many priests, because they were not suffered to continue by reason of death: -- hebrews 7:23 +. +But this man, because he continueth ever, hath an unchangeable priesthood. -- hebrews 7:24 +. +Wherefore he is able also to save them to the uttermost that come unto God by him, seeing he ever liveth to make intercession for them. -- hebrews 7:25 +. +For such an high priest became us, who is holy, harmless, undefiled, separate from sinners, and made higher than the heavens; -- hebrews 7:26 +. +Who needeth not daily, as those high priests, to offer up sacrifice, first for his own sins, and then for the people's: for this he did once, when he offered up himself. -- hebrews 7:27 +. +For the law maketh men high priests which have infirmity; but the word of the oath, which was since the law, maketh the Son, who is consecrated for evermore. -- hebrews 7:28 +. +Now of the things which we have spoken this is the sum: We have such an high priest, who is set on the right hand of the throne of the Majesty in the heavens; -- hebrews 8:1 +. +A minister of the sanctuary, and of the true tabernacle, which the Lord pitched, and not man. -- hebrews 8:2 +. +For every high priest is ordained to offer gifts and sacrifices: wherefore it is of necessity that this man have somewhat also to offer. -- hebrews 8:3 +. +For if he were on earth, he should not be a priest, seeing that there are priests that offer gifts according to the law: -- hebrews 8:4 +. +Who serve unto the example and shadow of heavenly things, as Moses was admonished of God when he was about to make the tabernacle: for, See, saith he, that thou make all things according to the pattern shewed to thee in the mount. -- hebrews 8:5 +. +But now hath he obtained a more excellent ministry, by how much also he is the mediator of a better covenant, which was established upon better promises. -- hebrews 8:6 +. +For if that first covenant had been faultless, then should no place have been sought for the second. -- hebrews 8:7 +. +For finding fault with them, he saith, Behold, the days come, saith the Lord, when I will make a new covenant with the house of Israel and with the house of Judah: -- hebrews 8:8 +. +Not according to the covenant that I made with their fathers in the day when I took them by the hand to lead them out of the land of Egypt; because they continued not in my covenant, and I regarded them not, saith the Lord. -- hebrews 8:9 +. +For this is the covenant that I will make with the house of Israel after those days, saith the Lord; I will put my laws into their mind, and write them in their hearts: and I will be to them a God, and they shall be to me a people: -- hebrews 8:10 +. +And they shall not teach every man his neighbour, and every man his brother, saying, Know the Lord: for all shall know me, from the least to the greatest. -- hebrews 8:11 +. +For I will be merciful to their unrighteousness, and their sins and their iniquities will I remember no more. -- hebrews 8:12 +. +In that he saith, A new covenant, he hath made the first old. Now that which decayeth and waxeth old is ready to vanish away. -- hebrews 8:13 +. +Then verily the first covenant had also ordinances of divine service, and a worldly sanctuary. -- hebrews 9:1 +. +For there was a tabernacle made; the first, wherein was the candlestick, and the table, and the shewbread; which is called the sanctuary. -- hebrews 9:2 +. +And after the second veil, the tabernacle which is called the Holiest of all; -- hebrews 9:3 +. +Which had the golden censer, and the ark of the covenant overlaid round about with gold, wherein was the golden pot that had manna, and Aaron's rod that budded, and the tables of the covenant; -- hebrews 9:4 +. +And over it the cherubims of glory shadowing the mercyseat; of which we cannot now speak particularly. -- hebrews 9:5 +. +Now when these things were thus ordained, the priests went always into the first tabernacle, accomplishing the service of God. -- hebrews 9:6 +. +But into the second went the high priest alone once every year, not without blood, which he offered for himself, and for the errors of the people: -- hebrews 9:7 +. +The Holy Ghost this signifying, that the way into the holiest of all was not yet made manifest, while as the first tabernacle was yet standing: -- hebrews 9:8 +. +Which was a figure for the time then present, in which were offered both gifts and sacrifices, that could not make him that did the service perfect, as pertaining to the conscience; -- hebrews 9:9 +. +Which stood only in meats and drinks, and divers washings, and carnal ordinances, imposed on them until the time of reformation. -- hebrews 9:10 +. +But Christ being come an high priest of good things to come, by a greater and more perfect tabernacle, not made with hands, that is to say, not of this building; -- hebrews 9:11 +. +Neither by the blood of goats and calves, but by his own blood he entered in once into the holy place, having obtained eternal redemption for us. -- hebrews 9:12 +. +For if the blood of bulls and of goats, and the ashes of an heifer sprinkling the unclean, sanctifieth to the purifying of the flesh: -- hebrews 9:13 +. +How much more shall the blood of Christ, who through the eternal Spirit offered himself without spot to God, purge your conscience from dead works to serve the living God? -- hebrews 9:14 +. +And for this cause he is the mediator of the new testament, that by means of death, for the redemption of the transgressions that were under the first testament, they which are called might receive the promise of eternal inheritance. -- hebrews 9:15 +. +For where a testament is, there must also of necessity be the death of the testator. -- hebrews 9:16 +. +For a testament is of force after men are dead: otherwise it is of no strength at all while the testator liveth. -- hebrews 9:17 +. +Whereupon neither the first testament was dedicated without blood. -- hebrews 9:18 +. +For when Moses had spoken every precept to all the people according to the law, he took the blood of calves and of goats, with water, and scarlet wool, and hyssop, and sprinkled both the book, and all the people, -- hebrews 9:19 +. +Saying, This is the blood of the testament which God hath enjoined unto you. -- hebrews 9:20 +. +Moreover he sprinkled with blood both the tabernacle, and all the vessels of the ministry. -- hebrews 9:21 +. +And almost all things are by the law purged with blood; and without shedding of blood is no remission. -- hebrews 9:22 +. +It was therefore necessary that the patterns of things in the heavens should be purified with these; but the heavenly things themselves with better sacrifices than these. -- hebrews 9:23 +. +For Christ is not entered into the holy places made with hands, which are the figures of the true; but into heaven itself, now to appear in the presence of God for us: -- hebrews 9:24 +. +Nor yet that he should offer himself often, as the high priest entereth into the holy place every year with blood of others; -- hebrews 9:25 +. +For then must he often have suffered since the foundation of the world: but now once in the end of the world hath he appeared to put away sin by the sacrifice of himself. -- hebrews 9:26 +. +And as it is appointed unto men once to die, but after this the judgment: -- hebrews 9:27 +. +So Christ was once offered to bear the sins of many; and unto them that look for him shall he appear the second time without sin unto salvation. -- hebrews 9:28 +. +For the law having a shadow of good things to come, and not the very image of the things, can never with those sacrifices which they offered year by year continually make the comers thereunto perfect. -- hebrews 10:1 +. +For then would they not have ceased to be offered? because that the worshippers once purged should have had no more conscience of sins. -- hebrews 10:2 +. +But in those sacrifices there is a remembrance again made of sins every year. -- hebrews 10:3 +. +For it is not possible that the blood of bulls and of goats should take away sins. -- hebrews 10:4 +. +Wherefore when he cometh into the world, he saith, Sacrifice and offering thou wouldest not, but a body hast thou prepared me: -- hebrews 10:5 +. +In burnt offerings and sacrifices for sin thou hast had no pleasure. -- hebrews 10:6 +. +Then said I, Lo, I come (in the volume of the book it is written of me,) to do thy will, O God. -- hebrews 10:7 +. +Above when he said, Sacrifice and offering and burnt offerings and offering for sin thou wouldest not, neither hadst pleasure therein; which are offered by the law; -- hebrews 10:8 +. +Then said he, Lo, I come to do thy will, O God. He taketh away the first, that he may establish the second. -- hebrews 10:9 +. +By the which will we are sanctified through the offering of the body of Jesus Christ once for all. -- hebrews 10:10 +. +And every priest standeth daily ministering and offering oftentimes the same sacrifices, which can never take away sins: -- hebrews 10:11 +. +But this man, after he had offered one sacrifice for sins for ever, sat down on the right hand of God; -- hebrews 10:12 +. +From henceforth expecting till his enemies be made his footstool. -- hebrews 10:13 +. +For by one offering he hath perfected for ever them that are sanctified. -- hebrews 10:14 +. +Whereof the Holy Ghost also is a witness to us: for after that he had said before, -- hebrews 10:15 +. +This is the covenant that I will make with them after those days, saith the Lord, I will put my laws into their hearts, and in their minds will I write them; -- hebrews 10:16 +. +And their sins and iniquities will I remember no more. -- hebrews 10:17 +. +Now where remission of these is, there is no more offering for sin. -- hebrews 10:18 +. +Having therefore, brethren, boldness to enter into the holiest by the blood of Jesus, -- hebrews 10:19 +. +By a new and living way, which he hath consecrated for us, through the veil, that is to say, his flesh; -- hebrews 10:20 +. +And having an high priest over the house of God; -- hebrews 10:21 +. +Let us draw near with a true heart in full assurance of faith, having our hearts sprinkled from an evil conscience, and our bodies washed with pure water. -- hebrews 10:22 +. +Let us hold fast the profession of our faith without wavering; (for he is faithful that promised;) -- hebrews 10:23 +. +And let us consider one another to provoke unto love and to good works: -- hebrews 10:24 +. +Not forsaking the assembling of ourselves together, as the manner of some is; but exhorting one another: and so much the more, as ye see the day approaching. -- hebrews 10:25 +. +For if we sin wilfully after that we have received the knowledge of the truth, there remaineth no more sacrifice for sins, -- hebrews 10:26 +. +But a certain fearful looking for of judgment and fiery indignation, which shall devour the adversaries. -- hebrews 10:27 +. +He that despised Moses' law died without mercy under two or three witnesses: -- hebrews 10:28 +. +Of how much sorer punishment, suppose ye, shall he be thought worthy, who hath trodden under foot the Son of God, and hath counted the blood of the covenant, wherewith he was sanctified, an unholy thing, and hath done despite unto the Spirit of grace? -- hebrews 10:29 +. +For we know him that hath said, Vengeance belongeth unto me, I will recompense, saith the Lord. And again, The Lord shall judge his people. -- hebrews 10:30 +. +It is a fearful thing to fall into the hands of the living God. -- hebrews 10:31 +. +But call to remembrance the former days, in which, after ye were illuminated, ye endured a great fight of afflictions; -- hebrews 10:32 +. +Partly, whilst ye were made a gazingstock both by reproaches and afflictions; and partly, whilst ye became companions of them that were so used. -- hebrews 10:33 +. +For ye had compassion of me in my bonds, and took joyfully the spoiling of your goods, knowing in yourselves that ye have in heaven a better and an enduring substance. -- hebrews 10:34 +. +Cast not away therefore your confidence, which hath great recompence of reward. -- hebrews 10:35 +. +For ye have need of patience, that, after ye have done the will of God, ye might receive the promise. -- hebrews 10:36 +. +For yet a little while, and he that shall come will come, and will not tarry. -- hebrews 10:37 +. +Now the just shall live by faith: but if any man draw back, my soul shall have no pleasure in him. -- hebrews 10:38 +. +But we are not of them who draw back unto perdition; but of them that believe to the saving of the soul. -- hebrews 10:39 +. +Now faith is the substance of things hoped for, the evidence of things not seen. -- hebrews 11:1 +. +For by it the elders obtained a good report. -- hebrews 11:2 +. +Through faith we understand that the worlds were framed by the word of God, so that things which are seen were not made of things which do appear. -- hebrews 11:3 +. +By faith Abel offered unto God a more excellent sacrifice than Cain, by which he obtained witness that he was righteous, God testifying of his gifts: and by it he being dead yet speaketh. -- hebrews 11:4 +. +By faith Enoch was translated that he should not see death; and was not found, because God had translated him: for before his translation he had this testimony, that he pleased God. -- hebrews 11:5 +. +But without faith it is impossible to please him: for he that cometh to God must believe that he is, and that he is a rewarder of them that diligently seek him. -- hebrews 11:6 +. +By faith Noah, being warned of God of things not seen as yet, moved with fear, prepared an ark to the saving of his house; by the which he condemned the world, and became heir of the righteousness which is by faith. -- hebrews 11:7 +. +By faith Abraham, when he was called to go out into a place which he should after receive for an inheritance, obeyed; and he went out, not knowing whither he went. -- hebrews 11:8 +. +By faith he sojourned in the land of promise, as in a strange country, dwelling in tabernacles with Isaac and Jacob, the heirs with him of the same promise: -- hebrews 11:9 +. +For he looked for a city which hath foundations, whose builder and maker is God. -- hebrews 11:10 +. +Through faith also Sara herself received strength to conceive seed, and was delivered of a child when she was past age, because she judged him faithful who had promised. -- hebrews 11:11 +. +Therefore sprang there even of one, and him as good as dead, so many as the stars of the sky in multitude, and as the sand which is by the sea shore innumerable. -- hebrews 11:12 +. +These all died in faith, not having received the promises, but having seen them afar off, and were persuaded of them, and embraced them, and confessed that they were strangers and pilgrims on the earth. -- hebrews 11:13 +. +For they that say such things declare plainly that they seek a country. -- hebrews 11:14 +. +And truly, if they had been mindful of that country from whence they came out, they might have had opportunity to have returned. -- hebrews 11:15 +. +But now they desire a better country, that is, an heavenly: wherefore God is not ashamed to be called their God: for he hath prepared for them a city. -- hebrews 11:16 +. +By faith Abraham, when he was tried, offered up Isaac: and he that had received the promises offered up his only begotten son, -- hebrews 11:17 +. +Of whom it was said, That in Isaac shall thy seed be called: -- hebrews 11:18 +. +Accounting that God was able to raise him up, even from the dead; from whence also he received him in a figure. -- hebrews 11:19 +. +By faith Isaac blessed Jacob and Esau concerning things to come. -- hebrews 11:20 +. +By faith Jacob, when he was a dying, blessed both the sons of Joseph; and worshipped, leaning upon the top of his staff. -- hebrews 11:21 +. +By faith Joseph, when he died, made mention of the departing of the children of Israel; and gave commandment concerning his bones. -- hebrews 11:22 +. +By faith Moses, when he was born, was hid three months of his parents, because they saw he was a proper child; and they were not afraid of the king's commandment. -- hebrews 11:23 +. +By faith Moses, when he was come to years, refused to be called the son of Pharaoh's daughter; -- hebrews 11:24 +. +Choosing rather to suffer affliction with the people of God, than to enjoy the pleasures of sin for a season; -- hebrews 11:25 +. +Esteeming the reproach of Christ greater riches than the treasures in Egypt: for he had respect unto the recompence of the reward. -- hebrews 11:26 +. +By faith he forsook Egypt, not fearing the wrath of the king: for he endured, as seeing him who is invisible. -- hebrews 11:27 +. +Through faith he kept the passover, and the sprinkling of blood, lest he that destroyed the firstborn should touch them. -- hebrews 11:28 +. +By faith they passed through the Red sea as by dry land: which the Egyptians assaying to do were drowned. -- hebrews 11:29 +. +By faith the walls of Jericho fell down, after they were compassed about seven days. -- hebrews 11:30 +. +By faith the harlot Rahab perished not with them that believed not, when she had received the spies with peace. -- hebrews 11:31 +. +And what shall I more say? for the time would fail me to tell of Gedeon, and of Barak, and of Samson, and of Jephthae; of David also, and Samuel, and of the prophets: -- hebrews 11:32 +. +Who through faith subdued kingdoms, wrought righteousness, obtained promises, stopped the mouths of lions. -- hebrews 11:33 +. +Quenched the violence of fire, escaped the edge of the sword, out of weakness were made strong, waxed valiant in fight, turned to flight the armies of the aliens. -- hebrews 11:34 +. +Women received their dead raised to life again: and others were tortured, not accepting deliverance; that they might obtain a better resurrection: -- hebrews 11:35 +. +And others had trial of cruel mockings and scourgings, yea, moreover of bonds and imprisonment: -- hebrews 11:36 +. +They were stoned, they were sawn asunder, were tempted, were slain with the sword: they wandered about in sheepskins and goatskins; being destitute, afflicted, tormented; -- hebrews 11:37 +. +(Of whom the world was not worthy:) they wandered in deserts, and in mountains, and in dens and caves of the earth. -- hebrews 11:38 +. +And these all, having obtained a good report through faith, received not the promise: -- hebrews 11:39 +. +God having provided some better thing for us, that they without us should not be made perfect. -- hebrews 11:40 +. +Wherefore seeing we also are compassed about with so great a cloud of witnesses, let us lay aside every weight, and the sin which doth so easily beset us, and let us run with patience the race that is set before us, -- hebrews 12:1 +. +Looking unto Jesus the author and finisher of our faith; who for the joy that was set before him endured the cross, despising the shame, and is set down at the right hand of the throne of God. -- hebrews 12:2 +. +For consider him that endured such contradiction of sinners against himself, lest ye be wearied and faint in your minds. -- hebrews 12:3 +. +Ye have not yet resisted unto blood, striving against sin. -- hebrews 12:4 +. +And ye have forgotten the exhortation which speaketh unto you as unto children, My son, despise not thou the chastening of the Lord, nor faint when thou art rebuked of him: -- hebrews 12:5 +. +For whom the Lord loveth he chasteneth, and scourgeth every son whom he receiveth. -- hebrews 12:6 +. +If ye endure chastening, God dealeth with you as with sons; for what son is he whom the father chasteneth not? -- hebrews 12:7 +. +But if ye be without chastisement, whereof all are partakers, then are ye bastards, and not sons. -- hebrews 12:8 +. +Furthermore we have had fathers of our flesh which corrected us, and we gave them reverence: shall we not much rather be in subjection unto the Father of spirits, and live? -- hebrews 12:9 +. +For they verily for a few days chastened us after their own pleasure; but he for our profit, that we might be partakers of his holiness. -- hebrews 12:10 +. +Now no chastening for the present seemeth to be joyous, but grievous: nevertheless afterward it yieldeth the peaceable fruit of righteousness unto them which are exercised thereby. -- hebrews 12:11 +. +Wherefore lift up the hands which hang down, and the feeble knees; -- hebrews 12:12 +. +And make straight paths for your feet, lest that which is lame be turned out of the way; but let it rather be healed. -- hebrews 12:13 +. +Follow peace with all men, and holiness, without which no man shall see the Lord: -- hebrews 12:14 +. +Looking diligently lest any man fail of the grace of God; lest any root of bitterness springing up trouble you, and thereby many be defiled; -- hebrews 12:15 +. +Lest there be any fornicator, or profane person, as Esau, who for one morsel of meat sold his birthright. -- hebrews 12:16 +. +For ye know how that afterward, when he would have inherited the blessing, he was rejected: for he found no place of repentance, though he sought it carefully with tears. -- hebrews 12:17 +. +For ye are not come unto the mount that might be touched, and that burned with fire, nor unto blackness, and darkness, and tempest, -- hebrews 12:18 +. +And the sound of a trumpet, and the voice of words; which voice they that heard intreated that the word should not be spoken to them any more: -- hebrews 12:19 +. +(For they could not endure that which was commanded, And if so much as a beast touch the mountain, it shall be stoned, or thrust through with a dart: -- hebrews 12:20 +. +And so terrible was the sight, that Moses said, I exceedingly fear and quake:) -- hebrews 12:21 +. +But ye are come unto mount Sion, and unto the city of the living God, the heavenly Jerusalem, and to an innumerable company of angels, -- hebrews 12:22 +. +To the general assembly and church of the firstborn, which are written in heaven, and to God the Judge of all, and to the spirits of just men made perfect, -- hebrews 12:23 +. +And to Jesus the mediator of the new covenant, and to the blood of sprinkling, that speaketh better things that that of Abel. -- hebrews 12:24 +. +See that ye refuse not him that speaketh. For if they escaped not who refused him that spake on earth, much more shall not we escape, if we turn away from him that speaketh from heaven: -- hebrews 12:25 +. +Whose voice then shook the earth: but now he hath promised, saying, Yet once more I shake not the earth only, but also heaven. -- hebrews 12:26 +. +And this word, Yet once more, signifieth the removing of those things that are shaken, as of things that are made, that those things which cannot be shaken may remain. -- hebrews 12:27 +. +Wherefore we receiving a kingdom which cannot be moved, let us have grace, whereby we may serve God acceptably with reverence and godly fear: -- hebrews 12:28 +. +For our God is a consuming fire. -- hebrews 12:29 +. +Let brotherly love continue. -- hebrews 13:1 +. +Be not forgetful to entertain strangers: for thereby some have entertained angels unawares. -- hebrews 13:2 +. +Remember them that are in bonds, as bound with them; and them which suffer adversity, as being yourselves also in the body. -- hebrews 13:3 +. +Marriage is honourable in all, and the bed undefiled: but whoremongers and adulterers God will judge. -- hebrews 13:4 +. +Let your conversation be without covetousness; and be content with such things as ye have: for he hath said, I will never leave thee, nor forsake thee. -- hebrews 13:5 +. +So that we may boldly say, The Lord is my helper, and I will not fear what man shall do unto me. -- hebrews 13:6 +. +Remember them which have the rule over you, who have spoken unto you the word of God: whose faith follow, considering the end of their conversation. -- hebrews 13:7 +. +Jesus Christ the same yesterday, and to day, and for ever. -- hebrews 13:8 +. +Be not carried about with divers and strange doctrines. For it is a good thing that the heart be established with grace; not with meats, which have not profited them that have been occupied therein. -- hebrews 13:9 +. +We have an altar, whereof they have no right to eat which serve the tabernacle. -- hebrews 13:10 +. +For the bodies of those beasts, whose blood is brought into the sanctuary by the high priest for sin, are burned without the camp. -- hebrews 13:11 +. +Wherefore Jesus also, that he might sanctify the people with his own blood, suffered without the gate. -- hebrews 13:12 +. +Let us go forth therefore unto him without the camp, bearing his reproach. -- hebrews 13:13 +. +For here have we no continuing city, but we seek one to come. -- hebrews 13:14 +. +By him therefore let us offer the sacrifice of praise to God continually, that is, the fruit of our lips giving thanks to his name. -- hebrews 13:15 +. +But to do good and to communicate forget not: for with such sacrifices God is well pleased. -- hebrews 13:16 +. +Obey them that have the rule over you, and submit yourselves: for they watch for your souls, as they that must give account, that they may do it with joy, and not with grief: for that is unprofitable for you. -- hebrews 13:17 +. +Pray for us: for we trust we have a good conscience, in all things willing to live honestly. -- hebrews 13:18 +. +But I beseech you the rather to do this, that I may be restored to you the sooner. -- hebrews 13:19 +. +Now the God of peace, that brought again from the dead our Lord Jesus, that great shepherd of the sheep, through the blood of the everlasting covenant, -- hebrews 13:20 +. +Make you perfect in every good work to do his will, working in you that which is wellpleasing in his sight, through Jesus Christ; to whom be glory for ever and ever. Amen. -- hebrews 13:21 +. +And I beseech you, brethren, suffer the word of exhortation: for I have written a letter unto you in few words. -- hebrews 13:22 +. +Know ye that our brother Timothy is set at liberty; with whom, if he come shortly, I will see you. -- hebrews 13:23 +. +Salute all them that have the rule over you, and all the saints. They of Italy salute you. -- hebrews 13:24 +. +Grace be with you all. Amen. -- hebrews 13:25 +. +James, a servant of God and of the Lord Jesus Christ, to the twelve tribes which are scattered abroad, greeting. -- james 1:1 +. +My brethren, count it all joy when ye fall into divers temptations; -- james 1:2 +. +Knowing this, that the trying of your faith worketh patience. -- james 1:3 +. +But let patience have her perfect work, that ye may be perfect and entire, wanting nothing. -- james 1:4 +. +If any of you lack wisdom, let him ask of God, that giveth to all men liberally, and upbraideth not; and it shall be given him. -- james 1:5 +. +But let him ask in faith, nothing wavering. For he that wavereth is like a wave of the sea driven with the wind and tossed. -- james 1:6 +. +For let not that man think that he shall receive any thing of the Lord. -- james 1:7 +. +A double minded man is unstable in all his ways. -- james 1:8 +. +Let the brother of low degree rejoice in that he is exalted: -- james 1:9 +. +But the rich, in that he is made low: because as the flower of the grass he shall pass away. -- james 1:10 +. +For the sun is no sooner risen with a burning heat, but it withereth the grass, and the flower thereof falleth, and the grace of the fashion of it perisheth: so also shall the rich man fade away in his ways. -- james 1:11 +. +Blessed is the man that endureth temptation: for when he is tried, he shall receive the crown of life, which the Lord hath promised to them that love him. -- james 1:12 +. +Let no man say when he is tempted, I am tempted of God: for God cannot be tempted with evil, neither tempteth he any man: -- james 1:13 +. +But every man is tempted, when he is drawn away of his own lust, and enticed. -- james 1:14 +. +Then when lust hath conceived, it bringeth forth sin: and sin, when it is finished, bringeth forth death. -- james 1:15 +. +Do not err, my beloved brethren. -- james 1:16 +. +Every good gift and every perfect gift is from above, and cometh down from the Father of lights, with whom is no variableness, neither shadow of turning. -- james 1:17 +. +Of his own will begat he us with the word of truth, that we should be a kind of firstfruits of his creatures. -- james 1:18 +. +Wherefore, my beloved brethren, let every man be swift to hear, slow to speak, slow to wrath: -- james 1:19 +. +For the wrath of man worketh not the righteousness of God. -- james 1:20 +. +Wherefore lay apart all filthiness and superfluity of naughtiness, and receive with meekness the engrafted word, which is able to save your souls. -- james 1:21 +. +But be ye doers of the word, and not hearers only, deceiving your own selves. -- james 1:22 +. +For if any be a hearer of the word, and not a doer, he is like unto a man beholding his natural face in a glass: -- james 1:23 +. +For he beholdeth himself, and goeth his way, and straightway forgetteth what manner of man he was. -- james 1:24 +. +But whoso looketh into the perfect law of liberty, and continueth therein, he being not a forgetful hearer, but a doer of the work, this man shall be blessed in his deed. -- james 1:25 +. +If any man among you seem to be religious, and bridleth not his tongue, but deceiveth his own heart, this man's religion is vain. -- james 1:26 +. +Pure religion and undefiled before God and the Father is this, To visit the fatherless and widows in their affliction, and to keep himself unspotted from the world. -- james 1:27 +. +My brethren, have not the faith of our Lord Jesus Christ, the Lord of glory, with respect of persons. -- james 2:1 +. +For if there come unto your assembly a man with a gold ring, in goodly apparel, and there come in also a poor man in vile raiment; -- james 2:2 +. +And ye have respect to him that weareth the gay clothing, and say unto him, Sit thou here in a good place; and say to the poor, Stand thou there, or sit here under my footstool: -- james 2:3 +. +Are ye not then partial in yourselves, and are become judges of evil thoughts? -- james 2:4 +. +Hearken, my beloved brethren, Hath not God chosen the poor of this world rich in faith, and heirs of the kingdom which he hath promised to them that love him? -- james 2:5 +. +But ye have despised the poor. Do not rich men oppress you, and draw you before the judgment seats? -- james 2:6 +. +Do not they blaspheme that worthy name by the which ye are called? -- james 2:7 +. +If ye fulfil the royal law according to the scripture, Thou shalt love thy neighbour as thyself, ye do well: -- james 2:8 +. +But if ye have respect to persons, ye commit sin, and are convinced of the law as transgressors. -- james 2:9 +. +For whosoever shall keep the whole law, and yet offend in one point, he is guilty of all. -- james 2:10 +. +For he that said, Do not commit adultery, said also, Do not kill. Now if thou commit no adultery, yet if thou kill, thou art become a transgressor of the law. -- james 2:11 +. +So speak ye, and so do, as they that shall be judged by the law of liberty. -- james 2:12 +. +For he shall have judgment without mercy, that hath shewed no mercy; and mercy rejoiceth against judgment. -- james 2:13 +. +What doth it profit, my brethren, though a man say he hath faith, and have not works? can faith save him? -- james 2:14 +. +If a brother or sister be naked, and destitute of daily food, -- james 2:15 +. +And one of you say unto them, Depart in peace, be ye warmed and filled; notwithstanding ye give them not those things which are needful to the body; what doth it profit? -- james 2:16 +. +Even so faith, if it hath not works, is dead, being alone. -- james 2:17 +. +Yea, a man may say, Thou hast faith, and I have works: shew me thy faith without thy works, and I will shew thee my faith by my works. -- james 2:18 +. +Thou believest that there is one God; thou doest well: the devils also believe, and tremble. -- james 2:19 +. +But wilt thou know, O vain man, that faith without works is dead? -- james 2:20 +. +Was not Abraham our father justified by works, when he had offered Isaac his son upon the altar? -- james 2:21 +. +Seest thou how faith wrought with his works, and by works was faith made perfect? -- james 2:22 +. +And the scripture was fulfilled which saith, Abraham believed God, and it was imputed unto him for righteousness: and he was called the Friend of God. -- james 2:23 +. +Ye see then how that by works a man is justified, and not by faith only. -- james 2:24 +. +Likewise also was not Rahab the harlot justified by works, when she had received the messengers, and had sent them out another way? -- james 2:25 +. +For as the body without the spirit is dead, so faith without works is dead also. -- james 2:26 +. +My brethren, be not many masters, knowing that we shall receive the greater condemnation. -- james 3:1 +. +For in many things we offend all. If any man offend not in word, the same is a perfect man, and able also to bridle the whole body. -- james 3:2 +. +Behold, we put bits in the horses' mouths, that they may obey us; and we turn about their whole body. -- james 3:3 +. +Behold also the ships, which though they be so great, and are driven of fierce winds, yet are they turned about with a very small helm, whithersoever the governor listeth. -- james 3:4 +. +Even so the tongue is a little member, and boasteth great things. Behold, how great a matter a little fire kindleth! -- james 3:5 +. +And the tongue is a fire, a world of iniquity: so is the tongue among our members, that it defileth the whole body, and setteth on fire the course of nature; and it is set on fire of hell. -- james 3:6 +. +For every kind of beasts, and of birds, and of serpents, and of things in the sea, is tamed, and hath been tamed of mankind: -- james 3:7 +. +But the tongue can no man tame; it is an unruly evil, full of deadly poison. -- james 3:8 +. +Therewith bless we God, even the Father; and therewith curse we men, which are made after the similitude of God. -- james 3:9 +. +Out of the same mouth proceedeth blessing and cursing. My brethren, these things ought not so to be. -- james 3:10 +. +Doth a fountain send forth at the same place sweet water and bitter? -- james 3:11 +. +Can the fig tree, my brethren, bear olive berries? either a vine, figs? so can no fountain both yield salt water and fresh. -- james 3:12 +. +Who is a wise man and endued with knowledge among you? let him shew out of a good conversation his works with meekness of wisdom. -- james 3:13 +. +But if ye have bitter envying and strife in your hearts, glory not, and lie not against the truth. -- james 3:14 +. +This wisdom descendeth not from above, but is earthly, sensual, devilish. -- james 3:15 +. +For where envying and strife is, there is confusion and every evil work. -- james 3:16 +. +But the wisdom that is from above is first pure, then peaceable, gentle, and easy to be intreated, full of mercy and good fruits, without partiality, and without hypocrisy. -- james 3:17 +. +And the fruit of righteousness is sown in peace of them that make peace. -- james 3:18 +. +From whence come wars and fightings among you? come they not hence, even of your lusts that war in your members? -- james 4:1 +. +Ye lust, and have not: ye kill, and desire to have, and cannot obtain: ye fight and war, yet ye have not, because ye ask not. -- james 4:2 +. +Ye ask, and receive not, because ye ask amiss, that ye may consume it upon your lusts. -- james 4:3 +. +Ye adulterers and adulteresses, know ye not that the friendship of the world is enmity with God? whosoever therefore will be a friend of the world is the enemy of God. -- james 4:4 +. +Do ye think that the scripture saith in vain, The spirit that dwelleth in us lusteth to envy? -- james 4:5 +. +But he giveth more grace. Wherefore he saith, God resisteth the proud, but giveth grace unto the humble. -- james 4:6 +. +Submit yourselves therefore to God. Resist the devil, and he will flee from you. -- james 4:7 +. +Draw nigh to God, and he will draw nigh to you. Cleanse your hands, ye sinners; and purify your hearts, ye double minded. -- james 4:8 +. +Be afflicted, and mourn, and weep: let your laughter be turned to mourning, and your joy to heaviness. -- james 4:9 +. +Humble yourselves in the sight of the Lord, and he shall lift you up. -- james 4:10 +. +Speak not evil one of another, brethren. He that speaketh evil of his brother, and judgeth his brother, speaketh evil of the law, and judgeth the law: but if thou judge the law, thou art not a doer of the law, but a judge. -- james 4:11 +. +There is one lawgiver, who is able to save and to destroy: who art thou that judgest another? -- james 4:12 +. +Go to now, ye that say, To day or to morrow we will go into such a city, and continue there a year, and buy and sell, and get gain: -- james 4:13 +. +Whereas ye know not what shall be on the morrow. For what is your life? It is even a vapour, that appeareth for a little time, and then vanisheth away. -- james 4:14 +. +For that ye ought to say, If the Lord will, we shall live, and do this, or that. -- james 4:15 +. +But now ye rejoice in your boastings: all such rejoicing is evil. -- james 4:16 +. +Therefore to him that knoweth to do good, and doeth it not, to him it is sin. -- james 4:17 +. +Go to now, ye rich men, weep and howl for your miseries that shall come upon you. -- james 5:1 +. +Your riches are corrupted, and your garments are motheaten. -- james 5:2 +. +Your gold and silver is cankered; and the rust of them shall be a witness against you, and shall eat your flesh as it were fire. Ye have heaped treasure together for the last days. -- james 5:3 +. +Behold, the hire of the labourers who have reaped down your fields, which is of you kept back by fraud, crieth: and the cries of them which have reaped are entered into the ears of the Lord of sabaoth. -- james 5:4 +. +Ye have lived in pleasure on the earth, and been wanton; ye have nourished your hearts, as in a day of slaughter. -- james 5:5 +. +Ye have condemned and killed the just; and he doth not resist you. -- james 5:6 +. +Be patient therefore, brethren, unto the coming of the Lord. Behold, the husbandman waiteth for the precious fruit of the earth, and hath long patience for it, until he receive the early and latter rain. -- james 5:7 +. +Be ye also patient; stablish your hearts: for the coming of the Lord draweth nigh. -- james 5:8 +. +Grudge not one against another, brethren, lest ye be condemned: behold, the judge standeth before the door. -- james 5:9 +. +Take, my brethren, the prophets, who have spoken in the name of the Lord, for an example of suffering affliction, and of patience. -- james 5:10 +. +Behold, we count them happy which endure. Ye have heard of the patience of Job, and have seen the end of the Lord; that the Lord is very pitiful, and of tender mercy. -- james 5:11 +. +But above all things, my brethren, swear not, neither by heaven, neither by the earth, neither by any other oath: but let your yea be yea; and your nay, nay; lest ye fall into condemnation. -- james 5:12 +. +Is any among you afflicted? let him pray. Is any merry? let him sing psalms. -- james 5:13 +. +Is any sick among you? let him call for the elders of the church; and let them pray over him, anointing him with oil in the name of the Lord: -- james 5:14 +. +And the prayer of faith shall save the sick, and the Lord shall raise him up; and if he have committed sins, they shall be forgiven him. -- james 5:15 +. +Confess your faults one to another, and pray one for another, that ye may be healed. The effectual fervent prayer of a righteous man availeth much. -- james 5:16 +. +Elias was a man subject to like passions as we are, and he prayed earnestly that it might not rain: and it rained not on the earth by the space of three years and six months. -- james 5:17 +. +And he prayed again, and the heaven gave rain, and the earth brought forth her fruit. -- james 5:18 +. +Brethren, if any of you do err from the truth, and one convert him; -- james 5:19 +. +Let him know, that he which converteth the sinner from the error of his way shall save a soul from death, and shall hide a multitude of sins. -- james 5:20 +. +Peter, an apostle of Jesus Christ, to the strangers scattered throughout Pontus, Galatia, Cappadocia, Asia, and Bithynia, -- 1 peter 1:1 +. +Elect according to the foreknowledge of God the Father, through sanctification of the Spirit, unto obedience and sprinkling of the blood of Jesus Christ: Grace unto you, and peace, be multiplied. -- 1 peter 1:2 +. +Blessed be the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, which according to his abundant mercy hath begotten us again unto a lively hope by the resurrection of Jesus Christ from the dead, -- 1 peter 1:3 +. +To an inheritance incorruptible, and undefiled, and that fadeth not away, reserved in heaven for you, -- 1 peter 1:4 +. +Who are kept by the power of God through faith unto salvation ready to be revealed in the last time. -- 1 peter 1:5 +. +Wherein ye greatly rejoice, though now for a season, if need be, ye are in heaviness through manifold temptations: -- 1 peter 1:6 +. +That the trial of your faith, being much more precious than of gold that perisheth, though it be tried with fire, might be found unto praise and honour and glory at the appearing of Jesus Christ: -- 1 peter 1:7 +. +Whom having not seen, ye love; in whom, though now ye see him not, yet believing, ye rejoice with joy unspeakable and full of glory: -- 1 peter 1:8 +. +Receiving the end of your faith, even the salvation of your souls. -- 1 peter 1:9 +. +Of which salvation the prophets have enquired and searched diligently, who prophesied of the grace that should come unto you: -- 1 peter 1:10 +. +Searching what, or what manner of time the Spirit of Christ which was in them did signify, when it testified beforehand the sufferings of Christ, and the glory that should follow. -- 1 peter 1:11 +. +Unto whom it was revealed, that not unto themselves, but unto us they did minister the things, which are now reported unto you by them that have preached the gospel unto you with the Holy Ghost sent down from heaven; which things the angels desire to look into. -- 1 peter 1:12 +. +Wherefore gird up the loins of your mind, be sober, and hope to the end for the grace that is to be brought unto you at the revelation of Jesus Christ; -- 1 peter 1:13 +. +As obedient children, not fashioning yourselves according to the former lusts in your ignorance: -- 1 peter 1:14 +. +But as he which hath called you is holy, so be ye holy in all manner of conversation; -- 1 peter 1:15 +. +Because it is written, Be ye holy; for I am holy. -- 1 peter 1:16 +. +And if ye call on the Father, who without respect of persons judgeth according to every man's work, pass the time of your sojourning here in fear: -- 1 peter 1:17 +. +Forasmuch as ye know that ye were not redeemed with corruptible things, as silver and gold, from your vain conversation received by tradition from your fathers; -- 1 peter 1:18 +. +But with the precious blood of Christ, as of a lamb without blemish and without spot: -- 1 peter 1:19 +. +Who verily was foreordained before the foundation of the world, but was manifest in these last times for you, -- 1 peter 1:20 +. +Who by him do believe in God, that raised him up from the dead, and gave him glory; that your faith and hope might be in God. -- 1 peter 1:21 +. +Seeing ye have purified your souls in obeying the truth through the Spirit unto unfeigned love of the brethren, see that ye love one another with a pure heart fervently: -- 1 peter 1:22 +. +Being born again, not of corruptible seed, but of incorruptible, by the word of God, which liveth and abideth for ever. -- 1 peter 1:23 +. +For all flesh is as grass, and all the glory of man as the flower of grass. The grass withereth, and the flower thereof falleth away: -- 1 peter 1:24 +. +But the word of the Lord endureth for ever. And this is the word which by the gospel is preached unto you. -- 1 peter 1:25 +. +Wherefore laying aside all malice, and all guile, and hypocrisies, and envies, all evil speakings, -- 1 peter 2:1 +. +As newborn babes, desire the sincere milk of the word, that ye may grow thereby: -- 1 peter 2:2 +. +If so be ye have tasted that the Lord is gracious. -- 1 peter 2:3 +. +To whom coming, as unto a living stone, disallowed indeed of men, but chosen of God, and precious, -- 1 peter 2:4 +. +Ye also, as lively stones, are built up a spiritual house, an holy priesthood, to offer up spiritual sacrifices, acceptable to God by Jesus Christ. -- 1 peter 2:5 +. +Wherefore also it is contained in the scripture, Behold, I lay in Sion a chief corner stone, elect, precious: and he that believeth on him shall not be confounded. -- 1 peter 2:6 +. +Unto you therefore which believe he is precious: but unto them which be disobedient, the stone which the builders disallowed, the same is made the head of the corner, -- 1 peter 2:7 +. +And a stone of stumbling, and a rock of offence, even to them which stumble at the word, being disobedient: whereunto also they were appointed. -- 1 peter 2:8 +. +But ye are a chosen generation, a royal priesthood, an holy nation, a peculiar people; that ye should shew forth the praises of him who hath called you out of darkness into his marvellous light; -- 1 peter 2:9 +. +Which in time past were not a people, but are now the people of God: which had not obtained mercy, but now have obtained mercy. -- 1 peter 2:10 +. +Dearly beloved, I beseech you as strangers and pilgrims, abstain from fleshly lusts, which war against the soul; -- 1 peter 2:11 +. +Having your conversation honest among the Gentiles: that, whereas they speak against you as evildoers, they may by your good works, which they shall behold, glorify God in the day of visitation. -- 1 peter 2:12 +. +Submit yourselves to every ordinance of man for the Lord's sake: whether it be to the king, as supreme; -- 1 peter 2:13 +. +Or unto governors, as unto them that are sent by him for the punishment of evildoers, and for the praise of them that do well. -- 1 peter 2:14 +. +For so is the will of God, that with well doing ye may put to silence the ignorance of foolish men: -- 1 peter 2:15 +. +As free, and not using your liberty for a cloke of maliciousness, but as the servants of God. -- 1 peter 2:16 +. +Honour all men. Love the brotherhood. Fear God. Honour the king. -- 1 peter 2:17 +. +Servants, be subject to your masters with all fear; not only to the good and gentle, but also to the froward. -- 1 peter 2:18 +. +For this is thankworthy, if a man for conscience toward God endure grief, suffering wrongfully. -- 1 peter 2:19 +. +For what glory is it, if, when ye be buffeted for your faults, ye shall take it patiently? but if, when ye do well, and suffer for it, ye take it patiently, this is acceptable with God. -- 1 peter 2:20 +. +For even hereunto were ye called: because Christ also suffered for us, leaving us an example, that ye should follow his steps: -- 1 peter 2:21 +. +Who did no sin, neither was guile found in his mouth: -- 1 peter 2:22 +. +Who, when he was reviled, reviled not again; when he suffered, he threatened not; but committed himself to him that judgeth righteously: -- 1 peter 2:23 +. +Who his own self bare our sins in his own body on the tree, that we, being dead to sins, should live unto righteousness: by whose stripes ye were healed. -- 1 peter 2:24 +. +For ye were as sheep going astray; but are now returned unto the Shepherd and Bishop of your souls. -- 1 peter 2:25 +. +Likewise, ye wives, be in subjection to your own husbands; that, if any obey not the word, they also may without the word be won by the conversation of the wives; -- 1 peter 3:1 +. +While they behold your chaste conversation coupled with fear. -- 1 peter 3:2 +. +Whose adorning let it not be that outward adorning of plaiting the hair, and of wearing of gold, or of putting on of apparel; -- 1 peter 3:3 +. +But let it be the hidden man of the heart, in that which is not corruptible, even the ornament of a meek and quiet spirit, which is in the sight of God of great price. -- 1 peter 3:4 +. +For after this manner in the old time the holy women also, who trusted in God, adorned themselves, being in subjection unto their own husbands: -- 1 peter 3:5 +. +Even as Sara obeyed Abraham, calling him lord: whose daughters ye are, as long as ye do well, and are not afraid with any amazement. -- 1 peter 3:6 +. +Likewise, ye husbands, dwell with them according to knowledge, giving honour unto the wife, as unto the weaker vessel, and as being heirs together of the grace of life; that your prayers be not hindered. -- 1 peter 3:7 +. +Finally, be ye all of one mind, having compassion one of another, love as brethren, be pitiful, be courteous: -- 1 peter 3:8 +. +Not rendering evil for evil, or railing for railing: but contrariwise blessing; knowing that ye are thereunto called, that ye should inherit a blessing. -- 1 peter 3:9 +. +For he that will love life, and see good days, let him refrain his tongue from evil, and his lips that they speak no guile: -- 1 peter 3:10 +. +Let him eschew evil, and do good; let him seek peace, and ensue it. -- 1 peter 3:11 +. +For the eyes of the Lord are over the righteous, and his ears are open unto their prayers: but the face of the Lord is against them that do evil. -- 1 peter 3:12 +. +And who is he that will harm you, if ye be followers of that which is good? -- 1 peter 3:13 +. +But and if ye suffer for righteousness' sake, happy are ye: and be not afraid of their terror, neither be troubled; -- 1 peter 3:14 +. +But sanctify the Lord God in your hearts: and be ready always to give an answer to every man that asketh you a reason of the hope that is in you with meekness and fear: -- 1 peter 3:15 +. +Having a good conscience; that, whereas they speak evil of you, as of evildoers, they may be ashamed that falsely accuse your good conversation in Christ. -- 1 peter 3:16 +. +For it is better, if the will of God be so, that ye suffer for well doing, than for evil doing. -- 1 peter 3:17 +. +For Christ also hath once suffered for sins, the just for the unjust, that he might bring us to God, being put to death in the flesh, but quickened by the Spirit: -- 1 peter 3:18 +. +By which also he went and preached unto the spirits in prison; -- 1 peter 3:19 +. +Which sometime were disobedient, when once the longsuffering of God waited in the days of Noah, while the ark was a preparing, wherein few, that is, eight souls were saved by water. -- 1 peter 3:20 +. +The like figure whereunto even baptism doth also now save us (not the putting away of the filth of the flesh, but the answer of a good conscience toward God,) by the resurrection of Jesus Christ: -- 1 peter 3:21 +. +Who is gone into heaven, and is on the right hand of God; angels and authorities and powers being made subject unto him. -- 1 peter 3:22 +. +Forasmuch then as Christ hath suffered for us in the flesh, arm yourselves likewise with the same mind: for he that hath suffered in the flesh hath ceased from sin; -- 1 peter 4:1 +. +That he no longer should live the rest of his time in the flesh to the lusts of men, but to the will of God. -- 1 peter 4:2 +. +For the time past of our life may suffice us to have wrought the will of the Gentiles, when we walked in lasciviousness, lusts, excess of wine, revellings, banquetings, and abominable idolatries: -- 1 peter 4:3 +. +Wherein they think it strange that ye run not with them to the same excess of riot, speaking evil of you: -- 1 peter 4:4 +. +Who shall give account to him that is ready to judge the quick and the dead. -- 1 peter 4:5 +. +For for this cause was the gospel preached also to them that are dead, that they might be judged according to men in the flesh, but live according to God in the spirit. -- 1 peter 4:6 +. +But the end of all things is at hand: be ye therefore sober, and watch unto prayer. -- 1 peter 4:7 +. +And above all things have fervent charity among yourselves: for charity shall cover the multitude of sins. -- 1 peter 4:8 +. +Use hospitality one to another without grudging. -- 1 peter 4:9 +. +As every man hath received the gift, even so minister the same one to another, as good stewards of the manifold grace of God. -- 1 peter 4:10 +. +If any man speak, let him speak as the oracles of God; if any man minister, let him do it as of the ability which God giveth: that God in all things may be glorified through Jesus Christ, to whom be praise and dominion for ever and ever. Amen. -- 1 peter 4:11 +. +Beloved, think it not strange concerning the fiery trial which is to try you, as though some strange thing happened unto you: -- 1 peter 4:12 +. +But rejoice, inasmuch as ye are partakers of Christ's sufferings; that, when his glory shall be revealed, ye may be glad also with exceeding joy. -- 1 peter 4:13 +. +If ye be reproached for the name of Christ, happy are ye; for the spirit of glory and of God resteth upon you: on their part he is evil spoken of, but on your part he is glorified. -- 1 peter 4:14 +. +But let none of you suffer as a murderer, or as a thief, or as an evildoer, or as a busybody in other men's matters. -- 1 peter 4:15 +. +Yet if any man suffer as a Christian, let him not be ashamed; but let him glorify God on this behalf. -- 1 peter 4:16 +. +For the time is come that judgment must begin at the house of God: and if it first begin at us, what shall the end be of them that obey not the gospel of God? -- 1 peter 4:17 +. +And if the righteous scarcely be saved, where shall the ungodly and the sinner appear? -- 1 peter 4:18 +. +Wherefore let them that suffer according to the will of God commit the keeping of their souls to him in well doing, as unto a faithful Creator. -- 1 peter 4:19 +. +The elders which are among you I exhort, who am also an elder, and a witness of the sufferings of Christ, and also a partaker of the glory that shall be revealed: -- 1 peter 5:1 +. +Feed the flock of God which is among you, taking the oversight thereof, not by constraint, but willingly; not for filthy lucre, but of a ready mind; -- 1 peter 5:2 +. +Neither as being lords over God's heritage, but being ensamples to the flock. -- 1 peter 5:3 +. +And when the chief Shepherd shall appear, ye shall receive a crown of glory that fadeth not away. -- 1 peter 5:4 +. +Likewise, ye younger, submit yourselves unto the elder. Yea, all of you be subject one to another, and be clothed with humility: for God resisteth the proud, and giveth grace to the humble. -- 1 peter 5:5 +. +Humble yourselves therefore under the mighty hand of God, that he may exalt you in due time: -- 1 peter 5:6 +. +Casting all your care upon him; for he careth for you. -- 1 peter 5:7 +. +Be sober, be vigilant; because your adversary the devil, as a roaring lion, walketh about, seeking whom he may devour: -- 1 peter 5:8 +. +Whom resist stedfast in the faith, knowing that the same afflictions are accomplished in your brethren that are in the world. -- 1 peter 5:9 +. +But the God of all grace, who hath called us unto his eternal glory by Christ Jesus, after that ye have suffered a while, make you perfect, stablish, strengthen, settle you. -- 1 peter 5:10 +. +To him be glory and dominion for ever and ever. Amen. -- 1 peter 5:11 +. +By Silvanus, a faithful brother unto you, as I suppose, I have written briefly, exhorting, and testifying that this is the true grace of God wherein ye stand. -- 1 peter 5:12 +. +The church that is at Babylon, elected together with you, saluteth you; and so doth Marcus my son. -- 1 peter 5:13 +. +Greet ye one another with a kiss of charity. Peace be with you all that are in Christ Jesus. Amen. -- 1 peter 5:14 +. +Simon Peter, a servant and an apostle of Jesus Christ, to them that have obtained like precious faith with us through the righteousness of God and our Saviour Jesus Christ: -- 2 peter 1:1 +. +Grace and peace be multiplied unto you through the knowledge of God, and of Jesus our Lord, -- 2 peter 1:2 +. +According as his divine power hath given unto us all things that pertain unto life and godliness, through the knowledge of him that hath called us to glory and virtue: -- 2 peter 1:3 +. +Whereby are given unto us exceeding great and precious promises: that by these ye might be partakers of the divine nature, having escaped the corruption that is in the world through lust. -- 2 peter 1:4 +. +And beside this, giving all diligence, add to your faith virtue; and to virtue knowledge; -- 2 peter 1:5 +. +And to knowledge temperance; and to temperance patience; and to patience godliness; -- 2 peter 1:6 +. +And to godliness brotherly kindness; and to brotherly kindness charity. -- 2 peter 1:7 +. +For if these things be in you, and abound, they make you that ye shall neither be barren nor unfruitful in the knowledge of our Lord Jesus Christ. -- 2 peter 1:8 +. +But he that lacketh these things is blind, and cannot see afar off, and hath forgotten that he was purged from his old sins. -- 2 peter 1:9 +. +Wherefore the rather, brethren, give diligence to make your calling and election sure: for if ye do these things, ye shall never fall: -- 2 peter 1:10 +. +For so an entrance shall be ministered unto you abundantly into the everlasting kingdom of our Lord and Saviour Jesus Christ. -- 2 peter 1:11 +. +Wherefore I will not be negligent to put you always in remembrance of these things, though ye know them, and be established in the present truth. -- 2 peter 1:12 +. +Yea, I think it meet, as long as I am in this tabernacle, to stir you up by putting you in remembrance; -- 2 peter 1:13 +. +Knowing that shortly I must put off this my tabernacle, even as our Lord Jesus Christ hath shewed me. -- 2 peter 1:14 +. +Moreover I will endeavour that ye may be able after my decease to have these things always in remembrance. -- 2 peter 1:15 +. +For we have not followed cunningly devised fables, when we made known unto you the power and coming of our Lord Jesus Christ, but were eyewitnesses of his majesty. -- 2 peter 1:16 +. +For he received from God the Father honour and glory, when there came such a voice to him from the excellent glory, This is my beloved Son, in whom I am well pleased. -- 2 peter 1:17 +. +And this voice which came from heaven we heard, when we were with him in the holy mount. -- 2 peter 1:18 +. +We have also a more sure word of prophecy; whereunto ye do well that ye take heed, as unto a light that shineth in a dark place, until the day dawn, and the day star arise in your hearts: -- 2 peter 1:19 +. +Knowing this first, that no prophecy of the scripture is of any private interpretation. -- 2 peter 1:20 +. +For the prophecy came not in old time by the will of man: but holy men of God spake as they were moved by the Holy Ghost. -- 2 peter 1:21 +. +But there were false prophets also among the people, even as there shall be false teachers among you, who privily shall bring in damnable heresies, even denying the Lord that bought them, and bring upon themselves swift destruction. -- 2 peter 2:1 +. +And many shall follow their pernicious ways; by reason of whom the way of truth shall be evil spoken of. -- 2 peter 2:2 +. +And through covetousness shall they with feigned words make merchandise of you: whose judgment now of a long time lingereth not, and their damnation slumbereth not. -- 2 peter 2:3 +. +For if God spared not the angels that sinned, but cast them down to hell, and delivered them into chains of darkness, to be reserved unto judgment; -- 2 peter 2:4 +. +And spared not the old world, but saved Noah the eighth person, a preacher of righteousness, bringing in the flood upon the world of the ungodly; -- 2 peter 2:5 +. +And turning the cities of Sodom and Gomorrha into ashes condemned them with an overthrow, making them an ensample unto those that after should live ungodly; -- 2 peter 2:6 +. +And delivered just Lot, vexed with the filthy conversation of the wicked: -- 2 peter 2:7 +. +(For that righteous man dwelling among them, in seeing and hearing, vexed his righteous soul from day to day with their unlawful deeds;) -- 2 peter 2:8 +. +The Lord knoweth how to deliver the godly out of temptations, and to reserve the unjust unto the day of judgment to be punished: -- 2 peter 2:9 +. +But chiefly them that walk after the flesh in the lust of uncleanness, and despise government. Presumptuous are they, selfwilled, they are not afraid to speak evil of dignities. -- 2 peter 2:10 +. +Whereas angels, which are greater in power and might, bring not railing accusation against them before the Lord. -- 2 peter 2:11 +. +But these, as natural brute beasts, made to be taken and destroyed, speak evil of the things that they understand not; and shall utterly perish in their own corruption; -- 2 peter 2:12 +. +And shall receive the reward of unrighteousness, as they that count it pleasure to riot in the day time. Spots they are and blemishes, sporting themselves with their own deceivings while they feast with you; -- 2 peter 2:13 +. +Having eyes full of adultery, and that cannot cease from sin; beguiling unstable souls: an heart they have exercised with covetous practices; cursed children: -- 2 peter 2:14 +. +Which have forsaken the right way, and are gone astray, following the way of Balaam the son of Bosor, who loved the wages of unrighteousness; -- 2 peter 2:15 +. +But was rebuked for his iniquity: the dumb ass speaking with man's voice forbad the madness of the prophet. -- 2 peter 2:16 +. +These are wells without water, clouds that are carried with a tempest; to whom the mist of darkness is reserved for ever. -- 2 peter 2:17 +. +For when they speak great swelling words of vanity, they allure through the lusts of the flesh, through much wantonness, those that were clean escaped from them who live in error. -- 2 peter 2:18 +. +While they promise them liberty, they themselves are the servants of corruption: for of whom a man is overcome, of the same is he brought in bondage. -- 2 peter 2:19 +. +For if after they have escaped the pollutions of the world through the knowledge of the Lord and Saviour Jesus Christ, they are again entangled therein, and overcome, the latter end is worse with them than the beginning. -- 2 peter 2:20 +. +For it had been better for them not to have known the way of righteousness, than, after they have known it, to turn from the holy commandment delivered unto them. -- 2 peter 2:21 +. +But it is happened unto them according to the true proverb, The dog is turned to his own vomit again; and the sow that was washed to her wallowing in the mire. -- 2 peter 2:22 +. +This second epistle, beloved, I now write unto you; in both which I stir up your pure minds by way of remembrance: -- 2 peter 3:1 +. +That ye may be mindful of the words which were spoken before by the holy prophets, and of the commandment of us the apostles of the Lord and Saviour: -- 2 peter 3:2 +. +Knowing this first, that there shall come in the last days scoffers, walking after their own lusts, -- 2 peter 3:3 +. +And saying, Where is the promise of his coming? for since the fathers fell asleep, all things continue as they were from the beginning of the creation. -- 2 peter 3:4 +. +For this they willingly are ignorant of, that by the word of God the heavens were of old, and the earth standing out of the water and in the water: -- 2 peter 3:5 +. +Whereby the world that then was, being overflowed with water, perished: -- 2 peter 3:6 +. +But the heavens and the earth, which are now, by the same word are kept in store, reserved unto fire against the day of judgment and perdition of ungodly men. -- 2 peter 3:7 +. +But, beloved, be not ignorant of this one thing, that one day is with the Lord as a thousand years, and a thousand years as one day. -- 2 peter 3:8 +. +The Lord is not slack concerning his promise, as some men count slackness; but is longsuffering to us-ward, not willing that any should perish, but that all should come to repentance. -- 2 peter 3:9 +. +But the day of the Lord will come as a thief in the night; in the which the heavens shall pass away with a great noise, and the elements shall melt with fervent heat, the earth also and the works that are therein shall be burned up. -- 2 peter 3:10 +. +Seeing then that all these things shall be dissolved, what manner of persons ought ye to be in all holy conversation and godliness, -- 2 peter 3:11 +. +Looking for and hasting unto the coming of the day of God, wherein the heavens being on fire shall be dissolved, and the elements shall melt with fervent heat? -- 2 peter 3:12 +. +Nevertheless we, according to his promise, look for new heavens and a new earth, wherein dwelleth righteousness. -- 2 peter 3:13 +. +Wherefore, beloved, seeing that ye look for such things, be diligent that ye may be found of him in peace, without spot, and blameless. -- 2 peter 3:14 +. +And account that the longsuffering of our Lord is salvation; even as our beloved brother Paul also according to the wisdom given unto him hath written unto you; -- 2 peter 3:15 +. +As also in all his epistles, speaking in them of these things; in which are some things hard to be understood, which they that are unlearned and unstable wrest, as they do also the other scriptures, unto their own destruction. -- 2 peter 3:16 +. +Ye therefore, beloved, seeing ye know these things before, beware lest ye also, being led away with the error of the wicked, fall from your own stedfastness. -- 2 peter 3:17 +. +But grow in grace, and in the knowledge of our Lord and Saviour Jesus Christ. To him be glory both now and for ever. Amen. -- 2 peter 3:18 +. +That which was from the beginning, which we have heard, which we have seen with our eyes, which we have looked upon, and our hands have handled, of the Word of life; -- 1 john 1:1 +. +(For the life was manifested, and we have seen it, and bear witness, and shew unto you that eternal life, which was with the Father, and was manifested unto us;) -- 1 john 1:2 +. +That which we have seen and heard declare we unto you, that ye also may have fellowship with us: and truly our fellowship is with the Father, and with his Son Jesus Christ. -- 1 john 1:3 +. +And these things write we unto you, that your joy may be full. -- 1 john 1:4 +. +This then is the message which we have heard of him, and declare unto you, that God is light, and in him is no darkness at all. -- 1 john 1:5 +. +If we say that we have fellowship with him, and walk in darkness, we lie, and do not the truth: -- 1 john 1:6 +. +But if we walk in the light, as he is in the light, we have fellowship one with another, and the blood of Jesus Christ his Son cleanseth us from all sin. -- 1 john 1:7 +. +If we say that we have no sin, we deceive ourselves, and the truth is not in us. -- 1 john 1:8 +. +If we confess our sins, he is faithful and just to forgive us our sins, and to cleanse us from all unrighteousness. -- 1 john 1:9 +. +If we say that we have not sinned, we make him a liar, and his word is not in us. -- 1 john 1:10 +. +My little children, these things write I unto you, that ye sin not. And if any man sin, we have an advocate with the Father, Jesus Christ the righteous: -- 1 john 2:1 +. +And he is the propitiation for our sins: and not for our's only, but also for the sins of the whole world. -- 1 john 2:2 +. +And hereby we do know that we know him, if we keep his commandments. -- 1 john 2:3 +. +He that saith, I know him, and keepeth not his commandments, is a liar, and the truth is not in him. -- 1 john 2:4 +. +But whoso keepeth his word, in him verily is the love of God perfected: hereby know we that we are in him. -- 1 john 2:5 +. +He that saith he abideth in him ought himself also so to walk, even as he walked. -- 1 john 2:6 +. +Brethren, I write no new commandment unto you, but an old commandment which ye had from the beginning. The old commandment is the word which ye have heard from the beginning. -- 1 john 2:7 +. +Again, a new commandment I write unto you, which thing is true in him and in you: because the darkness is past, and the true light now shineth. -- 1 john 2:8 +. +He that saith he is in the light, and hateth his brother, is in darkness even until now. -- 1 john 2:9 +. +He that loveth his brother abideth in the light, and there is none occasion of stumbling in him. -- 1 john 2:10 +. +But he that hateth his brother is in darkness, and walketh in darkness, and knoweth not whither he goeth, because that darkness hath blinded his eyes. -- 1 john 2:11 +. +I write unto you, little children, because your sins are forgiven you for his name's sake. -- 1 john 2:12 +. +I write unto you, fathers, because ye have known him that is from the beginning. I write unto you, young men, because ye have overcome the wicked one. I write unto you, little children, because ye have known the Father. -- 1 john 2:13 +. +I have written unto you, fathers, because ye have known him that is from the beginning. I have written unto you, young men, because ye are strong, and the word of God abideth in you, and ye have overcome the wicked one. -- 1 john 2:14 +. +Love not the world, neither the things that are in the world. If any man love the world, the love of the Father is not in him. -- 1 john 2:15 +. +For all that is in the world, the lust of the flesh, and the lust of the eyes, and the pride of life, is not of the Father, but is of the world. -- 1 john 2:16 +. +And the world passeth away, and the lust thereof: but he that doeth the will of God abideth for ever. -- 1 john 2:17 +. +Little children, it is the last time: and as ye have heard that antichrist shall come, even now are there many antichrists; whereby we know that it is the last time. -- 1 john 2:18 +. +They went out from us, but they were not of us; for if they had been of us, they would no doubt have continued with us: but they went out, that they might be made manifest that they were not all of us. -- 1 john 2:19 +. +But ye have an unction from the Holy One, and ye know all things. -- 1 john 2:20 +. +I have not written unto you because ye know not the truth, but because ye know it, and that no lie is of the truth. -- 1 john 2:21 +. +Who is a liar but he that denieth that Jesus is the Christ? He is antichrist, that denieth the Father and the Son. -- 1 john 2:22 +. +Whosoever denieth the Son, the same hath not the Father: he that acknowledgeth the Son hath the Father also. -- 1 john 2:23 +. +Let that therefore abide in you, which ye have heard from the beginning. If that which ye have heard from the beginning shall remain in you, ye also shall continue in the Son, and in the Father. -- 1 john 2:24 +. +And this is the promise that he hath promised us, even eternal life. -- 1 john 2:25 +. +These things have I written unto you concerning them that seduce you. -- 1 john 2:26 +. +But the anointing which ye have received of him abideth in you, and ye need not that any man teach you: but as the same anointing teacheth you of all things, and is truth, and is no lie, and even as it hath taught you, ye shall abide in him. -- 1 john 2:27 +. +And now, little children, abide in him; that, when he shall appear, we may have confidence, and not be ashamed before him at his coming. -- 1 john 2:28 +. +If ye know that he is righteous, ye know that every one that doeth righteousness is born of him. -- 1 john 2:29 +. +Behold, what manner of love the Father hath bestowed upon us, that we should be called the sons of God: therefore the world knoweth us not, because it knew him not. -- 1 john 3:1 +. +Beloved, now are we the sons of God, and it doth not yet appear what we shall be: but we know that, when he shall appear, we shall be like him; for we shall see him as he is. -- 1 john 3:2 +. +And every man that hath this hope in him purifieth himself, even as he is pure. -- 1 john 3:3 +. +Whosoever committeth sin transgresseth also the law: for sin is the transgression of the law. -- 1 john 3:4 +. +And ye know that he was manifested to take away our sins; and in him is no sin. -- 1 john 3:5 +. +Whosoever abideth in him sinneth not: whosoever sinneth hath not seen him, neither known him. -- 1 john 3:6 +. +Little children, let no man deceive you: he that doeth righteousness is righteous, even as he is righteous. -- 1 john 3:7 +. +He that committeth sin is of the devil; for the devil sinneth from the beginning. For this purpose the Son of God was manifested, that he might destroy the works of the devil. -- 1 john 3:8 +. +Whosoever is born of God doth not commit sin; for his seed remaineth in him: and he cannot sin, because he is born of God. -- 1 john 3:9 +. +In this the children of God are manifest, and the children of the devil: whosoever doeth not righteousness is not of God, neither he that loveth not his brother. -- 1 john 3:10 +. +For this is the message that ye heard from the beginning, that we should love one another. -- 1 john 3:11 +. +Not as Cain, who was of that wicked one, and slew his brother. And wherefore slew he him? Because his own works were evil, and his brother's righteous. -- 1 john 3:12 +. +Marvel not, my brethren, if the world hate you. -- 1 john 3:13 +. +We know that we have passed from death unto life, because we love the brethren. He that loveth not his brother abideth in death. -- 1 john 3:14 +. +Whosoever hateth his brother is a murderer: and ye know that no murderer hath eternal life abiding in him. -- 1 john 3:15 +. +Hereby perceive we the love of God, because he laid down his life for us: and we ought to lay down our lives for the brethren. -- 1 john 3:16 +. +But whoso hath this world's good, and seeth his brother have need, and shutteth up his bowels of compassion from him, how dwelleth the love of God in him? -- 1 john 3:17 +. +My little children, let us not love in word, neither in tongue; but in deed and in truth. -- 1 john 3:18 +. +And hereby we know that we are of the truth, and shall assure our hearts before him. -- 1 john 3:19 +. +For if our heart condemn us, God is greater than our heart, and knoweth all things. -- 1 john 3:20 +. +Beloved, if our heart condemn us not, then have we confidence toward God. -- 1 john 3:21 +. +And whatsoever we ask, we receive of him, because we keep his commandments, and do those things that are pleasing in his sight. -- 1 john 3:22 +. +And this is his commandment, That we should believe on the name of his Son Jesus Christ, and love one another, as he gave us commandment. -- 1 john 3:23 +. +And he that keepeth his commandments dwelleth in him, and he in him. And hereby we know that he abideth in us, by the Spirit which he hath given us. -- 1 john 3:24 +. +Beloved, believe not every spirit, but try the spirits whether they are of God: because many false prophets are gone out into the world. -- 1 john 4:1 +. +Hereby know ye the Spirit of God: Every spirit that confesseth that Jesus Christ is come in the flesh is of God: -- 1 john 4:2 +. +And every spirit that confesseth not that Jesus Christ is come in the flesh is not of God: and this is that spirit of antichrist, whereof ye have heard that it should come; and even now already is it in the world. -- 1 john 4:3 +. +Ye are of God, little children, and have overcome them: because greater is he that is in you, than he that is in the world. -- 1 john 4:4 +. +They are of the world: therefore speak they of the world, and the world heareth them. -- 1 john 4:5 +. +We are of God: he that knoweth God heareth us; he that is not of God heareth not us. Hereby know we the spirit of truth, and the spirit of error. -- 1 john 4:6 +. +Beloved, let us love one another: for love is of God; and every one that loveth is born of God, and knoweth God. -- 1 john 4:7 +. +He that loveth not knoweth not God; for God is love. -- 1 john 4:8 +. +In this was manifested the love of God toward us, because that God sent his only begotten Son into the world, that we might live through him. -- 1 john 4:9 +. +Herein is love, not that we loved God, but that he loved us, and sent his Son to be the propitiation for our sins. -- 1 john 4:10 +. +Beloved, if God so loved us, we ought also to love one another. -- 1 john 4:11 +. +No man hath seen God at any time. If we love one another, God dwelleth in us, and his love is perfected in us. -- 1 john 4:12 +. +Hereby know we that we dwell in him, and he in us, because he hath given us of his Spirit. -- 1 john 4:13 +. +And we have seen and do testify that the Father sent the Son to be the Saviour of the world. -- 1 john 4:14 +. +Whosoever shall confess that Jesus is the Son of God, God dwelleth in him, and he in God. -- 1 john 4:15 +. +And we have known and believed the love that God hath to us. God is love; and he that dwelleth in love dwelleth in God, and God in him. -- 1 john 4:16 +. +Herein is our love made perfect, that we may have boldness in the day of judgment: because as he is, so are we in this world. -- 1 john 4:17 +. +There is no fear in love; but perfect love casteth out fear: because fear hath torment. He that feareth is not made perfect in love. -- 1 john 4:18 +. +We love him, because he first loved us. -- 1 john 4:19 +. +If a man say, I love God, and hateth his brother, he is a liar: for he that loveth not his brother whom he hath seen, how can he love God whom he hath not seen? -- 1 john 4:20 +. +And this commandment have we from him, That he who loveth God love his brother also. -- 1 john 4:21 +. +Whosoever believeth that Jesus is the Christ is born of God: and every one that loveth him that begat loveth him also that is begotten of him. -- 1 john 5:1 +. +By this we know that we love the children of God, when we love God, and keep his commandments. -- 1 john 5:2 +. +For this is the love of God, that we keep his commandments: and his commandments are not grievous. -- 1 john 5:3 +. +For whatsoever is born of God overcometh the world: and this is the victory that overcometh the world, even our faith. -- 1 john 5:4 +. +Who is he that overcometh the world, but he that believeth that Jesus is the Son of God? -- 1 john 5:5 +. +This is he that came by water and blood, even Jesus Christ; not by water only, but by water and blood. And it is the Spirit that beareth witness, because the Spirit is truth. -- 1 john 5:6 +. +For there are three that bear record in heaven, the Father, the Word, and the Holy Ghost: and these three are one. -- 1 john 5:7 +. +And there are three that bear witness in earth, the Spirit, and the water, and the blood: and these three agree in one. -- 1 john 5:8 +. +If we receive the witness of men, the witness of God is greater: for this is the witness of God which he hath testified of his Son. -- 1 john 5:9 +. +He that believeth on the Son of God hath the witness in himself: he that believeth not God hath made him a liar; because he believeth not the record that God gave of his Son. -- 1 john 5:10 +. +And this is the record, that God hath given to us eternal life, and this life is in his Son. -- 1 john 5:11 +. +He that hath the Son hath life; and he that hath not the Son of God hath not life. -- 1 john 5:12 +. +These things have I written unto you that believe on the name of the Son of God; that ye may know that ye have eternal life, and that ye may believe on the name of the Son of God. -- 1 john 5:13 +. +And this is the confidence that we have in him, that, if we ask any thing according to his will, he heareth us: -- 1 john 5:14 +. +And if we know that he hear us, whatsoever we ask, we know that we have the petitions that we desired of him. -- 1 john 5:15 +. +If any man see his brother sin a sin which is not unto death, he shall ask, and he shall give him life for them that sin not unto death. There is a sin unto death: I do not say that he shall pray for it. -- 1 john 5:16 +. +All unrighteousness is sin: and there is a sin not unto death. -- 1 john 5:17 +. +We know that whosoever is born of God sinneth not; but he that is begotten of God keepeth himself, and that wicked one toucheth him not. -- 1 john 5:18 +. +And we know that we are of God, and the whole world lieth in wickedness. -- 1 john 5:19 +. +And we know that the Son of God is come, and hath given us an understanding, that we may know him that is true, and we are in him that is true, even in his Son Jesus Christ. This is the true God, and eternal life. -- 1 john 5:20 +. +Little children, keep yourselves from idols. Amen. -- 1 john 5:21 +. +The elder unto the elect lady and her children, whom I love in the truth; and not I only, but also all they that have known the truth; -- 2 john 1:1 +. +For the truth's sake, which dwelleth in us, and shall be with us for ever. -- 2 john 1:2 +. +Grace be with you, mercy, and peace, from God the Father, and from the Lord Jesus Christ, the Son of the Father, in truth and love. -- 2 john 1:3 +. +I rejoiced greatly that I found of thy children walking in truth, as we have received a commandment from the Father. -- 2 john 1:4 +. +And now I beseech thee, lady, not as though I wrote a new commandment unto thee, but that which we had from the beginning, that we love one another. -- 2 john 1:5 +. +And this is love, that we walk after his commandments. This is the commandment, That, as ye have heard from the beginning, ye should walk in it. -- 2 john 1:6 +. +For many deceivers are entered into the world, who confess not that Jesus Christ is come in the flesh. This is a deceiver and an antichrist. -- 2 john 1:7 +. +Look to yourselves, that we lose not those things which we have wrought, but that we receive a full reward. -- 2 john 1:8 +. +Whosoever transgresseth, and abideth not in the doctrine of Christ, hath not God. He that abideth in the doctrine of Christ, he hath both the Father and the Son. -- 2 john 1:9 +. +If there come any unto you, and bring not this doctrine, receive him not into your house, neither bid him God speed: -- 2 john 1:10 +. +For he that biddeth him God speed is partaker of his evil deeds. -- 2 john 1:11 +. +Having many things to write unto you, I would not write with paper and ink: but I trust to come unto you, and speak face to face, that our joy may be full. -- 2 john 1:12 +. +The children of thy elect sister greet thee. Amen. -- 2 john 1:13 +. +The elder unto the wellbeloved Gaius, whom I love in the truth. -- 3 john 1:1 +. +Beloved, I wish above all things that thou mayest prosper and be in health, even as thy soul prospereth. -- 3 john 1:2 +. +For I rejoiced greatly, when the brethren came and testified of the truth that is in thee, even as thou walkest in the truth. -- 3 john 1:3 +. +I have no greater joy than to hear that my children walk in truth. -- 3 john 1:4 +. +Beloved, thou doest faithfully whatsoever thou doest to the brethren, and to strangers; -- 3 john 1:5 +. +Which have borne witness of thy charity before the church: whom if thou bring forward on their journey after a godly sort, thou shalt do well: -- 3 john 1:6 +. +Because that for his name's sake they went forth, taking nothing of the Gentiles. -- 3 john 1:7 +. +We therefore ought to receive such, that we might be fellowhelpers to the truth. -- 3 john 1:8 +. +I wrote unto the church: but Diotrephes, who loveth to have the preeminence among them, receiveth us not. -- 3 john 1:9 +. +Wherefore, if I come, I will remember his deeds which he doeth, prating against us with malicious words: and not content therewith, neither doth he himself receive the brethren, and forbiddeth them that would, and casteth them out of the church. -- 3 john 1:10 +. +Beloved, follow not that which is evil, but that which is good. He that doeth good is of God: but he that doeth evil hath not seen God. -- 3 john 1:11 +. +Demetrius hath good report of all men, and of the truth itself: yea, and we also bear record; and ye know that our record is true. -- 3 john 1:12 +. +I had many things to write, but I will not with ink and pen write unto thee: -- 3 john 1:13 +. +But I trust I shall shortly see thee, and we shall speak face to face. Peace be to thee. Our friends salute thee. Greet the friends by name. -- 3 john 1:14 +. +Jude, the servant of Jesus Christ, and brother of James, to them that are sanctified by God the Father, and preserved in Jesus Christ, and called: -- jude 1:1 +. +Mercy unto you, and peace, and love, be multiplied. -- jude 1:2 +. +Beloved, when I gave all diligence to write unto you of the common salvation, it was needful for me to write unto you, and exhort you that ye should earnestly contend for the faith which was once delivered unto the saints. -- jude 1:3 +. +For there are certain men crept in unawares, who were before of old ordained to this condemnation, ungodly men, turning the grace of our God into lasciviousness, and denying the only Lord God, and our Lord Jesus Christ. -- jude 1:4 +. +I will therefore put you in remembrance, though ye once knew this, how that the Lord, having saved the people out of the land of Egypt, afterward destroyed them that believed not. -- jude 1:5 +. +And the angels which kept not their first estate, but left their own habitation, he hath reserved in everlasting chains under darkness unto the judgment of the great day. -- jude 1:6 +. +Even as Sodom and Gomorrha, and the cities about them in like manner, giving themselves over to fornication, and going after strange flesh, are set forth for an example, suffering the vengeance of eternal fire. -- jude 1:7 +. +Likewise also these filthy dreamers defile the flesh, despise dominion, and speak evil of dignities. -- jude 1:8 +. +Yet Michael the archangel, when contending with the devil he disputed about the body of Moses, durst not bring against him a railing accusation, but said, The Lord rebuke thee. -- jude 1:9 +. +But these speak evil of those things which they know not: but what they know naturally, as brute beasts, in those things they corrupt themselves. -- jude 1:10 +. +Woe unto them! for they have gone in the way of Cain, and ran greedily after the error of Balaam for reward, and perished in the gainsaying of Core. -- jude 1:11 +. +These are spots in your feasts of charity, when they feast with you, feeding themselves without fear: clouds they are without water, carried about of winds; trees whose fruit withereth, without fruit, twice dead, plucked up by the roots; -- jude 1:12 +. +Raging waves of the sea, foaming out their own shame; wandering stars, to whom is reserved the blackness of darkness for ever. -- jude 1:13 +. +And Enoch also, the seventh from Adam, prophesied of these, saying, Behold, the Lord cometh with ten thousands of his saints, -- jude 1:14 +. +To execute judgment upon all, and to convince all that are ungodly among them of all their ungodly deeds which they have ungodly committed, and of all their hard speeches which ungodly sinners have spoken against him. -- jude 1:15 +. +These are murmurers, complainers, walking after their own lusts; and their mouth speaketh great swelling words, having men's persons in admiration because of advantage. -- jude 1:16 +. +But, beloved, remember ye the words which were spoken before of the apostles of our Lord Jesus Christ; -- jude 1:17 +. +How that they told you there should be mockers in the last time, who should walk after their own ungodly lusts. -- jude 1:18 +. +These be they who separate themselves, sensual, having not the Spirit. -- jude 1:19 +. +But ye, beloved, building up yourselves on your most holy faith, praying in the Holy Ghost, -- jude 1:20 +. +Keep yourselves in the love of God, looking for the mercy of our Lord Jesus Christ unto eternal life. -- jude 1:21 +. +And of some have compassion, making a difference: -- jude 1:22 +. +And others save with fear, pulling them out of the fire; hating even the garment spotted by the flesh. -- jude 1:23 +. +Now unto him that is able to keep you from falling, and to present you faultless before the presence of his glory with exceeding joy, -- jude 1:24 +. +To the only wise God our Saviour, be glory and majesty, dominion and power, both now and ever. Amen. -- jude 1:25 +. +The Revelation of Jesus Christ, which God gave unto him, to shew unto his servants things which must shortly come to pass; and he sent and signified it by his angel unto his servant John: -- revelation 1:1 +. +Who bare record of the word of God, and of the testimony of Jesus Christ, and of all things that he saw. -- revelation 1:2 +. +Blessed is he that readeth, and they that hear the words of this prophecy, and keep those things which are written therein: for the time is at hand. -- revelation 1:3 +. +John to the seven churches which are in Asia: Grace be unto you, and peace, from him which is, and which was, and which is to come; and from the seven Spirits which are before his throne; -- revelation 1:4 +. +And from Jesus Christ, who is the faithful witness, and the first begotten of the dead, and the prince of the kings of the earth. Unto him that loved us, and washed us from our sins in his own blood, -- revelation 1:5 +. +And hath made us kings and priests unto God and his Father; to him be glory and dominion for ever and ever. Amen. -- revelation 1:6 +. +Behold, he cometh with clouds; and every eye shall see him, and they also which pierced him: and all kindreds of the earth shall wail because of him. Even so, Amen. -- revelation 1:7 +. +I am Alpha and Omega, the beginning and the ending, saith the Lord, which is, and which was, and which is to come, the Almighty. -- revelation 1:8 +. +I John, who also am your brother, and companion in tribulation, and in the kingdom and patience of Jesus Christ, was in the isle that is called Patmos, for the word of God, and for the testimony of Jesus Christ. -- revelation 1:9 +. +I was in the Spirit on the Lord's day, and heard behind me a great voice, as of a trumpet, -- revelation 1:10 +. +Saying, I am Alpha and Omega, the first and the last: and, What thou seest, write in a book, and send it unto the seven churches which are in Asia; unto Ephesus, and unto Smyrna, and unto Pergamos, and unto Thyatira, and unto Sardis, and unto Philadelphia, and unto Laodicea. -- revelation 1:11 +. +And I turned to see the voice that spake with me. And being turned, I saw seven golden candlesticks; -- revelation 1:12 +. +And in the midst of the seven candlesticks one like unto the Son of man, clothed with a garment down to the foot, and girt about the paps with a golden girdle. -- revelation 1:13 +. +His head and his hairs were white like wool, as white as snow; and his eyes were as a flame of fire; -- revelation 1:14 +. +And his feet like unto fine brass, as if they burned in a furnace; and his voice as the sound of many waters. -- revelation 1:15 +. +And he had in his right hand seven stars: and out of his mouth went a sharp twoedged sword: and his countenance was as the sun shineth in his strength. -- revelation 1:16 +. +And when I saw him, I fell at his feet as dead. And he laid his right hand upon me, saying unto me, Fear not; I am the first and the last: -- revelation 1:17 +. +I am he that liveth, and was dead; and, behold, I am alive for evermore, Amen; and have the keys of hell and of death. -- revelation 1:18 +. +Write the things which thou hast seen, and the things which are, and the things which shall be hereafter; -- revelation 1:19 +. +The mystery of the seven stars which thou sawest in my right hand, and the seven golden candlesticks. The seven stars are the angels of the seven churches: and the seven candlesticks which thou sawest are the seven churches. -- revelation 1:20 +. +Unto the angel of the church of Ephesus write; These things saith he that holdeth the seven stars in his right hand, who walketh in the midst of the seven golden candlesticks; -- revelation 2:1 +. +I know thy works, and thy labour, and thy patience, and how thou canst not bear them which are evil: and thou hast tried them which say they are apostles, and are not, and hast found them liars: -- revelation 2:2 +. +And hast borne, and hast patience, and for my name's sake hast laboured, and hast not fainted. -- revelation 2:3 +. +Nevertheless I have somewhat against thee, because thou hast left thy first love. -- revelation 2:4 +. +Remember therefore from whence thou art fallen, and repent, and do the first works; or else I will come unto thee quickly, and will remove thy candlestick out of his place, except thou repent. -- revelation 2:5 +. +But this thou hast, that thou hatest the deeds of the Nicolaitanes, which I also hate. -- revelation 2:6 +. +He that hath an ear, let him hear what the Spirit saith unto the churches; To him that overcometh will I give to eat of the tree of life, which is in the midst of the paradise of God. -- revelation 2:7 +. +And unto the angel of the church in Smyrna write; These things saith the first and the last, which was dead, and is alive; -- revelation 2:8 +. +I know thy works, and tribulation, and poverty, (but thou art rich) and I know the blasphemy of them which say they are Jews, and are not, but are the synagogue of Satan. -- revelation 2:9 +. +Fear none of those things which thou shalt suffer: behold, the devil shall cast some of you into prison, that ye may be tried; and ye shall have tribulation ten days: be thou faithful unto death, and I will give thee a crown of life. -- revelation 2:10 +. +He that hath an ear, let him hear what the Spirit saith unto the churches; He that overcometh shall not be hurt of the second death. -- revelation 2:11 +. +And to the angel of the church in Pergamos write; These things saith he which hath the sharp sword with two edges; -- revelation 2:12 +. +I know thy works, and where thou dwellest, even where Satan's seat is: and thou holdest fast my name, and hast not denied my faith, even in those days wherein Antipas was my faithful martyr, who was slain among you, where Satan dwelleth. -- revelation 2:13 +. +But I have a few things against thee, because thou hast there them that hold the doctrine of Balaam, who taught Balac to cast a stumblingblock before the children of Israel, to eat things sacrificed unto idols, and to commit fornication. -- revelation 2:14 +. +So hast thou also them that hold the doctrine of the Nicolaitanes, which thing I hate. -- revelation 2:15 +. +Repent; or else I will come unto thee quickly, and will fight against them with the sword of my mouth. -- revelation 2:16 +. +He that hath an ear, let him hear what the Spirit saith unto the churches; To him that overcometh will I give to eat of the hidden manna, and will give him a white stone, and in the stone a new name written, which no man knoweth saving he that receiveth it. -- revelation 2:17 +. +And unto the angel of the church in Thyatira write; These things saith the Son of God, who hath his eyes like unto a flame of fire, and his feet are like fine brass; -- revelation 2:18 +. +I know thy works, and charity, and service, and faith, and thy patience, and thy works; and the last to be more than the first. -- revelation 2:19 +. +Notwithstanding I have a few things against thee, because thou sufferest that woman Jezebel, which calleth herself a prophetess, to teach and to seduce my servants to commit fornication, and to eat things sacrificed unto idols. -- revelation 2:20 +. +And I gave her space to repent of her fornication; and she repented not. -- revelation 2:21 +. +Behold, I will cast her into a bed, and them that commit adultery with her into great tribulation, except they repent of their deeds. -- revelation 2:22 +. +And I will kill her children with death; and all the churches shall know that I am he which searcheth the reins and hearts: and I will give unto every one of you according to your works. -- revelation 2:23 +. +But unto you I say, and unto the rest in Thyatira, as many as have not this doctrine, and which have not known the depths of Satan, as they speak; I will put upon you none other burden. -- revelation 2:24 +. +But that which ye have already hold fast till I come. -- revelation 2:25 +. +And he that overcometh, and keepeth my works unto the end, to him will I give power over the nations: -- revelation 2:26 +. +And he shall rule them with a rod of iron; as the vessels of a potter shall they be broken to shivers: even as I received of my Father. -- revelation 2:27 +. +And I will give him the morning star. -- revelation 2:28 +. +He that hath an ear, let him hear what the Spirit saith unto the churches. -- revelation 2:29 +. +And unto the angel of the church in Sardis write; These things saith he that hath the seven Spirits of God, and the seven stars; I know thy works, that thou hast a name that thou livest, and art dead. -- revelation 3:1 +. +Be watchful, and strengthen the things which remain, that are ready to die: for I have not found thy works perfect before God. -- revelation 3:2 +. +Remember therefore how thou hast received and heard, and hold fast, and repent. If therefore thou shalt not watch, I will come on thee as a thief, and thou shalt not know what hour I will come upon thee. -- revelation 3:3 +. +Thou hast a few names even in Sardis which have not defiled their garments; and they shall walk with me in white: for they are worthy. -- revelation 3:4 +. +He that overcometh, the same shall be clothed in white raiment; and I will not blot out his name out of the book of life, but I will confess his name before my Father, and before his angels. -- revelation 3:5 +. +He that hath an ear, let him hear what the Spirit saith unto the churches. -- revelation 3:6 +. +And to the angel of the church in Philadelphia write; These things saith he that is holy, he that is true, he that hath the key of David, he that openeth, and no man shutteth; and shutteth, and no man openeth; -- revelation 3:7 +. +I know thy works: behold, I have set before thee an open door, and no man can shut it: for thou hast a little strength, and hast kept my word, and hast not denied my name. -- revelation 3:8 +. +Behold, I will make them of the synagogue of Satan, which say they are Jews, and are not, but do lie; behold, I will make them to come and worship before thy feet, and to know that I have loved thee. -- revelation 3:9 +. +Because thou hast kept the word of my patience, I also will keep thee from the hour of temptation, which shall come upon all the world, to try them that dwell upon the earth. -- revelation 3:10 +. +Behold, I come quickly: hold that fast which thou hast, that no man take thy crown. -- revelation 3:11 +. +Him that overcometh will I make a pillar in the temple of my God, and he shall go no more out: and I will write upon him the name of my God, and the name of the city of my God, which is new Jerusalem, which cometh down out of heaven from my God: and I will write upon him my new name. -- revelation 3:12 +. +He that hath an ear, let him hear what the Spirit saith unto the churches. -- revelation 3:13 +. +And unto the angel of the church of the Laodiceans write; These things saith the Amen, the faithful and true witness, the beginning of the creation of God; -- revelation 3:14 +. +I know thy works, that thou art neither cold nor hot: I would thou wert cold or hot. -- revelation 3:15 +. +So then because thou art lukewarm, and neither cold nor hot, I will spue thee out of my mouth. -- revelation 3:16 +. +Because thou sayest, I am rich, and increased with goods, and have need of nothing; and knowest not that thou art wretched, and miserable, and poor, and blind, and naked: -- revelation 3:17 +. +I counsel thee to buy of me gold tried in the fire, that thou mayest be rich; and white raiment, that thou mayest be clothed, and that the shame of thy nakedness do not appear; and anoint thine eyes with eyesalve, that thou mayest see. -- revelation 3:18 +. +As many as I love, I rebuke and chasten: be zealous therefore, and repent. -- revelation 3:19 +. +Behold, I stand at the door, and knock: if any man hear my voice, and open the door, I will come in to him, and will sup with him, and he with me. -- revelation 3:20 +. +To him that overcometh will I grant to sit with me in my throne, even as I also overcame, and am set down with my Father in his throne. -- revelation 3:21 +. +He that hath an ear, let him hear what the Spirit saith unto the churches. -- revelation 3:22 +. +After this I looked, and, behold, a door was opened in heaven: and the first voice which I heard was as it were of a trumpet talking with me; which said, Come up hither, and I will shew thee things which must be hereafter. -- revelation 4:1 +. +And immediately I was in the spirit: and, behold, a throne was set in heaven, and one sat on the throne. -- revelation 4:2 +. +And he that sat was to look upon like a jasper and a sardine stone: and there was a rainbow round about the throne, in sight like unto an emerald. -- revelation 4:3 +. +And round about the throne were four and twenty seats: and upon the seats I saw four and twenty elders sitting, clothed in white raiment; and they had on their heads crowns of gold. -- revelation 4:4 +. +And out of the throne proceeded lightnings and thunderings and voices: and there were seven lamps of fire burning before the throne, which are the seven Spirits of God. -- revelation 4:5 +. +And before the throne there was a sea of glass like unto crystal: and in the midst of the throne, and round about the throne, were four beasts full of eyes before and behind. -- revelation 4:6 +. +And the first beast was like a lion, and the second beast like a calf, and the third beast had a face as a man, and the fourth beast was like a flying eagle. -- revelation 4:7 +. +And the four beasts had each of them six wings about him; and they were full of eyes within: and they rest not day and night, saying, Holy, holy, holy, LORD God Almighty, which was, and is, and is to come. -- revelation 4:8 +. +And when those beasts give glory and honour and thanks to him that sat on the throne, who liveth for ever and ever, -- revelation 4:9 +. +The four and twenty elders fall down before him that sat on the throne, and worship him that liveth for ever and ever, and cast their crowns before the throne, saying, -- revelation 4:10 +. +Thou art worthy, O Lord, to receive glory and honour and power: for thou hast created all things, and for thy pleasure they are and were created. -- revelation 4:11 +. +And I saw in the right hand of him that sat on the throne a book written within and on the backside, sealed with seven seals. -- revelation 5:1 +. +And I saw a strong angel proclaiming with a loud voice, Who is worthy to open the book, and to loose the seals thereof? -- revelation 5:2 +. +And no man in heaven, nor in earth, neither under the earth, was able to open the book, neither to look thereon. -- revelation 5:3 +. +And I wept much, because no man was found worthy to open and to read the book, neither to look thereon. -- revelation 5:4 +. +And one of the elders saith unto me, Weep not: behold, the Lion of the tribe of Juda, the Root of David, hath prevailed to open the book, and to loose the seven seals thereof. -- revelation 5:5 +. +And I beheld, and, lo, in the midst of the throne and of the four beasts, and in the midst of the elders, stood a Lamb as it had been slain, having seven horns and seven eyes, which are the seven Spirits of God sent forth into all the earth. -- revelation 5:6 +. +And he came and took the book out of the right hand of him that sat upon the throne. -- revelation 5:7 +. +And when he had taken the book, the four beasts and four and twenty elders fell down before the Lamb, having every one of them harps, and golden vials full of odours, which are the prayers of saints. -- revelation 5:8 +. +And they sung a new song, saying, Thou art worthy to take the book, and to open the seals thereof: for thou wast slain, and hast redeemed us to God by thy blood out of every kindred, and tongue, and people, and nation; -- revelation 5:9 +. +And hast made us unto our God kings and priests: and we shall reign on the earth. -- revelation 5:10 +. +And I beheld, and I heard the voice of many angels round about the throne and the beasts and the elders: and the number of them was ten thousand times ten thousand, and thousands of thousands; -- revelation 5:11 +. +Saying with a loud voice, Worthy is the Lamb that was slain to receive power, and riches, and wisdom, and strength, and honour, and glory, and blessing. -- revelation 5:12 +. +And every creature which is in heaven, and on the earth, and under the earth, and such as are in the sea, and all that are in them, heard I saying, Blessing, and honour, and glory, and power, be unto him that sitteth upon the throne, and unto the Lamb for ever and ever. -- revelation 5:13 +. +And the four beasts said, Amen. And the four and twenty elders fell down and worshipped him that liveth for ever and ever. -- revelation 5:14 +. +And I saw when the Lamb opened one of the seals, and I heard, as it were the noise of thunder, one of the four beasts saying, Come and see. -- revelation 6:1 +. +And I saw, and behold a white horse: and he that sat on him had a bow; and a crown was given unto him: and he went forth conquering, and to conquer. -- revelation 6:2 +. +And when he had opened the second seal, I heard the second beast say, Come and see. -- revelation 6:3 +. +And there went out another horse that was red: and power was given to him that sat thereon to take peace from the earth, and that they should kill one another: and there was given unto him a great sword. -- revelation 6:4 +. +And when he had opened the third seal, I heard the third beast say, Come and see. And I beheld, and lo a black horse; and he that sat on him had a pair of balances in his hand. -- revelation 6:5 +. +And I heard a voice in the midst of the four beasts say, A measure of wheat for a penny, and three measures of barley for a penny; and see thou hurt not the oil and the wine. -- revelation 6:6 +. +And when he had opened the fourth seal, I heard the voice of the fourth beast say, Come and see. -- revelation 6:7 +. +And I looked, and behold a pale horse: and his name that sat on him was Death, and Hell followed with him. And power was given unto them over the fourth part of the earth, to kill with sword, and with hunger, and with death, and with the beasts of the earth. -- revelation 6:8 +. +And when he had opened the fifth seal, I saw under the altar the souls of them that were slain for the word of God, and for the testimony which they held: -- revelation 6:9 +. +And they cried with a loud voice, saying, How long, O Lord, holy and true, dost thou not judge and avenge our blood on them that dwell on the earth? -- revelation 6:10 +. +And white robes were given unto every one of them; and it was said unto them, that they should rest yet for a little season, until their fellowservants also and their brethren, that should be killed as they were, should be fulfilled. -- revelation 6:11 +. +And I beheld when he had opened the sixth seal, and, lo, there was a great earthquake; and the sun became black as sackcloth of hair, and the moon became as blood; -- revelation 6:12 +. +And the stars of heaven fell unto the earth, even as a fig tree casteth her untimely figs, when she is shaken of a mighty wind. -- revelation 6:13 +. +And the heaven departed as a scroll when it is rolled together; and every mountain and island were moved out of their places. -- revelation 6:14 +. +And the kings of the earth, and the great men, and the rich men, and the chief captains, and the mighty men, and every bondman, and every free man, hid themselves in the dens and in the rocks of the mountains; -- revelation 6:15 +. +And said to the mountains and rocks, Fall on us, and hide us from the face of him that sitteth on the throne, and from the wrath of the Lamb: -- revelation 6:16 +. +For the great day of his wrath is come; and who shall be able to stand? -- revelation 6:17 +. +And after these things I saw four angels standing on the four corners of the earth, holding the four winds of the earth, that the wind should not blow on the earth, nor on the sea, nor on any tree. -- revelation 7:1 +. +And I saw another angel ascending from the east, having the seal of the living God: and he cried with a loud voice to the four angels, to whom it was given to hurt the earth and the sea, -- revelation 7:2 +. +Saying, Hurt not the earth, neither the sea, nor the trees, till we have sealed the servants of our God in their foreheads. -- revelation 7:3 +. +And I heard the number of them which were sealed: and there were sealed an hundred and forty and four thousand of all the tribes of the children of Israel. -- revelation 7:4 +. +Of the tribe of Juda were sealed twelve thousand. Of the tribe of Reuben were sealed twelve thousand. Of the tribe of Gad were sealed twelve thousand. -- revelation 7:5 +. +Of the tribe of Aser were sealed twelve thousand. Of the tribe of Nephthalim were sealed twelve thousand. Of the tribe of Manasses were sealed twelve thousand. -- revelation 7:6 +. +Of the tribe of Simeon were sealed twelve thousand. Of the tribe of Levi were sealed twelve thousand. Of the tribe of Issachar were sealed twelve thousand. -- revelation 7:7 +. +Of the tribe of Zabulon were sealed twelve thousand. Of the tribe of Joseph were sealed twelve thousand. Of the tribe of Benjamin were sealed twelve thousand. -- revelation 7:8 +. +After this I beheld, and, lo, a great multitude, which no man could number, of all nations, and kindreds, and people, and tongues, stood before the throne, and before the Lamb, clothed with white robes, and palms in their hands; -- revelation 7:9 +. +And cried with a loud voice, saying, Salvation to our God which sitteth upon the throne, and unto the Lamb. -- revelation 7:10 +. +And all the angels stood round about the throne, and about the elders and the four beasts, and fell before the throne on their faces, and worshipped God, -- revelation 7:11 +. +Saying, Amen: Blessing, and glory, and wisdom, and thanksgiving, and honour, and power, and might, be unto our God for ever and ever. Amen. -- revelation 7:12 +. +And one of the elders answered, saying unto me, What are these which are arrayed in white robes? and whence came they? -- revelation 7:13 +. +And I said unto him, Sir, thou knowest. And he said to me, These are they which came out of great tribulation, and have washed their robes, and made them white in the blood of the Lamb. -- revelation 7:14 +. +Therefore are they before the throne of God, and serve him day and night in his temple: and he that sitteth on the throne shall dwell among them. -- revelation 7:15 +. +They shall hunger no more, neither thirst any more; neither shall the sun light on them, nor any heat. -- revelation 7:16 +. +For the Lamb which is in the midst of the throne shall feed them, and shall lead them unto living fountains of waters: and God shall wipe away all tears from their eyes. -- revelation 7:17 +. +And when he had opened the seventh seal, there was silence in heaven about the space of half an hour. -- revelation 8:1 +. +And I saw the seven angels which stood before God; and to them were given seven trumpets. -- revelation 8:2 +. +And another angel came and stood at the altar, having a golden censer; and there was given unto him much incense, that he should offer it with the prayers of all saints upon the golden altar which was before the throne. -- revelation 8:3 +. +And the smoke of the incense, which came with the prayers of the saints, ascended up before God out of the angel's hand. -- revelation 8:4 +. +And the angel took the censer, and filled it with fire of the altar, and cast it into the earth: and there were voices, and thunderings, and lightnings, and an earthquake. -- revelation 8:5 +. +And the seven angels which had the seven trumpets prepared themselves to sound. -- revelation 8:6 +. +The first angel sounded, and there followed hail and fire mingled with blood, and they were cast upon the earth: and the third part of trees was burnt up, and all green grass was burnt up. -- revelation 8:7 +. +And the second angel sounded, and as it were a great mountain burning with fire was cast into the sea: and the third part of the sea became blood; -- revelation 8:8 +. +And the third part of the creatures which were in the sea, and had life, died; and the third part of the ships were destroyed. -- revelation 8:9 +. +And the third angel sounded, and there fell a great star from heaven, burning as it were a lamp, and it fell upon the third part of the rivers, and upon the fountains of waters; -- revelation 8:10 +. +And the name of the star is called Wormwood: and the third part of the waters became wormwood; and many men died of the waters, because they were made bitter. -- revelation 8:11 +. +And the fourth angel sounded, and the third part of the sun was smitten, and the third part of the moon, and the third part of the stars; so as the third part of them was darkened, and the day shone not for a third part of it, and the night likewise. -- revelation 8:12 +. +And I beheld, and heard an angel flying through the midst of heaven, saying with a loud voice, Woe, woe, woe, to the inhabiters of the earth by reason of the other voices of the trumpet of the three angels, which are yet to sound! -- revelation 8:13 +. +And the fifth angel sounded, and I saw a star fall from heaven unto the earth: and to him was given the key of the bottomless pit. -- revelation 9:1 +. +And he opened the bottomless pit; and there arose a smoke out of the pit, as the smoke of a great furnace; and the sun and the air were darkened by reason of the smoke of the pit. -- revelation 9:2 +. +And there came out of the smoke locusts upon the earth: and unto them was given power, as the scorpions of the earth have power. -- revelation 9:3 +. +And it was commanded them that they should not hurt the grass of the earth, neither any green thing, neither any tree; but only those men which have not the seal of God in their foreheads. -- revelation 9:4 +. +And to them it was given that they should not kill them, but that they should be tormented five months: and their torment was as the torment of a scorpion, when he striketh a man. -- revelation 9:5 +. +And in those days shall men seek death, and shall not find it; and shall desire to die, and death shall flee from them. -- revelation 9:6 +. +And the shapes of the locusts were like unto horses prepared unto battle; and on their heads were as it were crowns like gold, and their faces were as the faces of men. -- revelation 9:7 +. +And they had hair as the hair of women, and their teeth were as the teeth of lions. -- revelation 9:8 +. +And they had breastplates, as it were breastplates of iron; and the sound of their wings was as the sound of chariots of many horses running to battle. -- revelation 9:9 +. +And they had tails like unto scorpions, and there were stings in their tails: and their power was to hurt men five months. -- revelation 9:10 +. +And they had a king over them, which is the angel of the bottomless pit, whose name in the Hebrew tongue is Abaddon, but in the Greek tongue hath his name Apollyon. -- revelation 9:11 +. +One woe is past; and, behold, there come two woes more hereafter. -- revelation 9:12 +. +And the sixth angel sounded, and I heard a voice from the four horns of the golden altar which is before God, -- revelation 9:13 +. +Saying to the sixth angel which had the trumpet, Loose the four angels which are bound in the great river Euphrates. -- revelation 9:14 +. +And the four angels were loosed, which were prepared for an hour, and a day, and a month, and a year, for to slay the third part of men. -- revelation 9:15 +. +And the number of the army of the horsemen were two hundred thousand thousand: and I heard the number of them. -- revelation 9:16 +. +And thus I saw the horses in the vision, and them that sat on them, having breastplates of fire, and of jacinth, and brimstone: and the heads of the horses were as the heads of lions; and out of their mouths issued fire and smoke and brimstone. -- revelation 9:17 +. +By these three was the third part of men killed, by the fire, and by the smoke, and by the brimstone, which issued out of their mouths. -- revelation 9:18 +. +For their power is in their mouth, and in their tails: for their tails were like unto serpents, and had heads, and with them they do hurt. -- revelation 9:19 +. +And the rest of the men which were not killed by these plagues yet repented not of the works of their hands, that they should not worship devils, and idols of gold, and silver, and brass, and stone, and of wood: which neither can see, nor hear, nor walk: -- revelation 9:20 +. +Neither repented they of their murders, nor of their sorceries, nor of their fornication, nor of their thefts. -- revelation 9:21 +. +And I saw another mighty angel come down from heaven, clothed with a cloud: and a rainbow was upon his head, and his face was as it were the sun, and his feet as pillars of fire: -- revelation 10:1 +. +And he had in his hand a little book open: and he set his right foot upon the sea, and his left foot on the earth, -- revelation 10:2 +. +And cried with a loud voice, as when a lion roareth: and when he had cried, seven thunders uttered their voices. -- revelation 10:3 +. +And when the seven thunders had uttered their voices, I was about to write: and I heard a voice from heaven saying unto me, Seal up those things which the seven thunders uttered, and write them not. -- revelation 10:4 +. +And the angel which I saw stand upon the sea and upon the earth lifted up his hand to heaven, -- revelation 10:5 +. +And sware by him that liveth for ever and ever, who created heaven, and the things that therein are, and the earth, and the things that therein are, and the sea, and the things which are therein, that there should be time no longer: -- revelation 10:6 +. +But in the days of the voice of the seventh angel, when he shall begin to sound, the mystery of God should be finished, as he hath declared to his servants the prophets. -- revelation 10:7 +. +And the voice which I heard from heaven spake unto me again, and said, Go and take the little book which is open in the hand of the angel which standeth upon the sea and upon the earth. -- revelation 10:8 +. +And I went unto the angel, and said unto him, Give me the little book. And he said unto me, Take it, and eat it up; and it shall make thy belly bitter, but it shall be in thy mouth sweet as honey. -- revelation 10:9 +. +And I took the little book out of the angel's hand, and ate it up; and it was in my mouth sweet as honey: and as soon as I had eaten it, my belly was bitter. -- revelation 10:10 +. +And he said unto me, Thou must prophesy again before many peoples, and nations, and tongues, and kings. -- revelation 10:11 +. +And there was given me a reed like unto a rod: and the angel stood, saying, Rise, and measure the temple of God, and the altar, and them that worship therein. -- revelation 11:1 +. +But the court which is without the temple leave out, and measure it not; for it is given unto the Gentiles: and the holy city shall they tread under foot forty and two months. -- revelation 11:2 +. +And I will give power unto my two witnesses, and they shall prophesy a thousand two hundred and threescore days, clothed in sackcloth. -- revelation 11:3 +. +These are the two olive trees, and the two candlesticks standing before the God of the earth. -- revelation 11:4 +. +And if any man will hurt them, fire proceedeth out of their mouth, and devoureth their enemies: and if any man will hurt them, he must in this manner be killed. -- revelation 11:5 +. +These have power to shut heaven, that it rain not in the days of their prophecy: and have power over waters to turn them to blood, and to smite the earth with all plagues, as often as they will. -- revelation 11:6 +. +And when they shall have finished their testimony, the beast that ascendeth out of the bottomless pit shall make war against them, and shall overcome them, and kill them. -- revelation 11:7 +. +And their dead bodies shall lie in the street of the great city, which spiritually is called Sodom and Egypt, where also our Lord was crucified. -- revelation 11:8 +. +And they of the people and kindreds and tongues and nations shall see their dead bodies three days and an half, and shall not suffer their dead bodies to be put in graves. -- revelation 11:9 +. +And they that dwell upon the earth shall rejoice over them, and make merry, and shall send gifts one to another; because these two prophets tormented them that dwelt on the earth. -- revelation 11:10 +. +And after three days and an half the spirit of life from God entered into them, and they stood upon their feet; and great fear fell upon them which saw them. -- revelation 11:11 +. +And they heard a great voice from heaven saying unto them, Come up hither. And they ascended up to heaven in a cloud; and their enemies beheld them. -- revelation 11:12 +. +And the same hour was there a great earthquake, and the tenth part of the city fell, and in the earthquake were slain of men seven thousand: and the remnant were affrighted, and gave glory to the God of heaven. -- revelation 11:13 +. +The second woe is past; and, behold, the third woe cometh quickly. -- revelation 11:14 +. +And the seventh angel sounded; and there were great voices in heaven, saying, The kingdoms of this world are become the kingdoms of our Lord, and of his Christ; and he shall reign for ever and ever. -- revelation 11:15 +. +And the four and twenty elders, which sat before God on their seats, fell upon their faces, and worshipped God, -- revelation 11:16 +. +Saying, We give thee thanks, O LORD God Almighty, which art, and wast, and art to come; because thou hast taken to thee thy great power, and hast reigned. -- revelation 11:17 +. +And the nations were angry, and thy wrath is come, and the time of the dead, that they should be judged, and that thou shouldest give reward unto thy servants the prophets, and to the saints, and them that fear thy name, small and great; and shouldest destroy them which destroy the earth. -- revelation 11:18 +. +And the temple of God was opened in heaven, and there was seen in his temple the ark of his testament: and there were lightnings, and voices, and thunderings, and an earthquake, and great hail. -- revelation 11:19 +. +And there appeared a great wonder in heaven; a woman clothed with the sun, and the moon under her feet, and upon her head a crown of twelve stars: -- revelation 12:1 +. +And she being with child cried, travailing in birth, and pained to be delivered. -- revelation 12:2 +. +And there appeared another wonder in heaven; and behold a great red dragon, having seven heads and ten horns, and seven crowns upon his heads. -- revelation 12:3 +. +And his tail drew the third part of the stars of heaven, and did cast them to the earth: and the dragon stood before the woman which was ready to be delivered, for to devour her child as soon as it was born. -- revelation 12:4 +. +And she brought forth a man child, who was to rule all nations with a rod of iron: and her child was caught up unto God, and to his throne. -- revelation 12:5 +. +And the woman fled into the wilderness, where she hath a place prepared of God, that they should feed her there a thousand two hundred and threescore days. -- revelation 12:6 +. +And there was war in heaven: Michael and his angels fought against the dragon; and the dragon fought and his angels, -- revelation 12:7 +. +And prevailed not; neither was their place found any more in heaven. -- revelation 12:8 +. +And the great dragon was cast out, that old serpent, called the Devil, and Satan, which deceiveth the whole world: he was cast out into the earth, and his angels were cast out with him. -- revelation 12:9 +. +And I heard a loud voice saying in heaven, Now is come salvation, and strength, and the kingdom of our God, and the power of his Christ: for the accuser of our brethren is cast down, which accused them before our God day and night. -- revelation 12:10 +. +And they overcame him by the blood of the Lamb, and by the word of their testimony; and they loved not their lives unto the death. -- revelation 12:11 +. +Therefore rejoice, ye heavens, and ye that dwell in them. Woe to the inhabiters of the earth and of the sea! for the devil is come down unto you, having great wrath, because he knoweth that he hath but a short time. -- revelation 12:12 +. +And when the dragon saw that he was cast unto the earth, he persecuted the woman which brought forth the man child. -- revelation 12:13 +. +And to the woman were given two wings of a great eagle, that she might fly into the wilderness, into her place, where she is nourished for a time, and times, and half a time, from the face of the serpent. -- revelation 12:14 +. +And the serpent cast out of his mouth water as a flood after the woman, that he might cause her to be carried away of the flood. -- revelation 12:15 +. +And the earth helped the woman, and the earth opened her mouth, and swallowed up the flood which the dragon cast out of his mouth. -- revelation 12:16 +. +And the dragon was wroth with the woman, and went to make war with the remnant of her seed, which keep the commandments of God, and have the testimony of Jesus Christ. -- revelation 12:17 +. +And I stood upon the sand of the sea, and saw a beast rise up out of the sea, having seven heads and ten horns, and upon his horns ten crowns, and upon his heads the name of blasphemy. -- revelation 13:1 +. +And the beast which I saw was like unto a leopard, and his feet were as the feet of a bear, and his mouth as the mouth of a lion: and the dragon gave him his power, and his seat, and great authority. -- revelation 13:2 +. +And I saw one of his heads as it were wounded to death; and his deadly wound was healed: and all the world wondered after the beast. -- revelation 13:3 +. +And they worshipped the dragon which gave power unto the beast: and they worshipped the beast, saying, Who is like unto the beast? who is able to make war with him? -- revelation 13:4 +. +And there was given unto him a mouth speaking great things and blasphemies; and power was given unto him to continue forty and two months. -- revelation 13:5 +. +And he opened his mouth in blasphemy against God, to blaspheme his name, and his tabernacle, and them that dwell in heaven. -- revelation 13:6 +. +And it was given unto him to make war with the saints, and to overcome them: and power was given him over all kindreds, and tongues, and nations. -- revelation 13:7 +. +And all that dwell upon the earth shall worship him, whose names are not written in the book of life of the Lamb slain from the foundation of the world. -- revelation 13:8 +. +If any man have an ear, let him hear. -- revelation 13:9 +. +He that leadeth into captivity shall go into captivity: he that killeth with the sword must be killed with the sword. Here is the patience and the faith of the saints. -- revelation 13:10 +. +And I beheld another beast coming up out of the earth; and he had two horns like a lamb, and he spake as a dragon. -- revelation 13:11 +. +And he exerciseth all the power of the first beast before him, and causeth the earth and them which dwell therein to worship the first beast, whose deadly wound was healed. -- revelation 13:12 +. +And he doeth great wonders, so that he maketh fire come down from heaven on the earth in the sight of men, -- revelation 13:13 +. +And deceiveth them that dwell on the earth by the means of those miracles which he had power to do in the sight of the beast; saying to them that dwell on the earth, that they should make an image to the beast, which had the wound by a sword, and did live. -- revelation 13:14 +. +And he had power to give life unto the image of the beast, that the image of the beast should both speak, and cause that as many as would not worship the image of the beast should be killed. -- revelation 13:15 +. +And he causeth all, both small and great, rich and poor, free and bond, to receive a mark in their right hand, or in their foreheads: -- revelation 13:16 +. +And that no man might buy or sell, save he that had the mark, or the name of the beast, or the number of his name. -- revelation 13:17 +. +Here is wisdom. Let him that hath understanding count the number of the beast: for it is the number of a man; and his number is Six hundred threescore and six. -- revelation 13:18 +. +And I looked, and, lo, a Lamb stood on the mount Sion, and with him an hundred forty and four thousand, having his Father's name written in their foreheads. -- revelation 14:1 +. +And I heard a voice from heaven, as the voice of many waters, and as the voice of a great thunder: and I heard the voice of harpers harping with their harps: -- revelation 14:2 +. +And they sung as it were a new song before the throne, and before the four beasts, and the elders: and no man could learn that song but the hundred and forty and four thousand, which were redeemed from the earth. -- revelation 14:3 +. +These are they which were not defiled with women; for they are virgins. These are they which follow the Lamb whithersoever he goeth. These were redeemed from among men, being the firstfruits unto God and to the Lamb. -- revelation 14:4 +. +And in their mouth was found no guile: for they are without fault before the throne of God. -- revelation 14:5 +. +And I saw another angel fly in the midst of heaven, having the everlasting gospel to preach unto them that dwell on the earth, and to every nation, and kindred, and tongue, and people, -- revelation 14:6 +. +Saying with a loud voice, Fear God, and give glory to him; for the hour of his judgment is come: and worship him that made heaven, and earth, and the sea, and the fountains of waters. -- revelation 14:7 +. +And there followed another angel, saying, Babylon is fallen, is fallen, that great city, because she made all nations drink of the wine of the wrath of her fornication. -- revelation 14:8 +. +And the third angel followed them, saying with a loud voice, If any man worship the beast and his image, and receive his mark in his forehead, or in his hand, -- revelation 14:9 +. +The same shall drink of the wine of the wrath of God, which is poured out without mixture into the cup of his indignation; and he shall be tormented with fire and brimstone in the presence of the holy angels, and in the presence of the Lamb: -- revelation 14:10 +. +And the smoke of their torment ascendeth up for ever and ever: and they have no rest day nor night, who worship the beast and his image, and whosoever receiveth the mark of his name. -- revelation 14:11 +. +Here is the patience of the saints: here are they that keep the commandments of God, and the faith of Jesus. -- revelation 14:12 +. +And I heard a voice from heaven saying unto me, Write, Blessed are the dead which die in the Lord from henceforth: Yea, saith the Spirit, that they may rest from their labours; and their works do follow them. -- revelation 14:13 +. +And I looked, and behold a white cloud, and upon the cloud one sat like unto the Son of man, having on his head a golden crown, and in his hand a sharp sickle. -- revelation 14:14 +. +And another angel came out of the temple, crying with a loud voice to him that sat on the cloud, Thrust in thy sickle, and reap: for the time is come for thee to reap; for the harvest of the earth is ripe. -- revelation 14:15 +. +And he that sat on the cloud thrust in his sickle on the earth; and the earth was reaped. -- revelation 14:16 +. +And another angel came out of the temple which is in heaven, he also having a sharp sickle. -- revelation 14:17 +. +And another angel came out from the altar, which had power over fire; and cried with a loud cry to him that had the sharp sickle, saying, Thrust in thy sharp sickle, and gather the clusters of the vine of the earth; for her grapes are fully ripe. -- revelation 14:18 +. +And the angel thrust in his sickle into the earth, and gathered the vine of the earth, and cast it into the great winepress of the wrath of God. -- revelation 14:19 +. +And the winepress was trodden without the city, and blood came out of the winepress, even unto the horse bridles, by the space of a thousand and six hundred furlongs. -- revelation 14:20 +. +And I saw another sign in heaven, great and marvellous, seven angels having the seven last plagues; for in them is filled up the wrath of God. -- revelation 15:1 +. +And I saw as it were a sea of glass mingled with fire: and them that had gotten the victory over the beast, and over his image, and over his mark, and over the number of his name, stand on the sea of glass, having the harps of God. -- revelation 15:2 +. +And they sing the song of Moses the servant of God, and the song of the Lamb, saying, Great and marvellous are thy works, Lord God Almighty; just and true are thy ways, thou King of saints. -- revelation 15:3 +. +Who shall not fear thee, O Lord, and glorify thy name? for thou only art holy: for all nations shall come and worship before thee; for thy judgments are made manifest. -- revelation 15:4 +. +And after that I looked, and, behold, the temple of the tabernacle of the testimony in heaven was opened: -- revelation 15:5 +. +And the seven angels came out of the temple, having the seven plagues, clothed in pure and white linen, and having their breasts girded with golden girdles. -- revelation 15:6 +. +And one of the four beasts gave unto the seven angels seven golden vials full of the wrath of God, who liveth for ever and ever. -- revelation 15:7 +. +And the temple was filled with smoke from the glory of God, and from his power; and no man was able to enter into the temple, till the seven plagues of the seven angels were fulfilled. -- revelation 15:8 +. +And I heard a great voice out of the temple saying to the seven angels, Go your ways, and pour out the vials of the wrath of God upon the earth. -- revelation 16:1 +. +And the first went, and poured out his vial upon the earth; and there fell a noisome and grievous sore upon the men which had the mark of the beast, and upon them which worshipped his image. -- revelation 16:2 +. +And the second angel poured out his vial upon the sea; and it became as the blood of a dead man: and every living soul died in the sea. -- revelation 16:3 +. +And the third angel poured out his vial upon the rivers and fountains of waters; and they became blood. -- revelation 16:4 +. +And I heard the angel of the waters say, Thou art righteous, O Lord, which art, and wast, and shalt be, because thou hast judged thus. -- revelation 16:5 +. +For they have shed the blood of saints and prophets, and thou hast given them blood to drink; for they are worthy. -- revelation 16:6 +. +And I heard another out of the altar say, Even so, Lord God Almighty, true and righteous are thy judgments. -- revelation 16:7 +. +And the fourth angel poured out his vial upon the sun; and power was given unto him to scorch men with fire. -- revelation 16:8 +. +And men were scorched with great heat, and blasphemed the name of God, which hath power over these plagues: and they repented not to give him glory. -- revelation 16:9 +. +And the fifth angel poured out his vial upon the seat of the beast; and his kingdom was full of darkness; and they gnawed their tongues for pain, -- revelation 16:10 +. +And blasphemed the God of heaven because of their pains and their sores, and repented not of their deeds. -- revelation 16:11 +. +And the sixth angel poured out his vial upon the great river Euphrates; and the water thereof was dried up, that the way of the kings of the east might be prepared. -- revelation 16:12 +. +And I saw three unclean spirits like frogs come out of the mouth of the dragon, and out of the mouth of the beast, and out of the mouth of the false prophet. -- revelation 16:13 +. +For they are the spirits of devils, working miracles, which go forth unto the kings of the earth and of the whole world, to gather them to the battle of that great day of God Almighty. -- revelation 16:14 +. +Behold, I come as a thief. Blessed is he that watcheth, and keepeth his garments, lest he walk naked, and they see his shame. -- revelation 16:15 +. +And he gathered them together into a place called in the Hebrew tongue Armageddon. -- revelation 16:16 +. +And the seventh angel poured out his vial into the air; and there came a great voice out of the temple of heaven, from the throne, saying, It is done. -- revelation 16:17 +. +And there were voices, and thunders, and lightnings; and there was a great earthquake, such as was not since men were upon the earth, so mighty an earthquake, and so great. -- revelation 16:18 +. +And the great city was divided into three parts, and the cities of the nations fell: and great Babylon came in remembrance before God, to give unto her the cup of the wine of the fierceness of his wrath. -- revelation 16:19 +. +And every island fled away, and the mountains were not found. -- revelation 16:20 +. +And there fell upon men a great hail out of heaven, every stone about the weight of a talent: and men blasphemed God because of the plague of the hail; for the plague thereof was exceeding great. -- revelation 16:21 +. +And there came one of the seven angels which had the seven vials, and talked with me, saying unto me, Come hither; I will shew unto thee the judgment of the great whore that sitteth upon many waters: -- revelation 17:1 +. +With whom the kings of the earth have committed fornication, and the inhabitants of the earth have been made drunk with the wine of her fornication. -- revelation 17:2 +. +So he carried me away in the spirit into the wilderness: and I saw a woman sit upon a scarlet coloured beast, full of names of blasphemy, having seven heads and ten horns. -- revelation 17:3 +. +And the woman was arrayed in purple and scarlet colour, and decked with gold and precious stones and pearls, having a golden cup in her hand full of abominations and filthiness of her fornication: -- revelation 17:4 +. +And upon her forehead was a name written, MYSTERY, BABYLON THE GREAT, THE MOTHER OF HARLOTS AND ABOMINATIONS OF THE EARTH. -- revelation 17:5 +. +And I saw the woman drunken with the blood of the saints, and with the blood of the martyrs of Jesus: and when I saw her, I wondered with great admiration. -- revelation 17:6 +. +And the angel said unto me, Wherefore didst thou marvel? I will tell thee the mystery of the woman, and of the beast that carrieth her, which hath the seven heads and ten horns. -- revelation 17:7 +. +The beast that thou sawest was, and is not; and shall ascend out of the bottomless pit, and go into perdition: and they that dwell on the earth shall wonder, whose names were not written in the book of life from the foundation of the world, when they behold the beast that was, and is not, and yet is. -- revelation 17:8 +. +And here is the mind which hath wisdom. The seven heads are seven mountains, on which the woman sitteth. -- revelation 17:9 +. +And there are seven kings: five are fallen, and one is, and the other is not yet come; and when he cometh, he must continue a short space. -- revelation 17:10 +. +And the beast that was, and is not, even he is the eighth, and is of the seven, and goeth into perdition. -- revelation 17:11 +. +And the ten horns which thou sawest are ten kings, which have received no kingdom as yet; but receive power as kings one hour with the beast. -- revelation 17:12 +. +These have one mind, and shall give their power and strength unto the beast. -- revelation 17:13 +. +These shall make war with the Lamb, and the Lamb shall overcome them: for he is Lord of lords, and King of kings: and they that are with him are called, and chosen, and faithful. -- revelation 17:14 +. +And he saith unto me, The waters which thou sawest, where the whore sitteth, are peoples, and multitudes, and nations, and tongues. -- revelation 17:15 +. +And the ten horns which thou sawest upon the beast, these shall hate the whore, and shall make her desolate and naked, and shall eat her flesh, and burn her with fire. -- revelation 17:16 +. +For God hath put in their hearts to fulfil his will, and to agree, and give their kingdom unto the beast, until the words of God shall be fulfilled. -- revelation 17:17 +. +And the woman which thou sawest is that great city, which reigneth over the kings of the earth. -- revelation 17:18 +. +And after these things I saw another angel come down from heaven, having great power; and the earth was lightened with his glory. -- revelation 18:1 +. +And he cried mightily with a strong voice, saying, Babylon the great is fallen, is fallen, and is become the habitation of devils, and the hold of every foul spirit, and a cage of every unclean and hateful bird. -- revelation 18:2 +. +For all nations have drunk of the wine of the wrath of her fornication, and the kings of the earth have committed fornication with her, and the merchants of the earth are waxed rich through the abundance of her delicacies. -- revelation 18:3 +. +And I heard another voice from heaven, saying, Come out of her, my people, that ye be not partakers of her sins, and that ye receive not of her plagues. -- revelation 18:4 +. +For her sins have reached unto heaven, and God hath remembered her iniquities. -- revelation 18:5 +. +Reward her even as she rewarded you, and double unto her double according to her works: in the cup which she hath filled fill to her double. -- revelation 18:6 +. +How much she hath glorified herself, and lived deliciously, so much torment and sorrow give her: for she saith in her heart, I sit a queen, and am no widow, and shall see no sorrow. -- revelation 18:7 +. +Therefore shall her plagues come in one day, death, and mourning, and famine; and she shall be utterly burned with fire: for strong is the Lord God who judgeth her. -- revelation 18:8 +. +And the kings of the earth, who have committed fornication and lived deliciously with her, shall bewail her, and lament for her, when they shall see the smoke of her burning, -- revelation 18:9 +. +Standing afar off for the fear of her torment, saying, Alas, alas that great city Babylon, that mighty city! for in one hour is thy judgment come. -- revelation 18:10 +. +And the merchants of the earth shall weep and mourn over her; for no man buyeth their merchandise any more: -- revelation 18:11 +. +The merchandise of gold, and silver, and precious stones, and of pearls, and fine linen, and purple, and silk, and scarlet, and all thyine wood, and all manner vessels of ivory, and all manner vessels of most precious wood, and of brass, and iron, and marble, -- revelation 18:12 +. +And cinnamon, and odours, and ointments, and frankincense, and wine, and oil, and fine flour, and wheat, and beasts, and sheep, and horses, and chariots, and slaves, and souls of men. -- revelation 18:13 +. +And the fruits that thy soul lusted after are departed from thee, and all things which were dainty and goodly are departed from thee, and thou shalt find them no more at all. -- revelation 18:14 +. +The merchants of these things, which were made rich by her, shall stand afar off for the fear of her torment, weeping and wailing, -- revelation 18:15 +. +And saying, Alas, alas that great city, that was clothed in fine linen, and purple, and scarlet, and decked with gold, and precious stones, and pearls! -- revelation 18:16 +. +For in one hour so great riches is come to nought. And every shipmaster, and all the company in ships, and sailors, and as many as trade by sea, stood afar off, -- revelation 18:17 +. +And cried when they saw the smoke of her burning, saying, What city is like unto this great city! -- revelation 18:18 +. +And they cast dust on their heads, and cried, weeping and wailing, saying, Alas, alas that great city, wherein were made rich all that had ships in the sea by reason of her costliness! for in one hour is she made desolate. -- revelation 18:19 +. +Rejoice over her, thou heaven, and ye holy apostles and prophets; for God hath avenged you on her. -- revelation 18:20 +. +And a mighty angel took up a stone like a great millstone, and cast it into the sea, saying, Thus with violence shall that great city Babylon be thrown down, and shall be found no more at all. -- revelation 18:21 +. +And the voice of harpers, and musicians, and of pipers, and trumpeters, shall be heard no more at all in thee; and no craftsman, of whatsoever craft he be, shall be found any more in thee; and the sound of a millstone shall be heard no more at all in thee; -- revelation 18:22 +. +And the light of a candle shall shine no more at all in thee; and the voice of the bridegroom and of the bride shall be heard no more at all in thee: for thy merchants were the great men of the earth; for by thy sorceries were all nations deceived. -- revelation 18:23 +. +And in her was found the blood of prophets, and of saints, and of all that were slain upon the earth. -- revelation 18:24 +. +And after these things I heard a great voice of much people in heaven, saying, Alleluia; Salvation, and glory, and honour, and power, unto the Lord our God: -- revelation 19:1 +. +For true and righteous are his judgments: for he hath judged the great whore, which did corrupt the earth with her fornication, and hath avenged the blood of his servants at her hand. -- revelation 19:2 +. +And again they said, Alleluia And her smoke rose up for ever and ever. -- revelation 19:3 +. +And the four and twenty elders and the four beasts fell down and worshipped God that sat on the throne, saying, Amen; Alleluia. -- revelation 19:4 +. +And a voice came out of the throne, saying, Praise our God, all ye his servants, and ye that fear him, both small and great. -- revelation 19:5 +. +And I heard as it were the voice of a great multitude, and as the voice of many waters, and as the voice of mighty thunderings, saying, Alleluia: for the Lord God omnipotent reigneth. -- revelation 19:6 +. +Let us be glad and rejoice, and give honour to him: for the marriage of the Lamb is come, and his wife hath made herself ready. -- revelation 19:7 +. +And to her was granted that she should be arrayed in fine linen, clean and white: for the fine linen is the righteousness of saints. -- revelation 19:8 +. +And he saith unto me, Write, Blessed are they which are called unto the marriage supper of the Lamb. And he saith unto me, These are the true sayings of God. -- revelation 19:9 +. +And I fell at his feet to worship him. And he said unto me, See thou do it not: I am thy fellowservant, and of thy brethren that have the testimony of Jesus: worship God: for the testimony of Jesus is the spirit of prophecy. -- revelation 19:10 +. +And I saw heaven opened, and behold a white horse; and he that sat upon him was called Faithful and True, and in righteousness he doth judge and make war. -- revelation 19:11 +. +His eyes were as a flame of fire, and on his head were many crowns; and he had a name written, that no man knew, but he himself. -- revelation 19:12 +. +And he was clothed with a vesture dipped in blood: and his name is called The Word of God. -- revelation 19:13 +. +And the armies which were in heaven followed him upon white horses, clothed in fine linen, white and clean. -- revelation 19:14 +. +And out of his mouth goeth a sharp sword, that with it he should smite the nations: and he shall rule them with a rod of iron: and he treadeth the winepress of the fierceness and wrath of Almighty God. -- revelation 19:15 +. +And he hath on his vesture and on his thigh a name written, KING OF KINGS, AND LORD OF LORDS. -- revelation 19:16 +. +And I saw an angel standing in the sun; and he cried with a loud voice, saying to all the fowls that fly in the midst of heaven, Come and gather yourselves together unto the supper of the great God; -- revelation 19:17 +. +That ye may eat the flesh of kings, and the flesh of captains, and the flesh of mighty men, and the flesh of horses, and of them that sit on them, and the flesh of all men, both free and bond, both small and great. -- revelation 19:18 +. +And I saw the beast, and the kings of the earth, and their armies, gathered together to make war against him that sat on the horse, and against his army. -- revelation 19:19 +. +And the beast was taken, and with him the false prophet that wrought miracles before him, with which he deceived them that had received the mark of the beast, and them that worshipped his image. These both were cast alive into a lake of fire burning with brimstone. -- revelation 19:20 +. +And the remnant were slain with the sword of him that sat upon the horse, which sword proceeded out of his mouth: and all the fowls were filled with their flesh. -- revelation 19:21 +. +And I saw an angel come down from heaven, having the key of the bottomless pit and a great chain in his hand. -- revelation 20:1 +. +And he laid hold on the dragon, that old serpent, which is the Devil, and Satan, and bound him a thousand years, -- revelation 20:2 +. +And cast him into the bottomless pit, and shut him up, and set a seal upon him, that he should deceive the nations no more, till the thousand years should be fulfilled: and after that he must be loosed a little season. -- revelation 20:3 +. +And I saw thrones, and they sat upon them, and judgment was given unto them: and I saw the souls of them that were beheaded for the witness of Jesus, and for the word of God, and which had not worshipped the beast, neither his image, neither had received his mark upon their foreheads, or in their hands; and they lived and reigned with Christ a thousand years. -- revelation 20:4 +. +But the rest of the dead lived not again until the thousand years were finished. This is the first resurrection. -- revelation 20:5 +. +Blessed and holy is he that hath part in the first resurrection: on such the second death hath no power, but they shall be priests of God and of Christ, and shall reign with him a thousand years. -- revelation 20:6 +. +And when the thousand years are expired, Satan shall be loosed out of his prison, -- revelation 20:7 +. +And shall go out to deceive the nations which are in the four quarters of the earth, Gog, and Magog, to gather them together to battle: the number of whom is as the sand of the sea. -- revelation 20:8 +. +And they went up on the breadth of the earth, and compassed the camp of the saints about, and the beloved city: and fire came down from God out of heaven, and devoured them. -- revelation 20:9 +. +And the devil that deceived them was cast into the lake of fire and brimstone, where the beast and the false prophet are, and shall be tormented day and night for ever and ever. -- revelation 20:10 +. +And I saw a great white throne, and him that sat on it, from whose face the earth and the heaven fled away; and there was found no place for them. -- revelation 20:11 +. +And I saw the dead, small and great, stand before God; and the books were opened: and another book was opened, which is the book of life: and the dead were judged out of those things which were written in the books, according to their works. -- revelation 20:12 +. +And the sea gave up the dead which were in it; and death and hell delivered up the dead which were in them: and they were judged every man according to their works. -- revelation 20:13 +. +And death and hell were cast into the lake of fire. This is the second death. -- revelation 20:14 +. +And whosoever was not found written in the book of life was cast into the lake of fire. -- revelation 20:15 +. +And I saw a new heaven and a new earth: for the first heaven and the first earth were passed away; and there was no more sea. -- revelation 21:1 +. +And I John saw the holy city, new Jerusalem, coming down from God out of heaven, prepared as a bride adorned for her husband. -- revelation 21:2 +. +And I heard a great voice out of heaven saying, Behold, the tabernacle of God is with men, and he will dwell with them, and they shall be his people, and God himself shall be with them, and be their God. -- revelation 21:3 +. +And God shall wipe away all tears from their eyes; and there shall be no more death, neither sorrow, nor crying, neither shall there be any more pain: for the former things are passed away. -- revelation 21:4 +. +And he that sat upon the throne said, Behold, I make all things new. And he said unto me, Write: for these words are true and faithful. -- revelation 21:5 +. +And he said unto me, It is done. I am Alpha and Omega, the beginning and the end. I will give unto him that is athirst of the fountain of the water of life freely. -- revelation 21:6 +. +He that overcometh shall inherit all things; and I will be his God, and he shall be my son. -- revelation 21:7 +. +But the fearful, and unbelieving, and the abominable, and murderers, and whoremongers, and sorcerers, and idolaters, and all liars, shall have their part in the lake which burneth with fire and brimstone: which is the second death. -- revelation 21:8 +. +And there came unto me one of the seven angels which had the seven vials full of the seven last plagues, and talked with me, saying, Come hither, I will shew thee the bride, the Lamb's wife. -- revelation 21:9 +. +And he carried me away in the spirit to a great and high mountain, and shewed me that great city, the holy Jerusalem, descending out of heaven from God, -- revelation 21:10 +. +Having the glory of God: and her light was like unto a stone most precious, even like a jasper stone, clear as crystal; -- revelation 21:11 +. +And had a wall great and high, and had twelve gates, and at the gates twelve angels, and names written thereon, which are the names of the twelve tribes of the children of Israel: -- revelation 21:12 +. +On the east three gates; on the north three gates; on the south three gates; and on the west three gates. -- revelation 21:13 +. +And the wall of the city had twelve foundations, and in them the names of the twelve apostles of the Lamb. -- revelation 21:14 +. +And he that talked with me had a golden reed to measure the city, and the gates thereof, and the wall thereof. -- revelation 21:15 +. +And the city lieth foursquare, and the length is as large as the breadth: and he measured the city with the reed, twelve thousand furlongs. The length and the breadth and the height of it are equal. -- revelation 21:16 +. +And he measured the wall thereof, an hundred and forty and four cubits, according to the measure of a man, that is, of the angel. -- revelation 21:17 +. +And the building of the wall of it was of jasper: and the city was pure gold, like unto clear glass. -- revelation 21:18 +. +And the foundations of the wall of the city were garnished with all manner of precious stones. The first foundation was jasper; the second, sapphire; the third, a chalcedony; the fourth, an emerald; -- revelation 21:19 +. +The fifth, sardonyx; the sixth, sardius; the seventh, chrysolyte; the eighth, beryl; the ninth, a topaz; the tenth, a chrysoprasus; the eleventh, a jacinth; the twelfth, an amethyst. -- revelation 21:20 +. +And the twelve gates were twelve pearls: every several gate was of one pearl: and the street of the city was pure gold, as it were transparent glass. -- revelation 21:21 +. +And I saw no temple therein: for the Lord God Almighty and the Lamb are the temple of it. -- revelation 21:22 +. +And the city had no need of the sun, neither of the moon, to shine in it: for the glory of God did lighten it, and the Lamb is the light thereof. -- revelation 21:23 +. +And the nations of them which are saved shall walk in the light of it: and the kings of the earth do bring their glory and honour into it. -- revelation 21:24 +. +And the gates of it shall not be shut at all by day: for there shall be no night there. -- revelation 21:25 +. +And they shall bring the glory and honour of the nations into it. -- revelation 21:26 +. +And there shall in no wise enter into it any thing that defileth, neither whatsoever worketh abomination, or maketh a lie: but they which are written in the Lamb's book of life. -- revelation 21:27 +. +And he shewed me a pure river of water of life, clear as crystal, proceeding out of the throne of God and of the Lamb. -- revelation 22:1 +. +In the midst of the street of it, and on either side of the river, was there the tree of life, which bare twelve manner of fruits, and yielded her fruit every month: and the leaves of the tree were for the healing of the nations. -- revelation 22:2 +. +And there shall be no more curse: but the throne of God and of the Lamb shall be in it; and his servants shall serve him: -- revelation 22:3 +. +And they shall see his face; and his name shall be in their foreheads. -- revelation 22:4 +. +And there shall be no night there; and they need no candle, neither light of the sun; for the Lord God giveth them light: and they shall reign for ever and ever. -- revelation 22:5 +. +And he said unto me, These sayings are faithful and true: and the Lord God of the holy prophets sent his angel to shew unto his servants the things which must shortly be done. -- revelation 22:6 +. +Behold, I come quickly: blessed is he that keepeth the sayings of the prophecy of this book. -- revelation 22:7 +. +And I John saw these things, and heard them. And when I had heard and seen, I fell down to worship before the feet of the angel which shewed me these things. -- revelation 22:8 +. +Then saith he unto me, See thou do it not: for I am thy fellowservant, and of thy brethren the prophets, and of them which keep the sayings of this book: worship God. -- revelation 22:9 +. +And he saith unto me, Seal not the sayings of the prophecy of this book: for the time is at hand. -- revelation 22:10 +. +He that is unjust, let him be unjust still: and he which is filthy, let him be filthy still: and he that is righteous, let him be righteous still: and he that is holy, let him be holy still. -- revelation 22:11 +. +And, behold, I come quickly; and my reward is with me, to give every man according as his work shall be. -- revelation 22:12 +. +I am Alpha and Omega, the beginning and the end, the first and the last. -- revelation 22:13 +. +Blessed are they that do his commandments, that they may have right to the tree of life, and may enter in through the gates into the city. -- revelation 22:14 +. +For without are dogs, and sorcerers, and whoremongers, and murderers, and idolaters, and whosoever loveth and maketh a lie. -- revelation 22:15 +. +I Jesus have sent mine angel to testify unto you these things in the churches. I am the root and the offspring of David, and the bright and morning star. -- revelation 22:16 +. +And the Spirit and the bride say, Come. And let him that heareth say, Come. And let him that is athirst come. And whosoever will, let him take the water of life freely. -- revelation 22:17 +. +For I testify unto every man that heareth the words of the prophecy of this book, If any man shall add unto these things, God shall add unto him the plagues that are written in this book: -- revelation 22:18 +. +And if any man shall take away from the words of the book of this prophecy, God shall take away his part out of the book of life, and out of the holy city, and from the things which are written in this book. -- revelation 22:19 +. +He which testifieth these things saith, Surely I come quickly. Amen. Even so, come, Lord Jesus. -- revelation 22:20 +. +The grace of our Lord Jesus Christ be with you all. Amen. -- revelation 22:21 diff --git a/bibles/nasb.txt b/bibles/nasb.txt new file mode 100644 index 0000000..cb29a5f --- /dev/null +++ b/bibles/nasb.txt @@ -0,0 +1,62204 @@ +In the beginning God created the heavens and the earth. -- genesis 1:1 +. +The earth was formless and void, and darkness was over the surface of the deep, and the Spirit of God was moving over the surface of the waters. -- genesis 1:2 +. +Then God said, "Let there be light"; and there was light. -- genesis 1:3 +. +God saw that the light was good; and God separated the light from the darkness. -- genesis 1:4 +. +God called the light day, and the darkness He called night. And there was evening and there was morning, one day. -- genesis 1:5 +. +Then God said, "Let there be an expanse in the midst of the waters, and let it separate the waters from the waters." -- genesis 1:6 +. +God made the expanse, and separated the waters which were below the expanse from the waters which were above the expanse; and it was so. -- genesis 1:7 +. +God called the expanse heaven. And there was evening and there was morning, a second day. -- genesis 1:8 +. +Then God said, "Let the waters below the heavens be gathered into one place, and let the dry land appear"; and it was so. -- genesis 1:9 +. +God called the dry land earth, and the gathering of the waters He called seas; and God saw that it was good. -- genesis 1:10 +. +Then God said, "Let the earth sprout vegetation, plants yielding seed, and fruit trees on the earth bearing fruit after their kind with seed in them"; and it was so. -- genesis 1:11 +. +The earth brought forth vegetation, plants yielding seed after their kind, and trees bearing fruit with seed in them, after their kind; and God saw that it was good. -- genesis 1:12 +. +There was evening and there was morning, a third day. -- genesis 1:13 +. +Then God said, "Let there be lights in the expanse of the heavens to separate the day from the night, and let them be for signs and for seasons and for days and years; -- genesis 1:14 +. +and let them be for lights in the expanse of the heavens to give light on the earth"; and it was so. -- genesis 1:15 +. +God made the two great lights, the greater light to govern the day, and the lesser light to govern the night; He made the stars also. -- genesis 1:16 +. +God placed them in the expanse of the heavens to give light on the earth, -- genesis 1:17 +. +and to govern the day and the night, and to separate the light from the darkness; and God saw that it was good. -- genesis 1:18 +. +There was evening and there was morning, a fourth day. -- genesis 1:19 +. +Then God said, "Let the waters teem with swarms of living creatures, and let birds fly above the earth in the open expanse of the heavens." -- genesis 1:20 +. +God created the great sea monsters and every living creature that moves, with which the waters swarmed after their kind, and every winged bird after its kind; and God saw that it was good. -- genesis 1:21 +. +God blessed them, saying, "Be fruitful and multiply, and fill the waters in the seas, and let birds multiply on the earth." -- genesis 1:22 +. +There was evening and there was morning, a fifth day. -- genesis 1:23 +. +Then God said, "Let the earth bring forth living creatures after their kind: cattle and creeping things and beasts of the earth after their kind"; and it was so. -- genesis 1:24 +. +God made the beasts of the earth after their kind, and the cattle after their kind, and everything that creeps on the ground after its kind; and God saw that it was good. -- genesis 1:25 +. +Then God said, "Let Us make man in Our image, according to Our likeness; and let them rule over the fish of the sea and over the birds of the sky and over the cattle and over all the earth, and over every creeping thing that creeps on the earth." -- genesis 1:26 +. +God created man in His own image, in the image of God He created him; male and female He created them. -- genesis 1:27 +. +God blessed them; and God said to them, "Be fruitful and multiply, and fill the earth, and subdue it; and rule over the fish of the sea and over the birds of the sky and over every living thing that moves on the earth." -- genesis 1:28 +. +Then God said, "Behold, I have given you every plant yielding seed that is on the surface of all the earth, and every tree which has fruit yielding seed; it shall be food for you; -- genesis 1:29 +. +and to every beast of the earth and to every bird of the sky and to every thing that moves on the earth which has life, I have given every green plant for food"; and it was so. -- genesis 1:30 +. +God saw all that He had made, and behold, it was very good. And there was evening and there was morning, the sixth day. -- genesis 1:31 +. +Thus the heavens and the earth were completed, and all their hosts. -- genesis 2:1 +. +By the seventh day God completed His work which He had done, and He rested on the seventh day from all His work which He had done. -- genesis 2:2 +. +Then God blessed the seventh day and sanctified it, because in it He rested from all His work which God had created and made. -- genesis 2:3 +. +This is the account of the heavens and the earth when they were created, in the day that the LORD God made earth and heaven. -- genesis 2:4 +. +Now no shrub of the field was yet in the earth, and no plant of the field had yet sprouted, for the LORD God had not sent rain upon the earth, and there was no man to cultivate the ground. -- genesis 2:5 +. +But a mist used to rise from the earth and water the whole surface of the ground. -- genesis 2:6 +. +Then the LORD God formed man of dust from the ground, and breathed into his nostrils the breath of life; and man became a living being. -- genesis 2:7 +. +The LORD God planted a garden toward the east, in Eden; and there He placed the man whom He had formed. -- genesis 2:8 +. +Out of the ground the LORD God caused to grow every tree that is pleasing to the sight and good for food; the tree of life also in the midst of the garden, and the tree of the knowledge of good and evil. -- genesis 2:9 +. +Now a river flowed out of Eden to water the garden; and from there it divided and became four rivers. -- genesis 2:10 +. +The name of the first is Pishon; it flows around the whole land of Havilah, where there is gold. -- genesis 2:11 +. +The gold of that land is good; the bdellium and the onyx stone are there. -- genesis 2:12 +. +The name of the second river is Gihon; it flows around the whole land of Cush. -- genesis 2:13 +. +The name of the third river is Tigris; it flows east of Assyria. And the fourth river is the Euphrates. -- genesis 2:14 +. +Then the LORD God took the man and put him into the garden of Eden to cultivate it and keep it. -- genesis 2:15 +. +The LORD God commanded the man, saying, "From any tree of the garden you may eat freely; -- genesis 2:16 +. +but from the tree of the knowledge of good and evil you shall not eat, for in the day that you eat from it you will surely die." -- genesis 2:17 +. +Then the LORD God said, "It is not good for the man to be alone; I will make him a helper suitable for him." -- genesis 2:18 +. +Out of the ground the LORD God formed every beast of the field and every bird of the sky, and brought them to the man to see what he would call them; and whatever the man called a living creature, that was its name. -- genesis 2:19 +. +The man gave names to all the cattle, and to the birds of the sky, and to every beast of the field, but for Adam there was not found a helper suitable for him. -- genesis 2:20 +. +So the LORD God caused a deep sleep to fall upon the man, and he slept; then He took one of his ribs and closed up the flesh at that place. -- genesis 2:21 +. +The LORD God fashioned into a woman the rib which He had taken from the man, and brought her to the man. -- genesis 2:22 +. +The man said, "This is now bone of my bones, And flesh of my flesh; She shall be called Woman, Because she was taken out of Man." -- genesis 2:23 +. +For this reason a man shall leave his father and his mother, and be joined to his wife; and they shall become one flesh. -- genesis 2:24 +. +And the man and his wife were both naked and were not ashamed. -- genesis 2:25 +. +Now the serpent was more crafty than any beast of the field which the LORD God had made. And he said to the woman, "Indeed, has God said, 'You shall not eat from any tree of the garden'?" -- genesis 3:1 +. +The woman said to the serpent, "From the fruit of the trees of the garden we may eat; -- genesis 3:2 +. +but from the fruit of the tree which is in the middle of the garden, God has said, 'You shall not eat from it or touch it, or you will die.'" -- genesis 3:3 +. +The serpent said to the woman, "You surely will not die! -- genesis 3:4 +. +"For God knows that in the day you eat from it your eyes will be opened, and you will be like God, knowing good and evil." -- genesis 3:5 +. +When the woman saw that the tree was good for food, and that it was a delight to the eyes, and that the tree was desirable to make one wise, she took from its fruit and ate; and she gave also to her husband with her, and he ate. -- genesis 3:6 +. +Then the eyes of both of them were opened, and they knew that they were naked; and they sewed fig leaves together and made themselves loin coverings. -- genesis 3:7 +. +They heard the sound of the LORD God walking in the garden in the cool of the day, and the man and his wife hid themselves from the presence of the LORD God among the trees of the garden. -- genesis 3:8 +. +Then the LORD God called to the man, and said to him, "Where are you?" -- genesis 3:9 +. +He said, "I heard the sound of You in the garden, and I was afraid because I was naked; so I hid myself." -- genesis 3:10 +. +And He said, "Who told you that you were naked? Have you eaten from the tree of which I commanded you not to eat?" -- genesis 3:11 +. +The man said, "The woman whom You gave to be with me, she gave me from the tree, and I ate." -- genesis 3:12 +. +Then the LORD God said to the woman, "What is this you have done?" And the woman said, "The serpent deceived me, and I ate." -- genesis 3:13 +. +The LORD God said to the serpent, "Because you have done this, Cursed are you more than all cattle, And more than every beast of the field; On your belly you will go, And dust you will eat All the days of your life; -- genesis 3:14 +. +And I will put enmity Between you and the woman, And between your seed and her seed; He shall bruise you on the head, And you shall bruise him on the heel." -- genesis 3:15 +. +To the woman He said, "I will greatly multiply Your pain in childbirth, In pain you will bring forth children; Yet your desire will be for your husband, And he will rule over you." -- genesis 3:16 +. +Then to Adam He said, "Because you have listened to the voice of your wife, and have eaten from the tree about which I commanded you, saying, 'You shall not eat from it'; Cursed is the ground because of you; In toil you will eat of it All the days of your life. -- genesis 3:17 +. +"Both thorns and thistles it shall grow for you; And you will eat the plants of the field; -- genesis 3:18 +. +By the sweat of your face You will eat bread, Till you return to the ground, Because from it you were taken; For you are dust, And to dust you shall return." -- genesis 3:19 +. +Now the man called his wife's name Eve, because she was the mother of all the living. -- genesis 3:20 +. +The LORD God made garments of skin for Adam and his wife, and clothed them. -- genesis 3:21 +. +Then the LORD God said, "Behold, the man has become like one of Us, knowing good and evil; and now, he might stretch out his hand, and take also from the tree of life, and eat, and live forever"-- -- genesis 3:22 +. +therefore the LORD God sent him out from the garden of Eden, to cultivate the ground from which he was taken. -- genesis 3:23 +. +So He drove the man out; and at the east of the garden of Eden He stationed the cherubim and the flaming sword which turned every direction to guard the way to the tree of life. -- genesis 3:24 +. +Now the man had relations with his wife Eve, and she conceived and gave birth to Cain, and she said, "I have gotten a manchild with the help of the LORD." -- genesis 4:1 +. +Again, she gave birth to his brother Abel. And Abel was a keeper of flocks, but Cain was a tiller of the ground. -- genesis 4:2 +. +So it came about in the course of time that Cain brought an offering to the LORD of the fruit of the ground. -- genesis 4:3 +. +Abel, on his part also brought of the firstlings of his flock and of their fat portions. And the LORD had regard for Abel and for his offering; -- genesis 4:4 +. +but for Cain and for his offering He had no regard. So Cain became very angry and his countenance fell. -- genesis 4:5 +. +Then the LORD said to Cain, "Why are you angry? And why has your countenance fallen? -- genesis 4:6 +. +"If you do well, will not your countenance be lifted up? And if you do not do well, sin is crouching at the door; and its desire is for you, but you must master it." -- genesis 4:7 +. +Cain told Abel his brother. And it came about when they were in the field, that Cain rose up against Abel his brother and killed him. -- genesis 4:8 +. +Then the LORD said to Cain, "Where is Abel your brother?" And he said, "I do not know. Am I my brother's keeper?" -- genesis 4:9 +. +He said, "What have you done? The voice of your brother's blood is crying to Me from the ground. -- genesis 4:10 +. +"Now you are cursed from the ground, which has opened its mouth to receive your brother's blood from your hand. -- genesis 4:11 +. +"When you cultivate the ground, it will no longer yield its strength to you; you will be a vagrant and a wanderer on the earth." -- genesis 4:12 +. +Cain said to the LORD, "My punishment is too great to bear! -- genesis 4:13 +. +"Behold, You have driven me this day from the face of the ground; and from Your face I will be hidden, and I will be a vagrant and a wanderer on the earth, and whoever finds me will kill me." -- genesis 4:14 +. +So the LORD said to him, "Therefore whoever kills Cain, vengeance will be taken on him sevenfold." And the LORD appointed a sign for Cain, so that no one finding him would slay him. -- genesis 4:15 +. +Then Cain went out from the presence of the LORD, and settled in the land of Nod, east of Eden. -- genesis 4:16 +. +Cain had relations with his wife and she conceived, and gave birth to Enoch; and he built a city, and called the name of the city Enoch, after the name of his son. -- genesis 4:17 +. +Now to Enoch was born Irad, and Irad became the father of Mehujael, and Mehujael became the father of Methushael, and Methushael became the father of Lamech. -- genesis 4:18 +. +Lamech took to himself two wives: the name of the one was Adah, and the name of the other, Zillah. -- genesis 4:19 +. +Adah gave birth to Jabal; he was the father of those who dwell in tents and have livestock. -- genesis 4:20 +. +His brother's name was Jubal; he was the father of all those who play the lyre and pipe. -- genesis 4:21 +. +As for Zillah, she also gave birth to Tubal-cain, the forger of all implements of bronze and iron; and the sister of Tubal-cain was Naamah. -- genesis 4:22 +. +Lamech said to his wives, "Adah and Zillah, Listen to my voice, You wives of Lamech, Give heed to my speech, For I have killed a man for wounding me; And a boy for striking me; -- genesis 4:23 +. +If Cain is avenged sevenfold, Then Lamech seventy-sevenfold." -- genesis 4:24 +. +Adam had relations with his wife again; and she gave birth to a son, and named him Seth, for, she said, "God has appointed me another offspring in place of Abel, for Cain killed him." -- genesis 4:25 +. +To Seth, to him also a son was born; and he called his name Enosh. Then men began to call upon the name of the LORD. -- genesis 4:26 +. +This is the book of the generations of Adam. In the day when God created man, He made him in the likeness of God. -- genesis 5:1 +. +He created them male and female, and He blessed them and named them Man in the day when they were created. -- genesis 5:2 +. +When Adam had lived one hundred and thirty years, he became the father of a son in his own likeness, according to his image, and named him Seth. -- genesis 5:3 +. +Then the days of Adam after he became the father of Seth were eight hundred years, and he had other sons and daughters. -- genesis 5:4 +. +So all the days that Adam lived were nine hundred and thirty years, and he died. -- genesis 5:5 +. +Seth lived one hundred and five years, and became the father of Enosh. -- genesis 5:6 +. +Then Seth lived eight hundred and seven years after he became the father of Enosh, and he had other sons and daughters. -- genesis 5:7 +. +So all the days of Seth were nine hundred and twelve years, and he died. -- genesis 5:8 +. +Enosh lived ninety years, and became the father of Kenan. -- genesis 5:9 +. +Then Enosh lived eight hundred and fifteen years after he became the father of Kenan, and he had other sons and daughters. -- genesis 5:10 +. +So all the days of Enosh were nine hundred and five years, and he died. -- genesis 5:11 +. +Kenan lived seventy years, and became the father of Mahalalel. -- genesis 5:12 +. +Then Kenan lived eight hundred and forty years after he became the father of Mahalalel, and he had other sons and daughters. -- genesis 5:13 +. +So all the days of Kenan were nine hundred and ten years, and he died. -- genesis 5:14 +. +Mahalalel lived sixty-five years, and became the father of Jared. -- genesis 5:15 +. +Then Mahalalel lived eight hundred and thirty years after he became the father of Jared, and he had other sons and daughters. -- genesis 5:16 +. +So all the days of Mahalalel were eight hundred and ninety-five years, and he died. -- genesis 5:17 +. +Jared lived one hundred and sixty-two years, and became the father of Enoch. -- genesis 5:18 +. +Then Jared lived eight hundred years after he became the father of Enoch, and he had other sons and daughters. -- genesis 5:19 +. +So all the days of Jared were nine hundred and sixty-two years, and he died. -- genesis 5:20 +. +Enoch lived sixty-five years, and became the father of Methuselah. -- genesis 5:21 +. +Then Enoch walked with God three hundred years after he became the father of Methuselah, and he had other sons and daughters. -- genesis 5:22 +. +So all the days of Enoch were three hundred and sixty-five years. -- genesis 5:23 +. +Enoch walked with God; and he was not, for God took him. -- genesis 5:24 +. +Methuselah lived one hundred and eighty-seven years, and became the father of Lamech. -- genesis 5:25 +. +Then Methuselah lived seven hundred and eighty-two years after he became the father of Lamech, and he had other sons and daughters. -- genesis 5:26 +. +So all the days of Methuselah were nine hundred and sixty-nine years, and he died. -- genesis 5:27 +. +Lamech lived one hundred and eighty-two years, and became the father of a son. -- genesis 5:28 +. +Now he called his name Noah, saying, "This one will give us rest from our work and from the toil of our hands arising from the ground which the LORD has cursed." -- genesis 5:29 +. +Then Lamech lived five hundred and ninety-five years after he became the father of Noah, and he had other sons and daughters. -- genesis 5:30 +. +So all the days of Lamech were seven hundred and seventy-seven years, and he died. -- genesis 5:31 +. +Noah was five hundred years old, and Noah became the father of Shem, Ham, and Japheth. -- genesis 5:32 +. +Now it came about, when men began to multiply on the face of the land, and daughters were born to them, -- genesis 6:1 +. +that the sons of God saw that the daughters of men were beautiful; and they took wives for themselves, whomever they chose. -- genesis 6:2 +. +Then the LORD said, "My Spirit shall not strive with man forever, because he also is flesh; nevertheless his days shall be one hundred and twenty years." -- genesis 6:3 +. +The Nephilim were on the earth in those days, and also afterward, when the sons of God came in to the daughters of men, and they bore children to them. Those were the mighty men who were of old, men of renown. -- genesis 6:4 +. +Then the LORD saw that the wickedness of man was great on the earth, and that every intent of the thoughts of his heart was only evil continually. -- genesis 6:5 +. +The LORD was sorry that He had made man on the earth, and He was grieved in His heart. -- genesis 6:6 +. +The LORD said, "I will blot out man whom I have created from the face of the land, from man to animals to creeping things and to birds of the sky; for I am sorry that I have made them." -- genesis 6:7 +. +But Noah found favor in the eyes of the LORD. -- genesis 6:8 +. +These are the records of the generations of Noah. Noah was a righteous man, blameless in his time; Noah walked with God. -- genesis 6:9 +. +Noah became the father of three sons: Shem, Ham, and Japheth. -- genesis 6:10 +. +Now the earth was corrupt in the sight of God, and the earth was filled with violence. -- genesis 6:11 +. +God looked on the earth, and behold, it was corrupt; for all flesh had corrupted their way upon the earth. -- genesis 6:12 +. +Then God said to Noah, "The end of all flesh has come before Me; for the earth is filled with violence because of them; and behold, I am about to destroy them with the earth. -- genesis 6:13 +. +"Make for yourself an ark of gopher wood; you shall make the ark with rooms, and shall cover it inside and out with pitch. -- genesis 6:14 +. +"This is how you shall make it: the length of the ark three hundred cubits, its breadth fifty cubits, and its height thirty cubits. -- genesis 6:15 +. +"You shall make a window for the ark, and finish it to a cubit from the top; and set the door of the ark in the side of it; you shall make it with lower, second, and third decks. -- genesis 6:16 +. +"Behold, I, even I am bringing the flood of water upon the earth, to destroy all flesh in which is the breath of life, from under heaven; everything that is on the earth shall perish. -- genesis 6:17 +. +"But I will establish My covenant with you; and you shall enter the ark--you and your sons and your wife, and your sons' wives with you. -- genesis 6:18 +. +"And of every living thing of all flesh, you shall bring two of every kind into the ark, to keep them alive with you; they shall be male and female. -- genesis 6:19 +. +"Of the birds after their kind, and of the animals after their kind, of every creeping thing of the ground after its kind, two of every kind will come to you to keep them alive. -- genesis 6:20 +. +"As for you, take for yourself some of all food which is edible, and gather it to yourself; and it shall be for food for you and for them." -- genesis 6:21 +. +Thus Noah did; according to all that God had commanded him, so he did. -- genesis 6:22 +. +Then the LORD said to Noah, "Enter the ark, you and all your household, for you alone I have seen to be righteous before Me in this time. -- genesis 7:1 +. +"You shall take with you of every clean animal by sevens, a male and his female; and of the animals that are not clean two, a male and his female; -- genesis 7:2 +. +also of the birds of the sky, by sevens, male and female, to keep offspring alive on the face of all the earth. -- genesis 7:3 +. +"For after seven more days, I will send rain on the earth forty days and forty nights; and I will blot out from the face of the land every living thing that I have made." -- genesis 7:4 +. +Noah did according to all that the LORD had commanded him. -- genesis 7:5 +. +Now Noah was six hundred years old when the flood of water came upon the earth. -- genesis 7:6 +. +Then Noah and his sons and his wife and his sons' wives with him entered the ark because of the water of the flood. -- genesis 7:7 +. +Of clean animals and animals that are not clean and birds and everything that creeps on the ground, -- genesis 7:8 +. +there went into the ark to Noah by twos, male and female, as God had commanded Noah. -- genesis 7:9 +. +It came about after the seven days, that the water of the flood came upon the earth. -- genesis 7:10 +. +In the six hundredth year of Noah's life, in the second month, on the seventeenth day of the month, on the same day all the fountains of the great deep burst open, and the floodgates of the sky were opened. -- genesis 7:11 +. +The rain fell upon the earth for forty days and forty nights. -- genesis 7:12 +. +On the very same day Noah and Shem and Ham and Japheth, the sons of Noah, and Noah's wife and the three wives of his sons with them, entered the ark, -- genesis 7:13 +. +they and every beast after its kind, and all the cattle after their kind, and every creeping thing that creeps on the earth after its kind, and every bird after its kind, all sorts of birds. -- genesis 7:14 +. +So they went into the ark to Noah, by twos of all flesh in which was the breath of life. -- genesis 7:15 +. +Those that entered, male and female of all flesh, entered as God had commanded him; and the LORD closed it behind him. -- genesis 7:16 +. +Then the flood came upon the earth for forty days, and the water increased and lifted up the ark, so that it rose above the earth. -- genesis 7:17 +. +The water prevailed and increased greatly upon the earth, and the ark floated on the surface of the water. -- genesis 7:18 +. +The water prevailed more and more upon the earth, so that all the high mountains everywhere under the heavens were covered. -- genesis 7:19 +. +The water prevailed fifteen cubits higher, and the mountains were covered. -- genesis 7:20 +. +All flesh that moved on the earth perished, birds and cattle and beasts and every swarming thing that swarms upon the earth, and all mankind; -- genesis 7:21 +. +of all that was on the dry land, all in whose nostrils was the breath of the spirit of life, died. -- genesis 7:22 +. +Thus He blotted out every living thing that was upon the face of the land, from man to animals to creeping things and to birds of the sky, and they were blotted out from the earth; and only Noah was left, together with those that were with him in the ark. -- genesis 7:23 +. +The water prevailed upon the earth one hundred and fifty days. -- genesis 7:24 +. +But God remembered Noah and all the beasts and all the cattle that were with him in the ark; and God caused a wind to pass over the earth, and the water subsided. -- genesis 8:1 +. +Also the fountains of the deep and the floodgates of the sky were closed, and the rain from the sky was restrained; -- genesis 8:2 +. +and the water receded steadily from the earth, and at the end of one hundred and fifty days the water decreased. -- genesis 8:3 +. +In the seventh month, on the seventeenth day of the month, the ark rested upon the mountains of Ararat. -- genesis 8:4 +. +The water decreased steadily until the tenth month; in the tenth month, on the first day of the month, the tops of the mountains became visible. -- genesis 8:5 +. +Then it came about at the end of forty days, that Noah opened the window of the ark which he had made; -- genesis 8:6 +. +and he sent out a raven, and it flew here and there until the water was dried up from the earth. -- genesis 8:7 +. +Then he sent out a dove from him, to see if the water was abated from the face of the land; -- genesis 8:8 +. +but the dove found no resting place for the sole of her foot, so she returned to him into the ark, for the water was on the surface of all the earth. Then he put out his hand and took her, and brought her into the ark to himself. -- genesis 8:9 +. +So he waited yet another seven days; and again he sent out the dove from the ark. -- genesis 8:10 +. +The dove came to him toward evening, and behold, in her beak was a freshly picked olive leaf. So Noah knew that the water was abated from the earth. -- genesis 8:11 +. +Then he waited yet another seven days, and sent out the dove; but she did not return to him again. -- genesis 8:12 +. +Now it came about in the six hundred and first year, in the first month, on the first of the month, the water was dried up from the earth. Then Noah removed the covering of the ark, and looked, and behold, the surface of the ground was dried up. -- genesis 8:13 +. +In the second month, on the twenty-seventh day of the month, the earth was dry. -- genesis 8:14 +. +Then God spoke to Noah, saying, -- genesis 8:15 +. +"Go out of the ark, you and your wife and your sons and your sons' wives with you. -- genesis 8:16 +. +"Bring out with you every living thing of all flesh that is with you, birds and animals and every creeping thing that creeps on the earth, that they may breed abundantly on the earth, and be fruitful and multiply on the earth." -- genesis 8:17 +. +So Noah went out, and his sons and his wife and his sons' wives with him. -- genesis 8:18 +. +Every beast, every creeping thing, and every bird, everything that moves on the earth, went out by their families from the ark. -- genesis 8:19 +. +Then Noah built an altar to the LORD, and took of every clean animal and of every clean bird and offered burnt offerings on the altar. -- genesis 8:20 +. +The LORD smelled the soothing aroma; and the LORD said to Himself, "I will never again curse the ground on account of man, for the intent of man's heart is evil from his youth; and I will never again destroy every living thing, as I have done. -- genesis 8:21 +. +"While the earth remains, Seedtime and harvest, And cold and heat, And summer and winter, And day and night Shall not cease." -- genesis 8:22 +. +And God blessed Noah and his sons and said to them, "Be fruitful and multiply, and fill the earth. -- genesis 9:1 +. +"The fear of you and the terror of you will be on every beast of the earth and on every bird of the sky; with everything that creeps on the ground, and all the fish of the sea, into your hand they are given. -- genesis 9:2 +. +"Every moving thing that is alive shall be food for you; I give all to you, as I gave the green plant. -- genesis 9:3 +. +"Only you shall not eat flesh with its life, that is, its blood. -- genesis 9:4 +. +"Surely I will require your lifeblood; from every beast I will require it. And from every man, from every man's brother I will require the life of man. -- genesis 9:5 +. +"Whoever sheds man's blood, By man his blood shall be shed, For in the image of God He made man. -- genesis 9:6 +. +"As for you, be fruitful and multiply; Populate the earth abundantly and multiply in it." -- genesis 9:7 +. +Then God spoke to Noah and to his sons with him, saying, -- genesis 9:8 +. +"Now behold, I Myself do establish My covenant with you, and with your descendants after you; -- genesis 9:9 +. +and with every living creature that is with you, the birds, the cattle, and every beast of the earth with you; of all that comes out of the ark, even every beast of the earth. -- genesis 9:10 +. +"I establish My covenant with you; and all flesh shall never again be cut off by the water of the flood, neither shall there again be a flood to destroy the earth." -- genesis 9:11 +. +God said, "This is the sign of the covenant which I am making between Me and you and every living creature that is with you, for all successive generations; -- genesis 9:12 +. +I set My bow in the cloud, and it shall be for a sign of a covenant between Me and the earth. -- genesis 9:13 +. +"It shall come about, when I bring a cloud over the earth, that the bow will be seen in the cloud, -- genesis 9:14 +. +and I will remember My covenant, which is between Me and you and every living creature of all flesh; and never again shall the water become a flood to destroy all flesh. -- genesis 9:15 +. +"When the bow is in the cloud, then I will look upon it, to remember the everlasting covenant between God and every living creature of all flesh that is on the earth." -- genesis 9:16 +. +And God said to Noah, "This is the sign of the covenant which I have established between Me and all flesh that is on the earth." -- genesis 9:17 +. +Now the sons of Noah who came out of the ark were Shem and Ham and Japheth; and Ham was the father of Canaan. -- genesis 9:18 +. +These three were the sons of Noah, and from these the whole earth was populated. -- genesis 9:19 +. +Then Noah began farming and planted a vineyard. -- genesis 9:20 +. +He drank of the wine and became drunk, and uncovered himself inside his tent. -- genesis 9:21 +. +Ham, the father of Canaan, saw the nakedness of his father, and told his two brothers outside. -- genesis 9:22 +. +But Shem and Japheth took a garment and laid it upon both their shoulders and walked backward and covered the nakedness of their father; and their faces were turned away, so that they did not see their father's nakedness. -- genesis 9:23 +. +When Noah awoke from his wine, he knew what his youngest son had done to him. -- genesis 9:24 +. +So he said, "Cursed be Canaan; A servant of servants He shall be to his brothers." -- genesis 9:25 +. +He also said, "Blessed be the LORD, The God of Shem; And let Canaan be his servant. -- genesis 9:26 +. +"May God enlarge Japheth, And let him dwell in the tents of Shem; And let Canaan be his servant." -- genesis 9:27 +. +Noah lived three hundred and fifty years after the flood. -- genesis 9:28 +. +So all the days of Noah were nine hundred and fifty years, and he died. -- genesis 9:29 +. +Now these are the records of the generations of Shem, Ham, and Japheth, the sons of Noah; and sons were born to them after the flood. -- genesis 10:1 +. +The sons of Japheth were Gomer and Magog and Madai and Javan and Tubal and Meshech and Tiras. -- genesis 10:2 +. +The sons of Gomer were Ashkenaz and Riphath and Togarmah. -- genesis 10:3 +. +The sons of Javan were Elishah and Tarshish, Kittim and Dodanim. -- genesis 10:4 +. +From these the coastlands of the nations were separated into their lands, every one according to his language, according to their families, into their nations. -- genesis 10:5 +. +The sons of Ham were Cush and Mizraim and Put and Canaan. -- genesis 10:6 +. +The sons of Cush were Seba and Havilah and Sabtah and Raamah and Sabteca; and the sons of Raamah were Sheba and Dedan. -- genesis 10:7 +. +Now Cush became the father of Nimrod; he became a mighty one on the earth. -- genesis 10:8 +. +He was a mighty hunter before the LORD; therefore it is said, "Like Nimrod a mighty hunter before the LORD." -- genesis 10:9 +. +The beginning of his kingdom was Babel and Erech and Accad and Calneh, in the land of Shinar. -- genesis 10:10 +. +From that land he went forth into Assyria, and built Nineveh and Rehoboth-Ir and Calah, -- genesis 10:11 +. +and Resen between Nineveh and Calah; that is the great city. -- genesis 10:12 +. +Mizraim became the father of Ludim and Anamim and Lehabim and Naphtuhim -- genesis 10:13 +. +and Pathrusim and Casluhim (from which came the Philistines) and Caphtorim. -- genesis 10:14 +. +Canaan became the father of Sidon, his firstborn, and Heth -- genesis 10:15 +. +and the Jebusite and the Amorite and the Girgashite -- genesis 10:16 +. +and the Hivite and the Arkite and the Sinite -- genesis 10:17 +. +and the Arvadite and the Zemarite and the Hamathite; and afterward the families of the Canaanite were spread abroad. -- genesis 10:18 +. +The territory of the Canaanite extended from Sidon as you go toward Gerar, as far as Gaza; as you go toward Sodom and Gomorrah and Admah and Zeboiim, as far as Lasha. -- genesis 10:19 +. +These are the sons of Ham, according to their families, according to their languages, by their lands, by their nations. -- genesis 10:20 +. +Also to Shem, the father of all the children of Eber, and the older brother of Japheth, children were born. -- genesis 10:21 +. +The sons of Shem were Elam and Asshur and Arpachshad and Lud and Aram. -- genesis 10:22 +. +The sons of Aram were Uz and Hul and Gether and Mash. -- genesis 10:23 +. +Arpachshad became the father of Shelah; and Shelah became the father of Eber. -- genesis 10:24 +. +Two sons were born to Eber; the name of the one was Peleg, for in his days the earth was divided; and his brother's name was Joktan. -- genesis 10:25 +. +Joktan became the father of Almodad and Sheleph and Hazarmaveth and Jerah -- genesis 10:26 +. +and Hadoram and Uzal and Diklah -- genesis 10:27 +. +and Obal and Abimael and Sheba -- genesis 10:28 +. +and Ophir and Havilah and Jobab; all these were the sons of Joktan. -- genesis 10:29 +. +Now their settlement extended from Mesha as you go toward Sephar, the hill country of the east. -- genesis 10:30 +. +These are the sons of Shem, according to their families, according to their languages, by their lands, according to their nations. -- genesis 10:31 +. +These are the families of the sons of Noah, according to their genealogies, by their nations; and out of these the nations were separated on the earth after the flood. -- genesis 10:32 +. +Now the whole earth used the same language and the same words. -- genesis 11:1 +. +It came about as they journeyed east, that they found a plain in the land of Shinar and settled there. -- genesis 11:2 +. +They said to one another, "Come, let us make bricks and burn them thoroughly." And they used brick for stone, and they used tar for mortar. -- genesis 11:3 +. +They said, "Come, let us build for ourselves a city, and a tower whose top will reach into heaven, and let us make for ourselves a name, otherwise we will be scattered abroad over the face of the whole earth." -- genesis 11:4 +. +The LORD came down to see the city and the tower which the sons of men had built. -- genesis 11:5 +. +The LORD said, "Behold, they are one people, and they all have the same language. And this is what they began to do, and now nothing which they purpose to do will be impossible for them. -- genesis 11:6 +. +"Come, let Us go down and there confuse their language, so that they will not understand one another's speech." -- genesis 11:7 +. +So the LORD scattered them abroad from there over the face of the whole earth; and they stopped building the city. -- genesis 11:8 +. +Therefore its name was called Babel, because there the LORD confused the language of the whole earth; and from there the LORD scattered them abroad over the face of the whole earth. -- genesis 11:9 +. +These are the records of the generations of Shem. Shem was one hundred years old, and became the father of Arpachshad two years after the flood; -- genesis 11:10 +. +and Shem lived five hundred years after he became the father of Arpachshad, and he had other sons and daughters. -- genesis 11:11 +. +Arpachshad lived thirty-five years, and became the father of Shelah; -- genesis 11:12 +. +and Arpachshad lived four hundred and three years after he became the father of Shelah, and he had other sons and daughters. -- genesis 11:13 +. +Shelah lived thirty years, and became the father of Eber; -- genesis 11:14 +. +and Shelah lived four hundred and three years after he became the father of Eber, and he had other sons and daughters. -- genesis 11:15 +. +Eber lived thirty-four years, and became the father of Peleg; -- genesis 11:16 +. +and Eber lived four hundred and thirty years after he became the father of Peleg, and he had other sons and daughters. -- genesis 11:17 +. +Peleg lived thirty years, and became the father of Reu; -- genesis 11:18 +. +and Peleg lived two hundred and nine years after he became the father of Reu, and he had other sons and daughters. -- genesis 11:19 +. +Reu lived thirty-two years, and became the father of Serug; -- genesis 11:20 +. +and Reu lived two hundred and seven years after he became the father of Serug, and he had other sons and daughters. -- genesis 11:21 +. +Serug lived thirty years, and became the father of Nahor; -- genesis 11:22 +. +and Serug lived two hundred years after he became the father of Nahor, and he had other sons and daughters. -- genesis 11:23 +. +Nahor lived twenty-nine years, and became the father of Terah; -- genesis 11:24 +. +and Nahor lived one hundred and nineteen years after he became the father of Terah, and he had other sons and daughters. -- genesis 11:25 +. +Terah lived seventy years, and became the father of Abram, Nahor and Haran. -- genesis 11:26 +. +Now these are the records of the generations of Terah. Terah became the father of Abram, Nahor and Haran; and Haran became the father of Lot. -- genesis 11:27 +. +Haran died in the presence of his father Terah in the land of his birth, in Ur of the Chaldeans. -- genesis 11:28 +. +Abram and Nahor took wives for themselves. The name of Abram's wife was Sarai; and the name of Nahor's wife was Milcah, the daughter of Haran, the father of Milcah and Iscah. -- genesis 11:29 +. +Sarai was barren; she had no child. -- genesis 11:30 +. +Terah took Abram his son, and Lot the son of Haran, his grandson, and Sarai his daughter-in-law, his son Abram's wife; and they went out together from Ur of the Chaldeans in order to enter the land of Canaan; and they went as far as Haran, and settled there. -- genesis 11:31 +. +The days of Terah were two hundred and five years; and Terah died in Haran. -- genesis 11:32 +. +Now the LORD said to Abram, "Go forth from your country, And from your relatives And from your father's house, To the land which I will show you; -- genesis 12:1 +. +And I will make you a great nation, And I will bless you, And make your name great; And so you shall be a blessing; -- genesis 12:2 +. +And I will bless those who bless you, And the one who curses you I will curse. And in you all the families of the earth will be blessed." -- genesis 12:3 +. +So Abram went forth as the LORD had spoken to him; and Lot went with him. Now Abram was seventy-five years old when he departed from Haran. -- genesis 12:4 +. +Abram took Sarai his wife and Lot his nephew, and all their possessions which they had accumulated, and the persons which they had acquired in Haran, and they set out for the land of Canaan; thus they came to the land of Canaan. -- genesis 12:5 +. +Abram passed through the land as far as the site of Shechem, to the oak of Moreh. Now the Canaanite was then in the land. -- genesis 12:6 +. +The LORD appeared to Abram and said, "To your descendants I will give this land." So he built an altar there to the LORD who had appeared to him. -- genesis 12:7 +. +Then he proceeded from there to the mountain on the east of Bethel, and pitched his tent, with Bethel on the west and Ai on the east; and there he built an altar to the LORD and called upon the name of the LORD. -- genesis 12:8 +. +Abram journeyed on, continuing toward the Negev. -- genesis 12:9 +. +Now there was a famine in the land; so Abram went down to Egypt to sojourn there, for the famine was severe in the land. -- genesis 12:10 +. +It came about when he came near to Egypt, that he said to Sarai his wife, "See now, I know that you are a beautiful woman; -- genesis 12:11 +. +and when the Egyptians see you, they will say, 'This is his wife'; and they will kill me, but they will let you live. -- genesis 12:12 +. +"Please say that you are my sister so that it may go well with me because of you, and that I may live on account of you." -- genesis 12:13 +. +It came about when Abram came into Egypt, the Egyptians saw that the woman was very beautiful. -- genesis 12:14 +. +Pharaoh's officials saw her and praised her to Pharaoh; and the woman was taken into Pharaoh's house. -- genesis 12:15 +. +Therefore he treated Abram well for her sake; and gave him sheep and oxen and donkeys and male and female servants and female donkeys and camels. -- genesis 12:16 +. +But the LORD struck Pharaoh and his house with great plagues because of Sarai, Abram's wife. -- genesis 12:17 +. +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? -- genesis 12:18 +. +"Why did you say, 'She is my sister,' so that I took her for my wife? Now then, here is your wife, take her and go." -- genesis 12:19 +. +Pharaoh commanded his men concerning him; and they escorted him away, with his wife and all that belonged to him. -- genesis 12:20 +. +So Abram went up from Egypt to the Negev, he and his wife and all that belonged to him, and Lot with him. -- genesis 13:1 +. +Now Abram was very rich in livestock, in silver and in gold. -- genesis 13:2 +. +He went on his journeys from the Negev as far as Bethel, to the place where his tent had been at the beginning, between Bethel and Ai, -- genesis 13:3 +. +to the place of the altar which he had made there formerly; and there Abram called on the name of the LORD. -- genesis 13:4 +. +Now Lot, who went with Abram, also had flocks and herds and tents. -- genesis 13:5 +. +And the land could not sustain them while dwelling together, for their possessions were so great that they were not able to remain together. -- genesis 13:6 +. +And there was strife between the herdsmen of Abram's livestock and the herdsmen of Lot's livestock. Now the Canaanite and the Perizzite were dwelling then in the land. -- genesis 13:7 +. +So Abram said to Lot, "Please let there be no strife between you and me, nor between my herdsmen and your herdsmen, for we are brothers. -- genesis 13:8 +. +"Is not the whole land before you? Please separate from me; if to the left, then I will go to the right; or if to the right, then I will go to the left." -- genesis 13:9 +. +Lot lifted up his eyes and saw all the valley of the Jordan, that it was well watered everywhere--this was before the LORD destroyed Sodom and Gomorrah--like the garden of the LORD, like the land of Egypt as you go to Zoar. -- genesis 13:10 +. +So Lot chose for himself all the valley of the Jordan, and Lot journeyed eastward. Thus they separated from each other. -- genesis 13:11 +. +Abram settled in the land of Canaan, while Lot settled in the cities of the valley, and moved his tents as far as Sodom. -- genesis 13:12 +. +Now the men of Sodom were wicked exceedingly and sinners against the LORD. -- genesis 13:13 +. +The LORD said to Abram, after Lot had separated from him, "Now lift up your eyes and look from the place where you are, northward and southward and eastward and westward; -- genesis 13:14 +. +for all the land which you see, I will give it to you and to your descendants forever. -- genesis 13:15 +. +"I will make your descendants as the dust of the earth, so that if anyone can number the dust of the earth, then your descendants can also be numbered. -- genesis 13:16 +. +"Arise, walk about the land through its length and breadth; for I will give it to you." -- genesis 13:17 +. +Then Abram moved his tent and came and dwelt by the oaks of Mamre, which are in Hebron, and there he built an altar to the LORD. -- genesis 13:18 +. +And it came about in the days of Amraphel king of Shinar, Arioch king of Ellasar, Chedorlaomer king of Elam, and Tidal king of Goiim, -- genesis 14:1 +. +that they made war with Bera king of Sodom, and with Birsha king of Gomorrah, Shinab king of Admah, and Shemeber king of Zeboiim, and the king of Bela (that is, Zoar). -- genesis 14:2 +. +All these came as allies to the valley of Siddim (that is, the Salt Sea). -- genesis 14:3 +. +Twelve years they had served Chedorlaomer, but the thirteenth year they rebelled. -- genesis 14:4 +. +In the fourteenth year Chedorlaomer and the kings that were with him, came and defeated the Rephaim in Ashteroth-karnaim and the Zuzim in Ham and the Emim in Shaveh-kiriathaim, -- genesis 14:5 +. +and the Horites in their Mount Seir, as far as El-paran, which is by the wilderness. -- genesis 14:6 +. +Then they turned back and came to En-mishpat (that is, Kadesh), and conquered all the country of the Amalekites, and also the Amorites, who lived in Hazazon-tamar. -- genesis 14:7 +. +And the king of Sodom and the king of Gomorrah and the king of Admah and the king of Zeboiim and the king of Bela (that is, Zoar) came out; and they arrayed for battle against them in the valley of Siddim, -- genesis 14:8 +. +against Chedorlaomer king of Elam and Tidal king of Goiim and Amraphel king of Shinar and Arioch king of Ellasar--four kings against five. -- genesis 14:9 +. +Now the valley of Siddim was full of tar pits; and the kings of Sodom and Gomorrah fled, and they fell into them. But those who survived fled to the hill country. -- genesis 14:10 +. +Then they took all the goods of Sodom and Gomorrah and all their food supply, and departed. -- genesis 14:11 +. +They also took Lot, Abram's nephew, and his possessions and departed, for he was living in Sodom. -- genesis 14:12 +. +Then a fugitive came and told Abram the Hebrew. Now he was living by the oaks of Mamre the Amorite, brother of Eshcol and brother of Aner, and these were allies with Abram. -- genesis 14:13 +. +When Abram heard that his relative had been taken captive, he led out his trained men, born in his house, three hundred and eighteen, and went in pursuit as far as Dan. -- genesis 14:14 +. +He divided his forces against them by night, he and his servants, and defeated them, and pursued them as far as Hobah, which is north of Damascus. -- genesis 14:15 +. +He brought back all the goods, and also brought back his relative Lot with his possessions, and also the women, and the people. -- genesis 14:16 +. +Then after his return from the defeat of Chedorlaomer and the kings who were with him, the king of Sodom went out to meet him at the valley of Shaveh (that is, the King's Valley). -- genesis 14:17 +. +And Melchizedek king of Salem brought out bread and wine; now he was a priest of God Most High. -- genesis 14:18 +. +He blessed him and said, "Blessed be Abram of God Most High, Possessor of heaven and earth; -- genesis 14:19 +. +And blessed be God Most High, Who has delivered your enemies into your hand." He gave him a tenth of all. -- genesis 14:20 +. +The king of Sodom said to Abram, "Give the people to me and take the goods for yourself." -- genesis 14:21 +. +Abram said to the king of Sodom, "I have sworn to the LORD God Most High, possessor of heaven and earth, -- genesis 14:22 +. +that I will not take a thread or a sandal thong or anything that is yours, for fear you would say, 'I have made Abram rich.' -- genesis 14:23 +. +"I will take nothing except what the young men have eaten, and the share of the men who went with me, Aner, Eshcol, and Mamre; let them take their share." -- genesis 14:24 +. +After these things the word of the LORD came to Abram in a vision, saying, "Do not fear, Abram, I am a shield to you; Your reward shall be very great." -- genesis 15:1 +. +Abram said, "O Lord GOD, what will You give me, since I am childless, and the heir of my house is Eliezer of Damascus?" -- genesis 15:2 +. +And Abram said, "Since You have given no offspring to me, one born in my house is my heir." -- genesis 15:3 +. +Then behold, the word of the LORD came to him, saying, "This man will not be your heir; but one who will come forth from your own body, he shall be your heir." -- genesis 15:4 +. +And He took him outside and said, "Now look toward the heavens, and count the stars, if you are able to count them." And He said to him, "So shall your descendants be." -- genesis 15:5 +. +Then he believed in the LORD; and He reckoned it to him as righteousness. -- genesis 15:6 +. +And He said to him, "I am the LORD who brought you out of Ur of the Chaldeans, to give you this land to possess it." -- genesis 15:7 +. +He said, "O Lord GOD, how may I know that I will possess it?" -- genesis 15:8 +. +So He said to him, "Bring Me a three year old heifer, and a three year old female goat, and a three year old ram, and a turtledove, and a young pigeon." -- genesis 15:9 +. +Then he brought all these to Him and cut them in two, and laid each half opposite the other; but he did not cut the birds. -- genesis 15:10 +. +The birds of prey came down upon the carcasses, and Abram drove them away. -- genesis 15:11 +. +Now when the sun was going down, a deep sleep fell upon Abram; and behold, terror and great darkness fell upon him. -- genesis 15:12 +. +God said to Abram, "Know for certain that your descendants will be strangers in a land that is not theirs, where they will be enslaved and oppressed four hundred years. -- genesis 15:13 +. +"But I will also judge the nation whom they will serve, and afterward they will come out with many possessions. -- genesis 15:14 +. +"As for you, you shall go to your fathers in peace; you will be buried at a good old age. -- genesis 15:15 +. +"Then in the fourth generation they will return here, for the iniquity of the Amorite is not yet complete." -- genesis 15:16 +. +It came about when the sun had set, that it was very dark, and behold, there appeared a smoking oven and a flaming torch which passed between these pieces. -- genesis 15:17 +. +On that day the LORD made a covenant with Abram, saying, "To your descendants I have given this land, From the river of Egypt as far as the great river, the river Euphrates: -- genesis 15:18 +. +the Kenite and the Kenizzite and the Kadmonite -- genesis 15:19 +. +and the Hittite and the Perizzite and the Rephaim -- genesis 15:20 +. +and the Amorite and the Canaanite and the Girgashite and the Jebusite." -- genesis 15:21 +. +Now Sarai, Abram's wife had borne him no children, and she had an Egyptian maid whose name was Hagar. -- genesis 16:1 +. +So Sarai said to Abram, "Now behold, the LORD has prevented me from bearing children. Please go in to my maid; perhaps I will obtain children through her." And Abram listened to the voice of Sarai. -- genesis 16:2 +. +After Abram had lived ten years in the land of Canaan, Abram's wife Sarai took Hagar the Egyptian, her maid, and gave her to her husband Abram as his wife. -- genesis 16:3 +. +He went in to Hagar, and she conceived; and when she saw that she had conceived, her mistress was despised in her sight. -- genesis 16:4 +. +And Sarai said to Abram, "May the wrong done me be upon you. I gave my maid into your arms, but when she saw that she had conceived, I was despised in her sight. May the LORD judge between you and me." -- genesis 16:5 +. +But Abram said to Sarai, "Behold, your maid is in your power; do to her what is good in your sight." So Sarai treated her harshly, and she fled from her presence. -- genesis 16:6 +. +Now the angel of the LORD found her by a spring of water in the wilderness, by the spring on the way to Shur. -- genesis 16:7 +. +He said, "Hagar, Sarai's maid, where have you come from and where are you going?" And she said, "I am fleeing from the presence of my mistress Sarai." -- genesis 16:8 +. +Then the angel of the LORD said to her, "Return to your mistress, and submit yourself to her authority." -- genesis 16:9 +. +Moreover, the angel of the LORD said to her, "I will greatly multiply your descendants so that they will be too many to count." -- genesis 16:10 +. +The angel of the LORD said to her further, "Behold, you are with child, And you will bear a son; And you shall call his name Ishmael, Because the LORD has given heed to your affliction. -- genesis 16:11 +. +"He will be a wild donkey of a man, His hand will be against everyone, And everyone's hand will be against him; And he will live to the east of all his brothers." -- genesis 16:12 +. +Then she called the name of the LORD who spoke to her, "You are a God who sees"; for she said, "Have I even remained alive here after seeing Him?" -- genesis 16:13 +. +Therefore the well was called Beer-lahai-roi; behold, it is between Kadesh and Bered. -- genesis 16:14 +. +So Hagar bore Abram a son; and Abram called the name of his son, whom Hagar bore, Ishmael. -- genesis 16:15 +. +Abram was eighty-six years old when Hagar bore Ishmael to him. -- genesis 16:16 +. +Now when Abram was ninety-nine years old, the LORD appeared to Abram and said to him, "I am God Almighty; Walk before Me, and be blameless. -- genesis 17:1 +. +"I will establish My covenant between Me and you, And I will multiply you exceedingly." -- genesis 17:2 +. +Abram fell on his face, and God talked with him, saying, -- genesis 17:3 +. +"As for Me, behold, My covenant is with you, And you will be the father of a multitude of nations. -- genesis 17:4 +. +"No longer shall your name be called Abram, But your name shall be Abraham; For I have made you the father of a multitude of nations. -- genesis 17:5 +. +"I will make you exceedingly fruitful, and I will make nations of you, and kings will come forth from you. -- genesis 17:6 +. +"I will establish My covenant between Me and you and your descendants after you throughout their generations for an everlasting covenant, to be God to you and to your descendants after you. -- genesis 17:7 +. +"I will give to you and to your descendants after you, the land of your sojournings, all the land of Canaan, for an everlasting possession; and I will be their God." -- genesis 17:8 +. +God said further to Abraham, "Now as for you, you shall keep My covenant, you and your descendants after you throughout their generations. -- genesis 17:9 +. +"This is My covenant, which you shall keep, between Me and you and your descendants after you: every male among you shall be circumcised. -- genesis 17:10 +. +"And you shall be circumcised in the flesh of your foreskin, and it shall be the sign of the covenant between Me and you. -- genesis 17:11 +. +"And every male among you who is eight days old shall be circumcised throughout your generations, a servant who is born in the house or who is bought with money from any foreigner, who is not of your descendants. -- genesis 17:12 +. +"A servant who is born in your house or who is bought with your money shall surely be circumcised; thus shall My covenant be in your flesh for an everlasting covenant. -- genesis 17:13 +. +"But an uncircumcised male who is not circumcised in the flesh of his foreskin, that person shall be cut off from his people; he has broken My covenant." -- genesis 17:14 +. +Then God said to Abraham, "As for Sarai your wife, you shall not call her name Sarai, but Sarah shall be her name. -- genesis 17:15 +. +"I will bless her, and indeed I will give you a son by her. Then I will bless her, and she shall be a mother of nations; kings of peoples will come from her." -- genesis 17:16 +. +Then Abraham fell on his face and laughed, and said in his heart, "Will a child be born to a man one hundred years old? And will Sarah, who is ninety years old, bear a child?" -- genesis 17:17 +. +And Abraham said to God, "Oh that Ishmael might live before You!" -- genesis 17:18 +. +But God said, "No, but Sarah your wife will bear you a son, and you shall call his name Isaac; and I will establish My covenant with him for an everlasting covenant for his descendants after him. -- genesis 17:19 +. +"As for Ishmael, I have heard you; behold, I will bless him, and will make him fruitful and will multiply him exceedingly. He shall become the father of twelve princes, and I will make him a great nation. -- genesis 17:20 +. +"But My covenant I will establish with Isaac, whom Sarah will bear to you at this season next year." -- genesis 17:21 +. +When He finished talking with him, God went up from Abraham. -- genesis 17:22 +. +Then Abraham took Ishmael his son, and all the servants who were born in his house and all who were bought with his money, every male among the men of Abraham's household, and circumcised the flesh of their foreskin in the very same day, as God had said to him. -- genesis 17:23 +. +Now Abraham was ninety-nine years old when he was circumcised in the flesh of his foreskin. -- genesis 17:24 +. +And Ishmael his son was thirteen years old when he was circumcised in the flesh of his foreskin. -- genesis 17:25 +. +In the very same day Abraham was circumcised, and Ishmael his son. -- genesis 17:26 +. +All the men of his household, who were born in the house or bought with money from a foreigner, were circumcised with him. -- genesis 17:27 +. +Now the LORD appeared to him by the oaks of Mamre, while he was sitting at the tent door in the heat of the day. -- genesis 18:1 +. +When he lifted up his eyes and looked, behold, three men were standing opposite him; and when he saw them, he ran from the tent door to meet them and bowed himself to the earth, -- genesis 18:2 +. +and said, "My Lord, if now I have found favor in Your sight, please do not pass Your servant by. -- genesis 18:3 +. +"Please let a little water be brought and wash your feet, and rest yourselves under the tree; -- genesis 18:4 +. +and I will bring a piece of bread, that you may refresh yourselves; after that you may go on, since you have visited your servant." And they said, "So do, as you have said." -- genesis 18:5 +. +So Abraham hurried into the tent to Sarah, and said, "Quickly, prepare three measures of fine flour, knead it and make bread cakes." -- genesis 18:6 +. +Abraham also ran to the herd, and took a tender and choice calf and gave it to the servant, and he hurried to prepare it. -- genesis 18:7 +. +He took curds and milk and the calf which he had prepared, and placed it before them; and he was standing by them under the tree as they ate. -- genesis 18:8 +. +Then they said to him, "Where is Sarah your wife?" And he said, "There, in the tent." -- genesis 18:9 +. +He said, "I will surely return to you at this time next year; and behold, Sarah your wife will have a son." And Sarah was listening at the tent door, which was behind him. -- genesis 18:10 +. +Now Abraham and Sarah were old, advanced in age; Sarah was past childbearing. -- genesis 18:11 +. +Sarah laughed to herself, saying, "After I have become old, shall I have pleasure, my lord being old also?" -- genesis 18:12 +. +And the LORD said to Abraham, "Why did Sarah laugh, saying, 'Shall I indeed bear a child, when I am so old?' -- genesis 18:13 +. +"Is anything too difficult for the LORD? At the appointed time I will return to you, at this time next year, and Sarah will have a son." -- genesis 18:14 +. +Sarah denied it however, saying, "I did not laugh"; for she was afraid. And He said, "No, but you did laugh." -- genesis 18:15 +. +Then the men rose up from there, and looked down toward Sodom; and Abraham was walking with them to send them off. -- genesis 18:16 +. +The LORD said, "Shall I hide from Abraham what I am about to do, -- genesis 18:17 +. +since Abraham will surely become a great and mighty nation, and in him all the nations of the earth will be blessed? -- genesis 18:18 +. +"For I have chosen him, so that he may command his children and his household after him to keep the way of the LORD by doing righteousness and justice, so that the LORD may bring upon Abraham what He has spoken about him." -- genesis 18:19 +. +And the LORD said, "The outcry of Sodom and Gomorrah is indeed great, and their sin is exceedingly grave. -- genesis 18:20 +. +"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." -- genesis 18:21 +. +Then the men turned away from there and went toward Sodom, while Abraham was still standing before the LORD. -- genesis 18:22 +. +Abraham came near and said, "Will You indeed sweep away the righteous with the wicked? -- genesis 18:23 +. +"Suppose there are fifty righteous within the city; will You indeed sweep it away and not spare the place for the sake of the fifty righteous who are in it? -- genesis 18:24 +. +"Far be it from You to do such a thing, to slay the righteous with the wicked, so that the righteous and the wicked are treated alike. Far be it from You! Shall not the Judge of all the earth deal justly?" -- genesis 18:25 +. +So the LORD said, "If I find in Sodom fifty righteous within the city, then I will spare the whole place on their account." -- genesis 18:26 +. +And Abraham replied, "Now behold, I have ventured to speak to the Lord, although I am but dust and ashes. -- genesis 18:27 +. +"Suppose the fifty righteous are lacking five, will You destroy the whole city because of five?" And He said, "I will not destroy it if I find forty-five there." -- genesis 18:28 +. +He spoke to Him yet again and said, "Suppose forty are found there?" And He said, "I will not do it on account of the forty." -- genesis 18:29 +. +Then he said, "Oh may the Lord not be angry, and I shall speak; suppose thirty are found there?" And He said, "I will not do it if I find thirty there." -- genesis 18:30 +. +And he said, "Now behold, I have ventured to speak to the Lord; suppose twenty are found there?" And He said, "I will not destroy it on account of the twenty." -- genesis 18:31 +. +Then he said, "Oh may the Lord not be angry, and I shall speak only this once; suppose ten are found there?" And He said, "I will not destroy it on account of the ten." -- genesis 18:32 +. +As soon as He had finished speaking to Abraham the LORD departed, and Abraham returned to his place. -- genesis 18:33 +. +Now the two angels came to Sodom in the evening as Lot was sitting in the gate of Sodom. When Lot saw them, he rose to meet them and bowed down with his face to the ground. -- genesis 19:1 +. +And he said, "Now behold, my lords, please turn aside into your servant's house, and spend the night, and wash your feet; then you may rise early and go on your way." They said however, "No, but we shall spend the night in the square." -- genesis 19:2 +. +Yet he urged them strongly, so they turned aside to him and entered his house; and he prepared a feast for them, and baked unleavened bread, and they ate. -- genesis 19:3 +. +Before they lay down, the men of the city, the men of Sodom, surrounded the house, both young and old, all the people from every quarter; -- genesis 19:4 +. +and they called to Lot and said to him, "Where are the men who came to you tonight? Bring them out to us that we may have relations with them." -- genesis 19:5 +. +But Lot went out to them at the doorway, and shut the door behind him, -- genesis 19:6 +. +and said, "Please, my brothers, do not act wickedly. -- genesis 19:7 +. +"Now behold, I have two daughters who have not had relations with man; please let me bring them out to you, and do to them whatever you like; only do nothing to these men, inasmuch as they have come under the shelter of my roof." -- genesis 19:8 +. +But they said, "Stand aside." Furthermore, they said, "This one came in as an alien, and already he is acting like a judge; now we will treat you worse than them." So they pressed hard against Lot and came near to break the door. -- genesis 19:9 +. +But the men reached out their hands and brought Lot into the house with them, and shut the door. -- genesis 19:10 +. +They struck the men who were at the doorway of the house with blindness, both small and great, so that they wearied themselves trying to find the doorway. -- genesis 19:11 +. +Then the two men said to Lot, "Whom else have you here? A son-in-law, and your sons, and your daughters, and whomever you have in the city, bring them out of the place; -- genesis 19:12 +. +for we are about to destroy this place, because their outcry has become so great before the LORD that the LORD has sent us to destroy it." -- genesis 19:13 +. +Lot went out and spoke to his sons-in-law, who were to marry his daughters, and said, "Up, get out of this place, for the LORD will destroy the city." But he appeared to his sons-in-law to be jesting. -- genesis 19:14 +. +When morning dawned, the angels urged Lot, saying, "Up, take your wife and your two daughters who are here, or you will be swept away in the punishment of the city." -- genesis 19:15 +. +But he hesitated. So the men seized his hand and the hand of his wife and the hands of his two daughters, for the compassion of the LORD was upon him; and they brought him out, and put him outside the city. -- genesis 19:16 +. +When they had brought them outside, one said, "Escape for your life! Do not look behind you, and do not stay anywhere in the valley; escape to the mountains, or you will be swept away." -- genesis 19:17 +. +But Lot said to them, "Oh no, my lords! -- genesis 19:18 +. +"Now behold, your servant has found favor in your sight, and you have magnified your lovingkindness, which you have shown me by saving my life; but I cannot escape to the mountains, for the disaster will overtake me and I will die; -- genesis 19:19 +. +now behold, this town is near enough to flee to, and it is small. Please, let me escape there (is it not small?) that my life may be saved." -- genesis 19:20 +. +He said to him, "Behold, I grant you this request also, not to overthrow the town of which you have spoken. -- genesis 19:21 +. +"Hurry, escape there, for I cannot do anything until you arrive there." Therefore the name of the town was called Zoar. -- genesis 19:22 +. +The sun had risen over the earth when Lot came to Zoar. -- genesis 19:23 +. +Then the LORD rained on Sodom and Gomorrah brimstone and fire from the LORD out of heaven, -- genesis 19:24 +. +and He overthrew those cities, and all the valley, and all the inhabitants of the cities, and what grew on the ground. -- genesis 19:25 +. +But his wife, from behind him, looked back, and she became a pillar of salt. -- genesis 19:26 +. +Now Abraham arose early in the morning and went to the place where he had stood before the LORD; -- genesis 19:27 +. +and he looked down toward Sodom and Gomorrah, and toward all the land of the valley, and he saw, and behold, the smoke of the land ascended like the smoke of a furnace. -- genesis 19:28 +. +Thus it came about, when God destroyed the cities of the valley, that God remembered Abraham, and sent Lot out of the midst of the overthrow, when He overthrew the cities in which Lot lived. -- genesis 19:29 +. +Lot went up from Zoar, and stayed in the mountains, and his two daughters with him; for he was afraid to stay in Zoar; and he stayed in a cave, he and his two daughters. -- genesis 19:30 +. +Then the firstborn said to the younger, "Our father is old, and there is not a man on earth to come in to us after the manner of the earth. -- genesis 19:31 +. +"Come, let us make our father drink wine, and let us lie with him that we may preserve our family through our father." -- genesis 19:32 +. +So they made their father drink wine that night, and the firstborn went in and lay with her father; and he did not know when she lay down or when she arose. -- genesis 19:33 +. +On the following day, the firstborn said to the younger, "Behold, I lay last night with my father; let us make him drink wine tonight also; then you go in and lie with him, that we may preserve our family through our father." -- genesis 19:34 +. +So they made their father drink wine that night also, and the younger arose and lay with him; and he did not know when she lay down or when she arose. -- genesis 19:35 +. +Thus both the daughters of Lot were with child by their father. -- genesis 19:36 +. +The firstborn bore a son, and called his name Moab; he is the father of the Moabites to this day. -- genesis 19:37 +. +As for the younger, she also bore a son, and called his name Ben-ammi; he is the father of the sons of Ammon to this day. -- genesis 19:38 +. +Now Abraham journeyed from there toward the land of the Negev, and settled between Kadesh and Shur; then he sojourned in Gerar. -- genesis 20:1 +. +Abraham said of Sarah his wife, "She is my sister." So Abimelech king of Gerar sent and took Sarah. -- genesis 20:2 +. +But God came to Abimelech in a dream of the night, and said to him, "Behold, you are a dead man because of the woman whom you have taken, for she is married." -- genesis 20:3 +. +Now Abimelech had not come near her; and he said, "Lord, will You slay a nation, even though blameless? -- genesis 20:4 +. +"Did he not himself say to me, 'She is my sister'? And she herself said, 'He is my brother.' In the integrity of my heart and the innocence of my hands I have done this." -- genesis 20:5 +. +Then God said to him in the dream, "Yes, I know that in the integrity of your heart you have done this, and I also kept you from sinning against Me; therefore I did not let you touch her. -- genesis 20:6 +. +"Now therefore, restore the man's wife, for he is a prophet, and he will pray for you and you will live. But if you do not restore her, know that you shall surely die, you and all who are yours." -- genesis 20:7 +. +So Abimelech arose early in the morning and called all his servants and told all these things in their hearing; and the men were greatly frightened. -- genesis 20:8 +. +Then Abimelech called Abraham and said to him, "What have you done to us? And how have I sinned against you, that you have brought on me and on my kingdom a great sin? You have done to me things that ought not to be done." -- genesis 20:9 +. +And Abimelech said to Abraham, "What have you encountered, that you have done this thing?" -- genesis 20:10 +. +Abraham said, "Because I thought, surely there is no fear of God in this place, and they will kill me because of my wife. -- genesis 20:11 +. +"Besides, she actually is my sister, the daughter of my father, but not the daughter of my mother, and she became my wife; -- genesis 20:12 +. +and it came about, when God caused me to wander from my father's house, that I said to her, 'This is the kindness which you will show to me: everywhere we go, say of me, "He is my brother."'" -- genesis 20:13 +. +Abimelech then took sheep and oxen and male and female servants, and gave them to Abraham, and restored his wife Sarah to him. -- genesis 20:14 +. +Abimelech said, "Behold, my land is before you; settle wherever you please." -- genesis 20:15 +. +To Sarah he said, "Behold, I have given your brother a thousand pieces of silver; behold, it is your vindication before all who are with you, and before all men you are cleared." -- genesis 20:16 +. +Abraham prayed to God, and God healed Abimelech and his wife and his maids, so that they bore children. -- genesis 20:17 +. +For the LORD had closed fast all the wombs of the household of Abimelech because of Sarah, Abraham's wife. -- genesis 20:18 +. +Then the LORD took note of Sarah as He had said, and the LORD did for Sarah as He had promised. -- genesis 21:1 +. +So Sarah conceived and bore a son to Abraham in his old age, at the appointed time of which God had spoken to him. -- genesis 21:2 +. +Abraham called the name of his son who was born to him, whom Sarah bore to him, Isaac. -- genesis 21:3 +. +Then Abraham circumcised his son Isaac when he was eight days old, as God had commanded him. -- genesis 21:4 +. +Now Abraham was one hundred years old when his son Isaac was born to him. -- genesis 21:5 +. +Sarah said, "God has made laughter for me; everyone who hears will laugh with me." -- genesis 21:6 +. +And she said, "Who would have said to Abraham that Sarah would nurse children? Yet I have borne him a son in his old age." -- genesis 21:7 +. +The child grew and was weaned, and Abraham made a great feast on the day that Isaac was weaned. -- genesis 21:8 +. +Now Sarah saw the son of Hagar the Egyptian, whom she had borne to Abraham, mocking. -- genesis 21:9 +. +Therefore she said to Abraham, "Drive out this maid and her son, for the son of this maid shall not be an heir with my son Isaac." -- genesis 21:10 +. +The matter distressed Abraham greatly because of his son. -- genesis 21:11 +. +But God said to Abraham, "Do not be distressed because of the lad and your maid; whatever Sarah tells you, listen to her, for through Isaac your descendants shall be named. -- genesis 21:12 +. +"And of the son of the maid I will make a nation also, because he is your descendant." -- genesis 21:13 +. +So Abraham rose early in the morning and took bread and a skin of water and gave them to Hagar, putting them on her shoulder, and gave her the boy, and sent her away. And she departed and wandered about in the wilderness of Beersheba. -- genesis 21:14 +. +When the water in the skin was used up, she left the boy under one of the bushes. -- genesis 21:15 +. +Then she went and sat down opposite him, about a bowshot away, for she said, "Do not let me see the boy die." And she sat opposite him, and lifted up her voice and wept. -- genesis 21:16 +. +God heard the lad crying; and the angel of God called to Hagar from heaven and said to her, "What is the matter with you, Hagar? Do not fear, for God has heard the voice of the lad where he is. -- genesis 21:17 +. +"Arise, lift up the lad, and hold him by the hand, for I will make a great nation of him." -- genesis 21:18 +. +Then God opened her eyes and she saw a well of water; and she went and filled the skin with water and gave the lad a drink. -- genesis 21:19 +. +God was with the lad, and he grew; and he lived in the wilderness and became an archer. -- genesis 21:20 +. +He lived in the wilderness of Paran, and his mother took a wife for him from the land of Egypt. -- genesis 21:21 +. +Now it came about at that time that Abimelech and Phicol, the commander of his army, spoke to Abraham, saying, "God is with you in all that you do; -- genesis 21:22 +. +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." -- genesis 21:23 +. +Abraham said, "I swear it." -- genesis 21:24 +. +But Abraham complained to Abimelech because of the well of water which the servants of Abimelech had seized. -- genesis 21:25 +. +And Abimelech said, "I do not know who has done this thing; you did not tell me, nor did I hear of it until today." -- genesis 21:26 +. +Abraham took sheep and oxen and gave them to Abimelech, and the two of them made a covenant. -- genesis 21:27 +. +Then Abraham set seven ewe lambs of the flock by themselves. -- genesis 21:28 +. +Abimelech said to Abraham, "What do these seven ewe lambs mean, which you have set by themselves?" -- genesis 21:29 +. +He said, "You shall take these seven ewe lambs from my hand so that it may be a witness to me, that I dug this well." -- genesis 21:30 +. +Therefore he called that place Beersheba, because there the two of them took an oath. -- genesis 21:31 +. +So they made a covenant at Beersheba; and Abimelech and Phicol, the commander of his army, arose and returned to the land of the Philistines. -- genesis 21:32 +. +Abraham planted a tamarisk tree at Beersheba, and there he called on the name of the LORD, the Everlasting God. -- genesis 21:33 +. +And Abraham sojourned in the land of the Philistines for many days. -- genesis 21:34 +. +Now it came about after these things, that God tested Abraham, and said to him, "Abraham!" And he said, "Here I am." -- genesis 22:1 +. +He said, "Take now your son, your only son, whom you love, Isaac, and go to the land of Moriah, and offer him there as a burnt offering on one of the mountains of which I will tell you." -- genesis 22:2 +. +So Abraham rose early in the morning and saddled his donkey, and took two of his young men with him and Isaac his son; and he split wood for the burnt offering, and arose and went to the place of which God had told him. -- genesis 22:3 +. +On the third day Abraham raised his eyes and saw the place from a distance. -- genesis 22:4 +. +Abraham said to his young men, "Stay here with the donkey, and I and the lad will go over there; and we will worship and return to you." -- genesis 22:5 +. +Abraham took the wood of the burnt offering and laid it on Isaac his son, and he took in his hand the fire and the knife. So the two of them walked on together. -- genesis 22:6 +. +Isaac spoke to Abraham his father and said, "My father!" And he said, "Here I am, my son." And he said, "Behold, the fire and the wood, but where is the lamb for the burnt offering?" -- genesis 22:7 +. +Abraham said, "God will provide for Himself the lamb for the burnt offering, my son." So the two of them walked on together. -- genesis 22:8 +. +Then they came to the place of which God had told him; and Abraham built the altar there and arranged the wood, and bound his son Isaac and laid him on the altar, on top of the wood. -- genesis 22:9 +. +Abraham stretched out his hand and took the knife to slay his son. -- genesis 22:10 +. +But the angel of the LORD called to him from heaven and said, "Abraham, Abraham!" And he said, "Here I am." -- genesis 22:11 +. +He said, "Do not stretch out your hand against the lad, and do nothing to him; for now I know that you fear God, since you have not withheld your son, your only son, from Me." -- genesis 22:12 +. +Then Abraham raised his eyes and looked, and behold, behind him a ram caught in the thicket by his horns; and Abraham went and took the ram and offered him up for a burnt offering in the place of his son. -- genesis 22:13 +. +Abraham called the name of that place The LORD Will Provide, as it is said to this day, "In the mount of the LORD it will be provided." -- genesis 22:14 +. +Then the angel of the LORD called to Abraham a second time from heaven, -- genesis 22:15 +. +and said, "By Myself I have sworn, declares the LORD, because you have done this thing and have not withheld your son, your only son, -- genesis 22:16 +. +indeed I will greatly bless you, and I will greatly multiply your seed as the stars of the heavens and as the sand which is on the seashore; and your seed shall possess the gate of their enemies. -- genesis 22:17 +. +"In your seed all the nations of the earth shall be blessed, because you have obeyed My voice." -- genesis 22:18 +. +So Abraham returned to his young men, and they arose and went together to Beersheba; and Abraham lived at Beersheba. -- genesis 22:19 +. +Now it came about after these things, that it was told Abraham, saying, "Behold, Milcah also has borne children to your brother Nahor: -- genesis 22:20 +. +Uz his firstborn and Buz his brother and Kemuel the father of Aram -- genesis 22:21 +. +and Chesed and Hazo and Pildash and Jidlaph and Bethuel." -- genesis 22:22 +. +Bethuel became the father of Rebekah; these eight Milcah bore to Nahor, Abraham's brother. -- genesis 22:23 +. +His concubine, whose name was Reumah, also bore Tebah and Gaham and Tahash and Maacah. -- genesis 22:24 +. +Now Sarah lived one hundred and twenty-seven years; these were the years of the life of Sarah. -- genesis 23:1 +. +Sarah died in Kiriath-arba (that is, Hebron) in the land of Canaan; and Abraham went in to mourn for Sarah and to weep for her. -- genesis 23:2 +. +Then Abraham rose from before his dead, and spoke to the sons of Heth, saying, -- genesis 23:3 +. +"I am a stranger and a sojourner among you; give me a burial site among you that I may bury my dead out of my sight." -- genesis 23:4 +. +The sons of Heth answered Abraham, saying to him, -- genesis 23:5 +. +"Hear us, my lord, you are a mighty prince among us; bury your dead in the choicest of our graves; none of us will refuse you his grave for burying your dead." -- genesis 23:6 +. +So Abraham rose and bowed to the people of the land, the sons of Heth. -- genesis 23:7 +. +And he spoke with them, saying, "If it is your wish for me to bury my dead out of my sight, hear me, and approach Ephron the son of Zohar for me, -- genesis 23:8 +. +that he may give me the cave of Machpelah which he owns, which is at the end of his field; for the full price let him give it to me in your presence for a burial site." -- genesis 23:9 +. +Now Ephron was sitting among the sons of Heth; and Ephron the Hittite answered Abraham in the hearing of the sons of Heth; even of all who went in at the gate of his city, saying, -- genesis 23:10 +. +"No, my lord, hear me; I give you the field, and I give you the cave that is in it. In the presence of the sons of my people I give it to you; bury your dead." -- genesis 23:11 +. +And Abraham bowed before the people of the land. -- genesis 23:12 +. +He spoke to Ephron in the hearing of the people of the land, saying, "If you will only please listen to me; I will give the price of the field, accept it from me that I may bury my dead there." -- genesis 23:13 +. +Then Ephron answered Abraham, saying to him, -- genesis 23:14 +. +"My lord, listen to me; a piece of land worth four hundred shekels of silver, what is that between me and you? So bury your dead." -- genesis 23:15 +. +Abraham listened to Ephron; and Abraham weighed out for Ephron the silver which he had named in the hearing of the sons of Heth, four hundred shekels of silver, commercial standard. -- genesis 23:16 +. +So Ephron's field, which was in Machpelah, which faced Mamre, the field and cave which was in it, and all the trees which were in the field, that were within all the confines of its border, were deeded over -- genesis 23:17 +. +to Abraham for a possession in the presence of the sons of Heth, before all who went in at the gate of his city. -- genesis 23:18 +. +After this, Abraham buried Sarah his wife in the cave of the field at Machpelah facing Mamre (that is, Hebron) in the land of Canaan. -- genesis 23:19 +. +So the field and the cave that is in it, were deeded over to Abraham for a burial site by the sons of Heth. -- genesis 23:20 +. +Now Abraham was old, advanced in age; and the LORD had blessed Abraham in every way. -- genesis 24:1 +. +Abraham said to his servant, the oldest of his household, who had charge of all that he owned, "Please place your hand under my thigh, -- genesis 24:2 +. +and I will make you swear by the LORD, the God of heaven and the God of earth, that you shall not take a wife for my son from the daughters of the Canaanites, among whom I live, -- genesis 24:3 +. +but you will go to my country and to my relatives, and take a wife for my son Isaac." -- genesis 24:4 +. +The servant said to him, "Suppose the woman is not willing to follow me to this land; should I take your son back to the land from where you came?" -- genesis 24:5 +. +Then Abraham said to him, "Beware that you do not take my son back there! -- genesis 24:6 +. +"The LORD, the God of heaven, who took me from my father's house and from the land of my birth, and who spoke to me and who swore to me, saying, 'To your descendants I will give this land,' He will send His angel before you, and you will take a wife for my son from there. -- genesis 24:7 +. +"But if the woman is not willing to follow you, then you will be free from this my oath; only do not take my son back there." -- genesis 24:8 +. +So the servant placed his hand under the thigh of Abraham his master, and swore to him concerning this matter. -- genesis 24:9 +. +Then the servant took ten camels from the camels of his master, and set out with a variety of good things of his master's in his hand; and he arose and went to Mesopotamia, to the city of Nahor. -- genesis 24:10 +. +He made the camels kneel down outside the city by the well of water at evening time, the time when women go out to draw water. -- genesis 24:11 +. +He said, "O LORD, the God of my master Abraham, please grant me success today, and show lovingkindness to my master Abraham. -- genesis 24:12 +. +"Behold, I am standing by the spring, and the daughters of the men of the city are coming out to draw water; -- genesis 24:13 +. +now may it be that the girl to whom I say, 'Please let down your jar so that I may drink,' and who answers, 'Drink, and I will water your camels also'--may she be the one whom You have appointed for Your servant Isaac; and by this I will know that You have shown lovingkindness to my master." -- genesis 24:14 +. +Before he had finished speaking, behold, Rebekah who was born to Bethuel the son of Milcah, the wife of Abraham's brother Nahor, came out with her jar on her shoulder. -- genesis 24:15 +. +The girl was very beautiful, a virgin, and no man had had relations with her; and she went down to the spring and filled her jar and came up. -- genesis 24:16 +. +Then the servant ran to meet her, and said, "Please let me drink a little water from your jar." -- genesis 24:17 +. +She said, "Drink, my lord"; and she quickly lowered her jar to her hand, and gave him a drink. -- genesis 24:18 +. +Now when she had finished giving him a drink, she said, "I will draw also for your camels until they have finished drinking." -- genesis 24:19 +. +So she quickly emptied her jar into the trough, and ran back to the well to draw, and she drew for all his camels. -- genesis 24:20 +. +Meanwhile, the man was gazing at her in silence, to know whether the LORD had made his journey successful or not. -- genesis 24:21 +. +When the camels had finished drinking, the man took a gold ring weighing a half-shekel and two bracelets for her wrists weighing ten shekels in gold, -- genesis 24:22 +. +and said, "Whose daughter are you? Please tell me, is there room for us to lodge in your father's house?" -- genesis 24:23 +. +She said to him, "I am the daughter of Bethuel, the son of Milcah, whom she bore to Nahor." -- genesis 24:24 +. +Again she said to him, "We have plenty of both straw and feed, and room to lodge in." -- genesis 24:25 +. +Then the man bowed low and worshiped the LORD. -- genesis 24:26 +. +He said, "Blessed be the LORD, the God of my master Abraham, who has not forsaken His lovingkindness and His truth toward my master; as for me, the LORD has guided me in the way to the house of my master's brothers." -- genesis 24:27 +. +Then the girl ran and told her mother's household about these things. -- genesis 24:28 +. +Now Rebekah had a brother whose name was Laban; and Laban ran outside to the man at the spring. -- genesis 24:29 +. +When he saw the ring and the bracelets on his sister's wrists, and when he heard the words of Rebekah his sister, saying, "This is what the man said to me," he went to the man; and behold, he was standing by the camels at the spring. -- genesis 24:30 +. +And he said, "Come in, blessed of the LORD! Why do you stand outside since I have prepared the house, and a place for the camels?" -- genesis 24:31 +. +So the man entered the house. Then Laban unloaded the camels, and he gave straw and feed to the camels, and water to wash his feet and the feet of the men who were with him. -- genesis 24:32 +. +But when food was set before him to eat, he said, "I will not eat until I have told my business." And he said, "Speak on." -- genesis 24:33 +. +So he said, "I am Abraham's servant. -- genesis 24:34 +. +"The LORD has greatly blessed my master, so that he has become rich; and He has given him flocks and herds, and silver and gold, and servants and maids, and camels and donkeys. -- genesis 24:35 +. +"Now Sarah my master's wife bore a son to my master in her old age, and he has given him all that he has. -- genesis 24:36 +. +"My master made me swear, saying, 'You shall not take a wife for my son from the daughters of the Canaanites, in whose land I live; -- genesis 24:37 +. +but you shall go to my father's house and to my relatives, and take a wife for my son.' -- genesis 24:38 +. +"I said to my master, 'Suppose the woman does not follow me.' -- genesis 24:39 +. +"He said to me, 'The LORD, before whom I have walked, will send His angel with you to make your journey successful, and you will take a wife for my son from my relatives and from my father's house; -- genesis 24:40 +. +then you will be free from my oath, when you come to my relatives; and if they do not give her to you, you will be free from my oath.' -- genesis 24:41 +. +"So I came today to the spring, and said, 'O LORD, the God of my master Abraham, if now You will make my journey on which I go successful; -- genesis 24:42 +. +behold, I am standing by the spring, and may it be that the maiden who comes out to draw, and to whom I say, "Please let me drink a little water from your jar"; -- genesis 24:43 +. +and she will say to me, "You drink, and I will draw for your camels also"; let her be the woman whom the LORD has appointed for my master's son.' -- genesis 24:44 +. +"Before I had finished speaking in my heart, behold, Rebekah came out with her jar on her shoulder, and went down to the spring and drew, and I said to her, 'Please let me drink.' -- genesis 24:45 +. +"She quickly lowered her jar from her shoulder, and said, 'Drink, and I will water your camels also'; so I drank, and she watered the camels also. -- genesis 24:46 +. +"Then I asked her, and said, 'Whose daughter are you?' And she said, 'The daughter of Bethuel, Nahor's son, whom Milcah bore to him'; and I put the ring on her nose, and the bracelets on her wrists. -- genesis 24:47 +. +"And I bowed low and worshiped the LORD, and blessed the LORD, the God of my master Abraham, who had guided me in the right way to take the daughter of my master's kinsman for his son. -- genesis 24:48 +. +"So now if you are going to deal kindly and truly with my master, tell me; and if not, let me know, that I may turn to the right hand or the left." -- genesis 24:49 +. +Then Laban and Bethuel replied, "The matter comes from the LORD; so we cannot speak to you bad or good. -- genesis 24:50 +. +"Here is Rebekah before you, take her and go, and let her be the wife of your master's son, as the LORD has spoken." -- genesis 24:51 +. +When Abraham's servant heard their words, he bowed himself to the ground before the LORD. -- genesis 24:52 +. +The servant brought out articles of silver and articles of gold, and garments, and gave them to Rebekah; he also gave precious things to her brother and to her mother. -- genesis 24:53 +. +Then he and the men who were with him ate and drank and spent the night. When they arose in the morning, he said, "Send me away to my master." -- genesis 24:54 +. +But her brother and her mother said, "Let the girl stay with us a few days, say ten; afterward she may go." -- genesis 24:55 +. +He said to them, "Do not delay me, since the LORD has prospered my way. Send me away that I may go to my master." -- genesis 24:56 +. +And they said, "We will call the girl and consult her wishes." -- genesis 24:57 +. +Then they called Rebekah and said to her, "Will you go with this man?" And she said, "I will go." -- genesis 24:58 +. +Thus they sent away their sister Rebekah and her nurse with Abraham's servant and his men. -- genesis 24:59 +. +They blessed Rebekah and said to her, "May you, our sister, Become thousands of ten thousands, And may your descendants possess The gate of those who hate them." -- genesis 24:60 +. +Then Rebekah arose with her maids, and they mounted the camels and followed the man. So the servant took Rebekah and departed. -- genesis 24:61 +. +Now Isaac had come from going to Beer-lahai-roi; for he was living in the Negev. -- genesis 24:62 +. +Isaac went out to meditate in the field toward evening; and he lifted up his eyes and looked, and behold, camels were coming. -- genesis 24:63 +. +Rebekah lifted up her eyes, and when she saw Isaac she dismounted from the camel. -- genesis 24:64 +. +She said to the servant, "Who is that man walking in the field to meet us?" And the servant said, "He is my master." Then she took her veil and covered herself. -- genesis 24:65 +. +The servant told Isaac all the things that he had done. -- genesis 24:66 +. +Then Isaac brought her into his mother Sarah's tent, and he took Rebekah, and she became his wife, and he loved her; thus Isaac was comforted after his mother's death. -- genesis 24:67 +. +Now Abraham took another wife, whose name was Keturah. -- genesis 25:1 +. +She bore to him Zimran and Jokshan and Medan and Midian and Ishbak and Shuah. -- genesis 25:2 +. +Jokshan became the father of Sheba and Dedan. And the sons of Dedan were Asshurim and Letushim and Leummim. -- genesis 25:3 +. +The sons of Midian were Ephah and Epher and Hanoch and Abida and Eldaah. All these were the sons of Keturah. -- genesis 25:4 +. +Now Abraham gave all that he had to Isaac; -- genesis 25:5 +. +but to the sons of his concubines, Abraham gave gifts while he was still living, and sent them away from his son Isaac eastward, to the land of the east. -- genesis 25:6 +. +These are all the years of Abraham's life that he lived, one hundred and seventy-five years. -- genesis 25:7 +. +Abraham breathed his last and died in a ripe old age, an old man and satisfied with life; and he was gathered to his people. -- genesis 25:8 +. +Then his sons Isaac and Ishmael buried him in the cave of Machpelah, in the field of Ephron the son of Zohar the Hittite, facing Mamre, -- genesis 25:9 +. +the field which Abraham purchased from the sons of Heth; there Abraham was buried with Sarah his wife. -- genesis 25:10 +. +It came about after the death of Abraham, that God blessed his son Isaac; and Isaac lived by Beer-lahai-roi. -- genesis 25:11 +. +Now these are the records of the generations of Ishmael, Abraham's son, whom Hagar the Egyptian, Sarah's maid, bore to Abraham; -- genesis 25:12 +. +and these are the names of the sons of Ishmael, by their names, in the order of their birth: Nebaioth, the firstborn of Ishmael, and Kedar and Adbeel and Mibsam -- genesis 25:13 +. +and Mishma and Dumah and Massa, -- genesis 25:14 +. +Hadad and Tema, Jetur, Naphish and Kedemah. -- genesis 25:15 +. +These are the sons of Ishmael and these are their names, by their villages, and by their camps; twelve princes according to their tribes. -- genesis 25:16 +. +These are the years of the life of Ishmael, one hundred and thirty-seven years; and he breathed his last and died, and was gathered to his people. -- genesis 25:17 +. +They settled from Havilah to Shur which is east of Egypt as one goes toward Assyria; he settled in defiance of all his relatives. -- genesis 25:18 +. +Now these are the records of the generations of Isaac, Abraham's son: Abraham became the father of Isaac; -- genesis 25:19 +. +and Isaac was forty years old when he took Rebekah, the daughter of Bethuel the Aramean of Paddan-aram, the sister of Laban the Aramean, to be his wife. -- genesis 25:20 +. +Isaac prayed to the LORD on behalf of his wife, because she was barren; and the LORD answered him and Rebekah his wife conceived. -- genesis 25:21 +. +But the children struggled together within her; and she said, "If it is so, why then am I this way?" So she went to inquire of the LORD. -- genesis 25:22 +. +The LORD said to her, "Two nations are in your womb; And two peoples will be separated from your body; And one people shall be stronger than the other; And the older shall serve the younger." -- genesis 25:23 +. +When her days to be delivered were fulfilled, behold, there were twins in her womb. -- genesis 25:24 +. +Now the first came forth red, all over like a hairy garment; and they named him Esau. -- genesis 25:25 +. +Afterward his brother came forth with his hand holding on to Esau's heel, so his name was called Jacob; and Isaac was sixty years old when she gave birth to them. -- genesis 25:26 +. +When the boys grew up, Esau became a skillful hunter, a man of the field, but Jacob was a peaceful man, living in tents. -- genesis 25:27 +. +Now Isaac loved Esau, because he had a taste for game, but Rebekah loved Jacob. -- genesis 25:28 +. +When Jacob had cooked stew, Esau came in from the field and he was famished; -- genesis 25:29 +. +and Esau said to Jacob, "Please let me have a swallow of that red stuff there, for I am famished." Therefore his name was called Edom. -- genesis 25:30 +. +But Jacob said, "First sell me your birthright." -- genesis 25:31 +. +Esau said, "Behold, I am about to die; so of what use then is the birthright to me?" -- genesis 25:32 +. +And Jacob said, "First swear to me"; so he swore to him, and sold his birthright to Jacob. -- genesis 25:33 +. +Then Jacob gave Esau bread and lentil stew; and he ate and drank, and rose and went on his way. Thus Esau despised his birthright. -- genesis 25:34 +. +Now there was a famine in the land, besides the previous famine that had occurred in the days of Abraham. So Isaac went to Gerar, to Abimelech king of the Philistines. -- genesis 26:1 +. +The LORD appeared to him and said, "Do not go down to Egypt; stay in the land of which I shall tell you. -- genesis 26:2 +. +"Sojourn in this land and I will be with you and bless you, for to you and to your descendants I will give all these lands, and I will establish the oath which I swore to your father Abraham. -- genesis 26:3 +. +"I will multiply your descendants as the stars of heaven, and will give your descendants all these lands; and by your descendants all the nations of the earth shall be blessed; -- genesis 26:4 +. +because Abraham obeyed Me and kept My charge, My commandments, My statutes and My laws." -- genesis 26:5 +. +So Isaac lived in Gerar. -- genesis 26:6 +. +When the men of the place asked about his wife, he said, "She is my sister," for he was afraid to say, "my wife," thinking, "the men of the place might kill me on account of Rebekah, for she is beautiful." -- genesis 26:7 +. +It came about, when he had been there a long time, that Abimelech king of the Philistines looked out through a window, and saw, and behold, Isaac was caressing his wife Rebekah. -- genesis 26:8 +. +Then Abimelech called Isaac and said, "Behold, certainly she is your wife! How then did you say, 'She is my sister'?" And Isaac said to him, "Because I said, 'I might die on account of her.'" -- genesis 26:9 +. +Abimelech said, "What is this you have done to us? One of the people might easily have lain with your wife, and you would have brought guilt upon us." -- genesis 26:10 +. +So Abimelech charged all the people, saying, "He who touches this man or his wife shall surely be put to death." -- genesis 26:11 +. +Now Isaac sowed in that land and reaped in the same year a hundredfold. And the LORD blessed him, -- genesis 26:12 +. +and the man became rich, and continued to grow richer until he became very wealthy; -- genesis 26:13 +. +for he had possessions of flocks and herds and a great household, so that the Philistines envied him. -- genesis 26:14 +. +Now all the wells which his father's servants had dug in the days of Abraham his father, the Philistines stopped up by filling them with earth. -- genesis 26:15 +. +Then Abimelech said to Isaac, "Go away from us, for you are too powerful for us." -- genesis 26:16 +. +And Isaac departed from there and camped in the valley of Gerar, and settled there. -- genesis 26:17 +. +Then Isaac dug again the wells of water which had been dug in the days of his father Abraham, for the Philistines had stopped them up after the death of Abraham; and he gave them the same names which his father had given them. -- genesis 26:18 +. +But when Isaac's servants dug in the valley and found there a well of flowing water, -- genesis 26:19 +. +the herdsmen of Gerar quarreled with the herdsmen of Isaac, saying, "The water is ours!" So he named the well Esek, because they contended with him. -- genesis 26:20 +. +Then they dug another well, and they quarreled over it too, so he named it Sitnah. -- genesis 26:21 +. +He moved away from there and dug another well, and they did not quarrel over it; so he named it Rehoboth, for he said, "At last the LORD has made room for us, and we will be fruitful in the land." -- genesis 26:22 +. +Then he went up from there to Beersheba. -- genesis 26:23 +. +The LORD appeared to him the same night and said, "I am the God of your father Abraham; Do not fear, for I am with you. I will bless you, and multiply your descendants, For the sake of My servant Abraham." -- genesis 26:24 +. +So he built an altar there and called upon the name of the LORD, and pitched his tent there; and there Isaac's servants dug a well. -- genesis 26:25 +. +Then Abimelech came to him from Gerar with his adviser Ahuzzath and Phicol the commander of his army. -- genesis 26:26 +. +Isaac said to them, "Why have you come to me, since you hate me and have sent me away from you?" -- genesis 26:27 +. +They said, "We see plainly that the LORD has been with you; so we said, 'Let there now be an oath between us, even between you and us, and let us make a covenant with you, -- genesis 26:28 +. +that you will do us no harm, just as we have not touched you and have done to you nothing but good and have sent you away in peace. You are now the blessed of the LORD.'" -- genesis 26:29 +. +Then he made them a feast, and they ate and drank. -- genesis 26:30 +. +In the morning they arose early and exchanged oaths; then Isaac sent them away and they departed from him in peace. -- genesis 26:31 +. +Now it came about on the same day, that Isaac's servants came in and told him about the well which they had dug, and said to him, "We have found water." -- genesis 26:32 +. +So he called it Shibah; therefore the name of the city is Beersheba to this day. -- genesis 26:33 +. +When Esau was forty years old he married Judith the daughter of Beeri the Hittite, and Basemath the daughter of Elon the Hittite; -- genesis 26:34 +. +and they brought grief to Isaac and Rebekah. -- genesis 26:35 +. +Now it came about, when Isaac was old and his eyes were too dim to see, that he called his older son Esau and said to him, "My son." And he said to him, "Here I am." -- genesis 27:1 +. +Isaac said, "Behold now, I am old and I do not know the day of my death. -- genesis 27:2 +. +"Now then, please take your gear, your quiver and your bow, and go out to the field and hunt game for me; -- genesis 27:3 +. +and prepare a savory dish for me such as I love, and bring it to me that I may eat, so that my soul may bless you before I die." -- genesis 27:4 +. +Rebekah was listening while Isaac spoke to his son Esau. So when Esau went to the field to hunt for game to bring home, -- genesis 27:5 +. +Rebekah said to her son Jacob, "Behold, I heard your father speak to your brother Esau, saying, -- genesis 27:6 +. +'Bring me some game and prepare a savory dish for me, that I may eat, and bless you in the presence of the LORD before my death.' -- genesis 27:7 +. +"Now therefore, my son, listen to me as I command you. -- genesis 27:8 +. +"Go now to the flock and bring me two choice young goats from there, that I may prepare them as a savory dish for your father, such as he loves. -- genesis 27:9 +. +"Then you shall bring it to your father, that he may eat, so that he may bless you before his death." -- genesis 27:10 +. +Jacob answered his mother Rebekah, "Behold, Esau my brother is a hairy man and I am a smooth man. -- genesis 27:11 +. +"Perhaps my father will feel me, then I will be as a deceiver in his sight, and I will bring upon myself a curse and not a blessing." -- genesis 27:12 +. +But his mother said to him, "Your curse be on me, my son; only obey my voice, and go, get them for me." -- genesis 27:13 +. +So he went and got them, and brought them to his mother; and his mother made savory food such as his father loved. -- genesis 27:14 +. +Then Rebekah took the best garments of Esau her elder son, which were with her in the house, and put them on Jacob her younger son. -- genesis 27:15 +. +And she put the skins of the young goats on his hands and on the smooth part of his neck. -- genesis 27:16 +. +She also gave the savory food and the bread, which she had made, to her son Jacob. -- genesis 27:17 +. +Then he came to his father and said, "My father." And he said, "Here I am. Who are you, my son?" -- genesis 27:18 +. +Jacob said to his father, "I am Esau your firstborn; I have done as you told me. Get up, please, sit and eat of my game, that you may bless me." -- genesis 27:19 +. +Isaac said to his son, "How is it that you have it so quickly, my son?" And he said, "Because the LORD your God caused it to happen to me." -- genesis 27:20 +. +Then Isaac said to Jacob, "Please come close, that I may feel you, my son, whether you are really my son Esau or not." -- genesis 27:21 +. +So Jacob came close to Isaac his father, and he felt him and said, "The voice is the voice of Jacob, but the hands are the hands of Esau." -- genesis 27:22 +. +He did not recognize him, because his hands were hairy like his brother Esau's hands; so he blessed him. -- genesis 27:23 +. +And he said, "Are you really my son Esau?" And he said, "I am." -- genesis 27:24 +. +So he said, "Bring it to me, and I will eat of my son's game, that I may bless you." And he brought it to him, and he ate; he also brought him wine and he drank. -- genesis 27:25 +. +Then his father Isaac said to him, "Please come close and kiss me, my son." -- genesis 27:26 +. +So he came close and kissed him; and when he smelled the smell of his garments, he blessed him and said, "See, the smell of my son Is like the smell of a field which the LORD has blessed; -- genesis 27:27 +. +Now may God give you of the dew of heaven, And of the fatness of the earth, And an abundance of grain and new wine; -- genesis 27:28 +. +May peoples serve you, And nations bow down to you; Be master of your brothers, And may your mother's sons bow down to you. Cursed be those who curse you, And blessed be those who bless you." -- genesis 27:29 +. +Now it came about, as soon as Isaac had finished blessing Jacob, and Jacob had hardly gone out from the presence of Isaac his father, that Esau his brother came in from his hunting. -- genesis 27:30 +. +Then he also made savory food, and brought it to his father; and he said to his father, "Let my father arise and eat of his son's game, that you may bless me." -- genesis 27:31 +. +Isaac his father said to him, "Who are you?" And he said, "I am your son, your firstborn, Esau." -- genesis 27:32 +. +Then Isaac trembled violently, and said, "Who was he then that hunted game and brought it to me, so that I ate of all of it before you came, and blessed him? Yes, and he shall be blessed." -- genesis 27:33 +. +When Esau heard the words of his father, he cried out with an exceedingly great and bitter cry, and said to his father, "Bless me, even me also, O my father!" -- genesis 27:34 +. +And he said, "Your brother came deceitfully and has taken away your blessing." -- genesis 27:35 +. +Then he said, "Is he not rightly named Jacob, for he has supplanted me these two times? He took away my birthright, and behold, now he has taken away my blessing." And he said, "Have you not reserved a blessing for me?" -- genesis 27:36 +. +But Isaac replied to Esau, "Behold, I have made him your master, and all his relatives I have given to him as servants; and with grain and new wine I have sustained him. Now as for you then, what can I do, my son?" -- genesis 27:37 +. +Esau said to his father, "Do you have only one blessing, my father? Bless me, even me also, O my father." So Esau lifted his voice and wept. -- genesis 27:38 +. +Then Isaac his father answered and said to him, "Behold, away from the fertility of the earth shall be your dwelling, And away from the dew of heaven from above. -- genesis 27:39 +. +"By your sword you shall live, And your brother you shall serve; But it shall come about when you become restless, That you will break his yoke from your neck." -- genesis 27:40 +. +So Esau bore a grudge against Jacob because of the blessing with which his father had blessed him; and Esau said to himself, "The days of mourning for my father are near; then I will kill my brother Jacob." -- genesis 27:41 +. +Now when the words of her elder son Esau were reported to Rebekah, she sent and called her younger son Jacob, and said to him, "Behold your brother Esau is consoling himself concerning you by planning to kill you. -- genesis 27:42 +. +"Now therefore, my son, obey my voice, and arise, flee to Haran, to my brother Laban! -- genesis 27:43 +. +"Stay with him a few days, until your brother's fury subsides, -- genesis 27:44 +. +until your brother's anger against you subsides and he forgets what you did to him. Then I will send and get you from there. Why should I be bereaved of you both in one day?" -- genesis 27:45 +. +Rebekah said to Isaac, "I am tired of living because of the daughters of Heth; if Jacob takes a wife from the daughters of Heth, like these, from the daughters of the land, what good will my life be to me?" -- genesis 27:46 +. +So Isaac called Jacob and blessed him and charged him, and said to him, "You shall not take a wife from the daughters of Canaan. -- genesis 28:1 +. +"Arise, go to Paddan-aram, to the house of Bethuel your mother's father; and from there take to yourself a wife from the daughters of Laban your mother's brother. -- genesis 28:2 +. +"May God Almighty bless you and make you fruitful and multiply you, that you may become a company of peoples. -- genesis 28:3 +. +"May He also give you the blessing of Abraham, to you and to your descendants with you, that you may possess the land of your sojournings, which God gave to Abraham." -- genesis 28:4 +. +Then Isaac sent Jacob away, and he went to Paddan-aram to Laban, son of Bethuel the Aramean, the brother of Rebekah, the mother of Jacob and Esau. -- genesis 28:5 +. +Now Esau saw that Isaac had blessed Jacob and sent him away to Paddan-aram to take to himself a wife from there, and that when he blessed him he charged him, saying, "You shall not take a wife from the daughters of Canaan," -- genesis 28:6 +. +and that Jacob had obeyed his father and his mother and had gone to Paddan-aram. -- genesis 28:7 +. +So Esau saw that the daughters of Canaan displeased his father Isaac; -- genesis 28:8 +. +and Esau went to Ishmael, and married, besides the wives that he had, Mahalath the daughter of Ishmael, Abraham's son, the sister of Nebaioth. -- genesis 28:9 +. +Then Jacob departed from Beersheba and went toward Haran. -- genesis 28:10 +. +He came to a certain place and spent the night there, because the sun had set; and he took one of the stones of the place and put it under his head, and lay down in that place. -- genesis 28:11 +. +He had a dream, and behold, a ladder was set on the earth with its top reaching to heaven; and behold, the angels of God were ascending and descending on it. -- genesis 28:12 +. +And behold, the LORD stood above it and said, "I am the LORD, the God of your father Abraham and the God of Isaac; the land on which you lie, I will give it to you and to your descendants. -- genesis 28:13 +. +"Your descendants will also be like the dust of the earth, and you will spread out to the west and to the east and to the north and to the south; and in you and in your descendants shall all the families of the earth be blessed. -- genesis 28:14 +. +"Behold, I am with you and will keep you wherever you go, and will bring you back to this land; for I will not leave you until I have done what I have promised you." -- genesis 28:15 +. +Then Jacob awoke from his sleep and said, "Surely the LORD is in this place, and I did not know it." -- genesis 28:16 +. +He was afraid and said, "How awesome is this place! This is none other than the house of God, and this is the gate of heaven." -- genesis 28:17 +. +So Jacob rose early in the morning, and took the stone that he had put under his head and set it up as a pillar and poured oil on its top. -- genesis 28:18 +. +He called the name of that place Bethel; however, previously the name of the city had been Luz. -- genesis 28:19 +. +Then Jacob made a vow, saying, "If God will be with me and will keep me on this journey that I take, and will give me food to eat and garments to wear, -- genesis 28:20 +. +and I return to my father's house in safety, then the LORD will be my God. -- genesis 28:21 +. +"This stone, which I have set up as a pillar, will be God's house, and of all that You give me I will surely give a tenth to You." -- genesis 28:22 +. +Then Jacob went on his journey, and came to the land of the sons of the east. -- genesis 29:1 +. +He looked, and saw a well in the field, and behold, three flocks of sheep were lying there beside it, for from that well they watered the flocks. Now the stone on the mouth of the well was large. -- genesis 29:2 +. +When all the flocks were gathered there, they would then roll the stone from the mouth of the well and water the sheep, and put the stone back in its place on the mouth of the well. -- genesis 29:3 +. +Jacob said to them, "My brothers, where are you from?" And they said, "We are from Haran." -- genesis 29:4 +. +He said to them, "Do you know Laban the son of Nahor?" And they said, "We know him." -- genesis 29:5 +. +And he said to them, "Is it well with him?" And they said, "It is well, and here is Rachel his daughter coming with the sheep." -- genesis 29:6 +. +He said, "Behold, it is still high day; it is not time for the livestock to be gathered. Water the sheep, and go, pasture them." -- genesis 29:7 +. +But they said, "We cannot, until all the flocks are gathered, and they roll the stone from the mouth of the well; then we water the sheep." -- genesis 29:8 +. +While he was still speaking with them, Rachel came with her father's sheep, for she was a shepherdess. -- genesis 29:9 +. +When Jacob saw Rachel the daughter of Laban his mother's brother, and the sheep of Laban his mother's brother, Jacob went up and rolled the stone from the mouth of the well and watered the flock of Laban his mother's brother. -- genesis 29:10 +. +Then Jacob kissed Rachel, and lifted his voice and wept. -- genesis 29:11 +. +Jacob told Rachel that he was a relative of her father and that he was Rebekah's son, and she ran and told her father. -- genesis 29:12 +. +So when Laban heard the news of Jacob his sister's son, he ran to meet him, and embraced him and kissed him and brought him to his house. Then he related to Laban all these things. -- genesis 29:13 +. +Laban said to him, "Surely you are my bone and my flesh." And he stayed with him a month. -- genesis 29:14 +. +Then Laban said to Jacob, "Because you are my relative, should you therefore serve me for nothing? Tell me, what shall your wages be?" -- genesis 29:15 +. +Now Laban had two daughters; the name of the older was Leah, and the name of the younger was Rachel. -- genesis 29:16 +. +And Leah's eyes were weak, but Rachel was beautiful of form and face. -- genesis 29:17 +. +Now Jacob loved Rachel, so he said, "I will serve you seven years for your younger daughter Rachel." -- genesis 29:18 +. +Laban said, "It is better that I give her to you than to give her to another man; stay with me." -- genesis 29:19 +. +So Jacob served seven years for Rachel and they seemed to him but a few days because of his love for her. -- genesis 29:20 +. +Then Jacob said to Laban, "Give me my wife, for my time is completed, that I may go in to her." -- genesis 29:21 +. +Laban gathered all the men of the place and made a feast. -- genesis 29:22 +. +Now in the evening he took his daughter Leah, and brought her to him; and Jacob went in to her. -- genesis 29:23 +. +Laban also gave his maid Zilpah to his daughter Leah as a maid. -- genesis 29:24 +. +So it came about in the morning that, behold, it was Leah! And he said to Laban, "What is this you have done to me? Was it not for Rachel that I served with you? Why then have you deceived me?" -- genesis 29:25 +. +But Laban said, "It is not the practice in our place to marry off the younger before the firstborn. -- genesis 29:26 +. +"Complete the week of this one, and we will give you the other also for the service which you shall serve with me for another seven years." -- genesis 29:27 +. +Jacob did so and completed her week, and he gave him his daughter Rachel as his wife. -- genesis 29:28 +. +Laban also gave his maid Bilhah to his daughter Rachel as her maid. -- genesis 29:29 +. +So Jacob went in to Rachel also, and indeed he loved Rachel more than Leah, and he served with Laban for another seven years. -- genesis 29:30 +. +Now the LORD saw that Leah was unloved, and He opened her womb, but Rachel was barren. -- genesis 29:31 +. +Leah conceived and bore a son and named him Reuben, for she said, "Because the LORD has seen my affliction; surely now my husband will love me." -- genesis 29:32 +. +Then she conceived again and bore a son and said, "Because the LORD has heard that I am unloved, He has therefore given me this son also." So she named him Simeon. -- genesis 29:33 +. +She conceived again and bore a son and said, "Now this time my husband will become attached to me, because I have borne him three sons." Therefore he was named Levi. -- genesis 29:34 +. +And she conceived again and bore a son and said, "This time I will praise the LORD." Therefore she named him Judah. Then she stopped bearing. -- genesis 29:35 +. +Now when Rachel saw that she bore Jacob no children, she became jealous of her sister; and she said to Jacob, "Give me children, or else I die." -- genesis 30:1 +. +Then Jacob's anger burned against Rachel, and he said, "Am I in the place of God, who has withheld from you the fruit of the womb?" -- genesis 30:2 +. +She said, "Here is my maid Bilhah, go in to her that she may bear on my knees, that through her I too may have children." -- genesis 30:3 +. +So she gave him her maid Bilhah as a wife, and Jacob went in to her. -- genesis 30:4 +. +Bilhah conceived and bore Jacob a son. -- genesis 30:5 +. +Then Rachel said, "God has vindicated me, and has indeed heard my voice and has given me a son." Therefore she named him Dan. -- genesis 30:6 +. +Rachel's maid Bilhah conceived again and bore Jacob a second son. -- genesis 30:7 +. +So Rachel said, "With mighty wrestlings I have wrestled with my sister, and I have indeed prevailed." And she named him Naphtali. -- genesis 30:8 +. +When Leah saw that she had stopped bearing, she took her maid Zilpah and gave her to Jacob as a wife. -- genesis 30:9 +. +Leah's maid Zilpah bore Jacob a son. -- genesis 30:10 +. +Then Leah said, "How fortunate!" So she named him Gad. -- genesis 30:11 +. +Leah's maid Zilpah bore Jacob a second son. -- genesis 30:12 +. +Then Leah said, "Happy am I! For women will call me happy." So she named him Asher. -- genesis 30:13 +. +Now in the days of wheat harvest Reuben went and found mandrakes in the field, and brought them to his mother Leah. Then Rachel said to Leah, "Please give me some of your son's mandrakes." -- genesis 30:14 +. +But she said to her, "Is it a small matter for you to take my husband? And would you take my son's mandrakes also?" So Rachel said, "Therefore he may lie with you tonight in return for your son's mandrakes." -- genesis 30:15 +. +When Jacob came in from the field in the evening, then Leah went out to meet him and said, "You must come in to me, for I have surely hired you with my son's mandrakes." So he lay with her that night. -- genesis 30:16 +. +God gave heed to Leah, and she conceived and bore Jacob a fifth son. -- genesis 30:17 +. +Then Leah said, "God has given me my wages because I gave my maid to my husband." So she named him Issachar. -- genesis 30:18 +. +Leah conceived again and bore a sixth son to Jacob. -- genesis 30:19 +. +Then Leah said, "God has endowed me with a good gift; now my husband will dwell with me, because I have borne him six sons." So she named him Zebulun. -- genesis 30:20 +. +Afterward she bore a daughter and named her Dinah. -- genesis 30:21 +. +Then God remembered Rachel, and God gave heed to her and opened her womb. -- genesis 30:22 +. +So she conceived and bore a son and said, "God has taken away my reproach." -- genesis 30:23 +. +She named him Joseph, saying, "May the LORD give me another son." -- genesis 30:24 +. +Now it came about when Rachel had borne Joseph, that Jacob said to Laban, "Send me away, that I may go to my own place and to my own country. -- genesis 30:25 +. +"Give me my wives and my children for whom I have served you, and let me depart; for you yourself know my service which I have rendered you." -- genesis 30:26 +. +But Laban said to him, "If now it pleases you, stay with me; I have divined that the LORD has blessed me on your account." -- genesis 30:27 +. +He continued, "Name me your wages, and I will give it." -- genesis 30:28 +. +But he said to him, "You yourself know how I have served you and how your cattle have fared with me. -- genesis 30:29 +. +"For you had little before I came and it has increased to a multitude, and the LORD has blessed you wherever I turned. But now, when shall I provide for my own household also?" -- genesis 30:30 +. +So he said, "What shall I give you?" And Jacob said, "You shall not give me anything. If you will do this one thing for me, I will again pasture and keep your flock: -- genesis 30:31 +. +let me pass through your entire flock today, removing from there every speckled and spotted sheep and every black one among the lambs and the spotted and speckled among the goats; and such shall be my wages. -- genesis 30:32 +. +"So my honesty will answer for me later, when you come concerning my wages. Every one that is not speckled and spotted among the goats and black among the lambs, if found with me, will be considered stolen." -- genesis 30:33 +. +Laban said, "Good, let it be according to your word." -- genesis 30:34 +. +So he removed on that day the striped and spotted male goats and all the speckled and spotted female goats, every one with white in it, and all the black ones among the sheep, and gave them into the care of his sons. -- genesis 30:35 +. +And he put a distance of three days' journey between himself and Jacob, and Jacob fed the rest of Laban's flocks. -- genesis 30:36 +. +Then Jacob took fresh rods of poplar and almond and plane trees, and peeled white stripes in them, exposing the white which was in the rods. -- genesis 30:37 +. +He set the rods which he had peeled in front of the flocks in the gutters, even in the watering troughs, where the flocks came to drink; and they mated when they came to drink. -- genesis 30:38 +. +So the flocks mated by the rods, and the flocks brought forth striped, speckled, and spotted. -- genesis 30:39 +. +Jacob separated the lambs, and made the flocks face toward the striped and all the black in the flock of Laban; and he put his own herds apart, and did not put them with Laban's flock. -- genesis 30:40 +. +Moreover, whenever the stronger of the flock were mating, Jacob would place the rods in the sight of the flock in the gutters, so that they might mate by the rods; -- genesis 30:41 +. +but when the flock was feeble, he did not put them in; so the feebler were Laban's and the stronger Jacob's. -- genesis 30:42 +. +So the man became exceedingly prosperous, and had large flocks and female and male servants and camels and donkeys. -- genesis 30:43 +. +Now Jacob heard the words of Laban's sons, saying, "Jacob has taken away all that was our father's, and from what belonged to our father he has made all this wealth." -- genesis 31:1 +. +Jacob saw the attitude of Laban, and behold, it was not friendly toward him as formerly. -- genesis 31:2 +. +Then the LORD said to Jacob, "Return to the land of your fathers and to your relatives, and I will be with you." -- genesis 31:3 +. +So Jacob sent and called Rachel and Leah to his flock in the field, -- genesis 31:4 +. +and said to them, "I see your father's attitude, that it is not friendly toward me as formerly, but the God of my father has been with me. -- genesis 31:5 +. +"You know that I have served your father with all my strength. -- genesis 31:6 +. +"Yet your father has cheated me and changed my wages ten times; however, God did not allow him to hurt me. -- genesis 31:7 +. +"If he spoke thus, 'The speckled shall be your wages,' then all the flock brought forth speckled; and if he spoke thus, 'The striped shall be your wages,' then all the flock brought forth striped. -- genesis 31:8 +. +"Thus God has taken away your father's livestock and given them to me. -- genesis 31:9 +. +"And it came about at the time when the flock were mating that I lifted up my eyes and saw in a dream, and behold, the male goats which were mating were striped, speckled, and mottled. -- genesis 31:10 +. +"Then the angel of God said to me in the dream, 'Jacob,' and I said, 'Here I am.' -- genesis 31:11 +. +"He said, 'Lift up now your eyes and see that all the male goats which are mating are striped, speckled, and mottled; for I have seen all that Laban has been doing to you. -- genesis 31:12 +. +'I am the God of Bethel, where you anointed a pillar, where you made a vow to Me; now arise, leave this land, and return to the land of your birth.'" -- genesis 31:13 +. +Rachel and Leah said to him, "Do we still have any portion or inheritance in our father's house? -- genesis 31:14 +. +"Are we not reckoned by him as foreigners? For he has sold us, and has also entirely consumed our purchase price. -- genesis 31:15 +. +"Surely all the wealth which God has taken away from our father belongs to us and our children; now then, do whatever God has said to you." -- genesis 31:16 +. +Then Jacob arose and put his children and his wives upon camels; -- genesis 31:17 +. +and he drove away all his livestock and all his property which he had gathered, his acquired livestock which he had gathered in Paddan-aram, to go to the land of Canaan to his father Isaac. -- genesis 31:18 +. +When Laban had gone to shear his flock, then Rachel stole the household idols that were her father's. -- genesis 31:19 +. +And Jacob deceived Laban the Aramean by not telling him that he was fleeing. -- genesis 31:20 +. +So he fled with all that he had; and he arose and crossed the Euphrates River, and set his face toward the hill country of Gilead. -- genesis 31:21 +. +When it was told Laban on the third day that Jacob had fled, -- genesis 31:22 +. +then he took his kinsmen with him and pursued him a distance of seven days' journey, and he overtook him in the hill country of Gilead. -- genesis 31:23 +. +God came to Laban the Aramean in a dream of the night and said to him, "Be careful that you do not speak to Jacob either good or bad." -- genesis 31:24 +. +Laban caught up with Jacob. Now Jacob had pitched his tent in the hill country, and Laban with his kinsmen camped in the hill country of Gilead. -- genesis 31:25 +. +Then Laban said to Jacob, "What have you done by deceiving me and carrying away my daughters like captives of the sword? -- genesis 31:26 +. +"Why did you flee secretly and deceive me, and did not tell me so that I might have sent you away with joy and with songs, with timbrel and with lyre; -- genesis 31:27 +. +and did not allow me to kiss my sons and my daughters? Now you have done foolishly. -- genesis 31:28 +. +"It is in my power to do you harm, but the God of your father spoke to me last night, saying, 'Be careful not to speak either good or bad to Jacob.' -- genesis 31:29 +. +"Now you have indeed gone away because you longed greatly for your father's house; but why did you steal my gods?" -- genesis 31:30 +. +Then Jacob replied to Laban, "Because I was afraid, for I thought that you would take your daughters from me by force. -- genesis 31:31 +. +"The one with whom you find your gods shall not live; in the presence of our kinsmen point out what is yours among my belongings and take it for yourself." For Jacob did not know that Rachel had stolen them. -- genesis 31:32 +. +So Laban went into Jacob's tent and into Leah's tent and into the tent of the two maids, but he did not find them. Then he went out of Leah's tent and entered Rachel's tent. -- genesis 31:33 +. +Now Rachel had taken the household idols and put them in the camel's saddle, and she sat on them. And Laban felt through all the tent but did not find them. -- genesis 31:34 +. +She said to her father, "Let not my lord be angry that I cannot rise before you, for the manner of women is upon me." So he searched but did not find the household idols. -- genesis 31:35 +. +Then Jacob became angry and contended with Laban; and Jacob said to Laban, "What is my transgression? What is my sin that you have hotly pursued me? -- genesis 31:36 +. +"Though you have felt through all my goods, what have you found of all your household goods? Set it here before my kinsmen and your kinsmen, that they may decide between us two. -- genesis 31:37 +. +"These twenty years I have been with you; your ewes and your female goats have not miscarried, nor have I eaten the rams of your flocks. -- genesis 31:38 +. +"That which was torn of beasts I did not bring to you; I bore the loss of it myself. You required it of my hand whether stolen by day or stolen by night. -- genesis 31:39 +. +"Thus I was: by day the heat consumed me and the frost by night, and my sleep fled from my eyes. -- genesis 31:40 +. +"These twenty years I have been in your house; I served you fourteen years for your two daughters and six years for your flock, and you changed my wages ten times. -- genesis 31:41 +. +"If the God of my father, the God of Abraham, and the fear of Isaac, had not been for me, surely now you would have sent me away empty-handed. God has seen my affliction and the toil of my hands, so He rendered judgment last night." -- genesis 31:42 +. +Then Laban replied to Jacob, "The daughters are my daughters, and the children are my children, and the flocks are my flocks, and all that you see is mine. But what can I do this day to these my daughters or to their children whom they have borne? -- genesis 31:43 +. +"So now come, let us make a covenant, you and I, and let it be a witness between you and me." -- genesis 31:44 +. +Then Jacob took a stone and set it up as a pillar. -- genesis 31:45 +. +Jacob said to his kinsmen, "Gather stones." So they took stones and made a heap, and they ate there by the heap. -- genesis 31:46 +. +Now Laban called it Jegar-sahadutha, but Jacob called it Galeed. -- genesis 31:47 +. +Laban said, "This heap is a witness between you and me this day." Therefore it was named Galeed, -- genesis 31:48 +. +and Mizpah, for he said, "May the LORD watch between you and me when we are absent one from the other. -- genesis 31:49 +. +"If you mistreat my daughters, or if you take wives besides my daughters, although no man is with us, see, God is witness between you and me." -- genesis 31:50 +. +Laban said to Jacob, "Behold this heap and behold the pillar which I have set between you and me. -- genesis 31:51 +. +"This heap is a witness, and the pillar is a witness, that I will not pass by this heap to you for harm, and you will not pass by this heap and this pillar to me, for harm. -- genesis 31:52 +. +"The God of Abraham and the God of Nahor, the God of their father, judge between us." So Jacob swore by the fear of his father Isaac. -- genesis 31:53 +. +Then Jacob offered a sacrifice on the mountain, and called his kinsmen to the meal; and they ate the meal and spent the night on the mountain. -- genesis 31:54 +. +Early in the morning Laban arose, and kissed his sons and his daughters and blessed them. Then Laban departed and returned to his place. -- genesis 31:55 +. +Now as Jacob went on his way, the angels of God met him. -- genesis 32:1 +. +Jacob said when he saw them, "This is God's camp." So he named that place Mahanaim. -- genesis 32:2 +. +Then Jacob sent messengers before him to his brother Esau in the land of Seir, the country of Edom. -- genesis 32:3 +. +He also commanded them saying, "Thus you shall say to my lord Esau: 'Thus says your servant Jacob, "I have sojourned with Laban, and stayed until now; -- genesis 32:4 +. +I have oxen and donkeys and flocks and male and female servants; and I have sent to tell my lord, that I may find favor in your sight."'" -- genesis 32:5 +. +The messengers returned to Jacob, saying, "We came to your brother Esau, and furthermore he is coming to meet you, and four hundred men are with him." -- genesis 32:6 +. +Then Jacob was greatly afraid and distressed; and he divided the people who were with him, and the flocks and the herds and the camels, into two companies; -- genesis 32:7 +. +for he said, "If Esau comes to the one company and attacks it, then the company which is left will escape." -- genesis 32:8 +. +Jacob said, "O God of my father Abraham and God of my father Isaac, O LORD, who said to me, 'Return to your country and to your relatives, and I will prosper you,' -- genesis 32:9 +. +I am unworthy of all the lovingkindness and of all the faithfulness which You have shown to Your servant; for with my staff only I crossed this Jordan, and now I have become two companies. -- genesis 32:10 +. +"Deliver me, I pray, from the hand of my brother, from the hand of Esau; for I fear him, that he will come and attack me and the mothers with the children. -- genesis 32:11 +. +"For You said, 'I will surely prosper you and make your descendants as the sand of the sea, which is too great to be numbered.'" -- genesis 32:12 +. +So he spent the night there. Then he selected from what he had with him a present for his brother Esau: -- genesis 32:13 +. +two hundred female goats and twenty male goats, two hundred ewes and twenty rams, -- genesis 32:14 +. +thirty milking camels and their colts, forty cows and ten bulls, twenty female donkeys and ten male donkeys. -- genesis 32:15 +. +He delivered them into the hand of his servants, every drove by itself, and said to his servants, "Pass on before me, and put a space between droves." -- genesis 32:16 +. +He commanded the one in front, saying, "When my brother Esau meets you and asks you, saying, 'To whom do you belong, and where are you going, and to whom do these animals in front of you belong?' -- genesis 32:17 +. +then you shall say, 'These belong to your servant Jacob; it is a present sent to my lord Esau. And behold, he also is behind us.'" -- genesis 32:18 +. +Then he commanded also the second and the third, and all those who followed the droves, saying, "After this manner you shall speak to Esau when you find him; -- genesis 32:19 +. +and you shall say, 'Behold, your servant Jacob also is behind us.'" For he said, "I will appease him with the present that goes before me. Then afterward I will see his face; perhaps he will accept me." -- genesis 32:20 +. +So the present passed on before him, while he himself spent that night in the camp. -- genesis 32:21 +. +Now he arose that same night and took his two wives and his two maids and his eleven children, and crossed the ford of the Jabbok. -- genesis 32:22 +. +He took them and sent them across the stream. And he sent across whatever he had. -- genesis 32:23 +. +Then Jacob was left alone, and a man wrestled with him until daybreak. -- genesis 32:24 +. +When he saw that he had not prevailed against him, he touched the socket of his thigh; so the socket of Jacob's thigh was dislocated while he wrestled with him. -- genesis 32:25 +. +Then he said, "Let me go, for the dawn is breaking." But he said, "I will not let you go unless you bless me." -- genesis 32:26 +. +So he said to him, "What is your name?" And he said, "Jacob." -- genesis 32:27 +. +He said, "Your name shall no longer be Jacob, but Israel; for you have striven with God and with men and have prevailed." -- genesis 32:28 +. +Then Jacob asked him and said, "Please tell me your name." But he said, "Why is it that you ask my name?" And he blessed him there. -- genesis 32:29 +. +So Jacob named the place Peniel, for he said, "I have seen God face to face, yet my life has been preserved." -- genesis 32:30 +. +Now the sun rose upon him just as he crossed over Penuel, and he was limping on his thigh. -- genesis 32:31 +. +Therefore, to this day the sons of Israel do not eat the sinew of the hip which is on the socket of the thigh, because he touched the socket of Jacob's thigh in the sinew of the hip. -- genesis 32:32 +. +Then Jacob lifted his eyes and looked, and behold, Esau was coming, and four hundred men with him. So he divided the children among Leah and Rachel and the two maids. -- genesis 33:1 +. +He put the maids and their children in front, and Leah and her children next, and Rachel and Joseph last. -- genesis 33:2 +. +But he himself passed on ahead of them and bowed down to the ground seven times, until he came near to his brother. -- genesis 33:3 +. +Then Esau ran to meet him and embraced him, and fell on his neck and kissed him, and they wept. -- genesis 33:4 +. +He lifted his eyes and saw the women and the children, and said, "Who are these with you?" So he said, "The children whom God has graciously given your servant." -- genesis 33:5 +. +Then the maids came near with their children, and they bowed down. -- genesis 33:6 +. +Leah likewise came near with her children, and they bowed down; and afterward Joseph came near with Rachel, and they bowed down. -- genesis 33:7 +. +And he said, "What do you mean by all this company which I have met?" And he said, "To find favor in the sight of my lord." -- genesis 33:8 +. +But Esau said, "I have plenty, my brother; let what you have be your own." -- genesis 33:9 +. +Jacob said, "No, please, if now I have found favor in your sight, then take my present from my hand, for I see your face as one sees the face of God, and you have received me favorably. -- genesis 33:10 +. +"Please take my gift which has been brought to you, because God has dealt graciously with me and because I have plenty." Thus he urged him and he took it. -- genesis 33:11 +. +Then Esau said, "Let us take our journey and go, and I will go before you." -- genesis 33:12 +. +But he said to him, "My lord knows that the children are frail and that the flocks and herds which are nursing are a care to me. And if they are driven hard one day, all the flocks will die. -- genesis 33:13 +. +"Please let my lord pass on before his servant, and I will proceed at my leisure, according to the pace of the cattle that are before me and according to the pace of the children, until I come to my lord at Seir." -- genesis 33:14 +. +Esau said, "Please let me leave with you some of the people who are with me." But he said, "What need is there? Let me find favor in the sight of my lord." -- genesis 33:15 +. +So Esau returned that day on his way to Seir. -- genesis 33:16 +. +Jacob journeyed to Succoth, and built for himself a house and made booths for his livestock; therefore the place is named Succoth. -- genesis 33:17 +. +Now Jacob came safely to the city of Shechem, which is in the land of Canaan, when he came from Paddan-aram, and camped before the city. -- genesis 33:18 +. +He bought the piece of land where he had pitched his tent from the hand of the sons of Hamor, Shechem's father, for one hundred pieces of money. -- genesis 33:19 +. +Then he erected there an altar and called it El-Elohe-Israel. -- genesis 33:20 +. +Now Dinah the daughter of Leah, whom she had borne to Jacob, went out to visit the daughters of the land. -- genesis 34:1 +. +When Shechem the son of Hamor the Hivite, the prince of the land, saw her, he took her and lay with her by force. -- genesis 34:2 +. +He was deeply attracted to Dinah the daughter of Jacob, and he loved the girl and spoke tenderly to her. -- genesis 34:3 +. +So Shechem spoke to his father Hamor, saying, "Get me this young girl for a wife." -- genesis 34:4 +. +Now Jacob heard that he had defiled Dinah his daughter; but his sons were with his livestock in the field, so Jacob kept silent until they came in. -- genesis 34:5 +. +Then Hamor the father of Shechem went out to Jacob to speak with him. -- genesis 34:6 +. +Now the sons of Jacob came in from the field when they heard it; and the men were grieved, and they were very angry because he had done a disgraceful thing in Israel by lying with Jacob's daughter, for such a thing ought not to be done. -- genesis 34:7 +. +But Hamor spoke with them, saying, "The soul of my son Shechem longs for your daughter; please give her to him in marriage. -- genesis 34:8 +. +"Intermarry with us; give your daughters to us and take our daughters for yourselves. -- genesis 34:9 +. +"Thus you shall live with us, and the land shall be open before you; live and trade in it and acquire property in it." -- genesis 34:10 +. +Shechem also said to her father and to her brothers, "If I find favor in your sight, then I will give whatever you say to me. -- genesis 34:11 +. +"Ask me ever so much bridal payment and gift, and I will give according as you say to me; but give me the girl in marriage." -- genesis 34:12 +. +But Jacob's sons answered Shechem and his father Hamor with deceit, because he had defiled Dinah their sister. -- genesis 34:13 +. +They said to them, "We cannot do this thing, to give our sister to one who is uncircumcised, for that would be a disgrace to us. -- genesis 34:14 +. +"Only on this condition will we consent to you: if you will become like us, in that every male of you be circumcised, -- genesis 34:15 +. +then we will give our daughters to you, and we will take your daughters for ourselves, and we will live with you and become one people. -- genesis 34:16 +. +"But if you will not listen to us to be circumcised, then we will take our daughter and go." -- genesis 34:17 +. +Now their words seemed reasonable to Hamor and Shechem, Hamor's son. -- genesis 34:18 +. +The young man did not delay to do the thing, because he was delighted with Jacob's daughter. Now he was more respected than all the household of his father. -- genesis 34:19 +. +So Hamor and his son Shechem came to the gate of their city and spoke to the men of their city, saying, -- genesis 34:20 +. +"These men are friendly with us; therefore let them live in the land and trade in it, for behold, the land is large enough for them. Let us take their daughters in marriage, and give our daughters to them. -- genesis 34:21 +. +"Only on this condition will the men consent to us to live with us, to become one people: that every male among us be circumcised as they are circumcised. -- genesis 34:22 +. +"Will not their livestock and their property and all their animals be ours? Only let us consent to them, and they will live with us." -- genesis 34:23 +. +All who went out of the gate of his city listened to Hamor and to his son Shechem, and every male was circumcised, all who went out of the gate of his city. -- genesis 34:24 +. +Now it came about on the third day, when they were in pain, that two of Jacob's sons, Simeon and Levi, Dinah's brothers, each took his sword and came upon the city unawares, and killed every male. -- genesis 34:25 +. +They killed Hamor and his son Shechem with the edge of the sword, and took Dinah from Shechem's house, and went forth. -- genesis 34:26 +. +Jacob's sons came upon the slain and looted the city, because they had defiled their sister. -- genesis 34:27 +. +They took their flocks and their herds and their donkeys, and that which was in the city and that which was in the field; -- genesis 34:28 +. +and they captured and looted all their wealth and all their little ones and their wives, even all that was in the houses. -- genesis 34:29 +. +Then Jacob said to Simeon and Levi, "You have brought trouble on me by making me odious among the inhabitants of the land, among the Canaanites and the Perizzites; and my men being few in number, they will gather together against me and attack me and I will be destroyed, I and my household." -- genesis 34:30 +. +But they said, "Should he treat our sister as a harlot?" -- genesis 34:31 +. +Then God said to Jacob, "Arise, go up to Bethel and live there, and make an altar there to God, who appeared to you when you fled from your brother Esau." -- genesis 35:1 +. +So Jacob said to his household and to all who were with him, "Put away the foreign gods which are among you, and purify yourselves and change your garments; -- genesis 35:2 +. +and let us arise and go up to Bethel, and I will make an altar there to God, who answered me in the day of my distress and has been with me wherever I have gone." -- genesis 35:3 +. +So they gave to Jacob all the foreign gods which they had and the rings which were in their ears, and Jacob hid them under the oak which was near Shechem. -- genesis 35:4 +. +As they journeyed, there was a great terror upon the cities which were around them, and they did not pursue the sons of Jacob. -- genesis 35:5 +. +So Jacob came to Luz (that is, Bethel), which is in the land of Canaan, he and all the people who were with him. -- genesis 35:6 +. +He built an altar there, and called the place El-bethel, because there God had revealed Himself to him when he fled from his brother. -- genesis 35:7 +. +Now Deborah, Rebekah's nurse, died, and she was buried below Bethel under the oak; it was named Allon-bacuth. -- genesis 35:8 +. +Then God appeared to Jacob again when he came from Paddan-aram, and He blessed him. -- genesis 35:9 +. +God said to him, "Your name is Jacob; You shall no longer be called Jacob, But Israel shall be your name." Thus He called him Israel. -- genesis 35:10 +. +God also said to him, "I am God Almighty; Be fruitful and multiply; A nation and a company of nations shall come from you, And kings shall come forth from you. -- genesis 35:11 +. +"The land which I gave to Abraham and Isaac, I will give it to you, And I will give the land to your descendants after you." -- genesis 35:12 +. +Then God went up from him in the place where He had spoken with him. -- genesis 35:13 +. +Jacob set up a pillar in the place where He had spoken with him, a pillar of stone, and he poured out a drink offering on it; he also poured oil on it. -- genesis 35:14 +. +So Jacob named the place where God had spoken with him, Bethel. -- genesis 35:15 +. +Then they journeyed from Bethel; and when there was still some distance to go to Ephrath, Rachel began to give birth and she suffered severe labor. -- genesis 35:16 +. +When she was in severe labor the midwife said to her, "Do not fear, for now you have another son." -- genesis 35:17 +. +It came about as her soul was departing (for she died), that she named him Ben-oni; but his father called him Benjamin. -- genesis 35:18 +. +So Rachel died and was buried on the way to Ephrath (that is, Bethlehem). -- genesis 35:19 +. +Jacob set up a pillar over her grave; that is the pillar of Rachel's grave to this day. -- genesis 35:20 +. +Then Israel journeyed on and pitched his tent beyond the tower of Eder. -- genesis 35:21 +. +It came about while Israel was dwelling in that land, that Reuben went and lay with Bilhah his father's concubine, and Israel heard of it. Now there were twelve sons of Jacob-- -- genesis 35:22 +. +the sons of Leah: Reuben, Jacob's firstborn, then Simeon and Levi and Judah and Issachar and Zebulun; -- genesis 35:23 +. +the sons of Rachel: Joseph and Benjamin; -- genesis 35:24 +. +and the sons of Bilhah, Rachel's maid: Dan and Naphtali; -- genesis 35:25 +. +and the sons of Zilpah, Leah's maid: Gad and Asher. These are the sons of Jacob who were born to him in Paddan-aram. -- genesis 35:26 +. +Jacob came to his father Isaac at Mamre of Kiriath-arba (that is, Hebron), where Abraham and Isaac had sojourned. -- genesis 35:27 +. +Now the days of Isaac were one hundred and eighty years. -- genesis 35:28 +. +Isaac breathed his last and died and was gathered to his people, an old man of ripe age; and his sons Esau and Jacob buried him. -- genesis 35:29 +. +Now these are the records of the generations of Esau (that is, Edom). -- genesis 36:1 +. +Esau took his wives from the daughters of Canaan: Adah the daughter of Elon the Hittite, and Oholibamah the daughter of Anah and the granddaughter of Zibeon the Hivite; -- genesis 36:2 +. +also Basemath, Ishmael's daughter, the sister of Nebaioth. -- genesis 36:3 +. +Adah bore Eliphaz to Esau, and Basemath bore Reuel, -- genesis 36:4 +. +and Oholibamah bore Jeush and Jalam and Korah. These are the sons of Esau who were born to him in the land of Canaan. -- genesis 36:5 +. +Then Esau took his wives and his sons and his daughters and all his household, and his livestock and all his cattle and all his goods which he had acquired in the land of Canaan, and went to another land away from his brother Jacob. -- genesis 36:6 +. +For their property had become too great for them to live together, and the land where they sojourned could not sustain them because of their livestock. -- genesis 36:7 +. +So Esau lived in the hill country of Seir; Esau is Edom. -- genesis 36:8 +. +These then are the records of the generations of Esau the father of the Edomites in the hill country of Seir. -- genesis 36:9 +. +These are the names of Esau's sons: Eliphaz the son of Esau's wife Adah, Reuel the son of Esau's wife Basemath. -- genesis 36:10 +. +The sons of Eliphaz were Teman, Omar, Zepho and Gatam and Kenaz. -- genesis 36:11 +. +Timna was a concubine of Esau's son Eliphaz and she bore Amalek to Eliphaz. These are the sons of Esau's wife Adah. -- genesis 36:12 +. +These are the sons of Reuel: Nahath and Zerah, Shammah and Mizzah. These were the sons of Esau's wife Basemath. -- genesis 36:13 +. +These were the sons of Esau's wife Oholibamah, the daughter of Anah and the granddaughter of Zibeon: she bore to Esau, Jeush and Jalam and Korah. -- genesis 36:14 +. +These are the chiefs of the sons of Esau. The sons of Eliphaz, the firstborn of Esau, are chief Teman, chief Omar, chief Zepho, chief Kenaz, -- genesis 36:15 +. +chief Korah, chief Gatam, chief Amalek. These are the chiefs descended from Eliphaz in the land of Edom; these are the sons of Adah. -- genesis 36:16 +. +These are the sons of Reuel, Esau's son: chief Nahath, chief Zerah, chief Shammah, chief Mizzah. These are the chiefs descended from Reuel in the land of Edom; these are the sons of Esau's wife Basemath. -- genesis 36:17 +. +These are the sons of Esau's wife Oholibamah: chief Jeush, chief Jalam, chief Korah. These are the chiefs descended from Esau's wife Oholibamah, the daughter of Anah. -- genesis 36:18 +. +These are the sons of Esau (that is, Edom), and these are their chiefs. -- genesis 36:19 +. +These are the sons of Seir the Horite, the inhabitants of the land: Lotan and Shobal and Zibeon and Anah, -- genesis 36:20 +. +and Dishon and Ezer and Dishan. These are the chiefs descended from the Horites, the sons of Seir in the land of Edom. -- genesis 36:21 +. +The sons of Lotan were Hori and Hemam; and Lotan's sister was Timna. -- genesis 36:22 +. +These are the sons of Shobal: Alvan and Manahath and Ebal, Shepho and Onam. -- genesis 36:23 +. +These are the sons of Zibeon: Aiah and Anah--he is the Anah who found the hot springs in the wilderness when he was pasturing the donkeys of his father Zibeon. -- genesis 36:24 +. +These are the children of Anah: Dishon, and Oholibamah, the daughter of Anah. -- genesis 36:25 +. +These are the sons of Dishon: Hemdan and Eshban and Ithran and Cheran. -- genesis 36:26 +. +These are the sons of Ezer: Bilhan and Zaavan and Akan. -- genesis 36:27 +. +These are the sons of Dishan: Uz and Aran. -- genesis 36:28 +. +These are the chiefs descended from the Horites: chief Lotan, chief Shobal, chief Zibeon, chief Anah, -- genesis 36:29 +. +chief Dishon, chief Ezer, chief Dishan. These are the chiefs descended from the Horites, according to their various chiefs in the land of Seir. -- genesis 36:30 +. +Now these are the kings who reigned in the land of Edom before any king reigned over the sons of Israel. -- genesis 36:31 +. +Bela the son of Beor reigned in Edom, and the name of his city was Dinhabah. -- genesis 36:32 +. +Then Bela died, and Jobab the son of Zerah of Bozrah became king in his place. -- genesis 36:33 +. +Then Jobab died, and Husham of the land of the Temanites became king in his place. -- genesis 36:34 +. +Then Husham died, and Hadad the son of Bedad, who defeated Midian in the field of Moab, became king in his place; and the name of his city was Avith. -- genesis 36:35 +. +Then Hadad died, and Samlah of Masrekah became king in his place. -- genesis 36:36 +. +Then Samlah died, and Shaul of Rehoboth on the Euphrates River became king in his place. -- genesis 36:37 +. +Then Shaul died, and Baal-hanan the son of Achbor became king in his place. -- genesis 36:38 +. +Then Baal-hanan the son of Achbor died, and Hadar became king in his place; and the name of his city was Pau; and his wife's name was Mehetabel, the daughter of Matred, daughter of Mezahab. -- genesis 36:39 +. +Now these are the names of the chiefs descended from Esau, according to their families and their localities, by their names: chief Timna, chief Alvah, chief Jetheth, -- genesis 36:40 +. +chief Oholibamah, chief Elah, chief Pinon, -- genesis 36:41 +. +chief Kenaz, chief Teman, chief Mibzar, -- genesis 36:42 +. +chief Magdiel, chief Iram. These are the chiefs of Edom (that is, Esau, the father of the Edomites), according to their habitations in the land of their possession. -- genesis 36:43 +. +Now Jacob lived in the land where his father had sojourned, in the land of Canaan. -- genesis 37:1 +. +These are the records of the generations of Jacob. Joseph, when seventeen years of age, was pasturing the flock with his brothers while he was still a youth, along with the sons of Bilhah and the sons of Zilpah, his father's wives. And Joseph brought back a bad report about them to their father. -- genesis 37:2 +. +Now Israel loved Joseph more than all his sons, because he was the son of his old age; and he made him a varicolored tunic. -- genesis 37:3 +. +His brothers saw that their father loved him more than all his brothers; and so they hated him and could not speak to him on friendly terms. -- genesis 37:4 +. +Then Joseph had a dream, and when he told it to his brothers, they hated him even more. -- genesis 37:5 +. +He said to them, "Please listen to this dream which I have had; -- genesis 37:6 +. +for behold, we were binding sheaves in the field, and lo, my sheaf rose up and also stood erect; and behold, your sheaves gathered around and bowed down to my sheaf." -- genesis 37:7 +. +Then his brothers said to him, "Are you actually going to reign over us? Or are you really going to rule over us?" So they hated him even more for his dreams and for his words. -- genesis 37:8 +. +Now he had still another dream, and related it to his brothers, and said, "Lo, I have had still another dream; and behold, the sun and the moon and eleven stars were bowing down to me." -- genesis 37:9 +. +He related it to his father and to his brothers; and his father rebuked him and said to him, "What is this dream that you have had? Shall I and your mother and your brothers actually come to bow ourselves down before you to the ground?" -- genesis 37:10 +. +His brothers were jealous of him, but his father kept the saying in mind. -- genesis 37:11 +. +Then his brothers went to pasture their father's flock in Shechem. -- genesis 37:12 +. +Israel said to Joseph, "Are not your brothers pasturing the flock in Shechem? Come, and I will send you to them." And he said to him, "I will go." -- genesis 37:13 +. +Then he said to him, "Go now and see about the welfare of your brothers and the welfare of the flock, and bring word back to me." So he sent him from the valley of Hebron, and he came to Shechem. -- genesis 37:14 +. +A man found him, and behold, he was wandering in the field; and the man asked him, "What are you looking for?" -- genesis 37:15 +. +He said, "I am looking for my brothers; please tell me where they are pasturing the flock." -- genesis 37:16 +. +Then the man said, "They have moved from here; for I heard them say, 'Let us go to Dothan.'" So Joseph went after his brothers and found them at Dothan. -- genesis 37:17 +. +When they saw him from a distance and before he came close to them, they plotted against him to put him to death. -- genesis 37:18 +. +They said to one another, "Here comes this dreamer! -- genesis 37:19 +. +"Now then, come and let us kill him and throw him into one of the pits; and we will say, 'A wild beast devoured him.' Then let us see what will become of his dreams!" -- genesis 37:20 +. +But Reuben heard this and rescued him out of their hands and said, "Let us not take his life." -- genesis 37:21 +. +Reuben further said to them, "Shed no blood. Throw him into this pit that is in the wilderness, but do not lay hands on him"--that he might rescue him out of their hands, to restore him to his father. -- genesis 37:22 +. +So it came about, when Joseph reached his brothers, that they stripped Joseph of his tunic, the varicolored tunic that was on him; -- genesis 37:23 +. +and they took him and threw him into the pit. Now the pit was empty, without any water in it. -- genesis 37:24 +. +Then they sat down to eat a meal. And as they raised their eyes and looked, behold, a caravan of Ishmaelites was coming from Gilead, with their camels bearing aromatic gum and balm and myrrh, on their way to bring them down to Egypt. -- genesis 37:25 +. +Judah said to his brothers, "What profit is it for us to kill our brother and cover up his blood? -- genesis 37:26 +. +"Come and let us sell him to the Ishmaelites and not lay our hands on him, for he is our brother, our own flesh." And his brothers listened to him. -- genesis 37:27 +. +Then some Midianite traders passed by, so they pulled him up and lifted Joseph out of the pit, and sold him to the Ishmaelites for twenty shekels of silver. Thus they brought Joseph into Egypt. -- genesis 37:28 +. +Now Reuben returned to the pit, and behold, Joseph was not in the pit; so he tore his garments. -- genesis 37:29 +. +He returned to his brothers and said, "The boy is not there; as for me, where am I to go?" -- genesis 37:30 +. +So they took Joseph's tunic, and slaughtered a male goat and dipped the tunic in the blood; -- genesis 37:31 +. +and they sent the varicolored tunic and brought it to their father and said, "We found this; please examine it to see whether it is your son's tunic or not." -- genesis 37:32 +. +Then he examined it and said, "It is my son's tunic. A wild beast has devoured him; Joseph has surely been torn to pieces!" -- genesis 37:33 +. +So Jacob tore his clothes, and put sackcloth on his loins and mourned for his son many days. -- genesis 37:34 +. +Then all his sons and all his daughters arose to comfort him, but he refused to be comforted. And he said, "Surely I will go down to Sheol in mourning for my son." So his father wept for him. -- genesis 37:35 +. +Meanwhile, the Midianites sold him in Egypt to Potiphar, Pharaoh's officer, the captain of the bodyguard. -- genesis 37:36 +. +And it came about at that time, that Judah departed from his brothers and visited a certain Adullamite, whose name was Hirah. -- genesis 38:1 +. +Judah saw there a daughter of a certain Canaanite whose name was Shua; and he took her and went in to her. -- genesis 38:2 +. +So she conceived and bore a son and he named him Er. -- genesis 38:3 +. +Then she conceived again and bore a son and named him Onan. -- genesis 38:4 +. +She bore still another son and named him Shelah; and it was at Chezib that she bore him. -- genesis 38:5 +. +Now Judah took a wife for Er his firstborn, and her name was Tamar. -- genesis 38:6 +. +But Er, Judah's firstborn, was evil in the sight of the LORD, so the LORD took his life. -- genesis 38:7 +. +Then Judah said to Onan, "Go in to your brother's wife, and perform your duty as a brother-in-law to her, and raise up offspring for your brother." -- genesis 38:8 +. +Onan knew that the offspring would not be his; so when he went in to his brother's wife, he wasted his seed on the ground in order not to give offspring to his brother. -- genesis 38:9 +. +But what he did was displeasing in the sight of the LORD; so He took his life also. -- genesis 38:10 +. +Then Judah said to his daughter-in-law Tamar, "Remain a widow in your father's house until my son Shelah grows up"; for he thought, "I am afraid that he too may die like his brothers." So Tamar went and lived in her father's house. -- genesis 38:11 +. +Now after a considerable time Shua's daughter, the wife of Judah, died; and when the time of mourning was ended, Judah went up to his sheepshearers at Timnah, he and his friend Hirah the Adullamite. -- genesis 38:12 +. +It was told to Tamar, "Behold, your father-in-law is going up to Timnah to shear his sheep." -- genesis 38:13 +. +So she removed her widow's garments and covered herself with a veil, and wrapped herself, and sat in the gateway of Enaim, which is on the road to Timnah; for she saw that Shelah had grown up, and she had not been given to him as a wife. -- genesis 38:14 +. +When Judah saw her, he thought she was a harlot, for she had covered her face. -- genesis 38:15 +. +So he turned aside to her by the road, and said, "Here now, let me come in to you"; for he did not know that she was his daughter-in-law. And she said, "What will you give me, that you may come in to me?" -- genesis 38:16 +. +He said, therefore, "I will send you a young goat from the flock." She said, moreover, "Will you give a pledge until you send it?" -- genesis 38:17 +. +He said, "What pledge shall I give you?" And she said, "Your seal and your cord, and your staff that is in your hand." So he gave them to her and went in to her, and she conceived by him. -- genesis 38:18 +. +Then she arose and departed, and removed her veil and put on her widow's garments. -- genesis 38:19 +. +When Judah sent the young goat by his friend the Adullamite, to receive the pledge from the woman's hand, he did not find her. -- genesis 38:20 +. +He asked the men of her place, saying, "Where is the temple prostitute who was by the road at Enaim?" But they said, "There has been no temple prostitute here." -- genesis 38:21 +. +So he returned to Judah, and said, "I did not find her; and furthermore, the men of the place said, 'There has been no temple prostitute here.'" -- genesis 38:22 +. +Then Judah said, "Let her keep them, otherwise we will become a laughingstock. After all, I sent this young goat, but you did not find her." -- genesis 38:23 +. +Now it was about three months later that Judah was informed, "Your daughter-in-law Tamar has played the harlot, and behold, she is also with child by harlotry." Then Judah said, "Bring her out and let her be burned!" -- genesis 38:24 +. +It was while she was being brought out that she sent to her father-in-law, saying, "I am with child by the man to whom these things belong." And she said, "Please examine and see, whose signet ring and cords and staff are these?" -- genesis 38:25 +. +Judah recognized them, and said, "She is more righteous than I, inasmuch as I did not give her to my son Shelah." And he did not have relations with her again. -- genesis 38:26 +. +It came about at the time she was giving birth, that behold, there were twins in her womb. -- genesis 38:27 +. +Moreover, it took place while she was giving birth, one put out a hand, and the midwife took and tied a scarlet thread on his hand, saying, "This one came out first." -- genesis 38:28 +. +But it came about as he drew back his hand, that behold, his brother came out. Then she said, "What a breach you have made for yourself!" So he was named Perez. -- genesis 38:29 +. +Afterward his brother came out who had the scarlet thread on his hand; and he was named Zerah. -- genesis 38:30 +. +Now Joseph had been taken down to Egypt; and Potiphar, an Egyptian officer of Pharaoh, the captain of the bodyguard, bought him from the Ishmaelites, who had taken him down there. -- genesis 39:1 +. +The LORD was with Joseph, so he became a successful man. And he was in the house of his master, the Egyptian. -- genesis 39:2 +. +Now his master saw that the LORD was with him and how the LORD caused all that he did to prosper in his hand. -- genesis 39:3 +. +So Joseph found favor in his sight and became his personal servant; and he made him overseer over his house, and all that he owned he put in his charge. -- genesis 39:4 +. +It came about that from the time he made him overseer in his house and over all that he owned, the LORD blessed the Egyptian's house on account of Joseph; thus the LORD'S blessing was upon all that he owned, in the house and in the field. -- genesis 39:5 +. +So he left everything he owned in Joseph's charge; and with him there he did not concern himself with anything except the food which he ate. Now Joseph was handsome in form and appearance. -- genesis 39:6 +. +It came about after these events that his master's wife looked with desire at Joseph, and she said, "Lie with me." -- genesis 39:7 +. +But he refused and said to his master's wife, "Behold, with me here, my master does not concern himself with anything in the house, and he has put all that he owns in my charge. -- genesis 39:8 +. +"There is no one greater in this house than I, and he has withheld nothing from me except you, because you are his wife. How then could I do this great evil and sin against God?" -- genesis 39:9 +. +As she spoke to Joseph day after day, he did not listen to her to lie beside her or be with her. -- genesis 39:10 +. +Now it happened one day that he went into the house to do his work, and none of the men of the household was there inside. -- genesis 39:11 +. +She caught him by his garment, saying, "Lie with me!" And he left his garment in her hand and fled, and went outside. -- genesis 39:12 +. +When she saw that he had left his garment in her hand and had fled outside, -- genesis 39:13 +. +she called to the men of her household and said to them, "See, he has brought in a Hebrew to us to make sport of us; he came in to me to lie with me, and I screamed. -- genesis 39:14 +. +"When he heard that I raised my voice and screamed, he left his garment beside me and fled and went outside." -- genesis 39:15 +. +So she left his garment beside her until his master came home. -- genesis 39:16 +. +Then she spoke to him with these words, "The Hebrew slave, whom you brought to us, came in to me to make sport of me; -- genesis 39:17 +. +and as I raised my voice and screamed, he left his garment beside me and fled outside." -- genesis 39:18 +. +Now when his master heard the words of his wife, which she spoke to him, saying, "This is what your slave did to me," his anger burned. -- genesis 39:19 +. +So Joseph's master took him and put him into the jail, the place where the king's prisoners were confined; and he was there in the jail. -- genesis 39:20 +. +But the LORD was with Joseph and extended kindness to him, and gave him favor in the sight of the chief jailer. -- genesis 39:21 +. +The chief jailer committed to Joseph's charge all the prisoners who were in the jail; so that whatever was done there, he was responsible for it. -- genesis 39:22 +. +The chief jailer did not supervise anything under Joseph's charge because the LORD was with him; and whatever he did, the LORD made to prosper. -- genesis 39:23 +. +Then it came about after these things, the cupbearer and the baker for the king of Egypt offended their lord, the king of Egypt. -- genesis 40:1 +. +Pharaoh was furious with his two officials, the chief cupbearer and the chief baker. -- genesis 40:2 +. +So he put them in confinement in the house of the captain of the bodyguard, in the jail, the same place where Joseph was imprisoned. -- genesis 40:3 +. +The captain of the bodyguard put Joseph in charge of them, and he took care of them; and they were in confinement for some time. -- genesis 40:4 +. +Then the cupbearer and the baker for the king of Egypt, who were confined in jail, both had a dream the same night, each man with his own dream and each dream with its own interpretation. -- genesis 40:5 +. +When Joseph came to them in the morning and observed them, behold, they were dejected. -- genesis 40:6 +. +He asked Pharaoh's officials who were with him in confinement in his master's house, "Why are your faces so sad today?" -- genesis 40:7 +. +Then they said to him, "We have had a dream and there is no one to interpret it." Then Joseph said to them, "Do not interpretations belong to God? Tell it to me, please." -- genesis 40:8 +. +So the chief cupbearer told his dream to Joseph, and said to him, "In my dream, behold, there was a vine in front of me; -- genesis 40:9 +. +and on the vine were three branches. And as it was budding, its blossoms came out, and its clusters produced ripe grapes. -- genesis 40:10 +. +"Now Pharaoh's cup was in my hand; so I took the grapes and squeezed them into Pharaoh's cup, and I put the cup into Pharaoh's hand." -- genesis 40:11 +. +Then Joseph said to him, "This is the interpretation of it: the three branches are three days; -- genesis 40:12 +. +within three more days Pharaoh will lift up your head and restore you to your office; and you will put Pharaoh's cup into his hand according to your former custom when you were his cupbearer. -- genesis 40:13 +. +"Only keep me in mind when it goes well with you, and please do me a kindness by mentioning me to Pharaoh and get me out of this house. -- genesis 40:14 +. +"For I was in fact kidnapped from the land of the Hebrews, and even here I have done nothing that they should have put me into the dungeon." -- genesis 40:15 +. +When the chief baker saw that he had interpreted favorably, he said to Joseph, "I also saw in my dream, and behold, there were three baskets of white bread on my head; -- genesis 40:16 +. +and in the top basket there were some of all sorts of baked food for Pharaoh, and the birds were eating them out of the basket on my head." -- genesis 40:17 +. +Then Joseph answered and said, "This is its interpretation: the three baskets are three days; -- genesis 40:18 +. +within three more days Pharaoh will lift up your head from you and will hang you on a tree, and the birds will eat your flesh off you." -- genesis 40:19 +. +Thus it came about on the third day, which was Pharaoh's birthday, that he made a feast for all his servants; and he lifted up the head of the chief cupbearer and the head of the chief baker among his servants. -- genesis 40:20 +. +He restored the chief cupbearer to his office, and he put the cup into Pharaoh's hand; -- genesis 40:21 +. +but he hanged the chief baker, just as Joseph had interpreted to them. -- genesis 40:22 +. +Yet the chief cupbearer did not remember Joseph, but forgot him. -- genesis 40:23 +. +Now it happened at the end of two full years that Pharaoh had a dream, and behold, he was standing by the Nile. -- genesis 41:1 +. +And lo, from the Nile there came up seven cows, sleek and fat; and they grazed in the marsh grass. -- genesis 41:2 +. +Then behold, seven other cows came up after them from the Nile, ugly and gaunt, and they stood by the other cows on the bank of the Nile. -- genesis 41:3 +. +The ugly and gaunt cows ate up the seven sleek and fat cows. Then Pharaoh awoke. -- genesis 41:4 +. +He fell asleep and dreamed a second time; and behold, seven ears of grain came up on a single stalk, plump and good. -- genesis 41:5 +. +Then behold, seven ears, thin and scorched by the east wind, sprouted up after them. -- genesis 41:6 +. +The thin ears swallowed up the seven plump and full ears. Then Pharaoh awoke, and behold, it was a dream. -- genesis 41:7 +. +Now in the morning his spirit was troubled, so he sent and called for all the magicians of Egypt, and all its wise men. And Pharaoh told them his dreams, but there was no one who could interpret them to Pharaoh. -- genesis 41:8 +. +Then the chief cupbearer spoke to Pharaoh, saying, "I would make mention today of my own offenses. -- genesis 41:9 +. +"Pharaoh was furious with his servants, and he put me in confinement in the house of the captain of the bodyguard, both me and the chief baker. -- genesis 41:10 +. +"We had a dream on the same night, he and I; each of us dreamed according to the interpretation of his own dream. -- genesis 41:11 +. +"Now a Hebrew youth was with us there, a servant of the captain of the bodyguard, and we related them to him, and he interpreted our dreams for us. To each one he interpreted according to his own dream. -- genesis 41:12 +. +"And just as he interpreted for us, so it happened; he restored me in my office, but he hanged him." -- genesis 41:13 +. +Then Pharaoh sent and called for Joseph, and they hurriedly brought him out of the dungeon; and when he had shaved himself and changed his clothes, he came to Pharaoh. -- genesis 41:14 +. +Pharaoh said to Joseph, "I have had a dream, but no one can interpret it; and I have heard it said about you, that when you hear a dream you can interpret it." -- genesis 41:15 +. +Joseph then answered Pharaoh, saying, "It is not in me; God will give Pharaoh a favorable answer." -- genesis 41:16 +. +So Pharaoh spoke to Joseph, "In my dream, behold, I was standing on the bank of the Nile; -- genesis 41:17 +. +and behold, seven cows, fat and sleek came up out of the Nile, and they grazed in the marsh grass. -- genesis 41:18 +. +"Lo, seven other cows came up after them, poor and very ugly and gaunt, such as I had never seen for ugliness in all the land of Egypt; -- genesis 41:19 +. +and the lean and ugly cows ate up the first seven fat cows. -- genesis 41:20 +. +"Yet when they had devoured them, it could not be detected that they had devoured them, for they were just as ugly as before. Then I awoke. -- genesis 41:21 +. +"I saw also in my dream, and behold, seven ears, full and good, came up on a single stalk; -- genesis 41:22 +. +and lo, seven ears, withered, thin, and scorched by the east wind, sprouted up after them; -- genesis 41:23 +. +and the thin ears swallowed the seven good ears. Then I told it to the magicians, but there was no one who could explain it to me." -- genesis 41:24 +. +Now Joseph said to Pharaoh, "Pharaoh's dreams are one and the same; God has told to Pharaoh what He is about to do. -- genesis 41:25 +. +"The seven good cows are seven years; and the seven good ears are seven years; the dreams are one and the same. -- genesis 41:26 +. +"The seven lean and ugly cows that came up after them are seven years, and the seven thin ears scorched by the east wind will be seven years of famine. -- genesis 41:27 +. +"It is as I have spoken to Pharaoh: God has shown to Pharaoh what He is about to do. -- genesis 41:28 +. +"Behold, seven years of great abundance are coming in all the land of Egypt; -- genesis 41:29 +. +and after them seven years of famine will come, and all the abundance will be forgotten in the land of Egypt, and the famine will ravage the land. -- genesis 41:30 +. +"So the abundance will be unknown in the land because of that subsequent famine; for it will be very severe. -- genesis 41:31 +. +"Now as for the repeating of the dream to Pharaoh twice, it means that the matter is determined by God, and God will quickly bring it about. -- genesis 41:32 +. +"Now let Pharaoh look for a man discerning and wise, and set him over the land of Egypt. -- genesis 41:33 +. +"Let Pharaoh take action to appoint overseers in charge of the land, and let him exact a fifth of the produce of the land of Egypt in the seven years of abundance. -- genesis 41:34 +. +"Then let them gather all the food of these good years that are coming, and store up the grain for food in the cities under Pharaoh's authority, and let them guard it. -- genesis 41:35 +. +"Let the food become as a reserve for the land for the seven years of famine which will occur in the land of Egypt, so that the land will not perish during the famine." -- genesis 41:36 +. +Now the proposal seemed good to Pharaoh and to all his servants. -- genesis 41:37 +. +Then Pharaoh said to his servants, "Can we find a man like this, in whom is a divine spirit?" -- genesis 41:38 +. +So Pharaoh said to Joseph, "Since God has informed you of all this, there is no one so discerning and wise as you are. -- genesis 41:39 +. +"You shall be over my house, and according to your command all my people shall do homage; only in the throne I will be greater than you." -- genesis 41:40 +. +Pharaoh said to Joseph, "See, I have set you over all the land of Egypt." -- genesis 41:41 +. +Then Pharaoh took off his signet ring from his hand and put it on Joseph's hand, and clothed him in garments of fine linen and put the gold necklace around his neck. -- genesis 41:42 +. +He had him ride in his second chariot; and they proclaimed before him, "Bow the knee!" And he set him over all the land of Egypt. -- genesis 41:43 +. +Moreover, Pharaoh said to Joseph, "Though I am Pharaoh, yet without your permission no one shall raise his hand or foot in all the land of Egypt." -- genesis 41:44 +. +Then Pharaoh named Joseph Zaphenath-paneah; and he gave him Asenath, the daughter of Potiphera priest of On, as his wife. And Joseph went forth over the land of Egypt. -- genesis 41:45 +. +Now Joseph was thirty years old when he stood before Pharaoh, king of Egypt. And Joseph went out from the presence of Pharaoh and went through all the land of Egypt. -- genesis 41:46 +. +During the seven years of plenty the land brought forth abundantly. -- genesis 41:47 +. +So he gathered all the food of these seven years which occurred in the land of Egypt and placed the food in the cities; he placed in every city the food from its own surrounding fields. -- genesis 41:48 +. +Thus Joseph stored up grain in great abundance like the sand of the sea, until he stopped measuring it, for it was beyond measure. -- genesis 41:49 +. +Now before the year of famine came, two sons were born to Joseph, whom Asenath, the daughter of Potiphera priest of On, bore to him. -- genesis 41:50 +. +Joseph named the firstborn Manasseh, "For," he said, "God has made me forget all my trouble and all my father's household." -- genesis 41:51 +. +He named the second Ephraim, "For," he said, "God has made me fruitful in the land of my affliction." -- genesis 41:52 +. +When the seven years of plenty which had been in the land of Egypt came to an end, -- genesis 41:53 +. +and the seven years of famine began to come, just as Joseph had said, then there was famine in all the lands, but in all the land of Egypt there was bread. -- genesis 41:54 +. +So when all the land of Egypt was famished, the people cried out to Pharaoh for bread; and Pharaoh said to all the Egyptians, "Go to Joseph; whatever he says to you, you shall do." -- genesis 41:55 +. +When the famine was spread over all the face of the earth, then Joseph opened all the storehouses, and sold to the Egyptians; and the famine was severe in the land of Egypt. -- genesis 41:56 +. +The people of all the earth came to Egypt to buy grain from Joseph, because the famine was severe in all the earth. -- genesis 41:57 +. +Now Jacob saw that there was grain in Egypt, and Jacob said to his sons, "Why are you staring at one another?" -- genesis 42:1 +. +He said, "Behold, I have heard that there is grain in Egypt; go down there and buy some for us from that place, so that we may live and not die." -- genesis 42:2 +. +Then ten brothers of Joseph went down to buy grain from Egypt. -- genesis 42:3 +. +But Jacob did not send Joseph's brother Benjamin with his brothers, for he said, "I am afraid that harm may befall him." -- genesis 42:4 +. +So the sons of Israel came to buy grain among those who were coming, for the famine was in the land of Canaan also. -- genesis 42:5 +. +Now Joseph was the ruler over the land; he was the one who sold to all the people of the land. And Joseph's brothers came and bowed down to him with their faces to the ground. -- genesis 42:6 +. +When Joseph saw his brothers he recognized them, but he disguised himself to them and spoke to them harshly. And he said to them, "Where have you come from?" And they said, "From the land of Canaan, to buy food." -- genesis 42:7 +. +But Joseph had recognized his brothers, although they did not recognize him. -- genesis 42:8 +. +Joseph remembered the dreams which he had about them, and said to them, "You are spies; you have come to look at the undefended parts of our land." -- genesis 42:9 +. +Then they said to him, "No, my lord, but your servants have come to buy food. -- genesis 42:10 +. +"We are all sons of one man; we are honest men, your servants are not spies." -- genesis 42:11 +. +Yet he said to them, "No, but you have come to look at the undefended parts of our land!" -- genesis 42:12 +. +But they said, "Your servants are twelve brothers in all, the sons of one man in the land of Canaan; and behold, the youngest is with our father today, and one is no longer alive." -- genesis 42:13 +. +Joseph said to them, "It is as I said to you, you are spies; -- genesis 42:14 +. +by this you will be tested: by the life of Pharaoh, you shall not go from this place unless your youngest brother comes here! -- genesis 42:15 +. +"Send one of you that he may get your brother, while you remain confined, that your words may be tested, whether there is truth in you. But if not, by the life of Pharaoh, surely you are spies." -- genesis 42:16 +. +So he put them all together in prison for three days. -- genesis 42:17 +. +Now Joseph said to them on the third day, "Do this and live, for I fear God: -- genesis 42:18 +. +if you are honest men, let one of your brothers be confined in your prison; but as for the rest of you, go, carry grain for the famine of your households, -- genesis 42:19 +. +and bring your youngest brother to me, so your words may be verified, and you will not die." And they did so. -- genesis 42:20 +. +Then they said to one another, "Truly we are guilty concerning our brother, because we saw the distress of his soul when he pleaded with us, yet we would not listen; therefore this distress has come upon us." -- genesis 42:21 +. +Reuben answered them, saying, "Did I not tell you, 'Do not sin against the boy'; and you would not listen? Now comes the reckoning for his blood." -- genesis 42:22 +. +They did not know, however, that Joseph understood, for there was an interpreter between them. -- genesis 42:23 +. +He turned away from them and wept. But when he returned to them and spoke to them, he took Simeon from them and bound him before their eyes. -- genesis 42:24 +. +Then Joseph gave orders to fill their bags with grain and to restore every man's money in his sack, and to give them provisions for the journey. And thus it was done for them. -- genesis 42:25 +. +So they loaded their donkeys with their grain and departed from there. -- genesis 42:26 +. +As one of them opened his sack to give his donkey fodder at the lodging place, he saw his money; and behold, it was in the mouth of his sack. -- genesis 42:27 +. +Then he said to his brothers, "My money has been returned, and behold, it is even in my sack." And their hearts sank, and they turned trembling to one another, saying, "What is this that God has done to us?" -- genesis 42:28 +. +When they came to their father Jacob in the land of Canaan, they told him all that had happened to them, saying, -- genesis 42:29 +. +"The man, the lord of the land, spoke harshly with us, and took us for spies of the country. -- genesis 42:30 +. +"But we said to him, 'We are honest men; we are not spies. -- genesis 42:31 +. +'We are twelve brothers, sons of our father; one is no longer alive, and the youngest is with our father today in the land of Canaan.' -- genesis 42:32 +. +"The man, the lord of the land, said to us, 'By this I will know that you are honest men: leave one of your brothers with me and take grain for the famine of your households, and go. -- genesis 42:33 +. +'But bring your youngest brother to me that I may know that you are not spies, but honest men. I will give your brother to you, and you may trade in the land.'" -- genesis 42:34 +. +Now it came about as they were emptying their sacks, that behold, every man's bundle of money was in his sack; and when they and their father saw their bundles of money, they were dismayed. -- genesis 42:35 +. +Their father Jacob said to them, "You have bereaved me of my children: Joseph is no more, and Simeon is no more, and you would take Benjamin; all these things are against me." -- genesis 42:36 +. +Then Reuben spoke to his father, saying, "You may put my two sons to death if I do not bring him back to you; put him in my care, and I will return him to you." -- genesis 42:37 +. +But Jacob said, "My son shall not go down with you; for his brother is dead, and he alone is left. If harm should befall him on the journey you are taking, then you will bring my gray hair down to Sheol in sorrow." -- genesis 42:38 +. +Now the famine was severe in the land. -- genesis 43:1 +. +So it came about when they had finished eating the grain which they had brought from Egypt, that their father said to them, "Go back, buy us a little food." -- genesis 43:2 +. +Judah spoke to him, however, saying, "The man solemnly warned us, 'You shall not see my face unless your brother is with you.' -- genesis 43:3 +. +"If you send our brother with us, we will go down and buy you food. -- genesis 43:4 +. +"But if you do not send him, we will not go down; for the man said to us, 'You will not see my face unless your brother is with you.'" -- genesis 43:5 +. +Then Israel said, "Why did you treat me so badly by telling the man whether you still had another brother?" -- genesis 43:6 +. +But they said, "The man questioned particularly about us and our relatives, saying, 'Is your father still alive? Have you another brother?' So we answered his questions. Could we possibly know that he would say, 'Bring your brother down'?" -- genesis 43:7 +. +Judah said to his father Israel, "Send the lad with me and we will arise and go, that we may live and not die, we as well as you and our little ones. -- genesis 43:8 +. +"I myself will be surety for him; you may hold me responsible for him. If I do not bring him back to you and set him before you, then let me bear the blame before you forever. -- genesis 43:9 +. +"For if we had not delayed, surely by now we could have returned twice." -- genesis 43:10 +. +Then their father Israel said to them, "If it must be so, then do this: take some of the best products of the land in your bags, and carry down to the man as a present, a little balm and a little honey, aromatic gum and myrrh, pistachio nuts and almonds. -- genesis 43:11 +. +"Take double the money in your hand, and take back in your hand the money that was returned in the mouth of your sacks; perhaps it was a mistake. -- genesis 43:12 +. +"Take your brother also, and arise, return to the man; -- genesis 43:13 +. +and may God Almighty grant you compassion in the sight of the man, so that he will release to you your other brother and Benjamin. And as for me, if I am bereaved of my children, I am bereaved." -- genesis 43:14 +. +So the men took this present, and they took double the money in their hand, and Benjamin; then they arose and went down to Egypt and stood before Joseph. -- genesis 43:15 +. +When Joseph saw Benjamin with them, he said to his house steward, "Bring the men into the house, and slay an animal and make ready; for the men are to dine with me at noon." -- genesis 43:16 +. +So the man did as Joseph said, and brought the men to Joseph's house. -- genesis 43:17 +. +Now the men were afraid, because they were brought to Joseph's house; and they said, "It is because of the money that was returned in our sacks the first time that we are being brought in, that he may seek occasion against us and fall upon us, and take us for slaves with our donkeys." -- genesis 43:18 +. +So they came near to Joseph's house steward, and spoke to him at the entrance of the house, -- genesis 43:19 +. +and said, "Oh, my lord, we indeed came down the first time to buy food, -- genesis 43:20 +. +and it came about when we came to the lodging place, that we opened our sacks, and behold, each man's money was in the mouth of his sack, our money in full. So we have brought it back in our hand. -- genesis 43:21 +. +"We have also brought down other money in our hand to buy food; we do not know who put our money in our sacks." -- genesis 43:22 +. +He said, "Be at ease, do not be afraid. Your God and the God of your father has given you treasure in your sacks; I had your money." Then he brought Simeon out to them. -- genesis 43:23 +. +Then the man brought the men into Joseph's house and gave them water, and they washed their feet; and he gave their donkeys fodder. -- genesis 43:24 +. +So they prepared the present for Joseph's coming at noon; for they had heard that they were to eat a meal there. -- genesis 43:25 +. +When Joseph came home, they brought into the house to him the present which was in their hand and bowed to the ground before him. -- genesis 43:26 +. +Then he asked them about their welfare, and said, "Is your old father well, of whom you spoke? Is he still alive?" -- genesis 43:27 +. +They said, "Your servant our father is well; he is still alive." They bowed down in homage. -- genesis 43:28 +. +As he lifted his eyes and saw his brother Benjamin, his mother's son, he said, "Is this your youngest brother, of whom you spoke to me?" And he said, "May God be gracious to you, my son." -- genesis 43:29 +. +Joseph hurried out for he was deeply stirred over his brother, and he sought a place to weep; and he entered his chamber and wept there. -- genesis 43:30 +. +Then he washed his face and came out; and he controlled himself and said, "Serve the meal." -- genesis 43:31 +. +So they served him by himself, and them by themselves, and the Egyptians who ate with him by themselves, because the Egyptians could not eat bread with the Hebrews, for that is loathsome to the Egyptians. -- genesis 43:32 +. +Now they were seated before him, the firstborn according to his birthright and the youngest according to his youth, and the men looked at one another in astonishment. -- genesis 43:33 +. +He took portions to them from his own table, but Benjamin's portion was five times as much as any of theirs. So they feasted and drank freely with him. -- genesis 43:34 +. +Then he commanded his house steward, saying, "Fill the men's sacks with food, as much as they can carry, and put each man's money in the mouth of his sack. -- genesis 44:1 +. +"Put my cup, the silver cup, in the mouth of the sack of the youngest, and his money for the grain." And he did as Joseph had told him. -- genesis 44:2 +. +As soon as it was light, the men were sent away, they with their donkeys. -- genesis 44:3 +. +They had just gone out of the city, and were not far off, when Joseph said to his house steward, "Up, follow the men; and when you overtake them, say to them, 'Why have you repaid evil for good? -- genesis 44:4 +. +'Is not this the one from which my lord drinks and which he indeed uses for divination? You have done wrong in doing this.'" -- genesis 44:5 +. +So he overtook them and spoke these words to them. -- genesis 44:6 +. +They said to him, "Why does my lord speak such words as these? Far be it from your servants to do such a thing. -- genesis 44:7 +. +"Behold, the money which we found in the mouth of our sacks we have brought back to you from the land of Canaan. How then could we steal silver or gold from your lord's house? -- genesis 44:8 +. +"With whomever of your servants it is found, let him die, and we also will be my lord's slaves." -- genesis 44:9 +. +So he said, "Now let it also be according to your words; he with whom it is found shall be my slave, and the rest of you shall be innocent." -- genesis 44:10 +. +Then they hurried, each man lowered his sack to the ground, and each man opened his sack. -- genesis 44:11 +. +He searched, beginning with the oldest and ending with the youngest, and the cup was found in Benjamin's sack. -- genesis 44:12 +. +Then they tore their clothes, and when each man loaded his donkey, they returned to the city. -- genesis 44:13 +. +When Judah and his brothers came to Joseph's house, he was still there, and they fell to the ground before him. -- genesis 44:14 +. +Joseph said to them, "What is this deed that you have done? Do you not know that such a man as I can indeed practice divination?" -- genesis 44:15 +. +So Judah said, "What can we say to my lord? What can we speak? And how can we justify ourselves? God has found out the iniquity of your servants; behold, we are my lord's slaves, both we and the one in whose possession the cup has been found." -- genesis 44:16 +. +But he said, "Far be it from me to do this. The man in whose possession the cup has been found, he shall be my slave; but as for you, go up in peace to your father." -- genesis 44:17 +. +Then Judah approached him, and said, "Oh my lord, may your servant please speak a word in my lord's ears, and do not be angry with your servant; for you are equal to Pharaoh. -- genesis 44:18 +. +"My lord asked his servants, saying, 'Have you a father or a brother?' -- genesis 44:19 +. +"We said to my lord, 'We have an old father and a little child of his old age. Now his brother is dead, so he alone is left of his mother, and his father loves him.' -- genesis 44:20 +. +"Then you said to your servants, 'Bring him down to me that I may set my eyes on him.' -- genesis 44:21 +. +"But we said to my lord, 'The lad cannot leave his father, for if he should leave his father, his father would die.' -- genesis 44:22 +. +"You said to your servants, however, 'Unless your youngest brother comes down with you, you will not see my face again.' -- genesis 44:23 +. +"Thus it came about when we went up to your servant my father, we told him the words of my lord. -- genesis 44:24 +. +"Our father said, 'Go back, buy us a little food.' -- genesis 44:25 +. +"But we said, 'We cannot go down. If our youngest brother is with us, then we will go down; for we cannot see the man's face unless our youngest brother is with us.' -- genesis 44:26 +. +"Your servant my father said to us, 'You know that my wife bore me two sons; -- genesis 44:27 +. +and the one went out from me, and I said, "Surely he is torn in pieces," and I have not seen him since. -- genesis 44:28 +. +'If you take this one also from me, and harm befalls him, you will bring my gray hair down to Sheol in sorrow.' -- genesis 44:29 +. +"Now, therefore, when I come to your servant my father, and the lad is not with us, since his life is bound up in the lad's life, -- genesis 44:30 +. +when he sees that the lad is not with us, he will die. Thus your servants will bring the gray hair of your servant our father down to Sheol in sorrow. -- genesis 44:31 +. +"For your servant became surety for the lad to my father, saying, 'If I do not bring him back to you, then let me bear the blame before my father forever.' -- genesis 44:32 +. +"Now, therefore, please let your servant remain instead of the lad a slave to my lord, and let the lad go up with his brothers. -- genesis 44:33 +. +"For how shall I go up to my father if the lad is not with me--for fear that I see the evil that would overtake my father?" -- genesis 44:34 +. +Then Joseph could not control himself before all those who stood by him, and he cried, "Have everyone go out from me." So there was no man with him when Joseph made himself known to his brothers. -- genesis 45:1 +. +He wept so loudly that the Egyptians heard it, and the household of Pharaoh heard of it. -- genesis 45:2 +. +Then Joseph said to his brothers, "I am Joseph! Is my father still alive?" But his brothers could not answer him, for they were dismayed at his presence. -- genesis 45:3 +. +Then Joseph said to his brothers, "Please come closer to me." And they came closer. And he said, "I am your brother Joseph, whom you sold into Egypt. -- genesis 45:4 +. +"Now do not be grieved or angry with yourselves, because you sold me here, for God sent me before you to preserve life. -- genesis 45:5 +. +"For the famine has been in the land these two years, and there are still five years in which there will be neither plowing nor harvesting. -- genesis 45:6 +. +"God sent me before you to preserve for you a remnant in the earth, and to keep you alive by a great deliverance. -- genesis 45:7 +. +"Now, therefore, it was not you who sent me here, but God; and He has made me a father to Pharaoh and lord of all his household and ruler over all the land of Egypt. -- genesis 45:8 +. +"Hurry and go up to my father, and say to him, 'Thus says your son Joseph, "God has made me lord of all Egypt; come down to me, do not delay. -- genesis 45:9 +. +"You shall live in the land of Goshen, and you shall be near me, you and your children and your children's children and your flocks and your herds and all that you have. -- genesis 45:10 +. +"There I will also provide for you, for there are still five years of famine to come, and you and your household and all that you have would be impoverished."' -- genesis 45:11 +. +"Behold, your eyes see, and the eyes of my brother Benjamin see, that it is my mouth which is speaking to you. -- genesis 45:12 +. +"Now you must tell my father of all my splendor in Egypt, and all that you have seen; and you must hurry and bring my father down here." -- genesis 45:13 +. +Then he fell on his brother Benjamin's neck and wept, and Benjamin wept on his neck. -- genesis 45:14 +. +He kissed all his brothers and wept on them, and afterward his brothers talked with him. -- genesis 45:15 +. +Now when the news was heard in Pharaoh's house that Joseph's brothers had come, it pleased Pharaoh and his servants. -- genesis 45:16 +. +Then Pharaoh said to Joseph, "Say to your brothers, 'Do this: load your beasts and go to the land of Canaan, -- genesis 45:17 +. +and take your father and your households and come to me, and I will give you the best of the land of Egypt and you will eat the fat of the land.' -- genesis 45:18 +. +"Now you are ordered, 'Do this: take wagons from the land of Egypt for your little ones and for your wives, and bring your father and come. -- genesis 45:19 +. +'Do not concern yourselves with your goods, for the best of all the land of Egypt is yours.'" -- genesis 45:20 +. +Then the sons of Israel did so; and Joseph gave them wagons according to the command of Pharaoh, and gave them provisions for the journey. -- genesis 45:21 +. +To each of them he gave changes of garments, but to Benjamin he gave three hundred pieces of silver and five changes of garments. -- genesis 45:22 +. +To his father he sent as follows: ten donkeys loaded with the best things of Egypt, and ten female donkeys loaded with grain and bread and sustenance for his father on the journey. -- genesis 45:23 +. +So he sent his brothers away, and as they departed, he said to them, "Do not quarrel on the journey." -- genesis 45:24 +. +Then they went up from Egypt, and came to the land of Canaan to their father Jacob. -- genesis 45:25 +. +They told him, saying, "Joseph is still alive, and indeed he is ruler over all the land of Egypt." But he was stunned, for he did not believe them. -- genesis 45:26 +. +When they told him all the words of Joseph that he had spoken to them, and when he saw the wagons that Joseph had sent to carry him, the spirit of their father Jacob revived. -- genesis 45:27 +. +Then Israel said, "It is enough; my son Joseph is still alive. I will go and see him before I die." -- genesis 45:28 +. +So Israel set out with all that he had, and came to Beersheba, and offered sacrifices to the God of his father Isaac. -- genesis 46:1 +. +God spoke to Israel in visions of the night and said, "Jacob, Jacob." And he said, "Here I am." -- genesis 46:2 +. +He said, "I am God, the God of your father; do not be afraid to go down to Egypt, for I will make you a great nation there. -- genesis 46:3 +. +"I will go down with you to Egypt, and I will also surely bring you up again; and Joseph will close your eyes." -- genesis 46:4 +. +Then Jacob arose from Beersheba; and the sons of Israel carried their father Jacob and their little ones and their wives in the wagons which Pharaoh had sent to carry him. -- genesis 46:5 +. +They took their livestock and their property, which they had acquired in the land of Canaan, and came to Egypt, Jacob and all his descendants with him: -- genesis 46:6 +. +his sons and his grandsons with him, his daughters and his granddaughters, and all his descendants he brought with him to Egypt. -- genesis 46:7 +. +Now these are the names of the sons of Israel, Jacob and his sons, who went to Egypt: Reuben, Jacob's firstborn. -- genesis 46:8 +. +The sons of Reuben: Hanoch and Pallu and Hezron and Carmi. -- genesis 46:9 +. +The sons of Simeon: Jemuel and Jamin and Ohad and Jachin and Zohar and Shaul the son of a Canaanite woman. -- genesis 46:10 +. +The sons of Levi: Gershon, Kohath, and Merari. -- genesis 46:11 +. +The sons of Judah: Er and Onan and Shelah and Perez and Zerah (but Er and Onan died in the land of Canaan). And the sons of Perez were Hezron and Hamul. -- genesis 46:12 +. +The sons of Issachar: Tola and Puvvah and Iob and Shimron. -- genesis 46:13 +. +The sons of Zebulun: Sered and Elon and Jahleel. -- genesis 46:14 +. +These are the sons of Leah, whom she bore to Jacob in Paddan-aram, with his daughter Dinah; all his sons and his daughters numbered thirty-three. -- genesis 46:15 +. +The sons of Gad: Ziphion and Haggi, Shuni and Ezbon, Eri and Arodi and Areli. -- genesis 46:16 +. +The sons of Asher: Imnah and Ishvah and Ishvi and Beriah and their sister Serah. And the sons of Beriah: Heber and Malchiel. -- genesis 46:17 +. +These are the sons of Zilpah, whom Laban gave to his daughter Leah; and she bore to Jacob these sixteen persons. -- genesis 46:18 +. +The sons of Jacob's wife Rachel: Joseph and Benjamin. -- genesis 46:19 +. +Now to Joseph in the land of Egypt were born Manasseh and Ephraim, whom Asenath, the daughter of Potiphera, priest of On, bore to him. -- genesis 46:20 +. +The sons of Benjamin: Bela and Becher and Ashbel, Gera and Naaman, Ehi and Rosh, Muppim and Huppim and Ard. -- genesis 46:21 +. +These are the sons of Rachel, who were born to Jacob; there were fourteen persons in all. -- genesis 46:22 +. +The sons of Dan: Hushim. -- genesis 46:23 +. +The sons of Naphtali: Jahzeel and Guni and Jezer and Shillem. -- genesis 46:24 +. +These are the sons of Bilhah, whom Laban gave to his daughter Rachel, and she bore these to Jacob; there were seven persons in all. -- genesis 46:25 +. +All the persons belonging to Jacob, who came to Egypt, his direct descendants, not including the wives of Jacob's sons, were sixty-six persons in all, -- genesis 46:26 +. +and the sons of Joseph, who were born to him in Egypt were two; all the persons of the house of Jacob, who came to Egypt, were seventy. -- genesis 46:27 +. +Now he sent Judah before him to Joseph, to point out the way before him to Goshen; and they came into the land of Goshen. -- genesis 46:28 +. +Joseph prepared his chariot and went up to Goshen to meet his father Israel; as soon as he appeared before him, he fell on his neck and wept on his neck a long time. -- genesis 46:29 +. +Then Israel said to Joseph, "Now let me die, since I have seen your face, that you are still alive." -- genesis 46:30 +. +Joseph said to his brothers and to his father's household, "I will go up and tell Pharaoh, and will say to him, 'My brothers and my father's household, who were in the land of Canaan, have come to me; -- genesis 46:31 +. +and the men are shepherds, for they have been keepers of livestock; and they have brought their flocks and their herds and all that they have.' -- genesis 46:32 +. +"When Pharaoh calls you and says, 'What is your occupation?' -- genesis 46:33 +. +you shall say, 'Your servants have been keepers of livestock from our youth even until now, both we and our fathers,' that you may live in the land of Goshen; for every shepherd is loathsome to the Egyptians." -- genesis 46:34 +. +Then Joseph went in and told Pharaoh, and said, "My father and my brothers and their flocks and their herds and all that they have, have come out of the land of Canaan; and behold, they are in the land of Goshen." -- genesis 47:1 +. +He took five men from among his brothers and presented them to Pharaoh. -- genesis 47:2 +. +Then Pharaoh said to his brothers, "What is your occupation?" So they said to Pharaoh, "Your servants are shepherds, both we and our fathers." -- genesis 47:3 +. +They said to Pharaoh, "We have come to sojourn in the land, for there is no pasture for your servants' flocks, for the famine is severe in the land of Canaan. Now, therefore, please let your servants live in the land of Goshen." -- genesis 47:4 +. +Then Pharaoh said to Joseph, "Your father and your brothers have come to you. -- genesis 47:5 +. +"The land of Egypt is at your disposal; settle your father and your brothers in the best of the land, let them live in the land of Goshen; and if you know any capable men among them, then put them in charge of my livestock." -- genesis 47:6 +. +Then Joseph brought his father Jacob and presented him to Pharaoh; and Jacob blessed Pharaoh. -- genesis 47:7 +. +Pharaoh said to Jacob, "How many years have you lived?" -- genesis 47:8 +. +So Jacob said to Pharaoh, "The years of my sojourning are one hundred and thirty; few and unpleasant have been the years of my life, nor have they attained the years that my fathers lived during the days of their sojourning." -- genesis 47:9 +. +And Jacob blessed Pharaoh, and went out from his presence. -- genesis 47:10 +. +So Joseph settled his father and his brothers and gave them a possession in the land of Egypt, in the best of the land, in the land of Rameses, as Pharaoh had ordered. -- genesis 47:11 +. +Joseph provided his father and his brothers and all his father's household with food, according to their little ones. -- genesis 47:12 +. +Now there was no food in all the land, because the famine was very severe, so that the land of Egypt and the land of Canaan languished because of the famine. -- genesis 47:13 +. +Joseph gathered all the money that was found in the land of Egypt and in the land of Canaan for the grain which they bought, and Joseph brought the money into Pharaoh's house. -- genesis 47:14 +. +When the money was all spent in the land of Egypt and in the land of Canaan, all the Egyptians came to Joseph and said, "Give us food, for why should we die in your presence? For our money is gone." -- genesis 47:15 +. +Then Joseph said, "Give up your livestock, and I will give you food for your livestock, since your money is gone." -- genesis 47:16 +. +So they brought their livestock to Joseph, and Joseph gave them food in exchange for the horses and the flocks and the herds and the donkeys; and he fed them with food in exchange for all their livestock that year. -- genesis 47:17 +. +When that year was ended, they came to him the next year and said to him, "We will not hide from my lord that our money is all spent, and the cattle are my lord's. There is nothing left for my lord except our bodies and our lands. -- genesis 47:18 +. +"Why should we die before your eyes, both we and our land? Buy us and our land for food, and we and our land will be slaves to Pharaoh. So give us seed, that we may live and not die, and that the land may not be desolate." -- genesis 47:19 +. +So Joseph bought all the land of Egypt for Pharaoh, for every Egyptian sold his field, because the famine was severe upon them. Thus the land became Pharaoh's. -- genesis 47:20 +. +As for the people, he removed them to the cities from one end of Egypt's border to the other. -- genesis 47:21 +. +Only the land of the priests he did not buy, for the priests had an allotment from Pharaoh, and they lived off the allotment which Pharaoh gave them. Therefore, they did not sell their land. -- genesis 47:22 +. +Then Joseph said to the people, "Behold, I have today bought you and your land for Pharaoh; now, here is seed for you, and you may sow the land. -- genesis 47:23 +. +"At the harvest you shall give a fifth to Pharaoh, and four-fifths shall be your own for seed of the field and for your food and for those of your households and as food for your little ones." -- genesis 47:24 +. +So they said, "You have saved our lives! Let us find favor in the sight of my lord, and we will be Pharaoh's slaves." -- genesis 47:25 +. +Joseph made it a statute concerning the land of Egypt valid to this day, that Pharaoh should have the fifth; only the land of the priests did not become Pharaoh's. -- genesis 47:26 +. +Now Israel lived in the land of Egypt, in Goshen, and they acquired property in it and were fruitful and became very numerous. -- genesis 47:27 +. +Jacob lived in the land of Egypt seventeen years; so the length of Jacob's life was one hundred and forty-seven years. -- genesis 47:28 +. +When the time for Israel to die drew near, he called his son Joseph and said to him, "Please, if I have found favor in your sight, place now your hand under my thigh and deal with me in kindness and faithfulness. Please do not bury me in Egypt, -- genesis 47:29 +. +but when I lie down with my fathers, you shall carry me out of Egypt and bury me in their burial place." And he said, "I will do as you have said." -- genesis 47:30 +. +He said, "Swear to me." So he swore to him. Then Israel bowed in worship at the head of the bed. -- genesis 47:31 +. +Now it came about after these things that Joseph was told, "Behold, your father is sick." So he took his two sons Manasseh and Ephraim with him. -- genesis 48:1 +. +When it was told to Jacob, "Behold, your son Joseph has come to you," Israel collected his strength and sat up in the bed. -- genesis 48:2 +. +Then Jacob said to Joseph, "God Almighty appeared to me at Luz in the land of Canaan and blessed me, -- genesis 48:3 +. +and He said to me, 'Behold, I will make you fruitful and numerous, and I will make you a company of peoples, and will give this land to your descendants after you for an everlasting possession.' -- genesis 48:4 +. +"Now your two sons, who were born to you in the land of Egypt before I came to you in Egypt, are mine; Ephraim and Manasseh shall be mine, as Reuben and Simeon are. -- genesis 48:5 +. +"But your offspring that have been born after them shall be yours; they shall be called by the names of their brothers in their inheritance. -- genesis 48:6 +. +"Now as for me, when I came from Paddan, Rachel died, to my sorrow, in the land of Canaan on the journey, when there was still some distance to go to Ephrath; and I buried her there on the way to Ephrath (that is, Bethlehem)." -- genesis 48:7 +. +When Israel saw Joseph's sons, he said, "Who are these?" -- genesis 48:8 +. +Joseph said to his father, "They are my sons, whom God has given me here." So he said, "Bring them to me, please, that I may bless them." -- genesis 48:9 +. +Now the eyes of Israel were so dim from age that he could not see. Then Joseph brought them close to him, and he kissed them and embraced them. -- genesis 48:10 +. +Israel said to Joseph, "I never expected to see your face, and behold, God has let me see your children as well." -- genesis 48:11 +. +Then Joseph took them from his knees, and bowed with his face to the ground. -- genesis 48:12 +. +Joseph took them both, Ephraim with his right hand toward Israel's left, and Manasseh with his left hand toward Israel's right, and brought them close to him. -- genesis 48:13 +. +But Israel stretched out his right hand and laid it on the head of Ephraim, who was the younger, and his left hand on Manasseh's head, crossing his hands, although Manasseh was the firstborn. -- genesis 48:14 +. +He blessed Joseph, and said, "The God before whom my fathers Abraham and Isaac walked, The God who has been my shepherd all my life to this day, -- genesis 48:15 +. +The angel who has redeemed me from all evil, Bless the lads; And may my name live on in them, And the names of my fathers Abraham and Isaac; And may they grow into a multitude in the midst of the earth." -- genesis 48:16 +. +When Joseph saw that his father laid his right hand on Ephraim's head, it displeased him; and he grasped his father's hand to remove it from Ephraim's head to Manasseh's head. -- genesis 48:17 +. +Joseph said to his father, "Not so, my father, for this one is the firstborn. Place your right hand on his head." -- genesis 48:18 +. +But his father refused and said, "I know, my son, I know; he also will become a people and he also will be great. However, his younger brother shall be greater than he, and his descendants shall become a multitude of nations." -- genesis 48:19 +. +He blessed them that day, saying, "By you Israel will pronounce blessing, saying, 'May God make you like Ephraim and Manasseh!'" Thus he put Ephraim before Manasseh. -- genesis 48:20 +. +Then Israel said to Joseph, "Behold, I am about to die, but God will be with you, and bring you back to the land of your fathers. -- genesis 48:21 +. +"I give you one portion more than your brothers, which I took from the hand of the Amorite with my sword and my bow." -- genesis 48:22 +. +Then Jacob summoned his sons and said, "Assemble yourselves that I may tell you what will befall you in the days to come. -- genesis 49:1 +. +"Gather together and hear, O sons of Jacob; And listen to Israel your father. -- genesis 49:2 +. +"Reuben, you are my firstborn; My might and the beginning of my strength, Preeminent in dignity and preeminent in power. -- genesis 49:3 +. +"Uncontrolled as water, you shall not have preeminence, Because you went up to your father's bed; Then you defiled it--he went up to my couch. -- genesis 49:4 +. +"Simeon and Levi are brothers; Their swords are implements of violence. -- genesis 49:5 +. +"Let my soul not enter into their council; Let not my glory be united with their assembly; Because in their anger they slew men, And in their self-will they lamed oxen. -- genesis 49:6 +. +"Cursed be their anger, for it is fierce; And their wrath, for it is cruel. I will disperse them in Jacob, And scatter them in Israel. -- genesis 49:7 +. +"Judah, your brothers shall praise you; Your hand shall be on the neck of your enemies; Your father's sons shall bow down to you. -- genesis 49:8 +. +"Judah is a lion's whelp; From the prey, my son, you have gone up. He couches, he lies down as a lion, And as a lion, who dares rouse him up? -- genesis 49:9 +. +"The scepter shall not depart from Judah, Nor the ruler's staff from between his feet, Until Shiloh comes, And to him shall be the obedience of the peoples. -- genesis 49:10 +. +"He ties his foal to the vine, And his donkey's colt to the choice vine; He washes his garments in wine, And his robes in the blood of grapes. -- genesis 49:11 +. +"His eyes are dull from wine, And his teeth white from milk. -- genesis 49:12 +. +"Zebulun will dwell at the seashore; And he shall be a haven for ships, And his flank shall be toward Sidon. -- genesis 49:13 +. +"Issachar is a strong donkey, Lying down between the sheepfolds. -- genesis 49:14 +. +"When he saw that a resting place was good And that the land was pleasant, He bowed his shoulder to bear burdens, And became a slave at forced labor. -- genesis 49:15 +. +"Dan shall judge his people, As one of the tribes of Israel. -- genesis 49:16 +. +"Dan shall be a serpent in the way, A horned snake in the path, That bites the horse's heels, So that his rider falls backward. -- genesis 49:17 +. +"For Your salvation I wait, O LORD. -- genesis 49:18 +. +"As for Gad, raiders shall raid him, But he will raid at their heels. -- genesis 49:19 +. +"As for Asher, his food shall be rich, And he will yield royal dainties. -- genesis 49:20 +. +"Naphtali is a doe let loose, He gives beautiful words. -- genesis 49:21 +. +"Joseph is a fruitful bough, A fruitful bough by a spring; Its branches run over a wall. -- genesis 49:22 +. +"The archers bitterly attacked him, And shot at him and harassed him; -- genesis 49:23 +. +But his bow remained firm, And his arms were agile, From the hands of the Mighty One of Jacob (From there is the Shepherd, the Stone of Israel), -- genesis 49:24 +. +From the God of your father who helps you, And by the Almighty who blesses you With blessings of heaven above, Blessings of the deep that lies beneath, Blessings of the breasts and of the womb. -- genesis 49:25 +. +"The blessings of your father Have surpassed the blessings of my ancestors Up to the utmost bound of the everlasting hills; May they be on the head of Joseph, And on the crown of the head of the one distinguished among his brothers. -- genesis 49:26 +. +"Benjamin is a ravenous wolf; In the morning he devours the prey, And in the evening he divides the spoil." -- genesis 49:27 +. +All these are the twelve tribes of Israel, and this is what their father said to them when he blessed them. He blessed them, every one with the blessing appropriate to him. -- genesis 49:28 +. +Then he charged them and said to them, "I am about to be gathered to my people; bury me with my fathers in the cave that is in the field of Ephron the Hittite, -- genesis 49:29 +. +in the cave that is in the field of Machpelah, which is before Mamre, in the land of Canaan, which Abraham bought along with the field from Ephron the Hittite for a burial site. -- genesis 49:30 +. +"There they buried Abraham and his wife Sarah, there they buried Isaac and his wife Rebekah, and there I buried Leah-- -- genesis 49:31 +. +the field and the cave that is in it, purchased from the sons of Heth." -- genesis 49:32 +. +When Jacob finished charging his sons, he drew his feet into the bed and breathed his last, and was gathered to his people. -- genesis 49:33 +. +Then Joseph fell on his father's face, and wept over him and kissed him. -- genesis 50:1 +. +Joseph commanded his servants the physicians to embalm his father. So the physicians embalmed Israel. -- genesis 50:2 +. +Now forty days were required for it, for such is the period required for embalming. And the Egyptians wept for him seventy days. -- genesis 50:3 +. +When the days of mourning for him were past, Joseph spoke to the household of Pharaoh, saying, "If now I have found favor in your sight, please speak to Pharaoh, saying, -- genesis 50:4 +. +'My father made me swear, saying, "Behold, I am about to die; in my grave which I dug for myself in the land of Canaan, there you shall bury me." Now therefore, please let me go up and bury my father; then I will return.'" -- genesis 50:5 +. +Pharaoh said, "Go up and bury your father, as he made you swear." -- genesis 50:6 +. +So Joseph went up to bury his father, and with him went up all the servants of Pharaoh, the elders of his household and all the elders of the land of Egypt, -- genesis 50:7 +. +and all the household of Joseph and his brothers and his father's household; they left only their little ones and their flocks and their herds in the land of Goshen. -- genesis 50:8 +. +There also went up with him both chariots and horsemen; and it was a very great company. -- genesis 50:9 +. +When they came to the threshing floor of Atad, which is beyond the Jordan, they lamented there with a very great and sorrowful lamentation; and he observed seven days mourning for his father. -- genesis 50:10 +. +Now when the inhabitants of the land, the Canaanites, saw the mourning at the threshing floor of Atad, they said, "This is a grievous mourning for the Egyptians." Therefore it was named Abel-mizraim, which is beyond the Jordan. -- genesis 50:11 +. +Thus his sons did for him as he had charged them; -- genesis 50:12 +. +for his sons carried him to the land of Canaan and buried him in the cave of the field of Machpelah before Mamre, which Abraham had bought along with the field for a burial site from Ephron the Hittite. -- genesis 50:13 +. +After he had buried his father, Joseph returned to Egypt, he and his brothers, and all who had gone up with him to bury his father. -- genesis 50:14 +. +When Joseph's brothers saw that their father was dead, they said, "What if Joseph bears a grudge against us and pays us back in full for all the wrong which we did to him!" -- genesis 50:15 +. +So they sent a message to Joseph, saying, "Your father charged before he died, saying, -- genesis 50:16 +. +'Thus you shall say to Joseph, "Please forgive, I beg you, the transgression of your brothers and their sin, for they did you wrong."' And now, please forgive the transgression of the servants of the God of your father." And Joseph wept when they spoke to him. -- genesis 50:17 +. +Then his brothers also came and fell down before him and said, "Behold, we are your servants." -- genesis 50:18 +. +But Joseph said to them, "Do not be afraid, for am I in God's place? -- genesis 50:19 +. +"As for you, you meant evil against me, but God meant it for good in order to bring about this present result, to preserve many people alive. -- genesis 50:20 +. +"So therefore, do not be afraid; I will provide for you and your little ones." So he comforted them and spoke kindly to them. -- genesis 50:21 +. +Now Joseph stayed in Egypt, he and his father's household, and Joseph lived one hundred and ten years. -- genesis 50:22 +. +Joseph saw the third generation of Ephraim's sons; also the sons of Machir, the son of Manasseh, were born on Joseph's knees. -- genesis 50:23 +. +Joseph said to his brothers, "I am about to die, but God will surely take care of you and bring you up from this land to the land which He promised on oath to Abraham, to Isaac and to Jacob." -- genesis 50:24 +. +Then Joseph made the sons of Israel swear, saying, "God will surely take care of you, and you shall carry my bones up from here." -- genesis 50:25 +. +So Joseph died at the age of one hundred and ten years; and he was embalmed and placed in a coffin in Egypt. -- genesis 50:26 +. +Now these are the names of the sons of Israel who came to Egypt with Jacob; they came each one with his household: -- exodus 1:1 +. +Reuben, Simeon, Levi and Judah; -- exodus 1:2 +. +Issachar, Zebulun and Benjamin; -- exodus 1:3 +. +Dan and Naphtali, Gad and Asher. -- exodus 1:4 +. +All the persons who came from the loins of Jacob were seventy in number, but Joseph was already in Egypt. -- exodus 1:5 +. +Joseph died, and all his brothers and all that generation. -- exodus 1:6 +. +But the sons of Israel were fruitful and increased greatly, and multiplied, and became exceedingly mighty, so that the land was filled with them. -- exodus 1:7 +. +Now a new king arose over Egypt, who did not know Joseph. -- exodus 1:8 +. +He said to his people, "Behold, the people of the sons of Israel are more and mightier than we. -- exodus 1:9 +. +"Come, let us deal wisely with them, or else they will multiply and in the event of war, they will also join themselves to those who hate us, and fight against us and depart from the land." -- exodus 1:10 +. +So they appointed taskmasters over them to afflict them with hard labor. And they built for Pharaoh storage cities, Pithom and Raamses. -- exodus 1:11 +. +But the more they afflicted them, the more they multiplied and the more they spread out, so that they were in dread of the sons of Israel. -- exodus 1:12 +. +The Egyptians compelled the sons of Israel to labor rigorously; -- exodus 1:13 +. +and they made their lives bitter with hard labor in mortar and bricks and at all kinds of labor in the field, all their labors which they rigorously imposed on them. -- exodus 1:14 +. +Then the king of Egypt spoke to the Hebrew midwives, one of whom was named Shiphrah and the other was named Puah; -- exodus 1:15 +. +and he said, "When you are helping the Hebrew women to give birth and see them upon the birthstool, if it is a son, then you shall put him to death; but if it is a daughter, then she shall live." -- exodus 1:16 +. +But the midwives feared God, and did not do as the king of Egypt had commanded them, but let the boys live. -- exodus 1:17 +. +So the king of Egypt called for the midwives and said to them, "Why have you done this thing, and let the boys live?" -- exodus 1:18 +. +The midwives said to Pharaoh, "Because the Hebrew women are not as the Egyptian women; for they are vigorous and give birth before the midwife can get to them." -- exodus 1:19 +. +So God was good to the midwives, and the people multiplied, and became very mighty. -- exodus 1:20 +. +Because the midwives feared God, He established households for them. -- exodus 1:21 +. +Then Pharaoh commanded all his people, saying, "Every son who is born you are to cast into the Nile, and every daughter you are to keep alive." -- exodus 1:22 +. +Now a man from the house of Levi went and married a daughter of Levi. -- exodus 2:1 +. +The woman conceived and bore a son; and when she saw that he was beautiful, she hid him for three months. -- exodus 2:2 +. +But when she could hide him no longer, she got him a wicker basket and covered it over with tar and pitch. Then she put the child into it and set it among the reeds by the bank of the Nile. -- exodus 2:3 +. +His sister stood at a distance to find out what would happen to him. -- exodus 2:4 +. +The daughter of Pharaoh came down to bathe at the Nile, with her maidens walking alongside the Nile; and she saw the basket among the reeds and sent her maid, and she brought it to her. -- exodus 2:5 +. +When she opened it, she saw the child, and behold, the boy was crying. And she had pity on him and said, "This is one of the Hebrews' children." -- exodus 2:6 +. +Then his sister said to Pharaoh's daughter, "Shall I go and call a nurse for you from the Hebrew women that she may nurse the child for you?" -- exodus 2:7 +. +Pharaoh's daughter said to her, "Go ahead." So the girl went and called the child's mother. -- exodus 2:8 +. +Then Pharaoh's daughter said to her, "Take this child away and nurse him for me and I will give you your wages." So the woman took the child and nursed him. -- exodus 2:9 +. +The child grew, and she brought him to Pharaoh's daughter and he became her son. And she named him Moses, and said, "Because I drew him out of the water." -- exodus 2:10 +. +Now it came about in those days, when Moses had grown up, that he went out to his brethren and looked on their hard labors; and he saw an Egyptian beating a Hebrew, one of his brethren. -- exodus 2:11 +. +So he looked this way and that, and when he saw there was no one around, he struck down the Egyptian and hid him in the sand. -- exodus 2:12 +. +He went out the next day, and behold, two Hebrews were fighting with each other; and he said to the offender, "Why are you striking your companion?" -- exodus 2:13 +. +But he said, "Who made you a prince or a judge over us? Are you intending to kill me as you killed the Egyptian?" Then Moses was afraid and said, "Surely the matter has become known." -- exodus 2:14 +. +When Pharaoh heard of this matter, he tried to kill Moses. But Moses fled from the presence of Pharaoh and settled in the land of Midian, and he sat down by a well. -- exodus 2:15 +. +Now the priest of Midian had seven daughters; and they came to draw water and filled the troughs to water their father's flock. -- exodus 2:16 +. +Then the shepherds came and drove them away, but Moses stood up and helped them and watered their flock. -- exodus 2:17 +. +When they came to Reuel their father, he said, "Why have you come back so soon today?" -- exodus 2:18 +. +So they said, "An Egyptian delivered us from the hand of the shepherds, and what is more, he even drew the water for us and watered the flock." -- exodus 2:19 +. +He said to his daughters, "Where is he then? Why is it that you have left the man behind? Invite him to have something to eat." -- exodus 2:20 +. +Moses was willing to dwell with the man, and he gave his daughter Zipporah to Moses. -- exodus 2:21 +. +Then she gave birth to a son, and he named him Gershom, for he said, "I have been a sojourner in a foreign land." -- exodus 2:22 +. +Now it came about in the course of those many days that the king of Egypt died. And the sons of Israel sighed because of the bondage, and they cried out; and their cry for help because of their bondage rose up to God. -- exodus 2:23 +. +So God heard their groaning; and God remembered His covenant with Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob. -- exodus 2:24 +. +God saw the sons of Israel, and God took notice of them. -- exodus 2:25 +. +Now Moses was pasturing the flock of Jethro his father-in-law, the priest of Midian; and he led the flock to the west side of the wilderness and came to Horeb, the mountain of God. -- exodus 3:1 +. +The angel of the LORD appeared to him in a blazing fire from the midst of a bush; and he looked, and behold, the bush was burning with fire, yet the bush was not consumed. -- exodus 3:2 +. +So Moses said, "I must turn aside now and see this marvelous sight, why the bush is not burned up." -- exodus 3:3 +. +When the LORD saw that he turned aside to look, God called to him from the midst of the bush and said, "Moses, Moses!" And he said, "Here I am." -- exodus 3:4 +. +Then He said, "Do not come near here; remove your sandals from your feet, for the place on which you are standing is holy ground." -- exodus 3:5 +. +He said also, "I am the God of your father, the God of Abraham, the God of Isaac, and the God of Jacob." Then Moses hid his face, for he was afraid to look at God. -- exodus 3:6 +. +The LORD said, "I have surely seen the affliction of My people who are in Egypt, and have given heed to their cry because of their taskmasters, for I am aware of their sufferings. -- exodus 3:7 +. +"So I have come down to deliver them from the power of the Egyptians, and to bring them up from that land to a good and spacious land, to a land flowing with milk and honey, to the place of the Canaanite and the Hittite and the Amorite and the Perizzite and the Hivite and the Jebusite. -- exodus 3:8 +. +"Now, behold, the cry of the sons of Israel has come to Me; furthermore, I have seen the oppression with which the Egyptians are oppressing them. -- exodus 3:9 +. +"Therefore, come now, and I will send you to Pharaoh, so that you may bring My people, the sons of Israel, out of Egypt." -- exodus 3:10 +. +But Moses said to God, "Who am I, that I should go to Pharaoh, and that I should bring the sons of Israel out of Egypt?" -- exodus 3:11 +. +And He said, "Certainly I will be with you, and this shall be the sign to you that it is I who have sent you: when you have brought the people out of Egypt, you shall worship God at this mountain." -- exodus 3:12 +. +Then Moses said to God, "Behold, I am going to the sons of Israel, and I will say to them, 'The God of your fathers has sent me to you.' Now they may say to me, 'What is His name?' What shall I say to them?" -- exodus 3:13 +. +God said to Moses, "I AM WHO I AM"; and He said, "Thus you shall say to the sons of Israel, 'I AM has sent me to you.'" -- exodus 3:14 +. +God, furthermore, said to Moses, "Thus you shall say to the sons of Israel, 'The LORD, the God of your fathers, the God of Abraham, the God of Isaac, and the God of Jacob, has sent me to you.' This is My name forever, and this is My memorial-name to all generations. -- exodus 3:15 +. +"Go and gather the elders of Israel together and say to them, 'The LORD, the God of your fathers, the God of Abraham, Isaac and Jacob, has appeared to me, saying, "I am indeed concerned about you and what has been done to you in Egypt. -- exodus 3:16 +. +"So I said, I will bring you up out of the affliction of Egypt to the land of the Canaanite and the Hittite and the Amorite and the Perizzite and the Hivite and the Jebusite, to a land flowing with milk and honey."' -- exodus 3:17 +. +"They will pay heed to what you say; and you with the elders of Israel will come to the king of Egypt and you will say to him, 'The LORD, the God of the Hebrews, has met with us. So now, please, let us go a three days' journey into the wilderness, that we may sacrifice to the LORD our God.' -- exodus 3:18 +. +"But I know that the king of Egypt will not permit you to go, except under compulsion. -- exodus 3:19 +. +"So I will stretch out My hand and strike Egypt with all My miracles which I shall do in the midst of it; and after that he will let you go. -- exodus 3:20 +. +"I will grant this people favor in the sight of the Egyptians; and it shall be that when you go, you will not go empty-handed. -- exodus 3:21 +. +"But every woman shall ask of her neighbor and the woman who lives in her house, articles of silver and articles of gold, and clothing; and you will put them on your sons and daughters. Thus you will plunder the Egyptians." -- exodus 3:22 +. +Then Moses said, "What if they will not believe me or listen to what I say? For they may say, 'The LORD has not appeared to you.'" -- exodus 4:1 +. +The LORD said to him, "What is that in your hand?" And he said, "A staff." -- exodus 4:2 +. +Then He said, "Throw it on the ground." So he threw it on the ground, and it became a serpent; and Moses fled from it. -- exodus 4:3 +. +But the LORD said to Moses, "Stretch out your hand and grasp it by its tail"--so he stretched out his hand and caught it, and it became a staff in his hand-- -- exodus 4:4 +. +"that they may believe that the LORD, the God of their fathers, the God of Abraham, the God of Isaac, and the God of Jacob, has appeared to you." -- exodus 4:5 +. +The LORD furthermore said to him, "Now put your hand into your bosom." So he put his hand into his bosom, and when he took it out, behold, his hand was leprous like snow. -- exodus 4:6 +. +Then He said, "Put your hand into your bosom again." So he put his hand into his bosom again, and when he took it out of his bosom, behold, it was restored like the rest of his flesh. -- exodus 4:7 +. +"If they will not believe you or heed the witness of the first sign, they may believe the witness of the last sign. -- exodus 4:8 +. +"But if they will not believe even these two signs or heed what you say, then you shall take some water from the Nile and pour it on the dry ground; and the water which you take from the Nile will become blood on the dry ground." -- exodus 4:9 +. +Then Moses said to the LORD, "Please, Lord, I have never been eloquent, neither recently nor in time past, nor since You have spoken to Your servant; for I am slow of speech and slow of tongue." -- exodus 4:10 +. +The LORD said to him, "Who has made man's mouth? Or who makes him mute or deaf, or seeing or blind? Is it not I, the LORD? -- exodus 4:11 +. +"Now then go, and I, even I, will be with your mouth, and teach you what you are to say." -- exodus 4:12 +. +But he said, "Please, Lord, now send the message by whomever You will." -- exodus 4:13 +. +Then the anger of the LORD burned against Moses, and He said, "Is there not your brother Aaron the Levite? I know that he speaks fluently. And moreover, behold, he is coming out to meet you; when he sees you, he will be glad in his heart. -- exodus 4:14 +. +"You are to speak to him and put the words in his mouth; and I, even I, will be with your mouth and his mouth, and I will teach you what you are to do. -- exodus 4:15 +. +"Moreover, he shall speak for you to the people; and he will be as a mouth for you and you will be as God to him. -- exodus 4:16 +. +"You shall take in your hand this staff, with which you shall perform the signs." -- exodus 4:17 +. +Then Moses departed and returned to Jethro his father-in-law and said to him, "Please, let me go, that I may return to my brethren who are in Egypt, and see if they are still alive." And Jethro said to Moses, "Go in peace." -- exodus 4:18 +. +Now the LORD said to Moses in Midian, "Go back to Egypt, for all the men who were seeking your life are dead." -- exodus 4:19 +. +So Moses took his wife and his sons and mounted them on a donkey, and returned to the land of Egypt. Moses also took the staff of God in his hand. -- exodus 4:20 +. +The LORD said to Moses, "When you go back to Egypt see that you perform before Pharaoh all the wonders which I have put in your power; but I will harden his heart so that he will not let the people go. -- exodus 4:21 +. +"Then you shall say to Pharaoh, 'Thus says the LORD, "Israel is My son, My firstborn. -- exodus 4:22 +. +"So I said to you, 'Let My son go that he may serve Me'; but you have refused to let him go. Behold, I will kill your son, your firstborn."'" -- exodus 4:23 +. +Now it came about at the lodging place on the way that the LORD met him and sought to put him to death. -- exodus 4:24 +. +Then Zipporah took a flint and cut off her son's foreskin and threw it at Moses' feet, and she said, "You are indeed a bridegroom of blood to me." -- exodus 4:25 +. +So He let him alone. At that time she said, "You are a bridegroom of blood"--because of the circumcision. -- exodus 4:26 +. +Now the LORD said to Aaron, "Go to meet Moses in the wilderness." So he went and met him at the mountain of God and kissed him. -- exodus 4:27 +. +Moses told Aaron all the words of the LORD with which He had sent him, and all the signs that He had commanded him to do. -- exodus 4:28 +. +Then Moses and Aaron went and assembled all the elders of the sons of Israel; -- exodus 4:29 +. +and Aaron spoke all the words which the LORD had spoken to Moses. He then performed the signs in the sight of the people. -- exodus 4:30 +. +So the people believed; and when they heard that the LORD was concerned about the sons of Israel and that He had seen their affliction, then they bowed low and worshiped. -- exodus 4:31 +. +And afterward Moses and Aaron came and said to Pharaoh, "Thus says the LORD, the God of Israel, 'Let My people go that they may celebrate a feast to Me in the wilderness.'" -- exodus 5:1 +. +But Pharaoh said, "Who is the LORD that I should obey His voice to let Israel go? I do not know the LORD, and besides, I will not let Israel go." -- exodus 5:2 +. +Then they said, "The God of the Hebrews has met with us. Please, let us go a three days' journey into the wilderness that we may sacrifice to the LORD our God, otherwise He will fall upon us with pestilence or with the sword." -- exodus 5:3 +. +But the king of Egypt said to them, "Moses and Aaron, why do you draw the people away from their work? Get back to your labors!" -- exodus 5:4 +. +Again Pharaoh said, "Look, the people of the land are now many, and you would have them cease from their labors!" -- exodus 5:5 +. +So the same day Pharaoh commanded the taskmasters over the people and their foremen, saying, -- exodus 5:6 +. +"You are no longer to give the people straw to make brick as previously; let them go and gather straw for themselves. -- exodus 5:7 +. +"But the quota of bricks which they were making previously, you shall impose on them; you are not to reduce any of it. Because they are lazy, therefore they cry out, 'Let us go and sacrifice to our God.' -- exodus 5:8 +. +"Let the labor be heavier on the men, and let them work at it so that they will pay no attention to false words." -- exodus 5:9 +. +So the taskmasters of the people and their foremen went out and spoke to the people, saying, "Thus says Pharaoh, 'I am not going to give you any straw. -- exodus 5:10 +. +'You go and get straw for yourselves wherever you can find it, but none of your labor will be reduced.'" -- exodus 5:11 +. +So the people scattered through all the land of Egypt to gather stubble for straw. -- exodus 5:12 +. +The taskmasters pressed them, saying, "Complete your work quota, your daily amount, just as when you had straw." -- exodus 5:13 +. +Moreover, the foremen of the sons of Israel, whom Pharaoh's taskmasters had set over them, were beaten and were asked, "Why have you not completed your required amount either yesterday or today in making brick as previously?" -- exodus 5:14 +. +Then the foremen of the sons of Israel came and cried out to Pharaoh, saying, "Why do you deal this way with your servants? -- exodus 5:15 +. +"There is no straw given to your servants, yet they keep saying to us, 'Make bricks!' And behold, your servants are being beaten; but it is the fault of your own people." -- exodus 5:16 +. +But he said, "You are lazy, very lazy; therefore you say, 'Let us go and sacrifice to the LORD.' -- exodus 5:17 +. +"So go now and work; for you will be given no straw, yet you must deliver the quota of bricks." -- exodus 5:18 +. +The foremen of the sons of Israel saw that they were in trouble because they were told, "You must not reduce your daily amount of bricks." -- exodus 5:19 +. +When they left Pharaoh's presence, they met Moses and Aaron as they were waiting for them. -- exodus 5:20 +. +They said to them, "May the LORD look upon you and judge you, for you have made us odious in Pharaoh's sight and in the sight of his servants, to put a sword in their hand to kill us." -- exodus 5:21 +. +Then Moses returned to the LORD and said, "O Lord, why have You brought harm to this people? Why did You ever send me? -- exodus 5:22 +. +"Ever since I came to Pharaoh to speak in Your name, he has done harm to this people, and You have not delivered Your people at all." -- exodus 5:23 +. +Then the LORD said to Moses, "Now you shall see what I will do to Pharaoh; for under compulsion he will let them go, and under compulsion he will drive them out of his land." -- exodus 6:1 +. +God spoke further to Moses and said to him, "I am the LORD; -- exodus 6:2 +. +and I appeared to Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob, as God Almighty, but by My name, LORD, I did not make Myself known to them. -- exodus 6:3 +. +"I also established My covenant with them, to give them the land of Canaan, the land in which they sojourned. -- exodus 6:4 +. +"Furthermore I have heard the groaning of the sons of Israel, because the Egyptians are holding them in bondage, and I have remembered My covenant. -- exodus 6:5 +. +"Say, therefore, to the sons of Israel, 'I am the LORD, and I will bring you out from under the burdens of the Egyptians, and I will deliver you from their bondage. I will also redeem you with an outstretched arm and with great judgments. -- exodus 6:6 +. +'Then I will take you for My people, and I will be your God; and you shall know that I am the LORD your God, who brought you out from under the burdens of the Egyptians. -- exodus 6:7 +. +'I will bring you to the land which I swore to give to Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob, and I will give it to you for a possession; I am the LORD.'" -- exodus 6:8 +. +So Moses spoke thus to the sons of Israel, but they did not listen to Moses on account of their despondency and cruel bondage. -- exodus 6:9 +. +Now the LORD spoke to Moses, saying, -- exodus 6:10 +. +"Go, tell Pharaoh king of Egypt to let the sons of Israel go out of his land." -- exodus 6:11 +. +But Moses spoke before the LORD, saying, "Behold, the sons of Israel have not listened to me; how then will Pharaoh listen to me, for I am unskilled in speech?" -- exodus 6:12 +. +Then the LORD spoke to Moses and to Aaron, and gave them a charge to the sons of Israel and to Pharaoh king of Egypt, to bring the sons of Israel out of the land of Egypt. -- exodus 6:13 +. +These are the heads of their fathers' households. The sons of Reuben, Israel's firstborn: Hanoch and Pallu, Hezron and Carmi; these are the families of Reuben. -- exodus 6:14 +. +The sons of Simeon: Jemuel and Jamin and Ohad and Jachin and Zohar and Shaul the son of a Canaanite woman; these are the families of Simeon. -- exodus 6:15 +. +These are the names of the sons of Levi according to their generations: Gershon and Kohath and Merari; and the length of Levi's life was one hundred and thirty-seven years. -- exodus 6:16 +. +The sons of Gershon: Libni and Shimei, according to their families. -- exodus 6:17 +. +The sons of Kohath: Amram and Izhar and Hebron and Uzziel; and the length of Kohath's life was one hundred and thirty-three years. -- exodus 6:18 +. +The sons of Merari: Mahli and Mushi. These are the families of the Levites according to their generations. -- exodus 6:19 +. +Amram married his father's sister Jochebed, and she bore him Aaron and Moses; and the length of Amram's life was one hundred and thirty-seven years. -- exodus 6:20 +. +The sons of Izhar: Korah and Nepheg and Zichri. -- exodus 6:21 +. +The sons of Uzziel: Mishael and Elzaphan and Sithri. -- exodus 6:22 +. +Aaron married Elisheba, the daughter of Amminadab, the sister of Nahshon, and she bore him Nadab and Abihu, Eleazar and Ithamar. -- exodus 6:23 +. +The sons of Korah: Assir and Elkanah and Abiasaph; these are the families of the Korahites. -- exodus 6:24 +. +Aaron's son Eleazar married one of the daughters of Putiel, and she bore him Phinehas. These are the heads of the fathers' households of the Levites according to their families. -- exodus 6:25 +. +It was the same Aaron and Moses to whom the LORD said, "Bring out the sons of Israel from the land of Egypt according to their hosts." -- exodus 6:26 +. +They were the ones who spoke to Pharaoh king of Egypt about bringing out the sons of Israel from Egypt; it was the same Moses and Aaron. -- exodus 6:27 +. +Now it came about on the day when the LORD spoke to Moses in the land of Egypt, -- exodus 6:28 +. +that the LORD spoke to Moses, saying, "I am the LORD; speak to Pharaoh king of Egypt all that I speak to you." -- exodus 6:29 +. +But Moses said before the LORD, "Behold, I am unskilled in speech; how then will Pharaoh listen to me?" -- exodus 6:30 +. +Then the LORD said to Moses, "See, I make you as God to Pharaoh, and your brother Aaron shall be your prophet. -- exodus 7:1 +. +"You shall speak all that I command you, and your brother Aaron shall speak to Pharaoh that he let the sons of Israel go out of his land. -- exodus 7:2 +. +"But I will harden Pharaoh's heart that I may multiply My signs and My wonders in the land of Egypt. -- exodus 7:3 +. +"When Pharaoh does not listen to you, then I will lay My hand on Egypt and bring out My hosts, My people the sons of Israel, from the land of Egypt by great judgments. -- exodus 7:4 +. +"The Egyptians shall know that I am the LORD, when I stretch out My hand on Egypt and bring out the sons of Israel from their midst." -- exodus 7:5 +. +So Moses and Aaron did it; as the LORD commanded them, thus they did. -- exodus 7:6 +. +Moses was eighty years old and Aaron eighty-three, when they spoke to Pharaoh. -- exodus 7:7 +. +Now the LORD spoke to Moses and Aaron, saying, -- exodus 7:8 +. +"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.'" -- exodus 7:9 +. +So Moses and Aaron came to Pharaoh, and thus they did just as the LORD had commanded; and Aaron threw his staff down before Pharaoh and his servants, and it became a serpent. -- exodus 7:10 +. +Then Pharaoh also called for the wise men and the sorcerers, and they also, the magicians of Egypt, did the same with their secret arts. -- exodus 7:11 +. +For each one threw down his staff and they turned into serpents. But Aaron's staff swallowed up their staffs. -- exodus 7:12 +. +Yet Pharaoh's heart was hardened, and he did not listen to them, as the LORD had said. -- exodus 7:13 +. +Then the LORD said to Moses, "Pharaoh's heart is stubborn; he refuses to let the people go. -- exodus 7:14 +. +"Go to Pharaoh in the morning as he is going out to the water, and station yourself to meet him on the bank of the Nile; and you shall take in your hand the staff that was turned into a serpent. -- exodus 7:15 +. +"You shall say to him, 'The LORD, the God of the Hebrews, sent me to you, saying, "Let My people go, that they may serve Me in the wilderness. But behold, you have not listened until now." -- exodus 7:16 +. +'Thus says the LORD, "By this you shall know that I am the LORD: behold, I will strike the water that is in the Nile with the staff that is in my hand, and it will be turned to blood. -- exodus 7:17 +. +"The fish that are in the Nile will die, and the Nile will become foul, and the Egyptians will find difficulty in drinking water from the Nile."'" -- exodus 7:18 +. +Then the LORD said to Moses, "Say to Aaron, 'Take your staff and stretch out your hand over the waters of Egypt, over their rivers, over their streams, and over their pools, and over all their reservoirs of water, that they may become blood; and there will be blood throughout all the land of Egypt, both in vessels of wood and in vessels of stone.'" -- exodus 7:19 +. +So Moses and Aaron did even as the LORD had commanded. And he lifted up the staff and struck the water that was in the Nile, in the sight of Pharaoh and in the sight of his servants, and all the water that was in the Nile was turned to blood. -- exodus 7:20 +. +The fish that were in the Nile died, and the Nile became foul, so that the Egyptians could not drink water from the Nile. And the blood was through all the land of Egypt. -- exodus 7:21 +. +But the magicians of Egypt did the same with their secret arts; and Pharaoh's heart was hardened, and he did not listen to them, as the LORD had said. -- exodus 7:22 +. +Then Pharaoh turned and went into his house with no concern even for this. -- exodus 7:23 +. +So all the Egyptians dug around the Nile for water to drink, for they could not drink of the water of the Nile. -- exodus 7:24 +. +Seven days passed after the LORD had struck the Nile. -- exodus 7:25 +. +Then the LORD said to Moses, "Go to Pharaoh and say to him, 'Thus says the LORD, "Let My people go, that they may serve Me. -- exodus 8:1 +. +"But if you refuse to let them go, behold, I will smite your whole territory with frogs. -- exodus 8:2 +. +"The Nile will swarm with frogs, which will come up and go into your house and into your bedroom and on your bed, and into the houses of your servants and on your people, and into your ovens and into your kneading bowls. -- exodus 8:3 +. +"So the frogs will come up on you and your people and all your servants."'" -- exodus 8:4 +. +Then the LORD said to Moses, "Say to Aaron, 'Stretch out your hand with your staff over the rivers, over the streams and over the pools, and make frogs come up on the land of Egypt.'" -- exodus 8:5 +. +So Aaron stretched out his hand over the waters of Egypt, and the frogs came up and covered the land of Egypt. -- exodus 8:6 +. +The magicians did the same with their secret arts, making frogs come up on the land of Egypt. -- exodus 8:7 +. +Then Pharaoh called for Moses and Aaron and said, "Entreat the LORD that He remove the frogs from me and from my people; and I will let the people go, that they may sacrifice to the LORD." -- exodus 8:8 +. +Moses said to Pharaoh, "The honor is yours to tell me: when shall I entreat for you and your servants and your people, that the frogs be destroyed from you and your houses, that they may be left only in the Nile?" -- exodus 8:9 +. +Then he said, "Tomorrow." So he said, "May it be according to your word, that you may know that there is no one like the LORD our God. -- exodus 8:10 +. +"The frogs will depart from you and your houses and your servants and your people; they will be left only in the Nile." -- exodus 8:11 +. +Then Moses and Aaron went out from Pharaoh, and Moses cried to the LORD concerning the frogs which He had inflicted upon Pharaoh. -- exodus 8:12 +. +The LORD did according to the word of Moses, and the frogs died out of the houses, the courts, and the fields. -- exodus 8:13 +. +So they piled them in heaps, and the land became foul. -- exodus 8:14 +. +But when Pharaoh saw that there was relief, he hardened his heart and did not listen to them, as the LORD had said. -- exodus 8:15 +. +Then the LORD said to Moses, "Say to Aaron, 'Stretch out your staff and strike the dust of the earth, that it may become gnats through all the land of Egypt.'" -- exodus 8:16 +. +They did so; and Aaron stretched out his hand with his staff, and struck the dust of the earth, and there were gnats on man and beast. All the dust of the earth became gnats through all the land of Egypt. -- exodus 8:17 +. +The magicians tried with their secret arts to bring forth gnats, but they could not; so there were gnats on man and beast. -- exodus 8:18 +. +Then the magicians said to Pharaoh, "This is the finger of God." But Pharaoh's heart was hardened, and he did not listen to them, as the LORD had said. -- exodus 8:19 +. +Now the LORD said to Moses, "Rise early in the morning and present yourself before Pharaoh, as he comes out to the water, and say to him, 'Thus says the LORD, "Let My people go, that they may serve Me. -- exodus 8:20 +. +"For if you do not let My people go, behold, I will send swarms of flies on you and on your servants and on your people and into your houses; and the houses of the Egyptians will be full of swarms of flies, and also the ground on which they dwell. -- exodus 8:21 +. +"But on that day I will set apart the land of Goshen, where My people are living, so that no swarms of flies will be there, in order that you may know that I, the LORD, am in the midst of the land. -- exodus 8:22 +. +"I will put a division between My people and your people. Tomorrow this sign will occur."'" -- exodus 8:23 +. +Then the LORD did so. And there came great swarms of flies into the house of Pharaoh and the houses of his servants and the land was laid waste because of the swarms of flies in all the land of Egypt. -- exodus 8:24 +. +Pharaoh called for Moses and Aaron and said, "Go, sacrifice to your God within the land." -- exodus 8:25 +. +But Moses said, "It is not right to do so, for we will sacrifice to the LORD our God what is an abomination to the Egyptians. If we sacrifice what is an abomination to the Egyptians before their eyes, will they not then stone us? -- exodus 8:26 +. +"We must go a three days' journey into the wilderness and sacrifice to the LORD our God as He commands us." -- exodus 8:27 +. +Pharaoh said, "I will let you go, that you may sacrifice to the LORD your God in the wilderness; only you shall not go very far away. Make supplication for me." -- exodus 8:28 +. +Then Moses said, "Behold, I am going out from you, and I shall make supplication to the LORD that the swarms of flies may depart from Pharaoh, from his servants, and from his people tomorrow; only do not let Pharaoh deal deceitfully again in not letting the people go to sacrifice to the LORD." -- exodus 8:29 +. +So Moses went out from Pharaoh and made supplication to the LORD. -- exodus 8:30 +. +The LORD did as Moses asked, and removed the swarms of flies from Pharaoh, from his servants and from his people; not one remained. -- exodus 8:31 +. +But Pharaoh hardened his heart this time also, and he did not let the people go. -- exodus 8:32 +. +Then the LORD said to Moses, "Go to Pharaoh and speak to him, 'Thus says the LORD, the God of the Hebrews, "Let My people go, that they may serve Me. -- exodus 9:1 +. +"For if you refuse to let them go and continue to hold them, -- exodus 9:2 +. +behold, the hand of the LORD will come with a very severe pestilence on your livestock which are in the field, on the horses, on the donkeys, on the camels, on the herds, and on the flocks. -- exodus 9:3 +. +"But the LORD will make a distinction between the livestock of Israel and the livestock of Egypt, so that nothing will die of all that belongs to the sons of Israel."'" -- exodus 9:4 +. +The LORD set a definite time, saying, "Tomorrow the LORD will do this thing in the land." -- exodus 9:5 +. +So the LORD did this thing on the next day, and all the livestock of Egypt died; but of the livestock of the sons of Israel, not one died. -- exodus 9:6 +. +Pharaoh sent, and behold, there was not even one of the livestock of Israel dead. But the heart of Pharaoh was hardened, and he did not let the people go. -- exodus 9:7 +. +Then the LORD said to Moses and Aaron, "Take for yourselves handfuls of soot from a kiln, and let Moses throw it toward the sky in the sight of Pharaoh. -- exodus 9:8 +. +"It will become fine dust over all the land of Egypt, and will become boils breaking out with sores on man and beast through all the land of Egypt." -- exodus 9:9 +. +So they took soot from a kiln, and stood before Pharaoh; and Moses threw it toward the sky, and it became boils breaking out with sores on man and beast. -- exodus 9:10 +. +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. -- exodus 9:11 +. +And the LORD hardened Pharaoh's heart, and he did not listen to them, just as the LORD had spoken to Moses. -- exodus 9:12 +. +Then the LORD said to Moses, "Rise up early in the morning and stand before Pharaoh and say to him, 'Thus says the LORD, the God of the Hebrews, "Let My people go, that they may serve Me. -- exodus 9:13 +. +"For this time I will send all My plagues on you and your servants and your people, so that you may know that there is no one like Me in all the earth. -- exodus 9:14 +. +"For if by now I had put forth My hand and struck you and your people with pestilence, you would then have been cut off from the earth. -- exodus 9:15 +. +"But, indeed, for this reason I have allowed you to remain, in order to show you My power and in order to proclaim My name through all the earth. -- exodus 9:16 +. +"Still you exalt yourself against My people by not letting them go. -- exodus 9:17 +. +"Behold, about this time tomorrow, I will send a very heavy hail, such as has not been seen in Egypt from the day it was founded until now. -- exodus 9:18 +. +"Now therefore send, bring your livestock and whatever you have in the field to safety. Every man and beast that is found in the field and is not brought home, when the hail comes down on them, will die."'" -- exodus 9:19 +. +The one among the servants of Pharaoh who feared the word of the LORD made his servants and his livestock flee into the houses; -- exodus 9:20 +. +but he who paid no regard to the word of the LORD left his servants and his livestock in the field. -- exodus 9:21 +. +Now the LORD said to Moses, "Stretch out your hand toward the sky, that hail may fall on all the land of Egypt, on man and on beast and on every plant of the field, throughout the land of Egypt." -- exodus 9:22 +. +Moses stretched out his staff toward the sky, and the LORD sent thunder and hail, and fire ran down to the earth. And the LORD rained hail on the land of Egypt. -- exodus 9:23 +. +So there was hail, and fire flashing continually in the midst of the hail, very severe, such as had not been in all the land of Egypt since it became a nation. -- exodus 9:24 +. +The hail struck all that was in the field through all the land of Egypt, both man and beast; the hail also struck every plant of the field and shattered every tree of the field. -- exodus 9:25 +. +Only in the land of Goshen, where the sons of Israel were, there was no hail. -- exodus 9:26 +. +Then Pharaoh sent for Moses and Aaron, and said to them, "I have sinned this time; the LORD is the righteous one, and I and my people are the wicked ones. -- exodus 9:27 +. +"Make supplication to the LORD, for there has been enough of God's thunder and hail; and I will let you go, and you shall stay no longer." -- exodus 9:28 +. +Moses said to him, "As soon as I go out of the city, I will spread out my hands to the LORD; the thunder will cease and there will be hail no longer, that you may know that the earth is the LORD'S. -- exodus 9:29 +. +"But as for you and your servants, I know that you do not yet fear the LORD God." -- exodus 9:30 +. +(Now the flax and the barley were ruined, for the barley was in the ear and the flax was in bud. -- exodus 9:31 +. +But the wheat and the spelt were not ruined, for they ripen late.) -- exodus 9:32 +. +So Moses went out of the city from Pharaoh, and spread out his hands to the LORD; and the thunder and the hail ceased, and rain no longer poured on the earth. -- exodus 9:33 +. +But when Pharaoh saw that the rain and the hail and the thunder had ceased, he sinned again and hardened his heart, he and his servants. -- exodus 9:34 +. +Pharaoh's heart was hardened, and he did not let the sons of Israel go, just as the LORD had spoken through Moses. -- exodus 9:35 +. +Then the LORD said to Moses, "Go to Pharaoh, for I have hardened his heart and the heart of his servants, that I may perform these signs of Mine among them, -- exodus 10:1 +. +and that you may tell in the hearing of your son, and of your grandson, how I made a mockery of the Egyptians and how I performed My signs among them, that you may know that I am the LORD." -- exodus 10:2 +. +Moses and Aaron went to Pharaoh and said to him, "Thus says the LORD, the God of the Hebrews, 'How long will you refuse to humble yourself before Me? Let My people go, that they may serve Me. -- exodus 10:3 +. +'For if you refuse to let My people go, behold, tomorrow I will bring locusts into your territory. -- exodus 10:4 +. +'They shall cover the surface of the land, so that no one will be able to see the land. They will also eat the rest of what has escaped--what is left to you from the hail--and they will eat every tree which sprouts for you out of the field. -- exodus 10:5 +. +'Then your houses shall be filled and the houses of all your servants and the houses of all the Egyptians, something which neither your fathers nor your grandfathers have seen, from the day that they came upon the earth until this day.'" And he turned and went out from Pharaoh. -- exodus 10:6 +. +Pharaoh's servants said to him, "How long will this man be a snare to us? Let the men go, that they may serve the LORD their God. Do you not realize that Egypt is destroyed?" -- exodus 10:7 +. +So Moses and Aaron were brought back to Pharaoh, and he said to them, "Go, serve the LORD your God! Who are the ones that are going?" -- exodus 10:8 +. +Moses said, "We shall go with our young and our old; with our sons and our daughters, with our flocks and our herds we shall go, for we must hold a feast to the LORD." -- exodus 10:9 +. +Then he said to them, "Thus may the LORD be with you, if ever I let you and your little ones go! Take heed, for evil is in your mind. -- exodus 10:10 +. +"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. -- exodus 10:11 +. +Then the LORD said to Moses, "Stretch out your hand over the land of Egypt for the locusts, that they may come up on the land of Egypt and eat every plant of the land, even all that the hail has left." -- exodus 10:12 +. +So Moses stretched out his staff over the land of Egypt, and the LORD directed an east wind on the land all that day and all that night; and when it was morning, the east wind brought the locusts. -- exodus 10:13 +. +The locusts came up over all the land of Egypt and settled in all the territory of Egypt; they were very numerous. There had never been so many locusts, nor would there be so many again. -- exodus 10:14 +. +For they covered the surface of the whole land, so that the land was darkened; and they ate every plant of the land and all the fruit of the trees that the hail had left. Thus nothing green was left on tree or plant of the field through all the land of Egypt. -- exodus 10:15 +. +Then Pharaoh hurriedly called for Moses and Aaron, and he said, "I have sinned against the LORD your God and against you. -- exodus 10:16 +. +"Now therefore, please forgive my sin only this once, and make supplication to the LORD your God, that He would only remove this death from me." -- exodus 10:17 +. +He went out from Pharaoh and made supplication to the LORD. -- exodus 10:18 +. +So the LORD shifted the wind to a very strong west wind which took up the locusts and drove them into the Red Sea; not one locust was left in all the territory of Egypt. -- exodus 10:19 +. +But the LORD hardened Pharaoh's heart, and he did not let the sons of Israel go. -- exodus 10:20 +. +Then the LORD said to Moses, "Stretch out your hand toward the sky, that there may be darkness over the land of Egypt, even a darkness which may be felt." -- exodus 10:21 +. +So Moses stretched out his hand toward the sky, and there was thick darkness in all the land of Egypt for three days. -- exodus 10:22 +. +They did not see one another, nor did anyone rise from his place for three days, but all the sons of Israel had light in their dwellings. -- exodus 10:23 +. +Then Pharaoh called to Moses, and said, "Go, serve the LORD; only let your flocks and your herds be detained. Even your little ones may go with you." -- exodus 10:24 +. +But Moses said, "You must also let us have sacrifices and burnt offerings, that we may sacrifice them to the LORD our God. -- exodus 10:25 +. +"Therefore, our livestock too shall go with us; not a hoof shall be left behind, for we shall take some of them to serve the LORD our God. And until we arrive there, we ourselves do not know with what we shall serve the LORD." -- exodus 10:26 +. +But the LORD hardened Pharaoh's heart, and he was not willing to let them go. -- exodus 10:27 +. +Then Pharaoh said to him, "Get away from me! Beware, do not see my face again, for in the day you see my face you shall die!" -- exodus 10:28 +. +Moses said, "You are right; I shall never see your face again!" -- exodus 10:29 +. +Now the LORD said to Moses, "One more plague I will bring on Pharaoh and on Egypt; after that he will let you go from here. When he lets you go, he will surely drive you out from here completely. -- exodus 11:1 +. +"Speak now in the hearing of the people that each man ask from his neighbor and each woman from her neighbor for articles of silver and articles of gold." -- exodus 11:2 +. +The LORD gave the people favor in the sight of the Egyptians. Furthermore, the man Moses himself was greatly esteemed in the land of Egypt, both in the sight of Pharaoh's servants and in the sight of the people. -- exodus 11:3 +. +Moses said, "Thus says the LORD, 'About midnight I am going out into the midst of Egypt, -- exodus 11:4 +. +and all the firstborn in the land of Egypt shall die, from the firstborn of the Pharaoh who sits on his throne, even to the firstborn of the slave girl who is behind the millstones; all the firstborn of the cattle as well. -- exodus 11:5 +. +'Moreover, there shall be a great cry in all the land of Egypt, such as there has not been before and such as shall never be again. -- exodus 11:6 +. +'But against any of the sons of Israel a dog will not even bark, whether against man or beast, that you may understand how the LORD makes a distinction between Egypt and Israel.' -- exodus 11:7 +. +"All these your servants will come down to me and bow themselves before me, saying, 'Go out, you and all the people who follow you,' and after that I will go out." And he went out from Pharaoh in hot anger. -- exodus 11:8 +. +Then the LORD said to Moses, "Pharaoh will not listen to you, so that My wonders will be multiplied in the land of Egypt." -- exodus 11:9 +. +Moses and Aaron performed all these wonders before Pharaoh; yet the LORD hardened Pharaoh's heart, and he did not let the sons of Israel go out of his land. -- exodus 11:10 +. +Now the LORD said to Moses and Aaron in the land of Egypt, -- exodus 12:1 +. +"This month shall be the beginning of months for you; it is to be the first month of the year to you. -- exodus 12:2 +. +"Speak to all the congregation of Israel, saying, 'On the tenth of this month they are each one to take a lamb for themselves, according to their fathers' households, a lamb for each household. -- exodus 12:3 +. +'Now if the household is too small for a lamb, then he and his neighbor nearest to his house are to take one according to the number of persons in them; according to what each man should eat, you are to divide the lamb. -- exodus 12:4 +. +'Your lamb shall be an unblemished male a year old; you may take it from the sheep or from the goats. -- exodus 12:5 +. +'You shall keep it until the fourteenth day of the same month, then the whole assembly of the congregation of Israel is to kill it at twilight. -- exodus 12:6 +. +'Moreover, they shall take some of the blood and put it on the two doorposts and on the lintel of the houses in which they eat it. -- exodus 12:7 +. +'They shall eat the flesh that same night, roasted with fire, and they shall eat it with unleavened bread and bitter herbs. -- exodus 12:8 +. +'Do not eat any of it raw or boiled at all with water, but rather roasted with fire, both its head and its legs along with its entrails. -- exodus 12:9 +. +'And you shall not leave any of it over until morning, but whatever is left of it until morning, you shall burn with fire. -- exodus 12:10 +. +'Now you shall eat it in this manner: with your loins girded, your sandals on your feet, and your staff in your hand; and you shall eat it in haste--it is the LORD'S Passover. -- exodus 12:11 +. +'For I will go through the land of Egypt on that night, and will strike down all the firstborn in the land of Egypt, both man and beast; and against all the gods of Egypt I will execute judgments--I am the LORD. -- exodus 12:12 +. +'The blood shall be a sign for you on the houses where you live; and when I see the blood I will pass over you, and no plague will befall you to destroy you when I strike the land of Egypt. -- exodus 12:13 +. +'Now this day will be a memorial to you, and you shall celebrate it as a feast to the LORD; throughout your generations you are to celebrate it as a permanent ordinance. -- exodus 12:14 +. +'Seven days you shall eat unleavened bread, but on the first day you shall remove leaven from your houses; for whoever eats anything leavened from the first day until the seventh day, that person shall be cut off from Israel. -- exodus 12:15 +. +'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. -- exodus 12:16 +. +'You shall also observe the Feast of Unleavened Bread, for on this very day I brought your hosts out of the land of Egypt; therefore you shall observe this day throughout your generations as a permanent ordinance. -- exodus 12:17 +. +'In the first month, on the fourteenth day of the month at evening, you shall eat unleavened bread, until the twenty-first day of the month at evening. -- exodus 12:18 +. +'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. -- exodus 12:19 +. +'You shall not eat anything leavened; in all your dwellings you shall eat unleavened bread.'" -- exodus 12:20 +. +Then Moses called for all the elders of Israel and said to them, "Go and take for yourselves lambs according to your families, and slay the Passover lamb. -- exodus 12:21 +. +"You shall take a bunch of hyssop and dip it in the blood which is in the basin, and apply some of the blood that is in the basin to the lintel and the two doorposts; and none of you shall go outside the door of his house until morning. -- exodus 12:22 +. +"For the LORD will pass through to smite the Egyptians; and when He sees the blood on the lintel and on the two doorposts, the LORD will pass over the door and will not allow the destroyer to come in to your houses to smite you. -- exodus 12:23 +. +"And you shall observe this event as an ordinance for you and your children forever. -- exodus 12:24 +. +"When you enter the land which the LORD will give you, as He has promised, you shall observe this rite. -- exodus 12:25 +. +"And when your children say to you, 'What does this rite mean to you?' -- exodus 12:26 +. +you shall say, 'It is a Passover sacrifice to the LORD who passed over the houses of the sons of Israel in Egypt when He smote the Egyptians, but spared our homes.'" And the people bowed low and worshiped. -- exodus 12:27 +. +Then the sons of Israel went and did so; just as the LORD had commanded Moses and Aaron, so they did. -- exodus 12:28 +. +Now it came about at midnight that the LORD struck all the firstborn in the land of Egypt, from the firstborn of Pharaoh who sat on his throne to the firstborn of the captive who was in the dungeon, and all the firstborn of cattle. -- exodus 12:29 +. +Pharaoh arose in the night, he and all his servants and all the Egyptians, and there was a great cry in Egypt, for there was no home where there was not someone dead. -- exodus 12:30 +. +Then he called for Moses and Aaron at night and said, "Rise up, get out from among my people, both you and the sons of Israel; and go, worship the LORD, as you have said. -- exodus 12:31 +. +"Take both your flocks and your herds, as you have said, and go, and bless me also." -- exodus 12:32 +. +The Egyptians urged the people, to send them out of the land in haste, for they said, "We will all be dead." -- exodus 12:33 +. +So the people took their dough before it was leavened, with their kneading bowls bound up in the clothes on their shoulders. -- exodus 12:34 +. +Now the sons of Israel had done according to the word of Moses, for they had requested from the Egyptians articles of silver and articles of gold, and clothing; -- exodus 12:35 +. +and the LORD had given the people favor in the sight of the Egyptians, so that they let them have their request. Thus they plundered the Egyptians. -- exodus 12:36 +. +Now the sons of Israel journeyed from Rameses to Succoth, about six hundred thousand men on foot, aside from children. -- exodus 12:37 +. +A mixed multitude also went up with them, along with flocks and herds, a very large number of livestock. -- exodus 12:38 +. +They baked the dough which they had brought out of Egypt into cakes of unleavened bread. For it had not become leavened, since they were driven out of Egypt and could not delay, nor had they prepared any provisions for themselves. -- exodus 12:39 +. +Now the time that the sons of Israel lived in Egypt was four hundred and thirty years. -- exodus 12:40 +. +And at the end of four hundred and thirty years, to the very day, all the hosts of the LORD went out from the land of Egypt. -- exodus 12:41 +. +It is a night to be observed for the LORD for having brought them out from the land of Egypt; this night is for the LORD, to be observed by all the sons of Israel throughout their generations. -- exodus 12:42 +. +The LORD said to Moses and Aaron, "This is the ordinance of the Passover: no foreigner is to eat of it; -- exodus 12:43 +. +but every man's slave purchased with money, after you have circumcised him, then he may eat of it. -- exodus 12:44 +. +"A sojourner or a hired servant shall not eat of it. -- exodus 12:45 +. +"It is to be eaten in a single house; you are not to bring forth any of the flesh outside of the house, nor are you to break any bone of it. -- exodus 12:46 +. +"All the congregation of Israel are to celebrate this. -- exodus 12:47 +. +"But if a stranger sojourns with you, and celebrates the Passover to the LORD, let all his males be circumcised, and then let him come near to celebrate it; and he shall be like a native of the land. But no uncircumcised person may eat of it. -- exodus 12:48 +. +"The same law shall apply to the native as to the stranger who sojourns among you." -- exodus 12:49 +. +Then all the sons of Israel did so; they did just as the LORD had commanded Moses and Aaron. -- exodus 12:50 +. +And on that same day the LORD brought the sons of Israel out of the land of Egypt by their hosts. -- exodus 12:51 +. +Then the LORD spoke to Moses, saying, -- exodus 13:1 +. +"Sanctify to Me every firstborn, the first offspring of every womb among the sons of Israel, both of man and beast; it belongs to Me." -- exodus 13:2 +. +Moses said to the people, "Remember this day in which you went out from Egypt, from the house of slavery; for by a powerful hand the LORD brought you out from this place. And nothing leavened shall be eaten. -- exodus 13:3 +. +"On this day in the month of Abib, you are about to go forth. -- exodus 13:4 +. +"It shall be when the LORD brings you to the land of the Canaanite, the Hittite, the Amorite, the Hivite and the Jebusite, which He swore to your fathers to give you, a land flowing with milk and honey, that you shall observe this rite in this month. -- exodus 13:5 +. +"For seven days you shall eat unleavened bread, and on the seventh day there shall be a feast to the LORD. -- exodus 13:6 +. +"Unleavened bread shall be eaten throughout the seven days; and nothing leavened shall be seen among you, nor shall any leaven be seen among you in all your borders. -- exodus 13:7 +. +"You shall tell your son on that day, saying, 'It is because of what the LORD did for me when I came out of Egypt.' -- exodus 13:8 +. +"And it shall serve as a sign to you on your hand, and as a reminder on your forehead, that the law of the LORD may be in your mouth; for with a powerful hand the LORD brought you out of Egypt. -- exodus 13:9 +. +"Therefore, you shall keep this ordinance at its appointed time from year to year. -- exodus 13:10 +. +"Now when the LORD brings you to the land of the Canaanite, as He swore to you and to your fathers, and gives it to you, -- exodus 13:11 +. +you shall devote to the LORD the first offspring of every womb, and the first offspring of every beast that you own; the males belong to the LORD. -- exodus 13:12 +. +"But every first offspring of a donkey you shall redeem with a lamb, but if you do not redeem it, then you shall break its neck; and every firstborn of man among your sons you shall redeem. -- exodus 13:13 +. +"And it shall be when your son asks you in time to come, saying, 'What is this?' then you shall say to him, 'With a powerful hand the LORD brought us out of Egypt, from the house of slavery. -- exodus 13:14 +. +'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.' -- exodus 13:15 +. +"So it shall serve as a sign on your hand and as phylacteries on your forehead, for with a powerful hand the LORD brought us out of Egypt." -- exodus 13:16 +. +Now when Pharaoh had let the people go, God did not lead them by the way of the land of the Philistines, even though it was near; for God said, "The people might change their minds when they see war, and return to Egypt." -- exodus 13:17 +. +Hence God led the people around by the way of the wilderness to the Red Sea; and the sons of Israel went up in martial array from the land of Egypt. -- exodus 13:18 +. +Moses took the bones of Joseph with him, for he had made the sons of Israel solemnly swear, saying, "God will surely take care of you, and you shall carry my bones from here with you." -- exodus 13:19 +. +Then they set out from Succoth and camped in Etham on the edge of the wilderness. -- exodus 13:20 +. +The LORD was going before them in a pillar of cloud by day to lead them on the way, and in a pillar of fire by night to give them light, that they might travel by day and by night. -- exodus 13:21 +. +He did not take away the pillar of cloud by day, nor the pillar of fire by night, from before the people. -- exodus 13:22 +. +Now the LORD spoke to Moses, saying, -- exodus 14:1 +. +"Tell the sons of Israel to turn back and camp before Pi-hahiroth, between Migdol and the sea; you shall camp in front of Baal-zephon, opposite it, by the sea. -- exodus 14:2 +. +"For Pharaoh will say of the sons of Israel, 'They are wandering aimlessly in the land; the wilderness has shut them in.' -- exodus 14:3 +. +"Thus I will harden Pharaoh's heart, and he will chase after them; and I will be honored through Pharaoh and all his army, and the Egyptians will know that I am the LORD." And they did so. -- exodus 14:4 +. +When the king of Egypt was told that the people had fled, Pharaoh and his servants had a change of heart toward the people, and they said, "What is this we have done, that we have let Israel go from serving us?" -- exodus 14:5 +. +So he made his chariot ready and took his people with him; -- exodus 14:6 +. +and he took six hundred select chariots, and all the other chariots of Egypt with officers over all of them. -- exodus 14:7 +. +The LORD hardened the heart of Pharaoh, king of Egypt, and he chased after the sons of Israel as the sons of Israel were going out boldly. -- exodus 14:8 +. +Then the Egyptians chased after them with all the horses and chariots of Pharaoh, his horsemen and his army, and they overtook them camping by the sea, beside Pi-hahiroth, in front of Baal-zephon. -- exodus 14:9 +. +As Pharaoh drew near, the sons of Israel looked, and behold, the Egyptians were marching after them, and they became very frightened; so the sons of Israel cried out to the LORD. -- exodus 14:10 +. +Then they said to Moses, "Is it because there were no graves in Egypt that you have taken us away to die in the wilderness? Why have you dealt with us in this way, bringing us out of Egypt? -- exodus 14:11 +. +"Is this not the word that we spoke to you in Egypt, saying, 'Leave us alone that we may serve the Egyptians'? For it would have been better for us to serve the Egyptians than to die in the wilderness." -- exodus 14:12 +. +But Moses said to the people, "Do not fear! Stand by and see the salvation of the LORD which He will accomplish for you today; for the Egyptians whom you have seen today, you will never see them again forever. -- exodus 14:13 +. +"The LORD will fight for you while you keep silent." -- exodus 14:14 +. +Then the LORD said to Moses, "Why are you crying out to Me? Tell the sons of Israel to go forward. -- exodus 14:15 +. +"As for you, lift up your staff and stretch out your hand over the sea and divide it, and the sons of Israel shall go through the midst of the sea on dry land. -- exodus 14:16 +. +"As for Me, behold, I will harden the hearts of the Egyptians so that they will go in after them; and I will be honored through Pharaoh and all his army, through his chariots and his horsemen. -- exodus 14:17 +. +"Then the Egyptians will know that I am the LORD, when I am honored through Pharaoh, through his chariots and his horsemen." -- exodus 14:18 +. +The angel of God, who had been going before the camp of Israel, moved and went behind them; and the pillar of cloud moved from before them and stood behind them. -- exodus 14:19 +. +So it came between the camp of Egypt and the camp of Israel; and there was the cloud along with the darkness, yet it gave light at night. Thus the one did not come near the other all night. -- exodus 14:20 +. +Then Moses stretched out his hand over the sea; and the LORD swept the sea back by a strong east wind all night and turned the sea into dry land, so the waters were divided. -- exodus 14:21 +. +The sons of Israel went through the midst of the sea on the dry land, and the waters were like a wall to them on their right hand and on their left. -- exodus 14:22 +. +Then the Egyptians took up the pursuit, and all Pharaoh's horses, his chariots and his horsemen went in after them into the midst of the sea. -- exodus 14:23 +. +At the morning watch, the LORD looked down on the army of the Egyptians through the pillar of fire and cloud and brought the army of the Egyptians into confusion. -- exodus 14:24 +. +He caused their chariot wheels to swerve, and He made them drive with difficulty; so the Egyptians said, "Let us flee from Israel, for the LORD is fighting for them against the Egyptians." -- exodus 14:25 +. +Then the LORD said to Moses, "Stretch out your hand over the sea so that the waters may come back over the Egyptians, over their chariots and their horsemen." -- exodus 14:26 +. +So Moses stretched out his hand over the sea, and the sea returned to its normal state at daybreak, while the Egyptians were fleeing right into it; then the LORD overthrew the Egyptians in the midst of the sea. -- exodus 14:27 +. +The waters returned and covered the chariots and the horsemen, even Pharaoh's entire army that had gone into the sea after them; not even one of them remained. -- exodus 14:28 +. +But the sons of Israel walked on dry land through the midst of the sea, and the waters were like a wall to them on their right hand and on their left. -- exodus 14:29 +. +Thus the LORD saved Israel that day from the hand of the Egyptians, and Israel saw the Egyptians dead on the seashore. -- exodus 14:30 +. +When Israel saw the great power which the LORD had used against the Egyptians, the people feared the LORD, and they believed in the LORD and in His servant Moses. -- exodus 14:31 +. +Then Moses and the sons of Israel sang this song to the LORD, and said, "I will sing to the LORD, for He is highly exalted; The horse and its rider He has hurled into the sea. -- exodus 15:1 +. +"The LORD is my strength and song, And He has become my salvation; This is my God, and I will praise Him; My father's God, and I will extol Him. -- exodus 15:2 +. +"The LORD is a warrior; The LORD is His name. -- exodus 15:3 +. +"Pharaoh's chariots and his army He has cast into the sea; And the choicest of his officers are drowned in the Red Sea. -- exodus 15:4 +. +"The deeps cover them; They went down into the depths like a stone. -- exodus 15:5 +. +"Your right hand, O LORD, is majestic in power, Your right hand, O LORD, shatters the enemy. -- exodus 15:6 +. +"And in the greatness of Your excellence You overthrow those who rise up against You; You send forth Your burning anger, and it consumes them as chaff. -- exodus 15:7 +. +"At the blast of Your nostrils the waters were piled up, The flowing waters stood up like a heap; The deeps were congealed in the heart of the sea. -- exodus 15:8 +. +"The enemy said, 'I will pursue, I will overtake, I will divide the spoil; My desire shall be gratified against them; I will draw out my sword, my hand will destroy them.' -- exodus 15:9 +. +"You blew with Your wind, the sea covered them; They sank like lead in the mighty waters. -- exodus 15:10 +. +"Who is like You among the gods, O LORD? Who is like You, majestic in holiness, Awesome in praises, working wonders? -- exodus 15:11 +. +"You stretched out Your right hand, The earth swallowed them. -- exodus 15:12 +. +"In Your lovingkindness You have led the people whom You have redeemed; In Your strength You have guided them to Your holy habitation. -- exodus 15:13 +. +"The peoples have heard, they tremble; Anguish has gripped the inhabitants of Philistia. -- exodus 15:14 +. +"Then the chiefs of Edom were dismayed; The leaders of Moab, trembling grips them; All the inhabitants of Canaan have melted away. -- exodus 15:15 +. +"Terror and dread fall upon them; By the greatness of Your arm they are motionless as stone; Until Your people pass over, O LORD, Until the people pass over whom You have purchased. -- exodus 15:16 +. +"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. -- exodus 15:17 +. +"The LORD shall reign forever and ever." -- exodus 15:18 +. +For the horses of Pharaoh with his chariots and his horsemen went into the sea, and the LORD brought back the waters of the sea on them, but the sons of Israel walked on dry land through the midst of the sea. -- exodus 15:19 +. +Miriam the prophetess, Aaron's sister, took the timbrel in her hand, and all the women went out after her with timbrels and with dancing. -- exodus 15:20 +. +Miriam answered them, "Sing to the LORD, for He is highly exalted; The horse and his rider He has hurled into the sea." -- exodus 15:21 +. +Then Moses led Israel from the Red Sea, and they went out into the wilderness of Shur; and they went three days in the wilderness and found no water. -- exodus 15:22 +. +When they came to Marah, they could not drink the waters of Marah, for they were bitter; therefore it was named Marah. -- exodus 15:23 +. +So the people grumbled at Moses, saying, "What shall we drink?" -- exodus 15:24 +. +Then he cried out to the LORD, and the LORD showed him a tree; and he threw it into the waters, and the waters became sweet. There He made for them a statute and regulation, and there He tested them. -- exodus 15:25 +. +And He said, "If you will give earnest heed to the voice of the LORD your God, and do what is right in His sight, and give ear to His commandments, and keep all His statutes, I will put none of the diseases on you which I have put on the Egyptians; for I, the LORD, am your healer." -- exodus 15:26 +. +Then they came to Elim where there were twelve springs of water and seventy date palms, and they camped there beside the waters. -- exodus 15:27 +. +Then they set out from Elim, and all the congregation of the sons of Israel came to the wilderness of Sin, which is between Elim and Sinai, on the fifteenth day of the second month after their departure from the land of Egypt. -- exodus 16:1 +. +The whole congregation of the sons of Israel grumbled against Moses and Aaron in the wilderness. -- exodus 16:2 +. +The sons of Israel said to them, "Would that we had died by the LORD'S hand in the land of Egypt, when we sat by the pots of meat, when we ate bread to the full; for you have brought us out into this wilderness to kill this whole assembly with hunger." -- exodus 16:3 +. +Then the LORD said to Moses, "Behold, I will rain bread from heaven for you; and the people shall go out and gather a day's portion every day, that I may test them, whether or not they will walk in My instruction. -- exodus 16:4 +. +"On the sixth day, when they prepare what they bring in, it will be twice as much as they gather daily." -- exodus 16:5 +. +So Moses and Aaron said to all the sons of Israel, "At evening you will know that the LORD has brought you out of the land of Egypt; -- exodus 16:6 +. +and in the morning you will see the glory of the LORD, for He hears your grumblings against the LORD; and what are we, that you grumble against us?" -- exodus 16:7 +. +Moses said, "This will happen when the LORD gives you meat to eat in the evening, and bread to the full in the morning; for the LORD hears your grumblings which you grumble against Him. And what are we? Your grumblings are not against us but against the LORD." -- exodus 16:8 +. +Then Moses said to Aaron, "Say to all the congregation of the sons of Israel, 'Come near before the LORD, for He has heard your grumblings.'" -- exodus 16:9 +. +It came about as Aaron spoke to the whole congregation of the sons of Israel, that they looked toward the wilderness, and behold, the glory of the LORD appeared in the cloud. -- exodus 16:10 +. +And the LORD spoke to Moses, saying, -- exodus 16:11 +. +"I have heard the grumblings of the sons of Israel; speak to them, saying, 'At twilight you shall eat meat, and in the morning you shall be filled with bread; and you shall know that I am the LORD your God.'" -- exodus 16:12 +. +So it came about at evening that the quails came up and covered the camp, and in the morning there was a layer of dew around the camp. -- exodus 16:13 +. +When the layer of dew evaporated, behold, on the surface of the wilderness there was a fine flake-like thing, fine as the frost on the ground. -- exodus 16:14 +. +When the sons of Israel saw it, they said to one another, "What is it?" For they did not know what it was. And Moses said to them, "It is the bread which the LORD has given you to eat. -- exodus 16:15 +. +"This is what the LORD has commanded, 'Gather of it every man as much as he should eat; you shall take an omer apiece according to the number of persons each of you has in his tent.'" -- exodus 16:16 +. +The sons of Israel did so, and some gathered much and some little. -- exodus 16:17 +. +When they measured it with an omer, he who had gathered much had no excess, and he who had gathered little had no lack; every man gathered as much as he should eat. -- exodus 16:18 +. +Moses said to them, "Let no man leave any of it until morning." -- exodus 16:19 +. +But they did not listen to Moses, and some left part of it until morning, and it bred worms and became foul; and Moses was angry with them. -- exodus 16:20 +. +They gathered it morning by morning, every man as much as he should eat; but when the sun grew hot, it would melt. -- exodus 16:21 +. +Now on the sixth day they gathered twice as much bread, two omers for each one. When all the leaders of the congregation came and told Moses, -- exodus 16:22 +. +then he said to them, "This is what the LORD meant: Tomorrow is a sabbath observance, a holy sabbath to the LORD. Bake what you will bake and boil what you will boil, and all that is left over put aside to be kept until morning." -- exodus 16:23 +. +So they put it aside until morning, as Moses had ordered, and it did not become foul nor was there any worm in it. -- exodus 16:24 +. +Moses said, "Eat it today, for today is a sabbath to the LORD; today you will not find it in the field. -- exodus 16:25 +. +"Six days you shall gather it, but on the seventh day, the sabbath, there will be none." -- exodus 16:26 +. +It came about on the seventh day that some of the people went out to gather, but they found none. -- exodus 16:27 +. +Then the LORD said to Moses, "How long do you refuse to keep My commandments and My instructions? -- exodus 16:28 +. +"See, the LORD has given you the sabbath; therefore He gives you bread for two days on the sixth day. Remain every man in his place; let no man go out of his place on the seventh day." -- exodus 16:29 +. +So the people rested on the seventh day. -- exodus 16:30 +. +The house of Israel named it manna, and it was like coriander seed, white, and its taste was like wafers with honey. -- exodus 16:31 +. +Then Moses said, "This is what the LORD has commanded, 'Let an omerful of it be kept throughout your generations, that they may see the bread that I fed you in the wilderness, when I brought you out of the land of Egypt.'" -- exodus 16:32 +. +Moses said to Aaron, "Take a jar and put an omerful of manna in it, and place it before the LORD to be kept throughout your generations." -- exodus 16:33 +. +As the LORD commanded Moses, so Aaron placed it before the Testimony, to be kept. -- exodus 16:34 +. +The sons of Israel ate the manna forty years, until they came to an inhabited land; they ate the manna until they came to the border of the land of Canaan. -- exodus 16:35 +. +(Now an omer is a tenth of an ephah.) -- exodus 16:36 +. +Then all the congregation of the sons of Israel journeyed by stages from the wilderness of Sin, according to the command of the LORD, and camped at Rephidim, and there was no water for the people to drink. -- exodus 17:1 +. +Therefore the people quarreled with Moses and said, "Give us water that we may drink." And Moses said to them, "Why do you quarrel with me? Why do you test the LORD?" -- exodus 17:2 +. +But the people thirsted there for water; and they grumbled against Moses and said, "Why, now, have you brought us up from Egypt, to kill us and our children and our livestock with thirst?" -- exodus 17:3 +. +So Moses cried out to the LORD, saying, "What shall I do to this people? A little more and they will stone me." -- exodus 17:4 +. +Then the LORD said to Moses, "Pass before the people and take with you some of the elders of Israel; and take in your hand your staff with which you struck the Nile, and go. -- exodus 17:5 +. +"Behold, I will stand before you there on the rock at Horeb; and you shall strike the rock, and water will come out of it, that the people may drink." And Moses did so in the sight of the elders of Israel. -- exodus 17:6 +. +He named the place Massah and Meribah because of the quarrel of the sons of Israel, and because they tested the LORD, saying, "Is the LORD among us, or not?" -- exodus 17:7 +. +Then Amalek came and fought against Israel at Rephidim. -- exodus 17:8 +. +So Moses said to Joshua, "Choose men for us and go out, fight against Amalek. Tomorrow I will station myself on the top of the hill with the staff of God in my hand." -- exodus 17:9 +. +Joshua did as Moses told him, and fought against Amalek; and Moses, Aaron, and Hur went up to the top of the hill. -- exodus 17:10 +. +So it came about when Moses held his hand up, that Israel prevailed, and when he let his hand down, Amalek prevailed. -- exodus 17:11 +. +But Moses' hands were heavy. Then they took a stone and put it under him, and he sat on it; and Aaron and Hur supported his hands, one on one side and one on the other. Thus his hands were steady until the sun set. -- exodus 17:12 +. +So Joshua overwhelmed Amalek and his people with the edge of the sword. -- exodus 17:13 +. +Then the LORD said to Moses, "Write this in a book as a memorial and recite it to Joshua, that I will utterly blot out the memory of Amalek from under heaven." -- exodus 17:14 +. +Moses built an altar and named it The LORD is My Banner; -- exodus 17:15 +. +and he said, "The LORD has sworn; the LORD will have war against Amalek from generation to generation." -- exodus 17:16 +. +Now Jethro, the priest of Midian, Moses' father-in-law, heard of all that God had done for Moses and for Israel His people, how the LORD had brought Israel out of Egypt. -- exodus 18:1 +. +Jethro, Moses' father-in-law, took Moses' wife Zipporah, after he had sent her away, -- exodus 18:2 +. +and her two sons, of whom one was named Gershom, for Moses said, "I have been a sojourner in a foreign land." -- exodus 18:3 +. +The other was named Eliezer, for he said, "The God of my father was my help, and delivered me from the sword of Pharaoh." -- exodus 18:4 +. +Then Jethro, Moses' father-in-law, came with his sons and his wife to Moses in the wilderness where he was camped, at the mount of God. -- exodus 18:5 +. +He sent word to Moses, "I, your father-in-law Jethro, am coming to you with your wife and her two sons with her." -- exodus 18:6 +. +Then Moses went out to meet his father-in-law, and he bowed down and kissed him; and they asked each other of their welfare and went into the tent. -- exodus 18:7 +. +Moses told his father-in-law all that the LORD had done to Pharaoh and to the Egyptians for Israel's sake, all the hardship that had befallen them on the journey, and how the LORD had delivered them. -- exodus 18:8 +. +Jethro rejoiced over all the goodness which the LORD had done to Israel, in delivering them from the hand of the Egyptians. -- exodus 18:9 +. +So Jethro said, "Blessed be the LORD who delivered you from the hand of the Egyptians and from the hand of Pharaoh, and who delivered the people from under the hand of the Egyptians. -- exodus 18:10 +. +"Now I know that the LORD is greater than all the gods; indeed, it was proven when they dealt proudly against the people." -- exodus 18:11 +. +Then Jethro, Moses' father-in-law, took a burnt offering and sacrifices for God, and Aaron came with all the elders of Israel to eat a meal with Moses' father-in-law before God. -- exodus 18:12 +. +It came about the next day that Moses sat to judge the people, and the people stood about Moses from the morning until the evening. -- exodus 18:13 +. +Now when Moses' father-in-law saw all that he was doing for the people, he said, "What is this thing that you are doing for the people? Why do you alone sit as judge and all the people stand about you from morning until evening?" -- exodus 18:14 +. +Moses said to his father-in-law, "Because the people come to me to inquire of God. -- exodus 18:15 +. +"When they have a dispute, it comes to me, and I judge between a man and his neighbor and make known the statutes of God and His laws." -- exodus 18:16 +. +Moses' father-in-law said to him, "The thing that you are doing is not good. -- exodus 18:17 +. +"You will surely wear out, both yourself and these people who are with you, for the task is too heavy for you; you cannot do it alone. -- exodus 18:18 +. +"Now listen to me: I will give you counsel, and God be with you. You be the people's representative before God, and you bring the disputes to God, -- exodus 18:19 +. +then teach them the statutes and the laws, and make known to them the way in which they are to walk and the work they are to do. -- exodus 18:20 +. +"Furthermore, you shall select out of all the people able men who fear God, men of truth, those who hate dishonest gain; and you shall place these over them as leaders of thousands, of hundreds, of fifties and of tens. -- exodus 18:21 +. +"Let them judge the people at all times; and let it be that every major dispute they will bring to you, but every minor dispute they themselves will judge. So it will be easier for you, and they will bear the burden with you. -- exodus 18:22 +. +"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." -- exodus 18:23 +. +So Moses listened to his father-in-law and did all that he had said. -- exodus 18:24 +. +Moses chose able men out of all Israel and made them heads over the people, leaders of thousands, of hundreds, of fifties and of tens. -- exodus 18:25 +. +They judged the people at all times; the difficult dispute they would bring to Moses, but every minor dispute they themselves would judge. -- exodus 18:26 +. +Then Moses bade his father-in-law farewell, and he went his way into his own land. -- exodus 18:27 +. +In the third month after the sons of Israel had gone out of the land of Egypt, on that very day they came into the wilderness of Sinai. -- exodus 19:1 +. +When they set out from Rephidim, they came to the wilderness of Sinai and camped in the wilderness; and there Israel camped in front of the mountain. -- exodus 19:2 +. +Moses went up to God, and the LORD called to him from the mountain, saying, "Thus you shall say to the house of Jacob and tell the sons of Israel: -- exodus 19:3 +. +'You yourselves have seen what I did to the Egyptians, and how I bore you on eagles' wings, and brought you to Myself. -- exodus 19:4 +. +'Now then, if you will indeed obey My voice and keep My covenant, then you shall be My own possession among all the peoples, for all the earth is Mine; -- exodus 19:5 +. +and you shall be to Me a kingdom of priests and a holy nation.' These are the words that you shall speak to the sons of Israel." -- exodus 19:6 +. +So Moses came and called the elders of the people, and set before them all these words which the LORD had commanded him. -- exodus 19:7 +. +All the people answered together and said, "All that the LORD has spoken we will do!" And Moses brought back the words of the people to the LORD. -- exodus 19:8 +. +The LORD said to Moses, "Behold, I will come to you in a thick cloud, so that the people may hear when I speak with you and may also believe in you forever." Then Moses told the words of the people to the LORD. -- exodus 19:9 +. +The LORD also said to Moses, "Go to the people and consecrate them today and tomorrow, and let them wash their garments; -- exodus 19:10 +. +and let them be ready for the third day, for on the third day the LORD will come down on Mount Sinai in the sight of all the people. -- exodus 19:11 +. +"You shall set bounds for the people all around, saying, 'Beware that you do not go up on the mountain or touch the border of it; whoever touches the mountain shall surely be put to death. -- exodus 19:12 +. +'No hand shall touch him, but he shall surely be stoned or shot through; whether beast or man, he shall not live.' When the ram's horn sounds a long blast, they shall come up to the mountain." -- exodus 19:13 +. +So Moses went down from the mountain to the people and consecrated the people, and they washed their garments. -- exodus 19:14 +. +He said to the people, "Be ready for the third day; do not go near a woman." -- exodus 19:15 +. +So it came about on the third day, when it was morning, that there were thunder and lightning flashes and a thick cloud upon the mountain and a very loud trumpet sound, so that all the people who were in the camp trembled. -- exodus 19:16 +. +And Moses brought the people out of the camp to meet God, and they stood at the foot of the mountain. -- exodus 19:17 +. +Now Mount Sinai was all in smoke because the LORD descended upon it in fire; and its smoke ascended like the smoke of a furnace, and the whole mountain quaked violently. -- exodus 19:18 +. +When the sound of the trumpet grew louder and louder, Moses spoke and God answered him with thunder. -- exodus 19:19 +. +The LORD came down on Mount Sinai, to the top of the mountain; and the LORD called Moses to the top of the mountain, and Moses went up. -- exodus 19:20 +. +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. -- exodus 19:21 +. +"Also let the priests who come near to the LORD consecrate themselves, or else the LORD will break out against them." -- exodus 19:22 +. +Moses said to the LORD, "The people cannot come up to Mount Sinai, for You warned us, saying, 'Set bounds about the mountain and consecrate it.'" -- exodus 19:23 +. +Then the LORD said to him, "Go down and come up again, you and Aaron with you; but do not let the priests and the people break through to come up to the LORD, or He will break forth upon them." -- exodus 19:24 +. +So Moses went down to the people and told them. -- exodus 19:25 +. +Then God spoke all these words, saying, -- exodus 20:1 +. +"I am the LORD your God, who brought you out of the land of Egypt, out of the house of slavery. -- exodus 20:2 +. +"You shall have no other gods before Me. -- exodus 20:3 +. +"You shall not make for yourself an idol, or any likeness of what is in heaven above or on the earth beneath or in the water under the earth. -- exodus 20:4 +. +"You shall not worship them or serve them; for I, the LORD your God, am a jealous God, visiting the iniquity of the fathers on the children, on the third and the fourth generations of those who hate Me, -- exodus 20:5 +. +but showing lovingkindness to thousands, to those who love Me and keep My commandments. -- exodus 20:6 +. +"You shall not take the name of the LORD your God in vain, for the LORD will not leave him unpunished who takes His name in vain. -- exodus 20:7 +. +"Remember the sabbath day, to keep it holy. -- exodus 20:8 +. +"Six days you shall labor and do all your work, -- exodus 20:9 +. +but the seventh day is a sabbath of the LORD your God; in it you shall not do any work, you or your son or your daughter, your male or your female servant or your cattle or your sojourner who stays with you. -- exodus 20:10 +. +"For in six days the LORD made the heavens and the earth, the sea and all that is in them, and rested on the seventh day; therefore the LORD blessed the sabbath day and made it holy. -- exodus 20:11 +. +"Honor your father and your mother, that your days may be prolonged in the land which the LORD your God gives you. -- exodus 20:12 +. +"You shall not murder. -- exodus 20:13 +. +"You shall not commit adultery. -- exodus 20:14 +. +"You shall not steal. -- exodus 20:15 +. +"You shall not bear false witness against your neighbor. -- exodus 20:16 +. +"You shall not covet your neighbor's house; you shall not covet your neighbor's wife or his male servant or his female servant or his ox or his donkey or anything that belongs to your neighbor." -- exodus 20:17 +. +All the people perceived the thunder and the lightning flashes and the sound of the trumpet and the mountain smoking; and when the people saw it, they trembled and stood at a distance. -- exodus 20:18 +. +Then they said to Moses, "Speak to us yourself and we will listen; but let not God speak to us, or we will die." -- exodus 20:19 +. +Moses said to the people, "Do not be afraid; for God has come in order to test you, and in order that the fear of Him may remain with you, so that you may not sin." -- exodus 20:20 +. +So the people stood at a distance, while Moses approached the thick cloud where God was. -- exodus 20:21 +. +Then the LORD said to Moses, "Thus you shall say to the sons of Israel, 'You yourselves have seen that I have spoken to you from heaven. -- exodus 20:22 +. +'You shall not make other gods besides Me; gods of silver or gods of gold, you shall not make for yourselves. -- exodus 20:23 +. +'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. -- exodus 20:24 +. +'If you make an altar of stone for Me, you shall not build it of cut stones, for if you wield your tool on it, you will profane it. -- exodus 20:25 +. +'And you shall not go up by steps to My altar, so that your nakedness will not be exposed on it.' -- exodus 20:26 +. +"Now these are the ordinances which you are to set before them: -- exodus 21:1 +. +"If you buy a Hebrew slave, he shall serve for six years; but on the seventh he shall go out as a free man without payment. -- exodus 21:2 +. +"If he comes alone, he shall go out alone; if he is the husband of a wife, then his wife shall go out with him. -- exodus 21:3 +. +"If his master gives him a wife, and she bears him sons or daughters, the wife and her children shall belong to her master, and he shall go out alone. -- exodus 21:4 +. +"But if the slave plainly says, 'I love my master, my wife and my children; I will not go out as a free man,' -- exodus 21:5 +. +then his master shall bring him to God, then he shall bring him to the door or the doorpost. And his master shall pierce his ear with an awl; and he shall serve him permanently. -- exodus 21:6 +. +"If a man sells his daughter as a female slave, she is not to go free as the male slaves do. -- exodus 21:7 +. +"If she is displeasing in the eyes of her master who designated her for himself, then he shall let her be redeemed. He does not have authority to sell her to a foreign people because of his unfairness to her. -- exodus 21:8 +. +"If he designates her for his son, he shall deal with her according to the custom of daughters. -- exodus 21:9 +. +"If he takes to himself another woman, he may not reduce her food, her clothing, or her conjugal rights. -- exodus 21:10 +. +"If he will not do these three things for her, then she shall go out for nothing, without payment of money. -- exodus 21:11 +. +"He who strikes a man so that he dies shall surely be put to death. -- exodus 21:12 +. +"But if he did not lie in wait for him, but God let him fall into his hand, then I will appoint you a place to which he may flee. -- exodus 21:13 +. +"If, however, a man acts presumptuously toward his neighbor, so as to kill him craftily, you are to take him even from My altar, that he may die. -- exodus 21:14 +. +"He who strikes his father or his mother shall surely be put to death. -- exodus 21:15 +. +"He who kidnaps a man, whether he sells him or he is found in his possession, shall surely be put to death. -- exodus 21:16 +. +"He who curses his father or his mother shall surely be put to death. -- exodus 21:17 +. +"If men have a quarrel and one strikes the other with a stone or with his fist, and he does not die but remains in bed, -- exodus 21:18 +. +if he gets up and walks around outside on his staff, then he who struck him shall go unpunished; he shall only pay for his loss of time, and shall take care of him until he is completely healed. -- exodus 21:19 +. +"If a man strikes his male or female slave with a rod and he dies at his hand, he shall be punished. -- exodus 21:20 +. +"If, however, he survives a day or two, no vengeance shall be taken; for he is his property. -- exodus 21:21 +. +"If men struggle with each other and strike a woman with child so that she gives birth prematurely, yet there is no injury, he shall surely be fined as the woman's husband may demand of him, and he shall pay as the judges decide. -- exodus 21:22 +. +"But if there is any further injury, then you shall appoint as a penalty life for life, -- exodus 21:23 +. +eye for eye, tooth for tooth, hand for hand, foot for foot, -- exodus 21:24 +. +burn for burn, wound for wound, bruise for bruise. -- exodus 21:25 +. +"If a man strikes the eye of his male or female slave, and destroys it, he shall let him go free on account of his eye. -- exodus 21:26 +. +"And if he knocks out a tooth of his male or female slave, he shall let him go free on account of his tooth. -- exodus 21:27 +. +"If an ox gores a man or a woman to death, the ox shall surely be stoned and its flesh shall not be eaten; but the owner of the ox shall go unpunished. -- exodus 21:28 +. +"If, however, an ox was previously in the habit of goring and its owner has been warned, yet he does not confine it and it kills a man or a woman, the ox shall be stoned and its owner also shall be put to death. -- exodus 21:29 +. +"If a ransom is demanded of him, then he shall give for the redemption of his life whatever is demanded of him. -- exodus 21:30 +. +"Whether it gores a son or a daughter, it shall be done to him according to the same rule. -- exodus 21:31 +. +"If the ox gores a male or female slave, the owner shall give his or her master thirty shekels of silver, and the ox shall be stoned. -- exodus 21:32 +. +"If a man opens a pit, or digs a pit and does not cover it over, and an ox or a donkey falls into it, -- exodus 21:33 +. +the owner of the pit shall make restitution; he shall give money to its owner, and the dead animal shall become his. -- exodus 21:34 +. +"If one man's ox hurts another's so that it dies, then they shall sell the live ox and divide its price equally; and also they shall divide the dead ox. -- exodus 21:35 +. +"Or if it is known that the ox was previously in the habit of goring, yet its owner has not confined it, he shall surely pay ox for ox, and the dead animal shall become his. -- exodus 21:36 +. +"If a man steals an ox or a sheep and slaughters it or sells it, he shall pay five oxen for the ox and four sheep for the sheep. -- exodus 22:1 +. +"If the thief is caught while breaking in and is struck so that he dies, there will be no bloodguiltiness on his account. -- exodus 22:2 +. +"But if the sun has risen on him, there will be bloodguiltiness on his account. He shall surely make restitution; if he owns nothing, then he shall be sold for his theft. -- exodus 22:3 +. +"If what he stole is actually found alive in his possession, whether an ox or a donkey or a sheep, he shall pay double. -- exodus 22:4 +. +"If a man lets a field or vineyard be grazed bare and lets his animal loose so that it grazes in another man's field, he shall make restitution from the best of his own field and the best of his own vineyard. -- exodus 22:5 +. +"If a fire breaks out and spreads to thorn bushes, so that stacked grain or the standing grain or the field itself is consumed, he who started the fire shall surely make restitution. -- exodus 22:6 +. +"If a man gives his neighbor money or goods to keep for him and it is stolen from the man's house, if the thief is caught, he shall pay double. -- exodus 22:7 +. +"If the thief is not caught, then the owner of the house shall appear before the judges, to determine whether he laid his hands on his neighbor's property. -- exodus 22:8 +. +"For every breach of trust, whether it is for ox, for donkey, for sheep, for clothing, or for any lost thing about which one says, 'This is it,' the case of both parties shall come before the judges; he whom the judges condemn shall pay double to his neighbor. -- exodus 22:9 +. +"If a man gives his neighbor a donkey, an ox, a sheep, or any animal to keep for him, and it dies or is hurt or is driven away while no one is looking, -- exodus 22:10 +. +an oath before the LORD shall be made by the two of them that he has not laid hands on his neighbor's property; and its owner shall accept it, and he shall not make restitution. -- exodus 22:11 +. +"But if it is actually stolen from him, he shall make restitution to its owner. -- exodus 22:12 +. +"If it is all torn to pieces, let him bring it as evidence; he shall not make restitution for what has been torn to pieces. -- exodus 22:13 +. +"If a man borrows anything from his neighbor, and it is injured or dies while its owner is not with it, he shall make full restitution. -- exodus 22:14 +. +"If its owner is with it, he shall not make restitution; if it is hired, it came for its hire. -- exodus 22:15 +. +"If a man seduces a virgin who is not engaged, and lies with her, he must pay a dowry for her to be his wife. -- exodus 22:16 +. +"If her father absolutely refuses to give her to him, he shall pay money equal to the dowry for virgins. -- exodus 22:17 +. +"You shall not allow a sorceress to live. -- exodus 22:18 +. +"Whoever lies with an animal shall surely be put to death. -- exodus 22:19 +. +"He who sacrifices to any god, other than to the LORD alone, shall be utterly destroyed. -- exodus 22:20 +. +"You shall not wrong a stranger or oppress him, for you were strangers in the land of Egypt. -- exodus 22:21 +. +"You shall not afflict any widow or orphan. -- exodus 22:22 +. +"If you afflict him at all, and if he does cry out to Me, I will surely hear his cry; -- exodus 22:23 +. +and My anger will be kindled, and I will kill you with the sword, and your wives shall become widows and your children fatherless. -- exodus 22:24 +. +"If you lend money to My people, to the poor among you, you are not to act as a creditor to him; you shall not charge him interest. -- exodus 22:25 +. +"If you ever take your neighbor's cloak as a pledge, you are to return it to him before the sun sets, -- exodus 22:26 +. +for that is his only covering; it is his cloak for his body. What else shall he sleep in? And it shall come about that when he cries out to Me, I will hear him, for I am gracious. -- exodus 22:27 +. +"You shall not curse God, nor curse a ruler of your people. -- exodus 22:28 +. +"You shall not delay the offering from your harvest and your vintage. The firstborn of your sons you shall give to Me. -- exodus 22:29 +. +"You shall do the same with your oxen and with your sheep. It shall be with its mother seven days; on the eighth day you shall give it to Me. -- exodus 22:30 +. +"You shall be holy men to Me, therefore you shall not eat any flesh torn to pieces in the field; you shall throw it to the dogs. -- exodus 22:31 +. +"You shall not bear a false report; do not join your hand with a wicked man to be a malicious witness. -- exodus 23:1 +. +"You shall not follow the masses in doing evil, nor shall you testify in a dispute so as to turn aside after a multitude in order to pervert justice; -- exodus 23:2 +. +nor shall you be partial to a poor man in his dispute. -- exodus 23:3 +. +"If you meet your enemy's ox or his donkey wandering away, you shall surely return it to him. -- exodus 23:4 +. +"If you see the donkey of one who hates you lying helpless under its load, you shall refrain from leaving it to him, you shall surely release it with him. -- exodus 23:5 +. +"You shall not pervert the justice due to your needy brother in his dispute. -- exodus 23:6 +. +"Keep far from a false charge, and do not kill the innocent or the righteous, for I will not acquit the guilty. -- exodus 23:7 +. +"You shall not take a bribe, for a bribe blinds the clear-sighted and subverts the cause of the just. -- exodus 23:8 +. +"You shall not oppress a stranger, since you yourselves know the feelings of a stranger, for you also were strangers in the land of Egypt. -- exodus 23:9 +. +"You shall sow your land for six years and gather in its yield, -- exodus 23:10 +. +but on the seventh year you shall let it rest and lie fallow, so that the needy of your people may eat; and whatever they leave the beast of the field may eat. You are to do the same with your vineyard and your olive grove. -- exodus 23:11 +. +"Six days you are to do your work, but on the seventh day you shall cease from labor so that your ox and your donkey may rest, and the son of your female slave, as well as your stranger, may refresh themselves. -- exodus 23:12 +. +"Now concerning everything which I have said to you, be on your guard; and do not mention the name of other gods, nor let them be heard from your mouth. -- exodus 23:13 +. +"Three times a year you shall celebrate a feast to Me. -- exodus 23:14 +. +"You shall observe the Feast of Unleavened Bread; for seven days you are to eat unleavened bread, as I commanded you, at the appointed time in the month Abib, for in it you came out of Egypt. And none shall appear before Me empty-handed. -- exodus 23:15 +. +"Also you shall observe the Feast of the Harvest of the first fruits of your labors from what you sow in the field; also the Feast of the Ingathering at the end of the year when you gather in the fruit of your labors from the field. -- exodus 23:16 +. +"Three times a year all your males shall appear before the Lord GOD. -- exodus 23:17 +. +"You shall not offer the blood of My sacrifice with leavened bread; nor is the fat of My feast to remain overnight until morning. -- exodus 23:18 +. +"You shall bring the choice first fruits of your soil into the house of the LORD your God. "You are not to boil a young goat in the milk of its mother. -- exodus 23:19 +. +"Behold, I am going to send an angel before you to guard you along the way and to bring you into the place which I have prepared. -- exodus 23:20 +. +"Be on your guard before him and obey his voice; do not be rebellious toward him, for he will not pardon your transgression, since My name is in him. -- exodus 23:21 +. +"But if you truly obey his voice and do all that I say, then I will be an enemy to your enemies and an adversary to your adversaries. -- exodus 23:22 +. +"For My angel will go before you and bring you in to the land of the Amorites, the Hittites, the Perizzites, the Canaanites, the Hivites and the Jebusites; and I will completely destroy them. -- exodus 23:23 +. +"You shall not worship their gods, nor serve them, nor do according to their deeds; but you shall utterly overthrow them and break their sacred pillars in pieces. -- exodus 23:24 +. +"But you shall serve the LORD your God, and He will bless your bread and your water; and I will remove sickness from your midst. -- exodus 23:25 +. +"There shall be no one miscarrying or barren in your land; I will fulfill the number of your days. -- exodus 23:26 +. +"I will send My terror ahead of you, and throw into confusion all the people among whom you come, and I will make all your enemies turn their backs to you. -- exodus 23:27 +. +"I will send hornets ahead of you so that they will drive out the Hivites, the Canaanites, and the Hittites before you. -- exodus 23:28 +. +"I will not drive them out before you in a single year, that the land may not become desolate and the beasts of the field become too numerous for you. -- exodus 23:29 +. +"I will drive them out before you little by little, until you become fruitful and take possession of the land. -- exodus 23:30 +. +"I will fix your boundary from the Red Sea to the sea of the Philistines, and from the wilderness to the River Euphrates; for I will deliver the inhabitants of the land into your hand, and you will drive them out before you. -- exodus 23:31 +. +"You shall make no covenant with them or with their gods. -- exodus 23:32 +. +"They shall not live in your land, because they will make you sin against Me; for if you serve their gods, it will surely be a snare to you." -- exodus 23:33 +. +Then He said to Moses, "Come up to the LORD, you and Aaron, Nadab and Abihu and seventy of the elders of Israel, and you shall worship at a distance. -- exodus 24:1 +. +"Moses alone, however, shall come near to the LORD, but they shall not come near, nor shall the people come up with him." -- exodus 24:2 +. +Then Moses came and recounted to the people all the words of the LORD and all the ordinances; and all the people answered with one voice and said, "All the words which the LORD has spoken we will do!" -- exodus 24:3 +. +Moses wrote down all the words of the LORD. Then he arose early in the morning, and built an altar at the foot of the mountain with twelve pillars for the twelve tribes of Israel. -- exodus 24:4 +. +He sent young men of the sons of Israel, and they offered burnt offerings and sacrificed young bulls as peace offerings to the LORD. -- exodus 24:5 +. +Moses took half of the blood and put it in basins, and the other half of the blood he sprinkled on the altar. -- exodus 24:6 +. +Then he took the book of the covenant and read it in the hearing of the people; and they said, "All that the LORD has spoken we will do, and we will be obedient!" -- exodus 24:7 +. +So Moses took the blood and sprinkled it on the people, and said, "Behold the blood of the covenant, which the LORD has made with you in accordance with all these words." -- exodus 24:8 +. +Then Moses went up with Aaron, Nadab and Abihu, and seventy of the elders of Israel, -- exodus 24:9 +. +and they saw the God of Israel; and under His feet there appeared to be a pavement of sapphire, as clear as the sky itself. -- exodus 24:10 +. +Yet He did not stretch out His hand against the nobles of the sons of Israel; and they saw God, and they ate and drank. -- exodus 24:11 +. +Now the LORD said to Moses, "Come up to Me on the mountain and remain there, and I will give you the stone tablets with the law and the commandment which I have written for their instruction." -- exodus 24:12 +. +So Moses arose with Joshua his servant, and Moses went up to the mountain of God. -- exodus 24:13 +. +But to the elders he said, "Wait here for us until we return to you. And behold, Aaron and Hur are with you; whoever has a legal matter, let him approach them." -- exodus 24:14 +. +Then Moses went up to the mountain, and the cloud covered the mountain. -- exodus 24:15 +. +The glory of the LORD rested on Mount Sinai, and the cloud covered it for six days; and on the seventh day He called to Moses from the midst of the cloud. -- exodus 24:16 +. +And to the eyes of the sons of Israel the appearance of the glory of the LORD was like a consuming fire on the mountain top. -- exodus 24:17 +. +Moses entered the midst of the cloud as he went up to the mountain; and Moses was on the mountain forty days and forty nights. -- exodus 24:18 +. +Then the LORD spoke to Moses, saying, -- exodus 25:1 +. +"Tell the sons of Israel to raise a contribution for Me; from every man whose heart moves him you shall raise My contribution. -- exodus 25:2 +. +"This is the contribution which you are to raise from them: gold, silver and bronze, -- exodus 25:3 +. +blue, purple and scarlet material, fine linen, goat hair, -- exodus 25:4 +. +rams' skins dyed red, porpoise skins, acacia wood, -- exodus 25:5 +. +oil for lighting, spices for the anointing oil and for the fragrant incense, -- exodus 25:6 +. +onyx stones and setting stones for the ephod and for the breastpiece. -- exodus 25:7 +. +"Let them construct a sanctuary for Me, that I may dwell among them. -- exodus 25:8 +. +"According to all that I am going to show you, as the pattern of the tabernacle and the pattern of all its furniture, just so you shall construct it. -- exodus 25:9 +. +"They shall construct an ark of acacia wood two and a half cubits long, and one and a half cubits wide, and one and a half cubits high. -- exodus 25:10 +. +"You shall overlay it with pure gold, inside and out you shall overlay it, and you shall make a gold molding around it. -- exodus 25:11 +. +"You shall cast four gold rings for it and fasten them on its four feet, and two rings shall be on one side of it and two rings on the other side of it. -- exodus 25:12 +. +"You shall make poles of acacia wood and overlay them with gold. -- exodus 25:13 +. +"You shall put the poles into the rings on the sides of the ark, to carry the ark with them. -- exodus 25:14 +. +"The poles shall remain in the rings of the ark; they shall not be removed from it. -- exodus 25:15 +. +"You shall put into the ark the testimony which I shall give you. -- exodus 25:16 +. +"You shall make a mercy seat of pure gold, two and a half cubits long and one and a half cubits wide. -- exodus 25:17 +. +"You shall make two cherubim of gold, make them of hammered work at the two ends of the mercy seat. -- exodus 25:18 +. +"Make one cherub at one end and one cherub at the other end; you shall make the cherubim of one piece with the mercy seat at its two ends. -- exodus 25:19 +. +"The cherubim shall have their wings spread upward, covering the mercy seat with their wings and facing one another; the faces of the cherubim are to be turned toward the mercy seat. -- exodus 25:20 +. +"You shall put the mercy seat on top of the ark, and in the ark you shall put the testimony which I will give to you. -- exodus 25:21 +. +"There I will meet with you; and from above the mercy seat, from between the two cherubim which are upon the ark of the testimony, I will speak to you about all that I will give you in commandment for the sons of Israel. -- exodus 25:22 +. +"You shall make a table of acacia wood, two cubits long and one cubit wide and one and a half cubits high. -- exodus 25:23 +. +"You shall overlay it with pure gold and make a gold border around it. -- exodus 25:24 +. +"You shall make for it a rim of a handbreadth around it; and you shall make a gold border for the rim around it. -- exodus 25:25 +. +"You shall make four gold rings for it and put rings on the four corners which are on its four feet. -- exodus 25:26 +. +"The rings shall be close to the rim as holders for the poles to carry the table. -- exodus 25:27 +. +"You shall make the poles of acacia wood and overlay them with gold, so that with them the table may be carried. -- exodus 25:28 +. +"You shall make its dishes and its pans and its jars and its bowls with which to pour drink offerings; you shall make them of pure gold. -- exodus 25:29 +. +"You shall set the bread of the Presence on the table before Me at all times. -- exodus 25:30 +. +"Then you shall make a lampstand of pure gold. The lampstand and its base and its shaft are to be made of hammered work; its cups, its bulbs and its flowers shall be of one piece with it. -- exodus 25:31 +. +"Six branches shall go out from its sides; three branches of the lampstand from its one side and three branches of the lampstand from its other side. -- exodus 25:32 +. +"Three cups shall be shaped like almond blossoms in the one branch, a bulb and a flower, and three cups shaped like almond blossoms in the other branch, a bulb and a flower--so for six branches going out from the lampstand; -- exodus 25:33 +. +and in the lampstand four cups shaped like almond blossoms, its bulbs and its flowers. -- exodus 25:34 +. +"A bulb shall be under the first pair of branches coming out of it, and a bulb under the second pair of branches coming out of it, and a bulb under the third pair of branches coming out of it, for the six branches coming out of the lampstand. -- exodus 25:35 +. +"Their bulbs and their branches shall be of one piece with it; all of it shall be one piece of hammered work of pure gold. -- exodus 25:36 +. +"Then you shall make its lamps seven in number; and they shall mount its lamps so as to shed light on the space in front of it. -- exodus 25:37 +. +"Its snuffers and their trays shall be of pure gold. -- exodus 25:38 +. +"It shall be made from a talent of pure gold, with all these utensils. -- exodus 25:39 +. +"See that you make them after the pattern for them, which was shown to you on the mountain. -- exodus 25:40 +. +"Moreover you shall make the tabernacle with ten curtains of fine twisted linen and blue and purple and scarlet material; you shall make them with cherubim, the work of a skillful workman. -- exodus 26:1 +. +"The length of each curtain shall be twenty-eight cubits, and the width of each curtain four cubits; all the curtains shall have the same measurements. -- exodus 26:2 +. +"Five curtains shall be joined to one another, and the other five curtains shall be joined to one another. -- exodus 26:3 +. +"You shall make loops of blue on the edge of the outermost curtain in the first set, and likewise you shall make them on the edge of the curtain that is outermost in the second set. -- exodus 26:4 +. +"You shall make fifty loops in the one curtain, and you shall make fifty loops on the edge of the curtain that is in the second set; the loops shall be opposite each other. -- exodus 26:5 +. +"You shall make fifty clasps of gold, and join the curtains to one another with the clasps so that the tabernacle will be a unit. -- exodus 26:6 +. +"Then you shall make curtains of goats' hair for a tent over the tabernacle; you shall make eleven curtains in all. -- exodus 26:7 +. +"The length of each curtain shall be thirty cubits, and the width of each curtain four cubits; the eleven curtains shall have the same measurements. -- exodus 26:8 +. +"You shall join five curtains by themselves and the other six curtains by themselves, and you shall double over the sixth curtain at the front of the tent. -- exodus 26:9 +. +"You shall make fifty loops on the edge of the curtain that is outermost in the first set, and fifty loops on the edge of the curtain that is outermost in the second set. -- exodus 26:10 +. +"You shall make fifty clasps of bronze, and you shall put the clasps into the loops and join the tent together so that it will be a unit. -- exodus 26:11 +. +"The overlapping part that is left over in the curtains of the tent, the half curtain that is left over, shall lap over the back of the tabernacle. -- exodus 26:12 +. +"The cubit on one side and the cubit on the other, of what is left over in the length of the curtains of the tent, shall lap over the sides of the tabernacle on one side and on the other, to cover it. -- exodus 26:13 +. +"You shall make a covering for the tent of rams' skins dyed red and a covering of porpoise skins above. -- exodus 26:14 +. +"Then you shall make the boards for the tabernacle of acacia wood, standing upright. -- exodus 26:15 +. +"Ten cubits shall be the length of each board and one and a half cubits the width of each board. -- exodus 26:16 +. +"There shall be two tenons for each board, fitted to one another; thus you shall do for all the boards of the tabernacle. -- exodus 26:17 +. +"You shall make the boards for the tabernacle: twenty boards for the south side. -- exodus 26:18 +. +"You shall make forty sockets of silver under the twenty boards, two sockets under one board for its two tenons and two sockets under another board for its two tenons; -- exodus 26:19 +. +and for the second side of the tabernacle, on the north side, twenty boards, -- exodus 26:20 +. +and their forty sockets of silver; two sockets under one board and two sockets under another board. -- exodus 26:21 +. +"For the rear of the tabernacle, to the west, you shall make six boards. -- exodus 26:22 +. +"You shall make two boards for the corners of the tabernacle at the rear. -- exodus 26:23 +. +"They shall be double beneath, and together they shall be complete to its top to the first ring; thus it shall be with both of them: they shall form the two corners. -- exodus 26:24 +. +"There shall be eight boards with their sockets of silver, sixteen sockets; two sockets under one board and two sockets under another board. -- exodus 26:25 +. +"Then you shall make bars of acacia wood, five for the boards of one side of the tabernacle, -- exodus 26:26 +. +and five bars for the boards of the other side of the tabernacle, and five bars for the boards of the side of the tabernacle for the rear side to the west. -- exodus 26:27 +. +"The middle bar in the center of the boards shall pass through from end to end. -- exodus 26:28 +. +"You shall overlay the boards with gold and make their rings of gold as holders for the bars; and you shall overlay the bars with gold. -- exodus 26:29 +. +"Then you shall erect the tabernacle according to its plan which you have been shown in the mountain. -- exodus 26:30 +. +"You shall make a veil of blue and purple and scarlet material and fine twisted linen; it shall be made with cherubim, the work of a skillful workman. -- exodus 26:31 +. +"You shall hang it on four pillars of acacia overlaid with gold, their hooks also being of gold, on four sockets of silver. -- exodus 26:32 +. +"You shall hang up the veil under the clasps, and shall bring in the ark of the testimony there within the veil; and the veil shall serve for you as a partition between the holy place and the holy of holies. -- exodus 26:33 +. +"You shall put the mercy seat on the ark of the testimony in the holy of holies. -- exodus 26:34 +. +"You shall set the table outside the veil, and the lampstand opposite the table on the side of the tabernacle toward the south; and you shall put the table on the north side. -- exodus 26:35 +. +"You shall make a screen for the doorway of the tent of blue and purple and scarlet material and fine twisted linen, the work of a weaver. -- exodus 26:36 +. +"You shall make five pillars of acacia for the screen and overlay them with gold, their hooks also being of gold; and you shall cast five sockets of bronze for them. -- exodus 26:37 +. +"And you shall make the altar of acacia wood, five cubits long and five cubits wide; the altar shall be square, and its height shall be three cubits. -- exodus 27:1 +. +"You shall make its horns on its four corners; its horns shall be of one piece with it, and you shall overlay it with bronze. -- exodus 27:2 +. +"You shall make its pails for removing its ashes, and its shovels and its basins and its forks and its firepans; you shall make all its utensils of bronze. -- exodus 27:3 +. +"You shall make for it a grating of network of bronze, and on the net you shall make four bronze rings at its four corners. -- exodus 27:4 +. +"You shall put it beneath, under the ledge of the altar, so that the net will reach halfway up the altar. -- exodus 27:5 +. +"You shall make poles for the altar, poles of acacia wood, and overlay them with bronze. -- exodus 27:6 +. +"Its poles shall be inserted into the rings, so that the poles shall be on the two sides of the altar when it is carried. -- exodus 27:7 +. +"You shall make it hollow with planks; as it was shown to you in the mountain, so they shall make it. -- exodus 27:8 +. +"You shall make the court of the tabernacle. On the south side there shall be hangings for the court of fine twisted linen one hundred cubits long for one side; -- exodus 27:9 +. +and its pillars shall be twenty, with their twenty sockets of bronze; the hooks of the pillars and their bands shall be of silver. -- exodus 27:10 +. +"Likewise for the north side in length there shall be hangings one hundred cubits long, and its twenty pillars with their twenty sockets of bronze; the hooks of the pillars and their bands shall be of silver. -- exodus 27:11 +. +"For the width of the court on the west side shall be hangings of fifty cubits with their ten pillars and their ten sockets. -- exodus 27:12 +. +"The width of the court on the east side shall be fifty cubits. -- exodus 27:13 +. +"The hangings for the one side of the gate shall be fifteen cubits with their three pillars and their three sockets. -- exodus 27:14 +. +"And for the other side shall be hangings of fifteen cubits with their three pillars and their three sockets. -- exodus 27:15 +. +"For the gate of the court there shall be a screen of twenty cubits, of blue and purple and scarlet material and fine twisted linen, the work of a weaver, with their four pillars and their four sockets. -- exodus 27:16 +. +"All the pillars around the court shall be furnished with silver bands with their hooks of silver and their sockets of bronze. -- exodus 27:17 +. +"The length of the court shall be one hundred cubits, and the width fifty throughout, and the height five cubits of fine twisted linen, and their sockets of bronze. -- exodus 27:18 +. +"All the utensils of the tabernacle used in all its service, and all its pegs, and all the pegs of the court, shall be of bronze. -- exodus 27:19 +. +"You shall charge the sons of Israel, that they bring you clear oil of beaten olives for the light, to make a lamp burn continually. -- exodus 27:20 +. +"In the tent of meeting, outside the veil which is before the testimony, Aaron and his sons shall keep it in order from evening to morning before the LORD; it shall be a perpetual statute throughout their generations for the sons of Israel. -- exodus 27:21 +. +"Then bring near to yourself Aaron your brother, and his sons with him, from among the sons of Israel, to minister as priest to Me--Aaron, Nadab and Abihu, Eleazar and Ithamar, Aaron's sons. -- exodus 28:1 +. +"You shall make holy garments for Aaron your brother, for glory and for beauty. -- exodus 28:2 +. +"You shall speak to all the skillful persons whom I have endowed with the spirit of wisdom, that they make Aaron's garments to consecrate him, that he may minister as priest to Me. -- exodus 28:3 +. +"These are the garments which they shall make: a breastpiece and an ephod and a robe and a tunic of checkered work, a turban and a sash, and they shall make holy garments for Aaron your brother and his sons, that he may minister as priest to Me. -- exodus 28:4 +. +"They shall take the gold and the blue and the purple and the scarlet material and the fine linen. -- exodus 28:5 +. +"They shall also make the ephod of gold, of blue and purple and scarlet material and fine twisted linen, the work of the skillful workman. -- exodus 28:6 +. +"It shall have two shoulder pieces joined to its two ends, that it may be joined. -- exodus 28:7 +. +"The skillfully woven band, which is on it, shall be like its workmanship, of the same material: of gold, of blue and purple and scarlet material and fine twisted linen. -- exodus 28:8 +. +"You shall take two onyx stones and engrave on them the names of the sons of Israel, -- exodus 28:9 +. +six of their names on the one stone and the names of the remaining six on the other stone, according to their birth. -- exodus 28:10 +. +"As a jeweler engraves a signet, you shall engrave the two stones according to the names of the sons of Israel; you shall set them in filigree settings of gold. -- exodus 28:11 +. +"You shall put the two stones on the shoulder pieces of the ephod, as stones of memorial for the sons of Israel, and Aaron shall bear their names before the LORD on his two shoulders for a memorial. -- exodus 28:12 +. +"You shall make filigree settings of gold, -- exodus 28:13 +. +and two chains of pure gold; you shall make them of twisted cordage work, and you shall put the corded chains on the filigree settings. -- exodus 28:14 +. +"You shall make a breastpiece of judgment, the work of a skillful workman; like the work of the ephod you shall make it: of gold, of blue and purple and scarlet material and fine twisted linen you shall make it. -- exodus 28:15 +. +"It shall be square and folded double, a span in length and a span in width. -- exodus 28:16 +. +"You shall mount on it four rows of stones; the first row shall be a row of ruby, topaz and emerald; -- exodus 28:17 +. +and the second row a turquoise, a sapphire and a diamond; -- exodus 28:18 +. +and the third row a jacinth, an agate and an amethyst; -- exodus 28:19 +. +and the fourth row a beryl and an onyx and a jasper; they shall be set in gold filigree. -- exodus 28:20 +. +"The stones shall be according to the names of the sons of Israel: twelve, according to their names; they shall be like the engravings of a seal, each according to his name for the twelve tribes. -- exodus 28:21 +. +"You shall make on the breastpiece chains of twisted cordage work in pure gold. -- exodus 28:22 +. +"You shall make on the breastpiece two rings of gold, and shall put the two rings on the two ends of the breastpiece. -- exodus 28:23 +. +"You shall put the two cords of gold on the two rings at the ends of the breastpiece. -- exodus 28:24 +. +"You shall put the other two ends of the two cords on the two filigree settings, and put them on the shoulder pieces of the ephod, at the front of it. -- exodus 28:25 +. +"You shall make two rings of gold and shall place them on the two ends of the breastpiece, on the edge of it, which is toward the inner side of the ephod. -- exodus 28:26 +. +"You shall make two rings of gold and put them on the bottom of the two shoulder pieces of the ephod, on the front of it close to the place where it is joined, above the skillfully woven band of the ephod. -- exodus 28:27 +. +"They shall bind the breastpiece by its rings to the rings of the ephod with a blue cord, so that it will be on the skillfully woven band of the ephod, and that the breastpiece will not come loose from the ephod. -- exodus 28:28 +. +"Aaron shall carry the names of the sons of Israel in the breastpiece of judgment over his heart when he enters the holy place, for a memorial before the LORD continually. -- exodus 28:29 +. +"You shall put in the breastpiece of judgment the Urim and the Thummim, and they shall be over Aaron's heart when he goes in before the LORD; and Aaron shall carry the judgment of the sons of Israel over his heart before the LORD continually. -- exodus 28:30 +. +"You shall make the robe of the ephod all of blue. -- exodus 28:31 +. +"There shall be an opening at its top in the middle of it; around its opening there shall be a binding of woven work, like the opening of a coat of mail, so that it will not be torn. -- exodus 28:32 +. +"You shall make on its hem pomegranates of blue and purple and scarlet material, all around on its hem, and bells of gold between them all around: -- exodus 28:33 +. +a golden bell and a pomegranate, a golden bell and a pomegranate, all around on the hem of the robe. -- exodus 28:34 +. +"It shall be on Aaron when he ministers; and its tinkling shall be heard when he enters and leaves the holy place before the LORD, so that he will not die. -- exodus 28:35 +. +"You shall also make a plate of pure gold and shall engrave on it, like the engravings of a seal, 'Holy to the LORD.' -- exodus 28:36 +. +"You shall fasten it on a blue cord, and it shall be on the turban; it shall be at the front of the turban. -- exodus 28:37 +. +"It shall be on Aaron's forehead, and Aaron shall take away the iniquity of the holy things which the sons of Israel consecrate, with regard to all their holy gifts; and it shall always be on his forehead, that they may be accepted before the LORD. -- exodus 28:38 +. +"You shall weave the tunic of checkered work of fine linen, and shall make a turban of fine linen, and you shall make a sash, the work of a weaver. -- exodus 28:39 +. +"For Aaron's sons you shall make tunics; you shall also make sashes for them, and you shall make caps for them, for glory and for beauty. -- exodus 28:40 +. +"You shall put them on Aaron your brother and on his sons with him; and you shall anoint them and ordain them and consecrate them, that they may serve Me as priests. -- exodus 28:41 +. +"You shall make for them linen breeches to cover their bare flesh; they shall reach from the loins even to the thighs. -- exodus 28:42 +. +"They shall be on Aaron and on his sons when they enter the tent of meeting, or when they approach the altar to minister in the holy place, so that they do not incur guilt and die. It shall be a statute forever to him and to his descendants after him. -- exodus 28:43 +. +"Now this is what you shall do to them to consecrate them to minister as priests to Me: take one young bull and two rams without blemish, -- exodus 29:1 +. +and unleavened bread and unleavened cakes mixed with oil, and unleavened wafers spread with oil; you shall make them of fine wheat flour. -- exodus 29:2 +. +"You shall put them in one basket, and present them in the basket along with the bull and the two rams. -- exodus 29:3 +. +"Then you shall bring Aaron and his sons to the doorway of the tent of meeting and wash them with water. -- exodus 29:4 +. +"You shall take the garments, and put on Aaron the tunic and the robe of the ephod and the ephod and the breastpiece, and gird him with the skillfully woven band of the ephod; -- exodus 29:5 +. +and you shall set the turban on his head and put the holy crown on the turban. -- exodus 29:6 +. +"Then you shall take the anointing oil and pour it on his head and anoint him. -- exodus 29:7 +. +"You shall bring his sons and put tunics on them. -- exodus 29:8 +. +"You shall gird them with sashes, Aaron and his sons, and bind caps on them, and they shall have the priesthood by a perpetual statute. So you shall ordain Aaron and his sons. -- exodus 29:9 +. +"Then you shall bring the bull before the tent of meeting, and Aaron and his sons shall lay their hands on the head of the bull. -- exodus 29:10 +. +"You shall slaughter the bull before the LORD at the doorway of the tent of meeting. -- exodus 29:11 +. +"You shall take some of the blood of the bull and put it on the horns of the altar with your finger; and you shall pour out all the blood at the base of the altar. -- exodus 29:12 +. +"You shall take all the fat that covers the entrails and the lobe of the liver, and the two kidneys and the fat that is on them, and offer them up in smoke on the altar. -- exodus 29:13 +. +"But the flesh of the bull and its hide and its refuse, you shall burn with fire outside the camp; it is a sin offering. -- exodus 29:14 +. +"You shall also take the one ram, and Aaron and his sons shall lay their hands on the head of the ram; -- exodus 29:15 +. +and you shall slaughter the ram and shall take its blood and sprinkle it around on the altar. -- exodus 29:16 +. +"Then you shall cut the ram into its pieces, and wash its entrails and its legs, and put them with its pieces and its head. -- exodus 29:17 +. +"You shall offer up in smoke the whole ram on the altar; it is a burnt offering to the LORD: it is a soothing aroma, an offering by fire to the LORD. -- exodus 29:18 +. +"Then you shall take the other ram, and Aaron and his sons shall lay their hands on the head of the ram. -- exodus 29:19 +. +"You shall slaughter the ram, and take some of its blood and put it on the lobe of Aaron's right ear and on the lobes of his sons' right ears and on the thumbs of their right hands and on the big toes of their right feet, and sprinkle the rest of the blood around on the altar. -- exodus 29:20 +. +"Then you shall take some of the blood that is on the altar and some of the anointing oil, and sprinkle it on Aaron and on his garments and on his sons and on his sons' garments with him; so he and his garments shall be consecrated, as well as his sons and his sons' garments with him. -- exodus 29:21 +. +"You shall also take the fat from the ram and the fat tail, and the fat that covers the entrails and the lobe of the liver, and the two kidneys and the fat that is on them and the right thigh (for it is a ram of ordination), -- exodus 29:22 +. +and one cake of bread and one cake of bread mixed with oil and one wafer from the basket of unleavened bread which is set before the LORD; -- exodus 29:23 +. +and you shall put all these in the hands of Aaron and in the hands of his sons, and shall wave them as a wave offering before the LORD. -- exodus 29:24 +. +"You shall take them from their hands, and offer them up in smoke on the altar on the burnt offering for a soothing aroma before the LORD; it is an offering by fire to the LORD. -- exodus 29:25 +. +"Then you shall take the breast of Aaron's ram of ordination, and wave it as a wave offering before the LORD; and it shall be your portion. -- exodus 29:26 +. +"You shall consecrate the breast of the wave offering and the thigh of the heave offering which was waved and which was offered from the ram of ordination, from the one which was for Aaron and from the one which was for his sons. -- exodus 29:27 +. +"It shall be for Aaron and his sons as their portion forever from the sons of Israel, for it is a heave offering; and it shall be a heave offering from the sons of Israel from the sacrifices of their peace offerings, even their heave offering to the LORD. -- exodus 29:28 +. +"The holy garments of Aaron shall be for his sons after him, that in them they may be anointed and ordained. -- exodus 29:29 +. +"For seven days the one of his sons who is priest in his stead shall put them on when he enters the tent of meeting to minister in the holy place. -- exodus 29:30 +. +"You shall take the ram of ordination and boil its flesh in a holy place. -- exodus 29:31 +. +"Aaron and his sons shall eat the flesh of the ram and the bread that is in the basket, at the doorway of the tent of meeting. -- exodus 29:32 +. +"Thus they shall eat those things by which atonement was made at their ordination and consecration; but a layman shall not eat them, because they are holy. -- exodus 29:33 +. +"If any of the flesh of ordination or any of the bread remains until morning, then you shall burn the remainder with fire; it shall not be eaten, because it is holy. -- exodus 29:34 +. +"Thus you shall do to Aaron and to his sons, according to all that I have commanded you; you shall ordain them through seven days. -- exodus 29:35 +. +"Each day you shall offer a bull as a sin offering for atonement, and you shall purify the altar when you make atonement for it, and you shall anoint it to consecrate it. -- exodus 29:36 +. +"For seven days you shall make atonement for the altar and consecrate it; then the altar shall be most holy, and whatever touches the altar shall be holy. -- exodus 29:37 +. +"Now this is what you shall offer on the altar: two one year old lambs each day, continuously. -- exodus 29:38 +. +"The one lamb you shall offer in the morning and the other lamb you shall offer at twilight; -- exodus 29:39 +. +and there shall be one-tenth of an ephah of fine flour mixed with one-fourth of a hin of beaten oil, and one-fourth of a hin of wine for a drink offering with one lamb. -- exodus 29:40 +. +"The other lamb you shall offer at twilight, and shall offer with it the same grain offering and the same drink offering as in the morning, for a soothing aroma, an offering by fire to the LORD. -- exodus 29:41 +. +"It shall be a continual burnt offering throughout your generations at the doorway of the tent of meeting before the LORD, where I will meet with you, to speak to you there. -- exodus 29:42 +. +"I will meet there with the sons of Israel, and it shall be consecrated by My glory. -- exodus 29:43 +. +"I will consecrate the tent of meeting and the altar; I will also consecrate Aaron and his sons to minister as priests to Me. -- exodus 29:44 +. +"I will dwell among the sons of Israel and will be their God. -- exodus 29:45 +. +"They shall know that I am the LORD their God who brought them out of the land of Egypt, that I might dwell among them; I am the LORD their God. -- exodus 29:46 +. +"Moreover, you shall make an altar as a place for burning incense; you shall make it of acacia wood. -- exodus 30:1 +. +"Its length shall be a cubit, and its width a cubit, it shall be square, and its height shall be two cubits; its horns shall be of one piece with it. -- exodus 30:2 +. +"You shall overlay it with pure gold, its top and its sides all around, and its horns; and you shall make a gold molding all around for it. -- exodus 30:3 +. +"You shall make two gold rings for it under its molding; you shall make them on its two side walls--on opposite sides--and they shall be holders for poles with which to carry it. -- exodus 30:4 +. +"You shall make the poles of acacia wood and overlay them with gold. -- exodus 30:5 +. +"You shall put this altar in front of the veil that is near the ark of the testimony, in front of the mercy seat that is over the ark of the testimony, where I will meet with you. -- exodus 30:6 +. +"Aaron shall burn fragrant incense on it; he shall burn it every morning when he trims the lamps. -- exodus 30:7 +. +"When Aaron trims the lamps at twilight, he shall burn incense. There shall be perpetual incense before the LORD throughout your generations. -- exodus 30:8 +. +"You shall not offer any strange incense on this altar, or burnt offering or meal offering; and you shall not pour out a drink offering on it. -- exodus 30:9 +. +"Aaron shall make atonement on its horns once a year; he shall make atonement on it with the blood of the sin offering of atonement once a year throughout your generations. It is most holy to the LORD." -- exodus 30:10 +. +The LORD also spoke to Moses, saying, -- exodus 30:11 +. +"When you take a census of the sons of Israel to number them, then each one of them shall give a ransom for himself to the LORD, when you number them, so that there will be no plague among them when you number them. -- exodus 30:12 +. +"This is what everyone who is numbered shall give: half a shekel according to the shekel of the sanctuary (the shekel is twenty gerahs), half a shekel as a contribution to the LORD. -- exodus 30:13 +. +"Everyone who is numbered, from twenty years old and over, shall give the contribution to the LORD. -- exodus 30:14 +. +"The rich shall not pay more and the poor shall not pay less than the half shekel, when you give the contribution to the LORD to make atonement for yourselves. -- exodus 30:15 +. +"You shall take the atonement money from the sons of Israel and shall give it for the service of the tent of meeting, that it may be a memorial for the sons of Israel before the LORD, to make atonement for yourselves." -- exodus 30:16 +. +The LORD spoke to Moses, saying, -- exodus 30:17 +. +"You shall also make a laver of bronze, with its base of bronze, for washing; and you shall put it between the tent of meeting and the altar, and you shall put water in it. -- exodus 30:18 +. +"Aaron and his sons shall wash their hands and their feet from it; -- exodus 30:19 +. +when they enter the tent of meeting, they shall wash with water, so that they will not die; or when they approach the altar to minister, by offering up in smoke a fire sacrifice to the LORD. -- exodus 30:20 +. +"So they shall wash their hands and their feet, so that they will not die; and it shall be a perpetual statute for them, for Aaron and his descendants throughout their generations." -- exodus 30:21 +. +Moreover, the LORD spoke to Moses, saying, -- exodus 30:22 +. +"Take also for yourself the finest of spices: of flowing myrrh five hundred shekels, and of fragrant cinnamon half as much, two hundred and fifty, and of fragrant cane two hundred and fifty, -- exodus 30:23 +. +and of cassia five hundred, according to the shekel of the sanctuary, and of olive oil a hin. -- exodus 30:24 +. +"You shall make of these a holy anointing oil, a perfume mixture, the work of a perfumer; it shall be a holy anointing oil. -- exodus 30:25 +. +"With it you shall anoint the tent of meeting and the ark of the testimony, -- exodus 30:26 +. +and the table and all its utensils, and the lampstand and its utensils, and the altar of incense, -- exodus 30:27 +. +and the altar of burnt offering and all its utensils, and the laver and its stand. -- exodus 30:28 +. +"You shall also consecrate them, that they may be most holy; whatever touches them shall be holy. -- exodus 30:29 +. +"You shall anoint Aaron and his sons, and consecrate them, that they may minister as priests to Me. -- exodus 30:30 +. +"You shall speak to the sons of Israel, saying, 'This shall be a holy anointing oil to Me throughout your generations. -- exodus 30:31 +. +'It shall not be poured on anyone's body, nor shall you make any like it in the same proportions; it is holy, and it shall be holy to you. -- exodus 30:32 +. +'Whoever shall mix any like it or whoever puts any of it on a layman shall be cut off from his people.'" -- exodus 30:33 +. +Then the LORD said to Moses, "Take for yourself spices, stacte and onycha and galbanum, spices with pure frankincense; there shall be an equal part of each. -- exodus 30:34 +. +"With it you shall make incense, a perfume, the work of a perfumer, salted, pure, and holy. -- exodus 30:35 +. +"You shall beat some of it very fine, and put part of it before the testimony in the tent of meeting where I will meet with you; it shall be most holy to you. -- exodus 30:36 +. +"The incense which you shall make, you shall not make in the same proportions for yourselves; it shall be holy to you for the LORD. -- exodus 30:37 +. +"Whoever shall make any like it, to use as perfume, shall be cut off from his people." -- exodus 30:38 +. +Now the LORD spoke to Moses, saying, -- exodus 31:1 +. +"See, I have called by name Bezalel, the son of Uri, the son of Hur, of the tribe of Judah. -- exodus 31:2 +. +"I have filled him with the Spirit of God in wisdom, in understanding, in knowledge, and in all kinds of craftsmanship, -- exodus 31:3 +. +to make artistic designs for work in gold, in silver, and in bronze, -- exodus 31:4 +. +and in the cutting of stones for settings, and in the carving of wood, that he may work in all kinds of craftsmanship. -- exodus 31:5 +. +"And behold, I Myself have appointed with him Oholiab, the son of Ahisamach, of the tribe of Dan; and in the hearts of all who are skillful I have put skill, that they may make all that I have commanded you: -- exodus 31:6 +. +the tent of meeting, and the ark of testimony, and the mercy seat upon it, and all the furniture of the tent, -- exodus 31:7 +. +the table also and its utensils, and the pure gold lampstand with all its utensils, and the altar of incense, -- exodus 31:8 +. +the altar of burnt offering also with all its utensils, and the laver and its stand, -- exodus 31:9 +. +the woven garments as well, and the holy garments for Aaron the priest, and the garments of his sons, with which to carry on their priesthood; -- exodus 31:10 +. +the anointing oil also, and the fragrant incense for the holy place, they are to make them according to all that I have commanded you." -- exodus 31:11 +. +The LORD spoke to Moses, saying, -- exodus 31:12 +. +"But as for you, speak to the sons of Israel, saying, 'You shall surely observe My sabbaths; for this is a sign between Me and you throughout your generations, that you may know that I am the LORD who sanctifies you. -- exodus 31:13 +. +'Therefore you are to observe the sabbath, for it is holy to you. Everyone who profanes it shall surely be put to death; for whoever does any work on it, that person shall be cut off from among his people. -- exodus 31:14 +. +'For six days work may be done, but on the seventh day there is a sabbath of complete rest, holy to the LORD; whoever does any work on the sabbath day shall surely be put to death. -- exodus 31:15 +. +'So the sons of Israel shall observe the sabbath, to celebrate the sabbath throughout their generations as a perpetual covenant.' -- exodus 31:16 +. +"It is a sign between Me and the sons of Israel forever; for in six days the LORD made heaven and earth, but on the seventh day He ceased from labor, and was refreshed." -- exodus 31:17 +. +When He had finished speaking with him upon Mount Sinai, He gave Moses the two tablets of the testimony, tablets of stone, written by the finger of God. -- exodus 31:18 +. +Now when the people saw that Moses delayed to come down from the mountain, the people assembled about Aaron and said to him, "Come, make us a god who will go before us; as for this Moses, the man who brought us up from the land of Egypt, we do not know what has become of him." -- exodus 32:1 +. +Aaron said to them, "Tear off the gold rings which are in the ears of your wives, your sons, and your daughters, and bring them to me." -- exodus 32:2 +. +Then all the people tore off the gold rings which were in their ears and brought them to Aaron. -- exodus 32:3 +. +He took this from their hand, and fashioned it with a graving tool and made it into a molten calf; and they said, "This is your god, O Israel, who brought you up from the land of Egypt." -- exodus 32:4 +. +Now when Aaron saw this, he built an altar before it; and Aaron made a proclamation and said, "Tomorrow shall be a feast to the LORD." -- exodus 32:5 +. +So the next day they rose early and offered burnt offerings, and brought peace offerings; and the people sat down to eat and to drink, and rose up to play. -- exodus 32:6 +. +Then the LORD spoke to Moses, "Go down at once, for your people, whom you brought up from the land of Egypt, have corrupted themselves. -- exodus 32:7 +. +"They have quickly turned aside from the way which I commanded them. They have made for themselves a molten calf, and have worshiped it and have sacrificed to it and said, 'This is your god, O Israel, who brought you up from the land of Egypt!'" -- exodus 32:8 +. +The LORD said to Moses, "I have seen this people, and behold, they are an obstinate people. -- exodus 32:9 +. +"Now then let Me alone, that My anger may burn against them and that I may destroy them; and I will make of you a great nation." -- exodus 32:10 +. +Then Moses entreated the LORD his God, and said, "O LORD, why does Your anger burn against Your people whom You have brought out from the land of Egypt with great power and with a mighty hand? -- exodus 32:11 +. +"Why should the Egyptians speak, saying, 'With evil intent He brought them out to kill them in the mountains and to destroy them from the face of the earth'? Turn from Your burning anger and change Your mind about doing harm to Your people. -- exodus 32:12 +. +"Remember Abraham, Isaac, and Israel, Your servants to whom You swore by Yourself, and said to them, 'I will multiply your descendants as the stars of the heavens, and all this land of which I have spoken I will give to your descendants, and they shall inherit it forever.'" -- exodus 32:13 +. +So the LORD changed His mind about the harm which He said He would do to His people. -- exodus 32:14 +. +Then Moses turned and went down from the mountain with the two tablets of the testimony in his hand, tablets which were written on both sides; they were written on one side and the other. -- exodus 32:15 +. +The tablets were God's work, and the writing was God's writing engraved on the tablets. -- exodus 32:16 +. +Now when Joshua heard the sound of the people as they shouted, he said to Moses, "There is a sound of war in the camp." -- exodus 32:17 +. +But he said, "It is not the sound of the cry of triumph, Nor is it the sound of the cry of defeat; But the sound of singing I hear." -- exodus 32:18 +. +It came about, as soon as Moses came near the camp, that he saw the calf and the dancing; and Moses' anger burned, and he threw the tablets from his hands and shattered them at the foot of the mountain. -- exodus 32:19 +. +He took the calf which they had made and burned it with fire, and ground it to powder, and scattered it over the surface of the water and made the sons of Israel drink it. -- exodus 32:20 +. +Then Moses said to Aaron, "What did this people do to you, that you have brought such great sin upon them?" -- exodus 32:21 +. +Aaron said, "Do not let the anger of my lord burn; you know the people yourself, that they are prone to evil. -- exodus 32:22 +. +"For they said to me, 'Make a god for us who will go before us; for this Moses, the man who brought us up from the land of Egypt, we do not know what has become of him.' -- exodus 32:23 +. +"I said to them, 'Whoever has any gold, let them tear it off.' So they gave it to me, and I threw it into the fire, and out came this calf." -- exodus 32:24 +. +Now when Moses saw that the people were out of control--for Aaron had let them get out of control to be a derision among their enemies-- -- exodus 32:25 +. +then Moses stood in the gate of the camp, and said, "Whoever is for the LORD, come to me!" And all the sons of Levi gathered together to him. -- exodus 32:26 +. +He said to them, "Thus says the LORD, the God of Israel, 'Every man of you put his sword upon his thigh, and go back and forth from gate to gate in the camp, and kill every man his brother, and every man his friend, and every man his neighbor.'" -- exodus 32:27 +. +So the sons of Levi did as Moses instructed, and about three thousand men of the people fell that day. -- exodus 32:28 +. +Then Moses said, "Dedicate yourselves today to the LORD--for every man has been against his son and against his brother--in order that He may bestow a blessing upon you today." -- exodus 32:29 +. +On the next day Moses said to the people, "You yourselves have committed a great sin; and now I am going up to the LORD, perhaps I can make atonement for your sin." -- exodus 32:30 +. +Then Moses returned to the LORD, and said, "Alas, this people has committed a great sin, and they have made a god of gold for themselves. -- exodus 32:31 +. +"But now, if You will, forgive their sin--and if not, please blot me out from Your book which You have written!" -- exodus 32:32 +. +The LORD said to Moses, "Whoever has sinned against Me, I will blot him out of My book. -- exodus 32:33 +. +"But go now, lead the people where I told you. Behold, My angel shall go before you; nevertheless in the day when I punish, I will punish them for their sin." -- exodus 32:34 +. +Then the LORD smote the people, because of what they did with the calf which Aaron had made. -- exodus 32:35 +. +Then the LORD spoke to Moses, "Depart, go up from here, you and the people whom you have brought up from the land of Egypt, to the land of which I swore to Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob, saying, 'To your descendants I will give it.' -- exodus 33:1 +. +"I will send an angel before you and I will drive out the Canaanite, the Amorite, the Hittite, the Perizzite, the Hivite and the Jebusite. -- exodus 33:2 +. +"Go up to a land flowing with milk and honey; for I will not go up in your midst, because you are an obstinate people, and I might destroy you on the way." -- exodus 33:3 +. +When the people heard this sad word, they went into mourning, and none of them put on his ornaments. -- exodus 33:4 +. +For the LORD had said to Moses, "Say to the sons of Israel, 'You are an obstinate people; should I go up in your midst for one moment, I would destroy you. Now therefore, put off your ornaments from you, that I may know what I shall do with you.'" -- exodus 33:5 +. +So the sons of Israel stripped themselves of their ornaments, from Mount Horeb onward. -- exodus 33:6 +. +Now Moses used to take the tent and pitch it outside the camp, a good distance from the camp, and he called it the tent of meeting. And everyone who sought the LORD would go out to the tent of meeting which was outside the camp. -- exodus 33:7 +. +And it came about, whenever Moses went out to the tent, that all the people would arise and stand, each at the entrance of his tent, and gaze after Moses until he entered the tent. -- exodus 33:8 +. +Whenever Moses entered the tent, the pillar of cloud would descend and stand at the entrance of the tent; and the LORD would speak with Moses. -- exodus 33:9 +. +When all the people saw the pillar of cloud standing at the entrance of the tent, all the people would arise and worship, each at the entrance of his tent. -- exodus 33:10 +. +Thus the LORD used to speak to Moses face to face, just as a man speaks to his friend. When Moses returned to the camp, his servant Joshua, the son of Nun, a young man, would not depart from the tent. -- exodus 33:11 +. +Then Moses said to the LORD, "See, You say to me, 'Bring up this people!' But You Yourself have not let me know whom You will send with me. Moreover, You have said, 'I have known you by name, and you have also found favor in My sight.' -- exodus 33:12 +. +"Now therefore, I pray You, if I have found favor in Your sight, let me know Your ways that I may know You, so that I may find favor in Your sight. Consider too, that this nation is Your people." -- exodus 33:13 +. +And He said, "My presence shall go with you, and I will give you rest." -- exodus 33:14 +. +Then he said to Him, "If Your presence does not go with us, do not lead us up from here. -- exodus 33:15 +. +"For how then can it be known that I have found favor in Your sight, I and Your people? Is it not by Your going with us, so that we, I and Your people, may be distinguished from all the other people who are upon the face of the earth?" -- exodus 33:16 +. +The LORD said to Moses, "I will also do this thing of which you have spoken; for you have found favor in My sight and I have known you by name." -- exodus 33:17 +. +Then Moses said, "I pray You, show me Your glory!" -- exodus 33:18 +. +And He said, "I Myself will make all My goodness pass before you, and will proclaim the name of the LORD before you; and I will be gracious to whom I will be gracious, and will show compassion on whom I will show compassion." -- exodus 33:19 +. +But He said, "You cannot see My face, for no man can see Me and live!" -- exodus 33:20 +. +Then the LORD said, "Behold, there is a place by Me, and you shall stand there on the rock; -- exodus 33:21 +. +and it will come about, while My glory is passing by, that I will put you in the cleft of the rock and cover you with My hand until I have passed by. -- exodus 33:22 +. +"Then I will take My hand away and you shall see My back, but My face shall not be seen." -- exodus 33:23 +. +Now the LORD said to Moses, "Cut out for yourself two stone tablets like the former ones, and I will write on the tablets the words that were on the former tablets which you shattered. -- exodus 34:1 +. +"So be ready by morning, and come up in the morning to Mount Sinai, and present yourself there to Me on the top of the mountain. -- exodus 34:2 +. +"No man is to come up with you, nor let any man be seen anywhere on the mountain; even the flocks and the herds may not graze in front of that mountain." -- exodus 34:3 +. +So he cut out two stone tablets like the former ones, and Moses rose up early in the morning and went up to Mount Sinai, as the LORD had commanded him, and he took two stone tablets in his hand. -- exodus 34:4 +. +The LORD descended in the cloud and stood there with him as he called upon the name of the LORD. -- exodus 34:5 +. +Then the LORD passed by in front of him and proclaimed, "The LORD, the LORD God, compassionate and gracious, slow to anger, and abounding in lovingkindness and truth; -- exodus 34:6 +. +who keeps lovingkindness for thousands, who forgives iniquity, transgression and sin; yet He will by no means leave the guilty unpunished, visiting the iniquity of fathers on the children and on the grandchildren to the third and fourth generations." -- exodus 34:7 +. +Moses made haste to bow low toward the earth and worship. -- exodus 34:8 +. +He said, "If now I have found favor in Your sight, O Lord, I pray, let the Lord go along in our midst, even though the people are so obstinate, and pardon our iniquity and our sin, and take us as Your own possession." -- exodus 34:9 +. +Then God said, "Behold, I am going to make a covenant. Before all your people I will perform miracles which have not been produced in all the earth nor among any of the nations; and all the people among whom you live will see the working of the LORD, for it is a fearful thing that I am going to perform with you. -- exodus 34:10 +. +"Be sure to observe what I am commanding you this day: behold, I am going to drive out the Amorite before you, and the Canaanite, the Hittite, the Perizzite, the Hivite and the Jebusite. -- exodus 34:11 +. +"Watch yourself that you make no covenant with the inhabitants of the land into which you are going, or it will become a snare in your midst. -- exodus 34:12 +. +"But rather, you are to tear down their altars and smash their sacred pillars and cut down their Asherim -- exodus 34:13 +. +--for you shall not worship any other god, for the LORD, whose name is Jealous, is a jealous God-- -- exodus 34:14 +. +otherwise you might make a covenant with the inhabitants of the land and they would play the harlot with their gods and sacrifice to their gods, and someone might invite you to eat of his sacrifice, -- exodus 34:15 +. +and you might take some of his daughters for your sons, and his daughters might play the harlot with their gods and cause your sons also to play the harlot with their gods. -- exodus 34:16 +. +"You shall make for yourself no molten gods. -- exodus 34:17 +. +"You shall observe the Feast of Unleavened Bread. For seven days you are to eat unleavened bread, as I commanded you, at the appointed time in the month of Abib, for in the month of Abib you came out of Egypt. -- exodus 34:18 +. +"The first offspring from every womb belongs to Me, and all your male livestock, the first offspring from cattle and sheep. -- exodus 34:19 +. +"You shall redeem with a lamb the first offspring from a donkey; and if you do not redeem it, then you shall break its neck. You shall redeem all the firstborn of your sons. None shall appear before Me empty-handed. -- exodus 34:20 +. +"You shall work six days, but on the seventh day you shall rest; even during plowing time and harvest you shall rest. -- exodus 34:21 +. +"You shall celebrate the Feast of Weeks, that is, the first fruits of the wheat harvest, and the Feast of Ingathering at the turn of the year. -- exodus 34:22 +. +"Three times a year all your males are to appear before the Lord GOD, the God of Israel. -- exodus 34:23 +. +"For I will drive out nations before you and enlarge your borders, and no man shall covet your land when you go up three times a year to appear before the LORD your God. -- exodus 34:24 +. +"You shall not offer the blood of My sacrifice with leavened bread, nor is the sacrifice of the Feast of the Passover to be left over until morning. -- exodus 34:25 +. +"You shall bring the very first of the first fruits of your soil into the house of the LORD your God. "You shall not boil a young goat in its mother's milk." -- exodus 34:26 +. +Then the LORD said to Moses, "Write down these words, for in accordance with these words I have made a covenant with you and with Israel." -- exodus 34:27 +. +So he was there with the LORD forty days and forty nights; he did not eat bread or drink water. And he wrote on the tablets the words of the covenant, the Ten Commandments. -- exodus 34:28 +. +It came about when Moses was coming down from Mount Sinai (and the two tablets of the testimony were in Moses' hand as he was coming down from the mountain), that Moses did not know that the skin of his face shone because of his speaking with Him. -- exodus 34:29 +. +So when Aaron and all the sons of Israel saw Moses, behold, the skin of his face shone, and they were afraid to come near him. -- exodus 34:30 +. +Then Moses called to them, and Aaron and all the rulers in the congregation returned to him; and Moses spoke to them. -- exodus 34:31 +. +Afterward all the sons of Israel came near, and he commanded them to do everything that the LORD had spoken to him on Mount Sinai. -- exodus 34:32 +. +When Moses had finished speaking with them, he put a veil over his face. -- exodus 34:33 +. +But whenever Moses went in before the LORD to speak with Him, he would take off the veil until he came out; and whenever he came out and spoke to the sons of Israel what he had been commanded, -- exodus 34:34 +. +the sons of Israel would see the face of Moses, that the skin of Moses' face shone. So Moses would replace the veil over his face until he went in to speak with Him. -- exodus 34:35 +. +Then Moses assembled all the congregation of the sons of Israel, and said to them, "These are the things that the LORD has commanded you to do: -- exodus 35:1 +. +"For six days work may be done, but on the seventh day you shall have a holy day, a sabbath of complete rest to the LORD; whoever does any work on it shall be put to death. -- exodus 35:2 +. +"You shall not kindle a fire in any of your dwellings on the sabbath day." -- exodus 35:3 +. +Moses spoke to all the congregation of the sons of Israel, saying, "This is the thing which the LORD has commanded, saying, -- exodus 35:4 +. +'Take from among you a contribution to the LORD; whoever is of a willing heart, let him bring it as the LORD'S contribution: gold, silver, and bronze, -- exodus 35:5 +. +and blue, purple and scarlet material, fine linen, goats' hair, -- exodus 35:6 +. +and rams' skins dyed red, and porpoise skins, and acacia wood, -- exodus 35:7 +. +and oil for lighting, and spices for the anointing oil, and for the fragrant incense, -- exodus 35:8 +. +and onyx stones and setting stones for the ephod and for the breastpiece. -- exodus 35:9 +. +'Let every skillful man among you come, and make all that the LORD has commanded: -- exodus 35:10 +. +the tabernacle, its tent and its covering, its hooks and its boards, its bars, its pillars, and its sockets; -- exodus 35:11 +. +the ark and its poles, the mercy seat, and the curtain of the screen; -- exodus 35:12 +. +the table and its poles, and all its utensils, and the bread of the Presence; -- exodus 35:13 +. +the lampstand also for the light and its utensils and its lamps and the oil for the light; -- exodus 35:14 +. +and the altar of incense and its poles, and the anointing oil and the fragrant incense, and the screen for the doorway at the entrance of the tabernacle; -- exodus 35:15 +. +the altar of burnt offering with its bronze grating, its poles, and all its utensils, the basin and its stand; -- exodus 35:16 +. +the hangings of the court, its pillars and its sockets, and the screen for the gate of the court; -- exodus 35:17 +. +the pegs of the tabernacle and the pegs of the court and their cords; -- exodus 35:18 +. +the woven garments for ministering in the holy place, the holy garments for Aaron the priest and the garments of his sons, to minister as priests.'" -- exodus 35:19 +. +Then all the congregation of the sons of Israel departed from Moses' presence. -- exodus 35:20 +. +Everyone whose heart stirred him and everyone whose spirit moved him came and brought the LORD'S contribution for the work of the tent of meeting and for all its service and for the holy garments. -- exodus 35:21 +. +Then all whose hearts moved them, both men and women, came and brought brooches and earrings and signet rings and bracelets, all articles of gold; so did every man who presented an offering of gold to the LORD. -- exodus 35:22 +. +Every man, who had in his possession blue and purple and scarlet material and fine linen and goats' hair and rams' skins dyed red and porpoise skins, brought them. -- exodus 35:23 +. +Everyone who could make a contribution of silver and bronze brought the LORD'S contribution; and every man who had in his possession acacia wood for any work of the service brought it. -- exodus 35:24 +. +All the skilled women spun with their hands, and brought what they had spun, in blue and purple and scarlet material and in fine linen. -- exodus 35:25 +. +All the women whose heart stirred with a skill spun the goats' hair. -- exodus 35:26 +. +The rulers brought the onyx stones and the stones for setting for the ephod and for the breastpiece; -- exodus 35:27 +. +and the spice and the oil for the light and for the anointing oil and for the fragrant incense. -- exodus 35:28 +. +The Israelites, all the men and women, whose heart moved them to bring material for all the work, which the LORD had commanded through Moses to be done, brought a freewill offering to the LORD. -- exodus 35:29 +. +Then Moses said to the sons of Israel, "See, the LORD has called by name Bezalel the son of Uri, the son of Hur, of the tribe of Judah. -- exodus 35:30 +. +"And He has filled him with the Spirit of God, in wisdom, in understanding and in knowledge and in all craftsmanship; -- exodus 35:31 +. +to make designs for working in gold and in silver and in bronze, -- exodus 35:32 +. +and in the cutting of stones for settings and in the carving of wood, so as to perform in every inventive work. -- exodus 35:33 +. +"He also has put in his heart to teach, both he and Oholiab, the son of Ahisamach, of the tribe of Dan. -- exodus 35:34 +. +"He has filled them with skill to perform every work of an engraver and of a designer and of an embroiderer, in blue and in purple and in scarlet material, and in fine linen, and of a weaver, as performers of every work and makers of designs. -- exodus 35:35 +. +"Now Bezalel and Oholiab, and every skillful person in whom the LORD has put skill and understanding to know how to perform all the work in the construction of the sanctuary, shall perform in accordance with all that the LORD has commanded." -- exodus 36:1 +. +Then Moses called Bezalel and Oholiab and every skillful person in whom the LORD had put skill, everyone whose heart stirred him, to come to the work to perform it. -- exodus 36:2 +. +They received from Moses all the contributions which the sons of Israel had brought to perform the work in the construction of the sanctuary. And they still continued bringing to him freewill offerings every morning. -- exodus 36:3 +. +And all the skillful men who were performing all the work of the sanctuary came, each from the work which he was performing, -- exodus 36:4 +. +and they said to Moses, "The people are bringing much more than enough for the construction work which the LORD commanded us to perform." -- exodus 36:5 +. +So Moses issued a command, and a proclamation was circulated throughout the camp, saying, "Let no man or woman any longer perform work for the contributions of the sanctuary." Thus the people were restrained from bringing any more. -- exodus 36:6 +. +For the material they had was sufficient and more than enough for all the work, to perform it. -- exodus 36:7 +. +All the skillful men among those who were performing the work made the tabernacle with ten curtains; of fine twisted linen and blue and purple and scarlet material, with cherubim, the work of a skillful workman, Bezalel made them. -- exodus 36:8 +. +The length of each curtain was twenty-eight cubits and the width of each curtain four cubits; all the curtains had the same measurements. -- exodus 36:9 +. +He joined five curtains to one another and the other five curtains he joined to one another. -- exodus 36:10 +. +He made loops of blue on the edge of the outermost curtain in the first set; he did likewise on the edge of the curtain that was outermost in the second set. -- exodus 36:11 +. +He made fifty loops in the one curtain and he made fifty loops on the edge of the curtain that was in the second set; the loops were opposite each other. -- exodus 36:12 +. +He made fifty clasps of gold and joined the curtains to one another with the clasps, so the tabernacle was a unit. -- exodus 36:13 +. +Then he made curtains of goats' hair for a tent over the tabernacle; he made eleven curtains in all. -- exodus 36:14 +. +The length of each curtain was thirty cubits and four cubits the width of each curtain; the eleven curtains had the same measurements. -- exodus 36:15 +. +He joined five curtains by themselves and the other six curtains by themselves. -- exodus 36:16 +. +Moreover, he made fifty loops on the edge of the curtain that was outermost in the first set, and he made fifty loops on the edge of the curtain that was outermost in the second set. -- exodus 36:17 +. +He made fifty clasps of bronze to join the tent together so that it would be a unit. -- exodus 36:18 +. +He made a covering for the tent of rams' skins dyed red, and a covering of porpoise skins above. -- exodus 36:19 +. +Then he made the boards for the tabernacle of acacia wood, standing upright. -- exodus 36:20 +. +Ten cubits was the length of each board and one and a half cubits the width of each board. -- exodus 36:21 +. +There were two tenons for each board, fitted to one another; thus he did for all the boards of the tabernacle. -- exodus 36:22 +. +He made the boards for the tabernacle: twenty boards for the south side; -- exodus 36:23 +. +and he made forty sockets of silver under the twenty boards; two sockets under one board for its two tenons and two sockets under another board for its two tenons. -- exodus 36:24 +. +Then for the second side of the tabernacle, on the north side, he made twenty boards, -- exodus 36:25 +. +and their forty sockets of silver; two sockets under one board and two sockets under another board. -- exodus 36:26 +. +For the rear of the tabernacle, to the west, he made six boards. -- exodus 36:27 +. +He made two boards for the corners of the tabernacle at the rear. -- exodus 36:28 +. +They were double beneath, and together they were complete to its top to the first ring; thus he did with both of them for the two corners. -- exodus 36:29 +. +There were eight boards with their sockets of silver, sixteen sockets, two under every board. -- exodus 36:30 +. +Then he made bars of acacia wood, five for the boards of one side of the tabernacle, -- exodus 36:31 +. +and five bars for the boards of the other side of the tabernacle, and five bars for the boards of the tabernacle for the rear side to the west. -- exodus 36:32 +. +He made the middle bar to pass through in the center of the boards from end to end. -- exodus 36:33 +. +He overlaid the boards with gold and made their rings of gold as holders for the bars, and overlaid the bars with gold. -- exodus 36:34 +. +Moreover, he made the veil of blue and purple and scarlet material, and fine twisted linen; he made it with cherubim, the work of a skillful workman. -- exodus 36:35 +. +He made four pillars of acacia for it, and overlaid them with gold, with their hooks of gold; and he cast four sockets of silver for them. -- exodus 36:36 +. +He made a screen for the doorway of the tent, of blue and purple and scarlet material, and fine twisted linen, the work of a weaver; -- exodus 36:37 +. +and he made its five pillars with their hooks, and he overlaid their tops and their bands with gold; but their five sockets were of bronze. -- exodus 36:38 +. +Now Bezalel made the ark of acacia wood; its length was two and a half cubits, and its width one and a half cubits, and its height one and a half cubits; -- exodus 37:1 +. +and he overlaid it with pure gold inside and out, and made a gold molding for it all around. -- exodus 37:2 +. +He cast four rings of gold for it on its four feet; even two rings on one side of it, and two rings on the other side of it. -- exodus 37:3 +. +He made poles of acacia wood and overlaid them with gold. -- exodus 37:4 +. +He put the poles into the rings on the sides of the ark, to carry it. -- exodus 37:5 +. +He made a mercy seat of pure gold, two and a half cubits long and one and a half cubits wide. -- exodus 37:6 +. +He made two cherubim of gold; he made them of hammered work at the two ends of the mercy seat; -- exodus 37:7 +. +one cherub at the one end and one cherub at the other end; he made the cherubim of one piece with the mercy seat at the two ends. -- exodus 37:8 +. +The cherubim had their wings spread upward, covering the mercy seat with their wings, with their faces toward each other; the faces of the cherubim were toward the mercy seat. -- exodus 37:9 +. +Then he made the table of acacia wood, two cubits long and a cubit wide and one and a half cubits high. -- exodus 37:10 +. +He overlaid it with pure gold, and made a gold molding for it all around. -- exodus 37:11 +. +He made a rim for it of a handbreadth all around, and made a gold molding for its rim all around. -- exodus 37:12 +. +He cast four gold rings for it and put the rings on the four corners that were on its four feet. -- exodus 37:13 +. +Close by the rim were the rings, the holders for the poles to carry the table. -- exodus 37:14 +. +He made the poles of acacia wood and overlaid them with gold, to carry the table. -- exodus 37:15 +. +He made the utensils which were on the table, its dishes and its pans and its bowls and its jars, with which to pour out drink offerings, of pure gold. -- exodus 37:16 +. +Then he made the lampstand of pure gold. He made the lampstand of hammered work, its base and its shaft; its cups, its bulbs and its flowers were of one piece with it. -- exodus 37:17 +. +There were six branches going out of its sides; three branches of the lampstand from the one side of it and three branches of the lampstand from the other side of it; -- exodus 37:18 +. +three cups shaped like almond blossoms, a bulb and a flower in one branch, and three cups shaped like almond blossoms, a bulb and a flower in the other branch--so for the six branches going out of the lampstand. -- exodus 37:19 +. +In the lampstand there were four cups shaped like almond blossoms, its bulbs and its flowers; -- exodus 37:20 +. +and a bulb was under the first pair of branches coming out of it, and a bulb under the second pair of branches coming out of it, and a bulb under the third pair of branches coming out of it, for the six branches coming out of the lampstand. -- exodus 37:21 +. +Their bulbs and their branches were of one piece with it; the whole of it was a single hammered work of pure gold. -- exodus 37:22 +. +He made its seven lamps with its snuffers and its trays of pure gold. -- exodus 37:23 +. +He made it and all its utensils from a talent of pure gold. -- exodus 37:24 +. +Then he made the altar of incense of acacia wood: a cubit long and a cubit wide, square, and two cubits high; its horns were of one piece with it. -- exodus 37:25 +. +He overlaid it with pure gold, its top and its sides all around, and its horns; and he made a gold molding for it all around. -- exodus 37:26 +. +He made two golden rings for it under its molding, on its two sides--on opposite sides--as holders for poles with which to carry it. -- exodus 37:27 +. +He made the poles of acacia wood and overlaid them with gold. -- exodus 37:28 +. +And he made the holy anointing oil and the pure, fragrant incense of spices, the work of a perfumer. -- exodus 37:29 +. +Then he made the altar of burnt offering of acacia wood, five cubits long, and five cubits wide, square, and three cubits high. -- exodus 38:1 +. +He made its horns on its four corners, its horns being of one piece with it, and he overlaid it with bronze. -- exodus 38:2 +. +He made all the utensils of the altar, the pails and the shovels and the basins, the flesh hooks and the firepans; he made all its utensils of bronze. -- exodus 38:3 +. +He made for the altar a grating of bronze network beneath, under its ledge, reaching halfway up. -- exodus 38:4 +. +He cast four rings on the four ends of the bronze grating as holders for the poles. -- exodus 38:5 +. +He made the poles of acacia wood and overlaid them with bronze. -- exodus 38:6 +. +He inserted the poles into the rings on the sides of the altar, with which to carry it. He made it hollow with planks. -- exodus 38:7 +. +Moreover, he made the laver of bronze with its base of bronze, from the mirrors of the serving women who served at the doorway of the tent of meeting. -- exodus 38:8 +. +Then he made the court: for the south side the hangings of the court were of fine twisted linen, one hundred cubits; -- exodus 38:9 +. +their twenty pillars, and their twenty sockets, made of bronze; the hooks of the pillars and their bands were of silver. -- exodus 38:10 +. +For the north side there were one hundred cubits; their twenty pillars and their twenty sockets were of bronze, the hooks of the pillars and their bands were of silver. -- exodus 38:11 +. +For the west side there were hangings of fifty cubits with their ten pillars and their ten sockets; the hooks of the pillars and their bands were of silver. -- exodus 38:12 +. +For the east side fifty cubits. -- exodus 38:13 +. +The hangings for the one side of the gate were fifteen cubits, with their three pillars and their three sockets, -- exodus 38:14 +. +and so for the other side. On both sides of the gate of the court were hangings of fifteen cubits, with their three pillars and their three sockets. -- exodus 38:15 +. +All the hangings of the court all around were of fine twisted linen. -- exodus 38:16 +. +The sockets for the pillars were of bronze, the hooks of the pillars and their bands, of silver; and the overlaying of their tops, of silver, and all the pillars of the court were furnished with silver bands. -- exodus 38:17 +. +The screen of the gate of the court was the work of the weaver, of blue and purple and scarlet material and fine twisted linen. And the length was twenty cubits and the height was five cubits, corresponding to the hangings of the court. -- exodus 38:18 +. +Their four pillars and their four sockets were of bronze; their hooks were of silver, and the overlaying of their tops and their bands were of silver. -- exodus 38:19 +. +All the pegs of the tabernacle and of the court all around were of bronze. -- exodus 38:20 +. +This is the number of the things for the tabernacle, the tabernacle of the testimony, as they were numbered according to the command of Moses, for the service of the Levites, by the hand of Ithamar the son of Aaron the priest. -- exodus 38:21 +. +Now Bezalel the son of Uri, the son of Hur, of the tribe of Judah, made all that the LORD had commanded Moses. -- exodus 38:22 +. +With him was Oholiab the son of Ahisamach, of the tribe of Dan, an engraver and a skillful workman and a weaver in blue and in purple and in scarlet material, and fine linen. -- exodus 38:23 +. +All the gold that was used for the work, in all the work of the sanctuary, even the gold of the wave offering, was talents and 730 shekels, according to the shekel of the sanctuary. -- exodus 38:24 +. +The silver of those of the congregation who were numbered was talents and 1,775 shekels, according to the shekel of the sanctuary; -- exodus 38:25 +. +a beka a head (that is, half a shekel according to the shekel of the sanctuary), for each one who passed over to those who were numbered, from twenty years old and upward, for 603,men. -- exodus 38:26 +. +The hundred talents of silver were for casting the sockets of the sanctuary and the sockets of the veil; one hundred sockets for the hundred talents, a talent for a socket. -- exodus 38:27 +. +Of the 1,shekels, he made hooks for the pillars and overlaid their tops and made bands for them. -- exodus 38:28 +. +The bronze of the wave offering was talents and 2,400 shekels. -- exodus 38:29 +. +With it he made the sockets to the doorway of the tent of meeting, and the bronze altar and its bronze grating, and all the utensils of the altar, -- exodus 38:30 +. +and the sockets of the court all around and the sockets of the gate of the court, and all the pegs of the tabernacle and all the pegs of the court all around. -- exodus 38:31 +. +Moreover, from the blue and purple and scarlet material, they made finely woven garments for ministering in the holy place as well as the holy garments which were for Aaron, just as the LORD had commanded Moses. -- exodus 39:1 +. +He made the ephod of gold, and of blue and purple and scarlet material, and fine twisted linen. -- exodus 39:2 +. +Then they hammered out gold sheets and cut them into threads to be woven in with the blue and the purple and the scarlet material, and the fine linen, the work of a skillful workman. -- exodus 39:3 +. +They made attaching shoulder pieces for the ephod; it was attached at its two upper ends. -- exodus 39:4 +. +The skillfully woven band which was on it was like its workmanship, of the same material: of gold and of blue and purple and scarlet material, and fine twisted linen, just as the LORD had commanded Moses. -- exodus 39:5 +. +They made the onyx stones, set in gold filigree settings; they were engraved like the engravings of a signet, according to the names of the sons of Israel. -- exodus 39:6 +. +And he placed them on the shoulder pieces of the ephod, as memorial stones for the sons of Israel, just as the LORD had commanded Moses. -- exodus 39:7 +. +He made the breastpiece, the work of a skillful workman, like the workmanship of the ephod: of gold and of blue and purple and scarlet material and fine twisted linen. -- exodus 39:8 +. +It was square; they made the breastpiece folded double, a span long and a span wide when folded double. -- exodus 39:9 +. +And they mounted four rows of stones on it. The first row was a row of ruby, topaz, and emerald; -- exodus 39:10 +. +and the second row, a turquoise, a sapphire and a diamond; -- exodus 39:11 +. +and the third row, a jacinth, an agate, and an amethyst; -- exodus 39:12 +. +and the fourth row, a beryl, an onyx, and a jasper. They were set in gold filigree settings when they were mounted. -- exodus 39:13 +. +The stones were corresponding to the names of the sons of Israel; they were twelve, corresponding to their names, engraved with the engravings of a signet, each with its name for the twelve tribes. -- exodus 39:14 +. +They made on the breastpiece chains like cords, of twisted cordage work in pure gold. -- exodus 39:15 +. +They made two gold filigree settings and two gold rings, and put the two rings on the two ends of the breastpiece. -- exodus 39:16 +. +Then they put the two gold cords in the two rings at the ends of the breastpiece. -- exodus 39:17 +. +They put the other two ends of the two cords on the two filigree settings, and put them on the shoulder pieces of the ephod at the front of it. -- exodus 39:18 +. +They made two gold rings and placed them on the two ends of the breastpiece, on its inner edge which was next to the ephod. -- exodus 39:19 +. +Furthermore, they made two gold rings and placed them on the bottom of the two shoulder pieces of the ephod, on the front of it, close to the place where it joined, above the woven band of the ephod. -- exodus 39:20 +. +They bound the breastpiece by its rings to the rings of the ephod with a blue cord, so that it would be on the woven band of the ephod, and that the breastpiece would not come loose from the ephod, just as the LORD had commanded Moses. -- exodus 39:21 +. +Then he made the robe of the ephod of woven work, all of blue; -- exodus 39:22 +. +and the opening of the robe was at the top in the center, as the opening of a coat of mail, with a binding all around its opening, so that it would not be torn. -- exodus 39:23 +. +They made pomegranates of blue and purple and scarlet material and twisted linen on the hem of the robe. -- exodus 39:24 +. +They also made bells of pure gold, and put the bells between the pomegranates all around on the hem of the robe, -- exodus 39:25 +. +alternating a bell and a pomegranate all around on the hem of the robe for the service, just as the LORD had commanded Moses. -- exodus 39:26 +. +They made the tunics of finely woven linen for Aaron and his sons, -- exodus 39:27 +. +and the turban of fine linen, and the decorated caps of fine linen, and the linen breeches of fine twisted linen, -- exodus 39:28 +. +and the sash of fine twisted linen, and blue and purple and scarlet material, the work of the weaver, just as the LORD had commanded Moses. -- exodus 39:29 +. +They made the plate of the holy crown of pure gold, and inscribed it like the engravings of a signet, "Holy to the LORD." -- exodus 39:30 +. +They fastened a blue cord to it, to fasten it on the turban above, just as the LORD had commanded Moses. -- exodus 39:31 +. +Thus all the work of the tabernacle of the tent of meeting was completed; and the sons of Israel did according to all that the LORD had commanded Moses; so they did. -- exodus 39:32 +. +They brought the tabernacle to Moses, the tent and all its furnishings: its clasps, its boards, its bars, and its pillars and its sockets; -- exodus 39:33 +. +and the covering of rams' skins dyed red, and the covering of porpoise skins, and the screening veil; -- exodus 39:34 +. +the ark of the testimony and its poles and the mercy seat; -- exodus 39:35 +. +the table, all its utensils, and the bread of the Presence; -- exodus 39:36 +. +the pure gold lampstand, with its arrangement of lamps and all its utensils, and the oil for the light; -- exodus 39:37 +. +and the gold altar, and the anointing oil and the fragrant incense, and the veil for the doorway of the tent; -- exodus 39:38 +. +the bronze altar and its bronze grating, its poles and all its utensils, the laver and its stand; -- exodus 39:39 +. +the hangings for the court, its pillars and its sockets, and the screen for the gate of the court, its cords and its pegs and all the equipment for the service of the tabernacle, for the tent of meeting; -- exodus 39:40 +. +the woven garments for ministering in the holy place and the holy garments for Aaron the priest and the garments of his sons, to minister as priests. -- exodus 39:41 +. +So the sons of Israel did all the work according to all that the LORD had commanded Moses. -- exodus 39:42 +. +And Moses examined all the work and behold, they had done it; just as the LORD had commanded, this they had done. So Moses blessed them. -- exodus 39:43 +. +Then the LORD spoke to Moses, saying, -- exodus 40:1 +. +"On the first day of the first month you shall set up the tabernacle of the tent of meeting. -- exodus 40:2 +. +"You shall place the ark of the testimony there, and you shall screen the ark with the veil. -- exodus 40:3 +. +"You shall bring in the table and arrange what belongs on it; and you shall bring in the lampstand and mount its lamps. -- exodus 40:4 +. +"Moreover, you shall set the gold altar of incense before the ark of the testimony, and set up the veil for the doorway to the tabernacle. -- exodus 40:5 +. +"You shall set the altar of burnt offering in front of the doorway of the tabernacle of the tent of meeting. -- exodus 40:6 +. +"You shall set the laver between the tent of meeting and the altar and put water in it. -- exodus 40:7 +. +"You shall set up the court all around and hang up the veil for the gateway of the court. -- exodus 40:8 +. +"Then you shall take the anointing oil and anoint the tabernacle and all that is in it, and shall consecrate it and all its furnishings; and it shall be holy. -- exodus 40:9 +. +"You shall anoint the altar of burnt offering and all its utensils, and consecrate the altar, and the altar shall be most holy. -- exodus 40:10 +. +"You shall anoint the laver and its stand, and consecrate it. -- exodus 40:11 +. +"Then you shall bring Aaron and his sons to the doorway of the tent of meeting and wash them with water. -- exodus 40:12 +. +"You shall put the holy garments on Aaron and anoint him and consecrate him, that he may minister as a priest to Me. -- exodus 40:13 +. +"You shall bring his sons and put tunics on them; -- exodus 40:14 +. +and you shall anoint them even as you have anointed their father, that they may minister as priests to Me; and their anointing will qualify them for a perpetual priesthood throughout their generations." -- exodus 40:15 +. +Thus Moses did; according to all that the LORD had commanded him, so he did. -- exodus 40:16 +. +Now in the first month of the second year, on the first day of the month, the tabernacle was erected. -- exodus 40:17 +. +Moses erected the tabernacle and laid its sockets, and set up its boards, and inserted its bars and erected its pillars. -- exodus 40:18 +. +He spread the tent over the tabernacle and put the covering of the tent on top of it, just as the LORD had commanded Moses. -- exodus 40:19 +. +Then he took the testimony and put it into the ark, and attached the poles to the ark, and put the mercy seat on top of the ark. -- exodus 40:20 +. +He brought the ark into the tabernacle, and set up a veil for the screen, and screened off the ark of the testimony, just as the LORD had commanded Moses. -- exodus 40:21 +. +Then he put the table in the tent of meeting on the north side of the tabernacle, outside the veil. -- exodus 40:22 +. +He set the arrangement of bread in order on it before the LORD, just as the LORD had commanded Moses. -- exodus 40:23 +. +Then he placed the lampstand in the tent of meeting, opposite the table, on the south side of the tabernacle. -- exodus 40:24 +. +He lighted the lamps before the LORD, just as the LORD had commanded Moses. -- exodus 40:25 +. +Then he placed the gold altar in the tent of meeting in front of the veil; -- exodus 40:26 +. +and he burned fragrant incense on it, just as the LORD had commanded Moses. -- exodus 40:27 +. +Then he set up the veil for the doorway of the tabernacle. -- exodus 40:28 +. +He set the altar of burnt offering before the doorway of the tabernacle of the tent of meeting, and offered on it the burnt offering and the meal offering, just as the LORD had commanded Moses. -- exodus 40:29 +. +He placed the laver between the tent of meeting and the altar and put water in it for washing. -- exodus 40:30 +. +From it Moses and Aaron and his sons washed their hands and their feet. -- exodus 40:31 +. +When they entered the tent of meeting, and when they approached the altar, they washed, just as the LORD had commanded Moses. -- exodus 40:32 +. +He erected the court all around the tabernacle and the altar, and hung up the veil for the gateway of the court. Thus Moses finished the work. -- exodus 40:33 +. +Then the cloud covered the tent of meeting, and the glory of the LORD filled the tabernacle. -- exodus 40:34 +. +Moses was not able to enter the tent of meeting because the cloud had settled on it, and the glory of the LORD filled the tabernacle. -- exodus 40:35 +. +Throughout all their journeys whenever the cloud was taken up from over the tabernacle, the sons of Israel would set out; -- exodus 40:36 +. +but if the cloud was not taken up, then they did not set out until the day when it was taken up. -- exodus 40:37 +. +For throughout all their journeys, the cloud of the LORD was on the tabernacle by day, and there was fire in it by night, in the sight of all the house of Israel. -- exodus 40:38 +. +Then the LORD called to Moses and spoke to him from the tent of meeting, saying, -- leviticus 1:1 +. +"Speak to the sons of Israel and say to them, 'When any man of you brings an offering to the LORD, you shall bring your offering of animals from the herd or the flock. -- leviticus 1:2 +. +'If his offering is a burnt offering from the herd, he shall offer it, a male without defect; he shall offer it at the doorway of the tent of meeting, that he may be accepted before the LORD. -- leviticus 1:3 +. +'He shall lay his hand on the head of the burnt offering, that it may be accepted for him to make atonement on his behalf. -- leviticus 1:4 +. +'He shall slay the young bull before the LORD; and Aaron's sons the priests shall offer up the blood and sprinkle the blood around on the altar that is at the doorway of the tent of meeting. -- leviticus 1:5 +. +'He shall then skin the burnt offering and cut it into its pieces. -- leviticus 1:6 +. +'The sons of Aaron the priest shall put fire on the altar and arrange wood on the fire. -- leviticus 1:7 +. +'Then Aaron's sons the priests shall arrange the pieces, the head and the suet over the wood which is on the fire that is on the altar. -- leviticus 1:8 +. +'Its entrails, however, and its legs he shall wash with water. And the priest shall offer up in smoke all of it on the altar for a burnt offering, an offering by fire of a soothing aroma to the LORD. -- leviticus 1:9 +. +'But if his offering is from the flock, of the sheep or of the goats, for a burnt offering, he shall offer it a male without defect. -- leviticus 1:10 +. +'He shall slay it on the side of the altar northward before the LORD, and Aaron's sons the priests shall sprinkle its blood around on the altar. -- leviticus 1:11 +. +'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. -- leviticus 1:12 +. +'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. -- leviticus 1:13 +. +'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. -- leviticus 1:14 +. +'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. -- leviticus 1:15 +. +'He shall also take away its crop with its feathers and cast it beside the altar eastward, to the place of the ashes. -- leviticus 1:16 +. +'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. -- leviticus 1:17 +. +'Now when anyone presents a grain offering as an offering to the LORD, his offering shall be of fine flour, and he shall pour oil on it and put frankincense on it. -- leviticus 2:1 +. +'He shall then bring it to Aaron's sons the priests; and shall take from it his handful of its fine flour and of its oil with all of its frankincense. And the priest shall offer it up in smoke as its memorial portion on the altar, an offering by fire of a soothing aroma to the LORD. -- leviticus 2:2 +. +'The remainder of the grain offering belongs to Aaron and his sons: a thing most holy, of the offerings to the LORD by fire. -- leviticus 2:3 +. +'Now when you bring an offering of a grain offering baked in an oven, it shall be unleavened cakes of fine flour mixed with oil, or unleavened wafers spread with oil. -- leviticus 2:4 +. +'If your offering is a grain offering made on the griddle, it shall be of fine flour, unleavened, mixed with oil; -- leviticus 2:5 +. +you shall break it into bits and pour oil on it; it is a grain offering. -- leviticus 2:6 +. +'Now if your offering is a grain offering made in a pan, it shall be made of fine flour with oil. -- leviticus 2:7 +. +'When you bring in the grain offering which is made of these things to the LORD, it shall be presented to the priest and he shall bring it to the altar. -- leviticus 2:8 +. +'The priest then shall take up from the grain offering its memorial portion, and shall offer it up in smoke on the altar as an offering by fire of a soothing aroma to the LORD. -- leviticus 2:9 +. +'The remainder of the grain offering belongs to Aaron and his sons: a thing most holy of the offerings to the LORD by fire. -- leviticus 2:10 +. +'No grain offering, which you bring to the LORD, shall be made with leaven, for you shall not offer up in smoke any leaven or any honey as an offering by fire to the LORD. -- leviticus 2:11 +. +'As an offering of first fruits you shall bring them to the LORD, but they shall not ascend for a soothing aroma on the altar. -- leviticus 2:12 +. +'Every grain offering of yours, moreover, you shall season with salt, so that the salt of the covenant of your God shall not be lacking from your grain offering; with all your offerings you shall offer salt. -- leviticus 2:13 +. +'Also if you bring a grain offering of early ripened things to the LORD, you shall bring fresh heads of grain roasted in the fire, grits of new growth, for the grain offering of your early ripened things. -- leviticus 2:14 +. +'You shall then put oil on it and lay incense on it; it is a grain offering. -- leviticus 2:15 +. +'The priest shall offer up in smoke its memorial portion, part of its grits and its oil with all its incense as an offering by fire to the LORD. -- leviticus 2:16 +. +'Now if his offering is a sacrifice of peace offerings, if he is going to offer out of the herd, whether male or female, he shall offer it without defect before the LORD. -- leviticus 3:1 +. +'He shall lay his hand on the head of his offering and slay it at the doorway of the tent of meeting, and Aaron's sons the priests shall sprinkle the blood around on the altar. -- leviticus 3:2 +. +'From the sacrifice of the peace offerings he shall present an offering by fire to the LORD, the fat that covers the entrails and all the fat that is on the entrails, -- leviticus 3:3 +. +and the two kidneys with the fat that is on them, which is on the loins, and the lobe of the liver, which he shall remove with the kidneys. -- leviticus 3:4 +. +'Then Aaron's sons shall offer it up in smoke on the altar on the burnt offering, which is on the wood that is on the fire; it is an offering by fire of a soothing aroma to the LORD. -- leviticus 3:5 +. +'But if his offering for a sacrifice of peace offerings to the LORD is from the flock, he shall offer it, male or female, without defect. -- leviticus 3:6 +. +'If he is going to offer a lamb for his offering, then he shall offer it before the LORD, -- leviticus 3:7 +. +and he shall lay his hand on the head of his offering and slay it before the tent of meeting, and Aaron's sons shall sprinkle its blood around on the altar. -- leviticus 3:8 +. +'From the sacrifice of peace offerings he shall bring as an offering by fire to the LORD, its fat, the entire fat tail which he shall remove close to the backbone, and the fat that covers the entrails and all the fat that is on the entrails, -- leviticus 3:9 +. +and the two kidneys with the fat that is on them, which is on the loins, and the lobe of the liver, which he shall remove with the kidneys. -- leviticus 3:10 +. +'Then the priest shall offer it up in smoke on the altar as food, an offering by fire to the LORD. -- leviticus 3:11 +. +'Moreover, if his offering is a goat, then he shall offer it before the LORD, -- leviticus 3:12 +. +and he shall lay his hand on its head and slay it before the tent of meeting, and the sons of Aaron shall sprinkle its blood around on the altar. -- leviticus 3:13 +. +'From it he shall present his offering as an offering by fire to the LORD, the fat that covers the entrails and all the fat that is on the entrails, -- leviticus 3:14 +. +and the two kidneys with the fat that is on them, which is on the loins, and the lobe of the liver, which he shall remove with the kidneys. -- leviticus 3:15 +. +'The priest shall offer them up in smoke on the altar as food, an offering by fire for a soothing aroma; all fat is the LORD'S. -- leviticus 3:16 +. +'It is a perpetual statute throughout your generations in all your dwellings: you shall not eat any fat or any blood.'" -- leviticus 3:17 +. +Then the LORD spoke to Moses, saying, -- leviticus 4:1 +. +"Speak to the sons of Israel, saying, 'If a person sins unintentionally in any of the things which the LORD has commanded not to be done, and commits any of them, -- leviticus 4:2 +. +if the anointed priest sins so as to bring guilt on the people, then let him offer to the LORD a bull without defect as a sin offering for the sin he has committed. -- leviticus 4:3 +. +'He shall bring the bull to the doorway of the tent of meeting before the LORD, and he shall lay his hand on the head of the bull and slay the bull before the LORD. -- leviticus 4:4 +. +'Then the anointed priest is to take some of the blood of the bull and bring it to the tent of meeting, -- leviticus 4:5 +. +and the priest shall dip his finger in the blood and sprinkle some of the blood seven times before the LORD, in front of the veil of the sanctuary. -- leviticus 4:6 +. +'The priest shall also put some of the blood on the horns of the altar of fragrant incense which is before the LORD in the tent of meeting; and all the blood of the bull he shall pour out at the base of the altar of burnt offering which is at the doorway of the tent of meeting. -- leviticus 4:7 +. +'He shall remove from it all the fat of the bull of the sin offering: the fat that covers the entrails, and all the fat which is on the entrails, -- leviticus 4:8 +. +and the two kidneys with the fat that is on them, which is on the loins, and the lobe of the liver, which he shall remove with the kidneys -- leviticus 4:9 +. +(just as it is removed from the ox of the sacrifice of peace offerings), and the priest is to offer them up in smoke on the altar of burnt offering. -- leviticus 4:10 +. +'But the hide of the bull and all its flesh with its head and its legs and its entrails and its refuse, -- leviticus 4:11 +. +that is, all the rest of the bull, he is to bring out to a clean place outside the camp where the ashes are poured out, and burn it on wood with fire; where the ashes are poured out it shall be burned. -- leviticus 4:12 +. +'Now if the whole congregation of Israel commits error and the matter escapes the notice of the assembly, and they commit any of the things which the LORD has commanded not to be done, and they become guilty; -- leviticus 4:13 +. +when the sin which they have committed becomes known, then the assembly shall offer a bull of the herd for a sin offering and bring it before the tent of meeting. -- leviticus 4:14 +. +'Then the elders of the congregation shall lay their hands on the head of the bull before the LORD, and the bull shall be slain before the LORD. -- leviticus 4:15 +. +'Then the anointed priest is to bring some of the blood of the bull to the tent of meeting; -- leviticus 4:16 +. +and the priest shall dip his finger in the blood and sprinkle it seven times before the LORD, in front of the veil. -- leviticus 4:17 +. +'He shall put some of the blood on the horns of the altar which is before the LORD in the tent of meeting; and all the blood he shall pour out at the base of the altar of burnt offering which is at the doorway of the tent of meeting. -- leviticus 4:18 +. +'He shall remove all its fat from it and offer it up in smoke on the altar. -- leviticus 4:19 +. +'He shall also do with the bull just as he did with the bull of the sin offering; thus he shall do with it. So the priest shall make atonement for them, and they will be forgiven. -- leviticus 4:20 +. +'Then he is to bring out the bull to a place outside the camp and burn it as he burned the first bull; it is the sin offering for the assembly. -- leviticus 4:21 +. +'When a leader sins and unintentionally does any one of all the things which the LORD his God has commanded not to be done, and he becomes guilty, -- leviticus 4:22 +. +if his sin which he has committed is made known to him, he shall bring for his offering a goat, a male without defect. -- leviticus 4:23 +. +'He shall lay his hand on the head of the male goat and slay it in the place where they slay the burnt offering before the LORD; it is a sin offering. -- leviticus 4:24 +. +'Then the priest is to take some of the blood of the sin offering with his finger and put it on the horns of the altar of burnt offering; and the rest of its blood he shall pour out at the base of the altar of burnt offering. -- leviticus 4:25 +. +'All its fat he shall offer up in smoke on the altar as in the case of the fat of the sacrifice of peace offerings. Thus the priest shall make atonement for him in regard to his sin, and he will be forgiven. -- leviticus 4:26 +. +'Now if anyone of the common people sins unintentionally in doing any of the things which the LORD has commanded not to be done, and becomes guilty, -- leviticus 4:27 +. +if his sin which he has committed is made known to him, then he shall bring for his offering a goat, a female without defect, for his sin which he has committed. -- leviticus 4:28 +. +'He shall lay his hand on the head of the sin offering and slay the sin offering at the place of the burnt offering. -- leviticus 4:29 +. +'The priest shall take some of its blood with his finger and put it on the horns of the altar of burnt offering; and all the rest of its blood he shall pour out at the base of the altar. -- leviticus 4:30 +. +'Then he shall remove all its fat, just as the fat was removed from the sacrifice of peace offerings; and the priest shall offer it up in smoke on the altar for a soothing aroma to the LORD. Thus the priest shall make atonement for him, and he will be forgiven. -- leviticus 4:31 +. +'But if he brings a lamb as his offering for a sin offering, he shall bring it, a female without defect. -- leviticus 4:32 +. +'He shall lay his hand on the head of the sin offering and slay it for a sin offering in the place where they slay the burnt offering. -- leviticus 4:33 +. +'The priest is to take some of the blood of the sin offering with his finger and put it on the horns of the altar of burnt offering, and all the rest of its blood he shall pour out at the base of the altar. -- leviticus 4:34 +. +'Then he shall remove all its fat, just as the fat of the lamb is removed from the sacrifice of the peace offerings, and the priest shall offer them up in smoke on the altar, on the offerings by fire to the LORD. Thus the priest shall make atonement for him in regard to his sin which he has committed, and he will be forgiven. -- leviticus 4:35 +. +'Now if a person sins after he hears a public adjuration to testify when he is a witness, whether he has seen or otherwise known, if he does not tell it, then he will bear his guilt. -- leviticus 5:1 +. +'Or if a person touches any unclean thing, whether a carcass of an unclean beast or the carcass of unclean cattle or a carcass of unclean swarming things, though it is hidden from him and he is unclean, then he will be guilty. -- leviticus 5:2 +. +'Or if he touches human uncleanness, of whatever sort his uncleanness may be with which he becomes unclean, and it is hidden from him, and then he comes to know it, he will be guilty. -- leviticus 5:3 +. +'Or if a person swears thoughtlessly with his lips to do evil or to do good, in whatever matter a man may speak thoughtlessly with an oath, and it is hidden from him, and then he comes to know it, he will be guilty in one of these. -- leviticus 5:4 +. +'So it shall be when he becomes guilty in one of these, that he shall confess that in which he has sinned. -- leviticus 5:5 +. +'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. -- leviticus 5:6 +. +'But if he cannot afford a lamb, then he shall bring to the LORD his guilt offering for that in which he has sinned, two turtledoves or two young pigeons, one for a sin offering and the other for a burnt offering. -- leviticus 5:7 +. +'He shall bring them to the priest, who shall offer first that which is for the sin offering and shall nip its head at the front of its neck, but he shall not sever it. -- leviticus 5:8 +. +'He shall also sprinkle some of the blood of the sin offering on the side of the altar, while the rest of the blood shall be drained out at the base of the altar: it is a sin offering. -- leviticus 5:9 +. +'The second he shall then prepare as a burnt offering according to the ordinance. So the priest shall make atonement on his behalf for his sin which he has committed, and it will be forgiven him. -- leviticus 5:10 +. +'But if his means are insufficient for two turtledoves or two young pigeons, then for his offering for that which he has sinned, he shall bring the tenth of an ephah of fine flour for a sin offering; he shall not put oil on it or place incense on it, for it is a sin offering. -- leviticus 5:11 +. +'He shall bring it to the priest, and the priest shall take his handful of it as its memorial portion and offer it up in smoke on the altar, with the offerings of the LORD by fire: it is a sin offering. -- leviticus 5:12 +. +'So the priest shall make atonement for him concerning his sin which he has committed from one of these, and it will be forgiven him; then the rest shall become the priest's, like the grain offering.'" -- leviticus 5:13 +. +Then the LORD spoke to Moses, saying, -- leviticus 5:14 +. +"If a person acts unfaithfully and sins unintentionally against the LORD'S holy things, then he shall bring his guilt offering to the LORD: a ram without defect from the flock, according to your valuation in silver by shekels, in terms of the shekel of the sanctuary, for a guilt offering. -- leviticus 5:15 +. +"He shall make restitution for that which he has sinned against the holy thing, and shall add to it a fifth part of it and give it to the priest. The priest shall then make atonement for him with the ram of the guilt offering, and it will be forgiven him. -- leviticus 5:16 +. +"Now if a person sins and does any of the things which the LORD has commanded not to be done, though he was unaware, still he is guilty and shall bear his punishment. -- leviticus 5:17 +. +"He is then to bring to the priest a ram without defect from the flock, according to your valuation, for a guilt offering. So the priest shall make atonement for him concerning his error in which he sinned unintentionally and did not know it, and it will be forgiven him. -- leviticus 5:18 +. +"It is a guilt offering; he was certainly guilty before the LORD." -- leviticus 5:19 +. +Then the LORD spoke to Moses, saying, -- leviticus 6:1 +. +"When a person sins and acts unfaithfully against the LORD, and deceives his companion in regard to a deposit or a security entrusted to him, or through robbery, or if he has extorted from his companion, -- leviticus 6:2 +. +or has found what was lost and lied about it and sworn falsely, so that he sins in regard to any one of the things a man may do; -- leviticus 6:3 +. +then it shall be, when he sins and becomes guilty, that he shall restore what he took by robbery or what he got by extortion, or the deposit which was entrusted to him or the lost thing which he found, -- leviticus 6:4 +. +or anything about which he swore falsely; he shall make restitution for it in full and add to it one-fifth more. He shall give it to the one to whom it belongs on the day he presents his guilt offering. -- leviticus 6:5 +. +"Then he shall bring to the priest his guilt offering to the LORD, a ram without defect from the flock, according to your valuation, for a guilt offering, -- leviticus 6:6 +. +and the priest shall make atonement for him before the LORD, and he will be forgiven for any one of the things which he may have done to incur guilt." -- leviticus 6:7 +. +Then the LORD spoke to Moses, saying, -- leviticus 6:8 +. +"Command Aaron and his sons, saying, 'This is the law for the burnt offering: the burnt offering itself shall remain on the hearth on the altar all night until the morning, and the fire on the altar is to be kept burning on it. -- leviticus 6:9 +. +'The priest is to put on his linen robe, and he shall put on undergarments next to his flesh; and he shall take up the ashes to which the fire reduces the burnt offering on the altar and place them beside the altar. -- leviticus 6:10 +. +'Then he shall take off his garments and put on other garments, and carry the ashes outside the camp to a clean place. -- leviticus 6:11 +. +'The fire on the altar shall be kept burning on it. It shall not go out, but the priest shall burn wood on it every morning; and he shall lay out the burnt offering on it, and offer up in smoke the fat portions of the peace offerings on it. -- leviticus 6:12 +. +'Fire shall be kept burning continually on the altar; it is not to go out. -- leviticus 6:13 +. +'Now this is the law of the grain offering: the sons of Aaron shall present it before the LORD in front of the altar. -- leviticus 6:14 +. +'Then one of them shall lift up from it a handful of the fine flour of the grain offering, with its oil and all the incense that is on the grain offering, and he shall offer it up in smoke on the altar, a soothing aroma, as its memorial offering to the LORD. -- leviticus 6:15 +. +'What is left of it Aaron and his sons are to eat. It shall be eaten as unleavened cakes in a holy place; they are to eat it in the court of the tent of meeting. -- leviticus 6:16 +. +'It shall not be baked with leaven. I have given it as their share from My offerings by fire; it is most holy, like the sin offering and the guilt offering. -- leviticus 6:17 +. +'Every male among the sons of Aaron may eat it; it is a permanent ordinance throughout your generations, from the offerings by fire to the LORD. Whoever touches them will become consecrated.'" -- leviticus 6:18 +. +Then the LORD spoke to Moses, saying, -- leviticus 6:19 +. +"This is the offering which Aaron and his sons are to present to the LORD on the day when he is anointed; the tenth of an ephah of fine flour as a regular grain offering, half of it in the morning and half of it in the evening. -- leviticus 6:20 +. +"It shall be prepared with oil on a griddle. When it is well stirred, you shall bring it. You shall present the grain offering in baked pieces as a soothing aroma to the LORD. -- leviticus 6:21 +. +"The anointed priest who will be in his place among his sons shall offer it. By a permanent ordinance it shall be entirely offered up in smoke to the LORD. -- leviticus 6:22 +. +"So every grain offering of the priest shall be burned entirely. It shall not be eaten." -- leviticus 6:23 +. +Then the LORD spoke to Moses, saying, -- leviticus 6:24 +. +"Speak to Aaron and to his sons, saying, 'This is the law of the sin offering: in the place where the burnt offering is slain the sin offering shall be slain before the LORD; it is most holy. -- leviticus 6:25 +. +'The priest who offers it for sin shall eat it. It shall be eaten in a holy place, in the court of the tent of meeting. -- leviticus 6:26 +. +'Anyone who touches its flesh will become consecrated; and when any of its blood splashes on a garment, in a holy place you shall wash what was splashed on. -- leviticus 6:27 +. +'Also the earthenware vessel in which it was boiled shall be broken; and if it was boiled in a bronze vessel, then it shall be scoured and rinsed in water. -- leviticus 6:28 +. +'Every male among the priests may eat of it; it is most holy. -- leviticus 6:29 +. +'But no sin offering of which any of the blood is brought into the tent of meeting to make atonement in the holy place shall be eaten; it shall be burned with fire. -- leviticus 6:30 +. +'Now this is the law of the guilt offering; it is most holy. -- leviticus 7:1 +. +'In the place where they slay the burnt offering they are to slay the guilt offering, and he shall sprinkle its blood around on the altar. -- leviticus 7:2 +. +'Then he shall offer from it all its fat: the fat tail and the fat that covers the entrails, -- leviticus 7:3 +. +and the two kidneys with the fat that is on them, which is on the loins, and the lobe on the liver he shall remove with the kidneys. -- leviticus 7:4 +. +'The priest shall offer them up in smoke on the altar as an offering by fire to the LORD; it is a guilt offering. -- leviticus 7:5 +. +'Every male among the priests may eat of it. It shall be eaten in a holy place; it is most holy. -- leviticus 7:6 +. +'The guilt offering is like the sin offering, there is one law for them; the priest who makes atonement with it shall have it. -- leviticus 7:7 +. +'Also the priest who presents any man's burnt offering, that priest shall have for himself the skin of the burnt offering which he has presented. -- leviticus 7:8 +. +'Likewise, every grain offering that is baked in the oven and everything prepared in a pan or on a griddle shall belong to the priest who presents it. -- leviticus 7:9 +. +'Every grain offering, mixed with oil or dry, shall belong to all the sons of Aaron, to all alike. -- leviticus 7:10 +. +'Now this is the law of the sacrifice of peace offerings which shall be presented to the LORD. -- leviticus 7:11 +. +'If he offers it by way of thanksgiving, then along with the sacrifice of thanksgiving he shall offer unleavened cakes mixed with oil, and unleavened wafers spread with oil, and cakes of well stirred fine flour mixed with oil. -- leviticus 7:12 +. +'With the sacrifice of his peace offerings for thanksgiving, he shall present his offering with cakes of leavened bread. -- leviticus 7:13 +. +'Of this he shall present one of every offering as a contribution to the LORD; it shall belong to the priest who sprinkles the blood of the peace offerings. -- leviticus 7:14 +. +'Now as for the flesh of the sacrifice of his thanksgiving peace offerings, it shall be eaten on the day of his offering; he shall not leave any of it over until morning. -- leviticus 7:15 +. +'But if the sacrifice of his offering is a votive or a freewill offering, it shall be eaten on the day that he offers his sacrifice, and on the next day what is left of it may be eaten; -- leviticus 7:16 +. +but what is left over from the flesh of the sacrifice on the third day shall be burned with fire. -- leviticus 7:17 +. +'So if any of the flesh of the sacrifice of his peace offerings should ever be eaten on the third day, he who offers it will not be accepted, and it will not be reckoned to his benefit. It shall be an offensive thing, and the person who eats of it will bear his own iniquity. -- leviticus 7:18 +. +'Also the flesh that touches anything unclean shall not be eaten; it shall be burned with fire. As for other flesh, anyone who is clean may eat such flesh. -- leviticus 7:19 +. +'But the person who eats the flesh of the sacrifice of peace offerings which belong to the LORD, in his uncleanness, that person shall be cut off from his people. -- leviticus 7:20 +. +'When anyone touches anything unclean, whether human uncleanness, or an unclean animal, or any unclean detestable thing, and eats of the flesh of the sacrifice of peace offerings which belong to the LORD, that person shall be cut off from his people.'" -- leviticus 7:21 +. +Then the LORD spoke to Moses, saying, -- leviticus 7:22 +. +"Speak to the sons of Israel, saying, 'You shall not eat any fat from an ox, a sheep or a goat. -- leviticus 7:23 +. +'Also the fat of an animal which dies and the fat of an animal torn by beasts may be put to any other use, but you must certainly not eat it. -- leviticus 7:24 +. +'For whoever eats the fat of the animal from which an offering by fire is offered to the LORD, even the person who eats shall be cut off from his people. -- leviticus 7:25 +. +'You are not to eat any blood, either of bird or animal, in any of your dwellings. -- leviticus 7:26 +. +'Any person who eats any blood, even that person shall be cut off from his people.'" -- leviticus 7:27 +. +Then the LORD spoke to Moses, saying, -- leviticus 7:28 +. +"Speak to the sons of Israel, saying, 'He who offers the sacrifice of his peace offerings to the LORD shall bring his offering to the LORD from the sacrifice of his peace offerings. -- leviticus 7:29 +. +'His own hands are to bring offerings by fire to the LORD. He shall bring the fat with the breast, that the breast may be presented as a wave offering before the LORD. -- leviticus 7:30 +. +'The priest shall offer up the fat in smoke on the altar, but the breast shall belong to Aaron and his sons. -- leviticus 7:31 +. +'You shall give the right thigh to the priest as a contribution from the sacrifices of your peace offerings. -- leviticus 7:32 +. +'The one among the sons of Aaron who offers the blood of the peace offerings and the fat, the right thigh shall be his as his portion. -- leviticus 7:33 +. +'For I have taken the breast of the wave offering and the thigh of the contribution from the sons of Israel from the sacrifices of their peace offerings, and have given them to Aaron the priest and to his sons as their due forever from the sons of Israel. -- leviticus 7:34 +. +'This is that which is consecrated to Aaron and that which is consecrated to his sons from the offerings by fire to the LORD, in that day when he presented them to serve as priests to the LORD. -- leviticus 7:35 +. +'These the LORD had commanded to be given them from the sons of Israel in the day that He anointed them. It is their due forever throughout their generations.'" -- leviticus 7:36 +. +This is the law of the burnt offering, the grain offering and the sin offering and the guilt offering and the ordination offering and the sacrifice of peace offerings, -- leviticus 7:37 +. +which the LORD commanded Moses at Mount Sinai in the day that He commanded the sons of Israel to present their offerings to the LORD in the wilderness of Sinai. -- leviticus 7:38 +. +Then the LORD spoke to Moses, saying, -- leviticus 8:1 +. +"Take Aaron and his sons with him, and the garments and the anointing oil and the bull of the sin offering, and the two rams and the basket of unleavened bread, -- leviticus 8:2 +. +and assemble all the congregation at the doorway of the tent of meeting." -- leviticus 8:3 +. +So Moses did just as the LORD commanded him. When the congregation was assembled at the doorway of the tent of meeting, -- leviticus 8:4 +. +Moses said to the congregation, "This is the thing which the LORD has commanded to do." -- leviticus 8:5 +. +Then Moses had Aaron and his sons come near and washed them with water. -- leviticus 8:6 +. +He put the tunic on him and girded him with the sash, and clothed him with the robe and put the ephod on him; and he girded him with the artistic band of the ephod, with which he tied it to him. -- leviticus 8:7 +. +He then placed the breastpiece on him, and in the breastpiece he put the Urim and the Thummim. -- leviticus 8:8 +. +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. -- leviticus 8:9 +. +Moses then took the anointing oil and anointed the tabernacle and all that was in it, and consecrated them. -- leviticus 8:10 +. +He sprinkled some of it on the altar seven times and anointed the altar and all its utensils, and the basin and its stand, to consecrate them. -- leviticus 8:11 +. +Then he poured some of the anointing oil on Aaron's head and anointed him, to consecrate him. -- leviticus 8:12 +. +Next Moses had Aaron's sons come near and clothed them with tunics, and girded them with sashes and bound caps on them, just as the LORD had commanded Moses. -- leviticus 8:13 +. +Then he brought the bull of the sin offering, and Aaron and his sons laid their hands on the head of the bull of the sin offering. -- leviticus 8:14 +. +Next Moses slaughtered it and took the blood and with his finger put some of it around on the horns of the altar, and purified the altar. Then he poured out the rest of the blood at the base of the altar and consecrated it, to make atonement for it. -- leviticus 8:15 +. +He also took all the fat that was on the entrails and the lobe of the liver, and the two kidneys and their fat; and Moses offered it up in smoke on the altar. -- leviticus 8:16 +. +But the bull and its hide and its flesh and its refuse he burned in the fire outside the camp, just as the LORD had commanded Moses. -- leviticus 8:17 +. +Then he presented the ram of the burnt offering, and Aaron and his sons laid their hands on the head of the ram. -- leviticus 8:18 +. +Moses slaughtered it and sprinkled the blood around on the altar. -- leviticus 8:19 +. +When he had cut the ram into its pieces, Moses offered up the head and the pieces and the suet in smoke. -- leviticus 8:20 +. +After he had washed the entrails and the legs with water, Moses offered up the whole ram in smoke on the altar. It was a burnt offering for a soothing aroma; it was an offering by fire to the LORD, just as the LORD had commanded Moses. -- leviticus 8:21 +. +Then he presented the second ram, the ram of ordination, and Aaron and his sons laid their hands on the head of the ram. -- leviticus 8:22 +. +Moses slaughtered it and took some of its blood and put it on the lobe of Aaron's right ear, and on the thumb of his right hand and on the big toe of his right foot. -- leviticus 8:23 +. +He also had Aaron's sons come near; and Moses put some of the blood on the lobe of their right ear, and on the thumb of their right hand and on the big toe of their right foot. Moses then sprinkled the rest of the blood around on the altar. -- leviticus 8:24 +. +He took the fat, and the fat tail, and all the fat that was on the entrails, and the lobe of the liver and the two kidneys and their fat and the right thigh. -- leviticus 8:25 +. +From the basket of unleavened bread that was before the LORD, he took one unleavened cake and one cake of bread mixed with oil and one wafer, and placed them on the portions of fat and on the right thigh. -- leviticus 8:26 +. +He then put all these on the hands of Aaron and on the hands of his sons and presented them as a wave offering before the LORD. -- leviticus 8:27 +. +Then Moses took them from their hands and offered them up in smoke on the altar with the burnt offering. They were an ordination offering for a soothing aroma; it was an offering by fire to the LORD. -- leviticus 8:28 +. +Moses also took the breast and presented it for a wave offering before the LORD; it was Moses' portion of the ram of ordination, just as the LORD had commanded Moses. -- leviticus 8:29 +. +So Moses took some of the anointing oil and some of the blood which was on the altar and sprinkled it on Aaron, on his garments, on his sons, and on the garments of his sons with him; and he consecrated Aaron, his garments, and his sons, and the garments of his sons with him. -- leviticus 8:30 +. +Then Moses said to Aaron and to his sons, "Boil the flesh at the doorway of the tent of meeting, and eat it there together with the bread which is in the basket of the ordination offering, just as I commanded, saying, 'Aaron and his sons shall eat it.' -- leviticus 8:31 +. +"The remainder of the flesh and of the bread you shall burn in the fire. -- leviticus 8:32 +. +"You shall not go outside the doorway of the tent of meeting for seven days, until the day that the period of your ordination is fulfilled; for he will ordain you through seven days. -- leviticus 8:33 +. +"The LORD has commanded to do as has been done this day, to make atonement on your behalf. -- leviticus 8:34 +. +"At the doorway of the tent of meeting, moreover, you shall remain day and night for seven days and keep the charge of the LORD, so that you will not die, for so I have been commanded." -- leviticus 8:35 +. +Thus Aaron and his sons did all the things which the LORD had commanded through Moses. -- leviticus 8:36 +. +Now it came about on the eighth day that Moses called Aaron and his sons and the elders of Israel; -- leviticus 9:1 +. +and he said to Aaron, "Take for yourself a calf, a bull, for a sin offering and a ram for a burnt offering, both without defect, and offer them before the LORD. -- leviticus 9:2 +. +"Then to the sons of Israel you shall speak, saying, 'Take a male goat for a sin offering, and a calf and a lamb, both one year old, without defect, for a burnt offering, -- leviticus 9:3 +. +and an ox and a ram for peace offerings, to sacrifice before the LORD, and a grain offering mixed with oil; for today the LORD will appear to you.'" -- leviticus 9:4 +. +So they took what Moses had commanded to the front of the tent of meeting, and the whole congregation came near and stood before the LORD. -- leviticus 9:5 +. +Moses said, "This is the thing which the LORD has commanded you to do, that the glory of the LORD may appear to you." -- leviticus 9:6 +. +Moses then said to Aaron, "Come near to the altar and offer your sin offering and your burnt offering, that you may make atonement for yourself and for the people; then make the offering for the people, that you may make atonement for them, just as the LORD has commanded." -- leviticus 9:7 +. +So Aaron came near to the altar and slaughtered the calf of the sin offering which was for himself. -- leviticus 9:8 +. +Aaron's sons presented the blood to him; and he dipped his finger in the blood and put some on the horns of the altar, and poured out the rest of the blood at the base of the altar. -- leviticus 9:9 +. +The fat and the kidneys and the lobe of the liver of the sin offering, he then offered up in smoke on the altar just as the LORD had commanded Moses. -- leviticus 9:10 +. +The flesh and the skin, however, he burned with fire outside the camp. -- leviticus 9:11 +. +Then he slaughtered the burnt offering; and Aaron's sons handed the blood to him and he sprinkled it around on the altar. -- leviticus 9:12 +. +They handed the burnt offering to him in pieces, with the head, and he offered them up in smoke on the altar. -- leviticus 9:13 +. +He also washed the entrails and the legs, and offered them up in smoke with the burnt offering on the altar. -- leviticus 9:14 +. +Then he presented the people's offering, and took the goat of the sin offering which was for the people, and slaughtered it and offered it for sin, like the first. -- leviticus 9:15 +. +He also presented the burnt offering, and offered it according to the ordinance. -- leviticus 9:16 +. +Next he presented the grain offering, and filled his hand with some of it and offered it up in smoke on the altar, besides the burnt offering of the morning. -- leviticus 9:17 +. +Then he slaughtered the ox and the ram, the sacrifice of peace offerings which was for the people; and Aaron's sons handed the blood to him and he sprinkled it around on the altar. -- leviticus 9:18 +. +As for the portions of fat from the ox and from the ram, the fat tail, and the fat covering, and the kidneys and the lobe of the liver, -- leviticus 9:19 +. +they now placed the portions of fat on the breasts; and he offered them up in smoke on the altar. -- leviticus 9:20 +. +But the breasts and the right thigh Aaron presented as a wave offering before the LORD, just as Moses had commanded. -- leviticus 9:21 +. +Then Aaron lifted up his hands toward the people and blessed them, and he stepped down after making the sin offering and the burnt offering and the peace offerings. -- leviticus 9:22 +. +Moses and Aaron went into the tent of meeting. When they came out and blessed the people, the glory of the LORD appeared to all the people. -- leviticus 9:23 +. +Then fire came out from before the LORD and consumed the burnt offering and the portions of fat on the altar; and when all the people saw it, they shouted and fell on their faces. -- leviticus 9:24 +. +Now Nadab and Abihu, the sons of Aaron, took their respective firepans, and after putting fire in them, placed incense on it and offered strange fire before the LORD, which He had not commanded them. -- leviticus 10:1 +. +And fire came out from the presence of the LORD and consumed them, and they died before the LORD. -- leviticus 10:2 +. +Then Moses said to Aaron, "It is what the LORD spoke, saying, 'By those who come near Me I will be treated as holy, And before all the people I will be honored.'" So Aaron, therefore, kept silent. -- leviticus 10:3 +. +Moses called also to Mishael and Elzaphan, the sons of Aaron's uncle Uzziel, and said to them, "Come forward, carry your relatives away from the front of the sanctuary to the outside of the camp." -- leviticus 10:4 +. +So they came forward and carried them still in their tunics to the outside of the camp, as Moses had said. -- leviticus 10:5 +. +Then Moses said to Aaron and to his sons Eleazar and Ithamar, "Do not uncover your heads nor tear your clothes, so that you will not die and that He will not become wrathful against all the congregation. But your kinsmen, the whole house of Israel, shall bewail the burning which the LORD has brought about. -- leviticus 10:6 +. +"You shall not even go out from the doorway of the tent of meeting, or you will die; for the LORD'S anointing oil is upon you." So they did according to the word of Moses. -- leviticus 10:7 +. +The LORD then spoke to Aaron, saying, -- leviticus 10:8 +. +"Do not drink wine or strong drink, neither you nor your sons with you, when you come into the tent of meeting, so that you will not die--it is a perpetual statute throughout your generations-- -- leviticus 10:9 +. +and so as to make a distinction between the holy and the profane, and between the unclean and the clean, -- leviticus 10:10 +. +and so as to teach the sons of Israel all the statutes which the LORD has spoken to them through Moses." -- leviticus 10:11 +. +Then Moses spoke to Aaron, and to his surviving sons, Eleazar and Ithamar, "Take the grain offering that is left over from the LORD'S offerings by fire and eat it unleavened beside the altar, for it is most holy. -- leviticus 10:12 +. +"You shall eat it, moreover, in a holy place, because it is your due and your sons' due out of the LORD'S offerings by fire; for thus I have been commanded. -- leviticus 10:13 +. +"The breast of the wave offering, however, and the thigh of the offering you may eat in a clean place, you and your sons and your daughters with you; for they have been given as your due and your sons' due out of the sacrifices of the peace offerings of the sons of Israel. -- leviticus 10:14 +. +"The thigh offered by lifting up and the breast offered by waving they shall bring along with the offerings by fire of the portions of fat, to present as a wave offering before the LORD; so it shall be a thing perpetually due you and your sons with you, just as the LORD has commanded." -- leviticus 10:15 +. +But Moses searched carefully for the goat of the sin offering, and behold, it had been burned up! So he was angry with Aaron's surviving sons Eleazar and Ithamar, saying, -- leviticus 10:16 +. +"Why did you not eat the sin offering at the holy place? For it is most holy, and He gave it to you to bear away the guilt of the congregation, to make atonement for them before the LORD. -- leviticus 10:17 +. +"Behold, since its blood had not been brought inside, into the sanctuary, you should certainly have eaten it in the sanctuary, just as I commanded." -- leviticus 10:18 +. +But Aaron spoke to Moses, "Behold, this very day they presented their sin offering and their burnt offering before the LORD. When things like these happened to me, if I had eaten a sin offering today, would it have been good in the sight of the LORD?" -- leviticus 10:19 +. +When Moses heard that, it seemed good in his sight. -- leviticus 10:20 +. +The LORD spoke again to Moses and to Aaron, saying to them, -- leviticus 11:1 +. +"Speak to the sons of Israel, saying, 'These are the creatures which you may eat from all the animals that are on the earth. -- leviticus 11:2 +. +'Whatever divides a hoof, thus making split hoofs, and chews the cud, among the animals, that you may eat. -- leviticus 11:3 +. +'Nevertheless, you are not to eat of these, among those which chew the cud, or among those which divide the hoof: the camel, for though it chews cud, it does not divide the hoof, it is unclean to you. -- leviticus 11:4 +. +'Likewise, the shaphan, for though it chews cud, it does not divide the hoof, it is unclean to you; -- leviticus 11:5 +. +the rabbit also, for though it chews cud, it does not divide the hoof, it is unclean to you; -- leviticus 11:6 +. +and the pig, for though it divides the hoof, thus making a split hoof, it does not chew cud, it is unclean to you. -- leviticus 11:7 +. +'You shall not eat of their flesh nor touch their carcasses; they are unclean to you. -- leviticus 11:8 +. +'These you may eat, whatever is in the water: all that have fins and scales, those in the water, in the seas or in the rivers, you may eat. -- leviticus 11:9 +. +'But whatever is in the seas and in the rivers that does not have fins and scales among all the teeming life of the water, and among all the living creatures that are in the water, they are detestable things to you, -- leviticus 11:10 +. +and they shall be abhorrent to you; you may not eat of their flesh, and their carcasses you shall detest. -- leviticus 11:11 +. +'Whatever in the water does not have fins and scales is abhorrent to you. -- leviticus 11:12 +. +'These, moreover, you shall detest among the birds; they are abhorrent, not to be eaten: the eagle and the vulture and the buzzard, -- leviticus 11:13 +. +and the kite and the falcon in its kind, -- leviticus 11:14 +. +every raven in its kind, -- leviticus 11:15 +. +and the ostrich and the owl and the sea gull and the hawk in its kind, -- leviticus 11:16 +. +and the little owl and the cormorant and the great owl, -- leviticus 11:17 +. +and the white owl and the pelican and the carrion vulture, -- leviticus 11:18 +. +and the stork, the heron in its kinds, and the hoopoe, and the bat. -- leviticus 11:19 +. +'All the winged insects that walk on all fours are detestable to you. -- leviticus 11:20 +. +'Yet these you may eat among all the winged insects which walk on all fours: those which have above their feet jointed legs with which to jump on the earth. -- leviticus 11:21 +. +'These of them you may eat: the locust in its kinds, and the devastating locust in its kinds, and the cricket in its kinds, and the grasshopper in its kinds. -- leviticus 11:22 +. +'But all other winged insects which are four-footed are detestable to you. -- leviticus 11:23 +. +'By these, moreover, you will be made unclean: whoever touches their carcasses becomes unclean until evening, -- leviticus 11:24 +. +and whoever picks up any of their carcasses shall wash his clothes and be unclean until evening. -- leviticus 11:25 +. +'Concerning all the animals which divide the hoof but do not make a split hoof, or which do not chew cud, they are unclean to you: whoever touches them becomes unclean. -- leviticus 11:26 +. +'Also whatever walks on its paws, among all the creatures that walk on all fours, are unclean to you; whoever touches their carcasses becomes unclean until evening, -- leviticus 11:27 +. +and the one who picks up their carcasses shall wash his clothes and be unclean until evening; they are unclean to you. -- leviticus 11:28 +. +'Now these are to you the unclean among the swarming things which swarm on the earth: the mole, and the mouse, and the great lizard in its kinds, -- leviticus 11:29 +. +and the gecko, and the crocodile, and the lizard, and the sand reptile, and the chameleon. -- leviticus 11:30 +. +'These are to you the unclean among all the swarming things; whoever touches them when they are dead becomes unclean until evening. -- leviticus 11:31 +. +'Also anything on which one of them may fall when they are dead becomes unclean, including any wooden article, or clothing, or a skin, or a sack--any article of which use is made--it shall be put in the water and be unclean until evening, then it becomes clean. -- leviticus 11:32 +. +'As for any earthenware vessel into which one of them may fall, whatever is in it becomes unclean and you shall break the vessel. -- leviticus 11:33 +. +'Any of the food which may be eaten, on which water comes, shall become unclean, and any liquid which may be drunk in every vessel shall become unclean. -- leviticus 11:34 +. +'Everything, moreover, on which part of their carcass may fall becomes unclean; an oven or a stove shall be smashed; they are unclean and shall continue as unclean to you. -- leviticus 11:35 +. +'Nevertheless a spring or a cistern collecting water shall be clean, though the one who touches their carcass shall be unclean. -- leviticus 11:36 +. +'If a part of their carcass falls on any seed for sowing which is to be sown, it is clean. -- leviticus 11:37 +. +'Though if water is put on the seed and a part of their carcass falls on it, it is unclean to you. -- leviticus 11:38 +. +'Also if one of the animals dies which you have for food, the one who touches its carcass becomes unclean until evening. -- leviticus 11:39 +. +'He too, who eats some of its carcass shall wash his clothes and be unclean until evening, and the one who picks up its carcass shall wash his clothes and be unclean until evening. -- leviticus 11:40 +. +'Now every swarming thing that swarms on the earth is detestable, not to be eaten. -- leviticus 11:41 +. +'Whatever crawls on its belly, and whatever walks on all fours, whatever has many feet, in respect to every swarming thing that swarms on the earth, you shall not eat them, for they are detestable. -- leviticus 11:42 +. +'Do not render yourselves detestable through any of the swarming things that swarm; and you shall not make yourselves unclean with them so that you become unclean. -- leviticus 11:43 +. +'For I am the LORD your God. Consecrate yourselves therefore, and be holy, for I am holy. And you shall not make yourselves unclean with any of the swarming things that swarm on the earth. -- leviticus 11:44 +. +'For I am the LORD who brought you up from the land of Egypt to be your God; thus you shall be holy, for I am holy.'" -- leviticus 11:45 +. +This is the law regarding the animal and the bird, and every living thing that moves in the waters and everything that swarms on the earth, -- leviticus 11:46 +. +to make a distinction between the unclean and the clean, and between the edible creature and the creature which is not to be eaten. -- leviticus 11:47 +. +Then the LORD spoke to Moses, saying, -- leviticus 12:1 +. +"Speak to the sons of Israel, saying: 'When a woman gives birth and bears a male child, then she shall be unclean for seven days, as in the days of her menstruation she shall be unclean. -- leviticus 12:2 +. +'On the eighth day the flesh of his foreskin shall be circumcised. -- leviticus 12:3 +. +'Then she shall remain in the blood of her purification for thirty-three days; she shall not touch any consecrated thing, nor enter the sanctuary until the days of her purification are completed. -- leviticus 12:4 +. +'But if she bears a female child, then she shall be unclean for two weeks, as in her menstruation; and she shall remain in the blood of her purification for sixty-six days. -- leviticus 12:5 +. +'When the days of her purification are completed, for a son or for a daughter, she shall bring to the priest at the doorway of the tent of meeting a one year old lamb for a burnt offering and a young pigeon or a turtledove for a sin offering. -- leviticus 12:6 +. +'Then he shall offer it before the LORD and make atonement for her, and she shall be cleansed from the flow of her blood. This is the law for her who bears a child, whether a male or a female. -- leviticus 12:7 +. +'But if she cannot afford a lamb, then she shall take two turtledoves or two young pigeons, the one for a burnt offering and the other for a sin offering; and the priest shall make atonement for her, and she will be clean.'" -- leviticus 12:8 +. +Then the LORD spoke to Moses and to Aaron, saying, -- leviticus 13:1 +. +"When a man has on the skin of his body a swelling or a scab or a bright spot, and it becomes an infection of leprosy on the skin of his body, then he shall be brought to Aaron the priest or to one of his sons the priests. -- leviticus 13:2 +. +"The priest shall look at the mark on the skin of the body, and if the hair in the infection has turned white and the infection appears to be deeper than the skin of his body, it is an infection of leprosy; when the priest has looked at him, he shall pronounce him unclean. -- leviticus 13:3 +. +"But if the bright spot is white on the skin of his body, and it does not appear to be deeper than the skin, and the hair on it has not turned white, then the priest shall isolate him who has the infection for seven days. -- leviticus 13:4 +. +"The priest shall look at him on the seventh day, and if in his eyes the infection has not changed and the infection has not spread on the skin, then the priest shall isolate him for seven more days. -- leviticus 13:5 +. +"The priest shall look at him again on the seventh day, and if the infection has faded and the mark has not spread on the skin, then the priest shall pronounce him clean; it is only a scab. And he shall wash his clothes and be clean. -- leviticus 13:6 +. +"But if the scab spreads farther on the skin after he has shown himself to the priest for his cleansing, he shall appear again to the priest. -- leviticus 13:7 +. +"The priest shall look, and if the scab has spread on the skin, then the priest shall pronounce him unclean; it is leprosy. -- leviticus 13:8 +. +"When the infection of leprosy is on a man, then he shall be brought to the priest. -- leviticus 13:9 +. +"The priest shall then look, and if there is a white swelling in the skin, and it has turned the hair white, and there is quick raw flesh in the swelling, -- leviticus 13:10 +. +it is a chronic leprosy on the skin of his body, and the priest shall pronounce him unclean; he shall not isolate him, for he is unclean. -- leviticus 13:11 +. +"If the leprosy breaks out farther on the skin, and the leprosy covers all the skin of him who has the infection from his head even to his feet, as far as the priest can see, -- leviticus 13:12 +. +then the priest shall look, and behold, if the leprosy has covered all his body, he shall pronounce clean him who has the infection; it has all turned white and he is clean. -- leviticus 13:13 +. +"But whenever raw flesh appears on him, he shall be unclean. -- leviticus 13:14 +. +"The priest shall look at the raw flesh, and he shall pronounce him unclean; the raw flesh is unclean, it is leprosy. -- leviticus 13:15 +. +"Or if the raw flesh turns again and is changed to white, then he shall come to the priest, -- leviticus 13:16 +. +and the priest shall look at him, and behold, if the infection has turned to white, then the priest shall pronounce clean him who has the infection; he is clean. -- leviticus 13:17 +. +"When the body has a boil on its skin and it is healed, -- leviticus 13:18 +. +and in the place of the boil there is a white swelling or a reddish-white, bright spot, then it shall be shown to the priest; -- leviticus 13:19 +. +and the priest shall look, and behold, if it appears to be lower than the skin, and the hair on it has turned white, then the priest shall pronounce him unclean; it is the infection of leprosy, it has broken out in the boil. -- leviticus 13:20 +. +"But if the priest looks at it, and behold, there are no white hairs in it and it is not lower than the skin and is faded, then the priest shall isolate him for seven days; -- leviticus 13:21 +. +and if it spreads farther on the skin, then the priest shall pronounce him unclean; it is an infection. -- leviticus 13:22 +. +"But if the bright spot remains in its place and does not spread, it is only the scar of the boil; and the priest shall pronounce him clean. -- leviticus 13:23 +. +"Or if the body sustains in its skin a burn by fire, and the raw flesh of the burn becomes a bright spot, reddish-white, or white, -- leviticus 13:24 +. +then the priest shall look at it. And if the hair in the bright spot has turned white and it appears to be deeper than the skin, it is leprosy; it has broken out in the burn. Therefore, the priest shall pronounce him unclean; it is an infection of leprosy. -- leviticus 13:25 +. +"But if the priest looks at it, and indeed, there is no white hair in the bright spot and it is no deeper than the skin, but is dim, then the priest shall isolate him for seven days; -- leviticus 13:26 +. +and the priest shall look at him on the seventh day. If it spreads farther in the skin, then the priest shall pronounce him unclean; it is an infection of leprosy. -- leviticus 13:27 +. +"But if the bright spot remains in its place and has not spread in the skin, but is dim, it is the swelling from the burn; and the priest shall pronounce him clean, for it is only the scar of the burn. -- leviticus 13:28 +. +"Now if a man or woman has an infection on the head or on the beard, -- leviticus 13:29 +. +then the priest shall look at the infection, and if it appears to be deeper than the skin and there is thin yellowish hair in it, then the priest shall pronounce him unclean; it is a scale, it is leprosy of the head or of the beard. -- leviticus 13:30 +. +"But if the priest looks at the infection of the scale, and indeed, it appears to be no deeper than the skin and there is no black hair in it, then the priest shall isolate the person with the scaly infection for seven days. -- leviticus 13:31 +. +"On the seventh day the priest shall look at the infection, and if the scale has not spread and no yellowish hair has grown in it, and the appearance of the scale is no deeper than the skin, -- leviticus 13:32 +. +then he shall shave himself, but he shall not shave the scale; and the priest shall isolate the person with the scale seven more days. -- leviticus 13:33 +. +"Then on the seventh day the priest shall look at the scale, and if the scale has not spread in the skin and it appears to be no deeper than the skin, the priest shall pronounce him clean; and he shall wash his clothes and be clean. -- leviticus 13:34 +. +"But if the scale spreads farther in the skin after his cleansing, -- leviticus 13:35 +. +then the priest shall look at him, and if the scale has spread in the skin, the priest need not seek for the yellowish hair; he is unclean. -- leviticus 13:36 +. +"If in his sight the scale has remained, however, and black hair has grown in it, the scale has healed, he is clean; and the priest shall pronounce him clean. -- leviticus 13:37 +. +"When a man or a woman has bright spots on the skin of the body, even white bright spots, -- leviticus 13:38 +. +then the priest shall look, and if the bright spots on the skin of their bodies are a faint white, it is eczema that has broken out on the skin; he is clean. -- leviticus 13:39 +. +"Now if a man loses the hair of his head, he is bald; he is clean. -- leviticus 13:40 +. +"If his head becomes bald at the front and sides, he is bald on the forehead; he is clean. -- leviticus 13:41 +. +"But if on the bald head or the bald forehead, there occurs a reddish-white infection, it is leprosy breaking out on his bald head or on his bald forehead. -- leviticus 13:42 +. +"Then the priest shall look at him; and if the swelling of the infection is reddish-white on his bald head or on his bald forehead, like the appearance of leprosy in the skin of the body, -- leviticus 13:43 +. +he is a leprous man, he is unclean. The priest shall surely pronounce him unclean; his infection is on his head. -- leviticus 13:44 +. +"As for the leper who has the infection, his clothes shall be torn, and the hair of his head shall be uncovered, and he shall cover his mustache and cry, 'Unclean! Unclean!' -- leviticus 13:45 +. +"He shall remain unclean all the days during which he has the infection; he is unclean. He shall live alone; his dwelling shall be outside the camp. -- leviticus 13:46 +. +"When a garment has a mark of leprosy in it, whether it is a wool garment or a linen garment, -- leviticus 13:47 +. +whether in warp or woof, of linen or of wool, whether in leather or in any article made of leather, -- leviticus 13:48 +. +if the mark is greenish or reddish in the garment or in the leather, or in the warp or in the woof, or in any article of leather, it is a leprous mark and shall be shown to the priest. -- leviticus 13:49 +. +"Then the priest shall look at the mark and shall quarantine the article with the mark for seven days. -- leviticus 13:50 +. +"He shall then look at the mark on the seventh day; if the mark has spread in the garment, whether in the warp or in the woof, or in the leather, whatever the purpose for which the leather is used, the mark is a leprous malignancy, it is unclean. -- leviticus 13:51 +. +"So he shall burn the garment, whether the warp or the woof, in wool or in linen, or any article of leather in which the mark occurs, for it is a leprous malignancy; it shall be burned in the fire. -- leviticus 13:52 +. +"But if the priest shall look, and indeed the mark has not spread in the garment, either in the warp or in the woof, or in any article of leather, -- leviticus 13:53 +. +then the priest shall order them to wash the thing in which the mark occurs and he shall quarantine it for seven more days. -- leviticus 13:54 +. +"After the article with the mark has been washed, the priest shall again look, and if the mark has not changed its appearance, even though the mark has not spread, it is unclean; you shall burn it in the fire, whether an eating away has produced bareness on the top or on the front of it. -- leviticus 13:55 +. +"Then if the priest looks, and if the mark has faded after it has been washed, then he shall tear it out of the garment or out of the leather, whether from the warp or from the woof; -- leviticus 13:56 +. +and if it appears again in the garment, whether in the warp or in the woof, or in any article of leather, it is an outbreak; the article with the mark shall be burned in the fire. -- leviticus 13:57 +. +"The garment, whether the warp or the woof, or any article of leather from which the mark has departed when you washed it, it shall then be washed a second time and will be clean." -- leviticus 13:58 +. +This is the law for the mark of leprosy in a garment of wool or linen, whether in the warp or in the woof, or in any article of leather, for pronouncing it clean or unclean. -- leviticus 13:59 +. +Then the LORD spoke to Moses, saying, -- leviticus 14:1 +. +"This shall be the law of the leper in the day of his cleansing. Now he shall be brought to the priest, -- leviticus 14:2 +. +and the priest shall go out to the outside of the camp. Thus the priest shall look, and if the infection of leprosy has been healed in the leper, -- leviticus 14:3 +. +then the priest shall give orders to take two live clean birds and cedar wood and a scarlet string and hyssop for the one who is to be cleansed. -- leviticus 14:4 +. +"The priest shall also give orders to slay the one bird in an earthenware vessel over running water. -- leviticus 14:5 +. +"As for the live bird, he shall take it together with the cedar wood and the scarlet string and the hyssop, and shall dip them and the live bird in the blood of the bird that was slain over the running water. -- leviticus 14:6 +. +"He shall then sprinkle seven times the one who is to be cleansed from the leprosy and shall pronounce him clean, and shall let the live bird go free over the open field. -- leviticus 14:7 +. +"The one to be cleansed shall then wash his clothes and shave off all his hair and bathe in water and be clean. Now afterward, he may enter the camp, but he shall stay outside his tent for seven days. -- leviticus 14:8 +. +"It will be on the seventh day that he shall shave off all his hair: he shall shave his head and his beard and his eyebrows, even all his hair. He shall then wash his clothes and bathe his body in water and be clean. -- leviticus 14:9 +. +"Now on the eighth day he is to take two male lambs without defect, and a yearling ewe lamb without defect, and three-tenths of an ephah of fine flour mixed with oil for a grain offering, and one log of oil; -- leviticus 14:10 +. +and the priest who pronounces him clean shall present the man to be cleansed and the aforesaid before the LORD at the doorway of the tent of meeting. -- leviticus 14:11 +. +"Then the priest shall take the one male lamb and bring it for a guilt offering, with the log of oil, and present them as a wave offering before the LORD. -- leviticus 14:12 +. +"Next he shall slaughter the male lamb in the place where they slaughter the sin offering and the burnt offering, at the place of the sanctuary--for the guilt offering, like the sin offering, belongs to the priest; it is most holy. -- leviticus 14:13 +. +"The priest shall then take some of the blood of the guilt offering, and the priest shall put it on the lobe of the right ear of the one to be cleansed, and on the thumb of his right hand and on the big toe of his right foot. -- leviticus 14:14 +. +"The priest shall also take some of the log of oil, and pour it into his left palm; -- leviticus 14:15 +. +the priest shall then dip his right-hand finger into the oil that is in his left palm, and with his finger sprinkle some of the oil seven times before the LORD. -- leviticus 14:16 +. +"Of the remaining oil which is in his palm, the priest shall put some on the right ear lobe of the one to be cleansed, and on the thumb of his right hand, and on the big toe of his right foot, on the blood of the guilt offering; -- leviticus 14:17 +. +while the rest of the oil that is in the priest's palm, he shall put on the head of the one to be cleansed. So the priest shall make atonement on his behalf before the LORD. -- leviticus 14:18 +. +"The priest shall next offer the sin offering and make atonement for the one to be cleansed from his uncleanness. Then afterward, he shall slaughter the burnt offering. -- leviticus 14:19 +. +"The priest shall offer up the burnt offering and the grain offering on the altar. Thus the priest shall make atonement for him, and he will be clean. -- leviticus 14:20 +. +"But if he is poor and his means are insufficient, then he is to take one male lamb for a guilt offering as a wave offering to make atonement for him, and one-tenth of an ephah of fine flour mixed with oil for a grain offering, and a log of oil, -- leviticus 14:21 +. +and two turtledoves or two young pigeons which are within his means, the one shall be a sin offering and the other a burnt offering. -- leviticus 14:22 +. +"Then the eighth day he shall bring them for his cleansing to the priest, at the doorway of the tent of meeting, before the LORD. -- leviticus 14:23 +. +"The priest shall take the lamb of the guilt offering and the log of oil, and the priest shall offer them for a wave offering before the LORD. -- leviticus 14:24 +. +"Next he shall slaughter the lamb of the guilt offering; and the priest is to take some of the blood of the guilt offering and put it on the lobe of the right ear of the one to be cleansed and on the thumb of his right hand and on the big toe of his right foot. -- leviticus 14:25 +. +"The priest shall also pour some of the oil into his left palm; -- leviticus 14:26 +. +and with his right-hand finger the priest shall sprinkle some of the oil that is in his left palm seven times before the LORD. -- leviticus 14:27 +. +"The priest shall then put some of the oil that is in his palm on the lobe of the right ear of the one to be cleansed, and on the thumb of his right hand and on the big toe of his right foot, on the place of the blood of the guilt offering. -- leviticus 14:28 +. +"Moreover, the rest of the oil that is in the priest's palm he shall put on the head of the one to be cleansed, to make atonement on his behalf before the LORD. -- leviticus 14:29 +. +"He shall then offer one of the turtledoves or young pigeons, which are within his means. -- leviticus 14:30 +. +"He shall offer what he can afford, the one for a sin offering and the other for a burnt offering, together with the grain offering. So the priest shall make atonement before the LORD on behalf of the one to be cleansed. -- leviticus 14:31 +. +"This is the law for him in whom there is an infection of leprosy, whose means are limited for his cleansing." -- leviticus 14:32 +. +The LORD further spoke to Moses and to Aaron, saying: -- leviticus 14:33 +. +"When you enter the land of Canaan, which I give you for a possession, and I put a mark of leprosy on a house in the land of your possession, -- leviticus 14:34 +. +then the one who owns the house shall come and tell the priest, saying, 'Something like a mark of leprosy has become visible to me in the house.' -- leviticus 14:35 +. +"The priest shall then command that they empty the house before the priest goes in to look at the mark, so that everything in the house need not become unclean; and afterward the priest shall go in to look at the house. -- leviticus 14:36 +. +"So he shall look at the mark, and if the mark on the walls of the house has greenish or reddish depressions and appears deeper than the surface, -- leviticus 14:37 +. +then the priest shall come out of the house, to the doorway, and quarantine the house for seven days. -- leviticus 14:38 +. +"The priest shall return on the seventh day and make an inspection. If the mark has indeed spread in the walls of the house, -- leviticus 14:39 +. +then the priest shall order them to tear out the stones with the mark in them and throw them away at an unclean place outside the city. -- leviticus 14:40 +. +"He shall have the house scraped all around inside, and they shall dump the plaster that they scrape off at an unclean place outside the city. -- leviticus 14:41 +. +"Then they shall take other stones and replace those stones, and he shall take other plaster and replaster the house. -- leviticus 14:42 +. +"If, however, the mark breaks out again in the house after he has torn out the stones and scraped the house, and after it has been replastered, -- leviticus 14:43 +. +then the priest shall come in and make an inspection. If he sees that the mark has indeed spread in the house, it is a malignant mark in the house; it is unclean. -- leviticus 14:44 +. +"He shall therefore tear down the house, its stones, and its timbers, and all the plaster of the house, and he shall take them outside the city to an unclean place. -- leviticus 14:45 +. +"Moreover, whoever goes into the house during the time that he has quarantined it, becomes unclean until evening. -- leviticus 14:46 +. +"Likewise, whoever lies down in the house shall wash his clothes, and whoever eats in the house shall wash his clothes. -- leviticus 14:47 +. +"If, on the other hand, the priest comes in and makes an inspection and the mark has not indeed spread in the house after the house has been replastered, then the priest shall pronounce the house clean because the mark has not reappeared. -- leviticus 14:48 +. +"To cleanse the house then, he shall take two birds and cedar wood and a scarlet string and hyssop, -- leviticus 14:49 +. +and he shall slaughter the one bird in an earthenware vessel over running water. -- leviticus 14:50 +. +"Then he shall take the cedar wood and the hyssop and the scarlet string, with the live bird, and dip them in the blood of the slain bird as well as in the running water, and sprinkle the house seven times. -- leviticus 14:51 +. +"He shall thus cleanse the house with the blood of the bird and with the running water, along with the live bird and with the cedar wood and with the hyssop and with the scarlet string. -- leviticus 14:52 +. +"However, he shall let the live bird go free outside the city into the open field. So he shall make atonement for the house, and it will be clean." -- leviticus 14:53 +. +This is the law for any mark of leprosy--even for a scale, -- leviticus 14:54 +. +and for the leprous garment or house, -- leviticus 14:55 +. +and for a swelling, and for a scab, and for a bright spot-- -- leviticus 14:56 +. +to teach when they are unclean and when they are clean. This is the law of leprosy. -- leviticus 14:57 +. +The LORD also spoke to Moses and to Aaron, saying, -- leviticus 15:1 +. +"Speak to the sons of Israel, and say to them, 'When any man has a discharge from his body, his discharge is unclean. -- leviticus 15:2 +. +'This, moreover, shall be his uncleanness in his discharge: it is his uncleanness whether his body allows its discharge to flow or whether his body obstructs its discharge. -- leviticus 15:3 +. +'Every bed on which the person with the discharge lies becomes unclean, and everything on which he sits becomes unclean. -- leviticus 15:4 +. +'Anyone, moreover, who touches his bed shall wash his clothes and bathe in water and be unclean until evening; -- leviticus 15:5 +. +and whoever sits on the thing on which the man with the discharge has been sitting, shall wash his clothes and bathe in water and be unclean until evening. -- leviticus 15:6 +. +'Also whoever touches the person with the discharge shall wash his clothes and bathe in water and be unclean until evening. -- leviticus 15:7 +. +'Or if the man with the discharge spits on one who is clean, he too shall wash his clothes and bathe in water and be unclean until evening. -- leviticus 15:8 +. +'Every saddle on which the person with the discharge rides becomes unclean. -- leviticus 15:9 +. +'Whoever then touches any of the things which were under him shall be unclean until evening, and he who carries them shall wash his clothes and bathe in water and be unclean until evening. -- leviticus 15:10 +. +'Likewise, whomever the one with the discharge touches without having rinsed his hands in water shall wash his clothes and bathe in water and be unclean until evening. -- leviticus 15:11 +. +'However, an earthenware vessel which the person with the discharge touches shall be broken, and every wooden vessel shall be rinsed in water. -- leviticus 15:12 +. +'Now when the man with the discharge becomes cleansed from his discharge, then he shall count off for himself seven days for his cleansing; he shall then wash his clothes and bathe his body in running water and will become clean. -- leviticus 15:13 +. +'Then on the eighth day he shall take for himself two turtledoves or two young pigeons, and come before the LORD to the doorway of the tent of meeting and give them to the priest; -- leviticus 15:14 +. +and the priest shall offer them, one for a sin offering and the other for a burnt offering. So the priest shall make atonement on his behalf before the LORD because of his discharge. -- leviticus 15:15 +. +'Now if a man has a seminal emission, he shall bathe all his body in water and be unclean until evening. -- leviticus 15:16 +. +'As for any garment or any leather on which there is seminal emission, it shall be washed with water and be unclean until evening. -- leviticus 15:17 +. +'If a man lies with a woman so that there is a seminal emission, they shall both bathe in water and be unclean until evening. -- leviticus 15:18 +. +'When a woman has a discharge, if her discharge in her body is blood, she shall continue in her menstrual impurity for seven days; and whoever touches her shall be unclean until evening. -- leviticus 15:19 +. +'Everything also on which she lies during her menstrual impurity shall be unclean, and everything on which she sits shall be unclean. -- leviticus 15:20 +. +'Anyone who touches her bed shall wash his clothes and bathe in water and be unclean until evening. -- leviticus 15:21 +. +'Whoever touches any thing on which she sits shall wash his clothes and bathe in water and be unclean until evening. -- leviticus 15:22 +. +'Whether it be on the bed or on the thing on which she is sitting, when he touches it, he shall be unclean until evening. -- leviticus 15:23 +. +'If a man actually lies with her so that her menstrual impurity is on him, he shall be unclean seven days, and every bed on which he lies shall be unclean. -- leviticus 15:24 +. +'Now if a woman has a discharge of her blood many days, not at the period of her menstrual impurity, or if she has a discharge beyond that period, all the days of her impure discharge she shall continue as though in her menstrual impurity; she is unclean. -- leviticus 15:25 +. +'Any bed on which she lies all the days of her discharge shall be to her like her bed at menstruation; and every thing on which she sits shall be unclean, like her uncleanness at that time. -- leviticus 15:26 +. +'Likewise, whoever touches them shall be unclean and shall wash his clothes and bathe in water and be unclean until evening. -- leviticus 15:27 +. +'When she becomes clean from her discharge, she shall count off for herself seven days; and afterward she will be clean. -- leviticus 15:28 +. +'Then on the eighth day she shall take for herself two turtledoves or two young pigeons and bring them in to the priest, to the doorway of the tent of meeting. -- leviticus 15:29 +. +'The priest shall offer the one for a sin offering and the other for a burnt offering. So the priest shall make atonement on her behalf before the LORD because of her impure discharge.' -- leviticus 15:30 +. +"Thus you shall keep the sons of Israel separated from their uncleanness, so that they will not die in their uncleanness by their defiling My tabernacle that is among them." -- leviticus 15:31 +. +This is the law for the one with a discharge, and for the man who has a seminal emission so that he is unclean by it, -- leviticus 15:32 +. +and for the woman who is ill because of menstrual impurity, and for the one who has a discharge, whether a male or a female, or a man who lies with an unclean woman. -- leviticus 15:33 +. +Now the LORD spoke to Moses after the death of the two sons of Aaron, when they had approached the presence of the LORD and died. -- leviticus 16:1 +. +The LORD said to Moses: "Tell your brother Aaron that he shall not enter at any time into the holy place inside the veil, before the mercy seat which is on the ark, or he will die; for I will appear in the cloud over the mercy seat. -- leviticus 16:2 +. +"Aaron shall enter the holy place with this: with a bull for a sin offering and a ram for a burnt offering. -- leviticus 16:3 +. +"He shall put on the holy linen tunic, and the linen undergarments shall be next to his body, and he shall be girded with the linen sash and attired with the linen turban (these are holy garments). Then he shall bathe his body in water and put them on. -- leviticus 16:4 +. +"He shall take from the congregation of the sons of Israel two male goats for a sin offering and one ram for a burnt offering. -- leviticus 16:5 +. +"Then Aaron shall offer the bull for the sin offering which is for himself, that he may make atonement for himself and for his household. -- leviticus 16:6 +. +"He shall take the two goats and present them before the LORD at the doorway of the tent of meeting. -- leviticus 16:7 +. +"Aaron shall cast lots for the two goats, one lot for the LORD and the other lot for the scapegoat. -- leviticus 16:8 +. +"Then Aaron shall offer the goat on which the lot for the LORD fell, and make it a sin offering. -- leviticus 16:9 +. +"But the goat on which the lot for the scapegoat fell shall be presented alive before the LORD, to make atonement upon it, to send it into the wilderness as the scapegoat. -- leviticus 16:10 +. +"Then Aaron shall offer the bull of the sin offering which is for himself and make atonement for himself and for his household, and he shall slaughter the bull of the sin offering which is for himself. -- leviticus 16:11 +. +"He shall take a firepan full of coals of fire from upon the altar before the LORD and two handfuls of finely ground sweet incense, and bring it inside the veil. -- leviticus 16:12 +. +"He shall put the incense on the fire before the LORD, that the cloud of incense may cover the mercy seat that is on the ark of the testimony, otherwise he will die. -- leviticus 16:13 +. +"Moreover, he shall take some of the blood of the bull and sprinkle it with his finger on the mercy seat on the east side; also in front of the mercy seat he shall sprinkle some of the blood with his finger seven times. -- leviticus 16:14 +. +"Then he shall slaughter the goat of the sin offering which is for the people, and bring its blood inside the veil and do with its blood as he did with the blood of the bull, and sprinkle it on the mercy seat and in front of the mercy seat. -- leviticus 16:15 +. +"He shall make atonement for the holy place, because of the impurities of the sons of Israel and because of their transgressions in regard to all their sins; and thus he shall do for the tent of meeting which abides with them in the midst of their impurities. -- leviticus 16:16 +. +"When he goes in to make atonement in the holy place, no one shall be in the tent of meeting until he comes out, that he may make atonement for himself and for his household and for all the assembly of Israel. -- leviticus 16:17 +. +"Then he shall go out to the altar that is before the LORD and make atonement for it, and shall take some of the blood of the bull and of the blood of the goat and put it on the horns of the altar on all sides. -- leviticus 16:18 +. +"With his finger he shall sprinkle some of the blood on it seven times and cleanse it, and from the impurities of the sons of Israel consecrate it. -- leviticus 16:19 +. +"When he finishes atoning for the holy place and the tent of meeting and the altar, he shall offer the live goat. -- leviticus 16:20 +. +"Then Aaron shall lay both of his hands on the head of the live goat, and confess over it all the iniquities of the sons of Israel and all their transgressions in regard to all their sins; and he shall lay them on the head of the goat and send it away into the wilderness by the hand of a man who stands in readiness. -- leviticus 16:21 +. +"The goat shall bear on itself all their iniquities to a solitary land; and he shall release the goat in the wilderness. -- leviticus 16:22 +. +"Then Aaron shall come into the tent of meeting and take off the linen garments which he put on when he went into the holy place, and shall leave them there. -- leviticus 16:23 +. +"He shall bathe his body with water in a holy place and put on his clothes, and come forth and offer his burnt offering and the burnt offering of the people and make atonement for himself and for the people. -- leviticus 16:24 +. +"Then he shall offer up in smoke the fat of the sin offering on the altar. -- leviticus 16:25 +. +"The one who released the goat as the scapegoat shall wash his clothes and bathe his body with water; then afterward he shall come into the camp. -- leviticus 16:26 +. +"But the bull of the sin offering and the goat of the sin offering, whose blood was brought in to make atonement in the holy place, shall be taken outside the camp, and they shall burn their hides, their flesh, and their refuse in the fire. -- leviticus 16:27 +. +"Then the one who burns them shall wash his clothes and bathe his body with water, then afterward he shall come into the camp. -- leviticus 16:28 +. +"This shall be a permanent statute for you: in the seventh month, on the tenth day of the month, you shall humble your souls and not do any work, whether the native, or the alien who sojourns among you; -- leviticus 16:29 +. +for it is on this day that atonement shall be made for you to cleanse you; you will be clean from all your sins before the LORD. -- leviticus 16:30 +. +"It is to be a sabbath of solemn rest for you, that you may humble your souls; it is a permanent statute. -- leviticus 16:31 +. +"So the priest who is anointed and ordained to serve as priest in his father's place shall make atonement: he shall thus put on the linen garments, the holy garments, -- leviticus 16:32 +. +and make atonement for the holy sanctuary, and he shall make atonement for the tent of meeting and for the altar. He shall also make atonement for the priests and for all the people of the assembly. -- leviticus 16:33 +. +"Now you shall have this as a permanent statute, to make atonement for the sons of Israel for all their sins once every year." And just as the LORD had commanded Moses, so he did. -- leviticus 16:34 +. +Then the LORD spoke to Moses, saying, -- leviticus 17:1 +. +"Speak to Aaron and to his sons and to all the sons of Israel and say to them, 'This is what the LORD has commanded, saying, -- leviticus 17:2 +. +"Any man from the house of Israel who slaughters an ox or a lamb or a goat in the camp, or who slaughters it outside the camp, -- leviticus 17:3 +. +and has not brought it to the doorway of the tent of meeting to present it as an offering to the LORD before the tabernacle of the LORD, bloodguiltiness is to be reckoned to that man. He has shed blood and that man shall be cut off from among his people. -- leviticus 17:4 +. +"The reason is so that the sons of Israel may bring their sacrifices which they were sacrificing in the open field, that they may bring them in to the LORD, at the doorway of the tent of meeting to the priest, and sacrifice them as sacrifices of peace offerings to the LORD. -- leviticus 17:5 +. +"The priest shall sprinkle the blood on the altar of the LORD at the doorway of the tent of meeting, and offer up the fat in smoke as a soothing aroma to the LORD. -- leviticus 17:6 +. +"They shall no longer sacrifice their sacrifices to the goat demons with which they play the harlot. This shall be a permanent statute to them throughout their generations."' -- leviticus 17:7 +. +"Then you shall say to them, 'Any man from the house of Israel, or from the aliens who sojourn among them, who offers a burnt offering or sacrifice, -- leviticus 17:8 +. +and does not bring it to the doorway of the tent of meeting to offer it to the LORD, that man also shall be cut off from his people. -- leviticus 17:9 +. +'And any man from the house of Israel, or from the aliens who sojourn among them, who eats any blood, I will set My face against that person who eats blood and will cut him off from among his people. -- leviticus 17:10 +. +'For the life of the flesh is in the blood, and I have given it to you on the altar to make atonement for your souls; for it is the blood by reason of the life that makes atonement.' -- leviticus 17:11 +. +"Therefore I said to the sons of Israel, 'No person among you may eat blood, nor may any alien who sojourns among you eat blood.' -- leviticus 17:12 +. +"So when any man from the sons of Israel, or from the aliens who sojourn among them, in hunting catches a beast or a bird which may be eaten, he shall pour out its blood and cover it with earth. -- leviticus 17:13 +. +"For as for the life of all flesh, its blood is identified with its life. Therefore I said to the sons of Israel, 'You are not to eat the blood of any flesh, for the life of all flesh is its blood; whoever eats it shall be cut off.' -- leviticus 17:14 +. +"When any person eats an animal which dies or is torn by beasts, whether he is a native or an alien, he shall wash his clothes and bathe in water, and remain unclean until evening; then he will become clean. -- leviticus 17:15 +. +"But if he does not wash them or bathe his body, then he shall bear his guilt." -- leviticus 17:16 +. +Then the LORD spoke to Moses, saying, -- leviticus 18:1 +. +"Speak to the sons of Israel and say to them, 'I am the LORD your God. -- leviticus 18:2 +. +'You shall not do what is done in the land of Egypt where you lived, nor are you to do what is done in the land of Canaan where I am bringing you; you shall not walk in their statutes. -- leviticus 18:3 +. +'You are to perform My judgments and keep My statutes, to live in accord with them; I am the LORD your God. -- leviticus 18:4 +. +'So you shall keep My statutes and My judgments, by which a man may live if he does them; I am the LORD. -- leviticus 18:5 +. +'None of you shall approach any blood relative of his to uncover nakedness; I am the LORD. -- leviticus 18:6 +. +'You shall not uncover the nakedness of your father, that is, the nakedness of your mother. She is your mother; you are not to uncover her nakedness. -- leviticus 18:7 +. +'You shall not uncover the nakedness of your father's wife; it is your father's nakedness. -- leviticus 18:8 +. +'The nakedness of your sister, either your father's daughter or your mother's daughter, whether born at home or born outside, their nakedness you shall not uncover. -- leviticus 18:9 +. +'The nakedness of your son's daughter or your daughter's daughter, their nakedness you shall not uncover; for their nakedness is yours. -- leviticus 18:10 +. +'The nakedness of your father's wife's daughter, born to your father, she is your sister, you shall not uncover her nakedness. -- leviticus 18:11 +. +'You shall not uncover the nakedness of your father's sister; she is your father's blood relative. -- leviticus 18:12 +. +'You shall not uncover the nakedness of your mother's sister, for she is your mother's blood relative. -- leviticus 18:13 +. +'You shall not uncover the nakedness of your father's brother; you shall not approach his wife, she is your aunt. -- leviticus 18:14 +. +'You shall not uncover the nakedness of your daughter-in-law; she is your son's wife, you shall not uncover her nakedness. -- leviticus 18:15 +. +'You shall not uncover the nakedness of your brother's wife; it is your brother's nakedness. -- leviticus 18:16 +. +'You shall not uncover the nakedness of a woman and of her daughter, nor shall you take her son's daughter or her daughter's daughter, to uncover her nakedness; they are blood relatives. It is lewdness. -- leviticus 18:17 +. +'You shall not marry a woman in addition to her sister as a rival while she is alive, to uncover her nakedness. -- leviticus 18:18 +. +'Also you shall not approach a woman to uncover her nakedness during her menstrual impurity. -- leviticus 18:19 +. +'You shall not have intercourse with your neighbor's wife, to be defiled with her. -- leviticus 18:20 +. +'You shall not give any of your offspring to offer them to Molech, nor shall you profane the name of your God; I am the LORD. -- leviticus 18:21 +. +'You shall not lie with a male as one lies with a female; it is an abomination. -- leviticus 18:22 +. +'Also you shall not have intercourse with any animal to be defiled with it, nor shall any woman stand before an animal to mate with it; it is a perversion. -- leviticus 18:23 +. +'Do not defile yourselves by any of these things; for by all these the nations which I am casting out before you have become defiled. -- leviticus 18:24 +. +'For the land has become defiled, therefore I have brought its punishment upon it, so the land has spewed out its inhabitants. -- leviticus 18:25 +. +'But as for you, you are to keep My statutes and My judgments and shall not do any of these abominations, neither the native, nor the alien who sojourns among you -- leviticus 18:26 +. +(for the men of the land who have been before you have done all these abominations, and the land has become defiled); -- leviticus 18:27 +. +so that the land will not spew you out, should you defile it, as it has spewed out the nation which has been before you. -- leviticus 18:28 +. +'For whoever does any of these abominations, those persons who do so shall be cut off from among their people. -- leviticus 18:29 +. +'Thus you are to keep My charge, that you do not practice any of the abominable customs which have been practiced before you, so as not to defile yourselves with them; I am the LORD your God.'" -- leviticus 18:30 +. +Then the LORD spoke to Moses, saying: -- leviticus 19:1 +. +"Speak to all the congregation of the sons of Israel and say to them, 'You shall be holy, for I the LORD your God am holy. -- leviticus 19:2 +. +'Every one of you shall reverence his mother and his father, and you shall keep My sabbaths; I am the LORD your God. -- leviticus 19:3 +. +'Do not turn to idols or make for yourselves molten gods; I am the LORD your God. -- leviticus 19:4 +. +'Now when you offer a sacrifice of peace offerings to the LORD, you shall offer it so that you may be accepted. -- leviticus 19:5 +. +'It shall be eaten the same day you offer it, and the next day; but what remains until the third day shall be burned with fire. -- leviticus 19:6 +. +'So if it is eaten at all on the third day, it is an offense; it will not be accepted. -- leviticus 19:7 +. +'Everyone who eats it will bear his iniquity, for he has profaned the holy thing of the LORD; and that person shall be cut off from his people. -- leviticus 19:8 +. +'Now when you reap the harvest of your land, you shall not reap to the very corners of your field, nor shall you gather the gleanings of your harvest. -- leviticus 19:9 +. +'Nor shall you glean your vineyard, nor shall you gather the fallen fruit of your vineyard; you shall leave them for the needy and for the stranger. I am the LORD your God. -- leviticus 19:10 +. +'You shall not steal, nor deal falsely, nor lie to one another. -- leviticus 19:11 +. +'You shall not swear falsely by My name, so as to profane the name of your God; I am the LORD. -- leviticus 19:12 +. +'You shall not oppress your neighbor, nor rob him. The wages of a hired man are not to remain with you all night until morning. -- leviticus 19:13 +. +'You shall not curse a deaf man, nor place a stumbling block before the blind, but you shall revere your God; I am the LORD. -- leviticus 19:14 +. +'You shall do no injustice in judgment; you shall not be partial to the poor nor defer to the great, but you are to judge your neighbor fairly. -- leviticus 19:15 +. +'You shall not go about as a slanderer among your people, and you are not to act against the life of your neighbor; I am the LORD. -- leviticus 19:16 +. +'You shall not hate your fellow countryman in your heart; you may surely reprove your neighbor, but shall not incur sin because of him. -- leviticus 19:17 +. +'You shall not take vengeance, nor bear any grudge against the sons of your people, but you shall love your neighbor as yourself; I am the LORD. -- leviticus 19:18 +. +'You are to keep My statutes. You shall not breed together two kinds of your cattle; you shall not sow your field with two kinds of seed, nor wear a garment upon you of two kinds of material mixed together. -- leviticus 19:19 +. +'Now if a man lies carnally with a woman who is a slave acquired for another man, but who has in no way been redeemed nor given her freedom, there shall be punishment; they shall not, however, be put to death, because she was not free. -- leviticus 19:20 +. +'He shall bring his guilt offering to the LORD to the doorway of the tent of meeting, a ram for a guilt offering. -- leviticus 19:21 +. +'The priest shall also make atonement for him with the ram of the guilt offering before the LORD for his sin which he has committed, and the sin which he has committed will be forgiven him. -- leviticus 19:22 +. +'When you enter the land and plant all kinds of trees for food, then you shall count their fruit as forbidden. Three years it shall be forbidden to you; it shall not be eaten. -- leviticus 19:23 +. +'But in the fourth year all its fruit shall be holy, an offering of praise to the LORD. -- leviticus 19:24 +. +'In the fifth year you are to eat of its fruit, that its yield may increase for you; I am the LORD your God. -- leviticus 19:25 +. +'You shall not eat anything with the blood, nor practice divination or soothsaying. -- leviticus 19:26 +. +'You shall not round off the side-growth of your heads nor harm the edges of your beard. -- leviticus 19:27 +. +'You shall not make any cuts in your body for the dead nor make any tattoo marks on yourselves: I am the LORD. -- leviticus 19:28 +. +'Do not profane your daughter by making her a harlot, so that the land will not fall to harlotry and the land become full of lewdness. -- leviticus 19:29 +. +'You shall keep My sabbaths and revere My sanctuary; I am the LORD. -- leviticus 19:30 +. +'Do not turn to mediums or spiritists; do not seek them out to be defiled by them. I am the LORD your God. -- leviticus 19:31 +. +'You shall rise up before the grayheaded and honor the aged, and you shall revere your God; I am the LORD. -- leviticus 19:32 +. +'When a stranger resides with you in your land, you shall not do him wrong. -- leviticus 19:33 +. +'The stranger who resides with you shall be to you as the native among you, and you shall love him as yourself, for you were aliens in the land of Egypt; I am the LORD your God. -- leviticus 19:34 +. +'You shall do no wrong in judgment, in measurement of weight, or capacity. -- leviticus 19:35 +. +'You shall have just balances, just weights, a just ephah, and a just hin; I am the LORD your God, who brought you out from the land of Egypt. -- leviticus 19:36 +. +'You shall thus observe all My statutes and all My ordinances and do them; I am the LORD.'" -- leviticus 19:37 +. +Then the LORD spoke to Moses, saying, -- leviticus 20:1 +. +"You shall also say to the sons of Israel: 'Any man from the sons of Israel or from the aliens sojourning in Israel who gives any of his offspring to Molech, shall surely be put to death; the people of the land shall stone him with stones. -- leviticus 20:2 +. +'I will also set My face against that man and will cut him off from among his people, because he has given some of his offspring to Molech, so as to defile My sanctuary and to profane My holy name. -- leviticus 20:3 +. +'If the people of the land, however, should ever disregard that man when he gives any of his offspring to Molech, so as not to put him to death, -- leviticus 20:4 +. +then I Myself will set My face against that man and against his family, and I will cut off from among their people both him and all those who play the harlot after him, by playing the harlot after Molech. -- leviticus 20:5 +. +'As for the person who turns to mediums and to spiritists, to play the harlot after them, I will also set My face against that person and will cut him off from among his people. -- leviticus 20:6 +. +'You shall consecrate yourselves therefore and be holy, for I am the LORD your God. -- leviticus 20:7 +. +'You shall keep My statutes and practice them; I am the LORD who sanctifies you. -- leviticus 20:8 +. +'If there is anyone who curses his father or his mother, he shall surely be put to death; he has cursed his father or his mother, his bloodguiltiness is upon him. -- leviticus 20:9 +. +'If there is a man who commits adultery with another man's wife, one who commits adultery with his friend's wife, the adulterer and the adulteress shall surely be put to death. -- leviticus 20:10 +. +'If there is a man who lies with his father's wife, he has uncovered his father's nakedness; both of them shall surely be put to death, their bloodguiltiness is upon them. -- leviticus 20:11 +. +'If there is a man who lies with his daughter-in-law, both of them shall surely be put to death; they have committed incest, their bloodguiltiness is upon them. -- leviticus 20:12 +. +'If there is a man who lies with a male as those who lie with a woman, both of them have committed a detestable act; they shall surely be put to death. Their bloodguiltiness is upon them. -- leviticus 20:13 +. +'If there is a man who marries a woman and her mother, it is immorality; both he and they shall be burned with fire, so that there will be no immorality in your midst. -- leviticus 20:14 +. +'If there is a man who lies with an animal, he shall surely be put to death; you shall also kill the animal. -- leviticus 20:15 +. +'If there is a woman who approaches any animal to mate with it, you shall kill the woman and the animal; they shall surely be put to death. Their bloodguiltiness is upon them. -- leviticus 20:16 +. +'If there is a man who takes his sister, his father's daughter or his mother's daughter, so that he sees her nakedness and she sees his nakedness, it is a disgrace; and they shall be cut off in the sight of the sons of their people. He has uncovered his sister's nakedness; he bears his guilt. -- leviticus 20:17 +. +'If there is a man who lies with a menstruous woman and uncovers her nakedness, he has laid bare her flow, and she has exposed the flow of her blood; thus both of them shall be cut off from among their people. -- leviticus 20:18 +. +'You shall also not uncover the nakedness of your mother's sister or of your father's sister, for such a one has made naked his blood relative; they will bear their guilt. -- leviticus 20:19 +. +'If there is a man who lies with his uncle's wife he has uncovered his uncle's nakedness; they will bear their sin. They will die childless. -- leviticus 20:20 +. +'If there is a man who takes his brother's wife, it is abhorrent; he has uncovered his brother's nakedness. They will be childless. -- leviticus 20:21 +. +'You are therefore to keep all My statutes and all My ordinances and do them, so that the land to which I am bringing you to live will not spew you out. -- leviticus 20:22 +. +'Moreover, you shall not follow the customs of the nation which I will drive out before you, for they did all these things, and therefore I have abhorred them. -- leviticus 20:23 +. +'Hence I have said to you, "You are to possess their land, and I Myself will give it to you to possess it, a land flowing with milk and honey." I am the LORD your God, who has separated you from the peoples. -- leviticus 20:24 +. +'You are therefore to make a distinction between the clean animal and the unclean, and between the unclean bird and the clean; and you shall not make yourselves detestable by animal or by bird or by anything that creeps on the ground, which I have separated for you as unclean. -- leviticus 20:25 +. +'Thus you are to be holy to Me, for I the LORD am holy; and I have set you apart from the peoples to be Mine. -- leviticus 20:26 +. +'Now a man or a woman who is a medium or a spiritist shall surely be put to death. They shall be stoned with stones, their bloodguiltiness is upon them.'" -- leviticus 20:27 +. +Then the LORD said to Moses, "Speak to the priests, the sons of Aaron, and say to them: 'No one shall defile himself for a dead person among his people, -- leviticus 21:1 +. +except for his relatives who are nearest to him, his mother and his father and his son and his daughter and his brother, -- leviticus 21:2 +. +also for his virgin sister, who is near to him because she has had no husband; for her he may defile himself. -- leviticus 21:3 +. +'He shall not defile himself as a relative by marriage among his people, and so profane himself. -- leviticus 21:4 +. +'They shall not make any baldness on their heads, nor shave off the edges of their beards, nor make any cuts in their flesh. -- leviticus 21:5 +. +'They shall be holy to their God and not profane the name of their God, for they present the offerings by fire to the LORD, the food of their God; so they shall be holy. -- leviticus 21:6 +. +'They shall not take a woman who is profaned by harlotry, nor shall they take a woman divorced from her husband; for he is holy to his God. -- leviticus 21:7 +. +'You shall consecrate him, therefore, for he offers the food of your God; he shall be holy to you; for I the LORD, who sanctifies you, am holy. -- leviticus 21:8 +. +'Also the daughter of any priest, if she profanes herself by harlotry, she profanes her father; she shall be burned with fire. -- leviticus 21:9 +. +'The priest who is the highest among his brothers, on whose head the anointing oil has been poured and who has been consecrated to wear the garments, shall not uncover his head nor tear his clothes; -- leviticus 21:10 +. +nor shall he approach any dead person, nor defile himself even for his father or his mother; -- leviticus 21:11 +. +nor shall he go out of the sanctuary nor profane the sanctuary of his God, for the consecration of the anointing oil of his God is on him; I am the LORD. -- leviticus 21:12 +. +'He shall take a wife in her virginity. -- leviticus 21:13 +. +'A widow, or a divorced woman, or one who is profaned by harlotry, these he may not take; but rather he is to marry a virgin of his own people, -- leviticus 21:14 +. +so that he will not profane his offspring among his people; for I am the LORD who sanctifies him.'" -- leviticus 21:15 +. +Then the LORD spoke to Moses, saying, -- leviticus 21:16 +. +"Speak to Aaron, saying, 'No man of your offspring throughout their generations who has a defect shall approach to offer the food of his God. -- leviticus 21:17 +. +'For no one who has a defect shall approach: a blind man, or a lame man, or he who has a disfigured face, or any deformed limb, -- leviticus 21:18 +. +or a man who has a broken foot or broken hand, -- leviticus 21:19 +. +or a hunchback or a dwarf, or one who has a defect in his eye or eczema or scabs or crushed testicles. -- leviticus 21:20 +. +'No man among the descendants of Aaron the priest who has a defect is to come near to offer the LORD'S offerings by fire; since he has a defect, he shall not come near to offer the food of his God. -- leviticus 21:21 +. +'He may eat the food of his God, both of the most holy and of the holy, -- leviticus 21:22 +. +only he shall not go in to the veil or come near the altar because he has a defect, so that he will not profane My sanctuaries. For I am the LORD who sanctifies them.'" -- leviticus 21:23 +. +So Moses spoke to Aaron and to his sons and to all the sons of Israel. -- leviticus 21:24 +. +Then the LORD spoke to Moses, saying, -- leviticus 22:1 +. +"Tell Aaron and his sons to be careful with the holy gifts of the sons of Israel, which they dedicate to Me, so as not to profane My holy name; I am the LORD. -- leviticus 22:2 +. +"Say to them, 'If any man among all your descendants throughout your generations approaches the holy gifts which the sons of Israel dedicate to the LORD, while he has an uncleanness, that person shall be cut off from before Me; I am the LORD. -- leviticus 22:3 +. +'No man of the descendants of Aaron, who is a leper or who has a discharge, may eat of the holy gifts until he is clean. And if one touches anything made unclean by a corpse or if a man has a seminal emission, -- leviticus 22:4 +. +or if a man touches any teeming things by which he is made unclean, or any man by whom he is made unclean, whatever his uncleanness; -- leviticus 22:5 +. +a person who touches any such shall be unclean until evening, and shall not eat of the holy gifts unless he has bathed his body in water. -- leviticus 22:6 +. +'But when the sun sets, he will be clean, and afterward he shall eat of the holy gifts, for it is his food. -- leviticus 22:7 +. +'He shall not eat an animal which dies or is torn by beasts, becoming unclean by it; I am the LORD. -- leviticus 22:8 +. +'They shall therefore keep My charge, so that they will not bear sin because of it and die thereby because they profane it; I am the LORD who sanctifies them. -- leviticus 22:9 +. +'No layman, however, is to eat the holy gift; a sojourner with the priest or a hired man shall not eat of the holy gift. -- leviticus 22:10 +. +'But if a priest buys a slave as his property with his money, that one may eat of it, and those who are born in his house may eat of his food. -- leviticus 22:11 +. +'If a priest's daughter is married to a layman, she shall not eat of the offering of the gifts. -- leviticus 22:12 +. +'But if a priest's daughter becomes a widow or divorced, and has no child and returns to her father's house as in her youth, she shall eat of her father's food; but no layman shall eat of it. -- leviticus 22:13 +. +'But if a man eats a holy gift unintentionally, then he shall add to it a fifth of it and shall give the holy gift to the priest. -- leviticus 22:14 +. +'They shall not profane the holy gifts of the sons of Israel which they offer to the LORD, -- leviticus 22:15 +. +and so cause them to bear punishment for guilt by eating their holy gifts; for I am the LORD who sanctifies them.'" -- leviticus 22:16 +. +Then the LORD spoke to Moses, saying, -- leviticus 22:17 +. +"Speak to Aaron and to his sons and to all the sons of Israel and say to them, 'Any man of the house of Israel or of the aliens in Israel who presents his offering, whether it is any of their votive or any of their freewill offerings, which they present to the LORD for a burnt offering-- -- leviticus 22:18 +. +for you to be accepted--it must be a male without defect from the cattle, the sheep, or the goats. -- leviticus 22:19 +. +'Whatever has a defect, you shall not offer, for it will not be accepted for you. -- leviticus 22:20 +. +'When a man offers a sacrifice of peace offerings to the LORD to fulfill a special vow or for a freewill offering, of the herd or of the flock, it must be perfect to be accepted; there shall be no defect in it. -- leviticus 22:21 +. +'Those that are blind or fractured or maimed or having a running sore or eczema or scabs, you shall not offer to the LORD, nor make of them an offering by fire on the altar to the LORD. -- leviticus 22:22 +. +'In respect to an ox or a lamb which has an overgrown or stunted member, you may present it for a freewill offering, but for a vow it will not be accepted. -- leviticus 22:23 +. +'Also anything with its testicles bruised or crushed or torn or cut, you shall not offer to the LORD, or sacrifice in your land, -- leviticus 22:24 +. +nor shall you accept any such from the hand of a foreigner for offering as the food of your God; for their corruption is in them, they have a defect, they shall not be accepted for you.'" -- leviticus 22:25 +. +Then the LORD spoke to Moses, saying, -- leviticus 22:26 +. +"When an ox or a sheep or a goat is born, it shall remain seven days with its mother, and from the eighth day on it shall be accepted as a sacrifice of an offering by fire to the LORD. -- leviticus 22:27 +. +"But, whether it is an ox or a sheep, you shall not kill both it and its young in one day. -- leviticus 22:28 +. +"When you sacrifice a sacrifice of thanksgiving to the LORD, you shall sacrifice it so that you may be accepted. -- leviticus 22:29 +. +"It shall be eaten on the same day, you shall leave none of it until morning; I am the LORD. -- leviticus 22:30 +. +"So you shall keep My commandments, and do them; I am the LORD. -- leviticus 22:31 +. +"You shall not profane My holy name, but I will be sanctified among the sons of Israel; I am the LORD who sanctifies you, -- leviticus 22:32 +. +who brought you out from the land of Egypt, to be your God; I am the LORD." -- leviticus 22:33 +. +The LORD spoke again to Moses, saying, -- leviticus 23:1 +. +"Speak to the sons of Israel and say to them, 'The LORD'S appointed times which you shall proclaim as holy convocations--My appointed times are these: -- leviticus 23:2 +. +'For six days work may be done, but on the seventh day there is a sabbath of complete rest, a holy convocation. You shall not do any work; it is a sabbath to the LORD in all your dwellings. -- leviticus 23:3 +. +'These are the appointed times of the LORD, holy convocations which you shall proclaim at the times appointed for them. -- leviticus 23:4 +. +'In the first month, on the fourteenth day of the month at twilight is the LORD'S Passover. -- leviticus 23:5 +. +'Then on the fifteenth day of the same month there is the Feast of Unleavened Bread to the LORD; for seven days you shall eat unleavened bread. -- leviticus 23:6 +. +'On the first day you shall have a holy convocation; you shall not do any laborious work. -- leviticus 23:7 +. +'But for seven days you shall present an offering by fire to the LORD. On the seventh day is a holy convocation; you shall not do any laborious work.'" -- leviticus 23:8 +. +Then the LORD spoke to Moses, saying, -- leviticus 23:9 +. +"Speak to the sons of Israel and say to them, 'When you enter the land which I am going to give to you and reap its harvest, then you shall bring in the sheaf of the first fruits of your harvest to the priest. -- leviticus 23:10 +. +'He shall wave the sheaf before the LORD for you to be accepted; on the day after the sabbath the priest shall wave it. -- leviticus 23:11 +. +'Now on the day when you wave the sheaf, you shall offer a male lamb one year old without defect for a burnt offering to the LORD. -- leviticus 23:12 +. +'Its grain offering shall then be two-tenths of an ephah of fine flour mixed with oil, an offering by fire to the LORD for a soothing aroma, with its drink offering, a fourth of a hin of wine. -- leviticus 23:13 +. +'Until this same day, until you have brought in the offering of your God, you shall eat neither bread nor roasted grain nor new growth. It is to be a perpetual statute throughout your generations in all your dwelling places. -- leviticus 23:14 +. +'You shall also count for yourselves from the day after the sabbath, from the day when you brought in the sheaf of the wave offering; there shall be seven complete sabbaths. -- leviticus 23:15 +. +'You shall count fifty days to the day after the seventh sabbath; then you shall present a new grain offering to the LORD. -- leviticus 23:16 +. +'You shall bring in from your dwelling places two loaves of bread for a wave offering, made of two-tenths of an ephah; they shall be of a fine flour, baked with leaven as first fruits to the LORD. -- leviticus 23:17 +. +'Along with the bread you shall present seven one year old male lambs without defect, and a bull of the herd and two rams; they are to be a burnt offering to the LORD, with their grain offering and their drink offerings, an offering by fire of a soothing aroma to the LORD. -- leviticus 23:18 +. +'You shall also offer one male goat for a sin offering and two male lambs one year old for a sacrifice of peace offerings. -- leviticus 23:19 +. +'The priest shall then wave them with the bread of the first fruits for a wave offering with two lambs before the LORD; they are to be holy to the LORD for the priest. -- leviticus 23:20 +. +'On this same day you shall make a proclamation as well; you are to have a holy convocation. You shall do no laborious work. It is to be a perpetual statute in all your dwelling places throughout your generations. -- leviticus 23:21 +. +'When you reap the harvest of your land, moreover, you shall not reap to the very corners of your field nor gather the gleaning of your harvest; you are to leave them for the needy and the alien. I am the LORD your God.'" -- leviticus 23:22 +. +Again the LORD spoke to Moses, saying, -- leviticus 23:23 +. +"Speak to the sons of Israel, saying, 'In the seventh month on the first of the month you shall have a rest, a reminder by blowing of trumpets, a holy convocation. -- leviticus 23:24 +. +'You shall not do any laborious work, but you shall present an offering by fire to the LORD.'" -- leviticus 23:25 +. +The LORD spoke to Moses, saying, -- leviticus 23:26 +. +"On exactly the tenth day of this seventh month is the day of atonement; it shall be a holy convocation for you, and you shall humble your souls and present an offering by fire to the LORD. -- leviticus 23:27 +. +"You shall not do any work on this same day, for it is a day of atonement, to make atonement on your behalf before the LORD your God. -- leviticus 23:28 +. +"If there is any person who will not humble himself on this same day, he shall be cut off from his people. -- leviticus 23:29 +. +"As for any person who does any work on this same day, that person I will destroy from among his people. -- leviticus 23:30 +. +"You shall do no work at all. It is to be a perpetual statute throughout your generations in all your dwelling places. -- leviticus 23:31 +. +"It is to be a sabbath of complete rest to you, and you shall humble your souls; on the ninth of the month at evening, from evening until evening you shall keep your sabbath." -- leviticus 23:32 +. +Again the LORD spoke to Moses, saying, -- leviticus 23:33 +. +"Speak to the sons of Israel, saying, 'On the fifteenth of this seventh month is the Feast of Booths for seven days to the LORD. -- leviticus 23:34 +. +'On the first day is a holy convocation; you shall do no laborious work of any kind. -- leviticus 23:35 +. +'For seven days you shall present an offering by fire to the LORD. On the eighth day you shall have a holy convocation and present an offering by fire to the LORD; it is an assembly. You shall do no laborious work. -- leviticus 23:36 +. +'These are the appointed times of the LORD which you shall proclaim as holy convocations, to present offerings by fire to the LORD--burnt offerings and grain offerings, sacrifices and drink offerings, each day's matter on its own day-- -- leviticus 23:37 +. +besides those of the sabbaths of the LORD, and besides your gifts and besides all your votive and freewill offerings, which you give to the LORD. -- leviticus 23:38 +. +'On exactly the fifteenth day of the seventh month, when you have gathered in the crops of the land, you shall celebrate the feast of the LORD for seven days, with a rest on the first day and a rest on the eighth day. -- leviticus 23:39 +. +'Now on the first day you shall take for yourselves the foliage of beautiful trees, palm branches and boughs of leafy trees and willows of the brook, and you shall rejoice before the LORD your God for seven days. -- leviticus 23:40 +. +'You shall thus celebrate it as a feast to the LORD for seven days in the year. It shall be a perpetual statute throughout your generations; you shall celebrate it in the seventh month. -- leviticus 23:41 +. +'You shall live in booths for seven days; all the native-born in Israel shall live in booths, -- leviticus 23:42 +. +so that your generations may know that I had the sons of Israel live in booths when I brought them out from the land of Egypt. I am the LORD your God.'" -- leviticus 23:43 +. +So Moses declared to the sons of Israel the appointed times of the LORD. -- leviticus 23:44 +. +Then the LORD spoke to Moses, saying, -- leviticus 24:1 +. +"Command the sons of Israel that they bring to you clear oil from beaten olives for the light, to make a lamp burn continually. -- leviticus 24:2 +. +"Outside the veil of testimony in the tent of meeting, Aaron shall keep it in order from evening to morning before the LORD continually; it shall be a perpetual statute throughout your generations. -- leviticus 24:3 +. +"He shall keep the lamps in order on the pure gold lampstand before the LORD continually. -- leviticus 24:4 +. +"Then you shall take fine flour and bake twelve cakes with it; two-tenths of an ephah shall be in each cake. -- leviticus 24:5 +. +"You shall set them in two rows, six to a row, on the pure gold table before the LORD. -- leviticus 24:6 +. +"You shall put pure frankincense on each row that it may be a memorial portion for the bread, even an offering by fire to the LORD. -- leviticus 24:7 +. +"Every sabbath day he shall set it in order before the LORD continually; it is an everlasting covenant for the sons of Israel. -- leviticus 24:8 +. +"It shall be for Aaron and his sons, and they shall eat it in a holy place; for it is most holy to him from the LORD'S offerings by fire, his portion forever." -- leviticus 24:9 +. +Now the son of an Israelite woman, whose father was an Egyptian, went out among the sons of Israel; and the Israelite woman's son and a man of Israel struggled with each other in the camp. -- leviticus 24:10 +. +The son of the Israelite woman blasphemed the Name and cursed. So they brought him to Moses. (Now his mother's name was Shelomith, the daughter of Dibri, of the tribe of Dan.) -- leviticus 24:11 +. +They put him in custody so that the command of the LORD might be made clear to them. -- leviticus 24:12 +. +Then the LORD spoke to Moses, saying, -- leviticus 24:13 +. +"Bring the one who has cursed outside the camp, and let all who heard him lay their hands on his head; then let all the congregation stone him. -- leviticus 24:14 +. +"You shall speak to the sons of Israel, saying, 'If anyone curses his God, then he will bear his sin. -- leviticus 24:15 +. +'Moreover, the one who blasphemes the name of the LORD shall surely be put to death; all the congregation shall certainly stone him. The alien as well as the native, when he blasphemes the Name, shall be put to death. -- leviticus 24:16 +. +'If a man takes the life of any human being, he shall surely be put to death. -- leviticus 24:17 +. +'The one who takes the life of an animal shall make it good, life for life. -- leviticus 24:18 +. +'If a man injures his neighbor, just as he has done, so it shall be done to him: -- leviticus 24:19 +. +fracture for fracture, eye for eye, tooth for tooth; just as he has injured a man, so it shall be inflicted on him. -- leviticus 24:20 +. +'Thus the one who kills an animal shall make it good, but the one who kills a man shall be put to death. -- leviticus 24:21 +. +'There shall be one standard for you; it shall be for the stranger as well as the native, for I am the LORD your God.'" -- leviticus 24:22 +. +Then Moses spoke to the sons of Israel, and they brought the one who had cursed outside the camp and stoned him with stones. Thus the sons of Israel did, just as the LORD had commanded Moses. -- leviticus 24:23 +. +The LORD then spoke to Moses at Mount Sinai, saying, -- leviticus 25:1 +. +"Speak to the sons of Israel and say to them, 'When you come into the land which I shall give you, then the land shall have a sabbath to the LORD. -- leviticus 25:2 +. +'Six years you shall sow your field, and six years you shall prune your vineyard and gather in its crop, -- leviticus 25:3 +. +but during the seventh year the land shall have a sabbath rest, a sabbath to the LORD; you shall not sow your field nor prune your vineyard. -- leviticus 25:4 +. +'Your harvest's aftergrowth you shall not reap, and your grapes of untrimmed vines you shall not gather; the land shall have a sabbatical year. -- leviticus 25:5 +. +'All of you shall have the sabbath products of the land for food; yourself, and your male and female slaves, and your hired man and your foreign resident, those who live as aliens with you. -- leviticus 25:6 +. +'Even your cattle and the animals that are in your land shall have all its crops to eat. -- leviticus 25:7 +. +'You are also to count off seven sabbaths of years for yourself, seven times seven years, so that you have the time of the seven sabbaths of years, namely, forty-nine years. -- leviticus 25:8 +. +'You shall then sound a ram's horn abroad on the tenth day of the seventh month; on the day of atonement you shall sound a horn all through your land. -- leviticus 25:9 +. +'You shall thus consecrate the fiftieth year and proclaim a release through the land to all its inhabitants. It shall be a jubilee for you, and each of you shall return to his own property, and each of you shall return to his family. -- leviticus 25:10 +. +'You shall have the fiftieth year as a jubilee; you shall not sow, nor reap its aftergrowth, nor gather in from its untrimmed vines. -- leviticus 25:11 +. +'For it is a jubilee; it shall be holy to you. You shall eat its crops out of the field. -- leviticus 25:12 +. +'On this year of jubilee each of you shall return to his own property. -- leviticus 25:13 +. +'If you make a sale, moreover, to your friend or buy from your friend's hand, you shall not wrong one another. -- leviticus 25:14 +. +'Corresponding to the number of years after the jubilee, you shall buy from your friend; he is to sell to you according to the number of years of crops. -- leviticus 25:15 +. +'In proportion to the extent of the years you shall increase its price, and in proportion to the fewness of the years you shall diminish its price, for it is a number of crops he is selling to you. -- leviticus 25:16 +. +'So you shall not wrong one another, but you shall fear your God; for I am the LORD your God. -- leviticus 25:17 +. +'You shall thus observe My statutes and keep My judgments, so as to carry them out, that you may live securely on the land. -- leviticus 25:18 +. +'Then the land will yield its produce, so that you can eat your fill and live securely on it. -- leviticus 25:19 +. +'But if you say, "What are we going to eat on the seventh year if we do not sow or gather in our crops?" -- leviticus 25:20 +. +then I will so order My blessing for you in the sixth year that it will bring forth the crop for three years. -- leviticus 25:21 +. +'When you are sowing the eighth year, you can still eat old things from the crop, eating the old until the ninth year when its crop comes in. -- leviticus 25:22 +. +'The land, moreover, shall not be sold permanently, for the land is Mine; for you are but aliens and sojourners with Me. -- leviticus 25:23 +. +'Thus for every piece of your property, you are to provide for the redemption of the land. -- leviticus 25:24 +. +'If a fellow countryman of yours becomes so poor he has to sell part of his property, then his nearest kinsman is to come and buy back what his relative has sold. -- leviticus 25:25 +. +'Or in case a man has no kinsman, but so recovers his means as to find sufficient for its redemption, -- leviticus 25:26 +. +then he shall calculate the years since its sale and refund the balance to the man to whom he sold it, and so return to his property. -- leviticus 25:27 +. +'But if he has not found sufficient means to get it back for himself, then what he has sold shall remain in the hands of its purchaser until the year of jubilee; but at the jubilee it shall revert, that he may return to his property. -- leviticus 25:28 +. +'Likewise, if a man sells a dwelling house in a walled city, then his redemption right remains valid until a full year from its sale; his right of redemption lasts a full year. -- leviticus 25:29 +. +'But if it is not bought back for him within the space of a full year, then the house that is in the walled city passes permanently to its purchaser throughout his generations; it does not revert in the jubilee. -- leviticus 25:30 +. +'The houses of the villages, however, which have no surrounding wall shall be considered as open fields; they have redemption rights and revert in the jubilee. -- leviticus 25:31 +. +'As for cities of the Levites, the Levites have a permanent right of redemption for the houses of the cities which are their possession. -- leviticus 25:32 +. +'What, therefore, belongs to the Levites may be redeemed and a house sale in the city of this possession reverts in the jubilee, for the houses of the cities of the Levites are their possession among the sons of Israel. -- leviticus 25:33 +. +'But pasture fields of their cities shall not be sold, for that is their perpetual possession. -- leviticus 25:34 +. +'Now in case a countryman of yours becomes poor and his means with regard to you falter, then you are to sustain him, like a stranger or a sojourner, that he may live with you. -- leviticus 25:35 +. +'Do not take usurious interest from him, but revere your God, that your countryman may live with you. -- leviticus 25:36 +. +'You shall not give him your silver at interest, nor your food for gain. -- leviticus 25:37 +. +'I am the LORD your God, who brought you out of the land of Egypt to give you the land of Canaan and to be your God. -- leviticus 25:38 +. +'If a countryman of yours becomes so poor with regard to you that he sells himself to you, you shall not subject him to a slave's service. -- leviticus 25:39 +. +'He shall be with you as a hired man, as if he were a sojourner; he shall serve with you until the year of jubilee. -- leviticus 25:40 +. +'He shall then go out from you, he and his sons with him, and shall go back to his family, that he may return to the property of his forefathers. -- leviticus 25:41 +. +'For they are My servants whom I brought out from the land of Egypt; they are not to be sold in a slave sale. -- leviticus 25:42 +. +'You shall not rule over him with severity, but are to revere your God. -- leviticus 25:43 +. +'As for your male and female slaves whom you may have--you may acquire male and female slaves from the pagan nations that are around you. -- leviticus 25:44 +. +'Then, too, it is out of the sons of the sojourners who live as aliens among you that you may gain acquisition, and out of their families who are with you, whom they will have produced in your land; they also may become your possession. -- leviticus 25:45 +. +'You may even bequeath them to your sons after you, to receive as a possession; you can use them as permanent slaves. But in respect to your countrymen, the sons of Israel, you shall not rule with severity over one another. -- leviticus 25:46 +. +'Now if the means of a stranger or of a sojourner with you becomes sufficient, and a countryman of yours becomes so poor with regard to him as to sell himself to a stranger who is sojourning with you, or to the descendants of a stranger's family, -- leviticus 25:47 +. +then he shall have redemption right after he has been sold. One of his brothers may redeem him, -- leviticus 25:48 +. +or his uncle, or his uncle's son, may redeem him, or one of his blood relatives from his family may redeem him; or if he prospers, he may redeem himself. -- leviticus 25:49 +. +'He then with his purchaser shall calculate from the year when he sold himself to him up to the year of jubilee; and the price of his sale shall correspond to the number of years. It is like the days of a hired man that he shall be with him. -- leviticus 25:50 +. +'If there are still many years, he shall refund part of his purchase price in proportion to them for his own redemption; -- leviticus 25:51 +. +and if few years remain until the year of jubilee, he shall so calculate with him. In proportion to his years he is to refund the amount for his redemption. -- leviticus 25:52 +. +'Like a man hired year by year he shall be with him; he shall not rule over him with severity in your sight. -- leviticus 25:53 +. +'Even if he is not redeemed by these means, he shall still go out in the year of jubilee, he and his sons with him. -- leviticus 25:54 +. +'For the sons of Israel are My servants; they are My servants whom I brought out from the land of Egypt. I am the LORD your God. -- leviticus 25:55 +. +'You shall not make for yourselves idols, nor shall you set up for yourselves an image or a sacred pillar, nor shall you place a figured stone in your land to bow down to it; for I am the LORD your God. -- leviticus 26:1 +. +'You shall keep My sabbaths and reverence My sanctuary; I am the LORD. -- leviticus 26:2 +. +'If you walk in My statutes and keep My commandments so as to carry them out, -- leviticus 26:3 +. +then I shall give you rains in their season, so that the land will yield its produce and the trees of the field will bear their fruit. -- leviticus 26:4 +. +'Indeed, your threshing will last for you until grape gathering, and grape gathering will last until sowing time. You will thus eat your food to the full and live securely in your land. -- leviticus 26:5 +. +'I shall also grant peace in the land, so that you may lie down with no one making you tremble. I shall also eliminate harmful beasts from the land, and no sword will pass through your land. -- leviticus 26:6 +. +'But you will chase your enemies and they will fall before you by the sword; -- leviticus 26:7 +. +five of you will chase a hundred, and a hundred of you will chase ten thousand, and your enemies will fall before you by the sword. -- leviticus 26:8 +. +'So I will turn toward you and make you fruitful and multiply you, and I will confirm My covenant with you. -- leviticus 26:9 +. +'You will eat the old supply and clear out the old because of the new. -- leviticus 26:10 +. +'Moreover, I will make My dwelling among you, and My soul will not reject you. -- leviticus 26:11 +. +'I will also walk among you and be your God, and you shall be My people. -- leviticus 26:12 +. +'I am the LORD your God, who brought you out of the land of Egypt so that you would not be their slaves, and I broke the bars of your yoke and made you walk erect. -- leviticus 26:13 +. +'But if you do not obey Me and do not carry out all these commandments, -- leviticus 26:14 +. +if, instead, you reject My statutes, and if your soul abhors My ordinances so as not to carry out all My commandments, and so break My covenant, -- leviticus 26:15 +. +I, in turn, will do this to you: I will appoint over you a sudden terror, consumption and fever that will waste away the eyes and cause the soul to pine away; also, you will sow your seed uselessly, for your enemies will eat it up. -- leviticus 26:16 +. +'I will set My face against you so that you will be struck down before your enemies; and those who hate you will rule over you, and you will flee when no one is pursuing you. -- leviticus 26:17 +. +'If also after these things you do not obey Me, then I will punish you seven times more for your sins. -- leviticus 26:18 +. +'I will also break down your pride of power; I will also make your sky like iron and your earth like bronze. -- leviticus 26:19 +. +'Your strength will be spent uselessly, for your land will not yield its produce and the trees of the land will not yield their fruit. -- leviticus 26:20 +. +'If then, you act with hostility against Me and are unwilling to obey Me, I will increase the plague on you seven times according to your sins. -- leviticus 26:21 +. +'I will let loose among you the beasts of the field, which will bereave you of your children and destroy your cattle and reduce your number so that your roads lie deserted. -- leviticus 26:22 +. +'And if by these things you are not turned to Me, but act with hostility against Me, -- leviticus 26:23 +. +then I will act with hostility against you; and I, even I, will strike you seven times for your sins. -- leviticus 26:24 +. +'I will also bring upon you a sword which will execute vengeance for the covenant; and when you gather together into your cities, I will send pestilence among you, so that you shall be delivered into enemy hands. -- leviticus 26:25 +. +'When I break your staff of bread, ten women will bake your bread in one oven, and they will bring back your bread in rationed amounts, so that you will eat and not be satisfied. -- leviticus 26:26 +. +'Yet if in spite of this you do not obey Me, but act with hostility against Me, -- leviticus 26:27 +. +then I will act with wrathful hostility against you, and I, even I, will punish you seven times for your sins. -- leviticus 26:28 +. +'Further, you will eat the flesh of your sons and the flesh of your daughters you will eat. -- leviticus 26:29 +. +'I then will destroy your high places, and cut down your incense altars, and heap your remains on the remains of your idols, for My soul shall abhor you. -- leviticus 26:30 +. +'I will lay waste your cities as well and will make your sanctuaries desolate, and I will not smell your soothing aromas. -- leviticus 26:31 +. +'I will make the land desolate so that your enemies who settle in it will be appalled over it. -- leviticus 26:32 +. +'You, however, I will scatter among the nations and will draw out a sword after you, as your land becomes desolate and your cities become waste. -- leviticus 26:33 +. +'Then the land will enjoy its sabbaths all the days of the desolation, while you are in your enemies' land; then the land will rest and enjoy its sabbaths. -- leviticus 26:34 +. +'All the days of its desolation it will observe the rest which it did not observe on your sabbaths, while you were living on it. -- leviticus 26:35 +. +'As for those of you who may be left, I will also bring weakness into their hearts in the lands of their enemies. And the sound of a driven leaf will chase them, and even when no one is pursuing they will flee as though from the sword, and they will fall. -- leviticus 26:36 +. +'They will therefore stumble over each other as if running from the sword, although no one is pursuing; and you will have no strength to stand up before your enemies. -- leviticus 26:37 +. +'But you will perish among the nations, and your enemies' land will consume you. -- leviticus 26:38 +. +'So those of you who may be left will rot away because of their iniquity in the lands of your enemies; and also because of the iniquities of their forefathers they will rot away with them. -- leviticus 26:39 +. +'If they confess their iniquity and the iniquity of their forefathers, in their unfaithfulness which they committed against Me, and also in their acting with hostility against Me-- -- leviticus 26:40 +. +I also was acting with hostility against them, to bring them into the land of their enemies--or if their uncircumcised heart becomes humbled so that they then make amends for their iniquity, -- leviticus 26:41 +. +then I will remember My covenant with Jacob, and I will remember also My covenant with Isaac, and My covenant with Abraham as well, and I will remember the land. -- leviticus 26:42 +. +'For the land will be abandoned by them, and will make up for its sabbaths while it is made desolate without them. They, meanwhile, will be making amends for their iniquity, because they rejected My ordinances and their soul abhorred My statutes. -- leviticus 26:43 +. +'Yet in spite of this, when they are in the land of their enemies, I will not reject them, nor will I so abhor them as to destroy them, breaking My covenant with them; for I am the LORD their God. -- leviticus 26:44 +. +'But I will remember for them the covenant with their ancestors, whom I brought out of the land of Egypt in the sight of the nations, that I might be their God. I am the LORD.'" -- leviticus 26:45 +. +These are the statutes and ordinances and laws which the LORD established between Himself and the sons of Israel through Moses at Mount Sinai. -- leviticus 26:46 +. +Again, the LORD spoke to Moses, saying, -- leviticus 27:1 +. +"Speak to the sons of Israel and say to them, 'When a man makes a difficult vow, he shall be valued according to your valuation of persons belonging to the LORD. -- leviticus 27:2 +. +'If your valuation is of the male from twenty years even to sixty years old, then your valuation shall be fifty shekels of silver, after the shekel of the sanctuary. -- leviticus 27:3 +. +'Or if it is a female, then your valuation shall be thirty shekels. -- leviticus 27:4 +. +'If it be from five years even to twenty years old then your valuation for the male shall be twenty shekels and for the female ten shekels. -- leviticus 27:5 +. +'But if they are from a month even up to five years old, then your valuation shall be five shekels of silver for the male, and for the female your valuation shall be three shekels of silver. -- leviticus 27:6 +. +'If they are from sixty years old and upward, if it is a male, then your valuation shall be fifteen shekels, and for the female ten shekels. -- leviticus 27:7 +. +'But if he is poorer than your valuation, then he shall be placed before the priest and the priest shall value him; according to the means of the one who vowed, the priest shall value him. -- leviticus 27:8 +. +'Now if it is an animal of the kind which men can present as an offering to the LORD, any such that one gives to the LORD shall be holy. -- leviticus 27:9 +. +'He shall not replace it or exchange it, a good for a bad, or a bad for a good; or if he does exchange animal for animal, then both it and its substitute shall become holy. -- leviticus 27:10 +. +'If, however, it is any unclean animal of the kind which men do not present as an offering to the LORD, then he shall place the animal before the priest. -- leviticus 27:11 +. +'The priest shall value it as either good or bad; as you, the priest, value it, so it shall be. -- leviticus 27:12 +. +'But if he should ever wish to redeem it, then he shall add one-fifth of it to your valuation. -- leviticus 27:13 +. +'Now if a man consecrates his house as holy to the LORD, then the priest shall value it as either good or bad; as the priest values it, so it shall stand. -- leviticus 27:14 +. +'Yet if the one who consecrates it should wish to redeem his house, then he shall add one-fifth of your valuation price to it, so that it may be his. -- leviticus 27:15 +. +'Again, if a man consecrates to the LORD part of the fields of his own property, then your valuation shall be proportionate to the seed needed for it: a homer of barley seed at fifty shekels of silver. -- leviticus 27:16 +. +'If he consecrates his field as of the year of jubilee, according to your valuation it shall stand. -- leviticus 27:17 +. +'If he consecrates his field after the jubilee, however, then the priest shall calculate the price for him proportionate to the years that are left until the year of jubilee; and it shall be deducted from your valuation. -- leviticus 27:18 +. +'If the one who consecrates it should ever wish to redeem the field, then he shall add one-fifth of your valuation price to it, so that it may pass to him. -- leviticus 27:19 +. +'Yet if he will not redeem the field, but has sold the field to another man, it may no longer be redeemed; -- leviticus 27:20 +. +and when it reverts in the jubilee, the field shall be holy to the LORD, like a field set apart; it shall be for the priest as his property. -- leviticus 27:21 +. +'Or if he consecrates to the LORD a field which he has bought, which is not a part of the field of his own property, -- leviticus 27:22 +. +then the priest shall calculate for him the amount of your valuation up to the year of jubilee; and he shall on that day give your valuation as holy to the LORD. -- leviticus 27:23 +. +'In the year of jubilee the field shall return to the one from whom he bought it, to whom the possession of the land belongs. -- leviticus 27:24 +. +'Every valuation of yours, moreover, shall be after the shekel of the sanctuary. The shekel shall be twenty gerahs. -- leviticus 27:25 +. +'However, a firstborn among animals, which as a firstborn belongs to the LORD, no man may consecrate it; whether ox or sheep, it is the LORD'S. -- leviticus 27:26 +. +'But if it is among the unclean animals, then he shall redeem it according to your valuation and add to it one-fifth of it; and if it is not redeemed, then it shall be sold according to your valuation. -- leviticus 27:27 +. +'Nevertheless, anything which a man sets apart to the LORD out of all that he has, of man or animal or of the fields of his own property, shall not be sold or redeemed. Anything devoted to destruction is most holy to the LORD. -- leviticus 27:28 +. +'No one who may have been set apart among men shall be ransomed; he shall surely be put to death. -- leviticus 27:29 +. +'Thus all the tithe of the land, of the seed of the land or of the fruit of the tree, is the LORD'S; it is holy to the LORD. -- leviticus 27:30 +. +'If, therefore, a man wishes to redeem part of his tithe, he shall add to it one-fifth of it. -- leviticus 27:31 +. +'For every tenth part of herd or flock, whatever passes under the rod, the tenth one shall be holy to the LORD. -- leviticus 27:32 +. +'He is not to be concerned whether it is good or bad, nor shall he exchange it; or if he does exchange it, then both it and its substitute shall become holy. It shall not be redeemed.'" -- leviticus 27:33 +. +These are the commandments which the LORD commanded Moses for the sons of Israel at Mount Sinai. -- leviticus 27:34 +. +Then the LORD spoke to Moses in the wilderness of Sinai, in the tent of meeting, on the first of the second month, in the second year after they had come out of the land of Egypt, saying, -- numbers 1:1 +. +"Take a census of all the congregation of the sons of Israel, by their families, by their fathers' households, according to the number of names, every male, head by head -- numbers 1:2 +. +from twenty years old and upward, whoever is able to go out to war in Israel, you and Aaron shall number them by their armies. -- numbers 1:3 +. +"With you, moreover, there shall be a man of each tribe, each one head of his father's household. -- numbers 1:4 +. +"These then are the names of the men who shall stand with you: of Reuben, Elizur the son of Shedeur; -- numbers 1:5 +. +of Simeon, Shelumiel the son of Zurishaddai; -- numbers 1:6 +. +of Judah, Nahshon the son of Amminadab; -- numbers 1:7 +. +of Issachar, Nethanel the son of Zuar; -- numbers 1:8 +. +of Zebulun, Eliab the son of Helon; -- numbers 1:9 +. +of the sons of Joseph: of Ephraim, Elishama the son of Ammihud; of Manasseh, Gamaliel the son of Pedahzur; -- numbers 1:10 +. +of Benjamin, Abidan the son of Gideoni; -- numbers 1:11 +. +of Dan, Ahiezer the son of Ammishaddai; -- numbers 1:12 +. +of Asher, Pagiel the son of Ochran; -- numbers 1:13 +. +of Gad, Eliasaph the son of Deuel; -- numbers 1:14 +. +of Naphtali, Ahira the son of Enan. -- numbers 1:15 +. +"These are they who were called of the congregation, the leaders of their fathers' tribes; they were the heads of divisions of Israel." -- numbers 1:16 +. +So Moses and Aaron took these men who had been designated by name, -- numbers 1:17 +. +and they assembled all the congregation together on the first of the second month. Then they registered by ancestry in their families, by their fathers' households, according to the number of names, from twenty years old and upward, head by head, -- numbers 1:18 +. +just as the LORD had commanded Moses. So he numbered them in the wilderness of Sinai. -- numbers 1:19 +. +Now the sons of Reuben, Israel's firstborn, their genealogical registration by their families, by their fathers' households, according to the number of names, head by head, every male from twenty years old and upward, whoever was able to go out to war, -- numbers 1:20 +. +their numbered men of the tribe of Reuben were 46,500. -- numbers 1:21 +. +Of the sons of Simeon, their genealogical registration by their families, by their fathers' households, their numbered men, according to the number of names, head by head, every male from twenty years old and upward, whoever was able to go out to war, -- numbers 1:22 +. +their numbered men of the tribe of Simeon were 59,300. -- numbers 1:23 +. +Of the sons of Gad, their genealogical registration by their families, by their fathers' households, according to the number of names, from twenty years old and upward, whoever was able to go out to war, -- numbers 1:24 +. +their numbered men of the tribe of Gad were 45,650. -- numbers 1:25 +. +Of the sons of Judah, their genealogical registration by their families, by their fathers' households, according to the number of names, from twenty years old and upward, whoever was able to go out to war, -- numbers 1:26 +. +their numbered men of the tribe of Judah were 74,600. -- numbers 1:27 +. +Of the sons of Issachar, their genealogical registration by their families, by their fathers' households, according to the number of names, from twenty years old and upward, whoever was able to go out to war, -- numbers 1:28 +. +their numbered men of the tribe of Issachar were 54,400. -- numbers 1:29 +. +Of the sons of Zebulun, their genealogical registration by their families, by their fathers' households, according to the number of names, from twenty years old and upward, whoever was able to go out to war, -- numbers 1:30 +. +their numbered men of the tribe of Zebulun were 57,400. -- numbers 1:31 +. +Of the sons of Joseph, namely, of the sons of Ephraim, their genealogical registration by their families, by their fathers' households, according to the number of names, from twenty years old and upward, whoever was able to go out to war, -- numbers 1:32 +. +their numbered men of the tribe of Ephraim were 40,500. -- numbers 1:33 +. +Of the sons of Manasseh, their genealogical registration by their families, by their fathers' households, according to the number of names, from twenty years old and upward, whoever was able to go out to war, -- numbers 1:34 +. +their numbered men of the tribe of Manasseh were 32,200. -- numbers 1:35 +. +Of the sons of Benjamin, their genealogical registration by their families, by their fathers' households, according to the number of names, from twenty years old and upward, whoever was able to go out to war, -- numbers 1:36 +. +their numbered men of the tribe of Benjamin were 35,400. -- numbers 1:37 +. +Of the sons of Dan, their genealogical registration by their families, by their fathers' households, according to the number of names, from twenty years old and upward, whoever was able to go out to war, -- numbers 1:38 +. +their numbered men of the tribe of Dan were 62,700. -- numbers 1:39 +. +Of the sons of Asher, their genealogical registration by their families, by their fathers' households, according to the number of names, from twenty years old and upward, whoever was able to go out to war, -- numbers 1:40 +. +their numbered men of the tribe of Asher were 41,500. -- numbers 1:41 +. +Of the sons of Naphtali, their genealogical registration by their families, by their fathers' households, according to the number of names, from twenty years old and upward, whoever was able to go out to war, -- numbers 1:42 +. +their numbered men of the tribe of Naphtali were 53,400. -- numbers 1:43 +. +These are the ones who were numbered, whom Moses and Aaron numbered, with the leaders of Israel, twelve men, each of whom was of his father's household. -- numbers 1:44 +. +So all the numbered men of the sons of Israel by their fathers' households, from twenty years old and upward, whoever was able to go out to war in Israel, -- numbers 1:45 +. +even all the numbered men were 603,550. -- numbers 1:46 +. +The Levites, however, were not numbered among them by their fathers' tribe. -- numbers 1:47 +. +For the LORD had spoken to Moses, saying, -- numbers 1:48 +. +"Only the tribe of Levi you shall not number, nor shall you take their census among the sons of Israel. -- numbers 1:49 +. +"But you shall appoint the Levites over the tabernacle of the testimony, and over all its furnishings and over all that belongs to it. They shall carry the tabernacle and all its furnishings, and they shall take care of it; they shall also camp around the tabernacle. -- numbers 1:50 +. +"So when the tabernacle is to set out, the Levites shall take it down; and when the tabernacle encamps, the Levites shall set it up. But the layman who comes near shall be put to death. -- numbers 1:51 +. +"The sons of Israel shall camp, each man by his own camp, and each man by his own standard, according to their armies. -- numbers 1:52 +. +"But the Levites shall camp around the tabernacle of the testimony, so that there will be no wrath on the congregation of the sons of Israel. So the Levites shall keep charge of the tabernacle of the testimony." -- numbers 1:53 +. +Thus the sons of Israel did; according to all which the LORD had commanded Moses, so they did. -- numbers 1:54 +. +Now the LORD spoke to Moses and to Aaron, saying, -- numbers 2:1 +. +"The sons of Israel shall camp, each by his own standard, with the banners of their fathers' households; they shall camp around the tent of meeting at a distance. -- numbers 2:2 +. +"Now those who camp on the east side toward the sunrise shall be of the standard of the camp of Judah, by their armies, and the leader of the sons of Judah: Nahshon the son of Amminadab, -- numbers 2:3 +. +and his army, even their numbered men, 74,600. -- numbers 2:4 +. +"Those who camp next to him shall be the tribe of Issachar, and the leader of the sons of Issachar: Nethanel the son of Zuar, -- numbers 2:5 +. +and his army, even their numbered men, 54,400. -- numbers 2:6 +. +"Then comes the tribe of Zebulun, and the leader of the sons of Zebulun: Eliab the son of Helon, -- numbers 2:7 +. +and his army, even his numbered men, 57,400. -- numbers 2:8 +. +"The total of the numbered men of the camp of Judah: 186,400, by their armies. They shall set out first. -- numbers 2:9 +. +"On the south side shall be the standard of the camp of Reuben by their armies, and the leader of the sons of Reuben: Elizur the son of Shedeur, -- numbers 2:10 +. +and his army, even their numbered men, 46,500. -- numbers 2:11 +. +"Those who camp next to him shall be the tribe of Simeon, and the leader of the sons of Simeon: Shelumiel the son of Zurishaddai, -- numbers 2:12 +. +and his army, even their numbered men, 59,300. -- numbers 2:13 +. +"Then comes the tribe of Gad, and the leader of the sons of Gad: Eliasaph the son of Deuel, -- numbers 2:14 +. +and his army, even their numbered men, 45,650. -- numbers 2:15 +. +"The total of the numbered men of the camp of Reuben: 151,by their armies. And they shall set out second. -- numbers 2:16 +. +"Then the tent of meeting shall set out with the camp of the Levites in the midst of the camps; just as they camp, so they shall set out, every man in his place by their standards. -- numbers 2:17 +. +"On the west side shall be the standard of the camp of Ephraim by their armies, and the leader of the sons of Ephraim shall be Elishama the son of Ammihud, -- numbers 2:18 +. +and his army, even their numbered men, 40,500. -- numbers 2:19 +. +"Next to him shall be the tribe of Manasseh, and the leader of the sons of Manasseh: Gamaliel the son of Pedahzur, -- numbers 2:20 +. +and his army, even their numbered men, 32,200. -- numbers 2:21 +. +"Then comes the tribe of Benjamin, and the leader of the sons of Benjamin: Abidan the son of Gideoni, -- numbers 2:22 +. +and his army, even their numbered men, 35,400. -- numbers 2:23 +. +"The total of the numbered men of the camp of Ephraim: 108,100, by their armies. And they shall set out third. -- numbers 2:24 +. +"On the north side shall be the standard of the camp of Dan by their armies, and the leader of the sons of Dan: Ahiezer the son of Ammishaddai, -- numbers 2:25 +. +and his army, even their numbered men, 62,700. -- numbers 2:26 +. +"Those who camp next to him shall be the tribe of Asher, and the leader of the sons of Asher: Pagiel the son of Ochran, -- numbers 2:27 +. +and his army, even their numbered men, 41,500. -- numbers 2:28 +. +"Then comes the tribe of Naphtali, and the leader of the sons of Naphtali: Ahira the son of Enan, -- numbers 2:29 +. +and his army, even their numbered men, 53,400. -- numbers 2:30 +. +"The total of the numbered men of the camp of Dan was 157,600. They shall set out last by their standards." -- numbers 2:31 +. +These are the numbered men of the sons of Israel by their fathers' households; the total of the numbered men of the camps by their armies, 603,550. -- numbers 2:32 +. +The Levites, however, were not numbered among the sons of Israel, just as the LORD had commanded Moses. -- numbers 2:33 +. +Thus the sons of Israel did; according to all that the LORD commanded Moses, so they camped by their standards, and so they set out, every one by his family according to his father's household. -- numbers 2:34 +. +Now these are the records of the generations of Aaron and Moses at the time when the LORD spoke with Moses on Mount Sinai. -- numbers 3:1 +. +These then are the names of the sons of Aaron: Nadab the firstborn, and Abihu, Eleazar and Ithamar. -- numbers 3:2 +. +These are the names of the sons of Aaron, the anointed priests, whom he ordained to serve as priests. -- numbers 3:3 +. +But Nadab and Abihu died before the LORD when they offered strange fire before the LORD in the wilderness of Sinai; and they had no children. So Eleazar and Ithamar served as priests in the lifetime of their father Aaron. -- numbers 3:4 +. +Then the LORD spoke to Moses, saying, -- numbers 3:5 +. +"Bring the tribe of Levi near and set them before Aaron the priest, that they may serve him. -- numbers 3:6 +. +"They shall perform the duties for him and for the whole congregation before the tent of meeting, to do the service of the tabernacle. -- numbers 3:7 +. +"They shall also keep all the furnishings of the tent of meeting, along with the duties of the sons of Israel, to do the service of the tabernacle. -- numbers 3:8 +. +"You shall thus give the Levites to Aaron and to his sons; they are wholly given to him from among the sons of Israel. -- numbers 3:9 +. +"So you shall appoint Aaron and his sons that they may keep their priesthood, but the layman who comes near shall be put to death." -- numbers 3:10 +. +Again the LORD spoke to Moses, saying, -- numbers 3:11 +. +"Now, behold, I have taken the Levites from among the sons of Israel instead of every firstborn, the first issue of the womb among the sons of Israel. So the Levites shall be Mine. -- numbers 3:12 +. +"For all the firstborn are Mine; on the day that I struck down all the firstborn in the land of Egypt, I sanctified to Myself all the firstborn in Israel, from man to beast. They shall be Mine; I am the LORD." -- numbers 3:13 +. +Then the LORD spoke to Moses in the wilderness of Sinai, saying, -- numbers 3:14 +. +"Number the sons of Levi by their fathers' households, by their families; every male from a month old and upward you shall number." -- numbers 3:15 +. +So Moses numbered them according to the word of the LORD, just as he had been commanded. -- numbers 3:16 +. +These then are the sons of Levi by their names: Gershon and Kohath and Merari. -- numbers 3:17 +. +These are the names of the sons of Gershon by their families: Libni and Shimei; -- numbers 3:18 +. +and the sons of Kohath by their families: Amram and Izhar, Hebron and Uzziel; -- numbers 3:19 +. +and the sons of Merari by their families: Mahli and Mushi. These are the families of the Levites according to their fathers' households. -- numbers 3:20 +. +Of Gershon was the family of the Libnites and the family of the Shimeites; these were the families of the Gershonites. -- numbers 3:21 +. +Their numbered men, in the numbering of every male from a month old and upward, even their numbered men were 7,500. -- numbers 3:22 +. +The families of the Gershonites were to camp behind the tabernacle westward, -- numbers 3:23 +. +and the leader of the fathers' households of the Gershonites was Eliasaph the son of Lael. -- numbers 3:24 +. +Now the duties of the sons of Gershon in the tent of meeting involved the tabernacle and the tent, its covering, and the screen for the doorway of the tent of meeting, -- numbers 3:25 +. +and the hangings of the court, and the screen for the doorway of the court which is around the tabernacle and the altar, and its cords, according to all the service concerning them. -- numbers 3:26 +. +Of Kohath was the family of the Amramites and the family of the Izharites and the family of the Hebronites and the family of the Uzzielites; these were the families of the Kohathites. -- numbers 3:27 +. +In the numbering of every male from a month old and upward, there were 8,600, performing the duties of the sanctuary. -- numbers 3:28 +. +The families of the sons of Kohath were to camp on the southward side of the tabernacle, -- numbers 3:29 +. +and the leader of the fathers' households of the Kohathite families was Elizaphan the son of Uzziel. -- numbers 3:30 +. +Now their duties involved the ark, the table, the lampstand, the altars, and the utensils of the sanctuary with which they minister, and the screen, and all the service concerning them; -- numbers 3:31 +. +and Eleazar the son of Aaron the priest was the chief of the leaders of Levi, and had the oversight of those who perform the duties of the sanctuary. -- numbers 3:32 +. +Of Merari was the family of the Mahlites and the family of the Mushites; these were the families of Merari. -- numbers 3:33 +. +Their numbered men in the numbering of every male from a month old and upward, were 6,200. -- numbers 3:34 +. +The leader of the fathers' households of the families of Merari was Zuriel the son of Abihail. They were to camp on the northward side of the tabernacle. -- numbers 3:35 +. +Now the appointed duties of the sons of Merari involved the frames of the tabernacle, its bars, its pillars, its sockets, all its equipment, and the service concerning them, -- numbers 3:36 +. +and the pillars around the court with their sockets and their pegs and their cords. -- numbers 3:37 +. +Now those who were to camp before the tabernacle eastward, before the tent of meeting toward the sunrise, are Moses and Aaron and his sons, performing the duties of the sanctuary for the obligation of the sons of Israel; but the layman coming near was to be put to death. -- numbers 3:38 +. +All the numbered men of the Levites, whom Moses and Aaron numbered at the command of the LORD by their families, every male from a month old and upward, were 22,000. -- numbers 3:39 +. +Then the LORD said to Moses, "Number every firstborn male of the sons of Israel from a month old and upward, and make a list of their names. -- numbers 3:40 +. +"You shall take the Levites for Me, I am the LORD, instead of all the firstborn among the sons of Israel, and the cattle of the Levites instead of all the firstborn among the cattle of the sons of Israel." -- numbers 3:41 +. +So Moses numbered all the firstborn among the sons of Israel, just as the LORD had commanded him; -- numbers 3:42 +. +and all the firstborn males by the number of names from a month old and upward, for their numbered men were 22,273. -- numbers 3:43 +. +Then the LORD spoke to Moses, saying, -- numbers 3:44 +. +"Take the Levites instead of all the firstborn among the sons of Israel and the cattle of the Levites. And the Levites shall be Mine; I am the LORD. -- numbers 3:45 +. +"For the ransom of the of the firstborn of the sons of Israel who are in excess beyond the Levites, -- numbers 3:46 +. +you shall take five shekels apiece, per head; you shall take them in terms of the shekel of the sanctuary (the shekel is twenty gerahs), -- numbers 3:47 +. +and give the money, the ransom of those who are in excess among them, to Aaron and to his sons." -- numbers 3:48 +. +So Moses took the ransom money from those who were in excess, beyond those ransomed by the Levites; -- numbers 3:49 +. +from the firstborn of the sons of Israel he took the money in terms of the shekel of the sanctuary, 1,365. -- numbers 3:50 +. +Then Moses gave the ransom money to Aaron and to his sons, at the command of the LORD, just as the LORD had commanded Moses. -- numbers 3:51 +. +Then the LORD spoke to Moses and to Aaron, saying, -- numbers 4:1 +. +"Take a census of the descendants of Kohath from among the sons of Levi, by their families, by their fathers' households, -- numbers 4:2 +. +from thirty years and upward, even to fifty years old, all who enter the service to do the work in the tent of meeting. -- numbers 4:3 +. +"This is the work of the descendants of Kohath in the tent of meeting, concerning the most holy things. -- numbers 4:4 +. +"When the camp sets out, Aaron and his sons shall go in and they shall take down the veil of the screen and cover the ark of the testimony with it; -- numbers 4:5 +. +and they shall lay a covering of porpoise skin on it, and shall spread over it a cloth of pure blue, and shall insert its poles. -- numbers 4:6 +. +"Over the table of the bread of the Presence they shall also spread a cloth of blue and put on it the dishes and the pans and the sacrificial bowls and the jars for the drink offering, and the continual bread shall be on it. -- numbers 4:7 +. +"They shall spread over them a cloth of scarlet material, and cover the same with a covering of porpoise skin, and they shall insert its poles. -- numbers 4:8 +. +"Then they shall take a blue cloth and cover the lampstand for the light, along with its lamps and its snuffers, and its trays and all its oil vessels, by which they serve it; -- numbers 4:9 +. +and they shall put it and all its utensils in a covering of porpoise skin, and shall put it on the carrying bars. -- numbers 4:10 +. +"Over the golden altar they shall spread a blue cloth and cover it with a covering of porpoise skin, and shall insert its poles; -- numbers 4:11 +. +and they shall take all the utensils of service, with which they serve in the sanctuary, and put them in a blue cloth and cover them with a covering of porpoise skin, and put them on the carrying bars. -- numbers 4:12 +. +"Then they shall take away the ashes from the altar, and spread a purple cloth over it. -- numbers 4:13 +. +"They shall also put on it all its utensils by which they serve in connection with it: the firepans, the forks and shovels and the basins, all the utensils of the altar; and they shall spread a cover of porpoise skin over it and insert its poles. -- numbers 4:14 +. +"When Aaron and his sons have finished covering the holy objects and all the furnishings of the sanctuary, when the camp is to set out, after that the sons of Kohath shall come to carry them, so that they will not touch the holy objects and die. These are the things in the tent of meeting which the sons of Kohath are to carry. -- numbers 4:15 +. +"The responsibility of Eleazar the son of Aaron the priest is the oil for the light and the fragrant incense and the continual grain offering and the anointing oil--the responsibility of all the tabernacle and of all that is in it, with the sanctuary and its furnishings." -- numbers 4:16 +. +Then the LORD spoke to Moses and to Aaron, saying, -- numbers 4:17 +. +"Do not let the tribe of the families of the Kohathites be cut off from among the Levites. -- numbers 4:18 +. +"But do this to them that they may live and not die when they approach the most holy objects: Aaron and his sons shall go in and assign each of them to his work and to his load; -- numbers 4:19 +. +but they shall not go in to see the holy objects even for a moment, or they will die." -- numbers 4:20 +. +Then the LORD spoke to Moses, saying, -- numbers 4:21 +. +"Take a census of the sons of Gershon also, by their fathers' households, by their families; -- numbers 4:22 +. +from thirty years and upward to fifty years old, you shall number them; all who enter to perform the service to do the work in the tent of meeting. -- numbers 4:23 +. +"This is the service of the families of the Gershonites, in serving and in carrying: -- numbers 4:24 +. +they shall carry the curtains of the tabernacle and the tent of meeting with its covering and the covering of porpoise skin that is on top of it, and the screen for the doorway of the tent of meeting, -- numbers 4:25 +. +and the hangings of the court, and the screen for the doorway of the gate of the court which is around the tabernacle and the altar, and their cords and all the equipment for their service; and all that is to be done, they shall perform. -- numbers 4:26 +. +"All the service of the sons of the Gershonites, in all their loads and in all their work, shall be performed at the command of Aaron and his sons; and you shall assign to them as a duty all their loads. -- numbers 4:27 +. +"This is the service of the families of the sons of the Gershonites in the tent of meeting, and their duties shall be under the direction of Ithamar the son of Aaron the priest. -- numbers 4:28 +. +"As for the sons of Merari, you shall number them by their families, by their fathers' households; -- numbers 4:29 +. +from thirty years and upward even to fifty years old, you shall number them, everyone who enters the service to do the work of the tent of meeting. -- numbers 4:30 +. +"Now this is the duty of their loads, for all their service in the tent of meeting: the boards of the tabernacle and its bars and its pillars and its sockets, -- numbers 4:31 +. +and the pillars around the court and their sockets and their pegs and their cords, with all their equipment and with all their service; and you shall assign each man by name the items he is to carry. -- numbers 4:32 +. +"This is the service of the families of the sons of Merari, according to all their service in the tent of meeting, under the direction of Ithamar the son of Aaron the priest." -- numbers 4:33 +. +So Moses and Aaron and the leaders of the congregation numbered the sons of the Kohathites by their families and by their fathers' households, -- numbers 4:34 +. +from thirty years and upward even to fifty years old, everyone who entered the service for work in the tent of meeting. -- numbers 4:35 +. +Their numbered men by their families were 2,750. -- numbers 4:36 +. +These are the numbered men of the Kohathite families, everyone who was serving in the tent of meeting, whom Moses and Aaron numbered according to the commandment of the LORD through Moses. -- numbers 4:37 +. +The numbered men of the sons of Gershon by their families and by their fathers' households, -- numbers 4:38 +. +from thirty years and upward even to fifty years old, everyone who entered the service for work in the tent of meeting. -- numbers 4:39 +. +Their numbered men by their families, by their fathers' households, were 2,630. -- numbers 4:40 +. +These are the numbered men of the families of the sons of Gershon, everyone who was serving in the tent of meeting, whom Moses and Aaron numbered according to the commandment of the LORD. -- numbers 4:41 +. +The numbered men of the families of the sons of Merari by their families, by their fathers' households, -- numbers 4:42 +. +from thirty years and upward even to fifty years old, everyone who entered the service for work in the tent of meeting. -- numbers 4:43 +. +Their numbered men by their families were 3,200. -- numbers 4:44 +. +These are the numbered men of the families of the sons of Merari, whom Moses and Aaron numbered according to the commandment of the LORD through Moses. -- numbers 4:45 +. +All the numbered men of the Levites, whom Moses and Aaron and the leaders of Israel numbered, by their families and by their fathers' households, -- numbers 4:46 +. +from thirty years and upward even to fifty years old, everyone who could enter to do the work of service and the work of carrying in the tent of meeting. -- numbers 4:47 +. +Their numbered men were 8,580. -- numbers 4:48 +. +According to the commandment of the LORD through Moses, they were numbered, everyone by his serving or carrying; thus these were his numbered men, just as the LORD had commanded Moses. -- numbers 4:49 +. +Then the LORD spoke to Moses, saying, -- numbers 5:1 +. +"Command the sons of Israel that they send away from the camp every leper and everyone having a discharge and everyone who is unclean because of a dead person. -- numbers 5:2 +. +"You shall send away both male and female; you shall send them outside the camp so that they will not defile their camp where I dwell in their midst." -- numbers 5:3 +. +The sons of Israel did so and sent them outside the camp; just as the LORD had spoken to Moses, thus the sons of Israel did. -- numbers 5:4 +. +Then the LORD spoke to Moses, saying, -- numbers 5:5 +. +"Speak to the sons of Israel, 'When a man or woman commits any of the sins of mankind, acting unfaithfully against the LORD, and that person is guilty, -- numbers 5:6 +. +then he shall confess his sins which he has committed, and he shall make restitution in full for his wrong and add to it one-fifth of it, and give it to him whom he has wronged. -- numbers 5:7 +. +'But if the man has no relative to whom restitution may be made for the wrong, the restitution which is made for the wrong must go to the LORD for the priest, besides the ram of atonement, by which atonement is made for him. -- numbers 5:8 +. +'Also every contribution pertaining to all the holy gifts of the sons of Israel, which they offer to the priest, shall be his. -- numbers 5:9 +. +'So every man's holy gifts shall be his; whatever any man gives to the priest, it becomes his.'" -- numbers 5:10 +. +Then the LORD spoke to Moses, saying, -- numbers 5:11 +. +"Speak to the sons of Israel and say to them, 'If any man's wife goes astray and is unfaithful to him, -- numbers 5:12 +. +and a man has intercourse with her and it is hidden from the eyes of her husband and she is undetected, although she has defiled herself, and there is no witness against her and she has not been caught in the act, -- numbers 5:13 +. +if a spirit of jealousy comes over him and he is jealous of his wife when she has defiled herself, or if a spirit of jealousy comes over him and he is jealous of his wife when she has not defiled herself, -- numbers 5:14 +. +the man shall then bring his wife to the priest, and shall bring as an offering for her one-tenth of an ephah of barley meal; he shall not pour oil on it nor put frankincense on it, for it is a grain offering of jealousy, a grain offering of memorial, a reminder of iniquity. -- numbers 5:15 +. +'Then the priest shall bring her near and have her stand before the LORD, -- numbers 5:16 +. +and the priest shall take holy water in an earthenware vessel; and he shall take some of the dust that is on the floor of the tabernacle and put it into the water. -- numbers 5:17 +. +'The priest shall then have the woman stand before the LORD and let the hair of the woman's head go loose, and place the grain offering of memorial in her hands, which is the grain offering of jealousy, and in the hand of the priest is to be the water of bitterness that brings a curse. -- numbers 5:18 +. +'The priest shall have her take an oath and shall say to the woman, "If no man has lain with you and if you have not gone astray into uncleanness, being under the authority of your husband, be immune to this water of bitterness that brings a curse; -- numbers 5:19 +. +if you, however, have gone astray, being under the authority of your husband, and if you have defiled yourself and a man other than your husband has had intercourse with you" -- numbers 5:20 +. +(then the priest shall have the woman swear with the oath of the curse, and the priest shall say to the woman), "the LORD make you a curse and an oath among your people by the LORD'S making your thigh waste away and your abdomen swell; -- numbers 5:21 +. +and this water that brings a curse shall go into your stomach, and make your abdomen swell and your thigh waste away." And the woman shall say, "Amen. Amen." -- numbers 5:22 +. +'The priest shall then write these curses on a scroll, and he shall wash them off into the water of bitterness. -- numbers 5:23 +. +'Then he shall make the woman drink the water of bitterness that brings a curse, so that the water which brings a curse will go into her and cause bitterness. -- numbers 5:24 +. +'The priest shall take the grain offering of jealousy from the woman's hand, and he shall wave the grain offering before the LORD and bring it to the altar; -- numbers 5:25 +. +and the priest shall take a handful of the grain offering as its memorial offering and offer it up in smoke on the altar, and afterward he shall make the woman drink the water. -- numbers 5:26 +. +'When he has made her drink the water, then it shall come about, if she has defiled herself and has been unfaithful to her husband, that the water which brings a curse will go into her and cause bitterness, and her abdomen will swell and her thigh will waste away, and the woman will become a curse among her people. -- numbers 5:27 +. +'But if the woman has not defiled herself and is clean, she will then be free and conceive children. -- numbers 5:28 +. +'This is the law of jealousy: when a wife, being under the authority of her husband, goes astray and defiles herself, -- numbers 5:29 +. +or when a spirit of jealousy comes over a man and he is jealous of his wife, he shall then make the woman stand before the LORD, and the priest shall apply all this law to her. -- numbers 5:30 +. +'Moreover, the man will be free from guilt, but that woman shall bear her guilt.'" -- numbers 5:31 +. +Again the LORD spoke to Moses, saying, -- numbers 6:1 +. +"Speak to the sons of Israel and say to them, 'When a man or woman makes a special vow, the vow of a Nazirite, to dedicate himself to the LORD, -- numbers 6:2 +. +he shall abstain from wine and strong drink; he shall drink no vinegar, whether made from wine or strong drink, nor shall he drink any grape juice nor eat fresh or dried grapes. -- numbers 6:3 +. +'All the days of his separation he shall not eat anything that is produced by the grape vine, from the seeds even to the skin. -- numbers 6:4 +. +'All the days of his vow of separation no razor shall pass over his head. He shall be holy until the days are fulfilled for which he separated himself to the LORD; he shall let the locks of hair on his head grow long. -- numbers 6:5 +. +'All the days of his separation to the LORD he shall not go near to a dead person. -- numbers 6:6 +. +'He shall not make himself unclean for his father or for his mother, for his brother or for his sister, when they die, because his separation to God is on his head. -- numbers 6:7 +. +'All the days of his separation he is holy to the LORD. -- numbers 6:8 +. +'But if a man dies very suddenly beside him and he defiles his dedicated head of hair, then he shall shave his head on the day when he becomes clean; he shall shave it on the seventh day. -- numbers 6:9 +. +'Then on the eighth day he shall bring two turtledoves or two young pigeons to the priest, to the doorway of the tent of meeting. -- numbers 6:10 +. +'The priest shall offer one for a sin offering and the other for a burnt offering, and make atonement for him concerning his sin because of the dead person. And that same day he shall consecrate his head, -- numbers 6:11 +. +and shall dedicate to the LORD his days as a Nazirite, and shall bring a male lamb a year old for a guilt offering; but the former days will be void because his separation was defiled. -- numbers 6:12 +. +'Now this is the law of the Nazirite when the days of his separation are fulfilled, he shall bring the offering to the doorway of the tent of meeting. -- numbers 6:13 +. +'He shall present his offering to the LORD: one male lamb a year old without defect for a burnt offering and one ewe-lamb a year old without defect for a sin offering and one ram without defect for a peace offering, -- numbers 6:14 +. +and a basket of unleavened cakes of fine flour mixed with oil and unleavened wafers spread with oil, along with their grain offering and their drink offering. -- numbers 6:15 +. +'Then the priest shall present them before the LORD and shall offer his sin offering and his burnt offering. -- numbers 6:16 +. +'He shall also offer the ram for a sacrifice of peace offerings to the LORD, together with the basket of unleavened cakes; the priest shall likewise offer its grain offering and its drink offering. -- numbers 6:17 +. +'The Nazirite shall then shave his dedicated head of hair at the doorway of the tent of meeting, and take the dedicated hair of his head and put it on the fire which is under the sacrifice of peace offerings. -- numbers 6:18 +. +'The priest shall take the ram's shoulder when it has been boiled, and one unleavened cake out of the basket and one unleavened wafer, and shall put them on the hands of the Nazirite after he has shaved his dedicated hair. -- numbers 6:19 +. +'Then the priest shall wave them for a wave offering before the LORD. It is holy for the priest, together with the breast offered by waving and the thigh offered by lifting up; and afterward the Nazirite may drink wine.' -- numbers 6:20 +. +"This is the law of the Nazirite who vows his offering to the LORD according to his separation, in addition to what else he can afford; according to his vow which he takes, so he shall do according to the law of his separation." -- numbers 6:21 +. +Then the LORD spoke to Moses, saying, -- numbers 6:22 +. +"Speak to Aaron and to his sons, saying, 'Thus you shall bless the sons of Israel. You shall say to them: -- numbers 6:23 +. +The LORD bless you, and keep you; -- numbers 6:24 +. +The LORD make His face shine on you, And be gracious to you; -- numbers 6:25 +. +The LORD lift up His countenance on you, And give you peace.' -- numbers 6:26 +. +"So they shall invoke My name on the sons of Israel, and I then will bless them." -- numbers 6:27 +. +Now on the day that Moses had finished setting up the tabernacle, he anointed it and consecrated it with all its furnishings and the altar and all its utensils; he anointed them and consecrated them also. -- numbers 7:1 +. +Then the leaders of Israel, the heads of their fathers' households, made an offering (they were the leaders of the tribes; they were the ones who were over the numbered men). -- numbers 7:2 +. +When they brought their offering before the LORD, six covered carts and twelve oxen, a cart for every two of the leaders and an ox for each one, then they presented them before the tabernacle. -- numbers 7:3 +. +Then the LORD spoke to Moses, saying, -- numbers 7:4 +. +"Accept these things from them, that they may be used in the service of the tent of meeting, and you shall give them to the Levites, to each man according to his service." -- numbers 7:5 +. +So Moses took the carts and the oxen and gave them to the Levites. -- numbers 7:6 +. +Two carts and four oxen he gave to the sons of Gershon, according to their service, -- numbers 7:7 +. +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. -- numbers 7:8 +. +But he did not give any to the sons of Kohath because theirs was the service of the holy objects, which they carried on the shoulder. -- numbers 7:9 +. +The leaders offered the dedication offering for the altar when it was anointed, so the leaders offered their offering before the altar. -- numbers 7:10 +. +Then the LORD said to Moses, "Let them present their offering, one leader each day, for the dedication of the altar." -- numbers 7:11 +. +Now the one who presented his offering on the first day was Nahshon the son of Amminadab, of the tribe of Judah; -- numbers 7:12 +. +and his offering was one silver dish whose weight was one hundred and thirty shekels, one silver bowl of seventy shekels, according to the shekel of the sanctuary, both of them full of fine flour mixed with oil for a grain offering; -- numbers 7:13 +. +one gold pan of ten shekels, full of incense; -- numbers 7:14 +. +one bull, one ram, one male lamb one year old, for a burnt offering; -- numbers 7:15 +. +one male goat for a sin offering; -- numbers 7:16 +. +and for the sacrifice of peace offerings, two oxen, five rams, five male goats, five male lambs one year old. This was the offering of Nahshon the son of Amminadab. -- numbers 7:17 +. +On the second day Nethanel the son of Zuar, leader of Issachar, presented an offering; -- numbers 7:18 +. +he presented as his offering one silver dish whose weight was one hundred and thirty shekels, one silver bowl of seventy shekels, according to the shekel of the sanctuary, both of them full of fine flour mixed with oil for a grain offering; -- numbers 7:19 +. +one gold pan of ten shekels, full of incense; -- numbers 7:20 +. +one bull, one ram, one male lamb one year old, for a burnt offering; -- numbers 7:21 +. +one male goat for a sin offering; -- numbers 7:22 +. +and for the sacrifice of peace offerings, two oxen, five rams, five male goats, five male lambs one year old. This was the offering of Nethanel the son of Zuar. -- numbers 7:23 +. +On the third day it was Eliab the son of Helon, leader of the sons of Zebulun; -- numbers 7:24 +. +his offering was one silver dish whose weight was one hundred and thirty shekels, one silver bowl of seventy shekels, according to the shekel of the sanctuary, both of them full of fine flour mixed with oil for a grain offering; -- numbers 7:25 +. +one gold pan of ten shekels, full of incense; -- numbers 7:26 +. +one young bull, one ram, one male lamb one year old, for a burnt offering; -- numbers 7:27 +. +one male goat for a sin offering; -- numbers 7:28 +. +and for the sacrifice of peace offerings, two oxen, five rams, five male goats, five male lambs one year old. This was the offering of Eliab the son of Helon. -- numbers 7:29 +. +On the fourth day it was Elizur the son of Shedeur, leader of the sons of Reuben; -- numbers 7:30 +. +his offering was one silver dish whose weight was one hundred and thirty shekels, one silver bowl of seventy shekels, according to the shekel of the sanctuary, both of them full of fine flour mixed with oil for a grain offering; -- numbers 7:31 +. +one gold pan of ten shekels, full of incense; -- numbers 7:32 +. +one bull, one ram, one male lamb one year old, for a burnt offering; -- numbers 7:33 +. +one male goat for a sin offering; -- numbers 7:34 +. +and for the sacrifice of peace offerings, two oxen, five rams, five male goats, five male lambs one year old. This was the offering of Elizur the son of Shedeur. -- numbers 7:35 +. +On the fifth day it was Shelumiel the son of Zurishaddai, leader of the children of Simeon; -- numbers 7:36 +. +his offering was one silver dish whose weight was one hundred and thirty shekels, one silver bowl of seventy shekels, according to the shekel of the sanctuary, both of them full of fine flour mixed with oil for a grain offering; -- numbers 7:37 +. +one gold pan of ten shekels, full of incense; -- numbers 7:38 +. +one bull, one ram, one male lamb one year old, for a burnt offering; -- numbers 7:39 +. +one male goat for a sin offering; -- numbers 7:40 +. +and for the sacrifice of peace offerings, two oxen, five rams, five male goats, five male lambs one year old. This was the offering of Shelumiel the son of Zurishaddai. -- numbers 7:41 +. +On the sixth day it was Eliasaph the son of Deuel, leader of the sons of Gad; -- numbers 7:42 +. +his offering was one silver dish whose weight was one hundred and thirty shekels, one silver bowl of seventy shekels, according to the shekel of the sanctuary, both of them full of fine flour mixed with oil for a grain offering; -- numbers 7:43 +. +one gold pan of ten shekels, full of incense; -- numbers 7:44 +. +one bull, one ram, one male lamb one year old, for a burnt offering; -- numbers 7:45 +. +one male goat for a sin offering; -- numbers 7:46 +. +and for the sacrifice of peace offerings, two oxen, five rams, five male goats, five male lambs one year old. This was the offering of Eliasaph the son of Deuel. -- numbers 7:47 +. +On the seventh day it was Elishama the son of Ammihud, leader of the sons of Ephraim; -- numbers 7:48 +. +his offering was one silver dish whose weight was one hundred and thirty shekels, one silver bowl of seventy shekels, according to the shekel of the sanctuary, both of them full of fine flour mixed with oil for a grain offering; -- numbers 7:49 +. +one gold pan of ten shekels, full of incense; -- numbers 7:50 +. +one bull, one ram, one male lamb one year old, for a burnt offering; -- numbers 7:51 +. +one male goat for a sin offering; -- numbers 7:52 +. +and for the sacrifice of peace offerings, two oxen, five rams, five male goats, five male lambs one year old. This was the offering of Elishama the son of Ammihud. -- numbers 7:53 +. +On the eighth day it was Gamaliel the son of Pedahzur, leader of the sons of Manasseh; -- numbers 7:54 +. +his offering was one silver dish whose weight was one hundred and thirty shekels, one silver bowl of seventy shekels, according to the shekel of the sanctuary, both of them full of fine flour mixed with oil for a grain offering; -- numbers 7:55 +. +one gold pan of ten shekels, full of incense; -- numbers 7:56 +. +one bull, one ram, one male lamb one year old, for a burnt offering; -- numbers 7:57 +. +one male goat for a sin offering; -- numbers 7:58 +. +and for the sacrifice of peace offerings, two oxen, five rams, five male goats, five male lambs one year old. This was the offering of Gamaliel the son of Pedahzur. -- numbers 7:59 +. +On the ninth day it was Abidan the son of Gideoni, leader of the sons of Benjamin; -- numbers 7:60 +. +his offering was one silver dish whose weight was one hundred and thirty shekels, one silver bowl of seventy shekels, according to the shekel of the sanctuary, both of them full of fine flour mixed with oil for a grain offering; -- numbers 7:61 +. +one gold pan of ten shekels, full of incense; -- numbers 7:62 +. +one bull, one ram, one male lamb one year old, for a burnt offering; -- numbers 7:63 +. +one male goat for a sin offering; -- numbers 7:64 +. +and for the sacrifice of peace offerings, two oxen, five rams, five male goats, five male lambs one year old. This was the offering of Abidan the son of Gideoni. -- numbers 7:65 +. +On the tenth day it was Ahiezer the son of Ammishaddai, leader of the sons of Dan; -- numbers 7:66 +. +his offering was one silver dish whose weight was one hundred and thirty shekels, one silver bowl of seventy shekels, according to the shekel of the sanctuary, both of them full of fine flour mixed with oil for a grain offering; -- numbers 7:67 +. +one gold pan of ten shekels, full of incense; -- numbers 7:68 +. +one bull, one ram, one male lamb one year old, for a burnt offering; -- numbers 7:69 +. +one male goat for a sin offering; -- numbers 7:70 +. +and for the sacrifice of peace offerings, two oxen, five rams, five male goats, five male lambs one year old. This was the offering of Ahiezer the son of Ammishaddai. -- numbers 7:71 +. +On the eleventh day it was Pagiel the son of Ochran, leader of the sons of Asher; -- numbers 7:72 +. +his offering was one silver dish whose weight was one hundred and thirty shekels, one silver bowl of seventy shekels, according to the shekel of the sanctuary, both of them full of fine flour mixed with oil for a grain offering; -- numbers 7:73 +. +one gold pan of ten shekels, full of incense; -- numbers 7:74 +. +one bull, one ram, one male lamb one year old, for a burnt offering; -- numbers 7:75 +. +one male goat for a sin offering; -- numbers 7:76 +. +and for the sacrifice of peace offerings, two oxen, five rams, five male goats, five male lambs one year old. This was the offering of Pagiel the son of Ochran. -- numbers 7:77 +. +On the twelfth day it was Ahira the son of Enan, leader of the sons of Naphtali; -- numbers 7:78 +. +his offering was one silver dish whose weight was one hundred and thirty shekels, one silver bowl of seventy shekels, according to the shekel of the sanctuary, both of them full of fine flour mixed with oil for a grain offering; -- numbers 7:79 +. +one gold pan of ten shekels, full of incense; -- numbers 7:80 +. +one bull, one ram, one male lamb one year old, for a burnt offering; -- numbers 7:81 +. +one male goat for a sin offering; -- numbers 7:82 +. +and for the sacrifice of peace offerings, two oxen, five rams, five male goats, five male lambs one year old. This was the offering of Ahira the son of Enan. -- numbers 7:83 +. +This was the dedication offering for the altar from the leaders of Israel when it was anointed: twelve silver dishes, twelve silver bowls, twelve gold pans, -- numbers 7:84 +. +each silver dish weighing one hundred and thirty shekels and each bowl seventy; all the silver of the utensils was 2,shekels, according to the shekel of the sanctuary; -- numbers 7:85 +. +the twelve gold pans, full of incense, weighing ten shekels apiece, according to the shekel of the sanctuary, all the gold of the pans shekels; -- numbers 7:86 +. +all the oxen for the burnt offering twelve bulls, all the rams twelve, the male lambs one year old with their grain offering twelve, and the male goats for a sin offering twelve; -- numbers 7:87 +. +and all the oxen for the sacrifice of peace offerings bulls, all the rams 60, the male goats 60, the male lambs one year old 60. This was the dedication offering for the altar after it was anointed. -- numbers 7:88 +. +Now when Moses went into the tent of meeting to speak with Him, he heard the voice speaking to him from above the mercy seat that was on the ark of the testimony, from between the two cherubim, so He spoke to him. -- numbers 7:89 +. +Then the LORD spoke to Moses, saying, -- numbers 8:1 +. +"Speak to Aaron and say to him, 'When you mount the lamps, the seven lamps will give light in the front of the lampstand.'" -- numbers 8:2 +. +Aaron therefore did so; he mounted its lamps at the front of the lampstand, just as the LORD had commanded Moses. -- numbers 8:3 +. +Now this was the workmanship of the lampstand, hammered work of gold; from its base to its flowers it was hammered work; according to the pattern which the LORD had shown Moses, so he made the lampstand. -- numbers 8:4 +. +Again the LORD spoke to Moses, saying, -- numbers 8:5 +. +"Take the Levites from among the sons of Israel and cleanse them. -- numbers 8:6 +. +"Thus you shall do to them, for their cleansing: sprinkle purifying water on them, and let them use a razor over their whole body and wash their clothes, and they will be clean. -- numbers 8:7 +. +"Then let them take a bull with its grain offering, fine flour mixed with oil; and a second bull you shall take for a sin offering. -- numbers 8:8 +. +"So you shall present the Levites before the tent of meeting. You shall also assemble the whole congregation of the sons of Israel, -- numbers 8:9 +. +and present the Levites before the LORD; and the sons of Israel shall lay their hands on the Levites. -- numbers 8:10 +. +"Aaron then shall present the Levites before the LORD as a wave offering from the sons of Israel, that they may qualify to perform the service of the LORD. -- numbers 8:11 +. +"Now the Levites shall lay their hands on the heads of the bulls; then offer the one for a sin offering and the other for a burnt offering to the LORD, to make atonement for the Levites. -- numbers 8:12 +. +"You shall have the Levites stand before Aaron and before his sons so as to present them as a wave offering to the LORD. -- numbers 8:13 +. +"Thus you shall separate the Levites from among the sons of Israel, and the Levites shall be Mine. -- numbers 8:14 +. +"Then after that the Levites may go in to serve the tent of meeting. But you shall cleanse them and present them as a wave offering; -- numbers 8:15 +. +for they are wholly given to Me from among the sons of Israel. I have taken them for Myself instead of every first issue of the womb, the firstborn of all the sons of Israel. -- numbers 8:16 +. +"For every firstborn among the sons of Israel is Mine, among the men and among the animals; on the day that I struck down all the firstborn in the land of Egypt I sanctified them for Myself. -- numbers 8:17 +. +"But I have taken the Levites instead of every firstborn among the sons of Israel. -- numbers 8:18 +. +"I have given the Levites as a gift to Aaron and to his sons from among the sons of Israel, to perform the service of the sons of Israel at the tent of meeting and to make atonement on behalf of the sons of Israel, so that there will be no plague among the sons of Israel by their coming near to the sanctuary." -- numbers 8:19 +. +Thus did Moses and Aaron and all the congregation of the sons of Israel to the Levites; according to all that the LORD had commanded Moses concerning the Levites, so the sons of Israel did to them. -- numbers 8:20 +. +The Levites, too, purified themselves from sin and washed their clothes; and Aaron presented them as a wave offering before the LORD. Aaron also made atonement for them to cleanse them. -- numbers 8:21 +. +Then after that the Levites went in to perform their service in the tent of meeting before Aaron and before his sons; just as the LORD had commanded Moses concerning the Levites, so they did to them. -- numbers 8:22 +. +Now the LORD spoke to Moses, saying, -- numbers 8:23 +. +"This is what applies to the Levites: from twenty-five years old and upward they shall enter to perform service in the work of the tent of meeting. -- numbers 8:24 +. +"But at the age of fifty years they shall retire from service in the work and not work any more. -- numbers 8:25 +. +"They may, however, assist their brothers in the tent of meeting, to keep an obligation, but they themselves shall do no work. Thus you shall deal with the Levites concerning their obligations." -- numbers 8:26 +. +Thus the LORD spoke to Moses in the wilderness of Sinai, in the first month of the second year after they had come out of the land of Egypt, saying, -- numbers 9:1 +. +"Now, let the sons of Israel observe the Passover at its appointed time. -- numbers 9:2 +. +"On the fourteenth day of this month, at twilight, you shall observe it at its appointed time; you shall observe it according to all its statutes and according to all its ordinances." -- numbers 9:3 +. +So Moses told the sons of Israel to observe the Passover. -- numbers 9:4 +. +They observed the Passover in the first month, on the fourteenth day of the month, at twilight, in the wilderness of Sinai; according to all that the LORD had commanded Moses, so the sons of Israel did. -- numbers 9:5 +. +But there were some men who were unclean because of the dead person, so that they could not observe Passover on that day; so they came before Moses and Aaron on that day. -- numbers 9:6 +. +Those men said to him, "Though we are unclean because of the dead person, why are we restrained from presenting the offering of the LORD at its appointed time among the sons of Israel?" -- numbers 9:7 +. +Moses therefore said to them, "Wait, and I will listen to what the LORD will command concerning you." -- numbers 9:8 +. +Then the LORD spoke to Moses, saying, -- numbers 9:9 +. +"Speak to the sons of Israel, saying, 'If any one of you or of your generations becomes unclean because of a dead person, or is on a distant journey, he may, however, observe the Passover to the LORD. -- numbers 9:10 +. +'In the second month on the fourteenth day at twilight, they shall observe it; they shall eat it with unleavened bread and bitter herbs. -- numbers 9:11 +. +'They shall leave none of it until morning, nor break a bone of it; according to all the statute of the Passover they shall observe it. -- numbers 9:12 +. +'But the man who is clean and is not on a journey, and yet neglects to observe the Passover, that person shall then be cut off from his people, for he did not present the offering of the LORD at its appointed time. That man will bear his sin. -- numbers 9:13 +. +'If an alien sojourns among you and observes the Passover to the LORD, according to the statute of the Passover and according to its ordinance, so he shall do; you shall have one statute, both for the alien and for the native of the land.'" -- numbers 9:14 +. +Now on the day that the tabernacle was erected the cloud covered the tabernacle, the tent of the testimony, and in the evening it was like the appearance of fire over the tabernacle, until morning. -- numbers 9:15 +. +So it was continuously; the cloud would cover it by day, and the appearance of fire by night. -- numbers 9:16 +. +Whenever the cloud was lifted from over the tent, afterward the sons of Israel would then set out; and in the place where the cloud settled down, there the sons of Israel would camp. -- numbers 9:17 +. +At the command of the LORD the sons of Israel would set out, and at the command of the LORD they would camp; as long as the cloud settled over the tabernacle, they remained camped. -- numbers 9:18 +. +Even when the cloud lingered over the tabernacle for many days, the sons of Israel would keep the LORD'S charge and not set out. -- numbers 9:19 +. +If sometimes the cloud remained a few days over the tabernacle, according to the command of the LORD they remained camped. Then according to the command of the LORD they set out. -- numbers 9:20 +. +If sometimes the cloud remained from evening until morning, when the cloud was lifted in the morning, they would move out; or if it remained in the daytime and at night, whenever the cloud was lifted, they would set out. -- numbers 9:21 +. +Whether it was two days or a month or a year that the cloud lingered over the tabernacle, staying above it, the sons of Israel remained camped and did not set out; but when it was lifted, they did set out. -- numbers 9:22 +. +At the command of the LORD they camped, and at the command of the LORD they set out; they kept the LORD'S charge, according to the command of the LORD through Moses. -- numbers 9:23 +. +The LORD spoke further to Moses, saying, -- numbers 10:1 +. +"Make yourself two trumpets of silver, of hammered work you shall make them; and you shall use them for summoning the congregation and for having the camps set out. -- numbers 10:2 +. +"When both are blown, all the congregation shall gather themselves to you at the doorway of the tent of meeting. -- numbers 10:3 +. +"Yet if only one is blown, then the leaders, the heads of the divisions of Israel, shall assemble before you. -- numbers 10:4 +. +"But when you blow an alarm, the camps that are pitched on the east side shall set out. -- numbers 10:5 +. +"When you blow an alarm the second time, the camps that are pitched on the south side shall set out; an alarm is to be blown for them to set out. -- numbers 10:6 +. +"When convening the assembly, however, you shall blow without sounding an alarm. -- numbers 10:7 +. +"The priestly sons of Aaron, moreover, shall blow the trumpets; and this shall be for you a perpetual statute throughout your generations. -- numbers 10:8 +. +"When you go to war in your land against the adversary who attacks you, then you shall sound an alarm with the trumpets, that you may be remembered before the LORD your God, and be saved from your enemies. -- numbers 10:9 +. +"Also in the day of your gladness and in your appointed feasts, and on the first days of your months, you shall blow the trumpets over your burnt offerings, and over the sacrifices of your peace offerings; and they shall be as a reminder of you before your God. I am the LORD your God." -- numbers 10:10 +. +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; -- numbers 10:11 +. +and the sons of Israel set out on their journeys from the wilderness of Sinai. Then the cloud settled down in the wilderness of Paran. -- numbers 10:12 +. +So they moved out for the first time according to the commandment of the LORD through Moses. -- numbers 10:13 +. +The standard of the camp of the sons of Judah, according to their armies, set out first, with Nahshon the son of Amminadab, over its army, -- numbers 10:14 +. +and Nethanel the son of Zuar, over the tribal army of the sons of Issachar; -- numbers 10:15 +. +and Eliab the son of Helon over the tribal army of the sons of Zebulun. -- numbers 10:16 +. +Then the tabernacle was taken down; and the sons of Gershon and the sons of Merari, who were carrying the tabernacle, set out. -- numbers 10:17 +. +Next the standard of the camp of Reuben, according to their armies, set out with Elizur the son of Shedeur, over its army, -- numbers 10:18 +. +and Shelumiel the son of Zurishaddai over the tribal army of the sons of Simeon, -- numbers 10:19 +. +and Eliasaph the son of Deuel was over the tribal army of the sons of Gad. -- numbers 10:20 +. +Then the Kohathites set out, carrying the holy objects; and the tabernacle was set up before their arrival. -- numbers 10:21 +. +Next the standard of the camp of the sons of Ephraim, according to their armies, was set out, with Elishama the son of Ammihud over its army, -- numbers 10:22 +. +and Gamaliel the son of Pedahzur over the tribal army of the sons of Manasseh; -- numbers 10:23 +. +and Abidan the son of Gideoni over the tribal army of the sons of Benjamin. -- numbers 10:24 +. +Then the standard of the camp of the sons of Dan, according to their armies, which formed the rear guard for all the camps, set out, with Ahiezer the son of Ammishaddai over its army, -- numbers 10:25 +. +and Pagiel the son of Ochran over the tribal army of the sons of Asher; -- numbers 10:26 +. +and Ahira the son of Enan over the tribal army of the sons of Naphtali. -- numbers 10:27 +. +This was the order of march of the sons of Israel by their armies as they set out. -- numbers 10:28 +. +Then Moses said to Hobab the son of Reuel the Midianite, Moses' father-in-law, "We are setting out to the place of which the LORD said, 'I will give it to you'; come with us and we will do you good, for the LORD has promised good concerning Israel." -- numbers 10:29 +. +But he said to him, "I will not come, but rather will go to my own land and relatives." -- numbers 10:30 +. +Then he said, "Please do not leave us, inasmuch as you know where we should camp in the wilderness, and you will be as eyes for us. -- numbers 10:31 +. +"So it will be, if you go with us, that whatever good the LORD does for us, we will do for you." -- numbers 10:32 +. +Thus they set out from the mount of the LORD three days' journey, with the ark of the covenant of the LORD journeying in front of them for the three days, to seek out a resting place for them. -- numbers 10:33 +. +The cloud of the LORD was over them by day when they set out from the camp. -- numbers 10:34 +. +Then it came about when the ark set out that Moses said, "Rise up, O LORD! And let Your enemies be scattered, And let those who hate You flee before You." -- numbers 10:35 +. +When it came to rest, he said, "Return, O LORD, To the myriad thousands of Israel." -- numbers 10:36 +. +Now the people became like those who complain of adversity in the hearing of the LORD; and when the LORD heard it, His anger was kindled, and the fire of the LORD burned among them and consumed some of the outskirts of the camp. -- numbers 11:1 +. +The people therefore cried out to Moses, and Moses prayed to the LORD and the fire died out. -- numbers 11:2 +. +So the name of that place was called Taberah, because the fire of the LORD burned among them. -- numbers 11:3 +. +The rabble who were among them had greedy desires; and also the sons of Israel wept again and said, "Who will give us meat to eat? -- numbers 11:4 +. +"We remember the fish which we used to eat free in Egypt, the cucumbers and the melons and the leeks and the onions and the garlic, -- numbers 11:5 +. +but now our appetite is gone. There is nothing at all to look at except this manna." -- numbers 11:6 +. +Now the manna was like coriander seed, and its appearance like that of bdellium. -- numbers 11:7 +. +The people would go about and gather it and grind it between two millstones or beat it in the mortar, and boil it in the pot and make cakes with it; and its taste was as the taste of cakes baked with oil. -- numbers 11:8 +. +When the dew fell on the camp at night, the manna would fall with it. -- numbers 11:9 +. +Now Moses heard the people weeping throughout their families, each man at the doorway of his tent; and the anger of the LORD was kindled greatly, and Moses was displeased. -- numbers 11:10 +. +So Moses said to the LORD, "Why have You been so hard on Your servant? And why have I not found favor in Your sight, that You have laid the burden of all this people on me? -- numbers 11:11 +. +"Was it I who conceived all this people? Was it I who brought them forth, that You should say to me, 'Carry them in your bosom as a nurse carries a nursing infant, to the land which You swore to their fathers'? -- numbers 11:12 +. +"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!' -- numbers 11:13 +. +"I alone am not able to carry all this people, because it is too burdensome for me. -- numbers 11:14 +. +"So if You are going to deal thus with me, please kill me at once, if I have found favor in Your sight, and do not let me see my wretchedness." -- numbers 11:15 +. +The LORD therefore said to Moses, "Gather for Me seventy men from the elders of Israel, whom you know to be the elders of the people and their officers and bring them to the tent of meeting, and let them take their stand there with you. -- numbers 11:16 +. +"Then I will come down and speak with you there, and I will take of the Spirit who is upon you, and will put Him upon them; and they shall bear the burden of the people with you, so that you will not bear it all alone. -- numbers 11:17 +. +"Say to the people, 'Consecrate yourselves for tomorrow, and you shall eat meat; for you have wept in the ears of the LORD, saying, "Oh that someone would give us meat to eat! For we were well-off in Egypt." Therefore the LORD will give you meat and you shall eat. -- numbers 11:18 +. +'You shall eat, not one day, nor two days, nor five days, nor ten days, nor twenty days, -- numbers 11:19 +. +but a whole month, until it comes out of your nostrils and becomes loathsome to you; because you have rejected the LORD who is among you and have wept before Him, saying, "Why did we ever leave Egypt?"'" -- numbers 11:20 +. +But Moses said, "The people, among whom I am, are 600,on foot; yet You have said, 'I will give them meat, so that they may eat for a whole month.' -- numbers 11:21 +. +"Should flocks and herds be slaughtered for them, to be sufficient for them? Or should all the fish of the sea be gathered together for them, to be sufficient for them?" -- numbers 11:22 +. +The LORD said to Moses, "Is the LORD'S power limited? Now you shall see whether My word will come true for you or not." -- numbers 11:23 +. +So Moses went out and told the people the words of the LORD. Also, he gathered seventy men of the elders of the people, and stationed them around the tent. -- numbers 11:24 +. +Then the LORD came down in the cloud and spoke to him; and He took of the Spirit who was upon him and placed Him upon the seventy elders. And when the Spirit rested upon them, they prophesied. But they did not do it again. -- numbers 11:25 +. +But two men had remained in the camp; the name of one was Eldad and the name of the other Medad. And the Spirit rested upon them (now they were among those who had been registered, but had not gone out to the tent), and they prophesied in the camp. -- numbers 11:26 +. +So a young man ran and told Moses and said, "Eldad and Medad are prophesying in the camp." -- numbers 11:27 +. +Then Joshua the son of Nun, the attendant of Moses from his youth, said, "Moses, my lord, restrain them." -- numbers 11:28 +. +But Moses said to him, "Are you jealous for my sake? Would that all the LORD'S people were prophets, that the LORD would put His Spirit upon them!" -- numbers 11:29 +. +Then Moses returned to the camp, both he and the elders of Israel. -- numbers 11:30 +. +Now there went forth a wind from the LORD and it brought quail from the sea, and let them fall beside the camp, about a day's journey on this side and a day's journey on the other side, all around the camp and about two cubits deep on the surface of the ground. -- numbers 11:31 +. +The people spent all day and all night and all the next day, and gathered the quail (he who gathered least gathered ten homers) and they spread them out for themselves all around the camp. -- numbers 11:32 +. +While the meat was still between their teeth, before it was chewed, the anger of the LORD was kindled against the people, and the LORD struck the people with a very severe plague. -- numbers 11:33 +. +So the name of that place was called Kibroth-hattaavah, because there they buried the people who had been greedy. -- numbers 11:34 +. +From Kibroth-hattaavah the people set out for Hazeroth, and they remained at Hazeroth. -- numbers 11:35 +. +Then Miriam and Aaron spoke against Moses because of the Cushite woman whom he had married (for he had married a Cushite woman); -- numbers 12:1 +. +and they said, "Has the LORD indeed spoken only through Moses? Has He not spoken through us as well?" And the LORD heard it. -- numbers 12:2 +. +(Now the man Moses was very humble, more than any man who was on the face of the earth.) -- numbers 12:3 +. +Suddenly the LORD said to Moses and Aaron and to Miriam, "You three come out to the tent of meeting." So the three of them came out. -- numbers 12:4 +. +Then the LORD came down in a pillar of cloud and stood at the doorway of the tent, and He called Aaron and Miriam. When they had both come forward, -- numbers 12:5 +. +He said, "Hear now My words: If there is a prophet among you, I, the LORD, shall make Myself known to him in a vision. I shall speak with him in a dream. -- numbers 12:6 +. +"Not so, with My servant Moses, He is faithful in all My household; -- numbers 12:7 +. +With him I speak mouth to mouth, Even openly, and not in dark sayings, And he beholds the form of the LORD. Why then were you not afraid To speak against My servant, against Moses?" -- numbers 12:8 +. +So the anger of the LORD burned against them and He departed. -- numbers 12:9 +. +But when the cloud had withdrawn from over the tent, behold, Miriam was leprous, as white as snow. As Aaron turned toward Miriam, behold, she was leprous. -- numbers 12:10 +. +Then Aaron said to Moses, "Oh, my lord, I beg you, do not account this sin to us, in which we have acted foolishly and in which we have sinned. -- numbers 12:11 +. +"Oh, do not let her be like one dead, whose flesh is half eaten away when he comes from his mother's womb!" -- numbers 12:12 +. +Moses cried out to the LORD, saying, "O God, heal her, I pray!" -- numbers 12:13 +. +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." -- numbers 12:14 +. +So Miriam was shut up outside the camp for seven days, and the people did not move on until Miriam was received again. -- numbers 12:15 +. +Afterward, however, the people moved out from Hazeroth and camped in the wilderness of Paran. -- numbers 12:16 +. +Then the LORD spoke to Moses saying, -- numbers 13:1 +. +"Send out for yourself men so that they may spy out the land of Canaan, which I am going to give to the sons of Israel; you shall send a man from each of their fathers' tribes, every one a leader among them." -- numbers 13:2 +. +So Moses sent them from the wilderness of Paran at the command of the LORD, all of them men who were heads of the sons of Israel. -- numbers 13:3 +. +These then were their names: from the tribe of Reuben, Shammua the son of Zaccur; -- numbers 13:4 +. +from the tribe of Simeon, Shaphat the son of Hori; -- numbers 13:5 +. +from the tribe of Judah, Caleb the son of Jephunneh; -- numbers 13:6 +. +from the tribe of Issachar, Igal the son of Joseph; -- numbers 13:7 +. +from the tribe of Ephraim, Hoshea the son of Nun; -- numbers 13:8 +. +from the tribe of Benjamin, Palti the son of Raphu; -- numbers 13:9 +. +from the tribe of Zebulun, Gaddiel the son of Sodi; -- numbers 13:10 +. +from the tribe of Joseph, from the tribe of Manasseh, Gaddi the son of Susi; -- numbers 13:11 +. +from the tribe of Dan, Ammiel the son of Gemalli; -- numbers 13:12 +. +from the tribe of Asher, Sethur the son of Michael; -- numbers 13:13 +. +from the tribe of Naphtali, Nahbi the son of Vophsi; -- numbers 13:14 +. +from the tribe of Gad, Geuel the son of Machi. -- numbers 13:15 +. +These are the names of the men whom Moses sent to spy out the land; but Moses called Hoshea the son of Nun, Joshua. -- numbers 13:16 +. +When Moses sent them to spy out the land of Canaan, he said to them, "Go up there into the Negev; then go up into the hill country. -- numbers 13:17 +. +"See what the land is like, and whether the people who live in it are strong or weak, whether they are few or many. -- numbers 13:18 +. +"How is the land in which they live, is it good or bad? And how are the cities in which they live, are they like open camps or with fortifications? -- numbers 13:19 +. +"How is the land, is it fat or lean? Are there trees in it or not? Make an effort then to get some of the fruit of the land." Now the time was the time of the first ripe grapes. -- numbers 13:20 +. +So they went up and spied out the land from the wilderness of Zin as far as Rehob, at Lebo-hamath. -- numbers 13:21 +. +When they had gone up into the Negev, they came to Hebron where Ahiman, Sheshai and Talmai, the descendants of Anak were. (Now Hebron was built seven years before Zoan in Egypt.) -- numbers 13:22 +. +Then they came to the valley of Eshcol and from there cut down a branch with a single cluster of grapes; and they carried it on a pole between two men, with some of the pomegranates and the figs. -- numbers 13:23 +. +That place was called the valley of Eshcol, because of the cluster which the sons of Israel cut down from there. -- numbers 13:24 +. +When they returned from spying out the land, at the end of forty days, -- numbers 13:25 +. +they proceeded to come to Moses and Aaron and to all the congregation of the sons of Israel in the wilderness of Paran, at Kadesh; and they brought back word to them and to all the congregation and showed them the fruit of the land. -- numbers 13:26 +. +Thus they told him, and said, "We went in to the land where you sent us; and it certainly does flow with milk and honey, and this is its fruit. -- numbers 13:27 +. +"Nevertheless, the people who live in the land are strong, and the cities are fortified and very large; and moreover, we saw the descendants of Anak there. -- numbers 13:28 +. +"Amalek is living in the land of the Negev and the Hittites and the Jebusites and the Amorites are living in the hill country, and the Canaanites are living by the sea and by the side of the Jordan." -- numbers 13:29 +. +Then Caleb quieted the people before Moses and said, "We should by all means go up and take possession of it, for we will surely overcome it." -- numbers 13:30 +. +But the men who had gone up with him said, "We are not able to go up against the people, for they are too strong for us." -- numbers 13:31 +. +So they gave out to the sons of Israel a bad report of the land which they had spied out, saying, "The land through which we have gone, in spying it out, is a land that devours its inhabitants; and all the people whom we saw in it are men of great size. -- numbers 13:32 +. +"There also we saw the Nephilim (the sons of Anak are part of the Nephilim); and we became like grasshoppers in our own sight, and so we were in their sight." -- numbers 13:33 +. +Then all the congregation lifted up their voices and cried, and the people wept that night. -- numbers 14:1 +. +All the sons of Israel grumbled against Moses and Aaron; and the whole congregation said to them, "Would that we had died in the land of Egypt! Or would that we had died in this wilderness! -- numbers 14:2 +. +"Why is the LORD bringing us into this land, to fall by the sword? Our wives and our little ones will become plunder; would it not be better for us to return to Egypt?" -- numbers 14:3 +. +So they said to one another, "Let us appoint a leader and return to Egypt." -- numbers 14:4 +. +Then Moses and Aaron fell on their faces in the presence of all the assembly of the congregation of the sons of Israel. -- numbers 14:5 +. +Joshua the son of Nun and Caleb the son of Jephunneh, of those who had spied out the land, tore their clothes; -- numbers 14:6 +. +and they spoke to all the congregation of the sons of Israel, saying, "The land which we passed through to spy out is an exceedingly good land. -- numbers 14:7 +. +"If the LORD is pleased with us, then He will bring us into this land and give it to us--a land which flows with milk and honey. -- numbers 14:8 +. +"Only do not rebel against the LORD; and do not fear the people of the land, for they will be our prey. Their protection has been removed from them, and the LORD is with us; do not fear them." -- numbers 14:9 +. +But all the congregation said to stone them with stones. Then the glory of the LORD appeared in the tent of meeting to all the sons of Israel. -- numbers 14:10 +. +The LORD said to Moses, "How long will this people spurn Me? And how long will they not believe in Me, despite all the signs which I have performed in their midst? -- numbers 14:11 +. +"I will smite them with pestilence and dispossess them, and I will make you into a nation greater and mightier than they." -- numbers 14:12 +. +But Moses said to the LORD, "Then the Egyptians will hear of it, for by Your strength You brought up this people from their midst, -- numbers 14:13 +. +and they will tell it to the inhabitants of this land. They have heard that You, O LORD, are in the midst of this people, for You, O LORD, are seen eye to eye, while Your cloud stands over them; and You go before them in a pillar of cloud by day and in a pillar of fire by night. -- numbers 14:14 +. +"Now if You slay this people as one man, then the nations who have heard of Your fame will say, -- numbers 14:15 +. +'Because the LORD could not bring this people into the land which He promised them by oath, therefore He slaughtered them in the wilderness.' -- numbers 14:16 +. +"But now, I pray, let the power of the Lord be great, just as You have declared, -- numbers 14:17 +. +'The LORD is slow to anger and abundant in lovingkindness, forgiving iniquity and transgression; but He will by no means clear the guilty, visiting the iniquity of the fathers on the children to the third and the fourth generations.' -- numbers 14:18 +. +"Pardon, I pray, the iniquity of this people according to the greatness of Your lovingkindness, just as You also have forgiven this people, from Egypt even until now." -- numbers 14:19 +. +So the LORD said, "I have pardoned them according to your word; -- numbers 14:20 +. +but indeed, as I live, all the earth will be filled with the glory of the LORD. -- numbers 14:21 +. +"Surely all the men who have seen My glory and My signs which I performed in Egypt and in the wilderness, yet have put Me to the test these ten times and have not listened to My voice, -- numbers 14:22 +. +shall by no means see the land which I swore to their fathers, nor shall any of those who spurned Me see it. -- numbers 14:23 +. +"But My servant Caleb, because he has had a different spirit and has followed Me fully, I will bring into the land which he entered, and his descendants shall take possession of it. -- numbers 14:24 +. +"Now the Amalekites and the Canaanites live in the valleys; turn tomorrow and set out to the wilderness by the way of the Red Sea." -- numbers 14:25 +. +The LORD spoke to Moses and Aaron, saying, -- numbers 14:26 +. +"How long shall I bear with this evil congregation who are grumbling against Me? I have heard the complaints of the sons of Israel, which they are making against Me. -- numbers 14:27 +. +"Say to them, 'As I live,' says the LORD, 'just as you have spoken in My hearing, so I will surely do to you; -- numbers 14:28 +. +your corpses will fall in this wilderness, even all your numbered men, according to your complete number from twenty years old and upward, who have grumbled against Me. -- numbers 14:29 +. +'Surely you shall not come into the land in which I swore to settle you, except Caleb the son of Jephunneh and Joshua the son of Nun. -- numbers 14:30 +. +'Your children, however, whom you said would become a prey--I will bring them in, and they will know the land which you have rejected. -- numbers 14:31 +. +'But as for you, your corpses will fall in this wilderness. -- numbers 14:32 +. +'Your sons shall be shepherds for forty years in the wilderness, and they will suffer for your unfaithfulness, until your corpses lie in the wilderness. -- numbers 14:33 +. +'According to the number of days which you spied out the land, forty days, for every day you shall bear your guilt a year, even forty years, and you will know My opposition. -- numbers 14:34 +. +'I, the LORD, have spoken, surely this I will do to all this evil congregation who are gathered together against Me. In this wilderness they shall be destroyed, and there they will die.'" -- numbers 14:35 +. +As for the men whom Moses sent to spy out the land and who returned and made all the congregation grumble against him by bringing out a bad report concerning the land, -- numbers 14:36 +. +even those men who brought out the very bad report of the land died by a plague before the LORD. -- numbers 14:37 +. +But Joshua the son of Nun and Caleb the son of Jephunneh remained alive out of those men who went to spy out the land. -- numbers 14:38 +. +When Moses spoke these words to all the sons of Israel, the people mourned greatly. -- numbers 14:39 +. +In the morning, however, they rose up early and went up to the ridge of the hill country, saying, "Here we are; we have indeed sinned, but we will go up to the place which the LORD has promised." -- numbers 14:40 +. +But Moses said, "Why then are you transgressing the commandment of the LORD, when it will not succeed? -- numbers 14:41 +. +"Do not go up, or you will be struck down before your enemies, for the LORD is not among you. -- numbers 14:42 +. +"For the Amalekites and the Canaanites will be there in front of you, and you will fall by the sword, inasmuch as you have turned back from following the LORD. And the LORD will not be with you." -- numbers 14:43 +. +But they went up heedlessly to the ridge of the hill country; neither the ark of the covenant of the LORD nor Moses left the camp. -- numbers 14:44 +. +Then the Amalekites and the Canaanites who lived in that hill country came down, and struck them and beat them down as far as Hormah. -- numbers 14:45 +. +Now the LORD spoke to Moses, saying, -- numbers 15:1 +. +"Speak to the sons of Israel and say to them, 'When you enter the land where you are to live, which I am giving you, -- numbers 15:2 +. +then make an offering by fire to the LORD, a burnt offering or a sacrifice to fulfill a special vow, or as a freewill offering or in your appointed times, to make a soothing aroma to the LORD, from the herd or from the flock. -- numbers 15:3 +. +'The one who presents his offering shall present to the LORD a grain offering of one-tenth of an ephah of fine flour mixed with one-fourth of a hin of oil, -- numbers 15:4 +. +and you shall prepare wine for the drink offering, one-fourth of a hin, with the burnt offering or for the sacrifice, for each lamb. -- numbers 15:5 +. +'Or for a ram you shall prepare as a grain offering two-tenths of an ephah of fine flour mixed with one-third of a hin of oil; -- numbers 15:6 +. +and for the drink offering you shall offer one-third of a hin of wine as a soothing aroma to the LORD. -- numbers 15:7 +. +'When you prepare a bull as a burnt offering or a sacrifice, to fulfill a special vow, or for peace offerings to the LORD, -- numbers 15:8 +. +then you shall offer with the bull a grain offering of three-tenths of an ephah of fine flour mixed with one-half a hin of oil; -- numbers 15:9 +. +and you shall offer as the drink offering one-half a hin of wine as an offering by fire, as a soothing aroma to the LORD. -- numbers 15:10 +. +'Thus it shall be done for each ox, or for each ram, or for each of the male lambs, or of the goats. -- numbers 15:11 +. +'According to the number that you prepare, so you shall do for everyone according to their number. -- numbers 15:12 +. +'All who are native shall do these things in this manner, in presenting an offering by fire, as a soothing aroma to the LORD. -- numbers 15:13 +. +'If an alien sojourns with you, or one who may be among you throughout your generations, and he wishes to make an offering by fire, as a soothing aroma to the LORD, just as you do so he shall do. -- numbers 15:14 +. +'As for the assembly, there shall be one statute for you and for the alien who sojourns with you, a perpetual statute throughout your generations; as you are, so shall the alien be before the LORD. -- numbers 15:15 +. +'There is to be one law and one ordinance for you and for the alien who sojourns with you.'" -- numbers 15:16 +. +Then the LORD spoke to Moses, saying, -- numbers 15:17 +. +"Speak to the sons of Israel and say to them, 'When you enter the land where I bring you, -- numbers 15:18 +. +then it shall be, that when you eat of the food of the land, you shall lift up an offering to the LORD. -- numbers 15:19 +. +'Of the first of your dough you shall lift up a cake as an offering; as the offering of the threshing floor, so you shall lift it up. -- numbers 15:20 +. +'From the first of your dough you shall give to the LORD an offering throughout your generations. -- numbers 15:21 +. +'But when you unwittingly fail and do not observe all these commandments, which the LORD has spoken to Moses, -- numbers 15:22 +. +even all that the LORD has commanded you through Moses, from the day when the LORD gave commandment and onward throughout your generations, -- numbers 15:23 +. +then it shall be, if it is done unintentionally, without the knowledge of the congregation, that all the congregation shall offer one bull for a burnt offering, as a soothing aroma to the LORD, with its grain offering and its drink offering, according to the ordinance, and one male goat for a sin offering. -- numbers 15:24 +. +'Then the priest shall make atonement for all the congregation of the sons of Israel, and they will be forgiven; for it was an error, and they have brought their offering, an offering by fire to the LORD, and their sin offering before the LORD, for their error. -- numbers 15:25 +. +'So all the congregation of the sons of Israel will be forgiven, with the alien who sojourns among them, for it happened to all the people through error. -- numbers 15:26 +. +'Also if one person sins unintentionally, then he shall offer a one year old female goat for a sin offering. -- numbers 15:27 +. +'The priest shall make atonement before the LORD for the person who goes astray when he sins unintentionally, making atonement for him that he may be forgiven. -- numbers 15:28 +. +'You shall have one law for him who does anything unintentionally, for him who is native among the sons of Israel and for the alien who sojourns among them. -- numbers 15:29 +. +'But the person who does anything defiantly, whether he is native or an alien, that one is blaspheming the LORD; and that person shall be cut off from among his people. -- numbers 15:30 +. +'Because he has despised the word of the LORD and has broken His commandment, that person shall be completely cut off; his guilt will be on him.'" -- numbers 15:31 +. +Now while the sons of Israel were in the wilderness, they found a man gathering wood on the sabbath day. -- numbers 15:32 +. +Those who found him gathering wood brought him to Moses and Aaron and to all the congregation; -- numbers 15:33 +. +and they put him in custody because it had not been declared what should be done to him. -- numbers 15:34 +. +Then the LORD said to Moses, "The man shall surely be put to death; all the congregation shall stone him with stones outside the camp." -- numbers 15:35 +. +So all the congregation brought him outside the camp and stoned him to death with stones, just as the LORD had commanded Moses. -- numbers 15:36 +. +The LORD also spoke to Moses, saying, -- numbers 15:37 +. +"Speak to the sons of Israel, and tell them that they shall make for themselves tassels on the corners of their garments throughout their generations, and that they shall put on the tassel of each corner a cord of blue. -- numbers 15:38 +. +"It shall be a tassel for you to look at and remember all the commandments of the LORD, so as to do them and not follow after your own heart and your own eyes, after which you played the harlot, -- numbers 15:39 +. +so that you may remember to do all My commandments and be holy to your God. -- numbers 15:40 +. +"I am the LORD your God who brought you out from the land of Egypt to be your God; I am the LORD your God." -- numbers 15:41 +. +Now Korah the son of Izhar, the son of Kohath, the son of Levi, with Dathan and Abiram, the sons of Eliab, and On the son of Peleth, sons of Reuben, took action, -- numbers 16:1 +. +and they rose up before Moses, together with some of the sons of Israel, two hundred and fifty leaders of the congregation, chosen in the assembly, men of renown. -- numbers 16:2 +. +They assembled together against Moses and Aaron, and said to them, "You have gone far enough, for all the congregation are holy, every one of them, and the LORD is in their midst; so why do you exalt yourselves above the assembly of the LORD?" -- numbers 16:3 +. +When Moses heard this, he fell on his face; -- numbers 16:4 +. +and he spoke to Korah and all his company, saying, "Tomorrow morning the LORD will show who is His, and who is holy, and will bring him near to Himself; even the one whom He will choose, He will bring near to Himself. -- numbers 16:5 +. +"Do this: take censers for yourselves, Korah and all your company, -- numbers 16:6 +. +and put fire in them, and lay incense upon them in the presence of the LORD tomorrow; and the man whom the LORD chooses shall be the one who is holy. You have gone far enough, you sons of Levi!" -- numbers 16:7 +. +Then Moses said to Korah, "Hear now, you sons of Levi, -- numbers 16:8 +. +is it not enough for you that the God of Israel has separated you from the rest of the congregation of Israel, to bring you near to Himself, to do the service of the tabernacle of the LORD, and to stand before the congregation to minister to them; -- numbers 16:9 +. +and that He has brought you near, Korah, and all your brothers, sons of Levi, with you? And are you seeking for the priesthood also? -- numbers 16:10 +. +"Therefore you and all your company are gathered together against the LORD; but as for Aaron, who is he that you grumble against him?" -- numbers 16:11 +. +Then Moses sent a summons to Dathan and Abiram, the sons of Eliab; but they said, "We will not come up. -- numbers 16:12 +. +"Is it not enough that you have brought us up out of a land flowing with milk and honey to have us die in the wilderness, but you would also lord it over us? -- numbers 16:13 +. +"Indeed, you have not brought us into a land flowing with milk and honey, nor have you given us an inheritance of fields and vineyards. Would you put out the eyes of these men? We will not come up!" -- numbers 16:14 +. +Then Moses became very angry and said to the LORD, "Do not regard their offering! I have not taken a single donkey from them, nor have I done harm to any of them." -- numbers 16:15 +. +Moses said to Korah, "You and all your company be present before the LORD tomorrow, both you and they along with Aaron. -- numbers 16:16 +. +"Each of you take his firepan and put incense on it, and each of you bring his censer before the LORD, two hundred and fifty firepans; also you and Aaron shall each bring his firepan." -- numbers 16:17 +. +So they each took his own censer and put fire on it, and laid incense on it; and they stood at the doorway of the tent of meeting, with Moses and Aaron. -- numbers 16:18 +. +Thus Korah assembled all the congregation against them at the doorway of the tent of meeting. And the glory of the LORD appeared to all the congregation. -- numbers 16:19 +. +Then the LORD spoke to Moses and Aaron, saying, -- numbers 16:20 +. +"Separate yourselves from among this congregation, that I may consume them instantly." -- numbers 16:21 +. +But they fell on their faces and said, "O God, God of the spirits of all flesh, when one man sins, will You be angry with the entire congregation?" -- numbers 16:22 +. +Then the LORD spoke to Moses, saying, -- numbers 16:23 +. +"Speak to the congregation, saying, 'Get back from around the dwellings of Korah, Dathan and Abiram.'" -- numbers 16:24 +. +Then Moses arose and went to Dathan and Abiram, with the elders of Israel following him, -- numbers 16:25 +. +and he spoke to the congregation, saying, "Depart now from the tents of these wicked men, and touch nothing that belongs to them, or you will be swept away in all their sin." -- numbers 16:26 +. +So they got back from around the dwellings of Korah, Dathan and Abiram; and Dathan and Abiram came out and stood at the doorway of their tents, along with their wives and their sons and their little ones. -- numbers 16:27 +. +Moses said, "By this you shall know that the LORD has sent me to do all these deeds; for this is not my doing. -- numbers 16:28 +. +"If these men die the death of all men or if they suffer the fate of all men, then the LORD has not sent me. -- numbers 16:29 +. +"But if the LORD brings about an entirely new thing and the ground opens its mouth and swallows them up with all that is theirs, and they descend alive into Sheol, then you will understand that these men have spurned the LORD." -- numbers 16:30 +. +As he finished speaking all these words, the ground that was under them split open; -- numbers 16:31 +. +and the earth opened its mouth and swallowed them up, and their households, and all the men who belonged to Korah with their possessions. -- numbers 16:32 +. +So they and all that belonged to them went down alive to Sheol; and the earth closed over them, and they perished from the midst of the assembly. -- numbers 16:33 +. +All Israel who were around them fled at their outcry, for they said, "The earth may swallow us up!" -- numbers 16:34 +. +Fire also came forth from the LORD and consumed the two hundred and fifty men who were offering the incense. -- numbers 16:35 +. +Then the LORD spoke to Moses, saying, -- numbers 16:36 +. +"Say to Eleazar, the son of Aaron the priest, that he shall take up the censers out of the midst of the blaze, for they are holy; and you scatter the burning coals abroad. -- numbers 16:37 +. +"As for the censers of these men who have sinned at the cost of their lives, let them be made into hammered sheets for a plating of the altar, since they did present them before the LORD and they are holy; and they shall be for a sign to the sons of Israel." -- numbers 16:38 +. +So Eleazar the priest took the bronze censers which the men who were burned had offered, and they hammered them out as a plating for the altar, -- numbers 16:39 +. +as a reminder to the sons of Israel that no layman who is not of the descendants of Aaron should come near to burn incense before the LORD; so that he will not become like Korah and his company--just as the LORD had spoken to him through Moses. -- numbers 16:40 +. +But on the next day all the congregation of the sons of Israel grumbled against Moses and Aaron, saying, "You are the ones who have caused the death of the LORD'S people." -- numbers 16:41 +. +It came about, however, when the congregation had assembled against Moses and Aaron, that they turned toward the tent of meeting, and behold, the cloud covered it and the glory of the LORD appeared. -- numbers 16:42 +. +Then Moses and Aaron came to the front of the tent of meeting, -- numbers 16:43 +. +and the LORD spoke to Moses, saying, -- numbers 16:44 +. +"Get away from among this congregation, that I may consume them instantly." Then they fell on their faces. -- numbers 16:45 +. +Moses said to Aaron, "Take your censer and put in it fire from the altar, and lay incense on it; then bring it quickly to the congregation and make atonement for them, for wrath has gone forth from the LORD, the plague has begun!" -- numbers 16:46 +. +Then Aaron took it as Moses had spoken, and ran into the midst of the assembly, for behold, the plague had begun among the people. So he put on the incense and made atonement for the people. -- numbers 16:47 +. +He took his stand between the dead and the living, so that the plague was checked. -- numbers 16:48 +. +But those who died by the plague were 14,700, besides those who died on account of Korah. -- numbers 16:49 +. +Then Aaron returned to Moses at the doorway of the tent of meeting, for the plague had been checked. -- numbers 16:50 +. +Then the LORD spoke to Moses, saying, -- numbers 17:1 +. +"Speak to the sons of Israel, and get from them a rod for each father's household: twelve rods, from all their leaders according to their fathers' households. You shall write each name on his rod, -- numbers 17:2 +. +and write Aaron's name on the rod of Levi; for there is one rod for the head of each of their fathers' households. -- numbers 17:3 +. +"You shall then deposit them in the tent of meeting in front of the testimony, where I meet with you. -- numbers 17:4 +. +"It will come about that the rod of the man whom I choose will sprout. Thus I will lessen from upon Myself the grumblings of the sons of Israel, who are grumbling against you." -- numbers 17:5 +. +Moses therefore spoke to the sons of Israel, and all their leaders gave him a rod apiece, for each leader according to their fathers' households, twelve rods, with the rod of Aaron among their rods. -- numbers 17:6 +. +So Moses deposited the rods before the LORD in the tent of the testimony. -- numbers 17:7 +. +Now on the next day Moses went into the tent of the testimony; and behold, the rod of Aaron for the house of Levi had sprouted and put forth buds and produced blossoms, and it bore ripe almonds. -- numbers 17:8 +. +Moses then brought out all the rods from the presence of the LORD to all the sons of Israel; and they looked, and each man took his rod. -- numbers 17:9 +. +But the LORD said to Moses, "Put back the rod of Aaron before the testimony to be kept as a sign against the rebels, that you may put an end to their grumblings against Me, so that they will not die." -- numbers 17:10 +. +Thus Moses did; just as the LORD had commanded him, so he did. -- numbers 17:11 +. +Then the sons of Israel spoke to Moses, saying, "Behold, we perish, we are dying, we are all dying! -- numbers 17:12 +. +"Everyone who comes near, who comes near to the tabernacle of the LORD, must die. Are we to perish completely?" -- numbers 17:13 +. +So the LORD said to Aaron, "You and your sons and your father's household with you shall bear the guilt in connection with the sanctuary, and you and your sons with you shall bear the guilt in connection with your priesthood. -- numbers 18:1 +. +"But bring with you also your brothers, the tribe of Levi, the tribe of your father, that they may be joined with you and serve you, while you and your sons with you are before the tent of the testimony. -- numbers 18:2 +. +"And they shall thus attend to your obligation and the obligation of all the tent, but they shall not come near to the furnishings of the sanctuary and the altar, or both they and you will die. -- numbers 18:3 +. +"They shall be joined with you and attend to the obligations of the tent of meeting, for all the service of the tent; but an outsider may not come near you. -- numbers 18:4 +. +"So you shall attend to the obligations of the sanctuary and the obligations of the altar, so that there will no longer be wrath on the sons of Israel. -- numbers 18:5 +. +"Behold, I Myself have taken your fellow Levites from among the sons of Israel; they are a gift to you, dedicated to the LORD, to perform the service for the tent of meeting. -- numbers 18:6 +. +"But you and your sons with you shall attend to your priesthood for everything concerning the altar and inside the veil, and you are to perform service. I am giving you the priesthood as a bestowed service, but the outsider who comes near shall be put to death." -- numbers 18:7 +. +Then the LORD spoke to Aaron, "Now behold, I Myself have given you charge of My offerings, even all the holy gifts of the sons of Israel I have given them to you as a portion and to your sons as a perpetual allotment. -- numbers 18:8 +. +"This shall be yours from the most holy gifts reserved from the fire; every offering of theirs, even every grain offering and every sin offering and every guilt offering, which they shall render to Me, shall be most holy for you and for your sons. -- numbers 18:9 +. +"As the most holy gifts you shall eat it; every male shall eat it. It shall be holy to you. -- numbers 18:10 +. +"This also is yours, the offering of their gift, even all the wave offerings of the sons of Israel; I have given them to you and to your sons and daughters with you as a perpetual allotment. Everyone of your household who is clean may eat it. -- numbers 18:11 +. +"All the best of the fresh oil and all the best of the fresh wine and of the grain, the first fruits of those which they give to the LORD, I give them to you. -- numbers 18:12 +. +"The first ripe fruits of all that is in their land, which they bring to the LORD, shall be yours; everyone of your household who is clean may eat it. -- numbers 18:13 +. +"Every devoted thing in Israel shall be yours. -- numbers 18:14 +. +"Every first issue of the womb of all flesh, whether man or animal, which they offer to the LORD, shall be yours; nevertheless the firstborn of man you shall surely redeem, and the firstborn of unclean animals you shall redeem. -- numbers 18:15 +. +"As to their redemption price, from a month old you shall redeem them, by your valuation, five shekels in silver, according to the shekel of the sanctuary, which is twenty gerahs. -- numbers 18:16 +. +"But the firstborn of an ox or the firstborn of a sheep or the firstborn of a goat, you shall not redeem; they are holy. You shall sprinkle their blood on the altar and shall offer up their fat in smoke as an offering by fire, for a soothing aroma to the LORD. -- numbers 18:17 +. +"Their meat shall be yours; it shall be yours like the breast of a wave offering and like the right thigh. -- numbers 18:18 +. +"All the offerings of the holy gifts, which the sons of Israel offer to the LORD, I have given to you and your sons and your daughters with you, as a perpetual allotment. It is an everlasting covenant of salt before the LORD to you and your descendants with you." -- numbers 18:19 +. +Then the LORD said to Aaron, "You shall have no inheritance in their land nor own any portion among them; I am your portion and your inheritance among the sons of Israel. -- numbers 18:20 +. +"To the sons of Levi, behold, I have given all the tithe in Israel for an inheritance, in return for their service which they perform, the service of the tent of meeting. -- numbers 18:21 +. +"The sons of Israel shall not come near the tent of meeting again, or they will bear sin and die. -- numbers 18:22 +. +"Only the Levites shall perform the service of the tent of meeting, and they shall bear their iniquity; it shall be a perpetual statute throughout your generations, and among the sons of Israel they shall have no inheritance. -- numbers 18:23 +. +"For the tithe of the sons of Israel, which they offer as an offering to the LORD, I have given to the Levites for an inheritance; therefore I have said concerning them, 'They shall have no inheritance among the sons of Israel.'" -- numbers 18:24 +. +Then the LORD spoke to Moses, saying, -- numbers 18:25 +. +"Moreover, you shall speak to the Levites and say to them, 'When you take from the sons of Israel the tithe which I have given you from them for your inheritance, then you shall present an offering from it to the LORD, a tithe of the tithe. -- numbers 18:26 +. +'Your offering shall be reckoned to you as the grain from the threshing floor or the full produce from the wine vat. -- numbers 18:27 +. +'So you shall also present an offering to the LORD from your tithes, which you receive from the sons of Israel; and from it you shall give the LORD'S offering to Aaron the priest. -- numbers 18:28 +. +'Out of all your gifts you shall present every offering due to the LORD, from all the best of them, the sacred part from them.' -- numbers 18:29 +. +"You shall say to them, 'When you have offered from it the best of it, then the rest shall be reckoned to the Levites as the product of the threshing floor, and as the product of the wine vat. -- numbers 18:30 +. +'You may eat it anywhere, you and your households, for it is your compensation in return for your service in the tent of meeting. -- numbers 18:31 +. +'You will bear no sin by reason of it when you have offered the best of it. But you shall not profane the sacred gifts of the sons of Israel, or you will die.'" -- numbers 18:32 +. +Then the LORD spoke to Moses and Aaron, saying, -- numbers 19:1 +. +"This is the statute of the law which the LORD has commanded, saying, 'Speak to the sons of Israel that they bring you an unblemished red heifer in which is no defect and on which a yoke has never been placed. -- numbers 19:2 +. +'You shall give it to Eleazar the priest, and it shall be brought outside the camp and be slaughtered in his presence. -- numbers 19:3 +. +'Next Eleazar the priest shall take some of its blood with his finger and sprinkle some of its blood toward the front of the tent of meeting seven times. -- numbers 19:4 +. +'Then the heifer shall be burned in his sight; its hide and its flesh and its blood, with its refuse, shall be burned. -- numbers 19:5 +. +'The priest shall take cedar wood and hyssop and scarlet material and cast it into the midst of the burning heifer. -- numbers 19:6 +. +'The priest shall then wash his clothes and bathe his body in water, and afterward come into the camp, but the priest shall be unclean until evening. -- numbers 19:7 +. +'The one who burns it shall also wash his clothes in water and bathe his body in water, and shall be unclean until evening. -- numbers 19:8 +. +'Now a man who is clean shall gather up the ashes of the heifer and deposit them outside the camp in a clean place, and the congregation of the sons of Israel shall keep it as water to remove impurity; it is purification from sin. -- numbers 19:9 +. +'The one who gathers the ashes of the heifer shall wash his clothes and be unclean until evening; and it shall be a perpetual statute to the sons of Israel and to the alien who sojourns among them. -- numbers 19:10 +. +'The one who touches the corpse of any person shall be unclean for seven days. -- numbers 19:11 +. +'That one shall purify himself from uncleanness with the water on the third day and on the seventh day, and then he will be clean; but if he does not purify himself on the third day and on the seventh day, he will not be clean. -- numbers 19:12 +. +'Anyone who touches a corpse, the body of a man who has died, and does not purify himself, defiles the tabernacle of the LORD; and that person shall be cut off from Israel. Because the water for impurity was not sprinkled on him, he shall be unclean; his uncleanness is still on him. -- numbers 19:13 +. +'This is the law when a man dies in a tent: everyone who comes into the tent and everyone who is in the tent shall be unclean for seven days. -- numbers 19:14 +. +'Every open vessel, which has no covering tied down on it, shall be unclean. -- numbers 19:15 +. +'Also, anyone who in the open field touches one who has been slain with a sword or who has died naturally, or a human bone or a grave, shall be unclean for seven days. -- numbers 19:16 +. +'Then for the unclean person they shall take some of the ashes of the burnt purification from sin and flowing water shall be added to them in a vessel. -- numbers 19:17 +. +'A clean person shall take hyssop and dip it in the water, and sprinkle it on the tent and on all the furnishings and on the persons who were there, and on the one who touched the bone or the one slain or the one dying naturally or the grave. -- numbers 19:18 +. +'Then the clean person shall sprinkle on the unclean on the third day and on the seventh day; and on the seventh day he shall purify him from uncleanness, and he shall wash his clothes and bathe himself in water and shall be clean by evening. -- numbers 19:19 +. +'But the man who is unclean and does not purify himself from uncleanness, that person shall be cut off from the midst of the assembly, because he has defiled the sanctuary of the LORD; the water for impurity has not been sprinkled on him, he is unclean. -- numbers 19:20 +. +'So it shall be a perpetual statute for them. And he who sprinkles the water for impurity shall wash his clothes, and he who touches the water for impurity shall be unclean until evening. -- numbers 19:21 +. +'Furthermore, anything that the unclean person touches shall be unclean; and the person who touches it shall be unclean until evening.'" -- numbers 19:22 +. +Then the sons of Israel, the whole congregation, came to the wilderness of Zin in the first month; and the people stayed at Kadesh. Now Miriam died there and was buried there. -- numbers 20:1 +. +There was no water for the congregation, and they assembled themselves against Moses and Aaron. -- numbers 20:2 +. +The people thus contended with Moses and spoke, saying, "If only we had perished when our brothers perished before the LORD! -- numbers 20:3 +. +"Why then have you brought the LORD'S assembly into this wilderness, for us and our beasts to die here? -- numbers 20:4 +. +"Why have you made us come up from Egypt, to bring us in to this wretched place? It is not a place of grain or figs or vines or pomegranates, nor is there water to drink." -- numbers 20:5 +. +Then Moses and Aaron came in from the presence of the assembly to the doorway of the tent of meeting and fell on their faces. Then the glory of the LORD appeared to them; -- numbers 20:6 +. +and the LORD spoke to Moses, saying, -- numbers 20:7 +. +"Take the rod; and you and your brother Aaron assemble the congregation and speak to the rock before their eyes, that it may yield its water. You shall thus bring forth water for them out of the rock and let the congregation and their beasts drink." -- numbers 20:8 +. +So Moses took the rod from before the LORD, just as He had commanded him; -- numbers 20:9 +. +and Moses and Aaron gathered the assembly before the rock. And he said to them, "Listen now, you rebels; shall we bring forth water for you out of this rock?" -- numbers 20:10 +. +Then Moses lifted up his hand and struck the rock twice with his rod; and water came forth abundantly, and the congregation and their beasts drank. -- numbers 20:11 +. +But the LORD said to Moses and Aaron, "Because you have not believed Me, to treat Me as holy in the sight of the sons of Israel, therefore you shall not bring this assembly into the land which I have given them." -- numbers 20:12 +. +Those were the waters of Meribah, because the sons of Israel contended with the LORD, and He proved Himself holy among them. -- numbers 20:13 +. +From Kadesh Moses then sent messengers to the king of Edom: "Thus your brother Israel has said, 'You know all the hardship that has befallen us; -- numbers 20:14 +. +that our fathers went down to Egypt, and we stayed in Egypt a long time, and the Egyptians treated us and our fathers badly. -- numbers 20:15 +. +'But when we cried out to the LORD, He heard our voice and sent an angel and brought us out from Egypt; now behold, we are at Kadesh, a town on the edge of your territory. -- numbers 20:16 +. +'Please let us pass through your land. We will not pass through field or through vineyard; we will not even drink water from a well. We will go along the king's highway, not turning to the right or left, until we pass through your territory.'" -- numbers 20:17 +. +Edom, however, said to him, "You shall not pass through us, or I will come out with the sword against you." -- numbers 20:18 +. +Again, the sons of Israel said to him, "We will go up by the highway, and if I and my livestock do drink any of your water, then I will pay its price. Let me only pass through on my feet, nothing else." -- numbers 20:19 +. +But he said, "You shall not pass through." And Edom came out against him with a heavy force and with a strong hand. -- numbers 20:20 +. +Thus Edom refused to allow Israel to pass through his territory; so Israel turned away from him. -- numbers 20:21 +. +Now when they set out from Kadesh, the sons of Israel, the whole congregation, came to Mount Hor. -- numbers 20:22 +. +Then the LORD spoke to Moses and Aaron at Mount Hor by the border of the land of Edom, saying, -- numbers 20:23 +. +"Aaron will be gathered to his people; for he shall not enter the land which I have given to the sons of Israel, because you rebelled against My command at the waters of Meribah. -- numbers 20:24 +. +"Take Aaron and his son Eleazar and bring them up to Mount Hor; -- numbers 20:25 +. +and strip Aaron of his garments and put them on his son Eleazar. So Aaron will be gathered to his people, and will die there." -- numbers 20:26 +. +So Moses did just as the LORD had commanded, and they went up to Mount Hor in the sight of all the congregation. -- numbers 20:27 +. +After Moses had stripped Aaron of his garments and put them on his son Eleazar, Aaron died there on the mountain top. Then Moses and Eleazar came down from the mountain. -- numbers 20:28 +. +When all the congregation saw that Aaron had died, all the house of Israel wept for Aaron thirty days. -- numbers 20:29 +. +When the Canaanite, the king of Arad, who lived in the Negev, heard that Israel was coming by the way of Atharim, then he fought against Israel and took some of them captive. -- numbers 21:1 +. +So Israel made a vow to the LORD and said, "If You will indeed deliver this people into my hand, then I will utterly destroy their cities." -- numbers 21:2 +. +The LORD heard the voice of Israel and delivered up the Canaanites; then they utterly destroyed them and their cities. Thus the name of the place was called Hormah. -- numbers 21:3 +. +Then they set out from Mount Hor by the way of the Red Sea, to go around the land of Edom; and the people became impatient because of the journey. -- numbers 21:4 +. +The people spoke against God and Moses, "Why have you brought us up out of Egypt to die in the wilderness? For there is no food and no water, and we loathe this miserable food." -- numbers 21:5 +. +The LORD sent fiery serpents among the people and they bit the people, so that many people of Israel died. -- numbers 21:6 +. +So the people came to Moses and said, "We have sinned, because we have spoken against the LORD and you; intercede with the LORD, that He may remove the serpents from us." And Moses interceded for the people. -- numbers 21:7 +. +Then the LORD said to Moses, "Make a fiery serpent, and set it on a standard; and it shall come about, that everyone who is bitten, when he looks at it, he will live." -- numbers 21:8 +. +And Moses made a bronze serpent and set it on the standard; and it came about, that if a serpent bit any man, when he looked to the bronze serpent, he lived. -- numbers 21:9 +. +Now the sons of Israel moved out and camped in Oboth. -- numbers 21:10 +. +They journeyed from Oboth and camped at Iyeabarim, in the wilderness which is opposite Moab, to the east. -- numbers 21:11 +. +From there they set out and camped in Wadi Zered. -- numbers 21:12 +. +From there they journeyed and camped on the other side of the Arnon, which is in the wilderness that comes out of the border of the Amorites, for the Arnon is the border of Moab, between Moab and the Amorites. -- numbers 21:13 +. +Therefore it is said in the Book of the Wars of the LORD, "Waheb in Suphah, And the wadis of the Arnon, -- numbers 21:14 +. +And the slope of the wadis That extends to the site of Ar, And leans to the border of Moab." -- numbers 21:15 +. +From there they continued to Beer, that is the well where the LORD said to Moses, "Assemble the people, that I may give them water." -- numbers 21:16 +. +Then Israel sang this song: "Spring up, O well! Sing to it! -- numbers 21:17 +. +"The well, which the leaders sank, Which the nobles of the people dug, With the scepter and with their staffs." And from the wilderness they continued to Mattanah, -- numbers 21:18 +. +and from Mattanah to Nahaliel, and from Nahaliel to Bamoth, -- numbers 21:19 +. +and from Bamoth to the valley that is in the land of Moab, at the top of Pisgah which overlooks the wasteland. -- numbers 21:20 +. +Then Israel sent messengers to Sihon, king of the Amorites, saying, -- numbers 21:21 +. +"Let me pass through your land. We will not turn off into field or vineyard; we will not drink water from wells. We will go by the king's highway until we have passed through your border." -- numbers 21:22 +. +But Sihon would not permit Israel to pass through his border. So Sihon gathered all his people and went out against Israel in the wilderness, and came to Jahaz and fought against Israel. -- numbers 21:23 +. +Then Israel struck him with the edge of the sword, and took possession of his land from the Arnon to the Jabbok, as far as the sons of Ammon; for the border of the sons of Ammon was Jazer. -- numbers 21:24 +. +Israel took all these cities and Israel lived in all the cities of the Amorites, in Heshbon, and in all her villages. -- numbers 21:25 +. +For Heshbon was the city of Sihon, king of the Amorites, who had fought against the former king of Moab and had taken all his land out of his hand, as far as the Arnon. -- numbers 21:26 +. +Therefore those who use proverbs say, "Come to Heshbon! Let it be built! So let the city of Sihon be established. -- numbers 21:27 +. +"For a fire went forth from Heshbon, A flame from the town of Sihon; It devoured Ar of Moab, The dominant heights of the Arnon. -- numbers 21:28 +. +"Woe to you, O Moab! You are ruined, O people of Chemosh! He has given his sons as fugitives, And his daughters into captivity, To an Amorite king, Sihon. -- numbers 21:29 +. +"But we have cast them down, Heshbon is ruined as far as Dibon, Then we have laid waste even to Nophah, Which reaches to Medeba." -- numbers 21:30 +. +Thus Israel lived in the land of the Amorites. -- numbers 21:31 +. +Moses sent to spy out Jazer, and they captured its villages and dispossessed the Amorites who were there. -- numbers 21:32 +. +Then they turned and went up by the way of Bashan, and Og the king of Bashan went out with all his people, for battle at Edrei. -- numbers 21:33 +. +But the LORD said to Moses, "Do not fear him, for I have given him into your hand, and all his people and his land; and you shall do to him as you did to Sihon, king of the Amorites, who lived at Heshbon." -- numbers 21:34 +. +So they killed him and his sons and all his people, until there was no remnant left him; and they possessed his land. -- numbers 21:35 +. +Then the sons of Israel journeyed, and camped in the plains of Moab beyond the Jordan opposite Jericho. -- numbers 22:1 +. +Now Balak the son of Zippor saw all that Israel had done to the Amorites. -- numbers 22:2 +. +So Moab was in great fear because of the people, for they were numerous; and Moab was in dread of the sons of Israel. -- numbers 22:3 +. +Moab said to the elders of Midian, "Now this horde will lick up all that is around us, as the ox licks up the grass of the field." And Balak the son of Zippor was king of Moab at that time. -- numbers 22:4 +. +So he sent messengers to Balaam the son of Beor, at Pethor, which is near the River, in the land of the sons of his people, to call him, saying, "Behold, a people came out of Egypt; behold, they cover the surface of the land, and they are living opposite me. -- numbers 22:5 +. +"Now, therefore, please come, curse this people for me since they are too mighty for me; perhaps I may be able to defeat them and drive them out of the land. For I know that he whom you bless is blessed, and he whom you curse is cursed." -- numbers 22:6 +. +So the elders of Moab and the elders of Midian departed with the fees for divination in their hand; and they came to Balaam and repeated Balak's words to him. -- numbers 22:7 +. +He said to them, "Spend the night here, and I will bring word back to you as the LORD may speak to me." And the leaders of Moab stayed with Balaam. -- numbers 22:8 +. +Then God came to Balaam and said, "Who are these men with you?" -- numbers 22:9 +. +Balaam said to God, "Balak the son of Zippor, king of Moab, has sent word to me, -- numbers 22:10 +. +'Behold, there is a people who came out of Egypt and they cover the surface of the land; now come, curse them for me; perhaps I may be able to fight against them and drive them out.'" -- numbers 22:11 +. +God said to Balaam, "Do not go with them; you shall not curse the people, for they are blessed." -- numbers 22:12 +. +So Balaam arose in the morning and said to Balak's leaders, "Go back to your land, for the LORD has refused to let me go with you." -- numbers 22:13 +. +The leaders of Moab arose and went to Balak and said, "Balaam refused to come with us." -- numbers 22:14 +. +Then Balak again sent leaders, more numerous and more distinguished than the former. -- numbers 22:15 +. +They came to Balaam and said to him, "Thus says Balak the son of Zippor, 'Let nothing, I beg you, hinder you from coming to me; -- numbers 22:16 +. +for I will indeed honor you richly, and I will do whatever you say to me. Please come then, curse this people for me.'" -- numbers 22:17 +. +Balaam replied to the servants of Balak, "Though Balak were to give me his house full of silver and gold, I could not do anything, either small or great, contrary to the command of the LORD my God. -- numbers 22:18 +. +"Now please, you also stay here tonight, and I will find out what else the LORD will speak to me." -- numbers 22:19 +. +God came to Balaam at night and said to him, "If the men have come to call you, rise up and go with them; but only the word which I speak to you shall you do." -- numbers 22:20 +. +So Balaam arose in the morning, and saddled his donkey and went with the leaders of Moab. -- numbers 22:21 +. +But God was angry because he was going, and the angel of the LORD took his stand in the way as an adversary against him. Now he was riding on his donkey and his two servants were with him. -- numbers 22:22 +. +When the donkey saw the angel of the LORD standing in the way with his drawn sword in his hand, the donkey turned off from the way and went into the field; but Balaam struck the donkey to turn her back into the way. -- numbers 22:23 +. +Then the angel of the LORD stood in a narrow path of the vineyards, with a wall on this side and a wall on that side. -- numbers 22:24 +. +When the donkey saw the angel of the LORD, she pressed herself to the wall and pressed Balaam's foot against the wall, so he struck her again. -- numbers 22:25 +. +The angel of the LORD went further, and stood in a narrow place where there was no way to turn to the right hand or the left. -- numbers 22:26 +. +When the donkey saw the angel of the LORD, she lay down under Balaam; so Balaam was angry and struck the donkey with his stick. -- numbers 22:27 +. +And the LORD opened the mouth of the donkey, and she said to Balaam, "What have I done to you, that you have struck me these three times?" -- numbers 22:28 +. +Then Balaam said to the donkey, "Because you have made a mockery of me! If there had been a sword in my hand, I would have killed you by now." -- numbers 22:29 +. +The donkey said to Balaam, "Am I not your donkey on which you have ridden all your life to this day? Have I ever been accustomed to do so to you?" And he said, "No." -- numbers 22:30 +. +Then the LORD opened the eyes of Balaam, and he saw the angel of the LORD standing in the way with his drawn sword in his hand; and he bowed all the way to the ground. -- numbers 22:31 +. +The angel of the LORD said to him, "Why have you struck your donkey these three times? Behold, I have come out as an adversary, because your way was contrary to me. -- numbers 22:32 +. +"But the donkey saw me and turned aside from me these three times. If she had not turned aside from me, I would surely have killed you just now, and let her live." -- numbers 22:33 +. +Balaam said to the angel of the LORD, "I have sinned, for I did not know that you were standing in the way against me. Now then, if it is displeasing to you, I will turn back." -- numbers 22:34 +. +But the angel of the LORD said to Balaam, "Go with the men, but you shall speak only the word which I tell you." So Balaam went along with the leaders of Balak. -- numbers 22:35 +. +When Balak heard that Balaam was coming, he went out to meet him at the city of Moab, which is on the Arnon border, at the extreme end of the border. -- numbers 22:36 +. +Then Balak said to Balaam, "Did I not urgently send to you to call you? Why did you not come to me? Am I really unable to honor you?" -- numbers 22:37 +. +So Balaam said to Balak, "Behold, I have come now to you! Am I able to speak anything at all? The word that God puts in my mouth, that I shall speak." -- numbers 22:38 +. +And Balaam went with Balak, and they came to Kiriath-huzoth. -- numbers 22:39 +. +Balak sacrificed oxen and sheep, and sent some to Balaam and the leaders who were with him. -- numbers 22:40 +. +Then it came about in the morning that Balak took Balaam and brought him up to the high places of Baal, and he saw from there a portion of the people. -- numbers 22:41 +. +Then Balaam said to Balak, "Build seven altars for me here, and prepare seven bulls and seven rams for me here." -- numbers 23:1 +. +Balak did just as Balaam had spoken, and Balak and Balaam offered up a bull and a ram on each altar. -- numbers 23:2 +. +Then Balaam said to Balak, "Stand beside your burnt offering, and I will go; perhaps the LORD will come to meet me, and whatever He shows me I will tell you." So he went to a bare hill. -- numbers 23:3 +. +Now God met Balaam, and he said to Him, "I have set up the seven altars, and I have offered up a bull and a ram on each altar." -- numbers 23:4 +. +Then the LORD put a word in Balaam's mouth and said, "Return to Balak, and you shall speak thus." -- numbers 23:5 +. +So he returned to him, and behold, he was standing beside his burnt offering, he and all the leaders of Moab. -- numbers 23:6 +. +He took up his discourse and said, "From Aram Balak has brought me, Moab's king from the mountains of the East, 'Come curse Jacob for me, And come, denounce Israel!' -- numbers 23:7 +. +"How shall I curse whom God has not cursed? And how can I denounce whom the LORD has not denounced? -- numbers 23:8 +. +"As I see him from the top of the rocks, And I look at him from the hills; Behold, a people who dwells apart, And will not be reckoned among the nations. -- numbers 23:9 +. +"Who can count the dust of Jacob, Or number the fourth part of Israel? Let me die the death of the upright, And let my end be like his!" -- numbers 23:10 +. +Then Balak said to Balaam, "What have you done to me? I took you to curse my enemies, but behold, you have actually blessed them!" -- numbers 23:11 +. +He replied, "Must I not be careful to speak what the LORD puts in my mouth?" -- numbers 23:12 +. +Then Balak said to him, "Please come with me to another place from where you may see them, although you will only see the extreme end of them and will not see all of them; and curse them for me from there." -- numbers 23:13 +. +So he took him to the field of Zophim, to the top of Pisgah, and built seven altars and offered a bull and a ram on each altar. -- numbers 23:14 +. +And he said to Balak, "Stand here beside your burnt offering while I myself meet the LORD over there." -- numbers 23:15 +. +Then the LORD met Balaam and put a word in his mouth and said, "Return to Balak, and thus you shall speak." -- numbers 23:16 +. +He came to him, and behold, he was standing beside his burnt offering, and the leaders of Moab with him. And Balak said to him, "What has the LORD spoken?" -- numbers 23:17 +. +Then he took up his discourse and said, "Arise, O Balak, and hear; Give ear to me, O son of Zippor! -- numbers 23:18 +. +"God is not a man, that He should lie, Nor a son of man, that He should repent; Has He said, and will He not do it? Or has He spoken, and will He not make it good? -- numbers 23:19 +. +"Behold, I have received a command to bless; When He has blessed, then I cannot revoke it. -- numbers 23:20 +. +"He has not observed misfortune in Jacob; Nor has He seen trouble in Israel; The LORD his God is with him, And the shout of a king is among them. -- numbers 23:21 +. +"God brings them out of Egypt, He is for them like the horns of the wild ox. -- numbers 23:22 +. +"For there is no omen against Jacob, Nor is there any divination against Israel; At the proper time it shall be said to Jacob And to Israel, what God has done! -- numbers 23:23 +. +"Behold, a people rises like a lioness, And as a lion it lifts itself; It will not lie down until it devours the prey, And drinks the blood of the slain." -- numbers 23:24 +. +Then Balak said to Balaam, "Do not curse them at all nor bless them at all!" -- numbers 23:25 +. +But Balaam replied to Balak, "Did I not tell you, 'Whatever the LORD speaks, that I must do'?" -- numbers 23:26 +. +Then Balak said to Balaam, "Please come, I will take you to another place; perhaps it will be agreeable with God that you curse them for me from there." -- numbers 23:27 +. +So Balak took Balaam to the top of Peor which overlooks the wasteland. -- numbers 23:28 +. +Balaam said to Balak, "Build seven altars for me here and prepare seven bulls and seven rams for me here." -- numbers 23:29 +. +Balak did just as Balaam had said, and offered up a bull and a ram on each altar. -- numbers 23:30 +. +When Balaam saw that it pleased the LORD to bless Israel, he did not go as at other times to seek omens but he set his face toward the wilderness. -- numbers 24:1 +. +And Balaam lifted up his eyes and saw Israel camping tribe by tribe; and the Spirit of God came upon him. -- numbers 24:2 +. +He took up his discourse and said, "The oracle of Balaam the son of Beor, And the oracle of the man whose eye is opened; -- numbers 24:3 +. +The oracle of him who hears the words of God, Who sees the vision of the Almighty, Falling down, yet having his eyes uncovered, -- numbers 24:4 +. +How fair are your tents, O Jacob, Your dwellings, O Israel! -- numbers 24:5 +. +"Like valleys that stretch out, Like gardens beside the river, Like aloes planted by the LORD, Like cedars beside the waters. -- numbers 24:6 +. +"Water will flow from his buckets, And his seed will be by many waters, And his king shall be higher than Agag, And his kingdom shall be exalted. -- numbers 24:7 +. +"God brings him out of Egypt, He is for him like the horns of the wild ox. He will devour the nations who are his adversaries, And will crush their bones in pieces, And shatter them with his arrows. -- numbers 24:8 +. +"He couches, he lies down as a lion, And as a lion, who dares rouse him? Blessed is everyone who blesses you, And cursed is everyone who curses you." -- numbers 24:9 +. +Then Balak's anger burned against Balaam, and he struck his hands together; and Balak said to Balaam, "I called you to curse my enemies, but behold, you have persisted in blessing them these three times! -- numbers 24:10 +. +"Therefore, flee to your place now. I said I would honor you greatly, but behold, the LORD has held you back from honor." -- numbers 24:11 +. +Balaam said to Balak, "Did I not tell your messengers whom you had sent to me, saying, -- numbers 24:12 +. +'Though Balak were to give me his house full of silver and gold, I could not do anything contrary to the command of the LORD, either good or bad, of my own accord. What the LORD speaks, that I will speak'? -- numbers 24:13 +. +"And now, behold, I am going to my people; come, and I will advise you what this people will do to your people in the days to come." -- numbers 24:14 +. +He took up his discourse and said, "The oracle of Balaam the son of Beor, And the oracle of the man whose eye is opened, -- numbers 24:15 +. +The oracle of him who hears the words of God, And knows the knowledge of the Most High, Who sees the vision of the Almighty, Falling down, yet having his eyes uncovered. -- numbers 24:16 +. +"I see him, but not now; I behold him, but not near; A star shall come forth from Jacob, A scepter shall rise from Israel, And shall crush through the forehead of Moab, And tear down all the sons of Sheth. -- numbers 24:17 +. +"Edom shall be a possession, Seir, its enemies, also will be a possession, While Israel performs valiantly. -- numbers 24:18 +. +"One from Jacob shall have dominion, And will destroy the remnant from the city." -- numbers 24:19 +. +And he looked at Amalek and took up his discourse and said, "Amalek was the first of the nations, But his end shall be destruction." -- numbers 24:20 +. +And he looked at the Kenite, and took up his discourse and said, "Your dwelling place is enduring, And your nest is set in the cliff. -- numbers 24:21 +. +"Nevertheless Kain will be consumed; How long will Asshur keep you captive?" -- numbers 24:22 +. +Then he took up his discourse and said, "Alas, who can live except God has ordained it? -- numbers 24:23 +. +"But ships shall come from the coast of Kittim, And they shall afflict Asshur and will afflict Eber; So they also will come to destruction." -- numbers 24:24 +. +Then Balaam arose and departed and returned to his place, and Balak also went his way. -- numbers 24:25 +. +While Israel remained at Shittim, the people began to play the harlot with the daughters of Moab. -- numbers 25:1 +. +For they invited the people to the sacrifices of their gods, and the people ate and bowed down to their gods. -- numbers 25:2 +. +So Israel joined themselves to Baal of Peor, and the LORD was angry against Israel. -- numbers 25:3 +. +The LORD said to Moses, "Take all the leaders of the people and execute them in broad daylight before the LORD, so that the fierce anger of the LORD may turn away from Israel." -- numbers 25:4 +. +So Moses said to the judges of Israel, "Each of you slay his men who have joined themselves to Baal of Peor." -- numbers 25:5 +. +Then behold, one of the sons of Israel came and brought to his relatives a Midianite woman, in the sight of Moses and in the sight of all the congregation of the sons of Israel, while they were weeping at the doorway of the tent of meeting. -- numbers 25:6 +. +When Phinehas the son of Eleazar, the son of Aaron the priest, saw it, he arose from the midst of the congregation and took a spear in his hand, -- numbers 25:7 +. +and he went after the man of Israel into the tent and pierced both of them through, the man of Israel and the woman, through the body. So the plague on the sons of Israel was checked. -- numbers 25:8 +. +Those who died by the plague were 24,000. -- numbers 25:9 +. +Then the LORD spoke to Moses, saying, -- numbers 25:10 +. +"Phinehas the son of Eleazar, the son of Aaron the priest, has turned away My wrath from the sons of Israel in that he was jealous with My jealousy among them, so that I did not destroy the sons of Israel in My jealousy. -- numbers 25:11 +. +"Therefore say, 'Behold, I give him My covenant of peace; -- numbers 25:12 +. +and it shall be for him and his descendants after him, a covenant of a perpetual priesthood, because he was jealous for his God and made atonement for the sons of Israel.'" -- numbers 25:13 +. +Now the name of the slain man of Israel who was slain with the Midianite woman, was Zimri the son of Salu, a leader of a father's household among the Simeonites. -- numbers 25:14 +. +The name of the Midianite woman who was slain was Cozbi the daughter of Zur, who was head of the people of a father's household in Midian. -- numbers 25:15 +. +Then the LORD spoke to Moses, saying, -- numbers 25:16 +. +"Be hostile to the Midianites and strike them; -- numbers 25:17 +. +for they have been hostile to you with their tricks, with which they have deceived you in the affair of Peor and in the affair of Cozbi, the daughter of the leader of Midian, their sister who was slain on the day of the plague because of Peor." -- numbers 25:18 +. +Then it came about after the plague, that the LORD spoke to Moses and to Eleazar the son of Aaron the priest, saying, -- numbers 26:1 +. +"Take a census of all the congregation of the sons of Israel from twenty years old and upward, by their fathers' households, whoever is able to go out to war in Israel." -- numbers 26:2 +. +So Moses and Eleazar the priest spoke with them in the plains of Moab by the Jordan at Jericho, saying, -- numbers 26:3 +. +"Take a census of the people from twenty years old and upward, as the LORD has commanded Moses." Now the sons of Israel who came out of the land of Egypt were: -- numbers 26:4 +. +Reuben, Israel's firstborn, the sons of Reuben: of Hanoch, the family of the Hanochites; of Pallu, the family of the Palluites; -- numbers 26:5 +. +of Hezron, the family of the Hezronites; of Carmi, the family of the Carmites. -- numbers 26:6 +. +These are the families of the Reubenites, and those who were numbered of them were 43,730. -- numbers 26:7 +. +The son of Pallu: Eliab. -- numbers 26:8 +. +The sons of Eliab: Nemuel and Dathan and Abiram. These are the Dathan and Abiram who were called by the congregation, who contended against Moses and against Aaron in the company of Korah, when they contended against the LORD, -- numbers 26:9 +. +and the earth opened its mouth and swallowed them up along with Korah, when that company died, when the fire devoured men, so that they became a warning. -- numbers 26:10 +. +The sons of Korah, however, did not die. -- numbers 26:11 +. +The sons of Simeon according to their families: of Nemuel, the family of the Nemuelites; of Jamin, the family of the Jaminites; of Jachin, the family of the Jachinites; -- numbers 26:12 +. +of Zerah, the family of the Zerahites; of Shaul, the family of the Shaulites. -- numbers 26:13 +. +These are the families of the Simeonites, 22,200. -- numbers 26:14 +. +The sons of Gad according to their families: of Zephon, the family of the Zephonites; of Haggi, the family of the Haggites; of Shuni, the family of the Shunites; -- numbers 26:15 +. +of Ozni, the family of the Oznites; of Eri, the family of the Erites; -- numbers 26:16 +. +of Arod, the family of the Arodites; of Areli, the family of the Arelites. -- numbers 26:17 +. +These are the families of the sons of Gad according to those who were numbered of them, 40,500. -- numbers 26:18 +. +The sons of Judah were Er and Onan, but Er and Onan died in the land of Canaan. -- numbers 26:19 +. +The sons of Judah according to their families were: of Shelah, the family of the Shelanites; of Perez, the family of the Perezites; of Zerah, the family of the Zerahites. -- numbers 26:20 +. +The sons of Perez were: of Hezron, the family of the Hezronites; of Hamul, the family of the Hamulites. -- numbers 26:21 +. +These are the families of Judah according to those who were numbered of them, 76,500. -- numbers 26:22 +. +The sons of Issachar according to their families: of Tola, the family of the Tolaites; of Puvah, the family of the Punites; -- numbers 26:23 +. +of Jashub, the family of the Jashubites; of Shimron, the family of the Shimronites. -- numbers 26:24 +. +These are the families of Issachar according to those who were numbered of them, 64,300. -- numbers 26:25 +. +The sons of Zebulun according to their families: of Sered, the family of the Seredites; of Elon, the family of the Elonites; of Jahleel, the family of the Jahleelites. -- numbers 26:26 +. +These are the families of the Zebulunites according to those who were numbered of them, 60,500. -- numbers 26:27 +. +The sons of Joseph according to their families: Manasseh and Ephraim. -- numbers 26:28 +. +The sons of Manasseh: of Machir, the family of the Machirites; and Machir became the father of Gilead: of Gilead, the family of the Gileadites. -- numbers 26:29 +. +These are the sons of Gilead: of Iezer, the family of the Iezerites; of Helek, the family of the Helekites; -- numbers 26:30 +. +and of Asriel, the family of the Asrielites; and of Shechem, the family of the Shechemites; -- numbers 26:31 +. +and of Shemida, the family of the Shemidaites; and of Hepher, the family of the Hepherites. -- numbers 26:32 +. +Now Zelophehad the son of Hepher had no sons, but only daughters; and the names of the daughters of Zelophehad were Mahlah, Noah, Hoglah, Milcah and Tirzah. -- numbers 26:33 +. +These are the families of Manasseh; and those who were numbered of them were 52,700. -- numbers 26:34 +. +These are the sons of Ephraim according to their families: of Shuthelah, the family of the Shuthelahites; of Becher, the family of the Becherites; of Tahan, the family of the Tahanites. -- numbers 26:35 +. +These are the sons of Shuthelah: of Eran, the family of the Eranites. -- numbers 26:36 +. +These are the families of the sons of Ephraim according to those who were numbered of them, 32,500. These are the sons of Joseph according to their families. -- numbers 26:37 +. +The sons of Benjamin according to their families: of Bela, the family of the Belaites; of Ashbel, the family of the Ashbelites; of Ahiram, the family of the Ahiramites; -- numbers 26:38 +. +of Shephupham, the family of the Shuphamites; of Hupham, the family of the Huphamites. -- numbers 26:39 +. +The sons of Bela were Ard and Naaman: of Ard, the family of the Ardites; of Naaman, the family of the Naamites. -- numbers 26:40 +. +These are the sons of Benjamin according to their families; and those who were numbered of them were 45,600. -- numbers 26:41 +. +These are the sons of Dan according to their families: of Shuham, the family of the Shuhamites. These are the families of Dan according to their families. -- numbers 26:42 +. +All the families of the Shuhamites, according to those who were numbered of them, were 64,400. -- numbers 26:43 +. +The sons of Asher according to their families: of Imnah, the family of the Imnites; of Ishvi, the family of the Ishvites; of Beriah, the family of the Beriites. -- numbers 26:44 +. +Of the sons of Beriah: of Heber, the family of the Heberites; of Malchiel, the family of the Malchielites. -- numbers 26:45 +. +The name of the daughter of Asher was Serah. -- numbers 26:46 +. +These are the families of the sons of Asher according to those who were numbered of them, 53,400. -- numbers 26:47 +. +The sons of Naphtali according to their families: of Jahzeel, the family of the Jahzeelites; of Guni, the family of the Gunites; -- numbers 26:48 +. +of Jezer, the family of the Jezerites; of Shillem, the family of the Shillemites. -- numbers 26:49 +. +These are the families of Naphtali according to their families; and those who were numbered of them were 45,400. -- numbers 26:50 +. +These are those who were numbered of the sons of Israel, 601,730. -- numbers 26:51 +. +Then the LORD spoke to Moses, saying, -- numbers 26:52 +. +"Among these the land shall be divided for an inheritance according to the number of names. -- numbers 26:53 +. +"To the larger group you shall increase their inheritance, and to the smaller group you shall diminish their inheritance; each shall be given their inheritance according to those who were numbered of them. -- numbers 26:54 +. +"But the land shall be divided by lot. They shall receive their inheritance according to the names of the tribes of their fathers. -- numbers 26:55 +. +"According to the selection by lot, their inheritance shall be divided between the larger and the smaller groups." -- numbers 26:56 +. +These are those who were numbered of the Levites according to their families: of Gershon, the family of the Gershonites; of Kohath, the family of the Kohathites; of Merari, the family of the Merarites. -- numbers 26:57 +. +These are the families of Levi: the family of the Libnites, the family of the Hebronites, the family of the Mahlites, the family of the Mushites, the family of the Korahites. Kohath became the father of Amram. -- numbers 26:58 +. +The name of Amram's wife was Jochebed, the daughter of Levi, who was born to Levi in Egypt; and she bore to Amram: Aaron and Moses and their sister Miriam. -- numbers 26:59 +. +To Aaron were born Nadab and Abihu, Eleazar and Ithamar. -- numbers 26:60 +. +But Nadab and Abihu died when they offered strange fire before the LORD. -- numbers 26:61 +. +Those who were numbered of them were 23,000, every male from a month old and upward, for they were not numbered among the sons of Israel since no inheritance was given to them among the sons of Israel. -- numbers 26:62 +. +These are those who were numbered by Moses and Eleazar the priest, who numbered the sons of Israel in the plains of Moab by the Jordan at Jericho. -- numbers 26:63 +. +But among these there was not a man of those who were numbered by Moses and Aaron the priest, who numbered the sons of Israel in the wilderness of Sinai. -- numbers 26:64 +. +For the LORD had said of them, "They shall surely die in the wilderness." And not a man was left of them, except Caleb the son of Jephunneh and Joshua the son of Nun. -- numbers 26:65 +. +Then the daughters of Zelophehad, the son of Hepher, the son of Gilead, the son of Machir, the son of Manasseh, of the families of Manasseh the son of Joseph, came near; and these are the names of his daughters: Mahlah, Noah and Hoglah and Milcah and Tirzah. -- numbers 27:1 +. +They stood before Moses and before Eleazar the priest and before the leaders and all the congregation, at the doorway of the tent of meeting, saying, -- numbers 27:2 +. +"Our father died in the wilderness, yet he was not among the company of those who gathered themselves together against the LORD in the company of Korah; but he died in his own sin, and he had no sons. -- numbers 27:3 +. +"Why should the name of our father be withdrawn from among his family because he had no son? Give us a possession among our father's brothers." -- numbers 27:4 +. +So Moses brought their case before the LORD. -- numbers 27:5 +. +Then the LORD spoke to Moses, saying, -- numbers 27:6 +. +"The daughters of Zelophehad are right in their statements. You shall surely give them a hereditary possession among their father's brothers, and you shall transfer the inheritance of their father to them. -- numbers 27:7 +. +"Further, you shall speak to the sons of Israel, saying, 'If a man dies and has no son, then you shall transfer his inheritance to his daughter. -- numbers 27:8 +. +'If he has no daughter, then you shall give his inheritance to his brothers. -- numbers 27:9 +. +'If he has no brothers, then you shall give his inheritance to his father's brothers. -- numbers 27:10 +. +'If his father has no brothers, then you shall give his inheritance to his nearest relative in his own family, and he shall possess it; and it shall be a statutory ordinance to the sons of Israel, just as the LORD commanded Moses.'" -- numbers 27:11 +. +Then the LORD said to Moses, "Go up to this mountain of Abarim, and see the land which I have given to the sons of Israel. -- numbers 27:12 +. +"When you have seen it, you too will be gathered to your people, as Aaron your brother was; -- numbers 27:13 +. +for in the wilderness of Zin, during the strife of the congregation, you rebelled against My command to treat Me as holy before their eyes at the water." (These are the waters of Meribah of Kadesh in the wilderness of Zin.) -- numbers 27:14 +. +Then Moses spoke to the LORD, saying, -- numbers 27:15 +. +"May the LORD, the God of the spirits of all flesh, appoint a man over the congregation, -- numbers 27:16 +. +who will go out and come in before them, and who will lead them out and bring them in, so that the congregation of the LORD will not be like sheep which have no shepherd." -- numbers 27:17 +. +So the LORD said to Moses, "Take Joshua the son of Nun, a man in whom is the Spirit, and lay your hand on him; -- numbers 27:18 +. +and have him stand before Eleazar the priest and before all the congregation, and commission him in their sight. -- numbers 27:19 +. +"You shall put some of your authority on him, in order that all the congregation of the sons of Israel may obey him. -- numbers 27:20 +. +"Moreover, he shall stand before Eleazar the priest, who shall inquire for him by the judgment of the Urim before the LORD. At his command they shall go out and at his command they shall come in, both he and the sons of Israel with him, even all the congregation." -- numbers 27:21 +. +Moses did just as the LORD commanded him; and he took Joshua and set him before Eleazar the priest and before all the congregation. -- numbers 27:22 +. +Then he laid his hands on him and commissioned him, just as the LORD had spoken through Moses. -- numbers 27:23 +. +Then the LORD spoke to Moses, saying, -- numbers 28:1 +. +"Command the sons of Israel and say to them, 'You shall be careful to present My offering, My food for My offerings by fire, of a soothing aroma to Me, at their appointed time.' -- numbers 28:2 +. +"You shall say to them, 'This is the offering by fire which you shall offer to the LORD: two male lambs one year old without defect as a continual burnt offering every day. -- numbers 28:3 +. +'You shall offer the one lamb in the morning and the other lamb you shall offer at twilight; -- numbers 28:4 +. +also a tenth of an ephah of fine flour for a grain offering, mixed with a fourth of a hin of beaten oil. -- numbers 28:5 +. +'It is a continual burnt offering which was ordained in Mount Sinai as a soothing aroma, an offering by fire to the LORD. -- numbers 28:6 +. +'Then the drink offering with it shall be a fourth of a hin for each lamb, in the holy place you shall pour out a drink offering of strong drink to the LORD. -- numbers 28:7 +. +'The other lamb you shall offer at twilight; as the grain offering of the morning and as its drink offering, you shall offer it, an offering by fire, a soothing aroma to the LORD. -- numbers 28:8 +. +'Then on the sabbath day two male lambs one year old without defect, and two-tenths of an ephah of fine flour mixed with oil as a grain offering, and its drink offering: -- numbers 28:9 +. +'This is the burnt offering of every sabbath in addition to the continual burnt offering and its drink offering. -- numbers 28:10 +. +'Then at the beginning of each of your months you shall present a burnt offering to the LORD: two bulls and one ram, seven male lambs one year old without defect; -- numbers 28:11 +. +and three-tenths of an ephah of fine flour mixed with oil for a grain offering, for each bull; and two-tenths of fine flour mixed with oil for a grain offering, for the one ram; -- numbers 28:12 +. +and a tenth of an ephah of fine flour mixed with oil for a grain offering for each lamb, for a burnt offering of a soothing aroma, an offering by fire to the LORD. -- numbers 28:13 +. +'Their drink offerings shall be half a hin of wine for a bull and a third of a hin for the ram and a fourth of a hin for a lamb; this is the burnt offering of each month throughout the months of the year. -- numbers 28:14 +. +'And one male goat for a sin offering to the LORD; it shall be offered with its drink offering in addition to the continual burnt offering. -- numbers 28:15 +. +'Then on the fourteenth day of the first month shall be the LORD'S Passover. -- numbers 28:16 +. +'On the fifteenth day of this month shall be a feast, unleavened bread shall be eaten for seven days. -- numbers 28:17 +. +'On the first day shall be a holy convocation; you shall do no laborious work. -- numbers 28:18 +. +'You shall present an offering by fire, a burnt offering to the LORD: two bulls and one ram and seven male lambs one year old, having them without defect. -- numbers 28:19 +. +'For their grain offering, you shall offer fine flour mixed with oil: three-tenths of an ephah for a bull and two-tenths for the ram. -- numbers 28:20 +. +'A tenth of an ephah you shall offer for each of the seven lambs; -- numbers 28:21 +. +and one male goat for a sin offering to make atonement for you. -- numbers 28:22 +. +'You shall present these besides the burnt offering of the morning, which is for a continual burnt offering. -- numbers 28:23 +. +'After this manner you shall present daily, for seven days, the food of the offering by fire, of a soothing aroma to the LORD; it shall be presented with its drink offering in addition to the continual burnt offering. -- numbers 28:24 +. +'On the seventh day you shall have a holy convocation; you shall do no laborious work. -- numbers 28:25 +. +'Also on the day of the first fruits, when you present a new grain offering to the LORD in your Feast of Weeks, you shall have a holy convocation; you shall do no laborious work. -- numbers 28:26 +. +'You shall offer a burnt offering for a soothing aroma to the LORD: two young bulls, one ram, seven male lambs one year old; -- numbers 28:27 +. +and their grain offering, fine flour mixed with oil: three-tenths of an ephah for each bull, two-tenths for the one ram, -- numbers 28:28 +. +a tenth for each of the seven lambs; -- numbers 28:29 +. +also one male goat to make atonement for you. -- numbers 28:30 +. +'Besides the continual burnt offering and its grain offering, you shall present them with their drink offerings. They shall be without defect. -- numbers 28:31 +. +'Now in the seventh month, on the first day of the month, you shall also have a holy convocation; you shall do no laborious work. It will be to you a day for blowing trumpets. -- numbers 29:1 +. +'You shall offer a burnt offering as a soothing aroma to the LORD: one bull, one ram, and seven male lambs one year old without defect; -- numbers 29:2 +. +also their grain offering, fine flour mixed with oil: three-tenths of an ephah for the bull, two-tenths for the ram, -- numbers 29:3 +. +and one-tenth for each of the seven lambs. -- numbers 29:4 +. +'Offer one male goat for a sin offering, to make atonement for you, -- numbers 29:5 +. +besides the burnt offering of the new moon and its grain offering, and the continual burnt offering and its grain offering, and their drink offerings, according to their ordinance, for a soothing aroma, an offering by fire to the LORD. -- numbers 29:6 +. +'Then on the tenth day of this seventh month you shall have a holy convocation, and you shall humble yourselves; you shall not do any work. -- numbers 29:7 +. +'You shall present a burnt offering to the LORD as a soothing aroma: one bull, one ram, seven male lambs one year old, having them without defect; -- numbers 29:8 +. +and their grain offering, fine flour mixed with oil: three-tenths of an ephah for the bull, two-tenths for the one ram, -- numbers 29:9 +. +a tenth for each of the seven lambs; -- numbers 29:10 +. +one male goat for a sin offering, besides the sin offering of atonement and the continual burnt offering and its grain offering, and their drink offerings. -- numbers 29:11 +. +'Then on the fifteenth day of the seventh month you shall have a holy convocation; you shall do no laborious work, and you shall observe a feast to the LORD for seven days. -- numbers 29:12 +. +'You shall present a burnt offering, an offering by fire as a soothing aroma to the LORD: thirteen bulls, two rams, fourteen male lambs one year old, which are without defect; -- numbers 29:13 +. +and their grain offering, fine flour mixed with oil: three-tenths of an ephah for each of the thirteen bulls, two-tenths for each of the two rams, -- numbers 29:14 +. +and a tenth for each of the fourteen lambs; -- numbers 29:15 +. +and one male goat for a sin offering, besides the continual burnt offering, its grain offering and its drink offering. -- numbers 29:16 +. +'Then on the second day: twelve bulls, two rams, fourteen male lambs one year old without defect; -- numbers 29:17 +. +and their grain offering and their drink offerings for the bulls, for the rams and for the lambs, by their number according to the ordinance; -- numbers 29:18 +. +and one male goat for a sin offering, besides the continual burnt offering and its grain offering, and their drink offerings. -- numbers 29:19 +. +'Then on the third day: eleven bulls, two rams, fourteen male lambs one year old without defect; -- numbers 29:20 +. +and their grain offering and their drink offerings for the bulls, for the rams and for the lambs, by their number according to the ordinance; -- numbers 29:21 +. +and one male goat for a sin offering, besides the continual burnt offering and its grain offering and its drink offering. -- numbers 29:22 +. +'Then on the fourth day: ten bulls, two rams, fourteen male lambs one year old without defect; -- numbers 29:23 +. +their grain offering and their drink offerings for the bulls, for the rams and for the lambs, by their number according to the ordinance; -- numbers 29:24 +. +and one male goat for a sin offering, besides the continual burnt offering, its grain offering and its drink offering. -- numbers 29:25 +. +'Then on the fifth day: nine bulls, two rams, fourteen male lambs one year old without defect; -- numbers 29:26 +. +and their grain offering and their drink offerings for the bulls, for the rams and for the lambs, by their number according to the ordinance; -- numbers 29:27 +. +and one male goat for a sin offering, besides the continual burnt offering and its grain offering and its drink offering. -- numbers 29:28 +. +'Then on the sixth day: eight bulls, two rams, fourteen male lambs one year old without defect; -- numbers 29:29 +. +and their grain offering and their drink offerings for the bulls, for the rams and for the lambs, by their number according to the ordinance; -- numbers 29:30 +. +and one male goat for a sin offering, besides the continual burnt offering, its grain offering and its drink offerings. -- numbers 29:31 +. +'Then on the seventh day: seven bulls, two rams, fourteen male lambs one year old without defect; -- numbers 29:32 +. +and their grain offering and their drink offerings for the bulls, for the rams and for the lambs, by their number according to the ordinance; -- numbers 29:33 +. +and one male goat for a sin offering, besides the continual burnt offering, its grain offering and its drink offering. -- numbers 29:34 +. +'On the eighth day you shall have a solemn assembly; you shall do no laborious work. -- numbers 29:35 +. +'But you shall present a burnt offering, an offering by fire, as a soothing aroma to the LORD: one bull, one ram, seven male lambs one year old without defect; -- numbers 29:36 +. +their grain offering and their drink offerings for the bull, for the ram and for the lambs, by their number according to the ordinance; -- numbers 29:37 +. +and one male goat for a sin offering, besides the continual burnt offering and its grain offering and its drink offering. -- numbers 29:38 +. +'You shall present these to the LORD at your appointed times, besides your votive offerings and your freewill offerings, for your burnt offerings and for your grain offerings and for your drink offerings and for your peace offerings.'" -- numbers 29:39 +. +Moses spoke to the sons of Israel in accordance with all that the LORD had commanded Moses. -- numbers 29:40 +. +Then Moses spoke to the heads of the tribes of the sons of Israel, saying, "This is the word which the LORD has commanded. -- numbers 30:1 +. +"If a man makes a vow to the LORD, or takes an oath to bind himself with a binding obligation, he shall not violate his word; he shall do according to all that proceeds out of his mouth. -- numbers 30:2 +. +"Also if a woman makes a vow to the LORD, and binds herself by an obligation in her father's house in her youth, -- numbers 30:3 +. +and her father hears her vow and her obligation by which she has bound herself, and her father says nothing to her, then all her vows shall stand and every obligation by which she has bound herself shall stand. -- numbers 30:4 +. +"But if her father should forbid her on the day he hears of it, none of her vows or her obligations by which she has bound herself shall stand; and the LORD will forgive her because her father had forbidden her. -- numbers 30:5 +. +"However, if she should marry while under her vows or the rash statement of her lips by which she has bound herself, -- numbers 30:6 +. +and her husband hears of it and says nothing to her on the day he hears it, then her vows shall stand and her obligations by which she has bound herself shall stand. -- numbers 30:7 +. +"But if on the day her husband hears of it, he forbids her, then he shall annul her vow which she is under and the rash statement of her lips by which she has bound herself; and the LORD will forgive her. -- numbers 30:8 +. +"But the vow of a widow or of a divorced woman, everything by which she has bound herself, shall stand against her. -- numbers 30:9 +. +"However, if she vowed in her husband's house, or bound herself by an obligation with an oath, -- numbers 30:10 +. +and her husband heard it, but said nothing to her and did not forbid her, then all her vows shall stand and every obligation by which she bound herself shall stand. -- numbers 30:11 +. +"But if her husband indeed annuls them on the day he hears them, then whatever proceeds out of her lips concerning her vows or concerning the obligation of herself shall not stand; her husband has annulled them, and the LORD will forgive her. -- numbers 30:12 +. +"Every vow and every binding oath to humble herself, her husband may confirm it or her husband may annul it. -- numbers 30:13 +. +"But if her husband indeed says nothing to her from day to day, then he confirms all her vows or all her obligations which are on her; he has confirmed them, because he said nothing to her on the day he heard them. -- numbers 30:14 +. +"But if he indeed annuls them after he has heard them, then he shall bear her guilt." -- numbers 30:15 +. +These are the statutes which the LORD commanded Moses, as between a man and his wife, and as between a father and his daughter, while she is in her youth in her father's house. -- numbers 30:16 +. +Then the LORD spoke to Moses, saying, -- numbers 31:1 +. +"Take full vengeance for the sons of Israel on the Midianites; afterward you will be gathered to your people." -- numbers 31:2 +. +Moses spoke to the people, saying, "Arm men from among you for the war, that they may go against Midian to execute the LORD'S vengeance on Midian. -- numbers 31:3 +. +"A thousand from each tribe of all the tribes of Israel you shall send to the war." -- numbers 31:4 +. +So there were furnished from the thousands of Israel, a thousand from each tribe, twelve thousand armed for war. -- numbers 31:5 +. +Moses sent them, a thousand from each tribe, to the war, and Phinehas the son of Eleazar the priest, to the war with them, and the holy vessels and the trumpets for the alarm in his hand. -- numbers 31:6 +. +So they made war against Midian, just as the LORD had commanded Moses, and they killed every male. -- numbers 31:7 +. +They killed the kings of Midian along with the rest of their slain: Evi and Rekem and Zur and Hur and Reba, the five kings of Midian; they also killed Balaam the son of Beor with the sword. -- numbers 31:8 +. +The sons of Israel captured the women of Midian and their little ones; and all their cattle and all their flocks and all their goods they plundered. -- numbers 31:9 +. +Then they burned all their cities where they lived and all their camps with fire. -- numbers 31:10 +. +They took all the spoil and all the prey, both of man and of beast. -- numbers 31:11 +. +They brought the captives and the prey and the spoil to Moses, and to Eleazar the priest and to the congregation of the sons of Israel, to the camp at the plains of Moab, which are by the Jordan opposite Jericho. -- numbers 31:12 +. +Moses and Eleazar the priest and all the leaders of the congregation went out to meet them outside the camp. -- numbers 31:13 +. +Moses was angry with the officers of the army, the captains of thousands and the captains of hundreds, who had come from service in the war. -- numbers 31:14 +. +And Moses said to them, "Have you spared all the women? -- numbers 31:15 +. +"Behold, these caused the sons of Israel, through the counsel of Balaam, to trespass against the LORD in the matter of Peor, so the plague was among the congregation of the LORD. -- numbers 31:16 +. +"Now therefore, kill every male among the little ones, and kill every woman who has known man intimately. -- numbers 31:17 +. +"But all the girls who have not known man intimately, spare for yourselves. -- numbers 31:18 +. +"And you, camp outside the camp seven days; whoever has killed any person and whoever has touched any slain, purify yourselves, you and your captives, on the third day and on the seventh day. -- numbers 31:19 +. +"You shall purify for yourselves every garment and every article of leather and all the work of goats' hair, and all articles of wood." -- numbers 31:20 +. +Then Eleazar the priest said to the men of war who had gone to battle, "This is the statute of the law which the LORD has commanded Moses: -- numbers 31:21 +. +only the gold and the silver, the bronze, the iron, the tin and the lead, -- numbers 31:22 +. +everything that can stand the fire, you shall pass through the fire, and it shall be clean, but it shall be purified with water for impurity. But whatever cannot stand the fire you shall pass through the water. -- numbers 31:23 +. +"And you shall wash your clothes on the seventh day and be clean, and afterward you may enter the camp." -- numbers 31:24 +. +Then the LORD spoke to Moses, saying, -- numbers 31:25 +. +"You and Eleazar the priest and the heads of the fathers' households of the congregation take a count of the booty that was captured, both of man and of animal; -- numbers 31:26 +. +and divide the booty between the warriors who went out to battle and all the congregation. -- numbers 31:27 +. +"Levy a tax for the LORD from the men of war who went out to battle, one in five hundred of the persons and of the cattle and of the donkeys and of the sheep; -- numbers 31:28 +. +take it from their half and give it to Eleazar the priest, as an offering to the LORD. -- numbers 31:29 +. +"From the sons of Israel's half, you shall take one drawn out of every fifty of the persons, of the cattle, of the donkeys and of the sheep, from all the animals, and give them to the Levites who keep charge of the tabernacle of the LORD." -- numbers 31:30 +. +Moses and Eleazar the priest did just as the LORD had commanded Moses. -- numbers 31:31 +. +Now the booty that remained from the spoil which the men of war had plundered was 675,sheep, -- numbers 31:32 +. +and 72,cattle, -- numbers 31:33 +. +and 61,donkeys, -- numbers 31:34 +. +and of human beings, of the women who had not known man intimately, all the persons were 32,000. -- numbers 31:35 +. +The half, the portion of those who went out to war, was as follows: the number of sheep was 337,500, -- numbers 31:36 +. +and the LORD'S levy of the sheep was 675; -- numbers 31:37 +. +and the cattle were 36,000, from which the LORD'S levy was 72; -- numbers 31:38 +. +and the donkeys were 30,500, from which the LORD'S levy was 61; -- numbers 31:39 +. +and the human beings were 16,000, from whom the LORD'S levy was persons. -- numbers 31:40 +. +Moses gave the levy which was the LORD'S offering to Eleazar the priest, just as the LORD had commanded Moses. -- numbers 31:41 +. +As for the sons of Israel's half, which Moses separated from the men who had gone to war-- -- numbers 31:42 +. +now the congregation's half was 337,sheep, -- numbers 31:43 +. +and 36,cattle, -- numbers 31:44 +. +and 30,donkeys, -- numbers 31:45 +. +and the human beings were 16,000-- -- numbers 31:46 +. +and from the sons of Israel's half, Moses took one drawn out of every fifty, both of man and of animals, and gave them to the Levites, who kept charge of the tabernacle of the LORD, just as the LORD had commanded Moses. -- numbers 31:47 +. +Then the officers who were over the thousands of the army, the captains of thousands and the captains of hundreds, approached Moses, -- numbers 31:48 +. +and they said to Moses, "Your servants have taken a census of men of war who are in our charge, and no man of us is missing. -- numbers 31:49 +. +"So we have brought as an offering to the LORD what each man found, articles of gold, armlets and bracelets, signet rings, earrings and necklaces, to make atonement for ourselves before the LORD." -- numbers 31:50 +. +Moses and Eleazar the priest took the gold from them, all kinds of wrought articles. -- numbers 31:51 +. +All the gold of the offering which they offered up to the LORD, from the captains of thousands and the captains of hundreds, was 16,shekels. -- numbers 31:52 +. +The men of war had taken booty, every man for himself. -- numbers 31:53 +. +So Moses and Eleazar the priest took the gold from the captains of thousands and of hundreds, and brought it to the tent of meeting as a memorial for the sons of Israel before the LORD. -- numbers 31:54 +. +Now the sons of Reuben and the sons of Gad had an exceedingly large number of livestock. So when they saw the land of Jazer and the land of Gilead, that it was indeed a place suitable for livestock, -- numbers 32:1 +. +the sons of Gad and the sons of Reuben came and spoke to Moses and to Eleazar the priest and to the leaders of the congregation, saying, -- numbers 32:2 +. +"Ataroth, Dibon, Jazer, Nimrah, Heshbon, Elealeh, Sebam, Nebo and Beon, -- numbers 32:3 +. +the land which the LORD conquered before the congregation of Israel, is a land for livestock, and your servants have livestock." -- numbers 32:4 +. +They said, "If we have found favor in your sight, let this land be given to your servants as a possession; do not take us across the Jordan." -- numbers 32:5 +. +But Moses said to the sons of Gad and to the sons of Reuben, "Shall your brothers go to war while you yourselves sit here? -- numbers 32:6 +. +"Now why are you discouraging the sons of Israel from crossing over into the land which the LORD has given them? -- numbers 32:7 +. +"This is what your fathers did when I sent them from Kadesh-barnea to see the land. -- numbers 32:8 +. +"For when they went up to the valley of Eshcol and saw the land, they discouraged the sons of Israel so that they did not go into the land which the LORD had given them. -- numbers 32:9 +. +"So the LORD'S anger burned in that day, and He swore, saying, -- numbers 32:10 +. +'None of the men who came up from Egypt, from twenty years old and upward, shall see the land which I swore to Abraham, to Isaac and to Jacob; for they did not follow Me fully, -- numbers 32:11 +. +except Caleb the son of Jephunneh the Kenizzite and Joshua the son of Nun, for they have followed the LORD fully.' -- numbers 32:12 +. +"So the LORD'S anger burned against Israel, and He made them wander in the wilderness forty years, until the entire generation of those who had done evil in the sight of the LORD was destroyed. -- numbers 32:13 +. +"Now behold, you have risen up in your fathers' place, a brood of sinful men, to add still more to the burning anger of the LORD against Israel. -- numbers 32:14 +. +"For if you turn away from following Him, He will once more abandon them in the wilderness, and you will destroy all these people." -- numbers 32:15 +. +Then they came near to him and said, "We will build here sheepfolds for our livestock and cities for our little ones; -- numbers 32:16 +. +but we ourselves will be armed ready to go before the sons of Israel, until we have brought them to their place, while our little ones live in the fortified cities because of the inhabitants of the land. -- numbers 32:17 +. +"We will not return to our homes until every one of the sons of Israel has possessed his inheritance. -- numbers 32:18 +. +"For we will not have an inheritance with them on the other side of the Jordan and beyond, because our inheritance has fallen to us on this side of the Jordan toward the east." -- numbers 32:19 +. +So Moses said to them, "If you will do this, if you will arm yourselves before the LORD for the war, -- numbers 32:20 +. +and all of you armed men cross over the Jordan before the LORD until He has driven His enemies out from before Him, -- numbers 32:21 +. +and the land is subdued before the LORD, then afterward you shall return and be free of obligation toward the LORD and toward Israel, and this land shall be yours for a possession before the LORD. -- numbers 32:22 +. +"But if you will not do so, behold, you have sinned against the LORD, and be sure your sin will find you out. -- numbers 32:23 +. +"Build yourselves cities for your little ones, and sheepfolds for your sheep, and do what you have promised." -- numbers 32:24 +. +The sons of Gad and the sons of Reuben spoke to Moses, saying, "Your servants will do just as my lord commands. -- numbers 32:25 +. +"Our little ones, our wives, our livestock and all our cattle shall remain there in the cities of Gilead; -- numbers 32:26 +. +while your servants, everyone who is armed for war, will cross over in the presence of the LORD to battle, just as my lord says." -- numbers 32:27 +. +So Moses gave command concerning them to Eleazar the priest, and to Joshua the son of Nun, and to the heads of the fathers' households of the tribes of the sons of Israel. -- numbers 32:28 +. +Moses said to them, "If the sons of Gad and the sons of Reuben, everyone who is armed for battle, will cross with you over the Jordan in the presence of the LORD, and the land is subdued before you, then you shall give them the land of Gilead for a possession; -- numbers 32:29 +. +but if they will not cross over with you armed, they shall have possessions among you in the land of Canaan." -- numbers 32:30 +. +The sons of Gad and the sons of Reuben answered, saying, "As the LORD has said to your servants, so we will do. -- numbers 32:31 +. +"We ourselves will cross over armed in the presence of the LORD into the land of Canaan, and the possession of our inheritance shall remain with us across the Jordan." -- numbers 32:32 +. +So Moses gave to them, to the sons of Gad and to the sons of Reuben and to the half-tribe of Joseph's son Manasseh, the kingdom of Sihon, king of the Amorites and the kingdom of Og, the king of Bashan, the land with its cities with their territories, the cities of the surrounding land. -- numbers 32:33 +. +The sons of Gad built Dibon and Ataroth and Aroer, -- numbers 32:34 +. +and Atroth-shophan and Jazer and Jogbehah, -- numbers 32:35 +. +and Beth-nimrah and Beth-haran as fortified cities, and sheepfolds for sheep. -- numbers 32:36 +. +The sons of Reuben built Heshbon and Elealeh and Kiriathaim, -- numbers 32:37 +. +and Nebo and Baal-meon--their names being changed--and Sibmah, and they gave other names to the cities which they built. -- numbers 32:38 +. +The sons of Machir the son of Manasseh went to Gilead and took it, and dispossessed the Amorites who were in it. -- numbers 32:39 +. +So Moses gave Gilead to Machir the son of Manasseh, and he lived in it. -- numbers 32:40 +. +Jair the son of Manasseh went and took its towns, and called them Havvoth-jair. -- numbers 32:41 +. +Nobah went and took Kenath and its villages, and called it Nobah after his own name. -- numbers 32:42 +. +These are the journeys of the sons of Israel, by which they came out from the land of Egypt by their armies, under the leadership of Moses and Aaron. -- numbers 33:1 +. +Moses recorded their starting places according to their journeys by the command of the LORD, and these are their journeys according to their starting places. -- numbers 33:2 +. +They journeyed from Rameses in the first month, on the fifteenth day of the first month; on the next day after the Passover the sons of Israel started out boldly in the sight of all the Egyptians, -- numbers 33:3 +. +while the Egyptians were burying all their firstborn whom the LORD had struck down among them. The LORD had also executed judgments on their gods. -- numbers 33:4 +. +Then the sons of Israel journeyed from Rameses and camped in Succoth. -- numbers 33:5 +. +They journeyed from Succoth and camped in Etham, which is on the edge of the wilderness. -- numbers 33:6 +. +They journeyed from Etham and turned back to Pi-hahiroth, which faces Baal-zephon, and they camped before Migdol. -- numbers 33:7 +. +They journeyed from before Hahiroth and passed through the midst of the sea into the wilderness; and they went three days' journey in the wilderness of Etham and camped at Marah. -- numbers 33:8 +. +They journeyed from Marah and came to Elim; and in Elim there were twelve springs of water and seventy palm trees, and they camped there. -- numbers 33:9 +. +They journeyed from Elim and camped by the Red Sea. -- numbers 33:10 +. +They journeyed from the Red Sea and camped in the wilderness of Sin. -- numbers 33:11 +. +They journeyed from the wilderness of Sin and camped at Dophkah. -- numbers 33:12 +. +They journeyed from Dophkah and camped at Alush. -- numbers 33:13 +. +They journeyed from Alush and camped at Rephidim; now it was there that the people had no water to drink. -- numbers 33:14 +. +They journeyed from Rephidim and camped in the wilderness of Sinai. -- numbers 33:15 +. +They journeyed from the wilderness of Sinai and camped at Kibroth-hattaavah. -- numbers 33:16 +. +They journeyed from Kibroth-hattaavah and camped at Hazeroth. -- numbers 33:17 +. +They journeyed from Hazeroth and camped at Rithmah. -- numbers 33:18 +. +They journeyed from Rithmah and camped at Rimmon-perez. -- numbers 33:19 +. +They journeyed from Rimmon-perez and camped at Libnah. -- numbers 33:20 +. +They journeyed from Libnah and camped at Rissah. -- numbers 33:21 +. +They journeyed from Rissah and camped in Kehelathah. -- numbers 33:22 +. +They journeyed from Kehelathah and camped at Mount Shepher. -- numbers 33:23 +. +They journeyed from Mount Shepher and camped at Haradah. -- numbers 33:24 +. +They journeyed from Haradah and camped at Makheloth. -- numbers 33:25 +. +They journeyed from Makheloth and camped at Tahath. -- numbers 33:26 +. +They journeyed from Tahath and camped at Terah. -- numbers 33:27 +. +They journeyed from Terah and camped at Mithkah. -- numbers 33:28 +. +They journeyed from Mithkah and camped at Hashmonah. -- numbers 33:29 +. +They journeyed from Hashmonah and camped at Moseroth. -- numbers 33:30 +. +They journeyed from Moseroth and camped at Bene-jaakan. -- numbers 33:31 +. +They journeyed from Bene-jaakan and camped at Hor-haggidgad. -- numbers 33:32 +. +They journeyed from Hor-haggidgad and camped at Jotbathah. -- numbers 33:33 +. +They journeyed from Jotbathah and camped at Abronah. -- numbers 33:34 +. +They journeyed from Abronah and camped at Ezion-geber. -- numbers 33:35 +. +They journeyed from Ezion-geber and camped in the wilderness of Zin, that is, Kadesh. -- numbers 33:36 +. +They journeyed from Kadesh and camped at Mount Hor, at the edge of the land of Edom. -- numbers 33:37 +. +Then Aaron the priest went up to Mount Hor at the command of the LORD, and died there in the fortieth year after the sons of Israel had come from the land of Egypt, on the first day in the fifth month. -- numbers 33:38 +. +Aaron was one hundred twenty-three years old when he died on Mount Hor. -- numbers 33:39 +. +Now the Canaanite, the king of Arad who lived in the Negev in the land of Canaan, heard of the coming of the sons of Israel. -- numbers 33:40 +. +Then they journeyed from Mount Hor and camped at Zalmonah. -- numbers 33:41 +. +They journeyed from Zalmonah and camped at Punon. -- numbers 33:42 +. +They journeyed from Punon and camped at Oboth. -- numbers 33:43 +. +They journeyed from Oboth and camped at Iye-abarim, at the border of Moab. -- numbers 33:44 +. +They journeyed from Iyim and camped at Dibon-gad. -- numbers 33:45 +. +They journeyed from Dibon-gad and camped at Almon-diblathaim. -- numbers 33:46 +. +They journeyed from Almon-diblathaim and camped in the mountains of Abarim, before Nebo. -- numbers 33:47 +. +They journeyed from the mountains of Abarim and camped in the plains of Moab by the Jordan opposite Jericho. -- numbers 33:48 +. +They camped by the Jordan, from Beth-jeshimoth as far as Abel-shittim in the plains of Moab. -- numbers 33:49 +. +Then the LORD spoke to Moses in the plains of Moab by the Jordan opposite Jericho, saying, -- numbers 33:50 +. +"Speak to the sons of Israel and say to them, 'When you cross over the Jordan into the land of Canaan, -- numbers 33:51 +. +then you shall drive out all the inhabitants of the land from before you, and destroy all their figured stones, and destroy all their molten images and demolish all their high places; -- numbers 33:52 +. +and you shall take possession of the land and live in it, for I have given the land to you to possess it. -- numbers 33:53 +. +'You shall inherit the land by lot according to your families; to the larger you shall give more inheritance, and to the smaller you shall give less inheritance. Wherever the lot falls to anyone, that shall be his. You shall inherit according to the tribes of your fathers. -- numbers 33:54 +. +'But if you do not drive out the inhabitants of the land from before you, then it shall come about that those whom you let remain of them will become as pricks in your eyes and as thorns in your sides, and they will trouble you in the land in which you live. -- numbers 33:55 +. +'And as I plan to do to them, so I will do to you.'" -- numbers 33:56 +. +Then the LORD spoke to Moses, saying, -- numbers 34:1 +. +"Command the sons of Israel and say to them, 'When you enter the land of Canaan, this is the land that shall fall to you as an inheritance, even the land of Canaan according to its borders. -- numbers 34:2 +. +'Your southern sector shall extend from the wilderness of Zin along the side of Edom, and your southern border shall extend from the end of the Salt Sea eastward. -- numbers 34:3 +. +'Then your border shall turn direction from the south to the ascent of Akrabbim and continue to Zin, and its termination shall be to the south of Kadesh-barnea; and it shall reach Hazaraddar and continue to Azmon. -- numbers 34:4 +. +'The border shall turn direction from Azmon to the brook of Egypt, and its termination shall be at the sea. -- numbers 34:5 +. +'As for the western border, you shall have the Great Sea, that is, its coastline; this shall be your west border. -- numbers 34:6 +. +'And this shall be your north border: you shall draw your border line from the Great Sea to Mount Hor. -- numbers 34:7 +. +'You shall draw a line from Mount Hor to the Lebo-hamath, and the termination of the border shall be at Zedad; -- numbers 34:8 +. +and the border shall proceed to Ziphron, and its termination shall be at Hazar-enan. This shall be your north border. -- numbers 34:9 +. +'For your eastern border you shall also draw a line from Hazar-enan to Shepham, -- numbers 34:10 +. +and the border shall go down from Shepham to Riblah on the east side of Ain; and the border shall go down and reach to the slope on the east side of the Sea of Chinnereth. -- numbers 34:11 +. +'And the border shall go down to the Jordan and its termination shall be at the Salt Sea. This shall be your land according to its borders all around.'" -- numbers 34:12 +. +So Moses commanded the sons of Israel, saying, "This is the land that you are to apportion by lot among you as a possession, which the LORD has commanded to give to the nine and a half tribes. -- numbers 34:13 +. +"For the tribe of the sons of Reuben have received theirs according to their fathers' households, and the tribe of the sons of Gad according to their fathers' households, and the half-tribe of Manasseh have received their possession. -- numbers 34:14 +. +"The two and a half tribes have received their possession across the Jordan opposite Jericho, eastward toward the sunrising." -- numbers 34:15 +. +Then the LORD spoke to Moses, saying, -- numbers 34:16 +. +"These are the names of the men who shall apportion the land to you for inheritance: Eleazar the priest and Joshua the son of Nun. -- numbers 34:17 +. +"You shall take one leader of every tribe to apportion the land for inheritance. -- numbers 34:18 +. +"These are the names of the men: of the tribe of Judah, Caleb the son of Jephunneh. -- numbers 34:19 +. +"Of the tribe of the sons of Simeon, Samuel the son of Ammihud. -- numbers 34:20 +. +"Of the tribe of Benjamin, Elidad the son of Chislon. -- numbers 34:21 +. +"Of the tribe of the sons of Dan a leader, Bukki the son of Jogli. -- numbers 34:22 +. +"Of the sons of Joseph: of the tribe of the sons of Manasseh a leader, Hanniel the son of Ephod. -- numbers 34:23 +. +"Of the tribe of the sons of Ephraim a leader, Kemuel the son of Shiphtan. -- numbers 34:24 +. +"Of the tribe of the sons of Zebulun a leader, Elizaphan the son of Parnach. -- numbers 34:25 +. +"Of the tribe of the sons of Issachar a leader, Paltiel the son of Azzan. -- numbers 34:26 +. +"Of the tribe of the sons of Asher a leader, Ahihud the son of Shelomi. -- numbers 34:27 +. +"Of the tribe of the sons of Naphtali a leader, Pedahel the son of Ammihud." -- numbers 34:28 +. +These are those whom the LORD commanded to apportion the inheritance to the sons of Israel in the land of Canaan. -- numbers 34:29 +. +Now the LORD spoke to Moses in the plains of Moab by the Jordan opposite Jericho, saying, -- numbers 35:1 +. +"Command the sons of Israel that they give to the Levites from the inheritance of their possession cities to live in; and you shall give to the Levites pasture lands around the cities. -- numbers 35:2 +. +"The cities shall be theirs to live in; and their pasture lands shall be for their cattle and for their herds and for all their beasts. -- numbers 35:3 +. +"The pasture lands of the cities which you shall give to the Levites shall extend from the wall of the city outward a thousand cubits around. -- numbers 35:4 +. +"You shall also measure outside the city on the east side two thousand cubits, and on the south side two thousand cubits, and on the west side two thousand cubits, and on the north side two thousand cubits, with the city in the center. This shall become theirs as pasture lands for the cities. -- numbers 35:5 +. +"The cities which you shall give to the Levites shall be the six cities of refuge, which you shall give for the manslayer to flee to; and in addition to them you shall give forty-two cities. -- numbers 35:6 +. +"All the cities which you shall give to the Levites shall be forty-eight cities, together with their pasture lands. -- numbers 35:7 +. +"As for the cities which you shall give from the possession of the sons of Israel, you shall take more from the larger and you shall take less from the smaller; each shall give some of his cities to the Levites in proportion to his possession which he inherits." -- numbers 35:8 +. +Then the LORD spoke to Moses, saying, -- numbers 35:9 +. +"Speak to the sons of Israel and say to them, 'When you cross the Jordan into the land of Canaan, -- numbers 35:10 +. +then you shall select for yourselves cities to be your cities of refuge, that the manslayer who has killed any person unintentionally may flee there. -- numbers 35:11 +. +'The cities shall be to you as a refuge from the avenger, so that the manslayer will not die until he stands before the congregation for trial. -- numbers 35:12 +. +'The cities which you are to give shall be your six cities of refuge. -- numbers 35:13 +. +'You shall give three cities across the Jordan and three cities in the land of Canaan; they are to be cities of refuge. -- numbers 35:14 +. +'These six cities shall be for refuge for the sons of Israel, and for the alien and for the sojourner among them; that anyone who kills a person unintentionally may flee there. -- numbers 35:15 +. +'But if he struck him down with an iron object, so that he died, he is a murderer; the murderer shall surely be put to death. -- numbers 35:16 +. +'If he struck him down with a stone in the hand, by which he will die, and as a result he died, he is a murderer; the murderer shall surely be put to death. -- numbers 35:17 +. +'Or if he struck him with a wooden object in the hand, by which he might die, and as a result he died, he is a murderer; the murderer shall surely be put to death. -- numbers 35:18 +. +'The blood avenger himself shall put the murderer to death; he shall put him to death when he meets him. -- numbers 35:19 +. +'If he pushed him of hatred, or threw something at him lying in wait and as a result he died, -- numbers 35:20 +. +or if he struck him down with his hand in enmity, and as a result he died, the one who struck him shall surely be put to death, he is a murderer; the blood avenger shall put the murderer to death when he meets him. -- numbers 35:21 +. +'But if he pushed him suddenly without enmity, or threw something at him without lying in wait, -- numbers 35:22 +. +or with any deadly object of stone, and without seeing it dropped on him so that he died, while he was not his enemy nor seeking his injury, -- numbers 35:23 +. +then the congregation shall judge between the slayer and the blood avenger according to these ordinances. -- numbers 35:24 +. +'The congregation shall deliver the manslayer from the hand of the blood avenger, and the congregation shall restore him to his city of refuge to which he fled; and he shall live in it until the death of the high priest who was anointed with the holy oil. -- numbers 35:25 +. +'But if the manslayer at any time goes beyond the border of his city of refuge to which he may flee, -- numbers 35:26 +. +and the blood avenger finds him outside the border of his city of refuge, and the blood avenger kills the manslayer, he will not be guilty of blood -- numbers 35:27 +. +because he should have remained in his city of refuge until the death of the high priest. But after the death of the high priest the manslayer shall return to the land of his possession. -- numbers 35:28 +. +'These things shall be for a statutory ordinance to you throughout your generations in all your dwellings. -- numbers 35:29 +. +'If anyone kills a person, the murderer shall be put to death at the evidence of witnesses, but no person shall be put to death on the testimony of one witness. -- numbers 35:30 +. +'Moreover, you shall not take ransom for the life of a murderer who is guilty of death, but he shall surely be put to death. -- numbers 35:31 +. +'You shall not take ransom for him who has fled to his city of refuge, that he may return to live in the land before the death of the priest. -- numbers 35:32 +. +'So you shall not pollute the land in which you are; for blood pollutes the land and no expiation can be made for the land for the blood that is shed on it, except by the blood of him who shed it. -- numbers 35:33 +. +'You shall not defile the land in which you live, in the midst of which I dwell; for I the LORD am dwelling in the midst of the sons of Israel.'" -- numbers 35:34 +. +And the heads of the fathers' households of the family of the sons of Gilead, the son of Machir, the son of Manasseh, of the families of the sons of Joseph, came near and spoke before Moses and before the leaders, the heads of the fathers' households of the sons of Israel, -- numbers 36:1 +. +and they said, "The LORD commanded my lord to give the land by lot to the sons of Israel as an inheritance, and my lord was commanded by the LORD to give the inheritance of Zelophehad our brother to his daughters. -- numbers 36:2 +. +"But if they marry one of the sons of the other tribes of the sons of Israel, their inheritance will be withdrawn from the inheritance of our fathers and will be added to the inheritance of the tribe to which they belong; thus it will be withdrawn from our allotted inheritance. -- numbers 36:3 +. +"When the jubilee of the sons of Israel comes, then their inheritance will be added to the inheritance of the tribe to which they belong; so their inheritance will be withdrawn from the inheritance of the tribe of our fathers." -- numbers 36:4 +. +Then Moses commanded the sons of Israel according to the word of the LORD, saying, "The tribe of the sons of Joseph are right in their statements. -- numbers 36:5 +. +"This is what the LORD has commanded concerning the daughters of Zelophehad, saying, 'Let them marry whom they wish; only they must marry within the family of the tribe of their father.' -- numbers 36:6 +. +"Thus no inheritance of the sons of Israel shall be transferred from tribe to tribe, for the sons of Israel shall each hold to the inheritance of the tribe of his fathers. -- numbers 36:7 +. +"Every daughter who comes into possession of an inheritance of any tribe of the sons of Israel shall be wife to one of the family of the tribe of her father, so that the sons of Israel each may possess the inheritance of his fathers. -- numbers 36:8 +. +"Thus no inheritance shall be transferred from one tribe to another tribe, for the tribes of the sons of Israel shall each hold to his own inheritance." -- numbers 36:9 +. +Just as the LORD had commanded Moses, so the daughters of Zelophehad did: -- numbers 36:10 +. +Mahlah, Tirzah, Hoglah, Milcah and Noah, the daughters of Zelophehad married their uncles' sons. -- numbers 36:11 +. +They married those from the families of the sons of Manasseh the son of Joseph, and their inheritance remained with the tribe of the family of their father. -- numbers 36:12 +. +These are the commandments and the ordinances which the LORD commanded to the sons of Israel through Moses in the plains of Moab by the Jordan opposite Jericho. -- numbers 36:13 +. +These are the words which Moses spoke to all Israel across the Jordan in the wilderness, in the Arabah opposite Suph, between Paran and Tophel and Laban and Hazeroth and Dizahab. -- deuteronomy 1:1 +. +It is eleven days' journey from Horeb by the way of Mount Seir to Kadesh-barnea. -- deuteronomy 1:2 +. +In the fortieth year, on the first day of the eleventh month, Moses spoke to the children of Israel, according to all that the LORD had commanded him to give to them, -- deuteronomy 1:3 +. +after he had defeated Sihon the king of the Amorites, who lived in Heshbon, and Og the king of Bashan, who lived in Ashtaroth and Edrei. -- deuteronomy 1:4 +. +Across the Jordan in the land of Moab, Moses undertook to expound this law, saying, -- deuteronomy 1:5 +. +"The LORD our God spoke to us at Horeb, saying, 'You have stayed long enough at this mountain. -- deuteronomy 1:6 +. +'Turn and set your journey, and go to the hill country of the Amorites, and to all their neighbors in the Arabah, in the hill country and in the lowland and in the Negev and by the seacoast, the land of the Canaanites, and Lebanon, as far as the great river, the river Euphrates. -- deuteronomy 1:7 +. +'See, I have placed the land before you; go in and possess the land which the LORD swore to give to your fathers, to Abraham, to Isaac, and to Jacob, to them and their descendants after them.' -- deuteronomy 1:8 +. +"I spoke to you at that time, saying, 'I am not able to bear the burden of you alone. -- deuteronomy 1:9 +. +'The LORD your God has multiplied you, and behold, you are this day like the stars of heaven in number. -- deuteronomy 1:10 +. +'May the LORD, the God of your fathers, increase you a thousand-fold more than you are and bless you, just as He has promised you! -- deuteronomy 1:11 +. +'How can I alone bear the load and burden of you and your strife? -- deuteronomy 1:12 +. +'Choose wise and discerning and experienced men from your tribes, and I will appoint them as your heads.' -- deuteronomy 1:13 +. +"You answered me and said, 'The thing which you have said to do is good.' -- deuteronomy 1:14 +. +"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. -- deuteronomy 1:15 +. +"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. -- deuteronomy 1:16 +. +'You shall not show partiality in judgment; you shall hear the small and the great alike. You shall not fear man, for the judgment is God's. The case that is too hard for you, you shall bring to me, and I will hear it.' -- deuteronomy 1:17 +. +"I commanded you at that time all the things that you should do. -- deuteronomy 1:18 +. +"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. -- deuteronomy 1:19 +. +"I said to you, 'You have come to the hill country of the Amorites which the LORD our God is about to give us. -- deuteronomy 1:20 +. +'See, the LORD your God has placed the land before you; go up, take possession, as the LORD, the God of your fathers, has spoken to you. Do not fear or be dismayed.' -- deuteronomy 1:21 +. +"Then all of you approached me and said, 'Let us send men before us, that they may search out the land for us, and bring back to us word of the way by which we should go up and the cities which we shall enter.' -- deuteronomy 1:22 +. +"The thing pleased me and I took twelve of your men, one man for each tribe. -- deuteronomy 1:23 +. +"They turned and went up into the hill country, and came to the valley of Eshcol and spied it out. -- deuteronomy 1:24 +. +"Then they took some of the fruit of the land in their hands and brought it down to us; and they brought us back a report and said, 'It is a good land which the LORD our God is about to give us.' -- deuteronomy 1:25 +. +"Yet you were not willing to go up, but rebelled against the command of the LORD your God; -- deuteronomy 1:26 +. +and you grumbled in your tents and said, 'Because the LORD hates us, He has brought us out of the land of Egypt to deliver us into the hand of the Amorites to destroy us. -- deuteronomy 1:27 +. +'Where can we go up? Our brethren have made our hearts melt, saying, "The people are bigger and taller than we; the cities are large and fortified to heaven. And besides, we saw the sons of the Anakim there."' -- deuteronomy 1:28 +. +"Then I said to you, 'Do not be shocked, nor fear them. -- deuteronomy 1:29 +. +'The LORD your God who goes before you will Himself fight on your behalf, just as He did for you in Egypt before your eyes, -- deuteronomy 1:30 +. +and in the wilderness where you saw how the LORD your God carried you, just as a man carries his son, in all the way which you have walked until you came to this place.' -- deuteronomy 1:31 +. +"But for all this, you did not trust the LORD your God, -- deuteronomy 1:32 +. +who goes before you on your way, to seek out a place for you to encamp, in fire by night and cloud by day, to show you the way in which you should go. -- deuteronomy 1:33 +. +"Then the LORD heard the sound of your words, and He was angry and took an oath, saying, -- deuteronomy 1:34 +. +'Not one of these men, this evil generation, shall see the good land which I swore to give your fathers, -- deuteronomy 1:35 +. +except Caleb the son of Jephunneh; he shall see it, and to him and to his sons I will give the land on which he has set foot, because he has followed the LORD fully.' -- deuteronomy 1:36 +. +"The LORD was angry with me also on your account, saying, 'Not even you shall enter there. -- deuteronomy 1:37 +. +'Joshua the son of Nun, who stands before you, he shall enter there; encourage him, for he will cause Israel to inherit it. -- deuteronomy 1:38 +. +'Moreover, your little ones who you said would become a prey, and your sons, who this day have no knowledge of good or evil, shall enter there, and I will give it to them and they shall possess it. -- deuteronomy 1:39 +. +'But as for you, turn around and set out for the wilderness by the way to the Red Sea.' -- deuteronomy 1:40 +. +"Then you said to me, 'We have sinned against the LORD; we will indeed go up and fight, just as the LORD our God commanded us.' And every man of you girded on his weapons of war, and regarded it as easy to go up into the hill country. -- deuteronomy 1:41 +. +"And the LORD said to me, 'Say to them, "Do not go up nor fight, for I am not among you; otherwise you will be defeated before your enemies."' -- deuteronomy 1:42 +. +"So I spoke to you, but you would not listen. Instead you rebelled against the command of the LORD, and acted presumptuously and went up into the hill country. -- deuteronomy 1:43 +. +"The Amorites who lived in that hill country came out against you and chased you as bees do, and crushed you from Seir to Hormah. -- deuteronomy 1:44 +. +"Then you returned and wept before the LORD; but the LORD did not listen to your voice nor give ear to you. -- deuteronomy 1:45 +. +"So you remained in Kadesh many days, the days that you spent there. -- deuteronomy 1:46 +. +"Then we turned and set out for the wilderness by the way to the Red Sea, as the LORD spoke to me, and circled Mount Seir for many days. -- deuteronomy 2:1 +. +"And the LORD spoke to me, saying, -- deuteronomy 2:2 +. +'You have circled this mountain long enough. Now turn north, -- deuteronomy 2:3 +. +and command the people, saying, "You will pass through the territory of your brothers the sons of Esau who live in Seir; and they will be afraid of you. So be very careful; -- deuteronomy 2:4 +. +do not provoke them, for I will not give you any of their land, even as little as a footstep because I have given Mount Seir to Esau as a possession. -- deuteronomy 2:5 +. +"You shall buy food from them with money so that you may eat, and you shall also purchase water from them with money so that you may drink. -- deuteronomy 2:6 +. +"For the LORD your God has blessed you in all that you have done; He has known your wanderings through this great wilderness. These forty years the LORD your God has been with you; you have not lacked a thing."' -- deuteronomy 2:7 +. +"So we passed beyond our brothers the sons of Esau, who live in Seir, away from the Arabah road, away from Elath and from Ezion-geber. And we turned and passed through by the way of the wilderness of Moab. -- deuteronomy 2:8 +. +"Then the LORD said to me, 'Do not harass Moab, nor provoke them to war, for I will not give you any of their land as a possession, because I have given Ar to the sons of Lot as a possession.' -- deuteronomy 2:9 +. +(The Emim lived there formerly, a people as great, numerous, and tall as the Anakim. -- deuteronomy 2:10 +. +Like the Anakim, they are also regarded as Rephaim, but the Moabites call them Emim. -- deuteronomy 2:11 +. +The Horites formerly lived in Seir, but the sons of Esau dispossessed them and destroyed them from before them and settled in their place, just as Israel did to the land of their possession which the LORD gave to them.) -- deuteronomy 2:12 +. +'Now arise and cross over the brook Zered yourselves.' So we crossed over the brook Zered. -- deuteronomy 2:13 +. +"Now the time that it took for us to come from Kadesh-barnea until we crossed over the brook Zered was thirty-eight years, until all the generation of the men of war perished from within the camp, as the LORD had sworn to them. -- deuteronomy 2:14 +. +"Moreover the hand of the LORD was against them, to destroy them from within the camp until they all perished. -- deuteronomy 2:15 +. +"So it came about when all the men of war had finally perished from among the people, -- deuteronomy 2:16 +. +that the LORD spoke to me, saying, -- deuteronomy 2:17 +. +'Today you shall cross over Ar, the border of Moab. -- deuteronomy 2:18 +. +'When you come opposite the sons of Ammon, do not harass them nor provoke them, for I will not give you any of the land of the sons of Ammon as a possession, because I have given it to the sons of Lot as a possession.' -- deuteronomy 2:19 +. +(It is also regarded as the land of the Rephaim, for Rephaim formerly lived in it, but the Ammonites call them Zamzummin, -- deuteronomy 2:20 +. +a people as great, numerous, and tall as the Anakim, but the LORD destroyed them before them. And they dispossessed them and settled in their place, -- deuteronomy 2:21 +. +just as He did for the sons of Esau, who live in Seir, when He destroyed the Horites from before them; they dispossessed them and settled in their place even to this day. -- deuteronomy 2:22 +. +And the Avvim, who lived in villages as far as Gaza, the Caphtorim who came from Caphtor, destroyed them and lived in their place.) -- deuteronomy 2:23 +. +'Arise, set out, and pass through the valley of Arnon. Look! I have given Sihon the Amorite, king of Heshbon, and his land into your hand; begin to take possession and contend with him in battle. -- deuteronomy 2:24 +. +'This day I will begin to put the dread and fear of you upon the peoples everywhere under the heavens, who, when they hear the report of you, will tremble and be in anguish because of you.' -- deuteronomy 2:25 +. +"So I sent messengers from the wilderness of Kedemoth to Sihon king of Heshbon with words of peace, saying, -- deuteronomy 2:26 +. +'Let me pass through your land, I will travel only on the highway; I will not turn aside to the right or to the left. -- deuteronomy 2:27 +. +'You will sell me food for money so that I may eat, and give me water for money so that I may drink, only let me pass through on foot, -- deuteronomy 2:28 +. +just as the sons of Esau who live in Seir and the Moabites who live in Ar did for me, until I cross over the Jordan into the land which the LORD our God is giving to us.' -- deuteronomy 2:29 +. +"But Sihon king of Heshbon was not willing for us to pass through his land; for the LORD your God hardened his spirit and made his heart obstinate, in order to deliver him into your hand, as he is today. -- deuteronomy 2:30 +. +"The LORD said to me, 'See, I have begun to deliver Sihon and his land over to you. Begin to occupy, that you may possess his land.' -- deuteronomy 2:31 +. +"Then Sihon with all his people came out to meet us in battle at Jahaz. -- deuteronomy 2:32 +. +"The LORD our God delivered him over to us, and we defeated him with his sons and all his people. -- deuteronomy 2:33 +. +"So we captured all his cities at that time and utterly destroyed the men, women and children of every city. We left no survivor. -- deuteronomy 2:34 +. +"We took only the animals as our booty and the spoil of the cities which we had captured. -- deuteronomy 2:35 +. +"From Aroer which is on the edge of the valley of Arnon and from the city which is in the valley, even to Gilead, there was no city that was too high for us; the LORD our God delivered all over to us. -- deuteronomy 2:36 +. +"Only you did not go near to the land of the sons of Ammon, all along the river Jabbok and the cities of the hill country, and wherever the LORD our God had commanded us. -- deuteronomy 2:37 +. +"Then we turned and went up the road to Bashan, and Og, king of Bashan, with all his people came out to meet us in battle at Edrei. -- deuteronomy 3:1 +. +"But the LORD said to me, 'Do not fear him, for I have delivered him and all his people and his land into your hand; and you shall do to him just as you did to Sihon king of the Amorites, who lived at Heshbon.' -- deuteronomy 3:2 +. +"So the LORD our God delivered Og also, king of Bashan, with all his people into our hand, and we smote them until no survivor was left. -- deuteronomy 3:3 +. +"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. -- deuteronomy 3:4 +. +"All these were cities fortified with high walls, gates and bars, besides a great many unwalled towns. -- deuteronomy 3:5 +. +"We utterly destroyed them, as we did to Sihon king of Heshbon, utterly destroying the men, women and children of every city. -- deuteronomy 3:6 +. +"But all the animals and the spoil of the cities we took as our booty. -- deuteronomy 3:7 +. +"Thus we took the land at that time from the hand of the two kings of the Amorites who were beyond the Jordan, from the valley of Arnon to Mount Hermon -- deuteronomy 3:8 +. +(Sidonians call Hermon Sirion, and the Amorites call it Senir): -- deuteronomy 3:9 +. +all the cities of the plateau and all Gilead and all Bashan, as far as Salecah and Edrei, cities of the kingdom of Og in Bashan. -- deuteronomy 3:10 +. +(For only Og king of Bashan was left of the remnant of the Rephaim. Behold, his bedstead was an iron bedstead; it is in Rabbah of the sons of Ammon. Its length was nine cubits and its width four cubits by ordinary cubit.) -- deuteronomy 3:11 +. +"So we took possession of this land at that time. From Aroer, which is by the valley of Arnon, and half the hill country of Gilead and its cities I gave to the Reubenites and to the Gadites. -- deuteronomy 3:12 +. +"The rest of Gilead and all Bashan, the kingdom of Og, I gave to the half-tribe of Manasseh, all the region of Argob (concerning all Bashan, it is called the land of Rephaim. -- deuteronomy 3:13 +. +Jair the son of Manasseh took all the region of Argob as far as the border of the Geshurites and the Maacathites, and called it, that is, Bashan, after his own name, Havvoth-jair, as it is to this day.) -- deuteronomy 3:14 +. +"To Machir I gave Gilead. -- deuteronomy 3:15 +. +"To the Reubenites and to the Gadites I gave from Gilead even as far as the valley of Arnon, the middle of the valley as a border and as far as the river Jabbok, the border of the sons of Ammon; -- deuteronomy 3:16 +. +the Arabah also, with the Jordan as a border, from Chinnereth even as far as the sea of the Arabah, the Salt Sea, at the foot of the slopes of Pisgah on the east. -- deuteronomy 3:17 +. +"Then I commanded you at that time, saying, 'The LORD your God has given you this land to possess it; all you valiant men shall cross over armed before your brothers, the sons of Israel. -- deuteronomy 3:18 +. +'But your wives and your little ones and your livestock (I know that you have much livestock) shall remain in your cities which I have given you, -- deuteronomy 3:19 +. +until the LORD gives rest to your fellow countrymen as to you, and they also possess the land which the LORD your God will give them beyond the Jordan. Then you may return every man to his possession which I have given you.' -- deuteronomy 3:20 +. +"I commanded Joshua at that time, saying, 'Your eyes have seen all that the LORD your God has done to these two kings; so the LORD shall do to all the kingdoms into which you are about to cross. -- deuteronomy 3:21 +. +'Do not fear them, for the LORD your God is the one fighting for you.' -- deuteronomy 3:22 +. +"I also pleaded with the LORD at that time, saying, -- deuteronomy 3:23 +. +'O Lord GOD, You have begun to show Your servant Your greatness and Your strong hand; for what god is there in heaven or on earth who can do such works and mighty acts as Yours? -- deuteronomy 3:24 +. +'Let me, I pray, cross over and see the fair land that is beyond the Jordan, that good hill country and Lebanon.' -- deuteronomy 3:25 +. +"But the LORD was angry with me on your account, and would not listen to me; and the LORD said to me, 'Enough! Speak to Me no more of this matter. -- deuteronomy 3:26 +. +'Go up to the top of Pisgah and lift up your eyes to the west and north and south and east, and see it with your eyes, for you shall not cross over this Jordan. -- deuteronomy 3:27 +. +'But charge Joshua and encourage him and strengthen him, for he shall go across at the head of this people, and he will give them as an inheritance the land which you will see.' -- deuteronomy 3:28 +. +"So we remained in the valley opposite Beth-peor. -- deuteronomy 3:29 +. +"Now, O Israel, listen to the statutes and the judgments which I am teaching you to perform, so that you may live and go in and take possession of the land which the LORD, the God of your fathers, is giving you. -- deuteronomy 4:1 +. +"You shall not add to the word which I am commanding you, nor take away from it, that you may keep the commandments of the LORD your God which I command you. -- deuteronomy 4:2 +. +"Your eyes have seen what the LORD has done in the case of Baal-peor, for all the men who followed Baal-peor, the LORD your God has destroyed them from among you. -- deuteronomy 4:3 +. +"But you who held fast to the LORD your God are alive today, every one of you. -- deuteronomy 4:4 +. +"See, I have taught you statutes and judgments just as the LORD my God commanded me, that you should do thus in the land where you are entering to possess it. -- deuteronomy 4:5 +. +"So keep and do them, for that is your wisdom and your understanding in the sight of the peoples who will hear all these statutes and say, 'Surely this great nation is a wise and understanding people.' -- deuteronomy 4:6 +. +"For what great nation is there that has a god so near to it as is the LORD our God whenever we call on Him? -- deuteronomy 4:7 +. +"Or what great nation is there that has statutes and judgments as righteous as this whole law which I am setting before you today? -- deuteronomy 4:8 +. +"Only give heed to yourself and keep your soul diligently, so that you do not forget the things which your eyes have seen and they do not depart from your heart all the days of your life; but make them known to your sons and your grandsons. -- deuteronomy 4:9 +. +"Remember the day you stood before the LORD your God at Horeb, when the LORD said to me, 'Assemble the people to Me, that I may let them hear My words so they may learn to fear Me all the days they live on the earth, and that they may teach their children.' -- deuteronomy 4:10 +. +"You came near and stood at the foot of the mountain, and the mountain burned with fire to the very heart of the heavens: darkness, cloud and thick gloom. -- deuteronomy 4:11 +. +"Then the LORD spoke to you from the midst of the fire; you heard the sound of words, but you saw no form--only a voice. -- deuteronomy 4:12 +. +"So He declared to you His covenant which He commanded you to perform, that is, the Ten Commandments; and He wrote them on two tablets of stone. -- deuteronomy 4:13 +. +"The LORD commanded me at that time to teach you statutes and judgments, that you might perform them in the land where you are going over to possess it. -- deuteronomy 4:14 +. +"So watch yourselves carefully, since you did not see any form on the day the LORD spoke to you at Horeb from the midst of the fire, -- deuteronomy 4:15 +. +so that you do not act corruptly and make a graven image for yourselves in the form of any figure, the likeness of male or female, -- deuteronomy 4:16 +. +the likeness of any animal that is on the earth, the likeness of any winged bird that flies in the sky, -- deuteronomy 4:17 +. +the likeness of anything that creeps on the ground, the likeness of any fish that is in the water below the earth. -- deuteronomy 4:18 +. +"And beware not to lift up your eyes to heaven and see the sun and the moon and the stars, all the host of heaven, and be drawn away and worship them and serve them, those which the LORD your God has allotted to all the peoples under the whole heaven. -- deuteronomy 4:19 +. +"But the LORD has taken you and brought you out of the iron furnace, from Egypt, to be a people for His own possession, as today. -- deuteronomy 4:20 +. +"Now the LORD was angry with me on your account, and swore that I would not cross the Jordan, and that I would not enter the good land which the LORD your God is giving you as an inheritance. -- deuteronomy 4:21 +. +"For I will die in this land, I shall not cross the Jordan, but you shall cross and take possession of this good land. -- deuteronomy 4:22 +. +"So watch yourselves, that you do not forget the covenant of the LORD your God which He made with you, and make for yourselves a graven image in the form of anything against which the LORD your God has commanded you. -- deuteronomy 4:23 +. +"For the LORD your God is a consuming fire, a jealous God. -- deuteronomy 4:24 +. +"When you become the father of children and children's children and have remained long in the land, and act corruptly, and make an idol in the form of anything, and do that which is evil in the sight of the LORD your God so as to provoke Him to anger, -- deuteronomy 4:25 +. +I call heaven and earth to witness against you today, that you will surely perish quickly from the land where you are going over the Jordan to possess it. You shall not live long on it, but will be utterly destroyed. -- deuteronomy 4:26 +. +"The LORD will scatter you among the peoples, and you will be left few in number among the nations where the LORD drives you. -- deuteronomy 4:27 +. +"There you will serve gods, the work of man's hands, wood and stone, which neither see nor hear nor eat nor smell. -- deuteronomy 4:28 +. +"But from there you will seek the LORD your God, and you will find Him if you search for Him with all your heart and all your soul. -- deuteronomy 4:29 +. +"When you are in distress and all these things have come upon you, in the latter days you will return to the LORD your God and listen to His voice. -- deuteronomy 4:30 +. +"For the LORD your God is a compassionate God; He will not fail you nor destroy you nor forget the covenant with your fathers which He swore to them. -- deuteronomy 4:31 +. +"Indeed, ask now concerning the former days which were before you, since the day that God created man on the earth, and inquire from one end of the heavens to the other. Has anything been done like this great thing, or has anything been heard like it? -- deuteronomy 4:32 +. +"Has any people heard the voice of God speaking from the midst of the fire, as you have heard it, and survived? -- deuteronomy 4:33 +. +"Or has a god tried to go to take for himself a nation from within another nation by trials, by signs and wonders and by war and by a mighty hand and by an outstretched arm and by great terrors, as the LORD your God did for you in Egypt before your eyes? -- deuteronomy 4:34 +. +"To you it was shown that you might know that the LORD, He is God; there is no other besides Him. -- deuteronomy 4:35 +. +"Out of the heavens He let you hear His voice to discipline you; and on earth He let you see His great fire, and you heard His words from the midst of the fire. -- deuteronomy 4:36 +. +"Because He loved your fathers, therefore He chose their descendants after them. And He personally brought you from Egypt by His great power, -- deuteronomy 4:37 +. +driving out from before you nations greater and mightier than you, to bring you in and to give you their land for an inheritance, as it is today. -- deuteronomy 4:38 +. +"Know therefore today, and take it to your heart, that the LORD, He is God in heaven above and on the earth below; there is no other. -- deuteronomy 4:39 +. +"So you shall keep His statutes and His commandments which I am giving you today, that it may go well with you and with your children after you, and that you may live long on the land which the LORD your God is giving you for all time." -- deuteronomy 4:40 +. +Then Moses set apart three cities across the Jordan to the east, -- deuteronomy 4:41 +. +that a manslayer might flee there, who unintentionally slew his neighbor without having enmity toward him in time past; and by fleeing to one of these cities he might live: -- deuteronomy 4:42 +. +Bezer in the wilderness on the plateau for the Reubenites, and Ramoth in Gilead for the Gadites, and Golan in Bashan for the Manassites. -- deuteronomy 4:43 +. +Now this is the law which Moses set before the sons of Israel; -- deuteronomy 4:44 +. +these are the testimonies and the statutes and the ordinances which Moses spoke to the sons of Israel, when they came out from Egypt, -- deuteronomy 4:45 +. +across the Jordan, in the valley opposite Beth-peor, in the land of Sihon king of the Amorites who lived at Heshbon, whom Moses and the sons of Israel defeated when they came out from Egypt. -- deuteronomy 4:46 +. +They took possession of his land and the land of Og king of Bashan, the two kings of the Amorites, who were across the Jordan to the east, -- deuteronomy 4:47 +. +from Aroer, which is on the edge of the valley of Arnon, even as far as Mount Sion (that is, Hermon), -- deuteronomy 4:48 +. +with all the Arabah across the Jordan to the east, even as far as the sea of the Arabah, at the foot of the slopes of Pisgah. -- deuteronomy 4:49 +. +Then Moses summoned all Israel and said to them: "Hear, O Israel, the statutes and the ordinances which I am speaking today in your hearing, that you may learn them and observe them carefully. -- deuteronomy 5:1 +. +"The LORD our God made a covenant with us at Horeb. -- deuteronomy 5:2 +. +"The LORD did not make this covenant with our fathers, but with us, with all those of us alive here today. -- deuteronomy 5:3 +. +"The LORD spoke to you face to face at the mountain from the midst of the fire, -- deuteronomy 5:4 +. +while I was standing between the LORD and you at that time, to declare to you the word of the LORD; for you were afraid because of the fire and did not go up the mountain. He said, -- deuteronomy 5:5 +. +'I am the LORD your God who brought you out of the land of Egypt, out of the house of slavery. -- deuteronomy 5:6 +. +'You shall have no other gods before Me. -- deuteronomy 5:7 +. +'You shall not make for yourself an idol, or any likeness of what is in heaven above or on the earth beneath or in the water under the earth. -- deuteronomy 5:8 +. +'You shall not worship them or serve them; for I, the LORD your God, am a jealous God, visiting the iniquity of the fathers on the children, and on the third and the fourth generations of those who hate Me, -- deuteronomy 5:9 +. +but showing lovingkindness to thousands, to those who love Me and keep My commandments. -- deuteronomy 5:10 +. +'You shall not take the name of the LORD your God in vain, for the LORD will not leave him unpunished who takes His name in vain. -- deuteronomy 5:11 +. +'Observe the sabbath day to keep it holy, as the LORD your God commanded you. -- deuteronomy 5:12 +. +'Six days you shall labor and do all your work, -- deuteronomy 5:13 +. +but the seventh day is a sabbath of the LORD your God; in it you shall not do any work, you or your son or your daughter or your male servant or your female servant or your ox or your donkey or any of your cattle or your sojourner who stays with you, so that your male servant and your female servant may rest as well as you. -- deuteronomy 5:14 +. +'You shall remember that you were a slave in the land of Egypt, and the LORD your God brought you out of there by a mighty hand and by an outstretched arm; therefore the LORD your God commanded you to observe the sabbath day. -- deuteronomy 5:15 +. +'Honor your father and your mother, as the LORD your God has commanded you, that your days may be prolonged and that it may go well with you on the land which the LORD your God gives you. -- deuteronomy 5:16 +. +'You shall not murder. -- deuteronomy 5:17 +. +'You shall not commit adultery. -- deuteronomy 5:18 +. +'You shall not steal. -- deuteronomy 5:19 +. +'You shall not bear false witness against your neighbor. -- deuteronomy 5:20 +. +'You shall not covet your neighbor's wife, and you shall not desire your neighbor's house, his field or his male servant or his female servant, his ox or his donkey or anything that belongs to your neighbor.' -- deuteronomy 5:21 +. +"These words the LORD spoke to all your assembly at the mountain from the midst of the fire, of the cloud and of the thick gloom, with a great voice, and He added no more. He wrote them on two tablets of stone and gave them to me. -- deuteronomy 5:22 +. +"And when you heard the voice from the midst of the darkness, while the mountain was burning with fire, you came near to me, all the heads of your tribes and your elders. -- deuteronomy 5:23 +. +"You said, 'Behold, the LORD our God has shown us His glory and His greatness, and we have heard His voice from the midst of the fire; we have seen today that God speaks with man, yet he lives. -- deuteronomy 5:24 +. +'Now then why should we die? For this great fire will consume us; if we hear the voice of the LORD our God any longer, then we will die. -- deuteronomy 5:25 +. +'For who is there of all flesh who has heard the voice of the living God speaking from the midst of the fire, as we have, and lived? -- deuteronomy 5:26 +. +'Go near and hear all that the LORD our God says; then speak to us all that the LORD our God speaks to you, and we will hear and do it.' -- deuteronomy 5:27 +. +"The LORD heard the voice of your words when you spoke to me, and the LORD said to me, 'I have heard the voice of the words of this people which they have spoken to you. They have done well in all that they have spoken. -- deuteronomy 5:28 +. +'Oh that they had such a heart in them, that they would fear Me and keep all My commandments always, that it may be well with them and with their sons forever! -- deuteronomy 5:29 +. +'Go, say to them, "Return to your tents." -- deuteronomy 5:30 +. +'But as for you, stand here by Me, that I may speak to you all the commandments and the statutes and the judgments which you shall teach them, that they may observe them in the land which I give them to possess.' -- deuteronomy 5:31 +. +"So you shall observe to do just as the LORD your God has commanded you; you shall not turn aside to the right or to the left. -- deuteronomy 5:32 +. +"You shall walk in all the way which the LORD your God has commanded you, that you may live and that it may be well with you, and that you may prolong your days in the land which you will possess. -- deuteronomy 5:33 +. +"Now this is the commandment, the statutes and the judgments which the LORD your God has commanded me to teach you, that you might do them in the land where you are going over to possess it, -- deuteronomy 6:1 +. +so that you and your son and your grandson might fear the LORD your God, to keep all His statutes and His commandments which I command you, all the days of your life, and that your days may be prolonged. -- deuteronomy 6:2 +. +"O Israel, you should listen and be careful to do it, that it may be well with you and that you may multiply greatly, just as the LORD, the God of your fathers, has promised you, in a land flowing with milk and honey. -- deuteronomy 6:3 +. +"Hear, O Israel! The LORD is our God, the LORD is one! -- deuteronomy 6:4 +. +"You shall love the LORD your God with all your heart and with all your soul and with all your might. -- deuteronomy 6:5 +. +"These words, which I am commanding you today, shall be on your heart. -- deuteronomy 6:6 +. +"You shall teach them diligently to your sons and shall talk of them when you sit in your house and when you walk by the way and when you lie down and when you rise up. -- deuteronomy 6:7 +. +"You shall bind them as a sign on your hand and they shall be as frontals on your forehead. -- deuteronomy 6:8 +. +"You shall write them on the doorposts of your house and on your gates. -- deuteronomy 6:9 +. +"Then it shall come about when the LORD your God brings you into the land which He swore to your fathers, Abraham, Isaac and Jacob, to give you, great and splendid cities which you did not build, -- deuteronomy 6:10 +. +and houses full of all good things which you did not fill, and hewn cisterns which you did not dig, vineyards and olive trees which you did not plant, and you eat and are satisfied, -- deuteronomy 6:11 +. +then watch yourself, that you do not forget the LORD who brought you from the land of Egypt, out of the house of slavery. -- deuteronomy 6:12 +. +"You shall fear only the LORD your God; and you shall worship Him and swear by His name. -- deuteronomy 6:13 +. +"You shall not follow other gods, any of the gods of the peoples who surround you, -- deuteronomy 6:14 +. +for the LORD your God in the midst of you is a jealous God; otherwise the anger of the LORD your God will be kindled against you, and He will wipe you off the face of the earth. -- deuteronomy 6:15 +. +"You shall not put the LORD your God to the test, as you tested Him at Massah. -- deuteronomy 6:16 +. +"You should diligently keep the commandments of the LORD your God, and His testimonies and His statutes which He has commanded you. -- deuteronomy 6:17 +. +"You shall do what is right and good in the sight of the LORD, that it may be well with you and that you may go in and possess the good land which the LORD swore to give your fathers, -- deuteronomy 6:18 +. +by driving out all your enemies from before you, as the LORD has spoken. -- deuteronomy 6:19 +. +"When your son asks you in time to come, saying, 'What do the testimonies and the statutes and the judgments mean which the LORD our God commanded you?' -- deuteronomy 6:20 +. +then you shall say to your son, 'We were slaves to Pharaoh in Egypt, and the LORD brought us from Egypt with a mighty hand. -- deuteronomy 6:21 +. +'Moreover, the LORD showed great and distressing signs and wonders before our eyes against Egypt, Pharaoh and all his household; -- deuteronomy 6:22 +. +He brought us out from there in order to bring us in, to give us the land which He had sworn to our fathers.' -- deuteronomy 6:23 +. +"So the LORD commanded us to observe all these statutes, to fear the LORD our God for our good always and for our survival, as it is today. -- deuteronomy 6:24 +. +"It will be righteousness for us if we are careful to observe all this commandment before the LORD our God, just as He commanded us. -- deuteronomy 6:25 +. +"When the LORD your God brings you into the land where you are entering to possess it, and clears away many nations before you, the Hittites and the Girgashites and the Amorites and the Canaanites and the Perizzites and the Hivites and the Jebusites, seven nations greater and stronger than you, -- deuteronomy 7:1 +. +and when the LORD your God delivers them before you and you defeat them, then you shall utterly destroy them. You shall make no covenant with them and show no favor to them. -- deuteronomy 7:2 +. +"Furthermore, you shall not intermarry with them; you shall not give your daughters to their sons, nor shall you take their daughters for your sons. -- deuteronomy 7:3 +. +"For they will turn your sons away from following Me to serve other gods; then the anger of the LORD will be kindled against you and He will quickly destroy you. -- deuteronomy 7:4 +. +"But thus you shall do to them: you shall tear down their altars, and smash their sacred pillars, and hew down their Asherim, and burn their graven images with fire. -- deuteronomy 7:5 +. +"For you are a holy people to the LORD your God; the LORD your God has chosen you to be a people for His own possession out of all the peoples who are on the face of the earth. -- deuteronomy 7:6 +. +"The LORD did not set His love on you nor choose you because you were more in number than any of the peoples, for you were the fewest of all peoples, -- deuteronomy 7:7 +. +but because the LORD loved you and kept the oath which He swore to your forefathers, the LORD brought you out by a mighty hand and redeemed you from the house of slavery, from the hand of Pharaoh king of Egypt. -- deuteronomy 7:8 +. +"Know therefore that the LORD your God, He is God, the faithful God, who keeps His covenant and His lovingkindness to a thousandth generation with those who love Him and keep His commandments; -- deuteronomy 7:9 +. +but repays those who hate Him to their faces, to destroy them; He will not delay with him who hates Him, He will repay him to his face. -- deuteronomy 7:10 +. +"Therefore, you shall keep the commandment and the statutes and the judgments which I am commanding you today, to do them. -- deuteronomy 7:11 +. +"Then it shall come about, because you listen to these judgments and keep and do them, that the LORD your God will keep with you His covenant and His lovingkindness which He swore to your forefathers. -- deuteronomy 7:12 +. +"He will love you and bless you and multiply you; He will also bless the fruit of your womb and the fruit of your ground, your grain and your new wine and your oil, the increase of your herd and the young of your flock, in the land which He swore to your forefathers to give you. -- deuteronomy 7:13 +. +"You shall be blessed above all peoples; there will be no male or female barren among you or among your cattle. -- deuteronomy 7:14 +. +"The LORD will remove from you all sickness; and He will not put on you any of the harmful diseases of Egypt which you have known, but He will lay them on all who hate you. -- deuteronomy 7:15 +. +"You shall consume all the peoples whom the LORD your God will deliver to you; your eye shall not pity them, nor shall you serve their gods, for that would be a snare to you. -- deuteronomy 7:16 +. +"If you should say in your heart, 'These nations are greater than I; how can I dispossess them?' -- deuteronomy 7:17 +. +you shall not be afraid of them; you shall well remember what the LORD your God did to Pharaoh and to all Egypt: -- deuteronomy 7:18 +. +the great trials which your eyes saw and the signs and the wonders and the mighty hand and the outstretched arm by which the LORD your God brought you out. So shall the LORD your God do to all the peoples of whom you are afraid. -- deuteronomy 7:19 +. +"Moreover, the LORD your God will send the hornet against them, until those who are left and hide themselves from you perish. -- deuteronomy 7:20 +. +"You shall not dread them, for the LORD your God is in your midst, a great and awesome God. -- deuteronomy 7:21 +. +"The LORD your God will clear away these nations before you little by little; you will not be able to put an end to them quickly, for the wild beasts would grow too numerous for you. -- deuteronomy 7:22 +. +"But the LORD your God will deliver them before you, and will throw them into great confusion until they are destroyed. -- deuteronomy 7:23 +. +"He will deliver their kings into your hand so that you will make their name perish from under heaven; no man will be able to stand before you until you have destroyed them. -- deuteronomy 7:24 +. +"The graven images of their gods you are to burn with fire; you shall not covet the silver or the gold that is on them, nor take it for yourselves, or you will be snared by it, for it is an abomination to the LORD your God. -- deuteronomy 7:25 +. +"You shall not bring an abomination into your house, and like it come under the ban; you shall utterly detest it and you shall utterly abhor it, for it is something banned. -- deuteronomy 7:26 +. +"All the commandments that I am commanding you today you shall be careful to do, that you may live and multiply, and go in and possess the land which the LORD swore to give to your forefathers. -- deuteronomy 8:1 +. +"You shall remember all the way which the LORD your God has led you in the wilderness these forty years, that He might humble you, testing you, to know what was in your heart, whether you would keep His commandments or not. -- deuteronomy 8:2 +. +"He humbled you and let you be hungry, and fed you with manna which you did not know, nor did your fathers know, that He might make you understand that man does not live by bread alone, but man lives by everything that proceeds out of the mouth of the LORD. -- deuteronomy 8:3 +. +"Your clothing did not wear out on you, nor did your foot swell these forty years. -- deuteronomy 8:4 +. +"Thus you are to know in your heart that the LORD your God was disciplining you just as a man disciplines his son. -- deuteronomy 8:5 +. +"Therefore, you shall keep the commandments of the LORD your God, to walk in His ways and to fear Him. -- deuteronomy 8:6 +. +"For the LORD your God is bringing you into a good land, a land of brooks of water, of fountains and springs, flowing forth in valleys and hills; -- deuteronomy 8:7 +. +a land of wheat and barley, of vines and fig trees and pomegranates, a land of olive oil and honey; -- deuteronomy 8:8 +. +a land where you will eat food without scarcity, in which you will not lack anything; a land whose stones are iron, and out of whose hills you can dig copper. -- deuteronomy 8:9 +. +"When you have eaten and are satisfied, you shall bless the LORD your God for the good land which He has given you. -- deuteronomy 8:10 +. +"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; -- deuteronomy 8:11 +. +otherwise, when you have eaten and are satisfied, and have built good houses and lived in them, -- deuteronomy 8:12 +. +and when your herds and your flocks multiply, and your silver and gold multiply, and all that you have multiplies, -- deuteronomy 8:13 +. +then your heart will become proud and you will forget the LORD your God who brought you out from the land of Egypt, out of the house of slavery. -- deuteronomy 8:14 +. +"He led you through the great and terrible wilderness, with its fiery serpents and scorpions and thirsty ground where there was no water; He brought water for you out of the rock of flint. -- deuteronomy 8:15 +. +"In the wilderness He fed you manna which your fathers did not know, that He might humble you and that He might test you, to do good for you in the end. -- deuteronomy 8:16 +. +"Otherwise, you may say in your heart, 'My power and the strength of my hand made me this wealth.' -- deuteronomy 8:17 +. +"But you shall remember the LORD your God, for it is He who is giving you power to make wealth, that He may confirm His covenant which He swore to your fathers, as it is this day. -- deuteronomy 8:18 +. +"It shall come about if you ever forget the LORD your God and go after other gods and serve them and worship them, I testify against you today that you will surely perish. -- deuteronomy 8:19 +. +"Like the nations that the LORD makes to perish before you, so you shall perish; because you would not listen to the voice of the LORD your God. -- deuteronomy 8:20 +. +"Hear, O Israel! You are crossing over the Jordan today to go in to dispossess nations greater and mightier than you, great cities fortified to heaven, -- deuteronomy 9:1 +. +a people great and tall, the sons of the Anakim, whom you know and of whom you have heard it said, 'Who can stand before the sons of Anak?' -- deuteronomy 9:2 +. +"Know therefore today that it is the LORD your God who is crossing over before you as a consuming fire. He will destroy them and He will subdue them before you, so that you may drive them out and destroy them quickly, just as the LORD has spoken to you. -- deuteronomy 9:3 +. +"Do not say in your heart when the LORD your God has driven them out before you, 'Because of my righteousness the LORD has brought me in to possess this land,' but it is because of the wickedness of these nations that the LORD is dispossessing them before you. -- deuteronomy 9:4 +. +"It is not for your righteousness or for the uprightness of your heart that you are going to possess their land, but it is because of the wickedness of these nations that the LORD your God is driving them out before you, in order to confirm the oath which the LORD swore to your fathers, to Abraham, Isaac and Jacob. -- deuteronomy 9:5 +. +"Know, then, it is not because of your righteousness that the LORD your God is giving you this good land to possess, for you are a stubborn people. -- deuteronomy 9:6 +. +"Remember, do not forget how you provoked the LORD your God to wrath in the wilderness; from the day that you left the land of Egypt until you arrived at this place, you have been rebellious against the LORD. -- deuteronomy 9:7 +. +"Even at Horeb you provoked the LORD to wrath, and the LORD was so angry with you that He would have destroyed you. -- deuteronomy 9:8 +. +"When I went up to the mountain to receive the tablets of stone, the tablets of the covenant which the LORD had made with you, then I remained on the mountain forty days and nights; I neither ate bread nor drank water. -- deuteronomy 9:9 +. +"The LORD gave me the two tablets of stone written by the finger of God; and on them were all the words which the LORD had spoken with you at the mountain from the midst of the fire on the day of the assembly. -- deuteronomy 9:10 +. +"It came about at the end of forty days and nights that the LORD gave me the two tablets of stone, the tablets of the covenant. -- deuteronomy 9:11 +. +"Then the LORD said to me, 'Arise, go down from here quickly, for your people whom you brought out of Egypt have acted corruptly. They have quickly turned aside from the way which I commanded them; they have made a molten image for themselves.' -- deuteronomy 9:12 +. +"The LORD spoke further to me, saying, 'I have seen this people, and indeed, it is a stubborn people. -- deuteronomy 9:13 +. +'Let Me alone, that I may destroy them and blot out their name from under heaven; and I will make of you a nation mightier and greater than they.' -- deuteronomy 9:14 +. +"So I turned and came down from the mountain while the mountain was burning with fire, and the two tablets of the covenant were in my two hands. -- deuteronomy 9:15 +. +"And I saw that you had indeed sinned against the LORD your God. You had made for yourselves a molten calf; you had turned aside quickly from the way which the LORD had commanded you. -- deuteronomy 9:16 +. +"I took hold of the two tablets and threw them from my hands and smashed them before your eyes. -- deuteronomy 9:17 +. +"I fell down before the LORD, as at the first, forty days and nights; I neither ate bread nor drank water, because of all your sin which you had committed in doing what was evil in the sight of the LORD to provoke Him to anger. -- deuteronomy 9:18 +. +"For I was afraid of the anger and hot displeasure with which the LORD was wrathful against you in order to destroy you, but the LORD listened to me that time also. -- deuteronomy 9:19 +. +"The LORD was angry enough with Aaron to destroy him; so I also prayed for Aaron at the same time. -- deuteronomy 9:20 +. +"I took your sinful thing, the calf which you had made, and burned it with fire and crushed it, grinding it very small until it was as fine as dust; and I threw its dust into the brook that came down from the mountain. -- deuteronomy 9:21 +. +"Again at Taberah and at Massah and at Kibroth-hattaavah you provoked the LORD to wrath. -- deuteronomy 9:22 +. +"When the LORD sent you from Kadesh-barnea, saying, 'Go up and possess the land which I have given you,' then you rebelled against the command of the LORD your God; you neither believed Him nor listened to His voice. -- deuteronomy 9:23 +. +"You have been rebellious against the LORD from the day I knew you. -- deuteronomy 9:24 +. +"So I fell down before the LORD the forty days and nights, which I did because the LORD had said He would destroy you. -- deuteronomy 9:25 +. +"I prayed to the LORD and said, 'O Lord GOD, do not destroy Your people, even Your inheritance, whom You have redeemed through Your greatness, whom You have brought out of Egypt with a mighty hand. -- deuteronomy 9:26 +. +'Remember Your servants, Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob; do not look at the stubbornness of this people or at their wickedness or their sin. -- deuteronomy 9:27 +. +'Otherwise the land from which You brought us may say, "Because the LORD was not able to bring them into the land which He had promised them and because He hated them He has brought them out to slay them in the wilderness." -- deuteronomy 9:28 +. +'Yet they are Your people, even Your inheritance, whom You have brought out by Your great power and Your outstretched arm.' -- deuteronomy 9:29 +. +"At that time the LORD said to me, 'Cut out for yourself two tablets of stone like the former ones, and come up to Me on the mountain, and make an ark of wood for yourself. -- deuteronomy 10:1 +. +'I will write on the tablets the words that were on the former tablets which you shattered, and you shall put them in the ark.' -- deuteronomy 10:2 +. +"So I made an ark of acacia wood and cut out two tablets of stone like the former ones, and went up on the mountain with the two tablets in my hand. -- deuteronomy 10:3 +. +"He wrote on the tablets, like the former writing, the Ten Commandments which the LORD had spoken to you on the mountain from the midst of the fire on the day of the assembly; and the LORD gave them to me. -- deuteronomy 10:4 +. +"Then I turned and came down from the mountain and put the tablets in the ark which I had made; and there they are, as the LORD commanded me." -- deuteronomy 10:5 +. +(Now the sons of Israel set out from Beeroth Bene-jaakan to Moserah. There Aaron died and there he was buried and Eleazar his son ministered as priest in his place. -- deuteronomy 10:6 +. +From there they set out to Gudgodah, and from Gudgodah to Jotbathah, a land of brooks of water. -- deuteronomy 10:7 +. +At that time the LORD set apart the tribe of Levi to carry the ark of the covenant of the LORD, to stand before the LORD to serve Him and to bless in His name until this day. -- deuteronomy 10:8 +. +Therefore, Levi does not have a portion or inheritance with his brothers; the LORD is his inheritance, just as the LORD your God spoke to him.) -- deuteronomy 10:9 +. +"I, moreover, stayed on the mountain forty days and forty nights like the first time, and the LORD listened to me that time also; the LORD was not willing to destroy you. -- deuteronomy 10:10 +. +"Then the LORD said to me, 'Arise, proceed on your journey ahead of the people, that they may go in and possess the land which I swore to their fathers to give them.' -- deuteronomy 10:11 +. +"Now, Israel, what does the LORD your God require from you, but to fear the LORD your God, to walk in all His ways and love Him, and to serve the LORD your God with all your heart and with all your soul, -- deuteronomy 10:12 +. +and to keep the LORD'S commandments and His statutes which I am commanding you today for your good? -- deuteronomy 10:13 +. +"Behold, to the LORD your God belong heaven and the highest heavens, the earth and all that is in it. -- deuteronomy 10:14 +. +"Yet on your fathers did the LORD set His affection to love them, and He chose their descendants after them, even you above all peoples, as it is this day. -- deuteronomy 10:15 +. +"So circumcise your heart, and stiffen your neck no longer. -- deuteronomy 10:16 +. +"For the LORD your God is the God of gods and the Lord of lords, the great, the mighty, and the awesome God who does not show partiality nor take a bribe. -- deuteronomy 10:17 +. +"He executes justice for the orphan and the widow, and shows His love for the alien by giving him food and clothing. -- deuteronomy 10:18 +. +"So show your love for the alien, for you were aliens in the land of Egypt. -- deuteronomy 10:19 +. +"You shall fear the LORD your God; you shall serve Him and cling to Him, and you shall swear by His name. -- deuteronomy 10:20 +. +"He is your praise and He is your God, who has done these great and awesome things for you which your eyes have seen. -- deuteronomy 10:21 +. +"Your fathers went down to Egypt seventy persons in all, and now the LORD your God has made you as numerous as the stars of heaven. -- deuteronomy 10:22 +. +"You shall therefore love the LORD your God, and always keep His charge, His statutes, His ordinances, and His commandments. -- deuteronomy 11:1 +. +"Know this day that I am not speaking with your sons who have not known and who have not seen the discipline of the LORD your God--His greatness, His mighty hand and His outstretched arm, -- deuteronomy 11:2 +. +and His signs and His works which He did in the midst of Egypt to Pharaoh the king of Egypt and to all his land; -- deuteronomy 11:3 +. +and what He did to Egypt's army, to its horses and its chariots, when He made the water of the Red Sea to engulf them while they were pursuing you, and the LORD completely destroyed them; -- deuteronomy 11:4 +. +and what He did to you in the wilderness until you came to this place; -- deuteronomy 11:5 +. +and what He did to Dathan and Abiram, the sons of Eliab, the son of Reuben, when the earth opened its mouth and swallowed them, their households, their tents, and every living thing that followed them, among all Israel-- -- deuteronomy 11:6 +. +but your own eyes have seen all the great work of the LORD which He did. -- deuteronomy 11:7 +. +"You shall therefore keep every commandment which I am commanding you today, so that you may be strong and go in and possess the land into which you are about to cross to possess it; -- deuteronomy 11:8 +. +so that you may prolong your days on the land which the LORD swore to your fathers to give to them and to their descendants, a land flowing with milk and honey. -- deuteronomy 11:9 +. +"For the land, into which you are entering to possess it, is not like the land of Egypt from which you came, where you used to sow your seed and water it with your foot like a vegetable garden. -- deuteronomy 11:10 +. +"But the land into which you are about to cross to possess it, a land of hills and valleys, drinks water from the rain of heaven, -- deuteronomy 11:11 +. +a land for which the LORD your God cares; the eyes of the LORD your God are always on it, from the beginning even to the end of the year. -- deuteronomy 11:12 +. +"It shall come about, if you listen obediently to my commandments which I am commanding you today, to love the LORD your God and to serve Him with all your heart and all your soul, -- deuteronomy 11:13 +. +that He will give the rain for your land in its season, the early and late rain, that you may gather in your grain and your new wine and your oil. -- deuteronomy 11:14 +. +"He will give grass in your fields for your cattle, and you will eat and be satisfied. -- deuteronomy 11:15 +. +"Beware that your hearts are not deceived, and that you do not turn away and serve other gods and worship them. -- deuteronomy 11:16 +. +"Or the anger of the LORD will be kindled against you, and He will shut up the heavens so that there will be no rain and the ground will not yield its fruit; and you will perish quickly from the good land which the LORD is giving you. -- deuteronomy 11:17 +. +"You shall therefore impress these words of mine on your heart and on your soul; and you shall bind them as a sign on your hand, and they shall be as frontals on your forehead. -- deuteronomy 11:18 +. +"You shall teach them to your sons, talking of them when you sit in your house and when you walk along the road and when you lie down and when you rise up. -- deuteronomy 11:19 +. +"You shall write them on the doorposts of your house and on your gates, -- deuteronomy 11:20 +. +so that your days and the days of your sons may be multiplied on the land which the LORD swore to your fathers to give them, as long as the heavens remain above the earth. -- deuteronomy 11:21 +. +"For if you are careful to keep all this commandment which I am commanding you to do, to love the LORD your God, to walk in all His ways and hold fast to Him, -- deuteronomy 11:22 +. +then the LORD will drive out all these nations from before you, and you will dispossess nations greater and mightier than you. -- deuteronomy 11:23 +. +"Every place on which the sole of your foot treads shall be yours; your border will be from the wilderness to Lebanon, and from the river, the river Euphrates, as far as the western sea. -- deuteronomy 11:24 +. +"No man will be able to stand before you; the LORD your God will lay the dread of you and the fear of you on all the land on which you set foot, as He has spoken to you. -- deuteronomy 11:25 +. +"See, I am setting before you today a blessing and a curse: -- deuteronomy 11:26 +. +the blessing, if you listen to the commandments of the LORD your God, which I am commanding you today; -- deuteronomy 11:27 +. +and the curse, if you do not listen to the commandments of the LORD your God, but turn aside from the way which I am commanding you today, by following other gods which you have not known. -- deuteronomy 11:28 +. +"It shall come about, when the LORD your God brings you into the land where you are entering to possess it, that you shall place the blessing on Mount Gerizim and the curse on Mount Ebal. -- deuteronomy 11:29 +. +"Are they not across the Jordan, west of the way toward the sunset, in the land of the Canaanites who live in the Arabah, opposite Gilgal, beside the oaks of Moreh? -- deuteronomy 11:30 +. +"For you are about to cross the Jordan to go in to possess the land which the LORD your God is giving you, and you shall possess it and live in it, -- deuteronomy 11:31 +. +and you shall be careful to do all the statutes and the judgments which I am setting before you today. -- deuteronomy 11:32 +. +"These are the statutes and the judgments which you shall carefully observe in the land which the LORD, the God of your fathers, has given you to possess as long as you live on the earth. -- deuteronomy 12:1 +. +"You shall utterly destroy all the places where the nations whom you shall dispossess serve their gods, on the high mountains and on the hills and under every green tree. -- deuteronomy 12:2 +. +"You shall tear down their altars and smash their sacred pillars and burn their Asherim with fire, and you shall cut down the engraved images of their gods and obliterate their name from that place. -- deuteronomy 12:3 +. +"You shall not act like this toward the LORD your God. -- deuteronomy 12:4 +. +"But you shall seek the LORD at the place which the LORD your God will choose from all your tribes, to establish His name there for His dwelling, and there you shall come. -- deuteronomy 12:5 +. +"There you shall bring your burnt offerings, your sacrifices, your tithes, the contribution of your hand, your votive offerings, your freewill offerings, and the firstborn of your herd and of your flock. -- deuteronomy 12:6 +. +"There also you and your households shall eat before the LORD your God, and rejoice in all your undertakings in which the LORD your God has blessed you. -- deuteronomy 12:7 +. +"You shall not do at all what we are doing here today, every man doing whatever is right in his own eyes; -- deuteronomy 12:8 +. +for you have not as yet come to the resting place and the inheritance which the LORD your God is giving you. -- deuteronomy 12:9 +. +"When you cross the Jordan and live in the land which the LORD your God is giving you to inherit, and He gives you rest from all your enemies around you so that you live in security, -- deuteronomy 12:10 +. +then it shall come about that the place in which the LORD your God will choose for His name to dwell, there you shall bring all that I command you: your burnt offerings and your sacrifices, your tithes and the contribution of your hand, and all your choice votive offerings which you will vow to the LORD. -- deuteronomy 12:11 +. +"And you shall rejoice before the LORD your God, you and your sons and daughters, your male and female servants, and the Levite who is within your gates, since he has no portion or inheritance with you. -- deuteronomy 12:12 +. +"Be careful that you do not offer your burnt offerings in every cultic place you see, -- deuteronomy 12:13 +. +but in the place which the LORD chooses in one of your tribes, there you shall offer your burnt offerings, and there you shall do all that I command you. -- deuteronomy 12:14 +. +"However, you may slaughter and eat meat within any of your gates, whatever you desire, according to the blessing of the LORD your God which He has given you; the unclean and the clean may eat of it, as of the gazelle and the deer. -- deuteronomy 12:15 +. +"Only you shall not eat the blood; you are to pour it out on the ground like water. -- deuteronomy 12:16 +. +"You are not allowed to eat within your gates the tithe of your grain or new wine or oil, or the firstborn of your herd or flock, or any of your votive offerings which you vow, or your freewill offerings, or the contribution of your hand. -- deuteronomy 12:17 +. +"But you shall eat them before the LORD your God in the place which the LORD your God will choose, you and your son and daughter, and your male and female servants, and the Levite who is within your gates; and you shall rejoice before the LORD your God in all your undertakings. -- deuteronomy 12:18 +. +"Be careful that you do not forsake the Levite as long as you live in your land. -- deuteronomy 12:19 +. +"When the LORD your God extends your border as He has promised you, and you say, 'I will eat meat,' because you desire to eat meat, then you may eat meat, whatever you desire. -- deuteronomy 12:20 +. +"If the place which the LORD your God chooses to put His name is too far from you, then you may slaughter of your herd and flock which the LORD has given you, as I have commanded you; and you may eat within your gates whatever you desire. -- deuteronomy 12:21 +. +"Just as a gazelle or a deer is eaten, so you will eat it; the unclean and the clean alike may eat of it. -- deuteronomy 12:22 +. +"Only be sure not to eat the blood, for the blood is the life, and you shall not eat the life with the flesh. -- deuteronomy 12:23 +. +"You shall not eat it; you shall pour it out on the ground like water. -- deuteronomy 12:24 +. +"You shall not eat it, so that it may be well with you and your sons after you, for you will be doing what is right in the sight of the LORD. -- deuteronomy 12:25 +. +"Only your holy things which you may have and your votive offerings, you shall take and go to the place which the LORD chooses. -- deuteronomy 12:26 +. +"And you shall offer your burnt offerings, the flesh and the blood, on the altar of the LORD your God; and the blood of your sacrifices shall be poured out on the altar of the LORD your God, and you shall eat the flesh. -- deuteronomy 12:27 +. +"Be careful to listen to all these words which I command you, so that it may be well with you and your sons after you forever, for you will be doing what is good and right in the sight of the LORD your God. -- deuteronomy 12:28 +. +"When the LORD your God cuts off before you the nations which you are going in to dispossess, and you dispossess them and dwell in their land, -- deuteronomy 12:29 +. +beware that you are not ensnared to follow them, after they are destroyed before you, and that you do not inquire after their gods, saying, 'How do these nations serve their gods, that I also may do likewise?' -- deuteronomy 12:30 +. +"You shall not behave thus toward the LORD your God, for every abominable act which the LORD hates they have done for their gods; for they even burn their sons and daughters in the fire to their gods. -- deuteronomy 12:31 +. +"Whatever I command you, you shall be careful to do; you shall not add to nor take away from it. -- deuteronomy 12:32 +. +"If a prophet or a dreamer of dreams arises among you and gives you a sign or a wonder, -- deuteronomy 13:1 +. +and the sign or the wonder comes true, concerning which he spoke to you, saying, 'Let us go after other gods (whom you have not known) and let us serve them,' -- deuteronomy 13:2 +. +you shall not listen to the words of that prophet or that dreamer of dreams; for the LORD your God is testing you to find out if you love the LORD your God with all your heart and with all your soul. -- deuteronomy 13:3 +. +"You shall follow the LORD your God and fear Him; and you shall keep His commandments, listen to His voice, serve Him, and cling to Him. -- deuteronomy 13:4 +. +"But that prophet or that dreamer of dreams shall be put to death, because he has counseled rebellion against the LORD your God who brought you from the land of Egypt and redeemed you from the house of slavery, to seduce you from the way in which the LORD your God commanded you to walk. So you shall purge the evil from among you. -- deuteronomy 13:5 +. +"If your brother, your mother's son, or your son or daughter, or the wife you cherish, or your friend who is as your own soul, entice you secretly, saying, 'Let us go and serve other gods' (whom neither you nor your fathers have known, -- deuteronomy 13:6 +. +of the gods of the peoples who are around you, near you or far from you, from one end of the earth to the other end), -- deuteronomy 13:7 +. +you shall not yield to him or listen to him; and your eye shall not pity him, nor shall you spare or conceal him. -- deuteronomy 13:8 +. +"But you shall surely kill him; your hand shall be first against him to put him to death, and afterwards the hand of all the people. -- deuteronomy 13:9 +. +"So you shall stone him to death because he has sought to seduce you from the LORD your God who brought you out from the land of Egypt, out of the house of slavery. -- deuteronomy 13:10 +. +"Then all Israel will hear and be afraid, and will never again do such a wicked thing among you. -- deuteronomy 13:11 +. +"If you hear in one of your cities, which the LORD your God is giving you to live in, anyone saying that -- deuteronomy 13:12 +. +some worthless men have gone out from among you and have seduced the inhabitants of their city, saying, 'Let us go and serve other gods' (whom you have not known), -- deuteronomy 13:13 +. +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, -- deuteronomy 13:14 +. +you shall surely strike the inhabitants of that city with the edge of the sword, utterly destroying it and all that is in it and its cattle with the edge of the sword. -- deuteronomy 13:15 +. +"Then you shall gather all its booty into the middle of its open square and burn the city and all its booty with fire as a whole burnt offering to the LORD your God; and it shall be a ruin forever. It shall never be rebuilt. -- deuteronomy 13:16 +. +"Nothing from that which is put under the ban shall cling to your hand, in order that the LORD may turn from His burning anger and show mercy to you, and have compassion on you and make you increase, just as He has sworn to your fathers, -- deuteronomy 13:17 +. +if you will listen to the voice of the LORD your God, keeping all His commandments which I am commanding you today, and doing what is right in the sight of the LORD your God. -- deuteronomy 13:18 +. +"You are the sons of the LORD your God; you shall not cut yourselves nor shave your forehead for the sake of the dead. -- deuteronomy 14:1 +. +"For you are a holy people to the LORD your God, and the LORD has chosen you to be a people for His own possession out of all the peoples who are on the face of the earth. -- deuteronomy 14:2 +. +"You shall not eat any detestable thing. -- deuteronomy 14:3 +. +"These are the animals which you may eat: the ox, the sheep, the goat, -- deuteronomy 14:4 +. +the deer, the gazelle, the roebuck, the wild goat, the ibex, the antelope and the mountain sheep. -- deuteronomy 14:5 +. +"Any animal that divides the hoof and has the hoof split in two and chews the cud, among the animals, that you may eat. -- deuteronomy 14:6 +. +"Nevertheless, you are not to eat of these among those which chew the cud, or among those that divide the hoof in two: the camel and the rabbit and the shaphan, for though they chew the cud, they do not divide the hoof; they are unclean for you. -- deuteronomy 14:7 +. +"The pig, because it divides the hoof but does not chew the cud, it is unclean for you. You shall not eat any of their flesh nor touch their carcasses. -- deuteronomy 14:8 +. +"These you may eat of all that are in water: anything that has fins and scales you may eat, -- deuteronomy 14:9 +. +but anything that does not have fins and scales you shall not eat; it is unclean for you. -- deuteronomy 14:10 +. +"You may eat any clean bird. -- deuteronomy 14:11 +. +"But these are the ones which you shall not eat: the eagle and the vulture and the buzzard, -- deuteronomy 14:12 +. +and the red kite, the falcon, and the kite in their kinds, -- deuteronomy 14:13 +. +and every raven in its kind, -- deuteronomy 14:14 +. +and the ostrich, the owl, the sea gull, and the hawk in their kinds, -- deuteronomy 14:15 +. +the little owl, the great owl, the white owl, -- deuteronomy 14:16 +. +the pelican, the carrion vulture, the cormorant, -- deuteronomy 14:17 +. +the stork, and the heron in their kinds, and the hoopoe and the bat. -- deuteronomy 14:18 +. +"And all the teeming life with wings are unclean to you; they shall not be eaten. -- deuteronomy 14:19 +. +"You may eat any clean bird. -- deuteronomy 14:20 +. +"You shall not eat anything which dies of itself. You may give it to the alien who is in your town, so that he may eat it, or you may sell it to a foreigner, for you are a holy people to the LORD your God. You shall not boil a young goat in its mother's milk. -- deuteronomy 14:21 +. +"You shall surely tithe all the produce from what you sow, which comes out of the field every year. -- deuteronomy 14:22 +. +"You shall eat in the presence of the LORD your God, at the place where He chooses to establish His name, the tithe of your grain, your new wine, your oil, and the firstborn of your herd and your flock, so that you may learn to fear the LORD your God always. -- deuteronomy 14:23 +. +"If the distance is so great for you that you are not able to bring the tithe, since the place where the LORD your God chooses to set His name is too far away from you when the LORD your God blesses you, -- deuteronomy 14:24 +. +then you shall exchange it for money, and bind the money in your hand and go to the place which the LORD your God chooses. -- deuteronomy 14:25 +. +"You may spend the money for whatever your heart desires: for oxen, or sheep, or wine, or strong drink, or whatever your heart desires; and there you shall eat in the presence of the LORD your God and rejoice, you and your household. -- deuteronomy 14:26 +. +"Also you shall not neglect the Levite who is in your town, for he has no portion or inheritance among you. -- deuteronomy 14:27 +. +"At the end of every third year you shall bring out all the tithe of your produce in that year, and shall deposit it in your town. -- deuteronomy 14:28 +. +"The Levite, because he has no portion or inheritance among you, and the alien, the orphan and the widow who are in your town, shall come and eat and be satisfied, in order that the LORD your God may bless you in all the work of your hand which you do. -- deuteronomy 14:29 +. +"At the end of every seven years you shall grant a remission of debts. -- deuteronomy 15:1 +. +"This is the manner of remission: every creditor shall release what he has loaned to his neighbor; he shall not exact it of his neighbor and his brother, because the LORD'S remission has been proclaimed. -- deuteronomy 15:2 +. +"From a foreigner you may exact it, but your hand shall release whatever of yours is with your brother. -- deuteronomy 15:3 +. +"However, there will be no poor among you, since the LORD will surely bless you in the land which the LORD your God is giving you as an inheritance to possess, -- deuteronomy 15:4 +. +if only you listen obediently to the voice of the LORD your God, to observe carefully all this commandment which I am commanding you today. -- deuteronomy 15:5 +. +"For the LORD your God will bless you as He has promised you, and you will lend to many nations, but you will not borrow; and you will rule over many nations, but they will not rule over you. -- deuteronomy 15:6 +. +"If there is a poor man with you, one of your brothers, in any of your towns in your land which the LORD your God is giving you, you shall not harden your heart, nor close your hand from your poor brother; -- deuteronomy 15:7 +. +but you shall freely open your hand to him, and shall generously lend him sufficient for his need in whatever he lacks. -- deuteronomy 15:8 +. +"Beware that there is no base thought in your heart, saying, 'The seventh year, the year of remission, is near,' and your eye is hostile toward your poor brother, and you give him nothing; then he may cry to the LORD against you, and it will be a sin in you. -- deuteronomy 15:9 +. +"You shall generously give to him, and your heart shall not be grieved when you give to him, because for this thing the LORD your God will bless you in all your work and in all your undertakings. -- deuteronomy 15:10 +. +"For the poor will never cease to be in the land; therefore I command you, saying, 'You shall freely open your hand to your brother, to your needy and poor in your land.' -- deuteronomy 15:11 +. +"If your kinsman, a Hebrew man or woman, is sold to you, then he shall serve you six years, but in the seventh year you shall set him free. -- deuteronomy 15:12 +. +"When you set him free, you shall not send him away empty-handed. -- deuteronomy 15:13 +. +"You shall furnish him liberally from your flock and from your threshing floor and from your wine vat; you shall give to him as the LORD your God has blessed you. -- deuteronomy 15:14 +. +"You shall remember that you were a slave in the land of Egypt, and the LORD your God redeemed you; therefore I command you this today. -- deuteronomy 15:15 +. +"It shall come about if he says to you, 'I will not go out from you,' because he loves you and your household, since he fares well with you; -- deuteronomy 15:16 +. +then you shall take an awl and pierce it through his ear into the door, and he shall be your servant forever. Also you shall do likewise to your maidservant. -- deuteronomy 15:17 +. +"It shall not seem hard to you when you set him free, for he has given you six years with double the service of a hired man; so the LORD your God will bless you in whatever you do. -- deuteronomy 15:18 +. +"You shall consecrate to the LORD your God all the firstborn males that are born of your herd and of your flock; you shall not work with the firstborn of your herd, nor shear the firstborn of your flock. -- deuteronomy 15:19 +. +"You and your household shall eat it every year before the LORD your God in the place which the LORD chooses. -- deuteronomy 15:20 +. +"But if it has any defect, such as lameness or blindness, or any serious defect, you shall not sacrifice it to the LORD your God. -- deuteronomy 15:21 +. +"You shall eat it within your gates; the unclean and the clean alike may eat it, as a gazelle or a deer. -- deuteronomy 15:22 +. +"Only you shall not eat its blood; you are to pour it out on the ground like water. -- deuteronomy 15:23 +. +"Observe the month of Abib and celebrate the Passover to the LORD your God, for in the month of Abib the LORD your God brought you out of Egypt by night. -- deuteronomy 16:1 +. +"You shall sacrifice the Passover to the LORD your God from the flock and the herd, in the place where the LORD chooses to establish His name. -- deuteronomy 16:2 +. +"You shall not eat leavened bread with it; seven days you shall eat with it unleavened bread, the bread of affliction (for you came out of the land of Egypt in haste), so that you may remember all the days of your life the day when you came out of the land of Egypt. -- deuteronomy 16:3 +. +"For seven days no leaven shall be seen with you in all your territory, and none of the flesh which you sacrifice on the evening of the first day shall remain overnight until morning. -- deuteronomy 16:4 +. +"You are not allowed to sacrifice the Passover in any of your towns which the LORD your God is giving you; -- deuteronomy 16:5 +. +but at the place where the LORD your God chooses to establish His name, you shall sacrifice the Passover in the evening at sunset, at the time that you came out of Egypt. -- deuteronomy 16:6 +. +"You shall cook and eat it in the place which the LORD your God chooses. In the morning you are to return to your tents. -- deuteronomy 16:7 +. +"Six days you shall eat unleavened bread, and on the seventh day there shall be a solemn assembly to the LORD your God; you shall do no work on it. -- deuteronomy 16:8 +. +"You shall count seven weeks for yourself; you shall begin to count seven weeks from the time you begin to put the sickle to the standing grain. -- deuteronomy 16:9 +. +"Then you shall celebrate the Feast of Weeks to the LORD your God with a tribute of a freewill offering of your hand, which you shall give just as the LORD your God blesses you; -- deuteronomy 16:10 +. +and you shall rejoice before the LORD your God, you and your son and your daughter and your male and female servants and the Levite who is in your town, and the stranger and the orphan and the widow who are in your midst, in the place where the LORD your God chooses to establish His name. -- deuteronomy 16:11 +. +"You shall remember that you were a slave in Egypt, and you shall be careful to observe these statutes. -- deuteronomy 16:12 +. +"You shall celebrate the Feast of Booths seven days after you have gathered in from your threshing floor and your wine vat; -- deuteronomy 16:13 +. +and you shall rejoice in your feast, you and your son and your daughter and your male and female servants and the Levite and the stranger and the orphan and the widow who are in your towns. -- deuteronomy 16:14 +. +"Seven days you shall celebrate a feast to the LORD your God in the place which the LORD chooses, because the LORD your God will bless you in all your produce and in all the work of your hands, so that you will be altogether joyful. -- deuteronomy 16:15 +. +"Three times in a year all your males shall appear before the LORD your God in the place which He chooses, at the Feast of Unleavened Bread and at the Feast of Weeks and at the Feast of Booths, and they shall not appear before the LORD empty-handed. -- deuteronomy 16:16 +. +"Every man shall give as he is able, according to the blessing of the LORD your God which He has given you. -- deuteronomy 16:17 +. +"You shall appoint for yourself judges and officers in all your towns which the LORD your God is giving you, according to your tribes, and they shall judge the people with righteous judgment. -- deuteronomy 16:18 +. +"You shall not distort justice; you shall not be partial, and you shall not take a bribe, for a bribe blinds the eyes of the wise and perverts the words of the righteous. -- deuteronomy 16:19 +. +"Justice, and only justice, you shall pursue, that you may live and possess the land which the LORD your God is giving you. -- deuteronomy 16:20 +. +"You shall not plant for yourself an Asherah of any kind of tree beside the altar of the LORD your God, which you shall make for yourself. -- deuteronomy 16:21 +. +"You shall not set up for yourself a sacred pillar which the LORD your God hates. -- deuteronomy 16:22 +. +"You shall not sacrifice to the LORD your God an ox or a sheep which has a blemish or any defect, for that is a detestable thing to the LORD your God. -- deuteronomy 17:1 +. +"If there is found in your midst, in any of your towns, which the LORD your God is giving you, a man or a woman who does what is evil in the sight of the LORD your God, by transgressing His covenant, -- deuteronomy 17:2 +. +and has gone and served other gods and worshiped them, or the sun or the moon or any of the heavenly host, which I have not commanded, -- deuteronomy 17:3 +. +and if it is told you and you have heard of it, then you shall inquire thoroughly. Behold, if it is true and the thing certain that this detestable thing has been done in Israel, -- deuteronomy 17:4 +. +then you shall bring out that man or that woman who has done this evil deed to your gates, that is, the man or the woman, and you shall stone them to death. -- deuteronomy 17:5 +. +"On the evidence of two witnesses or three witnesses, he who is to die shall be put to death; he shall not be put to death on the evidence of one witness. -- deuteronomy 17:6 +. +"The hand of the witnesses shall be first against him to put him to death, and afterward the hand of all the people. So you shall purge the evil from your midst. -- deuteronomy 17:7 +. +"If any case is too difficult for you to decide, between one kind of homicide or another, between one kind of lawsuit or another, and between one kind of assault or another, being cases of dispute in your courts, then you shall arise and go up to the place which the LORD your God chooses. -- deuteronomy 17:8 +. +"So you shall come to the Levitical priest or the judge who is in office in those days, and you shall inquire of them and they will declare to you the verdict in the case. -- deuteronomy 17:9 +. +"You shall do according to the terms of the verdict which they declare to you from that place which the LORD chooses; and you shall be careful to observe according to all that they teach you. -- deuteronomy 17:10 +. +"According to the terms of the law which they teach you, and according to the verdict which they tell you, you shall do; you shall not turn aside from the word which they declare to you, to the right or the left. -- deuteronomy 17:11 +. +"The man who acts presumptuously by not listening to the priest who stands there to serve the LORD your God, nor to the judge, that man shall die; thus you shall purge the evil from Israel. -- deuteronomy 17:12 +. +"Then all the people will hear and be afraid, and will not act presumptuously again. -- deuteronomy 17:13 +. +"When you enter the land which the LORD your God gives you, and you possess it and live in it, and you say, 'I will set a king over me like all the nations who are around me,' -- deuteronomy 17:14 +. +you shall surely set a king over you whom the LORD your God chooses, one from among your countrymen you shall set as king over yourselves; you may not put a foreigner over yourselves who is not your countryman. -- deuteronomy 17:15 +. +"Moreover, he shall not multiply horses for himself, nor shall he cause the people to return to Egypt to multiply horses, since the LORD has said to you, 'You shall never again return that way.' -- deuteronomy 17:16 +. +"He shall not multiply wives for himself, or else his heart will turn away; nor shall he greatly increase silver and gold for himself. -- deuteronomy 17:17 +. +"Now it shall come about when he sits on the throne of his kingdom, he shall write for himself a copy of this law on a scroll in the presence of the Levitical priests. -- deuteronomy 17:18 +. +"It shall be with him and he shall read it all the days of his life, that he may learn to fear the LORD his God, by carefully observing all the words of this law and these statutes, -- deuteronomy 17:19 +. +that his heart may not be lifted up above his countrymen and that he may not turn aside from the commandment, to the right or the left, so that he and his sons may continue long in his kingdom in the midst of Israel. -- deuteronomy 17:20 +. +"The Levitical priests, the whole tribe of Levi, shall have no portion or inheritance with Israel; they shall eat the LORD'S offerings by fire and His portion. -- deuteronomy 18:1 +. +"They shall have no inheritance among their countrymen; the LORD is their inheritance, as He promised them. -- deuteronomy 18:2 +. +"Now this shall be the priests' due from the people, from those who offer a sacrifice, either an ox or a sheep, of which they shall give to the priest the shoulder and the two cheeks and the stomach. -- deuteronomy 18:3 +. +"You shall give him the first fruits of your grain, your new wine, and your oil, and the first shearing of your sheep. -- deuteronomy 18:4 +. +"For the LORD your God has chosen him and his sons from all your tribes, to stand and serve in the name of the LORD forever. -- deuteronomy 18:5 +. +"Now if a Levite comes from any of your towns throughout Israel where he resides, and comes whenever he desires to the place which the LORD chooses, -- deuteronomy 18:6 +. +then he shall serve in the name of the LORD his God, like all his fellow Levites who stand there before the LORD. -- deuteronomy 18:7 +. +"They shall eat equal portions, except what they receive from the sale of their fathers' estates. -- deuteronomy 18:8 +. +"When you enter the land which the LORD your God gives you, you shall not learn to imitate the detestable things of those nations. -- deuteronomy 18:9 +. +"There shall not be found among you anyone who makes his son or his daughter pass through the fire, one who uses divination, one who practices witchcraft, or one who interprets omens, or a sorcerer, -- deuteronomy 18:10 +. +or one who casts a spell, or a medium, or a spiritist, or one who calls up the dead. -- deuteronomy 18:11 +. +"For whoever does these things is detestable to the LORD; and because of these detestable things the LORD your God will drive them out before you. -- deuteronomy 18:12 +. +"You shall be blameless before the LORD your God. -- deuteronomy 18:13 +. +"For those nations, which you shall dispossess, listen to those who practice witchcraft and to diviners, but as for you, the LORD your God has not allowed you to do so. -- deuteronomy 18:14 +. +"The LORD your God will raise up for you a prophet like me from among you, from your countrymen, you shall listen to him. -- deuteronomy 18:15 +. +"This is according to all that you asked of the LORD your God in Horeb on the day of the assembly, saying, 'Let me not hear again the voice of the LORD my God, let me not see this great fire anymore, or I will die.' -- deuteronomy 18:16 +. +"The LORD said to me, 'They have spoken well. -- deuteronomy 18:17 +. +'I will raise up a prophet from among their countrymen like you, and I will put My words in his mouth, and he shall speak to them all that I command him. -- deuteronomy 18:18 +. +'It shall come about that whoever will not listen to My words which he shall speak in My name, I Myself will require it of him. -- deuteronomy 18:19 +. +'But the prophet who speaks a word presumptuously in My name which I have not commanded him to speak, or which he speaks in the name of other gods, that prophet shall die.' -- deuteronomy 18:20 +. +"You may say in your heart, 'How will we know the word which the LORD has not spoken?' -- deuteronomy 18:21 +. +"When a prophet speaks in the name of the LORD, if the thing does not come about or come true, that is the thing which the LORD has not spoken. The prophet has spoken it presumptuously; you shall not be afraid of him. -- deuteronomy 18:22 +. +"When the LORD your God cuts off the nations, whose land the LORD your God gives you, and you dispossess them and settle in their cities and in their houses, -- deuteronomy 19:1 +. +you shall set aside three cities for yourself in the midst of your land, which the LORD your God gives you to possess. -- deuteronomy 19:2 +. +"You shall prepare the roads for yourself, and divide into three parts the territory of your land which the LORD your God will give you as a possession, so that any manslayer may flee there. -- deuteronomy 19:3 +. +"Now this is the case of the manslayer who may flee there and live: when he kills his friend unintentionally, not hating him previously-- -- deuteronomy 19:4 +. +as when a man goes into the forest with his friend to cut wood, and his hand swings the axe to cut down the tree, and the iron head slips off the handle and strikes his friend so that he dies--he may flee to one of these cities and live; -- deuteronomy 19:5 +. +otherwise the avenger of blood might pursue the manslayer in the heat of his anger, and overtake him, because the way is long, and take his life, though he was not deserving of death, since he had not hated him previously. -- deuteronomy 19:6 +. +"Therefore, I command you, saying, 'You shall set aside three cities for yourself.' -- deuteronomy 19:7 +. +"If the LORD your God enlarges your territory, just as He has sworn to your fathers, and gives you all the land which He promised to give your fathers-- -- deuteronomy 19:8 +. +if you carefully observe all this commandment which I command you today, to love the LORD your God, and to walk in His ways always--then you shall add three more cities for yourself, besides these three. -- deuteronomy 19:9 +. +"So innocent blood will not be shed in the midst of your land which the LORD your God gives you as an inheritance, and bloodguiltiness be on you. -- deuteronomy 19:10 +. +"But if there is a man who hates his neighbor and lies in wait for him and rises up against him and strikes him so that he dies, and he flees to one of these cities, -- deuteronomy 19:11 +. +then the elders of his city shall send and take him from there and deliver him into the hand of the avenger of blood, that he may die. -- deuteronomy 19:12 +. +"You shall not pity him, but you shall purge the blood of the innocent from Israel, that it may go well with you. -- deuteronomy 19:13 +. +"You shall not move your neighbor's boundary mark, which the ancestors have set, in your inheritance which you will inherit in the land that the LORD your God gives you to possess. -- deuteronomy 19:14 +. +"A single witness shall not rise up against a man on account of any iniquity or any sin which he has committed; on the evidence of two or three witnesses a matter shall be confirmed. -- deuteronomy 19:15 +. +"If a malicious witness rises up against a man to accuse him of wrongdoing, -- deuteronomy 19:16 +. +then both the men who have the dispute shall stand before the LORD, before the priests and the judges who will be in office in those days. -- deuteronomy 19:17 +. +"The judges shall investigate thoroughly, and if the witness is a false witness and he has accused his brother falsely, -- deuteronomy 19:18 +. +then you shall do to him just as he had intended to do to his brother. Thus you shall purge the evil from among you. -- deuteronomy 19:19 +. +"The rest will hear and be afraid, and will never again do such an evil thing among you. -- deuteronomy 19:20 +. +"Thus you shall not show pity: life for life, eye for eye, tooth for tooth, hand for hand, foot for foot. -- deuteronomy 19:21 +. +"When you go out to battle against your enemies and see horses and chariots and people more numerous than you, do not be afraid of them; for the LORD your God, who brought you up from the land of Egypt, is with you. -- deuteronomy 20:1 +. +"When you are approaching the battle, the priest shall come near and speak to the people. -- deuteronomy 20:2 +. +"He shall say to them, 'Hear, O Israel, you are approaching the battle against your enemies today. Do not be fainthearted. Do not be afraid, or panic, or tremble before them, -- deuteronomy 20:3 +. +for the LORD your God is the one who goes with you, to fight for you against your enemies, to save you.' -- deuteronomy 20:4 +. +"The officers also shall speak to the people, saying, 'Who is the man that has built a new house and has not dedicated it? Let him depart and return to his house, otherwise he might die in the battle and another man would dedicate it. -- deuteronomy 20:5 +. +'Who is the man that has planted a vineyard and has not begun to use its fruit? Let him depart and return to his house, otherwise he might die in the battle and another man would begin to use its fruit. -- deuteronomy 20:6 +. +'And who is the man that is engaged to a woman and has not married her? Let him depart and return to his house, otherwise he might die in the battle and another man would marry her.' -- deuteronomy 20:7 +. +"Then the officers shall speak further to the people and say, 'Who is the man that is afraid and fainthearted? Let him depart and return to his house, so that he might not make his brothers' hearts melt like his heart.' -- deuteronomy 20:8 +. +"When the officers have finished speaking to the people, they shall appoint commanders of armies at the head of the people. -- deuteronomy 20:9 +. +"When you approach a city to fight against it, you shall offer it terms of peace. -- deuteronomy 20:10 +. +"If it agrees to make peace with you and opens to you, then all the people who are found in it shall become your forced labor and shall serve you. -- deuteronomy 20:11 +. +"However, if it does not make peace with you, but makes war against you, then you shall besiege it. -- deuteronomy 20:12 +. +"When the LORD your God gives it into your hand, you shall strike all the men in it with the edge of the sword. -- deuteronomy 20:13 +. +"Only the women and the children and the animals and all that is in the city, all its spoil, you shall take as booty for yourself; and you shall use the spoil of your enemies which the LORD your God has given you. -- deuteronomy 20:14 +. +"Thus you shall do to all the cities that are very far from you, which are not of the cities of these nations nearby. -- deuteronomy 20:15 +. +"Only in the cities of these peoples that the LORD your God is giving you as an inheritance, you shall not leave alive anything that breathes. -- deuteronomy 20:16 +. +"But you shall utterly destroy them, the Hittite and the Amorite, the Canaanite and the Perizzite, the Hivite and the Jebusite, as the LORD your God has commanded you, -- deuteronomy 20:17 +. +so that they may not teach you to do according to all their detestable things which they have done for their gods, so that you would sin against the LORD your God. -- deuteronomy 20:18 +. +"When you besiege a city a long time, to make war against it in order to capture it, you shall not destroy its trees by swinging an axe against them; for you may eat from them, and you shall not cut them down. For is the tree of the field a man, that it should be besieged by you? -- deuteronomy 20:19 +. +"Only the trees which you know are not fruit trees you shall destroy and cut down, that you may construct siegeworks against the city that is making war with you until it falls. -- deuteronomy 20:20 +. +"If a slain person is found lying in the open country in the land which the LORD your God gives you to possess, and it is not known who has struck him, -- deuteronomy 21:1 +. +then your elders and your judges shall go out and measure the distance to the cities which are around the slain one. -- deuteronomy 21:2 +. +"It shall be that the city which is nearest to the slain man, that is, the elders of that city, shall take a heifer of the herd, which has not been worked and which has not pulled in a yoke; -- deuteronomy 21:3 +. +and the elders of that city shall bring the heifer down to a valley with running water, which has not been plowed or sown, and shall break the heifer's neck there in the valley. -- deuteronomy 21:4 +. +"Then the priests, the sons of Levi, shall come near, for the LORD your God has chosen them to serve Him and to bless in the name of the LORD; and every dispute and every assault shall be settled by them. -- deuteronomy 21:5 +. +"All the elders of that city which is nearest to the slain man shall wash their hands over the heifer whose neck was broken in the valley; -- deuteronomy 21:6 +. +and they shall answer and say, 'Our hands did not shed this blood, nor did our eyes see it. -- deuteronomy 21:7 +. +'Forgive Your people Israel whom You have redeemed, O LORD, and do not place the guilt of innocent blood in the midst of Your people Israel.' And the bloodguiltiness shall be forgiven them. -- deuteronomy 21:8 +. +"So you shall remove the guilt of innocent blood from your midst, when you do what is right in the eyes of the LORD. -- deuteronomy 21:9 +. +"When you go out to battle against your enemies, and the LORD your God delivers them into your hands and you take them away captive, -- deuteronomy 21:10 +. +and see among the captives a beautiful woman, and have a desire for her and would take her as a wife for yourself, -- deuteronomy 21:11 +. +then you shall bring her home to your house, and she shall shave her head and trim her nails. -- deuteronomy 21:12 +. +"She shall also remove the clothes of her captivity and shall remain in your house, and mourn her father and mother a full month; and after that you may go in to her and be her husband and she shall be your wife. -- deuteronomy 21:13 +. +"It shall be, if you are not pleased with her, then you shall let her go wherever she wishes; but you shall certainly not sell her for money, you shall not mistreat her, because you have humbled her. -- deuteronomy 21:14 +. +"If a man has two wives, the one loved and the other unloved, and both the loved and the unloved have borne him sons, if the firstborn son belongs to the unloved, -- deuteronomy 21:15 +. +then it shall be in the day he wills what he has to his sons, he cannot make the son of the loved the firstborn before the son of the unloved, who is the firstborn. -- deuteronomy 21:16 +. +"But he shall acknowledge the firstborn, the son of the unloved, by giving him a double portion of all that he has, for he is the beginning of his strength; to him belongs the right of the firstborn. -- deuteronomy 21:17 +. +"If any man has a stubborn and rebellious son who will not obey his father or his mother, and when they chastise him, he will not even listen to them, -- deuteronomy 21:18 +. +then his father and mother shall seize him, and bring him out to the elders of his city at the gateway of his hometown. -- deuteronomy 21:19 +. +"They shall say to the elders of his city, 'This son of ours is stubborn and rebellious, he will not obey us, he is a glutton and a drunkard.' -- deuteronomy 21:20 +. +"Then all the men of his city shall stone him to death; so you shall remove the evil from your midst, and all Israel will hear of it and fear. -- deuteronomy 21:21 +. +"If a man has committed a sin worthy of death and he is put to death, and you hang him on a tree, -- deuteronomy 21:22 +. +his corpse shall not hang all night on the tree, but you shall surely bury him on the same day (for he who is hanged is accursed of God), so that you do not defile your land which the LORD your God gives you as an inheritance. -- deuteronomy 21:23 +. +"You shall not see your countryman's ox or his sheep straying away, and pay no attention to them; you shall certainly bring them back to your countryman. -- deuteronomy 22:1 +. +"If your countryman is not near you, or if you do not know him, then you shall bring it home to your house, and it shall remain with you until your countryman looks for it; then you shall restore it to him. -- deuteronomy 22:2 +. +"Thus you shall do with his donkey, and you shall do the same with his garment, and you shall do likewise with anything lost by your countryman, which he has lost and you have found. You are not allowed to neglect them. -- deuteronomy 22:3 +. +"You shall not see your countryman's donkey or his ox fallen down on the way, and pay no attention to them; you shall certainly help him to raise them up. -- deuteronomy 22:4 +. +"A woman shall not wear man's clothing, nor shall a man put on a woman's clothing; for whoever does these things is an abomination to the LORD your God. -- deuteronomy 22:5 +. +"If you happen to come upon a bird's nest along the way, in any tree or on the ground, with young ones or eggs, and the mother sitting on the young or on the eggs, you shall not take the mother with the young; -- deuteronomy 22:6 +. +you shall certainly let the mother go, but the young you may take for yourself, in order that it may be well with you and that you may prolong your days. -- deuteronomy 22:7 +. +"When you build a new house, you shall make a parapet for your roof, so that you will not bring bloodguilt on your house if anyone falls from it. -- deuteronomy 22:8 +. +"You shall not sow your vineyard with two kinds of seed, or all the produce of the seed which you have sown and the increase of the vineyard will become defiled. -- deuteronomy 22:9 +. +"You shall not plow with an ox and a donkey together. -- deuteronomy 22:10 +. +"You shall not wear a material mixed of wool and linen together. -- deuteronomy 22:11 +. +"You shall make yourself tassels on the four corners of your garment with which you cover yourself. -- deuteronomy 22:12 +. +"If any man takes a wife and goes in to her and then turns against her, -- deuteronomy 22:13 +. +and charges her with shameful deeds and publicly defames her, and says, 'I took this woman, but when I came near her, I did not find her a virgin,' -- deuteronomy 22:14 +. +then the girl's father and her mother shall take and bring out the evidence of the girl's virginity to the elders of the city at the gate. -- deuteronomy 22:15 +. +"The girl's father shall say to the elders, 'I gave my daughter to this man for a wife, but he turned against her; -- deuteronomy 22:16 +. +and behold, he has charged her with shameful deeds, saying, "I did not find your daughter a virgin." But this is the evidence of my daughter's virginity.' And they shall spread the garment before the elders of the city. -- deuteronomy 22:17 +. +"So the elders of that city shall take the man and chastise him, -- deuteronomy 22:18 +. +and they shall fine him a hundred shekels of silver and give it to the girl's father, because he publicly defamed a virgin of Israel. And she shall remain his wife; he cannot divorce her all his days. -- deuteronomy 22:19 +. +"But if this charge is true, that the girl was not found a virgin, -- deuteronomy 22:20 +. +then they shall bring out the girl to the doorway of her father's house, and the men of her city shall stone her to death because she has committed an act of folly in Israel by playing the harlot in her father's house; thus you shall purge the evil from among you. -- deuteronomy 22:21 +. +"If a man is found lying with a married woman, then both of them shall die, the man who lay with the woman, and the woman; thus you shall purge the evil from Israel. -- deuteronomy 22:22 +. +"If there is a girl who is a virgin engaged to a man, and another man finds her in the city and lies with her, -- deuteronomy 22:23 +. +then you shall bring them both out to the gate of that city and you shall stone them to death; the girl, because she did not cry out in the city, and the man, because he has violated his neighbor's wife. Thus you shall purge the evil from among you. -- deuteronomy 22:24 +. +"But if in the field the man finds the girl who is engaged, and the man forces her and lies with her, then only the man who lies with her shall die. -- deuteronomy 22:25 +. +"But you shall do nothing to the girl; there is no sin in the girl worthy of death, for just as a man rises against his neighbor and murders him, so is this case. -- deuteronomy 22:26 +. +"When he found her in the field, the engaged girl cried out, but there was no one to save her. -- deuteronomy 22:27 +. +"If a man finds a girl who is a virgin, who is not engaged, and seizes her and lies with her and they are discovered, -- deuteronomy 22:28 +. +then the man who lay with her shall give to the girl's father fifty shekels of silver, and she shall become his wife because he has violated her; he cannot divorce her all his days. -- deuteronomy 22:29 +. +"A man shall not take his father's wife so that he will not uncover his father's skirt. -- deuteronomy 22:30 +. +"No one who is emasculated or has his male organ cut off shall enter the assembly of the LORD. -- deuteronomy 23:1 +. +"No one of illegitimate birth shall enter the assembly of the LORD; none of his descendants, even to the tenth generation, shall enter the assembly of the LORD. -- deuteronomy 23:2 +. +"No Ammonite or Moabite shall enter the assembly of the LORD; none of their descendants, even to the tenth generation, shall ever enter the assembly of the LORD, -- deuteronomy 23:3 +. +because they did not meet you with food and water on the way when you came out of Egypt, and because they hired against you Balaam the son of Beor from Pethor of Mesopotamia, to curse you. -- deuteronomy 23:4 +. +"Nevertheless, the LORD your God was not willing to listen to Balaam, but the LORD your God turned the curse into a blessing for you because the LORD your God loves you. -- deuteronomy 23:5 +. +"You shall never seek their peace or their prosperity all your days. -- deuteronomy 23:6 +. +"You shall not detest an Edomite, for he is your brother; you shall not detest an Egyptian, because you were an alien in his land. -- deuteronomy 23:7 +. +"The sons of the third generation who are born to them may enter the assembly of the LORD. -- deuteronomy 23:8 +. +"When you go out as an army against your enemies, you shall keep yourself from every evil thing. -- deuteronomy 23:9 +. +"If there is among you any man who is unclean because of a nocturnal emission, then he must go outside the camp; he may not reenter the camp. -- deuteronomy 23:10 +. +"But it shall be when evening approaches, he shall bathe himself with water, and at sundown he may reenter the camp. -- deuteronomy 23:11 +. +"You shall also have a place outside the camp and go out there, -- deuteronomy 23:12 +. +and you shall have a spade among your tools, and it shall be when you sit down outside, you shall dig with it and shall turn to cover up your excrement. -- deuteronomy 23:13 +. +"Since the LORD your God walks in the midst of your camp to deliver you and to defeat your enemies before you, therefore your camp must be holy; and He must not see anything indecent among you or He will turn away from you. -- deuteronomy 23:14 +. +"You shall not hand over to his master a slave who has escaped from his master to you. -- deuteronomy 23:15 +. +"He shall live with you in your midst, in the place which he shall choose in one of your towns where it pleases him; you shall not mistreat him. -- deuteronomy 23:16 +. +"None of the daughters of Israel shall be a cult prostitute, nor shall any of the sons of Israel be a cult prostitute. -- deuteronomy 23:17 +. +"You shall not bring the hire of a harlot or the wages of a dog into the house of the LORD your God for any votive offering, for both of these are an abomination to the LORD your God. -- deuteronomy 23:18 +. +"You shall not charge interest to your countrymen: interest on money, food, or anything that may be loaned at interest. -- deuteronomy 23:19 +. +"You may charge interest to a foreigner, but to your countrymen you shall not charge interest, so that the LORD your God may bless you in all that you undertake in the land which you are about to enter to possess. -- deuteronomy 23:20 +. +"When you make a vow to the LORD your God, you shall not delay to pay it, for it would be sin in you, and the LORD your God will surely require it of you. -- deuteronomy 23:21 +. +"However, if you refrain from vowing, it would not be sin in you. -- deuteronomy 23:22 +. +"You shall be careful to perform what goes out from your lips, just as you have voluntarily vowed to the LORD your God, what you have promised. -- deuteronomy 23:23 +. +"When you enter your neighbor's vineyard, then you may eat grapes until you are fully satisfied, but you shall not put any in your basket. -- deuteronomy 23:24 +. +"When you enter your neighbor's standing grain, then you may pluck the heads with your hand, but you shall not wield a sickle in your neighbor's standing grain. -- deuteronomy 23:25 +. +"When a man takes a wife and marries her, and it happens that she finds no favor in his eyes because he has found some indecency in her, and he writes her a certificate of divorce and puts it in her hand and sends her out from his house, -- deuteronomy 24:1 +. +and she leaves his house and goes and becomes another man's wife, -- deuteronomy 24:2 +. +and if the latter husband turns against her and writes her a certificate of divorce and puts it in her hand and sends her out of his house, or if the latter husband dies who took her to be his wife, -- deuteronomy 24:3 +. +then her former husband who sent her away is not allowed to take her again to be his wife, since she has been defiled; for that is an abomination before the LORD, and you shall not bring sin on the land which the LORD your God gives you as an inheritance. -- deuteronomy 24:4 +. +"When a man takes a new wife, he shall not go out with the army nor be charged with any duty; he shall be free at home one year and shall give happiness to his wife whom he has taken. -- deuteronomy 24:5 +. +"No one shall take a handmill or an upper millstone in pledge, for he would be taking a life in pledge. -- deuteronomy 24:6 +. +"If a man is caught kidnapping any of his countrymen of the sons of Israel, and he deals with him violently or sells him, then that thief shall die; so you shall purge the evil from among you. -- deuteronomy 24:7 +. +"Be careful against an infection of leprosy, that you diligently observe and do according to all that the Levitical priests teach you; as I have commanded them, so you shall be careful to do. -- deuteronomy 24:8 +. +"Remember what the LORD your God did to Miriam on the way as you came out of Egypt. -- deuteronomy 24:9 +. +"When you make your neighbor a loan of any sort, you shall not enter his house to take his pledge. -- deuteronomy 24:10 +. +"You shall remain outside, and the man to whom you make the loan shall bring the pledge out to you. -- deuteronomy 24:11 +. +"If he is a poor man, you shall not sleep with his pledge. -- deuteronomy 24:12 +. +"When the sun goes down you shall surely return the pledge to him, that he may sleep in his cloak and bless you; and it will be righteousness for you before the LORD your God. -- deuteronomy 24:13 +. +"You shall not oppress a hired servant who is poor and needy, whether he is one of your countrymen or one of your aliens who is in your land in your towns. -- deuteronomy 24:14 +. +"You shall give him his wages on his day before the sun sets, for he is poor and sets his heart on it; so that he will not cry against you to the LORD and it become sin in you. -- deuteronomy 24:15 +. +"Fathers shall not be put to death for their sons, nor shall sons be put to death for their fathers; everyone shall be put to death for his own sin. -- deuteronomy 24:16 +. +"You shall not pervert the justice due an alien or an orphan, nor take a widow's garment in pledge. -- deuteronomy 24:17 +. +"But you shall remember that you were a slave in Egypt, and that the LORD your God redeemed you from there; therefore I am commanding you to do this thing. -- deuteronomy 24:18 +. +"When you reap your harvest in your field and have forgotten a sheaf in the field, you shall not go back to get it; it shall be for the alien, for the orphan, and for the widow, in order that the LORD your God may bless you in all the work of your hands. -- deuteronomy 24:19 +. +"When you beat your olive tree, you shall not go over the boughs again; it shall be for the alien, for the orphan, and for the widow. -- deuteronomy 24:20 +. +"When you gather the grapes of your vineyard, you shall not go over it again; it shall be for the alien, for the orphan, and for the widow. -- deuteronomy 24:21 +. +"You shall remember that you were a slave in the land of Egypt; therefore I am commanding you to do this thing. -- deuteronomy 24:22 +. +"If there is a dispute between men and they go to court, and the judges decide their case, and they justify the righteous and condemn the wicked, -- deuteronomy 25:1 +. +then it shall be if the wicked man deserves to be beaten, the judge shall then make him lie down and be beaten in his presence with the number of stripes according to his guilt. -- deuteronomy 25:2 +. +"He may beat him forty times but no more, so that he does not beat him with many more stripes than these and your brother is not degraded in your eyes. -- deuteronomy 25:3 +. +"You shall not muzzle the ox while he is threshing. -- deuteronomy 25:4 +. +"When brothers live together and one of them dies and has no son, the wife of the deceased shall not be married outside the family to a strange man. Her husband's brother shall go in to her and take her to himself as wife and perform the duty of a husband's brother to her. -- deuteronomy 25:5 +. +"It shall be that the firstborn whom she bears shall assume the name of his dead brother, so that his name will not be blotted out from Israel. -- deuteronomy 25:6 +. +"But if the man does not desire to take his brother's wife, then his brother's wife shall go up to the gate to the elders and say, 'My husband's brother refuses to establish a name for his brother in Israel; he is not willing to perform the duty of a husband's brother to me.' -- deuteronomy 25:7 +. +"Then the elders of his city shall summon him and speak to him. And if he persists and says, 'I do not desire to take her,' -- deuteronomy 25:8 +. +then his brother's wife shall come to him in the sight of the elders, and pull his sandal off his foot and spit in his face; and she shall declare, 'Thus it is done to the man who does not build up his brother's house.' -- deuteronomy 25:9 +. +"In Israel his name shall be called, 'The house of him whose sandal is removed.' -- deuteronomy 25:10 +. +"If two men, a man and his countryman, are struggling together, and the wife of one comes near to deliver her husband from the hand of the one who is striking him, and puts out her hand and seizes his genitals, -- deuteronomy 25:11 +. +then you shall cut off her hand; you shall not show pity. -- deuteronomy 25:12 +. +"You shall not have in your bag differing weights, a large and a small. -- deuteronomy 25:13 +. +"You shall not have in your house differing measures, a large and a small. -- deuteronomy 25:14 +. +"You shall have a full and just weight; you shall have a full and just measure, that your days may be prolonged in the land which the LORD your God gives you. -- deuteronomy 25:15 +. +"For everyone who does these things, everyone who acts unjustly is an abomination to the LORD your God. -- deuteronomy 25:16 +. +"Remember what Amalek did to you along the way when you came out from Egypt, -- deuteronomy 25:17 +. +how he met you along the way and attacked among you all the stragglers at your rear when you were faint and weary; and he did not fear God. -- deuteronomy 25:18 +. +"Therefore it shall come about when the LORD your God has given you rest from all your surrounding enemies, in the land which the LORD your God gives you as an inheritance to possess, you shall blot out the memory of Amalek from under heaven; you must not forget. -- deuteronomy 25:19 +. +"Then it shall be, when you enter the land which the LORD your God gives you as an inheritance, and you possess it and live in it, -- deuteronomy 26:1 +. +that you shall take some of the first of all the produce of the ground which you bring in from your land that the LORD your God gives you, and you shall put it in a basket and go to the place where the LORD your God chooses to establish His name. -- deuteronomy 26:2 +. +"You shall go to the priest who is in office at that time and say to him, 'I declare this day to the LORD my God that I have entered the land which the LORD swore to our fathers to give us.' -- deuteronomy 26:3 +. +"Then the priest shall take the basket from your hand and set it down before the altar of the LORD your God. -- deuteronomy 26:4 +. +"You shall answer and say before the LORD your God, 'My father was a wandering Aramean, and he went down to Egypt and sojourned there, few in number; but there he became a great, mighty and populous nation. -- deuteronomy 26:5 +. +'And the Egyptians treated us harshly and afflicted us, and imposed hard labor on us. -- deuteronomy 26:6 +. +'Then we cried to the LORD, the God of our fathers, and the LORD heard our voice and saw our affliction and our toil and our oppression; -- deuteronomy 26:7 +. +and the LORD brought us out of Egypt with a mighty hand and an outstretched arm and with great terror and with signs and wonders; -- deuteronomy 26:8 +. +and He has brought us to this place and has given us this land, a land flowing with milk and honey. -- deuteronomy 26:9 +. +'Now behold, I have brought the first of the produce of the ground which You, O LORD have given me.' And you shall set it down before the LORD your God, and worship before the LORD your God; -- deuteronomy 26:10 +. +and you and the Levite and the alien who is among you shall rejoice in all the good which the LORD your God has given you and your household. -- deuteronomy 26:11 +. +"When you have finished paying all the tithe of your increase in the third year, the year of tithing, then you shall give it to the Levite, to the stranger, to the orphan and to the widow, that they may eat in your towns and be satisfied. -- deuteronomy 26:12 +. +"You shall say before the LORD your God, 'I have removed the sacred portion from my house, and also have given it to the Levite and the alien, the orphan and the widow, according to all Your commandments which You have commanded me; I have not transgressed or forgotten any of Your commandments. -- deuteronomy 26:13 +. +'I have not eaten of it while mourning, nor have I removed any of it while I was unclean, nor offered any of it to the dead. I have listened to the voice of the LORD my God; I have done according to all that You have commanded me. -- deuteronomy 26:14 +. +'Look down from Your holy habitation, from heaven, and bless Your people Israel, and the ground which You have given us, a land flowing with milk and honey, as You swore to our fathers.' -- deuteronomy 26:15 +. +"This day the LORD your God commands you to do these statutes and ordinances. You shall therefore be careful to do them with all your heart and with all your soul. -- deuteronomy 26:16 +. +"You have today declared the LORD to be your God, and that you would walk in His ways and keep His statutes, His commandments and His ordinances, and listen to His voice. -- deuteronomy 26:17 +. +"The LORD has today declared you to be His people, a treasured possession, as He promised you, and that you should keep all His commandments; -- deuteronomy 26:18 +. +and that He will set you high above all nations which He has made, for praise, fame, and honor; and that you shall be a consecrated people to the LORD your God, as He has spoken." -- deuteronomy 26:19 +. +Then Moses and the elders of Israel charged the people, saying, "Keep all the commandments which I command you today. -- deuteronomy 27:1 +. +"So it shall be on the day when you cross the Jordan to the land which the LORD your God gives you, that you shall set up for yourself large stones and coat them with lime -- deuteronomy 27:2 +. +and write on them all the words of this law, when you cross over, so that you may enter the land which the LORD your God gives you, a land flowing with milk and honey, as the LORD, the God of your fathers, promised you. -- deuteronomy 27:3 +. +"So it shall be when you cross the Jordan, you shall set up on Mount Ebal, these stones, as I am commanding you today, and you shall coat them with lime. -- deuteronomy 27:4 +. +"Moreover, you shall build there an altar to the LORD your God, an altar of stones; you shall not wield an iron tool on them. -- deuteronomy 27:5 +. +"You shall build the altar of the LORD your God of uncut stones, and you shall offer on it burnt offerings to the LORD your God; -- deuteronomy 27:6 +. +and you shall sacrifice peace offerings and eat there, and rejoice before the LORD your God. -- deuteronomy 27:7 +. +"You shall write on the stones all the words of this law very distinctly." -- deuteronomy 27:8 +. +Then Moses and the Levitical priests spoke to all Israel, saying, "Be silent and listen, O Israel! This day you have become a people for the LORD your God. -- deuteronomy 27:9 +. +"You shall therefore obey the LORD your God, and do His commandments and His statutes which I command you today." -- deuteronomy 27:10 +. +Moses also charged the people on that day, saying, -- deuteronomy 27:11 +. +"When you cross the Jordan, these shall stand on Mount Gerizim to bless the people: Simeon, Levi, Judah, Issachar, Joseph, and Benjamin. -- deuteronomy 27:12 +. +"For the curse, these shall stand on Mount Ebal: Reuben, Gad, Asher, Zebulun, Dan, and Naphtali. -- deuteronomy 27:13 +. +"The Levites shall then answer and say to all the men of Israel with a loud voice, -- deuteronomy 27:14 +. +'Cursed is the man who makes an idol or a molten image, an abomination to the LORD, the work of the hands of the craftsman, and sets it up in secret.' And all the people shall answer and say, 'Amen.' -- deuteronomy 27:15 +. +'Cursed is he who dishonors his father or mother.' And all the people shall say, 'Amen.' -- deuteronomy 27:16 +. +'Cursed is he who moves his neighbor's boundary mark.' And all the people shall say, 'Amen.' -- deuteronomy 27:17 +. +'Cursed is he who misleads a blind person on the road.' And all the people shall say, 'Amen.' -- deuteronomy 27:18 +. +'Cursed is he who distorts the justice due an alien, orphan, and widow.' And all the people shall say, 'Amen.' -- deuteronomy 27:19 +. +'Cursed is he who lies with his father's wife, because he has uncovered his father's skirt.' And all the people shall say, 'Amen.' -- deuteronomy 27:20 +. +'Cursed is he who lies with any animal.' And all the people shall say, 'Amen.' -- deuteronomy 27:21 +. +'Cursed is he who lies with his sister, the daughter of his father or of his mother.' And all the people shall say, 'Amen.' -- deuteronomy 27:22 +. +'Cursed is he who lies with his mother-in-law.' And all the people shall say, 'Amen.' -- deuteronomy 27:23 +. +'Cursed is he who strikes his neighbor in secret.' And all the people shall say, 'Amen.' -- deuteronomy 27:24 +. +'Cursed is he who accepts a bribe to strike down an innocent person.' And all the people shall say, 'Amen.' -- deuteronomy 27:25 +. +'Cursed is he who does not confirm the words of this law by doing them.' And all the people shall say, 'Amen.' -- deuteronomy 27:26 +. +"Now it shall be, if you diligently obey the LORD your God, being careful to do all His commandments which I command you today, the LORD your God will set you high above all the nations of the earth. -- deuteronomy 28:1 +. +"All these blessings will come upon you and overtake you if you obey the LORD your God: -- deuteronomy 28:2 +. +"Blessed shall you be in the city, and blessed shall you be in the country. -- deuteronomy 28:3 +. +"Blessed shall be the offspring of your body and the produce of your ground and the offspring of your beasts, the increase of your herd and the young of your flock. -- deuteronomy 28:4 +. +"Blessed shall be your basket and your kneading bowl. -- deuteronomy 28:5 +. +"Blessed shall you be when you come in, and blessed shall you be when you go out. -- deuteronomy 28:6 +. +"The LORD shall cause your enemies who rise up against you to be defeated before you; they will come out against you one way and will flee before you seven ways. -- deuteronomy 28:7 +. +"The LORD will command the blessing upon you in your barns and in all that you put your hand to, and He will bless you in the land which the LORD your God gives you. -- deuteronomy 28:8 +. +"The LORD will establish you as a holy people to Himself, as He swore to you, if you keep the commandments of the LORD your God and walk in His ways. -- deuteronomy 28:9 +. +"So all the peoples of the earth will see that you are called by the name of the LORD, and they will be afraid of you. -- deuteronomy 28:10 +. +"The LORD will make you abound in prosperity, in the offspring of your body and in the offspring of your beast and in the produce of your ground, in the land which the LORD swore to your fathers to give you. -- deuteronomy 28:11 +. +"The LORD will open for you His good storehouse, the heavens, to give rain to your land in its season and to bless all the work of your hand; and you shall lend to many nations, but you shall not borrow. -- deuteronomy 28:12 +. +"The LORD will make you the head and not the tail, and you only will be above, and you will not be underneath, if you listen to the commandments of the LORD your God, which I charge you today, to observe them carefully, -- deuteronomy 28:13 +. +and do not turn aside from any of the words which I command you today, to the right or to the left, to go after other gods to serve them. -- deuteronomy 28:14 +. +"But it shall come about, if you do not obey the LORD your God, to observe to do all His commandments and His statutes with which I charge you today, that all these curses will come upon you and overtake you: -- deuteronomy 28:15 +. +"Cursed shall you be in the city, and cursed shall you be in the country. -- deuteronomy 28:16 +. +"Cursed shall be your basket and your kneading bowl. -- deuteronomy 28:17 +. +"Cursed shall be the offspring of your body and the produce of your ground, the increase of your herd and the young of your flock. -- deuteronomy 28:18 +. +"Cursed shall you be when you come in, and cursed shall you be when you go out. -- deuteronomy 28:19 +. +"The LORD will send upon you curses, confusion, and rebuke, in all you undertake to do, until you are destroyed and until you perish quickly, on account of the evil of your deeds, because you have forsaken Me. -- deuteronomy 28:20 +. +"The LORD will make the pestilence cling to you until He has consumed you from the land where you are entering to possess it. -- deuteronomy 28:21 +. +"The LORD will smite you with consumption and with fever and with inflammation and with fiery heat and with the sword and with blight and with mildew, and they will pursue you until you perish. -- deuteronomy 28:22 +. +"The heaven which is over your head shall be bronze, and the earth which is under you, iron. -- deuteronomy 28:23 +. +"The LORD will make the rain of your land powder and dust; from heaven it shall come down on you until you are destroyed. -- deuteronomy 28:24 +. +"The LORD shall cause you to be defeated before your enemies; you will go out one way against them, but you will flee seven ways before them, and you will be an example of terror to all the kingdoms of the earth. -- deuteronomy 28:25 +. +"Your carcasses will be food to all birds of the sky and to the beasts of the earth, and there will be no one to frighten them away. -- deuteronomy 28:26 +. +"The LORD will smite you with the boils of Egypt and with tumors and with the scab and with the itch, from which you cannot be healed. -- deuteronomy 28:27 +. +"The LORD will smite you with madness and with blindness and with bewilderment of heart; -- deuteronomy 28:28 +. +and you will grope at noon, as the blind man gropes in darkness, and you will not prosper in your ways; but you shall only be oppressed and robbed continually, with none to save you. -- deuteronomy 28:29 +. +"You shall betroth a wife, but another man will violate her; you shall build a house, but you will not live in it; you shall plant a vineyard, but you will not use its fruit. -- deuteronomy 28:30 +. +"Your ox shall be slaughtered before your eyes, but you will not eat of it; your donkey shall be torn away from you, and will not be restored to you; your sheep shall be given to your enemies, and you will have none to save you. -- deuteronomy 28:31 +. +"Your sons and your daughters shall be given to another people, while your eyes look on and yearn for them continually; but there will be nothing you can do. -- deuteronomy 28:32 +. +"A people whom you do not know shall eat up the produce of your ground and all your labors, and you will never be anything but oppressed and crushed continually. -- deuteronomy 28:33 +. +"You shall be driven mad by the sight of what you see. -- deuteronomy 28:34 +. +"The LORD will strike you on the knees and legs with sore boils, from which you cannot be healed, from the sole of your foot to the crown of your head. -- deuteronomy 28:35 +. +"The LORD will bring you and your king, whom you set over you, to a nation which neither you nor your fathers have known, and there you shall serve other gods, wood and stone. -- deuteronomy 28:36 +. +"You shall become a horror, a proverb, and a taunt among all the people where the LORD drives you. -- deuteronomy 28:37 +. +"You shall bring out much seed to the field but you will gather in little, for the locust will consume it. -- deuteronomy 28:38 +. +"You shall plant and cultivate vineyards, but you will neither drink of the wine nor gather the grapes, for the worm will devour them. -- deuteronomy 28:39 +. +"You shall have olive trees throughout your territory but you will not anoint yourself with the oil, for your olives will drop off. -- deuteronomy 28:40 +. +"You shall have sons and daughters but they will not be yours, for they will go into captivity. -- deuteronomy 28:41 +. +"The cricket shall possess all your trees and the produce of your ground. -- deuteronomy 28:42 +. +"The alien who is among you shall rise above you higher and higher, but you will go down lower and lower. -- deuteronomy 28:43 +. +"He shall lend to you, but you will not lend to him; he shall be the head, and you will be the tail. -- deuteronomy 28:44 +. +"So all these curses shall come on you and pursue you and overtake you until you are destroyed, because you would not obey the LORD your God by keeping His commandments and His statutes which He commanded you. -- deuteronomy 28:45 +. +"They shall become a sign and a wonder on you and your descendants forever. -- deuteronomy 28:46 +. +"Because you did not serve the LORD your God with joy and a glad heart, for the abundance of all things; -- deuteronomy 28:47 +. +therefore you shall serve your enemies whom the LORD will send against you, in hunger, in thirst, in nakedness, and in the lack of all things; and He will put an iron yoke on your neck until He has destroyed you. -- deuteronomy 28:48 +. +"The LORD will bring a nation against you from afar, from the end of the earth, as the eagle swoops down, a nation whose language you shall not understand, -- deuteronomy 28:49 +. +a nation of fierce countenance who will have no respect for the old, nor show favor to the young. -- deuteronomy 28:50 +. +"Moreover, it shall eat the offspring of your herd and the produce of your ground until you are destroyed, who also leaves you no grain, new wine, or oil, nor the increase of your herd or the young of your flock until they have caused you to perish. -- deuteronomy 28:51 +. +"It shall besiege you in all your towns until your high and fortified walls in which you trusted come down throughout your land, and it shall besiege you in all your towns throughout your land which the LORD your God has given you. -- deuteronomy 28:52 +. +"Then you shall eat the offspring of your own body, the flesh of your sons and of your daughters whom the LORD your God has given you, during the siege and the distress by which your enemy will oppress you. -- deuteronomy 28:53 +. +"The man who is refined and very delicate among you shall be hostile toward his brother and toward the wife he cherishes and toward the rest of his children who remain, -- deuteronomy 28:54 +. +so that he will not give even one of them any of the flesh of his children which he will eat, since he has nothing else left, during the siege and the distress by which your enemy will oppress you in all your towns. -- deuteronomy 28:55 +. +"The refined and delicate woman among you, who would not venture to set the sole of her foot on the ground for delicateness and refinement, shall be hostile toward the husband she cherishes and toward her son and daughter, -- deuteronomy 28:56 +. +and toward her afterbirth which issues from between her legs and toward her children whom she bears; for she will eat them secretly for lack of anything else, during the siege and the distress by which your enemy will oppress you in your towns. -- deuteronomy 28:57 +. +"If you are not careful to observe all the words of this law which are written in this book, to fear this honored and awesome name, the LORD your God, -- deuteronomy 28:58 +. +then the LORD will bring extraordinary plagues on you and your descendants, even severe and lasting plagues, and miserable and chronic sicknesses. -- deuteronomy 28:59 +. +"He will bring back on you all the diseases of Egypt of which you were afraid, and they will cling to you. -- deuteronomy 28:60 +. +"Also every sickness and every plague which, not written in the book of this law, the LORD will bring on you until you are destroyed. -- deuteronomy 28:61 +. +"Then you shall be left few in number, whereas you were as numerous as the stars of heaven, because you did not obey the LORD your God. -- deuteronomy 28:62 +. +"It shall come about that as the LORD delighted over you to prosper you, and multiply you, so the LORD will delight over you to make you perish and destroy you; and you will be torn from the land where you are entering to possess it. -- deuteronomy 28:63 +. +"Moreover, the LORD will scatter you among all peoples, from one end of the earth to the other end of the earth; and there you shall serve other gods, wood and stone, which you or your fathers have not known. -- deuteronomy 28:64 +. +"Among those nations you shall find no rest, and there will be no resting place for the sole of your foot; but there the LORD will give you a trembling heart, failing of eyes, and despair of soul. -- deuteronomy 28:65 +. +"So your life shall hang in doubt before you; and you will be in dread night and day, and shall have no assurance of your life. -- deuteronomy 28:66 +. +"In the morning you shall say, 'Would that it were evening!' And at evening you shall say, 'Would that it were morning!' because of the dread of your heart which you dread, and for the sight of your eyes which you will see. -- deuteronomy 28:67 +. +"The LORD will bring you back to Egypt in ships, by the way about which I spoke to you, 'You will never see it again!' And there you will offer yourselves for sale to your enemies as male and female slaves, but there will be no buyer." -- deuteronomy 28:68 +. +These are the words of the covenant which the LORD commanded Moses to make with the sons of Israel in the land of Moab, besides the covenant which He had made with them at Horeb. -- deuteronomy 29:1 +. +And Moses summoned all Israel and said to them, "You have seen all that the LORD did before your eyes in the land of Egypt to Pharaoh and all his servants and all his land; -- deuteronomy 29:2 +. +the great trials which your eyes have seen, those great signs and wonders. -- deuteronomy 29:3 +. +"Yet to this day the LORD has not given you a heart to know, nor eyes to see, nor ears to hear. -- deuteronomy 29:4 +. +"I have led you forty years in the wilderness; your clothes have not worn out on you, and your sandal has not worn out on your foot. -- deuteronomy 29:5 +. +"You have not eaten bread, nor have you drunk wine or strong drink, in order that you might know that I am the LORD your God. -- deuteronomy 29:6 +. +"When you reached this place, Sihon the king of Heshbon and Og the king of Bashan came out to meet us for battle, but we defeated them; -- deuteronomy 29:7 +. +and we took their land and gave it as an inheritance to the Reubenites, the Gadites, and the half-tribe of the Manassites. -- deuteronomy 29:8 +. +"So keep the words of this covenant to do them, that you may prosper in all that you do. -- deuteronomy 29:9 +. +"You stand today, all of you, before the LORD your God: your chiefs, your tribes, your elders and your officers, even all the men of Israel, -- deuteronomy 29:10 +. +your little ones, your wives, and the alien who is within your camps, from the one who chops your wood to the one who draws your water, -- deuteronomy 29:11 +. +that you may enter into the covenant with the LORD your God, and into His oath which the LORD your God is making with you today, -- deuteronomy 29:12 +. +in order that He may establish you today as His people and that He may be your God, just as He spoke to you and as He swore to your fathers, to Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob. -- deuteronomy 29:13 +. +"Now not with you alone am I making this covenant and this oath, -- deuteronomy 29:14 +. +but both with those who stand here with us today in the presence of the LORD our God and with those who are not with us here today -- deuteronomy 29:15 +. +(for you know how we lived in the land of Egypt, and how we came through the midst of the nations through which you passed; -- deuteronomy 29:16 +. +moreover, you have seen their abominations and their idols of wood, stone, silver, and gold, which they had with them); -- deuteronomy 29:17 +. +so that there will not be among you a man or woman, or family or tribe, whose heart turns away today from the LORD our God, to go and serve the gods of those nations; that there will not be among you a root bearing poisonous fruit and wormwood. -- deuteronomy 29:18 +. +"It shall be when he hears the words of this curse, that he will boast, saying, 'I have peace though I walk in the stubbornness of my heart in order to destroy the watered land with the dry.' -- deuteronomy 29:19 +. +"The LORD shall never be willing to forgive him, but rather the anger of the LORD and His jealousy will burn against that man, and every curse which is written in this book will rest on him, and the LORD will blot out his name from under heaven. -- deuteronomy 29:20 +. +"Then the LORD will single him out for adversity from all the tribes of Israel, according to all the curses of the covenant which are written in this book of the law. -- deuteronomy 29:21 +. +"Now the generation to come, your sons who rise up after you and the foreigner who comes from a distant land, when they see the plagues of the land and the diseases with which the LORD has afflicted it, will say, -- deuteronomy 29:22 +. +'All its land is brimstone and salt, a burning waste, unsown and unproductive, and no grass grows in it, like the overthrow of Sodom and Gomorrah, Admah and Zeboiim, which the LORD overthrew in His anger and in His wrath.' -- deuteronomy 29:23 +. +"All the nations will say, 'Why has the LORD done thus to this land? Why this great outburst of anger?' -- deuteronomy 29:24 +. +"Then men will say, 'Because they forsook the covenant of the LORD, the God of their fathers, which He made with them when He brought them out of the land of Egypt. -- deuteronomy 29:25 +. +'They went and served other gods and worshiped them, gods whom they have not known and whom He had not allotted to them. -- deuteronomy 29:26 +. +'Therefore, the anger of the LORD burned against that land, to bring upon it every curse which is written in this book; -- deuteronomy 29:27 +. +and the LORD uprooted them from their land in anger and in fury and in great wrath, and cast them into another land, as it is this day.' -- deuteronomy 29:28 +. +"The secret things belong to the LORD our God, but the things revealed belong to us and to our sons forever, that we may observe all the words of this law. -- deuteronomy 29:29 +. +"So it shall be when all of these things have come upon you, the blessing and the curse which I have set before you, and you call them to mind in all nations where the LORD your God has banished you, -- deuteronomy 30:1 +. +and you return to the LORD your God and obey Him with all your heart and soul according to all that I command you today, you and your sons, -- deuteronomy 30:2 +. +then the LORD your God will restore you from captivity, and have compassion on you, and will gather you again from all the peoples where the LORD your God has scattered you. -- deuteronomy 30:3 +. +"If your outcasts are at the ends of the earth, from there the LORD your God will gather you, and from there He will bring you back. -- deuteronomy 30:4 +. +"The LORD your God will bring you into the land which your fathers possessed, and you shall possess it; and He will prosper you and multiply you more than your fathers. -- deuteronomy 30:5 +. +"Moreover the LORD your God will circumcise your heart and the heart of your descendants, to love the LORD your God with all your heart and with all your soul, so that you may live. -- deuteronomy 30:6 +. +"The LORD your God will inflict all these curses on your enemies and on those who hate you, who persecuted you. -- deuteronomy 30:7 +. +"And you shall again obey the LORD, and observe all His commandments which I command you today. -- deuteronomy 30:8 +. +"Then the LORD your God will prosper you abundantly in all the work of your hand, in the offspring of your body and in the offspring of your cattle and in the produce of your ground, for the LORD will again rejoice over you for good, just as He rejoiced over your fathers; -- deuteronomy 30:9 +. +if you obey the LORD your God to keep His commandments and His statutes which are written in this book of the law, if you turn to the LORD your God with all your heart and soul. -- deuteronomy 30:10 +. +"For this commandment which I command you today is not too difficult for you, nor is it out of reach. -- deuteronomy 30:11 +. +"It is not in heaven, that you should say, 'Who will go up to heaven for us to get it for us and make us hear it, that we may observe it?' -- deuteronomy 30:12 +. +"Nor is it beyond the sea, that you should say, 'Who will cross the sea for us to get it for us and make us hear it, that we may observe it?' -- deuteronomy 30:13 +. +"But the word is very near you, in your mouth and in your heart, that you may observe it. -- deuteronomy 30:14 +. +"See, I have set before you today life and prosperity, and death and adversity; -- deuteronomy 30:15 +. +in that I command you today to love the LORD your God, to walk in His ways and to keep His commandments and His statutes and His judgments, that you may live and multiply, and that the LORD your God may bless you in the land where you are entering to possess it. -- deuteronomy 30:16 +. +"But if your heart turns away and you will not obey, but are drawn away and worship other gods and serve them, -- deuteronomy 30:17 +. +I declare to you today that you shall surely perish. You will not prolong your days in the land where you are crossing the Jordan to enter and possess it. -- deuteronomy 30:18 +. +"I call heaven and earth to witness against you today, that I have set before you life and death, the blessing and the curse. So choose life in order that you may live, you and your descendants, -- deuteronomy 30:19 +. +by loving the LORD your God, by obeying His voice, and by holding fast to Him; for this is your life and the length of your days, that you may live in the land which the LORD swore to your fathers, to Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob, to give them." -- deuteronomy 30:20 +. +So Moses went and spoke these words to all Israel. -- deuteronomy 31:1 +. +And he said to them, "I am a hundred and twenty years old today; I am no longer able to come and go, and the LORD has said to me, 'You shall not cross this Jordan.' -- deuteronomy 31:2 +. +"It is the LORD your God who will cross ahead of you; He will destroy these nations before you, and you shall dispossess them. Joshua is the one who will cross ahead of you, just as the LORD has spoken. -- deuteronomy 31:3 +. +"The LORD will do to them just as He did to Sihon and Og, the kings of the Amorites, and to their land, when He destroyed them. -- deuteronomy 31:4 +. +"The LORD will deliver them up before you, and you shall do to them according to all the commandments which I have commanded you. -- deuteronomy 31:5 +. +"Be strong and courageous, do not be afraid or tremble at them, for the LORD your God is the one who goes with you. He will not fail you or forsake you." -- deuteronomy 31:6 +. +Then Moses called to Joshua and said to him in the sight of all Israel, "Be strong and courageous, for you shall go with this people into the land which the LORD has sworn to their fathers to give them, and you shall give it to them as an inheritance. -- deuteronomy 31:7 +. +"The LORD is the one who goes ahead of you; He will be with you. He will not fail you or forsake you. Do not fear or be dismayed." -- deuteronomy 31:8 +. +So Moses wrote this law and gave it to the priests, the sons of Levi who carried the ark of the covenant of the LORD, and to all the elders of Israel. -- deuteronomy 31:9 +. +Then Moses commanded them, saying, "At the end of every seven years, at the time of the year of remission of debts, at the Feast of Booths, -- deuteronomy 31:10 +. +when all Israel comes to appear before the LORD your God at the place which He will choose, you shall read this law in front of all Israel in their hearing. -- deuteronomy 31:11 +. +"Assemble the people, the men and the women and children and the alien who is in your town, so that they may hear and learn and fear the LORD your God, and be careful to observe all the words of this law. -- deuteronomy 31:12 +. +"Their children, who have not known, will hear and learn to fear the LORD your God, as long as you live on the land which you are about to cross the Jordan to possess." -- deuteronomy 31:13 +. +Then the LORD said to Moses, "Behold, the time for you to die is near; call Joshua, and present yourselves at the tent of meeting, that I may commission him." So Moses and Joshua went and presented themselves at the tent of meeting. -- deuteronomy 31:14 +. +The LORD appeared in the tent in a pillar of cloud, and the pillar of cloud stood at the doorway of the tent. -- deuteronomy 31:15 +. +The LORD said to Moses, "Behold, you are about to lie down with your fathers; and this people will arise and play the harlot with the strange gods of the land, into the midst of which they are going, and will forsake Me and break My covenant which I have made with them. -- deuteronomy 31:16 +. +"Then My anger will be kindled against them in that day, and I will forsake them and hide My face from them, and they will be consumed, and many evils and troubles will come upon them; so that they will say in that day, 'Is it not because our God is not among us that these evils have come upon us?' -- deuteronomy 31:17 +. +"But I will surely hide My face in that day because of all the evil which they will do, for they will turn to other gods. -- deuteronomy 31:18 +. +"Now therefore, write this song for yourselves, and teach it to the sons of Israel; put it on their lips, so that this song may be a witness for Me against the sons of Israel. -- deuteronomy 31:19 +. +"For when I bring them into the land flowing with milk and honey, which I swore to their fathers, and they have eaten and are satisfied and become prosperous, then they will turn to other gods and serve them, and spurn Me and break My covenant. -- deuteronomy 31:20 +. +"Then it shall come about, when many evils and troubles have come upon them, that this song will testify before them as a witness (for it shall not be forgotten from the lips of their descendants); for I know their intent which they are developing today, before I have brought them into the land which I swore." -- deuteronomy 31:21 +. +So Moses wrote this song the same day, and taught it to the sons of Israel. -- deuteronomy 31:22 +. +Then He commissioned Joshua the son of Nun, and said, "Be strong and courageous, for you shall bring the sons of Israel into the land which I swore to them, and I will be with you." -- deuteronomy 31:23 +. +It came about, when Moses finished writing the words of this law in a book until they were complete, -- deuteronomy 31:24 +. +that Moses commanded the Levites who carried the ark of the covenant of the LORD, saying, -- deuteronomy 31:25 +. +"Take this book of the law and place it beside the ark of the covenant of the LORD your God, that it may remain there as a witness against you. -- deuteronomy 31:26 +. +"For I know your rebellion and your stubbornness; behold, while I am still alive with you today, you have been rebellious against the LORD; how much more, then, after my death? -- deuteronomy 31:27 +. +"Assemble to me all the elders of your tribes and your officers, that I may speak these words in their hearing and call the heavens and the earth to witness against them. -- deuteronomy 31:28 +. +"For I know that after my death you will act corruptly and turn from the way which I have commanded you; and evil will befall you in the latter days, for you will do that which is evil in the sight of the LORD, provoking Him to anger with the work of your hands." -- deuteronomy 31:29 +. +Then Moses spoke in the hearing of all the assembly of Israel the words of this song, until they were complete: -- deuteronomy 31:30 +. +"Give ear, O heavens, and let me speak; And let the earth hear the words of my mouth. -- deuteronomy 32:1 +. +"Let my teaching drop as the rain, My speech distill as the dew, As the droplets on the fresh grass And as the showers on the herb. -- deuteronomy 32:2 +. +"For I proclaim the name of the LORD; Ascribe greatness to our God! -- deuteronomy 32:3 +. +"The Rock! His work is perfect, For all His ways are just; A God of faithfulness and without injustice, Righteous and upright is He. -- deuteronomy 32:4 +. +"They have acted corruptly toward Him, They are not His children, because of their defect; But are a perverse and crooked generation. -- deuteronomy 32:5 +. +"Do you thus repay the LORD, O foolish and unwise people? Is not He your Father who has bought you? He has made you and established you. -- deuteronomy 32:6 +. +"Remember the days of old, Consider the years of all generations. Ask your father, and he will inform you, Your elders, and they will tell you. -- deuteronomy 32:7 +. +"When the Most High gave the nations their inheritance, When He separated the sons of man, He set the boundaries of the peoples According to the number of the sons of Israel. -- deuteronomy 32:8 +. +"For the LORD'S portion is His people; Jacob is the allotment of His inheritance. -- deuteronomy 32:9 +. +"He found him in a desert land, And in the howling waste of a wilderness; He encircled him, He cared for him, He guarded him as the pupil of His eye. -- deuteronomy 32:10 +. +"Like an eagle that stirs up its nest, That hovers over its young, He spread His wings and caught them, He carried them on His pinions. -- deuteronomy 32:11 +. +"The LORD alone guided him, And there was no foreign god with him. -- deuteronomy 32:12 +. +"He made him ride on the high places of the earth, And he ate the produce of the field; And He made him suck honey from the rock, And oil from the flinty rock, -- deuteronomy 32:13 +. +Curds of cows, and milk of the flock, With fat of lambs, And rams, the breed of Bashan, and goats, With the finest of the wheat-- And of the blood of grapes you drank wine. -- deuteronomy 32:14 +. +"But Jeshurun grew fat and kicked-- You are grown fat, thick, and sleek-- Then he forsook God who made him, And scorned the Rock of his salvation. -- deuteronomy 32:15 +. +"They made Him jealous with strange gods; With abominations they provoked Him to anger. -- deuteronomy 32:16 +. +"They sacrificed to demons who were not God, To gods whom they have not known, New gods who came lately, Whom your fathers did not dread. -- deuteronomy 32:17 +. +"You neglected the Rock who begot you, And forgot the God who gave you birth. -- deuteronomy 32:18 +. +"The LORD saw this, and spurned them Because of the provocation of His sons and daughters. -- deuteronomy 32:19 +. +"Then He said, 'I will hide My face from them, I will see what their end shall be; For they are a perverse generation, Sons in whom is no faithfulness. -- deuteronomy 32:20 +. +'They have made Me jealous with what is not God; They have provoked Me to anger with their idols. So I will make them jealous with those who are not a people; I will provoke them to anger with a foolish nation, -- deuteronomy 32:21 +. +For a fire is kindled in My anger, And burns to the lowest part of Sheol, And consumes the earth with its yield, And sets on fire the foundations of the mountains. -- deuteronomy 32:22 +. +'I will heap misfortunes on them; I will use My arrows on them. -- deuteronomy 32:23 +. +'They will be wasted by famine, and consumed by plague And bitter destruction; And the teeth of beasts I will send upon them, With the venom of crawling things of the dust. -- deuteronomy 32:24 +. +'Outside the sword will bereave, And inside terror-- Both young man and virgin, The nursling with the man of gray hair. -- deuteronomy 32:25 +. +'I would have said, "I will cut them to pieces, I will remove the memory of them from men," -- deuteronomy 32:26 +. +Had I not feared the provocation by the enemy, That their adversaries would misjudge, That they would say, "Our hand is triumphant, And the LORD has not done all this."' -- deuteronomy 32:27 +. +"For they are a nation lacking in counsel, And there is no understanding in them. -- deuteronomy 32:28 +. +"Would that they were wise, that they understood this, That they would discern their future! -- deuteronomy 32:29 +. +"How could one chase a thousand, And two put ten thousand to flight, Unless their Rock had sold them, And the LORD had given them up? -- deuteronomy 32:30 +. +"Indeed their rock is not like our Rock, Even our enemies themselves judge this. -- deuteronomy 32:31 +. +"For their vine is from the vine of Sodom, And from the fields of Gomorrah; Their grapes are grapes of poison, Their clusters, bitter. -- deuteronomy 32:32 +. +"Their wine is the venom of serpents, And the deadly poison of cobras. -- deuteronomy 32:33 +. +'Is it not laid up in store with Me, Sealed up in My treasuries? -- deuteronomy 32:34 +. +'Vengeance is Mine, and retribution, In due time their foot will slip; For the day of their calamity is near, And the impending things are hastening upon them.' -- deuteronomy 32:35 +. +"For the LORD will vindicate His people, And will have compassion on His servants, When He sees that their strength is gone, And there is none remaining, bond or free. -- deuteronomy 32:36 +. +"And He will say, 'Where are their gods, The rock in which they sought refuge? -- deuteronomy 32:37 +. +'Who ate the fat of their sacrifices, And drank the wine of their drink offering? Let them rise up and help you, Let them be your hiding place! -- deuteronomy 32:38 +. +'See now that I, I am He, And there is no god besides Me; It is I who put to death and give life. I have wounded and it is I who heal, And there is no one who can deliver from My hand. -- deuteronomy 32:39 +. +'Indeed, I lift up My hand to heaven, And say, as I live forever, -- deuteronomy 32:40 +. +If I sharpen My flashing sword, And My hand takes hold on justice, I will render vengeance on My adversaries, And I will repay those who hate Me. -- deuteronomy 32:41 +. +'I will make My arrows drunk with blood, And My sword will devour flesh, With the blood of the slain and the captives, From the long-haired leaders of the enemy.' -- deuteronomy 32:42 +. +"Rejoice, O nations, with His people; For He will avenge the blood of His servants, And will render vengeance on His adversaries, And will atone for His land and His people." -- deuteronomy 32:43 +. +Then Moses came and spoke all the words of this song in the hearing of the people, he, with Joshua the son of Nun. -- deuteronomy 32:44 +. +When Moses had finished speaking all these words to all Israel, -- deuteronomy 32:45 +. +he said to them, "Take to your heart all the words with which I am warning you today, which you shall command your sons to observe carefully, even all the words of this law. -- deuteronomy 32:46 +. +"For it is not an idle word for you; indeed it is your life. And by this word you will prolong your days in the land, which you are about to cross the Jordan to possess." -- deuteronomy 32:47 +. +The LORD spoke to Moses that very same day, saying, -- deuteronomy 32:48 +. +"Go up to this mountain of the Abarim, Mount Nebo, which is in the land of Moab opposite Jericho, and look at the land of Canaan, which I am giving to the sons of Israel for a possession. -- deuteronomy 32:49 +. +"Then die on the mountain where you ascend, and be gathered to your people, as Aaron your brother died on Mount Hor and was gathered to his people, -- deuteronomy 32:50 +. +because you broke faith with Me in the midst of the sons of Israel at the waters of Meribah-kadesh, in the wilderness of Zin, because you did not treat Me as holy in the midst of the sons of Israel. -- deuteronomy 32:51 +. +"For you shall see the land at a distance, but you shall not go there, into the land which I am giving the sons of Israel." -- deuteronomy 32:52 +. +Now this is the blessing with which Moses the man of God blessed the sons of Israel before his death. -- deuteronomy 33:1 +. +He said, "The LORD came from Sinai, And dawned on them from Seir; He shone forth from Mount Paran, And He came from the midst of ten thousand holy ones; At His right hand there was flashing lightning for them. -- deuteronomy 33:2 +. +"Indeed, He loves the people; All Your holy ones are in Your hand, And they followed in Your steps; Everyone receives of Your words. -- deuteronomy 33:3 +. +"Moses charged us with a law, A possession for the assembly of Jacob. -- deuteronomy 33:4 +. +"And He was king in Jeshurun, When the heads of the people were gathered, The tribes of Israel together. -- deuteronomy 33:5 +. +"May Reuben live and not die, Nor his men be few." -- deuteronomy 33:6 +. +And this regarding Judah; so he said, "Hear, O LORD, the voice of Judah, And bring him to his people. With his hands he contended for them, And may You be a help against his adversaries." -- deuteronomy 33:7 +. +Of Levi he said, "Let Your Thummim and Your Urim belong to Your godly man, Whom You proved at Massah, With whom You contended at the waters of Meribah; -- deuteronomy 33:8 +. +Who said of his father and his mother, 'I did not consider them'; And he did not acknowledge his brothers, Nor did he regard his own sons, For they observed Your word, And kept Your covenant. -- deuteronomy 33:9 +. +"They shall teach Your ordinances to Jacob, And Your law to Israel. They shall put incense before You, And whole burnt offerings on Your altar. -- deuteronomy 33:10 +. +"O LORD, bless his substance, And accept the work of his hands; Shatter the loins of those who rise up against him, And those who hate him, so that they will not rise again." -- deuteronomy 33:11 +. +Of Benjamin he said, "May the beloved of the LORD dwell in security by Him, Who shields him all the day, And he dwells between His shoulders." -- deuteronomy 33:12 +. +Of Joseph he said, "Blessed of the LORD be his land, With the choice things of heaven, with the dew, And from the deep lying beneath, -- deuteronomy 33:13 +. +And with the choice yield of the sun, And with the choice produce of the months. -- deuteronomy 33:14 +. +"And with the best things of the ancient mountains, And with the choice things of the everlasting hills, -- deuteronomy 33:15 +. +And with the choice things of the earth and its fullness, And the favor of Him who dwelt in the bush. Let it come to the head of Joseph, And to the crown of the head of the one distinguished among his brothers. -- deuteronomy 33:16 +. +"As the firstborn of his ox, majesty is his, And his horns are the horns of the wild ox; With them he will push the peoples, All at once, to the ends of the earth. And those are the ten thousands of Ephraim, And those are the thousands of Manasseh." -- deuteronomy 33:17 +. +Of Zebulun he said, "Rejoice, Zebulun, in your going forth, And, Issachar, in your tents. -- deuteronomy 33:18 +. +"They will call peoples to the mountain; There they will offer righteous sacrifices; For they will draw out the abundance of the seas, And the hidden treasures of the sand." -- deuteronomy 33:19 +. +Of Gad he said, "Blessed is the one who enlarges Gad; He lies down as a lion, And tears the arm, also the crown of the head. -- deuteronomy 33:20 +. +"Then he provided the first part for himself, For there the ruler's portion was reserved; And he came with the leaders of the people; He executed the justice of the LORD, And His ordinances with Israel." -- deuteronomy 33:21 +. +Of Dan he said, "Dan is a lion's whelp, That leaps forth from Bashan." -- deuteronomy 33:22 +. +Of Naphtali he said, "O Naphtali, satisfied with favor, And full of the blessing of the LORD, Take possession of the sea and the south." -- deuteronomy 33:23 +. +Of Asher he said, "More blessed than sons is Asher; May he be favored by his brothers, And may he dip his foot in oil. -- deuteronomy 33:24 +. +"Your locks will be iron and bronze, And according to your days, so will your leisurely walk be. -- deuteronomy 33:25 +. +"There is none like the God of Jeshurun, Who rides the heavens to your help, And through the skies in His majesty. -- deuteronomy 33:26 +. +"The eternal God is a dwelling place, And underneath are the everlasting arms; And He drove out the enemy from before you, And said, 'Destroy!' -- deuteronomy 33:27 +. +"So Israel dwells in security, The fountain of Jacob secluded, In a land of grain and new wine; His heavens also drop down dew. -- deuteronomy 33:28 +. +"Blessed are you, O Israel; Who is like you, a people saved by the LORD, Who is the shield of your help And the sword of your majesty! So your enemies will cringe before you, And you will tread upon their high places." -- deuteronomy 33:29 +. +Now Moses went up from the plains of Moab to Mount Nebo, to the top of Pisgah, which is opposite Jericho. And the LORD showed him all the land, Gilead as far as Dan, -- deuteronomy 34:1 +. +and all Naphtali and the land of Ephraim and Manasseh, and all the land of Judah as far as the western sea, -- deuteronomy 34:2 +. +and the Negev and the plain in the valley of Jericho, the city of palm trees, as far as Zoar. -- deuteronomy 34:3 +. +Then the LORD said to him, "This is the land which I swore to Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob, saying, 'I will give it to your descendants'; I have let you see it with your eyes, but you shall not go over there." -- deuteronomy 34:4 +. +So Moses the servant of the LORD died there in the land of Moab, according to the word of the LORD. -- deuteronomy 34:5 +. +And He buried him in the valley in the land of Moab, opposite Beth-peor; but no man knows his burial place to this day. -- deuteronomy 34:6 +. +Although Moses was one hundred and twenty years old when he died, his eye was not dim, nor his vigor abated. -- deuteronomy 34:7 +. +So the sons of Israel wept for Moses in the plains of Moab thirty days; then the days of weeping and mourning for Moses came to an end. -- deuteronomy 34:8 +. +Now Joshua the son of Nun was filled with the spirit of wisdom, for Moses had laid his hands on him; and the sons of Israel listened to him and did as the LORD had commanded Moses. -- deuteronomy 34:9 +. +Since that time no prophet has risen in Israel like Moses, whom the LORD knew face to face, -- deuteronomy 34:10 +. +for all the signs and wonders which the LORD sent him to perform in the land of Egypt against Pharaoh, all his servants, and all his land, -- deuteronomy 34:11 +. +and for all the mighty power and for all the great terror which Moses performed in the sight of all Israel. -- deuteronomy 34:12 +. +Now it came about after the death of Moses the servant of the LORD, that the LORD spoke to Joshua the son of Nun, Moses' servant, saying, -- joshua 1:1 +. +"Moses My servant is dead; now therefore arise, cross this Jordan, you and all this people, to the land which I am giving to them, to the sons of Israel. -- joshua 1:2 +. +"Every place on which the sole of your foot treads, I have given it to you, just as I spoke to Moses. -- joshua 1:3 +. +"From the wilderness and this Lebanon, even as far as the great river, the river Euphrates, all the land of the Hittites, and as far as the Great Sea toward the setting of the sun will be your territory. -- joshua 1:4 +. +"No man will be able to stand before you all the days of your life. Just as I have been with Moses, I will be with you; I will not fail you or forsake you. -- joshua 1:5 +. +"Be strong and courageous, for you shall give this people possession of the land which I swore to their fathers to give them. -- joshua 1:6 +. +"Only be strong and very courageous; be careful to do according to all the law which Moses My servant commanded you; do not turn from it to the right or to the left, so that you may have success wherever you go. -- joshua 1:7 +. +"This book of the law shall not depart from your mouth, but you shall meditate on it day and night, so that you may be careful to do according to all that is written in it; for then you will make your way prosperous, and then you will have success. -- joshua 1:8 +. +"Have I not commanded you? Be strong and courageous! Do not tremble or be dismayed, for the LORD your God is with you wherever you go." -- joshua 1:9 +. +Then Joshua commanded the officers of the people, saying, -- joshua 1:10 +. +"Pass through the midst of the camp and command the people, saying, 'Prepare provisions for yourselves, for within three days you are to cross this Jordan, to go in to possess the land which the LORD your God is giving you, to possess it.'" -- joshua 1:11 +. +To the Reubenites and to the Gadites and to the half-tribe of Manasseh, Joshua said, -- joshua 1:12 +. +"Remember the word which Moses the servant of the LORD commanded you, saying, 'The LORD your God gives you rest and will give you this land.' -- joshua 1:13 +. +"Your wives, your little ones, and your cattle shall remain in the land which Moses gave you beyond the Jordan, but you shall cross before your brothers in battle array, all your valiant warriors, and shall help them, -- joshua 1:14 +. +until the LORD gives your brothers rest, as He gives you, and they also possess the land which the LORD your God is giving them. Then you shall return to your own land, and possess that which Moses the servant of the LORD gave you beyond the Jordan toward the sunrise." -- joshua 1:15 +. +They answered Joshua, saying, "All that you have commanded us we will do, and wherever you send us we will go. -- joshua 1:16 +. +"Just as we obeyed Moses in all things, so we will obey you; only may the LORD your God be with you as He was with Moses. -- joshua 1:17 +. +"Anyone who rebels against your command and does not obey your words in all that you command him, shall be put to death; only be strong and courageous." -- joshua 1:18 +. +Then Joshua the son of Nun sent two men as spies secretly from Shittim, saying, "Go, view the land, especially Jericho." So they went and came into the house of a harlot whose name was Rahab, and lodged there. -- joshua 2:1 +. +It was told the king of Jericho, saying, "Behold, men from the sons of Israel have come here tonight to search out the land." -- joshua 2:2 +. +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." -- joshua 2:3 +. +But the woman had taken the two men and hidden them, and she said, "Yes, the men came to me, but I did not know where they were from. -- joshua 2:4 +. +"It came about when it was time to shut the gate at dark, that the men went out; I do not know where the men went. Pursue them quickly, for you will overtake them." -- joshua 2:5 +. +But she had brought them up to the roof and hidden them in the stalks of flax which she had laid in order on the roof. -- joshua 2:6 +. +So the men pursued them on the road to the Jordan to the fords; and as soon as those who were pursuing them had gone out, they shut the gate. -- joshua 2:7 +. +Now before they lay down, she came up to them on the roof, -- joshua 2:8 +. +and said to the men, "I know that the LORD has given you the land, and that the terror of you has fallen on us, and that all the inhabitants of the land have melted away before you. -- joshua 2:9 +. +"For we have heard how the LORD dried up the water of the Red Sea before you when you came out of Egypt, and what you did to the two kings of the Amorites who were beyond the Jordan, to Sihon and Og, whom you utterly destroyed. -- joshua 2:10 +. +"When we heard it, our hearts melted and no courage remained in any man any longer because of you; for the LORD your God, He is God in heaven above and on earth beneath. -- joshua 2:11 +. +"Now therefore, please swear to me by the LORD, since I have dealt kindly with you, that you also will deal kindly with my father's household, and give me a pledge of truth, -- joshua 2:12 +. +and spare my father and my mother and my brothers and my sisters, with all who belong to them, and deliver our lives from death." -- joshua 2:13 +. +So the men said to her, "Our life for yours if you do not tell this business of ours; and it shall come about when the LORD gives us the land that we will deal kindly and faithfully with you." -- joshua 2:14 +. +Then she let them down by a rope through the window, for her house was on the city wall, so that she was living on the wall. -- joshua 2:15 +. +She said to them, "Go to the hill country, so that the pursuers will not happen upon you, and hide yourselves there for three days until the pursuers return. Then afterward you may go on your way." -- joshua 2:16 +. +The men said to her, "We shall be free from this oath to you which you have made us swear, -- joshua 2:17 +. +unless, when we come into the land, you tie this cord of scarlet thread in the window through which you let us down, and gather to yourself into the house your father and your mother and your brothers and all your father's household. -- joshua 2:18 +. +"It shall come about that anyone who goes out of the doors of your house into the street, his blood shall be on his own head, and we shall be free; but anyone who is with you in the house, his blood shall be on our head if a hand is laid on him. -- joshua 2:19 +. +"But if you tell this business of ours, then we shall be free from the oath which you have made us swear." -- joshua 2:20 +. +She said, "According to your words, so be it." So she sent them away, and they departed; and she tied the scarlet cord in the window. -- joshua 2:21 +. +They departed and came to the hill country, and remained there for three days until the pursuers returned. Now the pursuers had sought them all along the road, but had not found them. -- joshua 2:22 +. +Then the two men returned and came down from the hill country and crossed over and came to Joshua the son of Nun, and they related to him all that had happened to them. -- joshua 2:23 +. +They said to Joshua, "Surely the LORD has given all the land into our hands; moreover, all the inhabitants of the land have melted away before us." -- joshua 2:24 +. +Then Joshua rose early in the morning; and he and all the sons of Israel set out from Shittim and came to the Jordan, and they lodged there before they crossed. -- joshua 3:1 +. +At the end of three days the officers went through the midst of the camp; -- joshua 3:2 +. +and they commanded the people, saying, "When you see the ark of the covenant of the LORD your God with the Levitical priests carrying it, then you shall set out from your place and go after it. -- joshua 3:3 +. +"However, there shall be between you and it a distance of about 2,cubits by measure. Do not come near it, that you may know the way by which you shall go, for you have not passed this way before." -- joshua 3:4 +. +Then Joshua said to the people, "Consecrate yourselves, for tomorrow the LORD will do wonders among you." -- joshua 3:5 +. +And Joshua spoke to the priests, saying, "Take up the ark of the covenant and cross over ahead of the people." So they took up the ark of the covenant and went ahead of the people. -- joshua 3:6 +. +Now the LORD said to Joshua, "This day I will begin to exalt you in the sight of all Israel, that they may know that just as I have been with Moses, I will be with you. -- joshua 3:7 +. +"You shall, moreover, command the priests who are carrying the ark of the covenant, saying, 'When you come to the edge of the waters of the Jordan, you shall stand still in the Jordan.'" -- joshua 3:8 +. +Then Joshua said to the sons of Israel, "Come here, and hear the words of the LORD your God." -- joshua 3:9 +. +Joshua said, "By this you shall know that the living God is among you, and that He will assuredly dispossess from before you the Canaanite, the Hittite, the Hivite, the Perizzite, the Girgashite, the Amorite, and the Jebusite. -- joshua 3:10 +. +"Behold, the ark of the covenant of the Lord of all the earth is crossing over ahead of you into the Jordan. -- joshua 3:11 +. +"Now then, take for yourselves twelve men from the tribes of Israel, one man for each tribe. -- joshua 3:12 +. +"It shall come about when the soles of the feet of the priests who carry the ark of the LORD, the Lord of all the earth, rest in the waters of the Jordan, the waters of the Jordan will be cut off, and the waters which are flowing down from above will stand in one heap." -- joshua 3:13 +. +So when the people set out from their tents to cross the Jordan with the priests carrying the ark of the covenant before the people, -- joshua 3:14 +. +and when those who carried the ark came into the Jordan, and the feet of the priests carrying the ark were dipped in the edge of the water (for the Jordan overflows all its banks all the days of harvest), -- joshua 3:15 +. +the waters which were flowing down from above stood and rose up in one heap, a great distance away at Adam, the city that is beside Zarethan; and those which were flowing down toward the sea of the Arabah, the Salt Sea, were completely cut off. So the people crossed opposite Jericho. -- joshua 3:16 +. +And the priests who carried the ark of the covenant of the LORD stood firm on dry ground in the middle of the Jordan while all Israel crossed on dry ground, until all the nation had finished crossing the Jordan. -- joshua 3:17 +. +Now when all the nation had finished crossing the Jordan, the LORD spoke to Joshua, saying, -- joshua 4:1 +. +"Take for yourselves twelve men from the people, one man from each tribe, -- joshua 4:2 +. +and command them, saying, 'Take up for yourselves twelve stones from here out of the middle of the Jordan, from the place where the priests' feet are standing firm, and carry them over with you and lay them down in the lodging place where you will lodge tonight.'" -- joshua 4:3 +. +So Joshua called the twelve men whom he had appointed from the sons of Israel, one man from each tribe; -- joshua 4:4 +. +and Joshua said to them, "Cross again to the ark of the LORD your God into the middle of the Jordan, and each of you take up a stone on his shoulder, according to the number of the tribes of the sons of Israel. -- joshua 4:5 +. +"Let this be a sign among you, so that when your children ask later, saying, 'What do these stones mean to you?' -- joshua 4:6 +. +then you shall say to them, 'Because the waters of the Jordan were cut off before the ark of the covenant of the LORD; when it crossed the Jordan, the waters of the Jordan were cut off.' So these stones shall become a memorial to the sons of Israel forever." -- joshua 4:7 +. +Thus the sons of Israel did as Joshua commanded, and took up twelve stones from the middle of the Jordan, just as the LORD spoke to Joshua, according to the number of the tribes of the sons of Israel; and they carried them over with them to the lodging place and put them down there. -- joshua 4:8 +. +Then Joshua set up twelve stones in the middle of the Jordan at the place where the feet of the priests who carried the ark of the covenant were standing, and they are there to this day. -- joshua 4:9 +. +For the priests who carried the ark were standing in the middle of the Jordan until everything was completed that the LORD had commanded Joshua to speak to the people, according to all that Moses had commanded Joshua. And the people hurried and crossed; -- joshua 4:10 +. +and when all the people had finished crossing, the ark of the LORD and the priests crossed before the people. -- joshua 4:11 +. +The sons of Reuben and the sons of Gad and the half-tribe of Manasseh crossed over in battle array before the sons of Israel, just as Moses had spoken to them; -- joshua 4:12 +. +about 40,equipped for war, crossed for battle before the LORD to the desert plains of Jericho. -- joshua 4:13 +. +On that day the LORD exalted Joshua in the sight of all Israel; so that they revered him, just as they had revered Moses all the days of his life. -- joshua 4:14 +. +Now the LORD said to Joshua, -- joshua 4:15 +. +"Command the priests who carry the ark of the testimony that they come up from the Jordan." -- joshua 4:16 +. +So Joshua commanded the priests, saying, "Come up from the Jordan." -- joshua 4:17 +. +It came about when the priests who carried the ark of the covenant of the LORD had come up from the middle of the Jordan, and the soles of the priests' feet were lifted up to the dry ground, that the waters of the Jordan returned to their place, and went over all its banks as before. -- joshua 4:18 +. +Now the people came up from the Jordan on the tenth of the first month and camped at Gilgal on the eastern edge of Jericho. -- joshua 4:19 +. +Those twelve stones which they had taken from the Jordan, Joshua set up at Gilgal. -- joshua 4:20 +. +He said to the sons of Israel, "When your children ask their fathers in time to come, saying, 'What are these stones?' -- joshua 4:21 +. +then you shall inform your children, saying, 'Israel crossed this Jordan on dry ground.' -- joshua 4:22 +. +"For the LORD your God dried up the waters of the Jordan before you until you had crossed, just as the LORD your God had done to the Red Sea, which He dried up before us until we had crossed; -- joshua 4:23 +. +that all the peoples of the earth may know that the hand of the LORD is mighty, so that you may fear the LORD your God forever." -- joshua 4:24 +. +Now it came about when all the kings of the Amorites who were beyond the Jordan to the west, and all the kings of the Canaanites who were by the sea, heard how the LORD had dried up the waters of the Jordan before the sons of Israel until they had crossed, that their hearts melted, and there was no spirit in them any longer because of the sons of Israel. -- joshua 5:1 +. +At that time the LORD said to Joshua, "Make for yourself flint knives and circumcise again the sons of Israel the second time." -- joshua 5:2 +. +So Joshua made himself flint knives and circumcised the sons of Israel at Gibeath-haaraloth. -- joshua 5:3 +. +This is the reason why Joshua circumcised them: all the people who came out of Egypt who were males, all the men of war, died in the wilderness along the way after they came out of Egypt. -- joshua 5:4 +. +For all the people who came out were circumcised, but all the people who were born in the wilderness along the way as they came out of Egypt had not been circumcised. -- joshua 5:5 +. +For the sons of Israel walked forty years in the wilderness, until all the nation, that is, the men of war who came out of Egypt, perished because they did not listen to the voice of the LORD, to whom the LORD had sworn that He would not let them see the land which the LORD had sworn to their fathers to give us, a land flowing with milk and honey. -- joshua 5:6 +. +Their children whom He raised up in their place, Joshua circumcised; for they were uncircumcised, because they had not circumcised them along the way. -- joshua 5:7 +. +Now when they had finished circumcising all the nation, they remained in their places in the camp until they were healed. -- joshua 5:8 +. +Then the LORD said to Joshua, "Today I have rolled away the reproach of Egypt from you." So the name of that place is called Gilgal to this day. -- joshua 5:9 +. +While the sons of Israel camped at Gilgal they observed the Passover on the evening of the fourteenth day of the month on the desert plains of Jericho. -- joshua 5:10 +. +On the day after the Passover, on that very day, they ate some of the produce of the land, unleavened cakes and parched grain. -- joshua 5:11 +. +The manna ceased on the day after they had eaten some of the produce of the land, so that the sons of Israel no longer had manna, but they ate some of the yield of the land of Canaan during that year. -- joshua 5:12 +. +Now it came about when Joshua was by Jericho, that he lifted up his eyes and looked, and behold, a man was standing opposite him with his sword drawn in his hand, and Joshua went to him and said to him, "Are you for us or for our adversaries?" -- joshua 5:13 +. +He said, "No; rather I indeed come now as captain of the host of the LORD." And Joshua fell on his face to the earth, and bowed down, and said to him, "What has my lord to say to his servant?" -- joshua 5:14 +. +The captain of the LORD'S host said to Joshua, "Remove your sandals from your feet, for the place where you are standing is holy." And Joshua did so. -- joshua 5:15 +. +Now Jericho was tightly shut because of the sons of Israel; no one went out and no one came in. -- joshua 6:1 +. +The LORD said to Joshua, "See, I have given Jericho into your hand, with its king and the valiant warriors. -- joshua 6:2 +. +"You shall march around the city, all the men of war circling the city once. You shall do so for six days. -- joshua 6:3 +. +"Also seven priests shall carry seven trumpets of rams' horns before the ark; then on the seventh day you shall march around the city seven times, and the priests shall blow the trumpets. -- joshua 6:4 +. +"It shall be that when they make a long blast with the ram's horn, and when you hear the sound of the trumpet, all the people shall shout with a great shout; and the wall of the city will fall down flat, and the people will go up every man straight ahead." -- joshua 6:5 +. +So Joshua the son of Nun called the priests and said to them, "Take up the ark of the covenant, and let seven priests carry seven trumpets of rams' horns before the ark of the LORD." -- joshua 6:6 +. +Then he said to the people, "Go forward, and march around the city, and let the armed men go on before the ark of the LORD." -- joshua 6:7 +. +And it was so, that when Joshua had spoken to the people, the seven priests carrying the seven trumpets of rams' horns before the LORD went forward and blew the trumpets; and the ark of the covenant of the LORD followed them. -- joshua 6:8 +. +The armed men went before the priests who blew the trumpets, and the rear guard came after the ark, while they continued to blow the trumpets. -- joshua 6:9 +. +But Joshua commanded the people, saying, "You shall not shout nor let your voice be heard nor let a word proceed out of your mouth, until the day I tell you, 'Shout!' Then you shall shout!" -- joshua 6:10 +. +So he had the ark of the LORD taken around the city, circling it once; then they came into the camp and spent the night in the camp. -- joshua 6:11 +. +Now Joshua rose early in the morning, and the priests took up the ark of the LORD. -- joshua 6:12 +. +The seven priests carrying the seven trumpets of rams' horns before the ark of the LORD went on continually, and blew the trumpets; and the armed men went before them and the rear guard came after the ark of the LORD, while they continued to blow the trumpets. -- joshua 6:13 +. +Thus the second day they marched around the city once and returned to the camp; they did so for six days. -- joshua 6:14 +. +Then on the seventh day they rose early at the dawning of the day and marched around the city in the same manner seven times; only on that day they marched around the city seven times. -- joshua 6:15 +. +At the seventh time, when the priests blew the trumpets, Joshua said to the people, "Shout! For the LORD has given you the city. -- joshua 6:16 +. +"The city shall be under the ban, it and all that is in it belongs to the LORD; only Rahab the harlot and all who are with her in the house shall live, because she hid the messengers whom we sent. -- joshua 6:17 +. +"But as for you, only keep yourselves from the things under the ban, so that you do not covet them and take some of the things under the ban, and make the camp of Israel accursed and bring trouble on it. -- joshua 6:18 +. +"But all the silver and gold and articles of bronze and iron are holy to the LORD; they shall go into the treasury of the LORD." -- joshua 6:19 +. +So the people shouted, and priests blew the trumpets; and when the people heard the sound of the trumpet, the people shouted with a great shout and the wall fell down flat, so that the people went up into the city, every man straight ahead, and they took the city. -- joshua 6:20 +. +They utterly destroyed everything in the city, both man and woman, young and old, and ox and sheep and donkey, with the edge of the sword. -- joshua 6:21 +. +Joshua said to the two men who had spied out the land, "Go into the harlot's house and bring the woman and all she has out of there, as you have sworn to her." -- joshua 6:22 +. +So the young men who were spies went in and brought out Rahab and her father and her mother and her brothers and all she had; they also brought out all her relatives and placed them outside the camp of Israel. -- joshua 6:23 +. +They burned the city with fire, and all that was in it. Only the silver and gold, and articles of bronze and iron, they put into the treasury of the house of the LORD. -- joshua 6:24 +. +However, Rahab the harlot and her father's household and all she had, Joshua spared; and she has lived in the midst of Israel to this day, for she hid the messengers whom Joshua sent to spy out Jericho. -- joshua 6:25 +. +Then Joshua made them take an oath at that time, saying, "Cursed before the LORD is the man who rises up and builds this city Jericho; with the loss of his firstborn he shall lay its foundation, and with the loss of his youngest son he shall set up its gates." -- joshua 6:26 +. +So the LORD was with Joshua, and his fame was in all the land. -- joshua 6:27 +. +But the sons of Israel acted unfaithfully in regard to the things under the ban, for Achan, the son of Carmi, the son of Zabdi, the son of Zerah, from the tribe of Judah, took some of the things under the ban, therefore the anger of the LORD burned against the sons of Israel. -- joshua 7:1 +. +Now Joshua sent men from Jericho to Ai, which is near Beth-aven, east of Bethel, and said to them, "Go up and spy out the land." So the men went up and spied out Ai. -- joshua 7:2 +. +They returned to Joshua and said to him, "Do not let all the people go up; only about two or three thousand men need go up to Ai; do not make all the people toil up there, for they are few." -- joshua 7:3 +. +So about three thousand men from the people went up there, but they fled from the men of Ai. -- joshua 7:4 +. +The men of Ai struck down about thirty-six of their men, and pursued them from the gate as far as Shebarim and struck them down on the descent, so the hearts of the people melted and became as water. -- joshua 7:5 +. +Then Joshua tore his clothes and fell to the earth on his face before the ark of the LORD until the evening, both he and the elders of Israel; and they put dust on their heads. -- joshua 7:6 +. +Joshua said, "Alas, O Lord GOD, why did You ever bring this people over the Jordan, only to deliver us into the hand of the Amorites, to destroy us? If only we had been willing to dwell beyond the Jordan! -- joshua 7:7 +. +"O Lord, what can I say since Israel has turned their back before their enemies? -- joshua 7:8 +. +"For the Canaanites and all the inhabitants of the land will hear of it, and they will surround us and cut off our name from the earth. And what will You do for Your great name?" -- joshua 7:9 +. +So the LORD said to Joshua, "Rise up! Why is it that you have fallen on your face? -- joshua 7:10 +. +"Israel has sinned, and they have also transgressed My covenant which I commanded them. And they have even taken some of the things under the ban and have both stolen and deceived. Moreover, they have also put them among their own things. -- joshua 7:11 +. +"Therefore the sons of Israel cannot stand before their enemies; they turn their backs before their enemies, for they have become accursed. I will not be with you anymore unless you destroy the things under the ban from your midst. -- joshua 7:12 +. +"Rise up! Consecrate the people and say, 'Consecrate yourselves for tomorrow, for thus the LORD, the God of Israel, has said, "There are things under the ban in your midst, O Israel. You cannot stand before your enemies until you have removed the things under the ban from your midst." -- joshua 7:13 +. +'In the morning then you shall come near by your tribes. And it shall be that the tribe which the LORD takes by lot shall come near by families, and the family which the LORD takes shall come near by households, and the household which the LORD takes shall come near man by man. -- joshua 7:14 +. +'It shall be that the one who is taken with the things under the ban shall be burned with fire, he and all that belongs to him, because he has transgressed the covenant of the LORD, and because he has committed a disgraceful thing in Israel.'" -- joshua 7:15 +. +So Joshua arose early in the morning and brought Israel near by tribes, and the tribe of Judah was taken. -- joshua 7:16 +. +He brought the family of Judah near, and he took the family of the Zerahites; and he brought the family of the Zerahites near man by man, and Zabdi was taken. -- joshua 7:17 +. +He brought his household near man by man; and Achan, son of Carmi, son of Zabdi, son of Zerah, from the tribe of Judah, was taken. -- joshua 7:18 +. +Then Joshua said to Achan, "My son, I implore you, give glory to the LORD, the God of Israel, and give praise to Him; and tell me now what you have done. Do not hide it from me." -- joshua 7:19 +. +So Achan answered Joshua and said, "Truly, I have sinned against the LORD, the God of Israel, and this is what I did: -- joshua 7:20 +. +when I saw among the spoil a beautiful mantle from Shinar and two hundred shekels of silver and a bar of gold fifty shekels in weight, then I coveted them and took them; and behold, they are concealed in the earth inside my tent with the silver underneath it." -- joshua 7:21 +. +So Joshua sent messengers, and they ran to the tent; and behold, it was concealed in his tent with the silver underneath it. -- joshua 7:22 +. +They took them from inside the tent and brought them to Joshua and to all the sons of Israel, and they poured them out before the LORD. -- joshua 7:23 +. +Then Joshua and all Israel with him, took Achan the son of Zerah, the silver, the mantle, the bar of gold, his sons, his daughters, his oxen, his donkeys, his sheep, his tent and all that belonged to him; and they brought them up to the valley of Achor. -- joshua 7:24 +. +Joshua said, "Why have you troubled us? The LORD will trouble you this day." And all Israel stoned them with stones; and they burned them with fire after they had stoned them with stones. -- joshua 7:25 +. +They raised over him a great heap of stones that stands to this day, and the LORD turned from the fierceness of His anger. Therefore the name of that place has been called the valley of Achor to this day. -- joshua 7:26 +. +Now the LORD said to Joshua, "Do not fear or be dismayed. Take all the people of war with you and arise, go up to Ai; see, I have given into your hand the king of Ai, his people, his city, and his land. -- joshua 8:1 +. +"You shall do to Ai and its king just as you did to Jericho and its king; you shall take only its spoil and its cattle as plunder for yourselves. Set an ambush for the city behind it." -- joshua 8:2 +. +So Joshua rose with all the people of war to go up to Ai; and Joshua chose 30,men, valiant warriors, and sent them out at night. -- joshua 8:3 +. +He commanded them, saying, "See, you are going to ambush the city from behind it. Do not go very far from the city, but all of you be ready. -- joshua 8:4 +. +"Then I and all the people who are with me will approach the city. And when they come out to meet us as at the first, we will flee before them. -- joshua 8:5 +. +"They will come out after us until we have drawn them away from the city, for they will say, 'They are fleeing before us as at the first.' So we will flee before them. -- joshua 8:6 +. +"And you shall rise from your ambush and take possession of the city, for the LORD your God will deliver it into your hand. -- joshua 8:7 +. +"Then it will be when you have seized the city, that you shall set the city on fire. You shall do it according to the word of the LORD. See, I have commanded you." -- joshua 8:8 +. +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. -- joshua 8:9 +. +Now Joshua rose early in the morning and mustered the people, and he went up with the elders of Israel before the people to Ai. -- joshua 8:10 +. +Then all the people of war who were with him went up and drew near and arrived in front of the city, and camped on the north side of Ai. Now there was a valley between him and Ai. -- joshua 8:11 +. +And he took about 5,men and set them in ambush between Bethel and Ai, on the west side of the city. -- joshua 8:12 +. +So they stationed the people, all the army that was on the north side of the city, and its rear guard on the west side of the city, and Joshua spent that night in the midst of the valley. -- joshua 8:13 +. +It came about when the king of Ai saw it, that the men of the city hurried and rose up early and went out to meet Israel in battle, he and all his people at the appointed place before the desert plain. But he did not know that there was an ambush against him behind the city. -- joshua 8:14 +. +Joshua and all Israel pretended to be beaten before them, and fled by the way of the wilderness. -- joshua 8:15 +. +And all the people who were in the city were called together to pursue them, and they pursued Joshua and were drawn away from the city. -- joshua 8:16 +. +So not a man was left in Ai or Bethel who had not gone out after Israel, and they left the city unguarded and pursued Israel. -- joshua 8:17 +. +Then the LORD said to Joshua, "Stretch out the javelin that is in your hand toward Ai, for I will give it into your hand." So Joshua stretched out the javelin that was in his hand toward the city. -- joshua 8:18 +. +The men in ambush rose quickly from their place, and when he had stretched out his hand, they ran and entered the city and captured it, and they quickly set the city on fire. -- joshua 8:19 +. +When the men of Ai turned back and looked, behold, the smoke of the city ascended to the sky, and they had no place to flee this way or that, for the people who had been fleeing to the wilderness turned against the pursuers. -- joshua 8:20 +. +When Joshua and all Israel saw that the men in ambush had captured the city and that the smoke of the city ascended, they turned back and slew the men of Ai. -- joshua 8:21 +. +The others came out from the city to encounter them, so that they were trapped in the midst of Israel, some on this side and some on that side; and they slew them until no one was left of those who survived or escaped. -- joshua 8:22 +. +But they took alive the king of Ai and brought him to Joshua. -- joshua 8:23 +. +Now when Israel had finished killing all the inhabitants of Ai in the field in the wilderness where they pursued them, and all of them were fallen by the edge of the sword until they were destroyed, then all Israel returned to Ai and struck it with the edge of the sword. -- joshua 8:24 +. +All who fell that day, both men and women, were 12,000--all the people of Ai. -- joshua 8:25 +. +For Joshua did not withdraw his hand with which he stretched out the javelin until he had utterly destroyed all the inhabitants of Ai. -- joshua 8:26 +. +Israel took only the cattle and the spoil of that city as plunder for themselves, according to the word of the LORD which He had commanded Joshua. -- joshua 8:27 +. +So Joshua burned Ai and made it a heap forever, a desolation until this day. -- joshua 8:28 +. +He hanged the king of Ai on a tree until evening; and at sunset Joshua gave command and they took his body down from the tree and threw it at the entrance of the city gate, and raised over it a great heap of stones that stands to this day. -- joshua 8:29 +. +Then Joshua built an altar to the LORD, the God of Israel, in Mount Ebal, -- joshua 8:30 +. +just as Moses the servant of the LORD had commanded the sons of Israel, as it is written in the book of the law of Moses, an altar of uncut stones on which no man had wielded an iron tool; and they offered burnt offerings on it to the LORD, and sacrificed peace offerings. -- joshua 8:31 +. +He wrote there on the stones a copy of the law of Moses, which he had written, in the presence of the sons of Israel. -- joshua 8:32 +. +All Israel with their elders and officers and their judges were standing on both sides of the ark before the Levitical priests who carried the ark of the covenant of the LORD, the stranger as well as the native. Half of them stood in front of Mount Gerizim and half of them in front of Mount Ebal, just as Moses the servant of the LORD had given command at first to bless the people of Israel. -- joshua 8:33 +. +Then afterward he read all the words of the law, the blessing and the curse, according to all that is written in the book of the law. -- joshua 8:34 +. +There was not a word of all that Moses had commanded which Joshua did not read before all the assembly of Israel with the women and the little ones and the strangers who were living among them. -- joshua 8:35 +. +Now it came about when all the kings who were beyond the Jordan, in the hill country and in the lowland and on all the coast of the Great Sea toward Lebanon, the Hittite and the Amorite, the Canaanite, the Perizzite, the Hivite and the Jebusite, heard of it, -- joshua 9:1 +. +that they gathered themselves together with one accord to fight with Joshua and with Israel. -- joshua 9:2 +. +When the inhabitants of Gibeon heard what Joshua had done to Jericho and to Ai, -- joshua 9:3 +. +they also acted craftily and set out as envoys, and took worn-out sacks on their donkeys, and wineskins worn-out and torn and mended, -- joshua 9:4 +. +and worn-out and patched sandals on their feet, and worn-out clothes on themselves; and all the bread of their provision was dry and had become crumbled. -- joshua 9:5 +. +They went to Joshua to the camp at Gilgal and said to him and to the men of Israel, "We have come from a far country; now therefore, make a covenant with us." -- joshua 9:6 +. +The men of Israel said to the Hivites, "Perhaps you are living within our land; how then shall we make a covenant with you?" -- joshua 9:7 +. +But they said to Joshua, "We are your servants." Then Joshua said to them, "Who are you and where do you come from?" -- joshua 9:8 +. +They said to him, "Your servants have come from a very far country because of the fame of the LORD your God; for we have heard the report of Him and all that He did in Egypt, -- joshua 9:9 +. +and all that He did to the two kings of the Amorites who were beyond the Jordan, to Sihon king of Heshbon and to Og king of Bashan who was at Ashtaroth. -- joshua 9:10 +. +"So our elders and all the inhabitants of our country spoke to us, saying, 'Take provisions in your hand for the journey, and go to meet them and say to them, "We are your servants; now then, make a covenant with us."' -- joshua 9:11 +. +"This our bread was warm when we took it for our provisions out of our houses on the day that we left to come to you; but now behold, it is dry and has become crumbled. -- joshua 9:12 +. +"These wineskins which we filled were new, and behold, they are torn; and these our clothes and our sandals are worn out because of the very long journey." -- joshua 9:13 +. +So the men of Israel took some of their provisions, and did not ask for the counsel of the LORD. -- joshua 9:14 +. +Joshua made peace with them and made a covenant with them, to let them live; and the leaders of the congregation swore an oath to them. -- joshua 9:15 +. +It came about at the end of three days after they had made a covenant with them, that they heard that they were neighbors and that they were living within their land. -- joshua 9:16 +. +Then the sons of Israel set out and came to their cities on the third day. Now their cities were Gibeon and Chephirah and Beeroth and Kiriath-jearim. -- joshua 9:17 +. +The sons of Israel did not strike them because the leaders of the congregation had sworn to them by the LORD the God of Israel. And the whole congregation grumbled against the leaders. -- joshua 9:18 +. +But all the leaders said to the whole congregation, "We have sworn to them by the LORD, the God of Israel, and now we cannot touch them. -- joshua 9:19 +. +"This we will do to them, even let them live, so that wrath will not be upon us for the oath which we swore to them." -- joshua 9:20 +. +The leaders said to them, "Let them live." So they became hewers of wood and drawers of water for the whole congregation, just as the leaders had spoken to them. -- joshua 9:21 +. +Then Joshua called for them and spoke to them, saying, "Why have you deceived us, saying, 'We are very far from you,' when you are living within our land? -- joshua 9:22 +. +"Now therefore, you are cursed, and you shall never cease being slaves, both hewers of wood and drawers of water for the house of my God." -- joshua 9:23 +. +So they answered Joshua and said, "Because it was certainly told your servants that the LORD your God had commanded His servant Moses to give you all the land, and to destroy all the inhabitants of the land before you; therefore we feared greatly for our lives because of you, and have done this thing. -- joshua 9:24 +. +"Now behold, we are in your hands; do as it seems good and right in your sight to do to us." -- joshua 9:25 +. +Thus he did to them, and delivered them from the hands of the sons of Israel, and they did not kill them. -- joshua 9:26 +. +But Joshua made them that day hewers of wood and drawers of water for the congregation and for the altar of the LORD, to this day, in the place which He would choose. -- joshua 9:27 +. +Now it came about when Adoni-zedek king of Jerusalem heard that Joshua had captured Ai, and had utterly destroyed it (just as he had done to Jericho and its king, so he had done to Ai and its king), and that the inhabitants of Gibeon had made peace with Israel and were within their land, -- joshua 10:1 +. +that he feared greatly, because Gibeon was a great city, like one of the royal cities, and because it was greater than Ai, and all its men were mighty. -- joshua 10:2 +. +Therefore Adoni-zedek king of Jerusalem sent word to Hoham king of Hebron and to Piram king of Jarmuth and to Japhia king of Lachish and to Debir king of Eglon, saying, -- joshua 10:3 +. +"Come up to me and help me, and let us attack Gibeon, for it has made peace with Joshua and with the sons of Israel." -- joshua 10:4 +. +So the five kings of the Amorites, the king of Jerusalem, the king of Hebron, the king of Jarmuth, the king of Lachish, and the king of Eglon, gathered together and went up, they with all their armies, and camped by Gibeon and fought against it. -- joshua 10:5 +. +Then the men of Gibeon sent word to Joshua to the camp at Gilgal, saying, "Do not abandon your servants; come up to us quickly and save us and help us, for all the kings of the Amorites that live in the hill country have assembled against us." -- joshua 10:6 +. +So Joshua went up from Gilgal, he and all the people of war with him and all the valiant warriors. -- joshua 10:7 +. +The LORD said to Joshua, "Do not fear them, for I have given them into your hands; not one of them shall stand before you." -- joshua 10:8 +. +So Joshua came upon them suddenly by marching all night from Gilgal. -- joshua 10:9 +. +And the LORD confounded them before Israel, and He slew them with a great slaughter at Gibeon, and pursued them by the way of the ascent of Beth-horon and struck them as far as Azekah and Makkedah. -- joshua 10:10 +. +As they fled from before Israel, while they were at the descent of Beth-horon, the LORD threw large stones from heaven on them as far as Azekah, and they died; there were more who died from the hailstones than those whom the sons of Israel killed with the sword. -- joshua 10:11 +. +Then Joshua spoke to the LORD in the day when the LORD delivered up the Amorites before the sons of Israel, and he said in the sight of Israel, "O sun, stand still at Gibeon, And O moon in the valley of Aijalon." -- joshua 10:12 +. +So the sun stood still, and the moon stopped, Until the nation avenged themselves of their enemies. Is it not written in the book of Jashar? And the sun stopped in the middle of the sky and did not hasten to go down for about a whole day. -- joshua 10:13 +. +There was no day like that before it or after it, when the LORD listened to the voice of a man; for the LORD fought for Israel. -- joshua 10:14 +. +Then Joshua and all Israel with him returned to the camp to Gilgal. -- joshua 10:15 +. +Now these five kings had fled and hidden themselves in the cave at Makkedah. -- joshua 10:16 +. +It was told Joshua, saying, "The five kings have been found hidden in the cave at Makkedah." -- joshua 10:17 +. +Joshua said, "Roll large stones against the mouth of the cave, and assign men by it to guard them, -- joshua 10:18 +. +but do not stay there yourselves; pursue your enemies and attack them in the rear. Do not allow them to enter their cities, for the LORD your God has delivered them into your hand." -- joshua 10:19 +. +It came about when Joshua and the sons of Israel had finished slaying them with a very great slaughter, until they were destroyed, and the survivors who remained of them had entered the fortified cities, -- joshua 10:20 +. +that all the people returned to the camp to Joshua at Makkedah in peace. No one uttered a word against any of the sons of Israel. -- joshua 10:21 +. +Then Joshua said, "Open the mouth of the cave and bring these five kings out to me from the cave." -- joshua 10:22 +. +They did so, and brought these five kings out to him from the cave: the king of Jerusalem, the king of Hebron, the king of Jarmuth, the king of Lachish, and the king of Eglon. -- joshua 10:23 +. +When they brought these kings out to Joshua, Joshua called for all the men of Israel, and said to the chiefs of the men of war who had gone with him, "Come near, put your feet on the necks of these kings." So they came near and put their feet on their necks. -- joshua 10:24 +. +Joshua then said to them, "Do not fear or be dismayed! Be strong and courageous, for thus the LORD will do to all your enemies with whom you fight." -- joshua 10:25 +. +So afterward Joshua struck them and put them to death, and he hanged them on five trees; and they hung on the trees until evening. -- joshua 10:26 +. +It came about at sunset that Joshua gave a command, and they took them down from the trees and threw them into the cave where they had hidden themselves, and put large stones over the mouth of the cave, to this very day. -- joshua 10:27 +. +Now Joshua captured Makkedah on that day, and struck it and its king with the edge of the sword; he utterly destroyed it and every person who was in it. He left no survivor. Thus he did to the king of Makkedah just as he had done to the king of Jericho. -- joshua 10:28 +. +Then Joshua and all Israel with him passed on from Makkedah to Libnah, and fought against Libnah. -- joshua 10:29 +. +The LORD gave it also with its king into the hands of Israel, and he struck it and every person who was in it with the edge of the sword. He left no survivor in it. Thus he did to its king just as he had done to the king of Jericho. -- joshua 10:30 +. +And Joshua and all Israel with him passed on from Libnah to Lachish, and they camped by it and fought against it. -- joshua 10:31 +. +The LORD gave Lachish into the hands of Israel; and he captured it on the second day, and struck it and every person who was in it with the edge of the sword, according to all that he had done to Libnah. -- joshua 10:32 +. +Then Horam king of Gezer came up to help Lachish, and Joshua defeated him and his people until he had left him no survivor. -- joshua 10:33 +. +And Joshua and all Israel with him passed on from Lachish to Eglon, and they camped by it and fought against it. -- joshua 10:34 +. +They captured it on that day and struck it with the edge of the sword; and he utterly destroyed that day every person who was in it, according to all that he had done to Lachish. -- joshua 10:35 +. +Then Joshua and all Israel with him went up from Eglon to Hebron, and they fought against it. -- joshua 10:36 +. +They captured it and struck it and its king and all its cities and all the persons who were in it with the edge of the sword. He left no survivor, according to all that he had done to Eglon. And he utterly destroyed it and every person who was in it. -- joshua 10:37 +. +Then Joshua and all Israel with him returned to Debir, and they fought against it. -- joshua 10:38 +. +He captured it and its king and all its cities, and they struck them with the edge of the sword, and utterly destroyed every person who was in it. He left no survivor. Just as he had done to Hebron, so he did to Debir and its king, as he had also done to Libnah and its king. -- joshua 10:39 +. +Thus Joshua struck all the land, the hill country and the Negev and the lowland and the slopes and all their kings. He left no survivor, but he utterly destroyed all who breathed, just as the LORD, the God of Israel, had commanded. -- joshua 10:40 +. +Joshua struck them from Kadesh-barnea even as far as Gaza, and all the country of Goshen even as far as Gibeon. -- joshua 10:41 +. +Joshua captured all these kings and their lands at one time, because the LORD, the God of Israel, fought for Israel. -- joshua 10:42 +. +So Joshua and all Israel with him returned to the camp at Gilgal. -- joshua 10:43 +. +Then it came about, when Jabin king of Hazor heard of it, that he sent to Jobab king of Madon and to the king of Shimron and to the king of Achshaph, -- joshua 11:1 +. +and to the kings who were of the north in the hill country, and in the Arabah--south of Chinneroth and in the lowland and on the heights of Dor on the west-- -- joshua 11:2 +. +to the Canaanite on the east and on the west, and the Amorite and the Hittite and the Perizzite and the Jebusite in the hill country, and the Hivite at the foot of Hermon in the land of Mizpeh. -- joshua 11:3 +. +They came out, they and all their armies with them, as many people as the sand that is on the seashore, with very many horses and chariots. -- joshua 11:4 +. +So all of these kings having agreed to meet, came and encamped together at the waters of Merom, to fight against Israel. -- joshua 11:5 +. +Then the LORD said to Joshua, "Do not be afraid because of them, for tomorrow at this time I will deliver all of them slain before Israel; you shall hamstring their horses and burn their chariots with fire." -- joshua 11:6 +. +So Joshua and all the people of war with him came upon them suddenly by the waters of Merom, and attacked them. -- joshua 11:7 +. +The LORD delivered them into the hand of Israel, so that they defeated them, and pursued them as far as Great Sidon and Misrephoth-maim and the valley of Mizpeh to the east; and they struck them until no survivor was left to them. -- joshua 11:8 +. +Joshua did to them as the LORD had told him; he hamstrung their horses and burned their chariots with fire. -- joshua 11:9 +. +Then Joshua turned back at that time, and captured Hazor and struck its king with the sword; for Hazor formerly was the head of all these kingdoms. -- joshua 11:10 +. +They struck every person who was in it with the edge of the sword, utterly destroying them; there was no one left who breathed. And he burned Hazor with fire. -- joshua 11:11 +. +Joshua captured all the cities of these kings, and all their kings, and he struck them with the edge of the sword, and utterly destroyed them; just as Moses the servant of the LORD had commanded. -- joshua 11:12 +. +However, Israel did not burn any cities that stood on their mounds, except Hazor alone, which Joshua burned. -- joshua 11:13 +. +All the spoil of these cities and the cattle, the sons of Israel took as their plunder; but they struck every man with the edge of the sword, until they had destroyed them. They left no one who breathed. -- joshua 11:14 +. +Just as the LORD had commanded Moses his servant, so Moses commanded Joshua, and so Joshua did; he left nothing undone of all that the LORD had commanded Moses. -- joshua 11:15 +. +Thus Joshua took all that land: the hill country and all the Negev, all that land of Goshen, the lowland, the Arabah, the hill country of Israel and its lowland -- joshua 11:16 +. +from Mount Halak, that rises toward Seir, even as far as Baal-gad in the valley of Lebanon at the foot of Mount Hermon. And he captured all their kings and struck them down and put them to death. -- joshua 11:17 +. +Joshua waged war a long time with all these kings. -- joshua 11:18 +. +There was not a city which made peace with the sons of Israel except the Hivites living in Gibeon; they took them all in battle. -- joshua 11:19 +. +For it was of the LORD to harden their hearts, to meet Israel in battle in order that he might utterly destroy them, that they might receive no mercy, but that he might destroy them, just as the LORD had commanded Moses. -- joshua 11:20 +. +Then Joshua came at that time and cut off the Anakim from the hill country, from Hebron, from Debir, from Anab and from all the hill country of Judah and from all the hill country of Israel. Joshua utterly destroyed them with their cities. -- joshua 11:21 +. +There were no Anakim left in the land of the sons of Israel; only in Gaza, in Gath, and in Ashdod some remained. -- joshua 11:22 +. +So Joshua took the whole land, according to all that the LORD had spoken to Moses, and Joshua gave it for an inheritance to Israel according to their divisions by their tribes. Thus the land had rest from war. -- joshua 11:23 +. +Now these are the kings of the land whom the sons of Israel defeated, and whose land they possessed beyond the Jordan toward the sunrise, from the valley of the Arnon as far as Mount Hermon, and all the Arabah to the east: -- joshua 12:1 +. +Sihon king of the Amorites, who lived in Heshbon, and ruled from Aroer, which is on the edge of the valley of the Arnon, both the middle of the valley and half of Gilead, even as far as the brook Jabbok, the border of the sons of Ammon; -- joshua 12:2 +. +and the Arabah as far as the Sea of Chinneroth toward the east, and as far as the sea of the Arabah, even the Salt Sea, eastward toward Beth-jeshimoth, and on the south, at the foot of the slopes of Pisgah; -- joshua 12:3 +. +and the territory of Og king of Bashan, one of the remnant of Rephaim, who lived at Ashtaroth and at Edrei, -- joshua 12:4 +. +and ruled over Mount Hermon and Salecah and all Bashan, as far as the border of the Geshurites and the Maacathites, and half of Gilead, as far as the border of Sihon king of Heshbon. -- joshua 12:5 +. +Moses the servant of the LORD and the sons of Israel defeated them; and Moses the servant of the LORD gave it to the Reubenites and the Gadites and the half-tribe of Manasseh as a possession. -- joshua 12:6 +. +Now these are the kings of the land whom Joshua and the sons of Israel defeated beyond the Jordan toward the west, from Baal-gad in the valley of Lebanon even as far as Mount Halak, which rises toward Seir; and Joshua gave it to the tribes of Israel as a possession according to their divisions, -- joshua 12:7 +. +in the hill country, in the lowland, in the Arabah, on the slopes, and in the wilderness, and in the Negev; the Hittite, the Amorite and the Canaanite, the Perizzite, the Hivite and the Jebusite: -- joshua 12:8 +. +the king of Jericho, one; the king of Ai, which is beside Bethel, one; -- joshua 12:9 +. +the king of Jerusalem, one; the king of Hebron, one; -- joshua 12:10 +. +the king of Jarmuth, one; the king of Lachish, one; -- joshua 12:11 +. +the king of Eglon, one; the king of Gezer, one; -- joshua 12:12 +. +the king of Debir, one; the king of Geder, one; -- joshua 12:13 +. +the king of Hormah, one; the king of Arad, one; -- joshua 12:14 +. +the king of Libnah, one; the king of Adullam, one; -- joshua 12:15 +. +the king of Makkedah, one; the king of Bethel, one; -- joshua 12:16 +. +the king of Tappuah, one; the king of Hepher, one; -- joshua 12:17 +. +the king of Aphek, one; the king of Lasharon, one; -- joshua 12:18 +. +the king of Madon, one; the king of Hazor, one; -- joshua 12:19 +. +the king of Shimron-meron, one; the king of Achshaph, one; -- joshua 12:20 +. +the king of Taanach, one; the king of Megiddo, one; -- joshua 12:21 +. +the king of Kedesh, one; the king of Jokneam in Carmel, one; -- joshua 12:22 +. +the king of Dor in the heights of Dor, one; the king of Goiim in Gilgal, one; -- joshua 12:23 +. +the king of Tirzah, one: in all, thirty-one kings. -- joshua 12:24 +. +Now Joshua was old and advanced in years when the LORD said to him, "You are old and advanced in years, and very much of the land remains to be possessed. -- joshua 13:1 +. +"This is the land that remains: all the regions of the Philistines and all those of the Geshurites; -- joshua 13:2 +. +from the Shihor which is east of Egypt, even as far as the border of Ekron to the north (it is counted as Canaanite); the five lords of the Philistines: the Gazite, the Ashdodite, the Ashkelonite, the Gittite, the Ekronite; and the Avvite -- joshua 13:3 +. +to the south, all the land of the Canaanite, and Mearah that belongs to the Sidonians, as far as Aphek, to the border of the Amorite; -- joshua 13:4 +. +and the land of the Gebalite, and all of Lebanon, toward the east, from Baal-gad below Mount Hermon as far as Lebo-hamath. -- joshua 13:5 +. +"All the inhabitants of the hill country from Lebanon as far as Misrephoth-maim, all the Sidonians, I will drive them out from before the sons of Israel; only allot it to Israel for an inheritance as I have commanded you. -- joshua 13:6 +. +"Now therefore, apportion this land for an inheritance to the nine tribes and the half-tribe of Manasseh." -- joshua 13:7 +. +With the other half-tribe, the Reubenites and the Gadites received their inheritance which Moses gave them beyond the Jordan to the east, just as Moses the servant of the LORD gave to them; -- joshua 13:8 +. +from Aroer, which is on the edge of the valley of the Arnon, with the city which is in the middle of the valley, and all the plain of Medeba, as far as Dibon; -- joshua 13:9 +. +and all the cities of Sihon king of the Amorites, who reigned in Heshbon, as far as the border of the sons of Ammon; -- joshua 13:10 +. +and Gilead, and the territory of the Geshurites and Maacathites, and all Mount Hermon, and all Bashan as far as Salecah; -- joshua 13:11 +. +all the kingdom of Og in Bashan, who reigned in Ashtaroth and in Edrei (he alone was left of the remnant of the Rephaim); for Moses struck them and dispossessed them. -- joshua 13:12 +. +But the sons of Israel did not dispossess the Geshurites or the Maacathites; for Geshur and Maacath live among Israel until this day. -- joshua 13:13 +. +Only to the tribe of Levi he did not give an inheritance; the offerings by fire to the LORD, the God of Israel, are their inheritance, as He spoke to him. -- joshua 13:14 +. +So Moses gave an inheritance to the tribe of the sons of Reuben according to their families. -- joshua 13:15 +. +Their territory was from Aroer, which is on the edge of the valley of the Arnon, with the city which is in the middle of the valley and all the plain by Medeba; -- joshua 13:16 +. +Heshbon, and all its cities which are on the plain: Dibon and Bamoth-baal and Beth-baal-meon, -- joshua 13:17 +. +and Jahaz and Kedemoth and Mephaath, -- joshua 13:18 +. +and Kiriathaim and Sibmah and Zereth-shahar on the hill of the valley, -- joshua 13:19 +. +and Beth-peor and the slopes of Pisgah and Beth-jeshimoth, -- joshua 13:20 +. +even all the cities of the plain and all the kingdom of Sihon king of the Amorites who reigned in Heshbon, whom Moses struck with the chiefs of Midian, Evi and Rekem and Zur and Hur and Reba, the princes of Sihon, who lived in the land. -- joshua 13:21 +. +The sons of Israel also killed Balaam the son of Beor, the diviner, with the sword among the rest of their slain. -- joshua 13:22 +. +The border of the sons of Reuben was the Jordan. This was the inheritance of the sons of Reuben according to their families, the cities and their villages. -- joshua 13:23 +. +Moses also gave an inheritance to the tribe of Gad, to the sons of Gad, according to their families. -- joshua 13:24 +. +Their territory was Jazer, and all the cities of Gilead, and half the land of the sons of Ammon, as far as Aroer which is before Rabbah; -- joshua 13:25 +. +and from Heshbon as far as Ramath-mizpeh and Betonim, and from Mahanaim as far as the border of Debir; -- joshua 13:26 +. +and in the valley, Beth-haram and Beth-nimrah and Succoth and Zaphon, the rest of the kingdom of Sihon king of Heshbon, with the Jordan as a border, as far as the lower end of the Sea of Chinnereth beyond the Jordan to the east. -- joshua 13:27 +. +This is the inheritance of the sons of Gad according to their families, the cities and their villages. -- joshua 13:28 +. +Moses also gave an inheritance to the half-tribe of Manasseh; and it was for the half-tribe of the sons of Manasseh according to their families. -- joshua 13:29 +. +Their territory was from Mahanaim, all Bashan, all the kingdom of Og king of Bashan, and all the towns of Jair, which are in Bashan, sixty cities; -- joshua 13:30 +. +also half of Gilead, with Ashtaroth and Edrei, the cities of the kingdom of Og in Bashan, were for the sons of Machir the son of Manasseh, for half of the sons of Machir according to their families. -- joshua 13:31 +. +These are the territories which Moses apportioned for an inheritance in the plains of Moab, beyond the Jordan at Jericho to the east. -- joshua 13:32 +. +But to the tribe of Levi, Moses did not give an inheritance; the LORD, the God of Israel, is their inheritance, as He had promised to them. -- joshua 13:33 +. +Now these are the territories which the sons of Israel inherited in the land of Canaan, which Eleazar the priest, and Joshua the son of Nun, and the heads of the households of the tribes of the sons of Israel apportioned to them for an inheritance, -- joshua 14:1 +. +by the lot of their inheritance, as the LORD commanded through Moses, for the nine tribes and the half-tribe. -- joshua 14:2 +. +For Moses had given the inheritance of the two tribes and the half-tribe beyond the Jordan; but he did not give an inheritance to the Levites among them. -- joshua 14:3 +. +For the sons of Joseph were two tribes, Manasseh and Ephraim, and they did not give a portion to the Levites in the land, except cities to live in, with their pasture lands for their livestock and for their property. -- joshua 14:4 +. +Thus the sons of Israel did just as the LORD had commanded Moses, and they divided the land. -- joshua 14:5 +. +Then the sons of Judah drew near to Joshua in Gilgal, and Caleb the son of Jephunneh the Kenizzite said to him, "You know the word which the LORD spoke to Moses the man of God concerning you and me in Kadesh-barnea. -- joshua 14:6 +. +"I was forty years old when Moses the servant of the LORD sent me from Kadesh-barnea to spy out the land, and I brought word back to him as it was in my heart. -- joshua 14:7 +. +"Nevertheless my brethren who went up with me made the heart of the people melt with fear; but I followed the LORD my God fully. -- joshua 14:8 +. +"So Moses swore on that day, saying, 'Surely the land on which your foot has trodden will be an inheritance to you and to your children forever, because you have followed the LORD my God fully.' -- joshua 14:9 +. +"Now behold, the LORD has let me live, just as He spoke, these forty-five years, from the time that the LORD spoke this word to Moses, when Israel walked in the wilderness; and now behold, I am eighty-five years old today. -- joshua 14:10 +. +"I am still as strong today as I was in the day Moses sent me; as my strength was then, so my strength is now, for war and for going out and coming in. -- joshua 14:11 +. +"Now then, give me this hill country about which the LORD spoke on that day, for you heard on that day that Anakim were there, with great fortified cities; perhaps the LORD will be with me, and I will drive them out as the LORD has spoken." -- joshua 14:12 +. +So Joshua blessed him and gave Hebron to Caleb the son of Jephunneh for an inheritance. -- joshua 14:13 +. +Therefore, Hebron became the inheritance of Caleb the son of Jephunneh the Kenizzite until this day, because he followed the LORD God of Israel fully. -- joshua 14:14 +. +Now the name of Hebron was formerly Kiriath-arba; for Arba was the greatest man among the Anakim. Then the land had rest from war. -- joshua 14:15 +. +Now the lot for the tribe of the sons of Judah according to their families reached the border of Edom, southward to the wilderness of Zin at the extreme south. -- joshua 15:1 +. +Their south border was from the lower end of the Salt Sea, from the bay that turns to the south. -- joshua 15:2 +. +Then it proceeded southward to the ascent of Akrabbim and continued to Zin, then went up by the south of Kadesh-barnea and continued to Hezron, and went up to Addar and turned about to Karka. -- joshua 15:3 +. +It continued to Azmon and proceeded to the brook of Egypt, and the border ended at the sea. This shall be your south border. -- joshua 15:4 +. +The east border was the Salt Sea, as far as the mouth of the Jordan. And the border of the north side was from the bay of the sea at the mouth of the Jordan. -- joshua 15:5 +. +Then the border went up to Beth-hoglah, and continued on the north of Beth-arabah, and the border went up to the stone of Bohan the son of Reuben. -- joshua 15:6 +. +The border went up to Debir from the valley of Achor, and turned northward toward Gilgal which is opposite the ascent of Adummim, which is on the south of the valley; and the border continued to the waters of En-shemesh and it ended at En-rogel. -- joshua 15:7 +. +Then the border went up the valley of Ben-hinnom to the slope of the Jebusite on the south (that is, Jerusalem); and the border went up to the top of the mountain which is before the valley of Hinnom to the west, which is at the end of the valley of Rephaim toward the north. -- joshua 15:8 +. +From the top of the mountain the border curved to the spring of the waters of Nephtoah and proceeded to the cities of Mount Ephron, then the border curved to Baalah (that is, Kiriath-jearim). -- joshua 15:9 +. +The border turned about from Baalah westward to Mount Seir, and continued to the slope of Mount Jearim on the north (that is, Chesalon), and went down to Beth-shemesh and continued through Timnah. -- joshua 15:10 +. +The border proceeded to the side of Ekron northward. Then the border curved to Shikkeron and continued to Mount Baalah and proceeded to Jabneel, and the border ended at the sea. -- joshua 15:11 +. +The west border was at the Great Sea, even its coastline. This is the border around the sons of Judah according to their families. -- joshua 15:12 +. +Now he gave to Caleb the son of Jephunneh a portion among the sons of Judah, according to the command of the LORD to Joshua, namely, Kiriath-arba, Arba being the father of Anak (that is, Hebron). -- joshua 15:13 +. +Caleb drove out from there the three sons of Anak: Sheshai and Ahiman and Talmai, the children of Anak. -- joshua 15:14 +. +Then he went up from there against the inhabitants of Debir; now the name of Debir formerly was Kiriath-sepher. -- joshua 15:15 +. +And Caleb said, "The one who attacks Kiriath-sepher and captures it, I will give him Achsah my daughter as a wife." -- joshua 15:16 +. +Othniel the son of Kenaz, the brother of Caleb, captured it; so he gave him Achsah his daughter as a wife. -- joshua 15:17 +. +It came about that when she came to him, she persuaded him to ask her father for a field. So she alighted from the donkey, and Caleb said to her, "What do you want?" -- joshua 15:18 +. +Then she said, "Give me a blessing; since you have given me the land of the Negev, give me also springs of water." So he gave her the upper springs and the lower springs. -- joshua 15:19 +. +This is the inheritance of the tribe of the sons of Judah according to their families. -- joshua 15:20 +. +Now the cities at the extremity of the tribe of the sons of Judah toward the border of Edom in the south were Kabzeel and Eder and Jagur, -- joshua 15:21 +. +and Kinah and Dimonah and Adadah, -- joshua 15:22 +. +and Kedesh and Hazor and Ithnan, -- joshua 15:23 +. +Ziph and Telem and Bealoth, -- joshua 15:24 +. +and Hazor-hadattah and Kerioth-hezron (that is, Hazor), -- joshua 15:25 +. +Amam and Shema and Moladah, -- joshua 15:26 +. +and Hazar-gaddah and Heshmon and Beth-pelet, -- joshua 15:27 +. +and Hazar-shual and Beersheba and Biziothiah, -- joshua 15:28 +. +Baalah and Iim and Ezem, -- joshua 15:29 +. +and Eltolad and Chesil and Hormah, -- joshua 15:30 +. +and Ziklag and Madmannah and Sansannah, -- joshua 15:31 +. +and Lebaoth and Shilhim and Ain and Rimmon; in all, twenty-nine cities with their villages. -- joshua 15:32 +. +In the lowland: Eshtaol and Zorah and Ashnah, -- joshua 15:33 +. +and Zanoah and En-gannim, Tappuah and Enam, -- joshua 15:34 +. +Jarmuth and Adullam, Socoh and Azekah, -- joshua 15:35 +. +and Shaaraim and Adithaim and Gederah and Gederothaim; fourteen cities with their villages. -- joshua 15:36 +. +Zenan and Hadashah and Migdal-gad, -- joshua 15:37 +. +and Dilean and Mizpeh and Joktheel, -- joshua 15:38 +. +Lachish and Bozkath and Eglon, -- joshua 15:39 +. +and Cabbon and Lahmas and Chitlish, -- joshua 15:40 +. +and Gederoth, Beth-dagon and Naamah and Makkedah; sixteen cities with their villages. -- joshua 15:41 +. +Libnah and Ether and Ashan, -- joshua 15:42 +. +and Iphtah and Ashnah and Nezib, -- joshua 15:43 +. +and Keilah and Achzib and Mareshah; nine cities with their villages. -- joshua 15:44 +. +Ekron, with its towns and its villages; -- joshua 15:45 +. +from Ekron even to the sea, all that were by the side of Ashdod, with their villages. -- joshua 15:46 +. +Ashdod, its towns and its villages; Gaza, its towns and its villages; as far as the brook of Egypt and the Great Sea, even its coastline. -- joshua 15:47 +. +In the hill country: Shamir and Jattir and Socoh, -- joshua 15:48 +. +and Dannah and Kiriath-sannah (that is, Debir), -- joshua 15:49 +. +and Anab and Eshtemoh and Anim, -- joshua 15:50 +. +and Goshen and Holon and Giloh; eleven cities with their villages. -- joshua 15:51 +. +Arab and Dumah and Eshan, -- joshua 15:52 +. +and Janum and Beth-tappuah and Aphekah, -- joshua 15:53 +. +and Humtah and Kiriath-arba (that is, Hebron), and Zior; nine cities with their villages. -- joshua 15:54 +. +Maon, Carmel and Ziph and Juttah, -- joshua 15:55 +. +and Jezreel and Jokdeam and Zanoah, -- joshua 15:56 +. +Kain, Gibeah and Timnah; ten cities with their villages. -- joshua 15:57 +. +Halhul, Beth-zur and Gedor, -- joshua 15:58 +. +and Maarath and Beth-anoth and Eltekon; six cities with their villages. -- joshua 15:59 +. +Kiriath-baal (that is, Kiriath-jearim), and Rabbah; two cities with their villages. -- joshua 15:60 +. +In the wilderness: Beth-arabah, Middin and Secacah, -- joshua 15:61 +. +and Nibshan and the City of Salt and Engedi; six cities with their villages. -- joshua 15:62 +. +Now as for the Jebusites, the inhabitants of Jerusalem, the sons of Judah could not drive them out; so the Jebusites live with the sons of Judah at Jerusalem until this day. -- joshua 15:63 +. +Then the lot for the sons of Joseph went from the Jordan at Jericho to the waters of Jericho on the east into the wilderness, going up from Jericho through the hill country to Bethel. -- joshua 16:1 +. +It went from Bethel to Luz, and continued to the border of the Archites at Ataroth. -- joshua 16:2 +. +It went down westward to the territory of the Japhletites, as far as the territory of lower Beth-horon even to Gezer, and it ended at the sea. -- joshua 16:3 +. +The sons of Joseph, Manasseh and Ephraim, received their inheritance. -- joshua 16:4 +. +Now this was the territory of the sons of Ephraim according to their families: the border of their inheritance eastward was Ataroth-addar, as far as upper Beth-horon. -- joshua 16:5 +. +Then the border went westward at Michmethath on the north, and the border turned about eastward to Taanath-shiloh and continued beyond it to the east of Janoah. -- joshua 16:6 +. +It went down from Janoah to Ataroth and to Naarah, then reached Jericho and came out at the Jordan. -- joshua 16:7 +. +From Tappuah the border continued westward to the brook of Kanah, and it ended at the sea. This is the inheritance of the tribe of the sons of Ephraim according to their families, -- joshua 16:8 +. +together with the cities which were set apart for the sons of Ephraim in the midst of the inheritance of the sons of Manasseh, all the cities with their villages. -- joshua 16:9 +. +But they did not drive out the Canaanites who lived in Gezer, so the Canaanites live in the midst of Ephraim to this day, and they became forced laborers. -- joshua 16:10 +. +Now this was the lot for the tribe of Manasseh, for he was the firstborn of Joseph. To Machir the firstborn of Manasseh, the father of Gilead, were allotted Gilead and Bashan, because he was a man of war. -- joshua 17:1 +. +So the lot was made for the rest of the sons of Manasseh according to their families: for the sons of Abiezer and for the sons of Helek and for the sons of Asriel and for the sons of Shechem and for the sons of Hepher and for the sons of Shemida; these were the male descendants of Manasseh the son of Joseph according to their families. -- joshua 17:2 +. +However, Zelophehad, the son of Hepher, the son of Gilead, the son of Machir, the son of Manasseh, had no sons, only daughters; and these are the names of his daughters: Mahlah and Noah, Hoglah, Milcah and Tirzah. -- joshua 17:3 +. +They came near before Eleazar the priest and before Joshua the son of Nun and before the leaders, saying, "The LORD commanded Moses to give us an inheritance among our brothers." So according to the command of the LORD he gave them an inheritance among their father's brothers. -- joshua 17:4 +. +Thus there fell ten portions to Manasseh, besides the land of Gilead and Bashan, which is beyond the Jordan, -- joshua 17:5 +. +because the daughters of Manasseh received an inheritance among his sons. And the land of Gilead belonged to the rest of the sons of Manasseh. -- joshua 17:6 +. +The border of Manasseh ran from Asher to Michmethath which was east of Shechem; then the border went southward to the inhabitants of En-tappuah. -- joshua 17:7 +. +The land of Tappuah belonged to Manasseh, but Tappuah on the border of Manasseh belonged to the sons of Ephraim. -- joshua 17:8 +. +The border went down to the brook of Kanah, southward of the brook (these cities belonged to Ephraim among the cities of Manasseh), and the border of Manasseh was on the north side of the brook and it ended at the sea. -- joshua 17:9 +. +The south side belonged to Ephraim and the north side to Manasseh, and the sea was their border; and they reached to Asher on the north and to Issachar on the east. -- joshua 17:10 +. +In Issachar and in Asher, Manasseh had Beth-shean and its towns and Ibleam and its towns, and the inhabitants of Dor and its towns, and the inhabitants of En-dor and its towns, and the inhabitants of Taanach and its towns, and the inhabitants of Megiddo and its towns, the third is Napheth. -- joshua 17:11 +. +But the sons of Manasseh could not take possession of these cities, because the Canaanites persisted in living in that land. -- joshua 17:12 +. +It came about when the sons of Israel became strong, they put the Canaanites to forced labor, but they did not drive them out completely. -- joshua 17:13 +. +Then the sons of Joseph spoke to Joshua, saying, "Why have you given me only one lot and one portion for an inheritance, since I am a numerous people whom the LORD has thus far blessed?" -- joshua 17:14 +. +Joshua said to them, "If you are a numerous people, go up to the forest and clear a place for yourself there in the land of the Perizzites and of the Rephaim, since the hill country of Ephraim is too narrow for you." -- joshua 17:15 +. +The sons of Joseph said, "The hill country is not enough for us, and all the Canaanites who live in the valley land have chariots of iron, both those who are in Beth-shean and its towns and those who are in the valley of Jezreel." -- joshua 17:16 +. +Joshua spoke to the house of Joseph, to Ephraim and Manasseh, saying, "You are a numerous people and have great power; you shall not have one lot only, -- joshua 17:17 +. +but the hill country shall be yours. For though it is a forest, you shall clear it, and to its farthest borders it shall be yours; for you shall drive out the Canaanites, even though they have chariots of iron and though they are strong." -- joshua 17:18 +. +Then the whole congregation of the sons of Israel assembled themselves at Shiloh, and set up the tent of meeting there; and the land was subdued before them. -- joshua 18:1 +. +There remained among the sons of Israel seven tribes who had not divided their inheritance. -- joshua 18:2 +. +So Joshua said to the sons of Israel, "How long will you put off entering to take possession of the land which the LORD, the God of your fathers, has given you? -- joshua 18:3 +. +"Provide for yourselves three men from each tribe that I may send them, and that they may arise and walk through the land and write a description of it according to their inheritance; then they shall return to me. -- joshua 18:4 +. +"They shall divide it into seven portions; Judah shall stay in its territory on the south, and the house of Joseph shall stay in their territory on the north. -- joshua 18:5 +. +"You shall describe the land in seven divisions, and bring the description here to me. I will cast lots for you here before the LORD our God. -- joshua 18:6 +. +"For the Levites have no portion among you, because the priesthood of the LORD is their inheritance. Gad and Reuben and the half-tribe of Manasseh also have received their inheritance eastward beyond the Jordan, which Moses the servant of the LORD gave them." -- joshua 18:7 +. +Then the men arose and went, and Joshua commanded those who went to describe the land, saying, "Go and walk through the land and describe it, and return to me; then I will cast lots for you here before the LORD in Shiloh." -- joshua 18:8 +. +So the men went and passed through the land, and described it by cities in seven divisions in a book; and they came to Joshua to the camp at Shiloh. -- joshua 18:9 +. +And Joshua cast lots for them in Shiloh before the LORD, and there Joshua divided the land to the sons of Israel according to their divisions. -- joshua 18:10 +. +Now the lot of the tribe of the sons of Benjamin came up according to their families, and the territory of their lot lay between the sons of Judah and the sons of Joseph. -- joshua 18:11 +. +Their border on the north side was from the Jordan, then the border went up to the side of Jericho on the north, and went up through the hill country westward, and it ended at the wilderness of Beth-aven. -- joshua 18:12 +. +From there the border continued to Luz, to the side of Luz (that is, Bethel) southward; and the border went down to Ataroth-addar, near the hill which lies on the south of lower Beth-horon. -- joshua 18:13 +. +The border extended from there and turned round on the west side southward, from the hill which lies before Beth-horon southward; and it ended at Kiriath-baal (that is, Kiriath-jearim), a city of the sons of Judah. This was the west side. -- joshua 18:14 +. +Then the south side was from the edge of Kiriath-jearim, and the border went westward and went to the fountain of the waters of Nephtoah. -- joshua 18:15 +. +The border went down to the edge of the hill which is in the valley of Ben-hinnom, which is in the valley of Rephaim northward; and it went down to the valley of Hinnom, to the slope of the Jebusite southward, and went down to En-rogel. -- joshua 18:16 +. +It extended northward and went to En-shemesh and went to Geliloth, which is opposite the ascent of Adummim, and it went down to the stone of Bohan the son of Reuben. -- joshua 18:17 +. +It continued to the side in front of the Arabah northward and went down to the Arabah. -- joshua 18:18 +. +The border continued to the side of Beth-hoglah northward; and the border ended at the north bay of the Salt Sea, at the south end of the Jordan. This was the south border. -- joshua 18:19 +. +Moreover, the Jordan was its border on the east side. This was the inheritance of the sons of Benjamin, according to their families and according to its borders all around. -- joshua 18:20 +. +Now the cities of the tribe of the sons of Benjamin according to their families were Jericho and Beth-hoglah and Emek-keziz, -- joshua 18:21 +. +and Beth-arabah and Zemaraim and Bethel, -- joshua 18:22 +. +and Avvim and Parah and Ophrah, -- joshua 18:23 +. +and Chephar-ammoni and Ophni and Geba; twelve cities with their villages. -- joshua 18:24 +. +Gibeon and Ramah and Beeroth, -- joshua 18:25 +. +and Mizpeh and Chephirah and Mozah, -- joshua 18:26 +. +and Rekem and Irpeel and Taralah, -- joshua 18:27 +. +and Zelah, Haeleph and the Jebusite (that is, Jerusalem), Gibeah, Kiriath; fourteen cities with their villages. This is the inheritance of the sons of Benjamin according to their families. -- joshua 18:28 +. +Then the second lot fell to Simeon, to the tribe of the sons of Simeon according to their families, and their inheritance was in the midst of the inheritance of the sons of Judah. -- joshua 19:1 +. +So they had as their inheritance Beersheba or Sheba and Moladah, -- joshua 19:2 +. +and Hazar-shual and Balah and Ezem, -- joshua 19:3 +. +and Eltolad and Bethul and Hormah, -- joshua 19:4 +. +and Ziklag and Beth-marcaboth and Hazar-susah, -- joshua 19:5 +. +and Beth-lebaoth and Sharuhen; thirteen cities with their villages; -- joshua 19:6 +. +Ain, Rimmon and Ether and Ashan; four cities with their villages; -- joshua 19:7 +. +and all the villages which were around these cities as far as Baalath-beer, Ramah of the Negev. This was the inheritance of the tribe of the sons of Simeon according to their families. -- joshua 19:8 +. +The inheritance of the sons of Simeon was taken from the portion of the sons of Judah, for the share of the sons of Judah was too large for them; so the sons of Simeon received an inheritance in the midst of Judah's inheritance. -- joshua 19:9 +. +Now the third lot came up for the sons of Zebulun according to their families. And the territory of their inheritance was as far as Sarid. -- joshua 19:10 +. +Then their border went up to the west and to Maralah, it then touched Dabbesheth and reached to the brook that is before Jokneam. -- joshua 19:11 +. +Then it turned from Sarid to the east toward the sunrise as far as the border of Chisloth-tabor, and it proceeded to Daberath and up to Japhia. -- joshua 19:12 +. +From there it continued eastward toward the sunrise to Gath-hepher, to Eth-kazin, and it proceeded to Rimmon which stretches to Neah. -- joshua 19:13 +. +The border circled around it on the north to Hannathon, and it ended at the valley of Iphtahel. -- joshua 19:14 +. +Included also were Kattah and Nahalal and Shimron and Idalah and Bethlehem; twelve cities with their villages. -- joshua 19:15 +. +This was the inheritance of the sons of Zebulun according to their families, these cities with their villages. -- joshua 19:16 +. +The fourth lot fell to Issachar, to the sons of Issachar according to their families. -- joshua 19:17 +. +Their territory was to Jezreel and included Chesulloth and Shunem, -- joshua 19:18 +. +and Hapharaim and Shion and Anaharath, -- joshua 19:19 +. +and Rabbith and Kishion and Ebez, -- joshua 19:20 +. +and Remeth and En-gannim and En-haddah and Beth-pazzez. -- joshua 19:21 +. +The border reached to Tabor and Shahazumah and Beth-shemesh, and their border ended at the Jordan; sixteen cities with their villages. -- joshua 19:22 +. +This was the inheritance of the tribe of the sons of Issachar according to their families, the cities with their villages. -- joshua 19:23 +. +Now the fifth lot fell to the tribe of the sons of Asher according to their families. -- joshua 19:24 +. +Their territory was Helkath and Hali and Beten and Achshaph, -- joshua 19:25 +. +and Allammelech and Amad and Mishal; and it reached to Carmel on the west and to Shihor-libnath. -- joshua 19:26 +. +It turned toward the east to Beth-dagon and reached to Zebulun, and to the valley of Iphtahel northward to Beth-emek and Neiel; then it proceeded on north to Cabul, -- joshua 19:27 +. +and Ebron and Rehob and Hammon and Kanah, as far as Great Sidon. -- joshua 19:28 +. +The border turned to Ramah and to the fortified city of Tyre; then the border turned to Hosah, and it ended at the sea by the region of Achzib. -- joshua 19:29 +. +Included also were Ummah, and Aphek and Rehob; twenty-two cities with their villages. -- joshua 19:30 +. +This was the inheritance of the tribe of the sons of Asher according to their families, these cities with their villages. -- joshua 19:31 +. +The sixth lot fell to the sons of Naphtali; to the sons of Naphtali according to their families. -- joshua 19:32 +. +Their border was from Heleph, from the oak in Zaanannim and Adami-nekeb and Jabneel, as far as Lakkum, and it ended at the Jordan. -- joshua 19:33 +. +Then the border turned westward to Aznoth-tabor and proceeded from there to Hukkok; and it reached to Zebulun on the south and touched Asher on the west, and to Judah at the Jordan toward the east. -- joshua 19:34 +. +The fortified cities were Ziddim, Zer and Hammath, Rakkath and Chinnereth, -- joshua 19:35 +. +and Adamah and Ramah and Hazor, -- joshua 19:36 +. +and Kedesh and Edrei and En-hazor, -- joshua 19:37 +. +and Yiron and Migdal-el, Horem and Beth-anath and Beth-shemesh; nineteen cities with their villages. -- joshua 19:38 +. +This was the inheritance of the tribe of the sons of Naphtali according to their families, the cities with their villages. -- joshua 19:39 +. +The seventh lot fell to the tribe of the sons of Dan according to their families. -- joshua 19:40 +. +The territory of their inheritance was Zorah and Eshtaol and Ir-shemesh, -- joshua 19:41 +. +and Shaalabbin and Aijalon and Ithlah, -- joshua 19:42 +. +and Elon and Timnah and Ekron, -- joshua 19:43 +. +and Eltekeh and Gibbethon and Baalath, -- joshua 19:44 +. +and Jehud and Bene-berak and Gath-rimmon, -- joshua 19:45 +. +and Me-jarkon and Rakkon, with the territory over against Joppa. -- joshua 19:46 +. +The territory of the sons of Dan proceeded beyond them; for the sons of Dan went up and fought with Leshem and captured it. Then they struck it with the edge of the sword and possessed it and settled in it; and they called Leshem Dan after the name of Dan their father. -- joshua 19:47 +. +This was the inheritance of the tribe of the sons of Dan according to their families, these cities with their villages. -- joshua 19:48 +. +When they finished apportioning the land for inheritance by its borders, the sons of Israel gave an inheritance in their midst to Joshua the son of Nun. -- joshua 19:49 +. +In accordance with the command of the LORD they gave him the city for which he asked, Timnath-serah in the hill country of Ephraim. So he built the city and settled in it. -- joshua 19:50 +. +These are the inheritances which Eleazar the priest, and Joshua the son of Nun, and the heads of the households of the tribes of the sons of Israel distributed by lot in Shiloh before the LORD at the doorway of the tent of meeting. So they finished dividing the land. -- joshua 19:51 +. +Then the LORD spoke to Joshua, saying, -- joshua 20:1 +. +"Speak to the sons of Israel, saying, 'Designate the cities of refuge, of which I spoke to you through Moses, -- joshua 20:2 +. +that the manslayer who kills any person unintentionally, without premeditation, may flee there, and they shall become your refuge from the avenger of blood. -- joshua 20:3 +. +'He shall flee to one of these cities, and shall stand at the entrance of the gate of the city and state his case in the hearing of the elders of that city; and they shall take him into the city to them and give him a place, so that he may dwell among them. -- joshua 20:4 +. +'Now if the avenger of blood pursues him, then they shall not deliver the manslayer into his hand, because he struck his neighbor without premeditation and did not hate him beforehand. -- joshua 20:5 +. +'He shall dwell in that city until he stands before the congregation for judgment, until the death of the one who is high priest in those days. Then the manslayer shall return to his own city and to his own house, to the city from which he fled.'" -- joshua 20:6 +. +So they set apart Kedesh in Galilee in the hill country of Naphtali and Shechem in the hill country of Ephraim, and Kiriath-arba (that is, Hebron) in the hill country of Judah. -- joshua 20:7 +. +Beyond the Jordan east of Jericho, they designated Bezer in the wilderness on the plain from the tribe of Reuben, and Ramoth in Gilead from the tribe of Gad, and Golan in Bashan from the tribe of Manasseh. -- joshua 20:8 +. +These were the appointed cities for all the sons of Israel and for the stranger who sojourns among them, that whoever kills any person unintentionally may flee there, and not die by the hand of the avenger of blood until he stands before the congregation. -- joshua 20:9 +. +Then the heads of households of the Levites approached Eleazar the priest, and Joshua the son of Nun, and the heads of households of the tribes of the sons of Israel. -- joshua 21:1 +. +They spoke to them at Shiloh in the land of Canaan, saying, "The LORD commanded through Moses to give us cities to live in, with their pasture lands for our cattle." -- joshua 21:2 +. +So the sons of Israel gave the Levites from their inheritance these cities with their pasture lands, according to the command of the LORD. -- joshua 21:3 +. +Then the lot came out for the families of the Kohathites. And the sons of Aaron the priest, who were of the Levites, received thirteen cities by lot from the tribe of Judah and from the tribe of the Simeonites and from the tribe of Benjamin. -- joshua 21:4 +. +The rest of the sons of Kohath received ten cities by lot from the families of the tribe of Ephraim and from the tribe of Dan and from the half-tribe of Manasseh. -- joshua 21:5 +. +The sons of Gershon received thirteen cities by lot from the families of the tribe of Issachar and from the tribe of Asher and from the tribe of Naphtali and from the half-tribe of Manasseh in Bashan. -- joshua 21:6 +. +The sons of Merari according to their families received twelve cities from the tribe of Reuben and from the tribe of Gad and from the tribe of Zebulun. -- joshua 21:7 +. +Now the sons of Israel gave by lot to the Levites these cities with their pasture lands, as the LORD had commanded through Moses. -- joshua 21:8 +. +They gave these cities which are here mentioned by name from the tribe of the sons of Judah and from the tribe of the sons of Simeon; -- joshua 21:9 +. +and they were for the sons of Aaron, one of the families of the Kohathites, of the sons of Levi, for the lot was theirs first. -- joshua 21:10 +. +Thus they gave them Kiriath-arba, Arba being the father of Anak (that is, Hebron), in the hill country of Judah, with its surrounding pasture lands. -- joshua 21:11 +. +But the fields of the city and its villages they gave to Caleb the son of Jephunneh as his possession. -- joshua 21:12 +. +So to the sons of Aaron the priest they gave Hebron, the city of refuge for the manslayer, with its pasture lands, and Libnah with its pasture lands, -- joshua 21:13 +. +and Jattir with its pasture lands and Eshtemoa with its pasture lands, -- joshua 21:14 +. +and Holon with its pasture lands and Debir with its pasture lands, -- joshua 21:15 +. +and Ain with its pasture lands and Juttah with its pasture lands and Beth-shemesh with its pasture lands; nine cities from these two tribes. -- joshua 21:16 +. +From the tribe of Benjamin, Gibeon with its pasture lands, Geba with its pasture lands, -- joshua 21:17 +. +Anathoth with its pasture lands and Almon with its pasture lands; four cities. -- joshua 21:18 +. +All the cities of the sons of Aaron, the priests, were thirteen cities with their pasture lands. -- joshua 21:19 +. +Then the cities from the tribe of Ephraim were allotted to the families of the sons of Kohath, the Levites, even to the rest of the sons of Kohath. -- joshua 21:20 +. +They gave them Shechem, the city of refuge for the manslayer, with its pasture lands, in the hill country of Ephraim, and Gezer with its pasture lands, -- joshua 21:21 +. +and Kibzaim with its pasture lands and Beth-horon with its pasture lands; four cities. -- joshua 21:22 +. +From the tribe of Dan, Elteke with its pasture lands, Gibbethon with its pasture lands, -- joshua 21:23 +. +Aijalon with its pasture lands, Gath-rimmon with its pasture lands; four cities. -- joshua 21:24 +. +From the half-tribe of Manasseh, they allotted Taanach with its pasture lands and Gath-rimmon with its pasture lands; two cities. -- joshua 21:25 +. +All the cities with their pasture lands for the families of the rest of the sons of Kohath were ten. -- joshua 21:26 +. +To the sons of Gershon, one of the families of the Levites, from the half-tribe of Manasseh, they gave Golan in Bashan, the city of refuge for the manslayer, with its pasture lands, and Be-eshterah with its pasture lands; two cities. -- joshua 21:27 +. +From the tribe of Issachar, they gave Kishion with its pasture lands, Daberath with its pasture lands, -- joshua 21:28 +. +Jarmuth with its pasture lands, En-gannim with its pasture lands; four cities. -- joshua 21:29 +. +From the tribe of Asher, they gave Mishal with its pasture lands, Abdon with its pasture lands, -- joshua 21:30 +. +Helkath with its pasture lands and Rehob with its pasture lands; four cities. -- joshua 21:31 +. +From the tribe of Naphtali, they gave Kedesh in Galilee, the city of refuge for the manslayer, with its pasture lands and Hammoth-dor with its pasture lands and Kartan with its pasture lands; three cities. -- joshua 21:32 +. +All the cities of the Gershonites according to their families were thirteen cities with their pasture lands. -- joshua 21:33 +. +To the families of the sons of Merari, the rest of the Levites, they gave from the tribe of Zebulun, Jokneam with its pasture lands and Kartah with its pasture lands. -- joshua 21:34 +. +Dimnah with its pasture lands, Nahalal with its pasture lands; four cities. -- joshua 21:35 +. +From the tribe of Reuben, they gave Bezer with its pasture lands and Jahaz with its pasture lands, -- joshua 21:36 +. +Kedemoth with its pasture lands and Mephaath with its pasture lands; four cities. -- joshua 21:37 +. +From the tribe of Gad, they gave Ramoth in Gilead, the city of refuge for the manslayer, with its pasture lands and Mahanaim with its pasture lands, -- joshua 21:38 +. +Heshbon with its pasture lands, Jazer with its pasture lands; four cities in all. -- joshua 21:39 +. +All these were the cities of the sons of Merari according to their families, the rest of the families of the Levites; and their lot was twelve cities. -- joshua 21:40 +. +All the cities of the Levites in the midst of the possession of the sons of Israel were forty-eight cities with their pasture lands. -- joshua 21:41 +. +These cities each had its surrounding pasture lands; thus it was with all these cities. -- joshua 21:42 +. +So the LORD gave Israel all the land which He had sworn to give to their fathers, and they possessed it and lived in it. -- joshua 21:43 +. +And the LORD gave them rest on every side, according to all that He had sworn to their fathers, and no one of all their enemies stood before them; the LORD gave all their enemies into their hand. -- joshua 21:44 +. +Not one of the good promises which the LORD had made to the house of Israel failed; all came to pass. -- joshua 21:45 +. +Then Joshua summoned the Reubenites and the Gadites and the half-tribe of Manasseh, -- joshua 22:1 +. +and said to them, "You have kept all that Moses the servant of the LORD commanded you, and have listened to my voice in all that I commanded you. -- joshua 22:2 +. +"You have not forsaken your brothers these many days to this day, but have kept the charge of the commandment of the LORD your God. -- joshua 22:3 +. +"And now the LORD your God has given rest to your brothers, as He spoke to them; therefore turn now and go to your tents, to the land of your possession, which Moses the servant of the LORD gave you beyond the Jordan. -- joshua 22:4 +. +"Only be very careful to observe the commandment and the law which Moses the servant of the LORD commanded you, to love the LORD your God and walk in all His ways and keep His commandments and hold fast to Him and serve Him with all your heart and with all your soul." -- joshua 22:5 +. +So Joshua blessed them and sent them away, and they went to their tents. -- joshua 22:6 +. +Now to the one half-tribe of Manasseh Moses had given a possession in Bashan, but to the other half Joshua gave a possession among their brothers westward beyond the Jordan. So when Joshua sent them away to their tents, he blessed them, -- joshua 22:7 +. +and said to them, "Return to your tents with great riches and with very much livestock, with silver, gold, bronze, iron, and with very many clothes; divide the spoil of your enemies with your brothers." -- joshua 22:8 +. +The sons of Reuben and the sons of Gad and the half-tribe of Manasseh returned home and departed from the sons of Israel at Shiloh which is in the land of Canaan, to go to the land of Gilead, to the land of their possession which they had possessed, according to the command of the LORD through Moses. -- joshua 22:9 +. +When they came to the region of the Jordan which is in the land of Canaan, the sons of Reuben and the sons of Gad and the half-tribe of Manasseh built an altar there by the Jordan, a large altar in appearance. -- joshua 22:10 +. +And the sons of Israel heard it said, "Behold, the sons of Reuben and the sons of Gad and the half-tribe of Manasseh have built an altar at the frontier of the land of Canaan, in the region of the Jordan, on the side belonging to the sons of Israel." -- joshua 22:11 +. +When the sons of Israel heard of it, the whole congregation of the sons of Israel gathered themselves at Shiloh to go up against them in war. -- joshua 22:12 +. +Then the sons of Israel sent to the sons of Reuben and to the sons of Gad and to the half-tribe of Manasseh, into the land of Gilead, Phinehas the son of Eleazar the priest, -- joshua 22:13 +. +and with him ten chiefs, one chief for each father's household from each of the tribes of Israel; and each one of them was the head of his father's household among the thousands of Israel. -- joshua 22:14 +. +They came to the sons of Reuben and to the sons of Gad and to the half-tribe of Manasseh, to the land of Gilead, and they spoke with them saying, -- joshua 22:15 +. +"Thus says the whole congregation of the LORD, 'What is this unfaithful act which you have committed against the God of Israel, turning away from following the LORD this day, by building yourselves an altar, to rebel against the LORD this day? -- joshua 22:16 +. +'Is not the iniquity of Peor enough for us, from which we have not cleansed ourselves to this day, although a plague came on the congregation of the LORD, -- joshua 22:17 +. +that you must turn away this day from following the LORD? If you rebel against the LORD today, He will be angry with the whole congregation of Israel tomorrow. -- joshua 22:18 +. +'If, however, the land of your possession is unclean, then cross into the land of the possession of the LORD, where the LORD'S tabernacle stands, and take possession among us. Only do not rebel against the LORD, or rebel against us by building an altar for yourselves, besides the altar of the LORD our God. -- joshua 22:19 +. +'Did not Achan the son of Zerah act unfaithfully in the things under the ban, and wrath fall on all the congregation of Israel? And that man did not perish alone in his iniquity.'" -- joshua 22:20 +. +Then the sons of Reuben and the sons of Gad and the half-tribe of Manasseh answered and spoke to the heads of the families of Israel. -- joshua 22:21 +. +"The Mighty One, God, the LORD, the Mighty One, God, the LORD! He knows, and may Israel itself know. If it was in rebellion, or if in an unfaithful act against the LORD do not save us this day! -- joshua 22:22 +. +"If we have built us an altar to turn away from following the LORD, or if to offer a burnt offering or grain offering on it, or if to offer sacrifices of peace offerings on it, may the LORD Himself require it. -- joshua 22:23 +. +"But truly we have done this out of concern, for a reason, saying, 'In time to come your sons may say to our sons, "What have you to do with the LORD, the God of Israel? -- joshua 22:24 +. +"For the LORD has made the Jordan a border between us and you, you sons of Reuben and sons of Gad; you have no portion in the LORD." So your sons may make our sons stop fearing the LORD.' -- joshua 22:25 +. +"Therefore we said, 'Let us build an altar, not for burnt offering or for sacrifice; -- joshua 22:26 +. +rather it shall be a witness between us and you and between our generations after us, that we are to perform the service of the LORD before Him with our burnt offerings, and with our sacrifices and with our peace offerings, so that your sons will not say to our sons in time to come, "You have no portion in the LORD."' -- joshua 22:27 +. +"Therefore we said, 'It shall also come about if they say this to us or to our generations in time to come, then we shall say, "See the copy of the altar of the LORD which our fathers made, not for burnt offering or for sacrifice; rather it is a witness between us and you."' -- joshua 22:28 +. +"Far be it from us that we should rebel against the LORD and turn away from following the LORD this day, by building an altar for burnt offering, for grain offering or for sacrifice, besides the altar of the LORD our God which is before His tabernacle." -- joshua 22:29 +. +So when Phinehas the priest and the leaders of the congregation, even the heads of the families of Israel who were with him, heard the words which the sons of Reuben and the sons of Gad and the sons of Manasseh spoke, it pleased them. -- joshua 22:30 +. +And Phinehas the son of Eleazar the priest said to the sons of Reuben and to the sons of Gad and to the sons of Manasseh, "Today we know that the LORD is in our midst, because you have not committed this unfaithful act against the LORD; now you have delivered the sons of Israel from the hand of the LORD." -- joshua 22:31 +. +Then Phinehas the son of Eleazar the priest and the leaders returned from the sons of Reuben and from the sons of Gad, from the land of Gilead to the land of Canaan, to the sons of Israel, and brought back word to them. -- joshua 22:32 +. +The word pleased the sons of Israel, and the sons of Israel blessed God; and they did not speak of going up against them in war to destroy the land in which the sons of Reuben and the sons of Gad were living. -- joshua 22:33 +. +The sons of Reuben and the sons of Gad called the altar Witness; "For," they said, "it is a witness between us that the LORD is God." -- joshua 22:34 +. +Now it came about after many days, when the LORD had given rest to Israel from all their enemies on every side, and Joshua was old, advanced in years, -- joshua 23:1 +. +that Joshua called for all Israel, for their elders and their heads and their judges and their officers, and said to them, "I am old, advanced in years. -- joshua 23:2 +. +"And you have seen all that the LORD your God has done to all these nations because of you, for the LORD your God is He who has been fighting for you. -- joshua 23:3 +. +"See, I have apportioned to you these nations which remain as an inheritance for your tribes, with all the nations which I have cut off, from the Jordan even to the Great Sea toward the setting of the sun. -- joshua 23:4 +. +"The LORD your God, He will thrust them out from before you and drive them from before you; and you will possess their land, just as the LORD your God promised you. -- joshua 23:5 +. +"Be very firm, then, to keep and do all that is written in the book of the law of Moses, so that you may not turn aside from it to the right hand or to the left, -- joshua 23:6 +. +so that you will not associate with these nations, these which remain among you, or mention the name of their gods, or make anyone swear by them, or serve them, or bow down to them. -- joshua 23:7 +. +"But you are to cling to the LORD your God, as you have done to this day. -- joshua 23:8 +. +"For the LORD has driven out great and strong nations from before you; and as for you, no man has stood before you to this day. -- joshua 23:9 +. +"One of your men puts to flight a thousand, for the LORD your God is He who fights for you, just as He promised you. -- joshua 23:10 +. +"So take diligent heed to yourselves to love the LORD your God. -- joshua 23:11 +. +"For if you ever go back and cling to the rest of these nations, these which remain among you, and intermarry with them, so that you associate with them and they with you, -- joshua 23:12 +. +know with certainty that the LORD your God will not continue to drive these nations out from before you; but they will be a snare and a trap to you, and a whip on your sides and thorns in your eyes, until you perish from off this good land which the LORD your God has given you. -- joshua 23:13 +. +"Now behold, today I am going the way of all the earth, and you know in all your hearts and in all your souls that not one word of all the good words which the LORD your God spoke concerning you has failed; all have been fulfilled for you, not one of them has failed. -- joshua 23:14 +. +"It shall come about that just as all the good words which the LORD your God spoke to you have come upon you, so the LORD will bring upon you all the threats, until He has destroyed you from off this good land which the LORD your God has given you. -- joshua 23:15 +. +"When you transgress the covenant of the LORD your God, which He commanded you, and go and serve other gods and bow down to them, then the anger of the LORD will burn against you, and you will perish quickly from off the good land which He has given you." -- joshua 23:16 +. +Then Joshua gathered all the tribes of Israel to Shechem, and called for the elders of Israel and for their heads and their judges and their officers; and they presented themselves before God. -- joshua 24:1 +. +Joshua said to all the people, "Thus says the LORD, the God of Israel, 'From ancient times your fathers lived beyond the River, namely, Terah, the father of Abraham and the father of Nahor, and they served other gods. -- joshua 24:2 +. +'Then I took your father Abraham from beyond the River, and led him through all the land of Canaan, and multiplied his descendants and gave him Isaac. -- joshua 24:3 +. +'To Isaac I gave Jacob and Esau, and to Esau I gave Mount Seir to possess it; but Jacob and his sons went down to Egypt. -- joshua 24:4 +. +'Then I sent Moses and Aaron, and I plagued Egypt by what I did in its midst; and afterward I brought you out. -- joshua 24:5 +. +'I brought your fathers out of Egypt, and you came to the sea; and Egypt pursued your fathers with chariots and horsemen to the Red Sea. -- joshua 24:6 +. +'But when they cried out to the LORD, He put darkness between you and the Egyptians, and brought the sea upon them and covered them; and your own eyes saw what I did in Egypt. And you lived in the wilderness for a long time. -- joshua 24:7 +. +'Then I brought you into the land of the Amorites who lived beyond the Jordan, and they fought with you; and I gave them into your hand, and you took possession of their land when I destroyed them before you. -- joshua 24:8 +. +'Then Balak the son of Zippor, king of Moab, arose and fought against Israel, and he sent and summoned Balaam the son of Beor to curse you. -- joshua 24:9 +. +'But I was not willing to listen to Balaam. So he had to bless you, and I delivered you from his hand. -- joshua 24:10 +. +'You crossed the Jordan and came to Jericho; and the citizens of Jericho fought against you, and the Amorite and the Perizzite and the Canaanite and the Hittite and the Girgashite, the Hivite and the Jebusite. Thus I gave them into your hand. -- joshua 24:11 +. +'Then I sent the hornet before you and it drove out the two kings of the Amorites from before you, but not by your sword or your bow. -- joshua 24:12 +. +'I gave you a land on which you had not labored, and cities which you had not built, and you have lived in them; you are eating of vineyards and olive groves which you did not plant.' -- joshua 24:13 +. +"Now, therefore, fear the LORD and serve Him in sincerity and truth; and put away the gods which your fathers served beyond the River and in Egypt, and serve the LORD. -- joshua 24:14 +. +"If it is disagreeable in your sight to serve the LORD, choose for yourselves today whom you will serve: whether the gods which your fathers served which were beyond the River, or the gods of the Amorites in whose land you are living; but as for me and my house, we will serve the LORD." -- joshua 24:15 +. +The people answered and said, "Far be it from us that we should forsake the LORD to serve other gods; -- joshua 24:16 +. +for the LORD our God is He who brought us and our fathers up out of the land of Egypt, from the house of bondage, and who did these great signs in our sight and preserved us through all the way in which we went and among all the peoples through whose midst we passed. -- joshua 24:17 +. +"The LORD drove out from before us all the peoples, even the Amorites who lived in the land. We also will serve the LORD, for He is our God." -- joshua 24:18 +. +Then Joshua said to the people, "You will not be able to serve the LORD, for He is a holy God. He is a jealous God; He will not forgive your transgression or your sins. -- joshua 24:19 +. +"If you forsake the LORD and serve foreign gods, then He will turn and do you harm and consume you after He has done good to you." -- joshua 24:20 +. +The people said to Joshua, "No, but we will serve the LORD." -- joshua 24:21 +. +Joshua said to the people, "You are witnesses against yourselves that you have chosen for yourselves the LORD, to serve Him." And they said, "We are witnesses." -- joshua 24:22 +. +"Now therefore, put away the foreign gods which are in your midst, and incline your hearts to the LORD, the God of Israel." -- joshua 24:23 +. +The people said to Joshua, "We will serve the LORD our God and we will obey His voice." -- joshua 24:24 +. +So Joshua made a covenant with the people that day, and made for them a statute and an ordinance in Shechem. -- joshua 24:25 +. +And Joshua wrote these words in the book of the law of God; and he took a large stone and set it up there under the oak that was by the sanctuary of the LORD. -- joshua 24:26 +. +Joshua said to all the people, "Behold, this stone shall be for a witness against us, for it has heard all the words of the LORD which He spoke to us; thus it shall be for a witness against you, so that you do not deny your God." -- joshua 24:27 +. +Then Joshua dismissed the people, each to his inheritance. -- joshua 24:28 +. +It came about after these things that Joshua the son of Nun, the servant of the LORD, died, being one hundred and ten years old. -- joshua 24:29 +. +And they buried him in the territory of his inheritance in Timnath-serah, which is in the hill country of Ephraim, on the north of Mount Gaash. -- joshua 24:30 +. +Israel served the LORD all the days of Joshua and all the days of the elders who survived Joshua, and had known all the deeds of the LORD which He had done for Israel. -- joshua 24:31 +. +Now they buried the bones of Joseph, which the sons of Israel brought up from Egypt, at Shechem, in the piece of ground which Jacob had bought from the sons of Hamor the father of Shechem for one hundred pieces of money; and they became the inheritance of Joseph's sons. -- joshua 24:32 +. +And Eleazar the son of Aaron died; and they buried him at Gibeah of Phinehas his son, which was given him in the hill country of Ephraim. -- joshua 24:33 +. +Now it came about after the death of Joshua that the sons of Israel inquired of the LORD, saying, "Who shall go up first for us against the Canaanites, to fight against them?" -- judges 1:1 +. +The LORD said, "Judah shall go up; behold, I have given the land into his hand." -- judges 1:2 +. +Then Judah said to Simeon his brother, "Come up with me into the territory allotted me, that we may fight against the Canaanites; and I in turn will go with you into the territory allotted you." So Simeon went with him. -- judges 1:3 +. +Judah went up, and the LORD gave the Canaanites and the Perizzites into their hands, and they defeated ten thousand men at Bezek. -- judges 1:4 +. +They found Adoni-bezek in Bezek and fought against him, and they defeated the Canaanites and the Perizzites. -- judges 1:5 +. +But Adoni-bezek fled; and they pursued him and caught him and cut off his thumbs and big toes. -- judges 1:6 +. +Adoni-bezek said, "Seventy kings with their thumbs and their big toes cut off used to gather up scraps under my table; as I have done, so God has repaid me." So they brought him to Jerusalem and he died there. -- judges 1:7 +. +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. -- judges 1:8 +. +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. -- judges 1:9 +. +So Judah went against the Canaanites who lived in Hebron (now the name of Hebron formerly was Kiriath-arba); and they struck Sheshai and Ahiman and Talmai. -- judges 1:10 +. +Then from there he went against the inhabitants of Debir (now the name of Debir formerly was Kiriath-sepher). -- judges 1:11 +. +And Caleb said, "The one who attacks Kiriath-sepher and captures it, I will even give him my daughter Achsah for a wife." -- judges 1:12 +. +Othniel the son of Kenaz, Caleb's younger brother, captured it; so he gave him his daughter Achsah for a wife. -- judges 1:13 +. +Then it came about when she came to him, that she persuaded him to ask her father for a field. Then she alighted from her donkey, and Caleb said to her, "What do you want?" -- judges 1:14 +. +She said to him, "Give me a blessing, since you have given me the land of the Negev, give me also springs of water." So Caleb gave her the upper springs and the lower springs. -- judges 1:15 +. +The descendants of the Kenite, Moses' father-in-law, went up from the city of palms with the sons of Judah, to the wilderness of Judah which is in the south of Arad; and they went and lived with the people. -- judges 1:16 +. +Then Judah went with Simeon his brother, and they struck the Canaanites living in Zephath, and utterly destroyed it. So the name of the city was called Hormah. -- judges 1:17 +. +And Judah took Gaza with its territory and Ashkelon with its territory and Ekron with its territory. -- judges 1:18 +. +Now the LORD was with Judah, and they took possession of the hill country; but they could not drive out the inhabitants of the valley because they had iron chariots. -- judges 1:19 +. +Then they gave Hebron to Caleb, as Moses had promised; and he drove out from there the three sons of Anak. -- judges 1:20 +. +But the sons of Benjamin did not drive out the Jebusites who lived in Jerusalem; so the Jebusites have lived with the sons of Benjamin in Jerusalem to this day. -- judges 1:21 +. +Likewise the house of Joseph went up against Bethel, and the LORD was with them. -- judges 1:22 +. +The house of Joseph spied out Bethel (now the name of the city was formerly Luz). -- judges 1:23 +. +The spies saw a man coming out of the city and they said to him, "Please show us the entrance to the city and we will treat you kindly." -- judges 1:24 +. +So he showed them the entrance to the city, and they struck the city with the edge of the sword, but they let the man and all his family go free. -- judges 1:25 +. +The man went into the land of the Hittites and built a city and named it Luz which is its name to this day. -- judges 1:26 +. +But Manasseh did not take possession of Beth-shean and its villages, or Taanach and its villages, or the inhabitants of Dor and its villages, or the inhabitants of Ibleam and its villages, or the inhabitants of Megiddo and its villages; so the Canaanites persisted in living in that land. -- judges 1:27 +. +It came about when Israel became strong, that they put the Canaanites to forced labor, but they did not drive them out completely. -- judges 1:28 +. +Ephraim did not drive out the Canaanites who were living in Gezer; so the Canaanites lived in Gezer among them. -- judges 1:29 +. +Zebulun did not drive out the inhabitants of Kitron, or the inhabitants of Nahalol; so the Canaanites lived among them and became subject to forced labor. -- judges 1:30 +. +Asher did not drive out the inhabitants of Acco, or the inhabitants of Sidon, or of Ahlab, or of Achzib, or of Helbah, or of Aphik, or of Rehob. -- judges 1:31 +. +So the Asherites lived among the Canaanites, the inhabitants of the land; for they did not drive them out. -- judges 1:32 +. +Naphtali did not drive out the inhabitants of Beth-shemesh, or the inhabitants of Beth-anath, but lived among the Canaanites, the inhabitants of the land; and the inhabitants of Beth-shemesh and Beth-anath became forced labor for them. -- judges 1:33 +. +Then the Amorites forced the sons of Dan into the hill country, for they did not allow them to come down to the valley; -- judges 1:34 +. +yet the Amorites persisted in living in Mount Heres, in Aijalon and in Shaalbim; but when the power of the house of Joseph grew strong, they became forced labor. -- judges 1:35 +. +The border of the Amorites ran from the ascent of Akrabbim, from Sela and upward. -- judges 1:36 +. +Now the angel of the LORD came up from Gilgal to Bochim. And he said, "I brought you up out of Egypt and led you into the land which I have sworn to your fathers; and I said, 'I will never break My covenant with you, -- judges 2:1 +. +and as for you, you shall make no covenant with the inhabitants of this land; you shall tear down their altars.' But you have not obeyed Me; what is this you have done? -- judges 2:2 +. +"Therefore I also said, 'I will not drive them out before you; but they will become as thorns in your sides and their gods will be a snare to you.'" -- judges 2:3 +. +When the angel of the LORD spoke these words to all the sons of Israel, the people lifted up their voices and wept. -- judges 2:4 +. +So they named that place Bochim; and there they sacrificed to the LORD. -- judges 2:5 +. +When Joshua had dismissed the people, the sons of Israel went each to his inheritance to possess the land. -- judges 2:6 +. +The people served the LORD all the days of Joshua, and all the days of the elders who survived Joshua, who had seen all the great work of the LORD which He had done for Israel. -- judges 2:7 +. +Then Joshua the son of Nun, the servant of the LORD, died at the age of one hundred and ten. -- judges 2:8 +. +And they buried him in the territory of his inheritance in Timnath-heres, in the hill country of Ephraim, north of Mount Gaash. -- judges 2:9 +. +All that generation also were gathered to their fathers; and there arose another generation after them who did not know the LORD, nor yet the work which He had done for Israel. -- judges 2:10 +. +Then the sons of Israel did evil in the sight of the LORD and served the Baals, -- judges 2:11 +. +and they forsook the LORD, the God of their fathers, who had brought them out of the land of Egypt, and followed other gods from among the gods of the peoples who were around them, and bowed themselves down to them; thus they provoked the LORD to anger. -- judges 2:12 +. +So they forsook the LORD and served Baal and the Ashtaroth. -- judges 2:13 +. +The anger of the LORD burned against Israel, and He gave them into the hands of plunderers who plundered them; and He sold them into the hands of their enemies around them, so that they could no longer stand before their enemies. -- judges 2:14 +. +Wherever they went, the hand of the LORD was against them for evil, as the LORD had spoken and as the LORD had sworn to them, so that they were severely distressed. -- judges 2:15 +. +Then the LORD raised up judges who delivered them from the hands of those who plundered them. -- judges 2:16 +. +Yet they did not listen to their judges, for they played the harlot after other gods and bowed themselves down to them. They turned aside quickly from the way in which their fathers had walked in obeying the commandments of the LORD; they did not do as their fathers. -- judges 2:17 +. +When the LORD raised up judges for them, the LORD was with the judge and delivered them from the hand of their enemies all the days of the judge; for the LORD was moved to pity by their groaning because of those who oppressed and afflicted them. -- judges 2:18 +. +But it came about when the judge died, that they would turn back and act more corruptly than their fathers, in following other gods to serve them and bow down to them; they did not abandon their practices or their stubborn ways. -- judges 2:19 +. +So the anger of the LORD burned against Israel, and He said, "Because this nation has transgressed My covenant which I commanded their fathers and has not listened to My voice, -- judges 2:20 +. +I also will no longer drive out before them any of the nations which Joshua left when he died, -- judges 2:21 +. +in order to test Israel by them, whether they will keep the way of the LORD to walk in it as their fathers did, or not." -- judges 2:22 +. +So the LORD allowed those nations to remain, not driving them out quickly; and He did not give them into the hand of Joshua. -- judges 2:23 +. +Now these are the nations which the LORD left, to test Israel by them (that is, all who had not experienced any of the wars of Canaan; -- judges 3:1 +. +only in order that the generations of the sons of Israel might be taught war, those who had not experienced it formerly). -- judges 3:2 +. +These nations are: the five lords of the Philistines and all the Canaanites and the Sidonians and the Hivites who lived in Mount Lebanon, from Mount Baal-hermon as far as Lebo-hamath. -- judges 3:3 +. +They were for testing Israel, to find out if they would obey the commandments of the LORD, which He had commanded their fathers through Moses. -- judges 3:4 +. +The sons of Israel lived among the Canaanites, the Hittites, the Amorites, the Perizzites, the Hivites, and the Jebusites; -- judges 3:5 +. +and they took their daughters for themselves as wives, and gave their own daughters to their sons, and served their gods. -- judges 3:6 +. +The sons of Israel did what was evil in the sight of the LORD, and forgot the LORD their God and served the Baals and the Asheroth. -- judges 3:7 +. +Then the anger of the LORD was kindled against Israel, so that He sold them into the hands of Cushan-rishathaim king of Mesopotamia; and the sons of Israel served Cushan-rishathaim eight years. -- judges 3:8 +. +When the sons of Israel cried to the LORD, the LORD raised up a deliverer for the sons of Israel to deliver them, Othniel the son of Kenaz, Caleb's younger brother. -- judges 3:9 +. +The Spirit of the LORD came upon him, and he judged Israel. When he went out to war, the LORD gave Cushan-rishathaim king of Mesopotamia into his hand, so that he prevailed over Cushan-rishathaim. -- judges 3:10 +. +Then the land had rest forty years. And Othniel the son of Kenaz died. -- judges 3:11 +. +Now the sons of Israel again did evil in the sight of the LORD. So the LORD strengthened Eglon the king of Moab against Israel, because they had done evil in the sight of the LORD. -- judges 3:12 +. +And he gathered to himself the sons of Ammon and Amalek; and he went and defeated Israel, and they possessed the city of the palm trees. -- judges 3:13 +. +The sons of Israel served Eglon the king of Moab eighteen years. -- judges 3:14 +. +But when the sons of Israel cried to the LORD, the LORD raised up a deliverer for them, Ehud the son of Gera, the Benjamite, a left-handed man. And the sons of Israel sent tribute by him to Eglon the king of Moab. -- judges 3:15 +. +Ehud made himself a sword which had two edges, a cubit in length, and he bound it on his right thigh under his cloak. -- judges 3:16 +. +He presented the tribute to Eglon king of Moab. Now Eglon was a very fat man. -- judges 3:17 +. +It came about when he had finished presenting the tribute, that he sent away the people who had carried the tribute. -- judges 3:18 +. +But he himself turned back from the idols which were at Gilgal, and said, "I have a secret message for you, O king." And he said, "Keep silence." And all who attended him left him. -- judges 3:19 +. +Ehud came to him while he was sitting alone in his cool roof chamber. And Ehud said, "I have a message from God for you." And he arose from his seat. -- judges 3:20 +. +Ehud stretched out his left hand, took the sword from his right thigh and thrust it into his belly. -- judges 3:21 +. +The handle also went in after the blade, and the fat closed over the blade, for he did not draw the sword out of his belly; and the refuse came out. -- judges 3:22 +. +Then Ehud went out into the vestibule and shut the doors of the roof chamber behind him, and locked them. -- judges 3:23 +. +When he had gone out, his servants came and looked, and behold, the doors of the roof chamber were locked; and they said, "He is only relieving himself in the cool room." -- judges 3:24 +. +They waited until they became anxious; but behold, he did not open the doors of the roof chamber. Therefore they took the key and opened them, and behold, their master had fallen to the floor dead. -- judges 3:25 +. +Now Ehud escaped while they were delaying, and he passed by the idols and escaped to Seirah. -- judges 3:26 +. +It came about when he had arrived, that he blew the trumpet in the hill country of Ephraim; and the sons of Israel went down with him from the hill country, and he was in front of them. -- judges 3:27 +. +He said to them, "Pursue them, for the LORD has given your enemies the Moabites into your hands." So they went down after him and seized the fords of the Jordan opposite Moab, and did not allow anyone to cross. -- judges 3:28 +. +They struck down at that time about ten thousand Moabites, all robust and valiant men; and no one escaped. -- judges 3:29 +. +So Moab was subdued that day under the hand of Israel. And the land was undisturbed for eighty years. -- judges 3:30 +. +After him came Shamgar the son of Anath, who struck down six hundred Philistines with an oxgoad; and he also saved Israel. -- judges 3:31 +. +Then the sons of Israel again did evil in the sight of the LORD, after Ehud died. -- judges 4:1 +. +And the LORD sold them into the hand of Jabin king of Canaan, who reigned in Hazor; and the commander of his army was Sisera, who lived in Harosheth-hagoyim. -- judges 4:2 +. +The sons of Israel cried to the LORD; for he had nine hundred iron chariots, and he oppressed the sons of Israel severely for twenty years. -- judges 4:3 +. +Now Deborah, a prophetess, the wife of Lappidoth, was judging Israel at that time. -- judges 4:4 +. +She used to sit under the palm tree of Deborah between Ramah and Bethel in the hill country of Ephraim; and the sons of Israel came up to her for judgment. -- judges 4:5 +. +Now she sent and summoned Barak the son of Abinoam from Kedesh-naphtali, and said to him, "Behold, the LORD, the God of Israel, has commanded, 'Go and march to Mount Tabor, and take with you ten thousand men from the sons of Naphtali and from the sons of Zebulun. -- judges 4:6 +. +'I will draw out to you Sisera, the commander of Jabin's army, with his chariots and his many troops to the river Kishon, and I will give him into your hand.'" -- judges 4:7 +. +Then Barak said to her, "If you will go with me, then I will go; but if you will not go with me, I will not go." -- judges 4:8 +. +She said, "I will surely go with you; nevertheless, the honor shall not be yours on the journey that you are about to take, for the LORD will sell Sisera into the hands of a woman." Then Deborah arose and went with Barak to Kedesh. -- judges 4:9 +. +Barak called Zebulun and Naphtali together to Kedesh, and ten thousand men went up with him; Deborah also went up with him. -- judges 4:10 +. +Now Heber the Kenite had separated himself from the Kenites, from the sons of Hobab the father-in-law of Moses, and had pitched his tent as far away as the oak in Zaanannim, which is near Kedesh. -- judges 4:11 +. +Then they told Sisera that Barak the son of Abinoam had gone up to Mount Tabor. -- judges 4:12 +. +Sisera called together all his chariots, nine hundred iron chariots, and all the people who were with him, from Harosheth-hagoyim to the river Kishon. -- judges 4:13 +. +Deborah said to Barak, "Arise! For this is the day in which the LORD has given Sisera into your hands; behold, the LORD has gone out before you." So Barak went down from Mount Tabor with ten thousand men following him. -- judges 4:14 +. +The LORD routed Sisera and all his chariots and all his army with the edge of the sword before Barak; and Sisera alighted from his chariot and fled away on foot. -- judges 4:15 +. +But Barak pursued the chariots and the army as far as Harosheth-hagoyim, and all the army of Sisera fell by the edge of the sword; not even one was left. -- judges 4:16 +. +Now Sisera fled away on foot to the tent of Jael the wife of Heber the Kenite, for there was peace between Jabin the king of Hazor and the house of Heber the Kenite. -- judges 4:17 +. +Jael went out to meet Sisera, and said to him, "Turn aside, my master, turn aside to me! Do not be afraid." And he turned aside to her into the tent, and she covered him with a rug. -- judges 4:18 +. +He said to her, "Please give me a little water to drink, for I am thirsty." So she opened a bottle of milk and gave him a drink; then she covered him. -- judges 4:19 +. +He said to her, "Stand in the doorway of the tent, and it shall be if anyone comes and inquires of you, and says, 'Is there anyone here?' that you shall say, 'No.'" -- judges 4:20 +. +But Jael, Heber's wife, took a tent peg and seized a hammer in her hand, and went secretly to him and drove the peg into his temple, and it went through into the ground; for he was sound asleep and exhausted. So he died. -- judges 4:21 +. +And behold, as Barak pursued Sisera, Jael came out to meet him and said to him, "Come, and I will show you the man whom you are seeking." And he entered with her, and behold Sisera was lying dead with the tent peg in his temple. -- judges 4:22 +. +So God subdued on that day Jabin the king of Canaan before the sons of Israel. -- judges 4:23 +. +The hand of the sons of Israel pressed heavier and heavier upon Jabin the king of Canaan, until they had destroyed Jabin the king of Canaan. -- judges 4:24 +. +Then Deborah and Barak the son of Abinoam sang on that day, saying, -- judges 5:1 +. +"That the leaders led in Israel, That the people volunteered, Bless the LORD! -- judges 5:2 +. +"Hear, O kings; give ear, O rulers! I--to the LORD, I will sing, I will sing praise to the LORD, the God of Israel. -- judges 5:3 +. +"LORD, when You went out from Seir, When You marched from the field of Edom, The earth quaked, the heavens also dripped, Even the clouds dripped water. -- judges 5:4 +. +"The mountains quaked at the presence of the LORD, This Sinai, at the presence of the LORD, the God of Israel. -- judges 5:5 +. +"In the days of Shamgar the son of Anath, In the days of Jael, the highways were deserted, And travelers went by roundabout ways. -- judges 5:6 +. +"The peasantry ceased, they ceased in Israel, Until I, Deborah, arose, Until I arose, a mother in Israel. -- judges 5:7 +. +"New gods were chosen; Then war was in the gates. Not a shield or a spear was seen Among forty thousand in Israel. -- judges 5:8 +. +"My heart goes out to the commanders of Israel, The volunteers among the people; Bless the LORD! -- judges 5:9 +. +"You who ride on white donkeys, You who sit on rich carpets, And you who travel on the road--sing! -- judges 5:10 +. +"At the sound of those who divide flocks among the watering places, There they shall recount the righteous deeds of the LORD, The righteous deeds for His peasantry in Israel. Then the people of the LORD went down to the gates. -- judges 5:11 +. +"Awake, awake, Deborah; Awake, awake, sing a song! Arise, Barak, and take away your captives, O son of Abinoam. -- judges 5:12 +. +"Then survivors came down to the nobles; The people of the LORD came down to me as warriors. -- judges 5:13 +. +"From Ephraim those whose root is in Amalek came down, Following you, Benjamin, with your peoples; From Machir commanders came down, And from Zebulun those who wield the staff of office. -- judges 5:14 +. +"And the princes of Issachar were with Deborah; As was Issachar, so was Barak; Into the valley they rushed at his heels; Among the divisions of Reuben There were great resolves of heart. -- judges 5:15 +. +"Why did you sit among the sheepfolds, To hear the piping for the flocks? Among the divisions of Reuben There were great searchings of heart. -- judges 5:16 +. +"Gilead remained across the Jordan; And why did Dan stay in ships? Asher sat at the seashore, And remained by its landings. -- judges 5:17 +. +"Zebulun was a people who despised their lives even to death, And Naphtali also, on the high places of the field. -- judges 5:18 +. +"The kings came and fought; Then fought the kings of Canaan At Taanach near the waters of Megiddo; They took no plunder in silver. -- judges 5:19 +. +"The stars fought from heaven, From their courses they fought against Sisera. -- judges 5:20 +. +"The torrent of Kishon swept them away, The ancient torrent, the torrent Kishon. O my soul, march on with strength. -- judges 5:21 +. +"Then the horses' hoofs beat From the dashing, the dashing of his valiant steeds. -- judges 5:22 +. +'Curse Meroz,' said the angel of the LORD, 'Utterly curse its inhabitants; Because they did not come to the help of the LORD, To the help of the LORD against the warriors.' -- judges 5:23 +. +"Most blessed of women is Jael, The wife of Heber the Kenite; Most blessed is she of women in the tent. -- judges 5:24 +. +"He asked for water and she gave him milk; In a magnificent bowl she brought him curds. -- judges 5:25 +. +"She reached out her hand for the tent peg, And her right hand for the workmen's hammer. Then she struck Sisera, she smashed his head; And she shattered and pierced his temple. -- judges 5:26 +. +"Between her feet he bowed, he fell, he lay; Between her feet he bowed, he fell; Where he bowed, there he fell dead. -- judges 5:27 +. +"Out of the window she looked and lamented, The mother of Sisera through the lattice, 'Why does his chariot delay in coming? Why do the hoofbeats of his chariots tarry?' -- judges 5:28 +. +"Her wise princesses would answer her, Indeed she repeats her words to herself, -- judges 5:29 +. +'Are they not finding, are they not dividing the spoil? A maiden, two maidens for every warrior; To Sisera a spoil of dyed work, A spoil of dyed work embroidered, Dyed work of double embroidery on the neck of the spoiler?' -- judges 5:30 +. +"Thus let all Your enemies perish, O LORD; But let those who love Him be like the rising of the sun in its might." And the land was undisturbed for forty years. -- judges 5:31 +. +Then the sons of Israel did what was evil in the sight of the LORD; and the LORD gave them into the hands of Midian seven years. -- judges 6:1 +. +The power of Midian prevailed against Israel. Because of Midian the sons of Israel made for themselves the dens which were in the mountains and the caves and the strongholds. -- judges 6:2 +. +For it was when Israel had sown, that the Midianites would come up with the Amalekites and the sons of the east and go against them. -- judges 6:3 +. +So they would camp against them and destroy the produce of the earth as far as Gaza, and leave no sustenance in Israel as well as no sheep, ox, or donkey. -- judges 6:4 +. +For they would come up with their livestock and their tents, they would come in like locusts for number, both they and their camels were innumerable; and they came into the land to devastate it. -- judges 6:5 +. +So Israel was brought very low because of Midian, and the sons of Israel cried to the LORD. -- judges 6:6 +. +Now it came about when the sons of Israel cried to the LORD on account of Midian, -- judges 6:7 +. +that the LORD sent a prophet to the sons of Israel, and he said to them, "Thus says the LORD, the God of Israel, 'It was I who brought you up from Egypt and brought you out from the house of slavery. -- judges 6:8 +. +'I delivered you from the hands of the Egyptians and from the hands of all your oppressors, and dispossessed them before you and gave you their land, -- judges 6:9 +. +and I said to you, "I am the LORD your God; you shall not fear the gods of the Amorites in whose land you live. But you have not obeyed Me."'" -- judges 6:10 +. +Then the angel of the LORD came and sat under the oak that was in Ophrah, which belonged to Joash the Abiezrite as his son Gideon was beating out wheat in the wine press in order to save it from the Midianites. -- judges 6:11 +. +The angel of the LORD appeared to him and said to him, "The LORD is with you, O valiant warrior." -- judges 6:12 +. +Then Gideon said to him, "O my lord, if the LORD is with us, why then has all this happened to us? And where are all His miracles which our fathers told us about, saying, 'Did not the LORD bring us up from Egypt?' But now the LORD has abandoned us and given us into the hand of Midian." -- judges 6:13 +. +The LORD looked at him and said, "Go in this your strength and deliver Israel from the hand of Midian. Have I not sent you?" -- judges 6:14 +. +He said to Him, "O Lord, how shall I deliver Israel? Behold, my family is the least in Manasseh, and I am the youngest in my father's house." -- judges 6:15 +. +But the LORD said to him, "Surely I will be with you, and you shall defeat Midian as one man." -- judges 6:16 +. +So Gideon said to Him, "If now I have found favor in Your sight, then show me a sign that it is You who speak with me. -- judges 6:17 +. +"Please do not depart from here, until I come back to You, and bring out my offering and lay it before You." And He said, "I will remain until you return." -- judges 6:18 +. +Then Gideon went in and prepared a young goat and unleavened bread from an ephah of flour; he put the meat in a basket and the broth in a pot, and brought them out to him under the oak and presented them. -- judges 6:19 +. +The angel of God said to him, "Take the meat and the unleavened bread and lay them on this rock, and pour out the broth." And he did so. -- judges 6:20 +. +Then the angel of the LORD put out the end of the staff that was in his hand and touched the meat and the unleavened bread; and fire sprang up from the rock and consumed the meat and the unleavened bread. Then the angel of the LORD vanished from his sight. -- judges 6:21 +. +When Gideon saw that he was the angel of the LORD, he said, "Alas, O Lord GOD! For now I have seen the angel of the LORD face to face." -- judges 6:22 +. +The LORD said to him, "Peace to you, do not fear; you shall not die." -- judges 6:23 +. +Then Gideon built an altar there to the LORD and named it The LORD is Peace. To this day it is still in Ophrah of the Abiezrites. -- judges 6:24 +. +Now on the same night the LORD said to him, "Take your father's bull and a second bull seven years old, and pull down the altar of Baal which belongs to your father, and cut down the Asherah that is beside it; -- judges 6:25 +. +and build an altar to the LORD your God on the top of this stronghold in an orderly manner, and take a second bull and offer a burnt offering with the wood of the Asherah which you shall cut down." -- judges 6:26 +. +Then Gideon took ten men of his servants and did as the LORD had spoken to him; and because he was too afraid of his father's household and the men of the city to do it by day, he did it by night. -- judges 6:27 +. +When the men of the city arose early in the morning, behold, the altar of Baal was torn down, and the Asherah which was beside it was cut down, and the second bull was offered on the altar which had been built. -- judges 6:28 +. +They said to one another, "Who did this thing?" And when they searched about and inquired, they said, "Gideon the son of Joash did this thing." -- judges 6:29 +. +Then the men of the city said to Joash, "Bring out your son, that he may die, for he has torn down the altar of Baal, and indeed, he has cut down the Asherah which was beside it." -- judges 6:30 +. +But Joash said to all who stood against him, "Will you contend for Baal, or will you deliver him? Whoever will plead for him shall be put to death by morning. If he is a god, let him contend for himself, because someone has torn down his altar." -- judges 6:31 +. +Therefore on that day he named him Jerubbaal, that is to say, "Let Baal contend against him," because he had torn down his altar. -- judges 6:32 +. +Then all the Midianites and the Amalekites and the sons of the east assembled themselves; and they crossed over and camped in the valley of Jezreel. -- judges 6:33 +. +So the Spirit of the LORD came upon Gideon; and he blew a trumpet, and the Abiezrites were called together to follow him. -- judges 6:34 +. +He sent messengers throughout Manasseh, and they also were called together to follow him; and he sent messengers to Asher, Zebulun, and Naphtali, and they came up to meet them. -- judges 6:35 +. +Then Gideon said to God, "If You will deliver Israel through me, as You have spoken, -- judges 6:36 +. +behold, I will put a fleece of wool on the threshing floor. If there is dew on the fleece only, and it is dry on all the ground, then I will know that You will deliver Israel through me, as You have spoken." -- judges 6:37 +. +And it was so. When he arose early the next morning and squeezed the fleece, he drained the dew from the fleece, a bowl full of water. -- judges 6:38 +. +Then Gideon said to God, "Do not let Your anger burn against me that I may speak once more; please let me make a test once more with the fleece, let it now be dry only on the fleece, and let there be dew on all the ground." -- judges 6:39 +. +God did so that night; for it was dry only on the fleece, and dew was on all the ground. -- judges 6:40 +. +Then Jerubbaal (that is, Gideon) and all the people who were with him, rose early and camped beside the spring of Harod; and the camp of Midian was on the north side of them by the hill of Moreh in the valley. -- judges 7:1 +. +The LORD said to Gideon, "The people who are with you are too many for Me to give Midian into their hands, for Israel would become boastful, saying, 'My own power has delivered me.' -- judges 7:2 +. +"Now therefore come, proclaim in the hearing of the people, saying, 'Whoever is afraid and trembling, let him return and depart from Mount Gilead.'" So 22,people returned, but 10,000 remained. -- judges 7:3 +. +Then the LORD said to Gideon, "The people are still too many; bring them down to the water and I will test them for you there. Therefore it shall be that he of whom I say to you, 'This one shall go with you,' he shall go with you; but everyone of whom I say to you, 'This one shall not go with you,' he shall not go." -- judges 7:4 +. +So he brought the people down to the water. And the LORD said to Gideon, "You shall separate everyone who laps the water with his tongue as a dog laps, as well as everyone who kneels to drink." -- judges 7:5 +. +Now the number of those who lapped, putting their hand to their mouth, was men; but all the rest of the people kneeled to drink water. -- judges 7:6 +. +The LORD said to Gideon, "I will deliver you with the men who lapped and will give the Midianites into your hands; so let all the other people go, each man to his home." -- judges 7:7 +. +So the 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. -- judges 7:8 +. +Now the same night it came about that the LORD said to him, "Arise, go down against the camp, for I have given it into your hands. -- judges 7:9 +. +"But if you are afraid to go down, go with Purah your servant down to the camp, -- judges 7:10 +. +and you will hear what they say; and afterward your hands will be strengthened that you may go down against the camp." So he went with Purah his servant down to the outposts of the army that was in the camp. -- judges 7:11 +. +Now the Midianites and the Amalekites and all the sons of the east were lying in the valley as numerous as locusts; and their camels were without number, as numerous as the sand on the seashore. -- judges 7:12 +. +When Gideon came, behold, a man was relating a dream to his friend. And he said, "Behold, I had a dream; a loaf of barley bread was tumbling into the camp of Midian, and it came to the tent and struck it so that it fell, and turned it upside down so that the tent lay flat." -- judges 7:13 +. +His friend replied, "This is nothing less than the sword of Gideon the son of Joash, a man of Israel; God has given Midian and all the camp into his hand." -- judges 7:14 +. +When Gideon heard the account of the dream and its interpretation, he bowed in worship. He returned to the camp of Israel and said, "Arise, for the LORD has given the camp of Midian into your hands." -- judges 7:15 +. +He divided the men into three companies, and he put trumpets and empty pitchers into the hands of all of them, with torches inside the pitchers. -- judges 7:16 +. +He said to them, "Look at me and do likewise. And behold, when I come to the outskirts of the camp, do as I do. -- judges 7:17 +. +"When I and all who are with me blow the trumpet, then you also blow the trumpets all around the camp and say, 'For the LORD and for Gideon.'" -- judges 7:18 +. +So Gideon and the hundred men who were with him came to the outskirts of the camp at the beginning of the middle watch, when they had just posted the watch; and they blew the trumpets and smashed the pitchers that were in their hands. -- judges 7:19 +. +When the three companies blew the trumpets and broke the pitchers, they held the torches in their left hands and the trumpets in their right hands for blowing, and cried, "A sword for the LORD and for Gideon!" -- judges 7:20 +. +Each stood in his place around the camp; and all the army ran, crying out as they fled. -- judges 7:21 +. +When they blew trumpets, the LORD set the sword of one against another even throughout the whole army; and the army fled as far as Beth-shittah toward Zererah, as far as the edge of Abel-meholah, by Tabbath. -- judges 7:22 +. +The men of Israel were summoned from Naphtali and Asher and all Manasseh, and they pursued Midian. -- judges 7:23 +. +Gideon sent messengers throughout all the hill country of Ephraim, saying, "Come down against Midian and take the waters before them, as far as Beth-barah and the Jordan." So all the men of Ephraim were summoned and they took the waters as far as Beth-barah and the Jordan. -- judges 7:24 +. +They captured the two leaders of Midian, Oreb and Zeeb, and they killed Oreb at the rock of Oreb, and they killed Zeeb at the wine press of Zeeb, while they pursued Midian; and they brought the heads of Oreb and Zeeb to Gideon from across the Jordan. -- judges 7:25 +. +Then the men of Ephraim said to him, "What is this thing you have done to us, not calling us when you went to fight against Midian?" And they contended with him vigorously. -- judges 8:1 +. +But he said to them, "What have I done now in comparison with you? Is not the gleaning of the grapes of Ephraim better than the vintage of Abiezer? -- judges 8:2 +. +"God has given the leaders of Midian, Oreb and Zeeb into your hands; and what was I able to do in comparison with you?" Then their anger toward him subsided when he said that. -- judges 8:3 +. +Then Gideon and the men who were with him came to the Jordan and crossed over, weary yet pursuing. -- judges 8:4 +. +He said to the men of Succoth, "Please give loaves of bread to the people who are following me, for they are weary, and I am pursuing Zebah and Zalmunna, the kings of Midian." -- judges 8:5 +. +The leaders of Succoth said, "Are the hands of Zebah and Zalmunna already in your hands, that we should give bread to your army?" -- judges 8:6 +. +Gideon said, "All right, when the LORD has given Zebah and Zalmunna into my hand, then I will thrash your bodies with the thorns of the wilderness and with briers." -- judges 8:7 +. +He went up from there to Penuel and spoke similarly to them; and the men of Penuel answered him just as the men of Succoth had answered. -- judges 8:8 +. +So he spoke also to the men of Penuel, saying, "When I return safely, I will tear down this tower." -- judges 8:9 +. +Now Zebah and Zalmunna were in Karkor, and their armies with them, about 15,men, all who were left of the entire army of the sons of the east; for the fallen were 120,000 swordsmen. -- judges 8:10 +. +Gideon went up by the way of those who lived in tents on the east of Nobah and Jogbehah, and attacked the camp when the camp was unsuspecting. -- judges 8:11 +. +When Zebah and Zalmunna fled, he pursued them and captured the two kings of Midian, Zebah and Zalmunna, and routed the whole army. -- judges 8:12 +. +Then Gideon the son of Joash returned from the battle by the ascent of Heres. -- judges 8:13 +. +And he captured a youth from Succoth and questioned him. Then the youth wrote down for him the princes of Succoth and its elders, seventy-seven men. -- judges 8:14 +. +He came to the men of Succoth and said, "Behold Zebah and Zalmunna, concerning whom you taunted me, saying, 'Are the hands of Zebah and Zalmunna already in your hand, that we should give bread to your men who are weary?'" -- judges 8:15 +. +He took the elders of the city, and thorns of the wilderness and briers, and he disciplined the men of Succoth with them. -- judges 8:16 +. +He tore down the tower of Penuel and killed the men of the city. -- judges 8:17 +. +Then he said to Zebah and Zalmunna, "What kind of men were they whom you killed at Tabor?" And they said, "They were like you, each one resembling the son of a king." -- judges 8:18 +. +He said, "They were my brothers, the sons of my mother. As the LORD lives, if only you had let them live, I would not kill you." -- judges 8:19 +. +So he said to Jether his firstborn, "Rise, kill them." But the youth did not draw his sword, for he was afraid, because he was still a youth. -- judges 8:20 +. +Then Zebah and Zalmunna said, "Rise up yourself, and fall on us; for as the man, so is his strength." So Gideon arose and killed Zebah and Zalmunna, and took the crescent ornaments which were on their camels' necks. -- judges 8:21 +. +Then the men of Israel said to Gideon, "Rule over us, both you and your son, also your son's son, for you have delivered us from the hand of Midian." -- judges 8:22 +. +But Gideon said to them, "I will not rule over you, nor shall my son rule over you; the LORD shall rule over you." -- judges 8:23 +. +Yet Gideon said to them, "I would request of you, that each of you give me an earring from his spoil." (For they had gold earrings, because they were Ishmaelites.) -- judges 8:24 +. +They said, "We will surely give them." So they spread out a garment, and every one of them threw an earring there from his spoil. -- judges 8:25 +. +The weight of the gold earrings that he requested was 1,shekels of gold, besides the crescent ornaments and the pendants and the purple robes which were on the kings of Midian, and besides the neck bands that were on their camels' necks. -- judges 8:26 +. +Gideon made it into an ephod, and placed it in his city, Ophrah, and all Israel played the harlot with it there, so that it became a snare to Gideon and his household. -- judges 8:27 +. +So Midian was subdued before the sons of Israel, and they did not lift up their heads anymore. And the land was undisturbed for forty years in the days of Gideon. -- judges 8:28 +. +Then Jerubbaal the son of Joash went and lived in his own house. -- judges 8:29 +. +Now Gideon had seventy sons who were his direct descendants, for he had many wives. -- judges 8:30 +. +His concubine who was in Shechem also bore him a son, and he named him Abimelech. -- judges 8:31 +. +And Gideon the son of Joash died at a ripe old age and was buried in the tomb of his father Joash, in Ophrah of the Abiezrites. -- judges 8:32 +. +Then it came about, as soon as Gideon was dead, that the sons of Israel again played the harlot with the Baals, and made Baal-berith their god. -- judges 8:33 +. +Thus the sons of Israel did not remember the LORD their God, who had delivered them from the hands of all their enemies on every side; -- judges 8:34 +. +nor did they show kindness to the household of Jerubbaal (that is, Gideon) in accord with all the good that he had done to Israel. -- judges 8:35 +. +And Abimelech the son of Jerubbaal went to Shechem to his mother's relatives, and spoke to them and to the whole clan of the household of his mother's father, saying, -- judges 9:1 +. +"Speak, now, in the hearing of all the leaders of Shechem, 'Which is better for you, that seventy men, all the sons of Jerubbaal, rule over you, or that one man rule over you?' Also, remember that I am your bone and your flesh." -- judges 9:2 +. +And his mother's relatives spoke all these words on his behalf in the hearing of all the leaders of Shechem; and they were inclined to follow Abimelech, for they said, "He is our relative." -- judges 9:3 +. +They gave him seventy pieces of silver from the house of Baal-berith with which Abimelech hired worthless and reckless fellows, and they followed him. -- judges 9:4 +. +Then he went to his father's house at Ophrah and killed his brothers the sons of Jerubbaal, seventy men, on one stone. But Jotham the youngest son of Jerubbaal was left, for he hid himself. -- judges 9:5 +. +All the men of Shechem and all Beth-millo assembled together, and they went and made Abimelech king, by the oak of the pillar which was in Shechem. -- judges 9:6 +. +Now when they told Jotham, he went and stood on the top of Mount Gerizim, and lifted his voice and called out. Thus he said to them, "Listen to me, O men of Shechem, that God may listen to you. -- judges 9:7 +. +"Once the trees went forth to anoint a king over them, and they said to the olive tree, 'Reign over us!' -- judges 9:8 +. +"But the olive tree said to them, 'Shall I leave my fatness with which God and men are honored, and go to wave over the trees?' -- judges 9:9 +. +"Then the trees said to the fig tree, 'You come, reign over us!' -- judges 9:10 +. +"But the fig tree said to them, 'Shall I leave my sweetness and my good fruit, and go to wave over the trees?' -- judges 9:11 +. +"Then the trees said to the vine, 'You come, reign over us!' -- judges 9:12 +. +"But the vine said to them, 'Shall I leave my new wine, which cheers God and men, and go to wave over the trees?' -- judges 9:13 +. +"Finally all the trees said to the bramble, 'You come, reign over us!' -- judges 9:14 +. +"The bramble said to the trees, 'If in truth you are anointing me as king over you, come and take refuge in my shade; but if not, may fire come out from the bramble and consume the cedars of Lebanon.' -- judges 9:15 +. +"Now therefore, if you have dealt in truth and integrity in making Abimelech king, and if you have dealt well with Jerubbaal and his house, and have dealt with him as he deserved-- -- judges 9:16 +. +for my father fought for you and risked his life and delivered you from the hand of Midian; -- judges 9:17 +. +but you have risen against my father's house today and have killed his sons, seventy men, on one stone, and have made Abimelech, the son of his maidservant, king over the men of Shechem, because he is your relative-- -- judges 9:18 +. +if then you have dealt in truth and integrity with Jerubbaal and his house this day, rejoice in Abimelech, and let him also rejoice in you. -- judges 9:19 +. +"But if not, let fire come out from Abimelech and consume the men of Shechem and Beth-millo; and let fire come out from the men of Shechem and from Beth-millo, and consume Abimelech." -- judges 9:20 +. +Then Jotham escaped and fled, and went to Beer and remained there because of Abimelech his brother. -- judges 9:21 +. +Now Abimelech ruled over Israel three years. -- judges 9:22 +. +Then God sent an evil spirit between Abimelech and the men of Shechem; and the men of Shechem dealt treacherously with Abimelech, -- judges 9:23 +. +so that the violence done to the seventy sons of Jerubbaal might come, and their blood might be laid on Abimelech their brother, who killed them, and on the men of Shechem, who strengthened his hands to kill his brothers. -- judges 9:24 +. +The men of Shechem set men in ambush against him on the tops of the mountains, and they robbed all who might pass by them along the road; and it was told to Abimelech. -- judges 9:25 +. +Now Gaal the son of Ebed came with his relatives, and crossed over into Shechem; and the men of Shechem put their trust in him. -- judges 9:26 +. +They went out into the field and gathered the grapes of their vineyards and trod them, and held a festival; and they went into the house of their god, and ate and drank and cursed Abimelech. -- judges 9:27 +. +Then Gaal the son of Ebed said, "Who is Abimelech, and who is Shechem, that we should serve him? Is he not the son of Jerubbaal, and is Zebul not his lieutenant? Serve the men of Hamor the father of Shechem; but why should we serve him? -- judges 9:28 +. +"Would, therefore, that this people were under my authority! Then I would remove Abimelech." And he said to Abimelech, "Increase your army and come out." -- judges 9:29 +. +When Zebul the ruler of the city heard the words of Gaal the son of Ebed, his anger burned. -- judges 9:30 +. +He sent messengers to Abimelech deceitfully, saying, "Behold, Gaal the son of Ebed and his relatives have come to Shechem; and behold, they are stirring up the city against you. -- judges 9:31 +. +"Now therefore, arise by night, you and the people who are with you, and lie in wait in the field. -- judges 9:32 +. +"In the morning, as soon as the sun is up, you shall rise early and rush upon the city; and behold, when he and the people who are with him come out against you, you shall do to them whatever you can." -- judges 9:33 +. +So Abimelech and all the people who were with him arose by night and lay in wait against Shechem in four companies. -- judges 9:34 +. +Now Gaal the son of Ebed went out and stood in the entrance of the city gate; and Abimelech and the people who were with him arose from the ambush. -- judges 9:35 +. +When Gaal saw the people, he said to Zebul, "Look, people are coming down from the tops of the mountains." But Zebul said to him, "You are seeing the shadow of the mountains as if they were men." -- judges 9:36 +. +Gaal spoke again and said, "Behold, people are coming down from the highest part of the land, and one company comes by the way of the diviners' oak." -- judges 9:37 +. +Then Zebul said to him, "Where is your boasting now with which you said, 'Who is Abimelech that we should serve him?' Is this not the people whom you despised? Go out now and fight with them!" -- judges 9:38 +. +So Gaal went out before the leaders of Shechem and fought with Abimelech. -- judges 9:39 +. +Abimelech chased him, and he fled before him; and many fell wounded up to the entrance of the gate. -- judges 9:40 +. +Then Abimelech remained at Arumah, but Zebul drove out Gaal and his relatives so that they could not remain in Shechem. -- judges 9:41 +. +Now it came about the next day, that the people went out to the field, and it was told to Abimelech. -- judges 9:42 +. +So he took his people and divided them into three companies, and lay in wait in the field; when he looked and saw the people coming out from the city, he arose against them and slew them. -- judges 9:43 +. +Then Abimelech and the company who was with him dashed forward and stood in the entrance of the city gate; the other two companies then dashed against all who were in the field and slew them. -- judges 9:44 +. +Abimelech fought against the city all that day, and he captured the city and killed the people who were in it; then he razed the city and sowed it with salt. -- judges 9:45 +. +When all the leaders of the tower of Shechem heard of it, they entered the inner chamber of the temple of El-berith. -- judges 9:46 +. +It was told Abimelech that all the leaders of the tower of Shechem were gathered together. -- judges 9:47 +. +So Abimelech went up to Mount Zalmon, he and all the people who were with him; and Abimelech took an axe in his hand and cut down a branch from the trees, and lifted it and laid it on his shoulder. Then he said to the people who were with him, "What you have seen me do, hurry and do likewise." -- judges 9:48 +. +All the people also cut down each one his branch and followed Abimelech, and put them on the inner chamber and set the inner chamber on fire over those inside, so that all the men of the tower of Shechem also died, about a thousand men and women. -- judges 9:49 +. +Then Abimelech went to Thebez, and he camped against Thebez and captured it. -- judges 9:50 +. +But there was a strong tower in the center of the city, and all the men and women with all the leaders of the city fled there and shut themselves in; and they went up on the roof of the tower. -- judges 9:51 +. +So Abimelech came to the tower and fought against it, and approached the entrance of the tower to burn it with fire. -- judges 9:52 +. +But a certain woman threw an upper millstone on Abimelech's head, crushing his skull. -- judges 9:53 +. +Then he called quickly to the young man, his armor bearer, and said to him, "Draw your sword and kill me, so that it will not be said of me, 'A woman slew him.'" So the young man pierced him through, and he died. -- judges 9:54 +. +When the men of Israel saw that Abimelech was dead, each departed to his home. -- judges 9:55 +. +Thus God repaid the wickedness of Abimelech, which he had done to his father in killing his seventy brothers. -- judges 9:56 +. +Also God returned all the wickedness of the men of Shechem on their heads, and the curse of Jotham the son of Jerubbaal came upon them. -- judges 9:57 +. +Now after Abimelech died, Tola the son of Puah, the son of Dodo, a man of Issachar, arose to save Israel; and he lived in Shamir in the hill country of Ephraim. -- judges 10:1 +. +He judged Israel twenty-three years. Then he died and was buried in Shamir. -- judges 10:2 +. +After him, Jair the Gileadite arose and judged Israel twenty-two years. -- judges 10:3 +. +He had thirty sons who rode on thirty donkeys, and they had thirty cities in the land of Gilead that are called Havvoth-jair to this day. -- judges 10:4 +. +And Jair died and was buried in Kamon. -- judges 10:5 +. +Then the sons of Israel again did evil in the sight of the LORD, served the Baals and the Ashtaroth, the gods of Aram, the gods of Sidon, the gods of Moab, the gods of the sons of Ammon, and the gods of the Philistines; thus they forsook the LORD and did not serve Him. -- judges 10:6 +. +The anger of the LORD burned against Israel, and He sold them into the hands of the Philistines and into the hands of the sons of Ammon. -- judges 10:7 +. +They afflicted and crushed the sons of Israel that year; for eighteen years they afflicted all the sons of Israel who were beyond the Jordan in Gilead in the land of the Amorites. -- judges 10:8 +. +The sons of Ammon crossed the Jordan to fight also against Judah, Benjamin, and the house of Ephraim, so that Israel was greatly distressed. -- judges 10:9 +. +Then the sons of Israel cried out to the LORD, saying, "We have sinned against You, for indeed, we have forsaken our God and served the Baals." -- judges 10:10 +. +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? -- judges 10:11 +. +"Also when the Sidonians, the Amalekites and the Maonites oppressed you, you cried out to Me, and I delivered you from their hands. -- judges 10:12 +. +"Yet you have forsaken Me and served other gods; therefore I will no longer deliver you. -- judges 10:13 +. +"Go and cry out to the gods which you have chosen; let them deliver you in the time of your distress." -- judges 10:14 +. +The sons of Israel said to the LORD, "We have sinned, do to us whatever seems good to You; only please deliver us this day." -- judges 10:15 +. +So they put away the foreign gods from among them and served the LORD; and He could bear the misery of Israel no longer. -- judges 10:16 +. +Then the sons of Ammon were summoned and they camped in Gilead. And the sons of Israel gathered together and camped in Mizpah. -- judges 10:17 +. +The people, the leaders of Gilead, said to one another, "Who is the man who will begin to fight against the sons of Ammon? He shall become head over all the inhabitants of Gilead." -- judges 10:18 +. +Now Jephthah the Gileadite was a valiant warrior, but he was the son of a harlot. And Gilead was the father of Jephthah. -- judges 11:1 +. +Gilead's wife bore him sons; and when his wife's sons grew up, they drove Jephthah out and said to him, "You shall not have an inheritance in our father's house, for you are the son of another woman." -- judges 11:2 +. +So Jephthah fled from his brothers and lived in the land of Tob; and worthless fellows gathered themselves about Jephthah, and they went out with him. -- judges 11:3 +. +It came about after a while that the sons of Ammon fought against Israel. -- judges 11:4 +. +When the sons of Ammon fought against Israel, the elders of Gilead went to get Jephthah from the land of Tob; -- judges 11:5 +. +and they said to Jephthah, "Come and be our chief that we may fight against the sons of Ammon." -- judges 11:6 +. +Then Jephthah said to the elders of Gilead, "Did you not hate me and drive me from my father's house? So why have you come to me now when you are in trouble?" -- judges 11:7 +. +The elders of Gilead said to Jephthah, "For this reason we have now returned to you, that you may go with us and fight with the sons of Ammon and become head over all the inhabitants of Gilead." -- judges 11:8 +. +So Jephthah said to the elders of Gilead, "If you take me back to fight against the sons of Ammon and the LORD gives them up to me, will I become your head?" -- judges 11:9 +. +The elders of Gilead said to Jephthah, "The LORD is witness between us; surely we will do as you have said." -- judges 11:10 +. +Then Jephthah went with the elders of Gilead, and the people made him head and chief over them; and Jephthah spoke all his words before the LORD at Mizpah. -- judges 11:11 +. +Now Jephthah sent messengers to the king of the sons of Ammon, saying, "What is between you and me, that you have come to me to fight against my land?" -- judges 11:12 +. +The king of the sons of Ammon said to the messengers of Jephthah, "Because Israel took away my land when they came up from Egypt, from the Arnon as far as the Jabbok and the Jordan; therefore, return them peaceably now." -- judges 11:13 +. +But Jephthah sent messengers again to the king of the sons of Ammon, -- judges 11:14 +. +and they said to him, "Thus says Jephthah, 'Israel did not take away the land of Moab nor the land of the sons of Ammon. -- judges 11:15 +. +'For when they came up from Egypt, and Israel went through the wilderness to the Red Sea and came to Kadesh, -- judges 11:16 +. +then Israel sent messengers to the king of Edom, saying, "Please let us pass through your land," but the king of Edom would not listen. And they also sent to the king of Moab, but he would not consent. So Israel remained at Kadesh. -- judges 11:17 +. +'Then they went through the wilderness and around the land of Edom and the land of Moab, and came to the east side of the land of Moab, and they camped beyond the Arnon; but they did not enter the territory of Moab, for the Arnon was the border of Moab. -- judges 11:18 +. +'And Israel sent messengers to Sihon king of the Amorites, the king of Heshbon, and Israel said to him, "Please let us pass through your land to our place." -- judges 11:19 +. +'But Sihon did not trust Israel to pass through his territory; so Sihon gathered all his people and camped in Jahaz and fought with Israel. -- judges 11:20 +. +'The LORD, the God of Israel, gave Sihon and all his people into the hand of Israel, and they defeated them; so Israel possessed all the land of the Amorites, the inhabitants of that country. -- judges 11:21 +. +'So they possessed all the territory of the Amorites, from the Arnon as far as the Jabbok, and from the wilderness as far as the Jordan. -- judges 11:22 +. +'Since now the LORD, the God of Israel, drove out the Amorites from before His people Israel, are you then to possess it? -- judges 11:23 +. +'Do you not possess what Chemosh your god gives you to possess? So whatever the LORD our God has driven out before us, we will possess it. -- judges 11:24 +. +'Now are you any better than Balak the son of Zippor, king of Moab? Did he ever strive with Israel, or did he ever fight against them? -- judges 11:25 +. +'While Israel lived in Heshbon and its villages, and in Aroer and its villages, and in all the cities that are on the banks of the Arnon, three hundred years, why did you not recover them within that time? -- judges 11:26 +. +'I therefore have not sinned against you, but you are doing me wrong by making war against me; may the LORD, the Judge, judge today between the sons of Israel and the sons of Ammon.'" -- judges 11:27 +. +But the king of the sons of Ammon disregarded the message which Jephthah sent him. -- judges 11:28 +. +Now the Spirit of the LORD came upon Jephthah, so that he passed through Gilead and Manasseh; then he passed through Mizpah of Gilead, and from Mizpah of Gilead he went on to the sons of Ammon. -- judges 11:29 +. +Jephthah made a vow to the LORD and said, "If You will indeed give the sons of Ammon into my hand, -- judges 11:30 +. +then it shall be that whatever comes out of the doors of my house to meet me when I return in peace from the sons of Ammon, it shall be the LORD'S, and I will offer it up as a burnt offering." -- judges 11:31 +. +So Jephthah crossed over to the sons of Ammon to fight against them; and the LORD gave them into his hand. -- judges 11:32 +. +He struck them with a very great slaughter from Aroer to the entrance of Minnith, twenty cities, and as far as Abel-keramim. So the sons of Ammon were subdued before the sons of Israel. -- judges 11:33 +. +When Jephthah came to his house at Mizpah, behold, his daughter was coming out to meet him with tambourines and with dancing. Now she was his one and only child; besides her he had no son or daughter. -- judges 11:34 +. +When he saw her, he tore his clothes and said, "Alas, my daughter! You have brought me very low, and you are among those who trouble me; for I have given my word to the LORD, and I cannot take it back." -- judges 11:35 +. +So she said to him, "My father, you have given your word to the LORD; do to me as you have said, since the LORD has avenged you of your enemies, the sons of Ammon." -- judges 11:36 +. +She said to her father, "Let this thing be done for me; let me alone two months, that I may go to the mountains and weep because of my virginity, I and my companions." -- judges 11:37 +. +Then he said, "Go." So he sent her away for two months; and she left with her companions, and wept on the mountains because of her virginity. -- judges 11:38 +. +At the end of two months she returned to her father, who did to her according to the vow which he had made; and she had no relations with a man. Thus it became a custom in Israel, -- judges 11:39 +. +that the daughters of Israel went yearly to commemorate the daughter of Jephthah the Gileadite four days in the year. -- judges 11:40 +. +Then the men of Ephraim were summoned, and they crossed to Zaphon and said to Jephthah, "Why did you cross over to fight against the sons of Ammon without calling us to go with you? We will burn your house down on you." -- judges 12:1 +. +Jephthah said to them, "I and my people were at great strife with the sons of Ammon; when I called you, you did not deliver me from their hand. -- judges 12:2 +. +"When I saw that you would not deliver me, I took my life in my hands and crossed over against the sons of Ammon, and the LORD gave them into my hand. Why then have you come up to me this day to fight against me?" -- judges 12:3 +. +Then Jephthah gathered all the men of Gilead and fought Ephraim; and the men of Gilead defeated Ephraim, because they said, "You are fugitives of Ephraim, O Gileadites, in the midst of Ephraim and in the midst of Manasseh." -- judges 12:4 +. +The Gileadites captured the fords of the Jordan opposite Ephraim. And it happened when any of the fugitives of Ephraim said, "Let me cross over," the men of Gilead would say to him, "Are you an Ephraimite?" If he said, "No," -- judges 12:5 +. +then they would say to him, "Say now, 'Shibboleth.'" But he said, "Sibboleth," for he could not pronounce it correctly. Then they seized him and slew him at the fords of the Jordan. Thus there fell at that time 42,of Ephraim. -- judges 12:6 +. +Jephthah judged Israel six years. Then Jephthah the Gileadite died and was buried in one of the cities of Gilead. -- judges 12:7 +. +Now Ibzan of Bethlehem judged Israel after him. -- judges 12:8 +. +He had thirty sons, and thirty daughters whom he gave in marriage outside the family, and he brought in thirty daughters from outside for his sons. And he judged Israel seven years. -- judges 12:9 +. +Then Ibzan died and was buried in Bethlehem. -- judges 12:10 +. +Now Elon the Zebulunite judged Israel after him; and he judged Israel ten years. -- judges 12:11 +. +Then Elon the Zebulunite died and was buried at Aijalon in the land of Zebulun. -- judges 12:12 +. +Now Abdon the son of Hillel the Pirathonite judged Israel after him. -- judges 12:13 +. +He had forty sons and thirty grandsons who rode on seventy donkeys; and he judged Israel eight years. -- judges 12:14 +. +Then Abdon the son of Hillel the Pirathonite died and was buried at Pirathon in the land of Ephraim, in the hill country of the Amalekites. -- judges 12:15 +. +Now the sons of Israel again did evil in the sight of the LORD, so that the LORD gave them into the hands of the Philistines forty years. -- judges 13:1 +. +There was a certain man of Zorah, of the family of the Danites, whose name was Manoah; and his wife was barren and had borne no children. -- judges 13:2 +. +Then the angel of the LORD appeared to the woman and said to her, "Behold now, you are barren and have borne no children, but you shall conceive and give birth to a son. -- judges 13:3 +. +"Now therefore, be careful not to drink wine or strong drink, nor eat any unclean thing. -- judges 13:4 +. +"For behold, you shall conceive and give birth to a son, and no razor shall come upon his head, for the boy shall be a Nazirite to God from the womb; and he shall begin to deliver Israel from the hands of the Philistines." -- judges 13:5 +. +Then the woman came and told her husband, saying, "A man of God came to me and his appearance was like the appearance of the angel of God, very awesome. And I did not ask him where he came from, nor did he tell me his name. -- judges 13:6 +. +"But he said to me, 'Behold, you shall conceive and give birth to a son, and now you shall not drink wine or strong drink nor eat any unclean thing, for the boy shall be a Nazirite to God from the womb to the day of his death.'" -- judges 13:7 +. +Then Manoah entreated the LORD and said, "O Lord, please let the man of God whom You have sent come to us again that he may teach us what to do for the boy who is to be born." -- judges 13:8 +. +God listened to the voice of Manoah; and the angel of God came again to the woman as she was sitting in the field, but Manoah her husband was not with her. -- judges 13:9 +. +So the woman ran quickly and told her husband, "Behold, the man who came the other day has appeared to me." -- judges 13:10 +. +Then Manoah arose and followed his wife, and when he came to the man he said to him, "Are you the man who spoke to the woman?" And he said, "I am." -- judges 13:11 +. +Manoah said, "Now when your words come to pass, what shall be the boy's mode of life and his vocation?" -- judges 13:12 +. +So the angel of the LORD said to Manoah, "Let the woman pay attention to all that I said. -- judges 13:13 +. +"She should not eat anything that comes from the vine nor drink wine or strong drink, nor eat any unclean thing; let her observe all that I commanded." -- judges 13:14 +. +Then Manoah said to the angel of the LORD, "Please let us detain you so that we may prepare a young goat for you." -- judges 13:15 +. +The angel of the LORD said to Manoah, "Though you detain me, I will not eat your food, but if you prepare a burnt offering, then offer it to the LORD." For Manoah did not know that he was the angel of the LORD. -- judges 13:16 +. +Manoah said to the angel of the LORD, "What is your name, so that when your words come to pass, we may honor you?" -- judges 13:17 +. +But the angel of the LORD said to him, "Why do you ask my name, seeing it is wonderful?" -- judges 13:18 +. +So Manoah took the young goat with the grain offering and offered it on the rock to the LORD, and He performed wonders while Manoah and his wife looked on. -- judges 13:19 +. +For it came about when the flame went up from the altar toward heaven, that the angel of the LORD ascended in the flame of the altar. When Manoah and his wife saw this, they fell on their faces to the ground. -- judges 13:20 +. +Now the angel of the LORD did not appear to Manoah or his wife again. Then Manoah knew that he was the angel of the LORD. -- judges 13:21 +. +So Manoah said to his wife, "We will surely die, for we have seen God." -- judges 13:22 +. +But his wife said to him, "If the LORD had desired to kill us, He would not have accepted a burnt offering and a grain offering from our hands, nor would He have shown us all these things, nor would He have let us hear things like this at this time." -- judges 13:23 +. +Then the woman gave birth to a son and named him Samson; and the child grew up and the LORD blessed him. -- judges 13:24 +. +And the Spirit of the LORD began to stir him in Mahaneh-dan, between Zorah and Eshtaol. -- judges 13:25 +. +Then Samson went down to Timnah and saw a woman in Timnah, one of the daughters of the Philistines. -- judges 14:1 +. +So he came back and told his father and mother, "I saw a woman in Timnah, one of the daughters of the Philistines; now therefore, get her for me as a wife." -- judges 14:2 +. +Then his father and his mother said to him, "Is there no woman among the daughters of your relatives, or among all our people, that you go to take a wife from the uncircumcised Philistines?" But Samson said to his father, "Get her for me, for she looks good to me." -- judges 14:3 +. +However, his father and mother did not know that it was of the LORD, for He was seeking an occasion against the Philistines. Now at that time the Philistines were ruling over Israel. -- judges 14:4 +. +Then Samson went down to Timnah with his father and mother, and came as far as the vineyards of Timnah; and behold, a young lion came roaring toward him. -- judges 14:5 +. +The Spirit of the LORD came upon him mightily, so that he tore him as one tears a young goat though he had nothing in his hand; but he did not tell his father or mother what he had done. -- judges 14:6 +. +So he went down and talked to the woman; and she looked good to Samson. -- judges 14:7 +. +When he returned later to take her, he turned aside to look at the carcass of the lion; and behold, a swarm of bees and honey were in the body of the lion. -- judges 14:8 +. +So he scraped the honey into his hands and went on, eating as he went. When he came to his father and mother, he gave some to them and they ate it; but he did not tell them that he had scraped the honey out of the body of the lion. -- judges 14:9 +. +Then his father went down to the woman; and Samson made a feast there, for the young men customarily did this. -- judges 14:10 +. +When they saw him, they brought thirty companions to be with him. -- judges 14:11 +. +Then Samson said to them, "Let me now propound a riddle to you; if you will indeed tell it to me within the seven days of the feast, and find it out, then I will give you thirty linen wraps and thirty changes of clothes. -- judges 14:12 +. +"But if you are unable to tell me, then you shall give me thirty linen wraps and thirty changes of clothes." And they said to him, "Propound your riddle, that we may hear it." -- judges 14:13 +. +So he said to them, "Out of the eater came something to eat, And out of the strong came something sweet." But they could not tell the riddle in three days. -- judges 14:14 +. +Then it came about on the fourth day that they said to Samson's wife, "Entice your husband, so that he will tell us the riddle, or we will burn you and your father's house with fire. Have you invited us to impoverish us? Is this not so?" -- judges 14:15 +. +Samson's wife wept before him and said, "You only hate me, and you do not love me; you have propounded a riddle to the sons of my people, and have not told it to me." And he said to her, "Behold, I have not told it to my father or mother; so should I tell you?" -- judges 14:16 +. +However she wept before him seven days while their feast lasted. And on the seventh day he told her because she pressed him so hard. She then told the riddle to the sons of her people. -- judges 14:17 +. +So the men of the city said to him on the seventh day before the sun went down, "What is sweeter than honey? And what is stronger than a lion?" And he said to them, "If you had not plowed with my heifer, You would not have found out my riddle." -- judges 14:18 +. +Then the Spirit of the LORD came upon him mightily, and he went down to Ashkelon and killed thirty of them and took their spoil and gave the changes of clothes to those who told the riddle. And his anger burned, and he went up to his father's house. -- judges 14:19 +. +But Samson's wife was given to his companion who had been his friend. -- judges 14:20 +. +But after a while, in the time of wheat harvest, Samson visited his wife with a young goat, and said, "I will go in to my wife in her room." But her father did not let him enter. -- judges 15:1 +. +Her father said, "I really thought that you hated her intensely; so I gave her to your companion. Is not her younger sister more beautiful than she? Please let her be yours instead." -- judges 15:2 +. +Samson then said to them, "This time I shall be blameless in regard to the Philistines when I do them harm." -- judges 15:3 +. +Samson went and caught three hundred foxes, and took torches, and turned the foxes tail to tail and put one torch in the middle between two tails. -- judges 15:4 +. +When he had set fire to the torches, he released the foxes into the standing grain of the Philistines, thus burning up both the shocks and the standing grain, along with the vineyards and groves. -- judges 15:5 +. +Then the Philistines said, "Who did this?" And they said, "Samson, the son-in-law of the Timnite, because he took his wife and gave her to his companion." So the Philistines came up and burned her and her father with fire. -- judges 15:6 +. +Samson said to them, "Since you act like this, I will surely take revenge on you, but after that I will quit." -- judges 15:7 +. +He struck them ruthlessly with a great slaughter; and he went down and lived in the cleft of the rock of Etam. -- judges 15:8 +. +Then the Philistines went up and camped in Judah, and spread out in Lehi. -- judges 15:9 +. +The men of Judah said, "Why have you come up against us?" And they said, "We have come up to bind Samson in order to do to him as he did to us." -- judges 15:10 +. +Then 3,men of Judah went down to the cleft of the rock of Etam and said to Samson, "Do you not know that the Philistines are rulers over us? What then is this that you have done to us?" And he said to them, "As they did to me, so I have done to them." -- judges 15:11 +. +They said to him, "We have come down to bind you so that we may give you into the hands of the Philistines." And Samson said to them, "Swear to me that you will not kill me." -- judges 15:12 +. +So they said to him, "No, but we will bind you fast and give you into their hands; yet surely we will not kill you." Then they bound him with two new ropes and brought him up from the rock. -- judges 15:13 +. +When he came to Lehi, the Philistines shouted as they met him. And the Spirit of the LORD came upon him mightily so that the ropes that were on his arms were as flax that is burned with fire, and his bonds dropped from his hands. -- judges 15:14 +. +He found a fresh jawbone of a donkey, so he reached out and took it and killed a thousand men with it. -- judges 15:15 +. +Then Samson said, "With the jawbone of a donkey, Heaps upon heaps, With the jawbone of a donkey I have killed a thousand men." -- judges 15:16 +. +When he had finished speaking, he threw the jawbone from his hand; and he named that place Ramath-lehi. -- judges 15:17 +. +Then he became very thirsty, and he called to the LORD and said, "You have given this great deliverance by the hand of Your servant, and now shall I die of thirst and fall into the hands of the uncircumcised?" -- judges 15:18 +. +But God split the hollow place that is in Lehi so that water came out of it. When he drank, his strength returned and he revived. Therefore he named it En-hakkore, which is in Lehi to this day. -- judges 15:19 +. +So he judged Israel twenty years in the days of the Philistines. -- judges 15:20 +. +Now Samson went to Gaza and saw a harlot there, and went in to her. -- judges 16:1 +. +When it was told to the Gazites, saying, "Samson has come here," they surrounded the place and lay in wait for him all night at the gate of the city. And they kept silent all night, saying, "Let us wait until the morning light, then we will kill him." -- judges 16:2 +. +Now Samson lay until midnight, and at midnight he arose and took hold of the doors of the city gate and the two posts and pulled them up along with the bars; then he put them on his shoulders and carried them up to the top of the mountain which is opposite Hebron. -- judges 16:3 +. +After this it came about that he loved a woman in the valley of Sorek, whose name was Delilah. -- judges 16:4 +. +The lords of the Philistines came up to her and said to her, "Entice him, and see where his great strength lies and how we may overpower him that we may bind him to afflict him. Then we will each give you eleven hundred pieces of silver." -- judges 16:5 +. +So Delilah said to Samson, "Please tell me where your great strength is and how you may be bound to afflict you." -- judges 16:6 +. +Samson said to her, "If they bind me with seven fresh cords that have not been dried, then I will become weak and be like any other man." -- judges 16:7 +. +Then the lords of the Philistines brought up to her seven fresh cords that had not been dried, and she bound him with them. -- judges 16:8 +. +Now she had men lying in wait in an inner room. And she said to him, "The Philistines are upon you, Samson!" But he snapped the cords as a string of tow snaps when it touches fire. So his strength was not discovered. -- judges 16:9 +. +Then Delilah said to Samson, "Behold, you have deceived me and told me lies; now please tell me how you may be bound." -- judges 16:10 +. +He said to her, "If they bind me tightly with new ropes which have not been used, then I will become weak and be like any other man." -- judges 16:11 +. +So Delilah took new ropes and bound him with them and said to him, "The Philistines are upon you, Samson!" For the men were lying in wait in the inner room. But he snapped the ropes from his arms like a thread. -- judges 16:12 +. +Then Delilah said to Samson, "Up to now you have deceived me and told me lies; tell me how you may be bound." And he said to her, "If you weave the seven locks of my hair with the web [and fasten it with a pin, then I will become weak and be like any other man." -- judges 16:13 +. +So while he slept, Delilah took the seven locks of his hair and wove them into the web]. And she fastened it with the pin and said to him, "The Philistines are upon you, Samson!" But he awoke from his sleep and pulled out the pin of the loom and the web. -- judges 16:14 +. +Then she said to him, "How can you say, 'I love you,' when your heart is not with me? You have deceived me these three times and have not told me where your great strength is." -- judges 16:15 +. +It came about when she pressed him daily with her words and urged him, that his soul was annoyed to death. -- judges 16:16 +. +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." -- judges 16:17 +. +When Delilah saw that he had told her all that was in his heart, she sent and called the lords of the Philistines, saying, "Come up once more, for he has told me all that is in his heart." Then the lords of the Philistines came up to her and brought the money in their hands. -- judges 16:18 +. +She made him sleep on her knees, and called for a man and had him shave off the seven locks of his hair. Then she began to afflict him, and his strength left him. -- judges 16:19 +. +She said, "The Philistines are upon you, Samson!" And he awoke from his sleep and said, "I will go out as at other times and shake myself free." But he did not know that the LORD had departed from him. -- judges 16:20 +. +Then the Philistines seized him and gouged out his eyes; and they brought him down to Gaza and bound him with bronze chains, and he was a grinder in the prison. -- judges 16:21 +. +However, the hair of his head began to grow again after it was shaved off. -- judges 16:22 +. +Now the lords of the Philistines assembled to offer a great sacrifice to Dagon their god, and to rejoice, for they said, "Our god has given Samson our enemy into our hands." -- judges 16:23 +. +When the people saw him, they praised their god, for they said, "Our god has given our enemy into our hands, Even the destroyer of our country, Who has slain many of us." -- judges 16:24 +. +It so happened when they were in high spirits, that they said, "Call for Samson, that he may amuse us." So they called for Samson from the prison, and he entertained them. And they made him stand between the pillars. -- judges 16:25 +. +Then Samson said to the boy who was holding his hand, "Let me feel the pillars on which the house rests, that I may lean against them." -- judges 16:26 +. +Now the house was full of men and women, and all the lords of the Philistines were there. And about 3,men and women were on the roof looking on while Samson was amusing them. -- judges 16:27 +. +Then Samson called to the LORD and said, "O Lord GOD, please remember me and please strengthen me just this time, O God, that I may at once be avenged of the Philistines for my two eyes." -- judges 16:28 +. +Samson grasped the two middle pillars on which the house rested, and braced himself against them, the one with his right hand and the other with his left. -- judges 16:29 +. +And Samson said, "Let me die with the Philistines!" And he bent with all his might so that the house fell on the lords and all the people who were in it. So the dead whom he killed at his death were more than those whom he killed in his life. -- judges 16:30 +. +Then his brothers and all his father's household came down, took him, brought him up and buried him between Zorah and Eshtaol in the tomb of Manoah his father. Thus he had judged Israel twenty years. -- judges 16:31 +. +Now there was a man of the hill country of Ephraim whose name was Micah. -- judges 17:1 +. +He said to his mother, "The eleven hundred pieces of silver which were taken from you, about which you uttered a curse in my hearing, behold, the silver is with me; I took it." And his mother said, "Blessed be my son by the LORD." -- judges 17:2 +. +He then returned the eleven hundred pieces of silver to his mother, and his mother said, "I wholly dedicate the silver from my hand to the LORD for my son to make a graven image and a molten image; now therefore, I will return them to you." -- judges 17:3 +. +So when he returned the silver to his mother, his mother took two hundred pieces of silver and gave them to the silversmith who made them into a graven image and a molten image, and they were in the house of Micah. -- judges 17:4 +. +And the man Micah had a shrine and he made an ephod and household idols and consecrated one of his sons, that he might become his priest. -- judges 17:5 +. +In those days there was no king in Israel; every man did what was right in his own eyes. -- judges 17:6 +. +Now there was a young man from Bethlehem in Judah, of the family of Judah, who was a Levite; and he was staying there. -- judges 17:7 +. +Then the man departed from the city, from Bethlehem in Judah, to stay wherever he might find a place; and as he made his journey, he came to the hill country of Ephraim to the house of Micah. -- judges 17:8 +. +Micah said to him, "Where do you come from?" And he said to him, "I am a Levite from Bethlehem in Judah, and I am going to stay wherever I may find a place." -- judges 17:9 +. +Micah then said to him, "Dwell with me and be a father and a priest to me, and I will give you ten pieces of silver a year, a suit of clothes, and your maintenance." So the Levite went in. -- judges 17:10 +. +The Levite agreed to live with the man, and the young man became to him like one of his sons. -- judges 17:11 +. +So Micah consecrated the Levite, and the young man became his priest and lived in the house of Micah. -- judges 17:12 +. +Then Micah said, "Now I know that the LORD will prosper me, seeing I have a Levite as priest." -- judges 17:13 +. +In those days there was no king of Israel; and in those days the tribe of the Danites was seeking an inheritance for themselves to live in, for until that day an inheritance had not been allotted to them as a possession among the tribes of Israel. -- judges 18:1 +. +So the sons of Dan sent from their family five men out of their whole number, valiant men from Zorah and Eshtaol, to spy out the land and to search it; and they said to them, "Go, search the land." And they came to the hill country of Ephraim, to the house of Micah, and lodged there. -- judges 18:2 +. +When they were near the house of Micah, they recognized the voice of the young man, the Levite; and they turned aside there and said to him, "Who brought you here? And what are you doing in this place? And what do you have here?" -- judges 18:3 +. +He said to them, "Thus and so has Micah done to me, and he has hired me and I have become his priest." -- judges 18:4 +. +They said to him, "Inquire of God, please, that we may know whether our way on which we are going will be prosperous." -- judges 18:5 +. +The priest said to them, "Go in peace; your way in which you are going has the LORD'S approval." -- judges 18:6 +. +Then the five men departed and came to Laish and saw the people who were in it living in security, after the manner of the Sidonians, quiet and secure; for there was no ruler humiliating them for anything in the land, and they were far from the Sidonians and had no dealings with anyone. -- judges 18:7 +. +When they came back to their brothers at Zorah and Eshtaol, their brothers said to them, "What do you report?" -- judges 18:8 +. +They said, "Arise, and let us go up against them; for we have seen the land, and behold, it is very good. And will you sit still? Do not delay to go, to enter, to possess the land. -- judges 18:9 +. +"When you enter, you will come to a secure people with a spacious land; for God has given it into your hand, a place where there is no lack of anything that is on the earth." -- judges 18:10 +. +Then from the family of the Danites, from Zorah and from Eshtaol, six hundred men armed with weapons of war set out. -- judges 18:11 +. +They went up and camped at Kiriath-jearim in Judah. Therefore they called that place Mahaneh-dan to this day; behold, it is west of Kiriath-jearim. -- judges 18:12 +. +They passed from there to the hill country of Ephraim and came to the house of Micah. -- judges 18:13 +. +Then the five men who went to spy out the country of Laish said to their kinsmen, "Do you know that there are in these houses an ephod and household idols and a graven image and a molten image? Now therefore, consider what you should do." -- judges 18:14 +. +They turned aside there and came to the house of the young man, the Levite, to the house of Micah, and asked him of his welfare. -- judges 18:15 +. +The six hundred men armed with their weapons of war, who were of the sons of Dan, stood by the entrance of the gate. -- judges 18:16 +. +Now the five men who went to spy out the land went up and entered there, and took the graven image and the ephod and household idols and the molten image, while the priest stood by the entrance of the gate with the six hundred men armed with weapons of war. -- judges 18:17 +. +When these went into Micah's house and took the graven image, the ephod and household idols and the molten image, the priest said to them, "What are you doing?" -- judges 18:18 +. +They said to him, "Be silent, put your hand over your mouth and come with us, and be to us a father and a priest. Is it better for you to be a priest to the house of one man, or to be priest to a tribe and a family in Israel?" -- judges 18:19 +. +The priest's heart was glad, and he took the ephod and household idols and the graven image and went among the people. -- judges 18:20 +. +Then they turned and departed, and put the little ones and the livestock and the valuables in front of them. -- judges 18:21 +. +When they had gone some distance from the house of Micah, the men who were in the houses near Micah's house assembled and overtook the sons of Dan. -- judges 18:22 +. +They cried to the sons of Dan, who turned around and said to Micah, "What is the matter with you, that you have assembled together?" -- judges 18:23 +. +He said, "You have taken away my gods which I made, and the priest, and have gone away, and what do I have besides? So how can you say to me, 'What is the matter with you?'" -- judges 18:24 +. +The sons of Dan said to him, "Do not let your voice be heard among us, or else fierce men will fall upon you and you will lose your life, with the lives of your household." -- judges 18:25 +. +So the sons of Dan went on their way; and when Micah saw that they were too strong for him, he turned and went back to his house. -- judges 18:26 +. +Then they took what Micah had made and the priest who had belonged to him, and came to Laish, to a people quiet and secure, and struck them with the edge of the sword; and they burned the city with fire. -- judges 18:27 +. +And there was no one to deliver them, because it was far from Sidon and they had no dealings with anyone, and it was in the valley which is near Beth-rehob. And they rebuilt the city and lived in it. -- judges 18:28 +. +They called the name of the city Dan, after the name of Dan their father who was born in Israel; however, the name of the city formerly was Laish. -- judges 18:29 +. +The sons of Dan set up for themselves the graven image; and Jonathan, the son of Gershom, the son of Manasseh, he and his sons were priests to the tribe of the Danites until the day of the captivity of the land. -- judges 18:30 +. +So they set up for themselves Micah's graven image which he had made, all the time that the house of God was at Shiloh. -- judges 18:31 +. +Now it came about in those days, when there was no king in Israel, that there was a certain Levite staying in the remote part of the hill country of Ephraim, who took a concubine for himself from Bethlehem in Judah. -- judges 19:1 +. +But his concubine played the harlot against him, and she went away from him to her father's house in Bethlehem in Judah, and was there for a period of four months. -- judges 19:2 +. +Then her husband arose and went after her to speak tenderly to her in order to bring her back, taking with him his servant and a pair of donkeys. So she brought him into her father's house, and when the girl's father saw him, he was glad to meet him. -- judges 19:3 +. +His father-in-law, the girl's father, detained him; and he remained with him three days. So they ate and drank and lodged there. -- judges 19:4 +. +Now on the fourth day they got up early in the morning, and he prepared to go; and the girl's father said to his son-in-law, "Sustain yourself with a piece of bread, and afterward you may go." -- judges 19:5 +. +So both of them sat down and ate and drank together; and the girl's father said to the man, "Please be willing to spend the night, and let your heart be merry." -- judges 19:6 +. +Then the man arose to go, but his father-in-law urged him so that he spent the night there again. -- judges 19:7 +. +On the fifth day he arose to go early in the morning, and the girl's father said, "Please sustain yourself, and wait until afternoon"; so both of them ate. -- judges 19:8 +. +When the man arose to go along with his concubine and servant, his father-in-law, the girl's father, said to him, "Behold now, the day has drawn to a close; please spend the night. Lo, the day is coming to an end; spend the night here that your heart may be merry. Then tomorrow you may arise early for your journey so that you may go home." -- judges 19:9 +. +But the man was not willing to spend the night, so he arose and departed and came to a place opposite Jebus (that is, Jerusalem). And there were with him a pair of saddled donkeys; his concubine also was with him. -- judges 19:10 +. +When they were near Jebus, the day was almost gone; and the servant said to his master, "Please come, and let us turn aside into this city of the Jebusites and spend the night in it." -- judges 19:11 +. +However, his master said to him, "We will not turn aside into the city of foreigners who are not of the sons of Israel; but we will go on as far as Gibeah." -- judges 19:12 +. +He said to his servant, "Come and let us approach one of these places; and we will spend the night in Gibeah or Ramah." -- judges 19:13 +. +So they passed along and went their way, and the sun set on them near Gibeah which belongs to Benjamin. -- judges 19:14 +. +They turned aside there in order to enter and lodge in Gibeah. When they entered, they sat down in the open square of the city, for no one took them into his house to spend the night. -- judges 19:15 +. +Then behold, an old man was coming out of the field from his work at evening. Now the man was from the hill country of Ephraim, and he was staying in Gibeah, but the men of the place were Benjamites. -- judges 19:16 +. +And he lifted up his eyes and saw the traveler in the open square of the city; and the old man said, "Where are you going, and where do you come from?" -- judges 19:17 +. +He said to him, "We are passing from Bethlehem in Judah to the remote part of the hill country of Ephraim, for I am from there, and I went to Bethlehem in Judah. But I am now going to my house, and no man will take me into his house. -- judges 19:18 +. +"Yet there is both straw and fodder for our donkeys, and also bread and wine for me, your maidservant, and the young man who is with your servants; there is no lack of anything." -- judges 19:19 +. +The old man said, "Peace to you. Only let me take care of all your needs; however, do not spend the night in the open square." -- judges 19:20 +. +So he took him into his house and gave the donkeys fodder, and they washed their feet and ate and drank. -- judges 19:21 +. +While they were celebrating, behold, the men of the city, certain worthless fellows, surrounded the house, pounding the door; and they spoke to the owner of the house, the old man, saying, "Bring out the man who came into your house that we may have relations with him." -- judges 19:22 +. +Then the man, the owner of the house, went out to them and said to them, "No, my fellows, please do not act so wickedly; since this man has come into my house, do not commit this act of folly. -- judges 19:23 +. +"Here is my virgin daughter and his concubine. Please let me bring them out that you may ravish them and do to them whatever you wish. But do not commit such an act of folly against this man." -- judges 19:24 +. +But the men would not listen to him. So the man seized his concubine and brought her out to them; and they raped her and abused her all night until morning, then let her go at the approach of dawn. -- judges 19:25 +. +As the day began to dawn, the woman came and fell down at the doorway of the man's house where her master was, until full daylight. -- judges 19:26 +. +When her master arose in the morning and opened the doors of the house and went out to go on his way, then behold, his concubine was lying at the doorway of the house with her hands on the threshold. -- judges 19:27 +. +He said to her, "Get up and let us go," but there was no answer. Then he placed her on the donkey; and the man arose and went to his home. -- judges 19:28 +. +When he entered his house, he took a knife and laid hold of his concubine and cut her in twelve pieces, limb by limb, and sent her throughout the territory of Israel. -- judges 19:29 +. +All who saw it said, "Nothing like this has ever happened or been seen from the day when the sons of Israel came up from the land of Egypt to this day. Consider it, take counsel and speak up!" -- judges 19:30 +. +Then all the sons of Israel from Dan to Beersheba, including the land of Gilead, came out, and the congregation assembled as one man to the LORD at Mizpah. -- judges 20:1 +. +The chiefs of all the people, even of all the tribes of Israel, took their stand in the assembly of the people of God, 400,foot soldiers who drew the sword. -- judges 20:2 +. +(Now the sons of Benjamin heard that the sons of Israel had gone up to Mizpah.) And the sons of Israel said, "Tell us, how did this wickedness take place?" -- judges 20:3 +. +So the Levite, the husband of the woman who was murdered, answered and said, "I came with my concubine to spend the night at Gibeah which belongs to Benjamin. -- judges 20:4 +. +"But the men of Gibeah rose up against me and surrounded the house at night because of me. They intended to kill me; instead, they ravished my concubine so that she died. -- judges 20:5 +. +"And I took hold of my concubine and cut her in pieces and sent her throughout the land of Israel's inheritance; for they have committed a lewd and disgraceful act in Israel. -- judges 20:6 +. +"Behold, all you sons of Israel, give your advice and counsel here." -- judges 20:7 +. +Then all the people arose as one man, saying, "Not one of us will go to his tent, nor will any of us return to his house. -- judges 20:8 +. +"But now this is the thing which we will do to Gibeah; we will go up against it by lot. -- judges 20:9 +. +"And we will take men out of 100 throughout the tribes of Israel, and 100 out of 1,000, and 1,000 out of 10,000 to supply food for the people, that when they come to Gibeah of Benjamin, they may punish them for all the disgraceful acts that they have committed in Israel." -- judges 20:10 +. +Thus all the men of Israel were gathered against the city, united as one man. -- judges 20:11 +. +Then the tribes of Israel sent men through the entire tribe of Benjamin, saying, "What is this wickedness that has taken place among you? -- judges 20:12 +. +"Now then, deliver up the men, the worthless fellows in Gibeah, that we may put them to death and remove this wickedness from Israel." But the sons of Benjamin would not listen to the voice of their brothers, the sons of Israel. -- judges 20:13 +. +The sons of Benjamin gathered from the cities to Gibeah, to go out to battle against the sons of Israel. -- judges 20:14 +. +From the cities on that day the sons of Benjamin were numbered, 26,men who draw the sword, besides the inhabitants of Gibeah who were numbered, 700 choice men. -- judges 20:15 +. +Out of all these people choice men were left-handed; each one could sling a stone at a hair and not miss. -- judges 20:16 +. +Then the men of Israel besides Benjamin were numbered, 400,men who draw the sword; all these were men of war. -- judges 20:17 +. +Now the sons of Israel arose, went up to Bethel, and inquired of God and said, "Who shall go up first for us to battle against the sons of Benjamin?" Then the LORD said, "Judah shall go up first." -- judges 20:18 +. +So the sons of Israel arose in the morning and camped against Gibeah. -- judges 20:19 +. +The men of Israel went out to battle against Benjamin, and the men of Israel arrayed for battle against them at Gibeah. -- judges 20:20 +. +Then the sons of Benjamin came out of Gibeah and felled to the ground on that day 22,men of Israel. -- judges 20:21 +. +But the people, the men of Israel, encouraged themselves and arrayed for battle again in the place where they had arrayed themselves the first day. -- judges 20:22 +. +The sons of Israel went up and wept before the LORD until evening, and inquired of the LORD, saying, "Shall we again draw near for battle against the sons of my brother Benjamin?" And the LORD said, "Go up against him." -- judges 20:23 +. +Then the sons of Israel came against the sons of Benjamin the second day. -- judges 20:24 +. +Benjamin went out against them from Gibeah the second day and felled to the ground again 18,men of the sons of Israel; all these drew the sword. -- judges 20:25 +. +Then all the sons of Israel and all the people went up and came to Bethel and wept; thus they remained there before the LORD and fasted that day until evening. And they offered burnt offerings and peace offerings before the LORD. -- judges 20:26 +. +The sons of Israel inquired of the LORD (for the ark of the covenant of God was there in those days, -- judges 20:27 +. +and Phinehas the son of Eleazar, Aaron's son, stood before it to minister in those days), saying, "Shall I yet again go out to battle against the sons of my brother Benjamin, or shall I cease?" And the LORD said, "Go up, for tomorrow I will deliver them into your hand." -- judges 20:28 +. +So Israel set men in ambush around Gibeah. -- judges 20:29 +. +The sons of Israel went up against the sons of Benjamin on the third day and arrayed themselves against Gibeah as at other times. -- judges 20:30 +. +The sons of Benjamin went out against the people and were drawn away from the city, and they began to strike and kill some of the people as at other times, on the highways, one of which goes up to Bethel and the other to Gibeah, and in the field, about thirty men of Israel. -- judges 20:31 +. +The sons of Benjamin said, "They are struck down before us, as at the first." But the sons of Israel said, "Let us flee that we may draw them away from the city to the highways." -- judges 20:32 +. +Then all the men of Israel arose from their place and arrayed themselves at Baal-tamar; and the men of Israel in ambush broke out of their place, even out of Maareh-geba. -- judges 20:33 +. +When ten thousand choice men from all Israel came against Gibeah, the battle became fierce; but Benjamin did not know that disaster was close to them. -- judges 20:34 +. +And the LORD struck Benjamin before Israel, so that the sons of Israel destroyed 25,men of Benjamin that day, all who draw the sword. -- judges 20:35 +. +So the sons of Benjamin saw that they were defeated. When the men of Israel gave ground to Benjamin because they relied on the men in ambush whom they had set against Gibeah, -- judges 20:36 +. +the men in ambush hurried and rushed against Gibeah; the men in ambush also deployed and struck all the city with the edge of the sword. -- judges 20:37 +. +Now the appointed sign between the men of Israel and the men in ambush was that they would make a great cloud of smoke rise from the city. -- judges 20:38 +. +Then the men of Israel turned in the battle, and Benjamin began to strike and kill about thirty men of Israel, for they said, "Surely they are defeated before us, as in the first battle." -- judges 20:39 +. +But when the cloud began to rise from the city in a column of smoke, Benjamin looked behind them; and behold, the whole city was going up in smoke to heaven. -- judges 20:40 +. +Then the men of Israel turned, and the men of Benjamin were terrified; for they saw that disaster was close to them. -- judges 20:41 +. +Therefore, they turned their backs before the men of Israel toward the direction of the wilderness, but the battle overtook them while those who came out of the cities destroyed them in the midst of them. -- judges 20:42 +. +They surrounded Benjamin, pursued them without rest and trod them down opposite Gibeah toward the east. -- judges 20:43 +. +Thus 18,men of Benjamin fell; all these were valiant warriors. -- judges 20:44 +. +The rest turned and fled toward the wilderness to the rock of Rimmon, but they caught 5,of them on the highways and overtook them at Gidom and killed 2,000 of them. -- judges 20:45 +. +So all of Benjamin who fell that day were 25,men who draw the sword; all these were valiant warriors. -- judges 20:46 +. +But men turned and fled toward the wilderness to the rock of Rimmon, and they remained at the rock of Rimmon four months. -- judges 20:47 +. +The men of Israel then turned back against the sons of Benjamin and struck them with the edge of the sword, both the entire city with the cattle and all that they found; they also set on fire all the cities which they found. -- judges 20:48 +. +Now the men of Israel had sworn in Mizpah, saying, "None of us shall give his daughter to Benjamin in marriage." -- judges 21:1 +. +So the people came to Bethel and sat there before God until evening, and lifted up their voices and wept bitterly. -- judges 21:2 +. +They said, "Why, O LORD, God of Israel, has this come about in Israel, so that one tribe should be missing today in Israel?" -- judges 21:3 +. +It came about the next day that the people arose early and built an altar there and offered burnt offerings and peace offerings. -- judges 21:4 +. +Then the sons of Israel said, "Who is there among all the tribes of Israel who did not come up in the assembly to the LORD?" For they had taken a great oath concerning him who did not come up to the LORD at Mizpah, saying, "He shall surely be put to death." -- judges 21:5 +. +And the sons of Israel were sorry for their brother Benjamin and said, "One tribe is cut off from Israel today. -- judges 21:6 +. +"What shall we do for wives for those who are left, since we have sworn by the LORD not to give them any of our daughters in marriage?" -- judges 21:7 +. +And they said, "What one is there of the tribes of Israel who did not come up to the LORD at Mizpah?" And behold, no one had come to the camp from Jabesh-gilead to the assembly. -- judges 21:8 +. +For when the people were numbered, behold, not one of the inhabitants of Jabesh-gilead was there. -- judges 21:9 +. +And the congregation sent 12,of the valiant warriors there, and commanded them, saying, "Go and strike the inhabitants of Jabesh-gilead with the edge of the sword, with the women and the little ones. -- judges 21:10 +. +"This is the thing that you shall do: you shall utterly destroy every man and every woman who has lain with a man." -- judges 21:11 +. +And they found among the inhabitants of Jabesh-gilead young virgins who had not known a man by lying with him; and they brought them to the camp at Shiloh, which is in the land of Canaan. -- judges 21:12 +. +Then the whole congregation sent word and spoke to the sons of Benjamin who were at the rock of Rimmon, and proclaimed peace to them. -- judges 21:13 +. +Benjamin returned at that time, and they gave them the women whom they had kept alive from the women of Jabesh-gilead; yet they were not enough for them. -- judges 21:14 +. +And the people were sorry for Benjamin because the LORD had made a breach in the tribes of Israel. -- judges 21:15 +. +Then the elders of the congregation said, "What shall we do for wives for those who are left, since the women are destroyed out of Benjamin?" -- judges 21:16 +. +They said, "There must be an inheritance for the survivors of Benjamin, so that a tribe will not be blotted out from Israel. -- judges 21:17 +. +"But we cannot give them wives of our daughters." For the sons of Israel had sworn, saying, "Cursed is he who gives a wife to Benjamin." -- judges 21:18 +. +So they said, "Behold, there is a feast of the LORD from year to year in Shiloh, which is on the north side of Bethel, on the east side of the highway that goes up from Bethel to Shechem, and on the south side of Lebonah." -- judges 21:19 +. +And they commanded the sons of Benjamin, saying, "Go and lie in wait in the vineyards, -- judges 21:20 +. +and watch; and behold, if the daughters of Shiloh come out to take part in the dances, then you shall come out of the vineyards and each of you shall catch his wife from the daughters of Shiloh, and go to the land of Benjamin. -- judges 21:21 +. +"It shall come about, when their fathers or their brothers come to complain to us, that we shall say to them, 'Give them to us voluntarily, because we did not take for each man of Benjamin a wife in battle, nor did you give them to them, else you would now be guilty.'" -- judges 21:22 +. +The sons of Benjamin did so, and took wives according to their number from those who danced, whom they carried away. And they went and returned to their inheritance and rebuilt the cities and lived in them. -- judges 21:23 +. +The sons of Israel departed from there at that time, every man to his tribe and family, and each one of them went out from there to his inheritance. -- judges 21:24 +. +In those days there was no king in Israel; everyone did what was right in his own eyes. -- judges 21:25 +. +Now it came about in the days when the judges governed, that there was a famine in the land. And a certain man of Bethlehem in Judah went to sojourn in the land of Moab with his wife and his two sons. -- ruth 1:1 +. +The name of the man was Elimelech, and the name of his wife, Naomi; and the names of his two sons were Mahlon and Chilion, Ephrathites of Bethlehem in Judah. Now they entered the land of Moab and remained there. -- ruth 1:2 +. +Then Elimelech, Naomi's husband, died; and she was left with her two sons. -- ruth 1:3 +. +They took for themselves Moabite women as wives; the name of the one was Orpah and the name of the other Ruth. And they lived there about ten years. -- ruth 1:4 +. +Then both Mahlon and Chilion also died, and the woman was bereft of her two children and her husband. -- ruth 1:5 +. +Then she arose with her daughters-in-law that she might return from the land of Moab, for she had heard in the land of Moab that the LORD had visited His people in giving them food. -- ruth 1:6 +. +So she departed from the place where she was, and her two daughters-in-law with her; and they went on the way to return to the land of Judah. -- ruth 1:7 +. +And Naomi said to her two daughters-in-law, "Go, return each of you to her mother's house. May the LORD deal kindly with you as you have dealt with the dead and with me. -- ruth 1:8 +. +"May the LORD grant that you may find rest, each in the house of her husband." Then she kissed them, and they lifted up their voices and wept. -- ruth 1:9 +. +And they said to her, "No, but we will surely return with you to your people." -- ruth 1:10 +. +But Naomi said, "Return, my daughters. Why should you go with me? Have I yet sons in my womb, that they may be your husbands? -- ruth 1:11 +. +"Return, my daughters! Go, for I am too old to have a husband. If I said I have hope, if I should even have a husband tonight and also bear sons, -- ruth 1:12 +. +would you therefore wait until they were grown? Would you therefore refrain from marrying? No, my daughters; for it is harder for me than for you, for the hand of the LORD has gone forth against me." -- ruth 1:13 +. +And they lifted up their voices and wept again; and Orpah kissed her mother-in-law, but Ruth clung to her. -- ruth 1:14 +. +Then she said, "Behold, your sister-in-law has gone back to her people and her gods; return after your sister-in-law." -- ruth 1:15 +. +But Ruth said, "Do not urge me to leave you or turn back from following you; for where you go, I will go, and where you lodge, I will lodge. Your people shall be my people, and your God, my God. -- ruth 1:16 +. +"Where you die, I will die, and there I will be buried. Thus may the LORD do to me, and worse, if anything but death parts you and me." -- ruth 1:17 +. +When she saw that she was determined to go with her, she said no more to her. -- ruth 1:18 +. +So they both went until they came to Bethlehem. And when they had come to Bethlehem, all the city was stirred because of them, and the women said, "Is this Naomi?" -- ruth 1:19 +. +She said to them, "Do not call me Naomi; call me Mara, for the Almighty has dealt very bitterly with me. -- ruth 1:20 +. +"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?" -- ruth 1:21 +. +So Naomi returned, and with her Ruth the Moabitess, her daughter-in-law, who returned from the land of Moab. And they came to Bethlehem at the beginning of barley harvest. -- ruth 1:22 +. +Now Naomi had a kinsman of her husband, a man of great wealth, of the family of Elimelech, whose name was Boaz. -- ruth 2:1 +. +And Ruth the Moabitess said to Naomi, "Please let me go to the field and glean among the ears of grain after one in whose sight I may find favor." And she said to her, "Go, my daughter." -- ruth 2:2 +. +So she departed and went and gleaned in the field after the reapers; and she happened to come to the portion of the field belonging to Boaz, who was of the family of Elimelech. -- ruth 2:3 +. +Now behold, Boaz came from Bethlehem and said to the reapers, "May the LORD be with you." And they said to him, "May the LORD bless you." -- ruth 2:4 +. +Then Boaz said to his servant who was in charge of the reapers, "Whose young woman is this?" -- ruth 2:5 +. +The servant in charge of the reapers replied, "She is the young Moabite woman who returned with Naomi from the land of Moab. -- ruth 2:6 +. +"And she said, 'Please let me glean and gather after the reapers among the sheaves.' Thus she came and has remained from the morning until now; she has been sitting in the house for a little while." -- ruth 2:7 +. +Then Boaz said to Ruth, "Listen carefully, my daughter. Do not go to glean in another field; furthermore, do not go on from this one, but stay here with my maids. -- ruth 2:8 +. +"Let your eyes be on the field which they reap, and go after them. Indeed, I have commanded the servants not to touch you. When you are thirsty, go to the water jars and drink from what the servants draw." -- ruth 2:9 +. +Then she fell on her face, bowing to the ground and said to him, "Why have I found favor in your sight that you should take notice of me, since I am a foreigner?" -- ruth 2:10 +. +Boaz replied to her, "All that you have done for your mother-in-law after the death of your husband has been fully reported to me, and how you left your father and your mother and the land of your birth, and came to a people that you did not previously know. -- ruth 2:11 +. +"May the LORD reward your work, and your wages be full from the LORD, the God of Israel, under whose wings you have come to seek refuge." -- ruth 2:12 +. +Then she said, "I have found favor in your sight, my lord, for you have comforted me and indeed have spoken kindly to your maidservant, though I am not like one of your maidservants." -- ruth 2:13 +. +At mealtime Boaz said to her, "Come here, that you may eat of the bread and dip your piece of bread in the vinegar." So she sat beside the reapers; and he served her roasted grain, and she ate and was satisfied and had some left. -- ruth 2:14 +. +When she rose to glean, Boaz commanded his servants, saying, "Let her glean even among the sheaves, and do not insult her. -- ruth 2:15 +. +"Also you shall purposely pull out for her some grain from the bundles and leave it that she may glean, and do not rebuke her." -- ruth 2:16 +. +So she gleaned in the field until evening. Then she beat out what she had gleaned, and it was about an ephah of barley. -- ruth 2:17 +. +She took it up and went into the city, and her mother-in-law saw what she had gleaned. She also took it out and gave Naomi what she had left after she was satisfied. -- ruth 2:18 +. +Her mother-in-law then said to her, "Where did you glean today and where did you work? May he who took notice of you be blessed." So she told her mother-in-law with whom she had worked and said, "The name of the man with whom I worked today is Boaz." -- ruth 2:19 +. +Naomi said to her daughter-in-law, "May he be blessed of the LORD who has not withdrawn his kindness to the living and to the dead." Again Naomi said to her, "The man is our relative, he is one of our closest relatives." -- ruth 2:20 +. +Then Ruth the Moabitess said, "Furthermore, he said to me, 'You should stay close to my servants until they have finished all my harvest.'" -- ruth 2:21 +. +Naomi said to Ruth her daughter-in-law, "It is good, my daughter, that you go out with his maids, so that others do not fall upon you in another field." -- ruth 2:22 +. +So she stayed close by the maids of Boaz in order to glean until the end of the barley harvest and the wheat harvest. And she lived with her mother-in-law. -- ruth 2:23 +. +Then Naomi her mother-in-law said to her, "My daughter, shall I not seek security for you, that it may be well with you? -- ruth 3:1 +. +"Now is not Boaz our kinsman, with whose maids you were? Behold, he winnows barley at the threshing floor tonight. -- ruth 3:2 +. +"Wash yourself therefore, and anoint yourself and put on your best clothes, and go down to the threshing floor; but do not make yourself known to the man until he has finished eating and drinking. -- ruth 3:3 +. +"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." -- ruth 3:4 +. +She said to her, "All that you say I will do." -- ruth 3:5 +. +So she went down to the threshing floor and did according to all that her mother-in-law had commanded her. -- ruth 3:6 +. +When Boaz had eaten and drunk and his heart was merry, he went to lie down at the end of the heap of grain; and she came secretly, and uncovered his feet and lay down. -- ruth 3:7 +. +It happened in the middle of the night that the man was startled and bent forward; and behold, a woman was lying at his feet. -- ruth 3:8 +. +He said, "Who are you?" And she answered, "I am Ruth your maid. So spread your covering over your maid, for you are a close relative." -- ruth 3:9 +. +Then he said, "May you be blessed of the LORD, my daughter. You have shown your last kindness to be better than the first by not going after young men, whether poor or rich. -- ruth 3:10 +. +"Now, my daughter, do not fear. I will do for you whatever you ask, for all my people in the city know that you are a woman of excellence. -- ruth 3:11 +. +"Now it is true I am a close relative; however, there is a relative closer than I. -- ruth 3:12 +. +"Remain this night, and when morning comes, if he will redeem you, good; let him redeem you. But if he does not wish to redeem you, then I will redeem you, as the LORD lives. Lie down until morning." -- ruth 3:13 +. +So she lay at his feet until morning and rose before one could recognize another; and he said, "Let it not be known that the woman came to the threshing floor." -- ruth 3:14 +. +Again he said, "Give me the cloak that is on you and hold it." So she held it, and he measured six measures of barley and laid it on her. Then she went into the city. -- ruth 3:15 +. +When she came to her mother-in-law, she said, "How did it go, my daughter?" And she told her all that the man had done for her. -- ruth 3:16 +. +She said, "These six measures of barley he gave to me, for he said, 'Do not go to your mother-in-law empty-handed.'" -- ruth 3:17 +. +Then she said, "Wait, my daughter, until you know how the matter turns out; for the man will not rest until he has settled it today." -- ruth 3:18 +. +Now Boaz went up to the gate and sat down there, and behold, the close relative of whom Boaz spoke was passing by, so he said, "Turn aside, friend, sit down here." And he turned aside and sat down. -- ruth 4:1 +. +He took ten men of the elders of the city and said, "Sit down here." So they sat down. -- ruth 4:2 +. +Then he said to the closest relative, "Naomi, who has come back from the land of Moab, has to sell the piece of land which belonged to our brother Elimelech. -- ruth 4:3 +. +"So I thought to inform you, saying, 'Buy it before those who are sitting here, and before the elders of my people. If you will redeem it, redeem it; but if not, tell me that I may know; for there is no one but you to redeem it, and I am after you.'" And he said, "I will redeem it." -- ruth 4:4 +. +Then Boaz said, "On the day you buy the field from the hand of Naomi, you must also acquire Ruth the Moabitess, the widow of the deceased, in order to raise up the name of the deceased on his inheritance." -- ruth 4:5 +. +The closest relative said, "I cannot redeem it for myself, because I would jeopardize my own inheritance. Redeem it for yourself; you may have my right of redemption, for I cannot redeem it." -- ruth 4:6 +. +Now this was the custom in former times in Israel concerning the redemption and the exchange of land to confirm any matter: a man removed his sandal and gave it to another; and this was the manner of attestation in Israel. -- ruth 4:7 +. +So the closest relative said to Boaz, "Buy it for yourself." And he removed his sandal. -- ruth 4:8 +. +Then Boaz said to the elders and all the people, "You are witnesses today that I have bought from the hand of Naomi all that belonged to Elimelech and all that belonged to Chilion and Mahlon. -- ruth 4:9 +. +"Moreover, I have acquired Ruth the Moabitess, the widow of Mahlon, to be my wife in order to raise up the name of the deceased on his inheritance, so that the name of the deceased will not be cut off from his brothers or from the court of his birth place; you are witnesses today." -- ruth 4:10 +. +All the people who were in the court, and the elders, said, "We are witnesses. May the LORD make the woman who is coming into your home like Rachel and Leah, both of whom built the house of Israel; and may you achieve wealth in Ephrathah and become famous in Bethlehem. -- ruth 4:11 +. +"Moreover, may your house be like the house of Perez whom Tamar bore to Judah, through the offspring which the LORD will give you by this young woman." -- ruth 4:12 +. +So Boaz took Ruth, and she became his wife, and he went in to her. And the LORD enabled her to conceive, and she gave birth to a son. -- ruth 4:13 +. +Then the women said to Naomi, "Blessed is the LORD who has not left you without a redeemer today, and may his name become famous in Israel. -- ruth 4:14 +. +"May he also be to you a restorer of life and a sustainer of your old age; for your daughter-in-law, who loves you and is better to you than seven sons, has given birth to him." -- ruth 4:15 +. +Then Naomi took the child and laid him in her lap, and became his nurse. -- ruth 4:16 +. +The neighbor women gave him a name, saying, "A son has been born to Naomi!" So they named him Obed. He is the father of Jesse, the father of David. -- ruth 4:17 +. +Now these are the generations of Perez: to Perez was born Hezron, -- ruth 4:18 +. +and to Hezron was born Ram, and to Ram, Amminadab, -- ruth 4:19 +. +and to Amminadab was born Nahshon, and to Nahshon, Salmon, -- ruth 4:20 +. +and to Salmon was born Boaz, and to Boaz, Obed, -- ruth 4:21 +. +and to Obed was born Jesse, and to Jesse, David. -- ruth 4:22 +. +Now there was a certain man from Ramathaim-zophim from the hill country of Ephraim, and his name was Elkanah the son of Jeroham, the son of Elihu, the son of Tohu, the son of Zuph, an Ephraimite. -- 1 samuel 1:1 +. +He had two wives: the name of one was Hannah and the name of the other Peninnah; and Peninnah had children, but Hannah had no children. -- 1 samuel 1:2 +. +Now this man would go up from his city yearly to worship and to sacrifice to the LORD of hosts in Shiloh. And the two sons of Eli, Hophni and Phinehas, were priests to the LORD there. -- 1 samuel 1:3 +. +When the day came that Elkanah sacrificed, he would give portions to Peninnah his wife and to all her sons and her daughters; -- 1 samuel 1:4 +. +but to Hannah he would give a double portion, for he loved Hannah, but the LORD had closed her womb. -- 1 samuel 1:5 +. +Her rival, however, would provoke her bitterly to irritate her, because the LORD had closed her womb. -- 1 samuel 1:6 +. +It happened year after year, as often as she went up to the house of the LORD, she would provoke her; so she wept and would not eat. -- 1 samuel 1:7 +. +Then Elkanah her husband said to her, "Hannah, why do you weep and why do you not eat and why is your heart sad? Am I not better to you than ten sons?" -- 1 samuel 1:8 +. +Then Hannah rose after eating and drinking in Shiloh. Now Eli the priest was sitting on the seat by the doorpost of the temple of the LORD. -- 1 samuel 1:9 +. +She, greatly distressed, prayed to the LORD and wept bitterly. -- 1 samuel 1:10 +. +She made a vow and said, "O LORD of hosts, if You will indeed look on the affliction of Your maidservant and remember me, and not forget Your maidservant, but will give Your maidservant a son, then I will give him to the LORD all the days of his life, and a razor shall never come on his head." -- 1 samuel 1:11 +. +Now it came about, as she continued praying before the LORD, that Eli was watching her mouth. -- 1 samuel 1:12 +. +As for Hannah, she was speaking in her heart, only her lips were moving, but her voice was not heard. So Eli thought she was drunk. -- 1 samuel 1:13 +. +Then Eli said to her, "How long will you make yourself drunk? Put away your wine from you." -- 1 samuel 1:14 +. +But Hannah replied, "No, my lord, I am a woman oppressed in spirit; I have drunk neither wine nor strong drink, but I have poured out my soul before the LORD. -- 1 samuel 1:15 +. +"Do not consider your maidservant as a worthless woman, for I have spoken until now out of my great concern and provocation." -- 1 samuel 1:16 +. +Then Eli answered and said, "Go in peace; and may the God of Israel grant your petition that you have asked of Him." -- 1 samuel 1:17 +. +She said, "Let your maidservant find favor in your sight." So the woman went her way and ate, and her face was no longer sad. -- 1 samuel 1:18 +. +Then they arose early in the morning and worshiped before the LORD, and returned again to their house in Ramah. And Elkanah had relations with Hannah his wife, and the LORD remembered her. -- 1 samuel 1:19 +. +It came about in due time, after Hannah had conceived, that she gave birth to a son; and she named him Samuel, saying, "Because I have asked him of the LORD." -- 1 samuel 1:20 +. +Then the man Elkanah went up with all his household to offer to the LORD the yearly sacrifice and pay his vow. -- 1 samuel 1:21 +. +But Hannah did not go up, for she said to her husband, "I will not go up until the child is weaned; then I will bring him, that he may appear before the LORD and stay there forever." -- 1 samuel 1:22 +. +Elkanah her husband said to her, "Do what seems best to you. Remain until you have weaned him; only may the LORD confirm His word." So the woman remained and nursed her son until she weaned him. -- 1 samuel 1:23 +. +Now when she had weaned him, she took him up with her, with a three-year-old bull and one ephah of flour and a jug of wine, and brought him to the house of the LORD in Shiloh, although the child was young. -- 1 samuel 1:24 +. +Then they slaughtered the bull, and brought the boy to Eli. -- 1 samuel 1:25 +. +She said, "Oh, my lord! As your soul lives, my lord, I am the woman who stood here beside you, praying to the LORD. -- 1 samuel 1:26 +. +"For this boy I prayed, and the LORD has given me my petition which I asked of Him. -- 1 samuel 1:27 +. +"So I have also dedicated him to the LORD; as long as he lives he is dedicated to the LORD." And he worshiped the LORD there. -- 1 samuel 1:28 +. +Then Hannah prayed and said, "My heart exults in the LORD; My horn is exalted in the LORD, My mouth speaks boldly against my enemies, Because I rejoice in Your salvation. -- 1 samuel 2:1 +. +"There is no one holy like the LORD, Indeed, there is no one besides You, Nor is there any rock like our God. -- 1 samuel 2:2 +. +"Boast no more so very proudly, Do not let arrogance come out of your mouth; For the LORD is a God of knowledge, And with Him actions are weighed. -- 1 samuel 2:3 +. +"The bows of the mighty are shattered, But the feeble gird on strength. -- 1 samuel 2:4 +. +"Those who were full hire themselves out for bread, But those who were hungry cease to hunger. Even the barren gives birth to seven, But she who has many children languishes. -- 1 samuel 2:5 +. +"The LORD kills and makes alive; He brings down to Sheol and raises up. -- 1 samuel 2:6 +. +"The LORD makes poor and rich; He brings low, He also exalts. -- 1 samuel 2:7 +. +"He raises the poor from the dust, He lifts the needy from the ash heap To make them sit with nobles, And inherit a seat of honor; For the pillars of the earth are the LORD'S, And He set the world on them. -- 1 samuel 2:8 +. +"He keeps the feet of His godly ones, But the wicked ones are silenced in darkness; For not by might shall a man prevail. -- 1 samuel 2:9 +. +"Those who contend with the LORD will be shattered; Against them He will thunder in the heavens, The LORD will judge the ends of the earth; And He will give strength to His king, And will exalt the horn of His anointed." -- 1 samuel 2:10 +. +Then Elkanah went to his home at Ramah. But the boy ministered to the LORD before Eli the priest. -- 1 samuel 2:11 +. +Now the sons of Eli were worthless men; they did not know the LORD -- 1 samuel 2:12 +. +and the custom of the priests with the people. When any man was offering a sacrifice, the priest's servant would come while the meat was boiling, with a three-pronged fork in his hand. -- 1 samuel 2:13 +. +Then he would thrust it into the pan, or kettle, or caldron, or pot; all that the fork brought up the priest would take for himself. Thus they did in Shiloh to all the Israelites who came there. -- 1 samuel 2:14 +. +Also, before they burned the fat, the priest's servant would come and say to the man who was sacrificing, "Give the priest meat for roasting, as he will not take boiled meat from you, only raw." -- 1 samuel 2:15 +. +If the man said to him, "They must surely burn the fat first, and then take as much as you desire," then he would say, "No, but you shall give it to me now; and if not, I will take it by force." -- 1 samuel 2:16 +. +Thus the sin of the young men was very great before the LORD, for the men despised the offering of the LORD. -- 1 samuel 2:17 +. +Now Samuel was ministering before the LORD, as a boy wearing a linen ephod. -- 1 samuel 2:18 +. +And his mother would make him a little robe and bring it to him from year to year when she would come up with her husband to offer the yearly sacrifice. -- 1 samuel 2:19 +. +Then Eli would bless Elkanah and his wife and say, "May the LORD give you children from this woman in place of the one she dedicated to the LORD." And they went to their own home. -- 1 samuel 2:20 +. +The LORD visited Hannah; and she conceived and gave birth to three sons and two daughters. And the boy Samuel grew before the LORD. -- 1 samuel 2:21 +. +Now Eli was very old; and he heard all that his sons were doing to all Israel, and how they lay with the women who served at the doorway of the tent of meeting. -- 1 samuel 2:22 +. +He said to them, "Why do you do such things, the evil things that I hear from all these people? -- 1 samuel 2:23 +. +"No, my sons; for the report is not good which I hear the LORD'S people circulating. -- 1 samuel 2:24 +. +"If one man sins against another, God will mediate for him; but if a man sins against the LORD, who can intercede for him?" But they would not listen to the voice of their father, for the LORD desired to put them to death. -- 1 samuel 2:25 +. +Now the boy Samuel was growing in stature and in favor both with the LORD and with men. -- 1 samuel 2:26 +. +Then a man of God came to Eli and said to him, "Thus says the LORD, 'Did I not indeed reveal Myself to the house of your father when they were in Egypt in bondage to Pharaoh's house? -- 1 samuel 2:27 +. +'Did I not choose them from all the tribes of Israel to be My priests, to go up to My altar, to burn incense, to carry an ephod before Me; and did I not give to the house of your father all the fire offerings of the sons of Israel? -- 1 samuel 2:28 +. +'Why do you kick at My sacrifice and at My offering which I have commanded in My dwelling, and honor your sons above Me, by making yourselves fat with the choicest of every offering of My people Israel?' -- 1 samuel 2:29 +. +"Therefore the LORD God of Israel declares, 'I did indeed say that your house and the house of your father should walk before Me forever'; but now the LORD declares, 'Far be it from Me--for those who honor Me I will honor, and those who despise Me will be lightly esteemed. -- 1 samuel 2:30 +. +'Behold, the days are coming when I will break your strength and the strength of your father's house so that there will not be an old man in your house. -- 1 samuel 2:31 +. +'You will see the distress of My dwelling, in spite of all the good that I do for Israel; and an old man will not be in your house forever. -- 1 samuel 2:32 +. +'Yet I will not cut off every man of yours from My altar so that your eyes will fail from weeping and your soul grieve, and all the increase of your house will die in the prime of life. -- 1 samuel 2:33 +. +'This will be the sign to you which will come concerning your two sons, Hophni and Phinehas: on the same day both of them will die. -- 1 samuel 2:34 +. +'But I will raise up for Myself a faithful priest who will do according to what is in My heart and in My soul; and I will build him an enduring house, and he will walk before My anointed always. -- 1 samuel 2:35 +. +'Everyone who is left in your house will come and bow down to him for a piece of silver or a loaf of bread and say, "Please assign me to one of the priest's offices so that I may eat a piece of bread."'" -- 1 samuel 2:36 +. +Now the boy Samuel was ministering to the LORD before Eli. And word from the LORD was rare in those days, visions were infrequent. -- 1 samuel 3:1 +. +It happened at that time as Eli was lying down in his place (now his eyesight had begun to grow dim and he could not see well), -- 1 samuel 3:2 +. +and the lamp of God had not yet gone out, and Samuel was lying down in the temple of the LORD where the ark of God was, -- 1 samuel 3:3 +. +that the LORD called Samuel; and he said, "Here I am." -- 1 samuel 3:4 +. +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. -- 1 samuel 3:5 +. +The LORD called yet again, "Samuel!" So Samuel arose and went to Eli and said, "Here I am, for you called me." But he answered, "I did not call, my son, lie down again." -- 1 samuel 3:6 +. +Now Samuel did not yet know the LORD, nor had the word of the LORD yet been revealed to him. -- 1 samuel 3:7 +. +So the LORD called Samuel again for the third time. And he arose and went to Eli and said, "Here I am, for you called me." Then Eli discerned that the LORD was calling the boy. -- 1 samuel 3:8 +. +And Eli said to Samuel, "Go lie down, and it shall be if He calls you, that you shall say, 'Speak, LORD, for Your servant is listening.'" So Samuel went and lay down in his place. -- 1 samuel 3:9 +. +Then the LORD came and stood and called as at other times, "Samuel! Samuel!" And Samuel said, "Speak, for Your servant is listening." -- 1 samuel 3:10 +. +The LORD said to Samuel, "Behold, I am about to do a thing in Israel at which both ears of everyone who hears it will tingle. -- 1 samuel 3:11 +. +"In that day I will carry out against Eli all that I have spoken concerning his house, from beginning to end. -- 1 samuel 3:12 +. +"For I have told him that I am about to judge his house forever for the iniquity which he knew, because his sons brought a curse on themselves and he did not rebuke them. -- 1 samuel 3:13 +. +"Therefore I have sworn to the house of Eli that the iniquity of Eli's house shall not be atoned for by sacrifice or offering forever." -- 1 samuel 3:14 +. +So Samuel lay down until morning. Then he opened the doors of the house of the LORD. But Samuel was afraid to tell the vision to Eli. -- 1 samuel 3:15 +. +Then Eli called Samuel and said, "Samuel, my son." And he said, "Here I am." -- 1 samuel 3:16 +. +He said, "What is the word that He spoke to you? Please do not hide it from me. May God do so to you, and more also, if you hide anything from me of all the words that He spoke to you." -- 1 samuel 3:17 +. +So Samuel told him everything and hid nothing from him. And he said, "It is the LORD; let Him do what seems good to Him." -- 1 samuel 3:18 +. +Thus Samuel grew and the LORD was with him and let none of his words fail. -- 1 samuel 3:19 +. +All Israel from Dan even to Beersheba knew that Samuel was confirmed as a prophet of the LORD. -- 1 samuel 3:20 +. +And the LORD appeared again at Shiloh, because the LORD revealed Himself to Samuel at Shiloh by the word of the LORD. -- 1 samuel 3:21 +. +Thus the word of Samuel came to all Israel. Now Israel went out to meet the Philistines in battle and camped beside Ebenezer while the Philistines camped in Aphek. -- 1 samuel 4:1 +. +The Philistines drew up in battle array to meet Israel. When the battle spread, Israel was defeated before the Philistines who killed about four thousand men on the battlefield. -- 1 samuel 4:2 +. +When the people came into the camp, the elders of Israel said, "Why has the LORD defeated us today before the Philistines? Let us take to ourselves from Shiloh the ark of the covenant of the LORD, that it may come among us and deliver us from the power of our enemies." -- 1 samuel 4:3 +. +So the people sent to Shiloh, and from there they carried the ark of the covenant of the LORD of hosts who sits above the cherubim; and the two sons of Eli, Hophni and Phinehas, were there with the ark of the covenant of God. -- 1 samuel 4:4 +. +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. -- 1 samuel 4:5 +. +When the Philistines heard the noise of the shout, they said, "What does the noise of this great shout in the camp of the Hebrews mean?" Then they understood that the ark of the LORD had come into the camp. -- 1 samuel 4:6 +. +The Philistines were afraid, for they said, "God has come into the camp." And they said, "Woe to us! For nothing like this has happened before. -- 1 samuel 4:7 +. +"Woe to us! Who shall deliver us from the hand of these mighty gods? These are the gods who smote the Egyptians with all kinds of plagues in the wilderness. -- 1 samuel 4:8 +. +"Take courage and be men, O Philistines, or you will become slaves to the Hebrews, as they have been slaves to you; therefore, be men and fight." -- 1 samuel 4:9 +. +So the Philistines fought and Israel was defeated, and every man fled to his tent; and the slaughter was very great, for there fell of Israel thirty thousand foot soldiers. -- 1 samuel 4:10 +. +And the ark of God was taken; and the two sons of Eli, Hophni and Phinehas, died. -- 1 samuel 4:11 +. +Now a man of Benjamin ran from the battle line and came to Shiloh the same day with his clothes torn and dust on his head. -- 1 samuel 4:12 +. +When he came, behold, Eli was sitting on his seat by the road eagerly watching, because his heart was trembling for the ark of God. So the man came to tell it in the city, and all the city cried out. -- 1 samuel 4:13 +. +When Eli heard the noise of the outcry, he said, "What does the noise of this commotion mean?" Then the man came hurriedly and told Eli. -- 1 samuel 4:14 +. +Now Eli was ninety-eight years old, and his eyes were set so that he could not see. -- 1 samuel 4:15 +. +The man said to Eli, "I am the one who came from the battle line. Indeed, I escaped from the battle line today." And he said, "How did things go, my son?" -- 1 samuel 4:16 +. +Then the one who brought the news replied, "Israel has fled before the Philistines and there has also been a great slaughter among the people, and your two sons also, Hophni and Phinehas, are dead, and the ark of God has been taken." -- 1 samuel 4:17 +. +When he mentioned the ark of God, Eli fell off the seat backward beside the gate, and his neck was broken and he died, for he was old and heavy. Thus he judged Israel forty years. -- 1 samuel 4:18 +. +Now his daughter-in-law, Phinehas's wife, was pregnant and about to give birth; and when she heard the news that the ark of God was taken and that her father-in-law and her husband had died, she kneeled down and gave birth, for her pains came upon her. -- 1 samuel 4:19 +. +And about the time of her death the women who stood by her said to her, "Do not be afraid, for you have given birth to a son." But she did not answer or pay attention. -- 1 samuel 4:20 +. +And she called the boy Ichabod, saying, "The glory has departed from Israel," because the ark of God was taken and because of her father-in-law and her husband. -- 1 samuel 4:21 +. +She said, "The glory has departed from Israel, for the ark of God was taken." -- 1 samuel 4:22 +. +Now the Philistines took the ark of God and brought it from Ebenezer to Ashdod. -- 1 samuel 5:1 +. +Then the Philistines took the ark of God and brought it to the house of Dagon and set it by Dagon. -- 1 samuel 5:2 +. +When the Ashdodites arose early the next morning, behold, Dagon had fallen on his face to the ground before the ark of the LORD. So they took Dagon and set him in his place again. -- 1 samuel 5:3 +. +But when they arose early the next morning, behold, Dagon had fallen on his face to the ground before the ark of the LORD. And the head of Dagon and both the palms of his hands were cut off on the threshold; only the trunk of Dagon was left to him. -- 1 samuel 5:4 +. +Therefore neither the priests of Dagon nor all who enter Dagon's house tread on the threshold of Dagon in Ashdod to this day. -- 1 samuel 5:5 +. +Now the hand of the LORD was heavy on the Ashdodites, and He ravaged them and smote them with tumors, both Ashdod and its territories. -- 1 samuel 5:6 +. +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." -- 1 samuel 5:7 +. +So they sent and gathered all the lords of the Philistines to them and said, "What shall we do with the ark of the God of Israel?" And they said, "Let the ark of the God of Israel be brought around to Gath." And they brought the ark of the God of Israel around. -- 1 samuel 5:8 +. +After they had brought it around, the hand of the LORD was against the city with very great confusion; and He smote the men of the city, both young and old, so that tumors broke out on them. -- 1 samuel 5:9 +. +So they sent the ark of God to Ekron. And as the ark of God came to Ekron the Ekronites cried out, saying, "They have brought the ark of the God of Israel around to us, to kill us and our people." -- 1 samuel 5:10 +. +They sent therefore and gathered all the lords of the Philistines and said, "Send away the ark of the God of Israel, and let it return to its own place, so that it will not kill us and our people." For there was a deadly confusion throughout the city; the hand of God was very heavy there. -- 1 samuel 5:11 +. +And the men who did not die were smitten with tumors and the cry of the city went up to heaven. -- 1 samuel 5:12 +. +Now the ark of the LORD had been in the country of the Philistines seven months. -- 1 samuel 6:1 +. +And the Philistines called for the priests and the diviners, saying, "What shall we do with the ark of the LORD? Tell us how we shall send it to its place." -- 1 samuel 6:2 +. +They said, "If you send away the ark of the God of Israel, do not send it empty; but you shall surely return to Him a guilt offering. Then you will be healed and it will be known to you why His hand is not removed from you." -- 1 samuel 6:3 +. +Then they said, "What shall be the guilt offering which we shall return to Him?" And they said, "Five golden tumors and five golden mice according to the number of the lords of the Philistines, for one plague was on all of you and on your lords. -- 1 samuel 6:4 +. +"So you shall make likenesses of your tumors and likenesses of your mice that ravage the land, and you shall give glory to the God of Israel; perhaps He will ease His hand from you, your gods, and your land. -- 1 samuel 6:5 +. +"Why then do you harden your hearts as the Egyptians and Pharaoh hardened their hearts? When He had severely dealt with them, did they not allow the people to go, and they departed? -- 1 samuel 6:6 +. +"Now therefore, take and prepare a new cart and two milch cows on which there has never been a yoke; and hitch the cows to the cart and take their calves home, away from them. -- 1 samuel 6:7 +. +"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. -- 1 samuel 6:8 +. +"Watch, if it goes up by the way of its own territory to Beth-shemesh, then He has done us this great evil. But if not, then we will know that it was not His hand that struck us; it happened to us by chance." -- 1 samuel 6:9 +. +Then the men did so, and took two milch cows and hitched them to the cart, and shut up their calves at home. -- 1 samuel 6:10 +. +They put the ark of the LORD on the cart, and the box with the golden mice and the likenesses of their tumors. -- 1 samuel 6:11 +. +And the cows took the straight way in the direction of Beth-shemesh; they went along the highway, lowing as they went, and did not turn aside to the right or to the left. And the lords of the Philistines followed them to the border of Beth-shemesh. -- 1 samuel 6:12 +. +Now the people of Beth-shemesh were reaping their wheat harvest in the valley, and they raised their eyes and saw the ark and were glad to see it. -- 1 samuel 6:13 +. +The cart came into the field of Joshua the Beth-shemite and stood there where there was a large stone; and they split the wood of the cart and offered the cows as a burnt offering to the LORD. -- 1 samuel 6:14 +. +The Levites took down the ark of the LORD and the box that was with it, in which were the articles of gold, and put them on the large stone; and the men of Beth-shemesh offered burnt offerings and sacrificed sacrifices that day to the LORD. -- 1 samuel 6:15 +. +When the five lords of the Philistines saw it, they returned to Ekron that day. -- 1 samuel 6:16 +. +These are the golden tumors which the Philistines returned for a guilt offering to the LORD: one for Ashdod, one for Gaza, one for Ashkelon, one for Gath, one for Ekron; -- 1 samuel 6:17 +. +and the golden mice, according to the number of all the cities of the Philistines belonging to the five lords, both of fortified cities and of country villages. The large stone on which they set the ark of the LORD is a witness to this day in the field of Joshua the Beth-shemite. -- 1 samuel 6:18 +. +He struck down some of the men of Beth-shemesh because they had looked into the ark of the LORD. He struck down of all the people, 50,men, and the people mourned because the LORD had struck the people with a great slaughter. -- 1 samuel 6:19 +. +The men of Beth-shemesh said, "Who is able to stand before the LORD, this holy God? And to whom shall He go up from us?" -- 1 samuel 6:20 +. +So they sent messengers to the inhabitants of Kiriath-jearim, saying, "The Philistines have brought back the ark of the LORD; come down and take it up to you." -- 1 samuel 6:21 +. +And the men of Kiriath-jearim came and took the ark of the LORD and brought it into the house of Abinadab on the hill, and consecrated Eleazar his son to keep the ark of the LORD. -- 1 samuel 7:1 +. +From the day that the ark remained at Kiriath-jearim, the time was long, for it was twenty years; and all the house of Israel lamented after the LORD. -- 1 samuel 7:2 +. +Then Samuel spoke to all the house of Israel, saying, "If you return to the LORD with all your heart, remove the foreign gods and the Ashtaroth from among you and direct your hearts to the LORD and serve Him alone; and He will deliver you from the hand of the Philistines." -- 1 samuel 7:3 +. +So the sons of Israel removed the Baals and the Ashtaroth and served the LORD alone. -- 1 samuel 7:4 +. +Then Samuel said, "Gather all Israel to Mizpah and I will pray to the LORD for you." -- 1 samuel 7:5 +. +They gathered to Mizpah, and drew water and poured it out before the LORD, and fasted on that day and said there, "We have sinned against the LORD." And Samuel judged the sons of Israel at Mizpah. -- 1 samuel 7:6 +. +Now when the Philistines heard that the sons of Israel had gathered to Mizpah, the lords of the Philistines went up against Israel. And when the sons of Israel heard it, they were afraid of the Philistines. -- 1 samuel 7:7 +. +Then the sons of Israel said to Samuel, "Do not cease to cry to the LORD our God for us, that He may save us from the hand of the Philistines." -- 1 samuel 7:8 +. +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. -- 1 samuel 7:9 +. +Now Samuel was offering up the burnt offering, and the Philistines drew near to battle against Israel. But the LORD thundered with a great thunder on that day against the Philistines and confused them, so that they were routed before Israel. -- 1 samuel 7:10 +. +The men of Israel went out of Mizpah and pursued the Philistines, and struck them down as far as below Beth-car. -- 1 samuel 7:11 +. +Then Samuel took a stone and set it between Mizpah and Shen, and named it Ebenezer, saying, "Thus far the LORD has helped us." -- 1 samuel 7:12 +. +So the Philistines were subdued and they did not come anymore within the border of Israel. And the hand of the LORD was against the Philistines all the days of Samuel. -- 1 samuel 7:13 +. +The cities which the Philistines had taken from Israel were restored to Israel, from Ekron even to Gath; and Israel delivered their territory from the hand of the Philistines. So there was peace between Israel and the Amorites. -- 1 samuel 7:14 +. +Now Samuel judged Israel all the days of his life. -- 1 samuel 7:15 +. +He used to go annually on circuit to Bethel and Gilgal and Mizpah, and he judged Israel in all these places. -- 1 samuel 7:16 +. +Then his return was to Ramah, for his house was there, and there he judged Israel; and he built there an altar to the LORD. -- 1 samuel 7:17 +. +And it came about when Samuel was old that he appointed his sons judges over Israel. -- 1 samuel 8:1 +. +Now the name of his firstborn was Joel, and the name of his second, Abijah; they were judging in Beersheba. -- 1 samuel 8:2 +. +His sons, however, did not walk in his ways, but turned aside after dishonest gain and took bribes and perverted justice. -- 1 samuel 8:3 +. +Then all the elders of Israel gathered together and came to Samuel at Ramah; -- 1 samuel 8:4 +. +and they said to him, "Behold, you have grown old, and your sons do not walk in your ways. Now appoint a king for us to judge us like all the nations." -- 1 samuel 8:5 +. +But the thing was displeasing in the sight of Samuel when they said, "Give us a king to judge us." And Samuel prayed to the LORD. -- 1 samuel 8:6 +. +The LORD said to Samuel, "Listen to the voice of the people in regard to all that they say to you, for they have not rejected you, but they have rejected Me from being king over them. -- 1 samuel 8:7 +. +"Like all the deeds which they have done since the day that I brought them up from Egypt even to this day--in that they have forsaken Me and served other gods--so they are doing to you also. -- 1 samuel 8:8 +. +"Now then, listen to their voice; however, you shall solemnly warn them and tell them of the procedure of the king who will reign over them." -- 1 samuel 8:9 +. +So Samuel spoke all the words of the LORD to the people who had asked of him a king. -- 1 samuel 8:10 +. +He said, "This will be the procedure of the king who will reign over you: he will take your sons and place them for himself in his chariots and among his horsemen and they will run before his chariots. -- 1 samuel 8:11 +. +"He will appoint for himself commanders of thousands and of fifties, and some to do his plowing and to reap his harvest and to make his weapons of war and equipment for his chariots. -- 1 samuel 8:12 +. +"He will also take your daughters for perfumers and cooks and bakers. -- 1 samuel 8:13 +. +"He will take the best of your fields and your vineyards and your olive groves and give them to his servants. -- 1 samuel 8:14 +. +"He will take a tenth of your seed and of your vineyards and give to his officers and to his servants. -- 1 samuel 8:15 +. +"He will also take your male servants and your female servants and your best young men and your donkeys and use them for his work. -- 1 samuel 8:16 +. +"He will take a tenth of your flocks, and you yourselves will become his servants. -- 1 samuel 8:17 +. +"Then you will cry out in that day because of your king whom you have chosen for yourselves, but the LORD will not answer you in that day." -- 1 samuel 8:18 +. +Nevertheless, the people refused to listen to the voice of Samuel, and they said, "No, but there shall be a king over us, -- 1 samuel 8:19 +. +that we also may be like all the nations, that our king may judge us and go out before us and fight our battles." -- 1 samuel 8:20 +. +Now after Samuel had heard all the words of the people, he repeated them in the LORD'S hearing. -- 1 samuel 8:21 +. +The LORD said to Samuel, "Listen to their voice and appoint them a king." So Samuel said to the men of Israel, "Go every man to his city." -- 1 samuel 8:22 +. +Now there was a man of Benjamin whose name was Kish the son of Abiel, the son of Zeror, the son of Becorath, the son of Aphiah, the son of a Benjamite, a mighty man of valor. -- 1 samuel 9:1 +. +He had a son whose name was Saul, a choice and handsome man, and there was not a more handsome person than he among the sons of Israel; from his shoulders and up he was taller than any of the people. -- 1 samuel 9:2 +. +Now the donkeys of Kish, Saul's father, were lost. So Kish said to his son Saul, "Take now with you one of the servants, and arise, go search for the donkeys." -- 1 samuel 9:3 +. +He passed through the hill country of Ephraim and passed through the land of Shalishah, but they did not find them. Then they passed through the land of Shaalim, but they were not there. Then he passed through the land of the Benjamites, but they did not find them. -- 1 samuel 9:4 +. +When they came to the land of Zuph, Saul said to his servant who was with him, "Come, and let us return, or else my father will cease to be concerned about the donkeys and will become anxious for us." -- 1 samuel 9:5 +. +He said to him, "Behold now, there is a man of God in this city, and the man is held in honor; all that he says surely comes true. Now let us go there, perhaps he can tell us about our journey on which we have set out." -- 1 samuel 9:6 +. +Then Saul said to his servant, "But behold, if we go, what shall we bring the man? For the bread is gone from our sack and there is no present to bring to the man of God. What do we have?" -- 1 samuel 9:7 +. +The servant answered Saul again and said, "Behold, I have in my hand a fourth of a shekel of silver; I will give it to the man of God and he will tell us our way." -- 1 samuel 9:8 +. +(Formerly in Israel, when a man went to inquire of God, he used to say, "Come, and let us go to the seer"; for he who is called a prophet now was formerly called a seer.) -- 1 samuel 9:9 +. +Then Saul said to his servant, "Well said; come, let us go." So they went to the city where the man of God was. -- 1 samuel 9:10 +. +As they went up the slope to the city, they found young women going out to draw water and said to them, "Is the seer here?" -- 1 samuel 9:11 +. +They answered them and said, "He is; see, he is ahead of you. Hurry now, for he has come into the city today, for the people have a sacrifice on the high place today. -- 1 samuel 9:12 +. +"As soon as you enter the city you will find him before he goes up to the high place to eat, for the people will not eat until he comes, because he must bless the sacrifice; afterward those who are invited will eat. Now therefore, go up for you will find him at once." -- 1 samuel 9:13 +. +So they went up to the city. As they came into the city, behold, Samuel was coming out toward them to go up to the high place. -- 1 samuel 9:14 +. +Now a day before Saul's coming, the LORD had revealed this to Samuel saying, -- 1 samuel 9:15 +. +"About this time tomorrow I will send you a man from the land of Benjamin, and you shall anoint him to be prince over My people Israel; and he will deliver My people from the hand of the Philistines. For I have regarded My people, because their cry has come to Me." -- 1 samuel 9:16 +. +When Samuel saw Saul, the LORD said to him, "Behold, the man of whom I spoke to you! This one shall rule over My people." -- 1 samuel 9:17 +. +Then Saul approached Samuel in the gate and said, "Please tell me where the seer's house is." -- 1 samuel 9:18 +. +Samuel answered Saul and said, "I am the seer. Go up before me to the high place, for you shall eat with me today; and in the morning I will let you go, and will tell you all that is on your mind. -- 1 samuel 9:19 +. +"As for your donkeys which were lost three days ago, do not set your mind on them, for they have been found. And for whom is all that is desirable in Israel? Is it not for you and for all your father's household?" -- 1 samuel 9:20 +. +Saul replied, "Am I not a Benjamite, of the smallest of the tribes of Israel, and my family the least of all the families of the tribe of Benjamin? Why then do you speak to me in this way?" -- 1 samuel 9:21 +. +Then Samuel took Saul and his servant and brought them into the hall and gave them a place at the head of those who were invited, who were about thirty men. -- 1 samuel 9:22 +. +Samuel said to the cook, "Bring the portion that I gave you, concerning which I said to you, 'Set it aside.'" -- 1 samuel 9:23 +. +Then the cook took up the leg with what was on it and set it before Saul. And Samuel said, "Here is what has been reserved! Set it before you and eat, because it has been kept for you until the appointed time, since I said I have invited the people." So Saul ate with Samuel that day. -- 1 samuel 9:24 +. +When they came down from the high place into the city, Samuel spoke with Saul on the roof. -- 1 samuel 9:25 +. +And they arose early; and at daybreak Samuel called to Saul on the roof, saying, "Get up, that I may send you away." So Saul arose, and both he and Samuel went out into the street. -- 1 samuel 9:26 +. +As they were going down to the edge of the city, Samuel said to Saul, "Say to the servant that he might go ahead of us and pass on, but you remain standing now, that I may proclaim the word of God to you." -- 1 samuel 9:27 +. +Then Samuel took the flask of oil, poured it on his head, kissed him and said, "Has not the LORD anointed you a ruler over His inheritance? -- 1 samuel 10:1 +. +"When you go from me today, then you will find two men close to Rachel's tomb in the territory of Benjamin at Zelzah; and they will say to you, 'The donkeys which you went to look for have been found. Now behold, your father has ceased to be concerned about the donkeys and is anxious for you, saying, "What shall I do about my son?"' -- 1 samuel 10:2 +. +"Then you will go on further from there, and you will come as far as the oak of Tabor, and there three men going up to God at Bethel will meet you, one carrying three young goats, another carrying three loaves of bread, and another carrying a jug of wine; -- 1 samuel 10:3 +. +and they will greet you and give you two loaves of bread, which you will accept from their hand. -- 1 samuel 10:4 +. +"Afterward you will come to the hill of God where the Philistine garrison is; and it shall be as soon as you have come there to the city, that you will meet a group of prophets coming down from the high place with harp, tambourine, flute, and a lyre before them, and they will be prophesying. -- 1 samuel 10:5 +. +"Then the Spirit of the LORD will come upon you mightily, and you shall prophesy with them and be changed into another man. -- 1 samuel 10:6 +. +"It shall be when these signs come to you, do for yourself what the occasion requires, for God is with you. -- 1 samuel 10:7 +. +"And you shall go down before me to Gilgal; and behold, I will come down to you to offer burnt offerings and sacrifice peace offerings. You shall wait seven days until I come to you and show you what you should do." -- 1 samuel 10:8 +. +Then it happened when he turned his back to leave Samuel, God changed his heart; and all those signs came about on that day. -- 1 samuel 10:9 +. +When they came to the hill there, behold, a group of prophets met him; and the Spirit of God came upon him mightily, so that he prophesied among them. -- 1 samuel 10:10 +. +It came about, when all who knew him previously saw that he prophesied now with the prophets, that the people said to one another, "What has happened to the son of Kish? Is Saul also among the prophets?" -- 1 samuel 10:11 +. +A man there said, "Now, who is their father?" Therefore it became a proverb: "Is Saul also among the prophets?" -- 1 samuel 10:12 +. +When he had finished prophesying, he came to the high place. -- 1 samuel 10:13 +. +Now Saul's uncle said to him and his servant, "Where did you go?" And he said, "To look for the donkeys. When we saw that they could not be found, we went to Samuel." -- 1 samuel 10:14 +. +Saul's uncle said, "Please tell me what Samuel said to you." -- 1 samuel 10:15 +. +So Saul said to his uncle, "He told us plainly that the donkeys had been found." But he did not tell him about the matter of the kingdom which Samuel had mentioned. -- 1 samuel 10:16 +. +Thereafter Samuel called the people together to the LORD at Mizpah; -- 1 samuel 10:17 +. +and he said to the sons of Israel, "Thus says the LORD, the God of Israel, 'I brought Israel up from Egypt, and I delivered you from the hand of the Egyptians and from the power of all the kingdoms that were oppressing you.' -- 1 samuel 10:18 +. +"But you have today rejected your God, who delivers you from all your calamities and your distresses; yet you have said, 'No, but set a king over us!' Now therefore, present yourselves before the LORD by your tribes and by your clans." -- 1 samuel 10:19 +. +Thus Samuel brought all the tribes of Israel near, and the tribe of Benjamin was taken by lot. -- 1 samuel 10:20 +. +Then he brought the tribe of Benjamin near by its families, and the Matrite family was taken. And Saul the son of Kish was taken; but when they looked for him, he could not be found. -- 1 samuel 10:21 +. +Therefore they inquired further of the LORD, "Has the man come here yet?" So the LORD said, "Behold, he is hiding himself by the baggage." -- 1 samuel 10:22 +. +So they ran and took him from there, and when he stood among the people, he was taller than any of the people from his shoulders upward. -- 1 samuel 10:23 +. +Samuel said to all the people, "Do you see him whom the LORD has chosen? Surely there is no one like him among all the people." So all the people shouted and said, "Long live the king!" -- 1 samuel 10:24 +. +Then Samuel told the people the ordinances of the kingdom, and wrote them in the book and placed it before the LORD. And Samuel sent all the people away, each one to his house. -- 1 samuel 10:25 +. +Saul also went to his house at Gibeah; and the valiant men whose hearts God had touched went with him. -- 1 samuel 10:26 +. +But certain worthless men said, "How can this one deliver us?" And they despised him and did not bring him any present. But he kept silent. -- 1 samuel 10:27 +. +Now Nahash the Ammonite came up and besieged Jabesh-gilead; and all the men of Jabesh said to Nahash, "Make a covenant with us and we will serve you." -- 1 samuel 11:1 +. +But Nahash the Ammonite said to them, "I will make it with you on this condition, that I will gouge out the right eye of every one of you, thus I will make it a reproach on all Israel." -- 1 samuel 11:2 +. +The elders of Jabesh said to him, "Let us alone for seven days, that we may send messengers throughout the territory of Israel. Then, if there is no one to deliver us, we will come out to you." -- 1 samuel 11:3 +. +Then the messengers came to Gibeah of Saul and spoke these words in the hearing of the people, and all the people lifted up their voices and wept. -- 1 samuel 11:4 +. +Now behold, Saul was coming from the field behind the oxen, and he said, "What is the matter with the people that they weep?" So they related to him the words of the men of Jabesh. -- 1 samuel 11:5 +. +Then the Spirit of God came upon Saul mightily when he heard these words, and he became very angry. -- 1 samuel 11:6 +. +He took a yoke of oxen and cut them in pieces, and sent them throughout the territory of Israel by the hand of messengers, saying, "Whoever does not come out after Saul and after Samuel, so shall it be done to his oxen." Then the dread of the LORD fell on the people, and they came out as one man. -- 1 samuel 11:7 +. +He numbered them in Bezek; and the sons of Israel were 300,000, and the men of Judah 30,000. -- 1 samuel 11:8 +. +They said to the messengers who had come, "Thus you shall say to the men of Jabesh-gilead, 'Tomorrow, by the time the sun is hot, you will have deliverance.'" So the messengers went and told the men of Jabesh; and they were glad. -- 1 samuel 11:9 +. +Then the men of Jabesh said, "Tomorrow we will come out to you, and you may do to us whatever seems good to you." -- 1 samuel 11:10 +. +The next morning Saul put the people in three companies; and they came into the midst of the camp at the morning watch and struck down the Ammonites until the heat of the day. Those who survived were scattered, so that no two of them were left together. -- 1 samuel 11:11 +. +Then the people said to Samuel, "Who is he that said, 'Shall Saul reign over us?' Bring the men, that we may put them to death." -- 1 samuel 11:12 +. +But Saul said, "Not a man shall be put to death this day, for today the LORD has accomplished deliverance in Israel." -- 1 samuel 11:13 +. +Then Samuel said to the people, "Come and let us go to Gilgal and renew the kingdom there." -- 1 samuel 11:14 +. +So all the people went to Gilgal, and there they made Saul king before the LORD in Gilgal. There they also offered sacrifices of peace offerings before the LORD; and there Saul and all the men of Israel rejoiced greatly. -- 1 samuel 11:15 +. +Then Samuel said to all Israel, "Behold, I have listened to your voice in all that you said to me and I have appointed a king over you. -- 1 samuel 12:1 +. +"Now, here is the king walking before you, but I am old and gray, and behold my sons are with you. And I have walked before you from my youth even to this day. -- 1 samuel 12:2 +. +"Here I am; bear witness against me before the LORD and His anointed. Whose ox have I taken, or whose donkey have I taken, or whom have I defrauded? Whom have I oppressed, or from whose hand have I taken a bribe to blind my eyes with it? I will restore it to you." -- 1 samuel 12:3 +. +They said, "You have not defrauded us or oppressed us or taken anything from any man's hand." -- 1 samuel 12:4 +. +He said to them, "The LORD is witness against you, and His anointed is witness this day that you have found nothing in my hand." And they said, "He is witness." -- 1 samuel 12:5 +. +Then Samuel said to the people, "It is the LORD who appointed Moses and Aaron and who brought your fathers up from the land of Egypt. -- 1 samuel 12:6 +. +"So now, take your stand, that I may plead with you before the LORD concerning all the righteous acts of the LORD which He did for you and your fathers. -- 1 samuel 12:7 +. +"When Jacob went into Egypt and your fathers cried out to the LORD, then the LORD sent Moses and Aaron who brought your fathers out of Egypt and settled them in this place. -- 1 samuel 12:8 +. +"But they forgot the LORD their God, so He sold them into the hand of Sisera, captain of the army of Hazor, and into the hand of the Philistines and into the hand of the king of Moab, and they fought against them. -- 1 samuel 12:9 +. +"They cried out to the LORD and said, 'We have sinned because we have forsaken the LORD and have served the Baals and the Ashtaroth; but now deliver us from the hands of our enemies, and we will serve You.' -- 1 samuel 12:10 +. +"Then the LORD sent Jerubbaal and Bedan and Jephthah and Samuel, and delivered you from the hands of your enemies all around, so that you lived in security. -- 1 samuel 12:11 +. +"When you saw that Nahash the king of the sons of Ammon came against you, you said to me, 'No, but a king shall reign over us,' although the LORD your God was your king. -- 1 samuel 12:12 +. +"Now therefore, here is the king whom you have chosen, whom you have asked for, and behold, the LORD has set a king over you. -- 1 samuel 12:13 +. +"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. -- 1 samuel 12:14 +. +"If you will not listen to the voice of the LORD, but rebel against the command of the LORD, then the hand of the LORD will be against you, as it was against your fathers. -- 1 samuel 12:15 +. +"Even now, take your stand and see this great thing which the LORD will do before your eyes. -- 1 samuel 12:16 +. +"Is it not the wheat harvest today? I will call to the LORD, that He may send thunder and rain. Then you will know and see that your wickedness is great which you have done in the sight of the LORD by asking for yourselves a king." -- 1 samuel 12:17 +. +So Samuel called to the LORD, and the LORD sent thunder and rain that day; and all the people greatly feared the LORD and Samuel. -- 1 samuel 12:18 +. +Then all the people said to Samuel, "Pray for your servants to the LORD your God, so that we may not die, for we have added to all our sins this evil by asking for ourselves a king." -- 1 samuel 12:19 +. +Samuel said to the people, "Do not fear. You have committed all this evil, yet do not turn aside from following the LORD, but serve the LORD with all your heart. -- 1 samuel 12:20 +. +"You must not turn aside, for then you would go after futile things which can not profit or deliver, because they are futile. -- 1 samuel 12:21 +. +"For the LORD will not abandon His people on account of His great name, because the LORD has been pleased to make you a people for Himself. -- 1 samuel 12:22 +. +"Moreover, as for me, far be it from me that I should sin against the LORD by ceasing to pray for you; but I will instruct you in the good and right way. -- 1 samuel 12:23 +. +"Only fear the LORD and serve Him in truth with all your heart; for consider what great things He has done for you. -- 1 samuel 12:24 +. +"But if you still do wickedly, both you and your king will be swept away." -- 1 samuel 12:25 +. +Saul was thirty years old when he began to reign, and he reigned forty two years over Israel. -- 1 samuel 13:1 +. +Now Saul chose for himself 3,men of Israel, of which 2,000 were with Saul in Michmash and in the hill country of Bethel, while 1,000 were with Jonathan at Gibeah of Benjamin. But he sent away the rest of the people, each to his tent. -- 1 samuel 13:2 +. +Jonathan smote the garrison of the Philistines that was in Geba, and the Philistines heard of it. Then Saul blew the trumpet throughout the land, saying, "Let the Hebrews hear." -- 1 samuel 13:3 +. +All Israel heard the news that Saul had smitten the garrison of the Philistines, and also that Israel had become odious to the Philistines. The people were then summoned to Saul at Gilgal. -- 1 samuel 13:4 +. +Now the Philistines assembled to fight with Israel, 30,chariots and 6,000 horsemen, and people like the sand which is on the seashore in abundance; and they came up and camped in Michmash, east of Beth-aven. -- 1 samuel 13:5 +. +When the men of Israel saw that they were in a strait (for the people were hard-pressed), then the people hid themselves in caves, in thickets, in cliffs, in cellars, and in pits. -- 1 samuel 13:6 +. +Also some of the Hebrews crossed the Jordan into the land of Gad and Gilead. But as for Saul, he was still in Gilgal, and all the people followed him trembling. -- 1 samuel 13:7 +. +Now he waited seven days, according to the appointed time set by Samuel, but Samuel did not come to Gilgal; and the people were scattering from him. -- 1 samuel 13:8 +. +So Saul said, "Bring to me the burnt offering and the peace offerings." And he offered the burnt offering. -- 1 samuel 13:9 +. +As soon as he finished offering the burnt offering, behold, Samuel came; and Saul went out to meet him and to greet him. -- 1 samuel 13:10 +. +But Samuel said, "What have you done?" And Saul said, "Because I saw that the people were scattering from me, and that you did not come within the appointed days, and that the Philistines were assembling at Michmash, -- 1 samuel 13:11 +. +therefore I said, 'Now the Philistines will come down against me at Gilgal, and I have not asked the favor of the LORD.' So I forced myself and offered the burnt offering." -- 1 samuel 13:12 +. +Samuel said to Saul, "You have acted foolishly; you have not kept the commandment of the LORD your God, which He commanded you, for now the LORD would have established your kingdom over Israel forever. -- 1 samuel 13:13 +. +"But now your kingdom shall not endure. The LORD has sought out for Himself a man after His own heart, and the LORD has appointed him as ruler over His people, because you have not kept what the LORD commanded you." -- 1 samuel 13:14 +. +Then Samuel arose and went up from Gilgal to Gibeah of Benjamin. And Saul numbered the people who were present with him, about six hundred men. -- 1 samuel 13:15 +. +Now Saul and his son Jonathan and the people who were present with them were staying in Geba of Benjamin while the Philistines camped at Michmash. -- 1 samuel 13:16 +. +And the raiders came from the camp of the Philistines in three companies: one company turned toward Ophrah, to the land of Shual, -- 1 samuel 13:17 +. +and another company turned toward Beth-horon, and another company turned toward the border which overlooks the valley of Zeboim toward the wilderness. -- 1 samuel 13:18 +. +Now no blacksmith could be found in all the land of Israel, for the Philistines said, "Otherwise the Hebrews will make swords or spears." -- 1 samuel 13:19 +. +So all Israel went down to the Philistines, each to sharpen his plowshare, his mattock, his axe, and his hoe. -- 1 samuel 13:20 +. +The charge was two-thirds of a shekel for the plowshares, the mattocks, the forks, and the axes, and to fix the hoes. -- 1 samuel 13:21 +. +So it came about on the day of battle that neither sword nor spear was found in the hands of any of the people who were with Saul and Jonathan, but they were found with Saul and his son Jonathan. -- 1 samuel 13:22 +. +And the garrison of the Philistines went out to the pass of Michmash. -- 1 samuel 13:23 +. +Now the day came that Jonathan, the son of Saul, said to the young man who was carrying his armor, "Come and let us cross over to the Philistines' garrison that is on the other side." But he did not tell his father. -- 1 samuel 14:1 +. +Saul was staying in the outskirts of Gibeah under the pomegranate tree which is in Migron. And the people who were with him were about six hundred men, -- 1 samuel 14:2 +. +and Ahijah, the son of Ahitub, Ichabod's brother, the son of Phinehas, the son of Eli, the priest of the LORD at Shiloh, was wearing an ephod. And the people did not know that Jonathan had gone. -- 1 samuel 14:3 +. +Between the passes by which Jonathan sought to cross over to the Philistines' garrison, there was a sharp crag on the one side and a sharp crag on the other side, and the name of the one was Bozez, and the name of the other Seneh. -- 1 samuel 14:4 +. +The one crag rose on the north opposite Michmash, and the other on the south opposite Geba. -- 1 samuel 14:5 +. +Then Jonathan said to the young man who was carrying his armor, "Come and let us cross over to the garrison of these uncircumcised; perhaps the LORD will work for us, for the LORD is not restrained to save by many or by few." -- 1 samuel 14:6 +. +His armor bearer said to him, "Do all that is in your heart; turn yourself, and here I am with you according to your desire." -- 1 samuel 14:7 +. +Then Jonathan said, "Behold, we will cross over to the men and reveal ourselves to them. -- 1 samuel 14:8 +. +"If they say to us, 'Wait until we come to you'; then we will stand in our place and not go up to them. -- 1 samuel 14:9 +. +"But if they say, 'Come up to us,' then we will go up, for the LORD has given them into our hands; and this shall be the sign to us." -- 1 samuel 14:10 +. +When both of them revealed themselves to the garrison of the Philistines, the Philistines said, "Behold, Hebrews are coming out of the holes where they have hidden themselves." -- 1 samuel 14:11 +. +So the men of the garrison hailed Jonathan and his armor bearer and said, "Come up to us and we will tell you something." And Jonathan said to his armor bearer, "Come up after me, for the LORD has given them into the hands of Israel." -- 1 samuel 14:12 +. +Then Jonathan climbed up on his hands and feet, with his armor bearer behind him; and they fell before Jonathan, and his armor bearer put some to death after him. -- 1 samuel 14:13 +. +That first slaughter which Jonathan and his armor bearer made was about twenty men within about half a furrow in an acre of land. -- 1 samuel 14:14 +. +And there was a trembling in the camp, in the field, and among all the people. Even the garrison and the raiders trembled, and the earth quaked so that it became a great trembling. -- 1 samuel 14:15 +. +Now Saul's watchmen in Gibeah of Benjamin looked, and behold, the multitude melted away; and they went here and there. -- 1 samuel 14:16 +. +Saul said to the people who were with him, "Number now and see who has gone from us." And when they had numbered, behold, Jonathan and his armor bearer were not there. -- 1 samuel 14:17 +. +Then Saul said to Ahijah, "Bring the ark of God here." For the ark of God was at that time with the sons of Israel. -- 1 samuel 14:18 +. +While Saul talked to the priest, the commotion in the camp of the Philistines continued and increased; so Saul said to the priest, "Withdraw your hand." -- 1 samuel 14:19 +. +Then Saul and all the people who were with him rallied and came to the battle; and behold, every man's sword was against his fellow, and there was very great confusion. -- 1 samuel 14:20 +. +Now the Hebrews who were with the Philistines previously, who went up with them all around in the camp, even they also turned to be with the Israelites who were with Saul and Jonathan. -- 1 samuel 14:21 +. +When all the men of Israel who had hidden themselves in the hill country of Ephraim heard that the Philistines had fled, even they also pursued them closely in the battle. -- 1 samuel 14:22 +. +So the LORD delivered Israel that day, and the battle spread beyond Beth-aven. -- 1 samuel 14:23 +. +Now the men of Israel were hard-pressed on that day, for Saul had put the people under oath, saying, "Cursed be the man who eats food before evening, and until I have avenged myself on my enemies." So none of the people tasted food. -- 1 samuel 14:24 +. +All the people of the land entered the forest, and there was honey on the ground. -- 1 samuel 14:25 +. +When the people entered the forest, behold, there was a flow of honey; but no man put his hand to his mouth, for the people feared the oath. -- 1 samuel 14:26 +. +But Jonathan had not heard when his father put the people under oath; therefore, he put out the end of the staff that was in his hand and dipped it in the honeycomb, and put his hand to his mouth, and his eyes brightened. -- 1 samuel 14:27 +. +Then one of the people said, "Your father strictly put the people under oath, saying, 'Cursed be the man who eats food today.'" And the people were weary. -- 1 samuel 14:28 +. +Then Jonathan said, "My father has troubled the land. See now, how my eyes have brightened because I tasted a little of this honey. -- 1 samuel 14:29 +. +"How much more, if only the people had eaten freely today of the spoil of their enemies which they found! For now the slaughter among the Philistines has not been great." -- 1 samuel 14:30 +. +They struck among the Philistines that day from Michmash to Aijalon. And the people were very weary. -- 1 samuel 14:31 +. +The people rushed greedily upon the spoil, and took sheep and oxen and calves, and slew them on the ground; and the people ate them with the blood. -- 1 samuel 14:32 +. +Then they told Saul, saying, "Behold, the people are sinning against the LORD by eating with the blood." And he said, "You have acted treacherously; roll a great stone to me today." -- 1 samuel 14:33 +. +Saul said, "Disperse yourselves among the people and say to them, 'Each one of you bring me his ox or his sheep, and slaughter it here and eat; and do not sin against the LORD by eating with the blood.'" So all the people that night brought each one his ox with him and slaughtered it there. -- 1 samuel 14:34 +. +And Saul built an altar to the LORD; it was the first altar that he built to the LORD. -- 1 samuel 14:35 +. +Then Saul said, "Let us go down after the Philistines by night and take spoil among them until the morning light, and let us not leave a man of them." And they said, "Do whatever seems good to you." So the priest said, "Let us draw near to God here." -- 1 samuel 14:36 +. +Saul inquired of God, "Shall I go down after the Philistines? Will You give them into the hand of Israel?" But He did not answer him on that day. -- 1 samuel 14:37 +. +Saul said, "Draw near here, all you chiefs of the people, and investigate and see how this sin has happened today. -- 1 samuel 14:38 +. +"For as the LORD lives, who delivers Israel, though it is in Jonathan my son, he shall surely die." But not one of all the people answered him. -- 1 samuel 14:39 +. +Then he said to all Israel, "You shall be on one side and I and Jonathan my son will be on the other side." And the people said to Saul, "Do what seems good to you." -- 1 samuel 14:40 +. +Therefore, Saul said to the LORD, the God of Israel, "Give a perfect lot." And Jonathan and Saul were taken, but the people escaped. -- 1 samuel 14:41 +. +Saul said, "Cast lots between me and Jonathan my son." And Jonathan was taken. -- 1 samuel 14:42 +. +Then Saul said to Jonathan, "Tell me what you have done." So Jonathan told him and said, "I indeed tasted a little honey with the end of the staff that was in my hand. Here I am, I must die!" -- 1 samuel 14:43 +. +Saul said, "May God do this to me and more also, for you shall surely die, Jonathan." -- 1 samuel 14:44 +. +But the people said to Saul, "Must Jonathan die, who has brought about this great deliverance in Israel? Far from it! As the LORD lives, not one hair of his head shall fall to the ground, for he has worked with God this day." So the people rescued Jonathan and he did not die. -- 1 samuel 14:45 +. +Then Saul went up from pursuing the Philistines, and the Philistines went to their own place. -- 1 samuel 14:46 +. +Now when Saul had taken the kingdom over Israel, he fought against all his enemies on every side, against Moab, the sons of Ammon, Edom, the kings of Zobah, and the Philistines; and wherever he turned, he inflicted punishment. -- 1 samuel 14:47 +. +He acted valiantly and defeated the Amalekites, and delivered Israel from the hands of those who plundered them. -- 1 samuel 14:48 +. +Now the sons of Saul were Jonathan and Ishvi and Malchi-shua; and the names of his two daughters were these: the name of the firstborn Merab and the name of the younger Michal. -- 1 samuel 14:49 +. +The name of Saul's wife was Ahinoam the daughter of Ahimaaz. And the name of the captain of his army was Abner the son of Ner, Saul's uncle. -- 1 samuel 14:50 +. +Kish was the father of Saul, and Ner the father of Abner was the son of Abiel. -- 1 samuel 14:51 +. +Now the war against the Philistines was severe all the days of Saul; and when Saul saw any mighty man or any valiant man, he attached him to his staff. -- 1 samuel 14:52 +. +Then Samuel said to Saul, "The LORD sent me to anoint you as king over His people, over Israel; now therefore, listen to the words of the LORD. -- 1 samuel 15:1 +. +"Thus says the LORD of hosts, 'I will punish Amalek for what he did to Israel, how he set himself against him on the way while he was coming up from Egypt. -- 1 samuel 15:2 +. +'Now go and strike Amalek and utterly destroy all that he has, and do not spare him; but put to death both man and woman, child and infant, ox and sheep, camel and donkey.'" -- 1 samuel 15:3 +. +Then Saul summoned the people and numbered them in Telaim, 200,foot soldiers and 10,000 men of Judah. -- 1 samuel 15:4 +. +Saul came to the city of Amalek and set an ambush in the valley. -- 1 samuel 15:5 +. +Saul said to the Kenites, "Go, depart, go down from among the Amalekites, so that I do not destroy you with them; for you showed kindness to all the sons of Israel when they came up from Egypt." So the Kenites departed from among the Amalekites. -- 1 samuel 15:6 +. +So Saul defeated the Amalekites, from Havilah as you go to Shur, which is east of Egypt. -- 1 samuel 15:7 +. +He captured Agag the king of the Amalekites alive, and utterly destroyed all the people with the edge of the sword. -- 1 samuel 15:8 +. +But Saul and the people spared Agag and the best of the sheep, the oxen, the fatlings, the lambs, and all that was good, and were not willing to destroy them utterly; but everything despised and worthless, that they utterly destroyed. -- 1 samuel 15:9 +. +Then the word of the LORD came to Samuel, saying, -- 1 samuel 15:10 +. +"I regret that I have made Saul king, for he has turned back from following Me and has not carried out My commands." And Samuel was distressed and cried out to the LORD all night. -- 1 samuel 15:11 +. +Samuel rose early in the morning to meet Saul; and it was told Samuel, saying, "Saul came to Carmel, and behold, he set up a monument for himself, then turned and proceeded on down to Gilgal." -- 1 samuel 15:12 +. +Samuel came to Saul, and Saul said to him, "Blessed are you of the LORD! I have carried out the command of the LORD." -- 1 samuel 15:13 +. +But Samuel said, "What then is this bleating of the sheep in my ears, and the lowing of the oxen which I hear?" -- 1 samuel 15:14 +. +Saul said, "They have brought them from the Amalekites, for the people spared the best of the sheep and oxen, to sacrifice to the LORD your God; but the rest we have utterly destroyed." -- 1 samuel 15:15 +. +Then Samuel said to Saul, "Wait, and let me tell you what the LORD said to me last night." And he said to him, "Speak!" -- 1 samuel 15:16 +. +Samuel said, "Is it not true, though you were little in your own eyes, you were made the head of the tribes of Israel? And the LORD anointed you king over Israel, -- 1 samuel 15:17 +. +and the LORD sent you on a mission, and said, 'Go and utterly destroy the sinners, the Amalekites, and fight against them until they are exterminated.' -- 1 samuel 15:18 +. +"Why then did you not obey the voice of the LORD, but rushed upon the spoil and did what was evil in the sight of the LORD?" -- 1 samuel 15:19 +. +Then Saul said to Samuel, "I did obey the voice of the LORD, and went on the mission on which the LORD sent me, and have brought back Agag the king of Amalek, and have utterly destroyed the Amalekites. -- 1 samuel 15:20 +. +"But the people took some of the spoil, sheep and oxen, the choicest of the things devoted to destruction, to sacrifice to the LORD your God at Gilgal." -- 1 samuel 15:21 +. +Samuel said, "Has the LORD as much delight in burnt offerings and sacrifices As in obeying the voice of the LORD? Behold, to obey is better than sacrifice, And to heed than the fat of rams. -- 1 samuel 15:22 +. +"For rebellion is as the sin of divination, And insubordination is as iniquity and idolatry. Because you have rejected the word of the LORD, He has also rejected you from being king." -- 1 samuel 15:23 +. +Then Saul said to Samuel, "I have sinned; I have indeed transgressed the command of the LORD and your words, because I feared the people and listened to their voice. -- 1 samuel 15:24 +. +"Now therefore, please pardon my sin and return with me, that I may worship the LORD." -- 1 samuel 15:25 +. +But Samuel said to Saul, "I will not return with you; for you have rejected the word of the LORD, and the LORD has rejected you from being king over Israel." -- 1 samuel 15:26 +. +As Samuel turned to go, Saul seized the edge of his robe, and it tore. -- 1 samuel 15:27 +. +So Samuel said to him, "The LORD has torn the kingdom of Israel from you today and has given it to your neighbor, who is better than you. -- 1 samuel 15:28 +. +"Also the Glory of Israel will not lie or change His mind; for He is not a man that He should change His mind." -- 1 samuel 15:29 +. +Then he said, "I have sinned; but please honor me now before the elders of my people and before Israel, and go back with me, that I may worship the LORD your God." -- 1 samuel 15:30 +. +So Samuel went back following Saul, and Saul worshiped the LORD. -- 1 samuel 15:31 +. +Then Samuel said, "Bring me Agag, the king of the Amalekites." And Agag came to him cheerfully. And Agag said, "Surely the bitterness of death is past." -- 1 samuel 15:32 +. +But Samuel said, "As your sword has made women childless, so shall your mother be childless among women." And Samuel hewed Agag to pieces before the LORD at Gilgal. -- 1 samuel 15:33 +. +Then Samuel went to Ramah, but Saul went up to his house at Gibeah of Saul. -- 1 samuel 15:34 +. +Samuel did not see Saul again until the day of his death; for Samuel grieved over Saul. And the LORD regretted that He had made Saul king over Israel. -- 1 samuel 15:35 +. +Now the LORD said to Samuel, "How long will you grieve over Saul, since I have rejected him from being king over Israel? Fill your horn with oil and go; I will send you to Jesse the Bethlehemite, for I have selected a king for Myself among his sons." -- 1 samuel 16:1 +. +But Samuel said, "How can I go? When Saul hears of it, he will kill me." And the LORD said, "Take a heifer with you and say, 'I have come to sacrifice to the LORD.' -- 1 samuel 16:2 +. +"You shall invite Jesse to the sacrifice, and I will show you what you shall do; and you shall anoint for Me the one whom I designate to you." -- 1 samuel 16:3 +. +So Samuel did what the LORD said, and came to Bethlehem. And the elders of the city came trembling to meet him and said, "Do you come in peace?" -- 1 samuel 16:4 +. +He said, "In peace; I have come to sacrifice to the LORD. Consecrate yourselves and come with me to the sacrifice." He also consecrated Jesse and his sons and invited them to the sacrifice. -- 1 samuel 16:5 +. +When they entered, he looked at Eliab and thought, "Surely the LORD'S anointed is before Him." -- 1 samuel 16:6 +. +But the LORD said to Samuel, "Do not look at his appearance or at the height of his stature, because I have rejected him; for God sees not as man sees, for man looks at the outward appearance, but the LORD looks at the heart." -- 1 samuel 16:7 +. +Then Jesse called Abinadab and made him pass before Samuel. And he said, "The LORD has not chosen this one either." -- 1 samuel 16:8 +. +Next Jesse made Shammah pass by. And he said, "The LORD has not chosen this one either." -- 1 samuel 16:9 +. +Thus Jesse made seven of his sons pass before Samuel. But Samuel said to Jesse, "The LORD has not chosen these." -- 1 samuel 16:10 +. +And Samuel said to Jesse, "Are these all the children?" And he said, "There remains yet the youngest, and behold, he is tending the sheep." Then Samuel said to Jesse, "Send and bring him; for we will not sit down until he comes here." -- 1 samuel 16:11 +. +So he sent and brought him in. Now he was ruddy, with beautiful eyes and a handsome appearance. And the LORD said, "Arise, anoint him; for this is he." -- 1 samuel 16:12 +. +Then Samuel took the horn of oil and anointed him in the midst of his brothers; and the Spirit of the LORD came mightily upon David from that day forward. And Samuel arose and went to Ramah. -- 1 samuel 16:13 +. +Now the Spirit of the LORD departed from Saul, and an evil spirit from the LORD terrorized him. -- 1 samuel 16:14 +. +Saul's servants then said to him, "Behold now, an evil spirit from God is terrorizing you. -- 1 samuel 16:15 +. +"Let our lord now command your servants who are before you. Let them seek a man who is a skillful player on the harp; and it shall come about when the evil spirit from God is on you, that he shall play the harp with his hand, and you will be well." -- 1 samuel 16:16 +. +So Saul said to his servants, "Provide for me now a man who can play well and bring him to me." -- 1 samuel 16:17 +. +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." -- 1 samuel 16:18 +. +So Saul sent messengers to Jesse and said, "Send me your son David who is with the flock." -- 1 samuel 16:19 +. +Jesse took a donkey loaded with bread and a jug of wine and a young goat, and sent them to Saul by David his son. -- 1 samuel 16:20 +. +Then David came to Saul and attended him; and Saul loved him greatly, and he became his armor bearer. -- 1 samuel 16:21 +. +Saul sent to Jesse, saying, "Let David now stand before me, for he has found favor in my sight." -- 1 samuel 16:22 +. +So it came about whenever the evil spirit from God came to Saul, David would take the harp and play it with his hand; and Saul would be refreshed and be well, and the evil spirit would depart from him. -- 1 samuel 16:23 +. +Now the Philistines gathered their armies for battle; and they were gathered at Socoh which belongs to Judah, and they camped between Socoh and Azekah, in Ephes-dammim. -- 1 samuel 17:1 +. +Saul and the men of Israel were gathered and camped in the valley of Elah, and drew up in battle array to encounter the Philistines. -- 1 samuel 17:2 +. +The Philistines stood on the mountain on one side while Israel stood on the mountain on the other side, with the valley between them. -- 1 samuel 17:3 +. +Then a champion came out from the armies of the Philistines named Goliath, from Gath, whose height was six cubits and a span. -- 1 samuel 17:4 +. +He had a bronze helmet on his head, and he was clothed with scale-armor which weighed five thousand shekels of bronze. -- 1 samuel 17:5 +. +He also had bronze greaves on his legs and a bronze javelin slung between his shoulders. -- 1 samuel 17:6 +. +The shaft of his spear was like a weaver's beam, and the head of his spear weighed six hundred shekels of iron; his shield-carrier also walked before him. -- 1 samuel 17:7 +. +He stood and shouted to the ranks of Israel and said to them, "Why do you come out to draw up in battle array? Am I not the Philistine and you servants of Saul? Choose a man for yourselves and let him come down to me. -- 1 samuel 17:8 +. +"If he is able to fight with me and kill me, then we will become your servants; but if I prevail against him and kill him, then you shall become our servants and serve us." -- 1 samuel 17:9 +. +Again the Philistine said, "I defy the ranks of Israel this day; give me a man that we may fight together." -- 1 samuel 17:10 +. +When Saul and all Israel heard these words of the Philistine, they were dismayed and greatly afraid. -- 1 samuel 17:11 +. +Now David was the son of the Ephrathite of Bethlehem in Judah, whose name was Jesse, and he had eight sons. And Jesse was old in the days of Saul, advanced in years among men. -- 1 samuel 17:12 +. +The three older sons of Jesse had gone after Saul to the battle. And the names of his three sons who went to the battle were Eliab the firstborn, and the second to him Abinadab, and the third Shammah. -- 1 samuel 17:13 +. +David was the youngest. Now the three oldest followed Saul, -- 1 samuel 17:14 +. +but David went back and forth from Saul to tend his father's flock at Bethlehem. -- 1 samuel 17:15 +. +The Philistine came forward morning and evening for forty days and took his stand. -- 1 samuel 17:16 +. +Then Jesse said to David his son, "Take now for your brothers an ephah of this roasted grain and these ten loaves and run to the camp to your brothers. -- 1 samuel 17:17 +. +"Bring also these ten cuts of cheese to the commander of their thousand, and look into the welfare of your brothers, and bring back news of them. -- 1 samuel 17:18 +. +"For Saul and they and all the men of Israel are in the valley of Elah, fighting with the Philistines." -- 1 samuel 17:19 +. +So David arose early in the morning and left the flock with a keeper and took the supplies and went as Jesse had commanded him. And he came to the circle of the camp while the army was going out in battle array shouting the war cry. -- 1 samuel 17:20 +. +Israel and the Philistines drew up in battle array, army against army. -- 1 samuel 17:21 +. +Then David left his baggage in the care of the baggage keeper, and ran to the battle line and entered in order to greet his brothers. -- 1 samuel 17:22 +. +As he was talking with them, behold, the champion, the Philistine from Gath named Goliath, was coming up from the army of the Philistines, and he spoke these same words; and David heard them. -- 1 samuel 17:23 +. +When all the men of Israel saw the man, they fled from him and were greatly afraid. -- 1 samuel 17:24 +. +The men of Israel said, "Have you seen this man who is coming up? Surely he is coming up to defy Israel. And it will be that the king will enrich the man who kills him with great riches and will give him his daughter and make his father's house free in Israel." -- 1 samuel 17:25 +. +Then David spoke to the men who were standing by him, saying, "What will be done for the man who kills this Philistine and takes away the reproach from Israel? For who is this uncircumcised Philistine, that he should taunt the armies of the living God?" -- 1 samuel 17:26 +. +The people answered him in accord with this word, saying, "Thus it will be done for the man who kills him." -- 1 samuel 17:27 +. +Now Eliab his oldest brother heard when he spoke to the men; and Eliab's anger burned against David and he said, "Why have you come down? And with whom have you left those few sheep in the wilderness? I know your insolence and the wickedness of your heart; for you have come down in order to see the battle." -- 1 samuel 17:28 +. +But David said, "What have I done now? Was it not just a question?" -- 1 samuel 17:29 +. +Then he turned away from him to another and said the same thing; and the people answered the same thing as before. -- 1 samuel 17:30 +. +When the words which David spoke were heard, they told them to Saul, and he sent for him. -- 1 samuel 17:31 +. +David said to Saul, "Let no man's heart fail on account of him; your servant will go and fight with this Philistine." -- 1 samuel 17:32 +. +Then Saul said to David, "You are not able to go against this Philistine to fight with him; for you are but a youth while he has been a warrior from his youth." -- 1 samuel 17:33 +. +But David said to Saul, "Your servant was tending his father's sheep. When a lion or a bear came and took a lamb from the flock, -- 1 samuel 17:34 +. +I went out after him and attacked him, and rescued it from his mouth; and when he rose up against me, I seized him by his beard and struck him and killed him. -- 1 samuel 17:35 +. +"Your servant has killed both the lion and the bear; and this uncircumcised Philistine will be like one of them, since he has taunted the armies of the living God." -- 1 samuel 17:36 +. +And David said, "The LORD who delivered me from the paw of the lion and from the paw of the bear, He will deliver me from the hand of this Philistine." And Saul said to David, "Go, and may the LORD be with you." -- 1 samuel 17:37 +. +Then Saul clothed David with his garments and put a bronze helmet on his head, and he clothed him with armor. -- 1 samuel 17:38 +. +David girded his sword over his armor and tried to walk, for he had not tested them. So David said to Saul, "I cannot go with these, for I have not tested them." And David took them off. -- 1 samuel 17:39 +. +He took his stick in his hand and chose for himself five smooth stones from the brook, and put them in the shepherd's bag which he had, even in his pouch, and his sling was in his hand; and he approached the Philistine. -- 1 samuel 17:40 +. +Then the Philistine came on and approached David, with the shield-bearer in front of him. -- 1 samuel 17:41 +. +When the Philistine looked and saw David, he disdained him; for he was but a youth, and ruddy, with a handsome appearance. -- 1 samuel 17:42 +. +The Philistine said to David, "Am I a dog, that you come to me with sticks?" And the Philistine cursed David by his gods. -- 1 samuel 17:43 +. +The Philistine also said to David, "Come to me, and I will give your flesh to the birds of the sky and the beasts of the field." -- 1 samuel 17:44 +. +Then David said to the Philistine, "You come to me with a sword, a spear, and a javelin, but I come to you in the name of the LORD of hosts, the God of the armies of Israel, whom you have taunted. -- 1 samuel 17:45 +. +"This day the LORD will deliver you up into my hands, and I will strike you down and remove your head from you. And I will give the dead bodies of the army of the Philistines this day to the birds of the sky and the wild beasts of the earth, that all the earth may know that there is a God in Israel, -- 1 samuel 17:46 +. +and that all this assembly may know that the LORD does not deliver by sword or by spear; for the battle is the LORD'S and He will give you into our hands." -- 1 samuel 17:47 +. +Then it happened when the Philistine rose and came and drew near to meet David, that David ran quickly toward the battle line to meet the Philistine. -- 1 samuel 17:48 +. +And David put his hand into his bag and took from it a stone and slung it, and struck the Philistine on his forehead. And the stone sank into his forehead, so that he fell on his face to the ground. -- 1 samuel 17:49 +. +Thus David prevailed over the Philistine with a sling and a stone, and he struck the Philistine and killed him; but there was no sword in David's hand. -- 1 samuel 17:50 +. +Then David ran and stood over the Philistine and took his sword and drew it out of its sheath and killed him, and cut off his head with it. When the Philistines saw that their champion was dead, they fled. -- 1 samuel 17:51 +. +The men of Israel and Judah arose and shouted and pursued the Philistines as far as the valley, and to the gates of Ekron. And the slain Philistines lay along the way to Shaaraim, even to Gath and Ekron. -- 1 samuel 17:52 +. +The sons of Israel returned from chasing the Philistines and plundered their camps. -- 1 samuel 17:53 +. +Then David took the Philistine's head and brought it to Jerusalem, but he put his weapons in his tent. -- 1 samuel 17:54 +. +Now when Saul saw David going out against the Philistine, he said to Abner the commander of the army, "Abner, whose son is this young man?" And Abner said, "By your life, O king, I do not know." -- 1 samuel 17:55 +. +The king said, "You inquire whose son the youth is." -- 1 samuel 17:56 +. +So when David returned from killing the Philistine, Abner took him and brought him before Saul with the Philistine's head in his hand. -- 1 samuel 17:57 +. +Saul said to him, "Whose son are you, young man?" And David answered, "I am the son of your servant Jesse the Bethlehemite." -- 1 samuel 17:58 +. +Now it came about when he had finished speaking to Saul, that the soul of Jonathan was knit to the soul of David, and Jonathan loved him as himself. -- 1 samuel 18:1 +. +Saul took him that day and did not let him return to his father's house. -- 1 samuel 18:2 +. +Then Jonathan made a covenant with David because he loved him as himself. -- 1 samuel 18:3 +. +Jonathan stripped himself of the robe that was on him and gave it to David, with his armor, including his sword and his bow and his belt. -- 1 samuel 18:4 +. +So David went out wherever Saul sent him, and prospered; and Saul set him over the men of war. And it was pleasing in the sight of all the people and also in the sight of Saul's servants. -- 1 samuel 18:5 +. +It happened as they were coming, when David returned from killing the Philistine, that the women came out of all the cities of Israel, singing and dancing, to meet King Saul, with tambourines, with joy and with musical instruments. -- 1 samuel 18:6 +. +The women sang as they played, and said, "Saul has slain his thousands, And David his ten thousands." -- 1 samuel 18:7 +. +Then Saul became very angry, for this saying displeased him; and he said, "They have ascribed to David ten thousands, but to me they have ascribed thousands. Now what more can he have but the kingdom?" -- 1 samuel 18:8 +. +Saul looked at David with suspicion from that day on. -- 1 samuel 18:9 +. +Now it came about on the next day that an evil spirit from God came mightily upon Saul, and he raved in the midst of the house, while David was playing the harp with his hand, as usual; and a spear was in Saul's hand. -- 1 samuel 18:10 +. +Saul hurled the spear for he thought, "I will pin David to the wall." But David escaped from his presence twice. -- 1 samuel 18:11 +. +Now Saul was afraid of David, for the LORD was with him but had departed from Saul. -- 1 samuel 18:12 +. +Therefore Saul removed him from his presence and appointed him as his commander of a thousand; and he went out and came in before the people. -- 1 samuel 18:13 +. +David was prospering in all his ways for the LORD was with him. -- 1 samuel 18:14 +. +When Saul saw that he was prospering greatly, he dreaded him. -- 1 samuel 18:15 +. +But all Israel and Judah loved David, and he went out and came in before them. -- 1 samuel 18:16 +. +Then Saul said to David, "Here is my older daughter Merab; I will give her to you as a wife, only be a valiant man for me and fight the LORD'S battles." For Saul thought, "My hand shall not be against him, but let the hand of the Philistines be against him." -- 1 samuel 18:17 +. +But David said to Saul, "Who am I, and what is my life or my father's family in Israel, that I should be the king's son-in-law?" -- 1 samuel 18:18 +. +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. -- 1 samuel 18:19 +. +Now Michal, Saul's daughter, loved David. When they told Saul, the thing was agreeable to him. -- 1 samuel 18:20 +. +Saul thought, "I will give her to him that she may become a snare to him, and that the hand of the Philistines may be against him." Therefore Saul said to David, "For a second time you may be my son-in-law today." -- 1 samuel 18:21 +. +Then Saul commanded his servants, "Speak to David secretly, saying, 'Behold, the king delights in you, and all his servants love you; now therefore, become the king's son-in-law.'" -- 1 samuel 18:22 +. +So Saul's servants spoke these words to David. But David said, "Is it trivial in your sight to become the king's son-in-law, since I am a poor man and lightly esteemed?" -- 1 samuel 18:23 +. +The servants of Saul reported to him according to these words which David spoke. -- 1 samuel 18:24 +. +Saul then said, "Thus you shall say to David, 'The king does not desire any dowry except a hundred foreskins of the Philistines, to take vengeance on the king's enemies.'" Now Saul planned to make David fall by the hand of the Philistines. -- 1 samuel 18:25 +. +When his servants told David these words, it pleased David to become the king's son-in-law. Before the days had expired -- 1 samuel 18:26 +. +David rose up and went, he and his men, and struck down two hundred men among the Philistines. Then David brought their foreskins, and they gave them in full number to the king, that he might become the king's son-in-law. So Saul gave him Michal his daughter for a wife. -- 1 samuel 18:27 +. +When Saul saw and knew that the LORD was with David, and that Michal, Saul's daughter, loved him, -- 1 samuel 18:28 +. +then Saul was even more afraid of David. Thus Saul was David's enemy continually. -- 1 samuel 18:29 +. +Then the commanders of the Philistines went out to battle, and it happened as often as they went out, that David behaved himself more wisely than all the servants of Saul. So his name was highly esteemed. -- 1 samuel 18:30 +. +Now Saul told Jonathan his son and all his servants to put David to death. But Jonathan, Saul's son, greatly delighted in David. -- 1 samuel 19:1 +. +So Jonathan told David saying, "Saul my father is seeking to put you to death. Now therefore, please be on guard in the morning, and stay in a secret place and hide yourself. -- 1 samuel 19:2 +. +"I will go out and stand beside my father in the field where you are, and I will speak with my father about you; if I find out anything, then I will tell you." -- 1 samuel 19:3 +. +Then Jonathan spoke well of David to Saul his father and said to him, "Do not let the king sin against his servant David, since he has not sinned against you, and since his deeds have been very beneficial to you. -- 1 samuel 19:4 +. +"For he took his life in his hand and struck the Philistine, and the LORD brought about a great deliverance for all Israel; you saw it and rejoiced. Why then will you sin against innocent blood by putting David to death without a cause?" -- 1 samuel 19:5 +. +Saul listened to the voice of Jonathan, and Saul vowed, "As the LORD lives, he shall not be put to death." -- 1 samuel 19:6 +. +Then Jonathan called David, and Jonathan told him all these words. And Jonathan brought David to Saul, and he was in his presence as formerly. -- 1 samuel 19:7 +. +When there was war again, David went out and fought with the Philistines and defeated them with great slaughter, so that they fled before him. -- 1 samuel 19:8 +. +Now there was an evil spirit from the LORD on Saul as he was sitting in his house with his spear in his hand, and David was playing the harp with his hand. -- 1 samuel 19:9 +. +Saul tried to pin David to the wall with the spear, but he slipped away out of Saul's presence, so that he stuck the spear into the wall. And David fled and escaped that night. -- 1 samuel 19:10 +. +Then Saul sent messengers to David's house to watch him, in order to put him to death in the morning. But Michal, David's wife, told him, saying, "If you do not save your life tonight, tomorrow you will be put to death." -- 1 samuel 19:11 +. +So Michal let David down through a window, and he went out and fled and escaped. -- 1 samuel 19:12 +. +Michal took the household idol and laid it on the bed, and put a quilt of goats' hair at its head, and covered it with clothes. -- 1 samuel 19:13 +. +When Saul sent messengers to take David, she said, "He is sick." -- 1 samuel 19:14 +. +Then Saul sent messengers to see David, saying, "Bring him up to me on his bed, that I may put him to death." -- 1 samuel 19:15 +. +When the messengers entered, behold, the household idol was on the bed with the quilt of goats' hair at its head. -- 1 samuel 19:16 +. +So Saul said to Michal, "Why have you deceived me like this and let my enemy go, so that he has escaped?" And Michal said to Saul, "He said to me, 'Let me go! Why should I put you to death?'" -- 1 samuel 19:17 +. +Now David fled and escaped and came to Samuel at Ramah, and told him all that Saul had done to him. And he and Samuel went and stayed in Naioth. -- 1 samuel 19:18 +. +It was told Saul, saying, "Behold, David is at Naioth in Ramah." -- 1 samuel 19:19 +. +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. -- 1 samuel 19:20 +. +When it was told Saul, he sent other messengers, and they also prophesied. So Saul sent messengers again the third time, and they also prophesied. -- 1 samuel 19:21 +. +Then he himself went to Ramah and came as far as the large well that is in Secu; and he asked and said, "Where are Samuel and David?" And someone said, "Behold, they are at Naioth in Ramah." -- 1 samuel 19:22 +. +He proceeded there to Naioth in Ramah; and the Spirit of God came upon him also, so that he went along prophesying continually until he came to Naioth in Ramah. -- 1 samuel 19:23 +. +He also stripped off his clothes, and he too prophesied before Samuel and lay down naked all that day and all that night. Therefore they say, "Is Saul also among the prophets?" -- 1 samuel 19:24 +. +Then David fled from Naioth in Ramah, and came and said to Jonathan, "What have I done? What is my iniquity? And what is my sin before your father, that he is seeking my life?" -- 1 samuel 20:1 +. +He said to him, "Far from it, you shall not die. Behold, my father does nothing either great or small without disclosing it to me. So why should my father hide this thing from me? It is not so!" -- 1 samuel 20:2 +. +Yet David vowed again, saying, "Your father knows well that I have found favor in your sight, and he has said, 'Do not let Jonathan know this, or he will be grieved.' But truly as the LORD lives and as your soul lives, there is hardly a step between me and death." -- 1 samuel 20:3 +. +Then Jonathan said to David, "Whatever you say, I will do for you." -- 1 samuel 20:4 +. +So David said to Jonathan, "Behold, tomorrow is the new moon, and I ought to sit down to eat with the king. But let me go, that I may hide myself in the field until the third evening. -- 1 samuel 20:5 +. +"If your father misses me at all, then say, 'David earnestly asked leave of me to run to Bethlehem his city, because it is the yearly sacrifice there for the whole family.' -- 1 samuel 20:6 +. +"If he says, 'It is good,' your servant will be safe; but if he is very angry, know that he has decided on evil. -- 1 samuel 20:7 +. +"Therefore deal kindly with your servant, for you have brought your servant into a covenant of the LORD with you. But if there is iniquity in me, put me to death yourself; for why then should you bring me to your father?" -- 1 samuel 20:8 +. +Jonathan said, "Far be it from you! For if I should indeed learn that evil has been decided by my father to come upon you, then would I not tell you about it?" -- 1 samuel 20:9 +. +Then David said to Jonathan, "Who will tell me if your father answers you harshly?" -- 1 samuel 20:10 +. +Jonathan said to David, "Come, and let us go out into the field." So both of them went out to the field. -- 1 samuel 20:11 +. +Then Jonathan said to David, "The LORD, the God of Israel, be witness! When I have sounded out my father about this time tomorrow, or the third day, behold, if there is good feeling toward David, shall I not then send to you and make it known to you? -- 1 samuel 20:12 +. +"If it please my father to do you harm, may the LORD do so to Jonathan and more also, if I do not make it known to you and send you away, that you may go in safety. And may the LORD be with you as He has been with my father. -- 1 samuel 20:13 +. +"If I am still alive, will you not show me the lovingkindness of the LORD, that I may not die? -- 1 samuel 20:14 +. +"You shall not cut off your lovingkindness from my house forever, not even when the LORD cuts off every one of the enemies of David from the face of the earth." -- 1 samuel 20:15 +. +So Jonathan made a covenant with the house of David, saying, "May the LORD require it at the hands of David's enemies." -- 1 samuel 20:16 +. +Jonathan made David vow again because of his love for him, because he loved him as he loved his own life. -- 1 samuel 20:17 +. +Then Jonathan said to him, "Tomorrow is the new moon, and you will be missed because your seat will be empty. -- 1 samuel 20:18 +. +"When you have stayed for three days, you shall go down quickly and come to the place where you hid yourself on that eventful day, and you shall remain by the stone Ezel. -- 1 samuel 20:19 +. +"I will shoot three arrows to the side, as though I shot at a target. -- 1 samuel 20:20 +. +"And behold, I will send the lad, saying, 'Go, find the arrows.' If I specifically say to the lad, 'Behold, the arrows are on this side of you, get them,' then come; for there is safety for you and no harm, as the LORD lives. -- 1 samuel 20:21 +. +"But if I say to the youth, 'Behold, the arrows are beyond you,' go, for the LORD has sent you away. -- 1 samuel 20:22 +. +"As for the agreement of which you and I have spoken, behold, the LORD is between you and me forever." -- 1 samuel 20:23 +. +So David hid in the field; and when the new moon came, the king sat down to eat food. -- 1 samuel 20:24 +. +The king sat on his seat as usual, the seat by the wall; then Jonathan rose up and Abner sat down by Saul's side, but David's place was empty. -- 1 samuel 20:25 +. +Nevertheless Saul did not speak anything that day, for he thought, "It is an accident, he is not clean, surely he is not clean." -- 1 samuel 20:26 +. +It came about the next day, the second day of the new moon, that David's place was empty; so Saul said to Jonathan his son, "Why has the son of Jesse not come to the meal, either yesterday or today?" -- 1 samuel 20:27 +. +Jonathan then answered Saul, "David earnestly asked leave of me to go to Bethlehem, -- 1 samuel 20:28 +. +for he said, 'Please let me go, since our family has a sacrifice in the city, and my brother has commanded me to attend. And now, if I have found favor in your sight, please let me get away that I may see my brothers.' For this reason he has not come to the king's table." -- 1 samuel 20:29 +. +Then Saul's anger burned against Jonathan and he said to him, "You son of a perverse, rebellious woman! Do I not know that you are choosing the son of Jesse to your own shame and to the shame of your mother's nakedness? -- 1 samuel 20:30 +. +"For as long as the son of Jesse lives on the earth, neither you nor your kingdom will be established. Therefore now, send and bring him to me, for he must surely die." -- 1 samuel 20:31 +. +But Jonathan answered Saul his father and said to him, "Why should he be put to death? What has he done?" -- 1 samuel 20:32 +. +Then Saul hurled his spear at him to strike him down; so Jonathan knew that his father had decided to put David to death. -- 1 samuel 20:33 +. +Then Jonathan arose from the table in fierce anger, and did not eat food on the second day of the new moon, for he was grieved over David because his father had dishonored him. -- 1 samuel 20:34 +. +Now it came about in the morning that Jonathan went out into the field for the appointment with David, and a little lad was with him. -- 1 samuel 20:35 +. +He said to his lad, "Run, find now the arrows which I am about to shoot." As the lad was running, he shot an arrow past him. -- 1 samuel 20:36 +. +When the lad reached the place of the arrow which Jonathan had shot, Jonathan called after the lad and said, "Is not the arrow beyond you?" -- 1 samuel 20:37 +. +And Jonathan called after the lad, "Hurry, be quick, do not stay!" And Jonathan's lad picked up the arrow and came to his master. -- 1 samuel 20:38 +. +But the lad was not aware of anything; only Jonathan and David knew about the matter. -- 1 samuel 20:39 +. +Then Jonathan gave his weapons to his lad and said to him, "Go, bring them to the city." -- 1 samuel 20:40 +. +When the lad was gone, David rose from the south side and fell on his face to the ground, and bowed three times. And they kissed each other and wept together, but David wept the more. -- 1 samuel 20:41 +. +Jonathan said to David, "Go in safety, inasmuch as we have sworn to each other in the name of the LORD, saying, 'The LORD will be between me and you, and between my descendants and your descendants forever.'" Then he rose and departed, while Jonathan went into the city. -- 1 samuel 20:42 +. +Then David came to Nob to Ahimelech the priest; and Ahimelech came trembling to meet David and said to him, "Why are you alone and no one with you?" -- 1 samuel 21:1 +. +David said to Ahimelech the priest, "The king has commissioned me with a matter and has said to me, 'Let no one know anything about the matter on which I am sending you and with which I have commissioned you; and I have directed the young men to a certain place.' -- 1 samuel 21:2 +. +"Now therefore, what do you have on hand? Give me five loaves of bread, or whatever can be found." -- 1 samuel 21:3 +. +The priest answered David and said, "There is no ordinary bread on hand, but there is consecrated bread; if only the young men have kept themselves from women." -- 1 samuel 21:4 +. +David answered the priest and said to him, "Surely women have been kept from us as previously when I set out and the vessels of the young men were holy, though it was an ordinary journey; how much more then today will their vessels be holy?" -- 1 samuel 21:5 +. +So the priest gave him consecrated bread; for there was no bread there but the bread of the Presence which was removed from before the LORD, in order to put hot bread in its place when it was taken away. -- 1 samuel 21:6 +. +Now one of the servants of Saul was there that day, detained before the LORD; and his name was Doeg the Edomite, the chief of Saul's shepherds. -- 1 samuel 21:7 +. +David said to Ahimelech, "Now is there not a spear or a sword on hand? For I brought neither my sword nor my weapons with me, because the king's matter was urgent." -- 1 samuel 21:8 +. +Then the priest said, "The sword of Goliath the Philistine, whom you killed in the valley of Elah, behold, it is wrapped in a cloth behind the ephod; if you would take it for yourself, take it. For there is no other except it here." And David said, "There is none like it; give it to me." -- 1 samuel 21:9 +. +Then David arose and fled that day from Saul, and went to Achish king of Gath. -- 1 samuel 21:10 +. +But the servants of Achish said to him, "Is this not David the king of the land? Did they not sing of this one as they danced, saying, 'Saul has slain his thousands, And David his ten thousands'?" -- 1 samuel 21:11 +. +David took these words to heart and greatly feared Achish king of Gath. -- 1 samuel 21:12 +. +So he disguised his sanity before them, and acted insanely in their hands, and scribbled on the doors of the gate, and let his saliva run down into his beard. -- 1 samuel 21:13 +. +Then Achish said to his servants, "Behold, you see the man behaving as a madman. Why do you bring him to me? -- 1 samuel 21:14 +. +"Do I lack madmen, that you have brought this one to act the madman in my presence? Shall this one come into my house?" -- 1 samuel 21:15 +. +So David departed from there and escaped to the cave of Adullam; and when his brothers and all his father's household heard of it, they went down there to him. -- 1 samuel 22:1 +. +Everyone who was in distress, and everyone who was in debt, and everyone who was discontented gathered to him; and he became captain over them. Now there were about four hundred men with him. -- 1 samuel 22:2 +. +And David went from there to Mizpah of Moab; and he said to the king of Moab, "Please let my father and my mother come and stay with you until I know what God will do for me." -- 1 samuel 22:3 +. +Then he left them with the king of Moab; and they stayed with him all the time that David was in the stronghold. -- 1 samuel 22:4 +. +The prophet Gad said to David, "Do not stay in the stronghold; depart, and go into the land of Judah." So David departed and went into the forest of Hereth. -- 1 samuel 22:5 +. +Then Saul heard that David and the men who were with him had been discovered. Now Saul was sitting in Gibeah, under the tamarisk tree on the height with his spear in his hand, and all his servants were standing around him. -- 1 samuel 22:6 +. +Saul said to his servants who stood around him, "Hear now, O Benjamites! Will the son of Jesse also give to all of you fields and vineyards? Will he make you all commanders of thousands and commanders of hundreds? -- 1 samuel 22:7 +. +"For all of you have conspired against me so that there is no one who discloses to me when my son makes a covenant with the son of Jesse, and there is none of you who is sorry for me or discloses to me that my son has stirred up my servant against me to lie in ambush, as it is this day." -- 1 samuel 22:8 +. +Then Doeg the Edomite, who was standing by the servants of Saul, said, "I saw the son of Jesse coming to Nob, to Ahimelech the son of Ahitub. -- 1 samuel 22:9 +. +"He inquired of the LORD for him, gave him provisions, and gave him the sword of Goliath the Philistine." -- 1 samuel 22:10 +. +Then the king sent someone to summon Ahimelech the priest, the son of Ahitub, and all his father's household, the priests who were in Nob; and all of them came to the king. -- 1 samuel 22:11 +. +Saul said, "Listen now, son of Ahitub." And he answered, "Here I am, my lord." -- 1 samuel 22:12 +. +Saul then said to him, "Why have you and the son of Jesse conspired against me, in that you have given him bread and a sword and have inquired of God for him, so that he would rise up against me by lying in ambush as it is this day?" -- 1 samuel 22:13 +. +Then Ahimelech answered the king and said, "And who among all your servants is as faithful as David, even the king's son-in-law, who is captain over your guard, and is honored in your house? -- 1 samuel 22:14 +. +"Did I just begin to inquire of God for him today? Far be it from me! Do not let the king impute anything to his servant or to any of the household of my father, for your servant knows nothing at all of this whole affair." -- 1 samuel 22:15 +. +But the king said, "You shall surely die, Ahimelech, you and all your father's household!" -- 1 samuel 22:16 +. +And the king said to the guards who were attending him, "Turn around and put the priests of the LORD to death, because their hand also is with David and because they knew that he was fleeing and did not reveal it to me." But the servants of the king were not willing to put forth their hands to attack the priests of the LORD. -- 1 samuel 22:17 +. +Then the king said to Doeg, "You turn around and attack the priests." And Doeg the Edomite turned around and attacked the priests, and he killed that day eighty-five men who wore the linen ephod. -- 1 samuel 22:18 +. +And he struck Nob the city of the priests with the edge of the sword, both men and women, children and infants; also oxen, donkeys, and sheep he struck with the edge of the sword. -- 1 samuel 22:19 +. +But one son of Ahimelech the son of Ahitub, named Abiathar, escaped and fled after David. -- 1 samuel 22:20 +. +Abiathar told David that Saul had killed the priests of the LORD. -- 1 samuel 22:21 +. +Then David said to Abiathar, "I knew on that day, when Doeg the Edomite was there, that he would surely tell Saul. I have brought about the death of every person in your father's household. -- 1 samuel 22:22 +. +"Stay with me; do not be afraid, for he who seeks my life seeks your life, for you are safe with me." -- 1 samuel 22:23 +. +Then they told David, saying, "Behold, the Philistines are fighting against Keilah and are plundering the threshing floors." -- 1 samuel 23:1 +. +So David inquired of the LORD, saying, "Shall I go and attack these Philistines?" And the LORD said to David, "Go and attack the Philistines and deliver Keilah." -- 1 samuel 23:2 +. +But David's men said to him, "Behold, we are afraid here in Judah. How much more then if we go to Keilah against the ranks of the Philistines?" -- 1 samuel 23:3 +. +Then David inquired of the LORD once more. And the LORD answered him and said, "Arise, go down to Keilah, for I will give the Philistines into your hand." -- 1 samuel 23:4 +. +So David and his men went to Keilah and fought with the Philistines; and he led away their livestock and struck them with a great slaughter. Thus David delivered the inhabitants of Keilah. -- 1 samuel 23:5 +. +Now it came about, when Abiathar the son of Ahimelech fled to David at Keilah, that he came down with an ephod in his hand. -- 1 samuel 23:6 +. +When it was told Saul that David had come to Keilah, Saul said, "God has delivered him into my hand, for he shut himself in by entering a city with double gates and bars." -- 1 samuel 23:7 +. +So Saul summoned all the people for war, to go down to Keilah to besiege David and his men. -- 1 samuel 23:8 +. +Now David knew that Saul was plotting evil against him; so he said to Abiathar the priest, "Bring the ephod here." -- 1 samuel 23:9 +. +Then David said, "O LORD God of Israel, Your servant has heard for certain that Saul is seeking to come to Keilah to destroy the city on my account. -- 1 samuel 23:10 +. +"Will the men of Keilah surrender me into his hand? Will Saul come down just as Your servant has heard? O LORD God of Israel, I pray, tell Your servant." And the LORD said, "He will come down." -- 1 samuel 23:11 +. +Then David said, "Will the men of Keilah surrender me and my men into the hand of Saul?" And the LORD said, "They will surrender you." -- 1 samuel 23:12 +. +Then David and his men, about six hundred, arose and departed from Keilah, and they went wherever they could go. When it was told Saul that David had escaped from Keilah, he gave up the pursuit. -- 1 samuel 23:13 +. +David stayed in the wilderness in the strongholds, and remained in the hill country in the wilderness of Ziph. And Saul sought him every day, but God did not deliver him into his hand. -- 1 samuel 23:14 +. +Now David became aware that Saul had come out to seek his life while David was in the wilderness of Ziph at Horesh. -- 1 samuel 23:15 +. +And Jonathan, Saul's son, arose and went to David at Horesh, and encouraged him in God. -- 1 samuel 23:16 +. +Thus he said to him, "Do not be afraid, because the hand of Saul my father will not find you, and you will be king over Israel and I will be next to you; and Saul my father knows that also." -- 1 samuel 23:17 +. +So the two of them made a covenant before the LORD; and David stayed at Horesh while Jonathan went to his house. -- 1 samuel 23:18 +. +Then Ziphites came up to Saul at Gibeah, saying, "Is David not hiding with us in the strongholds at Horesh, on the hill of Hachilah, which is on the south of Jeshimon? -- 1 samuel 23:19 +. +"Now then, O king, come down according to all the desire of your soul to do so; and our part shall be to surrender him into the king's hand." -- 1 samuel 23:20 +. +Saul said, "May you be blessed of the LORD, for you have had compassion on me. -- 1 samuel 23:21 +. +"Go now, make more sure, and investigate and see his place where his haunt is, and who has seen him there; for I am told that he is very cunning. -- 1 samuel 23:22 +. +"So look, and learn about all the hiding places where he hides himself and return to me with certainty, and I will go with you; and if he is in the land, I will search him out among all the thousands of Judah." -- 1 samuel 23:23 +. +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. -- 1 samuel 23:24 +. +When Saul and his men went to seek him, they told David, and he came down to the rock and stayed in the wilderness of Maon. And when Saul heard it, he pursued David in the wilderness of Maon. -- 1 samuel 23:25 +. +Saul went on one side of the mountain, and David and his men on the other side of the mountain; and David was hurrying to get away from Saul, for Saul and his men were surrounding David and his men to seize them. -- 1 samuel 23:26 +. +But a messenger came to Saul, saying, "Hurry and come, for the Philistines have made a raid on the land." -- 1 samuel 23:27 +. +So Saul returned from pursuing David and went to meet the Philistines; therefore they called that place the Rock of Escape. -- 1 samuel 23:28 +. +David went up from there and stayed in the strongholds of Engedi. -- 1 samuel 23:29 +. +Now when Saul returned from pursuing the Philistines, he was told, saying, "Behold, David is in the wilderness of Engedi." -- 1 samuel 24:1 +. +Then Saul took three thousand chosen men from all Israel and went to seek David and his men in front of the Rocks of the Wild Goats. -- 1 samuel 24:2 +. +He came to the sheepfolds on the way, where there was a cave; and Saul went in to relieve himself. Now David and his men were sitting in the inner recesses of the cave. -- 1 samuel 24:3 +. +The men of David said to him, "Behold, this is the day of which the LORD said to you, 'Behold; I am about to give your enemy into your hand, and you shall do to him as it seems good to you.'" Then David arose and cut off the edge of Saul's robe secretly. -- 1 samuel 24:4 +. +It came about afterward that David's conscience bothered him because he had cut off the edge of Saul's robe. -- 1 samuel 24:5 +. +So he said to his men, "Far be it from me because of the LORD that I should do this thing to my lord, the LORD'S anointed, to stretch out my hand against him, since he is the LORD'S anointed." -- 1 samuel 24:6 +. +David persuaded his men with these words and did not allow them to rise up against Saul. And Saul arose, left the cave, and went on his way. -- 1 samuel 24:7 +. +Now afterward David arose and went out of the cave and called after Saul, saying, "My lord the king!" And when Saul looked behind him, David bowed with his face to the ground and prostrated himself. -- 1 samuel 24:8 +. +David said to Saul, "Why do you listen to the words of men, saying, 'Behold, David seeks to harm you'? -- 1 samuel 24:9 +. +"Behold, this day your eyes have seen that the LORD had given you today into my hand in the cave, and some said to kill you, but my eye had pity on you; and I said, 'I will not stretch out my hand against my lord, for he is the LORD'S anointed.' -- 1 samuel 24:10 +. +"Now, my father, see! Indeed, see the edge of your robe in my hand! For in that I cut off the edge of your robe and did not kill you, know and perceive that there is no evil or rebellion in my hands, and I have not sinned against you, though you are lying in wait for my life to take it. -- 1 samuel 24:11 +. +"May the LORD judge between you and me, and may the LORD avenge me on you; but my hand shall not be against you. -- 1 samuel 24:12 +. +"As the proverb of the ancients says, 'Out of the wicked comes forth wickedness'; but my hand shall not be against you. -- 1 samuel 24:13 +. +"After whom has the king of Israel come out? Whom are you pursuing? A dead dog, a single flea? -- 1 samuel 24:14 +. +"The LORD therefore be judge and decide between you and me; and may He see and plead my cause and deliver me from your hand." -- 1 samuel 24:15 +. +When David had finished speaking these words to Saul, Saul said, "Is this your voice, my son David?" Then Saul lifted up his voice and wept. -- 1 samuel 24:16 +. +He said to David, "You are more righteous than I; for you have dealt well with me, while I have dealt wickedly with you. -- 1 samuel 24:17 +. +"You have declared today that you have done good to me, that the LORD delivered me into your hand and yet you did not kill me. -- 1 samuel 24:18 +. +"For if a man finds his enemy, will he let him go away safely? May the LORD therefore reward you with good in return for what you have done to me this day. -- 1 samuel 24:19 +. +"Now, behold, I know that you will surely be king, and that the kingdom of Israel will be established in your hand. -- 1 samuel 24:20 +. +"So now swear to me by the LORD that you will not cut off my descendants after me and that you will not destroy my name from my father's household." -- 1 samuel 24:21 +. +David swore to Saul. And Saul went to his home, but David and his men went up to the stronghold. -- 1 samuel 24:22 +. +Then Samuel died; and all Israel gathered together and mourned for him, and buried him at his house in Ramah. And David arose and went down to the wilderness of Paran. -- 1 samuel 25:1 +. +Now there was a man in Maon whose business was in Carmel; and the man was very rich, and he had three thousand sheep and a thousand goats. And it came about while he was shearing his sheep in Carmel -- 1 samuel 25:2 +. +(now the man's name was Nabal, and his wife's name was Abigail. And the woman was intelligent and beautiful in appearance, but the man was harsh and evil in his dealings, and he was a Calebite), -- 1 samuel 25:3 +. +that David heard in the wilderness that Nabal was shearing his sheep. -- 1 samuel 25:4 +. +So David sent ten young men; and David said to the young men, "Go up to Carmel, visit Nabal and greet him in my name; -- 1 samuel 25:5 +. +and thus you shall say, 'Have a long life, peace be to you, and peace be to your house, and peace be to all that you have. -- 1 samuel 25:6 +. +'Now I have heard that you have shearers; now your shepherds have been with us and we have not insulted them, nor have they missed anything all the days they were in Carmel. -- 1 samuel 25:7 +. +'Ask your young men and they will tell you. Therefore let my young men find favor in your eyes, for we have come on a festive day. Please give whatever you find at hand to your servants and to your son David.'" -- 1 samuel 25:8 +. +When David's young men came, they spoke to Nabal according to all these words in David's name; then they waited. -- 1 samuel 25:9 +. +But Nabal answered David's servants and said, "Who is David? And who is the son of Jesse? There are many servants today who are each breaking away from his master. -- 1 samuel 25:10 +. +"Shall I then take my bread and my water and my meat that I have slaughtered for my shearers, and give it to men whose origin I do not know?" -- 1 samuel 25:11 +. +So David's young men retraced their way and went back; and they came and told him according to all these words. -- 1 samuel 25:12 +. +David said to his men, "Each of you gird on his sword." So each man girded on his sword. And David also girded on his sword, and about four hundred men went up behind David while two hundred stayed with the baggage. -- 1 samuel 25:13 +. +But one of the young men told Abigail, Nabal's wife, saying, "Behold, David sent messengers from the wilderness to greet our master, and he scorned them. -- 1 samuel 25:14 +. +"Yet the men were very good to us, and we were not insulted, nor did we miss anything as long as we went about with them, while we were in the fields. -- 1 samuel 25:15 +. +"They were a wall to us both by night and by day, all the time we were with them tending the sheep. -- 1 samuel 25:16 +. +"Now therefore, know and consider what you should do, for evil is plotted against our master and against all his household; and he is such a worthless man that no one can speak to him." -- 1 samuel 25:17 +. +Then Abigail hurried and took two hundred loaves of bread and two jugs of wine and five sheep already prepared and five measures of roasted grain and a hundred clusters of raisins and two hundred cakes of figs, and loaded them on donkeys. -- 1 samuel 25:18 +. +She said to her young men, "Go on before me; behold, I am coming after you." But she did not tell her husband Nabal. -- 1 samuel 25:19 +. +It came about as she was riding on her donkey and coming down by the hidden part of the mountain, that behold, David and his men were coming down toward her; so she met them. -- 1 samuel 25:20 +. +Now David had said, "Surely in vain I have guarded all that this man has in the wilderness, so that nothing was missed of all that belonged to him; and he has returned me evil for good. -- 1 samuel 25:21 +. +"May God do so to the enemies of David, and more also, if by morning I leave as much as one male of any who belong to him." -- 1 samuel 25:22 +. +When Abigail saw David, she hurried and dismounted from her donkey, and fell on her face before David and bowed herself to the ground. -- 1 samuel 25:23 +. +She fell at his feet and said, "On me alone, my lord, be the blame. And please let your maidservant speak to you, and listen to the words of your maidservant. -- 1 samuel 25:24 +. +"Please do not let my lord pay attention to this worthless man, Nabal, for as his name is, so is he. Nabal is his name and folly is with him; but I your maidservant did not see the young men of my lord whom you sent. -- 1 samuel 25:25 +. +"Now therefore, my lord, as the LORD lives, and as your soul lives, since the LORD has restrained you from shedding blood, and from avenging yourself by your own hand, now then let your enemies and those who seek evil against my lord, be as Nabal. -- 1 samuel 25:26 +. +"Now let this gift which your maidservant has brought to my lord be given to the young men who accompany my lord. -- 1 samuel 25:27 +. +"Please forgive the transgression of your maidservant; for the LORD will certainly make for my lord an enduring house, because my lord is fighting the battles of the LORD, and evil will not be found in you all your days. -- 1 samuel 25:28 +. +"Should anyone rise up to pursue you and to seek your life, then the life of my lord shall be bound in the bundle of the living with the LORD your God; but the lives of your enemies He will sling out as from the hollow of a sling. -- 1 samuel 25:29 +. +"And when the LORD does for my lord according to all the good that He has spoken concerning you, and appoints you ruler over Israel, -- 1 samuel 25:30 +. +this will not cause grief or a troubled heart to my lord, both by having shed blood without cause and by my lord having avenged himself. When the LORD deals well with my lord, then remember your maidservant." -- 1 samuel 25:31 +. +Then David said to Abigail, "Blessed be the LORD God of Israel, who sent you this day to meet me, -- 1 samuel 25:32 +. +and blessed be your discernment, and blessed be you, who have kept me this day from bloodshed and from avenging myself by my own hand. -- 1 samuel 25:33 +. +"Nevertheless, as the LORD God of Israel lives, who has restrained me from harming you, unless you had come quickly to meet me, surely there would not have been left to Nabal until the morning light as much as one male." -- 1 samuel 25:34 +. +So David received from her hand what she had brought him and said to her, "Go up to your house in peace. See, I have listened to you and granted your request." -- 1 samuel 25:35 +. +Then Abigail came to Nabal, and behold, he was holding a feast in his house, like the feast of a king. And Nabal's heart was merry within him, for he was very drunk; so she did not tell him anything at all until the morning light. -- 1 samuel 25:36 +. +But in the morning, when the wine had gone out of Nabal, his wife told him these things, and his heart died within him so that he became as a stone. -- 1 samuel 25:37 +. +About ten days later, the LORD struck Nabal and he died. -- 1 samuel 25:38 +. +When David heard that Nabal was dead, he said, "Blessed be the LORD, who has pleaded the cause of my reproach from the hand of Nabal and has kept back His servant from evil. The LORD has also returned the evildoing of Nabal on his own head." Then David sent a proposal to Abigail, to take her as his wife. -- 1 samuel 25:39 +. +When the servants of David came to Abigail at Carmel, they spoke to her, saying, "David has sent us to you to take you as his wife." -- 1 samuel 25:40 +. +She arose and bowed with her face to the ground and said, "Behold, your maidservant is a maid to wash the feet of my lord's servants." -- 1 samuel 25:41 +. +Then Abigail quickly arose, and rode on a donkey, with her five maidens who attended her; and she followed the messengers of David and became his wife. -- 1 samuel 25:42 +. +David had also taken Ahinoam of Jezreel, and they both became his wives. -- 1 samuel 25:43 +. +Now Saul had given Michal his daughter, David's wife, to Palti the son of Laish, who was from Gallim. -- 1 samuel 25:44 +. +Then the Ziphites came to Saul at Gibeah, saying, "Is not David hiding on the hill of Hachilah, which is before Jeshimon?" -- 1 samuel 26:1 +. +So Saul arose and went down to the wilderness of Ziph, having with him three thousand chosen men of Israel, to search for David in the wilderness of Ziph. -- 1 samuel 26:2 +. +Saul camped in the hill of Hachilah, which is before Jeshimon, beside the road, and David was staying in the wilderness. When he saw that Saul came after him into the wilderness, -- 1 samuel 26:3 +. +David sent out spies, and he knew that Saul was definitely coming. -- 1 samuel 26:4 +. +David then arose and came to the place where Saul had camped. And David saw the place where Saul lay, and Abner the son of Ner, the commander of his army; and Saul was lying in the circle of the camp, and the people were camped around him. -- 1 samuel 26:5 +. +Then David said to Ahimelech the Hittite and to Abishai the son of Zeruiah, Joab's brother, saying, "Who will go down with me to Saul in the camp?" And Abishai said, "I will go down with you." -- 1 samuel 26:6 +. +So David and Abishai came to the people by night, and behold, Saul lay sleeping inside the circle of the camp with his spear stuck in the ground at his head; and Abner and the people were lying around him. -- 1 samuel 26:7 +. +Then Abishai said to David, "Today God has delivered your enemy into your hand; now therefore, please let me strike him with the spear to the ground with one stroke, and I will not strike him the second time." -- 1 samuel 26:8 +. +But David said to Abishai, "Do not destroy him, for who can stretch out his hand against the LORD'S anointed and be without guilt?" -- 1 samuel 26:9 +. +David also said, "As the LORD lives, surely the LORD will strike him, or his day will come that he dies, or he will go down into battle and perish. -- 1 samuel 26:10 +. +"The LORD forbid that I should stretch out my hand against the LORD'S anointed; but now please take the spear that is at his head and the jug of water, and let us go." -- 1 samuel 26:11 +. +So David took the spear and the jug of water from beside Saul's head, and they went away, but no one saw or knew it, nor did any awake, for they were all asleep, because a sound sleep from the LORD had fallen on them. -- 1 samuel 26:12 +. +Then David crossed over to the other side and stood on top of the mountain at a distance with a large area between them. -- 1 samuel 26:13 +. +David called to the people and to Abner the son of Ner, saying, "Will you not answer, Abner?" Then Abner replied, "Who are you who calls to the king?" -- 1 samuel 26:14 +. +So David said to Abner, "Are you not a man? And who is like you in Israel? Why then have you not guarded your lord the king? For one of the people came to destroy the king your lord. -- 1 samuel 26:15 +. +"This thing that you have done is not good. As the LORD lives, all of you must surely die, because you did not guard your lord, the LORD'S anointed. And now, see where the king's spear is and the jug of water that was at his head." -- 1 samuel 26:16 +. +Then Saul recognized David's voice and said, "Is this your voice, my son David?" And David said, "It is my voice, my lord the king." -- 1 samuel 26:17 +. +He also said, "Why then is my lord pursuing his servant? For what have I done? Or what evil is in my hand? -- 1 samuel 26:18 +. +"Now therefore, please let my lord the king listen to the words of his servant. If the LORD has stirred you up against me, let Him accept an offering; but if it is men, cursed are they before the LORD, for they have driven me out today so that I would have no attachment with the inheritance of the LORD, saying, 'Go, serve other gods.' -- 1 samuel 26:19 +. +"Now then, do not let my blood fall to the ground away from the presence of the LORD; for the king of Israel has come out to search for a single flea, just as one hunts a partridge in the mountains." -- 1 samuel 26:20 +. +Then Saul said, "I have sinned. Return, my son David, for I will not harm you again because my life was precious in your sight this day. Behold, I have played the fool and have committed a serious error." -- 1 samuel 26:21 +. +David replied, "Behold the spear of the king! Now let one of the young men come over and take it. -- 1 samuel 26:22 +. +"The LORD will repay each man for his righteousness and his faithfulness; for the LORD delivered you into my hand today, but I refused to stretch out my hand against the LORD'S anointed. -- 1 samuel 26:23 +. +"Now behold, as your life was highly valued in my sight this day, so may my life be highly valued in the sight of the LORD, and may He deliver me from all distress." -- 1 samuel 26:24 +. +Then Saul said to David, "Blessed are you, my son David; you will both accomplish much and surely prevail." So David went on his way, and Saul returned to his place. -- 1 samuel 26:25 +. +Then David said to himself, "Now I will perish one day by the hand of Saul. There is nothing better for me than to escape into the land of the Philistines. Saul then will despair of searching for me anymore in all the territory of Israel, and I will escape from his hand." -- 1 samuel 27:1 +. +So David arose and crossed over, he and the six hundred men who were with him, to Achish the son of Maoch, king of Gath. -- 1 samuel 27:2 +. +And David lived with Achish at Gath, he and his men, each with his household, even David with his two wives, Ahinoam the Jezreelitess, and Abigail the Carmelitess, Nabal's widow. -- 1 samuel 27:3 +. +Now it was told Saul that David had fled to Gath, so he no longer searched for him. -- 1 samuel 27:4 +. +Then David said to Achish, "If now I have found favor in your sight, let them give me a place in one of the cities in the country, that I may live there; for why should your servant live in the royal city with you?" -- 1 samuel 27:5 +. +So Achish gave him Ziklag that day; therefore Ziklag has belonged to the kings of Judah to this day. -- 1 samuel 27:6 +. +The number of days that David lived in the country of the Philistines was a year and four months. -- 1 samuel 27:7 +. +Now David and his men went up and raided the Geshurites and the Girzites and the Amalekites; for they were the inhabitants of the land from ancient times, as you come to Shur even as far as the land of Egypt. -- 1 samuel 27:8 +. +David attacked the land and did not leave a man or a woman alive, and he took away the sheep, the cattle, the donkeys, the camels, and the clothing. Then he returned and came to Achish. -- 1 samuel 27:9 +. +Now Achish said, "Where have you made a raid today?" And David said, "Against the Negev of Judah and against the Negev of the Jerahmeelites and against the Negev of the Kenites." -- 1 samuel 27:10 +. +David did not leave a man or a woman alive to bring to Gath, saying, "Otherwise they will tell about us, saying, 'So has David done and so has been his practice all the time he has lived in the country of the Philistines.'" -- 1 samuel 27:11 +. +So Achish believed David, saying, "He has surely made himself odious among his people Israel; therefore he will become my servant forever." -- 1 samuel 27:12 +. +Now it came about in those days that the Philistines gathered their armed camps for war, to fight against Israel. And Achish said to David, "Know assuredly that you will go out with me in the camp, you and your men." -- 1 samuel 28:1 +. +David said to Achish, "Very well, you shall know what your servant can do." So Achish said to David, "Very well, I will make you my bodyguard for life." -- 1 samuel 28:2 +. +Now Samuel was dead, and all Israel had lamented him and buried him in Ramah, his own city. And Saul had removed from the land those who were mediums and spiritists. -- 1 samuel 28:3 +. +So the Philistines gathered together and came and camped in Shunem; and Saul gathered all Israel together and they camped in Gilboa. -- 1 samuel 28:4 +. +When Saul saw the camp of the Philistines, he was afraid and his heart trembled greatly. -- 1 samuel 28:5 +. +When Saul inquired of the LORD, the LORD did not answer him, either by dreams or by Urim or by prophets. -- 1 samuel 28:6 +. +Then Saul said to his servants, "Seek for me a woman who is a medium, that I may go to her and inquire of her." And his servants said to him, "Behold, there is a woman who is a medium at En-dor." -- 1 samuel 28:7 +. +Then Saul disguised himself by putting on other clothes, and went, he and two men with him, and they came to the woman by night; and he said, "Conjure up for me, please, and bring up for me whom I shall name to you." -- 1 samuel 28:8 +. +But the woman said to him, "Behold, you know what Saul has done, how he has cut off those who are mediums and spiritists from the land. Why are you then laying a snare for my life to bring about my death?" -- 1 samuel 28:9 +. +Saul vowed to her by the LORD, saying, "As the LORD lives, no punishment shall come upon you for this thing." -- 1 samuel 28:10 +. +Then the woman said, "Whom shall I bring up for you?" And he said, "Bring up Samuel for me." -- 1 samuel 28:11 +. +When the woman saw Samuel, she cried out with a loud voice; and the woman spoke to Saul, saying, "Why have you deceived me? For you are Saul." -- 1 samuel 28:12 +. +The king said to her, "Do not be afraid; but what do you see?" And the woman said to Saul, "I see a divine being coming up out of the earth." -- 1 samuel 28:13 +. +He said to her, "What is his form?" And she said, "An old man is coming up, and he is wrapped with a robe." And Saul knew that it was Samuel, and he bowed with his face to the ground and did homage. -- 1 samuel 28:14 +. +Then Samuel said to Saul, "Why have you disturbed me by bringing me up?" And Saul answered, "I am greatly distressed; for the Philistines are waging war against me, and God has departed from me and no longer answers me, either through prophets or by dreams; therefore I have called you, that you may make known to me what I should do." -- 1 samuel 28:15 +. +Samuel said, "Why then do you ask me, since the LORD has departed from you and has become your adversary? -- 1 samuel 28:16 +. +"The LORD has done accordingly as He spoke through me; for the LORD has torn the kingdom out of your hand and given it to your neighbor, to David. -- 1 samuel 28:17 +. +"As you did not obey the LORD and did not execute His fierce wrath on Amalek, so the LORD has done this thing to you this day. -- 1 samuel 28:18 +. +"Moreover the LORD will also give over Israel along with you into the hands of the Philistines, therefore tomorrow you and your sons will be with me. Indeed the LORD will give over the army of Israel into the hands of the Philistines!" -- 1 samuel 28:19 +. +Then Saul immediately fell full length upon the ground and was very afraid because of the words of Samuel; also there was no strength in him, for he had eaten no food all day and all night. -- 1 samuel 28:20 +. +The woman came to Saul and saw that he was terrified, and said to him, "Behold, your maidservant has obeyed you, and I have taken my life in my hand and have listened to your words which you spoke to me. -- 1 samuel 28:21 +. +"So now also, please listen to the voice of your maidservant, and let me set a piece of bread before you that you may eat and have strength when you go on your way." -- 1 samuel 28:22 +. +But he refused and said, "I will not eat." However, his servants together with the woman urged him, and he listened to them. So he arose from the ground and sat on the bed. -- 1 samuel 28:23 +. +The woman had a fattened calf in the house, and she quickly slaughtered it; and she took flour, kneaded it and baked unleavened bread from it. -- 1 samuel 28:24 +. +She brought it before Saul and his servants, and they ate. Then they arose and went away that night. -- 1 samuel 28:25 +. +Now the Philistines gathered together all their armies to Aphek, while the Israelites were camping by the spring which is in Jezreel. -- 1 samuel 29:1 +. +And the lords of the Philistines were proceeding on by hundreds and by thousands, and David and his men were proceeding on in the rear with Achish. -- 1 samuel 29:2 +. +Then the commanders of the Philistines said, "What are these Hebrews doing here?" And Achish said to the commanders of the Philistines, "Is this not David, the servant of Saul the king of Israel, who has been with me these days, or rather these years, and I have found no fault in him from the day he deserted to me to this day?" -- 1 samuel 29:3 +. +But the commanders of the Philistines were angry with him, and the commanders of the Philistines said to him, "Make the man go back, that he may return to his place where you have assigned him, and do not let him go down to battle with us, or in the battle he may become an adversary to us. For with what could this man make himself acceptable to his lord? Would it not be with the heads of these men? -- 1 samuel 29:4 +. +"Is this not David, of whom they sing in the dances, saying, 'Saul has slain his thousands, And David his ten thousands'?" -- 1 samuel 29:5 +. +Then Achish called David and said to him, "As the LORD lives, you have been upright, and your going out and your coming in with me in the army are pleasing in my sight; for I have not found evil in you from the day of your coming to me to this day. Nevertheless, you are not pleasing in the sight of the lords. -- 1 samuel 29:6 +. +"Now therefore return and go in peace, that you may not displease the lords of the Philistines." -- 1 samuel 29:7 +. +David said to Achish, "But what have I done? And what have you found in your servant from the day when I came before you to this day, that I may not go and fight against the enemies of my lord the king?" -- 1 samuel 29:8 +. +But Achish replied to David, "I know that you are pleasing in my sight, like an angel of God; nevertheless the commanders of the Philistines have said, 'He must not go up with us to the battle.' -- 1 samuel 29:9 +. +"Now then arise early in the morning with the servants of your lord who have come with you, and as soon as you have arisen early in the morning and have light, depart." -- 1 samuel 29:10 +. +So David arose early, he and his men, to depart in the morning to return to the land of the Philistines. And the Philistines went up to Jezreel. -- 1 samuel 29:11 +. +Then it happened when David and his men came to Ziklag on the third day, that the Amalekites had made a raid on the Negev and on Ziklag, and had overthrown Ziklag and burned it with fire; -- 1 samuel 30:1 +. +and they took captive the women and all who were in it, both small and great, without killing anyone, and carried them off and went their way. -- 1 samuel 30:2 +. +When David and his men came to the city, behold, it was burned with fire, and their wives and their sons and their daughters had been taken captive. -- 1 samuel 30:3 +. +Then David and the people who were with him lifted their voices and wept until there was no strength in them to weep. -- 1 samuel 30:4 +. +Now David's two wives had been taken captive, Ahinoam the Jezreelitess and Abigail the widow of Nabal the Carmelite. -- 1 samuel 30:5 +. +Moreover David was greatly distressed because the people spoke of stoning him, for all the people were embittered, each one because of his sons and his daughters. But David strengthened himself in the LORD his God. -- 1 samuel 30:6 +. +Then David said to Abiathar the priest, the son of Ahimelech, "Please bring me the ephod." So Abiathar brought the ephod to David. -- 1 samuel 30:7 +. +David inquired of the LORD, saying, "Shall I pursue this band? Shall I overtake them?" And He said to him, "Pursue, for you will surely overtake them, and you will surely rescue all." -- 1 samuel 30:8 +. +So David went, he and the six hundred men who were with him, and came to the brook Besor, where those left behind remained. -- 1 samuel 30:9 +. +But David pursued, he and four hundred men, for two hundred who were too exhausted to cross the brook Besor remained behind. -- 1 samuel 30:10 +. +Now they found an Egyptian in the field and brought him to David, and gave him bread and he ate, and they provided him water to drink. -- 1 samuel 30:11 +. +They gave him a piece of fig cake and two clusters of raisins, and he ate; then his spirit revived. For he had not eaten bread or drunk water for three days and three nights. -- 1 samuel 30:12 +. +David said to him, "To whom do you belong? And where are you from?" And he said, "I am a young man of Egypt, a servant of an Amalekite; and my master left me behind when I fell sick three days ago. -- 1 samuel 30:13 +. +"We made a raid on the Negev of the Cherethites, and on that which belongs to Judah, and on the Negev of Caleb, and we burned Ziklag with fire." -- 1 samuel 30:14 +. +Then David said to him, "Will you bring me down to this band?" And he said, "Swear to me by God that you will not kill me or deliver me into the hands of my master, and I will bring you down to this band." -- 1 samuel 30:15 +. +When he had brought him down, behold, they were spread over all the land, eating and drinking and dancing because of all the great spoil that they had taken from the land of the Philistines and from the land of Judah. -- 1 samuel 30:16 +. +David slaughtered them from the twilight until the evening of the next day; and not a man of them escaped, except four hundred young men who rode on camels and fled. -- 1 samuel 30:17 +. +So David recovered all that the Amalekites had taken, and rescued his two wives. -- 1 samuel 30:18 +. +But nothing of theirs was missing, whether small or great, sons or daughters, spoil or anything that they had taken for themselves; David brought it all back. -- 1 samuel 30:19 +. +So David had captured all the sheep and the cattle which the people drove ahead of the other livestock, and they said, "This is David's spoil." -- 1 samuel 30:20 +. +When David came to the two hundred men who were too exhausted to follow David, who had also been left at the brook Besor, and they went out to meet David and to meet the people who were with him, then David approached the people and greeted them. -- 1 samuel 30:21 +. +Then all the wicked and worthless men among those who went with David said, "Because they did not go with us, we will not give them any of the spoil that we have recovered, except to every man his wife and his children, that they may lead them away and depart." -- 1 samuel 30:22 +. +Then David said, "You must not do so, my brothers, with what the LORD has given us, who has kept us and delivered into our hand the band that came against us. -- 1 samuel 30:23 +. +"And who will listen to you in this matter? For as his share is who goes down to the battle, so shall his share be who stays by the baggage; they shall share alike." -- 1 samuel 30:24 +. +So it has been from that day forward, that he made it a statute and an ordinance for Israel to this day. -- 1 samuel 30:25 +. +Now when David came to Ziklag, he sent some of the spoil to the elders of Judah, to his friends, saying, "Behold, a gift for you from the spoil of the enemies of the LORD: -- 1 samuel 30:26 +. +to those who were in Bethel, and to those who were in Ramoth of the Negev, and to those who were in Jattir, -- 1 samuel 30:27 +. +and to those who were in Aroer, and to those who were in Siphmoth, and to those who were in Eshtemoa, -- 1 samuel 30:28 +. +and to those who were in Racal, and to those who were in the cities of the Jerahmeelites, and to those who were in the cities of the Kenites, -- 1 samuel 30:29 +. +and to those who were in Hormah, and to those who were in Bor-ashan, and to those who were in Athach, -- 1 samuel 30:30 +. +and to those who were in Hebron, and to all the places where David himself and his men were accustomed to go." -- 1 samuel 30:31 +. +Now the Philistines were fighting against Israel, and the men of Israel fled from before the Philistines and fell slain on Mount Gilboa. -- 1 samuel 31:1 +. +The Philistines overtook Saul and his sons; and the Philistines killed Jonathan and Abinadab and Malchi-shua the sons of Saul. -- 1 samuel 31:2 +. +The battle went heavily against Saul, and the archers hit him; and he was badly wounded by the archers. -- 1 samuel 31:3 +. +Then Saul said to his armor bearer, "Draw your sword and pierce me through with it, otherwise these uncircumcised will come and pierce me through and make sport of me." But his armor bearer would not, for he was greatly afraid. So Saul took his sword and fell on it. -- 1 samuel 31:4 +. +When his armor bearer saw that Saul was dead, he also fell on his sword and died with him. -- 1 samuel 31:5 +. +Thus Saul died with his three sons, his armor bearer, and all his men on that day together. -- 1 samuel 31:6 +. +When the men of Israel who were on the other side of the valley, with those who were beyond the Jordan, saw that the men of Israel had fled and that Saul and his sons were dead, they abandoned the cities and fled; then the Philistines came and lived in them. -- 1 samuel 31:7 +. +It came about on the next day when the Philistines came to strip the slain, that they found Saul and his three sons fallen on Mount Gilboa. -- 1 samuel 31:8 +. +They cut off his head and stripped off his weapons, and sent them throughout the land of the Philistines, to carry the good news to the house of their idols and to the people. -- 1 samuel 31:9 +. +They put his weapons in the temple of Ashtaroth, and they fastened his body to the wall of Beth-shan. -- 1 samuel 31:10 +. +Now when the inhabitants of Jabesh-gilead heard what the Philistines had done to Saul, -- 1 samuel 31:11 +. +all the valiant men rose and walked all night, and took the body of Saul and the bodies of his sons from the wall of Beth-shan, and they came to Jabesh and burned them there. -- 1 samuel 31:12 +. +They took their bones and buried them under the tamarisk tree at Jabesh, and fasted seven days. -- 1 samuel 31:13 +. +Now it came about after the death of Saul, when David had returned from the slaughter of the Amalekites, that David remained two days in Ziklag. -- 2 samuel 1:1 +. +On the third day, behold, a man came out of the camp from Saul, with his clothes torn and dust on his head. And it came about when he came to David that he fell to the ground and prostrated himself. -- 2 samuel 1:2 +. +Then David said to him, "From where do you come?" And he said to him, "I have escaped from the camp of Israel." -- 2 samuel 1:3 +. +David said to him, "How did things go? Please tell me." And he said, "The people have fled from the battle, and also many of the people have fallen and are dead; and Saul and Jonathan his son are dead also." -- 2 samuel 1:4 +. +So David said to the young man who told him, "How do you know that Saul and his son Jonathan are dead?" -- 2 samuel 1:5 +. +The young man who told him said, "By chance I happened to be on Mount Gilboa, and behold, Saul was leaning on his spear. And behold, the chariots and the horsemen pursued him closely. -- 2 samuel 1:6 +. +"When he looked behind him, he saw me and called to me. And I said, 'Here I am.' -- 2 samuel 1:7 +. +"He said to me, 'Who are you?' And I answered him, 'I am an Amalekite.' -- 2 samuel 1:8 +. +"Then he said to me, 'Please stand beside me and kill me, for agony has seized me because my life still lingers in me.' -- 2 samuel 1:9 +. +"So I stood beside him and killed him, because I knew that he could not live after he had fallen. And I took the crown which was on his head and the bracelet which was on his arm, and I have brought them here to my lord." -- 2 samuel 1:10 +. +Then David took hold of his clothes and tore them, and so also did all the men who were with him. -- 2 samuel 1:11 +. +They mourned and wept and fasted until evening for Saul and his son Jonathan and for the people of the LORD and the house of Israel, because they had fallen by the sword. -- 2 samuel 1:12 +. +David said to the young man who told him, "Where are you from?" And he answered, "I am the son of an alien, an Amalekite." -- 2 samuel 1:13 +. +Then David said to him, "How is it you were not afraid to stretch out your hand to destroy the LORD'S anointed?" -- 2 samuel 1:14 +. +And David called one of the young men and said, "Go, cut him down." So he struck him and he died. -- 2 samuel 1:15 +. +David said to him, "Your blood is on your head, for your mouth has testified against you, saying, 'I have killed the LORD'S anointed.'" -- 2 samuel 1:16 +. +Then David chanted with this lament over Saul and Jonathan his son, -- 2 samuel 1:17 +. +and he told them to teach the sons of Judah the song of the bow; behold, it is written in the book of Jashar. -- 2 samuel 1:18 +. +"Your beauty, O Israel, is slain on your high places! How have the mighty fallen! -- 2 samuel 1:19 +. +"Tell it not in Gath, Proclaim it not in the streets of Ashkelon, Or the daughters of the Philistines will rejoice, The daughters of the uncircumcised will exult. -- 2 samuel 1:20 +. +"O mountains of Gilboa, Let not dew or rain be on you, nor fields of offerings; For there the shield of the mighty was defiled, The shield of Saul, not anointed with oil. -- 2 samuel 1:21 +. +"From the blood of the slain, from the fat of the mighty, The bow of Jonathan did not turn back, And the sword of Saul did not return empty. -- 2 samuel 1:22 +. +"Saul and Jonathan, beloved and pleasant in their life, And in their death they were not parted; They were swifter than eagles, They were stronger than lions. -- 2 samuel 1:23 +. +"O daughters of Israel, weep over Saul, Who clothed you luxuriously in scarlet, Who put ornaments of gold on your apparel. -- 2 samuel 1:24 +. +"How have the mighty fallen in the midst of the battle! Jonathan is slain on your high places. -- 2 samuel 1:25 +. +"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. -- 2 samuel 1:26 +. +"How have the mighty fallen, And the weapons of war perished!" -- 2 samuel 1:27 +. +Then it came about afterwards that David inquired of the LORD, saying, "Shall I go up to one of the cities of Judah?" And the LORD said to him, "Go up." So David said, "Where shall I go up?" And He said, "To Hebron." -- 2 samuel 2:1 +. +So David went up there, and his two wives also, Ahinoam the Jezreelitess and Abigail the widow of Nabal the Carmelite. -- 2 samuel 2:2 +. +And David brought up his men who were with him, each with his household; and they lived in the cities of Hebron. -- 2 samuel 2:3 +. +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." -- 2 samuel 2:4 +. +David sent messengers to the men of Jabesh-gilead, and said to them, "May you be blessed of the LORD because you have shown this kindness to Saul your lord, and have buried him. -- 2 samuel 2:5 +. +"Now may the LORD show lovingkindness and truth to you; and I also will show this goodness to you, because you have done this thing. -- 2 samuel 2:6 +. +"Now therefore, let your hands be strong and be valiant; for Saul your lord is dead, and also the house of Judah has anointed me king over them." -- 2 samuel 2:7 +. +But Abner the son of Ner, commander of Saul's army, had taken Ish-bosheth the son of Saul and brought him over to Mahanaim. -- 2 samuel 2:8 +. +He made him king over Gilead, over the Ashurites, over Jezreel, over Ephraim, and over Benjamin, even over all Israel. -- 2 samuel 2:9 +. +Ish-bosheth, Saul's son, was forty years old when he became king over Israel, and he was king for two years. The house of Judah, however, followed David. -- 2 samuel 2:10 +. +The time that David was king in Hebron over the house of Judah was seven years and six months. -- 2 samuel 2:11 +. +Now Abner the son of Ner, went out from Mahanaim to Gibeon with the servants of Ish-bosheth the son of Saul. -- 2 samuel 2:12 +. +And Joab the son of Zeruiah and the servants of David went out and met them by the pool of Gibeon; and they sat down, one on the one side of the pool and the other on the other side of the pool. -- 2 samuel 2:13 +. +Then Abner said to Joab, "Now let the young men arise and hold a contest before us." And Joab said, "Let them arise." -- 2 samuel 2:14 +. +So they arose and went over by count, twelve for Benjamin and Ish-bosheth the son of Saul, and twelve of the servants of David. -- 2 samuel 2:15 +. +Each one of them seized his opponent by the head and thrust his sword in his opponent's side; so they fell down together. Therefore that place was called Helkath-hazzurim, which is in Gibeon. -- 2 samuel 2:16 +. +That day the battle was very severe, and Abner and the men of Israel were beaten before the servants of David. -- 2 samuel 2:17 +. +Now the three sons of Zeruiah were there, Joab and Abishai and Asahel; and Asahel was as swift-footed as one of the gazelles which is in the field. -- 2 samuel 2:18 +. +Asahel pursued Abner and did not turn to the right or to the left from following Abner. -- 2 samuel 2:19 +. +Then Abner looked behind him and said, "Is that you, Asahel?" And he answered, "It is I." -- 2 samuel 2:20 +. +So Abner said to him, "Turn to your right or to your left, and take hold of one of the young men for yourself, and take for yourself his spoil." But Asahel was not willing to turn aside from following him. -- 2 samuel 2:21 +. +Abner repeated again to Asahel, "Turn aside from following me. Why should I strike you to the ground? How then could I lift up my face to your brother Joab?" -- 2 samuel 2:22 +. +However, he refused to turn aside; therefore Abner struck him in the belly with the butt end of the spear, so that the spear came out at his back. And he fell there and died on the spot. And it came about that all who came to the place where Asahel had fallen and died, stood still. -- 2 samuel 2:23 +. +But Joab and Abishai pursued Abner, and when the sun was going down, they came to the hill of Ammah, which is in front of Giah by the way of the wilderness of Gibeon. -- 2 samuel 2:24 +. +The sons of Benjamin gathered together behind Abner and became one band, and they stood on the top of a certain hill. -- 2 samuel 2:25 +. +Then Abner called to Joab and said, "Shall the sword devour forever? Do you not know that it will be bitter in the end? How long will you refrain from telling the people to turn back from following their brothers?" -- 2 samuel 2:26 +. +Joab said, "As God lives, if you had not spoken, surely then the people would have gone away in the morning, each from following his brother." -- 2 samuel 2:27 +. +So Joab blew the trumpet; and all the people halted and pursued Israel no longer, nor did they continue to fight anymore. -- 2 samuel 2:28 +. +Abner and his men then went through the Arabah all that night; so they crossed the Jordan, walked all morning, and came to Mahanaim. -- 2 samuel 2:29 +. +Then Joab returned from following Abner; when he had gathered all the people together, nineteen of David's servants besides Asahel were missing. -- 2 samuel 2:30 +. +But the servants of David had struck down many of Benjamin and Abner's men, so that three hundred and sixty men died. -- 2 samuel 2:31 +. +And they took up Asahel and buried him in his father's tomb which was in Bethlehem. Then Joab and his men went all night until the day dawned at Hebron. -- 2 samuel 2:32 +. +Now there was a long war between the house of Saul and the house of David; and David grew steadily stronger, but the house of Saul grew weaker continually. -- 2 samuel 3:1 +. +Sons were born to David at Hebron: his firstborn was Amnon, by Ahinoam the Jezreelitess; -- 2 samuel 3:2 +. +and his second, Chileab, by Abigail the widow of Nabal the Carmelite; and the third, Absalom the son of Maacah, the daughter of Talmai, king of Geshur; -- 2 samuel 3:3 +. +and the fourth, Adonijah the son of Haggith; and the fifth, Shephatiah the son of Abital; -- 2 samuel 3:4 +. +and the sixth, Ithream, by David's wife Eglah. These were born to David at Hebron. -- 2 samuel 3:5 +. +It came about while there was war between the house of Saul and the house of David that Abner was making himself strong in the house of Saul. -- 2 samuel 3:6 +. +Now Saul had a concubine whose name was Rizpah, the daughter of Aiah; and Ish-bosheth said to Abner, "Why have you gone in to my father's concubine?" -- 2 samuel 3:7 +. +Then Abner was very angry over the words of Ish-bosheth and said, "Am I a dog's head that belongs to Judah? Today I show kindness to the house of Saul your father, to his brothers and to his friends, and have not delivered you into the hands of David; and yet today you charge me with a guilt concerning the woman. -- 2 samuel 3:8 +. +"May God do so to Abner, and more also, if as the LORD has sworn to David, I do not accomplish this for him, -- 2 samuel 3:9 +. +to transfer the kingdom from the house of Saul and to establish the throne of David over Israel and over Judah, from Dan even to Beersheba." -- 2 samuel 3:10 +. +And he could no longer answer Abner a word, because he was afraid of him. -- 2 samuel 3:11 +. +Then Abner sent messengers to David in his place, saying, "Whose is the land? Make your covenant with me, and behold, my hand shall be with you to bring all Israel over to you." -- 2 samuel 3:12 +. +He said, "Good! I will make a covenant with you, but I demand one thing of you, namely, you shall not see my face unless you first bring Michal, Saul's daughter, when you come to see me." -- 2 samuel 3:13 +. +So David sent messengers to Ish-bosheth, Saul's son, saying, "Give me my wife Michal, to whom I was betrothed for a hundred foreskins of the Philistines." -- 2 samuel 3:14 +. +Ish-bosheth sent and took her from her husband, from Paltiel the son of Laish. -- 2 samuel 3:15 +. +But her husband went with her, weeping as he went, and followed her as far as Bahurim. Then Abner said to him, "Go, return." So he returned. -- 2 samuel 3:16 +. +Now Abner had consultation with the elders of Israel, saying, "In times past you were seeking for David to be king over you. -- 2 samuel 3:17 +. +"Now then, do it! For the LORD has spoken of David, saying, 'By the hand of My servant David I will save My people Israel from the hand of the Philistines and from the hand of all their enemies.'" -- 2 samuel 3:18 +. +Abner also spoke in the hearing of Benjamin; and in addition Abner went to speak in the hearing of David in Hebron all that seemed good to Israel and to the whole house of Benjamin. -- 2 samuel 3:19 +. +Then Abner and twenty men with him came to David at Hebron. And David made a feast for Abner and the men who were with him. -- 2 samuel 3:20 +. +Abner said to David, "Let me arise and go and gather all Israel to my lord the king, that they may make a covenant with you, and that you may be king over all that your soul desires." So David sent Abner away, and he went in peace. -- 2 samuel 3:21 +. +And behold, the servants of David and Joab came from a raid and brought much spoil with them; but Abner was not with David in Hebron, for he had sent him away, and he had gone in peace. -- 2 samuel 3:22 +. +When Joab and all the army that was with him arrived, they told Joab, saying, "Abner the son of Ner came to the king, and he has sent him away, and he has gone in peace." -- 2 samuel 3:23 +. +Then Joab came to the king and said, "What have you done? Behold, Abner came to you; why then have you sent him away and he is already gone? -- 2 samuel 3:24 +. +"You know Abner the son of Ner, that he came to deceive you and to learn of your going out and coming in and to find out all that you are doing." -- 2 samuel 3:25 +. +When Joab came out from David, he sent messengers after Abner, and they brought him back from the well of Sirah; but David did not know it. -- 2 samuel 3:26 +. +So when Abner returned to Hebron, Joab took him aside into the middle of the gate to speak with him privately, and there he struck him in the belly so that he died on account of the blood of Asahel his brother. -- 2 samuel 3:27 +. +Afterward when David heard it, he said, "I and my kingdom are innocent before the LORD forever of the blood of Abner the son of Ner. -- 2 samuel 3:28 +. +"May it fall on the head of Joab and on all his father's house; and may there not fail from the house of Joab one who has a discharge, or who is a leper, or who takes hold of a distaff, or who falls by the sword, or who lacks bread." -- 2 samuel 3:29 +. +So Joab and Abishai his brother killed Abner because he had put their brother Asahel to death in the battle at Gibeon. -- 2 samuel 3:30 +. +Then David said to Joab and to all the people who were with him, "Tear your clothes and gird on sackcloth and lament before Abner." And King David walked behind the bier. -- 2 samuel 3:31 +. +Thus they buried Abner in Hebron; and the king lifted up his voice and wept at the grave of Abner, and all the people wept. -- 2 samuel 3:32 +. +The king chanted a lament for Abner and said, "Should Abner die as a fool dies? -- 2 samuel 3:33 +. +"Your hands were not bound, nor your feet put in fetters; As one falls before the wicked, you have fallen." And all the people wept again over him. -- 2 samuel 3:34 +. +Then all the people came to persuade David to eat bread while it was still day; but David vowed, saying, "May God do so to me, and more also, if I taste bread or anything else before the sun goes down." -- 2 samuel 3:35 +. +Now all the people took note of it, and it pleased them, just as everything the king did pleased all the people. -- 2 samuel 3:36 +. +So all the people and all Israel understood that day that it had not been the will of the king to put Abner the son of Ner to death. -- 2 samuel 3:37 +. +Then the king said to his servants, "Do you not know that a prince and a great man has fallen this day in Israel? -- 2 samuel 3:38 +. +"I am weak today, though anointed king; and these men the sons of Zeruiah are too difficult for me. May the LORD repay the evildoer according to his evil." -- 2 samuel 3:39 +. +Now when Ish-bosheth, Saul's son, heard that Abner had died in Hebron, he lost courage, and all Israel was disturbed. -- 2 samuel 4:1 +. +Saul's son had two men who were commanders of bands: the name of the one was Baanah and the name of the other Rechab, sons of Rimmon the Beerothite, of the sons of Benjamin (for Beeroth is also considered part of Benjamin, -- 2 samuel 4:2 +. +and the Beerothites fled to Gittaim and have been aliens there until this day). -- 2 samuel 4:3 +. +Now Jonathan, Saul's son, had a son crippled in his feet. He was five years old when the report of Saul and Jonathan came from Jezreel, and his nurse took him up and fled. And it happened that in her hurry to flee, he fell and became lame. And his name was Mephibosheth. -- 2 samuel 4:4 +. +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. -- 2 samuel 4:5 +. +They came to the middle of the house as if to get wheat, and they struck him in the belly; and Rechab and Baanah his brother escaped. -- 2 samuel 4:6 +. +Now when they came into the house, as he was lying on his bed in his bedroom, they struck him and killed him and beheaded him. And they took his head and traveled by way of the Arabah all night. -- 2 samuel 4:7 +. +Then they brought the head of Ish-bosheth to David at Hebron and said to the king, "Behold, the head of Ish-bosheth the son of Saul, your enemy, who sought your life; thus the LORD has given my lord the king vengeance this day on Saul and his descendants." -- 2 samuel 4:8 +. +David answered Rechab and Baanah his brother, sons of Rimmon the Beerothite, and said to them, "As the LORD lives, who has redeemed my life from all distress, -- 2 samuel 4:9 +. +when one told me, saying, 'Behold, Saul is dead,' and thought he was bringing good news, I seized him and killed him in Ziklag, which was the reward I gave him for his news. -- 2 samuel 4:10 +. +"How much more, when wicked men have killed a righteous man in his own house on his bed, shall I not now require his blood from your hand and destroy you from the earth?" -- 2 samuel 4:11 +. +Then David commanded the young men, and they killed them and cut off their hands and feet and hung them up beside the pool in Hebron. But they took the head of Ish-bosheth and buried it in the grave of Abner in Hebron. -- 2 samuel 4:12 +. +Then all the tribes of Israel came to David at Hebron and said, "Behold, we are your bone and your flesh. -- 2 samuel 5:1 +. +"Previously, when Saul was king over us, you were the one who led Israel out and in. And the LORD said to you, 'You will shepherd My people Israel, and you will be a ruler over Israel.'" -- 2 samuel 5:2 +. +So all the elders of Israel came to the king at Hebron, and King David made a covenant with them before the LORD at Hebron; then they anointed David king over Israel. -- 2 samuel 5:3 +. +David was thirty years old when he became king, and he reigned forty years. -- 2 samuel 5:4 +. +At Hebron he reigned over Judah seven years and six months, and in Jerusalem he reigned thirty-three years over all Israel and Judah. -- 2 samuel 5:5 +. +Now the king and his men went to Jerusalem against the Jebusites, the inhabitants of the land, and they said to David, "You shall not come in here, but the blind and lame will turn you away"; thinking, "David cannot enter here." -- 2 samuel 5:6 +. +Nevertheless, David captured the stronghold of Zion, that is the city of David. -- 2 samuel 5:7 +. +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." -- 2 samuel 5:8 +. +So David lived in the stronghold and called it the city of David. And David built all around from the Millo and inward. -- 2 samuel 5:9 +. +David became greater and greater, for the LORD God of hosts was with him. -- 2 samuel 5:10 +. +Then Hiram king of Tyre sent messengers to David with cedar trees and carpenters and stonemasons; and they built a house for David. -- 2 samuel 5:11 +. +And David realized that the LORD had established him as king over Israel, and that He had exalted his kingdom for the sake of His people Israel. -- 2 samuel 5:12 +. +Meanwhile David took more concubines and wives from Jerusalem, after he came from Hebron; and more sons and daughters were born to David. -- 2 samuel 5:13 +. +Now these are the names of those who were born to him in Jerusalem: Shammua, Shobab, Nathan, Solomon, -- 2 samuel 5:14 +. +Ibhar, Elishua, Nepheg, Japhia, -- 2 samuel 5:15 +. +Elishama, Eliada and Eliphelet. -- 2 samuel 5:16 +. +When the Philistines heard that they had anointed David king over Israel, all the Philistines went up to seek out David; and when David heard of it, he went down to the stronghold. -- 2 samuel 5:17 +. +Now the Philistines came and spread themselves out in the valley of Rephaim. -- 2 samuel 5:18 +. +Then David inquired of the LORD, saying, "Shall I go up against the Philistines? Will You give them into my hand?" And the LORD said to David, "Go up, for I will certainly give the Philistines into your hand." -- 2 samuel 5:19 +. +So David came to Baal-perazim and defeated them there; and he said, "The LORD has broken through my enemies before me like the breakthrough of waters." Therefore he named that place Baal-perazim. -- 2 samuel 5:20 +. +They abandoned their idols there, so David and his men carried them away. -- 2 samuel 5:21 +. +Now the Philistines came up once again and spread themselves out in the valley of Rephaim. -- 2 samuel 5:22 +. +When David inquired of the LORD, He said, "You shall not go directly up; circle around behind them and come at them in front of the balsam trees. -- 2 samuel 5:23 +. +"It shall be, when you hear the sound of marching in the tops of the balsam trees, then you shall act promptly, for then the LORD will have gone out before you to strike the army of the Philistines." -- 2 samuel 5:24 +. +Then David did so, just as the LORD had commanded him, and struck down the Philistines from Geba as far as Gezer. -- 2 samuel 5:25 +. +Now David again gathered all the chosen men of Israel, thirty thousand. -- 2 samuel 6:1 +. +And David arose and went with all the people who were with him to Baale-judah, to bring up from there the ark of God which is called by the Name, the very name of the LORD of hosts who is enthroned above the cherubim. -- 2 samuel 6:2 +. +They placed the ark of God on a new cart that they might bring it from the house of Abinadab which was on the hill; and Uzzah and Ahio, the sons of Abinadab, were leading the new cart. -- 2 samuel 6:3 +. +So they brought it with the ark of God from the house of Abinadab, which was on the hill; and Ahio was walking ahead of the ark. -- 2 samuel 6:4 +. +Meanwhile, David and all the house of Israel were celebrating before the LORD with all kinds of instruments made of fir wood, and with lyres, harps, tambourines, castanets and cymbals. -- 2 samuel 6:5 +. +But when they came to the threshing floor of Nacon, Uzzah reached out toward the ark of God and took hold of it, for the oxen nearly upset it. -- 2 samuel 6:6 +. +And the anger of the LORD burned against Uzzah, and God struck him down there for his irreverence; and he died there by the ark of God. -- 2 samuel 6:7 +. +David became angry because of the LORD'S outburst against Uzzah, and that place is called Perez-uzzah to this day. -- 2 samuel 6:8 +. +So David was afraid of the LORD that day; and he said, "How can the ark of the LORD come to me?" -- 2 samuel 6:9 +. +And David was unwilling to move the ark of the LORD into the city of David with him; but David took it aside to the house of Obed-edom the Gittite. -- 2 samuel 6:10 +. +Thus the ark of the LORD remained in the house of Obed-edom the Gittite three months, and the LORD blessed Obed-edom and all his household. -- 2 samuel 6:11 +. +Now it was told King David, saying, "The LORD has blessed the house of Obed-edom and all that belongs to him, on account of the ark of God." David went and brought up the ark of God from the house of Obed-edom into the city of David with gladness. -- 2 samuel 6:12 +. +And so it was, that when the bearers of the ark of the LORD had gone six paces, he sacrificed an ox and a fatling. -- 2 samuel 6:13 +. +And David was dancing before the LORD with all his might, and David was wearing a linen ephod. -- 2 samuel 6:14 +. +So David and all the house of Israel were bringing up the ark of the LORD with shouting and the sound of the trumpet. -- 2 samuel 6:15 +. +Then it happened as the ark of the LORD came into the city of David that Michal the daughter of Saul looked out of the window and saw King David leaping and dancing before the LORD; and she despised him in her heart. -- 2 samuel 6:16 +. +So they brought in the ark of the LORD and set it in its place inside the tent which David had pitched for it; and David offered burnt offerings and peace offerings before the LORD. -- 2 samuel 6:17 +. +When David had finished offering the burnt offering and the peace offering, he blessed the people in the name of the LORD of hosts. -- 2 samuel 6:18 +. +Further, he distributed to all the people, to all the multitude of Israel, both to men and women, a cake of bread and one of dates and one of raisins to each one. Then all the people departed each to his house. -- 2 samuel 6:19 +. +But when David returned to bless his household, Michal the daughter of Saul came out to meet David and said, "How the king of Israel distinguished himself today! He uncovered himself today in the eyes of his servants' maids as one of the foolish ones shamelessly uncovers himself!" -- 2 samuel 6:20 +. +So David said to Michal, "It was before the LORD, who chose me above your father and above all his house, to appoint me ruler over the people of the LORD, over Israel; therefore I will celebrate before the LORD. -- 2 samuel 6:21 +. +"I will be more lightly esteemed than this and will be humble in my own eyes, but with the maids of whom you have spoken, with them I will be distinguished." -- 2 samuel 6:22 +. +Michal the daughter of Saul had no child to the day of her death. -- 2 samuel 6:23 +. +Now it came about when the king lived in his house, and the LORD had given him rest on every side from all his enemies, -- 2 samuel 7:1 +. +that the king said to Nathan the prophet, "See now, I dwell in a house of cedar, but the ark of God dwells within tent curtains." -- 2 samuel 7:2 +. +Nathan said to the king, "Go, do all that is in your mind, for the LORD is with you." -- 2 samuel 7:3 +. +But in the same night the word of the LORD came to Nathan, saying, -- 2 samuel 7:4 +. +"Go and say to My servant David, 'Thus says the LORD, "Are you the one who should build Me a house to dwell in? -- 2 samuel 7:5 +. +"For I have not dwelt in a house since the day I brought up the sons of Israel from Egypt, even to this day; but I have been moving about in a tent, even in a tabernacle. -- 2 samuel 7:6 +. +"Wherever I have gone with all the sons of Israel, did I speak a word with one of the tribes of Israel, which I commanded to shepherd My people Israel, saying, 'Why have you not built Me a house of cedar?'"' -- 2 samuel 7:7 +. +"Now therefore, thus you shall say to My servant David, 'Thus says the LORD of hosts, "I took you from the pasture, from following the sheep, to be ruler over My people Israel. -- 2 samuel 7:8 +. +"I have been with you wherever you have gone and have cut off all your enemies from before you; and I will make you a great name, like the names of the great men who are on the earth. -- 2 samuel 7:9 +. +"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, -- 2 samuel 7:10 +. +even from the day that I commanded judges to be over My people Israel; and I will give you rest from all your enemies. The LORD also declares to you that the LORD will make a house for you. -- 2 samuel 7:11 +. +"When your days are complete and you lie down with your fathers, I will raise up your descendant after you, who will come forth from you, and I will establish his kingdom. -- 2 samuel 7:12 +. +"He shall build a house for My name, and I will establish the throne of his kingdom forever. -- 2 samuel 7:13 +. +"I will be a father to him and he will be a son to Me; when he commits iniquity, I will correct him with the rod of men and the strokes of the sons of men, -- 2 samuel 7:14 +. +but My lovingkindness shall not depart from him, as I took it away from Saul, whom I removed from before you. -- 2 samuel 7:15 +. +"Your house and your kingdom shall endure before Me forever; your throne shall be established forever."'" -- 2 samuel 7:16 +. +In accordance with all these words and all this vision, so Nathan spoke to David. -- 2 samuel 7:17 +. +Then David the king went in and sat before the LORD, and he said, "Who am I, O Lord GOD, and what is my house, that You have brought me this far? -- 2 samuel 7:18 +. +"And yet this was insignificant in Your eyes, O Lord GOD, for You have spoken also of the house of Your servant concerning the distant future. And this is the custom of man, O Lord GOD. -- 2 samuel 7:19 +. +"Again what more can David say to You? For You know Your servant, O Lord GOD! -- 2 samuel 7:20 +. +"For the sake of Your word, and according to Your own heart, You have done all this greatness to let Your servant know. -- 2 samuel 7:21 +. +"For this reason You are great, O Lord GOD; for there is none like You, and there is no God besides You, according to all that we have heard with our ears. -- 2 samuel 7:22 +. +"And what one nation on the earth is like Your people Israel, whom God went to redeem for Himself as a people and to make a name for Himself, and to do a great thing for You and awesome things for Your land, before Your people whom You have redeemed for Yourself from Egypt, from nations and their gods? -- 2 samuel 7:23 +. +"For You have established for Yourself Your people Israel as Your own people forever, and You, O LORD, have become their God. -- 2 samuel 7:24 +. +"Now therefore, O LORD God, the word that You have spoken concerning Your servant and his house, confirm it forever, and do as You have spoken, -- 2 samuel 7:25 +. +that Your name may be magnified forever, by saying, 'The LORD of hosts is God over Israel'; and may the house of Your servant David be established before You. -- 2 samuel 7:26 +. +"For You, O LORD of hosts, the God of Israel, have made a revelation to Your servant, saying, 'I will build you a house'; therefore Your servant has found courage to pray this prayer to You. -- 2 samuel 7:27 +. +"Now, O Lord GOD, You are God, and Your words are truth, and You have promised this good thing to Your servant. -- 2 samuel 7:28 +. +"Now therefore, may it please You to bless the house of Your servant, that it may continue forever before You. For You, O Lord GOD, have spoken; and with Your blessing may the house of Your servant be blessed forever." -- 2 samuel 7:29 +. +Now after this it came about that David defeated the Philistines and subdued them; and David took control of the chief city from the hand of the Philistines. -- 2 samuel 8:1 +. +He defeated Moab, and measured them with the line, making them lie down on the ground; and he measured two lines to put to death and one full line to keep alive. And the Moabites became servants to David, bringing tribute. -- 2 samuel 8:2 +. +Then David defeated Hadadezer, the son of Rehob king of Zobah, as he went to restore his rule at the River. -- 2 samuel 8:3 +. +David captured from him 1,horsemen and 20,000 foot soldiers; and David hamstrung the chariot horses, but reserved enough of them for 100 chariots. -- 2 samuel 8:4 +. +When the Arameans of Damascus came to help Hadadezer, king of Zobah, David killed 22,Arameans. -- 2 samuel 8:5 +. +Then David put garrisons among the Arameans of Damascus, and the Arameans became servants to David, bringing tribute. And the LORD helped David wherever he went. -- 2 samuel 8:6 +. +David took the shields of gold which were carried by the servants of Hadadezer and brought them to Jerusalem. -- 2 samuel 8:7 +. +From Betah and from Berothai, cities of Hadadezer, King David took a very large amount of bronze. -- 2 samuel 8:8 +. +Now when Toi king of Hamath heard that David had defeated all the army of Hadadezer, -- 2 samuel 8:9 +. +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. -- 2 samuel 8:10 +. +King David also dedicated these to the LORD, with the silver and gold that he had dedicated from all the nations which he had subdued: -- 2 samuel 8:11 +. +from Aram and Moab and the sons of Ammon and the Philistines and Amalek, and from the spoil of Hadadezer, son of Rehob, king of Zobah. -- 2 samuel 8:12 +. +So David made a name for himself when he returned from killing 18,Arameans in the Valley of Salt. -- 2 samuel 8:13 +. +He put garrisons in Edom. In all Edom he put garrisons, and all the Edomites became servants to David. And the LORD helped David wherever he went. -- 2 samuel 8:14 +. +So David reigned over all Israel; and David administered justice and righteousness for all his people. -- 2 samuel 8:15 +. +Joab the son of Zeruiah was over the army, and Jehoshaphat the son of Ahilud was recorder. -- 2 samuel 8:16 +. +Zadok the son of Ahitub and Ahimelech the son of Abiathar were priests, and Seraiah was secretary. -- 2 samuel 8:17 +. +Benaiah the son of Jehoiada was over the Cherethites and the Pelethites; and David's sons were chief ministers. -- 2 samuel 8:18 +. +Then David said, "Is there yet anyone left of the house of Saul, that I may show him kindness for Jonathan's sake?" -- 2 samuel 9:1 +. +Now there was a servant of the house of Saul whose name was Ziba, and they called him to David; and the king said to him, "Are you Ziba?" And he said, "I am your servant." -- 2 samuel 9:2 +. +The king said, "Is there not yet anyone of the house of Saul to whom I may show the kindness of God?" And Ziba said to the king, "There is still a son of Jonathan who is crippled in both feet." -- 2 samuel 9:3 +. +So the king said to him, "Where is he?" And Ziba said to the king, "Behold, he is in the house of Machir the son of Ammiel in Lo-debar." -- 2 samuel 9:4 +. +Then King David sent and brought him from the house of Machir the son of Ammiel, from Lo-debar. -- 2 samuel 9:5 +. +Mephibosheth, the son of Jonathan the son of Saul, came to David and fell on his face and prostrated himself. And David said, "Mephibosheth." And he said, "Here is your servant!" -- 2 samuel 9:6 +. +David said to him, "Do not fear, for I will surely show kindness to you for the sake of your father Jonathan, and will restore to you all the land of your grandfather Saul; and you shall eat at my table regularly." -- 2 samuel 9:7 +. +Again he prostrated himself and said, "What is your servant, that you should regard a dead dog like me?" -- 2 samuel 9:8 +. +Then the king called Saul's servant Ziba and said to him, "All that belonged to Saul and to all his house I have given to your master's grandson. -- 2 samuel 9:9 +. +"You and your sons and your servants shall cultivate the land for him, and you shall bring in the produce so that your master's grandson may have food; nevertheless Mephibosheth your master's grandson shall eat at my table regularly." Now Ziba had fifteen sons and twenty servants. -- 2 samuel 9:10 +. +Then Ziba said to the king, "According to all that my lord the king commands his servant so your servant will do." So Mephibosheth ate at David's table as one of the king's sons. -- 2 samuel 9:11 +. +Mephibosheth had a young son whose name was Mica. And all who lived in the house of Ziba were servants to Mephibosheth. -- 2 samuel 9:12 +. +So Mephibosheth lived in Jerusalem, for he ate at the king's table regularly. Now he was lame in both feet. -- 2 samuel 9:13 +. +Now it happened afterwards that the king of the Ammonites died, and Hanun his son became king in his place. -- 2 samuel 10:1 +. +Then David said, "I will show kindness to Hanun the son of Nahash, just as his father showed kindness to me." So David sent some of his servants to console him concerning his father. But when David's servants came to the land of the Ammonites, -- 2 samuel 10:2 +. +the princes of the Ammonites said to Hanun their lord, "Do you think that David is honoring your father because he has sent consolers to you? Has David not sent his servants to you in order to search the city, to spy it out and overthrow it?" -- 2 samuel 10:3 +. +So Hanun took David's servants and shaved off half of their beards, and cut off their garments in the middle as far as their hips, and sent them away. -- 2 samuel 10:4 +. +When they told it to David, he sent to meet them, for the men were greatly humiliated. And the king said, "Stay at Jericho until your beards grow, and then return." -- 2 samuel 10:5 +. +Now when the sons of Ammon saw that they had become odious to David, the sons of Ammon sent and hired the Arameans of Beth-rehob and the Arameans of Zobah, 20,foot soldiers, and the king of Maacah with 1,000 men, and the men of Tob with 12,000 men. -- 2 samuel 10:6 +. +When David heard of it, he sent Joab and all the army, the mighty men. -- 2 samuel 10:7 +. +The sons of Ammon came out and drew up in battle array at the entrance of the city, while the Arameans of Zobah and of Rehob and the men of Tob and Maacah were by themselves in the field. -- 2 samuel 10:8 +. +Now when Joab saw that the battle was set against him in front and in the rear, he selected from all the choice men of Israel, and arrayed them against the Arameans. -- 2 samuel 10:9 +. +But the remainder of the people he placed in the hand of Abishai his brother, and he arrayed them against the sons of Ammon. -- 2 samuel 10:10 +. +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. -- 2 samuel 10:11 +. +"Be strong, and let us show ourselves courageous for the sake of our people and for the cities of our God; and may the LORD do what is good in His sight." -- 2 samuel 10:12 +. +So Joab and the people who were with him drew near to the battle against the Arameans, and they fled before him. -- 2 samuel 10:13 +. +When the sons of Ammon saw that the Arameans fled, they also fled before Abishai and entered the city. Then Joab returned from fighting against the sons of Ammon and came to Jerusalem. -- 2 samuel 10:14 +. +When the Arameans saw that they had been defeated by Israel, they gathered themselves together. -- 2 samuel 10:15 +. +And Hadadezer sent and brought out the Arameans who were beyond the River, and they came to Helam; and Shobach the commander of the army of Hadadezer led them. -- 2 samuel 10:16 +. +Now when it was told David, he gathered all Israel together and crossed the Jordan, and came to Helam. And the Arameans arrayed themselves to meet David and fought against him. -- 2 samuel 10:17 +. +But the Arameans fled before Israel, and David killed charioteers of the Arameans and 40,000 horsemen and struck down Shobach the commander of their army, and he died there. -- 2 samuel 10:18 +. +When all the kings, servants of Hadadezer, saw that they were defeated by Israel, they made peace with Israel and served them. So the Arameans feared to help the sons of Ammon anymore. -- 2 samuel 10:19 +. +Then it happened in the spring, at the time when kings go out to battle, that David sent Joab and his servants with him and all Israel, and they destroyed the sons of Ammon and besieged Rabbah. But David stayed at Jerusalem. -- 2 samuel 11:1 +. +Now when evening came David arose from his bed and walked around on the roof of the king's house, and from the roof he saw a woman bathing; and the woman was very beautiful in appearance. -- 2 samuel 11:2 +. +So David sent and inquired about the woman. And one said, "Is this not Bathsheba, the daughter of Eliam, the wife of Uriah the Hittite?" -- 2 samuel 11:3 +. +David sent messengers and took her, and when she came to him, he lay with her; and when she had purified herself from her uncleanness, she returned to her house. -- 2 samuel 11:4 +. +The woman conceived; and she sent and told David, and said, "I am pregnant." -- 2 samuel 11:5 +. +Then David sent to Joab, saying, "Send me Uriah the Hittite." So Joab sent Uriah to David. -- 2 samuel 11:6 +. +When Uriah came to him, David asked concerning the welfare of Joab and the people and the state of the war. -- 2 samuel 11:7 +. +Then David said to Uriah, "Go down to your house, and wash your feet." And Uriah went out of the king's house, and a present from the king was sent out after him. -- 2 samuel 11:8 +. +But Uriah slept at the door of the king's house with all the servants of his lord, and did not go down to his house. -- 2 samuel 11:9 +. +Now when they told David, saying, "Uriah did not go down to his house," David said to Uriah, "Have you not come from a journey? Why did you not go down to your house?" -- 2 samuel 11:10 +. +Uriah said to David, "The ark and Israel and Judah are staying in temporary shelters, and my lord Joab and the servants of my lord are camping in the open field. Shall I then go to my house to eat and to drink and to lie with my wife? By your life and the life of your soul, I will not do this thing." -- 2 samuel 11:11 +. +Then David said to Uriah, "Stay here today also, and tomorrow I will let you go." So Uriah remained in Jerusalem that day and the next. -- 2 samuel 11:12 +. +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. -- 2 samuel 11:13 +. +Now in the morning David wrote a letter to Joab and sent it by the hand of Uriah. -- 2 samuel 11:14 +. +He had written in the letter, saying, "Place Uriah in the front line of the fiercest battle and withdraw from him, so that he may be struck down and die." -- 2 samuel 11:15 +. +So it was as Joab kept watch on the city, that he put Uriah at the place where he knew there were valiant men. -- 2 samuel 11:16 +. +The men of the city went out and fought against Joab, and some of the people among David's servants fell; and Uriah the Hittite also died. -- 2 samuel 11:17 +. +Then Joab sent and reported to David all the events of the war. -- 2 samuel 11:18 +. +He charged the messenger, saying, "When you have finished telling all the events of the war to the king, -- 2 samuel 11:19 +. +and if it happens that the king's wrath rises and he says to you, 'Why did you go so near to the city to fight? Did you not know that they would shoot from the wall? -- 2 samuel 11:20 +. +'Who struck down Abimelech the son of Jerubbesheth? Did not a woman throw an upper millstone on him from the wall so that he died at Thebez? Why did you go so near the wall?'--then you shall say, 'Your servant Uriah the Hittite is dead also.'" -- 2 samuel 11:21 +. +So the messenger departed and came and reported to David all that Joab had sent him to tell. -- 2 samuel 11:22 +. +The messenger said to David, "The men prevailed against us and came out against us in the field, but we pressed them as far as the entrance of the gate. -- 2 samuel 11:23 +. +"Moreover, the archers shot at your servants from the wall; so some of the king's servants are dead, and your servant Uriah the Hittite is also dead." -- 2 samuel 11:24 +. +Then David said to the messenger, "Thus you shall say to Joab, 'Do not let this thing displease you, for the sword devours one as well as another; make your battle against the city stronger and overthrow it'; and so encourage him." -- 2 samuel 11:25 +. +Now when the wife of Uriah heard that Uriah her husband was dead, she mourned for her husband. -- 2 samuel 11:26 +. +When the time of mourning was over, David sent and brought her to his house and she became his wife; then she bore him a son. But the thing that David had done was evil in the sight of the LORD. -- 2 samuel 11:27 +. +Then the LORD sent Nathan to David. And he came to him and said, "There were two men in one city, the one rich and the other poor. -- 2 samuel 12:1 +. +"The rich man had a great many flocks and herds. -- 2 samuel 12:2 +. +"But the poor man had nothing except one little ewe lamb Which he bought and nourished; And it grew up together with him and his children. It would eat of his bread and drink of his cup and lie in his bosom, And was like a daughter to him. -- 2 samuel 12:3 +. +"Now a traveler came to the rich man, And he was unwilling to take from his own flock or his own herd, To prepare for the wayfarer who had come to him; Rather he took the poor man's ewe lamb and prepared it for the man who had come to him." -- 2 samuel 12:4 +. +Then David's anger burned greatly against the man, and he said to Nathan, "As the LORD lives, surely the man who has done this deserves to die. -- 2 samuel 12:5 +. +"He must make restitution for the lamb fourfold, because he did this thing and had no compassion." -- 2 samuel 12:6 +. +Nathan then said to David, "You are the man! Thus says the LORD God of Israel, 'It is I who anointed you king over Israel and it is I who delivered you from the hand of Saul. -- 2 samuel 12:7 +. +'I also gave you your master's house and your master's wives into your care, and I gave you the house of Israel and Judah; and if that had been too little, I would have added to you many more things like these! -- 2 samuel 12:8 +. +'Why have you despised the word of the LORD by doing evil in His sight? You have struck down Uriah the Hittite with the sword, have taken his wife to be your wife, and have killed him with the sword of the sons of Ammon. -- 2 samuel 12:9 +. +'Now therefore, the sword shall never depart from your house, because you have despised Me and have taken the wife of Uriah the Hittite to be your wife.' -- 2 samuel 12:10 +. +"Thus says the LORD, 'Behold, I will raise up evil against you from your own household; I will even take your wives before your eyes and give them to your companion, and he will lie with your wives in broad daylight. -- 2 samuel 12:11 +. +'Indeed you did it secretly, but I will do this thing before all Israel, and under the sun.'" -- 2 samuel 12:12 +. +Then David said to Nathan, "I have sinned against the LORD." And Nathan said to David, "The LORD also has taken away your sin; you shall not die. -- 2 samuel 12:13 +. +"However, because by this deed you have given occasion to the enemies of the LORD to blaspheme, the child also that is born to you shall surely die." -- 2 samuel 12:14 +. +So Nathan went to his house. Then the LORD struck the child that Uriah's widow bore to David, so that he was very sick. -- 2 samuel 12:15 +. +David therefore inquired of God for the child; and David fasted and went and lay all night on the ground. -- 2 samuel 12:16 +. +The elders of his household stood beside him in order to raise him up from the ground, but he was unwilling and would not eat food with them. -- 2 samuel 12:17 +. +Then it happened on the seventh day that the child died. And the servants of David were afraid to tell him that the child was dead, for they said, "Behold, while the child was still alive, we spoke to him and he did not listen to our voice. How then can we tell him that the child is dead, since he might do himself harm!" -- 2 samuel 12:18 +. +But when David saw that his servants were whispering together, David perceived that the child was dead; so David said to his servants, "Is the child dead?" And they said, "He is dead." -- 2 samuel 12:19 +. +So David arose from the ground, washed, anointed himself, and changed his clothes; and he came into the house of the LORD and worshiped. Then he came to his own house, and when he requested, they set food before him and he ate. -- 2 samuel 12:20 +. +Then his servants said to him, "What is this thing that you have done? While the child was alive, you fasted and wept; but when the child died, you arose and ate food." -- 2 samuel 12:21 +. +He said, "While the child was still alive, I fasted and wept; for I said, 'Who knows, the LORD may be gracious to me, that the child may live.' -- 2 samuel 12:22 +. +"But now he has died; why should I fast? Can I bring him back again? I will go to him, but he will not return to me." -- 2 samuel 12:23 +. +Then David comforted his wife Bathsheba, and went in to her and lay with her; and she gave birth to a son, and he named him Solomon. Now the LORD loved him -- 2 samuel 12:24 +. +and sent word through Nathan the prophet, and he named him Jedidiah for the LORD'S sake. -- 2 samuel 12:25 +. +Now Joab fought against Rabbah of the sons of Ammon and captured the royal city. -- 2 samuel 12:26 +. +Joab sent messengers to David and said, "I have fought against Rabbah, I have even captured the city of waters. -- 2 samuel 12:27 +. +"Now therefore, gather the rest of the people together and camp against the city and capture it, or I will capture the city myself and it will be named after me." -- 2 samuel 12:28 +. +So David gathered all the people and went to Rabbah, fought against it and captured it. -- 2 samuel 12:29 +. +Then he took the crown of their king from his head; and its weight was a talent of gold, and in it was a precious stone; and it was placed on David's head. And he brought out the spoil of the city in great amounts. -- 2 samuel 12:30 +. +He also brought out the people who were in it, and set them under saws, sharp iron instruments, and iron axes, and made them pass through the brickkiln. And thus he did to all the cities of the sons of Ammon. Then David and all the people returned to Jerusalem. -- 2 samuel 12:31 +. +Now it was after this that Absalom the son of David had a beautiful sister whose name was Tamar, and Amnon the son of David loved her. -- 2 samuel 13:1 +. +Amnon was so frustrated because of his sister Tamar that he made himself ill, for she was a virgin, and it seemed hard to Amnon to do anything to her. -- 2 samuel 13:2 +. +But Amnon had a friend whose name was Jonadab, the son of Shimeah, David's brother; and Jonadab was a very shrewd man. -- 2 samuel 13:3 +. +He said to him, "O son of the king, why are you so depressed morning after morning? Will you not tell me?" Then Amnon said to him, "I am in love with Tamar, the sister of my brother Absalom." -- 2 samuel 13:4 +. +Jonadab then said to him, "Lie down on your bed and pretend to be ill; when your father comes to see you, say to him, 'Please let my sister Tamar come and give me some food to eat, and let her prepare the food in my sight, that I may see it and eat from her hand.'" -- 2 samuel 13:5 +. +So Amnon lay down and pretended to be ill; when the king came to see him, Amnon said to the king, "Please let my sister Tamar come and make me a couple of cakes in my sight, that I may eat from her hand." -- 2 samuel 13:6 +. +Then David sent to the house for Tamar, saying, "Go now to your brother Amnon's house, and prepare food for him." -- 2 samuel 13:7 +. +So Tamar went to her brother Amnon's house, and he was lying down. And she took dough, kneaded it, made cakes in his sight, and baked the cakes. -- 2 samuel 13:8 +. +She took the pan and dished them out before him, but he refused to eat. And Amnon said, "Have everyone go out from me." So everyone went out from him. -- 2 samuel 13:9 +. +Then Amnon said to Tamar, "Bring the food into the bedroom, that I may eat from your hand." So Tamar took the cakes which she had made and brought them into the bedroom to her brother Amnon. -- 2 samuel 13:10 +. +When she brought them to him to eat, he took hold of her and said to her, "Come, lie with me, my sister." -- 2 samuel 13:11 +. +But she answered him, "No, my brother, do not violate me, for such a thing is not done in Israel; do not do this disgraceful thing! -- 2 samuel 13:12 +. +"As for me, where could I get rid of my reproach? And as for you, you will be like one of the fools in Israel. Now therefore, please speak to the king, for he will not withhold me from you." -- 2 samuel 13:13 +. +However, he would not listen to her; since he was stronger than she, he violated her and lay with her. -- 2 samuel 13:14 +. +Then Amnon hated her with a very great hatred; for the hatred with which he hated her was greater than the love with which he had loved her. And Amnon said to her, "Get up, go away!" -- 2 samuel 13:15 +. +But she said to him, "No, because this wrong in sending me away is greater than the other that you have done to me!" Yet he would not listen to her. -- 2 samuel 13:16 +. +Then he called his young man who attended him and said, "Now throw this woman out of my presence, and lock the door behind her." -- 2 samuel 13:17 +. +Now she had on a long-sleeved garment; for in this manner the virgin daughters of the king dressed themselves in robes. Then his attendant took her out and locked the door behind her. -- 2 samuel 13:18 +. +Tamar put ashes on her head and tore her long-sleeved garment which was on her; and she put her hand on her head and went away, crying aloud as she went. -- 2 samuel 13:19 +. +Then Absalom her brother said to her, "Has Amnon your brother been with you? But now keep silent, my sister, he is your brother; do not take this matter to heart." So Tamar remained and was desolate in her brother Absalom's house. -- 2 samuel 13:20 +. +Now when King David heard of all these matters, he was very angry. -- 2 samuel 13:21 +. +But Absalom did not speak to Amnon either good or bad; for Absalom hated Amnon because he had violated his sister Tamar. -- 2 samuel 13:22 +. +Now it came about after two full years that Absalom had sheepshearers in Baal-hazor, which is near Ephraim, and Absalom invited all the king's sons. -- 2 samuel 13:23 +. +Absalom came to the king and said, "Behold now, your servant has sheepshearers; please let the king and his servants go with your servant." -- 2 samuel 13:24 +. +But the king said to Absalom, "No, my son, we should not all go, for we will be burdensome to you." Although he urged him, he would not go, but blessed him. -- 2 samuel 13:25 +. +Then Absalom said, "If not, please let my brother Amnon go with us." And the king said to him, "Why should he go with you?" -- 2 samuel 13:26 +. +But when Absalom urged him, he let Amnon and all the king's sons go with him. -- 2 samuel 13:27 +. +Absalom commanded his servants, saying, "See now, when Amnon's heart is merry with wine, and when I say to you, 'Strike Amnon,' then put him to death. Do not fear; have not I myself commanded you? Be courageous and be valiant." -- 2 samuel 13:28 +. +The servants of Absalom did to Amnon just as Absalom had commanded. Then all the king's sons arose and each mounted his mule and fled. -- 2 samuel 13:29 +. +Now it was while they were on the way that the report came to David, saying, "Absalom has struck down all the king's sons, and not one of them is left." -- 2 samuel 13:30 +. +Then the king arose, tore his clothes and lay on the ground; and all his servants were standing by with clothes torn. -- 2 samuel 13:31 +. +Jonadab, the son of Shimeah, David's brother, responded, "Do not let my lord suppose they have put to death all the young men, the king's sons, for Amnon alone is dead; because by the intent of Absalom this has been determined since the day that he violated his sister Tamar. -- 2 samuel 13:32 +. +"Now therefore, do not let my lord the king take the report to heart, namely, 'all the king's sons are dead,' for only Amnon is dead." -- 2 samuel 13:33 +. +Now Absalom had fled. And the young man who was the watchman raised his eyes and looked, and behold, many people were coming from the road behind him by the side of the mountain. -- 2 samuel 13:34 +. +Jonadab said to the king, "Behold, the king's sons have come; according to your servant's word, so it happened." -- 2 samuel 13:35 +. +As soon as he had finished speaking, behold, the king's sons came and lifted their voices and wept; and also the king and all his servants wept very bitterly. -- 2 samuel 13:36 +. +Now Absalom fled and went to Talmai the son of Ammihud, the king of Geshur. And David mourned for his son every day. -- 2 samuel 13:37 +. +So Absalom had fled and gone to Geshur, and was there three years. -- 2 samuel 13:38 +. +The heart of King David longed to go out to Absalom; for he was comforted concerning Amnon, since he was dead. -- 2 samuel 13:39 +. +Now Joab the son of Zeruiah perceived that the king's heart was inclined toward Absalom. -- 2 samuel 14:1 +. +So Joab sent to Tekoa and brought a wise woman from there and said to her, "Please pretend to be a mourner, and put on mourning garments now, and do not anoint yourself with oil, but be like a woman who has been mourning for the dead many days; -- 2 samuel 14:2 +. +then go to the king and speak to him in this manner." So Joab put the words in her mouth. -- 2 samuel 14:3 +. +Now when the woman of Tekoa spoke to the king, she fell on her face to the ground and prostrated herself and said, "Help, O king." -- 2 samuel 14:4 +. +The king said to her, "What is your trouble?" And she answered, "Truly I am a widow, for my husband is dead. -- 2 samuel 14:5 +. +"Your maidservant had two sons, but the two of them struggled together in the field, and there was no one to separate them, so one struck the other and killed him. -- 2 samuel 14:6 +. +"Now behold, the whole family has risen against your maidservant, and they say, 'Hand over the one who struck his brother, that we may put him to death for the life of his brother whom he killed, and destroy the heir also.' Thus they will extinguish my coal which is left, so as to leave my husband neither name nor remnant on the face of the earth." -- 2 samuel 14:7 +. +Then the king said to the woman, "Go to your house, and I will give orders concerning you." -- 2 samuel 14:8 +. +The woman of Tekoa said to the king, "O my lord, the king, the iniquity is on me and my father's house, but the king and his throne are guiltless." -- 2 samuel 14:9 +. +So the king said, "Whoever speaks to you, bring him to me, and he will not touch you anymore." -- 2 samuel 14:10 +. +Then she said, "Please let the king remember the LORD your God, so that the avenger of blood will not continue to destroy, otherwise they will destroy my son." And he said, "As the LORD lives, not one hair of your son shall fall to the ground." -- 2 samuel 14:11 +. +Then the woman said, "Please let your maidservant speak a word to my lord the king." And he said, "Speak." -- 2 samuel 14:12 +. +The woman said, "Why then have you planned such a thing against the people of God? For in speaking this word the king is as one who is guilty, in that the king does not bring back his banished one. -- 2 samuel 14:13 +. +"For we will surely die and are like water spilled on the ground which cannot be gathered up again. Yet God does not take away life, but plans ways so that the banished one will not be cast out from him. -- 2 samuel 14:14 +. +"Now the reason I have come to speak this word to my lord the king is that the people have made me afraid; so your maidservant said, 'Let me now speak to the king, perhaps the king will perform the request of his maidservant. -- 2 samuel 14:15 +. +'For the king will hear and deliver his maidservant from the hand of the man who would destroy both me and my son from the inheritance of God.' -- 2 samuel 14:16 +. +"Then your maidservant said, 'Please let the word of my lord the king be comforting, for as the angel of God, so is my lord the king to discern good and evil. And may the LORD your God be with you.'" -- 2 samuel 14:17 +. +Then the king answered and said to the woman, "Please do not hide anything from me that I am about to ask you." And the woman said, "Let my lord the king please speak." -- 2 samuel 14:18 +. +So the king said, "Is the hand of Joab with you in all this?" And the woman replied, "As your soul lives, my lord the king, no one can turn to the right or to the left from anything that my lord the king has spoken. Indeed, it was your servant Joab who commanded me, and it was he who put all these words in the mouth of your maidservant; -- 2 samuel 14:19 +. +in order to change the appearance of things your servant Joab has done this thing. But my lord is wise, like the wisdom of the angel of God, to know all that is in the earth." -- 2 samuel 14:20 +. +Then the king said to Joab, "Behold now, I will surely do this thing; go therefore, bring back the young man Absalom." -- 2 samuel 14:21 +. +Joab fell on his face to the ground, prostrated himself and blessed the king; then Joab said, "Today your servant knows that I have found favor in your sight, O my lord, the king, in that the king has performed the request of his servant." -- 2 samuel 14:22 +. +So Joab arose and went to Geshur and brought Absalom to Jerusalem. -- 2 samuel 14:23 +. +However the king said, "Let him turn to his own house, and let him not see my face." So Absalom turned to his own house and did not see the king's face. -- 2 samuel 14:24 +. +Now in all Israel was no one as handsome as Absalom, so highly praised; from the sole of his foot to the crown of his head there was no defect in him. -- 2 samuel 14:25 +. +When he cut the hair of his head (and it was at the end of every year that he cut it, for it was heavy on him so he cut it), he weighed the hair of his head at shekels by the king's weight. -- 2 samuel 14:26 +. +To Absalom there were born three sons, and one daughter whose name was Tamar; she was a woman of beautiful appearance. -- 2 samuel 14:27 +. +Now Absalom lived two full years in Jerusalem, and did not see the king's face. -- 2 samuel 14:28 +. +Then Absalom sent for Joab, to send him to the king, but he would not come to him. So he sent again a second time, but he would not come. -- 2 samuel 14:29 +. +Therefore he said to his servants, "See, Joab's field is next to mine, and he has barley there; go and set it on fire." So Absalom's servants set the field on fire. -- 2 samuel 14:30 +. +Then Joab arose, came to Absalom at his house and said to him, "Why have your servants set my field on fire?" -- 2 samuel 14:31 +. +Absalom answered Joab, "Behold, I sent for you, saying, 'Come here, that I may send you to the king, to say, "Why have I come from Geshur? It would be better for me still to be there."' Now therefore, let me see the king's face, and if there is iniquity in me, let him put me to death." -- 2 samuel 14:32 +. +So when Joab came to the king and told him, he called for Absalom. Thus he came to the king and prostrated himself on his face to the ground before the king, and the king kissed Absalom. -- 2 samuel 14:33 +. +Now it came about after this that Absalom provided for himself a chariot and horses and fifty men as runners before him. -- 2 samuel 15:1 +. +Absalom used to rise early and stand beside the way to the gate; and when any man had a suit to come to the king for judgment, Absalom would call to him and say, "From what city are you?" And he would say, "Your servant is from one of the tribes of Israel." -- 2 samuel 15:2 +. +Then Absalom would say to him, "See, your claims are good and right, but no man listens to you on the part of the king." -- 2 samuel 15:3 +. +Moreover, Absalom would say, "Oh that one would appoint me judge in the land, then every man who has any suit or cause could come to me and I would give him justice." -- 2 samuel 15:4 +. +And when a man came near to prostrate himself before him, he would put out his hand and take hold of him and kiss him. -- 2 samuel 15:5 +. +In this manner Absalom dealt with all Israel who came to the king for judgment; so Absalom stole away the hearts of the men of Israel. -- 2 samuel 15:6 +. +Now it came about at the end of forty years that Absalom said to the king, "Please let me go and pay my vow which I have vowed to the LORD, in Hebron. -- 2 samuel 15:7 +. +"For your servant vowed a vow while I was living at Geshur in Aram, saying, 'If the LORD shall indeed bring me back to Jerusalem, then I will serve the LORD.'" -- 2 samuel 15:8 +. +The king said to him, "Go in peace." So he arose and went to Hebron. -- 2 samuel 15:9 +. +But Absalom sent spies throughout all the tribes of Israel, saying, "As soon as you hear the sound of the trumpet, then you shall say, 'Absalom is king in Hebron.'" -- 2 samuel 15:10 +. +Then two hundred men went with Absalom from Jerusalem, who were invited and went innocently, and they did not know anything. -- 2 samuel 15:11 +. +And Absalom sent for Ahithophel the Gilonite, David's counselor, from his city Giloh, while he was offering the sacrifices. And the conspiracy was strong, for the people increased continually with Absalom. -- 2 samuel 15:12 +. +Then a messenger came to David, saying, "The hearts of the men of Israel are with Absalom." -- 2 samuel 15:13 +. +David said to all his servants who were with him at Jerusalem, "Arise and let us flee, for otherwise none of us will escape from Absalom. Go in haste, or he will overtake us quickly and bring down calamity on us and strike the city with the edge of the sword." -- 2 samuel 15:14 +. +Then the king's servants said to the king, "Behold, your servants are ready to do whatever my lord the king chooses." -- 2 samuel 15:15 +. +So the king went out and all his household with him. But the king left ten concubines to keep the house. -- 2 samuel 15:16 +. +The king went out and all the people with him, and they stopped at the last house. -- 2 samuel 15:17 +. +Now all his servants passed on beside him, all the Cherethites, all the Pelethites and all the Gittites, six hundred men who had come with him from Gath, passed on before the king. -- 2 samuel 15:18 +. +Then the king said to Ittai the Gittite, "Why will you also go with us? Return and remain with the king, for you are a foreigner and also an exile; return to your own place. -- 2 samuel 15:19 +. +"You came only yesterday, and shall I today make you wander with us, while I go where I will? Return and take back your brothers; mercy and truth be with you." -- 2 samuel 15:20 +. +But Ittai answered the king and said, "As the LORD lives, and as my lord the king lives, surely wherever my lord the king may be, whether for death or for life, there also your servant will be." -- 2 samuel 15:21 +. +Therefore David said to Ittai, "Go and pass over." So Ittai the Gittite passed over with all his men and all the little ones who were with him. -- 2 samuel 15:22 +. +While all the country was weeping with a loud voice, all the people passed over. The king also passed over the brook Kidron, and all the people passed over toward the way of the wilderness. -- 2 samuel 15:23 +. +Now behold, Zadok also came, and all the Levites with him carrying the ark of the covenant of God. And they set down the ark of God, and Abiathar came up until all the people had finished passing from the city. -- 2 samuel 15:24 +. +The king said to Zadok, "Return the ark of God to the city. If I find favor in the sight of the LORD, then He will bring me back again and show me both it and His habitation. -- 2 samuel 15:25 +. +"But if He should say thus, 'I have no delight in you,' behold, here I am, let Him do to me as seems good to Him." -- 2 samuel 15:26 +. +The king said also to Zadok the priest, "Are you not a seer? Return to the city in peace and your two sons with you, your son Ahimaaz and Jonathan the son of Abiathar. -- 2 samuel 15:27 +. +"See, I am going to wait at the fords of the wilderness until word comes from you to inform me." -- 2 samuel 15:28 +. +Therefore Zadok and Abiathar returned the ark of God to Jerusalem and remained there. -- 2 samuel 15:29 +. +And David went up the ascent of the Mount of Olives, and wept as he went, and his head was covered and he walked barefoot. Then all the people who were with him each covered his head and went up weeping as they went. -- 2 samuel 15:30 +. +Now someone told David, saying, "Ahithophel is among the conspirators with Absalom." And David said, "O LORD, I pray, make the counsel of Ahithophel foolishness." -- 2 samuel 15:31 +. +It happened as David was coming to the summit, where God was worshiped, that behold, Hushai the Archite met him with his coat torn and dust on his head. -- 2 samuel 15:32 +. +David said to him, "If you pass over with me, then you will be a burden to me. -- 2 samuel 15:33 +. +"But if you return to the city, and say to Absalom, 'I will be your servant, O king; as I have been your father's servant in time past, so I will now be your servant,' then you can thwart the counsel of Ahithophel for me. -- 2 samuel 15:34 +. +"Are not Zadok and Abiathar the priests with you there? So it shall be that whatever you hear from the king's house, you shall report to Zadok and Abiathar the priests. -- 2 samuel 15:35 +. +"Behold their two sons are with them there, Ahimaaz, Zadok's son and Jonathan, Abiathar's son; and by them you shall send me everything that you hear." -- 2 samuel 15:36 +. +So Hushai, David's friend, came into the city, and Absalom came into Jerusalem. -- 2 samuel 15:37 +. +Now when David had passed a little beyond the summit, behold, Ziba the servant of Mephibosheth met him with a couple of saddled donkeys, and on them were two hundred loaves of bread, a hundred clusters of raisins, a hundred summer fruits, and a jug of wine. -- 2 samuel 16:1 +. +The king said to Ziba, "Why do you have these?" And Ziba said, "The donkeys are for the king's household to ride, and the bread and summer fruit for the young men to eat, and the wine, for whoever is faint in the wilderness to drink." -- 2 samuel 16:2 +. +Then the king said, "And where is your master's son?" And Ziba said to the king, "Behold, he is staying in Jerusalem, for he said, 'Today the house of Israel will restore the kingdom of my father to me.'" -- 2 samuel 16:3 +. +So the king said to Ziba, "Behold, all that belongs to Mephibosheth is yours." And Ziba said, "I prostrate myself; let me find favor in your sight, O my lord, the king!" -- 2 samuel 16:4 +. +When King David came to Bahurim, behold, there came out from there a man of the family of the house of Saul whose name was Shimei, the son of Gera; he came out cursing continually as he came. -- 2 samuel 16:5 +. +He threw stones at David and at all the servants of King David; and all the people and all the mighty men were at his right hand and at his left. -- 2 samuel 16:6 +. +Thus Shimei said when he cursed, "Get out, get out, you man of bloodshed, and worthless fellow! -- 2 samuel 16:7 +. +"The LORD has returned upon you all the bloodshed of the house of Saul, in whose place you have reigned; and the LORD has given the kingdom into the hand of your son Absalom. And behold, you are taken in your own evil, for you are a man of bloodshed!" -- 2 samuel 16:8 +. +Then Abishai the son of Zeruiah said to the king, "Why should this dead dog curse my lord the king? Let me go over now and cut off his head." -- 2 samuel 16:9 +. +But the king said, "What have I to do with you, O sons of Zeruiah? If he curses, and if the LORD has told him, 'Curse David,' then who shall say, 'Why have you done so?'" -- 2 samuel 16:10 +. +Then David said to Abishai and to all his servants, "Behold, my son who came out from me seeks my life; how much more now this Benjamite? Let him alone and let him curse, for the LORD has told him. -- 2 samuel 16:11 +. +"Perhaps the LORD will look on my affliction and return good to me instead of his cursing this day." -- 2 samuel 16:12 +. +So David and his men went on the way; and Shimei went along on the hillside parallel with him and as he went he cursed and cast stones and threw dust at him. -- 2 samuel 16:13 +. +The king and all the people who were with him arrived weary and he refreshed himself there. -- 2 samuel 16:14 +. +Then Absalom and all the people, the men of Israel, entered Jerusalem, and Ahithophel with him. -- 2 samuel 16:15 +. +Now it came about when Hushai the Archite, David's friend, came to Absalom, that Hushai said to Absalom, "Long live the king! Long live the king!" -- 2 samuel 16:16 +. +Absalom said to Hushai, "Is this your loyalty to your friend? Why did you not go with your friend?" -- 2 samuel 16:17 +. +Then Hushai said to Absalom, "No! For whom the LORD, this people, and all the men of Israel have chosen, his I will be, and with him I will remain. -- 2 samuel 16:18 +. +"Besides, whom should I serve? Should I not serve in the presence of his son? As I have served in your father's presence, so I will be in your presence." -- 2 samuel 16:19 +. +Then Absalom said to Ahithophel, "Give your advice. What shall we do?" -- 2 samuel 16:20 +. +Ahithophel said to Absalom, "Go in to your father's concubines, whom he has left to keep the house; then all Israel will hear that you have made yourself odious to your father. The hands of all who are with you will also be strengthened." -- 2 samuel 16:21 +. +So they pitched a tent for Absalom on the roof, and Absalom went in to his father's concubines in the sight of all Israel. -- 2 samuel 16:22 +. +The advice of Ahithophel, which he gave in those days, was as if one inquired of the word of God; so was all the advice of Ahithophel regarded by both David and Absalom. -- 2 samuel 16:23 +. +Furthermore, Ahithophel said to Absalom, "Please let me choose 12,men that I may arise and pursue David tonight. -- 2 samuel 17:1 +. +"I will come upon him while he is weary and exhausted and terrify him, so that all the people who are with him will flee. Then I will strike down the king alone, -- 2 samuel 17:2 +. +and I will bring back all the people to you. The return of everyone depends on the man you seek; then all the people will be at peace." -- 2 samuel 17:3 +. +So the plan pleased Absalom and all the elders of Israel. -- 2 samuel 17:4 +. +Then Absalom said, "Now call Hushai the Archite also, and let us hear what he has to say." -- 2 samuel 17:5 +. +When Hushai had come to Absalom, Absalom said to him, "Ahithophel has spoken thus. Shall we carry out his plan? If not, you speak." -- 2 samuel 17:6 +. +So Hushai said to Absalom, "This time the advice that Ahithophel has given is not good." -- 2 samuel 17:7 +. +Moreover, Hushai said, "You know your father and his men, that they are mighty men and they are fierce, like a bear robbed of her cubs in the field. And your father is an expert in warfare, and will not spend the night with the people. -- 2 samuel 17:8 +. +"Behold, he has now hidden himself in one of the caves or in another place; and it will be when he falls on them at the first attack, that whoever hears it will say, 'There has been a slaughter among the people who follow Absalom.' -- 2 samuel 17:9 +. +"And even the one who is valiant, whose heart is like the heart of a lion, will completely lose heart; for all Israel knows that your father is a mighty man and those who are with him are valiant men. -- 2 samuel 17:10 +. +"But I counsel that all Israel be surely gathered to you, from Dan even to Beersheba, as the sand that is by the sea in abundance, and that you personally go into battle. -- 2 samuel 17:11 +. +"So we shall come to him in one of the places where he can be found, and we will fall on him as the dew falls on the ground; and of him and of all the men who are with him, not even one will be left. -- 2 samuel 17:12 +. +"If he withdraws into a city, then all Israel shall bring ropes to that city, and we will drag it into the valley until not even a small stone is found there." -- 2 samuel 17:13 +. +Then Absalom and all the men of Israel said, "The counsel of Hushai the Archite is better than the counsel of Ahithophel." For the LORD had ordained to thwart the good counsel of Ahithophel, so that the LORD might bring calamity on Absalom. -- 2 samuel 17:14 +. +Then Hushai said to Zadok and to Abiathar the priests, "This is what Ahithophel counseled Absalom and the elders of Israel, and this is what I have counseled. -- 2 samuel 17:15 +. +"Now therefore, send quickly and tell David, saying, 'Do not spend the night at the fords of the wilderness, but by all means cross over, or else the king and all the people who are with him will be destroyed.'" -- 2 samuel 17:16 +. +Now Jonathan and Ahimaaz were staying at En-rogel, and a maidservant would go and tell them, and they would go and tell King David, for they could not be seen entering the city. -- 2 samuel 17:17 +. +But a lad did see them and told Absalom; so the two of them departed quickly and came to the house of a man in Bahurim, who had a well in his courtyard, and they went down into it. -- 2 samuel 17:18 +. +And the woman took a covering and spread it over the well's mouth and scattered grain on it, so that nothing was known. -- 2 samuel 17:19 +. +Then Absalom's servants came to the woman at the house and said, "Where are Ahimaaz and Jonathan?" And the woman said to them, "They have crossed the brook of water." And when they searched and could not find them, they returned to Jerusalem. -- 2 samuel 17:20 +. +It came about after they had departed that they came up out of the well and went and told King David; and they said to David, "Arise and cross over the water quickly for thus Ahithophel has counseled against you." -- 2 samuel 17:21 +. +Then David and all the people who were with him arose and crossed the Jordan; and by dawn not even one remained who had not crossed the Jordan. -- 2 samuel 17:22 +. +Now when Ahithophel saw that his counsel was not followed, he saddled his donkey and arose and went to his home, to his city, and set his house in order, and strangled himself; thus he died and was buried in the grave of his father. -- 2 samuel 17:23 +. +Then David came to Mahanaim. And Absalom crossed the Jordan, he and all the men of Israel with him. -- 2 samuel 17:24 +. +Absalom set Amasa over the army in place of Joab. Now Amasa was the son of a man whose name was Ithra the Israelite, who went in to Abigail the daughter of Nahash, sister of Zeruiah, Joab's mother. -- 2 samuel 17:25 +. +And Israel and Absalom camped in the land of Gilead. -- 2 samuel 17:26 +. +Now when David had come to Mahanaim, Shobi the son of Nahash from Rabbah of the sons of Ammon, Machir the son of Ammiel from Lo-debar, and Barzillai the Gileadite from Rogelim, -- 2 samuel 17:27 +. +brought beds, basins, pottery, wheat, barley, flour, parched grain, beans, lentils, parched seeds, -- 2 samuel 17:28 +. +honey, curds, sheep, and cheese of the herd, for David and for the people who were with him, to eat; for they said, "The people are hungry and weary and thirsty in the wilderness." -- 2 samuel 17:29 +. +Then David numbered the people who were with him and set over them commanders of thousands and commanders of hundreds. -- 2 samuel 18:1 +. +David sent the people out, one third under the command of Joab, one third under the command of Abishai the son of Zeruiah, Joab's brother, and one third under the command of Ittai the Gittite. And the king said to the people, "I myself will surely go out with you also." -- 2 samuel 18:2 +. +But the people said, "You should not go out; for if we indeed flee, they will not care about us; even if half of us die, they will not care about us. But you are worth ten thousand of us; therefore now it is better that you be ready to help us from the city." -- 2 samuel 18:3 +. +Then the king said to them, "Whatever seems best to you I will do." So the king stood beside the gate, and all the people went out by hundreds and thousands. -- 2 samuel 18:4 +. +The king charged Joab and Abishai and Ittai, saying, "Deal gently for my sake with the young man Absalom." And all the people heard when the king charged all the commanders concerning Absalom. -- 2 samuel 18:5 +. +Then the people went out into the field against Israel, and the battle took place in the forest of Ephraim. -- 2 samuel 18:6 +. +The people of Israel were defeated there before the servants of David, and the slaughter there that day was great, 20,men. -- 2 samuel 18:7 +. +For the battle there was spread over the whole countryside, and the forest devoured more people that day than the sword devoured. -- 2 samuel 18:8 +. +Now Absalom happened to meet the servants of David. For Absalom was riding on his mule, and the mule went under the thick branches of a great oak. And his head caught fast in the oak, so he was left hanging between heaven and earth, while the mule that was under him kept going. -- 2 samuel 18:9 +. +When a certain man saw it, he told Joab and said, "Behold, I saw Absalom hanging in an oak." -- 2 samuel 18:10 +. +Then Joab said to the man who had told him, "Now behold, you saw him! Why then did you not strike him there to the ground? And I would have given you ten pieces of silver and a belt." -- 2 samuel 18:11 +. +The man said to Joab, "Even if I should receive a thousand pieces of silver in my hand, I would not put out my hand against the king's son; for in our hearing the king charged you and Abishai and Ittai, saying, 'Protect for me the young man Absalom!' -- 2 samuel 18:12 +. +"Otherwise, if I had dealt treacherously against his life (and there is nothing hidden from the king), then you yourself would have stood aloof." -- 2 samuel 18:13 +. +Then Joab said, "I will not waste time here with you." So he took three spears in his hand and thrust them through the heart of Absalom while he was yet alive in the midst of the oak. -- 2 samuel 18:14 +. +And ten young men who carried Joab's armor gathered around and struck Absalom and killed him. -- 2 samuel 18:15 +. +Then Joab blew the trumpet, and the people returned from pursuing Israel, for Joab restrained the people. -- 2 samuel 18:16 +. +They took Absalom and cast him into a deep pit in the forest and erected over him a very great heap of stones. And all Israel fled, each to his tent. -- 2 samuel 18:17 +. +Now Absalom in his lifetime had taken and set up for himself a pillar which is in the King's Valley, for he said, "I have no son to preserve my name." So he named the pillar after his own name, and it is called Absalom's Monument to this day. -- 2 samuel 18:18 +. +Then Ahimaaz the son of Zadok said, "Please let me run and bring the king news that the LORD has freed him from the hand of his enemies." -- 2 samuel 18:19 +. +But Joab said to him, "You are not the man to carry news this day, but you shall carry news another day; however, you shall carry no news today because the king's son is dead." -- 2 samuel 18:20 +. +Then Joab said to the Cushite, "Go, tell the king what you have seen." So the Cushite bowed to Joab and ran. -- 2 samuel 18:21 +. +Now Ahimaaz the son of Zadok said once more to Joab, "But whatever happens, please let me also run after the Cushite." And Joab said, "Why would you run, my son, since you will have no reward for going?" -- 2 samuel 18:22 +. +"But whatever happens," he said, "I will run." So he said to him, "Run." Then Ahimaaz ran by way of the plain and passed up the Cushite. -- 2 samuel 18:23 +. +Now David was sitting between the two gates; and the watchman went up to the roof of the gate by the wall, and raised his eyes and looked, and behold, a man running by himself. -- 2 samuel 18:24 +. +The watchman called and told the king. And the king said, "If he is by himself there is good news in his mouth." And he came nearer and nearer. -- 2 samuel 18:25 +. +Then the watchman saw another man running; and the watchman called to the gatekeeper and said, "Behold, another man running by himself." And the king said, "This one also is bringing good news." -- 2 samuel 18:26 +. +The watchman said, "I think the running of the first one is like the running of Ahimaaz the son of Zadok." And the king said, "This is a good man and comes with good news." -- 2 samuel 18:27 +. +Ahimaaz called and said to the king, "All is well." And he prostrated himself before the king with his face to the ground. And he said, "Blessed is the LORD your God, who has delivered up the men who lifted their hands against my lord the king." -- 2 samuel 18:28 +. +The king said, "Is it well with the young man Absalom?" And Ahimaaz answered, "When Joab sent the king's servant, and your servant, I saw a great tumult, but I did not know what it was." -- 2 samuel 18:29 +. +Then the king said, "Turn aside and stand here." So he turned aside and stood still. -- 2 samuel 18:30 +. +Behold, the Cushite arrived, and the Cushite said, "Let my lord the king receive good news, for the LORD has freed you this day from the hand of all those who rose up against you." -- 2 samuel 18:31 +. +Then the king said to the Cushite, "Is it well with the young man Absalom?" And the Cushite answered, "Let the enemies of my lord the king, and all who rise up against you for evil, be as that young man!" -- 2 samuel 18:32 +. +The king was deeply moved and went up to the chamber over the gate and wept. And thus he said as he walked, "O my son Absalom, my son, my son Absalom! Would I had died instead of you, O Absalom, my son, my son!" -- 2 samuel 18:33 +. +Then it was told Joab, "Behold, the king is weeping and mourns for Absalom." -- 2 samuel 19:1 +. +The victory that day was turned to mourning for all the people, for the people heard it said that day, "The king is grieved for his son." -- 2 samuel 19:2 +. +So the people went by stealth into the city that day, as people who are humiliated steal away when they flee in battle. -- 2 samuel 19:3 +. +The king covered his face and cried out with a loud voice, "O my son Absalom, O Absalom, my son, my son!" -- 2 samuel 19:4 +. +Then Joab came into the house to the king and said, "Today you have covered with shame the faces of all your servants, who today have saved your life and the lives of your sons and daughters, the lives of your wives, and the lives of your concubines, -- 2 samuel 19:5 +. +by loving those who hate you, and by hating those who love you. For you have shown today that princes and servants are nothing to you; for I know this day that if Absalom were alive and all of us were dead today, then you would be pleased. -- 2 samuel 19:6 +. +"Now therefore arise, go out and speak kindly to your servants, for I swear by the LORD, if you do not go out, surely not a man will pass the night with you, and this will be worse for you than all the evil that has come upon you from your youth until now." -- 2 samuel 19:7 +. +So the king arose and sat in the gate. When they told all the people, saying, "Behold, the king is sitting in the gate," then all the people came before the king. Now Israel had fled, each to his tent. -- 2 samuel 19:8 +. +All the people were quarreling throughout all the tribes of Israel, saying, "The king delivered us from the hand of our enemies and saved us from the hand of the Philistines, but now he has fled out of the land from Absalom. -- 2 samuel 19:9 +. +"However, Absalom, whom we anointed over us, has died in battle. Now then, why are you silent about bringing the king back?" -- 2 samuel 19:10 +. +Then King David sent to Zadok and Abiathar the priests, saying, "Speak to the elders of Judah, saying, 'Why are you the last to bring the king back to his house, since the word of all Israel has come to the king, even to his house? -- 2 samuel 19:11 +. +'You are my brothers; you are my bone and my flesh. Why then should you be the last to bring back the king?' -- 2 samuel 19:12 +. +"Say to Amasa, 'Are you not my bone and my flesh? May God do so to me, and more also, if you will not be commander of the army before me continually in place of Joab.'" -- 2 samuel 19:13 +. +Thus he turned the hearts of all the men of Judah as one man, so that they sent word to the king, saying, "Return, you and all your servants." -- 2 samuel 19:14 +. +The king then returned and came as far as the Jordan. And Judah came to Gilgal in order to go to meet the king, to bring the king across the Jordan. -- 2 samuel 19:15 +. +Then Shimei the son of Gera, the Benjamite who was from Bahurim, hurried and came down with the men of Judah to meet King David. -- 2 samuel 19:16 +. +There were a thousand men of Benjamin with him, with Ziba the servant of the house of Saul, and his fifteen sons and his twenty servants with him; and they rushed to the Jordan before the king. -- 2 samuel 19:17 +. +Then they kept crossing the ford to bring over the king's household, and to do what was good in his sight. And Shimei the son of Gera fell down before the king as he was about to cross the Jordan. -- 2 samuel 19:18 +. +So he said to the king, "Let not my lord consider me guilty, nor remember what your servant did wrong on the day when my lord the king came out from Jerusalem, so that the king would take it to heart. -- 2 samuel 19:19 +. +"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." -- 2 samuel 19:20 +. +But Abishai the son of Zeruiah said, "Should not Shimei be put to death for this, because he cursed the LORD'S anointed?" -- 2 samuel 19:21 +. +David then said, "What have I to do with you, O sons of Zeruiah, that you should this day be an adversary to me? Should any man be put to death in Israel today? For do I not know that I am king over Israel today?" -- 2 samuel 19:22 +. +The king said to Shimei, "You shall not die." Thus the king swore to him. -- 2 samuel 19:23 +. +Then Mephibosheth the son of Saul came down to meet the king; and he had neither cared for his feet, nor trimmed his mustache, nor washed his clothes, from the day the king departed until the day he came home in peace. -- 2 samuel 19:24 +. +It was when he came from Jerusalem to meet the king, that the king said to him, "Why did you not go with me, Mephibosheth?" -- 2 samuel 19:25 +. +So he answered, "O my lord, the king, my servant deceived me; for your servant said, 'I will saddle a donkey for myself that I may ride on it and go with the king,' because your servant is lame. -- 2 samuel 19:26 +. +"Moreover, he has slandered your servant to my lord the king; but my lord the king is like the angel of God, therefore do what is good in your sight. -- 2 samuel 19:27 +. +"For all my father's household was nothing but dead men before my lord the king; yet you set your servant among those who ate at your own table. What right do I have yet that I should complain anymore to the king?" -- 2 samuel 19:28 +. +So the king said to him, "Why do you still speak of your affairs? I have decided, 'You and Ziba shall divide the land.'" -- 2 samuel 19:29 +. +Mephibosheth said to the king, "Let him even take it all, since my lord the king has come safely to his own house." -- 2 samuel 19:30 +. +Now Barzillai the Gileadite had come down from Rogelim; and he went on to the Jordan with the king to escort him over the Jordan. -- 2 samuel 19:31 +. +Now Barzillai was very old, being eighty years old; and he had sustained the king while he stayed at Mahanaim, for he was a very great man. -- 2 samuel 19:32 +. +The king said to Barzillai, "You cross over with me and I will sustain you in Jerusalem with me." -- 2 samuel 19:33 +. +But Barzillai said to the king, "How long have I yet to live, that I should go up with the king to Jerusalem? -- 2 samuel 19:34 +. +"I am now eighty years old. Can I distinguish between good and bad? Or can your servant taste what I eat or what I drink? Or can I hear anymore the voice of singing men and women? Why then should your servant be an added burden to my lord the king? -- 2 samuel 19:35 +. +"Your servant would merely cross over the Jordan with the king. Why should the king compensate me with this reward? -- 2 samuel 19:36 +. +"Please let your servant return, that I may die in my own city near the grave of my father and my mother. However, here is your servant Chimham, let him cross over with my lord the king, and do for him what is good in your sight." -- 2 samuel 19:37 +. +The king answered, "Chimham shall cross over with me, and I will do for him what is good in your sight; and whatever you require of me, I will do for you." -- 2 samuel 19:38 +. +All the people crossed over the Jordan and the king crossed too. The king then kissed Barzillai and blessed him, and he returned to his place. -- 2 samuel 19:39 +. +Now the king went on to Gilgal, and Chimham went on with him; and all the people of Judah and also half the people of Israel accompanied the king. -- 2 samuel 19:40 +. +And behold, all the men of Israel came to the king and said to the king, "Why had our brothers the men of Judah stolen you away, and brought the king and his household and all David's men with him over the Jordan?" -- 2 samuel 19:41 +. +Then all the men of Judah answered the men of Israel, "Because the king is a close relative to us. Why then are you angry about this matter? Have we eaten at all at the king's expense, or has anything been taken for us?" -- 2 samuel 19:42 +. +But the men of Israel answered the men of Judah and said, "We have ten parts in the king, therefore we also have more claim on David than you. Why then did you treat us with contempt? Was it not our advice first to bring back our king?" Yet the words of the men of Judah were harsher than the words of the men of Israel. -- 2 samuel 19:43 +. +Now a worthless fellow happened to be there whose name was Sheba, the son of Bichri, a Benjamite; and he blew the trumpet and said, "We have no portion in David, Nor do we have inheritance in the son of Jesse; Every man to his tents, O Israel!" -- 2 samuel 20:1 +. +So all the men of Israel withdrew from following David and followed Sheba the son of Bichri; but the men of Judah remained steadfast to their king, from the Jordan even to Jerusalem. -- 2 samuel 20:2 +. +Then David came to his house at Jerusalem, and the king took the ten women, the concubines whom he had left to keep the house, and placed them under guard and provided them with sustenance, but did not go in to them. So they were shut up until the day of their death, living as widows. -- 2 samuel 20:3 +. +Then the king said to Amasa, "Call out the men of Judah for me within three days, and be present here yourself." -- 2 samuel 20:4 +. +So Amasa went to call out the men of Judah, but he delayed longer than the set time which he had appointed him. -- 2 samuel 20:5 +. +And David said to Abishai, "Now Sheba the son of Bichri will do us more harm than Absalom; take your lord's servants and pursue him, so that he does not find for himself fortified cities and escape from our sight." -- 2 samuel 20:6 +. +So Joab's men went out after him, along with the Cherethites and the Pelethites and all the mighty men; and they went out from Jerusalem to pursue Sheba the son of Bichri. -- 2 samuel 20:7 +. +When they were at the large stone which is in Gibeon, Amasa came to meet them. Now Joab was dressed in his military attire, and over it was a belt with a sword in its sheath fastened at his waist; and as he went forward, it fell out. -- 2 samuel 20:8 +. +Joab said to Amasa, "Is it well with you, my brother?" And Joab took Amasa by the beard with his right hand to kiss him. -- 2 samuel 20:9 +. +But Amasa was not on guard against the sword which was in Joab's hand so he struck him in the belly with it and poured out his inward parts on the ground, and did not strike him again, and he died. Then Joab and Abishai his brother pursued Sheba the son of Bichri. -- 2 samuel 20:10 +. +Now there stood by him one of Joab's young men, and said, "Whoever favors Joab and whoever is for David, let him follow Joab." -- 2 samuel 20:11 +. +But Amasa lay wallowing in his blood in the middle of the highway. And when the man saw that all the people stood still, he removed Amasa from the highway into the field and threw a garment over him when he saw that everyone who came by him stood still. -- 2 samuel 20:12 +. +As soon as he was removed from the highway, all the men passed on after Joab to pursue Sheba the son of Bichri. -- 2 samuel 20:13 +. +Now he went through all the tribes of Israel to Abel, even Beth-maacah, and all the Berites; and they were gathered together and also went after him. -- 2 samuel 20:14 +. +They came and besieged him in Abel Beth-maacah, and they cast up a siege ramp against the city, and it stood by the rampart; and all the people who were with Joab were wreaking destruction in order to topple the wall. -- 2 samuel 20:15 +. +Then a wise woman called from the city, "Hear, hear! Please tell Joab, 'Come here that I may speak with you.'" -- 2 samuel 20:16 +. +So he approached her, and the woman said, "Are you Joab?" And he answered, "I am." Then she said to him, "Listen to the words of your maidservant." And he answered, "I am listening." -- 2 samuel 20:17 +. +Then she spoke, saying, "Formerly they used to say, 'They will surely ask advice at Abel,' and thus they ended the dispute. -- 2 samuel 20:18 +. +"I am of those who are peaceable and faithful in Israel. You are seeking to destroy a city, even a mother in Israel. Why would you swallow up the inheritance of the LORD?" -- 2 samuel 20:19 +. +Joab replied, "Far be it, far be it from me that I should swallow up or destroy! -- 2 samuel 20:20 +. +"Such is not the case. But a man from the hill country of Ephraim, Sheba the son of Bichri by name, has lifted up his hand against King David. Only hand him over, and I will depart from the city." And the woman said to Joab, "Behold, his head will be thrown to you over the wall." -- 2 samuel 20:21 +. +Then the woman wisely came to all the people. And they cut off the head of Sheba the son of Bichri and threw it to Joab. So he blew the trumpet, and they were dispersed from the city, each to his tent. Joab also returned to the king at Jerusalem. -- 2 samuel 20:22 +. +Now Joab was over the whole army of Israel, and Benaiah the son of Jehoiada was over the Cherethites and the Pelethites; -- 2 samuel 20:23 +. +and Adoram was over the forced labor, and Jehoshaphat the son of Ahilud was the recorder; -- 2 samuel 20:24 +. +and Sheva was scribe, and Zadok and Abiathar were priests; -- 2 samuel 20:25 +. +and Ira the Jairite was also a priest to David. -- 2 samuel 20:26 +. +Now there was a famine in the days of David for three years, year after year; and David sought the presence of the LORD. And the LORD said, "It is for Saul and his bloody house, because he put the Gibeonites to death." -- 2 samuel 21:1 +. +So the king called the Gibeonites and spoke to them (now the Gibeonites were not of the sons of Israel but of the remnant of the Amorites, and the sons of Israel made a covenant with them, but Saul had sought to kill them in his zeal for the sons of Israel and Judah). -- 2 samuel 21:2 +. +Thus David said to the Gibeonites, "What should I do for you? And how can I make atonement that you may bless the inheritance of the LORD?" -- 2 samuel 21:3 +. +Then the Gibeonites said to him, "We have no concern of silver or gold with Saul or his house, nor is it for us to put any man to death in Israel." And he said, "I will do for you whatever you say." -- 2 samuel 21:4 +. +So they said to the king, "The man who consumed us and who planned to exterminate us from remaining within any border of Israel, -- 2 samuel 21:5 +. +let seven men from his sons be given to us, and we will hang them before the LORD in Gibeah of Saul, the chosen of the LORD." And the king said, "I will give them." -- 2 samuel 21:6 +. +But the king spared Mephibosheth, the son of Jonathan the son of Saul, because of the oath of the LORD which was between them, between David and Saul's son Jonathan. -- 2 samuel 21:7 +. +So the king took the two sons of Rizpah the daughter of Aiah, Armoni and Mephibosheth whom she had borne to Saul, and the five sons of Merab the daughter of Saul, whom she had borne to Adriel the son of Barzillai the Meholathite. -- 2 samuel 21:8 +. +Then he gave them into the hands of the Gibeonites, and they hanged them in the mountain before the LORD, so that the seven of them fell together; and they were put to death in the first days of harvest at the beginning of barley harvest. -- 2 samuel 21:9 +. +And Rizpah the daughter of Aiah took sackcloth and spread it for herself on the rock, from the beginning of harvest until it rained on them from the sky; and she allowed neither the birds of the sky to rest on them by day nor the beasts of the field by night. -- 2 samuel 21:10 +. +When it was told David what Rizpah the daughter of Aiah, the concubine of Saul, had done, -- 2 samuel 21:11 +. +then David went and took the bones of Saul and the bones of Jonathan his son from the men of Jabesh-gilead, who had stolen them from the open square of Beth-shan, where the Philistines had hanged them on the day the Philistines struck down Saul in Gilboa. -- 2 samuel 21:12 +. +He brought up the bones of Saul and the bones of Jonathan his son from there, and they gathered the bones of those who had been hanged. -- 2 samuel 21:13 +. +They buried the bones of Saul and Jonathan his son in the country of Benjamin in Zela, in the grave of Kish his father; thus they did all that the king commanded, and after that God was moved by prayer for the land. -- 2 samuel 21:14 +. +Now when the Philistines were at war again with Israel, David went down and his servants with him; and as they fought against the Philistines, David became weary. -- 2 samuel 21:15 +. +Then Ishbi-benob, who was among the descendants of the giant, the weight of whose spear was three hundred shekels of bronze in weight, was girded with a new sword, and he intended to kill David. -- 2 samuel 21:16 +. +But Abishai the son of Zeruiah helped him, and struck the Philistine and killed him. Then the men of David swore to him, saying, "You shall not go out again with us to battle, so that you do not extinguish the lamp of Israel." -- 2 samuel 21:17 +. +Now it came about after this that there was war again with the Philistines at Gob; then Sibbecai the Hushathite struck down Saph, who was among the descendants of the giant. -- 2 samuel 21:18 +. +There was war with the Philistines again at Gob, and Elhanan the son of Jaare-oregim the Bethlehemite killed Goliath the Gittite, the shaft of whose spear was like a weaver's beam. -- 2 samuel 21:19 +. +There was war at Gath again, where there was a man of great stature who had six fingers on each hand and six toes on each foot, twenty-four in number; and he also had been born to the giant. -- 2 samuel 21:20 +. +When he defied Israel, Jonathan the son of Shimei, David's brother, struck him down. -- 2 samuel 21:21 +. +These four were born to the giant in Gath, and they fell by the hand of David and by the hand of his servants. -- 2 samuel 21:22 +. +And David spoke the words of this song to the LORD in the day that the LORD delivered him from the hand of all his enemies and from the hand of Saul. -- 2 samuel 22:1 +. +He said, "The LORD is my rock and my fortress and my deliverer; -- 2 samuel 22:2 +. +My God, my rock, in whom I take refuge, My shield and the horn of my salvation, my stronghold and my refuge; My savior, You save me from violence. -- 2 samuel 22:3 +. +"I call upon the LORD, who is worthy to be praised, And I am saved from my enemies. -- 2 samuel 22:4 +. +"For the waves of death encompassed me; The torrents of destruction overwhelmed me; -- 2 samuel 22:5 +. +The cords of Sheol surrounded me; The snares of death confronted me. -- 2 samuel 22:6 +. +"In my distress I called upon the LORD, Yes, I cried to my God; And from His temple He heard my voice, And my cry for help came into His ears. -- 2 samuel 22:7 +. +"Then the earth shook and quaked, The foundations of heaven were trembling And were shaken, because He was angry. -- 2 samuel 22:8 +. +"Smoke went up out of His nostrils, Fire from His mouth devoured; Coals were kindled by it. -- 2 samuel 22:9 +. +"He bowed the heavens also, and came down With thick darkness under His feet. -- 2 samuel 22:10 +. +"And He rode on a cherub and flew; And He appeared on the wings of the wind. -- 2 samuel 22:11 +. +"And He made darkness canopies around Him, A mass of waters, thick clouds of the sky. -- 2 samuel 22:12 +. +"From the brightness before Him Coals of fire were kindled. -- 2 samuel 22:13 +. +"The LORD thundered from heaven, And the Most High uttered His voice. -- 2 samuel 22:14 +. +"And He sent out arrows, and scattered them, Lightning, and routed them. -- 2 samuel 22:15 +. +"Then the channels of the sea appeared, The foundations of the world were laid bare By the rebuke of the LORD, At the blast of the breath of His nostrils. -- 2 samuel 22:16 +. +"He sent from on high, He took me; He drew me out of many waters. -- 2 samuel 22:17 +. +"He delivered me from my strong enemy, From those who hated me, for they were too strong for me. -- 2 samuel 22:18 +. +"They confronted me in the day of my calamity, But the LORD was my support. -- 2 samuel 22:19 +. +"He also brought me forth into a broad place; He rescued me, because He delighted in me. -- 2 samuel 22:20 +. +"The LORD has rewarded me according to my righteousness; According to the cleanness of my hands He has recompensed me. -- 2 samuel 22:21 +. +"For I have kept the ways of the LORD, And have not acted wickedly against my God. -- 2 samuel 22:22 +. +"For all His ordinances were before me, And as for His statutes, I did not depart from them. -- 2 samuel 22:23 +. +"I was also blameless toward Him, And I kept myself from my iniquity. -- 2 samuel 22:24 +. +"Therefore the LORD has recompensed me according to my righteousness, According to my cleanness before His eyes. -- 2 samuel 22:25 +. +"With the kind You show Yourself kind, With the blameless You show Yourself blameless; -- 2 samuel 22:26 +. +With the pure You show Yourself pure, And with the perverted You show Yourself astute. -- 2 samuel 22:27 +. +"And You save an afflicted people; But Your eyes are on the haughty whom You abase. -- 2 samuel 22:28 +. +"For You are my lamp, O LORD; And the LORD illumines my darkness. -- 2 samuel 22:29 +. +"For by You I can run upon a troop; By my God I can leap over a wall. -- 2 samuel 22:30 +. +"As for God, His way is blameless; The word of the LORD is tested; He is a shield to all who take refuge in Him. -- 2 samuel 22:31 +. +"For who is God, besides the LORD? And who is a rock, besides our God? -- 2 samuel 22:32 +. +"God is my strong fortress; And He sets the blameless in His way. -- 2 samuel 22:33 +. +"He makes my feet like hinds' feet, And sets me on my high places. -- 2 samuel 22:34 +. +"He trains my hands for battle, So that my arms can bend a bow of bronze. -- 2 samuel 22:35 +. +"You have also given me the shield of Your salvation, And Your help makes me great. -- 2 samuel 22:36 +. +"You enlarge my steps under me, And my feet have not slipped. -- 2 samuel 22:37 +. +"I pursued my enemies and destroyed them, And I did not turn back until they were consumed. -- 2 samuel 22:38 +. +"And I have devoured them and shattered them, so that they did not rise; And they fell under my feet. -- 2 samuel 22:39 +. +"For You have girded me with strength for battle; You have subdued under me those who rose up against me. -- 2 samuel 22:40 +. +"You have also made my enemies turn their backs to me, And I destroyed those who hated me. -- 2 samuel 22:41 +. +"They looked, but there was none to save; Even to the LORD, but He did not answer them. -- 2 samuel 22:42 +. +"Then I pulverized them as the dust of the earth; I crushed and stamped them as the mire of the streets. -- 2 samuel 22:43 +. +"You have also delivered me from the contentions of my people; You have kept me as head of the nations; A people whom I have not known serve me. -- 2 samuel 22:44 +. +"Foreigners pretend obedience to me; As soon as they hear, they obey me. -- 2 samuel 22:45 +. +"Foreigners lose heart, And come trembling out of their fortresses. -- 2 samuel 22:46 +. +"The LORD lives, and blessed be my rock; And exalted be God, the rock of my salvation, -- 2 samuel 22:47 +. +The God who executes vengeance for me, And brings down peoples under me, -- 2 samuel 22:48 +. +Who also brings me out from my enemies; You even lift me above those who rise up against me; You rescue me from the violent man. -- 2 samuel 22:49 +. +"Therefore I will give thanks to You, O LORD, among the nations, And I will sing praises to Your name. -- 2 samuel 22:50 +. +"He is a tower of deliverance to His king, And shows lovingkindness to His anointed, To David and his descendants forever." -- 2 samuel 22:51 +. +Now these are the last words of David. David the son of Jesse declares, The man who was raised on high declares, The anointed of the God of Jacob, And the sweet psalmist of Israel, -- 2 samuel 23:1 +. +"The Spirit of the LORD spoke by me, And His word was on my tongue. -- 2 samuel 23:2 +. +"The God of Israel said, The Rock of Israel spoke to me, 'He who rules over men righteously, Who rules in the fear of God, -- 2 samuel 23:3 +. +Is as the light of the morning when the sun rises, A morning without clouds, When the tender grass springs out of the earth, Through sunshine after rain.' -- 2 samuel 23:4 +. +"Truly is not my house so with God? For He has made an everlasting covenant with me, Ordered in all things, and secured; For all my salvation and all my desire, Will He not indeed make it grow? -- 2 samuel 23:5 +. +"But the worthless, every one of them will be thrust away like thorns, Because they cannot be taken in hand; -- 2 samuel 23:6 +. +But the man who touches them Must be armed with iron and the shaft of a spear, And they will be completely burned with fire in their place." -- 2 samuel 23:7 +. +These are the names of the mighty men whom David had: Josheb-basshebeth a Tahchemonite, chief of the captains, he was called Adino the Eznite, because of eight hundred slain by him at one time; -- 2 samuel 23:8 +. +and after him was Eleazar the son of Dodo the Ahohite, one of the three mighty men with David when they defied the Philistines who were gathered there to battle and the men of Israel had withdrawn. -- 2 samuel 23:9 +. +He arose and struck the Philistines until his hand was weary and clung to the sword, and the LORD brought about a great victory that day; and the people returned after him only to strip the slain. -- 2 samuel 23:10 +. +Now after him was Shammah the son of Agee a Hararite. And the Philistines were gathered into a troop where there was a plot of ground full of lentils, and the people fled from the Philistines. -- 2 samuel 23:11 +. +But he took his stand in the midst of the plot, defended it and struck the Philistines; and the LORD brought about a great victory. -- 2 samuel 23:12 +. +Then three of the thirty chief men went down and came to David in the harvest time to the cave of Adullam, while the troop of the Philistines was camping in the valley of Rephaim. -- 2 samuel 23:13 +. +David was then in the stronghold, while the garrison of the Philistines was then in Bethlehem. -- 2 samuel 23:14 +. +David had a craving and said, "Oh that someone would give me water to drink from the well of Bethlehem which is by the gate!" -- 2 samuel 23:15 +. +So the three mighty men broke through the camp of the Philistines, and drew water from the well of Bethlehem which was by the gate, and took it and brought it to David. Nevertheless he would not drink it, but poured it out to the LORD; -- 2 samuel 23:16 +. +and he said, "Be it far from me, O LORD, that I should do this. Shall I drink the blood of the men who went in jeopardy of their lives?" Therefore he would not drink it. These things the three mighty men did. -- 2 samuel 23:17 +. +Abishai, the brother of Joab, the son of Zeruiah, was chief of the thirty. And he swung his spear against three hundred and killed them, and had a name as well as the three. -- 2 samuel 23:18 +. +He was most honored of the thirty, therefore he became their commander; however, he did not attain to the three. -- 2 samuel 23:19 +. +Then Benaiah the son of Jehoiada, the son of a valiant man of Kabzeel, who had done mighty deeds, killed the two sons of Ariel of Moab. He also went down and killed a lion in the middle of a pit on a snowy day. -- 2 samuel 23:20 +. +He killed an Egyptian, an impressive man. Now the Egyptian had a spear in his hand, but he went down to him with a club and snatched the spear from the Egyptian's hand and killed him with his own spear. -- 2 samuel 23:21 +. +These things Benaiah the son of Jehoiada did, and had a name as well as the three mighty men. -- 2 samuel 23:22 +. +He was honored among the thirty, but he did not attain to the three. And David appointed him over his guard. -- 2 samuel 23:23 +. +Asahel the brother of Joab was among the thirty; Elhanan the son of Dodo of Bethlehem, -- 2 samuel 23:24 +. +Shammah the Harodite, Elika the Harodite, -- 2 samuel 23:25 +. +Helez the Paltite, Ira the son of Ikkesh the Tekoite, -- 2 samuel 23:26 +. +Abiezer the Anathothite, Mebunnai the Hushathite, -- 2 samuel 23:27 +. +Zalmon the Ahohite, Maharai the Netophathite, -- 2 samuel 23:28 +. +Heleb the son of Baanah the Netophathite, Ittai the son of Ribai of Gibeah of the sons of Benjamin, -- 2 samuel 23:29 +. +Benaiah a Pirathonite, Hiddai of the brooks of Gaash, -- 2 samuel 23:30 +. +Abi-albon the Arbathite, Azmaveth the Barhumite, -- 2 samuel 23:31 +. +Eliahba the Shaalbonite, the sons of Jashen, Jonathan, -- 2 samuel 23:32 +. +Shammah the Hararite, Ahiam the son of Sharar the Ararite, -- 2 samuel 23:33 +. +Eliphelet the son of Ahasbai, the son of the Maacathite, Eliam the son of Ahithophel the Gilonite, -- 2 samuel 23:34 +. +Hezro the Carmelite, Paarai the Arbite, -- 2 samuel 23:35 +. +Igal the son of Nathan of Zobah, Bani the Gadite, -- 2 samuel 23:36 +. +Zelek the Ammonite, Naharai the Beerothite, armor bearers of Joab the son of Zeruiah, -- 2 samuel 23:37 +. +Ira the Ithrite, Gareb the Ithrite, -- 2 samuel 23:38 +. +Uriah the Hittite; thirty-seven in all. -- 2 samuel 23:39 +. +Now again the anger of the LORD burned against Israel, and it incited David against them to say, "Go, number Israel and Judah." -- 2 samuel 24:1 +. +The king said to Joab the commander of the army who was with him, "Go about now through all the tribes of Israel, from Dan to Beersheba, and register the people, that I may know the number of the people." -- 2 samuel 24:2 +. +But Joab said to the king, "Now may the LORD your God add to the people a hundred times as many as they are, while the eyes of my lord the king still see; but why does my lord the king delight in this thing?" -- 2 samuel 24:3 +. +Nevertheless, the king's word prevailed against Joab and against the commanders of the army. So Joab and the commanders of the army went out from the presence of the king to register the people of Israel. -- 2 samuel 24:4 +. +They crossed the Jordan and camped in Aroer, on the right side of the city that is in the middle of the valley of Gad and toward Jazer. -- 2 samuel 24:5 +. +Then they came to Gilead and to the land of Tahtim-hodshi, and they came to Dan-jaan and around to Sidon, -- 2 samuel 24:6 +. +and came to the fortress of Tyre and to all the cities of the Hivites and of the Canaanites, and they went out to the south of Judah, to Beersheba. -- 2 samuel 24:7 +. +So when they had gone about through the whole land, they came to Jerusalem at the end of nine months and twenty days. -- 2 samuel 24:8 +. +And Joab gave the number of the registration of the people to the king; and there were in Israel eight hundred thousand valiant men who drew the sword, and the men of Judah were five hundred thousand men. -- 2 samuel 24:9 +. +Now David's heart troubled him after he had numbered the people. So David said to the LORD, "I have sinned greatly in what I have done. But now, O LORD, please take away the iniquity of Your servant, for I have acted very foolishly." -- 2 samuel 24:10 +. +When David arose in the morning, the word of the LORD came to the prophet Gad, David's seer, saying, -- 2 samuel 24:11 +. +"Go and speak to David, 'Thus the LORD says, "I am offering you three things; choose for yourself one of them, which I will do to you."'" -- 2 samuel 24:12 +. +So Gad came to David and told him, and said to him, "Shall seven years of famine come to you in your land? Or will you flee three months before your foes while they pursue you? Or shall there be three days' pestilence in your land? Now consider and see what answer I shall return to Him who sent me." -- 2 samuel 24:13 +. +Then David said to Gad, "I am in great distress. Let us now fall into the hand of the LORD for His mercies are great, but do not let me fall into the hand of man." -- 2 samuel 24:14 +. +So the LORD sent a pestilence upon Israel from the morning until the appointed time, and seventy thousand men of the people from Dan to Beersheba died. -- 2 samuel 24:15 +. +When the angel stretched out his hand toward Jerusalem to destroy it, the LORD relented from the calamity and said to the angel who destroyed the people, "It is enough! Now relax your hand!" And the angel of the LORD was by the threshing floor of Araunah the Jebusite. -- 2 samuel 24:16 +. +Then David spoke to the LORD when he saw the angel who was striking down the people, and said, "Behold, it is I who have sinned, and it is I who have done wrong; but these sheep, what have they done? Please let Your hand be against me and against my father's house." -- 2 samuel 24:17 +. +So Gad came to David that day and said to him, "Go up, erect an altar to the LORD on the threshing floor of Araunah the Jebusite." -- 2 samuel 24:18 +. +David went up according to the word of Gad, just as the LORD had commanded. -- 2 samuel 24:19 +. +Araunah looked down and saw the king and his servants crossing over toward him; and Araunah went out and bowed his face to the ground before the king. -- 2 samuel 24:20 +. +Then Araunah said, "Why has my lord the king come to his servant?" And David said, "To buy the threshing floor from you, in order to build an altar to the LORD, that the plague may be held back from the people." -- 2 samuel 24:21 +. +Araunah said to David, "Let my lord the king take and offer up what is good in his sight. Look, the oxen for the burnt offering, the threshing sledges and the yokes of the oxen for the wood. -- 2 samuel 24:22 +. +"Everything, O king, Araunah gives to the king." And Araunah said to the king, "May the LORD your God accept you." -- 2 samuel 24:23 +. +However, the king said to Araunah, "No, but I will surely buy it from you for a price, for I will not offer burnt offerings to the LORD my God which cost me nothing." So David bought the threshing floor and the oxen for fifty shekels of silver. -- 2 samuel 24:24 +. +David built there an altar to the LORD and offered burnt offerings and peace offerings. Thus the LORD was moved by prayer for the land, and the plague was held back from Israel. -- 2 samuel 24:25 +. +Now King David was old, advanced in age; and they covered him with clothes, but he could not keep warm. -- 1 kings 1:1 +. +So his servants said to him, "Let them seek a young virgin for my lord the king, and let her attend the king and become his nurse; and let her lie in your bosom, that my lord the king may keep warm." -- 1 kings 1:2 +. +So they searched for a beautiful girl throughout all the territory of Israel, and found Abishag the Shunammite, and brought her to the king. -- 1 kings 1:3 +. +The girl was very beautiful; and she became the king's nurse and served him, but the king did not cohabit with her. -- 1 kings 1:4 +. +Now Adonijah the son of Haggith exalted himself, saying, "I will be king." So he prepared for himself chariots and horsemen with fifty men to run before him. -- 1 kings 1:5 +. +His father had never crossed him at any time by asking, "Why have you done so?" And he was also a very handsome man, and he was born after Absalom. -- 1 kings 1:6 +. +He had conferred with Joab the son of Zeruiah and with Abiathar the priest; and following Adonijah they helped him. -- 1 kings 1:7 +. +But Zadok the priest, Benaiah the son of Jehoiada, Nathan the prophet, Shimei, Rei, and the mighty men who belonged to David, were not with Adonijah. -- 1 kings 1:8 +. +Adonijah sacrificed sheep and oxen and fatlings by the stone of Zoheleth, which is beside En-rogel; and he invited all his brothers, the king's sons, and all the men of Judah, the king's servants. -- 1 kings 1:9 +. +But he did not invite Nathan the prophet, Benaiah, the mighty men, and Solomon his brother. -- 1 kings 1:10 +. +Then Nathan spoke to Bathsheba the mother of Solomon, saying, "Have you not heard that Adonijah the son of Haggith has become king, and David our lord does not know it? -- 1 kings 1:11 +. +"So now come, please let me give you counsel and save your life and the life of your son Solomon. -- 1 kings 1:12 +. +"Go at once to King David and say to him, 'Have you not, my lord, O king, sworn to your maidservant, saying, "Surely Solomon your son shall be king after me, and he shall sit on my throne"? Why then has Adonijah become king?' -- 1 kings 1:13 +. +"Behold, while you are still there speaking with the king, I will come in after you and confirm your words." -- 1 kings 1:14 +. +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. -- 1 kings 1:15 +. +Then Bathsheba bowed and prostrated herself before the king. And the king said, "What do you wish?" -- 1 kings 1:16 +. +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.' -- 1 kings 1:17 +. +"Now, behold, Adonijah is king; and now, my lord the king, you do not know it. -- 1 kings 1:18 +. +"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. -- 1 kings 1:19 +. +"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. -- 1 kings 1:20 +. +"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." -- 1 kings 1:21 +. +Behold, while she was still speaking with the king, Nathan the prophet came in. -- 1 kings 1:22 +. +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. -- 1 kings 1:23 +. +Then Nathan said, "My lord the king, have you said, 'Adonijah shall be king after me, and he shall sit on my throne'? -- 1 kings 1:24 +. +"For he has gone down today and has sacrificed oxen and fatlings and sheep in abundance, and has invited all the king's sons and the commanders of the army and Abiathar the priest, and behold, they are eating and drinking before him; and they say, 'Long live King Adonijah!' -- 1 kings 1:25 +. +"But me, even me your servant, and Zadok the priest and Benaiah the son of Jehoiada and your servant Solomon, he has not invited. -- 1 kings 1:26 +. +"Has this thing been done by my lord the king, and you have not shown to your servants who should sit on the throne of my lord the king after him?" -- 1 kings 1:27 +. +Then King David said, "Call Bathsheba to me." And she came into the king's presence and stood before the king. -- 1 kings 1:28 +. +The king vowed and said, "As the LORD lives, who has redeemed my life from all distress, -- 1 kings 1:29 +. +surely as I vowed to you by the LORD the God of Israel, saying, 'Your son Solomon shall be king after me, and he shall sit on my throne in my place'; I will indeed do so this day." -- 1 kings 1:30 +. +Then Bathsheba bowed with her face to the ground, and prostrated herself before the king and said, "May my lord King David live forever." -- 1 kings 1:31 +. +Then King David said, "Call to me Zadok the priest, Nathan the prophet, and Benaiah the son of Jehoiada." And they came into the king's presence. -- 1 kings 1:32 +. +The king said to them, "Take with you the servants of your lord, and have my son Solomon ride on my own mule, and bring him down to Gihon. -- 1 kings 1:33 +. +"Let Zadok the priest and Nathan the prophet anoint him there as king over Israel, and blow the trumpet and say, 'Long live King Solomon!' -- 1 kings 1:34 +. +"Then you shall come up after him, and he shall come and sit on my throne and be king in my place; for I have appointed him to be ruler over Israel and Judah." -- 1 kings 1:35 +. +Benaiah the son of Jehoiada answered the king and said, "Amen! Thus may the LORD, the God of my lord the king, say. -- 1 kings 1:36 +. +"As the LORD has been with my lord the king, so may He be with Solomon, and make his throne greater than the throne of my lord King David!" -- 1 kings 1:37 +. +So Zadok the priest, Nathan the prophet, Benaiah the son of Jehoiada, the Cherethites, and the Pelethites went down and had Solomon ride on King David's mule, and brought him to Gihon. -- 1 kings 1:38 +. +Zadok the priest then took the horn of oil from the tent and anointed Solomon. Then they blew the trumpet, and all the people said, "Long live King Solomon!" -- 1 kings 1:39 +. +All the people went up after him, and the people were playing on flutes and rejoicing with great joy, so that the earth shook at their noise. -- 1 kings 1:40 +. +Now Adonijah and all the guests who were with him heard it as they finished eating. When Joab heard the sound of the trumpet, he said, "Why is the city making such an uproar?" -- 1 kings 1:41 +. +While he was still speaking, behold, Jonathan the son of Abiathar the priest came. Then Adonijah said, "Come in, for you are a valiant man and bring good news." -- 1 kings 1:42 +. +But Jonathan replied to Adonijah, "No! Our lord King David has made Solomon king. -- 1 kings 1:43 +. +"The king has also sent with him Zadok the priest, Nathan the prophet, Benaiah the son of Jehoiada, the Cherethites, and the Pelethites; and they have made him ride on the king's mule. -- 1 kings 1:44 +. +"Zadok the priest and Nathan the prophet have anointed him king in Gihon, and they have come up from there rejoicing, so that the city is in an uproar. This is the noise which you have heard. -- 1 kings 1:45 +. +"Besides, Solomon has even taken his seat on the throne of the kingdom. -- 1 kings 1:46 +. +"Moreover, the king's servants came to bless our lord King David, saying, 'May your God make the name of Solomon better than your name and his throne greater than your throne!' And the king bowed himself on the bed. -- 1 kings 1:47 +. +"The king has also said thus, 'Blessed be the LORD, the God of Israel, who has granted one to sit on my throne today while my own eyes see it.'" -- 1 kings 1:48 +. +Then all the guests of Adonijah were terrified; and they arose and each went on his way. -- 1 kings 1:49 +. +And Adonijah was afraid of Solomon, and he arose, went and took hold of the horns of the altar. -- 1 kings 1:50 +. +Now it was told Solomon, saying, "Behold, Adonijah is afraid of King Solomon, for behold, he has taken hold of the horns of the altar, saying, 'Let King Solomon swear to me today that he will not put his servant to death with the sword.'" -- 1 kings 1:51 +. +Solomon said, "If he is a worthy man, not one of his hairs will fall to the ground; but if wickedness is found in him, he will die." -- 1 kings 1:52 +. +So King Solomon sent, and they brought him down from the altar. And he came and prostrated himself before King Solomon, and Solomon said to him, "Go to your house." -- 1 kings 1:53 +. +As David's time to die drew near, he charged Solomon his son, saying, -- 1 kings 2:1 +. +"I am going the way of all the earth. Be strong, therefore, and show yourself a man. -- 1 kings 2:2 +. +"Keep the charge of the LORD your God, to walk in His ways, to keep His statutes, His commandments, His ordinances, and His testimonies, according to what is written in the Law of Moses, that you may succeed in all that you do and wherever you turn, -- 1 kings 2:3 +. +so that the LORD may carry out His promise which He spoke concerning me, saying, 'If your sons are careful of their way, to walk before Me in truth with all their heart and with all their soul, you shall not lack a man on the throne of Israel.' -- 1 kings 2:4 +. +"Now you also know what Joab the son of Zeruiah did to me, what he did to the two commanders of the armies of Israel, to Abner the son of Ner, and to Amasa the son of Jether, whom he killed; he also shed the blood of war in peace. And he put the blood of war on his belt about his waist, and on his sandals on his feet. -- 1 kings 2:5 +. +"So act according to your wisdom, and do not let his gray hair go down to Sheol in peace. -- 1 kings 2:6 +. +"But show kindness to the sons of Barzillai the Gileadite, and let them be among those who eat at your table; for they assisted me when I fled from Absalom your brother. -- 1 kings 2:7 +. +"Behold, there is with you Shimei the son of Gera the Benjamite, of Bahurim; now it was he who cursed me with a violent curse on the day I went to Mahanaim. But when he came down to me at the Jordan, I swore to him by the LORD, saying, 'I will not put you to death with the sword.' -- 1 kings 2:8 +. +"Now therefore, do not let him go unpunished, for you are a wise man; and you will know what you ought to do to him, and you will bring his gray hair down to Sheol with blood." -- 1 kings 2:9 +. +Then David slept with his fathers and was buried in the city of David. -- 1 kings 2:10 +. +The days that David reigned over Israel were forty years: seven years he reigned in Hebron and thirty-three years he reigned in Jerusalem. -- 1 kings 2:11 +. +And Solomon sat on the throne of David his father, and his kingdom was firmly established. -- 1 kings 2:12 +. +Now Adonijah the son of Haggith came to Bathsheba the mother of Solomon. And she said, "Do you come peacefully?" And he said, "Peacefully." -- 1 kings 2:13 +. +Then he said, "I have something to say to you." And she said, "Speak." -- 1 kings 2:14 +. +So he said, "You know that the kingdom was mine and that all Israel expected me to be king; however, the kingdom has turned about and become my brother's, for it was his from the LORD. -- 1 kings 2:15 +. +"Now I am making one request of you; do not refuse me." And she said to him, "Speak." -- 1 kings 2:16 +. +Then he said, "Please speak to Solomon the king, for he will not refuse you, that he may give me Abishag the Shunammite as a wife." -- 1 kings 2:17 +. +Bathsheba said, "Very well; I will speak to the king for you." -- 1 kings 2:18 +. +So Bathsheba went to King Solomon to speak to him for Adonijah. And the king arose to meet her, bowed before her, and sat on his throne; then he had a throne set for the king's mother, and she sat on his right. -- 1 kings 2:19 +. +Then she said, "I am making one small request of you; do not refuse me." And the king said to her, "Ask, my mother, for I will not refuse you." -- 1 kings 2:20 +. +So she said, "Let Abishag the Shunammite be given to Adonijah your brother as a wife." -- 1 kings 2:21 +. +King Solomon answered and said to his mother, "And why are you asking Abishag the Shunammite for Adonijah? Ask for him also the kingdom--for he is my older brother--even for him, for Abiathar the priest, and for Joab the son of Zeruiah!" -- 1 kings 2:22 +. +Then King Solomon swore by the LORD, saying, "May God do so to me and more also, if Adonijah has not spoken this word against his own life. -- 1 kings 2:23 +. +"Now therefore, as the LORD lives, who has established me and set me on the throne of David my father and who has made me a house as He promised, surely Adonijah shall be put to death today." -- 1 kings 2:24 +. +So King Solomon sent Benaiah the son of Jehoiada; and he fell upon him so that he died. -- 1 kings 2:25 +. +Then to Abiathar the priest the king said, "Go to Anathoth to your own field, for you deserve to die; but I will not put you to death at this time, because you carried the ark of the Lord GOD before my father David, and because you were afflicted in everything with which my father was afflicted." -- 1 kings 2:26 +. +So Solomon dismissed Abiathar from being priest to the LORD, in order to fulfill the word of the LORD, which He had spoken concerning the house of Eli in Shiloh. -- 1 kings 2:27 +. +Now the news came to Joab, for Joab had followed Adonijah, although he had not followed Absalom. And Joab fled to the tent of the LORD and took hold of the horns of the altar. -- 1 kings 2:28 +. +It was told King Solomon that Joab had fled to the tent of the LORD, and behold, he is beside the altar. Then Solomon sent Benaiah the son of Jehoiada, saying, "Go, fall upon him." -- 1 kings 2:29 +. +So Benaiah came to the tent of the LORD and said to him, "Thus the king has said, 'Come out.'" But he said, "No, for I will die here." And Benaiah brought the king word again, saying, "Thus spoke Joab, and thus he answered me." -- 1 kings 2:30 +. +The king said to him, "Do as he has spoken and fall upon him and bury him, that you may remove from me and from my father's house the blood which Joab shed without cause. -- 1 kings 2:31 +. +"The LORD will return his blood on his own head, because he fell upon two men more righteous and better than he and killed them with the sword, while my father David did not know it: Abner the son of Ner, commander of the army of Israel, and Amasa the son of Jether, commander of the army of Judah. -- 1 kings 2:32 +. +"So shall their blood return on the head of Joab and on the head of his descendants forever; but to David and his descendants and his house and his throne, may there be peace from the LORD forever." -- 1 kings 2:33 +. +Then Benaiah the son of Jehoiada went up and fell upon him and put him to death, and he was buried at his own house in the wilderness. -- 1 kings 2:34 +. +The king appointed Benaiah the son of Jehoiada over the army in his place, and the king appointed Zadok the priest in the place of Abiathar. -- 1 kings 2:35 +. +Now the king sent and called for Shimei and said to him, "Build for yourself a house in Jerusalem and live there, and do not go out from there to any place. -- 1 kings 2:36 +. +"For on the day you go out and cross over the brook Kidron, you will know for certain that you shall surely die; your blood shall be on your own head." -- 1 kings 2:37 +. +Shimei then said to the king, "The word is good. As my lord the king has said, so your servant will do." So Shimei lived in Jerusalem many days. -- 1 kings 2:38 +. +But it came about at the end of three years, that two of the servants of Shimei ran away to Achish son of Maacah, king of Gath. And they told Shimei, saying, "Behold, your servants are in Gath." -- 1 kings 2:39 +. +Then Shimei arose and saddled his donkey, and went to Gath to Achish to look for his servants. And Shimei went and brought his servants from Gath. -- 1 kings 2:40 +. +It was told Solomon that Shimei had gone from Jerusalem to Gath, and had returned. -- 1 kings 2:41 +. +So the king sent and called for Shimei and said to him, "Did I not make you swear by the LORD and solemnly warn you, saying, 'You will know for certain that on the day you depart and go anywhere, you shall surely die'? And you said to me, 'The word which I have heard is good.' -- 1 kings 2:42 +. +"Why then have you not kept the oath of the LORD, and the command which I have laid on you?" -- 1 kings 2:43 +. +The king also said to Shimei, "You know all the evil which you acknowledge in your heart, which you did to my father David; therefore the LORD shall return your evil on your own head. -- 1 kings 2:44 +. +"But King Solomon shall be blessed, and the throne of David shall be established before the LORD forever." -- 1 kings 2:45 +. +So the king commanded Benaiah the son of Jehoiada, and he went out and fell upon him so that he died. Thus the kingdom was established in the hands of Solomon. -- 1 kings 2:46 +. +Then Solomon formed a marriage alliance with Pharaoh king of Egypt, and took Pharaoh's daughter and brought her to the city of David until he had finished building his own house and the house of the LORD and the wall around Jerusalem. -- 1 kings 3:1 +. +The people were still sacrificing on the high places, because there was no house built for the name of the LORD until those days. -- 1 kings 3:2 +. +Now Solomon loved the LORD, walking in the statutes of his father David, except he sacrificed and burned incense on the high places. -- 1 kings 3:3 +. +The king went to Gibeon to sacrifice there, for that was the great high place; Solomon offered a thousand burnt offerings on that altar. -- 1 kings 3:4 +. +In Gibeon the LORD appeared to Solomon in a dream at night; and God said, "Ask what you wish me to give you." -- 1 kings 3:5 +. +Then Solomon said, "You have shown great lovingkindness to Your servant David my father, according as he walked before You in truth and righteousness and uprightness of heart toward You; and You have reserved for him this great lovingkindness, that You have given him a son to sit on his throne, as it is this day. -- 1 kings 3:6 +. +"Now, O LORD my God, You have made Your servant king in place of my father David, yet I am but a little child; I do not know how to go out or come in. -- 1 kings 3:7 +. +"Your servant is in the midst of Your people which You have chosen, a great people who are too many to be numbered or counted. -- 1 kings 3:8 +. +"So give Your servant an understanding heart to judge Your people to discern between good and evil. For who is able to judge this great people of Yours?" -- 1 kings 3:9 +. +It was pleasing in the sight of the Lord that Solomon had asked this thing. -- 1 kings 3:10 +. +God said to him, "Because you have asked this thing and have not asked for yourself long life, nor have asked riches for yourself, nor have you asked for the life of your enemies, but have asked for yourself discernment to understand justice, -- 1 kings 3:11 +. +behold, I have done according to your words. Behold, I have given you a wise and discerning heart, so that there has been no one like you before you, nor shall one like you arise after you. -- 1 kings 3:12 +. +"I have also given you what you have not asked, both riches and honor, so that there will not be any among the kings like you all your days. -- 1 kings 3:13 +. +"If you walk in My ways, keeping My statutes and commandments, as your father David walked, then I will prolong your days." -- 1 kings 3:14 +. +Then Solomon awoke, and behold, it was a dream. And he came to Jerusalem and stood before the ark of the covenant of the Lord, and offered burnt offerings and made peace offerings, and made a feast for all his servants. -- 1 kings 3:15 +. +Then two women who were harlots came to the king and stood before him. -- 1 kings 3:16 +. +The one woman said, "Oh, my lord, this woman and I live in the same house; and I gave birth to a child while she was in the house. -- 1 kings 3:17 +. +"It happened on the third day after I gave birth, that this woman also gave birth to a child, and we were together. There was no stranger with us in the house, only the two of us in the house. -- 1 kings 3:18 +. +"This woman's son died in the night, because she lay on it. -- 1 kings 3:19 +. +"So she arose in the middle of the night and took my son from beside me while your maidservant slept, and laid him in her bosom, and laid her dead son in my bosom. -- 1 kings 3:20 +. +"When I rose in the morning to nurse my son, behold, he was dead; but when I looked at him carefully in the morning, behold, he was not my son, whom I had borne." -- 1 kings 3:21 +. +Then the other woman said, "No! For the living one is my son, and the dead one is your son." But the first woman said, "No! For the dead one is your son, and the living one is my son." Thus they spoke before the king. -- 1 kings 3:22 +. +Then the king said, "The one says, 'This is my son who is living, and your son is the dead one'; and the other says, 'No! For your son is the dead one, and my son is the living one.'" -- 1 kings 3:23 +. +The king said, "Get me a sword." So they brought a sword before the king. -- 1 kings 3:24 +. +The king said, "Divide the living child in two, and give half to the one and half to the other." -- 1 kings 3:25 +. +Then the woman whose child was the living one spoke to the king, for she was deeply stirred over her son and said, "Oh, my lord, give her the living child, and by no means kill him." But the other said, "He shall be neither mine nor yours; divide him!" -- 1 kings 3:26 +. +Then the king said, "Give the first woman the living child, and by no means kill him. She is his mother." -- 1 kings 3:27 +. +When all Israel heard of the judgment which the king had handed down, they feared the king, for they saw that the wisdom of God was in him to administer justice. -- 1 kings 3:28 +. +Now King Solomon was king over all Israel. -- 1 kings 4:1 +. +These were his officials: Azariah the son of Zadok was the priest; -- 1 kings 4:2 +. +Elihoreph and Ahijah, the sons of Shisha were secretaries; Jehoshaphat the son of Ahilud was the recorder; -- 1 kings 4:3 +. +and Benaiah the son of Jehoiada was over the army; and Zadok and Abiathar were priests; -- 1 kings 4:4 +. +and Azariah the son of Nathan was over the deputies; and Zabud the son of Nathan, a priest, was the king's friend; -- 1 kings 4:5 +. +and Ahishar was over the household; and Adoniram the son of Abda was over the men subject to forced labor. -- 1 kings 4:6 +. +Solomon had twelve deputies over all Israel, who provided for the king and his household; each man had to provide for a month in the year. -- 1 kings 4:7 +. +These are their names: Ben-hur, in the hill country of Ephraim; -- 1 kings 4:8 +. +Ben-deker in Makaz and Shaalbim and Beth-shemesh and Elonbeth-hanan; -- 1 kings 4:9 +. +Ben-hesed, in Arubboth (Socoh was his and all the land of Hepher); -- 1 kings 4:10 +. +Ben-abinadab, in all the height of Dor (Taphath the daughter of Solomon was his wife); -- 1 kings 4:11 +. +Baana the son of Ahilud, in Taanach and Megiddo, and all Beth-shean which is beside Zarethan below Jezreel, from Beth-shean to Abel-meholah as far as the other side of Jokmeam; -- 1 kings 4:12 +. +Ben-geber, in Ramoth-gilead (the towns of Jair, the son of Manasseh, which are in Gilead were his: the region of Argob, which is in Bashan, sixty great cities with walls and bronze bars were his); -- 1 kings 4:13 +. +Ahinadab the son of Iddo, in Mahanaim; -- 1 kings 4:14 +. +Ahimaaz, in Naphtali (he also married Basemath the daughter of Solomon); -- 1 kings 4:15 +. +Baana the son of Hushai, in Asher and Bealoth; -- 1 kings 4:16 +. +Jehoshaphat the son of Paruah, in Issachar; -- 1 kings 4:17 +. +Shimei the son of Ela, in Benjamin; -- 1 kings 4:18 +. +Geber the son of Uri, in the land of Gilead, the country of Sihon king of the Amorites and of Og king of Bashan; and he was the only deputy who was in the land. -- 1 kings 4:19 +. +Judah and Israel were as numerous as the sand that is on the seashore in abundance; they were eating and drinking and rejoicing. -- 1 kings 4:20 +. +Now Solomon ruled over all the kingdoms from the River to the land of the Philistines and to the border of Egypt; they brought tribute and served Solomon all the days of his life. -- 1 kings 4:21 +. +Solomon's provision for one day was thirty kors of fine flour and sixty kors of meal, -- 1 kings 4:22 +. +ten fat oxen, twenty pasture-fed oxen, a hundred sheep besides deer, gazelles, roebucks, and fattened fowl. -- 1 kings 4:23 +. +For he had dominion over everything west of the River, from Tiphsah even to Gaza, over all the kings west of the River; and he had peace on all sides around about him. -- 1 kings 4:24 +. +So Judah and Israel lived in safety, every man under his vine and his fig tree, from Dan even to Beersheba, all the days of Solomon. -- 1 kings 4:25 +. +Solomon had 40,stalls of horses for his chariots, and 12,000 horsemen. -- 1 kings 4:26 +. +Those deputies provided for King Solomon and all who came to King Solomon's table, each in his month; they left nothing lacking. -- 1 kings 4:27 +. +They also brought barley and straw for the horses and swift steeds to the place where it should be, each according to his charge. -- 1 kings 4:28 +. +Now God gave Solomon wisdom and very great discernment and breadth of mind, like the sand that is on the seashore. -- 1 kings 4:29 +. +Solomon's wisdom surpassed the wisdom of all the sons of the east and all the wisdom of Egypt. -- 1 kings 4:30 +. +For he was wiser than all men, than Ethan the Ezrahite, Heman, Calcol and Darda, the sons of Mahol; and his fame was known in all the surrounding nations. -- 1 kings 4:31 +. +He also spoke 3,proverbs, and his songs were 1,005. -- 1 kings 4:32 +. +He spoke of trees, from the cedar that is in Lebanon even to the hyssop that grows on the wall; he spoke also of animals and birds and creeping things and fish. -- 1 kings 4:33 +. +Men came from all peoples to hear the wisdom of Solomon, from all the kings of the earth who had heard of his wisdom. -- 1 kings 4:34 +. +Now Hiram king of Tyre sent his servants to Solomon, when he heard that they had anointed him king in place of his father, for Hiram had always been a friend of David. -- 1 kings 5:1 +. +Then Solomon sent word to Hiram, saying, -- 1 kings 5:2 +. +"You know that David my father was unable to build a house for the name of the LORD his God because of the wars which surrounded him, until the LORD put them under the soles of his feet. -- 1 kings 5:3 +. +"But now the LORD my God has given me rest on every side; there is neither adversary nor misfortune. -- 1 kings 5:4 +. +"Behold, I intend to build a house for the name of the LORD my God, as the LORD spoke to David my father, saying, 'Your son, whom I will set on your throne in your place, he will build the house for My name.' -- 1 kings 5:5 +. +"Now therefore, command that they cut for me cedars from Lebanon, and my servants will be with your servants; and I will give you wages for your servants according to all that you say, for you know that there is no one among us who knows how to cut timber like the Sidonians." -- 1 kings 5:6 +. +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." -- 1 kings 5:7 +. +So Hiram sent word to Solomon, saying, "I have heard the message which you have sent me; I will do what you desire concerning the cedar and cypress timber. -- 1 kings 5:8 +. +"My servants will bring them down from Lebanon to the sea; and I will make them into rafts to go by sea to the place where you direct me, and I will have them broken up there, and you shall carry them away. Then you shall accomplish my desire by giving food to my household." -- 1 kings 5:9 +. +So Hiram gave Solomon as much as he desired of the cedar and cypress timber. -- 1 kings 5:10 +. +Solomon then gave Hiram 20,kors of wheat as food for his household, and twenty kors of beaten oil; thus Solomon would give Hiram year by year. -- 1 kings 5:11 +. +The LORD gave wisdom to Solomon, just as He promised him; and there was peace between Hiram and Solomon, and the two of them made a covenant. -- 1 kings 5:12 +. +Now King Solomon levied forced laborers from all Israel; and the forced laborers numbered 30,men. -- 1 kings 5:13 +. +He sent them to Lebanon, 10,a month in relays; they were in Lebanon a month and two months at home. And Adoniram was over the forced laborers. -- 1 kings 5:14 +. +Now Solomon had 70,transporters, and 80,000 hewers of stone in the mountains, -- 1 kings 5:15 +. +besides Solomon's 3,chief deputies who were over the project and who ruled over the people who were doing the work. -- 1 kings 5:16 +. +Then the king commanded, and they quarried great stones, costly stones, to lay the foundation of the house with cut stones. -- 1 kings 5:17 +. +So Solomon's builders and Hiram's builders and the Gebalites cut them, and prepared the timbers and the stones to build the house. -- 1 kings 5:18 +. +Now it came about in the four hundred and eightieth year after the sons of Israel came out of the land of Egypt, in the fourth year of Solomon's reign over Israel, in the month of Ziv which is the second month, that he began to build the house of the LORD. -- 1 kings 6:1 +. +As for the house which King Solomon built for the LORD, its length was sixty cubits and its width twenty cubits and its height thirty cubits. -- 1 kings 6:2 +. +The porch in front of the nave of the house was twenty cubits in length, corresponding to the width of the house, and its depth along the front of the house was ten cubits. -- 1 kings 6:3 +. +Also for the house he made windows with artistic frames. -- 1 kings 6:4 +. +Against the wall of the house he built stories encompassing the walls of the house around both the nave and the inner sanctuary; thus he made side chambers all around. -- 1 kings 6:5 +. +The lowest story was five cubits wide, and the middle was six cubits wide, and the third was seven cubits wide; for on the outside he made offsets in the wall of the house all around in order that the beams would not be inserted in the walls of the house. -- 1 kings 6:6 +. +The house, while it was being built, was built of stone prepared at the quarry, and there was neither hammer nor axe nor any iron tool heard in the house while it was being built. -- 1 kings 6:7 +. +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. -- 1 kings 6:8 +. +So he built the house and finished it; and he covered the house with beams and planks of cedar. -- 1 kings 6:9 +. +He also built the stories against the whole house, each five cubits high; and they were fastened to the house with timbers of cedar. -- 1 kings 6:10 +. +Now the word of the LORD came to Solomon saying, -- 1 kings 6:11 +. +"Concerning this house which you are building, if you will walk in My statutes and execute My ordinances and keep all My commandments by walking in them, then I will carry out My word with you which I spoke to David your father. -- 1 kings 6:12 +. +"I will dwell among the sons of Israel, and will not forsake My people Israel." -- 1 kings 6:13 +. +So Solomon built the house and finished it. -- 1 kings 6:14 +. +Then he built the walls of the house on the inside with boards of cedar; from the floor of the house to the ceiling he overlaid the walls on the inside with wood, and he overlaid the floor of the house with boards of cypress. -- 1 kings 6:15 +. +He built twenty cubits on the rear part of the house with boards of cedar from the floor to the ceiling; he built them for it on the inside as an inner sanctuary, even as the most holy place. -- 1 kings 6:16 +. +The house, that is, the nave in front of the inner sanctuary, was forty cubits long. -- 1 kings 6:17 +. +There was cedar on the house within, carved in the shape of gourds and open flowers; all was cedar, there was no stone seen. -- 1 kings 6:18 +. +Then he prepared an inner sanctuary within the house in order to place there the ark of the covenant of the LORD. -- 1 kings 6:19 +. +The inner sanctuary was twenty cubits in length, twenty cubits in width, and twenty cubits in height, and he overlaid it with pure gold. He also overlaid the altar with cedar. -- 1 kings 6:20 +. +So Solomon overlaid the inside of the house with pure gold. And he drew chains of gold across the front of the inner sanctuary, and he overlaid it with gold. -- 1 kings 6:21 +. +He overlaid the whole house with gold, until all the house was finished. Also the whole altar which was by the inner sanctuary he overlaid with gold. -- 1 kings 6:22 +. +Also in the inner sanctuary he made two cherubim of olive wood, each ten cubits high. -- 1 kings 6:23 +. +Five cubits was the one wing of the cherub and five cubits the other wing of the cherub; from the end of one wing to the end of the other wing were ten cubits. -- 1 kings 6:24 +. +The other cherub was ten cubits; both the cherubim were of the same measure and the same form. -- 1 kings 6:25 +. +The height of the one cherub was ten cubits, and so was the other cherub. -- 1 kings 6:26 +. +He placed the cherubim in the midst of the inner house, and the wings of the cherubim were spread out, so that the wing of the one was touching the one wall, and the wing of the other cherub was touching the other wall. So their wings were touching each other in the center of the house. -- 1 kings 6:27 +. +He also overlaid the cherubim with gold. -- 1 kings 6:28 +. +Then he carved all the walls of the house round about with carved engravings of cherubim, palm trees, and open flowers, inner and outer sanctuaries. -- 1 kings 6:29 +. +He overlaid the floor of the house with gold, inner and outer sanctuaries. -- 1 kings 6:30 +. +For the entrance of the inner sanctuary he made doors of olive wood, the lintel and five-sided doorposts. -- 1 kings 6:31 +. +So he made two doors of olive wood, and he carved on them carvings of cherubim, palm trees, and open flowers, and overlaid them with gold; and he spread the gold on the cherubim and on the palm trees. -- 1 kings 6:32 +. +So also he made for the entrance of the nave four-sided doorposts of olive wood -- 1 kings 6:33 +. +and two doors of cypress wood; the two leaves of the one door turned on pivots, and the two leaves of the other door turned on pivots. -- 1 kings 6:34 +. +He carved on it cherubim, palm trees, and open flowers; and he overlaid them with gold evenly applied on the engraved work. -- 1 kings 6:35 +. +He built the inner court with three rows of cut stone and a row of cedar beams. -- 1 kings 6:36 +. +In the fourth year the foundation of the house of the LORD was laid, in the month of Ziv. -- 1 kings 6:37 +. +In the eleventh year, in the month of Bul, which is the eighth month, the house was finished throughout all its parts and according to all its plans. So he was seven years in building it. -- 1 kings 6:38 +. +Now Solomon was building his own house thirteen years, and he finished all his house. -- 1 kings 7:1 +. +He built the house of the forest of Lebanon; its length was cubits and its width 50 cubits and its height 30 cubits, on four rows of cedar pillars with cedar beams on the pillars. -- 1 kings 7:2 +. +It was paneled with cedar above the side chambers which were on the pillars, 15 in each row. -- 1 kings 7:3 +. +There were artistic window frames in three rows, and window was opposite window in three ranks. -- 1 kings 7:4 +. +All the doorways and doorposts had squared artistic frames, and window was opposite window in three ranks. -- 1 kings 7:5 +. +Then he made the hall of pillars; its length was cubits and its width 30 cubits, and a porch was in front of them and pillars and a threshold in front of them. -- 1 kings 7:6 +. +He made the hall of the throne where he was to judge, the hall of judgment, and it was paneled with cedar from floor to floor. -- 1 kings 7:7 +. +His house where he was to live, the other court inward from the hall, was of the same workmanship. He also made a house like this hall for Pharaoh's daughter, whom Solomon had married. -- 1 kings 7:8 +. +All these were of costly stones, of stone cut according to measure, sawed with saws, inside and outside; even from the foundation to the coping, and so on the outside to the great court. -- 1 kings 7:9 +. +The foundation was of costly stones, even large stones, stones of ten cubits and stones of eight cubits. -- 1 kings 7:10 +. +And above were costly stones, stone cut according to measure, and cedar. -- 1 kings 7:11 +. +So the great court all around had three rows of cut stone and a row of cedar beams even as the inner court of the house of the LORD, and the porch of the house. -- 1 kings 7:12 +. +Now King Solomon sent and brought Hiram from Tyre. -- 1 kings 7:13 +. +He was a widow's son from the tribe of Naphtali, and his father was a man of Tyre, a worker in bronze; and he was filled with wisdom and understanding and skill for doing any work in bronze. So he came to King Solomon and performed all his work. -- 1 kings 7:14 +. +He fashioned the two pillars of bronze; eighteen cubits was the height of one pillar, and a line of twelve cubits measured the circumference of both. -- 1 kings 7:15 +. +He also made two capitals of molten bronze to set on the tops of the pillars; the height of the one capital was five cubits and the height of the other capital was five cubits. -- 1 kings 7:16 +. +There were nets of network and twisted threads of chainwork for the capitals which were on the top of the pillars; seven for the one capital and seven for the other capital. -- 1 kings 7:17 +. +So he made the pillars, and two rows around on the one network to cover the capitals which were on the top of the pomegranates; and so he did for the other capital. -- 1 kings 7:18 +. +The capitals which were on the top of the pillars in the porch were of lily design, four cubits. -- 1 kings 7:19 +. +There were capitals on the two pillars, even above and close to the rounded projection which was beside the network; and the pomegranates numbered two hundred in rows around both capitals. -- 1 kings 7:20 +. +Thus he set up the pillars at the porch of the nave; and he set up the right pillar and named it Jachin, and he set up the left pillar and named it Boaz. -- 1 kings 7:21 +. +On the top of the pillars was lily design. So the work of the pillars was finished. -- 1 kings 7:22 +. +Now he made the sea of cast metal ten cubits from brim to brim, circular in form, and its height was five cubits, and thirty cubits in circumference. -- 1 kings 7:23 +. +Under its brim gourds went around encircling it ten to a cubit, completely surrounding the sea; the gourds were in two rows, cast with the rest. -- 1 kings 7:24 +. +It stood on twelve oxen, three facing north, three facing west, three facing south, and three facing east; and the sea was set on top of them, and all their rear parts turned inward. -- 1 kings 7:25 +. +It was a handbreadth thick, and its brim was made like the brim of a cup, as a lily blossom; it could hold two thousand baths. -- 1 kings 7:26 +. +Then he made the ten stands of bronze; the length of each stand was four cubits and its width four cubits and its height three cubits. -- 1 kings 7:27 +. +This was the design of the stands: they had borders, even borders between the frames, -- 1 kings 7:28 +. +and on the borders which were between the frames were lions, oxen and cherubim; and on the frames there was a pedestal above, and beneath the lions and oxen were wreaths of hanging work. -- 1 kings 7:29 +. +Now each stand had four bronze wheels with bronze axles, and its four feet had supports; beneath the basin were cast supports with wreaths at each side. -- 1 kings 7:30 +. +Its opening inside the crown at the top was a cubit, and its opening was round like the design of a pedestal, a cubit and a half; and also on its opening there were engravings, and their borders were square, not round. -- 1 kings 7:31 +. +The four wheels were underneath the borders, and the axles of the wheels were on the stand. And the height of a wheel was a cubit and a half. -- 1 kings 7:32 +. +The workmanship of the wheels was like the workmanship of a chariot wheel. Their axles, their rims, their spokes, and their hubs were all cast. -- 1 kings 7:33 +. +Now there were four supports at the four corners of each stand; its supports were part of the stand itself. -- 1 kings 7:34 +. +On the top of the stand there was a circular form half a cubit high, and on the top of the stand its stays and its borders were part of it. -- 1 kings 7:35 +. +He engraved on the plates of its stays and on its borders, cherubim, lions and palm trees, according to the clear space on each, with wreaths all around. -- 1 kings 7:36 +. +He made the ten stands like this: all of them had one casting, one measure and one form. -- 1 kings 7:37 +. +He made ten basins of bronze, one basin held forty baths; each basin was four cubits, and on each of the ten stands was one basin. -- 1 kings 7:38 +. +Then he set the stands, five on the right side of the house and five on the left side of the house; and he set the sea of cast metal on the right side of the house eastward toward the south. -- 1 kings 7:39 +. +Now Hiram made the basins and the shovels and the bowls. So Hiram finished doing all the work which he performed for King Solomon in the house of the LORD: -- 1 kings 7:40 +. +the two pillars and the two bowls of the capitals which were on the top of the two pillars, and the two networks to cover the two bowls of the capitals which were on the top of the pillars; -- 1 kings 7:41 +. +and the four hundred pomegranates for the two networks, two rows of pomegranates for each network to cover the two bowls of the capitals which were on the tops of the pillars; -- 1 kings 7:42 +. +and the ten stands with the ten basins on the stands; -- 1 kings 7:43 +. +and the one sea and the twelve oxen under the sea; -- 1 kings 7:44 +. +and the pails and the shovels and the bowls; even all these utensils which Hiram made for King Solomon in the house of the LORD were of polished bronze. -- 1 kings 7:45 +. +In the plain of the Jordan the king cast them, in the clay ground between Succoth and Zarethan. -- 1 kings 7:46 +. +Solomon left all the utensils unweighed, because they were too many; the weight of the bronze could not be ascertained. -- 1 kings 7:47 +. +Solomon made all the furniture which was in the house of the LORD: the golden altar and the golden table on which was the bread of the Presence; -- 1 kings 7:48 +. +and the lampstands, five on the right side and five on the left, in front of the inner sanctuary, of pure gold; and the flowers and the lamps and the tongs, of gold; -- 1 kings 7:49 +. +and the cups and the snuffers and the bowls and the spoons and the firepans, of pure gold; and the hinges both for the doors of the inner house, the most holy place, and for the doors of the house, that is, of the nave, of gold. -- 1 kings 7:50 +. +Thus all the work that King Solomon performed in the house of the LORD was finished. And Solomon brought in the things dedicated by his father David, the silver and the gold and the utensils, and he put them in the treasuries of the house of the LORD. -- 1 kings 7:51 +. +Then Solomon assembled the elders of Israel and all the heads of the tribes, the leaders of the fathers' households of the sons of Israel, to King Solomon in Jerusalem, to bring up the ark of the covenant of the LORD from the city of David, which is Zion. -- 1 kings 8:1 +. +All the men of Israel assembled themselves to King Solomon at the feast, in the month Ethanim, which is the seventh month. -- 1 kings 8:2 +. +Then all the elders of Israel came, and the priests took up the ark. -- 1 kings 8:3 +. +They brought up the ark of the LORD and the tent of meeting and all the holy utensils, which were in the tent, and the priests and the Levites brought them up. -- 1 kings 8:4 +. +And King Solomon and all the congregation of Israel, who were assembled to him, were with him before the ark, sacrificing so many sheep and oxen they could not be counted or numbered. -- 1 kings 8:5 +. +Then the priests brought the ark of the covenant of the LORD to its place, into the inner sanctuary of the house, to the most holy place, under the wings of the cherubim. -- 1 kings 8:6 +. +For the cherubim spread their wings over the place of the ark, and the cherubim made a covering over the ark and its poles from above. -- 1 kings 8:7 +. +But the poles were so long that the ends of the poles could be seen from the holy place before the inner sanctuary, but they could not be seen outside; they are there to this day. -- 1 kings 8:8 +. +There was nothing in the ark except the two tablets of stone which Moses put there at Horeb, where the LORD made a covenant with the sons of Israel, when they came out of the land of Egypt. -- 1 kings 8:9 +. +It happened that when the priests came from the holy place, the cloud filled the house of the LORD, -- 1 kings 8:10 +. +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. -- 1 kings 8:11 +. +Then Solomon said, "The LORD has said that He would dwell in the thick cloud. -- 1 kings 8:12 +. +"I have surely built You a lofty house, A place for Your dwelling forever." -- 1 kings 8:13 +. +Then the king faced about and blessed all the assembly of Israel, while all the assembly of Israel was standing. -- 1 kings 8:14 +. +He said, "Blessed be the LORD, the God of Israel, who spoke with His mouth to my father David and has fulfilled it with His hand, saying, -- 1 kings 8:15 +. +'Since the day that I brought My people Israel from Egypt, I did not choose a city out of all the tribes of Israel in which to build a house that My name might be there, but I chose David to be over My people Israel.' -- 1 kings 8:16 +. +"Now it was in the heart of my father David to build a house for the name of the LORD, the God of Israel. -- 1 kings 8:17 +. +"But the LORD said to my father David, 'Because it was in your heart to build a house for My name, you did well that it was in your heart. -- 1 kings 8:18 +. +'Nevertheless you shall not build the house, but your son who will be born to you, he will build the house for My name.' -- 1 kings 8:19 +. +"Now the LORD has fulfilled His word which He spoke; for I have risen in place of my father David and sit on the throne of Israel, as the LORD promised, and have built the house for the name of the LORD, the God of Israel. -- 1 kings 8:20 +. +"There I have set a place for the ark, in which is the covenant of the LORD, which He made with our fathers when He brought them from the land of Egypt." -- 1 kings 8:21 +. +Then Solomon stood before the altar of the LORD in the presence of all the assembly of Israel and spread out his hands toward heaven. -- 1 kings 8:22 +. +He said, "O LORD, the God of Israel, there is no God like You in heaven above or on earth beneath, keeping covenant and showing lovingkindness to Your servants who walk before You with all their heart, -- 1 kings 8:23 +. +who have kept with Your servant, my father David, that which You have promised him; indeed, You have spoken with Your mouth and have fulfilled it with Your hand as it is this day. -- 1 kings 8:24 +. +"Now therefore, O LORD, the God of Israel, keep with Your servant David my father that which You have promised him, saying, 'You shall not lack a man to sit on the throne of Israel, if only your sons take heed to their way to walk before Me as you have walked.' -- 1 kings 8:25 +. +"Now therefore, O God of Israel, let Your word, I pray, be confirmed which You have spoken to Your servant, my father David. -- 1 kings 8:26 +. +"But will God indeed dwell on the earth? Behold, heaven and the highest heaven cannot contain You, how much less this house which I have built! -- 1 kings 8:27 +. +"Yet have regard to the prayer of Your servant and to his supplication, O LORD my God, to listen to the cry and to the prayer which Your servant prays before You today; -- 1 kings 8:28 +. +that Your eyes may be open toward this house night and day, toward the place of which You have said, 'My name shall be there,' to listen to the prayer which Your servant shall pray toward this place. -- 1 kings 8:29 +. +"Listen to the supplication of Your servant and of Your people Israel, when they pray toward this place; hear in heaven Your dwelling place; hear and forgive. -- 1 kings 8:30 +. +"If a man sins against his neighbor and is made to take an oath, and he comes and takes an oath before Your altar in this house, -- 1 kings 8:31 +. +then hear in heaven and act and judge Your servants, condemning the wicked by bringing his way on his own head and justifying the righteous by giving him according to his righteousness. -- 1 kings 8:32 +. +"When Your people Israel are defeated before an enemy, because they have sinned against You, if they turn to You again and confess Your name and pray and make supplication to You in this house, -- 1 kings 8:33 +. +then hear in heaven, and forgive the sin of Your people Israel, and bring them back to the land which You gave to their fathers. -- 1 kings 8:34 +. +"When the heavens are shut up and there is no rain, because they have sinned against You, and they pray toward this place and confess Your name and turn from their sin when You afflict them, -- 1 kings 8:35 +. +then hear in heaven and forgive the sin of Your servants and of Your people Israel, indeed, teach them the good way in which they should walk. And send rain on Your land, which You have given Your people for an inheritance. -- 1 kings 8:36 +. +"If there is famine in the land, if there is pestilence, if there is blight or mildew, locust or grasshopper, if their enemy besieges them in the land of their cities, whatever plague, whatever sickness there is, -- 1 kings 8:37 +. +whatever prayer or supplication is made by any man or by all Your people Israel, each knowing the affliction of his own heart, and spreading his hands toward this house; -- 1 kings 8:38 +. +then hear in heaven Your dwelling place, and forgive and act and render to each according to all his ways, whose heart You know, for You alone know the hearts of all the sons of men, -- 1 kings 8:39 +. +that they may fear You all the days that they live in the land which You have given to our fathers. -- 1 kings 8:40 +. +"Also concerning the foreigner who is not of Your people Israel, when he comes from a far country for Your name's sake -- 1 kings 8:41 +. +(for they will hear of Your great name and Your mighty hand, and of Your outstretched arm); when he comes and prays toward this house, -- 1 kings 8:42 +. +hear in heaven Your dwelling place, and do according to all for which the foreigner calls to You, in order that all the peoples of the earth may know Your name, to fear You, as do Your people Israel, and that they may know that this house which I have built is called by Your name. -- 1 kings 8:43 +. +"When Your people go out to battle against their enemy, by whatever way You shall send them, and they pray to the LORD toward the city which You have chosen and the house which I have built for Your name, -- 1 kings 8:44 +. +then hear in heaven their prayer and their supplication, and maintain their cause. -- 1 kings 8:45 +. +"When they sin against You (for there is no man who does not sin) and You are angry with them and deliver them to an enemy, so that they take them away captive to the land of the enemy, far off or near; -- 1 kings 8:46 +. +if they take thought in the land where they have been taken captive, and repent and make supplication to You in the land of those who have taken them captive, saying, 'We have sinned and have committed iniquity, we have acted wickedly'; -- 1 kings 8:47 +. +if they return to You with all their heart and with all their soul in the land of their enemies who have taken them captive, and pray to You toward their land which You have given to their fathers, the city which You have chosen, and the house which I have built for Your name; -- 1 kings 8:48 +. +then hear their prayer and their supplication in heaven Your dwelling place, and maintain their cause, -- 1 kings 8:49 +. +and forgive Your people who have sinned against You and all their transgressions which they have transgressed against You, and make them objects of compassion before those who have taken them captive, that they may have compassion on them -- 1 kings 8:50 +. +(for they are Your people and Your inheritance which You have brought forth from Egypt, from the midst of the iron furnace), -- 1 kings 8:51 +. +that Your eyes may be open to the supplication of Your servant and to the supplication of Your people Israel, to listen to them whenever they call to You. -- 1 kings 8:52 +. +"For You have separated them from all the peoples of the earth as Your inheritance, as You spoke through Moses Your servant, when You brought our fathers forth from Egypt, O Lord GOD." -- 1 kings 8:53 +. +When Solomon had finished praying this entire prayer and supplication to the LORD, he arose from before the altar of the LORD, from kneeling on his knees with his hands spread toward heaven. -- 1 kings 8:54 +. +And he stood and blessed all the assembly of Israel with a loud voice, saying: -- 1 kings 8:55 +. +"Blessed be the LORD, who has given rest to His people Israel, according to all that He promised; not one word has failed of all His good promise, which He promised through Moses His servant. -- 1 kings 8:56 +. +"May the LORD our God be with us, as He was with our fathers; may He not leave us or forsake us, -- 1 kings 8:57 +. +that He may incline our hearts to Himself, to walk in all His ways and to keep His commandments and His statutes and His ordinances, which He commanded our fathers. -- 1 kings 8:58 +. +"And may these words of mine, with which I have made supplication before the LORD, be near to the LORD our God day and night, that He may maintain the cause of His servant and the cause of His people Israel, as each day requires, -- 1 kings 8:59 +. +so that all the peoples of the earth may know that the LORD is God; there is no one else. -- 1 kings 8:60 +. +"Let your heart therefore be wholly devoted to the LORD our God, to walk in His statutes and to keep His commandments, as at this day." -- 1 kings 8:61 +. +Now the king and all Israel with him offered sacrifice before the LORD. -- 1 kings 8:62 +. +Solomon offered for the sacrifice of peace offerings, which he offered to the LORD, 22,oxen and 120,000 sheep. So the king and all the sons of Israel dedicated the house of the LORD. -- 1 kings 8:63 +. +On the same day the king consecrated the middle of the court that was before the house of the LORD, because there he offered the burnt offering and the grain offering and the fat of the peace offerings; for the bronze altar that was before the LORD was too small to hold the burnt offering and the grain offering and the fat of the peace offerings. -- 1 kings 8:64 +. +So Solomon observed the feast at that time, and all Israel with him, a great assembly from the entrance of Hamath to the brook of Egypt, before the LORD our God, for seven days and seven more days, even fourteen days. -- 1 kings 8:65 +. +On the eighth day he sent the people away and they blessed the king. Then they went to their tents joyful and glad of heart for all the goodness that the LORD had shown to David His servant and to Israel His people. -- 1 kings 8:66 +. +Now it came about when Solomon had finished building the house of the LORD, and the king's house, and all that Solomon desired to do, -- 1 kings 9:1 +. +that the LORD appeared to Solomon a second time, as He had appeared to him at Gibeon. -- 1 kings 9:2 +. +The LORD said to him, "I have heard your prayer and your supplication, which you have made before Me; I have consecrated this house which you have built by putting My name there forever, and My eyes and My heart will be there perpetually. -- 1 kings 9:3 +. +"As for you, if you will walk before Me as your father David walked, in integrity of heart and uprightness, doing according to all that I have commanded you and will keep My statutes and My ordinances, -- 1 kings 9:4 +. +then I will establish the throne of your kingdom over Israel forever, just as I promised to your father David, saying, 'You shall not lack a man on the throne of Israel.' -- 1 kings 9:5 +. +"But if you or your sons indeed turn away from following Me, and do not keep My commandments and My statutes which I have set before you, and go and serve other gods and worship them, -- 1 kings 9:6 +. +then I will cut off Israel from the land which I have given them, and the house which I have consecrated for My name, I will cast out of My sight. So Israel will become a proverb and a byword among all peoples. -- 1 kings 9:7 +. +"And this house will become a heap of ruins; everyone who passes by will be astonished and hiss and say, 'Why has the LORD done thus to this land and to this house?' -- 1 kings 9:8 +. +"And they will say, 'Because they forsook the LORD their God, who brought their fathers out of the land of Egypt, and adopted other gods and worshiped them and served them, therefore the LORD has brought all this adversity on them.'" -- 1 kings 9:9 +. +It came about at the end of twenty years in which Solomon had built the two houses, the house of the LORD and the king's house -- 1 kings 9:10 +. +(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. -- 1 kings 9:11 +. +So Hiram came out from Tyre to see the cities which Solomon had given him, and they did not please him. -- 1 kings 9:12 +. +He said, "What are these cities which you have given me, my brother?" So they were called the land of Cabul to this day. -- 1 kings 9:13 +. +And Hiram sent to the king talents of gold. -- 1 kings 9:14 +. +Now this is the account of the forced labor which King Solomon levied to build the house of the LORD, his own house, the Millo, the wall of Jerusalem, Hazor, Megiddo, and Gezer. -- 1 kings 9:15 +. +For Pharaoh king of Egypt had gone up and captured Gezer and burned it with fire, and killed the Canaanites who lived in the city, and had given it as a dowry to his daughter, Solomon's wife. -- 1 kings 9:16 +. +So Solomon rebuilt Gezer and the lower Beth-horon -- 1 kings 9:17 +. +and Baalath and Tamar in the wilderness, in the land of Judah, -- 1 kings 9:18 +. +and all the storage cities which Solomon had, even the cities for his chariots and the cities for his horsemen, and all that it pleased Solomon to build in Jerusalem, in Lebanon, and in all the land under his rule. -- 1 kings 9:19 +. +As for all the people who were left of the Amorites, the Hittites, the Perizzites, the Hivites and the Jebusites, who were not of the sons of Israel, -- 1 kings 9:20 +. +their descendants who were left after them in the land whom the sons of Israel were unable to destroy utterly, from them Solomon levied forced laborers, even to this day. -- 1 kings 9:21 +. +But Solomon did not make slaves of the sons of Israel; for they were men of war, his servants, his princes, his captains, his chariot commanders, and his horsemen. -- 1 kings 9:22 +. +These were the chief officers who were over Solomon's work, five hundred and fifty, who ruled over the people doing the work. -- 1 kings 9:23 +. +As soon as Pharaoh's daughter came up from the city of David to her house which Solomon had built for her, then he built the Millo. -- 1 kings 9:24 +. +Now three times in a year Solomon offered burnt offerings and peace offerings on the altar which he built to the LORD, burning incense with them on the altar which was before the LORD. So he finished the house. -- 1 kings 9:25 +. +King Solomon also built a fleet of ships in Ezion-geber, which is near Eloth on the shore of the Red Sea, in the land of Edom. -- 1 kings 9:26 +. +And Hiram sent his servants with the fleet, sailors who knew the sea, along with the servants of Solomon. -- 1 kings 9:27 +. +They went to Ophir and took four hundred and twenty talents of gold from there, and brought it to King Solomon. -- 1 kings 9:28 +. +Now when the queen of Sheba heard about the fame of Solomon concerning the name of the LORD, she came to test him with difficult questions. -- 1 kings 10:1 +. +So she came to Jerusalem with a very large retinue, with camels carrying spices and very much gold and precious stones. When she came to Solomon, she spoke with him about all that was in her heart. -- 1 kings 10:2 +. +Solomon answered all her questions; nothing was hidden from the king which he did not explain to her. -- 1 kings 10:3 +. +When the queen of Sheba perceived all the wisdom of Solomon, the house that he had built, -- 1 kings 10:4 +. +the food of his table, the seating of his servants, the attendance of his waiters and their attire, his cupbearers, and his stairway by which he went up to the house of the LORD, there was no more spirit in her. -- 1 kings 10:5 +. +Then she said to the king, "It was a true report which I heard in my own land about your words and your wisdom. -- 1 kings 10:6 +. +"Nevertheless I did not believe the reports, until I came and my eyes had seen it. And behold, the half was not told me. You exceed in wisdom and prosperity the report which I heard. -- 1 kings 10:7 +. +"How blessed are your men, how blessed are these your servants who stand before you continually and hear your wisdom. -- 1 kings 10:8 +. +"Blessed be the LORD your God who delighted in you to set you on the throne of Israel; because the LORD loved Israel forever, therefore He made you king, to do justice and righteousness." -- 1 kings 10:9 +. +She gave the king a hundred and twenty talents of gold, and a very great amount of spices and precious stones. Never again did such abundance of spices come in as that which the queen of Sheba gave King Solomon. -- 1 kings 10:10 +. +Also the ships of Hiram, which brought gold from Ophir, brought in from Ophir a very great number of almug trees and precious stones. -- 1 kings 10:11 +. +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. -- 1 kings 10:12 +. +King Solomon gave to the queen of Sheba all her desire which she requested, besides what he gave her according to his royal bounty. Then she turned and went to her own land together with her servants. -- 1 kings 10:13 +. +Now the weight of gold which came in to Solomon in one year was talents of gold, -- 1 kings 10:14 +. +besides that from the traders and the wares of the merchants and all the kings of the Arabs and the governors of the country. -- 1 kings 10:15 +. +King Solomon made large shields of beaten gold, using 600 shekels of gold on each large shield. -- 1 kings 10:16 +. +He made shields of beaten gold, using three minas of gold on each shield, and the king put them in the house of the forest of Lebanon. -- 1 kings 10:17 +. +Moreover, the king made a great throne of ivory and overlaid it with refined gold. -- 1 kings 10:18 +. +There were six steps to the throne and a round top to the throne at its rear, and arms on each side of the seat, and two lions standing beside the arms. -- 1 kings 10:19 +. +Twelve lions were standing there on the six steps on the one side and on the other; nothing like it was made for any other kingdom. -- 1 kings 10:20 +. +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 was of silver; it was not considered valuable in the days of Solomon. -- 1 kings 10:21 +. +For the king had at sea the ships of Tarshish with the ships of Hiram; once every three years the ships of Tarshish came bringing gold and silver, ivory and apes and peacocks. -- 1 kings 10:22 +. +So King Solomon became greater than all the kings of the earth in riches and in wisdom. -- 1 kings 10:23 +. +All the earth was seeking the presence of Solomon, to hear his wisdom which God had put in his heart. -- 1 kings 10:24 +. +They brought every man his gift, articles of silver and gold, garments, weapons, spices, horses, and mules, so much year by year. -- 1 kings 10:25 +. +Now Solomon gathered chariots and horsemen; and he had 1,chariots and 12,000 horsemen, and he stationed them in the chariot cities and with the king in Jerusalem. -- 1 kings 10:26 +. +The king made silver as common as stones in Jerusalem, and he made cedars as plentiful as sycamore trees that are in the lowland. -- 1 kings 10:27 +. +Also Solomon's import of horses was from Egypt and Kue, and the king's merchants procured them from Kue for a price. -- 1 kings 10:28 +. +A chariot was imported from Egypt for shekels of silver, and a horse for 150; and by the same means they exported them to all the kings of the Hittites and to the kings of the Arameans. -- 1 kings 10:29 +. +Now King Solomon loved many foreign women along with the daughter of Pharaoh: Moabite, Ammonite, Edomite, Sidonian, and Hittite women, -- 1 kings 11:1 +. +from the nations concerning which the LORD had said to the sons of Israel, "You shall not associate with them, nor shall they associate with you, for they will surely turn your heart away after their gods." Solomon held fast to these in love. -- 1 kings 11:2 +. +He had seven hundred wives, princesses, and three hundred concubines, and his wives turned his heart away. -- 1 kings 11:3 +. +For when Solomon was old, his wives turned his heart away after other gods; and his heart was not wholly devoted to the LORD his God, as the heart of David his father had been. -- 1 kings 11:4 +. +For Solomon went after Ashtoreth the goddess of the Sidonians and after Milcom the detestable idol of the Ammonites. -- 1 kings 11:5 +. +Solomon did what was evil in the sight of the LORD, and did not follow the LORD fully, as David his father had done. -- 1 kings 11:6 +. +Then Solomon built a high place for Chemosh the detestable idol of Moab, on the mountain which is east of Jerusalem, and for Molech the detestable idol of the sons of Ammon. -- 1 kings 11:7 +. +Thus also he did for all his foreign wives, who burned incense and sacrificed to their gods. -- 1 kings 11:8 +. +Now the LORD was angry with Solomon because his heart was turned away from the LORD, the God of Israel, who had appeared to him twice, -- 1 kings 11:9 +. +and had commanded him concerning this thing, that he should not go after other gods; but he did not observe what the LORD had commanded. -- 1 kings 11:10 +. +So the LORD said to Solomon, "Because you have done this, and you have not kept My covenant and My statutes, which I have commanded you, I will surely tear the kingdom from you, and will give it to your servant. -- 1 kings 11:11 +. +"Nevertheless I will not do it in your days for the sake of your father David, but I will tear it out of the hand of your son. -- 1 kings 11:12 +. +"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." -- 1 kings 11:13 +. +Then the LORD raised up an adversary to Solomon, Hadad the Edomite; he was of the royal line in Edom. -- 1 kings 11:14 +. +For it came about, when David was in Edom, and Joab the commander of the army had gone up to bury the slain, and had struck down every male in Edom -- 1 kings 11:15 +. +(for Joab and all Israel stayed there six months, until he had cut off every male in Edom), -- 1 kings 11:16 +. +that Hadad fled to Egypt, he and certain Edomites of his father's servants with him, while Hadad was a young boy. -- 1 kings 11:17 +. +They arose from Midian and came to Paran; and they took men with them from Paran and came to Egypt, to Pharaoh king of Egypt, who gave him a house and assigned him food and gave him land. -- 1 kings 11:18 +. +Now Hadad found great favor before Pharaoh, so that he gave him in marriage the sister of his own wife, the sister of Tahpenes the queen. -- 1 kings 11:19 +. +The sister of Tahpenes bore his son Genubath, whom Tahpenes weaned in Pharaoh's house; and Genubath was in Pharaoh's house among the sons of Pharaoh. -- 1 kings 11:20 +. +But when Hadad heard in Egypt that David slept with his fathers and that Joab the commander of the army was dead, Hadad said to Pharaoh, "Send me away, that I may go to my own country." -- 1 kings 11:21 +. +Then Pharaoh said to him, "But what have you lacked with me, that behold, you are seeking to go to your own country?" And he answered, "Nothing; nevertheless you must surely let me go." -- 1 kings 11:22 +. +God also raised up another adversary to him, Rezon the son of Eliada, who had fled from his lord Hadadezer king of Zobah. -- 1 kings 11:23 +. +He gathered men to himself and became leader of a marauding band, after David slew them of Zobah; and they went to Damascus and stayed there, and reigned in Damascus. -- 1 kings 11:24 +. +So he was an adversary to Israel all the days of Solomon, along with the evil that Hadad did; and he abhorred Israel and reigned over Aram. -- 1 kings 11:25 +. +Then Jeroboam the son of Nebat, an Ephraimite of Zeredah, Solomon's servant, whose mother's name was Zeruah, a widow, also rebelled against the king. -- 1 kings 11:26 +. +Now this was the reason why he rebelled against the king: Solomon built the Millo, and closed up the breach of the city of his father David. -- 1 kings 11:27 +. +Now the man Jeroboam was a valiant warrior, and when Solomon saw that the young man was industrious, he appointed him over all the forced labor of the house of Joseph. -- 1 kings 11:28 +. +It came about at that time, when Jeroboam went out of Jerusalem, that the prophet Ahijah the Shilonite found him on the road. Now Ahijah had clothed himself with a new cloak; and both of them were alone in the field. -- 1 kings 11:29 +. +Then Ahijah took hold of the new cloak which was on him and tore it into twelve pieces. -- 1 kings 11:30 +. +He said to Jeroboam, "Take for yourself ten pieces; for thus says the LORD, the God of Israel, 'Behold, I will tear the kingdom out of the hand of Solomon and give you ten tribes -- 1 kings 11:31 +. +(but he will have one tribe, for the sake of My servant David and for the sake of Jerusalem, the city which I have chosen from all the tribes of Israel), -- 1 kings 11:32 +. +because they have forsaken Me, and have worshiped Ashtoreth the goddess of the Sidonians, Chemosh the god of Moab, and Milcom the god of the sons of Ammon; and they have not walked in My ways, doing what is right in My sight and observing My statutes and My ordinances, as his father David did. -- 1 kings 11:33 +. +'Nevertheless I will not take the whole kingdom out of his hand, but I will make him ruler all the days of his life, for the sake of My servant David whom I chose, who observed My commandments and My statutes; -- 1 kings 11:34 +. +but I will take the kingdom from his son's hand and give it to you, even ten tribes. -- 1 kings 11:35 +. +'But to his son I will give one tribe, that My servant David may have a lamp always before Me in Jerusalem, the city where I have chosen for Myself to put My name. -- 1 kings 11:36 +. +'I will take you, and you shall reign over whatever you desire, and you shall be king over Israel. -- 1 kings 11:37 +. +'Then it will be, that if you listen to all that I command you and walk in My ways, and do what is right in My sight by observing My statutes and My commandments, as My servant David did, then I will be with you and build you an enduring house as I built for David, and I will give Israel to you. -- 1 kings 11:38 +. +'Thus I will afflict the descendants of David for this, but not always.'" -- 1 kings 11:39 +. +Solomon sought therefore to put Jeroboam to death; but Jeroboam arose and fled to Egypt to Shishak king of Egypt, and he was in Egypt until the death of Solomon. -- 1 kings 11:40 +. +Now the rest of the acts of Solomon and whatever he did, and his wisdom, are they not written in the book of the acts of Solomon? -- 1 kings 11:41 +. +Thus the time that Solomon reigned in Jerusalem over all Israel was forty years. -- 1 kings 11:42 +. +And Solomon slept with his fathers and was buried in the city of his father David, and his son Rehoboam reigned in his place. -- 1 kings 11:43 +. +Then Rehoboam went to Shechem, for all Israel had come to Shechem to make him king. -- 1 kings 12:1 +. +Now when Jeroboam the son of Nebat heard of it, he was living in Egypt (for he was yet in Egypt, where he had fled from the presence of King Solomon). -- 1 kings 12:2 +. +Then they sent and called him, and Jeroboam and all the assembly of Israel came and spoke to Rehoboam, saying, -- 1 kings 12:3 +. +"Your father made our yoke hard; now therefore lighten the hard service of your father and his heavy yoke which he put on us, and we will serve you." -- 1 kings 12:4 +. +Then he said to them, "Depart for three days, then return to me." So the people departed. -- 1 kings 12:5 +. +King Rehoboam consulted with the elders who had served his father Solomon while he was still alive, saying, "How do you counsel me to answer this people?" -- 1 kings 12:6 +. +Then they spoke to him, saying, "If you will be a servant to this people today, and will serve them and grant them their petition, and speak good words to them, then they will be your servants forever." -- 1 kings 12:7 +. +But he forsook the counsel of the elders which they had given him, and consulted with the young men who grew up with him and served him. -- 1 kings 12:8 +. +So he said to them, "What counsel do you give that we may answer this people who have spoken to me, saying, 'Lighten the yoke which your father put on us'?" -- 1 kings 12:9 +. +The young men who grew up with him spoke to him, saying, "Thus you shall say to this people who spoke to you, saying, 'Your father made our yoke heavy, now you make it lighter for us!' But you shall speak to them, 'My little finger is thicker than my father's loins! -- 1 kings 12:10 +. +'Whereas my father loaded you with a heavy yoke, I will add to your yoke; my father disciplined you with whips, but I will discipline you with scorpions.'" -- 1 kings 12:11 +. +Then Jeroboam and all the people came to Rehoboam on the third day as the king had directed, saying, "Return to me on the third day." -- 1 kings 12:12 +. +The king answered the people harshly, for he forsook the advice of the elders which they had given him, -- 1 kings 12:13 +. +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." -- 1 kings 12:14 +. +So the king did not listen to the people; for it was a turn of events from the LORD, that He might establish His word, which the LORD spoke through Ahijah the Shilonite to Jeroboam the son of Nebat. -- 1 kings 12:15 +. +When all Israel saw that the king did not listen to them, the people answered the king, saying, "What portion do we have in David? We have no inheritance in the son of Jesse; To your tents, O Israel! Now look after your own house, David!" So Israel departed to their tents. -- 1 kings 12:16 +. +But as for the sons of Israel who lived in the cities of Judah, Rehoboam reigned over them. -- 1 kings 12:17 +. +Then King Rehoboam sent Adoram, who was over the forced labor, and all Israel stoned him to death. And King Rehoboam made haste to mount his chariot to flee to Jerusalem. -- 1 kings 12:18 +. +So Israel has been in rebellion against the house of David to this day. -- 1 kings 12:19 +. +It came about when all Israel heard that Jeroboam had returned, that they sent and called him to the assembly and made him king over all Israel. None but the tribe of Judah followed the house of David. -- 1 kings 12:20 +. +Now when Rehoboam had come to Jerusalem, he assembled all the house of Judah and the tribe of Benjamin, 180,chosen men who were warriors, to fight against the house of Israel to restore the kingdom to Rehoboam the son of Solomon. -- 1 kings 12:21 +. +But the word of God came to Shemaiah the man of God, saying, -- 1 kings 12:22 +. +"Speak to Rehoboam the son of Solomon, king of Judah, and to all the house of Judah and Benjamin and to the rest of the people, saying, -- 1 kings 12:23 +. +'Thus says the LORD, "You must not go up and fight against your relatives the sons of Israel; return every man to his house, for this thing has come from Me."'" So they listened to the word of the LORD, and returned and went their way according to the word of the LORD. -- 1 kings 12:24 +. +Then Jeroboam built Shechem in the hill country of Ephraim, and lived there. And he went out from there and built Penuel. -- 1 kings 12:25 +. +Jeroboam said in his heart, "Now the kingdom will return to the house of David. -- 1 kings 12:26 +. +"If this people go up to offer sacrifices in the house of the LORD at Jerusalem, then the heart of this people will return to their lord, even to Rehoboam king of Judah; and they will kill me and return to Rehoboam king of Judah." -- 1 kings 12:27 +. +So the king consulted, and made two golden calves, and he said to them, "It is too much for you to go up to Jerusalem; behold your gods, O Israel, that brought you up from the land of Egypt." -- 1 kings 12:28 +. +He set one in Bethel, and the other he put in Dan. -- 1 kings 12:29 +. +Now this thing became a sin, for the people went to worship before the one as far as Dan. -- 1 kings 12:30 +. +And he made houses on high places, and made priests from among all the people who were not of the sons of Levi. -- 1 kings 12:31 +. +Jeroboam instituted a feast in the eighth month on the fifteenth day of the month, like the feast which is in Judah, and he went up to the altar; thus he did in Bethel, sacrificing to the calves which he had made. And he stationed in Bethel the priests of the high places which he had made. -- 1 kings 12:32 +. +Then he went up to the altar which he had made in Bethel on the fifteenth day in the eighth month, even in the month which he had devised in his own heart; and he instituted a feast for the sons of Israel and went up to the altar to burn incense. -- 1 kings 12:33 +. +Now behold, there came a man of God from Judah to Bethel by the word of the LORD, while Jeroboam was standing by the altar to burn incense. -- 1 kings 13:1 +. +He cried against the altar by the word of the LORD, and said, "O altar, altar, thus says the LORD, 'Behold, a son shall be born to the house of David, Josiah by name; and on you he shall sacrifice the priests of the high places who burn incense on you, and human bones shall be burned on you.'" -- 1 kings 13:2 +. +Then he gave a sign the same day, saying, "This is the sign which the LORD has spoken, 'Behold, the altar shall be split apart and the ashes which are on it shall be poured out.'" -- 1 kings 13:3 +. +Now when the king heard the saying of the man of God, which he cried against the altar in Bethel, Jeroboam stretched out his hand from the altar, saying, "Seize him." But his hand which he stretched out against him dried up, so that he could not draw it back to himself. -- 1 kings 13:4 +. +The altar also was split apart and the ashes were poured out from the altar, according to the sign which the man of God had given by the word of the LORD. -- 1 kings 13:5 +. +The king said to the man of God, "Please entreat the LORD your God, and pray for me, that my hand may be restored to me." So the man of God entreated the LORD, and the king's hand was restored to him, and it became as it was before. -- 1 kings 13:6 +. +Then the king said to the man of God, "Come home with me and refresh yourself, and I will give you a reward." -- 1 kings 13:7 +. +But the man of God said to the king, "If you were to give me half your house I would not go with you, nor would I eat bread or drink water in this place. -- 1 kings 13:8 +. +"For so it was commanded me by the word of the LORD, saying, 'You shall eat no bread, nor drink water, nor return by the way which you came.'" -- 1 kings 13:9 +. +So he went another way and did not return by the way which he came to Bethel. -- 1 kings 13:10 +. +Now an old prophet was living in Bethel; and his sons came and told him all the deeds which the man of God had done that day in Bethel; the words which he had spoken to the king, these also they related to their father. -- 1 kings 13:11 +. +Their father said to them, "Which way did he go?" Now his sons had seen the way which the man of God who came from Judah had gone. -- 1 kings 13:12 +. +Then he said to his sons, "Saddle the donkey for me." So they saddled the donkey for him and he rode away on it. -- 1 kings 13:13 +. +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." -- 1 kings 13:14 +. +Then he said to him, "Come home with me and eat bread." -- 1 kings 13:15 +. +He said, "I cannot return with you, nor go with you, nor will I eat bread or drink water with you in this place. -- 1 kings 13:16 +. +"For a command came to me by the word of the LORD, 'You shall eat no bread, nor drink water there; do not return by going the way which you came.'" -- 1 kings 13:17 +. +He said to him, "I also am a prophet like you, and an angel spoke to me by the word of the LORD, saying, 'Bring him back with you to your house, that he may eat bread and drink water.'" But he lied to him. -- 1 kings 13:18 +. +So he went back with him, and ate bread in his house and drank water. -- 1 kings 13:19 +. +Now it came about, as they were sitting down at the table, that the word of the LORD came to the prophet who had brought him back; -- 1 kings 13:20 +. +and he cried to the man of God who came from Judah, saying, "Thus says the LORD, 'Because you have disobeyed the command of the LORD, and have not observed the commandment which the LORD your God commanded you, -- 1 kings 13:21 +. +but have returned and eaten bread and drunk water in the place of which He said to you, "Eat no bread and drink no water"; your body shall not come to the grave of your fathers.'" -- 1 kings 13:22 +. +It came about after he had eaten bread and after he had drunk, that he saddled the donkey for him, for the prophet whom he had brought back. -- 1 kings 13:23 +. +Now when he had gone, a lion met him on the way and killed him, and his body was thrown on the road, with the donkey standing beside it; the lion also was standing beside the body. -- 1 kings 13:24 +. +And behold, men passed by and saw the body thrown on the road, and the lion standing beside the body; so they came and told it in the city where the old prophet lived. -- 1 kings 13:25 +. +Now when the prophet who brought him back from the way heard it, he said, "It is the man of God, who disobeyed the command of the LORD; therefore the LORD has given him to the lion, which has torn him and killed him, according to the word of the LORD which He spoke to him." -- 1 kings 13:26 +. +Then he spoke to his sons, saying, "Saddle the donkey for me." And they saddled it. -- 1 kings 13:27 +. +He went and found his body thrown on the road with the donkey and the lion standing beside the body; the lion had not eaten the body nor torn the donkey. -- 1 kings 13:28 +. +So the prophet took up the body of the man of God and laid it on the donkey and brought it back, and he came to the city of the old prophet to mourn and to bury him. -- 1 kings 13:29 +. +He laid his body in his own grave, and they mourned over him, saying, "Alas, my brother!" -- 1 kings 13:30 +. +After he had buried him, he spoke to his sons, saying, "When I die, bury me in the grave in which the man of God is buried; lay my bones beside his bones. -- 1 kings 13:31 +. +"For the thing shall surely come to pass which he cried by the word of the LORD against the altar in Bethel and against all the houses of the high places which are in the cities of Samaria." -- 1 kings 13:32 +. +After this event Jeroboam did not return from his evil way, but again he made priests of the high places from among all the people; any who would, he ordained, to be priests of the high places. -- 1 kings 13:33 +. +This event became sin to the house of Jeroboam, even to blot it out and destroy it from off the face of the earth. -- 1 kings 13:34 +. +At that time Abijah the son of Jeroboam became sick. -- 1 kings 14:1 +. +Jeroboam said to his wife, "Arise now, and disguise yourself so that they will not know that you are the wife of Jeroboam, and go to Shiloh; behold, Ahijah the prophet is there, who spoke concerning me that I would be king over this people. -- 1 kings 14:2 +. +"Take ten loaves with you, some cakes and a jar of honey, and go to him. He will tell you what will happen to the boy." -- 1 kings 14:3 +. +Jeroboam's wife did so, and arose and went to Shiloh, and came to the house of Ahijah. Now Ahijah could not see, for his eyes were dim because of his age. -- 1 kings 14:4 +. +Now the LORD had said to Ahijah, "Behold, the wife of Jeroboam is coming to inquire of you concerning her son, for he is sick. You shall say thus and thus to her, for it will be when she arrives that she will pretend to be another woman." -- 1 kings 14:5 +. +When Ahijah heard the sound of her feet coming in the doorway, he said, "Come in, wife of Jeroboam, why do you pretend to be another woman? For I am sent to you with a harsh message. -- 1 kings 14:6 +. +"Go, say to Jeroboam, 'Thus says the LORD God of Israel, "Because I exalted you from among the people and made you leader over My people Israel, -- 1 kings 14:7 +. +and tore the kingdom away from the house of David and gave it to you--yet you have not been like My servant David, who kept My commandments and who followed Me with all his heart, to do only that which was right in My sight; -- 1 kings 14:8 +. +you also have done more evil than all who were before you, and have gone and made for yourself other gods and molten images to provoke Me to anger, and have cast Me behind your back-- -- 1 kings 14:9 +. +therefore behold, I am bringing calamity on the house of Jeroboam, and will cut off from Jeroboam every male person, both bond and free in Israel, and I will make a clean sweep of the house of Jeroboam, as one sweeps away dung until it is all gone. -- 1 kings 14:10 +. +"Anyone belonging to Jeroboam who dies in the city the dogs will eat. And he who dies in the field the birds of the heavens will eat; for the LORD has spoken it."' -- 1 kings 14:11 +. +"Now you, arise, go to your house. When your feet enter the city the child will die. -- 1 kings 14:12 +. +"All Israel shall mourn for him and bury him, for he alone of Jeroboam's family will come to the grave, because in him something good was found toward the LORD God of Israel in the house of Jeroboam. -- 1 kings 14:13 +. +"Moreover, the LORD will raise up for Himself a king over Israel who will cut off the house of Jeroboam this day and from now on. -- 1 kings 14:14 +. +"For the LORD will strike Israel, as a reed is shaken in the water; and He will uproot Israel from this good land which He gave to their fathers, and will scatter them beyond the Euphrates River, because they have made their Asherim, provoking the LORD to anger. -- 1 kings 14:15 +. +"He will give up Israel on account of the sins of Jeroboam, which he committed and with which he made Israel to sin." -- 1 kings 14:16 +. +Then Jeroboam's wife arose and departed and came to Tirzah. As she was entering the threshold of the house, the child died. -- 1 kings 14:17 +. +All Israel buried him and mourned for him, according to the word of the LORD which He spoke through His servant Ahijah the prophet. -- 1 kings 14:18 +. +Now the rest of the acts of Jeroboam, how he made war and how he reigned, behold, they are written in the Book of the Chronicles of the Kings of Israel. -- 1 kings 14:19 +. +The time that Jeroboam reigned was twenty-two years; and he slept with his fathers, and Nadab his son reigned in his place. -- 1 kings 14:20 +. +Now Rehoboam the son of Solomon reigned in Judah. Rehoboam was forty-one years old when he became king, 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. -- 1 kings 14:21 +. +Judah did evil in the sight of the LORD, and they provoked Him to jealousy more than all that their fathers had done, with the sins which they committed. -- 1 kings 14:22 +. +For they also built for themselves high places and sacred pillars and Asherim on every high hill and beneath every luxuriant tree. -- 1 kings 14:23 +. +There were also male cult prostitutes in the land. They did according to all the abominations of the nations which the LORD dispossessed before the sons of Israel. -- 1 kings 14:24 +. +Now it happened in the fifth year of King Rehoboam, that Shishak the king of Egypt came up against Jerusalem. -- 1 kings 14:25 +. +He took away the treasures of the house of the LORD and the treasures of the king's house, and he took everything, even taking all the shields of gold which Solomon had made. -- 1 kings 14:26 +. +So King Rehoboam made shields of bronze in their place, and committed them to the care of the commanders of the guard who guarded the doorway of the king's house. -- 1 kings 14:27 +. +Then it happened as often as the king entered the house of the LORD, that the guards would carry them and would bring them back into the guards' room. -- 1 kings 14:28 +. +Now the rest of the acts of Rehoboam and all that he did, are they not written in the Book of the Chronicles of the Kings of Judah? -- 1 kings 14:29 +. +There was war between Rehoboam and Jeroboam continually. -- 1 kings 14:30 +. +And Rehoboam slept with his fathers and was buried with his fathers in the city of David; and his mother's name was Naamah the Ammonitess. And Abijam his son became king in his place. -- 1 kings 14:31 +. +Now in the eighteenth year of King Jeroboam, the son of Nebat, Abijam became king over Judah. -- 1 kings 15:1 +. +He reigned three years in Jerusalem; and his mother's name was Maacah the daughter of Abishalom. -- 1 kings 15:2 +. +He walked in all the sins of his father which he had committed before him; and his heart was not wholly devoted to the LORD his God, like the heart of his father David. -- 1 kings 15:3 +. +But for David's sake the LORD his God gave him a lamp in Jerusalem, to raise up his son after him and to establish Jerusalem; -- 1 kings 15:4 +. +because David did what was right in the sight of the LORD, and had not turned aside from anything that He commanded him all the days of his life, except in the case of Uriah the Hittite. -- 1 kings 15:5 +. +There was war between Rehoboam and Jeroboam all the days of his life. -- 1 kings 15:6 +. +Now the rest of the acts of Abijam and all that he did, are they not written in the Book of the Chronicles of the Kings of Judah? And there was war between Abijam and Jeroboam. -- 1 kings 15:7 +. +And Abijam slept with his fathers and they buried him in the city of David; and Asa his son became king in his place. -- 1 kings 15:8 +. +So in the twentieth year of Jeroboam the king of Israel, Asa began to reign as king of Judah. -- 1 kings 15:9 +. +He reigned forty-one years in Jerusalem; and his mother's name was Maacah the daughter of Abishalom. -- 1 kings 15:10 +. +Asa did what was right in the sight of the LORD, like David his father. -- 1 kings 15:11 +. +He also put away the male cult prostitutes from the land and removed all the idols which his fathers had made. -- 1 kings 15:12 +. +He also removed Maacah his mother from being queen mother, because she had made a horrid image as an Asherah; and Asa cut down her horrid image and burned it at the brook Kidron. -- 1 kings 15:13 +. +But the high places were not taken away; nevertheless the heart of Asa was wholly devoted to the LORD all his days. -- 1 kings 15:14 +. +He brought into the house of the LORD the dedicated things of his father and his own dedicated things: silver and gold and utensils. -- 1 kings 15:15 +. +Now there was war between Asa and Baasha king of Israel all their days. -- 1 kings 15:16 +. +Baasha king of Israel went up against Judah and fortified Ramah in order to prevent anyone from going out or coming in to Asa king of Judah. -- 1 kings 15:17 +. +Then Asa took all the silver and the gold which were left in the treasuries of the house of the LORD and the treasuries of the king's house, and delivered them into the hand of his servants. And King Asa sent them to Ben-hadad the son of Tabrimmon, the son of Hezion, king of Aram, who lived in Damascus, saying, -- 1 kings 15:18 +. +"Let there be a treaty between you and me, as between my father and your father. Behold, I have sent you a present of silver and gold; go, break your treaty with Baasha king of Israel so that he will withdraw from me." -- 1 kings 15:19 +. +So Ben-hadad listened to King Asa and sent the commanders of his armies against the cities of Israel, and conquered Ijon, Dan, Abel-beth-maacah and all Chinneroth, besides all the land of Naphtali. -- 1 kings 15:20 +. +When Baasha heard of it, he ceased fortifying Ramah and remained in Tirzah. -- 1 kings 15:21 +. +Then King Asa made a proclamation to all Judah--none was exempt--and they carried away the stones of Ramah and its timber with which Baasha had built. And King Asa built with them Geba of Benjamin and Mizpah. -- 1 kings 15:22 +. +Now the rest of all the acts of Asa and all his might and all that he did and the cities which he built, are they not written in the Book of the Chronicles of the Kings of Judah? But in the time of his old age he was diseased in his feet. -- 1 kings 15:23 +. +And Asa slept with his fathers and was buried with his fathers in the city of David his father; and Jehoshaphat his son reigned in his place. -- 1 kings 15:24 +. +Now Nadab the son of Jeroboam became king over Israel in the second year of Asa king of Judah, and he reigned over Israel two years. -- 1 kings 15:25 +. +He did evil in the sight of the LORD, and walked in the way of his father and in his sin which he made Israel sin. -- 1 kings 15:26 +. +Then Baasha the son of Ahijah of the house of Issachar conspired against him, and Baasha struck him down at Gibbethon, which belonged to the Philistines, while Nadab and all Israel were laying siege to Gibbethon. -- 1 kings 15:27 +. +So Baasha killed him in the third year of Asa king of Judah and reigned in his place. -- 1 kings 15:28 +. +It came about as soon as he was king, he struck down all the household of Jeroboam. He did not leave to Jeroboam any persons alive, until he had destroyed them, according to the word of the LORD, which He spoke by His servant Ahijah the Shilonite, -- 1 kings 15:29 +. +and because of the sins of Jeroboam which he sinned, and which he made Israel sin, because of his provocation with which he provoked the LORD God of Israel to anger. -- 1 kings 15:30 +. +Now the rest of the acts of Nadab and all that he did, are they not written in the Book of the Chronicles of the Kings of Israel? -- 1 kings 15:31 +. +There was war between Asa and Baasha king of Israel all their days. -- 1 kings 15:32 +. +In the third year of Asa king of Judah, Baasha the son of Ahijah became king over all Israel at Tirzah, and reigned twenty-four years. -- 1 kings 15:33 +. +He did evil in the sight of the LORD, and walked in the way of Jeroboam and in his sin which he made Israel sin. -- 1 kings 15:34 +. +Now the word of the LORD came to Jehu the son of Hanani against Baasha, saying, -- 1 kings 16:1 +. +"Inasmuch as I exalted you from the dust and made you leader over My people Israel, and you have walked in the way of Jeroboam and have made My people Israel sin, provoking Me to anger with their sins, -- 1 kings 16:2 +. +behold, I will consume Baasha and his house, and I will make your house like the house of Jeroboam the son of Nebat. -- 1 kings 16:3 +. +"Anyone of Baasha who dies in the city the dogs will eat, and anyone of his who dies in the field the birds of the heavens will eat." -- 1 kings 16:4 +. +Now the rest of the acts of Baasha and what he did and his might, are they not written in the Book of the Chronicles of the Kings of Israel? -- 1 kings 16:5 +. +And Baasha slept with his fathers and was buried in Tirzah, and Elah his son became king in his place. -- 1 kings 16:6 +. +Moreover, the word of the LORD through the prophet Jehu the son of Hanani also came against Baasha and his household, both because of all the evil which he did in the sight of the LORD, provoking Him to anger with the work of his hands, in being like the house of Jeroboam, and because he struck it. -- 1 kings 16:7 +. +In the twenty-sixth year of Asa king of Judah, Elah the son of Baasha became king over Israel at Tirzah, and reigned two years. -- 1 kings 16:8 +. +His servant Zimri, commander of half his chariots, conspired against him. Now he was at Tirzah drinking himself drunk in the house of Arza, who was over the household at Tirzah. -- 1 kings 16:9 +. +Then Zimri went in and struck him and put him to death in the twenty-seventh year of Asa king of Judah, and became king in his place. -- 1 kings 16:10 +. +It came about when he became king, as soon as he sat on his throne, that he killed all the household of Baasha; he did not leave a single male, neither of his relatives nor of his friends. -- 1 kings 16:11 +. +Thus Zimri destroyed all the household of Baasha, according to the word of the LORD, which He spoke against Baasha through Jehu the prophet, -- 1 kings 16:12 +. +for all the sins of Baasha and the sins of Elah his son, which they sinned and which they made Israel sin, provoking the LORD God of Israel to anger with their idols. -- 1 kings 16:13 +. +Now the rest of the acts of Elah and all that he did, are they not written in the Book of the Chronicles of the Kings of Israel? -- 1 kings 16:14 +. +In the twenty-seventh year of Asa king of Judah, Zimri reigned seven days at Tirzah. Now the people were camped against Gibbethon, which belonged to the Philistines. -- 1 kings 16:15 +. +The people who were camped heard it said, "Zimri has conspired and has also struck down the king." Therefore all Israel made Omri, the commander of the army, king over Israel that day in the camp. -- 1 kings 16:16 +. +Then Omri and all Israel with him went up from Gibbethon and besieged Tirzah. -- 1 kings 16:17 +. +When Zimri saw that the city was taken, he went into the citadel of the king's house and burned the king's house over him with fire, and died, -- 1 kings 16:18 +. +because of his sins which he sinned, doing evil in the sight of the LORD, walking in the way of Jeroboam, and in his sin which he did, making Israel sin. -- 1 kings 16:19 +. +Now the rest of the acts of Zimri and his conspiracy which he carried out, are they not written in the Book of the Chronicles of the Kings of Israel? -- 1 kings 16:20 +. +Then the people of Israel were divided into two parts: half of the people followed Tibni the son of Ginath, to make him king; the other half followed Omri. -- 1 kings 16:21 +. +But the people who followed Omri prevailed over the people who followed Tibni the son of Ginath. And Tibni died and Omri became king. -- 1 kings 16:22 +. +In the thirty-first year of Asa king of Judah, Omri became king over Israel and reigned twelve years; he reigned six years at Tirzah. -- 1 kings 16:23 +. +He bought the hill Samaria from Shemer for two talents of silver; and he built on the hill, and named the city which he built Samaria, after the name of Shemer, the owner of the hill. -- 1 kings 16:24 +. +Omri did evil in the sight of the LORD, and acted more wickedly than all who were before him. -- 1 kings 16:25 +. +For he walked in all the way of Jeroboam the son of Nebat and in his sins which he made Israel sin, provoking the LORD God of Israel with their idols. -- 1 kings 16:26 +. +Now the rest of the acts of Omri which he did and his might which he showed, are they not written in the Book of the Chronicles of the Kings of Israel? -- 1 kings 16:27 +. +So Omri slept with his fathers and was buried in Samaria; and Ahab his son became king in his place. -- 1 kings 16:28 +. +Now Ahab the son of Omri became king over Israel in the thirty-eighth year of Asa king of Judah, and Ahab the son of Omri reigned over Israel in Samaria twenty-two years. -- 1 kings 16:29 +. +Ahab the son of Omri did evil in the sight of the LORD more than all who were before him. -- 1 kings 16:30 +. +It came about, as though it had been a trivial thing for him to walk in the sins of Jeroboam the son of Nebat, that he married Jezebel the daughter of Ethbaal king of the Sidonians, and went to serve Baal and worshiped him. -- 1 kings 16:31 +. +So he erected an altar for Baal in the house of Baal which he built in Samaria. -- 1 kings 16:32 +. +Ahab also made the Asherah. Thus Ahab did more to provoke the LORD God of Israel than all the kings of Israel who were before him. -- 1 kings 16:33 +. +In his days Hiel the Bethelite built Jericho; he laid its foundations with the loss of Abiram his firstborn, and set up its gates with the loss of his youngest son Segub, according to the word of the LORD, which He spoke by Joshua the son of Nun. -- 1 kings 16:34 +. +Now Elijah the Tishbite, who was of the settlers of Gilead, said to Ahab, "As the LORD, the God of Israel lives, before whom I stand, surely there shall be neither dew nor rain these years, except by my word." -- 1 kings 17:1 +. +The word of the LORD came to him, saying, -- 1 kings 17:2 +. +"Go away from here and turn eastward, and hide yourself by the brook Cherith, which is east of the Jordan. -- 1 kings 17:3 +. +"It shall be that you will drink of the brook, and I have commanded the ravens to provide for you there." -- 1 kings 17:4 +. +So he went and did according to the word of the LORD, for he went and lived by the brook Cherith, which is east of the Jordan. -- 1 kings 17:5 +. +The ravens brought him bread and meat in the morning and bread and meat in the evening, and he would drink from the brook. -- 1 kings 17:6 +. +It happened after a while that the brook dried up, because there was no rain in the land. -- 1 kings 17:7 +. +Then the word of the LORD came to him, saying, -- 1 kings 17:8 +. +"Arise, go to Zarephath, which belongs to Sidon, and stay there; behold, I have commanded a widow there to provide for you." -- 1 kings 17:9 +. +So he arose and went to Zarephath, and when he came to the gate of the city, behold, a widow was there gathering sticks; and he called to her and said, "Please get me a little water in a jar, that I may drink." -- 1 kings 17:10 +. +As she was going to get it, he called to her and said, "Please bring me a piece of bread in your hand." -- 1 kings 17:11 +. +But she said, "As the LORD your God lives, I have no bread, only a handful of flour in the bowl and a little oil in the jar; and behold, I am gathering a few sticks that I may go in and prepare for me and my son, that we may eat it and die." -- 1 kings 17:12 +. +Then Elijah said to her, "Do not fear; go, do as you have said, but make me a little bread cake from it first and bring it out to me, and afterward you may make one for yourself and for your son. -- 1 kings 17:13 +. +"For thus says the LORD God of Israel, 'The bowl of flour shall not be exhausted, nor shall the jar of oil be empty, until the day that the LORD sends rain on the face of the earth.'" -- 1 kings 17:14 +. +So she went and did according to the word of Elijah, and she and he and her household ate for many days. -- 1 kings 17:15 +. +The bowl of flour was not exhausted nor did the jar of oil become empty, according to the word of the LORD which He spoke through Elijah. -- 1 kings 17:16 +. +Now it came about after these things that the son of the woman, the mistress of the house, became sick; and his sickness was so severe that there was no breath left in him. -- 1 kings 17:17 +. +So she said to Elijah, "What do I have to do with you, O man of God? You have come to me to bring my iniquity to remembrance and to put my son to death!" -- 1 kings 17:18 +. +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. -- 1 kings 17:19 +. +He called to the LORD and said, "O LORD my God, have You also brought calamity to the widow with whom I am staying, by causing her son to die?" -- 1 kings 17:20 +. +Then he stretched himself upon the child three times, and called to the LORD and said, "O LORD my God, I pray You, let this child's life return to him." -- 1 kings 17:21 +. +The LORD heard the voice of Elijah, and the life of the child returned to him and he revived. -- 1 kings 17:22 +. +Elijah took the child and brought him down from the upper room into the house and gave him to his mother; and Elijah said, "See, your son is alive." -- 1 kings 17:23 +. +Then the woman said to Elijah, "Now I know that you are a man of God and that the word of the LORD in your mouth is truth." -- 1 kings 17:24 +. +Now it happened after many days that the word of the LORD came to Elijah in the third year, saying, "Go, show yourself to Ahab, and I will send rain on the face of the earth." -- 1 kings 18:1 +. +So Elijah went to show himself to Ahab. Now the famine was severe in Samaria. -- 1 kings 18:2 +. +Ahab called Obadiah who was over the household. (Now Obadiah feared the LORD greatly; -- 1 kings 18:3 +. +for when Jezebel destroyed the prophets of the LORD, Obadiah took a hundred prophets and hid them by fifties in a cave, and provided them with bread and water.) -- 1 kings 18:4 +. +Then Ahab said to Obadiah, "Go through the land to all the springs of water and to all the valleys; perhaps we will find grass and keep the horses and mules alive, and not have to kill some of the cattle." -- 1 kings 18:5 +. +So they divided the land between them to survey it; Ahab went one way by himself and Obadiah went another way by himself. -- 1 kings 18:6 +. +Now as Obadiah was on the way, behold, Elijah met him, and he recognized him and fell on his face and said, "Is this you, Elijah my master?" -- 1 kings 18:7 +. +He said to him, "It is I. Go, say to your master, 'Behold, Elijah is here.'" -- 1 kings 18:8 +. +He said, "What sin have I committed, that you are giving your servant into the hand of Ahab to put me to death? -- 1 kings 18:9 +. +"As the LORD your God lives, there is no nation or kingdom where my master has not sent to search for you; and when they said, 'He is not here,' he made the kingdom or nation swear that they could not find you. -- 1 kings 18:10 +. +"And now you are saying, 'Go, say to your master, "Behold, Elijah is here."' -- 1 kings 18:11 +. +"It will come about when I leave you that the Spirit of the LORD will carry you where I do not know; so when I come and tell Ahab and he cannot find you, he will kill me, although I your servant have feared the LORD from my youth. -- 1 kings 18:12 +. +"Has it not been told to my master what I did when Jezebel killed the prophets of the LORD, that I hid a hundred prophets of the LORD by fifties in a cave, and provided them with bread and water? -- 1 kings 18:13 +. +"And now you are saying, 'Go, say to your master, "Behold, Elijah is here"'; he will then kill me." -- 1 kings 18:14 +. +Elijah said, "As the LORD of hosts lives, before whom I stand, I will surely show myself to him today." -- 1 kings 18:15 +. +So Obadiah went to meet Ahab and told him; and Ahab went to meet Elijah. -- 1 kings 18:16 +. +When Ahab saw Elijah, Ahab said to him, "Is this you, you troubler of Israel?" -- 1 kings 18:17 +. +He said, "I have not troubled Israel, but you and your father's house have, because you have forsaken the commandments of the LORD and you have followed the Baals. -- 1 kings 18:18 +. +"Now then send and gather to me all Israel at Mount Carmel, together with prophets of Baal and 400 prophets of the Asherah, who eat at Jezebel's table." -- 1 kings 18:19 +. +So Ahab sent a message among all the sons of Israel and brought the prophets together at Mount Carmel. -- 1 kings 18:20 +. +Elijah came near to all the people and said, "How long will you hesitate between two opinions? If the LORD is God, follow Him; but if Baal, follow him." But the people did not answer him a word. -- 1 kings 18:21 +. +Then Elijah said to the people, "I alone am left a prophet of the LORD, but Baal's prophets are men. -- 1 kings 18:22 +. +"Now let them give us two oxen; and let them choose one ox for themselves and cut it up, and place it on the wood, but put no fire under it; and I will prepare the other ox and lay it on the wood, and I will not put a fire under it. -- 1 kings 18:23 +. +"Then you call on the name of your god, and I will call on the name of the LORD, and the God who answers by fire, He is God." And all the people said, "That is a good idea." -- 1 kings 18:24 +. +So Elijah said to the prophets of Baal, "Choose one ox for yourselves and prepare it first for you are many, and call on the name of your god, but put no fire under it." -- 1 kings 18:25 +. +Then they took the ox which was given them and they prepared it and called on the name of Baal from morning until noon saying, "O Baal, answer us." But there was no voice and no one answered. And they leaped about the altar which they made. -- 1 kings 18:26 +. +It came about at noon, that Elijah mocked them and said, "Call out with a loud voice, for he is a god; either he is occupied or gone aside, or is on a journey, or perhaps he is asleep and needs to be awakened." -- 1 kings 18:27 +. +So they cried with a loud voice and cut themselves according to their custom with swords and lances until the blood gushed out on them. -- 1 kings 18:28 +. +When midday was past, they raved until the time of the offering of the evening sacrifice; but there was no voice, no one answered, and no one paid attention. -- 1 kings 18:29 +. +Then Elijah said to all the people, "Come near to me." So all the people came near to him. And he repaired the altar of the LORD which had been torn down. -- 1 kings 18:30 +. +Elijah took twelve stones according to the number of the tribes of the sons of Jacob, to whom the word of the LORD had come, saying, "Israel shall be your name." -- 1 kings 18:31 +. +So with the stones he built an altar in the name of the LORD, and he made a trench around the altar, large enough to hold two measures of seed. -- 1 kings 18:32 +. +Then he arranged the wood and cut the ox in pieces and laid it on the wood. -- 1 kings 18:33 +. +And he said, "Fill four pitchers with water and pour it on the burnt offering and on the wood." And he said, "Do it a second time," and they did it a second time. And he said, "Do it a third time," and they did it a third time. -- 1 kings 18:34 +. +The water flowed around the altar and he also filled the trench with water. -- 1 kings 18:35 +. +At the time of the offering of the evening sacrifice, Elijah the prophet came near and said, "O LORD, the God of Abraham, Isaac and Israel, today let it be known that You are God in Israel and that I am Your servant and I have done all these things at Your word. -- 1 kings 18:36 +. +"Answer me, O LORD, answer me, that this people may know that You, O LORD, are God, and that You have turned their heart back again." -- 1 kings 18:37 +. +Then the fire of the LORD fell and consumed the burnt offering and the wood and the stones and the dust, and licked up the water that was in the trench. -- 1 kings 18:38 +. +When all the people saw it, they fell on their faces; and they said, "The LORD, He is God; the LORD, He is God." -- 1 kings 18:39 +. +Then Elijah said to them, "Seize the prophets of Baal; do not let one of them escape." So they seized them; and Elijah brought them down to the brook Kishon, and slew them there. -- 1 kings 18:40 +. +Now Elijah said to Ahab, "Go up, eat and drink; for there is the sound of the roar of a heavy shower." -- 1 kings 18:41 +. +So Ahab went up to eat and drink. But Elijah went up to the top of Carmel; and he crouched down on the earth and put his face between his knees. -- 1 kings 18:42 +. +He said to his servant, "Go up now, look toward the sea." So he went up and looked and said, "There is nothing." And he said, "Go back" seven times. -- 1 kings 18:43 +. +It came about at the seventh time, that he said, "Behold, a cloud as small as a man's hand is coming up from the sea." And he said, "Go up, say to Ahab, 'Prepare your chariot and go down, so that the heavy shower does not stop you.'" -- 1 kings 18:44 +. +In a little while the sky grew black with clouds and wind, and there was a heavy shower. And Ahab rode and went to Jezreel. -- 1 kings 18:45 +. +Then the hand of the LORD was on Elijah, and he girded up his loins and outran Ahab to Jezreel. -- 1 kings 18:46 +. +Now Ahab told Jezebel all that Elijah had done, and how he had killed all the prophets with the sword. -- 1 kings 19:1 +. +Then Jezebel sent a messenger to Elijah, saying, "So may the gods do to me and even more, if I do not make your life as the life of one of them by tomorrow about this time." -- 1 kings 19:2 +. +And he was afraid and arose and ran for his life and came to Beersheba, which belongs to Judah, and left his servant there. -- 1 kings 19:3 +. +But he himself went a day's journey into the wilderness, and came and sat down under a juniper tree; and he requested for himself that he might die, and said, "It is enough; now, O LORD, take my life, for I am not better than my fathers." -- 1 kings 19:4 +. +He lay down and slept under a juniper tree; and behold, there was an angel touching him, and he said to him, "Arise, eat." -- 1 kings 19:5 +. +Then he looked and behold, there was at his head a bread cake baked on hot stones, and a jar of water. So he ate and drank and lay down again. -- 1 kings 19:6 +. +The angel of the LORD came again a second time and touched him and said, "Arise, eat, because the journey is too great for you." -- 1 kings 19:7 +. +So he arose and ate and drank, and went in the strength of that food forty days and forty nights to Horeb, the mountain of God. -- 1 kings 19:8 +. +Then he came there to a cave and lodged there; and behold, the word of the LORD came to him, and He said to him, "What are you doing here, Elijah?" -- 1 kings 19:9 +. +He said, "I have been very zealous for the LORD, the God of hosts; for the sons of Israel have forsaken Your covenant, torn down Your altars and killed Your prophets with the sword. And I alone am left; and they seek my life, to take it away." -- 1 kings 19:10 +. +So He said, "Go forth and stand on the mountain before the LORD." And behold, the LORD was passing by! And a great and strong wind was rending the mountains and breaking in pieces the rocks before the LORD; but the LORD was not in the wind. And after the wind an earthquake, but the LORD was not in the earthquake. -- 1 kings 19:11 +. +After the earthquake a fire, but the LORD was not in the fire; and after the fire a sound of a gentle blowing. -- 1 kings 19:12 +. +When Elijah heard it, he wrapped his face in his mantle and went out and stood in the entrance of the cave. And behold, a voice came to him and said, "What are you doing here, Elijah?" -- 1 kings 19:13 +. +Then he said, "I have been very zealous for the LORD, the God of hosts; for the sons of Israel have forsaken Your covenant, torn down Your altars and killed Your prophets with the sword. And I alone am left; and they seek my life, to take it away." -- 1 kings 19:14 +. +The LORD said to him, "Go, return on your way to the wilderness of Damascus, and when you have arrived, you shall anoint Hazael king over Aram; -- 1 kings 19:15 +. +and Jehu the son of Nimshi you shall anoint king over Israel; and Elisha the son of Shaphat of Abel-meholah you shall anoint as prophet in your place. -- 1 kings 19:16 +. +"It shall come about, the one who escapes from the sword of Hazael, Jehu shall put to death, and the one who escapes from the sword of Jehu, Elisha shall put to death. -- 1 kings 19:17 +. +"Yet I will leave 7,in Israel, all the knees that have not bowed to Baal and every mouth that has not kissed him." -- 1 kings 19:18 +. +So he departed from there and found Elisha the son of Shaphat, while he was plowing with twelve pairs of oxen before him, and he with the twelfth. And Elijah passed over to him and threw his mantle on him. -- 1 kings 19:19 +. +He left the oxen and ran after Elijah and said, "Please let me kiss my father and my mother, then I will follow you." And he said to him, "Go back again, for what have I done to you?" -- 1 kings 19:20 +. +So he returned from following him, and took the pair of oxen and sacrificed them and boiled their flesh with the implements of the oxen, and gave it to the people and they ate. Then he arose and followed Elijah and ministered to him. -- 1 kings 19:21 +. +Now Ben-hadad king of Aram gathered all his army, and there were thirty-two kings with him, and horses and chariots. And he went up and besieged Samaria and fought against it. -- 1 kings 20:1 +. +Then he sent messengers to the city to Ahab king of Israel and said to him, "Thus says Ben-hadad, -- 1 kings 20:2 +. +'Your silver and your gold are mine; your most beautiful wives and children are also mine.'" -- 1 kings 20:3 +. +The king of Israel replied, "It is according to your word, my lord, O king; I am yours, and all that I have." -- 1 kings 20:4 +. +Then the messengers returned and said, "Thus says Ben-hadad, 'Surely, I sent to you saying, "You shall give me your silver and your gold and your wives and your children," -- 1 kings 20:5 +. +but about this time tomorrow I will send my servants to you, and they will search your house and the houses of your servants; and whatever is desirable in your eyes, they will take in their hand and carry away.'" -- 1 kings 20:6 +. +Then the king of Israel called all the elders of the land and said, "Please observe and see how this man is looking for trouble; for he sent to me for my wives and my children and my silver and my gold, and I did not refuse him." -- 1 kings 20:7 +. +All the elders and all the people said to him, "Do not listen or consent." -- 1 kings 20:8 +. +So he said to the messengers of Ben-hadad, "Tell my lord the king, 'All that you sent for to your servant at the first I will do, but this thing I cannot do.'" And the messengers departed and brought him word again. -- 1 kings 20:9 +. +Ben-hadad sent to him and said, "May the gods do so to me and more also, if the dust of Samaria will suffice for handfuls for all the people who follow me." -- 1 kings 20:10 +. +Then the king of Israel replied, "Tell him, 'Let not him who girds on his armor boast like him who takes it off.'" -- 1 kings 20:11 +. +When Ben-hadad heard this message, as he was drinking with the kings in the temporary shelters, he said to his servants, "Station yourselves." So they stationed themselves against the city. -- 1 kings 20:12 +. +Now behold, a prophet approached Ahab king of Israel and said, "Thus says the LORD, 'Have you seen all this great multitude? Behold, I will deliver them into your hand today, and you shall know that I am the LORD.'" -- 1 kings 20:13 +. +Ahab said, "By whom?" So he said, "Thus says the LORD, 'By the young men of the rulers of the provinces.'" Then he said, "Who shall begin the battle?" And he answered, "You." -- 1 kings 20:14 +. +Then he mustered the young men of the rulers of the provinces, and there were 232; and after them he mustered all the people, even all the sons of Israel, 7,000. -- 1 kings 20:15 +. +They went out at noon, while Ben-hadad was drinking himself drunk in the temporary shelters with the thirty-two kings who helped him. -- 1 kings 20:16 +. +The young men of the rulers of the provinces went out first; and Ben-hadad sent out and they told him, saying, "Men have come out from Samaria." -- 1 kings 20:17 +. +Then he said, "If they have come out for peace, take them alive; or if they have come out for war, take them alive." -- 1 kings 20:18 +. +So these went out from the city, the young men of the rulers of the provinces, and the army which followed them. -- 1 kings 20:19 +. +They killed each his man; and the Arameans fled and Israel pursued them, and Ben-hadad king of Aram escaped on a horse with horsemen. -- 1 kings 20:20 +. +The king of Israel went out and struck the horses and chariots, and killed the Arameans with a great slaughter. -- 1 kings 20:21 +. +Then the prophet came near to the king of Israel and said to him, "Go, strengthen yourself and observe and see what you have to do; for at the turn of the year the king of Aram will come up against you." -- 1 kings 20:22 +. +Now the servants of the king of Aram said to him, "Their gods are gods of the mountains, therefore they were stronger than we; but rather let us fight against them in the plain, and surely we will be stronger than they. -- 1 kings 20:23 +. +"Do this thing: remove the kings, each from his place, and put captains in their place, -- 1 kings 20:24 +. +and muster an army like the army that you have lost, horse for horse, and chariot for chariot. Then we will fight against them in the plain, and surely we will be stronger than they." And he listened to their voice and did so. -- 1 kings 20:25 +. +At the turn of the year, Ben-hadad mustered the Arameans and went up to Aphek to fight against Israel. -- 1 kings 20:26 +. +The sons of Israel were mustered and were provisioned and went to meet them; and the sons of Israel camped before them like two little flocks of goats, but the Arameans filled the country. -- 1 kings 20:27 +. +Then a man of God came near and spoke to the king of Israel and said, "Thus says the LORD, 'Because the Arameans have said, "The LORD is a god of the mountains, but He is not a god of the valleys," therefore I will give all this great multitude into your hand, and you shall know that I am the LORD.'" -- 1 kings 20:28 +. +So they camped one over against the other seven days. And on the seventh day the battle was joined, and the sons of Israel killed of the Arameans 100,foot soldiers in one day. -- 1 kings 20:29 +. +But the rest fled to Aphek into the city, and the wall fell on 27,men who were left. And Ben-hadad fled and came into the city into an inner chamber. -- 1 kings 20:30 +. +His servants said to him, "Behold now, we have heard that the kings of the house of Israel are merciful kings, please let us put sackcloth on our loins and ropes on our heads, and go out to the king of Israel; perhaps he will save your life." -- 1 kings 20:31 +. +So they girded sackcloth on their loins and put ropes on their heads, and came to the king of Israel and said, "Your servant Ben-hadad says, 'Please let me live.'" And he said, "Is he still alive? He is my brother." -- 1 kings 20:32 +. +Now the men took this as an omen, and quickly catching his word said, "Your brother Ben-hadad." Then he said, "Go, bring him." Then Ben-hadad came out to him, and he took him up into the chariot. -- 1 kings 20:33 +. +Ben-hadad said to him, "The cities which my father took from your father I will restore, and you shall make streets for yourself in Damascus, as my father made in Samaria." Ahab said, "And I will let you go with this covenant." So he made a covenant with him and let him go. -- 1 kings 20:34 +. +Now a certain man of the sons of the prophets said to another by the word of the LORD, "Please strike me." But the man refused to strike him. -- 1 kings 20:35 +. +Then he said to him, "Because you have not listened to the voice of the LORD, behold, as soon as you have departed from me, a lion will kill you." And as soon as he had departed from him a lion found him and killed him. -- 1 kings 20:36 +. +Then he found another man and said, "Please strike me." And the man struck him, wounding him. -- 1 kings 20:37 +. +So the prophet departed and waited for the king by the way, and disguised himself with a bandage over his eyes. -- 1 kings 20:38 +. +As the king passed by, he cried to the king and said, "Your servant went out into the midst of the battle; and behold, a man turned aside and brought a man to me and said, 'Guard this man; if for any reason he is missing, then your life shall be for his life, or else you shall pay a talent of silver.' -- 1 kings 20:39 +. +"While your servant was busy here and there, he was gone." And the king of Israel said to him, "So shall your judgment be; you yourself have decided it." -- 1 kings 20:40 +. +Then he hastily took the bandage away from his eyes, and the king of Israel recognized him that he was of the prophets. -- 1 kings 20:41 +. +He said to him, "Thus says the LORD, 'Because you have let go out of your hand the man whom I had devoted to destruction, therefore your life shall go for his life, and your people for his people.'" -- 1 kings 20:42 +. +So the king of Israel went to his house sullen and vexed, and came to Samaria. -- 1 kings 20:43 +. +Now it came about after these things that Naboth the Jezreelite had a vineyard which was in Jezreel beside the palace of Ahab king of Samaria. -- 1 kings 21:1 +. +Ahab spoke to Naboth, saying, "Give me your vineyard, that I may have it for a vegetable garden because it is close beside my house, and I will give you a better vineyard than it in its place; if you like, I will give you the price of it in money." -- 1 kings 21:2 +. +But Naboth said to Ahab, "The LORD forbid me that I should give you the inheritance of my fathers." -- 1 kings 21:3 +. +So Ahab came into his house sullen and vexed because of the word which Naboth the Jezreelite had spoken to him; for he said, "I will not give you the inheritance of my fathers." And he lay down on his bed and turned away his face and ate no food. -- 1 kings 21:4 +. +But Jezebel his wife came to him and said to him, "How is it that your spirit is so sullen that you are not eating food?" -- 1 kings 21:5 +. +So he said to her, "Because I spoke to Naboth the Jezreelite and said to him, 'Give me your vineyard for money; or else, if it pleases you, I will give you a vineyard in its place.' But he said, 'I will not give you my vineyard.'" -- 1 kings 21:6 +. +Jezebel his wife said to him, "Do you now reign over Israel? Arise, eat bread, and let your heart be joyful; I will give you the vineyard of Naboth the Jezreelite." -- 1 kings 21:7 +. +So she wrote letters in Ahab's name and sealed them with his seal, and sent letters to the elders and to the nobles who were living with Naboth in his city. -- 1 kings 21:8 +. +Now she wrote in the letters, saying, "Proclaim a fast and seat Naboth at the head of the people; -- 1 kings 21:9 +. +and seat two worthless men before him, and let them testify against him, saying, 'You cursed God and the king.' Then take him out and stone him to death." -- 1 kings 21:10 +. +So the men of his city, the elders and the nobles who lived in his city, did as Jezebel had sent word to them, just as it was written in the letters which she had sent them. -- 1 kings 21:11 +. +They proclaimed a fast and seated Naboth at the head of the people. -- 1 kings 21:12 +. +Then the two worthless men came in and sat before him; and the worthless men testified against him, even against Naboth, before the people, saying, "Naboth cursed God and the king." So they took him outside the city and stoned him to death with stones. -- 1 kings 21:13 +. +Then they sent word to Jezebel, saying, "Naboth has been stoned and is dead." -- 1 kings 21:14 +. +When Jezebel heard that Naboth had been stoned and was dead, Jezebel said to Ahab, "Arise, take possession of the vineyard of Naboth, the Jezreelite, which he refused to give you for money; for Naboth is not alive, but dead." -- 1 kings 21:15 +. +When Ahab heard that Naboth was dead, Ahab arose to go down to the vineyard of Naboth the Jezreelite, to take possession of it. -- 1 kings 21:16 +. +Then the word of the LORD came to Elijah the Tishbite, saying, -- 1 kings 21:17 +. +"Arise, go down to meet Ahab king of Israel, who is in Samaria; behold, he is in the vineyard of Naboth where he has gone down to take possession of it. -- 1 kings 21:18 +. +"You shall speak to him, saying, 'Thus says the LORD, "Have you murdered and also taken possession?"' And you shall speak to him, saying, 'Thus says the LORD, "In the place where the dogs licked up the blood of Naboth the dogs will lick up your blood, even yours."'" -- 1 kings 21:19 +. +Ahab said to Elijah, "Have you found me, O my enemy?" And he answered, "I have found you, because you have sold yourself to do evil in the sight of the LORD. -- 1 kings 21:20 +. +"Behold, I will bring evil upon you, and will utterly sweep you away, and will cut off from Ahab every male, both bond and free in Israel; -- 1 kings 21:21 +. +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. -- 1 kings 21:22 +. +"Of Jezebel also has the LORD spoken, saying, 'The dogs will eat Jezebel in the district of Jezreel.' -- 1 kings 21:23 +. +"The one belonging to Ahab, who dies in the city, the dogs will eat, and the one who dies in the field the birds of heaven will eat." -- 1 kings 21:24 +. +Surely there was no one like Ahab who sold himself to do evil in the sight of the LORD, because Jezebel his wife incited him. -- 1 kings 21:25 +. +He acted very abominably in following idols, according to all that the Amorites had done, whom the LORD cast out before the sons of Israel. -- 1 kings 21:26 +. +It came about when Ahab heard these words, that he tore his clothes and put on sackcloth and fasted, and he lay in sackcloth and went about despondently. -- 1 kings 21:27 +. +Then the word of the LORD came to Elijah the Tishbite, saying, -- 1 kings 21:28 +. +"Do you see how Ahab has humbled himself before Me? Because he has humbled himself before Me, I will not bring the evil in his days, but I will bring the evil upon his house in his son's days." -- 1 kings 21:29 +. +Three years passed without war between Aram and Israel. -- 1 kings 22:1 +. +In the third year Jehoshaphat the king of Judah came down to the king of Israel. -- 1 kings 22:2 +. +Now the king of Israel said to his servants, "Do you know that Ramoth-gilead belongs to us, and we are still doing nothing to take it out of the hand of the king of Aram?" -- 1 kings 22:3 +. +And he said to Jehoshaphat, "Will you go with me to battle at Ramoth-gilead?" And Jehoshaphat said to the king of Israel, "I am as you are, my people as your people, my horses as your horses." -- 1 kings 22:4 +. +Moreover, Jehoshaphat said to the king of Israel, "Please inquire first for the word of the LORD." -- 1 kings 22:5 +. +Then the king of Israel gathered the prophets together, about four hundred men, and said to them, "Shall I go against Ramoth-gilead to battle or shall I refrain?" And they said, "Go up, for the Lord will give it into the hand of the king." -- 1 kings 22:6 +. +But Jehoshaphat said, "Is there not yet a prophet of the LORD here that we may inquire of him?" -- 1 kings 22:7 +. +The king of Israel said to Jehoshaphat, "There is yet one man by whom we may inquire of the LORD, but I hate him, because he does not prophesy good concerning me, but evil. He is Micaiah son of Imlah." But Jehoshaphat said, "Let not the king say so." -- 1 kings 22:8 +. +Then the king of Israel called an officer and said, "Bring quickly Micaiah son of Imlah." -- 1 kings 22:9 +. +Now the king of Israel and Jehoshaphat king of Judah were sitting each on his throne, arrayed in their robes, at the threshing floor at the entrance of the gate of Samaria; and all the prophets were prophesying before them. -- 1 kings 22:10 +. +Then Zedekiah the son of Chenaanah made horns of iron for himself and said, "Thus says the LORD, 'With these you will gore the Arameans until they are consumed.'" -- 1 kings 22:11 +. +All the prophets were prophesying thus, saying, "Go up to Ramoth-gilead and prosper, for the LORD will give it into the hand of the king." -- 1 kings 22:12 +. +Then the messenger who went to summon Micaiah spoke to him saying, "Behold now, the words of the prophets are uniformly favorable to the king. Please let your word be like the word of one of them, and speak favorably." -- 1 kings 22:13 +. +But Micaiah said, "As the LORD lives, what the LORD says to me, that I shall speak." -- 1 kings 22:14 +. +When he came to the king, the king said to him, "Micaiah, shall we go to Ramoth-gilead to battle, or shall we refrain?" And he answered him, "Go up and succeed, and the LORD will give it into the hand of the king." -- 1 kings 22:15 +. +Then the king said to him, "How many times must I adjure you to speak to me nothing but the truth in the name of the LORD?" -- 1 kings 22:16 +. +So he said, "I saw all Israel Scattered on the mountains, Like sheep which have no shepherd. And the LORD said, 'These have no master. Let each of them return to his house in peace.'" -- 1 kings 22:17 +. +Then the king of Israel said to Jehoshaphat, "Did I not tell you that he would not prophesy good concerning me, but evil?" -- 1 kings 22:18 +. +Micaiah said, "Therefore, hear the word of the LORD. I saw the LORD sitting on His throne, and all the host of heaven standing by Him on His right and on His left. -- 1 kings 22:19 +. +"The LORD said, 'Who will entice Ahab to go up and fall at Ramoth-gilead?' And one said this while another said that. -- 1 kings 22:20 +. +"Then a spirit came forward and stood before the LORD and said, 'I will entice him.' -- 1 kings 22:21 +. +"The LORD said to him, 'How?' And he said, 'I will go out and be a deceiving spirit in the mouth of all his prophets.' Then He said, 'You are to entice him and also prevail. Go and do so.' -- 1 kings 22:22 +. +"Now therefore, behold, the LORD has put a deceiving spirit in the mouth of all these your prophets; and the LORD has proclaimed disaster against you." -- 1 kings 22:23 +. +Then Zedekiah the son of Chenaanah came near and struck Micaiah on the cheek and said, "How did the Spirit of the LORD pass from me to speak to you?" -- 1 kings 22:24 +. +Micaiah said, "Behold, you shall see on that day when you enter an inner room to hide yourself." -- 1 kings 22:25 +. +Then the king of Israel said, "Take Micaiah and return him to Amon the governor of the city and to Joash the king's son; -- 1 kings 22:26 +. +and say, 'Thus says the king, "Put this man in prison and feed him sparingly with bread and water until I return safely."'" -- 1 kings 22:27 +. +Micaiah said, "If you indeed return safely the LORD has not spoken by me." And he said, "Listen, all you people." -- 1 kings 22:28 +. +So the king of Israel and Jehoshaphat king of Judah went up against Ramoth-gilead. -- 1 kings 22:29 +. +The king of Israel said to Jehoshaphat, "I will disguise myself and go into the battle, but you put on your robes." So the king of Israel disguised himself and went into the battle. -- 1 kings 22:30 +. +Now the king of Aram had commanded the thirty-two captains of his chariots, saying, "Do not fight with small or great, but with the king of Israel alone." -- 1 kings 22:31 +. +So when the captains of the chariots saw Jehoshaphat, they said, "Surely it is the king of Israel," and they turned aside to fight against him, and Jehoshaphat cried out. -- 1 kings 22:32 +. +When the captains of the chariots saw that it was not the king of Israel, they turned back from pursuing him. -- 1 kings 22:33 +. +Now a certain man drew his bow at random and struck the king of Israel in a joint of the armor. So he said to the driver of his chariot, "Turn around and take me out of the fight; for I am severely wounded." -- 1 kings 22:34 +. +The battle raged that day, and the king was propped up in his chariot in front of the Arameans, and died at evening, and the blood from the wound ran into the bottom of the chariot. -- 1 kings 22:35 +. +Then a cry passed throughout the army close to sunset, saying, "Every man to his city and every man to his country." -- 1 kings 22:36 +. +So the king died and was brought to Samaria, and they buried the king in Samaria. -- 1 kings 22:37 +. +They washed the chariot by the pool of Samaria, and the dogs licked up his blood (now the harlots bathed themselves there), according to the word of the LORD which He spoke. -- 1 kings 22:38 +. +Now the rest of the acts of Ahab and all that he did and the ivory house which he built and all the cities which he built, are they not written in the Book of the Chronicles of the Kings of Israel? -- 1 kings 22:39 +. +So Ahab slept with his fathers, and Ahaziah his son became king in his place. -- 1 kings 22:40 +. +Now Jehoshaphat the son of Asa became king over Judah in the fourth year of Ahab king of Israel. -- 1 kings 22:41 +. +Jehoshaphat was thirty-five years old when he became king, and he reigned twenty-five years in Jerusalem. And his mother's name was Azubah the daughter of Shilhi. -- 1 kings 22:42 +. +He walked in all the way of Asa his father; he did not turn aside from it, doing right in the sight of the LORD. However, the high places were not taken away; the people still sacrificed and burnt incense on the high places. -- 1 kings 22:43 +. +Jehoshaphat also made peace with the king of Israel. -- 1 kings 22:44 +. +Now the rest of the acts of Jehoshaphat, and his might which he showed and how he warred, are they not written in the Book of the Chronicles of the Kings of Judah? -- 1 kings 22:45 +. +The remnant of the sodomites who remained in the days of his father Asa, he expelled from the land. -- 1 kings 22:46 +. +Now there was no king in Edom; a deputy was king. -- 1 kings 22:47 +. +Jehoshaphat made ships of Tarshish to go to Ophir for gold, but they did not go for the ships were broken at Ezion-geber. -- 1 kings 22:48 +. +Then Ahaziah the son of Ahab said to Jehoshaphat, "Let my servants go with your servants in the ships." But Jehoshaphat was not willing. -- 1 kings 22:49 +. +And Jehoshaphat slept with his fathers and was buried with his fathers in the city of his father David, and Jehoram his son became king in his place. -- 1 kings 22:50 +. +Ahaziah the son of Ahab became king over Israel in Samaria in the seventeenth year of Jehoshaphat king of Judah, and he reigned two years over Israel. -- 1 kings 22:51 +. +He did evil in the sight of the LORD and walked in the way of his father and in the way of his mother and in the way of Jeroboam the son of Nebat, who caused Israel to sin. -- 1 kings 22:52 +. +So he served Baal and worshiped him and provoked the LORD God of Israel to anger, according to all that his father had done. -- 1 kings 22:53 +. +Now Moab rebelled against Israel after the death of Ahab. -- 2 kings 1:1 +. +And Ahaziah fell through the lattice in his upper chamber which was in Samaria, and became ill. So he sent messengers and said to them, "Go, inquire of Baal-zebub, the god of Ekron, whether I will recover from this sickness." -- 2 kings 1:2 +. +But the angel of the LORD said to Elijah the Tishbite, "Arise, go up to meet the messengers of the king of Samaria and say to them, 'Is it because there is no God in Israel that you are going to inquire of Baal-zebub, the god of Ekron?' -- 2 kings 1:3 +. +"Now therefore thus says the LORD, 'You shall not come down from the bed where you have gone up, but you shall surely die.'" Then Elijah departed. -- 2 kings 1:4 +. +When the messengers returned to him he said to them, "Why have you returned?" -- 2 kings 1:5 +. +They said to him, "A man came up to meet us and said to us, 'Go, return to the king who sent you and say to him, "Thus says the LORD, 'Is it because there is no God in Israel that you are sending to inquire of Baal-zebub, the god of Ekron? Therefore you shall not come down from the bed where you have gone up, but shall surely die.'"'" -- 2 kings 1:6 +. +He said to them, "What kind of man was he who came up to meet you and spoke these words to you?" -- 2 kings 1:7 +. +They answered him, "He was a hairy man with a leather girdle bound about his loins." And he said, "It is Elijah the Tishbite." -- 2 kings 1:8 +. +Then the king sent to him a captain of fifty with his fifty. And he went up to him, and behold, he was sitting on the top of the hill. And he said to him, "O man of God, the king says, 'Come down.'" -- 2 kings 1:9 +. +Elijah replied to the captain of fifty, "If I am a man of God, let fire come down from heaven and consume you and your fifty." Then fire came down from heaven and consumed him and his fifty. -- 2 kings 1:10 +. +So he again sent to him another captain of fifty with his fifty. And he said to him, "O man of God, thus says the king, 'Come down quickly.'" -- 2 kings 1:11 +. +Elijah replied to them, "If I am a man of God, let fire come down from heaven and consume you and your fifty." Then the fire of God came down from heaven and consumed him and his fifty. -- 2 kings 1:12 +. +So he again sent the captain of a third fifty with his fifty. When the third captain of fifty went up, he came and bowed down on his knees before Elijah, and begged him and said to him, "O man of God, please let my life and the lives of these fifty servants of yours be precious in your sight. -- 2 kings 1:13 +. +"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." -- 2 kings 1:14 +. +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. -- 2 kings 1:15 +. +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.'" -- 2 kings 1:16 +. +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. -- 2 kings 1:17 +. +Now the rest of the acts of Ahaziah which he did, are they not written in the Book of the Chronicles of the Kings of Israel? -- 2 kings 1:18 +. +And it came about when the LORD was about to take up Elijah by a whirlwind to heaven, that Elijah went with Elisha from Gilgal. -- 2 kings 2:1 +. +Elijah said to Elisha, "Stay here please, for the LORD has sent me as far as Bethel." But Elisha said, "As the LORD lives and as you yourself live, I will not leave you." So they went down to Bethel. -- 2 kings 2:2 +. +Then the sons of the prophets who were at Bethel came out to Elisha and said to him, "Do you know that the LORD will take away your master from over you today?" And he said, "Yes, I know; be still." -- 2 kings 2:3 +. +Elijah said to him, "Elisha, please stay here, for the LORD has sent me to Jericho." But he said, "As the LORD lives, and as you yourself live, I will not leave you." So they came to Jericho. -- 2 kings 2:4 +. +The sons of the prophets who were at Jericho approached Elisha and said to him, "Do you know that the LORD will take away your master from over you today?" And he answered, "Yes, I know; be still." -- 2 kings 2:5 +. +Then Elijah said to him, "Please stay here, for the LORD has sent me to the Jordan." And he said, "As the LORD lives, and as you yourself live, I will not leave you." So the two of them went on. -- 2 kings 2:6 +. +Now fifty men of the sons of the prophets went and stood opposite them at a distance, while the two of them stood by the Jordan. -- 2 kings 2:7 +. +Elijah took his mantle and folded it together and struck the waters, and they were divided here and there, so that the two of them crossed over on dry ground. -- 2 kings 2:8 +. +When they had crossed over, Elijah said to Elisha, "Ask what I shall do for you before I am taken from you." And Elisha said, "Please, let a double portion of your spirit be upon me." -- 2 kings 2:9 +. +He said, "You have asked a hard thing. Nevertheless, if you see me when I am taken from you, it shall be so for you; but if not, it shall not be so." -- 2 kings 2:10 +. +As they were going along and talking, behold, there appeared a chariot of fire and horses of fire which separated the two of them. And Elijah went up by a whirlwind to heaven. -- 2 kings 2:11 +. +Elisha saw it and cried out, "My father, my father, the chariots of Israel and its horsemen!" And he saw Elijah no more. Then he took hold of his own clothes and tore them in two pieces. -- 2 kings 2:12 +. +He also took up the mantle of Elijah that fell from him and returned and stood by the bank of the Jordan. -- 2 kings 2:13 +. +He took the mantle of Elijah that fell from him and struck the waters and said, "Where is the LORD, the God of Elijah?" And when he also had struck the waters, they were divided here and there; and Elisha crossed over. -- 2 kings 2:14 +. +Now when the sons of the prophets who were at Jericho opposite him saw him, they said, "The spirit of Elijah rests on Elisha." And they came to meet him and bowed themselves to the ground before him. -- 2 kings 2:15 +. +They said to him, "Behold now, there are with your servants fifty strong men, please let them go and search for your master; perhaps the Spirit of the LORD has taken him up and cast him on some mountain or into some valley." And he said, "You shall not send." -- 2 kings 2:16 +. +But when they urged him until he was ashamed, he said, "Send." They sent therefore fifty men; and they searched three days but did not find him. -- 2 kings 2:17 +. +They returned to him while he was staying at Jericho; and he said to them, "Did I not say to you, 'Do not go'?" -- 2 kings 2:18 +. +Then the men of the city said to Elisha, "Behold now, the situation of this city is pleasant, as my lord sees; but the water is bad and the land is unfruitful." -- 2 kings 2:19 +. +He said, "Bring me a new jar, and put salt in it." So they brought it to him. -- 2 kings 2:20 +. +He went out to the spring of water and threw salt in it and said, "Thus says the LORD, 'I have purified these waters; there shall not be from there death or unfruitfulness any longer.'" -- 2 kings 2:21 +. +So the waters have been purified to this day, according to the word of Elisha which he spoke. -- 2 kings 2:22 +. +Then he went up from there to Bethel; and as he was going up by the way, young lads came out from the city and mocked him and said to him, "Go up, you baldhead; go up, you baldhead!" -- 2 kings 2:23 +. +When he looked behind him and saw them, he cursed them in the name of the LORD. Then two female bears came out of the woods and tore up forty-two lads of their number. -- 2 kings 2:24 +. +He went from there to Mount Carmel, and from there he returned to Samaria. -- 2 kings 2:25 +. +Now Jehoram the son of Ahab became king over Israel at Samaria in the eighteenth year of Jehoshaphat king of Judah, and reigned twelve years. -- 2 kings 3:1 +. +He did evil in the sight of the LORD, though not like his father and his mother; for he put away the sacred pillar of Baal which his father had made. -- 2 kings 3:2 +. +Nevertheless, he clung to the sins of Jeroboam the son of Nebat, which he made Israel sin; he did not depart from them. -- 2 kings 3:3 +. +Now Mesha king of Moab was a sheep breeder, and used to pay the king of Israel 100,lambs and the wool of 100,000 rams. -- 2 kings 3:4 +. +But when Ahab died, the king of Moab rebelled against the king of Israel. -- 2 kings 3:5 +. +And King Jehoram went out of Samaria at that time and mustered all Israel. -- 2 kings 3:6 +. +Then he went and sent word to Jehoshaphat the king of Judah, saying, "The king of Moab has rebelled against me. Will you go with me to fight against Moab?" And he said, "I will go up; I am as you are, my people as your people, my horses as your horses." -- 2 kings 3:7 +. +He said, "Which way shall we go up?" And he answered, "The way of the wilderness of Edom." -- 2 kings 3:8 +. +So the king of Israel went with the king of Judah and the king of Edom; and they made a circuit of seven days' journey, and there was no water for the army or for the cattle that followed them. -- 2 kings 3:9 +. +Then the king of Israel said, "Alas! For the LORD has called these three kings to give them into the hand of Moab." -- 2 kings 3:10 +. +But Jehoshaphat said, "Is there not a prophet of the LORD here, that we may inquire of the LORD by him?" And one of the king of Israel's servants answered and said, "Elisha the son of Shaphat is here, who used to pour water on the hands of Elijah." -- 2 kings 3:11 +. +Jehoshaphat said, "The word of the LORD is with him." So the king of Israel and Jehoshaphat and the king of Edom went down to him. -- 2 kings 3:12 +. +Now Elisha said to the king of Israel, "What do I have to do with you? Go to the prophets of your father and to the prophets of your mother." And the king of Israel said to him, "No, for the LORD has called these three kings together to give them into the hand of Moab." -- 2 kings 3:13 +. +Elisha said, "As the LORD of hosts lives, before whom I stand, were it not that I regard the presence of Jehoshaphat the king of Judah, I would not look at you nor see you. -- 2 kings 3:14 +. +"But now bring me a minstrel." And it came about, when the minstrel played, that the hand of the LORD came upon him. -- 2 kings 3:15 +. +He said, "Thus says the LORD, 'Make this valley full of trenches.' -- 2 kings 3:16 +. +"For thus says the LORD, 'You shall not see wind nor shall you see rain; yet that valley shall be filled with water, so that you shall drink, both you and your cattle and your beasts. -- 2 kings 3:17 +. +'This is but a slight thing in the sight of the LORD; He will also give the Moabites into your hand. -- 2 kings 3:18 +. +'Then you shall strike every fortified city and every choice city, and fell every good tree and stop all springs of water, and mar every good piece of land with stones.'" -- 2 kings 3:19 +. +It happened in the morning about the time of offering the sacrifice, that behold, water came by the way of Edom, and the country was filled with water. -- 2 kings 3:20 +. +Now all the Moabites heard that the kings had come up to fight against them. And all who were able to put on armor and older were summoned and stood on the border. -- 2 kings 3:21 +. +They rose early in the morning, and the sun shone on the water, and the Moabites saw the water opposite them as red as blood. -- 2 kings 3:22 +. +Then they said, "This is blood; the kings have surely fought together, and they have slain one another. Now therefore, Moab, to the spoil!" -- 2 kings 3:23 +. +But when they came to the camp of Israel, the Israelites arose and struck the Moabites, so that they fled before them; and they went forward into the land, slaughtering the Moabites. -- 2 kings 3:24 +. +Thus they destroyed the cities; and each one threw a stone on every piece of good land and filled it. So they stopped all the springs of water and felled all the good trees, until in Kir-hareseth only they left its stones; however, the slingers went about it and struck it. -- 2 kings 3:25 +. +When the king of Moab saw that the battle was too fierce for him, he took with him men who drew swords, to break through to the king of Edom; but they could not. -- 2 kings 3:26 +. +Then he took his oldest son who was to reign in his place, and offered him as a burnt offering on the wall. And there came great wrath against Israel, and they departed from him and returned to their own land. -- 2 kings 3:27 +. +Now a certain woman of the wives of the sons of the prophets cried out to Elisha, "Your servant my husband is dead, and you know that your servant feared the LORD; and the creditor has come to take my two children to be his slaves." -- 2 kings 4:1 +. +Elisha said to her, "What shall I do for you? Tell me, what do you have in the house?" And she said, "Your maidservant has nothing in the house except a jar of oil." -- 2 kings 4:2 +. +Then he said, "Go, borrow vessels at large for yourself from all your neighbors, even empty vessels; do not get a few. -- 2 kings 4:3 +. +"And you shall go in and shut the door behind you and your sons, and pour out into all these vessels, and you shall set aside what is full." -- 2 kings 4:4 +. +So she went from him and shut the door behind her and her sons; they were bringing the vessels to her and she poured. -- 2 kings 4:5 +. +When the vessels were full, she said to her son, "Bring me another vessel." And he said to her, "There is not one vessel more." And the oil stopped. -- 2 kings 4:6 +. +Then she came and told the man of God. And he said, "Go, sell the oil and pay your debt, and you and your sons can live on the rest." -- 2 kings 4:7 +. +Now there came a day when Elisha passed over to Shunem, where there was a prominent woman, and she persuaded him to eat food. And so it was, as often as he passed by, he turned in there to eat food. -- 2 kings 4:8 +. +She said to her husband, "Behold now, I perceive that this is a holy man of God passing by us continually. -- 2 kings 4:9 +. +"Please, let us make a little walled upper chamber and let us set a bed for him there, and a table and a chair and a lampstand; and it shall be, when he comes to us, that he can turn in there." -- 2 kings 4:10 +. +One day he came there and turned in to the upper chamber and rested. -- 2 kings 4:11 +. +Then he said to Gehazi his servant, "Call this Shunammite." And when he had called her, she stood before him. -- 2 kings 4:12 +. +He said to him, "Say now to her, 'Behold, you have been careful for us with all this care; what can I do for you? Would you be spoken for to the king or to the captain of the army?'" And she answered, "I live among my own people." -- 2 kings 4:13 +. +So he said, "What then is to be done for her?" And Gehazi answered, "Truly she has no son and her husband is old." -- 2 kings 4:14 +. +He said, "Call her." When he had called her, she stood in the doorway. -- 2 kings 4:15 +. +Then he said, "At this season next year you will embrace a son." And she said, "No, my lord, O man of God, do not lie to your maidservant." -- 2 kings 4:16 +. +The woman conceived and bore a son at that season the next year, as Elisha had said to her. -- 2 kings 4:17 +. +When the child was grown, the day came that he went out to his father to the reapers. -- 2 kings 4:18 +. +He said to his father, "My head, my head." And he said to his servant, "Carry him to his mother." -- 2 kings 4:19 +. +When he had taken him and brought him to his mother, he sat on her lap until noon, and then died. -- 2 kings 4:20 +. +She went up and laid him on the bed of the man of God, and shut the door behind him and went out. -- 2 kings 4:21 +. +Then she called to her husband and said, "Please send me one of the servants and one of the donkeys, that I may run to the man of God and return." -- 2 kings 4:22 +. +He said, "Why will you go to him today? It is neither new moon nor sabbath." And she said, "It will be well." -- 2 kings 4:23 +. +Then she saddled a donkey and said to her servant, "Drive and go forward; do not slow down the pace for me unless I tell you." -- 2 kings 4:24 +. +So she went and came to the man of God to Mount Carmel. When the man of God saw her at a distance, he said to Gehazi his servant, "Behold, there is the Shunammite. -- 2 kings 4:25 +. +"Please run now to meet her and say to her, 'Is it well with you? Is it well with your husband? Is it well with the child?'" And she answered, "It is well." -- 2 kings 4:26 +. +When she came to the man of God to the hill, she caught hold of his feet. And Gehazi came near to push her away; but the man of God said, "Let her alone, for her soul is troubled within her; and the LORD has hidden it from me and has not told me." -- 2 kings 4:27 +. +Then she said, "Did I ask for a son from my lord? Did I not say, 'Do not deceive me'?" -- 2 kings 4:28 +. +Then he said to Gehazi, "Gird up your loins and take my staff in your hand, and go your way; if you meet any man, do not salute him, and if anyone salutes you, do not answer him; and lay my staff on the lad's face." -- 2 kings 4:29 +. +The mother of the lad said, "As the LORD lives and as you yourself live, I will not leave you." And he arose and followed her. -- 2 kings 4:30 +. +Then Gehazi passed on before them and laid the staff on the lad's face, but there was no sound or response. So he returned to meet him and told him, "The lad has not awakened." -- 2 kings 4:31 +. +When Elisha came into the house, behold the lad was dead and laid on his bed. -- 2 kings 4:32 +. +So he entered and shut the door behind them both and prayed to the LORD. -- 2 kings 4:33 +. +And he went up and lay on the child, and put his mouth on his mouth and his eyes on his eyes and his hands on his hands, and he stretched himself on him; and the flesh of the child became warm. -- 2 kings 4:34 +. +Then he returned and walked in the house once back and forth, and went up and stretched himself on him; and the lad sneezed seven times and the lad opened his eyes. -- 2 kings 4:35 +. +He called Gehazi and said, "Call this Shunammite." So he called her. And when she came in to him, he said, "Take up your son." -- 2 kings 4:36 +. +Then she went in and fell at his feet and bowed herself to the ground, and she took up her son and went out. -- 2 kings 4:37 +. +When Elisha returned to Gilgal, there was a famine in the land. As the sons of the prophets were sitting before him, he said to his servant, "Put on the large pot and boil stew for the sons of the prophets." -- 2 kings 4:38 +. +Then one went out into the field to gather herbs, and found a wild vine and gathered from it his lap full of wild gourds, and came and sliced them into the pot of stew, for they did not know what they were. -- 2 kings 4:39 +. +So they poured it out for the men to eat. And as they were eating of the stew, they cried out and said, "O man of God, there is death in the pot." And they were unable to eat. -- 2 kings 4:40 +. +But he said, "Now bring meal." He threw it into the pot and said, "Pour it out for the people that they may eat." Then there was no harm in the pot. -- 2 kings 4:41 +. +Now a man came from Baal-shalishah, and brought the man of God bread of the first fruits, twenty loaves of barley and fresh ears of grain in his sack. And he said, "Give them to the people that they may eat." -- 2 kings 4:42 +. +His attendant said, "What, will I set this before a hundred men?" But he said, "Give them to the people that they may eat, for thus says the LORD, 'They shall eat and have some left over.'" -- 2 kings 4:43 +. +So he set it before them, and they ate and had some left over, according to the word of the LORD. -- 2 kings 4:44 +. +Now Naaman, captain of the army of the king of Aram, was a great man with his master, and highly respected, because by him the LORD had given victory to Aram. The man was also a valiant warrior, but he was a leper. -- 2 kings 5:1 +. +Now the Arameans had gone out in bands and had taken captive a little girl from the land of Israel; and she waited on Naaman's wife. -- 2 kings 5:2 +. +She said to her mistress, "I wish that my master were with the prophet who is in Samaria! Then he would cure him of his leprosy." -- 2 kings 5:3 +. +Naaman went in and told his master, saying, "Thus and thus spoke the girl who is from the land of Israel." -- 2 kings 5:4 +. +Then the king of Aram said, "Go now, and I will send a letter to the king of Israel." He departed and took with him ten talents of silver and six thousand shekels of gold and ten changes of clothes. -- 2 kings 5:5 +. +He brought the letter to the king of Israel, saying, "And now as this letter comes to you, behold, I have sent Naaman my servant to you, that you may cure him of his leprosy." -- 2 kings 5:6 +. +When the king of Israel read the letter, he tore his clothes and said, "Am I God, to kill and to make alive, that this man is sending word to me to cure a man of his leprosy? But consider now, and see how he is seeking a quarrel against me." -- 2 kings 5:7 +. +It happened when Elisha the man of God heard that the king of Israel had torn his clothes, that he sent word to the king, saying, "Why have you torn your clothes? Now let him come to me, and he shall know that there is a prophet in Israel." -- 2 kings 5:8 +. +So Naaman came with his horses and his chariots and stood at the doorway of the house of Elisha. -- 2 kings 5:9 +. +Elisha sent a messenger to him, saying, "Go and wash in the Jordan seven times, and your flesh will be restored to you and you will be clean." -- 2 kings 5:10 +. +But Naaman was furious and went away and said, "Behold, I thought, 'He will surely come out to me and stand and call on the name of the LORD his God, and wave his hand over the place and cure the leper.' -- 2 kings 5:11 +. +"Are not Abanah and Pharpar, the rivers of Damascus, better than all the waters of Israel? Could I not wash in them and be clean?" So he turned and went away in a rage. -- 2 kings 5:12 +. +Then his servants came near and spoke to him and said, "My father, had the prophet told you to do some great thing, would you not have done it? How much more then, when he says to you, 'Wash, and be clean'?" -- 2 kings 5:13 +. +So he went down and dipped himself seven times in the Jordan, according to the word of the man of God; and his flesh was restored like the flesh of a little child and he was clean. -- 2 kings 5:14 +. +When he returned to the man of God with all his company, and came and stood before him, he said, "Behold now, I know that there is no God in all the earth, but in Israel; so please take a present from your servant now." -- 2 kings 5:15 +. +But he said, "As the LORD lives, before whom I stand, I will take nothing." And he urged him to take it, but he refused. -- 2 kings 5:16 +. +Naaman said, "If not, please let your servant at least be given two mules' load of earth; for your servant will no longer offer burnt offering nor will he sacrifice to other gods, but to the LORD. -- 2 kings 5:17 +. +"In this matter may the LORD pardon your servant: when my master goes into the house of Rimmon to worship there, and he leans on my hand and I bow myself in the house of Rimmon, when I bow myself in the house of Rimmon, the LORD pardon your servant in this matter." -- 2 kings 5:18 +. +He said to him, "Go in peace." So he departed from him some distance. -- 2 kings 5:19 +. +But Gehazi, the servant of Elisha the man of God, thought, "Behold, my master has spared this Naaman the Aramean, by not receiving from his hands what he brought. As the LORD lives, I will run after him and take something from him." -- 2 kings 5:20 +. +So Gehazi pursued Naaman. When Naaman saw one running after him, he came down from the chariot to meet him and said, "Is all well?" -- 2 kings 5:21 +. +He said, "All is well. My master has sent me, saying, 'Behold, just now two young men of the sons of the prophets have come to me from the hill country of Ephraim. Please give them a talent of silver and two changes of clothes.'" -- 2 kings 5:22 +. +Naaman said, "Be pleased to take two talents." And he urged him, and bound two talents of silver in two bags with two changes of clothes and gave them to two of his servants; and they carried them before him. -- 2 kings 5:23 +. +When he came to the hill, he took them from their hand and deposited them in the house, and he sent the men away, and they departed. -- 2 kings 5:24 +. +But he went in and stood before his master. And Elisha said to him, "Where have you been, Gehazi?" And he said, "Your servant went nowhere." -- 2 kings 5:25 +. +Then he said to him, "Did not my heart go with you, when the man turned from his chariot to meet you? Is it a time to receive money and to receive clothes and olive groves and vineyards and sheep and oxen and male and female servants? -- 2 kings 5:26 +. +"Therefore, the leprosy of Naaman shall cling to you and to your descendants forever." So he went out from his presence a leper as white as snow. -- 2 kings 5:27 +. +Now the sons of the prophets said to Elisha, "Behold now, the place before you where we are living is too limited for us. -- 2 kings 6:1 +. +"Please let us go to the Jordan and each of us take from there a beam, and let us make a place there for ourselves where we may live." So he said, "Go." -- 2 kings 6:2 +. +Then one said, "Please be willing to go with your servants." And he answered, "I shall go." -- 2 kings 6:3 +. +So he went with them; and when they came to the Jordan, they cut down trees. -- 2 kings 6:4 +. +But as one was felling a beam, the axe head fell into the water; and he cried out and said, "Alas, my master! For it was borrowed." -- 2 kings 6:5 +. +Then the man of God said, "Where did it fall?" And when he showed him the place, he cut off a stick and threw it in there, and made the iron float. -- 2 kings 6:6 +. +He said, "Take it up for yourself." So he put out his hand and took it. -- 2 kings 6:7 +. +Now the king of Aram was warring against Israel; and he counseled with his servants saying, "In such and such a place shall be my camp." -- 2 kings 6:8 +. +The man of God sent word to the king of Israel saying, "Beware that you do not pass this place, for the Arameans are coming down there." -- 2 kings 6:9 +. +The king of Israel sent to the place about which the man of God had told him; thus he warned him, so that he guarded himself there, more than once or twice. -- 2 kings 6:10 +. +Now the heart of the king of Aram was enraged over this thing; and he called his servants and said to them, "Will you tell me which of us is for the king of Israel?" -- 2 kings 6:11 +. +One of his servants said, "No, my lord, O king; but Elisha, the prophet who is in Israel, tells the king of Israel the words that you speak in your bedroom." -- 2 kings 6:12 +. +So he said, "Go and see where he is, that I may send and take him." And it was told him, saying, "Behold, he is in Dothan." -- 2 kings 6:13 +. +He sent horses and chariots and a great army there, and they came by night and surrounded the city. -- 2 kings 6:14 +. +Now when the attendant of the man of God had risen early and gone out, behold, an army with horses and chariots was circling the city. And his servant said to him, "Alas, my master! What shall we do?" -- 2 kings 6:15 +. +So he answered, "Do not fear, for those who are with us are more than those who are with them." -- 2 kings 6:16 +. +Then Elisha prayed and said, "O LORD, I pray, open his eyes that he may see." And the LORD opened the servant's eyes and he saw; and behold, the mountain was full of horses and chariots of fire all around Elisha. -- 2 kings 6:17 +. +When they came down to him, Elisha prayed to the LORD and said, "Strike this people with blindness, I pray." So He struck them with blindness according to the word of Elisha. -- 2 kings 6:18 +. +Then Elisha said to them, "This is not the way, nor is this the city; follow me and I will bring you to the man whom you seek." And he brought them to Samaria. -- 2 kings 6:19 +. +When they had come into Samaria, Elisha said, "O LORD, open the eyes of these men, that they may see." So the LORD opened their eyes and they saw; and behold, they were in the midst of Samaria. -- 2 kings 6:20 +. +Then the king of Israel when he saw them, said to Elisha, "My father, shall I kill them? Shall I kill them?" -- 2 kings 6:21 +. +He answered, "You shall not kill them. Would you kill those you have taken captive with your sword and with your bow? Set bread and water before them, that they may eat and drink and go to their master." -- 2 kings 6:22 +. +So he prepared a great feast for them; and when they had eaten and drunk he sent them away, and they went to their master. And the marauding bands of Arameans did not come again into the land of Israel. -- 2 kings 6:23 +. +Now it came about after this, that Ben-hadad king of Aram gathered all his army and went up and besieged Samaria. -- 2 kings 6:24 +. +There was a great famine in Samaria; and behold, they besieged it, until a donkey's head was sold for eighty shekels of silver, and a fourth of a kab of dove's dung for five shekels of silver. -- 2 kings 6:25 +. +As the king of Israel was passing by on the wall a woman cried out to him, saying, "Help, my lord, O king!" -- 2 kings 6:26 +. +He said, "If the LORD does not help you, from where shall I help you? From the threshing floor, or from the wine press?" -- 2 kings 6:27 +. +And the king said to her, "What is the matter with you?" And she answered, "This woman said to me, 'Give your son that we may eat him today, and we will eat my son tomorrow.' -- 2 kings 6:28 +. +"So we boiled my son and ate him; and I said to her on the next day, 'Give your son, that we may eat him'; but she has hidden her son." -- 2 kings 6:29 +. +When the king heard the words of the woman, he tore his clothes--now he was passing by on the wall--and the people looked, and behold, he had sackcloth beneath on his body. -- 2 kings 6:30 +. +Then he said, "May God do so to me and more also, if the head of Elisha the son of Shaphat remains on him today." -- 2 kings 6:31 +. +Now Elisha was sitting in his house, and the elders were sitting with him. And the king sent a man from his presence; but before the messenger came to him, he said to the elders, "Do you see how this son of a murderer has sent to take away my head? Look, when the messenger comes, shut the door and hold the door shut against him. Is not the sound of his master's feet behind him?" -- 2 kings 6:32 +. +While he was still talking with them, behold, the messenger came down to him and he said, "Behold, this evil is from the LORD; why should I wait for the LORD any longer?" -- 2 kings 6:33 +. +Then Elisha said, "Listen to the word of the LORD; thus says the LORD, 'Tomorrow about this time a measure of fine flour will be sold for a shekel, and two measures of barley for a shekel, in the gate of Samaria.'" -- 2 kings 7:1 +. +The royal officer on whose hand the king was leaning answered the man of God and said, "Behold, if the LORD should make windows in heaven, could this thing be?" Then he said, "Behold, you will see it with your own eyes, but you will not eat of it." -- 2 kings 7:2 +. +Now there were four leprous men at the entrance of the gate; and they said to one another, "Why do we sit here until we die? -- 2 kings 7:3 +. +"If we say, 'We will enter the city,' then the famine is in the city and we will die there; and if we sit here, we die also. Now therefore come, and let us go over to the camp of the Arameans. If they spare us, we will live; and if they kill us, we will but die." -- 2 kings 7:4 +. +They arose at twilight to go to the camp of the Arameans; when they came to the outskirts of the camp of the Arameans, behold, there was no one there. -- 2 kings 7:5 +. +For the Lord had caused the army of the Arameans to hear a sound of chariots and a sound of horses, even the sound of a great army, so that they said to one another, "Behold, the king of Israel has hired against us the kings of the Hittites and the kings of the Egyptians, to come upon us." -- 2 kings 7:6 +. +Therefore they arose and fled in the twilight, and left their tents and their horses and their donkeys, even the camp just as it was, and fled for their life. -- 2 kings 7:7 +. +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. -- 2 kings 7:8 +. +Then they said to one another, "We are not doing right. This day is a day of good news, but we are keeping silent; if we wait until morning light, punishment will overtake us. Now therefore come, let us go and tell the king's household." -- 2 kings 7:9 +. +So they came and called to the gatekeepers of the city, and they told them, saying, "We came to the camp of the Arameans, and behold, there was no one there, nor the voice of man, only the horses tied and the donkeys tied, and the tents just as they were." -- 2 kings 7:10 +. +The gatekeepers called and told it within the king's household. -- 2 kings 7:11 +. +Then the king arose in the night and said to his servants, "I will now tell you what the Arameans have done to us. They know that we are hungry; therefore they have gone from the camp to hide themselves in the field, saying, 'When they come out of the city, we will capture them alive and get into the city.'" -- 2 kings 7:12 +. +One of his servants said, "Please, let some men take five of the horses which remain, which are left in the city. Behold, they will be in any case like all the multitude of Israel who are left in it; behold, they will be in any case like all the multitude of Israel who have already perished, so let us send and see." -- 2 kings 7:13 +. +They took therefore two chariots with horses, and the king sent after the army of the Arameans, saying, "Go and see." -- 2 kings 7:14 +. +They went after them to the Jordan, and behold, all the way was full of clothes and equipment which the Arameans had thrown away in their haste. Then the messengers returned and told the king. -- 2 kings 7:15 +. +So the people went out and plundered the camp of the Arameans. Then a measure of fine flour was sold for a shekel and two measures of barley for a shekel, according to the word of the LORD. -- 2 kings 7:16 +. +Now the king appointed the royal officer on whose hand he leaned to have charge of the gate; but the people trampled on him at the gate, and he died just as the man of God had said, who spoke when the king came down to him. -- 2 kings 7:17 +. +It happened just as the man of God had spoken to the king, saying, "Two measures of barley for a shekel and a measure of fine flour for a shekel, will be sold tomorrow about this time at the gate of Samaria." -- 2 kings 7:18 +. +Then the royal officer answered the man of God and said, "Now behold, if the LORD should make windows in heaven, could such a thing be?" And he said, "Behold, you will see it with your own eyes, but you will not eat of it." -- 2 kings 7:19 +. +And so it happened to him, for the people trampled on him at the gate and he died. -- 2 kings 7:20 +. +Now Elisha spoke to the woman whose son he had restored to life, saying, "Arise and go with your household, and sojourn wherever you can sojourn; for the LORD has called for a famine, and it will even come on the land for seven years." -- 2 kings 8:1 +. +So the woman arose and did according to the word of the man of God, and she went with her household and sojourned in the land of the Philistines seven years. -- 2 kings 8:2 +. +At the end of seven years, the woman returned from the land of the Philistines; and she went out to appeal to the king for her house and for her field. -- 2 kings 8:3 +. +Now the king was talking with Gehazi, the servant of the man of God, saying, "Please relate to me all the great things that Elisha has done." -- 2 kings 8:4 +. +As he was relating to the king how he had restored to life the one who was dead, behold, the woman whose son he had restored to life appealed to the king for her house and for her field. And Gehazi said, "My lord, O king, this is the woman and this is her son, whom Elisha restored to life." -- 2 kings 8:5 +. +When the king asked the woman, she related it to him. So the king appointed for her a certain officer, saying, "Restore all that was hers and all the produce of the field from the day that she left the land even until now." -- 2 kings 8:6 +. +Then Elisha came to Damascus. Now Ben-hadad king of Aram was sick, and it was told him, saying, "The man of God has come here." -- 2 kings 8:7 +. +The king said to Hazael, "Take a gift in your hand and go to meet the man of God, and inquire of the LORD by him, saying, 'Will I recover from this sickness?'" -- 2 kings 8:8 +. +So Hazael went to meet him and took a gift in his hand, even every kind of good thing of Damascus, forty camels' loads; and he came and stood before him and said, "Your son Ben-hadad king of Aram has sent me to you, saying, 'Will I recover from this sickness?'" -- 2 kings 8:9 +. +Then Elisha said to him, "Go, say to him, 'You will surely recover,' but the LORD has shown me that he will certainly die." -- 2 kings 8:10 +. +He fixed his gaze steadily on him until he was ashamed, and the man of God wept. -- 2 kings 8:11 +. +Hazael said, "Why does my lord weep?" Then he answered, "Because I know the evil that you will do to the sons of Israel: their strongholds you will set on fire, and their young men you will kill with the sword, and their little ones you will dash in pieces, and their women with child you will rip up." -- 2 kings 8:12 +. +Then Hazael said, "But what is your servant, who is but a dog, that he should do this great thing?" And Elisha answered, "The LORD has shown me that you will be king over Aram." -- 2 kings 8:13 +. +So he departed from Elisha and returned to his master, who said to him, "What did Elisha say to you?" And he answered, "He told me that you would surely recover." -- 2 kings 8:14 +. +On the following day, he took the cover and dipped it in water and spread it on his face, so that he died. And Hazael became king in his place. -- 2 kings 8:15 +. +Now in the fifth year of Joram the son of Ahab king of Israel, Jehoshaphat being then the king of Judah, Jehoram the son of Jehoshaphat king of Judah became king. -- 2 kings 8:16 +. +He was thirty-two years old when he became king, and he reigned eight years in Jerusalem. -- 2 kings 8:17 +. +He walked in the way of the kings of Israel, just as the house of Ahab had done, for the daughter of Ahab became his wife; and he did evil in the sight of the LORD. -- 2 kings 8:18 +. +However, the LORD was not willing to destroy Judah, for the sake of David His servant, since He had promised him to give a lamp to him through his sons always. -- 2 kings 8:19 +. +In his days Edom revolted from under the hand of Judah, and made a king over themselves. -- 2 kings 8:20 +. +Then Joram crossed over to Zair, and all his chariots with him. And he arose by night and struck the Edomites who had surrounded him and the captains of the chariots; but his army fled to their tents. -- 2 kings 8:21 +. +So Edom revolted against Judah to this day. Then Libnah revolted at the same time. -- 2 kings 8:22 +. +The rest of the acts of Joram and all that he did, are they not written in the Book of the Chronicles of the Kings of Judah? -- 2 kings 8:23 +. +So Joram slept with his fathers and was buried with his fathers in the city of David; and Ahaziah his son became king in his place. -- 2 kings 8:24 +. +In the twelfth year of Joram the son of Ahab king of Israel, Ahaziah the son of Jehoram king of Judah began to reign. -- 2 kings 8:25 +. +Ahaziah was twenty-two years old when he became king, and he reigned one year in Jerusalem. And his mother's name was Athaliah the granddaughter of Omri king of Israel. -- 2 kings 8:26 +. +He walked in the way of the house of Ahab and did evil in the sight of the LORD, like the house of Ahab had done, because he was a son-in-law of the house of Ahab. -- 2 kings 8:27 +. +Then he went with Joram the son of Ahab to war against Hazael king of Aram at Ramoth-gilead, and the Arameans wounded Joram. -- 2 kings 8:28 +. +So King Joram returned to be healed in Jezreel of the wounds which the Arameans had inflicted on him at Ramah when he fought against Hazael king of Aram. Then Ahaziah the son of Jehoram king of Judah went down to see Joram the son of Ahab in Jezreel because he was sick. -- 2 kings 8:29 +. +Now Elisha the prophet called one of the sons of the prophets and said to him, "Gird up your loins, and take this flask of oil in your hand and go to Ramoth-gilead. -- 2 kings 9:1 +. +"When you arrive there, search out Jehu the son of Jehoshaphat the son of Nimshi, and go in and bid him arise from among his brothers, and bring him to an inner room. -- 2 kings 9:2 +. +"Then take the flask of oil and pour it on his head and say, 'Thus says the LORD, "I have anointed you king over Israel."' Then open the door and flee and do not wait." -- 2 kings 9:3 +. +So the young man, the servant of the prophet, went to Ramoth-gilead. -- 2 kings 9:4 +. +When he came, behold, the captains of the army were sitting, and he said, "I have a word for you, O captain." And Jehu said, "For which one of us?" And he said, "For you, O captain." -- 2 kings 9:5 +. +He arose and went into the house, and he poured the oil on his head and said to him, "Thus says the LORD, the God of Israel, 'I have anointed you king over the people of the LORD, even over Israel. -- 2 kings 9:6 +. +'You shall strike the house of Ahab your master, that I may avenge the blood of My servants the prophets, and the blood of all the servants of the LORD, at the hand of Jezebel. -- 2 kings 9:7 +. +'For the whole house of Ahab shall perish, and I will cut off from Ahab every male person both bond and free in Israel. -- 2 kings 9:8 +. +'I will make the house of Ahab like the house of Jeroboam the son of Nebat, and like the house of Baasha the son of Ahijah. -- 2 kings 9:9 +. +'The dogs shall eat Jezebel in the territory of Jezreel, and none shall bury her.'" Then he opened the door and fled. -- 2 kings 9:10 +. +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." -- 2 kings 9:11 +. +They said, "It is a lie, tell us now." And he said, "Thus and thus he said to me, 'Thus says the LORD, "I have anointed you king over Israel."'" -- 2 kings 9:12 +. +Then they hurried and each man took his garment and placed it under him on the bare steps, and blew the trumpet, saying, "Jehu is king!" -- 2 kings 9:13 +. +So Jehu the son of Jehoshaphat the son of Nimshi conspired against Joram. Now Joram with all Israel was defending Ramoth-gilead against Hazael king of Aram, -- 2 kings 9:14 +. +but King Joram had returned to Jezreel to be healed of the wounds which the Arameans had inflicted on him when he fought with Hazael king of Aram. So Jehu said, "If this is your mind, then let no one escape or leave the city to go tell it in Jezreel." -- 2 kings 9:15 +. +Then Jehu rode in a chariot and went to Jezreel, for Joram was lying there. Ahaziah king of Judah had come down to see Joram. -- 2 kings 9:16 +. +Now the watchman was standing on the tower in Jezreel and he saw the company of Jehu as he came, and said, "I see a company." And Joram said, "Take a horseman and send him to meet them and let him say, 'Is it peace?'" -- 2 kings 9:17 +. +So a horseman went to meet him and said, "Thus says the king, 'Is it peace?'" And Jehu said, "What have you to do with peace? Turn behind me." And the watchman reported, "The messenger came to them, but he did not return." -- 2 kings 9:18 +. +Then he sent out a second horseman, who came to them and said, "Thus says the king, 'Is it peace?'" And Jehu answered, "What have you to do with peace? Turn behind me." -- 2 kings 9:19 +. +The watchman reported, "He came even to them, and he did not return; and the driving is like the driving of Jehu the son of Nimshi, for he drives furiously." -- 2 kings 9:20 +. +Then Joram said, "Get ready." And they made his chariot ready. Joram king of Israel and Ahaziah king of Judah went out, each in his chariot, and they went out to meet Jehu and found him in the property of Naboth the Jezreelite. -- 2 kings 9:21 +. +When Joram saw Jehu, he said, "Is it peace, Jehu?" And he answered, "What peace, so long as the harlotries of your mother Jezebel and her witchcrafts are so many?" -- 2 kings 9:22 +. +So Joram reined about and fled and said to Ahaziah, "There is treachery, O Ahaziah!" -- 2 kings 9:23 +. +And Jehu drew his bow with his full strength and shot Joram between his arms; and the arrow went through his heart and he sank in his chariot. -- 2 kings 9:24 +. +Then Jehu said to Bidkar his officer, "Take him up and cast him into the property of the field of Naboth the Jezreelite, for I remember when you and I were riding together after Ahab his father, that the LORD laid this oracle against him: -- 2 kings 9:25 +. +'Surely I have seen yesterday the blood of Naboth and the blood of his sons,' says the LORD, 'and I will repay you in this property,' says the LORD. Now then, take and cast him into the property, according to the word of the LORD." -- 2 kings 9:26 +. +When Ahaziah the king of Judah saw this, he fled by the way of the garden house. And Jehu pursued him and said, "Shoot him too, in the chariot." So they shot him at the ascent of Gur, which is at Ibleam. But he fled to Megiddo and died there. -- 2 kings 9:27 +. +Then his servants carried him in a chariot to Jerusalem and buried him in his grave with his fathers in the city of David. -- 2 kings 9:28 +. +Now in the eleventh year of Joram, the son of Ahab, Ahaziah became king over Judah. -- 2 kings 9:29 +. +When Jehu came to Jezreel, Jezebel heard of it, and she painted her eyes and adorned her head and looked out the window. -- 2 kings 9:30 +. +As Jehu entered the gate, she said, "Is it well, Zimri, your master's murderer?" -- 2 kings 9:31 +. +Then he lifted up his face to the window and said, "Who is on my side? Who?" And two or three officials looked down at him. -- 2 kings 9:32 +. +He said, "Throw her down." So they threw her down, and some of her blood was sprinkled on the wall and on the horses, and he trampled her under foot. -- 2 kings 9:33 +. +When he came in, he ate and drank; and he said, "See now to this cursed woman and bury her, for she is a king's daughter." -- 2 kings 9:34 +. +They went to bury her, but they found nothing more of her than the skull and the feet and the palms of her hands. -- 2 kings 9:35 +. +Therefore they returned and told him. And he said, "This is the word of the LORD, which He spoke by His servant Elijah the Tishbite, saying, 'In the property of Jezreel the dogs shall eat the flesh of Jezebel; -- 2 kings 9:36 +. +and the corpse of Jezebel will be as dung on the face of the field in the property of Jezreel, so they cannot say, "This is Jezebel."'" -- 2 kings 9:37 +. +Now Ahab had seventy sons in Samaria. And Jehu wrote letters and sent them to Samaria, to the rulers of Jezreel, the elders, and to the guardians of the children of Ahab, saying, -- 2 kings 10:1 +. +"Now, when this letter comes to you, since your master's sons are with you, as well as the chariots and horses and a fortified city and the weapons, -- 2 kings 10:2 +. +select the best and fittest of your master's sons, and set him on his father's throne, and fight for your master's house." -- 2 kings 10:3 +. +But they feared greatly and said, "Behold, the two kings did not stand before him; how then can we stand?" -- 2 kings 10:4 +. +And the one who was over the household, and he who was over the city, the elders, and the guardians of the children, sent word to Jehu, saying, "We are your servants, all that you say to us we will do, we will not make any man king; do what is good in your sight." -- 2 kings 10:5 +. +Then he wrote a letter to them a second time saying, "If you are on my side, and you will listen to my voice, take the heads of the men, your master's sons, and come to me at Jezreel tomorrow about this time." Now the king's sons, seventy persons, were with the great men of the city, who were rearing them. -- 2 kings 10:6 +. +When the letter came to them, they took the king's sons and slaughtered them, seventy persons, and put their heads in baskets, and sent them to him at Jezreel. -- 2 kings 10:7 +. +When the messenger came and told him, saying, "They have brought the heads of the king's sons," he said, "Put them in two heaps at the entrance of the gate until morning." -- 2 kings 10:8 +. +Now in the morning he went out and stood and said to all the people, "You are innocent; behold, I conspired against my master and killed him, but who killed all these? -- 2 kings 10:9 +. +"Know then that there shall fall to the earth nothing of the word of the LORD, which the LORD spoke concerning the house of Ahab, for the LORD has done what He spoke through His servant Elijah." -- 2 kings 10:10 +. +So Jehu killed all who remained of the house of Ahab in Jezreel, and all his great men and his acquaintances and his priests, until he left him without a survivor. -- 2 kings 10:11 +. +Then he arose and departed and went to Samaria. On the way while he was at Beth-eked of the shepherds, -- 2 kings 10:12 +. +Jehu met the relatives of Ahaziah king of Judah and said, "Who are you?" And they answered, "We are the relatives of Ahaziah; and we have come down to greet the sons of the king and the sons of the queen mother." -- 2 kings 10:13 +. +He said, "Take them alive." So they took them alive and killed them at the pit of Beth-eked, forty-two men; and he left none of them. -- 2 kings 10:14 +. +Now when he had departed from there, he met Jehonadab the son of Rechab coming to meet him; and he greeted him and said to him, "Is your heart right, as my heart is with your heart?" And Jehonadab answered, "It is." Jehu said, "If it is, give me your hand." And he gave him his hand, and he took him up to him into the chariot. -- 2 kings 10:15 +. +He said, "Come with me and see my zeal for the LORD." So he made him ride in his chariot. -- 2 kings 10:16 +. +When he came to Samaria, he killed all who remained to Ahab in Samaria, until he had destroyed him, according to the word of the LORD which He spoke to Elijah. -- 2 kings 10:17 +. +Then Jehu gathered all the people and said to them, "Ahab served Baal a little; Jehu will serve him much. -- 2 kings 10:18 +. +"Now, summon all the prophets of Baal, all his worshipers and all his priests; let no one be missing, for I have a great sacrifice for Baal; whoever is missing shall not live." But Jehu did it in cunning, so that he might destroy the worshipers of Baal. -- 2 kings 10:19 +. +And Jehu said, "Sanctify a solemn assembly for Baal." And they proclaimed it. -- 2 kings 10:20 +. +Then Jehu sent throughout Israel and all the worshipers of Baal came, so that there was not a man left who did not come. And when they went into the house of Baal, the house of Baal was filled from one end to the other. -- 2 kings 10:21 +. +He said to the one who was in charge of the wardrobe, "Bring out garments for all the worshipers of Baal." So he brought out garments for them. -- 2 kings 10:22 +. +Jehu went into the house of Baal with Jehonadab the son of Rechab; and he said to the worshipers of Baal, "Search and see that there is here with you none of the servants of the LORD, but only the worshipers of Baal." -- 2 kings 10:23 +. +Then they went in to offer sacrifices and burnt offerings. Now Jehu had stationed for himself eighty men outside, and he had said, "The one who permits any of the men whom I bring into your hands to escape shall give up his life in exchange." -- 2 kings 10:24 +. +Then it came about, as soon as he had finished offering the burnt offering, that Jehu said to the guard and to the royal officers, "Go in, kill them; let none come out." And they killed them with the edge of the sword; and the guard and the royal officers threw them out, and went to the inner room of the house of Baal. -- 2 kings 10:25 +. +They brought out the sacred pillars of the house of Baal and burned them. -- 2 kings 10:26 +. +They also broke down the sacred pillar of Baal and broke down the house of Baal, and made it a latrine to this day. -- 2 kings 10:27 +. +Thus Jehu eradicated Baal out of Israel. -- 2 kings 10:28 +. +However, as for the sins of Jeroboam the son of Nebat, which he made Israel sin, from these Jehu did not depart, even the golden calves that were at Bethel and that were at Dan. -- 2 kings 10:29 +. +The LORD said to Jehu, "Because you have done well in executing what is right in My eyes, and have done to the house of Ahab according to all that was in My heart, your sons of the fourth generation shall sit on the throne of Israel." -- 2 kings 10:30 +. +But Jehu was not careful to walk in the law of the LORD, the God of Israel, with all his heart; he did not depart from the sins of Jeroboam, which he made Israel sin. -- 2 kings 10:31 +. +In those days the LORD began to cut off portions from Israel; and Hazael defeated them throughout the territory of Israel: -- 2 kings 10:32 +. +from the Jordan eastward, all the land of Gilead, the Gadites and the Reubenites and the Manassites, from Aroer, which is by the valley of the Arnon, even Gilead and Bashan. -- 2 kings 10:33 +. +Now the rest of the acts of Jehu and all that he did and all his might, are they not written in the Book of the Chronicles of the Kings of Israel? -- 2 kings 10:34 +. +And Jehu slept with his fathers, and they buried him in Samaria. And Jehoahaz his son became king in his place. -- 2 kings 10:35 +. +Now the time which Jehu reigned over Israel in Samaria was twenty-eight years. -- 2 kings 10:36 +. +When Athaliah the mother of Ahaziah saw that her son was dead, she rose and destroyed all the royal offspring. -- 2 kings 11:1 +. +But Jehosheba, the daughter of King Joram, sister of Ahaziah, took Joash the son of Ahaziah and stole him from among the king's sons who were being put to death, and placed him and his nurse in the bedroom. So they hid him from Athaliah, and he was not put to death. -- 2 kings 11:2 +. +So he was hidden with her in the house of the LORD six years, while Athaliah was reigning over the land. -- 2 kings 11:3 +. +Now in the seventh year Jehoiada sent and brought the captains of hundreds of the Carites and of the guard, and brought them to him in the house of the LORD. Then he made a covenant with them and put them under oath in the house of the LORD, and showed them the king's son. -- 2 kings 11:4 +. +He commanded them, saying, "This is the thing that you shall do: one third of you, who come in on the sabbath and keep watch over the king's house -- 2 kings 11:5 +. +(one third also shall be at the gate Sur, and one third at the gate behind the guards), shall keep watch over the house for defense. -- 2 kings 11:6 +. +"Two parts of you, even all who go out on the sabbath, shall also keep watch over the house of the LORD for the king. -- 2 kings 11:7 +. +"Then you shall surround the king, each with his weapons in his hand; and whoever comes within the ranks shall be put to death. And be with the king when he goes out and when he comes in." -- 2 kings 11:8 +. +So the captains of hundreds did according to all that Jehoiada the priest commanded. And each one of them took his men who were to come in on the sabbath, with those who were to go out on the sabbath, and came to Jehoiada the priest. -- 2 kings 11:9 +. +The priest gave to the captains of hundreds the spears and shields that had been King David's, which were in the house of the LORD. -- 2 kings 11:10 +. +The guards stood each with his weapons in his hand, from the right side of the house to the left side of the house, by the altar and by the house, around the king. -- 2 kings 11:11 +. +Then he brought the king's son out and put the crown on him and gave him the testimony; and they made him king and anointed him, and they clapped their hands and said, "Long live the king!" -- 2 kings 11:12 +. +When Athaliah heard the noise of the guard and of the people, she came to the people in the house of the LORD. -- 2 kings 11:13 +. +She looked and behold, the king was standing by the pillar, according to the custom, with the captains and the trumpeters beside the king; and all the people of the land rejoiced and blew trumpets. Then Athaliah tore her clothes and cried, "Treason! Treason!" -- 2 kings 11:14 +. +And Jehoiada the priest commanded the captains of hundreds who were appointed over the army and said to them, "Bring her out between the ranks, and whoever follows her put to death with the sword." For the priest said, "Let her not be put to death in the house of the LORD." -- 2 kings 11:15 +. +So they seized her, and when she arrived at the horses' entrance of the king's house, she was put to death there. -- 2 kings 11:16 +. +Then Jehoiada made a covenant between the LORD and the king and the people, that they would be the LORD'S people, also between the king and the people. -- 2 kings 11:17 +. +All the people of the land went to the house of Baal, and tore it down; his altars and his images they broke in pieces thoroughly, and killed Mattan the priest of Baal before the altars. And the priest appointed officers over the house of the LORD. -- 2 kings 11:18 +. +He took the captains of hundreds and the Carites and the guards and all the people of the land; and they brought the king down from the house of the LORD, and came by the way of the gate of the guards to the king's house. And he sat on the throne of the kings. -- 2 kings 11:19 +. +So all the people of the land rejoiced and the city was quiet. For they had put Athaliah to death with the sword at the king's house. -- 2 kings 11:20 +. +Jehoash was seven years old when he became king. -- 2 kings 11:21 +. +In the seventh year of Jehu, Jehoash became king, and he reigned forty years in Jerusalem; and his mother's name was Zibiah of Beersheba. -- 2 kings 12:1 +. +Jehoash did right in the sight of the LORD all his days in which Jehoiada the priest instructed him. -- 2 kings 12:2 +. +Only the high places were not taken away; the people still sacrificed and burned incense on the high places. -- 2 kings 12:3 +. +Then Jehoash said to the priests, "All the money of the sacred things which is brought into the house of the LORD, in current money, both the money of each man's assessment and all the money which any man's heart prompts him to bring into the house of the LORD, -- 2 kings 12:4 +. +let the priests take it for themselves, each from his acquaintance; and they shall repair the damages of the house wherever any damage may be found." -- 2 kings 12:5 +. +But it came about that in the twenty-third year of King Jehoash the priests had not repaired the damages of the house. -- 2 kings 12:6 +. +Then King Jehoash called for Jehoiada the priest, and for the other priests and said to them, "Why do you not repair the damages of the house? Now therefore take no more money from your acquaintances, but pay it for the damages of the house." -- 2 kings 12:7 +. +So the priests agreed that they would take no more money from the people, nor repair the damages of the house. -- 2 kings 12:8 +. +But Jehoiada the priest took a chest and bored a hole in its lid and put it beside the altar, on the right side as one comes into the house of the LORD; and the priests who guarded the threshold put in it all the money which was brought into the house of the LORD. -- 2 kings 12:9 +. +When they saw that there was much money in the chest, the king's scribe and the high priest came up and tied it in bags and counted the money which was found in the house of the LORD. -- 2 kings 12:10 +. +They gave the money which was weighed out into the hands of those who did the work, who had the oversight of the house of the LORD; and they paid it out to the carpenters and the builders who worked on the house of the LORD; -- 2 kings 12:11 +. +and to the masons and the stonecutters, and for buying timber and hewn stone to repair the damages to the house of the LORD, and for all that was laid out for the house to repair it. -- 2 kings 12:12 +. +But there were not made for the house of the LORD silver cups, snuffers, bowls, trumpets, any vessels of gold, or vessels of silver from the money which was brought into the house of the LORD; -- 2 kings 12:13 +. +for they gave that to those who did the work, and with it they repaired the house of the LORD. -- 2 kings 12:14 +. +Moreover, they did not require an accounting from the men into whose hand they gave the money to pay to those who did the work, for they dealt faithfully. -- 2 kings 12:15 +. +The money from the guilt offerings and the money from the sin offerings was not brought into the house of the LORD; it was for the priests. -- 2 kings 12:16 +. +Then Hazael king of Aram went up and fought against Gath and captured it, and Hazael set his face to go up to Jerusalem. -- 2 kings 12:17 +. +Jehoash king of Judah took all the sacred things that Jehoshaphat and Jehoram and Ahaziah, his fathers, kings of Judah, had dedicated, and his own sacred things and all the gold that was found among the treasuries of the house of the LORD and of the king's house, and sent them to Hazael king of Aram. Then he went away from Jerusalem. -- 2 kings 12:18 +. +Now the rest of the acts of Joash and all that he did, are they not written in the Book of the Chronicles of the Kings of Judah? -- 2 kings 12:19 +. +His servants arose and made a conspiracy and struck down Joash at the house of Millo as he was going down to Silla. -- 2 kings 12:20 +. +For Jozacar the son of Shimeath and Jehozabad the son of Shomer, his servants, struck him and he died; and they buried him with his fathers in the city of David, and Amaziah his son became king in his place. -- 2 kings 12:21 +. +In the twenty-third year of Joash the son of Ahaziah, king of Judah, Jehoahaz the son of Jehu became king over Israel at Samaria, and he reigned seventeen years. -- 2 kings 13:1 +. +He did evil in the sight of the LORD, and followed the sins of Jeroboam the son of Nebat, with which he made Israel sin; he did not turn from them. -- 2 kings 13:2 +. +So the anger of the LORD was kindled against Israel, and He gave them continually into the hand of Hazael king of Aram, and into the hand of Ben-hadad the son of Hazael. -- 2 kings 13:3 +. +Then Jehoahaz entreated the favor of the LORD, and the LORD listened to him; for He saw the oppression of Israel, how the king of Aram oppressed them. -- 2 kings 13:4 +. +The LORD gave Israel a deliverer, so that they escaped from under the hand of the Arameans; and the sons of Israel lived in their tents as formerly. -- 2 kings 13:5 +. +Nevertheless they did not turn away from the sins of the house of Jeroboam, with which he made Israel sin, but walked in them; and the Asherah also remained standing in Samaria. -- 2 kings 13:6 +. +For he left to Jehoahaz of the army not more than fifty horsemen and ten chariots and 10,footmen, for the king of Aram had destroyed them and made them like the dust at threshing. -- 2 kings 13:7 +. +Now the rest of the acts of Jehoahaz, and all that he did and his might, are they not written in the Book of the Chronicles of the Kings of Israel? -- 2 kings 13:8 +. +And Jehoahaz slept with his fathers, and they buried him in Samaria; and Joash his son became king in his place. -- 2 kings 13:9 +. +In the thirty-seventh year of Joash king of Judah, Jehoash the son of Jehoahaz became king over Israel in Samaria, and reigned sixteen years. -- 2 kings 13:10 +. +He did evil in the sight of the LORD; he did not turn away from all the sins of Jeroboam the son of Nebat, with which he made Israel sin, but he walked in them. -- 2 kings 13:11 +. +Now the rest of the acts of Joash and all that he did and his might with which he fought against Amaziah king of Judah, are they not written in the Book of the Chronicles of the Kings of Israel? -- 2 kings 13:12 +. +So Joash slept with his fathers, and Jeroboam sat on his throne; and Joash was buried in Samaria with the kings of Israel. -- 2 kings 13:13 +. +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!" -- 2 kings 13:14 +. +Elisha said to him, "Take a bow and arrows." So he took a bow and arrows. -- 2 kings 13:15 +. +Then he said to the king of Israel, "Put your hand on the bow." And he put his hand on it, then Elisha laid his hands on the king's hands. -- 2 kings 13:16 +. +He said, "Open the window toward the east," and he opened it. Then Elisha said, "Shoot!" And he shot. And he said, "The LORD'S arrow of victory, even the arrow of victory over Aram; for you will defeat the Arameans at Aphek until you have destroyed them." -- 2 kings 13:17 +. +Then he said, "Take the arrows," and he took them. And he said to the king of Israel, "Strike the ground," and he struck it three times and stopped. -- 2 kings 13:18 +. +So the man of God was angry with him and said, "You should have struck five or six times, then you would have struck Aram until you would have destroyed it. But now you shall strike Aram only three times." -- 2 kings 13:19 +. +Elisha died, and they buried him. Now the bands of the Moabites would invade the land in the spring of the year. -- 2 kings 13:20 +. +As they were burying a man, behold, they saw a marauding band; and they cast the man into the grave of Elisha. And when the man touched the bones of Elisha he revived and stood up on his feet. -- 2 kings 13:21 +. +Now Hazael king of Aram had oppressed Israel all the days of Jehoahaz. -- 2 kings 13:22 +. +But the LORD was gracious to them and had compassion on them and turned to them because of His covenant with Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob, and would not destroy them or cast them from His presence until now. -- 2 kings 13:23 +. +When Hazael king of Aram died, Ben-hadad his son became king in his place. -- 2 kings 13:24 +. +Then Jehoash the son of Jehoahaz took again from the hand of Ben-hadad the son of Hazael the cities which he had taken in war from the hand of Jehoahaz his father. Three times Joash defeated him and recovered the cities of Israel. -- 2 kings 13:25 +. +In the second year of Joash son of Joahaz king of Israel, Amaziah the son of Joash king of Judah became king. -- 2 kings 14:1 +. +He was twenty-five years old when he became king, and he reigned twenty-nine years in Jerusalem. And his mother's name was Jehoaddin of Jerusalem. -- 2 kings 14:2 +. +He did right in the sight of the LORD, yet not like David his father; he did according to all that Joash his father had done. -- 2 kings 14:3 +. +Only the high places were not taken away; the people still sacrificed and burned incense on the high places. -- 2 kings 14:4 +. +Now it came about, as soon as the kingdom was firmly in his hand, that he killed his servants who had slain the king his father. -- 2 kings 14:5 +. +But the sons of the slayers he did not put to death, according to what is written in the book of the Law of Moses, as the LORD commanded, saying, "The fathers shall not be put to death for the sons, nor the sons be put to death for the fathers; but each shall be put to death for his own sin." -- 2 kings 14:6 +. +He killed of Edom in the Valley of Salt 10,and took Sela by war, and named it Joktheel to this day. -- 2 kings 14:7 +. +Then Amaziah sent messengers to Jehoash, the son of Jehoahaz son of Jehu, king of Israel, saying, "Come, let us face each other." -- 2 kings 14:8 +. +Jehoash king of Israel sent to Amaziah king of Judah, saying, "The thorn bush which was in Lebanon sent to the cedar which was in Lebanon, saying, 'Give your daughter to my son in marriage.' But there passed by a wild beast that was in Lebanon, and trampled the thorn bush. -- 2 kings 14:9 +. +"You have indeed defeated Edom, and your heart has become proud. Enjoy your glory and stay at home; for why should you provoke trouble so that you, even you, would fall, and Judah with you?" -- 2 kings 14:10 +. +But Amaziah would not listen. So Jehoash king of Israel went up; and he and Amaziah king of Judah faced each other at Beth-shemesh, which belongs to Judah. -- 2 kings 14:11 +. +Judah was defeated by Israel, and they fled each to his tent. -- 2 kings 14:12 +. +Then Jehoash king of Israel captured Amaziah king of Judah, the son of Jehoash the son of Ahaziah, at Beth-shemesh, and came to Jerusalem and tore down the wall of Jerusalem from the Gate of Ephraim to the Corner Gate, cubits. -- 2 kings 14:13 +. +He took all the gold and silver and all the utensils which were found in the house of the LORD, and in the treasuries of the king's house, the hostages also, and returned to Samaria. -- 2 kings 14:14 +. +Now the rest of the acts of Jehoash which he did, and his might and how he fought with Amaziah king of Judah, are they not written in the Book of the Chronicles of the Kings of Israel? -- 2 kings 14:15 +. +So Jehoash slept with his fathers and was buried in Samaria with the kings of Israel; and Jeroboam his son became king in his place. -- 2 kings 14:16 +. +Amaziah the son of Joash king of Judah lived fifteen years after the death of Jehoash son of Jehoahaz king of Israel. -- 2 kings 14:17 +. +Now the rest of the acts of Amaziah, are they not written in the Book of the Chronicles of the Kings of Judah? -- 2 kings 14:18 +. +They conspired against him in Jerusalem, and he fled to Lachish; but they sent after him to Lachish and killed him there. -- 2 kings 14:19 +. +Then they brought him on horses and he was buried at Jerusalem with his fathers in the city of David. -- 2 kings 14:20 +. +All the people of Judah took Azariah, who was sixteen years old, and made him king in the place of his father Amaziah. -- 2 kings 14:21 +. +He built Elath and restored it to Judah after the king slept with his fathers. -- 2 kings 14:22 +. +In the fifteenth year of Amaziah the son of Joash king of Judah, Jeroboam the son of Joash king of Israel became king in Samaria, and reigned forty-one years. -- 2 kings 14:23 +. +He did evil in the sight of the LORD; he did not depart from all the sins of Jeroboam the son of Nebat, which he made Israel sin. -- 2 kings 14:24 +. +He restored the border of Israel from the entrance of Hamath as far as the Sea of the Arabah, according to the word of the LORD, the God of Israel, which He spoke through His servant Jonah the son of Amittai, the prophet, who was of Gath-hepher. -- 2 kings 14:25 +. +For the LORD saw the affliction of Israel, which was very bitter; for there was neither bond nor free, nor was there any helper for Israel. -- 2 kings 14:26 +. +The LORD did not say that He would blot out the name of Israel from under heaven, but He saved them by the hand of Jeroboam the son of Joash. -- 2 kings 14:27 +. +Now the rest of the acts of Jeroboam and all that he did and his might, how he fought and how he recovered for Israel, Damascus and Hamath, which had belonged to Judah, are they not written in the Book of the Chronicles of the Kings of Israel? -- 2 kings 14:28 +. +And Jeroboam slept with his fathers, even with the kings of Israel, and Zechariah his son became king in his place. -- 2 kings 14:29 +. +In the twenty-seventh year of Jeroboam king of Israel, Azariah son of Amaziah king of Judah became king. -- 2 kings 15:1 +. +He was sixteen years old when he became king, and he reigned fifty-two years in Jerusalem; and his mother's name was Jecoliah of Jerusalem. -- 2 kings 15:2 +. +He did right in the sight of the LORD, according to all that his father Amaziah had done. -- 2 kings 15:3 +. +Only the high places were not taken away; the people still sacrificed and burned incense on the high places. -- 2 kings 15:4 +. +The LORD struck the king, so that he was a leper to the day of his death. And he lived in a separate house, while Jotham the king's son was over the household, judging the people of the land. -- 2 kings 15:5 +. +Now the rest of the acts of Azariah and all that he did, are they not written in the Book of the Chronicles of the Kings of Judah? -- 2 kings 15:6 +. +And Azariah slept with his fathers, and they buried him with his fathers in the city of David, and Jotham his son became king in his place. -- 2 kings 15:7 +. +In the thirty-eighth year of Azariah king of Judah, Zechariah the son of Jeroboam became king over Israel in Samaria for six months. -- 2 kings 15:8 +. +He did evil in the sight of the LORD, as his fathers had done; he did not depart from the sins of Jeroboam the son of Nebat, which he made Israel sin. -- 2 kings 15:9 +. +Then Shallum the son of Jabesh conspired against him and struck him before the people and killed him, and reigned in his place. -- 2 kings 15:10 +. +Now the rest of the acts of Zechariah, behold they are written in the Book of the Chronicles of the Kings of Israel. -- 2 kings 15:11 +. +This is the word of the LORD which He spoke to Jehu, saying, "Your sons to the fourth generation shall sit on the throne of Israel." And so it was. -- 2 kings 15:12 +. +Shallum son of Jabesh became king in the thirty-ninth year of Uzziah king of Judah, and he reigned one month in Samaria. -- 2 kings 15:13 +. +Then Menahem son of Gadi went up from Tirzah and came to Samaria, and struck Shallum son of Jabesh in Samaria, and killed him and became king in his place. -- 2 kings 15:14 +. +Now the rest of the acts of Shallum and his conspiracy which he made, behold they are written in the Book of the Chronicles of the Kings of Israel. -- 2 kings 15:15 +. +Then Menahem struck Tiphsah and all who were in it and its borders from Tirzah, because they did not open to him; therefore he struck it and ripped up all its women who were with child. -- 2 kings 15:16 +. +In the thirty-ninth year of Azariah king of Judah, Menahem son of Gadi became king over Israel and reigned ten years in Samaria. -- 2 kings 15:17 +. +He did evil in the sight of the LORD; he did not depart all his days from the sins of Jeroboam the son of Nebat, which he made Israel sin. -- 2 kings 15:18 +. +Pul, king of Assyria, came against the land, and Menahem gave Pul a thousand talents of silver so that his hand might be with him to strengthen the kingdom under his rule. -- 2 kings 15:19 +. +Then Menahem exacted the money from Israel, even from all the mighty men of wealth, from each man fifty shekels of silver to pay the king of Assyria. So the king of Assyria returned and did not remain there in the land. -- 2 kings 15:20 +. +Now the rest of the acts of Menahem and all that he did, are they not written in the Book of the Chronicles of the Kings of Israel? -- 2 kings 15:21 +. +And Menahem slept with his fathers, and Pekahiah his son became king in his place. -- 2 kings 15:22 +. +In the fiftieth year of Azariah king of Judah, Pekahiah son of Menahem became king over Israel in Samaria, and reigned two years. -- 2 kings 15:23 +. +He did evil in the sight of the LORD; he did not depart from the sins of Jeroboam son of Nebat, which he made Israel sin. -- 2 kings 15:24 +. +Then Pekah son of Remaliah, his officer, conspired against him and struck him in Samaria, in the castle of the king's house with Argob and Arieh; and with him were fifty men of the Gileadites, and he killed him and became king in his place. -- 2 kings 15:25 +. +Now the rest of the acts of Pekahiah and all that he did, behold they are written in the Book of the Chronicles of the Kings of Israel. -- 2 kings 15:26 +. +In the fifty-second year of Azariah king of Judah, Pekah son of Remaliah became king over Israel in Samaria, and reigned twenty years. -- 2 kings 15:27 +. +He did evil in the sight of the LORD; he did not depart from the sins of Jeroboam son of Nebat, which he made Israel sin. -- 2 kings 15:28 +. +In the days of Pekah king of Israel, Tiglath-pileser king of Assyria came and captured Ijon and Abel-beth-maacah and Janoah and Kedesh and Hazor and Gilead and Galilee, all the land of Naphtali; and he carried them captive to Assyria. -- 2 kings 15:29 +. +And Hoshea the son of Elah made a conspiracy against Pekah the son of Remaliah, and struck him and put him to death and became king in his place, in the twentieth year of Jotham the son of Uzziah. -- 2 kings 15:30 +. +Now the rest of the acts of Pekah and all that he did, behold, they are written in the Book of the Chronicles of the Kings of Israel. -- 2 kings 15:31 +. +In the second year of Pekah the son of Remaliah king of Israel, Jotham the son of Uzziah king of Judah became king. -- 2 kings 15:32 +. +He was twenty-five years old when he became king, and he reigned sixteen years in Jerusalem; and his mother's name was Jerusha the daughter of Zadok. -- 2 kings 15:33 +. +He did what was right in the sight of the LORD; he did according to all that his father Uzziah had done. -- 2 kings 15:34 +. +Only the high places were not taken away; the people still sacrificed and burned incense on the high places. He built the upper gate of the house of the LORD. -- 2 kings 15:35 +. +Now the rest of the acts of Jotham and all that he did, are they not written in the Book of the Chronicles of the Kings of Judah? -- 2 kings 15:36 +. +In those days the LORD began to send Rezin king of Aram and Pekah the son of Remaliah against Judah. -- 2 kings 15:37 +. +And Jotham slept with his fathers, and he was buried with his fathers in the city of David his father; and Ahaz his son became king in his place. -- 2 kings 15:38 +. +In the seventeenth year of Pekah the son of Remaliah, Ahaz the son of Jotham, king of Judah, became king. -- 2 kings 16:1 +. +Ahaz was twenty years old when he became king, and he reigned sixteen years in Jerusalem; and he did not do what was right in the sight of the LORD his God, as his father David had done. -- 2 kings 16:2 +. +But he walked in the way of the kings of Israel, and even made his son pass through the fire, according to the abominations of the nations whom the LORD had driven out from before the sons of Israel. -- 2 kings 16:3 +. +He sacrificed and burned incense on the high places and on the hills and under every green tree. -- 2 kings 16:4 +. +Then Rezin king of Aram and Pekah son of Remaliah, king of Israel, came up to Jerusalem to wage war; and they besieged Ahaz, but could not overcome him. -- 2 kings 16:5 +. +At that time Rezin king of Aram recovered Elath for Aram, and cleared the Judeans out of Elath entirely; and the Arameans came to Elath and have lived there to this day. -- 2 kings 16:6 +. +So Ahaz sent messengers to Tiglath-pileser king of Assyria, saying, "I am your servant and your son; come up and deliver me from the hand of the king of Aram and from the hand of the king of Israel, who are rising up against me." -- 2 kings 16:7 +. +Ahaz took the silver and gold that was found in the house of the LORD and in the treasuries of the king's house, and sent a present to the king of Assyria. -- 2 kings 16:8 +. +So the king of Assyria listened to him; and the king of Assyria went up against Damascus and captured it, and carried the people of it away into exile to Kir, and put Rezin to death. -- 2 kings 16:9 +. +Now King Ahaz went to Damascus to meet Tiglath-pileser king of Assyria, and saw the altar which was at Damascus; and King Ahaz sent to Urijah the priest the pattern of the altar and its model, according to all its workmanship. -- 2 kings 16:10 +. +So Urijah the priest built an altar; according to all that King Ahaz had sent from Damascus, thus Urijah the priest made it, before the coming of King Ahaz from Damascus. -- 2 kings 16:11 +. +When the king came from Damascus, the king saw the altar; then the king approached the altar and went up to it, -- 2 kings 16:12 +. +and burned his burnt offering and his meal offering, and poured his drink offering and sprinkled the blood of his peace offerings on the altar. -- 2 kings 16:13 +. +The bronze altar, which was before the LORD, he brought from the front of the house, from between his altar and the house of the LORD, and he put it on the north side of his altar. -- 2 kings 16:14 +. +Then King Ahaz commanded Urijah the priest, saying, "Upon the great altar burn the morning burnt offering and the evening meal offering and the king's burnt offering and his meal offering, with the burnt offering of all the people of the land and their meal offering and their drink offerings; and sprinkle on it all the blood of the burnt offering and all the blood of the sacrifice. But the bronze altar shall be for me to inquire by." -- 2 kings 16:15 +. +So Urijah the priest did according to all that King Ahaz commanded. -- 2 kings 16:16 +. +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. -- 2 kings 16:17 +. +The covered way for the sabbath which they had built in the house, and the outer entry of the king, he removed from the house of the LORD because of the king of Assyria. -- 2 kings 16:18 +. +Now the rest of the acts of Ahaz which he did, are they not written in the Book of the Chronicles of the Kings of Judah? -- 2 kings 16:19 +. +So Ahaz slept with his fathers, and was buried with his fathers in the city of David; and his son Hezekiah reigned in his place. -- 2 kings 16:20 +. +In the twelfth year of Ahaz king of Judah, Hoshea the son of Elah became king over Israel in Samaria, and reigned nine years. -- 2 kings 17:1 +. +He did evil in the sight of the LORD, only not as the kings of Israel who were before him. -- 2 kings 17:2 +. +Shalmaneser king of Assyria came up against him, and Hoshea became his servant and paid him tribute. -- 2 kings 17:3 +. +But the king of Assyria found conspiracy in Hoshea, who had sent messengers to So king of Egypt and had offered no tribute to the king of Assyria, as he had done year by year; so the king of Assyria shut him up and bound him in prison. -- 2 kings 17:4 +. +Then the king of Assyria invaded the whole land and went up to Samaria and besieged it three years. -- 2 kings 17:5 +. +In the ninth year of Hoshea, the king of Assyria captured Samaria and carried Israel away into exile to Assyria, and settled them in Halah and Habor, on the river of Gozan, and in the cities of the Medes. -- 2 kings 17:6 +. +Now this came about because the sons of Israel had sinned against the LORD their God, who had brought them up from the land of Egypt from under the hand of Pharaoh, king of Egypt, and they had feared other gods -- 2 kings 17:7 +. +and walked in the customs of the nations whom the LORD had driven out before the sons of Israel, and in the customs of the kings of Israel which they had introduced. -- 2 kings 17:8 +. +The sons of Israel did things secretly which were not right against the LORD their God. Moreover, they built for themselves high places in all their towns, from watchtower to fortified city. -- 2 kings 17:9 +. +They set for themselves sacred pillars and Asherim on every high hill and under every green tree, -- 2 kings 17:10 +. +and there they burned incense on all the high places as the nations did which the LORD had carried away to exile before them; and they did evil things provoking the LORD. -- 2 kings 17:11 +. +They served idols, concerning which the LORD had said to them, "You shall not do this thing." -- 2 kings 17:12 +. +Yet the LORD warned Israel and Judah through all His prophets and every seer, saying, "Turn from your evil ways and keep My commandments, My statutes according to all the law which I commanded your fathers, and which I sent to you through My servants the prophets." -- 2 kings 17:13 +. +However, they did not listen, but stiffened their neck like their fathers, who did not believe in the LORD their God. -- 2 kings 17:14 +. +They rejected His statutes and His covenant which He made with their fathers and His warnings with which He warned them. And they followed vanity and became vain, and went after the nations which surrounded them, concerning which the LORD had commanded them not to do like them. -- 2 kings 17:15 +. +They forsook all the commandments of the LORD their God and made for themselves molten images, even two calves, and made an Asherah and worshiped all the host of heaven and served Baal. -- 2 kings 17:16 +. +Then they made their sons and their daughters pass through the fire, and practiced divination and enchantments, and sold themselves to do evil in the sight of the LORD, provoking Him. -- 2 kings 17:17 +. +So the LORD was very angry with Israel and removed them from His sight; none was left except the tribe of Judah. -- 2 kings 17:18 +. +Also Judah did not keep the commandments of the LORD their God, but walked in the customs which Israel had introduced. -- 2 kings 17:19 +. +The LORD rejected all the descendants of Israel and afflicted them and gave them into the hand of plunderers, until He had cast them out of His sight. -- 2 kings 17:20 +. +When He had torn Israel from the house of David, they made Jeroboam the son of Nebat king. Then Jeroboam drove Israel away from following the LORD and made them commit a great sin. -- 2 kings 17:21 +. +The sons of Israel walked in all the sins of Jeroboam which he did; they did not depart from them -- 2 kings 17:22 +. +until the LORD removed Israel from His sight, as He spoke through all His servants the prophets. So Israel was carried away into exile from their own land to Assyria until this day. -- 2 kings 17:23 +. +The king of Assyria brought men from Babylon and from Cuthah and from Avva and from Hamath and Sepharvaim, and settled them in the cities of Samaria in place of the sons of Israel. So they possessed Samaria and lived in its cities. -- 2 kings 17:24 +. +At the beginning of their living there, they did not fear the LORD; therefore the LORD sent lions among them which killed some of them. -- 2 kings 17:25 +. +So they spoke to the king of Assyria, saying, "The nations whom you have carried away into exile in the cities of Samaria do not know the custom of the god of the land; so he has sent lions among them, and behold, they kill them because they do not know the custom of the god of the land." -- 2 kings 17:26 +. +Then the king of Assyria commanded, saying, "Take there one of the priests whom you carried away into exile and let him go and live there; and let him teach them the custom of the god of the land." -- 2 kings 17:27 +. +So one of the priests whom they had carried away into exile from Samaria came and lived at Bethel, and taught them how they should fear the LORD. -- 2 kings 17:28 +. +But every nation still made gods of its own and put them in the houses of the high places which the people of Samaria had made, every nation in their cities in which they lived. -- 2 kings 17:29 +. +The men of Babylon made Succoth-benoth, the men of Cuth made Nergal, the men of Hamath made Ashima, -- 2 kings 17:30 +. +and the Avvites made Nibhaz and Tartak; and the Sepharvites burned their children in the fire to Adrammelech and Anammelech the gods of Sepharvaim. -- 2 kings 17:31 +. +They also feared the LORD and appointed from among themselves priests of the high places, who acted for them in the houses of the high places. -- 2 kings 17:32 +. +They feared the LORD and served their own gods according to the custom of the nations from among whom they had been carried away into exile. -- 2 kings 17:33 +. +To this day they do according to the earlier customs: they do not fear the LORD, nor do they follow their statutes or their ordinances or the law, or the commandments which the LORD commanded the sons of Jacob, whom He named Israel; -- 2 kings 17:34 +. +with whom the LORD made a covenant and commanded them, saying, "You shall not fear other gods, nor bow down yourselves to them nor serve them nor sacrifice to them. -- 2 kings 17:35 +. +"But the LORD, who brought you up from the land of Egypt with great power and with an outstretched arm, Him you shall fear, and to Him you shall bow yourselves down, and to Him you shall sacrifice. -- 2 kings 17:36 +. +"The statutes and the ordinances and the law and the commandment which He wrote for you, you shall observe to do forever; and you shall not fear other gods. -- 2 kings 17:37 +. +"The covenant that I have made with you, you shall not forget, nor shall you fear other gods. -- 2 kings 17:38 +. +"But the LORD your God you shall fear; and He will deliver you from the hand of all your enemies." -- 2 kings 17:39 +. +However, they did not listen, but they did according to their earlier custom. -- 2 kings 17:40 +. +So while these nations feared the LORD, they also served their idols; their children likewise and their grandchildren, as their fathers did, so they do to this day. -- 2 kings 17:41 +. +Now it came about in the third year of Hoshea, the son of Elah king of Israel, that Hezekiah the son of Ahaz king of Judah became king. -- 2 kings 18:1 +. +He was twenty-five years old when he became king, and he reigned twenty-nine years in Jerusalem; and his mother's name was Abi the daughter of Zechariah. -- 2 kings 18:2 +. +He did right in the sight of the LORD, according to all that his father David had done. -- 2 kings 18:3 +. +He removed the high places and broke down the sacred pillars and cut down the Asherah. He also broke in pieces the bronze serpent that Moses had made, for until those days the sons of Israel burned incense to it; and it was called Nehushtan. -- 2 kings 18:4 +. +He trusted in the LORD, the God of Israel; so that after him there was none like him among all the kings of Judah, nor among those who were before him. -- 2 kings 18:5 +. +For he clung to the LORD; he did not depart from following Him, but kept His commandments, which the LORD had commanded Moses. -- 2 kings 18:6 +. +And the LORD was with him; wherever he went he prospered. And he rebelled against the king of Assyria and did not serve him. -- 2 kings 18:7 +. +He defeated the Philistines as far as Gaza and its territory, from watchtower to fortified city. -- 2 kings 18:8 +. +Now in the fourth year of King Hezekiah, which was the seventh year of Hoshea son of Elah king of Israel, Shalmaneser king of Assyria came up against Samaria and besieged it. -- 2 kings 18:9 +. +At the end of three years they captured it; in the sixth year of Hezekiah, which was the ninth year of Hoshea king of Israel, Samaria was captured. -- 2 kings 18:10 +. +Then the king of Assyria carried Israel away into exile to Assyria, and put them in Halah and on the Habor, the river of Gozan, and in the cities of the Medes, -- 2 kings 18:11 +. +because they did not obey the voice of the LORD their God, but transgressed His covenant, even all that Moses the servant of the LORD commanded; they would neither listen nor do it. -- 2 kings 18:12 +. +Now in the fourteenth year of King Hezekiah, Sennacherib king of Assyria came up against all the fortified cities of Judah and seized them. -- 2 kings 18:13 +. +Then Hezekiah king of Judah sent to the king of Assyria at Lachish, saying, "I have done wrong. Withdraw from me; whatever you impose on me I will bear." So the king of Assyria required of Hezekiah king of Judah three hundred talents of silver and thirty talents of gold. -- 2 kings 18:14 +. +Hezekiah gave him all the silver which was found in the house of the LORD, and in the treasuries of the king's house. -- 2 kings 18:15 +. +At that time Hezekiah cut off the gold from the doors of the temple of the LORD, and from the doorposts which Hezekiah king of Judah had overlaid, and gave it to the king of Assyria. -- 2 kings 18:16 +. +Then the king of Assyria sent Tartan and Rab-saris and Rabshakeh from Lachish to King Hezekiah with a large army to Jerusalem. So they went up and came to Jerusalem. And when they went up, they came and stood by the conduit of the upper pool, which is on the highway of the fuller's field. -- 2 kings 18:17 +. +When they called to the king, Eliakim the son of Hilkiah, who was over the household, and Shebnah the scribe and Joah the son of Asaph the recorder, came out to them. -- 2 kings 18:18 +. +Then Rabshakeh said to them, "Say now to Hezekiah, 'Thus says the great king, the king of Assyria, "What is this confidence that you have? -- 2 kings 18:19 +. +"You say (but they are only empty words), 'I have counsel and strength for the war.' Now on whom do you rely, that you have rebelled against me? -- 2 kings 18:20 +. +"Now behold, you rely on the staff of this crushed reed, even on Egypt; on which if a man leans, it will go into his hand and pierce it. So is Pharaoh king of Egypt to all who rely on him. -- 2 kings 18:21 +. +"But if you say to me, 'We trust in the LORD our God,' is it not He whose high places and whose altars Hezekiah has taken away, and has said to Judah and to Jerusalem, 'You shall worship before this altar in Jerusalem'? -- 2 kings 18:22 +. +"Now therefore, come, make a bargain with my master the king of Assyria, and I will give you two thousand horses, if you are able on your part to set riders on them. -- 2 kings 18:23 +. +"How then can you repulse one official of the least of my master's servants, and rely on Egypt for chariots and for horsemen? -- 2 kings 18:24 +. +"Have I now come up without the LORD'S approval against this place to destroy it? The LORD said to me, 'Go up against this land and destroy it.'"'" -- 2 kings 18:25 +. +Then Eliakim the son of Hilkiah, and Shebnah and Joah, said to Rabshakeh, "Speak now to your servants in Aramaic, for we understand it; and do not speak with us in Judean in the hearing of the people who are on the wall." -- 2 kings 18:26 +. +But Rabshakeh said to them, "Has my master sent me only to your master and to you to speak these words, and not to the men who sit on the wall, doomed to eat their own dung and drink their own urine with you?" -- 2 kings 18:27 +. +Then Rabshakeh stood and cried with a loud voice in Judean, saying, "Hear the word of the great king, the king of Assyria. -- 2 kings 18:28 +. +"Thus says the king, 'Do not let Hezekiah deceive you, for he will not be able to deliver you from my hand; -- 2 kings 18:29 +. +nor let Hezekiah make you trust in the LORD, saying, "The LORD will surely deliver us, and this city will not be given into the hand of the king of Assyria." -- 2 kings 18:30 +. +'Do not listen to Hezekiah, for thus says the king of Assyria, "Make your peace with me and come out to me, and eat each of his vine and each of his fig tree and drink each of the waters of his own cistern, -- 2 kings 18:31 +. +until I come and take you away to a land like your own land, a land of grain and new wine, a land of bread and vineyards, a land of olive trees and honey, that you may live and not die." But do not listen to Hezekiah when he misleads you, saying, "The LORD will deliver us." -- 2 kings 18:32 +. +'Has any one of the gods of the nations delivered his land from the hand of the king of Assyria? -- 2 kings 18:33 +. +'Where are the gods of Hamath and Arpad? Where are the gods of Sepharvaim, Hena and Ivvah? Have they delivered Samaria from my hand? -- 2 kings 18:34 +. +'Who among all the gods of the lands have delivered their land from my hand, that the LORD should deliver Jerusalem from my hand?'" -- 2 kings 18:35 +. +But the people were silent and answered him not a word, for the king's commandment was, "Do not answer him." -- 2 kings 18:36 +. +Then Eliakim the son of Hilkiah, who was over the household, and Shebna the scribe and Joah the son of Asaph, the recorder, came to Hezekiah with their clothes torn and told him the words of Rabshakeh. -- 2 kings 18:37 +. +And when King Hezekiah heard it, he tore his clothes, covered himself with sackcloth and entered the house of the LORD. -- 2 kings 19:1 +. +Then he sent Eliakim who was over the household with Shebna the scribe and the elders of the priests, covered with sackcloth, to Isaiah the prophet the son of Amoz. -- 2 kings 19:2 +. +They said to him, "Thus says Hezekiah, 'This day is a day of distress, rebuke, and rejection; for children have come to birth and there is no strength to deliver. -- 2 kings 19:3 +. +'Perhaps the LORD your God will hear all the words of Rabshakeh, whom his master the king of Assyria has sent to reproach the living God, and will rebuke the words which the LORD your God has heard. Therefore, offer a prayer for the remnant that is left.'" -- 2 kings 19:4 +. +So the servants of King Hezekiah came to Isaiah. -- 2 kings 19:5 +. +Isaiah said to them, "Thus you shall say to your master, 'Thus says the LORD, "Do not be afraid because of the words that you have heard, with which the servants of the king of Assyria have blasphemed Me. -- 2 kings 19:6 +. +"Behold, I will put a spirit in him so that he will hear a rumor and return to his own land. And I will make him fall by the sword in his own land."'" -- 2 kings 19:7 +. +Then Rabshakeh returned and found the king of Assyria fighting against Libnah, for he had heard that the king had left Lachish. -- 2 kings 19:8 +. +When he heard them say concerning Tirhakah king of Cush, "Behold, he has come out to fight against you," he sent messengers again to Hezekiah saying, -- 2 kings 19:9 +. +"Thus you shall say to Hezekiah king of Judah, 'Do not let your God in whom you trust deceive you saying, "Jerusalem will not be given into the hand of the king of Assyria." -- 2 kings 19:10 +. +'Behold, you have heard what the kings of Assyria have done to all the lands, destroying them completely. So will you be spared? -- 2 kings 19:11 +. +'Did the gods of those nations which my fathers destroyed deliver them, even Gozan and Haran and Rezeph and the sons of Eden who were in Telassar? -- 2 kings 19:12 +. +'Where is the king of Hamath, the king of Arpad, the king of the city of Sepharvaim, and of Hena and Ivvah?'" -- 2 kings 19:13 +. +Then Hezekiah took the letter from the hand of the messengers and read it, and he went up to the house of the LORD and spread it out before the LORD. -- 2 kings 19:14 +. +Hezekiah prayed before the LORD and said, "O LORD, the God of Israel, who are enthroned above the cherubim, You are the God, You alone, of all the kingdoms of the earth. You have made heaven and earth. -- 2 kings 19:15 +. +"Incline Your ear, O LORD, and hear; open Your eyes, O LORD, and see; and listen to the words of Sennacherib, which he has sent to reproach the living God. -- 2 kings 19:16 +. +"Truly, O LORD, the kings of Assyria have devastated the nations and their lands -- 2 kings 19:17 +. +and have cast their gods into the fire, for they were not gods but the work of men's hands, wood and stone. So they have destroyed them. -- 2 kings 19:18 +. +"Now, O LORD our God, I pray, deliver us from his hand that all the kingdoms of the earth may know that You alone, O LORD, are God." -- 2 kings 19:19 +. +Then Isaiah the son of Amoz sent to Hezekiah saying, "Thus says the LORD, the God of Israel, 'Because you have prayed to Me about Sennacherib king of Assyria, I have heard you.' -- 2 kings 19:20 +. +"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! -- 2 kings 19:21 +. +'Whom have you reproached and blasphemed? And against whom have you raised your voice, And haughtily lifted up your eyes? Against the Holy One of Israel! -- 2 kings 19:22 +. +'Through your messengers you have reproached the Lord, And you have said, "With my many chariots I came up to the heights of the mountains, To the remotest parts of Lebanon; And I cut down its tall cedars and its choice cypresses. And I entered its farthest lodging place, its thickest forest. -- 2 kings 19:23 +. +"I dug wells and drank foreign waters, And with the sole of my feet I dried up All the rivers of Egypt." -- 2 kings 19:24 +. +'Have you not heard? Long ago I did it; From ancient times I planned it. Now I have brought it to pass, That you should turn fortified cities into ruinous heaps. -- 2 kings 19:25 +. +'Therefore their inhabitants were short of strength, They were dismayed and put to shame; They were as the vegetation of the field and as the green herb, As grass on the housetops is scorched before it is grown up. -- 2 kings 19:26 +. +'But I know your sitting down, And your going out and your coming in, And your raging against Me. -- 2 kings 19:27 +. +'Because of your raging against Me, And because your arrogance has come up to My ears, Therefore I will put My hook in your nose, And My bridle in your lips, And I will turn you back by the way which you came. -- 2 kings 19:28 +. +'Then this shall be the sign for you: you will eat this year what grows of itself, in the second year what springs from the same, and in the third year sow, reap, plant vineyards, and eat their fruit. -- 2 kings 19:29 +. +'The surviving remnant of the house of Judah will again take root downward and bear fruit upward. -- 2 kings 19:30 +. +'For out of Jerusalem will go forth a remnant, and out of Mount Zion survivors. The zeal of the LORD will perform this. -- 2 kings 19:31 +. +'Therefore thus says the LORD concerning the king of Assyria, "He will not come to this city or shoot an arrow there; and he will not come before it with a shield or throw up a siege ramp against it. -- 2 kings 19:32 +. +"By the way that he came, by the same he will return, and he shall not come to this city,"' declares the LORD. -- 2 kings 19:33 +. +'For I will defend this city to save it for My own sake and for My servant David's sake.'" -- 2 kings 19:34 +. +Then it happened that night that the angel of the LORD went out and struck 185,in the camp of the Assyrians; and when men rose early in the morning, behold, all of them were dead. -- 2 kings 19:35 +. +So Sennacherib king of Assyria departed and returned home, and lived at Nineveh. -- 2 kings 19:36 +. +It came about as he was worshiping in the house of Nisroch his god, that Adrammelech and Sharezer killed him with the sword; and they escaped into the land of Ararat. And Esarhaddon his son became king in his place. -- 2 kings 19:37 +. +In those days Hezekiah became mortally ill. And Isaiah the prophet the son of Amoz came to him and said to him, "Thus says the LORD, 'Set your house in order, for you shall die and not live.'" -- 2 kings 20:1 +. +Then he turned his face to the wall and prayed to the LORD, saying, -- 2 kings 20:2 +. +"Remember now, O LORD, I beseech You, how I have walked before You in truth and with a whole heart and have done what is good in Your sight." And Hezekiah wept bitterly. -- 2 kings 20:3 +. +Before Isaiah had gone out of the middle court, the word of the LORD came to him, saying, -- 2 kings 20:4 +. +"Return and say to Hezekiah the leader of My people, 'Thus says the LORD, the God of your father David, "I have heard your prayer, I have seen your tears; behold, I will heal you. On the third day you shall go up to the house of the LORD. -- 2 kings 20:5 +. +"I will add fifteen years to your life, and I will deliver you and this city from the hand of the king of Assyria; and I will defend this city for My own sake and for My servant David's sake."'" -- 2 kings 20:6 +. +Then Isaiah said, "Take a cake of figs." And they took and laid it on the boil, and he recovered. -- 2 kings 20:7 +. +Now Hezekiah said to Isaiah, "What will be the sign that the LORD will heal me, and that I shall go up to the house of the LORD the third day?" -- 2 kings 20:8 +. +Isaiah said, "This shall be the sign to you from the LORD, that the LORD will do the thing that He has spoken: shall the shadow go forward ten steps or go back ten steps?" -- 2 kings 20:9 +. +So Hezekiah answered, "It is easy for the shadow to decline ten steps; no, but let the shadow turn backward ten steps." -- 2 kings 20:10 +. +Isaiah the prophet cried to the LORD, and He brought the shadow on the stairway back ten steps by which it had gone down on the stairway of Ahaz. -- 2 kings 20:11 +. +At that time Berodach-baladan a son of Baladan, king of Babylon, sent letters and a present to Hezekiah, for he heard that Hezekiah had been sick. -- 2 kings 20:12 +. +Hezekiah listened to them, and showed them all his treasure house, the silver and the gold and the spices and the precious oil and the house of his armor and all that was found in his treasuries. There was nothing in his house nor in all his dominion that Hezekiah did not show them. -- 2 kings 20:13 +. +Then Isaiah the prophet came to King Hezekiah and said to him, "What did these men say, and from where have they come to you?" And Hezekiah said, "They have come from a far country, from Babylon." -- 2 kings 20:14 +. +He said, "What have they seen in your house?" So Hezekiah answered, "They have seen all that is in my house; there is nothing among my treasuries that I have not shown them." -- 2 kings 20:15 +. +Then Isaiah said to Hezekiah, "Hear the word of the LORD. -- 2 kings 20:16 +. +'Behold, the days are coming when all that is in your house, and all that your fathers have laid up in store to this day will be carried to Babylon; nothing shall be left,' says the LORD. -- 2 kings 20:17 +. +'Some of your sons who shall issue from you, whom you will beget, will be taken away; and they will become officials in the palace of the king of Babylon.'" -- 2 kings 20:18 +. +Then Hezekiah said to Isaiah, "The word of the LORD which you have spoken is good." For he thought, "Is it not so, if there will be peace and truth in my days?" -- 2 kings 20:19 +. +Now the rest of the acts of Hezekiah and all his might, and how he made the pool and the conduit and brought water into the city, are they not written in the Book of the Chronicles of the Kings of Judah? -- 2 kings 20:20 +. +So Hezekiah slept with his fathers, and Manasseh his son became king in his place. -- 2 kings 20:21 +. +Manasseh was twelve years old when he became king, and he reigned fifty-five years in Jerusalem; and his mother's name was Hephzibah. -- 2 kings 21:1 +. +He did evil in the sight of the LORD, according to the abominations of the nations whom the LORD dispossessed before the sons of Israel. -- 2 kings 21:2 +. +For he rebuilt the high places which Hezekiah his father had destroyed; and he erected altars for Baal and made an Asherah, as Ahab king of Israel had done, and worshiped all the host of heaven and served them. -- 2 kings 21:3 +. +He built altars in the house of the LORD, of which the LORD had said, "In Jerusalem I will put My name." -- 2 kings 21:4 +. +For he built altars for all the host of heaven in the two courts of the house of the LORD. -- 2 kings 21:5 +. +He made his son pass through the fire, practiced witchcraft and used divination, and dealt with mediums and spiritists. He did much evil in the sight of the LORD provoking Him to anger. -- 2 kings 21:6 +. +Then he set the carved image of Asherah that he had made, in the house of which the LORD said to David and to his son Solomon, "In this house and in Jerusalem, which I have chosen from all the tribes of Israel, I will put My name forever. -- 2 kings 21:7 +. +"And I will not make the feet of Israel wander anymore from the land which I gave their fathers, if only they will observe to do according to all that I have commanded them, and according to all the law that My servant Moses commanded them." -- 2 kings 21:8 +. +But they did not listen, and Manasseh seduced them to do evil more than the nations whom the LORD destroyed before the sons of Israel. -- 2 kings 21:9 +. +Now the LORD spoke through His servants the prophets, saying, -- 2 kings 21:10 +. +"Because Manasseh king of Judah has done these abominations, having done wickedly more than all the Amorites did who were before him, and has also made Judah sin with his idols; -- 2 kings 21:11 +. +therefore thus says the LORD, the God of Israel, 'Behold, I am bringing such calamity on Jerusalem and Judah, that whoever hears of it, both his ears will tingle. -- 2 kings 21:12 +. +'I will stretch over Jerusalem the line of Samaria and the plummet of the house of Ahab, and I will wipe Jerusalem as one wipes a dish, wiping it and turning it upside down. -- 2 kings 21:13 +. +'I will abandon the remnant of My inheritance and deliver them into the hand of their enemies, and they will become as plunder and spoil to all their enemies; -- 2 kings 21:14 +. +because they have done evil in My sight, and have been provoking Me to anger since the day their fathers came from Egypt, even to this day.'" -- 2 kings 21:15 +. +Moreover, Manasseh shed very much innocent blood until he had filled Jerusalem from one end to another; besides his sin with which he made Judah sin, in doing evil in the sight of the LORD. -- 2 kings 21:16 +. +Now the rest of the acts of Manasseh and all that he did and his sin which he committed, are they not written in the Book of the Chronicles of the Kings of Judah? -- 2 kings 21:17 +. +And Manasseh slept with his fathers and was buried in the garden of his own house, in the garden of Uzza, and Amon his son became king in his place. -- 2 kings 21:18 +. +Amon was twenty-two years old when he became king, and he reigned two years in Jerusalem; and his mother's name was Meshullemeth the daughter of Haruz of Jotbah. -- 2 kings 21:19 +. +He did evil in the sight of the LORD, as Manasseh his father had done. -- 2 kings 21:20 +. +For he walked in all the way that his father had walked, and served the idols that his father had served and worshiped them. -- 2 kings 21:21 +. +So he forsook the LORD, the God of his fathers, and did not walk in the way of the LORD. -- 2 kings 21:22 +. +The servants of Amon conspired against him and killed the king in his own house. -- 2 kings 21:23 +. +Then the people of the land killed all those who had conspired against King Amon, and the people of the land made Josiah his son king in his place. -- 2 kings 21:24 +. +Now the rest of the acts of Amon which he did, are they not written in the Book of the Chronicles of the Kings of Judah? -- 2 kings 21:25 +. +He was buried in his grave in the garden of Uzza, and Josiah his son became king in his place. -- 2 kings 21:26 +. +Josiah was eight years old when he became king, and he reigned thirty-one years in Jerusalem; and his mother's name was Jedidah the daughter of Adaiah of Bozkath. -- 2 kings 22:1 +. +He did right in the sight of the LORD and walked in all the way of his father David, nor did he turn aside to the right or to the left. -- 2 kings 22:2 +. +Now in the eighteenth year of King Josiah, the king sent Shaphan, the son of Azaliah the son of Meshullam the scribe, to the house of the LORD saying, -- 2 kings 22:3 +. +"Go up to Hilkiah the high priest that he may count the money brought in to the house of the LORD which the doorkeepers have gathered from the people. -- 2 kings 22:4 +. +"Let them deliver it into the hand of the workmen who have the oversight of the house of the LORD, and let them give it to the workmen who are in the house of the LORD to repair the damages of the house, -- 2 kings 22:5 +. +to the carpenters and the builders and the masons and for buying timber and hewn stone to repair the house. -- 2 kings 22:6 +. +"Only no accounting shall be made with them for the money delivered into their hands, for they deal faithfully." -- 2 kings 22:7 +. +Then Hilkiah the high priest said to Shaphan the scribe, "I have found the book of the law in the house of the LORD." And Hilkiah gave the book to Shaphan who read it. -- 2 kings 22:8 +. +Shaphan the scribe came to the king and brought back word to the king and said, "Your servants have emptied out the money that was found in the house, and have delivered it into the hand of the workmen who have the oversight of the house of the LORD." -- 2 kings 22:9 +. +Moreover, Shaphan the scribe told the king saying, "Hilkiah the priest has given me a book." And Shaphan read it in the presence of the king. -- 2 kings 22:10 +. +When the king heard the words of the book of the law, he tore his clothes. -- 2 kings 22:11 +. +Then the king commanded Hilkiah the priest, Ahikam the son of Shaphan, Achbor the son of Micaiah, Shaphan the scribe, and Asaiah the king's servant saying, -- 2 kings 22:12 +. +"Go, inquire of the LORD for me and the people and all Judah concerning the words of this book that has been found, for great is the wrath of the LORD that burns against us, because our fathers have not listened to the words of this book, to do according to all that is written concerning us." -- 2 kings 22:13 +. +So Hilkiah the priest, Ahikam, Achbor, Shaphan, and Asaiah went to Huldah the prophetess, the wife of Shallum the son of Tikvah, the son of Harhas, keeper of the wardrobe (now she lived in Jerusalem in the Second Quarter); and they spoke to her. -- 2 kings 22:14 +. +She said to them, "Thus says the LORD God of Israel, 'Tell the man who sent you to me, -- 2 kings 22:15 +. +thus says the LORD, "Behold, I bring evil on this place and on its inhabitants, even all the words of the book which the king of Judah has read. -- 2 kings 22:16 +. +"Because they have forsaken Me and have burned incense to other gods that they might provoke Me to anger with all the work of their hands, therefore My wrath burns against this place, and it shall not be quenched."' -- 2 kings 22:17 +. +"But to the king of Judah who sent you to inquire of the LORD thus shall you say to him, 'Thus says the LORD God of Israel, "Regarding the words which you have heard, -- 2 kings 22:18 +. +because your heart was tender and you humbled yourself before the LORD when you heard what I spoke against this place and against its inhabitants that they should become a desolation and a curse, and you have torn your clothes and wept before Me, I truly have heard you," declares the LORD. -- 2 kings 22:19 +. +"Therefore, behold, I will gather you to your fathers, and you will be gathered to your grave in peace, and your eyes will not see all the evil which I will bring on this place."'" So they brought back word to the king. -- 2 kings 22:20 +. +Then the king sent, and they gathered to him all the elders of Judah and of Jerusalem. -- 2 kings 23:1 +. +The king went up to the house of the LORD and all the men of Judah and all the inhabitants of Jerusalem with him, and the priests and the prophets and all the people, both small and great; and he read in their hearing all the words of the book of the covenant which was found in the house of the LORD. -- 2 kings 23:2 +. +The king stood by the pillar and made a covenant before the LORD, to walk after the LORD, and to keep His commandments and His testimonies and His statutes with all his heart and all his soul, to carry out the words of this covenant that were written in this book. And all the people entered into the covenant. -- 2 kings 23:3 +. +Then the king commanded Hilkiah the high priest and the priests of the second order and the doorkeepers, to bring out of the temple of the LORD all the vessels that were made for Baal, for Asherah, and for all the host of heaven; and he burned them outside Jerusalem in the fields of the Kidron, and carried their ashes to Bethel. -- 2 kings 23:4 +. +He did away with the idolatrous priests whom the kings of Judah had appointed to burn incense in the high places in the cities of Judah and in the surrounding area of Jerusalem, also those who burned incense to Baal, to the sun and to the moon and to the constellations and to all the host of heaven. -- 2 kings 23:5 +. +He brought out the Asherah from the house of the LORD outside Jerusalem to the brook Kidron, and burned it at the brook Kidron, and ground it to dust, and threw its dust on the graves of the common people. -- 2 kings 23:6 +. +He also broke down the houses of the male cult prostitutes which were in the house of the LORD, where the women were weaving hangings for the Asherah. -- 2 kings 23:7 +. +Then he brought all the priests from the cities of Judah, and defiled the high places where the priests had burned incense, from Geba to Beersheba; and he broke down the high places of the gates which were at the entrance of the gate of Joshua the governor of the city, which were on one's left at the city gate. -- 2 kings 23:8 +. +Nevertheless the priests of the high places did not go up to the altar of the LORD in Jerusalem, but they ate unleavened bread among their brothers. -- 2 kings 23:9 +. +He also defiled Topheth, which is in the valley of the son of Hinnom, that no man might make his son or his daughter pass through the fire for Molech. -- 2 kings 23:10 +. +He did away with the horses which the kings of Judah had given to the sun, at the entrance of the house of the LORD, by the chamber of Nathan-melech the official, which was in the precincts; and he burned the chariots of the sun with fire. -- 2 kings 23:11 +. +The altars which were on the roof, the upper chamber of Ahaz, which the kings of Judah had made, and the altars which Manasseh had made in the two courts of the house of the LORD, the king broke down; and he smashed them there and threw their dust into the brook Kidron. -- 2 kings 23:12 +. +The high places which were before Jerusalem, which were on the right of the mount of destruction which Solomon the king of Israel had built for Ashtoreth the abomination of the Sidonians, and for Chemosh the abomination of Moab, and for Milcom the abomination of the sons of Ammon, the king defiled. -- 2 kings 23:13 +. +He broke in pieces the sacred pillars and cut down the Asherim and filled their places with human bones. -- 2 kings 23:14 +. +Furthermore, the altar that was at Bethel and the high place which Jeroboam the son of Nebat, who made Israel sin, had made, even that altar and the high place he broke down. Then he demolished its stones, ground them to dust, and burned the Asherah. -- 2 kings 23:15 +. +Now when Josiah turned, he saw the graves that were there on the mountain, and he sent and took the bones from the graves and burned them on the altar and defiled it according to the word of the LORD which the man of God proclaimed, who proclaimed these things. -- 2 kings 23:16 +. +Then he said, "What is this monument that I see?" And the men of the city told him, "It is the grave of the man of God who came from Judah and proclaimed these things which you have done against the altar of Bethel." -- 2 kings 23:17 +. +He said, "Let him alone; let no one disturb his bones." So they left his bones undisturbed with the bones of the prophet who came from Samaria. -- 2 kings 23:18 +. +Josiah also removed all the houses of the high places which were in the cities of Samaria, which the kings of Israel had made provoking the LORD; and he did to them just as he had done in Bethel. -- 2 kings 23:19 +. +All the priests of the high places who were there he slaughtered on the altars and burned human bones on them; then he returned to Jerusalem. -- 2 kings 23:20 +. +Then the king commanded all the people saying, "Celebrate the Passover to the LORD your God as it is written in this book of the covenant." -- 2 kings 23:21 +. +Surely such a Passover had not been celebrated from the days of the judges who judged Israel, nor in all the days of the kings of Israel and of the kings of Judah. -- 2 kings 23:22 +. +But in the eighteenth year of King Josiah, this Passover was observed to the LORD in Jerusalem. -- 2 kings 23:23 +. +Moreover, Josiah removed the mediums and the spiritists and the teraphim and the idols and all the abominations that were seen in the land of Judah and in Jerusalem, that he might confirm the words of the law which were written in the book that Hilkiah the priest found in the house of the LORD. -- 2 kings 23:24 +. +Before him there was no king like him who turned to the LORD with all his heart and with all his soul and with all his might, according to all the law of Moses; nor did any like him arise after him. -- 2 kings 23:25 +. +However, the LORD did not turn from the fierceness of His great wrath with which His anger burned against Judah, because of all the provocations with which Manasseh had provoked Him. -- 2 kings 23:26 +. +The LORD said, "I will remove Judah also from My sight, as I have removed Israel. And I will cast off Jerusalem, this city which I have chosen, and the temple of which I said, 'My name shall be there.'" -- 2 kings 23:27 +. +Now the rest of the acts of Josiah and all that he did, are they not written in the Book of the Chronicles of the Kings of Judah? -- 2 kings 23:28 +. +In his days Pharaoh Neco king of Egypt went up to the king of Assyria to the river Euphrates. And King Josiah went to meet him, and when Pharaoh Neco saw him he killed him at Megiddo. -- 2 kings 23:29 +. +His servants drove his body in a chariot from Megiddo, and brought him to Jerusalem and buried him in his own tomb. Then the people of the land took Jehoahaz the son of Josiah and anointed him and made him king in place of his father. -- 2 kings 23:30 +. +Jehoahaz was twenty-three years old when he became king, and he reigned three months in Jerusalem; and his mother's name was Hamutal the daughter of Jeremiah of Libnah. -- 2 kings 23:31 +. +He did evil in the sight of the LORD, according to all that his fathers had done. -- 2 kings 23:32 +. +Pharaoh Neco imprisoned him at Riblah in the land of Hamath, that he might not reign in Jerusalem; and he imposed on the land a fine of one hundred talents of silver and a talent of gold. -- 2 kings 23:33 +. +Pharaoh Neco made Eliakim the son of Josiah king in the place of Josiah his father, and changed his name to Jehoiakim. But he took Jehoahaz away and brought him to Egypt, and he died there. -- 2 kings 23:34 +. +So Jehoiakim gave the silver and gold to Pharaoh, but he taxed the land in order to give the money at the command of Pharaoh. He exacted the silver and gold from the people of the land, each according to his valuation, to give it to Pharaoh Neco. -- 2 kings 23:35 +. +Jehoiakim was twenty-five years old when he became king, and he reigned eleven years in Jerusalem; and his mother's name was Zebidah the daughter of Pedaiah of Rumah. -- 2 kings 23:36 +. +He did evil in the sight of the LORD, according to all that his fathers had done. -- 2 kings 23:37 +. +In his days Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon came up, and Jehoiakim became his servant for three years; then he turned and rebelled against him. -- 2 kings 24:1 +. +The LORD sent against him bands of Chaldeans, bands of Arameans, bands of Moabites, and bands of Ammonites. So He sent them against Judah to destroy it, according to the word of the LORD which He had spoken through His servants the prophets. -- 2 kings 24:2 +. +Surely at the command of the LORD it came upon Judah, to remove them from His sight because of the sins of Manasseh, according to all that he had done, -- 2 kings 24:3 +. +and also for the innocent blood which he shed, for he filled Jerusalem with innocent blood; and the LORD would not forgive. -- 2 kings 24:4 +. +Now the rest of the acts of Jehoiakim and all that he did, are they not written in the Book of the Chronicles of the Kings of Judah? -- 2 kings 24:5 +. +So Jehoiakim slept with his fathers, and Jehoiachin his son became king in his place. -- 2 kings 24:6 +. +The king of Egypt did not come out of his land again, for the king of Babylon had taken all that belonged to the king of Egypt from the brook of Egypt to the river Euphrates. -- 2 kings 24:7 +. +Jehoiachin was eighteen years old when he became king, and he reigned three months in Jerusalem; and his mother's name was Nehushta the daughter of Elnathan of Jerusalem. -- 2 kings 24:8 +. +He did evil in the sight of the LORD, according to all that his father had done. -- 2 kings 24:9 +. +At that time the servants of Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon went up to Jerusalem, and the city came under siege. -- 2 kings 24:10 +. +And Nebuchadnezzar the king of Babylon came to the city, while his servants were besieging it. -- 2 kings 24:11 +. +Jehoiachin the king of Judah went out to the king of Babylon, he and his mother and his servants and his captains and his officials. So the king of Babylon took him captive in the eighth year of his reign. -- 2 kings 24:12 +. +He carried out from there all the treasures of the house of the LORD, and the treasures of the king's house, and cut in pieces all the vessels of gold which Solomon king of Israel had made in the temple of the LORD, just as the LORD had said. -- 2 kings 24:13 +. +Then he led away into exile all Jerusalem and all the captains and all the mighty men of valor, ten thousand captives, and all the craftsmen and the smiths. None remained except the poorest people of the land. -- 2 kings 24:14 +. +So he led Jehoiachin away into exile to Babylon; also the king's mother and the king's wives and his officials and the leading men of the land, he led away into exile from Jerusalem to Babylon. -- 2 kings 24:15 +. +All the men of valor, seven thousand, and the craftsmen and the smiths, one thousand, all strong and fit for war, and these the king of Babylon brought into exile to Babylon. -- 2 kings 24:16 +. +Then the king of Babylon made his uncle Mattaniah king in his place, and changed his name to Zedekiah. -- 2 kings 24:17 +. +Zedekiah was twenty-one years old when he became king, and he reigned eleven years in Jerusalem; and his mother's name was Hamutal the daughter of Jeremiah of Libnah. -- 2 kings 24:18 +. +He did evil in the sight of the LORD, according to all that Jehoiakim had done. -- 2 kings 24:19 +. +For through the anger of the LORD this came about in Jerusalem and Judah until He cast them out from His presence. And Zedekiah rebelled against the king of Babylon. -- 2 kings 24:20 +. +Now in the ninth year of his reign, on the tenth day of the tenth month, Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon came, he and all his army, against Jerusalem, camped against it and built a siege wall all around it. -- 2 kings 25:1 +. +So the city was under siege until the eleventh year of King Zedekiah. -- 2 kings 25:2 +. +On the ninth day of the fourth month the famine was so severe in the city that there was no food for the people of the land. -- 2 kings 25:3 +. +Then the city was broken into, and all the men of war fled by night by way of the gate between the two walls beside the king's garden, though the Chaldeans were all around the city. And they went by way of the Arabah. -- 2 kings 25:4 +. +But the army of the Chaldeans pursued the king and overtook him in the plains of Jericho and all his army was scattered from him. -- 2 kings 25:5 +. +Then they captured the king and brought him to the king of Babylon at Riblah, and he passed sentence on him. -- 2 kings 25:6 +. +They slaughtered the sons of Zedekiah before his eyes, then put out the eyes of Zedekiah and bound him with bronze fetters and brought him to Babylon. -- 2 kings 25:7 +. +Now on the seventh day of the fifth month, which was the nineteenth year of King Nebuchadnezzar, king of Babylon, Nebuzaradan the captain of the guard, a servant of the king of Babylon, came to Jerusalem. -- 2 kings 25:8 +. +He burned the house of the LORD, the king's house, and all the houses of Jerusalem; even every great house he burned with fire. -- 2 kings 25:9 +. +So all the army of the Chaldeans who were with the captain of the guard broke down the walls around Jerusalem. -- 2 kings 25:10 +. +Then the rest of the people who were left in the city and the deserters who had deserted to the king of Babylon and the rest of the people, Nebuzaradan the captain of the guard carried away into exile. -- 2 kings 25:11 +. +But the captain of the guard left some of the poorest of the land to be vinedressers and plowmen. -- 2 kings 25:12 +. +Now the bronze pillars which were in the house of the LORD, and the stands and the bronze sea which were in the house of the LORD, the Chaldeans broke in pieces and carried the bronze to Babylon. -- 2 kings 25:13 +. +They took away the pots, the shovels, the snuffers, the spoons, and all the bronze vessels which were used in temple service. -- 2 kings 25:14 +. +The captain of the guard also took away the firepans and the basins, what was fine gold and what was fine silver. -- 2 kings 25:15 +. +The two pillars, the one sea, and the stands which Solomon had made for the house of the LORD--the bronze of all these vessels was beyond weight. -- 2 kings 25:16 +. +The height of the one pillar was eighteen cubits, and a bronze capital was on it; the height of the capital was three cubits, with a network and pomegranates on the capital all around, all of bronze. And the second pillar was like these with network. -- 2 kings 25:17 +. +Then the captain of the guard took Seraiah the chief priest and Zephaniah the second priest, with the three officers of the temple. -- 2 kings 25:18 +. +From the city he took one official who was overseer of the men of war, and five of the king's advisers who were found in the city; and the scribe of the captain of the army who mustered the people of the land; and sixty men of the people of the land who were found in the city. -- 2 kings 25:19 +. +Nebuzaradan the captain of the guard took them and brought them to the king of Babylon at Riblah. -- 2 kings 25:20 +. +Then the king of Babylon struck them down and put them to death at Riblah in the land of Hamath. So Judah was led away into exile from its land. -- 2 kings 25:21 +. +Now as for the people who were left in the land of Judah, whom Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon had left, he appointed Gedaliah the son of Ahikam, the son of Shaphan over them. -- 2 kings 25:22 +. +When all the captains of the forces, they and their men, heard that the king of Babylon had appointed Gedaliah governor, they came to Gedaliah to Mizpah, namely, Ishmael the son of Nethaniah, and Johanan the son of Kareah, and Seraiah the son of Tanhumeth the Netophathite, and Jaazaniah the son of the Maacathite, they and their men. -- 2 kings 25:23 +. +Gedaliah swore to them and their men and said to them, "Do not be afraid of the servants of the Chaldeans; live in the land and serve the king of Babylon, and it will be well with you." -- 2 kings 25:24 +. +But it came about in the seventh month, that Ishmael the son of Nethaniah, the son of Elishama, of the royal family, came with ten men and struck Gedaliah down so that he died along with the Jews and the Chaldeans who were with him at Mizpah. -- 2 kings 25:25 +. +Then all the people, both small and great, and the captains of the forces arose and went to Egypt; for they were afraid of the Chaldeans. -- 2 kings 25:26 +. +Now it came about in the thirty-seventh year of the exile of Jehoiachin king of Judah, in the twelfth month, on the twenty-seventh day of the month, that Evil-merodach king of Babylon, in the year that he became king, released Jehoiachin king of Judah from prison; -- 2 kings 25:27 +. +and he spoke kindly to him and set his throne above the throne of the kings who were with him in Babylon. -- 2 kings 25:28 +. +Jehoiachin changed his prison clothes and had his meals in the king's presence regularly all the days of his life; -- 2 kings 25:29 +. +and for his allowance, a regular allowance was given him by the king, a portion for each day, all the days of his life. -- 2 kings 25:30 +. +Adam, Seth, Enosh, -- 1 chronicles 1:1 +. +Kenan, Mahalalel, Jared, -- 1 chronicles 1:2 +. +Enoch, Methuselah, Lamech, -- 1 chronicles 1:3 +. +Noah, Shem, Ham and Japheth. -- 1 chronicles 1:4 +. +The sons of Japheth were Gomer, Magog, Madai, Javan, Tubal, Meshech and Tiras. -- 1 chronicles 1:5 +. +The sons of Gomer were Ashkenaz, Diphath, and Togarmah. -- 1 chronicles 1:6 +. +The sons of Javan were Elishah, Tarshish, Kittim and Rodanim. -- 1 chronicles 1:7 +. +The sons of Ham were Cush, Mizraim, Put, and Canaan. -- 1 chronicles 1:8 +. +The sons of Cush were Seba, Havilah, Sabta, Raama and Sabteca; and the sons of Raamah were Sheba and Dedan. -- 1 chronicles 1:9 +. +Cush became the father of Nimrod; he began to be a mighty one in the earth. -- 1 chronicles 1:10 +. +Mizraim became the father of the people of Lud, Anam, Lehab, Naphtuh, -- 1 chronicles 1:11 +. +Pathrus, Casluh, from which the Philistines came, and Caphtor. -- 1 chronicles 1:12 +. +Canaan became the father of Sidon, his firstborn, Heth, -- 1 chronicles 1:13 +. +and the Jebusites, the Amorites, the Girgashites, -- 1 chronicles 1:14 +. +the Hivites, the Arkites, the Sinites, -- 1 chronicles 1:15 +. +the Arvadites, the Zemarites and the Hamathites. -- 1 chronicles 1:16 +. +The sons of Shem were Elam, Asshur, Arpachshad, Lud, Aram, Uz, Hul, Gether and Meshech. -- 1 chronicles 1:17 +. +Arpachshad became the father of Shelah and Shelah became the father of Eber. -- 1 chronicles 1:18 +. +Two sons were born to Eber, the name of the one was Peleg, for in his days the earth was divided, and his brother's name was Joktan. -- 1 chronicles 1:19 +. +Joktan became the father of Almodad, Sheleph, Hazarmaveth, Jerah, -- 1 chronicles 1:20 +. +Hadoram, Uzal, Diklah, -- 1 chronicles 1:21 +. +Ebal, Abimael, Sheba, -- 1 chronicles 1:22 +. +Ophir, Havilah and Jobab; all these were the sons of Joktan. -- 1 chronicles 1:23 +. +Shem, Arpachshad, Shelah, -- 1 chronicles 1:24 +. +Eber, Peleg, Reu, -- 1 chronicles 1:25 +. +Serug, Nahor, Terah, -- 1 chronicles 1:26 +. +Abram, that is Abraham. -- 1 chronicles 1:27 +. +The sons of Abraham were Isaac and Ishmael. -- 1 chronicles 1:28 +. +These are their genealogies: the firstborn of Ishmael was Nebaioth, then Kedar, Adbeel, Mibsam, -- 1 chronicles 1:29 +. +Mishma, Dumah, Massa, Hadad, Tema, -- 1 chronicles 1:30 +. +Jetur, Naphish and Kedemah; these were the sons of Ishmael. -- 1 chronicles 1:31 +. +The sons of Keturah, Abraham's concubine, whom she bore, were Zimran, Jokshan, Medan, Midian, Ishbak and Shuah. And the sons of Jokshan were Sheba and Dedan. -- 1 chronicles 1:32 +. +The sons of Midian were Ephah, Epher, Hanoch, Abida and Eldaah. All these were the sons of Keturah. -- 1 chronicles 1:33 +. +Abraham became the father of Isaac. The sons of Isaac were Esau and Israel. -- 1 chronicles 1:34 +. +The sons of Esau were Eliphaz, Reuel, Jeush, Jalam and Korah. -- 1 chronicles 1:35 +. +The sons of Eliphaz were Teman, Omar, Zephi, Gatam, Kenaz, Timna and Amalek. -- 1 chronicles 1:36 +. +The sons of Reuel were Nahath, Zerah, Shammah and Mizzah. -- 1 chronicles 1:37 +. +The sons of Seir were Lotan, Shobal, Zibeon, Anah, Dishon, Ezer and Dishan. -- 1 chronicles 1:38 +. +The sons of Lotan were Hori and Homam; and Lotan's sister was Timna. -- 1 chronicles 1:39 +. +The sons of Shobal were Alian, Manahath, Ebal, Shephi and Onam. And the sons of Zibeon were Aiah and Anah. -- 1 chronicles 1:40 +. +The son of Anah was Dishon. And the sons of Dishon were Hamran, Eshban, Ithran and Cheran. -- 1 chronicles 1:41 +. +The sons of Ezer were Bilhan, Zaavan and Jaakan. The sons of Dishan were Uz and Aran. -- 1 chronicles 1:42 +. +Now these are the kings who reigned in the land of Edom before any king of the sons of Israel reigned. Bela was the son of Beor, and the name of his city was Dinhabah. -- 1 chronicles 1:43 +. +When Bela died, Jobab the son of Zerah of Bozrah became king in his place. -- 1 chronicles 1:44 +. +When Jobab died, Husham of the land of the Temanites became king in his place. -- 1 chronicles 1:45 +. +When Husham died, Hadad the son of Bedad, who defeated Midian in the field of Moab, became king in his place; and the name of his city was Avith. -- 1 chronicles 1:46 +. +When Hadad died, Samlah of Masrekah became king in his place. -- 1 chronicles 1:47 +. +When Samlah died, Shaul of Rehoboth by the River became king in his place. -- 1 chronicles 1:48 +. +When Shaul died, Baal-hanan the son of Achbor became king in his place. -- 1 chronicles 1:49 +. +When Baal-hanan died, Hadad became king in his place; and the name of his city was Pai, and his wife's name was Mehetabel, the daughter of Matred, the daughter of Mezahab. -- 1 chronicles 1:50 +. +Then Hadad died. Now the chiefs of Edom were: chief Timna, chief Aliah, chief Jetheth, -- 1 chronicles 1:51 +. +chief Oholibamah, chief Elah, chief Pinon, -- 1 chronicles 1:52 +. +chief Kenaz, chief Teman, chief Mibzar, -- 1 chronicles 1:53 +. +chief Magdiel, chief Iram. These were the chiefs of Edom. -- 1 chronicles 1:54 +. +These are the sons of Israel: Reuben, Simeon, Levi, Judah, Issachar, Zebulun, -- 1 chronicles 2:1 +. +Dan, Joseph, Benjamin, Naphtali, Gad and Asher. -- 1 chronicles 2:2 +. +The sons of Judah were Er, Onan and Shelah; these three were born to him by Bath-shua the Canaanitess. And Er, Judah's firstborn, was wicked in the sight of the LORD, so He put him to death. -- 1 chronicles 2:3 +. +Tamar his daughter-in-law bore him Perez and Zerah. Judah had five sons in all. -- 1 chronicles 2:4 +. +The sons of Perez were Hezron and Hamul. -- 1 chronicles 2:5 +. +The sons of Zerah were Zimri, Ethan, Heman, Calcol and Dara; five of them in all. -- 1 chronicles 2:6 +. +The son of Carmi was Achar, the troubler of Israel, who violated the ban. -- 1 chronicles 2:7 +. +The son of Ethan was Azariah. -- 1 chronicles 2:8 +. +Now the sons of Hezron, who were born to him were Jerahmeel, Ram and Chelubai. -- 1 chronicles 2:9 +. +Ram became the father of Amminadab, and Amminadab became the father of Nahshon, leader of the sons of Judah; -- 1 chronicles 2:10 +. +Nahshon became the father of Salma, Salma became the father of Boaz, -- 1 chronicles 2:11 +. +Boaz became the father of Obed, and Obed became the father of Jesse; -- 1 chronicles 2:12 +. +and Jesse became the father of Eliab his firstborn, then Abinadab the second, Shimea the third, -- 1 chronicles 2:13 +. +Nethanel the fourth, Raddai the fifth, -- 1 chronicles 2:14 +. +Ozem the sixth, David the seventh; -- 1 chronicles 2:15 +. +and their sisters were Zeruiah and Abigail. And the three sons of Zeruiah were Abshai, Joab and Asahel. -- 1 chronicles 2:16 +. +Abigail bore Amasa, and the father of Amasa was Jether the Ishmaelite. -- 1 chronicles 2:17 +. +Now Caleb the son of Hezron had sons by Azubah his wife, and by Jerioth; and these were her sons: Jesher, Shobab, and Ardon. -- 1 chronicles 2:18 +. +When Azubah died, Caleb married Ephrath, who bore him Hur. -- 1 chronicles 2:19 +. +Hur became the father of Uri, and Uri became the father of Bezalel. -- 1 chronicles 2:20 +. +Afterward Hezron went in to the daughter of Machir the father of Gilead, whom he married when he was sixty years old; and she bore him Segub. -- 1 chronicles 2:21 +. +Segub became the father of Jair, who had twenty-three cities in the land of Gilead. -- 1 chronicles 2:22 +. +But Geshur and Aram took the towns of Jair from them, with Kenath and its villages, even sixty cities. All these were the sons of Machir, the father of Gilead. -- 1 chronicles 2:23 +. +After the death of Hezron in Caleb-ephrathah, Abijah, Hezron's wife, bore him Ashhur the father of Tekoa. -- 1 chronicles 2:24 +. +Now the sons of Jerahmeel the firstborn of Hezron were Ram the firstborn, then Bunah, Oren, Ozem and Ahijah. -- 1 chronicles 2:25 +. +Jerahmeel had another wife, whose name was Atarah; she was the mother of Onam. -- 1 chronicles 2:26 +. +The sons of Ram, the firstborn of Jerahmeel, were Maaz, Jamin and Eker. -- 1 chronicles 2:27 +. +The sons of Onam were Shammai and Jada. And the sons of Shammai were Nadab and Abishur. -- 1 chronicles 2:28 +. +The name of Abishur's wife was Abihail, and she bore him Ahban and Molid. -- 1 chronicles 2:29 +. +The sons of Nadab were Seled and Appaim, and Seled died without sons. -- 1 chronicles 2:30 +. +The son of Appaim was Ishi. And the son of Ishi was Sheshan. And the son of Sheshan was Ahlai. -- 1 chronicles 2:31 +. +The sons of Jada the brother of Shammai were Jether and Jonathan, and Jether died without sons. -- 1 chronicles 2:32 +. +The sons of Jonathan were Peleth and Zaza. These were the sons of Jerahmeel. -- 1 chronicles 2:33 +. +Now Sheshan had no sons, only daughters. And Sheshan had an Egyptian servant whose name was Jarha. -- 1 chronicles 2:34 +. +Sheshan gave his daughter to Jarha his servant in marriage, and she bore him Attai. -- 1 chronicles 2:35 +. +Attai became the father of Nathan, and Nathan became the father of Zabad, -- 1 chronicles 2:36 +. +and Zabad became the father of Ephlal, and Ephlal became the father of Obed, -- 1 chronicles 2:37 +. +and Obed became the father of Jehu, and Jehu became the father of Azariah, -- 1 chronicles 2:38 +. +and Azariah became the father of Helez, and Helez became the father of Eleasah, -- 1 chronicles 2:39 +. +and Eleasah became the father of Sismai, and Sismai became the father of Shallum, -- 1 chronicles 2:40 +. +and Shallum became the father of Jekamiah, and Jekamiah became the father of Elishama. -- 1 chronicles 2:41 +. +Now the sons of Caleb, the brother of Jerahmeel, were Mesha his firstborn, who was the father of Ziph; and his son was Mareshah, the father of Hebron. -- 1 chronicles 2:42 +. +The sons of Hebron were Korah and Tappuah and Rekem and Shema. -- 1 chronicles 2:43 +. +Shema became the father of Raham, the father of Jorkeam; and Rekem became the father of Shammai. -- 1 chronicles 2:44 +. +The son of Shammai was Maon, and Maon was the father of Bethzur. -- 1 chronicles 2:45 +. +Ephah, Caleb's concubine, bore Haran, Moza and Gazez; and Haran became the father of Gazez. -- 1 chronicles 2:46 +. +The sons of Jahdai were Regem, Jotham, Geshan, Pelet, Ephah and Shaaph. -- 1 chronicles 2:47 +. +Maacah, Caleb's concubine, bore Sheber and Tirhanah. -- 1 chronicles 2:48 +. +She also bore Shaaph the father of Madmannah, Sheva the father of Machbena and the father of Gibea; and the daughter of Caleb was Achsah. -- 1 chronicles 2:49 +. +These were the sons of Caleb. The sons of Hur, the firstborn of Ephrathah, were Shobal the father of Kiriath-jearim, -- 1 chronicles 2:50 +. +Salma the father of Bethlehem and Hareph the father of Beth-gader. -- 1 chronicles 2:51 +. +Shobal the father of Kiriath-jearim had sons: Haroeh, half of the Manahathites, -- 1 chronicles 2:52 +. +and the families of Kiriath-jearim: the Ithrites, the Puthites, the Shumathites and the Mishraites; from these came the Zorathites and the Eshtaolites. -- 1 chronicles 2:53 +. +The sons of Salma were Bethlehem and the Netophathites, Atroth-beth-joab and half of the Manahathites, the Zorites. -- 1 chronicles 2:54 +. +The families of scribes who lived at Jabez were the Tirathites, the Shimeathites and the Sucathites. Those are the Kenites who came from Hammath, the father of the house of Rechab. -- 1 chronicles 2:55 +. +Now these were the sons of David who were born to him in Hebron: the firstborn was Amnon, by Ahinoam the Jezreelitess; the second was Daniel, by Abigail the Carmelitess; -- 1 chronicles 3:1 +. +the third was Absalom the son of Maacah, the daughter of Talmai king of Geshur; the fourth was Adonijah the son of Haggith; -- 1 chronicles 3:2 +. +the fifth was Shephatiah, by Abital; the sixth was Ithream, by his wife Eglah. -- 1 chronicles 3:3 +. +Six were born to him in Hebron, and there he reigned seven years and six months. And in Jerusalem he reigned thirty-three years. -- 1 chronicles 3:4 +. +These were born to him in Jerusalem: Shimea, Shobab, Nathan and Solomon, four, by Bath-shua the daughter of Ammiel; -- 1 chronicles 3:5 +. +and Ibhar, Elishama, Eliphelet, -- 1 chronicles 3:6 +. +Nogah, Nepheg and Japhia, -- 1 chronicles 3:7 +. +Elishama, Eliada and Eliphelet, nine. -- 1 chronicles 3:8 +. +All these were the sons of David, besides the sons of the concubines; and Tamar was their sister. -- 1 chronicles 3:9 +. +Now Solomon's son was Rehoboam, Abijah was his son, Asa his son, Jehoshaphat his son, -- 1 chronicles 3:10 +. +Joram his son, Ahaziah his son, Joash his son, -- 1 chronicles 3:11 +. +Amaziah his son, Azariah his son, Jotham his son, -- 1 chronicles 3:12 +. +Ahaz his son, Hezekiah his son, Manasseh his son, -- 1 chronicles 3:13 +. +Amon his son, Josiah his son. -- 1 chronicles 3:14 +. +The sons of Josiah were Johanan the firstborn, and the second was Jehoiakim, the third Zedekiah, the fourth Shallum. -- 1 chronicles 3:15 +. +The sons of Jehoiakim were Jeconiah his son, Zedekiah his son. -- 1 chronicles 3:16 +. +The sons of Jeconiah, the prisoner, were Shealtiel his son, -- 1 chronicles 3:17 +. +and Malchiram, Pedaiah, Shenazzar, Jekamiah, Hoshama and Nedabiah. -- 1 chronicles 3:18 +. +The sons of Pedaiah were Zerubbabel and Shimei. And the sons of Zerubbabel were Meshullam and Hananiah, and Shelomith was their sister; -- 1 chronicles 3:19 +. +and Hashubah, Ohel, Berechiah, Hasadiah and Jushab-hesed, five. -- 1 chronicles 3:20 +. +The sons of Hananiah were Pelatiah and Jeshaiah, the sons of Rephaiah, the sons of Arnan, the sons of Obadiah, the sons of Shecaniah. -- 1 chronicles 3:21 +. +The descendants of Shecaniah were Shemaiah, and the sons of Shemaiah: Hattush, Igal, Bariah, Neariah and Shaphat, six. -- 1 chronicles 3:22 +. +The sons of Neariah were Elioenai, Hizkiah and Azrikam, three. -- 1 chronicles 3:23 +. +The sons of Elioenai were Hodaviah, Eliashib, Pelaiah, Akkub, Johanan, Delaiah and Anani, seven. -- 1 chronicles 3:24 +. +The sons of Judah were Perez, Hezron, Carmi, Hur and Shobal. -- 1 chronicles 4:1 +. +Reaiah the son of Shobal became the father of Jahath, and Jahath became the father of Ahumai and Lahad. These were the families of the Zorathites. -- 1 chronicles 4:2 +. +These were the sons of Etam: Jezreel, Ishma and Idbash; and the name of their sister was Hazzelelponi. -- 1 chronicles 4:3 +. +Penuel was the father of Gedor, and Ezer the father of Hushah. These were the sons of Hur, the firstborn of Ephrathah, the father of Bethlehem. -- 1 chronicles 4:4 +. +Ashhur, the father of Tekoa, had two wives, Helah and Naarah. -- 1 chronicles 4:5 +. +Naarah bore him Ahuzzam, Hepher, Temeni and Haahashtari. These were the sons of Naarah. -- 1 chronicles 4:6 +. +The sons of Helah were Zereth, Izhar and Ethnan. -- 1 chronicles 4:7 +. +Koz became the father of Anub and Zobebah, and the families of Aharhel the son of Harum. -- 1 chronicles 4:8 +. +Jabez was more honorable than his brothers, and his mother named him Jabez saying, "Because I bore him with pain." -- 1 chronicles 4:9 +. +Now Jabez called on the God of Israel, saying, "Oh that You would bless me indeed and enlarge my border, and that Your hand might be with me, and that You would keep me from harm that it may not pain me!" And God granted him what he requested. -- 1 chronicles 4:10 +. +Chelub the brother of Shuhah became the father of Mehir, who was the father of Eshton. -- 1 chronicles 4:11 +. +Eshton became the father of Beth-rapha and Paseah, and Tehinnah the father of Ir-nahash. These are the men of Recah. -- 1 chronicles 4:12 +. +Now the sons of Kenaz were Othniel and Seraiah. And the sons of Othniel were Hathath and Meonothai. -- 1 chronicles 4:13 +. +Meonothai became the father of Ophrah, and Seraiah became the father of Joab the father of Ge-harashim, for they were craftsmen. -- 1 chronicles 4:14 +. +The sons of Caleb the son of Jephunneh were Iru, Elah and Naam; and the son of Elah was Kenaz. -- 1 chronicles 4:15 +. +The sons of Jehallelel were Ziph and Ziphah, Tiria and Asarel. -- 1 chronicles 4:16 +. +The sons of Ezrah were Jether, Mered, Epher and Jalon. (And these are the sons of Bithia the daughter of Pharaoh, whom Mered took) and she conceived and bore Miriam, Shammai and Ishbah the father of Eshtemoa. -- 1 chronicles 4:17 +. +His Jewish wife bore Jered the father of Gedor, and Heber the father of Soco, and Jekuthiel the father of Zanoah. -- 1 chronicles 4:18 +. +The sons of the wife of Hodiah, the sister of Naham, were the fathers of Keilah the Garmite and Eshtemoa the Maacathite. -- 1 chronicles 4:19 +. +The sons of Shimon were Amnon and Rinnah, Benhanan and Tilon. And the sons of Ishi were Zoheth and Ben-zoheth. -- 1 chronicles 4:20 +. +The sons of Shelah the son of Judah were Er the father of Lecah and Laadah the father of Mareshah, and the families of the house of the linen workers at Beth-ashbea; -- 1 chronicles 4:21 +. +and Jokim, the men of Cozeba, Joash, Saraph, who ruled in Moab, and Jashubi-lehem. And the records are ancient. -- 1 chronicles 4:22 +. +These were the potters and the inhabitants of Netaim and Gederah; they lived there with the king for his work. -- 1 chronicles 4:23 +. +The sons of Simeon were Nemuel and Jamin, Jarib, Zerah, Shaul; -- 1 chronicles 4:24 +. +Shallum his son, Mibsam his son, Mishma his son. -- 1 chronicles 4:25 +. +The sons of Mishma were Hammuel his son, Zaccur his son, Shimei his son. -- 1 chronicles 4:26 +. +Now Shimei had sixteen sons and six daughters; but his brothers did not have many sons, nor did all their family multiply like the sons of Judah. -- 1 chronicles 4:27 +. +They lived at Beersheba, Moladah and Hazar-shual, -- 1 chronicles 4:28 +. +at Bilhah, Ezem, Tolad, -- 1 chronicles 4:29 +. +Bethuel, Hormah, Ziklag, -- 1 chronicles 4:30 +. +Beth-marcaboth, Hazar-susim, Beth-biri and Shaaraim. These were their cities until the reign of David. -- 1 chronicles 4:31 +. +Their villages were Etam, Ain, Rimmon, Tochen and Ashan, five cities; -- 1 chronicles 4:32 +. +and all their villages that were around the same cities as far as Baal. These were their settlements, and they have their genealogy. -- 1 chronicles 4:33 +. +Meshobab and Jamlech and Joshah the son of Amaziah, -- 1 chronicles 4:34 +. +and Joel and Jehu the son of Joshibiah, the son of Seraiah, the son of Asiel, -- 1 chronicles 4:35 +. +and Elioenai, Jaakobah, Jeshohaiah, Asaiah, Adiel, Jesimiel, Benaiah, -- 1 chronicles 4:36 +. +Ziza the son of Shiphi, the son of Allon, the son of Jedaiah, the son of Shimri, the son of Shemaiah; -- 1 chronicles 4:37 +. +these mentioned by name were leaders in their families; and their fathers' houses increased greatly. -- 1 chronicles 4:38 +. +They went to the entrance of Gedor, even to the east side of the valley, to seek pasture for their flocks. -- 1 chronicles 4:39 +. +They found rich and good pasture, and the land was broad and quiet and peaceful; for those who lived there formerly were Hamites. -- 1 chronicles 4:40 +. +These, recorded by name, came in the days of Hezekiah king of Judah, and attacked their tents and the Meunites who were found there, and destroyed them utterly to this day, and lived in their place, because there was pasture there for their flocks. -- 1 chronicles 4:41 +. +From them, from the sons of Simeon, five hundred men went to Mount Seir, with Pelatiah, Neariah, Rephaiah and Uzziel, the sons of Ishi, as their leaders. -- 1 chronicles 4:42 +. +They destroyed the remnant of the Amalekites who escaped, and have lived there to this day. -- 1 chronicles 4:43 +. +Now the sons of Reuben the firstborn of Israel (for he was the firstborn, but because he defiled his father's bed, his birthright was given to the sons of Joseph the son of Israel; so that he is not enrolled in the genealogy according to the birthright. -- 1 chronicles 5:1 +. +Though Judah prevailed over his brothers, and from him came the leader, yet the birthright belonged to Joseph), -- 1 chronicles 5:2 +. +the sons of Reuben the firstborn of Israel were Hanoch and Pallu, Hezron and Carmi. -- 1 chronicles 5:3 +. +The sons of Joel were Shemaiah his son, Gog his son, Shimei his son, -- 1 chronicles 5:4 +. +Micah his son, Reaiah his son, Baal his son, -- 1 chronicles 5:5 +. +Beerah his son, whom Tilgath-pilneser king of Assyria carried away into exile; he was leader of the Reubenites. -- 1 chronicles 5:6 +. +His kinsmen by their families, in the genealogy of their generations, were Jeiel the chief, then Zechariah -- 1 chronicles 5:7 +. +and Bela the son of Azaz, the son of Shema, the son of Joel, who lived in Aroer, even to Nebo and Baal-meon. -- 1 chronicles 5:8 +. +To the east he settled as far as the entrance of the wilderness from the river Euphrates, because their cattle had increased in the land of Gilead. -- 1 chronicles 5:9 +. +In the days of Saul they made war with the Hagrites, who fell by their hand, so that they occupied their tents throughout all the land east of Gilead. -- 1 chronicles 5:10 +. +Now the sons of Gad lived opposite them in the land of Bashan as far as Salecah. -- 1 chronicles 5:11 +. +Joel was the chief and Shapham the second, then Janai and Shaphat in Bashan. -- 1 chronicles 5:12 +. +Their kinsmen of their fathers' households were Michael, Meshullam, Sheba, Jorai, Jacan, Zia and Eber, seven. -- 1 chronicles 5:13 +. +These were the sons of Abihail, the son of Huri, the son of Jaroah, the son of Gilead, the son of Michael, the son of Jeshishai, the son of Jahdo, the son of Buz; -- 1 chronicles 5:14 +. +Ahi the son of Abdiel, the son of Guni, was head of their fathers' households. -- 1 chronicles 5:15 +. +They lived in Gilead, in Bashan and in its towns, and in all the pasture lands of Sharon, as far as their borders. -- 1 chronicles 5:16 +. +All of these were enrolled in the genealogies in the days of Jotham king of Judah and in the days of Jeroboam king of Israel. -- 1 chronicles 5:17 +. +The sons of Reuben and the Gadites and the half-tribe of Manasseh, consisting of valiant men, men who bore shield and sword and shot with bow and were skillful in battle, were 44,760, who went to war. -- 1 chronicles 5:18 +. +They made war against the Hagrites, Jetur, Naphish and Nodab. -- 1 chronicles 5:19 +. +They were helped against them, and the Hagrites and all who were with them were given into their hand; for they cried out to God in the battle, and He answered their prayers because they trusted in Him. -- 1 chronicles 5:20 +. +They took away their cattle: their 50,camels, 250,000 sheep, 2,000 donkeys; and 100,000 men. -- 1 chronicles 5:21 +. +For many fell slain, because the war was of God. And they settled in their place until the exile. -- 1 chronicles 5:22 +. +Now the sons of the half-tribe of Manasseh lived in the land; from Bashan to Baal-hermon and Senir and Mount Hermon they were numerous. -- 1 chronicles 5:23 +. +These were the heads of their fathers' households, even Epher, Ishi, Eliel, Azriel, Jeremiah, Hodaviah and Jahdiel, mighty men of valor, famous men, heads of their fathers' households. -- 1 chronicles 5:24 +. +But they acted treacherously against the God of their fathers and played the harlot after the gods of the peoples of the land, whom God had destroyed before them. -- 1 chronicles 5:25 +. +So the God of Israel stirred up the spirit of Pul, king of Assyria, even the spirit of Tilgath-pilneser king of Assyria, and he carried them away into exile, namely the Reubenites, the Gadites and the half-tribe of Manasseh, and brought them to Halah, Habor, Hara and to the river of Gozan, to this day. -- 1 chronicles 5:26 +. +The sons of Levi were Gershon, Kohath and Merari. -- 1 chronicles 6:1 +. +The sons of Kohath were Amram, Izhar, Hebron and Uzziel. -- 1 chronicles 6:2 +. +The children of Amram were Aaron, Moses and Miriam. And the sons of Aaron were Nadab, Abihu, Eleazar and Ithamar. -- 1 chronicles 6:3 +. +Eleazar became the father of Phinehas, and Phinehas became the father of Abishua, -- 1 chronicles 6:4 +. +and Abishua became the father of Bukki, and Bukki became the father of Uzzi, -- 1 chronicles 6:5 +. +and Uzzi became the father of Zerahiah, and Zerahiah became the father of Meraioth, -- 1 chronicles 6:6 +. +Meraioth became the father of Amariah, and Amariah became the father of Ahitub, -- 1 chronicles 6:7 +. +and Ahitub became the father of Zadok, and Zadok became the father of Ahimaaz, -- 1 chronicles 6:8 +. +and Ahimaaz became the father of Azariah, and Azariah became the father of Johanan, -- 1 chronicles 6:9 +. +and Johanan became the father of Azariah (it was he who served as the priest in the house which Solomon built in Jerusalem), -- 1 chronicles 6:10 +. +and Azariah became the father of Amariah, and Amariah became the father of Ahitub, -- 1 chronicles 6:11 +. +and Ahitub became the father of Zadok, and Zadok became the father of Shallum, -- 1 chronicles 6:12 +. +and Shallum became the father of Hilkiah, and Hilkiah became the father of Azariah, -- 1 chronicles 6:13 +. +and Azariah became the father of Seraiah, and Seraiah became the father of Jehozadak; -- 1 chronicles 6:14 +. +and Jehozadak went along when the LORD carried Judah and Jerusalem away into exile by Nebuchadnezzar. -- 1 chronicles 6:15 +. +The sons of Levi were Gershom, Kohath and Merari. -- 1 chronicles 6:16 +. +These are the names of the sons of Gershom: Libni and Shimei. -- 1 chronicles 6:17 +. +The sons of Kohath were Amram, Izhar, Hebron and Uzziel. -- 1 chronicles 6:18 +. +The sons of Merari were Mahli and Mushi. And these are the families of the Levites according to their fathers' households. -- 1 chronicles 6:19 +. +Of Gershom: Libni his son, Jahath his son, Zimmah his son, -- 1 chronicles 6:20 +. +Joah his son, Iddo his son, Zerah his son, Jeatherai his son. -- 1 chronicles 6:21 +. +The sons of Kohath were Amminadab his son, Korah his son, Assir his son, -- 1 chronicles 6:22 +. +Elkanah his son, Ebiasaph his son and Assir his son, -- 1 chronicles 6:23 +. +Tahath his son, Uriel his son, Uzziah his son and Shaul his son. -- 1 chronicles 6:24 +. +The sons of Elkanah were Amasai and Ahimoth. -- 1 chronicles 6:25 +. +As for Elkanah, the sons of Elkanah were Zophai his son and Nahath his son, -- 1 chronicles 6:26 +. +Eliab his son, Jeroham his son, Elkanah his son. -- 1 chronicles 6:27 +. +The sons of Samuel were Joel the firstborn, and Abijah the second. -- 1 chronicles 6:28 +. +The sons of Merari were Mahli, Libni his son, Shimei his son, Uzzah his son, -- 1 chronicles 6:29 +. +Shimea his son, Haggiah his son, Asaiah his son. -- 1 chronicles 6:30 +. +Now these are those whom David appointed over the service of song in the house of the LORD, after the ark rested there. -- 1 chronicles 6:31 +. +They ministered with song before the tabernacle of the tent of meeting, until Solomon had built the house of the LORD in Jerusalem; and they served in their office according to their order. -- 1 chronicles 6:32 +. +These are those who served with their sons: From the sons of the Kohathites were Heman the singer, the son of Joel, the son of Samuel, -- 1 chronicles 6:33 +. +the son of Elkanah, the son of Jeroham, the son of Eliel, the son of Toah, -- 1 chronicles 6:34 +. +the son of Zuph, the son of Elkanah, the son of Mahath, the son of Amasai, -- 1 chronicles 6:35 +. +the son of Elkanah, the son of Joel, the son of Azariah, the son of Zephaniah, -- 1 chronicles 6:36 +. +the son of Tahath, the son of Assir, the son of Ebiasaph, the son of Korah, -- 1 chronicles 6:37 +. +the son of Izhar, the son of Kohath, the son of Levi, the son of Israel. -- 1 chronicles 6:38 +. +Heman's brother Asaph stood at his right hand, even Asaph the son of Berechiah, the son of Shimea, -- 1 chronicles 6:39 +. +the son of Michael, the son of Baaseiah, the son of Malchijah, -- 1 chronicles 6:40 +. +the son of Ethni, the son of Zerah, the son of Adaiah, -- 1 chronicles 6:41 +. +the son of Ethan, the son of Zimmah, the son of Shimei, -- 1 chronicles 6:42 +. +the son of Jahath, the son of Gershom, the son of Levi. -- 1 chronicles 6:43 +. +On the left hand were their kinsmen the sons of Merari: Ethan the son of Kishi, the son of Abdi, the son of Malluch, -- 1 chronicles 6:44 +. +the son of Hashabiah, the son of Amaziah, the son of Hilkiah, -- 1 chronicles 6:45 +. +the son of Amzi, the son of Bani, the son of Shemer, -- 1 chronicles 6:46 +. +the son of Mahli, the son of Mushi, the son of Merari, the son of Levi. -- 1 chronicles 6:47 +. +Their kinsmen the Levites were appointed for all the service of the tabernacle of the house of God. -- 1 chronicles 6:48 +. +But Aaron and his sons offered on the altar of burnt offering and on the altar of incense, for all the work of the most holy place, and to make atonement for Israel, according to all that Moses the servant of God had commanded. -- 1 chronicles 6:49 +. +These are the sons of Aaron: Eleazar his son, Phinehas his son, Abishua his son, -- 1 chronicles 6:50 +. +Bukki his son, Uzzi his son, Zerahiah his son, -- 1 chronicles 6:51 +. +Meraioth his son, Amariah his son, Ahitub his son, -- 1 chronicles 6:52 +. +Zadok his son, Ahimaaz his son. -- 1 chronicles 6:53 +. +Now these are their settlements according to their camps within their borders. To the sons of Aaron of the families of the Kohathites (for theirs was the first lot), -- 1 chronicles 6:54 +. +to them they gave Hebron in the land of Judah and its pasture lands around it; -- 1 chronicles 6:55 +. +but the fields of the city and its villages, they gave to Caleb the son of Jephunneh. -- 1 chronicles 6:56 +. +To the sons of Aaron they gave the following cities of refuge: Hebron, Libnah also with its pasture lands, Jattir, Eshtemoa with its pasture lands, -- 1 chronicles 6:57 +. +Hilen with its pasture lands, Debir with its pasture lands, -- 1 chronicles 6:58 +. +Ashan with its pasture lands and Beth-shemesh with its pasture lands; -- 1 chronicles 6:59 +. +and from the tribe of Benjamin: Geba with its pasture lands, Allemeth with its pasture lands, and Anathoth with its pasture lands. All their cities throughout their families were thirteen cities. -- 1 chronicles 6:60 +. +Then to the rest of the sons of Kohath were given by lot, from the family of the tribe, from the half-tribe, the half of Manasseh, ten cities. -- 1 chronicles 6:61 +. +To the sons of Gershom, according to their families, were given from the tribe of Issachar and from the tribe of Asher, the tribe of Naphtali, and the tribe of Manasseh, thirteen cities in Bashan. -- 1 chronicles 6:62 +. +To the sons of Merari were given by lot, according to their families, from the tribe of Reuben, the tribe of Gad and the tribe of Zebulun, twelve cities. -- 1 chronicles 6:63 +. +So the sons of Israel gave to the Levites the cities with their pasture lands. -- 1 chronicles 6:64 +. +They gave by lot from the tribe of the sons of Judah, the tribe of the sons of Simeon and the tribe of the sons of Benjamin, these cities which are mentioned by name. -- 1 chronicles 6:65 +. +Now some of the families of the sons of Kohath had cities of their territory from the tribe of Ephraim. -- 1 chronicles 6:66 +. +They gave to them the following cities of refuge: Shechem in the hill country of Ephraim with its pasture lands, Gezer also with its pasture lands, -- 1 chronicles 6:67 +. +Jokmeam with its pasture lands, Beth-horon with its pasture lands, -- 1 chronicles 6:68 +. +Aijalon with its pasture lands and Gath-rimmon with its pasture lands; -- 1 chronicles 6:69 +. +and from the half-tribe of Manasseh: Aner with its pasture lands and Bileam with its pasture lands, for the rest of the family of the sons of Kohath. -- 1 chronicles 6:70 +. +To the sons of Gershom were given, from the family of the half-tribe of Manasseh: Golan in Bashan with its pasture lands and Ashtaroth with its pasture lands; -- 1 chronicles 6:71 +. +and from the tribe of Issachar: Kedesh with its pasture lands, Daberath with its pasture lands -- 1 chronicles 6:72 +. +and Ramoth with its pasture lands, Anem with its pasture lands; -- 1 chronicles 6:73 +. +and from the tribe of Asher: Mashal with its pasture lands, Abdon with its pasture lands, -- 1 chronicles 6:74 +. +Hukok with its pasture lands and Rehob with its pasture lands; -- 1 chronicles 6:75 +. +and from the tribe of Naphtali: Kedesh in Galilee with its pasture lands, Hammon with its pasture lands and Kiriathaim with its pasture lands. -- 1 chronicles 6:76 +. +To the rest of the Levites, the sons of Merari, were given, from the tribe of Zebulun: Rimmono with its pasture lands, Tabor with its pasture lands; -- 1 chronicles 6:77 +. +and beyond the Jordan at Jericho, on the east side of the Jordan, were given them, from the tribe of Reuben: Bezer in the wilderness with its pasture lands, Jahzah with its pasture lands, -- 1 chronicles 6:78 +. +Kedemoth with its pasture lands and Mephaath with its pasture lands; -- 1 chronicles 6:79 +. +and from the tribe of Gad: Ramoth in Gilead with its pasture lands, Mahanaim with its pasture lands, -- 1 chronicles 6:80 +. +Heshbon with its pasture lands and Jazer with its pasture lands. -- 1 chronicles 6:81 +. +Now the sons of Issachar were four: Tola, Puah, Jashub and Shimron. -- 1 chronicles 7:1 +. +The sons of Tola were Uzzi, Rephaiah, Jeriel, Jahmai, Ibsam and Samuel, heads of their fathers' households. The sons of Tola were mighty men of valor in their generations; their number in the days of David was 22,600. -- 1 chronicles 7:2 +. +The son of Uzzi was Izrahiah. And the sons of Izrahiah were Michael, Obadiah, Joel, Isshiah; all five of them were chief men. -- 1 chronicles 7:3 +. +With them by their generations according to their fathers' households were 36,troops of the army for war, for they had many wives and sons. -- 1 chronicles 7:4 +. +Their relatives among all the families of Issachar were mighty men of valor, enrolled by genealogy, in all 87,000. -- 1 chronicles 7:5 +. +The sons of Benjamin were three: Bela and Becher and Jediael. -- 1 chronicles 7:6 +. +The sons of Bela were five: Ezbon, Uzzi, Uzziel, Jerimoth and Iri. They were heads of fathers' households, mighty men of valor, and were 22,enrolled by genealogy. -- 1 chronicles 7:7 +. +The sons of Becher were Zemirah, Joash, Eliezer, Elioenai, Omri, Jeremoth, Abijah, Anathoth and Alemeth. All these were the sons of Becher. -- 1 chronicles 7:8 +. +They were enrolled by genealogy, according to their generations, heads of their fathers' households, 20,mighty men of valor. -- 1 chronicles 7:9 +. +The son of Jediael was Bilhan. And the sons of Bilhan were Jeush, Benjamin, Ehud, Chenaanah, Zethan, Tarshish and Ahishahar. -- 1 chronicles 7:10 +. +All these were sons of Jediael, according to the heads of their fathers' households, 17,mighty men of valor, who were ready to go out with the army to war. -- 1 chronicles 7:11 +. +Shuppim and Huppim were the sons of Ir; Hushim was the son of Aher. -- 1 chronicles 7:12 +. +The sons of Naphtali were Jahziel, Guni, Jezer, and Shallum, the sons of Bilhah. -- 1 chronicles 7:13 +. +The sons of Manasseh were Asriel, whom his Aramean concubine bore; she bore Machir the father of Gilead. -- 1 chronicles 7:14 +. +Machir took a wife for Huppim and Shuppim, whose sister's name was Maacah. And the name of the second was Zelophehad, and Zelophehad had daughters. -- 1 chronicles 7:15 +. +Maacah the wife of Machir bore a son, and she named him Peresh; and the name of his brother was Sheresh, and his sons were Ulam and Rakem. -- 1 chronicles 7:16 +. +The son of Ulam was Bedan. These were the sons of Gilead the son of Machir, the son of Manasseh. -- 1 chronicles 7:17 +. +His sister Hammolecheth bore Ishhod and Abiezer and Mahlah. -- 1 chronicles 7:18 +. +The sons of Shemida were Ahian and Shechem and Likhi and Aniam. -- 1 chronicles 7:19 +. +The sons of Ephraim were Shuthelah and Bered his son, Tahath his son, Eleadah his son, Tahath his son, -- 1 chronicles 7:20 +. +Zabad his son, Shuthelah his son, and Ezer and Elead whom the men of Gath who were born in the land killed, because they came down to take their livestock. -- 1 chronicles 7:21 +. +Their father Ephraim mourned many days, and his relatives came to comfort him. -- 1 chronicles 7:22 +. +Then he went in to his wife, and she conceived and bore a son, and he named him Beriah, because misfortune had come upon his house. -- 1 chronicles 7:23 +. +His daughter was Sheerah, who built lower and upper Beth-horon, also Uzzen-sheerah. -- 1 chronicles 7:24 +. +Rephah was his son along with Resheph, Telah his son, Tahan his son, -- 1 chronicles 7:25 +. +Ladan his son, Ammihud his son, Elishama his son, -- 1 chronicles 7:26 +. +Non his son and Joshua his son. -- 1 chronicles 7:27 +. +Their possessions and settlements were Bethel with its towns, and to the east Naaran, and to the west Gezer with its towns, and Shechem with its towns as far as Ayyah with its towns, -- 1 chronicles 7:28 +. +and along the borders of the sons of Manasseh, Beth-shean with its towns, Taanach with its towns, Megiddo with its towns, Dor with its towns. In these lived the sons of Joseph the son of Israel. -- 1 chronicles 7:29 +. +The sons of Asher were Imnah, Ishvah, Ishvi and Beriah, and Serah their sister. -- 1 chronicles 7:30 +. +The sons of Beriah were Heber and Malchiel, who was the father of Birzaith. -- 1 chronicles 7:31 +. +Heber became the father of Japhlet, Shomer and Hotham, and Shua their sister. -- 1 chronicles 7:32 +. +The sons of Japhlet were Pasach, Bimhal and Ashvath. These were the sons of Japhlet. -- 1 chronicles 7:33 +. +The sons of Shemer were Ahi and Rohgah, Jehubbah and Aram. -- 1 chronicles 7:34 +. +The sons of his brother Helem were Zophah, Imna, Shelesh and Amal. -- 1 chronicles 7:35 +. +The sons of Zophah were Suah, Harnepher, Shual, Beri and Imrah, -- 1 chronicles 7:36 +. +Bezer, Hod, Shamma, Shilshah, Ithran and Beera. -- 1 chronicles 7:37 +. +The sons of Jether were Jephunneh, Pispa and Ara. -- 1 chronicles 7:38 +. +The sons of Ulla were Arah, Hanniel and Rizia. -- 1 chronicles 7:39 +. +All these were the sons of Asher, heads of the fathers' houses, choice and mighty men of valor, heads of the princes. And the number of them enrolled by genealogy for service in war was 26,men. -- 1 chronicles 7:40 +. +And Benjamin became the father of Bela his firstborn, Ashbel the second, Aharah the third, -- 1 chronicles 8:1 +. +Nohah the fourth and Rapha the fifth. -- 1 chronicles 8:2 +. +Bela had sons: Addar, Gera, Abihud, -- 1 chronicles 8:3 +. +Abishua, Naaman, Ahoah, -- 1 chronicles 8:4 +. +Gera, Shephuphan and Huram. -- 1 chronicles 8:5 +. +These are the sons of Ehud: these are the heads of fathers' households of the inhabitants of Geba, and they carried them into exile to Manahath, -- 1 chronicles 8:6 +. +namely, Naaman, Ahijah and Gera--he carried them into exile; and he became the father of Uzza and Ahihud. -- 1 chronicles 8:7 +. +Shaharaim became the father of children in the country of Moab after he had sent away Hushim and Baara his wives. -- 1 chronicles 8:8 +. +By Hodesh his wife he became the father of Jobab, Zibia, Mesha, Malcam, -- 1 chronicles 8:9 +. +Jeuz, Sachia, Mirmah. These were his sons, heads of fathers' households. -- 1 chronicles 8:10 +. +By Hushim he became the father of Abitub and Elpaal. -- 1 chronicles 8:11 +. +The sons of Elpaal were Eber, Misham, and Shemed, who built Ono and Lod, with its towns; -- 1 chronicles 8:12 +. +and Beriah and Shema, who were heads of fathers' households of the inhabitants of Aijalon, who put to flight the inhabitants of Gath; -- 1 chronicles 8:13 +. +and Ahio, Shashak and Jeremoth. -- 1 chronicles 8:14 +. +Zebadiah, Arad, Eder, -- 1 chronicles 8:15 +. +Michael, Ishpah and Joha were the sons of Beriah. -- 1 chronicles 8:16 +. +Zebadiah, Meshullam, Hizki, Heber, -- 1 chronicles 8:17 +. +Ishmerai, Izliah and Jobab were the sons of Elpaal. -- 1 chronicles 8:18 +. +Jakim, Zichri, Zabdi, -- 1 chronicles 8:19 +. +Elienai, Zillethai, Eliel, -- 1 chronicles 8:20 +. +Adaiah, Beraiah and Shimrath were the sons of Shimei. -- 1 chronicles 8:21 +. +Ishpan, Eber, Eliel, -- 1 chronicles 8:22 +. +Abdon, Zichri, Hanan, -- 1 chronicles 8:23 +. +Hananiah, Elam, Anthothijah, -- 1 chronicles 8:24 +. +Iphdeiah and Penuel were the sons of Shashak. -- 1 chronicles 8:25 +. +Shamsherai, Shehariah, Athaliah, -- 1 chronicles 8:26 +. +Jaareshiah, Elijah and Zichri were the sons of Jeroham. -- 1 chronicles 8:27 +. +These were heads of the fathers' households according to their generations, chief men who lived in Jerusalem. -- 1 chronicles 8:28 +. +Now in Gibeon, Jeiel, the father of Gibeon lived, and his wife's name was Maacah; -- 1 chronicles 8:29 +. +and his firstborn son was Abdon, then Zur, Kish, Baal, Nadab, -- 1 chronicles 8:30 +. +Gedor, Ahio and Zecher. -- 1 chronicles 8:31 +. +Mikloth became the father of Shimeah. And they also lived with their relatives in Jerusalem opposite their other relatives. -- 1 chronicles 8:32 +. +Ner became the father of Kish, and Kish became the father of Saul, and Saul became the father of Jonathan, Malchi-shua, Abinadab and Eshbaal. -- 1 chronicles 8:33 +. +The son of Jonathan was Merib-baal, and Merib-baal became the father of Micah. -- 1 chronicles 8:34 +. +The sons of Micah were Pithon, Melech, Tarea and Ahaz. -- 1 chronicles 8:35 +. +Ahaz became the father of Jehoaddah, and Jehoaddah became the father of Alemeth, Azmaveth and Zimri; and Zimri became the father of Moza. -- 1 chronicles 8:36 +. +Moza became the father of Binea; Raphah was his son, Eleasah his son, Azel his son. -- 1 chronicles 8:37 +. +Azel had six sons, and these were their names: Azrikam, Bocheru, Ishmael, Sheariah, Obadiah and Hanan. All these were the sons of Azel. -- 1 chronicles 8:38 +. +The sons of Eshek his brother were Ulam his firstborn, Jeush the second and Eliphelet the third. -- 1 chronicles 8:39 +. +The sons of Ulam were mighty men of valor, archers, and had many sons and grandsons, of them. All these were of the sons of Benjamin. -- 1 chronicles 8:40 +. +So all Israel was enrolled by genealogies; and behold, they are written in the Book of the Kings of Israel. And Judah was carried away into exile to Babylon for their unfaithfulness. -- 1 chronicles 9:1 +. +Now the first who lived in their possessions in their cities were Israel, the priests, the Levites and the temple servants. -- 1 chronicles 9:2 +. +Some of the sons of Judah, of the sons of Benjamin and of the sons of Ephraim and Manasseh lived in Jerusalem: -- 1 chronicles 9:3 +. +Uthai the son of Ammihud, the son of Omri, the son of Imri, the son of Bani, from the sons of Perez the son of Judah. -- 1 chronicles 9:4 +. +From the Shilonites were Asaiah the firstborn and his sons. -- 1 chronicles 9:5 +. +From the sons of Zerah were Jeuel and their relatives, of them. -- 1 chronicles 9:6 +. +From the sons of Benjamin were Sallu the son of Meshullam, the son of Hodaviah, the son of Hassenuah, -- 1 chronicles 9:7 +. +and Ibneiah the son of Jeroham, and Elah the son of Uzzi, the son of Michri, and Meshullam the son of Shephatiah, the son of Reuel, the son of Ibnijah; -- 1 chronicles 9:8 +. +and their relatives according to their generations, 956. All these were heads of fathers' households according to their fathers' houses. -- 1 chronicles 9:9 +. +From the priests were Jedaiah, Jehoiarib, Jachin, -- 1 chronicles 9:10 +. +and Azariah the son of Hilkiah, the son of Meshullam, the son of Zadok, the son of Meraioth, the son of Ahitub, the chief officer of the house of God; -- 1 chronicles 9:11 +. +and Adaiah the son of Jeroham, the son of Pashhur, the son of Malchijah, and Maasai the son of Adiel, the son of Jahzerah, the son of Meshullam, the son of Meshillemith, the son of Immer; -- 1 chronicles 9:12 +. +and their relatives, heads of their fathers' households, 1,very able men for the work of the service of the house of God. -- 1 chronicles 9:13 +. +Of the Levites were Shemaiah the son of Hasshub, the son of Azrikam, the son of Hashabiah, of the sons of Merari; -- 1 chronicles 9:14 +. +and Bakbakkar, Heresh and Galal and Mattaniah the son of Mica, the son of Zichri, the son of Asaph, -- 1 chronicles 9:15 +. +and Obadiah the son of Shemaiah, the son of Galal, the son of Jeduthun, and Berechiah the son of Asa, the son of Elkanah, who lived in the villages of the Netophathites. -- 1 chronicles 9:16 +. +Now the gatekeepers were Shallum and Akkub and Talmon and Ahiman and their relatives (Shallum the chief -- 1 chronicles 9:17 +. +being stationed until now at the king's gate to the east). These were the gatekeepers for the camp of the sons of Levi. -- 1 chronicles 9:18 +. +Shallum the son of Kore, the son of Ebiasaph, the son of Korah, and his relatives of his father's house, the Korahites, were over the work of the service, keepers of the thresholds of the tent; and their fathers had been over the camp of the LORD, keepers of the entrance. -- 1 chronicles 9:19 +. +Phinehas the son of Eleazar was ruler over them previously, and the LORD was with him. -- 1 chronicles 9:20 +. +Zechariah the son of Meshelemiah was gatekeeper of the entrance of the tent of meeting. -- 1 chronicles 9:21 +. +All these who were chosen to be gatekeepers at the thresholds were 212. These were enrolled by genealogy in their villages, whom David and Samuel the seer appointed in their office of trust. -- 1 chronicles 9:22 +. +So they and their sons had charge of the gates of the house of the LORD, even the house of the tent, as guards. -- 1 chronicles 9:23 +. +The gatekeepers were on the four sides, to the east, west, north and south. -- 1 chronicles 9:24 +. +Their relatives in their villages were to come in every seven days from time to time to be with them; -- 1 chronicles 9:25 +. +for the four chief gatekeepers who were Levites, were in an office of trust, and were over the chambers and over the treasuries in the house of God. -- 1 chronicles 9:26 +. +They spent the night around the house of God, because the watch was committed to them; and they were in charge of opening it morning by morning. -- 1 chronicles 9:27 +. +Now some of them had charge of the utensils of service, for they counted them when they brought them in and when they took them out. -- 1 chronicles 9:28 +. +Some of them also were appointed over the furniture and over all the utensils of the sanctuary and over the fine flour and the wine and the oil and the frankincense and the spices. -- 1 chronicles 9:29 +. +Some of the sons of the priests prepared the mixing of the spices. -- 1 chronicles 9:30 +. +Mattithiah, one of the Levites, who was the firstborn of Shallum the Korahite, had the responsibility over the things which were baked in pans. -- 1 chronicles 9:31 +. +Some of their relatives of the sons of the Kohathites were over the showbread to prepare it every sabbath. -- 1 chronicles 9:32 +. +Now these are the singers, heads of fathers' households of the Levites, who lived in the chambers of the temple free from other service; for they were engaged in their work day and night. -- 1 chronicles 9:33 +. +These were heads of fathers' households of the Levites according to their generations, chief men, who lived in Jerusalem. -- 1 chronicles 9:34 +. +In Gibeon Jeiel the father of Gibeon lived, and his wife's name was Maacah, -- 1 chronicles 9:35 +. +and his firstborn son was Abdon, then Zur, Kish, Baal, Ner, Nadab, -- 1 chronicles 9:36 +. +Gedor, Ahio, Zechariah and Mikloth. -- 1 chronicles 9:37 +. +Mikloth became the father of Shimeam. And they also lived with their relatives in Jerusalem opposite their other relatives. -- 1 chronicles 9:38 +. +Ner became the father of Kish, and Kish became the father of Saul, and Saul became the father of Jonathan, Malchi-shua, Abinadab and Eshbaal. -- 1 chronicles 9:39 +. +The son of Jonathan was Merib-baal; and Merib-baal became the father of Micah. -- 1 chronicles 9:40 +. +The sons of Micah were Pithon, Melech, Tahrea and Ahaz. -- 1 chronicles 9:41 +. +Ahaz became the father of Jarah, and Jarah became the father of Alemeth, Azmaveth and Zimri; and Zimri became the father of Moza, -- 1 chronicles 9:42 +. +and Moza became the father of Binea and Rephaiah his son, Eleasah his son, Azel his son. -- 1 chronicles 9:43 +. +Azel had six sons whose names are these: Azrikam, Bocheru and Ishmael and Sheariah and Obadiah and Hanan. These were the sons of Azel. -- 1 chronicles 9:44 +. +Now the Philistines fought against Israel; and the men of Israel fled before the Philistines and fell slain on Mount Gilboa. -- 1 chronicles 10:1 +. +The Philistines closely pursued Saul and his sons, and the Philistines struck down Jonathan, Abinadab and Malchi-shua, the sons of Saul. -- 1 chronicles 10:2 +. +The battle became heavy against Saul, and the archers overtook him; and he was wounded by the archers. -- 1 chronicles 10:3 +. +Then Saul said to his armor bearer, "Draw your sword and thrust me through with it, otherwise these uncircumcised will come and abuse me." But his armor bearer would not, for he was greatly afraid. Therefore Saul took his sword and fell on it. -- 1 chronicles 10:4 +. +When his armor bearer saw that Saul was dead, he likewise fell on his sword and died. -- 1 chronicles 10:5 +. +Thus Saul died with his three sons, and all those of his house died together. -- 1 chronicles 10:6 +. +When all the men of Israel who were in the valley saw that they had fled, and that Saul and his sons were dead, they forsook their cities and fled; and the Philistines came and lived in them. -- 1 chronicles 10:7 +. +It came about the next day, when the Philistines came to strip the slain, that they found Saul and his sons fallen on Mount Gilboa. -- 1 chronicles 10:8 +. +So they stripped him and took his head and his armor and sent messengers around the land of the Philistines to carry the good news to their idols and to the people. -- 1 chronicles 10:9 +. +They put his armor in the house of their gods and fastened his head in the house of Dagon. -- 1 chronicles 10:10 +. +When all Jabesh-gilead heard all that the Philistines had done to Saul, -- 1 chronicles 10:11 +. +all the valiant men arose and took away the body of Saul and the bodies of his sons and brought them to Jabesh, and they buried their bones under the oak in Jabesh, and fasted seven days. -- 1 chronicles 10:12 +. +So Saul died for his trespass which he committed against the LORD, because of the word of the LORD which he did not keep; and also because he asked counsel of a medium, making inquiry of it, -- 1 chronicles 10:13 +. +and did not inquire of the LORD. Therefore He killed him and turned the kingdom to David the son of Jesse. -- 1 chronicles 10:14 +. +Then all Israel gathered to David at Hebron and said, "Behold, we are your bone and your flesh. -- 1 chronicles 11:1 +. +"In times past, even when Saul was king, you were the one who led out and brought in Israel; and the LORD your God said to you, 'You shall shepherd My people Israel, and you shall be prince over My people Israel.'" -- 1 chronicles 11:2 +. +So all the elders of Israel came to the king at Hebron, and David made a covenant with them in Hebron before the LORD; and they anointed David king over Israel, according to the word of the LORD through Samuel. -- 1 chronicles 11:3 +. +Then David and all Israel went to Jerusalem (that is, Jebus); and the Jebusites, the inhabitants of the land, were there. -- 1 chronicles 11:4 +. +The inhabitants of Jebus said to David, "You shall not enter here." Nevertheless David captured the stronghold of Zion (that is, the city of David). -- 1 chronicles 11:5 +. +Now David had said, "Whoever strikes down a Jebusite first shall be chief and commander." Joab the son of Zeruiah went up first, so he became chief. -- 1 chronicles 11:6 +. +Then David dwelt in the stronghold; therefore it was called the city of David. -- 1 chronicles 11:7 +. +He built the city all around, from the Millo even to the surrounding area; and Joab repaired the rest of the city. -- 1 chronicles 11:8 +. +David became greater and greater, for the LORD of hosts was with him. -- 1 chronicles 11:9 +. +Now these are the heads of the mighty men whom David had, who gave him strong support in his kingdom, together with all Israel, to make him king, according to the word of the LORD concerning Israel. -- 1 chronicles 11:10 +. +These constitute the list of the mighty men whom David had: Jashobeam, the son of a Hachmonite, the chief of the thirty; he lifted up his spear against three hundred whom he killed at one time. -- 1 chronicles 11:11 +. +After him was Eleazar the son of Dodo, the Ahohite, who was one of the three mighty men. -- 1 chronicles 11:12 +. +He was with David at Pasdammim when the Philistines were gathered together there to battle, and there was a plot of ground full of barley; and the people fled before the Philistines. -- 1 chronicles 11:13 +. +They took their stand in the midst of the plot and defended it, and struck down the Philistines; and the LORD saved them by a great victory. -- 1 chronicles 11:14 +. +Now three of the thirty chief men went down to the rock to David, into the cave of Adullam, while the army of the Philistines was camping in the valley of Rephaim. -- 1 chronicles 11:15 +. +David was then in the stronghold, while the garrison of the Philistines was then in Bethlehem. -- 1 chronicles 11:16 +. +David had a craving and said, "Oh that someone would give me water to drink from the well of Bethlehem, which is by the gate!" -- 1 chronicles 11:17 +. +So the three broke through the camp of the Philistines and drew water from the well of Bethlehem which was by the gate, and took it and brought it to David; nevertheless David would not drink it, but poured it out to the LORD; -- 1 chronicles 11:18 +. +and he said, "Be it far from me before my God that I should do this. Shall I drink the blood of these men who went at the risk of their lives? For at the risk of their lives they brought it." Therefore he would not drink it. These things the three mighty men did. -- 1 chronicles 11:19 +. +As for Abshai the brother of Joab, he was chief of the thirty, and he swung his spear against three hundred and killed them; and he had a name as well as the thirty. -- 1 chronicles 11:20 +. +Of the three in the second rank he was the most honored and became their commander; however, he did not attain to the first three. -- 1 chronicles 11:21 +. +Benaiah the son of Jehoiada, the son of a valiant man of Kabzeel, mighty in deeds, struck down the two sons of Ariel of Moab. He also went down and killed a lion inside a pit on a snowy day. -- 1 chronicles 11:22 +. +He killed an Egyptian, a man of great stature five cubits tall. Now in the Egyptian's hand was a spear like a weaver's beam, but he went down to him with a club and snatched the spear from the Egyptian's hand and killed him with his own spear. -- 1 chronicles 11:23 +. +These things Benaiah the son of Jehoiada did, and had a name as well as the three mighty men. -- 1 chronicles 11:24 +. +Behold, he was honored among the thirty, but he did not attain to the three; and David appointed him over his guard. -- 1 chronicles 11:25 +. +Now the mighty men of the armies were Asahel the brother of Joab, Elhanan the son of Dodo of Bethlehem, -- 1 chronicles 11:26 +. +Shammoth the Harorite, Helez the Pelonite, -- 1 chronicles 11:27 +. +Ira the son of Ikkesh the Tekoite, Abiezer the Anathothite, -- 1 chronicles 11:28 +. +Sibbecai the Hushathite, Ilai the Ahohite, -- 1 chronicles 11:29 +. +Maharai the Netophathite, Heled the son of Baanah the Netophathite, -- 1 chronicles 11:30 +. +Ithai the son of Ribai of Gibeah of the sons of Benjamin, Benaiah the Pirathonite, -- 1 chronicles 11:31 +. +Hurai of the brooks of Gaash, Abiel the Arbathite, -- 1 chronicles 11:32 +. +Azmaveth the Baharumite, Eliahba the Shaalbonite, -- 1 chronicles 11:33 +. +the sons of Hashem the Gizonite, Jonathan the son of Shagee the Hararite, -- 1 chronicles 11:34 +. +Ahiam the son of Sacar the Hararite, Eliphal the son of Ur, -- 1 chronicles 11:35 +. +Hepher the Mecherathite, Ahijah the Pelonite, -- 1 chronicles 11:36 +. +Hezro the Carmelite, Naarai the son of Ezbai, -- 1 chronicles 11:37 +. +Joel the brother of Nathan, Mibhar the son of Hagri, -- 1 chronicles 11:38 +. +Zelek the Ammonite, Naharai the Berothite, the armor bearer of Joab the son of Zeruiah, -- 1 chronicles 11:39 +. +Ira the Ithrite, Gareb the Ithrite, -- 1 chronicles 11:40 +. +Uriah the Hittite, Zabad the son of Ahlai, -- 1 chronicles 11:41 +. +Adina the son of Shiza the Reubenite, a chief of the Reubenites, and thirty with him, -- 1 chronicles 11:42 +. +Hanan the son of Maacah and Joshaphat the Mithnite, -- 1 chronicles 11:43 +. +Uzzia the Ashterathite, Shama and Jeiel the sons of Hotham the Aroerite, -- 1 chronicles 11:44 +. +Jediael the son of Shimri and Joha his brother, the Tizite, -- 1 chronicles 11:45 +. +Eliel the Mahavite and Jeribai and Joshaviah, the sons of Elnaam, and Ithmah the Moabite, -- 1 chronicles 11:46 +. +Eliel and Obed and Jaasiel the Mezobaite. -- 1 chronicles 11:47 +. +Now these are the ones who came to David at Ziklag, while he was still restricted because of Saul the son of Kish; and they were among the mighty men who helped him in war. -- 1 chronicles 12:1 +. +They were equipped with bows, using both the right hand and the left to sling stones and to shoot arrows from the bow; they were Saul's kinsmen from Benjamin. -- 1 chronicles 12:2 +. +The chief was Ahiezer, then Joash, the sons of Shemaah the Gibeathite; and Jeziel and Pelet, the sons of Azmaveth, and Beracah and Jehu the Anathothite, -- 1 chronicles 12:3 +. +and Ishmaiah the Gibeonite, a mighty man among the thirty, and over the thirty. Then Jeremiah, Jahaziel, Johanan, Jozabad the Gederathite, -- 1 chronicles 12:4 +. +Eluzai, Jerimoth, Bealiah, Shemariah, Shephatiah the Haruphite, -- 1 chronicles 12:5 +. +Elkanah, Isshiah, Azarel, Joezer, Jashobeam, the Korahites, -- 1 chronicles 12:6 +. +and Joelah and Zebadiah, the sons of Jeroham of Gedor. -- 1 chronicles 12:7 +. +From the Gadites there came over to David in the stronghold in the wilderness, mighty men of valor, men trained for war, who could handle shield and spear, and whose faces were like the faces of lions, and they were as swift as the gazelles on the mountains. -- 1 chronicles 12:8 +. +Ezer was the first, Obadiah the second, Eliab the third, -- 1 chronicles 12:9 +. +Mishmannah the fourth, Jeremiah the fifth, -- 1 chronicles 12:10 +. +Attai the sixth, Eliel the seventh, -- 1 chronicles 12:11 +. +Johanan the eighth, Elzabad the ninth, -- 1 chronicles 12:12 +. +Jeremiah the tenth, Machbannai the eleventh. -- 1 chronicles 12:13 +. +These of the sons of Gad were captains of the army; he who was least was equal to a hundred and the greatest to a thousand. -- 1 chronicles 12:14 +. +These are the ones who crossed the Jordan in the first month when it was overflowing all its banks and they put to flight all those in the valleys, both to the east and to the west. -- 1 chronicles 12:15 +. +Then some of the sons of Benjamin and Judah came to the stronghold to David. -- 1 chronicles 12:16 +. +David went out to meet them, and said to them, "If you come peacefully to me to help me, my heart shall be united with you; but if to betray me to my adversaries, since there is no wrong in my hands, may the God of our fathers look on it and decide." -- 1 chronicles 12:17 +. +Then the Spirit came upon Amasai, who was the chief of the thirty, and he said, "We are yours, O David, And with you, O son of Jesse! Peace, peace to you, And peace to him who helps you; Indeed, your God helps you!" Then David received them and made them captains of the band. -- 1 chronicles 12:18 +. +From Manasseh also some defected to David when he was about to go to battle with the Philistines against Saul. But they did not help them, for the lords of the Philistines after consultation sent him away, saying, "At the cost of our heads he may defect to his master Saul." -- 1 chronicles 12:19 +. +As he went to Ziklag there defected to him from Manasseh: Adnah, Jozabad, Jediael, Michael, Jozabad, Elihu and Zillethai, captains of thousands who belonged to Manasseh. -- 1 chronicles 12:20 +. +They helped David against the band of raiders, for they were all mighty men of valor, and were captains in the army. -- 1 chronicles 12:21 +. +For day by day men came to David to help him, until there was a great army like the army of God. -- 1 chronicles 12:22 +. +Now these are the numbers of the divisions equipped for war, who came to David at Hebron, to turn the kingdom of Saul to him, according to the word of the LORD. -- 1 chronicles 12:23 +. +The sons of Judah who bore shield and spear were 6,800, equipped for war. -- 1 chronicles 12:24 +. +Of the sons of Simeon, mighty men of valor for war, 7,100. -- 1 chronicles 12:25 +. +Of the sons of Levi 4,600. -- 1 chronicles 12:26 +. +Now Jehoiada was the leader of the house of Aaron, and with him were 3,700, -- 1 chronicles 12:27 +. +also Zadok, a young man mighty of valor, and of his father's house twenty-two captains. -- 1 chronicles 12:28 +. +Of the sons of Benjamin, Saul's kinsmen, 3,000; for until now the greatest part of them had kept their allegiance to the house of Saul. -- 1 chronicles 12:29 +. +Of the sons of Ephraim 20,800, mighty men of valor, famous men in their fathers' households. -- 1 chronicles 12:30 +. +Of the half-tribe of Manasseh 18,000, who were designated by name to come and make David king. -- 1 chronicles 12:31 +. +Of the sons of Issachar, men who understood the times, with knowledge of what Israel should do, their chiefs were two hundred; and all their kinsmen were at their command. -- 1 chronicles 12:32 +. +Of Zebulun, there were 50,who went out in the army, who could draw up in battle formation with all kinds of weapons of war and helped David with an undivided heart. -- 1 chronicles 12:33 +. +Of Naphtali there were 1,captains, and with them 37,000 with shield and spear. -- 1 chronicles 12:34 +. +Of the Danites who could draw up in battle formation, there were 28,600. -- 1 chronicles 12:35 +. +Of Asher there were 40,who went out in the army to draw up in battle formation. -- 1 chronicles 12:36 +. +From the other side of the Jordan, of the Reubenites and the Gadites and of the half-tribe of Manasseh, there were 120,with all kinds of weapons of war for the battle. -- 1 chronicles 12:37 +. +All these, being men of war who could draw up in battle formation, came to Hebron with a perfect heart to make David king over all Israel; and all the rest also of Israel were of one mind to make David king. -- 1 chronicles 12:38 +. +They were there with David three days, eating and drinking, for their kinsmen had prepared for them. -- 1 chronicles 12:39 +. +Moreover those who were near to them, even as far as Issachar and Zebulun and Naphtali, brought food on donkeys, camels, mules and on oxen, great quantities of flour cakes, fig cakes and bunches of raisins, wine, oil, oxen and sheep. There was joy indeed in Israel. -- 1 chronicles 12:40 +. +Then David consulted with the captains of the thousands and the hundreds, even with every leader. -- 1 chronicles 13:1 +. +David said to all the assembly of Israel, "If it seems good to you, and if it is from the LORD our God, let us send everywhere to our kinsmen who remain in all the land of Israel, also to the priests and Levites who are with them in their cities with pasture lands, that they may meet with us; -- 1 chronicles 13:2 +. +and let us bring back the ark of our God to us, for we did not seek it in the days of Saul." -- 1 chronicles 13:3 +. +Then all the assembly said that they would do so, for the thing was right in the eyes of all the people. -- 1 chronicles 13:4 +. +So David assembled all Israel together, from the Shihor of Egypt even to the entrance of Hamath, to bring the ark of God from Kiriath-jearim. -- 1 chronicles 13:5 +. +David and all Israel went up to Baalah, that is, to Kiriath-jearim, which belongs to Judah, to bring up from there the ark of God, the LORD who is enthroned above the cherubim, where His name is called. -- 1 chronicles 13:6 +. +They carried the ark of God on a new cart from the house of Abinadab, and Uzza and Ahio drove the cart. -- 1 chronicles 13:7 +. +David and all Israel were celebrating before God with all their might, even with songs and with lyres, harps, tambourines, cymbals and with trumpets. -- 1 chronicles 13:8 +. +When they came to the threshing floor of Chidon, Uzza put out his hand to hold the ark, because the oxen nearly upset it. -- 1 chronicles 13:9 +. +The anger of the LORD burned against Uzza, so He struck him down because he put out his hand to the ark; and he died there before God. -- 1 chronicles 13:10 +. +Then David became angry because of the LORD'S outburst against Uzza; and he called that place Perez-uzza to this day. -- 1 chronicles 13:11 +. +David was afraid of God that day, saying, "How can I bring the ark of God home to me?" -- 1 chronicles 13:12 +. +So David did not take the ark with him to the city of David, but took it aside to the house of Obed-edom the Gittite. -- 1 chronicles 13:13 +. +Thus the ark of God remained with the family of Obed-edom in his house three months; and the LORD blessed the family of Obed-edom with all that he had. -- 1 chronicles 13:14 +. +Now Hiram king of Tyre sent messengers to David with cedar trees, masons and carpenters, to build a house for him. -- 1 chronicles 14:1 +. +And David realized that the LORD had established him as king over Israel, and that his kingdom was highly exalted, for the sake of His people Israel. -- 1 chronicles 14:2 +. +Then David took more wives at Jerusalem, and David became the father of more sons and daughters. -- 1 chronicles 14:3 +. +These are the names of the children born to him in Jerusalem: Shammua, Shobab, Nathan, Solomon, -- 1 chronicles 14:4 +. +Ibhar, Elishua, Elpelet, -- 1 chronicles 14:5 +. +Nogah, Nepheg, Japhia, -- 1 chronicles 14:6 +. +Elishama, Beeliada and Eliphelet. -- 1 chronicles 14:7 +. +When the Philistines heard that David had been anointed king over all Israel, all the Philistines went up in search of David; and David heard of it and went out against them. -- 1 chronicles 14:8 +. +Now the Philistines had come and made a raid in the valley of Rephaim. -- 1 chronicles 14:9 +. +David inquired of God, saying, "Shall I go up against the Philistines? And will You give them into my hand?" Then the LORD said to him, "Go up, for I will give them into your hand." -- 1 chronicles 14:10 +. +So they came up to Baal-perazim, and David defeated them there; and David said, "God has broken through my enemies by my hand, like the breakthrough of waters." Therefore they named that place Baal-perazim. -- 1 chronicles 14:11 +. +They abandoned their gods there; so David gave the order and they were burned with fire. -- 1 chronicles 14:12 +. +The Philistines made yet another raid in the valley. -- 1 chronicles 14:13 +. +David inquired again of God, and God said to him, "You shall not go up after them; circle around behind them and come at them in front of the balsam trees. -- 1 chronicles 14:14 +. +"It shall be when you hear the sound of marching in the tops of the balsam trees, then you shall go out to battle, for God will have gone out before you to strike the army of the Philistines." -- 1 chronicles 14:15 +. +David did just as God had commanded him, and they struck down the army of the Philistines from Gibeon even as far as Gezer. -- 1 chronicles 14:16 +. +Then the fame of David went out into all the lands; and the LORD brought the fear of him on all the nations. -- 1 chronicles 14:17 +. +Now David built houses for himself in the city of David; and he prepared a place for the ark of God and pitched a tent for it. -- 1 chronicles 15:1 +. +Then David said, "No one is to carry the ark of God but the Levites; for the LORD chose them to carry the ark of God and to minister to Him forever." -- 1 chronicles 15:2 +. +And David assembled all Israel at Jerusalem to bring up the ark of the LORD to its place which he had prepared for it. -- 1 chronicles 15:3 +. +David gathered together the sons of Aaron and the Levites: -- 1 chronicles 15:4 +. +of the sons of Kohath, Uriel the chief, and of his relatives; -- 1 chronicles 15:5 +. +of the sons of Merari, Asaiah the chief, and of his relatives; -- 1 chronicles 15:6 +. +of the sons of Gershom, Joel the chief, and of his relatives; -- 1 chronicles 15:7 +. +of the sons of Elizaphan, Shemaiah the chief, and of his relatives; -- 1 chronicles 15:8 +. +of the sons of Hebron, Eliel the chief, and of his relatives; -- 1 chronicles 15:9 +. +of the sons of Uzziel, Amminadab the chief, and of his relatives. -- 1 chronicles 15:10 +. +Then David called for Zadok and Abiathar the priests, and for the Levites, for Uriel, Asaiah, Joel, Shemaiah, Eliel and Amminadab, -- 1 chronicles 15:11 +. +and said to them, "You are the heads of the fathers' households of the Levites; consecrate yourselves both you and your relatives, that you may bring up the ark of the LORD God of Israel to the place that I have prepared for it. -- 1 chronicles 15:12 +. +"Because you did not carry it at the first, the LORD our God made an outburst on us, for we did not seek Him according to the ordinance." -- 1 chronicles 15:13 +. +So the priests and the Levites consecrated themselves to bring up the ark of the LORD God of Israel. -- 1 chronicles 15:14 +. +The sons of the Levites carried the ark of God on their shoulders with the poles thereon, as Moses had commanded according to the word of the LORD. -- 1 chronicles 15:15 +. +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. -- 1 chronicles 15:16 +. +So the Levites appointed Heman the son of Joel, and from his relatives, Asaph the son of Berechiah; and from the sons of Merari their relatives, Ethan the son of Kushaiah, -- 1 chronicles 15:17 +. +and with them their relatives of the second rank, Zechariah, Ben, Jaaziel, Shemiramoth, Jehiel, Unni, Eliab, Benaiah, Maaseiah, Mattithiah, Eliphelehu, Mikneiah, Obed-edom and Jeiel, the gatekeepers. -- 1 chronicles 15:18 +. +So the singers, Heman, Asaph and Ethan were appointed to sound aloud cymbals of bronze; -- 1 chronicles 15:19 +. +and Zechariah, Aziel, Shemiramoth, Jehiel, Unni, Eliab, Maaseiah and Benaiah, with harps tuned to alamoth; -- 1 chronicles 15:20 +. +and Mattithiah, Eliphelehu, Mikneiah, Obed-edom, Jeiel and Azaziah, to lead with lyres tuned to the sheminith. -- 1 chronicles 15:21 +. +Chenaniah, chief of the Levites, was in charge of the singing; he gave instruction in singing because he was skillful. -- 1 chronicles 15:22 +. +Berechiah and Elkanah were gatekeepers for the ark. -- 1 chronicles 15:23 +. +Shebaniah, Joshaphat, Nethanel, Amasai, Zechariah, Benaiah and Eliezer, the priests, blew the trumpets before the ark of God. Obed-edom and Jehiah also were gatekeepers for the ark. -- 1 chronicles 15:24 +. +So it was David, with the elders of Israel and the captains over thousands, who went to bring up the ark of the covenant of the LORD from the house of Obed-edom with joy. -- 1 chronicles 15:25 +. +Because God was helping the Levites who were carrying the ark of the covenant of the LORD, they sacrificed seven bulls and seven rams. -- 1 chronicles 15:26 +. +Now David was clothed with a robe of fine linen with all the Levites who were carrying the ark, and the singers and Chenaniah the leader of the singing with the singers. David also wore an ephod of linen. -- 1 chronicles 15:27 +. +Thus all Israel brought up the ark of the covenant of the LORD with shouting, and with sound of the horn, with trumpets, with loud-sounding cymbals, with harps and lyres. -- 1 chronicles 15:28 +. +It happened when the ark of the covenant of the LORD came to the city of David, that Michal the daughter of Saul looked out of the window and saw King David leaping and celebrating; and she despised him in her heart. -- 1 chronicles 15:29 +. +And they brought in the ark of God and placed it inside the tent which David had pitched for it, and they offered burnt offerings and peace offerings before God. -- 1 chronicles 16:1 +. +When David had finished offering the burnt offering and the peace offerings, he blessed the people in the name of the LORD. -- 1 chronicles 16:2 +. +He distributed to everyone of Israel, both man and woman, to everyone a loaf of bread and a portion of meat and a raisin cake. -- 1 chronicles 16:3 +. +He appointed some of the Levites as ministers before the ark of the LORD, even to celebrate and to thank and praise the LORD God of Israel: -- 1 chronicles 16:4 +. +Asaph the chief, and second to him Zechariah, then Jeiel, Shemiramoth, Jehiel, Mattithiah, Eliab, Benaiah, Obed-edom and Jeiel, with musical instruments, harps, lyres; also Asaph played loud-sounding cymbals, -- 1 chronicles 16:5 +. +and Benaiah and Jahaziel the priests blew trumpets continually before the ark of the covenant of God. -- 1 chronicles 16:6 +. +Then on that day David first assigned Asaph and his relatives to give thanks to the LORD. -- 1 chronicles 16:7 +. +Oh give thanks to the LORD, call upon His name; Make known His deeds among the peoples. -- 1 chronicles 16:8 +. +Sing to Him, sing praises to Him; Speak of all His wonders. -- 1 chronicles 16:9 +. +Glory in His holy name; Let the heart of those who seek the LORD be glad. -- 1 chronicles 16:10 +. +Seek the LORD and His strength; Seek His face continually. -- 1 chronicles 16:11 +. +Remember His wonderful deeds which He has done, His marvels and the judgments from His mouth, -- 1 chronicles 16:12 +. +O seed of Israel His servant, Sons of Jacob, His chosen ones! -- 1 chronicles 16:13 +. +He is the LORD our God; His judgments are in all the earth. -- 1 chronicles 16:14 +. +Remember His covenant forever, The word which He commanded to a thousand generations, -- 1 chronicles 16:15 +. +The covenant which He made with Abraham, And His oath to Isaac. -- 1 chronicles 16:16 +. +He also confirmed it to Jacob for a statute, To Israel as an everlasting covenant, -- 1 chronicles 16:17 +. +Saying, "To you I will give the land of Canaan, As the portion of your inheritance." -- 1 chronicles 16:18 +. +When they were only a few in number, Very few, and strangers in it, -- 1 chronicles 16:19 +. +And they wandered about from nation to nation, And from one kingdom to another people, -- 1 chronicles 16:20 +. +He permitted no man to oppress them, And He reproved kings for their sakes, saying, -- 1 chronicles 16:21 +. +"Do not touch My anointed ones, And do My prophets no harm." -- 1 chronicles 16:22 +. +Sing to the LORD, all the earth; Proclaim good tidings of His salvation from day to day. -- 1 chronicles 16:23 +. +Tell of His glory among the nations, His wonderful deeds among all the peoples. -- 1 chronicles 16:24 +. +For great is the LORD, and greatly to be praised; He also is to be feared above all gods. -- 1 chronicles 16:25 +. +For all the gods of the peoples are idols, But the LORD made the heavens. -- 1 chronicles 16:26 +. +Splendor and majesty are before Him, Strength and joy are in His place. -- 1 chronicles 16:27 +. +Ascribe to the LORD, O families of the peoples, Ascribe to the LORD glory and strength. -- 1 chronicles 16:28 +. +Ascribe to the LORD the glory due His name; Bring an offering, and come before Him; Worship the LORD in holy array. -- 1 chronicles 16:29 +. +Tremble before Him, all the earth; Indeed, the world is firmly established, it will not be moved. -- 1 chronicles 16:30 +. +Let the heavens be glad, and let the earth rejoice; And let them say among the nations, "The LORD reigns." -- 1 chronicles 16:31 +. +Let the sea roar, and all it contains; Let the field exult, and all that is in it. -- 1 chronicles 16:32 +. +Then the trees of the forest will sing for joy before the LORD; For He is coming to judge the earth. -- 1 chronicles 16:33 +. +O give thanks to the LORD, for He is good; For His lovingkindness is everlasting. -- 1 chronicles 16:34 +. +Then say, "Save us, O God of our salvation, And gather us and deliver us from the nations, To give thanks to Your holy name, And glory in Your praise." -- 1 chronicles 16:35 +. +Blessed be the LORD, the God of Israel, From everlasting even to everlasting. Then all the people said, "Amen," and praised the LORD. -- 1 chronicles 16:36 +. +So he left Asaph and his relatives there before the ark of the covenant of the LORD to minister before the ark continually, as every day's work required; -- 1 chronicles 16:37 +. +and Obed-edom with his relatives; Obed-edom, also the son of Jeduthun, and Hosah as gatekeepers. -- 1 chronicles 16:38 +. +He left Zadok the priest and his relatives the priests before the tabernacle of the LORD in the high place which was at Gibeon, -- 1 chronicles 16:39 +. +to offer burnt offerings to the LORD on the altar of burnt offering continually morning and evening, even according to all that is written in the law of the LORD, which He commanded Israel. -- 1 chronicles 16:40 +. +With them were Heman and Jeduthun, and the rest who were chosen, who were designated by name, to give thanks to the LORD, because His lovingkindness is everlasting. -- 1 chronicles 16:41 +. +And with them were Heman and Jeduthun with trumpets and cymbals for those who should sound aloud, and with instruments for the songs of God, and the sons of Jeduthun for the gate. -- 1 chronicles 16:42 +. +Then all the people departed each to his house, and David returned to bless his household. -- 1 chronicles 16:43 +. +And it came about, when David dwelt in his house, that David said to Nathan the prophet, "Behold, I am dwelling in a house of cedar, but the ark of the covenant of the LORD is under curtains." -- 1 chronicles 17:1 +. +Then Nathan said to David, "Do all that is in your heart, for God is with you." -- 1 chronicles 17:2 +. +It came about the same night that the word of God came to Nathan, saying, -- 1 chronicles 17:3 +. +"Go and tell David My servant, 'Thus says the LORD, "You shall not build a house for Me to dwell in; -- 1 chronicles 17:4 +. +for I have not dwelt in a house since the day that I brought up Israel to this day, but I have gone from tent to tent and from one dwelling place to another. -- 1 chronicles 17:5 +. +"In all places where I have walked with all Israel, have I spoken a word with any of the judges of Israel, whom I commanded to shepherd My people, saying, 'Why have you not built for Me a house of cedar?'"' -- 1 chronicles 17:6 +. +"Now, therefore, thus shall you say to My servant David, 'Thus says the LORD of hosts, "I took you from the pasture, from following the sheep, to be leader over My people Israel. -- 1 chronicles 17:7 +. +"I have been with you wherever you have gone, and have cut off all your enemies from before you; and I will make you a name like the name of the great ones who are in the earth. -- 1 chronicles 17:8 +. +"I will appoint a place for My people Israel, and will plant them, so that they may dwell in their own place and not be moved again; and the wicked will not waste them anymore as formerly, -- 1 chronicles 17:9 +. +even from the day that I commanded judges to be over My people Israel. And I will subdue all your enemies. Moreover, I tell you that the LORD will build a house for you. -- 1 chronicles 17:10 +. +"When your days are fulfilled that you must go to be with your fathers, that I will set up one of your descendants after you, who will be of your sons; and I will establish his kingdom. -- 1 chronicles 17:11 +. +"He shall build for Me a house, and I will establish his throne forever. -- 1 chronicles 17:12 +. +"I will be his father and he shall be My son; and I will not take My lovingkindness away from him, as I took it from him who was before you. -- 1 chronicles 17:13 +. +"But I will settle him in My house and in My kingdom forever, and his throne shall be established forever."'" -- 1 chronicles 17:14 +. +According to all these words and according to all this vision, so Nathan spoke to David. -- 1 chronicles 17:15 +. +Then David the king went in and sat before the LORD and said, "Who am I, O LORD God, and what is my house that You have brought me this far? -- 1 chronicles 17:16 +. +"This was a small thing in Your eyes, O God; but You have spoken of Your servant's house for a great while to come, and have regarded me according to the standard of a man of high degree, O LORD God. -- 1 chronicles 17:17 +. +"What more can David still say to You concerning the honor bestowed on Your servant? For You know Your servant. -- 1 chronicles 17:18 +. +"O LORD, for Your servant's sake, and according to Your own heart, You have wrought all this greatness, to make known all these great things. -- 1 chronicles 17:19 +. +"O LORD, there is none like You, nor is there any God besides You, according to all that we have heard with our ears. -- 1 chronicles 17:20 +. +"And what one nation in the earth is like Your people Israel, whom God went to redeem for Himself as a people, to make You a name by great and terrible things, in driving out nations from before Your people, whom You redeemed out of Egypt? -- 1 chronicles 17:21 +. +"For Your people Israel You made Your own people forever, and You, O LORD, became their God. -- 1 chronicles 17:22 +. +"Now, O LORD, let the word that You have spoken concerning Your servant and concerning his house be established forever, and do as You have spoken. -- 1 chronicles 17:23 +. +"Let Your name be established and magnified forever, saying, 'The LORD of hosts is the God of Israel, even a God to Israel; and the house of David Your servant is established before You.' -- 1 chronicles 17:24 +. +"For You, O my God, have revealed to Your servant that You will build for him a house; therefore Your servant has found courage to pray before You. -- 1 chronicles 17:25 +. +"Now, O LORD, You are God, and have promised this good thing to Your servant. -- 1 chronicles 17:26 +. +"And now it has pleased You to bless the house of Your servant, that it may continue forever before You; for You, O LORD, have blessed, and it is blessed forever." -- 1 chronicles 17:27 +. +Now after this it came about that David defeated the Philistines and subdued them and took Gath and its towns from the hand of the Philistines. -- 1 chronicles 18:1 +. +He defeated Moab, and the Moabites became servants to David, bringing tribute. -- 1 chronicles 18:2 +. +David also defeated Hadadezer king of Zobah as far as Hamath, as he went to establish his rule to the Euphrates River. -- 1 chronicles 18:3 +. +David took from him 1,chariots and 7,000 horsemen and 20,000 foot soldiers, and David hamstrung all the chariot horses, but reserved enough of them for 100 chariots. -- 1 chronicles 18:4 +. +When the Arameans of Damascus came to help Hadadezer king of Zobah, David killed 22,men of the Arameans. -- 1 chronicles 18:5 +. +Then David put garrisons among the Arameans of Damascus; and the Arameans became servants to David, bringing tribute. And the LORD helped David wherever he went. -- 1 chronicles 18:6 +. +David took the shields of gold which were carried by the servants of Hadadezer and brought them to Jerusalem. -- 1 chronicles 18:7 +. +Also from Tibhath and from Cun, cities of Hadadezer, David took a very large amount of bronze, with which Solomon made the bronze sea and the pillars and the bronze utensils. -- 1 chronicles 18:8 +. +Now when Tou king of Hamath heard that David had defeated all the army of Hadadezer king of Zobah, -- 1 chronicles 18:9 +. +he sent Hadoram his son to King David to greet him and to bless him, because he had fought against Hadadezer and had defeated him; for Hadadezer had been at war with Tou. And Hadoram brought all kinds of articles of gold and silver and bronze. -- 1 chronicles 18:10 +. +King David also dedicated these to the LORD with the silver and the gold which he had carried away from all the nations: from Edom, Moab, the sons of Ammon, the Philistines, and from Amalek. -- 1 chronicles 18:11 +. +Moreover Abishai the son of Zeruiah defeated 18,Edomites in the Valley of Salt. -- 1 chronicles 18:12 +. +Then he put garrisons in Edom, and all the Edomites became servants to David. And the LORD helped David wherever he went. -- 1 chronicles 18:13 +. +So David reigned over all Israel; and he administered justice and righteousness for all his people. -- 1 chronicles 18:14 +. +Joab the son of Zeruiah was over the army, and Jehoshaphat the son of Ahilud was recorder; -- 1 chronicles 18:15 +. +and Zadok the son of Ahitub and Abimelech the son of Abiathar were priests, and Shavsha was secretary; -- 1 chronicles 18:16 +. +and Benaiah the son of Jehoiada was over the Cherethites and the Pelethites, and the sons of David were chiefs at the king's side. -- 1 chronicles 18:17 +. +Now it came about after this, that Nahash the king of the sons of Ammon died, and his son became king in his place. -- 1 chronicles 19:1 +. +Then David said, "I will show kindness to Hanun the son of Nahash, because his father showed kindness to me." So David sent messengers to console him concerning his father. And David's servants came into the land of the sons of Ammon to Hanun to console him. -- 1 chronicles 19:2 +. +But the princes of the sons of Ammon said to Hanun, "Do you think that David is honoring your father, in that he has sent comforters to you? Have not his servants come to you to search and to overthrow and to spy out the land?" -- 1 chronicles 19:3 +. +So Hanun took David's servants and shaved them and cut off their garments in the middle as far as their hips, and sent them away. -- 1 chronicles 19:4 +. +Then certain persons went and told David about the men. And he sent to meet them, for the men were greatly humiliated. And the king said, "Stay at Jericho until your beards grow, and then return." -- 1 chronicles 19:5 +. +When the sons of Ammon saw that they had made themselves odious to David, Hanun and the sons of Ammon sent 1,talents of silver to hire for themselves chariots and horsemen from Mesopotamia, from Aram-maacah and from Zobah. -- 1 chronicles 19:6 +. +So they hired for themselves 32,chariots, and the king of Maacah and his people, who came and camped before Medeba. And the sons of Ammon gathered together from their cities and came to battle. -- 1 chronicles 19:7 +. +When David heard of it, he sent Joab and all the army, the mighty men. -- 1 chronicles 19:8 +. +The sons of Ammon came out and drew up in battle array at the entrance of the city, and the kings who had come were by themselves in the field. -- 1 chronicles 19:9 +. +Now when Joab saw that the battle was set against him in front and in the rear, he selected from all the choice men of Israel and they arrayed themselves against the Arameans. -- 1 chronicles 19:10 +. +But the remainder of the people he placed in the hand of Abshai his brother; and they arrayed themselves against the sons of Ammon. -- 1 chronicles 19:11 +. +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 help you. -- 1 chronicles 19:12 +. +"Be strong, and let us show ourselves courageous for the sake of our people and for the cities of our God; and may the LORD do what is good in His sight." -- 1 chronicles 19:13 +. +So Joab and the people who were with him drew near to the battle against the Arameans, and they fled before him. -- 1 chronicles 19:14 +. +When the sons of Ammon saw that the Arameans fled, they also fled before Abshai his brother and entered the city. Then Joab came to Jerusalem. -- 1 chronicles 19:15 +. +When the Arameans saw that they had been defeated by Israel, they sent messengers and brought out the Arameans who were beyond the River, with Shophach the commander of the army of Hadadezer leading them. -- 1 chronicles 19:16 +. +When it was told David, he gathered all Israel together and crossed the Jordan, and came upon them and drew up in formation against them. And when David drew up in battle array against the Arameans, they fought against him. -- 1 chronicles 19:17 +. +The Arameans fled before Israel, and David killed of the Arameans 7,charioteers and 40,000 foot soldiers, and put to death Shophach the commander of the army. -- 1 chronicles 19:18 +. +So when the servants of Hadadezer saw that they were defeated by Israel, they made peace with David and served him. Thus the Arameans were not willing to help the sons of Ammon anymore. -- 1 chronicles 19:19 +. +Then it happened in the spring, at the time when kings go out to battle, that Joab led out the army and ravaged the land of the sons of Ammon, and came and besieged Rabbah. But David stayed at Jerusalem. And Joab struck Rabbah and overthrew it. -- 1 chronicles 20:1 +. +David took the crown of their king from his head, and he found it to weigh a talent of gold, and there was a precious stone in it; and it was placed on David's head. And he brought out the spoil of the city, a very great amount. -- 1 chronicles 20:2 +. +He brought out the people who were in it, and cut them with saws and with sharp instruments and with axes. And thus David did to all the cities of the sons of Ammon. Then David and all the people returned to Jerusalem. -- 1 chronicles 20:3 +. +Now it came about after this, that war broke out at Gezer with the Philistines; then Sibbecai the Hushathite killed Sippai, one of the descendants of the giants, and they were subdued. -- 1 chronicles 20:4 +. +And there was war with the Philistines again, and Elhanan the son of Jair killed Lahmi the brother of Goliath the Gittite, the shaft of whose spear was like a weaver's beam. -- 1 chronicles 20:5 +. +Again there was war at Gath, where there was a man of great stature who had twenty-four fingers and toes, six fingers on each hand and six toes on each foot; and he also was descended from the giants. -- 1 chronicles 20:6 +. +When he taunted Israel, Jonathan the son of Shimea, David's brother, killed him. -- 1 chronicles 20:7 +. +These were descended from the giants in Gath, and they fell by the hand of David and by the hand of his servants. -- 1 chronicles 20:8 +. +Then Satan stood up against Israel and moved David to number Israel. -- 1 chronicles 21:1 +. +So David said to Joab and to the princes of the people, "Go, number Israel from Beersheba even to Dan, and bring me word that I may know their number." -- 1 chronicles 21:2 +. +Joab said, "May the LORD add to His people a hundred times as many as they are! But, my lord the king, are they not all my lord's servants? Why does my lord seek this thing? Why should he be a cause of guilt to Israel?" -- 1 chronicles 21:3 +. +Nevertheless, the king's word prevailed against Joab. Therefore, Joab departed and went throughout all Israel, and came to Jerusalem. -- 1 chronicles 21:4 +. +Joab gave the number of the census of all the people to David. And all Israel were 1,100,men who drew the sword; and Judah was 470,000 men who drew the sword. -- 1 chronicles 21:5 +. +But he did not number Levi and Benjamin among them, for the king's command was abhorrent to Joab. -- 1 chronicles 21:6 +. +God was displeased with this thing, so He struck Israel. -- 1 chronicles 21:7 +. +David said to God, "I have sinned greatly, in that I have done this thing. But now, please take away the iniquity of Your servant, for I have done very foolishly." -- 1 chronicles 21:8 +. +The LORD spoke to Gad, David's seer, saying, -- 1 chronicles 21:9 +. +"Go and speak to David, saying, 'Thus says the LORD, "I offer you three things; choose for yourself one of them, which I will do to you."'" -- 1 chronicles 21:10 +. +So Gad came to David and said to him, "Thus says the LORD, 'Take for yourself -- 1 chronicles 21:11 +. +either three years of famine, or three months to be swept away before your foes, while the sword of your enemies overtakes you, or else three days of the sword of the LORD, even pestilence in the land, and the angel of the LORD destroying throughout all the territory of Israel.' Now, therefore, consider what answer I shall return to Him who sent me." -- 1 chronicles 21:12 +. +David said to Gad, "I am in great distress; please let me fall into the hand of the LORD, for His mercies are very great. But do not let me fall into the hand of man." -- 1 chronicles 21:13 +. +So the LORD sent a pestilence on Israel; 70,men of Israel fell. -- 1 chronicles 21:14 +. +And God sent an angel to Jerusalem to destroy it; but as he was about to destroy it, the LORD saw and was sorry over the calamity, and said to the destroying angel, "It is enough; now relax your hand." And the angel of the LORD was standing by the threshing floor of Ornan the Jebusite. -- 1 chronicles 21:15 +. +Then David lifted up his eyes and saw the angel of the LORD standing between earth and heaven, with his drawn sword in his hand stretched out over Jerusalem. Then David and the elders, covered with sackcloth, fell on their faces. -- 1 chronicles 21:16 +. +David said to God, "Is it not I who commanded to count the people? Indeed, I am the one who has sinned and done very wickedly, but these sheep, what have they done? O LORD my God, please let Your hand be against me and my father's household, but not against Your people that they should be plagued." -- 1 chronicles 21:17 +. +Then the angel of the LORD commanded Gad to say to David, that David should go up and build an altar to the LORD on the threshing floor of Ornan the Jebusite. -- 1 chronicles 21:18 +. +So David went up at the word of Gad, which he spoke in the name of the LORD. -- 1 chronicles 21:19 +. +Now Ornan turned back and saw the angel, and his four sons who were with him hid themselves. And Ornan was threshing wheat. -- 1 chronicles 21:20 +. +As David came to Ornan, Ornan looked and saw David, and went out from the threshing floor and prostrated himself before David with his face to the ground. -- 1 chronicles 21:21 +. +Then David said to Ornan, "Give me the site of this threshing floor, that I may build on it an altar to the LORD; for the full price you shall give it to me, that the plague may be restrained from the people." -- 1 chronicles 21:22 +. +Ornan said to David, "Take it for yourself; and let my lord the king do what is good in his sight. See, I will give the oxen for burnt offerings and the threshing sledges for wood and the wheat for the grain offering; I will give it all." -- 1 chronicles 21:23 +. +But King David said to Ornan, "No, but I will surely buy it for the full price; for I will not take what is yours for the LORD, or offer a burnt offering which costs me nothing." -- 1 chronicles 21:24 +. +So David gave Ornan shekels of gold by weight for the site. -- 1 chronicles 21:25 +. +Then David built an altar to the LORD there and offered burnt offerings and peace offerings. And he called to the LORD and He answered him with fire from heaven on the altar of burnt offering. -- 1 chronicles 21:26 +. +The LORD commanded the angel, and he put his sword back in its sheath. -- 1 chronicles 21:27 +. +At that time, when David saw that the LORD had answered him on the threshing floor of Ornan the Jebusite, he offered sacrifice there. -- 1 chronicles 21:28 +. +For the tabernacle of the LORD, which Moses had made in the wilderness, and the altar of burnt offering were in the high place at Gibeon at that time. -- 1 chronicles 21:29 +. +But David could not go before it to inquire of God, for he was terrified by the sword of the angel of the LORD. -- 1 chronicles 21:30 +. +Then David said, "This is the house of the LORD God, and this is the altar of burnt offering for Israel." -- 1 chronicles 22:1 +. +So David gave orders to gather the foreigners who were in the land of Israel, and he set stonecutters to hew out stones to build the house of God. -- 1 chronicles 22:2 +. +David prepared large quantities of iron to make the nails for the doors of the gates and for the clamps, and more bronze than could be weighed; -- 1 chronicles 22:3 +. +and timbers of cedar logs beyond number, for the Sidonians and Tyrians brought large quantities of cedar timber to David. -- 1 chronicles 22:4 +. +David said, "My son Solomon is young and inexperienced, and the house that is to be built for the LORD shall be exceedingly magnificent, famous and glorious throughout all lands. Therefore now I will make preparation for it." So David made ample preparations before his death. -- 1 chronicles 22:5 +. +Then he called for his son Solomon, and charged him to build a house for the LORD God of Israel. -- 1 chronicles 22:6 +. +David said to Solomon, "My son, I had intended to build a house to the name of the LORD my God. -- 1 chronicles 22:7 +. +"But the word of the LORD came to me, saying, 'You have shed much blood and have waged great wars; you shall not build a house to My name, because you have shed so much blood on the earth before Me. -- 1 chronicles 22:8 +. +'Behold, a son will be born to you, who shall be a man of rest; and I will give him rest from all his enemies on every side; for his name shall be Solomon, and I will give peace and quiet to Israel in his days. -- 1 chronicles 22:9 +. +'He shall build a house for My name, and he shall be My son and I will be his father; and I will establish the throne of his kingdom over Israel forever.' -- 1 chronicles 22:10 +. +"Now, my son, the LORD be with you that you may be successful, and build the house of the LORD your God just as He has spoken concerning you. -- 1 chronicles 22:11 +. +"Only the LORD give you discretion and understanding, and give you charge over Israel, so that you may keep the law of the LORD your God. -- 1 chronicles 22:12 +. +"Then you will prosper, if you are careful to observe the statutes and the ordinances which the LORD commanded Moses concerning Israel. Be strong and courageous, do not fear nor be dismayed. -- 1 chronicles 22:13 +. +"Now behold, with great pains I have prepared for the house of the LORD 100,talents of gold and 1,000,000 talents of silver, and bronze and iron beyond weight, for they are in great quantity; also timber and stone I have prepared, and you may add to them. -- 1 chronicles 22:14 +. +"Moreover, there are many workmen with you, stonecutters and masons of stone and carpenters, and all men who are skillful in every kind of work. -- 1 chronicles 22:15 +. +"Of the gold, the silver and the bronze and the iron there is no limit. Arise and work, and may the LORD be with you." -- 1 chronicles 22:16 +. +David also commanded all the leaders of Israel to help his son Solomon, saying, -- 1 chronicles 22:17 +. +"Is not the LORD your God with you? And has He not given you rest on every side? For He has given the inhabitants of the land into my hand, and the land is subdued before the LORD and before His people. -- 1 chronicles 22:18 +. +"Now set your heart and your soul to seek the LORD your God; arise, therefore, and build the sanctuary of the LORD God, so that you may bring the ark of the covenant of the LORD and the holy vessels of God into the house that is to be built for the name of the LORD." -- 1 chronicles 22:19 +. +Now when David reached old age, he made his son Solomon king over Israel. -- 1 chronicles 23:1 +. +And he gathered together all the leaders of Israel with the priests and the Levites. -- 1 chronicles 23:2 +. +The Levites were numbered from thirty years old and upward, and their number by census of men was 38,000. -- 1 chronicles 23:3 +. +Of these, 24,were to oversee the work of the house of the LORD; and 6,000 were officers and judges, -- 1 chronicles 23:4 +. +and 4,were gatekeepers, and 4,000 were praising the LORD with the instruments which David made for giving praise. -- 1 chronicles 23:5 +. +David divided them into divisions according to the sons of Levi: Gershon, Kohath, and Merari. -- 1 chronicles 23:6 +. +Of the Gershonites were Ladan and Shimei. -- 1 chronicles 23:7 +. +The sons of Ladan were Jehiel the first and Zetham and Joel, three. -- 1 chronicles 23:8 +. +The sons of Shimei were Shelomoth and Haziel and Haran, three. These were the heads of the fathers' households of Ladan. -- 1 chronicles 23:9 +. +The sons of Shimei were Jahath, Zina, Jeush and Beriah. These four were the sons of Shimei. -- 1 chronicles 23:10 +. +Jahath was the first and Zizah the second; but Jeush and Beriah did not have many sons, so they became a father's household, one class. -- 1 chronicles 23:11 +. +The sons of Kohath were four: Amram, Izhar, Hebron and Uzziel. -- 1 chronicles 23:12 +. +The sons of Amram were Aaron and Moses. And Aaron was set apart to sanctify him as most holy, he and his sons forever, to burn incense before the LORD, to minister to Him and to bless in His name forever. -- 1 chronicles 23:13 +. +But as for Moses the man of God, his sons were named among the tribe of Levi. -- 1 chronicles 23:14 +. +The sons of Moses were Gershom and Eliezer. -- 1 chronicles 23:15 +. +The son of Gershom was Shebuel the chief. -- 1 chronicles 23:16 +. +The son of Eliezer was Rehabiah the chief; and Eliezer had no other sons, but the sons of Rehabiah were very many. -- 1 chronicles 23:17 +. +The son of Izhar was Shelomith the chief. -- 1 chronicles 23:18 +. +The sons of Hebron were Jeriah the first, Amariah the second, Jahaziel the third and Jekameam the fourth. -- 1 chronicles 23:19 +. +The sons of Uzziel were Micah the first and Isshiah the second. -- 1 chronicles 23:20 +. +The sons of Merari were Mahli and Mushi. The sons of Mahli were Eleazar and Kish. -- 1 chronicles 23:21 +. +Eleazar died and had no sons, but daughters only, so their brothers, the sons of Kish, took them as wives. -- 1 chronicles 23:22 +. +The sons of Mushi were three: Mahli, Eder and Jeremoth. -- 1 chronicles 23:23 +. +These were the sons of Levi according to their fathers' households, even the heads of the fathers' households of those of them who were counted, in the number of names by their census, doing the work for the service of the house of the LORD, from twenty years old and upward. -- 1 chronicles 23:24 +. +For David said, "The LORD God of Israel has given rest to His people, and He dwells in Jerusalem forever. -- 1 chronicles 23:25 +. +"Also, the Levites will no longer need to carry the tabernacle and all its utensils for its service." -- 1 chronicles 23:26 +. +For by the last words of David the sons of Levi were numbered from twenty years old and upward. -- 1 chronicles 23:27 +. +For their office is to assist the sons of Aaron with the service of the house of the LORD, in the courts and in the chambers and in the purifying of all holy things, even the work of the service of the house of God, -- 1 chronicles 23:28 +. +and with the showbread, and the fine flour for a grain offering, and unleavened wafers, or what is baked in the pan or what is well-mixed, and all measures of volume and size. -- 1 chronicles 23:29 +. +They are to stand every morning to thank and to praise the LORD, and likewise at evening, -- 1 chronicles 23:30 +. +and to offer all burnt offerings to the LORD, on the sabbaths, the new moons and the fixed festivals in the number set by the ordinance concerning them, continually before the LORD. -- 1 chronicles 23:31 +. +Thus they are to keep charge of the tent of meeting, and charge of the holy place, and charge of the sons of Aaron their relatives, for the service of the house of the LORD. -- 1 chronicles 23:32 +. +Now the divisions of the descendants of Aaron were these: the sons of Aaron were Nadab, Abihu, Eleazar and Ithamar. -- 1 chronicles 24:1 +. +But Nadab and Abihu died before their father and had no sons. So Eleazar and Ithamar served as priests. -- 1 chronicles 24:2 +. +David, with Zadok of the sons of Eleazar and Ahimelech of the sons of Ithamar, divided them according to their offices for their ministry. -- 1 chronicles 24:3 +. +Since more chief men were found from the descendants of Eleazar than the descendants of Ithamar, they divided them thus: there were sixteen heads of fathers' households of the descendants of Eleazar and eight of the descendants of Ithamar, according to their fathers' households. -- 1 chronicles 24:4 +. +Thus they were divided by lot, the one as the other; for they were officers of the sanctuary and officers of God, both from the descendants of Eleazar and the descendants of Ithamar. -- 1 chronicles 24:5 +. +Shemaiah, the son of Nethanel the scribe, from the Levites, recorded them in the presence of the king, the princes, Zadok the priest, Ahimelech the son of Abiathar, and the heads of the fathers' households of the priests and of the Levites; one father's household taken for Eleazar and one taken for Ithamar. -- 1 chronicles 24:6 +. +Now the first lot came out for Jehoiarib, the second for Jedaiah, -- 1 chronicles 24:7 +. +the third for Harim, the fourth for Seorim, -- 1 chronicles 24:8 +. +the fifth for Malchijah, the sixth for Mijamin, -- 1 chronicles 24:9 +. +the seventh for Hakkoz, the eighth for Abijah, -- 1 chronicles 24:10 +. +the ninth for Jeshua, the tenth for Shecaniah, -- 1 chronicles 24:11 +. +the eleventh for Eliashib, the twelfth for Jakim, -- 1 chronicles 24:12 +. +the thirteenth for Huppah, the fourteenth for Jeshebeab, -- 1 chronicles 24:13 +. +the fifteenth for Bilgah, the sixteenth for Immer, -- 1 chronicles 24:14 +. +the seventeenth for Hezir, the eighteenth for Happizzez, -- 1 chronicles 24:15 +. +the nineteenth for Pethahiah, the twentieth for Jehezkel, -- 1 chronicles 24:16 +. +the twenty-first for Jachin, the twenty-second for Gamul, -- 1 chronicles 24:17 +. +the twenty-third for Delaiah, the twenty-fourth for Maaziah. -- 1 chronicles 24:18 +. +These were their offices for their ministry when they came in to the house of the LORD according to the ordinance given to them through Aaron their father, just as the LORD God of Israel had commanded him. -- 1 chronicles 24:19 +. +Now for the rest of the sons of Levi: of the sons of Amram, Shubael; of the sons of Shubael, Jehdeiah. -- 1 chronicles 24:20 +. +Of Rehabiah: of the sons of Rehabiah, Isshiah the first. -- 1 chronicles 24:21 +. +Of the Izharites, Shelomoth; of the sons of Shelomoth, Jahath. -- 1 chronicles 24:22 +. +The sons of Hebron: Jeriah the first, Amariah the second, Jahaziel the third, Jekameam the fourth. -- 1 chronicles 24:23 +. +Of the sons of Uzziel, Micah; of the sons of Micah, Shamir. -- 1 chronicles 24:24 +. +The brother of Micah, Isshiah; of the sons of Isshiah, Zechariah. -- 1 chronicles 24:25 +. +The sons of Merari, Mahli and Mushi; the sons of Jaaziah, Beno. -- 1 chronicles 24:26 +. +The sons of Merari: by Jaaziah were Beno, Shoham, Zaccur and Ibri. -- 1 chronicles 24:27 +. +By Mahli: Eleazar, who had no sons. -- 1 chronicles 24:28 +. +By Kish: the sons of Kish, Jerahmeel. -- 1 chronicles 24:29 +. +The sons of Mushi: Mahli, Eder and Jerimoth. These were the sons of the Levites according to their fathers' households. -- 1 chronicles 24:30 +. +These also cast lots just as their relatives the sons of Aaron in the presence of David the king, Zadok, Ahimelech, and the heads of the fathers' households of the priests and of the Levites--the head of fathers' households as well as those of his younger brother. -- 1 chronicles 24:31 +. +Moreover, David and the commanders of the army set apart for the service some of the sons of Asaph and of Heman and of Jeduthun, who were to prophesy with lyres, harps and cymbals; and the number of those who performed their service was: -- 1 chronicles 25:1 +. +Of the sons of Asaph: Zaccur, Joseph, Nethaniah and Asharelah; the sons of Asaph were under the direction of Asaph, who prophesied under the direction of the king. -- 1 chronicles 25:2 +. +Of Jeduthun, the sons of Jeduthun: Gedaliah, Zeri, Jeshaiah, Shimei, Hashabiah and Mattithiah, six, under the direction of their father Jeduthun with the harp, who prophesied in giving thanks and praising the LORD. -- 1 chronicles 25:3 +. +Of Heman, the sons of Heman: Bukkiah, Mattaniah, Uzziel, Shebuel and Jerimoth, Hananiah, Hanani, Eliathah, Giddalti and Romamti-ezer, Joshbekashah, Mallothi, Hothir, Mahazioth. -- 1 chronicles 25:4 +. +All these were the sons of Heman the king's seer to exalt him according to the words of God, for God gave fourteen sons and three daughters to Heman. -- 1 chronicles 25:5 +. +All these were under the direction of their father to sing in the house of the LORD, with cymbals, harps and lyres, for the service of the house of God. Asaph, Jeduthun and Heman were under the direction of the king. -- 1 chronicles 25:6 +. +Their number who were trained in singing to the LORD, with their relatives, all who were skillful, was 288. -- 1 chronicles 25:7 +. +They cast lots for their duties, all alike, the small as well as the great, the teacher as well as the pupil. -- 1 chronicles 25:8 +. +Now the first lot came out for Asaph to Joseph, the second for Gedaliah, he with his relatives and sons were twelve; -- 1 chronicles 25:9 +. +the third to Zaccur, his sons and his relatives, twelve; -- 1 chronicles 25:10 +. +the fourth to Izri, his sons and his relatives, twelve; -- 1 chronicles 25:11 +. +the fifth to Nethaniah, his sons and his relatives, twelve; -- 1 chronicles 25:12 +. +the sixth to Bukkiah, his sons and his relatives, twelve; -- 1 chronicles 25:13 +. +the seventh to Jesharelah, his sons and his relatives, twelve; -- 1 chronicles 25:14 +. +the eighth to Jeshaiah, his sons and his relatives, twelve; -- 1 chronicles 25:15 +. +the ninth to Mattaniah, his sons and his relatives, twelve; -- 1 chronicles 25:16 +. +the tenth to Shimei, his sons and his relatives, twelve; -- 1 chronicles 25:17 +. +the eleventh to Azarel, his sons and his relatives, twelve; -- 1 chronicles 25:18 +. +the twelfth to Hashabiah, his sons and his relatives, twelve; -- 1 chronicles 25:19 +. +for the thirteenth, Shubael, his sons and his relatives, twelve; -- 1 chronicles 25:20 +. +for the fourteenth, Mattithiah, his sons and his relatives, twelve; -- 1 chronicles 25:21 +. +for the fifteenth to Jeremoth, his sons and his relatives, twelve; -- 1 chronicles 25:22 +. +for the sixteenth to Hananiah, his sons and his relatives, twelve; -- 1 chronicles 25:23 +. +for the seventeenth to Joshbekashah, his sons and his relatives, twelve; -- 1 chronicles 25:24 +. +for the eighteenth to Hanani, his sons and his relatives, twelve; -- 1 chronicles 25:25 +. +for the nineteenth to Mallothi, his sons and his relatives, twelve; -- 1 chronicles 25:26 +. +for the twentieth to Eliathah, his sons and his relatives, twelve; -- 1 chronicles 25:27 +. +for the twenty-first to Hothir, his sons and his relatives, twelve; -- 1 chronicles 25:28 +. +for the twenty-second to Giddalti, his sons and his relatives, twelve; -- 1 chronicles 25:29 +. +for the twenty-third to Mahazioth, his sons and his relatives, twelve; -- 1 chronicles 25:30 +. +for the twenty-fourth to Romamti-ezer, his sons and his relatives, twelve. -- 1 chronicles 25:31 +. +For the divisions of the gatekeepers there were of the Korahites, Meshelemiah the son of Kore, of the sons of Asaph. -- 1 chronicles 26:1 +. +Meshelemiah had sons: Zechariah the firstborn, Jediael the second, Zebadiah the third, Jathniel the fourth, -- 1 chronicles 26:2 +. +Elam the fifth, Johanan the sixth, Eliehoenai the seventh. -- 1 chronicles 26:3 +. +Obed-edom had sons: Shemaiah the firstborn, Jehozabad the second, Joah the third, Sacar the fourth, Nethanel the fifth, -- 1 chronicles 26:4 +. +Ammiel the sixth, Issachar the seventh and Peullethai the eighth; God had indeed blessed him. -- 1 chronicles 26:5 +. +Also to his son Shemaiah sons were born who ruled over the house of their father, for they were mighty men of valor. -- 1 chronicles 26:6 +. +The sons of Shemaiah were Othni, Rephael, Obed and Elzabad, whose brothers, Elihu and Semachiah, were valiant men. -- 1 chronicles 26:7 +. +All these were of the sons of Obed-edom; they and their sons and their relatives were able men with strength for the service, from Obed-edom. -- 1 chronicles 26:8 +. +Meshelemiah had sons and relatives, valiant men. -- 1 chronicles 26:9 +. +Also Hosah, one of the sons of Merari had sons: Shimri the first (although he was not the firstborn, his father made him first), -- 1 chronicles 26:10 +. +Hilkiah the second, Tebaliah the third, Zechariah the fourth; all the sons and relatives of Hosah were 13. -- 1 chronicles 26:11 +. +To these divisions of the gatekeepers, the chief men, were given duties like their relatives to minister in the house of the LORD. -- 1 chronicles 26:12 +. +They cast lots, the small and the great alike, according to their fathers' households, for every gate. -- 1 chronicles 26:13 +. +The lot to the east fell to Shelemiah. Then they cast lots for his son Zechariah, a counselor with insight, and his lot came out to the north. -- 1 chronicles 26:14 +. +For Obed-edom it fell to the south, and to his sons went the storehouse. -- 1 chronicles 26:15 +. +For Shuppim and Hosah it was to the west, by the gate of Shallecheth, on the ascending highway. Guard corresponded to guard. -- 1 chronicles 26:16 +. +On the east there were six Levites, on the north four daily, on the south four daily, and at the storehouse two by two. -- 1 chronicles 26:17 +. +At the Parbar on the west there were four at the highway and two at the Parbar. -- 1 chronicles 26:18 +. +These were the divisions of the gatekeepers of the sons of Korah and of the sons of Merari. -- 1 chronicles 26:19 +. +The Levites, their relatives, had charge of the treasures of the house of God and of the treasures of the dedicated gifts. -- 1 chronicles 26:20 +. +The sons of Ladan, the sons of the Gershonites belonging to Ladan, namely, the Jehielites, were the heads of the fathers' households, belonging to Ladan the Gershonite. -- 1 chronicles 26:21 +. +The sons of Jehieli, Zetham and Joel his brother, had charge of the treasures of the house of the LORD. -- 1 chronicles 26:22 +. +As for the Amramites, the Izharites, the Hebronites and the Uzzielites, -- 1 chronicles 26:23 +. +Shebuel the son of Gershom, the son of Moses, was officer over the treasures. -- 1 chronicles 26:24 +. +His relatives by Eliezer were Rehabiah his son, Jeshaiah his son, Joram his son, Zichri his son and Shelomoth his son. -- 1 chronicles 26:25 +. +This Shelomoth and his relatives had charge of all the treasures of the dedicated gifts which King David and the heads of the fathers' households, the commanders of thousands and hundreds, and the commanders of the army, had dedicated. -- 1 chronicles 26:26 +. +They dedicated part of the spoil won in battles to repair the house of the LORD. -- 1 chronicles 26:27 +. +And all that Samuel the seer had dedicated and Saul the son of Kish, Abner the son of Ner and Joab the son of Zeruiah, everyone who had dedicated anything, all of this was in the care of Shelomoth and his relatives. -- 1 chronicles 26:28 +. +As for the Izharites, Chenaniah and his sons were assigned to outside duties for Israel, as officers and judges. -- 1 chronicles 26:29 +. +As for the Hebronites, Hashabiah and his relatives, 1,capable men, had charge of the affairs of Israel west of the Jordan, for all the work of the LORD and the service of the king. -- 1 chronicles 26:30 +. +As for the Hebronites, Jerijah the chief (these Hebronites were investigated according to their genealogies and fathers' households, in the fortieth year of David's reign, and men of outstanding capability were found among them at Jazer of Gilead) -- 1 chronicles 26:31 +. +and his relatives, capable men, were 2,in number, heads of fathers' households. And King David made them overseers of the Reubenites, the Gadites and the half-tribe of the Manassites concerning all the affairs of God and of the king. -- 1 chronicles 26:32 +. +Now this is the enumeration of the sons of Israel, the heads of fathers' households, the commanders of thousands and of hundreds, and their officers who served the king in all the affairs of the divisions which came in and went out month by month throughout all the months of the year, each division numbering 24,000: -- 1 chronicles 27:1 +. +Jashobeam the son of Zabdiel had charge of the first division for the first month; and in his division were 24,000. -- 1 chronicles 27:2 +. +He was from the sons of Perez, and was chief of all the commanders of the army for the first month. -- 1 chronicles 27:3 +. +Dodai the Ahohite and his division had charge of the division for the second month, Mikloth being the chief officer; and in his division were 24,000. -- 1 chronicles 27:4 +. +The third commander of the army for the third month was Benaiah, the son of Jehoiada the priest, as chief; and in his division were 24,000. -- 1 chronicles 27:5 +. +This Benaiah was the mighty man of the thirty, and had charge of thirty; and over his division was Ammizabad his son. -- 1 chronicles 27:6 +. +The fourth for the fourth month was Asahel the brother of Joab, and Zebadiah his son after him; and in his division were 24,000. -- 1 chronicles 27:7 +. +The fifth for the fifth month was the commander Shamhuth the Izrahite; and in his division were 24,000. -- 1 chronicles 27:8 +. +The sixth for the sixth month was Ira the son of Ikkesh the Tekoite; and in his division were 24,000. -- 1 chronicles 27:9 +. +The seventh for the seventh month was Helez the Pelonite of the sons of Ephraim; and in his division were 24,000. -- 1 chronicles 27:10 +. +The eighth for the eighth month was Sibbecai the Hushathite of the Zerahites; and in his division were 24,000. -- 1 chronicles 27:11 +. +The ninth for the ninth month was Abiezer the Anathothite of the Benjamites; and in his division were 24,000. -- 1 chronicles 27:12 +. +The tenth for the tenth month was Maharai the Netophathite of the Zerahites; and in his division were 24,000. -- 1 chronicles 27:13 +. +The eleventh for the eleventh month was Benaiah the Pirathonite of the sons of Ephraim; and in his division were 24,000. -- 1 chronicles 27:14 +. +The twelfth for the twelfth month was Heldai the Netophathite of Othniel; and in his division were 24,000. -- 1 chronicles 27:15 +. +Now in charge of the tribes of Israel: chief officer for the Reubenites was Eliezer the son of Zichri; for the Simeonites, Shephatiah the son of Maacah; -- 1 chronicles 27:16 +. +for Levi, Hashabiah the son of Kemuel; for Aaron, Zadok; -- 1 chronicles 27:17 +. +for Judah, Elihu, one of David's brothers; for Issachar, Omri the son of Michael; -- 1 chronicles 27:18 +. +for Zebulun, Ishmaiah the son of Obadiah; for Naphtali, Jeremoth the son of Azriel; -- 1 chronicles 27:19 +. +for the sons of Ephraim, Hoshea the son of Azaziah; for the half-tribe of Manasseh, Joel the son of Pedaiah; -- 1 chronicles 27:20 +. +for the half-tribe of Manasseh in Gilead, Iddo the son of Zechariah; for Benjamin, Jaasiel the son of Abner; -- 1 chronicles 27:21 +. +for Dan, Azarel the son of Jeroham. These were the princes of the tribes of Israel. -- 1 chronicles 27:22 +. +But David did not count those twenty years of age and under, because the LORD had said He would multiply Israel as the stars of heaven. -- 1 chronicles 27:23 +. +Joab the son of Zeruiah had begun to count them, but did not finish; and because of this, wrath came upon Israel, and the number was not included in the account of the chronicles of King David. -- 1 chronicles 27:24 +. +Now Azmaveth the son of Adiel had charge of the king's storehouses. And Jonathan the son of Uzziah had charge of the storehouses in the country, in the cities, in the villages and in the towers. -- 1 chronicles 27:25 +. +Ezri the son of Chelub had charge of the agricultural workers who tilled the soil. -- 1 chronicles 27:26 +. +Shimei the Ramathite had charge of the vineyards; and Zabdi the Shiphmite had charge of the produce of the vineyards stored in the wine cellars. -- 1 chronicles 27:27 +. +Baal-hanan the Gederite had charge of the olive and sycamore trees in the Shephelah; and Joash had charge of the stores of oil. -- 1 chronicles 27:28 +. +Shitrai the Sharonite had charge of the cattle which were grazing in Sharon; and Shaphat the son of Adlai had charge of the cattle in the valleys. -- 1 chronicles 27:29 +. +Obil the Ishmaelite had charge of the camels; and Jehdeiah the Meronothite had charge of the donkeys. -- 1 chronicles 27:30 +. +Jaziz the Hagrite had charge of the flocks. All these were overseers of the property which belonged to King David. -- 1 chronicles 27:31 +. +Also Jonathan, David's uncle, was a counselor, a man of understanding, and a scribe; and Jehiel the son of Hachmoni tutored the king's sons. -- 1 chronicles 27:32 +. +Ahithophel was counselor to the king; and Hushai the Archite was the king's friend. -- 1 chronicles 27:33 +. +Jehoiada the son of Benaiah, and Abiathar succeeded Ahithophel; and Joab was the commander of the king's army. -- 1 chronicles 27:34 +. +Now David assembled at Jerusalem all the officials of Israel, the princes of the tribes, and the commanders of the divisions that served the king, and the commanders of thousands, and the commanders of hundreds, and the overseers of all the property and livestock belonging to the king and his sons, with the officials and the mighty men, even all the valiant men. -- 1 chronicles 28:1 +. +Then King David rose to his feet and said, "Listen to me, my brethren and my people; I had intended to build a permanent home for the ark of the covenant of the LORD and for the footstool of our God. So I had made preparations to build it. -- 1 chronicles 28:2 +. +"But God said to me, 'You shall not build a house for My name because you are a man of war and have shed blood.' -- 1 chronicles 28:3 +. +"Yet, the LORD, the God of Israel, chose me from all the house of my father to be king over Israel forever. For He has chosen Judah to be a leader; and in the house of Judah, my father's house, and among the sons of my father He took pleasure in me to make me king over all Israel. -- 1 chronicles 28:4 +. +"Of all my sons (for the LORD has given me many sons), He has chosen my son Solomon to sit on the throne of the kingdom of the LORD over Israel. -- 1 chronicles 28:5 +. +"He said to me, 'Your son Solomon is the one who shall build My house and My courts; for I have chosen him to be a son to Me, and I will be a father to him. -- 1 chronicles 28:6 +. +'I will establish his kingdom forever if he resolutely performs My commandments and My ordinances, as is done now.' -- 1 chronicles 28:7 +. +"So now, in the sight of all Israel, the assembly of the LORD, and in the hearing of our God, observe and seek after all the commandments of the LORD your God so that you may possess the good land and bequeath it to your sons after you forever. -- 1 chronicles 28:8 +. +"As for you, my son Solomon, know the God of your father, and serve Him with a whole heart and a willing mind; for the LORD searches all hearts, and understands every intent of the thoughts. If you seek Him, He will let you find Him; but if you forsake Him, He will reject you forever. -- 1 chronicles 28:9 +. +"Consider now, for the LORD has chosen you to build a house for the sanctuary; be courageous and act." -- 1 chronicles 28:10 +. +Then David gave to his son Solomon the plan of the porch of the temple, its buildings, its storehouses, its upper rooms, its inner rooms and the room for the mercy seat; -- 1 chronicles 28:11 +. +and the plan of all that he had in mind, for the courts of the house of the LORD, and for all the surrounding rooms, for the storehouses of the house of God and for the storehouses of the dedicated things; -- 1 chronicles 28:12 +. +also for the divisions of the priests and the Levites and for all the work of the service of the house of the LORD and for all the utensils of service in the house of the LORD; -- 1 chronicles 28:13 +. +for the golden utensils, the weight of gold for all utensils for every kind of service; for the silver utensils, the weight of silver for all utensils for every kind of service; -- 1 chronicles 28:14 +. +and the weight of gold for the golden lampstands and their golden lamps, with the weight of each lampstand and its lamps; and the weight of silver for the silver lampstands, with the weight of each lampstand and its lamps according to the use of each lampstand; -- 1 chronicles 28:15 +. +and the gold by weight for the tables of showbread, for each table; and silver for the silver tables; -- 1 chronicles 28:16 +. +and the forks, the basins, and the pitchers of pure gold; and for the golden bowls with the weight for each bowl; and for the silver bowls with the weight for each bowl; -- 1 chronicles 28:17 +. +and for the altar of incense refined gold by weight; and gold for the model of the chariot, even the cherubim that spread out their wings and covered the ark of the covenant of the LORD. -- 1 chronicles 28:18 +. +"All this," said David, "the LORD made me understand in writing by His hand upon me, all the details of this pattern." -- 1 chronicles 28:19 +. +Then David said to his son Solomon, "Be strong and courageous, and act; do not fear nor be dismayed, for the LORD God, my God, is with you. He will not fail you nor forsake you until all the work for the service of the house of the LORD is finished. -- 1 chronicles 28:20 +. +"Now behold, there are the divisions of the priests and the Levites for all the service of the house of God, and every willing man of any skill will be with you in all the work for all kinds of service. The officials also and all the people will be entirely at your command." -- 1 chronicles 28:21 +. +Then King David said to the entire assembly, "My son Solomon, whom alone God has chosen, is still young and inexperienced and the work is great; for the temple is not for man, but for the LORD God. -- 1 chronicles 29:1 +. +"Now with all my ability I have provided for the house of my God the gold for the things of gold, and the silver for the things of silver, and the bronze for the things of bronze, the iron for the things of iron, and wood for the things of wood, onyx stones and inlaid stones, stones of antimony and stones of various colors, and all kinds of precious stones and alabaster in abundance. -- 1 chronicles 29:2 +. +"Moreover, in my delight in the house of my God, the treasure I have of gold and silver, I give to the house of my God, over and above all that I have already provided for the holy temple, -- 1 chronicles 29:3 +. +namely, 3,talents of gold, of the gold of Ophir, and 7,000 talents of refined silver, to overlay the walls of the buildings; -- 1 chronicles 29:4 +. +of gold for the things of gold and of silver for the things of silver, that is, for all the work done by the craftsmen. Who then is willing to consecrate himself this day to the LORD?" -- 1 chronicles 29:5 +. +Then the rulers of the fathers' households, and the princes of the tribes of Israel, and the commanders of thousands and of hundreds, with the overseers over the king's work, offered willingly; -- 1 chronicles 29:6 +. +and for the service for the house of God they gave 5,talents and 10,000 darics of gold, and 10,000 talents of silver, and 18,000 talents of brass, and 100,000 talents of iron. -- 1 chronicles 29:7 +. +Whoever possessed precious stones gave them to the treasury of the house of the LORD, in care of Jehiel the Gershonite. -- 1 chronicles 29:8 +. +Then the people rejoiced because they had offered so willingly, for they made their offering to the LORD with a whole heart, and King David also rejoiced greatly. -- 1 chronicles 29:9 +. +So David blessed the LORD in the sight of all the assembly; and David said, "Blessed are You, O LORD God of Israel our father, forever and ever. -- 1 chronicles 29:10 +. +"Yours, O LORD, is the greatness and the power and the glory and the victory and the majesty, indeed everything that is in the heavens and the earth; Yours is the dominion, O LORD, and You exalt Yourself as head over all. -- 1 chronicles 29:11 +. +"Both riches and honor come from You, and You rule over all, and in Your hand is power and might; and it lies in Your hand to make great and to strengthen everyone. -- 1 chronicles 29:12 +. +"Now therefore, our God, we thank You, and praise Your glorious name. -- 1 chronicles 29:13 +. +"But who am I and who are my people that we should be able to offer as generously as this? For all things come from You, and from Your hand we have given You. -- 1 chronicles 29:14 +. +"For we are sojourners before You, and tenants, as all our fathers were; our days on the earth are like a shadow, and there is no hope. -- 1 chronicles 29:15 +. +"O LORD our God, all this abundance that we have provided to build You a house for Your holy name, it is from Your hand, and all is Yours. -- 1 chronicles 29:16 +. +"Since I know, O my God, that You try the heart and delight in uprightness, I, in the integrity of my heart, have willingly offered all these things; so now with joy I have seen Your people, who are present here, make their offerings willingly to You. -- 1 chronicles 29:17 +. +"O LORD, the God of Abraham, Isaac and Israel, our fathers, preserve this forever in the intentions of the heart of Your people, and direct their heart to You; -- 1 chronicles 29:18 +. +and give to my son Solomon a perfect heart to keep Your commandments, Your testimonies and Your statutes, and to do them all, and to build the temple, for which I have made provision." -- 1 chronicles 29:19 +. +Then David said to all the assembly, "Now bless the LORD your God." And all the assembly blessed the LORD, the God of their fathers, and bowed low and did homage to the LORD and to the king. -- 1 chronicles 29:20 +. +On the next day they made sacrifices to the LORD and offered burnt offerings to the LORD, 1,bulls, 1,000 rams and 1,000 lambs, with their drink offerings and sacrifices in abundance for all Israel. -- 1 chronicles 29:21 +. +So they ate and drank that day before the LORD with great gladness. And they made Solomon the son of David king a second time, and they anointed him as ruler for the LORD and Zadok as priest. -- 1 chronicles 29:22 +. +Then Solomon sat on the throne of the LORD as king instead of David his father; and he prospered, and all Israel obeyed him. -- 1 chronicles 29:23 +. +All the officials, the mighty men, and also all the sons of King David pledged allegiance to King Solomon. -- 1 chronicles 29:24 +. +The LORD highly exalted Solomon in the sight of all Israel, and bestowed on him royal majesty which had not been on any king before him in Israel. -- 1 chronicles 29:25 +. +Now David the son of Jesse reigned over all Israel. -- 1 chronicles 29:26 +. +The period which he reigned over Israel was forty years; he reigned in Hebron seven years and in Jerusalem thirty-three years. -- 1 chronicles 29:27 +. +Then he died in a ripe old age, full of days, riches and honor; and his son Solomon reigned in his place. -- 1 chronicles 29:28 +. +Now the acts of King David, from first to last, are written in the chronicles of Samuel the seer, in the chronicles of Nathan the prophet and in the chronicles of Gad the seer, -- 1 chronicles 29:29 +. +with all his reign, his power, and the circumstances which came on him, on Israel, and on all the kingdoms of the lands. -- 1 chronicles 29:30 +. +Now Solomon the son of David established himself securely over his kingdom, and the LORD his God was with him and exalted him greatly. -- 2 chronicles 1:1 +. +Solomon spoke to all Israel, to the commanders of thousands and of hundreds and to the judges and to every leader in all Israel, the heads of the fathers' households. -- 2 chronicles 1:2 +. +Then Solomon and all the assembly with him went to the high place which was at Gibeon, for God's tent of meeting was there, which Moses the servant of the LORD had made in the wilderness. -- 2 chronicles 1:3 +. +However, David had brought up the ark of God from Kiriath-jearim to the place he had prepared for it, for he had pitched a tent for it in Jerusalem. -- 2 chronicles 1:4 +. +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. -- 2 chronicles 1:5 +. +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. -- 2 chronicles 1:6 +. +In that night God appeared to Solomon and said to him, "Ask what I shall give you." -- 2 chronicles 1:7 +. +Solomon said to God, "You have dealt with my father David with great lovingkindness, and have made me king in his place. -- 2 chronicles 1:8 +. +"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. -- 2 chronicles 1:9 +. +"Give me now wisdom and knowledge, that I may go out and come in before this people, for who can rule this great people of Yours?" -- 2 chronicles 1:10 +. +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, -- 2 chronicles 1:11 +. +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." -- 2 chronicles 1:12 +. +So Solomon went from the high place which was at Gibeon, from the tent of meeting, to Jerusalem, and he reigned over Israel. -- 2 chronicles 1:13 +. +Solomon amassed chariots and horsemen. He had 1,chariots and 12,000 horsemen, and he stationed them in the chariot cities and with the king at Jerusalem. -- 2 chronicles 1:14 +. +The king made silver and gold as plentiful in Jerusalem as stones, and he made cedars as plentiful as sycamores in the lowland. -- 2 chronicles 1:15 +. +Solomon's horses were imported from Egypt and from Kue; the king's traders procured them from Kue for a price. -- 2 chronicles 1:16 +. +They imported chariots from Egypt for shekels of silver apiece and horses for 150 apiece, and by the same means they exported them to all the kings of the Hittites and the kings of Aram. -- 2 chronicles 1:17 +. +Now Solomon decided to build a house for the name of the LORD and a royal palace for himself. -- 2 chronicles 2:1 +. +So Solomon assigned 70,men to carry loads and 80,000 men to quarry stone in the mountains and 3,600 to supervise them. -- 2 chronicles 2:2 +. +Then Solomon sent word to Huram the king of Tyre, saying, "As you dealt with David my father and sent him cedars to build him a house to dwell in, so do for me. -- 2 chronicles 2:3 +. +"Behold, I am about to build a house for the name of the LORD my God, dedicating it to Him, to burn fragrant incense before Him and to set out the showbread continually, and to offer burnt offerings morning and evening, on sabbaths and on new moons and on the appointed feasts of the LORD our God, this being required forever in Israel. -- 2 chronicles 2:4 +. +"The house which I am about to build will be great, for greater is our God than all the gods. -- 2 chronicles 2:5 +. +"But who is able to build a house for Him, for the heavens and the highest heavens cannot contain Him? So who am I, that I should build a house for Him, except to burn incense before Him? -- 2 chronicles 2:6 +. +"Now send me a skilled man to work in gold, silver, brass and iron, and in purple, crimson and violet fabrics, and who knows how to make engravings, to work with the skilled men whom I have in Judah and Jerusalem, whom David my father provided. -- 2 chronicles 2:7 +. +"Send me also cedar, cypress and algum timber from Lebanon, for I know that your servants know how to cut timber of Lebanon; and indeed my servants will work with your servants, -- 2 chronicles 2:8 +. +to prepare timber in abundance for me, for the house which I am about to build will be great and wonderful. -- 2 chronicles 2:9 +. +"Now behold, I will give to your servants, the woodsmen who cut the timber, 20,kors of crushed wheat and 20,000 kors of barley, and 20,000 baths of wine and 20,000 baths of oil." -- 2 chronicles 2:10 +. +Then Huram, king of Tyre, answered in a letter sent to Solomon: "Because the LORD loves His people, He has made you king over them." -- 2 chronicles 2:11 +. +Then Huram continued, "Blessed be the LORD, the God of Israel, who has made heaven and earth, who has given King David a wise son, endowed with discretion and understanding, who will build a house for the LORD and a royal palace for himself. -- 2 chronicles 2:12 +. +"Now I am sending Huram-abi, a skilled man, endowed with understanding, -- 2 chronicles 2:13 +. +the son of a Danite woman and a Tyrian father, who knows how to work in gold, silver, bronze, iron, stone and wood, and in purple, violet, linen and crimson fabrics, and who knows how to make all kinds of engravings and to execute any design which may be assigned to him, to work with your skilled men and with those of my lord David your father. -- 2 chronicles 2:14 +. +"Now then, let my lord send to his servants wheat and barley, oil and wine, of which he has spoken. -- 2 chronicles 2:15 +. +"We will cut whatever timber you need from Lebanon and bring it to you on rafts by sea to Joppa, so that you may carry it up to Jerusalem." -- 2 chronicles 2:16 +. +Solomon numbered all the aliens who were in the land of Israel, following the census which his father David had taken; and 153,were found. -- 2 chronicles 2:17 +. +He appointed 70,of them to carry loads and 80,000 to quarry stones in the mountains and 3,600 supervisors to make the people work. -- 2 chronicles 2:18 +. +Then Solomon began to build the house of the LORD in Jerusalem on Mount Moriah, where the LORD had appeared to his father David, at the place that David had prepared on the threshing floor of Ornan the Jebusite. -- 2 chronicles 3:1 +. +He began to build on the second day in the second month of the fourth year of his reign. -- 2 chronicles 3:2 +. +Now these are the foundations which Solomon laid for building the house of God. The length in cubits, according to the old standard was sixty cubits, and the width twenty cubits. -- 2 chronicles 3:3 +. +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. -- 2 chronicles 3:4 +. +He overlaid the main room with cypress wood and overlaid it with fine gold, and ornamented it with palm trees and chains. -- 2 chronicles 3:5 +. +Further, he adorned the house with precious stones; and the gold was gold from Parvaim. -- 2 chronicles 3:6 +. +He also overlaid the house with gold--the beams, the thresholds and its walls and its doors; and he carved cherubim on the walls. -- 2 chronicles 3:7 +. +Now he made the room of the holy of holies: its length across the width of the house was twenty cubits, and its width was twenty cubits; and he overlaid it with fine gold, amounting to talents. -- 2 chronicles 3:8 +. +The weight of the nails was fifty shekels of gold. He also overlaid the upper rooms with gold. -- 2 chronicles 3:9 +. +Then he made two sculptured cherubim in the room of the holy of holies and overlaid them with gold. -- 2 chronicles 3:10 +. +The wingspan of the cherubim was twenty cubits; the wing of one, of five cubits, touched the wall of the house, and its other wing, of five cubits, touched the wing of the other cherub. -- 2 chronicles 3:11 +. +The wing of the other cherub, of five cubits, touched the wall of the house; and its other wing of five cubits was attached to the wing of the first cherub. -- 2 chronicles 3:12 +. +The wings of these cherubim extended twenty cubits, and they stood on their feet facing the main room. -- 2 chronicles 3:13 +. +He made the veil of violet, purple, crimson and fine linen, and he worked cherubim on it. -- 2 chronicles 3:14 +. +He also made two pillars for the front of the house, thirty-five cubits high, and the capital on the top of each was five cubits. -- 2 chronicles 3:15 +. +He made chains in the inner sanctuary and placed them on the tops of the pillars; and he made one hundred pomegranates and placed them on the chains. -- 2 chronicles 3:16 +. +He erected the pillars in front of the temple, one on the right and the other on the left, and named the one on the right Jachin and the one on the left Boaz. -- 2 chronicles 3:17 +. +Then he made a bronze altar, twenty cubits in length and twenty cubits in width and ten cubits in height. -- 2 chronicles 4:1 +. +Also he made the cast metal sea, ten cubits from brim to brim, circular in form, and its height was five cubits and its circumference thirty cubits. -- 2 chronicles 4:2 +. +Now figures like oxen were under it and all around it, ten cubits, entirely encircling the sea. The oxen were in two rows, cast in one piece. -- 2 chronicles 4:3 +. +It stood on twelve oxen, three facing the north, three facing west, three facing south and three facing east; and the sea was set on top of them and all their hindquarters turned inwards. -- 2 chronicles 4:4 +. +It was a handbreadth thick, and its brim was made like the brim of a cup, like a lily blossom; it could hold 3,baths. -- 2 chronicles 4:5 +. +He also made ten basins in which to wash, and he set five on the right side and five on the left to rinse things for the burnt offering; but the sea was for the priests to wash in. -- 2 chronicles 4:6 +. +Then he made the ten golden lampstands in the way prescribed for them and he set them in the temple, five on the right side and five on the left. -- 2 chronicles 4:7 +. +He also made ten tables and placed them in the temple, five on the right side and five on the left. And he made one hundred golden bowls. -- 2 chronicles 4:8 +. +Then he made the court of the priests and the great court and doors for the court, and overlaid their doors with bronze. -- 2 chronicles 4:9 +. +He set the sea on the right side of the house toward the southeast. -- 2 chronicles 4:10 +. +Huram also made the pails, the shovels and the bowls. So Huram finished doing the work which he performed for King Solomon in the house of God: -- 2 chronicles 4:11 +. +the two pillars, the bowls and the two capitals on top of the pillars, and the two networks to cover the two bowls of the capitals which were on top of the pillars, -- 2 chronicles 4:12 +. +and the four hundred pomegranates for the two networks, two rows of pomegranates for each network to cover the two bowls of the capitals which were on the pillars. -- 2 chronicles 4:13 +. +He also made the stands and he made the basins on the stands, -- 2 chronicles 4:14 +. +and the one sea with the twelve oxen under it. -- 2 chronicles 4:15 +. +The pails, the shovels, the forks and all its utensils, Huram-abi made of polished bronze for King Solomon for the house of the LORD. -- 2 chronicles 4:16 +. +On the plain of the Jordan the king cast them in the clay ground between Succoth and Zeredah. -- 2 chronicles 4:17 +. +Thus Solomon made all these utensils in great quantities, for the weight of the bronze could not be found out. -- 2 chronicles 4:18 +. +Solomon also made all the things that were in the house of God: even the golden altar, the tables with the bread of the Presence on them, -- 2 chronicles 4:19 +. +the lampstands with their lamps of pure gold, to burn in front of the inner sanctuary in the way prescribed; -- 2 chronicles 4:20 +. +the flowers, the lamps, and the tongs of gold, of purest gold; -- 2 chronicles 4:21 +. +and the snuffers, the bowls, the spoons and the firepans of pure gold; and the entrance of the house, its inner doors for the holy of holies and the doors of the house, that is, of the nave, of gold. -- 2 chronicles 4:22 +. +Thus all the work that Solomon performed for the house of the LORD was finished. And Solomon brought in the things that David his father had dedicated, even the silver and the gold and all the utensils, and put them in the treasuries of the house of God. -- 2 chronicles 5:1 +. +Then Solomon assembled to Jerusalem the elders of Israel and all the heads of the tribes, the leaders of the fathers' households of the sons of Israel, to bring up the ark of the covenant of the LORD out of the city of David, which is Zion. -- 2 chronicles 5:2 +. +All the men of Israel assembled themselves to the king at the feast, that is in the seventh month. -- 2 chronicles 5:3 +. +Then all the elders of Israel came, and the Levites took up the ark. -- 2 chronicles 5:4 +. +They brought up the ark and the tent of meeting and all the holy utensils which were in the tent; the Levitical priests brought them up. -- 2 chronicles 5:5 +. +And King Solomon and all the congregation of Israel who were assembled with him before the ark, were sacrificing so many sheep and oxen that they could not be counted or numbered. -- 2 chronicles 5:6 +. +Then the priests brought the ark of the covenant of the LORD to its place, into the inner sanctuary of the house, to the holy of holies, under the wings of the cherubim. -- 2 chronicles 5:7 +. +For the cherubim spread their wings over the place of the ark, so that the cherubim made a covering over the ark and its poles. -- 2 chronicles 5:8 +. +The poles were so long that the ends of the poles of the ark could be seen in front of the inner sanctuary, but they could not be seen outside; and they are there to this day. -- 2 chronicles 5:9 +. +There was nothing in the ark except the two tablets which Moses put there at Horeb, where the LORD made a covenant with the sons of Israel, when they came out of Egypt. -- 2 chronicles 5:10 +. +When the priests came forth from the holy place (for all the priests who were present had sanctified themselves, without regard to divisions), -- 2 chronicles 5:11 +. +and all the Levitical singers, Asaph, Heman, Jeduthun, and their sons and kinsmen, clothed in fine linen, with cymbals, harps and lyres, standing east of the altar, and with them one hundred and twenty priests blowing trumpets -- 2 chronicles 5:12 +. +in unison when the trumpeters and the singers were to make themselves heard with one voice to praise and to glorify the LORD, and when they lifted up their voice accompanied by trumpets and cymbals and instruments of music, and when they praised the LORD saying, "He indeed is good for His lovingkindness is everlasting," then the house, the house of the LORD, was filled with a cloud, -- 2 chronicles 5:13 +. +so that the priests could not stand to minister because of the cloud, for the glory of the LORD filled the house of God. -- 2 chronicles 5:14 +. +Then Solomon said, "The LORD has said that He would dwell in the thick cloud. -- 2 chronicles 6:1 +. +"I have built You a lofty house, And a place for Your dwelling forever." -- 2 chronicles 6:2 +. +Then the king faced about and blessed all the assembly of Israel, while all the assembly of Israel was standing. -- 2 chronicles 6:3 +. +He said, "Blessed be the LORD, the God of Israel, who spoke with His mouth to my father David and has fulfilled it with His hands, saying, -- 2 chronicles 6:4 +. +'Since the day that I brought My people from the land of Egypt, I did not choose a city out of all the tribes of Israel in which to build a house that My name might be there, nor did I choose any man for a leader over My people Israel; -- 2 chronicles 6:5 +. +but I have chosen Jerusalem that My name might be there, and I have chosen David to be over My people Israel.' -- 2 chronicles 6:6 +. +"Now it was in the heart of my father David to build a house for the name of the LORD, the God of Israel. -- 2 chronicles 6:7 +. +"But the LORD said to my father David, 'Because it was in your heart to build a house for My name, you did well that it was in your heart. -- 2 chronicles 6:8 +. +'Nevertheless you shall not build the house, but your son who will be born to you, he shall build the house for My name.' -- 2 chronicles 6:9 +. +"Now the LORD has fulfilled His word which He spoke; for I have risen in the place of my father David and sit on the throne of Israel, as the LORD promised, and have built the house for the name of the LORD, the God of Israel. -- 2 chronicles 6:10 +. +"There I have set the ark in which is the covenant of the LORD, which He made with the sons of Israel." -- 2 chronicles 6:11 +. +Then he stood before the altar of the LORD in the presence of all the assembly of Israel and spread out his hands. -- 2 chronicles 6:12 +. +Now Solomon had made a bronze platform, five cubits long, five cubits wide and three cubits high, and had set it in the midst of the court; and he stood on it, knelt on his knees in the presence of all the assembly of Israel and spread out his hands toward heaven. -- 2 chronicles 6:13 +. +He said, "O LORD, the God of Israel, there is no god like You in heaven or on earth, keeping covenant and showing lovingkindness to Your servants who walk before You with all their heart; -- 2 chronicles 6:14 +. +who has kept with Your servant David, my father, that which You have promised him; indeed You have spoken with Your mouth and have fulfilled it with Your hand, as it is this day. -- 2 chronicles 6:15 +. +"Now therefore, O LORD, the God of Israel, keep with Your servant David, my father, that which You have promised him, saying, 'You shall not lack a man to sit on the throne of Israel, if only your sons take heed to their way, to walk in My law as you have walked before Me.' -- 2 chronicles 6:16 +. +"Now therefore, O LORD, the God of Israel, let Your word be confirmed which You have spoken to Your servant David. -- 2 chronicles 6:17 +. +"But will God indeed dwell with mankind on the earth? Behold, heaven and the highest heaven cannot contain You; how much less this house which I have built. -- 2 chronicles 6:18 +. +"Yet have regard to the prayer of Your servant and to his supplication, O LORD my God, to listen to the cry and to the prayer which Your servant prays before You; -- 2 chronicles 6:19 +. +that Your eye may be open toward this house day and night, toward the place of which You have said that You would put Your name there, to listen to the prayer which Your servant shall pray toward this place. -- 2 chronicles 6:20 +. +"Listen to the supplications of Your servant and of Your people Israel when they pray toward this place; hear from Your dwelling place, from heaven; hear and forgive. -- 2 chronicles 6:21 +. +"If a man sins against his neighbor and is made to take an oath, and he comes and takes an oath before Your altar in this house, -- 2 chronicles 6:22 +. +then hear from heaven and act and judge Your servants, punishing the wicked by bringing his way on his own head and justifying the righteous by giving him according to his righteousness. -- 2 chronicles 6:23 +. +"If Your people Israel are defeated before an enemy because they have sinned against You, and they return to You and confess Your name, and pray and make supplication before You in this house, -- 2 chronicles 6:24 +. +then hear from heaven and forgive the sin of Your people Israel, and bring them back to the land which You have given to them and to their fathers. -- 2 chronicles 6:25 +. +"When the heavens are shut up and there is no rain because they have sinned against You, and they pray toward this place and confess Your name, and turn from their sin when You afflict them; -- 2 chronicles 6:26 +. +then hear in heaven and forgive the sin of Your servants and Your people Israel, indeed, teach them the good way in which they should walk. And send rain on Your land which You have given to Your people for an inheritance. -- 2 chronicles 6:27 +. +"If there is famine in the land, if there is pestilence, if there is blight or mildew, if there is locust or grasshopper, if their enemies besiege them in the land of their cities, whatever plague or whatever sickness there is, -- 2 chronicles 6:28 +. +whatever prayer or supplication is made by any man or by all Your people Israel, each knowing his own affliction and his own pain, and spreading his hands toward this house, -- 2 chronicles 6:29 +. +then hear from heaven Your dwelling place, and forgive, and render to each according to all his ways, whose heart You know for You alone know the hearts of the sons of men, -- 2 chronicles 6:30 +. +that they may fear You, to walk in Your ways as long as they live in the land which You have given to our fathers. -- 2 chronicles 6:31 +. +"Also concerning the foreigner who is not from Your people Israel, when he comes from a far country for Your great name's sake and Your mighty hand and Your outstretched arm, when they come and pray toward this house, -- 2 chronicles 6:32 +. +then hear from heaven, from Your dwelling place, and do according to all for which the foreigner calls to You, in order that all the peoples of the earth may know Your name, and fear You as do Your people Israel, and that they may know that this house which I have built is called by Your name. -- 2 chronicles 6:33 +. +"When Your people go out to battle against their enemies, by whatever way You shall send them, and they pray to You toward this city which You have chosen and the house which I have built for Your name, -- 2 chronicles 6:34 +. +then hear from heaven their prayer and their supplication, and maintain their cause. -- 2 chronicles 6:35 +. +"When they sin against You (for there is no man who does not sin) and You are angry with them and deliver them to an enemy, so that they take them away captive to a land far off or near, -- 2 chronicles 6:36 +. +if they take thought in the land where they are taken captive, and repent and make supplication to You in the land of their captivity, saying, 'We have sinned, we have committed iniquity and have acted wickedly'; -- 2 chronicles 6:37 +. +if they return to You with all their heart and with all their soul in the land of their captivity, where they have been taken captive, and pray toward their land which You have given to their fathers and the city which You have chosen, and toward the house which I have built for Your name, -- 2 chronicles 6:38 +. +then hear from heaven, from Your dwelling place, their prayer and supplications, and maintain their cause and forgive Your people who have sinned against You. -- 2 chronicles 6:39 +. +"Now, O my God, I pray, let Your eyes be open and Your ears attentive to the prayer offered in this place. -- 2 chronicles 6:40 +. +"Now therefore arise, O LORD God, to Your resting place, You and the ark of Your might; let Your priests, O LORD God, be clothed with salvation and let Your godly ones rejoice in what is good. -- 2 chronicles 6:41 +. +"O LORD God, do not turn away the face of Your anointed; remember Your lovingkindness to Your servant David." -- 2 chronicles 6:42 +. +Now when Solomon had finished praying, fire came down from heaven and consumed the burnt offering and the sacrifices, and the glory of the LORD filled the house. -- 2 chronicles 7:1 +. +The priests could not enter into the house of the LORD because the glory of the LORD filled the LORD'S house. -- 2 chronicles 7:2 +. +All the sons of Israel, seeing the fire come down and the glory of the LORD upon the house, bowed down on the pavement with their faces to the ground, and they worshiped and gave praise to the LORD, saying, "Truly He is good, truly His lovingkindness is everlasting." -- 2 chronicles 7:3 +. +Then the king and all the people offered sacrifice before the LORD. -- 2 chronicles 7:4 +. +King Solomon offered a sacrifice of 22,oxen and 120,000 sheep. Thus the king and all the people dedicated the house of God. -- 2 chronicles 7:5 +. +The priests stood at their posts, and the Levites also, with the instruments of music to the LORD, which King David had made for giving praise to the LORD--"for His lovingkindness is everlasting"--whenever he gave praise by their means, while the priests on the other side blew trumpets; and all Israel was standing. -- 2 chronicles 7:6 +. +Then Solomon consecrated the middle of the court that was before the house of the LORD, for there he offered the burnt offerings and the fat of the peace offerings because the bronze altar which Solomon had made was not able to contain the burnt offering, the grain offering and the fat. -- 2 chronicles 7:7 +. +So Solomon observed the feast at that time for seven days, and all Israel with him, a very great assembly who came from the entrance of Hamath to the brook of Egypt. -- 2 chronicles 7:8 +. +On the eighth day they held a solemn assembly, for the dedication of the altar they observed seven days and the feast seven days. -- 2 chronicles 7:9 +. +Then on the twenty-third day of the seventh month he sent the people to their tents, rejoicing and happy of heart because of the goodness that the LORD had shown to David and to Solomon and to His people Israel. -- 2 chronicles 7:10 +. +Thus Solomon finished the house of the LORD and the king's palace, and successfully completed all that he had planned on doing in the house of the LORD and in his palace. -- 2 chronicles 7:11 +. +Then the LORD appeared to Solomon at night and said to him, "I have heard your prayer and have chosen this place for Myself as a house of sacrifice. -- 2 chronicles 7:12 +. +"If I shut up the heavens so that there is no rain, or if I command the locust to devour the land, or if I send pestilence among My people, -- 2 chronicles 7:13 +. +and My people who are called by My name humble themselves and pray and seek My face and turn from their wicked ways, then I will hear from heaven, will forgive their sin and will heal their land. -- 2 chronicles 7:14 +. +"Now My eyes will be open and My ears attentive to the prayer offered in this place. -- 2 chronicles 7:15 +. +"For now I have chosen and consecrated this house that My name may be there forever, and My eyes and My heart will be there perpetually. -- 2 chronicles 7:16 +. +"As for you, if you walk before Me as your father David walked, even to do according to all that I have commanded you, and will keep My statutes and My ordinances, -- 2 chronicles 7:17 +. +then I will establish your royal throne as I covenanted with your father David, saying, 'You shall not lack a man to be ruler in Israel.' -- 2 chronicles 7:18 +. +"But if you turn away and forsake My statutes and My commandments which I have set before you, and go and serve other gods and worship them, -- 2 chronicles 7:19 +. +then I will uproot you from My land which I have given you, and this house which I have consecrated for My name I will cast out of My sight and I will make it a proverb and a byword among all peoples. -- 2 chronicles 7:20 +. +"As for this house, which was exalted, everyone who passes by it will be astonished and say, 'Why has the LORD done thus to this land and to this house?' -- 2 chronicles 7:21 +. +"And they will say, 'Because they forsook the LORD, the God of their fathers who brought them from the land of Egypt, and they adopted other gods and worshiped them and served them; therefore He has brought all this adversity on them.'" -- 2 chronicles 7:22 +. +Now it came about at the end of the twenty years in which Solomon had built the house of the LORD and his own house -- 2 chronicles 8:1 +. +that he built the cities which Huram had given to him, and settled the sons of Israel there. -- 2 chronicles 8:2 +. +Then Solomon went to Hamath-zobah and captured it. -- 2 chronicles 8:3 +. +He built Tadmor in the wilderness and all the storage cities which he had built in Hamath. -- 2 chronicles 8:4 +. +He also built upper Beth-horon and lower Beth-horon, fortified cities with walls, gates and bars; -- 2 chronicles 8:5 +. +and Baalath and all the storage cities that Solomon had, and all the cities for his chariots and cities for his horsemen, and all that it pleased Solomon to build in Jerusalem, in Lebanon, and in all the land under his rule. -- 2 chronicles 8:6 +. +All of the people who were left of the Hittites, the Amorites, the Perizzites, the Hivites and the Jebusites, who were not of Israel, -- 2 chronicles 8:7 +. +namely, from their descendants who were left after them in the land whom the sons of Israel had not destroyed, them Solomon raised as forced laborers to this day. -- 2 chronicles 8:8 +. +But Solomon did not make slaves for his work from the sons of Israel; they were men of war, his chief captains and commanders of his chariots and his horsemen. -- 2 chronicles 8:9 +. +These were the chief officers of King Solomon, two hundred and fifty who ruled over the people. -- 2 chronicles 8:10 +. +Then Solomon brought Pharaoh's daughter up from the city of David to the house which he had built for her, for he said, "My wife shall not dwell in the house of David king of Israel, because the places are holy where the ark of the LORD has entered." -- 2 chronicles 8:11 +. +Then Solomon offered burnt offerings to the LORD on the altar of the LORD which he had built before the porch; -- 2 chronicles 8:12 +. +and did so according to the daily rule, offering them up according to the commandment of Moses, for the sabbaths, the new moons and the three annual feasts--the Feast of Unleavened Bread, the Feast of Weeks and the Feast of Booths. -- 2 chronicles 8:13 +. +Now according to the ordinance of his father David, he appointed the divisions of the priests for their service, and the Levites for their duties of praise and ministering before the priests according to the daily rule, and the gatekeepers by their divisions at every gate; for David the man of God had so commanded. -- 2 chronicles 8:14 +. +And they did not depart from the commandment of the king to the priests and Levites in any manner or concerning the storehouses. -- 2 chronicles 8:15 +. +Thus all the work of Solomon was carried out from the day of the foundation of the house of the LORD, and until it was finished. So the house of the LORD was completed. -- 2 chronicles 8:16 +. +Then Solomon went to Ezion-geber and to Eloth on the seashore in the land of Edom. -- 2 chronicles 8:17 +. +And Huram by his servants sent him ships and servants who knew the sea; and they went with Solomon's servants to Ophir, and took from there four hundred and fifty talents of gold and brought them to King Solomon. -- 2 chronicles 8:18 +. +Now when the queen of Sheba heard of the fame of Solomon, she came to Jerusalem to test Solomon with difficult questions. She had a very large retinue, with camels carrying spices and a large amount of gold and precious stones; and when she came to Solomon, she spoke with him about all that was on her heart. -- 2 chronicles 9:1 +. +Solomon answered all her questions; nothing was hidden from Solomon which he did not explain to her. -- 2 chronicles 9:2 +. +When the queen of Sheba had seen the wisdom of Solomon, the house which he had built, -- 2 chronicles 9:3 +. +the food at his table, the seating of his servants, the attendance of his ministers and their attire, his cupbearers and their attire, and his stairway by which he went up to the house of the LORD, she was breathless. -- 2 chronicles 9:4 +. +Then she said to the king, "It was a true report which I heard in my own land about your words and your wisdom. -- 2 chronicles 9:5 +. +"Nevertheless I did not believe their reports until I came and my eyes had seen it. And behold, the half of the greatness of your wisdom was not told me. You surpass the report that I heard. -- 2 chronicles 9:6 +. +"How blessed are your men, how blessed are these your servants who stand before you continually and hear your wisdom. -- 2 chronicles 9:7 +. +"Blessed be the LORD your God who delighted in you, setting you on His throne as king for the LORD your God; because your God loved Israel establishing them forever, therefore He made you king over them, to do justice and righteousness." -- 2 chronicles 9:8 +. +Then she gave the king one hundred and twenty talents of gold and a very great amount of spices and precious stones; there had never been spice like that which the queen of Sheba gave to King Solomon. -- 2 chronicles 9:9 +. +The servants of Huram and the servants of Solomon who brought gold from Ophir, also brought algum trees and precious stones. -- 2 chronicles 9:10 +. +From the algum trees the king made steps for the house of the LORD and for the king's palace, and lyres and harps for the singers; and none like that was seen before in the land of Judah. -- 2 chronicles 9:11 +. +King Solomon gave to the queen of Sheba all her desire which she requested besides a return for what she had brought to the king. Then she turned and went to her own land with her servants. -- 2 chronicles 9:12 +. +Now the weight of gold which came to Solomon in one year was talents of gold, -- 2 chronicles 9:13 +. +besides that which the traders and merchants brought; and all the kings of Arabia and the governors of the country brought gold and silver to Solomon. -- 2 chronicles 9:14 +. +King Solomon made large shields of beaten gold, using 600 shekels of beaten gold on each large shield. -- 2 chronicles 9:15 +. +He made shields of beaten gold, using three hundred shekels of gold on each shield, and the king put them in the house of the forest of Lebanon. -- 2 chronicles 9:16 +. +Moreover, the king made a great throne of ivory and overlaid it with pure gold. -- 2 chronicles 9:17 +. +There were six steps to the throne and a footstool in gold attached to the throne, and arms on each side of the seat, and two lions standing beside the arms. -- 2 chronicles 9:18 +. +Twelve lions were standing there on the six steps on the one side and on the other; nothing like it was made for any other kingdom. -- 2 chronicles 9:19 +. +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; silver was not considered valuable in the days of Solomon. -- 2 chronicles 9:20 +. +For the king had ships which went to Tarshish with the servants of Huram; once every three years the ships of Tarshish came bringing gold and silver, ivory and apes and peacocks. -- 2 chronicles 9:21 +. +So King Solomon became greater than all the kings of the earth in riches and wisdom. -- 2 chronicles 9:22 +. +And all the kings of the earth were seeking the presence of Solomon, to hear his wisdom which God had put in his heart. -- 2 chronicles 9:23 +. +They brought every man his gift, articles of silver and gold, garments, weapons, spices, horses and mules, so much year by year. -- 2 chronicles 9:24 +. +Now Solomon had 4,stalls for horses and chariots and 12,000 horsemen, and he stationed them in the chariot cities and with the king in Jerusalem. -- 2 chronicles 9:25 +. +He was the ruler over all the kings from the Euphrates River even to the land of the Philistines, and as far as the border of Egypt. -- 2 chronicles 9:26 +. +The king made silver as common as stones in Jerusalem, and he made cedars as plentiful as sycamore trees that are in the lowland. -- 2 chronicles 9:27 +. +And they were bringing horses for Solomon from Egypt and from all countries. -- 2 chronicles 9:28 +. +Now the rest of the acts of Solomon, from first to last, are they not written in the records of Nathan the prophet, and in the prophecy of Ahijah the Shilonite, and in the visions of Iddo the seer concerning Jeroboam the son of Nebat? -- 2 chronicles 9:29 +. +Solomon reigned forty years in Jerusalem over all Israel. -- 2 chronicles 9:30 +. +And Solomon slept with his fathers and was buried in the city of his father David; and his son Rehoboam reigned in his place. -- 2 chronicles 9:31 +. +Then Rehoboam went to Shechem, for all Israel had come to Shechem to make him king. -- 2 chronicles 10:1 +. +When Jeroboam the son of Nebat heard of it (for he was in Egypt where he had fled from the presence of King Solomon), Jeroboam returned from Egypt. -- 2 chronicles 10:2 +. +So they sent and summoned him. When Jeroboam and all Israel came, they spoke to Rehoboam, saying, -- 2 chronicles 10:3 +. +"Your father made our yoke hard; now therefore lighten the hard service of your father and his heavy yoke which he put on us, and we will serve you." -- 2 chronicles 10:4 +. +He said to them, "Return to me again in three days." So the people departed. -- 2 chronicles 10:5 +. +Then King Rehoboam consulted with the elders who had served his father Solomon while he was still alive, saying, "How do you counsel me to answer this people?" -- 2 chronicles 10:6 +. +They spoke to him, saying, "If you will be kind to this people and please them and speak good words to them, then they will be your servants forever." -- 2 chronicles 10:7 +. +But he forsook the counsel of the elders which they had given him, and consulted with the young men who grew up with him and served him. -- 2 chronicles 10:8 +. +So he said to them, "What counsel do you give that we may answer this people, who have spoken to me, saying, 'Lighten the yoke which your father put on us'?" -- 2 chronicles 10:9 +. +The young men who grew up with him spoke to him, saying, "Thus you shall say to the people who spoke to you, saying, 'Your father made our yoke heavy, but you make it lighter for us.' Thus you shall say to them, 'My little finger is thicker than my father's loins! -- 2 chronicles 10:10 +. +'Whereas my father loaded you with a heavy yoke, I will add to your yoke; my father disciplined you with whips, but I will discipline you with scorpions.'" -- 2 chronicles 10:11 +. +So Jeroboam and all the people came to Rehoboam on the third day as the king had directed, saying, "Return to me on the third day." -- 2 chronicles 10:12 +. +The king answered them harshly, and King Rehoboam forsook the counsel of the elders. -- 2 chronicles 10:13 +. +He spoke to them according to the advice of the young men, saying, "My father made your yoke heavy, but I will add to it; my father disciplined you with whips, but I will discipline you with scorpions." -- 2 chronicles 10:14 +. +So the king did not listen to the people, for it was a turn of events from God that the LORD might establish His word, which He spoke through Ahijah the Shilonite to Jeroboam the son of Nebat. -- 2 chronicles 10:15 +. +When all Israel saw that the king did not listen to them the people answered the king, saying, "What portion do we have in David? We have no inheritance in the son of Jesse. Every man to your tents, O Israel; Now look after your own house, David." So all Israel departed to their tents. -- 2 chronicles 10:16 +. +But as for the sons of Israel who lived in the cities of Judah, Rehoboam reigned over them. -- 2 chronicles 10:17 +. +Then King Rehoboam sent Hadoram, who was over the forced labor, and the sons of Israel stoned him to death. And King Rehoboam made haste to mount his chariot to flee to Jerusalem. -- 2 chronicles 10:18 +. +So Israel has been in rebellion against the house of David to this day. -- 2 chronicles 10:19 +. +Now when Rehoboam had come to Jerusalem, he assembled the house of Judah and Benjamin, 180,chosen men who were warriors, to fight against Israel to restore the kingdom to Rehoboam. -- 2 chronicles 11:1 +. +But the word of the LORD came to Shemaiah the man of God, saying, -- 2 chronicles 11:2 +. +"Speak to Rehoboam the son of Solomon, king of Judah, and to all Israel in Judah and Benjamin, saying, -- 2 chronicles 11:3 +. +'Thus says the LORD, "You shall not go up or fight against your relatives; return every man to his house, for this thing is from Me."'" So they listened to the words of the LORD and returned from going against Jeroboam. -- 2 chronicles 11:4 +. +Rehoboam lived in Jerusalem and built cities for defense in Judah. -- 2 chronicles 11:5 +. +Thus he built Bethlehem, Etam, Tekoa, -- 2 chronicles 11:6 +. +Beth-zur, Soco, Adullam, -- 2 chronicles 11:7 +. +Gath, Mareshah, Ziph, -- 2 chronicles 11:8 +. +Adoraim, Lachish, Azekah, -- 2 chronicles 11:9 +. +Zorah, Aijalon and Hebron, which are fortified cities in Judah and in Benjamin. -- 2 chronicles 11:10 +. +He also strengthened the fortresses and put officers in them and stores of food, oil and wine. -- 2 chronicles 11:11 +. +He put shields and spears in every city and strengthened them greatly. So he held Judah and Benjamin. -- 2 chronicles 11:12 +. +Moreover, the priests and the Levites who were in all Israel stood with him from all their districts. -- 2 chronicles 11:13 +. +For the Levites left their pasture lands and their property and came to Judah and Jerusalem, for Jeroboam and his sons had excluded them from serving as priests to the LORD. -- 2 chronicles 11:14 +. +He set up priests of his own for the high places, for the satyrs and for the calves which he had made. -- 2 chronicles 11:15 +. +Those from all the tribes of Israel who set their hearts on seeking the LORD God of Israel followed them to Jerusalem, to sacrifice to the LORD God of their fathers. -- 2 chronicles 11:16 +. +They strengthened the kingdom of Judah and supported Rehoboam the son of Solomon for three years, for they walked in the way of David and Solomon for three years. -- 2 chronicles 11:17 +. +Then Rehoboam took as a wife Mahalath the daughter of Jerimoth the son of David and of Abihail the daughter of Eliab the son of Jesse, -- 2 chronicles 11:18 +. +and she bore him sons: Jeush, Shemariah and Zaham. -- 2 chronicles 11:19 +. +After her he took Maacah the daughter of Absalom, and she bore him Abijah, Attai, Ziza and Shelomith. -- 2 chronicles 11:20 +. +Rehoboam loved Maacah the daughter of Absalom more than all his other wives and concubines. For he had taken eighteen wives and sixty concubines and fathered twenty-eight sons and sixty daughters. -- 2 chronicles 11:21 +. +Rehoboam appointed Abijah the son of Maacah as head and leader among his brothers, for he intended to make him king. -- 2 chronicles 11:22 +. +He acted wisely and distributed some of his sons through all the territories of Judah and Benjamin to all the fortified cities, and he gave them food in abundance. And he sought many wives for them. -- 2 chronicles 11:23 +. +When the kingdom of Rehoboam was established and strong, he and all Israel with him forsook the law of the LORD. -- 2 chronicles 12:1 +. +And it came about in King Rehoboam's fifth year, because they had been unfaithful to the LORD, that Shishak king of Egypt came up against Jerusalem -- 2 chronicles 12:2 +. +with 1,chariots and 60,000 horsemen. And the people who came with him from Egypt were without number: the Lubim, the Sukkiim and the Ethiopians. -- 2 chronicles 12:3 +. +He captured the fortified cities of Judah and came as far as Jerusalem. -- 2 chronicles 12:4 +. +Then Shemaiah the prophet came to Rehoboam and the princes of Judah who had gathered at Jerusalem because of Shishak, and he said to them, "Thus says the LORD, 'You have forsaken Me, so I also have forsaken you to Shishak.'" -- 2 chronicles 12:5 +. +So the princes of Israel and the king humbled themselves and said, "The LORD is righteous." -- 2 chronicles 12:6 +. +When the LORD saw that they humbled themselves, the word of the LORD came to Shemaiah, saying, "They have humbled themselves so I will not destroy them, but I will grant them some measure of deliverance, and My wrath shall not be poured out on Jerusalem by means of Shishak. -- 2 chronicles 12:7 +. +"But they will become his slaves so that they may learn the difference between My service and the service of the kingdoms of the countries." -- 2 chronicles 12:8 +. +So Shishak king of Egypt came up against Jerusalem, and took the treasures of the house of the LORD and the treasures of the king's palace. He took everything; he even took the golden shields which Solomon had made. -- 2 chronicles 12:9 +. +Then King Rehoboam made shields of bronze in their place and committed them to the care of the commanders of the guard who guarded the door of the king's house. -- 2 chronicles 12:10 +. +As often as the king entered the house of the LORD, the guards came and carried them and then brought them back into the guards' room. -- 2 chronicles 12:11 +. +And when he humbled himself, the anger of the LORD turned away from him, so as not to destroy him completely; and also conditions were good in Judah. -- 2 chronicles 12:12 +. +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. -- 2 chronicles 12:13 +. +He did evil because he did not set his heart to seek the LORD. -- 2 chronicles 12:14 +. +Now the acts of Rehoboam, from first to last, are they not written in the records of Shemaiah the prophet and of Iddo the seer, according to genealogical enrollment? And there were wars between Rehoboam and Jeroboam continually. -- 2 chronicles 12:15 +. +And Rehoboam slept with his fathers and was buried in the city of David; and his son Abijah became king in his place. -- 2 chronicles 12:16 +. +In the eighteenth year of King Jeroboam, Abijah became king over Judah. -- 2 chronicles 13:1 +. +He reigned three years in Jerusalem; and his mother's name was Micaiah the daughter of Uriel of Gibeah. Now there was war between Abijah and Jeroboam. -- 2 chronicles 13:2 +. +Abijah began the battle with an army of valiant warriors, 400,chosen men, while Jeroboam drew up in battle formation against him with 800,000 chosen men who were valiant warriors. -- 2 chronicles 13:3 +. +Then Abijah stood on Mount Zemaraim, which is in the hill country of Ephraim, and said, "Listen to me, Jeroboam and all Israel: -- 2 chronicles 13:4 +. +"Do you not know that the LORD God of Israel gave the rule over Israel forever to David and his sons by a covenant of salt? -- 2 chronicles 13:5 +. +"Yet Jeroboam the son of Nebat, the servant of Solomon the son of David, rose up and rebelled against his master, -- 2 chronicles 13:6 +. +and worthless men gathered about him, scoundrels, who proved too strong for Rehoboam, the son of Solomon, when he was young and timid and could not hold his own against them. -- 2 chronicles 13:7 +. +"So now you intend to resist the kingdom of the LORD through the sons of David, being a great multitude and having with you the golden calves which Jeroboam made for gods for you. -- 2 chronicles 13:8 +. +"Have you not driven out the priests of the LORD, the sons of Aaron and the Levites, and made for yourselves priests like the peoples of other lands? Whoever comes to consecrate himself with a young bull and seven rams, even he may become a priest of what are no gods. -- 2 chronicles 13:9 +. +"But as for us, the LORD is our God, and we have not forsaken Him; and the sons of Aaron are ministering to the LORD as priests, and the Levites attend to their work. -- 2 chronicles 13:10 +. +"Every morning and evening they burn to the LORD burnt offerings and fragrant incense, and the showbread is set on the clean table, and the golden lampstand with its lamps is ready to light every evening; for we keep the charge of the LORD our God, but you have forsaken Him. -- 2 chronicles 13:11 +. +"Now behold, God is with us at our head and His priests with the signal trumpets to sound the alarm against you. O sons of Israel, do not fight against the LORD God of your fathers, for you will not succeed." -- 2 chronicles 13:12 +. +But Jeroboam had set an ambush to come from the rear, so that Israel was in front of Judah and the ambush was behind them. -- 2 chronicles 13:13 +. +When Judah turned around, behold, they were attacked both front and rear; so they cried to the LORD, and the priests blew the trumpets. -- 2 chronicles 13:14 +. +Then the men of Judah raised a war cry, and when the men of Judah raised the war cry, then it was that God routed Jeroboam and all Israel before Abijah and Judah. -- 2 chronicles 13:15 +. +When the sons of Israel fled before Judah, God gave them into their hand. -- 2 chronicles 13:16 +. +Abijah and his people defeated them with a great slaughter, so that 500,chosen men of Israel fell slain. -- 2 chronicles 13:17 +. +Thus the sons of Israel were subdued at that time, and the sons of Judah conquered because they trusted in the LORD, the God of their fathers. -- 2 chronicles 13:18 +. +Abijah pursued Jeroboam and captured from him several cities, Bethel with its villages, Jeshanah with its villages and Ephron with its villages. -- 2 chronicles 13:19 +. +Jeroboam did not again recover strength in the days of Abijah; and the LORD struck him and he died. -- 2 chronicles 13:20 +. +But Abijah became powerful; and took fourteen wives to himself, and became the father of twenty-two sons and sixteen daughters. -- 2 chronicles 13:21 +. +Now the rest of the acts of Abijah, and his ways and his words are written in the treatise of the prophet Iddo. -- 2 chronicles 13:22 +. +So Abijah slept with his fathers, and they buried him in the city of David, and his son Asa became king in his place. The land was undisturbed for ten years during his days. -- 2 chronicles 14:1 +. +Asa did good and right in the sight of the LORD his God, -- 2 chronicles 14:2 +. +for he removed the foreign altars and high places, tore down the sacred pillars, cut down the Asherim, -- 2 chronicles 14:3 +. +and commanded Judah to seek the LORD God of their fathers and to observe the law and the commandment. -- 2 chronicles 14:4 +. +He also removed the high places and the incense altars from all the cities of Judah. And the kingdom was undisturbed under him. -- 2 chronicles 14:5 +. +He built fortified cities in Judah, since the land was undisturbed, and there was no one at war with him during those years, because the LORD had given him rest. -- 2 chronicles 14:6 +. +For he said to Judah, "Let us build these cities and surround them with walls and towers, gates and bars. The land is still ours because we have sought the LORD our God; we have sought Him, and He has given us rest on every side." So they built and prospered. -- 2 chronicles 14:7 +. +Now Asa had an army of 300,from Judah, bearing large shields and spears, and 280,000 from Benjamin, bearing shields and wielding bows; all of them were valiant warriors. -- 2 chronicles 14:8 +. +Now Zerah the Ethiopian came out against them with an army of a million men and chariots, and he came to Mareshah. -- 2 chronicles 14:9 +. +So Asa went out to meet him, and they drew up in battle formation in the valley of Zephathah at Mareshah. -- 2 chronicles 14:10 +. +Then Asa called to the LORD his God and said, "LORD, there is no one besides You to help in the battle between the powerful and those who have no strength; so help us, O LORD our God, for we trust in You, and in Your name have come against this multitude. O LORD, You are our God; let not man prevail against You." -- 2 chronicles 14:11 +. +So the LORD routed the Ethiopians before Asa and before Judah, and the Ethiopians fled. -- 2 chronicles 14:12 +. +Asa and the people who were with him pursued them as far as Gerar; and so many Ethiopians fell that they could not recover, for they were shattered before the LORD and before His army. And they carried away very much plunder. -- 2 chronicles 14:13 +. +They destroyed all the cities around Gerar, for the dread of the LORD had fallen on them; and they despoiled all the cities, for there was much plunder in them. -- 2 chronicles 14:14 +. +They also struck down those who owned livestock, and they carried away large numbers of sheep and camels. Then they returned to Jerusalem. -- 2 chronicles 14:15 +. +Now the Spirit of God came on Azariah the son of Oded, -- 2 chronicles 15:1 +. +and he went out to meet Asa and said to him, "Listen to me, Asa, and all Judah and Benjamin: the LORD is with you when you are with Him. And if you seek Him, He will let you find Him; but if you forsake Him, He will forsake you. -- 2 chronicles 15:2 +. +"For many days Israel was without the true God and without a teaching priest and without law. -- 2 chronicles 15:3 +. +"But in their distress they turned to the LORD God of Israel, and they sought Him, and He let them find Him. -- 2 chronicles 15:4 +. +"In those times there was no peace to him who went out or to him who came in, for many disturbances afflicted all the inhabitants of the lands. -- 2 chronicles 15:5 +. +"Nation was crushed by nation, and city by city, for God troubled them with every kind of distress. -- 2 chronicles 15:6 +. +"But you, be strong and do not lose courage, for there is reward for your work." -- 2 chronicles 15:7 +. +Now when Asa heard these words and the prophecy which Azariah the son of Oded the prophet spoke, he took courage and removed the abominable idols from all the land of Judah and Benjamin and from the cities which he had captured in the hill country of Ephraim. He then restored the altar of the LORD which was in front of the porch of the LORD. -- 2 chronicles 15:8 +. +He gathered all Judah and Benjamin and those from Ephraim, Manasseh and Simeon who resided with them, for many defected to him from Israel when they saw that the LORD his God was with him. -- 2 chronicles 15:9 +. +So they assembled at Jerusalem in the third month of the fifteenth year of Asa's reign. -- 2 chronicles 15:10 +. +They sacrificed to the LORD that day oxen and 7,000 sheep from the spoil they had brought. -- 2 chronicles 15:11 +. +They entered into the covenant to seek the LORD God of their fathers with all their heart and soul; -- 2 chronicles 15:12 +. +and whoever would not seek the LORD God of Israel should be put to death, whether small or great, man or woman. -- 2 chronicles 15:13 +. +Moreover, they made an oath to the LORD with a loud voice, with shouting, with trumpets and with horns. -- 2 chronicles 15:14 +. +All Judah rejoiced concerning the oath, for they had sworn with their whole heart and had sought Him earnestly, and He let them find Him. So the LORD gave them rest on every side. -- 2 chronicles 15:15 +. +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. -- 2 chronicles 15:16 +. +But the high places were not removed from Israel; nevertheless Asa's heart was blameless all his days. -- 2 chronicles 15:17 +. +He brought into the house of God the dedicated things of his father and his own dedicated things: silver and gold and utensils. -- 2 chronicles 15:18 +. +And there was no more war until the thirty-fifth year of Asa's reign. -- 2 chronicles 15:19 +. +In the thirty-sixth year of Asa's reign Baasha king of Israel came up against Judah and fortified Ramah in order to prevent anyone from going out or coming in to Asa king of Judah. -- 2 chronicles 16:1 +. +Then Asa brought out silver and gold from the treasuries of the house of the LORD and the king's house, and sent them to Ben-hadad king of Aram, who lived in Damascus, saying, -- 2 chronicles 16:2 +. +"Let there be a treaty between you and me, as between my father and your father. Behold, I have sent you silver and gold; go, break your treaty with Baasha king of Israel so that he will withdraw from me." -- 2 chronicles 16:3 +. +So Ben-hadad listened to King Asa and sent the commanders of his armies against the cities of Israel, and they conquered Ijon, Dan, Abel-maim and all the store cities of Naphtali. -- 2 chronicles 16:4 +. +When Baasha heard of it, he ceased fortifying Ramah and stopped his work. -- 2 chronicles 16:5 +. +Then King Asa brought all Judah, and they carried away the stones of Ramah and its timber with which Baasha had been building, and with them he fortified Geba and Mizpah. -- 2 chronicles 16:6 +. +At that time Hanani the seer came to Asa king of Judah and said to him, "Because you have relied on the king of Aram and have not relied on the LORD your God, therefore the army of the king of Aram has escaped out of your hand. -- 2 chronicles 16:7 +. +"Were not the Ethiopians and the Lubim an immense army with very many chariots and horsemen? Yet because you relied on the LORD, He delivered them into your hand. -- 2 chronicles 16:8 +. +"For the eyes of the LORD move to and fro throughout the earth that He may strongly support those whose heart is completely His. You have acted foolishly in this. Indeed, from now on you will surely have wars." -- 2 chronicles 16:9 +. +Then Asa was angry with the seer and put him in prison, for he was enraged at him for this. And Asa oppressed some of the people at the same time. -- 2 chronicles 16:10 +. +Now, the acts of Asa from first to last, behold, they are written in the Book of the Kings of Judah and Israel. -- 2 chronicles 16:11 +. +In the thirty-ninth year of his reign Asa became diseased in his feet. His disease was severe, yet even in his disease he did not seek the LORD, but the physicians. -- 2 chronicles 16:12 +. +So Asa slept with his fathers, having died in the forty-first year of his reign. -- 2 chronicles 16:13 +. +They buried him in his own tomb which he had cut out for himself in the city of David, and they laid him in the resting place which he had filled with spices of various kinds blended by the perfumers' art; and they made a very great fire for him. -- 2 chronicles 16:14 +. +Jehoshaphat his son then became king in his place, and made his position over Israel firm. -- 2 chronicles 17:1 +. +He placed troops in all the fortified cities of Judah, and set garrisons in the land of Judah and in the cities of Ephraim which Asa his father had captured. -- 2 chronicles 17:2 +. +The LORD was with Jehoshaphat because he followed the example of his father David's earlier days and did not seek the Baals, -- 2 chronicles 17:3 +. +but sought the God of his father, followed His commandments, and did not act as Israel did. -- 2 chronicles 17:4 +. +So the LORD established the kingdom in his control, and all Judah brought tribute to Jehoshaphat, and he had great riches and honor. -- 2 chronicles 17:5 +. +He took great pride in the ways of the LORD and again removed the high places and the Asherim from Judah. -- 2 chronicles 17:6 +. +Then in the third year of his reign he sent his officials, Ben-hail, Obadiah, Zechariah, Nethanel and Micaiah, to teach in the cities of Judah; -- 2 chronicles 17:7 +. +and with them the Levites, Shemaiah, Nethaniah, Zebadiah, Asahel, Shemiramoth, Jehonathan, Adonijah, Tobijah and Tobadonijah, the Levites; and with them Elishama and Jehoram, the priests. -- 2 chronicles 17:8 +. +They taught in Judah, having the book of the law of the LORD with them; and they went throughout all the cities of Judah and taught among the people. -- 2 chronicles 17:9 +. +Now the dread of the LORD was on all the kingdoms of the lands which were around Judah, so that they did not make war against Jehoshaphat. -- 2 chronicles 17:10 +. +Some of the Philistines brought gifts and silver as tribute to Jehoshaphat; the Arabians also brought him flocks, 7,rams and 7,700 male goats. -- 2 chronicles 17:11 +. +So Jehoshaphat grew greater and greater, and he built fortresses and store cities in Judah. -- 2 chronicles 17:12 +. +He had large supplies in the cities of Judah, and warriors, valiant men, in Jerusalem. -- 2 chronicles 17:13 +. +This was their muster according to their fathers' households: of Judah, commanders of thousands, Adnah was the commander, and with him 300,valiant warriors; -- 2 chronicles 17:14 +. +and next to him was Johanan the commander, and with him 280,000; -- 2 chronicles 17:15 +. +and next to him Amasiah the son of Zichri, who volunteered for the LORD, and with him 200,valiant warriors; -- 2 chronicles 17:16 +. +and of Benjamin, Eliada a valiant warrior, and with him 200,armed with bow and shield; -- 2 chronicles 17:17 +. +and next to him Jehozabad, and with him 180,equipped for war. -- 2 chronicles 17:18 +. +These are they who served the king, apart from those whom the king put in the fortified cities through all Judah. -- 2 chronicles 17:19 +. +Now Jehoshaphat had great riches and honor; and he allied himself by marriage with Ahab. -- 2 chronicles 18:1 +. +Some years later he went down to visit Ahab at Samaria. And Ahab slaughtered many sheep and oxen for him and the people who were with him, and induced him to go up against Ramoth-gilead. -- 2 chronicles 18:2 +. +Ahab king of Israel said to Jehoshaphat king of Judah, "Will you go with me against Ramoth-gilead?" And he said to him, "I am as you are, and my people as your people, and we will be with you in the battle." -- 2 chronicles 18:3 +. +Moreover, Jehoshaphat said to the king of Israel, "Please inquire first for the word of the LORD." -- 2 chronicles 18:4 +. +Then the king of Israel assembled the prophets, four hundred men, and said to them, "Shall we go against Ramoth-gilead to battle, or shall I refrain?" And they said, "Go up, for God will give it into the hand of the king." -- 2 chronicles 18:5 +. +But Jehoshaphat said, "Is there not yet a prophet of the LORD here that we may inquire of him?" -- 2 chronicles 18:6 +. +The king of Israel said to Jehoshaphat, "There is yet one man by whom we may inquire of the LORD, but I hate him, for he never prophesies good concerning me but always evil. He is Micaiah, son of Imla." But Jehoshaphat said, "Let not the king say so." -- 2 chronicles 18:7 +. +Then the king of Israel called an officer and said, "Bring quickly Micaiah, Imla's son." -- 2 chronicles 18:8 +. +Now the king of Israel and Jehoshaphat the king of Judah were sitting each on his throne, arrayed in their robes, and they were sitting at the threshing floor at the entrance of the gate of Samaria; and all the prophets were prophesying before them. -- 2 chronicles 18:9 +. +Zedekiah the son of Chenaanah made horns of iron for himself and said, "Thus says the LORD, 'With these you shall gore the Arameans until they are consumed.'" -- 2 chronicles 18:10 +. +All the prophets were prophesying thus, saying, "Go up to Ramoth-gilead and succeed, for the LORD will give it into the hand of the king." -- 2 chronicles 18:11 +. +Then the messenger who went to summon Micaiah spoke to him saying, "Behold, the words of the prophets are uniformly favorable to the king. So please let your word be like one of them and speak favorably." -- 2 chronicles 18:12 +. +But Micaiah said, "As the LORD lives, what my God says, that I will speak." -- 2 chronicles 18:13 +. +When he came to the king, the king said to him, "Micaiah, shall we go to Ramoth-gilead to battle, or shall I refrain?" He said, "Go up and succeed, for they will be given into your hand." -- 2 chronicles 18:14 +. +Then the king said to him, "How many times must I adjure you to speak to me nothing but the truth in the name of the LORD?" -- 2 chronicles 18:15 +. +So he said, "I saw all Israel Scattered on the mountains, Like sheep which have no shepherd; And the LORD said, 'These have no master. Let each of them return to his house in peace.'" -- 2 chronicles 18:16 +. +Then the king of Israel said to Jehoshaphat, "Did I not tell you that he would not prophesy good concerning me, but evil?" -- 2 chronicles 18:17 +. +Micaiah said, "Therefore, hear the word of the LORD. I saw the LORD sitting on His throne, and all the host of heaven standing on His right and on His left. -- 2 chronicles 18:18 +. +"The LORD said, 'Who will entice Ahab king of Israel to go up and fall at Ramoth-gilead?' And one said this while another said that. -- 2 chronicles 18:19 +. +"Then a spirit came forward and stood before the LORD and said, 'I will entice him.' And the LORD said to him, 'How?' -- 2 chronicles 18:20 +. +"He said, 'I will go and be a deceiving spirit in the mouth of all his prophets.' Then He said, 'You are to entice him and prevail also. Go and do so.' -- 2 chronicles 18:21 +. +"Now therefore, behold, the LORD has put a deceiving spirit in the mouth of these your prophets, for the LORD has proclaimed disaster against you." -- 2 chronicles 18:22 +. +Then Zedekiah the son of Chenaanah came near and struck Micaiah on the cheek and said, "How did the Spirit of the LORD pass from me to speak to you?" -- 2 chronicles 18:23 +. +Micaiah said, "Behold, you will see on that day when you enter an inner room to hide yourself." -- 2 chronicles 18:24 +. +Then the king of Israel said, "Take Micaiah and return him to Amon the governor of the city and to Joash the king's son; -- 2 chronicles 18:25 +. +and say, 'Thus says the king, "Put this man in prison and feed him sparingly with bread and water until I return safely."'" -- 2 chronicles 18:26 +. +Micaiah said, "If you indeed return safely, the LORD has not spoken by me." And he said, "Listen, all you people." -- 2 chronicles 18:27 +. +So the king of Israel and Jehoshaphat king of Judah went up against Ramoth-gilead. -- 2 chronicles 18:28 +. +The king of Israel said to Jehoshaphat, "I will disguise myself and go into battle, but you put on your robes." So the king of Israel disguised himself, and they went into battle. -- 2 chronicles 18:29 +. +Now the king of Aram had commanded the captains of his chariots, saying, "Do not fight with small or great, but with the king of Israel alone." -- 2 chronicles 18:30 +. +So when the captains of the chariots saw Jehoshaphat, they said, "It is the king of Israel," and they turned aside to fight against him. But Jehoshaphat cried out, and the LORD helped him, and God diverted them from him. -- 2 chronicles 18:31 +. +When the captains of the chariots saw that it was not the king of Israel, they turned back from pursuing him. -- 2 chronicles 18:32 +. +A certain man drew his bow at random and struck the king of Israel in a joint of the armor. So he said to the driver of the chariot, "Turn around and take me out of the fight, for I am severely wounded." -- 2 chronicles 18:33 +. +The battle raged that day, and the king of Israel propped himself up in his chariot in front of the Arameans until the evening; and at sunset he died. -- 2 chronicles 18:34 +. +Then Jehoshaphat the king of Judah returned in safety to his house in Jerusalem. -- 2 chronicles 19:1 +. +Jehu the son of Hanani the seer went out to meet him and said to King Jehoshaphat, "Should you help the wicked and love those who hate the LORD and so bring wrath on yourself from the LORD? -- 2 chronicles 19:2 +. +"But there is some good in you, for you have removed the Asheroth from the land and you have set your heart to seek God." -- 2 chronicles 19:3 +. +So Jehoshaphat lived in Jerusalem and went out again among the people from Beersheba to the hill country of Ephraim and brought them back to the LORD, the God of their fathers. -- 2 chronicles 19:4 +. +He appointed judges in the land in all the fortified cities of Judah, city by city. -- 2 chronicles 19:5 +. +He said to the judges, "Consider what you are doing, for you do not judge for man but for the LORD who is with you when you render judgment. -- 2 chronicles 19:6 +. +"Now then let the fear of the LORD be upon you; be very careful what you do, for the LORD our God will have no part in unrighteousness or partiality or the taking of a bribe." -- 2 chronicles 19:7 +. +In Jerusalem also Jehoshaphat appointed some of the Levites and priests, and some of the heads of the fathers' households of Israel, for the judgment of the LORD and to judge disputes among the inhabitants of Jerusalem. -- 2 chronicles 19:8 +. +Then he charged them saying, "Thus you shall do in the fear of the LORD, faithfully and wholeheartedly. -- 2 chronicles 19:9 +. +"Whenever any dispute comes to you from your brethren who live in their cities, between blood and blood, between law and commandment, statutes and ordinances, you shall warn them so that they may not be guilty before the LORD, and wrath may not come on you and your brethren. Thus you shall do and you will not be guilty. -- 2 chronicles 19:10 +. +"Behold, Amariah the chief priest will be over you in all that pertains to the LORD, and Zebadiah the son of Ishmael, the ruler of the house of Judah, in all that pertains to the king. Also the Levites shall be officers before you. Act resolutely, and the LORD be with the upright." -- 2 chronicles 19:11 +. +Now it came about after this that the sons of Moab and the sons of Ammon, together with some of the Meunites, came to make war against Jehoshaphat. -- 2 chronicles 20:1 +. +Then some came and reported to Jehoshaphat, saying, "A great multitude is coming against you from beyond the sea, out of Aram and behold, they are in Hazazon-tamar (that is Engedi)." -- 2 chronicles 20:2 +. +Jehoshaphat was afraid and turned his attention to seek the LORD, and proclaimed a fast throughout all Judah. -- 2 chronicles 20:3 +. +So Judah gathered together to seek help from the LORD; they even came from all the cities of Judah to seek the LORD. -- 2 chronicles 20:4 +. +Then Jehoshaphat stood in the assembly of Judah and Jerusalem, in the house of the LORD before the new court, -- 2 chronicles 20:5 +. +and he said, "O LORD, the God of our fathers, are You not God in the heavens? And are You not ruler over all the kingdoms of the nations? Power and might are in Your hand so that no one can stand against You. -- 2 chronicles 20:6 +. +"Did You not, O our God, drive out the inhabitants of this land before Your people Israel and give it to the descendants of Abraham Your friend forever? -- 2 chronicles 20:7 +. +"They have lived in it, and have built You a sanctuary there for Your name, saying, -- 2 chronicles 20:8 +. +'Should evil come upon us, the sword, or judgment, or pestilence, or famine, we will stand before this house and before You (for Your name is in this house) and cry to You in our distress, and You will hear and deliver us.' -- 2 chronicles 20:9 +. +"Now behold, the sons of Ammon and Moab and Mount Seir, whom You did not let Israel invade when they came out of the land of Egypt (they turned aside from them and did not destroy them), -- 2 chronicles 20:10 +. +see how they are rewarding us by coming to drive us out from Your possession which You have given us as an inheritance. -- 2 chronicles 20:11 +. +"O our God, will You not judge them? For we are powerless before this great multitude who are coming against us; nor do we know what to do, but our eyes are on You." -- 2 chronicles 20:12 +. +All Judah was standing before the LORD, with their infants, their wives and their children. -- 2 chronicles 20:13 +. +Then in the midst of the assembly the Spirit of the LORD came upon Jahaziel the son of Zechariah, the son of Benaiah, the son of Jeiel, the son of Mattaniah, the Levite of the sons of Asaph; -- 2 chronicles 20:14 +. +and he said, "Listen, all Judah and the inhabitants of Jerusalem and King Jehoshaphat: thus says the LORD to you, 'Do not fear or be dismayed because of this great multitude, for the battle is not yours but God's. -- 2 chronicles 20:15 +. +'Tomorrow go down against them. Behold, they will come up by the ascent of Ziz, and you will find them at the end of the valley in front of the wilderness of Jeruel. -- 2 chronicles 20:16 +. +'You need not fight in this battle; station yourselves, stand and see the salvation of the LORD on your behalf, O Judah and Jerusalem.' Do not fear or be dismayed; tomorrow go out to face them, for the LORD is with you." -- 2 chronicles 20:17 +. +Jehoshaphat bowed his head with his face to the ground, and all Judah and the inhabitants of Jerusalem fell down before the LORD, worshiping the LORD. -- 2 chronicles 20:18 +. +The Levites, from the sons of the Kohathites and of the sons of the Korahites, stood up to praise the LORD God of Israel, with a very loud voice. -- 2 chronicles 20:19 +. +They rose early in the morning and went out to the wilderness of Tekoa; and when they went out, Jehoshaphat stood and said, "Listen to me, O Judah and inhabitants of Jerusalem, put your trust in the LORD your God and you will be established. Put your trust in His prophets and succeed." -- 2 chronicles 20:20 +. +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." -- 2 chronicles 20:21 +. +When they began singing and praising, the LORD set ambushes against the sons of Ammon, Moab and Mount Seir, who had come against Judah; so they were routed. -- 2 chronicles 20:22 +. +For the sons of Ammon and Moab rose up against the inhabitants of Mount Seir destroying them completely; and when they had finished with the inhabitants of Seir, they helped to destroy one another. -- 2 chronicles 20:23 +. +When Judah came to the lookout of the wilderness, they looked toward the multitude, and behold, they were corpses lying on the ground, and no one had escaped. -- 2 chronicles 20:24 +. +When Jehoshaphat and his people came to take their spoil, they found much among them, including goods, garments and valuable things which they took for themselves, more than they could carry. And they were three days taking the spoil because there was so much. -- 2 chronicles 20:25 +. +Then on the fourth day they assembled in the valley of Beracah, for there they blessed the LORD. Therefore they have named that place "The Valley of Beracah" until today. -- 2 chronicles 20:26 +. +Every man of Judah and Jerusalem returned with Jehoshaphat at their head, returning to Jerusalem with joy, for the LORD had made them to rejoice over their enemies. -- 2 chronicles 20:27 +. +They came to Jerusalem with harps, lyres and trumpets to the house of the LORD. -- 2 chronicles 20:28 +. +And the dread of God was on all the kingdoms of the lands when they heard that the LORD had fought against the enemies of Israel. -- 2 chronicles 20:29 +. +So the kingdom of Jehoshaphat was at peace, for his God gave him rest on all sides. -- 2 chronicles 20:30 +. +Now Jehoshaphat reigned over Judah. He was thirty-five years old when he became king, and he reigned in Jerusalem twenty-five years. And his mother's name was Azubah the daughter of Shilhi. -- 2 chronicles 20:31 +. +He walked in the way of his father Asa and did not depart from it, doing right in the sight of the LORD. -- 2 chronicles 20:32 +. +The high places, however, were not removed; the people had not yet directed their hearts to the God of their fathers. -- 2 chronicles 20:33 +. +Now the rest of the acts of Jehoshaphat, first to last, behold, they are written in the annals of Jehu the son of Hanani, which is recorded in the Book of the Kings of Israel. -- 2 chronicles 20:34 +. +After this Jehoshaphat king of Judah allied himself with Ahaziah king of Israel. He acted wickedly in so doing. -- 2 chronicles 20:35 +. +So he allied himself with him to make ships to go to Tarshish, and they made the ships in Ezion-geber. -- 2 chronicles 20:36 +. +Then Eliezer the son of Dodavahu of Mareshah prophesied against Jehoshaphat saying, "Because you have allied yourself with Ahaziah, the LORD has destroyed your works." So the ships were broken and could not go to Tarshish. -- 2 chronicles 20:37 +. +Then Jehoshaphat slept with his fathers and was buried with his fathers in the city of David, and Jehoram his son became king in his place. -- 2 chronicles 21:1 +. +He had brothers, the sons of Jehoshaphat: Azariah, Jehiel, Zechariah, Azaryahu, Michael and Shephatiah. All these were the sons of Jehoshaphat king of Israel. -- 2 chronicles 21:2 +. +Their father gave them many gifts of silver, gold and precious things, with fortified cities in Judah, but he gave the kingdom to Jehoram because he was the firstborn. -- 2 chronicles 21:3 +. +Now when Jehoram had taken over the kingdom of his father and made himself secure, he killed all his brothers with the sword, and some of the rulers of Israel also. -- 2 chronicles 21:4 +. +Jehoram was thirty-two years old when he became king, and he reigned eight years in Jerusalem. -- 2 chronicles 21:5 +. +He walked in the way of the kings of Israel, just as the house of Ahab did (for Ahab's daughter was his wife), and he did evil in the sight of the LORD. -- 2 chronicles 21:6 +. +Yet the LORD was not willing to destroy the house of David because of the covenant which He had made with David, and since He had promised to give a lamp to him and his sons forever. -- 2 chronicles 21:7 +. +In his days Edom revolted against the rule of Judah and set up a king over themselves. -- 2 chronicles 21:8 +. +Then Jehoram crossed over with his commanders and all his chariots with him. And he arose by night and struck down the Edomites who were surrounding him and the commanders of the chariots. -- 2 chronicles 21:9 +. +So Edom revolted against Judah to this day. Then Libnah revolted at the same time against his rule, because he had forsaken the LORD God of his fathers. -- 2 chronicles 21:10 +. +Moreover, he made high places in the mountains of Judah, and caused the inhabitants of Jerusalem to play the harlot and led Judah astray. -- 2 chronicles 21:11 +. +Then a letter came to him from Elijah the prophet saying, "Thus says the LORD God of your father David, 'Because you have not walked in the ways of Jehoshaphat your father and the ways of Asa king of Judah, -- 2 chronicles 21:12 +. +but have walked in the way of the kings of Israel, and have caused Judah and the inhabitants of Jerusalem to play the harlot as the house of Ahab played the harlot, and you have also killed your brothers, your own family, who were better than you, -- 2 chronicles 21:13 +. +behold, the LORD is going to strike your people, your sons, your wives and all your possessions with a great calamity; -- 2 chronicles 21:14 +. +and you will suffer severe sickness, a disease of your bowels, until your bowels come out because of the sickness, day by day.'" -- 2 chronicles 21:15 +. +Then the LORD stirred up against Jehoram the spirit of the Philistines and the Arabs who bordered the Ethiopians; -- 2 chronicles 21:16 +. +and they came against Judah and invaded it, and carried away all the possessions found in the king's house together with his sons and his wives, so that no son was left to him except Jehoahaz, the youngest of his sons. -- 2 chronicles 21:17 +. +So after all this the LORD smote him in his bowels with an incurable sickness. -- 2 chronicles 21:18 +. +Now it came about in the course of time, at the end of two years, that his bowels came out because of his sickness and he died in great pain. And his people made no fire for him like the fire for his fathers. -- 2 chronicles 21:19 +. +He was thirty-two years old when he became king, and he reigned in Jerusalem eight years; and he departed with no one's regret, and they buried him in the city of David, but not in the tombs of the kings. -- 2 chronicles 21:20 +. +Then the inhabitants of Jerusalem made Ahaziah, his youngest son, king in his place, for the band of men who came with the Arabs to the camp had slain all the older sons. So Ahaziah the son of Jehoram king of Judah began to reign. -- 2 chronicles 22:1 +. +Ahaziah was twenty-two years old when he became king, and he reigned one year in Jerusalem. And his mother's name was Athaliah, the granddaughter of Omri. -- 2 chronicles 22:2 +. +He also walked in the ways of the house of Ahab, for his mother was his counselor to do wickedly. -- 2 chronicles 22:3 +. +He did evil in the sight of the LORD like the house of Ahab, for they were his counselors after the death of his father, to his destruction. -- 2 chronicles 22:4 +. +He also walked according to their counsel, and went with Jehoram the son of Ahab king of Israel to wage war against Hazael king of Aram at Ramoth-gilead. But the Arameans wounded Joram. -- 2 chronicles 22:5 +. +So he returned to be healed in Jezreel of the wounds which they had inflicted on him at Ramah, when he fought against Hazael king of Aram. And Ahaziah, the son of Jehoram king of Judah, went down to see Jehoram the son of Ahab in Jezreel, because he was sick. -- 2 chronicles 22:6 +. +Now the destruction of Ahaziah was from God, in that he went to Joram. For when he came, he went out with Jehoram against Jehu the son of Nimshi, whom the LORD had anointed to cut off the house of Ahab. -- 2 chronicles 22:7 +. +It came about when Jehu was executing judgment on the house of Ahab, he found the princes of Judah and the sons of Ahaziah's brothers ministering to Ahaziah, and slew them. -- 2 chronicles 22:8 +. +He also sought Ahaziah, and they caught him while he was hiding in Samaria; they brought him to Jehu, put him to death and buried him. For they said, "He is the son of Jehoshaphat, who sought the LORD with all his heart." So there was no one of the house of Ahaziah to retain the power of the kingdom. -- 2 chronicles 22:9 +. +Now when Athaliah the mother of Ahaziah saw that her son was dead, she rose and destroyed all the royal offspring of the house of Judah. -- 2 chronicles 22:10 +. +But Jehoshabeath the king's daughter took Joash the son of Ahaziah, and stole him from among the king's sons who were being put to death, and placed him and his nurse in the bedroom. So Jehoshabeath, the daughter of King Jehoram, the wife of Jehoiada the priest (for she was the sister of Ahaziah), hid him from Athaliah so that she would not put him to death. -- 2 chronicles 22:11 +. +He was hidden with them in the house of God six years while Athaliah reigned over the land. -- 2 chronicles 22:12 +. +Now in the seventh year Jehoiada strengthened himself, and took captains of hundreds: Azariah the son of Jeroham, Ishmael the son of Johanan, Azariah the son of Obed, Maaseiah the son of Adaiah, and Elishaphat the son of Zichri, and they entered into a covenant with him. -- 2 chronicles 23:1 +. +They went throughout Judah and gathered the Levites from all the cities of Judah, and the heads of the fathers' households of Israel, and they came to Jerusalem. -- 2 chronicles 23:2 +. +Then all the assembly made a covenant with the king in the house of God. And Jehoiada said to them, "Behold, the king's son shall reign, as the LORD has spoken concerning the sons of David. -- 2 chronicles 23:3 +. +"This is the thing which you shall do: one third of you, of the priests and Levites who come in on the sabbath, shall be gatekeepers, -- 2 chronicles 23:4 +. +and one third shall be at the king's house, and a third at the Gate of the Foundation; and all the people shall be in the courts of the house of the LORD. -- 2 chronicles 23:5 +. +"But let no one enter the house of the LORD except the priests and the ministering Levites; they may enter, for they are holy. And let all the people keep the charge of the LORD. -- 2 chronicles 23:6 +. +"The Levites will surround the king, each man with his weapons in his hand; and whoever enters the house, let him be killed. Thus be with the king when he comes in and when he goes out." -- 2 chronicles 23:7 +. +So the Levites and all Judah did according to all that Jehoiada the priest commanded. And each one of them took his men who were to come in on the sabbath, with those who were to go out on the sabbath, for Jehoiada the priest did not dismiss any of the divisions. -- 2 chronicles 23:8 +. +Then Jehoiada the priest gave to the captains of hundreds the spears and the large and small shields which had been King David's, which were in the house of God. -- 2 chronicles 23:9 +. +He stationed all the people, each man with his weapon in his hand, from the right side of the house to the left side of the house, by the altar and by the house, around the king. -- 2 chronicles 23:10 +. +Then they brought out the king's son and put the crown on him, and gave him the testimony and made him king. And Jehoiada and his sons anointed him and said, "Long live the king!" -- 2 chronicles 23:11 +. +When Athaliah heard the noise of the people running and praising the king, she came into the house of the LORD to the people. -- 2 chronicles 23:12 +. +She looked, and behold, the king was standing by his pillar at the entrance, and the captains and the trumpeters were beside the king. And all the people of the land rejoiced and blew trumpets, the singers with their musical instruments leading the praise. Then Athaliah tore her clothes and said, "Treason! Treason!" -- 2 chronicles 23:13 +. +Jehoiada the priest brought out the captains of hundreds who were appointed over the army and said to them, "Bring her out between the ranks; and whoever follows her, put to death with the sword." For the priest said, "Let her not be put to death in the house of the LORD." -- 2 chronicles 23:14 +. +So they seized her, and when she arrived at the entrance of the Horse Gate of the king's house, they put her to death there. -- 2 chronicles 23:15 +. +Then Jehoiada made a covenant between himself and all the people and the king, that they would be the LORD'S people. -- 2 chronicles 23:16 +. +And all the people went to the house of Baal and tore it down, and they broke in pieces his altars and his images, and killed Mattan the priest of Baal before the altars. -- 2 chronicles 23:17 +. +Moreover, Jehoiada placed the offices of the house of the LORD under the authority of the Levitical priests, whom David had assigned over the house of the LORD, to offer the burnt offerings of the LORD, as it is written in the law of Moses--with rejoicing and singing according to the order of David. -- 2 chronicles 23:18 +. +He stationed the gatekeepers of the house of the LORD, so that no one would enter who was in any way unclean. -- 2 chronicles 23:19 +. +He took the captains of hundreds, the nobles, the rulers of the people and all the people of the land, and brought the king down from the house of the LORD, and came through the upper gate to the king's house. And they placed the king upon the royal throne. -- 2 chronicles 23:20 +. +So all of the people of the land rejoiced and the city was quiet. For they had put Athaliah to death with the sword. -- 2 chronicles 23:21 +. +Joash was seven years old when he became king, and he reigned forty years in Jerusalem; and his mother's name was Zibiah from Beersheba. -- 2 chronicles 24:1 +. +Joash did what was right in the sight of the LORD all the days of Jehoiada the priest. -- 2 chronicles 24:2 +. +Jehoiada took two wives for him, and he became the father of sons and daughters. -- 2 chronicles 24:3 +. +Now it came about after this that Joash decided to restore the house of the LORD. -- 2 chronicles 24:4 +. +He gathered the priests and Levites and said to them, "Go out to the cities of Judah and collect money from all Israel to repair the house of your God annually, and you shall do the matter quickly." But the Levites did not act quickly. -- 2 chronicles 24:5 +. +So the king summoned Jehoiada the chief priest and said to him, "Why have you not required the Levites to bring in from Judah and from Jerusalem the levy fixed by Moses the servant of the LORD on the congregation of Israel for the tent of the testimony?" -- 2 chronicles 24:6 +. +For the sons of the wicked Athaliah had broken into the house of God and even used the holy things of the house of the LORD for the Baals. -- 2 chronicles 24:7 +. +So the king commanded, and they made a chest and set it outside by the gate of the house of the LORD. -- 2 chronicles 24:8 +. +They made a proclamation in Judah and Jerusalem to bring to the LORD the levy fixed by Moses the servant of God on Israel in the wilderness. -- 2 chronicles 24:9 +. +All the officers and all the people rejoiced and brought in their levies and dropped them into the chest until they had finished. -- 2 chronicles 24:10 +. +It came about whenever the chest was brought in to the king's officer by the Levites, and when they saw that there was much money, then the king's scribe and the chief priest's officer would come, empty the chest, take it, and return it to its place. Thus they did daily and collected much money. -- 2 chronicles 24:11 +. +The king and Jehoiada gave it to those who did the work of the service of the house of the LORD; and they hired masons and carpenters to restore the house of the LORD, and also workers in iron and bronze to repair the house of the LORD. -- 2 chronicles 24:12 +. +So the workmen labored, and the repair work progressed in their hands, and they restored the house of God according to its specifications and strengthened it. -- 2 chronicles 24:13 +. +When they had finished, they brought the rest of the money before the king and Jehoiada; and it was made into utensils for the house of the LORD, utensils for the service and the burnt offering, and pans and utensils of gold and silver. And they offered burnt offerings in the house of the LORD continually all the days of Jehoiada. -- 2 chronicles 24:14 +. +Now when Jehoiada reached a ripe old age he died; he was one hundred and thirty years old at his death. -- 2 chronicles 24:15 +. +They buried him in the city of David among the kings, because he had done well in Israel and to God and His house. -- 2 chronicles 24:16 +. +But after the death of Jehoiada the officials of Judah came and bowed down to the king, and the king listened to them. -- 2 chronicles 24:17 +. +They abandoned the house of the LORD, the God of their fathers, and served the Asherim and the idols; so wrath came upon Judah and Jerusalem for this their guilt. -- 2 chronicles 24:18 +. +Yet He sent prophets to them to bring them back to the LORD; though they testified against them, they would not listen. -- 2 chronicles 24:19 +. +Then the Spirit of God came on Zechariah the son of Jehoiada the priest; and he stood above the people and said to them, "Thus God has said, 'Why do you transgress the commandments of the LORD and do not prosper? Because you have forsaken the LORD, He has also forsaken you.'" -- 2 chronicles 24:20 +. +So they conspired against him and at the command of the king they stoned him to death in the court of the house of the LORD. -- 2 chronicles 24:21 +. +Thus Joash the king did not remember the kindness which his father Jehoiada had shown him, but he murdered his son. And as he died he said, "May the LORD see and avenge!" -- 2 chronicles 24:22 +. +Now it happened at the turn of the year that the army of the Arameans came up against him; and they came to Judah and Jerusalem, destroyed all the officials of the people from among the people, and sent all their spoil to the king of Damascus. -- 2 chronicles 24:23 +. +Indeed the army of the Arameans came with a small number of men; yet the LORD delivered a very great army into their hands, because they had forsaken the LORD, the God of their fathers. Thus they executed judgment on Joash. -- 2 chronicles 24:24 +. +When they had departed from him (for they left him very sick), his own servants conspired against him because of the blood of the son of Jehoiada the priest, and murdered him on his bed. So he died, and they buried him in the city of David, but they did not bury him in the tombs of the kings. -- 2 chronicles 24:25 +. +Now these are those who conspired against him: Zabad the son of Shimeath the Ammonitess, and Jehozabad the son of Shimrith the Moabitess. -- 2 chronicles 24:26 +. +As to his sons and the many oracles against him and the rebuilding of the house of God, behold, they are written in the treatise of the Book of the Kings. Then Amaziah his son became king in his place. -- 2 chronicles 24:27 +. +Amaziah was twenty-five years old when he became king, and he reigned twenty-nine years in Jerusalem. And his mother's name was Jehoaddan of Jerusalem. -- 2 chronicles 25:1 +. +He did right in the sight of the LORD, yet not with a whole heart. -- 2 chronicles 25:2 +. +Now it came about as soon as the kingdom was firmly in his grasp, that he killed his servants who had slain his father the king. -- 2 chronicles 25:3 +. +However, he did not put their children to death, but did as it is written in the law in the book of Moses, which the LORD commanded, saying, "Fathers shall not be put to death for sons, nor sons be put to death for fathers, but each shall be put to death for his own sin." -- 2 chronicles 25:4 +. +Moreover, Amaziah assembled Judah and appointed them according to their fathers' households under commanders of thousands and commanders of hundreds throughout Judah and Benjamin; and he took a census of those from twenty years old and upward and found them to be 300,choice men, able to go to war and handle spear and shield. -- 2 chronicles 25:5 +. +He hired also 100,valiant warriors out of Israel for one hundred talents of silver. -- 2 chronicles 25:6 +. +But a man of God came to him saying, "O king, do not let the army of Israel go with you, for the LORD is not with Israel nor with any of the sons of Ephraim. -- 2 chronicles 25:7 +. +"But if you do go, do it, be strong for the battle; yet God will bring you down before the enemy, for God has power to help and to bring down." -- 2 chronicles 25:8 +. +Amaziah said to the man of God, "But what shall we do for the hundred talents which I have given to the troops of Israel?" And the man of God answered, "The LORD has much more to give you than this." -- 2 chronicles 25:9 +. +Then Amaziah dismissed them, the troops which came to him from Ephraim, to go home; so their anger burned against Judah and they returned home in fierce anger. -- 2 chronicles 25:10 +. +Now Amaziah strengthened himself and led his people forth, and went to the Valley of Salt and struck down 10,of the sons of Seir. -- 2 chronicles 25:11 +. +The sons of Judah also captured 10,alive and brought them to the top of the cliff and threw them down from the top of the cliff, so that they were all dashed to pieces. -- 2 chronicles 25:12 +. +But the troops whom Amaziah sent back from going with him to battle, raided the cities of Judah, from Samaria to Beth-horon, and struck down 3,of them and plundered much spoil. -- 2 chronicles 25:13 +. +Now after Amaziah came from slaughtering the Edomites, he brought the gods of the sons of Seir, set them up as his gods, bowed down before them and burned incense to them. -- 2 chronicles 25:14 +. +Then the anger of the LORD burned against Amaziah, and He sent him a prophet who said to him, "Why have you sought the gods of the people who have not delivered their own people from your hand?" -- 2 chronicles 25:15 +. +As he was talking with him, the king said to him, "Have we appointed you a royal counselor? Stop! Why should you be struck down?" Then the prophet stopped and said, "I know that God has planned to destroy you, because you have done this and have not listened to my counsel." -- 2 chronicles 25:16 +. +Then Amaziah king of Judah took counsel and sent to Joash the son of Jehoahaz the son of Jehu, the king of Israel, saying, "Come, let us face each other." -- 2 chronicles 25:17 +. +Joash the king of Israel sent to Amaziah king of Judah, saying, "The thorn bush which was in Lebanon sent to the cedar which was in Lebanon, saying, 'Give your daughter to my son in marriage.' But there passed by a wild beast that was in Lebanon and trampled the thorn bush. -- 2 chronicles 25:18 +. +"You said, 'Behold, you have defeated Edom.' And your heart has become proud in boasting. Now stay at home; for why should you provoke trouble so that you, even you, would fall and Judah with you?" -- 2 chronicles 25:19 +. +But Amaziah would not listen, for it was from God, that He might deliver them into the hand of Joash because they had sought the gods of Edom. -- 2 chronicles 25:20 +. +So Joash king of Israel went up, and he and Amaziah king of Judah faced each other at Beth-shemesh, which belonged to Judah. -- 2 chronicles 25:21 +. +Judah was defeated by Israel, and they fled each to his tent. -- 2 chronicles 25:22 +. +Then Joash king of Israel captured Amaziah king of Judah, the son of Joash the son of Jehoahaz, at Beth-shemesh, and brought him to Jerusalem and tore down the wall of Jerusalem from the Gate of Ephraim to the Corner Gate, cubits. -- 2 chronicles 25:23 +. +He took all the gold and silver and all the utensils which were found in the house of God with Obed-edom, and the treasures of the king's house, the hostages also, and returned to Samaria. -- 2 chronicles 25:24 +. +And Amaziah, the son of Joash king of Judah, lived fifteen years after the death of Joash, son of Jehoahaz, king of Israel. -- 2 chronicles 25:25 +. +Now the rest of the acts of Amaziah, from first to last, behold, are they not written in the Book of the Kings of Judah and Israel? -- 2 chronicles 25:26 +. +From the time that Amaziah turned away from following the LORD they conspired against him in Jerusalem, and he fled to Lachish; but they sent after him to Lachish and killed him there. -- 2 chronicles 25:27 +. +Then they brought him on horses and buried him with his fathers in the city of Judah. -- 2 chronicles 25:28 +. +And all the people of Judah took Uzziah, who was sixteen years old, and made him king in the place of his father Amaziah. -- 2 chronicles 26:1 +. +He built Eloth and restored it to Judah after the king slept with his fathers. -- 2 chronicles 26:2 +. +Uzziah was sixteen years old when he became king, and he reigned fifty-two years in Jerusalem; and his mother's name was Jechiliah of Jerusalem. -- 2 chronicles 26:3 +. +He did right in the sight of the LORD according to all that his father Amaziah had done. -- 2 chronicles 26:4 +. +He continued to seek God in the days of Zechariah, who had understanding through the vision of God; and as long as he sought the LORD, God prospered him. -- 2 chronicles 26:5 +. +Now he went out and warred against the Philistines, and broke down the wall of Gath and the wall of Jabneh and the wall of Ashdod; and he built cities in the area of Ashdod and among the Philistines. -- 2 chronicles 26:6 +. +God helped him against the Philistines, and against the Arabians who lived in Gur-baal, and the Meunites. -- 2 chronicles 26:7 +. +The Ammonites also gave tribute to Uzziah, and his fame extended to the border of Egypt, for he became very strong. -- 2 chronicles 26:8 +. +Moreover, Uzziah built towers in Jerusalem at the Corner Gate and at the Valley Gate and at the corner buttress and fortified them. -- 2 chronicles 26:9 +. +He built towers in the wilderness and hewed many cisterns, for he had much livestock, both in the lowland and in the plain. He also had plowmen and vinedressers in the hill country and the fertile fields, for he loved the soil. -- 2 chronicles 26:10 +. +Moreover, Uzziah had an army ready for battle, which entered combat by divisions according to the number of their muster, prepared by Jeiel the scribe and Maaseiah the official, under the direction of Hananiah, one of the king's officers. -- 2 chronicles 26:11 +. +The total number of the heads of the households, of valiant warriors, was 2,600. -- 2 chronicles 26:12 +. +Under their direction was an elite army of 307,500, who could wage war with great power, to help the king against the enemy. -- 2 chronicles 26:13 +. +Moreover, Uzziah prepared for all the army shields, spears, helmets, body armor, bows and sling stones. -- 2 chronicles 26:14 +. +In Jerusalem he made engines of war invented by skillful men to be on the towers and on the corners for the purpose of shooting arrows and great stones. Hence his fame spread afar, for he was marvelously helped until he was strong. -- 2 chronicles 26:15 +. +But when he became strong, his heart was so proud that he acted corruptly, and he was unfaithful to the LORD his God, for he entered the temple of the LORD to burn incense on the altar of incense. -- 2 chronicles 26:16 +. +Then Azariah the priest entered after him and with him eighty priests of the LORD, valiant men. -- 2 chronicles 26:17 +. +They opposed Uzziah the king and said to him, "It is not for you, Uzziah, to burn incense to the LORD, but for the priests, the sons of Aaron who are consecrated to burn incense. Get out of the sanctuary, for you have been unfaithful and will have no honor from the LORD God." -- 2 chronicles 26:18 +. +But Uzziah, with a censer in his hand for burning incense, was enraged; and while he was enraged with the priests, the leprosy broke out on his forehead before the priests in the house of the LORD, beside the altar of incense. -- 2 chronicles 26:19 +. +Azariah the chief priest and all the priests looked at him, and behold, he was leprous on his forehead; and they hurried him out of there, and he himself also hastened to get out because the LORD had smitten him. -- 2 chronicles 26:20 +. +King Uzziah was a leper to the day of his death; and he lived in a separate house, being a leper, for he was cut off from the house of the LORD. And Jotham his son was over the king's house judging the people of the land. -- 2 chronicles 26:21 +. +Now the rest of the acts of Uzziah, first to last, the prophet Isaiah, the son of Amoz, has written. -- 2 chronicles 26:22 +. +So Uzziah slept with his fathers, and they buried him with his fathers in the field of the grave which belonged to the kings, for they said, "He is a leper." And Jotham his son became king in his place. -- 2 chronicles 26:23 +. +Jotham was twenty-five years old when he became king, and he reigned sixteen years in Jerusalem. And his mother's name was Jerushah the daughter of Zadok. -- 2 chronicles 27:1 +. +He did right in the sight of the LORD, according to all that his father Uzziah had done; however he did not enter the temple of the LORD. But the people continued acting corruptly. -- 2 chronicles 27:2 +. +He built the upper gate of the house of the LORD, and he built extensively the wall of Ophel. -- 2 chronicles 27:3 +. +Moreover, he built cities in the hill country of Judah, and he built fortresses and towers on the wooded hills. -- 2 chronicles 27:4 +. +He fought also with the king of the Ammonites and prevailed over them so that the Ammonites gave him during that year one hundred talents of silver, ten thousand kors of wheat and ten thousand of barley. The Ammonites also paid him this amount in the second and in the third year. -- 2 chronicles 27:5 +. +So Jotham became mighty because he ordered his ways before the LORD his God. -- 2 chronicles 27:6 +. +Now the rest of the acts of Jotham, even all his wars and his acts, behold, they are written in the Book of the Kings of Israel and Judah. -- 2 chronicles 27:7 +. +He was twenty-five years old when he became king, and he reigned sixteen years in Jerusalem. -- 2 chronicles 27:8 +. +And Jotham slept with his fathers, and they buried him in the city of David; and Ahaz his son became king in his place. -- 2 chronicles 27:9 +. +Ahaz was twenty years old when he became king, and he reigned sixteen years in Jerusalem; and he did not do right in the sight of the LORD as David his father had done. -- 2 chronicles 28:1 +. +But he walked in the ways of the kings of Israel; he also made molten images for the Baals. -- 2 chronicles 28:2 +. +Moreover, he burned incense in the valley of Ben-hinnom and burned his sons in fire, according to the abominations of the nations whom the LORD had driven out before the sons of Israel. -- 2 chronicles 28:3 +. +He sacrificed and burned incense on the high places, on the hills and under every green tree. -- 2 chronicles 28:4 +. +Wherefore, the LORD his God delivered him into the hand of the king of Aram; and they defeated him and carried away from him a great number of captives and brought them to Damascus. And he was also delivered into the hand of the king of Israel, who inflicted him with heavy casualties. -- 2 chronicles 28:5 +. +For Pekah the son of Remaliah slew in Judah 120,in one day, all valiant men, because they had forsaken the LORD God of their fathers. -- 2 chronicles 28:6 +. +And Zichri, a mighty man of Ephraim, slew Maaseiah the king's son and Azrikam the ruler of the house and Elkanah the second to the king. -- 2 chronicles 28:7 +. +The sons of Israel carried away captive of their brethren 200,women, sons and daughters; and they took also a great deal of spoil from them, and brought the spoil to Samaria. -- 2 chronicles 28:8 +. +But a prophet of the LORD was there, whose name was Oded; and he went out to meet the army which came to Samaria and said to them, "Behold, because the LORD, the God of your fathers, was angry with Judah, He has delivered them into your hand, and you have slain them in a rage which has even reached heaven. -- 2 chronicles 28:9 +. +"Now you are proposing to subjugate for yourselves the people of Judah and Jerusalem for male and female slaves. Surely, do you not have transgressions of your own against the LORD your God? -- 2 chronicles 28:10 +. +"Now therefore, listen to me and return the captives whom you captured from your brothers, for the burning anger of the LORD is against you." -- 2 chronicles 28:11 +. +Then some of the heads of the sons of Ephraim--Azariah the son of Johanan, Berechiah the son of Meshillemoth, Jehizkiah the son of Shallum, and Amasa the son of Hadlai--arose against those who were coming from the battle, -- 2 chronicles 28:12 +. +and said to them, "You must not bring the captives in here, for you are proposing to bring upon us guilt against the LORD adding to our sins and our guilt; for our guilt is great so that His burning anger is against Israel." -- 2 chronicles 28:13 +. +So the armed men left the captives and the spoil before the officers and all the assembly. -- 2 chronicles 28:14 +. +Then the men who were designated by name arose, took the captives, and they clothed all their naked ones from the spoil; and they gave them clothes and sandals, fed them and gave them drink, anointed them with oil, led all their feeble ones on donkeys, and brought them to Jericho, the city of palm trees, to their brothers; then they returned to Samaria. -- 2 chronicles 28:15 +. +At that time King Ahaz sent to the kings of Assyria for help. -- 2 chronicles 28:16 +. +For again the Edomites had come and attacked Judah and carried away captives. -- 2 chronicles 28:17 +. +The Philistines also had invaded the cities of the lowland and of the Negev of Judah, and had taken Beth-shemesh, Aijalon, Gederoth, and Soco with its villages, Timnah with its villages, and Gimzo with its villages, and they settled there. -- 2 chronicles 28:18 +. +For the LORD humbled Judah because of Ahaz king of Israel, for he had brought about a lack of restraint in Judah and was very unfaithful to the LORD. -- 2 chronicles 28:19 +. +So Tilgath-pilneser king of Assyria came against him and afflicted him instead of strengthening him. -- 2 chronicles 28:20 +. +Although Ahaz took a portion out of the house of the LORD and out of the palace of the king and of the princes, and gave it to the king of Assyria, it did not help him. -- 2 chronicles 28:21 +. +Now in the time of his distress this same King Ahaz became yet more unfaithful to the LORD. -- 2 chronicles 28:22 +. +For he sacrificed to the gods of Damascus which had defeated him, and said, "Because the gods of the kings of Aram helped them, I will sacrifice to them that they may help me." But they became the downfall of him and all Israel. -- 2 chronicles 28:23 +. +Moreover, when Ahaz gathered together the utensils of the house of God, he cut the utensils of the house of God in pieces; and he closed the doors of the house of the LORD and made altars for himself in every corner of Jerusalem. -- 2 chronicles 28:24 +. +In every city of Judah he made high places to burn incense to other gods, and provoked the LORD, the God of his fathers, to anger. -- 2 chronicles 28:25 +. +Now the rest of his acts and all his ways, from first to last, behold, they are written in the Book of the Kings of Judah and Israel. -- 2 chronicles 28:26 +. +So Ahaz slept with his fathers, and they buried him in the city, in Jerusalem, for they did not bring him into the tombs of the kings of Israel; and Hezekiah his son reigned in his place. -- 2 chronicles 28:27 +. +Hezekiah became king when he was twenty-five years old; and he reigned twenty-nine years in Jerusalem. And his mother's name was Abijah, the daughter of Zechariah. -- 2 chronicles 29:1 +. +He did right in the sight of the LORD, according to all that his father David had done. -- 2 chronicles 29:2 +. +In the first year of his reign, in the first month, he opened the doors of the house of the LORD and repaired them. -- 2 chronicles 29:3 +. +He brought in the priests and the Levites and gathered them into the square on the east. -- 2 chronicles 29:4 +. +Then he said to them, "Listen to me, O Levites. Consecrate yourselves now, and consecrate the house of the LORD, the God of your fathers, and carry the uncleanness out from the holy place. -- 2 chronicles 29:5 +. +"For our fathers have been unfaithful and have done evil in the sight of the LORD our God, and have forsaken Him and turned their faces away from the dwelling place of the LORD, and have turned their backs. -- 2 chronicles 29:6 +. +"They have also shut the doors of the porch and put out the lamps, and have not burned incense or offered burnt offerings in the holy place to the God of Israel. -- 2 chronicles 29:7 +. +"Therefore the wrath of the LORD was against Judah and Jerusalem, and He has made them an object of terror, of horror, and of hissing, as you see with your own eyes. -- 2 chronicles 29:8 +. +"For behold, our fathers have fallen by the sword, and our sons and our daughters and our wives are in captivity for this. -- 2 chronicles 29:9 +. +"Now it is in my heart to make a covenant with the LORD God of Israel, that His burning anger may turn away from us. -- 2 chronicles 29:10 +. +"My sons, do not be negligent now, for the LORD has chosen you to stand before Him, to minister to Him, and to be His ministers and burn incense." -- 2 chronicles 29:11 +. +Then the Levites arose: Mahath, the son of Amasai and Joel the son of Azariah, from the sons of the Kohathites; and from the sons of Merari, Kish the son of Abdi and Azariah the son of Jehallelel; and from the Gershonites, Joah the son of Zimmah and Eden the son of Joah; -- 2 chronicles 29:12 +. +and from the sons of Elizaphan, Shimri and Jeiel; and from the sons of Asaph, Zechariah and Mattaniah; -- 2 chronicles 29:13 +. +and from the sons of Heman, Jehiel and Shimei; and from the sons of Jeduthun, Shemaiah and Uzziel. -- 2 chronicles 29:14 +. +They assembled their brothers, consecrated themselves, and went in to cleanse the house of the LORD, according to the commandment of the king by the words of the LORD. -- 2 chronicles 29:15 +. +So the priests went in to the inner part of the house of the LORD to cleanse it, and every unclean thing which they found in the temple of the LORD they brought out to the court of the house of the LORD. Then the Levites received it to carry out to the Kidron valley. -- 2 chronicles 29:16 +. +Now they began the consecration on the first day of the first month, and on the eighth day of the month they entered the porch of the LORD. Then they consecrated the house of the LORD in eight days, and finished on the sixteenth day of the first month. -- 2 chronicles 29:17 +. +Then they went in to King Hezekiah and said, "We have cleansed the whole house of the LORD, the altar of burnt offering with all of its utensils, and the table of showbread with all of its utensils. -- 2 chronicles 29:18 +. +"Moreover, all the utensils which King Ahaz had discarded during his reign in his unfaithfulness, we have prepared and consecrated; and behold, they are before the altar of the LORD." -- 2 chronicles 29:19 +. +Then King Hezekiah arose early and assembled the princes of the city and went up to the house of the LORD. -- 2 chronicles 29:20 +. +They brought seven bulls, seven rams, seven lambs and seven male goats for a sin offering for the kingdom, the sanctuary, and Judah. And he ordered the priests, the sons of Aaron, to offer them on the altar of the LORD. -- 2 chronicles 29:21 +. +So they slaughtered the bulls, and the priests took the blood and sprinkled it on the altar. They also slaughtered the rams and sprinkled the blood on the altar; they slaughtered the lambs also and sprinkled the blood on the altar. -- 2 chronicles 29:22 +. +Then they brought the male goats of the sin offering before the king and the assembly, and they laid their hands on them. -- 2 chronicles 29:23 +. +The priests slaughtered them and purged the altar with their blood to atone for all Israel, for the king ordered the burnt offering and the sin offering for all Israel. -- 2 chronicles 29:24 +. +He then stationed the Levites in the house of the LORD with cymbals, with harps and with lyres, according to the command of David and of Gad the king's seer, and of Nathan the prophet; for the command was from the LORD through His prophets. -- 2 chronicles 29:25 +. +The Levites stood with the musical instruments of David, and the priests with the trumpets. -- 2 chronicles 29:26 +. +Then Hezekiah gave the order to offer the burnt offering on the altar. When the burnt offering began, the song to the LORD also began with the trumpets, accompanied by the instruments of David, king of Israel. -- 2 chronicles 29:27 +. +While the whole assembly worshiped, the singers also sang and the trumpets sounded; all this continued until the burnt offering was finished. -- 2 chronicles 29:28 +. +Now at the completion of the burnt offerings, the king and all who were present with him bowed down and worshiped. -- 2 chronicles 29:29 +. +Moreover, King Hezekiah and the officials ordered the Levites to sing praises to the LORD with the words of David and Asaph the seer. So they sang praises with joy, and bowed down and worshiped. -- 2 chronicles 29:30 +. +Then Hezekiah said, "Now that you have consecrated yourselves to the LORD, come near and bring sacrifices and thank offerings to the house of the LORD." And the assembly brought sacrifices and thank offerings, and all those who were willing brought burnt offerings. -- 2 chronicles 29:31 +. +The number of the burnt offerings which the assembly brought was bulls, 100 rams, and 200 lambs; all these were for a burnt offering to the LORD. -- 2 chronicles 29:32 +. +The consecrated things were bulls and 3,000 sheep. -- 2 chronicles 29:33 +. +But the priests were too few, so that they were unable to skin all the burnt offerings; therefore their brothers the Levites helped them until the work was completed and until the other priests had consecrated themselves. For the Levites were more conscientious to consecrate themselves than the priests. -- 2 chronicles 29:34 +. +There were also many burnt offerings with the fat of the peace offerings and with the libations for the burnt offerings. Thus the service of the house of the LORD was established again. -- 2 chronicles 29:35 +. +Then Hezekiah and all the people rejoiced over what God had prepared for the people, because the thing came about suddenly. -- 2 chronicles 29:36 +. +Now Hezekiah sent to all Israel and Judah and wrote letters also to Ephraim and Manasseh, that they should come to the house of the LORD at Jerusalem to celebrate the Passover to the LORD God of Israel. -- 2 chronicles 30:1 +. +For the king and his princes and all the assembly in Jerusalem had decided to celebrate the Passover in the second month, -- 2 chronicles 30:2 +. +since they could not celebrate it at that time, because the priests had not consecrated themselves in sufficient numbers, nor had the people been gathered to Jerusalem. -- 2 chronicles 30:3 +. +Thus the thing was right in the sight of the king and all the assembly. -- 2 chronicles 30:4 +. +So they established a decree to circulate a proclamation throughout all Israel from Beersheba even to Dan, that they should come to celebrate the Passover to the LORD God of Israel at Jerusalem. For they had not celebrated it in great numbers as it was prescribed. -- 2 chronicles 30:5 +. +The couriers went throughout all Israel and Judah with the letters from the hand of the king and his princes, even according to the command of the king, saying, "O sons of Israel, return to the LORD God of Abraham, Isaac and Israel, that He may return to those of you who escaped and are left from the hand of the kings of Assyria. -- 2 chronicles 30:6 +. +"Do not be like your fathers and your brothers, who were unfaithful to the LORD God of their fathers, so that He made them a horror, as you see. -- 2 chronicles 30:7 +. +"Now do not stiffen your neck like your fathers, but yield to the LORD and enter His sanctuary which He has consecrated forever, and serve the LORD your God, that His burning anger may turn away from you. -- 2 chronicles 30:8 +. +"For if you return to the LORD, your brothers and your sons will find compassion before those who led them captive and will return to this land. For the LORD your God is gracious and compassionate, and will not turn His face away from you if you return to Him." -- 2 chronicles 30:9 +. +So the couriers passed from city to city through the country of Ephraim and Manasseh, and as far as Zebulun, but they laughed them to scorn and mocked them. -- 2 chronicles 30:10 +. +Nevertheless some men of Asher, Manasseh and Zebulun humbled themselves and came to Jerusalem. -- 2 chronicles 30:11 +. +The hand of God was also on Judah to give them one heart to do what the king and the princes commanded by the word of the LORD. -- 2 chronicles 30:12 +. +Now many people were gathered at Jerusalem to celebrate the Feast of Unleavened Bread in the second month, a very large assembly. -- 2 chronicles 30:13 +. +They arose and removed the altars which were in Jerusalem; they also removed all the incense altars and cast them into the brook Kidron. -- 2 chronicles 30:14 +. +Then they slaughtered the Passover lambs on the fourteenth of the second month. And the priests and Levites were ashamed of themselves, and consecrated themselves and brought burnt offerings to the house of the LORD. -- 2 chronicles 30:15 +. +They stood at their stations after their custom, according to the law of Moses the man of God; the priests sprinkled the blood which they received from the hand of the Levites. -- 2 chronicles 30:16 +. +For there were many in the assembly who had not consecrated themselves; therefore, the Levites were over the slaughter of the Passover lambs for everyone who was unclean, in order to consecrate them to the LORD. -- 2 chronicles 30:17 +. +For a multitude of the people, even many from Ephraim and Manasseh, Issachar and Zebulun, had not purified themselves, yet they ate the Passover otherwise than prescribed. For Hezekiah prayed for them, saying, "May the good LORD pardon -- 2 chronicles 30:18 +. +everyone who prepares his heart to seek God, the LORD God of his fathers, though not according to the purification rules of the sanctuary." -- 2 chronicles 30:19 +. +So the LORD heard Hezekiah and healed the people. -- 2 chronicles 30:20 +. +The sons of Israel present in Jerusalem celebrated the Feast of Unleavened Bread for seven days with great joy, and the Levites and the priests praised the LORD day after day with loud instruments to the LORD. -- 2 chronicles 30:21 +. +Then Hezekiah spoke encouragingly to all the Levites who showed good insight in the things of the LORD. So they ate for the appointed seven days, sacrificing peace offerings and giving thanks to the LORD God of their fathers. -- 2 chronicles 30:22 +. +Then the whole assembly decided to celebrate the feast another seven days, so they celebrated the seven days with joy. -- 2 chronicles 30:23 +. +For Hezekiah king of Judah had contributed to the assembly 1,bulls and 7,000 sheep, and the princes had contributed to the assembly 1,000 bulls and 10,000 sheep; and a large number of priests consecrated themselves. -- 2 chronicles 30:24 +. +All the assembly of Judah rejoiced, with the priests and the Levites and all the assembly that came from Israel, both the sojourners who came from the land of Israel and those living in Judah. -- 2 chronicles 30:25 +. +So there was great joy in Jerusalem, because there was nothing like this in Jerusalem since the days of Solomon the son of David, king of Israel. -- 2 chronicles 30:26 +. +Then the Levitical priests arose and blessed the people; and their voice was heard and their prayer came to His holy dwelling place, to heaven. -- 2 chronicles 30:27 +. +Now when all this was finished, all Israel who were present went out to the cities of Judah, broke the pillars in pieces, cut down the Asherim and pulled down the high places and the altars throughout all Judah and Benjamin, as well as in Ephraim and Manasseh, until they had destroyed them all. Then all the sons of Israel returned to their cities, each to his possession. -- 2 chronicles 31:1 +. +And Hezekiah appointed the divisions of the priests and the Levites by their divisions, each according to his service, both the priests and the Levites, for burnt offerings and for peace offerings, to minister and to give thanks and to praise in the gates of the camp of the LORD. -- 2 chronicles 31:2 +. +He also appointed the king's portion of his goods for the burnt offerings, namely, for the morning and evening burnt offerings, and the burnt offerings for the sabbaths and for the new moons and for the fixed festivals, as it is written in the law of the LORD. -- 2 chronicles 31:3 +. +Also he commanded the people who lived in Jerusalem to give the portion due to the priests and the Levites, that they might devote themselves to the law of the LORD. -- 2 chronicles 31:4 +. +As soon as the order spread, the sons of Israel provided in abundance the first fruits of grain, new wine, oil, honey and of all the produce of the field; and they brought in abundantly the tithe of all. -- 2 chronicles 31:5 +. +The sons of Israel and Judah who lived in the cities of Judah also brought in the tithe of oxen and sheep, and the tithe of sacred gifts which were consecrated to the LORD their God, and placed them in heaps. -- 2 chronicles 31:6 +. +In the third month they began to make the heaps, and finished them by the seventh month. -- 2 chronicles 31:7 +. +When Hezekiah and the rulers came and saw the heaps, they blessed the LORD and His people Israel. -- 2 chronicles 31:8 +. +Then Hezekiah questioned the priests and the Levites concerning the heaps. -- 2 chronicles 31:9 +. +Azariah the chief priest of the house of Zadok said to him, "Since the contributions began to be brought into the house of the LORD, we have had enough to eat with plenty left over, for the LORD has blessed His people, and this great quantity is left over." -- 2 chronicles 31:10 +. +Then Hezekiah commanded them to prepare rooms in the house of the LORD, and they prepared them. -- 2 chronicles 31:11 +. +They faithfully brought in the contributions and the tithes and the consecrated things; and Conaniah the Levite was the officer in charge of them and his brother Shimei was second. -- 2 chronicles 31:12 +. +Jehiel, Azaziah, Nahath, Asahel, Jerimoth, Jozabad, Eliel, Ismachiah, Mahath and Benaiah were overseers under the authority of Conaniah and Shimei his brother by the appointment of King Hezekiah, and Azariah was the chief officer of the house of God. -- 2 chronicles 31:13 +. +Kore the son of Imnah the Levite, the keeper of the eastern gate, was over the freewill offerings of God, to apportion the contributions for the LORD and the most holy things. -- 2 chronicles 31:14 +. +Under his authority were Eden, Miniamin, Jeshua, Shemaiah, Amariah and Shecaniah in the cities of the priests, to distribute faithfully their portions to their brothers by divisions, whether great or small, -- 2 chronicles 31:15 +. +without regard to their genealogical enrollment, to the males from thirty years old and upward--everyone who entered the house of the LORD for his daily obligations--for their work in their duties according to their divisions; -- 2 chronicles 31:16 +. +as well as the priests who were enrolled genealogically according to their fathers' households, and the Levites from twenty years old and upwards, by their duties and their divisions. -- 2 chronicles 31:17 +. +The genealogical enrollment included all their little children, their wives, their sons and their daughters, for the whole assembly, for they consecrated themselves faithfully in holiness. -- 2 chronicles 31:18 +. +Also for the sons of Aaron the priests who were in the pasture lands of their cities, or in each and every city, there were men who were designated by name to distribute portions to every male among the priests and to everyone genealogically enrolled among the Levites. -- 2 chronicles 31:19 +. +Thus Hezekiah did throughout all Judah; and he did what was good, right and true before the LORD his God. -- 2 chronicles 31:20 +. +Every work which he began in the service of the house of God in law and in commandment, seeking his God, he did with all his heart and prospered. -- 2 chronicles 31:21 +. +After these acts of faithfulness Sennacherib king of Assyria came and invaded Judah and besieged the fortified cities, and thought to break into them for himself. -- 2 chronicles 32:1 +. +Now when Hezekiah saw that Sennacherib had come and that he intended to make war on Jerusalem, -- 2 chronicles 32:2 +. +he decided with his officers and his warriors to cut off the supply of water from the springs which were outside the city, and they helped him. -- 2 chronicles 32:3 +. +So many people assembled and stopped up all the springs and the stream which flowed through the region, saying, "Why should the kings of Assyria come and find abundant water?" -- 2 chronicles 32:4 +. +And he took courage and rebuilt all the wall that had been broken down and erected towers on it, and built another outside wall and strengthened the Millo in the city of David, and made weapons and shields in great number. -- 2 chronicles 32:5 +. +He appointed military officers over the people and gathered them to him in the square at the city gate, and spoke encouragingly to them, saying, -- 2 chronicles 32:6 +. +"Be strong and courageous, do not fear or be dismayed because of the king of Assyria nor because of all the horde that is with him; for the one with us is greater than the one with him. -- 2 chronicles 32:7 +. +"With him is only an arm of flesh, but with us is the LORD our God to help us and to fight our battles." And the people relied on the words of Hezekiah king of Judah. -- 2 chronicles 32:8 +. +After this Sennacherib king of Assyria sent his servants to Jerusalem while he was besieging Lachish with all his forces with him, against Hezekiah king of Judah and against all Judah who were at Jerusalem, saying, -- 2 chronicles 32:9 +. +"Thus says Sennacherib king of Assyria, 'On what are you trusting that you are remaining in Jerusalem under siege? -- 2 chronicles 32:10 +. +'Is not Hezekiah misleading you to give yourselves over to die by hunger and by thirst, saying, "The LORD our God will deliver us from the hand of the king of Assyria"? -- 2 chronicles 32:11 +. +'Has not the same Hezekiah taken away His high places and His altars, and said to Judah and Jerusalem, "You shall worship before one altar, and on it you shall burn incense"? -- 2 chronicles 32:12 +. +'Do you not know what I and my fathers have done to all the peoples of the lands? Were the gods of the nations of the lands able at all to deliver their land from my hand? -- 2 chronicles 32:13 +. +'Who was there among all the gods of those nations which my fathers utterly destroyed who could deliver his people out of my hand, that your God should be able to deliver you from my hand? -- 2 chronicles 32:14 +. +'Now therefore, do not let Hezekiah deceive you or mislead you like this, and do not believe him, for no god of any nation or kingdom was able to deliver his people from my hand or from the hand of my fathers. How much less will your God deliver you from my hand?'" -- 2 chronicles 32:15 +. +His servants spoke further against the LORD God and against His servant Hezekiah. -- 2 chronicles 32:16 +. +He also wrote letters to insult the LORD God of Israel, and to speak against Him, saying, "As the gods of the nations of the lands have not delivered their people from my hand, so the God of Hezekiah will not deliver His people from my hand." -- 2 chronicles 32:17 +. +They called this out with a loud voice in the language of Judah to the people of Jerusalem who were on the wall, to frighten and terrify them, so that they might take the city. -- 2 chronicles 32:18 +. +They spoke of the God of Jerusalem as of the gods of the peoples of the earth, the work of men's hands. -- 2 chronicles 32:19 +. +But King Hezekiah and Isaiah the prophet, the son of Amoz, prayed about this and cried out to heaven. -- 2 chronicles 32:20 +. +And the LORD sent an angel who destroyed every mighty warrior, commander and officer in the camp of the king of Assyria. So he returned in shame to his own land. And when he had entered the temple of his god, some of his own children killed him there with the sword. -- 2 chronicles 32:21 +. +So the LORD saved Hezekiah and the inhabitants of Jerusalem from the hand of Sennacherib the king of Assyria and from the hand of all others, and guided them on every side. -- 2 chronicles 32:22 +. +And many were bringing gifts to the LORD at Jerusalem and choice presents to Hezekiah king of Judah, so that he was exalted in the sight of all nations thereafter. -- 2 chronicles 32:23 +. +In those days Hezekiah became mortally ill; and he prayed to the LORD, and the LORD spoke to him and gave him a sign. -- 2 chronicles 32:24 +. +But Hezekiah gave no return for the benefit he received, because his heart was proud; therefore wrath came on him and on Judah and Jerusalem. -- 2 chronicles 32:25 +. +However, Hezekiah humbled the pride of his heart, both he and the inhabitants of Jerusalem, so that the wrath of the LORD did not come on them in the days of Hezekiah. -- 2 chronicles 32:26 +. +Now Hezekiah had immense riches and honor; and he made for himself treasuries for silver, gold, precious stones, spices, shields and all kinds of valuable articles, -- 2 chronicles 32:27 +. +storehouses also for the produce of grain, wine and oil, pens for all kinds of cattle and sheepfolds for the flocks. -- 2 chronicles 32:28 +. +He made cities for himself and acquired flocks and herds in abundance, for God had given him very great wealth. -- 2 chronicles 32:29 +. +It was Hezekiah who stopped the upper outlet of the waters of Gihon and directed them to the west side of the city of David. And Hezekiah prospered in all that he did. -- 2 chronicles 32:30 +. +Even in the matter of the envoys of the rulers of Babylon, who sent to him to inquire of the wonder that had happened in the land, God left him alone only to test him, that He might know all that was in his heart. -- 2 chronicles 32:31 +. +Now the rest of the acts of Hezekiah and his deeds of devotion, behold, they are written in the vision of Isaiah the prophet, the son of Amoz, in the Book of the Kings of Judah and Israel. -- 2 chronicles 32:32 +. +So Hezekiah slept with his fathers, and they buried him in the upper section of the tombs of the sons of David; and all Judah and the inhabitants of Jerusalem honored him at his death. And his son Manasseh became king in his place. -- 2 chronicles 32:33 +. +Manasseh was twelve years old when he became king, and he reigned fifty-five years in Jerusalem. -- 2 chronicles 33:1 +. +He did evil in the sight of the LORD according to the abominations of the nations whom the LORD dispossessed before the sons of Israel. -- 2 chronicles 33:2 +. +For he rebuilt the high places which Hezekiah his father had broken down; he also erected altars for the Baals and made Asherim, and worshiped all the host of heaven and served them. -- 2 chronicles 33:3 +. +He built altars in the house of the LORD of which the LORD had said, "My name shall be in Jerusalem forever." -- 2 chronicles 33:4 +. +For he built altars for all the host of heaven in the two courts of the house of the LORD. -- 2 chronicles 33:5 +. +He made his sons pass through the fire in the valley of Ben-hinnom; and he practiced witchcraft, used divination, practiced sorcery and dealt with mediums and spiritists. He did much evil in the sight of the LORD, provoking Him to anger. -- 2 chronicles 33:6 +. +Then he put the carved image of the idol which he had made in the house of God, of which God had said to David and to Solomon his son, "In this house and in Jerusalem, which I have chosen from all the tribes of Israel, I will put My name forever; -- 2 chronicles 33:7 +. +and I will not again remove the foot of Israel from the land which I have appointed for your fathers, if only they will observe to do all that I have commanded them according to all the law, the statutes and the ordinances given through Moses." -- 2 chronicles 33:8 +. +Thus Manasseh misled Judah and the inhabitants of Jerusalem to do more evil than the nations whom the LORD destroyed before the sons of Israel. -- 2 chronicles 33:9 +. +The LORD spoke to Manasseh and his people, but they paid no attention. -- 2 chronicles 33:10 +. +Therefore the LORD brought the commanders of the army of the king of Assyria against them, and they captured Manasseh with hooks, bound him with bronze chains and took him to Babylon. -- 2 chronicles 33:11 +. +When he was in distress, he entreated the LORD his God and humbled himself greatly before the God of his fathers. -- 2 chronicles 33:12 +. +When he prayed to Him, He was moved by his entreaty and heard his supplication, and brought him again to Jerusalem to his kingdom. Then Manasseh knew that the LORD was God. -- 2 chronicles 33:13 +. +Now after this he built the outer wall of the city of David on the west side of Gihon, in the valley, even to the entrance of the Fish Gate; and he encircled the Ophel with it and made it very high. Then he put army commanders in all the fortified cities of Judah. -- 2 chronicles 33:14 +. +He also removed the foreign gods and the idol from the house of the LORD, as well as all the altars which he had built on the mountain of the house of the LORD and in Jerusalem, and he threw them outside the city. -- 2 chronicles 33:15 +. +He set up the altar of the LORD and sacrificed peace offerings and thank offerings on it; and he ordered Judah to serve the LORD God of Israel. -- 2 chronicles 33:16 +. +Nevertheless the people still sacrificed in the high places, although only to the LORD their God. -- 2 chronicles 33:17 +. +Now the rest of the acts of Manasseh even his prayer to his God, and the words of the seers who spoke to him in the name of the LORD God of Israel, behold, they are among the records of the kings of Israel. -- 2 chronicles 33:18 +. +His prayer also and how God was entreated by him, and all his sin, his unfaithfulness, and the sites on which he built high places and erected the Asherim and the carved images, before he humbled himself, behold, they are written in the records of the Hozai. -- 2 chronicles 33:19 +. +So Manasseh slept with his fathers, and they buried him in his own house. And Amon his son became king in his place. -- 2 chronicles 33:20 +. +Amon was twenty-two years old when he became king, and he reigned two years in Jerusalem. -- 2 chronicles 33:21 +. +He did evil in the sight of the LORD as Manasseh his father had done, and Amon sacrificed to all the carved images which his father Manasseh had made, and he served them. -- 2 chronicles 33:22 +. +Moreover, he did not humble himself before the LORD as his father Manasseh had done, but Amon multiplied guilt. -- 2 chronicles 33:23 +. +Finally his servants conspired against him and put him to death in his own house. -- 2 chronicles 33:24 +. +But the people of the land killed all the conspirators against King Amon, and the people of the land made Josiah his son king in his place. -- 2 chronicles 33:25 +. +Josiah was eight years old when he became king, and he reigned thirty-one years in Jerusalem. -- 2 chronicles 34:1 +. +He did right in the sight of the LORD, and walked in the ways of his father David and did not turn aside to the right or to the left. -- 2 chronicles 34:2 +. +For in the eighth year of his reign while he was still a youth, he began to seek the God of his father David; and in the twelfth year he began to purge Judah and Jerusalem of the high places, the Asherim, the carved images and the molten images. -- 2 chronicles 34:3 +. +They tore down the altars of the Baals in his presence, and the incense altars that were high above them he chopped down; also the Asherim, the carved images and the molten images he broke in pieces and ground to powder and scattered it on the graves of those who had sacrificed to them. -- 2 chronicles 34:4 +. +Then he burned the bones of the priests on their altars and purged Judah and Jerusalem. -- 2 chronicles 34:5 +. +In the cities of Manasseh, Ephraim, Simeon, even as far as Naphtali, in their surrounding ruins, -- 2 chronicles 34:6 +. +he also tore down the altars and beat the Asherim and the carved images into powder, and chopped down all the incense altars throughout the land of Israel. Then he returned to Jerusalem. -- 2 chronicles 34:7 +. +Now in the eighteenth year of his reign, when he had purged the land and the house, he sent Shaphan the son of Azaliah, and Maaseiah an official of the city, and Joah the son of Joahaz the recorder, to repair the house of the LORD his God. -- 2 chronicles 34:8 +. +They came to Hilkiah the high priest and delivered the money that was brought into the house of God, which the Levites, the doorkeepers, had collected from Manasseh and Ephraim, and from all the remnant of Israel, and from all Judah and Benjamin and the inhabitants of Jerusalem. -- 2 chronicles 34:9 +. +Then they gave it into the hands of the workmen who had the oversight of the house of the LORD, and the workmen who were working in the house of the LORD used it to restore and repair the house. -- 2 chronicles 34:10 +. +They in turn gave it to the carpenters and to the builders to buy quarried stone and timber for couplings and to make beams for the houses which the kings of Judah had let go to ruin. -- 2 chronicles 34:11 +. +The men did the work faithfully with foremen over them to supervise: Jahath and Obadiah, the Levites of the sons of Merari, Zechariah and Meshullam of the sons of the Kohathites, and the Levites, all who were skillful with musical instruments. -- 2 chronicles 34:12 +. +They were also over the burden bearers, and supervised all the workmen from job to job; and some of the Levites were scribes and officials and gatekeepers. -- 2 chronicles 34:13 +. +When they were bringing out the money which had been brought into the house of the LORD, Hilkiah the priest found the book of the law of the LORD given by Moses. -- 2 chronicles 34:14 +. +Hilkiah responded and said to Shaphan the scribe, "I have found the book of the law in the house of the LORD." And Hilkiah gave the book to Shaphan. -- 2 chronicles 34:15 +. +Then Shaphan brought the book to the king and reported further word to the king, saying, "Everything that was entrusted to your servants they are doing. -- 2 chronicles 34:16 +. +"They have also emptied out the money which was found in the house of the LORD, and have delivered it into the hands of the supervisors and the workmen." -- 2 chronicles 34:17 +. +Moreover, Shaphan the scribe told the king saying, "Hilkiah the priest gave me a book." And Shaphan read from it in the presence of the king. -- 2 chronicles 34:18 +. +When the king heard the words of the law, he tore his clothes. -- 2 chronicles 34:19 +. +Then the king commanded Hilkiah, Ahikam the son of Shaphan, Abdon the son of Micah, Shaphan the scribe, and Asaiah the king's servant, saying, -- 2 chronicles 34:20 +. +"Go, inquire of the LORD for me and for those who are left in Israel and in Judah, concerning the words of the book which has been found; for great is the wrath of the LORD which is poured out on us because our fathers have not observed the word of the LORD, to do according to all that is written in this book." -- 2 chronicles 34:21 +. +So Hilkiah and those whom the king had told went to Huldah the prophetess, the wife of Shallum the son of Tokhath, the son of Hasrah, the keeper of the wardrobe (now she lived in Jerusalem in the Second Quarter); and they spoke to her regarding this. -- 2 chronicles 34:22 +. +She said to them, "Thus says the LORD, the God of Israel, 'Tell the man who sent you to Me, -- 2 chronicles 34:23 +. +thus says the LORD, "Behold, I am bringing evil on this place and on its inhabitants, even all the curses written in the book which they have read in the presence of the king of Judah. -- 2 chronicles 34:24 +. +"Because they have forsaken Me and have burned incense to other gods, that they might provoke Me to anger with all the works of their hands; therefore My wrath will be poured out on this place and it shall not be quenched."' -- 2 chronicles 34:25 +. +"But to the king of Judah who sent you to inquire of the LORD, thus you will say to him, 'Thus says the LORD God of Israel regarding the words which you have heard, -- 2 chronicles 34:26 +. +"Because your heart was tender and you humbled yourself before God when you heard His words against this place and against its inhabitants, and because you humbled yourself before Me, tore your clothes and wept before Me, I truly have heard you," declares the LORD. -- 2 chronicles 34:27 +. +"Behold, I will gather you to your fathers and you shall be gathered to your grave in peace, so your eyes will not see all the evil which I will bring on this place and on its inhabitants."'" And they brought back word to the king. -- 2 chronicles 34:28 +. +Then the king sent and gathered all the elders of Judah and Jerusalem. -- 2 chronicles 34:29 +. +The king went up to the house of the LORD and all the men of Judah, the inhabitants of Jerusalem, the priests, the Levites and all the people, from the greatest to the least; and he read in their hearing all the words of the book of the covenant which was found in the house of the LORD. -- 2 chronicles 34:30 +. +Then the king stood in his place and made a covenant before the LORD to walk after the LORD, and to keep His commandments and His testimonies and His statutes with all his heart and with all his soul, to perform the words of the covenant written in this book. -- 2 chronicles 34:31 +. +Moreover, he made all who were present in Jerusalem and Benjamin to stand with him. So the inhabitants of Jerusalem did according to the covenant of God, the God of their fathers. -- 2 chronicles 34:32 +. +Josiah removed all the abominations from all the lands belonging to the sons of Israel, and made all who were present in Israel to serve the LORD their God. Throughout his lifetime they did not turn from following the LORD God of their fathers. -- 2 chronicles 34:33 +. +Then Josiah celebrated the Passover to the LORD in Jerusalem, and they slaughtered the Passover animals on the fourteenth day of the first month. -- 2 chronicles 35:1 +. +He set the priests in their offices and encouraged them in the service of the house of the LORD. -- 2 chronicles 35:2 +. +He also said to the Levites who taught all Israel and who were holy to the LORD, "Put the holy ark in the house which Solomon the son of David king of Israel built; it will be a burden on your shoulders no longer. Now serve the LORD your God and His people Israel. -- 2 chronicles 35:3 +. +"Prepare yourselves by your fathers' households in your divisions, according to the writing of David king of Israel and according to the writing of his son Solomon. -- 2 chronicles 35:4 +. +"Moreover, stand in the holy place according to the sections of the fathers' households of your brethren the lay people, and according to the Levites, by division of a father's household. -- 2 chronicles 35:5 +. +"Now slaughter the Passover animals, sanctify yourselves and prepare for your brethren to do according to the word of the LORD by Moses." -- 2 chronicles 35:6 +. +Josiah contributed to the lay people, to all who were present, flocks of lambs and young goats, all for the Passover offerings, numbering 30,plus 3,000 bulls; these were from the king's possessions. -- 2 chronicles 35:7 +. +His officers also contributed a freewill offering to the people, the priests and the Levites. Hilkiah and Zechariah and Jehiel, the officials of the house of God, gave to the priests for the Passover offerings 2,from the flocks and 300 bulls. -- 2 chronicles 35:8 +. +Conaniah also, and Shemaiah and Nethanel, his brothers, and Hashabiah and Jeiel and Jozabad, the officers of the Levites, contributed to the Levites for the Passover offerings 5,from the flocks and 500 bulls. -- 2 chronicles 35:9 +. +So the service was prepared, and the priests stood at their stations and the Levites by their divisions according to the king's command. -- 2 chronicles 35:10 +. +They slaughtered the Passover animals, and while the priests sprinkled the blood received from their hand, the Levites skinned them. -- 2 chronicles 35:11 +. +Then they removed the burnt offerings that they might give them to the sections of the fathers' households of the lay people to present to the LORD, as it is written in the book of Moses. They did this also with the bulls. -- 2 chronicles 35:12 +. +So they roasted the Passover animals on the fire according to the ordinance, and they boiled the holy things in pots, in kettles, in pans, and carried them speedily to all the lay people. -- 2 chronicles 35:13 +. +Afterwards they prepared for themselves and for the priests, because the priests, the sons of Aaron, were offering the burnt offerings and the fat until night; therefore the Levites prepared for themselves and for the priests, the sons of Aaron. -- 2 chronicles 35:14 +. +The singers, the sons of Asaph, were also at their stations according to the command of David, Asaph, Heman, and Jeduthun the king's seer; and the gatekeepers at each gate did not have to depart from their service, because the Levites their brethren prepared for them. -- 2 chronicles 35:15 +. +So all the service of the LORD was prepared on that day to celebrate the Passover, and to offer burnt offerings on the altar of the LORD according to the command of King Josiah. -- 2 chronicles 35:16 +. +Thus the sons of Israel who were present celebrated the Passover at that time, and the Feast of Unleavened Bread seven days. -- 2 chronicles 35:17 +. +There had not been celebrated a Passover like it in Israel since the days of Samuel the prophet; nor had any of the kings of Israel celebrated such a Passover as Josiah did with the priests, the Levites, all Judah and Israel who were present, and the inhabitants of Jerusalem. -- 2 chronicles 35:18 +. +In the eighteenth year of Josiah's reign this Passover was celebrated. -- 2 chronicles 35:19 +. +After all this, when Josiah had set the temple in order, Neco king of Egypt came up to make war at Carchemish on the Euphrates, and Josiah went out to engage him. -- 2 chronicles 35:20 +. +But Neco sent messengers to him, saying, "What have we to do with each other, O King of Judah? I am not coming against you today but against the house with which I am at war, and God has ordered me to hurry. Stop for your own sake from interfering with God who is with me, so that He will not destroy you." -- 2 chronicles 35:21 +. +However, Josiah would not turn away from him, but disguised himself in order to make war with him; nor did he listen to the words of Neco from the mouth of God, but came to make war on the plain of Megiddo. -- 2 chronicles 35:22 +. +The archers shot King Josiah, and the king said to his servants, "Take me away, for I am badly wounded." -- 2 chronicles 35:23 +. +So his servants took him out of the chariot and carried him in the second chariot which he had, and brought him to Jerusalem where he died and was buried in the tombs of his fathers. All Judah and Jerusalem mourned for Josiah. -- 2 chronicles 35:24 +. +Then Jeremiah chanted a lament for Josiah. And all the male and female singers speak about Josiah in their lamentations to this day. And they made them an ordinance in Israel; behold, they are also written in the Lamentations. -- 2 chronicles 35:25 +. +Now the rest of the acts of Josiah and his deeds of devotion as written in the law of the LORD, -- 2 chronicles 35:26 +. +and his acts, first to last, behold, they are written in the Book of the Kings of Israel and Judah. -- 2 chronicles 35:27 +. +Then the people of the land took Joahaz the son of Josiah, and made him king in place of his father in Jerusalem. -- 2 chronicles 36:1 +. +Joahaz was twenty-three years old when he became king, and he reigned three months in Jerusalem. -- 2 chronicles 36:2 +. +Then the king of Egypt deposed him at Jerusalem, and imposed on the land a fine of one hundred talents of silver and one talent of gold. -- 2 chronicles 36:3 +. +The king of Egypt made Eliakim his brother king over Judah and Jerusalem, and changed his name to Jehoiakim. But Neco took Joahaz his brother and brought him to Egypt. -- 2 chronicles 36:4 +. +Jehoiakim was twenty-five years old when he became king, and he reigned eleven years in Jerusalem; and he did evil in the sight of the LORD his God. -- 2 chronicles 36:5 +. +Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon came up against him and bound him with bronze chains to take him to Babylon. -- 2 chronicles 36:6 +. +Nebuchadnezzar also brought some of the articles of the house of the LORD to Babylon and put them in his temple at Babylon. -- 2 chronicles 36:7 +. +Now the rest of the acts of Jehoiakim and the abominations which he did, and what was found against him, behold, they are written in the Book of the Kings of Israel and Judah. And Jehoiachin his son became king in his place. -- 2 chronicles 36:8 +. +Jehoiachin was eight years old when he became king, and he reigned three months and ten days in Jerusalem, and he did evil in the sight of the LORD. -- 2 chronicles 36:9 +. +At the turn of the year King Nebuchadnezzar sent and brought him to Babylon with the valuable articles of the house of the LORD, and he made his kinsman Zedekiah king over Judah and Jerusalem. -- 2 chronicles 36:10 +. +Zedekiah was twenty-one years old when he became king, and he reigned eleven years in Jerusalem. -- 2 chronicles 36:11 +. +He did evil in the sight of the LORD his God; he did not humble himself before Jeremiah the prophet who spoke for the LORD. -- 2 chronicles 36:12 +. +He also rebelled against King Nebuchadnezzar who had made him swear allegiance by God. But he stiffened his neck and hardened his heart against turning to the LORD God of Israel. -- 2 chronicles 36:13 +. +Furthermore, all the officials of the priests and the people were very unfaithful following all the abominations of the nations; and they defiled the house of the LORD which He had sanctified in Jerusalem. -- 2 chronicles 36:14 +. +The LORD, the God of their fathers, sent word to them again and again by His messengers, because He had compassion on His people and on His dwelling place; -- 2 chronicles 36:15 +. +but they continually mocked the messengers of God, despised His words and scoffed at His prophets, until the wrath of the LORD arose against His people, until there was no remedy. -- 2 chronicles 36:16 +. +Therefore He brought up against them the king of the Chaldeans who slew their young men with the sword in the house of their sanctuary, and had no compassion on young man or virgin, old man or infirm; He gave them all into his hand. -- 2 chronicles 36:17 +. +All the articles of the house of God, great and small, and the treasures of the house of the LORD, and the treasures of the king and of his officers, he brought them all to Babylon. -- 2 chronicles 36:18 +. +Then they burned the house of God and broke down the wall of Jerusalem, and burned all its fortified buildings with fire and destroyed all its valuable articles. -- 2 chronicles 36:19 +. +Those who had escaped from the sword he carried away to Babylon; and they were servants to him and to his sons until the rule of the kingdom of Persia, -- 2 chronicles 36:20 +. +to fulfill the word of the LORD by the mouth of Jeremiah, until the land had enjoyed its sabbaths. All the days of its desolation it kept sabbath until seventy years were complete. -- 2 chronicles 36:21 +. +Now in the first year of Cyrus king of Persia--in order to fulfill the word of the LORD by the mouth of Jeremiah--the LORD stirred up the spirit of Cyrus king of Persia, so that he sent a proclamation throughout his kingdom, and also put it in writing, saying, -- 2 chronicles 36:22 +. +"Thus says Cyrus king of Persia, 'The LORD, the God of heaven, has given me all the kingdoms of the earth, and He has appointed me to build Him a house in Jerusalem, which is in Judah. Whoever there is among you of all His people, may the LORD his God be with him, and let him go up!'" -- 2 chronicles 36:23 +. +Now in the first year of Cyrus king of Persia, in order to fulfill the word of the LORD by the mouth of Jeremiah, the LORD stirred up the spirit of Cyrus king of Persia, so that he sent a proclamation throughout all his kingdom, and also put it in writing, saying: -- ezra 1:1 +. +"Thus says Cyrus king of Persia, 'The LORD, the God of heaven, has given me all the kingdoms of the earth and He has appointed me to build Him a house in Jerusalem, which is in Judah. -- ezra 1:2 +. +'Whoever there is among you of all His people, may his God be with him! Let him go up to Jerusalem which is in Judah and rebuild the house of the LORD, the God of Israel; He is the God who is in Jerusalem. -- ezra 1:3 +. +'Every survivor, at whatever place he may live, let the men of that place support him with silver and gold, with goods and cattle, together with a freewill offering for the house of God which is in Jerusalem.'" -- ezra 1:4 +. +Then the heads of fathers' households of Judah and Benjamin and the priests and the Levites arose, even everyone whose spirit God had stirred to go up and rebuild the house of the LORD which is in Jerusalem. -- ezra 1:5 +. +All those about them encouraged them with articles of silver, with gold, with goods, with cattle and with valuables, aside from all that was given as a freewill offering. -- ezra 1:6 +. +Also King Cyrus brought out the articles of the house of the LORD, which Nebuchadnezzar had carried away from Jerusalem and put in the house of his gods; -- ezra 1:7 +. +and Cyrus, king of Persia, had them brought out by the hand of Mithredath the treasurer, and he counted them out to Sheshbazzar, the prince of Judah. -- ezra 1:8 +. +Now this was their number: gold dishes, 1,000 silver dishes, 29 duplicates; -- ezra 1:9 +. +gold bowls, 410 silver bowls of a second kind and 1,000 other articles. -- ezra 1:10 +. +All the articles of gold and silver numbered 5,400. Sheshbazzar brought them all up with the exiles who went up from Babylon to Jerusalem. -- ezra 1:11 +. +Now these are the people of the province who came up out of the captivity of the exiles whom Nebuchadnezzar the king of Babylon had carried away to Babylon, and returned to Jerusalem and Judah, each to his city. -- ezra 2:1 +. +These came with Zerubbabel, Jeshua, Nehemiah, Seraiah, Reelaiah, Mordecai, Bilshan, Mispar, Bigvai, Rehum and Baanah. The number of the men of the people of Israel: -- ezra 2:2 +. +the sons of Parosh, 2,172; -- ezra 2:3 +. +the sons of Shephatiah, 372; -- ezra 2:4 +. +the sons of Arah, 775; -- ezra 2:5 +. +the sons of Pahath-moab of the sons of Jeshua and Joab, 2,812; -- ezra 2:6 +. +the sons of Elam, 1,254; -- ezra 2:7 +. +the sons of Zattu, 945; -- ezra 2:8 +. +the sons of Zaccai, 760; -- ezra 2:9 +. +the sons of Bani, 642; -- ezra 2:10 +. +the sons of Bebai, 623; -- ezra 2:11 +. +the sons of Azgad, 1,222; -- ezra 2:12 +. +the sons of Adonikam, 666; -- ezra 2:13 +. +the sons of Bigvai, 2,056; -- ezra 2:14 +. +the sons of Adin, 454; -- ezra 2:15 +. +the sons of Ater of Hezekiah, 98; -- ezra 2:16 +. +the sons of Bezai, 323; -- ezra 2:17 +. +the sons of Jorah, 112; -- ezra 2:18 +. +the sons of Hashum, 223; -- ezra 2:19 +. +the sons of Gibbar, 95; -- ezra 2:20 +. +the men of Bethlehem, 123; -- ezra 2:21 +. +the men of Netophah, 56; -- ezra 2:22 +. +the men of Anathoth, 128; -- ezra 2:23 +. +the sons of Azmaveth, 42; -- ezra 2:24 +. +the sons of Kiriath-arim, Chephirah and Beeroth, 743; -- ezra 2:25 +. +the sons of Ramah and Geba, 621; -- ezra 2:26 +. +the men of Michmas, 122; -- ezra 2:27 +. +the men of Bethel and Ai, 223; -- ezra 2:28 +. +the sons of Nebo, 52; -- ezra 2:29 +. +the sons of Magbish, 156; -- ezra 2:30 +. +the sons of the other Elam, 1,254; -- ezra 2:31 +. +the sons of Harim, 320; -- ezra 2:32 +. +the sons of Lod, Hadid and Ono, 725; -- ezra 2:33 +. +the men of Jericho, 345; -- ezra 2:34 +. +the sons of Senaah, 3,630. -- ezra 2:35 +. +The priests: the sons of Jedaiah of the house of Jeshua, 973; -- ezra 2:36 +. +the sons of Immer, 1,052; -- ezra 2:37 +. +the sons of Pashhur, 1,247; -- ezra 2:38 +. +the sons of Harim, 1,017. -- ezra 2:39 +. +The Levites: the sons of Jeshua and Kadmiel, of the sons of Hodaviah, 74. -- ezra 2:40 +. +The singers: the sons of Asaph, 128. -- ezra 2:41 +. +The sons of the gatekeepers: the sons of Shallum, the sons of Ater, the sons of Talmon, the sons of Akkub, the sons of Hatita, the sons of Shobai, in all 139. -- ezra 2:42 +. +The temple servants: the sons of Ziha, the sons of Hasupha, the sons of Tabbaoth, -- ezra 2:43 +. +the sons of Keros, the sons of Siaha, the sons of Padon, -- ezra 2:44 +. +the sons of Lebanah, the sons of Hagabah, the sons of Akkub, -- ezra 2:45 +. +the sons of Hagab, the sons of Shalmai, the sons of Hanan, -- ezra 2:46 +. +the sons of Giddel, the sons of Gahar, the sons of Reaiah, -- ezra 2:47 +. +the sons of Rezin, the sons of Nekoda, the sons of Gazzam, -- ezra 2:48 +. +the sons of Uzza, the sons of Paseah, the sons of Besai, -- ezra 2:49 +. +the sons of Asnah, the sons of Meunim, the sons of Nephisim, -- ezra 2:50 +. +the sons of Bakbuk, the sons of Hakupha, the sons of Harhur, -- ezra 2:51 +. +the sons of Bazluth, the sons of Mehida, the sons of Harsha, -- ezra 2:52 +. +the sons of Barkos, the sons of Sisera, the sons of Temah, -- ezra 2:53 +. +the sons of Neziah, the sons of Hatipha. -- ezra 2:54 +. +The sons of Solomon's servants: the sons of Sotai, the sons of Hassophereth, the sons of Peruda, -- ezra 2:55 +. +the sons of Jaalah, the sons of Darkon, the sons of Giddel, -- ezra 2:56 +. +the sons of Shephatiah, the sons of Hattil, the sons of Pochereth-hazzebaim, the sons of Ami. -- ezra 2:57 +. +All the temple servants and the sons of Solomon's servants were 392. -- ezra 2:58 +. +Now these are those who came up from Tel-melah, Tel-harsha, Cherub, Addan and Immer, but they were not able to give evidence of their fathers' households and their descendants, whether they were of Israel: -- ezra 2:59 +. +the sons of Delaiah, the sons of Tobiah, the sons of Nekoda, 652. -- ezra 2:60 +. +Of the sons of the priests: the sons of Habaiah, the sons of Hakkoz, the sons of Barzillai, who took a wife from the daughters of Barzillai the Gileadite, and he was called by their name. -- ezra 2:61 +. +These searched among their ancestral registration, but they could not be located; therefore they were considered unclean and excluded from the priesthood. -- ezra 2:62 +. +The governor said to them that they should not eat from the most holy things until a priest stood up with Urim and Thummim. -- ezra 2:63 +. +The whole assembly numbered 42,360, -- ezra 2:64 +. +besides their male and female servants who numbered 7,337; and they had singing men and women. -- ezra 2:65 +. +Their horses were 736; their mules, 245; -- ezra 2:66 +. +their camels, 435; their donkeys, 6,720. -- ezra 2:67 +. +Some of the heads of fathers' households, when they arrived at the house of the LORD which is in Jerusalem, offered willingly for the house of God to restore it on its foundation. -- ezra 2:68 +. +According to their ability they gave to the treasury for the work 61,gold drachmas and 5,000 silver minas and 100 priestly garments. -- ezra 2:69 +. +Now the priests and the Levites, some of the people, the singers, the gatekeepers and the temple servants lived in their cities, and all Israel in their cities. -- ezra 2:70 +. +Now when the seventh month came, and the sons of Israel were in the cities, the people gathered together as one man to Jerusalem. -- ezra 3:1 +. +Then Jeshua the son of Jozadak and his brothers the priests, and Zerubbabel the son of Shealtiel and his brothers arose and built the altar of the God of Israel to offer burnt offerings on it, as it is written in the law of Moses, the man of God. -- ezra 3:2 +. +So they set up the altar on its foundation, for they were terrified because of the peoples of the lands; and they offered burnt offerings on it to the LORD, burnt offerings morning and evening. -- ezra 3:3 +. +They celebrated the Feast of Booths, as it is written, and offered the fixed number of burnt offerings daily, according to the ordinance, as each day required; -- ezra 3:4 +. +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. -- ezra 3:5 +. +From the first day of the seventh month they began to offer burnt offerings to the LORD, but the foundation of the temple of the LORD had not been laid. -- ezra 3:6 +. +Then they gave money to the masons and carpenters, and food, drink and oil to the Sidonians and to the Tyrians, to bring cedar wood from Lebanon to the sea at Joppa, according to the permission they had from Cyrus king of Persia. -- ezra 3:7 +. +Now in the second year of their coming to the house of God at Jerusalem in the second month, Zerubbabel the son of Shealtiel and Jeshua the son of Jozadak and the rest of their brothers the priests and the Levites, and all who came from the captivity to Jerusalem, began the work and appointed the Levites from twenty years and older to oversee the work of the house of the LORD. -- ezra 3:8 +. +Then Jeshua with his sons and brothers stood united with Kadmiel and his sons, the sons of Judah and the sons of Henadad with their sons and brothers the Levites, to oversee the workmen in the temple of God. -- ezra 3:9 +. +Now when the builders had laid the foundation of the temple of the LORD, the priests stood in their apparel with trumpets, and the Levites, the sons of Asaph, with cymbals, to praise the LORD according to the directions of King David of Israel. -- ezra 3:10 +. +They sang, praising and giving thanks to the LORD, saying, "For He is good, for His lovingkindness is upon Israel forever." And all the people shouted with a great shout when they praised the LORD because the foundation of the house of the LORD was laid. -- ezra 3:11 +. +Yet many of the priests and Levites and heads of fathers' households, the old men who had seen the first temple, wept with a loud voice when the foundation of this house was laid before their eyes, while many shouted aloud for joy, -- ezra 3:12 +. +so that the people could not distinguish the sound of the shout of joy from the sound of the weeping of the people, for the people shouted with a loud shout, and the sound was heard far away. -- ezra 3:13 +. +Now when the enemies of Judah and Benjamin heard that the people of the exile were building a temple to the LORD God of Israel, -- ezra 4:1 +. +they approached Zerubbabel and the heads of fathers' households, and said to them, "Let us build with you, for we, like you, seek your God; and we have been sacrificing to Him since the days of Esarhaddon king of Assyria, who brought us up here." -- ezra 4:2 +. +But Zerubbabel and Jeshua and the rest of the heads of fathers' households of Israel said to them, "You have nothing in common with us in building a house to our God; but we ourselves will together build to the LORD God of Israel, as King Cyrus, the king of Persia has commanded us." -- ezra 4:3 +. +Then the people of the land discouraged the people of Judah, and frightened them from building, -- ezra 4:4 +. +and hired counselors against them to frustrate their counsel all the days of Cyrus king of Persia, even until the reign of Darius king of Persia. -- ezra 4:5 +. +Now in the reign of Ahasuerus, in the beginning of his reign, they wrote an accusation against the inhabitants of Judah and Jerusalem. -- ezra 4:6 +. +And in the days of Artaxerxes, Bishlam, Mithredath, Tabeel and the rest of his colleagues wrote to Artaxerxes king of Persia; and the text of the letter was written in Aramaic and translated from Aramaic. -- ezra 4:7 +. +Rehum the commander and Shimshai the scribe wrote a letter against Jerusalem to King Artaxerxes, as follows-- -- ezra 4:8 +. +then wrote Rehum the commander and Shimshai the scribe and the rest of their colleagues, the judges and the lesser governors, the officials, the secretaries, the men of Erech, the Babylonians, the men of Susa, that is, the Elamites, -- ezra 4:9 +. +and the rest of the nations which the great and honorable Osnappar deported and settled in the city of Samaria, and in the rest of the region beyond the River. Now -- ezra 4:10 +. +this is the copy of the letter which they sent to him: "To King Artaxerxes: Your servants, the men in the region beyond the River, and now -- ezra 4:11 +. +let it be known to the king that the Jews who came up from you have come to us at Jerusalem; they are rebuilding the rebellious and evil city and are finishing the walls and repairing the foundations. -- ezra 4:12 +. +"Now let it be known to the king, that if that city is rebuilt and the walls are finished, they will not pay tribute, custom or toll, and it will damage the revenue of the kings. -- ezra 4:13 +. +"Now because we are in the service of the palace, and it is not fitting for us to see the king's dishonor, therefore we have sent and informed the king, -- ezra 4:14 +. +so that a search may be made in the record books of your fathers. And you will discover in the record books and learn that that city is a rebellious city and damaging to kings and provinces, and that they have incited revolt within it in past days; therefore that city was laid waste. -- ezra 4:15 +. +"We inform the king that if that city is rebuilt and the walls finished, as a result you will have no possession in the province beyond the River." -- ezra 4:16 +. +Then the king sent an answer to Rehum the commander, to Shimshai the scribe, and to the rest of their colleagues who live in Samaria and in the rest of the provinces beyond the River: "Peace. And now -- ezra 4:17 +. +the document which you sent to us has been translated and read before me. -- ezra 4:18 +. +"A decree has been issued by me, and a search has been made and it has been discovered that that city has risen up against the kings in past days, that rebellion and revolt have been perpetrated in it, -- ezra 4:19 +. +that mighty kings have ruled over Jerusalem, governing all the provinces beyond the River, and that tribute, custom and toll were paid to them. -- ezra 4:20 +. +"So, now issue a decree to make these men stop work, that this city may not be rebuilt until a decree is issued by me. -- ezra 4:21 +. +"Beware of being negligent in carrying out this matter; why should damage increase to the detriment of the kings?" -- ezra 4:22 +. +Then as soon as the copy of King Artaxerxes' document was read before Rehum and Shimshai the scribe and their colleagues, they went in haste to Jerusalem to the Jews and stopped them by force of arms. -- ezra 4:23 +. +Then work on the house of God in Jerusalem ceased, and it was stopped until the second year of the reign of Darius king of Persia. -- ezra 4:24 +. +When the prophets, Haggai the prophet and Zechariah the son of Iddo, prophesied to the Jews who were in Judah and Jerusalem in the name of the God of Israel, who was over them, -- ezra 5:1 +. +then Zerubbabel the son of Shealtiel and Jeshua the son of Jozadak arose and began to rebuild the house of God which is in Jerusalem; and the prophets of God were with them supporting them. -- ezra 5:2 +. +At that time Tattenai, the governor of the province beyond the River, and Shethar-bozenai and their colleagues came to them and spoke to them thus, "Who issued you a decree to rebuild this temple and to finish this structure?" -- ezra 5:3 +. +Then we told them accordingly what the names of the men were who were reconstructing this building. -- ezra 5:4 +. +But the eye of their God was on the elders of the Jews, and they did not stop them until a report could come to Darius, and then a written reply be returned concerning it. -- ezra 5:5 +. +This is the copy of the letter which Tattenai, the governor of the province beyond the River, and Shethar-bozenai and his colleagues the officials, who were beyond the River, sent to Darius the king. -- ezra 5:6 +. +They sent a report to him in which it was written thus: "To Darius the king, all peace. -- ezra 5:7 +. +"Let it be known to the king that we have gone to the province of Judah, to the house of the great God, which is being built with huge stones, and beams are being laid in the walls; and this work is going on with great care and is succeeding in their hands. -- ezra 5:8 +. +"Then we asked those elders and said to them thus, 'Who issued you a decree to rebuild this temple and to finish this structure?' -- ezra 5:9 +. +"We also asked them their names so as to inform you, and that we might write down the names of the men who were at their head. -- ezra 5:10 +. +"Thus they answered us, saying, 'We are the servants of the God of heaven and earth and are rebuilding the temple that was built many years ago, which a great king of Israel built and finished. -- ezra 5:11 +. +'But because our fathers had provoked the God of heaven to wrath, He gave them into the hand of Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon, the Chaldean, who destroyed this temple and deported the people to Babylon. -- ezra 5:12 +. +'However, in the first year of Cyrus king of Babylon, King Cyrus issued a decree to rebuild this house of God. -- ezra 5:13 +. +'Also the gold and silver utensils of the house of God which Nebuchadnezzar had taken from the temple in Jerusalem, and brought them to the temple of Babylon, these King Cyrus took from the temple of Babylon and they were given to one whose name was Sheshbazzar, whom he had appointed governor. -- ezra 5:14 +. +'He said to him, "Take these utensils, go and deposit them in the temple in Jerusalem and let the house of God be rebuilt in its place." -- ezra 5:15 +. +'Then that Sheshbazzar came and laid the foundations of the house of God in Jerusalem; and from then until now it has been under construction and it is not yet completed.' -- ezra 5:16 +. +"Now if it pleases the king, let a search be conducted in the king's treasure house, which is there in Babylon, if it be that a decree was issued by King Cyrus to rebuild this house of God at Jerusalem; and let the king send to us his decision concerning this matter." -- ezra 5:17 +. +Then King Darius issued a decree, and search was made in the archives, where the treasures were stored in Babylon. -- ezra 6:1 +. +In Ecbatana in the fortress, which is in the province of Media, a scroll was found and there was written in it as follows: "Memorandum-- -- ezra 6:2 +. +"In the first year of King Cyrus, Cyrus the king issued a decree: 'Concerning the house of God at Jerusalem, let the temple, the place where sacrifices are offered, be rebuilt and let its foundations be retained, its height being cubits and its width 60 cubits; -- ezra 6:3 +. +with three layers of huge stones and one layer of timbers. And let the cost be paid from the royal treasury. -- ezra 6:4 +. +'Also let the gold and silver utensils of the house of God, which Nebuchadnezzar took from the temple in Jerusalem and brought to Babylon, be returned and brought to their places in the temple in Jerusalem; and you shall put them in the house of God.' -- ezra 6:5 +. +"Now therefore, Tattenai, governor of the province beyond the River, Shethar-bozenai and your colleagues, the officials of the provinces beyond the River, keep away from there. -- ezra 6:6 +. +"Leave this work on the house of God alone; let the governor of the Jews and the elders of the Jews rebuild this house of God on its site. -- ezra 6:7 +. +"Moreover, I issue a decree concerning what you are to do for these elders of Judah in the rebuilding of this house of God: the full cost is to be paid to these people from the royal treasury out of the taxes of the provinces beyond the River, and that without delay. -- ezra 6:8 +. +"Whatever is needed, both young bulls, rams, and lambs for a burnt offering to the God of heaven, and wheat, salt, wine and anointing oil, as the priests in Jerusalem request, it is to be given to them daily without fail, -- ezra 6:9 +. +that they may offer acceptable sacrifices to the God of heaven and pray for the life of the king and his sons. -- ezra 6:10 +. +"And I issued a decree that any man who violates this edict, a timber shall be drawn from his house and he shall be impaled on it and his house shall be made a refuse heap on account of this. -- ezra 6:11 +. +"May the God who has caused His name to dwell there overthrow any king or people who attempts to change it, so as to destroy this house of God in Jerusalem. I, Darius, have issued this decree, let it be carried out with all diligence!" -- ezra 6:12 +. +Then Tattenai, the governor of the province beyond the River, Shethar-bozenai and their colleagues carried out the decree with all diligence, just as King Darius had sent. -- ezra 6:13 +. +And the elders of the Jews were successful in building through the prophesying of Haggai the prophet and Zechariah the son of Iddo. And they finished building according to the command of the God of Israel and the decree of Cyrus, Darius, and Artaxerxes king of Persia. -- ezra 6:14 +. +This temple was completed on the third day of the month Adar; it was the sixth year of the reign of King Darius. -- ezra 6:15 +. +And the sons of Israel, the priests, the Levites and the rest of the exiles, celebrated the dedication of this house of God with joy. -- ezra 6:16 +. +They offered for the dedication of this temple of God bulls, 200 rams, 400 lambs, and as a sin offering for all Israel 12 male goats, corresponding to the number of the tribes of Israel. -- ezra 6:17 +. +Then they appointed the priests to their divisions and the Levites in their orders for the service of God in Jerusalem, as it is written in the book of Moses. -- ezra 6:18 +. +The exiles observed the Passover on the fourteenth of the first month. -- ezra 6:19 +. +For the priests and the Levites had purified themselves together; all of them were pure. Then they slaughtered the Passover lamb for all the exiles, both for their brothers the priests and for themselves. -- ezra 6:20 +. +The sons of Israel who returned from exile and all those who had separated themselves from the impurity of the nations of the land to join them, to seek the LORD God of Israel, ate the Passover. -- ezra 6:21 +. +And they observed the Feast of Unleavened Bread seven days with joy, for the LORD had caused them to rejoice, and had turned the heart of the king of Assyria toward them to encourage them in the work of the house of God, the God of Israel. -- ezra 6:22 +. +Now after these things, in the reign of Artaxerxes king of Persia, there went up Ezra son of Seraiah, son of Azariah, son of Hilkiah, -- ezra 7:1 +. +son of Shallum, son of Zadok, son of Ahitub, -- ezra 7:2 +. +son of Amariah, son of Azariah, son of Meraioth, -- ezra 7:3 +. +son of Zerahiah, son of Uzzi, son of Bukki, -- ezra 7:4 +. +son of Abishua, son of Phinehas, son of Eleazar, son of Aaron the chief priest. -- ezra 7:5 +. +This Ezra went up from Babylon, and he was a scribe skilled in the law of Moses, which the LORD God of Israel had given; and the king granted him all he requested because the hand of the LORD his God was upon him. -- ezra 7:6 +. +Some of the sons of Israel and some of the priests, the Levites, the singers, the gatekeepers and the temple servants went up to Jerusalem in the seventh year of King Artaxerxes. -- ezra 7:7 +. +He came to Jerusalem in the fifth month, which was in the seventh year of the king. -- ezra 7:8 +. +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. -- ezra 7:9 +. +For Ezra had set his heart to study the law of the LORD and to practice it, and to teach His statutes and ordinances in Israel. -- ezra 7:10 +. +Now this is the copy of the decree which King Artaxerxes gave to Ezra the priest, the scribe, learned in the words of the commandments of the LORD and His statutes to Israel: -- ezra 7:11 +. +"Artaxerxes, king of kings, to Ezra the priest, the scribe of the law of the God of heaven, perfect peace. And now -- ezra 7:12 +. +I have issued a decree that any of the people of Israel and their priests and the Levites in my kingdom who are willing to go to Jerusalem, may go with you. -- ezra 7:13 +. +"Forasmuch as you are sent by the king and his seven counselors to inquire concerning Judah and Jerusalem according to the law of your God which is in your hand, -- ezra 7:14 +. +and to bring the silver and gold, which the king and his counselors have freely offered to the God of Israel, whose dwelling is in Jerusalem, -- ezra 7:15 +. +with all the silver and gold which you find in the whole province of Babylon, along with the freewill offering of the people and of the priests, who offered willingly for the house of their God which is in Jerusalem; -- ezra 7:16 +. +with this money, therefore, you shall diligently buy bulls, rams and lambs, with their grain offerings and their drink offerings and offer them on the altar of the house of your God which is in Jerusalem. -- ezra 7:17 +. +"Whatever seems good to you and to your brothers to do with the rest of the silver and gold, you may do according to the will of your God. -- ezra 7:18 +. +"Also the utensils which are given to you for the service of the house of your God, deliver in full before the God of Jerusalem. -- ezra 7:19 +. +"The rest of the needs for the house of your God, for which you may have occasion to provide, provide for it from the royal treasury. -- ezra 7:20 +. +"I, even I, King Artaxerxes, issue a decree to all the treasurers who are in the provinces beyond the River, that whatever Ezra the priest, the scribe of the law of the God of heaven, may require of you, it shall be done diligently, -- ezra 7:21 +. +even up to talents of silver, 100 kors of wheat, 100 baths of wine, 100 baths of oil, and salt as needed. -- ezra 7:22 +. +"Whatever is commanded by the God of heaven, let it be done with zeal for the house of the God of heaven, so that there will not be wrath against the kingdom of the king and his sons. -- ezra 7:23 +. +"We also inform you that it is not allowed to impose tax, tribute or toll on any of the priests, Levites, singers, doorkeepers, Nethinim or servants of this house of God. -- ezra 7:24 +. +"You, Ezra, according to the wisdom of your God which is in your hand, appoint magistrates and judges that they may judge all the people who are in the province beyond the River, even all those who know the laws of your God; and you may teach anyone who is ignorant of them. -- ezra 7:25 +. +"Whoever will not observe the law of your God and the law of the king, let judgment be executed upon him strictly, whether for death or for banishment or for confiscation of goods or for imprisonment." -- ezra 7:26 +. +Blessed be the LORD, the God of our fathers, who has put such a thing as this in the king's heart, to adorn the house of the LORD which is in Jerusalem, -- ezra 7:27 +. +and has extended lovingkindness to me before the king and his counselors and before all the king's mighty princes. Thus I was strengthened according to the hand of the LORD my God upon me, and I gathered leading men from Israel to go up with me. -- ezra 7:28 +. +Now these are the heads of their fathers' households and the genealogical enrollment of those who went up with me from Babylon in the reign of King Artaxerxes: -- ezra 8:1 +. +of the sons of Phinehas, Gershom; of the sons of Ithamar, Daniel; of the sons of David, Hattush; -- ezra 8:2 +. +of the sons of Shecaniah who was of the sons of Parosh, Zechariah and with him males who were in the genealogical list; -- ezra 8:3 +. +of the sons of Pahath-moab, Eliehoenai the son of Zerahiah and males with him; -- ezra 8:4 +. +of the sons of Zattu, Shecaniah, the son of Jahaziel and males with him; -- ezra 8:5 +. +and of the sons of Adin, Ebed the son of Jonathan and males with him; -- ezra 8:6 +. +and of the sons of Elam, Jeshaiah the son of Athaliah and males with him; -- ezra 8:7 +. +and of the sons of Shephatiah, Zebadiah the son of Michael and males with him; -- ezra 8:8 +. +of the sons of Joab, Obadiah the son of Jehiel and males with him; -- ezra 8:9 +. +and of the sons of Bani, Shelomith, the son of Josiphiah and males with him; -- ezra 8:10 +. +and of the sons of Bebai, Zechariah the son of Bebai and males with him; -- ezra 8:11 +. +and of the sons of Azgad, Johanan the son of Hakkatan and males with him; -- ezra 8:12 +. +and of the sons of Adonikam, the last ones, these being their names, Eliphelet, Jeuel and Shemaiah, and males with them; -- ezra 8:13 +. +and of the sons of Bigvai, Uthai and Zabbud, and males with them. -- ezra 8:14 +. +Now I assembled them at the river that runs to Ahava, where we camped for three days; and when I observed the people and the priests, I did not find any Levites there. -- ezra 8:15 +. +So I sent for Eliezer, Ariel, Shemaiah, Elnathan, Jarib, Elnathan, Nathan, Zechariah and Meshullam, leading men, and for Joiarib and Elnathan, teachers. -- ezra 8:16 +. +I sent them to Iddo the leading man at the place Casiphia; and I told them what to say to Iddo and his brothers, the temple servants at the place Casiphia, that is, to bring ministers to us for the house of our God. -- ezra 8:17 +. +According to the good hand of our God upon us they brought us a man of insight of the sons of Mahli, the son of Levi, the son of Israel, namely Sherebiah, and his sons and brothers, men; -- ezra 8:18 +. +and Hashabiah and Jeshaiah of the sons of Merari, with his brothers and their sons, men; -- ezra 8:19 +. +and of the temple servants, whom David and the princes had given for the service of the Levites, all of them designated by name. -- ezra 8:20 +. +Then I proclaimed a fast there at the river of Ahava, that we might humble ourselves before our God to seek from Him a safe journey for us, our little ones, and all our possessions. -- ezra 8:21 +. +For I was ashamed to request from the king troops and horsemen to protect us from the enemy on the way, because we had said to the king, "The hand of our God is favorably disposed to all those who seek Him, but His power and His anger are against all those who forsake Him." -- ezra 8:22 +. +So we fasted and sought our God concerning this matter, and He listened to our entreaty. -- ezra 8:23 +. +Then I set apart twelve of the leading priests, Sherebiah, Hashabiah, and with them ten of their brothers; -- ezra 8:24 +. +and I weighed out to them the silver, the gold and the utensils, the offering for the house of our God which the king and his counselors and his princes and all Israel present there had offered. -- ezra 8:25 +. +Thus I weighed into their hands talents of silver, and silver utensils worth 100 talents, and 100 gold talents, -- ezra 8:26 +. +and gold bowls worth 1,000 darics, and two utensils of fine shiny bronze, precious as gold. -- ezra 8:27 +. +Then I said to them, "You are holy to the LORD, and the utensils are holy; and the silver and the gold are a freewill offering to the LORD God of your fathers. -- ezra 8:28 +. +"Watch and keep them until you weigh them before the leading priests, the Levites and the heads of the fathers' households of Israel at Jerusalem, in the chambers of the house of the LORD." -- ezra 8:29 +. +So the priests and the Levites accepted the weighed out silver and gold and the utensils, to bring them to Jerusalem to the house of our God. -- ezra 8:30 +. +Then we journeyed from the river Ahava on the twelfth of the first month to go to Jerusalem; and the hand of our God was over us, and He delivered us from the hand of the enemy and the ambushes by the way. -- ezra 8:31 +. +Thus we came to Jerusalem and remained there three days. -- ezra 8:32 +. +On the fourth day the silver and the gold and the utensils were weighed out in the house of our God into the hand of Meremoth the son of Uriah the priest, and with him was Eleazar the son of Phinehas; and with them were the Levites, Jozabad the son of Jeshua and Noadiah the son of Binnui. -- ezra 8:33 +. +Everything was numbered and weighed, and all the weight was recorded at that time. -- ezra 8:34 +. +The exiles who had come from the captivity offered burnt offerings to the God of Israel: bulls for all Israel, 96 rams, 77 lambs, 12 male goats for a sin offering, all as a burnt offering to the LORD. -- ezra 8:35 +. +Then they delivered the king's edicts to the king's satraps and to the governors in the provinces beyond the River, and they supported the people and the house of God. -- ezra 8:36 +. +Now when these things had been completed, the princes approached me, saying, "The people of Israel and the priests and the Levites have not separated themselves from the peoples of the lands, according to their abominations, those of the Canaanites, the Hittites, the Perizzites, the Jebusites, the Ammonites, the Moabites, the Egyptians and the Amorites. -- ezra 9:1 +. +"For they have taken some of their daughters as wives for themselves and for their sons, so that the holy race has intermingled with the peoples of the lands; indeed, the hands of the princes and the rulers have been foremost in this unfaithfulness." -- ezra 9:2 +. +When I heard about this matter, I tore my garment and my robe, and pulled some of the hair from my head and my beard, and sat down appalled. -- ezra 9:3 +. +Then everyone who trembled at the words of the God of Israel on account of the unfaithfulness of the exiles gathered to me, and I sat appalled until the evening offering. -- ezra 9:4 +. +But at the evening offering I arose from my humiliation, even with my garment and my robe torn, and I fell on my knees and stretched out my hands to the LORD my God; -- ezra 9:5 +. +and I said, "O my God, I am ashamed and embarrassed to lift up my face to You, my God, for our iniquities have risen above our heads and our guilt has grown even to the heavens. -- ezra 9:6 +. +"Since the days of our fathers to this day we have been in great guilt, and on account of our iniquities we, our kings and our priests have been given into the hand of the kings of the lands, to the sword, to captivity and to plunder and to open shame, as it is this day. -- ezra 9:7 +. +"But now for a brief moment grace has been shown from the LORD our God, to leave us an escaped remnant and to give us a peg in His holy place, that our God may enlighten our eyes and grant us a little reviving in our bondage. -- ezra 9:8 +. +"For we are slaves; yet in our bondage our God has not forsaken us, but has extended lovingkindness to us in the sight of the kings of Persia, to give us reviving to raise up the house of our God, to restore its ruins and to give us a wall in Judah and Jerusalem. -- ezra 9:9 +. +"Now, our God, what shall we say after this? For we have forsaken Your commandments, -- ezra 9:10 +. +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. -- ezra 9:11 +. +'So now do not give your daughters to their sons nor take their daughters to your sons, and never seek their peace or their prosperity, that you may be strong and eat the good things of the land and leave it as an inheritance to your sons forever.' -- ezra 9:12 +. +"After all that has come upon us for our evil deeds and our great guilt, since You our God have requited us less than our iniquities deserve, and have given us an escaped remnant as this, -- ezra 9:13 +. +shall we again break Your commandments and intermarry with the peoples who commit these abominations? Would You not be angry with us to the point of destruction, until there is no remnant nor any who escape? -- ezra 9:14 +. +"O LORD God of Israel, You are righteous, for we have been left an escaped remnant, as it is this day; behold, we are before You in our guilt, for no one can stand before You because of this." -- ezra 9:15 +. +Now while Ezra was praying and making confession, weeping and prostrating himself before the house of God, a very large assembly, men, women and children, gathered to him from Israel; for the people wept bitterly. -- ezra 10:1 +. +Shecaniah the son of Jehiel, one of the sons of Elam, said to Ezra, "We have been unfaithful to our God and have married foreign women from the peoples of the land; yet now there is hope for Israel in spite of this. -- ezra 10:2 +. +"So now let us make a covenant with our God to put away all the wives and their children, according to the counsel of my lord and of those who tremble at the commandment of our God; and let it be done according to the law. -- ezra 10:3 +. +"Arise! For this matter is your responsibility, but we will be with you; be courageous and act." -- ezra 10:4 +. +Then Ezra rose and made the leading priests, the Levites and all Israel, take oath that they would do according to this proposal; so they took the oath. -- ezra 10:5 +. +Then Ezra rose from before the house of God and went into the chamber of Jehohanan the son of Eliashib. Although he went there, he did not eat bread nor drink water, for he was mourning over the unfaithfulness of the exiles. -- ezra 10:6 +. +They made a proclamation throughout Judah and Jerusalem to all the exiles, that they should assemble at Jerusalem, -- ezra 10:7 +. +and that whoever would not come within three days, according to the counsel of the leaders and the elders, all his possessions should be forfeited and he himself excluded from the assembly of the exiles. -- ezra 10:8 +. +So all the men of Judah and Benjamin assembled at Jerusalem within the three days. It was the ninth month on the twentieth of the month, and all the people sat in the open square before the house of God, trembling because of this matter and the heavy rain. -- ezra 10:9 +. +Then Ezra the priest stood up and said to them, "You have been unfaithful and have married foreign wives adding to the guilt of Israel. -- ezra 10:10 +. +"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." -- ezra 10:11 +. +Then all the assembly replied with a loud voice, "That's right! As you have said, so it is our duty to do. -- ezra 10:12 +. +"But there are many people; it is the rainy season and we are not able to stand in the open. Nor can the task be done in one or two days, for we have transgressed greatly in this matter. -- ezra 10:13 +. +"Let our leaders represent the whole assembly and let all those in our cities who have married foreign wives come at appointed times, together with the elders and judges of each city, until the fierce anger of our God on account of this matter is turned away from us." -- ezra 10:14 +. +Only Jonathan the son of Asahel and Jahzeiah the son of Tikvah opposed this, with Meshullam and Shabbethai the Levite supporting them. -- ezra 10:15 +. +But the exiles did so. And Ezra the priest selected men who were heads of fathers' households for each of their father's households, all of them by name. So they convened on the first day of the tenth month to investigate the matter. -- ezra 10:16 +. +They finished investigating all the men who had married foreign wives by the first day of the first month. -- ezra 10:17 +. +Among the sons of the priests who had married foreign wives were found of the sons of Jeshua the son of Jozadak, and his brothers: Maaseiah, Eliezer, Jarib and Gedaliah. -- ezra 10:18 +. +They pledged to put away their wives, and being guilty, they offered a ram of the flock for their offense. -- ezra 10:19 +. +Of the sons of Immer there were Hanani and Zebadiah; -- ezra 10:20 +. +and of the sons of Harim: Maaseiah, Elijah, Shemaiah, Jehiel and Uzziah; -- ezra 10:21 +. +and of the sons of Pashhur: Elioenai, Maaseiah, Ishmael, Nethanel, Jozabad and Elasah. -- ezra 10:22 +. +Of Levites there were Jozabad, Shimei, Kelaiah (that is, Kelita), Pethahiah, Judah and Eliezer. -- ezra 10:23 +. +Of the singers there was Eliashib; and of the gatekeepers: Shallum, Telem and Uri. -- ezra 10:24 +. +Of Israel, of the sons of Parosh there were Ramiah, Izziah, Malchijah, Mijamin, Eleazar, Malchijah and Benaiah; -- ezra 10:25 +. +and of the sons of Elam: Mattaniah, Zechariah, Jehiel, Abdi, Jeremoth and Elijah; -- ezra 10:26 +. +and of the sons of Zattu: Elioenai, Eliashib, Mattaniah, Jeremoth, Zabad and Aziza; -- ezra 10:27 +. +and of the sons of Bebai: Jehohanan, Hananiah, Zabbai and Athlai; -- ezra 10:28 +. +and of the sons of Bani: Meshullam, Malluch and Adaiah, Jashub, Sheal and Jeremoth; -- ezra 10:29 +. +and of the sons of Pahath-moab: Adna, Chelal, Benaiah, Maaseiah, Mattaniah, Bezalel, Binnui and Manasseh; -- ezra 10:30 +. +and of the sons of Harim: Eliezer, Isshijah, Malchijah, Shemaiah, Shimeon, -- ezra 10:31 +. +Benjamin, Malluch and Shemariah; -- ezra 10:32 +. +of the sons of Hashum: Mattenai, Mattattah, Zabad, Eliphelet, Jeremai, Manasseh and Shimei; -- ezra 10:33 +. +of the sons of Bani: Maadai, Amram, Uel, -- ezra 10:34 +. +Benaiah, Bedeiah, Cheluhi, -- ezra 10:35 +. +Vaniah, Meremoth, Eliashib, -- ezra 10:36 +. +Mattaniah, Mattenai, Jaasu, -- ezra 10:37 +. +Bani, Binnui, Shimei, -- ezra 10:38 +. +Shelemiah, Nathan, Adaiah, -- ezra 10:39 +. +Machnadebai, Shashai, Sharai, -- ezra 10:40 +. +Azarel, Shelemiah, Shemariah, -- ezra 10:41 +. +Shallum, Amariah and Joseph. -- ezra 10:42 +. +Of the sons of Nebo there were Jeiel, Mattithiah, Zabad, Zebina, Jaddai, Joel and Benaiah. -- ezra 10:43 +. +All these had married foreign wives, and some of them had wives by whom they had children. -- ezra 10:44 +. +The words of Nehemiah the son of Hacaliah. Now it happened in the month Chislev, in the twentieth year, while I was in Susa the capitol, -- nehemiah 1:1 +. +that Hanani, one of my brothers, and some men from Judah came; and I asked them concerning the Jews who had escaped and had survived the captivity, and about Jerusalem. -- nehemiah 1:2 +. +They said to me, "The remnant there in the province who survived the captivity are in great distress and reproach, and the wall of Jerusalem is broken down and its gates are burned with fire." -- nehemiah 1:3 +. +When I heard these words, I sat down and wept and mourned for days; and I was fasting and praying before the God of heaven. -- nehemiah 1:4 +. +I said, "I beseech You, O LORD God of heaven, the great and awesome God, who preserves the covenant and lovingkindness for those who love Him and keep His commandments, -- nehemiah 1:5 +. +let Your ear now be attentive and Your eyes open to hear the prayer of Your servant which I am praying before You now, day and night, on behalf of the sons of Israel Your servants, confessing the sins of the sons of Israel which we have sinned against You; I and my father's house have sinned. -- nehemiah 1:6 +. +"We have acted very corruptly against You and have not kept the commandments, nor the statutes, nor the ordinances which You commanded Your servant Moses. -- nehemiah 1:7 +. +"Remember the word which You commanded Your servant Moses, saying, 'If you are unfaithful I will scatter you among the peoples; -- nehemiah 1:8 +. +but if you return to Me and keep My commandments and do them, though those of you who have been scattered were in the most remote part of the heavens, I will gather them from there and will bring them to the place where I have chosen to cause My name to dwell.' -- nehemiah 1:9 +. +"They are Your servants and Your people whom You redeemed by Your great power and by Your strong hand. -- nehemiah 1:10 +. +"O Lord, I beseech You, may Your ear be attentive to the prayer of Your servant and the prayer of Your servants who delight to revere Your name, and make Your servant successful today and grant him compassion before this man." Now I was the cupbearer to the king. -- nehemiah 1:11 +. +And it came about in the month Nisan, in the twentieth year of King Artaxerxes, that wine was before him, and I took up the wine and gave it to the king. Now I had not been sad in his presence. -- nehemiah 2:1 +. +So the king said to me, "Why is your face sad though you are not sick? This is nothing but sadness of heart." Then I was very much afraid. -- nehemiah 2:2 +. +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?" -- nehemiah 2:3 +. +Then the king said to me, "What would you request?" So I prayed to the God of heaven. -- nehemiah 2:4 +. +I said to the king, "If it please the king, and if your servant has found favor before you, send me to Judah, to the city of my fathers' tombs, that I may rebuild it." -- nehemiah 2:5 +. +Then the king said to me, the queen sitting beside him, "How long will your journey be, and when will you return?" So it pleased the king to send me, and I gave him a definite time. -- nehemiah 2:6 +. +And I said to the king, "If it please the king, let letters be given me for the governors of the provinces beyond the River, that they may allow me to pass through until I come to Judah, -- nehemiah 2:7 +. +and a letter to Asaph the keeper of the king's forest, that he may give me timber to make beams for the gates of the fortress which is by the temple, for the wall of the city and for the house to which I will go." And the king granted them to me because the good hand of my God was on me. -- nehemiah 2:8 +. +Then I came to the governors of the provinces beyond the River and gave them the king's letters. Now the king had sent with me officers of the army and horsemen. -- nehemiah 2:9 +. +When Sanballat the Horonite and Tobiah the Ammonite official heard about it, it was very displeasing to them that someone had come to seek the welfare of the sons of Israel. -- nehemiah 2:10 +. +So I came to Jerusalem and was there three days. -- nehemiah 2:11 +. +And I arose in the night, I and a few men with me. I did not tell anyone what my God was putting into my mind to do for Jerusalem and there was no animal with me except the animal on which I was riding. -- nehemiah 2:12 +. +So I went out at night by the Valley Gate in the direction of the Dragon's Well and on to the Refuse Gate, inspecting the walls of Jerusalem which were broken down and its gates which were consumed by fire. -- nehemiah 2:13 +. +Then I passed on to the Fountain Gate and the King's Pool, but there was no place for my mount to pass. -- nehemiah 2:14 +. +So I went up at night by the ravine and inspected the wall. Then I entered the Valley Gate again and returned. -- nehemiah 2:15 +. +The officials did not know where I had gone or what I had done; nor had I as yet told the Jews, the priests, the nobles, the officials or the rest who did the work. -- nehemiah 2:16 +. +Then I said to them, "You see the bad situation we are in, that Jerusalem is desolate and its gates burned by fire. Come, let us rebuild the wall of Jerusalem so that we will no longer be a reproach." -- nehemiah 2:17 +. +I told them how the hand of my God had been favorable to me and also about the king's words which he had spoken to me. Then they said, "Let us arise and build." So they put their hands to the good work. -- nehemiah 2:18 +. +But when Sanballat the Horonite and Tobiah the Ammonite official, and Geshem the Arab heard it, they mocked us and despised us and said, "What is this thing you are doing? Are you rebelling against the king?" -- nehemiah 2:19 +. +So I answered them and said to them, "The God of heaven will give us success; therefore we His servants will arise and build, but you have no portion, right or memorial in Jerusalem." -- nehemiah 2:20 +. +Then Eliashib the high priest arose with his brothers the priests and built the Sheep Gate; they consecrated it and hung its doors. They consecrated the wall to the Tower of the Hundred and the Tower of Hananel. -- nehemiah 3:1 +. +Next to him the men of Jericho built, and next to them Zaccur the son of Imri built. -- nehemiah 3:2 +. +Now the sons of Hassenaah built the Fish Gate; they laid its beams and hung its doors with its bolts and bars. -- nehemiah 3:3 +. +Next to them Meremoth the son of Uriah the son of Hakkoz made repairs. And next to him Meshullam the son of Berechiah the son of Meshezabel made repairs. And next to him Zadok the son of Baana also made repairs. -- nehemiah 3:4 +. +Moreover, next to him the Tekoites made repairs, but their nobles did not support the work of their masters. -- nehemiah 3:5 +. +Joiada the son of Paseah and Meshullam the son of Besodeiah repaired the Old Gate; they laid its beams and hung its doors with its bolts and its bars. -- nehemiah 3:6 +. +Next to them Melatiah the Gibeonite and Jadon the Meronothite, the men of Gibeon and of Mizpah, also made repairs for the official seat of the governor of the province beyond the River. -- nehemiah 3:7 +. +Next to him Uzziel the son of Harhaiah of the goldsmiths made repairs. And next to him Hananiah, one of the perfumers, made repairs, and they restored Jerusalem as far as the Broad Wall. -- nehemiah 3:8 +. +Next to them Rephaiah the son of Hur, the official of half the district of Jerusalem, made repairs. -- nehemiah 3:9 +. +Next to them Jedaiah the son of Harumaph made repairs opposite his house. And next to him Hattush the son of Hashabneiah made repairs. -- nehemiah 3:10 +. +Malchijah the son of Harim and Hasshub the son of Pahath-moab repaired another section and the Tower of Furnaces. -- nehemiah 3:11 +. +Next to him Shallum the son of Hallohesh, the official of half the district of Jerusalem, made repairs, he and his daughters. -- nehemiah 3:12 +. +Hanun and the inhabitants of Zanoah repaired the Valley Gate. They built it and hung its doors with its bolts and its bars, and a thousand cubits of the wall to the Refuse Gate. -- nehemiah 3:13 +. +Malchijah the son of Rechab, the official of the district of Beth-haccherem repaired the Refuse Gate. He built it and hung its doors with its bolts and its bars. -- nehemiah 3:14 +. +Shallum the son of Col-hozeh, the official of the district of Mizpah, repaired the Fountain Gate. He built it, covered it and hung its doors with its bolts and its bars, and the wall of the Pool of Shelah at the king's garden as far as the steps that descend from the city of David. -- nehemiah 3:15 +. +After him Nehemiah the son of Azbuk, official of half the district of Beth-zur, made repairs as far as a point opposite the tombs of David, and as far as the artificial pool and the house of the mighty men. -- nehemiah 3:16 +. +After him the Levites carried out repairs under Rehum the son of Bani. Next to him Hashabiah, the official of half the district of Keilah, carried out repairs for his district. -- nehemiah 3:17 +. +After him their brothers carried out repairs under Bavvai the son of Henadad, official of the other half of the district of Keilah. -- nehemiah 3:18 +. +Next to him Ezer the son of Jeshua, the official of Mizpah, repaired another section in front of the ascent of the armory at the Angle. -- nehemiah 3:19 +. +After him Baruch the son of Zabbai zealously repaired another section, from the Angle to the doorway of the house of Eliashib the high priest. -- nehemiah 3:20 +. +After him Meremoth the son of Uriah the son of Hakkoz repaired another section, from the doorway of Eliashib's house even as far as the end of his house. -- nehemiah 3:21 +. +After him the priests, the men of the valley, carried out repairs. -- nehemiah 3:22 +. +After them Benjamin and Hasshub carried out repairs in front of their house. After them Azariah the son of Maaseiah, son of Ananiah, carried out repairs beside his house. -- nehemiah 3:23 +. +After him Binnui the son of Henadad repaired another section, from the house of Azariah as far as the Angle and as far as the corner. -- nehemiah 3:24 +. +Palal the son of Uzai made repairs in front of the Angle and the tower projecting from the upper house of the king, which is by the court of the guard. After him Pedaiah the son of Parosh made repairs. -- nehemiah 3:25 +. +The temple servants living in Ophel made repairs as far as the front of the Water Gate toward the east and the projecting tower. -- nehemiah 3:26 +. +After them the Tekoites repaired another section in front of the great projecting tower and as far as the wall of Ophel. -- nehemiah 3:27 +. +Above the Horse Gate the priests carried out repairs, each in front of his house. -- nehemiah 3:28 +. +After them Zadok the son of Immer carried out repairs in front of his house. And after him Shemaiah the son of Shecaniah, the keeper of the East Gate, carried out repairs. -- nehemiah 3:29 +. +After him Hananiah the son of Shelemiah, and Hanun the sixth son of Zalaph, repaired another section. After him Meshullam the son of Berechiah carried out repairs in front of his own quarters. -- nehemiah 3:30 +. +After him Malchijah, one of the goldsmiths, carried out repairs as far as the house of the temple servants and of the merchants, in front of the Inspection Gate and as far as the upper room of the corner. -- nehemiah 3:31 +. +Between the upper room of the corner and the Sheep Gate the goldsmiths and the merchants carried out repairs. -- nehemiah 3:32 +. +Now it came about that when Sanballat heard that we were rebuilding the wall, he became furious and very angry and mocked the Jews. -- nehemiah 4:1 +. +He spoke in the presence of his brothers and the wealthy men of Samaria and said, "What are these feeble Jews doing? Are they going to restore it for themselves? Can they offer sacrifices? Can they finish in a day? Can they revive the stones from the dusty rubble even the burned ones?" -- nehemiah 4:2 +. +Now Tobiah the Ammonite was near him and he said, "Even what they are building--if a fox should jump on it, he would break their stone wall down!" -- nehemiah 4:3 +. +Hear, O our God, how we are despised! Return their reproach on their own heads and give them up for plunder in a land of captivity. -- nehemiah 4:4 +. +Do not forgive their iniquity and let not their sin be blotted out before You, for they have demoralized the builders. -- nehemiah 4:5 +. +So we built the wall and the whole wall was joined together to half its height, for the people had a mind to work. -- nehemiah 4:6 +. +Now when Sanballat, Tobiah, the Arabs, the Ammonites and the Ashdodites heard that the repair of the walls of Jerusalem went on, and that the breaches began to be closed, they were very angry. -- nehemiah 4:7 +. +All of them conspired together to come and fight against Jerusalem and to cause a disturbance in it. -- nehemiah 4:8 +. +But we prayed to our God, and because of them we set up a guard against them day and night. -- nehemiah 4:9 +. +Thus in Judah it was said, "The strength of the burden bearers is failing, Yet there is much rubbish; And we ourselves are unable To rebuild the wall." -- nehemiah 4:10 +. +Our enemies said, "They will not know or see until we come among them, kill them and put a stop to the work." -- nehemiah 4:11 +. +When the Jews who lived near them came and told us ten times, "They will come up against us from every place where you may turn," -- nehemiah 4:12 +. +then I stationed men in the lowest parts of the space behind the wall, the exposed places, and I stationed the people in families with their swords, spears and bows. -- nehemiah 4:13 +. +When I saw their fear, I rose and spoke to the nobles, the officials and the rest of the people: "Do not be afraid of them; remember the Lord who is great and awesome, and fight for your brothers, your sons, your daughters, your wives and your houses." -- nehemiah 4:14 +. +When our enemies heard that it was known to us, and that God had frustrated their plan, then all of us returned to the wall, each one to his work. -- nehemiah 4:15 +. +From that day on, half of my servants carried on the work while half of them held the spears, the shields, the bows and the breastplates; and the captains were behind the whole house of Judah. -- nehemiah 4:16 +. +Those who were rebuilding the wall and those who carried burdens took their load with one hand doing the work and the other holding a weapon. -- nehemiah 4:17 +. +As for the builders, each wore his sword girded at his side as he built, while the trumpeter stood near me. -- nehemiah 4:18 +. +I said to the nobles, the officials and the rest of the people, "The work is great and extensive, and we are separated on the wall far from one another. -- nehemiah 4:19 +. +"At whatever place you hear the sound of the trumpet, rally to us there. Our God will fight for us." -- nehemiah 4:20 +. +So we carried on the work with half of them holding spears from dawn until the stars appeared. -- nehemiah 4:21 +. +At that time I also said to the people, "Let each man with his servant spend the night within Jerusalem so that they may be a guard for us by night and a laborer by day." -- nehemiah 4:22 +. +So neither I, my brothers, my servants, nor the men of the guard who followed me, none of us removed our clothes, each took his weapon even to the water. -- nehemiah 4:23 +. +Now there was a great outcry of the people and of their wives against their Jewish brothers. -- nehemiah 5:1 +. +For there were those who said, "We, our sons and our daughters are many; therefore let us get grain that we may eat and live." -- nehemiah 5:2 +. +There were others who said, "We are mortgaging our fields, our vineyards and our houses that we might get grain because of the famine." -- nehemiah 5:3 +. +Also there were those who said, "We have borrowed money for the king's tax on our fields and our vineyards. -- nehemiah 5:4 +. +"Now our flesh is like the flesh of our brothers, our children like their children. Yet behold, we are forcing our sons and our daughters to be slaves, and some of our daughters are forced into bondage already, and we are helpless because our fields and vineyards belong to others." -- nehemiah 5:5 +. +Then I was very angry when I had heard their outcry and these words. -- nehemiah 5:6 +. +I consulted with myself and contended with the nobles and the rulers and said to them, "You are exacting usury, each from his brother!" Therefore, I held a great assembly against them. -- nehemiah 5:7 +. +I said to them, "We according to our ability have redeemed our Jewish brothers who were sold to the nations; now would you even sell your brothers that they may be sold to us?" Then they were silent and could not find a word to say. -- nehemiah 5:8 +. +Again I said, "The thing which you are doing is not good; should you not walk in the fear of our God because of the reproach of the nations, our enemies? -- nehemiah 5:9 +. +"And likewise I, my brothers and my servants are lending them money and grain. Please, let us leave off this usury. -- nehemiah 5:10 +. +"Please, give back to them this very day their fields, their vineyards, their olive groves and their houses, also the hundredth part of the money and of the grain, the new wine and the oil that you are exacting from them." -- nehemiah 5:11 +. +Then they said, "We will give it back and will require nothing from them; we will do exactly as you say." So I called the priests and took an oath from them that they would do according to this promise. -- nehemiah 5:12 +. +I also shook out the front of my garment and said, "Thus may God shake out every man from his house and from his possessions who does not fulfill this promise; even thus may he be shaken out and emptied." And all the assembly said, "Amen!" And they praised the LORD. Then the people did according to this promise. -- nehemiah 5:13 +. +Moreover, from the day that I was appointed to be their governor in the land of Judah, from the twentieth year to the thirty-second year of King Artaxerxes, for twelve years, neither I nor my kinsmen have eaten the governor's food allowance. -- nehemiah 5:14 +. +But the former governors who were before me laid burdens on the people and took from them bread and wine besides forty shekels of silver; even their servants domineered the people. But I did not do so because of the fear of God. -- nehemiah 5:15 +. +I also applied myself to the work on this wall; we did not buy any land, and all my servants were gathered there for the work. -- nehemiah 5:16 +. +Moreover, there were at my table one hundred and fifty Jews and officials, besides those who came to us from the nations that were around us. -- nehemiah 5:17 +. +Now that which was prepared for each day was one ox and six choice sheep, also birds were prepared for me; and once in ten days all sorts of wine were furnished in abundance. Yet for all this I did not demand the governor's food allowance, because the servitude was heavy on this people. -- nehemiah 5:18 +. +Remember me, O my God, for good, according to all that I have done for this people. -- nehemiah 5:19 +. +Now when it was reported to Sanballat, Tobiah, to Geshem the Arab and to the rest of our enemies that I had rebuilt the wall, and that no breach remained in it, although at that time I had not set up the doors in the gates, -- nehemiah 6:1 +. +then Sanballat and Geshem sent a message to me, saying, "Come, let us meet together at Chephirim in the plain of Ono." But they were planning to harm me. -- nehemiah 6:2 +. +So I sent messengers to them, saying, "I am doing a great work and I cannot come down. Why should the work stop while I leave it and come down to you?" -- nehemiah 6:3 +. +They sent messages to me four times in this manner, and I answered them in the same way. -- nehemiah 6:4 +. +Then Sanballat sent his servant to me in the same manner a fifth time with an open letter in his hand. -- nehemiah 6:5 +. +In it was written, "It is reported among the nations, and Gashmu says, that you and the Jews are planning to rebel; therefore you are rebuilding the wall. And you are to be their king, according to these reports. -- nehemiah 6:6 +. +"You have also appointed prophets to proclaim in Jerusalem concerning you, 'A king is in Judah!' And now it will be reported to the king according to these reports. So come now, let us take counsel together." -- nehemiah 6:7 +. +Then I sent a message to him saying, "Such things as you are saying have not been done, but you are inventing them in your own mind." -- nehemiah 6:8 +. +For all of them were trying to frighten us, thinking, "They will become discouraged with the work and it will not be done." But now, O God, strengthen my hands. -- nehemiah 6:9 +. +When I entered the house of Shemaiah the son of Delaiah, son of Mehetabel, who was confined at home, he said, "Let us meet together in the house of God, within the temple, and let us close the doors of the temple, for they are coming to kill you, and they are coming to kill you at night." -- nehemiah 6:10 +. +But I said, "Should a man like me flee? And could one such as I go into the temple to save his life? I will not go in." -- nehemiah 6:11 +. +Then I perceived that surely God had not sent him, but he uttered his prophecy against me because Tobiah and Sanballat had hired him. -- nehemiah 6:12 +. +He was hired for this reason, that I might become frightened and act accordingly and sin, so that they might have an evil report in order that they could reproach me. -- nehemiah 6:13 +. +Remember, O my God, Tobiah and Sanballat according to these works of theirs, and also Noadiah the prophetess and the rest of the prophets who were trying to frighten me. -- nehemiah 6:14 +. +So the wall was completed on the twenty-fifth of the month Elul, in fifty-two days. -- nehemiah 6:15 +. +When all our enemies heard of it, and all the nations surrounding us saw it, they lost their confidence; for they recognized that this work had been accomplished with the help of our God. -- nehemiah 6:16 +. +Also in those days many letters went from the nobles of Judah to Tobiah, and Tobiah's letters came to them. -- nehemiah 6:17 +. +For many in Judah were bound by oath to him because he was the son-in-law of Shecaniah the son of Arah, and his son Jehohanan had married the daughter of Meshullam the son of Berechiah. -- nehemiah 6:18 +. +Moreover, they were speaking about his good deeds in my presence and reported my words to him. Then Tobiah sent letters to frighten me. -- nehemiah 6:19 +. +Now when the wall was rebuilt and I had set up the doors, and the gatekeepers and the singers and the Levites were appointed, -- nehemiah 7:1 +. +then I put Hanani my brother, and Hananiah the commander of the fortress, in charge of Jerusalem, for he was a faithful man and feared God more than many. -- nehemiah 7:2 +. +Then I said to them, "Do not let the gates of Jerusalem be opened until the sun is hot, and while they are standing guard, let them shut and bolt the doors. Also appoint guards from the inhabitants of Jerusalem, each at his post, and each in front of his own house." -- nehemiah 7:3 +. +Now the city was large and spacious, but the people in it were few and the houses were not built. -- nehemiah 7:4 +. +Then my God put it into my heart to assemble the nobles, the officials and the people to be enrolled by genealogies. Then I found the book of the genealogy of those who came up first in which I found the following record: -- nehemiah 7:5 +. +These are the people of the province who came up from the captivity of the exiles whom Nebuchadnezzar the king of Babylon had carried away, and who returned to Jerusalem and Judah, each to his city, -- nehemiah 7:6 +. +who came with Zerubbabel, Jeshua, Nehemiah, Azariah, Raamiah, Nahamani, Mordecai, Bilshan, Mispereth, Bigvai, Nehum, Baanah. The number of men of the people of Israel: -- nehemiah 7:7 +. +the sons of Parosh, 2,172; -- nehemiah 7:8 +. +the sons of Shephatiah, 372; -- nehemiah 7:9 +. +the sons of Arah, 652; -- nehemiah 7:10 +. +the sons of Pahath-moab of the sons of Jeshua and Joab, 2,818; -- nehemiah 7:11 +. +the sons of Elam, 1,254; -- nehemiah 7:12 +. +the sons of Zattu, 845; -- nehemiah 7:13 +. +the sons of Zaccai, 760; -- nehemiah 7:14 +. +the sons of Binnui, 648; -- nehemiah 7:15 +. +the sons of Bebai, 628; -- nehemiah 7:16 +. +the sons of Azgad, 2,322; -- nehemiah 7:17 +. +the sons of Adonikam, 667; -- nehemiah 7:18 +. +the sons of Bigvai, 2,067; -- nehemiah 7:19 +. +the sons of Adin, 655; -- nehemiah 7:20 +. +the sons of Ater, of Hezekiah, 98; -- nehemiah 7:21 +. +the sons of Hashum, 328; -- nehemiah 7:22 +. +the sons of Bezai, 324; -- nehemiah 7:23 +. +the sons of Hariph, 112; -- nehemiah 7:24 +. +the sons of Gibeon, 95; -- nehemiah 7:25 +. +the men of Bethlehem and Netophah, 188; -- nehemiah 7:26 +. +the men of Anathoth, 128; -- nehemiah 7:27 +. +the men of Beth-azmaveth, 42; -- nehemiah 7:28 +. +the men of Kiriath-jearim, Chephirah and Beeroth, 743; -- nehemiah 7:29 +. +the men of Ramah and Geba, 621; -- nehemiah 7:30 +. +the men of Michmas, 122; -- nehemiah 7:31 +. +the men of Bethel and Ai, 123; -- nehemiah 7:32 +. +the men of the other Nebo, 52; -- nehemiah 7:33 +. +the sons of the other Elam, 1,254; -- nehemiah 7:34 +. +the sons of Harim, 320; -- nehemiah 7:35 +. +the men of Jericho, 345; -- nehemiah 7:36 +. +the sons of Lod, Hadid and Ono, 721; -- nehemiah 7:37 +. +the sons of Senaah, 3,930. -- nehemiah 7:38 +. +The priests: the sons of Jedaiah of the house of Jeshua, 973; -- nehemiah 7:39 +. +the sons of Immer, 1,052; -- nehemiah 7:40 +. +the sons of Pashhur, 1,247; -- nehemiah 7:41 +. +the sons of Harim, 1,017. -- nehemiah 7:42 +. +The Levites: the sons of Jeshua, of Kadmiel, of the sons of Hodevah, 74. -- nehemiah 7:43 +. +The singers: the sons of Asaph, 148. -- nehemiah 7:44 +. +The gatekeepers: the sons of Shallum, the sons of Ater, the sons of Talmon, the sons of Akkub, the sons of Hatita, the sons of Shobai, 138. -- nehemiah 7:45 +. +The temple servants: the sons of Ziha, the sons of Hasupha, the sons of Tabbaoth, -- nehemiah 7:46 +. +the sons of Keros, the sons of Sia, the sons of Padon, -- nehemiah 7:47 +. +the sons of Lebana, the sons of Hagaba, the sons of Shalmai, -- nehemiah 7:48 +. +the sons of Hanan, the sons of Giddel, the sons of Gahar, -- nehemiah 7:49 +. +the sons of Reaiah, the sons of Rezin, the sons of Nekoda, -- nehemiah 7:50 +. +the sons of Gazzam, the sons of Uzza, the sons of Paseah, -- nehemiah 7:51 +. +the sons of Besai, the sons of Meunim, the sons of Nephushesim, -- nehemiah 7:52 +. +the sons of Bakbuk, the sons of Hakupha, the sons of Harhur, -- nehemiah 7:53 +. +the sons of Bazlith, the sons of Mehida, the sons of Harsha, -- nehemiah 7:54 +. +the sons of Barkos, the sons of Sisera, the sons of Temah, -- nehemiah 7:55 +. +the sons of Neziah, the sons of Hatipha. -- nehemiah 7:56 +. +The sons of Solomon's servants: the sons of Sotai, the sons of Sophereth, the sons of Perida, -- nehemiah 7:57 +. +the sons of Jaala, the sons of Darkon, the sons of Giddel, -- nehemiah 7:58 +. +the sons of Shephatiah, the sons of Hattil, the sons of Pochereth-hazzebaim, the sons of Amon. -- nehemiah 7:59 +. +All the temple servants and the sons of Solomon's servants were 392. -- nehemiah 7:60 +. +These were they who came up from Tel-melah, Tel-harsha, Cherub, Addon and Immer; but they could not show their fathers' houses or their descendants, whether they were of Israel: -- nehemiah 7:61 +. +the sons of Delaiah, the sons of Tobiah, the sons of Nekoda, 642. -- nehemiah 7:62 +. +Of the priests: the sons of Hobaiah, the sons of Hakkoz, the sons of Barzillai, who took a wife of the daughters of Barzillai, the Gileadite, and was named after them. -- nehemiah 7:63 +. +These searched among their ancestral registration, but it could not be located; therefore they were considered unclean and excluded from the priesthood. -- nehemiah 7:64 +. +The governor said to them that they should not eat from the most holy things until a priest arose with Urim and Thummim. -- nehemiah 7:65 +. +The whole assembly together was 42,360, -- nehemiah 7:66 +. +besides their male and their female servants, of whom there were 7,337; and they had male and female singers. -- nehemiah 7:67 +. +Their horses were 736; their mules, 245; -- nehemiah 7:68 +. +their camels, 435; their donkeys, 6,720. -- nehemiah 7:69 +. +Some from among the heads of fathers' households gave to the work. The governor gave to the treasury 1,gold drachmas, 50 basins, 530 priests' garments. -- nehemiah 7:70 +. +Some of the heads of fathers' households gave into the treasury of the work 20,gold drachmas and 2,200 silver minas. -- nehemiah 7:71 +. +That which the rest of the people gave was 20,gold drachmas and 2,000 silver minas and 67 priests' garments. -- nehemiah 7:72 +. +Now the priests, the Levites, the gatekeepers, the singers, some of the people, the temple servants and all Israel, lived in their cities. And when the seventh month came, the sons of Israel were in their cities. -- nehemiah 7:73 +. +And all the people gathered as one man at the square which was in front of the Water Gate, and they asked Ezra the scribe to bring the book of the law of Moses which the LORD had given to Israel. -- nehemiah 8:1 +. +Then Ezra the priest brought the law before the assembly of men, women and all who could listen with understanding, on the first day of the seventh month. -- nehemiah 8:2 +. +He read from it before the square which was in front of the Water Gate from early morning until midday, in the presence of men and women, those who could understand; and all the people were attentive to the book of the law. -- nehemiah 8:3 +. +Ezra the scribe stood at a wooden podium which they had made for the purpose. And beside him stood Mattithiah, Shema, Anaiah, Uriah, Hilkiah, and Maaseiah on his right hand; and Pedaiah, Mishael, Malchijah, Hashum, Hashbaddanah, Zechariah and Meshullam on his left hand. -- nehemiah 8:4 +. +Ezra opened the book in the sight of all the people for he was standing above all the people; and when he opened it, all the people stood up. -- nehemiah 8:5 +. +Then Ezra blessed the LORD the great God. And all the people answered, "Amen, Amen!" while lifting up their hands; then they bowed low and worshiped the LORD with their faces to the ground. -- nehemiah 8:6 +. +Also Jeshua, Bani, Sherebiah, Jamin, Akkub, Shabbethai, Hodiah, Maaseiah, Kelita, Azariah, Jozabad, Hanan, Pelaiah, the Levites, explained the law to the people while the people remained in their place. -- nehemiah 8:7 +. +They read from the book, from the law of God, translating to give the sense so that they understood the reading. -- nehemiah 8:8 +. +Then Nehemiah, who was the governor, and Ezra the priest and scribe, and the Levites who taught the people said to all the people, "This day is holy to the LORD your God; do not mourn or weep." For all the people were weeping when they heard the words of the law. -- nehemiah 8:9 +. +Then he said to them, "Go, eat of the fat, drink of the sweet, and send portions to him who has nothing prepared; for this day is holy to our Lord. Do not be grieved, for the joy of the LORD is your strength." -- nehemiah 8:10 +. +So the Levites calmed all the people, saying, "Be still, for the day is holy; do not be grieved." -- nehemiah 8:11 +. +All the people went away to eat, to drink, to send portions and to celebrate a great festival, because they understood the words which had been made known to them. -- nehemiah 8:12 +. +Then on the second day the heads of fathers' households of all the people, the priests and the Levites were gathered to Ezra the scribe that they might gain insight into the words of the law. -- nehemiah 8:13 +. +They found written in the law how the LORD had commanded through Moses that the sons of Israel should live in booths during the feast of the seventh month. -- nehemiah 8:14 +. +So they proclaimed and circulated a proclamation in all their cities and in Jerusalem, saying, "Go out to the hills, and bring olive branches and wild olive branches, myrtle branches, palm branches and branches of other leafy trees, to make booths, as it is written." -- nehemiah 8:15 +. +So the people went out and brought them and made booths for themselves, each on his roof, and in their courts and in the courts of the house of God, and in the square at the Water Gate and in the square at the Gate of Ephraim. -- nehemiah 8:16 +. +The entire assembly of those who had returned from the captivity made booths and lived in them. The sons of Israel had indeed not done so from the days of Joshua the son of Nun to that day. And there was great rejoicing. -- nehemiah 8:17 +. +He read from the book of the law of God daily, from the first day to the last day. And they celebrated the feast seven days, and on the eighth day there was a solemn assembly according to the ordinance. -- nehemiah 8:18 +. +Now on the twenty-fourth day of this month the sons of Israel assembled with fasting, in sackcloth and with dirt upon them. -- nehemiah 9:1 +. +The descendants of Israel separated themselves from all foreigners, and stood and confessed their sins and the iniquities of their fathers. -- nehemiah 9:2 +. +While they stood in their place, they read from the book of the law of the LORD their God for a fourth of the day; and for another fourth they confessed and worshiped the LORD their God. -- nehemiah 9:3 +. +Now on the Levites' platform stood Jeshua, Bani, Kadmiel, Shebaniah, Bunni, Sherebiah, Bani and Chenani, and they cried with a loud voice to the LORD their God. -- nehemiah 9:4 +. +Then the Levites, Jeshua, Kadmiel, Bani, Hashabneiah, Sherebiah, Hodiah, Shebaniah and Pethahiah, said, "Arise, bless the LORD your God forever and ever! O may Your glorious name be blessed And exalted above all blessing and praise! -- nehemiah 9:5 +. +"You alone are the LORD. You have made the heavens, The heaven of heavens with all their host, The earth and all that is on it, The seas and all that is in them. You give life to all of them And the heavenly host bows down before You. -- nehemiah 9:6 +. +"You are the LORD God, Who chose Abram And brought him out from Ur of the Chaldees, And gave him the name Abraham. -- nehemiah 9:7 +. +"You found his heart faithful before You, And made a covenant with him To give him the land of the Canaanite, Of the Hittite and the Amorite, Of the Perizzite, the Jebusite and the Girgashite-- To give it to his descendants. And You have fulfilled Your promise, For You are righteous. -- nehemiah 9:8 +. +"You saw the affliction of our fathers in Egypt, And heard their cry by the Red Sea. -- nehemiah 9:9 +. +"Then You performed signs and wonders against Pharaoh, Against all his servants and all the people of his land; For You knew that they acted arrogantly toward them, And made a name for Yourself as it is this day. -- nehemiah 9:10 +. +"You divided the sea before them, So they passed through the midst of the sea on dry ground; And their pursuers You hurled into the depths, Like a stone into raging waters. -- nehemiah 9:11 +. +"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. -- nehemiah 9:12 +. +"Then You came down on Mount Sinai, And spoke with them from heaven; You gave them just ordinances and true laws, Good statutes and commandments. -- nehemiah 9:13 +. +"So You made known to them Your holy sabbath, And laid down for them commandments, statutes and law, Through Your servant Moses. -- nehemiah 9:14 +. +"You provided bread from heaven for them for their hunger, You brought forth water from a rock for them for their thirst, And You told them to enter in order to possess The land which You swore to give them. -- nehemiah 9:15 +. +"But they, our fathers, acted arrogantly; They became stubborn and would not listen to Your commandments. -- nehemiah 9:16 +. +"They refused to listen, And did not remember Your wondrous deeds which You had performed among them; So they became stubborn and appointed a leader to return to their slavery in Egypt. But You are a God of forgiveness, Gracious and compassionate, Slow to anger and abounding in lovingkindness; And You did not forsake them. -- nehemiah 9:17 +. +"Even when they made for themselves A calf of molten metal And said, 'This is your God Who brought you up from Egypt,' And committed great blasphemies, -- nehemiah 9:18 +. +You, in Your great compassion, Did not forsake them in the wilderness; The pillar of cloud did not leave them by day, To guide them on their way, Nor the pillar of fire by night, to light for them the way in which they were to go. -- nehemiah 9:19 +. +"You gave Your good Spirit to instruct them, Your manna You did not withhold from their mouth, And You gave them water for their thirst. -- nehemiah 9:20 +. +"Indeed, forty years You provided for them in the wilderness and they were not in want; Their clothes did not wear out, nor did their feet swell. -- nehemiah 9:21 +. +"You also gave them kingdoms and peoples, And allotted them to them as a boundary. They took possession of the land of Sihon the king of Heshbon And the land of Og the king of Bashan. -- nehemiah 9:22 +. +"You made their sons numerous as the stars of heaven, And You brought them into the land Which You had told their fathers to enter and possess. -- nehemiah 9:23 +. +"So their sons entered and possessed the land. And You subdued before them the inhabitants of the land, the Canaanites, And You gave them into their hand, with their kings and the peoples of the land, To do with them as they desired. -- nehemiah 9:24 +. +"They captured fortified cities and a fertile land. They took possession of houses full of every good thing, Hewn cisterns, vineyards, olive groves, Fruit trees in abundance. So they ate, were filled and grew fat, And reveled in Your great goodness. -- nehemiah 9:25 +. +"But they became disobedient and rebelled against You, And cast Your law behind their backs And killed Your prophets who had admonished them So that they might return to You, And they committed great blasphemies. -- nehemiah 9:26 +. +"Therefore You delivered them into the hand of their oppressors who oppressed them, But when they cried to You in the time of their distress, You heard from heaven, and according to Your great compassion You gave them deliverers who delivered them from the hand of their oppressors. -- nehemiah 9:27 +. +"But as soon as they had rest, they did evil again before You; Therefore You abandoned them to the hand of their enemies, so that they ruled over them. When they cried again to You, You heard from heaven, And many times You rescued them according to Your compassion, -- nehemiah 9:28 +. +And admonished them in order to turn them back to Your law. Yet they acted arrogantly and did not listen to Your commandments but sinned against Your ordinances, By which if a man observes them he shall live. And they turned a stubborn shoulder and stiffened their neck, and would not listen. -- nehemiah 9:29 +. +"However, You bore with them for many years, And admonished them by Your Spirit through Your prophets, Yet they would not give ear. Therefore You gave them into the hand of the peoples of the lands. -- nehemiah 9:30 +. +"Nevertheless, in Your great compassion You did not make an end of them or forsake them, For You are a gracious and compassionate God. -- nehemiah 9:31 +. +"Now therefore, our God, the great, the mighty, and the awesome God, who keeps covenant and lovingkindness, Do not let all the hardship seem insignificant before You, Which has come upon us, our kings, our princes, our priests, our prophets, our fathers and on all Your people, From the days of the kings of Assyria to this day. -- nehemiah 9:32 +. +"However, You are just in all that has come upon us; For You have dealt faithfully, but we have acted wickedly. -- nehemiah 9:33 +. +"For our kings, our leaders, our priests and our fathers have not kept Your law Or paid attention to Your commandments and Your admonitions with which You have admonished them. -- nehemiah 9:34 +. +"But they, in their own kingdom, With Your great goodness which You gave them, With the broad and rich land which You set before them, Did not serve You or turn from their evil deeds. -- nehemiah 9:35 +. +"Behold, we are slaves today, And as to the land which You gave to our fathers to eat of its fruit and its bounty, Behold, we are slaves in it. -- nehemiah 9:36 +. +"Its abundant produce is for the kings Whom You have set over us because of our sins; They also rule over our bodies And over our cattle as they please, So we are in great distress. -- nehemiah 9:37 +. +"Now because of all this We are making an agreement in writing; And on the sealed document are the names of our leaders, our Levites and our priests." -- nehemiah 9:38 +. +Now on the sealed document were the names of: Nehemiah the governor, the son of Hacaliah, and Zedekiah, -- nehemiah 10:1 +. +Seraiah, Azariah, Jeremiah, -- nehemiah 10:2 +. +Pashhur, Amariah, Malchijah, -- nehemiah 10:3 +. +Hattush, Shebaniah, Malluch, -- nehemiah 10:4 +. +Harim, Meremoth, Obadiah, -- nehemiah 10:5 +. +Daniel, Ginnethon, Baruch, -- nehemiah 10:6 +. +Meshullam, Abijah, Mijamin, -- nehemiah 10:7 +. +Maaziah, Bilgai, Shemaiah. These were the priests. -- nehemiah 10:8 +. +And the Levites: Jeshua the son of Azaniah, Binnui of the sons of Henadad, Kadmiel; -- nehemiah 10:9 +. +also their brothers Shebaniah, Hodiah, Kelita, Pelaiah, Hanan, -- nehemiah 10:10 +. +Mica, Rehob, Hashabiah, -- nehemiah 10:11 +. +Zaccur, Sherebiah, Shebaniah, -- nehemiah 10:12 +. +Hodiah, Bani, Beninu. -- nehemiah 10:13 +. +The leaders of the people: Parosh, Pahath-moab, Elam, Zattu, Bani, -- nehemiah 10:14 +. +Bunni, Azgad, Bebai, -- nehemiah 10:15 +. +Adonijah, Bigvai, Adin, -- nehemiah 10:16 +. +Ater, Hezekiah, Azzur, -- nehemiah 10:17 +. +Hodiah, Hashum, Bezai, -- nehemiah 10:18 +. +Hariph, Anathoth, Nebai, -- nehemiah 10:19 +. +Magpiash, Meshullam, Hezir, -- nehemiah 10:20 +. +Meshezabel, Zadok, Jaddua, -- nehemiah 10:21 +. +Pelatiah, Hanan, Anaiah, -- nehemiah 10:22 +. +Hoshea, Hananiah, Hasshub, -- nehemiah 10:23 +. +Hallohesh, Pilha, Shobek, -- nehemiah 10:24 +. +Rehum, Hashabnah, Maaseiah, -- nehemiah 10:25 +. +Ahiah, Hanan, Anan, -- nehemiah 10:26 +. +Malluch, Harim, Baanah. -- nehemiah 10:27 +. +Now the rest of the people, the priests, the Levites, the gatekeepers, the singers, the temple servants and all those who had separated themselves from the peoples of the lands to the law of God, their wives, their sons and their daughters, all those who had knowledge and understanding, -- nehemiah 10:28 +. +are joining with their kinsmen, their nobles, and are taking on themselves a curse and an oath to walk in God's law, which was given through Moses, God's servant, and to keep and to observe all the commandments of GOD our Lord, and His ordinances and His statutes; -- nehemiah 10:29 +. +and that we will not give our daughters to the peoples of the land or take their daughters for our sons. -- nehemiah 10:30 +. +As for the peoples of the land who bring wares or any grain on the sabbath day to sell, we will not buy from them on the sabbath or a holy day; and we will forego the crops the seventh year and the exaction of every debt. -- nehemiah 10:31 +. +We also placed ourselves under obligation to contribute yearly one third of a shekel for the service of the house of our God: -- nehemiah 10:32 +. +for the showbread, for the continual grain offering, for the continual burnt offering, the sabbaths, the new moon, for the appointed times, for the holy things and for the sin offerings to make atonement for Israel, and all the work of the house of our God. -- nehemiah 10:33 +. +Likewise we cast lots for the supply of wood among the priests, the Levites and the people so that they might bring it to the house of our God, according to our fathers' households, at fixed times annually, to burn on the altar of the LORD our God, as it is written in the law; -- nehemiah 10:34 +. +and that they might bring the first fruits of our ground and the first fruits of all the fruit of every tree to the house of the LORD annually, -- nehemiah 10:35 +. +and bring to the house of our God the firstborn of our sons and of our cattle, and the firstborn of our herds and our flocks as it is written in the law, for the priests who are ministering in the house of our God. -- nehemiah 10:36 +. +We will also bring the first of our dough, our contributions, the fruit of every tree, the new wine and the oil to the priests at the chambers of the house of our God, and the tithe of our ground to the Levites, for the Levites are they who receive the tithes in all the rural towns. -- nehemiah 10:37 +. +The priest, the son of Aaron, shall be with the Levites when the Levites receive tithes, and the Levites shall bring up the tenth of the tithes to the house of our God, to the chambers of the storehouse. -- nehemiah 10:38 +. +For the sons of Israel and the sons of Levi shall bring the contribution of the grain, the new wine and the oil to the chambers; there are the utensils of the sanctuary, the priests who are ministering, the gatekeepers and the singers. Thus we will not neglect the house of our God. -- nehemiah 10:39 +. +Now the leaders of the people lived in Jerusalem, but the rest of the people cast lots to bring one out of ten to live in Jerusalem, the holy city, while nine-tenths remained in the other cities. -- nehemiah 11:1 +. +And the people blessed all the men who volunteered to live in Jerusalem. -- nehemiah 11:2 +. +Now these are the heads of the provinces who lived in Jerusalem, but in the cities of Judah each lived on his own property in their cities--the Israelites, the priests, the Levites, the temple servants and the descendants of Solomon's servants. -- nehemiah 11:3 +. +Some of the sons of Judah and some of the sons of Benjamin lived in Jerusalem. From the sons of Judah: Athaiah the son of Uzziah, the son of Zechariah, the son of Amariah, the son of Shephatiah, the son of Mahalalel, of the sons of Perez; -- nehemiah 11:4 +. +and Maaseiah the son of Baruch, the son of Col-hozeh, the son of Hazaiah, the son of Adaiah, the son of Joiarib, the son of Zechariah, the son of the Shilonite. -- nehemiah 11:5 +. +All the sons of Perez who lived in Jerusalem were able men. -- nehemiah 11:6 +. +Now these are the sons of Benjamin: Sallu the son of Meshullam, the son of Joed, the son of Pedaiah, the son of Kolaiah, the son of Maaseiah, the son of Ithiel, the son of Jeshaiah; -- nehemiah 11:7 +. +and after him Gabbai and Sallai, 928. -- nehemiah 11:8 +. +Joel the son of Zichri was their overseer, and Judah the son of Hassenuah was second in command of the city. -- nehemiah 11:9 +. +From the priests: Jedaiah the son of Joiarib, Jachin, -- nehemiah 11:10 +. +Seraiah the son of Hilkiah, the son of Meshullam, the son of Zadok, the son of Meraioth, the son of Ahitub, the leader of the house of God, -- nehemiah 11:11 +. +and their kinsmen who performed the work of the temple, 822; and Adaiah the son of Jeroham, the son of Pelaliah, the son of Amzi, the son of Zechariah, the son of Pashhur, the son of Malchijah, -- nehemiah 11:12 +. +and his kinsmen, heads of fathers' households, 242; and Amashsai the son of Azarel, the son of Ahzai, the son of Meshillemoth, the son of Immer, -- nehemiah 11:13 +. +and their brothers, valiant warriors, 128. And their overseer was Zabdiel, the son of Haggedolim. -- nehemiah 11:14 +. +Now from the Levites: Shemaiah the son of Hasshub, the son of Azrikam, the son of Hashabiah, the son of Bunni; -- nehemiah 11:15 +. +and Shabbethai and Jozabad, from the leaders of the Levites, who were in charge of the outside work of the house of God; -- nehemiah 11:16 +. +and Mattaniah the son of Mica, the son of Zabdi, the son of Asaph, who was the leader in beginning the thanksgiving at prayer, and Bakbukiah, the second among his brethren; and Abda the son of Shammua, the son of Galal, the son of Jeduthun. -- nehemiah 11:17 +. +All the Levites in the holy city were 284. -- nehemiah 11:18 +. +Also the gatekeepers, Akkub, Talmon and their brethren who kept watch at the gates, were 172. -- nehemiah 11:19 +. +The rest of Israel, of the priests and of the Levites, were in all the cities of Judah, each on his own inheritance. -- nehemiah 11:20 +. +But the temple servants were living in Ophel, and Ziha and Gishpa were in charge of the temple servants. -- nehemiah 11:21 +. +Now the overseer of the Levites in Jerusalem was Uzzi the son of Bani, the son of Hashabiah, the son of Mattaniah, the son of Mica, from the sons of Asaph, who were the singers for the service of the house of God. -- nehemiah 11:22 +. +For there was a commandment from the king concerning them and a firm regulation for the song leaders day by day. -- nehemiah 11:23 +. +Pethahiah the son of Meshezabel, of the sons of Zerah the son of Judah, was the king's representative in all matters concerning the people. -- nehemiah 11:24 +. +Now as for the villages with their fields, some of the sons of Judah lived in Kiriath-arba and its towns, in Dibon and its towns, and in Jekabzeel and its villages, -- nehemiah 11:25 +. +and in Jeshua, in Moladah and Beth-pelet, -- nehemiah 11:26 +. +and in Hazar-shual, in Beersheba and its towns, -- nehemiah 11:27 +. +and in Ziklag, in Meconah and in its towns, -- nehemiah 11:28 +. +and in En-rimmon, in Zorah and in Jarmuth, -- nehemiah 11:29 +. +Zanoah, Adullam, and their villages, Lachish and its fields, Azekah and its towns. So they encamped from Beersheba as far as the valley of Hinnom. -- nehemiah 11:30 +. +The sons of Benjamin also lived from Geba onward, at Michmash and Aija, at Bethel and its towns, -- nehemiah 11:31 +. +at Anathoth, Nob, Ananiah, -- nehemiah 11:32 +. +Hazor, Ramah, Gittaim, -- nehemiah 11:33 +. +Hadid, Zeboim, Neballat, -- nehemiah 11:34 +. +Lod and Ono, the valley of craftsmen. -- nehemiah 11:35 +. +From the Levites, some divisions in Judah belonged to Benjamin. -- nehemiah 11:36 +. +Now these are the priests and the Levites who came up with Zerubbabel the son of Shealtiel, and Jeshua: Seraiah, Jeremiah, Ezra, -- nehemiah 12:1 +. +Amariah, Malluch, Hattush, -- nehemiah 12:2 +. +Shecaniah, Rehum, Meremoth, -- nehemiah 12:3 +. +Iddo, Ginnethoi, Abijah, -- nehemiah 12:4 +. +Mijamin, Maadiah, Bilgah, -- nehemiah 12:5 +. +Shemaiah and Joiarib, Jedaiah, -- nehemiah 12:6 +. +Sallu, Amok, Hilkiah and Jedaiah. These were the heads of the priests and their kinsmen in the days of Jeshua. -- nehemiah 12:7 +. +The Levites were Jeshua, Binnui, Kadmiel, Sherebiah, Judah, and Mattaniah who was in charge of the songs of thanksgiving, he and his brothers. -- nehemiah 12:8 +. +Also Bakbukiah and Unni, their brothers, stood opposite them in their service divisions. -- nehemiah 12:9 +. +Jeshua became the father of Joiakim, and Joiakim became the father of Eliashib, and Eliashib became the father of Joiada, -- nehemiah 12:10 +. +and Joiada became the father of Jonathan, and Jonathan became the father of Jaddua. -- nehemiah 12:11 +. +Now in the days of Joiakim, the priests, the heads of fathers' households were: of Seraiah, Meraiah; of Jeremiah, Hananiah; -- nehemiah 12:12 +. +of Ezra, Meshullam; of Amariah, Jehohanan; -- nehemiah 12:13 +. +of Malluchi, Jonathan; of Shebaniah, Joseph; -- nehemiah 12:14 +. +of Harim, Adna; of Meraioth, Helkai; -- nehemiah 12:15 +. +of Iddo, Zechariah; of Ginnethon, Meshullam; -- nehemiah 12:16 +. +of Abijah, Zichri; of Miniamin, of Moadiah, Piltai; -- nehemiah 12:17 +. +of Bilgah, Shammua; of Shemaiah, Jehonathan; -- nehemiah 12:18 +. +of Joiarib, Mattenai; of Jedaiah, Uzzi; -- nehemiah 12:19 +. +of Sallai, Kallai; of Amok, Eber; -- nehemiah 12:20 +. +of Hilkiah, Hashabiah; of Jedaiah, Nethanel. -- nehemiah 12:21 +. +As for the Levites, the heads of fathers' households were registered in the days of Eliashib, Joiada, and Johanan and Jaddua; so were the priests in the reign of Darius the Persian. -- nehemiah 12:22 +. +The sons of Levi, the heads of fathers' households, were registered in the Book of the Chronicles up to the days of Johanan the son of Eliashib. -- nehemiah 12:23 +. +The heads of the Levites were Hashabiah, Sherebiah and Jeshua the son of Kadmiel, with their brothers opposite them, to praise and give thanks, as prescribed by David the man of God, division corresponding to division. -- nehemiah 12:24 +. +Mattaniah, Bakbukiah, Obadiah, Meshullam, Talmon and Akkub were gatekeepers keeping watch at the storehouses of the gates. -- nehemiah 12:25 +. +These served in the days of Joiakim the son of Jeshua, the son of Jozadak, and in the days of Nehemiah the governor and of Ezra the priest and scribe. -- nehemiah 12:26 +. +Now at the dedication of the wall of Jerusalem they sought out the Levites from all their places, to bring them to Jerusalem so that they might celebrate the dedication with gladness, with hymns of thanksgiving and with songs to the accompaniment of cymbals, harps and lyres. -- nehemiah 12:27 +. +So the sons of the singers were assembled from the district around Jerusalem, and from the villages of the Netophathites, -- nehemiah 12:28 +. +from Beth-gilgal and from their fields in Geba and Azmaveth, for the singers had built themselves villages around Jerusalem. -- nehemiah 12:29 +. +The priests and the Levites purified themselves; they also purified the people, the gates and the wall. -- nehemiah 12:30 +. +Then I had the leaders of Judah come up on top of the wall, and I appointed two great choirs, the first proceeding to the right on top of the wall toward the Refuse Gate. -- nehemiah 12:31 +. +Hoshaiah and half of the leaders of Judah followed them, -- nehemiah 12:32 +. +with Azariah, Ezra, Meshullam, -- nehemiah 12:33 +. +Judah, Benjamin, Shemaiah, Jeremiah, -- nehemiah 12:34 +. +and some of the sons of the priests with trumpets; and Zechariah the son of Jonathan, the son of Shemaiah, the son of Mattaniah, the son of Micaiah, the son of Zaccur, the son of Asaph, -- nehemiah 12:35 +. +and his kinsmen, Shemaiah, Azarel, Milalai, Gilalai, Maai, Nethanel, Judah and Hanani, with the musical instruments of David the man of God. And Ezra the scribe went before them. -- nehemiah 12:36 +. +At the Fountain Gate they went directly up the steps of the city of David by the stairway of the wall above the house of David to the Water Gate on the east. -- nehemiah 12:37 +. +The second choir proceeded to the left, while I followed them with half of the people on the wall, above the Tower of Furnaces, to the Broad Wall, -- nehemiah 12:38 +. +and above the Gate of Ephraim, by the Old Gate, by the Fish Gate, the Tower of Hananel and the Tower of the Hundred, as far as the Sheep Gate; and they stopped at the Gate of the Guard. -- nehemiah 12:39 +. +Then the two choirs took their stand in the house of God. So did I and half of the officials with me; -- nehemiah 12:40 +. +and the priests, Eliakim, Maaseiah, Miniamin, Micaiah, Elioenai, Zechariah and Hananiah, with the trumpets; -- nehemiah 12:41 +. +and Maaseiah, Shemaiah, Eleazar, Uzzi, Jehohanan, Malchijah, Elam and Ezer. And the singers sang, with Jezrahiah their leader, -- nehemiah 12:42 +. +and on that day they offered great sacrifices and rejoiced because God had given them great joy, even the women and children rejoiced, so that the joy of Jerusalem was heard from afar. -- nehemiah 12:43 +. +On that day men were also appointed over the chambers for the stores, the contributions, the first fruits and the tithes, to gather into them from the fields of the cities the portions required by the law for the priests and Levites; for Judah rejoiced over the priests and Levites who served. -- nehemiah 12:44 +. +For they performed the worship of their God and the service of purification, together with the singers and the gatekeepers in accordance with the command of David and of his son Solomon. -- nehemiah 12:45 +. +For in the days of David and Asaph, in ancient times, there were leaders of the singers, songs of praise and hymns of thanksgiving to God. -- nehemiah 12:46 +. +So all Israel in the days of Zerubbabel and Nehemiah gave the portions due the singers and the gatekeepers as each day required, and set apart the consecrated portion for the Levites, and the Levites set apart the consecrated portion for the sons of Aaron. -- nehemiah 12:47 +. +On that day they read aloud from the book of Moses in the hearing of the people; and there was found written in it that no Ammonite or Moabite should ever enter the assembly of God, -- nehemiah 13:1 +. +because they did not meet the sons of Israel with bread and water, but hired Balaam against them to curse them. However, our God turned the curse into a blessing. -- nehemiah 13:2 +. +So when they heard the law, they excluded all foreigners from Israel. -- nehemiah 13:3 +. +Now prior to this, Eliashib the priest, who was appointed over the chambers of the house of our God, being related to Tobiah, -- nehemiah 13:4 +. +had prepared a large room for him, where formerly they put the grain offerings, the frankincense, the utensils and the tithes of grain, wine and oil prescribed for the Levites, the singers and the gatekeepers, and the contributions for the priests. -- nehemiah 13:5 +. +But during all this time I was not in Jerusalem, for in the thirty-second year of Artaxerxes king of Babylon I had gone to the king. After some time, however, I asked leave from the king, -- nehemiah 13:6 +. +and I came to Jerusalem and learned about the evil that Eliashib had done for Tobiah, by preparing a room for him in the courts of the house of God. -- nehemiah 13:7 +. +It was very displeasing to me, so I threw all of Tobiah's household goods out of the room. -- nehemiah 13:8 +. +Then I gave an order and they cleansed the rooms; and I returned there the utensils of the house of God with the grain offerings and the frankincense. -- nehemiah 13:9 +. +I also discovered that the portions of the Levites had not been given them, so that the Levites and the singers who performed the service had gone away, each to his own field. -- nehemiah 13:10 +. +So I reprimanded the officials and said, "Why is the house of God forsaken?" Then I gathered them together and restored them to their posts. -- nehemiah 13:11 +. +All Judah then brought the tithe of the grain, wine and oil into the storehouses. -- nehemiah 13:12 +. +In charge of the storehouses I appointed Shelemiah the priest, Zadok the scribe, and Pedaiah of the Levites, and in addition to them was Hanan the son of Zaccur, the son of Mattaniah; for they were considered reliable, and it was their task to distribute to their kinsmen. -- nehemiah 13:13 +. +Remember me for this, O my God, and do not blot out my loyal deeds which I have performed for the house of my God and its services. -- nehemiah 13:14 +. +In those days I saw in Judah some who were treading wine presses on the sabbath, and bringing in sacks of grain and loading them on donkeys, as well as wine, grapes, figs and all kinds of loads, and they brought them into Jerusalem on the sabbath day. So I admonished them on the day they sold food. -- nehemiah 13:15 +. +Also men of Tyre were living there who imported fish and all kinds of merchandise, and sold them to the sons of Judah on the sabbath, even in Jerusalem. -- nehemiah 13:16 +. +Then I reprimanded the nobles of Judah and said to them, "What is this evil thing you are doing, by profaning the sabbath day? -- nehemiah 13:17 +. +"Did not your fathers do the same, so that our God brought on us and on this city all this trouble? Yet you are adding to the wrath on Israel by profaning the sabbath." -- nehemiah 13:18 +. +It came about that just as it grew dark at the gates of Jerusalem before the sabbath, I commanded that the doors should be shut and that they should not open them until after the sabbath. Then I stationed some of my servants at the gates so that no load would enter on the sabbath day. -- nehemiah 13:19 +. +Once or twice the traders and merchants of every kind of merchandise spent the night outside Jerusalem. -- nehemiah 13:20 +. +Then I warned them and said to them, "Why do you spend the night in front of the wall? If you do so again, I will use force against you." From that time on they did not come on the sabbath. -- nehemiah 13:21 +. +And I commanded the Levites that they should purify themselves and come as gatekeepers to sanctify the sabbath day. For this also remember me, O my God, and have compassion on me according to the greatness of Your lovingkindness. -- nehemiah 13:22 +. +In those days I also saw that the Jews had married women from Ashdod, Ammon and Moab. -- nehemiah 13:23 +. +As for their children, half spoke in the language of Ashdod, and none of them was able to speak the language of Judah, but the language of his own people. -- nehemiah 13:24 +. +So I contended with them and cursed them and struck some of them and pulled out their hair, and made them swear by God, "You shall not give your daughters to their sons, nor take of their daughters for your sons or for yourselves. -- nehemiah 13:25 +. +"Did not Solomon king of Israel sin regarding these things? Yet among the many nations there was no king like him, and he was loved by his God, and God made him king over all Israel; nevertheless the foreign women caused even him to sin. -- nehemiah 13:26 +. +"Do we then hear about you that you have committed all this great evil by acting unfaithfully against our God by marrying foreign women?" -- nehemiah 13:27 +. +Even one of the sons of Joiada, the son of Eliashib the high priest, was a son-in-law of Sanballat the Horonite, so I drove him away from me. -- nehemiah 13:28 +. +Remember them, O my God, because they have defiled the priesthood and the covenant of the priesthood and the Levites. -- nehemiah 13:29 +. +Thus I purified them from everything foreign and appointed duties for the priests and the Levites, each in his task, -- nehemiah 13:30 +. +and I arranged for the supply of wood at appointed times and for the first fruits. Remember me, O my God, for good. -- nehemiah 13:31 +. +Now it took place in the days of Ahasuerus, the Ahasuerus who reigned from India to Ethiopia over provinces, -- esther 1:1 +. +in those days as King Ahasuerus sat on his royal throne which was at the citadel in Susa, -- esther 1:2 +. +in the third year of his reign he gave a banquet for all his princes and attendants, the army officers of Persia and Media, the nobles and the princes of his provinces being in his presence. -- esther 1:3 +. +And he displayed the riches of his royal glory and the splendor of his great majesty for many days, days. -- esther 1:4 +. +When these days were completed, the king gave a banquet lasting seven days for all the people who were present at the citadel in Susa, from the greatest to the least, in the court of the garden of the king's palace. -- esther 1:5 +. +There were hangings of fine white and violet linen held by cords of fine purple linen on silver rings and marble columns, and couches of gold and silver on a mosaic pavement of porphyry, marble, mother-of-pearl and precious stones. -- esther 1:6 +. +Drinks were served in golden vessels of various kinds, and the royal wine was plentiful according to the king's bounty. -- esther 1:7 +. +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. -- esther 1:8 +. +Queen Vashti also gave a banquet for the women in the palace which belonged to King Ahasuerus. -- esther 1:9 +. +On the seventh day, when the heart of the king was merry with wine, he commanded Mehuman, Biztha, Harbona, Bigtha, Abagtha, Zethar and Carkas, the seven eunuchs who served in the presence of King Ahasuerus, -- esther 1:10 +. +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. -- esther 1:11 +. +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. -- esther 1:12 +. +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 -- esther 1:13 +. +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-- -- esther 1:14 +. +"According to law, what is to be done with Queen Vashti, because she did not obey the command of King Ahasuerus delivered by the eunuchs?" -- esther 1:15 +. +In the presence of the king and the princes, Memucan said, "Queen Vashti has wronged not only the king but also all the princes and all the peoples who are in all the provinces of King Ahasuerus. -- esther 1:16 +. +"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.' -- esther 1:17 +. +"This day the ladies of Persia and Media who have heard of the queen's conduct will speak in the same way to all the king's princes, and there will be plenty of contempt and anger. -- esther 1:18 +. +"If it pleases the king, let a royal edict be issued by him and let it be written in the laws of Persia and Media so that it cannot be repealed, that Vashti may no longer come into the presence of King Ahasuerus, and let the king give her royal position to another who is more worthy than she. -- esther 1:19 +. +"When the king's edict which he will make is heard throughout all his kingdom, great as it is, then all women will give honor to their husbands, great and small." -- esther 1:20 +. +This word pleased the king and the princes, and the king did as Memucan proposed. -- esther 1:21 +. +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. -- esther 1:22 +. +After these things when the anger of King Ahasuerus had subsided, he remembered Vashti and what she had done and what had been decreed against her. -- esther 2:1 +. +Then the king's attendants, who served him, said, "Let beautiful young virgins be sought for the king. -- esther 2:2 +. +"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. -- esther 2:3 +. +"Then let the young lady who pleases the king be queen in place of Vashti." And the matter pleased the king, and he did accordingly. -- esther 2:4 +. +Now there was at the citadel in Susa a Jew whose name was Mordecai, the son of Jair, the son of Shimei, the son of Kish, a Benjamite, -- esther 2:5 +. +who had been taken into exile from Jerusalem with the captives who had been exiled with Jeconiah king of Judah, whom Nebuchadnezzar the king of Babylon had exiled. -- esther 2:6 +. +He was bringing up Hadassah, that is Esther, his uncle's daughter, for she had no father or mother. Now the young lady was beautiful of form and face, and when her father and her mother died, Mordecai took her as his own daughter. -- esther 2:7 +. +So it came about when the command and decree of the king were heard and many young ladies were gathered to the citadel of Susa into the custody of Hegai, that Esther was taken to the king's palace into the custody of Hegai, who was in charge of the women. -- esther 2:8 +. +Now the young lady pleased him and found favor with him. So he quickly provided her with her cosmetics and food, gave her seven choice maids from the king's palace and transferred her and her maids to the best place in the harem. -- esther 2:9 +. +Esther did not make known her people or her kindred, for Mordecai had instructed her that she should not make them known. -- esther 2:10 +. +Every day Mordecai walked back and forth in front of the court of the harem to learn how Esther was and how she fared. -- esther 2:11 +. +Now when the turn of each young lady came to go in to King Ahasuerus, after the end of her twelve months under the regulations for the women--for the days of their beautification were completed as follows: six months with oil of myrrh and six months with spices and the cosmetics for women-- -- esther 2:12 +. +the young lady would go in to the king in this way: anything that she desired was given her to take with her from the harem to the king's palace. -- esther 2:13 +. +In the evening she would go in and in the morning she would return to the second harem, to the custody of Shaashgaz, the king's eunuch who was in charge of the concubines. She would not again go in to the king unless the king delighted in her and she was summoned by name. -- esther 2:14 +. +Now when the turn of Esther, the daughter of Abihail the uncle of Mordecai who had taken her as his daughter, came to go in to the king, she did not request anything except what Hegai, the king's eunuch who was in charge of the women, advised. And Esther found favor in the eyes of all who saw her. -- esther 2:15 +. +So Esther was taken to King Ahasuerus to his royal palace in the tenth month which is the month Tebeth, in the seventh year of his reign. -- esther 2:16 +. +The king loved Esther more than all the women, and she found favor and kindness with him more than all the virgins, so that he set the royal crown on her head and made her queen instead of Vashti. -- esther 2:17 +. +Then the king gave a great banquet, Esther's banquet, for all his princes and his servants; he also made a holiday for the provinces and gave gifts according to the king's bounty. -- esther 2:18 +. +When the virgins were gathered together the second time, then Mordecai was sitting at the king's gate. -- esther 2:19 +. +Esther had not yet made known her kindred or her people, even as Mordecai had commanded her; for Esther did what Mordecai told her as she had done when under his care. -- esther 2:20 +. +In those days, while Mordecai was sitting at the king's gate, Bigthan and Teresh, two of the king's officials from those who guarded the door, became angry and sought to lay hands on King Ahasuerus. -- esther 2:21 +. +But the plot became known to Mordecai and he told Queen Esther, and Esther informed the king in Mordecai's name. -- esther 2:22 +. +Now when the plot was investigated and found to be so, they were both hanged on a gallows; and it was written in the Book of the Chronicles in the king's presence. -- esther 2:23 +. +After these events King Ahasuerus promoted Haman, the son of Hammedatha the Agagite, and advanced him and established his authority over all the princes who were with him. -- esther 3:1 +. +All the king's servants who were at the king's gate bowed down and paid homage to Haman; for so the king had commanded concerning him. But Mordecai neither bowed down nor paid homage. -- esther 3:2 +. +Then the king's servants who were at the king's gate said to Mordecai, "Why are you transgressing the king's command?" -- esther 3:3 +. +Now it was when they had spoken daily to him and he would not listen to them, that they told Haman to see whether Mordecai's reason would stand; for he had told them that he was a Jew. -- esther 3:4 +. +When Haman saw that Mordecai neither bowed down nor paid homage to him, Haman was filled with rage. -- esther 3:5 +. +But he disdained to lay hands on Mordecai alone, for they had told him who the people of Mordecai were; therefore Haman sought to destroy all the Jews, the people of Mordecai, who were throughout the whole kingdom of Ahasuerus. -- esther 3:6 +. +In the first month, which is the month Nisan, in the twelfth year of King Ahasuerus, Pur, that is the lot, was cast before Haman from day to day and from month to month, until the twelfth month, that is the month Adar. -- esther 3:7 +. +Then Haman said to King Ahasuerus, "There is a certain people scattered and dispersed among the peoples in all the provinces of your kingdom; their laws are different from those of all other people and they do not observe the king's laws, so it is not in the king's interest to let them remain. -- esther 3:8 +. +"If it is pleasing to the king, let it be decreed that they be destroyed, and I will pay ten thousand talents of silver into the hands of those who carry on the king's business, to put into the king's treasuries." -- esther 3:9 +. +Then the king took his signet ring from his hand and gave it to Haman, the son of Hammedatha the Agagite, the enemy of the Jews. -- esther 3:10 +. +The king said to Haman, "The silver is yours, and the people also, to do with them as you please." -- esther 3:11 +. +Then the king's scribes were summoned on the thirteenth day of the first month, and it was written just as Haman commanded to the king's satraps, to the governors who were over each province and to the princes of each people, each province according to its script, each people according to its language, being written in the name of King Ahasuerus and sealed with the king's signet ring. -- esther 3:12 +. +Letters were sent by couriers to all the king's provinces to destroy, to kill and to annihilate all the Jews, both young and old, women and children, in one day, the thirteenth day of the twelfth month, which is the month Adar, and to seize their possessions as plunder. -- esther 3:13 +. +A copy of the edict to be issued as law in every province was published to all the peoples so that they should be ready for this day. -- esther 3:14 +. +The couriers went out impelled by the king's command while the decree was issued at the citadel in Susa; and while the king and Haman sat down to drink, the city of Susa was in confusion. -- esther 3:15 +. +When Mordecai learned all that had been done, he tore his clothes, put on sackcloth and ashes, and went out into the midst of the city and wailed loudly and bitterly. -- esther 4:1 +. +He went as far as the king's gate, for no one was to enter the king's gate clothed in sackcloth. -- esther 4:2 +. +In each and every province where the command and decree of the king came, there was great mourning among the Jews, with fasting, weeping and wailing; and many lay on sackcloth and ashes. -- esther 4:3 +. +Then Esther's maidens and her eunuchs came and told her, and the queen writhed in great anguish. And she sent garments to clothe Mordecai that he might remove his sackcloth from him, but he did not accept them. -- esther 4:4 +. +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. -- esther 4:5 +. +So Hathach went out to Mordecai to the city square in front of the king's gate. -- esther 4:6 +. +Mordecai told him all that had happened to him, and the exact amount of money that Haman had promised to pay to the king's treasuries for the destruction of the Jews. -- esther 4:7 +. +He also gave him a copy of the text of the edict which had been issued in Susa for their destruction, that he might show Esther and inform her, and to order her to go in to the king to implore his favor and to plead with him for her people. -- esther 4:8 +. +Hathach came back and related Mordecai's words to Esther. -- esther 4:9 +. +Then Esther spoke to Hathach and ordered him to reply to Mordecai: -- esther 4:10 +. +"All the king's servants and the people of the king's provinces know that for any man or woman who comes to the king to the inner court who is not summoned, he has but one law, that he be put to death, unless the king holds out to him the golden scepter so that he may live. And I have not been summoned to come to the king for these thirty days." -- esther 4:11 +. +They related Esther's words to Mordecai. -- esther 4:12 +. +Then Mordecai told them to reply to Esther, "Do not imagine that you in the king's palace can escape any more than all the Jews. -- esther 4:13 +. +"For if you remain silent at this time, relief and deliverance will arise for the Jews from another place and you and your father's house will perish. And who knows whether you have not attained royalty for such a time as this?" -- esther 4:14 +. +Then Esther told them to reply to Mordecai, -- esther 4:15 +. +"Go, assemble all the Jews who are found in Susa, and fast for me; do not eat or drink for three days, night or day. I and my maidens also will fast in the same way. And thus I will go in to the king, which is not according to the law; and if I perish, I perish." -- esther 4:16 +. +So Mordecai went away and did just as Esther had commanded him. -- esther 4:17 +. +Now it came about on the third day that Esther put on her royal robes and stood in the inner court of the king's palace in front of the king's rooms, and the king was sitting on his royal throne in the throne room, opposite the entrance to the palace. -- esther 5:1 +. +When the king saw Esther the queen standing in the court, she obtained favor in his sight; and the king extended to Esther the golden scepter which was in his hand. So Esther came near and touched the top of the scepter. -- esther 5:2 +. +Then the king said to her, "What is troubling you, Queen Esther? And what is your request? Even to half of the kingdom it shall be given to you." -- esther 5:3 +. +Esther said, "If it pleases the king, may the king and Haman come this day to the banquet that I have prepared for him." -- esther 5:4 +. +Then the king said, "Bring Haman quickly that we may do as Esther desires." So the king and Haman came to the banquet which Esther had prepared. -- esther 5:5 +. +As they drank their wine at the banquet, the king said to Esther, "What is your petition, for it shall be granted to you. And what is your request? Even to half of the kingdom it shall be done." -- esther 5:6 +. +So Esther replied, "My petition and my request is: -- esther 5:7 +. +if I have found favor in the sight of the king, and if it pleases the king to grant my petition and do what I request, may the king and Haman come to the banquet which I will prepare for them, and tomorrow I will do as the king says." -- esther 5:8 +. +Then Haman went out that day glad and pleased of heart; but when Haman saw Mordecai in the king's gate and that he did not stand up or tremble before him, Haman was filled with anger against Mordecai. -- esther 5:9 +. +Haman controlled himself, however, went to his house and sent for his friends and his wife Zeresh. -- esther 5:10 +. +Then Haman recounted to them the glory of his riches, and the number of his sons, and every instance where the king had magnified him and how he had promoted him above the princes and servants of the king. -- esther 5:11 +. +Haman also said, "Even Esther the queen let no one but me come with the king to the banquet which she had prepared; and tomorrow also I am invited by her with the king. -- esther 5:12 +. +"Yet all of this does not satisfy me every time I see Mordecai the Jew sitting at the king's gate." -- esther 5:13 +. +Then Zeresh his wife and all his friends said to him, "Have a gallows fifty cubits high made and in the morning ask the king to have Mordecai hanged on it; then go joyfully with the king to the banquet." And the advice pleased Haman, so he had the gallows made. -- esther 5:14 +. +During that night the king could not sleep so he gave an order to bring the book of records, the chronicles, and they were read before the king. -- esther 6:1 +. +It was found written what Mordecai had reported concerning Bigthana and Teresh, two of the king's eunuchs who were doorkeepers, that they had sought to lay hands on King Ahasuerus. -- esther 6:2 +. +The king said, "What honor or dignity has been bestowed on Mordecai for this?" Then the king's servants who attended him said, "Nothing has been done for him." -- esther 6:3 +. +So the king said, "Who is in the court?" Now Haman had just entered the outer court of the king's palace in order to speak to the king about hanging Mordecai on the gallows which he had prepared for him. -- esther 6:4 +. +The king's servants said to him, "Behold, Haman is standing in the court." And the king said, "Let him come in." -- esther 6:5 +. +So Haman came in and the king said to him, "What is to be done for the man whom the king desires to honor?" And Haman said to himself, "Whom would the king desire to honor more than me?" -- esther 6:6 +. +Then Haman said to the king, "For the man whom the king desires to honor, -- esther 6:7 +. +let them bring a royal robe which the king has worn, and the horse on which the king has ridden, and on whose head a royal crown has been placed; -- esther 6:8 +. +and let the robe and the horse be handed over to one of the king's most noble princes and let them array the man whom the king desires to honor and lead him on horseback through the city square, and proclaim before him, 'Thus it shall be done to the man whom the king desires to honor.'" -- esther 6:9 +. +Then the king said to Haman, "Take quickly the robes and the horse as you have said, and do so for Mordecai the Jew, who is sitting at the king's gate; do not fall short in anything of all that you have said." -- esther 6:10 +. +So Haman took the robe and the horse, and arrayed Mordecai, and led him on horseback through the city square, and proclaimed before him, "Thus it shall be done to the man whom the king desires to honor." -- esther 6:11 +. +Then Mordecai returned to the king's gate. But Haman hurried home, mourning, with his head covered. -- esther 6:12 +. +Haman recounted to Zeresh his wife and all his friends everything that had happened to him. Then his wise men and Zeresh his wife said to him, "If Mordecai, before whom you have begun to fall, is of Jewish origin, you will not overcome him, but will surely fall before him." -- esther 6:13 +. +While they were still talking with him, the king's eunuchs arrived and hastily brought Haman to the banquet which Esther had prepared. -- esther 6:14 +. +Now the king and Haman came to drink wine with Esther the queen. -- esther 7:1 +. +And the king said to Esther on the second day also as they drank their wine at the banquet, "What is your petition, Queen Esther? It shall be granted you. And what is your request? Even to half of the kingdom it shall be done." -- esther 7:2 +. +Then Queen Esther replied, "If I have found favor in your sight, O king, and if it pleases the king, let my life be given me as my petition, and my people as my request; -- esther 7:3 +. +for we have been sold, I and my people, to be destroyed, to be killed and to be annihilated. Now if we had only been sold as slaves, men and women, I would have remained silent, for the trouble would not be commensurate with the annoyance to the king." -- esther 7:4 +. +Then King Ahasuerus asked Queen Esther, "Who is he, and where is he, who would presume to do thus?" -- esther 7:5 +. +Esther said, "A foe and an enemy is this wicked Haman!" Then Haman became terrified before the king and queen. -- esther 7:6 +. +The king arose in his anger from drinking wine and went into the palace garden; but Haman stayed to beg for his life from Queen Esther, for he saw that harm had been determined against him by the king. -- esther 7:7 +. +Now when the king returned from the palace garden into the place where they were drinking wine, Haman was falling on the couch where Esther was. Then the king said, "Will he even assault the queen with me in the house?" As the word went out of the king's mouth, they covered Haman's face. -- esther 7:8 +. +Then Harbonah, one of the eunuchs who were before the king said, "Behold indeed, the gallows standing at Haman's house fifty cubits high, which Haman made for Mordecai who spoke good on behalf of the king!" And the king said, "Hang him on it." -- esther 7:9 +. +So they hanged Haman on the gallows which he had prepared for Mordecai, and the king's anger subsided. -- esther 7:10 +. +On that day King Ahasuerus gave the house of Haman, the enemy of the Jews, to Queen Esther; and Mordecai came before the king, for Esther had disclosed what he was to her. -- esther 8:1 +. +The king took off his signet ring which he had taken away from Haman, and gave it to Mordecai. And Esther set Mordecai over the house of Haman. -- esther 8:2 +. +Then Esther spoke again to the king, fell at his feet, wept and implored him to avert the evil scheme of Haman the Agagite and his plot which he had devised against the Jews. -- esther 8:3 +. +The king extended the golden scepter to Esther. So Esther arose and stood before the king. -- esther 8:4 +. +Then she said, "If it pleases the king and if I have found favor before him and the matter seems proper to the king and I am pleasing in his sight, let it be written to revoke the letters devised by Haman, the son of Hammedatha the Agagite, which he wrote to destroy the Jews who are in all the king's provinces. -- esther 8:5 +. +"For how can I endure to see the calamity which will befall my people, and how can I endure to see the destruction of my kindred?" -- esther 8:6 +. +So King Ahasuerus said to Queen Esther and to Mordecai the Jew, "Behold, I have given the house of Haman to Esther, and him they have hanged on the gallows because he had stretched out his hands against the Jews. -- esther 8:7 +. +"Now you write to the Jews as you see fit, in the king's name, and seal it with the king's signet ring; for a decree which is written in the name of the king and sealed with the king's signet ring may not be revoked." -- esther 8:8 +. +So the king's scribes were called at that time in the third month (that is, the month Sivan), on the twenty-third day; and it was written according to all that Mordecai commanded to the Jews, the satraps, the governors and the princes of the provinces which extended from India to Ethiopia, provinces, to every province according to its script, and to every people according to their language as well as to the Jews according to their script and their language. -- esther 8:9 +. +He wrote in the name of King Ahasuerus, and sealed it with the king's signet ring, and sent letters by couriers on horses, riding on steeds sired by the royal stud. -- esther 8:10 +. +In them the king granted the Jews who were in each and every city the right to assemble and to defend their lives, to destroy, to kill and to annihilate the entire army of any people or province which might attack them, including children and women, and to plunder their spoil, -- esther 8:11 +. +on one day in all the provinces of King Ahasuerus, the thirteenth day of the twelfth month (that is, the month Adar). -- esther 8:12 +. +A copy of the edict to be issued as law in each and every province was published to all the peoples, so that the Jews would be ready for this day to avenge themselves on their enemies. -- esther 8:13 +. +The couriers, hastened and impelled by the king's command, went out, riding on the royal steeds; and the decree was given out at the citadel in Susa. -- esther 8:14 +. +Then Mordecai went out from the presence of the king in royal robes of blue and white, with a large crown of gold and a garment of fine linen and purple; and the city of Susa shouted and rejoiced. -- esther 8:15 +. +For the Jews there was light and gladness and joy and honor. -- esther 8:16 +. +In each and every province and in each and every city, wherever the king's commandment and his decree arrived, there was gladness and joy for the Jews, a feast and a holiday. And many among the peoples of the land became Jews, for the dread of the Jews had fallen on them. -- esther 8:17 +. +Now in the twelfth month (that is, the month Adar), on the thirteenth day when the king's command and edict were about to be executed, on the day when the enemies of the Jews hoped to gain the mastery over them, it was turned to the contrary so that the Jews themselves gained the mastery over those who hated them. -- esther 9:1 +. +The Jews assembled in their cities throughout all the provinces of King Ahasuerus to lay hands on those who sought their harm; and no one could stand before them, for the dread of them had fallen on all the peoples. -- esther 9:2 +. +Even all the princes of the provinces, the satraps, the governors and those who were doing the king's business assisted the Jews, because the dread of Mordecai had fallen on them. -- esther 9:3 +. +Indeed, Mordecai was great in the king's house, and his fame spread throughout all the provinces; for the man Mordecai became greater and greater. -- esther 9:4 +. +Thus the Jews struck all their enemies with the sword, killing and destroying; and they did what they pleased to those who hated them. -- esther 9:5 +. +At the citadel in Susa the Jews killed and destroyed five hundred men, -- esther 9:6 +. +and Parshandatha, Dalphon, Aspatha, -- esther 9:7 +. +Poratha, Adalia, Aridatha, -- esther 9:8 +. +Parmashta, Arisai, Aridai and Vaizatha, -- esther 9:9 +. +the ten sons of Haman the son of Hammedatha, the Jews' enemy; but they did not lay their hands on the plunder. -- esther 9:10 +. +On that day the number of those who were killed at the citadel in Susa was reported to the king. -- esther 9:11 +. +The king said to Queen Esther, "The Jews have killed and destroyed five hundred men and the ten sons of Haman at the citadel in Susa. What then have they done in the rest of the king's provinces! Now what is your petition? It shall even be granted you. And what is your further request? It shall also be done." -- esther 9:12 +. +Then said Esther, "If it pleases the king, let tomorrow also be granted to the Jews who are in Susa to do according to the edict of today; and let Haman's ten sons be hanged on the gallows." -- esther 9:13 +. +So the king commanded that it should be done so; and an edict was issued in Susa, and Haman's ten sons were hanged. -- esther 9:14 +. +The Jews who were in Susa assembled also on the fourteenth day of the month Adar and killed three hundred men in Susa, but they did not lay their hands on the plunder. -- esther 9:15 +. +Now the rest of the Jews who were in the king's provinces assembled, to defend their lives and rid themselves of their enemies, and kill 75,of those who hated them; but they did not lay their hands on the plunder. -- esther 9:16 +. +This was done on the thirteenth day of the month Adar, and on the fourteenth day they rested and made it a day of feasting and rejoicing. -- esther 9:17 +. +But the Jews who were in Susa assembled on the thirteenth and the fourteenth of the same month, and they rested on the fifteenth day and made it a day of feasting and rejoicing. -- esther 9:18 +. +Therefore the Jews of the rural areas, who live in the rural towns, make the fourteenth day of the month Adar a holiday for rejoicing and feasting and sending portions of food to one another. -- esther 9:19 +. +Then Mordecai recorded these events, and he sent letters to all the Jews who were in all the provinces of King Ahasuerus, both near and far, -- esther 9:20 +. +obliging them to celebrate the fourteenth day of the month Adar, and the fifteenth day of the same month, annually, -- esther 9:21 +. +because on those days the Jews rid themselves of their enemies, and it was a month which was turned for them from sorrow into gladness and from mourning into a holiday; that they should make them days of feasting and rejoicing and sending portions of food to one another and gifts to the poor. -- esther 9:22 +. +Thus the Jews undertook what they had started to do, and what Mordecai had written to them. -- esther 9:23 +. +For Haman the son of Hammedatha, the Agagite, the adversary of all the Jews, had schemed against the Jews to destroy them and had cast Pur, that is the lot, to disturb them and destroy them. -- esther 9:24 +. +But when it came to the king's attention, he commanded by letter that his wicked scheme which he had devised against the Jews, should return on his own head and that he and his sons should be hanged on the gallows. -- esther 9:25 +. +Therefore they called these days Purim after the name of Pur. And because of the instructions in this letter, both what they had seen in this regard and what had happened to them, -- esther 9:26 +. +the Jews established and made a custom for themselves and for their descendants and for all those who allied themselves with them, so that they would not fail to celebrate these two days according to their regulation and according to their appointed time annually. -- esther 9:27 +. +So these days were to be remembered and celebrated throughout every generation, every family, every province and every city; and these days of Purim were not to fail from among the Jews, or their memory fade from their descendants. -- esther 9:28 +. +Then Queen Esther, daughter of Abihail, with Mordecai the Jew, wrote with full authority to confirm this second letter about Purim. -- esther 9:29 +. +He sent letters to all the Jews, to the provinces of the kingdom of Ahasuerus, namely, words of peace and truth, -- esther 9:30 +. +to establish these days of Purim at their appointed times, just as Mordecai the Jew and Queen Esther had established for them, and just as they had established for themselves and for their descendants with instructions for their times of fasting and their lamentations. -- esther 9:31 +. +The command of Esther established these customs for Purim, and it was written in the book. -- esther 9:32 +. +Now King Ahasuerus laid a tribute on the land and on the coastlands of the sea. -- esther 10:1 +. +And all the accomplishments of his authority and strength, and the full account of the greatness of Mordecai to which the king advanced him, are they not written in the Book of the Chronicles of the Kings of Media and Persia? -- esther 10:2 +. +For Mordecai the Jew was second only to King Ahasuerus, and great among the Jews and in favor with his many kinsmen, one who sought the good of his people and one who spoke for the welfare of his whole nation. -- esther 10:3 +. +There was a man in the land of Uz whose name was Job; and that man was blameless, upright, fearing God and turning away from evil. -- job 1:1 +. +Seven sons and three daughters were born to him. -- job 1:2 +. +His possessions also were 7,sheep, 3,000 camels, 500 yoke of oxen, 500 female donkeys, and very many servants; and that man was the greatest of all the men of the east. -- job 1:3 +. +His sons used to go and hold a feast in the house of each one on his day, and they would send and invite their three sisters to eat and drink with them. -- job 1:4 +. +When the days of feasting had completed their cycle, Job would send and consecrate them, rising up early in the morning and offering burnt offerings according to the number of them all; for Job said, "Perhaps my sons have sinned and cursed God in their hearts." Thus Job did continually. -- job 1:5 +. +Now there was a day when the sons of God came to present themselves before the LORD, and Satan also came among them. -- job 1:6 +. +The LORD said to Satan, "From where do you come?" Then Satan answered the LORD and said, "From roaming about on the earth and walking around on it." -- job 1:7 +. +The LORD said to Satan, "Have you considered My servant Job? For there is no one like him on the earth, a blameless and upright man, fearing God and turning away from evil." -- job 1:8 +. +Then Satan answered the LORD, "Does Job fear God for nothing? -- job 1:9 +. +"Have You not made a hedge about him and his house and all that he has, on every side? You have blessed the work of his hands, and his possessions have increased in the land. -- job 1:10 +. +"But put forth Your hand now and touch all that he has; he will surely curse You to Your face." -- job 1:11 +. +Then the LORD said to Satan, "Behold, all that he has is in your power, only do not put forth your hand on him." So Satan departed from the presence of the LORD. -- job 1:12 +. +Now on the day when his sons and his daughters were eating and drinking wine in their oldest brother's house, -- job 1:13 +. +a messenger came to Job and said, "The oxen were plowing and the donkeys feeding beside them, -- job 1:14 +. +and the Sabeans attacked and took them. They also slew the servants with the edge of the sword, and I alone have escaped to tell you." -- job 1:15 +. +While he was still speaking, another also came and said, "The fire of God fell from heaven and burned up the sheep and the servants and consumed them, and I alone have escaped to tell you." -- job 1:16 +. +While he was still speaking, another also came and said, "The Chaldeans formed three bands and made a raid on the camels and took them and slew the servants with the edge of the sword, and I alone have escaped to tell you." -- job 1:17 +. +While he was still speaking, another also came and said, "Your sons and your daughters were eating and drinking wine in their oldest brother's house, -- job 1:18 +. +and behold, a great wind came from across the wilderness and struck the four corners of the house, and it fell on the young people and they died, and I alone have escaped to tell you." -- job 1:19 +. +Then Job arose and tore his robe and shaved his head, and he fell to the ground and worshiped. -- job 1:20 +. +He said, "Naked I came from my mother's womb, And naked I shall return there. The LORD gave and the LORD has taken away. Blessed be the name of the LORD." -- job 1:21 +. +Through all this Job did not sin nor did he blame God. -- job 1:22 +. +Again there was a day when the sons of God came to present themselves before the LORD, and Satan also came among them to present himself before the LORD. -- job 2:1 +. +The LORD said to Satan, "Where have you come from?" Then Satan answered the LORD and said, "From roaming about on the earth and walking around on it." -- job 2:2 +. +The LORD said to Satan, "Have you considered My servant Job? For there is no one like him on the earth, a blameless and upright man fearing God and turning away from evil. And he still holds fast his integrity, although you incited Me against him to ruin him without cause." -- job 2:3 +. +Satan answered the LORD and said, "Skin for skin! Yes, all that a man has he will give for his life. -- job 2:4 +. +"However, put forth Your hand now, and touch his bone and his flesh; he will curse You to Your face." -- job 2:5 +. +So the LORD said to Satan, "Behold, he is in your power, only spare his life." -- job 2:6 +. +Then Satan went out from the presence of the LORD and smote Job with sore boils from the sole of his foot to the crown of his head. -- job 2:7 +. +And he took a potsherd to scrape himself while he was sitting among the ashes. -- job 2:8 +. +Then his wife said to him, "Do you still hold fast your integrity? Curse God and die!" -- job 2:9 +. +But he said to her, "You speak as one of the foolish women speaks. Shall we indeed accept good from God and not accept adversity?" In all this Job did not sin with his lips. -- job 2:10 +. +Now when Job's three friends heard of all this adversity that had come upon him, they came each one from his own place, Eliphaz the Temanite, Bildad the Shuhite and Zophar the Naamathite; and they made an appointment together to come to sympathize with him and comfort him. -- job 2:11 +. +When they lifted up their eyes at a distance and did not recognize him, they raised their voices and wept. And each of them tore his robe and they threw dust over their heads toward the sky. -- job 2:12 +. +Then they sat down on the ground with him for seven days and seven nights with no one speaking a word to him, for they saw that his pain was very great. -- job 2:13 +. +Afterward Job opened his mouth and cursed the day of his birth. -- job 3:1 +. +And Job said, -- job 3:2 +. +"Let the day perish on which I was to be born, And the night which said, 'A boy is conceived.' -- job 3:3 +. +"May that day be darkness; Let not God above care for it, Nor light shine on it. -- job 3:4 +. +"Let darkness and black gloom claim it; Let a cloud settle on it; Let the blackness of the day terrify it. -- job 3:5 +. +"As for that night, let darkness seize it; Let it not rejoice among the days of the year; Let it not come into the number of the months. -- job 3:6 +. +"Behold, let that night be barren; Let no joyful shout enter it. -- job 3:7 +. +"Let those curse it who curse the day, Who are prepared to rouse Leviathan. -- job 3:8 +. +"Let the stars of its twilight be darkened; Let it wait for light but have none, And let it not see the breaking dawn; -- job 3:9 +. +Because it did not shut the opening of my mother's womb, Or hide trouble from my eyes. -- job 3:10 +. +"Why did I not die at birth, Come forth from the womb and expire? -- job 3:11 +. +"Why did the knees receive me, And why the breasts, that I should suck? -- job 3:12 +. +"For now I would have lain down and been quiet; I would have slept then, I would have been at rest, -- job 3:13 +. +With kings and with counselors of the earth, Who rebuilt ruins for themselves; -- job 3:14 +. +Or with princes who had gold, Who were filling their houses with silver. -- job 3:15 +. +"Or like a miscarriage which is discarded, I would not be, As infants that never saw light. -- job 3:16 +. +"There the wicked cease from raging, And there the weary are at rest. -- job 3:17 +. +"The prisoners are at ease together; They do not hear the voice of the taskmaster. -- job 3:18 +. +"The small and the great are there, And the slave is free from his master. -- job 3:19 +. +"Why is light given to him who suffers, And life to the bitter of soul, -- job 3:20 +. +Who long for death, but there is none, And dig for it more than for hidden treasures, -- job 3:21 +. +Who rejoice greatly, And exult when they find the grave? -- job 3:22 +. +"Why is light given to a man whose way is hidden, And whom God has hedged in? -- job 3:23 +. +"For my groaning comes at the sight of my food, And my cries pour out like water. -- job 3:24 +. +"For what I fear comes upon me, And what I dread befalls me. -- job 3:25 +. +"I am not at ease, nor am I quiet, And I am not at rest, but turmoil comes." -- job 3:26 +. +Then Eliphaz the Temanite answered, -- job 4:1 +. +"If one ventures a word with you, will you become impatient? But who can refrain from speaking? -- job 4:2 +. +"Behold you have admonished many, And you have strengthened weak hands. -- job 4:3 +. +"Your words have helped the tottering to stand, And you have strengthened feeble knees. -- job 4:4 +. +"But now it has come to you, and you are impatient; It touches you, and you are dismayed. -- job 4:5 +. +"Is not your fear of God your confidence, And the integrity of your ways your hope? -- job 4:6 +. +"Remember now, who ever perished being innocent? Or where were the upright destroyed? -- job 4:7 +. +"According to what I have seen, those who plow iniquity And those who sow trouble harvest it. -- job 4:8 +. +"By the breath of God they perish, And by the blast of His anger they come to an end. -- job 4:9 +. +"The roaring of the lion and the voice of the fierce lion, And the teeth of the young lions are broken. -- job 4:10 +. +"The lion perishes for lack of prey, And the whelps of the lioness are scattered. -- job 4:11 +. +"Now a word was brought to me stealthily, And my ear received a whisper of it. -- job 4:12 +. +"Amid disquieting thoughts from the visions of the night, When deep sleep falls on men, -- job 4:13 +. +Dread came upon me, and trembling, And made all my bones shake. -- job 4:14 +. +"Then a spirit passed by my face; The hair of my flesh bristled up. -- job 4:15 +. +"It stood still, but I could not discern its appearance; A form was before my eyes; There was silence, then I heard a voice: -- job 4:16 +. +'Can mankind be just before God? Can a man be pure before his Maker? -- job 4:17 +. +'He puts no trust even in His servants; And against His angels He charges error. -- job 4:18 +. +'How much more those who dwell in houses of clay, Whose foundation is in the dust, Who are crushed before the moth! -- job 4:19 +. +'Between morning and evening they are broken in pieces; Unobserved, they perish forever. -- job 4:20 +. +'Is not their tent-cord plucked up within them? They die, yet without wisdom.' -- job 4:21 +. +"Call now, is there anyone who will answer you? And to which of the holy ones will you turn? -- job 5:1 +. +"For anger slays the foolish man, And jealousy kills the simple. -- job 5:2 +. +"I have seen the foolish taking root, And I cursed his abode immediately. -- job 5:3 +. +"His sons are far from safety, They are even oppressed in the gate, And there is no deliverer. -- job 5:4 +. +"His harvest the hungry devour And take it to a place of thorns, And the schemer is eager for their wealth. -- job 5:5 +. +"For affliction does not come from the dust, Nor does trouble sprout from the ground, -- job 5:6 +. +For man is born for trouble, As sparks fly upward. -- job 5:7 +. +"But as for me, I would seek God, And I would place my cause before God; -- job 5:8 +. +Who does great and unsearchable things, Wonders without number. -- job 5:9 +. +"He gives rain on the earth And sends water on the fields, -- job 5:10 +. +So that He sets on high those who are lowly, And those who mourn are lifted to safety. -- job 5:11 +. +"He frustrates the plotting of the shrewd, So that their hands cannot attain success. -- job 5:12 +. +"He captures the wise by their own shrewdness, And the advice of the cunning is quickly thwarted. -- job 5:13 +. +"By day they meet with darkness, And grope at noon as in the night. -- job 5:14 +. +"But He saves from the sword of their mouth, And the poor from the hand of the mighty. -- job 5:15 +. +"So the helpless has hope, And unrighteousness must shut its mouth. -- job 5:16 +. +"Behold, how happy is the man whom God reproves, So do not despise the discipline of the Almighty. -- job 5:17 +. +"For He inflicts pain, and gives relief; He wounds, and His hands also heal. -- job 5:18 +. +"From six troubles He will deliver you, Even in seven evil will not touch you. -- job 5:19 +. +"In famine He will redeem you from death, And in war from the power of the sword. -- job 5:20 +. +"You will be hidden from the scourge of the tongue, And you will not be afraid of violence when it comes. -- job 5:21 +. +"You will laugh at violence and famine, And you will not be afraid of wild beasts. -- job 5:22 +. +"For you will be in league with the stones of the field, And the beasts of the field will be at peace with you. -- job 5:23 +. +"You will know that your tent is secure, For you will visit your abode and fear no loss. -- job 5:24 +. +"You will know also that your descendants will be many, And your offspring as the grass of the earth. -- job 5:25 +. +"You will come to the grave in full vigor, Like the stacking of grain in its season. -- job 5:26 +. +"Behold this; we have investigated it, and so it is. Hear it, and know for yourself." -- job 5:27 +. +Then Job answered, -- job 6:1 +. +"Oh that my grief were actually weighed And laid in the balances together with my calamity! -- job 6:2 +. +"For then it would be heavier than the sand of the seas; Therefore my words have been rash. -- job 6:3 +. +"For the arrows of the Almighty are within me, Their poison my spirit drinks; The terrors of God are arrayed against me. -- job 6:4 +. +"Does the wild donkey bray over his grass, Or does the ox low over his fodder? -- job 6:5 +. +"Can something tasteless be eaten without salt, Or is there any taste in the white of an egg? -- job 6:6 +. +"My soul refuses to touch them; They are like loathsome food to me. -- job 6:7 +. +"Oh that my request might come to pass, And that God would grant my longing! -- job 6:8 +. +"Would that God were willing to crush me, That He would loose His hand and cut me off! -- job 6:9 +. +"But it is still my consolation, And I rejoice in unsparing pain, That I have not denied the words of the Holy One. -- job 6:10 +. +"What is my strength, that I should wait? And what is my end, that I should endure? -- job 6:11 +. +"Is my strength the strength of stones, Or is my flesh bronze? -- job 6:12 +. +"Is it that my help is not within me, And that deliverance is driven from me? -- job 6:13 +. +"For the despairing man there should be kindness from his friend; So that he does not forsake the fear of the Almighty. -- job 6:14 +. +"My brothers have acted deceitfully like a wadi, Like the torrents of wadis which vanish, -- job 6:15 +. +Which are turbid because of ice And into which the snow melts. -- job 6:16 +. +"When they become waterless, they are silent, When it is hot, they vanish from their place. -- job 6:17 +. +"The paths of their course wind along, They go up into nothing and perish. -- job 6:18 +. +"The caravans of Tema looked, The travelers of Sheba hoped for them. -- job 6:19 +. +"They were disappointed for they had trusted, They came there and were confounded. -- job 6:20 +. +"Indeed, you have now become such, You see a terror and are afraid. -- job 6:21 +. +"Have I said, 'Give me something,' Or, 'Offer a bribe for me from your wealth,' -- job 6:22 +. +Or, 'Deliver me from the hand of the adversary,' Or, 'Redeem me from the hand of the tyrants'? -- job 6:23 +. +"Teach me, and I will be silent; And show me how I have erred. -- job 6:24 +. +"How painful are honest words! But what does your argument prove? -- job 6:25 +. +"Do you intend to reprove my words, When the words of one in despair belong to the wind? -- job 6:26 +. +"You would even cast lots for the orphans And barter over your friend. -- job 6:27 +. +"Now please look at me, And see if I lie to your face. -- job 6:28 +. +"Desist now, let there be no injustice; Even desist, my righteousness is yet in it. -- job 6:29 +. +"Is there injustice on my tongue? Cannot my palate discern calamities? -- job 6:30 +. +"Is not man forced to labor on earth, And are not his days like the days of a hired man? -- job 7:1 +. +"As a slave who pants for the shade, And as a hired man who eagerly waits for his wages, -- job 7:2 +. +So am I allotted months of vanity, And nights of trouble are appointed me. -- job 7:3 +. +"When I lie down I say, 'When shall I arise?' But the night continues, And I am continually tossing until dawn. -- job 7:4 +. +"My flesh is clothed with worms and a crust of dirt, My skin hardens and runs. -- job 7:5 +. +"My days are swifter than a weaver's shuttle, And come to an end without hope. -- job 7:6 +. +"Remember that my life is but breath; My eye will not again see good. -- job 7:7 +. +"The eye of him who sees me will behold me no longer; Your eyes will be on me, but I will not be. -- job 7:8 +. +"When a cloud vanishes, it is gone, So he who goes down to Sheol does not come up. -- job 7:9 +. +"He will not return again to his house, Nor will his place know him anymore. -- job 7:10 +. +"Therefore I will not restrain my mouth; I will speak in the anguish of my spirit, I will complain in the bitterness of my soul. -- job 7:11 +. +"Am I the sea, or the sea monster, That You set a guard over me? -- job 7:12 +. +"If I say, 'My bed will comfort me, My couch will ease my complaint,' -- job 7:13 +. +Then You frighten me with dreams And terrify me by visions; -- job 7:14 +. +So that my soul would choose suffocation, Death rather than my pains. -- job 7:15 +. +"I waste away; I will not live forever. Leave me alone, for my days are but a breath. -- job 7:16 +. +"What is man that You magnify him, And that You are concerned about him, -- job 7:17 +. +That You examine him every morning And try him every moment? -- job 7:18 +. +"Will You never turn Your gaze away from me, Nor let me alone until I swallow my spittle? -- job 7:19 +. +"Have I sinned? What have I done to You, O watcher of men? Why have You set me as Your target, So that I am a burden to myself? -- job 7:20 +. +"Why then do You not pardon my transgression And take away my iniquity? For now I will lie down in the dust; And You will seek me, but I will not be." -- job 7:21 +. +Then Bildad the Shuhite answered, -- job 8:1 +. +"How long will you say these things, And the words of your mouth be a mighty wind? -- job 8:2 +. +"Does God pervert justice? Or does the Almighty pervert what is right? -- job 8:3 +. +"If your sons sinned against Him, Then He delivered them into the power of their transgression. -- job 8:4 +. +"If you would seek God And implore the compassion of the Almighty, -- job 8:5 +. +If you are pure and upright, Surely now He would rouse Himself for you And restore your righteous estate. -- job 8:6 +. +"Though your beginning was insignificant, Yet your end will increase greatly. -- job 8:7 +. +"Please inquire of past generations, And consider the things searched out by their fathers. -- job 8:8 +. +"For we are only of yesterday and know nothing, Because our days on earth are as a shadow. -- job 8:9 +. +"Will they not teach you and tell you, And bring forth words from their minds? -- job 8:10 +. +"Can the papyrus grow up without a marsh? Can the rushes grow without water? -- job 8:11 +. +"While it is still green and not cut down, Yet it withers before any other plant. -- job 8:12 +. +"So are the paths of all who forget God; And the hope of the godless will perish, -- job 8:13 +. +Whose confidence is fragile, And whose trust a spider's web. -- job 8:14 +. +"He trusts in his house, but it does not stand; He holds fast to it, but it does not endure. -- job 8:15 +. +"He thrives before the sun, And his shoots spread out over his garden. -- job 8:16 +. +"His roots wrap around a rock pile, He grasps a house of stones. -- job 8:17 +. +"If he is removed from his place, Then it will deny him, saying, 'I never saw you.' -- job 8:18 +. +"Behold, this is the joy of His way; And out of the dust others will spring. -- job 8:19 +. +"Lo, God will not reject a man of integrity, Nor will He support the evildoers. -- job 8:20 +. +"He will yet fill your mouth with laughter And your lips with shouting. -- job 8:21 +. +"Those who hate you will be clothed with shame, And the tent of the wicked will be no longer." -- job 8:22 +. +Then Job answered, -- job 9:1 +. +"In truth I know that this is so; But how can a man be in the right before God? -- job 9:2 +. +"If one wished to dispute with Him, He could not answer Him once in a thousand times. -- job 9:3 +. +"Wise in heart and mighty in strength, Who has defied Him without harm? -- job 9:4 +. +"It is God who removes the mountains, they know not how, When He overturns them in His anger; -- job 9:5 +. +Who shakes the earth out of its place, And its pillars tremble; -- job 9:6 +. +Who commands the sun not to shine, And sets a seal upon the stars; -- job 9:7 +. +Who alone stretches out the heavens And tramples down the waves of the sea; -- job 9:8 +. +Who makes the Bear, Orion and the Pleiades, And the chambers of the south; -- job 9:9 +. +Who does great things, unfathomable, And wondrous works without number. -- job 9:10 +. +"Were He to pass by me, I would not see Him; Were He to move past me, I would not perceive Him. -- job 9:11 +. +"Were He to snatch away, who could restrain Him? Who could say to Him, 'What are You doing?' -- job 9:12 +. +"God will not turn back His anger; Beneath Him crouch the helpers of Rahab. -- job 9:13 +. +"How then can I answer Him, And choose my words before Him? -- job 9:14 +. +"For though I were right, I could not answer; I would have to implore the mercy of my judge. -- job 9:15 +. +"If I called and He answered me, I could not believe that He was listening to my voice. -- job 9:16 +. +"For He bruises me with a tempest And multiplies my wounds without cause. -- job 9:17 +. +"He will not allow me to get my breath, But saturates me with bitterness. -- job 9:18 +. +"If it is a matter of power, behold, He is the strong one! And if it is a matter of justice, who can summon Him? -- job 9:19 +. +"Though I am righteous, my mouth will condemn me; Though I am guiltless, He will declare me guilty. -- job 9:20 +. +"I am guiltless; I do not take notice of myself; I despise my life. -- job 9:21 +. +"It is all one; therefore I say, 'He destroys the guiltless and the wicked.' -- job 9:22 +. +"If the scourge kills suddenly, He mocks the despair of the innocent. -- job 9:23 +. +"The earth is given into the hand of the wicked; He covers the faces of its judges. If it is not He, then who is it? -- job 9:24 +. +"Now my days are swifter than a runner; They flee away, they see no good. -- job 9:25 +. +"They slip by like reed boats, Like an eagle that swoops on its prey. -- job 9:26 +. +"Though I say, 'I will forget my complaint, I will leave off my sad countenance and be cheerful,' -- job 9:27 +. +I am afraid of all my pains, I know that You will not acquit me. -- job 9:28 +. +"I am accounted wicked, Why then should I toil in vain? -- job 9:29 +. +"If I should wash myself with snow And cleanse my hands with lye, -- job 9:30 +. +Yet You would plunge me into the pit, And my own clothes would abhor me. -- job 9:31 +. +"For He is not a man as I am that I may answer Him, That we may go to court together. -- job 9:32 +. +"There is no umpire between us, Who may lay his hand upon us both. -- job 9:33 +. +"Let Him remove His rod from me, And let not dread of Him terrify me. -- job 9:34 +. +"Then I would speak and not fear Him; But I am not like that in myself. -- job 9:35 +. +"I loathe my own life; I will give full vent to my complaint; I will speak in the bitterness of my soul. -- job 10:1 +. +"I will say to God, 'Do not condemn me; Let me know why You contend with me. -- job 10:2 +. +'Is it right for You indeed to oppress, To reject the labor of Your hands, And to look favorably on the schemes of the wicked? -- job 10:3 +. +'Have You eyes of flesh? Or do You see as a man sees? -- job 10:4 +. +'Are Your days as the days of a mortal, Or Your years as man's years, -- job 10:5 +. +That You should seek for my guilt And search after my sin? -- job 10:6 +. +'According to Your knowledge I am indeed not guilty, Yet there is no deliverance from Your hand. -- job 10:7 +. +'Your hands fashioned and made me altogether, And would You destroy me? -- job 10:8 +. +'Remember now, that You have made me as clay; And would You turn me into dust again? -- job 10:9 +. +'Did You not pour me out like milk And curdle me like cheese; -- job 10:10 +. +Clothe me with skin and flesh, And knit me together with bones and sinews? -- job 10:11 +. +'You have granted me life and lovingkindness; And Your care has preserved my spirit. -- job 10:12 +. +'Yet these things You have concealed in Your heart; I know that this is within You: -- job 10:13 +. +If I sin, then You would take note of me, And would not acquit me of my guilt. -- job 10:14 +. +'If I am wicked, woe to me! And if I am righteous, I dare not lift up my head. I am sated with disgrace and conscious of my misery. -- job 10:15 +. +'Should my head be lifted up, You would hunt me like a lion; And again You would show Your power against me. -- job 10:16 +. +'You renew Your witnesses against me And increase Your anger toward me; Hardship after hardship is with me. -- job 10:17 +. +'Why then have You brought me out of the womb? Would that I had died and no eye had seen me! -- job 10:18 +. +'I should have been as though I had not been, Carried from womb to tomb.' -- job 10:19 +. +"Would He not let my few days alone? Withdraw from me that I may have a little cheer -- job 10:20 +. +Before I go--and I shall not return-- To the land of darkness and deep shadow, -- job 10:21 +. +The land of utter gloom as darkness itself, Of deep shadow without order, And which shines as the darkness." -- job 10:22 +. +Then Zophar the Naamathite answered, -- job 11:1 +. +"Shall a multitude of words go unanswered, And a talkative man be acquitted? -- job 11:2 +. +"Shall your boasts silence men? And shall you scoff and none rebuke? -- job 11:3 +. +"For you have said, 'My teaching is pure, And I am innocent in your eyes.' -- job 11:4 +. +"But would that God might speak, And open His lips against you, -- job 11:5 +. +And show you the secrets of wisdom! For sound wisdom has two sides. Know then that God forgets a part of your iniquity. -- job 11:6 +. +"Can you discover the depths of God? Can you discover the limits of the Almighty? -- job 11:7 +. +"They are high as the heavens, what can you do? Deeper than Sheol, what can you know? -- job 11:8 +. +"Its measure is longer than the earth And broader than the sea. -- job 11:9 +. +"If He passes by or shuts up, Or calls an assembly, who can restrain Him? -- job 11:10 +. +"For He knows false men, And He sees iniquity without investigating. -- job 11:11 +. +"An idiot will become intelligent When the foal of a wild donkey is born a man. -- job 11:12 +. +"If you would direct your heart right And spread out your hand to Him, -- job 11:13 +. +If iniquity is in your hand, put it far away, And do not let wickedness dwell in your tents; -- job 11:14 +. +"Then, indeed, you could lift up your face without moral defect, And you would be steadfast and not fear. -- job 11:15 +. +"For you would forget your trouble, As waters that have passed by, you would remember it. -- job 11:16 +. +"Your life would be brighter than noonday; Darkness would be like the morning. -- job 11:17 +. +"Then you would trust, because there is hope; And you would look around and rest securely. -- job 11:18 +. +"You would lie down and none would disturb you, And many would entreat your favor. -- job 11:19 +. +"But the eyes of the wicked will fail, And there will be no escape for them; And their hope is to breathe their last." -- job 11:20 +. +Then Job responded, -- job 12:1 +. +"Truly then you are the people, And with you wisdom will die! -- job 12:2 +. +"But I have intelligence as well as you; I am not inferior to you. And who does not know such things as these? -- job 12:3 +. +"I am a joke to my friends, The one who called on God and He answered him; The just and blameless man is a joke. -- job 12:4 +. +"He who is at ease holds calamity in contempt, As prepared for those whose feet slip. -- job 12:5 +. +"The tents of the destroyers prosper, And those who provoke God are secure, Whom God brings into their power. -- job 12:6 +. +"But now ask the beasts, and let them teach you; And the birds of the heavens, and let them tell you. -- job 12:7 +. +"Or speak to the earth, and let it teach you; And let the fish of the sea declare to you. -- job 12:8 +. +"Who among all these does not know That the hand of the LORD has done this, -- job 12:9 +. +In whose hand is the life of every living thing, And the breath of all mankind? -- job 12:10 +. +"Does not the ear test words, As the palate tastes its food? -- job 12:11 +. +"Wisdom is with aged men, With long life is understanding. -- job 12:12 +. +"With Him are wisdom and might; To Him belong counsel and understanding. -- job 12:13 +. +"Behold, He tears down, and it cannot be rebuilt; He imprisons a man, and there can be no release. -- job 12:14 +. +"Behold, He restrains the waters, and they dry up; And He sends them out, and they inundate the earth. -- job 12:15 +. +"With Him are strength and sound wisdom, The misled and the misleader belong to Him. -- job 12:16 +. +"He makes counselors walk barefoot And makes fools of judges. -- job 12:17 +. +"He loosens the bond of kings And binds their loins with a girdle. -- job 12:18 +. +"He makes priests walk barefoot And overthrows the secure ones. -- job 12:19 +. +"He deprives the trusted ones of speech And takes away the discernment of the elders. -- job 12:20 +. +"He pours contempt on nobles And loosens the belt of the strong. -- job 12:21 +. +"He reveals mysteries from the darkness And brings the deep darkness into light. -- job 12:22 +. +"He makes the nations great, then destroys them; He enlarges the nations, then leads them away. -- job 12:23 +. +"He deprives of intelligence the chiefs of the earth's people And makes them wander in a pathless waste. -- job 12:24 +. +"They grope in darkness with no light, And He makes them stagger like a drunken man. -- job 12:25 +. +"Behold, my eye has seen all this, My ear has heard and understood it. -- job 13:1 +. +"What you know I also know; I am not inferior to you. -- job 13:2 +. +"But I would speak to the Almighty, And I desire to argue with God. -- job 13:3 +. +"But you smear with lies; You are all worthless physicians. -- job 13:4 +. +"O that you would be completely silent, And that it would become your wisdom! -- job 13:5 +. +"Please hear my argument And listen to the contentions of my lips. -- job 13:6 +. +"Will you speak what is unjust for God, And speak what is deceitful for Him? -- job 13:7 +. +"Will you show partiality for Him? Will you contend for God? -- job 13:8 +. +"Will it be well when He examines you? Or will you deceive Him as one deceives a man? -- job 13:9 +. +"He will surely reprove you If you secretly show partiality. -- job 13:10 +. +"Will not His majesty terrify you, And the dread of Him fall on you? -- job 13:11 +. +"Your memorable sayings are proverbs of ashes, Your defenses are defenses of clay. -- job 13:12 +. +"Be silent before me so that I may speak; Then let come on me what may. -- job 13:13 +. +"Why should I take my flesh in my teeth And put my life in my hands? -- job 13:14 +. +"Though He slay me, I will hope in Him. Nevertheless I will argue my ways before Him. -- job 13:15 +. +"This also will be my salvation, For a godless man may not come before His presence. -- job 13:16 +. +"Listen carefully to my speech, And let my declaration fill your ears. -- job 13:17 +. +"Behold now, I have prepared my case; I know that I will be vindicated. -- job 13:18 +. +"Who will contend with me? For then I would be silent and die. -- job 13:19 +. +"Only two things do not do to me, Then I will not hide from Your face: -- job 13:20 +. +Remove Your hand from me, And let not the dread of You terrify me. -- job 13:21 +. +"Then call, and I will answer; Or let me speak, then reply to me. -- job 13:22 +. +"How many are my iniquities and sins? Make known to me my rebellion and my sin. -- job 13:23 +. +"Why do You hide Your face And consider me Your enemy? -- job 13:24 +. +"Will You cause a driven leaf to tremble? Or will You pursue the dry chaff? -- job 13:25 +. +"For You write bitter things against me And make me to inherit the iniquities of my youth. -- job 13:26 +. +"You put my feet in the stocks And watch all my paths; You set a limit for the soles of my feet, -- job 13:27 +. +While I am decaying like a rotten thing, Like a garment that is moth-eaten. -- job 13:28 +. +"Man, who is born of woman, Is short-lived and full of turmoil. -- job 14:1 +. +"Like a flower he comes forth and withers. He also flees like a shadow and does not remain. -- job 14:2 +. +"You also open Your eyes on him And bring him into judgment with Yourself. -- job 14:3 +. +"Who can make the clean out of the unclean? No one! -- job 14:4 +. +"Since his days are determined, The number of his months is with You; And his limits You have set so that he cannot pass. -- job 14:5 +. +"Turn Your gaze from him that he may rest, Until he fulfills his day like a hired man. -- job 14:6 +. +"For there is hope for a tree, When it is cut down, that it will sprout again, And its shoots will not fail. -- job 14:7 +. +"Though its roots grow old in the ground And its stump dies in the dry soil, -- job 14:8 +. +At the scent of water it will flourish And put forth sprigs like a plant. -- job 14:9 +. +"But man dies and lies prostrate. Man expires, and where is he? -- job 14:10 +. +"As water evaporates from the sea, And a river becomes parched and dried up, -- job 14:11 +. +So man lies down and does not rise. Until the heavens are no longer, He will not awake nor be aroused out of his sleep. -- job 14:12 +. +"Oh that You would hide me in Sheol, That You would conceal me until Your wrath returns to You, That You would set a limit for me and remember me! -- job 14:13 +. +"If a man dies, will he live again? All the days of my struggle I will wait Until my change comes. -- job 14:14 +. +"You will call, and I will answer You; You will long for the work of Your hands. -- job 14:15 +. +"For now You number my steps, You do not observe my sin. -- job 14:16 +. +"My transgression is sealed up in a bag, And You wrap up my iniquity. -- job 14:17 +. +"But the falling mountain crumbles away, And the rock moves from its place; -- job 14:18 +. +Water wears away stones, Its torrents wash away the dust of the earth; So You destroy man's hope. -- job 14:19 +. +"You forever overpower him and he departs; You change his appearance and send him away. -- job 14:20 +. +"His sons achieve honor, but he does not know it; Or they become insignificant, but he does not perceive it. -- job 14:21 +. +"But his body pains him, And he mourns only for himself." -- job 14:22 +. +Then Eliphaz the Temanite responded, -- job 15:1 +. +"Should a wise man answer with windy knowledge And fill himself with the east wind? -- job 15:2 +. +"Should he argue with useless talk, Or with words which are not profitable? -- job 15:3 +. +"Indeed, you do away with reverence And hinder meditation before God. -- job 15:4 +. +"For your guilt teaches your mouth, And you choose the language of the crafty. -- job 15:5 +. +"Your own mouth condemns you, and not I; And your own lips testify against you. -- job 15:6 +. +"Were you the first man to be born, Or were you brought forth before the hills? -- job 15:7 +. +"Do you hear the secret counsel of God, And limit wisdom to yourself? -- job 15:8 +. +"What do you know that we do not know? What do you understand that we do not? -- job 15:9 +. +"Both the gray-haired and the aged are among us, Older than your father. -- job 15:10 +. +"Are the consolations of God too small for you, Even the word spoken gently with you? -- job 15:11 +. +"Why does your heart carry you away? And why do your eyes flash, -- job 15:12 +. +That you should turn your spirit against God And allow such words to go out of your mouth? -- job 15:13 +. +"What is man, that he should be pure, Or he who is born of a woman, that he should be righteous? -- job 15:14 +. +"Behold, He puts no trust in His holy ones, And the heavens are not pure in His sight; -- job 15:15 +. +How much less one who is detestable and corrupt, Man, who drinks iniquity like water! -- job 15:16 +. +"I will tell you, listen to me; And what I have seen I will also declare; -- job 15:17 +. +What wise men have told, And have not concealed from their fathers, -- job 15:18 +. +To whom alone the land was given, And no alien passed among them. -- job 15:19 +. +"The wicked man writhes in pain all his days, And numbered are the years stored up for the ruthless. -- job 15:20 +. +"Sounds of terror are in his ears; While at peace the destroyer comes upon him. -- job 15:21 +. +"He does not believe that he will return from darkness, And he is destined for the sword. -- job 15:22 +. +"He wanders about for food, saying, 'Where is it?' He knows that a day of darkness is at hand. -- job 15:23 +. +"Distress and anguish terrify him, They overpower him like a king ready for the attack, -- job 15:24 +. +Because he has stretched out his hand against God And conducts himself arrogantly against the Almighty. -- job 15:25 +. +"He rushes headlong at Him With his massive shield. -- job 15:26 +. +"For he has covered his face with his fat And made his thighs heavy with flesh. -- job 15:27 +. +"He has lived in desolate cities, In houses no one would inhabit, Which are destined to become ruins. -- job 15:28 +. +"He will not become rich, nor will his wealth endure; And his grain will not bend down to the ground. -- job 15:29 +. +"He will not escape from darkness; The flame will wither his shoots, And by the breath of His mouth he will go away. -- job 15:30 +. +"Let him not trust in emptiness, deceiving himself; For emptiness will be his reward. -- job 15:31 +. +"It will be accomplished before his time, And his palm branch will not be green. -- job 15:32 +. +"He will drop off his unripe grape like the vine, And will cast off his flower like the olive tree. -- job 15:33 +. +"For the company of the godless is barren, And fire consumes the tents of the corrupt. -- job 15:34 +. +"They conceive mischief and bring forth iniquity, And their mind prepares deception." -- job 15:35 +. +Then Job answered, -- job 16:1 +. +"I have heard many such things; Sorry comforters are you all. -- job 16:2 +. +"Is there no limit to windy words? Or what plagues you that you answer? -- job 16:3 +. +"I too could speak like you, If I were in your place. I could compose words against you And shake my head at you. -- job 16:4 +. +"I could strengthen you with my mouth, And the solace of my lips could lessen your pain. -- job 16:5 +. +"If I speak, my pain is not lessened, And if I hold back, what has left me? -- job 16:6 +. +"But now He has exhausted me; You have laid waste all my company. -- job 16:7 +. +"You have shriveled me up, It has become a witness; And my leanness rises up against me, It testifies to my face. -- job 16:8 +. +"His anger has torn me and hunted me down, He has gnashed at me with His teeth; My adversary glares at me. -- job 16:9 +. +"They have gaped at me with their mouth, They have slapped me on the cheek with contempt; They have massed themselves against me. -- job 16:10 +. +"God hands me over to ruffians And tosses me into the hands of the wicked. -- job 16:11 +. +"I was at ease, but He shattered me, And He has grasped me by the neck and shaken me to pieces; He has also set me up as His target. -- job 16:12 +. +"His arrows surround me. Without mercy He splits my kidneys open; He pours out my gall on the ground. -- job 16:13 +. +"He breaks through me with breach after breach; He runs at me like a warrior. -- job 16:14 +. +"I have sewed sackcloth over my skin And thrust my horn in the dust. -- job 16:15 +. +"My face is flushed from weeping, And deep darkness is on my eyelids, -- job 16:16 +. +Although there is no violence in my hands, And my prayer is pure. -- job 16:17 +. +"O earth, do not cover my blood, And let there be no resting place for my cry. -- job 16:18 +. +"Even now, behold, my witness is in heaven, And my advocate is on high. -- job 16:19 +. +"My friends are my scoffers; My eye weeps to God. -- job 16:20 +. +"O that a man might plead with God As a man with his neighbor! -- job 16:21 +. +"For when a few years are past, I shall go the way of no return. -- job 16:22 +. +"My spirit is broken, my days are extinguished, The grave is ready for me. -- job 17:1 +. +"Surely mockers are with me, And my eye gazes on their provocation. -- job 17:2 +. +"Lay down, now, a pledge for me with Yourself; Who is there that will be my guarantor? -- job 17:3 +. +"For You have kept their heart from understanding, Therefore You will not exalt them. -- job 17:4 +. +"He who informs against friends for a share of the spoil, The eyes of his children also will languish. -- job 17:5 +. +"But He has made me a byword of the people, And I am one at whom men spit. -- job 17:6 +. +"My eye has also grown dim because of grief, And all my members are as a shadow. -- job 17:7 +. +"The upright will be appalled at this, And the innocent will stir up himself against the godless. -- job 17:8 +. +"Nevertheless the righteous will hold to his way, And he who has clean hands will grow stronger and stronger. -- job 17:9 +. +"But come again all of you now, For I do not find a wise man among you. -- job 17:10 +. +"My days are past, my plans are torn apart, Even the wishes of my heart. -- job 17:11 +. +"They make night into day, saying, 'The light is near,' in the presence of darkness. -- job 17:12 +. +"If I look for Sheol as my home, I make my bed in the darkness; -- job 17:13 +. +If I call to the pit, 'You are my father'; To the worm, 'my mother and my sister'; -- job 17:14 +. +Where now is my hope? And who regards my hope? -- job 17:15 +. +"Will it go down with me to Sheol? Shall we together go down into the dust?" -- job 17:16 +. +Then Bildad the Shuhite responded, -- job 18:1 +. +"How long will you hunt for words? Show understanding and then we can talk. -- job 18:2 +. +"Why are we regarded as beasts, As stupid in your eyes? -- job 18:3 +. +"O you who tear yourself in your anger-- For your sake is the earth to be abandoned, Or the rock to be moved from its place? -- job 18:4 +. +"Indeed, the light of the wicked goes out, And the flame of his fire gives no light. -- job 18:5 +. +"The light in his tent is darkened, And his lamp goes out above him. -- job 18:6 +. +"His vigorous stride is shortened, And his own scheme brings him down. -- job 18:7 +. +"For he is thrown into the net by his own feet, And he steps on the webbing. -- job 18:8 +. +"A snare seizes him by the heel, And a trap snaps shut on him. -- job 18:9 +. +"A noose for him is hidden in the ground, And a trap for him on the path. -- job 18:10 +. +"All around terrors frighten him, And harry him at every step. -- job 18:11 +. +"His strength is famished, And calamity is ready at his side. -- job 18:12 +. +"His skin is devoured by disease, The firstborn of death devours his limbs. -- job 18:13 +. +"He is torn from the security of his tent, And they march him before the king of terrors. -- job 18:14 +. +"There dwells in his tent nothing of his; Brimstone is scattered on his habitation. -- job 18:15 +. +"His roots are dried below, And his branch is cut off above. -- job 18:16 +. +"Memory of him perishes from the earth, And he has no name abroad. -- job 18:17 +. +"He is driven from light into darkness, And chased from the inhabited world. -- job 18:18 +. +"He has no offspring or posterity among his people, Nor any survivor where he sojourned. -- job 18:19 +. +"Those in the west are appalled at his fate, And those in the east are seized with horror. -- job 18:20 +. +"Surely such are the dwellings of the wicked, And this is the place of him who does not know God." -- job 18:21 +. +Then Job responded, -- job 19:1 +. +"How long will you torment me And crush me with words? -- job 19:2 +. +"These ten times you have insulted me; You are not ashamed to wrong me. -- job 19:3 +. +"Even if I have truly erred, My error lodges with me. -- job 19:4 +. +"If indeed you vaunt yourselves against me And prove my disgrace to me, -- job 19:5 +. +Know then that God has wronged me And has closed His net around me. -- job 19:6 +. +"Behold, I cry, 'Violence!' but I get no answer; I shout for help, but there is no justice. -- job 19:7 +. +"He has walled up my way so that I cannot pass, And He has put darkness on my paths. -- job 19:8 +. +"He has stripped my honor from me And removed the crown from my head. -- job 19:9 +. +"He breaks me down on every side, and I am gone; And He has uprooted my hope like a tree. -- job 19:10 +. +"He has also kindled His anger against me And considered me as His enemy. -- job 19:11 +. +"His troops come together, And build up their way against me And camp around my tent. -- job 19:12 +. +"He has removed my brothers far from me, And my acquaintances are completely estranged from me. -- job 19:13 +. +"My relatives have failed, And my intimate friends have forgotten me. -- job 19:14 +. +"Those who live in my house and my maids consider me a stranger. I am a foreigner in their sight. -- job 19:15 +. +"I call to my servant, but he does not answer; I have to implore him with my mouth. -- job 19:16 +. +"My breath is offensive to my wife, And I am loathsome to my own brothers. -- job 19:17 +. +"Even young children despise me; I rise up and they speak against me. -- job 19:18 +. +"All my associates abhor me, And those I love have turned against me. -- job 19:19 +. +"My bone clings to my skin and my flesh, And I have escaped only by the skin of my teeth. -- job 19:20 +. +"Pity me, pity me, O you my friends, For the hand of God has struck me. -- job 19:21 +. +"Why do you persecute me as God does, And are not satisfied with my flesh? -- job 19:22 +. +"Oh that my words were written! Oh that they were inscribed in a book! -- job 19:23 +. +"That with an iron stylus and lead They were engraved in the rock forever! -- job 19:24 +. +"As for me, I know that my Redeemer lives, And at the last He will take His stand on the earth. -- job 19:25 +. +"Even after my skin is destroyed, Yet from my flesh I shall see God; -- job 19:26 +. +Whom I myself shall behold, And whom my eyes will see and not another. My heart faints within me! -- job 19:27 +. +"If you say, 'How shall we persecute him?' And 'What pretext for a case against him can we find?' -- job 19:28 +. +"Then be afraid of the sword for yourselves, For wrath brings the punishment of the sword, So that you may know there is judgment." -- job 19:29 +. +Then Zophar the Naamathite answered, -- job 20:1 +. +"Therefore my disquieting thoughts make me respond, Even because of my inward agitation. -- job 20:2 +. +"I listened to the reproof which insults me, And the spirit of my understanding makes me answer. -- job 20:3 +. +"Do you know this from of old, From the establishment of man on earth, -- job 20:4 +. +That the triumphing of the wicked is short, And the joy of the godless momentary? -- job 20:5 +. +"Though his loftiness reaches the heavens, And his head touches the clouds, -- job 20:6 +. +He perishes forever like his refuse; Those who have seen him will say, 'Where is he?' -- job 20:7 +. +"He flies away like a dream, and they cannot find him; Even like a vision of the night he is chased away. -- job 20:8 +. +"The eye which saw him sees him no longer, And his place no longer beholds him. -- job 20:9 +. +"His sons favor the poor, And his hands give back his wealth. -- job 20:10 +. +"His bones are full of his youthful vigor, But it lies down with him in the dust. -- job 20:11 +. +"Though evil is sweet in his mouth And he hides it under his tongue, -- job 20:12 +. +Though he desires it and will not let it go, But holds it in his mouth, -- job 20:13 +. +Yet his food in his stomach is changed To the venom of cobras within him. -- job 20:14 +. +"He swallows riches, But will vomit them up; God will expel them from his belly. -- job 20:15 +. +"He sucks the poison of cobras; The viper's tongue slays him. -- job 20:16 +. +"He does not look at the streams, The rivers flowing with honey and curds. -- job 20:17 +. +"He returns what he has attained And cannot swallow it; As to the riches of his trading, He cannot even enjoy them. -- job 20:18 +. +"For he has oppressed and forsaken the poor; He has seized a house which he has not built. -- job 20:19 +. +"Because he knew no quiet within him, He does not retain anything he desires. -- job 20:20 +. +"Nothing remains for him to devour, Therefore his prosperity does not endure. -- job 20:21 +. +"In the fullness of his plenty he will be cramped; The hand of everyone who suffers will come against him. -- job 20:22 +. +"When he fills his belly, God will send His fierce anger on him And will rain it on him while he is eating. -- job 20:23 +. +"He may flee from the iron weapon, But the bronze bow will pierce him. -- job 20:24 +. +"It is drawn forth and comes out of his back, Even the glittering point from his gall. Terrors come upon him, -- job 20:25 +. +Complete darkness is held in reserve for his treasures, And unfanned fire will devour him; It will consume the survivor in his tent. -- job 20:26 +. +"The heavens will reveal his iniquity, And the earth will rise up against him. -- job 20:27 +. +"The increase of his house will depart; His possessions will flow away in the day of His anger. -- job 20:28 +. +"This is the wicked man's portion from God, Even the heritage decreed to him by God." -- job 20:29 +. +Then Job answered, -- job 21:1 +. +"Listen carefully to my speech, And let this be your way of consolation. -- job 21:2 +. +"Bear with me that I may speak; Then after I have spoken, you may mock. -- job 21:3 +. +"As for me, is my complaint to man? And why should I not be impatient? -- job 21:4 +. +"Look at me, and be astonished, And put your hand over your mouth. -- job 21:5 +. +"Even when I remember, I am disturbed, And horror takes hold of my flesh. -- job 21:6 +. +"Why do the wicked still live, Continue on, also become very powerful? -- job 21:7 +. +"Their descendants are established with them in their sight, And their offspring before their eyes, -- job 21:8 +. +Their houses are safe from fear, And the rod of God is not on them. -- job 21:9 +. +"His ox mates without fail; His cow calves and does not abort. -- job 21:10 +. +"They send forth their little ones like the flock, And their children skip about. -- job 21:11 +. +"They sing to the timbrel and harp And rejoice at the sound of the flute. -- job 21:12 +. +"They spend their days in prosperity, And suddenly they go down to Sheol. -- job 21:13 +. +"They say to God, 'Depart from us! We do not even desire the knowledge of Your ways. -- job 21:14 +. +'Who is the Almighty, that we should serve Him, And what would we gain if we entreat Him?' -- job 21:15 +. +"Behold, their prosperity is not in their hand; The counsel of the wicked is far from me. -- job 21:16 +. +"How often is the lamp of the wicked put out, Or does their calamity fall on them? Does God apportion destruction in His anger? -- job 21:17 +. +"Are they as straw before the wind, And like chaff which the storm carries away? -- job 21:18 +. +"You say, 'God stores away a man's iniquity for his sons.' Let God repay him so that he may know it. -- job 21:19 +. +"Let his own eyes see his decay, And let him drink of the wrath of the Almighty. -- job 21:20 +. +"For what does he care for his household after him, When the number of his months is cut off? -- job 21:21 +. +"Can anyone teach God knowledge, In that He judges those on high? -- job 21:22 +. +"One dies in his full strength, Being wholly at ease and satisfied; -- job 21:23 +. +His sides are filled out with fat, And the marrow of his bones is moist, -- job 21:24 +. +While another dies with a bitter soul, Never even tasting anything good. -- job 21:25 +. +"Together they lie down in the dust, And worms cover them. -- job 21:26 +. +"Behold, I know your thoughts, And the plans by which you would wrong me. -- job 21:27 +. +"For you say, 'Where is the house of the nobleman, And where is the tent, the dwelling places of the wicked?' -- job 21:28 +. +"Have you not asked wayfaring men, And do you not recognize their witness? -- job 21:29 +. +"For the wicked is reserved for the day of calamity; They will be led forth at the day of fury. -- job 21:30 +. +"Who will confront him with his actions, And who will repay him for what he has done? -- job 21:31 +. +"While he is carried to the grave, Men will keep watch over his tomb. -- job 21:32 +. +"The clods of the valley will gently cover him; Moreover, all men will follow after him, While countless ones go before him. -- job 21:33 +. +"How then will you vainly comfort me, For your answers remain full of falsehood?" -- job 21:34 +. +Then Eliphaz the Temanite responded, -- job 22:1 +. +"Can a vigorous man be of use to God, Or a wise man be useful to himself? -- job 22:2 +. +"Is there any pleasure to the Almighty if you are righteous, Or profit if you make your ways perfect? -- job 22:3 +. +"Is it because of your reverence that He reproves you, That He enters into judgment against you? -- job 22:4 +. +"Is not your wickedness great, And your iniquities without end? -- job 22:5 +. +"For you have taken pledges of your brothers without cause, And stripped men naked. -- job 22:6 +. +"To the weary you have given no water to drink, And from the hungry you have withheld bread. -- job 22:7 +. +"But the earth belongs to the mighty man, And the honorable man dwells in it. -- job 22:8 +. +"You have sent widows away empty, And the strength of the orphans has been crushed. -- job 22:9 +. +"Therefore snares surround you, And sudden dread terrifies you, -- job 22:10 +. +Or darkness, so that you cannot see, And an abundance of water covers you. -- job 22:11 +. +"Is not God in the height of heaven? Look also at the distant stars, how high they are! -- job 22:12 +. +"You say, 'What does God know? Can He judge through the thick darkness? -- job 22:13 +. +'Clouds are a hiding place for Him, so that He cannot see; And He walks on the vault of heaven.' -- job 22:14 +. +"Will you keep to the ancient path Which wicked men have trod, -- job 22:15 +. +Who were snatched away before their time, Whose foundations were washed away by a river? -- job 22:16 +. +"They said to God, 'Depart from us!' And 'What can the Almighty do to them?' -- job 22:17 +. +"Yet He filled their houses with good things; But the counsel of the wicked is far from me. -- job 22:18 +. +"The righteous see and are glad, And the innocent mock them, -- job 22:19 +. +Saying, 'Truly our adversaries are cut off, And their abundance the fire has consumed.' -- job 22:20 +. +"Yield now and be at peace with Him; Thereby good will come to you. -- job 22:21 +. +"Please receive instruction from His mouth And establish His words in your heart. -- job 22:22 +. +"If you return to the Almighty, you will be restored; If you remove unrighteousness far from your tent, -- job 22:23 +. +And place your gold in the dust, And the gold of Ophir among the stones of the brooks, -- job 22:24 +. +Then the Almighty will be your gold And choice silver to you. -- job 22:25 +. +"For then you will delight in the Almighty And lift up your face to God. -- job 22:26 +. +"You will pray to Him, and He will hear you; And you will pay your vows. -- job 22:27 +. +"You will also decree a thing, and it will be established for you; And light will shine on your ways. -- job 22:28 +. +"When you are cast down, you will speak with confidence, And the humble person He will save. -- job 22:29 +. +"He will deliver one who is not innocent, And he will be delivered through the cleanness of your hands." -- job 22:30 +. +Then Job replied, -- job 23:1 +. +"Even today my complaint is rebellion; His hand is heavy despite my groaning. -- job 23:2 +. +"Oh that I knew where I might find Him, That I might come to His seat! -- job 23:3 +. +"I would present my case before Him And fill my mouth with arguments. -- job 23:4 +. +"I would learn the words which He would answer, And perceive what He would say to me. -- job 23:5 +. +"Would He contend with me by the greatness of His power? No, surely He would pay attention to me. -- job 23:6 +. +"There the upright would reason with Him; And I would be delivered forever from my Judge. -- job 23:7 +. +"Behold, I go forward but He is not there, And backward, but I cannot perceive Him; -- job 23:8 +. +When He acts on the left, I cannot behold Him; He turns on the right, I cannot see Him. -- job 23:9 +. +"But He knows the way I take; When He has tried me, I shall come forth as gold. -- job 23:10 +. +"My foot has held fast to His path; I have kept His way and not turned aside. -- job 23:11 +. +"I have not departed from the command of His lips; I have treasured the words of His mouth more than my necessary food. -- job 23:12 +. +"But He is unique and who can turn Him? And what His soul desires, that He does. -- job 23:13 +. +"For He performs what is appointed for me, And many such decrees are with Him. -- job 23:14 +. +"Therefore, I would be dismayed at His presence; When I consider, I am terrified of Him. -- job 23:15 +. +"It is God who has made my heart faint, And the Almighty who has dismayed me, -- job 23:16 +. +But I am not silenced by the darkness, Nor deep gloom which covers me. -- job 23:17 +. +"Why are times not stored up by the Almighty, And why do those who know Him not see His days? -- job 24:1 +. +"Some remove the landmarks; They seize and devour flocks. -- job 24:2 +. +"They drive away the donkeys of the orphans; They take the widow's ox for a pledge. -- job 24:3 +. +"They push the needy aside from the road; The poor of the land are made to hide themselves altogether. -- job 24:4 +. +"Behold, as wild donkeys in the wilderness They go forth seeking food in their activity, As bread for their children in the desert. -- job 24:5 +. +"They harvest their fodder in the field And glean the vineyard of the wicked. -- job 24:6 +. +"They spend the night naked, without clothing, And have no covering against the cold. -- job 24:7 +. +"They are wet with the mountain rains And hug the rock for want of a shelter. -- job 24:8 +. +"Others snatch the orphan from the breast, And against the poor they take a pledge. -- job 24:9 +. +"They cause the poor to go about naked without clothing, And they take away the sheaves from the hungry. -- job 24:10 +. +"Within the walls they produce oil; They tread wine presses but thirst. -- job 24:11 +. +"From the city men groan, And the souls of the wounded cry out; Yet God does not pay attention to folly. -- job 24:12 +. +"Others have been with those who rebel against the light; They do not want to know its ways Nor abide in its paths. -- job 24:13 +. +"The murderer arises at dawn; He kills the poor and the needy, And at night he is as a thief. -- job 24:14 +. +"The eye of the adulterer waits for the twilight, Saying, 'No eye will see me.' And he disguises his face. -- job 24:15 +. +"In the dark they dig into houses, They shut themselves up by day; They do not know the light. -- job 24:16 +. +"For the morning is the same to him as thick darkness, For he is familiar with the terrors of thick darkness. -- job 24:17 +. +"They are insignificant on the surface of the water; Their portion is cursed on the earth. They do not turn toward the vineyards. -- job 24:18 +. +"Drought and heat consume the snow waters, So does Sheol those who have sinned. -- job 24:19 +. +"A mother will forget him; The worm feeds sweetly till he is no longer remembered. And wickedness will be broken like a tree. -- job 24:20 +. +"He wrongs the barren woman And does no good for the widow. -- job 24:21 +. +"But He drags off the valiant by His power; He rises, but no one has assurance of life. -- job 24:22 +. +"He provides them with security, and they are supported; And His eyes are on their ways. -- job 24:23 +. +"They are exalted a little while, then they are gone; Moreover, they are brought low and like everything gathered up; Even like the heads of grain they are cut off. -- job 24:24 +. +"Now if it is not so, who can prove me a liar, And make my speech worthless?" -- job 24:25 +. +Then Bildad the Shuhite answered, -- job 25:1 +. +"Dominion and awe belong to Him Who establishes peace in His heights. -- job 25:2 +. +"Is there any number to His troops? And upon whom does His light not rise? -- job 25:3 +. +"How then can a man be just with God? Or how can he be clean who is born of woman? -- job 25:4 +. +"If even the moon has no brightness And the stars are not pure in His sight, -- job 25:5 +. +How much less man, that maggot, And the son of man, that worm!" -- job 25:6 +. +Then Job responded, -- job 26:1 +. +"What a help you are to the weak! How you have saved the arm without strength! -- job 26:2 +. +"What counsel you have given to one without wisdom! What helpful insight you have abundantly provided! -- job 26:3 +. +"To whom have you uttered words? And whose spirit was expressed through you? -- job 26:4 +. +"The departed spirits tremble Under the waters and their inhabitants. -- job 26:5 +. +"Naked is Sheol before Him, And Abaddon has no covering. -- job 26:6 +. +"He stretches out the north over empty space And hangs the earth on nothing. -- job 26:7 +. +"He wraps up the waters in His clouds, And the cloud does not burst under them. -- job 26:8 +. +"He obscures the face of the full moon And spreads His cloud over it. -- job 26:9 +. +"He has inscribed a circle on the surface of the waters At the boundary of light and darkness. -- job 26:10 +. +"The pillars of heaven tremble And are amazed at His rebuke. -- job 26:11 +. +"He quieted the sea with His power, And by His understanding He shattered Rahab. -- job 26:12 +. +"By His breath the heavens are cleared; His hand has pierced the fleeing serpent. -- job 26:13 +. +"Behold, these are the fringes of His ways; And how faint a word we hear of Him! But His mighty thunder, who can understand?" -- job 26:14 +. +Then Job continued his discourse and said, -- job 27:1 +. +"As God lives, who has taken away my right, And the Almighty, who has embittered my soul, -- job 27:2 +. +For as long as life is in me, And the breath of God is in my nostrils, -- job 27:3 +. +My lips certainly will not speak unjustly, Nor will my tongue mutter deceit. -- job 27:4 +. +"Far be it from me that I should declare you right; Till I die I will not put away my integrity from me. -- job 27:5 +. +"I hold fast my righteousness and will not let it go. My heart does not reproach any of my days. -- job 27:6 +. +"May my enemy be as the wicked And my opponent as the unjust. -- job 27:7 +. +"For what is the hope of the godless when he is cut off, When God requires his life? -- job 27:8 +. +"Will God hear his cry When distress comes upon him? -- job 27:9 +. +"Will he take delight in the Almighty? Will he call on God at all times? -- job 27:10 +. +"I will instruct you in the power of God; What is with the Almighty I will not conceal. -- job 27:11 +. +"Behold, all of you have seen it; Why then do you act foolishly? -- job 27:12 +. +"This is the portion of a wicked man from God, And the inheritance which tyrants receive from the Almighty. -- job 27:13 +. +"Though his sons are many, they are destined for the sword; And his descendants will not be satisfied with bread. -- job 27:14 +. +"His survivors will be buried because of the plague, And their widows will not be able to weep. -- job 27:15 +. +"Though he piles up silver like dust And prepares garments as plentiful as the clay, -- job 27:16 +. +He may prepare it, but the just will wear it And the innocent will divide the silver. -- job 27:17 +. +"He has built his house like the spider's web, Or as a hut which the watchman has made. -- job 27:18 +. +"He lies down rich, but never again; He opens his eyes, and it is no longer. -- job 27:19 +. +"Terrors overtake him like a flood; A tempest steals him away in the night. -- job 27:20 +. +"The east wind carries him away, and he is gone, For it whirls him away from his place. -- job 27:21 +. +"For it will hurl at him without sparing; He will surely try to flee from its power. -- job 27:22 +. +"Men will clap their hands at him And will hiss him from his place. -- job 27:23 +. +"Surely there is a mine for silver And a place where they refine gold. -- job 28:1 +. +"Iron is taken from the dust, And copper is smelted from rock. -- job 28:2 +. +"Man puts an end to darkness, And to the farthest limit he searches out The rock in gloom and deep shadow. -- job 28:3 +. +"He sinks a shaft far from habitation, Forgotten by the foot; They hang and swing to and fro far from men. -- job 28:4 +. +"The earth, from it comes food, And underneath it is turned up as fire. -- job 28:5 +. +"Its rocks are the source of sapphires, And its dust contains gold. -- job 28:6 +. +"The path no bird of prey knows, Nor has the falcon's eye caught sight of it. -- job 28:7 +. +"The proud beasts have not trodden it, Nor has the fierce lion passed over it. -- job 28:8 +. +"He puts his hand on the flint; He overturns the mountains at the base. -- job 28:9 +. +"He hews out channels through the rocks, And his eye sees anything precious. -- job 28:10 +. +"He dams up the streams from flowing, And what is hidden he brings out to the light. -- job 28:11 +. +"But where can wisdom be found? And where is the place of understanding? -- job 28:12 +. +"Man does not know its value, Nor is it found in the land of the living. -- job 28:13 +. +"The deep says, 'It is not in me'; And the sea says, 'It is not with me.' -- job 28:14 +. +"Pure gold cannot be given in exchange for it, Nor can silver be weighed as its price. -- job 28:15 +. +"It cannot be valued in the gold of Ophir, In precious onyx, or sapphire. -- job 28:16 +. +"Gold or glass cannot equal it, Nor can it be exchanged for articles of fine gold. -- job 28:17 +. +"Coral and crystal are not to be mentioned; And the acquisition of wisdom is above that of pearls. -- job 28:18 +. +"The topaz of Ethiopia cannot equal it, Nor can it be valued in pure gold. -- job 28:19 +. +"Where then does wisdom come from? And where is the place of understanding? -- job 28:20 +. +"Thus it is hidden from the eyes of all living And concealed from the birds of the sky. -- job 28:21 +. +"Abaddon and Death say, 'With our ears we have heard a report of it.' -- job 28:22 +. +"God understands its way, And He knows its place. -- job 28:23 +. +"For He looks to the ends of the earth And sees everything under the heavens. -- job 28:24 +. +"When He imparted weight to the wind And meted out the waters by measure, -- job 28:25 +. +When He set a limit for the rain And a course for the thunderbolt, -- job 28:26 +. +Then He saw it and declared it; He established it and also searched it out. -- job 28:27 +. +"And to man He said, 'Behold, the fear of the Lord, that is wisdom; And to depart from evil is understanding.'" -- job 28:28 +. +And Job again took up his discourse and said, -- job 29:1 +. +"Oh that I were as in months gone by, As in the days when God watched over me; -- job 29:2 +. +When His lamp shone over my head, And by His light I walked through darkness; -- job 29:3 +. +As I was in the prime of my days, When the friendship of God was over my tent; -- job 29:4 +. +When the Almighty was yet with me, And my children were around me; -- job 29:5 +. +When my steps were bathed in butter, And the rock poured out for me streams of oil! -- job 29:6 +. +"When I went out to the gate of the city, When I took my seat in the square, -- job 29:7 +. +The young men saw me and hid themselves, And the old men arose and stood. -- job 29:8 +. +"The princes stopped talking And put their hands on their mouths; -- job 29:9 +. +The voice of the nobles was hushed, And their tongue stuck to their palate. -- job 29:10 +. +"For when the ear heard, it called me blessed, And when the eye saw, it gave witness of me, -- job 29:11 +. +Because I delivered the poor who cried for help, And the orphan who had no helper. -- job 29:12 +. +"The blessing of the one ready to perish came upon me, And I made the widow's heart sing for joy. -- job 29:13 +. +"I put on righteousness, and it clothed me; My justice was like a robe and a turban. -- job 29:14 +. +"I was eyes to the blind And feet to the lame. -- job 29:15 +. +"I was a father to the needy, And I investigated the case which I did not know. -- job 29:16 +. +"I broke the jaws of the wicked And snatched the prey from his teeth. -- job 29:17 +. +"Then I thought, 'I shall die in my nest, And I shall multiply my days as the sand. -- job 29:18 +. +'My root is spread out to the waters, And dew lies all night on my branch. -- job 29:19 +. +'My glory is ever new with me, And my bow is renewed in my hand.' -- job 29:20 +. +"To me they listened and waited, And kept silent for my counsel. -- job 29:21 +. +"After my words they did not speak again, And my speech dropped on them. -- job 29:22 +. +"They waited for me as for the rain, And opened their mouth as for the spring rain. -- job 29:23 +. +"I smiled on them when they did not believe, And the light of my face they did not cast down. -- job 29:24 +. +"I chose a way for them and sat as chief, And dwelt as a king among the troops, As one who comforted the mourners. -- job 29:25 +. +"But now those younger than I mock me, Whose fathers I disdained to put with the dogs of my flock. -- job 30:1 +. +"Indeed, what good was the strength of their hands to me? Vigor had perished from them. -- job 30:2 +. +"From want and famine they are gaunt Who gnaw the dry ground by night in waste and desolation, -- job 30:3 +. +Who pluck mallow by the bushes, And whose food is the root of the broom shrub. -- job 30:4 +. +"They are driven from the community; They shout against them as against a thief, -- job 30:5 +. +So that they dwell in dreadful valleys, In holes of the earth and of the rocks. -- job 30:6 +. +"Among the bushes they cry out; Under the nettles they are gathered together. -- job 30:7 +. +"Fools, even those without a name, They were scourged from the land. -- job 30:8 +. +"And now I have become their taunt, I have even become a byword to them. -- job 30:9 +. +"They abhor me and stand aloof from me, And they do not refrain from spitting at my face. -- job 30:10 +. +"Because He has loosed His bowstring and afflicted me, They have cast off the bridle before me. -- job 30:11 +. +"On the right hand their brood arises; They thrust aside my feet and build up against me their ways of destruction. -- job 30:12 +. +"They break up my path, They profit from my destruction; No one restrains them. -- job 30:13 +. +"As through a wide breach they come, Amid the tempest they roll on. -- job 30:14 +. +"Terrors are turned against me; They pursue my honor as the wind, And my prosperity has passed away like a cloud. -- job 30:15 +. +"And now my soul is poured out within me; Days of affliction have seized me. -- job 30:16 +. +"At night it pierces my bones within me, And my gnawing pains take no rest. -- job 30:17 +. +"By a great force my garment is distorted; It binds me about as the collar of my coat. -- job 30:18 +. +"He has cast me into the mire, And I have become like dust and ashes. -- job 30:19 +. +"I cry out to You for help, but You do not answer me; I stand up, and You turn Your attention against me. -- job 30:20 +. +"You have become cruel to me; With the might of Your hand You persecute me. -- job 30:21 +. +"You lift me up to the wind and cause me to ride; And You dissolve me in a storm. -- job 30:22 +. +"For I know that You will bring me to death And to the house of meeting for all living. -- job 30:23 +. +"Yet does not one in a heap of ruins stretch out his hand, Or in his disaster therefore cry out for help? -- job 30:24 +. +"Have I not wept for the one whose life is hard? Was not my soul grieved for the needy? -- job 30:25 +. +"When I expected good, then evil came; When I waited for light, then darkness came. -- job 30:26 +. +"I am seething within and cannot relax; Days of affliction confront me. -- job 30:27 +. +"I go about mourning without comfort; I stand up in the assembly and cry out for help. -- job 30:28 +. +"I have become a brother to jackals And a companion of ostriches. -- job 30:29 +. +"My skin turns black on me, And my bones burn with fever. -- job 30:30 +. +"Therefore my harp is turned to mourning, And my flute to the sound of those who weep. -- job 30:31 +. +"I have made a covenant with my eyes; How then could I gaze at a virgin? -- job 31:1 +. +"And what is the portion of God from above Or the heritage of the Almighty from on high? -- job 31:2 +. +"Is it not calamity to the unjust And disaster to those who work iniquity? -- job 31:3 +. +"Does He not see my ways And number all my steps? -- job 31:4 +. +"If I have walked with falsehood, And my foot has hastened after deceit, -- job 31:5 +. +Let Him weigh me with accurate scales, And let God know my integrity. -- job 31:6 +. +"If my step has turned from the way, Or my heart followed my eyes, Or if any spot has stuck to my hands, -- job 31:7 +. +Let me sow and another eat, And let my crops be uprooted. -- job 31:8 +. +"If my heart has been enticed by a woman, Or I have lurked at my neighbor's doorway, -- job 31:9 +. +May my wife grind for another, And let others kneel down over her. -- job 31:10 +. +"For that would be a lustful crime; Moreover, it would be an iniquity punishable by judges. -- job 31:11 +. +"For it would be fire that consumes to Abaddon, And would uproot all my increase. -- job 31:12 +. +"If I have despised the claim of my male or female slaves When they filed a complaint against me, -- job 31:13 +. +What then could I do when God arises? And when He calls me to account, what will I answer Him? -- job 31:14 +. +"Did not He who made me in the womb make him, And the same one fashion us in the womb? -- job 31:15 +. +"If I have kept the poor from their desire, Or have caused the eyes of the widow to fail, -- job 31:16 +. +Or have eaten my morsel alone, And the orphan has not shared it -- job 31:17 +. +(But from my youth he grew up with me as with a father, And from infancy I guided her), -- job 31:18 +. +If I have seen anyone perish for lack of clothing, Or that the needy had no covering, -- job 31:19 +. +If his loins have not thanked me, And if he has not been warmed with the fleece of my sheep, -- job 31:20 +. +If I have lifted up my hand against the orphan, Because I saw I had support in the gate, -- job 31:21 +. +Let my shoulder fall from the socket, And my arm be broken off at the elbow. -- job 31:22 +. +"For calamity from God is a terror to me, And because of His majesty I can do nothing. -- job 31:23 +. +"If I have put my confidence in gold, And called fine gold my trust, -- job 31:24 +. +If I have gloated because my wealth was great, And because my hand had secured so much; -- job 31:25 +. +If I have looked at the sun when it shone Or the moon going in splendor, -- job 31:26 +. +And my heart became secretly enticed, And my hand threw a kiss from my mouth, -- job 31:27 +. +That too would have been an iniquity calling for judgment, For I would have denied God above. -- job 31:28 +. +"Have I rejoiced at the extinction of my enemy, Or exulted when evil befell him? -- job 31:29 +. +"No, I have not allowed my mouth to sin By asking for his life in a curse. -- job 31:30 +. +"Have the men of my tent not said, 'Who can find one who has not been satisfied with his meat'? -- job 31:31 +. +"The alien has not lodged outside, For I have opened my doors to the traveler. -- job 31:32 +. +"Have I covered my transgressions like Adam, By hiding my iniquity in my bosom, -- job 31:33 +. +Because I feared the great multitude, And the contempt of families terrified me, And kept silent and did not go out of doors? -- job 31:34 +. +"Oh that I had one to hear me! Behold, here is my signature; Let the Almighty answer me! And the indictment which my adversary has written, -- job 31:35 +. +Surely I would carry it on my shoulder, I would bind it to myself like a crown. -- job 31:36 +. +"I would declare to Him the number of my steps; Like a prince I would approach Him. -- job 31:37 +. +"If my land cries out against me, And its furrows weep together; -- job 31:38 +. +If I have eaten its fruit without money, Or have caused its owners to lose their lives, -- job 31:39 +. +Let briars grow instead of wheat, And stinkweed instead of barley." The words of Job are ended. -- job 31:40 +. +Then these three men ceased answering Job, because he was righteous in his own eyes. -- job 32:1 +. +But the anger of Elihu the son of Barachel the Buzite, of the family of Ram burned; against Job his anger burned because he justified himself before God. -- job 32:2 +. +And his anger burned against his three friends because they had found no answer, and yet had condemned Job. -- job 32:3 +. +Now Elihu had waited to speak to Job because they were years older than he. -- job 32:4 +. +And when Elihu saw that there was no answer in the mouth of the three men his anger burned. -- job 32:5 +. +So Elihu the son of Barachel the Buzite spoke out and said, "I am young in years and you are old; Therefore I was shy and afraid to tell you what I think. -- job 32:6 +. +"I thought age should speak, And increased years should teach wisdom. -- job 32:7 +. +"But it is a spirit in man, And the breath of the Almighty gives them understanding. -- job 32:8 +. +"The abundant in years may not be wise, Nor may elders understand justice. -- job 32:9 +. +"So I say, 'Listen to me, I too will tell what I think.' -- job 32:10 +. +"Behold, I waited for your words, I listened to your reasonings, While you pondered what to say. -- job 32:11 +. +"I even paid close attention to you; Indeed, there was no one who refuted Job, Not one of you who answered his words. -- job 32:12 +. +"Do not say, 'We have found wisdom; God will rout him, not man.' -- job 32:13 +. +"For he has not arranged his words against me, Nor will I reply to him with your arguments. -- job 32:14 +. +"They are dismayed, they no longer answer; Words have failed them. -- job 32:15 +. +"Shall I wait, because they do not speak, Because they stop and no longer answer? -- job 32:16 +. +"I too will answer my share, I also will tell my opinion. -- job 32:17 +. +"For I am full of words; The spirit within me constrains me. -- job 32:18 +. +"Behold, my belly is like unvented wine, Like new wineskins it is about to burst. -- job 32:19 +. +"Let me speak that I may get relief; Let me open my lips and answer. -- job 32:20 +. +"Let me now be partial to no one, Nor flatter any man. -- job 32:21 +. +"For I do not know how to flatter, Else my Maker would soon take me away. -- job 32:22 +. +"However now, Job, please hear my speech, And listen to all my words. -- job 33:1 +. +"Behold now, I open my mouth, My tongue in my mouth speaks. -- job 33:2 +. +"My words are from the uprightness of my heart, And my lips speak knowledge sincerely. -- job 33:3 +. +"The Spirit of God has made me, And the breath of the Almighty gives me life. -- job 33:4 +. +"Refute me if you can; Array yourselves before me, take your stand. -- job 33:5 +. +"Behold, I belong to God like you; I too have been formed out of the clay. -- job 33:6 +. +"Behold, no fear of me should terrify you, Nor should my pressure weigh heavily on you. -- job 33:7 +. +"Surely you have spoken in my hearing, And I have heard the sound of your words: -- job 33:8 +. +'I am pure, without transgression; I am innocent and there is no guilt in me. -- job 33:9 +. +'Behold, He invents pretexts against me; He counts me as His enemy. -- job 33:10 +. +'He puts my feet in the stocks; He watches all my paths.' -- job 33:11 +. +"Behold, let me tell you, you are not right in this, For God is greater than man. -- job 33:12 +. +"Why do you complain against Him That He does not give an account of all His doings? -- job 33:13 +. +"Indeed God speaks once, Or twice, yet no one notices it. -- job 33:14 +. +"In a dream, a vision of the night, When sound sleep falls on men, While they slumber in their beds, -- job 33:15 +. +Then He opens the ears of men, And seals their instruction, -- job 33:16 +. +That He may turn man aside from his conduct, And keep man from pride; -- job 33:17 +. +He keeps back his soul from the pit, And his life from passing over into Sheol. -- job 33:18 +. +"Man is also chastened with pain on his bed, And with unceasing complaint in his bones; -- job 33:19 +. +So that his life loathes bread, And his soul favorite food. -- job 33:20 +. +"His flesh wastes away from sight, And his bones which were not seen stick out. -- job 33:21 +. +"Then his soul draws near to the pit, And his life to those who bring death. -- job 33:22 +. +"If there is an angel as mediator for him, One out of a thousand, To remind a man what is right for him, -- job 33:23 +. +Then let him be gracious to him, and say, 'Deliver him from going down to the pit, I have found a ransom'; -- job 33:24 +. +Let his flesh become fresher than in youth, Let him return to the days of his youthful vigor; -- job 33:25 +. +Then he will pray to God, and He will accept him, That he may see His face with joy, And He may restore His righteousness to man. -- job 33:26 +. +"He will sing to men and say, 'I have sinned and perverted what is right, And it is not proper for me. -- job 33:27 +. +'He has redeemed my soul from going to the pit, And my life shall see the light.' -- job 33:28 +. +"Behold, God does all these oftentimes with men, -- job 33:29 +. +To bring back his soul from the pit, That he may be enlightened with the light of life. -- job 33:30 +. +"Pay attention, O Job, listen to me; Keep silent, and let me speak. -- job 33:31 +. +"Then if you have anything to say, answer me; Speak, for I desire to justify you. -- job 33:32 +. +"If not, listen to me; Keep silent, and I will teach you wisdom." -- job 33:33 +. +Then Elihu continued and said, -- job 34:1 +. +"Hear my words, you wise men, And listen to me, you who know. -- job 34:2 +. +"For the ear tests words As the palate tastes food. -- job 34:3 +. +"Let us choose for ourselves what is right; Let us know among ourselves what is good. -- job 34:4 +. +"For Job has said, 'I am righteous, But God has taken away my right; -- job 34:5 +. +Should I lie concerning my right? My wound is incurable, though I am without transgression.' -- job 34:6 +. +"What man is like Job, Who drinks up derision like water, -- job 34:7 +. +Who goes in company with the workers of iniquity, And walks with wicked men? -- job 34:8 +. +"For he has said, 'It profits a man nothing When he is pleased with God.' -- job 34:9 +. +"Therefore, listen to me, you men of understanding. Far be it from God to do wickedness, And from the Almighty to do wrong. -- job 34:10 +. +"For He pays a man according to his work, And makes him find it according to his way. -- job 34:11 +. +"Surely, God will not act wickedly, And the Almighty will not pervert justice. -- job 34:12 +. +"Who gave Him authority over the earth? And who has laid on Him the whole world? -- job 34:13 +. +"If He should determine to do so, If He should gather to Himself His spirit and His breath, -- job 34:14 +. +All flesh would perish together, And man would return to dust. -- job 34:15 +. +"But if you have understanding, hear this; Listen to the sound of my words. -- job 34:16 +. +"Shall one who hates justice rule? And will you condemn the righteous mighty One, -- job 34:17 +. +Who says to a king, 'Worthless one,' To nobles, 'Wicked ones'; -- job 34:18 +. +Who shows no partiality to princes Nor regards the rich above the poor, For they all are the work of His hands? -- job 34:19 +. +"In a moment they die, and at midnight People are shaken and pass away, And the mighty are taken away without a hand. -- job 34:20 +. +"For His eyes are upon the ways of a man, And He sees all his steps. -- job 34:21 +. +"There is no darkness or deep shadow Where the workers of iniquity may hide themselves. -- job 34:22 +. +"For He does not need to consider a man further, That he should go before God in judgment. -- job 34:23 +. +"He breaks in pieces mighty men without inquiry, And sets others in their place. -- job 34:24 +. +"Therefore He knows their works, And He overthrows them in the night, And they are crushed. -- job 34:25 +. +"He strikes them like the wicked In a public place, -- job 34:26 +. +Because they turned aside from following Him, And had no regard for any of His ways; -- job 34:27 +. +So that they caused the cry of the poor to come to Him, And that He might hear the cry of the afflicted-- -- job 34:28 +. +When He keeps quiet, who then can condemn? And when He hides His face, who then can behold Him, That is, in regard to both nation and man?-- -- job 34:29 +. +So that godless men would not rule Nor be snares of the people. -- job 34:30 +. +"For has anyone said to God, 'I have borne chastisement; I will not offend anymore; -- job 34:31 +. +Teach me what I do not see; If I have done iniquity, I will not do it again'? -- job 34:32 +. +"Shall He recompense on your terms, because you have rejected it? For you must choose, and not I; Therefore declare what you know. -- job 34:33 +. +"Men of understanding will say to me, And a wise man who hears me, -- job 34:34 +. +'Job speaks without knowledge, And his words are without wisdom. -- job 34:35 +. +'Job ought to be tried to the limit, Because he answers like wicked men. -- job 34:36 +. +'For he adds rebellion to his sin; He claps his hands among us, And multiplies his words against God.'" -- job 34:37 +. +Then Elihu continued and said, -- job 35:1 +. +"Do you think this is according to justice? Do you say, 'My righteousness is more than God's'? -- job 35:2 +. +"For you say, 'What advantage will it be to You? What profit will I have, more than if I had sinned?' -- job 35:3 +. +"I will answer you, And your friends with you. -- job 35:4 +. +"Look at the heavens and see; And behold the clouds--they are higher than you. -- job 35:5 +. +"If you have sinned, what do you accomplish against Him? And if your transgressions are many, what do you do to Him? -- job 35:6 +. +"If you are righteous, what do you give to Him, Or what does He receive from your hand? -- job 35:7 +. +"Your wickedness is for a man like yourself, And your righteousness is for a son of man. -- job 35:8 +. +"Because of the multitude of oppressions they cry out; They cry for help because of the arm of the mighty. -- job 35:9 +. +"But no one says, 'Where is God my Maker, Who gives songs in the night, -- job 35:10 +. +Who teaches us more than the beasts of the earth And makes us wiser than the birds of the heavens?' -- job 35:11 +. +"There they cry out, but He does not answer Because of the pride of evil men. -- job 35:12 +. +"Surely God will not listen to an empty cry, Nor will the Almighty regard it. -- job 35:13 +. +"How much less when you say you do not behold Him, The case is before Him, and you must wait for Him! -- job 35:14 +. +"And now, because He has not visited in His anger, Nor has He acknowledged transgression well, -- job 35:15 +. +So Job opens his mouth emptily; He multiplies words without knowledge." -- job 35:16 +. +Then Elihu continued and said, -- job 36:1 +. +"Wait for me a little, and I will show you That there is yet more to be said in God's behalf. -- job 36:2 +. +"I will fetch my knowledge from afar, And I will ascribe righteousness to my Maker. -- job 36:3 +. +"For truly my words are not false; One who is perfect in knowledge is with you. -- job 36:4 +. +"Behold, God is mighty but does not despise any; He is mighty in strength of understanding. -- job 36:5 +. +"He does not keep the wicked alive, But gives justice to the afflicted. -- job 36:6 +. +"He does not withdraw His eyes from the righteous; But with kings on the throne He has seated them forever, and they are exalted. -- job 36:7 +. +"And if they are bound in fetters, And are caught in the cords of affliction, -- job 36:8 +. +Then He declares to them their work And their transgressions, that they have magnified themselves. -- job 36:9 +. +"He opens their ear to instruction, And commands that they return from evil. -- job 36:10 +. +"If they hear and serve Him, They will end their days in prosperity And their years in pleasures. -- job 36:11 +. +"But if they do not hear, they shall perish by the sword And they will die without knowledge. -- job 36:12 +. +"But the godless in heart lay up anger; They do not cry for help when He binds them. -- job 36:13 +. +"They die in youth, And their life perishes among the cult prostitutes. -- job 36:14 +. +"He delivers the afflicted in their affliction, And opens their ear in time of oppression. -- job 36:15 +. +"Then indeed, He enticed you from the mouth of distress, Instead of it, a broad place with no constraint; And that which was set on your table was full of fatness. -- job 36:16 +. +"But you were full of judgment on the wicked; Judgment and justice take hold of you. -- job 36:17 +. +"Beware that wrath does not entice you to scoffing; And do not let the greatness of the ransom turn you aside. -- job 36:18 +. +"Will your riches keep you from distress, Or all the forces of your strength? -- job 36:19 +. +"Do not long for the night, When people vanish in their place. -- job 36:20 +. +"Be careful, do not turn to evil, For you have preferred this to affliction. -- job 36:21 +. +"Behold, God is exalted in His power; Who is a teacher like Him? -- job 36:22 +. +"Who has appointed Him His way, And who has said, 'You have done wrong'? -- job 36:23 +. +"Remember that you should exalt His work, Of which men have sung. -- job 36:24 +. +"All men have seen it; Man beholds from afar. -- job 36:25 +. +"Behold, God is exalted, and we do not know Him; The number of His years is unsearchable. -- job 36:26 +. +"For He draws up the drops of water, They distill rain from the mist, -- job 36:27 +. +Which the clouds pour down, They drip upon man abundantly. -- job 36:28 +. +"Can anyone understand the spreading of the clouds, The thundering of His pavilion? -- job 36:29 +. +"Behold, He spreads His lightning about Him, And He covers the depths of the sea. -- job 36:30 +. +"For by these He judges peoples; He gives food in abundance. -- job 36:31 +. +"He covers His hands with the lightning, And commands it to strike the mark. -- job 36:32 +. +"Its noise declares His presence; The cattle also, concerning what is coming up. -- job 36:33 +. +"At this also my heart trembles, And leaps from its place. -- job 37:1 +. +"Listen closely to the thunder of His voice, And the rumbling that goes out from His mouth. -- job 37:2 +. +"Under the whole heaven He lets it loose, And His lightning to the ends of the earth. -- job 37:3 +. +"After it, a voice roars; He thunders with His majestic voice, And He does not restrain the lightnings when His voice is heard. -- job 37:4 +. +"God thunders with His voice wondrously, Doing great things which we cannot comprehend. -- job 37:5 +. +"For to the snow He says, 'Fall on the earth,' And to the downpour and the rain, 'Be strong.' -- job 37:6 +. +"He seals the hand of every man, That all men may know His work. -- job 37:7 +. +"Then the beast goes into its lair And remains in its den. -- job 37:8 +. +"Out of the south comes the storm, And out of the north the cold. -- job 37:9 +. +"From the breath of God ice is made, And the expanse of the waters is frozen. -- job 37:10 +. +"Also with moisture He loads the thick cloud; He disperses the cloud of His lightning. -- job 37:11 +. +"It changes direction, turning around by His guidance, That it may do whatever He commands it On the face of the inhabited earth. -- job 37:12 +. +"Whether for correction, or for His world, Or for lovingkindness, He causes it to happen. -- job 37:13 +. +"Listen to this, O Job, Stand and consider the wonders of God. -- job 37:14 +. +"Do you know how God establishes them, And makes the lightning of His cloud to shine? -- job 37:15 +. +"Do you know about the layers of the thick clouds, The wonders of one perfect in knowledge, -- job 37:16 +. +You whose garments are hot, When the land is still because of the south wind? -- job 37:17 +. +"Can you, with Him, spread out the skies, Strong as a molten mirror? -- job 37:18 +. +"Teach us what we shall say to Him; We cannot arrange our case because of darkness. -- job 37:19 +. +"Shall it be told Him that I would speak? Or should a man say that he would be swallowed up? -- job 37:20 +. +"Now men do not see the light which is bright in the skies; But the wind has passed and cleared them. -- job 37:21 +. +"Out of the north comes golden splendor; Around God is awesome majesty. -- job 37:22 +. +"The Almighty--we cannot find Him; He is exalted in power And He will not do violence to justice and abundant righteousness. -- job 37:23 +. +"Therefore men fear Him; He does not regard any who are wise of heart." -- job 37:24 +. +Then the LORD answered Job out of the whirlwind and said, -- job 38:1 +. +"Who is this that darkens counsel By words without knowledge? -- job 38:2 +. +"Now gird up your loins like a man, And I will ask you, and you instruct Me! -- job 38:3 +. +"Where were you when I laid the foundation of the earth? Tell Me, if you have understanding, -- job 38:4 +. +Who set its measurements? Since you know. Or who stretched the line on it? -- job 38:5 +. +"On what were its bases sunk? Or who laid its cornerstone, -- job 38:6 +. +When the morning stars sang together And all the sons of God shouted for joy? -- job 38:7 +. +"Or who enclosed the sea with doors When, bursting forth, it went out from the womb; -- job 38:8 +. +When I made a cloud its garment And thick darkness its swaddling band, -- job 38:9 +. +And I placed boundaries on it And set a bolt and doors, -- job 38:10 +. +And I said, 'Thus far you shall come, but no farther; And here shall your proud waves stop'? -- job 38:11 +. +"Have you ever in your life commanded the morning, And caused the dawn to know its place, -- job 38:12 +. +That it might take hold of the ends of the earth, And the wicked be shaken out of it? -- job 38:13 +. +"It is changed like clay under the seal; And they stand forth like a garment. -- job 38:14 +. +"From the wicked their light is withheld, And the uplifted arm is broken. -- job 38:15 +. +"Have you entered into the springs of the sea Or walked in the recesses of the deep? -- job 38:16 +. +"Have the gates of death been revealed to you, Or have you seen the gates of deep darkness? -- job 38:17 +. +"Have you understood the expanse of the earth? Tell Me, if you know all this. -- job 38:18 +. +"Where is the way to the dwelling of light? And darkness, where is its place, -- job 38:19 +. +That you may take it to its territory And that you may discern the paths to its home? -- job 38:20 +. +"You know, for you were born then, And the number of your days is great! -- job 38:21 +. +"Have you entered the storehouses of the snow, Or have you seen the storehouses of the hail, -- job 38:22 +. +Which I have reserved for the time of distress, For the day of war and battle? -- job 38:23 +. +"Where is the way that the light is divided, Or the east wind scattered on the earth? -- job 38:24 +. +"Who has cleft a channel for the flood, Or a way for the thunderbolt, -- job 38:25 +. +To bring rain on a land without people, On a desert without a man in it, -- job 38:26 +. +To satisfy the waste and desolate land And to make the seeds of grass to sprout? -- job 38:27 +. +"Has the rain a father? Or who has begotten the drops of dew? -- job 38:28 +. +"From whose womb has come the ice? And the frost of heaven, who has given it birth? -- job 38:29 +. +"Water becomes hard like stone, And the surface of the deep is imprisoned. -- job 38:30 +. +"Can you bind the chains of the Pleiades, Or loose the cords of Orion? -- job 38:31 +. +"Can you lead forth a constellation in its season, And guide the Bear with her satellites? -- job 38:32 +. +"Do you know the ordinances of the heavens, Or fix their rule over the earth? -- job 38:33 +. +"Can you lift up your voice to the clouds, So that an abundance of water will cover you? -- job 38:34 +. +"Can you send forth lightnings that they may go And say to you, 'Here we are'? -- job 38:35 +. +"Who has put wisdom in the innermost being Or given understanding to the mind? -- job 38:36 +. +"Who can count the clouds by wisdom, Or tip the water jars of the heavens, -- job 38:37 +. +When the dust hardens into a mass And the clods stick together? -- job 38:38 +. +"Can you hunt the prey for the lion, Or satisfy the appetite of the young lions, -- job 38:39 +. +When they crouch in their dens And lie in wait in their lair? -- job 38:40 +. +"Who prepares for the raven its nourishment When its young cry to God And wander about without food? -- job 38:41 +. +"Do you know the time the mountain goats give birth? Do you observe the calving of the deer? -- job 39:1 +. +"Can you count the months they fulfill, Or do you know the time they give birth? -- job 39:2 +. +"They kneel down, they bring forth their young, They get rid of their labor pains. -- job 39:3 +. +"Their offspring become strong, they grow up in the open field; They leave and do not return to them. -- job 39:4 +. +"Who sent out the wild donkey free? And who loosed the bonds of the swift donkey, -- job 39:5 +. +To whom I gave the wilderness for a home And the salt land for his dwelling place? -- job 39:6 +. +"He scorns the tumult of the city, The shoutings of the driver he does not hear. -- job 39:7 +. +"He explores the mountains for his pasture And searches after every green thing. -- job 39:8 +. +"Will the wild ox consent to serve you, Or will he spend the night at your manger? -- job 39:9 +. +"Can you bind the wild ox in a furrow with ropes, Or will he harrow the valleys after you? -- job 39:10 +. +"Will you trust him because his strength is great And leave your labor to him? -- job 39:11 +. +"Will you have faith in him that he will return your grain And gather it from your threshing floor? -- job 39:12 +. +"The ostriches' wings flap joyously With the pinion and plumage of love, -- job 39:13 +. +For she abandons her eggs to the earth And warms them in the dust, -- job 39:14 +. +And she forgets that a foot may crush them, Or that a wild beast may trample them. -- job 39:15 +. +"She treats her young cruelly, as if they were not hers; Though her labor be in vain, she is unconcerned; -- job 39:16 +. +Because God has made her forget wisdom, And has not given her a share of understanding. -- job 39:17 +. +"When she lifts herself on high, She laughs at the horse and his rider. -- job 39:18 +. +"Do you give the horse his might? Do you clothe his neck with a mane? -- job 39:19 +. +"Do you make him leap like the locust? His majestic snorting is terrible. -- job 39:20 +. +"He paws in the valley, and rejoices in his strength; He goes out to meet the weapons. -- job 39:21 +. +"He laughs at fear and is not dismayed; And he does not turn back from the sword. -- job 39:22 +. +"The quiver rattles against him, The flashing spear and javelin. -- job 39:23 +. +"With shaking and rage he races over the ground, And he does not stand still at the voice of the trumpet. -- job 39:24 +. +"As often as the trumpet sounds he says, 'Aha!' And he scents the battle from afar, And the thunder of the captains and the war cry. -- job 39:25 +. +"Is it by your understanding that the hawk soars, Stretching his wings toward the south? -- job 39:26 +. +"Is it at your command that the eagle mounts up And makes his nest on high? -- job 39:27 +. +"On the cliff he dwells and lodges, Upon the rocky crag, an inaccessible place. -- job 39:28 +. +"From there he spies out food; His eyes see it from afar. -- job 39:29 +. +"His young ones also suck up blood; And where the slain are, there is he." -- job 39:30 +. +Then the LORD said to Job, -- job 40:1 +. +"Will the faultfinder contend with the Almighty? Let him who reproves God answer it." -- job 40:2 +. +Then Job answered the LORD and said, -- job 40:3 +. +"Behold, I am insignificant; what can I reply to You? I lay my hand on my mouth. -- job 40:4 +. +"Once I have spoken, and I will not answer; Even twice, and I will add nothing more." -- job 40:5 +. +Then the LORD answered Job out of the storm and said, -- job 40:6 +. +"Now gird up your loins like a man; I will ask you, and you instruct Me. -- job 40:7 +. +"Will you really annul My judgment? Will you condemn Me that you may be justified? -- job 40:8 +. +"Or do you have an arm like God, And can you thunder with a voice like His? -- job 40:9 +. +"Adorn yourself with eminence and dignity, And clothe yourself with honor and majesty. -- job 40:10 +. +"Pour out the overflowings of your anger, And look on everyone who is proud, and make him low. -- job 40:11 +. +"Look on everyone who is proud, and humble him, And tread down the wicked where they stand. -- job 40:12 +. +"Hide them in the dust together; Bind them in the hidden place. -- job 40:13 +. +"Then I will also confess to you, That your own right hand can save you. -- job 40:14 +. +"Behold now, Behemoth, which I made as well as you; He eats grass like an ox. -- job 40:15 +. +"Behold now, his strength in his loins And his power in the muscles of his belly. -- job 40:16 +. +"He bends his tail like a cedar; The sinews of his thighs are knit together. -- job 40:17 +. +"His bones are tubes of bronze; His limbs are like bars of iron. -- job 40:18 +. +"He is the first of the ways of God; Let his maker bring near his sword. -- job 40:19 +. +"Surely the mountains bring him food, And all the beasts of the field play there. -- job 40:20 +. +"Under the lotus plants he lies down, In the covert of the reeds and the marsh. -- job 40:21 +. +"The lotus plants cover him with shade; The willows of the brook surround him. -- job 40:22 +. +"If a river rages, he is not alarmed; He is confident, though the Jordan rushes to his mouth. -- job 40:23 +. +"Can anyone capture him when he is on watch, With barbs can anyone pierce his nose? -- job 40:24 +. +"Can you draw out Leviathan with a fishhook? Or press down his tongue with a cord? -- job 41:1 +. +"Can you put a rope in his nose Or pierce his jaw with a hook? -- job 41:2 +. +"Will he make many supplications to you, Or will he speak to you soft words? -- job 41:3 +. +"Will he make a covenant with you? Will you take him for a servant forever? -- job 41:4 +. +"Will you play with him as with a bird, Or will you bind him for your maidens? -- job 41:5 +. +"Will the traders bargain over him? Will they divide him among the merchants? -- job 41:6 +. +"Can you fill his skin with harpoons, Or his head with fishing spears? -- job 41:7 +. +"Lay your hand on him; Remember the battle; you will not do it again! -- job 41:8 +. +"Behold, your expectation is false; Will you be laid low even at the sight of him? -- job 41:9 +. +"No one is so fierce that he dares to arouse him; Who then is he that can stand before Me? -- job 41:10 +. +"Who has given to Me that I should repay him? Whatever is under the whole heaven is Mine. -- job 41:11 +. +"I will not keep silence concerning his limbs, Or his mighty strength, or his orderly frame. -- job 41:12 +. +"Who can strip off his outer armor? Who can come within his double mail? -- job 41:13 +. +"Who can open the doors of his face? Around his teeth there is terror. -- job 41:14 +. +"His strong scales are his pride, Shut up as with a tight seal. -- job 41:15 +. +"One is so near to another That no air can come between them. -- job 41:16 +. +"They are joined one to another; They clasp each other and cannot be separated. -- job 41:17 +. +"His sneezes flash forth light, And his eyes are like the eyelids of the morning. -- job 41:18 +. +"Out of his mouth go burning torches; Sparks of fire leap forth. -- job 41:19 +. +"Out of his nostrils smoke goes forth As from a boiling pot and burning rushes. -- job 41:20 +. +"His breath kindles coals, And a flame goes forth from his mouth. -- job 41:21 +. +"In his neck lodges strength, And dismay leaps before him. -- job 41:22 +. +"The folds of his flesh are joined together, Firm on him and immovable. -- job 41:23 +. +"His heart is as hard as a stone, Even as hard as a lower millstone. -- job 41:24 +. +"When he raises himself up, the mighty fear; Because of the crashing they are bewildered. -- job 41:25 +. +"The sword that reaches him cannot avail, Nor the spear, the dart or the javelin. -- job 41:26 +. +"He regards iron as straw, Bronze as rotten wood. -- job 41:27 +. +"The arrow cannot make him flee; Slingstones are turned into stubble for him. -- job 41:28 +. +"Clubs are regarded as stubble; He laughs at the rattling of the javelin. -- job 41:29 +. +"His underparts are like sharp potsherds; He spreads out like a threshing sledge on the mire. -- job 41:30 +. +"He makes the depths boil like a pot; He makes the sea like a jar of ointment. -- job 41:31 +. +"Behind him he makes a wake to shine; One would think the deep to be gray-haired. -- job 41:32 +. +"Nothing on earth is like him, One made without fear. -- job 41:33 +. +"He looks on everything that is high; He is king over all the sons of pride." -- job 41:34 +. +Then Job answered the LORD and said, -- job 42:1 +. +"I know that You can do all things, And that no purpose of Yours can be thwarted. -- job 42:2 +. +'Who is this that hides counsel without knowledge?' "Therefore I have declared that which I did not understand, Things too wonderful for me, which I did not know." -- job 42:3 +. +'Hear, now, and I will speak; I will ask You, and You instruct me.' -- job 42:4 +. +"I have heard of You by the hearing of the ear; But now my eye sees You; -- job 42:5 +. +Therefore I retract, And I repent in dust and ashes." -- job 42:6 +. +It came about after the LORD had spoken these words to Job, that the LORD said to Eliphaz the Temanite, "My wrath is kindled against you and against your two friends, because you have not spoken of Me what is right as My servant Job has. -- job 42:7 +. +"Now therefore, take for yourselves seven bulls and seven rams, and go to My servant Job, and offer up a burnt offering for yourselves, and My servant Job will pray for you. For I will accept him so that I may not do with you according to your folly, because you have not spoken of Me what is right, as My servant Job has." -- job 42:8 +. +So Eliphaz the Temanite and Bildad the Shuhite and Zophar the Naamathite went and did as the LORD told them; and the LORD accepted Job. -- job 42:9 +. +The LORD restored the fortunes of Job when he prayed for his friends, and the LORD increased all that Job had twofold. -- job 42:10 +. +Then all his brothers and all his sisters and all who had known him before came to him, and they ate bread with him in his house; and they consoled him and comforted him for all the adversities that the LORD had brought on him. And each one gave him one piece of money, and each a ring of gold. -- job 42:11 +. +The LORD blessed the latter days of Job more than his beginning; and he had 14,sheep and 6,000 camels and 1,000 yoke of oxen and 1,000 female donkeys. -- job 42:12 +. +He had seven sons and three daughters. -- job 42:13 +. +He named the first Jemimah, and the second Keziah, and the third Keren-happuch. -- job 42:14 +. +In all the land no women were found so fair as Job's daughters; and their father gave them inheritance among their brothers. -- job 42:15 +. +After this, Job lived years, and saw his sons and his grandsons, four generations. -- job 42:16 +. +And Job died, an old man and full of days. -- job 42:17 +. +How blessed is the man who does not walk in the counsel of the wicked, Nor stand in the path of sinners, Nor sit in the seat of scoffers! -- psalms 1:1 +. +But his delight is in the law of the LORD, And in His law he meditates day and night. -- psalms 1:2 +. +He will be like a tree firmly planted by streams of water, Which yields its fruit in its season And its leaf does not wither; And in whatever he does, he prospers. -- psalms 1:3 +. +The wicked are not so, But they are like chaff which the wind drives away. -- psalms 1:4 +. +Therefore the wicked will not stand in the judgment, Nor sinners in the assembly of the righteous. -- psalms 1:5 +. +For the LORD knows the way of the righteous, But the way of the wicked will perish. -- psalms 1:6 +. +Why are the nations in an uproar And the peoples devising a vain thing? -- psalms 2:1 +. +The kings of the earth take their stand And the rulers take counsel together Against the LORD and against His Anointed, saying, -- psalms 2:2 +. +"Let us tear their fetters apart And cast away their cords from us!" -- psalms 2:3 +. +He who sits in the heavens laughs, The Lord scoffs at them. -- psalms 2:4 +. +Then He will speak to them in His anger And terrify them in His fury, saying, -- psalms 2:5 +. +"But as for Me, I have installed My King Upon Zion, My holy mountain." -- psalms 2:6 +. +"I will surely tell of the decree of the LORD: He said to Me, 'You are My Son, Today I have begotten You. -- psalms 2:7 +. +'Ask of Me, and I will surely give the nations as Your inheritance, And the very ends of the earth as Your possession. -- psalms 2:8 +. +'You shall break them with a rod of iron, You shall shatter them like earthenware.'" -- psalms 2:9 +. +Now therefore, O kings, show discernment; Take warning, O judges of the earth. -- psalms 2:10 +. +Worship the LORD with reverence And rejoice with trembling. -- psalms 2:11 +. +Do homage to the Son, that He not become angry, and you perish in the way, For His wrath may soon be kindled. How blessed are all who take refuge in Him! -- psalms 2:12 +. +O LORD, how my adversaries have increased! Many are rising up against me. -- psalms 3:1 +. +Many are saying of my soul, "There is no deliverance for him in God." Selah. -- psalms 3:2 +. +But You, O LORD, are a shield about me, My glory, and the One who lifts my head. -- psalms 3:3 +. +I was crying to the LORD with my voice, And He answered me from His holy mountain. Selah. -- psalms 3:4 +. +I lay down and slept; I awoke, for the LORD sustains me. -- psalms 3:5 +. +I will not be afraid of ten thousands of people Who have set themselves against me round about. -- psalms 3:6 +. +Arise, O LORD; save me, O my God! For You have smitten all my enemies on the cheek; You have shattered the teeth of the wicked. -- psalms 3:7 +. +Salvation belongs to the LORD; Your blessing be upon Your people! Selah. -- psalms 3:8 +. +Answer me when I call, O God of my righteousness! You have relieved me in my distress; Be gracious to me and hear my prayer. -- psalms 4:1 +. +O sons of men, how long will my honor become a reproach? How long will you love what is worthless and aim at deception? Selah. -- psalms 4:2 +. +But know that the LORD has set apart the godly man for Himself; The LORD hears when I call to Him. -- psalms 4:3 +. +Tremble, and do not sin; Meditate in your heart upon your bed, and be still. Selah. -- psalms 4:4 +. +Offer the sacrifices of righteousness, And trust in the LORD. -- psalms 4:5 +. +Many are saying, "Who will show us any good?" Lift up the light of Your countenance upon us, O LORD! -- psalms 4:6 +. +You have put gladness in my heart, More than when their grain and new wine abound. -- psalms 4:7 +. +In peace I will both lie down and sleep, For You alone, O LORD, make me to dwell in safety. -- psalms 4:8 +. +Give ear to my words, O LORD, Consider my groaning. -- psalms 5:1 +. +Heed the sound of my cry for help, my King and my God, For to You I pray. -- psalms 5:2 +. +In the morning, O LORD, You will hear my voice; In the morning I will order my prayer to You and eagerly watch. -- psalms 5:3 +. +For You are not a God who takes pleasure in wickedness; No evil dwells with You. -- psalms 5:4 +. +The boastful shall not stand before Your eyes; You hate all who do iniquity. -- psalms 5:5 +. +You destroy those who speak falsehood; The LORD abhors the man of bloodshed and deceit. -- psalms 5:6 +. +But as for me, by Your abundant lovingkindness I will enter Your house, At Your holy temple I will bow in reverence for You. -- psalms 5:7 +. +O LORD, lead me in Your righteousness because of my foes; Make Your way straight before me. -- psalms 5:8 +. +There is nothing reliable in what they say; Their inward part is destruction itself. Their throat is an open grave; They flatter with their tongue. -- psalms 5:9 +. +Hold them guilty, O God; By their own devices let them fall! In the multitude of their transgressions thrust them out, For they are rebellious against You. -- psalms 5:10 +. +But let all who take refuge in You be glad, Let them ever sing for joy; And may You shelter them, That those who love Your name may exult in You. -- psalms 5:11 +. +For it is You who blesses the righteous man, O LORD, You surround him with favor as with a shield. -- psalms 5:12 +. +O LORD, do not rebuke me in Your anger, Nor chasten me in Your wrath. -- psalms 6:1 +. +Be gracious to me, O LORD, for I am pining away; Heal me, O LORD, for my bones are dismayed. -- psalms 6:2 +. +And my soul is greatly dismayed; But You, O LORD--how long? -- psalms 6:3 +. +Return, O LORD, rescue my soul; Save me because of Your lovingkindness. -- psalms 6:4 +. +For there is no mention of You in death; In Sheol who will give You thanks? -- psalms 6:5 +. +I am weary with my sighing; Every night I make my bed swim, I dissolve my couch with my tears. -- psalms 6:6 +. +My eye has wasted away with grief; It has become old because of all my adversaries. -- psalms 6:7 +. +Depart from me, all you who do iniquity, For the LORD has heard the voice of my weeping. -- psalms 6:8 +. +The LORD has heard my supplication, The LORD receives my prayer. -- psalms 6:9 +. +All my enemies will be ashamed and greatly dismayed; They shall turn back, they will suddenly be ashamed. -- psalms 6:10 +. +O LORD my God, in You I have taken refuge; Save me from all those who pursue me, and deliver me, -- psalms 7:1 +. +Or he will tear my soul like a lion, Dragging me away, while there is none to deliver. -- psalms 7:2 +. +O LORD my God, if I have done this, If there is injustice in my hands, -- psalms 7:3 +. +If I have rewarded evil to my friend, Or have plundered him who without cause was my adversary, -- psalms 7:4 +. +Let the enemy pursue my soul and overtake it; And let him trample my life down to the ground And lay my glory in the dust. Selah. -- psalms 7:5 +. +Arise, O LORD, in Your anger; Lift up Yourself against the rage of my adversaries, And arouse Yourself for me; You have appointed judgment. -- psalms 7:6 +. +Let the assembly of the peoples encompass You, And over them return on high. -- psalms 7:7 +. +The LORD judges the peoples; Vindicate me, O LORD, according to my righteousness and my integrity that is in me. -- psalms 7:8 +. +O let the evil of the wicked come to an end, but establish the righteous; For the righteous God tries the hearts and minds. -- psalms 7:9 +. +My shield is with God, Who saves the upright in heart. -- psalms 7:10 +. +God is a righteous judge, And a God who has indignation every day. -- psalms 7:11 +. +If a man does not repent, He will sharpen His sword; He has bent His bow and made it ready. -- psalms 7:12 +. +He has also prepared for Himself deadly weapons; He makes His arrows fiery shafts. -- psalms 7:13 +. +Behold, he travails with wickedness, And he conceives mischief and brings forth falsehood. -- psalms 7:14 +. +He has dug a pit and hollowed it out, And has fallen into the hole which he made. -- psalms 7:15 +. +His mischief will return upon his own head, And his violence will descend upon his own pate. -- psalms 7:16 +. +I will give thanks to the LORD according to His righteousness And will sing praise to the name of the LORD Most High. -- psalms 7:17 +. +O LORD, our Lord, How majestic is Your name in all the earth, Who have displayed Your splendor above the heavens! -- psalms 8:1 +. +From the mouth of infants and nursing babes You have established strength Because of Your adversaries, To make the enemy and the revengeful cease. -- psalms 8:2 +. +When I consider Your heavens, the work of Your fingers, The moon and the stars, which You have ordained; -- psalms 8:3 +. +What is man that You take thought of him, And the son of man that You care for him? -- psalms 8:4 +. +Yet You have made him a little lower than God, And You crown him with glory and majesty! -- psalms 8:5 +. +You make him to rule over the works of Your hands; You have put all things under his feet, -- psalms 8:6 +. +All sheep and oxen, And also the beasts of the field, -- psalms 8:7 +. +The birds of the heavens and the fish of the sea, Whatever passes through the paths of the seas. -- psalms 8:8 +. +O LORD, our Lord, How majestic is Your name in all the earth! -- psalms 8:9 +. +I will give thanks to the LORD with all my heart; I will tell of all Your wonders. -- psalms 9:1 +. +I will be glad and exult in You; I will sing praise to Your name, O Most High. -- psalms 9:2 +. +When my enemies turn back, They stumble and perish before You. -- psalms 9:3 +. +For You have maintained my just cause; You have sat on the throne judging righteously. -- psalms 9:4 +. +You have rebuked the nations, You have destroyed the wicked; You have blotted out their name forever and ever. -- psalms 9:5 +. +The enemy has come to an end in perpetual ruins, And You have uprooted the cities; The very memory of them has perished. -- psalms 9:6 +. +But the LORD abides forever; He has established His throne for judgment, -- psalms 9:7 +. +And He will judge the world in righteousness; He will execute judgment for the peoples with equity. -- psalms 9:8 +. +The LORD also will be a stronghold for the oppressed, A stronghold in times of trouble; -- psalms 9:9 +. +And those who know Your name will put their trust in You, For You, O LORD, have not forsaken those who seek You. -- psalms 9:10 +. +Sing praises to the LORD, who dwells in Zion; Declare among the peoples His deeds. -- psalms 9:11 +. +For He who requires blood remembers them; He does not forget the cry of the afflicted. -- psalms 9:12 +. +Be gracious to me, O LORD; See my affliction from those who hate me, You who lift me up from the gates of death, -- psalms 9:13 +. +That I may tell of all Your praises, That in the gates of the daughter of Zion I may rejoice in Your salvation. -- psalms 9:14 +. +The nations have sunk down in the pit which they have made; In the net which they hid, their own foot has been caught. -- psalms 9:15 +. +The LORD has made Himself known; He has executed judgment. In the work of his own hands the wicked is snared. Higgaion Selah. -- psalms 9:16 +. +The wicked will return to Sheol, Even all the nations who forget God. -- psalms 9:17 +. +For the needy will not always be forgotten, Nor the hope of the afflicted perish forever. -- psalms 9:18 +. +Arise, O LORD, do not let man prevail; Let the nations be judged before You. -- psalms 9:19 +. +Put them in fear, O LORD; Let the nations know that they are but men. Selah. -- psalms 9:20 +. +Why do You stand afar off, O LORD? Why do You hide Yourself in times of trouble? -- psalms 10:1 +. +In pride the wicked hotly pursue the afflicted; Let them be caught in the plots which they have devised. -- psalms 10:2 +. +For the wicked boasts of his heart's desire, And the greedy man curses and spurns the LORD. -- psalms 10:3 +. +The wicked, in the haughtiness of his countenance, does not seek Him. All his thoughts are, "There is no God." -- psalms 10:4 +. +His ways prosper at all times; Your judgments are on high, out of his sight; As for all his adversaries, he snorts at them. -- psalms 10:5 +. +He says to himself, "I will not be moved; Throughout all generations I will not be in adversity." -- psalms 10:6 +. +His mouth is full of curses and deceit and oppression; Under his tongue is mischief and wickedness. -- psalms 10:7 +. +He sits in the lurking places of the villages; In the hiding places he kills the innocent; His eyes stealthily watch for the unfortunate. -- psalms 10:8 +. +He lurks in a hiding place as a lion in his lair; He lurks to catch the afflicted; He catches the afflicted when he draws him into his net. -- psalms 10:9 +. +He crouches, he bows down, And the unfortunate fall by his mighty ones. -- psalms 10:10 +. +He says to himself, "God has forgotten; He has hidden His face; He will never see it." -- psalms 10:11 +. +Arise, O LORD; O God, lift up Your hand. Do not forget the afflicted. -- psalms 10:12 +. +Why has the wicked spurned God? He has said to himself, "You will not require it." -- psalms 10:13 +. +You have seen it, for You have beheld mischief and vexation to take it into Your hand. The unfortunate commits himself to You; You have been the helper of the orphan. -- psalms 10:14 +. +Break the arm of the wicked and the evildoer, Seek out his wickedness until You find none. -- psalms 10:15 +. +The LORD is King forever and ever; Nations have perished from His land. -- psalms 10:16 +. +O LORD, You have heard the desire of the humble; You will strengthen their heart, You will incline Your ear -- psalms 10:17 +. +To vindicate the orphan and the oppressed, So that man who is of the earth will no longer cause terror. -- psalms 10:18 +. +In the LORD I take refuge; How can you say to my soul, "Flee as a bird to your mountain; -- psalms 11:1 +. +For, behold, the wicked bend the bow, They make ready their arrow upon the string To shoot in darkness at the upright in heart. -- psalms 11:2 +. +If the foundations are destroyed, What can the righteous do?" -- psalms 11:3 +. +The LORD is in His holy temple; the LORD'S throne is in heaven; His eyes behold, His eyelids test the sons of men. -- psalms 11:4 +. +The LORD tests the righteous and the wicked, And the one who loves violence His soul hates. -- psalms 11:5 +. +Upon the wicked He will rain snares; Fire and brimstone and burning wind will be the portion of their cup. -- psalms 11:6 +. +For the LORD is righteous, He loves righteousness; The upright will behold His face. -- psalms 11:7 +. +Help, LORD, for the godly man ceases to be, For the faithful disappear from among the sons of men. -- psalms 12:1 +. +They speak falsehood to one another; With flattering lips and with a double heart they speak. -- psalms 12:2 +. +May the LORD cut off all flattering lips, The tongue that speaks great things; -- psalms 12:3 +. +Who have said, "With our tongue we will prevail; Our lips are our own; who is lord over us?" -- psalms 12:4 +. +"Because of the devastation of the afflicted, because of the groaning of the needy, Now I will arise," says the LORD; "I will set him in the safety for which he longs." -- psalms 12:5 +. +The words of the LORD are pure words; As silver tried in a furnace on the earth, refined seven times. -- psalms 12:6 +. +You, O LORD, will keep them; You will preserve him from this generation forever. -- psalms 12:7 +. +The wicked strut about on every side When vileness is exalted among the sons of men. -- psalms 12:8 +. +How long, O LORD? Will You forget me forever? How long will You hide Your face from me? -- psalms 13:1 +. +How long shall I take counsel in my soul, Having sorrow in my heart all the day? How long will my enemy be exalted over me? -- psalms 13:2 +. +Consider and answer me, O LORD my God; Enlighten my eyes, or I will sleep the sleep of death, -- psalms 13:3 +. +And my enemy will say, "I have overcome him," And my adversaries will rejoice when I am shaken. -- psalms 13:4 +. +But I have trusted in Your lovingkindness; My heart shall rejoice in Your salvation. -- psalms 13:5 +. +I will sing to the LORD, Because He has dealt bountifully with me. -- psalms 13:6 +. +The fool has said in his heart, "There is no God." They are corrupt, they have committed abominable deeds; There is no one who does good. -- psalms 14:1 +. +The LORD has looked down from heaven upon the sons of men To see if there are any who understand, Who seek after God. -- psalms 14:2 +. +They have all turned aside, together they have become corrupt; There is no one who does good, not even one. -- psalms 14:3 +. +Do all the workers of wickedness not know, Who eat up my people as they eat bread, And do not call upon the Lord? -- psalms 14:4 +. +There they are in great dread, For God is with the righteous generation. -- psalms 14:5 +. +You would put to shame the counsel of the afflicted, But the LORD is his refuge. -- psalms 14:6 +. +Oh, that the salvation of Israel would come out of Zion! When the LORD restores His captive people, Jacob will rejoice, Israel will be glad. -- psalms 14:7 +. +O LORD, who may abide in Your tent? Who may dwell on Your holy hill? -- psalms 15:1 +. +He who walks with integrity, and works righteousness, And speaks truth in his heart. -- psalms 15:2 +. +He does not slander with his tongue, Nor does evil to his neighbor, Nor takes up a reproach against his friend; -- psalms 15:3 +. +In whose eyes a reprobate is despised, But who honors those who fear the LORD; He swears to his own hurt and does not change; -- psalms 15:4 +. +He does not put out his money at interest, Nor does he take a bribe against the innocent. He who does these things will never be shaken. -- psalms 15:5 +. +Preserve me, O God, for I take refuge in You. -- psalms 16:1 +. +I said to the LORD, "You are my Lord; I have no good besides You." -- psalms 16:2 +. +As for the saints who are in the earth, They are the majestic ones in whom is all my delight. -- psalms 16:3 +. +The sorrows of those who have bartered for another god will be multiplied; I shall not pour out their drink offerings of blood, Nor will I take their names upon my lips. -- psalms 16:4 +. +The LORD is the portion of my inheritance and my cup; You support my lot. -- psalms 16:5 +. +The lines have fallen to me in pleasant places; Indeed, my heritage is beautiful to me. -- psalms 16:6 +. +I will bless the LORD who has counseled me; Indeed, my mind instructs me in the night. -- psalms 16:7 +. +I have set the LORD continually before me; Because He is at my right hand, I will not be shaken. -- psalms 16:8 +. +Therefore my heart is glad and my glory rejoices; My flesh also will dwell securely. -- psalms 16:9 +. +For You will not abandon my soul to Sheol; Nor will You allow Your Holy One to undergo decay. -- psalms 16:10 +. +You will make known to me the path of life; In Your presence is fullness of joy; In Your right hand there are pleasures forever. -- psalms 16:11 +. +Hear a just cause, O LORD, give heed to my cry; Give ear to my prayer, which is not from deceitful lips. -- psalms 17:1 +. +Let my judgment come forth from Your presence; Let Your eyes look with equity. -- psalms 17:2 +. +You have tried my heart; You have visited me by night; You have tested me and You find nothing; I have purposed that my mouth will not transgress. -- psalms 17:3 +. +As for the deeds of men, by the word of Your lips I have kept from the paths of the violent. -- psalms 17:4 +. +My steps have held fast to Your paths. My feet have not slipped. -- psalms 17:5 +. +I have called upon You, for You will answer me, O God; Incline Your ear to me, hear my speech. -- psalms 17:6 +. +Wondrously show Your lovingkindness, O Savior of those who take refuge at Your right hand From those who rise up against them. -- psalms 17:7 +. +Keep me as the apple of the eye; Hide me in the shadow of Your wings -- psalms 17:8 +. +From the wicked who despoil me, My deadly enemies who surround me. -- psalms 17:9 +. +They have closed their unfeeling heart, With their mouth they speak proudly. -- psalms 17:10 +. +They have now surrounded us in our steps; They set their eyes to cast us down to the ground. -- psalms 17:11 +. +He is like a lion that is eager to tear, And as a young lion lurking in hiding places. -- psalms 17:12 +. +Arise, O LORD, confront him, bring him low; Deliver my soul from the wicked with Your sword, -- psalms 17:13 +. +From men with Your hand, O LORD, From men of the world, whose portion is in this life, And whose belly You fill with Your treasure; They are satisfied with children, And leave their abundance to their babes. -- psalms 17:14 +. +As for me, I shall behold Your face in righteousness; I will be satisfied with Your likeness when I awake. -- psalms 17:15 +. +"I love You, O LORD, my strength." -- psalms 18:1 +. +The LORD is my rock and my fortress and my deliverer, My God, my rock, in whom I take refuge; My shield and the horn of my salvation, my stronghold. -- psalms 18:2 +. +I call upon the LORD, who is worthy to be praised, And I am saved from my enemies. -- psalms 18:3 +. +The cords of death encompassed me, And the torrents of ungodliness terrified me. -- psalms 18:4 +. +The cords of Sheol surrounded me; The snares of death confronted me. -- psalms 18:5 +. +In my distress I called upon the LORD, And cried to my God for help; He heard my voice out of His temple, And my cry for help before Him came into His ears. -- psalms 18:6 +. +Then the earth shook and quaked; And the foundations of the mountains were trembling And were shaken, because He was angry. -- psalms 18:7 +. +Smoke went up out of His nostrils, And fire from His mouth devoured; Coals were kindled by it. -- psalms 18:8 +. +He bowed the heavens also, and came down With thick darkness under His feet. -- psalms 18:9 +. +He rode upon a cherub and flew; And He sped upon the wings of the wind. -- psalms 18:10 +. +He made darkness His hiding place, His canopy around Him, Darkness of waters, thick clouds of the skies. -- psalms 18:11 +. +From the brightness before Him passed His thick clouds, Hailstones and coals of fire. -- psalms 18:12 +. +The LORD also thundered in the heavens, And the Most High uttered His voice, Hailstones and coals of fire. -- psalms 18:13 +. +He sent out His arrows, and scattered them, And lightning flashes in abundance, and routed them. -- psalms 18:14 +. +Then the channels of water appeared, And the foundations of the world were laid bare At Your rebuke, O LORD, At the blast of the breath of Your nostrils. -- psalms 18:15 +. +He sent from on high, He took me; He drew me out of many waters. -- psalms 18:16 +. +He delivered me from my strong enemy, And from those who hated me, for they were too mighty for me. -- psalms 18:17 +. +They confronted me in the day of my calamity, But the LORD was my stay. -- psalms 18:18 +. +He brought me forth also into a broad place; He rescued me, because He delighted in me. -- psalms 18:19 +. +The LORD has rewarded me according to my righteousness; According to the cleanness of my hands He has recompensed me. -- psalms 18:20 +. +For I have kept the ways of the LORD, And have not wickedly departed from my God. -- psalms 18:21 +. +For all His ordinances were before me, And I did not put away His statutes from me. -- psalms 18:22 +. +I was also blameless with Him, And I kept myself from my iniquity. -- psalms 18:23 +. +Therefore the LORD has recompensed me according to my righteousness, According to the cleanness of my hands in His eyes. -- psalms 18:24 +. +With the kind You show Yourself kind; With the blameless You show Yourself blameless; -- psalms 18:25 +. +With the pure You show Yourself pure, And with the crooked You show Yourself astute. -- psalms 18:26 +. +For You save an afflicted people, But haughty eyes You abase. -- psalms 18:27 +. +For You light my lamp; The LORD my God illumines my darkness. -- psalms 18:28 +. +For by You I can run upon a troop; And by my God I can leap over a wall. -- psalms 18:29 +. +As for God, His way is blameless; The word of the LORD is tried; He is a shield to all who take refuge in Him. -- psalms 18:30 +. +For who is God, but the LORD? And who is a rock, except our God, -- psalms 18:31 +. +The God who girds me with strength And makes my way blameless? -- psalms 18:32 +. +He makes my feet like hinds' feet, And sets me upon my high places. -- psalms 18:33 +. +He trains my hands for battle, So that my arms can bend a bow of bronze. -- psalms 18:34 +. +You have also given me the shield of Your salvation, And Your right hand upholds me; And Your gentleness makes me great. -- psalms 18:35 +. +You enlarge my steps under me, And my feet have not slipped. -- psalms 18:36 +. +I pursued my enemies and overtook them, And I did not turn back until they were consumed. -- psalms 18:37 +. +I shattered them, so that they were not able to rise; They fell under my feet. -- psalms 18:38 +. +For You have girded me with strength for battle; You have subdued under me those who rose up against me. -- psalms 18:39 +. +You have also made my enemies turn their backs to me, And I destroyed those who hated me. -- psalms 18:40 +. +They cried for help, but there was none to save, Even to the LORD, but He did not answer them. -- psalms 18:41 +. +Then I beat them fine as the dust before the wind; I emptied them out as the mire of the streets. -- psalms 18:42 +. +You have delivered me from the contentions of the people; You have placed me as head of the nations; A people whom I have not known serve me. -- psalms 18:43 +. +As soon as they hear, they obey me; Foreigners submit to me. -- psalms 18:44 +. +Foreigners fade away, And come trembling out of their fortresses. -- psalms 18:45 +. +The LORD lives, and blessed be my rock; And exalted be the God of my salvation, -- psalms 18:46 +. +The God who executes vengeance for me, And subdues peoples under me. -- psalms 18:47 +. +He delivers me from my enemies; Surely You lift me above those who rise up against me; You rescue me from the violent man. -- psalms 18:48 +. +Therefore I will give thanks to You among the nations, O LORD, And I will sing praises to Your name. -- psalms 18:49 +. +He gives great deliverance to His king, And shows lovingkindness to His anointed, To David and his descendants forever. -- psalms 18:50 +. +The heavens are telling of the glory of God; And their expanse is declaring the work of His hands. -- psalms 19:1 +. +Day to day pours forth speech, And night to night reveals knowledge. -- psalms 19:2 +. +There is no speech, nor are there words; Their voice is not heard. -- psalms 19:3 +. +Their line has gone out through all the earth, And their utterances to the end of the world. In them He has placed a tent for the sun, -- psalms 19:4 +. +Which is as a bridegroom coming out of his chamber; It rejoices as a strong man to run his course. -- psalms 19:5 +. +Its rising is from one end of the heavens, And its circuit to the other end of them; And there is nothing hidden from its heat. -- psalms 19:6 +. +The law of the LORD is perfect, restoring the soul; The testimony of the LORD is sure, making wise the simple. -- psalms 19:7 +. +The precepts of the LORD are right, rejoicing the heart; The commandment of the LORD is pure, enlightening the eyes. -- psalms 19:8 +. +The fear of the LORD is clean, enduring forever; The judgments of the LORD are true; they are righteous altogether. -- psalms 19:9 +. +They are more desirable than gold, yes, than much fine gold; Sweeter also than honey and the drippings of the honeycomb. -- psalms 19:10 +. +Moreover, by them Your servant is warned; In keeping them there is great reward. -- psalms 19:11 +. +Who can discern his errors? Acquit me of hidden faults. -- psalms 19:12 +. +Also keep back Your servant from presumptuous sins; Let them not rule over me; Then I will be blameless, And I shall be acquitted of great transgression. -- psalms 19:13 +. +Let the words of my mouth and the meditation of my heart Be acceptable in Your sight, O LORD, my rock and my Redeemer. -- psalms 19:14 +. +May the LORD answer you in the day of trouble! May the name of the God of Jacob set you securely on high! -- psalms 20:1 +. +May He send you help from the sanctuary And support you from Zion! -- psalms 20:2 +. +May He remember all your meal offerings And find your burnt offering acceptable! Selah. -- psalms 20:3 +. +May He grant you your heart's desire And fulfill all your counsel! -- psalms 20:4 +. +We will sing for joy over your victory, And in the name of our God we will set up our banners. May the LORD fulfill all your petitions. -- psalms 20:5 +. +Now I know that the LORD saves His anointed; He will answer him from His holy heaven With the saving strength of His right hand. -- psalms 20:6 +. +Some boast in chariots and some in horses, But we will boast in the name of the LORD, our God. -- psalms 20:7 +. +They have bowed down and fallen, But we have risen and stood upright. -- psalms 20:8 +. +Save, O LORD; May the King answer us in the day we call. -- psalms 20:9 +. +O LORD, in Your strength the king will be glad, And in Your salvation how greatly he will rejoice! -- psalms 21:1 +. +You have given him his heart's desire, And You have not withheld the request of his lips. Selah. -- psalms 21:2 +. +For You meet him with the blessings of good things; You set a crown of fine gold on his head. -- psalms 21:3 +. +He asked life of You, You gave it to him, Length of days forever and ever. -- psalms 21:4 +. +His glory is great through Your salvation, Splendor and majesty You place upon him. -- psalms 21:5 +. +For You make him most blessed forever; You make him joyful with gladness in Your presence. -- psalms 21:6 +. +For the king trusts in the LORD, And through the lovingkindness of the Most High he will not be shaken. -- psalms 21:7 +. +Your hand will find out all your enemies; Your right hand will find out those who hate you. -- psalms 21:8 +. +You will make them as a fiery oven in the time of your anger; The LORD will swallow them up in His wrath, And fire will devour them. -- psalms 21:9 +. +Their offspring You will destroy from the earth, And their descendants from among the sons of men. -- psalms 21:10 +. +Though they intended evil against You And devised a plot, They will not succeed. -- psalms 21:11 +. +For You will make them turn their back; You will aim with Your bowstrings at their faces. -- psalms 21:12 +. +Be exalted, O LORD, in Your strength; We will sing and praise Your power. -- psalms 21:13 +. +My God, my God, why have You forsaken me? Far from my deliverance are the words of my groaning. -- psalms 22:1 +. +O my God, I cry by day, but You do not answer; And by night, but I have no rest. -- psalms 22:2 +. +Yet You are holy, O You who are enthroned upon the praises of Israel. -- psalms 22:3 +. +In You our fathers trusted; They trusted and You delivered them. -- psalms 22:4 +. +To You they cried out and were delivered; In You they trusted and were not disappointed. -- psalms 22:5 +. +But I am a worm and not a man, A reproach of men and despised by the people. -- psalms 22:6 +. +All who see me sneer at me; They separate with the lip, they wag the head, saying, -- psalms 22:7 +. +"Commit yourself to the LORD; let Him deliver him; Let Him rescue him, because He delights in him." -- psalms 22:8 +. +Yet You are He who brought me forth from the womb; You made me trust when upon my mother's breasts. -- psalms 22:9 +. +Upon You I was cast from birth; You have been my God from my mother's womb. -- psalms 22:10 +. +Be not far from me, for trouble is near; For there is none to help. -- psalms 22:11 +. +Many bulls have surrounded me; Strong bulls of Bashan have encircled me. -- psalms 22:12 +. +They open wide their mouth at me, As a ravening and a roaring lion. -- psalms 22:13 +. +I am poured out like water, And all my bones are out of joint; My heart is like wax; It is melted within me. -- psalms 22:14 +. +My strength is dried up like a potsherd, And my tongue cleaves to my jaws; And You lay me in the dust of death. -- psalms 22:15 +. +For dogs have surrounded me; A band of evildoers has encompassed me; They pierced my hands and my feet. -- psalms 22:16 +. +I can count all my bones. They look, they stare at me; -- psalms 22:17 +. +They divide my garments among them, And for my clothing they cast lots. -- psalms 22:18 +. +But You, O LORD, be not far off; O You my help, hasten to my assistance. -- psalms 22:19 +. +Deliver my soul from the sword, My only life from the power of the dog. -- psalms 22:20 +. +Save me from the lion's mouth; From the horns of the wild oxen You answer me. -- psalms 22:21 +. +I will tell of Your name to my brethren; In the midst of the assembly I will praise You. -- psalms 22:22 +. +You who fear the LORD, praise Him; All you descendants of Jacob, glorify Him, And stand in awe of Him, all you descendants of Israel. -- psalms 22:23 +. +For He has not despised nor abhorred the affliction of the afflicted; Nor has He hidden His face from him; But when he cried to Him for help, He heard. -- psalms 22:24 +. +From You comes my praise in the great assembly; I shall pay my vows before those who fear Him. -- psalms 22:25 +. +The afflicted will eat and be satisfied; Those who seek Him will praise the LORD. Let your heart live forever! -- psalms 22:26 +. +All the ends of the earth will remember and turn to the LORD, And all the families of the nations will worship before You. -- psalms 22:27 +. +For the kingdom is the LORD'S And He rules over the nations. -- psalms 22:28 +. +All the prosperous of the earth will eat and worship, All those who go down to the dust will bow before Him, Even he who cannot keep his soul alive. -- psalms 22:29 +. +Posterity will serve Him; It will be told of the Lord to the coming generation. -- psalms 22:30 +. +They will come and will declare His righteousness To a people who will be born, that He has performed it. -- psalms 22:31 +. +The LORD is my shepherd, I shall not want. -- psalms 23:1 +. +He makes me lie down in green pastures; He leads me beside quiet waters. -- psalms 23:2 +. +He restores my soul; He guides me in the paths of righteousness For His name's sake. -- psalms 23:3 +. +Even though I walk through the valley of the shadow of death, I fear no evil, for You are with me; Your rod and Your staff, they comfort me. -- psalms 23:4 +. +You prepare a table before me in the presence of my enemies; You have anointed my head with oil; My cup overflows. -- psalms 23:5 +. +Surely goodness and lovingkindness will follow me all the days of my life, And I will dwell in the house of the LORD forever. -- psalms 23:6 +. +The earth is the LORD'S, and all it contains, The world, and those who dwell in it. -- psalms 24:1 +. +For He has founded it upon the seas And established it upon the rivers. -- psalms 24:2 +. +Who may ascend into the hill of the LORD? And who may stand in His holy place? -- psalms 24:3 +. +He who has clean hands and a pure heart, Who has not lifted up his soul to falsehood And has not sworn deceitfully. -- psalms 24:4 +. +He shall receive a blessing from the LORD And righteousness from the God of his salvation. -- psalms 24:5 +. +This is the generation of those who seek Him, Who seek Your face--even Jacob. Selah. -- psalms 24:6 +. +Lift up your heads, O gates, And be lifted up, O ancient doors, That the King of glory may come in! -- psalms 24:7 +. +Who is the King of glory? The LORD strong and mighty, The LORD mighty in battle. -- psalms 24:8 +. +Lift up your heads, O gates, And lift them up, O ancient doors, That the King of glory may come in! -- psalms 24:9 +. +Who is this King of glory? The LORD of hosts, He is the King of glory. Selah. -- psalms 24:10 +. +To You, O LORD, I lift up my soul. -- psalms 25:1 +. +O my God, in You I trust, Do not let me be ashamed; Do not let my enemies exult over me. -- psalms 25:2 +. +Indeed, none of those who wait for You will be ashamed; Those who deal treacherously without cause will be ashamed. -- psalms 25:3 +. +Make me know Your ways, O LORD; Teach me Your paths. -- psalms 25:4 +. +Lead me in Your truth and teach me, For You are the God of my salvation; For You I wait all the day. -- psalms 25:5 +. +Remember, O LORD, Your compassion and Your lovingkindnesses, For they have been from of old. -- psalms 25:6 +. +Do not remember the sins of my youth or my transgressions; According to Your lovingkindness remember me, For Your goodness' sake, O LORD. -- psalms 25:7 +. +Good and upright is the LORD; Therefore He instructs sinners in the way. -- psalms 25:8 +. +He leads the humble in justice, And He teaches the humble His way. -- psalms 25:9 +. +All the paths of the LORD are lovingkindness and truth To those who keep His covenant and His testimonies. -- psalms 25:10 +. +For Your name's sake, O LORD, Pardon my iniquity, for it is great. -- psalms 25:11 +. +Who is the man who fears the LORD? He will instruct him in the way he should choose. -- psalms 25:12 +. +His soul will abide in prosperity, And his descendants will inherit the land. -- psalms 25:13 +. +The secret of the LORD is for those who fear Him, And He will make them know His covenant. -- psalms 25:14 +. +My eyes are continually toward the LORD, For He will pluck my feet out of the net. -- psalms 25:15 +. +Turn to me and be gracious to me, For I am lonely and afflicted. -- psalms 25:16 +. +The troubles of my heart are enlarged; Bring me out of my distresses. -- psalms 25:17 +. +Look upon my affliction and my trouble, And forgive all my sins. -- psalms 25:18 +. +Look upon my enemies, for they are many, And they hate me with violent hatred. -- psalms 25:19 +. +Guard my soul and deliver me; Do not let me be ashamed, for I take refuge in You. -- psalms 25:20 +. +Let integrity and uprightness preserve me, For I wait for You. -- psalms 25:21 +. +Redeem Israel, O God, Out of all his troubles. -- psalms 25:22 +. +Vindicate me, O LORD, for I have walked in my integrity, And I have trusted in the LORD without wavering. -- psalms 26:1 +. +Examine me, O LORD, and try me; Test my mind and my heart. -- psalms 26:2 +. +For Your lovingkindness is before my eyes, And I have walked in Your truth. -- psalms 26:3 +. +I do not sit with deceitful men, Nor will I go with pretenders. -- psalms 26:4 +. +I hate the assembly of evildoers, And I will not sit with the wicked. -- psalms 26:5 +. +I shall wash my hands in innocence, And I will go about Your altar, O LORD, -- psalms 26:6 +. +That I may proclaim with the voice of thanksgiving And declare all Your wonders. -- psalms 26:7 +. +O LORD, I love the habitation of Your house And the place where Your glory dwells. -- psalms 26:8 +. +Do not take my soul away along with sinners, Nor my life with men of bloodshed, -- psalms 26:9 +. +In whose hands is a wicked scheme, And whose right hand is full of bribes. -- psalms 26:10 +. +But as for me, I shall walk in my integrity; Redeem me, and be gracious to me. -- psalms 26:11 +. +My foot stands on a level place; In the congregations I shall bless the LORD. -- psalms 26:12 +. +The LORD is my light and my salvation; Whom shall I fear? The LORD is the defense of my life; Whom shall I dread? -- psalms 27:1 +. +When evildoers came upon me to devour my flesh, My adversaries and my enemies, they stumbled and fell. -- psalms 27:2 +. +Though a host encamp against me, My heart will not fear; Though war arise against me, In spite of this I shall be confident. -- psalms 27:3 +. +One thing I have asked from the LORD, that I shall seek: That I may dwell in the house of the LORD all the days of my life, To behold the beauty of the LORD And to meditate in His temple. -- psalms 27:4 +. +For in the day of trouble He will conceal me in His tabernacle; In the secret place of His tent He will hide me; He will lift me up on a rock. -- psalms 27:5 +. +And now my head will be lifted up above my enemies around me, And I will offer in His tent sacrifices with shouts of joy; I will sing, yes, I will sing praises to the LORD. -- psalms 27:6 +. +Hear, O LORD, when I cry with my voice, And be gracious to me and answer me. -- psalms 27:7 +. +When You said, "Seek My face," my heart said to You, "Your face, O LORD, I shall seek." -- psalms 27:8 +. +Do not hide Your face from me, Do not turn Your servant away in anger; You have been my help; Do not abandon me nor forsake me, O God of my salvation! -- psalms 27:9 +. +For my father and my mother have forsaken me, But the LORD will take me up. -- psalms 27:10 +. +Teach me Your way, O LORD, And lead me in a level path Because of my foes. -- psalms 27:11 +. +Do not deliver me over to the desire of my adversaries, For false witnesses have risen against me, And such as breathe out violence. -- psalms 27:12 +. +I would have despaired unless I had believed that I would see the goodness of the LORD In the land of the living. -- psalms 27:13 +. +Wait for the LORD; Be strong and let your heart take courage; Yes, wait for the LORD. -- psalms 27:14 +. +To You, O LORD, I call; My rock, do not be deaf to me, For if You are silent to me, I will become like those who go down to the pit. -- psalms 28:1 +. +Hear the voice of my supplications when I cry to You for help, When I lift up my hands toward Your holy sanctuary. -- psalms 28:2 +. +Do not drag me away with the wicked And with those who work iniquity, Who speak peace with their neighbors, While evil is in their hearts. -- psalms 28:3 +. +Requite them according to their work and according to the evil of their practices; Requite them according to the deeds of their hands; Repay them their recompense. -- psalms 28:4 +. +Because they do not regard the works of the LORD Nor the deeds of His hands, He will tear them down and not build them up. -- psalms 28:5 +. +Blessed be the LORD, Because He has heard the voice of my supplication. -- psalms 28:6 +. +The LORD is my strength and my shield; My heart trusts in Him, and I am helped; Therefore my heart exults, And with my song I shall thank Him. -- psalms 28:7 +. +The LORD is their strength, And He is a saving defense to His anointed. -- psalms 28:8 +. +Save Your people and bless Your inheritance; Be their shepherd also, and carry them forever. -- psalms 28:9 +. +Ascribe to the LORD, O sons of the mighty, Ascribe to the LORD glory and strength. -- psalms 29:1 +. +Ascribe to the LORD the glory due to His name; Worship the LORD in holy array. -- psalms 29:2 +. +The voice of the LORD is upon the waters; The God of glory thunders, The LORD is over many waters. -- psalms 29:3 +. +The voice of the LORD is powerful, The voice of the LORD is majestic. -- psalms 29:4 +. +The voice of the LORD breaks the cedars; Yes, the LORD breaks in pieces the cedars of Lebanon. -- psalms 29:5 +. +He makes Lebanon skip like a calf, And Sirion like a young wild ox. -- psalms 29:6 +. +The voice of the LORD hews out flames of fire. -- psalms 29:7 +. +The voice of the LORD shakes the wilderness; The LORD shakes the wilderness of Kadesh. -- psalms 29:8 +. +The voice of the LORD makes the deer to calve And strips the forests bare; And in His temple everything says, "Glory!" -- psalms 29:9 +. +The LORD sat as King at the flood; Yes, the LORD sits as King forever. -- psalms 29:10 +. +The LORD will give strength to His people; The LORD will bless His people with peace. -- psalms 29:11 +. +I will extol You, O LORD, for You have lifted me up, And have not let my enemies rejoice over me. -- psalms 30:1 +. +O LORD my God, I cried to You for help, and You healed me. -- psalms 30:2 +. +O LORD, You have brought up my soul from Sheol; You have kept me alive, that I would not go down to the pit. -- psalms 30:3 +. +Sing praise to the LORD, you His godly ones, And give thanks to His holy name. -- psalms 30:4 +. +For His anger is but for a moment, His favor is for a lifetime; Weeping may last for the night, But a shout of joy comes in the morning. -- psalms 30:5 +. +Now as for me, I said in my prosperity, "I will never be moved." -- psalms 30:6 +. +O LORD, by Your favor You have made my mountain to stand strong; You hid Your face, I was dismayed. -- psalms 30:7 +. +To You, O LORD, I called, And to the Lord I made supplication: -- psalms 30:8 +. +"What profit is there in my blood, if I go down to the pit? Will the dust praise You? Will it declare Your faithfulness? -- psalms 30:9 +. +"Hear, O LORD, and be gracious to me; O LORD, be my helper." -- psalms 30:10 +. +You have turned for me my mourning into dancing; You have loosed my sackcloth and girded me with gladness, -- psalms 30:11 +. +That my soul may sing praise to You and not be silent. O LORD my God, I will give thanks to You forever. -- psalms 30:12 +. +In You, O LORD, I have taken refuge; Let me never be ashamed; In Your righteousness deliver me. -- psalms 31:1 +. +Incline Your ear to me, rescue me quickly; Be to me a rock of strength, A stronghold to save me. -- psalms 31:2 +. +For You are my rock and my fortress; For Your name's sake You will lead me and guide me. -- psalms 31:3 +. +You will pull me out of the net which they have secretly laid for me, For You are my strength. -- psalms 31:4 +. +Into Your hand I commit my spirit; You have ransomed me, O LORD, God of truth. -- psalms 31:5 +. +I hate those who regard vain idols, But I trust in the LORD. -- psalms 31:6 +. +I will rejoice and be glad in Your lovingkindness, Because You have seen my affliction; You have known the troubles of my soul, -- psalms 31:7 +. +And You have not given me over into the hand of the enemy; You have set my feet in a large place. -- psalms 31:8 +. +Be gracious to me, O LORD, for I am in distress; My eye is wasted away from grief, my soul and my body also. -- psalms 31:9 +. +For my life is spent with sorrow And my years with sighing; My strength has failed because of my iniquity, And my body has wasted away. -- psalms 31:10 +. +Because of all my adversaries, I have become a reproach, Especially to my neighbors, And an object of dread to my acquaintances; Those who see me in the street flee from me. -- psalms 31:11 +. +I am forgotten as a dead man, out of mind; I am like a broken vessel. -- psalms 31:12 +. +For I have heard the slander of many, Terror is on every side; While they took counsel together against me, They schemed to take away my life. -- psalms 31:13 +. +But as for me, I trust in You, O LORD, I say, "You are my God." -- psalms 31:14 +. +My times are in Your hand; Deliver me from the hand of my enemies and from those who persecute me. -- psalms 31:15 +. +Make Your face to shine upon Your servant; Save me in Your lovingkindness. -- psalms 31:16 +. +Let me not be put to shame, O LORD, for I call upon You; Let the wicked be put to shame, let them be silent in Sheol. -- psalms 31:17 +. +Let the lying lips be mute, Which speak arrogantly against the righteous With pride and contempt. -- psalms 31:18 +. +How great is Your goodness, Which You have stored up for those who fear You, Which You have wrought for those who take refuge in You, Before the sons of men! -- psalms 31:19 +. +You hide them in the secret place of Your presence from the conspiracies of man; You keep them secretly in a shelter from the strife of tongues. -- psalms 31:20 +. +Blessed be the LORD, For He has made marvelous His lovingkindness to me in a besieged city. -- psalms 31:21 +. +As for me, I said in my alarm, "I am cut off from before Your eyes"; Nevertheless You heard the voice of my supplications When I cried to You. -- psalms 31:22 +. +O love the LORD, all you His godly ones! The LORD preserves the faithful And fully recompenses the proud doer. -- psalms 31:23 +. +Be strong and let your heart take courage, All you who hope in the LORD. -- psalms 31:24 +. +How blessed is he whose transgression is forgiven, Whose sin is covered! -- psalms 32:1 +. +How blessed is the man to whom the LORD does not impute iniquity, And in whose spirit there is no deceit! -- psalms 32:2 +. +When I kept silent about my sin, my body wasted away Through my groaning all day long. -- psalms 32:3 +. +For day and night Your hand was heavy upon me; My vitality was drained away as with the fever heat of summer. Selah. -- psalms 32:4 +. +I acknowledged my sin to You, And my iniquity I did not hide; I said, "I will confess my transgressions to the LORD"; And You forgave the guilt of my sin. Selah. -- psalms 32:5 +. +Therefore, let everyone who is godly pray to You in a time when You may be found; Surely in a flood of great waters they will not reach him. -- psalms 32:6 +. +You are my hiding place; You preserve me from trouble; You surround me with songs of deliverance. Selah. -- psalms 32:7 +. +I will instruct you and teach you in the way which you should go; I will counsel you with My eye upon you. -- psalms 32:8 +. +Do not be as the horse or as the mule which have no understanding, Whose trappings include bit and bridle to hold them in check, Otherwise they will not come near to you. -- psalms 32:9 +. +Many are the sorrows of the wicked, But he who trusts in the LORD, lovingkindness shall surround him. -- psalms 32:10 +. +Be glad in the LORD and rejoice, you righteous ones; And shout for joy, all you who are upright in heart. -- psalms 32:11 +. +Sing for joy in the LORD, O you righteous ones; Praise is becoming to the upright. -- psalms 33:1 +. +Give thanks to the LORD with the lyre; Sing praises to Him with a harp of ten strings. -- psalms 33:2 +. +Sing to Him a new song; Play skillfully with a shout of joy. -- psalms 33:3 +. +For the word of the LORD is upright, And all His work is done in faithfulness. -- psalms 33:4 +. +He loves righteousness and justice; The earth is full of the lovingkindness of the LORD. -- psalms 33:5 +. +By the word of the LORD the heavens were made, And by the breath of His mouth all their host. -- psalms 33:6 +. +He gathers the waters of the sea together as a heap; He lays up the deeps in storehouses. -- psalms 33:7 +. +Let all the earth fear the LORD; Let all the inhabitants of the world stand in awe of Him. -- psalms 33:8 +. +For He spoke, and it was done; He commanded, and it stood fast. -- psalms 33:9 +. +The LORD nullifies the counsel of the nations; He frustrates the plans of the peoples. -- psalms 33:10 +. +The counsel of the LORD stands forever, The plans of His heart from generation to generation. -- psalms 33:11 +. +Blessed is the nation whose God is the LORD, The people whom He has chosen for His own inheritance. -- psalms 33:12 +. +The LORD looks from heaven; He sees all the sons of men; -- psalms 33:13 +. +From His dwelling place He looks out On all the inhabitants of the earth, -- psalms 33:14 +. +He who fashions the hearts of them all, He who understands all their works. -- psalms 33:15 +. +The king is not saved by a mighty army; A warrior is not delivered by great strength. -- psalms 33:16 +. +A horse is a false hope for victory; Nor does it deliver anyone by its great strength. -- psalms 33:17 +. +Behold, the eye of the LORD is on those who fear Him, On those who hope for His lovingkindness, -- psalms 33:18 +. +To deliver their soul from death And to keep them alive in famine. -- psalms 33:19 +. +Our soul waits for the LORD; He is our help and our shield. -- psalms 33:20 +. +For our heart rejoices in Him, Because we trust in His holy name. -- psalms 33:21 +. +Let Your lovingkindness, O LORD, be upon us, According as we have hoped in You. -- psalms 33:22 +. +I will bless the LORD at all times; His praise shall continually be in my mouth. -- psalms 34:1 +. +My soul will make its boast in the LORD; The humble will hear it and rejoice. -- psalms 34:2 +. +O magnify the LORD with me, And let us exalt His name together. -- psalms 34:3 +. +I sought the LORD, and He answered me, And delivered me from all my fears. -- psalms 34:4 +. +They looked to Him and were radiant, And their faces will never be ashamed. -- psalms 34:5 +. +This poor man cried, and the LORD heard him And saved him out of all his troubles. -- psalms 34:6 +. +The angel of the LORD encamps around those who fear Him, And rescues them. -- psalms 34:7 +. +O taste and see that the LORD is good; How blessed is the man who takes refuge in Him! -- psalms 34:8 +. +O fear the LORD, you His saints; For to those who fear Him there is no want. -- psalms 34:9 +. +The young lions do lack and suffer hunger; But they who seek the LORD shall not be in want of any good thing. -- psalms 34:10 +. +Come, you children, listen to me; I will teach you the fear of the LORD. -- psalms 34:11 +. +Who is the man who desires life And loves length of days that he may see good? -- psalms 34:12 +. +Keep your tongue from evil And your lips from speaking deceit. -- psalms 34:13 +. +Depart from evil and do good; Seek peace and pursue it. -- psalms 34:14 +. +The eyes of the LORD are toward the righteous And His ears are open to their cry. -- psalms 34:15 +. +The face of the LORD is against evildoers, To cut off the memory of them from the earth. -- psalms 34:16 +. +The righteous cry, and the LORD hears And delivers them out of all their troubles. -- psalms 34:17 +. +The LORD is near to the brokenhearted And saves those who are crushed in spirit. -- psalms 34:18 +. +Many are the afflictions of the righteous, But the LORD delivers him out of them all. -- psalms 34:19 +. +He keeps all his bones, Not one of them is broken. -- psalms 34:20 +. +Evil shall slay the wicked, And those who hate the righteous will be condemned. -- psalms 34:21 +. +The LORD redeems the soul of His servants, And none of those who take refuge in Him will be condemned. -- psalms 34:22 +. +Contend, O LORD, with those who contend with me; Fight against those who fight against me. -- psalms 35:1 +. +Take hold of buckler and shield And rise up for my help. -- psalms 35:2 +. +Draw also the spear and the battle-axe to meet those who pursue me; Say to my soul, "I am your salvation." -- psalms 35:3 +. +Let those be ashamed and dishonored who seek my life; Let those be turned back and humiliated who devise evil against me. -- psalms 35:4 +. +Let them be like chaff before the wind, With the angel of the LORD driving them on. -- psalms 35:5 +. +Let their way be dark and slippery, With the angel of the LORD pursuing them. -- psalms 35:6 +. +For without cause they hid their net for me; Without cause they dug a pit for my soul. -- psalms 35:7 +. +Let destruction come upon him unawares, And let the net which he hid catch himself; Into that very destruction let him fall. -- psalms 35:8 +. +And my soul shall rejoice in the LORD; It shall exult in His salvation. -- psalms 35:9 +. +All my bones will say, "LORD, who is like You, Who delivers the afflicted from him who is too strong for him, And the afflicted and the needy from him who robs him?" -- psalms 35:10 +. +Malicious witnesses rise up; They ask me of things that I do not know. -- psalms 35:11 +. +They repay me evil for good, To the bereavement of my soul. -- psalms 35:12 +. +But as for me, when they were sick, my clothing was sackcloth; I humbled my soul with fasting, And my prayer kept returning to my bosom. -- psalms 35:13 +. +I went about as though it were my friend or brother; I bowed down mourning, as one who sorrows for a mother. -- psalms 35:14 +. +But at my stumbling they rejoiced and gathered themselves together; The smiters whom I did not know gathered together against me, They slandered me without ceasing. -- psalms 35:15 +. +Like godless jesters at a feast, They gnashed at me with their teeth. -- psalms 35:16 +. +Lord, how long will You look on? Rescue my soul from their ravages, My only life from the lions. -- psalms 35:17 +. +I will give You thanks in the great congregation; I will praise You among a mighty throng. -- psalms 35:18 +. +Do not let those who are wrongfully my enemies rejoice over me; Nor let those who hate me without cause wink maliciously. -- psalms 35:19 +. +For they do not speak peace, But they devise deceitful words against those who are quiet in the land. -- psalms 35:20 +. +They opened their mouth wide against me; They said, "Aha, aha, our eyes have seen it!" -- psalms 35:21 +. +You have seen it, O LORD, do not keep silent; O Lord, do not be far from me. -- psalms 35:22 +. +Stir up Yourself, and awake to my right And to my cause, my God and my Lord. -- psalms 35:23 +. +Judge me, O LORD my God, according to Your righteousness, And do not let them rejoice over me. -- psalms 35:24 +. +Do not let them say in their heart, "Aha, our desire!" Do not let them say, "We have swallowed him up!" -- psalms 35:25 +. +Let those be ashamed and humiliated altogether who rejoice at my distress; Let those be clothed with shame and dishonor who magnify themselves over me. -- psalms 35:26 +. +Let them shout for joy and rejoice, who favor my vindication; And let them say continually, "The LORD be magnified, Who delights in the prosperity of His servant." -- psalms 35:27 +. +And my tongue shall declare Your righteousness And Your praise all day long. -- psalms 35:28 +. +Transgression speaks to the ungodly within his heart; There is no fear of God before his eyes. -- psalms 36:1 +. +For it flatters him in his own eyes Concerning the discovery of his iniquity and the hatred of it. -- psalms 36:2 +. +The words of his mouth are wickedness and deceit; He has ceased to be wise and to do good. -- psalms 36:3 +. +He plans wickedness upon his bed; He sets himself on a path that is not good; He does not despise evil. -- psalms 36:4 +. +Your lovingkindness, O LORD, extends to the heavens, Your faithfulness reaches to the skies. -- psalms 36:5 +. +Your righteousness is like the mountains of God; Your judgments are like a great deep. O LORD, You preserve man and beast. -- psalms 36:6 +. +How precious is Your lovingkindness, O God! And the children of men take refuge in the shadow of Your wings. -- psalms 36:7 +. +They drink their fill of the abundance of Your house; And You give them to drink of the river of Your delights. -- psalms 36:8 +. +For with You is the fountain of life; In Your light we see light. -- psalms 36:9 +. +O continue Your lovingkindness to those who know You, And Your righteousness to the upright in heart. -- psalms 36:10 +. +Let not the foot of pride come upon me, And let not the hand of the wicked drive me away. -- psalms 36:11 +. +There the doers of iniquity have fallen; They have been thrust down and cannot rise. -- psalms 36:12 +. +Do not fret because of evildoers, Be not envious toward wrongdoers. -- psalms 37:1 +. +For they will wither quickly like the grass And fade like the green herb. -- psalms 37:2 +. +Trust in the LORD and do good; Dwell in the land and cultivate faithfulness. -- psalms 37:3 +. +Delight yourself in the LORD; And He will give you the desires of your heart. -- psalms 37:4 +. +Commit your way to the LORD, Trust also in Him, and He will do it. -- psalms 37:5 +. +He will bring forth your righteousness as the light And your judgment as the noonday. -- psalms 37:6 +. +Rest in the LORD and wait patiently for Him; Do not fret because of him who prospers in his way, Because of the man who carries out wicked schemes. -- psalms 37:7 +. +Cease from anger and forsake wrath; Do not fret; it leads only to evildoing. -- psalms 37:8 +. +For evildoers will be cut off, But those who wait for the LORD, they will inherit the land. -- psalms 37:9 +. +Yet a little while and the wicked man will be no more; And you will look carefully for his place and he will not be there. -- psalms 37:10 +. +But the humble will inherit the land And will delight themselves in abundant prosperity. -- psalms 37:11 +. +The wicked plots against the righteous And gnashes at him with his teeth. -- psalms 37:12 +. +The Lord laughs at him, For He sees his day is coming. -- psalms 37:13 +. +The wicked have drawn the sword and bent their bow To cast down the afflicted and the needy, To slay those who are upright in conduct. -- psalms 37:14 +. +Their sword will enter their own heart, And their bows will be broken. -- psalms 37:15 +. +Better is the little of the righteous Than the abundance of many wicked. -- psalms 37:16 +. +For the arms of the wicked will be broken, But the LORD sustains the righteous. -- psalms 37:17 +. +The LORD knows the days of the blameless, And their inheritance will be forever. -- psalms 37:18 +. +They will not be ashamed in the time of evil, And in the days of famine they will have abundance. -- psalms 37:19 +. +But the wicked will perish; And the enemies of the LORD will be like the glory of the pastures, They vanish--like smoke they vanish away. -- psalms 37:20 +. +The wicked borrows and does not pay back, But the righteous is gracious and gives. -- psalms 37:21 +. +For those blessed by Him will inherit the land, But those cursed by Him will be cut off. -- psalms 37:22 +. +The steps of a man are established by the LORD, And He delights in his way. -- psalms 37:23 +. +When he falls, he will not be hurled headlong, Because the LORD is the One who holds his hand. -- psalms 37:24 +. +I have been young and now I am old, Yet I have not seen the righteous forsaken Or his descendants begging bread. -- psalms 37:25 +. +All day long he is gracious and lends, And his descendants are a blessing. -- psalms 37:26 +. +Depart from evil and do good, So you will abide forever. -- psalms 37:27 +. +For the LORD loves justice And does not forsake His godly ones; They are preserved forever, But the descendants of the wicked will be cut off. -- psalms 37:28 +. +The righteous will inherit the land And dwell in it forever. -- psalms 37:29 +. +The mouth of the righteous utters wisdom, And his tongue speaks justice. -- psalms 37:30 +. +The law of his God is in his heart; His steps do not slip. -- psalms 37:31 +. +The wicked spies upon the righteous And seeks to kill him. -- psalms 37:32 +. +The LORD will not leave him in his hand Or let him be condemned when he is judged. -- psalms 37:33 +. +Wait for the LORD and keep His way, And He will exalt you to inherit the land; When the wicked are cut off, you will see it. -- psalms 37:34 +. +I have seen a wicked, violent man Spreading himself like a luxuriant tree in its native soil. -- psalms 37:35 +. +Then he passed away, and lo, he was no more; I sought for him, but he could not be found. -- psalms 37:36 +. +Mark the blameless man, and behold the upright; For the man of peace will have a posterity. -- psalms 37:37 +. +But transgressors will be altogether destroyed; The posterity of the wicked will be cut off. -- psalms 37:38 +. +But the salvation of the righteous is from the LORD; He is their strength in time of trouble. -- psalms 37:39 +. +The LORD helps them and delivers them; He delivers them from the wicked and saves them, Because they take refuge in Him. -- psalms 37:40 +. +O LORD, rebuke me not in Your wrath, And chasten me not in Your burning anger. -- psalms 38:1 +. +For Your arrows have sunk deep into me, And Your hand has pressed down on me. -- psalms 38:2 +. +There is no soundness in my flesh because of Your indignation; There is no health in my bones because of my sin. -- psalms 38:3 +. +For my iniquities are gone over my head; As a heavy burden they weigh too much for me. -- psalms 38:4 +. +My wounds grow foul and fester Because of my folly. -- psalms 38:5 +. +I am bent over and greatly bowed down; I go mourning all day long. -- psalms 38:6 +. +For my loins are filled with burning, And there is no soundness in my flesh. -- psalms 38:7 +. +I am benumbed and badly crushed; I groan because of the agitation of my heart. -- psalms 38:8 +. +Lord, all my desire is before You; And my sighing is not hidden from You. -- psalms 38:9 +. +My heart throbs, my strength fails me; And the light of my eyes, even that has gone from me. -- psalms 38:10 +. +My loved ones and my friends stand aloof from my plague; And my kinsmen stand afar off. -- psalms 38:11 +. +Those who seek my life lay snares for me; And those who seek to injure me have threatened destruction, And they devise treachery all day long. -- psalms 38:12 +. +But I, like a deaf man, do not hear; And I am like a mute man who does not open his mouth. -- psalms 38:13 +. +Yes, I am like a man who does not hear, And in whose mouth are no arguments. -- psalms 38:14 +. +For I hope in You, O LORD; You will answer, O Lord my God. -- psalms 38:15 +. +For I said, "May they not rejoice over me, Who, when my foot slips, would magnify themselves against me." -- psalms 38:16 +. +For I am ready to fall, And my sorrow is continually before me. -- psalms 38:17 +. +For I confess my iniquity; I am full of anxiety because of my sin. -- psalms 38:18 +. +But my enemies are vigorous and strong, And many are those who hate me wrongfully. -- psalms 38:19 +. +And those who repay evil for good, They oppose me, because I follow what is good. -- psalms 38:20 +. +Do not forsake me, O LORD; O my God, do not be far from me! -- psalms 38:21 +. +Make haste to help me, O Lord, my salvation! -- psalms 38:22 +. +I said, "I will guard my ways That I may not sin with my tongue; I will guard my mouth as with a muzzle While the wicked are in my presence." -- psalms 39:1 +. +I was mute and silent, I refrained even from good, And my sorrow grew worse. -- psalms 39:2 +. +My heart was hot within me, While I was musing the fire burned; Then I spoke with my tongue: -- psalms 39:3 +. +"LORD, make me to know my end And what is the extent of my days; Let me know how transient I am. -- psalms 39:4 +. +"Behold, You have made my days as handbreadths, And my lifetime as nothing in Your sight; Surely every man at his best is a mere breath. Selah. -- psalms 39:5 +. +"Surely every man walks about as a phantom; Surely they make an uproar for nothing; He amasses riches and does not know who will gather them. -- psalms 39:6 +. +"And now, Lord, for what do I wait? My hope is in You. -- psalms 39:7 +. +"Deliver me from all my transgressions; Make me not the reproach of the foolish. -- psalms 39:8 +. +"I have become mute, I do not open my mouth, Because it is You who have done it. -- psalms 39:9 +. +"Remove Your plague from me; Because of the opposition of Your hand I am perishing. -- psalms 39:10 +. +"With reproofs You chasten a man for iniquity; You consume as a moth what is precious to him; Surely every man is a mere breath. Selah. -- psalms 39:11 +. +"Hear my prayer, O LORD, and give ear to my cry; Do not be silent at my tears; For I am a stranger with You, A sojourner like all my fathers. -- psalms 39:12 +. +"Turn Your gaze away from me, that I may smile again Before I depart and am no more." -- psalms 39:13 +. +I waited patiently for the LORD; And He inclined to me and heard my cry. -- psalms 40:1 +. +He brought me up out of the pit of destruction, out of the miry clay, And He set my feet upon a rock making my footsteps firm. -- psalms 40:2 +. +He put a new song in my mouth, a song of praise to our God; Many will see and fear And will trust in the LORD. -- psalms 40:3 +. +How blessed is the man who has made the LORD his trust, And has not turned to the proud, nor to those who lapse into falsehood. -- psalms 40:4 +. +Many, O LORD my God, are the wonders which You have done, And Your thoughts toward us; There is none to compare with You. If I would declare and speak of them, They would be too numerous to count. -- psalms 40:5 +. +Sacrifice and meal offering You have not desired; My ears You have opened; Burnt offering and sin offering You have not required. -- psalms 40:6 +. +Then I said, "Behold, I come; In the scroll of the book it is written of me. -- psalms 40:7 +. +I delight to do Your will, O my God; Your Law is within my heart." -- psalms 40:8 +. +I have proclaimed glad tidings of righteousness in the great congregation; Behold, I will not restrain my lips, O LORD, You know. -- psalms 40:9 +. +I have not hidden Your righteousness within my heart; I have spoken of Your faithfulness and Your salvation; I have not concealed Your lovingkindness and Your truth from the great congregation. -- psalms 40:10 +. +You, O LORD, will not withhold Your compassion from me; Your lovingkindness and Your truth will continually preserve me. -- psalms 40:11 +. +For evils beyond number have surrounded me; My iniquities have overtaken me, so that I am not able to see; They are more numerous than the hairs of my head, And my heart has failed me. -- psalms 40:12 +. +Be pleased, O LORD, to deliver me; Make haste, O LORD, to help me. -- psalms 40:13 +. +Let those be ashamed and humiliated together Who seek my life to destroy it; Let those be turned back and dishonored Who delight in my hurt. -- psalms 40:14 +. +Let those be appalled because of their shame Who say to me, "Aha, aha!" -- psalms 40:15 +. +Let all who seek You rejoice and be glad in You; Let those who love Your salvation say continually, "The LORD be magnified!" -- psalms 40:16 +. +Since I am afflicted and needy, Let the Lord be mindful of me. You are my help and my deliverer; Do not delay, O my God. -- psalms 40:17 +. +How blessed is he who considers the helpless; The LORD will deliver him in a day of trouble. -- psalms 41:1 +. +The LORD will protect him and keep him alive, And he shall be called blessed upon the earth; And do not give him over to the desire of his enemies. -- psalms 41:2 +. +The LORD will sustain him upon his sickbed; In his illness, You restore him to health. -- psalms 41:3 +. +As for me, I said, "O LORD, be gracious to me; Heal my soul, for I have sinned against You." -- psalms 41:4 +. +My enemies speak evil against me, "When will he die, and his name perish?" -- psalms 41:5 +. +And when he comes to see me, he speaks falsehood; His heart gathers wickedness to itself; When he goes outside, he tells it. -- psalms 41:6 +. +All who hate me whisper together against me; Against me they devise my hurt, saying, -- psalms 41:7 +. +"A wicked thing is poured out upon him, That when he lies down, he will not rise up again." -- psalms 41:8 +. +Even my close friend in whom I trusted, Who ate my bread, Has lifted up his heel against me. -- psalms 41:9 +. +But You, O LORD, be gracious to me and raise me up, That I may repay them. -- psalms 41:10 +. +By this I know that You are pleased with me, Because my enemy does not shout in triumph over me. -- psalms 41:11 +. +As for me, You uphold me in my integrity, And You set me in Your presence forever. -- psalms 41:12 +. +Blessed be the LORD, the God of Israel, From everlasting to everlasting. Amen and Amen. -- psalms 41:13 +. +As the deer pants for the water brooks, So my soul pants for You, O God. -- psalms 42:1 +. +My soul thirsts for God, for the living God; When shall I come and appear before God? -- psalms 42:2 +. +My tears have been my food day and night, While they say to me all day long, "Where is your God?" -- psalms 42:3 +. +These things I remember and I pour out my soul within me. For I used to go along with the throng and lead them in procession to the house of God, With the voice of joy and thanksgiving, a multitude keeping festival. -- psalms 42:4 +. +Why are you in despair, O my soul? And why have you become disturbed within me? Hope in God, for I shall again praise Him For the help of His presence. -- psalms 42:5 +. +O my God, my soul is in despair within me; Therefore I remember You from the land of the Jordan And the peaks of Hermon, from Mount Mizar. -- psalms 42:6 +. +Deep calls to deep at the sound of Your waterfalls; All Your breakers and Your waves have rolled over me. -- psalms 42:7 +. +The LORD will command His lovingkindness in the daytime; And His song will be with me in the night, A prayer to the God of my life. -- psalms 42:8 +. +I will say to God my rock, "Why have You forgotten me? Why do I go mourning because of the oppression of the enemy?" -- psalms 42:9 +. +As a shattering of my bones, my adversaries revile me, While they say to me all day long, "Where is your God?" -- psalms 42:10 +. +Why are you in despair, O my soul? And why have you become disturbed within me? Hope in God, for I shall yet praise Him, The help of my countenance and my God. -- psalms 42:11 +. +Vindicate me, O God, and plead my case against an ungodly nation; O deliver me from the deceitful and unjust man! -- psalms 43:1 +. +For You are the God of my strength; why have You rejected me? Why do I go mourning because of the oppression of the enemy? -- psalms 43:2 +. +O send out Your light and Your truth, let them lead me; Let them bring me to Your holy hill And to Your dwelling places. -- psalms 43:3 +. +Then I will go to the altar of God, To God my exceeding joy; And upon the lyre I shall praise You, O God, my God. -- psalms 43:4 +. +Why are you in despair, O my soul? And why are you disturbed within me? Hope in God, for I shall again praise Him, The help of my countenance and my God. -- psalms 43:5 +. +O God, we have heard with our ears, Our fathers have told us The work that You did in their days, In the days of old. -- psalms 44:1 +. +You with Your own hand drove out the nations; Then You planted them; You afflicted the peoples, Then You spread them abroad. -- psalms 44:2 +. +For by their own sword they did not possess the land, And their own arm did not save them, But Your right hand and Your arm and the light of Your presence, For You favored them. -- psalms 44:3 +. +You are my King, O God; Command victories for Jacob. -- psalms 44:4 +. +Through You we will push back our adversaries; Through Your name we will trample down those who rise up against us. -- psalms 44:5 +. +For I will not trust in my bow, Nor will my sword save me. -- psalms 44:6 +. +But You have saved us from our adversaries, And You have put to shame those who hate us. -- psalms 44:7 +. +In God we have boasted all day long, And we will give thanks to Your name forever. Selah. -- psalms 44:8 +. +Yet You have rejected us and brought us to dishonor, And do not go out with our armies. -- psalms 44:9 +. +You cause us to turn back from the adversary; And those who hate us have taken spoil for themselves. -- psalms 44:10 +. +You give us as sheep to be eaten And have scattered us among the nations. -- psalms 44:11 +. +You sell Your people cheaply, And have not profited by their sale. -- psalms 44:12 +. +You make us a reproach to our neighbors, A scoffing and a derision to those around us. -- psalms 44:13 +. +You make us a byword among the nations, A laughingstock among the peoples. -- psalms 44:14 +. +All day long my dishonor is before me And my humiliation has overwhelmed me, -- psalms 44:15 +. +Because of the voice of him who reproaches and reviles, Because of the presence of the enemy and the avenger. -- psalms 44:16 +. +All this has come upon us, but we have not forgotten You, And we have not dealt falsely with Your covenant. -- psalms 44:17 +. +Our heart has not turned back, And our steps have not deviated from Your way, -- psalms 44:18 +. +Yet You have crushed us in a place of jackals And covered us with the shadow of death. -- psalms 44:19 +. +If we had forgotten the name of our God Or extended our hands to a strange god, -- psalms 44:20 +. +Would not God find this out? For He knows the secrets of the heart. -- psalms 44:21 +. +But for Your sake we are killed all day long; We are considered as sheep to be slaughtered. -- psalms 44:22 +. +Arouse Yourself, why do You sleep, O Lord? Awake, do not reject us forever. -- psalms 44:23 +. +Why do You hide Your face And forget our affliction and our oppression? -- psalms 44:24 +. +For our soul has sunk down into the dust; Our body cleaves to the earth. -- psalms 44:25 +. +Rise up, be our help, And redeem us for the sake of Your lovingkindness. -- psalms 44:26 +. +My heart overflows with a good theme; I address my verses to the King; My tongue is the pen of a ready writer. -- psalms 45:1 +. +You are fairer than the sons of men; Grace is poured upon Your lips; Therefore God has blessed You forever. -- psalms 45:2 +. +Gird Your sword on Your thigh, O Mighty One, In Your splendor and Your majesty! -- psalms 45:3 +. +And in Your majesty ride on victoriously, For the cause of truth and meekness and righteousness; Let Your right hand teach You awesome things. -- psalms 45:4 +. +Your arrows are sharp; The peoples fall under You; Your arrows are in the heart of the King's enemies. -- psalms 45:5 +. +Your throne, O God, is forever and ever; A scepter of uprightness is the scepter of Your kingdom. -- psalms 45:6 +. +You have loved righteousness and hated wickedness; Therefore God, Your God, has anointed You With the oil of joy above Your fellows. -- psalms 45:7 +. +All Your garments are fragrant with myrrh and aloes and cassia; Out of ivory palaces stringed instruments have made You glad. -- psalms 45:8 +. +Kings' daughters are among Your noble ladies; At Your right hand stands the queen in gold from Ophir. -- psalms 45:9 +. +Listen, O daughter, give attention and incline your ear: Forget your people and your father's house; -- psalms 45:10 +. +Then the King will desire your beauty. Because He is your Lord, bow down to Him. -- psalms 45:11 +. +The daughter of Tyre will come with a gift; The rich among the people will seek your favor. -- psalms 45:12 +. +The King's daughter is all glorious within; Her clothing is interwoven with gold. -- psalms 45:13 +. +She will be led to the King in embroidered work; The virgins, her companions who follow her, Will be brought to You. -- psalms 45:14 +. +They will be led forth with gladness and rejoicing; They will enter into the King's palace. -- psalms 45:15 +. +In place of your fathers will be your sons; You shall make them princes in all the earth. -- psalms 45:16 +. +I will cause Your name to be remembered in all generations; Therefore the peoples will give You thanks forever and ever. -- psalms 45:17 +. +God is our refuge and strength, A very present help in trouble. -- psalms 46:1 +. +Therefore we will not fear, though the earth should change And though the mountains slip into the heart of the sea; -- psalms 46:2 +. +Though its waters roar and foam, Though the mountains quake at its swelling pride. Selah. -- psalms 46:3 +. +There is a river whose streams make glad the city of God, The holy dwelling places of the Most High. -- psalms 46:4 +. +God is in the midst of her, she will not be moved; God will help her when morning dawns. -- psalms 46:5 +. +The nations made an uproar, the kingdoms tottered; He raised His voice, the earth melted. -- psalms 46:6 +. +The LORD of hosts is with us; The God of Jacob is our stronghold. Selah. -- psalms 46:7 +. +Come, behold the works of the LORD, Who has wrought desolations in the earth. -- psalms 46:8 +. +He makes wars to cease to the end of the earth; He breaks the bow and cuts the spear in two; He burns the chariots with fire. -- psalms 46:9 +. +"Cease striving and know that I am God; I will be exalted among the nations, I will be exalted in the earth." -- psalms 46:10 +. +The LORD of hosts is with us; The God of Jacob is our stronghold. Selah. -- psalms 46:11 +. +O clap your hands, all peoples; Shout to God with the voice of joy. -- psalms 47:1 +. +For the LORD Most High is to be feared, A great King over all the earth. -- psalms 47:2 +. +He subdues peoples under us And nations under our feet. -- psalms 47:3 +. +He chooses our inheritance for us, The glory of Jacob whom He loves. Selah. -- psalms 47:4 +. +God has ascended with a shout, The LORD, with the sound of a trumpet. -- psalms 47:5 +. +Sing praises to God, sing praises; Sing praises to our King, sing praises. -- psalms 47:6 +. +For God is the King of all the earth; Sing praises with a skillful psalm. -- psalms 47:7 +. +God reigns over the nations, God sits on His holy throne. -- psalms 47:8 +. +The princes of the people have assembled themselves as the people of the God of Abraham, For the shields of the earth belong to God; He is highly exalted. -- psalms 47:9 +. +Great is the LORD, and greatly to be praised, In the city of our God, His holy mountain. -- psalms 48:1 +. +Beautiful in elevation, the joy of the whole earth, Is Mount Zion in the far north, The city of the great King. -- psalms 48:2 +. +God, in her palaces, Has made Himself known as a stronghold. -- psalms 48:3 +. +For, lo, the kings assembled themselves, They passed by together. -- psalms 48:4 +. +They saw it, then they were amazed; They were terrified, they fled in alarm. -- psalms 48:5 +. +Panic seized them there, Anguish, as of a woman in childbirth. -- psalms 48:6 +. +With the east wind You break the ships of Tarshish. -- psalms 48:7 +. +As we have heard, so have we seen In the city of the LORD of hosts, in the city of our God; God will establish her forever. Selah. -- psalms 48:8 +. +We have thought on Your lovingkindness, O God, In the midst of Your temple. -- psalms 48:9 +. +As is Your name, O God, So is Your praise to the ends of the earth; Your right hand is full of righteousness. -- psalms 48:10 +. +Let Mount Zion be glad, Let the daughters of Judah rejoice Because of Your judgments. -- psalms 48:11 +. +Walk about Zion and go around her; Count her towers; -- psalms 48:12 +. +Consider her ramparts; Go through her palaces, That you may tell it to the next generation. -- psalms 48:13 +. +For such is God, Our God forever and ever; He will guide us until death. -- psalms 48:14 +. +Hear this, all peoples; Give ear, all inhabitants of the world, -- psalms 49:1 +. +Both low and high, Rich and poor together. -- psalms 49:2 +. +My mouth will speak wisdom, And the meditation of my heart will be understanding. -- psalms 49:3 +. +I will incline my ear to a proverb; I will express my riddle on the harp. -- psalms 49:4 +. +Why should I fear in days of adversity, When the iniquity of my foes surrounds me, -- psalms 49:5 +. +Even those who trust in their wealth And boast in the abundance of their riches? -- psalms 49:6 +. +No man can by any means redeem his brother Or give to God a ransom for him-- -- psalms 49:7 +. +For the redemption of his soul is costly, And he should cease trying forever-- -- psalms 49:8 +. +That he should live on eternally, That he should not undergo decay. -- psalms 49:9 +. +For he sees that even wise men die; The stupid and the senseless alike perish And leave their wealth to others. -- psalms 49:10 +. +Their inner thought is that their houses are forever And their dwelling places to all generations; They have called their lands after their own names. -- psalms 49:11 +. +But man in his pomp will not endure; He is like the beasts that perish. -- psalms 49:12 +. +This is the way of those who are foolish, And of those after them who approve their words. Selah. -- psalms 49:13 +. +As sheep they are appointed for Sheol; Death shall be their shepherd; And the upright shall rule over them in the morning, And their form shall be for Sheol to consume So that they have no habitation. -- psalms 49:14 +. +But God will redeem my soul from the power of Sheol, For He will receive me. Selah. -- psalms 49:15 +. +Do not be afraid when a man becomes rich, When the glory of his house is increased; -- psalms 49:16 +. +For when he dies he will carry nothing away; His glory will not descend after him. -- psalms 49:17 +. +Though while he lives he congratulates himself-- And though men praise you when you do well for yourself-- -- psalms 49:18 +. +He shall go to the generation of his fathers; They will never see the light. -- psalms 49:19 +. +Man in his pomp, yet without understanding, Is like the beasts that perish. -- psalms 49:20 +. +The Mighty One, God, the LORD, has spoken, And summoned the earth from the rising of the sun to its setting. -- psalms 50:1 +. +Out of Zion, the perfection of beauty, God has shone forth. -- psalms 50:2 +. +May our God come and not keep silence; Fire devours before Him, And it is very tempestuous around Him. -- psalms 50:3 +. +He summons the heavens above, And the earth, to judge His people: -- psalms 50:4 +. +"Gather My godly ones to Me, Those who have made a covenant with Me by sacrifice." -- psalms 50:5 +. +And the heavens declare His righteousness, For God Himself is judge. Selah. -- psalms 50:6 +. +"Hear, O My people, and I will speak; O Israel, I will testify against you; I am God, your God. -- psalms 50:7 +. +"I do not reprove you for your sacrifices, And your burnt offerings are continually before Me. -- psalms 50:8 +. +"I shall take no young bull out of your house Nor male goats out of your folds. -- psalms 50:9 +. +"For every beast of the forest is Mine, The cattle on a thousand hills. -- psalms 50:10 +. +"I know every bird of the mountains, And everything that moves in the field is Mine. -- psalms 50:11 +. +"If I were hungry I would not tell you, For the world is Mine, and all it contains. -- psalms 50:12 +. +"Shall I eat the flesh of bulls Or drink the blood of male goats? -- psalms 50:13 +. +"Offer to God a sacrifice of thanksgiving And pay your vows to the Most High; -- psalms 50:14 +. +Call upon Me in the day of trouble; I shall rescue you, and you will honor Me." -- psalms 50:15 +. +But to the wicked God says, "What right have you to tell of My statutes And to take My covenant in your mouth? -- psalms 50:16 +. +"For you hate discipline, And you cast My words behind you. -- psalms 50:17 +. +"When you see a thief, you are pleased with him, And you associate with adulterers. -- psalms 50:18 +. +"You let your mouth loose in evil And your tongue frames deceit. -- psalms 50:19 +. +"You sit and speak against your brother; You slander your own mother's son. -- psalms 50:20 +. +"These things you have done and I kept silence; You thought that I was just like you; I will reprove you and state the case in order before your eyes. -- psalms 50:21 +. +"Now consider this, you who forget God, Or I will tear you in pieces, and there will be none to deliver. -- psalms 50:22 +. +"He who offers a sacrifice of thanksgiving honors Me; And to him who orders his way aright I shall show the salvation of God." -- psalms 50:23 +. +Be gracious to me, O God, according to Your lovingkindness; According to the greatness of Your compassion blot out my transgressions. -- psalms 51:1 +. +Wash me thoroughly from my iniquity And cleanse me from my sin. -- psalms 51:2 +. +For I know my transgressions, And my sin is ever before me. -- psalms 51:3 +. +Against You, You only, I have sinned And done what is evil in Your sight, So that You are justified when You speak And blameless when You judge. -- psalms 51:4 +. +Behold, I was brought forth in iniquity, And in sin my mother conceived me. -- psalms 51:5 +. +Behold, You desire truth in the innermost being, And in the hidden part You will make me know wisdom. -- psalms 51:6 +. +Purify me with hyssop, and I shall be clean; Wash me, and I shall be whiter than snow. -- psalms 51:7 +. +Make me to hear joy and gladness, Let the bones which You have broken rejoice. -- psalms 51:8 +. +Hide Your face from my sins And blot out all my iniquities. -- psalms 51:9 +. +Create in me a clean heart, O God, And renew a steadfast spirit within me. -- psalms 51:10 +. +Do not cast me away from Your presence And do not take Your Holy Spirit from me. -- psalms 51:11 +. +Restore to me the joy of Your salvation And sustain me with a willing spirit. -- psalms 51:12 +. +Then I will teach transgressors Your ways, And sinners will be converted to You. -- psalms 51:13 +. +Deliver me from bloodguiltiness, O God, the God of my salvation; Then my tongue will joyfully sing of Your righteousness. -- psalms 51:14 +. +O Lord, open my lips, That my mouth may declare Your praise. -- psalms 51:15 +. +For You do not delight in sacrifice, otherwise I would give it; You are not pleased with burnt offering. -- psalms 51:16 +. +The sacrifices of God are a broken spirit; A broken and a contrite heart, O God, You will not despise. -- psalms 51:17 +. +By Your favor do good to Zion; Build the walls of Jerusalem. -- psalms 51:18 +. +Then You will delight in righteous sacrifices, In burnt offering and whole burnt offering; Then young bulls will be offered on Your altar. -- psalms 51:19 +. +Why do you boast in evil, O mighty man? The lovingkindness of God endures all day long. -- psalms 52:1 +. +Your tongue devises destruction, Like a sharp razor, O worker of deceit. -- psalms 52:2 +. +You love evil more than good, Falsehood more than speaking what is right. Selah. -- psalms 52:3 +. +You love all words that devour, O deceitful tongue. -- psalms 52:4 +. +But God will break you down forever; He will snatch you up and tear you away from your tent, And uproot you from the land of the living. Selah. -- psalms 52:5 +. +The righteous will see and fear, And will laugh at him, saying, -- psalms 52:6 +. +"Behold, the man who would not make God his refuge, But trusted in the abundance of his riches And was strong in his evil desire." -- psalms 52:7 +. +But as for me, I am like a green olive tree in the house of God; I trust in the lovingkindness of God forever and ever. -- psalms 52:8 +. +I will give You thanks forever, because You have done it, And I will wait on Your name, for it is good, in the presence of Your godly ones. -- psalms 52:9 +. +The fool has said in his heart, "There is no God," They are corrupt, and have committed abominable injustice; There is no one who does good. -- psalms 53:1 +. +God has looked down from heaven upon the sons of men To see if there is anyone who understands, Who seeks after God. -- psalms 53:2 +. +Every one of them has turned aside; together they have become corrupt; There is no one who does good, not even one. -- psalms 53:3 +. +Have the workers of wickedness no knowledge, Who eat up My people as though they ate bread And have not called upon God? -- psalms 53:4 +. +There they were in great fear where no fear had been; For God scattered the bones of him who encamped against you; You put them to shame, because God had rejected them. -- psalms 53:5 +. +Oh, that the salvation of Israel would come out of Zion! When God restores His captive people, Let Jacob rejoice, let Israel be glad. -- psalms 53:6 +. +Save me, O God, by Your name, And vindicate me by Your power. -- psalms 54:1 +. +Hear my prayer, O God; Give ear to the words of my mouth. -- psalms 54:2 +. +For strangers have risen against me And violent men have sought my life; They have not set God before them. Selah. -- psalms 54:3 +. +Behold, God is my helper; The Lord is the sustainer of my soul. -- psalms 54:4 +. +He will recompense the evil to my foes; Destroy them in Your faithfulness. -- psalms 54:5 +. +Willingly I will sacrifice to You; I will give thanks to Your name, O LORD, for it is good. -- psalms 54:6 +. +For He has delivered me from all trouble, And my eye has looked with satisfaction upon my enemies. -- psalms 54:7 +. +Give ear to my prayer, O God; And do not hide Yourself from my supplication. -- psalms 55:1 +. +Give heed to me and answer me; I am restless in my complaint and am surely distracted, -- psalms 55:2 +. +Because of the voice of the enemy, Because of the pressure of the wicked; For they bring down trouble upon me And in anger they bear a grudge against me. -- psalms 55:3 +. +My heart is in anguish within me, And the terrors of death have fallen upon me. -- psalms 55:4 +. +Fear and trembling come upon me, And horror has overwhelmed me. -- psalms 55:5 +. +I said, "Oh, that I had wings like a dove! I would fly away and be at rest. -- psalms 55:6 +. +"Behold, I would wander far away, I would lodge in the wilderness. Selah. -- psalms 55:7 +. +"I would hasten to my place of refuge From the stormy wind and tempest." -- psalms 55:8 +. +Confuse, O Lord, divide their tongues, For I have seen violence and strife in the city. -- psalms 55:9 +. +Day and night they go around her upon her walls, And iniquity and mischief are in her midst. -- psalms 55:10 +. +Destruction is in her midst; Oppression and deceit do not depart from her streets. -- psalms 55:11 +. +For it is not an enemy who reproaches me, Then I could bear it; Nor is it one who hates me who has exalted himself against me, Then I could hide myself from him. -- psalms 55:12 +. +But it is you, a man my equal, My companion and my familiar friend; -- psalms 55:13 +. +We who had sweet fellowship together Walked in the house of God in the throng. -- psalms 55:14 +. +Let death come deceitfully upon them; Let them go down alive to Sheol, For evil is in their dwelling, in their midst. -- psalms 55:15 +. +As for me, I shall call upon God, And the LORD will save me. -- psalms 55:16 +. +Evening and morning and at noon, I will complain and murmur, And He will hear my voice. -- psalms 55:17 +. +He will redeem my soul in peace from the battle which is against me, For they are many who strive with me. -- psalms 55:18 +. +God will hear and answer them-- Even the one who sits enthroned from of old-- Selah. With whom there is no change, And who do not fear God. -- psalms 55:19 +. +He has put forth his hands against those who were at peace with him; He has violated his covenant. -- psalms 55:20 +. +His speech was smoother than butter, But his heart was war; His words were softer than oil, Yet they were drawn swords. -- psalms 55:21 +. +Cast your burden upon the LORD and He will sustain you; He will never allow the righteous to be shaken. -- psalms 55:22 +. +But You, O God, will bring them down to the pit of destruction; Men of bloodshed and deceit will not live out half their days. But I will trust in You. -- psalms 55:23 +. +Be gracious to me, O God, for man has trampled upon me; Fighting all day long he oppresses me. -- psalms 56:1 +. +My foes have trampled upon me all day long, For they are many who fight proudly against me. -- psalms 56:2 +. +When I am afraid, I will put my trust in You. -- psalms 56:3 +. +In God, whose word I praise, In God I have put my trust; I shall not be afraid. What can mere man do to me? -- psalms 56:4 +. +All day long they distort my words; All their thoughts are against me for evil. -- psalms 56:5 +. +They attack, they lurk, They watch my steps, As they have waited to take my life. -- psalms 56:6 +. +Because of wickedness, cast them forth, In anger put down the peoples, O God! -- psalms 56:7 +. +You have taken account of my wanderings; Put my tears in Your bottle. Are they not in Your book? -- psalms 56:8 +. +Then my enemies will turn back in the day when I call; This I know, that God is for me. -- psalms 56:9 +. +In God, whose word I praise, In the LORD, whose word I praise, -- psalms 56:10 +. +In God I have put my trust, I shall not be afraid. What can man do to me? -- psalms 56:11 +. +Your vows are binding upon me, O God; I will render thank offerings to You. -- psalms 56:12 +. +For You have delivered my soul from death, Indeed my feet from stumbling, So that I may walk before God In the light of the living. -- psalms 56:13 +. +Be gracious to me, O God, be gracious to me, For my soul takes refuge in You; And in the shadow of Your wings I will take refuge Until destruction passes by. -- psalms 57:1 +. +I will cry to God Most High, To God who accomplishes all things for me. -- psalms 57:2 +. +He will send from heaven and save me; He reproaches him who tramples upon me. Selah. God will send forth His lovingkindness and His truth. -- psalms 57:3 +. +My soul is among lions; I must lie among those who breathe forth fire, Even the sons of men, whose teeth are spears and arrows And their tongue a sharp sword. -- psalms 57:4 +. +Be exalted above the heavens, O God; Let Your glory be above all the earth. -- psalms 57:5 +. +They have prepared a net for my steps; My soul is bowed down; They dug a pit before me; They themselves have fallen into the midst of it. Selah. -- psalms 57:6 +. +My heart is steadfast, O God, my heart is steadfast; I will sing, yes, I will sing praises! -- psalms 57:7 +. +Awake, my glory! Awake, harp and lyre! I will awaken the dawn. -- psalms 57:8 +. +I will give thanks to You, O Lord, among the peoples; I will sing praises to You among the nations. -- psalms 57:9 +. +For Your lovingkindness is great to the heavens And Your truth to the clouds. -- psalms 57:10 +. +Be exalted above the heavens, O God; Let Your glory be above all the earth. -- psalms 57:11 +. +Do you indeed speak righteousness, O gods? Do you judge uprightly, O sons of men? -- psalms 58:1 +. +No, in heart you work unrighteousness; On earth you weigh out the violence of your hands. -- psalms 58:2 +. +The wicked are estranged from the womb; These who speak lies go astray from birth. -- psalms 58:3 +. +They have venom like the venom of a serpent; Like a deaf cobra that stops up its ear, -- psalms 58:4 +. +So that it does not hear the voice of charmers, Or a skillful caster of spells. -- psalms 58:5 +. +O God, shatter their teeth in their mouth; Break out the fangs of the young lions, O LORD. -- psalms 58:6 +. +Let them flow away like water that runs off; When he aims his arrows, let them be as headless shafts. -- psalms 58:7 +. +Let them be as a snail which melts away as it goes along, Like the miscarriages of a woman which never see the sun. -- psalms 58:8 +. +Before your pots can feel the fire of thorns He will sweep them away with a whirlwind, the green and the burning alike. -- psalms 58:9 +. +The righteous will rejoice when he sees the vengeance; He will wash his feet in the blood of the wicked. -- psalms 58:10 +. +And men will say, "Surely there is a reward for the righteous; Surely there is a God who judges on earth!" -- psalms 58:11 +. +Deliver me from my enemies, O my God; Set me securely on high away from those who rise up against me. -- psalms 59:1 +. +Deliver me from those who do iniquity And save me from men of bloodshed. -- psalms 59:2 +. +For behold, they have set an ambush for my life; Fierce men launch an attack against me, Not for my transgression nor for my sin, O LORD, -- psalms 59:3 +. +For no guilt of mine, they run and set themselves against me. Arouse Yourself to help me, and see! -- psalms 59:4 +. +You, O LORD God of hosts, the God of Israel, Awake to punish all the nations; Do not be gracious to any who are treacherous in iniquity. Selah. -- psalms 59:5 +. +They return at evening, they howl like a dog, And go around the city. -- psalms 59:6 +. +Behold, they belch forth with their mouth; Swords are in their lips, For, they say, "Who hears?" -- psalms 59:7 +. +But You, O LORD, laugh at them; You scoff at all the nations. -- psalms 59:8 +. +Because of his strength I will watch for You, For God is my stronghold. -- psalms 59:9 +. +My God in His lovingkindness will meet me; God will let me look triumphantly upon my foes. -- psalms 59:10 +. +Do not slay them, or my people will forget; Scatter them by Your power, and bring them down, O Lord, our shield. -- psalms 59:11 +. +On account of the sin of their mouth and the words of their lips, Let them even be caught in their pride, And on account of curses and lies which they utter. -- psalms 59:12 +. +Destroy them in wrath, destroy them that they may be no more; That men may know that God rules in Jacob To the ends of the earth. Selah. -- psalms 59:13 +. +They return at evening, they howl like a dog, And go around the city. -- psalms 59:14 +. +They wander about for food And growl if they are not satisfied. -- psalms 59:15 +. +But as for me, I shall sing of Your strength; Yes, I shall joyfully sing of Your lovingkindness in the morning, For You have been my stronghold And a refuge in the day of my distress. -- psalms 59:16 +. +O my strength, I will sing praises to You; For God is my stronghold, the God who shows me lovingkindness. -- psalms 59:17 +. +O God, You have rejected us. You have broken us; You have been angry; O, restore us. -- psalms 60:1 +. +You have made the land quake, You have split it open; Heal its breaches, for it totters. -- psalms 60:2 +. +You have made Your people experience hardship; You have given us wine to drink that makes us stagger. -- psalms 60:3 +. +You have given a banner to those who fear You, That it may be displayed because of the truth. Selah. -- psalms 60:4 +. +That Your beloved may be delivered, Save with Your right hand, and answer us! -- psalms 60:5 +. +God has spoken in His holiness: "I will exult, I will portion out Shechem and measure out the valley of Succoth. -- psalms 60:6 +. +"Gilead is Mine, and Manasseh is Mine; Ephraim also is the helmet of My head; Judah is My scepter. -- psalms 60:7 +. +"Moab is My washbowl; Over Edom I shall throw My shoe; Shout loud, O Philistia, because of Me!" -- psalms 60:8 +. +Who will bring me into the besieged city? Who will lead me to Edom? -- psalms 60:9 +. +Have not You Yourself, O God, rejected us? And will You not go forth with our armies, O God? -- psalms 60:10 +. +O give us help against the adversary, For deliverance by man is in vain. -- psalms 60:11 +. +Through God we shall do valiantly, And it is He who will tread down our adversaries. -- psalms 60:12 +. +Hear my cry, O God; Give heed to my prayer. -- psalms 61:1 +. +From the end of the earth I call to You when my heart is faint; Lead me to the rock that is higher than I. -- psalms 61:2 +. +For You have been a refuge for me, A tower of strength against the enemy. -- psalms 61:3 +. +Let me dwell in Your tent forever; Let me take refuge in the shelter of Your wings. Selah. -- psalms 61:4 +. +For You have heard my vows, O God; You have given me the inheritance of those who fear Your name. -- psalms 61:5 +. +You will prolong the king's life; His years will be as many generations. -- psalms 61:6 +. +He will abide before God forever; Appoint lovingkindness and truth that they may preserve him. -- psalms 61:7 +. +So I will sing praise to Your name forever, That I may pay my vows day by day. -- psalms 61:8 +. +My soul waits in silence for God only; From Him is my salvation. -- psalms 62:1 +. +He only is my rock and my salvation, My stronghold; I shall not be greatly shaken. -- psalms 62:2 +. +How long will you assail a man, That you may murder him, all of you, Like a leaning wall, like a tottering fence? -- psalms 62:3 +. +They have counseled only to thrust him down from his high position; They delight in falsehood; They bless with their mouth, But inwardly they curse. Selah. -- psalms 62:4 +. +My soul, wait in silence for God only, For my hope is from Him. -- psalms 62:5 +. +He only is my rock and my salvation, My stronghold; I shall not be shaken. -- psalms 62:6 +. +On God my salvation and my glory rest; The rock of my strength, my refuge is in God. -- psalms 62:7 +. +Trust in Him at all times, O people; Pour out your heart before Him; God is a refuge for us. Selah. -- psalms 62:8 +. +Men of low degree are only vanity and men of rank are a lie; In the balances they go up; They are together lighter than breath. -- psalms 62:9 +. +Do not trust in oppression And do not vainly hope in robbery; If riches increase, do not set your heart upon them. -- psalms 62:10 +. +Once God has spoken; Twice I have heard this: That power belongs to God; -- psalms 62:11 +. +And lovingkindness is Yours, O Lord, For You recompense a man according to his work. -- psalms 62:12 +. +O God, You are my God; I shall seek You earnestly; My soul thirsts for You, my flesh yearns for You, In a dry and weary land where there is no water. -- psalms 63:1 +. +Thus I have seen You in the sanctuary, To see Your power and Your glory. -- psalms 63:2 +. +Because Your lovingkindness is better than life, My lips will praise You. -- psalms 63:3 +. +So I will bless You as long as I live; I will lift up my hands in Your name. -- psalms 63:4 +. +My soul is satisfied as with marrow and fatness, And my mouth offers praises with joyful lips. -- psalms 63:5 +. +When I remember You on my bed, I meditate on You in the night watches, -- psalms 63:6 +. +For You have been my help, And in the shadow of Your wings I sing for joy. -- psalms 63:7 +. +My soul clings to You; Your right hand upholds me. -- psalms 63:8 +. +But those who seek my life to destroy it, Will go into the depths of the earth. -- psalms 63:9 +. +They will be delivered over to the power of the sword; They will be a prey for foxes. -- psalms 63:10 +. +But the king will rejoice in God; Everyone who swears by Him will glory, For the mouths of those who speak lies will be stopped. -- psalms 63:11 +. +Hear my voice, O God, in my complaint; Preserve my life from dread of the enemy. -- psalms 64:1 +. +Hide me from the secret counsel of evildoers, From the tumult of those who do iniquity, -- psalms 64:2 +. +Who have sharpened their tongue like a sword. They aimed bitter speech as their arrow, -- psalms 64:3 +. +To shoot from concealment at the blameless; Suddenly they shoot at him, and do not fear. -- psalms 64:4 +. +They hold fast to themselves an evil purpose; They talk of laying snares secretly; They say, "Who can see them?" -- psalms 64:5 +. +They devise injustices, saying, "We are ready with a well-conceived plot"; For the inward thought and the heart of a man are deep. -- psalms 64:6 +. +But God will shoot at them with an arrow; Suddenly they will be wounded. -- psalms 64:7 +. +So they will make him stumble; Their own tongue is against them; All who see them will shake the head. -- psalms 64:8 +. +Then all men will fear, And they will declare the work of God, And will consider what He has done. -- psalms 64:9 +. +The righteous man will be glad in the LORD and will take refuge in Him; And all the upright in heart will glory. -- psalms 64:10 +. +There will be silence before You, and praise in Zion, O God, And to You the vow will be performed. -- psalms 65:1 +. +O You who hear prayer, To You all men come. -- psalms 65:2 +. +Iniquities prevail against me; As for our transgressions, You forgive them. -- psalms 65:3 +. +How blessed is the one whom You choose and bring near to You To dwell in Your courts. We will be satisfied with the goodness of Your house, Your holy temple. -- psalms 65:4 +. +By awesome deeds You answer us in righteousness, O God of our salvation, You who are the trust of all the ends of the earth and of the farthest sea; -- psalms 65:5 +. +Who establishes the mountains by His strength, Being girded with might; -- psalms 65:6 +. +Who stills the roaring of the seas, The roaring of their waves, And the tumult of the peoples. -- psalms 65:7 +. +They who dwell in the ends of the earth stand in awe of Your signs; You make the dawn and the sunset shout for joy. -- psalms 65:8 +. +You visit the earth and cause it to overflow; You greatly enrich it; The stream of God is full of water; You prepare their grain, for thus You prepare the earth. -- psalms 65:9 +. +You water its furrows abundantly, You settle its ridges, You soften it with showers, You bless its growth. -- psalms 65:10 +. +You have crowned the year with Your bounty, And Your paths drip with fatness. -- psalms 65:11 +. +The pastures of the wilderness drip, And the hills gird themselves with rejoicing. -- psalms 65:12 +. +The meadows are clothed with flocks And the valleys are covered with grain; They shout for joy, yes, they sing. -- psalms 65:13 +. +Shout joyfully to God, all the earth; -- psalms 66:1 +. +Sing the glory of His name; Make His praise glorious. -- psalms 66:2 +. +Say to God, "How awesome are Your works! Because of the greatness of Your power Your enemies will give feigned obedience to You. -- psalms 66:3 +. +"All the earth will worship You, And will sing praises to You; They will sing praises to Your name." Selah. -- psalms 66:4 +. +Come and see the works of God, Who is awesome in His deeds toward the sons of men. -- psalms 66:5 +. +He turned the sea into dry land; They passed through the river on foot; There let us rejoice in Him! -- psalms 66:6 +. +He rules by His might forever; His eyes keep watch on the nations; Let not the rebellious exalt themselves. Selah. -- psalms 66:7 +. +Bless our God, O peoples, And sound His praise abroad, -- psalms 66:8 +. +Who keeps us in life And does not allow our feet to slip. -- psalms 66:9 +. +For You have tried us, O God; You have refined us as silver is refined. -- psalms 66:10 +. +You brought us into the net; You laid an oppressive burden upon our loins. -- psalms 66:11 +. +You made men ride over our heads; We went through fire and through water, Yet You brought us out into a place of abundance. -- psalms 66:12 +. +I shall come into Your house with burnt offerings; I shall pay You my vows, -- psalms 66:13 +. +Which my lips uttered And my mouth spoke when I was in distress. -- psalms 66:14 +. +I shall offer to You burnt offerings of fat beasts, With the smoke of rams; I shall make an offering of bulls with male goats. Selah. -- psalms 66:15 +. +Come and hear, all who fear God, And I will tell of what He has done for my soul. -- psalms 66:16 +. +I cried to Him with my mouth, And He was extolled with my tongue. -- psalms 66:17 +. +If I regard wickedness in my heart, The Lord will not hear; -- psalms 66:18 +. +But certainly God has heard; He has given heed to the voice of my prayer. -- psalms 66:19 +. +Blessed be God, Who has not turned away my prayer Nor His lovingkindness from me. -- psalms 66:20 +. +God be gracious to us and bless us, And cause His face to shine upon us-- Selah. -- psalms 67:1 +. +That Your way may be known on the earth, Your salvation among all nations. -- psalms 67:2 +. +Let the peoples praise You, O God; Let all the peoples praise You. -- psalms 67:3 +. +Let the nations be glad and sing for joy; For You will judge the peoples with uprightness And guide the nations on the earth. Selah. -- psalms 67:4 +. +Let the peoples praise You, O God; Let all the peoples praise You. -- psalms 67:5 +. +The earth has yielded its produce; God, our God, blesses us. -- psalms 67:6 +. +God blesses us, That all the ends of the earth may fear Him. -- psalms 67:7 +. +Let God arise, let His enemies be scattered, And let those who hate Him flee before Him. -- psalms 68:1 +. +As smoke is driven away, so drive them away; As wax melts before the fire, So let the wicked perish before God. -- psalms 68:2 +. +But let the righteous be glad; let them exult before God; Yes, let them rejoice with gladness. -- psalms 68:3 +. +Sing to God, sing praises to His name; Lift up a song for Him who rides through the deserts, Whose name is the LORD, and exult before Him. -- psalms 68:4 +. +A father of the fatherless and a judge for the widows, Is God in His holy habitation. -- psalms 68:5 +. +God makes a home for the lonely; He leads out the prisoners into prosperity, Only the rebellious dwell in a parched land. -- psalms 68:6 +. +O God, when You went forth before Your people, When You marched through the wilderness, Selah. -- psalms 68:7 +. +The earth quaked; The heavens also dropped rain at the presence of God; Sinai itself quaked at the presence of God, the God of Israel. -- psalms 68:8 +. +You shed abroad a plentiful rain, O God; You confirmed Your inheritance when it was parched. -- psalms 68:9 +. +Your creatures settled in it; You provided in Your goodness for the poor, O God. -- psalms 68:10 +. +The Lord gives the command; The women who proclaim the good tidings are a great host: -- psalms 68:11 +. +"Kings of armies flee, they flee, And she who remains at home will divide the spoil!" -- psalms 68:12 +. +When you lie down among the sheepfolds, You are like the wings of a dove covered with silver, And its pinions with glistening gold. -- psalms 68:13 +. +When the Almighty scattered the kings there, It was snowing in Zalmon. -- psalms 68:14 +. +A mountain of God is the mountain of Bashan; A mountain of many peaks is the mountain of Bashan. -- psalms 68:15 +. +Why do you look with envy, O mountains with many peaks, At the mountain which God has desired for His abode? Surely the LORD will dwell there forever. -- psalms 68:16 +. +The chariots of God are myriads, thousands upon thousands; The Lord is among them as at Sinai, in holiness. -- psalms 68:17 +. +You have ascended on high, You have led captive Your captives; You have received gifts among men, Even among the rebellious also, that the LORD God may dwell there. -- psalms 68:18 +. +Blessed be the Lord, who daily bears our burden, The God who is our salvation. Selah. -- psalms 68:19 +. +God is to us a God of deliverances; And to GOD the Lord belong escapes from death. -- psalms 68:20 +. +Surely God will shatter the head of His enemies, The hairy crown of him who goes on in his guilty deeds. -- psalms 68:21 +. +The Lord said, "I will bring them back from Bashan. I will bring them back from the depths of the sea; -- psalms 68:22 +. +That your foot may shatter them in blood, The tongue of your dogs may have its portion from your enemies." -- psalms 68:23 +. +They have seen Your procession, O God, The procession of my God, my King, into the sanctuary. -- psalms 68:24 +. +The singers went on, the musicians after them, In the midst of the maidens beating tambourines. -- psalms 68:25 +. +Bless God in the congregations, Even the LORD, you who are of the fountain of Israel. -- psalms 68:26 +. +There is Benjamin, the youngest, ruling them, The princes of Judah in their throng, The princes of Zebulun, the princes of Naphtali. -- psalms 68:27 +. +Your God has commanded your strength; Show Yourself strong, O God, who have acted on our behalf. -- psalms 68:28 +. +Because of Your temple at Jerusalem Kings will bring gifts to You. -- psalms 68:29 +. +Rebuke the beasts in the reeds, The herd of bulls with the calves of the peoples, Trampling under foot the pieces of silver; He has scattered the peoples who delight in war. -- psalms 68:30 +. +Envoys will come out of Egypt; Ethiopia will quickly stretch out her hands to God. -- psalms 68:31 +. +Sing to God, O kingdoms of the earth, Sing praises to the Lord, Selah. -- psalms 68:32 +. +To Him who rides upon the highest heavens, which are from ancient times; Behold, He speaks forth with His voice, a mighty voice. -- psalms 68:33 +. +Ascribe strength to God; His majesty is over Israel And His strength is in the skies. -- psalms 68:34 +. +O God, You are awesome from Your sanctuary. The God of Israel Himself gives strength and power to the people. Blessed be God! -- psalms 68:35 +. +Save me, O God, For the waters have threatened my life. -- psalms 69:1 +. +I have sunk in deep mire, and there is no foothold; I have come into deep waters, and a flood overflows me. -- psalms 69:2 +. +I am weary with my crying; my throat is parched; My eyes fail while I wait for my God. -- psalms 69:3 +. +Those who hate me without a cause are more than the hairs of my head; Those who would destroy me are powerful, being wrongfully my enemies; What I did not steal, I then have to restore. -- psalms 69:4 +. +O God, it is You who knows my folly, And my wrongs are not hidden from You. -- psalms 69:5 +. +May those who wait for You not be ashamed through me, O Lord GOD of hosts; May those who seek You not be dishonored through me, O God of Israel, -- psalms 69:6 +. +Because for Your sake I have borne reproach; Dishonor has covered my face. -- psalms 69:7 +. +I have become estranged from my brothers And an alien to my mother's sons. -- psalms 69:8 +. +For zeal for Your house has consumed me, And the reproaches of those who reproach You have fallen on me. -- psalms 69:9 +. +When I wept in my soul with fasting, It became my reproach. -- psalms 69:10 +. +When I made sackcloth my clothing, I became a byword to them. -- psalms 69:11 +. +Those who sit in the gate talk about me, And I am the song of the drunkards. -- psalms 69:12 +. +But as for me, my prayer is to You, O LORD, at an acceptable time; O God, in the greatness of Your lovingkindness, Answer me with Your saving truth. -- psalms 69:13 +. +Deliver me from the mire and do not let me sink; May I be delivered from my foes and from the deep waters. -- psalms 69:14 +. +May the flood of water not overflow me Nor the deep swallow me up, Nor the pit shut its mouth on me. -- psalms 69:15 +. +Answer me, O LORD, for Your lovingkindness is good; According to the greatness of Your compassion, turn to me, -- psalms 69:16 +. +And do not hide Your face from Your servant, For I am in distress; answer me quickly. -- psalms 69:17 +. +Oh draw near to my soul and redeem it; Ransom me because of my enemies! -- psalms 69:18 +. +You know my reproach and my shame and my dishonor; All my adversaries are before You. -- psalms 69:19 +. +Reproach has broken my heart and I am so sick. And I looked for sympathy, but there was none, And for comforters, but I found none. -- psalms 69:20 +. +They also gave me gall for my food And for my thirst they gave me vinegar to drink. -- psalms 69:21 +. +May their table before them become a snare; And when they are in peace, may it become a trap. -- psalms 69:22 +. +May their eyes grow dim so that they cannot see, And make their loins shake continually. -- psalms 69:23 +. +Pour out Your indignation on them, And may Your burning anger overtake them. -- psalms 69:24 +. +May their camp be desolate; May none dwell in their tents. -- psalms 69:25 +. +For they have persecuted him whom You Yourself have smitten, And they tell of the pain of those whom You have wounded. -- psalms 69:26 +. +Add iniquity to their iniquity, And may they not come into Your righteousness. -- psalms 69:27 +. +May they be blotted out of the book of life And may they not be recorded with the righteous. -- psalms 69:28 +. +But I am afflicted and in pain; May Your salvation, O God, set me securely on high. -- psalms 69:29 +. +I will praise the name of God with song And magnify Him with thanksgiving. -- psalms 69:30 +. +And it will please the LORD better than an ox Or a young bull with horns and hoofs. -- psalms 69:31 +. +The humble have seen it and are glad; You who seek God, let your heart revive. -- psalms 69:32 +. +For the LORD hears the needy And does not despise His who are prisoners. -- psalms 69:33 +. +Let heaven and earth praise Him, The seas and everything that moves in them. -- psalms 69:34 +. +For God will save Zion and build the cities of Judah, That they may dwell there and possess it. -- psalms 69:35 +. +The descendants of His servants will inherit it, And those who love His name will dwell in it. -- psalms 69:36 +. +O God, hasten to deliver me; O LORD, hasten to my help! -- psalms 70:1 +. +Let those be ashamed and humiliated Who seek my life; Let those be turned back and dishonored Who delight in my hurt. -- psalms 70:2 +. +Let those be turned back because of their shame Who say, "Aha, aha!" -- psalms 70:3 +. +Let all who seek You rejoice and be glad in You; And let those who love Your salvation say continually, "Let God be magnified." -- psalms 70:4 +. +But I am afflicted and needy; Hasten to me, O God! You are my help and my deliverer; O LORD, do not delay. -- psalms 70:5 +. +In You, O LORD, I have taken refuge; Let me never be ashamed. -- psalms 71:1 +. +In Your righteousness deliver me and rescue me; Incline Your ear to me and save me. -- psalms 71:2 +. +Be to me a rock of habitation to which I may continually come; You have given commandment to save me, For You are my rock and my fortress. -- psalms 71:3 +. +Rescue me, O my God, out of the hand of the wicked, Out of the grasp of the wrongdoer and ruthless man, -- psalms 71:4 +. +For You are my hope; O Lord GOD, You are my confidence from my youth. -- psalms 71:5 +. +By You I have been sustained from my birth; You are He who took me from my mother's womb; My praise is continually of You. -- psalms 71:6 +. +I have become a marvel to many, For You are my strong refuge. -- psalms 71:7 +. +My mouth is filled with Your praise And with Your glory all day long. -- psalms 71:8 +. +Do not cast me off in the time of old age; Do not forsake me when my strength fails. -- psalms 71:9 +. +For my enemies have spoken against me; And those who watch for my life have consulted together, -- psalms 71:10 +. +Saying, "God has forsaken him; Pursue and seize him, for there is no one to deliver." -- psalms 71:11 +. +O God, do not be far from me; O my God, hasten to my help! -- psalms 71:12 +. +Let those who are adversaries of my soul be ashamed and consumed; Let them be covered with reproach and dishonor, who seek to injure me. -- psalms 71:13 +. +But as for me, I will hope continually, And will praise You yet more and more. -- psalms 71:14 +. +My mouth shall tell of Your righteousness And of Your salvation all day long; For I do not know the sum of them. -- psalms 71:15 +. +I will come with the mighty deeds of the Lord GOD; I will make mention of Your righteousness, Yours alone. -- psalms 71:16 +. +O God, You have taught me from my youth, And I still declare Your wondrous deeds. -- psalms 71:17 +. +And even when I am old and gray, O God, do not forsake me, Until I declare Your strength to this generation, Your power to all who are to come. -- psalms 71:18 +. +For Your righteousness, O God, reaches to the heavens, You who have done great things; O God, who is like You? -- psalms 71:19 +. +You who have shown me many troubles and distresses Will revive me again, And will bring me up again from the depths of the earth. -- psalms 71:20 +. +May You increase my greatness And turn to comfort me. -- psalms 71:21 +. +I will also praise You with a harp, Even Your truth, O my God; To You I will sing praises with the lyre, O Holy One of Israel. -- psalms 71:22 +. +My lips will shout for joy when I sing praises to You; And my soul, which You have redeemed. -- psalms 71:23 +. +My tongue also will utter Your righteousness all day long; For they are ashamed, for they are humiliated who seek my hurt. -- psalms 71:24 +. +Give the king Your judgments, O God, And Your righteousness to the king's son. -- psalms 72:1 +. +May he judge Your people with righteousness And Your afflicted with justice. -- psalms 72:2 +. +Let the mountains bring peace to the people, And the hills, in righteousness. -- psalms 72:3 +. +May he vindicate the afflicted of the people, Save the children of the needy And crush the oppressor. -- psalms 72:4 +. +Let them fear You while the sun endures, And as long as the moon, throughout all generations. -- psalms 72:5 +. +May he come down like rain upon the mown grass, Like showers that water the earth. -- psalms 72:6 +. +In his days may the righteous flourish, And abundance of peace till the moon is no more. -- psalms 72:7 +. +May he also rule from sea to sea And from the River to the ends of the earth. -- psalms 72:8 +. +Let the nomads of the desert bow before him, And his enemies lick the dust. -- psalms 72:9 +. +Let the kings of Tarshish and of the islands bring presents; The kings of Sheba and Seba offer gifts. -- psalms 72:10 +. +And let all kings bow down before him, All nations serve him. -- psalms 72:11 +. +For he will deliver the needy when he cries for help, The afflicted also, and him who has no helper. -- psalms 72:12 +. +He will have compassion on the poor and needy, And the lives of the needy he will save. -- psalms 72:13 +. +He will rescue their life from oppression and violence, And their blood will be precious in his sight; -- psalms 72:14 +. +So may he live, and may the gold of Sheba be given to him; And let them pray for him continually; Let them bless him all day long. -- psalms 72:15 +. +May there be abundance of grain in the earth on top of the mountains; Its fruit will wave like the cedars of Lebanon; And may those from the city flourish like vegetation of the earth. -- psalms 72:16 +. +May his name endure forever; May his name increase as long as the sun shines; And let men bless themselves by him; Let all nations call him blessed. -- psalms 72:17 +. +Blessed be the LORD God, the God of Israel, Who alone works wonders. -- psalms 72:18 +. +And blessed be His glorious name forever; And may the whole earth be filled with His glory. Amen, and Amen. -- psalms 72:19 +. +The prayers of David the son of Jesse are ended. -- psalms 72:20 +. +Surely God is good to Israel, To those who are pure in heart! -- psalms 73:1 +. +But as for me, my feet came close to stumbling, My steps had almost slipped. -- psalms 73:2 +. +For I was envious of the arrogant As I saw the prosperity of the wicked. -- psalms 73:3 +. +For there are no pains in their death, And their body is fat. -- psalms 73:4 +. +They are not in trouble as other men, Nor are they plagued like mankind. -- psalms 73:5 +. +Therefore pride is their necklace; The garment of violence covers them. -- psalms 73:6 +. +Their eye bulges from fatness; The imaginations of their heart run riot. -- psalms 73:7 +. +They mock and wickedly speak of oppression; They speak from on high. -- psalms 73:8 +. +They have set their mouth against the heavens, And their tongue parades through the earth. -- psalms 73:9 +. +Therefore his people return to this place, And waters of abundance are drunk by them. -- psalms 73:10 +. +They say, "How does God know? And is there knowledge with the Most High?" -- psalms 73:11 +. +Behold, these are the wicked; And always at ease, they have increased in wealth. -- psalms 73:12 +. +Surely in vain I have kept my heart pure And washed my hands in innocence; -- psalms 73:13 +. +For I have been stricken all day long And chastened every morning. -- psalms 73:14 +. +If I had said, "I will speak thus," Behold, I would have betrayed the generation of Your children. -- psalms 73:15 +. +When I pondered to understand this, It was troublesome in my sight -- psalms 73:16 +. +Until I came into the sanctuary of God; Then I perceived their end. -- psalms 73:17 +. +Surely You set them in slippery places; You cast them down to destruction. -- psalms 73:18 +. +How they are destroyed in a moment! They are utterly swept away by sudden terrors! -- psalms 73:19 +. +Like a dream when one awakes, O Lord, when aroused, You will despise their form. -- psalms 73:20 +. +When my heart was embittered And I was pierced within, -- psalms 73:21 +. +Then I was senseless and ignorant; I was like a beast before You. -- psalms 73:22 +. +Nevertheless I am continually with You; You have taken hold of my right hand. -- psalms 73:23 +. +With Your counsel You will guide me, And afterward receive me to glory. -- psalms 73:24 +. +Whom have I in heaven but You? And besides You, I desire nothing on earth. -- psalms 73:25 +. +My flesh and my heart may fail, But God is the strength of my heart and my portion forever. -- psalms 73:26 +. +For, behold, those who are far from You will perish; You have destroyed all those who are unfaithful to You. -- psalms 73:27 +. +But as for me, the nearness of God is my good; I have made the Lord GOD my refuge, That I may tell of all Your works. -- psalms 73:28 +. +O God, why have You rejected us forever? Why does Your anger smoke against the sheep of Your pasture? -- psalms 74:1 +. +Remember Your congregation, which You have purchased of old, Which You have redeemed to be the tribe of Your inheritance; And this Mount Zion, where You have dwelt. -- psalms 74:2 +. +Turn Your footsteps toward the perpetual ruins; The enemy has damaged everything within the sanctuary. -- psalms 74:3 +. +Your adversaries have roared in the midst of Your meeting place; They have set up their own standards for signs. -- psalms 74:4 +. +It seems as if one had lifted up His axe in a forest of trees. -- psalms 74:5 +. +And now all its carved work They smash with hatchet and hammers. -- psalms 74:6 +. +They have burned Your sanctuary to the ground; They have defiled the dwelling place of Your name. -- psalms 74:7 +. +They said in their heart, "Let us completely subdue them." They have burned all the meeting places of God in the land. -- psalms 74:8 +. +We do not see our signs; There is no longer any prophet, Nor is there any among us who knows how long. -- psalms 74:9 +. +How long, O God, will the adversary revile, And the enemy spurn Your name forever? -- psalms 74:10 +. +Why do You withdraw Your hand, even Your right hand? From within Your bosom, destroy them! -- psalms 74:11 +. +Yet God is my king from of old, Who works deeds of deliverance in the midst of the earth. -- psalms 74:12 +. +You divided the sea by Your strength; You broke the heads of the sea monsters in the waters. -- psalms 74:13 +. +You crushed the heads of Leviathan; You gave him as food for the creatures of the wilderness. -- psalms 74:14 +. +You broke open springs and torrents; You dried up ever-flowing streams. -- psalms 74:15 +. +Yours is the day, Yours also is the night; You have prepared the light and the sun. -- psalms 74:16 +. +You have established all the boundaries of the earth; You have made summer and winter. -- psalms 74:17 +. +Remember this, O LORD, that the enemy has reviled, And a foolish people has spurned Your name. -- psalms 74:18 +. +Do not deliver the soul of Your turtledove to the wild beast; Do not forget the life of Your afflicted forever. -- psalms 74:19 +. +Consider the covenant; For the dark places of the land are full of the habitations of violence. -- psalms 74:20 +. +Let not the oppressed return dishonored; Let the afflicted and needy praise Your name. -- psalms 74:21 +. +Arise, O God, and plead Your own cause; Remember how the foolish man reproaches You all day long. -- psalms 74:22 +. +Do not forget the voice of Your adversaries, The uproar of those who rise against You which ascends continually. -- psalms 74:23 +. +We give thanks to You, O God, we give thanks, For Your name is near; Men declare Your wondrous works. -- psalms 75:1 +. +"When I select an appointed time, It is I who judge with equity. -- psalms 75:2 +. +"The earth and all who dwell in it melt; It is I who have firmly set its pillars. Selah. -- psalms 75:3 +. +"I said to the boastful, 'Do not boast,' And to the wicked, 'Do not lift up the horn; -- psalms 75:4 +. +Do not lift up your horn on high, Do not speak with insolent pride.'" -- psalms 75:5 +. +For not from the east, nor from the west, Nor from the desert comes exaltation; -- psalms 75:6 +. +But God is the Judge; He puts down one and exalts another. -- psalms 75:7 +. +For a cup is in the hand of the LORD, and the wine foams; It is well mixed, and He pours out of this; Surely all the wicked of the earth must drain and drink down its dregs. -- psalms 75:8 +. +But as for me, I will declare it forever; I will sing praises to the God of Jacob. -- psalms 75:9 +. +And all the horns of the wicked He will cut off, But the horns of the righteous will be lifted up. -- psalms 75:10 +. +God is known in Judah; His name is great in Israel. -- psalms 76:1 +. +His tabernacle is in Salem; His dwelling place also is in Zion. -- psalms 76:2 +. +There He broke the flaming arrows, The shield and the sword and the weapons of war. Selah. -- psalms 76:3 +. +You are resplendent, More majestic than the mountains of prey. -- psalms 76:4 +. +The stouthearted were plundered, They sank into sleep; And none of the warriors could use his hands. -- psalms 76:5 +. +At Your rebuke, O God of Jacob, Both rider and horse were cast into a dead sleep. -- psalms 76:6 +. +You, even You, are to be feared; And who may stand in Your presence when once You are angry? -- psalms 76:7 +. +You caused judgment to be heard from heaven; The earth feared and was still -- psalms 76:8 +. +When God arose to judgment, To save all the humble of the earth. Selah. -- psalms 76:9 +. +For the wrath of man shall praise You; With a remnant of wrath You will gird Yourself. -- psalms 76:10 +. +Make vows to the LORD your God and fulfill them; Let all who are around Him bring gifts to Him who is to be feared. -- psalms 76:11 +. +He will cut off the spirit of princes; He is feared by the kings of the earth. -- psalms 76:12 +. +My voice rises to God, and I will cry aloud; My voice rises to God, and He will hear me. -- psalms 77:1 +. +In the day of my trouble I sought the Lord; In the night my hand was stretched out without weariness; My soul refused to be comforted. -- psalms 77:2 +. +When I remember God, then I am disturbed; When I sigh, then my spirit grows faint. Selah. -- psalms 77:3 +. +You have held my eyelids open; I am so troubled that I cannot speak. -- psalms 77:4 +. +I have considered the days of old, The years of long ago. -- psalms 77:5 +. +I will remember my song in the night; I will meditate with my heart, And my spirit ponders: -- psalms 77:6 +. +Will the Lord reject forever? And will He never be favorable again? -- psalms 77:7 +. +Has His lovingkindness ceased forever? Has His promise come to an end forever? -- psalms 77:8 +. +Has God forgotten to be gracious, Or has He in anger withdrawn His compassion? Selah. -- psalms 77:9 +. +Then I said, "It is my grief, That the right hand of the Most High has changed." -- psalms 77:10 +. +I shall remember the deeds of the LORD; Surely I will remember Your wonders of old. -- psalms 77:11 +. +I will meditate on all Your work And muse on Your deeds. -- psalms 77:12 +. +Your way, O God, is holy; What god is great like our God? -- psalms 77:13 +. +You are the God who works wonders; You have made known Your strength among the peoples. -- psalms 77:14 +. +You have by Your power redeemed Your people, The sons of Jacob and Joseph. Selah. -- psalms 77:15 +. +The waters saw You, O God; The waters saw You, they were in anguish; The deeps also trembled. -- psalms 77:16 +. +The clouds poured out water; The skies gave forth a sound; Your arrows flashed here and there. -- psalms 77:17 +. +The sound of Your thunder was in the whirlwind; The lightnings lit up the world; The earth trembled and shook. -- psalms 77:18 +. +Your way was in the sea And Your paths in the mighty waters, And Your footprints may not be known. -- psalms 77:19 +. +You led Your people like a flock By the hand of Moses and Aaron. -- psalms 77:20 +. +Listen, O my people, to my instruction; Incline your ears to the words of my mouth. -- psalms 78:1 +. +I will open my mouth in a parable; I will utter dark sayings of old, -- psalms 78:2 +. +Which we have heard and known, And our fathers have told us. -- psalms 78:3 +. +We will not conceal them from their children, But tell to the generation to come the praises of the LORD, And His strength and His wondrous works that He has done. -- psalms 78:4 +. +For He established a testimony in Jacob And appointed a law in Israel, Which He commanded our fathers That they should teach them to their children, -- psalms 78:5 +. +That the generation to come might know, even the children yet to be born, That they may arise and tell them to their children, -- psalms 78:6 +. +That they should put their confidence in God And not forget the works of God, But keep His commandments, -- psalms 78:7 +. +And not be like their fathers, A stubborn and rebellious generation, A generation that did not prepare its heart And whose spirit was not faithful to God. -- psalms 78:8 +. +The sons of Ephraim were archers equipped with bows, Yet they turned back in the day of battle. -- psalms 78:9 +. +They did not keep the covenant of God And refused to walk in His law; -- psalms 78:10 +. +They forgot His deeds And His miracles that He had shown them. -- psalms 78:11 +. +He wrought wonders before their fathers In the land of Egypt, in the field of Zoan. -- psalms 78:12 +. +He divided the sea and caused them to pass through, And He made the waters stand up like a heap. -- psalms 78:13 +. +Then He led them with the cloud by day And all the night with a light of fire. -- psalms 78:14 +. +He split the rocks in the wilderness And gave them abundant drink like the ocean depths. -- psalms 78:15 +. +He brought forth streams also from the rock And caused waters to run down like rivers. -- psalms 78:16 +. +Yet they still continued to sin against Him, To rebel against the Most High in the desert. -- psalms 78:17 +. +And in their heart they put God to the test By asking food according to their desire. -- psalms 78:18 +. +Then they spoke against God; They said, "Can God prepare a table in the wilderness? -- psalms 78:19 +. +"Behold, He struck the rock so that waters gushed out, And streams were overflowing; Can He give bread also? Will He provide meat for His people?" -- psalms 78:20 +. +Therefore the LORD heard and was full of wrath; And a fire was kindled against Jacob And anger also mounted against Israel, -- psalms 78:21 +. +Because they did not believe in God And did not trust in His salvation. -- psalms 78:22 +. +Yet He commanded the clouds above And opened the doors of heaven; -- psalms 78:23 +. +He rained down manna upon them to eat And gave them food from heaven. -- psalms 78:24 +. +Man did eat the bread of angels; He sent them food in abundance. -- psalms 78:25 +. +He caused the east wind to blow in the heavens And by His power He directed the south wind. -- psalms 78:26 +. +When He rained meat upon them like the dust, Even winged fowl like the sand of the seas, -- psalms 78:27 +. +Then He let them fall in the midst of their camp, Round about their dwellings. -- psalms 78:28 +. +So they ate and were well filled, And their desire He gave to them. -- psalms 78:29 +. +Before they had satisfied their desire, While their food was in their mouths, -- psalms 78:30 +. +The anger of God rose against them And killed some of their stoutest ones, And subdued the choice men of Israel. -- psalms 78:31 +. +In spite of all this they still sinned And did not believe in His wonderful works. -- psalms 78:32 +. +So He brought their days to an end in futility And their years in sudden terror. -- psalms 78:33 +. +When He killed them, then they sought Him, And returned and searched diligently for God; -- psalms 78:34 +. +And they remembered that God was their rock, And the Most High God their Redeemer. -- psalms 78:35 +. +But they deceived Him with their mouth And lied to Him with their tongue. -- psalms 78:36 +. +For their heart was not steadfast toward Him, Nor were they faithful in His covenant. -- psalms 78:37 +. +But He, being compassionate, forgave their iniquity and did not destroy them; And often He restrained His anger And did not arouse all His wrath. -- psalms 78:38 +. +Thus He remembered that they were but flesh, A wind that passes and does not return. -- psalms 78:39 +. +How often they rebelled against Him in the wilderness And grieved Him in the desert! -- psalms 78:40 +. +Again and again they tempted God, And pained the Holy One of Israel. -- psalms 78:41 +. +They did not remember His power, The day when He redeemed them from the adversary, -- psalms 78:42 +. +When He performed His signs in Egypt And His marvels in the field of Zoan, -- psalms 78:43 +. +And turned their rivers to blood, And their streams, they could not drink. -- psalms 78:44 +. +He sent among them swarms of flies which devoured them, And frogs which destroyed them. -- psalms 78:45 +. +He gave also their crops to the grasshopper And the product of their labor to the locust. -- psalms 78:46 +. +He destroyed their vines with hailstones And their sycamore trees with frost. -- psalms 78:47 +. +He gave over their cattle also to the hailstones And their herds to bolts of lightning. -- psalms 78:48 +. +He sent upon them His burning anger, Fury and indignation and trouble, A band of destroying angels. -- psalms 78:49 +. +He leveled a path for His anger; He did not spare their soul from death, But gave over their life to the plague, -- psalms 78:50 +. +And smote all the firstborn in Egypt, The first issue of their virility in the tents of Ham. -- psalms 78:51 +. +But He led forth His own people like sheep And guided them in the wilderness like a flock; -- psalms 78:52 +. +He led them safely, so that they did not fear; But the sea engulfed their enemies. -- psalms 78:53 +. +So He brought them to His holy land, To this hill country which His right hand had gained. -- psalms 78:54 +. +He also drove out the nations before them And apportioned them for an inheritance by measurement, And made the tribes of Israel dwell in their tents. -- psalms 78:55 +. +Yet they tempted and rebelled against the Most High God And did not keep His testimonies, -- psalms 78:56 +. +But turned back and acted treacherously like their fathers; They turned aside like a treacherous bow. -- psalms 78:57 +. +For they provoked Him with their high places And aroused His jealousy with their graven images. -- psalms 78:58 +. +When God heard, He was filled with wrath And greatly abhorred Israel; -- psalms 78:59 +. +So that He abandoned the dwelling place at Shiloh, The tent which He had pitched among men, -- psalms 78:60 +. +And gave up His strength to captivity And His glory into the hand of the adversary. -- psalms 78:61 +. +He also delivered His people to the sword, And was filled with wrath at His inheritance. -- psalms 78:62 +. +Fire devoured His young men, And His virgins had no wedding songs. -- psalms 78:63 +. +His priests fell by the sword, And His widows could not weep. -- psalms 78:64 +. +Then the Lord awoke as if from sleep, Like a warrior overcome by wine. -- psalms 78:65 +. +He drove His adversaries backward; He put on them an everlasting reproach. -- psalms 78:66 +. +He also rejected the tent of Joseph, And did not choose the tribe of Ephraim, -- psalms 78:67 +. +But chose the tribe of Judah, Mount Zion which He loved. -- psalms 78:68 +. +And He built His sanctuary like the heights, Like the earth which He has founded forever. -- psalms 78:69 +. +He also chose David His servant And took him from the sheepfolds; -- psalms 78:70 +. +From the care of the ewes with suckling lambs He brought him To shepherd Jacob His people, And Israel His inheritance. -- psalms 78:71 +. +So he shepherded them according to the integrity of his heart, And guided them with his skillful hands. -- psalms 78:72 +. +O God, the nations have invaded Your inheritance; They have defiled Your holy temple; They have laid Jerusalem in ruins. -- psalms 79:1 +. +They have given the dead bodies of Your servants for food to the birds of the heavens, The flesh of Your godly ones to the beasts of the earth. -- psalms 79:2 +. +They have poured out their blood like water round about Jerusalem; And there was no one to bury them. -- psalms 79:3 +. +We have become a reproach to our neighbors, A scoffing and derision to those around us. -- psalms 79:4 +. +How long, O LORD? Will You be angry forever? Will Your jealousy burn like fire? -- psalms 79:5 +. +Pour out Your wrath upon the nations which do not know You, And upon the kingdoms which do not call upon Your name. -- psalms 79:6 +. +For they have devoured Jacob And laid waste his habitation. -- psalms 79:7 +. +Do not remember the iniquities of our forefathers against us; Let Your compassion come quickly to meet us, For we are brought very low. -- psalms 79:8 +. +Help us, O God of our salvation, for the glory of Your name; And deliver us and forgive our sins for Your name's sake. -- psalms 79:9 +. +Why should the nations say, "Where is their God?" Let there be known among the nations in our sight, Vengeance for the blood of Your servants which has been shed. -- psalms 79:10 +. +Let the groaning of the prisoner come before You; According to the greatness of Your power preserve those who are doomed to die. -- psalms 79:11 +. +And return to our neighbors sevenfold into their bosom The reproach with which they have reproached You, O Lord. -- psalms 79:12 +. +So we Your people and the sheep of Your pasture Will give thanks to You forever; To all generations we will tell of Your praise. -- psalms 79:13 +. +Oh, give ear, Shepherd of Israel, You who lead Joseph like a flock; You who are enthroned above the cherubim, shine forth! -- psalms 80:1 +. +Before Ephraim and Benjamin and Manasseh, stir up Your power And come to save us! -- psalms 80:2 +. +O God, restore us And cause Your face to shine upon us, and we will be saved. -- psalms 80:3 +. +O LORD God of hosts, How long will You be angry with the prayer of Your people? -- psalms 80:4 +. +You have fed them with the bread of tears, And You have made them to drink tears in large measure. -- psalms 80:5 +. +You make us an object of contention to our neighbors, And our enemies laugh among themselves. -- psalms 80:6 +. +O God of hosts, restore us And cause Your face to shine upon us, and we will be saved. -- psalms 80:7 +. +You removed a vine from Egypt; You drove out the nations and planted it. -- psalms 80:8 +. +You cleared the ground before it, And it took deep root and filled the land. -- psalms 80:9 +. +The mountains were covered with its shadow, And the cedars of God with its boughs. -- psalms 80:10 +. +It was sending out its branches to the sea And its shoots to the River. -- psalms 80:11 +. +Why have You broken down its hedges, So that all who pass that way pick its fruit? -- psalms 80:12 +. +A boar from the forest eats it away And whatever moves in the field feeds on it. -- psalms 80:13 +. +O God of hosts, turn again now, we beseech You; Look down from heaven and see, and take care of this vine, -- psalms 80:14 +. +Even the shoot which Your right hand has planted, And on the son whom You have strengthened for Yourself. -- psalms 80:15 +. +It is burned with fire, it is cut down; They perish at the rebuke of Your countenance. -- psalms 80:16 +. +Let Your hand be upon the man of Your right hand, Upon the son of man whom You made strong for Yourself. -- psalms 80:17 +. +Then we shall not turn back from You; Revive us, and we will call upon Your name. -- psalms 80:18 +. +O LORD God of hosts, restore us; Cause Your face to shine upon us, and we will be saved. -- psalms 80:19 +. +Sing for joy to God our strength; Shout joyfully to the God of Jacob. -- psalms 81:1 +. +Raise a song, strike the timbrel, The sweet sounding lyre with the harp. -- psalms 81:2 +. +Blow the trumpet at the new moon, At the full moon, on our feast day. -- psalms 81:3 +. +For it is a statute for Israel, An ordinance of the God of Jacob. -- psalms 81:4 +. +He established it for a testimony in Joseph When he went throughout the land of Egypt. I heard a language that I did not know: -- psalms 81:5 +. +"I relieved his shoulder of the burden, His hands were freed from the basket. -- psalms 81:6 +. +"You called in trouble and I rescued you; I answered you in the hiding place of thunder; I proved you at the waters of Meribah. Selah. -- psalms 81:7 +. +"Hear, O My people, and I will admonish you; O Israel, if you would listen to Me! -- psalms 81:8 +. +"Let there be no strange god among you; Nor shall you worship any foreign god. -- psalms 81:9 +. +"I, the LORD, am your God, Who brought you up from the land of Egypt; Open your mouth wide and I will fill it. -- psalms 81:10 +. +"But My people did not listen to My voice, And Israel did not obey Me. -- psalms 81:11 +. +"So I gave them over to the stubbornness of their heart, To walk in their own devices. -- psalms 81:12 +. +"Oh that My people would listen to Me, That Israel would walk in My ways! -- psalms 81:13 +. +"I would quickly subdue their enemies And turn My hand against their adversaries. -- psalms 81:14 +. +"Those who hate the LORD would pretend obedience to Him, And their time of punishment would be forever. -- psalms 81:15 +. +"But I would feed you with the finest of the wheat, And with honey from the rock I would satisfy you." -- psalms 81:16 +. +God takes His stand in His own congregation; He judges in the midst of the rulers. -- psalms 82:1 +. +How long will you judge unjustly And show partiality to the wicked? Selah. -- psalms 82:2 +. +Vindicate the weak and fatherless; Do justice to the afflicted and destitute. -- psalms 82:3 +. +Rescue the weak and needy; Deliver them out of the hand of the wicked. -- psalms 82:4 +. +They do not know nor do they understand; They walk about in darkness; All the foundations of the earth are shaken. -- psalms 82:5 +. +I said, "You are gods, And all of you are sons of the Most High. -- psalms 82:6 +. +"Nevertheless you will die like men And fall like any one of the princes." -- psalms 82:7 +. +Arise, O God, judge the earth! For it is You who possesses all the nations. -- psalms 82:8 +. +O God, do not remain quiet; Do not be silent and, O God, do not be still. -- psalms 83:1 +. +For behold, Your enemies make an uproar, And those who hate You have exalted themselves. -- psalms 83:2 +. +They make shrewd plans against Your people, And conspire together against Your treasured ones. -- psalms 83:3 +. +They have said, "Come, and let us wipe them out as a nation, That the name of Israel be remembered no more." -- psalms 83:4 +. +For they have conspired together with one mind; Against You they make a covenant: -- psalms 83:5 +. +The tents of Edom and the Ishmaelites, Moab and the Hagrites; -- psalms 83:6 +. +Gebal and Ammon and Amalek, Philistia with the inhabitants of Tyre; -- psalms 83:7 +. +Assyria also has joined with them; They have become a help to the children of Lot. Selah. -- psalms 83:8 +. +Deal with them as with Midian, As with Sisera and Jabin at the torrent of Kishon, -- psalms 83:9 +. +Who were destroyed at En-dor, Who became as dung for the ground. -- psalms 83:10 +. +Make their nobles like Oreb and Zeeb And all their princes like Zebah and Zalmunna, -- psalms 83:11 +. +Who said, "Let us possess for ourselves The pastures of God." -- psalms 83:12 +. +O my God, make them like the whirling dust, Like chaff before the wind. -- psalms 83:13 +. +Like fire that burns the forest And like a flame that sets the mountains on fire, -- psalms 83:14 +. +So pursue them with Your tempest And terrify them with Your storm. -- psalms 83:15 +. +Fill their faces with dishonor, That they may seek Your name, O LORD. -- psalms 83:16 +. +Let them be ashamed and dismayed forever, And let them be humiliated and perish, -- psalms 83:17 +. +That they may know that You alone, whose name is the LORD, Are the Most High over all the earth. -- psalms 83:18 +. +How lovely are Your dwelling places, O LORD of hosts! -- psalms 84:1 +. +My soul longed and even yearned for the courts of the LORD; My heart and my flesh sing for joy to the living God. -- psalms 84:2 +. +The bird also has found a house, And the swallow a nest for herself, where she may lay her young, Even Your altars, O LORD of hosts, My King and my God. -- psalms 84:3 +. +How blessed are those who dwell in Your house! They are ever praising You. Selah. -- psalms 84:4 +. +How blessed is the man whose strength is in You, In whose heart are the highways to Zion! -- psalms 84:5 +. +Passing through the valley of Baca they make it a spring; The early rain also covers it with blessings. -- psalms 84:6 +. +They go from strength to strength, Every one of them appears before God in Zion. -- psalms 84:7 +. +O LORD God of hosts, hear my prayer; Give ear, O God of Jacob! Selah. -- psalms 84:8 +. +Behold our shield, O God, And look upon the face of Your anointed. -- psalms 84:9 +. +For a day in Your courts is better than a thousand outside. I would rather stand at the threshold of the house of my God Than dwell in the tents of wickedness. -- psalms 84:10 +. +For the LORD God is a sun and shield; The LORD gives grace and glory; No good thing does He withhold from those who walk uprightly. -- psalms 84:11 +. +O LORD of hosts, How blessed is the man who trusts in You! -- psalms 84:12 +. +O LORD, You showed favor to Your land; You restored the captivity of Jacob. -- psalms 85:1 +. +You forgave the iniquity of Your people; You covered all their sin. Selah. -- psalms 85:2 +. +You withdrew all Your fury; You turned away from Your burning anger. -- psalms 85:3 +. +Restore us, O God of our salvation, And cause Your indignation toward us to cease. -- psalms 85:4 +. +Will You be angry with us forever? Will You prolong Your anger to all generations? -- psalms 85:5 +. +Will You not Yourself revive us again, That Your people may rejoice in You? -- psalms 85:6 +. +Show us Your lovingkindness, O LORD, And grant us Your salvation. -- psalms 85:7 +. +I will hear what God the LORD will say; For He will speak peace to His people, to His godly ones; But let them not turn back to folly. -- psalms 85:8 +. +Surely His salvation is near to those who fear Him, That glory may dwell in our land. -- psalms 85:9 +. +Lovingkindness and truth have met together; Righteousness and peace have kissed each other. -- psalms 85:10 +. +Truth springs from the earth, And righteousness looks down from heaven. -- psalms 85:11 +. +Indeed, the LORD will give what is good, And our land will yield its produce. -- psalms 85:12 +. +Righteousness will go before Him And will make His footsteps into a way. -- psalms 85:13 +. +Incline Your ear, O LORD, and answer me; For I am afflicted and needy. -- psalms 86:1 +. +Preserve my soul, for I am a godly man; O You my God, save Your servant who trusts in You. -- psalms 86:2 +. +Be gracious to me, O Lord, For to You I cry all day long. -- psalms 86:3 +. +Make glad the soul of Your servant, For to You, O Lord, I lift up my soul. -- psalms 86:4 +. +For You, Lord, are good, and ready to forgive, And abundant in lovingkindness to all who call upon You. -- psalms 86:5 +. +Give ear, O LORD, to my prayer; And give heed to the voice of my supplications! -- psalms 86:6 +. +In the day of my trouble I shall call upon You, For You will answer me. -- psalms 86:7 +. +There is no one like You among the gods, O Lord, Nor are there any works like Yours. -- psalms 86:8 +. +All nations whom You have made shall come and worship before You, O Lord, And they shall glorify Your name. -- psalms 86:9 +. +For You are great and do wondrous deeds; You alone are God. -- psalms 86:10 +. +Teach me Your way, O LORD; I will walk in Your truth; Unite my heart to fear Your name. -- psalms 86:11 +. +I will give thanks to You, O Lord my God, with all my heart, And will glorify Your name forever. -- psalms 86:12 +. +For Your lovingkindness toward me is great, And You have delivered my soul from the depths of Sheol. -- psalms 86:13 +. +O God, arrogant men have risen up against me, And a band of violent men have sought my life, And they have not set You before them. -- psalms 86:14 +. +But You, O Lord, are a God merciful and gracious, Slow to anger and abundant in lovingkindness and truth. -- psalms 86:15 +. +Turn to me, and be gracious to me; Oh grant Your strength to Your servant, And save the son of Your handmaid. -- psalms 86:16 +. +Show me a sign for good, That those who hate me may see it and be ashamed, Because You, O LORD, have helped me and comforted me. -- psalms 86:17 +. +His foundation is in the holy mountains. -- psalms 87:1 +. +The LORD loves the gates of Zion More than all the other dwelling places of Jacob. -- psalms 87:2 +. +Glorious things are spoken of you, O city of God. Selah. -- psalms 87:3 +. +"I shall mention Rahab and Babylon among those who know Me; Behold, Philistia and Tyre with Ethiopia: 'This one was born there.'" -- psalms 87:4 +. +But of Zion it shall be said, "This one and that one were born in her"; And the Most High Himself will establish her. -- psalms 87:5 +. +The LORD will count when He registers the peoples, "This one was born there." Selah. -- psalms 87:6 +. +Then those who sing as well as those who play the flutes shall say, "All my springs of joy are in you." -- psalms 87:7 +. +O LORD, the God of my salvation, I have cried out by day and in the night before You. -- psalms 88:1 +. +Let my prayer come before You; Incline Your ear to my cry! -- psalms 88:2 +. +For my soul has had enough troubles, And my life has drawn near to Sheol. -- psalms 88:3 +. +I am reckoned among those who go down to the pit; I have become like a man without strength, -- psalms 88:4 +. +Forsaken among the dead, Like the slain who lie in the grave, Whom You remember no more, And they are cut off from Your hand. -- psalms 88:5 +. +You have put me in the lowest pit, In dark places, in the depths. -- psalms 88:6 +. +Your wrath has rested upon me, And You have afflicted me with all Your waves. Selah. -- psalms 88:7 +. +You have removed my acquaintances far from me; You have made me an object of loathing to them; I am shut up and cannot go out. -- psalms 88:8 +. +My eye has wasted away because of affliction; I have called upon You every day, O LORD; I have spread out my hands to You. -- psalms 88:9 +. +Will You perform wonders for the dead? Will the departed spirits rise and praise You? Selah. -- psalms 88:10 +. +Will Your lovingkindness be declared in the grave, Your faithfulness in Abaddon? -- psalms 88:11 +. +Will Your wonders be made known in the darkness? And Your righteousness in the land of forgetfulness? -- psalms 88:12 +. +But I, O LORD, have cried out to You for help, And in the morning my prayer comes before You. -- psalms 88:13 +. +O LORD, why do You reject my soul? Why do You hide Your face from me? -- psalms 88:14 +. +I was afflicted and about to die from my youth on; I suffer Your terrors; I am overcome. -- psalms 88:15 +. +Your burning anger has passed over me; Your terrors have destroyed me. -- psalms 88:16 +. +They have surrounded me like water all day long; They have encompassed me altogether. -- psalms 88:17 +. +You have removed lover and friend far from me; My acquaintances are in darkness. -- psalms 88:18 +. +I will sing of the lovingkindness of the LORD forever; To all generations I will make known Your faithfulness with my mouth. -- psalms 89:1 +. +For I have said, "Lovingkindness will be built up forever; In the heavens You will establish Your faithfulness." -- psalms 89:2 +. +"I have made a covenant with My chosen; I have sworn to David My servant, -- psalms 89:3 +. +I will establish your seed forever And build up your throne to all generations." Selah. -- psalms 89:4 +. +The heavens will praise Your wonders, O LORD; Your faithfulness also in the assembly of the holy ones. -- psalms 89:5 +. +For who in the skies is comparable to the LORD? Who among the sons of the mighty is like the LORD, -- psalms 89:6 +. +A God greatly feared in the council of the holy ones, And awesome above all those who are around Him? -- psalms 89:7 +. +O LORD God of hosts, who is like You, O mighty LORD? Your faithfulness also surrounds You. -- psalms 89:8 +. +You rule the swelling of the sea; When its waves rise, You still them. -- psalms 89:9 +. +You Yourself crushed Rahab like one who is slain; You scattered Your enemies with Your mighty arm. -- psalms 89:10 +. +The heavens are Yours, the earth also is Yours; The world and all it contains, You have founded them. -- psalms 89:11 +. +The north and the south, You have created them; Tabor and Hermon shout for joy at Your name. -- psalms 89:12 +. +You have a strong arm; Your hand is mighty, Your right hand is exalted. -- psalms 89:13 +. +Righteousness and justice are the foundation of Your throne; Lovingkindness and truth go before You. -- psalms 89:14 +. +How blessed are the people who know the joyful sound! O LORD, they walk in the light of Your countenance. -- psalms 89:15 +. +In Your name they rejoice all the day, And by Your righteousness they are exalted. -- psalms 89:16 +. +For You are the glory of their strength, And by Your favor our horn is exalted. -- psalms 89:17 +. +For our shield belongs to the LORD, And our king to the Holy One of Israel. -- psalms 89:18 +. +Once You spoke in vision to Your godly ones, And said, "I have given help to one who is mighty; I have exalted one chosen from the people. -- psalms 89:19 +. +"I have found David My servant; With My holy oil I have anointed him, -- psalms 89:20 +. +With whom My hand will be established; My arm also will strengthen him. -- psalms 89:21 +. +"The enemy will not deceive him, Nor the son of wickedness afflict him. -- psalms 89:22 +. +"But I shall crush his adversaries before him, And strike those who hate him. -- psalms 89:23 +. +"My faithfulness and My lovingkindness will be with him, And in My name his horn will be exalted. -- psalms 89:24 +. +"I shall also set his hand on the sea And his right hand on the rivers. -- psalms 89:25 +. +"He will cry to Me, 'You are my Father, My God, and the rock of my salvation.' -- psalms 89:26 +. +"I also shall make him My firstborn, The highest of the kings of the earth. -- psalms 89:27 +. +"My lovingkindness I will keep for him forever, And My covenant shall be confirmed to him. -- psalms 89:28 +. +"So I will establish his descendants forever And his throne as the days of heaven. -- psalms 89:29 +. +"If his sons forsake My law And do not walk in My judgments, -- psalms 89:30 +. +If they violate My statutes And do not keep My commandments, -- psalms 89:31 +. +Then I will punish their transgression with the rod And their iniquity with stripes. -- psalms 89:32 +. +"But I will not break off My lovingkindness from him, Nor deal falsely in My faithfulness. -- psalms 89:33 +. +"My covenant I will not violate, Nor will I alter the utterance of My lips. -- psalms 89:34 +. +"Once I have sworn by My holiness; I will not lie to David. -- psalms 89:35 +. +"His descendants shall endure forever And his throne as the sun before Me. -- psalms 89:36 +. +"It shall be established forever like the moon, And the witness in the sky is faithful." Selah. -- psalms 89:37 +. +But You have cast off and rejected, You have been full of wrath against Your anointed. -- psalms 89:38 +. +You have spurned the covenant of Your servant; You have profaned his crown in the dust. -- psalms 89:39 +. +You have broken down all his walls; You have brought his strongholds to ruin. -- psalms 89:40 +. +All who pass along the way plunder him; He has become a reproach to his neighbors. -- psalms 89:41 +. +You have exalted the right hand of his adversaries; You have made all his enemies rejoice. -- psalms 89:42 +. +You also turn back the edge of his sword And have not made him stand in battle. -- psalms 89:43 +. +You have made his splendor to cease And cast his throne to the ground. -- psalms 89:44 +. +You have shortened the days of his youth; You have covered him with shame. Selah. -- psalms 89:45 +. +How long, O LORD? Will You hide Yourself forever? Will Your wrath burn like fire? -- psalms 89:46 +. +Remember what my span of life is; For what vanity You have created all the sons of men! -- psalms 89:47 +. +What man can live and not see death? Can he deliver his soul from the power of Sheol? Selah. -- psalms 89:48 +. +Where are Your former lovingkindnesses, O Lord, Which You swore to David in Your faithfulness? -- psalms 89:49 +. +Remember, O Lord, the reproach of Your servants; How I bear in my bosom the reproach of all the many peoples, -- psalms 89:50 +. +With which Your enemies have reproached, O LORD, With which they have reproached the footsteps of Your anointed. -- psalms 89:51 +. +Blessed be the LORD forever! Amen and Amen. -- psalms 89:52 +. +Lord, You have been our dwelling place in all generations. -- psalms 90:1 +. +Before the mountains were born Or You gave birth to the earth and the world, Even from everlasting to everlasting, You are God. -- psalms 90:2 +. +You turn man back into dust And say, "Return, O children of men." -- psalms 90:3 +. +For a thousand years in Your sight Are like yesterday when it passes by, Or as a watch in the night. -- psalms 90:4 +. +You have swept them away like a flood, they fall asleep; In the morning they are like grass which sprouts anew. -- psalms 90:5 +. +In the morning it flourishes and sprouts anew; Toward evening it fades and withers away. -- psalms 90:6 +. +For we have been consumed by Your anger And by Your wrath we have been dismayed. -- psalms 90:7 +. +You have placed our iniquities before You, Our secret sins in the light of Your presence. -- psalms 90:8 +. +For all our days have declined in Your fury; We have finished our years like a sigh. -- psalms 90:9 +. +As for the days of our life, they contain seventy years, Or if due to strength, eighty years, Yet their pride is but labor and sorrow; For soon it is gone and we fly away. -- psalms 90:10 +. +Who understands the power of Your anger And Your fury, according to the fear that is due You? -- psalms 90:11 +. +So teach us to number our days, That we may present to You a heart of wisdom. -- psalms 90:12 +. +Do return, O LORD; how long will it be? And be sorry for Your servants. -- psalms 90:13 +. +O satisfy us in the morning with Your lovingkindness, That we may sing for joy and be glad all our days. -- psalms 90:14 +. +Make us glad according to the days You have afflicted us, And the years we have seen evil. -- psalms 90:15 +. +Let Your work appear to Your servants And Your majesty to their children. -- psalms 90:16 +. +Let the favor of the Lord our God be upon us; And confirm for us the work of our hands; Yes, confirm the work of our hands. -- psalms 90:17 +. +He who dwells in the shelter of the Most High Will abide in the shadow of the Almighty. -- psalms 91:1 +. +I will say to the LORD, "My refuge and my fortress, My God, in whom I trust!" -- psalms 91:2 +. +For it is He who delivers you from the snare of the trapper And from the deadly pestilence. -- psalms 91:3 +. +He will cover you with His pinions, And under His wings you may seek refuge; His faithfulness is a shield and bulwark. -- psalms 91:4 +. +You will not be afraid of the terror by night, Or of the arrow that flies by day; -- psalms 91:5 +. +Of the pestilence that stalks in darkness, Or of the destruction that lays waste at noon. -- psalms 91:6 +. +A thousand may fall at your side And ten thousand at your right hand, But it shall not approach you. -- psalms 91:7 +. +You will only look on with your eyes And see the recompense of the wicked. -- psalms 91:8 +. +For you have made the LORD, my refuge, Even the Most High, your dwelling place. -- psalms 91:9 +. +No evil will befall you, Nor will any plague come near your tent. -- psalms 91:10 +. +For He will give His angels charge concerning you, To guard you in all your ways. -- psalms 91:11 +. +They will bear you up in their hands, That you do not strike your foot against a stone. -- psalms 91:12 +. +You will tread upon the lion and cobra, The young lion and the serpent you will trample down. -- psalms 91:13 +. +"Because he has loved Me, therefore I will deliver him; I will set him securely on high, because he has known My name. -- psalms 91:14 +. +"He will call upon Me, and I will answer him; I will be with him in trouble; I will rescue him and honor him. -- psalms 91:15 +. +"With a long life I will satisfy him And let him see My salvation." -- psalms 91:16 +. +It is good to give thanks to the LORD And to sing praises to Your name, O Most High; -- psalms 92:1 +. +To declare Your lovingkindness in the morning And Your faithfulness by night, -- psalms 92:2 +. +With the ten-stringed lute and with the harp, With resounding music upon the lyre. -- psalms 92:3 +. +For You, O LORD, have made me glad by what You have done, I will sing for joy at the works of Your hands. -- psalms 92:4 +. +How great are Your works, O LORD! Your thoughts are very deep. -- psalms 92:5 +. +A senseless man has no knowledge, Nor does a stupid man understand this: -- psalms 92:6 +. +That when the wicked sprouted up like grass And all who did iniquity flourished, It was only that they might be destroyed forevermore. -- psalms 92:7 +. +But You, O LORD, are on high forever. -- psalms 92:8 +. +For, behold, Your enemies, O LORD, For, behold, Your enemies will perish; All who do iniquity will be scattered. -- psalms 92:9 +. +But You have exalted my horn like that of the wild ox; I have been anointed with fresh oil. -- psalms 92:10 +. +And my eye has looked exultantly upon my foes, My ears hear of the evildoers who rise up against me. -- psalms 92:11 +. +The righteous man will flourish like the palm tree, He will grow like a cedar in Lebanon. -- psalms 92:12 +. +Planted in the house of the LORD, They will flourish in the courts of our God. -- psalms 92:13 +. +They will still yield fruit in old age; They shall be full of sap and very green, -- psalms 92:14 +. +To declare that the LORD is upright; He is my rock, and there is no unrighteousness in Him. -- psalms 92:15 +. +The LORD reigns, He is clothed with majesty; The LORD has clothed and girded Himself with strength; Indeed, the world is firmly established, it will not be moved. -- psalms 93:1 +. +Your throne is established from of old; You are from everlasting. -- psalms 93:2 +. +The floods have lifted up, O LORD, The floods have lifted up their voice, The floods lift up their pounding waves. -- psalms 93:3 +. +More than the sounds of many waters, Than the mighty breakers of the sea, The LORD on high is mighty. -- psalms 93:4 +. +Your testimonies are fully confirmed; Holiness befits Your house, O LORD, forevermore. -- psalms 93:5 +. +O LORD, God of vengeance, God of vengeance, shine forth! -- psalms 94:1 +. +Rise up, O Judge of the earth, Render recompense to the proud. -- psalms 94:2 +. +How long shall the wicked, O LORD, How long shall the wicked exult? -- psalms 94:3 +. +They pour forth words, they speak arrogantly; All who do wickedness vaunt themselves. -- psalms 94:4 +. +They crush Your people, O LORD, And afflict Your heritage. -- psalms 94:5 +. +They slay the widow and the stranger And murder the orphans. -- psalms 94:6 +. +They have said, "The LORD does not see, Nor does the God of Jacob pay heed." -- psalms 94:7 +. +Pay heed, you senseless among the people; And when will you understand, stupid ones? -- psalms 94:8 +. +He who planted the ear, does He not hear? He who formed the eye, does He not see? -- psalms 94:9 +. +He who chastens the nations, will He not rebuke, Even He who teaches man knowledge? -- psalms 94:10 +. +The LORD knows the thoughts of man, That they are a mere breath. -- psalms 94:11 +. +Blessed is the man whom You chasten, O LORD, And whom You teach out of Your law; -- psalms 94:12 +. +That You may grant him relief from the days of adversity, Until a pit is dug for the wicked. -- psalms 94:13 +. +For the LORD will not abandon His people, Nor will He forsake His inheritance. -- psalms 94:14 +. +For judgment will again be righteous, And all the upright in heart will follow it. -- psalms 94:15 +. +Who will stand up for me against evildoers? Who will take his stand for me against those who do wickedness? -- psalms 94:16 +. +If the LORD had not been my help, My soul would soon have dwelt in the abode of silence. -- psalms 94:17 +. +If I should say, "My foot has slipped," Your lovingkindness, O LORD, will hold me up. -- psalms 94:18 +. +When my anxious thoughts multiply within me, Your consolations delight my soul. -- psalms 94:19 +. +Can a throne of destruction be allied with You, One which devises mischief by decree? -- psalms 94:20 +. +They band themselves together against the life of the righteous And condemn the innocent to death. -- psalms 94:21 +. +But the LORD has been my stronghold, And my God the rock of my refuge. -- psalms 94:22 +. +He has brought back their wickedness upon them And will destroy them in their evil; The LORD our God will destroy them. -- psalms 94:23 +. +O come, let us sing for joy to the LORD, Let us shout joyfully to the rock of our salvation. -- psalms 95:1 +. +Let us come before His presence with thanksgiving, Let us shout joyfully to Him with psalms. -- psalms 95:2 +. +For the LORD is a great God And a great King above all gods, -- psalms 95:3 +. +In whose hand are the depths of the earth, The peaks of the mountains are His also. -- psalms 95:4 +. +The sea is His, for it was He who made it, And His hands formed the dry land. -- psalms 95:5 +. +Come, let us worship and bow down, Let us kneel before the LORD our Maker. -- psalms 95:6 +. +For He is our God, And we are the people of His pasture and the sheep of His hand. Today, if you would hear His voice, -- psalms 95:7 +. +Do not harden your hearts, as at Meribah, As in the day of Massah in the wilderness, -- psalms 95:8 +. +"When your fathers tested Me, They tried Me, though they had seen My work. -- psalms 95:9 +. +"For forty years I loathed that generation, And said they are a people who err in their heart, And they do not know My ways. -- psalms 95:10 +. +"Therefore I swore in My anger, Truly they shall not enter into My rest." -- psalms 95:11 +. +Sing to the LORD a new song; Sing to the LORD, all the earth. -- psalms 96:1 +. +Sing to the LORD, bless His name; Proclaim good tidings of His salvation from day to day. -- psalms 96:2 +. +Tell of His glory among the nations, His wonderful deeds among all the peoples. -- psalms 96:3 +. +For great is the LORD and greatly to be praised; He is to be feared above all gods. -- psalms 96:4 +. +For all the gods of the peoples are idols, But the LORD made the heavens. -- psalms 96:5 +. +Splendor and majesty are before Him, Strength and beauty are in His sanctuary. -- psalms 96:6 +. +Ascribe to the LORD, O families of the peoples, Ascribe to the LORD glory and strength. -- psalms 96:7 +. +Ascribe to the LORD the glory of His name; Bring an offering and come into His courts. -- psalms 96:8 +. +Worship the LORD in holy attire; Tremble before Him, all the earth. -- psalms 96:9 +. +Say among the nations, "The LORD reigns; Indeed, the world is firmly established, it will not be moved; He will judge the peoples with equity." -- psalms 96:10 +. +Let the heavens be glad, and let the earth rejoice; Let the sea roar, and all it contains; -- psalms 96:11 +. +Let the field exult, and all that is in it. Then all the trees of the forest will sing for joy -- psalms 96:12 +. +Before the LORD, for He is coming, For He is coming to judge the earth. He will judge the world in righteousness And the peoples in His faithfulness. -- psalms 96:13 +. +The LORD reigns, let the earth rejoice; Let the many islands be glad. -- psalms 97:1 +. +Clouds and thick darkness surround Him; Righteousness and justice are the foundation of His throne. -- psalms 97:2 +. +Fire goes before Him And burns up His adversaries round about. -- psalms 97:3 +. +His lightnings lit up the world; The earth saw and trembled. -- psalms 97:4 +. +The mountains melted like wax at the presence of the LORD, At the presence of the Lord of the whole earth. -- psalms 97:5 +. +The heavens declare His righteousness, And all the peoples have seen His glory. -- psalms 97:6 +. +Let all those be ashamed who serve graven images, Who boast themselves of idols; Worship Him, all you gods. -- psalms 97:7 +. +Zion heard this and was glad, And the daughters of Judah have rejoiced Because of Your judgments, O LORD. -- psalms 97:8 +. +For You are the LORD Most High over all the earth; You are exalted far above all gods. -- psalms 97:9 +. +Hate evil, you who love the LORD, Who preserves the souls of His godly ones; He delivers them from the hand of the wicked. -- psalms 97:10 +. +Light is sown like seed for the righteous And gladness for the upright in heart. -- psalms 97:11 +. +Be glad in the LORD, you righteous ones, And give thanks to His holy name. -- psalms 97:12 +. +O sing to the LORD a new song, For He has done wonderful things, His right hand and His holy arm have gained the victory for Him. -- psalms 98:1 +. +The LORD has made known His salvation; He has revealed His righteousness in the sight of the nations. -- psalms 98:2 +. +He has remembered His lovingkindness and His faithfulness to the house of Israel; All the ends of the earth have seen the salvation of our God. -- psalms 98:3 +. +Shout joyfully to the LORD, all the earth; Break forth and sing for joy and sing praises. -- psalms 98:4 +. +Sing praises to the LORD with the lyre, With the lyre and the sound of melody. -- psalms 98:5 +. +With trumpets and the sound of the horn Shout joyfully before the King, the LORD. -- psalms 98:6 +. +Let the sea roar and all it contains, The world and those who dwell in it. -- psalms 98:7 +. +Let the rivers clap their hands, Let the mountains sing together for joy -- psalms 98:8 +. +Before the LORD, for He is coming to judge the earth; He will judge the world with righteousness And the peoples with equity. -- psalms 98:9 +. +The LORD reigns, let the peoples tremble; He is enthroned above the cherubim, let the earth shake! -- psalms 99:1 +. +The LORD is great in Zion, And He is exalted above all the peoples. -- psalms 99:2 +. +Let them praise Your great and awesome name; Holy is He. -- psalms 99:3 +. +The strength of the King loves justice; You have established equity; You have executed justice and righteousness in Jacob. -- psalms 99:4 +. +Exalt the LORD our God And worship at His footstool; Holy is He. -- psalms 99:5 +. +Moses and Aaron were among His priests, And Samuel was among those who called on His name; They called upon the LORD and He answered them. -- psalms 99:6 +. +He spoke to them in the pillar of cloud; They kept His testimonies And the statute that He gave them. -- psalms 99:7 +. +O LORD our God, You answered them; You were a forgiving God to them, And yet an avenger of their evil deeds. -- psalms 99:8 +. +Exalt the LORD our God And worship at His holy hill, For holy is the LORD our God. -- psalms 99:9 +. +Shout joyfully to the LORD, all the earth. -- psalms 100:1 +. +Serve the LORD with gladness; Come before Him with joyful singing. -- psalms 100:2 +. +Know that the LORD Himself is God; It is He who has made us, and not we ourselves; We are His people and the sheep of His pasture. -- psalms 100:3 +. +Enter His gates with thanksgiving And His courts with praise. Give thanks to Him, bless His name. -- psalms 100:4 +. +For the LORD is good; His lovingkindness is everlasting And His faithfulness to all generations. -- psalms 100:5 +. +I will sing of lovingkindness and justice, To You, O LORD, I will sing praises. -- psalms 101:1 +. +I will give heed to the blameless way. When will You come to me? I will walk within my house in the integrity of my heart. -- psalms 101:2 +. +I will set no worthless thing before my eyes; I hate the work of those who fall away; It shall not fasten its grip on me. -- psalms 101:3 +. +A perverse heart shall depart from me; I will know no evil. -- psalms 101:4 +. +Whoever secretly slanders his neighbor, him I will destroy; No one who has a haughty look and an arrogant heart will I endure. -- psalms 101:5 +. +My eyes shall be upon the faithful of the land, that they may dwell with me; He who walks in a blameless way is the one who will minister to me. -- psalms 101:6 +. +He who practices deceit shall not dwell within my house; He who speaks falsehood shall not maintain his position before me. -- psalms 101:7 +. +Every morning I will destroy all the wicked of the land, So as to cut off from the city of the LORD all those who do iniquity. -- psalms 101:8 +. +Hear my prayer, O LORD! And let my cry for help come to You. -- psalms 102:1 +. +Do not hide Your face from me in the day of my distress; Incline Your ear to me; In the day when I call answer me quickly. -- psalms 102:2 +. +For my days have been consumed in smoke, And my bones have been scorched like a hearth. -- psalms 102:3 +. +My heart has been smitten like grass and has withered away, Indeed, I forget to eat my bread. -- psalms 102:4 +. +Because of the loudness of my groaning My bones cling to my flesh. -- psalms 102:5 +. +I resemble a pelican of the wilderness; I have become like an owl of the waste places. -- psalms 102:6 +. +I lie awake, I have become like a lonely bird on a housetop. -- psalms 102:7 +. +My enemies have reproached me all day long; Those who deride me have used my name as a curse. -- psalms 102:8 +. +For I have eaten ashes like bread And mingled my drink with weeping -- psalms 102:9 +. +Because of Your indignation and Your wrath, For You have lifted me up and cast me away. -- psalms 102:10 +. +My days are like a lengthened shadow, And I wither away like grass. -- psalms 102:11 +. +But You, O LORD, abide forever, And Your name to all generations. -- psalms 102:12 +. +You will arise and have compassion on Zion; For it is time to be gracious to her, For the appointed time has come. -- psalms 102:13 +. +Surely Your servants find pleasure in her stones And feel pity for her dust. -- psalms 102:14 +. +So the nations will fear the name of the LORD And all the kings of the earth Your glory. -- psalms 102:15 +. +For the LORD has built up Zion; He has appeared in His glory. -- psalms 102:16 +. +He has regarded the prayer of the destitute And has not despised their prayer. -- psalms 102:17 +. +This will be written for the generation to come, That a people yet to be created may praise the LORD. -- psalms 102:18 +. +For He looked down from His holy height; From heaven the LORD gazed upon the earth, -- psalms 102:19 +. +To hear the groaning of the prisoner, To set free those who were doomed to death, -- psalms 102:20 +. +That men may tell of the name of the LORD in Zion And His praise in Jerusalem, -- psalms 102:21 +. +When the peoples are gathered together, And the kingdoms, to serve the LORD. -- psalms 102:22 +. +He has weakened my strength in the way; He has shortened my days. -- psalms 102:23 +. +I say, "O my God, do not take me away in the midst of my days, Your years are throughout all generations. -- psalms 102:24 +. +"Of old You founded the earth, And the heavens are the work of Your hands. -- psalms 102:25 +. +"Even they will perish, but You endure; And all of them will wear out like a garment; Like clothing You will change them and they will be changed. -- psalms 102:26 +. +"But You are the same, And Your years will not come to an end. -- psalms 102:27 +. +"The children of Your servants will continue, And their descendants will be established before You." -- psalms 102:28 +. +Bless the LORD, O my soul, And all that is within me, bless His holy name. -- psalms 103:1 +. +Bless the LORD, O my soul, And forget none of His benefits; -- psalms 103:2 +. +Who pardons all your iniquities, Who heals all your diseases; -- psalms 103:3 +. +Who redeems your life from the pit, Who crowns you with lovingkindness and compassion; -- psalms 103:4 +. +Who satisfies your years with good things, So that your youth is renewed like the eagle. -- psalms 103:5 +. +The LORD performs righteous deeds And judgments for all who are oppressed. -- psalms 103:6 +. +He made known His ways to Moses, His acts to the sons of Israel. -- psalms 103:7 +. +The LORD is compassionate and gracious, Slow to anger and abounding in lovingkindness. -- psalms 103:8 +. +He will not always strive with us, Nor will He keep His anger forever. -- psalms 103:9 +. +He has not dealt with us according to our sins, Nor rewarded us according to our iniquities. -- psalms 103:10 +. +For as high as the heavens are above the earth, So great is His lovingkindness toward those who fear Him. -- psalms 103:11 +. +As far as the east is from the west, So far has He removed our transgressions from us. -- psalms 103:12 +. +Just as a father has compassion on his children, So the LORD has compassion on those who fear Him. -- psalms 103:13 +. +For He Himself knows our frame; He is mindful that we are but dust. -- psalms 103:14 +. +As for man, his days are like grass; As a flower of the field, so he flourishes. -- psalms 103:15 +. +When the wind has passed over it, it is no more, And its place acknowledges it no longer. -- psalms 103:16 +. +But the lovingkindness of the LORD is from everlasting to everlasting on those who fear Him, And His righteousness to children's children, -- psalms 103:17 +. +To those who keep His covenant And remember His precepts to do them. -- psalms 103:18 +. +The LORD has established His throne in the heavens, And His sovereignty rules over all. -- psalms 103:19 +. +Bless the LORD, you His angels, Mighty in strength, who perform His word, Obeying the voice of His word! -- psalms 103:20 +. +Bless the LORD, all you His hosts, You who serve Him, doing His will. -- psalms 103:21 +. +Bless the LORD, all you works of His, In all places of His dominion; Bless the LORD, O my soul! -- psalms 103:22 +. +Bless the LORD, O my soul! O LORD my God, You are very great; You are clothed with splendor and majesty, -- psalms 104:1 +. +Covering Yourself with light as with a cloak, Stretching out heaven like a tent curtain. -- psalms 104:2 +. +He lays the beams of His upper chambers in the waters; He makes the clouds His chariot; He walks upon the wings of the wind; -- psalms 104:3 +. +He makes the winds His messengers, Flaming fire His ministers. -- psalms 104:4 +. +He established the earth upon its foundations, So that it will not totter forever and ever. -- psalms 104:5 +. +You covered it with the deep as with a garment; The waters were standing above the mountains. -- psalms 104:6 +. +At Your rebuke they fled, At the sound of Your thunder they hurried away. -- psalms 104:7 +. +The mountains rose; the valleys sank down To the place which You established for them. -- psalms 104:8 +. +You set a boundary that they may not pass over, So that they will not return to cover the earth. -- psalms 104:9 +. +He sends forth springs in the valleys; They flow between the mountains; -- psalms 104:10 +. +They give drink to every beast of the field; The wild donkeys quench their thirst. -- psalms 104:11 +. +Beside them the birds of the heavens dwell; They lift up their voices among the branches. -- psalms 104:12 +. +He waters the mountains from His upper chambers; The earth is satisfied with the fruit of His works. -- psalms 104:13 +. +He causes the grass to grow for the cattle, And vegetation for the labor of man, So that he may bring forth food from the earth, -- psalms 104:14 +. +And wine which makes man's heart glad, So that he may make his face glisten with oil, And food which sustains man's heart. -- psalms 104:15 +. +The trees of the LORD drink their fill, The cedars of Lebanon which He planted, -- psalms 104:16 +. +Where the birds build their nests, And the stork, whose home is the fir trees. -- psalms 104:17 +. +The high mountains are for the wild goats; The cliffs are a refuge for the shephanim. -- psalms 104:18 +. +He made the moon for the seasons; The sun knows the place of its setting. -- psalms 104:19 +. +You appoint darkness and it becomes night, In which all the beasts of the forest prowl about. -- psalms 104:20 +. +The young lions roar after their prey And seek their food from God. -- psalms 104:21 +. +When the sun rises they withdraw And lie down in their dens. -- psalms 104:22 +. +Man goes forth to his work And to his labor until evening. -- psalms 104:23 +. +O LORD, how many are Your works! In wisdom You have made them all; The earth is full of Your possessions. -- psalms 104:24 +. +There is the sea, great and broad, In which are swarms without number, Animals both small and great. -- psalms 104:25 +. +There the ships move along, And Leviathan, which You have formed to sport in it. -- psalms 104:26 +. +They all wait for You To give them their food in due season. -- psalms 104:27 +. +You give to them, they gather it up; You open Your hand, they are satisfied with good. -- psalms 104:28 +. +You hide Your face, they are dismayed; You take away their spirit, they expire And return to their dust. -- psalms 104:29 +. +You send forth Your Spirit, they are created; And You renew the face of the ground. -- psalms 104:30 +. +Let the glory of the LORD endure forever; Let the LORD be glad in His works; -- psalms 104:31 +. +He looks at the earth, and it trembles; He touches the mountains, and they smoke. -- psalms 104:32 +. +I will sing to the LORD as long as I live; I will sing praise to my God while I have my being. -- psalms 104:33 +. +Let my meditation be pleasing to Him; As for me, I shall be glad in the LORD. -- psalms 104:34 +. +Let sinners be consumed from the earth And let the wicked be no more. Bless the LORD, O my soul. Praise the LORD! -- psalms 104:35 +. +Oh give thanks to the LORD, call upon His name; Make known His deeds among the peoples. -- psalms 105:1 +. +Sing to Him, sing praises to Him; Speak of all His wonders. -- psalms 105:2 +. +Glory in His holy name; Let the heart of those who seek the LORD be glad. -- psalms 105:3 +. +Seek the LORD and His strength; Seek His face continually. -- psalms 105:4 +. +Remember His wonders which He has done, His marvels and the judgments uttered by His mouth, -- psalms 105:5 +. +O seed of Abraham, His servant, O sons of Jacob, His chosen ones! -- psalms 105:6 +. +He is the LORD our God; His judgments are in all the earth. -- psalms 105:7 +. +He has remembered His covenant forever, The word which He commanded to a thousand generations, -- psalms 105:8 +. +The covenant which He made with Abraham, And His oath to Isaac. -- psalms 105:9 +. +Then He confirmed it to Jacob for a statute, To Israel as an everlasting covenant, -- psalms 105:10 +. +Saying, "To you I will give the land of Canaan As the portion of your inheritance," -- psalms 105:11 +. +When they were only a few men in number, Very few, and strangers in it. -- psalms 105:12 +. +And they wandered about from nation to nation, From one kingdom to another people. -- psalms 105:13 +. +He permitted no man to oppress them, And He reproved kings for their sakes: -- psalms 105:14 +. +"Do not touch My anointed ones, And do My prophets no harm." -- psalms 105:15 +. +And He called for a famine upon the land; He broke the whole staff of bread. -- psalms 105:16 +. +He sent a man before them, Joseph, who was sold as a slave. -- psalms 105:17 +. +They afflicted his feet with fetters, He himself was laid in irons; -- psalms 105:18 +. +Until the time that his word came to pass, The word of the LORD tested him. -- psalms 105:19 +. +The king sent and released him, The ruler of peoples, and set him free. -- psalms 105:20 +. +He made him lord of his house And ruler over all his possessions, -- psalms 105:21 +. +To imprison his princes at will, That he might teach his elders wisdom. -- psalms 105:22 +. +Israel also came into Egypt; Thus Jacob sojourned in the land of Ham. -- psalms 105:23 +. +And He caused His people to be very fruitful, And made them stronger than their adversaries. -- psalms 105:24 +. +He turned their heart to hate His people, To deal craftily with His servants. -- psalms 105:25 +. +He sent Moses His servant, And Aaron, whom He had chosen. -- psalms 105:26 +. +They performed His wondrous acts among them, And miracles in the land of Ham. -- psalms 105:27 +. +He sent darkness and made it dark; And they did not rebel against His words. -- psalms 105:28 +. +He turned their waters into blood And caused their fish to die. -- psalms 105:29 +. +Their land swarmed with frogs Even in the chambers of their kings. -- psalms 105:30 +. +He spoke, and there came a swarm of flies And gnats in all their territory. -- psalms 105:31 +. +He gave them hail for rain, And flaming fire in their land. -- psalms 105:32 +. +He struck down their vines also and their fig trees, And shattered the trees of their territory. -- psalms 105:33 +. +He spoke, and locusts came, And young locusts, even without number, -- psalms 105:34 +. +And ate up all vegetation in their land, And ate up the fruit of their ground. -- psalms 105:35 +. +He also struck down all the firstborn in their land, The first fruits of all their vigor. -- psalms 105:36 +. +Then He brought them out with silver and gold, And among His tribes there was not one who stumbled. -- psalms 105:37 +. +Egypt was glad when they departed, For the dread of them had fallen upon them. -- psalms 105:38 +. +He spread a cloud for a covering, And fire to illumine by night. -- psalms 105:39 +. +They asked, and He brought quail, And satisfied them with the bread of heaven. -- psalms 105:40 +. +He opened the rock and water flowed out; It ran in the dry places like a river. -- psalms 105:41 +. +For He remembered His holy word With Abraham His servant; -- psalms 105:42 +. +And He brought forth His people with joy, His chosen ones with a joyful shout. -- psalms 105:43 +. +He gave them also the lands of the nations, That they might take possession of the fruit of the peoples' labor, -- psalms 105:44 +. +So that they might keep His statutes And observe His laws, Praise the LORD! -- psalms 105:45 +. +Praise the LORD! Oh give thanks to the LORD, for He is good; For His lovingkindness is everlasting. -- psalms 106:1 +. +Who can speak of the mighty deeds of the LORD, Or can show forth all His praise? -- psalms 106:2 +. +How blessed are those who keep justice, Who practice righteousness at all times! -- psalms 106:3 +. +Remember me, O LORD, in Your favor toward Your people; Visit me with Your salvation, -- psalms 106:4 +. +That I may see the prosperity of Your chosen ones, That I may rejoice in the gladness of Your nation, That I may glory with Your inheritance. -- psalms 106:5 +. +We have sinned like our fathers, We have committed iniquity, we have behaved wickedly. -- psalms 106:6 +. +Our fathers in Egypt did not understand Your wonders; They did not remember Your abundant kindnesses, But rebelled by the sea, at the Red Sea. -- psalms 106:7 +. +Nevertheless He saved them for the sake of His name, That He might make His power known. -- psalms 106:8 +. +Thus He rebuked the Red Sea and it dried up, And He led them through the deeps, as through the wilderness. -- psalms 106:9 +. +So He saved them from the hand of the one who hated them, And redeemed them from the hand of the enemy. -- psalms 106:10 +. +The waters covered their adversaries; Not one of them was left. -- psalms 106:11 +. +Then they believed His words; They sang His praise. -- psalms 106:12 +. +They quickly forgot His works; They did not wait for His counsel, -- psalms 106:13 +. +But craved intensely in the wilderness, And tempted God in the desert. -- psalms 106:14 +. +So He gave them their request, But sent a wasting disease among them. -- psalms 106:15 +. +When they became envious of Moses in the camp, And of Aaron, the holy one of the LORD, -- psalms 106:16 +. +The earth opened and swallowed up Dathan, And engulfed the company of Abiram. -- psalms 106:17 +. +And a fire blazed up in their company; The flame consumed the wicked. -- psalms 106:18 +. +They made a calf in Horeb And worshiped a molten image. -- psalms 106:19 +. +Thus they exchanged their glory For the image of an ox that eats grass. -- psalms 106:20 +. +They forgot God their Savior, Who had done great things in Egypt, -- psalms 106:21 +. +Wonders in the land of Ham And awesome things by the Red Sea. -- psalms 106:22 +. +Therefore He said that He would destroy them, Had not Moses His chosen one stood in the breach before Him, To turn away His wrath from destroying them. -- psalms 106:23 +. +Then they despised the pleasant land; They did not believe in His word, -- psalms 106:24 +. +But grumbled in their tents; They did not listen to the voice of the LORD. -- psalms 106:25 +. +Therefore He swore to them That He would cast them down in the wilderness, -- psalms 106:26 +. +And that He would cast their seed among the nations And scatter them in the lands. -- psalms 106:27 +. +They joined themselves also to Baal-peor, And ate sacrifices offered to the dead. -- psalms 106:28 +. +Thus they provoked Him to anger with their deeds, And the plague broke out among them. -- psalms 106:29 +. +Then Phinehas stood up and interposed, And so the plague was stayed. -- psalms 106:30 +. +And it was reckoned to him for righteousness, To all generations forever. -- psalms 106:31 +. +They also provoked Him to wrath at the waters of Meribah, So that it went hard with Moses on their account; -- psalms 106:32 +. +Because they were rebellious against His Spirit, He spoke rashly with his lips. -- psalms 106:33 +. +They did not destroy the peoples, As the LORD commanded them, -- psalms 106:34 +. +But they mingled with the nations And learned their practices, -- psalms 106:35 +. +And served their idols, Which became a snare to them. -- psalms 106:36 +. +They even sacrificed their sons and their daughters to the demons, -- psalms 106:37 +. +And shed innocent blood, The blood of their sons and their daughters, Whom they sacrificed to the idols of Canaan; And the land was polluted with the blood. -- psalms 106:38 +. +Thus they became unclean in their practices, And played the harlot in their deeds. -- psalms 106:39 +. +Therefore the anger of the LORD was kindled against His people And He abhorred His inheritance. -- psalms 106:40 +. +Then He gave them into the hand of the nations, And those who hated them ruled over them. -- psalms 106:41 +. +Their enemies also oppressed them, And they were subdued under their power. -- psalms 106:42 +. +Many times He would deliver them; They, however, were rebellious in their counsel, And so sank down in their iniquity. -- psalms 106:43 +. +Nevertheless He looked upon their distress When He heard their cry; -- psalms 106:44 +. +And He remembered His covenant for their sake, And relented according to the greatness of His lovingkindness. -- psalms 106:45 +. +He also made them objects of compassion In the presence of all their captors. -- psalms 106:46 +. +Save us, O LORD our God, And gather us from among the nations, To give thanks to Your holy name And glory in Your praise. -- psalms 106:47 +. +Blessed be the LORD, the God of Israel, From everlasting even to everlasting. And let all the people say, "Amen." Praise the LORD! -- psalms 106:48 +. +Oh give thanks to the LORD, for He is good, For His lovingkindness is everlasting. -- psalms 107:1 +. +Let the redeemed of the LORD say so, Whom He has redeemed from the hand of the adversary -- psalms 107:2 +. +And gathered from the lands, From the east and from the west, From the north and from the south. -- psalms 107:3 +. +They wandered in the wilderness in a desert region; They did not find a way to an inhabited city. -- psalms 107:4 +. +They were hungry and thirsty; Their soul fainted within them. -- psalms 107:5 +. +Then they cried out to the LORD in their trouble; He delivered them out of their distresses. -- psalms 107:6 +. +He led them also by a straight way, To go to an inhabited city. -- psalms 107:7 +. +Let them give thanks to the LORD for His lovingkindness, And for His wonders to the sons of men! -- psalms 107:8 +. +For He has satisfied the thirsty soul, And the hungry soul He has filled with what is good. -- psalms 107:9 +. +There were those who dwelt in darkness and in the shadow of death, Prisoners in misery and chains, -- psalms 107:10 +. +Because they had rebelled against the words of God And spurned the counsel of the Most High. -- psalms 107:11 +. +Therefore He humbled their heart with labor; They stumbled and there was none to help. -- psalms 107:12 +. +Then they cried out to the LORD in their trouble; He saved them out of their distresses. -- psalms 107:13 +. +He brought them out of darkness and the shadow of death And broke their bands apart. -- psalms 107:14 +. +Let them give thanks to the LORD for His lovingkindness, And for His wonders to the sons of men! -- psalms 107:15 +. +For He has shattered gates of bronze And cut bars of iron asunder. -- psalms 107:16 +. +Fools, because of their rebellious way, And because of their iniquities, were afflicted. -- psalms 107:17 +. +Their soul abhorred all kinds of food, And they drew near to the gates of death. -- psalms 107:18 +. +Then they cried out to the LORD in their trouble; He saved them out of their distresses. -- psalms 107:19 +. +He sent His word and healed them, And delivered them from their destructions. -- psalms 107:20 +. +Let them give thanks to the LORD for His lovingkindness, And for His wonders to the sons of men! -- psalms 107:21 +. +Let them also offer sacrifices of thanksgiving, And tell of His works with joyful singing. -- psalms 107:22 +. +Those who go down to the sea in ships, Who do business on great waters; -- psalms 107:23 +. +They have seen the works of the LORD, And His wonders in the deep. -- psalms 107:24 +. +For He spoke and raised up a stormy wind, Which lifted up the waves of the sea. -- psalms 107:25 +. +They rose up to the heavens, they went down to the depths; Their soul melted away in their misery. -- psalms 107:26 +. +They reeled and staggered like a drunken man, And were at their wits' end. -- psalms 107:27 +. +Then they cried to the LORD in their trouble, And He brought them out of their distresses. -- psalms 107:28 +. +He caused the storm to be still, So that the waves of the sea were hushed. -- psalms 107:29 +. +Then they were glad because they were quiet, So He guided them to their desired haven. -- psalms 107:30 +. +Let them give thanks to the LORD for His lovingkindness, And for His wonders to the sons of men! -- psalms 107:31 +. +Let them extol Him also in the congregation of the people, And praise Him at the seat of the elders. -- psalms 107:32 +. +He changes rivers into a wilderness And springs of water into a thirsty ground; -- psalms 107:33 +. +A fruitful land into a salt waste, Because of the wickedness of those who dwell in it. -- psalms 107:34 +. +He changes a wilderness into a pool of water And a dry land into springs of water; -- psalms 107:35 +. +And there He makes the hungry to dwell, So that they may establish an inhabited city, -- psalms 107:36 +. +And sow fields and plant vineyards, And gather a fruitful harvest. -- psalms 107:37 +. +Also He blesses them and they multiply greatly, And He does not let their cattle decrease. -- psalms 107:38 +. +When they are diminished and bowed down Through oppression, misery and sorrow, -- psalms 107:39 +. +He pours contempt upon princes And makes them wander in a pathless waste. -- psalms 107:40 +. +But He sets the needy securely on high away from affliction, And makes his families like a flock. -- psalms 107:41 +. +The upright see it and are glad; But all unrighteousness shuts its mouth. -- psalms 107:42 +. +Who is wise? Let him give heed to these things, And consider the lovingkindnesses of the LORD. -- psalms 107:43 +. +My heart is steadfast, O God; I will sing, I will sing praises, even with my soul. -- psalms 108:1 +. +Awake, harp and lyre; I will awaken the dawn! -- psalms 108:2 +. +I will give thanks to You, O LORD, among the peoples, And I will sing praises to You among the nations. -- psalms 108:3 +. +For Your lovingkindness is great above the heavens, And Your truth reaches to the skies. -- psalms 108:4 +. +Be exalted, O God, above the heavens, And Your glory above all the earth. -- psalms 108:5 +. +That Your beloved may be delivered, Save with Your right hand, and answer me! -- psalms 108:6 +. +God has spoken in His holiness: "I will exult, I will portion out Shechem And measure out the valley of Succoth. -- psalms 108:7 +. +"Gilead is Mine, Manasseh is Mine; Ephraim also is the helmet of My head; Judah is My scepter. -- psalms 108:8 +. +"Moab is My washbowl; Over Edom I shall throw My shoe; Over Philistia I will shout aloud." -- psalms 108:9 +. +Who will bring me into the besieged city? Who will lead me to Edom? -- psalms 108:10 +. +Have not You Yourself, O God, rejected us? And will You not go forth with our armies, O God? -- psalms 108:11 +. +Oh give us help against the adversary, For deliverance by man is in vain. -- psalms 108:12 +. +Through God we will do valiantly, And it is He who shall tread down our adversaries. -- psalms 108:13 +. +O God of my praise, Do not be silent! -- psalms 109:1 +. +For they have opened the wicked and deceitful mouth against me; They have spoken against me with a lying tongue. -- psalms 109:2 +. +They have also surrounded me with words of hatred, And fought against me without cause. -- psalms 109:3 +. +In return for my love they act as my accusers; But I am in prayer. -- psalms 109:4 +. +Thus they have repaid me evil for good And hatred for my love. -- psalms 109:5 +. +Appoint a wicked man over him, And let an accuser stand at his right hand. -- psalms 109:6 +. +When he is judged, let him come forth guilty, And let his prayer become sin. -- psalms 109:7 +. +Let his days be few; Let another take his office. -- psalms 109:8 +. +Let his children be fatherless And his wife a widow. -- psalms 109:9 +. +Let his children wander about and beg; And let them seek sustenance far from their ruined homes. -- psalms 109:10 +. +Let the creditor seize all that he has, And let strangers plunder the product of his labor. -- psalms 109:11 +. +Let there be none to extend lovingkindness to him, Nor any to be gracious to his fatherless children. -- psalms 109:12 +. +Let his posterity be cut off; In a following generation let their name be blotted out. -- psalms 109:13 +. +Let the iniquity of his fathers be remembered before the LORD, And do not let the sin of his mother be blotted out. -- psalms 109:14 +. +Let them be before the LORD continually, That He may cut off their memory from the earth; -- psalms 109:15 +. +Because he did not remember to show lovingkindness, But persecuted the afflicted and needy man, And the despondent in heart, to put them to death. -- psalms 109:16 +. +He also loved cursing, so it came to him; And he did not delight in blessing, so it was far from him. -- psalms 109:17 +. +But he clothed himself with cursing as with his garment, And it entered into his body like water And like oil into his bones. -- psalms 109:18 +. +Let it be to him as a garment with which he covers himself, And for a belt with which he constantly girds himself. -- psalms 109:19 +. +Let this be the reward of my accusers from the LORD, And of those who speak evil against my soul. -- psalms 109:20 +. +But You, O GOD, the Lord, deal kindly with me for Your name's sake; Because Your lovingkindness is good, deliver me; -- psalms 109:21 +. +For I am afflicted and needy, And my heart is wounded within me. -- psalms 109:22 +. +I am passing like a shadow when it lengthens; I am shaken off like the locust. -- psalms 109:23 +. +My knees are weak from fasting, And my flesh has grown lean, without fatness. -- psalms 109:24 +. +I also have become a reproach to them; When they see me, they wag their head. -- psalms 109:25 +. +Help me, O LORD my God; Save me according to Your lovingkindness. -- psalms 109:26 +. +And let them know that this is Your hand; You, LORD, have done it. -- psalms 109:27 +. +Let them curse, but You bless; When they arise, they shall be ashamed, But Your servant shall be glad. -- psalms 109:28 +. +Let my accusers be clothed with dishonor, And let them cover themselves with their own shame as with a robe. -- psalms 109:29 +. +With my mouth I will give thanks abundantly to the LORD; And in the midst of many I will praise Him. -- psalms 109:30 +. +For He stands at the right hand of the needy, To save him from those who judge his soul. -- psalms 109:31 +. +The LORD says to my Lord: "Sit at My right hand Until I make Your enemies a footstool for Your feet." -- psalms 110:1 +. +The LORD will stretch forth Your strong scepter from Zion, saying, "Rule in the midst of Your enemies." -- psalms 110:2 +. +Your people will volunteer freely in the day of Your power; In holy array, from the womb of the dawn, Your youth are to You as the dew. -- psalms 110:3 +. +The LORD has sworn and will not change His mind, "You are a priest forever According to the order of Melchizedek." -- psalms 110:4 +. +The Lord is at Your right hand; He will shatter kings in the day of His wrath. -- psalms 110:5 +. +He will judge among the nations, He will fill them with corpses, He will shatter the chief men over a broad country. -- psalms 110:6 +. +He will drink from the brook by the wayside; Therefore He will lift up His head. -- psalms 110:7 +. +Praise the LORD! I will give thanks to the LORD with all my heart, In the company of the upright and in the assembly. -- psalms 111:1 +. +Great are the works of the LORD; They are studied by all who delight in them. -- psalms 111:2 +. +Splendid and majestic is His work, And His righteousness endures forever. -- psalms 111:3 +. +He has made His wonders to be remembered; The LORD is gracious and compassionate. -- psalms 111:4 +. +He has given food to those who fear Him; He will remember His covenant forever. -- psalms 111:5 +. +He has made known to His people the power of His works, In giving them the heritage of the nations. -- psalms 111:6 +. +The works of His hands are truth and justice; All His precepts are sure. -- psalms 111:7 +. +They are upheld forever and ever; They are performed in truth and uprightness. -- psalms 111:8 +. +He has sent redemption to His people; He has ordained His covenant forever; Holy and awesome is His name. -- psalms 111:9 +. +The fear of the LORD is the beginning of wisdom; A good understanding have all those who do His commandments; His praise endures forever. -- psalms 111:10 +. +Praise the LORD! How blessed is the man who fears the LORD, Who greatly delights in His commandments. -- psalms 112:1 +. +His descendants will be mighty on earth; The generation of the upright will be blessed. -- psalms 112:2 +. +Wealth and riches are in his house, And his righteousness endures forever. -- psalms 112:3 +. +Light arises in the darkness for the upright; He is gracious and compassionate and righteous. -- psalms 112:4 +. +It is well with the man who is gracious and lends; He will maintain his cause in judgment. -- psalms 112:5 +. +For he will never be shaken; The righteous will be remembered forever. -- psalms 112:6 +. +He will not fear evil tidings; His heart is steadfast, trusting in the LORD. -- psalms 112:7 +. +His heart is upheld, he will not fear, Until he looks with satisfaction on his adversaries. -- psalms 112:8 +. +He has given freely to the poor, His righteousness endures forever; His horn will be exalted in honor. -- psalms 112:9 +. +The wicked will see it and be vexed, He will gnash his teeth and melt away; The desire of the wicked will perish. -- psalms 112:10 +. +Praise the LORD! Praise, O servants of the LORD, Praise the name of the LORD. -- psalms 113:1 +. +Blessed be the name of the LORD From this time forth and forever. -- psalms 113:2 +. +From the rising of the sun to its setting The name of the LORD is to be praised. -- psalms 113:3 +. +The LORD is high above all nations; His glory is above the heavens. -- psalms 113:4 +. +Who is like the LORD our God, Who is enthroned on high, -- psalms 113:5 +. +Who humbles Himself to behold The things that are in heaven and in the earth? -- psalms 113:6 +. +He raises the poor from the dust And lifts the needy from the ash heap, -- psalms 113:7 +. +To make them sit with princes, With the princes of His people. -- psalms 113:8 +. +He makes the barren woman abide in the house As a joyful mother of children. Praise the LORD! -- psalms 113:9 +. +When Israel went forth from Egypt, The house of Jacob from a people of strange language, -- psalms 114:1 +. +Judah became His sanctuary, Israel, His dominion. -- psalms 114:2 +. +The sea looked and fled; The Jordan turned back. -- psalms 114:3 +. +The mountains skipped like rams, The hills, like lambs. -- psalms 114:4 +. +What ails you, O sea, that you flee? O Jordan, that you turn back? -- psalms 114:5 +. +O mountains, that you skip like rams? O hills, like lambs? -- psalms 114:6 +. +Tremble, O earth, before the Lord, Before the God of Jacob, -- psalms 114:7 +. +Who turned the rock into a pool of water, The flint into a fountain of water. -- psalms 114:8 +. +Not to us, O LORD, not to us, But to Your name give glory Because of Your lovingkindness, because of Your truth. -- psalms 115:1 +. +Why should the nations say, "Where, now, is their God?" -- psalms 115:2 +. +But our God is in the heavens; He does whatever He pleases. -- psalms 115:3 +. +Their idols are silver and gold, The work of man's hands. -- psalms 115:4 +. +They have mouths, but they cannot speak; They have eyes, but they cannot see; -- psalms 115:5 +. +They have ears, but they cannot hear; They have noses, but they cannot smell; -- psalms 115:6 +. +They have hands, but they cannot feel; They have feet, but they cannot walk; They cannot make a sound with their throat. -- psalms 115:7 +. +Those who make them will become like them, Everyone who trusts in them. -- psalms 115:8 +. +O Israel, trust in the LORD; He is their help and their shield. -- psalms 115:9 +. +O house of Aaron, trust in the LORD; He is their help and their shield. -- psalms 115:10 +. +You who fear the LORD, trust in the LORD; He is their help and their shield. -- psalms 115:11 +. +The LORD has been mindful of us; He will bless us; He will bless the house of Israel; He will bless the house of Aaron. -- psalms 115:12 +. +He will bless those who fear the LORD, The small together with the great. -- psalms 115:13 +. +May the LORD give you increase, You and your children. -- psalms 115:14 +. +May you be blessed of the LORD, Maker of heaven and earth. -- psalms 115:15 +. +The heavens are the heavens of the LORD, But the earth He has given to the sons of men. -- psalms 115:16 +. +The dead do not praise the LORD, Nor do any who go down into silence; -- psalms 115:17 +. +But as for us, we will bless the LORD From this time forth and forever. Praise the LORD! -- psalms 115:18 +. +I love the LORD, because He hears My voice and my supplications. -- psalms 116:1 +. +Because He has inclined His ear to me, Therefore I shall call upon Him as long as I live. -- psalms 116:2 +. +The cords of death encompassed me And the terrors of Sheol came upon me; I found distress and sorrow. -- psalms 116:3 +. +Then I called upon the name of the LORD: "O LORD, I beseech You, save my life!" -- psalms 116:4 +. +Gracious is the LORD, and righteous; Yes, our God is compassionate. -- psalms 116:5 +. +The LORD preserves the simple; I was brought low, and He saved me. -- psalms 116:6 +. +Return to your rest, O my soul, For the LORD has dealt bountifully with you. -- psalms 116:7 +. +For You have rescued my soul from death, My eyes from tears, My feet from stumbling. -- psalms 116:8 +. +I shall walk before the LORD In the land of the living. -- psalms 116:9 +. +I believed when I said, "I am greatly afflicted." -- psalms 116:10 +. +I said in my alarm, "All men are liars." -- psalms 116:11 +. +What shall I render to the LORD For all His benefits toward me? -- psalms 116:12 +. +I shall lift up the cup of salvation And call upon the name of the LORD. -- psalms 116:13 +. +I shall pay my vows to the LORD, Oh may it be in the presence of all His people. -- psalms 116:14 +. +Precious in the sight of the LORD Is the death of His godly ones. -- psalms 116:15 +. +O LORD, surely I am Your servant, I am Your servant, the son of Your handmaid, You have loosed my bonds. -- psalms 116:16 +. +To You I shall offer a sacrifice of thanksgiving, And call upon the name of the LORD. -- psalms 116:17 +. +I shall pay my vows to the LORD, Oh may it be in the presence of all His people, -- psalms 116:18 +. +In the courts of the LORD'S house, In the midst of you, O Jerusalem. Praise the LORD! -- psalms 116:19 +. +Praise the LORD, all nations; Laud Him, all peoples! -- psalms 117:1 +. +For His lovingkindness is great toward us, And the truth of the LORD is everlasting. Praise the LORD! -- psalms 117:2 +. +Give thanks to the LORD, for He is good; For His lovingkindness is everlasting. -- psalms 118:1 +. +Oh let Israel say, "His lovingkindness is everlasting." -- psalms 118:2 +. +Oh let the house of Aaron say, "His lovingkindness is everlasting." -- psalms 118:3 +. +Oh let those who fear the LORD say, "His lovingkindness is everlasting." -- psalms 118:4 +. +From my distress I called upon the LORD; The LORD answered me and set me in a large place. -- psalms 118:5 +. +The LORD is for me; I will not fear; What can man do to me? -- psalms 118:6 +. +The LORD is for me among those who help me; Therefore I will look with satisfaction on those who hate me. -- psalms 118:7 +. +It is better to take refuge in the LORD Than to trust in man. -- psalms 118:8 +. +It is better to take refuge in the LORD Than to trust in princes. -- psalms 118:9 +. +All nations surrounded me; In the name of the LORD I will surely cut them off. -- psalms 118:10 +. +They surrounded me, yes, they surrounded me; In the name of the LORD I will surely cut them off. -- psalms 118:11 +. +They surrounded me like bees; They were extinguished as a fire of thorns; In the name of the LORD I will surely cut them off. -- psalms 118:12 +. +You pushed me violently so that I was falling, But the LORD helped me. -- psalms 118:13 +. +The LORD is my strength and song, And He has become my salvation. -- psalms 118:14 +. +The sound of joyful shouting and salvation is in the tents of the righteous; The right hand of the LORD does valiantly. -- psalms 118:15 +. +The right hand of the LORD is exalted; The right hand of the LORD does valiantly. -- psalms 118:16 +. +I will not die, but live, And tell of the works of the LORD. -- psalms 118:17 +. +The LORD has disciplined me severely, But He has not given me over to death. -- psalms 118:18 +. +Open to me the gates of righteousness; I shall enter through them, I shall give thanks to the LORD. -- psalms 118:19 +. +This is the gate of the LORD; The righteous will enter through it. -- psalms 118:20 +. +I shall give thanks to You, for You have answered me, And You have become my salvation. -- psalms 118:21 +. +The stone which the builders rejected Has become the chief corner stone. -- psalms 118:22 +. +This is the LORD'S doing; It is marvelous in our eyes. -- psalms 118:23 +. +This is the day which the LORD has made; Let us rejoice and be glad in it. -- psalms 118:24 +. +O LORD, do save, we beseech You; O LORD, we beseech You, do send prosperity! -- psalms 118:25 +. +Blessed is the one who comes in the name of the LORD; We have blessed you from the house of the LORD. -- psalms 118:26 +. +The LORD is God, and He has given us light; Bind the festival sacrifice with cords to the horns of the altar. -- psalms 118:27 +. +You are my God, and I give thanks to You; You are my God, I extol You. -- psalms 118:28 +. +Give thanks to the LORD, for He is good; For His lovingkindness is everlasting. -- psalms 118:29 +. +How blessed are those whose way is blameless, Who walk in the law of the LORD. -- psalms 119:1 +. +How blessed are those who observe His testimonies, Who seek Him with all their heart. -- psalms 119:2 +. +They also do no unrighteousness; They walk in His ways. -- psalms 119:3 +. +You have ordained Your precepts, That we should keep them diligently. -- psalms 119:4 +. +Oh that my ways may be established To keep Your statutes! -- psalms 119:5 +. +Then I shall not be ashamed When I look upon all Your commandments. -- psalms 119:6 +. +I shall give thanks to You with uprightness of heart, When I learn Your righteous judgments. -- psalms 119:7 +. +I shall keep Your statutes; Do not forsake me utterly! -- psalms 119:8 +. +How can a young man keep his way pure? By keeping it according to Your word. -- psalms 119:9 +. +With all my heart I have sought You; Do not let me wander from Your commandments. -- psalms 119:10 +. +Your word I have treasured in my heart, That I may not sin against You. -- psalms 119:11 +. +Blessed are You, O LORD; Teach me Your statutes. -- psalms 119:12 +. +With my lips I have told of All the ordinances of Your mouth. -- psalms 119:13 +. +I have rejoiced in the way of Your testimonies, As much as in all riches. -- psalms 119:14 +. +I will meditate on Your precepts And regard Your ways. -- psalms 119:15 +. +I shall delight in Your statutes; I shall not forget Your word. -- psalms 119:16 +. +Deal bountifully with Your servant, That I may live and keep Your word. -- psalms 119:17 +. +Open my eyes, that I may behold Wonderful things from Your law. -- psalms 119:18 +. +I am a stranger in the earth; Do not hide Your commandments from me. -- psalms 119:19 +. +My soul is crushed with longing After Your ordinances at all times. -- psalms 119:20 +. +You rebuke the arrogant, the cursed, Who wander from Your commandments. -- psalms 119:21 +. +Take away reproach and contempt from me, For I observe Your testimonies. -- psalms 119:22 +. +Even though princes sit and talk against me, Your servant meditates on Your statutes. -- psalms 119:23 +. +Your testimonies also are my delight; They are my counselors. -- psalms 119:24 +. +My soul cleaves to the dust; Revive me according to Your word. -- psalms 119:25 +. +I have told of my ways, and You have answered me; Teach me Your statutes. -- psalms 119:26 +. +Make me understand the way of Your precepts, So I will meditate on Your wonders. -- psalms 119:27 +. +My soul weeps because of grief; Strengthen me according to Your word. -- psalms 119:28 +. +Remove the false way from me, And graciously grant me Your law. -- psalms 119:29 +. +I have chosen the faithful way; I have placed Your ordinances before me. -- psalms 119:30 +. +I cling to Your testimonies; O LORD, do not put me to shame! -- psalms 119:31 +. +I shall run the way of Your commandments, For You will enlarge my heart. -- psalms 119:32 +. +Teach me, O LORD, the way of Your statutes, And I shall observe it to the end. -- psalms 119:33 +. +Give me understanding, that I may observe Your law And keep it with all my heart. -- psalms 119:34 +. +Make me walk in the path of Your commandments, For I delight in it. -- psalms 119:35 +. +Incline my heart to Your testimonies And not to dishonest gain. -- psalms 119:36 +. +Turn away my eyes from looking at vanity, And revive me in Your ways. -- psalms 119:37 +. +Establish Your word to Your servant, As that which produces reverence for You. -- psalms 119:38 +. +Turn away my reproach which I dread, For Your ordinances are good. -- psalms 119:39 +. +Behold, I long for Your precepts; Revive me through Your righteousness. -- psalms 119:40 +. +May Your lovingkindnesses also come to me, O LORD, Your salvation according to Your word; -- psalms 119:41 +. +So I will have an answer for him who reproaches me, For I trust in Your word. -- psalms 119:42 +. +And do not take the word of truth utterly out of my mouth, For I wait for Your ordinances. -- psalms 119:43 +. +So I will keep Your law continually, Forever and ever. -- psalms 119:44 +. +And I will walk at liberty, For I seek Your precepts. -- psalms 119:45 +. +I will also speak of Your testimonies before kings And shall not be ashamed. -- psalms 119:46 +. +I shall delight in Your commandments, Which I love. -- psalms 119:47 +. +And I shall lift up my hands to Your commandments, Which I love; And I will meditate on Your statutes. -- psalms 119:48 +. +Remember the word to Your servant, In which You have made me hope. -- psalms 119:49 +. +This is my comfort in my affliction, That Your word has revived me. -- psalms 119:50 +. +The arrogant utterly deride me, Yet I do not turn aside from Your law. -- psalms 119:51 +. +I have remembered Your ordinances from of old, O LORD, And comfort myself. -- psalms 119:52 +. +Burning indignation has seized me because of the wicked, Who forsake Your law. -- psalms 119:53 +. +Your statutes are my songs In the house of my pilgrimage. -- psalms 119:54 +. +O LORD, I remember Your name in the night, And keep Your law. -- psalms 119:55 +. +This has become mine, That I observe Your precepts. -- psalms 119:56 +. +The LORD is my portion; I have promised to keep Your words. -- psalms 119:57 +. +I sought Your favor with all my heart; Be gracious to me according to Your word. -- psalms 119:58 +. +I considered my ways And turned my feet to Your testimonies. -- psalms 119:59 +. +I hastened and did not delay To keep Your commandments. -- psalms 119:60 +. +The cords of the wicked have encircled me, But I have not forgotten Your law. -- psalms 119:61 +. +At midnight I shall rise to give thanks to You Because of Your righteous ordinances. -- psalms 119:62 +. +I am a companion of all those who fear You, And of those who keep Your precepts. -- psalms 119:63 +. +The earth is full of Your lovingkindness, O LORD; Teach me Your statutes. -- psalms 119:64 +. +You have dealt well with Your servant, O LORD, according to Your word. -- psalms 119:65 +. +Teach me good discernment and knowledge, For I believe in Your commandments. -- psalms 119:66 +. +Before I was afflicted I went astray, But now I keep Your word. -- psalms 119:67 +. +You are good and do good; Teach me Your statutes. -- psalms 119:68 +. +The arrogant have forged a lie against me; With all my heart I will observe Your precepts. -- psalms 119:69 +. +Their heart is covered with fat, But I delight in Your law. -- psalms 119:70 +. +It is good for me that I was afflicted, That I may learn Your statutes. -- psalms 119:71 +. +The law of Your mouth is better to me Than thousands of gold and silver pieces. -- psalms 119:72 +. +Your hands made me and fashioned me; Give me understanding, that I may learn Your commandments. -- psalms 119:73 +. +May those who fear You see me and be glad, Because I wait for Your word. -- psalms 119:74 +. +I know, O LORD, that Your judgments are righteous, And that in faithfulness You have afflicted me. -- psalms 119:75 +. +O may Your lovingkindness comfort me, According to Your word to Your servant. -- psalms 119:76 +. +May Your compassion come to me that I may live, For Your law is my delight. -- psalms 119:77 +. +May the arrogant be ashamed, for they subvert me with a lie; But I shall meditate on Your precepts. -- psalms 119:78 +. +May those who fear You turn to me, Even those who know Your testimonies. -- psalms 119:79 +. +May my heart be blameless in Your statutes, So that I will not be ashamed. -- psalms 119:80 +. +My soul languishes for Your salvation; I wait for Your word. -- psalms 119:81 +. +My eyes fail with longing for Your word, While I say, "When will You comfort me?" -- psalms 119:82 +. +Though I have become like a wineskin in the smoke, I do not forget Your statutes. -- psalms 119:83 +. +How many are the days of Your servant? When will You execute judgment on those who persecute me? -- psalms 119:84 +. +The arrogant have dug pits for me, Men who are not in accord with Your law. -- psalms 119:85 +. +All Your commandments are faithful; They have persecuted me with a lie; help me! -- psalms 119:86 +. +They almost destroyed me on earth, But as for me, I did not forsake Your precepts. -- psalms 119:87 +. +Revive me according to Your lovingkindness, So that I may keep the testimony of Your mouth. -- psalms 119:88 +. +Forever, O LORD, Your word is settled in heaven. -- psalms 119:89 +. +Your faithfulness continues throughout all generations; You established the earth, and it stands. -- psalms 119:90 +. +They stand this day according to Your ordinances, For all things are Your servants. -- psalms 119:91 +. +If Your law had not been my delight, Then I would have perished in my affliction. -- psalms 119:92 +. +I will never forget Your precepts, For by them You have revived me. -- psalms 119:93 +. +I am Yours, save me; For I have sought Your precepts. -- psalms 119:94 +. +The wicked wait for me to destroy me; I shall diligently consider Your testimonies. -- psalms 119:95 +. +I have seen a limit to all perfection; Your commandment is exceedingly broad. -- psalms 119:96 +. +O how I love Your law! It is my meditation all the day. -- psalms 119:97 +. +Your commandments make me wiser than my enemies, For they are ever mine. -- psalms 119:98 +. +I have more insight than all my teachers, For Your testimonies are my meditation. -- psalms 119:99 +. +I understand more than the aged, Because I have observed Your precepts. -- psalms 119:100 +. +I have restrained my feet from every evil way, That I may keep Your word. -- psalms 119:101 +. +I have not turned aside from Your ordinances, For You Yourself have taught me. -- psalms 119:102 +. +How sweet are Your words to my taste! Yes, sweeter than honey to my mouth! -- psalms 119:103 +. +From Your precepts I get understanding; Therefore I hate every false way. -- psalms 119:104 +. +Your word is a lamp to my feet And a light to my path. -- psalms 119:105 +. +I have sworn and I will confirm it, That I will keep Your righteous ordinances. -- psalms 119:106 +. +I am exceedingly afflicted; Revive me, O LORD, according to Your word. -- psalms 119:107 +. +O accept the freewill offerings of my mouth, O LORD, And teach me Your ordinances. -- psalms 119:108 +. +My life is continually in my hand, Yet I do not forget Your law. -- psalms 119:109 +. +The wicked have laid a snare for me, Yet I have not gone astray from Your precepts. -- psalms 119:110 +. +I have inherited Your testimonies forever, For they are the joy of my heart. -- psalms 119:111 +. +I have inclined my heart to perform Your statutes Forever, even to the end. -- psalms 119:112 +. +I hate those who are double-minded, But I love Your law. -- psalms 119:113 +. +You are my hiding place and my shield; I wait for Your word. -- psalms 119:114 +. +Depart from me, evildoers, That I may observe the commandments of my God. -- psalms 119:115 +. +Sustain me according to Your word, that I may live; And do not let me be ashamed of my hope. -- psalms 119:116 +. +Uphold me that I may be safe, That I may have regard for Your statutes continually. -- psalms 119:117 +. +You have rejected all those who wander from Your statutes, For their deceitfulness is useless. -- psalms 119:118 +. +You have removed all the wicked of the earth like dross; Therefore I love Your testimonies. -- psalms 119:119 +. +My flesh trembles for fear of You, And I am afraid of Your judgments. -- psalms 119:120 +. +I have done justice and righteousness; Do not leave me to my oppressors. -- psalms 119:121 +. +Be surety for Your servant for good; Do not let the arrogant oppress me. -- psalms 119:122 +. +My eyes fail with longing for Your salvation And for Your righteous word. -- psalms 119:123 +. +Deal with Your servant according to Your lovingkindness And teach me Your statutes. -- psalms 119:124 +. +I am Your servant; give me understanding, That I may know Your testimonies. -- psalms 119:125 +. +It is time for the LORD to act, For they have broken Your law. -- psalms 119:126 +. +Therefore I love Your commandments Above gold, yes, above fine gold. -- psalms 119:127 +. +Therefore I esteem right all Your precepts concerning everything, I hate every false way. -- psalms 119:128 +. +Your testimonies are wonderful; Therefore my soul observes them. -- psalms 119:129 +. +The unfolding of Your words gives light; It gives understanding to the simple. -- psalms 119:130 +. +I opened my mouth wide and panted, For I longed for Your commandments. -- psalms 119:131 +. +Turn to me and be gracious to me, After Your manner with those who love Your name. -- psalms 119:132 +. +Establish my footsteps in Your word, And do not let any iniquity have dominion over me. -- psalms 119:133 +. +Redeem me from the oppression of man, That I may keep Your precepts. -- psalms 119:134 +. +Make Your face shine upon Your servant, And teach me Your statutes. -- psalms 119:135 +. +My eyes shed streams of water, Because they do not keep Your law. -- psalms 119:136 +. +Righteous are You, O LORD, And upright are Your judgments. -- psalms 119:137 +. +You have commanded Your testimonies in righteousness And exceeding faithfulness. -- psalms 119:138 +. +My zeal has consumed me, Because my adversaries have forgotten Your words. -- psalms 119:139 +. +Your word is very pure, Therefore Your servant loves it. -- psalms 119:140 +. +I am small and despised, Yet I do not forget Your precepts. -- psalms 119:141 +. +Your righteousness is an everlasting righteousness, And Your law is truth. -- psalms 119:142 +. +Trouble and anguish have come upon me, Yet Your commandments are my delight. -- psalms 119:143 +. +Your testimonies are righteous forever; Give me understanding that I may live. -- psalms 119:144 +. +I cried with all my heart; answer me, O LORD! I will observe Your statutes. -- psalms 119:145 +. +I cried to You; save me And I shall keep Your testimonies. -- psalms 119:146 +. +I rise before dawn and cry for help; I wait for Your words. -- psalms 119:147 +. +My eyes anticipate the night watches, That I may meditate on Your word. -- psalms 119:148 +. +Hear my voice according to Your lovingkindness; Revive me, O LORD, according to Your ordinances. -- psalms 119:149 +. +Those who follow after wickedness draw near; They are far from Your law. -- psalms 119:150 +. +You are near, O LORD, And all Your commandments are truth. -- psalms 119:151 +. +Of old I have known from Your testimonies That You have founded them forever. -- psalms 119:152 +. +Look upon my affliction and rescue me, For I do not forget Your law. -- psalms 119:153 +. +Plead my cause and redeem me; Revive me according to Your word. -- psalms 119:154 +. +Salvation is far from the wicked, For they do not seek Your statutes. -- psalms 119:155 +. +Great are Your mercies, O LORD; Revive me according to Your ordinances. -- psalms 119:156 +. +Many are my persecutors and my adversaries, Yet I do not turn aside from Your testimonies. -- psalms 119:157 +. +I behold the treacherous and loathe them, Because they do not keep Your word. -- psalms 119:158 +. +Consider how I love Your precepts; Revive me, O LORD, according to Your lovingkindness. -- psalms 119:159 +. +The sum of Your word is truth, And every one of Your righteous ordinances is everlasting. -- psalms 119:160 +. +Princes persecute me without cause, But my heart stands in awe of Your words. -- psalms 119:161 +. +I rejoice at Your word, As one who finds great spoil. -- psalms 119:162 +. +I hate and despise falsehood, But I love Your law. -- psalms 119:163 +. +Seven times a day I praise You, Because of Your righteous ordinances. -- psalms 119:164 +. +Those who love Your law have great peace, And nothing causes them to stumble. -- psalms 119:165 +. +I hope for Your salvation, O LORD, And do Your commandments. -- psalms 119:166 +. +My soul keeps Your testimonies, And I love them exceedingly. -- psalms 119:167 +. +I keep Your precepts and Your testimonies, For all my ways are before You. -- psalms 119:168 +. +Let my cry come before You, O LORD; Give me understanding according to Your word. -- psalms 119:169 +. +Let my supplication come before You; Deliver me according to Your word. -- psalms 119:170 +. +Let my lips utter praise, For You teach me Your statutes. -- psalms 119:171 +. +Let my tongue sing of Your word, For all Your commandments are righteousness. -- psalms 119:172 +. +Let Your hand be ready to help me, For I have chosen Your precepts. -- psalms 119:173 +. +I long for Your salvation, O LORD, And Your law is my delight. -- psalms 119:174 +. +Let my soul live that it may praise You, And let Your ordinances help me. -- psalms 119:175 +. +I have gone astray like a lost sheep; seek Your servant, For I do not forget Your commandments. -- psalms 119:176 +. +In my trouble I cried to the LORD, And He answered me. -- psalms 120:1 +. +Deliver my soul, O LORD, from lying lips, From a deceitful tongue. -- psalms 120:2 +. +What shall be given to you, and what more shall be done to you, You deceitful tongue? -- psalms 120:3 +. +Sharp arrows of the warrior, With the burning coals of the broom tree. -- psalms 120:4 +. +Woe is me, for I sojourn in Meshech, For I dwell among the tents of Kedar! -- psalms 120:5 +. +Too long has my soul had its dwelling With those who hate peace. -- psalms 120:6 +. +I am for peace, but when I speak, They are for war. -- psalms 120:7 +. +I will lift up my eyes to the mountains; From where shall my help come? -- psalms 121:1 +. +My help comes from the LORD, Who made heaven and earth. -- psalms 121:2 +. +He will not allow your foot to slip; He who keeps you will not slumber. -- psalms 121:3 +. +Behold, He who keeps Israel Will neither slumber nor sleep. -- psalms 121:4 +. +The LORD is your keeper; The LORD is your shade on your right hand. -- psalms 121:5 +. +The sun will not smite you by day, Nor the moon by night. -- psalms 121:6 +. +The LORD will protect you from all evil; He will keep your soul. -- psalms 121:7 +. +The LORD will guard your going out and your coming in From this time forth and forever. -- psalms 121:8 +. +I was glad when they said to me, "Let us go to the house of the LORD." -- psalms 122:1 +. +Our feet are standing Within your gates, O Jerusalem, -- psalms 122:2 +. +Jerusalem, that is built As a city that is compact together; -- psalms 122:3 +. +To which the tribes go up, even the tribes of the LORD-- An ordinance for Israel-- To give thanks to the name of the LORD. -- psalms 122:4 +. +For there thrones were set for judgment, The thrones of the house of David. -- psalms 122:5 +. +Pray for the peace of Jerusalem: "May they prosper who love you. -- psalms 122:6 +. +"May peace be within your walls, And prosperity within your palaces." -- psalms 122:7 +. +For the sake of my brothers and my friends, I will now say, "May peace be within you." -- psalms 122:8 +. +For the sake of the house of the LORD our God, I will seek your good. -- psalms 122:9 +. +To You I lift up my eyes, O You who are enthroned in the heavens! -- psalms 123:1 +. +Behold, as the eyes of servants look to the hand of their master, As the eyes of a maid to the hand of her mistress, So our eyes look to the LORD our God, Until He is gracious to us. -- psalms 123:2 +. +Be gracious to us, O LORD, be gracious to us, For we are greatly filled with contempt. -- psalms 123:3 +. +Our soul is greatly filled With the scoffing of those who are at ease, And with the contempt of the proud. -- psalms 123:4 +. +"Had it not been the LORD who was on our side," Let Israel now say, -- psalms 124:1 +. +"Had it not been the LORD who was on our side When men rose up against us, -- psalms 124:2 +. +Then they would have swallowed us alive, When their anger was kindled against us; -- psalms 124:3 +. +Then the waters would have engulfed us, The stream would have swept over our soul; -- psalms 124:4 +. +Then the raging waters would have swept over our soul." -- psalms 124:5 +. +Blessed be the LORD, Who has not given us to be torn by their teeth. -- psalms 124:6 +. +Our soul has escaped as a bird out of the snare of the trapper; The snare is broken and we have escaped. -- psalms 124:7 +. +Our help is in the name of the LORD, Who made heaven and earth. -- psalms 124:8 +. +Those who trust in the LORD Are as Mount Zion, which cannot be moved but abides forever. -- psalms 125:1 +. +As the mountains surround Jerusalem, So the LORD surrounds His people From this time forth and forever. -- psalms 125:2 +. +For the scepter of wickedness shall not rest upon the land of the righteous, So that the righteous will not put forth their hands to do wrong. -- psalms 125:3 +. +Do good, O LORD, to those who are good And to those who are upright in their hearts. -- psalms 125:4 +. +But as for those who turn aside to their crooked ways, The LORD will lead them away with the doers of iniquity. Peace be upon Israel. -- psalms 125:5 +. +When the LORD brought back the captive ones of Zion, We were like those who dream. -- psalms 126:1 +. +Then our mouth was filled with laughter And our tongue with joyful shouting; Then they said among the nations, "The LORD has done great things for them." -- psalms 126:2 +. +The LORD has done great things for us; We are glad. -- psalms 126:3 +. +Restore our captivity, O LORD, As the streams in the South. -- psalms 126:4 +. +Those who sow in tears shall reap with joyful shouting. -- psalms 126:5 +. +He who goes to and fro weeping, carrying his bag of seed, Shall indeed come again with a shout of joy, bringing his sheaves with him. -- psalms 126:6 +. +Unless the LORD builds the house, They labor in vain who build it; Unless the LORD guards the city, The watchman keeps awake in vain. -- psalms 127:1 +. +It is vain for you to rise up early, To retire late, To eat the bread of painful labors; For He gives to His beloved even in his sleep. -- psalms 127:2 +. +Behold, children are a gift of the LORD, The fruit of the womb is a reward. -- psalms 127:3 +. +Like arrows in the hand of a warrior, So are the children of one's youth. -- psalms 127:4 +. +How blessed is the man whose quiver is full of them; They will not be ashamed When they speak with their enemies in the gate. -- psalms 127:5 +. +How blessed is everyone who fears the LORD, Who walks in His ways. -- psalms 128:1 +. +When you shall eat of the fruit of your hands, You will be happy and it will be well with you. -- psalms 128:2 +. +Your wife shall be like a fruitful vine Within your house, Your children like olive plants Around your table. -- psalms 128:3 +. +Behold, for thus shall the man be blessed Who fears the LORD. -- psalms 128:4 +. +The LORD bless you from Zion, And may you see the prosperity of Jerusalem all the days of your life. -- psalms 128:5 +. +Indeed, may you see your children's children. Peace be upon Israel! -- psalms 128:6 +. +"Many times they have persecuted me from my youth up," Let Israel now say, -- psalms 129:1 +. +"Many times they have persecuted me from my youth up; Yet they have not prevailed against me. -- psalms 129:2 +. +"The plowers plowed upon my back; They lengthened their furrows." -- psalms 129:3 +. +The LORD is righteous; He has cut in two the cords of the wicked. -- psalms 129:4 +. +May all who hate Zion Be put to shame and turned backward; -- psalms 129:5 +. +Let them be like grass upon the housetops, Which withers before it grows up; -- psalms 129:6 +. +With which the reaper does not fill his hand, Or the binder of sheaves his bosom; -- psalms 129:7 +. +Nor do those who pass by say, "The blessing of the LORD be upon you; We bless you in the name of the LORD." -- psalms 129:8 +. +Out of the depths I have cried to You, O LORD. -- psalms 130:1 +. +Lord, hear my voice! Let Your ears be attentive To the voice of my supplications. -- psalms 130:2 +. +If You, LORD, should mark iniquities, O Lord, who could stand? -- psalms 130:3 +. +But there is forgiveness with You, That You may be feared. -- psalms 130:4 +. +I wait for the LORD, my soul does wait, And in His word do I hope. -- psalms 130:5 +. +My soul waits for the Lord More than the watchmen for the morning; Indeed, more than the watchmen for the morning. -- psalms 130:6 +. +O Israel, hope in the LORD; For with the LORD there is lovingkindness, And with Him is abundant redemption. -- psalms 130:7 +. +And He will redeem Israel From all his iniquities. -- psalms 130:8 +. +O LORD, my heart is not proud, nor my eyes haughty; Nor do I involve myself in great matters, Or in things too difficult for me. -- psalms 131:1 +. +Surely I have composed and quieted my soul; Like a weaned child rests against his mother, My soul is like a weaned child within me. -- psalms 131:2 +. +O Israel, hope in the LORD From this time forth and forever. -- psalms 131:3 +. +Remember, O LORD, on David's behalf, All his affliction; -- psalms 132:1 +. +How he swore to the LORD And vowed to the Mighty One of Jacob, -- psalms 132:2 +. +"Surely I will not enter my house, Nor lie on my bed; -- psalms 132:3 +. +I will not give sleep to my eyes Or slumber to my eyelids, -- psalms 132:4 +. +Until I find a place for the LORD, A dwelling place for the Mighty One of Jacob." -- psalms 132:5 +. +Behold, we heard of it in Ephrathah, We found it in the field of Jaar. -- psalms 132:6 +. +Let us go into His dwelling place; Let us worship at His footstool. -- psalms 132:7 +. +Arise, O LORD, to Your resting place, You and the ark of Your strength. -- psalms 132:8 +. +Let Your priests be clothed with righteousness, And let Your godly ones sing for joy. -- psalms 132:9 +. +For the sake of David Your servant, Do not turn away the face of Your anointed. -- psalms 132:10 +. +The LORD has sworn to David A truth from which He will not turn back: "Of the fruit of your body I will set upon your throne. -- psalms 132:11 +. +"If your sons will keep My covenant And My testimony which I will teach them, Their sons also shall sit upon your throne forever." -- psalms 132:12 +. +For the LORD has chosen Zion; He has desired it for His habitation. -- psalms 132:13 +. +"This is My resting place forever; Here I will dwell, for I have desired it. -- psalms 132:14 +. +"I will abundantly bless her provision; I will satisfy her needy with bread. -- psalms 132:15 +. +"Her priests also I will clothe with salvation, And her godly ones will sing aloud for joy. -- psalms 132:16 +. +"There I will cause the horn of David to spring forth; I have prepared a lamp for Mine anointed. -- psalms 132:17 +. +"His enemies I will clothe with shame, But upon himself his crown shall shine." -- psalms 132:18 +. +Behold, how good and how pleasant it is For brothers to dwell together in unity! -- psalms 133:1 +. +It is like the precious oil upon the head, Coming down upon the beard, Even Aaron's beard, Coming down upon the edge of his robes. -- psalms 133:2 +. +It is like the dew of Hermon Coming down upon the mountains of Zion; For there the LORD commanded the blessing--life forever. -- psalms 133:3 +. +Behold, bless the LORD, all servants of the LORD, Who serve by night in the house of the LORD! -- psalms 134:1 +. +Lift up your hands to the sanctuary And bless the LORD. -- psalms 134:2 +. +May the LORD bless you from Zion, He who made heaven and earth. -- psalms 134:3 +. +Praise the LORD! Praise the name of the LORD; Praise Him, O servants of the LORD, -- psalms 135:1 +. +You who stand in the house of the LORD, In the courts of the house of our God! -- psalms 135:2 +. +Praise the LORD, for the LORD is good; Sing praises to His name, for it is lovely. -- psalms 135:3 +. +For the LORD has chosen Jacob for Himself, Israel for His own possession. -- psalms 135:4 +. +For I know that the LORD is great And that our Lord is above all gods. -- psalms 135:5 +. +Whatever the LORD pleases, He does, In heaven and in earth, in the seas and in all deeps. -- psalms 135:6 +. +He causes the vapors to ascend from the ends of the earth; Who makes lightnings for the rain, Who brings forth the wind from His treasuries. -- psalms 135:7 +. +He smote the firstborn of Egypt, Both of man and beast. -- psalms 135:8 +. +He sent signs and wonders into your midst, O Egypt, Upon Pharaoh and all his servants. -- psalms 135:9 +. +He smote many nations And slew mighty kings, -- psalms 135:10 +. +Sihon, king of the Amorites, And Og, king of Bashan, And all the kingdoms of Canaan; -- psalms 135:11 +. +And He gave their land as a heritage, A heritage to Israel His people. -- psalms 135:12 +. +Your name, O LORD, is everlasting, Your remembrance, O LORD, throughout all generations. -- psalms 135:13 +. +For the LORD will judge His people And will have compassion on His servants. -- psalms 135:14 +. +The idols of the nations are but silver and gold, The work of man's hands. -- psalms 135:15 +. +They have mouths, but they do not speak; They have eyes, but they do not see; -- psalms 135:16 +. +They have ears, but they do not hear, Nor is there any breath at all in their mouths. -- psalms 135:17 +. +Those who make them will be like them, Yes, everyone who trusts in them. -- psalms 135:18 +. +O house of Israel, bless the LORD; O house of Aaron, bless the LORD; -- psalms 135:19 +. +O house of Levi, bless the LORD; You who revere the LORD, bless the LORD. -- psalms 135:20 +. +Blessed be the LORD from Zion, Who dwells in Jerusalem. Praise the LORD! -- psalms 135:21 +. +Give thanks to the LORD, for He is good, For His lovingkindness is everlasting. -- psalms 136:1 +. +Give thanks to the God of gods, For His lovingkindness is everlasting. -- psalms 136:2 +. +Give thanks to the Lord of lords, For His lovingkindness is everlasting. -- psalms 136:3 +. +To Him who alone does great wonders, For His lovingkindness is everlasting; -- psalms 136:4 +. +To Him who made the heavens with skill, For His lovingkindness is everlasting; -- psalms 136:5 +. +To Him who spread out the earth above the waters, For His lovingkindness is everlasting; -- psalms 136:6 +. +To Him who made the great lights, For His lovingkindness is everlasting: -- psalms 136:7 +. +The sun to rule by day, For His lovingkindness is everlasting, -- psalms 136:8 +. +The moon and stars to rule by night, For His lovingkindness is everlasting. -- psalms 136:9 +. +To Him who smote the Egyptians in their firstborn, For His lovingkindness is everlasting, -- psalms 136:10 +. +And brought Israel out from their midst, For His lovingkindness is everlasting, -- psalms 136:11 +. +With a strong hand and an outstretched arm, For His lovingkindness is everlasting. -- psalms 136:12 +. +To Him who divided the Red Sea asunder, For His lovingkindness is everlasting, -- psalms 136:13 +. +And made Israel pass through the midst of it, For His lovingkindness is everlasting; -- psalms 136:14 +. +But He overthrew Pharaoh and his army in the Red Sea, For His lovingkindness is everlasting. -- psalms 136:15 +. +To Him who led His people through the wilderness, For His lovingkindness is everlasting; -- psalms 136:16 +. +To Him who smote great kings, For His lovingkindness is everlasting, -- psalms 136:17 +. +And slew mighty kings, For His lovingkindness is everlasting: -- psalms 136:18 +. +Sihon, king of the Amorites, For His lovingkindness is everlasting, -- psalms 136:19 +. +And Og, king of Bashan, For His lovingkindness is everlasting, -- psalms 136:20 +. +And gave their land as a heritage, For His lovingkindness is everlasting, -- psalms 136:21 +. +Even a heritage to Israel His servant, For His lovingkindness is everlasting. -- psalms 136:22 +. +Who remembered us in our low estate, For His lovingkindness is everlasting, -- psalms 136:23 +. +And has rescued us from our adversaries, For His lovingkindness is everlasting; -- psalms 136:24 +. +Who gives food to all flesh, For His lovingkindness is everlasting. -- psalms 136:25 +. +Give thanks to the God of heaven, For His lovingkindness is everlasting. -- psalms 136:26 +. +By the rivers of Babylon, There we sat down and wept, When we remembered Zion. -- psalms 137:1 +. +Upon the willows in the midst of it We hung our harps. -- psalms 137:2 +. +For there our captors demanded of us songs, And our tormentors mirth, saying, "Sing us one of the songs of Zion." -- psalms 137:3 +. +How can we sing the LORD'S song In a foreign land? -- psalms 137:4 +. +If I forget you, O Jerusalem, May my right hand forget her skill. -- psalms 137:5 +. +May my tongue cling to the roof of my mouth If I do not remember you, If I do not exalt Jerusalem Above my chief joy. -- psalms 137:6 +. +Remember, O LORD, against the sons of Edom The day of Jerusalem, Who said, "Raze it, raze it To its very foundation." -- psalms 137:7 +. +O daughter of Babylon, you devastated one, How blessed will be the one who repays you With the recompense with which you have repaid us. -- psalms 137:8 +. +How blessed will be the one who seizes and dashes your little ones Against the rock. -- psalms 137:9 +. +I will give You thanks with all my heart; I will sing praises to You before the gods. -- psalms 138:1 +. +I will bow down toward Your holy temple And give thanks to Your name for Your lovingkindness and Your truth; For You have magnified Your word according to all Your name. -- psalms 138:2 +. +On the day I called, You answered me; You made me bold with strength in my soul. -- psalms 138:3 +. +All the kings of the earth will give thanks to You, O LORD, When they have heard the words of Your mouth. -- psalms 138:4 +. +And they will sing of the ways of the LORD, For great is the glory of the LORD. -- psalms 138:5 +. +For though the LORD is exalted, Yet He regards the lowly, But the haughty He knows from afar. -- psalms 138:6 +. +Though I walk in the midst of trouble, You will revive me; You will stretch forth Your hand against the wrath of my enemies, And Your right hand will save me. -- psalms 138:7 +. +The LORD will accomplish what concerns me; Your lovingkindness, O LORD, is everlasting; Do not forsake the works of Your hands. -- psalms 138:8 +. +O LORD, You have searched me and known me. -- psalms 139:1 +. +You know when I sit down and when I rise up; You understand my thought from afar. -- psalms 139:2 +. +You scrutinize my path and my lying down, And are intimately acquainted with all my ways. -- psalms 139:3 +. +Even before there is a word on my tongue, Behold, O LORD, You know it all. -- psalms 139:4 +. +You have enclosed me behind and before, And laid Your hand upon me. -- psalms 139:5 +. +Such knowledge is too wonderful for me; It is too high, I cannot attain to it. -- psalms 139:6 +. +Where can I go from Your Spirit? Or where can I flee from Your presence? -- psalms 139:7 +. +If I ascend to heaven, You are there; If I make my bed in Sheol, behold, You are there. -- psalms 139:8 +. +If I take the wings of the dawn, If I dwell in the remotest part of the sea, -- psalms 139:9 +. +Even there Your hand will lead me, And Your right hand will lay hold of me. -- psalms 139:10 +. +If I say, "Surely the darkness will overwhelm me, And the light around me will be night," -- psalms 139:11 +. +Even the darkness is not dark to You, And the night is as bright as the day. Darkness and light are alike to You. -- psalms 139:12 +. +For You formed my inward parts; You wove me in my mother's womb. -- psalms 139:13 +. +I will give thanks to You, for I am fearfully and wonderfully made; Wonderful are Your works, And my soul knows it very well. -- psalms 139:14 +. +My frame was not hidden from You, When I was made in secret, And skillfully wrought in the depths of the earth; -- psalms 139:15 +. +Your eyes have seen my unformed substance; And in Your book were all written The days that were ordained for me, When as yet there was not one of them. -- psalms 139:16 +. +How precious also are Your thoughts to me, O God! How vast is the sum of them! -- psalms 139:17 +. +If I should count them, they would outnumber the sand. When I awake, I am still with You. -- psalms 139:18 +. +O that You would slay the wicked, O God; Depart from me, therefore, men of bloodshed. -- psalms 139:19 +. +For they speak against You wickedly, And Your enemies take Your name in vain. -- psalms 139:20 +. +Do I not hate those who hate You, O LORD? And do I not loathe those who rise up against You? -- psalms 139:21 +. +I hate them with the utmost hatred; They have become my enemies. -- psalms 139:22 +. +Search me, O God, and know my heart; Try me and know my anxious thoughts; -- psalms 139:23 +. +And see if there be any hurtful way in me, And lead me in the everlasting way. -- psalms 139:24 +. +Rescue me, O LORD, from evil men; Preserve me from violent men -- psalms 140:1 +. +Who devise evil things in their hearts; They continually stir up wars. -- psalms 140:2 +. +They sharpen their tongues as a serpent; Poison of a viper is under their lips. Selah. -- psalms 140:3 +. +Keep me, O LORD, from the hands of the wicked; Preserve me from violent men Who have purposed to trip up my feet. -- psalms 140:4 +. +The proud have hidden a trap for me, and cords; They have spread a net by the wayside; They have set snares for me. Selah. -- psalms 140:5 +. +I said to the LORD, "You are my God; Give ear, O LORD, to the voice of my supplications. -- psalms 140:6 +. +"O GOD the Lord, the strength of my salvation, You have covered my head in the day of battle. -- psalms 140:7 +. +"Do not grant, O LORD, the desires of the wicked; Do not promote his evil device, that they not be exalted. Selah. -- psalms 140:8 +. +"As for the head of those who surround me, May the mischief of their lips cover them. -- psalms 140:9 +. +"May burning coals fall upon them; May they be cast into the fire, Into deep pits from which they cannot rise. -- psalms 140:10 +. +"May a slanderer not be established in the earth; May evil hunt the violent man speedily." -- psalms 140:11 +. +I know that the LORD will maintain the cause of the afflicted And justice for the poor. -- psalms 140:12 +. +Surely the righteous will give thanks to Your name; The upright will dwell in Your presence. -- psalms 140:13 +. +O LORD, I call upon You; hasten to me! Give ear to my voice when I call to You! -- psalms 141:1 +. +May my prayer be counted as incense before You; The lifting up of my hands as the evening offering. -- psalms 141:2 +. +Set a guard, O LORD, over my mouth; Keep watch over the door of my lips. -- psalms 141:3 +. +Do not incline my heart to any evil thing, To practice deeds of wickedness With men who do iniquity; And do not let me eat of their delicacies. -- psalms 141:4 +. +Let the righteous smite me in kindness and reprove me; It is oil upon the head; Do not let my head refuse it, For still my prayer is against their wicked deeds. -- psalms 141:5 +. +Their judges are thrown down by the sides of the rock, And they hear my words, for they are pleasant. -- psalms 141:6 +. +As when one plows and breaks open the earth, Our bones have been scattered at the mouth of Sheol. -- psalms 141:7 +. +For my eyes are toward You, O GOD, the Lord; In You I take refuge; do not leave me defenseless. -- psalms 141:8 +. +Keep me from the jaws of the trap which they have set for me, And from the snares of those who do iniquity. -- psalms 141:9 +. +Let the wicked fall into their own nets, While I pass by safely. -- psalms 141:10 +. +I cry aloud with my voice to the LORD; I make supplication with my voice to the LORD. -- psalms 142:1 +. +I pour out my complaint before Him; I declare my trouble before Him. -- psalms 142:2 +. +When my spirit was overwhelmed within me, You knew my path. In the way where I walk They have hidden a trap for me. -- psalms 142:3 +. +Look to the right and see; For there is no one who regards me; There is no escape for me; No one cares for my soul. -- psalms 142:4 +. +I cried out to You, O LORD; I said, "You are my refuge, My portion in the land of the living. -- psalms 142:5 +. +"Give heed to my cry, For I am brought very low; Deliver me from my persecutors, For they are too strong for me. -- psalms 142:6 +. +"Bring my soul out of prison, So that I may give thanks to Your name; The righteous will surround me, For You will deal bountifully with me." -- psalms 142:7 +. +Hear my prayer, O LORD, Give ear to my supplications! Answer me in Your faithfulness, in Your righteousness! -- psalms 143:1 +. +And do not enter into judgment with Your servant, For in Your sight no man living is righteous. -- psalms 143:2 +. +For the enemy has persecuted my soul; He has crushed my life to the ground; He has made me dwell in dark places, like those who have long been dead. -- psalms 143:3 +. +Therefore my spirit is overwhelmed within me; My heart is appalled within me. -- psalms 143:4 +. +I remember the days of old; I meditate on all Your doings; I muse on the work of Your hands. -- psalms 143:5 +. +I stretch out my hands to You; My soul longs for You, as a parched land. Selah. -- psalms 143:6 +. +Answer me quickly, O LORD, my spirit fails; Do not hide Your face from me, Or I will become like those who go down to the pit. -- psalms 143:7 +. +Let me hear Your lovingkindness in the morning; For I trust in You; Teach me the way in which I should walk; For to You I lift up my soul. -- psalms 143:8 +. +Deliver me, O LORD, from my enemies; I take refuge in You. -- psalms 143:9 +. +Teach me to do Your will, For You are my God; Let Your good Spirit lead me on level ground. -- psalms 143:10 +. +For the sake of Your name, O LORD, revive me. In Your righteousness bring my soul out of trouble. -- psalms 143:11 +. +And in Your lovingkindness, cut off my enemies And destroy all those who afflict my soul, For I am Your servant. -- psalms 143:12 +. +Blessed be the LORD, my rock, Who trains my hands for war, And my fingers for battle; -- psalms 144:1 +. +My lovingkindness and my fortress, My stronghold and my deliverer, My shield and He in whom I take refuge, Who subdues my people under me. -- psalms 144:2 +. +O LORD, what is man, that You take knowledge of him? Or the son of man, that You think of him? -- psalms 144:3 +. +Man is like a mere breath; His days are like a passing shadow. -- psalms 144:4 +. +Bow Your heavens, O LORD, and come down; Touch the mountains, that they may smoke. -- psalms 144:5 +. +Flash forth lightning and scatter them; Send out Your arrows and confuse them. -- psalms 144:6 +. +Stretch forth Your hand from on high; Rescue me and deliver me out of great waters, Out of the hand of aliens -- psalms 144:7 +. +Whose mouths speak deceit, And whose right hand is a right hand of falsehood. -- psalms 144:8 +. +I will sing a new song to You, O God; Upon a harp of ten strings I will sing praises to You, -- psalms 144:9 +. +Who gives salvation to kings, Who rescues David His servant from the evil sword. -- psalms 144:10 +. +Rescue me and deliver me out of the hand of aliens, Whose mouth speaks deceit And whose right hand is a right hand of falsehood. -- psalms 144:11 +. +Let our sons in their youth be as grown-up plants, And our daughters as corner pillars fashioned as for a palace; -- psalms 144:12 +. +Let our garners be full, furnishing every kind of produce, And our flocks bring forth thousands and ten thousands in our fields; -- psalms 144:13 +. +Let our cattle bear Without mishap and without loss, Let there be no outcry in our streets! -- psalms 144:14 +. +How blessed are the people who are so situated; How blessed are the people whose God is the LORD! -- psalms 144:15 +. +I will extol You, my God, O King, And I will bless Your name forever and ever. -- psalms 145:1 +. +Every day I will bless You, And I will praise Your name forever and ever. -- psalms 145:2 +. +Great is the LORD, and highly to be praised, And His greatness is unsearchable. -- psalms 145:3 +. +One generation shall praise Your works to another, And shall declare Your mighty acts. -- psalms 145:4 +. +On the glorious splendor of Your majesty And on Your wonderful works, I will meditate. -- psalms 145:5 +. +Men shall speak of the power of Your awesome acts, And I will tell of Your greatness. -- psalms 145:6 +. +They shall eagerly utter the memory of Your abundant goodness And will shout joyfully of Your righteousness. -- psalms 145:7 +. +The LORD is gracious and merciful; Slow to anger and great in lovingkindness. -- psalms 145:8 +. +The LORD is good to all, And His mercies are over all His works. -- psalms 145:9 +. +All Your works shall give thanks to You, O LORD, And Your godly ones shall bless You. -- psalms 145:10 +. +They shall speak of the glory of Your kingdom And talk of Your power; -- psalms 145:11 +. +To make known to the sons of men Your mighty acts And the glory of the majesty of Your kingdom. -- psalms 145:12 +. +Your kingdom is an everlasting kingdom, And Your dominion endures throughout all generations. -- psalms 145:13 +. +The LORD sustains all who fall And raises up all who are bowed down. -- psalms 145:14 +. +The eyes of all look to You, And You give them their food in due time. -- psalms 145:15 +. +You open Your hand And satisfy the desire of every living thing. -- psalms 145:16 +. +The LORD is righteous in all His ways And kind in all His deeds. -- psalms 145:17 +. +The LORD is near to all who call upon Him, To all who call upon Him in truth. -- psalms 145:18 +. +He will fulfill the desire of those who fear Him; He will also hear their cry and will save them. -- psalms 145:19 +. +The LORD keeps all who love Him, But all the wicked He will destroy. -- psalms 145:20 +. +My mouth will speak the praise of the LORD, And all flesh will bless His holy name forever and ever. -- psalms 145:21 +. +Praise the LORD! Praise the LORD, O my soul! -- psalms 146:1 +. +I will praise the LORD while I live; I will sing praises to my God while I have my being. -- psalms 146:2 +. +Do not trust in princes, In mortal man, in whom there is no salvation. -- psalms 146:3 +. +His spirit departs, he returns to the earth; In that very day his thoughts perish. -- psalms 146:4 +. +How blessed is he whose help is the God of Jacob, Whose hope is in the LORD his God, -- psalms 146:5 +. +Who made heaven and earth, The sea and all that is in them; Who keeps faith forever; -- psalms 146:6 +. +Who executes justice for the oppressed; Who gives food to the hungry. The LORD sets the prisoners free. -- psalms 146:7 +. +The LORD opens the eyes of the blind; The LORD raises up those who are bowed down; The LORD loves the righteous; -- psalms 146:8 +. +The LORD protects the strangers; He supports the fatherless and the widow, But He thwarts the way of the wicked. -- psalms 146:9 +. +The LORD will reign forever, Your God, O Zion, to all generations. Praise the LORD! -- psalms 146:10 +. +Praise the LORD! For it is good to sing praises to our God; For it is pleasant and praise is becoming. -- psalms 147:1 +. +The LORD builds up Jerusalem; He gathers the outcasts of Israel. -- psalms 147:2 +. +He heals the brokenhearted And binds up their wounds. -- psalms 147:3 +. +He counts the number of the stars; He gives names to all of them. -- psalms 147:4 +. +Great is our Lord and abundant in strength; His understanding is infinite. -- psalms 147:5 +. +The LORD supports the afflicted; He brings down the wicked to the ground. -- psalms 147:6 +. +Sing to the LORD with thanksgiving; Sing praises to our God on the lyre, -- psalms 147:7 +. +Who covers the heavens with clouds, Who provides rain for the earth, Who makes grass to grow on the mountains. -- psalms 147:8 +. +He gives to the beast its food, And to the young ravens which cry. -- psalms 147:9 +. +He does not delight in the strength of the horse; He does not take pleasure in the legs of a man. -- psalms 147:10 +. +The LORD favors those who fear Him, Those who wait for His lovingkindness. -- psalms 147:11 +. +Praise the LORD, O Jerusalem! Praise your God, O Zion! -- psalms 147:12 +. +For He has strengthened the bars of your gates; He has blessed your sons within you. -- psalms 147:13 +. +He makes peace in your borders; He satisfies you with the finest of the wheat. -- psalms 147:14 +. +He sends forth His command to the earth; His word runs very swiftly. -- psalms 147:15 +. +He gives snow like wool; He scatters the frost like ashes. -- psalms 147:16 +. +He casts forth His ice as fragments; Who can stand before His cold? -- psalms 147:17 +. +He sends forth His word and melts them; He causes His wind to blow and the waters to flow. -- psalms 147:18 +. +He declares His words to Jacob, His statutes and His ordinances to Israel. -- psalms 147:19 +. +He has not dealt thus with any nation; And as for His ordinances, they have not known them. Praise the LORD! -- psalms 147:20 +. +Praise the LORD! Praise the LORD from the heavens; Praise Him in the heights! -- psalms 148:1 +. +Praise Him, all His angels; Praise Him, all His hosts! -- psalms 148:2 +. +Praise Him, sun and moon; Praise Him, all stars of light! -- psalms 148:3 +. +Praise Him, highest heavens, And the waters that are above the heavens! -- psalms 148:4 +. +Let them praise the name of the LORD, For He commanded and they were created. -- psalms 148:5 +. +He has also established them forever and ever; He has made a decree which will not pass away. -- psalms 148:6 +. +Praise the LORD from the earth, Sea monsters and all deeps; -- psalms 148:7 +. +Fire and hail, snow and clouds; Stormy wind, fulfilling His word; -- psalms 148:8 +. +Mountains and all hills; Fruit trees and all cedars; -- psalms 148:9 +. +Beasts and all cattle; Creeping things and winged fowl; -- psalms 148:10 +. +Kings of the earth and all peoples; Princes and all judges of the earth; -- psalms 148:11 +. +Both young men and virgins; Old men and children. -- psalms 148:12 +. +Let them praise the name of the LORD, For His name alone is exalted; His glory is above earth and heaven. -- psalms 148:13 +. +And He has lifted up a horn for His people, Praise for all His godly ones; Even for the sons of Israel, a people near to Him. Praise the LORD! -- psalms 148:14 +. +Praise the LORD! Sing to the LORD a new song, And His praise in the congregation of the godly ones. -- psalms 149:1 +. +Let Israel be glad in his Maker; Let the sons of Zion rejoice in their King. -- psalms 149:2 +. +Let them praise His name with dancing; Let them sing praises to Him with timbrel and lyre. -- psalms 149:3 +. +For the LORD takes pleasure in His people; He will beautify the afflicted ones with salvation. -- psalms 149:4 +. +Let the godly ones exult in glory; Let them sing for joy on their beds. -- psalms 149:5 +. +Let the high praises of God be in their mouth, And a two-edged sword in their hand, -- psalms 149:6 +. +To execute vengeance on the nations And punishment on the peoples, -- psalms 149:7 +. +To bind their kings with chains And their nobles with fetters of iron, -- psalms 149:8 +. +To execute on them the judgment written; This is an honor for all His godly ones. Praise the LORD! -- psalms 149:9 +. +Praise the LORD! Praise God in His sanctuary; Praise Him in His mighty expanse. -- psalms 150:1 +. +Praise Him for His mighty deeds; Praise Him according to His excellent greatness. -- psalms 150:2 +. +Praise Him with trumpet sound; Praise Him with harp and lyre. -- psalms 150:3 +. +Praise Him with timbrel and dancing; Praise Him with stringed instruments and pipe. -- psalms 150:4 +. +Praise Him with loud cymbals; Praise Him with resounding cymbals. -- psalms 150:5 +. +Let everything that has breath praise the LORD. Praise the LORD! -- psalms 150:6 +. +The proverbs of Solomon the son of David, king of Israel: -- proverbs 1:1 +. +To know wisdom and instruction, To discern the sayings of understanding, -- proverbs 1:2 +. +To receive instruction in wise behavior, Righteousness, justice and equity; -- proverbs 1:3 +. +To give prudence to the naive, To the youth knowledge and discretion, -- proverbs 1:4 +. +A wise man will hear and increase in learning, And a man of understanding will acquire wise counsel, -- proverbs 1:5 +. +To understand a proverb and a figure, The words of the wise and their riddles. -- proverbs 1:6 +. +The fear of the LORD is the beginning of knowledge; Fools despise wisdom and instruction. -- proverbs 1:7 +. +Hear, my son, your father's instruction And do not forsake your mother's teaching; -- proverbs 1:8 +. +Indeed, they are a graceful wreath to your head And ornaments about your neck. -- proverbs 1:9 +. +My son, if sinners entice you, Do not consent. -- proverbs 1:10 +. +If they say, "Come with us, Let us lie in wait for blood, Let us ambush the innocent without cause; -- proverbs 1:11 +. +Let us swallow them alive like Sheol, Even whole, as those who go down to the pit; -- proverbs 1:12 +. +We will find all kinds of precious wealth, We will fill our houses with spoil; -- proverbs 1:13 +. +Throw in your lot with us, We shall all have one purse," -- proverbs 1:14 +. +My son, do not walk in the way with them. Keep your feet from their path, -- proverbs 1:15 +. +For their feet run to evil And they hasten to shed blood. -- proverbs 1:16 +. +Indeed, it is useless to spread the baited net In the sight of any bird; -- proverbs 1:17 +. +But they lie in wait for their own blood; They ambush their own lives. -- proverbs 1:18 +. +So are the ways of everyone who gains by violence; It takes away the life of its possessors. -- proverbs 1:19 +. +Wisdom shouts in the street, She lifts her voice in the square; -- proverbs 1:20 +. +At the head of the noisy streets she cries out; At the entrance of the gates in the city she utters her sayings: -- proverbs 1:21 +. +"How long, O naive ones, will you love being simple-minded? And scoffers delight themselves in scoffing And fools hate knowledge? -- proverbs 1:22 +. +"Turn to my reproof, Behold, I will pour out my spirit on you; I will make my words known to you. -- proverbs 1:23 +. +"Because I called and you refused, I stretched out my hand and no one paid attention; -- proverbs 1:24 +. +And you neglected all my counsel And did not want my reproof; -- proverbs 1:25 +. +I will also laugh at your calamity; I will mock when your dread comes, -- proverbs 1:26 +. +When your dread comes like a storm And your calamity comes like a whirlwind, When distress and anguish come upon you. -- proverbs 1:27 +. +"Then they will call on me, but I will not answer; They will seek me diligently but they will not find me, -- proverbs 1:28 +. +Because they hated knowledge And did not choose the fear of the LORD. -- proverbs 1:29 +. +"They would not accept my counsel, They spurned all my reproof. -- proverbs 1:30 +. +"So they shall eat of the fruit of their own way And be satiated with their own devices. -- proverbs 1:31 +. +"For the waywardness of the naive will kill them, And the complacency of fools will destroy them. -- proverbs 1:32 +. +"But he who listens to me shall live securely And will be at ease from the dread of evil." -- proverbs 1:33 +. +My son, if you will receive my words And treasure my commandments within you, -- proverbs 2:1 +. +Make your ear attentive to wisdom, Incline your heart to understanding; -- proverbs 2:2 +. +For if you cry for discernment, Lift your voice for understanding; -- proverbs 2:3 +. +If you seek her as silver And search for her as for hidden treasures; -- proverbs 2:4 +. +Then you will discern the fear of the LORD And discover the knowledge of God. -- proverbs 2:5 +. +For the LORD gives wisdom; From His mouth come knowledge and understanding. -- proverbs 2:6 +. +He stores up sound wisdom for the upright; He is a shield to those who walk in integrity, -- proverbs 2:7 +. +Guarding the paths of justice, And He preserves the way of His godly ones. -- proverbs 2:8 +. +Then you will discern righteousness and justice And equity and every good course. -- proverbs 2:9 +. +For wisdom will enter your heart And knowledge will be pleasant to your soul; -- proverbs 2:10 +. +Discretion will guard you, Understanding will watch over you, -- proverbs 2:11 +. +To deliver you from the way of evil, From the man who speaks perverse things; -- proverbs 2:12 +. +From those who leave the paths of uprightness To walk in the ways of darkness; -- proverbs 2:13 +. +Who delight in doing evil And rejoice in the perversity of evil; -- proverbs 2:14 +. +Whose paths are crooked, And who are devious in their ways; -- proverbs 2:15 +. +To deliver you from the strange woman, From the adulteress who flatters with her words; -- proverbs 2:16 +. +That leaves the companion of her youth And forgets the covenant of her God; -- proverbs 2:17 +. +For her house sinks down to death And her tracks lead to the dead; -- proverbs 2:18 +. +None who go to her return again, Nor do they reach the paths of life. -- proverbs 2:19 +. +So you will walk in the way of good men And keep to the paths of the righteous. -- proverbs 2:20 +. +For the upright will live in the land And the blameless will remain in it; -- proverbs 2:21 +. +But the wicked will be cut off from the land And the treacherous will be uprooted from it. -- proverbs 2:22 +. +My son, do not forget my teaching, But let your heart keep my commandments; -- proverbs 3:1 +. +For length of days and years of life And peace they will add to you. -- proverbs 3:2 +. +Do not let kindness and truth leave you; Bind them around your neck, Write them on the tablet of your heart. -- proverbs 3:3 +. +So you will find favor and good repute In the sight of God and man. -- proverbs 3:4 +. +Trust in the LORD with all your heart And do not lean on your own understanding. -- proverbs 3:5 +. +In all your ways acknowledge Him, And He will make your paths straight. -- proverbs 3:6 +. +Do not be wise in your own eyes; Fear the LORD and turn away from evil. -- proverbs 3:7 +. +It will be healing to your body And refreshment to your bones. -- proverbs 3:8 +. +Honor the LORD from your wealth And from the first of all your produce; -- proverbs 3:9 +. +So your barns will be filled with plenty And your vats will overflow with new wine. -- proverbs 3:10 +. +My son, do not reject the discipline of the LORD Or loathe His reproof, -- proverbs 3:11 +. +For whom the LORD loves He reproves, Even as a father corrects the son in whom he delights. -- proverbs 3:12 +. +How blessed is the man who finds wisdom And the man who gains understanding. -- proverbs 3:13 +. +For her profit is better than the profit of silver And her gain better than fine gold. -- proverbs 3:14 +. +She is more precious than jewels; And nothing you desire compares with her. -- proverbs 3:15 +. +Long life is in her right hand; In her left hand are riches and honor. -- proverbs 3:16 +. +Her ways are pleasant ways And all her paths are peace. -- proverbs 3:17 +. +She is a tree of life to those who take hold of her, And happy are all who hold her fast. -- proverbs 3:18 +. +The LORD by wisdom founded the earth, By understanding He established the heavens. -- proverbs 3:19 +. +By His knowledge the deeps were broken up And the skies drip with dew. -- proverbs 3:20 +. +My son, let them not vanish from your sight; Keep sound wisdom and discretion, -- proverbs 3:21 +. +So they will be life to your soul And adornment to your neck. -- proverbs 3:22 +. +Then you will walk in your way securely And your foot will not stumble. -- proverbs 3:23 +. +When you lie down, you will not be afraid; When you lie down, your sleep will be sweet. -- proverbs 3:24 +. +Do not be afraid of sudden fear Nor of the onslaught of the wicked when it comes; -- proverbs 3:25 +. +For the LORD will be your confidence And will keep your foot from being caught. -- proverbs 3:26 +. +Do not withhold good from those to whom it is due, When it is in your power to do it. -- proverbs 3:27 +. +Do not say to your neighbor, "Go, and come back, And tomorrow I will give it," When you have it with you. -- proverbs 3:28 +. +Do not devise harm against your neighbor, While he lives securely beside you. -- proverbs 3:29 +. +Do not contend with a man without cause, If he has done you no harm. -- proverbs 3:30 +. +Do not envy a man of violence And do not choose any of his ways. -- proverbs 3:31 +. +For the devious are an abomination to the LORD; But He is intimate with the upright. -- proverbs 3:32 +. +The curse of the LORD is on the house of the wicked, But He blesses the dwelling of the righteous. -- proverbs 3:33 +. +Though He scoffs at the scoffers, Yet He gives grace to the afflicted. -- proverbs 3:34 +. +The wise will inherit honor, But fools display dishonor. -- proverbs 3:35 +. +Hear, O sons, the instruction of a father, And give attention that you may gain understanding, -- proverbs 4:1 +. +For I give you sound teaching; Do not abandon my instruction. -- proverbs 4:2 +. +When I was a son to my father, Tender and the only son in the sight of my mother, -- proverbs 4:3 +. +Then he taught me and said to me, "Let your heart hold fast my words; Keep my commandments and live; -- proverbs 4:4 +. +Acquire wisdom! Acquire understanding! Do not forget nor turn away from the words of my mouth. -- proverbs 4:5 +. +"Do not forsake her, and she will guard you; Love her, and she will watch over you. -- proverbs 4:6 +. +"The beginning of wisdom is: Acquire wisdom; And with all your acquiring, get understanding. -- proverbs 4:7 +. +"Prize her, and she will exalt you; She will honor you if you embrace her. -- proverbs 4:8 +. +"She will place on your head a garland of grace; She will present you with a crown of beauty." -- proverbs 4:9 +. +Hear, my son, and accept my sayings And the years of your life will be many. -- proverbs 4:10 +. +I have directed you in the way of wisdom; I have led you in upright paths. -- proverbs 4:11 +. +When you walk, your steps will not be impeded; And if you run, you will not stumble. -- proverbs 4:12 +. +Take hold of instruction; do not let go. Guard her, for she is your life. -- proverbs 4:13 +. +Do not enter the path of the wicked And do not proceed in the way of evil men. -- proverbs 4:14 +. +Avoid it, do not pass by it; Turn away from it and pass on. -- proverbs 4:15 +. +For they cannot sleep unless they do evil; And they are robbed of sleep unless they make someone stumble. -- proverbs 4:16 +. +For they eat the bread of wickedness And drink the wine of violence. -- proverbs 4:17 +. +But the path of the righteous is like the light of dawn, That shines brighter and brighter until the full day. -- proverbs 4:18 +. +The way of the wicked is like darkness; They do not know over what they stumble. -- proverbs 4:19 +. +My son, give attention to my words; Incline your ear to my sayings. -- proverbs 4:20 +. +Do not let them depart from your sight; Keep them in the midst of your heart. -- proverbs 4:21 +. +For they are life to those who find them And health to all their body. -- proverbs 4:22 +. +Watch over your heart with all diligence, For from it flow the springs of life. -- proverbs 4:23 +. +Put away from you a deceitful mouth And put devious speech far from you. -- proverbs 4:24 +. +Let your eyes look directly ahead And let your gaze be fixed straight in front of you. -- proverbs 4:25 +. +Watch the path of your feet And all your ways will be established. -- proverbs 4:26 +. +Do not turn to the right nor to the left; Turn your foot from evil. -- proverbs 4:27 +. +My son, give attention to my wisdom, Incline your ear to my understanding; -- proverbs 5:1 +. +That you may observe discretion And your lips may reserve knowledge. -- proverbs 5:2 +. +For the lips of an adulteress drip honey And smoother than oil is her speech; -- proverbs 5:3 +. +But in the end she is bitter as wormwood, Sharp as a two-edged sword. -- proverbs 5:4 +. +Her feet go down to death, Her steps take hold of Sheol. -- proverbs 5:5 +. +She does not ponder the path of life; Her ways are unstable, she does not know it. -- proverbs 5:6 +. +Now then, my sons, listen to me And do not depart from the words of my mouth. -- proverbs 5:7 +. +Keep your way far from her And do not go near the door of her house, -- proverbs 5:8 +. +Or you will give your vigor to others And your years to the cruel one; -- proverbs 5:9 +. +And strangers will be filled with your strength And your hard-earned goods will go to the house of an alien; -- proverbs 5:10 +. +And you groan at your final end, When your flesh and your body are consumed; -- proverbs 5:11 +. +And you say, "How I have hated instruction! And my heart spurned reproof! -- proverbs 5:12 +. +"I have not listened to the voice of my teachers, Nor inclined my ear to my instructors! -- proverbs 5:13 +. +"I was almost in utter ruin In the midst of the assembly and congregation." -- proverbs 5:14 +. +Drink water from your own cistern And fresh water from your own well. -- proverbs 5:15 +. +Should your springs be dispersed abroad, Streams of water in the streets? -- proverbs 5:16 +. +Let them be yours alone And not for strangers with you. -- proverbs 5:17 +. +Let your fountain be blessed, And rejoice in the wife of your youth. -- proverbs 5:18 +. +As a loving hind and a graceful doe, Let her breasts satisfy you at all times; Be exhilarated always with her love. -- proverbs 5:19 +. +For why should you, my son, be exhilarated with an adulteress And embrace the bosom of a foreigner? -- proverbs 5:20 +. +For the ways of a man are before the eyes of the LORD, And He watches all his paths. -- proverbs 5:21 +. +His own iniquities will capture the wicked, And he will be held with the cords of his sin. -- proverbs 5:22 +. +He will die for lack of instruction, And in the greatness of his folly he will go astray. -- proverbs 5:23 +. +My son, if you have become surety for your neighbor, Have given a pledge for a stranger, -- proverbs 6:1 +. +If you have been snared with the words of your mouth, Have been caught with the words of your mouth, -- proverbs 6:2 +. +Do this then, my son, and deliver yourself; Since you have come into the hand of your neighbor, Go, humble yourself, and importune your neighbor. -- proverbs 6:3 +. +Give no sleep to your eyes, Nor slumber to your eyelids; -- proverbs 6:4 +. +Deliver yourself like a gazelle from the hunter's hand And like a bird from the hand of the fowler. -- proverbs 6:5 +. +Go to the ant, O sluggard, Observe her ways and be wise, -- proverbs 6:6 +. +Which, having no chief, Officer or ruler, -- proverbs 6:7 +. +Prepares her food in the summer And gathers her provision in the harvest. -- proverbs 6:8 +. +How long will you lie down, O sluggard? When will you arise from your sleep? -- proverbs 6:9 +. +"A little sleep, a little slumber, A little folding of the hands to rest"-- -- proverbs 6:10 +. +Your poverty will come in like a vagabond And your need like an armed man. -- proverbs 6:11 +. +A worthless person, a wicked man, Is the one who walks with a perverse mouth, -- proverbs 6:12 +. +Who winks with his eyes, who signals with his feet, Who points with his fingers; -- proverbs 6:13 +. +Who with perversity in his heart continually devises evil, Who spreads strife. -- proverbs 6:14 +. +Therefore his calamity will come suddenly; Instantly he will be broken and there will be no healing. -- proverbs 6:15 +. +There are six things which the LORD hates, Yes, seven which are an abomination to Him: -- proverbs 6:16 +. +Haughty eyes, a lying tongue, And hands that shed innocent blood, -- proverbs 6:17 +. +A heart that devises wicked plans, Feet that run rapidly to evil, -- proverbs 6:18 +. +A false witness who utters lies, And one who spreads strife among brothers. -- proverbs 6:19 +. +My son, observe the commandment of your father And do not forsake the teaching of your mother; -- proverbs 6:20 +. +Bind them continually on your heart; Tie them around your neck. -- proverbs 6:21 +. +When you walk about, they will guide you; When you sleep, they will watch over you; And when you awake, they will talk to you. -- proverbs 6:22 +. +For the commandment is a lamp and the teaching is light; And reproofs for discipline are the way of life -- proverbs 6:23 +. +To keep you from the evil woman, From the smooth tongue of the adulteress. -- proverbs 6:24 +. +Do not desire her beauty in your heart, Nor let her capture you with her eyelids. -- proverbs 6:25 +. +For on account of a harlot one is reduced to a loaf of bread, And an adulteress hunts for the precious life. -- proverbs 6:26 +. +Can a man take fire in his bosom And his clothes not be burned? -- proverbs 6:27 +. +Or can a man walk on hot coals And his feet not be scorched? -- proverbs 6:28 +. +So is the one who goes in to his neighbor's wife; Whoever touches her will not go unpunished. -- proverbs 6:29 +. +Men do not despise a thief if he steals To satisfy himself when he is hungry; -- proverbs 6:30 +. +But when he is found, he must repay sevenfold; He must give all the substance of his house. -- proverbs 6:31 +. +The one who commits adultery with a woman is lacking sense; He who would destroy himself does it. -- proverbs 6:32 +. +Wounds and disgrace he will find, And his reproach will not be blotted out. -- proverbs 6:33 +. +For jealousy enrages a man, And he will not spare in the day of vengeance. -- proverbs 6:34 +. +He will not accept any ransom, Nor will he be satisfied though you give many gifts. -- proverbs 6:35 +. +My son, keep my words And treasure my commandments within you. -- proverbs 7:1 +. +Keep my commandments and live, And my teaching as the apple of your eye. -- proverbs 7:2 +. +Bind them on your fingers; Write them on the tablet of your heart. -- proverbs 7:3 +. +Say to wisdom, "You are my sister," And call understanding your intimate friend; -- proverbs 7:4 +. +That they may keep you from an adulteress, From the foreigner who flatters with her words. -- proverbs 7:5 +. +For at the window of my house I looked out through my lattice, -- proverbs 7:6 +. +And I saw among the naive, And discerned among the youths A young man lacking sense, -- proverbs 7:7 +. +Passing through the street near her corner; And he takes the way to her house, -- proverbs 7:8 +. +In the twilight, in the evening, In the middle of the night and in the darkness. -- proverbs 7:9 +. +And behold, a woman comes to meet him, Dressed as a harlot and cunning of heart. -- proverbs 7:10 +. +She is boisterous and rebellious, Her feet do not remain at home; -- proverbs 7:11 +. +She is now in the streets, now in the squares, And lurks by every corner. -- proverbs 7:12 +. +So she seizes him and kisses him And with a brazen face she says to him: -- proverbs 7:13 +. +"I was due to offer peace offerings; Today I have paid my vows. -- proverbs 7:14 +. +"Therefore I have come out to meet you, To seek your presence earnestly, and I have found you. -- proverbs 7:15 +. +"I have spread my couch with coverings, With colored linens of Egypt. -- proverbs 7:16 +. +"I have sprinkled my bed With myrrh, aloes and cinnamon. -- proverbs 7:17 +. +"Come, let us drink our fill of love until morning; Let us delight ourselves with caresses. -- proverbs 7:18 +. +"For my husband is not at home, He has gone on a long journey; -- proverbs 7:19 +. +He has taken a bag of money with him, At the full moon he will come home." -- proverbs 7:20 +. +With her many persuasions she entices him; With her flattering lips she seduces him. -- proverbs 7:21 +. +Suddenly he follows her As an ox goes to the slaughter, Or as one in fetters to the discipline of a fool, -- proverbs 7:22 +. +Until an arrow pierces through his liver; As a bird hastens to the snare, So he does not know that it will cost him his life. -- proverbs 7:23 +. +Now therefore, my sons, listen to me, And pay attention to the words of my mouth. -- proverbs 7:24 +. +Do not let your heart turn aside to her ways, Do not stray into her paths. -- proverbs 7:25 +. +For many are the victims she has cast down, And numerous are all her slain. -- proverbs 7:26 +. +Her house is the way to Sheol, Descending to the chambers of death. -- proverbs 7:27 +. +Does not wisdom call, And understanding lift up her voice? -- proverbs 8:1 +. +On top of the heights beside the way, Where the paths meet, she takes her stand; -- proverbs 8:2 +. +Beside the gates, at the opening to the city, At the entrance of the doors, she cries out: -- proverbs 8:3 +. +"To you, O men, I call, And my voice is to the sons of men. -- proverbs 8:4 +. +"O naive ones, understand prudence; And, O fools, understand wisdom. -- proverbs 8:5 +. +"Listen, for I will speak noble things; And the opening of my lips will reveal right things. -- proverbs 8:6 +. +"For my mouth will utter truth; And wickedness is an abomination to my lips. -- proverbs 8:7 +. +"All the utterances of my mouth are in righteousness; There is nothing crooked or perverted in them. -- proverbs 8:8 +. +"They are all straightforward to him who understands, And right to those who find knowledge. -- proverbs 8:9 +. +"Take my instruction and not silver, And knowledge rather than choicest gold. -- proverbs 8:10 +. +"For wisdom is better than jewels; And all desirable things cannot compare with her. -- proverbs 8:11 +. +"I, wisdom, dwell with prudence, And I find knowledge and discretion. -- proverbs 8:12 +. +"The fear of the LORD is to hate evil; Pride and arrogance and the evil way And the perverted mouth, I hate. -- proverbs 8:13 +. +"Counsel is mine and sound wisdom; I am understanding, power is mine. -- proverbs 8:14 +. +"By me kings reign, And rulers decree justice. -- proverbs 8:15 +. +"By me princes rule, and nobles, All who judge rightly. -- proverbs 8:16 +. +"I love those who love me; And those who diligently seek me will find me. -- proverbs 8:17 +. +"Riches and honor are with me, Enduring wealth and righteousness. -- proverbs 8:18 +. +"My fruit is better than gold, even pure gold, And my yield better than choicest silver. -- proverbs 8:19 +. +"I walk in the way of righteousness, In the midst of the paths of justice, -- proverbs 8:20 +. +To endow those who love me with wealth, That I may fill their treasuries. -- proverbs 8:21 +. +"The LORD possessed me at the beginning of His way, Before His works of old. -- proverbs 8:22 +. +"From everlasting I was established, From the beginning, from the earliest times of the earth. -- proverbs 8:23 +. +"When there were no depths I was brought forth, When there were no springs abounding with water. -- proverbs 8:24 +. +"Before the mountains were settled, Before the hills I was brought forth; -- proverbs 8:25 +. +While He had not yet made the earth and the fields, Nor the first dust of the world. -- proverbs 8:26 +. +"When He established the heavens, I was there, When He inscribed a circle on the face of the deep, -- proverbs 8:27 +. +When He made firm the skies above, When the springs of the deep became fixed, -- proverbs 8:28 +. +When He set for the sea its boundary So that the water would not transgress His command, When He marked out the foundations of the earth; -- proverbs 8:29 +. +Then I was beside Him, as a master workman; And I was daily His delight, Rejoicing always before Him, -- proverbs 8:30 +. +Rejoicing in the world, His earth, And having my delight in the sons of men. -- proverbs 8:31 +. +"Now therefore, O sons, listen to me, For blessed are they who keep my ways. -- proverbs 8:32 +. +"Heed instruction and be wise, And do not neglect it. -- proverbs 8:33 +. +"Blessed is the man who listens to me, Watching daily at my gates, Waiting at my doorposts. -- proverbs 8:34 +. +"For he who finds me finds life And obtains favor from the LORD. -- proverbs 8:35 +. +"But he who sins against me injures himself; All those who hate me love death." -- proverbs 8:36 +. +Wisdom has built her house, She has hewn out her seven pillars; -- proverbs 9:1 +. +She has prepared her food, she has mixed her wine; She has also set her table; -- proverbs 9:2 +. +She has sent out her maidens, she calls From the tops of the heights of the city: -- proverbs 9:3 +. +"Whoever is naive, let him turn in here!" To him who lacks understanding she says, -- proverbs 9:4 +. +"Come, eat of my food And drink of the wine I have mixed. -- proverbs 9:5 +. +"Forsake your folly and live, And proceed in the way of understanding." -- proverbs 9:6 +. +He who corrects a scoffer gets dishonor for himself, And he who reproves a wicked man gets insults for himself. -- proverbs 9:7 +. +Do not reprove a scoffer, or he will hate you, Reprove a wise man and he will love you. -- proverbs 9:8 +. +Give instruction to a wise man and he will be still wiser, Teach a righteous man and he will increase his learning. -- proverbs 9:9 +. +The fear of the LORD is the beginning of wisdom, And the knowledge of the Holy One is understanding. -- proverbs 9:10 +. +For by me your days will be multiplied, And years of life will be added to you. -- proverbs 9:11 +. +If you are wise, you are wise for yourself, And if you scoff, you alone will bear it. -- proverbs 9:12 +. +The woman of folly is boisterous, She is naive and knows nothing. -- proverbs 9:13 +. +She sits at the doorway of her house, On a seat by the high places of the city, -- proverbs 9:14 +. +Calling to those who pass by, Who are making their paths straight: -- proverbs 9:15 +. +"Whoever is naive, let him turn in here," And to him who lacks understanding she says, -- proverbs 9:16 +. +"Stolen water is sweet; And bread eaten in secret is pleasant." -- proverbs 9:17 +. +But he does not know that the dead are there, That her guests are in the depths of Sheol. -- proverbs 9:18 +. +The proverbs of Solomon. A wise son makes a father glad, But a foolish son is a grief to his mother. -- proverbs 10:1 +. +Ill-gotten gains do not profit, But righteousness delivers from death. -- proverbs 10:2 +. +The LORD will not allow the righteous to hunger, But He will reject the craving of the wicked. -- proverbs 10:3 +. +Poor is he who works with a negligent hand, But the hand of the diligent makes rich. -- proverbs 10:4 +. +He who gathers in summer is a son who acts wisely, But he who sleeps in harvest is a son who acts shamefully. -- proverbs 10:5 +. +Blessings are on the head of the righteous, But the mouth of the wicked conceals violence. -- proverbs 10:6 +. +The memory of the righteous is blessed, But the name of the wicked will rot. -- proverbs 10:7 +. +The wise of heart will receive commands, But a babbling fool will be ruined. -- proverbs 10:8 +. +He who walks in integrity walks securely, But he who perverts his ways will be found out. -- proverbs 10:9 +. +He who winks the eye causes trouble, And a babbling fool will be ruined. -- proverbs 10:10 +. +The mouth of the righteous is a fountain of life, But the mouth of the wicked conceals violence. -- proverbs 10:11 +. +Hatred stirs up strife, But love covers all transgressions. -- proverbs 10:12 +. +On the lips of the discerning, wisdom is found, But a rod is for the back of him who lacks understanding. -- proverbs 10:13 +. +Wise men store up knowledge, But with the mouth of the foolish, ruin is at hand. -- proverbs 10:14 +. +The rich man's wealth is his fortress, The ruin of the poor is their poverty. -- proverbs 10:15 +. +The wages of the righteous is life, The income of the wicked, punishment. -- proverbs 10:16 +. +He is on the path of life who heeds instruction, But he who ignores reproof goes astray. -- proverbs 10:17 +. +He who conceals hatred has lying lips, And he who spreads slander is a fool. -- proverbs 10:18 +. +When there are many words, transgression is unavoidable, But he who restrains his lips is wise. -- proverbs 10:19 +. +The tongue of the righteous is as choice silver, The heart of the wicked is worth little. -- proverbs 10:20 +. +The lips of the righteous feed many, But fools die for lack of understanding. -- proverbs 10:21 +. +It is the blessing of the LORD that makes rich, And He adds no sorrow to it. -- proverbs 10:22 +. +Doing wickedness is like sport to a fool, And so is wisdom to a man of understanding. -- proverbs 10:23 +. +What the wicked fears will come upon him, But the desire of the righteous will be granted. -- proverbs 10:24 +. +When the whirlwind passes, the wicked is no more, But the righteous has an everlasting foundation. -- proverbs 10:25 +. +Like vinegar to the teeth and smoke to the eyes, So is the lazy one to those who send him. -- proverbs 10:26 +. +The fear of the LORD prolongs life, But the years of the wicked will be shortened. -- proverbs 10:27 +. +The hope of the righteous is gladness, But the expectation of the wicked perishes. -- proverbs 10:28 +. +The way of the LORD is a stronghold to the upright, But ruin to the workers of iniquity. -- proverbs 10:29 +. +The righteous will never be shaken, But the wicked will not dwell in the land. -- proverbs 10:30 +. +The mouth of the righteous flows with wisdom, But the perverted tongue will be cut out. -- proverbs 10:31 +. +The lips of the righteous bring forth what is acceptable, But the mouth of the wicked what is perverted. -- proverbs 10:32 +. +A false balance is an abomination to the LORD, But a just weight is His delight. -- proverbs 11:1 +. +When pride comes, then comes dishonor, But with the humble is wisdom. -- proverbs 11:2 +. +The integrity of the upright will guide them, But the crookedness of the treacherous will destroy them. -- proverbs 11:3 +. +Riches do not profit in the day of wrath, But righteousness delivers from death. -- proverbs 11:4 +. +The righteousness of the blameless will smooth his way, But the wicked will fall by his own wickedness. -- proverbs 11:5 +. +The righteousness of the upright will deliver them, But the treacherous will be caught by their own greed. -- proverbs 11:6 +. +When a wicked man dies, his expectation will perish, And the hope of strong men perishes. -- proverbs 11:7 +. +The righteous is delivered from trouble, But the wicked takes his place. -- proverbs 11:8 +. +With his mouth the godless man destroys his neighbor, But through knowledge the righteous will be delivered. -- proverbs 11:9 +. +When it goes well with the righteous, the city rejoices, And when the wicked perish, there is joyful shouting. -- proverbs 11:10 +. +By the blessing of the upright a city is exalted, But by the mouth of the wicked it is torn down. -- proverbs 11:11 +. +He who despises his neighbor lacks sense, But a man of understanding keeps silent. -- proverbs 11:12 +. +He who goes about as a talebearer reveals secrets, But he who is trustworthy conceals a matter. -- proverbs 11:13 +. +Where there is no guidance the people fall, But in abundance of counselors there is victory. -- proverbs 11:14 +. +He who is guarantor for a stranger will surely suffer for it, But he who hates being a guarantor is secure. -- proverbs 11:15 +. +A gracious woman attains honor, And ruthless men attain riches. -- proverbs 11:16 +. +The merciful man does himself good, But the cruel man does himself harm. -- proverbs 11:17 +. +The wicked earns deceptive wages, But he who sows righteousness gets a true reward. -- proverbs 11:18 +. +He who is steadfast in righteousness will attain to life, And he who pursues evil will bring about his own death. -- proverbs 11:19 +. +The perverse in heart are an abomination to the LORD, But the blameless in their walk are His delight. -- proverbs 11:20 +. +Assuredly, the evil man will not go unpunished, But the descendants of the righteous will be delivered. -- proverbs 11:21 +. +As a ring of gold in a swine's snout So is a beautiful woman who lacks discretion. -- proverbs 11:22 +. +The desire of the righteous is only good, But the expectation of the wicked is wrath. -- proverbs 11:23 +. +There is one who scatters, and yet increases all the more, And there is one who withholds what is justly due, and yet it results only in want. -- proverbs 11:24 +. +The generous man will be prosperous, And he who waters will himself be watered. -- proverbs 11:25 +. +He who withholds grain, the people will curse him, But blessing will be on the head of him who sells it. -- proverbs 11:26 +. +He who diligently seeks good seeks favor, But he who seeks evil, evil will come to him. -- proverbs 11:27 +. +He who trusts in his riches will fall, But the righteous will flourish like the green leaf. -- proverbs 11:28 +. +He who troubles his own house will inherit wind, And the foolish will be servant to the wisehearted. -- proverbs 11:29 +. +The fruit of the righteous is a tree of life, And he who is wise wins souls. -- proverbs 11:30 +. +If the righteous will be rewarded in the earth, How much more the wicked and the sinner! -- proverbs 11:31 +. +Whoever loves discipline loves knowledge, But he who hates reproof is stupid. -- proverbs 12:1 +. +A good man will obtain favor from the LORD, But He will condemn a man who devises evil. -- proverbs 12:2 +. +A man will not be established by wickedness, But the root of the righteous will not be moved. -- proverbs 12:3 +. +An excellent wife is the crown of her husband, But she who shames him is like rottenness in his bones. -- proverbs 12:4 +. +The thoughts of the righteous are just, But the counsels of the wicked are deceitful. -- proverbs 12:5 +. +The words of the wicked lie in wait for blood, But the mouth of the upright will deliver them. -- proverbs 12:6 +. +The wicked are overthrown and are no more, But the house of the righteous will stand. -- proverbs 12:7 +. +A man will be praised according to his insight, But one of perverse mind will be despised. -- proverbs 12:8 +. +Better is he who is lightly esteemed and has a servant Than he who honors himself and lacks bread. -- proverbs 12:9 +. +A righteous man has regard for the life of his animal, But even the compassion of the wicked is cruel. -- proverbs 12:10 +. +He who tills his land will have plenty of bread, But he who pursues worthless things lacks sense. -- proverbs 12:11 +. +The wicked man desires the booty of evil men, But the root of the righteous yields fruit. -- proverbs 12:12 +. +An evil man is ensnared by the transgression of his lips, But the righteous will escape from trouble. -- proverbs 12:13 +. +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. -- proverbs 12:14 +. +The way of a fool is right in his own eyes, But a wise man is he who listens to counsel. -- proverbs 12:15 +. +A fool's anger is known at once, But a prudent man conceals dishonor. -- proverbs 12:16 +. +He who speaks truth tells what is right, But a false witness, deceit. -- proverbs 12:17 +. +There is one who speaks rashly like the thrusts of a sword, But the tongue of the wise brings healing. -- proverbs 12:18 +. +Truthful lips will be established forever, But a lying tongue is only for a moment. -- proverbs 12:19 +. +Deceit is in the heart of those who devise evil, But counselors of peace have joy. -- proverbs 12:20 +. +No harm befalls the righteous, But the wicked are filled with trouble. -- proverbs 12:21 +. +Lying lips are an abomination to the LORD, But those who deal faithfully are His delight. -- proverbs 12:22 +. +A prudent man conceals knowledge, But the heart of fools proclaims folly. -- proverbs 12:23 +. +The hand of the diligent will rule, But the slack hand will be put to forced labor. -- proverbs 12:24 +. +Anxiety in a man's heart weighs it down, But a good word makes it glad. -- proverbs 12:25 +. +The righteous is a guide to his neighbor, But the way of the wicked leads them astray. -- proverbs 12:26 +. +A lazy man does not roast his prey, But the precious possession of a man is diligence. -- proverbs 12:27 +. +In the way of righteousness is life, And in its pathway there is no death. -- proverbs 12:28 +. +A wise son accepts his father's discipline, But a scoffer does not listen to rebuke. -- proverbs 13:1 +. +From the fruit of a man's mouth he enjoys good, But the desire of the treacherous is violence. -- proverbs 13:2 +. +The one who guards his mouth preserves his life; The one who opens wide his lips comes to ruin. -- proverbs 13:3 +. +The soul of the sluggard craves and gets nothing, But the soul of the diligent is made fat. -- proverbs 13:4 +. +A righteous man hates falsehood, But a wicked man acts disgustingly and shamefully. -- proverbs 13:5 +. +Righteousness guards the one whose way is blameless, But wickedness subverts the sinner. -- proverbs 13:6 +. +There is one who pretends to be rich, but has nothing; Another pretends to be poor, but has great wealth. -- proverbs 13:7 +. +The ransom of a man's life is his wealth, But the poor hears no rebuke. -- proverbs 13:8 +. +The light of the righteous rejoices, But the lamp of the wicked goes out. -- proverbs 13:9 +. +Through insolence comes nothing but strife, But wisdom is with those who receive counsel. -- proverbs 13:10 +. +Wealth obtained by fraud dwindles, But the one who gathers by labor increases it. -- proverbs 13:11 +. +Hope deferred makes the heart sick, But desire fulfilled is a tree of life. -- proverbs 13:12 +. +The one who despises the word will be in debt to it, But the one who fears the commandment will be rewarded. -- proverbs 13:13 +. +The teaching of the wise is a fountain of life, To turn aside from the snares of death. -- proverbs 13:14 +. +Good understanding produces favor, But the way of the treacherous is hard. -- proverbs 13:15 +. +Every prudent man acts with knowledge, But a fool displays folly. -- proverbs 13:16 +. +A wicked messenger falls into adversity, But a faithful envoy brings healing. -- proverbs 13:17 +. +Poverty and shame will come to him who neglects discipline, But he who regards reproof will be honored. -- proverbs 13:18 +. +Desire realized is sweet to the soul, But it is an abomination to fools to turn away from evil. -- proverbs 13:19 +. +He who walks with wise men will be wise, But the companion of fools will suffer harm. -- proverbs 13:20 +. +Adversity pursues sinners, But the righteous will be rewarded with prosperity. -- proverbs 13:21 +. +A good man leaves an inheritance to his children's children, And the wealth of the sinner is stored up for the righteous. -- proverbs 13:22 +. +Abundant food is in the fallow ground of the poor, But it is swept away by injustice. -- proverbs 13:23 +. +He who withholds his rod hates his son, But he who loves him disciplines him diligently. -- proverbs 13:24 +. +The righteous has enough to satisfy his appetite, But the stomach of the wicked is in need. -- proverbs 13:25 +. +The wise woman builds her house, But the foolish tears it down with her own hands. -- proverbs 14:1 +. +He who walks in his uprightness fears the LORD, But he who is devious in his ways despises Him. -- proverbs 14:2 +. +In the mouth of the foolish is a rod for his back, But the lips of the wise will protect them. -- proverbs 14:3 +. +Where no oxen are, the manger is clean, But much revenue comes by the strength of the ox. -- proverbs 14:4 +. +A trustworthy witness will not lie, But a false witness utters lies. -- proverbs 14:5 +. +A scoffer seeks wisdom and finds none, But knowledge is easy to one who has understanding. -- proverbs 14:6 +. +Leave the presence of a fool, Or you will not discern words of knowledge. -- proverbs 14:7 +. +The wisdom of the sensible is to understand his way, But the foolishness of fools is deceit. -- proverbs 14:8 +. +Fools mock at sin, But among the upright there is good will. -- proverbs 14:9 +. +The heart knows its own bitterness, And a stranger does not share its joy. -- proverbs 14:10 +. +The house of the wicked will be destroyed, But the tent of the upright will flourish. -- proverbs 14:11 +. +There is a way which seems right to a man, But its end is the way of death. -- proverbs 14:12 +. +Even in laughter the heart may be in pain, And the end of joy may be grief. -- proverbs 14:13 +. +The backslider in heart will have his fill of his own ways, But a good man will be satisfied with his. -- proverbs 14:14 +. +The naive believes everything, But the sensible man considers his steps. -- proverbs 14:15 +. +A wise man is cautious and turns away from evil, But a fool is arrogant and careless. -- proverbs 14:16 +. +A quick-tempered man acts foolishly, And a man of evil devices is hated. -- proverbs 14:17 +. +The naive inherit foolishness, But the sensible are crowned with knowledge. -- proverbs 14:18 +. +The evil will bow down before the good, And the wicked at the gates of the righteous. -- proverbs 14:19 +. +The poor is hated even by his neighbor, But those who love the rich are many. -- proverbs 14:20 +. +He who despises his neighbor sins, But happy is he who is gracious to the poor. -- proverbs 14:21 +. +Will they not go astray who devise evil? But kindness and truth will be to those who devise good. -- proverbs 14:22 +. +In all labor there is profit, But mere talk leads only to poverty. -- proverbs 14:23 +. +The crown of the wise is their riches, But the folly of fools is foolishness. -- proverbs 14:24 +. +A truthful witness saves lives, But he who utters lies is treacherous. -- proverbs 14:25 +. +In the fear of the LORD there is strong confidence, And his children will have refuge. -- proverbs 14:26 +. +The fear of the LORD is a fountain of life, That one may avoid the snares of death. -- proverbs 14:27 +. +In a multitude of people is a king's glory, But in the dearth of people is a prince's ruin. -- proverbs 14:28 +. +He who is slow to anger has great understanding, But he who is quick-tempered exalts folly. -- proverbs 14:29 +. +A tranquil heart is life to the body, But passion is rottenness to the bones. -- proverbs 14:30 +. +He who oppresses the poor taunts his Maker, But he who is gracious to the needy honors Him. -- proverbs 14:31 +. +The wicked is thrust down by his wrongdoing, But the righteous has a refuge when he dies. -- proverbs 14:32 +. +Wisdom rests in the heart of one who has understanding, But in the hearts of fools it is made known. -- proverbs 14:33 +. +Righteousness exalts a nation, But sin is a disgrace to any people. -- proverbs 14:34 +. +The king's favor is toward a servant who acts wisely, But his anger is toward him who acts shamefully. -- proverbs 14:35 +. +A gentle answer turns away wrath, But a harsh word stirs up anger. -- proverbs 15:1 +. +The tongue of the wise makes knowledge acceptable, But the mouth of fools spouts folly. -- proverbs 15:2 +. +The eyes of the LORD are in every place, Watching the evil and the good. -- proverbs 15:3 +. +A soothing tongue is a tree of life, But perversion in it crushes the spirit. -- proverbs 15:4 +. +A fool rejects his father's discipline, But he who regards reproof is sensible. -- proverbs 15:5 +. +Great wealth is in the house of the righteous, But trouble is in the income of the wicked. -- proverbs 15:6 +. +The lips of the wise spread knowledge, But the hearts of fools are not so. -- proverbs 15:7 +. +The sacrifice of the wicked is an abomination to the LORD, But the prayer of the upright is His delight. -- proverbs 15:8 +. +The way of the wicked is an abomination to the LORD, But He loves one who pursues righteousness. -- proverbs 15:9 +. +Grievous punishment is for him who forsakes the way; He who hates reproof will die. -- proverbs 15:10 +. +Sheol and Abaddon lie open before the LORD, How much more the hearts of men! -- proverbs 15:11 +. +A scoffer does not love one who reproves him, He will not go to the wise. -- proverbs 15:12 +. +A joyful heart makes a cheerful face, But when the heart is sad, the spirit is broken. -- proverbs 15:13 +. +The mind of the intelligent seeks knowledge, But the mouth of fools feeds on folly. -- proverbs 15:14 +. +All the days of the afflicted are bad, But a cheerful heart has a continual feast. -- proverbs 15:15 +. +Better is a little with the fear of the LORD Than great treasure and turmoil with it. -- proverbs 15:16 +. +Better is a dish of vegetables where love is Than a fattened ox served with hatred. -- proverbs 15:17 +. +A hot-tempered man stirs up strife, But the slow to anger calms a dispute. -- proverbs 15:18 +. +The way of the lazy is as a hedge of thorns, But the path of the upright is a highway. -- proverbs 15:19 +. +A wise son makes a father glad, But a foolish man despises his mother. -- proverbs 15:20 +. +Folly is joy to him who lacks sense, But a man of understanding walks straight. -- proverbs 15:21 +. +Without consultation, plans are frustrated, But with many counselors they succeed. -- proverbs 15:22 +. +A man has joy in an apt answer, And how delightful is a timely word! -- proverbs 15:23 +. +The path of life leads upward for the wise That he may keep away from Sheol below. -- proverbs 15:24 +. +The LORD will tear down the house of the proud, But He will establish the boundary of the widow. -- proverbs 15:25 +. +Evil plans are an abomination to the LORD, But pleasant words are pure. -- proverbs 15:26 +. +He who profits illicitly troubles his own house, But he who hates bribes will live. -- proverbs 15:27 +. +The heart of the righteous ponders how to answer, But the mouth of the wicked pours out evil things. -- proverbs 15:28 +. +The LORD is far from the wicked, But He hears the prayer of the righteous. -- proverbs 15:29 +. +Bright eyes gladden the heart; Good news puts fat on the bones. -- proverbs 15:30 +. +He whose ear listens to the life-giving reproof Will dwell among the wise. -- proverbs 15:31 +. +He who neglects discipline despises himself, But he who listens to reproof acquires understanding. -- proverbs 15:32 +. +The fear of the LORD is the instruction for wisdom, And before honor comes humility. -- proverbs 15:33 +. +The plans of the heart belong to man, But the answer of the tongue is from the LORD. -- proverbs 16:1 +. +All the ways of a man are clean in his own sight, But the LORD weighs the motives. -- proverbs 16:2 +. +Commit your works to the LORD And your plans will be established. -- proverbs 16:3 +. +The LORD has made everything for its own purpose, Even the wicked for the day of evil. -- proverbs 16:4 +. +Everyone who is proud in heart is an abomination to the LORD; Assuredly, he will not be unpunished. -- proverbs 16:5 +. +By lovingkindness and truth iniquity is atoned for, And by the fear of the LORD one keeps away from evil. -- proverbs 16:6 +. +When a man's ways are pleasing to the LORD, He makes even his enemies to be at peace with him. -- proverbs 16:7 +. +Better is a little with righteousness Than great income with injustice. -- proverbs 16:8 +. +The mind of man plans his way, But the LORD directs his steps. -- proverbs 16:9 +. +A divine decision is in the lips of the king; His mouth should not err in judgment. -- proverbs 16:10 +. +A just balance and scales belong to the LORD; All the weights of the bag are His concern. -- proverbs 16:11 +. +It is an abomination for kings to commit wicked acts, For a throne is established on righteousness. -- proverbs 16:12 +. +Righteous lips are the delight of kings, And he who speaks right is loved. -- proverbs 16:13 +. +The fury of a king is like messengers of death, But a wise man will appease it. -- proverbs 16:14 +. +In the light of a king's face is life, And his favor is like a cloud with the spring rain. -- proverbs 16:15 +. +How much better it is to get wisdom than gold! And to get understanding is to be chosen above silver. -- proverbs 16:16 +. +The highway of the upright is to depart from evil; He who watches his way preserves his life. -- proverbs 16:17 +. +Pride goes before destruction, And a haughty spirit before stumbling. -- proverbs 16:18 +. +It is better to be humble in spirit with the lowly Than to divide the spoil with the proud. -- proverbs 16:19 +. +He who gives attention to the word will find good, And blessed is he who trusts in the LORD. -- proverbs 16:20 +. +The wise in heart will be called understanding, And sweetness of speech increases persuasiveness. -- proverbs 16:21 +. +Understanding is a fountain of life to one who has it, But the discipline of fools is folly. -- proverbs 16:22 +. +The heart of the wise instructs his mouth And adds persuasiveness to his lips. -- proverbs 16:23 +. +Pleasant words are a honeycomb, Sweet to the soul and healing to the bones. -- proverbs 16:24 +. +There is a way which seems right to a man, But its end is the way of death. -- proverbs 16:25 +. +A worker's appetite works for him, For his hunger urges him on. -- proverbs 16:26 +. +A worthless man digs up evil, While his words are like scorching fire. -- proverbs 16:27 +. +A perverse man spreads strife, And a slanderer separates intimate friends. -- proverbs 16:28 +. +A man of violence entices his neighbor And leads him in a way that is not good. -- proverbs 16:29 +. +He who winks his eyes does so to devise perverse things; He who compresses his lips brings evil to pass. -- proverbs 16:30 +. +A gray head is a crown of glory; It is found in the way of righteousness. -- proverbs 16:31 +. +He who is slow to anger is better than the mighty, And he who rules his spirit, than he who captures a city. -- proverbs 16:32 +. +The lot is cast into the lap, But its every decision is from the LORD. -- proverbs 16:33 +. +Better is a dry morsel and quietness with it Than a house full of feasting with strife. -- proverbs 17:1 +. +A servant who acts wisely will rule over a son who acts shamefully, And will share in the inheritance among brothers. -- proverbs 17:2 +. +The refining pot is for silver and the furnace for gold, But the LORD tests hearts. -- proverbs 17:3 +. +An evildoer listens to wicked lips; A liar pays attention to a destructive tongue. -- proverbs 17:4 +. +He who mocks the poor taunts his Maker; He who rejoices at calamity will not go unpunished. -- proverbs 17:5 +. +Grandchildren are the crown of old men, And the glory of sons is their fathers. -- proverbs 17:6 +. +Excellent speech is not fitting for a fool, Much less are lying lips to a prince. -- proverbs 17:7 +. +A bribe is a charm in the sight of its owner; Wherever he turns, he prospers. -- proverbs 17:8 +. +He who conceals a transgression seeks love, But he who repeats a matter separates intimate friends. -- proverbs 17:9 +. +A rebuke goes deeper into one who has understanding Than a hundred blows into a fool. -- proverbs 17:10 +. +A rebellious man seeks only evil, So a cruel messenger will be sent against him. -- proverbs 17:11 +. +Let a man meet a bear robbed of her cubs, Rather than a fool in his folly. -- proverbs 17:12 +. +He who returns evil for good, Evil will not depart from his house. -- proverbs 17:13 +. +The beginning of strife is like letting out water, So abandon the quarrel before it breaks out. -- proverbs 17:14 +. +He who justifies the wicked and he who condemns the righteous, Both of them alike are an abomination to the LORD. -- proverbs 17:15 +. +Why is there a price in the hand of a fool to buy wisdom, When he has no sense? -- proverbs 17:16 +. +A friend loves at all times, And a brother is born for adversity. -- proverbs 17:17 +. +A man lacking in sense pledges And becomes guarantor in the presence of his neighbor. -- proverbs 17:18 +. +He who loves transgression loves strife; He who raises his door seeks destruction. -- proverbs 17:19 +. +He who has a crooked mind finds no good, And he who is perverted in his language falls into evil. -- proverbs 17:20 +. +He who sires a fool does so to his sorrow, And the father of a fool has no joy. -- proverbs 17:21 +. +A joyful heart is good medicine, But a broken spirit dries up the bones. -- proverbs 17:22 +. +A wicked man receives a bribe from the bosom To pervert the ways of justice. -- proverbs 17:23 +. +Wisdom is in the presence of the one who has understanding, But the eyes of a fool are on the ends of the earth. -- proverbs 17:24 +. +A foolish son is a grief to his father And bitterness to her who bore him. -- proverbs 17:25 +. +It is also not good to fine the righteous, Nor to strike the noble for their uprightness. -- proverbs 17:26 +. +He who restrains his words has knowledge, And he who has a cool spirit is a man of understanding. -- proverbs 17:27 +. +Even a fool, when he keeps silent, is considered wise; When he closes his lips, he is considered prudent. -- proverbs 17:28 +. +He who separates himself seeks his own desire, He quarrels against all sound wisdom. -- proverbs 18:1 +. +A fool does not delight in understanding, But only in revealing his own mind. -- proverbs 18:2 +. +When a wicked man comes, contempt also comes, And with dishonor comes scorn. -- proverbs 18:3 +. +The words of a man's mouth are deep waters; The fountain of wisdom is a bubbling brook. -- proverbs 18:4 +. +To show partiality to the wicked is not good, Nor to thrust aside the righteous in judgment. -- proverbs 18:5 +. +A fool's lips bring strife, And his mouth calls for blows. -- proverbs 18:6 +. +A fool's mouth is his ruin, And his lips are the snare of his soul. -- proverbs 18:7 +. +The words of a whisperer are like dainty morsels, And they go down into the innermost parts of the body. -- proverbs 18:8 +. +He also who is slack in his work Is brother to him who destroys. -- proverbs 18:9 +. +The name of the LORD is a strong tower; The righteous runs into it and is safe. -- proverbs 18:10 +. +A rich man's wealth is his strong city, And like a high wall in his own imagination. -- proverbs 18:11 +. +Before destruction the heart of man is haughty, But humility goes before honor. -- proverbs 18:12 +. +He who gives an answer before he hears, It is folly and shame to him. -- proverbs 18:13 +. +The spirit of a man can endure his sickness, But as for a broken spirit who can bear it? -- proverbs 18:14 +. +The mind of the prudent acquires knowledge, And the ear of the wise seeks knowledge. -- proverbs 18:15 +. +A man's gift makes room for him And brings him before great men. -- proverbs 18:16 +. +The first to plead his case seems right, Until another comes and examines him. -- proverbs 18:17 +. +The cast lot puts an end to strife And decides between the mighty ones. -- proverbs 18:18 +. +A brother offended is harder to be won than a strong city, And contentions are like the bars of a citadel. -- proverbs 18:19 +. +With the fruit of a man's mouth his stomach will be satisfied; He will be satisfied with the product of his lips. -- proverbs 18:20 +. +Death and life are in the power of the tongue, And those who love it will eat its fruit. -- proverbs 18:21 +. +He who finds a wife finds a good thing And obtains favor from the LORD. -- proverbs 18:22 +. +The poor man utters supplications, But the rich man answers roughly. -- proverbs 18:23 +. +A man of too many friends comes to ruin, But there is a friend who sticks closer than a brother. -- proverbs 18:24 +. +Better is a poor man who walks in his integrity Than he who is perverse in speech and is a fool. -- proverbs 19:1 +. +Also it is not good for a person to be without knowledge, And he who hurries his footsteps errs. -- proverbs 19:2 +. +The foolishness of man ruins his way, And his heart rages against the LORD. -- proverbs 19:3 +. +Wealth adds many friends, But a poor man is separated from his friend. -- proverbs 19:4 +. +A false witness will not go unpunished, And he who tells lies will not escape. -- proverbs 19:5 +. +Many will seek the favor of a generous man, And every man is a friend to him who gives gifts. -- proverbs 19:6 +. +All the brothers of a poor man hate him; How much more do his friends abandon him! He pursues them with words, but they are gone. -- proverbs 19:7 +. +He who gets wisdom loves his own soul; He who keeps understanding will find good. -- proverbs 19:8 +. +A false witness will not go unpunished, And he who tells lies will perish. -- proverbs 19:9 +. +Luxury is not fitting for a fool; Much less for a slave to rule over princes. -- proverbs 19:10 +. +A man's discretion makes him slow to anger, And it is his glory to overlook a transgression. -- proverbs 19:11 +. +The king's wrath is like the roaring of a lion, But his favor is like dew on the grass. -- proverbs 19:12 +. +A foolish son is destruction to his father, And the contentions of a wife are a constant dripping. -- proverbs 19:13 +. +House and wealth are an inheritance from fathers, But a prudent wife is from the LORD. -- proverbs 19:14 +. +Laziness casts into a deep sleep, And an idle man will suffer hunger. -- proverbs 19:15 +. +He who keeps the commandment keeps his soul, But he who is careless of conduct will die. -- proverbs 19:16 +. +One who is gracious to a poor man lends to the LORD, And He will repay him for his good deed. -- proverbs 19:17 +. +Discipline your son while there is hope, And do not desire his death. -- proverbs 19:18 +. +A man of great anger will bear the penalty, For if you rescue him, you will only have to do it again. -- proverbs 19:19 +. +Listen to counsel and accept discipline, That you may be wise the rest of your days. -- proverbs 19:20 +. +Many plans are in a man's heart, But the counsel of the LORD will stand. -- proverbs 19:21 +. +What is desirable in a man is his kindness, And it is better to be a poor man than a liar. -- proverbs 19:22 +. +The fear of the LORD leads to life, So that one may sleep satisfied, untouched by evil. -- proverbs 19:23 +. +The sluggard buries his hand in the dish, But will not even bring it back to his mouth. -- proverbs 19:24 +. +Strike a scoffer and the naive may become shrewd, But reprove one who has understanding and he will gain knowledge. -- proverbs 19:25 +. +He who assaults his father and drives his mother away Is a shameful and disgraceful son. -- proverbs 19:26 +. +Cease listening, my son, to discipline, And you will stray from the words of knowledge. -- proverbs 19:27 +. +A rascally witness makes a mockery of justice, And the mouth of the wicked spreads iniquity. -- proverbs 19:28 +. +Judgments are prepared for scoffers, And blows for the back of fools. -- proverbs 19:29 +. +Wine is a mocker, strong drink a brawler, And whoever is intoxicated by it is not wise. -- proverbs 20:1 +. +The terror of a king is like the growling of a lion; He who provokes him to anger forfeits his own life. -- proverbs 20:2 +. +Keeping away from strife is an honor for a man, But any fool will quarrel. -- proverbs 20:3 +. +The sluggard does not plow after the autumn, So he begs during the harvest and has nothing. -- proverbs 20:4 +. +A plan in the heart of a man is like deep water, But a man of understanding draws it out. -- proverbs 20:5 +. +Many a man proclaims his own loyalty, But who can find a trustworthy man? -- proverbs 20:6 +. +A righteous man who walks in his integrity-- How blessed are his sons after him. -- proverbs 20:7 +. +A king who sits on the throne of justice Disperses all evil with his eyes. -- proverbs 20:8 +. +Who can say, "I have cleansed my heart, I am pure from my sin"? -- proverbs 20:9 +. +Differing weights and differing measures, Both of them are abominable to the LORD. -- proverbs 20:10 +. +It is by his deeds that a lad distinguishes himself If his conduct is pure and right. -- proverbs 20:11 +. +The hearing ear and the seeing eye, The LORD has made both of them. -- proverbs 20:12 +. +Do not love sleep, or you will become poor; Open your eyes, and you will be satisfied with food. -- proverbs 20:13 +. +"Bad, bad," says the buyer, But when he goes his way, then he boasts. -- proverbs 20:14 +. +There is gold, and an abundance of jewels; But the lips of knowledge are a more precious thing. -- proverbs 20:15 +. +Take his garment when he becomes surety for a stranger; And for foreigners, hold him in pledge. -- proverbs 20:16 +. +Bread obtained by falsehood is sweet to a man, But afterward his mouth will be filled with gravel. -- proverbs 20:17 +. +Prepare plans by consultation, And make war by wise guidance. -- proverbs 20:18 +. +He who goes about as a slanderer reveals secrets, Therefore do not associate with a gossip. -- proverbs 20:19 +. +He who curses his father or his mother, His lamp will go out in time of darkness. -- proverbs 20:20 +. +An inheritance gained hurriedly at the beginning Will not be blessed in the end. -- proverbs 20:21 +. +Do not say, "I will repay evil"; Wait for the LORD, and He will save you. -- proverbs 20:22 +. +Differing weights are an abomination to the LORD, And a false scale is not good. -- proverbs 20:23 +. +Man's steps are ordained by the LORD, How then can man understand his way? -- proverbs 20:24 +. +It is a trap for a man to say rashly, "It is holy!" And after the vows to make inquiry. -- proverbs 20:25 +. +A wise king winnows the wicked, And drives the threshing wheel over them. -- proverbs 20:26 +. +The spirit of man is the lamp of the LORD, Searching all the innermost parts of his being. -- proverbs 20:27 +. +Loyalty and truth preserve the king, And he upholds his throne by righteousness. -- proverbs 20:28 +. +The glory of young men is their strength, And the honor of old men is their gray hair. -- proverbs 20:29 +. +Stripes that wound scour away evil, And strokes reach the innermost parts. -- proverbs 20:30 +. +The king's heart is like channels of water in the hand of the LORD; He turns it wherever He wishes. -- proverbs 21:1 +. +Every man's way is right in his own eyes, But the LORD weighs the hearts. -- proverbs 21:2 +. +To do righteousness and justice Is desired by the LORD more than sacrifice. -- proverbs 21:3 +. +Haughty eyes and a proud heart, The lamp of the wicked, is sin. -- proverbs 21:4 +. +The plans of the diligent lead surely to advantage, But everyone who is hasty comes surely to poverty. -- proverbs 21:5 +. +The acquisition of treasures by a lying tongue Is a fleeting vapor, the pursuit of death. -- proverbs 21:6 +. +The violence of the wicked will drag them away, Because they refuse to act with justice. -- proverbs 21:7 +. +The way of a guilty man is crooked, But as for the pure, his conduct is upright. -- proverbs 21:8 +. +It is better to live in a corner of a roof Than in a house shared with a contentious woman. -- proverbs 21:9 +. +The soul of the wicked desires evil; His neighbor finds no favor in his eyes. -- proverbs 21:10 +. +When the scoffer is punished, the naive becomes wise; But when the wise is instructed, he receives knowledge. -- proverbs 21:11 +. +The righteous one considers the house of the wicked, Turning the wicked to ruin. -- proverbs 21:12 +. +He who shuts his ear to the cry of the poor Will also cry himself and not be answered. -- proverbs 21:13 +. +A gift in secret subdues anger, And a bribe in the bosom, strong wrath. -- proverbs 21:14 +. +The exercise of justice is joy for the righteous, But is terror to the workers of iniquity. -- proverbs 21:15 +. +A man who wanders from the way of understanding Will rest in the assembly of the dead. -- proverbs 21:16 +. +He who loves pleasure will become a poor man; He who loves wine and oil will not become rich. -- proverbs 21:17 +. +The wicked is a ransom for the righteous, And the treacherous is in the place of the upright. -- proverbs 21:18 +. +It is better to live in a desert land Than with a contentious and vexing woman. -- proverbs 21:19 +. +There is precious treasure and oil in the dwelling of the wise, But a foolish man swallows it up. -- proverbs 21:20 +. +He who pursues righteousness and loyalty Finds life, righteousness and honor. -- proverbs 21:21 +. +A wise man scales the city of the mighty And brings down the stronghold in which they trust. -- proverbs 21:22 +. +He who guards his mouth and his tongue, Guards his soul from troubles. -- proverbs 21:23 +. +"Proud," "Haughty," "Scoffer," are his names, Who acts with insolent pride. -- proverbs 21:24 +. +The desire of the sluggard puts him to death, For his hands refuse to work; -- proverbs 21:25 +. +All day long he is craving, While the righteous gives and does not hold back. -- proverbs 21:26 +. +The sacrifice of the wicked is an abomination, How much more when he brings it with evil intent! -- proverbs 21:27 +. +A false witness will perish, But the man who listens to the truth will speak forever. -- proverbs 21:28 +. +A wicked man displays a bold face, But as for the upright, he makes his way sure. -- proverbs 21:29 +. +There is no wisdom and no understanding And no counsel against the LORD. -- proverbs 21:30 +. +The horse is prepared for the day of battle, But victory belongs to the LORD. -- proverbs 21:31 +. +A good name is to be more desired than great wealth, Favor is better than silver and gold. -- proverbs 22:1 +. +The rich and the poor have a common bond, The LORD is the maker of them all. -- proverbs 22:2 +. +The prudent sees the evil and hides himself, But the naive go on, and are punished for it. -- proverbs 22:3 +. +The reward of humility and the fear of the LORD Are riches, honor and life. -- proverbs 22:4 +. +Thorns and snares are in the way of the perverse; He who guards himself will be far from them. -- proverbs 22:5 +. +Train up a child in the way he should go, Even when he is old he will not depart from it. -- proverbs 22:6 +. +The rich rules over the poor, And the borrower becomes the lender's slave. -- proverbs 22:7 +. +He who sows iniquity will reap vanity, And the rod of his fury will perish. -- proverbs 22:8 +. +He who is generous will be blessed, For he gives some of his food to the poor. -- proverbs 22:9 +. +Drive out the scoffer, and contention will go out, Even strife and dishonor will cease. -- proverbs 22:10 +. +He who loves purity of heart And whose speech is gracious, the king is his friend. -- proverbs 22:11 +. +The eyes of the LORD preserve knowledge, But He overthrows the words of the treacherous man. -- proverbs 22:12 +. +The sluggard says, "There is a lion outside; I will be killed in the streets!" -- proverbs 22:13 +. +The mouth of an adulteress is a deep pit; He who is cursed of the LORD will fall into it. -- proverbs 22:14 +. +Foolishness is bound up in the heart of a child; The rod of discipline will remove it far from him. -- proverbs 22:15 +. +He who oppresses the poor to make more for himself Or who gives to the rich, will only come to poverty. -- proverbs 22:16 +. +Incline your ear and hear the words of the wise, And apply your mind to my knowledge; -- proverbs 22:17 +. +For it will be pleasant if you keep them within you, That they may be ready on your lips. -- proverbs 22:18 +. +So that your trust may be in the LORD, I have taught you today, even you. -- proverbs 22:19 +. +Have I not written to you excellent things Of counsels and knowledge, -- proverbs 22:20 +. +To make you know the certainty of the words of truth That you may correctly answer him who sent you? -- proverbs 22:21 +. +Do not rob the poor because he is poor, Or crush the afflicted at the gate; -- proverbs 22:22 +. +For the LORD will plead their case And take the life of those who rob them. -- proverbs 22:23 +. +Do not associate with a man given to anger; Or go with a hot-tempered man, -- proverbs 22:24 +. +Or you will learn his ways And find a snare for yourself. -- proverbs 22:25 +. +Do not be among those who give pledges, Among those who become guarantors for debts. -- proverbs 22:26 +. +If you have nothing with which to pay, Why should he take your bed from under you? -- proverbs 22:27 +. +Do not move the ancient boundary Which your fathers have set. -- proverbs 22:28 +. +Do you see a man skilled in his work? He will stand before kings; He will not stand before obscure men. -- proverbs 22:29 +. +When you sit down to dine with a ruler, Consider carefully what is before you, -- proverbs 23:1 +. +And put a knife to your throat If you are a man of great appetite. -- proverbs 23:2 +. +Do not desire his delicacies, For it is deceptive food. -- proverbs 23:3 +. +Do not weary yourself to gain wealth, Cease from your consideration of it. -- proverbs 23:4 +. +When you set your eyes on it, it is gone. For wealth certainly makes itself wings Like an eagle that flies toward the heavens. -- proverbs 23:5 +. +Do not eat the bread of a selfish man, Or desire his delicacies; -- proverbs 23:6 +. +For as he thinks within himself, so he is. He says to you, "Eat and drink!" But his heart is not with you. -- proverbs 23:7 +. +You will vomit up the morsel you have eaten, And waste your compliments. -- proverbs 23:8 +. +Do not speak in the hearing of a fool, For he will despise the wisdom of your words. -- proverbs 23:9 +. +Do not move the ancient boundary Or go into the fields of the fatherless, -- proverbs 23:10 +. +For their Redeemer is strong; He will plead their case against you. -- proverbs 23:11 +. +Apply your heart to discipline And your ears to words of knowledge. -- proverbs 23:12 +. +Do not hold back discipline from the child, Although you strike him with the rod, he will not die. -- proverbs 23:13 +. +You shall strike him with the rod And rescue his soul from Sheol. -- proverbs 23:14 +. +My son, if your heart is wise, My own heart also will be glad; -- proverbs 23:15 +. +And my inmost being will rejoice When your lips speak what is right. -- proverbs 23:16 +. +Do not let your heart envy sinners, But live in the fear of the LORD always. -- proverbs 23:17 +. +Surely there is a future, And your hope will not be cut off. -- proverbs 23:18 +. +Listen, my son, and be wise, And direct your heart in the way. -- proverbs 23:19 +. +Do not be with heavy drinkers of wine, Or with gluttonous eaters of meat; -- proverbs 23:20 +. +For the heavy drinker and the glutton will come to poverty, And drowsiness will clothe one with rags. -- proverbs 23:21 +. +Listen to your father who begot you, And do not despise your mother when she is old. -- proverbs 23:22 +. +Buy truth, and do not sell it, Get wisdom and instruction and understanding. -- proverbs 23:23 +. +The father of the righteous will greatly rejoice, And he who sires a wise son will be glad in him. -- proverbs 23:24 +. +Let your father and your mother be glad, And let her rejoice who gave birth to you. -- proverbs 23:25 +. +Give me your heart, my son, And let your eyes delight in my ways. -- proverbs 23:26 +. +For a harlot is a deep pit And an adulterous woman is a narrow well. -- proverbs 23:27 +. +Surely she lurks as a robber, And increases the faithless among men. -- proverbs 23:28 +. +Who has woe? Who has sorrow? Who has contentions? Who has complaining? Who has wounds without cause? Who has redness of eyes? -- proverbs 23:29 +. +Those who linger long over wine, Those who go to taste mixed wine. -- proverbs 23:30 +. +Do not look on the wine when it is red, When it sparkles in the cup, When it goes down smoothly; -- proverbs 23:31 +. +At the last it bites like a serpent And stings like a viper. -- proverbs 23:32 +. +Your eyes will see strange things And your mind will utter perverse things. -- proverbs 23:33 +. +And you will be like one who lies down in the middle of the sea, Or like one who lies down on the top of a mast. -- proverbs 23:34 +. +"They struck me, but I did not become ill; They beat me, but I did not know it. When shall I awake? I will seek another drink." -- proverbs 23:35 +. +Do not be envious of evil men, Nor desire to be with them; -- proverbs 24:1 +. +For their minds devise violence, And their lips talk of trouble. -- proverbs 24:2 +. +By wisdom a house is built, And by understanding it is established; -- proverbs 24:3 +. +And by knowledge the rooms are filled With all precious and pleasant riches. -- proverbs 24:4 +. +A wise man is strong, And a man of knowledge increases power. -- proverbs 24:5 +. +For by wise guidance you will wage war, And in abundance of counselors there is victory. -- proverbs 24:6 +. +Wisdom is too exalted for a fool, He does not open his mouth in the gate. -- proverbs 24:7 +. +One who plans to do evil, Men will call a schemer. -- proverbs 24:8 +. +The devising of folly is sin, And the scoffer is an abomination to men. -- proverbs 24:9 +. +If you are slack in the day of distress, Your strength is limited. -- proverbs 24:10 +. +Deliver those who are being taken away to death, And those who are staggering to slaughter, Oh hold them back. -- proverbs 24:11 +. +If you say, "See, we did not know this," Does He not consider it who weighs the hearts? And does He not know it who keeps your soul? And will He not render to man according to his work? -- proverbs 24:12 +. +My son, eat honey, for it is good, Yes, the honey from the comb is sweet to your taste; -- proverbs 24:13 +. +Know that wisdom is thus for your soul; If you find it, then there will be a future, And your hope will not be cut off. -- proverbs 24:14 +. +Do not lie in wait, O wicked man, against the dwelling of the righteous; Do not destroy his resting place; -- proverbs 24:15 +. +For a righteous man falls seven times, and rises again, But the wicked stumble in time of calamity. -- proverbs 24:16 +. +Do not rejoice when your enemy falls, And do not let your heart be glad when he stumbles; -- proverbs 24:17 +. +Or the LORD will see it and be displeased, And turn His anger away from him. -- proverbs 24:18 +. +Do not fret because of evildoers Or be envious of the wicked; -- proverbs 24:19 +. +For there will be no future for the evil man; The lamp of the wicked will be put out. -- proverbs 24:20 +. +My son, fear the LORD and the king; Do not associate with those who are given to change, -- proverbs 24:21 +. +For their calamity will rise suddenly, And who knows the ruin that comes from both of them? -- proverbs 24:22 +. +These also are sayings of the wise. To show partiality in judgment is not good. -- proverbs 24:23 +. +He who says to the wicked, "You are righteous," Peoples will curse him, nations will abhor him; -- proverbs 24:24 +. +But to those who rebuke the wicked will be delight, And a good blessing will come upon them. -- proverbs 24:25 +. +He kisses the lips Who gives a right answer. -- proverbs 24:26 +. +Prepare your work outside And make it ready for yourself in the field; Afterwards, then, build your house. -- proverbs 24:27 +. +Do not be a witness against your neighbor without cause, And do not deceive with your lips. -- proverbs 24:28 +. +Do not say, "Thus I shall do to him as he has done to me; I will render to the man according to his work." -- proverbs 24:29 +. +I passed by the field of the sluggard And by the vineyard of the man lacking sense, -- proverbs 24:30 +. +And behold, it was completely overgrown with thistles; Its surface was covered with nettles, And its stone wall was broken down. -- proverbs 24:31 +. +When I saw, I reflected upon it; I looked, and received instruction. -- proverbs 24:32 +. +"A little sleep, a little slumber, A little folding of the hands to rest," -- proverbs 24:33 +. +Then your poverty will come as a robber And your want like an armed man. -- proverbs 24:34 +. +These also are proverbs of Solomon which the men of Hezekiah, king of Judah, transcribed. -- proverbs 25:1 +. +It is the glory of God to conceal a matter, But the glory of kings is to search out a matter. -- proverbs 25:2 +. +As the heavens for height and the earth for depth, So the heart of kings is unsearchable. -- proverbs 25:3 +. +Take away the dross from the silver, And there comes out a vessel for the smith; -- proverbs 25:4 +. +Take away the wicked before the king, And his throne will be established in righteousness. -- proverbs 25:5 +. +Do not claim honor in the presence of the king, And do not stand in the place of great men; -- proverbs 25:6 +. +For it is better that it be said to you, "Come up here," Than for you to be placed lower in the presence of the prince, Whom your eyes have seen. -- proverbs 25:7 +. +Do not go out hastily to argue your case; Otherwise, what will you do in the end, When your neighbor humiliates you? -- proverbs 25:8 +. +Argue your case with your neighbor, And do not reveal the secret of another, -- proverbs 25:9 +. +Or he who hears it will reproach you, And the evil report about you will not pass away. -- proverbs 25:10 +. +Like apples of gold in settings of silver Is a word spoken in right circumstances. -- proverbs 25:11 +. +Like an earring of gold and an ornament of fine gold Is a wise reprover to a listening ear. -- proverbs 25:12 +. +Like the cold of snow in the time of harvest Is a faithful messenger to those who send him, For he refreshes the soul of his masters. -- proverbs 25:13 +. +Like clouds and wind without rain Is a man who boasts of his gifts falsely. -- proverbs 25:14 +. +By forbearance a ruler may be persuaded, And a soft tongue breaks the bone. -- proverbs 25:15 +. +Have you found honey? Eat only what you need, That you not have it in excess and vomit it. -- proverbs 25:16 +. +Let your foot rarely be in your neighbor's house, Or he will become weary of you and hate you. -- proverbs 25:17 +. +Like a club and a sword and a sharp arrow Is a man who bears false witness against his neighbor. -- proverbs 25:18 +. +Like a bad tooth and an unsteady foot Is confidence in a faithless man in time of trouble. -- proverbs 25:19 +. +Like one who takes off a garment on a cold day, or like vinegar on soda, Is he who sings songs to a troubled heart. -- proverbs 25:20 +. +If your enemy is hungry, give him food to eat; And if he is thirsty, give him water to drink; -- proverbs 25:21 +. +For you will heap burning coals on his head, And the LORD will reward you. -- proverbs 25:22 +. +The north wind brings forth rain, And a backbiting tongue, an angry countenance. -- proverbs 25:23 +. +It is better to live in a corner of the roof Than in a house shared with a contentious woman. -- proverbs 25:24 +. +Like cold water to a weary soul, So is good news from a distant land. -- proverbs 25:25 +. +Like a trampled spring and a polluted well Is a righteous man who gives way before the wicked. -- proverbs 25:26 +. +It is not good to eat much honey, Nor is it glory to search out one's own glory. -- proverbs 25:27 +. +Like a city that is broken into and without walls Is a man who has no control over his spirit. -- proverbs 25:28 +. +Like snow in summer and like rain in harvest, So honor is not fitting for a fool. -- proverbs 26:1 +. +Like a sparrow in its flitting, like a swallow in its flying, So a curse without cause does not alight. -- proverbs 26:2 +. +A whip is for the horse, a bridle for the donkey, And a rod for the back of fools. -- proverbs 26:3 +. +Do not answer a fool according to his folly, Or you will also be like him. -- proverbs 26:4 +. +Answer a fool as his folly deserves, That he not be wise in his own eyes. -- proverbs 26:5 +. +He cuts off his own feet and drinks violence Who sends a message by the hand of a fool. -- proverbs 26:6 +. +Like the legs which are useless to the lame, So is a proverb in the mouth of fools. -- proverbs 26:7 +. +Like one who binds a stone in a sling, So is he who gives honor to a fool. -- proverbs 26:8 +. +Like a thorn which falls into the hand of a drunkard, So is a proverb in the mouth of fools. -- proverbs 26:9 +. +Like an archer who wounds everyone, So is he who hires a fool or who hires those who pass by. -- proverbs 26:10 +. +Like a dog that returns to its vomit Is a fool who repeats his folly. -- proverbs 26:11 +. +Do you see a man wise in his own eyes? There is more hope for a fool than for him. -- proverbs 26:12 +. +The sluggard says, "There is a lion in the road! A lion is in the open square!" -- proverbs 26:13 +. +As the door turns on its hinges, So does the sluggard on his bed. -- proverbs 26:14 +. +The sluggard buries his hand in the dish; He is weary of bringing it to his mouth again. -- proverbs 26:15 +. +The sluggard is wiser in his own eyes Than seven men who can give a discreet answer. -- proverbs 26:16 +. +Like one who takes a dog by the ears Is he who passes by and meddles with strife not belonging to him. -- proverbs 26:17 +. +Like a madman who throws Firebrands, arrows and death, -- proverbs 26:18 +. +So is the man who deceives his neighbor, And says, "Was I not joking?" -- proverbs 26:19 +. +For lack of wood the fire goes out, And where there is no whisperer, contention quiets down. -- proverbs 26:20 +. +Like charcoal to hot embers and wood to fire, So is a contentious man to kindle strife. -- proverbs 26:21 +. +The words of a whisperer are like dainty morsels, And they go down into the innermost parts of the body. -- proverbs 26:22 +. +Like an earthen vessel overlaid with silver dross Are burning lips and a wicked heart. -- proverbs 26:23 +. +He who hates disguises it with his lips, But he lays up deceit in his heart. -- proverbs 26:24 +. +When he speaks graciously, do not believe him, For there are seven abominations in his heart. -- proverbs 26:25 +. +Though his hatred covers itself with guile, His wickedness will be revealed before the assembly. -- proverbs 26:26 +. +He who digs a pit will fall into it, And he who rolls a stone, it will come back on him. -- proverbs 26:27 +. +A lying tongue hates those it crushes, And a flattering mouth works ruin. -- proverbs 26:28 +. +Do not boast about tomorrow, For you do not know what a day may bring forth. -- proverbs 27:1 +. +Let another praise you, and not your own mouth; A stranger, and not your own lips. -- proverbs 27:2 +. +A stone is heavy and the sand weighty, But the provocation of a fool is heavier than both of them. -- proverbs 27:3 +. +Wrath is fierce and anger is a flood, But who can stand before jealousy? -- proverbs 27:4 +. +Better is open rebuke Than love that is concealed. -- proverbs 27:5 +. +Faithful are the wounds of a friend, But deceitful are the kisses of an enemy. -- proverbs 27:6 +. +A sated man loathes honey, But to a famished man any bitter thing is sweet. -- proverbs 27:7 +. +Like a bird that wanders from her nest, So is a man who wanders from his home. -- proverbs 27:8 +. +Oil and perfume make the heart glad, So a man's counsel is sweet to his friend. -- proverbs 27:9 +. +Do not forsake your own friend or your father's friend, And do not go to your brother's house in the day of your calamity; Better is a neighbor who is near than a brother far away. -- proverbs 27:10 +. +Be wise, my son, and make my heart glad, That I may reply to him who reproaches me. -- proverbs 27:11 +. +A prudent man sees evil and hides himself, The naive proceed and pay the penalty. -- proverbs 27:12 +. +Take his garment when he becomes surety for a stranger; And for an adulterous woman hold him in pledge. -- proverbs 27:13 +. +He who blesses his friend with a loud voice early in the morning, It will be reckoned a curse to him. -- proverbs 27:14 +. +A constant dripping on a day of steady rain And a contentious woman are alike; -- proverbs 27:15 +. +He who would restrain her restrains the wind, And grasps oil with his right hand. -- proverbs 27:16 +. +Iron sharpens iron, So one man sharpens another. -- proverbs 27:17 +. +He who tends the fig tree will eat its fruit, And he who cares for his master will be honored. -- proverbs 27:18 +. +As in water face reflects face, So the heart of man reflects man. -- proverbs 27:19 +. +Sheol and Abaddon are never satisfied, Nor are the eyes of man ever satisfied. -- proverbs 27:20 +. +The crucible is for silver and the furnace for gold, And each is tested by the praise accorded him. -- proverbs 27:21 +. +Though you pound a fool in a mortar with a pestle along with crushed grain, Yet his foolishness will not depart from him. -- proverbs 27:22 +. +Know well the condition of your flocks, And pay attention to your herds; -- proverbs 27:23 +. +For riches are not forever, Nor does a crown endure to all generations. -- proverbs 27:24 +. +When the grass disappears, the new growth is seen, And the herbs of the mountains are gathered in, -- proverbs 27:25 +. +The lambs will be for your clothing, And the goats will bring the price of a field, -- proverbs 27:26 +. +And there will be goats' milk enough for your food, For the food of your household, And sustenance for your maidens. -- proverbs 27:27 +. +The wicked flee when no one is pursuing, But the righteous are bold as a lion. -- proverbs 28:1 +. +By the transgression of a land many are its princes, But by a man of understanding and knowledge, so it endures. -- proverbs 28:2 +. +A poor man who oppresses the lowly Is like a driving rain which leaves no food. -- proverbs 28:3 +. +Those who forsake the law praise the wicked, But those who keep the law strive with them. -- proverbs 28:4 +. +Evil men do not understand justice, But those who seek the LORD understand all things. -- proverbs 28:5 +. +Better is the poor who walks in his integrity Than he who is crooked though he be rich. -- proverbs 28:6 +. +He who keeps the law is a discerning son, But he who is a companion of gluttons humiliates his father. -- proverbs 28:7 +. +He who increases his wealth by interest and usury Gathers it for him who is gracious to the poor. -- proverbs 28:8 +. +He who turns away his ear from listening to the law, Even his prayer is an abomination. -- proverbs 28:9 +. +He who leads the upright astray in an evil way Will himself fall into his own pit, But the blameless will inherit good. -- proverbs 28:10 +. +The rich man is wise in his own eyes, But the poor who has understanding sees through him. -- proverbs 28:11 +. +When the righteous triumph, there is great glory, But when the wicked rise, men hide themselves. -- proverbs 28:12 +. +He who conceals his transgressions will not prosper, But he who confesses and forsakes them will find compassion. -- proverbs 28:13 +. +How blessed is the man who fears always, But he who hardens his heart will fall into calamity. -- proverbs 28:14 +. +Like a roaring lion and a rushing bear Is a wicked ruler over a poor people. -- proverbs 28:15 +. +A leader who is a great oppressor lacks understanding, But he who hates unjust gain will prolong his days. -- proverbs 28:16 +. +A man who is laden with the guilt of human blood Will be a fugitive until death; let no one support him. -- proverbs 28:17 +. +He who walks blamelessly will be delivered, But he who is crooked will fall all at once. -- proverbs 28:18 +. +He who tills his land will have plenty of food, But he who follows empty pursuits will have poverty in plenty. -- proverbs 28:19 +. +A faithful man will abound with blessings, But he who makes haste to be rich will not go unpunished. -- proverbs 28:20 +. +To show partiality is not good, Because for a piece of bread a man will transgress. -- proverbs 28:21 +. +A man with an evil eye hastens after wealth And does not know that want will come upon him. -- proverbs 28:22 +. +He who rebukes a man will afterward find more favor Than he who flatters with the tongue. -- proverbs 28:23 +. +He who robs his father or his mother And says, "It is not a transgression," Is the companion of a man who destroys. -- proverbs 28:24 +. +An arrogant man stirs up strife, But he who trusts in the LORD will prosper. -- proverbs 28:25 +. +He who trusts in his own heart is a fool, But he who walks wisely will be delivered. -- proverbs 28:26 +. +He who gives to the poor will never want, But he who shuts his eyes will have many curses. -- proverbs 28:27 +. +When the wicked rise, men hide themselves; But when they perish, the righteous increase. -- proverbs 28:28 +. +A man who hardens his neck after much reproof Will suddenly be broken beyond remedy. -- proverbs 29:1 +. +When the righteous increase, the people rejoice, But when a wicked man rules, people groan. -- proverbs 29:2 +. +A man who loves wisdom makes his father glad, But he who keeps company with harlots wastes his wealth. -- proverbs 29:3 +. +The king gives stability to the land by justice, But a man who takes bribes overthrows it. -- proverbs 29:4 +. +A man who flatters his neighbor Is spreading a net for his steps. -- proverbs 29:5 +. +By transgression an evil man is ensnared, But the righteous sings and rejoices. -- proverbs 29:6 +. +The righteous is concerned for the rights of the poor, The wicked does not understand such concern. -- proverbs 29:7 +. +Scorners set a city aflame, But wise men turn away anger. -- proverbs 29:8 +. +When a wise man has a controversy with a foolish man, The foolish man either rages or laughs, and there is no rest. -- proverbs 29:9 +. +Men of bloodshed hate the blameless, But the upright are concerned for his life. -- proverbs 29:10 +. +A fool always loses his temper, But a wise man holds it back. -- proverbs 29:11 +. +If a ruler pays attention to falsehood, All his ministers become wicked. -- proverbs 29:12 +. +The poor man and the oppressor have this in common: The LORD gives light to the eyes of both. -- proverbs 29:13 +. +If a king judges the poor with truth, His throne will be established forever. -- proverbs 29:14 +. +The rod and reproof give wisdom, But a child who gets his own way brings shame to his mother. -- proverbs 29:15 +. +When the wicked increase, transgression increases; But the righteous will see their fall. -- proverbs 29:16 +. +Correct your son, and he will give you comfort; He will also delight your soul. -- proverbs 29:17 +. +Where there is no vision, the people are unrestrained, But happy is he who keeps the law. -- proverbs 29:18 +. +A slave will not be instructed by words alone; For though he understands, there will be no response. -- proverbs 29:19 +. +Do you see a man who is hasty in his words? There is more hope for a fool than for him. -- proverbs 29:20 +. +He who pampers his slave from childhood Will in the end find him to be a son. -- proverbs 29:21 +. +An angry man stirs up strife, And a hot-tempered man abounds in transgression. -- proverbs 29:22 +. +A man's pride will bring him low, But a humble spirit will obtain honor. -- proverbs 29:23 +. +He who is a partner with a thief hates his own life; He hears the oath but tells nothing. -- proverbs 29:24 +. +The fear of man brings a snare, But he who trusts in the LORD will be exalted. -- proverbs 29:25 +. +Many seek the ruler's favor, But justice for man comes from the LORD. -- proverbs 29:26 +. +An unjust man is abominable to the righteous, And he who is upright in the way is abominable to the wicked. -- proverbs 29:27 +. +The words of Agur the son of Jakeh, the oracle. The man declares to Ithiel, to Ithiel and Ucal: -- proverbs 30:1 +. +Surely I am more stupid than any man, And I do not have the understanding of a man. -- proverbs 30:2 +. +Neither have I learned wisdom, Nor do I have the knowledge of the Holy One. -- proverbs 30:3 +. +Who has ascended into heaven and descended? Who has gathered the wind in His fists? Who has wrapped the waters in His garment? Who has established all the ends of the earth? What is His name or His son's name? Surely you know! -- proverbs 30:4 +. +Every word of God is tested; He is a shield to those who take refuge in Him. -- proverbs 30:5 +. +Do not add to His words Or He will reprove you, and you will be proved a liar. -- proverbs 30:6 +. +Two things I asked of You, Do not refuse me before I die: -- proverbs 30:7 +. +Keep deception and lies far from me, Give me neither poverty nor riches; Feed me with the food that is my portion, -- proverbs 30:8 +. +That I not be full and deny You and say, "Who is the LORD?" Or that I not be in want and steal, And profane the name of my God. -- proverbs 30:9 +. +Do not slander a slave to his master, Or he will curse you and you will be found guilty. -- proverbs 30:10 +. +There is a kind of man who curses his father And does not bless his mother. -- proverbs 30:11 +. +There is a kind who is pure in his own eyes, Yet is not washed from his filthiness. -- proverbs 30:12 +. +There is a kind--oh how lofty are his eyes! And his eyelids are raised in arrogance. -- proverbs 30:13 +. +There is a kind of man whose teeth are like swords And his jaw teeth like knives, To devour the afflicted from the earth And the needy from among men. -- proverbs 30:14 +. +The leech has two daughters, "Give," "Give." There are three things that will not be satisfied, Four that will not say, "Enough": -- proverbs 30:15 +. +Sheol, and the barren womb, Earth that is never satisfied with water, And fire that never says, "Enough." -- proverbs 30:16 +. +The eye that mocks a father And scorns a mother, The ravens of the valley will pick it out, And the young eagles will eat it. -- proverbs 30:17 +. +There are three things which are too wonderful for me, Four which I do not understand: -- proverbs 30:18 +. +The way of an eagle in the sky, The way of a serpent on a rock, The way of a ship in the middle of the sea, And the way of a man with a maid. -- proverbs 30:19 +. +This is the way of an adulterous woman: She eats and wipes her mouth, And says, "I have done no wrong." -- proverbs 30:20 +. +Under three things the earth quakes, And under four, it cannot bear up: -- proverbs 30:21 +. +Under a slave when he becomes king, And a fool when he is satisfied with food, -- proverbs 30:22 +. +Under an unloved woman when she gets a husband, And a maidservant when she supplants her mistress. -- proverbs 30:23 +. +Four things are small on the earth, But they are exceedingly wise: -- proverbs 30:24 +. +The ants are not a strong people, But they prepare their food in the summer; -- proverbs 30:25 +. +The shephanim are not mighty people, Yet they make their houses in the rocks; -- proverbs 30:26 +. +The locusts have no king, Yet all of them go out in ranks; -- proverbs 30:27 +. +The lizard you may grasp with the hands, Yet it is in kings' palaces. -- proverbs 30:28 +. +There are three things which are stately in their march, Even four which are stately when they walk: -- proverbs 30:29 +. +The lion which is mighty among beasts And does not retreat before any, -- proverbs 30:30 +. +The strutting rooster, the male goat also, And a king when his army is with him. -- proverbs 30:31 +. +If you have been foolish in exalting yourself Or if you have plotted evil, put your hand on your mouth. -- proverbs 30:32 +. +For the churning of milk produces butter, And pressing the nose brings forth blood; So the churning of anger produces strife. -- proverbs 30:33 +. +The words of King Lemuel, the oracle which his mother taught him: -- proverbs 31:1 +. +What, O my son? And what, O son of my womb? And what, O son of my vows? -- proverbs 31:2 +. +Do not give your strength to women, Or your ways to that which destroys kings. -- proverbs 31:3 +. +It is not for kings, O Lemuel, It is not for kings to drink wine, Or for rulers to desire strong drink, -- proverbs 31:4 +. +For they will drink and forget what is decreed, And pervert the rights of all the afflicted. -- proverbs 31:5 +. +Give strong drink to him who is perishing, And wine to him whose life is bitter. -- proverbs 31:6 +. +Let him drink and forget his poverty And remember his trouble no more. -- proverbs 31:7 +. +Open your mouth for the mute, For the rights of all the unfortunate. -- proverbs 31:8 +. +Open your mouth, judge righteously, And defend the rights of the afflicted and needy. -- proverbs 31:9 +. +An excellent wife, who can find? For her worth is far above jewels. -- proverbs 31:10 +. +The heart of her husband trusts in her, And he will have no lack of gain. -- proverbs 31:11 +. +She does him good and not evil All the days of her life. -- proverbs 31:12 +. +She looks for wool and flax And works with her hands in delight. -- proverbs 31:13 +. +She is like merchant ships; She brings her food from afar. -- proverbs 31:14 +. +She rises also while it is still night And gives food to her household And portions to her maidens. -- proverbs 31:15 +. +She considers a field and buys it; From her earnings she plants a vineyard. -- proverbs 31:16 +. +She girds herself with strength And makes her arms strong. -- proverbs 31:17 +. +She senses that her gain is good; Her lamp does not go out at night. -- proverbs 31:18 +. +She stretches out her hands to the distaff, And her hands grasp the spindle. -- proverbs 31:19 +. +She extends her hand to the poor, And she stretches out her hands to the needy. -- proverbs 31:20 +. +She is not afraid of the snow for her household, For all her household are clothed with scarlet. -- proverbs 31:21 +. +She makes coverings for herself; Her clothing is fine linen and purple. -- proverbs 31:22 +. +Her husband is known in the gates, When he sits among the elders of the land. -- proverbs 31:23 +. +She makes linen garments and sells them, And supplies belts to the tradesmen. -- proverbs 31:24 +. +Strength and dignity are her clothing, And she smiles at the future. -- proverbs 31:25 +. +She opens her mouth in wisdom, And the teaching of kindness is on her tongue. -- proverbs 31:26 +. +She looks well to the ways of her household, And does not eat the bread of idleness. -- proverbs 31:27 +. +Her children rise up and bless her; Her husband also, and he praises her, saying: -- proverbs 31:28 +. +"Many daughters have done nobly, But you excel them all." -- proverbs 31:29 +. +Charm is deceitful and beauty is vain, But a woman who fears the LORD, she shall be praised. -- proverbs 31:30 +. +Give her the product of her hands, And let her works praise her in the gates. -- proverbs 31:31 +. +The words of the Preacher, the son of David, king in Jerusalem. -- ecclesiastes 1:1 +. +"Vanity of vanities," says the Preacher, "Vanity of vanities! All is vanity." -- ecclesiastes 1:2 +. +What advantage does man have in all his work Which he does under the sun? -- ecclesiastes 1:3 +. +A generation goes and a generation comes, But the earth remains forever. -- ecclesiastes 1:4 +. +Also, the sun rises and the sun sets; And hastening to its place it rises there again. -- ecclesiastes 1:5 +. +Blowing toward the south, Then turning toward the north, The wind continues swirling along; And on its circular courses the wind returns. -- ecclesiastes 1:6 +. +All the rivers flow into the sea, Yet the sea is not full. To the place where the rivers flow, There they flow again. -- ecclesiastes 1:7 +. +All things are wearisome; Man is not able to tell it. The eye is not satisfied with seeing, Nor is the ear filled with hearing. -- ecclesiastes 1:8 +. +That which has been is that which will be, And that which has been done is that which will be done. So there is nothing new under the sun. -- ecclesiastes 1:9 +. +Is there anything of which one might say, "See this, it is new"? Already it has existed for ages Which were before us. -- ecclesiastes 1:10 +. +There is no remembrance of earlier things; And also of the later things which will occur, There will be for them no remembrance Among those who will come later still. -- ecclesiastes 1:11 +. +I, the Preacher, have been king over Israel in Jerusalem. -- ecclesiastes 1:12 +. +And I set my mind to seek and explore by wisdom concerning all that has been done under heaven. It is a grievous task which God has given to the sons of men to be afflicted with. -- ecclesiastes 1:13 +. +I have seen all the works which have been done under the sun, and behold, all is vanity and striving after wind. -- ecclesiastes 1:14 +. +What is crooked cannot be straightened and what is lacking cannot be counted. -- ecclesiastes 1:15 +. +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." -- ecclesiastes 1:16 +. +And I set my mind to know wisdom and to know madness and folly; I realized that this also is striving after wind. -- ecclesiastes 1:17 +. +Because in much wisdom there is much grief, and increasing knowledge results in increasing pain. -- ecclesiastes 1:18 +. +I said to myself, "Come now, I will test you with pleasure. So enjoy yourself." And behold, it too was futility. -- ecclesiastes 2:1 +. +I said of laughter, "It is madness," and of pleasure, "What does it accomplish?" -- ecclesiastes 2:2 +. +I explored with my mind how to stimulate my body with wine while my mind was guiding me wisely, and how to take hold of folly, until I could see what good there is for the sons of men to do under heaven the few years of their lives. -- ecclesiastes 2:3 +. +I enlarged my works: I built houses for myself, I planted vineyards for myself; -- ecclesiastes 2:4 +. +I made gardens and parks for myself and I planted in them all kinds of fruit trees; -- ecclesiastes 2:5 +. +I made ponds of water for myself from which to irrigate a forest of growing trees. -- ecclesiastes 2:6 +. +I bought male and female slaves and I had homeborn slaves. Also I possessed flocks and herds larger than all who preceded me in Jerusalem. -- ecclesiastes 2:7 +. +Also, I collected for myself silver and gold and the treasure of kings and provinces. I provided for myself male and female singers and the pleasures of men--many concubines. -- ecclesiastes 2:8 +. +Then I became great and increased more than all who preceded me in Jerusalem. My wisdom also stood by me. -- ecclesiastes 2:9 +. +All that my eyes desired I did not refuse them. I did not withhold my heart from any pleasure, for my heart was pleased because of all my labor and this was my reward for all my labor. -- ecclesiastes 2:10 +. +Thus I considered all my activities which my hands had done and the labor which I had exerted, and behold all was vanity and striving after wind and there was no profit under the sun. -- ecclesiastes 2:11 +. +So I turned to consider wisdom, madness and folly; for what will the man do who will come after the king except what has already been done? -- ecclesiastes 2:12 +. +And I saw that wisdom excels folly as light excels darkness. -- ecclesiastes 2:13 +. +The wise man's eyes are in his head, but the fool walks in darkness. And yet I know that one fate befalls them both. -- ecclesiastes 2:14 +. +Then I said to myself, "As is the fate of the fool, it will also befall me. Why then have I been extremely wise?" So I said to myself, "This too is vanity." -- ecclesiastes 2:15 +. +For there is no lasting remembrance of the wise man as with the fool, inasmuch as in the coming days all will be forgotten. And how the wise man and the fool alike die! -- ecclesiastes 2:16 +. +So I hated life, for the work which had been done under the sun was grievous to me; because everything is futility and striving after wind. -- ecclesiastes 2:17 +. +Thus I hated all the fruit of my labor for which I had labored under the sun, for I must leave it to the man who will come after me. -- ecclesiastes 2:18 +. +And who knows whether he will be a wise man or a fool? Yet he will have control over all the fruit of my labor for which I have labored by acting wisely under the sun. This too is vanity. -- ecclesiastes 2:19 +. +Therefore I completely despaired of all the fruit of my labor for which I had labored under the sun. -- ecclesiastes 2:20 +. +When there is a man who has labored with wisdom, knowledge and skill, then he gives his legacy to one who has not labored with them. This too is vanity and a great evil. -- ecclesiastes 2:21 +. +For what does a man get in all his labor and in his striving with which he labors under the sun? -- ecclesiastes 2:22 +. +Because all his days his task is painful and grievous; even at night his mind does not rest. This too is vanity. -- ecclesiastes 2:23 +. +There is nothing better for a man than to eat and drink and tell himself that his labor is good. This also I have seen that it is from the hand of God. -- ecclesiastes 2:24 +. +For who can eat and who can have enjoyment without Him? -- ecclesiastes 2:25 +. +For to a person who is good in His sight He has given wisdom and knowledge and joy, while to the sinner He has given the task of gathering and collecting so that he may give to one who is good in God's sight. This too is vanity and striving after wind. -- ecclesiastes 2:26 +. +There is an appointed time for everything. And there is a time for every event under heaven-- -- ecclesiastes 3:1 +. +A time to give birth and a time to die; A time to plant and a time to uproot what is planted. -- ecclesiastes 3:2 +. +A time to kill and a time to heal; A time to tear down and a time to build up. -- ecclesiastes 3:3 +. +A time to weep and a time to laugh; A time to mourn and a time to dance. -- ecclesiastes 3:4 +. +A time to throw stones and a time to gather stones; A time to embrace and a time to shun embracing. -- ecclesiastes 3:5 +. +A time to search and a time to give up as lost; A time to keep and a time to throw away. -- ecclesiastes 3:6 +. +A time to tear apart and a time to sew together; A time to be silent and a time to speak. -- ecclesiastes 3:7 +. +A time to love and a time to hate; A time for war and a time for peace. -- ecclesiastes 3:8 +. +What profit is there to the worker from that in which he toils? -- ecclesiastes 3:9 +. +I have seen the task which God has given the sons of men with which to occupy themselves. -- ecclesiastes 3:10 +. +He has made everything appropriate in its time. He has also set eternity in their heart, yet so that man will not find out the work which God has done from the beginning even to the end. -- ecclesiastes 3:11 +. +I know that there is nothing better for them than to rejoice and to do good in one's lifetime; -- ecclesiastes 3:12 +. +moreover, that every man who eats and drinks sees good in all his labor--it is the gift of God. -- ecclesiastes 3:13 +. +I know that everything God does will remain forever; there is nothing to add to it and there is nothing to take from it, for God has so worked that men should fear Him. -- ecclesiastes 3:14 +. +That which is has been already and that which will be has already been, for God seeks what has passed by. -- ecclesiastes 3:15 +. +Furthermore, I have seen under the sun that in the place of justice there is wickedness and in the place of righteousness there is wickedness. -- ecclesiastes 3:16 +. +I said to myself, "God will judge both the righteous man and the wicked man," for a time for every matter and for every deed is there. -- ecclesiastes 3:17 +. +I said to myself concerning the sons of men, "God has surely tested them in order for them to see that they are but beasts." -- ecclesiastes 3:18 +. +For the fate of the sons of men and the fate of beasts is the same. As one dies so dies the other; indeed, they all have the same breath and there is no advantage for man over beast, for all is vanity. -- ecclesiastes 3:19 +. +All go to the same place. All came from the dust and all return to the dust. -- ecclesiastes 3:20 +. +Who knows that the breath of man ascends upward and the breath of the beast descends downward to the earth? -- ecclesiastes 3:21 +. +I have seen that nothing is better than that man should be happy in his activities, for that is his lot. For who will bring him to see what will occur after him? -- ecclesiastes 3:22 +. +Then I looked again at all the acts of oppression which were being done under the sun. And behold I saw the tears of the oppressed and that they had no one to comfort them; and on the side of their oppressors was power, but they had no one to comfort them. -- ecclesiastes 4:1 +. +So I congratulated the dead who are already dead more than the living who are still living. -- ecclesiastes 4:2 +. +But better off than both of them is the one who has never existed, who has never seen the evil activity that is done under the sun. -- ecclesiastes 4:3 +. +I have seen that every labor and every skill which is done is the result of rivalry between a man and his neighbor. This too is vanity and striving after wind. -- ecclesiastes 4:4 +. +The fool folds his hands and consumes his own flesh. -- ecclesiastes 4:5 +. +One hand full of rest is better than two fists full of labor and striving after wind. -- ecclesiastes 4:6 +. +Then I looked again at vanity under the sun. -- ecclesiastes 4:7 +. +There was a certain man without a dependent, having neither a son nor a brother, yet there was no end to all his labor. Indeed, his eyes were not satisfied with riches and he never asked, "And for whom am I laboring and depriving myself of pleasure?" This too is vanity and it is a grievous task. -- ecclesiastes 4:8 +. +Two are better than one because they have a good return for their labor. -- ecclesiastes 4:9 +. +For if either of them falls, the one will lift up his companion. But woe to the one who falls when there is not another to lift him up. -- ecclesiastes 4:10 +. +Furthermore, if two lie down together they keep warm, but how can one be warm alone? -- ecclesiastes 4:11 +. +And if one can overpower him who is alone, two can resist him. A cord of three strands is not quickly torn apart. -- ecclesiastes 4:12 +. +A poor yet wise lad is better than an old and foolish king who no longer knows how to receive instruction. -- ecclesiastes 4:13 +. +For he has come out of prison to become king, even though he was born poor in his kingdom. -- ecclesiastes 4:14 +. +I have seen all the living under the sun throng to the side of the second lad who replaces him. -- ecclesiastes 4:15 +. +There is no end to all the people, to all who were before them, and even the ones who will come later will not be happy with him, for this too is vanity and striving after wind. -- ecclesiastes 4:16 +. +Guard your steps as you go to the house of God and draw near to listen rather than to offer the sacrifice of fools; for they do not know they are doing evil. -- ecclesiastes 5:1 +. +Do not be hasty in word or impulsive in thought to bring up a matter in the presence of God. For God is in heaven and you are on the earth; therefore let your words be few. -- ecclesiastes 5:2 +. +For the dream comes through much effort and the voice of a fool through many words. -- ecclesiastes 5:3 +. +When you make a vow to God, do not be late in paying it; for He takes no delight in fools. Pay what you vow! -- ecclesiastes 5:4 +. +It is better that you should not vow than that you should vow and not pay. -- ecclesiastes 5:5 +. +Do not let your speech cause you to sin and do not say in the presence of the messenger of God that it was a mistake. Why should God be angry on account of your voice and destroy the work of your hands? -- ecclesiastes 5:6 +. +For in many dreams and in many words there is emptiness. Rather, fear God. -- ecclesiastes 5:7 +. +If you see oppression of the poor and denial of justice and righteousness in the province, do not be shocked at the sight; for one official watches over another official, and there are higher officials over them. -- ecclesiastes 5:8 +. +After all, a king who cultivates the field is an advantage to the land. -- ecclesiastes 5:9 +. +He who loves money will not be satisfied with money, nor he who loves abundance with its income. This too is vanity. -- ecclesiastes 5:10 +. +When good things increase, those who consume them increase. So what is the advantage to their owners except to look on? -- ecclesiastes 5:11 +. +The sleep of the working man is pleasant, whether he eats little or much; but the full stomach of the rich man does not allow him to sleep. -- ecclesiastes 5:12 +. +There is a grievous evil which I have seen under the sun: riches being hoarded by their owner to his hurt. -- ecclesiastes 5:13 +. +When those riches were lost through a bad investment and he had fathered a son, then there was nothing to support him. -- ecclesiastes 5:14 +. +As he had come naked from his mother's womb, so will he return as he came. He will take nothing from the fruit of his labor that he can carry in his hand. -- ecclesiastes 5:15 +. +This also is a grievous evil--exactly as a man is born, thus will he die. So what is the advantage to him who toils for the wind? -- ecclesiastes 5:16 +. +Throughout his life he also eats in darkness with great vexation, sickness and anger. -- ecclesiastes 5:17 +. +Here is what I have seen to be good and fitting: to eat, to drink and enjoy oneself in all one's labor in which he toils under the sun during the few years of his life which God has given him; for this is his reward. -- ecclesiastes 5:18 +. +Furthermore, as for every man to whom God has given riches and wealth, He has also empowered him to eat from them and to receive his reward and rejoice in his labor; this is the gift of God. -- ecclesiastes 5:19 +. +For he will not often consider the years of his life, because God keeps him occupied with the gladness of his heart. -- ecclesiastes 5:20 +. +There is an evil which I have seen under the sun and it is prevalent among men-- -- ecclesiastes 6:1 +. +a man to whom God has given riches and wealth and honor so that his soul lacks nothing of all that he desires; yet God has not empowered him to eat from them, for a foreigner enjoys them. This is vanity and a severe affliction. -- ecclesiastes 6:2 +. +If a man fathers a hundred children and lives many years, however many they be, but his soul is not satisfied with good things and he does not even have a proper burial, then I say, "Better the miscarriage than he, -- ecclesiastes 6:3 +. +for it comes in futility and goes into obscurity; and its name is covered in obscurity. -- ecclesiastes 6:4 +. +"It never sees the sun and it never knows anything; it is better off than he. -- ecclesiastes 6:5 +. +"Even if the other man lives a thousand years twice and does not enjoy good things--do not all go to one place?" -- ecclesiastes 6:6 +. +All a man's labor is for his mouth and yet the appetite is not satisfied. -- ecclesiastes 6:7 +. +For what advantage does the wise man have over the fool? What advantage does the poor man have, knowing how to walk before the living? -- ecclesiastes 6:8 +. +What the eyes see is better than what the soul desires. This too is futility and a striving after wind. -- ecclesiastes 6:9 +. +Whatever exists has already been named, and it is known what man is; for he cannot dispute with him who is stronger than he is. -- ecclesiastes 6:10 +. +For there are many words which increase futility. What then is the advantage to a man? -- ecclesiastes 6:11 +. +For who knows what is good for a man during his lifetime, during the few years of his futile life? He will spend them like a shadow. For who can tell a man what will be after him under the sun? -- ecclesiastes 6:12 +. +A good name is better than a good ointment, And the day of one's death is better than the day of one's birth. -- ecclesiastes 7:1 +. +It is better to go to a house of mourning Than to go to a house of feasting, Because that is the end of every man, And the living takes it to heart. -- ecclesiastes 7:2 +. +Sorrow is better than laughter, For when a face is sad a heart may be happy. -- ecclesiastes 7:3 +. +The mind of the wise is in the house of mourning, While the mind of fools is in the house of pleasure. -- ecclesiastes 7:4 +. +It is better to listen to the rebuke of a wise man Than for one to listen to the song of fools. -- ecclesiastes 7:5 +. +For as the crackling of thorn bushes under a pot, So is the laughter of the fool; And this too is futility. -- ecclesiastes 7:6 +. +For oppression makes a wise man mad, And a bribe corrupts the heart. -- ecclesiastes 7:7 +. +The end of a matter is better than its beginning; Patience of spirit is better than haughtiness of spirit. -- ecclesiastes 7:8 +. +Do not be eager in your heart to be angry, For anger resides in the bosom of fools. -- ecclesiastes 7:9 +. +Do not say, "Why is it that the former days were better than these?" For it is not from wisdom that you ask about this. -- ecclesiastes 7:10 +. +Wisdom along with an inheritance is good And an advantage to those who see the sun. -- ecclesiastes 7:11 +. +For wisdom is protection just as money is protection, But the advantage of knowledge is that wisdom preserves the lives of its possessors. -- ecclesiastes 7:12 +. +Consider the work of God, For who is able to straighten what He has bent? -- ecclesiastes 7:13 +. +In the day of prosperity be happy, But in the day of adversity consider-- God has made the one as well as the other So that man will not discover anything that will be after him. -- ecclesiastes 7:14 +. +I have seen everything during my lifetime of futility; there is a righteous man who perishes in his righteousness and there is a wicked man who prolongs his life in his wickedness. -- ecclesiastes 7:15 +. +Do not be excessively righteous and do not be overly wise. Why should you ruin yourself? -- ecclesiastes 7:16 +. +Do not be excessively wicked and do not be a fool. Why should you die before your time? -- ecclesiastes 7:17 +. +It is good that you grasp one thing and also not let go of the other; for the one who fears God comes forth with both of them. -- ecclesiastes 7:18 +. +Wisdom strengthens a wise man more than ten rulers who are in a city. -- ecclesiastes 7:19 +. +Indeed, there is not a righteous man on earth who continually does good and who never sins. -- ecclesiastes 7:20 +. +Also, do not take seriously all words which are spoken, so that you will not hear your servant cursing you. -- ecclesiastes 7:21 +. +For you also have realized that you likewise have many times cursed others. -- ecclesiastes 7:22 +. +I tested all this with wisdom, and I said, "I will be wise," but it was far from me. -- ecclesiastes 7:23 +. +What has been is remote and exceedingly mysterious. Who can discover it? -- ecclesiastes 7:24 +. +I directed my mind to know, to investigate and to seek wisdom and an explanation, and to know the evil of folly and the foolishness of madness. -- ecclesiastes 7:25 +. +And I discovered more bitter than death the woman whose heart is snares and nets, whose hands are chains. One who is pleasing to God will escape from her, but the sinner will be captured by her. -- ecclesiastes 7:26 +. +"Behold, I have discovered this," says the Preacher, "adding one thing to another to find an explanation, -- ecclesiastes 7:27 +. +which I am still seeking but have not found. I have found one man among a thousand, but I have not found a woman among all these. -- ecclesiastes 7:28 +. +"Behold, I have found only this, that God made men upright, but they have sought out many devices." -- ecclesiastes 7:29 +. +Who is like the wise man and who knows the interpretation of a matter? A man's wisdom illumines him and causes his stern face to beam. -- ecclesiastes 8:1 +. +I say, "Keep the command of the king because of the oath before God. -- ecclesiastes 8:2 +. +"Do not be in a hurry to leave him. Do not join in an evil matter, for he will do whatever he pleases." -- ecclesiastes 8:3 +. +Since the word of the king is authoritative, who will say to him, "What are you doing?" -- ecclesiastes 8:4 +. +He who keeps a royal command experiences no trouble, for a wise heart knows the proper time and procedure. -- ecclesiastes 8:5 +. +For there is a proper time and procedure for every delight, though a man's trouble is heavy upon him. -- ecclesiastes 8:6 +. +If no one knows what will happen, who can tell him when it will happen? -- ecclesiastes 8:7 +. +No man has authority to restrain the wind with the wind, or authority over the day of death; and there is no discharge in the time of war, and evil will not deliver those who practice it. -- ecclesiastes 8:8 +. +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. -- ecclesiastes 8:9 +. +So then, I have seen the wicked buried, those who used to go in and out from the holy place, and they are soon forgotten in the city where they did thus. This too is futility. -- ecclesiastes 8:10 +. +Because the sentence against an evil deed is not executed quickly, therefore the hearts of the sons of men among them are given fully to do evil. -- ecclesiastes 8:11 +. +Although a sinner does evil a hundred times and may lengthen his life, still I know that it will be well for those who fear God, who fear Him openly. -- ecclesiastes 8:12 +. +But it will not be well for the evil man and he will not lengthen his days like a shadow, because he does not fear God. -- ecclesiastes 8:13 +. +There is futility which is done on the earth, that is, there are righteous men to whom it happens according to the deeds of the wicked. On the other hand, there are evil men to whom it happens according to the deeds of the righteous. I say that this too is futility. -- ecclesiastes 8:14 +. +So I commended pleasure, for there is nothing good for a man under the sun except to eat and to drink and to be merry, and this will stand by him in his toils throughout the days of his life which God has given him under the sun. -- ecclesiastes 8:15 +. +When I gave my heart to know wisdom and to see the task which has been done on the earth (even though one should never sleep day or night), -- ecclesiastes 8:16 +. +and I saw every work of God, I concluded that man cannot discover the work which has been done under the sun. Even though man should seek laboriously, he will not discover; and though the wise man should say, "I know," he cannot discover. -- ecclesiastes 8:17 +. +For I have taken all this to my heart and explain it that righteous men, wise men, and their deeds are in the hand of God. Man does not know whether it will be love or hatred; anything awaits him. -- ecclesiastes 9:1 +. +It is the same for all. There is one fate for the righteous and for the wicked; for the good, for the clean and for the unclean; for the man who offers a sacrifice and for the one who does not sacrifice. As the good man is, so is the sinner; as the swearer is, so is the one who is afraid to swear. -- ecclesiastes 9:2 +. +This is an evil in all that is done under the sun, that there is one fate for all men. Furthermore, the hearts of the sons of men are full of evil and insanity is in their hearts throughout their lives. Afterwards they go to the dead. -- ecclesiastes 9:3 +. +For whoever is joined with all the living, there is hope; surely a live dog is better than a dead lion. -- ecclesiastes 9:4 +. +For the living know they will die; but the dead do not know anything, nor have they any longer a reward, for their memory is forgotten. -- ecclesiastes 9:5 +. +Indeed their love, their hate and their zeal have already perished, and they will no longer have a share in all that is done under the sun. -- ecclesiastes 9:6 +. +Go then, eat your bread in happiness and drink your wine with a cheerful heart; for God has already approved your works. -- ecclesiastes 9:7 +. +Let your clothes be white all the time, and let not oil be lacking on your head. -- ecclesiastes 9:8 +. +Enjoy life with the woman whom you love all the days of your fleeting life which He has given to you under the sun; for this is your reward in life and in your toil in which you have labored under the sun. -- ecclesiastes 9:9 +. +Whatever your hand finds to do, do it with all your might; for there is no activity or planning or knowledge or wisdom in Sheol where you are going. -- ecclesiastes 9:10 +. +I again saw under the sun that the race is not to the swift and the battle is not to the warriors, and neither is bread to the wise nor wealth to the discerning nor favor to men of ability; for time and chance overtake them all. -- ecclesiastes 9:11 +. +Moreover, man does not know his time: like fish caught in a treacherous net and birds trapped in a snare, so the sons of men are ensnared at an evil time when it suddenly falls on them. -- ecclesiastes 9:12 +. +Also this I came to see as wisdom under the sun, and it impressed me. -- ecclesiastes 9:13 +. +There was a small city with few men in it and a great king came to it, surrounded it and constructed large siegeworks against it. -- ecclesiastes 9:14 +. +But there was found in it a poor wise man and he delivered the city by his wisdom. Yet no one remembered that poor man. -- ecclesiastes 9:15 +. +So I said, "Wisdom is better than strength." But the wisdom of the poor man is despised and his words are not heeded. -- ecclesiastes 9:16 +. +The words of the wise heard in quietness are better than the shouting of a ruler among fools. -- ecclesiastes 9:17 +. +Wisdom is better than weapons of war, but one sinner destroys much good. -- ecclesiastes 9:18 +. +Dead flies make a perfumer's oil stink, so a little foolishness is weightier than wisdom and honor. -- ecclesiastes 10:1 +. +A wise man's heart directs him toward the right, but the foolish man's heart directs him toward the left. -- ecclesiastes 10:2 +. +Even when the fool walks along the road, his sense is lacking and he demonstrates to everyone that he is a fool. -- ecclesiastes 10:3 +. +If the ruler's temper rises against you, do not abandon your position, because composure allays great offenses. -- ecclesiastes 10:4 +. +There is an evil I have seen under the sun, like an error which goes forth from the ruler-- -- ecclesiastes 10:5 +. +folly is set in many exalted places while rich men sit in humble places. -- ecclesiastes 10:6 +. +I have seen slaves riding on horses and princes walking like slaves on the land. -- ecclesiastes 10:7 +. +He who digs a pit may fall into it, and a serpent may bite him who breaks through a wall. -- ecclesiastes 10:8 +. +He who quarries stones may be hurt by them, and he who splits logs may be endangered by them. -- ecclesiastes 10:9 +. +If the axe is dull and he does not sharpen its edge, then he must exert more strength. Wisdom has the advantage of giving success. -- ecclesiastes 10:10 +. +If the serpent bites before being charmed, there is no profit for the charmer. -- ecclesiastes 10:11 +. +Words from the mouth of a wise man are gracious, while the lips of a fool consume him; -- ecclesiastes 10:12 +. +the beginning of his talking is folly and the end of it is wicked madness. -- ecclesiastes 10:13 +. +Yet the fool multiplies words. No man knows what will happen, and who can tell him what will come after him? -- ecclesiastes 10:14 +. +The toil of a fool so wearies him that he does not even know how to go to a city. -- ecclesiastes 10:15 +. +Woe to you, O land, whose king is a lad and whose princes feast in the morning. -- ecclesiastes 10:16 +. +Blessed are you, O land, whose king is of nobility and whose princes eat at the appropriate time--for strength and not for drunkenness. -- ecclesiastes 10:17 +. +Through indolence the rafters sag, and through slackness the house leaks. -- ecclesiastes 10:18 +. +Men prepare a meal for enjoyment, and wine makes life merry, and money is the answer to everything. -- ecclesiastes 10:19 +. +Furthermore, in your bedchamber do not curse a king, and in your sleeping rooms do not curse a rich man, for a bird of the heavens will carry the sound and the winged creature will make the matter known. -- ecclesiastes 10:20 +. +Cast your bread on the surface of the waters, for you will find it after many days. -- ecclesiastes 11:1 +. +Divide your portion to seven, or even to eight, for you do not know what misfortune may occur on the earth. -- ecclesiastes 11:2 +. +If the clouds are full, they pour out rain upon the earth; and whether a tree falls toward the south or toward the north, wherever the tree falls, there it lies. -- ecclesiastes 11:3 +. +He who watches the wind will not sow and he who looks at the clouds will not reap. -- ecclesiastes 11:4 +. +Just as you do not know the path of the wind and how bones are formed in the womb of the pregnant woman, so you do not know the activity of God who makes all things. -- ecclesiastes 11:5 +. +Sow your seed in the morning and do not be idle in the evening, for you do not know whether morning or evening sowing will succeed, or whether both of them alike will be good. -- ecclesiastes 11:6 +. +The light is pleasant, and it is good for the eyes to see the sun. -- ecclesiastes 11:7 +. +Indeed, if a man should live many years, let him rejoice in them all, and let him remember the days of darkness, for they will be many. Everything that is to come will be futility. -- ecclesiastes 11:8 +. +Rejoice, young man, during your childhood, and let your heart be pleasant during the days of young manhood. And follow the impulses of your heart and the desires of your eyes. Yet know that God will bring you to judgment for all these things. -- ecclesiastes 11:9 +. +So, remove grief and anger from your heart and put away pain from your body, because childhood and the prime of life are fleeting. -- ecclesiastes 11:10 +. +Remember also your Creator in the days of your youth, before the evil days come and the years draw near when you will say, "I have no delight in them"; -- ecclesiastes 12:1 +. +before the sun and the light, the moon and the stars are darkened, and clouds return after the rain; -- ecclesiastes 12:2 +. +in the day that the watchmen of the house tremble, and mighty men stoop, the grinding ones stand idle because they are few, and those who look through windows grow dim; -- ecclesiastes 12:3 +. +and the doors on the street are shut as the sound of the grinding mill is low, and one will arise at the sound of the bird, and all the daughters of song will sing softly. -- ecclesiastes 12:4 +. +Furthermore, men are afraid of a high place and of terrors on the road; the almond tree blossoms, the grasshopper drags himself along, and the caperberry is ineffective. For man goes to his eternal home while mourners go about in the street. -- ecclesiastes 12:5 +. +Remember Him before the silver cord is broken and the golden bowl is crushed, the pitcher by the well is shattered and the wheel at the cistern is crushed; -- ecclesiastes 12:6 +. +then the dust will return to the earth as it was, and the spirit will return to God who gave it. -- ecclesiastes 12:7 +. +"Vanity of vanities," says the Preacher, "all is vanity!" -- ecclesiastes 12:8 +. +In addition to being a wise man, the Preacher also taught the people knowledge; and he pondered, searched out and arranged many proverbs. -- ecclesiastes 12:9 +. +The Preacher sought to find delightful words and to write words of truth correctly. -- ecclesiastes 12:10 +. +The words of wise men are like goads, and masters of these collections are like well-driven nails; they are given by one Shepherd. -- ecclesiastes 12:11 +. +But beyond this, my son, be warned: the writing of many books is endless, and excessive devotion to books is wearying to the body. -- ecclesiastes 12:12 +. +The conclusion, when all has been heard, is: fear God and keep His commandments, because this applies to every person. -- ecclesiastes 12:13 +. +For God will bring every act to judgment, everything which is hidden, whether it is good or evil. -- ecclesiastes 12:14 +. +The Song of Songs, which is Solomon's. -- song of solomon 1:1 +. +"May he kiss me with the kisses of his mouth! For your love is better than wine. -- song of solomon 1:2 +. +"Your oils have a pleasing fragrance, Your name is like purified oil; Therefore the maidens love you. -- song of solomon 1:3 +. +"Draw me after you and let us run together! The king has brought me into his chambers." "We will rejoice in you and be glad; We will extol your love more than wine. Rightly do they love you." -- song of solomon 1:4 +. +"I am black but lovely, O daughters of Jerusalem, Like the tents of Kedar, Like the curtains of Solomon. -- song of solomon 1:5 +. +"Do not stare at me because I am swarthy, For the sun has burned me. My mother's sons were angry with me; They made me caretaker of the vineyards, But I have not taken care of my own vineyard. -- song of solomon 1:6 +. +"Tell me, O you whom my soul loves, Where do you pasture your flock, Where do you make it lie down at noon? For why should I be like one who veils herself Beside the flocks of your companions?" -- song of solomon 1:7 +. +"If you yourself do not know, Most beautiful among women, Go forth on the trail of the flock And pasture your young goats By the tents of the shepherds. -- song of solomon 1:8 +. +"To me, my darling, you are like My mare among the chariots of Pharaoh. -- song of solomon 1:9 +. +"Your cheeks are lovely with ornaments, Your neck with strings of beads." -- song of solomon 1:10 +. +"We will make for you ornaments of gold With beads of silver." -- song of solomon 1:11 +. +"While the king was at his table, My perfume gave forth its fragrance. -- song of solomon 1:12 +. +"My beloved is to me a pouch of myrrh Which lies all night between my breasts. -- song of solomon 1:13 +. +"My beloved is to me a cluster of henna blossoms In the vineyards of Engedi." -- song of solomon 1:14 +. +"How beautiful you are, my darling, How beautiful you are! Your eyes are like doves." -- song of solomon 1:15 +. +"How handsome you are, my beloved, And so pleasant! Indeed, our couch is luxuriant! -- song of solomon 1:16 +. +"The beams of our houses are cedars, Our rafters, cypresses. -- song of solomon 1:17 +. +"I am the rose of Sharon, The lily of the valleys." -- song of solomon 2:1 +. +"Like a lily among the thorns, So is my darling among the maidens." -- song of solomon 2:2 +. +"Like an apple tree among the trees of the forest, So is my beloved among the young men. In his shade I took great delight and sat down, And his fruit was sweet to my taste. -- song of solomon 2:3 +. +"He has brought me to his banquet hall, And his banner over me is love. -- song of solomon 2:4 +. +"Sustain me with raisin cakes, Refresh me with apples, Because I am lovesick. -- song of solomon 2:5 +. +"Let his left hand be under my head And his right hand embrace me." -- song of solomon 2:6 +. +"I adjure you, O daughters of Jerusalem, By the gazelles or by the hinds of the field, That you do not arouse or awaken my love Until she pleases." -- song of solomon 2:7 +. +"Listen! My beloved! Behold, he is coming, Climbing on the mountains, Leaping on the hills! -- song of solomon 2:8 +. +"My beloved is like a gazelle or a young stag. Behold, he is standing behind our wall, He is looking through the windows, He is peering through the lattice. -- song of solomon 2:9 +. +"My beloved responded and said to me, 'Arise, my darling, my beautiful one, And come along. -- song of solomon 2:10 +. +'For behold, the winter is past, The rain is over and gone. -- song of solomon 2:11 +. +'The flowers have already appeared in the land; The time has arrived for pruning the vines, And the voice of the turtledove has been heard in our land. -- song of solomon 2:12 +. +'The fig tree has ripened its figs, And the vines in blossom have given forth their fragrance. Arise, my darling, my beautiful one, And come along!'" -- song of solomon 2:13 +. +"O my dove, in the clefts of the rock, In the secret place of the steep pathway, Let me see your form, Let me hear your voice; For your voice is sweet, And your form is lovely." -- song of solomon 2:14 +. +"Catch the foxes for us, The little foxes that are ruining the vineyards, While our vineyards are in blossom." -- song of solomon 2:15 +. +"My beloved is mine, and I am his; He pastures his flock among the lilies. -- song of solomon 2:16 +. +"Until the cool of the day when the shadows flee away, Turn, my beloved, and be like a gazelle Or a young stag on the mountains of Bether." -- song of solomon 2:17 +. +"On my bed night after night I sought him Whom my soul loves; I sought him but did not find him. -- song of solomon 3:1 +. +'I must arise now and go about the city; In the streets and in the squares I must seek him whom my soul loves.' I sought him but did not find him. -- song of solomon 3:2 +. +"The watchmen who make the rounds in the city found me, And I said, 'Have you seen him whom my soul loves?' -- song of solomon 3:3 +. +"Scarcely had I left them When I found him whom my soul loves; I held on to him and would not let him go Until I had brought him to my mother's house, And into the room of her who conceived me." -- song of solomon 3:4 +. +"I adjure you, O daughters of Jerusalem, By the gazelles or by the hinds of the field, That you will not arouse or awaken my love Until she pleases." -- song of solomon 3:5 +. +"What is this coming up from the wilderness Like columns of smoke, Perfumed with myrrh and frankincense, With all scented powders of the merchant? -- song of solomon 3:6 +. +"Behold, it is the traveling couch of Solomon; Sixty mighty men around it, Of the mighty men of Israel. -- song of solomon 3:7 +. +"All of them are wielders of the sword, Expert in war; Each man has his sword at his side, Guarding against the terrors of the night. -- song of solomon 3:8 +. +"King Solomon has made for himself a sedan chair From the timber of Lebanon. -- song of solomon 3:9 +. +"He made its posts of silver, Its back of gold And its seat of purple fabric, With its interior lovingly fitted out By the daughters of Jerusalem. -- song of solomon 3:10 +. +"Go forth, O daughters of Zion, And gaze on King Solomon with the crown With which his mother has crowned him On the day of his wedding, And on the day of his gladness of heart." -- song of solomon 3:11 +. +"How beautiful you are, my darling, How beautiful you are! Your eyes are like doves behind your veil; Your hair is like a flock of goats That have descended from Mount Gilead. -- song of solomon 4:1 +. +"Your teeth are like a flock of newly shorn ewes Which have come up from their washing, All of which bear twins, And not one among them has lost her young. -- song of solomon 4:2 +. +"Your lips are like a scarlet thread, And your mouth is lovely. Your temples are like a slice of a pomegranate Behind your veil. -- song of solomon 4:3 +. +"Your neck is like the tower of David, Built with rows of stones On which are hung a thousand shields, All the round shields of the mighty men. -- song of solomon 4:4 +. +"Your two breasts are like two fawns, Twins of a gazelle Which feed among the lilies. -- song of solomon 4:5 +. +"Until the cool of the day When the shadows flee away, I will go my way to the mountain of myrrh And to the hill of frankincense. -- song of solomon 4:6 +. +"You are altogether beautiful, my darling, And there is no blemish in you. -- song of solomon 4:7 +. +"Come with me from Lebanon, my bride, May you come with me from Lebanon. Journey down from the summit of Amana, From the summit of Senir and Hermon, From the dens of lions, From the mountains of leopards. -- song of solomon 4:8 +. +"You have made my heart beat faster, my sister, my bride; You have made my heart beat faster with a single glance of your eyes, With a single strand of your necklace. -- song of solomon 4:9 +. +"How beautiful is your love, my sister, my bride! How much better is your love than wine, And the fragrance of your oils Than all kinds of spices! -- song of solomon 4:10 +. +"Your lips, my bride, drip honey; Honey and milk are under your tongue, And the fragrance of your garments is like the fragrance of Lebanon. -- song of solomon 4:11 +. +"A garden locked is my sister, my bride, A rock garden locked, a spring sealed up. -- song of solomon 4:12 +. +"Your shoots are an orchard of pomegranates With choice fruits, henna with nard plants, -- song of solomon 4:13 +. +Nard and saffron, calamus and cinnamon, With all the trees of frankincense, Myrrh and aloes, along with all the finest spices. -- song of solomon 4:14 +. +"You are a garden spring, A well of fresh water, And streams flowing from Lebanon." -- song of solomon 4:15 +. +"Awake, O north wind, And come, wind of the south; Make my garden breathe out fragrance, Let its spices be wafted abroad. May my beloved come into his garden And eat its choice fruits!" -- song of solomon 4:16 +. +"I have come into my garden, my sister, my bride; I have gathered my myrrh along with my balsam. I have eaten my honeycomb and my honey; I have drunk my wine and my milk. Eat, friends; Drink and imbibe deeply, O lovers." -- song of solomon 5:1 +. +"I was asleep but my heart was awake. A voice! My beloved was knocking: 'Open to me, my sister, my darling, My dove, my perfect one! For my head is drenched with dew, My locks with the damp of the night.' -- song of solomon 5:2 +. +"I have taken off my dress, How can I put it on again? I have washed my feet, How can I dirty them again? -- song of solomon 5:3 +. +"My beloved extended his hand through the opening, And my feelings were aroused for him. -- song of solomon 5:4 +. +"I arose to open to my beloved; And my hands dripped with myrrh, And my fingers with liquid myrrh, On the handles of the bolt. -- song of solomon 5:5 +. +"I opened to my beloved, But my beloved had turned away and had gone! My heart went out to him as he spoke. I searched for him but I did not find him; I called him but he did not answer me. -- song of solomon 5:6 +. +"The watchmen who make the rounds in the city found me, They struck me and wounded me; The guardsmen of the walls took away my shawl from me. -- song of solomon 5:7 +. +"I adjure you, O daughters of Jerusalem, If you find my beloved, As to what you will tell him: For I am lovesick." -- song of solomon 5:8 +. +"What kind of beloved is your beloved, O most beautiful among women? What kind of beloved is your beloved, That thus you adjure us?" -- song of solomon 5:9 +. +"My beloved is dazzling and ruddy, Outstanding among ten thousand. -- song of solomon 5:10 +. +"His head is like gold, pure gold; His locks are like clusters of dates And black as a raven. -- song of solomon 5:11 +. +"His eyes are like doves Beside streams of water, Bathed in milk, And reposed in their setting. -- song of solomon 5:12 +. +"His cheeks are like a bed of balsam, Banks of sweet-scented herbs; His lips are lilies Dripping with liquid myrrh. -- song of solomon 5:13 +. +"His hands are rods of gold Set with beryl; His abdomen is carved ivory Inlaid with sapphires. -- song of solomon 5:14 +. +"His legs are pillars of alabaster Set on pedestals of pure gold; His appearance is like Lebanon Choice as the cedars. -- song of solomon 5:15 +. +"His mouth is full of sweetness. And he is wholly desirable. This is my beloved and this is my friend, O daughters of Jerusalem." -- song of solomon 5:16 +. +"Where has your beloved gone, O most beautiful among women? Where has your beloved turned, That we may seek him with you?" -- song of solomon 6:1 +. +"My beloved has gone down to his garden, To the beds of balsam, To pasture his flock in the gardens And gather lilies. -- song of solomon 6:2 +. +"I am my beloved's and my beloved is mine, He who pastures his flock among the lilies." -- song of solomon 6:3 +. +"You are as beautiful as Tirzah, my darling, As lovely as Jerusalem, As awesome as an army with banners. -- song of solomon 6:4 +. +"Turn your eyes away from me, For they have confused me; Your hair is like a flock of goats That have descended from Gilead. -- song of solomon 6:5 +. +"Your teeth are like a flock of ewes Which have come up from their washing, All of which bear twins, And not one among them has lost her young. -- song of solomon 6:6 +. +"Your temples are like a slice of a pomegranate Behind your veil. -- song of solomon 6:7 +. +"There are sixty queens and eighty concubines, And maidens without number; -- song of solomon 6:8 +. +But my dove, my perfect one, is unique: She is her mother's only daughter; She is the pure child of the one who bore her. The maidens saw her and called her blessed, The queens and the concubines also, and they praised her, saying, -- song of solomon 6:9 +. +'Who is this that grows like the dawn, As beautiful as the full moon, As pure as the sun, As awesome as an army with banners?' -- song of solomon 6:10 +. +"I went down to the orchard of nut trees To see the blossoms of the valley, To see whether the vine had budded Or the pomegranates had bloomed. -- song of solomon 6:11 +. +"Before I was aware, my soul set me Over the chariots of my noble people." -- song of solomon 6:12 +. +"Come back, come back, O Shulammite; Come back, come back, that we may gaze at you!" "Why should you gaze at the Shulammite, As at the dance of the two companies? -- song of solomon 6:13 +. +"How beautiful are your feet in sandals, O prince's daughter! The curves of your hips are like jewels, The work of the hands of an artist. -- song of solomon 7:1 +. +"Your navel is like a round goblet Which never lacks mixed wine; Your belly is like a heap of wheat Fenced about with lilies. -- song of solomon 7:2 +. +"Your two breasts are like two fawns, Twins of a gazelle. -- song of solomon 7:3 +. +"Your neck is like a tower of ivory, Your eyes like the pools in Heshbon By the gate of Bath-rabbim; Your nose is like the tower of Lebanon, Which faces toward Damascus. -- song of solomon 7:4 +. +"Your head crowns you like Carmel, And the flowing locks of your head are like purple threads; The king is captivated by your tresses. -- song of solomon 7:5 +. +"How beautiful and how delightful you are, My love, with all your charms! -- song of solomon 7:6 +. +"Your stature is like a palm tree, And your breasts are like its clusters. -- song of solomon 7:7 +. +"I said, 'I will climb the palm tree, I will take hold of its fruit stalks.' Oh, may your breasts be like clusters of the vine, And the fragrance of your breath like apples, -- song of solomon 7:8 +. +And your mouth like the best wine!" "It goes down smoothly for my beloved, Flowing gently through the lips of those who fall asleep. -- song of solomon 7:9 +. +"I am my beloved's, And his desire is for me. -- song of solomon 7:10 +. +"Come, my beloved, let us go out into the country, Let us spend the night in the villages. -- song of solomon 7:11 +. +"Let us rise early and go to the vineyards; Let us see whether the vine has budded And its blossoms have opened, And whether the pomegranates have bloomed. There I will give you my love. -- song of solomon 7:12 +. +"The mandrakes have given forth fragrance; And over our doors are all choice fruits, Both new and old, Which I have saved up for you, my beloved. -- song of solomon 7:13 +. +"Oh that you were like a brother to me Who nursed at my mother's breasts. If I found you outdoors, I would kiss you; No one would despise me, either. -- song of solomon 8:1 +. +"I would lead you and bring you Into the house of my mother, who used to instruct me; I would give you spiced wine to drink from the juice of my pomegranates. -- song of solomon 8:2 +. +"Let his left hand be under my head And his right hand embrace me." -- song of solomon 8:3 +. +"I want you to swear, O daughters of Jerusalem, Do not arouse or awaken my love Until she pleases." -- song of solomon 8:4 +. +"Who is this coming up from the wilderness Leaning on her beloved?" "Beneath the apple tree I awakened you; There your mother was in labor with you, There she was in labor and gave you birth. -- song of solomon 8:5 +. +"Put me like a seal over your heart, Like a seal on your arm. For love is as strong as death, Jealousy is as severe as Sheol; Its flashes are flashes of fire, The very flame of the LORD. -- song of solomon 8:6 +. +"Many waters cannot quench love, Nor will rivers overflow it; If a man were to give all the riches of his house for love, It would be utterly despised." -- song of solomon 8:7 +. +"We have a little sister, And she has no breasts; What shall we do for our sister On the day when she is spoken for? -- song of solomon 8:8 +. +"If she is a wall, We will build on her a battlement of silver; But if she is a door, We will barricade her with planks of cedar." -- song of solomon 8:9 +. +"I was a wall, and my breasts were like towers; Then I became in his eyes as one who finds peace. -- song of solomon 8:10 +. +"Solomon had a vineyard at Baal-hamon; He entrusted the vineyard to caretakers. Each one was to bring a thousand shekels of silver for its fruit. -- song of solomon 8:11 +. +"My very own vineyard is at my disposal; The thousand shekels are for you, Solomon, And two hundred are for those who take care of its fruit." -- song of solomon 8:12 +. +"O you who sit in the gardens, My companions are listening for your voice-- Let me hear it!" -- song of solomon 8:13 +. +"Hurry, my beloved, And be like a gazelle or a young stag On the mountains of spices." -- song of solomon 8:14 +. +The vision of Isaiah the son of Amoz concerning Judah and Jerusalem, which he saw during the reigns of Uzziah, Jotham, Ahaz and Hezekiah, kings of Judah. -- isaiah 1:1 +. +Listen, O heavens, and hear, O earth; For the LORD speaks, "Sons I have reared and brought up, But they have revolted against Me. -- isaiah 1:2 +. +"An ox knows its owner, And a donkey its master's manger, But Israel does not know, My people do not understand." -- isaiah 1:3 +. +Alas, sinful nation, People weighed down with iniquity, Offspring of evildoers, Sons who act corruptly! They have abandoned the LORD, They have despised the Holy One of Israel, They have turned away from Him. -- isaiah 1:4 +. +Where will you be stricken again, As you continue in your rebellion? The whole head is sick And the whole heart is faint. -- isaiah 1:5 +. +From the sole of the foot even to the head There is nothing sound in it, Only bruises, welts and raw wounds, Not pressed out or bandaged, Nor softened with oil. -- isaiah 1:6 +. +Your land is desolate, Your cities are burned with fire, Your fields--strangers are devouring them in your presence; It is desolation, as overthrown by strangers. -- isaiah 1:7 +. +The daughter of Zion is left like a shelter in a vineyard, Like a watchman's hut in a cucumber field, like a besieged city. -- isaiah 1:8 +. +Unless the LORD of hosts Had left us a few survivors, We would be like Sodom, We would be like Gomorrah. -- isaiah 1:9 +. +Hear the word of the LORD, You rulers of Sodom; Give ear to the instruction of our God, You people of Gomorrah. -- isaiah 1:10 +. +"What are your multiplied sacrifices to Me?" Says the LORD. "I have had enough of burnt offerings of rams And the fat of fed cattle; And I take no pleasure in the blood of bulls, lambs or goats. -- isaiah 1:11 +. +"When you come to appear before Me, Who requires of you this trampling of My courts? -- isaiah 1:12 +. +"Bring your worthless offerings no longer, Incense is an abomination to Me. New moon and sabbath, the calling of assemblies-- I cannot endure iniquity and the solemn assembly. -- isaiah 1:13 +. +"I hate your new moon festivals and your appointed feasts, They have become a burden to Me; I am weary of bearing them. -- isaiah 1:14 +. +"So when you spread out your hands in prayer, I will hide My eyes from you; Yes, even though you multiply prayers, I will not listen. Your hands are covered with blood. -- isaiah 1:15 +. +"Wash yourselves, make yourselves clean; Remove the evil of your deeds from My sight. Cease to do evil, -- isaiah 1:16 +. +Learn to do good; Seek justice, Reprove the ruthless, Defend the orphan, Plead for the widow. -- isaiah 1:17 +. +"Come now, and let us reason together," Says the LORD, "Though your sins are as scarlet, They will be as white as snow; Though they are red like crimson, They will be like wool. -- isaiah 1:18 +. +"If you consent and obey, You will eat the best of the land; -- isaiah 1:19 +. +"But if you refuse and rebel, You will be devoured by the sword." Truly, the mouth of the LORD has spoken. -- isaiah 1:20 +. +How the faithful city has become a harlot, She who was full of justice! Righteousness once lodged in her, But now murderers. -- isaiah 1:21 +. +Your silver has become dross, Your drink diluted with water. -- isaiah 1:22 +. +Your rulers are rebels And companions of thieves; Everyone loves a bribe And chases after rewards. They do not defend the orphan, Nor does the widow's plea come before them. -- isaiah 1:23 +. +Therefore the Lord GOD of hosts, The Mighty One of Israel, declares, "Ah, I will be relieved of My adversaries And avenge Myself on My foes. -- isaiah 1:24 +. +"I will also turn My hand against you, And will smelt away your dross as with lye And will remove all your alloy. -- isaiah 1:25 +. +"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." -- isaiah 1:26 +. +Zion will be redeemed with justice And her repentant ones with righteousness. -- isaiah 1:27 +. +But transgressors and sinners will be crushed together, And those who forsake the LORD will come to an end. -- isaiah 1:28 +. +Surely you will be ashamed of the oaks which you have desired, And you will be embarrassed at the gardens which you have chosen. -- isaiah 1:29 +. +For you will be like an oak whose leaf fades away Or as a garden that has no water. -- isaiah 1:30 +. +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. -- isaiah 1:31 +. +The word which Isaiah the son of Amoz saw concerning Judah and Jerusalem. -- isaiah 2:1 +. +Now it will come about that In the last days The mountain of the house of the LORD Will be established as the chief of the mountains, And will be raised above the hills; And all the nations will stream to it. -- isaiah 2:2 +. +And many peoples will come and say, "Come, let us go up to the mountain of the LORD, To the house of the God of Jacob; That He may teach us concerning His ways And that we may walk in His paths." For the law will go forth from Zion And the word of the LORD from Jerusalem. -- isaiah 2:3 +. +And He will judge between the nations, And will render decisions for many peoples; And they will hammer their swords into plowshares and their spears into pruning hooks. Nation will not lift up sword against nation, And never again will they learn war. -- isaiah 2:4 +. +Come, house of Jacob, and let us walk in the light of the LORD. -- isaiah 2:5 +. +For You have abandoned Your people, the house of Jacob, Because they are filled with influences from the east, And they are soothsayers like the Philistines, And they strike bargains with the children of foreigners. -- isaiah 2:6 +. +Their land has also been filled with silver and gold And there is no end to their treasures; Their land has also been filled with horses And there is no end to their chariots. -- isaiah 2:7 +. +Their land has also been filled with idols; They worship the work of their hands, That which their fingers have made. -- isaiah 2:8 +. +So the common man has been humbled And the man of importance has been abased, But do not forgive them. -- isaiah 2:9 +. +Enter the rock and hide in the dust From the terror of the LORD and from the splendor of His majesty. -- isaiah 2:10 +. +The proud look of man will be abased And the loftiness of man will be humbled, And the LORD alone will be exalted in that day. -- isaiah 2:11 +. +For the LORD of hosts will have a day of reckoning Against everyone who is proud and lofty And against everyone who is lifted up, That he may be abased. -- isaiah 2:12 +. +And it will be against all the cedars of Lebanon that are lofty and lifted up, Against all the oaks of Bashan, -- isaiah 2:13 +. +Against all the lofty mountains, Against all the hills that are lifted up, -- isaiah 2:14 +. +Against every high tower, Against every fortified wall, -- isaiah 2:15 +. +Against all the ships of Tarshish And against all the beautiful craft. -- isaiah 2:16 +. +The pride of man will be humbled And the loftiness of men will be abased; And the LORD alone will be exalted in that day, -- isaiah 2:17 +. +But the idols will completely vanish. -- isaiah 2:18 +. +Men will go into caves of the rocks And into holes of the ground Before the terror of the LORD And the splendor of His majesty, When He arises to make the earth tremble. -- isaiah 2:19 +. +In that day men will cast away to the moles and the bats Their idols of silver and their idols of gold, Which they made for themselves to worship, -- isaiah 2:20 +. +In order to go into the caverns of the rocks and the clefts of the cliffs Before the terror of the LORD and the splendor of His majesty, When He arises to make the earth tremble. -- isaiah 2:21 +. +Stop regarding man, whose breath of life is in his nostrils; For why should he be esteemed? -- isaiah 2:22 +. +For behold, the Lord GOD of hosts is going to remove from Jerusalem and Judah Both supply and support, the whole supply of bread And the whole supply of water; -- isaiah 3:1 +. +The mighty man and the warrior, The judge and the prophet, The diviner and the elder, -- isaiah 3:2 +. +The captain of fifty and the honorable man, The counselor and the expert artisan, And the skillful enchanter. -- isaiah 3:3 +. +And I will make mere lads their princes, And capricious children will rule over them, -- isaiah 3:4 +. +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. -- isaiah 3:5 +. +When a man lays hold of his brother in his father's house, saying, "You have a cloak, you shall be our ruler, And these ruins will be under your charge," -- isaiah 3:6 +. +He will protest on that day, saying, "I will not be your healer, For in my house there is neither bread nor cloak; You should not appoint me ruler of the people." -- isaiah 3:7 +. +For Jerusalem has stumbled and Judah has fallen, Because their speech and their actions are against the LORD, To rebel against His glorious presence. -- isaiah 3:8 +. +The expression of their faces bears witness against them, And they display their sin like Sodom; They do not even conceal it. Woe to them! For they have brought evil on themselves. -- isaiah 3:9 +. +Say to the righteous that it will go well with them, For they will eat the fruit of their actions. -- isaiah 3:10 +. +Woe to the wicked! It will go badly with him, For what he deserves will be done to him. -- isaiah 3:11 +. +O My people! Their oppressors are children, And women rule over them. O My people! Those who guide you lead you astray And confuse the direction of your paths. -- isaiah 3:12 +. +The LORD arises to contend, And stands to judge the people. -- isaiah 3:13 +. +The LORD enters into judgment with the elders and princes of His people, "It is you who have devoured the vineyard; The plunder of the poor is in your houses. -- isaiah 3:14 +. +"What do you mean by crushing My people And grinding the face of the poor?" Declares the Lord GOD of hosts. -- isaiah 3:15 +. +Moreover, the LORD said, "Because the daughters of Zion are proud And walk with heads held high and seductive eyes, And go along with mincing steps And tinkle the bangles on their feet, -- isaiah 3:16 +. +Therefore the Lord will afflict the scalp of the daughters of Zion with scabs, And the LORD will make their foreheads bare." -- isaiah 3:17 +. +In that day the Lord will take away the beauty of their anklets, headbands, crescent ornaments, -- isaiah 3:18 +. +dangling earrings, bracelets, veils, -- isaiah 3:19 +. +headdresses, ankle chains, sashes, perfume boxes, amulets, -- isaiah 3:20 +. +finger rings, nose rings, -- isaiah 3:21 +. +festal robes, outer tunics, cloaks, money purses, -- isaiah 3:22 +. +hand mirrors, undergarments, turbans and veils. -- isaiah 3:23 +. +Now it will come about that instead of sweet perfume there will be putrefaction; Instead of a belt, a rope; Instead of well-set hair, a plucked-out scalp; Instead of fine clothes, a donning of sackcloth; And branding instead of beauty. -- isaiah 3:24 +. +Your men will fall by the sword And your mighty ones in battle. -- isaiah 3:25 +. +And her gates will lament and mourn, And deserted she will sit on the ground. -- isaiah 3:26 +. +For seven women will take hold of one man in that day, saying, "We will eat our own bread and wear our own clothes, only let us be called by your name; take away our reproach!" -- isaiah 4:1 +. +In that day the Branch of the LORD will be beautiful and glorious, and the fruit of the earth will be the pride and the adornment of the survivors of Israel. -- isaiah 4:2 +. +It will come about that he who is left in Zion and remains in Jerusalem will be called holy--everyone who is recorded for life in Jerusalem. -- isaiah 4:3 +. +When the Lord has washed away the filth of the daughters of Zion and purged the bloodshed of Jerusalem from her midst, by the spirit of judgment and the spirit of burning, -- isaiah 4:4 +. +then the LORD will create over the whole area of Mount Zion and over her assemblies a cloud by day, even smoke, and the brightness of a flaming fire by night; for over all the glory will be a canopy. -- isaiah 4:5 +. +There will be a shelter to give shade from the heat by day, and refuge and protection from the storm and the rain. -- isaiah 4:6 +. +Let me sing now for my well-beloved A song of my beloved concerning His vineyard. My well-beloved had a vineyard on a fertile hill. -- isaiah 5:1 +. +He dug it all around, removed its stones, And planted it with the choicest vine. And He built a tower in the middle of it And also hewed out a wine vat in it; Then He expected it to produce good grapes, But it produced only worthless ones. -- isaiah 5:2 +. +"And now, O inhabitants of Jerusalem and men of Judah, Judge between Me and My vineyard. -- isaiah 5:3 +. +"What more was there to do for My vineyard that I have not done in it? Why, when I expected it to produce good grapes did it produce worthless ones? -- isaiah 5:4 +. +"So now let Me tell you what I am going to do to My vineyard: I will remove its hedge and it will be consumed; I will break down its wall and it will become trampled ground. -- isaiah 5:5 +. +"I will lay it waste; It will not be pruned or hoed, But briars and thorns will come up. I will also charge the clouds to rain no rain on it." -- isaiah 5:6 +. +For the vineyard of the LORD of hosts is the house of Israel And the men of Judah His delightful plant. Thus He looked for justice, but behold, bloodshed; For righteousness, but behold, a cry of distress. -- isaiah 5:7 +. +Woe to those who add house to house and join field to field, Until there is no more room, So that you have to live alone in the midst of the land! -- isaiah 5:8 +. +In my ears the LORD of hosts has sworn, "Surely, many houses shall become desolate, Even great and fine ones, without occupants. -- isaiah 5:9 +. +"For ten acres of vineyard will yield only one bath of wine, And a homer of seed will yield but an ephah of grain." -- isaiah 5:10 +. +Woe to those who rise early in the morning that they may pursue strong drink, Who stay up late in the evening that wine may inflame them! -- isaiah 5:11 +. +Their banquets are accompanied by lyre and harp, by tambourine and flute, and by wine; But they do not pay attention to the deeds of the LORD, Nor do they consider the work of His hands. -- isaiah 5:12 +. +Therefore My people go into exile for their lack of knowledge; And their honorable men are famished, And their multitude is parched with thirst. -- isaiah 5:13 +. +Therefore Sheol has enlarged its throat and opened its mouth without measure; And Jerusalem's splendor, her multitude, her din of revelry and the jubilant within her, descend into it. -- isaiah 5:14 +. +So the common man will be humbled and the man of importance abased, The eyes of the proud also will be abased. -- isaiah 5:15 +. +But the LORD of hosts will be exalted in judgment, And the holy God will show Himself holy in righteousness. -- isaiah 5:16 +. +Then the lambs will graze as in their pasture, And strangers will eat in the waste places of the wealthy. -- isaiah 5:17 +. +Woe to those who drag iniquity with the cords of falsehood, And sin as if with cart ropes; -- isaiah 5:18 +. +Who say, "Let Him make speed, let Him hasten His work, that we may see it; And let the purpose of the Holy One of Israel draw near And come to pass, that we may know it!" -- isaiah 5:19 +. +Woe to those who call evil good, and good evil; Who substitute darkness for light and light for darkness; Who substitute bitter for sweet and sweet for bitter! -- isaiah 5:20 +. +Woe to those who are wise in their own eyes And clever in their own sight! -- isaiah 5:21 +. +Woe to those who are heroes in drinking wine And valiant men in mixing strong drink, -- isaiah 5:22 +. +Who justify the wicked for a bribe, And take away the rights of the ones who are in the right! -- isaiah 5:23 +. +Therefore, as a tongue of fire consumes stubble And dry grass collapses into the flame, So their root will become like rot and their blossom blow away as dust; For they have rejected the law of the LORD of hosts And despised the word of the Holy One of Israel. -- isaiah 5:24 +. +On this account the anger of the LORD has burned against His people, And He has stretched out His hand against them and struck them down. And the mountains quaked, and their corpses lay like refuse in the middle of the streets. For all this His anger is not spent, But His hand is still stretched out. -- isaiah 5:25 +. +He will also lift up a standard to the distant nation, And will whistle for it from the ends of the earth; And behold, it will come with speed swiftly. -- isaiah 5:26 +. +No one in it is weary or stumbles, None slumbers or sleeps; Nor is the belt at its waist undone, Nor its sandal strap broken. -- isaiah 5:27 +. +Its arrows are sharp and all its bows are bent; The hoofs of its horses seem like flint and its chariot wheels like a whirlwind. -- isaiah 5:28 +. +Its roaring is like a lioness, and it roars like young lions; It growls as it seizes the prey And carries it off with no one to deliver it. -- isaiah 5:29 +. +And it will growl over it in that day like the roaring of the sea. If one looks to the land, behold, there is darkness and distress; Even the light is darkened by its clouds. -- isaiah 5:30 +. +In the year of King Uzziah's death I saw the Lord sitting on a throne, lofty and exalted, with the train of His robe filling the temple. -- isaiah 6:1 +. +Seraphim stood above Him, each having six wings: with two he covered his face, and with two he covered his feet, and with two he flew. -- isaiah 6:2 +. +And one called out to another and said, "Holy, Holy, Holy, is the LORD of hosts, The whole earth is full of His glory." -- isaiah 6:3 +. +And the foundations of the thresholds trembled at the voice of him who called out, while the temple was filling with smoke. -- isaiah 6:4 +. +Then I said, "Woe is me, for I am ruined! Because I am a man of unclean lips, And I live among a people of unclean lips; For my eyes have seen the King, the LORD of hosts." -- isaiah 6:5 +. +Then one of the seraphim flew to me with a burning coal in his hand, which he had taken from the altar with tongs. -- isaiah 6:6 +. +He touched my mouth with it and said, "Behold, this has touched your lips; and your iniquity is taken away and your sin is forgiven." -- isaiah 6:7 +. +Then I heard the voice of the Lord, saying, "Whom shall I send, and who will go for Us?" Then I said, "Here am I. Send me!" -- isaiah 6:8 +. +He said, "Go, and tell this people: 'Keep on listening, but do not perceive; Keep on looking, but do not understand.' -- isaiah 6:9 +. +"Render the hearts of this people insensitive, Their ears dull, And their eyes dim, Otherwise they might see with their eyes, Hear with their ears, Understand with their hearts, And return and be healed." -- isaiah 6:10 +. +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, -- isaiah 6:11 +. +"The LORD has removed men far away, And the forsaken places are many in the midst of the land. -- isaiah 6:12 +. +"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." -- isaiah 6:13 +. +Now it came about in the days of Ahaz, the son of Jotham, the son of Uzziah, king of Judah, that Rezin the king of Aram and Pekah the son of Remaliah, king of Israel, went up to Jerusalem to wage war against it, but could not conquer it. -- isaiah 7:1 +. +When it was reported to the house of David, saying, "The Arameans have camped in Ephraim," his heart and the hearts of his people shook as the trees of the forest shake with the wind. -- isaiah 7:2 +. +Then the LORD said to Isaiah, "Go out now to meet Ahaz, you and your son Shear-jashub, at the end of the conduit of the upper pool, on the highway to the fuller's field, -- isaiah 7:3 +. +and say to him, 'Take care and be calm, have no fear and do not be fainthearted because of these two stubs of smoldering firebrands, on account of the fierce anger of Rezin and Aram and the son of Remaliah. -- isaiah 7:4 +. +'Because Aram, with Ephraim and the son of Remaliah, has planned evil against you, saying, -- isaiah 7:5 +. +"Let us go up against Judah and terrorize it, and make for ourselves a breach in its walls and set up the son of Tabeel as king in the midst of it," -- isaiah 7:6 +. +thus says the Lord GOD: "It shall not stand nor shall it come to pass. -- isaiah 7:7 +. +"For the head of Aram is Damascus and the head of Damascus is Rezin (now within another years Ephraim will be shattered, so that it is no longer a people), -- isaiah 7:8 +. +and the head of Ephraim is Samaria and the head of Samaria is the son of Remaliah. If you will not believe, you surely shall not last."'" -- isaiah 7:9 +. +Then the LORD spoke again to Ahaz, saying, -- isaiah 7:10 +. +"Ask a sign for yourself from the LORD your God; make it deep as Sheol or high as heaven." -- isaiah 7:11 +. +But Ahaz said, "I will not ask, nor will I test the LORD!" -- isaiah 7:12 +. +Then he said, "Listen now, O house of David! Is it too slight a thing for you to try the patience of men, that you will try the patience of my God as well? -- isaiah 7:13 +. +"Therefore the Lord Himself will give you a sign: Behold, a virgin will be with child and bear a son, and she will call His name Immanuel. -- isaiah 7:14 +. +"He will eat curds and honey at the time He knows enough to refuse evil and choose good. -- isaiah 7:15 +. +"For before the boy will know enough to refuse evil and choose good, the land whose two kings you dread will be forsaken. -- isaiah 7:16 +. +"The LORD will bring on you, on your people, and on your father's house such days as have never come since the day that Ephraim separated from Judah, the king of Assyria." -- isaiah 7:17 +. +In that day the LORD will whistle for the fly that is in the remotest part of the rivers of Egypt and for the bee that is in the land of Assyria. -- isaiah 7:18 +. +They will all come and settle on the steep ravines, on the ledges of the cliffs, on all the thorn bushes and on all the watering places. -- isaiah 7:19 +. +In that day the Lord will shave with a razor, hired from regions beyond the Euphrates (that is, with the king of Assyria), the head and the hair of the legs; and it will also remove the beard. -- isaiah 7:20 +. +Now in that day a man may keep alive a heifer and a pair of sheep; -- isaiah 7:21 +. +and because of the abundance of the milk produced he will eat curds, for everyone that is left within the land will eat curds and honey. -- isaiah 7:22 +. +And it will come about in that day, that every place where there used to be a thousand vines, valued at a thousand shekels of silver, will become briars and thorns. -- isaiah 7:23 +. +People will come there with bows and arrows because all the land will be briars and thorns. -- isaiah 7:24 +. +As for all the hills which used to be cultivated with the hoe, you will not go there for fear of briars and thorns; but they will become a place for pasturing oxen and for sheep to trample. -- isaiah 7:25 +. +Then the LORD said to me, "Take for yourself a large tablet and write on it in ordinary letters: Swift is the booty, speedy is the prey. -- isaiah 8:1 +. +"And I will take to Myself faithful witnesses for testimony, Uriah the priest and Zechariah the son of Jeberechiah." -- isaiah 8:2 +. +So I approached the prophetess, and she conceived and gave birth to a son. Then the LORD said to me, "Name him Maher-shalal-hash-baz; -- isaiah 8:3 +. +for before the boy knows how to cry out 'My father' or 'My mother,' the wealth of Damascus and the spoil of Samaria will be carried away before the king of Assyria." -- isaiah 8:4 +. +Again the LORD spoke to me further, saying, -- isaiah 8:5 +. +"Inasmuch as these people have rejected the gently flowing waters of Shiloah And rejoice in Rezin and the son of Remaliah; -- isaiah 8:6 +. +"Now therefore, behold, the Lord is about to bring on them the strong and abundant waters of the Euphrates, Even the king of Assyria and all his glory; And it will rise up over all its channels and go over all its banks. -- isaiah 8:7 +. +"Then it will sweep on into Judah, it will overflow and pass through, It will reach even to the neck; And the spread of its wings will fill the breadth of your land, O Immanuel. -- isaiah 8:8 +. +"Be broken, O peoples, and be shattered; And give ear, all remote places of the earth. Gird yourselves, yet be shattered; Gird yourselves, yet be shattered. -- isaiah 8:9 +. +"Devise a plan, but it will be thwarted; State a proposal, but it will not stand, For God is with us." -- isaiah 8:10 +. +For thus the LORD spoke to me with mighty power and instructed me not to walk in the way of this people, saying, -- isaiah 8:11 +. +"You are not to say, 'It is a conspiracy!' In regard to all that this people call a conspiracy, And you are not to fear what they fear or be in dread of it. -- isaiah 8:12 +. +"It is the LORD of hosts whom you should regard as holy. And He shall be your fear, And He shall be your dread. -- isaiah 8:13 +. +"Then He shall become a sanctuary; But to both the houses of Israel, a stone to strike and a rock to stumble over, And a snare and a trap for the inhabitants of Jerusalem. -- isaiah 8:14 +. +"Many will stumble over them, Then they will fall and be broken; They will even be snared and caught." -- isaiah 8:15 +. +Bind up the testimony, seal the law among my disciples. -- isaiah 8:16 +. +And I will wait for the LORD who is hiding His face from the house of Jacob; I will even look eagerly for Him. -- isaiah 8:17 +. +Behold, I and the children whom the LORD has given me are for signs and wonders in Israel from the LORD of hosts, who dwells on Mount Zion. -- isaiah 8:18 +. +When they say to you, "Consult the mediums and the spiritists who whisper and mutter," should not a people consult their God? Should they consult the dead on behalf of the living? -- isaiah 8:19 +. +To the law and to the testimony! If they do not speak according to this word, it is because they have no dawn. -- isaiah 8:20 +. +They will pass through the land hard-pressed and famished, and it will turn out that when they are hungry, they will be enraged and curse their king and their God as they face upward. -- isaiah 8:21 +. +Then they will look to the earth, and behold, distress and darkness, the gloom of anguish; and they will be driven away into darkness. -- isaiah 8:22 +. +But there will be no more gloom for her who was in anguish; in earlier times He treated the land of Zebulun and the land of Naphtali with contempt, but later on He shall make it glorious, by the way of the sea, on the other side of Jordan, Galilee of the Gentiles. -- isaiah 9:1 +. +The people who walk in darkness Will see a great light; Those who live in a dark land, The light will shine on them. -- isaiah 9:2 +. +You shall multiply the nation, You shall increase their gladness; They will be glad in Your presence As with the gladness of harvest, As men rejoice when they divide the spoil. -- isaiah 9:3 +. +For You shall break the yoke of their burden and the staff on their shoulders, The rod of their oppressor, as at the battle of Midian. -- isaiah 9:4 +. +For every boot of the booted warrior in the battle tumult, And cloak rolled in blood, will be for burning, fuel for the fire. -- isaiah 9:5 +. +For a child will be born to us, a son will be given to us; And the government will rest on His shoulders; And His name will be called Wonderful Counselor, Mighty God, Eternal Father, Prince of Peace. -- isaiah 9:6 +. +There will be no end to the increase of His government or of peace, On the throne of David and over his kingdom, To establish it and to uphold it with justice and righteousness From then on and forevermore. The zeal of the LORD of hosts will accomplish this. -- isaiah 9:7 +. +The Lord sends a message against Jacob, And it falls on Israel. -- isaiah 9:8 +. +And all the people know it, That is, Ephraim and the inhabitants of Samaria, Asserting in pride and in arrogance of heart: -- isaiah 9:9 +. +"The bricks have fallen down, But we will rebuild with smooth stones; The sycamores have been cut down, But we will replace them with cedars." -- isaiah 9:10 +. +Therefore the LORD raises against them adversaries from Rezin And spurs their enemies on, -- isaiah 9:11 +. +The Arameans on the east and the Philistines on the west; And they devour Israel with gaping jaws. In spite of all this, His anger does not turn away And His hand is still stretched out. -- isaiah 9:12 +. +Yet the people do not turn back to Him who struck them, Nor do they seek the LORD of hosts. -- isaiah 9:13 +. +So the LORD cuts off head and tail from Israel, Both palm branch and bulrush in a single day. -- isaiah 9:14 +. +The head is the elder and honorable man, And the prophet who teaches falsehood is the tail. -- isaiah 9:15 +. +For those who guide this people are leading them astray; And those who are guided by them are brought to confusion. -- isaiah 9:16 +. +Therefore the Lord does not take pleasure in their young men, Nor does He have pity on their orphans or their widows; For every one of them is godless and an evildoer, And every mouth is speaking foolishness. In spite of all this, His anger does not turn away And His hand is still stretched out. -- isaiah 9:17 +. +For wickedness burns like a fire; It consumes briars and thorns; It even sets the thickets of the forest aflame And they roll upward in a column of smoke. -- isaiah 9:18 +. +By the fury of the LORD of hosts the land is burned up, And the people are like fuel for the fire; No man spares his brother. -- isaiah 9:19 +. +They slice off what is on the right hand but still are hungry, And they eat what is on the left hand but they are not satisfied; Each of them eats the flesh of his own arm. -- isaiah 9:20 +. +Manasseh devours Ephraim, and Ephraim Manasseh, And together they are against Judah. In spite of all this, His anger does not turn away And His hand is still stretched out. -- isaiah 9:21 +. +Woe to those who enact evil statutes And to those who constantly record unjust decisions, -- isaiah 10:1 +. +So as to deprive the needy of justice And rob the poor of My people of their rights, So that widows may be their spoil And that they may plunder the orphans. -- isaiah 10:2 +. +Now what will you do in the day of punishment, And in the devastation which will come from afar? To whom will you flee for help? And where will you leave your wealth? -- isaiah 10:3 +. +Nothing remains but to crouch among the captives Or fall among the slain. In spite of all this, His anger does not turn away And His hand is still stretched out. -- isaiah 10:4 +. +Woe to Assyria, the rod of My anger And the staff in whose hands is My indignation, -- isaiah 10:5 +. +I send it against a godless nation And commission it against the people of My fury To capture booty and to seize plunder, And to trample them down like mud in the streets. -- isaiah 10:6 +. +Yet it does not so intend, Nor does it plan so in its heart, But rather it is its purpose to destroy And to cut off many nations. -- isaiah 10:7 +. +For it says, "Are not my princes all kings? -- isaiah 10:8 +. +"Is not Calno like Carchemish, Or Hamath like Arpad, Or Samaria like Damascus? -- isaiah 10:9 +. +"As my hand has reached to the kingdoms of the idols, Whose graven images were greater than those of Jerusalem and Samaria, -- isaiah 10:10 +. +Shall I not do to Jerusalem and her images Just as I have done to Samaria and her idols?" -- isaiah 10:11 +. +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." -- isaiah 10:12 +. +For he has said, "By the power of my hand and by my wisdom I did this, For I have understanding; And I removed the boundaries of the peoples And plundered their treasures, And like a mighty man I brought down their inhabitants, -- isaiah 10:13 +. +And my hand reached to the riches of the peoples like a nest, And as one gathers abandoned eggs, I gathered all the earth; And there was not one that flapped its wing or opened its beak or chirped." -- isaiah 10:14 +. +Is the axe to boast itself over the one who chops with it? Is the saw to exalt itself over the one who wields it? That would be like a club wielding those who lift it, Or like a rod lifting him who is not wood. -- isaiah 10:15 +. +Therefore the Lord, the GOD of hosts, will send a wasting disease among his stout warriors; And under his glory a fire will be kindled like a burning flame. -- isaiah 10:16 +. +And the light of Israel will become a fire and his Holy One a flame, And it will burn and devour his thorns and his briars in a single day. -- isaiah 10:17 +. +And He will destroy the glory of his forest and of his fruitful garden, both soul and body, And it will be as when a sick man wastes away. -- isaiah 10:18 +. +And the rest of the trees of his forest will be so small in number That a child could write them down. -- isaiah 10:19 +. +Now in that day the remnant of Israel, and those of the house of Jacob who have escaped, will never again rely on the one who struck them, but will truly rely on the LORD, the Holy One of Israel. -- isaiah 10:20 +. +A remnant will return, the remnant of Jacob, to the mighty God. -- isaiah 10:21 +. +For though your people, O Israel, may be like the sand of the sea, Only a remnant within them will return; A destruction is determined, overflowing with righteousness. -- isaiah 10:22 +. +For a complete destruction, one that is decreed, the Lord GOD of hosts will execute in the midst of the whole land. -- isaiah 10:23 +. +Therefore thus says the Lord GOD of hosts, "O My people who dwell in Zion, do not fear the Assyrian who strikes you with the rod and lifts up his staff against you, the way Egypt did. -- isaiah 10:24 +. +"For in a very little while My indignation against you will be spent and My anger will be directed to their destruction." -- isaiah 10:25 +. +The LORD of hosts will arouse a scourge against him like the slaughter of Midian at the rock of Oreb; and His staff will be over the sea and He will lift it up the way He did in Egypt. -- isaiah 10:26 +. +So it will be in that day, that his burden will be removed from your shoulders and his yoke from your neck, and the yoke will be broken because of fatness. -- isaiah 10:27 +. +He has come against Aiath, He has passed through Migron; At Michmash he deposited his baggage. -- isaiah 10:28 +. +They have gone through the pass, saying, "Geba will be our lodging place." Ramah is terrified, and Gibeah of Saul has fled away. -- isaiah 10:29 +. +Cry aloud with your voice, O daughter of Gallim! Pay attention, Laishah and wretched Anathoth! -- isaiah 10:30 +. +Madmenah has fled. The inhabitants of Gebim have sought refuge. -- isaiah 10:31 +. +Yet today he will halt at Nob; He shakes his fist at the mountain of the daughter of Zion, the hill of Jerusalem. -- isaiah 10:32 +. +Behold, the Lord, the GOD of hosts, will lop off the boughs with a terrible crash; Those also who are tall in stature will be cut down And those who are lofty will be abased. -- isaiah 10:33 +. +He will cut down the thickets of the forest with an iron axe, And Lebanon will fall by the Mighty One. -- isaiah 10:34 +. +Then a shoot will spring from the stem of Jesse, And a branch from his roots will bear fruit. -- isaiah 11:1 +. +The Spirit of the LORD will rest on Him, The spirit of wisdom and understanding, The spirit of counsel and strength, The spirit of knowledge and the fear of the LORD. -- isaiah 11:2 +. +And He will delight in the fear of the LORD, And He will not judge by what His eyes see, Nor make a decision by what His ears hear; -- isaiah 11:3 +. +But with righteousness He will judge the poor, And decide with fairness for the afflicted of the earth; And He will strike the earth with the rod of His mouth, And with the breath of His lips He will slay the wicked. -- isaiah 11:4 +. +Also righteousness will be the belt about His loins, And faithfulness the belt about His waist. -- isaiah 11:5 +. +And the wolf will dwell with the lamb, And the leopard will lie down with the young goat, And the calf and the young lion and the fatling together; And a little boy will lead them. -- isaiah 11:6 +. +Also the cow and the bear will graze, Their young will lie down together, And the lion will eat straw like the ox. -- isaiah 11:7 +. +The nursing child will play by the hole of the cobra, And the weaned child will put his hand on the viper's den. -- isaiah 11:8 +. +They will not hurt or destroy in all My holy mountain, For the earth will be full of the knowledge of the LORD As the waters cover the sea. -- isaiah 11:9 +. +Then in that day The nations will resort to the root of Jesse, Who will stand as a signal for the peoples; And His resting place will be glorious. -- isaiah 11:10 +. +Then it will happen on that day that the Lord Will again recover the second time with His hand The remnant of His people, who will remain, From Assyria, Egypt, Pathros, Cush, Elam, Shinar, Hamath, And from the islands of the sea. -- isaiah 11:11 +. +And He will lift up a standard for the nations And assemble the banished ones of Israel, And will gather the dispersed of Judah From the four corners of the earth. -- isaiah 11:12 +. +Then the jealousy of Ephraim will depart, And those who harass Judah will be cut off; Ephraim will not be jealous of Judah, And Judah will not harass Ephraim. -- isaiah 11:13 +. +They will swoop down on the slopes of the Philistines on the west; Together they will plunder the sons of the east; They will possess Edom and Moab, And the sons of Ammon will be subject to them. -- isaiah 11:14 +. +And the LORD will utterly destroy The tongue of the Sea of Egypt; And He will wave His hand over the River With His scorching wind; And He will strike it into seven streams And make men walk over dry-shod. -- isaiah 11:15 +. +And there will be a highway from Assyria For the remnant of His people who will be left, Just as there was for Israel In the day that they came up out of the land of Egypt. -- isaiah 11:16 +. +Then you will say on that day, "I will give thanks to You, O LORD; For although You were angry with me, Your anger is turned away, And You comfort me. -- isaiah 12:1 +. +"Behold, God is my salvation, I will trust and not be afraid; For the LORD GOD is my strength and song, And He has become my salvation." -- isaiah 12:2 +. +Therefore you will joyously draw water From the springs of salvation. -- isaiah 12:3 +. +And in that day you will say, "Give thanks to the LORD, call on His name. Make known His deeds among the peoples; Make them remember that His name is exalted." -- isaiah 12:4 +. +Praise the LORD in song, for He has done excellent things; Let this be known throughout the earth. -- isaiah 12:5 +. +Cry aloud and shout for joy, O inhabitant of Zion, For great in your midst is the Holy One of Israel. -- isaiah 12:6 +. +The oracle concerning Babylon which Isaiah the son of Amoz saw. -- isaiah 13:1 +. +Lift up a standard on the bare hill, Raise your voice to them, Wave the hand that they may enter the doors of the nobles. -- isaiah 13:2 +. +I have commanded My consecrated ones, I have even called My mighty warriors, My proudly exulting ones, To execute My anger. -- isaiah 13:3 +. +A sound of tumult on the mountains, Like that of many people! A sound of the uproar of kingdoms, Of nations gathered together! The LORD of hosts is mustering the army for battle. -- isaiah 13:4 +. +They are coming from a far country, From the farthest horizons, The LORD and His instruments of indignation, To destroy the whole land. -- isaiah 13:5 +. +Wail, for the day of the LORD is near! It will come as destruction from the Almighty. -- isaiah 13:6 +. +Therefore all hands will fall limp, And every man's heart will melt. -- isaiah 13:7 +. +They will be terrified, Pains and anguish will take hold of them; They will writhe like a woman in labor, They will look at one another in astonishment, Their faces aflame. -- isaiah 13:8 +. +Behold, the day of the LORD is coming, Cruel, with fury and burning anger, To make the land a desolation; And He will exterminate its sinners from it. -- isaiah 13:9 +. +For the stars of heaven and their constellations Will not flash forth their light; The sun will be dark when it rises And the moon will not shed its light. -- isaiah 13:10 +. +Thus I will punish the world for its evil And the wicked for their iniquity; I will also put an end to the arrogance of the proud And abase the haughtiness of the ruthless. -- isaiah 13:11 +. +I will make mortal man scarcer than pure gold And mankind than the gold of Ophir. -- isaiah 13:12 +. +Therefore I will make the heavens tremble, And the earth will be shaken from its place At the fury of the LORD of hosts In the day of His burning anger. -- isaiah 13:13 +. +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. -- isaiah 13:14 +. +Anyone who is found will be thrust through, And anyone who is captured will fall by the sword. -- isaiah 13:15 +. +Their little ones also will be dashed to pieces Before their eyes; Their houses will be plundered And their wives ravished. -- isaiah 13:16 +. +Behold, I am going to stir up the Medes against them, Who will not value silver or take pleasure in gold. -- isaiah 13:17 +. +And their bows will mow down the young men, They will not even have compassion on the fruit of the womb, Nor will their eye pity children. -- isaiah 13:18 +. +And Babylon, the beauty of kingdoms, the glory of the Chaldeans' pride, Will be as when God overthrew Sodom and Gomorrah. -- isaiah 13:19 +. +It will never be inhabited or lived in from generation to generation; Nor will the Arab pitch his tent there, Nor will shepherds make their flocks lie down there. -- isaiah 13:20 +. +But desert creatures will lie down there, And their houses will be full of owls; Ostriches also will live there, and shaggy goats will frolic there. -- isaiah 13:21 +. +Hyenas will howl in their fortified towers And jackals in their luxurious palaces. Her fateful time also will soon come And her days will not be prolonged. -- isaiah 13:22 +. +When the LORD will have compassion on Jacob and again choose Israel, and settle them in their own land, then strangers will join them and attach themselves to the house of Jacob. -- isaiah 14:1 +. +The peoples will take them along and bring them to their place, and the house of Israel will possess them as an inheritance in the land of the LORD as male servants and female servants; and they will take their captors captive and will rule over their oppressors. -- isaiah 14:2 +. +And it will be in the day when the LORD gives you rest from your pain and turmoil and harsh service in which you have been enslaved, -- isaiah 14:3 +. +that you will take up this taunt against the king of Babylon, and say, "How the oppressor has ceased, And how fury has ceased! -- isaiah 14:4 +. +"The LORD has broken the staff of the wicked, The scepter of rulers -- isaiah 14:5 +. +Which used to strike the peoples in fury with unceasing strokes, Which subdued the nations in anger with unrestrained persecution. -- isaiah 14:6 +. +"The whole earth is at rest and is quiet; They break forth into shouts of joy. -- isaiah 14:7 +. +"Even the cypress trees rejoice over you, and the cedars of Lebanon, saying, 'Since you were laid low, no tree cutter comes up against us.' -- isaiah 14:8 +. +"Sheol from beneath is excited over you to meet you when you come; It arouses for you the spirits of the dead, all the leaders of the earth; It raises all the kings of the nations from their thrones. -- isaiah 14:9 +. +"They will all respond and say to you, 'Even you have been made weak as we, You have become like us. -- isaiah 14:10 +. +'Your pomp and the music of your harps Have been brought down to Sheol; Maggots are spread out as your bed beneath you And worms are your covering.' -- isaiah 14:11 +. +"How you have fallen from heaven, O star of the morning, son of the dawn! You have been cut down to the earth, You who have weakened the nations! -- isaiah 14:12 +. +"But you said in your heart, 'I will ascend to heaven; I will raise my throne above the stars of God, And I will sit on the mount of assembly In the recesses of the north. -- isaiah 14:13 +. +'I will ascend above the heights of the clouds; I will make myself like the Most High.' -- isaiah 14:14 +. +"Nevertheless you will be thrust down to Sheol, To the recesses of the pit. -- isaiah 14:15 +. +"Those who see you will gaze at you, They will ponder over you, saying, 'Is this the man who made the earth tremble, Who shook kingdoms, -- isaiah 14:16 +. +Who made the world like a wilderness And overthrew its cities, Who did not allow his prisoners to go home?' -- isaiah 14:17 +. +"All the kings of the nations lie in glory, Each in his own tomb. -- isaiah 14:18 +. +"But you have been cast out of your tomb Like a rejected branch, Clothed with the slain who are pierced with a sword, Who go down to the stones of the pit Like a trampled corpse. -- isaiah 14:19 +. +"You will not be united with them in burial, Because you have ruined your country, You have slain your people. May the offspring of evildoers not be mentioned forever. -- isaiah 14:20 +. +"Prepare for his sons a place of slaughter Because of the iniquity of their fathers. They must not arise and take possession of the earth And fill the face of the world with cities." -- isaiah 14:21 +. +"I will rise up against them," declares the LORD of hosts, "and will cut off from Babylon name and survivors, offspring and posterity," declares the LORD. -- isaiah 14:22 +. +"I will also make it a possession for the hedgehog and swamps of water, and I will sweep it with the broom of destruction," declares the LORD of hosts. -- isaiah 14:23 +. +The LORD of hosts has sworn saying, "Surely, just as I have intended so it has happened, and just as I have planned so it will stand, -- isaiah 14:24 +. +to break Assyria in My land, and I will trample him on My mountains. Then his yoke will be removed from them and his burden removed from their shoulder. -- isaiah 14:25 +. +"This is the plan devised against the whole earth; and this is the hand that is stretched out against all the nations. -- isaiah 14:26 +. +"For the LORD of hosts has planned, and who can frustrate it? And as for His stretched-out hand, who can turn it back?" -- isaiah 14:27 +. +In the year that King Ahaz died this oracle came: -- isaiah 14:28 +. +"Do not rejoice, O Philistia, all of you, Because the rod that struck you is broken; For from the serpent's root a viper will come out, And its fruit will be a flying serpent. -- isaiah 14:29 +. +"Those who are most helpless will eat, And the needy will lie down in security; I will destroy your root with famine, And it will kill off your survivors. -- isaiah 14:30 +. +"Wail, O gate; cry, O city; Melt away, O Philistia, all of you; For smoke comes from the north, And there is no straggler in his ranks. -- isaiah 14:31 +. +"How then will one answer the messengers of the nation? That the LORD has founded Zion, And the afflicted of His people will seek refuge in it." -- isaiah 14:32 +. +The oracle concerning Moab. Surely in a night Ar of Moab is devastated and ruined; Surely in a night Kir of Moab is devastated and ruined. -- isaiah 15:1 +. +They have gone up to the temple and to Dibon, even to the high places to weep. Moab wails over Nebo and Medeba; Everyone's head is bald and every beard is cut off. -- isaiah 15:2 +. +In their streets they have girded themselves with sackcloth; On their housetops and in their squares Everyone is wailing, dissolved in tears. -- isaiah 15:3 +. +Heshbon and Elealeh also cry out, Their voice is heard all the way to Jahaz; Therefore the armed men of Moab cry aloud; His soul trembles within him. -- isaiah 15:4 +. +My heart cries out for Moab; His fugitives are as far as Zoar and Eglath-shelishiyah, For they go up the ascent of Luhith weeping; Surely on the road to Horonaim they raise a cry of distress over their ruin. -- isaiah 15:5 +. +For the waters of Nimrim are desolate. Surely the grass is withered, the tender grass died out, There is no green thing. -- isaiah 15:6 +. +Therefore the abundance which they have acquired and stored up They carry off over the brook of Arabim. -- isaiah 15:7 +. +For the cry of distress has gone around the territory of Moab, Its wail goes as far as Eglaim and its wailing even to Beer-elim. -- isaiah 15:8 +. +For the waters of Dimon are full of blood; Surely I will bring added woes upon Dimon, A lion upon the fugitives of Moab and upon the remnant of the land. -- isaiah 15:9 +. +Send the tribute lamb to the ruler of the land, From Sela by way of the wilderness to the mountain of the daughter of Zion. -- isaiah 16:1 +. +Then, like fleeing birds or scattered nestlings, The daughters of Moab will be at the fords of the Arnon. -- isaiah 16:2 +. +"Give us advice, make a decision; Cast your shadow like night at high noon; Hide the outcasts, do not betray the fugitive. -- isaiah 16:3 +. +"Let the outcasts of Moab stay with you; Be a hiding place to them from the destroyer." For the extortioner has come to an end, destruction has ceased, Oppressors have completely disappeared from the land. -- isaiah 16:4 +. +A throne will even be established in lovingkindness, And a judge will sit on it in faithfulness in the tent of David; Moreover, he will seek justice And be prompt in righteousness. -- isaiah 16:5 +. +We have heard of the pride of Moab, an excessive pride; Even of his arrogance, pride, and fury; His idle boasts are false. -- isaiah 16:6 +. +Therefore Moab will wail; everyone of Moab will wail. You will moan for the raisin cakes of Kir-hareseth As those who are utterly stricken. -- isaiah 16:7 +. +For the fields of Heshbon have withered, the vines of Sibmah as well; The lords of the nations have trampled down its choice clusters Which reached as far as Jazer and wandered to the deserts; Its tendrils spread themselves out and passed over the sea. -- isaiah 16:8 +. +Therefore I will weep bitterly for Jazer, for the vine of Sibmah; I will drench you with my tears, O Heshbon and Elealeh; For the shouting over your summer fruits and your harvest has fallen away. -- isaiah 16:9 +. +Gladness and joy are taken away from the fruitful field; In the vineyards also there will be no cries of joy or jubilant shouting, No treader treads out wine in the presses, For I have made the shouting to cease. -- isaiah 16:10 +. +Therefore my heart intones like a harp for Moab And my inward feelings for Kir-hareseth. -- isaiah 16:11 +. +So it will come about when Moab presents himself, When he wearies himself upon his high place And comes to his sanctuary to pray, That he will not prevail. -- isaiah 16:12 +. +This is the word which the LORD spoke earlier concerning Moab. -- isaiah 16:13 +. +But now the LORD speaks, saying, "Within three years, as a hired man would count them, the glory of Moab will be degraded along with all his great population, and his remnant will be very small and impotent." -- isaiah 16:14 +. +The oracle concerning Damascus. "Behold, Damascus is about to be removed from being a city And will become a fallen ruin. -- isaiah 17:1 +. +"The cities of Aroer are forsaken; They will be for flocks to lie down in, And there will be no one to frighten them. -- isaiah 17:2 +. +"The fortified city will disappear from Ephraim, And sovereignty from Damascus And the remnant of Aram; They will be like the glory of the sons of Israel," Declares the LORD of hosts. -- isaiah 17:3 +. +Now in that day the glory of Jacob will fade, And the fatness of his flesh will become lean. -- isaiah 17:4 +. +It will be even like the reaper gathering the standing grain, As his arm harvests the ears, Or it will be like one gleaning ears of grain In the valley of Rephaim. -- isaiah 17:5 +. +Yet gleanings will be left in it like the shaking of an olive tree, Two or three olives on the topmost bough, Four or five on the branches of a fruitful tree, Declares the LORD, the God of Israel. -- isaiah 17:6 +. +In that day man will have regard for his Maker And his eyes will look to the Holy One of Israel. -- isaiah 17:7 +. +He will not have regard for the altars, the work of his hands, Nor will he look to that which his fingers have made, Even the Asherim and incense stands. -- isaiah 17:8 +. +In that day their strong cities will be like forsaken places in the forest, Or like branches which they abandoned before the sons of Israel; And the land will be a desolation. -- isaiah 17:9 +. +For you have forgotten the God of your salvation And have not remembered the rock of your refuge. Therefore you plant delightful plants And set them with vine slips of a strange god. -- isaiah 17:10 +. +In the day that you plant it you carefully fence it in, And in the morning you bring your seed to blossom; But the harvest will be a heap In a day of sickliness and incurable pain. -- isaiah 17:11 +. +Alas, the uproar of many peoples Who roar like the roaring of the seas, And the rumbling of nations Who rush on like the rumbling of mighty waters! -- isaiah 17:12 +. +The nations rumble on like the rumbling of many waters, But He will rebuke them and they will flee far away, And be chased like chaff in the mountains before the wind, Or like whirling dust before a gale. -- isaiah 17:13 +. +At evening time, behold, there is terror! Before morning they are no more. Such will be the portion of those who plunder us And the lot of those who pillage us. -- isaiah 17:14 +. +Alas, oh land of whirring wings Which lies beyond the rivers of Cush, -- isaiah 18:1 +. +Which sends envoys by the sea, Even in papyrus vessels on the surface of the waters. Go, swift messengers, to a nation tall and smooth, To a people feared far and wide, A powerful and oppressive nation Whose land the rivers divide. -- isaiah 18:2 +. +All you inhabitants of the world and dwellers on earth, As soon as a standard is raised on the mountains, you will see it, And as soon as the trumpet is blown, you will hear it. -- isaiah 18:3 +. +For thus the LORD has told me, "I will look from My dwelling place quietly Like dazzling heat in the sunshine, Like a cloud of dew in the heat of harvest." -- isaiah 18:4 +. +For before the harvest, as soon as the bud blossoms And the flower becomes a ripening grape, Then He will cut off the sprigs with pruning knives And remove and cut away the spreading branches. -- isaiah 18:5 +. +They will be left together for mountain birds of prey, And for the beasts of the earth; And the birds of prey will spend the summer feeding on them, And all the beasts of the earth will spend harvest time on them. -- isaiah 18:6 +. +At that time a gift of homage will be brought to the LORD of hosts From a people tall and smooth, Even from a people feared far and wide, A powerful and oppressive nation, Whose land the rivers divide-- To the place of the name of the LORD of hosts, even Mount Zion. -- isaiah 18:7 +. +The oracle concerning Egypt. Behold, the LORD is riding on a swift cloud and is about to come to Egypt; The idols of Egypt will tremble at His presence, And the heart of the Egyptians will melt within them. -- isaiah 19:1 +. +"So I will incite Egyptians against Egyptians; And they will each fight against his brother and each against his neighbor, City against city and kingdom against kingdom. -- isaiah 19:2 +. +"Then the spirit of the Egyptians will be demoralized within them; And I will confound their strategy, So that they will resort to idols and ghosts of the dead And to mediums and spiritists. -- isaiah 19:3 +. +"Moreover, I will deliver the Egyptians into the hand of a cruel master, And a mighty king will rule over them," declares the Lord GOD of hosts. -- isaiah 19:4 +. +The waters from the sea will dry up, And the river will be parched and dry. -- isaiah 19:5 +. +The canals will emit a stench, The streams of Egypt will thin out and dry up; The reeds and rushes will rot away. -- isaiah 19:6 +. +The bulrushes by the Nile, by the edge of the Nile And all the sown fields by the Nile Will become dry, be driven away, and be no more. -- isaiah 19:7 +. +And the fishermen will lament, And all those who cast a line into the Nile will mourn, And those who spread nets on the waters will pine away. -- isaiah 19:8 +. +Moreover, the manufacturers of linen made from combed flax And the weavers of white cloth will be utterly dejected. -- isaiah 19:9 +. +And the pillars of Egypt will be crushed; All the hired laborers will be grieved in soul. -- isaiah 19:10 +. +The princes of Zoan are mere fools; The advice of Pharaoh's wisest advisers has become stupid. How can you men say to Pharaoh, "I am a son of the wise, a son of ancient kings"? -- isaiah 19:11 +. +Well then, where are your wise men? Please let them tell you, And let them understand what the LORD of hosts Has purposed against Egypt. -- isaiah 19:12 +. +The princes of Zoan have acted foolishly, The princes of Memphis are deluded; Those who are the cornerstone of her tribes Have led Egypt astray. -- isaiah 19:13 +. +The LORD has mixed within her a spirit of distortion; They have led Egypt astray in all that it does, As a drunken man staggers in his vomit. -- isaiah 19:14 +. +There will be no work for Egypt Which its head or tail, its palm branch or bulrush, may do. -- isaiah 19:15 +. +In that day the Egyptians will become like women, and they will tremble and be in dread because of the waving of the hand of the LORD of hosts, which He is going to wave over them. -- isaiah 19:16 +. +The land of Judah will become a terror to Egypt; everyone to whom it is mentioned will be in dread of it, because of the purpose of the LORD of hosts which He is purposing against them. -- isaiah 19:17 +. +In that day five cities in the land of Egypt will be speaking the language of Canaan and swearing allegiance to the LORD of hosts; one will be called the City of Destruction. -- isaiah 19:18 +. +In that day there will be an altar to the LORD in the midst of the land of Egypt, and a pillar to the LORD near its border. -- isaiah 19:19 +. +It will become a sign and a witness to the LORD of hosts in the land of Egypt; for they will cry to the LORD because of oppressors, and He will send them a Savior and a Champion, and He will deliver them. -- isaiah 19:20 +. +Thus the LORD will make Himself known to Egypt, and the Egyptians will know the LORD in that day. They will even worship with sacrifice and offering, and will make a vow to the LORD and perform it. -- isaiah 19:21 +. +The LORD will strike Egypt, striking but healing; so they will return to the LORD, and He will respond to them and will heal them. -- isaiah 19:22 +. +In that day there will be a highway from Egypt to Assyria, and the Assyrians will come into Egypt and the Egyptians into Assyria, and the Egyptians will worship with the Assyrians. -- isaiah 19:23 +. +In that day Israel will be the third party with Egypt and Assyria, a blessing in the midst of the earth, -- isaiah 19:24 +. +whom the LORD of hosts has blessed, saying, "Blessed is Egypt My people, and Assyria the work of My hands, and Israel My inheritance." -- isaiah 19:25 +. +In the year that the commander came to Ashdod, when Sargon the king of Assyria sent him and he fought against Ashdod and captured it, -- isaiah 20:1 +. +at that time the LORD spoke through Isaiah the son of Amoz, saying, "Go and loosen the sackcloth from your hips and take your shoes off your feet." And he did so, going naked and barefoot. -- isaiah 20:2 +. +And the LORD said, "Even as My servant Isaiah has gone naked and barefoot three years as a sign and token against Egypt and Cush, -- isaiah 20:3 +. +so the king of Assyria will lead away the captives of Egypt and the exiles of Cush, young and old, naked and barefoot with buttocks uncovered, to the shame of Egypt. -- isaiah 20:4 +. +"Then they will be dismayed and ashamed because of Cush their hope and Egypt their boast. -- isaiah 20:5 +. +"So the inhabitants of this coastland will say in that day, 'Behold, such is our hope, where we fled for help to be delivered from the king of Assyria; and we, how shall we escape?'" -- isaiah 20:6 +. +The oracle concerning the wilderness of the sea. As windstorms in the Negev sweep on, It comes from the wilderness, from a terrifying land. -- isaiah 21:1 +. +A harsh vision has been shown to me; The treacherous one still deals treacherously, and the destroyer still destroys. Go up, Elam, lay siege, Media; I have made an end of all the groaning she has caused. -- isaiah 21:2 +. +For this reason my loins are full of anguish; Pains have seized me like the pains of a woman in labor. I am so bewildered I cannot hear, so terrified I cannot see. -- isaiah 21:3 +. +My mind reels, horror overwhelms me; The twilight I longed for has been turned for me into trembling. -- isaiah 21:4 +. +They set the table, they spread out the cloth, they eat, they drink; "Rise up, captains, oil the shields," -- isaiah 21:5 +. +For thus the Lord says to me, "Go, station the lookout, let him report what he sees. -- isaiah 21:6 +. +"When he sees riders, horsemen in pairs, A train of donkeys, a train of camels, Let him pay close attention, very close attention." -- isaiah 21:7 +. +Then the lookout called, "O Lord, I stand continually by day on the watchtower, And I am stationed every night at my guard post. -- isaiah 21:8 +. +"Now behold, here comes a troop of riders, horsemen in pairs." And one said, "Fallen, fallen is Babylon; And all the images of her gods are shattered on the ground." -- isaiah 21:9 +. +O my threshed people, and my afflicted of the threshing floor! What I have heard from the LORD of hosts, The God of Israel, I make known to you. -- isaiah 21:10 +. +The oracle concerning Edom. One keeps calling to me from Seir, "Watchman, how far gone is the night? Watchman, how far gone is the night?" -- isaiah 21:11 +. +The watchman says, "Morning comes but also night. If you would inquire, inquire; Come back again." -- isaiah 21:12 +. +The oracle about Arabia. In the thickets of Arabia you must spend the night, O caravans of Dedanites. -- isaiah 21:13 +. +Bring water for the thirsty, O inhabitants of the land of Tema, Meet the fugitive with bread. -- isaiah 21:14 +. +For they have fled from the swords, From the drawn sword, and from the bent bow And from the press of battle. -- isaiah 21:15 +. +For thus the Lord said to me, "In a year, as a hired man would count it, all the splendor of Kedar will terminate; -- isaiah 21:16 +. +and the remainder of the number of bowmen, the mighty men of the sons of Kedar, will be few; for the LORD God of Israel has spoken." -- isaiah 21:17 +. +The oracle concerning the valley of vision. What is the matter with you now, that you have all gone up to the housetops? -- isaiah 22:1 +. +You who were full of noise, You boisterous town, you exultant city; Your slain were not slain with the sword, Nor did they die in battle. -- isaiah 22:2 +. +All your rulers have fled together, And have been captured without the bow; All of you who were found were taken captive together, Though they had fled far away. -- isaiah 22:3 +. +Therefore I say, "Turn your eyes away from me, Let me weep bitterly, Do not try to comfort me concerning the destruction of the daughter of my people." -- isaiah 22:4 +. +For the Lord GOD of hosts has a day of panic, subjugation and confusion In the valley of vision, A breaking down of walls And a crying to the mountain. -- isaiah 22:5 +. +Elam took up the quiver With the chariots, infantry and horsemen; And Kir uncovered the shield. -- isaiah 22:6 +. +Then your choicest valleys were full of chariots, And the horsemen took up fixed positions at the gate. -- isaiah 22:7 +. +And He removed the defense of Judah. In that day you depended on the weapons of the house of the forest, -- isaiah 22:8 +. +And you saw that the breaches In the wall of the city of David were many; And you collected the waters of the lower pool. -- isaiah 22:9 +. +Then you counted the houses of Jerusalem And tore down houses to fortify the wall. -- isaiah 22:10 +. +And you made a reservoir between the two walls For the waters of the old pool. But you did not depend on Him who made it, Nor did you take into consideration Him who planned it long ago. -- isaiah 22:11 +. +Therefore in that day the Lord GOD of hosts called you to weeping, to wailing, To shaving the head and to wearing sackcloth. -- isaiah 22:12 +. +Instead, there is gaiety and gladness, Killing of cattle and slaughtering of sheep, Eating of meat and drinking of wine: "Let us eat and drink, for tomorrow we may die." -- isaiah 22:13 +. +But the LORD of hosts revealed Himself to me, "Surely this iniquity shall not be forgiven you Until you die," says the Lord GOD of hosts. -- isaiah 22:14 +. +Thus says the Lord GOD of hosts, "Come, go to this steward, To Shebna, who is in charge of the royal household, -- isaiah 22:15 +. +'What right do you have here, And whom do you have here, That you have hewn a tomb for yourself here, You who hew a tomb on the height, You who carve a resting place for yourself in the rock? -- isaiah 22:16 +. +'Behold, the LORD is about to hurl you headlong, O man. And He is about to grasp you firmly -- isaiah 22:17 +. +And roll you tightly like a ball, To be cast into a vast country; There you will die And there your splendid chariots will be, You shame of your master's house.' -- isaiah 22:18 +. +"I will depose you from your office, And I will pull you down from your station. -- isaiah 22:19 +. +"Then it will come about in that day, That I will summon My servant Eliakim the son of Hilkiah, -- isaiah 22:20 +. +And I will clothe him with your tunic And tie your sash securely about him. I will entrust him with your authority, And he will become a father to the inhabitants of Jerusalem and to the house of Judah. -- isaiah 22:21 +. +"Then I will set the key of the house of David on his shoulder, When he opens no one will shut, When he shuts no one will open. -- isaiah 22:22 +. +"I will drive him like a peg in a firm place, And he will become a throne of glory to his father's house. -- isaiah 22:23 +. +"So they will hang on him all the glory of his father's house, offspring and issue, all the least of vessels, from bowls to all the jars. -- isaiah 22:24 +. +"In that day," declares the LORD of hosts, "the peg driven in a firm place will give way; it will even break off and fall, and the load hanging on it will be cut off, for the LORD has spoken." -- isaiah 22:25 +. +The oracle concerning Tyre. Wail, O ships of Tarshish, For Tyre is destroyed, without house or harbor; It is reported to them from the land of Cyprus. -- isaiah 23:1 +. +Be silent, you inhabitants of the coastland, You merchants of Sidon; Your messengers crossed the sea -- isaiah 23:2 +. +And were on many waters. The grain of the Nile, the harvest of the River was her revenue; And she was the market of nations. -- isaiah 23:3 +. +Be ashamed, O Sidon; For the sea speaks, the stronghold of the sea, saying, "I have neither travailed nor given birth, I have neither brought up young men nor reared virgins." -- isaiah 23:4 +. +When the report reaches Egypt, They will be in anguish at the report of Tyre. -- isaiah 23:5 +. +Pass over to Tarshish; Wail, O inhabitants of the coastland. -- isaiah 23:6 +. +Is this your jubilant city, Whose origin is from antiquity, Whose feet used to carry her to colonize distant places? -- isaiah 23:7 +. +Who has planned this against Tyre, the bestower of crowns, Whose merchants were princes, whose traders were the honored of the earth? -- isaiah 23:8 +. +The LORD of hosts has planned it, to defile the pride of all beauty, To despise all the honored of the earth. -- isaiah 23:9 +. +Overflow your land like the Nile, O daughter of Tarshish, There is no more restraint. -- isaiah 23:10 +. +He has stretched His hand out over the sea, He has made the kingdoms tremble; The LORD has given a command concerning Canaan to demolish its strongholds. -- isaiah 23:11 +. +He has said, "You shall exult no more, O crushed virgin daughter of Sidon. Arise, pass over to Cyprus; even there you will find no rest." -- isaiah 23:12 +. +Behold, the land of the Chaldeans--this is the people which was not; Assyria appointed it for desert creatures--they erected their siege towers, they stripped its palaces, they made it a ruin. -- isaiah 23:13 +. +Wail, O ships of Tarshish, For your stronghold is destroyed. -- isaiah 23:14 +. +Now in that day Tyre will be forgotten for seventy years like the days of one king. At the end of seventy years it will happen to Tyre as in the song of the harlot: -- isaiah 23:15 +. +Take your harp, walk about the city, O forgotten harlot; Pluck the strings skillfully, sing many songs, That you may be remembered. -- isaiah 23:16 +. +It will come about at the end of seventy years that the LORD will visit Tyre. Then she will go back to her harlot's wages and will play the harlot with all the kingdoms on the face of the earth. -- isaiah 23:17 +. +Her gain and her harlot's wages will be set apart to the LORD; it will not be stored up or hoarded, but her gain will become sufficient food and choice attire for those who dwell in the presence of the LORD. -- isaiah 23:18 +. +Behold, the LORD lays the earth waste, devastates it, distorts its surface and scatters its inhabitants. -- isaiah 24:1 +. +And the people will be like the priest, the servant like his master, the maid like her mistress, the buyer like the seller, the lender like the borrower, the creditor like the debtor. -- isaiah 24:2 +. +The earth will be completely laid waste and completely despoiled, for the LORD has spoken this word. -- isaiah 24:3 +. +The earth mourns and withers, the world fades and withers, the exalted of the people of the earth fade away. -- isaiah 24:4 +. +The earth is also polluted by its inhabitants, for they transgressed laws, violated statutes, broke the everlasting covenant. -- isaiah 24:5 +. +Therefore, a curse devours the earth, and those who live in it are held guilty. Therefore, the inhabitants of the earth are burned, and few men are left. -- isaiah 24:6 +. +The new wine mourns, The vine decays, All the merry-hearted sigh. -- isaiah 24:7 +. +The gaiety of tambourines ceases, The noise of revelers stops, The gaiety of the harp ceases. -- isaiah 24:8 +. +They do not drink wine with song; Strong drink is bitter to those who drink it. -- isaiah 24:9 +. +The city of chaos is broken down; Every house is shut up so that none may enter. -- isaiah 24:10 +. +There is an outcry in the streets concerning the wine; All joy turns to gloom. The gaiety of the earth is banished. -- isaiah 24:11 +. +Desolation is left in the city And the gate is battered to ruins. -- isaiah 24:12 +. +For thus it will be in the midst of the earth among the peoples, As the shaking of an olive tree, As the gleanings when the grape harvest is over. -- isaiah 24:13 +. +They raise their voices, they shout for joy; They cry out from the west concerning the majesty of the LORD. -- isaiah 24:14 +. +Therefore glorify the LORD in the east, The name of the LORD, the God of Israel, In the coastlands of the sea. -- isaiah 24:15 +. +From the ends of the earth we hear songs, "Glory to the Righteous One," But I say, "Woe to me! Woe to me! Alas for me! The treacherous deal treacherously, And the treacherous deal very treacherously." -- isaiah 24:16 +. +Terror and pit and snare Confront you, O inhabitant of the earth. -- isaiah 24:17 +. +Then it will be that he who flees the report of disaster will fall into the pit, And he who climbs out of the pit will be caught in the snare; For the windows above are opened, and the foundations of the earth shake. -- isaiah 24:18 +. +The earth is broken asunder, The earth is split through, The earth is shaken violently. -- isaiah 24:19 +. +The earth reels to and fro like a drunkard And it totters like a shack, For its transgression is heavy upon it, And it will fall, never to rise again. -- isaiah 24:20 +. +So it will happen in that day, That the LORD will punish the host of heaven on high, And the kings of the earth on earth. -- isaiah 24:21 +. +They will be gathered together Like prisoners in the dungeon, And will be confined in prison; And after many days they will be punished. -- isaiah 24:22 +. +Then the moon will be abashed and the sun ashamed, For the LORD of hosts will reign on Mount Zion and in Jerusalem, And His glory will be before His elders. -- isaiah 24:23 +. +O LORD, You are my God; I will exalt You, I will give thanks to Your name; For You have worked wonders, Plans formed long ago, with perfect faithfulness. -- isaiah 25:1 +. +For You have made a city into a heap, A fortified city into a ruin; A palace of strangers is a city no more, It will never be rebuilt. -- isaiah 25:2 +. +Therefore a strong people will glorify You; Cities of ruthless nations will revere You. -- isaiah 25:3 +. +For You have been a defense for the helpless, A defense for the needy in his distress, A refuge from the storm, a shade from the heat; For the breath of the ruthless Is like a rain storm against a wall. -- isaiah 25:4 +. +Like heat in drought, You subdue the uproar of aliens; Like heat by the shadow of a cloud, the song of the ruthless is silenced. -- isaiah 25:5 +. +The LORD of hosts will prepare a lavish banquet for all peoples on this mountain; A banquet of aged wine, choice pieces with marrow, And refined, aged wine. -- isaiah 25:6 +. +And on this mountain He will swallow up the covering which is over all peoples, Even the veil which is stretched over all nations. -- isaiah 25:7 +. +He will swallow up death for all time, And the Lord GOD will wipe tears away from all faces, And He will remove the reproach of His people from all the earth; For the LORD has spoken. -- isaiah 25:8 +. +And it will be said in that day, "Behold, this is our God for whom we have waited that He might save us. This is the LORD for whom we have waited; Let us rejoice and be glad in His salvation." -- isaiah 25:9 +. +For the hand of the LORD will rest on this mountain, And Moab will be trodden down in his place As straw is trodden down in the water of a manure pile. -- isaiah 25:10 +. +And he will spread out his hands in the middle of it As a swimmer spreads out his hands to swim, But the Lord will lay low his pride together with the trickery of his hands. -- isaiah 25:11 +. +The unassailable fortifications of your walls He will bring down, Lay low and cast to the ground, even to the dust. -- isaiah 25:12 +. +In that day this song will be sung in the land of Judah: "We have a strong city; He sets up walls and ramparts for security. -- isaiah 26:1 +. +"Open the gates, that the righteous nation may enter, The one that remains faithful. -- isaiah 26:2 +. +"The steadfast of mind You will keep in perfect peace, Because he trusts in You. -- isaiah 26:3 +. +"Trust in the LORD forever, For in GOD the LORD, we have an everlasting Rock. -- isaiah 26:4 +. +"For He has brought low those who dwell on high, the unassailable city; He lays it low, He lays it low to the ground, He casts it to the dust. -- isaiah 26:5 +. +"The foot will trample it, The feet of the afflicted, the steps of the helpless." -- isaiah 26:6 +. +The way of the righteous is smooth; O Upright One, make the path of the righteous level. -- isaiah 26:7 +. +Indeed, while following the way of Your judgments, O LORD, We have waited for You eagerly; Your name, even Your memory, is the desire of our souls. -- isaiah 26:8 +. +At night my soul longs for You, Indeed, my spirit within me seeks You diligently; For when the earth experiences Your judgments The inhabitants of the world learn righteousness. -- isaiah 26:9 +. +Though the wicked is shown favor, He does not learn righteousness; He deals unjustly in the land of uprightness, And does not perceive the majesty of the LORD. -- isaiah 26:10 +. +O LORD, Your hand is lifted up yet they do not see it. They see Your zeal for the people and are put to shame; Indeed, fire will devour Your enemies. -- isaiah 26:11 +. +LORD, You will establish peace for us, Since You have also performed for us all our works. -- isaiah 26:12 +. +O LORD our God, other masters besides You have ruled us; But through You alone we confess Your name. -- isaiah 26:13 +. +The dead will not live, the departed spirits will not rise; Therefore You have punished and destroyed them, And You have wiped out all remembrance of them. -- isaiah 26:14 +. +You have increased the nation, O LORD, You have increased the nation, You are glorified; You have extended all the borders of the land. -- isaiah 26:15 +. +O LORD, they sought You in distress; They could only whisper a prayer, Your chastening was upon them. -- isaiah 26:16 +. +As the pregnant woman approaches the time to give birth, She writhes and cries out in her labor pains, Thus were we before You, O LORD. -- isaiah 26:17 +. +We were pregnant, we writhed in labor, We gave birth, as it seems, only to wind. We could not accomplish deliverance for the earth, Nor were inhabitants of the world born. -- isaiah 26:18 +. +Your dead will live; Their corpses will rise. You who lie in the dust, awake and shout for joy, For your dew is as the dew of the dawn, And the earth will give birth to the departed spirits. -- isaiah 26:19 +. +Come, my people, enter into your rooms And close your doors behind you; Hide for a little while Until indignation runs its course. -- isaiah 26:20 +. +For behold, the LORD is about to come out from His place To punish the inhabitants of the earth for their iniquity; And the earth will reveal her bloodshed And will no longer cover her slain. -- isaiah 26:21 +. +In that day the LORD will punish Leviathan the fleeing serpent, With His fierce and great and mighty sword, Even Leviathan the twisted serpent; And He will kill the dragon who lives in the sea. -- isaiah 27:1 +. +In that day, "A vineyard of wine, sing of it! -- isaiah 27:2 +. +"I, the LORD, am its keeper; I water it every moment. So that no one will damage it, I guard it night and day. -- isaiah 27:3 +. +"I have no wrath. Should someone give Me briars and thorns in battle, Then I would step on them, I would burn them completely. -- isaiah 27:4 +. +"Or let him rely on My protection, Let him make peace with Me, Let him make peace with Me." -- isaiah 27:5 +. +In the days to come Jacob will take root, Israel will blossom and sprout, And they will fill the whole world with fruit. -- isaiah 27:6 +. +Like the striking of Him who has struck them, has He struck them? Or like the slaughter of His slain, have they been slain? -- isaiah 27:7 +. +You contended with them by banishing them, by driving them away. With His fierce wind He has expelled them on the day of the east wind. -- isaiah 27:8 +. +Therefore through this Jacob's iniquity will be forgiven; And this will be the full price of the pardoning of his sin: When he makes all the altar stones like pulverized chalk stones; When Asherim and incense altars will not stand. -- isaiah 27:9 +. +For the fortified city is isolated, A homestead forlorn and forsaken like the desert; There the calf will graze, And there it will lie down and feed on its branches. -- isaiah 27:10 +. +When its limbs are dry, they are broken off; Women come and make a fire with them, For they are not a people of discernment, Therefore their Maker will not have compassion on them. And their Creator will not be gracious to them. -- isaiah 27:11 +. +In that day the LORD will start His threshing from the flowing stream of the Euphrates to the brook of Egypt, and you will be gathered up one by one, O sons of Israel. -- isaiah 27:12 +. +It will come about also in that day that a great trumpet will be blown, and those who were perishing in the land of Assyria and who were scattered in the land of Egypt will come and worship the LORD in the holy mountain at Jerusalem. -- isaiah 27:13 +. +Woe to the proud crown of the drunkards of Ephraim, And to the fading flower of its glorious beauty, Which is at the head of the fertile valley Of those who are overcome with wine! -- isaiah 28:1 +. +Behold, the Lord has a strong and mighty agent; As a storm of hail, a tempest of destruction, Like a storm of mighty overflowing waters, He has cast it down to the earth with His hand. -- isaiah 28:2 +. +The proud crown of the drunkards of Ephraim is trodden under foot. -- isaiah 28:3 +. +And the fading flower of its glorious beauty, Which is at the head of the fertile valley, Will be like the first-ripe fig prior to summer, Which one sees, And as soon as it is in his hand, He swallows it. -- isaiah 28:4 +. +In that day the LORD of hosts will become a beautiful crown And a glorious diadem to the remnant of His people; -- isaiah 28:5 +. +A spirit of justice for him who sits in judgment, A strength to those who repel the onslaught at the gate. -- isaiah 28:6 +. +And these also reel with wine and stagger from strong drink: The priest and the prophet reel with strong drink, They are confused by wine, they stagger from strong drink; They reel while having visions, They totter when rendering judgment. -- isaiah 28:7 +. +For all the tables are full of filthy vomit, without a single clean place. -- isaiah 28:8 +. +"To whom would He teach knowledge, And to whom would He interpret the message? Those just weaned from milk? Those just taken from the breast? -- isaiah 28:9 +. +"For He says, 'Order on order, order on order, Line on line, line on line, A little here, a little there.'" -- isaiah 28:10 +. +Indeed, He will speak to this people Through stammering lips and a foreign tongue, -- isaiah 28:11 +. +He who said to them, "Here is rest, give rest to the weary," And, "Here is repose," but they would not listen. -- isaiah 28:12 +. +So the word of the LORD to them will be, "Order on order, order on order, Line on line, line on line, A little here, a little there," That they may go and stumble backward, be broken, snared and taken captive. -- isaiah 28:13 +. +Therefore, hear the word of the LORD, O scoffers, Who rule this people who are in Jerusalem, -- isaiah 28:14 +. +Because you have said, "We have made a covenant with death, And with Sheol we have made a pact. The overwhelming scourge will not reach us when it passes by, For we have made falsehood our refuge and we have concealed ourselves with deception." -- isaiah 28:15 +. +Therefore thus says the Lord GOD, "Behold, I am laying in Zion a stone, a tested stone, A costly cornerstone for the foundation, firmly placed. He who believes in it will not be disturbed. -- isaiah 28:16 +. +"I will make justice the measuring line And righteousness the level; Then hail will sweep away the refuge of lies And the waters will overflow the secret place. -- isaiah 28:17 +. +"Your covenant with death will be canceled, And your pact with Sheol will not stand; When the overwhelming scourge passes through, Then you become its trampling place. -- isaiah 28:18 +. +"As often as it passes through, it will seize you; For morning after morning it will pass through, anytime during the day or night, And it will be sheer terror to understand what it means." -- isaiah 28:19 +. +The bed is too short on which to stretch out, And the blanket is too small to wrap oneself in. -- isaiah 28:20 +. +For the LORD will rise up as at Mount Perazim, He will be stirred up as in the valley of Gibeon, To do His task, His unusual task, And to work His work, His extraordinary work. -- isaiah 28:21 +. +And now do not carry on as scoffers, Or your fetters will be made stronger; For I have heard from the Lord GOD of hosts Of decisive destruction on all the earth. -- isaiah 28:22 +. +Give ear and hear my voice, Listen and hear my words. -- isaiah 28:23 +. +Does the farmer plow continually to plant seed? Does he continually turn and harrow the ground? -- isaiah 28:24 +. +Does he not level its surface And sow dill and scatter cummin And plant wheat in rows, Barley in its place and rye within its area? -- isaiah 28:25 +. +For his God instructs and teaches him properly. -- isaiah 28:26 +. +For dill is not threshed with a threshing sledge, Nor is the cartwheel driven over cummin; But dill is beaten out with a rod, and cummin with a club. -- isaiah 28:27 +. +Grain for bread is crushed, Indeed, he does not continue to thresh it forever. Because the wheel of his cart and his horses eventually damage it, He does not thresh it longer. -- isaiah 28:28 +. +This also comes from the LORD of hosts, Who has made His counsel wonderful and His wisdom great. -- isaiah 28:29 +. +Woe, O Ariel, Ariel the city where David once camped! Add year to year, observe your feasts on schedule. -- isaiah 29:1 +. +I will bring distress to Ariel, And she will be a city of lamenting and mourning; And she will be like an Ariel to me. -- isaiah 29:2 +. +I will camp against you encircling you, And I will set siegeworks against you, And I will raise up battle towers against you. -- isaiah 29:3 +. +Then you will be brought low; From the earth you will speak, And from the dust where you are prostrate Your words will come. Your voice will also be like that of a spirit from the ground, And your speech will whisper from the dust. -- isaiah 29:4 +. +But the multitude of your enemies will become like fine dust, And the multitude of the ruthless ones like the chaff which blows away; And it will happen instantly, suddenly. -- isaiah 29:5 +. +From the LORD of hosts you will be punished with thunder and earthquake and loud noise, With whirlwind and tempest and the flame of a consuming fire. -- isaiah 29:6 +. +And the multitude of all the nations who wage war against Ariel, Even all who wage war against her and her stronghold, and who distress her, Will be like a dream, a vision of the night. -- isaiah 29:7 +. +It will be as when a hungry man dreams-- And behold, he is eating; But when he awakens, his hunger is not satisfied, Or as when a thirsty man dreams-- And behold, he is drinking, But when he awakens, behold, he is faint And his thirst is not quenched. Thus the multitude of all the nations will be Who wage war against Mount Zion. -- isaiah 29:8 +. +Be delayed and wait, Blind yourselves and be blind; They become drunk, but not with wine, They stagger, but not with strong drink. -- isaiah 29:9 +. +For the LORD has poured over you a spirit of deep sleep, He has shut your eyes, the prophets; And He has covered your heads, the seers. -- isaiah 29:10 +. +The entire vision will be to you like the words of a sealed book, which when they give it to the one who is literate, saying, "Please read this," he will say, "I cannot, for it is sealed." -- isaiah 29:11 +. +Then the book will be given to the one who is illiterate, saying, "Please read this." And he will say, "I cannot read." -- isaiah 29:12 +. +Then the Lord said, "Because this people draw near with their words And honor Me with their lip service, But they remove their hearts far from Me, And their reverence for Me consists of tradition learned by rote, -- isaiah 29:13 +. +Therefore behold, I will once again deal marvelously with this people, wondrously marvelous; And the wisdom of their wise men will perish, And the discernment of their discerning men will be concealed." -- isaiah 29:14 +. +Woe to those who deeply hide their plans from the LORD, And whose deeds are done in a dark place, And they say, "Who sees us?" or "Who knows us?" -- isaiah 29:15 +. +You turn things around! Shall the potter be considered as equal with the clay, That what is made would say to its maker, "He did not make me"; Or what is formed say to him who formed it, "He has no understanding"? -- isaiah 29:16 +. +Is it not yet just a little while Before Lebanon will be turned into a fertile field, And the fertile field will be considered as a forest? -- isaiah 29:17 +. +On that day the deaf will hear words of a book, And out of their gloom and darkness the eyes of the blind will see. -- isaiah 29:18 +. +The afflicted also will increase their gladness in the LORD, And the needy of mankind will rejoice in the Holy One of Israel. -- isaiah 29:19 +. +For the ruthless will come to an end and the scorner will be finished, Indeed all who are intent on doing evil will be cut off; -- isaiah 29:20 +. +Who cause a person to be indicted by a word, And ensnare him who adjudicates at the gate, And defraud the one in the right with meaningless arguments. -- isaiah 29:21 +. +Therefore thus says the LORD, who redeemed Abraham, concerning the house of Jacob: "Jacob shall not now be ashamed, nor shall his face now turn pale; -- isaiah 29:22 +. +But when he sees his children, the work of My hands, in his midst, They will sanctify My name; Indeed, they will sanctify the Holy One of Jacob And will stand in awe of the God of Israel. -- isaiah 29:23 +. +"Those who err in mind will know the truth, And those who criticize will accept instruction. -- isaiah 29:24 +. +"Woe to the rebellious children," declares the LORD, "Who execute a plan, but not Mine, And make an alliance, but not of My Spirit, In order to add sin to sin; -- isaiah 30:1 +. +Who proceed down to Egypt Without consulting Me, To take refuge in the safety of Pharaoh And to seek shelter in the shadow of Egypt! -- isaiah 30:2 +. +"Therefore the safety of Pharaoh will be your shame And the shelter in the shadow of Egypt, your humiliation. -- isaiah 30:3 +. +"For their princes are at Zoan And their ambassadors arrive at Hanes. -- isaiah 30:4 +. +"Everyone will be ashamed because of a people who cannot profit them, Who are not for help or profit, but for shame and also for reproach." -- isaiah 30:5 +. +The oracle concerning the beasts of the Negev. Through a land of distress and anguish, From where come lioness and lion, viper and flying serpent, They carry their riches on the backs of young donkeys And their treasures on camels' humps, To a people who cannot profit them; -- isaiah 30:6 +. +Even Egypt, whose help is vain and empty. Therefore, I have called her "Rahab who has been exterminated." -- isaiah 30:7 +. +Now go, write it on a tablet before them And inscribe it on a scroll, That it may serve in the time to come As a witness forever. -- isaiah 30:8 +. +For this is a rebellious people, false sons, Sons who refuse to listen To the instruction of the LORD; -- isaiah 30:9 +. +Who say to the seers, "You must not see visions"; And to the prophets, "You must not prophesy to us what is right, Speak to us pleasant words, Prophesy illusions. -- isaiah 30:10 +. +"Get out of the way, turn aside from the path, Let us hear no more about the Holy One of Israel." -- isaiah 30:11 +. +Therefore thus says the Holy One of Israel, "Since you have rejected this word And have put your trust in oppression and guile, and have relied on them, -- isaiah 30:12 +. +Therefore this iniquity will be to you Like a breach about to fall, A bulge in a high wall, Whose collapse comes suddenly in an instant, -- isaiah 30:13 +. +Whose collapse is like the smashing of a potter's jar, So ruthlessly shattered That a sherd will not be found among its pieces To take fire from a hearth Or to scoop water from a cistern." -- isaiah 30:14 +. +For thus the Lord GOD, the Holy One of Israel, has said, "In repentance and rest you will be saved, In quietness and trust is your strength." But you were not willing, -- isaiah 30:15 +. +And you said, "No, for we will flee on horses," Therefore you shall flee! "And we will ride on swift horses," Therefore those who pursue you shall be swift. -- isaiah 30:16 +. +One thousand will flee at the threat of one man; You will flee at the threat of five, Until you are left as a flag on a mountain top And as a signal on a hill. -- isaiah 30:17 +. +Therefore the LORD longs to be gracious to you, And therefore He waits on high to have compassion on you. For the LORD is a God of justice; How blessed are all those who long for Him. -- isaiah 30:18 +. +O people in Zion, inhabitant in Jerusalem, you will weep no longer. He will surely be gracious to you at the sound of your cry; when He hears it, He will answer you. -- isaiah 30:19 +. +Although the Lord has given you bread of privation and water of oppression, He, your Teacher will no longer hide Himself, but your eyes will behold your Teacher. -- isaiah 30:20 +. +Your ears will hear a word behind you, "This is the way, walk in it," whenever you turn to the right or to the left. -- isaiah 30:21 +. +And you will defile your graven images overlaid with silver, and your molten images plated with gold. You will scatter them as an impure thing, and say to them, "Be gone!" -- isaiah 30:22 +. +Then He will give you rain for the seed which you will sow in the ground, and bread from the yield of the ground, and it will be rich and plenteous; on that day your livestock will graze in a roomy pasture. -- isaiah 30:23 +. +Also the oxen and the donkeys which work the ground will eat salted fodder, which has been winnowed with shovel and fork. -- isaiah 30:24 +. +On every lofty mountain and on every high hill there will be streams running with water on the day of the great slaughter, when the towers fall. -- isaiah 30:25 +. +The light of the moon will be as the light of the sun, and the light of the sun will be seven times brighter, like the light of seven days, on the day the LORD binds up the fracture of His people and heals the bruise He has inflicted. -- isaiah 30:26 +. +Behold, the name of the LORD comes from a remote place; Burning is His anger and dense is His smoke; His lips are filled with indignation And His tongue is like a consuming fire; -- isaiah 30:27 +. +His breath is like an overflowing torrent, Which reaches to the neck, To shake the nations back and forth in a sieve, And to put in the jaws of the peoples the bridle which leads to ruin. -- isaiah 30:28 +. +You will have songs as in the night when you keep the festival, And gladness of heart as when one marches to the sound of the flute, To go to the mountain of the LORD, to the Rock of Israel. -- isaiah 30:29 +. +And the LORD will cause His voice of authority to be heard, And the descending of His arm to be seen in fierce anger, And in the flame of a consuming fire In cloudburst, downpour and hailstones. -- isaiah 30:30 +. +For at the voice of the LORD Assyria will be terrified, When He strikes with the rod. -- isaiah 30:31 +. +And every blow of the rod of punishment, Which the LORD will lay on him, Will be with the music of tambourines and lyres; And in battles, brandishing weapons, He will fight them. -- isaiah 30:32 +. +For Topheth has long been ready, Indeed, it has been prepared for the king. He has made it deep and large, A pyre of fire with plenty of wood; The breath of the LORD, like a torrent of brimstone, sets it afire. -- isaiah 30:33 +. +Woe to those who go down to Egypt for help And rely on horses, And trust in chariots because they are many And in horsemen because they are very strong, But they do not look to the Holy One of Israel, nor seek the LORD! -- isaiah 31:1 +. +Yet He also is wise and will bring disaster And does not retract His words, But will arise against the house of evildoers And against the help of the workers of iniquity. -- isaiah 31:2 +. +Now the Egyptians are men and not God, And their horses are flesh and not spirit; So the LORD will stretch out His hand, And he who helps will stumble And he who is helped will fall, And all of them will come to an end together. -- isaiah 31:3 +. +For thus says the LORD to me, "As the lion or the young lion growls over his prey, Against which a band of shepherds is called out, And he will not be terrified at their voice nor disturbed at their noise, So will the LORD of hosts come down to wage war on Mount Zion and on its hill." -- isaiah 31:4 +. +Like flying birds so the LORD of hosts will protect Jerusalem. He will protect and deliver it; He will pass over and rescue it. -- isaiah 31:5 +. +Return to Him from whom you have deeply defected, O sons of Israel. -- isaiah 31:6 +. +For in that day every man will cast away his silver idols and his gold idols, which your sinful hands have made for you as a sin. -- isaiah 31:7 +. +And the Assyrian will fall by a sword not of man, And a sword not of man will devour him. So he will not escape the sword, And his young men will become forced laborers. -- isaiah 31:8 +. +"His rock will pass away because of panic, And his princes will be terrified at the standard," Declares the LORD, whose fire is in Zion and whose furnace is in Jerusalem. -- isaiah 31:9 +. +Behold, a king will reign righteously And princes will rule justly. -- isaiah 32:1 +. +Each will be like a refuge from the wind And a shelter from the storm, Like streams of water in a dry country, Like the shade of a huge rock in a parched land. -- isaiah 32:2 +. +Then the eyes of those who see will not be blinded, And the ears of those who hear will listen. -- isaiah 32:3 +. +The mind of the hasty will discern the truth, And the tongue of the stammerers will hasten to speak clearly. -- isaiah 32:4 +. +No longer will the fool be called noble, Or the rogue be spoken of as generous. -- isaiah 32:5 +. +For a fool speaks nonsense, And his heart inclines toward wickedness: To practice ungodliness and to speak error against the LORD, To keep the hungry person unsatisfied And to withhold drink from the thirsty. -- isaiah 32:6 +. +As for a rogue, his weapons are evil; He devises wicked schemes To destroy the afflicted with slander, Even though the needy one speaks what is right. -- isaiah 32:7 +. +But the noble man devises noble plans; And by noble plans he stands. -- isaiah 32:8 +. +Rise up, you women who are at ease, And hear my voice; Give ear to my word, You complacent daughters. -- isaiah 32:9 +. +Within a year and a few days You will be troubled, O complacent daughters; For the vintage is ended, And the fruit gathering will not come. -- isaiah 32:10 +. +Tremble, you women who are at ease; Be troubled, you complacent daughters; Strip, undress and put sackcloth on your waist, -- isaiah 32:11 +. +Beat your breasts for the pleasant fields, for the fruitful vine, -- isaiah 32:12 +. +For the land of my people in which thorns and briars shall come up; Yea, for all the joyful houses and for the jubilant city. -- isaiah 32:13 +. +Because the palace has been abandoned, the populated city forsaken. Hill and watch-tower have become caves forever, A delight for wild donkeys, a pasture for flocks; -- isaiah 32:14 +. +Until the Spirit is poured out upon us from on high, And the wilderness becomes a fertile field, And the fertile field is considered as a forest. -- isaiah 32:15 +. +Then justice will dwell in the wilderness And righteousness will abide in the fertile field. -- isaiah 32:16 +. +And the work of righteousness will be peace, And the service of righteousness, quietness and confidence forever. -- isaiah 32:17 +. +Then my people will live in a peaceful habitation, And in secure dwellings and in undisturbed resting places; -- isaiah 32:18 +. +And it will hail when the forest comes down, And the city will be utterly laid low. -- isaiah 32:19 +. +How blessed will you be, you who sow beside all waters, Who let out freely the ox and the donkey. -- isaiah 32:20 +. +Woe to you, O destroyer, While you were not destroyed; And he who is treacherous, while others did not deal treacherously with him. As soon as you finish destroying, you will be destroyed; As soon as you cease to deal treacherously, others will deal treacherously with you. -- isaiah 33:1 +. +O LORD, be gracious to us; we have waited for You. Be their strength every morning, Our salvation also in the time of distress. -- isaiah 33:2 +. +At the sound of the tumult peoples flee; At the lifting up of Yourself nations disperse. -- isaiah 33:3 +. +Your spoil is gathered as the caterpillar gathers; As locusts rushing about men rush about on it. -- isaiah 33:4 +. +The LORD is exalted, for He dwells on high; He has filled Zion with justice and righteousness. -- isaiah 33:5 +. +And He will be the stability of your times, A wealth of salvation, wisdom and knowledge; The fear of the LORD is his treasure. -- isaiah 33:6 +. +Behold, their brave men cry in the streets, The ambassadors of peace weep bitterly. -- isaiah 33:7 +. +The highways are desolate, the traveler has ceased, He has broken the covenant, he has despised the cities, He has no regard for man. -- isaiah 33:8 +. +The land mourns and pines away, Lebanon is shamed and withers; Sharon is like a desert plain, And Bashan and Carmel lose their foliage. -- isaiah 33:9 +. +"Now I will arise," says the LORD, "Now I will be exalted, now I will be lifted up. -- isaiah 33:10 +. +"You have conceived chaff, you will give birth to stubble; My breath will consume you like a fire. -- isaiah 33:11 +. +"The peoples will be burned to lime, Like cut thorns which are burned in the fire. -- isaiah 33:12 +. +"You who are far away, hear what I have done; And you who are near, acknowledge My might." -- isaiah 33:13 +. +Sinners in Zion are terrified; Trembling has seized the godless. "Who among us can live with the consuming fire? Who among us can live with continual burning?" -- isaiah 33:14 +. +He who walks righteously and speaks with sincerity, He who rejects unjust gain And shakes his hands so that they hold no bribe; He who stops his ears from hearing about bloodshed And shuts his eyes from looking upon evil; -- isaiah 33:15 +. +He will dwell on the heights, His refuge will be the impregnable rock; His bread will be given him, His water will be sure. -- isaiah 33:16 +. +Your eyes will see the King in His beauty; They will behold a far-distant land. -- isaiah 33:17 +. +Your heart will meditate on terror: "Where is he who counts? Where is he who weighs? Where is he who counts the towers?" -- isaiah 33:18 +. +You will no longer see a fierce people, A people of unintelligible speech which no one comprehends, Of a stammering tongue which no one understands. -- isaiah 33:19 +. +Look upon Zion, the city of our appointed feasts; Your eyes will see Jerusalem, an undisturbed habitation, A tent which will not be folded; Its stakes will never be pulled up, Nor any of its cords be torn apart. -- isaiah 33:20 +. +But there the majestic One, the LORD, will be for us A place of rivers and wide canals On which no boat with oars will go, And on which no mighty ship will pass-- -- isaiah 33:21 +. +For the LORD is our judge, The LORD is our lawgiver, The LORD is our king; He will save us-- -- isaiah 33:22 +. +Your tackle hangs slack; It cannot hold the base of its mast firmly, Nor spread out the sail. Then the prey of an abundant spoil will be divided; The lame will take the plunder. -- isaiah 33:23 +. +And no resident will say, "I am sick"; The people who dwell there will be forgiven their iniquity. -- isaiah 33:24 +. +Draw near, O nations, to hear; and listen, O peoples! Let the earth and all it contains hear, and the world and all that springs from it. -- isaiah 34:1 +. +For the LORD'S indignation is against all the nations, And His wrath against all their armies; He has utterly destroyed them, He has given them over to slaughter. -- isaiah 34:2 +. +So their slain will be thrown out, And their corpses will give off their stench, And the mountains will be drenched with their blood. -- isaiah 34:3 +. +And all the host of heaven will wear away, And the sky will be rolled up like a scroll; All their hosts will also wither away As a leaf withers from the vine, Or as one withers from the fig tree. -- isaiah 34:4 +. +For My sword is satiated in heaven, Behold it shall descend for judgment upon Edom And upon the people whom I have devoted to destruction. -- isaiah 34:5 +. +The sword of the LORD is filled with blood, It is sated with fat, with the blood of lambs and goats, With the fat of the kidneys of rams. For the LORD has a sacrifice in Bozrah And a great slaughter in the land of Edom. -- isaiah 34:6 +. +Wild oxen will also fall with them And young bulls with strong ones; Thus their land will be soaked with blood, And their dust become greasy with fat. -- isaiah 34:7 +. +For the LORD has a day of vengeance, A year of recompense for the cause of Zion. -- isaiah 34:8 +. +Its streams will be turned into pitch, And its loose earth into brimstone, And its land will become burning pitch. -- isaiah 34:9 +. +It will not be quenched night or day; Its smoke will go up forever. From generation to generation it will be desolate; None will pass through it forever and ever. -- isaiah 34:10 +. +But pelican and hedgehog will possess it, And owl and raven will dwell in it; And He will stretch over it the line of desolation And the plumb line of emptiness. -- isaiah 34:11 +. +Its nobles--there is no one there Whom they may proclaim king-- And all its princes will be nothing. -- isaiah 34:12 +. +Thorns will come up in its fortified towers, Nettles and thistles in its fortified cities; It will also be a haunt of jackals And an abode of ostriches. -- isaiah 34:13 +. +The desert creatures will meet with the wolves, The hairy goat also will cry to its kind; Yes, the night monster will settle there And will find herself a resting place. -- isaiah 34:14 +. +The tree snake will make its nest and lay eggs there, And it will hatch and gather them under its protection. Yes, the hawks will be gathered there, Every one with its kind. -- isaiah 34:15 +. +Seek from the book of the LORD, and read: Not one of these will be missing; None will lack its mate. For His mouth has commanded, And His Spirit has gathered them. -- isaiah 34:16 +. +He has cast the lot for them, And His hand has divided it to them by line. They shall possess it forever; From generation to generation they will dwell in it. -- isaiah 34:17 +. +The wilderness and the desert will be glad, And the Arabah will rejoice and blossom; Like the crocus -- isaiah 35:1 +. +It will blossom profusely And rejoice with rejoicing and shout of joy. The glory of Lebanon will be given to it, The majesty of Carmel and Sharon. They will see the glory of the LORD, The majesty of our God. -- isaiah 35:2 +. +Encourage the exhausted, and strengthen the feeble. -- isaiah 35:3 +. +Say to those with anxious heart, "Take courage, fear not. Behold, your God will come with vengeance; The recompense of God will come, But He will save you." -- isaiah 35:4 +. +Then the eyes of the blind will be opened And the ears of the deaf will be unstopped. -- isaiah 35:5 +. +Then the lame will leap like a deer, And the tongue of the mute will shout for joy. For waters will break forth in the wilderness And streams in the Arabah. -- isaiah 35:6 +. +The scorched land will become a pool And the thirsty ground springs of water; In the haunt of jackals, its resting place, Grass becomes reeds and rushes. -- isaiah 35:7 +. +A highway will be there, a roadway, And it will be called the Highway of Holiness. The unclean will not travel on it, But it will be for him who walks that way, And fools will not wander on it. -- isaiah 35:8 +. +No lion will be there, Nor will any vicious beast go up on it; These will not be found there. But the redeemed will walk there, -- isaiah 35:9 +. +And the ransomed of the LORD will return And come with joyful shouting to Zion, With everlasting joy upon their heads. They will find gladness and joy, And sorrow and sighing will flee away. -- isaiah 35:10 +. +Now in the fourteenth year of King Hezekiah, Sennacherib king of Assyria came up against all the fortified cities of Judah and seized them. -- isaiah 36:1 +. +And the king of Assyria sent Rabshakeh from Lachish to Jerusalem to King Hezekiah with a large army. And he stood by the conduit of the upper pool on the highway of the fuller's field. -- isaiah 36:2 +. +Then Eliakim the son of Hilkiah, who was over the household, and Shebna the scribe, and Joah the son of Asaph, the recorder, came out to him. -- isaiah 36:3 +. +Then Rabshakeh said to them, "Say now to Hezekiah, 'Thus says the great king, the king of Assyria, "What is this confidence that you have? -- isaiah 36:4 +. +"I say, 'Your counsel and strength for the war are only empty words.' Now on whom do you rely, that you have rebelled against me? -- isaiah 36:5 +. +"Behold, you rely on the staff of this crushed reed, even on Egypt, on which if a man leans, it will go into his hand and pierce it. So is Pharaoh king of Egypt to all who rely on him. -- isaiah 36:6 +. +"But if you say to me, 'We trust in the LORD our God,' is it not He whose high places and whose altars Hezekiah has taken away and has said to Judah and to Jerusalem, 'You shall worship before this altar'? -- isaiah 36:7 +. +"Now therefore, come make a bargain with my master the king of Assyria, and I will give you two thousand horses, if you are able on your part to set riders on them. -- isaiah 36:8 +. +"How then can you repulse one official of the least of my master's servants and rely on Egypt for chariots and for horsemen? -- isaiah 36:9 +. +"Have I now come up without the LORD'S approval against this land to destroy it? The LORD said to me, 'Go up against this land and destroy it.'"'" -- isaiah 36:10 +. +Then Eliakim and Shebna and Joah said to Rabshakeh, "Speak now to your servants in Aramaic, for we understand it; and do not speak with us in Judean in the hearing of the people who are on the wall." -- isaiah 36:11 +. +But Rabshakeh said, "Has my master sent me only to your master and to you to speak these words, and not to the men who sit on the wall, doomed to eat their own dung and drink their own urine with you?" -- isaiah 36:12 +. +Then Rabshakeh stood and cried with a loud voice in Judean and said, "Hear the words of the great king, the king of Assyria. -- isaiah 36:13 +. +"Thus says the king, 'Do not let Hezekiah deceive you, for he will not be able to deliver you; -- isaiah 36:14 +. +nor let Hezekiah make you trust in the LORD, saying, "The LORD will surely deliver us, this city will not be given into the hand of the king of Assyria." -- isaiah 36:15 +. +'Do not listen to Hezekiah,' for thus says the king of Assyria, 'Make your peace with me and come out to me, and eat each of his vine and each of his fig tree and drink each of the waters of his own cistern, -- isaiah 36:16 +. +until I come and take you away to a land like your own land, a land of grain and new wine, a land of bread and vineyards. -- isaiah 36:17 +. +'Beware that Hezekiah does not mislead you, saying, "The LORD will deliver us." Has any one of the gods of the nations delivered his land from the hand of the king of Assyria? -- isaiah 36:18 +. +'Where are the gods of Hamath and Arpad? Where are the gods of Sepharvaim? And when have they delivered Samaria from my hand? -- isaiah 36:19 +. +'Who among all the gods of these lands have delivered their land from my hand, that the LORD would deliver Jerusalem from my hand?'" -- isaiah 36:20 +. +But they were silent and answered him not a word; for the king's commandment was, "Do not answer him." -- isaiah 36:21 +. +Then Eliakim the son of Hilkiah, who was over the household, and Shebna the scribe and Joah the son of Asaph, the recorder, came to Hezekiah with their clothes torn and told him the words of Rabshakeh. -- isaiah 36:22 +. +And when King Hezekiah heard it, he tore his clothes, covered himself with sackcloth and entered the house of the LORD. -- isaiah 37:1 +. +Then he sent Eliakim who was over the household with Shebna the scribe and the elders of the priests, covered with sackcloth, to Isaiah the prophet, the son of Amoz. -- isaiah 37:2 +. +They said to him, "Thus says Hezekiah, 'This day is a day of distress, rebuke and rejection; for children have come to birth, and there is no strength to deliver. -- isaiah 37:3 +. +'Perhaps the LORD your God will hear the words of Rabshakeh, whom his master the king of Assyria has sent to reproach the living God, and will rebuke the words which the LORD your God has heard. Therefore, offer a prayer for the remnant that is left.'" -- isaiah 37:4 +. +So the servants of King Hezekiah came to Isaiah. -- isaiah 37:5 +. +Isaiah said to them, "Thus you shall say to your master, 'Thus says the LORD, "Do not be afraid because of the words that you have heard, with which the servants of the king of Assyria have blasphemed Me. -- isaiah 37:6 +. +"Behold, I will put a spirit in him so that he will hear a rumor and return to his own land. And I will make him fall by the sword in his own land."'" -- isaiah 37:7 +. +Then Rabshakeh returned and found the king of Assyria fighting against Libnah, for he had heard that the king had left Lachish. -- isaiah 37:8 +. +When he heard them say concerning Tirhakah king of Cush, "He has come out to fight against you," and when he heard it he sent messengers to Hezekiah, saying, -- isaiah 37:9 +. +"Thus you shall say to Hezekiah king of Judah, 'Do not let your God in whom you trust deceive you, saying, "Jerusalem will not be given into the hand of the king of Assyria." -- isaiah 37:10 +. +'Behold, you have heard what the kings of Assyria have done to all the lands, destroying them completely. So will you be spared? -- isaiah 37:11 +. +'Did the gods of those nations which my fathers have destroyed deliver them, even Gozan and Haran and Rezeph and the sons of Eden who were in Telassar? -- isaiah 37:12 +. +'Where is the king of Hamath, the king of Arpad, the king of the city of Sepharvaim, and of Hena and Ivvah?'" -- isaiah 37:13 +. +Then Hezekiah took the letter from the hand of the messengers and read it, and he went up to the house of the LORD and spread it out before the LORD. -- isaiah 37:14 +. +Hezekiah prayed to the LORD saying, -- isaiah 37:15 +. +"O LORD of hosts, the God of Israel, who is enthroned above the cherubim, You are the God, You alone, of all the kingdoms of the earth. You have made heaven and earth. -- isaiah 37:16 +. +"Incline Your ear, O LORD, and hear; open Your eyes, O LORD, and see; and listen to all the words of Sennacherib, who sent them to reproach the living God. -- isaiah 37:17 +. +"Truly, O LORD, the kings of Assyria have devastated all the countries and their lands, -- isaiah 37:18 +. +and have cast their gods into the fire, for they were not gods but the work of men's hands, wood and stone. So they have destroyed them. -- isaiah 37:19 +. +"Now, O LORD our God, deliver us from his hand that all the kingdoms of the earth may know that You alone, LORD, are God." -- isaiah 37:20 +. +Then Isaiah the son of Amoz sent word to Hezekiah, saying, "Thus says the LORD, the God of Israel, 'Because you have prayed to Me about Sennacherib king of Assyria, -- isaiah 37:21 +. +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! -- isaiah 37:22 +. +"Whom have you reproached and blasphemed? And against whom have you raised your voice And haughtily lifted up your eyes? Against the Holy One of Israel! -- isaiah 37:23 +. +"Through your servants you have reproached the Lord, And you have said, 'With my many chariots I came up to the heights of the mountains, To the remotest parts of Lebanon; And I cut down its tall cedars and its choice cypresses. And I will go to its highest peak, its thickest forest. -- isaiah 37:24 +. +'I dug wells and drank waters, And with the sole of my feet I dried up All the rivers of Egypt.' -- isaiah 37:25 +. +"Have you not heard? Long ago I did it, From ancient times I planned it. Now I have brought it to pass, That you should turn fortified cities into ruinous heaps. -- isaiah 37:26 +. +"Therefore their inhabitants were short of strength, They were dismayed and put to shame; They were as the vegetation of the field and as the green herb, As grass on the housetops is scorched before it is grown up. -- isaiah 37:27 +. +"But I know your sitting down And your going out and your coming in And your raging against Me. -- isaiah 37:28 +. +"Because of your raging against Me And because your arrogance has come up to My ears, Therefore I will put My hook in your nose And My bridle in your lips, And I will turn you back by the way which you came. -- isaiah 37:29 +. +"Then this shall be the sign for you: you will eat this year what grows of itself, in the second year what springs from the same, and in the third year sow, reap, plant vineyards and eat their fruit. -- isaiah 37:30 +. +"The surviving remnant of the house of Judah will again take root downward and bear fruit upward. -- isaiah 37:31 +. +"For out of Jerusalem will go forth a remnant and out of Mount Zion survivors. The zeal of the LORD of hosts will perform this."' -- isaiah 37:32 +. +"Therefore, thus says the LORD concerning the king of Assyria, 'He will not come to this city or shoot an arrow there; and he will not come before it with a shield, or throw up a siege ramp against it. -- isaiah 37:33 +. +'By the way that he came, by the same he will return, and he will not come to this city,' declares the LORD. -- isaiah 37:34 +. +'For I will defend this city to save it for My own sake and for My servant David's sake.'" -- isaiah 37:35 +. +Then the angel of the LORD went out and struck 185,in the camp of the Assyrians; and when men arose early in the morning, behold, all of these were dead. -- isaiah 37:36 +. +So Sennacherib king of Assyria departed and returned home and lived at Nineveh. -- isaiah 37:37 +. +It came about as he was worshiping in the house of Nisroch his god, that Adrammelech and Sharezer his sons killed him with the sword; and they escaped into the land of Ararat. And Esarhaddon his son became king in his place. -- isaiah 37:38 +. +In those days Hezekiah became mortally ill. And Isaiah the prophet the son of Amoz came to him and said to him, "Thus says the LORD, 'Set your house in order, for you shall die and not live.'" -- isaiah 38:1 +. +Then Hezekiah turned his face to the wall and prayed to the LORD, -- isaiah 38:2 +. +and said, "Remember now, O LORD, I beseech You, how I have walked before You in truth and with a whole heart, and have done what is good in Your sight." And Hezekiah wept bitterly. -- isaiah 38:3 +. +Then the word of the LORD came to Isaiah, saying, -- isaiah 38:4 +. +"Go and say to Hezekiah, 'Thus says the LORD, the God of your father David, "I have heard your prayer, I have seen your tears; behold, I will add fifteen years to your life. -- isaiah 38:5 +. +"I will deliver you and this city from the hand of the king of Assyria; and I will defend this city."' -- isaiah 38:6 +. +"This shall be the sign to you from the LORD, that the LORD will do this thing that He has spoken: -- isaiah 38:7 +. +"Behold, I will cause the shadow on the stairway, which has gone down with the sun on the stairway of Ahaz, to go back ten steps." So the sun's shadow went back ten steps on the stairway on which it had gone down. -- isaiah 38:8 +. +A writing of Hezekiah king of Judah after his illness and recovery: -- isaiah 38:9 +. +I said, "In the middle of my life I am to enter the gates of Sheol; I am to be deprived of the rest of my years." -- isaiah 38:10 +. +I said, "I will not see the LORD, The LORD in the land of the living; I will look on man no more among the inhabitants of the world. -- isaiah 38:11 +. +"Like a shepherd's tent my dwelling is pulled up and removed from me; As a weaver I rolled up my life. He cuts me off from the loom; From day until night You make an end of me. -- isaiah 38:12 +. +"I composed my soul until morning. Like a lion--so He breaks all my bones, From day until night You make an end of me. -- isaiah 38:13 +. +"Like a swallow, like a crane, so I twitter; I moan like a dove; My eyes look wistfully to the heights; O Lord, I am oppressed, be my security. -- isaiah 38:14 +. +"What shall I say? For He has spoken to me, and He Himself has done it; I will wander about all my years because of the bitterness of my soul. -- isaiah 38:15 +. +"O Lord, by these things men live, And in all these is the life of my spirit; O restore me to health and let me live! -- isaiah 38:16 +. +"Lo, for my own welfare I had great bitterness; It is You who has kept my soul from the pit of nothingness, For You have cast all my sins behind Your back. -- isaiah 38:17 +. +"For Sheol cannot thank You, Death cannot praise You; Those who go down to the pit cannot hope for Your faithfulness. -- isaiah 38:18 +. +"It is the living who give thanks to You, as I do today; A father tells his sons about Your faithfulness. -- isaiah 38:19 +. +"The LORD will surely save me; So we will play my songs on stringed instruments All the days of our life at the house of the LORD." -- isaiah 38:20 +. +Now Isaiah had said, "Let them take a cake of figs and apply it to the boil, that he may recover." -- isaiah 38:21 +. +Then Hezekiah had said, "What is the sign that I shall go up to the house of the LORD?" -- isaiah 38:22 +. +At that time Merodach-baladan son of Baladan, king of Babylon, sent letters and a present to Hezekiah, for he heard that he had been sick and had recovered. -- isaiah 39:1 +. +Hezekiah was pleased, and showed them all his treasure house, the silver and the gold and the spices and the precious oil and his whole armory and all that was found in his treasuries. There was nothing in his house nor in all his dominion that Hezekiah did not show them. -- isaiah 39:2 +. +Then Isaiah the prophet came to King Hezekiah and said to him, "What did these men say, and from where have they come to you?" And Hezekiah said, "They have come to me from a far country, from Babylon." -- isaiah 39:3 +. +He said, "What have they seen in your house?" So Hezekiah answered, "They have seen all that is in my house; there is nothing among my treasuries that I have not shown them." -- isaiah 39:4 +. +Then Isaiah said to Hezekiah, "Hear the word of the LORD of hosts, -- isaiah 39:5 +. +'Behold, the days are coming when all that is in your house and all that your fathers have laid up in store to this day will be carried to Babylon; nothing will be left,' says the LORD. -- isaiah 39:6 +. +'And some of your sons who will issue from you, whom you will beget, will be taken away, and they will become officials in the palace of the king of Babylon.'" -- isaiah 39:7 +. +Then Hezekiah said to Isaiah, "The word of the LORD which you have spoken is good." For he thought, "For there will be peace and truth in my days." -- isaiah 39:8 +. +"Comfort, O comfort My people," says your God. -- isaiah 40:1 +. +"Speak kindly to Jerusalem; And call out to her, that her warfare has ended, That her iniquity has been removed, That she has received of the LORD'S hand Double for all her sins." -- isaiah 40:2 +. +A voice is calling, "Clear the way for the LORD in the wilderness; Make smooth in the desert a highway for our God. -- isaiah 40:3 +. +"Let every valley be lifted up, And every mountain and hill be made low; And let the rough ground become a plain, And the rugged terrain a broad valley; -- isaiah 40:4 +. +Then the glory of the LORD will be revealed, And all flesh will see it together; For the mouth of the LORD has spoken." -- isaiah 40:5 +. +A voice says, "Call out." Then he answered, "What shall I call out?" All flesh is grass, and all its loveliness is like the flower of the field. -- isaiah 40:6 +. +The grass withers, the flower fades, When the breath of the LORD blows upon it; Surely the people are grass. -- isaiah 40:7 +. +The grass withers, the flower fades, But the word of our God stands forever. -- isaiah 40:8 +. +Get yourself up on a high mountain, O Zion, bearer of good news, Lift up your voice mightily, O Jerusalem, bearer of good news; Lift it up, do not fear. Say to the cities of Judah, "Here is your God!" -- isaiah 40:9 +. +Behold, the Lord GOD will come with might, With His arm ruling for Him. Behold, His reward is with Him And His recompense before Him. -- isaiah 40:10 +. +Like a shepherd He will tend His flock, In His arm He will gather the lambs And carry them in His bosom; He will gently lead the nursing ewes. -- isaiah 40:11 +. +Who has measured the waters in the hollow of His hand, And marked off the heavens by the span, And calculated the dust of the earth by the measure, And weighed the mountains in a balance And the hills in a pair of scales? -- isaiah 40:12 +. +Who has directed the Spirit of the LORD, Or as His counselor has informed Him? -- isaiah 40:13 +. +With whom did He consult and who gave Him understanding? And who taught Him in the path of justice and taught Him knowledge And informed Him of the way of understanding? -- isaiah 40:14 +. +Behold, the nations are like a drop from a bucket, And are regarded as a speck of dust on the scales; Behold, He lifts up the islands like fine dust. -- isaiah 40:15 +. +Even Lebanon is not enough to burn, Nor its beasts enough for a burnt offering. -- isaiah 40:16 +. +All the nations are as nothing before Him, They are regarded by Him as less than nothing and meaningless. -- isaiah 40:17 +. +To whom then will you liken God? Or what likeness will you compare with Him? -- isaiah 40:18 +. +As for the idol, a craftsman casts it, A goldsmith plates it with gold, And a silversmith fashions chains of silver. -- isaiah 40:19 +. +He who is too impoverished for such an offering Selects a tree that does not rot; He seeks out for himself a skillful craftsman To prepare an idol that will not totter. -- isaiah 40:20 +. +Do you not know? Have you not heard? Has it not been declared to you from the beginning? Have you not understood from the foundations of the earth? -- isaiah 40:21 +. +It is He who sits above the circle of the earth, And its inhabitants are like grasshoppers, Who stretches out the heavens like a curtain And spreads them out like a tent to dwell in. -- isaiah 40:22 +. +He it is who reduces rulers to nothing, Who makes the judges of the earth meaningless. -- isaiah 40:23 +. +Scarcely have they been planted, Scarcely have they been sown, Scarcely has their stock taken root in the earth, But He merely blows on them, and they wither, And the storm carries them away like stubble. -- isaiah 40:24 +. +"To whom then will you liken Me That I would be his equal?" says the Holy One. -- isaiah 40:25 +. +Lift up your eyes on high And see who has created these stars, The One who leads forth their host by number, He calls them all by name; Because of the greatness of His might and the strength of His power, Not one of them is missing. -- isaiah 40:26 +. +Why do you say, O Jacob, and assert, O Israel, "My way is hidden from the LORD, And the justice due me escapes the notice of my God"? -- isaiah 40:27 +. +Do you not know? Have you not heard? The Everlasting God, the LORD, the Creator of the ends of the earth Does not become weary or tired. His understanding is inscrutable. -- isaiah 40:28 +. +He gives strength to the weary, And to him who lacks might He increases power. -- isaiah 40:29 +. +Though youths grow weary and tired, And vigorous young men stumble badly, -- isaiah 40:30 +. +Yet those who wait for the LORD Will gain new strength; They will mount up with wings like eagles, They will run and not get tired, They will walk and not become weary. -- isaiah 40:31 +. +"Coastlands, listen to Me in silence, And let the peoples gain new strength; Let them come forward, then let them speak; Let us come together for judgment. -- isaiah 41:1 +. +"Who has aroused one from the east Whom He calls in righteousness to His feet? He delivers up nations before him And subdues kings. He makes them like dust with his sword, As the wind-driven chaff with his bow. -- isaiah 41:2 +. +"He pursues them, passing on in safety, By a way he had not been traversing with his feet. -- isaiah 41:3 +. +"Who has performed and accomplished it, Calling forth the generations from the beginning? 'I, the LORD, am the first, and with the last. I am He.'" -- isaiah 41:4 +. +The coastlands have seen and are afraid; The ends of the earth tremble; They have drawn near and have come. -- isaiah 41:5 +. +Each one helps his neighbor And says to his brother, "Be strong!" -- isaiah 41:6 +. +So the craftsman encourages the smelter, And he who smooths metal with the hammer encourages him who beats the anvil, Saying of the soldering, "It is good"; And he fastens it with nails, So that it will not totter. -- isaiah 41:7 +. +"But you, Israel, My servant, Jacob whom I have chosen, Descendant of Abraham My friend, -- isaiah 41:8 +. +You whom I have taken from the ends of the earth, And called from its remotest parts And said to you, 'You are My servant, I have chosen you and not rejected you. -- isaiah 41:9 +. +'Do not fear, for I am with you; Do not anxiously look about you, for I am your God. I will strengthen you, surely I will help you, Surely I will uphold you with My righteous right hand.' -- isaiah 41:10 +. +"Behold, all those who are angered at you will be shamed and dishonored; Those who contend with you will be as nothing and will perish. -- isaiah 41:11 +. +"You will seek those who quarrel with you, but will not find them, Those who war with you will be as nothing and non-existent. -- isaiah 41:12 +. +"For I am the LORD your God, who upholds your right hand, Who says to you, 'Do not fear, I will help you.' -- isaiah 41:13 +. +"Do not fear, you worm Jacob, you men of Israel; I will help you," declares the LORD, "and your Redeemer is the Holy One of Israel. -- isaiah 41:14 +. +"Behold, I have made you a new, sharp threshing sledge with double edges; You will thresh the mountains and pulverize them, And will make the hills like chaff. -- isaiah 41:15 +. +"You will winnow them, and the wind will carry them away, And the storm will scatter them; But you will rejoice in the LORD, You will glory in the Holy One of Israel. -- isaiah 41:16 +. +"The afflicted and needy are seeking water, but there is none, And their tongue is parched with thirst; I, the LORD, will answer them Myself, As the God of Israel I will not forsake them. -- isaiah 41:17 +. +"I will open rivers on the bare heights And springs in the midst of the valleys; I will make the wilderness a pool of water And the dry land fountains of water. -- isaiah 41:18 +. +"I will put the cedar in the wilderness, The acacia and the myrtle and the olive tree; I will place the juniper in the desert Together with the box tree and the cypress, -- isaiah 41:19 +. +That they may see and recognize, And consider and gain insight as well, That the hand of the LORD has done this, And the Holy One of Israel has created it. -- isaiah 41:20 +. +"Present your case," the LORD says. "Bring forward your strong arguments," The King of Jacob says. -- isaiah 41:21 +. +Let them bring forth and declare to us what is going to take place; As for the former events, declare what they were, That we may consider them and know their outcome. Or announce to us what is coming; -- isaiah 41:22 +. +Declare the things that are going to come afterward, That we may know that you are gods; Indeed, do good or evil, that we may anxiously look about us and fear together. -- isaiah 41:23 +. +Behold, you are of no account, And your work amounts to nothing; He who chooses you is an abomination. -- isaiah 41:24 +. +"I have aroused one from the north, and he has come; From the rising of the sun he will call on My name; And he will come upon rulers as upon mortar, Even as the potter treads clay." -- isaiah 41:25 +. +Who has declared this from the beginning, that we might know? Or from former times, that we may say, "He is right!"? Surely there was no one who declared, Surely there was no one who proclaimed, Surely there was no one who heard your words. -- isaiah 41:26 +. +"Formerly I said to Zion, 'Behold, here they are.' And to Jerusalem, 'I will give a messenger of good news.' -- isaiah 41:27 +. +"But when I look, there is no one, And there is no counselor among them Who, if I ask, can give an answer. -- isaiah 41:28 +. +"Behold, all of them are false; Their works are worthless, Their molten images are wind and emptiness. -- isaiah 41:29 +. +"Behold, My Servant, whom I uphold; My chosen one in whom My soul delights. I have put My Spirit upon Him; He will bring forth justice to the nations. -- isaiah 42:1 +. +"He will not cry out or raise His voice, Nor make His voice heard in the street. -- isaiah 42:2 +. +"A bruised reed He will not break And a dimly burning wick He will not extinguish; He will faithfully bring forth justice. -- isaiah 42:3 +. +"He will not be disheartened or crushed Until He has established justice in the earth; And the coastlands will wait expectantly for His law." -- isaiah 42:4 +. +Thus says God the LORD, Who created the heavens and stretched them out, Who spread out the earth and its offspring, Who gives breath to the people on it And spirit to those who walk in it, -- isaiah 42:5 +. +"I am the LORD, I have called You in righteousness, I will also hold You by the hand and watch over You, And I will appoint You as a covenant to the people, As a light to the nations, -- isaiah 42:6 +. +To open blind eyes, To bring out prisoners from the dungeon And those who dwell in darkness from the prison. -- isaiah 42:7 +. +"I am the LORD, that is My name; I will not give My glory to another, Nor My praise to graven images. -- isaiah 42:8 +. +"Behold, the former things have come to pass, Now I declare new things; Before they spring forth I proclaim them to you." -- isaiah 42:9 +. +Sing to the LORD a new song, Sing His praise from the end of the earth! You who go down to the sea, and all that is in it. You islands, and those who dwell on them. -- isaiah 42:10 +. +Let the wilderness and its cities lift up their voices, The settlements where Kedar inhabits. Let the inhabitants of Sela sing aloud, Let them shout for joy from the tops of the mountains. -- isaiah 42:11 +. +Let them give glory to the LORD And declare His praise in the coastlands. -- isaiah 42:12 +. +The LORD will go forth like a warrior, He will arouse His zeal like a man of war. He will utter a shout, yes, He will raise a war cry. He will prevail against His enemies. -- isaiah 42:13 +. +"I have kept silent for a long time, I have kept still and restrained Myself. Now like a woman in labor I will groan, I will both gasp and pant. -- isaiah 42:14 +. +"I will lay waste the mountains and hills And wither all their vegetation; I will make the rivers into coastlands And dry up the ponds. -- isaiah 42:15 +. +"I will lead the blind by a way they do not know, In paths they do not know I will guide them. I will make darkness into light before them And rugged places into plains. These are the things I will do, And I will not leave them undone." -- isaiah 42:16 +. +They will be turned back and be utterly put to shame, Who trust in idols, Who say to molten images, "You are our gods." -- isaiah 42:17 +. +Hear, you deaf! And look, you blind, that you may see. -- isaiah 42:18 +. +Who is blind but My servant, Or so deaf as My messenger whom I send? Who is so blind as he that is at peace with Me, Or so blind as the servant of the LORD? -- isaiah 42:19 +. +You have seen many things, but you do not observe them; Your ears are open, but none hears. -- isaiah 42:20 +. +The LORD was pleased for His righteousness' sake To make the law great and glorious. -- isaiah 42:21 +. +But this is a people plundered and despoiled; All of them are trapped in caves, Or are hidden away in prisons; They have become a prey with none to deliver them, And a spoil, with none to say, "Give them back!" -- isaiah 42:22 +. +Who among you will give ear to this? Who will give heed and listen hereafter? -- isaiah 42:23 +. +Who gave Jacob up for spoil, and Israel to plunderers? Was it not the LORD, against whom we have sinned, And in whose ways they were not willing to walk, And whose law they did not obey? -- isaiah 42:24 +. +So He poured out on him the heat of His anger And the fierceness of battle; And it set him aflame all around, Yet he did not recognize it; And it burned him, but he paid no attention. -- isaiah 42:25 +. +But now, thus says the LORD, your Creator, O Jacob, And He who formed you, O Israel, "Do not fear, for I have redeemed you; I have called you by name; you are Mine! -- isaiah 43:1 +. +"When you pass through the waters, I will be with you; And through the rivers, they will not overflow you. When you walk through the fire, you will not be scorched, Nor will the flame burn you. -- isaiah 43:2 +. +"For I am the LORD your God, The Holy One of Israel, your Savior; I have given Egypt as your ransom, Cush and Seba in your place. -- isaiah 43:3 +. +"Since you are precious in My sight, Since you are honored and I love you, I will give other men in your place and other peoples in exchange for your life. -- isaiah 43:4 +. +"Do not fear, for I am with you; I will bring your offspring from the east, And gather you from the west. -- isaiah 43:5 +. +"I will say to the north, 'Give them up!' And to the south, 'Do not hold them back.' Bring My sons from afar And My daughters from the ends of the earth, -- isaiah 43:6 +. +Everyone who is called by My name, And whom I have created for My glory, Whom I have formed, even whom I have made." -- isaiah 43:7 +. +Bring out the people who are blind, even though they have eyes, And the deaf, even though they have ears. -- isaiah 43:8 +. +All the nations have gathered together So that the peoples may be assembled. Who among them can declare this And proclaim to us the former things? Let them present their witnesses that they may be justified, Or let them hear and say, "It is true." -- isaiah 43:9 +. +"You are My witnesses," declares the LORD, "And My servant whom I have chosen, So that you may know and believe Me And understand that I am He. Before Me there was no God formed, And there will be none after Me. -- isaiah 43:10 +. +"I, even I, am the LORD, And there is no savior besides Me. -- isaiah 43:11 +. +"It is I who have declared and saved and proclaimed, And there was no strange god among you; So you are My witnesses," declares the LORD, "And I am God. -- isaiah 43:12 +. +"Even from eternity I am He, And there is none who can deliver out of My hand; I act and who can reverse it?" -- isaiah 43:13 +. +Thus says the LORD your Redeemer, the Holy One of Israel, "For your sake I have sent to Babylon, And will bring them all down as fugitives, Even the Chaldeans, into the ships in which they rejoice. -- isaiah 43:14 +. +"I am the LORD, your Holy One, The Creator of Israel, your King." -- isaiah 43:15 +. +Thus says the LORD, Who makes a way through the sea And a path through the mighty waters, -- isaiah 43:16 +. +Who brings forth the chariot and the horse, The army and the mighty man (They will lie down together and not rise again; They have been quenched and extinguished like a wick): -- isaiah 43:17 +. +"Do not call to mind the former things, Or ponder things of the past. -- isaiah 43:18 +. +"Behold, I will do something new, Now it will spring forth; Will you not be aware of it? I will even make a roadway in the wilderness, Rivers in the desert. -- isaiah 43:19 +. +"The beasts of the field will glorify Me, The jackals and the ostriches, Because I have given waters in the wilderness And rivers in the desert, To give drink to My chosen people. -- isaiah 43:20 +. +"The people whom I formed for Myself Will declare My praise. -- isaiah 43:21 +. +"Yet you have not called on Me, O Jacob; But you have become weary of Me, O Israel. -- isaiah 43:22 +. +"You have not brought to Me the sheep of your burnt offerings, Nor have you honored Me with your sacrifices. I have not burdened you with offerings, Nor wearied you with incense. -- isaiah 43:23 +. +"You have bought Me not sweet cane with money, Nor have you filled Me with the fat of your sacrifices; Rather you have burdened Me with your sins, You have wearied Me with your iniquities. -- isaiah 43:24 +. +"I, even I, am the one who wipes out your transgressions for My own sake, And I will not remember your sins. -- isaiah 43:25 +. +"Put Me in remembrance, let us argue our case together; State your cause, that you may be proved right. -- isaiah 43:26 +. +"Your first forefather sinned, And your spokesmen have transgressed against Me. -- isaiah 43:27 +. +"So I will pollute the princes of the sanctuary, And I will consign Jacob to the ban and Israel to revilement. -- isaiah 43:28 +. +"But now listen, O Jacob, My servant, And Israel, whom I have chosen: -- isaiah 44:1 +. +Thus says the LORD who made you And formed you from the womb, who will help you, 'Do not fear, O Jacob My servant; And you Jeshurun whom I have chosen. -- isaiah 44:2 +. +'For I will pour out water on the thirsty land And streams on the dry ground; I will pour out My Spirit on your offspring And My blessing on your descendants; -- isaiah 44:3 +. +And they will spring up among the grass Like poplars by streams of water.' -- isaiah 44:4 +. +"This one will say, 'I am the LORD'S'; And that one will call on the name of Jacob; And another will write on his hand, 'Belonging to the LORD,' And will name Israel's name with honor. -- isaiah 44:5 +. +"Thus says the LORD, the King of Israel and his Redeemer, the LORD of hosts: 'I am the first and I am the last, And there is no God besides Me. -- isaiah 44:6 +. +'Who is like Me? Let him proclaim and declare it; Yes, let him recount it to Me in order, From the time that I established the ancient nation. And let them declare to them the things that are coming And the events that are going to take place. -- isaiah 44:7 +. +'Do not tremble and do not be afraid; Have I not long since announced it to you and declared it? And you are My witnesses. Is there any God besides Me, Or is there any other Rock? I know of none.'" -- isaiah 44:8 +. +Those who fashion a graven image are all of them futile, and their precious things are of no profit; even their own witnesses fail to see or know, so that they will be put to shame. -- isaiah 44:9 +. +Who has fashioned a god or cast an idol to no profit? -- isaiah 44:10 +. +Behold, all his companions will be put to shame, for the craftsmen themselves are mere men. Let them all assemble themselves, let them stand up, let them tremble, let them together be put to shame. -- isaiah 44:11 +. +The man shapes iron into a cutting tool and does his work over the coals, fashioning it with hammers and working it with his strong arm. He also gets hungry and his strength fails; he drinks no water and becomes weary. -- isaiah 44:12 +. +Another shapes wood, he extends a measuring line; he outlines it with red chalk. He works it with planes and outlines it with a compass, and makes it like the form of a man, like the beauty of man, so that it may sit in a house. -- isaiah 44:13 +. +Surely he cuts cedars for himself, and takes a cypress or an oak and raises it for himself among the trees of the forest. He plants a fir, and the rain makes it grow. -- isaiah 44:14 +. +Then it becomes something for a man to burn, so he takes one of them and warms himself; he also makes a fire to bake bread. He also makes a god and worships it; he makes it a graven image and falls down before it. -- isaiah 44:15 +. +Half of it he burns in the fire; over this half he eats meat as he roasts a roast and is satisfied. He also warms himself and says, "Aha! I am warm, I have seen the fire." -- isaiah 44:16 +. +But the rest of it he makes into a god, his graven image. He falls down before it and worships; he also prays to it and says, "Deliver me, for you are my god." -- isaiah 44:17 +. +They do not know, nor do they understand, for He has smeared over their eyes so that they cannot see and their hearts so that they cannot comprehend. -- isaiah 44:18 +. +No one recalls, nor is there knowledge or understanding to say, "I have burned half of it in the fire and also have baked bread over its coals. I roast meat and eat it. Then I make the rest of it into an abomination, I fall down before a block of wood!" -- isaiah 44:19 +. +He feeds on ashes; a deceived heart has turned him aside. And he cannot deliver himself, nor say, "Is there not a lie in my right hand?" -- isaiah 44:20 +. +"Remember these things, O Jacob, And Israel, for you are My servant; I have formed you, you are My servant, O Israel, you will not be forgotten by Me. -- isaiah 44:21 +. +"I have wiped out your transgressions like a thick cloud And your sins like a heavy mist. Return to Me, for I have redeemed you." -- isaiah 44:22 +. +Shout for joy, O heavens, for the LORD has done it! Shout joyfully, you lower parts of the earth; Break forth into a shout of joy, you mountains, O forest, and every tree in it; For the LORD has redeemed Jacob And in Israel He shows forth His glory. -- isaiah 44:23 +. +Thus says the LORD, your Redeemer, and the one who formed you from the womb, "I, the LORD, am the maker of all things, Stretching out the heavens by Myself And spreading out the earth all alone, -- isaiah 44:24 +. +Causing the omens of boasters to fail, Making fools out of diviners, Causing wise men to draw back And turning their knowledge into foolishness, -- isaiah 44:25 +. +Confirming the word of His servant And performing the purpose of His messengers. It is I who says of Jerusalem, 'She shall be inhabited!' And of the cities of Judah, 'They shall be built.' And I will raise up her ruins again. -- isaiah 44:26 +. +"It is I who says to the depth of the sea, 'Be dried up!' And I will make your rivers dry. -- isaiah 44:27 +. +"It is I who says of Cyrus, 'He is My shepherd! And he will perform all My desire.' And he declares of Jerusalem, 'She will be built,' And of the temple, 'Your foundation will be laid.'" -- isaiah 44:28 +. +Thus says the LORD to Cyrus His anointed, Whom I have taken by the right hand, To subdue nations before him And to loose the loins of kings; To open doors before him so that gates will not be shut: -- isaiah 45:1 +. +"I will go before you and make the rough places smooth; I will shatter the doors of bronze and cut through their iron bars. -- isaiah 45:2 +. +"I will give you the treasures of darkness And hidden wealth of secret places, So that you may know that it is I, The LORD, the God of Israel, who calls you by your name. -- isaiah 45:3 +. +"For the sake of Jacob My servant, And Israel My chosen one, I have also called you by your name; I have given you a title of honor Though you have not known Me. -- isaiah 45:4 +. +"I am the LORD, and there is no other; Besides Me there is no God. I will gird you, though you have not known Me; -- isaiah 45:5 +. +That men may know from the rising to the setting of the sun That there is no one besides Me. I am the LORD, and there is no other, -- isaiah 45:6 +. +The One forming light and creating darkness, Causing well-being and creating calamity; I am the LORD who does all these. -- isaiah 45:7 +. +"Drip down, O heavens, from above, And let the clouds pour down righteousness; Let the earth open up and salvation bear fruit, And righteousness spring up with it. I, the LORD, have created it. -- isaiah 45:8 +. +"Woe to the one who quarrels with his Maker-- An earthenware vessel among the vessels of earth! Will the clay say to the potter, 'What are you doing?' Or the thing you are making say, 'He has no hands'? -- isaiah 45:9 +. +"Woe to him who says to a father, 'What are you begetting?' Or to a woman, 'To what are you giving birth?'" -- isaiah 45:10 +. +Thus says the LORD, the Holy One of Israel, and his Maker: "Ask Me about the things to come concerning My sons, And you shall commit to Me the work of My hands. -- isaiah 45:11 +. +"It is I who made the earth, and created man upon it. I stretched out the heavens with My hands And I ordained all their host. -- isaiah 45:12 +. +"I have aroused him in righteousness And I will make all his ways smooth; He will build My city and will let My exiles go free, Without any payment or reward," says the LORD of hosts. -- isaiah 45:13 +. +Thus says the LORD, "The products of Egypt and the merchandise of Cush And the Sabeans, men of stature, Will come over to you and will be yours; They will walk behind you, they will come over in chains And will bow down to you; They will make supplication to you: 'Surely, God is with you, and there is none else, No other God.'" -- isaiah 45:14 +. +Truly, You are a God who hides Himself, O God of Israel, Savior! -- isaiah 45:15 +. +They will be put to shame and even humiliated, all of them; The manufacturers of idols will go away together in humiliation. -- isaiah 45:16 +. +Israel has been saved by the LORD With an everlasting salvation; You will not be put to shame or humiliated To all eternity. -- isaiah 45:17 +. +For thus says the LORD, who created the heavens (He is the God who formed the earth and made it, He established it and did not create it a waste place, but formed it to be inhabited), "I am the LORD, and there is none else. -- isaiah 45:18 +. +"I have not spoken in secret, In some dark land; I did not say to the offspring of Jacob, 'Seek Me in a waste place'; I, the LORD, speak righteousness, Declaring things that are upright. -- isaiah 45:19 +. +"Gather yourselves and come; Draw near together, you fugitives of the nations; They have no knowledge, Who carry about their wooden idol And pray to a god who cannot save. -- isaiah 45:20 +. +"Declare and set forth your case; Indeed, let them consult together. Who has announced this from of old? Who has long since declared it? Is it not I, the LORD? And there is no other God besides Me, A righteous God and a Savior; There is none except Me. -- isaiah 45:21 +. +"Turn to Me and be saved, all the ends of the earth; For I am God, and there is no other. -- isaiah 45:22 +. +"I have sworn by Myself, The word has gone forth from My mouth in righteousness And will not turn back, That to Me every knee will bow, every tongue will swear allegiance. -- isaiah 45:23 +. +"They will say of Me, 'Only in the LORD are righteousness and strength.' Men will come to Him, And all who were angry at Him will be put to shame. -- isaiah 45:24 +. +"In the LORD all the offspring of Israel Will be justified and will glory." -- isaiah 45:25 +. +Bel has bowed down, Nebo stoops over; Their images are consigned to the beasts and the cattle. The things that you carry are burdensome, A load for the weary beast. -- isaiah 46:1 +. +They stooped over, they have bowed down together; They could not rescue the burden, But have themselves gone into captivity. -- isaiah 46:2 +. +"Listen to Me, O house of Jacob, And all the remnant of the house of Israel, You who have been borne by Me from birth And have been carried from the womb; -- isaiah 46:3 +. +Even to your old age I will be the same, And even to your graying years I will bear you! I have done it, and I will carry you; And I will bear you and I will deliver you. -- isaiah 46:4 +. +"To whom would you liken Me And make Me equal and compare Me, That we would be alike? -- isaiah 46:5 +. +"Those who lavish gold from the purse And weigh silver on the scale Hire a goldsmith, and he makes it into a god; They bow down, indeed they worship it. -- isaiah 46:6 +. +"They lift it upon the shoulder and carry it; They set it in its place and it stands there. It does not move from its place. Though one may cry to it, it cannot answer; It cannot deliver him from his distress. -- isaiah 46:7 +. +"Remember this, and be assured; Recall it to mind, you transgressors. -- isaiah 46:8 +. +"Remember the former things long past, For I am God, and there is no other; I am God, and there is no one like Me, -- isaiah 46:9 +. +Declaring the end from the beginning, And from ancient times things which have not been done, Saying, 'My purpose will be established, And I will accomplish all My good pleasure'; -- isaiah 46:10 +. +Calling a bird of prey from the east, The man of My purpose from a far country. Truly I have spoken; truly I will bring it to pass. I have planned it, surely I will do it. -- isaiah 46:11 +. +"Listen to Me, you stubborn-minded, Who are far from righteousness. -- isaiah 46:12 +. +"I bring near My righteousness, it is not far off; And My salvation will not delay. And I will grant salvation in Zion, And My glory for Israel. -- isaiah 46:13 +. +"Come down and sit in the dust, O virgin daughter of Babylon; Sit on the ground without a throne, O daughter of the Chaldeans! For you shall no longer be called tender and delicate. -- isaiah 47:1 +. +"Take the millstones and grind meal. Remove your veil, strip off the skirt, Uncover the leg, cross the rivers. -- isaiah 47:2 +. +"Your nakedness will be uncovered, Your shame also will be exposed; I will take vengeance and will not spare a man." -- isaiah 47:3 +. +Our Redeemer, the LORD of hosts is His name, The Holy One of Israel. -- isaiah 47:4 +. +"Sit silently, and go into darkness, O daughter of the Chaldeans, For you will no longer be called The queen of kingdoms. -- isaiah 47:5 +. +"I was angry with My people, I profaned My heritage And gave them into your hand. You did not show mercy to them, On the aged you made your yoke very heavy. -- isaiah 47:6 +. +"Yet you said, 'I will be a queen forever.' These things you did not consider Nor remember the outcome of them. -- isaiah 47:7 +. +"Now, then, hear this, you sensual one, Who dwells securely, Who says in your heart, 'I am, and there is no one besides me. I will not sit as a widow, Nor know loss of children.' -- isaiah 47:8 +. +"But these two things will come on you suddenly in one day: Loss of children and widowhood. They will come on you in full measure In spite of your many sorceries, In spite of the great power of your spells. -- isaiah 47:9 +. +"You felt secure in your wickedness and said, 'No one sees me,' Your wisdom and your knowledge, they have deluded you; For you have said in your heart, 'I am, and there is no one besides me.' -- isaiah 47:10 +. +"But evil will come on you Which you will not know how to charm away; And disaster will fall on you For which you cannot atone; And destruction about which you do not know Will come on you suddenly. -- isaiah 47:11 +. +"Stand fast now in your spells And in your many sorceries With which you have labored from your youth; Perhaps you will be able to profit, Perhaps you may cause trembling. -- isaiah 47:12 +. +"You are wearied with your many counsels; Let now the astrologers, Those who prophesy by the stars, Those who predict by the new moons, Stand up and save you from what will come upon you. -- isaiah 47:13 +. +"Behold, they have become like stubble, Fire burns them; They cannot deliver themselves from the power of the flame; There will be no coal to warm by Nor a fire to sit before! -- isaiah 47:14 +. +"So have those become to you with whom you have labored, Who have trafficked with you from your youth; Each has wandered in his own way; There is none to save you. -- isaiah 47:15 +. +"Hear this, O house of Jacob, who are named Israel And who came forth from the loins of Judah, Who swear by the name of the LORD And invoke the God of Israel, But not in truth nor in righteousness. -- isaiah 48:1 +. +"For they call themselves after the holy city And lean on the God of Israel; The LORD of hosts is His name. -- isaiah 48:2 +. +"I declared the former things long ago And they went forth from My mouth, and I proclaimed them. Suddenly I acted, and they came to pass. -- isaiah 48:3 +. +"Because I know that you are obstinate, And your neck is an iron sinew And your forehead bronze, -- isaiah 48:4 +. +Therefore I declared them to you long ago, Before they took place I proclaimed them to you, So that you would not say, 'My idol has done them, And my graven image and my molten image have commanded them.' -- isaiah 48:5 +. +"You have heard; look at all this. And you, will you not declare it? I proclaim to you new things from this time, Even hidden things which you have not known. -- isaiah 48:6 +. +"They are created now and not long ago; And before today you have not heard them, So that you will not say, 'Behold, I knew them.' -- isaiah 48:7 +. +"You have not heard, you have not known. Even from long ago your ear has not been open, Because I knew that you would deal very treacherously; And you have been called a rebel from birth. -- isaiah 48:8 +. +"For the sake of My name I delay My wrath, And for My praise I restrain it for you, In order not to cut you off. -- isaiah 48:9 +. +"Behold, I have refined you, but not as silver; I have tested you in the furnace of affliction. -- isaiah 48:10 +. +"For My own sake, for My own sake, I will act; For how can My name be profaned? And My glory I will not give to another. -- isaiah 48:11 +. +"Listen to Me, O Jacob, even Israel whom I called; I am He, I am the first, I am also the last. -- isaiah 48:12 +. +"Surely My hand founded the earth, And My right hand spread out the heavens; When I call to them, they stand together. -- isaiah 48:13 +. +"Assemble, all of you, and listen! Who among them has declared these things? The LORD loves him; he will carry out His good pleasure on Babylon, And His arm will be against the Chaldeans. -- isaiah 48:14 +. +"I, even I, have spoken; indeed I have called him, I have brought him, and He will make his ways successful. -- isaiah 48:15 +. +"Come near to Me, listen to this: From the first I have not spoken in secret, From the time it took place, I was there. And now the Lord GOD has sent Me, and His Spirit." -- isaiah 48:16 +. +Thus says the LORD, your Redeemer, the Holy One of Israel, "I am the LORD your God, who teaches you to profit, Who leads you in the way you should go. -- isaiah 48:17 +. +"If only you had paid attention to My commandments! Then your well-being would have been like a river, And your righteousness like the waves of the sea. -- isaiah 48:18 +. +"Your descendants would have been like the sand, And your offspring like its grains; Their name would never be cut off or destroyed from My presence." -- isaiah 48:19 +. +Go forth from Babylon! Flee from the Chaldeans! Declare with the sound of joyful shouting, proclaim this, Send it out to the end of the earth; Say, "The LORD has redeemed His servant Jacob." -- isaiah 48:20 +. +They did not thirst when He led them through the deserts. He made the water flow out of the rock for them; He split the rock and the water gushed forth. -- isaiah 48:21 +. +"There is no peace for the wicked," says the LORD. -- isaiah 48:22 +. +Listen to Me, O islands, And pay attention, you peoples from afar. The LORD called Me from the womb; From the body of My mother He named Me. -- isaiah 49:1 +. +He has made My mouth like a sharp sword, In the shadow of His hand He has concealed Me; And He has also made Me a select arrow, He has hidden Me in His quiver. -- isaiah 49:2 +. +He said to Me, "You are My Servant, Israel, In Whom I will show My glory." -- isaiah 49:3 +. +But I said, "I have toiled in vain, I have spent My strength for nothing and vanity; Yet surely the justice due to Me is with the LORD, And My reward with My God." -- isaiah 49:4 +. +And now says the LORD, who formed Me from the womb to be His Servant, To bring Jacob back to Him, so that Israel might be gathered to Him (For I am honored in the sight of the LORD, And My God is My strength), -- isaiah 49:5 +. +He says, "It is too small a thing that You should be My Servant To raise up the tribes of Jacob and to restore the preserved ones of Israel; I will also make You a light of the nations So that My salvation may reach to the end of the earth." -- isaiah 49:6 +. +Thus says the LORD, the Redeemer of Israel and its Holy One, To the despised One, To the One abhorred by the nation, To the Servant of rulers, "Kings will see and arise, Princes will also bow down, Because of the LORD who is faithful, the Holy One of Israel who has chosen You." -- isaiah 49:7 +. +Thus says the LORD, "In a favorable time I have answered You, And in a day of salvation I have helped You; And I will keep You and give You for a covenant of the people, To restore the land, to make them inherit the desolate heritages; -- isaiah 49:8 +. +Saying to those who are bound, 'Go forth,' To those who are in darkness, 'Show yourselves.' Along the roads they will feed, And their pasture will be on all bare heights. -- isaiah 49:9 +. +"They will not hunger or thirst, Nor will the scorching heat or sun strike them down; For He who has compassion on them will lead them And will guide them to springs of water. -- isaiah 49:10 +. +"I will make all My mountains a road, And My highways will be raised up. -- isaiah 49:11 +. +"Behold, these will come from afar; And lo, these will come from the north and from the west, And these from the land of Sinim." -- isaiah 49:12 +. +Shout for joy, O heavens! And rejoice, O earth! Break forth into joyful shouting, O mountains! For the LORD has comforted His people And will have compassion on His afflicted. -- isaiah 49:13 +. +But Zion said, "The LORD has forsaken me, And the Lord has forgotten me." -- isaiah 49:14 +. +"Can a woman forget her nursing child And have no compassion on the son of her womb? Even these may forget, but I will not forget you. -- isaiah 49:15 +. +"Behold, I have inscribed you on the palms of My hands; Your walls are continually before Me. -- isaiah 49:16 +. +"Your builders hurry; Your destroyers and devastators Will depart from you. -- isaiah 49:17 +. +"Lift up your eyes and look around; All of them gather together, they come to you. As I live," declares the LORD, "You will surely put on all of them as jewels and bind them on as a bride. -- isaiah 49:18 +. +"For your waste and desolate places and your destroyed land-- Surely now you will be too cramped for the inhabitants, And those who swallowed you will be far away. -- isaiah 49:19 +. +"The children of whom you were bereaved will yet say in your ears, 'The place is too cramped for me; Make room for me that I may live here.' -- isaiah 49:20 +. +"Then you will say in your heart, 'Who has begotten these for me, Since I have been bereaved of my children And am barren, an exile and a wanderer? And who has reared these? Behold, I was left alone; From where did these come?'" -- isaiah 49:21 +. +Thus says the Lord GOD, "Behold, I will lift up My hand to the nations And set up My standard to the peoples; And they will bring your sons in their bosom, And your daughters will be carried on their shoulders. -- isaiah 49:22 +. +"Kings will be your guardians, And their princesses your nurses. They will bow down to you with their faces to the earth And lick the dust of your feet; And you will know that I am the LORD; Those who hopefully wait for Me will not be put to shame. -- isaiah 49:23 +. +"Can the prey be taken from the mighty man, Or the captives of a tyrant be rescued?" -- isaiah 49:24 +. +Surely, thus says the LORD, "Even the captives of the mighty man will be taken away, And the prey of the tyrant will be rescued; For I will contend with the one who contends with you, And I will save your sons. -- isaiah 49:25 +. +"I will feed your oppressors with their own flesh, And they will become drunk with their own blood as with sweet wine; And all flesh will know that I, the LORD, am your Savior And your Redeemer, the Mighty One of Jacob." -- isaiah 49:26 +. +Thus says the LORD, "Where is the certificate of divorce By which I have sent your mother away? Or to whom of My creditors did I sell you? Behold, you were sold for your iniquities, And for your transgressions your mother was sent away. -- isaiah 50:1 +. +"Why was there no man when I came? When I called, why was there none to answer? Is My hand so short that it cannot ransom? Or have I no power to deliver? Behold, I dry up the sea with My rebuke, I make the rivers a wilderness; Their fish stink for lack of water And die of thirst. -- isaiah 50:2 +. +"I clothe the heavens with blackness And make sackcloth their covering." -- isaiah 50:3 +. +The Lord GOD has given Me the tongue of disciples, That I may know how to sustain the weary one with a word. He awakens Me morning by morning, He awakens My ear to listen as a disciple. -- isaiah 50:4 +. +The Lord GOD has opened My ear; And I was not disobedient Nor did I turn back. -- isaiah 50:5 +. +I gave My back to those who strike Me, And My cheeks to those who pluck out the beard; I did not cover My face from humiliation and spitting. -- isaiah 50:6 +. +For the Lord GOD helps Me, Therefore, I am not disgraced; Therefore, I have set My face like flint, And I know that I will not be ashamed. -- isaiah 50:7 +. +He who vindicates Me is near; Who will contend with Me? Let us stand up to each other; Who has a case against Me? Let him draw near to Me. -- isaiah 50:8 +. +Behold, the Lord GOD helps Me; Who is he who condemns Me? Behold, they will all wear out like a garment; The moth will eat them. -- isaiah 50:9 +. +Who is among you that fears the LORD, That obeys the voice of His servant, That walks in darkness and has no light? Let him trust in the name of the LORD and rely on his God. -- isaiah 50:10 +. +Behold, all you who kindle a fire, Who encircle yourselves with firebrands, Walk in the light of your fire And among the brands you have set ablaze. This you will have from My hand: You will lie down in torment. -- isaiah 50:11 +. +"Listen to me, you who pursue righteousness, Who seek the LORD: Look to the rock from which you were hewn And to the quarry from which you were dug. -- isaiah 51:1 +. +"Look to Abraham your father And to Sarah who gave birth to you in pain; When he was but one I called him, Then I blessed him and multiplied him." -- isaiah 51:2 +. +Indeed, the LORD will comfort Zion; He will comfort all her waste places. And her wilderness He will make like Eden, And her desert like the garden of the LORD; Joy and gladness will be found in her, Thanksgiving and sound of a melody. -- isaiah 51:3 +. +"Pay attention to Me, O My people, And give ear to Me, O My nation; For a law will go forth from Me, And I will set My justice for a light of the peoples. -- isaiah 51:4 +. +"My righteousness is near, My salvation has gone forth, And My arms will judge the peoples; The coastlands will wait for Me, And for My arm they will wait expectantly. -- isaiah 51:5 +. +"Lift up your eyes to the sky, Then look to the earth beneath; For the sky will vanish like smoke, And the earth will wear out like a garment And its inhabitants will die in like manner; But My salvation will be forever, And My righteousness will not wane. -- isaiah 51:6 +. +"Listen to Me, you who know righteousness, A people in whose heart is My law; Do not fear the reproach of man, Nor be dismayed at their revilings. -- isaiah 51:7 +. +"For the moth will eat them like a garment, And the grub will eat them like wool. But My righteousness will be forever, And My salvation to all generations." -- isaiah 51:8 +. +Awake, awake, put on strength, O arm of the LORD; Awake as in the days of old, the generations of long ago. Was it not You who cut Rahab in pieces, Who pierced the dragon? -- isaiah 51:9 +. +Was it not You who dried up the sea, The waters of the great deep; Who made the depths of the sea a pathway For the redeemed to cross over? -- isaiah 51:10 +. +So the ransomed of the LORD will return And come with joyful shouting to Zion, And everlasting joy will be on their heads. They will obtain gladness and joy, And sorrow and sighing will flee away. -- isaiah 51:11 +. +"I, even I, am He who comforts you. Who are you that you are afraid of man who dies And of the son of man who is made like grass, -- isaiah 51:12 +. +That you have forgotten the LORD your Maker, Who stretched out the heavens And laid the foundations of the earth, That you fear continually all day long because of the fury of the oppressor, As he makes ready to destroy? But where is the fury of the oppressor? -- isaiah 51:13 +. +"The exile will soon be set free, and will not die in the dungeon, nor will his bread be lacking. -- isaiah 51:14 +. +"For I am the LORD your God, who stirs up the sea and its waves roar (the LORD of hosts is His name). -- isaiah 51:15 +. +"I have put My words in your mouth and have covered you with the shadow of My hand, to establish the heavens, to found the earth, and to say to Zion, 'You are My people.'" -- isaiah 51:16 +. +Rouse yourself! Rouse yourself! Arise, O Jerusalem, You who have drunk from the LORD'S hand the cup of His anger; The chalice of reeling you have drained to the dregs. -- isaiah 51:17 +. +There is none to guide her among all the sons she has borne, Nor is there one to take her by the hand among all the sons she has reared. -- isaiah 51:18 +. +These two things have befallen you; Who will mourn for you? The devastation and destruction, famine and sword; How shall I comfort you? -- isaiah 51:19 +. +Your sons have fainted, They lie helpless at the head of every street, Like an antelope in a net, Full of the wrath of the LORD, The rebuke of your God. -- isaiah 51:20 +. +Therefore, please hear this, you afflicted, Who are drunk, but not with wine: -- isaiah 51:21 +. +Thus says your Lord, the LORD, even your God Who contends for His people, "Behold, I have taken out of your hand the cup of reeling, The chalice of My anger; You will never drink it again. -- isaiah 51:22 +. +"I will put it into the hand of your tormentors, Who have said to you, 'Lie down that we may walk over you.' You have even made your back like the ground And like the street for those who walk over it." -- isaiah 51:23 +. +Awake, awake, Clothe yourself in your strength, O Zion; Clothe yourself in your beautiful garments, O Jerusalem, the holy city; For the uncircumcised and the unclean Will no longer come into you. -- isaiah 52:1 +. +Shake yourself from the dust, rise up, O captive Jerusalem; Loose yourself from the chains around your neck, O captive daughter of Zion. -- isaiah 52:2 +. +For thus says the LORD, "You were sold for nothing and you will be redeemed without money." -- isaiah 52:3 +. +For thus says the Lord GOD, "My people went down at the first into Egypt to reside there; then the Assyrian oppressed them without cause. -- isaiah 52:4 +. +"Now therefore, what do I have here," declares the LORD, "seeing that My people have been taken away without cause?" Again the LORD declares, "Those who rule over them howl, and My name is continually blasphemed all day long. -- isaiah 52:5 +. +"Therefore My people shall know My name; therefore in that day I am the one who is speaking, 'Here I am.'" -- isaiah 52:6 +. +How lovely on the mountains Are the feet of him who brings good news, Who announces peace And brings good news of happiness, Who announces salvation, And says to Zion, "Your God reigns!" -- isaiah 52:7 +. +Listen! Your watchmen lift up their voices, They shout joyfully together; For they will see with their own eyes When the LORD restores Zion. -- isaiah 52:8 +. +Break forth, shout joyfully together, You waste places of Jerusalem; For the LORD has comforted His people, He has redeemed Jerusalem. -- isaiah 52:9 +. +The LORD has bared His holy arm In the sight of all the nations, That all the ends of the earth may see The salvation of our God. -- isaiah 52:10 +. +Depart, depart, go out from there, Touch nothing unclean; Go out of the midst of her, purify yourselves, You who carry the vessels of the LORD. -- isaiah 52:11 +. +But you will not go out in haste, Nor will you go as fugitives; For the LORD will go before you, And the God of Israel will be your rear guard. -- isaiah 52:12 +. +Behold, My servant will prosper, He will be high and lifted up and greatly exalted. -- isaiah 52:13 +. +Just as many were astonished at you, My people, So His appearance was marred more than any man And His form more than the sons of men. -- isaiah 52:14 +. +Thus He will sprinkle many nations, Kings will shut their mouths on account of Him; For what had not been told them they will see, And what they had not heard they will understand. -- isaiah 52:15 +. +Who has believed our message? And to whom has the arm of the LORD been revealed? -- isaiah 53:1 +. +For He grew up before Him like a tender shoot, And like a root out of parched ground; He has no stately form or majesty That we should look upon Him, Nor appearance that we should be attracted to Him. -- isaiah 53:2 +. +He was despised and forsaken of men, A man of sorrows and acquainted with grief; And like one from whom men hide their face He was despised, and we did not esteem Him. -- isaiah 53:3 +. +Surely our griefs He Himself bore, And our sorrows He carried; Yet we ourselves esteemed Him stricken, Smitten of God, and afflicted. -- isaiah 53:4 +. +But He was pierced through for our transgressions, He was crushed for our iniquities; The chastening for our well-being fell upon Him, And by His scourging we are healed. -- isaiah 53:5 +. +All of us like sheep have gone astray, Each of us has turned to his own way; But the LORD has caused the iniquity of us all To fall on Him. -- isaiah 53:6 +. +He was oppressed and He was afflicted, Yet He did not open His mouth; Like a lamb that is led to slaughter, And like a sheep that is silent before its shearers, So He did not open His mouth. -- isaiah 53:7 +. +By oppression and judgment He was taken away; And as for His generation, who considered That He was cut off out of the land of the living For the transgression of my people, to whom the stroke was due? -- isaiah 53:8 +. +His grave was assigned with wicked men, Yet He was with a rich man in His death, Because He had done no violence, Nor was there any deceit in His mouth. -- isaiah 53:9 +. +But the LORD was pleased To crush Him, putting Him to grief; If He would render Himself as a guilt offering, He will see His offspring, He will prolong His days, And the good pleasure of the LORD will prosper in His hand. -- isaiah 53:10 +. +As a result of the anguish of His soul, He will see it and be satisfied; By His knowledge the Righteous One, My Servant, will justify the many, As He will bear their iniquities. -- isaiah 53:11 +. +Therefore, I will allot Him a portion with the great, And He will divide the booty with the strong; Because He poured out Himself to death, And was numbered with the transgressors; Yet He Himself bore the sin of many, And interceded for the transgressors. -- isaiah 53:12 +. +"Shout for joy, O barren one, you who have borne no child; Break forth into joyful shouting and cry aloud, you who have not travailed; For the sons of the desolate one will be more numerous Than the sons of the married woman," says the LORD. -- isaiah 54:1 +. +"Enlarge the place of your tent; Stretch out the curtains of your dwellings, spare not; Lengthen your cords And strengthen your pegs. -- isaiah 54:2 +. +"For you will spread abroad to the right and to the left. And your descendants will possess nations And will resettle the desolate cities. -- isaiah 54:3 +. +"Fear not, for you will not be put to shame; And do not feel humiliated, for you will not be disgraced; But you will forget the shame of your youth, And the reproach of your widowhood you will remember no more. -- isaiah 54:4 +. +"For your husband is your Maker, Whose name is the LORD of hosts; And your Redeemer is the Holy One of Israel, Who is called the God of all the earth. -- isaiah 54:5 +. +"For the LORD has called you, Like a wife forsaken and grieved in spirit, Even like a wife of one's youth when she is rejected," Says your God. -- isaiah 54:6 +. +"For a brief moment I forsook you, But with great compassion I will gather you. -- isaiah 54:7 +. +"In an outburst of anger I hid My face from you for a moment, But with everlasting lovingkindness I will have compassion on you," Says the LORD your Redeemer. -- isaiah 54:8 +. +"For this is like the days of Noah to Me, When I swore that the waters of Noah Would not flood the earth again; So I have sworn that I will not be angry with you Nor will I rebuke you. -- isaiah 54:9 +. +"For the mountains may be removed and the hills may shake, But My lovingkindness will not be removed from you, And My covenant of peace will not be shaken," Says the LORD who has compassion on you. -- isaiah 54:10 +. +"O afflicted one, storm-tossed, and not comforted, Behold, I will set your stones in antimony, And your foundations I will lay in sapphires. -- isaiah 54:11 +. +"Moreover, I will make your battlements of rubies, And your gates of crystal, And your entire wall of precious stones. -- isaiah 54:12 +. +"All your sons will be taught of the LORD; And the well-being of your sons will be great. -- isaiah 54:13 +. +"In righteousness you will be established; You will be far from oppression, for you will not fear; And from terror, for it will not come near you. -- isaiah 54:14 +. +"If anyone fiercely assails you it will not be from Me. Whoever assails you will fall because of you. -- isaiah 54:15 +. +"Behold, I Myself have created the smith who blows the fire of coals And brings out a weapon for its work; And I have created the destroyer to ruin. -- isaiah 54:16 +. +"No weapon that is formed against you will prosper; And every tongue that accuses you in judgment you will condemn. This is the heritage of the servants of the LORD, And their vindication is from Me," declares the LORD. -- isaiah 54:17 +. +"Ho! Every one who thirsts, come to the waters; And you who have no money come, buy and eat. Come, buy wine and milk Without money and without cost. -- isaiah 55:1 +. +"Why do you spend money for what is not bread, And your wages for what does not satisfy? Listen carefully to Me, and eat what is good, And delight yourself in abundance. -- isaiah 55:2 +. +"Incline your ear and come to Me. Listen, that you may live; And I will make an everlasting covenant with you, According to the faithful mercies shown to David. -- isaiah 55:3 +. +"Behold, I have made him a witness to the peoples, A leader and commander for the peoples. -- isaiah 55:4 +. +"Behold, you will call a nation you do not know, And a nation which knows you not will run to you, Because of the LORD your God, even the Holy One of Israel; For He has glorified you." -- isaiah 55:5 +. +Seek the LORD while He may be found; Call upon Him while He is near. -- isaiah 55:6 +. +Let the wicked forsake his way And the unrighteous man his thoughts; And let him return to the LORD, And He will have compassion on him, And to our God, For He will abundantly pardon. -- isaiah 55:7 +. +"For My thoughts are not your thoughts, Nor are your ways My ways," declares the LORD. -- isaiah 55:8 +. +"For as the heavens are higher than the earth, So are My ways higher than your ways And My thoughts than your thoughts. -- isaiah 55:9 +. +"For as the rain and the snow come down from heaven, And do not return there without watering the earth And making it bear and sprout, And furnishing seed to the sower and bread to the eater; -- isaiah 55:10 +. +So will My word be which goes forth from My mouth; It will not return to Me empty, Without accomplishing what I desire, And without succeeding in the matter for which I sent it. -- isaiah 55:11 +. +"For you will go out with joy And be led forth with peace; The mountains and the hills will break forth into shouts of joy before you, And all the trees of the field will clap their hands. -- isaiah 55:12 +. +"Instead of the thorn bush the cypress will come up, And instead of the nettle the myrtle will come up, And it will be a memorial to the LORD, For an everlasting sign which will not be cut off." -- isaiah 55:13 +. +Thus says the LORD, "Preserve justice and do righteousness, For My salvation is about to come And My righteousness to be revealed. -- isaiah 56:1 +. +"How blessed is the man who does this, And the son of man who takes hold of it; Who keeps from profaning the sabbath, And keeps his hand from doing any evil." -- isaiah 56:2 +. +Let not the foreigner who has joined himself to the LORD say, "The LORD will surely separate me from His people." Nor let the eunuch say, "Behold, I am a dry tree." -- isaiah 56:3 +. +For thus says the LORD, "To the eunuchs who keep My sabbaths, And choose what pleases Me, And hold fast My covenant, -- isaiah 56:4 +. +To them I will give in My house and within My walls a memorial, And a name better than that of sons and daughters; I will give them an everlasting name which will not be cut off. -- isaiah 56:5 +. +"Also the foreigners who join themselves to the LORD, To minister to Him, and to love the name of the LORD, To be His servants, every one who keeps from profaning the sabbath And holds fast My covenant; -- isaiah 56:6 +. +Even those I will bring to My holy mountain And make them joyful in My house of prayer. Their burnt offerings and their sacrifices will be acceptable on My altar; For My house will be called a house of prayer for all the peoples." -- isaiah 56:7 +. +The Lord GOD, who gathers the dispersed of Israel, declares, "Yet others I will gather to them, to those already gathered." -- isaiah 56:8 +. +All you beasts of the field, All you beasts in the forest, Come to eat. -- isaiah 56:9 +. +His watchmen are blind, All of them know nothing. All of them are mute dogs unable to bark, Dreamers lying down, who love to slumber; -- isaiah 56:10 +. +And the dogs are greedy, they are not satisfied. And they are shepherds who have no understanding; They have all turned to their own way, Each one to his unjust gain, to the last one. -- isaiah 56:11 +. +"Come," they say, "let us get wine, and let us drink heavily of strong drink; And tomorrow will be like today, only more so." -- isaiah 56:12 +. +The righteous man perishes, and no man takes it to heart; And devout men are taken away, while no one understands. For the righteous man is taken away from evil, -- isaiah 57:1 +. +He enters into peace; They rest in their beds, Each one who walked in his upright way. -- isaiah 57:2 +. +"But come here, you sons of a sorceress, Offspring of an adulterer and a prostitute. -- isaiah 57:3 +. +"Against whom do you jest? Against whom do you open wide your mouth And stick out your tongue? Are you not children of rebellion, Offspring of deceit, -- isaiah 57:4 +. +Who inflame yourselves among the oaks, Under every luxuriant tree, Who slaughter the children in the ravines, Under the clefts of the crags? -- isaiah 57:5 +. +"Among the smooth stones of the ravine Is your portion, they are your lot; Even to them you have poured out a drink offering, You have made a grain offering. Shall I relent concerning these things? -- isaiah 57:6 +. +"Upon a high and lofty mountain You have made your bed. You also went up there to offer sacrifice. -- isaiah 57:7 +. +"Behind the door and the doorpost You have set up your sign; Indeed, far removed from Me, you have uncovered yourself, And have gone up and made your bed wide. And you have made an agreement for yourself with them, You have loved their bed, You have looked on their manhood. -- isaiah 57:8 +. +"You have journeyed to the king with oil And increased your perfumes; You have sent your envoys a great distance And made them go down to Sheol. -- isaiah 57:9 +. +"You were tired out by the length of your road, Yet you did not say, 'It is hopeless.' You found renewed strength, Therefore you did not faint. -- isaiah 57:10 +. +"Of whom were you worried and fearful When you lied, and did not remember Me Nor give Me a thought? Was I not silent even for a long time So you do not fear Me? -- isaiah 57:11 +. +"I will declare your righteousness and your deeds, But they will not profit you. -- isaiah 57:12 +. +"When you cry out, let your collection of idols deliver you. But the wind will carry all of them up, And a breath will take them away. But he who takes refuge in Me will inherit the land And will possess My holy mountain." -- isaiah 57:13 +. +And it will be said, "Build up, build up, prepare the way, Remove every obstacle out of the way of My people." -- isaiah 57:14 +. +For thus says the high and exalted One Who lives forever, whose name is Holy, "I dwell on a high and holy place, And also with the contrite and lowly of spirit In order to revive the spirit of the lowly And to revive the heart of the contrite. -- isaiah 57:15 +. +"For I will not contend forever, Nor will I always be angry; For the spirit would grow faint before Me, And the breath of those whom I have made. -- isaiah 57:16 +. +"Because of the iniquity of his unjust gain I was angry and struck him; I hid My face and was angry, And he went on turning away, in the way of his heart. -- isaiah 57:17 +. +"I have seen his ways, but I will heal him; I will lead him and restore comfort to him and to his mourners, -- isaiah 57:18 +. +Creating the praise of the lips. Peace, peace to him who is far and to him who is near," Says the LORD, "and I will heal him." -- isaiah 57:19 +. +But the wicked are like the tossing sea, For it cannot be quiet, And its waters toss up refuse and mud. -- isaiah 57:20 +. +"There is no peace," says my God, "for the wicked." -- isaiah 57:21 +. +"Cry loudly, do not hold back; Raise your voice like a trumpet, And declare to My people their transgression And to the house of Jacob their sins. -- isaiah 58:1 +. +"Yet they seek Me day by day and delight to know My ways, As a nation that has done righteousness And has not forsaken the ordinance of their God. They ask Me for just decisions, They delight in the nearness of God. -- isaiah 58:2 +. +'Why have we fasted and You do not see? Why have we humbled ourselves and You do not notice?' Behold, on the day of your fast you find your desire, And drive hard all your workers. -- isaiah 58:3 +. +"Behold, you fast for contention and strife and to strike with a wicked fist. You do not fast like you do today to make your voice heard on high. -- isaiah 58:4 +. +"Is it a fast like this which I choose, a day for a man to humble himself? Is it for bowing one's head like a reed And for spreading out sackcloth and ashes as a bed? Will you call this a fast, even an acceptable day to the LORD? -- isaiah 58:5 +. +"Is this not the fast which I choose, To loosen the bonds of wickedness, To undo the bands of the yoke, And to let the oppressed go free And break every yoke? -- isaiah 58:6 +. +"Is it not to divide your bread with the hungry And bring the homeless poor into the house; When you see the naked, to cover him; And not to hide yourself from your own flesh? -- isaiah 58:7 +. +"Then your light will break out like the dawn, And your recovery will speedily spring forth; And your righteousness will go before you; The glory of the LORD will be your rear guard. -- isaiah 58:8 +. +"Then you will call, and the LORD will answer; You will cry, and He will say, 'Here I am.' If you remove the yoke from your midst, The pointing of the finger and speaking wickedness, -- isaiah 58:9 +. +And if you give yourself to the hungry And satisfy the desire of the afflicted, Then your light will rise in darkness And your gloom will become like midday. -- isaiah 58:10 +. +"And the LORD will continually guide you, And satisfy your desire in scorched places, And give strength to your bones; And you will be like a watered garden, And like a spring of water whose waters do not fail. -- isaiah 58:11 +. +"Those from among you will rebuild the ancient ruins; You will raise up the age-old foundations; And you will be called the repairer of the breach, The restorer of the streets in which to dwell. -- isaiah 58:12 +. +"If because of the sabbath, you turn your foot From doing your own pleasure on My holy day, And call the sabbath a delight, the holy day of the LORD honorable, And honor it, desisting from your own ways, From seeking your own pleasure And speaking your own word, -- isaiah 58:13 +. +Then you will take delight in the LORD, And I will make you ride on the heights of the earth; And I will feed you with the heritage of Jacob your father, For the mouth of the LORD has spoken." -- isaiah 58:14 +. +Behold, the LORD'S hand is not so short That it cannot save; Nor is His ear so dull That it cannot hear. -- isaiah 59:1 +. +But your iniquities have made a separation between you and your God, And your sins have hidden His face from you so that He does not hear. -- isaiah 59:2 +. +For your hands are defiled with blood And your fingers with iniquity; Your lips have spoken falsehood, Your tongue mutters wickedness. -- isaiah 59:3 +. +No one sues righteously and no one pleads honestly. They trust in confusion and speak lies; They conceive mischief and bring forth iniquity. -- isaiah 59:4 +. +They hatch adders' eggs and weave the spider's web; He who eats of their eggs dies, And from that which is crushed a snake breaks forth. -- isaiah 59:5 +. +Their webs will not become clothing, Nor will they cover themselves with their works; Their works are works of iniquity, And an act of violence is in their hands. -- isaiah 59:6 +. +Their feet run to evil, And they hasten to shed innocent blood; Their thoughts are thoughts of iniquity, Devastation and destruction are in their highways. -- isaiah 59:7 +. +They do not know the way of peace, And there is no justice in their tracks; They have made their paths crooked, Whoever treads on them does not know peace. -- isaiah 59:8 +. +Therefore justice is far from us, And righteousness does not overtake us; We hope for light, but behold, darkness, For brightness, but we walk in gloom. -- isaiah 59:9 +. +We grope along the wall like blind men, We grope like those who have no eyes; We stumble at midday as in the twilight, Among those who are vigorous we are like dead men. -- isaiah 59:10 +. +All of us growl like bears, And moan sadly like doves; We hope for justice, but there is none, For salvation, but it is far from us. -- isaiah 59:11 +. +For our transgressions are multiplied before You, And our sins testify against us; For our transgressions are with us, And we know our iniquities: -- isaiah 59:12 +. +Transgressing and denying the LORD, And turning away from our God, Speaking oppression and revolt, Conceiving in and uttering from the heart lying words. -- isaiah 59:13 +. +Justice is turned back, And righteousness stands far away; For truth has stumbled in the street, And uprightness cannot enter. -- isaiah 59:14 +. +Yes, truth is lacking; And he who turns aside from evil makes himself a prey. Now the LORD saw, And it was displeasing in His sight that there was no justice. -- isaiah 59:15 +. +And He saw that there was no man, And was astonished that there was no one to intercede; Then His own arm brought salvation to Him, And His righteousness upheld Him. -- isaiah 59:16 +. +He put on righteousness like a breastplate, And a helmet of salvation on His head; And He put on garments of vengeance for clothing And wrapped Himself with zeal as a mantle. -- isaiah 59:17 +. +According to their deeds, so He will repay, Wrath to His adversaries, recompense to His enemies; To the coastlands He will make recompense. -- isaiah 59:18 +. +So they will fear the name of the LORD from the west And His glory from the rising of the sun, For He will come like a rushing stream Which the wind of the LORD drives. -- isaiah 59:19 +. +"A Redeemer will come to Zion, And to those who turn from transgression in Jacob," declares the LORD. -- isaiah 59:20 +. +"As for Me, this is My covenant with them," says the LORD: "My Spirit which is upon you, and My words which I have put in your mouth shall not depart from your mouth, nor from the mouth of your offspring, nor from the mouth of your offspring's offspring," says the LORD, "from now and forever." -- isaiah 59:21 +. +"Arise, shine; for your light has come, And the glory of the LORD has risen upon you. -- isaiah 60:1 +. +"For behold, darkness will cover the earth And deep darkness the peoples; But the LORD will rise upon you And His glory will appear upon you. -- isaiah 60:2 +. +"Nations will come to your light, And kings to the brightness of your rising. -- isaiah 60:3 +. +"Lift up your eyes round about and see; They all gather together, they come to you. Your sons will come from afar, And your daughters will be carried in the arms. -- isaiah 60:4 +. +"Then you will see and be radiant, And your heart will thrill and rejoice; Because the abundance of the sea will be turned to you, The wealth of the nations will come to you. -- isaiah 60:5 +. +"A multitude of camels will cover you, The young camels of Midian and Ephah; All those from Sheba will come; They will bring gold and frankincense, And will bear good news of the praises of the LORD. -- isaiah 60:6 +. +"All the flocks of Kedar will be gathered together to you, The rams of Nebaioth will minister to you; They will go up with acceptance on My altar, And I shall glorify My glorious house. -- isaiah 60:7 +. +"Who are these who fly like a cloud And like the doves to their lattices? -- isaiah 60:8 +. +"Surely the coastlands will wait for Me; And the ships of Tarshish will come first, To bring your sons from afar, Their silver and their gold with them, For the name of the LORD your God, And for the Holy One of Israel because He has glorified you. -- isaiah 60:9 +. +"Foreigners will build up your walls, And their kings will minister to you; For in My wrath I struck you, And in My favor I have had compassion on you. -- isaiah 60:10 +. +"Your gates will be open continually; They will not be closed day or night, So that men may bring to you the wealth of the nations, With their kings led in procession. -- isaiah 60:11 +. +"For the nation and the kingdom which will not serve you will perish, And the nations will be utterly ruined. -- isaiah 60:12 +. +"The glory of Lebanon will come to you, The juniper, the box tree and the cypress together, To beautify the place of My sanctuary; And I shall make the place of My feet glorious. -- isaiah 60:13 +. +"The sons of those who afflicted you will come bowing to you, And all those who despised you will bow themselves at the soles of your feet; And they will call you the city of the LORD, The Zion of the Holy One of Israel. -- isaiah 60:14 +. +"Whereas you have been forsaken and hated With no one passing through, I will make you an everlasting pride, A joy from generation to generation. -- isaiah 60:15 +. +"You will also suck the milk of nations And suck the breast of kings; Then you will know that I, the LORD, am your Savior And your Redeemer, the Mighty One of Jacob. -- isaiah 60:16 +. +"Instead of bronze I will bring gold, And instead of iron I will bring silver, And instead of wood, bronze, And instead of stones, iron. And I will make peace your administrators And righteousness your overseers. -- isaiah 60:17 +. +"Violence will not be heard again in your land, Nor devastation or destruction within your borders; But you will call your walls salvation, and your gates praise. -- isaiah 60:18 +. +"No longer will you have the sun for light by day, Nor for brightness will the moon give you light; But you will have the LORD for an everlasting light, And your God for your glory. -- isaiah 60:19 +. +"Your sun will no longer set, Nor will your moon wane; For you will have the LORD for an everlasting light, And the days of your mourning will be over. -- isaiah 60:20 +. +"Then all your people will be righteous; They will possess the land forever, The branch of My planting, The work of My hands, That I may be glorified. -- isaiah 60:21 +. +"The smallest one will become a clan, And the least one a mighty nation. I, the LORD, will hasten it in its time." -- isaiah 60:22 +. +The Spirit of the Lord GOD is upon me, Because the LORD has anointed me To bring good news to the afflicted; He has sent me to bind up the brokenhearted, To proclaim liberty to captives And freedom to prisoners; -- isaiah 61:1 +. +To proclaim the favorable year of the LORD And the day of vengeance of our God; To comfort all who mourn, -- isaiah 61:2 +. +To grant those who mourn in Zion, Giving them a garland instead of ashes, The oil of gladness instead of mourning, The mantle of praise instead of a spirit of fainting. So they will be called oaks of righteousness, The planting of the LORD, that He may be glorified. -- isaiah 61:3 +. +Then they will rebuild the ancient ruins, They will raise up the former devastations; And they will repair the ruined cities, The desolations of many generations. -- isaiah 61:4 +. +Strangers will stand and pasture your flocks, And foreigners will be your farmers and your vinedressers. -- isaiah 61:5 +. +But you will be called the priests of the LORD; You will be spoken of as ministers of our God. You will eat the wealth of nations, And in their riches you will boast. -- isaiah 61:6 +. +Instead of your shame you will have a double portion, And instead of humiliation they will shout for joy over their portion. Therefore they will possess a double portion in their land, Everlasting joy will be theirs. -- isaiah 61:7 +. +For I, the LORD, love justice, I hate robbery in the burnt offering; And I will faithfully give them their recompense And make an everlasting covenant with them. -- isaiah 61:8 +. +Then their offspring will be known among the nations, And their descendants in the midst of the peoples. All who see them will recognize them Because they are the offspring whom the LORD has blessed. -- isaiah 61:9 +. +I will rejoice greatly in the LORD, My soul will exult in my God; For He has clothed me with garments of salvation, He has wrapped me with a robe of righteousness, As a bridegroom decks himself with a garland, And as a bride adorns herself with her jewels. -- isaiah 61:10 +. +For as the earth brings forth its sprouts, And as a garden causes the things sown in it to spring up, So the Lord GOD will cause righteousness and praise To spring up before all the nations. -- isaiah 61:11 +. +For Zion's sake I will not keep silent, And for Jerusalem's sake I will not keep quiet, Until her righteousness goes forth like brightness, And her salvation like a torch that is burning. -- isaiah 62:1 +. +The nations will see your righteousness, And all kings your glory; And you will be called by a new name Which the mouth of the LORD will designate. -- isaiah 62:2 +. +You will also be a crown of beauty in the hand of the LORD, And a royal diadem in the hand of your God. -- isaiah 62:3 +. +It will no longer be said to you, "Forsaken," Nor to your land will it any longer be said, "Desolate"; But you will be called, "My delight is in her," And your land, "Married"; For the LORD delights in you, And to Him your land will be married. -- isaiah 62:4 +. +For as a young man marries a virgin, So your sons will marry you; And as the bridegroom rejoices over the bride, So your God will rejoice over you. -- isaiah 62:5 +. +On your walls, O Jerusalem, I have appointed watchmen; All day and all night they will never keep silent. You who remind the LORD, take no rest for yourselves; -- isaiah 62:6 +. +And give Him no rest until He establishes And makes Jerusalem a praise in the earth. -- isaiah 62:7 +. +The LORD has sworn by His right hand and by His strong arm, "I will never again give your grain as food for your enemies; Nor will foreigners drink your new wine for which you have labored." -- isaiah 62:8 +. +But those who garner it will eat it and praise the LORD; And those who gather it will drink it in the courts of My sanctuary. -- isaiah 62:9 +. +Go through, go through the gates, Clear the way for the people; Build up, build up the highway, Remove the stones, lift up a standard over the peoples. -- isaiah 62:10 +. +Behold, the LORD has proclaimed to the end of the earth, Say to the daughter of Zion, "Lo, your salvation comes; Behold His reward is with Him, and His recompense before Him." -- isaiah 62:11 +. +And they will call them, "The holy people, The redeemed of the LORD"; And you will be called, "Sought out, a city not forsaken." -- isaiah 62:12 +. +Who is this who comes from Edom, With garments of glowing colors from Bozrah, This One who is majestic in His apparel, Marching in the greatness of His strength? "It is I who speak in righteousness, mighty to save." -- isaiah 63:1 +. +Why is Your apparel red, And Your garments like the one who treads in the wine press? -- isaiah 63:2 +. +"I have trodden the wine trough alone, And from the peoples there was no man with Me. I also trod them in My anger And trampled them in My wrath; And their lifeblood is sprinkled on My garments, And I stained all My raiment. -- isaiah 63:3 +. +"For the day of vengeance was in My heart, And My year of redemption has come. -- isaiah 63:4 +. +"I looked, and there was no one to help, And I was astonished and there was no one to uphold; So My own arm brought salvation to Me, And My wrath upheld Me. -- isaiah 63:5 +. +"I trod down the peoples in My anger And made them drunk in My wrath, And I poured out their lifeblood on the earth." -- isaiah 63:6 +. +I shall make mention of the lovingkindnesses of the LORD, the praises of the LORD, According to all that the LORD has granted us, And the great goodness toward the house of Israel, Which He has granted them according to His compassion And according to the abundance of His lovingkindnesses. -- isaiah 63:7 +. +For He said, "Surely, they are My people, Sons who will not deal falsely." So He became their Savior. -- isaiah 63:8 +. +In all their affliction He was afflicted, And the angel of His presence saved them; In His love and in His mercy He redeemed them, And He lifted them and carried them all the days of old. -- isaiah 63:9 +. +But they rebelled And grieved His Holy Spirit; Therefore He turned Himself to become their enemy, He fought against them. -- isaiah 63:10 +. +Then His people remembered the days of old, of Moses. Where is He who brought them up out of the sea with the shepherds of His flock? Where is He who put His Holy Spirit in the midst of them, -- isaiah 63:11 +. +Who caused His glorious arm to go at the right hand of Moses, Who divided the waters before them to make for Himself an everlasting name, -- isaiah 63:12 +. +Who led them through the depths? Like the horse in the wilderness, they did not stumble; -- isaiah 63:13 +. +As the cattle which go down into the valley, The Spirit of the LORD gave them rest. So You led Your people, To make for Yourself a glorious name. -- isaiah 63:14 +. +Look down from heaven and see from Your holy and glorious habitation; Where are Your zeal and Your mighty deeds? The stirrings of Your heart and Your compassion are restrained toward me. -- isaiah 63:15 +. +For You are our Father, though Abraham does not know us And Israel does not recognize us. You, O LORD, are our Father, Our Redeemer from of old is Your name. -- isaiah 63:16 +. +Why, O LORD, do You cause us to stray from Your ways And harden our heart from fearing You? Return for the sake of Your servants, the tribes of Your heritage. -- isaiah 63:17 +. +Your holy people possessed Your sanctuary for a little while, Our adversaries have trodden it down. -- isaiah 63:18 +. +We have become like those over whom You have never ruled, Like those who were not called by Your name. -- isaiah 63:19 +. +Oh, that You would rend the heavens and come down, That the mountains might quake at Your presence-- -- isaiah 64:1 +. +As fire kindles the brushwood, as fire causes water to boil-- To make Your name known to Your adversaries, That the nations may tremble at Your presence! -- isaiah 64:2 +. +When You did awesome things which we did not expect, You came down, the mountains quaked at Your presence. -- isaiah 64:3 +. +For from days of old they have not heard or perceived by ear, Nor has the eye seen a God besides You, Who acts in behalf of the one who waits for Him. -- isaiah 64:4 +. +You meet him who rejoices in doing righteousness, Who remembers You in Your ways. Behold, You were angry, for we sinned, We continued in them a long time; And shall we be saved? -- isaiah 64:5 +. +For all of us have become like one who is unclean, And all our righteous deeds are like a filthy garment; And all of us wither like a leaf, And our iniquities, like the wind, take us away. -- isaiah 64:6 +. +There is no one who calls on Your name, Who arouses himself to take hold of You; For You have hidden Your face from us And have delivered us into the power of our iniquities. -- isaiah 64:7 +. +But now, O LORD, You are our Father, We are the clay, and You our potter; And all of us are the work of Your hand. -- isaiah 64:8 +. +Do not be angry beyond measure, O LORD, Nor remember iniquity forever; Behold, look now, all of us are Your people. -- isaiah 64:9 +. +Your holy cities have become a wilderness, Zion has become a wilderness, Jerusalem a desolation. -- isaiah 64:10 +. +Our holy and beautiful house, Where our fathers praised You, Has been burned by fire; And all our precious things have become a ruin. -- isaiah 64:11 +. +Will You restrain Yourself at these things, O LORD? Will You keep silent and afflict us beyond measure? -- isaiah 64:12 +. +"I permitted Myself to be sought by those who did not ask for Me; I permitted Myself to be found by those who did not seek Me. I said, 'Here am I, here am I,' To a nation which did not call on My name. -- isaiah 65:1 +. +"I have spread out My hands all day long to a rebellious people, Who walk in the way which is not good, following their own thoughts, -- isaiah 65:2 +. +A people who continually provoke Me to My face, Offering sacrifices in gardens and burning incense on bricks; -- isaiah 65:3 +. +Who sit among graves and spend the night in secret places; Who eat swine's flesh, And the broth of unclean meat is in their pots. -- isaiah 65:4 +. +"Who say, 'Keep to yourself, do not come near me, For I am holier than you!' These are smoke in My nostrils, A fire that burns all the day. -- isaiah 65:5 +. +"Behold, it is written before Me, I will not keep silent, but I will repay; I will even repay into their bosom, -- isaiah 65:6 +. +Both their own iniquities and the iniquities of their fathers together," says the LORD. "Because they have burned incense on the mountains And scorned Me on the hills, Therefore I will measure their former work into their bosom." -- isaiah 65:7 +. +Thus says the LORD, "As the new wine is found in the cluster, And one says, 'Do not destroy it, for there is benefit in it,' So I will act on behalf of My servants In order not to destroy all of them. -- isaiah 65:8 +. +"I will bring forth offspring from Jacob, And an heir of My mountains from Judah; Even My chosen ones shall inherit it, And My servants will dwell there. -- isaiah 65:9 +. +"Sharon will be a pasture land for flocks, And the valley of Achor a resting place for herds, For My people who seek Me. -- isaiah 65:10 +. +"But you who forsake the LORD, Who forget My holy mountain, Who set a table for Fortune, And who fill cups with mixed wine for Destiny, -- isaiah 65:11 +. +I will destine you for the sword, And all of you will bow down to the slaughter. Because I called, but you did not answer; I spoke, but you did not hear. And you did evil in My sight And chose that in which I did not delight." -- isaiah 65:12 +. +Therefore, thus says the Lord GOD, "Behold, My servants will eat, but you will be hungry. Behold, My servants will drink, but you will be thirsty. Behold, My servants will rejoice, but you will be put to shame. -- isaiah 65:13 +. +"Behold, My servants will shout joyfully with a glad heart, But you will cry out with a heavy heart, And you will wail with a broken spirit. -- isaiah 65:14 +. +"You will leave your name for a curse to My chosen ones, And the Lord GOD will slay you. But My servants will be called by another name. -- isaiah 65:15 +. +"Because he who is blessed in the earth Will be blessed by the God of truth; And he who swears in the earth Will swear by the God of truth; Because the former troubles are forgotten, And because they are hidden from My sight! -- isaiah 65:16 +. +"For behold, I create new heavens and a new earth; And the former things will not be remembered or come to mind. -- isaiah 65:17 +. +"But be glad and rejoice forever in what I create; For behold, I create Jerusalem for rejoicing And her people for gladness. -- isaiah 65:18 +. +"I will also rejoice in Jerusalem and be glad in My people; And there will no longer be heard in her The voice of weeping and the sound of crying. -- isaiah 65:19 +. +"No longer will there be in it an infant who lives but a few days, Or an old man who does not live out his days; For the youth will die at the age of one hundred And the one who does not reach the age of one hundred Will be thought accursed. -- isaiah 65:20 +. +"They will build houses and inhabit them; They will also plant vineyards and eat their fruit. -- isaiah 65:21 +. +"They will not build and another inhabit, They will not plant and another eat; For as the lifetime of a tree, so will be the days of My people, And My chosen ones will wear out the work of their hands. -- isaiah 65:22 +. +"They will not labor in vain, Or bear children for calamity; For they are the offspring of those blessed by the LORD, And their descendants with them. -- isaiah 65:23 +. +"It will also come to pass that before they call, I will answer; and while they are still speaking, I will hear. -- isaiah 65:24 +. +"The wolf and the lamb will graze together, and the lion will eat straw like the ox; and dust will be the serpent's food. They will do no evil or harm in all My holy mountain," says the LORD. -- isaiah 65:25 +. +Thus says the LORD, "Heaven is My throne and the earth is My footstool. Where then is a house you could build for Me? And where is a place that I may rest? -- isaiah 66:1 +. +"For My hand made all these things, Thus all these things came into being," declares the LORD. "But to this one I will look, To him who is humble and contrite of spirit, and who trembles at My word. -- isaiah 66:2 +. +"But he who kills an ox is like one who slays a man; He who sacrifices a lamb is like the one who breaks a dog's neck; He who offers a grain offering is like one who offers swine's blood; He who burns incense is like the one who blesses an idol. As they have chosen their own ways, And their soul delights in their abominations, -- isaiah 66:3 +. +So I will choose their punishments And will bring on them what they dread. Because I called, but no one answered; I spoke, but they did not listen. And they did evil in My sight And chose that in which I did not delight." -- isaiah 66:4 +. +Hear the word of the LORD, you who tremble at His word: "Your brothers who hate you, who exclude you for My name's sake, Have said, 'Let the LORD be glorified, that we may see your joy.' But they will be put to shame. -- isaiah 66:5 +. +"A voice of uproar from the city, a voice from the temple, The voice of the LORD who is rendering recompense to His enemies. -- isaiah 66:6 +. +"Before she travailed, she brought forth; Before her pain came, she gave birth to a boy. -- isaiah 66:7 +. +"Who has heard such a thing? Who has seen such things? Can a land be born in one day? Can a nation be brought forth all at once? As soon as Zion travailed, she also brought forth her sons. -- isaiah 66:8 +. +"Shall I bring to the point of birth and not give delivery?" says the LORD. "Or shall I who gives delivery shut the womb?" says your God. -- isaiah 66:9 +. +"Be joyful with Jerusalem and rejoice for her, all you who love her; Be exceedingly glad with her, all you who mourn over her, -- isaiah 66:10 +. +That you may nurse and be satisfied with her comforting breasts, That you may suck and be delighted with her bountiful bosom." -- isaiah 66:11 +. +For thus says the LORD, "Behold, I extend peace to her like a river, And the glory of the nations like an overflowing stream; And you will be nursed, you will be carried on the hip and fondled on the knees. -- isaiah 66:12 +. +"As one whom his mother comforts, so I will comfort you; And you will be comforted in Jerusalem." -- isaiah 66:13 +. +Then you will see this, and your heart will be glad, And your bones will flourish like the new grass; And the hand of the LORD will be made known to His servants, But He will be indignant toward His enemies. -- isaiah 66:14 +. +For behold, the LORD will come in fire And His chariots like the whirlwind, To render His anger with fury, And His rebuke with flames of fire. -- isaiah 66:15 +. +For the LORD will execute judgment by fire And by His sword on all flesh, And those slain by the LORD will be many. -- isaiah 66:16 +. +"Those who sanctify and purify themselves to go to the gardens, Following one in the center, Who eat swine's flesh, detestable things and mice, Will come to an end altogether," declares the LORD. -- isaiah 66:17 +. +"For I know their works and their thoughts; the time is coming to gather all nations and tongues. And they shall come and see My glory. -- isaiah 66:18 +. +"I will set a sign among them and will send survivors from them to the nations: Tarshish, Put, Lud, Meshech, Tubal and Javan, to the distant coastlands that have neither heard My fame nor seen My glory. And they will declare My glory among the nations. -- isaiah 66:19 +. +"Then they shall bring all your brethren from all the nations as a grain offering to the LORD, on horses, in chariots, in litters, on mules and on camels, to My holy mountain Jerusalem," says the LORD, "just as the sons of Israel bring their grain offering in a clean vessel to the house of the LORD. -- isaiah 66:20 +. +"I will also take some of them for priests and for Levites," says the LORD. -- isaiah 66:21 +. +"For just as the new heavens and the new earth Which I make will endure before Me," declares the LORD, "So your offspring and your name will endure. -- isaiah 66:22 +. +"And it shall be from new moon to new moon And from sabbath to sabbath, All mankind will come to bow down before Me," says the LORD. -- isaiah 66:23 +. +"Then they will go forth and look On the corpses of the men Who have transgressed against Me. For their worm will not die And their fire will not be quenched; And they will be an abhorrence to all mankind." -- isaiah 66:24 +. +The words of Jeremiah the son of Hilkiah, of the priests who were in Anathoth in the land of Benjamin, -- jeremiah 1:1 +. +to whom the word of the LORD came in the days of Josiah the son of Amon, king of Judah, in the thirteenth year of his reign. -- jeremiah 1:2 +. +It came also in the days of Jehoiakim the son of Josiah, king of Judah, until the end of the eleventh year of Zedekiah the son of Josiah, king of Judah, until the exile of Jerusalem in the fifth month. -- jeremiah 1:3 +. +Now the word of the LORD came to me saying, -- jeremiah 1:4 +. +"Before I formed you in the womb I knew you, And before you were born I consecrated you; I have appointed you a prophet to the nations." -- jeremiah 1:5 +. +Then I said, "Alas, Lord GOD! Behold, I do not know how to speak, Because I am a youth." -- jeremiah 1:6 +. +But the LORD said to me, "Do not say, 'I am a youth,' Because everywhere I send you, you shall go, And all that I command you, you shall speak. -- jeremiah 1:7 +. +"Do not be afraid of them, For I am with you to deliver you," declares the LORD. -- jeremiah 1:8 +. +Then the LORD stretched out His hand and touched my mouth, and the LORD said to me, "Behold, I have put My words in your mouth. -- jeremiah 1:9 +. +"See, I have appointed you this day over the nations and over the kingdoms, To pluck up and to break down, To destroy and to overthrow, To build and to plant." -- jeremiah 1:10 +. +The word of the LORD came to me saying, "What do you see, Jeremiah?" And I said, "I see a rod of an almond tree." -- jeremiah 1:11 +. +Then the LORD said to me, "You have seen well, for I am watching over My word to perform it." -- jeremiah 1:12 +. +The word of the LORD came to me a second time saying, "What do you see?" And I said, "I see a boiling pot, facing away from the north." -- jeremiah 1:13 +. +Then the LORD said to me, "Out of the north the evil will break forth on all the inhabitants of the land. -- jeremiah 1:14 +. +"For, behold, I am calling all the families of the kingdoms of the north," declares the LORD; "and they will come and they will set each one his throne at the entrance of the gates of Jerusalem, and against all its walls round about and against all the cities of Judah. -- jeremiah 1:15 +. +"I will pronounce My judgments on them concerning all their wickedness, whereby they have forsaken Me and have offered sacrifices to other gods, and worshiped the works of their own hands. -- jeremiah 1:16 +. +"Now, gird up your loins and arise, and speak to them all which I command you. Do not be dismayed before them, or I will dismay you before them. -- jeremiah 1:17 +. +"Now behold, I have made you today as a fortified city and as a pillar of iron and as walls of bronze against the whole land, to the kings of Judah, to its princes, to its priests and to the people of the land. -- jeremiah 1:18 +. +"They will fight against you, but they will not overcome you, for I am with you to deliver you," declares the LORD. -- jeremiah 1:19 +. +Now the word of the LORD came to me saying, -- jeremiah 2:1 +. +"Go and proclaim in the ears of Jerusalem, saying, 'Thus says the LORD, "I remember concerning you the devotion of your youth, The love of your betrothals, Your following after Me in the wilderness, Through a land not sown. -- jeremiah 2:2 +. +"Israel was holy to the LORD, The first of His harvest. All who ate of it became guilty; Evil came upon them," declares the LORD.'" -- jeremiah 2:3 +. +Hear the word of the LORD, O house of Jacob, and all the families of the house of Israel. -- jeremiah 2:4 +. +Thus says the LORD, "What injustice did your fathers find in Me, That they went far from Me And walked after emptiness and became empty? -- jeremiah 2:5 +. +"They did not say, 'Where is the LORD Who brought us up out of the land of Egypt, Who led us through the wilderness, Through a land of deserts and of pits, Through a land of drought and of deep darkness, Through a land that no one crossed And where no man dwelt?' -- jeremiah 2:6 +. +"I brought you into the fruitful land To eat its fruit and its good things. But you came and defiled My land, And My inheritance you made an abomination. -- jeremiah 2:7 +. +"The priests did not say, 'Where is the LORD?' And those who handle the law did not know Me; The rulers also transgressed against Me, And the prophets prophesied by Baal And walked after things that did not profit. -- jeremiah 2:8 +. +"Therefore I will yet contend with you," declares the LORD, "And with your sons' sons I will contend. -- jeremiah 2:9 +. +"For cross to the coastlands of Kittim and see, And send to Kedar and observe closely And see if there has been such a thing as this! -- jeremiah 2:10 +. +"Has a nation changed gods When they were not gods? But My people have changed their glory For that which does not profit. -- jeremiah 2:11 +. +"Be appalled, O heavens, at this, And shudder, be very desolate," declares the LORD. -- jeremiah 2:12 +. +"For My people have committed two evils: They have forsaken Me, The fountain of living waters, To hew for themselves cisterns, Broken cisterns That can hold no water. -- jeremiah 2:13 +. +"Is Israel a slave? Or is he a homeborn servant? Why has he become a prey? -- jeremiah 2:14 +. +"The young lions have roared at him, They have roared loudly. And they have made his land a waste; His cities have been destroyed, without inhabitant. -- jeremiah 2:15 +. +"Also the men of Memphis and Tahpanhes Have shaved the crown of your head. -- jeremiah 2:16 +. +"Have you not done this to yourself By your forsaking the LORD your God When He led you in the way? -- jeremiah 2:17 +. +"But now what are you doing on the road to Egypt, To drink the waters of the Nile? Or what are you doing on the road to Assyria, To drink the waters of the Euphrates? -- jeremiah 2:18 +. +"Your own wickedness will correct you, And your apostasies will reprove you; Know therefore and see that it is evil and bitter For you to forsake the LORD your God, And the dread of Me is not in you," declares the Lord GOD of hosts. -- jeremiah 2:19 +. +"For long ago I broke your yoke And tore off your bonds; But you said, 'I will not serve!' For on every high hill And under every green tree You have lain down as a harlot. -- jeremiah 2:20 +. +"Yet I planted you a choice vine, A completely faithful seed. How then have you turned yourself before Me Into the degenerate shoots of a foreign vine? -- jeremiah 2:21 +. +"Although you wash yourself with lye And use much soap, The stain of your iniquity is before Me," declares the Lord GOD. -- jeremiah 2:22 +. +"How can you say, 'I am not defiled, I have not gone after the Baals'? Look at your way in the valley! Know what you have done! You are a swift young camel entangling her ways, -- jeremiah 2:23 +. +A wild donkey accustomed to the wilderness, That sniffs the wind in her passion. In the time of her heat who can turn her away? All who seek her will not become weary; In her month they will find her. -- jeremiah 2:24 +. +"Keep your feet from being unshod And your throat from thirst; But you said, 'It is hopeless! No! For I have loved strangers, And after them I will walk.' -- jeremiah 2:25 +. +"As the thief is shamed when he is discovered, So the house of Israel is shamed; They, their kings, their princes And their priests and their prophets, -- jeremiah 2:26 +. +Who say to a tree, 'You are my father,' And to a stone, 'You gave me birth.' For they have turned their back to Me, And not their face; But in the time of their trouble they will say, 'Arise and save us.' -- jeremiah 2:27 +. +"But where are your gods Which you made for yourself? Let them arise, if they can save you In the time of your trouble; For according to the number of your cities Are your gods, O Judah. -- jeremiah 2:28 +. +"Why do you contend with Me? You have all transgressed against Me," declares the LORD. -- jeremiah 2:29 +. +"In vain I have struck your sons; They accepted no chastening. Your sword has devoured your prophets Like a destroying lion. -- jeremiah 2:30 +. +"O generation, heed the word of the LORD. Have I been a wilderness to Israel, Or a land of thick darkness? Why do My people say, 'We are free to roam; We will no longer come to You'? -- jeremiah 2:31 +. +"Can a virgin forget her ornaments, Or a bride her attire? Yet My people have forgotten Me Days without number. -- jeremiah 2:32 +. +"How well you prepare your way To seek love! Therefore even the wicked women You have taught your ways. -- jeremiah 2:33 +. +"Also on your skirts is found The lifeblood of the innocent poor; You did not find them breaking in. But in spite of all these things, -- jeremiah 2:34 +. +Yet you said, 'I am innocent; Surely His anger is turned away from me.' Behold, I will enter into judgment with you Because you say, 'I have not sinned.' -- jeremiah 2:35 +. +"Why do you go around so much Changing your way? Also, you will be put to shame by Egypt As you were put to shame by Assyria. -- jeremiah 2:36 +. +"From this place also you will go out With your hands on your head; For the LORD has rejected those in whom you trust, And you will not prosper with them." -- jeremiah 2:37 +. +God says, "If a husband divorces his wife And she goes from him And belongs to another man, Will he still return to her? Will not that land be completely polluted? But you are a harlot with many lovers; Yet you turn to Me," declares the LORD. -- jeremiah 3:1 +. +"Lift up your eyes to the bare heights and see; Where have you not been violated? By the roads you have sat for them Like an Arab in the desert, And you have polluted a land With your harlotry and with your wickedness. -- jeremiah 3:2 +. +"Therefore the showers have been withheld, And there has been no spring rain. Yet you had a harlot's forehead; You refused to be ashamed. -- jeremiah 3:3 +. +"Have you not just now called to Me, 'My Father, You are the friend of my youth? -- jeremiah 3:4 +. +'Will He be angry forever? Will He be indignant to the end?' Behold, you have spoken And have done evil things, And you have had your way." -- jeremiah 3:5 +. +Then the LORD said to me in the days of Josiah the king, "Have you seen what faithless Israel did? She went up on every high hill and under every green tree, and she was a harlot there. -- jeremiah 3:6 +. +"I thought, 'After she has done all these things she will return to Me'; but she did not return, and her treacherous sister Judah saw it. -- jeremiah 3:7 +. +"And I saw that for all the adulteries of faithless Israel, I had sent her away and given her a writ of divorce, yet her treacherous sister Judah did not fear; but she went and was a harlot also. -- jeremiah 3:8 +. +"Because of the lightness of her harlotry, she polluted the land and committed adultery with stones and trees. -- jeremiah 3:9 +. +"Yet in spite of all this her treacherous sister Judah did not return to Me with all her heart, but rather in deception," declares the LORD. -- jeremiah 3:10 +. +And the LORD said to me, "Faithless Israel has proved herself more righteous than treacherous Judah. -- jeremiah 3:11 +. +"Go and proclaim these words toward the north and say, 'Return, faithless Israel,' declares the LORD; 'I will not look upon you in anger. For I am gracious,' declares the LORD; 'I will not be angry forever. -- jeremiah 3:12 +. +'Only acknowledge your iniquity, That you have transgressed against the LORD your God And have scattered your favors to the strangers under every green tree, And you have not obeyed My voice,' declares the LORD. -- jeremiah 3:13 +. +'Return, O faithless sons,' declares the LORD; 'For I am a master to you, And I will take you one from a city and two from a family, And I will bring you to Zion.' -- jeremiah 3:14 +. +"Then I will give you shepherds after My own heart, who will feed you on knowledge and understanding. -- jeremiah 3:15 +. +"It shall be in those days when you are multiplied and increased in the land," declares the LORD, "they will no longer say, 'The ark of the covenant of the LORD.' And it will not come to mind, nor will they remember it, nor will they miss it, nor will it be made again. -- jeremiah 3:16 +. +"At that time they will call Jerusalem 'The Throne of the LORD,' and all the nations will be gathered to it, to Jerusalem, for the name of the LORD; nor will they walk anymore after the stubbornness of their evil heart. -- jeremiah 3:17 +. +"In those days the house of Judah will walk with the house of Israel, and they will come together from the land of the north to the land that I gave your fathers as an inheritance. -- jeremiah 3:18 +. +"Then I said, 'How I would set you among My sons And give you a pleasant land, The most beautiful inheritance of the nations!' And I said, 'You shall call Me, My Father, And not turn away from following Me.' -- jeremiah 3:19 +. +"Surely, as a woman treacherously departs from her lover, So you have dealt treacherously with Me, O house of Israel," declares the LORD. -- jeremiah 3:20 +. +A voice is heard on the bare heights, The weeping and the supplications of the sons of Israel; Because they have perverted their way, They have forgotten the LORD their God. -- jeremiah 3:21 +. +"Return, O faithless sons, I will heal your faithlessness." "Behold, we come to You; For You are the LORD our God. -- jeremiah 3:22 +. +"Surely, the hills are a deception, A tumult on the mountains. Surely in the LORD our God Is the salvation of Israel. -- jeremiah 3:23 +. +"But the shameful thing has consumed the labor of our fathers since our youth, their flocks and their herds, their sons and their daughters. -- jeremiah 3:24 +. +"Let us lie down in our shame, and let our humiliation cover us; for we have sinned against the LORD our God, we and our fathers, from our youth even to this day. And we have not obeyed the voice of the LORD our God." -- jeremiah 3:25 +. +"If you will return, O Israel," declares the LORD, "Then you should return to Me. And if you will put away your detested things from My presence, And will not waver, -- jeremiah 4:1 +. +And you will swear, 'As the LORD lives,' In truth, in justice and in righteousness; Then the nations will bless themselves in Him, And in Him they will glory." -- jeremiah 4:2 +. +For thus says the LORD to the men of Judah and to Jerusalem, "Break up your fallow ground, And do not sow among thorns. -- jeremiah 4:3 +. +"Circumcise yourselves to the LORD And remove the foreskins of your heart, Men of Judah and inhabitants of Jerusalem, Or else My wrath will go forth like fire And burn with none to quench it, Because of the evil of your deeds." -- jeremiah 4:4 +. +Declare in Judah and proclaim in Jerusalem, and say, "Blow the trumpet in the land; Cry aloud and say, 'Assemble yourselves, and let us go Into the fortified cities.' -- jeremiah 4:5 +. +"Lift up a standard toward Zion! Seek refuge, do not stand still, For I am bringing evil from the north, And great destruction. -- jeremiah 4:6 +. +"A lion has gone up from his thicket, And a destroyer of nations has set out; He has gone out from his place To make your land a waste. Your cities will be ruins Without inhabitant. -- jeremiah 4:7 +. +"For this, put on sackcloth, Lament and wail; For the fierce anger of the LORD Has not turned back from us." -- jeremiah 4:8 +. +"It shall come about in that day," declares the LORD, "that the heart of the king and the heart of the princes will fail; and the priests will be appalled and the prophets will be astounded." -- jeremiah 4:9 +. +Then I said, "Ah, Lord GOD! Surely You have utterly deceived this people and Jerusalem, saying, 'You will have peace'; whereas a sword touches the throat." -- jeremiah 4:10 +. +In that time it will be said to this people and to Jerusalem, "A scorching wind from the bare heights in the wilderness in the direction of the daughter of My people--not to winnow and not to cleanse, -- jeremiah 4:11 +. +a wind too strong for this--will come at My command; now I will also pronounce judgments against them. -- jeremiah 4:12 +. +"Behold, he goes up like clouds, And his chariots like the whirlwind; His horses are swifter than eagles. Woe to us, for we are ruined!" -- jeremiah 4:13 +. +Wash your heart from evil, O Jerusalem, That you may be saved. How long will your wicked thoughts Lodge within you? -- jeremiah 4:14 +. +For a voice declares from Dan, And proclaims wickedness from Mount Ephraim. -- jeremiah 4:15 +. +"Report it to the nations, now! Proclaim over Jerusalem, 'Besiegers come from a far country, And lift their voices against the cities of Judah. -- jeremiah 4:16 +. +'Like watchmen of a field they are against her round about, Because she has rebelled against Me,' declares the LORD. -- jeremiah 4:17 +. +"Your ways and your deeds Have brought these things to you. This is your evil. How bitter! How it has touched your heart!" -- jeremiah 4:18 +. +My soul, my soul! I am in anguish! Oh, my heart! My heart is pounding in me; I cannot be silent, Because you have heard, O my soul, The sound of the trumpet, The alarm of war. -- jeremiah 4:19 +. +Disaster on disaster is proclaimed, For the whole land is devastated; Suddenly my tents are devastated, My curtains in an instant. -- jeremiah 4:20 +. +How long must I see the standard And hear the sound of the trumpet? -- jeremiah 4:21 +. +"For My people are foolish, They know Me not; They are stupid children And have no understanding. They are shrewd to do evil, But to do good they do not know." -- jeremiah 4:22 +. +I looked on the earth, and behold, it was formless and void; And to the heavens, and they had no light. -- jeremiah 4:23 +. +I looked on the mountains, and behold, they were quaking, And all the hills moved to and fro. -- jeremiah 4:24 +. +I looked, and behold, there was no man, And all the birds of the heavens had fled. -- jeremiah 4:25 +. +I looked, and behold, the fruitful land was a wilderness, And all its cities were pulled down Before the LORD, before His fierce anger. -- jeremiah 4:26 +. +For thus says the LORD, "The whole land shall be a desolation, Yet I will not execute a complete destruction. -- jeremiah 4:27 +. +"For this the earth shall mourn And the heavens above be dark, Because I have spoken, I have purposed, And I will not change My mind, nor will I turn from it." -- jeremiah 4:28 +. +At the sound of the horseman and bowman every city flees; They go into the thickets and climb among the rocks; Every city is forsaken, And no man dwells in them. -- jeremiah 4:29 +. +And you, O desolate one, what will you do? Although you dress in scarlet, Although you decorate yourself with ornaments of gold, Although you enlarge your eyes with paint, In vain you make yourself beautiful. Your lovers despise you; They seek your life. -- jeremiah 4:30 +. +For I heard a cry as of a woman in labor, The anguish as of one giving birth to her first child, The cry of the daughter of Zion gasping for breath, Stretching out her hands, saying, "Ah, woe is me, for I faint before murderers." -- jeremiah 4:31 +. +"Roam to and fro through the streets of Jerusalem, And look now and take note. And seek in her open squares, If you can find a man, If there is one who does justice, who seeks truth, Then I will pardon her. -- jeremiah 5:1 +. +"And although they say, 'As the LORD lives,' Surely they swear falsely." -- jeremiah 5:2 +. +O LORD, do not Your eyes look for truth? You have smitten them, But they did not weaken; You have consumed them, But they refused to take correction. They have made their faces harder than rock; They have refused to repent. -- jeremiah 5:3 +. +Then I said, "They are only the poor, They are foolish; For they do not know the way of the LORD Or the ordinance of their God. -- jeremiah 5:4 +. +"I will go to the great And will speak to them, For they know the way of the LORD And the ordinance of their God." But they too, with one accord, have broken the yoke And burst the bonds. -- jeremiah 5:5 +. +Therefore a lion from the forest will slay them, A wolf of the deserts will destroy them, A leopard is watching their cities. Everyone who goes out of them will be torn in pieces, Because their transgressions are many, Their apostasies are numerous. -- jeremiah 5:6 +. +"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. -- jeremiah 5:7 +. +"They were well-fed lusty horses, Each one neighing after his neighbor's wife. -- jeremiah 5:8 +. +"Shall I not punish these people," declares the LORD, "And on a nation such as this Shall I not avenge Myself? -- jeremiah 5:9 +. +"Go up through her vine rows and destroy, But do not execute a complete destruction; Strip away her branches, For they are not the LORD'S. -- jeremiah 5:10 +. +"For the house of Israel and the house of Judah Have dealt very treacherously with Me," declares the LORD. -- jeremiah 5:11 +. +They have lied about the LORD And said, "Not He; Misfortune will not come on us, And we will not see sword or famine. -- jeremiah 5:12 +. +"The prophets are as wind, And the word is not in them. Thus it will be done to them!" -- jeremiah 5:13 +. +Therefore, thus says the LORD, the God of hosts, "Because you have spoken this word, Behold, I am making My words in your mouth fire And this people wood, and it will consume them. -- jeremiah 5:14 +. +"Behold, I am bringing a nation against you from afar, O house of Israel," declares the LORD. "It is an enduring nation, It is an ancient nation, A nation whose language you do not know, Nor can you understand what they say. -- jeremiah 5:15 +. +"Their quiver is like an open grave, All of them are mighty men. -- jeremiah 5:16 +. +"They will devour your harvest and your food; They will devour your sons and your daughters; They will devour your flocks and your herds; They will devour your vines and your fig trees; They will demolish with the sword your fortified cities in which you trust. -- jeremiah 5:17 +. +"Yet even in those days," declares the LORD, "I will not make you a complete destruction. -- jeremiah 5:18 +. +"It shall come about when they say, 'Why has the LORD our God done all these things to us?' then you shall say to them, 'As you have forsaken Me and served foreign gods in your land, so you will serve strangers in a land that is not yours.' -- jeremiah 5:19 +. +"Declare this in the house of Jacob And proclaim it in Judah, saying, -- jeremiah 5:20 +. +'Now hear this, O foolish and senseless people, Who have eyes but do not see; Who have ears but do not hear. -- jeremiah 5:21 +. +'Do you not fear Me?' declares the LORD. 'Do you not tremble in My presence? For I have placed the sand as a boundary for the sea, An eternal decree, so it cannot cross over it. Though the waves toss, yet they cannot prevail; Though they roar, yet they cannot cross over it. -- jeremiah 5:22 +. +'But this people has a stubborn and rebellious heart; They have turned aside and departed. -- jeremiah 5:23 +. +'They do not say in their heart, "Let us now fear the LORD our God, Who gives rain in its season, Both the autumn rain and the spring rain, Who keeps for us The appointed weeks of the harvest." -- jeremiah 5:24 +. +'Your iniquities have turned these away, And your sins have withheld good from you. -- jeremiah 5:25 +. +'For wicked men are found among My people, They watch like fowlers lying in wait; They set a trap, They catch men. -- jeremiah 5:26 +. +'Like a cage full of birds, So their houses are full of deceit; Therefore they have become great and rich. -- jeremiah 5:27 +. +'They are fat, they are sleek, They also excel in deeds of wickedness; They do not plead the cause, The cause of the orphan, that they may prosper; And they do not defend the rights of the poor. -- jeremiah 5:28 +. +'Shall I not punish these people?' declares the LORD, 'On a nation such as this Shall I not avenge Myself?' -- jeremiah 5:29 +. +"An appalling and horrible thing Has happened in the land: -- jeremiah 5:30 +. +The prophets prophesy falsely, And the priests rule on their own authority; And My people love it so! But what will you do at the end of it? -- jeremiah 5:31 +. +"Flee for safety, O sons of Benjamin, From the midst of Jerusalem! Now blow a trumpet in Tekoa And raise a signal over Beth-haccerem; For evil looks down from the north, And a great destruction. -- jeremiah 6:1 +. +"The comely and dainty one, the daughter of Zion, I will cut off. -- jeremiah 6:2 +. +"Shepherds and their flocks will come to her, They will pitch their tents around her, They will pasture each in his place. -- jeremiah 6:3 +. +"Prepare war against her; Arise, and let us attack at noon. Woe to us, for the day declines, For the shadows of the evening lengthen! -- jeremiah 6:4 +. +"Arise, and let us attack by night And destroy her palaces!" -- jeremiah 6:5 +. +For thus says the LORD of hosts, "Cut down her trees And cast up a siege against Jerusalem. This is the city to be punished, In whose midst there is only oppression. -- jeremiah 6:6 +. +"As a well keeps its waters fresh, So she keeps fresh her wickedness. Violence and destruction are heard in her; Sickness and wounds are ever before Me. -- jeremiah 6:7 +. +"Be warned, O Jerusalem, Or I shall be alienated from you, And make you a desolation, A land not inhabited." -- jeremiah 6:8 +. +Thus says the LORD of hosts, "They will thoroughly glean as the vine the remnant of Israel; Pass your hand again like a grape gatherer Over the branches." -- jeremiah 6:9 +. +To whom shall I speak and give warning That they may hear? Behold, their ears are closed And they cannot listen. Behold, the word of the LORD has become a reproach to them; They have no delight in it. -- jeremiah 6:10 +. +But I am full of the wrath of the LORD; I am weary with holding it in. "Pour it out on the children in the street And on the gathering of young men together; For both husband and wife shall be taken, The aged and the very old. -- jeremiah 6:11 +. +"Their houses shall be turned over to others, Their fields and their wives together; For I will stretch out My hand Against the inhabitants of the land," declares the LORD. -- jeremiah 6:12 +. +"For from the least of them even to the greatest of them, Everyone is greedy for gain, And from the prophet even to the priest Everyone deals falsely. -- jeremiah 6:13 +. +"They have healed the brokenness of My people superficially, Saying, 'Peace, peace,' But there is no peace. -- jeremiah 6:14 +. +"Were they ashamed because of the abomination they have done? They were not even ashamed at all; They did not even know how to blush. Therefore they shall fall among those who fall; At the time that I punish them, They shall be cast down," says the LORD. -- jeremiah 6:15 +. +Thus says the LORD, "Stand by the ways and see and ask for the ancient paths, Where the good way is, and walk in it; And you will find rest for your souls. But they said, 'We will not walk in it.' -- jeremiah 6:16 +. +"And I set watchmen over you, saying, 'Listen to the sound of the trumpet!' But they said, 'We will not listen.' -- jeremiah 6:17 +. +"Therefore hear, O nations, And know, O congregation, what is among them. -- jeremiah 6:18 +. +"Hear, O earth: behold, I am bringing disaster on this people, The fruit of their plans, Because they have not listened to My words, And as for My law, they have rejected it also. -- jeremiah 6:19 +. +"For what purpose does frankincense come to Me from Sheba And the sweet cane from a distant land? Your burnt offerings are not acceptable And your sacrifices are not pleasing to Me." -- jeremiah 6:20 +. +Therefore, thus says the LORD, "Behold, I am laying stumbling blocks before this people. And they will stumble against them, Fathers and sons together; Neighbor and friend will perish." -- jeremiah 6:21 +. +Thus says the LORD, "Behold, a people is coming from the north land, And a great nation will be aroused from the remote parts of the earth. -- jeremiah 6:22 +. +"They seize bow and spear; They are cruel and have no mercy; Their voice roars like the sea, And they ride on horses, Arrayed as a man for the battle Against you, O daughter of Zion!" -- jeremiah 6:23 +. +We have heard the report of it; Our hands are limp. Anguish has seized us, Pain as of a woman in childbirth. -- jeremiah 6:24 +. +Do not go out into the field And do not walk on the road, For the enemy has a sword, Terror is on every side. -- jeremiah 6:25 +. +O daughter of my people, put on sackcloth And roll in ashes; Mourn as for an only son, A lamentation most bitter. For suddenly the destroyer Will come upon us. -- jeremiah 6:26 +. +"I have made you an assayer and a tester among My people, That you may know and assay their way." -- jeremiah 6:27 +. +All of them are stubbornly rebellious, Going about as a talebearer. They are bronze and iron; They, all of them, are corrupt. -- jeremiah 6:28 +. +The bellows blow fiercely, The lead is consumed by the fire; In vain the refining goes on, But the wicked are not separated. -- jeremiah 6:29 +. +They call them rejected silver, Because the LORD has rejected them. -- jeremiah 6:30 +. +The word that came to Jeremiah from the LORD, saying, -- jeremiah 7:1 +. +"Stand in the gate of the LORD'S house and proclaim there this word and say, 'Hear the word of the LORD, all you of Judah, who enter by these gates to worship the LORD!'" -- jeremiah 7:2 +. +Thus says the LORD of hosts, the God of Israel, "Amend your ways and your deeds, and I will let you dwell in this place. -- jeremiah 7:3 +. +"Do not trust in deceptive words, saying, 'This is the temple of the LORD, the temple of the LORD, the temple of the LORD.' -- jeremiah 7:4 +. +"For if you truly amend your ways and your deeds, if you truly practice justice between a man and his neighbor, -- jeremiah 7:5 +. +if you do not oppress the alien, the orphan, or the widow, and do not shed innocent blood in this place, nor walk after other gods to your own ruin, -- jeremiah 7:6 +. +then I will let you dwell in this place, in the land that I gave to your fathers forever and ever. -- jeremiah 7:7 +. +"Behold, you are trusting in deceptive words to no avail. -- jeremiah 7:8 +. +"Will you steal, murder, and commit adultery and swear falsely, and offer sacrifices to Baal and walk after other gods that you have not known, -- jeremiah 7:9 +. +then come and stand before Me in this house, which is called by My name, and say, 'We are delivered!'--that you may do all these abominations? -- jeremiah 7:10 +. +"Has this house, which is called by My name, become a den of robbers in your sight? Behold, I, even I, have seen it," declares the LORD. -- jeremiah 7:11 +. +"But go now to My place which was in Shiloh, where I made My name dwell at the first, and see what I did to it because of the wickedness of My people Israel. -- jeremiah 7:12 +. +"And now, because you have done all these things," declares the LORD, "and I spoke to you, rising up early and speaking, but you did not hear, and I called you but you did not answer, -- jeremiah 7:13 +. +therefore, I will do to the house which is called by My name, in which you trust, and to the place which I gave you and your fathers, as I did to Shiloh. -- jeremiah 7:14 +. +"I will cast you out of My sight, as I have cast out all your brothers, all the offspring of Ephraim. -- jeremiah 7:15 +. +"As for you, do not pray for this people, and do not lift up cry or prayer for them, and do not intercede with Me; for I do not hear you. -- jeremiah 7:16 +. +"Do you not see what they are doing in the cities of Judah and in the streets of Jerusalem? -- jeremiah 7:17 +. +"The children gather wood, and the fathers kindle the fire, and the women knead dough to make cakes for the queen of heaven; and they pour out drink offerings to other gods in order to spite Me. -- jeremiah 7:18 +. +"Do they spite Me?" declares the LORD. "Is it not themselves they spite, to their own shame?" -- jeremiah 7:19 +. +Therefore thus says the Lord GOD, "Behold, My anger and My wrath will be poured out on this place, on man and on beast and on the trees of the field and on the fruit of the ground; and it will burn and not be quenched." -- jeremiah 7:20 +. +Thus says the LORD of hosts, the God of Israel, "Add your burnt offerings to your sacrifices and eat flesh. -- jeremiah 7:21 +. +"For I did not speak to your fathers, or command them in the day that I brought them out of the land of Egypt, concerning burnt offerings and sacrifices. -- jeremiah 7:22 +. +"But this is what I commanded them, saying, 'Obey My voice, and I will be your God, and you will be My people; and you will walk in all the way which I command you, that it may be well with you.' -- jeremiah 7:23 +. +"Yet they did not obey or incline their ear, but walked in their own counsels and in the stubbornness of their evil heart, and went backward and not forward. -- jeremiah 7:24 +. +"Since the day that your fathers came out of the land of Egypt until this day, I have sent you all My servants the prophets, daily rising early and sending them. -- jeremiah 7:25 +. +"Yet they did not listen to Me or incline their ear, but stiffened their neck; they did more evil than their fathers. -- jeremiah 7:26 +. +"You shall speak all these words to them, but they will not listen to you; and you shall call to them, but they will not answer you. -- jeremiah 7:27 +. +"You shall say to them, 'This is the nation that did not obey the voice of the LORD their God or accept correction; truth has perished and has been cut off from their mouth. -- jeremiah 7:28 +. +'Cut off your hair and cast it away, And take up a lamentation on the bare heights; For the LORD has rejected and forsaken The generation of His wrath.' -- jeremiah 7:29 +. +"For the sons of Judah have done that which is evil in My sight," declares the LORD, "they have set their detestable things in the house which is called by My name, to defile it. -- jeremiah 7:30 +. +"They have built the high places of Topheth, which is in the valley of the son of Hinnom, to burn their sons and their daughters in the fire, which I did not command, and it did not come into My mind. -- jeremiah 7:31 +. +"Therefore, behold, days are coming," declares the LORD, "when it will no longer be called Topheth, or the valley of the son of Hinnom, but the valley of the Slaughter; for they will bury in Topheth because there is no other place. -- jeremiah 7:32 +. +"The dead bodies of this people will be food for the birds of the sky and for the beasts of the earth; and no one will frighten them away. -- jeremiah 7:33 +. +"Then I will make to cease from the cities of Judah and from the streets of Jerusalem the voice of joy and the voice of gladness, the voice of the bridegroom and the voice of the bride; for the land will become a ruin. -- jeremiah 7:34 +. +"At that time," declares the LORD, "they will bring out the bones of the kings of Judah and the bones of its princes, and the bones of the priests and the bones of the prophets, and the bones of the inhabitants of Jerusalem from their graves. -- jeremiah 8:1 +. +"They will spread them out to the sun, the moon and to all the host of heaven, which they have loved and which they have served, and which they have gone after and which they have sought, and which they have worshiped. They will not be gathered or buried; they will be as dung on the face of the ground. -- jeremiah 8:2 +. +"And death will be chosen rather than life by all the remnant that remains of this evil family, that remains in all the places to which I have driven them," declares the LORD of hosts. -- jeremiah 8:3 +. +"You shall say to them, 'Thus says the LORD, "Do men fall and not get up again? Does one turn away and not repent? -- jeremiah 8:4 +. +"Why then has this people, Jerusalem, Turned away in continual apostasy? They hold fast to deceit, They refuse to return. -- jeremiah 8:5 +. +"I have listened and heard, They have spoken what is not right; No man repented of his wickedness, Saying, 'What have I done?' Everyone turned to his course, Like a horse charging into the battle. -- jeremiah 8:6 +. +"Even the stork in the sky Knows her seasons; And the turtledove and the swift and the thrush Observe the time of their migration; But My people do not know The ordinance of the LORD. -- jeremiah 8:7 +. +"How can you say, 'We are wise, And the law of the LORD is with us'? But behold, the lying pen of the scribes Has made it into a lie. -- jeremiah 8:8 +. +"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? -- jeremiah 8:9 +. +"Therefore I will give their wives to others, Their fields to new owners; Because from the least even to the greatest Everyone is greedy for gain; From the prophet even to the priest Everyone practices deceit. -- jeremiah 8:10 +. +"They heal the brokenness of the daughter of My people superficially, Saying, 'Peace, peace,' But there is no peace. -- jeremiah 8:11 +. +"Were they ashamed because of the abomination they had done? They certainly were not ashamed, And they did not know how to blush; Therefore they shall fall among those who fall; At the time of their punishment they shall be brought down," Says the LORD. -- jeremiah 8:12 +. +"I will surely snatch them away," declares the LORD; "There will be no grapes on the vine And no figs on the fig tree, And the leaf will wither; And what I have given them will pass away."'" -- jeremiah 8:13 +. +Why are we sitting still? Assemble yourselves, and let us go into the fortified cities And let us perish there, Because the LORD our God has doomed us And given us poisoned water to drink, For we have sinned against the LORD. -- jeremiah 8:14 +. +We waited for peace, but no good came; For a time of healing, but behold, terror! -- jeremiah 8:15 +. +From Dan is heard the snorting of his horses; At the sound of the neighing of his stallions The whole land quakes; For they come and devour the land and its fullness, The city and its inhabitants. -- jeremiah 8:16 +. +"For behold, I am sending serpents against you, Adders, for which there is no charm, And they will bite you," declares the LORD. -- jeremiah 8:17 +. +My sorrow is beyond healing, My heart is faint within me! -- jeremiah 8:18 +. +Behold, listen! The cry of the daughter of my people from a distant land: "Is the LORD not in Zion? Is her King not within her?" "Why have they provoked Me with their graven images, with foreign idols?" -- jeremiah 8:19 +. +"Harvest is past, summer is ended, And we are not saved." -- jeremiah 8:20 +. +For the brokenness of the daughter of my people I am broken; I mourn, dismay has taken hold of me. -- jeremiah 8:21 +. +Is there no balm in Gilead? Is there no physician there? Why then has not the health of the daughter of my people been restored? -- jeremiah 8:22 +. +Oh that my head were waters And my eyes a fountain of tears, That I might weep day and night For the slain of the daughter of my people! -- jeremiah 9:1 +. +Oh that I had in the desert A wayfarers' lodging place; That I might leave my people And go from them! For all of them are adulterers, An assembly of treacherous men. -- jeremiah 9:2 +. +"They bend their tongue like their bow; Lies and not truth prevail in the land; For they proceed from evil to evil, And they do not know Me," declares the LORD. -- jeremiah 9:3 +. +"Let everyone be on guard against his neighbor, And do not trust any brother; Because every brother deals craftily, And every neighbor goes about as a slanderer. -- jeremiah 9:4 +. +"Everyone deceives his neighbor And does not speak the truth, They have taught their tongue to speak lies; They weary themselves committing iniquity. -- jeremiah 9:5 +. +"Your dwelling is in the midst of deceit; Through deceit they refuse to know Me," declares the LORD. -- jeremiah 9:6 +. +Therefore thus says the LORD of hosts, "Behold, I will refine them and assay them; For what else can I do, because of the daughter of My people? -- jeremiah 9:7 +. +"Their tongue is a deadly arrow; It speaks deceit; With his mouth one speaks peace to his neighbor, But inwardly he sets an ambush for him. -- jeremiah 9:8 +. +"Shall I not punish them for these things?" declares the LORD. "On a nation such as this Shall I not avenge Myself? -- jeremiah 9:9 +. +"For the mountains I will take up a weeping and wailing, And for the pastures of the wilderness a dirge, Because they are laid waste so that no one passes through, And the lowing of the cattle is not heard; Both the birds of the sky and the beasts have fled; they are gone. -- jeremiah 9:10 +. +"I will make Jerusalem a heap of ruins, A haunt of jackals; And I will make the cities of Judah a desolation, without inhabitant." -- jeremiah 9:11 +. +Who is the wise man that may understand this? And who is he to whom the mouth of the LORD has spoken, that he may declare it? Why is the land ruined, laid waste like a desert, so that no one passes through? -- jeremiah 9:12 +. +The LORD said, "Because they have forsaken My law which I set before them, and have not obeyed My voice nor walked according to it, -- jeremiah 9:13 +. +but have walked after the stubbornness of their heart and after the Baals, as their fathers taught them," -- jeremiah 9:14 +. +therefore thus says the LORD of hosts, the God of Israel, "behold, I will feed them, this people, with wormwood and give them poisoned water to drink. -- jeremiah 9:15 +. +"I will scatter them among the nations, whom neither they nor their fathers have known; and I will send the sword after them until I have annihilated them." -- jeremiah 9:16 +. +Thus says the LORD of hosts, "Consider and call for the mourning women, that they may come; And send for the wailing women, that they may come! -- jeremiah 9:17 +. +"Let them make haste and take up a wailing for us, That our eyes may shed tears And our eyelids flow with water. -- jeremiah 9:18 +. +"For a voice of wailing is heard from Zion, 'How are we ruined! We are put to great shame, For we have left the land, Because they have cast down our dwellings.'" -- jeremiah 9:19 +. +Now hear the word of the LORD, O you women, And let your ear receive the word of His mouth; Teach your daughters wailing, And everyone her neighbor a dirge. -- jeremiah 9:20 +. +For death has come up through our windows; It has entered our palaces To cut off the children from the streets, The young men from the town squares. -- jeremiah 9:21 +. +Speak, "Thus says the LORD, 'The corpses of men will fall like dung on the open field, And like the sheaf after the reaper, But no one will gather them.'" -- jeremiah 9:22 +. +Thus says the LORD, "Let not a wise man boast of his wisdom, and let not the mighty man boast of his might, let not a rich man boast of his riches; -- jeremiah 9:23 +. +but let him who boasts boast of this, that he understands and knows Me, that I am the LORD who exercises lovingkindness, justice and righteousness on earth; for I delight in these things," declares the LORD. -- jeremiah 9:24 +. +"Behold, the days are coming," declares the LORD, "that I will punish all who are circumcised and yet uncircumcised-- -- jeremiah 9:25 +. +Egypt and Judah, and Edom and the sons of Ammon, and Moab and all those inhabiting the desert who clip the hair on their temples; for all the nations are uncircumcised, and all the house of Israel are uncircumcised of heart." -- jeremiah 9:26 +. +Hear the word which the LORD speaks to you, O house of Israel. -- jeremiah 10:1 +. +Thus says the LORD, "Do not learn the way of the nations, And do not be terrified by the signs of the heavens Although the nations are terrified by them; -- jeremiah 10:2 +. +For the customs of the peoples are delusion; Because it is wood cut from the forest, The work of the hands of a craftsman with a cutting tool. -- jeremiah 10:3 +. +"They decorate it with silver and with gold; They fasten it with nails and with hammers So that it will not totter. -- jeremiah 10:4 +. +"Like a scarecrow in a cucumber field are they, And they cannot speak; They must be carried, Because they cannot walk! Do not fear them, For they can do no harm, Nor can they do any good." -- jeremiah 10:5 +. +There is none like You, O LORD; You are great, and great is Your name in might. -- jeremiah 10:6 +. +Who would not fear You, O King of the nations? Indeed it is Your due! For among all the wise men of the nations And in all their kingdoms, There is none like You. -- jeremiah 10:7 +. +But they are altogether stupid and foolish In their discipline of delusion--their idol is wood! -- jeremiah 10:8 +. +Beaten silver is brought from Tarshish, And gold from Uphaz, The work of a craftsman and of the hands of a goldsmith; Violet and purple are their clothing; They are all the work of skilled men. -- jeremiah 10:9 +. +But the LORD is the true God; He is the living God and the everlasting King. At His wrath the earth quakes, And the nations cannot endure His indignation. -- jeremiah 10:10 +. +Thus you shall say to them, "The gods that did not make the heavens and the earth will perish from the earth and from under the heavens." -- jeremiah 10:11 +. +It is He who made the earth by His power, Who established the world by His wisdom; And by His understanding He has stretched out the heavens. -- jeremiah 10:12 +. +When He utters His voice, there is a tumult of waters in the heavens, And He causes the clouds to ascend from the end of the earth; He makes lightning for the rain, And brings out the wind from His storehouses. -- jeremiah 10:13 +. +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. -- jeremiah 10:14 +. +They are worthless, a work of mockery; In the time of their punishment they will perish. -- jeremiah 10:15 +. +The portion of Jacob is not like these; For the Maker of all is He, And Israel is the tribe of His inheritance; The LORD of hosts is His name. -- jeremiah 10:16 +. +Pick up your bundle from the ground, You who dwell under siege! -- jeremiah 10:17 +. +For thus says the LORD, "Behold, I am slinging out the inhabitants of the land At this time, And will cause them distress, That they may be found." -- jeremiah 10:18 +. +Woe is me, because of my injury! My wound is incurable. But I said, "Truly this is a sickness, And I must bear it." -- jeremiah 10:19 +. +My tent is destroyed, And all my ropes are broken; My sons have gone from me and are no more. There is no one to stretch out my tent again Or to set up my curtains. -- jeremiah 10:20 +. +For the shepherds have become stupid And have not sought the LORD; Therefore they have not prospered, And all their flock is scattered. -- jeremiah 10:21 +. +The sound of a report! Behold, it comes-- A great commotion out of the land of the north-- To make the cities of Judah A desolation, a haunt of jackals. -- jeremiah 10:22 +. +I know, O LORD, that a man's way is not in himself, Nor is it in a man who walks to direct his steps. -- jeremiah 10:23 +. +Correct me, O LORD, but with justice; Not with Your anger, or You will bring me to nothing. -- jeremiah 10:24 +. +Pour out Your wrath on the nations that do not know You And on the families that do not call Your name; For they have devoured Jacob; They have devoured him and consumed him And have laid waste his habitation. -- jeremiah 10:25 +. +The word which came to Jeremiah from the LORD, saying, -- jeremiah 11:1 +. +"Hear the words of this covenant, and speak to the men of Judah and to the inhabitants of Jerusalem; -- jeremiah 11:2 +. +and say to them, 'Thus says the LORD, the God of Israel, "Cursed is the man who does not heed the words of this covenant -- jeremiah 11:3 +. +which I commanded your forefathers in the day that I brought them out of the land of Egypt, from the iron furnace, saying, 'Listen to My voice, and do according to all which I command you; so you shall be My people, and I will be your God,' -- jeremiah 11:4 +. +in order to confirm the oath which I swore to your forefathers, to give them a land flowing with milk and honey, as it is this day."'" Then I said, "Amen, O LORD." -- jeremiah 11:5 +. +And the LORD said to me, "Proclaim all these words in the cities of Judah and in the streets of Jerusalem, saying, 'Hear the words of this covenant and do them. -- jeremiah 11:6 +. +'For I solemnly warned your fathers in the day that I brought them up from the land of Egypt, even to this day, warning persistently, saying, "Listen to My voice." -- jeremiah 11:7 +. +'Yet they did not obey or incline their ear, but walked, each one, in the stubbornness of his evil heart; therefore I brought on them all the words of this covenant, which I commanded them to do, but they did not.'" -- jeremiah 11:8 +. +Then the LORD said to me, "A conspiracy has been found among the men of Judah and among the inhabitants of Jerusalem. -- jeremiah 11:9 +. +"They have turned back to the iniquities of their ancestors who refused to hear My words, and they have gone after other gods to serve them; the house of Israel and the house of Judah have broken My covenant which I made with their fathers." -- jeremiah 11:10 +. +Therefore thus says the LORD, "Behold I am bringing disaster on them which they will not be able to escape; though they will cry to Me, yet I will not listen to them. -- jeremiah 11:11 +. +"Then the cities of Judah and the inhabitants of Jerusalem will go and cry to the gods to whom they burn incense, but they surely will not save them in the time of their disaster. -- jeremiah 11:12 +. +"For your gods are as many as your cities, O Judah; and as many as the streets of Jerusalem are the altars you have set up to the shameful thing, altars to burn incense to Baal. -- jeremiah 11:13 +. +"Therefore do not pray for this people, nor lift up a cry or prayer for them; for I will not listen when they call to Me because of their disaster. -- jeremiah 11:14 +. +"What right has My beloved in My house When she has done many vile deeds? Can the sacrificial flesh take away from you your disaster, So that you can rejoice?" -- jeremiah 11:15 +. +The LORD called your name, "A green olive tree, beautiful in fruit and form"; With the noise of a great tumult He has kindled fire on it, And its branches are worthless. -- jeremiah 11:16 +. +The LORD of hosts, who planted you, has pronounced evil against you because of the evil of the house of Israel and of the house of Judah, which they have done to provoke Me by offering up sacrifices to Baal. -- jeremiah 11:17 +. +Moreover, the LORD made it known to me and I knew it; Then You showed me their deeds. -- jeremiah 11:18 +. +But I was like a gentle lamb led to the slaughter; And I did not know that they had devised plots against me, saying, "Let us destroy the tree with its fruit, And let us cut him off from the land of the living, That his name be remembered no more." -- jeremiah 11:19 +. +But, O LORD of hosts, who judges righteously, Who tries the feelings and the heart, Let me see Your vengeance on them, For to You have I committed my cause. -- jeremiah 11:20 +. +Therefore thus says the LORD concerning the men of Anathoth, who seek your life, saying, "Do not prophesy in the name of the LORD, so that you will not die at our hand"; -- jeremiah 11:21 +. +therefore, thus says the LORD of hosts, "Behold, I am about to punish them! The young men will die by the sword, their sons and daughters will die by famine; -- jeremiah 11:22 +. +and a remnant will not be left to them, for I will bring disaster on the men of Anathoth--the year of their punishment." -- jeremiah 11:23 +. +Righteous are You, O LORD, that I would plead my case with You; Indeed I would discuss matters of justice with You: Why has the way of the wicked prospered? Why are all those who deal in treachery at ease? -- jeremiah 12:1 +. +You have planted them, they have also taken root; They grow, they have even produced fruit. You are near to their lips But far from their mind. -- jeremiah 12:2 +. +But You know me, O LORD; You see me; And You examine my heart's attitude toward You. Drag them off like sheep for the slaughter And set them apart for a day of carnage! -- jeremiah 12:3 +. +How long is the land to mourn And the vegetation of the countryside to wither? For the wickedness of those who dwell in it, Animals and birds have been snatched away, Because men have said, "He will not see our latter ending." -- jeremiah 12:4 +. +"If you have run with footmen and they have tired you out, Then how can you compete with horses? If you fall down in a land of peace, How will you do in the thicket of the Jordan? -- jeremiah 12:5 +. +"For even your brothers and the household of your father, Even they have dealt treacherously with you, Even they have cried aloud after you. Do not believe them, although they may say nice things to you." -- jeremiah 12:6 +. +"I have forsaken My house, I have abandoned My inheritance; I have given the beloved of My soul Into the hand of her enemies. -- jeremiah 12:7 +. +"My inheritance has become to Me Like a lion in the forest; She has roared against Me; Therefore I have come to hate her. -- jeremiah 12:8 +. +"Is My inheritance like a speckled bird of prey to Me? Are the birds of prey against her on every side? Go, gather all the beasts of the field, Bring them to devour! -- jeremiah 12:9 +. +"Many shepherds have ruined My vineyard, They have trampled down My field; They have made My pleasant field A desolate wilderness. -- jeremiah 12:10 +. +"It has been made a desolation, Desolate, it mourns before Me; The whole land has been made desolate, Because no man lays it to heart. -- jeremiah 12:11 +. +"On all the bare heights in the wilderness Destroyers have come, For a sword of the LORD is devouring From one end of the land even to the other; There is no peace for anyone. -- jeremiah 12:12 +. +"They have sown wheat and have reaped thorns, They have strained themselves to no profit. But be ashamed of your harvest Because of the fierce anger of the LORD." -- jeremiah 12:13 +. +Thus says the LORD concerning all My wicked neighbors who strike at the inheritance with which I have endowed My people Israel, "Behold I am about to uproot them from their land and will uproot the house of Judah from among them. -- jeremiah 12:14 +. +"And it will come about that after I have uprooted them, I will again have compassion on them; and I will bring them back, each one to his inheritance and each one to his land. -- jeremiah 12:15 +. +"Then if they will really learn the ways of My people, to swear by My name, 'As the LORD lives,' even as they taught My people to swear by Baal, they will be built up in the midst of My people. -- jeremiah 12:16 +. +"But if they will not listen, then I will uproot that nation, uproot and destroy it," declares the LORD. -- jeremiah 12:17 +. +Thus the LORD said to me, "Go and buy yourself a linen waistband and put it around your waist, but do not put it in water." -- jeremiah 13:1 +. +So I bought the waistband in accordance with the word of the LORD and put it around my waist. -- jeremiah 13:2 +. +Then the word of the LORD came to me a second time, saying, -- jeremiah 13:3 +. +"Take the waistband that you have bought, which is around your waist, and arise, go to the Euphrates and hide it there in a crevice of the rock." -- jeremiah 13:4 +. +So I went and hid it by the Euphrates, as the LORD had commanded me. -- jeremiah 13:5 +. +After many days the LORD said to me, "Arise, go to the Euphrates and take from there the waistband which I commanded you to hide there." -- jeremiah 13:6 +. +Then I went to the Euphrates and dug, and I took the waistband from the place where I had hidden it; and lo, the waistband was ruined, it was totally worthless. -- jeremiah 13:7 +. +Then the word of the LORD came to me, saying, -- jeremiah 13:8 +. +"Thus says the LORD, 'Just so will I destroy the pride of Judah and the great pride of Jerusalem. -- jeremiah 13:9 +. +'This wicked people, who refuse to listen to My words, who walk in the stubbornness of their hearts and have gone after other gods to serve them and to bow down to them, let them be just like this waistband which is totally worthless. -- jeremiah 13:10 +. +'For as the waistband clings to the waist of a man, so I made the whole household of Israel and the whole household of Judah cling to Me,' declares the LORD, 'that they might be for Me a people, for renown, for praise and for glory; but they did not listen.' -- jeremiah 13:11 +. +"Therefore you are to speak this word to them, 'Thus says the LORD, the God of Israel, "Every jug is to be filled with wine."' And when they say to you, 'Do we not very well know that every jug is to be filled with wine?' -- jeremiah 13:12 +. +then say to them, 'Thus says the LORD, "Behold I am about to fill all the inhabitants of this land--the kings that sit for David on his throne, the priests, the prophets and all the inhabitants of Jerusalem--with drunkenness! -- jeremiah 13:13 +. +"I will dash them against each other, both the fathers and the sons together," declares the LORD. "I will not show pity nor be sorry nor have compassion so as not to destroy them."'" -- jeremiah 13:14 +. +Listen and give heed, do not be haughty, For the LORD has spoken. -- jeremiah 13:15 +. +Give glory to the LORD your God, Before He brings darkness And before your feet stumble On the dusky mountains, And while you are hoping for light He makes it into deep darkness, And turns it into gloom. -- jeremiah 13:16 +. +But if you will not listen to it, My soul will sob in secret for such pride; And my eyes will bitterly weep And flow down with tears, Because the flock of the LORD has been taken captive. -- jeremiah 13:17 +. +Say to the king and the queen mother, "Take a lowly seat, For your beautiful crown Has come down from your head." -- jeremiah 13:18 +. +The cities of the Negev have been locked up, And there is no one to open them; All Judah has been carried into exile, Wholly carried into exile. -- jeremiah 13:19 +. +"Lift up your eyes and see Those coming from the north. Where is the flock that was given you, Your beautiful sheep? -- jeremiah 13:20 +. +"What will you say when He appoints over you-- And you yourself had taught them-- Former companions to be head over you? Will not pangs take hold of you Like a woman in childbirth? -- jeremiah 13:21 +. +"If you say in your heart, 'Why have these things happened to me?' Because of the magnitude of your iniquity Your skirts have been removed And your heels have been exposed. -- jeremiah 13:22 +. +"Can the Ethiopian change his skin Or the leopard his spots? Then you also can do good Who are accustomed to doing evil. -- jeremiah 13:23 +. +"Therefore I will scatter them like drifting straw To the desert wind. -- jeremiah 13:24 +. +"This is your lot, the portion measured to you From Me," declares the LORD, "Because you have forgotten Me And trusted in falsehood. -- jeremiah 13:25 +. +"So I Myself have also stripped your skirts off over your face, That your shame may be seen. -- jeremiah 13:26 +. +"As for your adulteries and your lustful neighings, The lewdness of your prostitution On the hills in the field, I have seen your abominations. Woe to you, O Jerusalem! How long will you remain unclean?" -- jeremiah 13:27 +. +That which came as the word of the LORD to Jeremiah in regard to the drought: -- jeremiah 14:1 +. +"Judah mourns And her gates languish; They sit on the ground in mourning, And the cry of Jerusalem has ascended. -- jeremiah 14:2 +. +"Their nobles have sent their servants for water; They have come to the cisterns and found no water. They have returned with their vessels empty; They have been put to shame and humiliated, And they cover their heads. -- jeremiah 14:3 +. +"Because the ground is cracked, For there has been no rain on the land; The farmers have been put to shame, They have covered their heads. -- jeremiah 14:4 +. +"For even the doe in the field has given birth only to abandon her young, Because there is no grass. -- jeremiah 14:5 +. +"The wild donkeys stand on the bare heights; They pant for air like jackals, Their eyes fail For there is no vegetation. -- jeremiah 14:6 +. +"Although our iniquities testify against us, O LORD, act for Your name's sake! Truly our apostasies have been many, We have sinned against You. -- jeremiah 14:7 +. +"O Hope of Israel, Its Savior in time of distress, Why are You like a stranger in the land Or like a traveler who has pitched his tent for the night? -- jeremiah 14:8 +. +"Why are You like a man dismayed, Like a mighty man who cannot save? Yet You are in our midst, O LORD, And we are called by Your name; Do not forsake us!" -- jeremiah 14:9 +. +Thus says the LORD to this people, "Even so they have loved to wander; they have not kept their feet in check. Therefore the LORD does not accept them; now He will remember their iniquity and call their sins to account." -- jeremiah 14:10 +. +So the LORD said to me, "Do not pray for the welfare of this people. -- jeremiah 14:11 +. +"When they fast, I am not going to listen to their cry; and when they offer burnt offering and grain offering, I am not going to accept them. Rather I am going to make an end of them by the sword, famine and pestilence." -- jeremiah 14:12 +. +But, "Ah, Lord GOD!" I said, "Look, the prophets are telling them, 'You will not see the sword nor will you have famine, but I will give you lasting peace in this place.'" -- jeremiah 14:13 +. +Then the LORD said to me, "The prophets are prophesying falsehood in My name. I have neither sent them nor commanded them nor spoken to them; they are prophesying to you a false vision, divination, futility and the deception of their own minds. -- jeremiah 14:14 +. +"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! -- jeremiah 14:15 +. +"The people also to whom they are prophesying will be thrown out into the streets of Jerusalem because of the famine and the sword; and there will be no one to bury them--neither them, nor their wives, nor their sons, nor their daughters--for I will pour out their own wickedness on them. -- jeremiah 14:16 +. +"You will say this word to them, 'Let my eyes flow down with tears night and day, And let them not cease; For the virgin daughter of my people has been crushed with a mighty blow, With a sorely infected wound. -- jeremiah 14:17 +. +'If I go out to the country, Behold, those slain with the sword! Or if I enter the city, Behold, diseases of famine! For both prophet and priest Have gone roving about in the land that they do not know.'" -- jeremiah 14:18 +. +Have You completely rejected Judah? Or have You loathed Zion? Why have You stricken us so that we are beyond healing? We waited for peace, but nothing good came; And for a time of healing, but behold, terror! -- jeremiah 14:19 +. +We know our wickedness, O LORD, The iniquity of our fathers, for we have sinned against You. -- jeremiah 14:20 +. +Do not despise us, for Your own name's sake; Do not disgrace the throne of Your glory; Remember and do not annul Your covenant with us. -- jeremiah 14:21 +. +Are there any among the idols of the nations who give rain? Or can the heavens grant showers? Is it not You, O LORD our God? Therefore we hope in You, For You are the one who has done all these things. -- jeremiah 14:22 +. +Then the LORD said to me, "Even though Moses and Samuel were to stand before Me, My heart would not be with this people; send them away from My presence and let them go! -- jeremiah 15:1 +. +"And it shall be that when they say to you, 'Where should we go?' then you are to tell them, 'Thus says the LORD: "Those destined for death, to death; And those destined for the sword, to the sword; And those destined for famine, to famine; And those destined for captivity, to captivity."' -- jeremiah 15:2 +. +"I will appoint over them four kinds of doom," declares the LORD: "the sword to slay, the dogs to drag off, and the birds of the sky and the beasts of the earth to devour and destroy. -- jeremiah 15:3 +. +"I will make them an object of horror among all the kingdoms of the earth because of Manasseh, the son of Hezekiah, the king of Judah, for what he did in Jerusalem. -- jeremiah 15:4 +. +"Indeed, who will have pity on you, O Jerusalem, Or who will mourn for you, Or who will turn aside to ask about your welfare? -- jeremiah 15:5 +. +"You who have forsaken Me," declares the LORD, "You keep going backward. So I will stretch out My hand against you and destroy you; I am tired of relenting! -- jeremiah 15:6 +. +"I will winnow them with a winnowing fork At the gates of the land; I will bereave them of children, I will destroy My people; They did not repent of their ways. -- jeremiah 15:7 +. +"Their widows will be more numerous before Me Than the sand of the seas; I will bring against them, against the mother of a young man, A destroyer at noonday; I will suddenly bring down on her Anguish and dismay. -- jeremiah 15:8 +. +"She who bore seven sons pines away; Her breathing is labored. Her sun has set while it was yet day; She has been shamed and humiliated. So I will give over their survivors to the sword Before their enemies," declares the LORD. -- jeremiah 15:9 +. +Woe to me, my mother, that you have borne me As a man of strife and a man of contention to all the land! I have not lent, nor have men lent money to me, Yet everyone curses me. -- jeremiah 15:10 +. +The LORD said, "Surely I will set you free for purposes of good; Surely I will cause the enemy to make supplication to you In a time of disaster and a time of distress. -- jeremiah 15:11 +. +"Can anyone smash iron, Iron from the north, or bronze? -- jeremiah 15:12 +. +"Your wealth and your treasures I will give for booty without cost, Even for all your sins And within all your borders. -- jeremiah 15:13 +. +"Then I will cause your enemies to bring it Into a land you do not know; For a fire has been kindled in My anger, It will burn upon you." -- jeremiah 15:14 +. +You who know, O LORD, Remember me, take notice of me, And take vengeance for me on my persecutors. Do not, in view of Your patience, take me away; Know that for Your sake I endure reproach. -- jeremiah 15:15 +. +Your words were found and I ate them, And Your words became for me a joy and the delight of my heart; For I have been called by Your name, O LORD God of hosts. -- jeremiah 15:16 +. +I did not sit in the circle of merrymakers, Nor did I exult. Because of Your hand upon me I sat alone, For You filled me with indignation. -- jeremiah 15:17 +. +Why has my pain been perpetual And my wound incurable, refusing to be healed? Will You indeed be to me like a deceptive stream With water that is unreliable? -- jeremiah 15:18 +. +Therefore, thus says the LORD, "If you return, then I will restore you-- Before Me you will stand; And if you extract the precious from the worthless, You will become My spokesman. They for their part may turn to you, But as for you, you must not turn to them. -- jeremiah 15:19 +. +"Then I will make you to this people A fortified wall of bronze; And though they fight against you, They will not prevail over you; For I am with you to save you And deliver you," declares the LORD. -- jeremiah 15:20 +. +"So I will deliver you from the hand of the wicked, And I will redeem you from the grasp of the violent." -- jeremiah 15:21 +. +The word of the LORD also came to me saying, -- jeremiah 16:1 +. +"You shall not take a wife for yourself nor have sons or daughters in this place." -- jeremiah 16:2 +. +For thus says the LORD concerning the sons and daughters born in this place, and concerning their mothers who bear them, and their fathers who beget them in this land: -- jeremiah 16:3 +. +"They will die of deadly diseases, they will not be lamented or buried; they will be as dung on the surface of the ground and come to an end by sword and famine, and their carcasses will become food for the birds of the sky and for the beasts of the earth." -- jeremiah 16:4 +. +For thus says the LORD, "Do not enter a house of mourning, or go to lament or to console them; for I have withdrawn My peace from this people," declares the LORD, "My lovingkindness and compassion. -- jeremiah 16:5 +. +"Both great men and small will die in this land; they will not be buried, they will not be lamented, nor will anyone gash himself or shave his head for them. -- jeremiah 16:6 +. +"Men will not break bread in mourning for them, to comfort anyone for the dead, nor give them a cup of consolation to drink for anyone's father or mother. -- jeremiah 16:7 +. +"Moreover you shall not go into a house of feasting to sit with them to eat and drink." -- jeremiah 16:8 +. +For thus says the LORD of hosts, the God of Israel: "Behold, I am going to eliminate from this place, before your eyes and in your time, the voice of rejoicing and the voice of gladness, the voice of the groom and the voice of the bride. -- jeremiah 16:9 +. +"Now when you tell this people all these words, they will say to you, 'For what reason has the LORD declared all this great calamity against us? And what is our iniquity, or what is our sin which we have committed against the LORD our God?' -- jeremiah 16:10 +. +"Then you are to say to them, 'It is because your forefathers have forsaken Me,' declares the LORD, 'and have followed other gods and served them and bowed down to them; but Me they have forsaken and have not kept My law. -- jeremiah 16:11 +. +'You too have done evil, even more than your forefathers; for behold, you are each one walking according to the stubbornness of his own evil heart, without listening to Me. -- jeremiah 16:12 +. +'So I will hurl you out of this land into the land which you have not known, neither you nor your fathers; and there you will serve other gods day and night, for I will grant you no favor.' -- jeremiah 16:13 +. +"Therefore behold, days are coming," declares the LORD, "when it will no longer be said, 'As the LORD lives, who brought up the sons of Israel out of the land of Egypt,' -- jeremiah 16:14 +. +but, 'As the LORD lives, who brought up the sons of Israel from the land of the north and from all the countries where He had banished them.' For I will restore them to their own land which I gave to their fathers. -- jeremiah 16:15 +. +"Behold, I am going to send for many fishermen," declares the LORD, "and they will fish for them; and afterwards I will send for many hunters, and they will hunt them from every mountain and every hill and from the clefts of the rocks. -- jeremiah 16:16 +. +"For My eyes are on all their ways; they are not hidden from My face, nor is their iniquity concealed from My eyes. -- jeremiah 16:17 +. +"I will first doubly repay their iniquity and their sin, because they have polluted My land; they have filled My inheritance with the carcasses of their detestable idols and with their abominations." -- jeremiah 16:18 +. +O LORD, my strength and my stronghold, And my refuge in the day of distress, To You the nations will come From the ends of the earth and say, "Our fathers have inherited nothing but falsehood, Futility and things of no profit." -- jeremiah 16:19 +. +Can man make gods for himself? Yet they are not gods! -- jeremiah 16:20 +. +"Therefore behold, I am going to make them know-- This time I will make them know My power and My might; And they shall know that My name is the LORD." -- jeremiah 16:21 +. +The sin of Judah is written down with an iron stylus; With a diamond point it is engraved upon the tablet of their heart And on the horns of their altars, -- jeremiah 17:1 +. +As they remember their children, So they remember their altars and their Asherim By green trees on the high hills. -- jeremiah 17:2 +. +O mountain of Mine in the countryside, I will give over your wealth and all your treasures for booty, Your high places for sin throughout your borders. -- jeremiah 17:3 +. +And you will, even of yourself, let go of your inheritance That I gave you; And I will make you serve your enemies In the land which you do not know; For you have kindled a fire in My anger Which will burn forever. -- jeremiah 17:4 +. +Thus says the LORD, "Cursed is the man who trusts in mankind And makes flesh his strength, And whose heart turns away from the LORD. -- jeremiah 17:5 +. +"For he will be like a bush in the desert And will not see when prosperity comes, But will live in stony wastes in the wilderness, A land of salt without inhabitant. -- jeremiah 17:6 +. +"Blessed is the man who trusts in the LORD And whose trust is the LORD. -- jeremiah 17:7 +. +"For he will be like a tree planted by the water, That extends its roots by a stream And will not fear when the heat comes; But its leaves will be green, And it will not be anxious in a year of drought Nor cease to yield fruit. -- jeremiah 17:8 +. +"The heart is more deceitful than all else And is desperately sick; Who can understand it? -- jeremiah 17:9 +. +"I, the LORD, search the heart, I test the mind, Even to give to each man according to his ways, According to the results of his deeds. -- jeremiah 17:10 +. +"As a partridge that hatches eggs which it has not laid, So is he who makes a fortune, but unjustly; In the midst of his days it will forsake him, And in the end he will be a fool." -- jeremiah 17:11 +. +A glorious throne on high from the beginning Is the place of our sanctuary. -- jeremiah 17:12 +. +O LORD, the hope of Israel, All who forsake You will be put to shame. Those who turn away on earth will be written down, Because they have forsaken the fountain of living water, even the LORD. -- jeremiah 17:13 +. +Heal me, O LORD, and I will be healed; Save me and I will be saved, For You are my praise. -- jeremiah 17:14 +. +Look, they keep saying to me, "Where is the word of the LORD? Let it come now!" -- jeremiah 17:15 +. +But as for me, I have not hurried away from being a shepherd after You, Nor have I longed for the woeful day; You Yourself know that the utterance of my lips Was in Your presence. -- jeremiah 17:16 +. +Do not be a terror to me; You are my refuge in the day of disaster. -- jeremiah 17:17 +. +Let those who persecute me be put to shame, but as for me, let me not be put to shame; Let them be dismayed, but let me not be dismayed. Bring on them a day of disaster, And crush them with twofold destruction! -- jeremiah 17:18 +. +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; -- jeremiah 17:19 +. +and say to them, 'Listen to the word of the LORD, kings of Judah, and all Judah and all inhabitants of Jerusalem who come in through these gates: -- jeremiah 17:20 +. +'Thus says the LORD, "Take heed for yourselves, and do not carry any load on the sabbath day or bring anything in through the gates of Jerusalem. -- jeremiah 17:21 +. +"You shall not bring a load out of your houses on the sabbath day nor do any work, but keep the sabbath day holy, as I commanded your forefathers. -- jeremiah 17:22 +. +"Yet they did not listen or incline their ears, but stiffened their necks in order not to listen or take correction. -- jeremiah 17:23 +. +"But it will come about, if you listen attentively to Me," declares the LORD, "to bring no load in through the gates of this city on the sabbath day, but to keep the sabbath day holy by doing no work on it, -- jeremiah 17:24 +. +then there will come in through the gates of this city kings and princes sitting on the throne of David, riding in chariots and on horses, they and their princes, the men of Judah and the inhabitants of Jerusalem, and this city will be inhabited forever. -- jeremiah 17:25 +. +"They will come in from the cities of Judah and from the environs of Jerusalem, from the land of Benjamin, from the lowland, from the hill country and from the Negev, bringing burnt offerings, sacrifices, grain offerings and incense, and bringing sacrifices of thanksgiving to the house of the LORD. -- jeremiah 17:26 +. +"But if you do not listen to Me to keep the sabbath day holy by not carrying a load and coming in through the gates of Jerusalem on the sabbath day, then I will kindle a fire in its gates and it will devour the palaces of Jerusalem and not be quenched."'" -- jeremiah 17:27 +. +The word which came to Jeremiah from the LORD saying, -- jeremiah 18:1 +. +"Arise and go down to the potter's house, and there I will announce My words to you." -- jeremiah 18:2 +. +Then I went down to the potter's house, and there he was, making something on the wheel. -- jeremiah 18:3 +. +But the vessel that he was making of clay was spoiled in the hand of the potter; so he remade it into another vessel, as it pleased the potter to make. -- jeremiah 18:4 +. +Then the word of the LORD came to me saying, -- jeremiah 18:5 +. +"Can I not, O house of Israel, deal with you as this potter does?" declares the LORD. "Behold, like the clay in the potter's hand, so are you in My hand, O house of Israel. -- jeremiah 18:6 +. +"At one moment I might speak concerning a nation or concerning a kingdom to uproot, to pull down, or to destroy it; -- jeremiah 18:7 +. +if that nation against which I have spoken turns from its evil, I will relent concerning the calamity I planned to bring on it. -- jeremiah 18:8 +. +"Or at another moment I might speak concerning a nation or concerning a kingdom to build up or to plant it; -- jeremiah 18:9 +. +if it does evil in My sight by not obeying My voice, then I will think better of the good with which I had promised to bless it. -- jeremiah 18:10 +. +"So now then, speak to the men of Judah and against the inhabitants of Jerusalem saying, 'Thus says the LORD, "Behold, I am fashioning calamity against you and devising a plan against you. Oh turn back, each of you from his evil way, and reform your ways and your deeds."' -- jeremiah 18:11 +. +"But they will say, 'It's hopeless! For we are going to follow our own plans, and each of us will act according to the stubbornness of his evil heart.' -- jeremiah 18:12 +. +"Therefore thus says the LORD, 'Ask now among the nations, Who ever heard the like of this? The virgin of Israel Has done a most appalling thing. -- jeremiah 18:13 +. +'Does the snow of Lebanon forsake the rock of the open country? Or is the cold flowing water from a foreign land ever snatched away? -- jeremiah 18:14 +. +'For My people have forgotten Me, They burn incense to worthless gods And they have stumbled from their ways, From the ancient paths, To walk in bypaths, Not on a highway, -- jeremiah 18:15 +. +To make their land a desolation, An object of perpetual hissing; Everyone who passes by it will be astonished And shake his head. -- jeremiah 18:16 +. +'Like an east wind I will scatter them Before the enemy; I will show them My back and not My face In the day of their calamity.'" -- jeremiah 18:17 +. +Then they said, "Come and let us devise plans against Jeremiah. Surely the law is not going to be lost to the priest, nor counsel to the sage, nor the divine word to the prophet! Come on and let us strike at him with our tongue, and let us give no heed to any of his words." -- jeremiah 18:18 +. +Do give heed to me, O LORD, And listen to what my opponents are saying! -- jeremiah 18:19 +. +Should good be repaid with evil? For they have dug a pit for me. Remember how I stood before You To speak good on their behalf, So as to turn away Your wrath from them. -- jeremiah 18:20 +. +Therefore, give their children over to famine And deliver them up to the power of the sword; And let their wives become childless and widowed. Let their men also be smitten to death, Their young men struck down by the sword in battle. -- jeremiah 18:21 +. +May an outcry be heard from their houses, When You suddenly bring raiders upon them; For they have dug a pit to capture me And hidden snares for my feet. -- jeremiah 18:22 +. +Yet You, O LORD, know All their deadly designs against me; Do not forgive their iniquity Or blot out their sin from Your sight. But may they be overthrown before You; Deal with them in the time of Your anger! -- jeremiah 18:23 +. +Thus says the LORD, "Go and buy a potter's earthenware jar, and take some of the elders of the people and some of the senior priests. -- jeremiah 19:1 +. +"Then go out to the valley of Ben-hinnom, which is by the entrance of the potsherd gate, and proclaim there the words that I tell you, -- jeremiah 19:2 +. +and say, 'Hear the word of the LORD, O kings of Judah and inhabitants of Jerusalem: thus says the LORD of hosts, the God of Israel, "Behold I am about to bring a calamity upon this place, at which the ears of everyone that hears of it will tingle. -- jeremiah 19:3 +. +"Because they have forsaken Me and have made this an alien place and have burned sacrifices in it to other gods, that neither they nor their forefathers nor the kings of Judah had ever known, and because they have filled this place with the blood of the innocent -- jeremiah 19:4 +. +and have built the high places of Baal to burn their sons in the fire as burnt offerings to Baal, a thing which I never commanded or spoke of, nor did it ever enter My mind; -- jeremiah 19:5 +. +therefore, behold, days are coming," declares the LORD, "when this place will no longer be called Topheth or the valley of Ben-hinnom, but rather the valley of Slaughter. -- jeremiah 19:6 +. +"I will make void the counsel of Judah and Jerusalem in this place, and I will cause them to fall by the sword before their enemies and by the hand of those who seek their life; and I will give over their carcasses as food for the birds of the sky and the beasts of the earth. -- jeremiah 19:7 +. +"I will also make this city a desolation and an object of hissing; everyone who passes by it will be astonished and hiss because of all its disasters. -- jeremiah 19:8 +. +"I will make them eat the flesh of their sons and the flesh of their daughters, and they will eat one another's flesh in the siege and in the distress with which their enemies and those who seek their life will distress them."' -- jeremiah 19:9 +. +"Then you are to break the jar in the sight of the men who accompany you -- jeremiah 19:10 +. +and say to them, 'Thus says the LORD of hosts, "Just so will I break this people and this city, even as one breaks a potter's vessel, which cannot again be repaired; and they will bury in Topheth because there is no other place for burial. -- jeremiah 19:11 +. +"This is how I will treat this place and its inhabitants," declares the LORD, "so as to make this city like Topheth. -- jeremiah 19:12 +. +"The houses of Jerusalem and the houses of the kings of Judah will be defiled like the place Topheth, because of all the houses on whose rooftops they burned sacrifices to all the heavenly host and poured out drink offerings to other gods."'" -- jeremiah 19:13 +. +Then Jeremiah came from Topheth, where the LORD had sent him to prophesy; and he stood in the court of the LORD'S house and said to all the people: -- jeremiah 19:14 +. +"Thus says the LORD of hosts, the God of Israel, 'Behold, I am about to bring on this city and all its towns the entire calamity that I have declared against it, because they have stiffened their necks so as not to heed My words.'" -- jeremiah 19:15 +. +When Pashhur the priest, the son of Immer, who was chief officer in the house of the LORD, heard Jeremiah prophesying these things, -- jeremiah 20:1 +. +Pashhur had Jeremiah the prophet beaten and put him in the stocks that were at the upper Benjamin Gate, which was by the house of the LORD. -- jeremiah 20:2 +. +On the next day, when Pashhur released Jeremiah from the stocks, Jeremiah said to him, "Pashhur is not the name the LORD has called you, but rather Magor-missabib. -- jeremiah 20:3 +. +"For thus says the LORD, 'Behold, I am going to make you a terror to yourself and to all your friends; and while your eyes look on, they will fall by the sword of their enemies. So I will give over all Judah to the hand of the king of Babylon, and he will carry them away as exiles to Babylon and will slay them with the sword. -- jeremiah 20:4 +. +'I will also give over all the wealth of this city, all its produce and all its costly things; even all the treasures of the kings of Judah I will give over to the hand of their enemies, and they will plunder them, take them away and bring them to Babylon. -- jeremiah 20:5 +. +'And you, Pashhur, and all who live in your house will go into captivity; and you will enter Babylon, and there you will die and there you will be buried, you and all your friends to whom you have falsely prophesied.'" -- jeremiah 20:6 +. +O LORD, You have deceived me and I was deceived; You have overcome me and prevailed. I have become a laughingstock all day long; Everyone mocks me. -- jeremiah 20:7 +. +For each time I speak, I cry aloud; I proclaim violence and destruction, Because for me the word of the LORD has resulted In reproach and derision all day long. -- jeremiah 20:8 +. +But if I say, "I will not remember Him Or speak anymore in His name," Then in my heart it becomes like a burning fire Shut up in my bones; And I am weary of holding it in, And I cannot endure it. -- jeremiah 20:9 +. +For I have heard the whispering of many, "Terror on every side! Denounce him; yes, let us denounce him!" All my trusted friends, Watching for my fall, say: "Perhaps he will be deceived, so that we may prevail against him And take our revenge on him." -- jeremiah 20:10 +. +But the LORD is with me like a dread champion; Therefore my persecutors will stumble and not prevail. They will be utterly ashamed, because they have failed, With an everlasting disgrace that will not be forgotten. -- jeremiah 20:11 +. +Yet, O LORD of hosts, You who test the righteous, Who see the mind and the heart; Let me see Your vengeance on them; For to You I have set forth my cause. -- jeremiah 20:12 +. +Sing to the LORD, praise the LORD! For He has delivered the soul of the needy one From the hand of evildoers. -- jeremiah 20:13 +. +Cursed be the day when I was born; Let the day not be blessed when my mother bore me! -- jeremiah 20:14 +. +Cursed be the man who brought the news To my father, saying, "A baby boy has been born to you!" And made him very happy. -- jeremiah 20:15 +. +But let that man be like the cities Which the LORD overthrew without relenting, And let him hear an outcry in the morning And a shout of alarm at noon; -- jeremiah 20:16 +. +Because he did not kill me before birth, So that my mother would have been my grave, And her womb ever pregnant. -- jeremiah 20:17 +. +Why did I ever come forth from the womb To look on trouble and sorrow, So that my days have been spent in shame? -- jeremiah 20:18 +. +The word which came to Jeremiah from the LORD when King Zedekiah sent to him Pashhur the son of Malchijah, and Zephaniah the priest, the son of Maaseiah, saying, -- jeremiah 21:1 +. +"Please inquire of the LORD on our behalf, for Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon is warring against us; perhaps the LORD will deal with us according to all His wonderful acts, so that the enemy will withdraw from us." -- jeremiah 21:2 +. +Then Jeremiah said to them, "You shall say to Zedekiah as follows: -- jeremiah 21:3 +. +'Thus says the LORD God of Israel, "Behold, I am about to turn back the weapons of war which are in your hands, with which you are warring against the king of Babylon and the Chaldeans who are besieging you outside the wall; and I will gather them into the center of this city. -- jeremiah 21:4 +. +"I Myself will war against you with an outstretched hand and a mighty arm, even in anger and wrath and great indignation. -- jeremiah 21:5 +. +"I will also strike down the inhabitants of this city, both man and beast; they will die of a great pestilence. -- jeremiah 21:6 +. +"Then afterwards," declares the LORD, "I will give over Zedekiah king of Judah and his servants and the people, even those who survive in this city from the pestilence, the sword and the famine, into the hand of Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon, and into the hand of their foes and into the hand of those who seek their lives; and he will strike them down with the edge of the sword. He will not spare them nor have pity nor compassion."' -- jeremiah 21:7 +. +"You shall also say to this people, 'Thus says the LORD, "Behold, I set before you the way of life and the way of death. -- jeremiah 21:8 +. +"He who dwells in this city will die by the sword and by famine and by pestilence; but he who goes out and falls away to the Chaldeans who are besieging you will live, and he will have his own life as booty. -- jeremiah 21:9 +. +"For I have set My face against this city for harm and not for good," declares the LORD. "It will be given into the hand of the king of Babylon and he will burn it with fire."' -- jeremiah 21:10 +. +"Then say to the household of the king of Judah, 'Hear the word of the LORD, -- jeremiah 21:11 +. +O house of David, thus says the LORD: "Administer justice every morning; And deliver the person who has been robbed from the power of his oppressor, That My wrath may not go forth like fire And burn with none to extinguish it, Because of the evil of their deeds. -- jeremiah 21:12 +. +"Behold, I am against you, O valley dweller, O rocky plain," declares the LORD, "You men who say, 'Who will come down against us? Or who will enter into our habitations?' -- jeremiah 21:13 +. +"But I will punish you according to the results of your deeds," declares the LORD, "And I will kindle a fire in its forest That it may devour all its environs."'" -- jeremiah 21:14 +. +Thus says the LORD, "Go down to the house of the king of Judah, and there speak this word -- jeremiah 22:1 +. +and say, 'Hear the word of the LORD, O king of Judah, who sits on David's throne, you and your servants and your people who enter these gates. -- jeremiah 22:2 +. +'Thus says the LORD, "Do justice and righteousness, and deliver the one who has been robbed from the power of his oppressor. Also do not mistreat or do violence to the stranger, the orphan, or the widow; and do not shed innocent blood in this place. -- jeremiah 22:3 +. +"For if you men will indeed perform this thing, then kings will enter the gates of this house, sitting in David's place on his throne, riding in chariots and on horses, even the king himself and his servants and his people. -- jeremiah 22:4 +. +"But if you will not obey these words, I swear by Myself," declares the LORD, "that this house will become a desolation."'" -- jeremiah 22:5 +. +For thus says the LORD concerning the house of the king of Judah: "You are like Gilead to Me, Like the summit of Lebanon; Yet most assuredly I will make you like a wilderness, Like cities which are not inhabited. -- jeremiah 22:6 +. +"For I will set apart destroyers against you, Each with his weapons; And they will cut down your choicest cedars And throw them on the fire. -- jeremiah 22:7 +. +"Many nations will pass by this city; and they will say to one another, 'Why has the LORD done thus to this great city?' -- jeremiah 22:8 +. +"Then they will answer, 'Because they forsook the covenant of the LORD their God and bowed down to other gods and served them.'" -- jeremiah 22:9 +. +Do not weep for the dead or mourn for him, But weep continually for the one who goes away; For he will never return Or see his native land. -- jeremiah 22:10 +. +For thus says the LORD in regard to Shallum the son of Josiah, king of Judah, who became king in the place of Josiah his father, who went forth from this place, "He will never return there; -- jeremiah 22:11 +. +but in the place where they led him captive, there he will die and not see this land again. -- jeremiah 22:12 +. +"Woe to him who builds his house without righteousness And his upper rooms without justice, Who uses his neighbor's services without pay And does not give him his wages, -- jeremiah 22:13 +. +Who says, 'I will build myself a roomy house With spacious upper rooms, And cut out its windows, Paneling it with cedar and painting it bright red.' -- jeremiah 22:14 +. +"Do you become a king because you are competing in cedar? Did not your father eat and drink And do justice and righteousness? Then it was well with him. -- jeremiah 22:15 +. +"He pled the cause of the afflicted and needy; Then it was well. Is not that what it means to know Me?" Declares the LORD. -- jeremiah 22:16 +. +"But your eyes and your heart Are intent only upon your own dishonest gain, And on shedding innocent blood And on practicing oppression and extortion." -- jeremiah 22:17 +. +Therefore thus says the LORD in regard to Jehoiakim the son of Josiah, king of Judah, "They will not lament for him: 'Alas, my brother!' or, 'Alas, sister!' They will not lament for him: 'Alas for the master!' or, 'Alas for his splendor!' -- jeremiah 22:18 +. +"He will be buried with a donkey's burial, Dragged off and thrown out beyond the gates of Jerusalem. -- jeremiah 22:19 +. +"Go up to Lebanon and cry out, And lift up your voice in Bashan; Cry out also from Abarim, For all your lovers have been crushed. -- jeremiah 22:20 +. +"I spoke to you in your prosperity; But you said, 'I will not listen!' This has been your practice from your youth, That you have not obeyed My voice. -- jeremiah 22:21 +. +"The wind will sweep away all your shepherds, And your lovers will go into captivity; Then you will surely be ashamed and humiliated Because of all your wickedness. -- jeremiah 22:22 +. +"You who dwell in Lebanon, Nested in the cedars, How you will groan when pangs come upon you, Pain like a woman in childbirth! -- jeremiah 22:23 +. +"As I live," declares the LORD, "even though Coniah the son of Jehoiakim king of Judah were a signet ring on My right hand, yet I would pull you off; -- jeremiah 22:24 +. +and I will give you over into the hand of those who are seeking your life, yes, into the hand of those whom you dread, even into the hand of Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon and into the hand of the Chaldeans. -- jeremiah 22:25 +. +"I will hurl you and your mother who bore you into another country where you were not born, and there you will die. -- jeremiah 22:26 +. +"But as for the land to which they desire to return, they will not return to it. -- jeremiah 22:27 +. +"Is this man Coniah a despised, shattered jar? Or is he an undesirable vessel? Why have he and his descendants been hurled out And cast into a land that they had not known? -- jeremiah 22:28 +. +"O land, land, land, Hear the word of the LORD! -- jeremiah 22:29 +. +"Thus says the LORD, 'Write this man down childless, A man who will not prosper in his days; For no man of his descendants will prosper Sitting on the throne of David Or ruling again in Judah.'" -- jeremiah 22:30 +. +"Woe to the shepherds who are destroying and scattering the sheep of My pasture!" declares the LORD. -- jeremiah 23:1 +. +Therefore thus says the LORD God of Israel concerning the shepherds who are tending My people: "You have scattered My flock and driven them away, and have not attended to them; behold, I am about to attend to you for the evil of your deeds," declares the LORD. -- jeremiah 23:2 +. +"Then I Myself will gather the remnant of My flock out of all the countries where I have driven them and bring them back to their pasture, and they will be fruitful and multiply. -- jeremiah 23:3 +. +"I will also raise up shepherds over them and they will tend them; and they will not be afraid any longer, nor be terrified, nor will any be missing," declares the LORD. -- jeremiah 23:4 +. +"Behold, the days are coming," declares the LORD, "When I will raise up for David a righteous Branch; And He will reign as king and act wisely And do justice and righteousness in the land. -- jeremiah 23:5 +. +"In His days Judah will be saved, And Israel will dwell securely; And this is His name by which He will be called, 'The LORD our righteousness.' -- jeremiah 23:6 +. +"Therefore behold, the days are coming," declares the LORD, "when they will no longer say, 'As the LORD lives, who brought up the sons of Israel from the land of Egypt,' -- jeremiah 23:7 +. +but, 'As the LORD lives, who brought up and led back the descendants of the household of Israel from the north land and from all the countries where I had driven them.' Then they will live on their own soil." -- jeremiah 23:8 +. +As for the prophets: My heart is broken within me, All my bones tremble; I have become like a drunken man, Even like a man overcome with wine, Because of the LORD And because of His holy words. -- jeremiah 23:9 +. +For the land is full of adulterers; For the land mourns because of the curse. The pastures of the wilderness have dried up. Their course also is evil And their might is not right. -- jeremiah 23:10 +. +"For both prophet and priest are polluted; Even in My house I have found their wickedness," declares the LORD. -- jeremiah 23:11 +. +"Therefore their way will be like slippery paths to them, They will be driven away into the gloom and fall down in it; For I will bring calamity upon them, The year of their punishment," declares the LORD. -- jeremiah 23:12 +. +"Moreover, among the prophets of Samaria I saw an offensive thing: They prophesied by Baal and led My people Israel astray. -- jeremiah 23:13 +. +"Also among the prophets of Jerusalem I have seen a horrible thing: The committing of adultery and walking in falsehood; And they strengthen the hands of evildoers, So that no one has turned back from his wickedness. All of them have become to Me like Sodom, And her inhabitants like Gomorrah. -- jeremiah 23:14 +. +"Therefore thus says the LORD of hosts concerning the prophets, 'Behold, I am going to feed them wormwood And make them drink poisonous water, For from the prophets of Jerusalem Pollution has gone forth into all the land.'" -- jeremiah 23:15 +. +Thus says the LORD of hosts, "Do not listen to the words of the prophets who are prophesying to you. They are leading you into futility; They speak a vision of their own imagination, Not from the mouth of the LORD. -- jeremiah 23:16 +. +"They keep saying to those who despise Me, 'The LORD has said, "You will have peace"'; And as for everyone who walks in the stubbornness of his own heart, They say, 'Calamity will not come upon you.' -- jeremiah 23:17 +. +"But who has stood in the council of the LORD, That he should see and hear His word? Who has given heed to His word and listened? -- jeremiah 23:18 +. +"Behold, the storm of the LORD has gone forth in wrath, Even a whirling tempest; It will swirl down on the head of the wicked. -- jeremiah 23:19 +. +"The anger of the LORD will not turn back Until He has performed and carried out the purposes of His heart; In the last days you will clearly understand it. -- jeremiah 23:20 +. +"I did not send these prophets, But they ran. I did not speak to them, But they prophesied. -- jeremiah 23:21 +. +"But if they had stood in My council, Then they would have announced My words to My people, And would have turned them back from their evil way And from the evil of their deeds. -- jeremiah 23:22 +. +"Am I a God who is near," declares the LORD, "And not a God far off? -- jeremiah 23:23 +. +"Can a man hide himself in hiding places So I do not see him?" declares the LORD. "Do I not fill the heavens and the earth?" declares the LORD. -- jeremiah 23:24 +. +"I have heard what the prophets have said who prophesy falsely in My name, saying, 'I had a dream, I had a dream!' -- jeremiah 23:25 +. +"How long? Is there anything in the hearts of the prophets who prophesy falsehood, even these prophets of the deception of their own heart, -- jeremiah 23:26 +. +who intend to make My people forget My name by their dreams which they relate to one another, just as their fathers forgot My name because of Baal? -- jeremiah 23:27 +. +"The prophet who has a dream may relate his dream, but let him who has My word speak My word in truth. What does straw have in common with grain?" declares the LORD. -- jeremiah 23:28 +. +"Is not My word like fire?" declares the LORD, "and like a hammer which shatters a rock? -- jeremiah 23:29 +. +"Therefore behold, I am against the prophets," declares the LORD, "who steal My words from each other. -- jeremiah 23:30 +. +"Behold, I am against the prophets," declares the LORD, "who use their tongues and declare, 'The Lord declares.' -- jeremiah 23:31 +. +"Behold, I am against those who have prophesied false dreams," declares the LORD, "and related them and led My people astray by their falsehoods and reckless boasting; yet I did not send them or command them, nor do they furnish this people the slightest benefit," declares the LORD. -- jeremiah 23:32 +. +"Now when this people or the prophet or a priest asks you saying, 'What is the oracle of the LORD?' then you shall say to them, 'What oracle?' The LORD declares, 'I will abandon you.' -- jeremiah 23:33 +. +"Then as for the prophet or the priest or the people who say, 'The oracle of the LORD,' I will bring punishment upon that man and his household. -- jeremiah 23:34 +. +"Thus will each of you say to his neighbor and to his brother, 'What has the LORD answered?' or, 'What has the LORD spoken?' -- jeremiah 23:35 +. +"For you will no longer remember the oracle of the LORD, because every man's own word will become the oracle, and you have perverted the words of the living God, the LORD of hosts, our God. -- jeremiah 23:36 +. +"Thus you will say to that prophet, 'What has the LORD answered you?' and, 'What has the LORD spoken?' -- jeremiah 23:37 +. +"For if you say, 'The oracle of the LORD!' surely thus says the LORD, 'Because you said this word, "The oracle of the LORD!" I have also sent to you, saying, "You shall not say, 'The oracle of the LORD!'"' -- jeremiah 23:38 +. +"Therefore behold, I will surely forget you and cast you away from My presence, along with the city which I gave you and your fathers. -- jeremiah 23:39 +. +"I will put an everlasting reproach on you and an everlasting humiliation which will not be forgotten." -- jeremiah 23:40 +. +After Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon had carried away captive Jeconiah the son of Jehoiakim, king of Judah, and the officials of Judah with the craftsmen and smiths from Jerusalem and had brought them to Babylon, the LORD showed me: behold, two baskets of figs set before the temple of the LORD! -- jeremiah 24:1 +. +One basket had very good figs, like first-ripe figs, and the other basket had very bad figs which could not be eaten due to rottenness. -- jeremiah 24:2 +. +Then the LORD said to me, "What do you see, Jeremiah?" And I said, "Figs, the good figs, very good; and the bad figs, very bad, which cannot be eaten due to rottenness." -- jeremiah 24:3 +. +Then the word of the LORD came to me, saying, -- jeremiah 24:4 +. +"Thus says the LORD God of Israel, 'Like these good figs, so I will regard as good the captives of Judah, whom I have sent out of this place into the land of the Chaldeans. -- jeremiah 24:5 +. +'For I will set My eyes on them for good, and I will bring them again to this land; and I will build them up and not overthrow them, and I will plant them and not pluck them up. -- jeremiah 24:6 +. +'I will give them a heart to know Me, for I am the LORD; and they will be My people, and I will be their God, for they will return to Me with their whole heart. -- jeremiah 24:7 +. +'But like the bad figs which cannot be eaten due to rottenness--indeed, thus says the LORD--so I will abandon Zedekiah king of Judah and his officials, and the remnant of Jerusalem who remain in this land and the ones who dwell in the land of Egypt. -- jeremiah 24:8 +. +'I will make them a terror and an evil for all the kingdoms of the earth, as a reproach and a proverb, a taunt and a curse in all places where I will scatter them. -- jeremiah 24:9 +. +'I will send the sword, the famine and the pestilence upon them until they are destroyed from the land which I gave to them and their forefathers.'" -- jeremiah 24:10 +. +The word that came to Jeremiah concerning all the people of Judah, in the fourth year of Jehoiakim the son of Josiah, king of Judah (that was the first year of Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon), -- jeremiah 25:1 +. +which Jeremiah the prophet spoke to all the people of Judah and to all the inhabitants of Jerusalem, saying, -- jeremiah 25:2 +. +"From the thirteenth year of Josiah the son of Amon, king of Judah, even to this day, these twenty-three years the word of the LORD has come to me, and I have spoken to you again and again, but you have not listened. -- jeremiah 25:3 +. +"And the LORD has sent to you all His servants the prophets again and again, but you have not listened nor inclined your ear to hear, -- jeremiah 25:4 +. +saying, 'Turn now everyone from his evil way and from the evil of your deeds, and dwell on the land which the LORD has given to you and your forefathers forever and ever; -- jeremiah 25:5 +. +and do not go after other gods to serve them and to worship them, and do not provoke Me to anger with the work of your hands, and I will do you no harm.' -- jeremiah 25:6 +. +"Yet you have not listened to Me," declares the LORD, "in order that you might provoke Me to anger with the work of your hands to your own harm. -- jeremiah 25:7 +. +"Therefore thus says the LORD of hosts, 'Because you have not obeyed My words, -- jeremiah 25:8 +. +behold, I will send and take all the families of the north,' declares the LORD, 'and I will send to Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon, My servant, and will bring them against this land and against its inhabitants and against all these nations round about; and I will utterly destroy them and make them a horror and a hissing, and an everlasting desolation. -- jeremiah 25:9 +. +'Moreover, I will take from them the voice of joy and the voice of gladness, the voice of the bridegroom and the voice of the bride, the sound of the millstones and the light of the lamp. -- jeremiah 25:10 +. +'This whole land will be a desolation and a horror, and these nations will serve the king of Babylon seventy years. -- jeremiah 25:11 +. +'Then it will be when seventy years are completed I will punish the king of Babylon and that nation,' declares the LORD, 'for their iniquity, and the land of the Chaldeans; and I will make it an everlasting desolation. -- jeremiah 25:12 +. +'I will bring upon that land all My words which I have pronounced against it, all that is written in this book which Jeremiah has prophesied against all the nations. -- jeremiah 25:13 +. +'(For many nations and great kings will make slaves of them, even them; and I will recompense them according to their deeds and according to the work of their hands.)'" -- jeremiah 25:14 +. +For thus the LORD, the God of Israel, says to me, "Take this cup of the wine of wrath from My hand and cause all the nations to whom I send you to drink it. -- jeremiah 25:15 +. +"They will drink and stagger and go mad because of the sword that I will send among them." -- jeremiah 25:16 +. +Then I took the cup from the LORD'S hand and made all the nations to whom the LORD sent me drink it: -- jeremiah 25:17 +. +Jerusalem and the cities of Judah and its kings and its princes, to make them a ruin, a horror, a hissing and a curse, as it is this day; -- jeremiah 25:18 +. +Pharaoh king of Egypt, his servants, his princes and all his people; -- jeremiah 25:19 +. +and all the foreign people, all the kings of the land of Uz, all the kings of the land of the Philistines (even Ashkelon, Gaza, Ekron and the remnant of Ashdod); -- jeremiah 25:20 +. +Edom, Moab and the sons of Ammon; -- jeremiah 25:21 +. +and all the kings of Tyre, all the kings of Sidon and the kings of the coastlands which are beyond the sea; -- jeremiah 25:22 +. +and Dedan, Tema, Buz and all who cut the corners of their hair; -- jeremiah 25:23 +. +and all the kings of Arabia and all the kings of the foreign people who dwell in the desert; -- jeremiah 25:24 +. +and all the kings of Zimri, all the kings of Elam and all the kings of Media; -- jeremiah 25:25 +. +and all the kings of the north, near and far, one with another; and all the kingdoms of the earth which are upon the face of the ground, and the king of Sheshach shall drink after them. -- jeremiah 25:26 +. +"You shall say to them, 'Thus says the LORD of hosts, the God of Israel, "Drink, be drunk, vomit, fall and rise no more because of the sword which I will send among you."' -- jeremiah 25:27 +. +"And it will be, if they refuse to take the cup from your hand to drink, then you will say to them, 'Thus says the LORD of hosts: "You shall surely drink! -- jeremiah 25:28 +. +"For behold, I am beginning to work calamity in this city which is called by My name, and shall you be completely free from punishment? You will not be free from punishment; for I am summoning a sword against all the inhabitants of the earth," declares the LORD of hosts.' -- jeremiah 25:29 +. +"Therefore you shall prophesy against them all these words, and you shall say to them, 'The LORD will roar from on high And utter His voice from His holy habitation; He will roar mightily against His fold. He will shout like those who tread the grapes, Against all the inhabitants of the earth. -- jeremiah 25:30 +. +'A clamor has come to the end of the earth, Because the LORD has a controversy with the nations. He is entering into judgment with all flesh; As for the wicked, He has given them to the sword,' declares the LORD." -- jeremiah 25:31 +. +Thus says the LORD of hosts, "Behold, evil is going forth From nation to nation, And a great storm is being stirred up From the remotest parts of the earth. -- jeremiah 25:32 +. +"Those slain by the LORD on that day will be from one end of the earth to the other. They will not be lamented, gathered or buried; they will be like dung on the face of the ground. -- jeremiah 25:33 +. +"Wail, you shepherds, and cry; And wallow in ashes, you masters of the flock; For the days of your slaughter and your dispersions have come, And you will fall like a choice vessel. -- jeremiah 25:34 +. +"Flight will perish from the shepherds, And escape from the masters of the flock. -- jeremiah 25:35 +. +"Hear the sound of the cry of the shepherds, And the wailing of the masters of the flock! For the LORD is destroying their pasture, -- jeremiah 25:36 +. +"And the peaceful folds are made silent Because of the fierce anger of the LORD. -- jeremiah 25:37 +. +"He has left His hiding place like the lion; For their land has become a horror Because of the fierceness of the oppressing sword And because of His fierce anger." -- jeremiah 25:38 +. +In the beginning of the reign of Jehoiakim the son of Josiah, king of Judah, this word came from the LORD, saying, -- jeremiah 26:1 +. +"Thus says the LORD, 'Stand in the court of the LORD'S house, and speak to all the cities of Judah who have come to worship in the LORD'S house all the words that I have commanded you to speak to them. Do not omit a word! -- jeremiah 26:2 +. +'Perhaps they will listen and everyone will turn from his evil way, that I may repent of the calamity which I am planning to do to them because of the evil of their deeds.' -- jeremiah 26:3 +. +"And you will say to them, 'Thus says the LORD, "If you will not listen to Me, to walk in My law which I have set before you, -- jeremiah 26:4 +. +to listen to the words of My servants the prophets, whom I have been sending to you again and again, but you have not listened; -- jeremiah 26:5 +. +then I will make this house like Shiloh, and this city I will make a curse to all the nations of the earth."'" -- jeremiah 26:6 +. +The priests and the prophets and all the people heard Jeremiah speaking these words in the house of the LORD. -- jeremiah 26:7 +. +When Jeremiah finished speaking all that the LORD had commanded him to speak to all the people, the priests and the prophets and all the people seized him, saying, "You must die! -- jeremiah 26:8 +. +"Why have you prophesied in the name of the LORD saying, 'This house will be like Shiloh and this city will be desolate, without inhabitant'?" And all the people gathered about Jeremiah in the house of the LORD. -- jeremiah 26:9 +. +When the officials of Judah heard these things, they came up from the king's house to the house of the LORD and sat in the entrance of the New Gate of the LORD'S house. -- jeremiah 26:10 +. +Then the priests and the prophets spoke to the officials and to all the people, saying, "A death sentence for this man! For he has prophesied against this city as you have heard in your hearing." -- jeremiah 26:11 +. +Then Jeremiah spoke to all the officials and to all the people, saying, "The LORD sent me to prophesy against this house and against this city all the words that you have heard. -- jeremiah 26:12 +. +"Now therefore amend your ways and your deeds and obey the voice of the LORD your God; and the LORD will change His mind about the misfortune which He has pronounced against you. -- jeremiah 26:13 +. +"But as for me, behold, I am in your hands; do with me as is good and right in your sight. -- jeremiah 26:14 +. +"Only know for certain that if you put me to death, you will bring innocent blood on yourselves, and on this city and on its inhabitants; for truly the LORD has sent me to you to speak all these words in your hearing." -- jeremiah 26:15 +. +Then the officials and all the people said to the priests and to the prophets, "No death sentence for this man! For he has spoken to us in the name of the LORD our God." -- jeremiah 26:16 +. +Then some of the elders of the land rose up and spoke to all the assembly of the people, saying, -- jeremiah 26:17 +. +"Micah of Moresheth prophesied in the days of Hezekiah king of Judah; and he spoke to all the people of Judah, saying, 'Thus the LORD of hosts has said, "Zion will be plowed as a field, And Jerusalem will become ruins, And the mountain of the house as the high places of a forest."' -- jeremiah 26:18 +. +"Did Hezekiah king of Judah and all Judah put him to death? Did he not fear the LORD and entreat the favor of the LORD, and the LORD changed His mind about the misfortune which He had pronounced against them? But we are committing a great evil against ourselves." -- jeremiah 26:19 +. +Indeed, there was also a man who prophesied in the name of the LORD, Uriah the son of Shemaiah from Kiriath-jearim; and he prophesied against this city and against this land words similar to all those of Jeremiah. -- jeremiah 26:20 +. +When King Jehoiakim and all his mighty men and all the officials heard his words, then the king sought to put him to death; but Uriah heard it, and he was afraid and fled and went to Egypt. -- jeremiah 26:21 +. +Then King Jehoiakim sent men to Egypt: Elnathan the son of Achbor and certain men with him went into Egypt. -- jeremiah 26:22 +. +And they brought Uriah from Egypt and led him to King Jehoiakim, who slew him with a sword and cast his dead body into the burial place of the common people. -- jeremiah 26:23 +. +But the hand of Ahikam the son of Shaphan was with Jeremiah, so that he was not given into the hands of the people to put him to death. -- jeremiah 26:24 +. +In the beginning of the reign of Zedekiah the son of Josiah, king of Judah, this word came to Jeremiah from the LORD, saying-- -- jeremiah 27:1 +. +thus says the LORD to me--"Make for yourself bonds and yokes and put them on your neck, -- jeremiah 27:2 +. +and send word to the king of Edom, to the king of Moab, to the king of the sons of Ammon, to the king of Tyre and to the king of Sidon by the messengers who come to Jerusalem to Zedekiah king of Judah. -- jeremiah 27:3 +. +"Command them to go to their masters, saying, 'Thus says the LORD of hosts, the God of Israel, thus you shall say to your masters, -- jeremiah 27:4 +. +"I have made the earth, the men and the beasts which are on the face of the earth by My great power and by My outstretched arm, and I will give it to the one who is pleasing in My sight. -- jeremiah 27:5 +. +"Now I have given all these lands into the hand of Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon, My servant, and I have given him also the wild animals of the field to serve him. -- jeremiah 27:6 +. +"All the nations shall serve him and his son and his grandson until the time of his own land comes; then many nations and great kings will make him their servant. -- jeremiah 27:7 +. +"It will be, that the nation or the kingdom which will not serve him, Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon, and which will not put its neck under the yoke of the king of Babylon, I will punish that nation with the sword, with famine and with pestilence," declares the LORD, "until I have destroyed it by his hand. -- jeremiah 27:8 +. +"But as for you, do not listen to your prophets, your diviners, your dreamers, your soothsayers or your sorcerers who speak to you, saying, 'You will not serve the king of Babylon.' -- jeremiah 27:9 +. +"For they prophesy a lie to you in order to remove you far from your land; and I will drive you out and you will perish. -- jeremiah 27:10 +. +"But the nation which will bring its neck under the yoke of the king of Babylon and serve him, I will let remain on its land," declares the LORD, "and they will till it and dwell in it."'" -- jeremiah 27:11 +. +I spoke words like all these to Zedekiah king of Judah, saying, "Bring your necks under the yoke of the king of Babylon and serve him and his people, and live! -- jeremiah 27:12 +. +"Why will you die, you and your people, by the sword, famine and pestilence, as the LORD has spoken to that nation which will not serve the king of Babylon? -- jeremiah 27:13 +. +"So do not listen to the words of the prophets who speak to you, saying, 'You will not serve the king of Babylon,' for they prophesy a lie to you; -- jeremiah 27:14 +. +for I have not sent them," declares the LORD, "but they prophesy falsely in My name, in order that I may drive you out and that you may perish, you and the prophets who prophesy to you." -- jeremiah 27:15 +. +Then I spoke to the priests and to all this people, saying, "Thus says the LORD: Do not listen to the words of your prophets who prophesy to you, saying, 'Behold, the vessels of the LORD'S house will now shortly be brought again from Babylon'; for they are prophesying a lie to you. -- jeremiah 27:16 +. +"Do not listen to them; serve the king of Babylon, and live! Why should this city become a ruin? -- jeremiah 27:17 +. +"But if they are prophets, and if the word of the LORD is with them, let them now entreat the LORD of hosts that the vessels which are left in the house of the LORD, in the house of the king of Judah and in Jerusalem may not go to Babylon. -- jeremiah 27:18 +. +"For thus says the LORD of hosts concerning the pillars, concerning the sea, concerning the stands and concerning the rest of the vessels that are left in this city, -- jeremiah 27:19 +. +which Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon did not take when he carried into exile Jeconiah the son of Jehoiakim, king of Judah, from Jerusalem to Babylon, and all the nobles of Judah and Jerusalem. -- jeremiah 27:20 +. +"Yes, thus says the LORD of hosts, the God of Israel, concerning the vessels that are left in the house of the LORD and in the house of the king of Judah and in Jerusalem, -- jeremiah 27:21 +. +'They will be carried to Babylon and they will be there until the day I visit them,' declares the LORD. 'Then I will bring them back and restore them to this place.'" -- jeremiah 27:22 +. +Now in the same year, in the beginning of the reign of Zedekiah king of Judah, in the fourth year, in the fifth month, Hananiah the son of Azzur, the prophet, who was from Gibeon, spoke to me in the house of the LORD in the presence of the priests and all the people, saying, -- jeremiah 28:1 +. +"Thus says the LORD of hosts, the God of Israel, 'I have broken the yoke of the king of Babylon. -- jeremiah 28:2 +. +'Within two years I am going to bring back to this place all the vessels of the LORD'S house, which Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon took away from this place and carried to Babylon. -- jeremiah 28:3 +. +'I am also going to bring back to this place Jeconiah the son of Jehoiakim, king of Judah, and all the exiles of Judah who went to Babylon,' declares the LORD, 'for I will break the yoke of the king of Babylon.'" -- jeremiah 28:4 +. +Then the prophet Jeremiah spoke to the prophet Hananiah in the presence of the priests and in the presence of all the people who were standing in the house of the LORD, -- jeremiah 28:5 +. +and the prophet Jeremiah said, "Amen! May the LORD do so; may the LORD confirm your words which you have prophesied to bring back the vessels of the LORD'S house and all the exiles, from Babylon to this place. -- jeremiah 28:6 +. +"Yet hear now this word which I am about to speak in your hearing and in the hearing of all the people! -- jeremiah 28:7 +. +"The prophets who were before me and before you from ancient times prophesied against many lands and against great kingdoms, of war and of calamity and of pestilence. -- jeremiah 28:8 +. +"The prophet who prophesies of peace, when the word of the prophet comes to pass, then that prophet will be known as one whom the LORD has truly sent." -- jeremiah 28:9 +. +Then Hananiah the prophet took the yoke from the neck of Jeremiah the prophet and broke it. -- jeremiah 28:10 +. +Hananiah spoke in the presence of all the people, saying, "Thus says the LORD, 'Even so will I break within two full years the yoke of Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon from the neck of all the nations.'" Then the prophet Jeremiah went his way. -- jeremiah 28:11 +. +The word of the LORD came to Jeremiah after Hananiah the prophet had broken the yoke from off the neck of the prophet Jeremiah, saying, -- jeremiah 28:12 +. +"Go and speak to Hananiah, saying, 'Thus says the LORD, "You have broken the yokes of wood, but you have made instead of them yokes of iron." -- jeremiah 28:13 +. +'For thus says the LORD of hosts, the God of Israel, "I have put a yoke of iron on the neck of all these nations, that they may serve Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon; and they will serve him. And I have also given him the beasts of the field."'" -- jeremiah 28:14 +. +Then Jeremiah the prophet said to Hananiah the prophet, "Listen now, Hananiah, the LORD has not sent you, and you have made this people trust in a lie. -- jeremiah 28:15 +. +"Therefore thus says the LORD, 'Behold, I am about to remove you from the face of the earth. This year you are going to die, because you have counseled rebellion against the LORD.'" -- jeremiah 28:16 +. +So Hananiah the prophet died in the same year in the seventh month. -- jeremiah 28:17 +. +Now these are the words of the letter which Jeremiah the prophet sent from Jerusalem to the rest of the elders of the exile, the priests, the prophets and all the people whom Nebuchadnezzar had taken into exile from Jerusalem to Babylon. -- jeremiah 29:1 +. +(This was after King Jeconiah and the queen mother, the court officials, the princes of Judah and Jerusalem, the craftsmen and the smiths had departed from Jerusalem.) -- jeremiah 29:2 +. +The letter was sent by the hand of Elasah the son of Shaphan, and Gemariah the son of Hilkiah, whom Zedekiah king of Judah sent to Babylon to Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon, saying, -- jeremiah 29:3 +. +"Thus says the LORD of hosts, the God of Israel, to all the exiles whom I have sent into exile from Jerusalem to Babylon, -- jeremiah 29:4 +. +'Build houses and live in them; and plant gardens and eat their produce. -- jeremiah 29:5 +. +'Take wives and become the fathers of sons and daughters, and take wives for your sons and give your daughters to husbands, that they may bear sons and daughters; and multiply there and do not decrease. -- jeremiah 29:6 +. +'Seek the welfare of the city where I have sent you into exile, and pray to the LORD on its behalf; for in its welfare you will have welfare.' -- jeremiah 29:7 +. +"For thus says the LORD of hosts, the God of Israel, 'Do not let your prophets who are in your midst and your diviners deceive you, and do not listen to the dreams which they dream. -- jeremiah 29:8 +. +'For they prophesy falsely to you in My name; I have not sent them,' declares the LORD. -- jeremiah 29:9 +. +"For thus says the LORD, 'When seventy years have been completed for Babylon, I will visit you and fulfill My good word to you, to bring you back to this place. -- jeremiah 29:10 +. +'For I know the plans that I have for you,' declares the LORD, 'plans for welfare and not for calamity to give you a future and a hope. -- jeremiah 29:11 +. +'Then you will call upon Me and come and pray to Me, and I will listen to you. -- jeremiah 29:12 +. +'You will seek Me and find Me when you search for Me with all your heart. -- jeremiah 29:13 +. +'I will be found by you,' declares the LORD, 'and I will restore your fortunes and will gather you from all the nations and from all the places where I have driven you,' declares the LORD, 'and I will bring you back to the place from where I sent you into exile.' -- jeremiah 29:14 +. +"Because you have said, 'The LORD has raised up prophets for us in Babylon'-- -- jeremiah 29:15 +. +for thus says the LORD concerning the king who sits on the throne of David, and concerning all the people who dwell in this city, your brothers who did not go with you into exile-- -- jeremiah 29:16 +. +thus says the LORD of hosts, 'Behold, I am sending upon them the sword, famine and pestilence, and I will make them like split-open figs that cannot be eaten due to rottenness. -- jeremiah 29:17 +. +'I will pursue them with the sword, with famine and with pestilence; and I will make them a terror to all the kingdoms of the earth, to be a curse and a horror and a hissing, and a reproach among all the nations where I have driven them, -- jeremiah 29:18 +. +because they have not listened to My words,' declares the LORD, 'which I sent to them again and again by My servants the prophets; but you did not listen,' declares the LORD. -- jeremiah 29:19 +. +"You, therefore, hear the word of the LORD, all you exiles, whom I have sent away from Jerusalem to Babylon. -- jeremiah 29:20 +. +"Thus says the LORD of hosts, the God of Israel, concerning Ahab the son of Kolaiah and concerning Zedekiah the son of Maaseiah, who are prophesying to you falsely in My name, 'Behold, I will deliver them into the hand of Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon, and he will slay them before your eyes. -- jeremiah 29:21 +. +'Because of them a curse will be used by all the exiles from Judah who are in Babylon, saying, "May the LORD make you like Zedekiah and like Ahab, whom the king of Babylon roasted in the fire, -- jeremiah 29:22 +. +because they have acted foolishly in Israel, and have committed adultery with their neighbors' wives and have spoken words in My name falsely, which I did not command them; and I am He who knows and am a witness," declares the LORD.'" -- jeremiah 29:23 +. +To Shemaiah the Nehelamite you shall speak, saying, -- jeremiah 29:24 +. +"Thus says the LORD of hosts, the God of Israel, 'Because you have sent letters in your own name to all the people who are in Jerusalem, and to Zephaniah the son of Maaseiah, the priest, and to all the priests, saying, -- jeremiah 29:25 +. +"The LORD has made you priest instead of Jehoiada the priest, to be the overseer in the house of the LORD over every madman who prophesies, to put him in the stocks and in the iron collar, -- jeremiah 29:26 +. +now then, why have you not rebuked Jeremiah of Anathoth who prophesies to you? -- jeremiah 29:27 +. +"For he has sent to us in Babylon, saying, 'The exile will be long; build houses and live in them and plant gardens and eat their produce.'"'" -- jeremiah 29:28 +. +Zephaniah the priest read this letter to Jeremiah the prophet. -- jeremiah 29:29 +. +Then came the word of the LORD to Jeremiah, saying, -- jeremiah 29:30 +. +"Send to all the exiles, saying, 'Thus says the LORD concerning Shemaiah the Nehelamite, "Because Shemaiah has prophesied to you, although I did not send him, and he has made you trust in a lie," -- jeremiah 29:31 +. +therefore thus says the LORD, "Behold, I am about to punish Shemaiah the Nehelamite and his descendants; he will not have anyone living among this people, and he will not see the good that I am about to do to My people," declares the LORD, "because he has preached rebellion against the LORD."'" -- jeremiah 29:32 +. +The word which came to Jeremiah from the LORD, saying, -- jeremiah 30:1 +. +"Thus says the LORD, the God of Israel, 'Write all the words which I have spoken to you in a book. -- jeremiah 30:2 +. +'For behold, days are coming,' declares the LORD, 'when I will restore the fortunes of My people Israel and Judah.' The LORD says, 'I will also bring them back to the land that I gave to their forefathers and they shall possess it.'" -- jeremiah 30:3 +. +Now these are the words which the LORD spoke concerning Israel and concerning Judah: -- jeremiah 30:4 +. +"For thus says the LORD, 'I have heard a sound of terror, Of dread, and there is no peace. -- jeremiah 30:5 +. +'Ask now, and see If a male can give birth. Why do I see every man With his hands on his loins, as a woman in childbirth? And why have all faces turned pale? -- jeremiah 30:6 +. +'Alas! for that day is great, There is none like it; And it is the time of Jacob's distress, But he will be saved from it. -- jeremiah 30:7 +. +'It shall come about on that day,' declares the LORD of hosts, 'that I will break his yoke from off their neck and will tear off their bonds; and strangers will no longer make them their slaves. -- jeremiah 30:8 +. +'But they shall serve the LORD their God and David their king, whom I will raise up for them. -- jeremiah 30:9 +. +'Fear not, O Jacob My servant,' declares the LORD, 'And do not be dismayed, O Israel; For behold, I will save you from afar And your offspring from the land of their captivity. And Jacob will return and will be quiet and at ease, And no one will make him afraid. -- jeremiah 30:10 +. +'For I am with you,' declares the LORD, 'to save you; For I will destroy completely all the nations where I have scattered you, Only I will not destroy you completely. But I will chasten you justly And will by no means leave you unpunished.' -- jeremiah 30:11 +. +"For thus says the LORD, 'Your wound is incurable And your injury is serious. -- jeremiah 30:12 +. +'There is no one to plead your cause; No healing for your sore, No recovery for you. -- jeremiah 30:13 +. +'All your lovers have forgotten you, They do not seek you; For I have wounded you with the wound of an enemy, With the punishment of a cruel one, Because your iniquity is great And your sins are numerous. -- jeremiah 30:14 +. +'Why do you cry out over your injury? Your pain is incurable. Because your iniquity is great And your sins are numerous, I have done these things to you. -- jeremiah 30:15 +. +'Therefore all who devour you will be devoured; And all your adversaries, every one of them, will go into captivity; And those who plunder you will be for plunder, And all who prey upon you I will give for prey. -- jeremiah 30:16 +. +'For I will restore you to health And I will heal you of your wounds,' declares the LORD, 'Because they have called you an outcast, saying: "It is Zion; no one cares for her."' -- jeremiah 30:17 +. +"Thus says the LORD, 'Behold, I will restore the fortunes of the tents of Jacob And have compassion on his dwelling places; And the city will be rebuilt on its ruin, And the palace will stand on its rightful place. -- jeremiah 30:18 +. +'From them will proceed thanksgiving And the voice of those who celebrate; And I will multiply them and they will not be diminished; I will also honor them and they will not be insignificant. -- jeremiah 30:19 +. +'Their children also will be as formerly, And their congregation shall be established before Me; And I will punish all their oppressors. -- jeremiah 30:20 +. +'Their leader shall be one of them, And their ruler shall come forth from their midst; And I will bring him near and he shall approach Me; For who would dare to risk his life to approach Me?' declares the LORD. -- jeremiah 30:21 +. +'You shall be My people, And I will be your God.'" -- jeremiah 30:22 +. +Behold, the tempest of the LORD! Wrath has gone forth, A sweeping tempest; It will burst on the head of the wicked. -- jeremiah 30:23 +. +The fierce anger of the LORD will not turn back Until He has performed and until He has accomplished The intent of His heart; In the latter days you will understand this. -- jeremiah 30:24 +. +"At that time," declares the LORD, "I will be the God of all the families of Israel, and they shall be My people." -- jeremiah 31:1 +. +Thus says the LORD, "The people who survived the sword Found grace in the wilderness-- Israel, when it went to find its rest." -- jeremiah 31:2 +. +The LORD appeared to him from afar, saying, "I have loved you with an everlasting love; Therefore I have drawn you with lovingkindness. -- jeremiah 31:3 +. +"Again I will build you and you will be rebuilt, O virgin of Israel! Again you will take up your tambourines, And go forth to the dances of the merrymakers. -- jeremiah 31:4 +. +"Again you will plant vineyards On the hills of Samaria; The planters will plant And will enjoy them. -- jeremiah 31:5 +. +"For there will be a day when watchmen On the hills of Ephraim call out, 'Arise, and let us go up to Zion, To the LORD our God.'" -- jeremiah 31:6 +. +For thus says the LORD, "Sing aloud with gladness for Jacob, And shout among the chief of the nations; Proclaim, give praise and say, 'O LORD, save Your people, The remnant of Israel.' -- jeremiah 31:7 +. +"Behold, I am bringing them from the north country, And I will gather them from the remote parts of the earth, Among them the blind and the lame, The woman with child and she who is in labor with child, together; A great company, they will return here. -- jeremiah 31:8 +. +"With weeping they will come, And by supplication I will lead them; I will make them walk by streams of waters, On a straight path in which they will not stumble; For I am a father to Israel, And Ephraim is My firstborn." -- jeremiah 31:9 +. +Hear the word of the LORD, O nations, And declare in the coastlands afar off, And say, "He who scattered Israel will gather him And keep him as a shepherd keeps his flock." -- jeremiah 31:10 +. +For the LORD has ransomed Jacob And redeemed him from the hand of him who was stronger than he. -- jeremiah 31:11 +. +"They will come and shout for joy on the height of Zion, And they will be radiant over the bounty of the LORD-- Over the grain and the new wine and the oil, And over the young of the flock and the herd; And their life will be like a watered garden, And they will never languish again. -- jeremiah 31:12 +. +"Then the virgin will rejoice in the dance, And the young men and the old, together, For I will turn their mourning into joy And will comfort them and give them joy for their sorrow. -- jeremiah 31:13 +. +"I will fill the soul of the priests with abundance, And My people will be satisfied with My goodness," declares the LORD. -- jeremiah 31:14 +. +Thus says the LORD, "A voice is heard in Ramah, Lamentation and bitter weeping. Rachel is weeping for her children; She refuses to be comforted for her children, Because they are no more." -- jeremiah 31:15 +. +Thus says the LORD, "Restrain your voice from weeping And your eyes from tears; For your work will be rewarded," declares the LORD, "And they will return from the land of the enemy. -- jeremiah 31:16 +. +"There is hope for your future," declares the LORD, "And your children will return to their own territory. -- jeremiah 31:17 +. +"I have surely heard Ephraim grieving, 'You have chastised me, and I was chastised, Like an untrained calf; Bring me back that I may be restored, For You are the LORD my God. -- jeremiah 31:18 +. +'For after I turned back, I repented; And after I was instructed, I smote on my thigh; I was ashamed and also humiliated Because I bore the reproach of my youth.' -- jeremiah 31:19 +. +"Is Ephraim My dear son? Is he a delightful child? Indeed, as often as I have spoken against him, I certainly still remember him; Therefore My heart yearns for him; I will surely have mercy on him," declares the LORD. -- jeremiah 31:20 +. +"Set up for yourself roadmarks, Place for yourself guideposts; Direct your mind to the highway, The way by which you went. Return, O virgin of Israel, Return to these your cities. -- jeremiah 31:21 +. +"How long will you go here and there, O faithless daughter? For the LORD has created a new thing in the earth-- A woman will encompass a man." -- jeremiah 31:22 +. +Thus says the LORD of hosts, the God of Israel, "Once again they will speak this word in the land of Judah and in its cities when I restore their fortunes, 'The LORD bless you, O abode of righteousness, O holy hill!' -- jeremiah 31:23 +. +"Judah and all its cities will dwell together in it, the farmer and they who go about with flocks. -- jeremiah 31:24 +. +"For I satisfy the weary ones and refresh everyone who languishes." -- jeremiah 31:25 +. +At this I awoke and looked, and my sleep was pleasant to me. -- jeremiah 31:26 +. +"Behold, days are coming," declares the LORD, "when I will sow the house of Israel and the house of Judah with the seed of man and with the seed of beast. -- jeremiah 31:27 +. +"As I have watched over them to pluck up, to break down, to overthrow, to destroy and to bring disaster, so I will watch over them to build and to plant," declares the LORD. -- jeremiah 31:28 +. +"In those days they will not say again, 'The fathers have eaten sour grapes, And the children's teeth are set on edge.' -- jeremiah 31:29 +. +"But everyone will die for his own iniquity; each man who eats the sour grapes, his teeth will be set on edge. -- jeremiah 31:30 +. +"Behold, days are coming," declares the LORD, "when I will make a new covenant with the house of Israel and with the house of Judah, -- jeremiah 31:31 +. +not like the covenant which I made with their fathers in the day I took them by the hand to bring them out of the land of Egypt, My covenant which they broke, although I was a husband to them," declares the LORD. -- jeremiah 31:32 +. +"But this is the covenant which I will make with the house of Israel after those days," declares the LORD, "I will put My law within them and on their heart I will write it; and I will be their God, and they shall be My people. -- jeremiah 31:33 +. +"They will not teach again, each man his neighbor and each man his brother, saying, 'Know the LORD,' for they will all know Me, from the least of them to the greatest of them," declares the LORD, "for I will forgive their iniquity, and their sin I will remember no more." -- jeremiah 31:34 +. +Thus says the LORD, Who gives the sun for light by day And the fixed order of the moon and the stars for light by night, Who stirs up the sea so that its waves roar; The LORD of hosts is His name: -- jeremiah 31:35 +. +"If this fixed order departs From before Me," declares the LORD, "Then the offspring of Israel also will cease From being a nation before Me forever." -- jeremiah 31:36 +. +Thus says the LORD, "If the heavens above can be measured And the foundations of the earth searched out below, Then I will also cast off all the offspring of Israel For all that they have done," declares the LORD. -- jeremiah 31:37 +. +"Behold, days are coming," declares the LORD, "when the city will be rebuilt for the LORD from the Tower of Hananel to the Corner Gate. -- jeremiah 31:38 +. +"The measuring line will go out farther straight ahead to the hill Gareb; then it will turn to Goah. -- jeremiah 31:39 +. +"And the whole valley of the dead bodies and of the ashes, and all the fields as far as the brook Kidron, to the corner of the Horse Gate toward the east, shall be holy to the LORD; it will not be plucked up or overthrown anymore forever." -- jeremiah 31:40 +. +The word that came to Jeremiah from the LORD in the tenth year of Zedekiah king of Judah, which was the eighteenth year of Nebuchadnezzar. -- jeremiah 32:1 +. +Now at that time the army of the king of Babylon was besieging Jerusalem, and Jeremiah the prophet was shut up in the court of the guard, which was in the house of the king of Judah, -- jeremiah 32:2 +. +because Zedekiah king of Judah had shut him up, saying, "Why do you prophesy, saying, 'Thus says the LORD, "Behold, I am about to give this city into the hand of the king of Babylon, and he will take it; -- jeremiah 32:3 +. +and Zedekiah king of Judah will not escape out of the hand of the Chaldeans, but he will surely be given into the hand of the king of Babylon, and he will speak with him face to face and see him eye to eye; -- jeremiah 32:4 +. +and he will take Zedekiah to Babylon, and he will be there until I visit him," declares the LORD. "If you fight against the Chaldeans, you will not succeed"'?" -- jeremiah 32:5 +. +And Jeremiah said, "The word of the LORD came to me, saying, -- jeremiah 32:6 +. +'Behold, Hanamel the son of Shallum your uncle is coming to you, saying, "Buy for yourself my field which is at Anathoth, for you have the right of redemption to buy it."' -- jeremiah 32:7 +. +"Then Hanamel my uncle's son came to me in the court of the guard according to the word of the LORD and said to me, 'Buy my field, please, that is at Anathoth, which is in the land of Benjamin; for you have the right of possession and the redemption is yours; buy it for yourself.' Then I knew that this was the word of the LORD. -- jeremiah 32:8 +. +"I bought the field which was at Anathoth from Hanamel my uncle's son, and I weighed out the silver for him, seventeen shekels of silver. -- jeremiah 32:9 +. +"I signed and sealed the deed, and called in witnesses, and weighed out the silver on the scales. -- jeremiah 32:10 +. +"Then I took the deeds of purchase, both the sealed copy containing the terms and conditions and the open copy; -- jeremiah 32:11 +. +and I gave the deed of purchase to Baruch the son of Neriah, the son of Mahseiah, in the sight of Hanamel my uncle's son and in the sight of the witnesses who signed the deed of purchase, before all the Jews who were sitting in the court of the guard. -- jeremiah 32:12 +. +"And I commanded Baruch in their presence, saying, -- jeremiah 32:13 +. +'Thus says the LORD of hosts, the God of Israel, "Take these deeds, this sealed deed of purchase and this open deed, and put them in an earthenware jar, that they may last a long time." -- jeremiah 32:14 +. +'For thus says the LORD of hosts, the God of Israel, "Houses and fields and vineyards will again be bought in this land."' -- jeremiah 32:15 +. +"After I had given the deed of purchase to Baruch the son of Neriah, then I prayed to the LORD, saying, -- jeremiah 32:16 +. +'Ah Lord GOD! Behold, You have made the heavens and the earth by Your great power and by Your outstretched arm! Nothing is too difficult for You, -- jeremiah 32:17 +. +who shows lovingkindness to thousands, but repays the iniquity of fathers into the bosom of their children after them, O great and mighty God. The LORD of hosts is His name; -- jeremiah 32:18 +. +great in counsel and mighty in deed, whose eyes are open to all the ways of the sons of men, giving to everyone according to his ways and according to the fruit of his deeds; -- jeremiah 32:19 +. +who has set signs and wonders in the land of Egypt, and even to this day both in Israel and among mankind; and You have made a name for Yourself, as at this day. -- jeremiah 32:20 +. +'You brought Your people Israel out of the land of Egypt with signs and with wonders, and with a strong hand and with an outstretched arm and with great terror; -- jeremiah 32:21 +. +and gave them this land, which You swore to their forefathers to give them, a land flowing with milk and honey. -- jeremiah 32:22 +. +'They came in and took possession of it, but they did not obey Your voice or walk in Your law; they have done nothing of all that You commanded them to do; therefore You have made all this calamity come upon them. -- jeremiah 32:23 +. +'Behold, the siege ramps have reached the city to take it; and the city is given into the hand of the Chaldeans who fight against it, because of the sword, the famine and the pestilence; and what You have spoken has come to pass; and behold, You see it. -- jeremiah 32:24 +. +'You have said to me, O Lord GOD, "Buy for yourself the field with money and call in witnesses"--although the city is given into the hand of the Chaldeans.'" -- jeremiah 32:25 +. +Then the word of the LORD came to Jeremiah, saying, -- jeremiah 32:26 +. +"Behold, I am the LORD, the God of all flesh; is anything too difficult for Me?" -- jeremiah 32:27 +. +Therefore thus says the LORD, "Behold, I am about to give this city into the hand of the Chaldeans and into the hand of Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon, and he will take it. -- jeremiah 32:28 +. +"The Chaldeans who are fighting against this city will enter and set this city on fire and burn it, with the houses where people have offered incense to Baal on their roofs and poured out drink offerings to other gods to provoke Me to anger. -- jeremiah 32:29 +. +"Indeed the sons of Israel and the sons of Judah have been doing only evil in My sight from their youth; for the sons of Israel have been only provoking Me to anger by the work of their hands," declares the LORD. -- jeremiah 32:30 +. +"Indeed this city has been to Me a provocation of My anger and My wrath from the day that they built it, even to this day, so that it should be removed from before My face, -- jeremiah 32:31 +. +because of all the evil of the sons of Israel and the sons of Judah which they have done to provoke Me to anger--they, their kings, their leaders, their priests, their prophets, the men of Judah and the inhabitants of Jerusalem. -- jeremiah 32:32 +. +"They have turned their back to Me and not their face; though I taught them, teaching again and again, they would not listen and receive instruction. -- jeremiah 32:33 +. +"But they put their detestable things in the house which is called by My name, to defile it. -- jeremiah 32:34 +. +"They built the high places of Baal that are in the valley of Ben-hinnom to cause their sons and their daughters to pass through the fire to Molech, which I had not commanded them nor had it entered My mind that they should do this abomination, to cause Judah to sin. -- jeremiah 32:35 +. +"Now therefore thus says the LORD God of Israel concerning this city of which you say, 'It is given into the hand of the king of Babylon by sword, by famine and by pestilence.' -- jeremiah 32:36 +. +"Behold, I will gather them out of all the lands to which I have driven them in My anger, in My wrath and in great indignation; and I will bring them back to this place and make them dwell in safety. -- jeremiah 32:37 +. +"They shall be My people, and I will be their God; -- jeremiah 32:38 +. +and I will give them one heart and one way, that they may fear Me always, for their own good and for the good of their children after them. -- jeremiah 32:39 +. +"I will make an everlasting covenant with them that I will not turn away from them, to do them good; and I will put the fear of Me in their hearts so that they will not turn away from Me. -- jeremiah 32:40 +. +"I will rejoice over them to do them good and will faithfully plant them in this land with all My heart and with all My soul. -- jeremiah 32:41 +. +"For thus says the LORD, 'Just as I brought all this great disaster on this people, so I am going to bring on them all the good that I am promising them. -- jeremiah 32:42 +. +'Fields will be bought in this land of which you say, "It is a desolation, without man or beast; it is given into the hand of the Chaldeans." -- jeremiah 32:43 +. +'Men will buy fields for money, sign and seal deeds, and call in witnesses in the land of Benjamin, in the environs of Jerusalem, in the cities of Judah, in the cities of the hill country, in the cities of the lowland and in the cities of the Negev; for I will restore their fortunes,' declares the LORD." -- jeremiah 32:44 +. +Then the word of the LORD came to Jeremiah the second time, while he was still confined in the court of the guard, saying, -- jeremiah 33:1 +. +"Thus says the LORD who made the earth, the LORD who formed it to establish it, the LORD is His name, -- jeremiah 33:2 +. +'Call to Me and I will answer you, and I will tell you great and mighty things, which you do not know.' -- jeremiah 33:3 +. +"For thus says the LORD God of Israel concerning the houses of this city, and concerning the houses of the kings of Judah which are broken down to make a defense against the siege ramps and against the sword, -- jeremiah 33:4 +. +'While they are coming to fight with the Chaldeans and to fill them with the corpses of men whom I have slain in My anger and in My wrath, and I have hidden My face from this city because of all their wickedness: -- jeremiah 33:5 +. +'Behold, I will bring to it health and healing, and I will heal them; and I will reveal to them an abundance of peace and truth. -- jeremiah 33:6 +. +'I will restore the fortunes of Judah and the fortunes of Israel and will rebuild them as they were at first. -- jeremiah 33:7 +. +'I will cleanse them from all their iniquity by which they have sinned against Me, and I will pardon all their iniquities by which they have sinned against Me and by which they have transgressed against Me. -- jeremiah 33:8 +. +'It will be to Me a name of joy, praise and glory before all the nations of the earth which will hear of all the good that I do for them, and they will fear and tremble because of all the good and all the peace that I make for it.' -- jeremiah 33:9 +. +"Thus says the LORD, 'Yet again there will be heard in this place, of which you say, "It is a waste, without man and without beast," that is, in the cities of Judah and in the streets of Jerusalem that are desolate, without man and without inhabitant and without beast, -- jeremiah 33:10 +. +the voice of joy and the voice of gladness, the voice of the bridegroom and the voice of the bride, the voice of those who say, "Give thanks to the LORD of hosts, For the LORD is good, For His lovingkindness is everlasting"; and of those who bring a thank offering into the house of the LORD. For I will restore the fortunes of the land as they were at first,' says the LORD. -- jeremiah 33:11 +. +"Thus says the LORD of hosts, 'There will again be in this place which is waste, without man or beast, and in all its cities, a habitation of shepherds who rest their flocks. -- jeremiah 33:12 +. +'In the cities of the hill country, in the cities of the lowland, in the cities of the Negev, in the land of Benjamin, in the environs of Jerusalem and in the cities of Judah, the flocks will again pass under the hands of the one who numbers them,' says the LORD. -- jeremiah 33:13 +. +'Behold, days are coming,' declares the LORD, 'when I will fulfill the good word which I have spoken concerning the house of Israel and the house of Judah. -- jeremiah 33:14 +. +'In those days and at that time I will cause a righteous Branch of David to spring forth; and He shall execute justice and righteousness on the earth. -- jeremiah 33:15 +. +'In those days Judah will be saved and Jerusalem will dwell in safety; and this is the name by which she will be called: the LORD is our righteousness.' -- jeremiah 33:16 +. +"For thus says the LORD, 'David shall never lack a man to sit on the throne of the house of Israel; -- jeremiah 33:17 +. +and the Levitical priests shall never lack a man before Me to offer burnt offerings, to burn grain offerings and to prepare sacrifices continually.'" -- jeremiah 33:18 +. +The word of the LORD came to Jeremiah, saying, -- jeremiah 33:19 +. +"Thus says the LORD, 'If you can break My covenant for the day and My covenant for the night, so that day and night will not be at their appointed time, -- jeremiah 33:20 +. +then My covenant may also be broken with David My servant so that he will not have a son to reign on his throne, and with the Levitical priests, My ministers. -- jeremiah 33:21 +. +'As the host of heaven cannot be counted and the sand of the sea cannot be measured, so I will multiply the descendants of David My servant and the Levites who minister to Me.'" -- jeremiah 33:22 +. +And the word of the LORD came to Jeremiah, saying, -- jeremiah 33:23 +. +"Have you not observed what this people have spoken, saying, 'The two families which the LORD chose, He has rejected them'? Thus they despise My people, no longer are they as a nation in their sight. -- jeremiah 33:24 +. +"Thus says the LORD, 'If My covenant for day and night stand not, and the fixed patterns of heaven and earth I have not established, -- jeremiah 33:25 +. +then I would reject the descendants of Jacob and David My servant, not taking from his descendants rulers over the descendants of Abraham, Isaac and Jacob. But I will restore their fortunes and will have mercy on them.'" -- jeremiah 33:26 +. +The word which came to Jeremiah from the LORD, when Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon and all his army, with all the kingdoms of the earth that were under his dominion and all the peoples, were fighting against Jerusalem and against all its cities, saying, -- jeremiah 34:1 +. +"Thus says the LORD God of Israel, 'Go and speak to Zedekiah king of Judah and say to him: "Thus says the LORD, 'Behold, I am giving this city into the hand of the king of Babylon, and he will burn it with fire. -- jeremiah 34:2 +. +'You will not escape from his hand, for you will surely be captured and delivered into his hand; and you will see the king of Babylon eye to eye, and he will speak with you face to face, and you will go to Babylon.'"' -- jeremiah 34:3 +. +"Yet hear the word of the LORD, O Zedekiah king of Judah! Thus says the LORD concerning you, 'You will not die by the sword. -- jeremiah 34:4 +. +'You will die in peace; and as spices were burned for your fathers, the former kings who were before you, so they will burn spices for you; and they will lament for you, "Alas, lord!"' For I have spoken the word," declares the LORD. -- jeremiah 34:5 +. +Then Jeremiah the prophet spoke all these words to Zedekiah king of Judah in Jerusalem -- jeremiah 34:6 +. +when the army of the king of Babylon was fighting against Jerusalem and against all the remaining cities of Judah, that is, Lachish and Azekah, for they alone remained as fortified cities among the cities of Judah. -- jeremiah 34:7 +. +The word which came to Jeremiah from the LORD after King Zedekiah had made a covenant with all the people who were in Jerusalem to proclaim release to them: -- jeremiah 34:8 +. +that each man should set free his male servant and each man his female servant, a Hebrew man or a Hebrew woman; so that no one should keep them, a Jew his brother, in bondage. -- jeremiah 34:9 +. +And all the officials and all the people obeyed who had entered into the covenant that each man should set free his male servant and each man his female servant, so that no one should keep them any longer in bondage; they obeyed, and set them free. -- jeremiah 34:10 +. +But afterward they turned around and took back the male servants and the female servants whom they had set free, and brought them into subjection for male servants and for female servants. -- jeremiah 34:11 +. +Then the word of the LORD came to Jeremiah from the LORD, saying, -- jeremiah 34:12 +. +"Thus says the LORD God of Israel, 'I made a covenant with your forefathers in the day that I brought them out of the land of Egypt, from the house of bondage, saying, -- jeremiah 34:13 +. +"At the end of seven years each of you shall set free his Hebrew brother who has been sold to you and has served you six years, you shall send him out free from you; but your forefathers did not obey Me or incline their ear to Me. -- jeremiah 34:14 +. +"Although recently you had turned and done what is right in My sight, each man proclaiming release to his neighbor, and you had made a covenant before Me in the house which is called by My name. -- jeremiah 34:15 +. +"Yet you turned and profaned My name, and each man took back his male servant and each man his female servant whom you had set free according to their desire, and you brought them into subjection to be your male servants and female servants."' -- jeremiah 34:16 +. +"Therefore thus says the LORD, 'You have not obeyed Me in proclaiming release each man to his brother and each man to his neighbor. Behold, I am proclaiming a release to you,' declares the LORD, 'to the sword, to the pestilence and to the famine; and I will make you a terror to all the kingdoms of the earth. -- jeremiah 34:17 +. +'I will give the men who have transgressed My covenant, who have not fulfilled the words of the covenant which they made before Me, when they cut the calf in two and passed between its parts-- -- jeremiah 34:18 +. +the officials of Judah and the officials of Jerusalem, the court officers and the priests and all the people of the land who passed between the parts of the calf-- -- jeremiah 34:19 +. +I will give them into the hand of their enemies and into the hand of those who seek their life. And their dead bodies will be food for the birds of the sky and the beasts of the earth. -- jeremiah 34:20 +. +'Zedekiah king of Judah and his officials I will give into the hand of their enemies and into the hand of those who seek their life, and into the hand of the army of the king of Babylon which has gone away from you. -- jeremiah 34:21 +. +'Behold, I am going to command,' declares the LORD, 'and I will bring them back to this city; and they will fight against it and take it and burn it with fire; and I will make the cities of Judah a desolation without inhabitant.'" -- jeremiah 34:22 +. +The word which came to Jeremiah from the LORD in the days of Jehoiakim the son of Josiah, king of Judah, saying, -- jeremiah 35:1 +. +"Go to the house of the Rechabites and speak to them, and bring them into the house of the LORD, into one of the chambers, and give them wine to drink." -- jeremiah 35:2 +. +Then I took Jaazaniah the son of Jeremiah, son of Habazziniah, and his brothers and all his sons and the whole house of the Rechabites, -- jeremiah 35:3 +. +and I brought them into the house of the LORD, into the chamber of the sons of Hanan the son of Igdaliah, the man of God, which was near the chamber of the officials, which was above the chamber of Maaseiah the son of Shallum, the doorkeeper. -- jeremiah 35:4 +. +Then I set before the men of the house of the Rechabites pitchers full of wine and cups; and I said to them, "Drink wine!" -- jeremiah 35:5 +. +But they said, "We will not drink wine, for Jonadab the son of Rechab, our father, commanded us, saying, 'You shall not drink wine, you or your sons, forever. -- jeremiah 35:6 +. +'You shall not build a house, and you shall not sow seed and you shall not plant a vineyard or own one; but in tents you shall dwell all your days, that you may live many days in the land where you sojourn.' -- jeremiah 35:7 +. +"We have obeyed the voice of Jonadab the son of Rechab, our father, in all that he commanded us, not to drink wine all our days, we, our wives, our sons or our daughters, -- jeremiah 35:8 +. +nor to build ourselves houses to dwell in; and we do not have vineyard or field or seed. -- jeremiah 35:9 +. +"We have only dwelt in tents, and have obeyed and have done according to all that Jonadab our father commanded us. -- jeremiah 35:10 +. +"But when Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon came up against the land, we said, 'Come and let us go to Jerusalem before the army of the Chaldeans and before the army of the Arameans.' So we have dwelt in Jerusalem." -- jeremiah 35:11 +. +Then the word of the LORD came to Jeremiah, saying, -- jeremiah 35:12 +. +"Thus says the LORD of hosts, the God of Israel, 'Go and say to the men of Judah and the inhabitants of Jerusalem, "Will you not receive instruction by listening to My words?" declares the LORD. -- jeremiah 35:13 +. +"The words of Jonadab the son of Rechab, which he commanded his sons not to drink wine, are observed. So they do not drink wine to this day, for they have obeyed their father's command. But I have spoken to you again and again; yet you have not listened to Me. -- jeremiah 35:14 +. +"Also I have sent to you all My servants the prophets, sending them again and again, saying: 'Turn now every man from his evil way and amend your deeds, and do not go after other gods to worship them. Then you will dwell in the land which I have given to you and to your forefathers; but you have not inclined your ear or listened to Me. -- jeremiah 35:15 +. +'Indeed, the sons of Jonadab the son of Rechab have observed the command of their father which he commanded them, but this people has not listened to Me.'"' -- jeremiah 35:16 +. +"Therefore thus says the LORD, the God of hosts, the God of Israel, 'Behold, I am bringing on Judah and on all the inhabitants of Jerusalem all the disaster that I have pronounced against them; because I spoke to them but they did not listen, and I have called them but they did not answer.'" -- jeremiah 35:17 +. +Then Jeremiah said to the house of the Rechabites, "Thus says the LORD of hosts, the God of Israel, 'Because you have obeyed the command of Jonadab your father, kept all his commands and done according to all that he commanded you; -- jeremiah 35:18 +. +therefore thus says the LORD of hosts, the God of Israel, "Jonadab the son of Rechab shall not lack a man to stand before Me always."'" -- jeremiah 35:19 +. +In the fourth year of Jehoiakim the son of Josiah, king of Judah, this word came to Jeremiah from the LORD, saying, -- jeremiah 36:1 +. +"Take a scroll and write on it all the words which I have spoken to you concerning Israel and concerning Judah, and concerning all the nations, from the day I first spoke to you, from the days of Josiah, even to this day. -- jeremiah 36:2 +. +"Perhaps the house of Judah will hear all the calamity which I plan to bring on them, in order that every man will turn from his evil way; then I will forgive their iniquity and their sin." -- jeremiah 36:3 +. +Then Jeremiah called Baruch the son of Neriah, and Baruch wrote on a scroll at the dictation of Jeremiah all the words of the LORD which He had spoken to him. -- jeremiah 36:4 +. +Jeremiah commanded Baruch, saying, "I am restricted; I cannot go into the house of the LORD. -- jeremiah 36:5 +. +"So you go and read from the scroll which you have written at my dictation the words of the LORD to the people in the LORD'S house on a fast day. And also you shall read them to all the people of Judah who come from their cities. -- jeremiah 36:6 +. +"Perhaps their supplication will come before the LORD, and everyone will turn from his evil way, for great is the anger and the wrath that the LORD has pronounced against this people." -- jeremiah 36:7 +. +Baruch the son of Neriah did according to all that Jeremiah the prophet commanded him, reading from the book the words of the LORD in the LORD'S house. -- jeremiah 36:8 +. +Now in the fifth year of Jehoiakim the son of Josiah, king of Judah, in the ninth month, all the people in Jerusalem and all the people who came from the cities of Judah to Jerusalem proclaimed a fast before the LORD. -- jeremiah 36:9 +. +Then Baruch read from the book the words of Jeremiah in the house of the LORD in the chamber of Gemariah the son of Shaphan the scribe, in the upper court, at the entry of the New Gate of the LORD'S house, to all the people. -- jeremiah 36:10 +. +Now when Micaiah the son of Gemariah, the son of Shaphan, had heard all the words of the LORD from the book, -- jeremiah 36:11 +. +he went down to the king's house, into the scribe's chamber. And behold, all the officials were sitting there--Elishama the scribe, and Delaiah the son of Shemaiah, and Elnathan the son of Achbor, and Gemariah the son of Shaphan, and Zedekiah the son of Hananiah, and all the other officials. -- jeremiah 36:12 +. +Micaiah declared to them all the words that he had heard when Baruch read from the book to the people. -- jeremiah 36:13 +. +Then all the officials sent Jehudi the son of Nethaniah, the son of Shelemiah, the son of Cushi, to Baruch, saying, "Take in your hand the scroll from which you have read to the people and come." So Baruch the son of Neriah took the scroll in his hand and went to them. -- jeremiah 36:14 +. +They said to him, "Sit down, please, and read it to us." So Baruch read it to them. -- jeremiah 36:15 +. +When they had heard all the words, they turned in fear one to another and said to Baruch, "We will surely report all these words to the king." -- jeremiah 36:16 +. +And they asked Baruch, saying, "Tell us, please, how did you write all these words? Was it at his dictation?" -- jeremiah 36:17 +. +Then Baruch said to them, "He dictated all these words to me, and I wrote them with ink on the book." -- jeremiah 36:18 +. +Then the officials said to Baruch, "Go, hide yourself, you and Jeremiah, and do not let anyone know where you are." -- jeremiah 36:19 +. +So they went to the king in the court, but they had deposited the scroll in the chamber of Elishama the scribe, and they reported all the words to the king. -- jeremiah 36:20 +. +Then the king sent Jehudi to get the scroll, and he took it out of the chamber of Elishama the scribe. And Jehudi read it to the king as well as to all the officials who stood beside the king. -- jeremiah 36:21 +. +Now the king was sitting in the winter house in the ninth month, with a fire burning in the brazier before him. -- jeremiah 36:22 +. +When Jehudi had read three or four columns, the king cut it with a scribe's knife and threw it into the fire that was in the brazier, until all the scroll was consumed in the fire that was in the brazier. -- jeremiah 36:23 +. +Yet the king and all his servants who heard all these words were not afraid, nor did they rend their garments. -- jeremiah 36:24 +. +Even though Elnathan and Delaiah and Gemariah pleaded with the king not to burn the scroll, he would not listen to them. -- jeremiah 36:25 +. +And the king commanded Jerahmeel the king's son, Seraiah the son of Azriel, and Shelemiah the son of Abdeel to seize Baruch the scribe and Jeremiah the prophet, but the LORD hid them. -- jeremiah 36:26 +. +Then the word of the LORD came to Jeremiah after the king had burned the scroll and the words which Baruch had written at the dictation of Jeremiah, saying, -- jeremiah 36:27 +. +"Take again another scroll and write on it all the former words that were on the first scroll which Jehoiakim the king of Judah burned. -- jeremiah 36:28 +. +"And concerning Jehoiakim king of Judah you shall say, 'Thus says the LORD, "You have burned this scroll, saying, 'Why have you written on it that the king of Babylon will certainly come and destroy this land, and will make man and beast to cease from it?'" -- jeremiah 36:29 +. +'Therefore thus says the LORD concerning Jehoiakim king of Judah, "He shall have no one to sit on the throne of David, and his dead body shall be cast out to the heat of the day and the frost of the night. -- jeremiah 36:30 +. +"I will also punish him and his descendants and his servants for their iniquity, and I will bring on them and the inhabitants of Jerusalem and the men of Judah all the calamity that I have declared to them--but they did not listen."'" -- jeremiah 36:31 +. +Then Jeremiah took another scroll and gave it to Baruch the son of Neriah, the scribe, and he wrote on it at the dictation of Jeremiah all the words of the book which Jehoiakim king of Judah had burned in the fire; and many similar words were added to them. -- jeremiah 36:32 +. +Now Zedekiah the son of Josiah whom Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon had made king in the land of Judah, reigned as king in place of Coniah the son of Jehoiakim. -- jeremiah 37:1 +. +But neither he nor his servants nor the people of the land listened to the words of the LORD which He spoke through Jeremiah the prophet. -- jeremiah 37:2 +. +Yet King Zedekiah sent Jehucal the son of Shelemiah, and Zephaniah the son of Maaseiah, the priest, to Jeremiah the prophet, saying, "Please pray to the LORD our God on our behalf." -- jeremiah 37:3 +. +Now Jeremiah was still coming in and going out among the people, for they had not yet put him in the prison. -- jeremiah 37:4 +. +Meanwhile, Pharaoh's army had set out from Egypt; and when the Chaldeans who had been besieging Jerusalem heard the report about them, they lifted the siege from Jerusalem. -- jeremiah 37:5 +. +Then the word of the LORD came to Jeremiah the prophet, saying, -- jeremiah 37:6 +. +"Thus says the LORD God of Israel, 'Thus you are to say to the king of Judah, who sent you to Me to inquire of Me: "Behold, Pharaoh's army which has come out for your assistance is going to return to its own land of Egypt. -- jeremiah 37:7 +. +"The Chaldeans will also return and fight against this city, and they will capture it and burn it with fire."' -- jeremiah 37:8 +. +"Thus says the LORD, 'Do not deceive yourselves, saying, "The Chaldeans will surely go away from us," for they will not go. -- jeremiah 37:9 +. +'For even if you had defeated the entire army of Chaldeans who were fighting against you, and there were only wounded men left among them, each man in his tent, they would rise up and burn this city with fire.'" -- jeremiah 37:10 +. +Now it happened when the army of the Chaldeans had lifted the siege from Jerusalem because of Pharaoh's army, -- jeremiah 37:11 +. +that Jeremiah went out from Jerusalem to go to the land of Benjamin in order to take possession of some property there among the people. -- jeremiah 37:12 +. +While he was at the Gate of Benjamin, a captain of the guard whose name was Irijah, the son of Shelemiah the son of Hananiah was there; and he arrested Jeremiah the prophet, saying, "You are going over to the Chaldeans!" -- jeremiah 37:13 +. +But Jeremiah said, "A lie! I am not going over to the Chaldeans"; yet he would not listen to him. So Irijah arrested Jeremiah and brought him to the officials. -- jeremiah 37:14 +. +Then the officials were angry at Jeremiah and beat him, and they put him in jail in the house of Jonathan the scribe, which they had made into the prison. -- jeremiah 37:15 +. +For Jeremiah had come into the dungeon, that is, the vaulted cell; and Jeremiah stayed there many days. -- jeremiah 37:16 +. +Now King Zedekiah sent and took him out; and in his palace the king secretly asked him and said, "Is there a word from the LORD?" And Jeremiah said, "There is!" Then he said, "You will be given into the hand of the king of Babylon!" -- jeremiah 37:17 +. +Moreover Jeremiah said to King Zedekiah, "In what way have I sinned against you, or against your servants, or against this people, that you have put me in prison? -- jeremiah 37:18 +. +"Where then are your prophets who prophesied to you, saying, 'The king of Babylon will not come against you or against this land'? -- jeremiah 37:19 +. +"But now, please listen, O my lord the king; please let my petition come before you and do not make me return to the house of Jonathan the scribe, that I may not die there." -- jeremiah 37:20 +. +Then King Zedekiah gave commandment, and they committed Jeremiah to the court of the guardhouse and gave him a loaf of bread daily from the bakers' street, until all the bread in the city was gone. So Jeremiah remained in the court of the guardhouse. -- jeremiah 37:21 +. +Now Shephatiah the son of Mattan, and Gedaliah the son of Pashhur, and Jucal the son of Shelemiah, and Pashhur the son of Malchijah heard the words that Jeremiah was speaking to all the people, saying, -- jeremiah 38:1 +. +"Thus says the LORD, 'He who stays in this city will die by the sword and by famine and by pestilence, but he who goes out to the Chaldeans will live and have his own life as booty and stay alive.' -- jeremiah 38:2 +. +"Thus says the LORD, 'This city will certainly be given into the hand of the army of the king of Babylon and he will capture it.'" -- jeremiah 38:3 +. +Then the officials said to the king, "Now let this man be put to death, inasmuch as he is discouraging the men of war who are left in this city and all the people, by speaking such words to them; for this man is not seeking the well-being of this people but rather their harm." -- jeremiah 38:4 +. +So King Zedekiah said, "Behold, he is in your hands; for the king can do nothing against you." -- jeremiah 38:5 +. +Then they took Jeremiah and cast him into the cistern of Malchijah the king's son, which was in the court of the guardhouse; and they let Jeremiah down with ropes. Now in the cistern there was no water but only mud, and Jeremiah sank into the mud. -- jeremiah 38:6 +. +But Ebed-melech the Ethiopian, a eunuch, while he was in the king's palace, heard that they had put Jeremiah into the cistern. Now the king was sitting in the Gate of Benjamin; -- jeremiah 38:7 +. +and Ebed-melech went out from the king's palace and spoke to the king, saying, -- jeremiah 38:8 +. +"My lord the king, these men have acted wickedly in all that they have done to Jeremiah the prophet whom they have cast into the cistern; and he will die right where he is because of the famine, for there is no more bread in the city." -- jeremiah 38:9 +. +Then the king commanded Ebed-melech the Ethiopian, saying, "Take thirty men from here under your authority and bring up Jeremiah the prophet from the cistern before he dies." -- jeremiah 38:10 +. +So Ebed-melech took the men under his authority and went into the king's palace to a place beneath the storeroom and took from there worn-out clothes and worn-out rags and let them down by ropes into the cistern to Jeremiah. -- jeremiah 38:11 +. +Then Ebed-melech the Ethiopian said to Jeremiah, "Now put these worn-out clothes and rags under your armpits under the ropes"; and Jeremiah did so. -- jeremiah 38:12 +. +So they pulled Jeremiah up with the ropes and lifted him out of the cistern, and Jeremiah stayed in the court of the guardhouse. -- jeremiah 38:13 +. +Then King Zedekiah sent and had Jeremiah the prophet brought to him at the third entrance that is in the house of the LORD; and the king said to Jeremiah, "I am going to ask you something; do not hide anything from me." -- jeremiah 38:14 +. +Then Jeremiah said to Zedekiah, "If I tell you, will you not certainly put me to death? Besides, if I give you advice, you will not listen to me." -- jeremiah 38:15 +. +But King Zedekiah swore to Jeremiah in secret saying, "As the LORD lives, who made this life for us, surely I will not put you to death nor will I give you over to the hand of these men who are seeking your life." -- jeremiah 38:16 +. +Then Jeremiah said to Zedekiah, "Thus says the LORD God of hosts, the God of Israel, 'If you will indeed go out to the officers of the king of Babylon, then you will live, this city will not be burned with fire, and you and your household will survive. -- jeremiah 38:17 +. +'But if you will not go out to the officers of the king of Babylon, then this city will be given over to the hand of the Chaldeans; and they will burn it with fire, and you yourself will not escape from their hand.'" -- jeremiah 38:18 +. +Then King Zedekiah said to Jeremiah, "I dread the Jews who have gone over to the Chaldeans, for they may give me over into their hand and they will abuse me." -- jeremiah 38:19 +. +But Jeremiah said, "They will not give you over. Please obey the LORD in what I am saying to you, that it may go well with you and you may live. -- jeremiah 38:20 +. +"But if you keep refusing to go out, this is the word which the LORD has shown me: -- jeremiah 38:21 +. +'Then behold, all of the women who have been left in the palace of the king of Judah are going to be brought out to the officers of the king of Babylon; and those women will say, "Your close friends Have misled and overpowered you; While your feet were sunk in the mire, They turned back." -- jeremiah 38:22 +. +'They will also bring out all your wives and your sons to the Chaldeans, and you yourself will not escape from their hand, but will be seized by the hand of the king of Babylon, and this city will be burned with fire.'" -- jeremiah 38:23 +. +Then Zedekiah said to Jeremiah, "Let no man know about these words and you will not die. -- jeremiah 38:24 +. +"But if the officials hear that I have talked with you and come to you and say to you, 'Tell us now what you said to the king and what the king said to you; do not hide it from us and we will not put you to death,' -- jeremiah 38:25 +. +then you are to say to them, 'I was presenting my petition before the king, not to make me return to the house of Jonathan to die there.'" -- jeremiah 38:26 +. +Then all the officials came to Jeremiah and questioned him. So he reported to them in accordance with all these words which the king had commanded; and they ceased speaking with him, since the conversation had not been overheard. -- jeremiah 38:27 +. +So Jeremiah stayed in the court of the guardhouse until the day that Jerusalem was captured. -- jeremiah 38:28 +. +Now when Jerusalem was captured in the ninth year of Zedekiah king of Judah, in the tenth month, Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon and all his army came to Jerusalem and laid siege to it; -- jeremiah 39:1 +. +in the eleventh year of Zedekiah, in the fourth month, in the ninth day of the month, the city wall was breached. -- jeremiah 39:2 +. +Then all the officials of the king of Babylon came in and sat down at the Middle Gate: Nergal-sar-ezer, Samgar-nebu, Sar-sekim the Rab-saris, Nergal-sar-ezer the Rab-mag, and all the rest of the officials of the king of Babylon. -- jeremiah 39:3 +. +When Zedekiah the king of Judah and all the men of war saw them, they fled and went out of the city at night by way of the king's garden through the gate between the two walls; and he went out toward the Arabah. -- jeremiah 39:4 +. +But the army of the Chaldeans pursued them and overtook Zedekiah in the plains of Jericho; and they seized him and brought him up to Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon at Riblah in the land of Hamath, and he passed sentence on him. -- jeremiah 39:5 +. +Then the king of Babylon slew the sons of Zedekiah before his eyes at Riblah; the king of Babylon also slew all the nobles of Judah. -- jeremiah 39:6 +. +He then blinded Zedekiah's eyes and bound him in fetters of bronze to bring him to Babylon. -- jeremiah 39:7 +. +The Chaldeans also burned with fire the king's palace and the houses of the people, and they broke down the walls of Jerusalem. -- jeremiah 39:8 +. +As for the rest of the people who were left in the city, the deserters who had gone over to him and the rest of the people who remained, Nebuzaradan the captain of the bodyguard carried them into exile in Babylon. -- jeremiah 39:9 +. +But some of the poorest people who had nothing, Nebuzaradan the captain of the bodyguard left behind in the land of Judah, and gave them vineyards and fields at that time. -- jeremiah 39:10 +. +Now Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon gave orders about Jeremiah through Nebuzaradan the captain of the bodyguard, saying, -- jeremiah 39:11 +. +"Take him and look after him, and do nothing harmful to him, but rather deal with him just as he tells you." -- jeremiah 39:12 +. +So Nebuzaradan the captain of the bodyguard sent word, along with Nebushazban the Rab-saris, and Nergal-sar-ezer the Rab-mag, and all the leading officers of the king of Babylon; -- jeremiah 39:13 +. +they even sent and took Jeremiah out of the court of the guardhouse and entrusted him to Gedaliah, the son of Ahikam, the son of Shaphan, to take him home. So he stayed among the people. -- jeremiah 39:14 +. +Now the word of the LORD had come to Jeremiah while he was confined in the court of the guardhouse, saying, -- jeremiah 39:15 +. +"Go and speak to Ebed-melech the Ethiopian, saying, 'Thus says the LORD of hosts, the God of Israel, "Behold, I am about to bring My words on this city for disaster and not for prosperity; and they will take place before you on that day. -- jeremiah 39:16 +. +"But I will deliver you on that day," declares the LORD, "and you will not be given into the hand of the men whom you dread. -- jeremiah 39:17 +. +"For I will certainly rescue you, and you will not fall by the sword; but you will have your own life as booty, because you have trusted in Me," declares the LORD.'" -- jeremiah 39:18 +. +The word which came to Jeremiah from the LORD after Nebuzaradan captain of the bodyguard had released him from Ramah, when he had taken him bound in chains among all the exiles of Jerusalem and Judah who were being exiled to Babylon. -- jeremiah 40:1 +. +Now the captain of the bodyguard had taken Jeremiah and said to him, "The LORD your God promised this calamity against this place; -- jeremiah 40:2 +. +and the LORD has brought it on and done just as He promised. Because you people sinned against the LORD and did not listen to His voice, therefore this thing has happened to you. -- jeremiah 40:3 +. +"But now, behold, I am freeing you today from the chains which are on your hands. If you would prefer to come with me to Babylon, come along, and I will look after you; but if you would prefer not to come with me to Babylon, never mind. Look, the whole land is before you; go wherever it seems good and right for you to go." -- jeremiah 40:4 +. +As Jeremiah was still not going back, he said, "Go on back then to Gedaliah the son of Ahikam, the son of Shaphan, whom the king of Babylon has appointed over the cities of Judah, and stay with him among the people; or else go anywhere it seems right for you to go." So the captain of the bodyguard gave him a ration and a gift and let him go. -- jeremiah 40:5 +. +Then Jeremiah went to Mizpah to Gedaliah the son of Ahikam and stayed with him among the people who were left in the land. -- jeremiah 40:6 +. +Now all the commanders of the forces that were in the field, they and their men, heard that the king of Babylon had appointed Gedaliah the son of Ahikam over the land and that he had put him in charge of the men, women and children, those of the poorest of the land who had not been exiled to Babylon. -- jeremiah 40:7 +. +So they came to Gedaliah at Mizpah, along with Ishmael the son of Nethaniah, and Johanan and Jonathan the sons of Kareah, and Seraiah the son of Tanhumeth, and the sons of Ephai the Netophathite, and Jezaniah the son of the Maacathite, both they and their men. -- jeremiah 40:8 +. +Then Gedaliah the son of Ahikam, the son of Shaphan, swore to them and to their men, saying, "Do not be afraid of serving the Chaldeans; stay in the land and serve the king of Babylon, that it may go well with you. -- jeremiah 40:9 +. +"Now as for me, behold, I am going to stay at Mizpah to stand for you before the Chaldeans who come to us; but as for you, gather in wine and summer fruit and oil and put them in your storage vessels, and live in your cities that you have taken over." -- jeremiah 40:10 +. +Likewise, also all the Jews who were in Moab and among the sons of Ammon and in Edom and who were in all the other countries, heard that the king of Babylon had left a remnant for Judah, and that he had appointed over them Gedaliah the son of Ahikam, the son of Shaphan. -- jeremiah 40:11 +. +Then all the Jews returned from all the places to which they had been driven away and came to the land of Judah, to Gedaliah at Mizpah, and gathered in wine and summer fruit in great abundance. -- jeremiah 40:12 +. +Now Johanan the son of Kareah and all the commanders of the forces that were in the field came to Gedaliah at Mizpah -- jeremiah 40:13 +. +and said to him, "Are you well aware that Baalis the king of the sons of Ammon has sent Ishmael the son of Nethaniah to take your life?" But Gedaliah the son of Ahikam did not believe them. -- jeremiah 40:14 +. +Then Johanan the son of Kareah spoke secretly to Gedaliah in Mizpah, saying, "Let me go and kill Ishmael the son of Nethaniah, and not a man will know! Why should he take your life, so that all the Jews who are gathered to you would be scattered and the remnant of Judah would perish?" -- jeremiah 40:15 +. +But Gedaliah the son of Ahikam said to Johanan the son of Kareah, "Do not do this thing, for you are telling a lie about Ishmael." -- jeremiah 40:16 +. +In the seventh month Ishmael the son of Nethaniah, the son of Elishama, of the royal family and one of the chief officers of the king, along with ten men, came to Mizpah to Gedaliah the son of Ahikam. While they were eating bread together there in Mizpah, -- jeremiah 41:1 +. +Ishmael the son of Nethaniah and the ten men who were with him arose and struck down Gedaliah the son of Ahikam, the son of Shaphan, with the sword and put to death the one whom the king of Babylon had appointed over the land. -- jeremiah 41:2 +. +Ishmael also struck down all the Jews who were with him, that is with Gedaliah at Mizpah, and the Chaldeans who were found there, the men of war. -- jeremiah 41:3 +. +Now it happened on the next day after the killing of Gedaliah, when no one knew about it, -- jeremiah 41:4 +. +that eighty men came from Shechem, from Shiloh, and from Samaria with their beards shaved off and their clothes torn and their bodies gashed, having grain offerings and incense in their hands to bring to the house of the LORD. -- jeremiah 41:5 +. +Then Ishmael the son of Nethaniah went out from Mizpah to meet them, weeping as he went; and as he met them, he said to them, "Come to Gedaliah the son of Ahikam!" -- jeremiah 41:6 +. +Yet it turned out that as soon as they came inside the city, Ishmael the son of Nethaniah and the men that were with him slaughtered them and cast them into the cistern. -- jeremiah 41:7 +. +But ten men who were found among them said to Ishmael, "Do not put us to death; for we have stores of wheat, barley, oil and honey hidden in the field." So he refrained and did not put them to death along with their companions. -- jeremiah 41:8 +. +Now as for the cistern where Ishmael had cast all the corpses of the men whom he had struck down because of Gedaliah, it was the one that King Asa had made on account of Baasha, king of Israel; Ishmael the son of Nethaniah filled it with the slain. -- jeremiah 41:9 +. +Then Ishmael took captive all the remnant of the people who were in Mizpah, the king's daughters and all the people who were left in Mizpah, whom Nebuzaradan the captain of the bodyguard had put under the charge of Gedaliah the son of Ahikam; thus Ishmael the son of Nethaniah took them captive and proceeded to cross over to the sons of Ammon. -- jeremiah 41:10 +. +But Johanan the son of Kareah and all the commanders of the forces that were with him heard of all the evil that Ishmael the son of Nethaniah had done. -- jeremiah 41:11 +. +So they took all the men and went to fight with Ishmael the son of Nethaniah and they found him by the great pool that is in Gibeon. -- jeremiah 41:12 +. +Now as soon as all the people who were with Ishmael saw Johanan the son of Kareah and the commanders of the forces that were with him, they were glad. -- jeremiah 41:13 +. +So all the people whom Ishmael had taken captive from Mizpah turned around and came back, and went to Johanan the son of Kareah. -- jeremiah 41:14 +. +But Ishmael the son of Nethaniah escaped from Johanan with eight men and went to the sons of Ammon. -- jeremiah 41:15 +. +Then Johanan the son of Kareah and all the commanders of the forces that were with him took from Mizpah all the remnant of the people whom he had recovered from Ishmael the son of Nethaniah, after he had struck down Gedaliah the son of Ahikam, that is, the men who were soldiers, the women, the children, and the eunuchs, whom he had brought back from Gibeon. -- jeremiah 41:16 +. +And they went and stayed in Geruth Chimham, which is beside Bethlehem, in order to proceed into Egypt -- jeremiah 41:17 +. +because of the Chaldeans; for they were afraid of them, since Ishmael the son of Nethaniah had struck down Gedaliah the son of Ahikam, whom the king of Babylon had appointed over the land. -- jeremiah 41:18 +. +Then all the commanders of the forces, Johanan the son of Kareah, Jezaniah the son of Hoshaiah, and all the people both small and great approached -- jeremiah 42:1 +. +and said to Jeremiah the prophet, "Please let our petition come before you, and pray for us to the LORD your God, that is for all this remnant; because we are left but a few out of many, as your own eyes now see us, -- jeremiah 42:2 +. +that the LORD your God may tell us the way in which we should walk and the thing that we should do." -- jeremiah 42:3 +. +Then Jeremiah the prophet said to them, "I have heard you. Behold, I am going to pray to the LORD your God in accordance with your words; and I will tell you the whole message which the LORD will answer you. I will not keep back a word from you." -- jeremiah 42:4 +. +Then they said to Jeremiah, "May the LORD be a true and faithful witness against us if we do not act in accordance with the whole message with which the LORD your God will send you to us. -- jeremiah 42:5 +. +"Whether it is pleasant or unpleasant, we will listen to the voice of the LORD our God to whom we are sending you, so that it may go well with us when we listen to the voice of the LORD our God." -- jeremiah 42:6 +. +Now at the end of ten days the word of the LORD came to Jeremiah. -- jeremiah 42:7 +. +Then he called for Johanan the son of Kareah and all the commanders of the forces that were with him, and for all the people both small and great, -- jeremiah 42:8 +. +and said to them, "Thus says the LORD the God of Israel, to whom you sent me to present your petition before Him: -- jeremiah 42:9 +. +'If you will indeed stay in this land, then I will build you up and not tear you down, and I will plant you and not uproot you; for I will relent concerning the calamity that I have inflicted on you. -- jeremiah 42:10 +. +'Do not be afraid of the king of Babylon, whom you are now fearing; do not be afraid of him,' declares the LORD, 'for I am with you to save you and deliver you from his hand. -- jeremiah 42:11 +. +'I will also show you compassion, so that he will have compassion on you and restore you to your own soil. -- jeremiah 42:12 +. +'But if you are going to say, "We will not stay in this land," so as not to listen to the voice of the LORD your God, -- jeremiah 42:13 +. +saying, "No, but we will go to the land of Egypt, where we will not see war or hear the sound of a trumpet or hunger for bread, and we will stay there"; -- jeremiah 42:14 +. +then in that case listen to the word of the LORD, O remnant of Judah. Thus says the LORD of hosts, the God of Israel, "If you really set your mind to enter Egypt and go in to reside there, -- jeremiah 42:15 +. +then the sword, which you are afraid of, will overtake you there in the land of Egypt; and the famine, about which you are anxious, will follow closely after you there in Egypt, and you will die there. -- jeremiah 42:16 +. +"So all the men who set their mind to go to Egypt to reside there will die by the sword, by famine and by pestilence; and they will have no survivors or refugees from the calamity that I am going to bring on them."'" -- jeremiah 42:17 +. +For thus says the LORD of hosts, the God of Israel, "As My anger and wrath have been poured out on the inhabitants of Jerusalem, so My wrath will be poured out on you when you enter Egypt. And you will become a curse, an object of horror, an imprecation and a reproach; and you will see this place no more." -- jeremiah 42:18 +. +The LORD has spoken to you, O remnant of Judah, "Do not go into Egypt!" You should clearly understand that today I have testified against you. -- jeremiah 42:19 +. +For you have only deceived yourselves; for it is you who sent me to the LORD your God, saying, "Pray for us to the LORD our God; and whatever the LORD our God says, tell us so, and we will do it." -- jeremiah 42:20 +. +So I have told you today, but you have not obeyed the LORD your God, even in whatever He has sent me to tell you. -- jeremiah 42:21 +. +Therefore you should now clearly understand that you will die by the sword, by famine and by pestilence, in the place where you wish to go to reside. -- jeremiah 42:22 +. +But as soon as Jeremiah, whom the LORD their God had sent, had finished telling all the people all the words of the LORD their God--that is, all these words-- -- jeremiah 43:1 +. +Azariah the son of Hoshaiah, and Johanan the son of Kareah, and all the arrogant men said to Jeremiah, "You are telling a lie! The LORD our God has not sent you to say, 'You are not to enter Egypt to reside there'; -- jeremiah 43:2 +. +but Baruch the son of Neriah is inciting you against us to give us over into the hand of the Chaldeans, so they will put us to death or exile us to Babylon." -- jeremiah 43:3 +. +So Johanan the son of Kareah and all the commanders of the forces, and all the people, did not obey the voice of the LORD to stay in the land of Judah. -- jeremiah 43:4 +. +But Johanan the son of Kareah and all the commanders of the forces took the entire remnant of Judah who had returned from all the nations to which they had been driven away, in order to reside in the land of Judah-- -- jeremiah 43:5 +. +the men, the women, the children, the king's daughters and every person that Nebuzaradan the captain of the bodyguard had left with Gedaliah the son of Ahikam and grandson of Shaphan, together with Jeremiah the prophet and Baruch the son of Neriah-- -- jeremiah 43:6 +. +and they entered the land of Egypt (for they did not obey the voice of the LORD) and went in as far as Tahpanhes. -- jeremiah 43:7 +. +Then the word of the LORD came to Jeremiah in Tahpanhes, saying, -- jeremiah 43:8 +. +"Take some large stones in your hands and hide them in the mortar in the brick terrace which is at the entrance of Pharaoh's palace in Tahpanhes, in the sight of some of the Jews; -- jeremiah 43:9 +. +and say to them, 'Thus says the LORD of hosts, the God of Israel, "Behold, I am going to send and get Nebuchadnezzar the king of Babylon, My servant, and I am going to set his throne right over these stones that I have hidden; and he will spread his canopy over them. -- jeremiah 43:10 +. +"He will also come and strike the land of Egypt; those who are meant for death will be given over to death, and those for captivity to captivity, and those for the sword to the sword. -- jeremiah 43:11 +. +"And I shall set fire to the temples of the gods of Egypt, and he will burn them and take them captive. So he will wrap himself with the land of Egypt as a shepherd wraps himself with his garment, and he will depart from there safely. -- jeremiah 43:12 +. +"He will also shatter the obelisks of Heliopolis, which is in the land of Egypt; and the temples of the gods of Egypt he will burn with fire."'" -- jeremiah 43:13 +. +The word that came to Jeremiah for all the Jews living in the land of Egypt, those who were living in Migdol, Tahpanhes, Memphis, and the land of Pathros, saying, -- jeremiah 44:1 +. +"Thus says the LORD of hosts, the God of Israel, 'You yourselves have seen all the calamity that I have brought on Jerusalem and all the cities of Judah; and behold, this day they are in ruins and no one lives in them, -- jeremiah 44:2 +. +because of their wickedness which they committed so as to provoke Me to anger by continuing to burn sacrifices and to serve other gods whom they had not known, neither they, you, nor your fathers. -- jeremiah 44:3 +. +'Yet I sent you all My servants the prophets, again and again, saying, "Oh, do not do this abominable thing which I hate." -- jeremiah 44:4 +. +'But they did not listen or incline their ears to turn from their wickedness, so as not to burn sacrifices to other gods. -- jeremiah 44:5 +. +'Therefore My wrath and My anger were poured out and burned in the cities of Judah and in the streets of Jerusalem, so they have become a ruin and a desolation as it is this day. -- jeremiah 44:6 +. +'Now then thus says the LORD God of hosts, the God of Israel, "Why are you doing great harm to yourselves, so as to cut off from you man and woman, child and infant, from among Judah, leaving yourselves without remnant, -- jeremiah 44:7 +. +provoking Me to anger with the works of your hands, burning sacrifices to other gods in the land of Egypt, where you are entering to reside, so that you might be cut off and become a curse and a reproach among all the nations of the earth? -- jeremiah 44:8 +. +"Have you forgotten the wickedness of your fathers, the wickedness of the kings of Judah, and the wickedness of their wives, your own wickedness, and the wickedness of your wives, which they committed in the land of Judah and in the streets of Jerusalem? -- jeremiah 44:9 +. +"But they have not become contrite even to this day, nor have they feared nor walked in My law or My statutes, which I have set before you and before your fathers."' -- jeremiah 44:10 +. +"Therefore thus says the LORD of hosts, the God of Israel, 'Behold, I am going to set My face against you for woe, even to cut off all Judah. -- jeremiah 44:11 +. +'And I will take away the remnant of Judah who have set their mind on entering the land of Egypt to reside there, and they will all meet their end in the land of Egypt; they will fall by the sword and meet their end by famine. Both small and great will die by the sword and famine; and they will become a curse, an object of horror, an imprecation and a reproach. -- jeremiah 44:12 +. +'And I will punish those who live in the land of Egypt, as I have punished Jerusalem, with the sword, with famine and with pestilence. -- jeremiah 44:13 +. +'So there will be no refugees or survivors for the remnant of Judah who have entered the land of Egypt to reside there and then to return to the land of Judah, to which they are longing to return and live; for none will return except a few refugees.'" -- jeremiah 44:14 +. +Then all the men who were aware that their wives were burning sacrifices to other gods, along with all the women who were standing by, as a large assembly, including all the people who were living in Pathros in the land of Egypt, responded to Jeremiah, saying, -- jeremiah 44:15 +. +"As for the message that you have spoken to us in the name of the LORD, we are not going to listen to you! -- jeremiah 44:16 +. +"But rather we will certainly carry out every word that has proceeded from our mouths, by burning sacrifices to the queen of heaven and pouring out drink offerings to her, just as we ourselves, our forefathers, our kings and our princes did in the cities of Judah and in the streets of Jerusalem; for then we had plenty of food and were well off and saw no misfortune. -- jeremiah 44:17 +. +"But since we stopped burning sacrifices to the queen of heaven and pouring out drink offerings to her, we have lacked everything and have met our end by the sword and by famine." -- jeremiah 44:18 +. +"And," said the women, "when we were burning sacrifices to the queen of heaven and were pouring out drink offerings to her, was it without our husbands that we made for her sacrificial cakes in her image and poured out drink offerings to her?" -- jeremiah 44:19 +. +Then Jeremiah said to all the people, to the men and women--even to all the people who were giving him such an answer--saying, -- jeremiah 44:20 +. +"As for the smoking sacrifices that you burned in the cities of Judah and in the streets of Jerusalem, you and your forefathers, your kings and your princes, and the people of the land, did not the LORD remember them and did not all this come into His mind? -- jeremiah 44:21 +. +"So the LORD was no longer able to endure it, because of the evil of your deeds, because of the abominations which you have committed; thus your land has become a ruin, an object of horror and a curse, without an inhabitant, as it is this day. -- jeremiah 44:22 +. +"Because you have burned sacrifices and have sinned against the LORD and not obeyed the voice of the LORD or walked in His law, His statutes or His testimonies, therefore this calamity has befallen you, as it has this day." -- jeremiah 44:23 +. +Then Jeremiah said to all the people, including all the women, "Hear the word of the LORD, all Judah who are in the land of Egypt, -- jeremiah 44:24 +. +thus says the LORD of hosts, the God of Israel, as follows: 'As for you and your wives, you have spoken with your mouths and fulfilled it with your hands, saying, "We will certainly perform our vows that we have vowed, to burn sacrifices to the queen of heaven and pour out drink offerings to her." Go ahead and confirm your vows, and certainly perform your vows!' -- jeremiah 44:25 +. +"Nevertheless hear the word of the LORD, all Judah who are living in the land of Egypt, 'Behold, I have sworn by My great name,' says the LORD, 'never shall My name be invoked again by the mouth of any man of Judah in all the land of Egypt, saying, "As the Lord GOD lives." -- jeremiah 44:26 +. +'Behold, I am watching over them for harm and not for good, and all the men of Judah who are in the land of Egypt will meet their end by the sword and by famine until they are completely gone. -- jeremiah 44:27 +. +'Those who escape the sword will return out of the land of Egypt to the land of Judah few in number. Then all the remnant of Judah who have gone to the land of Egypt to reside there will know whose word will stand, Mine or theirs. -- jeremiah 44:28 +. +'This will be the sign to you,' declares the LORD, 'that I am going to punish you in this place, so that you may know that My words will surely stand against you for harm.' -- jeremiah 44:29 +. +"Thus says the LORD, 'Behold, I am going to give over Pharaoh Hophra king of Egypt to the hand of his enemies, to the hand of those who seek his life, just as I gave over Zedekiah king of Judah to the hand of Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon, who was his enemy and was seeking his life.'" -- jeremiah 44:30 +. +This is the message which Jeremiah the prophet spoke to Baruch the son of Neriah, when he had written down these words in a book at Jeremiah's dictation, in the fourth year of Jehoiakim the son of Josiah, king of Judah, saying: -- jeremiah 45:1 +. +"Thus says the LORD the God of Israel to you, O Baruch: -- jeremiah 45:2 +. +'You said, "Ah, woe is me! For the LORD has added sorrow to my pain; I am weary with my groaning and have found no rest."' -- jeremiah 45:3 +. +"Thus you are to say to him, 'Thus says the LORD, "Behold, what I have built I am about to tear down, and what I have planted I am about to uproot, that is, the whole land." -- jeremiah 45:4 +. +'But you, are you seeking great things for yourself? Do not seek them; for behold, I am going to bring disaster on all flesh,' declares the LORD, 'but I will give your life to you as booty in all the places where you may go.'" -- jeremiah 45:5 +. +That which came as the word of the LORD to Jeremiah the prophet concerning the nations. -- jeremiah 46:1 +. +To Egypt, concerning the army of Pharaoh Neco king of Egypt, which was by the Euphrates River at Carchemish, which Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon defeated in the fourth year of Jehoiakim the son of Josiah, king of Judah: -- jeremiah 46:2 +. +"Line up the shield and buckler, And draw near for the battle! -- jeremiah 46:3 +. +"Harness the horses, And mount the steeds, And take your stand with helmets on! Polish the spears, Put on the scale-armor! -- jeremiah 46:4 +. +"Why have I seen it? They are terrified, They are drawing back, And their mighty men are defeated And have taken refuge in flight, Without facing back; Terror is on every side!" Declares the LORD. -- jeremiah 46:5 +. +Let not the swift man flee, Nor the mighty man escape; In the north beside the river Euphrates They have stumbled and fallen. -- jeremiah 46:6 +. +Who is this that rises like the Nile, Like the rivers whose waters surge about? -- jeremiah 46:7 +. +Egypt rises like the Nile, Even like the rivers whose waters surge about; And He has said, "I will rise and cover that land; I will surely destroy the city and its inhabitants." -- jeremiah 46:8 +. +Go up, you horses, and drive madly, you chariots, That the mighty men may march forward: Ethiopia and Put, that handle the shield, And the Lydians, that handle and bend the bow. -- jeremiah 46:9 +. +For that day belongs to the Lord GOD of hosts, A day of vengeance, so as to avenge Himself on His foes; And the sword will devour and be satiated And drink its fill of their blood; For there will be a slaughter for the Lord GOD of hosts, In the land of the north by the river Euphrates. -- jeremiah 46:10 +. +Go up to Gilead and obtain balm, O virgin daughter of Egypt! In vain have you multiplied remedies; There is no healing for you. -- jeremiah 46:11 +. +The nations have heard of your shame, And the earth is full of your cry of distress; For one warrior has stumbled over another, And both of them have fallen down together. -- jeremiah 46:12 +. +This is the message which the LORD spoke to Jeremiah the prophet about the coming of Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon to smite the land of Egypt: -- jeremiah 46:13 +. +"Declare in Egypt and proclaim in Migdol, Proclaim also in Memphis and Tahpanhes; Say, 'Take your stand and get yourself ready, For the sword has devoured those around you.' -- jeremiah 46:14 +. +"Why have your mighty ones become prostrate? They do not stand because the LORD has thrust them down. -- jeremiah 46:15 +. +"They have repeatedly stumbled; Indeed, they have fallen one against another. Then they said, 'Get up! And let us go back To our own people and our native land Away from the sword of the oppressor.' -- jeremiah 46:16 +. +"They cried there, 'Pharaoh king of Egypt is but a big noise; He has let the appointed time pass by!' -- jeremiah 46:17 +. +"As I live," declares the King Whose name is the LORD of hosts, "Surely one shall come who looms up like Tabor among the mountains, Or like Carmel by the sea. -- jeremiah 46:18 +. +"Make your baggage ready for exile, O daughter dwelling in Egypt, For Memphis will become a desolation; It will even be burned down and bereft of inhabitants. -- jeremiah 46:19 +. +"Egypt is a pretty heifer, But a horsefly is coming from the north--it is coming! -- jeremiah 46:20 +. +"Also her mercenaries in her midst Are like fattened calves, For even they too have turned back and have fled away together; They did not stand their ground. For the day of their calamity has come upon them, The time of their punishment. -- jeremiah 46:21 +. +"Its sound moves along like a serpent; For they move on like an army And come to her as woodcutters with axes. -- jeremiah 46:22 +. +"They have cut down her forest," declares the LORD; "Surely it will no more be found, Even though they are now more numerous than locusts And are without number. -- jeremiah 46:23 +. +"The daughter of Egypt has been put to shame, Given over to the power of the people of the north." -- jeremiah 46:24 +. +The LORD of hosts, the God of Israel, says, "Behold, I am going to punish Amon of Thebes, and Pharaoh, and Egypt along with her gods and her kings, even Pharaoh and those who trust in him. -- jeremiah 46:25 +. +"I shall give them over to the power of those who are seeking their lives, even into the hand of Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon and into the hand of his officers. Afterwards, however, it will be inhabited as in the days of old," declares the LORD. -- jeremiah 46:26 +. +"But as for you, O Jacob My servant, do not fear, Nor be dismayed, O Israel! For, see, I am going to save you from afar, And your descendants from the land of their captivity; And Jacob will return and be undisturbed And secure, with no one making him tremble. -- jeremiah 46:27 +. +"O Jacob My servant, do not fear," declares the LORD, "For I am with you. For I will make a full end of all the nations Where I have driven you, Yet I will not make a full end of you; But I will correct you properly And by no means leave you unpunished." -- jeremiah 46:28 +. +That which came as the word of the LORD to Jeremiah the prophet concerning the Philistines, before Pharaoh conquered Gaza. -- jeremiah 47:1 +. +Thus says the LORD: "Behold, waters are going to rise from the north And become an overflowing torrent, And overflow the land and all its fullness, The city and those who live in it; And the men will cry out, And every inhabitant of the land will wail. -- jeremiah 47:2 +. +"Because of the noise of the galloping hoofs of his stallions, The tumult of his chariots, and the rumbling of his wheels, The fathers have not turned back for their children, Because of the limpness of their hands, -- jeremiah 47:3 +. +On account of the day that is coming To destroy all the Philistines, To cut off from Tyre and Sidon Every ally that is left; For the LORD is going to destroy the Philistines, The remnant of the coastland of Caphtor. -- jeremiah 47:4 +. +"Baldness has come upon Gaza; Ashkelon has been ruined. O remnant of their valley, How long will you gash yourself? -- jeremiah 47:5 +. +"Ah, sword of the LORD, How long will you not be quiet? Withdraw into your sheath; Be at rest and stay still. -- jeremiah 47:6 +. +"How can it be quiet, When the LORD has given it an order? Against Ashkelon and against the seacoast-- There He has assigned it." -- jeremiah 47:7 +. +Concerning Moab. Thus says the LORD of hosts, the God of Israel, "Woe to Nebo, for it has been destroyed; Kiriathaim has been put to shame, it has been captured; The lofty stronghold has been put to shame and shattered. -- jeremiah 48:1 +. +"There is praise for Moab no longer; In Heshbon they have devised calamity against her: 'Come and let us cut her off from being a nation!' You too, Madmen, will be silenced; The sword will follow after you. -- jeremiah 48:2 +. +"The sound of an outcry from Horonaim, 'Devastation and great destruction!' -- jeremiah 48:3 +. +"Moab is broken, Her little ones have sounded out a cry of distress. -- jeremiah 48:4 +. +"For by the ascent of Luhith They will ascend with continual weeping; For at the descent of Horonaim They have heard the anguished cry of destruction. -- jeremiah 48:5 +. +"Flee, save your lives, That you may be like a juniper in the wilderness. -- jeremiah 48:6 +. +"For because of your trust in your own achievements and treasures, Even you yourself will be captured; And Chemosh will go off into exile Together with his priests and his princes. -- jeremiah 48:7 +. +"A destroyer will come to every city, So that no city will escape; The valley also will be ruined And the plateau will be destroyed, As the LORD has said. -- jeremiah 48:8 +. +"Give wings to Moab, For she will flee away; And her cities will become a desolation, Without inhabitants in them. -- jeremiah 48:9 +. +"Cursed be the one who does the LORD'S work negligently, And cursed be the one who restrains his sword from blood. -- jeremiah 48:10 +. +"Moab has been at ease since his youth; He has also been undisturbed, like wine on its dregs, And he has not been emptied from vessel to vessel, Nor has he gone into exile. Therefore he retains his flavor, And his aroma has not changed. -- jeremiah 48:11 +. +"Therefore behold, the days are coming," declares the LORD, "when I will send to him those who tip vessels, and they will tip him over, and they will empty his vessels and shatter his jars. -- jeremiah 48:12 +. +"And Moab will be ashamed of Chemosh, as the house of Israel was ashamed of Bethel, their confidence. -- jeremiah 48:13 +. +"How can you say, 'We are mighty warriors, And men valiant for battle'? -- jeremiah 48:14 +. +"Moab has been destroyed and men have gone up to his cities; His choicest young men have also gone down to the slaughter," Declares the King, whose name is the LORD of hosts. -- jeremiah 48:15 +. +"The disaster of Moab will soon come, And his calamity has swiftly hastened. -- jeremiah 48:16 +. +"Mourn for him, all you who live around him, Even all of you who know his name; Say, 'How has the mighty scepter been broken, A staff of splendor!' -- jeremiah 48:17 +. +"Come down from your glory And sit on the parched ground, O daughter dwelling in Dibon, For the destroyer of Moab has come up against you, He has ruined your strongholds. -- jeremiah 48:18 +. +"Stand by the road and keep watch, O inhabitant of Aroer; Ask him who flees and her who escapes And say, 'What has happened?' -- jeremiah 48:19 +. +"Moab has been put to shame, for it has been shattered. Wail and cry out; Declare by the Arnon That Moab has been destroyed. -- jeremiah 48:20 +. +"Judgment has also come upon the plain, upon Holon, Jahzah and against Mephaath, -- jeremiah 48:21 +. +against Dibon, Nebo and Beth-diblathaim, -- jeremiah 48:22 +. +against Kiriathaim, Beth-gamul and Beth-meon, -- jeremiah 48:23 +. +against Kerioth, Bozrah and all the cities of the land of Moab, far and near. -- jeremiah 48:24 +. +"The horn of Moab has been cut off and his arm broken," declares the LORD. -- jeremiah 48:25 +. +"Make him drunk, for he has become arrogant toward the LORD; so Moab will wallow in his vomit, and he also will become a laughingstock. -- jeremiah 48:26 +. +"Now was not Israel a laughingstock to you? Or was he caught among thieves? For each time you speak about him you shake your head in scorn. -- jeremiah 48:27 +. +"Leave the cities and dwell among the crags, O inhabitants of Moab, And be like a dove that nests Beyond the mouth of the chasm. -- jeremiah 48:28 +. +"We have heard of the pride of Moab--he is very proud-- Of his haughtiness, his pride, his arrogance and his self-exaltation. -- jeremiah 48:29 +. +"I know his fury," declares the LORD, "But it is futile; His idle boasts have accomplished nothing. -- jeremiah 48:30 +. +"Therefore I will wail for Moab, Even for all Moab will I cry out; I will moan for the men of Kir-heres. -- jeremiah 48:31 +. +"More than the weeping for Jazer I will weep for you, O vine of Sibmah! Your tendrils stretched across the sea, They reached to the sea of Jazer; Upon your summer fruits and your grape harvest The destroyer has fallen. -- jeremiah 48:32 +. +"So gladness and joy are taken away From the fruitful field, even from the land of Moab. And I have made the wine to cease from the wine presses; No one will tread them with shouting, The shouting will not be shouts of joy. -- jeremiah 48:33 +. +"From the outcry at Heshbon even to Elealeh, even to Jahaz they have raised their voice, from Zoar even to Horonaim and to Eglath-shelishiyah; for even the waters of Nimrim will become desolate. -- jeremiah 48:34 +. +"I will make an end of Moab," declares the LORD, "the one who offers sacrifice on the high place and the one who burns incense to his gods. -- jeremiah 48:35 +. +"Therefore My heart wails for Moab like flutes; My heart also wails like flutes for the men of Kir-heres. Therefore they have lost the abundance it produced. -- jeremiah 48:36 +. +"For every head is bald and every beard cut short; there are gashes on all the hands and sackcloth on the loins. -- jeremiah 48:37 +. +"On all the housetops of Moab and in its streets there is lamentation everywhere; for I have broken Moab like an undesirable vessel," declares the LORD. -- jeremiah 48:38 +. +"How shattered it is! How they have wailed! How Moab has turned his back--he is ashamed! So Moab will become a laughingstock and an object of terror to all around him." -- jeremiah 48:39 +. +For thus says the LORD: "Behold, one will fly swiftly like an eagle And spread out his wings against Moab. -- jeremiah 48:40 +. +"Kerioth has been captured And the strongholds have been seized, So the hearts of the mighty men of Moab in that day Will be like the heart of a woman in labor. -- jeremiah 48:41 +. +"Moab will be destroyed from being a people Because he has become arrogant toward the LORD. -- jeremiah 48:42 +. +"Terror, pit and snare are coming upon you, O inhabitant of Moab," declares the LORD. -- jeremiah 48:43 +. +"The one who flees from the terror Will fall into the pit, And the one who climbs up out of the pit Will be caught in the snare; For I shall bring upon her, even upon Moab, The year of their punishment," declares the LORD. -- jeremiah 48:44 +. +"In the shadow of Heshbon The fugitives stand without strength; For a fire has gone forth from Heshbon And a flame from the midst of Sihon, And it has devoured the forehead of Moab And the scalps of the riotous revelers. -- jeremiah 48:45 +. +"Woe to you, Moab! The people of Chemosh have perished; For your sons have been taken away captive And your daughters into captivity. -- jeremiah 48:46 +. +"Yet I will restore the fortunes of Moab In the latter days," declares the LORD. Thus far the judgment on Moab. -- jeremiah 48:47 +. +Concerning the sons of Ammon. Thus says the LORD: "Does Israel have no sons? Or has he no heirs? Why then has Malcam taken possession of Gad And his people settled in its cities? -- jeremiah 49:1 +. +"Therefore behold, the days are coming," declares the LORD, "That I will cause a trumpet blast of war to be heard Against Rabbah of the sons of Ammon; And it will become a desolate heap, And her towns will be set on fire. Then Israel will take possession of his possessors," Says the LORD. -- jeremiah 49:2 +. +"Wail, O Heshbon, for Ai has been destroyed! Cry out, O daughters of Rabbah, Gird yourselves with sackcloth and lament, And rush back and forth inside the walls; For Malcam will go into exile Together with his priests and his princes. -- jeremiah 49:3 +. +"How boastful you are about the valleys! Your valley is flowing away, O backsliding daughter Who trusts in her treasures, saying, 'Who will come against me?' -- jeremiah 49:4 +. +"Behold, I am going to bring terror upon you," Declares the Lord GOD of hosts, "From all directions around you; And each of you will be driven out headlong, With no one to gather the fugitives together. -- jeremiah 49:5 +. +"But afterward I will restore The fortunes of the sons of Ammon," Declares the LORD. -- jeremiah 49:6 +. +Concerning Edom. Thus says the LORD of hosts, "Is there no longer any wisdom in Teman? Has good counsel been lost to the prudent? Has their wisdom decayed? -- jeremiah 49:7 +. +"Flee away, turn back, dwell in the depths, O inhabitants of Dedan, For I will bring the disaster of Esau upon him At the time I punish him. -- jeremiah 49:8 +. +"If grape gatherers came to you, Would they not leave gleanings? If thieves came by night, They would destroy only until they had enough. -- jeremiah 49:9 +. +"But I have stripped Esau bare, I have uncovered his hiding places So that he will not be able to conceal himself; His offspring has been destroyed along with his relatives And his neighbors, and he is no more. -- jeremiah 49:10 +. +"Leave your orphans behind, I will keep them alive; And let your widows trust in Me." -- jeremiah 49:11 +. +For thus says the LORD, "Behold, those who were not sentenced to drink the cup will certainly drink it, and are you the one who will be completely acquitted? You will not be acquitted, but you will certainly drink it. -- jeremiah 49:12 +. +"For I have sworn by Myself," declares the LORD, "that Bozrah will become an object of horror, a reproach, a ruin and a curse; and all its cities will become perpetual ruins." -- jeremiah 49:13 +. +I have heard a message from the LORD, And an envoy is sent among the nations, saying, "Gather yourselves together and come against her, And rise up for battle!" -- jeremiah 49:14 +. +"For behold, I have made you small among the nations, Despised among men. -- jeremiah 49:15 +. +"As for the terror of you, The arrogance of your heart has deceived you, O you who live in the clefts of the rock, Who occupy the height of the hill. Though you make your nest as high as an eagle's, I will bring you down from there," declares the LORD. -- jeremiah 49:16 +. +"Edom will become an object of horror; everyone who passes by it will be horrified and will hiss at all its wounds. -- jeremiah 49:17 +. +"Like the overthrow of Sodom and Gomorrah with its neighbors," says the LORD, "no one will live there, nor will a son of man reside in it. -- jeremiah 49:18 +. +"Behold, one will come up like a lion from the thickets of the Jordan against a perennially watered pasture; for in an instant I will make him run away from it, and whoever is chosen I shall appoint over it. For who is like Me, and who will summon Me into court? And who then is the shepherd who can stand against Me?" -- jeremiah 49:19 +. +Therefore hear the plan of the LORD which He has planned against Edom, and His purposes which He has purposed against the inhabitants of Teman: surely they will drag them off, even the little ones of the flock; surely He will make their pasture desolate because of them. -- jeremiah 49:20 +. +The earth has quaked at the noise of their downfall. There is an outcry! The noise of it has been heard at the Red Sea. -- jeremiah 49:21 +. +Behold, He will mount up and swoop like an eagle and spread out His wings against Bozrah; and the hearts of the mighty men of Edom in that day will be like the heart of a woman in labor. -- jeremiah 49:22 +. +Concerning Damascus. "Hamath and Arpad are put to shame, For they have heard bad news; They are disheartened. There is anxiety by the sea, It cannot be calmed. -- jeremiah 49:23 +. +"Damascus has become helpless; She has turned away to flee, And panic has gripped her; Distress and pangs have taken hold of her Like a woman in childbirth. -- jeremiah 49:24 +. +"How the city of praise has not been deserted, The town of My joy! -- jeremiah 49:25 +. +"Therefore, her young men will fall in her streets, And all the men of war will be silenced in that day," declares the LORD of hosts. -- jeremiah 49:26 +. +"I will set fire to the wall of Damascus, And it will devour the fortified towers of Ben-hadad." -- jeremiah 49:27 +. +Concerning Kedar and the kingdoms of Hazor, which Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon defeated. Thus says the LORD, "Arise, go up to Kedar And devastate the men of the east. -- jeremiah 49:28 +. +"They will take away their tents and their flocks; They will carry off for themselves Their tent curtains, all their goods and their camels, And they will call out to one another, 'Terror on every side!' -- jeremiah 49:29 +. +"Run away, flee! Dwell in the depths, O inhabitants of Hazor," declares the LORD; "For Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon has formed a plan against you And devised a scheme against you. -- jeremiah 49:30 +. +"Arise, go up against a nation which is at ease, Which lives securely," declares the LORD. "It has no gates or bars; They dwell alone. -- jeremiah 49:31 +. +"Their camels will become plunder, And their many cattle for booty, And I will scatter to all the winds those who cut the corners of their hair; And I will bring their disaster from every side," declares the LORD. -- jeremiah 49:32 +. +"Hazor will become a haunt of jackals, A desolation forever; No one will live there, Nor will a son of man reside in it." -- jeremiah 49:33 +. +That which came as the word of the LORD to Jeremiah the prophet concerning Elam, at the beginning of the reign of Zedekiah king of Judah, saying: -- jeremiah 49:34 +. +"Thus says the LORD of hosts, 'Behold, I am going to break the bow of Elam, The finest of their might. -- jeremiah 49:35 +. +'I will bring upon Elam the four winds From the four ends of heaven, And will scatter them to all these winds; And there will be no nation To which the outcasts of Elam will not go. -- jeremiah 49:36 +. +'So I will shatter Elam before their enemies And before those who seek their lives; And I will bring calamity upon them, Even My fierce anger,' declares the LORD, 'And I will send out the sword after them Until I have consumed them. -- jeremiah 49:37 +. +'Then I will set My throne in Elam And destroy out of it king and princes,' Declares the LORD. -- jeremiah 49:38 +. +'But it will come about in the last days That I will restore the fortunes of Elam,'" Declares the LORD. -- jeremiah 49:39 +. +The word which the LORD spoke concerning Babylon, the land of the Chaldeans, through Jeremiah the prophet: -- jeremiah 50:1 +. +"Declare and proclaim among the nations. Proclaim it and lift up a standard. Do not conceal it but say, 'Babylon has been captured, Bel has been put to shame, Marduk has been shattered; Her images have been put to shame, her idols have been shattered.' -- jeremiah 50:2 +. +"For a nation has come up against her out of the north; it will make her land an object of horror, and there will be no inhabitant in it. Both man and beast have wandered off, they have gone away! -- jeremiah 50:3 +. +"In those days and at that time," declares the LORD, "the sons of Israel will come, both they and the sons of Judah as well; they will go along weeping as they go, and it will be the LORD their God they will seek. -- jeremiah 50:4 +. +"They will ask for the way to Zion, turning their faces in its direction; they will come that they may join themselves to the LORD in an everlasting covenant that will not be forgotten. -- jeremiah 50:5 +. +"My people have become lost sheep; Their shepherds have led them astray. They have made them turn aside on the mountains; They have gone along from mountain to hill And have forgotten their resting place. -- jeremiah 50:6 +. +"All who came upon them have devoured them; And their adversaries have said, 'We are not guilty, Inasmuch as they have sinned against the LORD who is the habitation of righteousness, Even the LORD, the hope of their fathers.' -- jeremiah 50:7 +. +"Wander away from the midst of Babylon And go forth from the land of the Chaldeans; Be also like male goats at the head of the flock. -- jeremiah 50:8 +. +"For behold, I am going to arouse and bring up against Babylon A horde of great nations from the land of the north, And they will draw up their battle lines against her; From there she will be taken captive. Their arrows will be like an expert warrior Who does not return empty-handed. -- jeremiah 50:9 +. +"Chaldea will become plunder; All who plunder her will have enough," declares the LORD. -- jeremiah 50:10 +. +"Because you are glad, because you are jubilant, O you who pillage My heritage, Because you skip about like a threshing heifer And neigh like stallions, -- jeremiah 50:11 +. +Your mother will be greatly ashamed, She who gave you birth will be humiliated. Behold, she will be the least of the nations, A wilderness, a parched land and a desert. -- jeremiah 50:12 +. +"Because of the indignation of the LORD she will not be inhabited, But she will be completely desolate; Everyone who passes by Babylon will be horrified And will hiss because of all her wounds. -- jeremiah 50:13 +. +"Draw up your battle lines against Babylon on every side, All you who bend the bow; Shoot at her, do not be sparing with your arrows, For she has sinned against the LORD. -- jeremiah 50:14 +. +"Raise your battle cry against her on every side! She has given herself up, her pillars have fallen, Her walls have been torn down. For this is the vengeance of the LORD: Take vengeance on her; As she has done to others, so do to her. -- jeremiah 50:15 +. +"Cut off the sower from Babylon And the one who wields the sickle at the time of harvest; From before the sword of the oppressor They will each turn back to his own people And they will each flee to his own land. -- jeremiah 50:16 +. +"Israel is a scattered flock, the lions have driven them away. The first one who devoured him was the king of Assyria, and this last one who has broken his bones is Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon. -- jeremiah 50:17 +. +"Therefore thus says the LORD of hosts, the God of Israel: 'Behold, I am going to punish the king of Babylon and his land, just as I punished the king of Assyria. -- jeremiah 50:18 +. +'And I will bring Israel back to his pasture and he will graze on Carmel and Bashan, and his desire will be satisfied in the hill country of Ephraim and Gilead. -- jeremiah 50:19 +. +'In those days and at that time,' declares the LORD, 'search will be made for the iniquity of Israel, but there will be none; and for the sins of Judah, but they will not be found; for I will pardon those whom I leave as a remnant.' -- jeremiah 50:20 +. +"Against the land of Merathaim, go up against it, And against the inhabitants of Pekod. Slay and utterly destroy them," declares the LORD, "And do according to all that I have commanded you. -- jeremiah 50:21 +. +"The noise of battle is in the land, And great destruction. -- jeremiah 50:22 +. +"How the hammer of the whole earth Has been cut off and broken! How Babylon has become An object of horror among the nations! -- jeremiah 50:23 +. +"I set a snare for you and you were also caught, O Babylon, While you yourself were not aware; You have been found and also seized Because you have engaged in conflict with the LORD." -- jeremiah 50:24 +. +The LORD has opened His armory And has brought forth the weapons of His indignation, For it is a work of the Lord GOD of hosts In the land of the Chaldeans. -- jeremiah 50:25 +. +Come to her from the farthest border; Open up her barns, Pile her up like heaps And utterly destroy her, Let nothing be left to her. -- jeremiah 50:26 +. +Put all her young bulls to the sword; Let them go down to the slaughter! Woe be upon them, for their day has come, The time of their punishment. -- jeremiah 50:27 +. +There is a sound of fugitives and refugees from the land of Babylon, To declare in Zion the vengeance of the LORD our God, Vengeance for His temple. -- jeremiah 50:28 +. +"Summon many against Babylon, All those who bend the bow: Encamp against her on every side, Let there be no escape. Repay her according to her work; According to all that she has done, so do to her; For she has become arrogant against the LORD, Against the Holy One of Israel. -- jeremiah 50:29 +. +"Therefore her young men will fall in her streets, And all her men of war will be silenced in that day," declares the LORD. -- jeremiah 50:30 +. +"Behold, I am against you, O arrogant one," Declares the Lord GOD of hosts, "For your day has come, The time when I will punish you. -- jeremiah 50:31 +. +"The arrogant one will stumble and fall With no one to raise him up; And I will set fire to his cities And it will devour all his environs." -- jeremiah 50:32 +. +Thus says the LORD of hosts, "The sons of Israel are oppressed, And the sons of Judah as well; And all who took them captive have held them fast, They have refused to let them go. -- jeremiah 50:33 +. +"Their Redeemer is strong, the LORD of hosts is His name; He will vigorously plead their case So that He may bring rest to the earth, But turmoil to the inhabitants of Babylon. -- jeremiah 50:34 +. +"A sword against the Chaldeans," declares the LORD, "And against the inhabitants of Babylon And against her officials and her wise men! -- jeremiah 50:35 +. +"A sword against the oracle priests, and they will become fools! A sword against her mighty men, and they will be shattered! -- jeremiah 50:36 +. +"A sword against their horses and against their chariots And against all the foreigners who are in the midst of her, And they will become women! A sword against her treasures, and they will be plundered! -- jeremiah 50:37 +. +"A drought on her waters, and they will be dried up! For it is a land of idols, And they are mad over fearsome idols. -- jeremiah 50:38 +. +"Therefore the desert creatures will live there along with the jackals; The ostriches also will live in it, And it will never again be inhabited Or dwelt in from generation to generation. -- jeremiah 50:39 +. +"As when God overthrew Sodom And Gomorrah with its neighbors," declares the LORD, "No man will live there, Nor will any son of man reside in it. -- jeremiah 50:40 +. +"Behold, a people is coming from the north, And a great nation and many kings Will be aroused from the remote parts of the earth. -- jeremiah 50:41 +. +"They seize their bow and javelin; They are cruel and have no mercy. Their voice roars like the sea; And they ride on horses, Marshalled like a man for the battle Against you, O daughter of Babylon. -- jeremiah 50:42 +. +"The king of Babylon has heard the report about them, And his hands hang limp; Distress has gripped him, Agony like a woman in childbirth. -- jeremiah 50:43 +. +"Behold, one will come up like a lion from the thicket of the Jordan to a perennially watered pasture; for in an instant I will make them run away from it, and whoever is chosen I will appoint over it. For who is like Me, and who will summon Me into court? And who then is the shepherd who can stand before Me?" -- jeremiah 50:44 +. +Therefore hear the plan of the LORD which He has planned against Babylon, and His purposes which He has purposed against the land of the Chaldeans: surely they will drag them off, even the little ones of the flock; surely He will make their pasture desolate because of them. -- jeremiah 50:45 +. +At the shout, "Babylon has been seized!" the earth is shaken, and an outcry is heard among the nations. -- jeremiah 50:46 +. +Thus says the LORD: "Behold, I am going to arouse against Babylon And against the inhabitants of Leb-kamai The spirit of a destroyer. -- jeremiah 51:1 +. +"I will dispatch foreigners to Babylon that they may winnow her And may devastate her land; For on every side they will be opposed to her In the day of her calamity. -- jeremiah 51:2 +. +"Let not him who bends his bow bend it, Nor let him rise up in his scale-armor; So do not spare her young men; Devote all her army to destruction. -- jeremiah 51:3 +. +"They will fall down slain in the land of the Chaldeans, And pierced through in their streets." -- jeremiah 51:4 +. +For neither Israel nor Judah has been forsaken By his God, the LORD of hosts, Although their land is full of guilt Before the Holy One of Israel. -- jeremiah 51:5 +. +Flee from the midst of Babylon, And each of you save his life! Do not be destroyed in her punishment, For this is the LORD'S time of vengeance; He is going to render recompense to her. -- jeremiah 51:6 +. +Babylon has been a golden cup in the hand of the LORD, Intoxicating all the earth. The nations have drunk of her wine; Therefore the nations are going mad. -- jeremiah 51:7 +. +Suddenly Babylon has fallen and been broken; Wail over her! Bring balm for her pain; Perhaps she may be healed. -- jeremiah 51:8 +. +We applied healing to Babylon, but she was not healed; Forsake her and let us each go to his own country, For her judgment has reached to heaven And towers up to the very skies. -- jeremiah 51:9 +. +The LORD has brought about our vindication; Come and let us recount in Zion The work of the LORD our God! -- jeremiah 51:10 +. +Sharpen the arrows, fill the quivers! The LORD has aroused the spirit of the kings of the Medes, Because His purpose is against Babylon to destroy it; For it is the vengeance of the LORD, vengeance for His temple. -- jeremiah 51:11 +. +Lift up a signal against the walls of Babylon; Post a strong guard, Station sentries, Place men in ambush! For the LORD has both purposed and performed What He spoke concerning the inhabitants of Babylon. -- jeremiah 51:12 +. +O you who dwell by many waters, Abundant in treasures, Your end has come, The measure of your end. -- jeremiah 51:13 +. +The LORD of hosts has sworn by Himself: "Surely I will fill you with a population like locusts, And they will cry out with shouts of victory over you." -- jeremiah 51:14 +. +It is He who made the earth by His power, Who established the world by His wisdom, And by His understanding He stretched out the heavens. -- jeremiah 51:15 +. +When He utters His voice, there is a tumult of waters in the heavens, And He causes the clouds to ascend from the end of the earth; He makes lightning for the rain And brings forth the wind from His storehouses. -- jeremiah 51:16 +. +All mankind 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. -- jeremiah 51:17 +. +They are worthless, a work of mockery; In the time of their punishment they will perish. -- jeremiah 51:18 +. +The portion of Jacob is not like these; For the Maker of all is He, And of the tribe of His inheritance; The LORD of hosts is His name. -- jeremiah 51:19 +. +He says, "You are My war-club, My weapon of war; And with you I shatter nations, And with you I destroy kingdoms. -- jeremiah 51:20 +. +"With you I shatter the horse and his rider, And with you I shatter the chariot and its rider, -- jeremiah 51:21 +. +And with you I shatter man and woman, And with you I shatter old man and youth, And with you I shatter young man and virgin, -- jeremiah 51:22 +. +And with you I shatter the shepherd and his flock, And with you I shatter the farmer and his team, And with you I shatter governors and prefects. -- jeremiah 51:23 +. +"But I will repay Babylon and all the inhabitants of Chaldea for all their evil that they have done in Zion before your eyes," declares the LORD. -- jeremiah 51:24 +. +"Behold, I am against you, O destroying mountain, Who destroys the whole earth," declares the LORD, "And I will stretch out My hand against you, And roll you down from the crags, And I will make you a burnt out mountain. -- jeremiah 51:25 +. +"They will not take from you even a stone for a corner Nor a stone for foundations, But you will be desolate forever," declares the LORD. -- jeremiah 51:26 +. +Lift up a signal in the land, Blow a trumpet among the nations! Consecrate the nations against her, Summon against her the kingdoms of Ararat, Minni and Ashkenaz; Appoint a marshal against her, Bring up the horses like bristly locusts. -- jeremiah 51:27 +. +Consecrate the nations against her, The kings of the Medes, Their governors and all their prefects, And every land of their dominion. -- jeremiah 51:28 +. +So the land quakes and writhes, For the purposes of the LORD against Babylon stand, To make the land of Babylon A desolation without inhabitants. -- jeremiah 51:29 +. +The mighty men of Babylon have ceased fighting, They stay in the strongholds; Their strength is exhausted, They are becoming like women; Their dwelling places are set on fire, The bars of her gates are broken. -- jeremiah 51:30 +. +One courier runs to meet another, And one messenger to meet another, To tell the king of Babylon That his city has been captured from end to end; -- jeremiah 51:31 +. +The fords also have been seized, And they have burned the marshes with fire, And the men of war are terrified. -- jeremiah 51:32 +. +For thus says the LORD of hosts, the God of Israel: "The daughter of Babylon is like a threshing floor At the time it is stamped firm; Yet in a little while the time of harvest will come for her." -- jeremiah 51:33 +. +"Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon has devoured me and crushed me, He has set me down like an empty vessel; He has swallowed me like a monster, He has filled his stomach with my delicacies; He has washed me away. -- jeremiah 51:34 +. +"May the violence done to me and to my flesh be upon Babylon," The inhabitant of Zion will say; And, "May my blood be upon the inhabitants of Chaldea," Jerusalem will say. -- jeremiah 51:35 +. +Therefore thus says the LORD, "Behold, I am going to plead your case And exact full vengeance for you; And I will dry up her sea And make her fountain dry. -- jeremiah 51:36 +. +"Babylon will become a heap of ruins, a haunt of jackals, An object of horror and hissing, without inhabitants. -- jeremiah 51:37 +. +"They will roar together like young lions, They will growl like lions' cubs. -- jeremiah 51:38 +. +"When they become heated up, I will serve them their banquet And make them drunk, that they may become jubilant And may sleep a perpetual sleep And not wake up," declares the LORD. -- jeremiah 51:39 +. +"I will bring them down like lambs to the slaughter, Like rams together with male goats. -- jeremiah 51:40 +. +"How Sheshak has been captured, And the praise of the whole earth been seized! How Babylon has become an object of horror among the nations! -- jeremiah 51:41 +. +"The sea has come up over Babylon; She has been engulfed with its tumultuous waves. -- jeremiah 51:42 +. +"Her cities have become an object of horror, A parched land and a desert, A land in which no man lives And through which no son of man passes. -- jeremiah 51:43 +. +"I will punish Bel in Babylon, And I will make what he has swallowed come out of his mouth; And the nations will no longer stream to him. Even the wall of Babylon has fallen down! -- jeremiah 51:44 +. +"Come forth from her midst, My people, And each of you save yourselves From the fierce anger of the LORD. -- jeremiah 51:45 +. +"Now so that your heart does not grow faint, And you are not afraid at the report that will be heard in the land-- For the report will come one year, And after that another report in another year, And violence will be in the land With ruler against ruler-- -- jeremiah 51:46 +. +Therefore behold, days are coming When I will punish the idols of Babylon; And her whole land will be put to shame And all her slain will fall in her midst. -- jeremiah 51:47 +. +"Then heaven and earth and all that is in them Will shout for joy over Babylon, For the destroyers will come to her from the north," Declares the LORD. -- jeremiah 51:48 +. +Indeed Babylon is to fall for the slain of Israel, As also for Babylon the slain of all the earth have fallen. -- jeremiah 51:49 +. +You who have escaped the sword, Depart! Do not stay! Remember the LORD from afar, And let Jerusalem come to your mind. -- jeremiah 51:50 +. +We are ashamed because we have heard reproach; Disgrace has covered our faces, For aliens have entered The holy places of the LORD'S house. -- jeremiah 51:51 +. +"Therefore behold, the days are coming," declares the LORD, "When I will punish her idols, And the mortally wounded will groan throughout her land. -- jeremiah 51:52 +. +"Though Babylon should ascend to the heavens, And though she should fortify her lofty stronghold, From Me destroyers will come to her," declares the LORD. -- jeremiah 51:53 +. +The sound of an outcry from Babylon, And of great destruction from the land of the Chaldeans! -- jeremiah 51:54 +. +For the LORD is going to destroy Babylon, And He will make her loud noise vanish from her. And their waves will roar like many waters; The tumult of their voices sounds forth. -- jeremiah 51:55 +. +For the destroyer is coming against her, against Babylon, And her mighty men will be captured, Their bows are shattered; For the LORD is a God of recompense, He will fully repay. -- jeremiah 51:56 +. +"I will make her princes and her wise men drunk, Her governors, her prefects and her mighty men, That they may sleep a perpetual sleep and not wake up," Declares the King, whose name is the LORD of hosts. -- jeremiah 51:57 +. +Thus says the LORD of hosts, "The broad wall of Babylon will be completely razed And her high gates will be set on fire; So the peoples will toil for nothing, And the nations become exhausted only for fire." -- jeremiah 51:58 +. +The message which Jeremiah the prophet commanded Seraiah the son of Neriah, the grandson of Mahseiah, when he went with Zedekiah the king of Judah to Babylon in the fourth year of his reign. (Now Seraiah was quartermaster.) -- jeremiah 51:59 +. +So Jeremiah wrote in a single scroll all the calamity which would come upon Babylon, that is, all these words which have been written concerning Babylon. -- jeremiah 51:60 +. +Then Jeremiah said to Seraiah, "As soon as you come to Babylon, then see that you read all these words aloud, -- jeremiah 51:61 +. +and say, 'You, O LORD, have promised concerning this place to cut it off, so that there will be nothing dwelling in it, whether man or beast, but it will be a perpetual desolation.' -- jeremiah 51:62 +. +"And as soon as you finish reading this scroll, you will tie a stone to it and throw it into the middle of the Euphrates, -- jeremiah 51:63 +. +and say, 'Just so shall Babylon sink down and not rise again because of the calamity that I am going to bring upon her; and they will become exhausted.'" Thus far are the words of Jeremiah. -- jeremiah 51:64 +. +Zedekiah was twenty-one years old when he became king, and he reigned eleven years in Jerusalem; and his mother's name was Hamutal the daughter of Jeremiah of Libnah. -- jeremiah 52:1 +. +He did evil in the sight of the LORD like all that Jehoiakim had done. -- jeremiah 52:2 +. +For through the anger of the LORD this came about in Jerusalem and Judah until He cast them out from His presence. And Zedekiah rebelled against the king of Babylon. -- jeremiah 52:3 +. +Now it came about in the ninth year of his reign, on the tenth day of the tenth month, that Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon came, he and all his army, against Jerusalem, camped against it and built a siege wall all around it. -- jeremiah 52:4 +. +So the city was under siege until the eleventh year of King Zedekiah. -- jeremiah 52:5 +. +On the ninth day of the fourth month the famine was so severe in the city that there was no food for the people of the land. -- jeremiah 52:6 +. +Then the city was broken into, and all the men of war fled and went forth from the city at night by way of the gate between the two walls which was by the king's garden, though the Chaldeans were all around the city. And they went by way of the Arabah. -- jeremiah 52:7 +. +But the army of the Chaldeans pursued the king and overtook Zedekiah in the plains of Jericho, and all his army was scattered from him. -- jeremiah 52:8 +. +Then they captured the king and brought him up to the king of Babylon at Riblah in the land of Hamath, and he passed sentence on him. -- jeremiah 52:9 +. +The king of Babylon slaughtered the sons of Zedekiah before his eyes, and he also slaughtered all the princes of Judah in Riblah. -- jeremiah 52:10 +. +Then he blinded the eyes of Zedekiah; and the king of Babylon bound him with bronze fetters and brought him to Babylon and put him in prison until the day of his death. -- jeremiah 52:11 +. +Now on the tenth day of the fifth month, which was the nineteenth year of King Nebuchadnezzar, king of Babylon, Nebuzaradan the captain of the bodyguard, who was in the service of the king of Babylon, came to Jerusalem. -- jeremiah 52:12 +. +He burned the house of the LORD, the king's house and all the houses of Jerusalem; even every large house he burned with fire. -- jeremiah 52:13 +. +So all the army of the Chaldeans who were with the captain of the guard broke down all the walls around Jerusalem. -- jeremiah 52:14 +. +Then Nebuzaradan the captain of the guard carried away into exile some of the poorest of the people, the rest of the people who were left in the city, the deserters who had deserted to the king of Babylon and the rest of the artisans. -- jeremiah 52:15 +. +But Nebuzaradan the captain of the guard left some of the poorest of the land to be vinedressers and plowmen. -- jeremiah 52:16 +. +Now the bronze pillars which belonged to the house of the LORD and the stands and the bronze sea, which were in the house of the LORD, the Chaldeans broke in pieces and carried all their bronze to Babylon. -- jeremiah 52:17 +. +They also took away the pots, the shovels, the snuffers, the basins, the pans and all the bronze vessels which were used in temple service. -- jeremiah 52:18 +. +The captain of the guard also took away the bowls, the firepans, the basins, the pots, the lampstands, the pans and the drink offering bowls, what was fine gold and what was fine silver. -- jeremiah 52:19 +. +The two pillars, the one sea, and the twelve bronze bulls that were under the sea, and the stands, which King Solomon had made for the house of the LORD--the bronze of all these vessels was beyond weight. -- jeremiah 52:20 +. +As for the pillars, the height of each pillar was eighteen cubits, and it was twelve cubits in circumference and four fingers in thickness, and hollow. -- jeremiah 52:21 +. +Now a capital of bronze was on it; and the height of each capital was five cubits, with network and pomegranates upon the capital all around, all of bronze. And the second pillar was like these, including pomegranates. -- jeremiah 52:22 +. +There were ninety-six exposed pomegranates; all the pomegranates numbered a hundred on the network all around. -- jeremiah 52:23 +. +Then the captain of the guard took Seraiah the chief priest and Zephaniah the second priest, with the three officers of the temple. -- jeremiah 52:24 +. +He also took from the city one official who was overseer of the men of war, and seven of the king's advisers who were found in the city, and the scribe of the commander of the army who mustered the people of the land, and sixty men of the people of the land who were found in the midst of the city. -- jeremiah 52:25 +. +Nebuzaradan the captain of the guard took them and brought them to the king of Babylon at Riblah. -- jeremiah 52:26 +. +Then the king of Babylon struck them down and put them to death at Riblah in the land of Hamath. So Judah was led away into exile from its land. -- jeremiah 52:27 +. +These are the people whom Nebuchadnezzar carried away into exile: in the seventh year 3,Jews; -- jeremiah 52:28 +. +in the eighteenth year of Nebuchadnezzar persons from Jerusalem; -- jeremiah 52:29 +. +in the twenty-third year of Nebuchadnezzar, Nebuzaradan the captain of the guard carried into exile Jewish people; there were 4,600 persons in all. -- jeremiah 52:30 +. +Now it came about in the thirty-seventh year of the exile of Jehoiachin king of Judah, in the twelfth month, on the twenty-fifth of the month, that Evil-merodach king of Babylon, in the first year of his reign, showed favor to Jehoiachin king of Judah and brought him out of prison. -- jeremiah 52:31 +. +Then he spoke kindly to him and set his throne above the thrones of the kings who were with him in Babylon. -- jeremiah 52:32 +. +So Jehoiachin changed his prison clothes, and had his meals in the king's presence regularly all the days of his life. -- jeremiah 52:33 +. +For his allowance, a regular allowance was given him by the king of Babylon, a daily portion all the days of his life until the day of his death. -- jeremiah 52:34 +. +How lonely sits the city That was full of people! She has become like a widow Who was once great among the nations! She who was a princess among the provinces Has become a forced laborer! -- lamentations 1:1 +. +She weeps bitterly in the night And her tears are on her cheeks; She has none to comfort her Among all her lovers. All her friends have dealt treacherously with her; They have become her enemies. -- lamentations 1:2 +. +Judah has gone into exile under affliction And under harsh servitude; She dwells among the nations, But she has found no rest; All her pursuers have overtaken her In the midst of distress. -- lamentations 1:3 +. +The roads of Zion are in mourning Because no one comes to the appointed feasts. All her gates are desolate; Her priests are groaning, Her virgins are afflicted, And she herself is bitter. -- lamentations 1:4 +. +Her adversaries have become her masters, Her enemies prosper; For the LORD has caused her grief Because of the multitude of her transgressions; Her little ones have gone away As captives before the adversary. -- lamentations 1:5 +. +All her majesty Has departed from the daughter of Zion; Her princes have become like deer That have found no pasture; And they have fled without strength Before the pursuer. -- lamentations 1:6 +. +In the days of her affliction and homelessness Jerusalem remembers all her precious things That were from the days of old, When her people fell into the hand of the adversary And no one helped her. The adversaries saw her, They mocked at her ruin. -- lamentations 1:7 +. +Jerusalem sinned greatly, Therefore she has become an unclean thing. All who honored her despise her Because they have seen her nakedness; Even she herself groans and turns away. -- lamentations 1:8 +. +Her uncleanness was in her skirts; She did not consider her future. Therefore she has fallen astonishingly; She has no comforter. "See, O LORD, my affliction, For the enemy has magnified himself!" -- lamentations 1:9 +. +The adversary has stretched out his hand Over all her precious things, For she has seen the nations enter her sanctuary, The ones whom You commanded That they should not enter into Your congregation. -- lamentations 1:10 +. +All her people groan seeking bread; They have given their precious things for food To restore their lives themselves. "See, O LORD, and look, For I am despised." -- lamentations 1:11 +. +"Is it nothing to all you who pass this way? Look and see if there is any pain like my pain Which was severely dealt out to me, Which the LORD inflicted on the day of His fierce anger. -- lamentations 1:12 +. +"From on high He sent fire into my bones, And it prevailed over them. He has spread a net for my feet; He has turned me back; He has made me desolate, Faint all day long. -- lamentations 1:13 +. +"The yoke of my transgressions is bound; By His hand they are knit together. They have come upon my neck; He has made my strength fail. The Lord has given me into the hands Of those against whom I am not able to stand. -- lamentations 1:14 +. +"The Lord has rejected all my strong men In my midst; He has called an appointed time against me To crush my young men; The Lord has trodden as in a wine press The virgin daughter of Judah. -- lamentations 1:15 +. +"For these things I weep; My eyes run down with water; Because far from me is a comforter, One who restores my soul. My children are desolate Because the enemy has prevailed." -- lamentations 1:16 +. +Zion stretches out her hands; There is no one to comfort her; The LORD has commanded concerning Jacob That the ones round about him should be his adversaries; Jerusalem has become an unclean thing among them. -- lamentations 1:17 +. +"The LORD is righteous; For I have rebelled against His command; Hear now, all peoples, And behold my pain; My virgins and my young men Have gone into captivity. -- lamentations 1:18 +. +"I called to my lovers, but they deceived me; My priests and my elders perished in the city While they sought food to restore their strength themselves. -- lamentations 1:19 +. +"See, O LORD, for I am in distress; My spirit is greatly troubled; My heart is overturned within me, For I have been very rebellious. In the street the sword slays; In the house it is like death. -- lamentations 1:20 +. +"They have heard that I groan; There is no one to comfort me; All my enemies have heard of my calamity; They are glad that You have done it. Oh, that You would bring the day which You have proclaimed, That they may become like me. -- lamentations 1:21 +. +"Let all their wickedness come before You; And deal with them as You have dealt with me For all my transgressions; For my groans are many and my heart is faint." -- lamentations 1:22 +. +How the Lord has covered the daughter of Zion With a cloud in His anger! He has cast from heaven to earth The glory of Israel, And has not remembered His footstool In the day of His anger. -- lamentations 2:1 +. +The Lord has swallowed up; He has not spared All the habitations of Jacob. In His wrath He has thrown down The strongholds of the daughter of Judah; He has brought them down to the ground; He has profaned the kingdom and its princes. -- lamentations 2:2 +. +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. -- lamentations 2:3 +. +He has bent His bow like an enemy; He has set His right hand like an adversary And slain all that were pleasant to the eye; In the tent of the daughter of Zion He has poured out His wrath like fire. -- lamentations 2:4 +. +The Lord has become like an enemy. He has swallowed up Israel; He has swallowed up all its palaces, He has destroyed its strongholds And multiplied in the daughter of Judah Mourning and moaning. -- lamentations 2:5 +. +And He has violently treated His tabernacle like a garden booth; He has destroyed His appointed meeting place. The LORD has caused to be forgotten The appointed feast and sabbath in Zion, And He has despised king and priest In the indignation of His anger. -- lamentations 2:6 +. +The Lord has rejected His altar, He has abandoned His sanctuary; He has delivered into the hand of the enemy The walls of her palaces. They have made a noise in the house of the LORD As in the day of an appointed feast. -- lamentations 2:7 +. +The LORD determined to destroy The wall of the daughter of Zion. He has stretched out a line, He has not restrained His hand from destroying, And He has caused rampart and wall to lament; They have languished together. -- lamentations 2:8 +. +Her gates have sunk into the ground, He has destroyed and broken her bars. Her king and her princes are among the nations; The law is no more. Also, her prophets find No vision from the LORD. -- lamentations 2:9 +. +The elders of the daughter of Zion Sit on the ground, they are silent. They have thrown dust on their heads; They have girded themselves with sackcloth. The virgins of Jerusalem Have bowed their heads to the ground. -- lamentations 2:10 +. +My eyes fail because of tears, My spirit is greatly troubled; My heart is poured out on the earth Because of the destruction of the daughter of my people, When little ones and infants faint In the streets of the city. -- lamentations 2:11 +. +They say to their mothers, "Where is grain and wine?" As they faint like a wounded man In the streets of the city, As their life is poured out On their mothers' bosom. -- lamentations 2:12 +. +How shall I admonish you? To what shall I compare you, O daughter of Jerusalem? To what shall I liken you as I comfort you, O virgin daughter of Zion? For your ruin is as vast as the sea; Who can heal you? -- lamentations 2:13 +. +Your prophets have seen for you False and foolish visions; And they have not exposed your iniquity So as to restore you from captivity, But they have seen for you false and misleading oracles. -- lamentations 2:14 +. +All who pass along the way Clap their hands in derision at you; They hiss and shake their heads At the daughter of Jerusalem, "Is this the city of which they said, 'The perfection of beauty, A joy to all the earth'?" -- lamentations 2:15 +. +All your enemies Have opened their mouths wide against you; They hiss and gnash their teeth. They say, "We have swallowed her up! Surely this is the day for which we waited; We have reached it, we have seen it." -- lamentations 2:16 +. +The LORD has done what He purposed; He has accomplished His word Which He commanded from days of old. He has thrown down without sparing, And He has caused the enemy to rejoice over you; He has exalted the might of your adversaries. -- lamentations 2:17 +. +Their heart cried out to the Lord, "O wall of the daughter of Zion, Let your tears run down like a river day and night; Give yourself no relief, Let your eyes have no rest. -- lamentations 2:18 +. +"Arise, cry aloud in the night At the beginning of the night watches; Pour out your heart like water Before the presence of the Lord; Lift up your hands to Him For the life of your little ones Who are faint because of hunger At the head of every street." -- lamentations 2:19 +. +See, O LORD, and look! With whom have You dealt thus? Should women eat their offspring, The little ones who were born healthy? Should priest and prophet be slain In the sanctuary of the Lord? -- lamentations 2:20 +. +On the ground in the streets Lie young and old; My virgins and my young men Have fallen by the sword. You have slain them in the day of Your anger, You have slaughtered, not sparing. -- lamentations 2:21 +. +You called as in the day of an appointed feast My terrors on every side; And there was no one who escaped or survived In the day of the LORD'S anger. Those whom I bore and reared, My enemy annihilated them. -- lamentations 2:22 +. +I am the man who has seen affliction Because of the rod of His wrath. -- lamentations 3:1 +. +He has driven me and made me walk In darkness and not in light. -- lamentations 3:2 +. +Surely against me He has turned His hand Repeatedly all the day. -- lamentations 3:3 +. +He has caused my flesh and my skin to waste away, He has broken my bones. -- lamentations 3:4 +. +He has besieged and encompassed me with bitterness and hardship. -- lamentations 3:5 +. +In dark places He has made me dwell, Like those who have long been dead. -- lamentations 3:6 +. +He has walled me in so that I cannot go out; He has made my chain heavy. -- lamentations 3:7 +. +Even when I cry out and call for help, He shuts out my prayer. -- lamentations 3:8 +. +He has blocked my ways with hewn stone; He has made my paths crooked. -- lamentations 3:9 +. +He is to me like a bear lying in wait, Like a lion in secret places. -- lamentations 3:10 +. +He has turned aside my ways and torn me to pieces; He has made me desolate. -- lamentations 3:11 +. +He bent His bow And set me as a target for the arrow. -- lamentations 3:12 +. +He made the arrows of His quiver To enter into my inward parts. -- lamentations 3:13 +. +I have become a laughingstock to all my people, Their mocking song all the day. -- lamentations 3:14 +. +He has filled me with bitterness, He has made me drunk with wormwood. -- lamentations 3:15 +. +He has broken my teeth with gravel; He has made me cower in the dust. -- lamentations 3:16 +. +My soul has been rejected from peace; I have forgotten happiness. -- lamentations 3:17 +. +So I say, "My strength has perished, And so has my hope from the LORD." -- lamentations 3:18 +. +Remember my affliction and my wandering, the wormwood and bitterness. -- lamentations 3:19 +. +Surely my soul remembers And is bowed down within me. -- lamentations 3:20 +. +This I recall to my mind, Therefore I have hope. -- lamentations 3:21 +. +The LORD'S lovingkindnesses indeed never cease, For His compassions never fail. -- lamentations 3:22 +. +They are new every morning; Great is Your faithfulness. -- lamentations 3:23 +. +"The LORD is my portion," says my soul, "Therefore I have hope in Him." -- lamentations 3:24 +. +The LORD is good to those who wait for Him, To the person who seeks Him. -- lamentations 3:25 +. +It is good that he waits silently For the salvation of the LORD. -- lamentations 3:26 +. +It is good for a man that he should bear The yoke in his youth. -- lamentations 3:27 +. +Let him sit alone and be silent Since He has laid it on him. -- lamentations 3:28 +. +Let him put his mouth in the dust, Perhaps there is hope. -- lamentations 3:29 +. +Let him give his cheek to the smiter, Let him be filled with reproach. -- lamentations 3:30 +. +For the Lord will not reject forever, -- lamentations 3:31 +. +For if He causes grief, Then He will have compassion According to His abundant lovingkindness. -- lamentations 3:32 +. +For He does not afflict willingly Or grieve the sons of men. -- lamentations 3:33 +. +To crush under His feet All the prisoners of the land, -- lamentations 3:34 +. +To deprive a man of justice In the presence of the Most High, -- lamentations 3:35 +. +To defraud a man in his lawsuit-- Of these things the Lord does not approve. -- lamentations 3:36 +. +Who is there who speaks and it comes to pass, Unless the Lord has commanded it? -- lamentations 3:37 +. +Is it not from the mouth of the Most High That both good and ill go forth? -- lamentations 3:38 +. +Why should any living mortal, or any man, Offer complaint in view of his sins? -- lamentations 3:39 +. +Let us examine and probe our ways, And let us return to the LORD. -- lamentations 3:40 +. +We lift up our heart and hands Toward God in heaven; -- lamentations 3:41 +. +We have transgressed and rebelled, You have not pardoned. -- lamentations 3:42 +. +You have covered Yourself with anger And pursued us; You have slain and have not spared. -- lamentations 3:43 +. +You have covered Yourself with a cloud So that no prayer can pass through. -- lamentations 3:44 +. +You have made us mere offscouring and refuse In the midst of the peoples. -- lamentations 3:45 +. +All our enemies have opened their mouths against us. -- lamentations 3:46 +. +Panic and pitfall have befallen us, Devastation and destruction; -- lamentations 3:47 +. +My eyes run down with streams of water Because of the destruction of the daughter of my people. -- lamentations 3:48 +. +My eyes pour down unceasingly, Without stopping, -- lamentations 3:49 +. +Until the LORD looks down And sees from heaven. -- lamentations 3:50 +. +My eyes bring pain to my soul Because of all the daughters of my city. -- lamentations 3:51 +. +My enemies without cause Hunted me down like a bird; -- lamentations 3:52 +. +They have silenced me in the pit And have placed a stone on me. -- lamentations 3:53 +. +Waters flowed over my head; I said, "I am cut off!" -- lamentations 3:54 +. +I called on Your name, O LORD, Out of the lowest pit. -- lamentations 3:55 +. +You have heard my voice, "Do not hide Your ear from my prayer for relief, From my cry for help." -- lamentations 3:56 +. +You drew near when I called on You; You said, "Do not fear!" -- lamentations 3:57 +. +O Lord, You have pleaded my soul's cause; You have redeemed my life. -- lamentations 3:58 +. +O LORD, You have seen my oppression; Judge my case. -- lamentations 3:59 +. +You have seen all their vengeance, All their schemes against me. -- lamentations 3:60 +. +You have heard their reproach, O LORD, All their schemes against me. -- lamentations 3:61 +. +The lips of my assailants and their whispering Are against me all day long. -- lamentations 3:62 +. +Look on their sitting and their rising; I am their mocking song. -- lamentations 3:63 +. +You will recompense them, O LORD, According to the work of their hands. -- lamentations 3:64 +. +You will give them hardness of heart, Your curse will be on them. -- lamentations 3:65 +. +You will pursue them in anger and destroy them From under the heavens of the LORD! -- lamentations 3:66 +. +How dark the gold has become, How the pure gold has changed! The sacred stones are poured out At the corner of every street. -- lamentations 4:1 +. +The precious sons of Zion, Weighed against fine gold, How they are regarded as earthen jars, The work of a potter's hands! -- lamentations 4:2 +. +Even jackals offer the breast, They nurse their young; But the daughter of my people has become cruel Like ostriches in the wilderness. -- lamentations 4:3 +. +The tongue of the infant cleaves To the roof of its mouth because of thirst; The little ones ask for bread, But no one breaks it for them. -- lamentations 4:4 +. +Those who ate delicacies Are desolate in the streets; Those reared in purple Embrace ash pits. -- lamentations 4:5 +. +For the iniquity of the daughter of my people Is greater than the sin of Sodom, Which was overthrown as in a moment, And no hands were turned toward her. -- lamentations 4:6 +. +Her consecrated ones were purer than snow, They were whiter than milk; They were more ruddy in body than corals, Their polishing was like lapis lazuli. -- lamentations 4:7 +. +Their appearance is blacker than soot, They are not recognized in the streets; Their skin is shriveled on their bones, It is withered, it has become like wood. -- lamentations 4:8 +. +Better are those slain with the sword Than those slain with hunger; For they pine away, being stricken For lack of the fruits of the field. -- lamentations 4:9 +. +The hands of compassionate women Boiled their own children; They became food for them Because of the destruction of the daughter of my people. -- lamentations 4:10 +. +The LORD has accomplished His wrath, He has poured out His fierce anger; And He has kindled a fire in Zion Which has consumed its foundations. -- lamentations 4:11 +. +The kings of the earth did not believe, Nor did any of the inhabitants of the world, That the adversary and the enemy Could enter the gates of Jerusalem. -- lamentations 4:12 +. +Because of the sins of her prophets And the iniquities of her priests, Who have shed in her midst The blood of the righteous; -- lamentations 4:13 +. +They wandered, blind, in the streets; They were defiled with blood So that no one could touch their garments. -- lamentations 4:14 +. +"Depart! Unclean!" they cried of themselves. "Depart, depart, do not touch!" So they fled and wandered; Men among the nations said, "They shall not continue to dwell with us." -- lamentations 4:15 +. +The presence of the LORD has scattered them, He will not continue to regard them; They did not honor the priests, They did not favor the elders. -- lamentations 4:16 +. +Yet our eyes failed, Looking for help was useless; In our watching we have watched For a nation that could not save. -- lamentations 4:17 +. +They hunted our steps So that we could not walk in our streets; Our end drew near, Our days were finished For our end had come. -- lamentations 4:18 +. +Our pursuers were swifter Than the eagles of the sky; They chased us on the mountains, They waited in ambush for us in the wilderness. -- lamentations 4:19 +. +The breath of our nostrils, the LORD'S anointed, Was captured in their pits, Of whom we had said, "Under his shadow We shall live among the nations." -- lamentations 4:20 +. +Rejoice and be glad, O daughter of Edom, Who dwells in the land of Uz; But the cup will come around to you as well, You will become drunk and make yourself naked. -- lamentations 4:21 +. +The punishment of your iniquity has been completed, O daughter of Zion; He will exile you no longer. But He will punish your iniquity, O daughter of Edom; He will expose your sins! -- lamentations 4:22 +. +Remember, O LORD, what has befallen us; Look, and see our reproach! -- lamentations 5:1 +. +Our inheritance has been turned over to strangers, Our houses to aliens. -- lamentations 5:2 +. +We have become orphans without a father, Our mothers are like widows. -- lamentations 5:3 +. +We have to pay for our drinking water, Our wood comes to us at a price. -- lamentations 5:4 +. +Our pursuers are at our necks; We are worn out, there is no rest for us. -- lamentations 5:5 +. +We have submitted to Egypt and Assyria to get enough bread. -- lamentations 5:6 +. +Our fathers sinned, and are no more; It is we who have borne their iniquities. -- lamentations 5:7 +. +Slaves rule over us; There is no one to deliver us from their hand. -- lamentations 5:8 +. +We get our bread at the risk of our lives Because of the sword in the wilderness. -- lamentations 5:9 +. +Our skin has become as hot as an oven, Because of the burning heat of famine. -- lamentations 5:10 +. +They ravished the women in Zion, The virgins in the cities of Judah. -- lamentations 5:11 +. +Princes were hung by their hands; Elders were not respected. -- lamentations 5:12 +. +Young men worked at the grinding mill, And youths stumbled under loads of wood. -- lamentations 5:13 +. +Elders are gone from the gate, Young men from their music. -- lamentations 5:14 +. +The joy of our hearts has ceased; Our dancing has been turned into mourning. -- lamentations 5:15 +. +The crown has fallen from our head; Woe to us, for we have sinned! -- lamentations 5:16 +. +Because of this our heart is faint, Because of these things our eyes are dim; -- lamentations 5:17 +. +Because of Mount Zion which lies desolate, Foxes prowl in it. -- lamentations 5:18 +. +You, O LORD, rule forever; Your throne is from generation to generation. -- lamentations 5:19 +. +Why do You forget us forever? Why do You forsake us so long? -- lamentations 5:20 +. +Restore us to You, O LORD, that we may be restored; Renew our days as of old, -- lamentations 5:21 +. +Unless You have utterly rejected us And are exceedingly angry with us. -- lamentations 5:22 +. +Now it came about in the thirtieth year, on the fifth day of the fourth month, while I was by the river Chebar among the exiles, the heavens were opened and I saw visions of God. -- ezekiel 1:1 +. +(On the fifth of the month in the fifth year of King Jehoiachin's exile, -- ezekiel 1:2 +. +the word of the LORD came expressly to Ezekiel the priest, son of Buzi, in the land of the Chaldeans by the river Chebar; and there the hand of the LORD came upon him.) -- ezekiel 1:3 +. +As I looked, behold, a storm wind was coming from the north, a great cloud with fire flashing forth continually and a bright light around it, and in its midst something like glowing metal in the midst of the fire. -- ezekiel 1:4 +. +Within it there were figures resembling four living beings. And this was their appearance: they had human form. -- ezekiel 1:5 +. +Each of them had four faces and four wings. -- ezekiel 1:6 +. +Their legs were straight and their feet were like a calf's hoof, and they gleamed like burnished bronze. -- ezekiel 1:7 +. +Under their wings on their four sides were human hands. As for the faces and wings of the four of them, -- ezekiel 1:8 +. +their wings touched one another; their faces did not turn when they moved, each went straight forward. -- ezekiel 1:9 +. +As for the form of their faces, each had the face of a man; all four had the face of a lion on the right and the face of a bull on the left, and all four had the face of an eagle. -- ezekiel 1:10 +. +Such were their faces. Their wings were spread out above; each had two touching another being, and two covering their bodies. -- ezekiel 1:11 +. +And each went straight forward; wherever the spirit was about to go, they would go, without turning as they went. -- ezekiel 1:12 +. +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. -- ezekiel 1:13 +. +And the living beings ran to and fro like bolts of lightning. -- ezekiel 1:14 +. +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. -- ezekiel 1:15 +. +The appearance of the wheels and their workmanship was like sparkling beryl, and all four of them had the same form, their appearance and workmanship being as if one wheel were within another. -- ezekiel 1:16 +. +Whenever they moved, they moved in any of their four directions without turning as they moved. -- ezekiel 1:17 +. +As for their rims they were lofty and awesome, and the rims of all four of them were full of eyes round about. -- ezekiel 1:18 +. +Whenever the living beings moved, the wheels moved with them. And whenever the living beings rose from the earth, the wheels rose also. -- ezekiel 1:19 +. +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. -- ezekiel 1:20 +. +Whenever those went, these went; and whenever those stood still, these stood still. And whenever those rose from the earth, the wheels rose close beside them; for the spirit of the living beings was in the wheels. -- ezekiel 1:21 +. +Now over the heads of the living beings there was something like an expanse, like the awesome gleam of crystal, spread out over their heads. -- ezekiel 1:22 +. +Under the expanse their wings were stretched out straight, one toward the other; each one also had two wings covering its body on the one side and on the other. -- ezekiel 1:23 +. +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. -- ezekiel 1:24 +. +And there came a voice from above the expanse that was over their heads; whenever they stood still, they dropped their wings. -- ezekiel 1:25 +. +Now above the expanse that was over their heads there was something resembling a throne, like lapis lazuli in appearance; and on that which resembled a throne, high up, was a figure with the appearance of a man. -- ezekiel 1:26 +. +Then I noticed from the appearance of His loins and upward something like glowing metal that looked like fire all around within it, and from the appearance of His loins and downward I saw something like fire; and there was a radiance around Him. -- ezekiel 1:27 +. +As the appearance of the rainbow in the clouds on a rainy day, so was the appearance of the surrounding radiance. Such was the appearance of the likeness of the glory of the LORD. And when I saw it, I fell on my face and heard a voice speaking. -- ezekiel 1:28 +. +Then He said to me, "Son of man, stand on your feet that I may speak with you!" -- ezekiel 2:1 +. +As He spoke to me the Spirit entered me and set me on my feet; and I heard Him speaking to me. -- ezekiel 2:2 +. +Then He said to me, "Son of man, I am sending you to the sons of Israel, to a rebellious people who have rebelled against Me; they and their fathers have transgressed against Me to this very day. -- ezekiel 2:3 +. +"I am sending you to them who are stubborn and obstinate children, and you shall say to them, 'Thus says the Lord GOD.' -- ezekiel 2:4 +. +"As for them, whether they listen or not--for they are a rebellious house--they will know that a prophet has been among them. -- ezekiel 2:5 +. +"And you, son of man, neither fear them nor fear their words, though thistles and thorns are with you and you sit on scorpions; neither fear their words nor be dismayed at their presence, for they are a rebellious house. -- ezekiel 2:6 +. +"But you shall speak My words to them whether they listen or not, for they are rebellious. -- ezekiel 2:7 +. +"Now you, son of man, listen to what I am speaking to you; do not be rebellious like that rebellious house. Open your mouth and eat what I am giving you." -- ezekiel 2:8 +. +Then I looked, and behold, a hand was extended to me; and lo, a scroll was in it. -- ezekiel 2:9 +. +When He spread it out before me, it was written on the front and back, and written on it were lamentations, mourning and woe. -- ezekiel 2:10 +. +Then He said to me, "Son of man, eat what you find; eat this scroll, and go, speak to the house of Israel." -- ezekiel 3:1 +. +So I opened my mouth, and He fed me this scroll. -- ezekiel 3:2 +. +He said to me, "Son of man, feed your stomach and fill your body with this scroll which I am giving you." Then I ate it, and it was sweet as honey in my mouth. -- ezekiel 3:3 +. +Then He said to me, "Son of man, go to the house of Israel and speak with My words to them. -- ezekiel 3:4 +. +"For you are not being sent to a people of unintelligible speech or difficult language, but to the house of Israel, -- ezekiel 3:5 +. +nor to many peoples of unintelligible speech or difficult language, whose words you cannot understand. But I have sent you to them who should listen to you; -- ezekiel 3:6 +. +yet the house of Israel will not be willing to listen to you, since they are not willing to listen to Me. Surely the whole house of Israel is stubborn and obstinate. -- ezekiel 3:7 +. +"Behold, I have made your face as hard as their faces and your forehead as hard as their foreheads. -- ezekiel 3:8 +. +"Like emery harder than flint I have made your forehead. Do not be afraid of them or be dismayed before them, though they are a rebellious house." -- ezekiel 3:9 +. +Moreover, He said to me, "Son of man, take into your heart all My words which I will speak to you and listen closely. -- ezekiel 3:10 +. +"Go to the exiles, to the sons of your people, and speak to them and tell them, whether they listen or not, 'Thus says the Lord GOD.'" -- ezekiel 3:11 +. +Then the Spirit lifted me up, and I heard a great rumbling sound behind me, "Blessed be the glory of the LORD in His place." -- ezekiel 3:12 +. +And I heard the sound of the wings of the living beings touching one another and the sound of the wheels beside them, even a great rumbling sound. -- ezekiel 3:13 +. +So the Spirit lifted me up and took me away; and I went embittered in the rage of my spirit, and the hand of the LORD was strong on me. -- ezekiel 3:14 +. +Then I came to the exiles who lived beside the river Chebar at Tel-abib, and I sat there seven days where they were living, causing consternation among them. -- ezekiel 3:15 +. +At the end of seven days the word of the LORD came to me, saying, -- ezekiel 3:16 +. +"Son of man, I have appointed you a watchman to the house of Israel; whenever you hear a word from My mouth, warn them from Me. -- ezekiel 3:17 +. +"When I say to the wicked, 'You will surely die,' and you do not warn him or speak out to warn the wicked from his wicked way that he may live, that wicked man shall die in his iniquity, but his blood I will require at your hand. -- ezekiel 3:18 +. +"Yet if you have warned the wicked and he does not turn from his wickedness or from his wicked way, he shall die in his iniquity; but you have delivered yourself. -- ezekiel 3:19 +. +"Again, when a righteous man turns away from his righteousness and commits iniquity, and I place an obstacle before him, he will die; since you have not warned him, he shall die in his sin, and his righteous deeds which he has done shall not be remembered; but his blood I will require at your hand. -- ezekiel 3:20 +. +"However, if you have warned the righteous man that the righteous should not sin and he does not sin, he shall surely live because he took warning; and you have delivered yourself." -- ezekiel 3:21 +. +The hand of the LORD was on me there, and He said to me, "Get up, go out to the plain, and there I will speak to you." -- ezekiel 3:22 +. +So I got up and went out to the plain; and behold, the glory of the LORD was standing there, like the glory which I saw by the river Chebar, and I fell on my face. -- ezekiel 3:23 +. +The Spirit then entered me and made me stand on my feet, and He spoke with me and said to me, "Go, shut yourself up in your house. -- ezekiel 3:24 +. +"As for you, son of man, they will put ropes on you and bind you with them so that you cannot go out among them. -- ezekiel 3:25 +. +"Moreover, I will make your tongue stick to the roof of your mouth so that you will be mute and cannot be a man who rebukes them, for they are a rebellious house. -- ezekiel 3:26 +. +"But when I speak to you, I will open your mouth and you will say to them, 'Thus says the Lord GOD.' He who hears, let him hear; and he who refuses, let him refuse; for they are a rebellious house. -- ezekiel 3:27 +. +"Now you son of man, get yourself a brick, place it before you and inscribe a city on it, Jerusalem. -- ezekiel 4:1 +. +"Then lay siege against it, build a siege wall, raise up a ramp, pitch camps and place battering rams against it all around. -- ezekiel 4:2 +. +"Then get yourself an iron plate and set it up as an iron wall between you and the city, and set your face toward it so that it is under siege, and besiege it. This is a sign to the house of Israel. -- ezekiel 4:3 +. +"As for you, lie down on your left side and lay the iniquity of the house of Israel on it; you shall bear their iniquity for the number of days that you lie on it. -- ezekiel 4:4 +. +"For I have assigned you a number of days corresponding to the years of their iniquity, three hundred and ninety days; thus you shall bear the iniquity of the house of Israel. -- ezekiel 4:5 +. +"When you have completed these, you shall lie down a second time, but on your right side and bear the iniquity of the house of Judah; I have assigned it to you for forty days, a day for each year. -- ezekiel 4:6 +. +"Then you shall set your face toward the siege of Jerusalem with your arm bared and prophesy against it. -- ezekiel 4:7 +. +"Now behold, I will put ropes on you so that you cannot turn from one side to the other until you have completed the days of your siege. -- ezekiel 4:8 +. +"But as for you, take wheat, barley, beans, lentils, millet and spelt, put them in one vessel and make them into bread for yourself; you shall eat it according to the number of the days that you lie on your side, three hundred and ninety days. -- ezekiel 4:9 +. +"Your food which you eat shall be twenty shekels a day by weight; you shall eat it from time to time. -- ezekiel 4:10 +. +"The water you drink shall be the sixth part of a hin by measure; you shall drink it from time to time. -- ezekiel 4:11 +. +"You shall eat it as a barley cake, having baked it in their sight over human dung." -- ezekiel 4:12 +. +Then the LORD said, "Thus will the sons of Israel eat their bread unclean among the nations where I will banish them." -- ezekiel 4:13 +. +But I said, "Ah, Lord GOD! Behold, I have never been defiled; for from my youth until now I have never eaten what died of itself or was torn by beasts, nor has any unclean meat ever entered my mouth." -- ezekiel 4:14 +. +Then He said to me, "See, I will give you cow's dung in place of human dung over which you will prepare your bread." -- ezekiel 4:15 +. +Moreover, He said to me, "Son of man, behold, I am going to break the staff of bread in Jerusalem, and they will eat bread by weight and with anxiety, and drink water by measure and in horror, -- ezekiel 4:16 +. +because bread and water will be scarce; and they will be appalled with one another and waste away in their iniquity. -- ezekiel 4:17 +. +"As for you, son of man, take a sharp sword; take and use it as a barber's razor on your head and beard. Then take scales for weighing and divide the hair. -- ezekiel 5:1 +. +"One third you shall burn in the fire at the center of the city, when the days of the siege are completed. Then you shall take one third and strike it with the sword all around the city, and one third you shall scatter to the wind; and I will unsheathe a sword behind them. -- ezekiel 5:2 +. +"Take also a few in number from them and bind them in the edges of your robes. -- ezekiel 5:3 +. +"Take again some of them and throw them into the fire and burn them in the fire; from it a fire will spread to all the house of Israel. -- ezekiel 5:4 +. +"Thus says the Lord GOD, 'This is Jerusalem; I have set her at the center of the nations, with lands around her. -- ezekiel 5:5 +. +'But she has rebelled against My ordinances more wickedly than the nations and against My statutes more than the lands which surround her; for they have rejected My ordinances and have not walked in My statutes.' -- ezekiel 5:6 +. +"Therefore, thus says the Lord GOD, 'Because you have more turmoil than the nations which surround you and have not walked in My statutes, nor observed My ordinances, nor observed the ordinances of the nations which surround you,' -- ezekiel 5:7 +. +therefore, thus says the Lord GOD, 'Behold, I, even I, am against you, and I will execute judgments among you in the sight of the nations. -- ezekiel 5:8 +. +'And because of all your abominations, I will do among you what I have not done, and the like of which I will never do again. -- ezekiel 5:9 +. +'Therefore, fathers will eat their sons among you, and sons will eat their fathers; for I will execute judgments on you and scatter all your remnant to every wind. -- ezekiel 5:10 +. +'So as I live,' declares the Lord GOD, 'surely, because you have defiled My sanctuary with all your detestable idols and with all your abominations, therefore I will also withdraw, and My eye will have no pity and I will not spare. -- ezekiel 5:11 +. +'One third of you will die by plague or be consumed by famine among you, one third will fall by the sword around you, and one third I will scatter to every wind, and I will unsheathe a sword behind them. -- ezekiel 5:12 +. +'Thus My anger will be spent and I will satisfy My wrath on them, and I will be appeased; then they will know that I, the LORD, have spoken in My zeal when I have spent My wrath upon them. -- ezekiel 5:13 +. +'Moreover, I will make you a desolation and a reproach among the nations which surround you, in the sight of all who pass by. -- ezekiel 5:14 +. +'So it will be a reproach, a reviling, a warning and an object of horror to the nations who surround you when I execute judgments against you in anger, wrath and raging rebukes. I, the LORD, have spoken. -- ezekiel 5:15 +. +'When I send against them the deadly arrows of famine which were for the destruction of those whom I will send to destroy you, then I will also intensify the famine upon you and break the staff of bread. -- ezekiel 5:16 +. +'Moreover, I will send on you famine and wild beasts, and they will bereave you of children; plague and bloodshed also will pass through you, and I will bring the sword on you. I, the LORD, have spoken.'" -- ezekiel 5:17 +. +And the word of the LORD came to me saying, -- ezekiel 6:1 +. +"Son of man, set your face toward the mountains of Israel, and prophesy against them -- ezekiel 6:2 +. +and say, 'Mountains of Israel, listen to the word of the Lord GOD! Thus says the Lord GOD to the mountains, the hills, the ravines and the valleys: "Behold, I Myself am going to bring a sword on you, and I will destroy your high places. -- ezekiel 6:3 +. +"So your altars will become desolate and your incense altars will be smashed; and I will make your slain fall in front of your idols. -- ezekiel 6:4 +. +"I will also lay the dead bodies of the sons of Israel in front of their idols; and I will scatter your bones around your altars. -- ezekiel 6:5 +. +"In all your dwellings, cities will become waste and the high places will be desolate, that your altars may become waste and desolate, your idols may be broken and brought to an end, your incense altars may be cut down, and your works may be blotted out. -- ezekiel 6:6 +. +"The slain will fall among you, and you will know that I am the LORD. -- ezekiel 6:7 +. +"However, I will leave a remnant, for you will have those who escaped the sword among the nations when you are scattered among the countries. -- ezekiel 6:8 +. +"Then those of you who escape will remember Me among the nations to which they will be carried captive, how I have been hurt by their adulterous hearts which turned away from Me, and by their eyes which played the harlot after their idols; and they will loathe themselves in their own sight for the evils which they have committed, for all their abominations. -- ezekiel 6:9 +. +"Then they will know that I am the LORD; I have not said in vain that I would inflict this disaster on them."' -- ezekiel 6:10 +. +"Thus says the Lord GOD, 'Clap your hand, stamp your foot and say, "Alas, because of all the evil abominations of the house of Israel, which will fall by sword, famine and plague! -- ezekiel 6:11 +. +"He who is far off will die by the plague, and he who is near will fall by the sword, and he who remains and is besieged will die by the famine. Thus will I spend My wrath on them. -- ezekiel 6:12 +. +"Then you will know that I am the LORD, when their slain are among their idols around their altars, on every high hill, on all the tops of the mountains, under every green tree and under every leafy oak--the places where they offered soothing aroma to all their idols. -- ezekiel 6:13 +. +"So throughout all their habitations I will stretch out My hand against them and make the land more desolate and waste than the wilderness toward Diblah; thus they will know that I am the LORD."'" -- ezekiel 6:14 +. +Moreover, the word of the LORD came to me saying, -- ezekiel 7:1 +. +"And you, son of man, thus says the Lord GOD to the land of Israel, 'An end! The end is coming on the four corners of the land. -- ezekiel 7:2 +. +'Now the end is upon you, and I will send My anger against you; I will judge you according to your ways and bring all your abominations upon you. -- ezekiel 7:3 +. +'For My eye will have no pity on you, nor will I spare you, but I will bring your ways upon you, and your abominations will be among you; then you will know that I am the LORD!' -- ezekiel 7:4 +. +"Thus says the Lord GOD, 'A disaster, unique disaster, behold it is coming! -- ezekiel 7:5 +. +'An end is coming; the end has come! It has awakened against you; behold, it has come! -- ezekiel 7:6 +. +'Your doom has come to you, O inhabitant of the land. The time has come, the day is near--tumult rather than joyful shouting on the mountains. -- ezekiel 7:7 +. +'Now I will shortly pour out My wrath on you and spend My anger against you; judge you according to your ways and bring on you all your abominations. -- ezekiel 7:8 +. +'My eye will show no pity nor will I spare. I will repay you according to your ways, while your abominations are in your midst; then you will know that I, the LORD, do the smiting. -- ezekiel 7:9 +. +'Behold, the day! Behold, it is coming! Your doom has gone forth; the rod has budded, arrogance has blossomed. -- ezekiel 7:10 +. +'Violence has grown into a rod of wickedness. None of them shall remain, none of their people, none of their wealth, nor anything eminent among them. -- ezekiel 7:11 +. +'The time has come, the day has arrived. Let not the buyer rejoice nor the seller mourn; for wrath is against all their multitude. -- ezekiel 7:12 +. +'Indeed, the seller will not regain what he sold as long as they both live; for the vision regarding all their multitude will not be averted, nor will any of them maintain his life by his iniquity. -- ezekiel 7:13 +. +'They have blown the trumpet and made everything ready, but no one is going to the battle, for My wrath is against all their multitude. -- ezekiel 7:14 +. +'The sword is outside and the plague and the famine are within. He who is in the field will die by the sword; famine and the plague will also consume those in the city. -- ezekiel 7:15 +. +'Even when their survivors escape, they will be on the mountains like doves of the valleys, all of them mourning, each over his own iniquity. -- ezekiel 7:16 +. +'All hands will hang limp and all knees will become like water. -- ezekiel 7:17 +. +'They will gird themselves with sackcloth and shuddering will overwhelm them; and shame will be on all faces and baldness on all their heads. -- ezekiel 7:18 +. +'They will fling their silver into the streets and their gold will become an abhorrent thing; their silver and their gold will not be able to deliver them in the day of the wrath of the LORD. They cannot satisfy their appetite nor can they fill their stomachs, for their iniquity has become an occasion of stumbling. -- ezekiel 7:19 +. +'They transformed the beauty of His ornaments into pride, and they made the images of their abominations and their detestable things with it; therefore I will make it an abhorrent thing to them. -- ezekiel 7:20 +. +'I will give it into the hands of the foreigners as plunder and to the wicked of the earth as spoil, and they will profane it. -- ezekiel 7:21 +. +'I will also turn My face from them, and they will profane My secret place; then robbers will enter and profane it. -- ezekiel 7:22 +. +'Make the chain, for the land is full of bloody crimes and the city is full of violence. -- ezekiel 7:23 +. +'Therefore, I will bring the worst of the nations, and they will possess their houses. I will also make the pride of the strong ones cease, and their holy places will be profaned. -- ezekiel 7:24 +. +'When anguish comes, they will seek peace, but there will be none. -- ezekiel 7:25 +. +'Disaster will come upon disaster and rumor will be added to rumor; then they will seek a vision from a prophet, but the law will be lost from the priest and counsel from the elders. -- ezekiel 7:26 +. +'The king will mourn, the prince will be clothed with horror, and the hands of the people of the land will tremble. According to their conduct I will deal with them, and by their judgments I will judge them. And they will know that I am the LORD.'" -- ezekiel 7:27 +. +It came about in the sixth year, on the fifth day of the sixth month, as I was sitting in my house with the elders of Judah sitting before me, that the hand of the Lord GOD fell on me there. -- ezekiel 8:1 +. +Then I looked, and behold, a likeness as the appearance of a man; from His loins and downward there was the appearance of fire, and from His loins and upward the appearance of brightness, like the appearance of glowing metal. -- ezekiel 8:2 +. +He stretched out the form of a hand and caught me by a lock of my head; and the Spirit lifted me up between earth and heaven and brought me in the visions of God to Jerusalem, to the entrance of the north gate of the inner court, where the seat of the idol of jealousy, which provokes to jealousy, was located. -- ezekiel 8:3 +. +And behold, the glory of the God of Israel was there, like the appearance which I saw in the plain. -- ezekiel 8:4 +. +Then He said to me, "Son of man, raise your eyes now toward the north." So I raised my eyes toward the north, and behold, to the north of the altar gate was this idol of jealousy at the entrance. -- ezekiel 8:5 +. +And He said to me, "Son of man, do you see what they are doing, the great abominations which the house of Israel are committing here, so that I would be far from My sanctuary? But yet you will see still greater abominations." -- ezekiel 8:6 +. +Then He brought me to the entrance of the court, and when I looked, behold, a hole in the wall. -- ezekiel 8:7 +. +He said to me, "Son of man, now dig through the wall." So I dug through the wall, and behold, an entrance. -- ezekiel 8:8 +. +And He said to me, "Go in and see the wicked abominations that they are committing here." -- ezekiel 8:9 +. +So I entered and looked, and behold, every form of creeping things and beasts and detestable things, with all the idols of the house of Israel, were carved on the wall all around. -- ezekiel 8:10 +. +Standing in front of them were seventy elders of the house of Israel, with Jaazaniah the son of Shaphan standing among them, each man with his censer in his hand and the fragrance of the cloud of incense rising. -- ezekiel 8:11 +. +Then He said to me, "Son of man, do you see what the elders of the house of Israel are committing in the dark, each man in the room of his carved images? For they say, 'The LORD does not see us; the LORD has forsaken the land.'" -- ezekiel 8:12 +. +And He said to me, "Yet you will see still greater abominations which they are committing." -- ezekiel 8:13 +. +Then He brought me to the entrance of the gate of the LORD'S house which was toward the north; and behold, women were sitting there weeping for Tammuz. -- ezekiel 8:14 +. +He said to me, "Do you see this, son of man? Yet you will see still greater abominations than these." -- ezekiel 8:15 +. +Then He brought me into the inner court of the LORD'S house. And behold, at the entrance to the temple of the LORD, between the porch and the altar, were about twenty-five men with their backs to the temple of the LORD and their faces toward the east; and they were prostrating themselves eastward toward the sun. -- ezekiel 8:16 +. +He said to me, "Do you see this, son of man? Is it too light a thing for the house of Judah to commit the abominations which they have committed here, that they have filled the land with violence and provoked Me repeatedly? For behold, they are putting the twig to their nose. -- ezekiel 8:17 +. +"Therefore, I indeed will deal in wrath. My eye will have no pity nor will I spare; and though they cry in My ears with a loud voice, yet I will not listen to them." -- ezekiel 8:18 +. +Then He cried out in my hearing with a loud voice saying, "Draw near, O executioners of the city, each with his destroying weapon in his hand." -- ezekiel 9:1 +. +Behold, six men came from the direction of the upper gate which faces north, each with his shattering weapon in his hand; and among them was a certain man clothed in linen with a writing case at his loins. And they went in and stood beside the bronze altar. -- ezekiel 9:2 +. +Then the glory of the God of Israel went up from the cherub on which it had been, to the threshold of the temple. And He called to the man clothed in linen at whose loins was the writing case. -- ezekiel 9:3 +. +The LORD said to him, "Go through the midst of the city, even through the midst of Jerusalem, and put a mark on the foreheads of the men who sigh and groan over all the abominations which are being committed in its midst." -- ezekiel 9:4 +. +But to the others He said in my hearing, "Go through the city after him and strike; do not let your eye have pity and do not spare. -- ezekiel 9:5 +. +"Utterly slay old men, young men, maidens, little children, and women, but do not touch any man on whom is the mark; and you shall start from My sanctuary." So they started with the elders who were before the temple. -- ezekiel 9:6 +. +And He said to them, "Defile the temple and fill the courts with the slain. Go out!" Thus they went out and struck down the people in the city. -- ezekiel 9:7 +. +As they were striking the people and I alone was left, I fell on my face and cried out saying, "Alas, Lord GOD! Are You destroying the whole remnant of Israel by pouring out Your wrath on Jerusalem?" -- ezekiel 9:8 +. +Then He said to me, "The iniquity of the house of Israel and Judah is very, very great, and the land is filled with blood and the city is full of perversion; for they say, 'The LORD has forsaken the land, and the LORD does not see!' -- ezekiel 9:9 +. +"But as for Me, My eye will have no pity nor will I spare, but I will bring their conduct upon their heads." -- ezekiel 9:10 +. +Then behold, the man clothed in linen at whose loins was the writing case reported, saying, "I have done just as You have commanded me." -- ezekiel 9:11 +. +Then I looked, and behold, in the expanse that was over the heads of the cherubim something like a sapphire stone, in appearance resembling a throne, appeared above them. -- ezekiel 10:1 +. +And He spoke to the man clothed in linen and said, "Enter between the whirling wheels under the cherubim and fill your hands with coals of fire from between the cherubim and scatter them over the city." And he entered in my sight. -- ezekiel 10:2 +. +Now the cherubim were standing on the right side of the temple when the man entered, and the cloud filled the inner court. -- ezekiel 10:3 +. +Then the glory of the LORD went up from the cherub to the threshold of the temple, and the temple was filled with the cloud and the court was filled with the brightness of the glory of the LORD. -- ezekiel 10:4 +. +Moreover, the sound of the wings of the cherubim was heard as far as the outer court, like the voice of God Almighty when He speaks. -- ezekiel 10:5 +. +It came about when He commanded the man clothed in linen, saying, "Take fire from between the whirling wheels, from between the cherubim," he entered and stood beside a wheel. -- ezekiel 10:6 +. +Then the cherub stretched out his hand from between the cherubim to the fire which was between the cherubim, took some and put it into the hands of the one clothed in linen, who took it and went out. -- ezekiel 10:7 +. +The cherubim appeared to have the form of a man's hand under their wings. -- ezekiel 10:8 +. +Then I looked, and behold, four wheels beside the cherubim, one wheel beside each cherub; and the appearance of the wheels was like the gleam of a Tarshish stone. -- ezekiel 10:9 +. +As for their appearance, all four of them had the same likeness, as if one wheel were within another wheel. -- ezekiel 10:10 +. +When they moved, they went in any of their four directions without turning as they went; but they followed in the direction which they faced, without turning as they went. -- ezekiel 10:11 +. +Their whole body, their backs, their hands, their wings and the wheels were full of eyes all around, the wheels belonging to all four of them. -- ezekiel 10:12 +. +The wheels were called in my hearing, the whirling wheels. -- ezekiel 10:13 +. +And each one had four faces. The first face was the face of a cherub, the second face was the face of a man, the third the face of a lion, and the fourth the face of an eagle. -- ezekiel 10:14 +. +Then the cherubim rose up. They are the living beings that I saw by the river Chebar. -- ezekiel 10:15 +. +Now when the cherubim moved, the wheels would go beside them; also when the cherubim lifted up their wings to rise from the ground, the wheels would not turn from beside them. -- ezekiel 10:16 +. +When the cherubim stood still, the wheels would stand still; and when they rose up, the wheels would rise with them, for the spirit of the living beings was in them. -- ezekiel 10:17 +. +Then the glory of the LORD departed from the threshold of the temple and stood over the cherubim. -- ezekiel 10:18 +. +When the cherubim departed, they lifted their wings and rose up from the earth in my sight with the wheels beside them; and they stood still at the entrance of the east gate of the LORD'S house, and the glory of the God of Israel hovered over them. -- ezekiel 10:19 +. +These are the living beings that I saw beneath the God of Israel by the river Chebar; so I knew that they were cherubim. -- ezekiel 10:20 +. +Each one had four faces and each one four wings, and beneath their wings was the form of human hands. -- ezekiel 10:21 +. +As for the likeness of their faces, they were the same faces whose appearance I had seen by the river Chebar. Each one went straight ahead. -- ezekiel 10:22 +. +Moreover, the Spirit lifted me up and brought me to the east gate of the LORD'S house which faced eastward. And behold, there were twenty-five men at the entrance of the gate, and among them I saw Jaazaniah son of Azzur and Pelatiah son of Benaiah, leaders of the people. -- ezekiel 11:1 +. +He said to me, "Son of man, these are the men who devise iniquity and give evil advice in this city, -- ezekiel 11:2 +. +who say, 'The time is not near to build houses. This city is the pot and we are the flesh.' -- ezekiel 11:3 +. +"Therefore, prophesy against them, son of man, prophesy!" -- ezekiel 11:4 +. +Then the Spirit of the LORD fell upon me, and He said to me, "Say, 'Thus says the LORD, "So you think, house of Israel, for I know your thoughts. -- ezekiel 11:5 +. +"You have multiplied your slain in this city, filling its streets with them." -- ezekiel 11:6 +. +'Therefore, thus says the Lord GOD, "Your slain whom you have laid in the midst of the city are the flesh and this city is the pot; but I will bring you out of it. -- ezekiel 11:7 +. +"You have feared a sword; so I will bring a sword upon you," the Lord GOD declares. -- ezekiel 11:8 +. +"And I will bring you out of the midst of the city and deliver you into the hands of strangers and execute judgments against you. -- ezekiel 11:9 +. +"You will fall by the sword. I will judge you to the border of Israel; so you shall know that I am the LORD. -- ezekiel 11:10 +. +"This city will not be a pot for you, nor will you be flesh in the midst of it, but I will judge you to the border of Israel. -- ezekiel 11:11 +. +"Thus you will know that I am the LORD; for you have not walked in My statutes nor have you executed My ordinances, but have acted according to the ordinances of the nations around you."'" -- ezekiel 11:12 +. +Now it came about as I prophesied, that Pelatiah son of Benaiah died. Then I fell on my face and cried out with a loud voice and said, "Alas, Lord GOD! Will You bring the remnant of Israel to a complete end?" -- ezekiel 11:13 +. +Then the word of the LORD came to me, saying, -- ezekiel 11:14 +. +"Son of man, your brothers, your relatives, your fellow exiles and the whole house of Israel, all of them, are those to whom the inhabitants of Jerusalem have said, 'Go far from the LORD; this land has been given us as a possession.' -- ezekiel 11:15 +. +"Therefore say, 'Thus says the Lord GOD, "Though I had removed them far away among the nations and though I had scattered them among the countries, yet I was a sanctuary for them a little while in the countries where they had gone."' -- ezekiel 11:16 +. +"Therefore say, 'Thus says the Lord GOD, "I will gather you from the peoples and assemble you out of the countries among which you have been scattered, and I will give you the land of Israel."' -- ezekiel 11:17 +. +"When they come there, they will remove all its detestable things and all its abominations from it. -- ezekiel 11:18 +. +"And I will give them one heart, and put a new spirit within them. And I will take the heart of stone out of their flesh and give them a heart of flesh, -- ezekiel 11:19 +. +that they may walk in My statutes and keep My ordinances and do them. Then they will be My people, and I shall be their God. -- ezekiel 11:20 +. +"But as for those whose hearts go after their detestable things and abominations, I will bring their conduct down on their heads," declares the Lord GOD. -- ezekiel 11:21 +. +Then the cherubim lifted up their wings with the wheels beside them, and the glory of the God of Israel hovered over them. -- ezekiel 11:22 +. +The glory of the LORD went up from the midst of the city and stood over the mountain which is east of the city. -- ezekiel 11:23 +. +And the Spirit lifted me up and brought me in a vision by the Spirit of God to the exiles in Chaldea. So the vision that I had seen left me. -- ezekiel 11:24 +. +Then I told the exiles all the things that the LORD had shown me. -- ezekiel 11:25 +. +Then the word of the LORD came to me, saying, -- ezekiel 12:1 +. +"Son of man, you live in the midst of the rebellious house, who have eyes to see but do not see, ears to hear but do not hear; for they are a rebellious house. -- ezekiel 12:2 +. +"Therefore, son of man, prepare for yourself baggage for exile and go into exile by day in their sight; even go into exile from your place to another place in their sight. Perhaps they will understand though they are a rebellious house. -- ezekiel 12:3 +. +"Bring your baggage out by day in their sight, as baggage for exile. Then you will go out at evening in their sight, as those going into exile. -- ezekiel 12:4 +. +"Dig a hole through the wall in their sight and go out through it. -- ezekiel 12:5 +. +"Load the baggage on your shoulder in their sight and carry it out in the dark. You shall cover your face so that you cannot see the land, for I have set you as a sign to the house of Israel." -- ezekiel 12:6 +. +I did so, as I had been commanded. By day I brought out my baggage like the baggage of an exile. Then in the evening I dug through the wall with my hands; I went out in the dark and carried the baggage on my shoulder in their sight. -- ezekiel 12:7 +. +In the morning the word of the LORD came to me, saying, -- ezekiel 12:8 +. +"Son of man, has not the house of Israel, the rebellious house, said to you, 'What are you doing?' -- ezekiel 12:9 +. +"Say to them, 'Thus says the Lord GOD, "This burden concerns the prince in Jerusalem as well as all the house of Israel who are in it."' -- ezekiel 12:10 +. +"Say, 'I am a sign to you. As I have done, so it will be done to them; they will go into exile, into captivity.' -- ezekiel 12:11 +. +"The prince who is among them will load his baggage on his shoulder in the dark and go out. They will dig a hole through the wall to bring it out. He will cover his face so that he can not see the land with his eyes. -- ezekiel 12:12 +. +"I will also spread My net over him, and he will be caught in My snare. And I will bring him to Babylon in the land of the Chaldeans; yet he will not see it, though he will die there. -- ezekiel 12:13 +. +"I will scatter to every wind all who are around him, his helpers and all his troops; and I will draw out a sword after them. -- ezekiel 12:14 +. +"So they will know that I am the LORD when I scatter them among the nations and spread them among the countries. -- ezekiel 12:15 +. +"But I will spare a few of them from the sword, the famine and the pestilence that they may tell all their abominations among the nations where they go, and may know that I am the LORD." -- ezekiel 12:16 +. +Moreover, the word of the LORD came to me saying, -- ezekiel 12:17 +. +"Son of man, eat your bread with trembling and drink your water with quivering and anxiety. -- ezekiel 12:18 +. +"Then say to the people of the land, 'Thus says the Lord GOD concerning the inhabitants of Jerusalem in the land of Israel, "They will eat their bread with anxiety and drink their water with horror, because their land will be stripped of its fullness on account of the violence of all who live in it. -- ezekiel 12:19 +. +"The inhabited cities will be laid waste and the land will be a desolation. So you will know that I am the LORD."'" -- ezekiel 12:20 +. +Then the word of the LORD came to me, saying, -- ezekiel 12:21 +. +"Son of man, what is this proverb you people have concerning the land of Israel, saying, 'The days are long and every vision fails'? -- ezekiel 12:22 +. +"Therefore say to them, 'Thus says the Lord GOD, "I will make this proverb cease so that they will no longer use it as a proverb in Israel." But tell them, "The days draw near as well as the fulfillment of every vision. -- ezekiel 12:23 +. +"For there will no longer be any false vision or flattering divination within the house of Israel. -- ezekiel 12:24 +. +"For I the LORD will speak, and whatever word I speak will be performed. It will no longer be delayed, for in your days, O rebellious house, I will speak the word and perform it," declares the Lord GOD.'" -- ezekiel 12:25 +. +Furthermore, the word of the LORD came to me, saying, -- ezekiel 12:26 +. +"Son of man, behold, the house of Israel is saying, 'The vision that he sees is for many years from now, and he prophesies of times far off.' -- ezekiel 12:27 +. +"Therefore say to them, 'Thus says the Lord GOD, "None of My words will be delayed any longer. Whatever word I speak will be performed,"'" declares the Lord GOD. -- ezekiel 12:28 +. +Then the word of the LORD came to me saying, -- ezekiel 13:1 +. +"Son of man, prophesy against the prophets of Israel who prophesy, and say to those who prophesy from their own inspiration, 'Listen to the word of the LORD! -- ezekiel 13:2 +. +'Thus says the Lord GOD, "Woe to the foolish prophets who are following their own spirit and have seen nothing. -- ezekiel 13:3 +. +"O Israel, your prophets have been like foxes among ruins. -- ezekiel 13:4 +. +"You have not gone up into the breaches, nor did you build the wall around the house of Israel to stand in the battle on the day of the LORD. -- ezekiel 13:5 +. +"They see falsehood and lying divination who are saying, 'The LORD declares,' when the LORD has not sent them; yet they hope for the fulfillment of their word. -- ezekiel 13:6 +. +"Did you not see a false vision and speak a lying divination when you said, 'The LORD declares,' but it is not I who have spoken?"'" -- ezekiel 13:7 +. +Therefore, thus says the Lord GOD, "Because you have spoken falsehood and seen a lie, therefore behold, I am against you," declares the Lord GOD. -- ezekiel 13:8 +. +"So My hand will be against the prophets who see false visions and utter lying divinations. They will have no place in the council of My people, nor will they be written down in the register of the house of Israel, nor will they enter the land of Israel, that you may know that I am the Lord GOD. -- ezekiel 13:9 +. +"It is definitely because they have misled My people by saying, 'Peace!' when there is no peace. And when anyone builds a wall, behold, they plaster it over with whitewash; -- ezekiel 13:10 +. +so tell those who plaster it over with whitewash, that it will fall. A flooding rain will come, and you, O hailstones, will fall; and a violent wind will break out. -- ezekiel 13:11 +. +"Behold, when the wall has fallen, will you not be asked, 'Where is the plaster with which you plastered it?'" -- ezekiel 13:12 +. +Therefore, thus says the Lord GOD, "I will make a violent wind break out in My wrath. There will also be in My anger a flooding rain and hailstones to consume it in wrath. -- ezekiel 13:13 +. +"So I will tear down the wall which you plastered over with whitewash and bring it down to the ground, so that its foundation is laid bare; and when it falls, you will be consumed in its midst. And you will know that I am the LORD. -- ezekiel 13:14 +. +"Thus I will spend My wrath on the wall and on those who have plastered it over with whitewash; and I will say to you, 'The wall is gone and its plasterers are gone, -- ezekiel 13:15 +. +along with the prophets of Israel who prophesy to Jerusalem, and who see visions of peace for her when there is no peace,' declares the Lord GOD. -- ezekiel 13:16 +. +"Now you, son of man, set your face against the daughters of your people who are prophesying from their own inspiration. Prophesy against them -- ezekiel 13:17 +. +and say, 'Thus says the Lord GOD, "Woe to the women who sew magic bands on all wrists and make veils for the heads of persons of every stature to hunt down lives! Will you hunt down the lives of My people, but preserve the lives of others for yourselves? -- ezekiel 13:18 +. +"For handfuls of barley and fragments of bread, you have profaned Me to My people to put to death some who should not die and to keep others alive who should not live, by your lying to My people who listen to lies."'" -- ezekiel 13:19 +. +Therefore, thus says the Lord GOD, "Behold, I am against your magic bands by which you hunt lives there as birds and I will tear them from your arms; and I will let them go, even those lives whom you hunt as birds. -- ezekiel 13:20 +. +"I will also tear off your veils and deliver My people from your hands, and they will no longer be in your hands to be hunted; and you will know that I am the LORD. -- ezekiel 13:21 +. +"Because you disheartened the righteous with falsehood when I did not cause him grief, but have encouraged the wicked not to turn from his wicked way and preserve his life, -- ezekiel 13:22 +. +therefore, you women will no longer see false visions or practice divination, and I will deliver My people out of your hand. Thus you will know that I am the LORD." -- ezekiel 13:23 +. +Then some elders of Israel came to me and sat down before me. -- ezekiel 14:1 +. +And the word of the LORD came to me, saying, -- ezekiel 14:2 +. +"Son of man, these men have set up their idols in their hearts and have put right before their faces the stumbling block of their iniquity. Should I be consulted by them at all? -- ezekiel 14:3 +. +"Therefore speak to them and tell them, 'Thus says the Lord GOD, "Any man of the house of Israel who sets up his idols in his heart, puts right before his face the stumbling block of his iniquity, and then comes to the prophet, I the LORD will be brought to give him an answer in the matter in view of the multitude of his idols, -- ezekiel 14:4 +. +in order to lay hold of the hearts of the house of Israel who are estranged from Me through all their idols."' -- ezekiel 14:5 +. +"Therefore say to the house of Israel, 'Thus says the Lord GOD, "Repent and turn away from your idols and turn your faces away from all your abominations. -- ezekiel 14:6 +. +"For anyone of the house of Israel or of the immigrants who stay in Israel who separates himself from Me, sets up his idols in his heart, puts right before his face the stumbling block of his iniquity, and then comes to the prophet to inquire of Me for himself, I the LORD will be brought to answer him in My own person. -- ezekiel 14:7 +. +"I will set My face against that man and make him a sign and a proverb, and I will cut him off from among My people. So you will know that I am the LORD. -- ezekiel 14:8 +. +"But if the prophet is prevailed upon to speak a word, it is I, the LORD, who have prevailed upon that prophet, and I will stretch out My hand against him and destroy him from among My people Israel. -- ezekiel 14:9 +. +"They will bear the punishment of their iniquity; as the iniquity of the inquirer is, so the iniquity of the prophet will be, -- ezekiel 14:10 +. +in order that the house of Israel may no longer stray from Me and no longer defile themselves with all their transgressions. Thus they will be My people, and I shall be their God,"' declares the Lord GOD." -- ezekiel 14:11 +. +Then the word of the LORD came to me saying, -- ezekiel 14:12 +. +"Son of man, if a country sins against Me by committing unfaithfulness, and I stretch out My hand against it, destroy its supply of bread, send famine against it and cut off from it both man and beast, -- ezekiel 14:13 +. +even though these three men, Noah, Daniel and Job were in its midst, by their own righteousness they could only deliver themselves," declares the Lord GOD. -- ezekiel 14:14 +. +"If I were to cause wild beasts to pass through the land and they depopulated it, and it became desolate so that no one would pass through it because of the beasts, -- ezekiel 14:15 +. +though these three men were in its midst, as I live," declares the Lord GOD, "they could not deliver either their sons or their daughters. They alone would be delivered, but the country would be desolate. -- ezekiel 14:16 +. +"Or if I should bring a sword on that country and say, 'Let the sword pass through the country and cut off man and beast from it,' -- ezekiel 14:17 +. +even though these three men were in its midst, as I live," declares the Lord GOD, "they could not deliver either their sons or their daughters, but they alone would be delivered. -- ezekiel 14:18 +. +"Or if I should send a plague against that country and pour out My wrath in blood on it to cut off man and beast from it, -- ezekiel 14:19 +. +even though Noah, Daniel and Job were in its midst, as I live," declares the Lord GOD, "they could not deliver either their son or their daughter. They would deliver only themselves by their righteousness." -- ezekiel 14:20 +. +For thus says the Lord GOD, "How much more when I send My four severe judgments against Jerusalem: sword, famine, wild beasts and plague to cut off man and beast from it! -- ezekiel 14:21 +. +"Yet, behold, survivors will be left in it who will be brought out, both sons and daughters. Behold, they are going to come forth to you and you will see their conduct and actions; then you will be comforted for the calamity which I have brought against Jerusalem for everything which I have brought upon it. -- ezekiel 14:22 +. +"Then they will comfort you when you see their conduct and actions, for you will know that I have not done in vain whatever I did to it," declares the Lord GOD. -- ezekiel 14:23 +. +Then the word of the LORD came to me, saying, -- ezekiel 15:1 +. +"Son of man, how is the wood of the vine better than any wood of a branch which is among the trees of the forest? -- ezekiel 15:2 +. +"Can wood be taken from it to make anything, or can men take a peg from it on which to hang any vessel? -- ezekiel 15:3 +. +"If it has been put into the fire for fuel, and the fire has consumed both of its ends and its middle part has been charred, is it then useful for anything? -- ezekiel 15:4 +. +"Behold, while it is intact, it is not made into anything. How much less, when the fire has consumed it and it is charred, can it still be made into anything! -- ezekiel 15:5 +. +"Therefore, thus says the Lord GOD, 'As the wood of the vine among the trees of the forest, which I have given to the fire for fuel, so have I given up the inhabitants of Jerusalem; -- ezekiel 15:6 +. +and I set My face against them. Though they have come out of the fire, yet the fire will consume them. Then you will know that I am the LORD, when I set My face against them. -- ezekiel 15:7 +. +'Thus I will make the land desolate, because they have acted unfaithfully,'" declares the Lord GOD. -- ezekiel 15:8 +. +Then the word of the LORD came to me, saying, -- ezekiel 16:1 +. +"Son of man, make known to Jerusalem her abominations -- ezekiel 16:2 +. +and say, 'Thus says the Lord GOD to Jerusalem, "Your origin and your birth are from the land of the Canaanite, your father was an Amorite and your mother a Hittite. -- ezekiel 16:3 +. +"As for your birth, on the day you were born your navel cord was not cut, nor were you washed with water for cleansing; you were not rubbed with salt or even wrapped in cloths. -- ezekiel 16:4 +. +"No eye looked with pity on you to do any of these things for you, to have compassion on you. Rather you were thrown out into the open field, for you were abhorred on the day you were born. -- ezekiel 16:5 +. +"When I passed by you and saw you squirming in your blood, I said to you while you were in your blood, 'Live!' Yes, I said to you while you were in your blood, 'Live!' -- ezekiel 16:6 +. +"I made you numerous like plants of the field. Then you grew up, became tall and reached the age for fine ornaments; your breasts were formed and your hair had grown. Yet you were naked and bare. -- ezekiel 16:7 +. +"Then I passed by you and saw you, and behold, you were at the time for love; so I spread My skirt over you and covered your nakedness. I also swore to you and entered into a covenant with you so that you became Mine," declares the Lord GOD. -- ezekiel 16:8 +. +"Then I bathed you with water, washed off your blood from you and anointed you with oil. -- ezekiel 16:9 +. +"I also clothed you with embroidered cloth and put sandals of porpoise skin on your feet; and I wrapped you with fine linen and covered you with silk. -- ezekiel 16:10 +. +"I adorned you with ornaments, put bracelets on your hands and a necklace around your neck. -- ezekiel 16:11 +. +"I also put a ring in your nostril, earrings in your ears and a beautiful crown on your head. -- ezekiel 16:12 +. +"Thus you were adorned with gold and silver, and your dress was of fine linen, silk and embroidered cloth. You ate fine flour, honey and oil; so you were exceedingly beautiful and advanced to royalty. -- ezekiel 16:13 +. +"Then your fame went forth among the nations on account of your beauty, for it was perfect because of My splendor which I bestowed on you," declares the Lord GOD. -- ezekiel 16:14 +. +"But you trusted in your beauty and played the harlot because of your fame, and you poured out your harlotries on every passer-by who might be willing. -- ezekiel 16:15 +. +"You took some of your clothes, made for yourself high places of various colors and played the harlot on them, which should never come about nor happen. -- ezekiel 16:16 +. +"You also took your beautiful jewels made of My gold and of My silver, which I had given you, and made for yourself male images that you might play the harlot with them. -- ezekiel 16:17 +. +"Then you took your embroidered cloth and covered them, and offered My oil and My incense before them. -- ezekiel 16:18 +. +"Also My bread which I gave you, fine flour, oil and honey with which I fed you, you would offer before them for a soothing aroma; so it happened," declares the Lord GOD. -- ezekiel 16:19 +. +"Moreover, you took your sons and daughters whom you had borne to Me and sacrificed them to idols to be devoured. Were your harlotries so small a matter? -- ezekiel 16:20 +. +"You slaughtered My children and offered them up to idols by causing them to pass through the fire. -- ezekiel 16:21 +. +"Besides all your abominations and harlotries you did not remember the days of your youth, when you were naked and bare and squirming in your blood. -- ezekiel 16:22 +. +"Then it came about after all your wickedness ('Woe, woe to you!' declares the Lord GOD), -- ezekiel 16:23 +. +that you built yourself a shrine and made yourself a high place in every square. -- ezekiel 16:24 +. +"You built yourself a high place at the top of every street and made your beauty abominable, and you spread your legs to every passer-by to multiply your harlotry. -- ezekiel 16:25 +. +"You also played the harlot with the Egyptians, your lustful neighbors, and multiplied your harlotry to make Me angry. -- ezekiel 16:26 +. +"Behold now, I have stretched out My hand against you and diminished your rations. And I delivered you up to the desire of those who hate you, the daughters of the Philistines, who are ashamed of your lewd conduct. -- ezekiel 16:27 +. +"Moreover, you played the harlot with the Assyrians because you were not satisfied; you played the harlot with them and still were not satisfied. -- ezekiel 16:28 +. +"You also multiplied your harlotry with the land of merchants, Chaldea, yet even with this you were not satisfied."'" -- ezekiel 16:29 +. +"How languishing is your heart," declares the Lord GOD, "while you do all these things, the actions of a bold-faced harlot. -- ezekiel 16:30 +. +"When you built your shrine at the beginning of every street and made your high place in every square, in disdaining money, you were not like a harlot. -- ezekiel 16:31 +. +"You adulteress wife, who takes strangers instead of her husband! -- ezekiel 16:32 +. +"Men give gifts to all harlots, but you give your gifts to all your lovers to bribe them to come to you from every direction for your harlotries. -- ezekiel 16:33 +. +"Thus you are different from those women in your harlotries, in that no one plays the harlot as you do, because you give money and no money is given you; thus you are different." -- ezekiel 16:34 +. +Therefore, O harlot, hear the word of the LORD. -- ezekiel 16:35 +. +Thus says the Lord GOD, "Because your lewdness was poured out and your nakedness uncovered through your harlotries with your lovers and with all your detestable idols, and because of the blood of your sons which you gave to idols, -- ezekiel 16:36 +. +therefore, behold, I will gather all your lovers with whom you took pleasure, even all those whom you loved and all those whom you hated. So I will gather them against you from every direction and expose your nakedness to them that they may see all your nakedness. -- ezekiel 16:37 +. +"Thus I will judge you like women who commit adultery or shed blood are judged; and I will bring on you the blood of wrath and jealousy. -- ezekiel 16:38 +. +"I will also give you into the hands of your lovers, and they will tear down your shrines, demolish your high places, strip you of your clothing, take away your jewels, and will leave you naked and bare. -- ezekiel 16:39 +. +"They will incite a crowd against you and they will stone you and cut you to pieces with their swords. -- ezekiel 16:40 +. +"They will burn your houses with fire and execute judgments on you in the sight of many women. Then I will stop you from playing the harlot, and you will also no longer pay your lovers. -- ezekiel 16:41 +. +"So I will calm My fury against you and My jealousy will depart from you, and I will be pacified and angry no more. -- ezekiel 16:42 +. +"Because you have not remembered the days of your youth but have enraged Me by all these things, behold, I in turn will bring your conduct down on your own head," declares the Lord GOD, "so that you will not commit this lewdness on top of all your other abominations. -- ezekiel 16:43 +. +"Behold, everyone who quotes proverbs will quote this proverb concerning you, saying, 'Like mother, like daughter.' -- ezekiel 16:44 +. +"You are the daughter of your mother, who loathed her husband and children. You are also the sister of your sisters, who loathed their husbands and children. Your mother was a Hittite and your father an Amorite. -- ezekiel 16:45 +. +"Now your older sister is Samaria, who lives north of you with her daughters; and your younger sister, who lives south of you, is Sodom with her daughters. -- ezekiel 16:46 +. +"Yet you have not merely walked in their ways or done according to their abominations; but, as if that were too little, you acted more corruptly in all your conduct than they. -- ezekiel 16:47 +. +"As I live," declares the Lord GOD, "Sodom, your sister and her daughters have not done as you and your daughters have done. -- ezekiel 16:48 +. +"Behold, this was the guilt of your sister Sodom: she and her daughters had arrogance, abundant food and careless ease, but she did not help the poor and needy. -- ezekiel 16:49 +. +"Thus they were haughty and committed abominations before Me. Therefore I removed them when I saw it. -- ezekiel 16:50 +. +"Furthermore, Samaria did not commit half of your sins, for you have multiplied your abominations more than they. Thus you have made your sisters appear righteous by all your abominations which you have committed. -- ezekiel 16:51 +. +"Also bear your disgrace in that you have made judgment favorable for your sisters. Because of your sins in which you acted more abominably than they, they are more in the right than you. Yes, be also ashamed and bear your disgrace, in that you made your sisters appear righteous. -- ezekiel 16:52 +. +"Nevertheless, I will restore their captivity, the captivity of Sodom and her daughters, the captivity of Samaria and her daughters, and along with them your own captivity, -- ezekiel 16:53 +. +in order that you may bear your humiliation and feel ashamed for all that you have done when you become a consolation to them. -- ezekiel 16:54 +. +"Your sisters, Sodom with her daughters and Samaria with her daughters, will return to their former state, and you with your daughters will also return to your former state. -- ezekiel 16:55 +. +"As the name of your sister Sodom was not heard from your lips in your day of pride, -- ezekiel 16:56 +. +before your wickedness was uncovered, so now you have become the reproach of the daughters of Edom and of all who are around her, of the daughters of the Philistines--those surrounding you who despise you. -- ezekiel 16:57 +. +"You have borne the penalty of your lewdness and abominations," the LORD declares. -- ezekiel 16:58 +. +For thus says the Lord GOD, "I will also do with you as you have done, you who have despised the oath by breaking the covenant. -- ezekiel 16:59 +. +"Nevertheless, I will remember My covenant with you in the days of your youth, and I will establish an everlasting covenant with you. -- ezekiel 16:60 +. +"Then you will remember your ways and be ashamed when you receive your sisters, both your older and your younger; and I will give them to you as daughters, but not because of your covenant. -- ezekiel 16:61 +. +"Thus I will establish My covenant with you, and you shall know that I am the LORD, -- ezekiel 16:62 +. +so that you may remember and be ashamed and never open your mouth anymore because of your humiliation, when I have forgiven you for all that you have done," the Lord GOD declares. -- ezekiel 16:63 +. +Now the word of the LORD came to me saying, -- ezekiel 17:1 +. +"Son of man, propound a riddle and speak a parable to the house of Israel, -- ezekiel 17:2 +. +saying, 'Thus says the Lord GOD, "A great eagle with great wings, long pinions and a full plumage of many colors came to Lebanon and took away the top of the cedar. -- ezekiel 17:3 +. +"He plucked off the topmost of its young twigs and brought it to a land of merchants; he set it in a city of traders. -- ezekiel 17:4 +. +"He also took some of the seed of the land and planted it in fertile soil. He placed it beside abundant waters; he set it like a willow. -- ezekiel 17:5 +. +"Then it sprouted and became a low, spreading vine with its branches turned toward him, but its roots remained under it. So it became a vine and yielded shoots and sent out branches. -- ezekiel 17:6 +. +"But there was another great eagle with great wings and much plumage; and behold, this vine bent its roots toward him and sent out its branches toward him from the beds where it was planted, that he might water it. -- ezekiel 17:7 +. +"It was planted in good soil beside abundant waters, that it might yield branches and bear fruit and become a splendid vine."' -- ezekiel 17:8 +. +"Say, 'Thus says the Lord GOD, "Will it thrive? Will he not pull up its roots and cut off its fruit, so that it withers--so that all its sprouting leaves wither? And neither by great strength nor by many people can it be raised from its roots again. -- ezekiel 17:9 +. +"Behold, though it is planted, will it thrive? Will it not completely wither as soon as the east wind strikes it--wither on the beds where it grew?"'" -- ezekiel 17:10 +. +Moreover, the word of the LORD came to me, saying, -- ezekiel 17:11 +. +"Say now to the rebellious house, 'Do you not know what these things mean?' Say, 'Behold, the king of Babylon came to Jerusalem, took its king and princes and brought them to him in Babylon. -- ezekiel 17:12 +. +'He took one of the royal family and made a covenant with him, putting him under oath. He also took away the mighty of the land, -- ezekiel 17:13 +. +that the kingdom might be in subjection, not exalting itself, but keeping his covenant that it might continue. -- ezekiel 17:14 +. +'But he rebelled against him by sending his envoys to Egypt that they might give him horses and many troops. Will he succeed? Will he who does such things escape? Can he indeed break the covenant and escape? -- ezekiel 17:15 +. +'As I live,' declares the Lord GOD, 'Surely in the country of the king who put him on the throne, whose oath he despised and whose covenant he broke, in Babylon he shall die. -- ezekiel 17:16 +. +'Pharaoh with his mighty army and great company will not help him in the war, when they cast up ramps and build siege walls to cut off many lives. -- ezekiel 17:17 +. +'Now he despised the oath by breaking the covenant, and behold, he pledged his allegiance, yet did all these things; he shall not escape.'" -- ezekiel 17:18 +. +Therefore, thus says the Lord GOD, "As I live, surely My oath which he despised and My covenant which he broke, I will inflict on his head. -- ezekiel 17:19 +. +"I will spread My net over him, and he will be caught in My snare. Then I will bring him to Babylon and enter into judgment with him there regarding the unfaithful act which he has committed against Me. -- ezekiel 17:20 +. +"All the choice men in all his troops will fall by the sword, and the survivors will be scattered to every wind; and you will know that I, the LORD, have spoken." -- ezekiel 17:21 +. +Thus says the Lord GOD, "I will also take a sprig from the lofty top of the cedar and set it out; I will pluck from the topmost of its young twigs a tender one and I will plant it on a high and lofty mountain. -- ezekiel 17:22 +. +"On the high mountain of Israel I will plant it, that it may bring forth boughs and bear fruit and become a stately cedar. And birds of every kind will nest under it; they will nest in the shade of its branches. -- ezekiel 17:23 +. +"All the trees of the field will know that I am the LORD; I bring down the high tree, exalt the low tree, dry up the green tree and make the dry tree flourish. I am the LORD; I have spoken, and I will perform it." -- ezekiel 17:24 +. +Then the word of the LORD came to me, saying, -- ezekiel 18:1 +. +"What do you mean by using this proverb concerning the land of Israel, saying, 'The fathers eat the sour grapes, But the children's teeth are set on edge'? -- ezekiel 18:2 +. +"As I live," declares the Lord GOD, "you are surely not going to use this proverb in Israel anymore. -- ezekiel 18:3 +. +"Behold, all souls are Mine; the soul of the father as well as the soul of the son is Mine. The soul who sins will die. -- ezekiel 18:4 +. +"But if a man is righteous and practices justice and righteousness, -- ezekiel 18:5 +. +and does not eat at the mountain shrines or lift up his eyes to the idols of the house of Israel, or defile his neighbor's wife or approach a woman during her menstrual period-- -- ezekiel 18:6 +. +if a man does not oppress anyone, but restores to the debtor his pledge, does not commit robbery, but gives his bread to the hungry and covers the naked with clothing, -- ezekiel 18:7 +. +if he does not lend money on interest or take increase, if he keeps his hand from iniquity and executes true justice between man and man, -- ezekiel 18:8 +. +if he walks in My statutes and My ordinances so as to deal faithfully--he is righteous and will surely live," declares the Lord GOD. -- ezekiel 18:9 +. +"Then he may have a violent son who sheds blood and who does any of these things to a brother -- ezekiel 18:10 +. +(though he himself did not do any of these things), that is, he even eats at the mountain shrines, and defiles his neighbor's wife, -- ezekiel 18:11 +. +oppresses the poor and needy, commits robbery, does not restore a pledge, but lifts up his eyes to the idols and commits abomination, -- ezekiel 18:12 +. +he lends money on interest and takes increase; will he live? He will not live! He has committed all these abominations, he will surely be put to death; his blood will be on his own head. -- ezekiel 18:13 +. +"Now behold, he has a son who has observed all his father's sins which he committed, and observing does not do likewise. -- ezekiel 18:14 +. +"He does not eat at the mountain shrines or lift up his eyes to the idols of the house of Israel, or defile his neighbor's wife, -- ezekiel 18:15 +. +or oppress anyone, or retain a pledge, or commit robbery, but he gives his bread to the hungry and covers the naked with clothing, -- ezekiel 18:16 +. +he keeps his hand from the poor, does not take interest or increase, but executes My ordinances, and walks in My statutes; he will not die for his father's iniquity, he will surely live. -- ezekiel 18:17 +. +"As for his father, because he practiced extortion, robbed his brother and did what was not good among his people, behold, he will die for his iniquity. -- ezekiel 18:18 +. +"Yet you say, 'Why should the son not bear the punishment for the father's iniquity?' When the son has practiced justice and righteousness and has observed all My statutes and done them, he shall surely live. -- ezekiel 18:19 +. +"The person who sins will die. The son will not bear the punishment for the father's iniquity, nor will the father bear the punishment for the son's iniquity; the righteousness of the righteous will be upon himself, and the wickedness of the wicked will be upon himself. -- ezekiel 18:20 +. +"But if the wicked man turns from all his sins which he has committed and observes all My statutes and practices justice and righteousness, he shall surely live; he shall not die. -- ezekiel 18:21 +. +"All his transgressions which he has committed will not be remembered against him; because of his righteousness which he has practiced, he will live. -- ezekiel 18:22 +. +"Do I have any pleasure in the death of the wicked," declares the Lord GOD, "rather than that he should turn from his ways and live? -- ezekiel 18:23 +. +"But when a righteous man turns away from his righteousness, commits iniquity and does according to all the abominations that a wicked man does, will he live? All his righteous deeds which he has done will not be remembered for his treachery which he has committed and his sin which he has committed; for them he will die. -- ezekiel 18:24 +. +"Yet you say, 'The way of the Lord is not right.' Hear now, O house of Israel! Is My way not right? Is it not your ways that are not right? -- ezekiel 18:25 +. +"When a righteous man turns away from his righteousness, commits iniquity and dies because of it, for his iniquity which he has committed he will die. -- ezekiel 18:26 +. +"Again, when a wicked man turns away from his wickedness which he has committed and practices justice and righteousness, he will save his life. -- ezekiel 18:27 +. +"Because he considered and turned away from all his transgressions which he had committed, he shall surely live; he shall not die. -- ezekiel 18:28 +. +"But the house of Israel says, 'The way of the Lord is not right.' Are My ways not right, O house of Israel? Is it not your ways that are not right? -- ezekiel 18:29 +. +"Therefore I will judge you, O house of Israel, each according to his conduct," declares the Lord GOD. "Repent and turn away from all your transgressions, so that iniquity may not become a stumbling block to you. -- ezekiel 18:30 +. +"Cast away from you all your transgressions which you have committed and make yourselves a new heart and a new spirit! For why will you die, O house of Israel? -- ezekiel 18:31 +. +"For I have no pleasure in the death of anyone who dies," declares the Lord GOD. "Therefore, repent and live." -- ezekiel 18:32 +. +"As for you, take up a lamentation for the princes of Israel -- ezekiel 19:1 +. +and say, 'What was your mother? A lioness among lions! She lay down among young lions, She reared her cubs. -- ezekiel 19:2 +. +'When she brought up one of her cubs, He became a lion, And he learned to tear his prey; He devoured men. -- ezekiel 19:3 +. +'Then nations heard about him; He was captured in their pit, And they brought him with hooks To the land of Egypt. -- ezekiel 19:4 +. +'When she saw, as she waited, That her hope was lost, She took another of her cubs And made him a young lion. -- ezekiel 19:5 +. +'And he walked about among the lions; He became a young lion, He learned to tear his prey; He devoured men. -- ezekiel 19:6 +. +'He destroyed their fortified towers And laid waste their cities; And the land and its fullness were appalled Because of the sound of his roaring. -- ezekiel 19:7 +. +'Then nations set against him On every side from their provinces, And they spread their net over him; He was captured in their pit. -- ezekiel 19:8 +. +'They put him in a cage with hooks And brought him to the king of Babylon; They brought him in hunting nets So that his voice would be heard no more On the mountains of Israel. -- ezekiel 19:9 +. +'Your mother was like a vine in your vineyard, Planted by the waters; It was fruitful and full of branches Because of abundant waters. -- ezekiel 19:10 +. +'And it had strong branches fit for scepters of rulers, And its height was raised above the clouds So that it was seen in its height with the mass of its branches. -- ezekiel 19:11 +. +'But it was plucked up in fury; It was cast down to the ground; And the east wind dried up its fruit. Its strong branch was torn off So that it withered; The fire consumed it. -- ezekiel 19:12 +. +'And now it is planted in the wilderness, In a dry and thirsty land. -- ezekiel 19:13 +. +'And fire has gone out from its branch; It has consumed its shoots and fruit, So that there is not in it a strong branch, A scepter to rule.'" This is a lamentation, and has become a lamentation. -- ezekiel 19:14 +. +Now in the seventh year, in the fifth month, on the tenth of the month, certain of the elders of Israel came to inquire of the LORD, and sat before me. -- ezekiel 20:1 +. +And the word of the LORD came to me saying, -- ezekiel 20:2 +. +"Son of man, speak to the elders of Israel and say to them, 'Thus says the Lord GOD, "Do you come to inquire of Me? As I live," declares the Lord GOD, "I will not be inquired of by you."' -- ezekiel 20:3 +. +"Will you judge them, will you judge them, son of man? Make them know the abominations of their fathers; -- ezekiel 20:4 +. +and say to them, 'Thus says the Lord GOD, "On the day when I chose Israel and swore to the descendants of the house of Jacob and made Myself known to them in the land of Egypt, when I swore to them, saying, I am the LORD your God, -- ezekiel 20:5 +. +on that day I swore to them, to bring them out from the land of Egypt into a land that I had selected for them, flowing with milk and honey, which is the glory of all lands. -- ezekiel 20:6 +. +"I said to them, 'Cast away, each of you, the detestable things of his eyes, and do not defile yourselves with the idols of Egypt; I am the LORD your God.' -- ezekiel 20:7 +. +"But they rebelled against Me and were not willing to listen to Me; they did not cast away the detestable things of their eyes, nor did they forsake the idols of Egypt. Then I resolved to pour out My wrath on them, to accomplish My anger against them in the midst of the land of Egypt. -- ezekiel 20:8 +. +"But I acted for the sake of My name, that it should not be profaned in the sight of the nations among whom they lived, in whose sight I made Myself known to them by bringing them out of the land of Egypt. -- ezekiel 20:9 +. +"So I took them out of the land of Egypt and brought them into the wilderness. -- ezekiel 20:10 +. +"I gave them My statutes and informed them of My ordinances, by which, if a man observes them, he will live. -- ezekiel 20:11 +. +"Also I gave them My sabbaths to be a sign between Me and them, that they might know that I am the LORD who sanctifies them. -- ezekiel 20:12 +. +"But the house of Israel rebelled against Me in the wilderness. They did not walk in My statutes and they rejected My ordinances, by which, if a man observes them, he will live; and My sabbaths they greatly profaned. Then I resolved to pour out My wrath on them in the wilderness, to annihilate them. -- ezekiel 20:13 +. +"But I acted for the sake of My name, that it should not be profaned in the sight of the nations, before whose sight I had brought them out. -- ezekiel 20:14 +. +"Also I swore to them in the wilderness that I would not bring them into the land which I had given them, flowing with milk and honey, which is the glory of all lands, -- ezekiel 20:15 +. +because they rejected My ordinances, and as for My statutes, they did not walk in them; they even profaned My sabbaths, for their heart continually went after their idols. -- ezekiel 20:16 +. +"Yet My eye spared them rather than destroying them, and I did not cause their annihilation in the wilderness. -- ezekiel 20:17 +. +"I said to their children in the wilderness, 'Do not walk in the statutes of your fathers or keep their ordinances or defile yourselves with their idols. -- ezekiel 20:18 +. +'I am the LORD your God; walk in My statutes and keep My ordinances and observe them. -- ezekiel 20:19 +. +'Sanctify My sabbaths; and they shall be a sign between Me and you, that you may know that I am the LORD your God.' -- ezekiel 20:20 +. +"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. -- ezekiel 20:21 +. +"But I withdrew My hand and acted for the sake of My name, that it should not be profaned in the sight of the nations in whose sight I had brought them out. -- ezekiel 20:22 +. +"Also I swore to them in the wilderness that I would scatter them among the nations and disperse them among the lands, -- ezekiel 20:23 +. +because they had not observed My ordinances, but had rejected My statutes and had profaned My sabbaths, and their eyes were on the idols of their fathers. -- ezekiel 20:24 +. +"I also gave them statutes that were not good and ordinances by which they could not live; -- ezekiel 20:25 +. +and I pronounced them unclean because of their gifts, in that they caused all their firstborn to pass through the fire so that I might make them desolate, in order that they might know that I am the LORD."' -- ezekiel 20:26 +. +"Therefore, son of man, speak to the house of Israel and say to them, 'Thus says the Lord GOD, "Yet in this your fathers have blasphemed Me by acting treacherously against Me. -- ezekiel 20:27 +. +"When I had brought them into the land which I swore to give to them, then they saw every high hill and every leafy tree, and they offered there their sacrifices and there they presented the provocation of their offering. There also they made their soothing aroma and there they poured out their drink offerings. -- ezekiel 20:28 +. +"Then I said to them, 'What is the high place to which you go?' So its name is called Bamah to this day."' -- ezekiel 20:29 +. +"Therefore, say to the house of Israel, 'Thus says the Lord GOD, "Will you defile yourselves after the manner of your fathers and play the harlot after their detestable things? -- ezekiel 20:30 +. +"When you offer your gifts, when you cause your sons to pass through the fire, you are defiling yourselves with all your idols to this day. And shall I be inquired of by you, O house of Israel? As I live," declares the Lord GOD, "I will not be inquired of by you. -- ezekiel 20:31 +. +"What comes into your mind will not come about, when you say: 'We will be like the nations, like the tribes of the lands, serving wood and stone.' -- ezekiel 20:32 +. +"As I live," declares the Lord GOD, "surely with a mighty hand and with an outstretched arm and with wrath poured out, I shall be king over you. -- ezekiel 20:33 +. +"I will bring you out from the peoples and gather you from the lands where you are scattered, with a mighty hand and with an outstretched arm and with wrath poured out; -- ezekiel 20:34 +. +and I will bring you into the wilderness of the peoples, and there I will enter into judgment with you face to face. -- ezekiel 20:35 +. +"As I entered into judgment with your fathers in the wilderness of the land of Egypt, so I will enter into judgment with you," declares the Lord GOD. -- ezekiel 20:36 +. +"I will make you pass under the rod, and I will bring you into the bond of the covenant; -- ezekiel 20:37 +. +and I will purge from you the rebels and those who transgress against Me; I will bring them out of the land where they sojourn, but they will not enter the land of Israel. Thus you will know that I am the LORD. -- ezekiel 20:38 +. +"As for you, O house of Israel," thus says the Lord GOD, "Go, serve everyone his idols; but later you will surely listen to Me, and My holy name you will profane no longer with your gifts and with your idols. -- ezekiel 20:39 +. +"For on My holy mountain, on the high mountain of Israel," declares the Lord GOD, "there the whole house of Israel, all of them, will serve Me in the land; there I will accept them and there I will seek your contributions and the choicest of your gifts, with all your holy things. -- ezekiel 20:40 +. +"As a soothing aroma I will accept you when I bring you out from the peoples and gather you from the lands where you are scattered; and I will prove Myself holy among you in the sight of the nations. -- ezekiel 20:41 +. +"And you will know that I am the LORD, when I bring you into the land of Israel, into the land which I swore to give to your forefathers. -- ezekiel 20:42 +. +"There you will remember your ways and all your deeds with which you have defiled yourselves; and you will loathe yourselves in your own sight for all the evil things that you have done. -- ezekiel 20:43 +. +"Then you will know that I am the LORD when I have dealt with you for My name's sake, not according to your evil ways or according to your corrupt deeds, O house of Israel," declares the Lord GOD.'" -- ezekiel 20:44 +. +Now the word of the LORD came to me, saying, -- ezekiel 20:45 +. +"Son of man, set your face toward Teman, and speak out against the south and prophesy against the forest land of the Negev, -- ezekiel 20:46 +. +and say to the forest of the Negev, 'Hear the word of the LORD: thus says the Lord GOD, "Behold, I am about to kindle a fire in you, and it will consume every green tree in you, as well as every dry tree; the blazing flame will not be quenched and the whole surface from south to north will be burned by it. -- ezekiel 20:47 +. +"All flesh will see that I, the LORD, have kindled it; it shall not be quenched."'" -- ezekiel 20:48 +. +Then I said, "Ah Lord GOD! They are saying of me, 'Is he not just speaking parables?'" -- ezekiel 20:49 +. +And the word of the LORD came to me saying, -- ezekiel 21:1 +. +"Son of man, set your face toward Jerusalem, and speak against the sanctuaries and prophesy against the land of Israel; -- ezekiel 21:2 +. +and say to the land of Israel, 'Thus says the LORD, "Behold, I am against you; and I will draw My sword out of its sheath and cut off from you the righteous and the wicked. -- ezekiel 21:3 +. +"Because I will cut off from you the righteous and the wicked, therefore My sword will go forth from its sheath against all flesh from south to north. -- ezekiel 21:4 +. +"Thus all flesh will know that I, the LORD, have drawn My sword out of its sheath. It will not return to its sheath again."' -- ezekiel 21:5 +. +"As for you, son of man, groan with breaking heart and bitter grief, groan in their sight. -- ezekiel 21:6 +. +"And when they say to you, 'Why do you groan?' you shall say, 'Because of the news that is coming; and every heart will melt, all hands will be feeble, every spirit will faint and all knees will be weak as water. Behold, it comes and it will happen,' declares the Lord GOD." -- ezekiel 21:7 +. +Again the word of the LORD came to me, saying, -- ezekiel 21:8 +. +"Son of man, prophesy and say, 'Thus says the LORD.' Say, 'A sword, a sword sharpened And also polished! -- ezekiel 21:9 +. +'Sharpened to make a slaughter, Polished to flash like lightning!' Or shall we rejoice, the rod of My son despising every tree? -- ezekiel 21:10 +. +"It is given to be polished, that it may be handled; the sword is sharpened and polished, to give it into the hand of the slayer. -- ezekiel 21:11 +. +"Cry out and wail, son of man; for it is against My people, it is against all the officials of Israel. They are delivered over to the sword with My people, therefore strike your thigh. -- ezekiel 21:12 +. +"For there is a testing; and what if even the rod which despises will be no more?" declares the Lord GOD. -- ezekiel 21:13 +. +"You therefore, son of man, prophesy and clap your hands together; and let the sword be doubled the third time, the sword for the slain. It is the sword for the great one slain, which surrounds them, -- ezekiel 21:14 +. +that their hearts may melt, and many fall at all their gates. I have given the glittering sword. Ah! It is made for striking like lightning, it is wrapped up in readiness for slaughter. -- ezekiel 21:15 +. +"Show yourself sharp, go to the right; set yourself; go to the left, wherever your edge is appointed. -- ezekiel 21:16 +. +"I will also clap My hands together, and I will appease My wrath; I, the LORD, have spoken." -- ezekiel 21:17 +. +The word of the LORD came to me saying, -- ezekiel 21:18 +. +"As for you, son of man, make two ways for the sword of the king of Babylon to come; both of them will go out of one land. And make a signpost; make it at the head of the way to the city. -- ezekiel 21:19 +. +"You shall mark a way for the sword to come to Rabbah of the sons of Ammon, and to Judah into fortified Jerusalem. -- ezekiel 21:20 +. +"For the king of Babylon stands at the parting of the way, at the head of the two ways, to use divination; he shakes the arrows, he consults the household idols, he looks at the liver. -- ezekiel 21:21 +. +"Into his right hand came the divination, 'Jerusalem,' to set battering rams, to open the mouth for slaughter, to lift up the voice with a battle cry, to set battering rams against the gates, to cast up ramps, to build a siege wall. -- ezekiel 21:22 +. +"And it will be to them like a false divination in their eyes; they have sworn solemn oaths. But he brings iniquity to remembrance, that they may be seized. -- ezekiel 21:23 +. +"Therefore, thus says the Lord GOD, 'Because you have made your iniquity to be remembered, in that your transgressions are uncovered, so that in all your deeds your sins appear--because you have come to remembrance, you will be seized with the hand. -- ezekiel 21:24 +. +'And you, O slain, wicked one, the prince of Israel, whose day has come, in the time of the punishment of the end,' -- ezekiel 21:25 +. +thus says the Lord GOD, 'Remove the turban and take off the crown; this will no longer be the same. Exalt that which is low and abase that which is high. -- ezekiel 21:26 +. +'A ruin, a ruin, a ruin, I will make it. This also will be no more until He comes whose right it is, and I will give it to Him.' -- ezekiel 21:27 +. +"And you, son of man, prophesy and say, 'Thus says the Lord GOD concerning the sons of Ammon and concerning their reproach,' and say: 'A sword, a sword is drawn, polished for the slaughter, to cause it to consume, that it may be like lightning-- -- ezekiel 21:28 +. +while they see for you false visions, while they divine lies for you--to place you on the necks of the wicked who are slain, whose day has come, in the time of the punishment of the end. -- ezekiel 21:29 +. +'Return it to its sheath. In the place where you were created, in the land of your origin, I will judge you. -- ezekiel 21:30 +. +'I will pour out My indignation on you; I will blow on you with the fire of My wrath, and I will give you into the hand of brutal men, skilled in destruction. -- ezekiel 21:31 +. +'You will be fuel for the fire; your blood will be in the midst of the land. You will not be remembered, for I, the LORD, have spoken.'" -- ezekiel 21:32 +. +Then the word of the LORD came to me, saying, -- ezekiel 22:1 +. +"And you, son of man, will you judge, will you judge the bloody city? Then cause her to know all her abominations. -- ezekiel 22:2 +. +"You shall say, 'Thus says the Lord GOD, "A city shedding blood in her midst, so that her time will come, and that makes idols, contrary to her interest, for defilement! -- ezekiel 22:3 +. +"You have become guilty by the blood which you have shed, and defiled by your idols which you have made. Thus you have brought your day near and have come to your years; therefore I have made you a reproach to the nations and a mocking to all the lands. -- ezekiel 22:4 +. +"Those who are near and those who are far from you will mock you, you of ill repute, full of turmoil. -- ezekiel 22:5 +. +"Behold, the rulers of Israel, each according to his power, have been in you for the purpose of shedding blood. -- ezekiel 22:6 +. +"They have treated father and mother lightly within you. The alien they have oppressed in your midst; the fatherless and the widow they have wronged in you. -- ezekiel 22:7 +. +"You have despised My holy things and profaned My sabbaths. -- ezekiel 22:8 +. +"Slanderous men have been in you for the purpose of shedding blood, and in you they have eaten at the mountain shrines. In your midst they have committed acts of lewdness. -- ezekiel 22:9 +. +"In you they have uncovered their fathers' nakedness; in you they have humbled her who was unclean in her menstrual impurity. -- ezekiel 22:10 +. +"One has committed abomination with his neighbor's wife and another has lewdly defiled his daughter-in-law. And another in you has humbled his sister, his father's daughter. -- ezekiel 22:11 +. +"In you they have taken bribes to shed blood; you have taken interest and profits, and you have injured your neighbors for gain by oppression, and you have forgotten Me," declares the Lord GOD. -- ezekiel 22:12 +. +"Behold, then, I smite My hand at your dishonest gain which you have acquired and at the bloodshed which is among you. -- ezekiel 22:13 +. +"Can your heart endure, or can your hands be strong in the days that I will deal with you? I, the LORD, have spoken and will act. -- ezekiel 22:14 +. +"I will scatter you among the nations and I will disperse you through the lands, and I will consume your uncleanness from you. -- ezekiel 22:15 +. +"You will profane yourself in the sight of the nations, and you will know that I am the LORD."'" -- ezekiel 22:16 +. +And the word of the LORD came to me, saying, -- ezekiel 22:17 +. +"Son of man, the house of Israel has become dross to Me; all of them are bronze and tin and iron and lead in the furnace; they are the dross of silver. -- ezekiel 22:18 +. +"Therefore, thus says the Lord GOD, 'Because all of you have become dross, therefore, behold, I am going to gather you into the midst of Jerusalem. -- ezekiel 22:19 +. +'As they gather silver and bronze and iron and lead and tin into the furnace to blow fire on it in order to melt it, so I will gather you in My anger and in My wrath and I will lay you there and melt you. -- ezekiel 22:20 +. +'I will gather you and blow on you with the fire of My wrath, and you will be melted in the midst of it. -- ezekiel 22:21 +. +'As silver is melted in the furnace, so you will be melted in the midst of it; and you will know that I, the LORD, have poured out My wrath on you.'" -- ezekiel 22:22 +. +And the word of the LORD came to me, saying, -- ezekiel 22:23 +. +"Son of man, say to her, 'You are a land that is not cleansed or rained on in the day of indignation.' -- ezekiel 22:24 +. +"There is a conspiracy of her prophets in her midst like a roaring lion tearing the prey. They have devoured lives; they have taken treasure and precious things; they have made many widows in the midst of her. -- ezekiel 22:25 +. +"Her priests have done violence to My law and have profaned My holy things; they have made no distinction between the holy and the profane, and they have not taught the difference between the unclean and the clean; and they hide their eyes from My sabbaths, and I am profaned among them. -- ezekiel 22:26 +. +"Her princes within her are like wolves tearing the prey, by shedding blood and destroying lives in order to get dishonest gain. -- ezekiel 22:27 +. +"Her prophets have smeared whitewash for them, seeing false visions and divining lies for them, saying, 'Thus says the Lord GOD,' when the LORD has not spoken. -- ezekiel 22:28 +. +"The people of the land have practiced oppression and committed robbery, and they have wronged the poor and needy and have oppressed the sojourner without justice. -- ezekiel 22:29 +. +"I searched for a man among them who would build up the wall and stand in the gap before Me for the land, so that I would not destroy it; but I found no one. -- ezekiel 22:30 +. +"Thus I have poured out My indignation on them; I have consumed them with the fire of My wrath; their way I have brought upon their heads," declares the Lord GOD. -- ezekiel 22:31 +. +The word of the LORD came to me again, saying, -- ezekiel 23:1 +. +"Son of man, there were two women, the daughters of one mother; -- ezekiel 23:2 +. +and they played the harlot in Egypt. They played the harlot in their youth; there their breasts were pressed and there their virgin bosom was handled. -- ezekiel 23:3 +. +"Their names were Oholah the elder and Oholibah her sister. And they became Mine, and they bore sons and daughters. And as for their names, Samaria is Oholah and Jerusalem is Oholibah. -- ezekiel 23:4 +. +"Oholah played the harlot while she was Mine; and she lusted after her lovers, after the Assyrians, her neighbors, -- ezekiel 23:5 +. +who were clothed in purple, governors and officials, all of them desirable young men, horsemen riding on horses. -- ezekiel 23:6 +. +"She bestowed her harlotries on them, all of whom were the choicest men of Assyria; and with all whom she lusted after, with all their idols she defiled herself. -- ezekiel 23:7 +. +"She did not forsake her harlotries from the time in Egypt; for in her youth men had lain with her, and they handled her virgin bosom and poured out their lust on her. -- ezekiel 23:8 +. +"Therefore, I gave her into the hand of her lovers, into the hand of the Assyrians, after whom she lusted. -- ezekiel 23:9 +. +"They uncovered her nakedness; they took her sons and her daughters, but they slew her with the sword. Thus she became a byword among women, and they executed judgments on her. -- ezekiel 23:10 +. +"Now her sister Oholibah saw this, yet she was more corrupt in her lust than she, and her harlotries were more than the harlotries of her sister. -- ezekiel 23:11 +. +"She lusted after the Assyrians, governors and officials, the ones near, magnificently dressed, horsemen riding on horses, all of them desirable young men. -- ezekiel 23:12 +. +"I saw that she had defiled herself; they both took the same way. -- ezekiel 23:13 +. +"So she increased her harlotries. And she saw men portrayed on the wall, images of the Chaldeans portrayed with vermilion, -- ezekiel 23:14 +. +girded with belts on their loins, with flowing turbans on their heads, all of them looking like officers, like the Babylonians in Chaldea, the land of their birth. -- ezekiel 23:15 +. +"When she saw them she lusted after them and sent messengers to them in Chaldea. -- ezekiel 23:16 +. +"The Babylonians came to her to the bed of love and defiled her with their harlotry. And when she had been defiled by them, she became disgusted with them. -- ezekiel 23:17 +. +"She uncovered her harlotries and uncovered her nakedness; then I became disgusted with her, as I had become disgusted with her sister. -- ezekiel 23:18 +. +"Yet she multiplied her harlotries, remembering the days of her youth, when she played the harlot in the land of Egypt. -- ezekiel 23:19 +. +"She lusted after their paramours, whose flesh is like the flesh of donkeys and whose issue is like the issue of horses. -- ezekiel 23:20 +. +"Thus you longed for the lewdness of your youth, when the Egyptians handled your bosom because of the breasts of your youth. -- ezekiel 23:21 +. +"Therefore, O Oholibah, thus says the Lord GOD, 'Behold I will arouse your lovers against you, from whom you were alienated, and I will bring them against you from every side: -- ezekiel 23:22 +. +the Babylonians and all the Chaldeans, Pekod and Shoa and Koa, and all the Assyrians with them; desirable young men, governors and officials all of them, officers and men of renown, all of them riding on horses. -- ezekiel 23:23 +. +'They will come against you with weapons, chariots and wagons, and with a company of peoples. They will set themselves against you on every side with buckler and shield and helmet; and I will commit the judgment to them, and they will judge you according to their customs. -- ezekiel 23:24 +. +'I will set My jealousy against you, that they may deal with you in wrath. They will remove your nose and your ears; and your survivors will fall by the sword. They will take your sons and your daughters; and your survivors will be consumed by the fire. -- ezekiel 23:25 +. +'They will also strip you of your clothes and take away your beautiful jewels. -- ezekiel 23:26 +. +'Thus I will make your lewdness and your harlotry brought from the land of Egypt to cease from you, so that you will not lift up your eyes to them or remember Egypt anymore.' -- ezekiel 23:27 +. +"For thus says the Lord GOD, 'Behold, I will give you into the hand of those whom you hate, into the hand of those from whom you were alienated. -- ezekiel 23:28 +. +'They will deal with you in hatred, take all your property, and leave you naked and bare. And the nakedness of your harlotries will be uncovered, both your lewdness and your harlotries. -- ezekiel 23:29 +. +'These things will be done to you because you have played the harlot with the nations, because you have defiled yourself with their idols. -- ezekiel 23:30 +. +'You have walked in the way of your sister; therefore I will give her cup into your hand.' -- ezekiel 23:31 +. +"Thus says the Lord GOD, 'You will drink your sister's cup, Which is deep and wide. You will be laughed at and held in derision; It contains much. -- ezekiel 23:32 +. +'You will be filled with drunkenness and sorrow, The cup of horror and desolation, The cup of your sister Samaria. -- ezekiel 23:33 +. +'You will drink it and drain it. Then you will gnaw its fragments And tear your breasts; for I have spoken,' declares the Lord GOD. -- ezekiel 23:34 +. +"Therefore, thus says the Lord GOD, 'Because you have forgotten Me and cast Me behind your back, bear now the punishment of your lewdness and your harlotries.'" -- ezekiel 23:35 +. +Moreover, the LORD said to me, "Son of man, will you judge Oholah and Oholibah? Then declare to them their abominations. -- ezekiel 23:36 +. +"For they have committed adultery, and blood is on their hands. Thus they have committed adultery with their idols and even caused their sons, whom they bore to Me, to pass through the fire to them as food. -- ezekiel 23:37 +. +"Again, they have done this to Me: they have defiled My sanctuary on the same day and have profaned My sabbaths. -- ezekiel 23:38 +. +"For when they had slaughtered their children for their idols, they entered My sanctuary on the same day to profane it; and lo, thus they did within My house. -- ezekiel 23:39 +. +"Furthermore, they have even sent for men who come from afar, to whom a messenger was sent; and lo, they came--for whom you bathed, painted your eyes and decorated yourselves with ornaments; -- ezekiel 23:40 +. +and you sat on a splendid couch with a table arranged before it on which you had set My incense and My oil. -- ezekiel 23:41 +. +"The sound of a carefree multitude was with her; and drunkards were brought from the wilderness with men of the common sort. And they put bracelets on the hands of the women and beautiful crowns on their heads. -- ezekiel 23:42 +. +"Then I said concerning her who was worn out by adulteries, 'Will they now commit adultery with her when she is thus?' -- ezekiel 23:43 +. +"But they went in to her as they would go in to a harlot. Thus they went in to Oholah and to Oholibah, the lewd women. -- ezekiel 23:44 +. +"But they, righteous men, will judge them with the judgment of adulteresses and with the judgment of women who shed blood, because they are adulteresses and blood is on their hands. -- ezekiel 23:45 +. +"For thus says the Lord GOD, 'Bring up a company against them and give them over to terror and plunder. -- ezekiel 23:46 +. +'The company will stone them with stones and cut them down with their swords; they will slay their sons and their daughters and burn their houses with fire. -- ezekiel 23:47 +. +'Thus I will make lewdness cease from the land, that all women may be admonished and not commit lewdness as you have done. -- ezekiel 23:48 +. +'Your lewdness will be requited upon you, and you will bear the penalty of worshiping your idols; thus you will know that I am the Lord GOD.'" -- ezekiel 23:49 +. +And the word of the LORD came to me in the ninth year, in the tenth month, on the tenth of the month, saying, -- ezekiel 24:1 +. +"Son of man, write the name of the day, this very day. The king of Babylon has laid siege to Jerusalem this very day. -- ezekiel 24:2 +. +"Speak a parable to the rebellious house and say to them, 'Thus says the Lord GOD, "Put on the pot, put it on and also pour water in it; -- ezekiel 24:3 +. +Put in it the pieces, Every good piece, the thigh and the shoulder; Fill it with choice bones. -- ezekiel 24:4 +. +"Take the choicest of the flock, And also pile wood under the pot. Make it boil vigorously. Also seethe its bones in it." -- ezekiel 24:5 +. +'Therefore, thus says the Lord GOD, "Woe to the bloody city, To the pot in which there is rust And whose rust has not gone out of it! Take out of it piece after piece, Without making a choice. -- ezekiel 24:6 +. +"For her blood is in her midst; She placed it on the bare rock; She did not pour it on the ground To cover it with dust. -- ezekiel 24:7 +. +"That it may cause wrath to come up to take vengeance, I have put her blood on the bare rock, That it may not be covered." -- ezekiel 24:8 +. +'Therefore, thus says the Lord GOD, "Woe to the bloody city! I also will make the pile great. -- ezekiel 24:9 +. +"Heap on the wood, kindle the fire, Boil the flesh well And mix in the spices, And let the bones be burned. -- ezekiel 24:10 +. +"Then set it empty on its coals So that it may be hot And its bronze may glow And its filthiness may be melted in it, Its rust consumed. -- ezekiel 24:11 +. +"She has wearied Me with toil, Yet her great rust has not gone from her; Let her rust be in the fire! -- ezekiel 24:12 +. +"In your filthiness is lewdness. Because I would have cleansed you, Yet you are not clean, You will not be cleansed from your filthiness again Until I have spent My wrath on you. -- ezekiel 24:13 +. +"I, the LORD, have spoken; it is coming and I will act. I will not relent, and I will not pity and I will not be sorry; according to your ways and according to your deeds I will judge you," declares the Lord GOD.'" -- ezekiel 24:14 +. +And the word of the LORD came to me saying, -- ezekiel 24:15 +. +"Son of man, behold, I am about to take from you the desire of your eyes with a blow; but you shall not mourn and you shall not weep, and your tears shall not come. -- ezekiel 24:16 +. +"Groan silently; make no mourning for the dead. Bind on your turban and put your shoes on your feet, and do not cover your mustache and do not eat the bread of men." -- ezekiel 24:17 +. +So I spoke to the people in the morning, and in the evening my wife died. And in the morning I did as I was commanded. -- ezekiel 24:18 +. +The people said to me, "Will you not tell us what these things that you are doing mean for us?" -- ezekiel 24:19 +. +Then I said to them, "The word of the LORD came to me saying, -- ezekiel 24:20 +. +'Speak to the house of Israel, "Thus says the Lord GOD, 'Behold, I am about to profane My sanctuary, the pride of your power, the desire of your eyes and the delight of your soul; and your sons and your daughters whom you have left behind will fall by the sword. -- ezekiel 24:21 +. +'You will do as I have done; you will not cover your mustache and you will not eat the bread of men. -- ezekiel 24:22 +. +'Your turbans will be on your heads and your shoes on your feet. You will not mourn and you will not weep, but you will rot away in your iniquities and you will groan to one another. -- ezekiel 24:23 +. +'Thus Ezekiel will be a sign to you; according to all that he has done you will do; when it comes, then you will know that I am the Lord GOD.'" -- ezekiel 24:24 +. +'As for you, son of man, will it not be on the day when I take from them their stronghold, the joy of their pride, the desire of their eyes and their heart's delight, their sons and their daughters, -- ezekiel 24:25 +. +that on that day he who escapes will come to you with information for your ears? -- ezekiel 24:26 +. +'On that day your mouth will be opened to him who escaped, and you will speak and be mute no longer. Thus you will be a sign to them, and they will know that I am the LORD.'" -- ezekiel 24:27 +. +And the word of the LORD came to me saying, -- ezekiel 25:1 +. +"Son of man, set your face toward the sons of Ammon and prophesy against them, -- ezekiel 25:2 +. +and say to the sons of Ammon, 'Hear the word of the Lord GOD! Thus says the Lord GOD, "Because you said, 'Aha!' against My sanctuary when it was profaned, and against the land of Israel when it was made desolate, and against the house of Judah when they went into exile, -- ezekiel 25:3 +. +therefore, behold, I am going to give you to the sons of the east for a possession, and they will set their encampments among you and make their dwellings among you; they will eat your fruit and drink your milk. -- ezekiel 25:4 +. +"I will make Rabbah a pasture for camels and the sons of Ammon a resting place for flocks. Thus you will know that I am the LORD." -- ezekiel 25:5 +. +'For thus says the Lord GOD, "Because you have clapped your hands and stamped your feet and rejoiced with all the scorn of your soul against the land of Israel, -- ezekiel 25:6 +. +therefore, behold, I have stretched out My hand against you and I will give you for spoil to the nations. And I will cut you off from the peoples and make you perish from the lands; I will destroy you. Thus you will know that I am the LORD." -- ezekiel 25:7 +. +'Thus says the Lord GOD, "Because Moab and Seir say, 'Behold, the house of Judah is like all the nations,' -- ezekiel 25:8 +. +therefore, behold, I am going to deprive the flank of Moab of its cities, of its cities which are on its frontiers, the glory of the land, Beth-jeshimoth, Baal-meon and Kiriathaim, -- ezekiel 25:9 +. +and I will give it for a possession along with the sons of Ammon to the sons of the east, so that the sons of Ammon will not be remembered among the nations. -- ezekiel 25:10 +. +"Thus I will execute judgments on Moab, and they will know that I am the LORD." -- ezekiel 25:11 +. +'Thus says the Lord GOD, "Because Edom has acted against the house of Judah by taking vengeance, and has incurred grievous guilt, and avenged themselves upon them," -- ezekiel 25:12 +. +therefore thus says the Lord GOD, "I will also stretch out My hand against Edom and cut off man and beast from it. And I will lay it waste; from Teman even to Dedan they will fall by the sword. -- ezekiel 25:13 +. +"I will lay My vengeance on Edom by the hand of My people Israel. Therefore, they will act in Edom according to My anger and according to My wrath; thus they will know My vengeance," declares the Lord GOD. -- ezekiel 25:14 +. +'Thus says the Lord GOD, "Because the Philistines have acted in revenge and have taken vengeance with scorn of soul to destroy with everlasting enmity," -- ezekiel 25:15 +. +therefore thus says the Lord GOD, "Behold, I will stretch out My hand against the Philistines, even cut off the Cherethites and destroy the remnant of the seacoast. -- ezekiel 25:16 +. +"I will execute great vengeance on them with wrathful rebukes; and they will know that I am the LORD when I lay My vengeance on them."'" -- ezekiel 25:17 +. +Now in the eleventh year, on the first of the month, the word of the LORD came to me saying, -- ezekiel 26:1 +. +"Son of man, because Tyre has said concerning Jerusalem, 'Aha, the gateway of the peoples is broken; it has opened to me. I shall be filled, now that she is laid waste,' -- ezekiel 26:2 +. +therefore thus says the Lord GOD, 'Behold, I am against you, O Tyre, and I will bring up many nations against you, as the sea brings up its waves. -- ezekiel 26:3 +. +'They will destroy the walls of Tyre and break down her towers; and I will scrape her debris from her and make her a bare rock. -- ezekiel 26:4 +. +'She will be a place for the spreading of nets in the midst of the sea, for I have spoken,' declares the Lord GOD, 'and she will become spoil for the nations. -- ezekiel 26:5 +. +'Also her daughters who are on the mainland will be slain by the sword, and they will know that I am the LORD.'" -- ezekiel 26:6 +. +For thus says the Lord GOD, "Behold, I will bring upon Tyre from the north Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon, king of kings, with horses, chariots, cavalry and a great army. -- ezekiel 26:7 +. +"He will slay your daughters on the mainland with the sword; and he will make siege walls against you, cast up a ramp against you and raise up a large shield against you. -- ezekiel 26:8 +. +"The blow of his battering rams he will direct against your walls, and with his axes he will break down your towers. -- ezekiel 26:9 +. +"Because of the multitude of his horses, the dust raised by them will cover you; your walls will shake at the noise of cavalry and wagons and chariots when he enters your gates as men enter a city that is breached. -- ezekiel 26:10 +. +"With the hoofs of his horses he will trample all your streets. He will slay your people with the sword; and your strong pillars will come down to the ground. -- ezekiel 26:11 +. +"Also they will make a spoil of your riches and a prey of your merchandise, break down your walls and destroy your pleasant houses, and throw your stones and your timbers and your debris into the water. -- ezekiel 26:12 +. +"So I will silence the sound of your songs, and the sound of your harps will be heard no more. -- ezekiel 26:13 +. +"I will make you a bare rock; you will be a place for the spreading of nets. You will be built no more, for I the LORD have spoken," declares the Lord GOD. -- ezekiel 26:14 +. +Thus says the Lord GOD to Tyre, "Shall not the coastlands shake at the sound of your fall when the wounded groan, when the slaughter occurs in your midst? -- ezekiel 26:15 +. +"Then all the princes of the sea will go down from their thrones, remove their robes and strip off their embroidered garments. They will clothe themselves with trembling; they will sit on the ground, tremble every moment and be appalled at you. -- ezekiel 26:16 +. +"They will take up a lamentation over you and say to you, 'How you have perished, O inhabited one, From the seas, O renowned city, Which was mighty on the sea, She and her inhabitants, Who imposed her terror On all her inhabitants! -- ezekiel 26:17 +. +'Now the coastlands will tremble On the day of your fall; Yes, the coastlands which are by the sea Will be terrified at your passing.'" -- ezekiel 26:18 +. +For thus says the Lord GOD, "When I make you a desolate city, like the cities which are not inhabited, when I bring up the deep over you and the great waters cover you, -- ezekiel 26:19 +. +then I will bring you down with those who go down to the pit, to the people of old, and I will make you dwell in the lower parts of the earth, like the ancient waste places, with those who go down to the pit, so that you will not be inhabited; but I will set glory in the land of the living. -- ezekiel 26:20 +. +"I will bring terrors on you and you will be no more; though you will be sought, you will never be found again," declares the Lord GOD. -- ezekiel 26:21 +. +Moreover, the word of the LORD came to me saying, -- ezekiel 27:1 +. +"And you, son of man, take up a lamentation over Tyre; -- ezekiel 27:2 +. +and say to Tyre, who dwells at the entrance to the sea, merchant of the peoples to many coastlands, 'Thus says the Lord GOD, "O Tyre, you have said, 'I am perfect in beauty.' -- ezekiel 27:3 +. +"Your borders are in the heart of the seas; Your builders have perfected your beauty. -- ezekiel 27:4 +. +"They have made all your planks of fir trees from Senir; They have taken a cedar from Lebanon to make a mast for you. -- ezekiel 27:5 +. +"Of oaks from Bashan they have made your oars; With ivory they have inlaid your deck of boxwood from the coastlands of Cyprus. -- ezekiel 27:6 +. +"Your sail was of fine embroidered linen from Egypt So that it became your distinguishing mark; Your awning was blue and purple from the coastlands of Elishah. -- ezekiel 27:7 +. +"The inhabitants of Sidon and Arvad were your rowers; Your wise men, O Tyre, were aboard; they were your pilots. -- ezekiel 27:8 +. +"The elders of Gebal and her wise men were with you repairing your seams; All the ships of the sea and their sailors were with you in order to deal in your merchandise. -- ezekiel 27:9 +. +"Persia and Lud and Put were in your army, your men of war. They hung shield and helmet in you; they set forth your splendor. -- ezekiel 27:10 +. +"The sons of Arvad and your army were on your walls, all around, and the Gammadim were in your towers. They hung their shields on your walls all around; they perfected your beauty. -- ezekiel 27:11 +. +"Tarshish was your customer because of the abundance of all kinds of wealth; with silver, iron, tin and lead they paid for your wares. -- ezekiel 27:12 +. +"Javan, Tubal and Meshech, they were your traders; with the lives of men and vessels of bronze they paid for your merchandise. -- ezekiel 27:13 +. +"Those from Beth-togarmah gave horses and war horses and mules for your wares. -- ezekiel 27:14 +. +"The sons of Dedan were your traders. Many coastlands were your market; ivory tusks and ebony they brought as your payment. -- ezekiel 27:15 +. +"Aram was your customer because of the abundance of your goods; they paid for your wares with emeralds, purple, embroidered work, fine linen, coral and rubies. -- ezekiel 27:16 +. +"Judah and the land of Israel, they were your traders; with the wheat of Minnith, cakes, honey, oil and balm they paid for your merchandise. -- ezekiel 27:17 +. +"Damascus was your customer because of the abundance of your goods, because of the abundance of all kinds of wealth, because of the wine of Helbon and white wool. -- ezekiel 27:18 +. +"Vedan and Javan paid for your wares from Uzal; wrought iron, cassia and sweet cane were among your merchandise. -- ezekiel 27:19 +. +"Dedan traded with you in saddlecloths for riding. -- ezekiel 27:20 +. +"Arabia and all the princes of Kedar, they were your customers for lambs, rams and goats; for these they were your customers. -- ezekiel 27:21 +. +"The traders of Sheba and Raamah, they traded with you; they paid for your wares with the best of all kinds of spices, and with all kinds of precious stones and gold. -- ezekiel 27:22 +. +"Haran, Canneh, Eden, the traders of Sheba, Asshur and Chilmad traded with you. -- ezekiel 27:23 +. +"They traded with you in choice garments, in clothes of blue and embroidered work, and in carpets of many colors and tightly wound cords, which were among your merchandise. -- ezekiel 27:24 +. +"The ships of Tarshish were the carriers for your merchandise. And you were filled and were very glorious In the heart of the seas. -- ezekiel 27:25 +. +"Your rowers have brought you Into great waters; The east wind has broken you In the heart of the seas. -- ezekiel 27:26 +. +"Your wealth, your wares, your merchandise, Your sailors and your pilots, Your repairers of seams, your dealers in merchandise And all your men of war who are in you, With all your company that is in your midst, Will fall into the heart of the seas On the day of your overthrow. -- ezekiel 27:27 +. +"At the sound of the cry of your pilots The pasture lands will shake. -- ezekiel 27:28 +. +"All who handle the oar, The sailors and all the pilots of the sea Will come down from their ships; They will stand on the land, -- ezekiel 27:29 +. +And they will make their voice heard over you And will cry bitterly. They will cast dust on their heads, They will wallow in ashes. -- ezekiel 27:30 +. +"Also they will make themselves bald for you And gird themselves with sackcloth; And they will weep for you in bitterness of soul With bitter mourning. -- ezekiel 27:31 +. +"Moreover, in their wailing they will take up a lamentation for you And lament over you: 'Who is like Tyre, Like her who is silent in the midst of the sea? -- ezekiel 27:32 +. +'When your wares went out from the seas, You satisfied many peoples; With the abundance of your wealth and your merchandise You enriched the kings of earth. -- ezekiel 27:33 +. +'Now that you are broken by the seas In the depths of the waters, Your merchandise and all your company Have fallen in the midst of you. -- ezekiel 27:34 +. +'All the inhabitants of the coastlands Are appalled at you, And their kings are horribly afraid; They are troubled in countenance. -- ezekiel 27:35 +. +'The merchants among the peoples hiss at you; You have become terrified And you will cease to be forever.'"'" -- ezekiel 27:36 +. +The word of the LORD came again to me, saying, -- ezekiel 28:1 +. +"Son of man, say to the leader of Tyre, 'Thus says the Lord GOD, "Because your heart is lifted up And you have said, 'I am a god, I sit in the seat of gods In the heart of the seas'; Yet you are a man and not God, Although you make your heart like the heart of God-- -- ezekiel 28:2 +. +Behold, you are wiser than Daniel; There is no secret that is a match for you. -- ezekiel 28:3 +. +"By your wisdom and understanding You have acquired riches for yourself And have acquired gold and silver for your treasuries. -- ezekiel 28:4 +. +"By your great wisdom, by your trade You have increased your riches And your heart is lifted up because of your riches-- -- ezekiel 28:5 +. +Therefore thus says the Lord GOD, 'Because you have made your heart Like the heart of God, -- ezekiel 28:6 +. +Therefore, behold, I will bring strangers upon you, The most ruthless of the nations. And they will draw their swords Against the beauty of your wisdom And defile your splendor. -- ezekiel 28:7 +. +'They will bring you down to the pit, And you will die the death of those who are slain In the heart of the seas. -- ezekiel 28:8 +. +'Will you still say, "I am a god," In the presence of your slayer, Though you are a man and not God, In the hands of those who wound you? -- ezekiel 28:9 +. +'You will die the death of the uncircumcised By the hand of strangers, For I have spoken!' declares the Lord GOD!"'" -- ezekiel 28:10 +. +Again the word of the LORD came to me saying, -- ezekiel 28:11 +. +"Son of man, take up a lamentation over the king of Tyre and say to him, 'Thus says the Lord GOD, "You had the seal of perfection, Full of wisdom and perfect in beauty. -- ezekiel 28:12 +. +"You were in Eden, the garden of God; Every precious stone was your covering: The ruby, the topaz and the diamond; The beryl, the onyx and the jasper; The lapis lazuli, the turquoise and the emerald; And the gold, the workmanship of your settings and sockets, Was in you. On the day that you were created They were prepared. -- ezekiel 28:13 +. +"You were the anointed cherub who covers, And I placed you there. You were on the holy mountain of God; You walked in the midst of the stones of fire. -- ezekiel 28:14 +. +"You were blameless in your ways From the day you were created Until unrighteousness was found in you. -- ezekiel 28:15 +. +"By the abundance of your trade You were internally filled with violence, And you sinned; Therefore I have cast you as profane From the mountain of God. And I have destroyed you, O covering cherub, From the midst of the stones of fire. -- ezekiel 28:16 +. +"Your heart was lifted up because of your beauty; You corrupted your wisdom by reason of your splendor. I cast you to the ground; I put you before kings, That they may see you. -- ezekiel 28:17 +. +"By the multitude of your iniquities, In the unrighteousness of your trade You profaned your sanctuaries. Therefore I have brought fire from the midst of you; It has consumed you, And I have turned you to ashes on the earth In the eyes of all who see you. -- ezekiel 28:18 +. +"All who know you among the peoples Are appalled at you; You have become terrified And you will cease to be forever."'" -- ezekiel 28:19 +. +And the word of the LORD came to me saying, -- ezekiel 28:20 +. +"Son of man, set your face toward Sidon, prophesy against her -- ezekiel 28:21 +. +and say, 'Thus says the Lord GOD, "Behold, I am against you, O Sidon, And I will be glorified in your midst. Then they will know that I am the LORD when I execute judgments in her, And I will manifest My holiness in her. -- ezekiel 28:22 +. +"For I will send pestilence to her And blood to her streets, And the wounded will fall in her midst By the sword upon her on every side; Then they will know that I am the LORD. -- ezekiel 28:23 +. +"And there will be no more for the house of Israel a prickling brier or a painful thorn from any round about them who scorned them; then they will know that I am the Lord GOD." -- ezekiel 28:24 +. +'Thus says the Lord GOD, "When I gather the house of Israel from the peoples among whom they are scattered, and will manifest My holiness in them in the sight of the nations, then they will live in their land which I gave to My servant Jacob. -- ezekiel 28:25 +. +"They will live in it securely; and they will build houses, plant vineyards and live securely when I execute judgments upon all who scorn them round about them. Then they will know that I am the LORD their God."'" -- ezekiel 28:26 +. +In the tenth year, in the tenth month, on the twelfth of the month, the word of the LORD came to me saying, -- ezekiel 29:1 +. +"Son of man, set your face against Pharaoh king of Egypt and prophesy against him and against all Egypt. -- ezekiel 29:2 +. +"Speak and say, 'Thus says the Lord GOD, "Behold, I am against you, Pharaoh king of Egypt, The great monster that lies in the midst of his rivers, That has said, 'My Nile is mine, and I myself have made it.' -- ezekiel 29:3 +. +"I will put hooks in your jaws And make the fish of your rivers cling to your scales. And I will bring you up out of the midst of your rivers, And all the fish of your rivers will cling to your scales. -- ezekiel 29:4 +. +"I will abandon you to the wilderness, you and all the fish of your rivers; You will fall on the open field; you will not be brought together or gathered. I have given you for food to the beasts of the earth and to the birds of the sky. -- ezekiel 29:5 +. +"Then all the inhabitants of Egypt will know that I am the LORD, Because they have been only a staff made of reed to the house of Israel. -- ezekiel 29:6 +. +"When they took hold of you with the hand, You broke and tore all their hands; And when they leaned on you, You broke and made all their loins quake." -- ezekiel 29:7 +. +'Therefore thus says the Lord GOD, "Behold, I will bring upon you a sword and I will cut off from you man and beast. -- ezekiel 29:8 +. +"The land of Egypt will become a desolation and waste. Then they will know that I am the LORD. Because you said, 'The Nile is mine, and I have made it,' -- ezekiel 29:9 +. +therefore, behold, I am against you and against your rivers, and I will make the land of Egypt an utter waste and desolation, from Migdol to Syene and even to the border of Ethiopia. -- ezekiel 29:10 +. +"A man's foot will not pass through it, and the foot of a beast will not pass through it, and it will not be inhabited for forty years. -- ezekiel 29:11 +. +"So I will make the land of Egypt a desolation in the midst of desolated lands. And her cities, in the midst of cities that are laid waste, will be desolate forty years; and I will scatter the Egyptians among the nations and disperse them among the lands." -- ezekiel 29:12 +. +'For thus says the Lord GOD, "At the end of forty years I will gather the Egyptians from the peoples among whom they were scattered. -- ezekiel 29:13 +. +"I will turn the fortunes of Egypt and make them return to the land of Pathros, to the land of their origin, and there they will be a lowly kingdom. -- ezekiel 29:14 +. +"It will be the lowest of the kingdoms, and it will never again lift itself up above the nations. And I will make them so small that they will not rule over the nations. -- ezekiel 29:15 +. +"And it will never again be the confidence of the house of Israel, bringing to mind the iniquity of their having turned to Egypt. Then they will know that I am the Lord GOD."'" -- ezekiel 29:16 +. +Now in the twenty-seventh year, in the first month, on the first of the month, the word of the LORD came to me saying, -- ezekiel 29:17 +. +"Son of man, Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon made his army labor hard against Tyre; every head was made bald and every shoulder was rubbed bare. But he and his army had no wages from Tyre for the labor that he had performed against it." -- ezekiel 29:18 +. +Therefore thus says the Lord GOD, "Behold, I will give the land of Egypt to Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon. And he will carry off her wealth and capture her spoil and seize her plunder; and it will be wages for his army. -- ezekiel 29:19 +. +"I have given him the land of Egypt for his labor which he performed, because they acted for Me," declares the Lord GOD. -- ezekiel 29:20 +. +"On that day I will make a horn sprout for the house of Israel, and I will open your mouth in their midst. Then they will know that I am the LORD." -- ezekiel 29:21 +. +The word of the LORD came again to me saying, -- ezekiel 30:1 +. +"Son of man, prophesy and say, 'Thus says the Lord GOD, "Wail, 'Alas for the day!' -- ezekiel 30:2 +. +"For the day is near, Even the day of the LORD is near; It will be a day of clouds, A time of doom for the nations. -- ezekiel 30:3 +. +"A sword will come upon Egypt, And anguish will be in Ethiopia; When the slain fall in Egypt, They take away her wealth, And her foundations are torn down. -- ezekiel 30:4 +. +"Ethiopia, Put, Lud, all Arabia, Libya and the people of the land that is in league will fall with them by the sword." -- ezekiel 30:5 +. +'Thus says the LORD, "Indeed, those who support Egypt will fall And the pride of her power will come down; From Migdol to Syene They will fall within her by the sword," Declares the Lord GOD. -- ezekiel 30:6 +. +"They will be desolate In the midst of the desolated lands; And her cities will be In the midst of the devastated cities. -- ezekiel 30:7 +. +"And they will know that I am the LORD, When I set a fire in Egypt And all her helpers are broken. -- ezekiel 30:8 +. +"On that day messengers will go forth from Me in ships to frighten secure Ethiopia; and anguish will be on them as on the day of Egypt; for behold, it comes!" -- ezekiel 30:9 +. +'Thus says the Lord GOD, "I will also make the hordes of Egypt cease By the hand of Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon. -- ezekiel 30:10 +. +"He and his people with him, The most ruthless of the nations, Will be brought in to destroy the land; And they will draw their swords against Egypt And fill the land with the slain. -- ezekiel 30:11 +. +"Moreover, I will make the Nile canals dry And sell the land into the hands of evil men. And I will make the land desolate And all that is in it, By the hand of strangers; I the LORD have spoken." -- ezekiel 30:12 +. +'Thus says the Lord GOD, "I will also destroy the idols And make the images cease from Memphis. And there will no longer be a prince in the land of Egypt; And I will put fear in the land of Egypt. -- ezekiel 30:13 +. +"I will make Pathros desolate, Set a fire in Zoan And execute judgments on Thebes. -- ezekiel 30:14 +. +"I will pour out My wrath on Sin, The stronghold of Egypt; I will also cut off the hordes of Thebes. -- ezekiel 30:15 +. +"I will set a fire in Egypt; Sin will writhe in anguish, Thebes will be breached And Memphis will have distresses daily. -- ezekiel 30:16 +. +"The young men of On and of Pi-beseth Will fall by the sword, And the women will go into captivity. -- ezekiel 30:17 +. +"In Tehaphnehes the day will be dark When I break there the yoke bars of Egypt. Then the pride of her power will cease in her; A cloud will cover her, And her daughters will go into captivity. -- ezekiel 30:18 +. +"Thus I will execute judgments on Egypt, And they will know that I am the LORD."'" -- ezekiel 30:19 +. +In the eleventh year, in the first month, on the seventh of the month, the word of the LORD came to me saying, -- ezekiel 30:20 +. +"Son of man, I have broken the arm of Pharaoh king of Egypt; and, behold, it has not been bound up for healing or wrapped with a bandage, that it may be strong to hold the sword. -- ezekiel 30:21 +. +"Therefore thus says the Lord GOD, 'Behold, I am against Pharaoh king of Egypt and will break his arms, both the strong and the broken; and I will make the sword fall from his hand. -- ezekiel 30:22 +. +'I will scatter the Egyptians among the nations and disperse them among the lands. -- ezekiel 30:23 +. +'For I will strengthen the arms of the king of Babylon and put My sword in his hand; and I will break the arms of Pharaoh, so that he will groan before him with the groanings of a wounded man. -- ezekiel 30:24 +. +'Thus I will strengthen the arms of the king of Babylon, but the arms of Pharaoh will fall. Then they will know that I am the LORD, when I put My sword into the hand of the king of Babylon and he stretches it out against the land of Egypt. -- ezekiel 30:25 +. +'When I scatter the Egyptians among the nations and disperse them among the lands, then they will know that I am the LORD.'" -- ezekiel 30:26 +. +In the eleventh year, in the third month, on the first of the month, the word of the LORD came to me saying, -- ezekiel 31:1 +. +"Son of man, say to Pharaoh king of Egypt and to his hordes, 'Whom are you like in your greatness? -- ezekiel 31:2 +. +'Behold, Assyria was a cedar in Lebanon With beautiful branches and forest shade, And very high, And its top was among the clouds. -- ezekiel 31:3 +. +'The waters made it grow, the deep made it high. With its rivers it continually extended all around its planting place, And sent out its channels to all the trees of the field. -- ezekiel 31:4 +. +'Therefore its height was loftier than all the trees of the field And its boughs became many and its branches long Because of many waters as it spread them out. -- ezekiel 31:5 +. +'All the birds of the heavens nested in its boughs, And under its branches all the beasts of the field gave birth, And all great nations lived under its shade. -- ezekiel 31:6 +. +'So it was beautiful in its greatness, in the length of its branches; For its roots extended to many waters. -- ezekiel 31:7 +. +'The cedars in God's garden could not match it; The cypresses could not compare with its boughs, And the plane trees could not match its branches. No tree in God's garden could compare with it in its beauty. -- ezekiel 31:8 +. +'I made it beautiful with the multitude of its branches, And all the trees of Eden, which were in the garden of God, were jealous of it. -- ezekiel 31:9 +. +'Therefore thus says the Lord GOD, "Because it is high in stature and has set its top among the clouds, and its heart is haughty in its loftiness, -- ezekiel 31:10 +. +therefore I will give it into the hand of a despot of the nations; he will thoroughly deal with it. According to its wickedness I have driven it away. -- ezekiel 31:11 +. +"Alien tyrants of the nations have cut it down and left it; on the mountains and in all the valleys its branches have fallen and its boughs have been broken in all the ravines of the land. And all the peoples of the earth have gone down from its shade and left it. -- ezekiel 31:12 +. +"On its ruin all the birds of the heavens will dwell, and all the beasts of the field will be on its fallen branches -- ezekiel 31:13 +. +so that all the trees by the waters may not be exalted in their stature, nor set their top among the clouds, nor their well-watered mighty ones stand erect in their height. For they have all been given over to death, to the earth beneath, among the sons of men, with those who go down to the pit." -- ezekiel 31:14 +. +'Thus says the Lord GOD, "On the day when it went down to Sheol I caused lamentations; I closed the deep over it and held back its rivers. And its many waters were stopped up, and I made Lebanon mourn for it, and all the trees of the field wilted away on account of it. -- ezekiel 31:15 +. +"I made the nations quake at the sound of its fall when I made it go down to Sheol with those who go down to the pit; and all the well-watered trees of Eden, the choicest and best of Lebanon, were comforted in the earth beneath. -- ezekiel 31:16 +. +"They also went down with it to Sheol to those who were slain by the sword; and those who were its strength lived under its shade among the nations. -- ezekiel 31:17 +. +"To which among the trees of Eden are you thus equal in glory and greatness? Yet you will be brought down with the trees of Eden to the earth beneath; you will lie in the midst of the uncircumcised, with those who were slain by the sword. So is Pharaoh and all his hordes!"' declares the Lord GOD." -- ezekiel 31:18 +. +In the twelfth year, in the twelfth month, on the first of the month, the word of the LORD came to me saying, -- ezekiel 32:1 +. +"Son of man, take up a lamentation over Pharaoh king of Egypt and say to him, 'You compared yourself to a young lion of the nations, Yet you are like the monster in the seas; And you burst forth in your rivers And muddied the waters with your feet And fouled their rivers.'" -- ezekiel 32:2 +. +Thus says the Lord GOD, "Now I will spread My net over you With a company of many peoples, And they shall lift you up in My net. -- ezekiel 32:3 +. +"I will leave you on the land; I will cast you on the open field. And I will cause all the birds of the heavens to dwell on you, And I will satisfy the beasts of the whole earth with you. -- ezekiel 32:4 +. +"I will lay your flesh on the mountains And fill the valleys with your refuse. -- ezekiel 32:5 +. +"I will also make the land drink the discharge of your blood As far as the mountains, And the ravines will be full of you. -- ezekiel 32:6 +. +"And when I extinguish you, I will cover the heavens and darken their stars; I will cover the sun with a cloud And the moon will not give its light. -- ezekiel 32:7 +. +"All the shining lights in the heavens I will darken over you And will set darkness on your land," Declares the Lord GOD. -- ezekiel 32:8 +. +"I will also trouble the hearts of many peoples when I bring your destruction among the nations, into lands which you have not known. -- ezekiel 32:9 +. +"I will make many peoples appalled at you, and their kings will be horribly afraid of you when I brandish My sword before them; and they will tremble every moment, every man for his own life, on the day of your fall." -- ezekiel 32:10 +. +For thus says the Lord GOD, "The sword of the king of Babylon will come upon you. -- ezekiel 32:11 +. +"By the swords of the mighty ones I will cause your hordes to fall; all of them are tyrants of the nations, And they will devastate the pride of Egypt, And all its hordes will be destroyed. -- ezekiel 32:12 +. +"I will also destroy all its cattle from beside many waters; And the foot of man will not muddy them anymore And the hoofs of beasts will not muddy them. -- ezekiel 32:13 +. +"Then I will make their waters settle And will cause their rivers to run like oil," Declares the Lord GOD. -- ezekiel 32:14 +. +"When I make the land of Egypt a desolation, And the land is destitute of that which filled it, When I smite all those who live in it, Then they shall know that I am the LORD. -- ezekiel 32:15 +. +"This is a lamentation and they shall chant it. The daughters of the nations shall chant it. Over Egypt and over all her hordes they shall chant it," declares the Lord GOD. -- ezekiel 32:16 +. +In the twelfth year, on the fifteenth of the month, the word of the LORD came to me saying, -- ezekiel 32:17 +. +"Son of man, wail for the hordes of Egypt and bring it down, her and the daughters of the powerful nations, to the nether world, with those who go down to the pit; -- ezekiel 32:18 +. +'Whom do you surpass in beauty? Go down and make your bed with the uncircumcised.' -- ezekiel 32:19 +. +"They shall fall in the midst of those who are slain by the sword. She is given over to the sword; they have drawn her and all her hordes away. -- ezekiel 32:20 +. +"The strong among the mighty ones shall speak of him and his helpers from the midst of Sheol, 'They have gone down, they lie still, the uncircumcised, slain by the sword.' -- ezekiel 32:21 +. +"Assyria is there and all her company; her graves are round about her. All of them are slain, fallen by the sword, -- ezekiel 32:22 +. +whose graves are set in the remotest parts of the pit and her company is round about her grave. All of them are slain, fallen by the sword, who spread terror in the land of the living. -- ezekiel 32:23 +. +"Elam is there and all her hordes around her grave; all of them slain, fallen by the sword, who went down uncircumcised to the lower parts of the earth, who instilled their terror in the land of the living and bore their disgrace with those who went down to the pit. -- ezekiel 32:24 +. +"They have made a bed for her among the slain with all her hordes. Her graves are around it, they are all uncircumcised, slain by the sword (although their terror was instilled in the land of the living), and they bore their disgrace with those who go down to the pit; they were put in the midst of the slain. -- ezekiel 32:25 +. +"Meshech, Tubal and all their hordes are there; their graves surround them. All of them were slain by the sword uncircumcised, though they instilled their terror in the land of the living. -- ezekiel 32:26 +. +"Nor do they lie beside the fallen heroes of the uncircumcised, who went down to Sheol with their weapons of war and whose swords were laid under their heads; but the punishment for their iniquity rested on their bones, though the terror of these heroes was once in the land of the living. -- ezekiel 32:27 +. +"But in the midst of the uncircumcised you will be broken and lie with those slain by the sword. -- ezekiel 32:28 +. +"There also is Edom, its kings and all its princes, who for all their might are laid with those slain by the sword; they will lie with the uncircumcised and with those who go down to the pit. -- ezekiel 32:29 +. +"There also are the chiefs of the north, all of them, and all the Sidonians, who in spite of the terror resulting from their might, in shame went down with the slain. So they lay down uncircumcised with those slain by the sword and bore their disgrace with those who go down to the pit. -- ezekiel 32:30 +. +"These Pharaoh will see, and he will be comforted for all his hordes slain by the sword, even Pharaoh and all his army," declares the Lord GOD. -- ezekiel 32:31 +. +"Though I instilled a terror of him in the land of the living, yet he will be made to lie down among the uncircumcised along with those slain by the sword, even Pharaoh and all his hordes," declares the Lord GOD. -- ezekiel 32:32 +. +And the word of the LORD came to me, saying, -- ezekiel 33:1 +. +"Son of man, speak to the sons of your people and say to them, 'If I bring a sword upon a land, and the people of the land take one man from among them and make him their watchman, -- ezekiel 33:2 +. +and he sees the sword coming upon the land and blows on the trumpet and warns the people, -- ezekiel 33:3 +. +then he who hears the sound of the trumpet and does not take warning, and a sword comes and takes him away, his blood will be on his own head. -- ezekiel 33:4 +. +'He heard the sound of the trumpet but did not take warning; his blood will be on himself. But had he taken warning, he would have delivered his life. -- ezekiel 33:5 +. +'But if the watchman sees the sword coming and does not blow the trumpet and the people are not warned, and a sword comes and takes a person from them, he is taken away in his iniquity; but his blood I will require from the watchman's hand.' -- ezekiel 33:6 +. +"Now as for you, son of man, I have appointed you a watchman for the house of Israel; so you will hear a message from My mouth and give them warning from Me. -- ezekiel 33:7 +. +"When I say to the wicked, 'O wicked man, you will surely die,' and you do not speak to warn the wicked from his way, that wicked man shall die in his iniquity, but his blood I will require from your hand. -- ezekiel 33:8 +. +"But if you on your part warn a wicked man to turn from his way and he does not turn from his way, he will die in his iniquity, but you have delivered your life. -- ezekiel 33:9 +. +"Now as for you, son of man, say to the house of Israel, 'Thus you have spoken, saying, "Surely our transgressions and our sins are upon us, and we are rotting away in them; how then can we survive?"' -- ezekiel 33:10 +. +"Say to them, 'As I live!' declares the Lord GOD, 'I take no pleasure in the death of the wicked, but rather that the wicked turn from his way and live. Turn back, turn back from your evil ways! Why then will you die, O house of Israel?' -- ezekiel 33:11 +. +"And you, son of man, say to your fellow citizens, 'The righteousness of a righteous man will not deliver him in the day of his transgression, and as for the wickedness of the wicked, he will not stumble because of it in the day when he turns from his wickedness; whereas a righteous man will not be able to live by his righteousness on the day when he commits sin.' -- ezekiel 33:12 +. +"When I say to the righteous he will surely live, and he so trusts in his righteousness that he commits iniquity, none of his righteous deeds will be remembered; but in that same iniquity of his which he has committed he will die. -- ezekiel 33:13 +. +"But when I say to the wicked, 'You will surely die,' and he turns from his sin and practices justice and righteousness, -- ezekiel 33:14 +. +if a wicked man restores a pledge, pays back what he has taken by robbery, walks by the statutes which ensure life without committing iniquity, he shall surely live; he shall not die. -- ezekiel 33:15 +. +"None of his sins that he has committed will be remembered against him. He has practiced justice and righteousness; he shall surely live. -- ezekiel 33:16 +. +"Yet your fellow citizens say, 'The way of the Lord is not right,' when it is their own way that is not right. -- ezekiel 33:17 +. +"When the righteous turns from his righteousness and commits iniquity, then he shall die in it. -- ezekiel 33:18 +. +"But when the wicked turns from his wickedness and practices justice and righteousness, he will live by them. -- ezekiel 33:19 +. +"Yet you say, 'The way of the Lord is not right.' O house of Israel, I will judge each of you according to his ways." -- ezekiel 33:20 +. +Now in the twelfth year of our exile, on the fifth of the tenth month, the refugees from Jerusalem came to me, saying, "The city has been taken." -- ezekiel 33:21 +. +Now the hand of the LORD had been upon me in the evening, before the refugees came. And He opened my mouth at the time they came to me in the morning; so my mouth was opened and I was no longer speechless. -- ezekiel 33:22 +. +Then the word of the LORD came to me saying, -- ezekiel 33:23 +. +"Son of man, they who live in these waste places in the land of Israel are saying, 'Abraham was only one, yet he possessed the land; so to us who are many the land has been given as a possession.' -- ezekiel 33:24 +. +"Therefore say to them, 'Thus says the Lord GOD, "You eat meat with the blood in it, lift up your eyes to your idols as you shed blood. Should you then possess the land? -- ezekiel 33:25 +. +"You rely on your sword, you commit abominations and each of you defiles his neighbor's wife. Should you then possess the land?"' -- ezekiel 33:26 +. +"Thus you shall say to them, 'Thus says the Lord GOD, "As I live, surely those who are in the waste places will fall by the sword, and whoever is in the open field I will give to the beasts to be devoured, and those who are in the strongholds and in the caves will die of pestilence. -- ezekiel 33:27 +. +"I will make the land a desolation and a waste, and the pride of her power will cease; and the mountains of Israel will be desolate so that no one will pass through. -- ezekiel 33:28 +. +"Then they will know that I am the LORD, when I make the land a desolation and a waste because of all their abominations which they have committed."' -- ezekiel 33:29 +. +"But as for you, son of man, your fellow citizens who talk about you by the walls and in the doorways of the houses, speak to one another, each to his brother, saying, 'Come now and hear what the message is which comes forth from the LORD.' -- ezekiel 33:30 +. +"They come to you as people come, and sit before you as My people and hear your words, but they do not do them, for they do the lustful desires expressed by their mouth, and their heart goes after their gain. -- ezekiel 33:31 +. +"Behold, you are to them like a sensual song by one who has a beautiful voice and plays well on an instrument; for they hear your words but they do not practice them. -- ezekiel 33:32 +. +"So when it comes to pass--as surely it will--then they will know that a prophet has been in their midst." -- ezekiel 33:33 +. +Then the word of the LORD came to me saying, -- ezekiel 34:1 +. +"Son of man, prophesy against the shepherds of Israel. Prophesy and say to those shepherds, 'Thus says the Lord GOD, "Woe, shepherds of Israel who have been feeding themselves! Should not the shepherds feed the flock? -- ezekiel 34:2 +. +"You eat the fat and clothe yourselves with the wool, you slaughter the fat sheep without feeding the flock. -- ezekiel 34:3 +. +"Those who are sickly you have not strengthened, the diseased you have not healed, the broken you have not bound up, the scattered you have not brought back, nor have you sought for the lost; but with force and with severity you have dominated them. -- ezekiel 34:4 +. +"They were scattered for lack of a shepherd, and they became food for every beast of the field and were scattered. -- ezekiel 34:5 +. +"My flock wandered through all the mountains and on every high hill; My flock was scattered over all the surface of the earth, and there was no one to search or seek for them."'" -- ezekiel 34:6 +. +Therefore, you shepherds, hear the word of the LORD: -- ezekiel 34:7 +. +"As I live," declares the Lord GOD, "surely because My flock has become a prey, My flock has even become food for all the beasts of the field for lack of a shepherd, and My shepherds did not search for My flock, but rather the shepherds fed themselves and did not feed My flock; -- ezekiel 34:8 +. +therefore, you shepherds, hear the word of the LORD: -- ezekiel 34:9 +. +'Thus says the Lord GOD, "Behold, I am against the shepherds, and I will demand My sheep from them and make them cease from feeding sheep. So the shepherds will not feed themselves anymore, but I will deliver My flock from their mouth, so that they will not be food for them."'" -- ezekiel 34:10 +. +For thus says the Lord GOD, "Behold, I Myself will search for My sheep and seek them out. -- ezekiel 34:11 +. +"As a shepherd cares for his herd in the day when he is among his scattered sheep, so I will care for My sheep and will deliver them from all the places to which they were scattered on a cloudy and gloomy day. -- ezekiel 34:12 +. +"I will bring them out from the peoples and gather them from the countries and bring them to their own land; and I will feed them on the mountains of Israel, by the streams, and in all the inhabited places of the land. -- ezekiel 34:13 +. +"I will feed them in a good pasture, and their grazing ground will be on the mountain heights of Israel. There they will lie down on good grazing ground and feed in rich pasture on the mountains of Israel. -- ezekiel 34:14 +. +"I will feed My flock and I will lead them to rest," declares the Lord GOD. -- ezekiel 34:15 +. +"I will seek the lost, bring back the scattered, bind up the broken and strengthen the sick; but the fat and the strong I will destroy. I will feed them with judgment. -- ezekiel 34:16 +. +"As for you, My flock, thus says the Lord GOD, 'Behold, I will judge between one sheep and another, between the rams and the male goats. -- ezekiel 34:17 +. +'Is it too slight a thing for you that you should feed in the good pasture, that you must tread down with your feet the rest of your pastures? Or that you should drink of the clear waters, that you must foul the rest with your feet? -- ezekiel 34:18 +. +'As for My flock, they must eat what you tread down with your feet and drink what you foul with your feet!'" -- ezekiel 34:19 +. +Therefore, thus says the Lord GOD to them, "Behold, I, even I, will judge between the fat sheep and the lean sheep. -- ezekiel 34:20 +. +"Because you push with side and with shoulder, and thrust at all the weak with your horns until you have scattered them abroad, -- ezekiel 34:21 +. +therefore, I will deliver My flock, and they will no longer be a prey; and I will judge between one sheep and another. -- ezekiel 34:22 +. +"Then I will set over them one shepherd, My servant David, and he will feed them; he will feed them himself and be their shepherd. -- ezekiel 34:23 +. +"And I, the LORD, will be their God, and My servant David will be prince among them; I the LORD have spoken. -- ezekiel 34:24 +. +"I will make a covenant of peace with them and eliminate harmful beasts from the land so that they may live securely in the wilderness and sleep in the woods. -- ezekiel 34:25 +. +"I will make them and the places around My hill a blessing. And I will cause showers to come down in their season; they will be showers of blessing. -- ezekiel 34:26 +. +"Also the tree of the field will yield its fruit and the earth will yield its increase, and they will be secure on their land. Then they will know that I am the LORD, when I have broken the bars of their yoke and have delivered them from the hand of those who enslaved them. -- ezekiel 34:27 +. +"They will no longer be a prey to the nations, and the beasts of the earth will not devour them; but they will live securely, and no one will make them afraid. -- ezekiel 34:28 +. +"I will establish for them a renowned planting place, and they will not again be victims of famine in the land, and they will not endure the insults of the nations anymore. -- ezekiel 34:29 +. +"Then they will know that I, the LORD their God, am with them, and that they, the house of Israel, are My people," declares the Lord GOD. -- ezekiel 34:30 +. +"As for you, My sheep, the sheep of My pasture, you are men, and I am your God," declares the Lord GOD. -- ezekiel 34:31 +. +Moreover, the word of the LORD came to me saying, -- ezekiel 35:1 +. +"Son of man, set your face against Mount Seir, and prophesy against it -- ezekiel 35:2 +. +and say to it, 'Thus says the Lord GOD, "Behold, I am against you, Mount Seir, And I will stretch out My hand against you And make you a desolation and a waste. -- ezekiel 35:3 +. +"I will lay waste your cities And you will become a desolation. Then you will know that I am the LORD. -- ezekiel 35:4 +. +"Because you have had everlasting enmity and have delivered the sons of Israel to the power of the sword at the time of their calamity, at the time of the punishment of the end, -- ezekiel 35:5 +. +therefore as I live," declares the Lord GOD, "I will give you over to bloodshed, and bloodshed will pursue you; since you have not hated bloodshed, therefore bloodshed will pursue you. -- ezekiel 35:6 +. +"I will make Mount Seir a waste and a desolation and I will cut off from it the one who passes through and returns. -- ezekiel 35:7 +. +"I will fill its mountains with its slain; on your hills and in your valleys and in all your ravines those slain by the sword will fall. -- ezekiel 35:8 +. +"I will make you an everlasting desolation and your cities will not be inhabited. Then you will know that I am the LORD. -- ezekiel 35:9 +. +"Because you have said, 'These two nations and these two lands will be mine, and we will possess them,' although the LORD was there, -- ezekiel 35:10 +. +therefore as I live," declares the Lord GOD, "I will deal with you according to your anger and according to your envy which you showed because of your hatred against them; so I will make Myself known among them when I judge you. -- ezekiel 35:11 +. +"Then you will know that I, the LORD, have heard all your revilings which you have spoken against the mountains of Israel saying, 'They are laid desolate; they are given to us for food.' -- ezekiel 35:12 +. +"And you have spoken arrogantly against Me and have multiplied your words against Me; I have heard it." -- ezekiel 35:13 +. +'Thus says the Lord GOD, "As all the earth rejoices, I will make you a desolation. -- ezekiel 35:14 +. +"As you rejoiced over the inheritance of the house of Israel because it was desolate, so I will do to you. You will be a desolation, O Mount Seir, and all Edom, all of it. Then they will know that I am the LORD."' -- ezekiel 35:15 +. +"And you, son of man, prophesy to the mountains of Israel and say, 'O mountains of Israel, hear the word of the LORD. -- ezekiel 36:1 +. +'Thus says the Lord GOD, "Because the enemy has spoken against you, 'Aha!' and, 'The everlasting heights have become our possession,' -- ezekiel 36:2 +. +therefore prophesy and say, 'Thus says the Lord GOD, "For good reason they have made you desolate and crushed you from every side, that you would become a possession of the rest of the nations and you have been taken up in the talk and the whispering of the people."'" -- ezekiel 36:3 +. +'Therefore, O mountains of Israel, hear the word of the Lord GOD. Thus says the Lord GOD to the mountains and to the hills, to the ravines and to the valleys, to the desolate wastes and to the forsaken cities which have become a prey and a derision to the rest of the nations which are round about, -- ezekiel 36:4 +. +therefore thus says the Lord GOD, "Surely in the fire of My jealousy I have spoken against the rest of the nations, and against all Edom, who appropriated My land for themselves as a possession with wholehearted joy and with scorn of soul, to drive it out for a prey." -- ezekiel 36:5 +. +'Therefore prophesy concerning the land of Israel and say to the mountains and to the hills, to the ravines and to the valleys, "Thus says the Lord GOD, 'Behold, I have spoken in My jealousy and in My wrath because you have endured the insults of the nations.' -- ezekiel 36:6 +. +"Therefore thus says the Lord GOD, 'I have sworn that surely the nations which are around you will themselves endure their insults. -- ezekiel 36:7 +. +'But you, O mountains of Israel, you will put forth your branches and bear your fruit for My people Israel; for they will soon come. -- ezekiel 36:8 +. +'For, behold, I am for you, and I will turn to you, and you will be cultivated and sown. -- ezekiel 36:9 +. +'I will multiply men on you, all the house of Israel, all of it; and the cities will be inhabited and the waste places will be rebuilt. -- ezekiel 36:10 +. +'I will multiply on you man and beast; and they will increase and be fruitful; and I will cause you to be inhabited as you were formerly and will treat you better than at the first. Thus you will know that I am the LORD. -- ezekiel 36:11 +. +'Yes, I will cause men--My people Israel--to walk on you and possess you, so that you will become their inheritance and never again bereave them of children.' -- ezekiel 36:12 +. +"Thus says the Lord GOD, 'Because they say to you, "You are a devourer of men and have bereaved your nation of children," -- ezekiel 36:13 +. +therefore you will no longer devour men and no longer bereave your nation of children,' declares the Lord GOD. -- ezekiel 36:14 +. +"I will not let you hear insults from the nations anymore, nor will you bear disgrace from the peoples any longer, nor will you cause your nation to stumble any longer," declares the Lord GOD.'" -- ezekiel 36:15 +. +Then the word of the LORD came to me saying, -- ezekiel 36:16 +. +"Son of man, when the house of Israel was living in their own land, they defiled it by their ways and their deeds; their way before Me was like the uncleanness of a woman in her impurity. -- ezekiel 36:17 +. +"Therefore I poured out My wrath on them for the blood which they had shed on the land, because they had defiled it with their idols. -- ezekiel 36:18 +. +"Also I scattered them among the nations and they were dispersed throughout the lands. According to their ways and their deeds I judged them. -- ezekiel 36:19 +. +"When they came to the nations where they went, they profaned My holy name, because it was said of them, 'These are the people of the LORD; yet they have come out of His land.' -- ezekiel 36:20 +. +"But I had concern for My holy name, which the house of Israel had profaned among the nations where they went. -- ezekiel 36:21 +. +"Therefore say to the house of Israel, 'Thus says the Lord GOD, "It is not for your sake, O house of Israel, that I am about to act, but for My holy name, which you have profaned among the nations where you went. -- ezekiel 36:22 +. +"I will vindicate the holiness of My great name which has been profaned among the nations, which you have profaned in their midst. Then the nations will know that I am the LORD," declares the Lord GOD, "when I prove Myself holy among you in their sight. -- ezekiel 36:23 +. +"For I will take you from the nations, gather you from all the lands and bring you into your own land. -- ezekiel 36:24 +. +"Then I will sprinkle clean water on you, and you will be clean; I will cleanse you from all your filthiness and from all your idols. -- ezekiel 36:25 +. +"Moreover, I will give you a new heart and put a new spirit within you; and I will remove the heart of stone from your flesh and give you a heart of flesh. -- ezekiel 36:26 +. +"I will put My Spirit within you and cause you to walk in My statutes, and you will be careful to observe My ordinances. -- ezekiel 36:27 +. +"You will live in the land that I gave to your forefathers; so you will be My people, and I will be your God. -- ezekiel 36:28 +. +"Moreover, I will save you from all your uncleanness; and I will call for the grain and multiply it, and I will not bring a famine on you. -- ezekiel 36:29 +. +"I will multiply the fruit of the tree and the produce of the field, so that you will not receive again the disgrace of famine among the nations. -- ezekiel 36:30 +. +"Then you will remember your evil ways and your deeds that were not good, and you will loathe yourselves in your own sight for your iniquities and your abominations. -- ezekiel 36:31 +. +"I am not doing this for your sake," declares the Lord GOD, "let it be known to you. Be ashamed and confounded for your ways, O house of Israel!" -- ezekiel 36:32 +. +'Thus says the Lord GOD, "On the day that I cleanse you from all your iniquities, I will cause the cities to be inhabited, and the waste places will be rebuilt. -- ezekiel 36:33 +. +"The desolate land will be cultivated instead of being a desolation in the sight of everyone who passes by. -- ezekiel 36:34 +. +"They will say, 'This desolate land has become like the garden of Eden; and the waste, desolate and ruined cities are fortified and inhabited.' -- ezekiel 36:35 +. +"Then the nations that are left round about you will know that I, the LORD, have rebuilt the ruined places and planted that which was desolate; I, the LORD, have spoken and will do it." -- ezekiel 36:36 +. +'Thus says the Lord GOD, "This also I will let the house of Israel ask Me to do for them: I will increase their men like a flock. -- ezekiel 36:37 +. +"Like the flock for sacrifices, like the flock at Jerusalem during her appointed feasts, so will the waste cities be filled with flocks of men. Then they will know that I am the LORD."'" -- ezekiel 36:38 +. +The hand of the LORD was upon me, and He brought me out by the Spirit of the LORD and set me down in the middle of the valley; and it was full of bones. -- ezekiel 37:1 +. +He caused me to pass among them round about, and behold, there were very many on the surface of the valley; and lo, they were very dry. -- ezekiel 37:2 +. +He said to me, "Son of man, can these bones live?" And I answered, "O Lord GOD, You know." -- ezekiel 37:3 +. +Again He said to me, "Prophesy over these bones and say to them, 'O dry bones, hear the word of the LORD.' -- ezekiel 37:4 +. +"Thus says the Lord GOD to these bones, 'Behold, I will cause breath to enter you that you may come to life. -- ezekiel 37:5 +. +'I will put sinews on you, make flesh grow back on you, cover you with skin and put breath in you that you may come alive; and you will know that I am the LORD.'" -- ezekiel 37:6 +. +So I prophesied as I was commanded; and as I prophesied, there was a noise, and behold, a rattling; and the bones came together, bone to its bone. -- ezekiel 37:7 +. +And I looked, and behold, sinews were on them, and flesh grew and skin covered them; but there was no breath in them. -- ezekiel 37:8 +. +Then He said to me, "Prophesy to the breath, prophesy, son of man, and say to the breath, 'Thus says the Lord GOD, "Come from the four winds, O breath, and breathe on these slain, that they come to life."'" -- ezekiel 37:9 +. +So I prophesied as He commanded me, and the breath came into them, and they came to life and stood on their feet, an exceedingly great army. -- ezekiel 37:10 +. +Then He said to me, "Son of man, these bones are the whole house of Israel; behold, they say, 'Our bones are dried up and our hope has perished. We are completely cut off.' -- ezekiel 37:11 +. +"Therefore prophesy and say to them, 'Thus says the Lord GOD, "Behold, I will open your graves and cause you to come up out of your graves, My people; and I will bring you into the land of Israel. -- ezekiel 37:12 +. +"Then you will know that I am the LORD, when I have opened your graves and caused you to come up out of your graves, My people. -- ezekiel 37:13 +. +"I will put My Spirit within you and you will come to life, and I will place you on your own land. Then you will know that I, the LORD, have spoken and done it," declares the LORD.'" -- ezekiel 37:14 +. +The word of the LORD came again to me saying, -- ezekiel 37:15 +. +"And you, son of man, take for yourself one stick and write on it, 'For Judah and for the sons of Israel, his companions'; then take another stick and write on it, 'For Joseph, the stick of Ephraim and all the house of Israel, his companions.' -- ezekiel 37:16 +. +"Then join them for yourself one to another into one stick, that they may become one in your hand. -- ezekiel 37:17 +. +"When the sons of your people speak to you saying, 'Will you not declare to us what you mean by these?' -- ezekiel 37:18 +. +say to them, 'Thus says the Lord GOD, "Behold, I will take the stick of Joseph, which is in the hand of Ephraim, and the tribes of Israel, his companions; and I will put them with it, with the stick of Judah, and make them one stick, and they will be one in My hand."' -- ezekiel 37:19 +. +"The sticks on which you write will be in your hand before their eyes. -- ezekiel 37:20 +. +"Say to them, 'Thus says the Lord GOD, "Behold, I will take the sons of Israel from among the nations where they have gone, and I will gather them from every side and bring them into their own land; -- ezekiel 37:21 +. +and I will make them one nation in the land, on the mountains of Israel; and one king will be king for all of them; and they will no longer be two nations and no longer be divided into two kingdoms. -- ezekiel 37:22 +. +"They will no longer defile themselves with their idols, or with their detestable things, or with any of their transgressions; but I will deliver them from all their dwelling places in which they have sinned, and will cleanse them. And they will be My people, and I will be their God. -- ezekiel 37:23 +. +"My servant David will be king over them, and they will all have one shepherd; and they will walk in My ordinances and keep My statutes and observe them. -- ezekiel 37:24 +. +"They will live on the land that I gave to Jacob My servant, in which your fathers lived; and they will live on it, they, and their sons and their sons' sons, forever; and David My servant will be their prince forever. -- ezekiel 37:25 +. +"I will make a covenant of peace with them; it will be an everlasting covenant with them. And I will place them and multiply them, and will set My sanctuary in their midst forever. -- ezekiel 37:26 +. +"My dwelling place also will be with them; and I will be their God, and they will be My people. -- ezekiel 37:27 +. +"And the nations will know that I am the LORD who sanctifies Israel, when My sanctuary is in their midst forever."'" -- ezekiel 37:28 +. +And the word of the LORD came to me saying, -- ezekiel 38:1 +. +"Son of man, set your face toward Gog of the land of Magog, the prince of Rosh, Meshech and Tubal, and prophesy against him -- ezekiel 38:2 +. +and say, 'Thus says the Lord GOD, "Behold, I am against you, O Gog, prince of Rosh, Meshech and Tubal. -- ezekiel 38:3 +. +"I will turn you about and put hooks into your jaws, and I will bring you out, and all your army, horses and horsemen, all of them splendidly attired, a great company with buckler and shield, all of them wielding swords; -- ezekiel 38:4 +. +Persia, Ethiopia and Put with them, all of them with shield and helmet; -- ezekiel 38:5 +. +Gomer with all its troops; Beth-togarmah from the remote parts of the north with all its troops--many peoples with you. -- ezekiel 38:6 +. +"Be prepared, and prepare yourself, you and all your companies that are assembled about you, and be a guard for them. -- ezekiel 38:7 +. +"After many days you will be summoned; in the latter years you will come into the land that is restored from the sword, whose inhabitants have been gathered from many nations to the mountains of Israel which had been a continual waste; but its people were brought out from the nations, and they are living securely, all of them. -- ezekiel 38:8 +. +"You will go up, you will come like a storm; you will be like a cloud covering the land, you and all your troops, and many peoples with you." -- ezekiel 38:9 +. +'Thus says the Lord GOD, "It will come about on that day, that thoughts will come into your mind and you will devise an evil plan, -- ezekiel 38:10 +. +and you will say, 'I will go up against the land of unwalled villages. I will go against those who are at rest, that live securely, all of them living without walls and having no bars or gates, -- ezekiel 38:11 +. +to capture spoil and to seize plunder, to turn your hand against the waste places which are now inhabited, and against the people who are gathered from the nations, who have acquired cattle and goods, who live at the center of the world.' -- ezekiel 38:12 +. +"Sheba and Dedan and the merchants of Tarshish with all its villages will say to you, 'Have you come to capture spoil? Have you assembled your company to seize plunder, to carry away silver and gold, to take away cattle and goods, to capture great spoil?'"' -- ezekiel 38:13 +. +"Therefore prophesy, son of man, and say to Gog, 'Thus says the Lord GOD, "On that day when My people Israel are living securely, will you not know it? -- ezekiel 38:14 +. +"You will come from your place out of the remote parts of the north, you and many peoples with you, all of them riding on horses, a great assembly and a mighty army; -- ezekiel 38:15 +. +and you will come up against My people Israel like a cloud to cover the land. It shall come about in the last days that I will bring you against My land, so that the nations may know Me when I am sanctified through you before their eyes, O Gog." -- ezekiel 38:16 +. +'Thus says the Lord GOD, "Are you the one of whom I spoke in former days through My servants the prophets of Israel, who prophesied in those days for many years that I would bring you against them? -- ezekiel 38:17 +. +"It will come about on that day, when Gog comes against the land of Israel," declares the Lord GOD, "that My fury will mount up in My anger. -- ezekiel 38:18 +. +"In My zeal and in My blazing wrath I declare that on that day there will surely be a great earthquake in the land of Israel. -- ezekiel 38:19 +. +"The fish of the sea, the birds of the heavens, the beasts of the field, all the creeping things that creep on the earth, and all the men who are on the face of the earth will shake at My presence; the mountains also will be thrown down, the steep pathways will collapse and every wall will fall to the ground. -- ezekiel 38:20 +. +"I will call for a sword against him on all My mountains," declares the Lord GOD. "Every man's sword will be against his brother. -- ezekiel 38:21 +. +"With pestilence and with blood I will enter into judgment with him; and I will rain on him and on his troops, and on the many peoples who are with him, a torrential rain, with hailstones, fire and brimstone. -- ezekiel 38:22 +. +"I will magnify Myself, sanctify Myself, and make Myself known in the sight of many nations; and they will know that I am the LORD."' -- ezekiel 38:23 +. +"And you, son of man, prophesy against Gog and say, 'Thus says the Lord GOD, "Behold, I am against you, O Gog, prince of Rosh, Meshech and Tubal; -- ezekiel 39:1 +. +and I will turn you around, drive you on, take you up from the remotest parts of the north and bring you against the mountains of Israel. -- ezekiel 39:2 +. +"I will strike your bow from your left hand and dash down your arrows from your right hand. -- ezekiel 39:3 +. +"You will fall on the mountains of Israel, you and all your troops and the peoples who are with you; I will give you as food to every kind of predatory bird and beast of the field. -- ezekiel 39:4 +. +"You will fall on the open field; for it is I who have spoken," declares the Lord GOD. -- ezekiel 39:5 +. +"And I will send fire upon Magog and those who inhabit the coastlands in safety; and they will know that I am the LORD. -- ezekiel 39:6 +. +"My holy name I will make known in the midst of My people Israel; and I will not let My holy name be profaned anymore. And the nations will know that I am the LORD, the Holy One in Israel. -- ezekiel 39:7 +. +"Behold, it is coming and it shall be done," declares the Lord GOD. "That is the day of which I have spoken. -- ezekiel 39:8 +. +"Then those who inhabit the cities of Israel will go out and make fires with the weapons and burn them, both shields and bucklers, bows and arrows, war clubs and spears, and for seven years they will make fires of them. -- ezekiel 39:9 +. +"They will not take wood from the field or gather firewood from the forests, for they will make fires with the weapons; and they will take the spoil of those who despoiled them and seize the plunder of those who plundered them," declares the Lord GOD. -- ezekiel 39:10 +. +"On that day I will give Gog a burial ground there in Israel, the valley of those who pass by east of the sea, and it will block off those who would pass by. So they will bury Gog there with all his horde, and they will call it the valley of Hamon-gog. -- ezekiel 39:11 +. +"For seven months the house of Israel will be burying them in order to cleanse the land. -- ezekiel 39:12 +. +"Even all the people of the land will bury them; and it will be to their renown on the day that I glorify Myself," declares the Lord GOD. -- ezekiel 39:13 +. +"They will set apart men who will constantly pass through the land, burying those who were passing through, even those left on the surface of the ground, in order to cleanse it. At the end of seven months they will make a search. -- ezekiel 39:14 +. +"As those who pass through the land pass through and anyone sees a man's bone, then he will set up a marker by it until the buriers have buried it in the valley of Hamon-gog. -- ezekiel 39:15 +. +"And even the name of the city will be Hamonah. So they will cleanse the land."' -- ezekiel 39:16 +. +"As for you, son of man, thus says the Lord GOD, 'Speak to every kind of bird and to every beast of the field, "Assemble and come, gather from every side to My sacrifice which I am going to sacrifice for you, as a great sacrifice on the mountains of Israel, that you may eat flesh and drink blood. -- ezekiel 39:17 +. +"You will eat the flesh of mighty men and drink the blood of the princes of the earth, as though they were rams, lambs, goats and bulls, all of them fatlings of Bashan. -- ezekiel 39:18 +. +"So you will eat fat until you are glutted, and drink blood until you are drunk, from My sacrifice which I have sacrificed for you. -- ezekiel 39:19 +. +"You will be glutted at My table with horses and charioteers, with mighty men and all the men of war," declares the Lord GOD. -- ezekiel 39:20 +. +"And I will set My glory among the nations; and all the nations will see My judgment which I have executed and My hand which I have laid on them. -- ezekiel 39:21 +. +"And the house of Israel will know that I am the LORD their God from that day onward. -- ezekiel 39:22 +. +"The nations will know that the house of Israel went into exile for their iniquity because they acted treacherously against Me, and I hid My face from them; so I gave them into the hand of their adversaries, and all of them fell by the sword. -- ezekiel 39:23 +. +"According to their uncleanness and according to their transgressions I dealt with them, and I hid My face from them."'" -- ezekiel 39:24 +. +Therefore thus says the Lord GOD, "Now I will restore the fortunes of Jacob and have mercy on the whole house of Israel; and I will be jealous for My holy name. -- ezekiel 39:25 +. +"They will forget their disgrace and all their treachery which they perpetrated against Me, when they live securely on their own land with no one to make them afraid. -- ezekiel 39:26 +. +"When I bring them back from the peoples and gather them from the lands of their enemies, then I shall be sanctified through them in the sight of the many nations. -- ezekiel 39:27 +. +"Then they will know that I am the LORD their God because I made them go into exile among the nations, and then gathered them again to their own land; and I will leave none of them there any longer. -- ezekiel 39:28 +. +"I will not hide My face from them any longer, for I will have poured out My Spirit on the house of Israel," declares the Lord GOD. -- ezekiel 39:29 +. +In the twenty-fifth year of our exile, at the beginning of the year, on the tenth of the month, in the fourteenth year after the city was taken, on that same day the hand of the LORD was upon me and He brought me there. -- ezekiel 40:1 +. +In the visions of God He brought me into the land of Israel and set me on a very high mountain, and on it to the south there was a structure like a city. -- ezekiel 40:2 +. +So He brought me there; and behold, there was a man whose appearance was like the appearance of bronze, with a line of flax and a measuring rod in his hand; and he was standing in the gateway. -- ezekiel 40:3 +. +The man said to me, "Son of man, see with your eyes, hear with your ears, and give attention to all that I am going to show you; for you have been brought here in order to show it to you. Declare to the house of Israel all that you see." -- ezekiel 40:4 +. +And behold, there was a wall on the outside of the temple all around, and in the man's hand was a measuring rod of six cubits, each of which was a cubit and a handbreadth. So he measured the thickness of the wall, one rod; and the height, one rod. -- ezekiel 40:5 +. +Then he went to the gate which faced east, went up its steps and measured the threshold of the gate, one rod in width; and the other threshold was one rod in width. -- ezekiel 40:6 +. +The guardroom was one rod long and one rod wide; and there were five cubits between the guardrooms. And the threshold of the gate by the porch of the gate facing inward was one rod. -- ezekiel 40:7 +. +Then he measured the porch of the gate facing inward, one rod. -- ezekiel 40:8 +. +He measured the porch of the gate, eight cubits; and its side pillars, two cubits. And the porch of the gate was faced inward. -- ezekiel 40:9 +. +The guardrooms of the gate toward the east numbered three on each side; the three of them had the same measurement. The side pillars also had the same measurement on each side. -- ezekiel 40:10 +. +And he measured the width of the gateway, ten cubits, and the length of the gate, thirteen cubits. -- ezekiel 40:11 +. +There was a barrier wall one cubit wide in front of the guardrooms on each side; and the guardrooms were six cubits square on each side. -- ezekiel 40:12 +. +He measured the gate from the roof of the one guardroom to the roof of the other, a width of twenty-five cubits from one door to the door opposite. -- ezekiel 40:13 +. +He made the side pillars sixty cubits high; the gate extended round about to the side pillar of the courtyard. -- ezekiel 40:14 +. +From the front of the entrance gate to the front of the inner porch of the gate was fifty cubits. -- ezekiel 40:15 +. +There were shuttered windows looking toward the guardrooms, and toward their side pillars within the gate all around, and likewise for the porches. And there were windows all around inside; and on each side pillar were palm tree ornaments. -- ezekiel 40:16 +. +Then he brought me into the outer court, and behold, there were chambers and a pavement made for the court all around; thirty chambers faced the pavement. -- ezekiel 40:17 +. +The pavement (that is, the lower pavement) was by the side of the gates, corresponding to the length of the gates. -- ezekiel 40:18 +. +Then he measured the width from the front of the lower gate to the front of the exterior of the inner court, a hundred cubits on the east and on the north. -- ezekiel 40:19 +. +As for the gate of the outer court which faced the north, he measured its length and its width. -- ezekiel 40:20 +. +It had three guardrooms on each side; and its side pillars and its porches had the same measurement as the first gate. Its length was fifty cubits and the width twenty-five cubits. -- ezekiel 40:21 +. +Its windows and its porches and its palm tree ornaments had the same measurements as the gate which faced toward the east; and it was reached by seven steps, and its porch was in front of them. -- ezekiel 40:22 +. +The inner court had a gate opposite the gate on the north as well as the gate on the east; and he measured a hundred cubits from gate to gate. -- ezekiel 40:23 +. +Then he led me toward the south, and behold, there was a gate toward the south; and he measured its side pillars and its porches according to those same measurements. -- ezekiel 40:24 +. +The gate and its porches had windows all around like those other windows; the length was fifty cubits and the width twenty-five cubits. -- ezekiel 40:25 +. +There were seven steps going up to it, and its porches were in front of them; and it had palm tree ornaments on its side pillars, one on each side. -- ezekiel 40:26 +. +The inner court had a gate toward the south; and he measured from gate to gate toward the south, a hundred cubits. -- ezekiel 40:27 +. +Then he brought me to the inner court by the south gate; and he measured the south gate according to those same measurements. -- ezekiel 40:28 +. +Its guardrooms also, its side pillars and its porches were according to those same measurements. And the gate and its porches had windows all around; it was fifty cubits long and twenty-five cubits wide. -- ezekiel 40:29 +. +There were porches all around, twenty-five cubits long and five cubits wide. -- ezekiel 40:30 +. +Its porches were toward the outer court; and palm tree ornaments were on its side pillars, and its stairway had eight steps. -- ezekiel 40:31 +. +He brought me into the inner court toward the east. And he measured the gate according to those same measurements. -- ezekiel 40:32 +. +Its guardrooms also, its side pillars and its porches were according to those same measurements. And the gate and its porches had windows all around; it was fifty cubits long and twenty-five cubits wide. -- ezekiel 40:33 +. +Its porches were toward the outer court; and palm tree ornaments were on its side pillars, on each side, and its stairway had eight steps. -- ezekiel 40:34 +. +Then he brought me to the north gate; and he measured it according to those same measurements, -- ezekiel 40:35 +. +with its guardrooms, its side pillars and its porches. And the gate had windows all around; the length was fifty cubits and the width twenty-five cubits. -- ezekiel 40:36 +. +Its side pillars were toward the outer court; and palm tree ornaments were on its side pillars on each side, and its stairway had eight steps. -- ezekiel 40:37 +. +A chamber with its doorway was by the side pillars at the gates; there they rinse the burnt offering. -- ezekiel 40:38 +. +In the porch of the gate were two tables on each side, on which to slaughter the burnt offering, the sin offering and the guilt offering. -- ezekiel 40:39 +. +On the outer side, as one went up to the gateway toward the north, were two tables; and on the other side of the porch of the gate were two tables. -- ezekiel 40:40 +. +Four tables were on each side next to the gate; or, eight tables on which they slaughter sacrifices. -- ezekiel 40:41 +. +For the burnt offering there were four tables of hewn stone, a cubit and a half long, a cubit and a half wide and one cubit high, on which they lay the instruments with which they slaughter the burnt offering and the sacrifice. -- ezekiel 40:42 +. +The double hooks, one handbreadth in length, were installed in the house all around; and on the tables was the flesh of the offering. -- ezekiel 40:43 +. +From the outside to the inner gate were chambers for the singers in the inner court, one of which was at the side of the north gate, with its front toward the south, and one at the side of the south gate facing toward the north. -- ezekiel 40:44 +. +He said to me, "This is the chamber which faces toward the south, intended for the priests who keep charge of the temple; -- ezekiel 40:45 +. +but the chamber which faces toward the north is for the priests who keep charge of the altar. These are the sons of Zadok, who from the sons of Levi come near to the LORD to minister to Him." -- ezekiel 40:46 +. +He measured the court, a perfect square, a hundred cubits long and a hundred cubits wide; and the altar was in front of the temple. -- ezekiel 40:47 +. +Then he brought me to the porch of the temple and measured each side pillar of the porch, five cubits on each side; and the width of the gate was three cubits on each side. -- ezekiel 40:48 +. +The length of the porch was twenty cubits and the width eleven cubits; and at the stairway by which it was ascended were columns belonging to the side pillars, one on each side. -- ezekiel 40:49 +. +Then he brought me to the nave and measured the side pillars; six cubits wide on each side was the width of the side pillar. -- ezekiel 41:1 +. +The width of the entrance was ten cubits and the sides of the entrance were five cubits on each side. And he measured the length of the nave, forty cubits, and the width, twenty cubits. -- ezekiel 41:2 +. +Then he went inside and measured each side pillar of the doorway, two cubits, and the doorway, six cubits high; and the width of the doorway, seven cubits. -- ezekiel 41:3 +. +He measured its length, twenty cubits, and the width, twenty cubits, before the nave; and he said to me, "This is the most holy place." -- ezekiel 41:4 +. +Then he measured the wall of the temple, six cubits; and the width of the side chambers, four cubits, all around about the house on every side. -- ezekiel 41:5 +. +The side chambers were in three stories, one above another, and thirty in each story; and the side chambers extended to the wall which stood on their inward side all around, that they might be fastened, and not be fastened into the wall of the temple itself. -- ezekiel 41:6 +. +The side chambers surrounding the temple were wider at each successive story. Because the structure surrounding the temple went upward by stages on all sides of the temple, therefore the width of the temple increased as it went higher; and thus one went up from the lowest story to the highest by way of the second story. -- ezekiel 41:7 +. +I saw also that the house had a raised platform all around; the foundations of the side chambers were a full rod of six long cubits in height. -- ezekiel 41:8 +. +The thickness of the outer wall of the side chambers was five cubits. But the free space between the side chambers belonging to the temple -- ezekiel 41:9 +. +and the outer chambers was twenty cubits in width all around the temple on every side. -- ezekiel 41:10 +. +The doorways of the side chambers toward the free space consisted of one doorway toward the north and another doorway toward the south; and the width of the free space was five cubits all around. -- ezekiel 41:11 +. +The building that was in front of the separate area at the side toward the west was seventy cubits wide; and the wall of the building was five cubits thick all around, and its length was ninety cubits. -- ezekiel 41:12 +. +Then he measured the temple, a hundred cubits long; the separate area with the building and its walls were also a hundred cubits long. -- ezekiel 41:13 +. +Also the width of the front of the temple and that of the separate areas along the east side totaled a hundred cubits. -- ezekiel 41:14 +. +He measured the length of the building along the front of the separate area behind it, with a gallery on each side, a hundred cubits; he also measured the inner nave and the porches of the court. -- ezekiel 41:15 +. +The thresholds, the latticed windows and the galleries round about their three stories, opposite the threshold, were paneled with wood all around, and from the ground to the windows (but the windows were covered), -- ezekiel 41:16 +. +over the entrance, and to the inner house, and on the outside, and on all the wall all around inside and outside, by measurement. -- ezekiel 41:17 +. +It was carved with cherubim and palm trees; and a palm tree was between cherub and cherub, and every cherub had two faces, -- ezekiel 41:18 +. +a man's face toward the palm tree on one side and a young lion's face toward the palm tree on the other side; they were carved on all the house all around. -- ezekiel 41:19 +. +From the ground to above the entrance cherubim and palm trees were carved, as well as on the wall of the nave. -- ezekiel 41:20 +. +The doorposts of the nave were square; as for the front of the sanctuary, the appearance of one doorpost was like that of the other. -- ezekiel 41:21 +. +The altar was of wood, three cubits high and its length two cubits; its corners, its base and its sides were of wood. And he said to me, "This is the table that is before the LORD." -- ezekiel 41:22 +. +The nave and the sanctuary each had a double door. -- ezekiel 41:23 +. +Each of the doors had two leaves, two swinging leaves; two leaves for one door and two leaves for the other. -- ezekiel 41:24 +. +Also there were carved on them, on the doors of the nave, cherubim and palm trees like those carved on the walls; and there was a threshold of wood on the front of the porch outside. -- ezekiel 41:25 +. +There were latticed windows and palm trees on one side and on the other, on the sides of the porch; thus were the side chambers of the house and the thresholds. -- ezekiel 41:26 +. +Then he brought me out into the outer court, the way toward the north; and he brought me to the chamber which was opposite the separate area and opposite the building toward the north. -- ezekiel 42:1 +. +Along the length, which was a hundred cubits, was the north door; the width was fifty cubits. -- ezekiel 42:2 +. +Opposite the twenty cubits which belonged to the inner court, and opposite the pavement which belonged to the outer court, was gallery corresponding to gallery in three stories. -- ezekiel 42:3 +. +Before the chambers was an inner walk ten cubits wide, a way of one hundred cubits; and their openings were on the north. -- ezekiel 42:4 +. +Now the upper chambers were smaller because the galleries took more space away from them than from the lower and middle ones in the building. -- ezekiel 42:5 +. +For they were in three stories and had no pillars like the pillars of the courts; therefore the upper chambers were set back from the ground upward, more than the lower and middle ones. -- ezekiel 42:6 +. +As for the outer wall by the side of the chambers, toward the outer court facing the chambers, its length was fifty cubits. -- ezekiel 42:7 +. +For the length of the chambers which were in the outer court was fifty cubits; and behold, the length of those facing the temple was a hundred cubits. -- ezekiel 42:8 +. +Below these chambers was the entrance on the east side, as one enters them from the outer court. -- ezekiel 42:9 +. +In the thickness of the wall of the court toward the east, facing the separate area and facing the building, there were chambers. -- ezekiel 42:10 +. +The way in front of them was like the appearance of the chambers which were on the north, according to their length so was their width, and all their exits were both according to their arrangements and openings. -- ezekiel 42:11 +. +Corresponding to the openings of the chambers which were toward the south was an opening at the head of the way, the way in front of the wall toward the east, as one enters them. -- ezekiel 42:12 +. +Then he said to me, "The north chambers and the south chambers, which are opposite the separate area, they are the holy chambers where the priests who are near to the LORD shall eat the most holy things. There they shall lay the most holy things, the grain offering, the sin offering and the guilt offering; for the place is holy. -- ezekiel 42:13 +. +"When the priests enter, then they shall not go out into the outer court from the sanctuary without laying there their garments in which they minister, for they are holy. They shall put on other garments; then they shall approach that which is for the people." -- ezekiel 42:14 +. +Now when he had finished measuring the inner house, he brought me out by the way of the gate which faced toward the east and measured it all around. -- ezekiel 42:15 +. +He measured on the east side with the measuring reed five hundred reeds by the measuring reed. -- ezekiel 42:16 +. +He measured on the north side five hundred reeds by the measuring reed. -- ezekiel 42:17 +. +On the south side he measured five hundred reeds with the measuring reed. -- ezekiel 42:18 +. +He turned to the west side and measured five hundred reeds with the measuring reed. -- ezekiel 42:19 +. +He measured it on the four sides; it had a wall all around, the length five hundred and the width five hundred, to divide between the holy and the profane. -- ezekiel 42:20 +. +Then he led me to the gate, the gate facing toward the east; -- ezekiel 43:1 +. +and behold, the glory of the God of Israel was coming from the way of the east. And His voice was like the sound of many waters; and the earth shone with His glory. -- ezekiel 43:2 +. +And it was like the appearance of the vision which I saw, like the vision which I saw when He came to destroy the city. And the visions were like the vision which I saw by the river Chebar; and I fell on my face. -- ezekiel 43:3 +. +And the glory of the LORD came into the house by the way of the gate facing toward the east. -- ezekiel 43:4 +. +And the Spirit lifted me up and brought me into the inner court; and behold, the glory of the LORD filled the house. -- ezekiel 43:5 +. +Then I heard one speaking to me from the house, while a man was standing beside me. -- ezekiel 43:6 +. +He said to me, "Son of man, this is the place of My throne and the place of the soles of My feet, where I will dwell among the sons of Israel forever. And the house of Israel will not again defile My holy name, neither they nor their kings, by their harlotry and by the corpses of their kings when they die, -- ezekiel 43:7 +. +by setting their threshold by My threshold and their door post beside My door post, with only the wall between Me and them. And they have defiled My holy name by their abominations which they have committed. So I have consumed them in My anger. -- ezekiel 43:8 +. +"Now let them put away their harlotry and the corpses of their kings far from Me; and I will dwell among them forever. -- ezekiel 43:9 +. +"As for you, son of man, describe the temple to the house of Israel, that they may be ashamed of their iniquities; and let them measure the plan. -- ezekiel 43:10 +. +"If they are ashamed of all that they have done, make known to them the design of the house, its structure, its exits, its entrances, all its designs, all its statutes, and all its laws. And write it in their sight, so that they may observe its whole design and all its statutes and do them. -- ezekiel 43:11 +. +"This is the law of the house: its entire area on the top of the mountain all around shall be most holy. Behold, this is the law of the house. -- ezekiel 43:12 +. +"And these are the measurements of the altar by cubits (the cubit being a cubit and a handbreadth): the base shall be a cubit and the width a cubit, and its border on its edge round about one span; and this shall be the height of the base of the altar. -- ezekiel 43:13 +. +"From the base on the ground to the lower ledge shall be two cubits and the width one cubit; and from the smaller ledge to the larger ledge shall be four cubits and the width one cubit. -- ezekiel 43:14 +. +"The altar hearth shall be four cubits; and from the altar hearth shall extend upwards four horns. -- ezekiel 43:15 +. +"Now the altar hearth shall be twelve cubits long by twelve wide, square in its four sides. -- ezekiel 43:16 +. +"The ledge shall be fourteen cubits long by fourteen wide in its four sides, the border around it shall be half a cubit and its base shall be a cubit round about; and its steps shall face the east." -- ezekiel 43:17 +. +And He said to me, "Son of man, thus says the Lord GOD, 'These are the statutes for the altar on the day it is built, to offer burnt offerings on it and to sprinkle blood on it. -- ezekiel 43:18 +. +'You shall give to the Levitical priests who are from the offspring of Zadok, who draw near to Me to minister to Me,' declares the Lord GOD, 'a young bull for a sin offering. -- ezekiel 43:19 +. +'You shall take some of its blood and put it on its four horns and on the four corners of the ledge and on the border round about; thus you shall cleanse it and make atonement for it. -- ezekiel 43:20 +. +'You shall also take the bull for the sin offering, and it shall be burned in the appointed place of the house, outside the sanctuary. -- ezekiel 43:21 +. +'On the second day you shall offer a male goat without blemish for a sin offering, and they shall cleanse the altar as they cleansed it with the bull. -- ezekiel 43:22 +. +'When you have finished cleansing it, you shall present a young bull without blemish and a ram without blemish from the flock. -- ezekiel 43:23 +. +'You shall present them before the LORD, and the priests shall throw salt on them, and they shall offer them up as a burnt offering to the LORD. -- ezekiel 43:24 +. +'For seven days you shall prepare daily a goat for a sin offering; also a young bull and a ram from the flock, without blemish, shall be prepared. -- ezekiel 43:25 +. +'For seven days they shall make atonement for the altar and purify it; so shall they consecrate it. -- ezekiel 43:26 +. +'When they have completed the days, it shall be that on the eighth day and onward, the priests shall offer your burnt offerings on the altar, and your peace offerings; and I will accept you,' declares the Lord GOD." -- ezekiel 43:27 +. +Then He brought me back by the way of the outer gate of the sanctuary, which faces the east; and it was shut. -- ezekiel 44:1 +. +The LORD said to me, "This gate shall be shut; it shall not be opened, and no one shall enter by it, for the LORD God of Israel has entered by it; therefore it shall be shut. -- ezekiel 44:2 +. +"As for the prince, he shall sit in it as prince to eat bread before the LORD; he shall enter by way of the porch of the gate and shall go out by the same way." -- ezekiel 44:3 +. +Then He brought me by way of the north gate to the front of the house; and I looked, and behold, the glory of the LORD filled the house of the LORD, and I fell on my face. -- ezekiel 44:4 +. +The LORD said to me, "Son of man, mark well, see with your eyes and hear with your ears all that I say to you concerning all the statutes of the house of the LORD and concerning all its laws; and mark well the entrance of the house, with all exits of the sanctuary. -- ezekiel 44:5 +. +"You shall say to the rebellious ones, to the house of Israel, 'Thus says the Lord GOD, "Enough of all your abominations, O house of Israel, -- ezekiel 44:6 +. +when you brought in foreigners, uncircumcised in heart and uncircumcised in flesh, to be in My sanctuary to profane it, even My house, when you offered My food, the fat and the blood; for they made My covenant void--this in addition to all your abominations. -- ezekiel 44:7 +. +"And you have not kept charge of My holy things yourselves, but you have set foreigners to keep charge of My sanctuary." -- ezekiel 44:8 +. +'Thus says the Lord GOD, "No foreigner uncircumcised in heart and uncircumcised in flesh, of all the foreigners who are among the sons of Israel, shall enter My sanctuary. -- ezekiel 44:9 +. +"But the Levites who went far from Me when Israel went astray, who went astray from Me after their idols, shall bear the punishment for their iniquity. -- ezekiel 44:10 +. +"Yet they shall be ministers in My sanctuary, having oversight at the gates of the house and ministering in the house; they shall slaughter the burnt offering and the sacrifice for the people, and they shall stand before them to minister to them. -- ezekiel 44:11 +. +"Because they ministered to them before their idols and became a stumbling block of iniquity to the house of Israel, therefore I have sworn against them," declares the Lord GOD, "that they shall bear the punishment for their iniquity. -- ezekiel 44:12 +. +"And they shall not come near to Me to serve as a priest to Me, nor come near to any of My holy things, to the things that are most holy; but they will bear their shame and their abominations which they have committed. -- ezekiel 44:13 +. +"Yet I will appoint them to keep charge of the house, of all its service and of all that shall be done in it. -- ezekiel 44:14 +. +"But the Levitical priests, the sons of Zadok, who kept charge of My sanctuary when the sons of Israel went astray from Me, shall come near to Me to minister to Me; and they shall stand before Me to offer Me the fat and the blood," declares the Lord GOD. -- ezekiel 44:15 +. +"They shall enter My sanctuary; they shall come near to My table to minister to Me and keep My charge. -- ezekiel 44:16 +. +"It shall be that when they enter at the gates of the inner court, they shall be clothed with linen garments; and wool shall not be on them while they are ministering in the gates of the inner court and in the house. -- ezekiel 44:17 +. +"Linen turbans shall be on their heads and linen undergarments shall be on their loins; they shall not gird themselves with anything which makes them sweat. -- ezekiel 44:18 +. +"When they go out into the outer court, into the outer court to the people, they shall put off their garments in which they have been ministering and lay them in the holy chambers; then they shall put on other garments so that they will not transmit holiness to the people with their garments. -- ezekiel 44:19 +. +"Also they shall not shave their heads, yet they shall not let their locks grow long; they shall only trim the hair of their heads. -- ezekiel 44:20 +. +"Nor shall any of the priests drink wine when they enter the inner court. -- ezekiel 44:21 +. +"And they shall not marry a widow or a divorced woman but shall take virgins from the offspring of the house of Israel, or a widow who is the widow of a priest. -- ezekiel 44:22 +. +"Moreover, they shall teach My people the difference between the holy and the profane, and cause them to discern between the unclean and the clean. -- ezekiel 44:23 +. +"In a dispute they shall take their stand to judge; they shall judge it according to My ordinances. They shall also keep My laws and My statutes in all My appointed feasts and sanctify My sabbaths. -- ezekiel 44:24 +. +"They shall not go to a dead person to defile themselves; however, for father, for mother, for son, for daughter, for brother, or for a sister who has not had a husband, they may defile themselves. -- ezekiel 44:25 +. +"After he is cleansed, seven days shall elapse for him. -- ezekiel 44:26 +. +"On the day that he goes into the sanctuary, into the inner court to minister in the sanctuary, he shall offer his sin offering," declares the Lord GOD. -- ezekiel 44:27 +. +"And it shall be with regard to an inheritance for them, that I am their inheritance; and you shall give them no possession in Israel--I am their possession. -- ezekiel 44:28 +. +"They shall eat the grain offering, the sin offering and the guilt offering; and every devoted thing in Israel shall be theirs. -- ezekiel 44:29 +. +"The first of all the first fruits of every kind and every contribution of every kind, from all your contributions, shall be for the priests; you shall also give to the priest the first of your dough to cause a blessing to rest on your house. -- ezekiel 44:30 +. +"The priests shall not eat any bird or beast that has died a natural death or has been torn to pieces. -- ezekiel 44:31 +. +"And when you divide by lot the land for inheritance, you shall offer an allotment to the LORD, a holy portion of the land; the length shall be the length of 25,cubits, and the width shall be 20,000. It shall be holy within all its boundary round about. -- ezekiel 45:1 +. +"Out of this there shall be for the holy place a square round about five hundred by five hundred cubits, and fifty cubits for its open space round about. -- ezekiel 45:2 +. +"From this area you shall measure a length of 25,cubits and a width of 10,000 cubits; and in it shall be the sanctuary, the most holy place. -- ezekiel 45:3 +. +"It shall be the holy portion of the land; it shall be for the priests, the ministers of the sanctuary, who come near to minister to the LORD, and it shall be a place for their houses and a holy place for the sanctuary. -- ezekiel 45:4 +. +"An area 25,cubits in length and 10,000 in width shall be for the Levites, the ministers of the house, and for their possession cities to dwell in. -- ezekiel 45:5 +. +"You shall give the city possession of an area 5,cubits wide and 25,000 cubits long, alongside the allotment of the holy portion; it shall be for the whole house of Israel. -- ezekiel 45:6 +. +"The prince shall have land on either side of the holy allotment and the property of the city, adjacent to the holy allotment and the property of the city, on the west side toward the west and on the east side toward the east, and in length comparable to one of the portions, from the west border to the east border. -- ezekiel 45:7 +. +"This shall be his land for a possession in Israel; so My princes shall no longer oppress My people, but they shall give the rest of the land to the house of Israel according to their tribes." -- ezekiel 45:8 +. +'Thus says the Lord GOD, "Enough, you princes of Israel; put away violence and destruction, and practice justice and righteousness. Stop your expropriations from My people," declares the Lord GOD. -- ezekiel 45:9 +. +"You shall have just balances, a just ephah and a just bath. -- ezekiel 45:10 +. +"The ephah and the bath shall be the same quantity, so that the bath will contain a tenth of a homer and the ephah a tenth of a homer; their standard shall be according to the homer. -- ezekiel 45:11 +. +"The shekel shall be twenty gerahs; twenty shekels, twenty-five shekels, and fifteen shekels shall be your maneh. -- ezekiel 45:12 +. +"This is the offering that you shall offer: a sixth of an ephah from a homer of wheat; a sixth of an ephah from a homer of barley; -- ezekiel 45:13 +. +and the prescribed portion of oil (namely, the bath of oil), a tenth of a bath from each kor (which is ten baths or a homer, for ten baths are a homer); -- ezekiel 45:14 +. +and one sheep from each flock of two hundred from the watering places of Israel--for a grain offering, for a burnt offering and for peace offerings, to make atonement for them," declares the Lord GOD. -- ezekiel 45:15 +. +"All the people of the land shall give to this offering for the prince in Israel. -- ezekiel 45:16 +. +"It shall be the prince's part to provide the burnt offerings, the grain offerings and the drink offerings, at the feasts, on the new moons and on the sabbaths, at all the appointed feasts of the house of Israel; he shall provide the sin offering, the grain offering, the burnt offering and the peace offerings, to make atonement for the house of Israel." -- ezekiel 45:17 +. +'Thus says the Lord GOD, "In the first month, on the first of the month, you shall take a young bull without blemish and cleanse the sanctuary. -- ezekiel 45:18 +. +"The priest shall take some of the blood from the sin offering and put it on the door posts of the house, on the four corners of the ledge of the altar and on the posts of the gate of the inner court. -- ezekiel 45:19 +. +"Thus you shall do on the seventh day of the month for everyone who goes astray or is naive; so you shall make atonement for the house. -- ezekiel 45:20 +. +"In the first month, on the fourteenth day of the month, you shall have the Passover, a feast of seven days; unleavened bread shall be eaten. -- ezekiel 45:21 +. +"On that day the prince shall provide for himself and all the people of the land a bull for a sin offering. -- ezekiel 45:22 +. +"During the seven days of the feast he shall provide as a burnt offering to the LORD seven bulls and seven rams without blemish on every day of the seven days, and a male goat daily for a sin offering. -- ezekiel 45:23 +. +"He shall provide as a grain offering an ephah with a bull, an ephah with a ram and a hin of oil with an ephah. -- ezekiel 45:24 +. +"In the seventh month, on the fifteenth day of the month, at the feast, he shall provide like this, seven days for the sin offering, the burnt offering, the grain offering and the oil." -- ezekiel 45:25 +. +'Thus says the Lord GOD, "The gate of the inner court facing east shall be shut the six working days; but it shall be opened on the sabbath day and opened on the day of the new moon. -- ezekiel 46:1 +. +"The prince shall enter by way of the porch of the gate from outside and stand by the post of the gate. Then the priests shall provide his burnt offering and his peace offerings, and he shall worship at the threshold of the gate and then go out; but the gate shall not be shut until the evening. -- ezekiel 46:2 +. +"The people of the land shall also worship at the doorway of that gate before the LORD on the sabbaths and on the new moons. -- ezekiel 46:3 +. +"The burnt offering which the prince shall offer to the LORD on the sabbath day shall be six lambs without blemish and a ram without blemish; -- ezekiel 46:4 +. +and the grain offering shall be an ephah with the ram, and the grain offering with the lambs as much as he is able to give, and a hin of oil with an ephah. -- ezekiel 46:5 +. +"On the day of the new moon he shall offer a young bull without blemish, also six lambs and a ram, which shall be without blemish. -- ezekiel 46:6 +. +"And he shall provide a grain offering, an ephah with the bull and an ephah with the ram, and with the lambs as much as he is able, and a hin of oil with an ephah. -- ezekiel 46:7 +. +"When the prince enters, he shall go in by way of the porch of the gate and go out by the same way. -- ezekiel 46:8 +. +"But when the people of the land come before the LORD at the appointed feasts, he who enters by way of the north gate to worship shall go out by way of the south gate. And he who enters by way of the south gate shall go out by way of the north gate. No one shall return by way of the gate by which he entered but shall go straight out. -- ezekiel 46:9 +. +"When they go in, the prince shall go in among them; and when they go out, he shall go out. -- ezekiel 46:10 +. +"At the festivals and the appointed feasts the grain offering shall be an ephah with a bull and an ephah with a ram, and with the lambs as much as one is able to give, and a hin of oil with an ephah. -- ezekiel 46:11 +. +"When the prince provides a freewill offering, a burnt offering, or peace offerings as a freewill offering to the LORD, the gate facing east shall be opened for him. And he shall provide his burnt offering and his peace offerings as he does on the sabbath day. Then he shall go out, and the gate shall be shut after he goes out. -- ezekiel 46:12 +. +"And you shall provide a lamb a year old without blemish for a burnt offering to the LORD daily; morning by morning you shall provide it. -- ezekiel 46:13 +. +"Also you shall provide a grain offering with it morning by morning, a sixth of an ephah and a third of a hin of oil to moisten the fine flour, a grain offering to the LORD continually by a perpetual ordinance. -- ezekiel 46:14 +. +"Thus they shall provide the lamb, the grain offering and the oil, morning by morning, for a continual burnt offering." -- ezekiel 46:15 +. +'Thus says the Lord GOD, "If the prince gives a gift out of his inheritance to any of his sons, it shall belong to his sons; it is their possession by inheritance. -- ezekiel 46:16 +. +"But if he gives a gift from his inheritance to one of his servants, it shall be his until the year of liberty; then it shall return to the prince. His inheritance shall be only his sons'; it shall belong to them. -- ezekiel 46:17 +. +"The prince shall not take from the people's inheritance, thrusting them out of their possession; he shall give his sons inheritance from his own possession so that My people will not be scattered, anyone from his possession."'" -- ezekiel 46:18 +. +Then he brought me through the entrance, which was at the side of the gate, into the holy chambers for the priests, which faced north; and behold, there was a place at the extreme rear toward the west. -- ezekiel 46:19 +. +He said to me, "This is the place where the priests shall boil the guilt offering and the sin offering and where they shall bake the grain offering, in order that they may not bring them out into the outer court to transmit holiness to the people." -- ezekiel 46:20 +. +Then he brought me out into the outer court and led me across to the four corners of the court; and behold, in every corner of the court there was a small court. -- ezekiel 46:21 +. +In the four corners of the court there were enclosed courts, forty cubits long and thirty wide; these four in the corners were the same size. -- ezekiel 46:22 +. +There was a row of masonry round about in them, around the four of them, and boiling places were made under the rows round about. -- ezekiel 46:23 +. +Then he said to me, "These are the boiling places where the ministers of the house shall boil the sacrifices of the people." -- ezekiel 46:24 +. +Then he brought me back to the door of the house; and behold, water was flowing from under the threshold of the house toward the east, for the house faced east. And the water was flowing down from under, from the right side of the house, from south of the altar. -- ezekiel 47:1 +. +He brought me out by way of the north gate and led me around on the outside to the outer gate by way of the gate that faces east. And behold, water was trickling from the south side. -- ezekiel 47:2 +. +When the man went out toward the east with a line in his hand, he measured a thousand cubits, and he led me through the water, water reaching the ankles. -- ezekiel 47:3 +. +Again he measured a thousand and led me through the water, water reaching the knees. Again he measured a thousand and led me through the water, water reaching the loins. -- ezekiel 47:4 +. +Again he measured a thousand; and it was a river that I could not ford, for the water had risen, enough water to swim in, a river that could not be forded. -- ezekiel 47:5 +. +He said to me, "Son of man, have you seen this?" Then he brought me back to the bank of the river. -- ezekiel 47:6 +. +Now when I had returned, behold, on the bank of the river there were very many trees on the one side and on the other. -- ezekiel 47:7 +. +Then he said to me, "These waters go out toward the eastern region and go down into the Arabah; then they go toward the sea, being made to flow into the sea, and the waters of the sea become fresh. -- ezekiel 47:8 +. +"It will come about that every living creature which swarms in every place where the river goes, will live. And there will be very many fish, for these waters go there and the others become fresh; so everything will live where the river goes. -- ezekiel 47:9 +. +"And it will come about that fishermen will stand beside it; from Engedi to Eneglaim there will be a place for the spreading of nets. Their fish will be according to their kinds, like the fish of the Great Sea, very many. -- ezekiel 47:10 +. +"But its swamps and marshes will not become fresh; they will be left for salt. -- ezekiel 47:11 +. +"By the river on its bank, on one side and on the other, will grow all kinds of trees for food. Their leaves will not wither and their fruit will not fail. They will bear every month because their water flows from the sanctuary, and their fruit will be for food and their leaves for healing." -- ezekiel 47:12 +. +Thus says the Lord GOD, "This shall be the boundary by which you shall divide the land for an inheritance among the twelve tribes of Israel; Joseph shall have two portions. -- ezekiel 47:13 +. +"You shall divide it for an inheritance, each one equally with the other; for I swore to give it to your forefathers, and this land shall fall to you as an inheritance. -- ezekiel 47:14 +. +"This shall be the boundary of the land: on the north side, from the Great Sea by the way of Hethlon, to the entrance of Zedad; -- ezekiel 47:15 +. +Hamath, Berothah, Sibraim, which is between the border of Damascus and the border of Hamath; Hazer-hatticon, which is by the border of Hauran. -- ezekiel 47:16 +. +"The boundary shall extend from the sea to Hazar-enan at the border of Damascus, and on the north toward the north is the border of Hamath. This is the north side. -- ezekiel 47:17 +. +"The east side, from between Hauran, Damascus, Gilead and the land of Israel, shall be the Jordan; from the north border to the eastern sea you shall measure. This is the east side. -- ezekiel 47:18 +. +"The south side toward the south shall extend from Tamar as far as the waters of Meribath-kadesh, to the brook of Egypt and to the Great Sea. This is the south side toward the south. -- ezekiel 47:19 +. +"The west side shall be the Great Sea, from the south border to a point opposite Lebo-hamath. This is the west side. -- ezekiel 47:20 +. +"So you shall divide this land among yourselves according to the tribes of Israel. -- ezekiel 47:21 +. +"You shall divide it by lot for an inheritance among yourselves and among the aliens who stay in your midst, who bring forth sons in your midst. And they shall be to you as the native-born among the sons of Israel; they shall be allotted an inheritance with you among the tribes of Israel. -- ezekiel 47:22 +. +"And in the tribe with which the alien stays, there you shall give him his inheritance," declares the Lord GOD. -- ezekiel 47:23 +. +"Now these are the names of the tribes: from the northern extremity, beside the way of Hethlon to Lebo-hamath, as far as Hazar-enan at the border of Damascus, toward the north beside Hamath, running from east to west, Dan, one portion. -- ezekiel 48:1 +. +"Beside the border of Dan, from the east side to the west side, Asher, one portion. -- ezekiel 48:2 +. +"Beside the border of Asher, from the east side to the west side, Naphtali, one portion. -- ezekiel 48:3 +. +"Beside the border of Naphtali, from the east side to the west side, Manasseh, one portion. -- ezekiel 48:4 +. +"Beside the border of Manasseh, from the east side to the west side, Ephraim, one portion. -- ezekiel 48:5 +. +"Beside the border of Ephraim, from the east side to the west side, Reuben, one portion. -- ezekiel 48:6 +. +"Beside the border of Reuben, from the east side to the west side, Judah, one portion. -- ezekiel 48:7 +. +"And beside the border of Judah, from the east side to the west side, shall be the allotment which you shall set apart, 25,cubits in width, and in length like one of the portions, from the east side to the west side; and the sanctuary shall be in the middle of it. -- ezekiel 48:8 +. +"The allotment that you shall set apart to the LORD shall be 25,cubits in length and 10,000 in width. -- ezekiel 48:9 +. +"The holy allotment shall be for these, namely for the priests, toward the north 25,cubits in length, toward the west 10,000 in width, toward the east 10,000 in width, and toward the south 25,000 in length; and the sanctuary of the LORD shall be in its midst. -- ezekiel 48:10 +. +"It shall be for the priests who are sanctified of the sons of Zadok, who have kept My charge, who did not go astray when the sons of Israel went astray as the Levites went astray. -- ezekiel 48:11 +. +"It shall be an allotment to them from the allotment of the land, a most holy place, by the border of the Levites. -- ezekiel 48:12 +. +"Alongside the border of the priests the Levites shall have 25,cubits in length and 10,000 in width. The whole length shall be 25,000 cubits and the width 10,000. -- ezekiel 48:13 +. +"Moreover, they shall not sell or exchange any of it, or alienate this choice portion of land; for it is holy to the LORD. -- ezekiel 48:14 +. +"The remainder, 5,cubits in width and 25,000 in length, shall be for common use for the city, for dwellings and for open spaces; and the city shall be in its midst. -- ezekiel 48:15 +. +"These shall be its measurements: the north side 4,cubits, the south side 4,500 cubits, the east side 4,500 cubits, and the west side 4,500 cubits. -- ezekiel 48:16 +. +"The city shall have open spaces: on the north cubits, on the south 250 cubits, on the east 250 cubits, and on the west 250 cubits. -- ezekiel 48:17 +. +"The remainder of the length alongside the holy allotment shall be 10,cubits toward the east and 10,000 toward the west; and it shall be alongside the holy allotment. And its produce shall be food for the workers of the city. -- ezekiel 48:18 +. +"The workers of the city, out of all the tribes of Israel, shall cultivate it. -- ezekiel 48:19 +. +"The whole allotment shall be 25,by 25,000 cubits; you shall set apart the holy allotment, a square, with the property of the city. -- ezekiel 48:20 +. +"The remainder shall be for the prince, on the one side and on the other of the holy allotment and of the property of the city; in front of the 25,cubits of the allotment toward the east border and westward in front of the 25,000 toward the west border, alongside the portions, it shall be for the prince. And the holy allotment and the sanctuary of the house shall be in the middle of it. -- ezekiel 48:21 +. +"Exclusive of the property of the Levites and the property of the city, which are in the middle of that which belongs to the prince, everything between the border of Judah and the border of Benjamin shall be for the prince. -- ezekiel 48:22 +. +"As for the rest of the tribes: from the east side to the west side, Benjamin, one portion. -- ezekiel 48:23 +. +"Beside the border of Benjamin, from the east side to the west side, Simeon, one portion. -- ezekiel 48:24 +. +"Beside the border of Simeon, from the east side to the west side, Issachar, one portion. -- ezekiel 48:25 +. +"Beside the border of Issachar, from the east side to the west side, Zebulun, one portion. -- ezekiel 48:26 +. +"Beside the border of Zebulun, from the east side to the west side, Gad, one portion. -- ezekiel 48:27 +. +"And beside the border of Gad, at the south side toward the south, the border shall be from Tamar to the waters of Meribath-kadesh, to the brook of Egypt, to the Great Sea. -- ezekiel 48:28 +. +"This is the land which you shall divide by lot to the tribes of Israel for an inheritance, and these are their several portions," declares the Lord GOD. -- ezekiel 48:29 +. +"These are the exits of the city: on the north side, 4,cubits by measurement, -- ezekiel 48:30 +. +shall be the gates of the city, named for the tribes of Israel, three gates toward the north: the gate of Reuben, one; the gate of Judah, one; the gate of Levi, one. -- ezekiel 48:31 +. +"On the east side, 4,cubits, shall be three gates: the gate of Joseph, one; the gate of Benjamin, one; the gate of Dan, one. -- ezekiel 48:32 +. +"On the south side, 4,cubits by measurement, shall be three gates: the gate of Simeon, one; the gate of Issachar, one; the gate of Zebulun, one. -- ezekiel 48:33 +. +"On the west side, 4,cubits, shall be three gates: the gate of Gad, one; the gate of Asher, one; the gate of Naphtali, one. -- ezekiel 48:34 +. +"The city shall be 18,cubits round about; and the name of the city from that day shall be, 'The LORD is there.'" -- ezekiel 48:35 +. +In the third year of the reign of Jehoiakim king of Judah, Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon came to Jerusalem and besieged it. -- daniel 1:1 +. +The Lord gave Jehoiakim king of Judah into his hand, along with some of the vessels of the house of God; and he brought them to the land of Shinar, to the house of his god, and he brought the vessels into the treasury of his god. -- daniel 1:2 +. +Then the king ordered Ashpenaz, the chief of his officials, to bring in some of the sons of Israel, including some of the royal family and of the nobles, -- daniel 1:3 +. +youths in whom was no defect, who were good-looking, showing intelligence in every branch of wisdom, endowed with understanding and discerning knowledge, and who had ability for serving in the king's court; and he ordered him to teach them the literature and language of the Chaldeans. -- daniel 1:4 +. +The king appointed for them a daily ration from the king's choice food and from the wine which he drank, and appointed that they should be educated three years, at the end of which they were to enter the king's personal service. -- daniel 1:5 +. +Now among them from the sons of Judah were Daniel, Hananiah, Mishael and Azariah. -- daniel 1:6 +. +Then the commander of the officials assigned new names to them; and to Daniel he assigned the name Belteshazzar, to Hananiah Shadrach, to Mishael Meshach and to Azariah Abed-nego. -- daniel 1:7 +. +But Daniel made up his mind that he would not defile himself with the king's choice food or with the wine which he drank; so he sought permission from the commander of the officials that he might not defile himself. -- daniel 1:8 +. +Now God granted Daniel favor and compassion in the sight of the commander of the officials, -- daniel 1:9 +. +and the commander of the officials said to Daniel, "I am afraid of my lord the king, who has appointed your food and your drink; for why should he see your faces looking more haggard than the youths who are your own age? Then you would make me forfeit my head to the king." -- daniel 1:10 +. +But Daniel said to the overseer whom the commander of the officials had appointed over Daniel, Hananiah, Mishael and Azariah, -- daniel 1:11 +. +"Please test your servants for ten days, and let us be given some vegetables to eat and water to drink. -- daniel 1:12 +. +"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." -- daniel 1:13 +. +So he listened to them in this matter and tested them for ten days. -- daniel 1:14 +. +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. -- daniel 1:15 +. +So the overseer continued to withhold their choice food and the wine they were to drink, and kept giving them vegetables. -- daniel 1:16 +. +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. -- daniel 1:17 +. +Then at the end of the days which the king had specified for presenting them, the commander of the officials presented them before Nebuchadnezzar. -- daniel 1:18 +. +The king talked with them, and out of them all not one was found like Daniel, Hananiah, Mishael and Azariah; so they entered the king's personal service. -- daniel 1:19 +. +As for every matter of wisdom and understanding about which the king consulted them, he found them ten times better than all the magicians and conjurers who were in all his realm. -- daniel 1:20 +. +And Daniel continued until the first year of Cyrus the king. -- daniel 1:21 +. +Now in the second year of the reign of Nebuchadnezzar, Nebuchadnezzar had dreams; and his spirit was troubled and his sleep left him. -- daniel 2:1 +. +Then the king gave orders to call in the magicians, the conjurers, the sorcerers and the Chaldeans to tell the king his dreams. So they came in and stood before the king. -- daniel 2:2 +. +The king said to them, "I had a dream and my spirit is anxious to understand the dream." -- daniel 2:3 +. +Then the Chaldeans spoke to the king in Aramaic: "O king, live forever! Tell the dream to your servants, and we will declare the interpretation." -- daniel 2:4 +. +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. -- daniel 2:5 +. +"But if you declare the dream and its interpretation, you will receive from me gifts and a reward and great honor; therefore declare to me the dream and its interpretation." -- daniel 2:6 +. +They answered a second time and said, "Let the king tell the dream to his servants, and we will declare the interpretation." -- daniel 2:7 +. +The king replied, "I know for certain that you are bargaining for time, inasmuch as you have seen that the command from me is firm, -- daniel 2:8 +. +that if you do not make the dream known to me, there is only one decree for you. For you have agreed together to speak lying and corrupt words before me until the situation is changed; therefore tell me the dream, that I may know that you can declare to me its interpretation." -- daniel 2:9 +. +The Chaldeans answered the king and said, "There is not a man on earth who could declare the matter for the king, inasmuch as no great king or ruler has ever asked anything like this of any magician, conjurer or Chaldean. -- daniel 2:10 +. +"Moreover, the thing which the king demands is difficult, and there is no one else who could declare it to the king except gods, whose dwelling place is not with mortal flesh." -- daniel 2:11 +. +Because of this the king became indignant and very furious and gave orders to destroy all the wise men of Babylon. -- daniel 2:12 +. +So the decree went forth that the wise men should be slain; and they looked for Daniel and his friends to kill them. -- daniel 2:13 +. +Then Daniel replied with discretion and discernment to Arioch, the captain of the king's bodyguard, who had gone forth to slay the wise men of Babylon; -- daniel 2:14 +. +he said to Arioch, the king's commander, "For what reason is the decree from the king so urgent?" Then Arioch informed Daniel about the matter. -- daniel 2:15 +. +So Daniel went in and requested of the king that he would give him time, in order that he might declare the interpretation to the king. -- daniel 2:16 +. +Then Daniel went to his house and informed his friends, Hananiah, Mishael and Azariah, about the matter, -- daniel 2:17 +. +so that they might request compassion from the God of heaven concerning this mystery, so that Daniel and his friends would not be destroyed with the rest of the wise men of Babylon. -- daniel 2:18 +. +Then the mystery was revealed to Daniel in a night vision. Then Daniel blessed the God of heaven; -- daniel 2:19 +. +Daniel said, "Let the name of God be blessed forever and ever, For wisdom and power belong to Him. -- daniel 2:20 +. +"It is He who changes the times and the epochs; He removes kings and establishes kings; He gives wisdom to wise men And knowledge to men of understanding. -- daniel 2:21 +. +"It is He who reveals the profound and hidden things; He knows what is in the darkness, And the light dwells with Him. -- daniel 2:22 +. +"To You, O God of my fathers, I give thanks and praise, For You have given me wisdom and power; Even now You have made known to me what we requested of You, For You have made known to us the king's matter." -- daniel 2:23 +. +Therefore, Daniel went in to Arioch, whom the king had appointed to destroy the wise men of Babylon; he went and spoke to him as follows: "Do not destroy the wise men of Babylon! Take me into the king's presence, and I will declare the interpretation to the king." -- daniel 2:24 +. +Then Arioch hurriedly brought Daniel into the king's presence and spoke to him as follows: "I have found a man among the exiles from Judah who can make the interpretation known to the king!" -- daniel 2:25 +. +The king said to Daniel, whose name was Belteshazzar, "Are you able to make known to me the dream which I have seen and its interpretation?" -- daniel 2:26 +. +Daniel answered before the king and said, "As for the mystery about which the king has inquired, neither wise men, conjurers, magicians nor diviners are able to declare it to the king. -- daniel 2:27 +. +"However, there is a God in heaven who reveals mysteries, and He has made known to King Nebuchadnezzar what will take place in the latter days. This was your dream and the visions in your mind while on your bed. -- daniel 2:28 +. +"As for you, O king, while on your bed your thoughts turned to what would take place in the future; and He who reveals mysteries has made known to you what will take place. -- daniel 2:29 +. +"But as for me, this mystery has not been revealed to me for any wisdom residing in me more than in any other living man, but for the purpose of making the interpretation known to the king, and that you may understand the thoughts of your mind. -- daniel 2:30 +. +"You, O king, were looking and behold, there was a single great statue; that statue, which was large and of extraordinary splendor, was standing in front of you, and its appearance was awesome. -- daniel 2:31 +. +"The head of that statue was made of fine gold, its breast and its arms of silver, its belly and its thighs of bronze, -- daniel 2:32 +. +its legs of iron, its feet partly of iron and partly of clay. -- daniel 2:33 +. +"You continued looking until a stone was cut out without hands, and it struck the statue on its feet of iron and clay and crushed them. -- daniel 2:34 +. +"Then the iron, the clay, the bronze, the silver and the gold were crushed all at the same time and became like chaff from the summer threshing floors; and the wind carried them away so that not a trace of them was found. But the stone that struck the statue became a great mountain and filled the whole earth. -- daniel 2:35 +. +"This was the dream; now we will tell its interpretation before the king. -- daniel 2:36 +. +"You, O king, are the king of kings, to whom the God of heaven has given the kingdom, the power, the strength and the glory; -- daniel 2:37 +. +and wherever the sons of men dwell, or the beasts of the field, or the birds of the sky, He has given them into your hand and has caused you to rule over them all. You are the head of gold. -- daniel 2:38 +. +"After you there will arise another kingdom inferior to you, then another third kingdom of bronze, which will rule over all the earth. -- daniel 2:39 +. +"Then there will be a fourth kingdom as strong as iron; inasmuch as iron crushes and shatters all things, so, like iron that breaks in pieces, it will crush and break all these in pieces. -- daniel 2:40 +. +"In that you saw the feet and toes, partly of potter's clay and partly of iron, it will be a divided kingdom; but it will have in it the toughness of iron, inasmuch as you saw the iron mixed with common clay. -- daniel 2:41 +. +"As the toes of the feet were partly of iron and partly of pottery, so some of the kingdom will be strong and part of it will be brittle. -- daniel 2:42 +. +"And in that you saw the iron mixed with common clay, they will combine with one another in the seed of men; but they will not adhere to one another, even as iron does not combine with pottery. -- daniel 2:43 +. +"In the days of those kings the God of heaven will set up a kingdom which will never be destroyed, and that kingdom will not be left for another people; it will crush and put an end to all these kingdoms, but it will itself endure forever. -- daniel 2:44 +. +"Inasmuch as you saw that a stone was cut out of the mountain without hands and that it crushed the iron, the bronze, the clay, the silver and the gold, the great God has made known to the king what will take place in the future; so the dream is true and its interpretation is trustworthy." -- daniel 2:45 +. +Then King Nebuchadnezzar fell on his face and did homage to Daniel, and gave orders to present to him an offering and fragrant incense. -- daniel 2:46 +. +The king answered Daniel and said, "Surely your God is a God of gods and a Lord of kings and a revealer of mysteries, since you have been able to reveal this mystery." -- daniel 2:47 +. +Then the king promoted Daniel and gave him many great gifts, and he made him ruler over the whole province of Babylon and chief prefect over all the wise men of Babylon. -- daniel 2:48 +. +And Daniel made request of the king, and he appointed Shadrach, Meshach and Abed-nego over the administration of the province of Babylon, while Daniel was at the king's court. -- daniel 2:49 +. +Nebuchadnezzar the king made an image of gold, the height of which was sixty cubits and its width six cubits; he set it up on the plain of Dura in the province of Babylon. -- daniel 3:1 +. +Then Nebuchadnezzar the king sent word to assemble the satraps, the prefects and the governors, the counselors, the treasurers, the judges, the magistrates and all the rulers of the provinces to come to the dedication of the image that Nebuchadnezzar the king had set up. -- daniel 3:2 +. +Then the satraps, the prefects and the governors, the counselors, the treasurers, the judges, the magistrates and all the rulers of the provinces were assembled for the dedication of the image that Nebuchadnezzar the king had set up; and they stood before the image that Nebuchadnezzar had set up. -- daniel 3:3 +. +Then the herald loudly proclaimed: "To you the command is given, O peoples, nations and men of every language, -- daniel 3:4 +. +that at the moment you hear the sound of the horn, flute, lyre, trigon, psaltery, bagpipe and all kinds of music, you are to fall down and worship the golden image that Nebuchadnezzar the king has set up. -- daniel 3:5 +. +"But whoever does not fall down and worship shall immediately be cast into the midst of a furnace of blazing fire." -- daniel 3:6 +. +Therefore at that time, when all the peoples heard the sound of the horn, flute, lyre, trigon, psaltery, bagpipe and all kinds of music, all the peoples, nations and men of every language fell down and worshiped the golden image that Nebuchadnezzar the king had set up. -- daniel 3:7 +. +For this reason at that time certain Chaldeans came forward and brought charges against the Jews. -- daniel 3:8 +. +They responded and said to Nebuchadnezzar the king: "O king, live forever! -- daniel 3:9 +. +"You, O king, have made a decree that every man who hears the sound of the horn, flute, lyre, trigon, psaltery, and bagpipe and all kinds of music, is to fall down and worship the golden image. -- daniel 3:10 +. +"But whoever does not fall down and worship shall be cast into the midst of a furnace of blazing fire. -- daniel 3:11 +. +"There are certain Jews whom you have appointed over the administration of the province of Babylon, namely Shadrach, Meshach and Abed-nego. These men, O king, have disregarded you; they do not serve your gods or worship the golden image which you have set up." -- daniel 3:12 +. +Then Nebuchadnezzar in rage and anger gave orders to bring Shadrach, Meshach and Abed-nego; then these men were brought before the king. -- daniel 3:13 +. +Nebuchadnezzar responded and said to them, "Is it true, Shadrach, Meshach and Abed-nego, that you do not serve my gods or worship the golden image that I have set up? -- daniel 3:14 +. +"Now if you are ready, at the moment you hear the sound of the horn, flute, lyre, trigon, psaltery and bagpipe and all kinds of music, to fall down and worship the image that I have made, very well. But if you do not worship, you will immediately be cast into the midst of a furnace of blazing fire; and what god is there who can deliver you out of my hands?" -- daniel 3:15 +. +Shadrach, Meshach and Abed-nego replied to the king, "O Nebuchadnezzar, we do not need to give you an answer concerning this matter. -- daniel 3:16 +. +"If it be so, our God whom we serve is able to deliver us from the furnace of blazing fire; and He will deliver us out of your hand, O king. -- daniel 3:17 +. +"But even if He does not, let it be known to you, O king, that we are not going to serve your gods or worship the golden image that you have set up." -- daniel 3:18 +. +Then Nebuchadnezzar was filled with wrath, and his facial expression was altered toward Shadrach, Meshach and Abed-nego. He answered by giving orders to heat the furnace seven times more than it was usually heated. -- daniel 3:19 +. +He commanded certain valiant warriors who were in his army to tie up Shadrach, Meshach and Abed-nego in order to cast them into the furnace of blazing fire. -- daniel 3:20 +. +Then these men were tied up in their trousers, their coats, their caps and their other clothes, and were cast into the midst of the furnace of blazing fire. -- daniel 3:21 +. +For this reason, because the king's command was urgent and the furnace had been made extremely hot, the flame of the fire slew those men who carried up Shadrach, Meshach and Abed-nego. -- daniel 3:22 +. +But these three men, Shadrach, Meshach and Abed-nego, fell into the midst of the furnace of blazing fire still tied up. -- daniel 3:23 +. +Then Nebuchadnezzar the king was astounded and stood up in haste; he said to his high officials, "Was it not three men we cast bound into the midst of the fire?" They replied to the king, "Certainly, O king." -- daniel 3:24 +. +He said, "Look! I see four men loosed and walking about in the midst of the fire without harm, and the appearance of the fourth is like a son of the gods!" -- daniel 3:25 +. +Then Nebuchadnezzar came near to the door of the furnace of blazing fire; he responded and said, "Shadrach, Meshach and Abed-nego, come out, you servants of the Most High God, and come here!" Then Shadrach, Meshach and Abed-nego came out of the midst of the fire. -- daniel 3:26 +. +The satraps, the prefects, the governors and the king's high officials gathered around and saw in regard to these men that the fire had no effect on the bodies of these men nor was the hair of their head singed, nor were their trousers damaged, nor had the smell of fire even come upon them. -- daniel 3:27 +. +Nebuchadnezzar responded and said, "Blessed be the God of Shadrach, Meshach and Abed-nego, who has sent His angel and delivered His servants who put their trust in Him, violating the king's command, and yielded up their bodies so as not to serve or worship any god except their own God. -- daniel 3:28 +. +"Therefore I make a decree that any people, nation or tongue that speaks anything offensive against the God of Shadrach, Meshach and Abed-nego shall be torn limb from limb and their houses reduced to a rubbish heap, inasmuch as there is no other god who is able to deliver in this way." -- daniel 3:29 +. +Then the king caused Shadrach, Meshach and Abed-nego to prosper in the province of Babylon. -- daniel 3:30 +. +Nebuchadnezzar the king to all the peoples, nations, and men of every language that live in all the earth: "May your peace abound! -- daniel 4:1 +. +"It has seemed good to me to declare the signs and wonders which the Most High God has done for me. -- daniel 4:2 +. +"How great are His signs And how mighty are His wonders! His kingdom is an everlasting kingdom And His dominion is from generation to generation. -- daniel 4:3 +. +"I, Nebuchadnezzar, was at ease in my house and flourishing in my palace. -- daniel 4:4 +. +"I saw a dream and it made me fearful; and these fantasies as I lay on my bed and the visions in my mind kept alarming me. -- daniel 4:5 +. +"So I gave orders to bring into my presence all the wise men of Babylon, that they might make known to me the interpretation of the dream. -- daniel 4:6 +. +"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. -- daniel 4:7 +. +"But finally Daniel came in before me, whose name is Belteshazzar according to the name of my god, and in whom is a spirit of the holy gods; and I related the dream to him, saying, -- daniel 4:8 +. +'O Belteshazzar, chief of the magicians, since I know that a spirit of the holy gods is in you and no mystery baffles you, tell me the visions of my dream which I have seen, along with its interpretation. -- daniel 4:9 +. +'Now these were the visions in my mind as I lay on my bed: I was looking, and behold, there was a tree in the midst of the earth and its height was great. -- daniel 4:10 +. +'The tree grew large and became strong And its height reached to the sky, And it was visible to the end of the whole earth. -- daniel 4:11 +. +'Its foliage was beautiful and its fruit abundant, And in it was food for all. The beasts of the field found shade under it, And the birds of the sky dwelt in its branches, And all living creatures fed themselves from it. -- daniel 4:12 +. +'I was looking in the visions in my mind as I lay on my bed, and behold, an angelic watcher, a holy one, descended from heaven. -- daniel 4:13 +. +'He shouted out and spoke as follows: "Chop down the tree and cut off its branches, Strip off its foliage and scatter its fruit; Let the beasts flee from under it And the birds from its branches. -- daniel 4:14 +. +"Yet leave the stump with its roots in the ground, But with a band of iron and bronze around it In the new grass of the field; And let him be drenched with the dew of heaven, And let him share with the beasts in the grass of the earth. -- daniel 4:15 +. +"Let his mind be changed from that of a man And let a beast's mind be given to him, And let seven periods of time pass over him. -- daniel 4:16 +. +"This sentence is by the decree of the angelic watchers And the decision is a command of the holy ones, In order that the living may know That the Most High is ruler over the realm of mankind, And bestows it on whom He wishes And sets over it the lowliest of men." -- daniel 4:17 +. +'This is the dream which I, King Nebuchadnezzar, have seen. Now you, Belteshazzar, tell me its interpretation, inasmuch as none of the wise men of my kingdom is able to make known to me the interpretation; but you are able, for a spirit of the holy gods is in you.' -- daniel 4:18 +. +"Then Daniel, whose name is Belteshazzar, was appalled for a while as his thoughts alarmed him. The king responded and said, 'Belteshazzar, do not let the dream or its interpretation alarm you.' Belteshazzar replied, 'My lord, if only the dream applied to those who hate you and its interpretation to your adversaries! -- daniel 4:19 +. +'The tree that you saw, which became large and grew strong, whose height reached to the sky and was visible to all the earth -- daniel 4:20 +. +and whose foliage was beautiful and its fruit abundant, and in which was food for all, under which the beasts of the field dwelt and in whose branches the birds of the sky lodged-- -- daniel 4:21 +. +it is you, O king; for you have become great and grown strong, and your majesty has become great and reached to the sky and your dominion to the end of the earth. -- daniel 4:22 +. +'In that the king saw an angelic watcher, a holy one, descending from heaven and saying, "Chop down the tree and destroy it; yet leave the stump with its roots in the ground, but with a band of iron and bronze around it in the new grass of the field, and let him be drenched with the dew of heaven, and let him share with the beasts of the field until seven periods of time pass over him," -- daniel 4:23 +. +this is the interpretation, O king, and this is the decree of the Most High, which has come upon my lord the king: -- daniel 4:24 +. +that you be driven away from mankind and your dwelling place be with the beasts of the field, and you be given grass to eat like cattle and be drenched with the dew of heaven; and seven periods of time will pass over you, until you recognize that the Most High is ruler over the realm of mankind and bestows it on whomever He wishes. -- daniel 4:25 +. +'And in that it was commanded to leave the stump with the roots of the tree, your kingdom will be assured to you after you recognize that it is Heaven that rules. -- daniel 4:26 +. +'Therefore, O king, may my advice be pleasing to you: break away now from your sins by doing righteousness and from your iniquities by showing mercy to the poor, in case there may be a prolonging of your prosperity.' -- daniel 4:27 +. +"All this happened to Nebuchadnezzar the king. -- daniel 4:28 +. +"Twelve months later he was walking on the roof of the royal palace of Babylon. -- daniel 4:29 +. +"The king reflected and said, 'Is this not Babylon the great, which I myself have built as a royal residence by the might of my power and for the glory of my majesty?' -- daniel 4:30 +. +"While the word was in the king's mouth, a voice came from heaven, saying, 'King Nebuchadnezzar, to you it is declared: sovereignty has been removed from you, -- daniel 4:31 +. +and you will be driven away from mankind, and your dwelling place will be with the beasts of the field. You will be given grass to eat like cattle, and seven periods of time will pass over you until you recognize that the Most High is ruler over the realm of mankind and bestows it on whomever He wishes.' -- daniel 4:32 +. +"Immediately the word concerning Nebuchadnezzar was fulfilled; and he was driven away from mankind and began eating grass like cattle, and his body was drenched with the dew of heaven until his hair had grown like eagles' feathers and his nails like birds' claws. -- daniel 4:33 +. +"But at the end of that period, I, Nebuchadnezzar, raised my eyes toward heaven and my reason returned to me, and I blessed the Most High and praised and honored Him who lives forever; For His dominion is an everlasting dominion, And His kingdom endures from generation to generation. -- daniel 4:34 +. +"All the inhabitants of the earth are accounted as nothing, But He does according to His will in the host of heaven And among the inhabitants of earth; And no one can ward off His hand Or say to Him, 'What have You done?' -- daniel 4:35 +. +"At that time my reason returned to me. And my majesty and splendor were restored to me for the glory of my kingdom, and my counselors and my nobles began seeking me out; so I was reestablished in my sovereignty, and surpassing greatness was added to me. -- daniel 4:36 +. +"Now I, Nebuchadnezzar, praise, exalt and honor the King of heaven, for all His works are true and His ways just, and He is able to humble those who walk in pride." -- daniel 4:37 +. +Belshazzar the king held a great feast for a thousand of his nobles, and he was drinking wine in the presence of the thousand. -- daniel 5:1 +. +When Belshazzar tasted the wine, he gave orders to bring the gold and silver vessels which Nebuchadnezzar his father had taken out of the temple which was in Jerusalem, so that the king and his nobles, his wives and his concubines might drink from them. -- daniel 5:2 +. +Then they brought the gold vessels that had been taken out of the temple, the house of God which was in Jerusalem; and the king and his nobles, his wives and his concubines drank from them. -- daniel 5:3 +. +They drank the wine and praised the gods of gold and silver, of bronze, iron, wood and stone. -- daniel 5:4 +. +Suddenly the fingers of a man's hand emerged and began writing opposite the lampstand on the plaster of the wall of the king's palace, and the king saw the back of the hand that did the writing. -- daniel 5:5 +. +Then the king's face grew pale and his thoughts alarmed him, and his hip joints went slack and his knees began knocking together. -- daniel 5:6 +. +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." -- daniel 5:7 +. +Then all the king's wise men came in, but they could not read the inscription or make known its interpretation to the king. -- daniel 5:8 +. +Then King Belshazzar was greatly alarmed, his face grew even paler, and his nobles were perplexed. -- daniel 5:9 +. +The queen entered the banquet hall because of the words of the king and his nobles; the queen spoke and said, "O king, live forever! Do not let your thoughts alarm you or your face be pale. -- daniel 5:10 +. +"There is a man in your kingdom in whom is a spirit of the holy gods; and in the days of your father, illumination, insight and wisdom like the wisdom of the gods were found in him. And King Nebuchadnezzar, your father, your father the king, appointed him chief of the magicians, conjurers, Chaldeans and diviners. -- daniel 5:11 +. +"This was because an extraordinary spirit, knowledge and insight, interpretation of dreams, explanation of enigmas and solving of difficult problems were found in this Daniel, whom the king named Belteshazzar. Let Daniel now be summoned and he will declare the interpretation." -- daniel 5:12 +. +Then Daniel was brought in before the king. The king spoke and said to Daniel, "Are you that Daniel who is one of the exiles from Judah, whom my father the king brought from Judah? -- daniel 5:13 +. +"Now I have heard about you that a spirit of the gods is in you, and that illumination, insight and extraordinary wisdom have been found in you. -- daniel 5:14 +. +"Just now the wise men and the conjurers were brought in before me that they might read this inscription and make its interpretation known to me, but they could not declare the interpretation of the message. -- daniel 5:15 +. +"But I personally have heard about you, that you are able to give interpretations and solve difficult problems. Now if you are able to read the inscription and make its interpretation known to me, you will be clothed with purple and wear a necklace of gold around your neck, and you will have authority as the third ruler in the kingdom." -- daniel 5:16 +. +Then Daniel answered and said before the king, "Keep your gifts for yourself or give your rewards to someone else; however, I will read the inscription to the king and make the interpretation known to him. -- daniel 5:17 +. +"O king, the Most High God granted sovereignty, grandeur, glory and majesty to Nebuchadnezzar your father. -- daniel 5:18 +. +"Because of the grandeur which He bestowed on him, all the peoples, nations and men of every language feared and trembled before him; whomever he wished he killed and whomever he wished he spared alive; and whomever he wished he elevated and whomever he wished he humbled. -- daniel 5:19 +. +"But when his heart was lifted up and his spirit became so proud that he behaved arrogantly, he was deposed from his royal throne and his glory was taken away from him. -- daniel 5:20 +. +"He was also driven away from mankind, and his heart was made like that of beasts, and his dwelling place was with the wild donkeys. He was given grass to eat like cattle, and his body was drenched with the dew of heaven until he recognized that the Most High God is ruler over the realm of mankind and that He sets over it whomever He wishes. -- daniel 5:21 +. +"Yet you, his son, Belshazzar, have not humbled your heart, even though you knew all this, -- daniel 5:22 +. +but you have exalted yourself against the Lord of heaven; and they have brought the vessels of His house before you, and you and your nobles, your wives and your concubines have been drinking wine from them; and you have praised the gods of silver and gold, of bronze, iron, wood and stone, which do not see, hear or understand. But the God in whose hand are your life-breath and all your ways, you have not glorified. -- daniel 5:23 +. +"Then the hand was sent from Him and this inscription was written out. -- daniel 5:24 +. +"Now this is the inscription that was written out: 'MENE, MENE, TEKEL, UPHARSIN.' -- daniel 5:25 +. +"This is the interpretation of the message: 'MENE'--God has numbered your kingdom and put an end to it. -- daniel 5:26 +. +" 'TEKEL'--you have been weighed on the scales and found deficient. -- daniel 5:27 +. +" 'PERES'--your kingdom has been divided and given over to the Medes and Persians." -- daniel 5:28 +. +Then Belshazzar gave orders, and they clothed Daniel with purple and put a necklace of gold around his neck, and issued a proclamation concerning him that he now had authority as the third ruler in the kingdom. -- daniel 5:29 +. +That same night Belshazzar the Chaldean king was slain. -- daniel 5:30 +. +So Darius the Mede received the kingdom at about the age of sixty-two. -- daniel 5:31 +. +It seemed good to Darius to appoint satraps over the kingdom, that they would be in charge of the whole kingdom, -- daniel 6:1 +. +and over them three commissioners (of whom Daniel was one), that these satraps might be accountable to them, and that the king might not suffer loss. -- daniel 6:2 +. +Then this Daniel began distinguishing himself among the commissioners and satraps because he possessed an extraordinary spirit, and the king planned to appoint him over the entire kingdom. -- daniel 6:3 +. +Then the commissioners and satraps began trying to find a ground of accusation against Daniel in regard to government affairs; but they could find no ground of accusation or evidence of corruption, inasmuch as he was faithful, and no negligence or corruption was to be found in him. -- daniel 6:4 +. +Then these men said, "We will not find any ground of accusation against this Daniel unless we find it against him with regard to the law of his God." -- daniel 6:5 +. +Then these commissioners and satraps came by agreement to the king and spoke to him as follows: "King Darius, live forever! -- daniel 6:6 +. +"All the commissioners of the kingdom, the prefects and the satraps, the high officials and the governors have consulted together that the king should establish a statute and enforce an injunction that anyone who makes a petition to any god or man besides you, O king, for thirty days, shall be cast into the lions' den. -- daniel 6:7 +. +"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." -- daniel 6:8 +. +Therefore King Darius signed the document, that is, the injunction. -- daniel 6:9 +. +Now when Daniel knew that the document was signed, he entered his house (now in his roof chamber he had windows open toward Jerusalem); and he continued kneeling on his knees three times a day, praying and giving thanks before his God, as he had been doing previously. -- daniel 6:10 +. +Then these men came by agreement and found Daniel making petition and supplication before his God. -- daniel 6:11 +. +Then they approached and spoke before the king about the king's injunction, "Did you not sign an injunction that any man who makes a petition to any god or man besides you, O king, for thirty days, is to be cast into the lions' den?" The king replied, "The statement is true, according to the law of the Medes and Persians, which may not be revoked." -- daniel 6:12 +. +Then they answered and spoke before the king, "Daniel, who is one of the exiles from Judah, pays no attention to you, O king, or to the injunction which you signed, but keeps making his petition three times a day." -- daniel 6:13 +. +Then, as soon as the king heard this statement, he was deeply distressed and set his mind on delivering Daniel; and even until sunset he kept exerting himself to rescue him. -- daniel 6:14 +. +Then these men came by agreement to the king and said to the king, "Recognize, O king, that it is a law of the Medes and Persians that no injunction or statute which the king establishes may be changed." -- daniel 6:15 +. +Then the king gave orders, and Daniel was brought in and cast into the lions' den. The king spoke and said to Daniel, "Your God whom you constantly serve will Himself deliver you." -- daniel 6:16 +. +A stone was brought and laid over the mouth of the den; and the king sealed it with his own signet ring and with the signet rings of his nobles, so that nothing would be changed in regard to Daniel. -- daniel 6:17 +. +Then the king went off to his palace and spent the night fasting, and no entertainment was brought before him; and his sleep fled from him. -- daniel 6:18 +. +Then the king arose at dawn, at the break of day, and went in haste to the lions' den. -- daniel 6:19 +. +When he had come near the den to Daniel, he cried out with a troubled voice. The king spoke and said to Daniel, "Daniel, servant of the living God, has your God, whom you constantly serve, been able to deliver you from the lions?" -- daniel 6:20 +. +Then Daniel spoke to the king, "O king, live forever! -- daniel 6:21 +. +"My God sent His angel and shut the lions' mouths and they have not harmed me, inasmuch as I was found innocent before Him; and also toward you, O king, I have committed no crime." -- daniel 6:22 +. +Then the king was very pleased and gave orders for Daniel to be taken up out of the den. So Daniel was taken up out of the den and no injury whatever was found on him, because he had trusted in his God. -- daniel 6:23 +. +The king then gave orders, and they brought those men who had maliciously accused Daniel, and they cast them, their children and their wives into the lions' den; and they had not reached the bottom of the den before the lions overpowered them and crushed all their bones. -- daniel 6:24 +. +Then Darius the king wrote to all the peoples, nations and men of every language who were living in all the land: "May your peace abound! -- daniel 6:25 +. +"I make a decree that in all the dominion of my kingdom men are to fear and tremble before the God of Daniel; For He is the living God and enduring forever, And His kingdom is one which will not be destroyed, And His dominion will be forever. -- daniel 6:26 +. +"He delivers and rescues and performs signs and wonders In heaven and on earth, Who has also delivered Daniel from the power of the lions." -- daniel 6:27 +. +So this Daniel enjoyed success in the reign of Darius and in the reign of Cyrus the Persian. -- daniel 6:28 +. +In the first year of Belshazzar king of Babylon Daniel saw a dream and visions in his mind as he lay on his bed; then he wrote the dream down and related the following summary of it. -- daniel 7:1 +. +Daniel said, "I was looking in my vision by night, and behold, the four winds of heaven were stirring up the great sea. -- daniel 7:2 +. +"And four great beasts were coming up from the sea, different from one another. -- daniel 7:3 +. +"The first was like a lion and had the wings of an eagle. I kept looking until its wings were plucked, and it was lifted up from the ground and made to stand on two feet like a man; a human mind also was given to it. -- daniel 7:4 +. +"And behold, another beast, a second one, resembling a bear. And it was raised up on one side, and three ribs were in its mouth between its teeth; and thus they said to it, 'Arise, devour much meat!' -- daniel 7:5 +. +"After this I kept looking, and behold, another one, like a leopard, which had on its back four wings of a bird; the beast also had four heads, and dominion was given to it. -- daniel 7:6 +. +"After this I kept looking in the night visions, and behold, a fourth beast, dreadful and terrifying and extremely strong; and it had large iron teeth. It devoured and crushed and trampled down the remainder with its feet; and it was different from all the beasts that were before it, and it had ten horns. -- daniel 7:7 +. +"While I was contemplating the horns, behold, another horn, a little one, came up among them, and three of the first horns were pulled out by the roots before it; and behold, this horn possessed eyes like the eyes of a man and a mouth uttering great boasts. -- daniel 7:8 +. +"I kept looking Until thrones were set up, And the Ancient of Days took His seat; His vesture was like white snow And the hair of His head like pure wool. His throne was ablaze with flames, Its wheels were a burning fire. -- daniel 7:9 +. +"A river of fire was flowing And coming out from before Him; Thousands upon thousands were attending Him, And myriads upon myriads were standing before Him; The court sat, And the books were opened. -- daniel 7:10 +. +"Then I kept looking because of the sound of the boastful words which the horn was speaking; I kept looking until the beast was slain, and its body was destroyed and given to the burning fire. -- daniel 7:11 +. +"As for the rest of the beasts, their dominion was taken away, but an extension of life was granted to them for an appointed period of time. -- daniel 7:12 +. +"I kept looking in the night visions, And behold, with the clouds of heaven One like a Son of Man was coming, And He came up to the Ancient of Days And was presented before Him. -- daniel 7:13 +. +"And to Him was given dominion, Glory and a kingdom, That all the peoples, nations and men of every language Might serve Him. His dominion is an everlasting dominion Which will not pass away; And His kingdom is one Which will not be destroyed. -- daniel 7:14 +. +"As for me, Daniel, my spirit was distressed within me, and the visions in my mind kept alarming me. -- daniel 7:15 +. +"I approached one of those who were standing by and began asking him the exact meaning of all this. So he told me and made known to me the interpretation of these things: -- daniel 7:16 +. +'These great beasts, which are four in number, are four kings who will arise from the earth. -- daniel 7:17 +. +'But the saints of the Highest One will receive the kingdom and possess the kingdom forever, for all ages to come.' -- daniel 7:18 +. +"Then I desired to know the exact meaning of the fourth beast, which was different from all the others, exceedingly dreadful, with its teeth of iron and its claws of bronze, and which devoured, crushed and trampled down the remainder with its feet, -- daniel 7:19 +. +and the meaning of the ten horns that were on its head and the other horn which came up, and before which three of them fell, namely, that horn which had eyes and a mouth uttering great boasts and which was larger in appearance than its associates. -- daniel 7:20 +. +"I kept looking, and that horn was waging war with the saints and overpowering them -- daniel 7:21 +. +until the Ancient of Days came and judgment was passed in favor of the saints of the Highest One, and the time arrived when the saints took possession of the kingdom. -- daniel 7:22 +. +"Thus he said: 'The fourth beast will be a fourth kingdom on the earth, which will be different from all the other kingdoms and will devour the whole earth and tread it down and crush it. -- daniel 7:23 +. +'As for the ten horns, out of this kingdom ten kings will arise; and another will arise after them, and he will be different from the previous ones and will subdue three kings. -- daniel 7:24 +. +'He will speak out against the Most High and wear down the saints of the Highest One, and he will intend to make alterations in times and in law; and they will be given into his hand for a time, times, and half a time. -- daniel 7:25 +. +'But the court will sit for judgment, and his dominion will be taken away, annihilated and destroyed forever. -- daniel 7:26 +. +'Then the sovereignty, the dominion and the greatness of all the kingdoms under the whole heaven will be given to the people of the saints of the Highest One; His kingdom will be an everlasting kingdom, and all the dominions will serve and obey Him.' -- daniel 7:27 +. +"At this point the revelation ended. As for me, Daniel, my thoughts were greatly alarming me and my face grew pale, but I kept the matter to myself." -- daniel 7:28 +. +In the third year of the reign of Belshazzar the king a vision appeared to me, Daniel, subsequent to the one which appeared to me previously. -- daniel 8:1 +. +I looked in the vision, and while I was looking I was in the citadel of Susa, which is in the province of Elam; and I looked in the vision and I myself was beside the Ulai Canal. -- daniel 8:2 +. +Then I lifted my eyes and looked, and behold, a ram which had two horns was standing in front of the canal. Now the two horns were long, but one was longer than the other, with the longer one coming up last. -- daniel 8:3 +. +I saw the ram butting westward, northward, and southward, and no other beasts could stand before him nor was there anyone to rescue from his power, but he did as he pleased and magnified himself. -- daniel 8:4 +. +While I was observing, behold, a male goat was coming from the west over the surface of the whole earth without touching the ground; and the goat had a conspicuous horn between his eyes. -- daniel 8:5 +. +He came up to the ram that had the two horns, which I had seen standing in front of the canal, and rushed at him in his mighty wrath. -- daniel 8:6 +. +I saw him come beside the ram, and he was enraged at him; and he struck the ram and shattered his two horns, and the ram had no strength to withstand him. So he hurled him to the ground and trampled on him, and there was none to rescue the ram from his power. -- daniel 8:7 +. +Then the male goat magnified himself exceedingly. But as soon as he was mighty, the large horn was broken; and in its place there came up four conspicuous horns toward the four winds of heaven. -- daniel 8:8 +. +Out of one of them came forth a rather small horn which grew exceedingly great toward the south, toward the east, and toward the Beautiful Land. -- daniel 8:9 +. +It grew up to the host of heaven and caused some of the host and some of the stars to fall to the earth, and it trampled them down. -- daniel 8:10 +. +It even magnified itself to be equal with the Commander of the host; and it removed the regular sacrifice from Him, and the place of His sanctuary was thrown down. -- daniel 8:11 +. +And on account of transgression the host will be given over to the horn along with the regular sacrifice; and it will fling truth to the ground and perform its will and prosper. -- daniel 8:12 +. +Then I heard a holy one speaking, and another holy one said to that particular one who was speaking, "How long will the vision about the regular sacrifice apply, while the transgression causes horror, so as to allow both the holy place and the host to be trampled?" -- daniel 8:13 +. +He said to me, "For 2,evenings and mornings; then the holy place will be properly restored." -- daniel 8:14 +. +When I, Daniel, had seen the vision, I sought to understand it; and behold, standing before me was one who looked like a man. -- daniel 8:15 +. +And I heard the voice of a man between the banks of Ulai, and he called out and said, "Gabriel, give this man an understanding of the vision." -- daniel 8:16 +. +So he came near to where I was standing, and when he came I was frightened and fell on my face; but he said to me, "Son of man, understand that the vision pertains to the time of the end." -- daniel 8:17 +. +Now while he was talking with me, I sank into a deep sleep with my face to the ground; but he touched me and made me stand upright. -- daniel 8:18 +. +He said, "Behold, I am going to let you know what will occur at the final period of the indignation, for it pertains to the appointed time of the end. -- daniel 8:19 +. +"The ram which you saw with the two horns represents the kings of Media and Persia. -- daniel 8:20 +. +"The shaggy goat represents the kingdom of Greece, and the large horn that is between his eyes is the first king. -- daniel 8:21 +. +"The broken horn and the four horns that arose in its place represent four kingdoms which will arise from his nation, although not with his power. -- daniel 8:22 +. +"In the latter period of their rule, When the transgressors have run their course, A king will arise, Insolent and skilled in intrigue. -- daniel 8:23 +. +"His power will be mighty, but not by his own power, And he will destroy to an extraordinary degree And prosper and perform his will; He will destroy mighty men and the holy people. -- daniel 8:24 +. +"And through his shrewdness He will cause deceit to succeed by his influence; And he will magnify himself in his heart, And he will destroy many while they are at ease. He will even oppose the Prince of princes, But he will be broken without human agency. -- daniel 8:25 +. +"The vision of the evenings and mornings Which has been told is true; But keep the vision secret, For it pertains to many days in the future." -- daniel 8:26 +. +Then I, Daniel, was exhausted and sick for days. Then I got up again and carried on the king's business; but I was astounded at the vision, and there was none to explain it. -- daniel 8:27 +. +In the first year of Darius the son of Ahasuerus, of Median descent, who was made king over the kingdom of the Chaldeans-- -- daniel 9:1 +. +in the first year of his reign, I, Daniel, observed in the books the number of the years which was revealed as the word of the LORD to Jeremiah the prophet for the completion of the desolations of Jerusalem, namely, seventy years. -- daniel 9:2 +. +So I gave my attention to the Lord God to seek Him by prayer and supplications, with fasting, sackcloth and ashes. -- daniel 9:3 +. +I prayed to the LORD my God and confessed and said, "Alas, O Lord, the great and awesome God, who keeps His covenant and lovingkindness for those who love Him and keep His commandments, -- daniel 9:4 +. +we have sinned, committed iniquity, acted wickedly and rebelled, even turning aside from Your commandments and ordinances. -- daniel 9:5 +. +"Moreover, we have not listened to Your servants the prophets, who spoke in Your name to our kings, our princes, our fathers and all the people of the land. -- daniel 9:6 +. +"Righteousness belongs to You, O Lord, but to us open shame, as it is this day--to the men of Judah, the inhabitants of Jerusalem and all Israel, those who are nearby and those who are far away in all the countries to which You have driven them, because of their unfaithful deeds which they have committed against You. -- daniel 9:7 +. +"Open shame belongs to us, O Lord, to our kings, our princes and our fathers, because we have sinned against You. -- daniel 9:8 +. +"To the Lord our God belong compassion and forgiveness, for we have rebelled against Him; -- daniel 9:9 +. +nor have we obeyed the voice of the LORD our God, to walk in His teachings which He set before us through His servants the prophets. -- daniel 9:10 +. +"Indeed all Israel has transgressed Your law and turned aside, not obeying Your voice; so the curse has been poured out on us, along with the oath which is written in the law of Moses the servant of God, for we have sinned against Him. -- daniel 9:11 +. +"Thus He has confirmed His words which He had spoken against us and against our rulers who ruled us, to bring on us great calamity; for under the whole heaven there has not been done anything like what was done to Jerusalem. -- daniel 9:12 +. +"As it is written in the law of Moses, all this calamity has come on us; yet we have not sought the favor of the LORD our God by turning from our iniquity and giving attention to Your truth. -- daniel 9:13 +. +"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. -- daniel 9:14 +. +"And now, O Lord our God, who have brought Your people out of the land of Egypt with a mighty hand and have made a name for Yourself, as it is this day--we have sinned, we have been wicked. -- daniel 9:15 +. +"O Lord, in accordance with all Your righteous acts, let now Your anger and Your wrath turn away from Your city Jerusalem, Your holy mountain; for because of our sins and the iniquities of our fathers, Jerusalem and Your people have become a reproach to all those around us. -- daniel 9:16 +. +"So now, our God, listen to the prayer of Your servant and to his supplications, and for Your sake, O Lord, let Your face shine on Your desolate sanctuary. -- daniel 9:17 +. +"O my God, incline Your ear and hear! Open Your eyes and see our desolations and the city which is called by Your name; for we are not presenting our supplications before You on account of any merits of our own, but on account of Your great compassion. -- daniel 9:18 +. +"O Lord, hear! O Lord, forgive! O Lord, listen and take action! For Your own sake, O my God, do not delay, because Your city and Your people are called by Your name." -- daniel 9:19 +. +Now while I was speaking and praying, and confessing my sin and the sin of my people Israel, and presenting my supplication before the LORD my God in behalf of the holy mountain of my God, -- daniel 9:20 +. +while I was still speaking in prayer, then the man Gabriel, whom I had seen in the vision previously, came to me in my extreme weariness about the time of the evening offering. -- daniel 9:21 +. +He gave me instruction and talked with me and said, "O Daniel, I have now come forth to give you insight with understanding. -- daniel 9:22 +. +"At the beginning of your supplications the command was issued, and I have come to tell you, for you are highly esteemed; so give heed to the message and gain understanding of the vision. -- daniel 9:23 +. +"Seventy weeks have been decreed for your people and your holy city, to finish the transgression, to make an end of sin, to make atonement for iniquity, to bring in everlasting righteousness, to seal up vision and prophecy and to anoint the most holy place. -- daniel 9:24 +. +"So you are to know and discern that from the issuing of a decree to restore and rebuild Jerusalem until Messiah the Prince there will be seven weeks and sixty-two weeks; it will be built again, with plaza and moat, even in times of distress. -- daniel 9:25 +. +"Then after the sixty-two weeks the Messiah will be cut off and have nothing, and the people of the prince who is to come will destroy the city and the sanctuary. And its end will come with a flood; even to the end there will be war; desolations are determined. -- daniel 9:26 +. +"And he will make a firm covenant with the many for one week, but in the middle of the week he will put a stop to sacrifice and grain offering; and on the wing of abominations will come one who makes desolate, even until a complete destruction, one that is decreed, is poured out on the one who makes desolate." -- daniel 9:27 +. +In the third year of Cyrus king of Persia a message was revealed to Daniel, who was named Belteshazzar; and the message was true and one of great conflict, but he understood the message and had an understanding of the vision. -- daniel 10:1 +. +In those days, I, Daniel, had been mourning for three entire weeks. -- daniel 10:2 +. +I did not eat any tasty food, nor did meat or wine enter my mouth, nor did I use any ointment at all until the entire three weeks were completed. -- daniel 10:3 +. +On the twenty-fourth day of the first month, while I was by the bank of the great river, that is, the Tigris, -- daniel 10:4 +. +I lifted my eyes and looked, and behold, there was a certain man dressed in linen, whose waist was girded with a belt of pure gold of Uphaz. -- daniel 10:5 +. +His body also was like beryl, his face had the appearance of lightning, his eyes were like flaming torches, his arms and feet like the gleam of polished bronze, and the sound of his words like the sound of a tumult. -- daniel 10:6 +. +Now I, Daniel, alone saw the vision, while the men who were with me did not see the vision; nevertheless, a great dread fell on them, and they ran away to hide themselves. -- daniel 10:7 +. +So I was left alone and saw this great vision; yet no strength was left in me, for my natural color turned to a deathly pallor, and I retained no strength. -- daniel 10:8 +. +But I heard the sound of his words; and as soon as I heard the sound of his words, I fell into a deep sleep on my face, with my face to the ground. -- daniel 10:9 +. +Then behold, a hand touched me and set me trembling on my hands and knees. -- daniel 10:10 +. +He said to me, "O Daniel, man of high esteem, understand the words that I am about to tell you and stand upright, for I have now been sent to you." And when he had spoken this word to me, I stood up trembling. -- daniel 10:11 +. +Then he said to me, "Do not be afraid, Daniel, for from the first day that you set your heart on understanding this and on humbling yourself before your God, your words were heard, and I have come in response to your words. -- daniel 10:12 +. +"But the prince of the kingdom of Persia was withstanding me for twenty-one days; then behold, Michael, one of the chief princes, came to help me, for I had been left there with the kings of Persia. -- daniel 10:13 +. +"Now I have come to give you an understanding of what will happen to your people in the latter days, for the vision pertains to the days yet future." -- daniel 10:14 +. +When he had spoken to me according to these words, I turned my face toward the ground and became speechless. -- daniel 10:15 +. +And behold, one who resembled a human being was touching my lips; then I opened my mouth and spoke and said to him who was standing before me, "O my lord, as a result of the vision anguish has come upon me, and I have retained no strength. -- daniel 10:16 +. +"For how can such a servant of my lord talk with such as my lord? As for me, there remains just now no strength in me, nor has any breath been left in me." -- daniel 10:17 +. +Then this one with human appearance touched me again and strengthened me. -- daniel 10:18 +. +He said, "O man of high esteem, do not be afraid. Peace be with you; take courage and be courageous!" Now as soon as he spoke to me, I received strength and said, "May my lord speak, for you have strengthened me." -- daniel 10:19 +. +Then he said, "Do you understand why I came to you? But I shall now return to fight against the prince of Persia; so I am going forth, and behold, the prince of Greece is about to come. -- daniel 10:20 +. +"However, I will tell you what is inscribed in the writing of truth. Yet there is no one who stands firmly with me against these forces except Michael your prince. -- daniel 10:21 +. +"In the first year of Darius the Mede, I arose to be an encouragement and a protection for him. -- daniel 11:1 +. +"And now I will tell you the truth. Behold, three more kings are going to arise in Persia. Then a fourth will gain far more riches than all of them; as soon as he becomes strong through his riches, he will arouse the whole empire against the realm of Greece. -- daniel 11:2 +. +"And a mighty king will arise, and he will rule with great authority and do as he pleases. -- daniel 11:3 +. +"But as soon as he has arisen, his kingdom will be broken up and parceled out toward the four points of the compass, though not to his own descendants, nor according to his authority which he wielded, for his sovereignty will be uprooted and given to others besides them. -- daniel 11:4 +. +"Then the king of the South will grow strong, along with one of his princes who will gain ascendancy over him and obtain dominion; his domain will be a great dominion indeed. -- daniel 11:5 +. +"After some years they will form an alliance, and the daughter of the king of the South will come to the king of the North to carry out a peaceful arrangement. But she will not retain her position of power, nor will he remain with his power, but she will be given up, along with those who brought her in and the one who sired her as well as he who supported her in those times. -- daniel 11:6 +. +"But one of the descendants of her line will arise in his place, and he will come against their army and enter the fortress of the king of the North, and he will deal with them and display great strength. -- daniel 11:7 +. +"Also their gods with their metal images and their precious vessels of silver and gold he will take into captivity to Egypt, and he on his part will refrain from attacking the king of the North for some years. -- daniel 11:8 +. +"Then the latter will enter the realm of the king of the South, but will return to his own land. -- daniel 11:9 +. +"His sons will mobilize and assemble a multitude of great forces; and one of them will keep on coming and overflow and pass through, that he may again wage war up to his very fortress. -- daniel 11:10 +. +"The king of the South will be enraged and go forth and fight with the king of the North. Then the latter will raise a great multitude, but that multitude will be given into the hand of the former. -- daniel 11:11 +. +"When the multitude is carried away, his heart will be lifted up, and he will cause tens of thousands to fall; yet he will not prevail. -- daniel 11:12 +. +"For the king of the North will again raise a greater multitude than the former, and after an interval of some years he will press on with a great army and much equipment. -- daniel 11:13 +. +"Now in those times many will rise up against the king of the South; the violent ones among your people will also lift themselves up in order to fulfill the vision, but they will fall down. -- daniel 11:14 +. +"Then the king of the North will come, cast up a siege ramp and capture a well-fortified city; and the forces of the South will not stand their ground, not even their choicest troops, for there will be no strength to make a stand. -- daniel 11:15 +. +"But he who comes against him will do as he pleases, and no one will be able to withstand him; he will also stay for a time in the Beautiful Land, with destruction in his hand. -- daniel 11:16 +. +"He will set his face to come with the power of his whole kingdom, bringing with him a proposal of peace which he will put into effect; he will also give him the daughter of women to ruin it. But she will not take a stand for him or be on his side. -- daniel 11:17 +. +"Then he will turn his face to the coastlands and capture many. But a commander will put a stop to his scorn against him; moreover, he will repay him for his scorn. -- daniel 11:18 +. +"So he will turn his face toward the fortresses of his own land, but he will stumble and fall and be found no more. -- daniel 11:19 +. +"Then in his place one will arise who will send an oppressor through the Jewel of his kingdom; yet within a few days he will be shattered, though not in anger nor in battle. -- daniel 11:20 +. +"In his place a despicable person will arise, on whom the honor of kingship has not been conferred, but he will come in a time of tranquility and seize the kingdom by intrigue. -- daniel 11:21 +. +"The overflowing forces will be flooded away before him and shattered, and also the prince of the covenant. -- daniel 11:22 +. +"After an alliance is made with him he will practice deception, and he will go up and gain power with a small force of people. -- daniel 11:23 +. +"In a time of tranquility he will enter the richest parts of the realm, and he will accomplish what his fathers never did, nor his ancestors; he will distribute plunder, booty and possessions among them, and he will devise his schemes against strongholds, but only for a time. -- daniel 11:24 +. +"He will stir up his strength and courage against the king of the South with a large army; so the king of the South will mobilize an extremely large and mighty army for war; but he will not stand, for schemes will be devised against him. -- daniel 11:25 +. +"Those who eat his choice food will destroy him, and his army will overflow, but many will fall down slain. -- daniel 11:26 +. +"As for both kings, their hearts will be intent on evil, and they will speak lies to each other at the same table; but it will not succeed, for the end is still to come at the appointed time. -- daniel 11:27 +. +"Then he will return to his land with much plunder; but his heart will be set against the holy covenant, and he will take action and then return to his own land. -- daniel 11:28 +. +"At the appointed time he will return and come into the South, but this last time it will not turn out the way it did before. -- daniel 11:29 +. +"For ships of Kittim will come against him; therefore he will be disheartened and will return and become enraged at the holy covenant and take action; so he will come back and show regard for those who forsake the holy covenant. -- daniel 11:30 +. +"Forces from him will arise, desecrate the sanctuary fortress, and do away with the regular sacrifice. And they will set up the abomination of desolation. -- daniel 11:31 +. +"By smooth words he will turn to godlessness those who act wickedly toward the covenant, but the people who know their God will display strength and take action. -- daniel 11:32 +. +"Those who have insight among the people will give understanding to the many; yet they will fall by sword and by flame, by captivity and by plunder for many days. -- daniel 11:33 +. +"Now when they fall they will be granted a little help, and many will join with them in hypocrisy. -- daniel 11:34 +. +"Some of those who have insight will fall, in order to refine, purge and make them pure until the end time; because it is still to come at the appointed time. -- daniel 11:35 +. +"Then the king will do as he pleases, and he will exalt and magnify himself above every god and will speak monstrous things against the God of gods; and he will prosper until the indignation is finished, for that which is decreed will be done. -- daniel 11:36 +. +"He will show no regard for the gods of his fathers or for the desire of women, nor will he show regard for any other god; for he will magnify himself above them all. -- daniel 11:37 +. +"But instead he will honor a god of fortresses, a god whom his fathers did not know; he will honor him with gold, silver, costly stones and treasures. -- daniel 11:38 +. +"He will take action against the strongest of fortresses with the help of a foreign god; he will give great honor to those who acknowledge him and will cause them to rule over the many, and will parcel out land for a price. -- daniel 11:39 +. +"At the end time the king of the South will collide with him, and the king of the North will storm against him with chariots, with horsemen and with many ships; and he will enter countries, overflow them and pass through. -- daniel 11:40 +. +"He will also enter the Beautiful Land, and many countries will fall; but these will be rescued out of his hand: Edom, Moab and the foremost of the sons of Ammon. -- daniel 11:41 +. +"Then he will stretch out his hand against other countries, and the land of Egypt will not escape. -- daniel 11:42 +. +"But he will gain control over the hidden treasures of gold and silver and over all the precious things of Egypt; and Libyans and Ethiopians will follow at his heels. -- daniel 11:43 +. +"But rumors from the East and from the North will disturb him, and he will go forth with great wrath to destroy and annihilate many. -- daniel 11:44 +. +"He will pitch the tents of his royal pavilion between the seas and the beautiful Holy Mountain; yet he will come to his end, and no one will help him. -- daniel 11:45 +. +"Now at that time Michael, the great prince who stands guard over the sons of your people, will arise. And there will be a time of distress such as never occurred since there was a nation until that time; and at that time your people, everyone who is found written in the book, will be rescued. -- daniel 12:1 +. +"Many of those who sleep in the dust of the ground will awake, these to everlasting life, but the others to disgrace and everlasting contempt. -- daniel 12:2 +. +"Those who have insight will shine brightly like the brightness of the expanse of heaven, and those who lead the many to righteousness, like the stars forever and ever. -- daniel 12:3 +. +"But as for you, Daniel, conceal these words and seal up the book until the end of time; many will go back and forth, and knowledge will increase." -- daniel 12:4 +. +Then I, Daniel, looked and behold, two others were standing, one on this bank of the river and the other on that bank of the river. -- daniel 12:5 +. +And one said to the man dressed in linen, who was above the waters of the river, "How long will it be until the end of these wonders?" -- daniel 12:6 +. +I heard the man dressed in linen, who was above the waters of the river, as he raised his right hand and his left toward heaven, and swore by Him who lives forever that it would be for a time, times, and half a time; and as soon as they finish shattering the power of the holy people, all these events will be completed. -- daniel 12:7 +. +As for me, I heard but could not understand; so I said, "My lord, what will be the outcome of these events?" -- daniel 12:8 +. +He said, "Go your way, Daniel, for these words are concealed and sealed up until the end time. -- daniel 12:9 +. +"Many will be purged, purified and refined, but the wicked will act wickedly; and none of the wicked will understand, but those who have insight will understand. -- daniel 12:10 +. +"From the time that the regular sacrifice is abolished and the abomination of desolation is set up, there will be 1,days. -- daniel 12:11 +. +"How blessed is he who keeps waiting and attains to the 1,days! -- daniel 12:12 +. +"But as for you, go your way to the end; then you will enter into rest and rise again for your allotted portion at the end of the age." -- daniel 12:13 +. +The word of the LORD which came to Hosea the son of Beeri, during the days of Uzziah, Jotham, Ahaz and Hezekiah, kings of Judah, and during the days of Jeroboam the son of Joash, king of Israel. -- hosea 1:1 +. +When the LORD first spoke through Hosea, the LORD said to Hosea, "Go, take to yourself a wife of harlotry and have children of harlotry; for the land commits flagrant harlotry, forsaking the LORD." -- hosea 1:2 +. +So he went and took Gomer the daughter of Diblaim, and she conceived and bore him a son. -- hosea 1:3 +. +And the LORD said to him, "Name him Jezreel; for yet a little while, and I will punish the house of Jehu for the bloodshed of Jezreel, and I will put an end to the kingdom of the house of Israel. -- hosea 1:4 +. +"On that day I will break the bow of Israel in the valley of Jezreel." -- hosea 1:5 +. +Then she conceived again and gave birth to a daughter. And the LORD said to him, "Name her Lo-ruhamah, for I will no longer have compassion on the house of Israel, that I would ever forgive them. -- hosea 1:6 +. +"But I will have compassion on the house of Judah and deliver them by the LORD their God, and will not deliver them by bow, sword, battle, horses or horsemen." -- hosea 1:7 +. +When she had weaned Lo-ruhamah, she conceived and gave birth to a son. -- hosea 1:8 +. +And the LORD said, "Name him Lo-ammi, for you are not My people and I am not your God." -- hosea 1:9 +. +Yet the number of the sons of Israel Will be like the sand of the sea, Which cannot be measured or numbered; And in the place Where it is said to them, "You are not My people," It will be said to them, "You are the sons of the living God." -- hosea 1:10 +. +And the sons of Judah and the sons of Israel will be gathered together, And they will appoint for themselves one leader, And they will go up from the land, For great will be the day of Jezreel. -- hosea 1:11 +. +Say to your brothers, "Ammi," and to your sisters, "Ruhamah." -- hosea 2:1 +. +"Contend with your mother, contend, For she is not my wife, and I am not her husband; And let her put away her harlotry from her face And her adultery from between her breasts, -- hosea 2:2 +. +Or I will strip her naked And expose her as on the day when she was born. I will also make her like a wilderness, Make her like desert land And slay her with thirst. -- hosea 2:3 +. +"Also, I will have no compassion on her children, Because they are children of harlotry. -- hosea 2:4 +. +"For their mother has played the harlot; She who conceived them has acted shamefully. For she said, 'I will go after my lovers, Who give me my bread and my water, My wool and my flax, my oil and my drink.' -- hosea 2:5 +. +"Therefore, behold, I will hedge up her way with thorns, And I will build a wall against her so that she cannot find her paths. -- hosea 2:6 +. +"She will pursue her lovers, but she will not overtake them; And she will seek them, but will not find them. Then she will say, 'I will go back to my first husband, For it was better for me then than now!' -- hosea 2:7 +. +"For she does not know that it was I who gave her the grain, the new wine and the oil, And lavished on her silver and gold, Which they used for Baal. -- hosea 2:8 +. +"Therefore, I will take back My grain at harvest time And My new wine in its season. I will also take away My wool and My flax Given to cover her nakedness. -- hosea 2:9 +. +"And then I will uncover her lewdness In the sight of her lovers, And no one will rescue her out of My hand. -- hosea 2:10 +. +"I will also put an end to all her gaiety, Her feasts, her new moons, her sabbaths And all her festal assemblies. -- hosea 2:11 +. +"I will destroy her vines and fig trees, Of which she said, 'These are my wages Which my lovers have given me.' And I will make them a forest, And the beasts of the field will devour them. -- hosea 2:12 +. +"I will punish her for the days of the Baals When she used to offer sacrifices to them And adorn herself with her earrings and jewelry, And follow her lovers, so that she forgot Me," declares the LORD. -- hosea 2:13 +. +"Therefore, behold, I will allure her, Bring her into the wilderness And speak kindly to her. -- hosea 2:14 +. +"Then I will give her her vineyards from there, And the valley of Achor as a door of hope. And she will sing there as in the days of her youth, As in the day when she came up from the land of Egypt. -- hosea 2:15 +. +"It will come about in that day," declares the LORD, "That you will call Me Ishi And will no longer call Me Baali. -- hosea 2:16 +. +"For I will remove the names of the Baals from her mouth, So that they will be mentioned by their names no more. -- hosea 2:17 +. +"In that day I will also make a covenant for them With the beasts of the field, The birds of the sky And the creeping things of the ground. And I will abolish the bow, the sword and war from the land, And will make them lie down in safety. -- hosea 2:18 +. +"I will betroth you to Me forever; Yes, I will betroth you to Me in righteousness and in justice, In lovingkindness and in compassion, -- hosea 2:19 +. +And I will betroth you to Me in faithfulness. Then you will know the LORD. -- hosea 2:20 +. +"It will come about in that day that I will respond," declares the LORD. "I will respond to the heavens, and they will respond to the earth, -- hosea 2:21 +. +And the earth will respond to the grain, to the new wine and to the oil, And they will respond to Jezreel. -- hosea 2:22 +. +"I will sow her for Myself in the land. I will also have compassion on her who had not obtained compassion, And I will say to those who were not My people, 'You are My people!' And they will say, 'You are my God!'" -- hosea 2:23 +. +Then the LORD said to me, "Go again, love a woman who is loved by her husband, yet an adulteress, even as the LORD loves the sons of Israel, though they turn to other gods and love raisin cakes." -- hosea 3:1 +. +So I bought her for myself for fifteen shekels of silver and a homer and a half of barley. -- hosea 3:2 +. +Then I said to her, "You shall stay with me for many days. You shall not play the harlot, nor shall you have a man; so I will also be toward you." -- hosea 3:3 +. +For the sons of Israel will remain for many days without king or prince, without sacrifice or sacred pillar and without ephod or household idols. -- hosea 3:4 +. +Afterward the sons of Israel will return and seek the LORD their God and David their king; and they will come trembling to the LORD and to His goodness in the last days. -- hosea 3:5 +. +Listen to the word of the LORD, O sons of Israel, For the LORD has a case against the inhabitants of the land, Because there is no faithfulness or kindness Or knowledge of God in the land. -- hosea 4:1 +. +There is swearing, deception, murder, stealing and adultery. They employ violence, so that bloodshed follows bloodshed. -- hosea 4:2 +. +Therefore the land mourns, And everyone who lives in it languishes Along with the beasts of the field and the birds of the sky, And also the fish of the sea disappear. -- hosea 4:3 +. +Yet let no one find fault, and let none offer reproof; For your people are like those who contend with the priest. -- hosea 4:4 +. +So you will stumble by day, And the prophet also will stumble with you by night; And I will destroy your mother. -- hosea 4:5 +. +My people are destroyed for lack of knowledge. Because you have rejected knowledge, I also will reject you from being My priest. Since you have forgotten the law of your God, I also will forget your children. -- hosea 4:6 +. +The more they multiplied, the more they sinned against Me; I will change their glory into shame. -- hosea 4:7 +. +They feed on the sin of My people And direct their desire toward their iniquity. -- hosea 4:8 +. +And it will be, like people, like priest; So I will punish them for their ways And repay them for their deeds. -- hosea 4:9 +. +They will eat, but not have enough; They will play the harlot, but not increase, Because they have stopped giving heed to the LORD. -- hosea 4:10 +. +Harlotry, wine and new wine take away the understanding. -- hosea 4:11 +. +My people consult their wooden idol, and their diviner's wand informs them; For a spirit of harlotry has led them astray, And they have played the harlot, departing from their God. -- hosea 4:12 +. +They offer sacrifices on the tops of the mountains And burn incense on the hills, Under oak, poplar and terebinth, Because their shade is pleasant. Therefore your daughters play the harlot And your brides commit adultery. -- hosea 4:13 +. +I will not punish your daughters when they play the harlot Or your brides when they commit adultery, For the men themselves go apart with harlots And offer sacrifices with temple prostitutes; So the people without understanding are ruined. -- hosea 4:14 +. +Though you, Israel, play the harlot, Do not let Judah become guilty; Also do not go to Gilgal, Or go up to Beth-aven And take the oath: "As the LORD lives!" -- hosea 4:15 +. +Since Israel is stubborn Like a stubborn heifer, Can the LORD now pasture them Like a lamb in a large field? -- hosea 4:16 +. +Ephraim is joined to idols; Let him alone. -- hosea 4:17 +. +Their liquor gone, They play the harlot continually; Their rulers dearly love shame. -- hosea 4:18 +. +The wind wraps them in its wings, And they will be ashamed because of their sacrifices. -- hosea 4:19 +. +Hear this, O priests! Give heed, O house of Israel! Listen, O house of the king! For the judgment applies to you, For you have been a snare at Mizpah And a net spread out on Tabor. -- hosea 5:1 +. +The revolters have gone deep in depravity, But I will chastise all of them. -- hosea 5:2 +. +I know Ephraim, and Israel is not hidden from Me; For now, O Ephraim, you have played the harlot, Israel has defiled itself. -- hosea 5:3 +. +Their deeds will not allow them To return to their God. For a spirit of harlotry is within them, And they do not know the LORD. -- hosea 5:4 +. +Moreover, the pride of Israel testifies against him, And Israel and Ephraim stumble in their iniquity; Judah also has stumbled with them. -- hosea 5:5 +. +They will go with their flocks and herds To seek the LORD, but they will not find Him; He has withdrawn from them. -- hosea 5:6 +. +They have dealt treacherously against the LORD, For they have borne illegitimate children. Now the new moon will devour them with their land. -- hosea 5:7 +. +Blow the horn in Gibeah, The trumpet in Ramah. Sound an alarm at Beth-aven: "Behind you, Benjamin!" -- hosea 5:8 +. +Ephraim will become a desolation in the day of rebuke; Among the tribes of Israel I declare what is sure. -- hosea 5:9 +. +The princes of Judah have become like those who move a boundary; On them I will pour out My wrath like water. -- hosea 5:10 +. +Ephraim is oppressed, crushed in judgment, Because he was determined to follow man's command. -- hosea 5:11 +. +Therefore I am like a moth to Ephraim And like rottenness to the house of Judah. -- hosea 5:12 +. +When Ephraim saw his sickness, And Judah his wound, Then Ephraim went to Assyria And sent to King Jareb. But he is unable to heal you, Or to cure you of your wound. -- hosea 5:13 +. +For I will be like a lion to Ephraim And like a young lion to the house of Judah. I, even I, will tear to pieces and go away, I will carry away, and there will be none to deliver. -- hosea 5:14 +. +I will go away and return to My place Until they acknowledge their guilt and seek My face; In their affliction they will earnestly seek Me. -- hosea 5:15 +. +"Come, let us return to the LORD. For He has torn us, but He will heal us; He has wounded us, but He will bandage us. -- hosea 6:1 +. +"He will revive us after two days; He will raise us up on the third day, That we may live before Him. -- hosea 6:2 +. +"So let us know, let us press on to know the LORD. His going forth is as certain as the dawn; And He will come to us like the rain, Like the spring rain watering the earth." -- hosea 6:3 +. +What shall I do with you, O Ephraim? What shall I do with you, O Judah? For your loyalty is like a morning cloud And like the dew which goes away early. -- hosea 6:4 +. +Therefore I have hewn them in pieces by the prophets; I have slain them by the words of My mouth; And the judgments on you are like the light that goes forth. -- hosea 6:5 +. +For I delight in loyalty rather than sacrifice, And in the knowledge of God rather than burnt offerings. -- hosea 6:6 +. +But like Adam they have transgressed the covenant; There they have dealt treacherously against Me. -- hosea 6:7 +. +Gilead is a city of wrongdoers, Tracked with bloody footprints. -- hosea 6:8 +. +And as raiders wait for a man, So a band of priests murder on the way to Shechem; Surely they have committed crime. -- hosea 6:9 +. +In the house of Israel I have seen a horrible thing; Ephraim's harlotry is there, Israel has defiled itself. -- hosea 6:10 +. +Also, O Judah, there is a harvest appointed for you, When I restore the fortunes of My people. -- hosea 6:11 +. +When I would heal Israel, The iniquity of Ephraim is uncovered, And the evil deeds of Samaria, For they deal falsely; The thief enters in, Bandits raid outside, -- hosea 7:1 +. +And they do not consider in their hearts That I remember all their wickedness. Now their deeds are all around them; They are before My face. -- hosea 7:2 +. +With their wickedness they make the king glad, And the princes with their lies. -- hosea 7:3 +. +They are all adulterers, Like an oven heated by the baker Who ceases to stir up the fire From the kneading of the dough until it is leavened. -- hosea 7:4 +. +On the day of our king, the princes became sick with the heat of wine; He stretched out his hand with scoffers, -- hosea 7:5 +. +For their hearts are like an oven As they approach their plotting; Their anger smolders all night, In the morning it burns like a flaming fire. -- hosea 7:6 +. +All of them are hot like an oven, And they consume their rulers; All their kings have fallen. None of them calls on Me. -- hosea 7:7 +. +Ephraim mixes himself with the nations; Ephraim has become a cake not turned. -- hosea 7:8 +. +Strangers devour his strength, Yet he does not know it; Gray hairs also are sprinkled on him, Yet he does not know it. -- hosea 7:9 +. +Though the pride of Israel testifies against him, Yet they have not returned to the LORD their God, Nor have they sought Him, for all this. -- hosea 7:10 +. +So Ephraim has become like a silly dove, without sense; They call to Egypt, they go to Assyria. -- hosea 7:11 +. +When they go, I will spread My net over them; I will bring them down like the birds of the sky. I will chastise them in accordance with the proclamation to their assembly. -- hosea 7:12 +. +Woe to them, for they have strayed from Me! Destruction is theirs, for they have rebelled against Me! I would redeem them, but they speak lies against Me. -- hosea 7:13 +. +And they do not cry to Me from their heart When they wail on their beds; For the sake of grain and new wine they assemble themselves, They turn away from Me. -- hosea 7:14 +. +Although I trained and strengthened their arms, Yet they devise evil against Me. -- hosea 7:15 +. +They turn, but not upward, They are like a deceitful bow; Their princes will fall by the sword Because of the insolence of their tongue. This will be their derision in the land of Egypt. -- hosea 7:16 +. +Put the trumpet to your lips! Like an eagle the enemy comes against the house of the LORD, Because they have transgressed My covenant And rebelled against My law. -- hosea 8:1 +. +They cry out to Me, "My God, we of Israel know You!" -- hosea 8:2 +. +Israel has rejected the good; The enemy will pursue him. -- hosea 8:3 +. +They have set up kings, but not by Me; They have appointed princes, but I did not know it. With their silver and gold they have made idols for themselves, That they might be cut off. -- hosea 8:4 +. +He has rejected your calf, O Samaria, saying, "My anger burns against them!" How long will they be incapable of innocence? -- hosea 8:5 +. +For from Israel is even this! A craftsman made it, so it is not God; Surely the calf of Samaria will be broken to pieces. -- hosea 8:6 +. +For they sow the wind And they reap the whirlwind. The standing grain has no heads; It yields no grain. Should it yield, strangers would swallow it up. -- hosea 8:7 +. +Israel is swallowed up; They are now among the nations Like a vessel in which no one delights. -- hosea 8:8 +. +For they have gone up to Assyria, Like a wild donkey all alone; Ephraim has hired lovers. -- hosea 8:9 +. +Even though they hire allies among the nations, Now I will gather them up; And they will begin to diminish Because of the burden of the king of princes. -- hosea 8:10 +. +Since Ephraim has multiplied altars for sin, They have become altars of sinning for him. -- hosea 8:11 +. +Though I wrote for him ten thousand precepts of My law, They are regarded as a strange thing. -- hosea 8:12 +. +As for My sacrificial gifts, They sacrifice the flesh and eat it, But the LORD has taken no delight in them. Now He will remember their iniquity, And punish them for their sins; They will return to Egypt. -- hosea 8:13 +. +For Israel has forgotten his Maker and built palaces; And Judah has multiplied fortified cities, But I will send a fire on its cities that it may consume its palatial dwellings. -- hosea 8:14 +. +Do not rejoice, O Israel, with exultation like the nations! For you have played the harlot, forsaking your God. You have loved harlots' earnings on every threshing floor. -- hosea 9:1 +. +Threshing floor and wine press will not feed them, And the new wine will fail them. -- hosea 9:2 +. +They will not remain in the LORD'S land, But Ephraim will return to Egypt, And in Assyria they will eat unclean food. -- hosea 9:3 +. +They will not pour out drink offerings of wine to the LORD, Their sacrifices will not please Him. Their bread will be like mourners' bread; All who eat of it will be defiled, For their bread will be for themselves alone; It will not enter the house of the LORD. -- hosea 9:4 +. +What will you do on the day of the appointed festival And on the day of the feast of the LORD? -- hosea 9:5 +. +For behold, they will go because of destruction; Egypt will gather them up, Memphis will bury them. Weeds will take over their treasures of silver; Thorns will be in their tents. -- hosea 9:6 +. +The days of punishment have come, The days of retribution have come; Let Israel know this! The prophet is a fool, The inspired man is demented, Because of the grossness of your iniquity, And because your hostility is so great. -- hosea 9:7 +. +Ephraim was a watchman with my God, a prophet; Yet the snare of a bird catcher is in all his ways, And there is only hostility in the house of his God. -- hosea 9:8 +. +They have gone deep in depravity As in the days of Gibeah; He will remember their iniquity, He will punish their sins. -- hosea 9:9 +. +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. -- hosea 9:10 +. +As for Ephraim, their glory will fly away like a bird-- No birth, no pregnancy and no conception! -- hosea 9:11 +. +Though they bring up their children, Yet I will bereave them until not a man is left. Yes, woe to them indeed when I depart from them! -- hosea 9:12 +. +Ephraim, as I have seen, Is planted in a pleasant meadow like Tyre; But Ephraim will bring out his children for slaughter. -- hosea 9:13 +. +Give them, O LORD--what will You give? Give them a miscarrying womb and dry breasts. -- hosea 9:14 +. +All their evil is at Gilgal; Indeed, I came to hate them there! Because of the wickedness of their deeds I will drive them out of My house! I will love them no more; All their princes are rebels. -- hosea 9:15 +. +Ephraim is stricken, their root is dried up, They will bear no fruit. Even though they bear children, I will slay the precious ones of their womb. -- hosea 9:16 +. +My God will cast them away Because they have not listened to Him; And they will be wanderers among the nations. -- hosea 9:17 +. +Israel is a luxuriant vine; He produces fruit for himself. The more his fruit, The more altars he made; The richer his land, The better he made the sacred pillars. -- hosea 10:1 +. +Their heart is faithless; Now they must bear their guilt. The LORD will break down their altars And destroy their sacred pillars. -- hosea 10:2 +. +Surely now they will say, "We have no king, For we do not revere the LORD. As for the king, what can he do for us?" -- hosea 10:3 +. +They speak mere words, With worthless oaths they make covenants; And judgment sprouts like poisonous weeds in the furrows of the field. -- hosea 10:4 +. +The inhabitants of Samaria will fear For the calf of Beth-aven. Indeed, its people will mourn for it, And its idolatrous priests will cry out over it, Over its glory, since it has departed from it. -- hosea 10:5 +. +The thing itself will be carried to Assyria As tribute to King Jareb; Ephraim will be seized with shame And Israel will be ashamed of its own counsel. -- hosea 10:6 +. +Samaria will be cut off with her king Like a stick on the surface of the water. -- hosea 10:7 +. +Also the high places of Aven, the sin of Israel, will be destroyed; Thorn and thistle will grow on their altars; Then they will say to the mountains, "Cover us!" And to the hills, "Fall on us!" -- hosea 10:8 +. +From the days of Gibeah you have sinned, O Israel; There they stand! Will not the battle against the sons of iniquity overtake them in Gibeah? -- hosea 10:9 +. +When it is My desire, I will chastise them; And the peoples will be gathered against them When they are bound for their double guilt. -- hosea 10:10 +. +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. -- hosea 10:11 +. +Sow with a view to righteousness, Reap in accordance with kindness; Break up your fallow ground, For it is time to seek the LORD Until He comes to rain righteousness on you. -- hosea 10:12 +. +You have plowed wickedness, you have reaped injustice, You have eaten the fruit of lies. Because you have trusted in your way, in your numerous warriors, -- hosea 10:13 +. +Therefore a tumult will arise among your people, And all your fortresses will be destroyed, As Shalman destroyed Beth-arbel on the day of battle, When mothers were dashed in pieces with their children. -- hosea 10:14 +. +Thus it will be done to you at Bethel because of your great wickedness. At dawn the king of Israel will be completely cut off. -- hosea 10:15 +. +When Israel was a youth I loved him, And out of Egypt I called My son. -- hosea 11:1 +. +The more they called them, The more they went from them; They kept sacrificing to the Baals And burning incense to idols. -- hosea 11:2 +. +Yet it is I who taught Ephraim to walk, I took them in My arms; But they did not know that I healed them. -- hosea 11:3 +. +I led them with cords of a man, with bonds of love, And I became to them as one who lifts the yoke from their jaws; And I bent down and fed them. -- hosea 11:4 +. +They will not return to the land of Egypt; But Assyria--he will be their king Because they refused to return to Me. -- hosea 11:5 +. +The sword will whirl against their cities, And will demolish their gate bars And consume them because of their counsels. -- hosea 11:6 +. +So My people are bent on turning from Me. Though they call them to the One on high, None at all exalts Him. -- hosea 11:7 +. +How can I give you up, O Ephraim? How can I surrender you, O Israel? How can I make you like Admah? How can I treat you like Zeboiim? My heart is turned over within Me, All My compassions are kindled. -- hosea 11:8 +. +I will not execute My fierce anger; I will not destroy Ephraim again. For I am God and not man, the Holy One in your midst, And I will not come in wrath. -- hosea 11:9 +. +They will walk after the LORD, He will roar like a lion; Indeed He will roar And His sons will come trembling from the west. -- hosea 11:10 +. +They will come trembling like birds from Egypt And like doves from the land of Assyria; And I will settle them in their houses, declares the LORD. -- hosea 11:11 +. +Ephraim surrounds Me with lies And the house of Israel with deceit; Judah is also unruly against God, Even against the Holy One who is faithful. -- hosea 11:12 +. +Ephraim feeds on wind, And pursues the east wind continually; He multiplies lies and violence. Moreover, he makes a covenant with Assyria, And oil is carried to Egypt. -- hosea 12:1 +. +The LORD also has a dispute with Judah, And will punish Jacob according to his ways; He will repay him according to his deeds. -- hosea 12:2 +. +In the womb he took his brother by the heel, And in his maturity he contended with God. -- hosea 12:3 +. +Yes, he wrestled with the angel and prevailed; He wept and sought His favor. He found Him at Bethel And there He spoke with us, -- hosea 12:4 +. +Even the LORD, the God of hosts, The LORD is His name. -- hosea 12:5 +. +Therefore, return to your God, Observe kindness and justice, And wait for your God continually. -- hosea 12:6 +. +A merchant, in whose hands are false balances, He loves to oppress. -- hosea 12:7 +. +And Ephraim said, "Surely I have become rich, I have found wealth for myself; In all my labors they will find in me No iniquity, which would be sin." -- hosea 12:8 +. +But I have been the LORD your God since the land of Egypt; I will make you live in tents again, As in the days of the appointed festival. -- hosea 12:9 +. +I have also spoken to the prophets, And I gave numerous visions, And through the prophets I gave parables. -- hosea 12:10 +. +Is there iniquity in Gilead? Surely they are worthless. In Gilgal they sacrifice bulls, Yes, their altars are like the stone heaps Beside the furrows of the field. -- hosea 12:11 +. +Now Jacob fled to the land of Aram, And Israel worked for a wife, And for a wife he kept sheep. -- hosea 12:12 +. +But by a prophet the LORD brought Israel from Egypt, And by a prophet he was kept. -- hosea 12:13 +. +Ephraim has provoked to bitter anger; So his Lord will leave his bloodguilt on him And bring back his reproach to him. -- hosea 12:14 +. +When Ephraim spoke, there was trembling. He exalted himself in Israel, But through Baal he did wrong and died. -- hosea 13:1 +. +And now they sin more and more, And make for themselves molten images, Idols skillfully made from their silver, All of them the work of craftsmen. They say of them, "Let the men who sacrifice kiss the calves!" -- hosea 13:2 +. +Therefore they will be like the morning cloud And like dew which soon disappears, Like chaff which is blown away from the threshing floor And like smoke from a chimney. -- hosea 13:3 +. +Yet I have been the LORD your God Since the land of Egypt; And you were not to know any god except Me, For there is no savior besides Me. -- hosea 13:4 +. +I cared for you in the wilderness, In the land of drought. -- hosea 13:5 +. +As they had their pasture, they became satisfied, And being satisfied, their heart became proud; Therefore they forgot Me. -- hosea 13:6 +. +So I will be like a lion to them; Like a leopard I will lie in wait by the wayside. -- hosea 13:7 +. +I will encounter them like a bear robbed of her cubs, And I will tear open their chests; There I will also devour them like a lioness, As a wild beast would tear them. -- hosea 13:8 +. +It is your destruction, O Israel, That you are against Me, against your help. -- hosea 13:9 +. +Where now is your king That he may save you in all your cities, And your judges of whom you requested, "Give me a king and princes"? -- hosea 13:10 +. +I gave you a king in My anger And took him away in My wrath. -- hosea 13:11 +. +The iniquity of Ephraim is bound up; His sin is stored up. -- hosea 13:12 +. +The pains of childbirth come upon him; He is not a wise son, For it is not the time that he should delay at the opening of the womb. -- hosea 13:13 +. +Shall I ransom them from the power of Sheol? Shall I redeem them from death? O Death, where are your thorns? O Sheol, where is your sting? Compassion will be hidden from My sight. -- hosea 13:14 +. +Though he flourishes among the reeds, An east wind will come, The wind of the LORD coming up from the wilderness; And his fountain will become dry And his spring will be dried up; It will plunder his treasury of every precious article. -- hosea 13:15 +. +Samaria will be held guilty, For she has rebelled against her God. They will fall by the sword, Their little ones will be dashed in pieces, And their pregnant women will be ripped open. -- hosea 13:16 +. +Return, O Israel, to the LORD your God, For you have stumbled because of your iniquity. -- hosea 14:1 +. +Take words with you and return to the LORD. Say to Him, "Take away all iniquity And receive us graciously, That we may present the fruit of our lips. -- hosea 14:2 +. +"Assyria will not save us, We will not ride on horses; Nor will we say again, 'Our god,' To the work of our hands; For in You the orphan finds mercy." -- hosea 14:3 +. +I will heal their apostasy, I will love them freely, For My anger has turned away from them. -- hosea 14:4 +. +I will be like the dew to Israel; He will blossom like the lily, And he will take root like the cedars of Lebanon. -- hosea 14:5 +. +His shoots will sprout, And his beauty will be like the olive tree And his fragrance like the cedars of Lebanon. -- hosea 14:6 +. +Those who live in his shadow Will again raise grain, And they will blossom like the vine. His renown will be like the wine of Lebanon. -- hosea 14:7 +. +O Ephraim, what more have I to do with idols? It is I who answer and look after you. I am like a luxuriant cypress; From Me comes your fruit. -- hosea 14:8 +. +Whoever is wise, let him understand these things; Whoever is discerning, let him know them. For the ways of the LORD are right, And the righteous will walk in them, But transgressors will stumble in them. -- hosea 14:9 +. +The word of the LORD that came to Joel, the son of Pethuel: -- joel 1:1 +. +Hear this, O elders, And listen, all inhabitants of the land. Has anything like this happened in your days Or in your fathers' days? -- joel 1:2 +. +Tell your sons about it, And let your sons tell their sons, And their sons the next generation. -- joel 1:3 +. +What the gnawing locust has left, the swarming locust has eaten; And what the swarming locust has left, the creeping locust has eaten; And what the creeping locust has left, the stripping locust has eaten. -- joel 1:4 +. +Awake, drunkards, and weep; And wail, all you wine drinkers, On account of the sweet wine That is cut off from your mouth. -- joel 1:5 +. +For a nation has invaded my land, Mighty and without number; Its teeth are the teeth of a lion, And it has the fangs of a lioness. -- joel 1:6 +. +It has made my vine a waste And my fig tree splinters. It has stripped them bare and cast them away; Their branches have become white. -- joel 1:7 +. +Wail like a virgin girded with sackcloth For the bridegroom of her youth. -- joel 1:8 +. +The grain offering and the drink offering are cut off From the house of the LORD. The priests mourn, The ministers of the LORD. -- joel 1:9 +. +The field is ruined, The land mourns; For the grain is ruined, The new wine dries up, Fresh oil fails. -- joel 1:10 +. +Be ashamed, O farmers, Wail, O vinedressers, For the wheat and the barley; Because the harvest of the field is destroyed. -- joel 1:11 +. +The vine dries up And the fig tree fails; The pomegranate, the palm also, and the apple tree, All the trees of the field dry up. Indeed, rejoicing dries up From the sons of men. -- joel 1:12 +. +Gird yourselves with sackcloth And lament, O priests; Wail, O ministers of the altar! Come, spend the night in sackcloth O ministers of my God, For the grain offering and the drink offering Are withheld from the house of your God. -- joel 1:13 +. +Consecrate a fast, Proclaim a solemn assembly; Gather the elders And all the inhabitants of the land To the house of the LORD your God, And cry out to the LORD. -- joel 1:14 +. +Alas for the day! For the day of the LORD is near, And it will come as destruction from the Almighty. -- joel 1:15 +. +Has not food been cut off before our eyes, Gladness and joy from the house of our God? -- joel 1:16 +. +The seeds shrivel under their clods; The storehouses are desolate, The barns are torn down, For the grain is dried up. -- joel 1:17 +. +How the beasts groan! The herds of cattle wander aimlessly Because there is no pasture for them; Even the flocks of sheep suffer. -- joel 1:18 +. +To You, O LORD, I cry; For fire has devoured the pastures of the wilderness And the flame has burned up all the trees of the field. -- joel 1:19 +. +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. -- joel 1:20 +. +Blow a trumpet in Zion, And sound an alarm on My holy mountain! Let all the inhabitants of the land tremble, For the day of the LORD is coming; Surely it is near, -- joel 2:1 +. +A day of darkness and gloom, A day of clouds and thick darkness. As the dawn is spread over the mountains, So there is a great and mighty people; There has never been anything like it, Nor will there be again after it To the years of many generations. -- joel 2:2 +. +A fire consumes before them And behind them a flame burns. The land is like the garden of Eden before them But a desolate wilderness behind them, And nothing at all escapes them. -- joel 2:3 +. +Their appearance is like the appearance of horses; And like war horses, so they run. -- joel 2:4 +. +With a noise as of chariots They leap on the tops of the mountains, Like the crackling of a flame of fire consuming the stubble, Like a mighty people arranged for battle. -- joel 2:5 +. +Before them the people are in anguish; All faces turn pale. -- joel 2:6 +. +They run like mighty men, They climb the wall like soldiers; And they each march in line, Nor do they deviate from their paths. -- joel 2:7 +. +They do not crowd each other, They march everyone in his path; When they burst through the defenses, They do not break ranks. -- joel 2:8 +. +They rush on the city, They run on the wall; They climb into the houses, They enter through the windows like a thief. -- joel 2:9 +. +Before them the earth quakes, The heavens tremble, The sun and the moon grow dark And the stars lose their brightness. -- joel 2:10 +. +The LORD utters His voice before His army; Surely His camp is very great, For strong is he who carries out His word. The day of the LORD is indeed great and very awesome, And who can endure it? -- joel 2:11 +. +"Yet even now," declares the LORD, "Return to Me with all your heart, And with fasting, weeping and mourning; -- joel 2:12 +. +And rend your heart and not your garments." Now return to the LORD your God, For He is gracious and compassionate, Slow to anger, abounding in lovingkindness And relenting of evil. -- joel 2:13 +. +Who knows whether He will not turn and relent And leave a blessing behind Him, Even a grain offering and a drink offering For the LORD your God? -- joel 2:14 +. +Blow a trumpet in Zion, Consecrate a fast, proclaim a solemn assembly, -- joel 2:15 +. +Gather the people, sanctify the congregation, Assemble the elders, Gather the children and the nursing infants. Let the bridegroom come out of his room And the bride out of her bridal chamber. -- joel 2:16 +. +Let the priests, the LORD'S ministers, Weep between the porch and the altar, And let them say, "Spare Your people, O LORD, And do not make Your inheritance a reproach, A byword among the nations. Why should they among the peoples say, 'Where is their God?'" -- joel 2:17 +. +Then the LORD will be zealous for His land And will have pity on His people. -- joel 2:18 +. +The LORD will answer and say to His people, "Behold, I am going to send you grain, new wine and oil, And you will be satisfied in full with them; And I will never again make you a reproach among the nations. -- joel 2:19 +. +"But I will remove the northern army far from you, And I will drive it into a parched and desolate land, And its vanguard into the eastern sea, And its rear guard into the western sea. And its stench will arise and its foul smell will come up, For it has done great things." -- joel 2:20 +. +Do not fear, O land, rejoice and be glad, For the LORD has done great things. -- joel 2:21 +. +Do not fear, beasts of the field, For the pastures of the wilderness have turned green, For the tree has borne its fruit, The fig tree and the vine have yielded in full. -- joel 2:22 +. +So rejoice, O sons of Zion, And be glad in the LORD your God; For He has given you the early rain for your vindication. And He has poured down for you the rain, The early and latter rain as before. -- joel 2:23 +. +The threshing floors will be full of grain, And the vats will overflow with the new wine and oil. -- joel 2:24 +. +"Then I will make up to you for the years That the swarming locust has eaten, The creeping locust, the stripping locust and the gnawing locust, My great army which I sent among you. -- joel 2:25 +. +"You will have plenty to eat and be satisfied And praise the name of the LORD your God, Who has dealt wondrously with you; Then My people will never be put to shame. -- joel 2:26 +. +"Thus you will know that I am in the midst of Israel, And that I am the LORD your God, And there is no other; And My people will never be put to shame. -- joel 2:27 +. +"It will come about after this That I will pour out My Spirit on all mankind; And your sons and daughters will prophesy, Your old men will dream dreams, Your young men will see visions. -- joel 2:28 +. +"Even on the male and female servants I will pour out My Spirit in those days. -- joel 2:29 +. +"I will display wonders in the sky and on the earth, Blood, fire and columns of smoke. -- joel 2:30 +. +"The sun will be turned into darkness And the moon into blood Before the great and awesome day of the LORD comes. -- joel 2:31 +. +"And it will come about that whoever calls on the name of the LORD Will be delivered; For on Mount Zion and in Jerusalem There will be those who escape, As the LORD has said, Even among the survivors whom the LORD calls. -- joel 2:32 +. +"For behold, in those days and at that time, When I restore the fortunes of Judah and Jerusalem, -- joel 3:1 +. +I will gather all the nations And bring them down to the valley of Jehoshaphat. Then I will enter into judgment with them there On behalf of My people and My inheritance, Israel, Whom they have scattered among the nations; And they have divided up My land. -- joel 3:2 +. +"They have also cast lots for My people, Traded a boy for a harlot And sold a girl for wine that they may drink. -- joel 3:3 +. +"Moreover, what are you to Me, O Tyre, Sidon and all the regions of Philistia? Are you rendering Me a recompense? But if you do recompense Me, swiftly and speedily I will return your recompense on your head. -- joel 3:4 +. +"Since you have taken My silver and My gold, brought My precious treasures to your temples, -- joel 3:5 +. +and sold the sons of Judah and Jerusalem to the Greeks in order to remove them far from their territory, -- joel 3:6 +. +behold, I am going to arouse them from the place where you have sold them, and return your recompense on your head. -- joel 3:7 +. +"Also I will sell your sons and your daughters into the hand of the sons of Judah, and they will sell them to the Sabeans, to a distant nation," for the LORD has spoken. -- joel 3:8 +. +Proclaim this among the nations: Prepare a war; rouse the mighty men! Let all the soldiers draw near, let them come up! -- joel 3:9 +. +Beat your plowshares into swords And your pruning hooks into spears; Let the weak say, "I am a mighty man." -- joel 3:10 +. +Hasten and come, all you surrounding nations, And gather yourselves there. Bring down, O LORD, Your mighty ones. -- joel 3:11 +. +Let the nations be aroused And come up to the valley of Jehoshaphat, For there I will sit to judge All the surrounding nations. -- joel 3:12 +. +Put in the sickle, for the harvest is ripe. Come, tread, for the wine press is full; The vats overflow, for their wickedness is great. -- joel 3:13 +. +Multitudes, multitudes in the valley of decision! For the day of the LORD is near in the valley of decision. -- joel 3:14 +. +The sun and moon grow dark And the stars lose their brightness. -- joel 3:15 +. +The LORD roars from Zion And utters His voice from Jerusalem, And the heavens and the earth tremble. But the LORD is a refuge for His people And a stronghold to the sons of Israel. -- joel 3:16 +. +Then you will know that I am the LORD your God, Dwelling in Zion, My holy mountain. So Jerusalem will be holy, And strangers will pass through it no more. -- joel 3:17 +. +And in that day The mountains will drip with sweet wine, And the hills will flow with milk, And all the brooks of Judah will flow with water; And a spring will go out from the house of the LORD To water the valley of Shittim. -- joel 3:18 +. +Egypt will become a waste, And Edom will become a desolate wilderness, Because of the violence done to the sons of Judah, In whose land they have shed innocent blood. -- joel 3:19 +. +But Judah will be inhabited forever And Jerusalem for all generations. -- joel 3:20 +. +And I will avenge their blood which I have not avenged, For the LORD dwells in Zion. -- joel 3:21 +. +The words of Amos, who was among the sheepherders from Tekoa, which he envisioned in visions concerning Israel in the days of Uzziah king of Judah, and in the days of Jeroboam son of Joash, king of Israel, two years before the earthquake. -- amos 1:1 +. +He said, "The LORD roars from Zion And from Jerusalem He utters His voice; And the shepherds' pasture grounds mourn, And the summit of Carmel dries up." -- amos 1:2 +. +Thus says the LORD, "For three transgressions of Damascus and for four I will not revoke its punishment, Because they threshed Gilead with implements of sharp iron. -- amos 1:3 +. +"So I will send fire upon the house of Hazael And it will consume the citadels of Ben-hadad. -- amos 1:4 +. +"I will also break the gate bar of Damascus, And cut off the inhabitant from the valley of Aven, And him who holds the scepter, from Beth-eden; So the people of Aram will go exiled to Kir," Says the LORD. -- amos 1:5 +. +Thus says the LORD, "For three transgressions of Gaza and for four I will not revoke its punishment, Because they deported an entire population To deliver it up to Edom. -- amos 1:6 +. +"So I will send fire upon the wall of Gaza And it will consume her citadels. -- amos 1:7 +. +"I will also cut off the inhabitant from Ashdod, And him who holds the scepter, from Ashkelon; I will even unleash My power upon Ekron, And the remnant of the Philistines will perish," Says the Lord GOD. -- amos 1:8 +. +Thus says the LORD, "For three transgressions of Tyre and for four I will not revoke its punishment, Because they delivered up an entire population to Edom And did not remember the covenant of brotherhood. -- amos 1:9 +. +"So I will send fire upon the wall of Tyre And it will consume her citadels." -- amos 1:10 +. +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. -- amos 1:11 +. +"So I will send fire upon Teman And it will consume the citadels of Bozrah." -- amos 1:12 +. +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. -- amos 1:13 +. +"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. -- amos 1:14 +. +"Their king will go into exile, He and his princes together," says the LORD. -- amos 1:15 +. +Thus says the LORD, "For three transgressions of Moab and for four I will not revoke its punishment, Because he burned the bones of the king of Edom to lime. -- amos 2:1 +. +"So I will send fire upon Moab And it will consume the citadels of Kerioth; And Moab will die amid tumult, With war cries and the sound of a trumpet. -- amos 2:2 +. +"I will also cut off the judge from her midst And slay all her princes with him," says the LORD. -- amos 2:3 +. +Thus says the LORD, "For three transgressions of Judah and for four I will not revoke its punishment, Because they rejected the law of the LORD And have not kept His statutes; Their lies also have led them astray, Those after which their fathers walked. -- amos 2:4 +. +"So I will send fire upon Judah And it will consume the citadels of Jerusalem." -- amos 2:5 +. +Thus says the LORD, "For three transgressions of Israel and for four I will not revoke its punishment, Because they sell the righteous for money And the needy for a pair of sandals. -- amos 2:6 +. +"These who pant after the very dust of the earth on the head of the helpless Also turn aside the way of the humble; And a man and his father resort to the same girl In order to profane My holy name. -- amos 2:7 +. +"On garments taken as pledges they stretch out beside every altar, And in the house of their God they drink the wine of those who have been fined. -- amos 2:8 +. +"Yet it was I who destroyed the Amorite before them, Though his height was like the height of cedars And he was strong as the oaks; I even destroyed his fruit above and his root below. -- amos 2:9 +. +"It was I who brought you up from the land of Egypt, And I led you in the wilderness forty years That you might take possession of the land of the Amorite. -- amos 2:10 +. +"Then I raised up some of your sons to be prophets And some of your young men to be Nazirites. Is this not so, O sons of Israel?" declares the LORD. -- amos 2:11 +. +"But you made the Nazirites drink wine, And you commanded the prophets saying, 'You shall not prophesy!' -- amos 2:12 +. +"Behold, I am weighted down beneath you As a wagon is weighted down when filled with sheaves. -- amos 2:13 +. +"Flight will perish from the swift, And the stalwart will not strengthen his power, Nor the mighty man save his life. -- amos 2:14 +. +"He who grasps the bow will not stand his ground, The swift of foot will not escape, Nor will he who rides the horse save his life. -- amos 2:15 +. +"Even the bravest among the warriors will flee naked in that day," declares the LORD. -- amos 2:16 +. +Hear this word which the LORD has spoken against you, sons of Israel, against the entire family which He brought up from the land of Egypt: -- amos 3:1 +. +"You only have I chosen among all the families of the earth; Therefore I will punish you for all your iniquities." -- amos 3:2 +. +Do two men walk together unless they have made an appointment? -- amos 3:3 +. +Does a lion roar in the forest when he has no prey? Does a young lion growl from his den unless he has captured something? -- amos 3:4 +. +Does a bird fall into a trap on the ground when there is no bait in it? Does a trap spring up from the earth when it captures nothing at all? -- amos 3:5 +. +If a trumpet is blown in a city will not the people tremble? If a calamity occurs in a city has not the LORD done it? -- amos 3:6 +. +Surely the Lord GOD does nothing Unless He reveals His secret counsel To His servants the prophets. -- amos 3:7 +. +A lion has roared! Who will not fear? The Lord GOD has spoken! Who can but prophesy? -- amos 3:8 +. +Proclaim on the citadels in Ashdod and on the citadels in the land of Egypt and say, "Assemble yourselves on the mountains of Samaria and see the great tumults within her and the oppressions in her midst. -- amos 3:9 +. +"But they do not know how to do what is right," declares the LORD, "these who hoard up violence and devastation in their citadels." -- amos 3:10 +. +Therefore, thus says the Lord GOD, "An enemy, even one surrounding the land, Will pull down your strength from you And your citadels will be looted." -- amos 3:11 +. +Thus says the LORD, "Just as the shepherd snatches from the lion's mouth a couple of legs or a piece of an ear, So will the sons of Israel dwelling in Samaria be snatched away-- With the corner of a bed and the cover of a couch! -- amos 3:12 +. +"Hear and testify against the house of Jacob," Declares the Lord GOD, the God of hosts. -- amos 3:13 +. +"For on the day that I punish Israel's transgressions, I will also punish the altars of Bethel; The horns of the altar will be cut off And they will fall to the ground. -- amos 3:14 +. +"I will also smite the winter house together with the summer house; The houses of ivory will also perish And the great houses will come to an end," Declares the LORD. -- amos 3:15 +. +Hear this word, you cows of Bashan who are on the mountain of Samaria, Who oppress the poor, who crush the needy, Who say to your husbands, "Bring now, that we may drink!" -- amos 4:1 +. +The Lord GOD has sworn by His holiness, "Behold, the days are coming upon you When they will take you away with meat hooks, And the last of you with fish hooks. -- amos 4:2 +. +"You will go out through breaches in the walls, Each one straight before her, And you will be cast to Harmon," declares the LORD. -- amos 4:3 +. +"Enter Bethel and transgress; In Gilgal multiply transgression! Bring your sacrifices every morning, Your tithes every three days. -- amos 4:4 +. +"Offer a thank offering also from that which is leavened, And proclaim freewill offerings, make them known. For so you love to do, you sons of Israel," Declares the Lord GOD. -- amos 4:5 +. +"But I gave you also cleanness of teeth in all your cities And lack of bread in all your places, Yet you have not returned to Me," declares the LORD. -- amos 4:6 +. +"Furthermore, I withheld the rain from you While there were still three months until harvest. Then I would send rain on one city And on another city I would not send rain; One part would be rained on, While the part not rained on would dry up. -- amos 4:7 +. +"So two or three cities would stagger to another city to drink water, But would not be satisfied; Yet you have not returned to Me," declares the LORD. -- amos 4:8 +. +"I smote you with scorching wind and mildew; And the caterpillar was devouring Your many gardens and vineyards, fig trees and olive trees; Yet you have not returned to Me," declares the LORD. -- amos 4:9 +. +"I sent a plague among you after the manner of Egypt; I slew your young men by the sword along with your captured horses, And I made the stench of your camp rise up in your nostrils; Yet you have not returned to Me," declares the LORD. -- amos 4:10 +. +"I overthrew you, as God overthrew Sodom and Gomorrah, And you were like a firebrand snatched from a blaze; Yet you have not returned to Me," declares the LORD. -- amos 4:11 +. +"Therefore thus I will do to you, O Israel; Because I will do this to you, Prepare to meet your God, O Israel." -- amos 4:12 +. +For behold, He who forms mountains and creates the wind And declares to man what are His thoughts, He who makes dawn into darkness And treads on the high places of the earth, The LORD God of hosts is His name. -- amos 4:13 +. +Hear this word which I take up for you as a dirge, O house of Israel: -- amos 5:1 +. +She has fallen, she will not rise again-- The virgin Israel. She lies neglected on her land; There is none to raise her up. -- amos 5:2 +. +For thus says the Lord GOD, "The city which goes forth a thousand strong Will have a hundred left, And the one which goes forth a hundred strong Will have ten left to the house of Israel." -- amos 5:3 +. +For thus says the LORD to the house of Israel, "Seek Me that you may live. -- amos 5:4 +. +"But do not resort to Bethel And do not come to Gilgal, Nor cross over to Beersheba; For Gilgal will certainly go into captivity And Bethel will come to trouble. -- amos 5:5 +. +"Seek the LORD that you may live, Or He will break forth like a fire, O house of Joseph, And it will consume with none to quench it for Bethel, -- amos 5:6 +. +For those who turn justice into wormwood And cast righteousness down to the earth." -- amos 5:7 +. +He who made the Pleiades and Orion And changes deep darkness into morning, Who also darkens day into night, Who calls for the waters of the sea And pours them out on the surface of the earth, The LORD is His name. -- amos 5:8 +. +It is He who flashes forth with destruction upon the strong, So that destruction comes upon the fortress. -- amos 5:9 +. +They hate him who reproves in the gate, And they abhor him who speaks with integrity. -- amos 5:10 +. +Therefore because you impose heavy rent on the poor And exact a tribute of grain from them, Though you have built houses of well-hewn stone, Yet you will not live in them; You have planted pleasant vineyards, yet you will not drink their wine. -- amos 5:11 +. +For I know your transgressions are many and your sins are great, You who distress the righteous and accept bribes And turn aside the poor in the gate. -- amos 5:12 +. +Therefore at such a time the prudent person keeps silent, for it is an evil time. -- amos 5:13 +. +Seek good and not evil, that you may live; And thus may the LORD God of hosts be with you, Just as you have said! -- amos 5:14 +. +Hate evil, love good, And establish justice in the gate! Perhaps the LORD God of hosts May be gracious to the remnant of Joseph. -- amos 5:15 +. +Therefore thus says the LORD God of hosts, the Lord, "There is wailing in all the plazas, And in all the streets they say, 'Alas! Alas!' They also call the farmer to mourning And professional mourners to lamentation. -- amos 5:16 +. +"And in all the vineyards there is wailing, Because I will pass through the midst of you," says the LORD. -- amos 5:17 +. +Alas, you who are longing for the day of the LORD, For what purpose will the day of the LORD be to you? It will be darkness and not light; -- amos 5:18 +. +As when a man flees from a lion And a bear meets him, Or goes home, leans his hand against the wall And a snake bites him. -- amos 5:19 +. +Will not the day of the LORD be darkness instead of light, Even gloom with no brightness in it? -- amos 5:20 +. +"I hate, I reject your festivals, Nor do I delight in your solemn assemblies. -- amos 5:21 +. +"Even though you offer up to Me burnt offerings and your grain offerings, I will not accept them; And I will not even look at the peace offerings of your fatlings. -- amos 5:22 +. +"Take away from Me the noise of your songs; I will not even listen to the sound of your harps. -- amos 5:23 +. +"But let justice roll down like waters And righteousness like an ever-flowing stream. -- amos 5:24 +. +"Did you present Me with sacrifices and grain offerings in the wilderness for forty years, O house of Israel? -- amos 5:25 +. +"You also carried along Sikkuth your king and Kiyyun, your images, the star of your gods which you made for yourselves. -- amos 5:26 +. +"Therefore, I will make you go into exile beyond Damascus," says the LORD, whose name is the God of hosts. -- amos 5:27 +. +Woe to those who are at ease in Zion And to those who feel secure in the mountain of Samaria, The distinguished men of the foremost of nations, To whom the house of Israel comes. -- amos 6:1 +. +Go over to Calneh and look, And go from there to Hamath the great, Then go down to Gath of the Philistines. Are they better than these kingdoms, Or is their territory greater than yours? -- amos 6:2 +. +Do you put off the day of calamity, And would you bring near the seat of violence? -- amos 6:3 +. +Those who recline on beds of ivory And sprawl on their couches, And eat lambs from the flock And calves from the midst of the stall, -- amos 6:4 +. +Who improvise to the sound of the harp, And like David have composed songs for themselves, -- amos 6:5 +. +Who drink wine from sacrificial bowls While they anoint themselves with the finest of oils, Yet they have not grieved over the ruin of Joseph. -- amos 6:6 +. +Therefore, they will now go into exile at the head of the exiles, And the sprawlers' banqueting will pass away. -- amos 6:7 +. +The Lord GOD has sworn by Himself, the LORD God of hosts has declared: "I loathe the arrogance of Jacob, And detest his citadels; Therefore I will deliver up the city and all it contains." -- amos 6:8 +. +And it will be, if ten men are left in one house, they will die. -- amos 6:9 +. +Then one's uncle, or his undertaker, will lift him up to carry out his bones from the house, and he will say to the one who is in the innermost part of the house, "Is anyone else with you?" And that one will say, "No one." Then he will answer, "Keep quiet. For the name of the LORD is not to be mentioned." -- amos 6:10 +. +For behold, the LORD is going to command that the great house be smashed to pieces and the small house to fragments. -- amos 6:11 +. +Do horses run on rocks? Or does one plow them with oxen? Yet you have turned justice into poison And the fruit of righteousness into wormwood, -- amos 6:12 +. +You who rejoice in Lodebar, And say, "Have we not by our own strength taken Karnaim for ourselves?" -- amos 6:13 +. +"For behold, I am going to raise up a nation against you, O house of Israel," declares the LORD God of hosts, "And they will afflict you from the entrance of Hamath To the brook of the Arabah." -- amos 6:14 +. +Thus the Lord GOD showed me, and behold, He was forming a locust-swarm when the spring crop began to sprout. And behold, the spring crop was after the king's mowing. -- amos 7:1 +. +And it came about, when it had finished eating the vegetation of the land, that I said, "Lord GOD, please pardon! How can Jacob stand, For he is small?" -- amos 7:2 +. +The LORD changed His mind about this. "It shall not be," said the LORD. -- amos 7:3 +. +Thus the Lord GOD showed me, and behold, the Lord GOD was calling to contend with them by fire, and it consumed the great deep and began to consume the farm land. -- amos 7:4 +. +Then I said, "Lord GOD, please stop! How can Jacob stand, for he is small?" -- amos 7:5 +. +The LORD changed His mind about this. "This too shall not be," said the Lord GOD. -- amos 7:6 +. +Thus He showed me, and behold, the Lord was standing by a vertical wall with a plumb line in His hand. -- amos 7:7 +. +The LORD said to me, "What do you see, Amos?" And I said, "A plumb line." Then the Lord said, "Behold I am about to put a plumb line In the midst of My people Israel. I will spare them no longer. -- amos 7:8 +. +"The high places of Isaac will be desolated And the sanctuaries of Israel laid waste. Then I will rise up against the house of Jeroboam with the sword." -- amos 7:9 +. +Then Amaziah, the priest of Bethel, sent word to Jeroboam king of Israel, saying, "Amos has conspired against you in the midst of the house of Israel; the land is unable to endure all his words. -- amos 7:10 +. +"For thus Amos says, 'Jeroboam will die by the sword and Israel will certainly go from its land into exile.'" -- amos 7:11 +. +Then Amaziah said to Amos, "Go, you seer, flee away to the land of Judah and there eat bread and there do your prophesying! -- amos 7:12 +. +"But no longer prophesy at Bethel, for it is a sanctuary of the king and a royal residence." -- amos 7:13 +. +Then Amos replied to Amaziah, "I am not a prophet, nor am I the son of a prophet; for I am a herdsman and a grower of sycamore figs. -- amos 7:14 +. +"But the LORD took me from following the flock and the LORD said to me, 'Go prophesy to My people Israel.' -- amos 7:15 +. +"Now hear the word of the LORD: you are saying, 'You shall not prophesy against Israel nor shall you speak against the house of Isaac.' -- amos 7:16 +. +"Therefore, thus says the LORD, 'Your wife will become a harlot in the city, your sons and your daughters will fall by the sword, your land will be parceled up by a measuring line and you yourself will die upon unclean soil. Moreover, Israel will certainly go from its land into exile.'" -- amos 7:17 +. +Thus the Lord GOD showed me, and behold, there was a basket of summer fruit. -- amos 8:1 +. +He said, "What do you see, Amos?" And I said, "A basket of summer fruit." Then the LORD said to me, "The end has come for My people Israel. I will spare them no longer. -- amos 8:2 +. +"The songs of the palace will turn to wailing in that day," declares the Lord GOD. "Many will be the corpses; in every place they will cast them forth in silence." -- amos 8:3 +. +Hear this, you who trample the needy, to do away with the humble of the land, -- amos 8:4 +. +saying, "When will the new moon be over, So that we may sell grain, And the sabbath, that we may open the wheat market, To make the bushel smaller and the shekel bigger, And to cheat with dishonest scales, -- amos 8:5 +. +So as to buy the helpless for money And the needy for a pair of sandals, And that we may sell the refuse of the wheat?" -- amos 8:6 +. +The LORD has sworn by the pride of Jacob, "Indeed, I will never forget any of their deeds. -- amos 8:7 +. +"Because of this will not the land quake And everyone who dwells in it mourn? Indeed, all of it will rise up like the Nile, And it will be tossed about And subside like the Nile of Egypt. -- amos 8:8 +. +"It will come about in that day," declares the Lord GOD, "That I will make the sun go down at noon And make the earth dark in broad daylight. -- amos 8:9 +. +"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. -- amos 8:10 +. +"Behold, days are coming," declares the Lord GOD, "When I will send a famine on the land, Not a famine for bread or a thirst for water, But rather for hearing the words of the LORD. -- amos 8:11 +. +"People will stagger from sea to sea And from the north even to the east; They will go to and fro to seek the word of the LORD, But they will not find it. -- amos 8:12 +. +"In that day the beautiful virgins And the young men will faint from thirst. -- amos 8:13 +. +"As for those who swear by the guilt of Samaria, Who say, 'As your god lives, O Dan,' And, 'As the way of Beersheba lives,' They will fall and not rise again." -- amos 8:14 +. +I saw the Lord standing beside the altar, and He said, "Smite the capitals so that the thresholds will shake, And break them on the heads of them all! Then I will slay the rest of them with the sword; They will not have a fugitive who will flee, Or a refugee who will escape. -- amos 9:1 +. +"Though they dig into Sheol, From there will My hand take them; And though they ascend to heaven, From there will I bring them down. -- amos 9:2 +. +"Though they hide on the summit of Carmel, I will search them out and take them from there; And though they conceal themselves from My sight on the floor of the sea, From there I will command the serpent and it will bite them. -- amos 9:3 +. +"And though they go into captivity before their enemies, From there I will command the sword that it slay them, And I will set My eyes against them for evil and not for good." -- amos 9:4 +. +The Lord GOD of hosts, The One who touches the land so that it melts, And all those who dwell in it mourn, And all of it rises up like the Nile And subsides like the Nile of Egypt; -- amos 9:5 +. +The One who builds His upper chambers in the heavens And has founded His vaulted dome over the earth, He who calls for the waters of the sea And pours them out on the face of the earth, The LORD is His name. -- amos 9:6 +. +"Are you not as the sons of Ethiopia to Me, O sons of Israel?" declares the LORD. "Have I not brought up Israel from the land of Egypt, And the Philistines from Caphtor and the Arameans from Kir? -- amos 9:7 +. +"Behold, the eyes of the Lord GOD are on the sinful kingdom, And I will destroy it from the face of the earth; Nevertheless, I will not totally destroy the house of Jacob," Declares the LORD. -- amos 9:8 +. +"For behold, I am commanding, And I will shake the house of Israel among all nations As grain is shaken in a sieve, But not a kernel will fall to the ground. -- amos 9:9 +. +"All the sinners of My people will die by the sword, Those who say, 'The calamity will not overtake or confront us.' -- amos 9:10 +. +"In that day I will raise up the fallen booth of David, And wall up its breaches; I will also raise up its ruins And rebuild it as in the days of old; -- amos 9:11 +. +That they may possess the remnant of Edom And all the nations who are called by My name," Declares the LORD who does this. -- amos 9:12 +. +"Behold, days are coming," declares the LORD, "When the plowman will overtake the reaper And the treader of grapes him who sows seed; When the mountains will drip sweet wine And all the hills will be dissolved. -- amos 9:13 +. +"Also I will restore the captivity of My people Israel, And they will rebuild the ruined cities and live in them; They will also plant vineyards and drink their wine, And make gardens and eat their fruit. -- amos 9:14 +. +"I will also plant them on their land, And they will not again be rooted out from their land Which I have given them," Says the LORD your God. -- amos 9:15 +. +The vision of Obadiah. Thus says the Lord GOD concerning Edom-- We have heard a report from the LORD, And an envoy has been sent among the nations saying, "Arise and let us go against her for battle"-- -- obadiah 1:1 +. +"Behold, I will make you small among the nations; You are greatly despised. -- obadiah 1:2 +. +"The arrogance of your heart has deceived you, You who live in the clefts of the rock, In the loftiness of your dwelling place, Who say in your heart, 'Who will bring me down to earth?' -- obadiah 1:3 +. +"Though you build high like the eagle, Though you set your nest among the stars, From there I will bring you down," declares the LORD. -- obadiah 1:4 +. +"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? -- obadiah 1:5 +. +"O how Esau will be ransacked, And his hidden treasures searched out! -- obadiah 1:6 +. +"All the men allied with you Will send you forth to the border, And the men at peace with you Will deceive you and overpower you. They who eat your bread Will set an ambush for you. (There is no understanding in him.) -- obadiah 1:7 +. +"Will I not on that day," declares the LORD, "Destroy wise men from Edom And understanding from the mountain of Esau? -- obadiah 1:8 +. +"Then your mighty men will be dismayed, O Teman, So that everyone may be cut off from the mountain of Esau by slaughter. -- obadiah 1:9 +. +"Because of violence to your brother Jacob, You will be covered with shame, And you will be cut off forever. -- obadiah 1:10 +. +"On the day that you stood aloof, On the day that strangers carried off his wealth, And foreigners entered his gate And cast lots for Jerusalem-- You too were as one of them. -- obadiah 1:11 +. +"Do not gloat over your brother's day, The day of his misfortune. And do not rejoice over the sons of Judah In the day of their destruction; Yes, do not boast In the day of their distress. -- obadiah 1:12 +. +"Do not enter the gate of My people In the day of their disaster. Yes, you, do not gloat over their calamity In the day of their disaster. And do not loot their wealth In the day of their disaster. -- obadiah 1:13 +. +"Do not stand at the fork of the road To cut down their fugitives; And do not imprison their survivors In the day of their distress. -- obadiah 1:14 +. +"For the day of the LORD draws near on all the nations. As you have done, it will be done to you. Your dealings will return on your own head. -- obadiah 1:15 +. +"Because just as you drank on My holy mountain, All the nations will drink continually. They will drink and swallow And become as if they had never existed. -- obadiah 1:16 +. +"But on Mount Zion there will be those who escape, And it will be holy. And the house of Jacob will possess their possessions. -- obadiah 1:17 +. +"Then the house of Jacob will be a fire And the house of Joseph a flame; But the house of Esau will be as stubble. And they will set them on fire and consume them, So that there will be no survivor of the house of Esau," For the LORD has spoken. -- obadiah 1:18 +. +Then those of the Negev will possess the mountain of Esau, And those of the Shephelah the Philistine plain; Also, possess the territory of Ephraim and the territory of Samaria, And Benjamin will possess Gilead. -- obadiah 1:19 +. +And the exiles of this host of the sons of Israel, Who are among the Canaanites as far as Zarephath, And the exiles of Jerusalem who are in Sepharad Will possess the cities of the Negev. -- obadiah 1:20 +. +The deliverers will ascend Mount Zion To judge the mountain of Esau, And the kingdom will be the LORD'S. -- obadiah 1:21 +. +The word of the LORD came to Jonah the son of Amittai saying, -- jonah 1:1 +. +"Arise, go to Nineveh the great city and cry against it, for their wickedness has come up before Me." -- jonah 1:2 +. +But Jonah rose up to flee to Tarshish from the presence of the LORD. So he went down to Joppa, found a ship which was going to Tarshish, paid the fare and went down into it to go with them to Tarshish from the presence of the LORD. -- jonah 1:3 +. +The LORD hurled a great wind on the sea and there was a great storm on the sea so that the ship was about to break up. -- jonah 1:4 +. +Then the sailors became afraid and every man cried to his god, and they threw the cargo which was in the ship into the sea to lighten it for them. But Jonah had gone below into the hold of the ship, lain down and fallen sound asleep. -- jonah 1:5 +. +So the captain approached him and said, "How is it that you are sleeping? Get up, call on your god. Perhaps your god will be concerned about us so that we will not perish." -- jonah 1:6 +. +Each man said to his mate, "Come, let us cast lots so we may learn on whose account this calamity has struck us." So they cast lots and the lot fell on Jonah. -- jonah 1:7 +. +Then they said to him, "Tell us, now! On whose account has this calamity struck us? What is your occupation? And where do you come from? What is your country? From what people are you?" -- jonah 1:8 +. +He said to them, "I am a Hebrew, and I fear the LORD God of heaven who made the sea and the dry land." -- jonah 1:9 +. +Then the men became extremely frightened and they said to him, "How could you do this?" For the men knew that he was fleeing from the presence of the LORD, because he had told them. -- jonah 1:10 +. +So they said to him, "What should we do to you that the sea may become calm for us?"--for the sea was becoming increasingly stormy. -- jonah 1:11 +. +He said to them, "Pick me up and throw me into the sea. Then the sea will become calm for you, for I know that on account of me this great storm has come upon you." -- jonah 1:12 +. +However, the men rowed desperately to return to land but they could not, for the sea was becoming even stormier against them. -- jonah 1:13 +. +Then they called on the LORD and said, "We earnestly pray, O LORD, do not let us perish on account of this man's life and do not put innocent blood on us; for You, O LORD, have done as You have pleased." -- jonah 1:14 +. +So they picked up Jonah, threw him into the sea, and the sea stopped its raging. -- jonah 1:15 +. +Then the men feared the LORD greatly, and they offered a sacrifice to the LORD and made vows. -- jonah 1:16 +. +And the LORD appointed a great fish to swallow Jonah, and Jonah was in the stomach of the fish three days and three nights. -- jonah 1:17 +. +Then Jonah prayed to the LORD his God from the stomach of the fish, -- jonah 2:1 +. +and he said, "I called out of my distress to the LORD, And He answered me. I cried for help from the depth of Sheol; You heard my voice. -- jonah 2:2 +. +"For You had cast me into the deep, Into the heart of the seas, And the current engulfed me. All Your breakers and billows passed over me. -- jonah 2:3 +. +"So I said, 'I have been expelled from Your sight. Nevertheless I will look again toward Your holy temple.' -- jonah 2:4 +. +"Water encompassed me to the point of death. The great deep engulfed me, Weeds were wrapped around my head. -- jonah 2:5 +. +"I descended to the roots of the mountains. The earth with its bars was around me forever, But You have brought up my life from the pit, O LORD my God. -- jonah 2:6 +. +"While I was fainting away, I remembered the LORD, And my prayer came to You, Into Your holy temple. -- jonah 2:7 +. +"Those who regard vain idols Forsake their faithfulness, -- jonah 2:8 +. +But I will sacrifice to You With the voice of thanksgiving. That which I have vowed I will pay. Salvation is from the LORD." -- jonah 2:9 +. +Then the LORD commanded the fish, and it vomited Jonah up onto the dry land. -- jonah 2:10 +. +Now the word of the LORD came to Jonah the second time, saying, -- jonah 3:1 +. +"Arise, go to Nineveh the great city and proclaim to it the proclamation which I am going to tell you." -- jonah 3:2 +. +So Jonah arose and went to Nineveh according to the word of the LORD. Now Nineveh was an exceedingly great city, a three days' walk. -- jonah 3:3 +. +Then Jonah began to go through the city one day's walk; and he cried out and said, "Yet forty days and Nineveh will be overthrown." -- jonah 3:4 +. +Then the people of Nineveh believed in God; and they called a fast and put on sackcloth from the greatest to the least of them. -- jonah 3:5 +. +When the word reached the king of Nineveh, he arose from his throne, laid aside his robe from him, covered himself with sackcloth and sat on the ashes. -- jonah 3:6 +. +He issued a proclamation and it said, "In Nineveh by the decree of the king and his nobles: Do not let man, beast, herd, or flock taste a thing. Do not let them eat or drink water. -- jonah 3:7 +. +"But both man and beast must be covered with sackcloth; and let men call on God earnestly that each may turn from his wicked way and from the violence which is in his hands. -- jonah 3:8 +. +"Who knows, God may turn and relent and withdraw His burning anger so that we will not perish." -- jonah 3:9 +. +When God saw their deeds, that they turned from their wicked way, then God relented concerning the calamity which He had declared He would bring upon them. And He did not do it. -- jonah 3:10 +. +But it greatly displeased Jonah and he became angry. -- jonah 4:1 +. +He prayed to the LORD and said, "Please LORD, was not this what I said while I was still in my own country? Therefore in order to forestall this I fled to Tarshish, for I knew that You are a gracious and compassionate God, slow to anger and abundant in lovingkindness, and one who relents concerning calamity. -- jonah 4:2 +. +"Therefore now, O LORD, please take my life from me, for death is better to me than life." -- jonah 4:3 +. +The LORD said, "Do you have good reason to be angry?" -- jonah 4:4 +. +Then Jonah went out from the city and sat east of it. There he made a shelter for himself and sat under it in the shade until he could see what would happen in the city. -- jonah 4:5 +. +So the LORD God appointed a plant and it grew up over Jonah to be a shade over his head to deliver him from his discomfort. And Jonah was extremely happy about the plant. -- jonah 4:6 +. +But God appointed a worm when dawn came the next day and it attacked the plant and it withered. -- jonah 4:7 +. +When the sun came up God appointed a scorching east wind, and the sun beat down on Jonah's head so that he became faint and begged with all his soul to die, saying, "Death is better to me than life." -- jonah 4:8 +. +Then God said to Jonah, "Do you have good reason to be angry about the plant?" And he said, "I have good reason to be angry, even to death." -- jonah 4:9 +. +Then the LORD said, "You had compassion on the plant for which you did not work and which you did not cause to grow, which came up overnight and perished overnight. -- jonah 4:10 +. +"Should I not have compassion on Nineveh, the great city in which there are more than 120,persons who do not know the difference between their right and left hand, as well as many animals?" -- jonah 4:11 +. +The word of the LORD which came to Micah of Moresheth in the days of Jotham, Ahaz and Hezekiah, kings of Judah, which he saw concerning Samaria and Jerusalem. -- micah 1:1 +. +Hear, O peoples, all of you; Listen, O earth and all it contains, And let the Lord GOD be a witness against you, The Lord from His holy temple. -- micah 1:2 +. +For behold, the LORD is coming forth from His place. He will come down and tread on the high places of the earth. -- micah 1:3 +. +The mountains will melt under Him And the valleys will be split, Like wax before the fire, Like water poured down a steep place. -- micah 1:4 +. +All this is for the rebellion of Jacob And for the sins of the house of Israel. What is the rebellion of Jacob? Is it not Samaria? What is the high place of Judah? Is it not Jerusalem? -- micah 1:5 +. +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. -- micah 1:6 +. +All of her idols will be smashed, All of her earnings will be burned with fire And all of her images I will make desolate, For she collected them from a harlot's earnings, And to the earnings of a harlot they will return. -- micah 1:7 +. +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. -- micah 1:8 +. +For her wound is incurable, For it has come to Judah; It has reached the gate of my people, Even to Jerusalem. -- micah 1:9 +. +Tell it not in Gath, Weep not at all. At Beth-le-aphrah roll yourself in the dust. -- micah 1:10 +. +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." -- micah 1:11 +. +For the inhabitant of Maroth Becomes weak waiting for good, Because a calamity has come down from the LORD To the gate of Jerusalem. -- micah 1:12 +. +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. -- micah 1:13 +. +Therefore you will give parting gifts On behalf of Moresheth-gath; The houses of Achzib will become a deception To the kings of Israel. -- micah 1:14 +. +Moreover, I will bring on you The one who takes possession, O inhabitant of Mareshah. The glory of Israel will enter Adullam. -- micah 1:15 +. +Make yourself bald and cut off your hair, Because of the children of your delight; Extend your baldness like the eagle, For they will go from you into exile. -- micah 1:16 +. +Woe to those who scheme iniquity, Who work out evil on their beds! When morning comes, they do it, For it is in the power of their hands. -- micah 2:1 +. +They covet fields and then seize them, And houses, and take them away. They rob a man and his house, A man and his inheritance. -- micah 2:2 +. +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. -- micah 2:3 +. +"On that day they will take up against you a taunt And utter a bitter lamentation and say, 'We are completely destroyed! He exchanges the portion of my people; How He removes it from me! To the apostate He apportions our fields.' -- micah 2:4 +. +"Therefore you will have no one stretching a measuring line For you by lot in the assembly of the LORD. -- micah 2:5 +. +'Do not speak out,' so they speak out. But if they do not speak out concerning these things, Reproaches will not be turned back. -- micah 2:6 +. +"Is it being said, O house of Jacob: 'Is the Spirit of the LORD impatient? Are these His doings?' Do not My words do good To the one walking uprightly? -- micah 2:7 +. +"Recently My people have arisen as an enemy-- You strip the robe off the garment From unsuspecting passers-by, From those returned from war. -- micah 2:8 +. +"The women of My people you evict, Each one from her pleasant house. From her children you take My splendor forever. -- micah 2:9 +. +"Arise and go, For this is no place of rest Because of the uncleanness that brings on destruction, A painful destruction. -- micah 2:10 +. +"If a man walking after wind and falsehood Had told lies and said, 'I will speak out to you concerning wine and liquor,' He would be spokesman to this people. -- micah 2:11 +. +"I will surely assemble all of you, Jacob, I will surely gather the remnant of Israel. I will put them together like sheep in the fold; Like a flock in the midst of its pasture They will be noisy with men. -- micah 2:12 +. +"The breaker goes up before them; They break out, pass through the gate and go out by it. So their king goes on before them, And the LORD at their head." -- micah 2:13 +. +And I said, "Hear now, heads of Jacob And rulers of the house of Israel. Is it not for you to know justice? -- micah 3:1 +. +"You who hate good and love evil, Who tear off their skin from them And their flesh from their bones, -- micah 3:2 +. +Who eat the flesh of my people, Strip off their skin from them, Break their bones And chop them up as for the pot And as meat in a kettle." -- micah 3:3 +. +Then they will cry out to the LORD, But He will not answer them. Instead, He will hide His face from them at that time Because they have practiced evil deeds. -- micah 3:4 +. +Thus says the LORD concerning the prophets who lead my people astray; When they have something to bite with their teeth, They cry, "Peace," But against him who puts nothing in their mouths They declare holy war. -- micah 3:5 +. +Therefore it will be night for you--without vision, And darkness for you--without divination. The sun will go down on the prophets, And the day will become dark over them. -- micah 3:6 +. +The seers will be ashamed And the diviners will be embarrassed. Indeed, they will all cover their mouths Because there is no answer from God. -- micah 3:7 +. +On the other hand I am filled with power-- With the Spirit of the LORD-- And with justice and courage To make known to Jacob his rebellious act, Even to Israel his sin. -- micah 3:8 +. +Now hear this, heads of the house of Jacob And rulers of the house of Israel, Who abhor justice And twist everything that is straight, -- micah 3:9 +. +Who build Zion with bloodshed And Jerusalem with violent injustice. -- micah 3:10 +. +Her leaders pronounce judgment for a bribe, Her priests instruct for a price And her prophets divine for money. Yet they lean on the LORD saying, "Is not the LORD in our midst? Calamity will not come upon us." -- micah 3:11 +. +Therefore, on account of you Zion will be plowed as a field, Jerusalem will become a heap of ruins, And the mountain of the temple will become high places of a forest. -- micah 3:12 +. +And it will come about in the last days That the mountain of the house of the LORD Will be established as the chief of the mountains. It will be raised above the hills, And the peoples will stream to it. -- micah 4:1 +. +Many nations will come and say, "Come and let us go up to the mountain of the LORD And to the house of the God of Jacob, That He may teach us about His ways And that we may walk in His paths." For from Zion will go forth the law, Even the word of the LORD from Jerusalem. -- micah 4:2 +. +And He will judge between many peoples And render decisions for mighty, distant nations. Then they will hammer their swords into plowshares And their spears into pruning hooks; Nation will not lift up sword against nation, And never again will they train for war. -- micah 4:3 +. +Each of them will sit under his vine And under his fig tree, With no one to make them afraid, For the mouth of the LORD of hosts has spoken. -- micah 4:4 +. +Though all the peoples walk Each in the name of his god, As for us, we will walk In the name of the LORD our God forever and ever. -- micah 4:5 +. +"In that day," declares the LORD, "I will assemble the lame And gather the outcasts, Even those whom I have afflicted. -- micah 4:6 +. +"I will make the lame a remnant And the outcasts a strong nation, And the LORD will reign over them in Mount Zion From now on and forever. -- micah 4:7 +. +"As for you, tower of the flock, Hill of the daughter of Zion, To you it will come-- Even the former dominion will come, The kingdom of the daughter of Jerusalem. -- micah 4:8 +. +"Now, why do you cry out loudly? Is there no king among you, Or has your counselor perished, That agony has gripped you like a woman in childbirth? -- micah 4:9 +. +"Writhe and labor to give birth, Daughter of Zion, Like a woman in childbirth; For now you will go out of the city, Dwell in the field, And go to Babylon. There you will be rescued; There the LORD will redeem you From the hand of your enemies. -- micah 4:10 +. +"And now many nations have been assembled against you Who say, 'Let her be polluted, And let our eyes gloat over Zion.' -- micah 4:11 +. +"But they do not know the thoughts of the LORD, And they do not understand His purpose; For He has gathered them like sheaves to the threshing floor. -- micah 4:12 +. +"Arise and thresh, daughter of Zion, For your horn I will make iron And your hoofs I will make bronze, That you may pulverize many peoples, That you may devote to the LORD their unjust gain And their wealth to the Lord of all the earth. -- micah 4:13 +. +"Now muster yourselves in troops, daughter of troops; They have laid siege against us; With a rod they will smite the judge of Israel on the cheek. -- micah 5:1 +. +"But as for you, Bethlehem Ephrathah, Too little to be among the clans of Judah, From you One will go forth for Me to be ruler in Israel. His goings forth are from long ago, From the days of eternity." -- micah 5:2 +. +Therefore He will give them up until the time When she who is in labor has borne a child. Then the remainder of His brethren Will return to the sons of Israel. -- micah 5:3 +. +And He will arise and shepherd His flock In the strength of the LORD, In the majesty of the name of the LORD His God. And they will remain, Because at that time He will be great To the ends of the earth. -- micah 5:4 +. +This One will be our peace. When the Assyrian invades our land, When he tramples on our citadels, Then we will raise against him Seven shepherds and eight leaders of men. -- micah 5:5 +. +They will shepherd the land of Assyria with the sword, The land of Nimrod at its entrances; And He will deliver us from the Assyrian When he attacks our land And when he tramples our territory. -- micah 5:6 +. +Then the remnant of Jacob Will be among many peoples Like dew from the LORD, Like showers on vegetation Which do not wait for man Or delay for the sons of men. -- micah 5:7 +. +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. -- micah 5:8 +. +Your hand will be lifted up against your adversaries, And all your enemies will be cut off. -- micah 5:9 +. +"It will be in that day," declares the LORD, "That I will cut off your horses from among you And destroy your chariots. -- micah 5:10 +. +"I will also cut off the cities of your land And tear down all your fortifications. -- micah 5:11 +. +"I will cut off sorceries from your hand, And you will have fortune-tellers no more. -- micah 5:12 +. +"I will cut off your carved images And your sacred pillars from among you, So that you will no longer bow down To the work of your hands. -- micah 5:13 +. +"I will root out your Asherim from among you And destroy your cities. -- micah 5:14 +. +"And I will execute vengeance in anger and wrath On the nations which have not obeyed." -- micah 5:15 +. +Hear now what the LORD is saying, "Arise, plead your case before the mountains, And let the hills hear your voice. -- micah 6:1 +. +"Listen, you mountains, to the indictment of the LORD, And you enduring foundations of the earth, Because the LORD has a case against His people; Even with Israel He will dispute. -- micah 6:2 +. +"My people, what have I done to you, And how have I wearied you? Answer Me. -- micah 6:3 +. +"Indeed, I brought you up from the land of Egypt And ransomed you from the house of slavery, And I sent before you Moses, Aaron and Miriam. -- micah 6:4 +. +"My people, remember now What Balak king of Moab counseled And what Balaam son of Beor answered him, And from Shittim to Gilgal, So that you might know the righteous acts of the LORD." -- micah 6:5 +. +With what shall I come to the LORD And bow myself before the God on high? Shall I come to Him with burnt offerings, With yearling calves? -- micah 6:6 +. +Does the LORD take delight in thousands of rams, In ten thousand rivers of oil? Shall I present my firstborn for my rebellious acts, The fruit of my body for the sin of my soul? -- micah 6:7 +. +He has told you, O man, what is good; And what does the LORD require of you But to do justice, to love kindness, And to walk humbly with your God? -- micah 6:8 +. +The voice of the LORD will call to the city-- And it is sound wisdom to fear Your name: "Hear, O tribe. Who has appointed its time? -- micah 6:9 +. +"Is there yet a man in the wicked house, Along with treasures of wickedness And a short measure that is cursed? -- micah 6:10 +. +"Can I justify wicked scales And a bag of deceptive weights? -- micah 6:11 +. +"For the rich men of the city are full of violence, Her residents speak lies, And their tongue is deceitful in their mouth. -- micah 6:12 +. +"So also I will make you sick, striking you down, Desolating you because of your sins. -- micah 6:13 +. +"You will eat, but you will not be satisfied, And your vileness will be in your midst. You will try to remove for safekeeping, But you will not preserve anything, And what you do preserve I will give to the sword. -- micah 6:14 +. +"You will sow but you will not reap. You will tread the olive but will not anoint yourself with oil; And the grapes, but you will not drink wine. -- micah 6:15 +. +"The statutes of Omri And all the works of the house of Ahab are observed; And in their devices you walk. Therefore I will give you up for destruction And your inhabitants for derision, And you will bear the reproach of My people." -- micah 6:16 +. +Woe is me! For I am Like the fruit pickers, like the grape gatherers. There is not a cluster of grapes to eat, Or a first-ripe fig which I crave. -- micah 7:1 +. +The godly person has perished from the land, And there is no upright person among men. All of them lie in wait for bloodshed; Each of them hunts the other with a net. -- micah 7:2 +. +Concerning evil, both hands do it well. The prince asks, also the judge, for a bribe, And a great man speaks the desire of his soul; So they weave it together. -- micah 7:3 +. +The best of them is like a briar, The most upright like a thorn hedge. The day when you post your watchmen, Your punishment will come. Then their confusion will occur. -- micah 7:4 +. +Do not trust in a neighbor; Do not have confidence in a friend. From her who lies in your bosom Guard your lips. -- micah 7:5 +. +For son treats father contemptuously, Daughter rises up against her mother, Daughter-in-law against her mother-in-law; A man's enemies are the men of his own household. -- micah 7:6 +. +But as for me, I will watch expectantly for the LORD; I will wait for the God of my salvation. My God will hear me. -- micah 7:7 +. +Do not rejoice over me, O my enemy. Though I fall I will rise; Though I dwell in darkness, the LORD is a light for me. -- micah 7:8 +. +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. -- micah 7:9 +. +Then my enemy will see, And shame will cover her who said to me, "Where is the LORD your God?" My eyes will look on her; At that time she will be trampled down Like mire of the streets. -- micah 7:10 +. +It will be a day for building your walls. On that day will your boundary be extended. -- micah 7:11 +. +It will be a day when they will come to you From Assyria and the cities of Egypt, From Egypt even to the Euphrates, Even from sea to sea and mountain to mountain. -- micah 7:12 +. +And the earth will become desolate because of her inhabitants, On account of the fruit of their deeds. -- micah 7:13 +. +Shepherd Your people with Your scepter, The flock of Your possession Which dwells by itself in the woodland, In the midst of a fruitful field. Let them feed in Bashan and Gilead As in the days of old. -- micah 7:14 +. +"As in the days when you came out from the land of Egypt, I will show you miracles." -- micah 7:15 +. +Nations will see and be ashamed Of all their might. They will put their hand on their mouth, Their ears will be deaf. -- micah 7:16 +. +They will lick the dust like a serpent, Like reptiles of the earth. They will come trembling out of their fortresses; To the LORD our God they will come in dread And they will be afraid before You. -- micah 7:17 +. +Who is a God like You, who pardons iniquity And passes over the rebellious act of the remnant of His possession? He does not retain His anger forever, Because He delights in unchanging love. -- micah 7:18 +. +He will again have compassion on us; He will tread our iniquities under foot. Yes, You will cast all their sins Into the depths of the sea. -- micah 7:19 +. +You will give truth to Jacob And unchanging love to Abraham, Which You swore to our forefathers From the days of old. -- micah 7:20 +. +The oracle of Nineveh. The book of the vision of Nahum the Elkoshite. -- nahum 1:1 +. +A jealous and avenging God is the LORD; The LORD is avenging and wrathful. The LORD takes vengeance on His adversaries, And He reserves wrath for His enemies. -- nahum 1:2 +. +The LORD is slow to anger and great in power, And the LORD will by no means leave the guilty unpunished. In whirlwind and storm is His way, And clouds are the dust beneath His feet. -- nahum 1:3 +. +He rebukes the sea and makes it dry; He dries up all the rivers. Bashan and Carmel wither; The blossoms of Lebanon wither. -- nahum 1:4 +. +Mountains quake because of Him And the hills dissolve; Indeed the earth is upheaved by His presence, The world and all the inhabitants in it. -- nahum 1:5 +. +Who can stand before His indignation? Who can endure the burning of His anger? His wrath is poured out like fire And the rocks are broken up by Him. -- nahum 1:6 +. +The LORD is good, A stronghold in the day of trouble, And He knows those who take refuge in Him. -- nahum 1:7 +. +But with an overflowing flood He will make a complete end of its site, And will pursue His enemies into darkness. -- nahum 1:8 +. +Whatever you devise against the LORD, He will make a complete end of it. Distress will not rise up twice. -- nahum 1:9 +. +Like tangled thorns, And like those who are drunken with their drink, They are consumed As stubble completely withered. -- nahum 1:10 +. +From you has gone forth One who plotted evil against the LORD, A wicked counselor. -- nahum 1:11 +. +Thus says the LORD, "Though they are at full strength and likewise many, Even so, they will be cut off and pass away. Though I have afflicted you, I will afflict you no longer. -- nahum 1:12 +. +"So now, I will break his yoke bar from upon you, And I will tear off your shackles." -- nahum 1:13 +. +The LORD has issued a command concerning you: "Your name will no longer be perpetuated. I will cut off idol and image From the house of your gods. I will prepare your grave, For you are contemptible." -- nahum 1:14 +. +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. -- nahum 1:15 +. +The one who scatters has come up against you. Man the fortress, watch the road; Strengthen your back, summon all your strength. -- nahum 2:1 +. +For the LORD will restore the splendor of Jacob Like the splendor of Israel, Even though devastators have devastated them And destroyed their vine branches. -- nahum 2:2 +. +The shields of his mighty men are colored red, The warriors are dressed in scarlet, The chariots are enveloped in flashing steel When he is prepared to march, And the cypress spears are brandished. -- nahum 2:3 +. +The chariots race madly in the streets, They rush wildly in the squares, Their appearance is like torches, They dash to and fro like lightning flashes. -- nahum 2:4 +. +He remembers his nobles; They stumble in their march, They hurry to her wall, And the mantelet is set up. -- nahum 2:5 +. +The gates of the rivers are opened And the palace is dissolved. -- nahum 2:6 +. +It is fixed: She is stripped, she is carried away, And her handmaids are moaning like the sound of doves, Beating on their breasts. -- nahum 2:7 +. +Though Nineveh was like a pool of water throughout her days, Now they are fleeing; "Stop, stop," But no one turns back. -- nahum 2:8 +. +Plunder the silver! Plunder the gold! For there is no limit to the treasure-- Wealth from every kind of desirable object. -- nahum 2:9 +. +She is emptied! Yes, she is desolate and waste! Hearts are melting and knees knocking! Also anguish is in the whole body And all their faces are grown pale! -- nahum 2:10 +. +Where is the den of the lions And the feeding place of the young lions, Where the lion, lioness and lion's cub prowled, With nothing to disturb them? -- nahum 2:11 +. +The lion tore enough for his cubs, Killed enough for his lionesses, And filled his lairs with prey And his dens with torn flesh. -- nahum 2:12 +. +"Behold, I am against you," declares the LORD of hosts. "I will burn up her chariots in smoke, a sword will devour your young lions; I will cut off your prey from the land, and no longer will the voice of your messengers be heard." -- nahum 2:13 +. +Woe to the bloody city, completely full of lies and pillage; Her prey never departs. -- nahum 3:1 +. +The noise of the whip, The noise of the rattling of the wheel, Galloping horses And bounding chariots! -- nahum 3:2 +. +Horsemen charging, Swords flashing, spears gleaming, Many slain, a mass of corpses, And countless dead bodies-- They stumble over the dead bodies! -- nahum 3:3 +. +All because of the many harlotries of the harlot, The charming one, the mistress of sorceries, Who sells nations by her harlotries And families by her sorceries. -- nahum 3:4 +. +"Behold, I am against you," declares the LORD of hosts; "And I will lift up your skirts over your face, And show to the nations your nakedness And to the kingdoms your disgrace. -- nahum 3:5 +. +"I will throw filth on you And make you vile, And set you up as a spectacle. -- nahum 3:6 +. +"And it will come about that all who see you Will shrink from you and say, 'Nineveh is devastated! Who will grieve for her?' Where will I seek comforters for you?" -- nahum 3:7 +. +Are you better than No-amon, Which was situated by the waters of the Nile, With water surrounding her, Whose rampart was the sea, Whose wall consisted of the sea? -- nahum 3:8 +. +Ethiopia was her might, And Egypt too, without limits. Put and Lubim were among her helpers. -- nahum 3:9 +. +Yet she became an exile, She went into captivity; Also her small children were dashed to pieces At the head of every street; They cast lots for her honorable men, And all her great men were bound with fetters. -- nahum 3:10 +. +You too will become drunk, You will be hidden. You too will search for a refuge from the enemy. -- nahum 3:11 +. +All your fortifications are fig trees with ripe fruit-- When shaken, they fall into the eater's mouth. -- nahum 3:12 +. +Behold, your people are women in your midst! The gates of your land are opened wide to your enemies; Fire consumes your gate bars. -- nahum 3:13 +. +Draw for yourself water for the siege! Strengthen your fortifications! Go into the clay and tread the mortar! Take hold of the brick mold! -- nahum 3:14 +. +There fire will consume you, The sword will cut you down; It will consume you as the locust does. Multiply yourself like the creeping locust, Multiply yourself like the swarming locust. -- nahum 3:15 +. +You have increased your traders more than the stars of heaven-- The creeping locust strips and flies away. -- nahum 3:16 +. +Your guardsmen are like the swarming locust. Your marshals are like hordes of grasshoppers Settling in the stone walls on a cold day. The sun rises and they flee, And the place where they are is not known. -- nahum 3:17 +. +Your shepherds are sleeping, O king of Assyria; Your nobles are lying down. Your people are scattered on the mountains And there is no one to regather them. -- nahum 3:18 +. +There is no relief for your breakdown, Your wound is incurable. All who hear about you Will clap their hands over you, For on whom has not your evil passed continually? -- nahum 3:19 +. +The oracle which Habakkuk the prophet saw. -- habakkuk 1:1 +. +How long, O LORD, will I call for help, And You will not hear? I cry out to You, "Violence!" Yet You do not save. -- habakkuk 1:2 +. +Why do You make me see iniquity, And cause me to look on wickedness? Yes, destruction and violence are before me; Strife exists and contention arises. -- habakkuk 1:3 +. +Therefore the law is ignored And justice is never upheld. For the wicked surround the righteous; Therefore justice comes out perverted. -- habakkuk 1:4 +. +"Look among the nations! Observe! Be astonished! Wonder! Because I am doing something in your days-- You would not believe if you were told. -- habakkuk 1:5 +. +"For behold, I am raising up the Chaldeans, That fierce and impetuous people Who march throughout the earth To seize dwelling places which are not theirs. -- habakkuk 1:6 +. +"They are dreaded and feared; Their justice and authority originate with themselves. -- habakkuk 1:7 +. +"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. -- habakkuk 1:8 +. +"All of them come for violence. Their horde of faces moves forward. They collect captives like sand. -- habakkuk 1:9 +. +"They mock at kings And rulers are a laughing matter to them. They laugh at every fortress And heap up rubble to capture it. -- habakkuk 1:10 +. +"Then they will sweep through like the wind and pass on. But they will be held guilty, They whose strength is their god." -- habakkuk 1:11 +. +Are You not from everlasting, O LORD, my God, my Holy One? We will not die. You, O LORD, have appointed them to judge; And You, O Rock, have established them to correct. -- habakkuk 1:12 +. +Your eyes are too pure to approve evil, And You can not look on wickedness with favor. Why do You look with favor On those who deal treacherously? Why are You silent when the wicked swallow up Those more righteous than they? -- habakkuk 1:13 +. +Why have You made men like the fish of the sea, Like creeping things without a ruler over them? -- habakkuk 1:14 +. +The Chaldeans bring all of them up with a hook, Drag them away with their net, And gather them together in their fishing net. Therefore they rejoice and are glad. -- habakkuk 1:15 +. +Therefore they offer a sacrifice to their net And burn incense to their fishing net; Because through these things their catch is large, And their food is plentiful. -- habakkuk 1:16 +. +Will they therefore empty their net And continually slay nations without sparing? -- habakkuk 1:17 +. +I will stand on my guard post And station myself on the rampart; And I will keep watch to see what He will speak to me, And how I may reply when I am reproved. -- habakkuk 2:1 +. +Then the LORD answered me and said, "Record the vision And inscribe it on tablets, That the one who reads it may run. -- habakkuk 2:2 +. +"For the vision is yet for the appointed time; It hastens toward the goal and it will not fail. Though it tarries, wait for it; For it will certainly come, it will not delay. -- habakkuk 2:3 +. +"Behold, as for the proud one, His soul is not right within him; But the righteous will live by his faith. -- habakkuk 2:4 +. +"Furthermore, wine betrays the haughty man, So that he does not stay at home. He enlarges his appetite like Sheol, And he is like death, never satisfied. He also gathers to himself all nations And collects to himself all peoples. -- habakkuk 2:5 +. +"Will not all of these take up a taunt-song against him, Even mockery and insinuations against him And say, 'Woe to him who increases what is not his-- For how long-- And makes himself rich with loans?' -- habakkuk 2:6 +. +"Will not your creditors rise up suddenly, And those who collect from you awaken? Indeed, you will become plunder for them. -- habakkuk 2:7 +. +"Because you have looted many nations, All the remainder of the peoples will loot you-- Because of human bloodshed and violence done to the land, To the town and all its inhabitants. -- habakkuk 2:8 +. +"Woe to him who gets evil gain for his house To put his nest on high, To be delivered from the hand of calamity! -- habakkuk 2:9 +. +"You have devised a shameful thing for your house By cutting off many peoples; So you are sinning against yourself. -- habakkuk 2:10 +. +"Surely the stone will cry out from the wall, And the rafter will answer it from the framework. -- habakkuk 2:11 +. +"Woe to him who builds a city with bloodshed And founds a town with violence! -- habakkuk 2:12 +. +"Is it not indeed from the LORD of hosts That peoples toil for fire, And nations grow weary for nothing? -- habakkuk 2:13 +. +"For the earth will be filled With the knowledge of the glory of the LORD, As the waters cover the sea. -- habakkuk 2:14 +. +"Woe to you who make your neighbors drink, Who mix in your venom even to make them drunk So as to look on their nakedness! -- habakkuk 2:15 +. +"You will be filled with disgrace rather than honor. Now you yourself drink and expose your own nakedness. The cup in the LORD'S right hand will come around to you, And utter disgrace will come upon your glory. -- habakkuk 2:16 +. +"For the violence done to Lebanon will overwhelm you, And the devastation of its beasts by which you terrified them, Because of human bloodshed and violence done to the land, To the town and all its inhabitants. -- habakkuk 2:17 +. +"What profit is the idol when its maker has carved it, Or an image, a teacher of falsehood? For its maker trusts in his own handiwork When he fashions speechless idols. -- habakkuk 2:18 +. +"Woe to him who says to a piece of wood, 'Awake!' To a mute stone, 'Arise!' And that is your teacher? Behold, it is overlaid with gold and silver, And there is no breath at all inside it. -- habakkuk 2:19 +. +"But the LORD is in His holy temple. Let all the earth be silent before Him." -- habakkuk 2:20 +. +A prayer of Habakkuk the prophet, according to Shigionoth. -- habakkuk 3:1 +. +LORD, I have heard the report about You and I fear. O LORD, revive Your work in the midst of the years, In the midst of the years make it known; In wrath remember mercy. -- habakkuk 3:2 +. +God comes from Teman, And the Holy One from Mount Paran. Selah. His splendor covers the heavens, And the earth is full of His praise. -- habakkuk 3:3 +. +His radiance is like the sunlight; He has rays flashing from His hand, And there is the hiding of His power. -- habakkuk 3:4 +. +Before Him goes pestilence, And plague comes after Him. -- habakkuk 3:5 +. +He stood and surveyed the earth; He looked and startled the nations. Yes, the perpetual mountains were shattered, The ancient hills collapsed. His ways are everlasting. -- habakkuk 3:6 +. +I saw the tents of Cushan under distress, The tent curtains of the land of Midian were trembling. -- habakkuk 3:7 +. +Did the LORD rage against the rivers, Or was Your anger against the rivers, Or was Your wrath against the sea, That You rode on Your horses, On Your chariots of salvation? -- habakkuk 3:8 +. +Your bow was made bare, The rods of chastisement were sworn. Selah. You cleaved the earth with rivers. -- habakkuk 3:9 +. +The mountains saw You and quaked; The downpour of waters swept by. The deep uttered forth its voice, It lifted high its hands. -- habakkuk 3:10 +. +Sun and moon stood in their places; They went away at the light of Your arrows, At the radiance of Your gleaming spear. -- habakkuk 3:11 +. +In indignation You marched through the earth; In anger You trampled the nations. -- habakkuk 3:12 +. +You went forth for the salvation of Your people, For the salvation of Your anointed. You struck the head of the house of the evil To lay him open from thigh to neck. Selah. -- habakkuk 3:13 +. +You pierced with his own spears The head of his throngs. They stormed in to scatter us; Their exultation was like those Who devour the oppressed in secret. -- habakkuk 3:14 +. +You trampled on the sea with Your horses, On the surge of many waters. -- habakkuk 3:15 +. +I heard and my inward parts trembled, At the sound my lips quivered. Decay enters my bones, And in my place I tremble. Because I must wait quietly for the day of distress, For the people to arise who will invade us. -- habakkuk 3:16 +. +Though the fig tree should not blossom And there be no fruit on the vines, Though the yield of the olive should fail And the fields produce no food, Though the flock should be cut off from the fold And there be no cattle in the stalls, -- habakkuk 3:17 +. +Yet I will exult in the LORD, I will rejoice in the God of my salvation. -- habakkuk 3:18 +. +The Lord GOD is my strength, And He has made my feet like hinds' feet, And makes me walk on my high places. For the choir director, on my stringed instruments. -- habakkuk 3:19 +. +The word of the LORD which came to Zephaniah son of Cushi, son of Gedaliah, son of Amariah, son of Hezekiah, in the days of Josiah son of Amon, king of Judah: -- zephaniah 1:1 +. +"I will completely remove all things From the face of the earth," declares the LORD. -- zephaniah 1:2 +. +"I will remove man and beast; I will remove the birds of the sky And the fish of the sea, And the ruins along with the wicked; And I will cut off man from the face of the earth," declares the LORD. -- zephaniah 1:3 +. +"So I will stretch out My hand against Judah And against all the inhabitants of Jerusalem. And I will cut off the remnant of Baal from this place, And the names of the idolatrous priests along with the priests. -- zephaniah 1:4 +. +"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, -- zephaniah 1:5 +. +And those who have turned back from following the LORD, And those who have not sought the LORD or inquired of Him." -- zephaniah 1:6 +. +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. -- zephaniah 1:7 +. +"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. -- zephaniah 1:8 +. +"And I will punish on that day all who leap on the temple threshold, Who fill the house of their lord with violence and deceit. -- zephaniah 1:9 +. +"On that day," declares the LORD, "There will be the sound of a cry from the Fish Gate, A wail from the Second Quarter, And a loud crash from the hills. -- zephaniah 1:10 +. +"Wail, O inhabitants of the Mortar, For all the people of Canaan will be silenced; All who weigh out silver will be cut off. -- zephaniah 1:11 +. +"It will come about at that time That I will search Jerusalem with lamps, And I will punish the men Who are stagnant in spirit, Who say in their hearts, 'The LORD will not do good or evil!' -- zephaniah 1:12 +. +"Moreover, their wealth will become plunder And their houses desolate; Yes, they will build houses but not inhabit them, And plant vineyards but not drink their wine." -- zephaniah 1:13 +. +Near is the great day of the LORD, Near and coming very quickly; Listen, the day of the LORD! In it the warrior cries out bitterly. -- zephaniah 1:14 +. +A day of wrath is that day, A day of trouble and distress, A day of destruction and desolation, A day of darkness and gloom, A day of clouds and thick darkness, -- zephaniah 1:15 +. +A day of trumpet and battle cry Against the fortified cities And the high corner towers. -- zephaniah 1:16 +. +I will bring distress on men So that they will walk like the blind, Because they have sinned against the LORD; And their blood will be poured out like dust And their flesh like dung. -- zephaniah 1:17 +. +Neither their silver nor their gold Will be able to deliver them On the day of the LORD'S wrath; And all the earth will be devoured In the fire of His jealousy, For He will make a complete end, Indeed a terrifying one, Of all the inhabitants of the earth. -- zephaniah 1:18 +. +Gather yourselves together, yes, gather, O nation without shame, -- zephaniah 2:1 +. +Before the decree takes effect-- The day passes like the chaff-- Before the burning anger of the LORD comes upon you, Before the day of the LORD'S anger comes upon you. -- zephaniah 2:2 +. +Seek the LORD, All you humble of the earth Who have carried out His ordinances; Seek righteousness, seek humility. Perhaps you will be hidden In the day of the LORD'S anger. -- zephaniah 2:3 +. +For Gaza will be abandoned And Ashkelon a desolation; Ashdod will be driven out at noon And Ekron will be uprooted. -- zephaniah 2:4 +. +Woe to the inhabitants of the seacoast, The nation of the Cherethites! The word of the LORD is against you, O Canaan, land of the Philistines; And I will destroy you So that there will be no inhabitant. -- zephaniah 2:5 +. +So the seacoast will be pastures, With caves for shepherds and folds for flocks. -- zephaniah 2:6 +. +And the coast will be For the remnant of the house of Judah, They will pasture on it. In the houses of Ashkelon they will lie down at evening; For the LORD their God will care for them And restore their fortune. -- zephaniah 2:7 +. +"I have heard the taunting of Moab And the revilings of the sons of Ammon, With which they have taunted My people And become arrogant against their territory. -- zephaniah 2:8 +. +"Therefore, as I live," declares the LORD of hosts, The God of Israel, "Surely Moab will be like Sodom And the sons of Ammon like Gomorrah-- A place possessed by nettles and salt pits, And a perpetual desolation. The remnant of My people will plunder them And the remainder of My nation will inherit them." -- zephaniah 2:9 +. +This they will have in return for their pride, because they have taunted and become arrogant against the people of the LORD of hosts. -- zephaniah 2:10 +. +The LORD will be terrifying to them, for He will starve all the gods of the earth; and all the coastlands of the nations will bow down to Him, everyone from his own place. -- zephaniah 2:11 +. +"You also, O Ethiopians, will be slain by My sword." -- zephaniah 2:12 +. +And He will stretch out His hand against the north And destroy Assyria, And He will make Nineveh a desolation, Parched like the wilderness. -- zephaniah 2:13 +. +Flocks will lie down in her midst, All beasts which range in herds; Both the pelican and the hedgehog Will lodge in the tops of her pillars; Birds will sing in the window, Desolation will be on the threshold; For He has laid bare the cedar work. -- zephaniah 2:14 +. +This is the exultant city Which dwells securely, Who says in her heart, "I am, and there is no one besides me." How she has become a desolation, A resting place for beasts! Everyone who passes by her will hiss And wave his hand in contempt. -- zephaniah 2:15 +. +Woe to her who is rebellious and defiled, The tyrannical city! -- zephaniah 3:1 +. +She heeded no voice, She accepted no instruction. She did not trust in the LORD, She did not draw near to her God. -- zephaniah 3:2 +. +Her princes within her are roaring lions, Her judges are wolves at evening; They leave nothing for the morning. -- zephaniah 3:3 +. +Her prophets are reckless, treacherous men; Her priests have profaned the sanctuary. They have done violence to the law. -- zephaniah 3:4 +. +The LORD is righteous within her; He will do no injustice. Every morning He brings His justice to light; He does not fail. But the unjust knows no shame. -- zephaniah 3:5 +. +"I have cut off nations; Their corner towers are in ruins. I have made their streets desolate, With no one passing by; Their cities are laid waste, Without a man, without an inhabitant. -- zephaniah 3:6 +. +"I said, 'Surely you will revere Me, Accept instruction.' So her dwelling will not be cut off According to all that I have appointed concerning her. But they were eager to corrupt all their deeds. -- zephaniah 3:7 +. +"Therefore wait for Me," declares the LORD, "For the day when I rise up as a witness. Indeed, My decision is to gather nations, To assemble kingdoms, To pour out on them My indignation, All My burning anger; For all the earth will be devoured By the fire of My zeal. -- zephaniah 3:8 +. +"For then I will give to the peoples purified lips, That all of them may call on the name of the LORD, To serve Him shoulder to shoulder. -- zephaniah 3:9 +. +"From beyond the rivers of Ethiopia My worshipers, My dispersed ones, Will bring My offerings. -- zephaniah 3:10 +. +"In that day you will feel no shame Because of all your deeds By which you have rebelled against Me; For then I will remove from your midst Your proud, exulting ones, And you will never again be haughty On My holy mountain. -- zephaniah 3:11 +. +"But I will leave among you A humble and lowly people, And they will take refuge in the name of the LORD. -- zephaniah 3:12 +. +"The remnant of Israel will do no wrong And tell no lies, Nor will a deceitful tongue Be found in their mouths; For they will feed and lie down With no one to make them tremble." -- zephaniah 3:13 +. +Shout for joy, O daughter of Zion! Shout in triumph, O Israel! Rejoice and exult with all your heart, O daughter of Jerusalem! -- zephaniah 3:14 +. +The LORD has taken away His judgments against you, He has cleared away your enemies. The King of Israel, the LORD, is in your midst; You will fear disaster no more. -- zephaniah 3:15 +. +In that day it will be said to Jerusalem: "Do not be afraid, O Zion; Do not let your hands fall limp. -- zephaniah 3:16 +. +"The LORD your God is in your midst, A victorious warrior. He will exult over you with joy, He will be quiet in His love, He will rejoice over you with shouts of joy. -- zephaniah 3:17 +. +"I will gather those who grieve about the appointed feasts-- They came from you, O Zion; The reproach of exile is a burden on them. -- zephaniah 3:18 +. +"Behold, I am going to deal at that time With all your oppressors, I will save the lame And gather the outcast, And I will turn their shame into praise and renown In all the earth. -- zephaniah 3:19 +. +"At that time I will bring you in, Even at the time when I gather you together; Indeed, I will give you renown and praise Among all the peoples of the earth, When I restore your fortunes before your eyes," Says the LORD. -- zephaniah 3:20 +. +In the second year of Darius the king, on the first day of the sixth month, the word of the LORD came by the prophet Haggai to Zerubbabel the son of Shealtiel, governor of Judah, and to Joshua the son of Jehozadak, the high priest, saying, -- haggai 1:1 +. +"Thus says the LORD of hosts, 'This people says, "The time has not come, even the time for the house of the LORD to be rebuilt."'" -- haggai 1:2 +. +Then the word of the LORD came by Haggai the prophet, saying, -- haggai 1:3 +. +"Is it time for you yourselves to dwell in your paneled houses while this house lies desolate?" -- haggai 1:4 +. +Now therefore, thus says the LORD of hosts, "Consider your ways! -- haggai 1:5 +. +"You have sown much, but harvest little; you eat, but there is not enough to be satisfied; you drink, but there is not enough to become drunk; you put on clothing, but no one is warm enough; and he who earns, earns wages to put into a purse with holes." -- haggai 1:6 +. +Thus says the LORD of hosts, "Consider your ways! -- haggai 1:7 +. +"Go up to the mountains, bring wood and rebuild the temple, that I may be pleased with it and be glorified," says the LORD. -- haggai 1:8 +. +"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. -- haggai 1:9 +. +"Therefore, because of you the sky has withheld its dew and the earth has withheld its produce. -- haggai 1:10 +. +"I called for a drought on the land, on the mountains, on the grain, on the new wine, on the oil, on what the ground produces, on men, on cattle, and on all the labor of your hands." -- haggai 1:11 +. +Then Zerubbabel the son of Shealtiel, and Joshua the son of Jehozadak, the high priest, with all the remnant of the people, obeyed the voice of the LORD their God and the words of Haggai the prophet, as the LORD their God had sent him. And the people showed reverence for the LORD. -- haggai 1:12 +. +Then Haggai, the messenger of the LORD, spoke by the commission of the LORD to the people saying, " 'I am with you,' declares the LORD." -- haggai 1:13 +. +So the LORD stirred up the spirit of Zerubbabel the son of Shealtiel, governor of Judah, and the spirit of Joshua the son of Jehozadak, the high priest, and the spirit of all the remnant of the people; and they came and worked on the house of the LORD of hosts, their God, -- haggai 1:14 +. +on the twenty-fourth day of the sixth month in the second year of Darius the king. -- haggai 1:15 +. +On the twenty-first of the seventh month, the word of the LORD came by Haggai the prophet saying, -- haggai 2:1 +. +"Speak now to Zerubbabel the son of Shealtiel, governor of Judah, and to Joshua the son of Jehozadak, the high priest, and to the remnant of the people saying, -- haggai 2:2 +. +'Who is left among you who saw this temple in its former glory? And how do you see it now? Does it not seem to you like nothing in comparison? -- haggai 2:3 +. +'But now take courage, Zerubbabel,' declares the LORD, 'take courage also, Joshua son of Jehozadak, the high priest, and all you people of the land take courage,' declares the LORD, 'and work; for I am with you,' declares the LORD of hosts. -- haggai 2:4 +. +'As for the promise which I made you when you came out of Egypt, My Spirit is abiding in your midst; do not fear!' -- haggai 2:5 +. +"For thus says the LORD of hosts, 'Once more in a little while, I am going to shake the heavens and the earth, the sea also and the dry land. -- haggai 2:6 +. +'I will shake all the nations; and they will come with the wealth of all nations, and I will fill this house with glory,' says the LORD of hosts. -- haggai 2:7 +. +'The silver is Mine and the gold is Mine,' declares the LORD of hosts. -- haggai 2:8 +. +'The latter glory of this house will be greater than the former,' says the LORD of hosts, 'and in this place I will give peace,' declares the LORD of hosts." -- haggai 2:9 +. +On the twenty-fourth of the ninth month, in the second year of Darius, the word of the LORD came to Haggai the prophet, saying, -- haggai 2:10 +. +"Thus says the LORD of hosts, 'Ask now the priests for a ruling: -- haggai 2:11 +. +'If a man carries holy meat in the fold of his garment, and touches bread with this fold, or cooked food, wine, oil, or any other food, will it become holy?'" And the priests answered, "No." -- haggai 2:12 +. +Then Haggai said, "If one who is unclean from a corpse touches any of these, will the latter become unclean?" And the priests answered, "It will become unclean." -- haggai 2:13 +. +Then Haggai said, " 'So is this people. And so is this nation before Me,' declares the LORD, 'and so is every work of their hands; and what they offer there is unclean. -- haggai 2:14 +. +'But now, do consider from this day onward: before one stone was placed on another in the temple of the LORD, -- haggai 2:15 +. +from that time when one came to a grain heap of twenty measures, there would be only ten; and when one came to the wine vat to draw fifty measures, there would be only twenty. -- haggai 2:16 +. +'I smote you and every work of your hands with blasting wind, mildew and hail; yet you did not come back to Me,' declares the LORD. -- haggai 2:17 +. +'Do consider from this day onward, from the twenty-fourth day of the ninth month; from the day when the temple of the LORD was founded, consider: -- haggai 2:18 +. +'Is the seed still in the barn? Even including the vine, the fig tree, the pomegranate and the olive tree, it has not borne fruit. Yet from this day on I will bless you.'" -- haggai 2:19 +. +Then the word of the LORD came a second time to Haggai on the twenty-fourth day of the month, saying, -- haggai 2:20 +. +"Speak to Zerubbabel governor of Judah, saying, 'I am going to shake the heavens and the earth. -- haggai 2:21 +. +'I will overthrow the thrones of kingdoms and destroy the power of the kingdoms of the nations; and I will overthrow the chariots and their riders, and the horses and their riders will go down, everyone by the sword of another.' -- haggai 2:22 +. +'On that day,' declares the LORD of hosts, 'I will take you, Zerubbabel, son of Shealtiel, My servant,' declares the LORD, 'and I will make you like a signet ring, for I have chosen you,'" declares the LORD of hosts. -- haggai 2:23 +. +In the eighth month of the second year of Darius, the word of the LORD came to Zechariah the prophet, the son of Berechiah, the son of Iddo saying, -- zechariah 1:1 +. +"The LORD was very angry with your fathers. -- zechariah 1:2 +. +"Therefore say to them, 'Thus says the LORD of hosts, "Return to Me," declares the LORD of hosts, "that I may return to you," says the LORD of hosts. -- zechariah 1:3 +. +"Do not be like your fathers, to whom the former prophets proclaimed, saying, 'Thus says the LORD of hosts, "Return now from your evil ways and from your evil deeds."' But they did not listen or give heed to Me," declares the LORD. -- zechariah 1:4 +. +"Your fathers, where are they? And the prophets, do they live forever? -- zechariah 1:5 +. +"But did not My words and My statutes, which I commanded My servants the prophets, overtake your fathers? Then they repented and said, 'As the LORD of hosts purposed to do to us in accordance with our ways and our deeds, so He has dealt with us.'"'" -- zechariah 1:6 +. +On the twenty-fourth day of the eleventh month, which is the month Shebat, in the second year of Darius, the word of the LORD came to Zechariah the prophet, the son of Berechiah, the son of Iddo, as follows: -- zechariah 1:7 +. +I saw at night, and behold, a man was riding on a red horse, and he was standing among the myrtle trees which were in the ravine, with red, sorrel and white horses behind him. -- zechariah 1:8 +. +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." -- zechariah 1:9 +. +And the man who was standing among the myrtle trees answered and said, "These are those whom the LORD has sent to patrol the earth." -- zechariah 1:10 +. +So they answered the angel of the LORD who was standing among the myrtle trees and said, "We have patrolled the earth, and behold, all the earth is peaceful and quiet." -- zechariah 1:11 +. +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?" -- zechariah 1:12 +. +The LORD answered the angel who was speaking with me with gracious words, comforting words. -- zechariah 1:13 +. +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. -- zechariah 1:14 +. +"But I am very angry with the nations who are at ease; for while I was only a little angry, they furthered the disaster." -- zechariah 1:15 +. +'Therefore thus says the LORD, "I will return to Jerusalem with compassion; My house will be built in it," declares the LORD of hosts, "and a measuring line will be stretched over Jerusalem."' -- zechariah 1:16 +. +"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."'" -- zechariah 1:17 +. +Then I lifted up my eyes and looked, and behold, there were four horns. -- zechariah 1:18 +. +So I said to the angel who was speaking with me, "What are these?" And he answered me, "These are the horns which have scattered Judah, Israel and Jerusalem." -- zechariah 1:19 +. +Then the LORD showed me four craftsmen. -- zechariah 1:20 +. +I said, "What are these coming to do?" And he said, "These are the horns which have scattered Judah so that no man lifts up his head; but these craftsmen have come to terrify them, to throw down the horns of the nations who have lifted up their horns against the land of Judah in order to scatter it." -- zechariah 1:21 +. +Then I lifted up my eyes and looked, and behold, there was a man with a measuring line in his hand. -- zechariah 2:1 +. +So I said, "Where are you going?" And he said to me, "To measure Jerusalem, to see how wide it is and how long it is." -- zechariah 2:2 +. +And behold, the angel who was speaking with me was going out, and another angel was coming out to meet him, -- zechariah 2:3 +. +and said to him, "Run, speak to that young man, saying, 'Jerusalem will be inhabited without walls because of the multitude of men and cattle within it. -- zechariah 2:4 +. +'For I,' declares the LORD, 'will be a wall of fire around her, and I will be the glory in her midst.'" -- zechariah 2:5 +. +"Ho there! Flee from the land of the north," declares the LORD, "for I have dispersed you as the four winds of the heavens," declares the LORD. -- zechariah 2:6 +. +"Ho, Zion! Escape, you who are living with the daughter of Babylon." -- zechariah 2:7 +. +For thus says the LORD of hosts, "After glory He has sent me against the nations which plunder you, for he who touches you, touches the apple of His eye. -- zechariah 2:8 +. +"For behold, I will wave My hand over them so that they will be plunder for their slaves. Then you will know that the LORD of hosts has sent Me. -- zechariah 2:9 +. +"Sing for joy and be glad, O daughter of Zion; for behold I am coming and I will dwell in your midst," declares the LORD. -- zechariah 2:10 +. +"Many nations will join themselves to the LORD in that day and will become My people. Then I will dwell in your midst, and you will know that the LORD of hosts has sent Me to you. -- zechariah 2:11 +. +"The LORD will possess Judah as His portion in the holy land, and will again choose Jerusalem. -- zechariah 2:12 +. +"Be silent, all flesh, before the LORD; for He is aroused from His holy habitation." -- zechariah 2:13 +. +Then he showed me Joshua the high priest standing before the angel of the LORD, and Satan standing at his right hand to accuse him. -- zechariah 3:1 +. +The LORD said to Satan, "The LORD rebuke you, Satan! Indeed, the LORD who has chosen Jerusalem rebuke you! Is this not a brand plucked from the fire?" -- zechariah 3:2 +. +Now Joshua was clothed with filthy garments and standing before the angel. -- zechariah 3:3 +. +He spoke and said to those who were standing before him, saying, "Remove the filthy garments from him." Again he said to him, "See, I have taken your iniquity away from you and will clothe you with festal robes." -- zechariah 3:4 +. +Then I said, "Let them put a clean turban on his head." So they put a clean turban on his head and clothed him with garments, while the angel of the LORD was standing by. -- zechariah 3:5 +. +And the angel of the LORD admonished Joshua, saying, -- zechariah 3:6 +. +"Thus says the LORD of hosts, 'If you will walk in My ways and if you will perform My service, then you will also govern My house and also have charge of My courts, and I will grant you free access among these who are standing here. -- zechariah 3:7 +. +'Now listen, Joshua the high priest, you and your friends who are sitting in front of you--indeed they are men who are a symbol, for behold, I am going to bring in My servant the Branch. -- zechariah 3:8 +. +'For behold, the stone that I have set before Joshua; on one stone are seven eyes. Behold, I will engrave an inscription on it,' declares the LORD of hosts, 'and I will remove the iniquity of that land in one day. -- zechariah 3:9 +. +'In that day,' declares the LORD of hosts, 'every one of you will invite his neighbor to sit under his vine and under his fig tree.'" -- zechariah 3:10 +. +Then the angel who was speaking with me returned and roused me, as a man who is awakened from his sleep. -- zechariah 4:1 +. +He said to me, "What do you see?" And I said, "I see, and behold, a lampstand all of gold with its bowl on the top of it, and its seven lamps on it with seven spouts belonging to each of the lamps which are on the top of it; -- zechariah 4:2 +. +also two olive trees by it, one on the right side of the bowl and the other on its left side." -- zechariah 4:3 +. +Then I said to the angel who was speaking with me saying, "What are these, my lord?" -- zechariah 4:4 +. +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." -- zechariah 4:5 +. +Then he said to me, "This is the word of the LORD to Zerubbabel saying, 'Not by might nor by power, but by My Spirit,' says the LORD of hosts. -- zechariah 4:6 +. +'What are you, O great mountain? Before Zerubbabel you will become a plain; and he will bring forth the top stone with shouts of "Grace, grace to it!"'" -- zechariah 4:7 +. +Also the word of the LORD came to me, saying, -- zechariah 4:8 +. +"The hands of Zerubbabel have laid the foundation of this house, and his hands will finish it. Then you will know that the LORD of hosts has sent me to you. -- zechariah 4:9 +. +"For who has despised the day of small things? But these seven will be glad when they see the plumb line in the hand of Zerubbabel--these are the eyes of the LORD which range to and fro throughout the earth." -- zechariah 4:10 +. +Then I said to him, "What are these two olive trees on the right of the lampstand and on its left?" -- zechariah 4:11 +. +And I answered the second time and said to him, "What are the two olive branches which are beside the two golden pipes, which empty the golden oil from themselves?" -- zechariah 4:12 +. +So he answered me, saying, "Do you not know what these are?" And I said, "No, my lord." -- zechariah 4:13 +. +Then he said, "These are the two anointed ones who are standing by the Lord of the whole earth." -- zechariah 4:14 +. +Then I lifted up my eyes again and looked, and behold, there was a flying scroll. -- zechariah 5:1 +. +And he said to me, "What do you see?" And I answered, "I see a flying scroll; its length is twenty cubits and its width ten cubits." -- zechariah 5:2 +. +Then he said to me, "This is the curse that is going forth over the face of the whole land; surely everyone who steals will be purged away according to the writing on one side, and everyone who swears will be purged away according to the writing on the other side. -- zechariah 5:3 +. +"I will make it go forth," declares the LORD of hosts, "and it will enter the house of the thief and the house of the one who swears falsely by My name; and it will spend the night within that house and consume it with its timber and stones." -- zechariah 5:4 +. +Then the angel who was speaking with me went out and said to me, "Lift up now your eyes and see what this is going forth." -- zechariah 5:5 +. +I said, "What is it?" And he said, "This is the ephah going forth." Again he said, "This is their appearance in all the land -- zechariah 5:6 +. +(and behold, a lead cover was lifted up); and this is a woman sitting inside the ephah." -- zechariah 5:7 +. +Then he said, "This is Wickedness!" And he threw her down into the middle of the ephah and cast the lead weight on its opening. -- zechariah 5:8 +. +Then I lifted up my eyes and looked, and there two women were coming out with the wind in their wings; and they had wings like the wings of a stork, and they lifted up the ephah between the earth and the heavens. -- zechariah 5:9 +. +I said to the angel who was speaking with me, "Where are they taking the ephah?" -- zechariah 5:10 +. +Then he said to me, "To build a temple for her in the land of Shinar; and when it is prepared, she will be set there on her own pedestal." -- zechariah 5:11 +. +Now I lifted up my eyes again and looked, and behold, four chariots were coming forth from between the two mountains; and the mountains were bronze mountains. -- zechariah 6:1 +. +With the first chariot were red horses, with the second chariot black horses, -- zechariah 6:2 +. +with the third chariot white horses, and with the fourth chariot strong dappled horses. -- zechariah 6:3 +. +Then I spoke and said to the angel who was speaking with me, "What are these, my lord?" -- zechariah 6:4 +. +The angel replied to me, "These are the four spirits of heaven, going forth after standing before the Lord of all the earth, -- zechariah 6:5 +. +with one of which the black horses are going forth to the north country; and the white ones go forth after them, while the dappled ones go forth to the south country. -- zechariah 6:6 +. +"When the strong ones went out, they were eager to go to patrol the earth." And He said, "Go, patrol the earth." So they patrolled the earth. -- zechariah 6:7 +. +Then He cried out to me and spoke to me saying, "See, those who are going to the land of the north have appeased My wrath in the land of the north." -- zechariah 6:8 +. +The word of the LORD also came to me, saying, -- zechariah 6:9 +. +"Take an offering from the exiles, from Heldai, Tobijah and Jedaiah; and you go the same day and enter the house of Josiah the son of Zephaniah, where they have arrived from Babylon. -- zechariah 6:10 +. +"Take silver and gold, make an ornate crown and set it on the head of Joshua the son of Jehozadak, the high priest. -- zechariah 6:11 +. +"Then say to him, 'Thus says the LORD of hosts, "Behold, a man whose name is Branch, for He will branch out from where He is; and He will build the temple of the LORD. -- zechariah 6:12 +. +"Yes, it is He who will build the temple of the LORD, and He who will bear the honor and sit and rule on His throne. Thus, He will be a priest on His throne, and the counsel of peace will be between the two offices."' -- zechariah 6:13 +. +"Now the crown will become a reminder in the temple of the LORD to Helem, Tobijah, Jedaiah and Hen the son of Zephaniah. -- zechariah 6:14 +. +"Those who are far off will come and build the temple of the LORD." Then you will know that the LORD of hosts has sent me to you. And it will take place if you completely obey the LORD your God. -- zechariah 6:15 +. +In the fourth year of King Darius, the word of the LORD came to Zechariah on the fourth day of the ninth month, which is Chislev. -- zechariah 7:1 +. +Now the town of Bethel had sent Sharezer and Regemmelech and their men to seek the favor of the LORD, -- zechariah 7:2 +. +speaking to the priests who belong to the house of the LORD of hosts, and to the prophets, saying, "Shall I weep in the fifth month and abstain, as I have done these many years?" -- zechariah 7:3 +. +Then the word of the LORD of hosts came to me, saying, -- zechariah 7:4 +. +"Say to all the people of the land and to the priests, 'When you fasted and mourned in the fifth and seventh months these seventy years, was it actually for Me that you fasted? -- zechariah 7:5 +. +'When you eat and drink, do you not eat for yourselves and do you not drink for yourselves? -- zechariah 7:6 +. +'Are not these the words which the LORD proclaimed by the former prophets, when Jerusalem was inhabited and prosperous along with its cities around it, and the Negev and the foothills were inhabited?'" -- zechariah 7:7 +. +Then the word of the LORD came to Zechariah saying, -- zechariah 7:8 +. +"Thus has the LORD of hosts said, 'Dispense true justice and practice kindness and compassion each to his brother; -- zechariah 7:9 +. +and do not oppress the widow or the orphan, the stranger or the poor; and do not devise evil in your hearts against one another.' -- zechariah 7:10 +. +"But they refused to pay attention and turned a stubborn shoulder and stopped their ears from hearing. -- zechariah 7:11 +. +"They made their hearts like flint so that they could not hear the law and the words which the LORD of hosts had sent by His Spirit through the former prophets; therefore great wrath came from the LORD of hosts. -- zechariah 7:12 +. +"And just as He called and they would not listen, so they called and I would not listen," says the LORD of hosts; -- zechariah 7:13 +. +"but I scattered them with a storm wind among all the nations whom they have not known. Thus the land is desolated behind them so that no one went back and forth, for they made the pleasant land desolate." -- zechariah 7:14 +. +Then the word of the LORD of hosts came, saying, -- zechariah 8:1 +. +"Thus says the LORD of hosts, 'I am exceedingly jealous for Zion, yes, with great wrath I am jealous for her.' -- zechariah 8:2 +. +"Thus says the LORD, 'I will return to Zion and will dwell in the midst of Jerusalem. Then Jerusalem will be called the City of Truth, and the mountain of the LORD of hosts will be called the Holy Mountain.' -- zechariah 8:3 +. +"Thus says the LORD of hosts, 'Old men and old women will again sit in the streets of Jerusalem, each man with his staff in his hand because of age. -- zechariah 8:4 +. +'And the streets of the city will be filled with boys and girls playing in its streets.' -- zechariah 8:5 +. +"Thus says the LORD of hosts, 'If it is too difficult in the sight of the remnant of this people in those days, will it also be too difficult in My sight?' declares the LORD of hosts. -- zechariah 8:6 +. +"Thus says the LORD of hosts, 'Behold, I am going to save My people from the land of the east and from the land of the west; -- zechariah 8:7 +. +and I will bring them back and they will live in the midst of Jerusalem; and they shall be My people, and I will be their God in truth and righteousness.' -- zechariah 8:8 +. +"Thus says the LORD of hosts, 'Let your hands be strong, you who are listening in these days to these words from the mouth of the prophets, those who spoke in the day that the foundation of the house of the LORD of hosts was laid, to the end that the temple might be built. -- zechariah 8:9 +. +'For before those days there was no wage for man or any wage for animal; and for him who went out or came in there was no peace because of his enemies, and I set all men one against another. -- zechariah 8:10 +. +'But now I will not treat the remnant of this people as in the former days,' declares the LORD of hosts. -- zechariah 8:11 +. +'For there will be peace for the seed: the vine will yield its fruit, the land will yield its produce and the heavens will give their dew; and I will cause the remnant of this people to inherit all these things. -- zechariah 8:12 +. +'It will come about that just as you were a curse among the nations, O house of Judah and house of Israel, so I will save you that you may become a blessing. Do not fear; let your hands be strong.' -- zechariah 8:13 +. +"For thus says the LORD of hosts, 'Just as I purposed to do harm to you when your fathers provoked Me to wrath,' says the LORD of hosts, 'and I have not relented, -- zechariah 8:14 +. +so I have again purposed in these days to do good to Jerusalem and to the house of Judah. Do not fear! -- zechariah 8:15 +. +'These are the things which you should do: speak the truth to one another; judge with truth and judgment for peace in your gates. -- zechariah 8:16 +. +'Also let none of you devise evil in your heart against another, and do not love perjury; for all these are what I hate,' declares the LORD." -- zechariah 8:17 +. +Then the word of the LORD of hosts came to me, saying, -- zechariah 8:18 +. +"Thus says the LORD of hosts, 'The fast of the fourth, the fast of the fifth, the fast of the seventh and the fast of the tenth months will become joy, gladness, and cheerful feasts for the house of Judah; so love truth and peace.' -- zechariah 8:19 +. +"Thus says the LORD of hosts, 'It will yet be that peoples will come, even the inhabitants of many cities. -- zechariah 8:20 +. +'The inhabitants of one will go to another, saying, "Let us go at once to entreat the favor of the LORD, and to seek the LORD of hosts; I will also go." -- zechariah 8:21 +. +'So many peoples and mighty nations will come to seek the LORD of hosts in Jerusalem and to entreat the favor of the LORD.' -- zechariah 8:22 +. +"Thus says the LORD of hosts, 'In those days ten men from all the nations will grasp the garment of a Jew, saying, "Let us go with you, for we have heard that God is with you."'" -- zechariah 8:23 +. +The burden of the word of the LORD is against the land of Hadrach, with Damascus as its resting place (for the eyes of men, especially of all the tribes of Israel, are toward the LORD), -- zechariah 9:1 +. +And Hamath also, which borders on it; Tyre and Sidon, though they are very wise. -- zechariah 9:2 +. +For Tyre built herself a fortress And piled up silver like dust, And gold like the mire of the streets. -- zechariah 9:3 +. +Behold, the Lord will dispossess her And cast her wealth into the sea; And she will be consumed with fire. -- zechariah 9:4 +. +Ashkelon will see it and be afraid. Gaza too will writhe in great pain; Also Ekron, for her expectation has been confounded. Moreover, the king will perish from Gaza, And Ashkelon will not be inhabited. -- zechariah 9:5 +. +And a mongrel race will dwell in Ashdod, And I will cut off the pride of the Philistines. -- zechariah 9:6 +. +And I will remove their blood from their mouth And their detestable things from between their teeth. Then they also will be a remnant for our God, And be like a clan in Judah, And Ekron like a Jebusite. -- zechariah 9:7 +. +But I will camp around My house because of an army, Because of him who passes by and returns; And no oppressor will pass over them anymore, For now I have seen with My eyes. -- zechariah 9:8 +. +Rejoice greatly, O daughter of Zion! Shout in triumph, O daughter of Jerusalem! Behold, your king is coming to you; He is just and endowed with salvation, Humble, and mounted on a donkey, Even on a colt, the foal of a donkey. -- zechariah 9:9 +. +I will cut off the chariot from Ephraim And the horse from Jerusalem; And the bow of war will be cut off. And He will speak peace to the nations; And His dominion will be from sea to sea, And from the River to the ends of the earth. -- zechariah 9:10 +. +As for you also, because of the blood of My covenant with you, I have set your prisoners free from the waterless pit. -- zechariah 9:11 +. +Return to the stronghold, O prisoners who have the hope; This very day I am declaring that I will restore double to you. -- zechariah 9:12 +. +For I will bend Judah as My bow, I will fill the bow with Ephraim. And I will stir up your sons, O Zion, against your sons, O Greece; And I will make you like a warrior's sword. -- zechariah 9:13 +. +Then the LORD will appear over them, And His arrow will go forth like lightning; And the Lord GOD will blow the trumpet, And will march in the storm winds of the south. -- zechariah 9:14 +. +The LORD of hosts will defend them. And they will devour and trample on the sling stones; And they will drink and be boisterous as with wine; And they will be filled like a sacrificial basin, Drenched like the corners of the altar. -- zechariah 9:15 +. +And the LORD their God will save them in that day As the flock of His people; For they are as the stones of a crown, Sparkling in His land. -- zechariah 9:16 +. +For what comeliness and beauty will be theirs! Grain will make the young men flourish, and new wine the virgins. -- zechariah 9:17 +. +Ask rain from the LORD at the time of the spring rain-- The LORD who makes the storm clouds; And He will give them showers of rain, vegetation in the field to each man. -- zechariah 10:1 +. +For the teraphim speak iniquity, And the diviners see lying visions And tell false dreams; They comfort in vain. Therefore the people wander like sheep, They are afflicted, because there is no shepherd. -- zechariah 10:2 +. +"My anger is kindled against the shepherds, And I will punish the male goats; For the LORD of hosts has visited His flock, the house of Judah, And will make them like His majestic horse in battle. -- zechariah 10:3 +. +"From them will come the cornerstone, From them the tent peg, From them the bow of battle, From them every ruler, all of them together. -- zechariah 10:4 +. +"They will be as mighty men, Treading down the enemy in the mire of the streets in battle; And they will fight, for the LORD will be with them; And the riders on horses will be put to shame. -- zechariah 10:5 +. +"I will strengthen the house of Judah, And I will save the house of Joseph, And I will bring them back, Because I have had compassion on them; And they will be as though I had not rejected them, For I am the LORD their God and I will answer them. -- zechariah 10:6 +. +"Ephraim will be like a mighty man, And their heart will be glad as if from wine; Indeed, their children will see it and be glad, Their heart will rejoice in the LORD. -- zechariah 10:7 +. +"I will whistle for them to gather them together, For I have redeemed them; And they will be as numerous as they were before. -- zechariah 10:8 +. +"When I scatter them among the peoples, They will remember Me in far countries, And they with their children will live and come back. -- zechariah 10:9 +. +"I will bring them back from the land of Egypt And gather them from Assyria; And I will bring them into the land of Gilead and Lebanon Until no room can be found for them. -- zechariah 10:10 +. +"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. -- zechariah 10:11 +. +"And I will strengthen them in the LORD, And in His name they will walk," declares the LORD. -- zechariah 10:12 +. +Open your doors, O Lebanon, That a fire may feed on your cedars. -- zechariah 11:1 +. +Wail, O cypress, for the cedar has fallen, Because the glorious trees have been destroyed; Wail, O oaks of Bashan, For the impenetrable forest has come down. -- zechariah 11:2 +. +There is a sound of the shepherds' wail, For their glory is ruined; There is a sound of the young lions' roar, For the pride of the Jordan is ruined. -- zechariah 11:3 +. +Thus says the LORD my God, "Pasture the flock doomed to slaughter. -- zechariah 11:4 +. +"Those who buy them slay them and go unpunished, and each of those who sell them says, 'Blessed be the LORD, for I have become rich!' And their own shepherds have no pity on them. -- zechariah 11:5 +. +"For I will no longer have pity on the inhabitants of the land," declares the LORD; "but behold, I will cause the men to fall, each into another's power and into the power of his king; and they will strike the land, and I will not deliver them from their power." -- zechariah 11:6 +. +So I pastured the flock doomed to slaughter, hence the afflicted of the flock. And I took for myself two staffs: the one I called Favor and the other I called Union; so I pastured the flock. -- zechariah 11:7 +. +Then I annihilated the three shepherds in one month, for my soul was impatient with them, and their soul also was weary of me. -- zechariah 11:8 +. +Then I said, "I will not pasture you. What is to die, let it die, and what is to be annihilated, let it be annihilated; and let those who are left eat one another's flesh." -- zechariah 11:9 +. +I took my staff Favor and cut it in pieces, to break my covenant which I had made with all the peoples. -- zechariah 11:10 +. +So it was broken on that day, and thus the afflicted of the flock who were watching me realized that it was the word of the LORD. -- zechariah 11:11 +. +I said to them, "If it is good in your sight, give me my wages; but if not, never mind!" So they weighed out thirty shekels of silver as my wages. -- zechariah 11:12 +. +Then the LORD said to me, "Throw it to the potter, that magnificent price at which I was valued by them." So I took the thirty shekels of silver and threw them to the potter in the house of the LORD. -- zechariah 11:13 +. +Then I cut in pieces my second staff Union, to break the brotherhood between Judah and Israel. -- zechariah 11:14 +. +The LORD said to me, "Take again for yourself the equipment of a foolish shepherd. -- zechariah 11:15 +. +"For behold, I am going to raise up a shepherd in the land who will not care for the perishing, seek the scattered, heal the broken, or sustain the one standing, but will devour the flesh of the fat sheep and tear off their hoofs. -- zechariah 11:16 +. +"Woe to the worthless shepherd Who leaves the flock! A sword will be on his arm And on his right eye! His arm will be totally withered And his right eye will be blind." -- zechariah 11:17 +. +The burden of the word of the LORD concerning Israel. T hus declares the LORD who stretches out the heavens, lays the foundation of the earth, and forms the spirit of man within him, -- zechariah 12:1 +. +"Behold, I am going to make Jerusalem a cup that causes reeling to all the peoples around; and when the siege is against Jerusalem, it will also be against Judah. -- zechariah 12:2 +. +"It will come about in that day that I will make Jerusalem a heavy stone for all the peoples; all who lift it will be severely injured. And all the nations of the earth will be gathered against it. -- zechariah 12:3 +. +"In that day," declares the LORD, "I will strike every horse with bewilderment and his rider with madness. But I will watch over the house of Judah, while I strike every horse of the peoples with blindness. -- zechariah 12:4 +. +"Then the clans of Judah will say in their hearts, 'A strong support for us are the inhabitants of Jerusalem through the LORD of hosts, their God.' -- zechariah 12:5 +. +"In that day I will make the clans of Judah like a firepot among pieces of wood and a flaming torch among sheaves, so they will consume on the right hand and on the left all the surrounding peoples, while the inhabitants of Jerusalem again dwell on their own sites in Jerusalem. -- zechariah 12:6 +. +"The LORD also will save the tents of Judah first, so that the glory of the house of David and the glory of the inhabitants of Jerusalem will not be magnified above Judah. -- zechariah 12:7 +. +"In that day the LORD will defend the inhabitants of Jerusalem, and the one who is feeble among them in that day will be like David, and the house of David will be like God, like the angel of the LORD before them. -- zechariah 12:8 +. +"And in that day I will set about to destroy all the nations that come against Jerusalem. -- zechariah 12:9 +. +"I will pour out on the house of David and on the inhabitants of Jerusalem, the Spirit of grace and of supplication, so that they will look on Me whom they have pierced; and they will mourn for Him, as one mourns for an only son, and they will weep bitterly over Him like the bitter weeping over a firstborn. -- zechariah 12:10 +. +"In that day there will be great mourning in Jerusalem, like the mourning of Hadadrimmon in the plain of Megiddo. -- zechariah 12:11 +. +"The land will mourn, every family by itself; the family of the house of David by itself and their wives by themselves; the family of the house of Nathan by itself and their wives by themselves; -- zechariah 12:12 +. +the family of the house of Levi by itself and their wives by themselves; the family of the Shimeites by itself and their wives by themselves; -- zechariah 12:13 +. +all the families that remain, every family by itself and their wives by themselves. -- zechariah 12:14 +. +"In that day a fountain will be opened for the house of David and for the inhabitants of Jerusalem, for sin and for impurity. -- zechariah 13:1 +. +"It will come about in that day," declares the LORD of hosts, "that I will cut off the names of the idols from the land, and they will no longer be remembered; and I will also remove the prophets and the unclean spirit from the land. -- zechariah 13:2 +. +"And if anyone still prophesies, then his father and mother who gave birth to him will say to him, 'You shall not live, for you have spoken falsely in the name of the LORD'; and his father and mother who gave birth to him will pierce him through when he prophesies. -- zechariah 13:3 +. +"Also it will come about in that day that the prophets will each be ashamed of his vision when he prophesies, and they will not put on a hairy robe in order to deceive; -- zechariah 13:4 +. +but he will say, 'I am not a prophet; I am a tiller of the ground, for a man sold me as a slave in my youth.' -- zechariah 13:5 +. +"And one will say to him, 'What are these wounds between your arms?' Then he will say, 'Those with which I was wounded in the house of my friends.' -- zechariah 13:6 +. +"Awake, O sword, against My Shepherd, And against the man, My Associate," Declares the LORD of hosts. "Strike the Shepherd that the sheep may be scattered; And I will turn My hand against the little ones. -- zechariah 13:7 +. +"It will come about in all the land," Declares the LORD, "That two parts in it will be cut off and perish; But the third will be left in it. -- zechariah 13:8 +. +"And I will bring the third part through the fire, Refine them as silver is refined, And test them as gold is tested. They will call on My name, And I will answer them; I will say, 'They are My people,' And they will say, 'The LORD is my God.'" -- zechariah 13:9 +. +Behold, a day is coming for the LORD when the spoil taken from you will be divided among you. -- zechariah 14:1 +. +For I will gather all the nations against Jerusalem to battle, and the city will be captured, the houses plundered, the women ravished and half of the city exiled, but the rest of the people will not be cut off from the city. -- zechariah 14:2 +. +Then the LORD will go forth and fight against those nations, as when He fights on a day of battle. -- zechariah 14:3 +. +In that day His feet will stand on the Mount of Olives, which is in front of Jerusalem on the east; and the Mount of Olives will be split in its middle from east to west by a very large valley, so that half of the mountain will move toward the north and the other half toward the south. -- zechariah 14:4 +. +You will flee by the valley of My mountains, for the valley of the mountains will reach to Azel; yes, you will flee just as you fled before the earthquake in the days of Uzziah king of Judah. Then the LORD, my God, will come, and all the holy ones with Him! -- zechariah 14:5 +. +In that day there will be no light; the luminaries will dwindle. -- zechariah 14:6 +. +For it will be a unique day which is known to the LORD, neither day nor night, but it will come about that at evening time there will be light. -- zechariah 14:7 +. +And in that day living waters will flow out of Jerusalem, half of them toward the eastern sea and the other half toward the western sea; it will be in summer as well as in winter. -- zechariah 14:8 +. +And the LORD will be king over all the earth; in that day the LORD will be the only one, and His name the only one. -- zechariah 14:9 +. +All the land will be changed into a plain from Geba to Rimmon south of Jerusalem; but Jerusalem will rise and remain on its site from Benjamin's Gate as far as the place of the First Gate to the Corner Gate, and from the Tower of Hananel to the king's wine presses. -- zechariah 14:10 +. +People will live in it, and there will no longer be a curse, for Jerusalem will dwell in security. -- zechariah 14:11 +. +Now this will be the plague with which the LORD will strike all the peoples who have gone to war against Jerusalem; their flesh will rot while they stand on their feet, and their eyes will rot in their sockets, and their tongue will rot in their mouth. -- zechariah 14:12 +. +It will come about in that day that a great panic from the LORD will fall on them; and they will seize one another's hand, and the hand of one will be lifted against the hand of another. -- zechariah 14:13 +. +Judah also will fight at Jerusalem; and the wealth of all the surrounding nations will be gathered, gold and silver and garments in great abundance. -- zechariah 14:14 +. +So also like this plague will be the plague on the horse, the mule, the camel, the donkey and all the cattle that will be in those camps. -- zechariah 14:15 +. +Then it will come about that any who are left of all the nations that went against Jerusalem will go up from year to year to worship the King, the LORD of hosts, and to celebrate the Feast of Booths. -- zechariah 14:16 +. +And it will be that whichever of the families of the earth does not go up to Jerusalem to worship the King, the LORD of hosts, there will be no rain on them. -- zechariah 14:17 +. +If the family of Egypt does not go up or enter, then no rain will fall on them; it will be the plague with which the LORD smites the nations who do not go up to celebrate the Feast of Booths. -- zechariah 14:18 +. +This will be the punishment of Egypt, and the punishment of all the nations who do not go up to celebrate the Feast of Booths. -- zechariah 14:19 +. +In that day there will be inscribed on the bells of the horses, "HOLY TO THE LORD." And the cooking pots in the LORD'S house will be like the bowls before the altar. -- zechariah 14:20 +. +Every cooking pot in Jerusalem and in Judah will be holy to the LORD of hosts; and all who sacrifice will come and take of them and boil in them. And there will no longer be a Canaanite in the house of the LORD of hosts in that day. -- zechariah 14:21 +. +The oracle of the word of the LORD to Israel through Malachi. -- malachi 1:1 +. +"I have loved you," says the LORD. But you say, "How have You loved us?" "Was not Esau Jacob's brother?" declares the LORD. "Yet I have loved Jacob; -- malachi 1:2 +. +but I have hated Esau, and I have made his mountains a desolation and appointed his inheritance for the jackals of the wilderness." -- malachi 1:3 +. +Though Edom says, "We have been beaten down, but we will return and build up the ruins"; thus says the LORD of hosts, "They may build, but I will tear down; and men will call them the wicked territory, and the people toward whom the LORD is indignant forever." -- malachi 1:4 +. +Your eyes will see this and you will say, "The LORD be magnified beyond the border of Israel!" -- malachi 1:5 +. +" 'A son honors his father, and a servant his master. Then if I am a father, where is My honor? And if I am a master, where is My respect?' says the LORD of hosts to you, O priests who despise My name. But you say, 'How have we despised Your name?' -- malachi 1:6 +. +"You are presenting defiled food upon My altar. But you say, 'How have we defiled You?' In that you say, 'The table of the LORD is to be despised.' -- malachi 1:7 +. +"But when you present the blind for sacrifice, is it not evil? And when you present the lame and sick, is it not evil? Why not offer it to your governor? Would he be pleased with you? Or would he receive you kindly?" says the LORD of hosts. -- malachi 1:8 +. +"But now will you not entreat God's favor, that He may be gracious to us? With such an offering on your part, will He receive any of you kindly?" says the LORD of hosts. -- malachi 1:9 +. +"Oh that there were one among you who would shut the gates, that you might not uselessly kindle fire on My altar! I am not pleased with you," says the LORD of hosts, "nor will I accept an offering from you. -- malachi 1:10 +. +"For from the rising of the sun even to its setting, My name will be great among the nations, and in every place incense is going to be offered to My name, and a grain offering that is pure; for My name will be great among the nations," says the LORD of hosts. -- malachi 1:11 +. +"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.' -- malachi 1:12 +. +"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. -- malachi 1:13 +. +"But cursed be the swindler who has a male in his flock and vows it, but sacrifices a blemished animal to the Lord, for I am a great King," says the LORD of hosts, "and My name is feared among the nations." -- malachi 1:14 +. +"And now this commandment is for you, O priests. -- malachi 2:1 +. +"If you do not listen, and if you do not take it to heart to give honor to My name," says the LORD of hosts, "then I will send the curse upon you and I will curse your blessings; and indeed, I have cursed them already, because you are not taking it to heart. -- malachi 2:2 +. +"Behold, I am going to rebuke your offspring, and I will spread refuse on your faces, the refuse of your feasts; and you will be taken away with it. -- malachi 2:3 +. +"Then you will know that I have sent this commandment to you, that My covenant may continue with Levi," says the LORD of hosts. -- malachi 2:4 +. +"My covenant with him was one of life and peace, and I gave them to him as an object of reverence; so he revered Me and stood in awe of My name. -- malachi 2:5 +. +"True instruction was in his mouth and unrighteousness was not found on his lips; he walked with Me in peace and uprightness, and he turned many back from iniquity. -- malachi 2:6 +. +"For the lips of a priest should preserve knowledge, and men should seek instruction from his mouth; for he is the messenger of the LORD of hosts. -- malachi 2:7 +. +"But as for you, you have turned aside from the way; you have caused many to stumble by the instruction; you have corrupted the covenant of Levi," says the LORD of hosts. -- malachi 2:8 +. +"So I also have made you despised and abased before all the people, just as you are not keeping My ways but are showing partiality in the instruction. -- malachi 2:9 +. +"Do we not all have one father? Has not one God created us? Why do we deal treacherously each against his brother so as to profane the covenant of our fathers? -- malachi 2:10 +. +"Judah has dealt treacherously, and an abomination has been committed in Israel and in Jerusalem; for Judah has profaned the sanctuary of the LORD which He loves and has married the daughter of a foreign god. -- malachi 2:11 +. +"As for the man who does this, may the LORD cut off from the tents of Jacob everyone who awakes and answers, or who presents an offering to the LORD of hosts. -- malachi 2:12 +. +"This is another thing you do: you cover the altar of the LORD with tears, with weeping and with groaning, because He no longer regards the offering or accepts it with favor from your hand. -- malachi 2:13 +. +"Yet you say, 'For what reason?' Because the LORD has been a witness between you and the wife of your youth, against whom you have dealt treacherously, though she is your companion and your wife by covenant. -- malachi 2:14 +. +"But not one has done so who has a remnant of the Spirit. And what did that one do while he was seeking a godly offspring? Take heed then to your spirit, and let no one deal treacherously against the wife of your youth. -- malachi 2:15 +. +"For I hate divorce," says the LORD, the God of Israel, "and him who covers his garment with wrong," says the LORD of hosts. "So take heed to your spirit, that you do not deal treacherously." -- malachi 2:16 +. +You have wearied the LORD with your words. Yet you say, "How have we wearied Him?" In that you say, "Everyone who does evil is good in the sight of the LORD, and He delights in them," or, "Where is the God of justice?" -- malachi 2:17 +. +"Behold, I am going to send My messenger, and he will clear the way before Me. And the Lord, whom you seek, will suddenly come to His temple; and the messenger of the covenant, in whom you delight, behold, He is coming," says the LORD of hosts. -- malachi 3:1 +. +"But who can endure the day of His coming? And who can stand when He appears? For He is like a refiner's fire and like fullers' soap. -- malachi 3:2 +. +"He will sit as a smelter and purifier of silver, and He will purify the sons of Levi and refine them like gold and silver, so that they may present to the LORD offerings in righteousness. -- malachi 3:3 +. +"Then the offering of Judah and Jerusalem will be pleasing to the LORD as in the days of old and as in former years. -- malachi 3:4 +. +"Then I will draw near to you for judgment; and I will be a swift witness against the sorcerers and against the adulterers and against those who swear falsely, and against those who oppress the wage earner in his wages, the widow and the orphan, and those who turn aside the alien and do not fear Me," says the LORD of hosts. -- malachi 3:5 +. +"For I, the LORD, do not change; therefore you, O sons of Jacob, are not consumed. -- malachi 3:6 +. +"From the days of your fathers you have turned aside from My statutes and have not kept them. Return to Me, and I will return to you," says the LORD of hosts. "But you say, 'How shall we return?' -- malachi 3:7 +. +"Will a man rob God? Yet you are robbing Me! But you say, 'How have we robbed You?' In tithes and offerings. -- malachi 3:8 +. +"You are cursed with a curse, for you are robbing Me, the whole nation of you! -- malachi 3:9 +. +"Bring the whole tithe into the storehouse, so that there may be food in My house, and test Me now in this," says the LORD of hosts, "if I will not open for you the windows of heaven and pour out for you a blessing until it overflows. -- malachi 3:10 +. +"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. -- malachi 3:11 +. +"All the nations will call you blessed, for you shall be a delightful land," says the LORD of hosts. -- malachi 3:12 +. +"Your words have been arrogant against Me," says the LORD. "Yet you say, 'What have we spoken against You?' -- malachi 3:13 +. +"You have said, 'It is vain to serve God; and what profit is it that we have kept His charge, and that we have walked in mourning before the LORD of hosts? -- malachi 3:14 +. +'So now we call the arrogant blessed; not only are the doers of wickedness built up but they also test God and escape.'" -- malachi 3:15 +. +Then those who feared the LORD spoke to one another, and the LORD gave attention and heard it, and a book of remembrance was written before Him for those who fear the LORD and who esteem His name. -- malachi 3:16 +. +"They will be Mine," says the LORD of hosts, "on the day that I prepare My own possession, and I will spare them as a man spares his own son who serves him." -- malachi 3:17 +. +So you will again distinguish between the righteous and the wicked, between one who serves God and one who does not serve Him. -- malachi 3:18 +. +"For behold, the day is coming, burning like a furnace; and all the arrogant and every evildoer will be chaff; and the day that is coming will set them ablaze," says the LORD of hosts, "so that it will leave them neither root nor branch." -- malachi 4:1 +. +"But for you who fear My name, the sun of righteousness will rise with healing in its wings; and you will go forth and skip about like calves from the stall. -- malachi 4:2 +. +"You will tread down the wicked, for they will be ashes under the soles of your feet on the day which I am preparing," says the LORD of hosts. -- malachi 4:3 +. +"Remember the law of Moses My servant, even the statutes and ordinances which I commanded him in Horeb for all Israel. -- malachi 4:4 +. +"Behold, I am going to send you Elijah the prophet before the coming of the great and terrible day of the LORD. -- malachi 4:5 +. +"He will restore the hearts of the fathers to their children and the hearts of the children to their fathers, so that I will not come and smite the land with a curse." -- malachi 4:6 +. +The record of the genealogy of Jesus the Messiah, the son of David, the son of Abraham: -- matthew 1:1 +. +Abraham was the father of Isaac, Isaac the father of Jacob, and Jacob the father of Judah and his brothers. -- matthew 1:2 +. +Judah was the father of Perez and Zerah by Tamar, Perez was the father of Hezron, and Hezron the father of Ram. -- matthew 1:3 +. +Ram was the father of Amminadab, Amminadab the father of Nahshon, and Nahshon the father of Salmon. -- matthew 1:4 +. +Salmon was the father of Boaz by Rahab, Boaz was the father of Obed by Ruth, and Obed the father of Jesse. -- matthew 1:5 +. +Jesse was the father of David the king. David was the father of Solomon by Bathsheba who had been the wife of Uriah. -- matthew 1:6 +. +Solomon was the father of Rehoboam, Rehoboam the father of Abijah, and Abijah the father of Asa. -- matthew 1:7 +. +Asa was the father of Jehoshaphat, Jehoshaphat the father of Joram, and Joram the father of Uzziah. -- matthew 1:8 +. +Uzziah was the father of Jotham, Jotham the father of Ahaz, and Ahaz the father of Hezekiah. -- matthew 1:9 +. +Hezekiah was the father of Manasseh, Manasseh the father of Amon, and Amon the father of Josiah. -- matthew 1:10 +. +Josiah became the father of Jeconiah and his brothers, at the time of the deportation to Babylon. -- matthew 1:11 +. +After the deportation to Babylon: Jeconiah became the father of Shealtiel, and Shealtiel the father of Zerubbabel. -- matthew 1:12 +. +Zerubbabel was the father of Abihud, Abihud the father of Eliakim, and Eliakim the father of Azor. -- matthew 1:13 +. +Azor was the father of Zadok, Zadok the father of Achim, and Achim the father of Eliud. -- matthew 1:14 +. +Eliud was the father of Eleazar, Eleazar the father of Matthan, and Matthan the father of Jacob. -- matthew 1:15 +. +Jacob was the father of Joseph the husband of Mary, by whom Jesus was born, who is called the Messiah. -- matthew 1:16 +. +So all the generations from Abraham to David are fourteen generations; from David to the deportation to Babylon, fourteen generations; and from the deportation to Babylon to the Messiah, fourteen generations. -- matthew 1:17 +. +Now the birth of Jesus Christ was as follows: when His mother Mary had been betrothed to Joseph, before they came together she was found to be with child by the Holy Spirit. -- matthew 1:18 +. +And Joseph her husband, being a righteous man and not wanting to disgrace her, planned to send her away secretly. -- matthew 1:19 +. +But when he had considered this, behold, an angel of the Lord appeared to him in a dream, saying, "Joseph, son of David, do not be afraid to take Mary as your wife; for the Child who has been conceived in her is of the Holy Spirit. -- matthew 1:20 +. +"She will bear a Son; and you shall call His name Jesus, for He will save His people from their sins." -- matthew 1:21 +. +Now all this took place to fulfill what was spoken by the Lord through the prophet: -- matthew 1:22 +. +"BEHOLD, THE VIRGIN SHALL BE WITH CHILD AND SHALL BEAR A SON, AND THEY SHALL CALL HIS NAME IMMANUEL," which translated means, "GOD WITH US." -- matthew 1:23 +. +And Joseph awoke from his sleep and did as the angel of the Lord commanded him, and took Mary as his wife, -- matthew 1:24 +. +but kept her a virgin until she gave birth to a Son; and he called His name Jesus. -- matthew 1:25 +. +Now after Jesus was born in Bethlehem of Judea in the days of Herod the king, magi from the east arrived in Jerusalem, saying, -- matthew 2:1 +. +"Where is He who has been born King of the Jews? For we saw His star in the east and have come to worship Him." -- matthew 2:2 +. +When Herod the king heard this, he was troubled, and all Jerusalem with him. -- matthew 2:3 +. +Gathering together all the chief priests and scribes of the people, he inquired of them where the Messiah was to be born. -- matthew 2:4 +. +They said to him, "In Bethlehem of Judea; for this is what has been written by the prophet: -- matthew 2:5 +. +'AND YOU, BETHLEHEM, LAND OF JUDAH, ARE BY NO MEANS LEAST AMONG THE LEADERS OF JUDAH; FOR OUT OF YOU SHALL COME FORTH A RULER WHO WILL SHEPHERD MY PEOPLE ISRAEL.'" -- matthew 2:6 +. +Then Herod secretly called the magi and determined from them the exact time the star appeared. -- matthew 2:7 +. +And he sent them to Bethlehem and said, "Go and search carefully for the Child; and when you have found Him, report to me, so that I too may come and worship Him." -- matthew 2:8 +. +After hearing the king, they went their way; and the star, which they had seen in the east, went on before them until it came and stood over the place where the Child was. -- matthew 2:9 +. +When they saw the star, they rejoiced exceedingly with great joy. -- matthew 2:10 +. +After coming into the house they saw the Child with Mary His mother; and they fell to the ground and worshiped Him. Then, opening their treasures, they presented to Him gifts of gold, frankincense, and myrrh. -- matthew 2:11 +. +And having been warned by God in a dream not to return to Herod, the magi left for their own country by another way. -- matthew 2:12 +. +Now when they had gone, behold, an angel of the Lord *appeared to Joseph in a dream and said, "Get up! Take the Child and His mother and flee to Egypt, and remain there until I tell you; for Herod is going to search for the Child to destroy Him." -- matthew 2:13 +. +So Joseph got up and took the Child and His mother while it was still night, and left for Egypt. -- matthew 2:14 +. +He remained there until the death of Herod. This was to fulfill what had been spoken by the Lord through the prophet: "OUT OF EGYPT I CALLED MY SON." -- matthew 2:15 +. +Then when Herod saw that he had been tricked by the magi, he became very enraged, and sent and slew all the male children who were in Bethlehem and all its vicinity, from two years old and under, according to the time which he had determined from the magi. -- matthew 2:16 +. +Then what had been spoken through Jeremiah the prophet was fulfilled: -- matthew 2:17 +. +"A VOICE WAS HEARD IN RAMAH, WEEPING AND GREAT MOURNING, RACHEL WEEPING FOR HER CHILDREN; AND SHE REFUSED TO BE COMFORTED, BECAUSE THEY WERE NO MORE." -- matthew 2:18 +. +But when Herod died, behold, an angel of the Lord *appeared in a dream to Joseph in Egypt, and said, -- matthew 2:19 +. +"Get up, take the Child and His mother, and go into the land of Israel; for those who sought the Child's life are dead." -- matthew 2:20 +. +So Joseph got up, took the Child and His mother, and came into the land of Israel. -- matthew 2:21 +. +But when he heard that Archelaus was reigning over Judea in place of his father Herod, he was afraid to go there. Then after being warned by God in a dream, he left for the regions of Galilee, -- matthew 2:22 +. +and came and lived in a city called Nazareth. This was to fulfill what was spoken through the prophets: "He shall be called a Nazarene." -- matthew 2:23 +. +Now in those days John the Baptist *came, preaching in the wilderness of Judea, saying, -- matthew 3:1 +. +"Repent, for the kingdom of heaven is at hand." -- matthew 3:2 +. +For this is the one referred to by Isaiah the prophet when he said, "THE VOICE OF ONE CRYING IN THE WILDERNESS, 'MAKE READY THE WAY OF THE LORD, MAKE HIS PATHS STRAIGHT!'" -- matthew 3:3 +. +Now John himself had a garment of camel's hair and a leather belt around his waist; and his food was locusts and wild honey. -- matthew 3:4 +. +Then Jerusalem was going out to him, and all Judea and all the district around the Jordan; -- matthew 3:5 +. +and they were being baptized by him in the Jordan River, as they confessed their sins. -- matthew 3:6 +. +But when he saw many of the Pharisees and Sadducees coming for baptism, he said to them, "You brood of vipers, who warned you to flee from the wrath to come? -- matthew 3:7 +. +"Therefore bear fruit in keeping with repentance; -- matthew 3:8 +. +and do not suppose that you can say to yourselves, 'We have Abraham for our father'; for I say to you that from these stones God is able to raise up children to Abraham. -- matthew 3:9 +. +"The axe is already laid at the root of the trees; therefore every tree that does not bear good fruit is cut down and thrown into the fire. -- matthew 3:10 +. +"As for me, I baptize you with water for repentance, but He who is coming after me is mightier than I, and I am not fit to remove His sandals; He will baptize you with the Holy Spirit and fire. -- matthew 3:11 +. +"His winnowing fork is in His hand, and He will thoroughly clear His threshing floor; and He will gather His wheat into the barn, but He will burn up the chaff with unquenchable fire." -- matthew 3:12 +. +Then Jesus *arrived from Galilee at the Jordan coming to John, to be baptized by him. -- matthew 3:13 +. +But John tried to prevent Him, saying, "I have need to be baptized by You, and do You come to me?" -- matthew 3:14 +. +But Jesus answering said to him, "Permit it at this time; for in this way it is fitting for us to fulfill all righteousness." Then he *permitted Him. -- matthew 3:15 +. +After being baptized, Jesus came up immediately from the water; and behold, the heavens were opened, and he saw the Spirit of God descending as a dove and lighting on Him, -- matthew 3:16 +. +and behold, a voice out of the heavens said, "This is My beloved Son, in whom I am well-pleased." -- matthew 3:17 +. +Then Jesus was led up by the Spirit into the wilderness to be tempted by the devil. -- matthew 4:1 +. +And after He had fasted forty days and forty nights, He then became hungry. -- matthew 4:2 +. +And the tempter came and said to Him, "If You are the Son of God, command that these stones become bread." -- matthew 4:3 +. +But He answered and said, "It is written, 'MAN SHALL NOT LIVE ON BREAD ALONE, BUT ON EVERY WORD THAT PROCEEDS OUT OF THE MOUTH OF GOD.'" -- matthew 4:4 +. +Then the devil *took Him into the holy city and had Him stand on the pinnacle of the temple, -- matthew 4:5 +. +and *said to Him, "If You are the Son of God, throw Yourself down; for it is written, 'HE WILL COMMAND HIS ANGELS CONCERNING YOU'; and 'ON their HANDS THEY WILL BEAR YOU UP, SO THAT YOU WILL NOT STRIKE YOUR FOOT AGAINST A STONE.'" -- matthew 4:6 +. +Jesus said to him, "On the other hand, it is written, 'YOU SHALL NOT PUT THE LORD YOUR GOD TO THE TEST.'" -- matthew 4:7 +. +Again, the devil *took Him to a very high mountain and *showed Him all the kingdoms of the world and their glory; -- matthew 4:8 +. +and he said to Him, "All these things I will give You, if You fall down and worship me." -- matthew 4:9 +. +Then Jesus *said to him, "Go, Satan! For it is written, 'YOU SHALL WORSHIP THE LORD YOUR GOD, AND SERVE HIM ONLY.'" -- matthew 4:10 +. +Then the devil *left Him; and behold, angels came and began to minister to Him. -- matthew 4:11 +. +Now when Jesus heard that John had been taken into custody, He withdrew into Galilee; -- matthew 4:12 +. +and leaving Nazareth, He came and settled in Capernaum, which is by the sea, in the region of Zebulun and Naphtali. -- matthew 4:13 +. +This was to fulfill what was spoken through Isaiah the prophet: -- matthew 4:14 +. +"THE LAND OF ZEBULUN AND THE LAND OF NAPHTALI, BY THE WAY OF THE SEA, BEYOND THE JORDAN, GALILEE OF THE GENTILES-- -- matthew 4:15 +. +"THE PEOPLE WHO WERE SITTING IN DARKNESS SAW A GREAT LIGHT, AND THOSE WHO WERE SITTING IN THE LAND AND SHADOW OF DEATH, UPON THEM A LIGHT DAWNED." -- matthew 4:16 +. +From that time Jesus began to preach and say, "Repent, for the kingdom of heaven is at hand." -- matthew 4:17 +. +Now as Jesus was walking by the Sea of Galilee, He saw two brothers, Simon who was called Peter, and Andrew his brother, casting a net into the sea; for they were fishermen. -- matthew 4:18 +. +And He *said to them, "Follow Me, and I will make you fishers of men." -- matthew 4:19 +. +Immediately they left their nets and followed Him. -- matthew 4:20 +. +Going on from there He saw two other brothers, James the son of Zebedee, and John his brother, in the boat with Zebedee their father, mending their nets; and He called them. -- matthew 4:21 +. +Immediately they left the boat and their father, and followed Him. -- matthew 4:22 +. +Jesus was going throughout all Galilee, teaching in their synagogues and proclaiming the gospel of the kingdom, and healing every kind of disease and every kind of sickness among the people. -- matthew 4:23 +. +The news about Him spread throughout all Syria; and they brought to Him all who were ill, those suffering with various diseases and pains, demoniacs, epileptics, paralytics; and He healed them. -- matthew 4:24 +. +Large crowds followed Him from Galilee and the Decapolis and Jerusalem and Judea and from beyond the Jordan. -- matthew 4:25 +. +When Jesus saw the crowds, He went up on the mountain; and after He sat down, His disciples came to Him. -- matthew 5:1 +. +He opened His mouth and began to teach them, saying, -- matthew 5:2 +. +"Blessed are the poor in spirit, for theirs is the kingdom of heaven. -- matthew 5:3 +. +"Blessed are those who mourn, for they shall be comforted. -- matthew 5:4 +. +"Blessed are the gentle, for they shall inherit the earth. -- matthew 5:5 +. +"Blessed are those who hunger and thirst for righteousness, for they shall be satisfied. -- matthew 5:6 +. +"Blessed are the merciful, for they shall receive mercy. -- matthew 5:7 +. +"Blessed are the pure in heart, for they shall see God. -- matthew 5:8 +. +"Blessed are the peacemakers, for they shall be called sons of God. -- matthew 5:9 +. +"Blessed are those who have been persecuted for the sake of righteousness, for theirs is the kingdom of heaven. -- matthew 5:10 +. +"Blessed are you when people insult you and persecute you, and falsely say all kinds of evil against you because of Me. -- matthew 5:11 +. +"Rejoice and be glad, for your reward in heaven is great; for in the same way they persecuted the prophets who were before you. -- matthew 5:12 +. +"You are the salt of the earth; but if the salt has become tasteless, how can it be made salty again? It is no longer good for anything, except to be thrown out and trampled under foot by men. -- matthew 5:13 +. +"You are the light of the world. A city set on a hill cannot be hidden; -- matthew 5:14 +. +nor does anyone light a lamp and put it under a basket, but on the lampstand, and it gives light to all who are in the house. -- matthew 5:15 +. +"Let your light shine before men in such a way that they may see your good works, and glorify your Father who is in heaven. -- matthew 5:16 +. +"Do not think that I came to abolish the Law or the Prophets; I did not come to abolish but to fulfill. -- matthew 5:17 +. +"For truly I say to you, until heaven and earth pass away, not the smallest letter or stroke shall pass from the Law until all is accomplished. -- matthew 5:18 +. +"Whoever then annuls one of the least of these commandments, and teaches others to do the same, shall be called least in the kingdom of heaven; but whoever keeps and teaches them, he shall be called great in the kingdom of heaven. -- matthew 5:19 +. +"For I say to you that unless your righteousness surpasses that of the scribes and Pharisees, you will not enter the kingdom of heaven. -- matthew 5:20 +. +"You have heard that the ancients were told, 'YOU SHALL NOT COMMIT MURDER' and 'Whoever commits murder shall be liable to the court.' -- matthew 5:21 +. +"But I say to you that everyone who is angry with his brother shall be guilty before the court; and whoever says to his brother, 'You good-for-nothing,' shall be guilty before the supreme court; and whoever says, 'You fool,' shall be guilty enough to go into the fiery hell. -- matthew 5:22 +. +"Therefore if you are presenting your offering at the altar, and there remember that your brother has something against you, -- matthew 5:23 +. +leave your offering there before the altar and go; first be reconciled to your brother, and then come and present your offering. -- matthew 5:24 +. +"Make friends quickly with your opponent at law while you are with him on the way, so that your opponent may not hand you over to the judge, and the judge to the officer, and you be thrown into prison. -- matthew 5:25 +. +"Truly I say to you, you will not come out of there until you have paid up the last cent. -- matthew 5:26 +. +"You have heard that it was said, 'YOU SHALL NOT COMMIT ADULTERY'; -- matthew 5:27 +. +but I say to you that everyone who looks at a woman with lust for her has already committed adultery with her in his heart. -- matthew 5:28 +. +"If your right eye makes you stumble, tear it out and throw it from you; for it is better for you to lose one of the parts of your body, than for your whole body to be thrown into hell. -- matthew 5:29 +. +"If your right hand makes you stumble, cut it off and throw it from you; for it is better for you to lose one of the parts of your body, than for your whole body to go into hell. -- matthew 5:30 +. +"It was said, 'WHOEVER SENDS HIS WIFE AWAY, LET HIM GIVE HER A CERTIFICATE OF DIVORCE'; -- matthew 5:31 +. +but I say to you that everyone who divorces his wife, except for the reason of unchastity, makes her commit adultery; and whoever marries a divorced woman commits adultery. -- matthew 5:32 +. +"Again, you have heard that the ancients were told, 'YOU SHALL NOT MAKE FALSE VOWS, BUT SHALL FULFILL YOUR VOWS TO THE LORD.' -- matthew 5:33 +. +"But I say to you, make no oath at all, either by heaven, for it is the throne of God, -- matthew 5:34 +. +or by the earth, for it is the footstool of His feet, or by Jerusalem, for it is THE CITY OF THE GREAT KING. -- matthew 5:35 +. +"Nor shall you make an oath by your head, for you cannot make one hair white or black. -- matthew 5:36 +. +"But let your statement be, 'Yes, yes' or 'No, no'; anything beyond these is of evil. -- matthew 5:37 +. +"You have heard that it was said, 'AN EYE FOR AN EYE, AND A TOOTH FOR A TOOTH.' -- matthew 5:38 +. +"But I say to you, do not resist an evil person; but whoever slaps you on your right cheek, turn the other to him also. -- matthew 5:39 +. +"If anyone wants to sue you and take your shirt, let him have your coat also. -- matthew 5:40 +. +"Whoever forces you to go one mile, go with him two. -- matthew 5:41 +. +"Give to him who asks of you, and do not turn away from him who wants to borrow from you. -- matthew 5:42 +. +"You have heard that it was said, 'YOU SHALL LOVE YOUR NEIGHBOR and hate your enemy.' -- matthew 5:43 +. +"But I say to you, love your enemies and pray for those who persecute you, -- matthew 5:44 +. +so that you may be sons of your Father who is in heaven; for He causes His sun to rise on the evil and the good, and sends rain on the righteous and the unrighteous. -- matthew 5:45 +. +"For if you love those who love you, what reward do you have? Do not even the tax collectors do the same? -- matthew 5:46 +. +"If you greet only your brothers, what more are you doing than others? Do not even the Gentiles do the same? -- matthew 5:47 +. +"Therefore you are to be perfect, as your heavenly Father is perfect. -- matthew 5:48 +. +"Beware of practicing your righteousness before men to be noticed by them; otherwise you have no reward with your Father who is in heaven. -- matthew 6:1 +. +"So when you give to the poor, do not sound a trumpet before you, as the hypocrites do in the synagogues and in the streets, so that they may be honored by men. Truly I say to you, they have their reward in full. -- matthew 6:2 +. +"But when you give to the poor, do not let your left hand know what your right hand is doing, -- matthew 6:3 +. +so that your giving will be in secret; and your Father who sees what is done in secret will reward you. -- matthew 6:4 +. +"When you pray, you are not to be like the hypocrites; for they love to stand and pray in the synagogues and on the street corners so that they may be seen by men. Truly I say to you, they have their reward in full. -- matthew 6:5 +. +"But you, when you pray, go into your inner room, close your door and pray to your Father who is in secret, and your Father who sees what is done in secret will reward you. -- matthew 6:6 +. +"And when you are praying, do not use meaningless repetition as the Gentiles do, for they suppose that they will be heard for their many words. -- matthew 6:7 +. +"So do not be like them; for your Father knows what you need before you ask Him. -- matthew 6:8 +. +"Pray, then, in this way: 'Our Father who is in heaven, Hallowed be Your name. -- matthew 6:9 +. +'Your kingdom come. Your will be done, On earth as it is in heaven. -- matthew 6:10 +. +'Give us this day our daily bread. -- matthew 6:11 +. +'And forgive us our debts, as we also have forgiven our debtors. -- matthew 6:12 +. +'And do not lead us into temptation, but deliver us from evil. [For Yours is the kingdom and the power and the glory forever. Amen.'] -- matthew 6:13 +. +"For if you forgive others for their transgressions, your heavenly Father will also forgive you. -- matthew 6:14 +. +"But if you do not forgive others, then your Father will not forgive your transgressions. -- matthew 6:15 +. +"Whenever you fast, do not put on a gloomy face as the hypocrites do, for they neglect their appearance so that they will be noticed by men when they are fasting. Truly I say to you, they have their reward in full. -- matthew 6:16 +. +"But you, when you fast, anoint your head and wash your face -- matthew 6:17 +. +so that your fasting will not be noticed by men, but by your Father who is in secret; and your Father who sees what is done in secret will reward you. -- matthew 6:18 +. +"Do not store up for yourselves treasures on earth, where moth and rust destroy, and where thieves break in and steal. -- matthew 6:19 +. +"But store up for yourselves treasures in heaven, where neither moth nor rust destroys, and where thieves do not break in or steal; -- matthew 6:20 +. +for where your treasure is, there your heart will be also. -- matthew 6:21 +. +"The eye is the lamp of the body; so then if your eye is clear, your whole body will be full of light. -- matthew 6:22 +. +"But if your eye is bad, your whole body will be full of darkness. If then the light that is in you is darkness, how great is the darkness! -- matthew 6:23 +. +"No one can serve two masters; for either he will hate the one and love the other, or he will be devoted to one and despise the other. You cannot serve God and wealth. -- matthew 6:24 +. +"For this reason I say to you, do not be worried about your life, as to what you will eat or what you will drink; nor for your body, as to what you will put on. Is not life more than food, and the body more than clothing? -- matthew 6:25 +. +"Look at the birds of the air, that they do not sow, nor reap nor gather into barns, and yet your heavenly Father feeds them. Are you not worth much more than they? -- matthew 6:26 +. +"And who of you by being worried can add a single hour to his life? -- matthew 6:27 +. +"And why are you worried about clothing? Observe how the lilies of the field grow; they do not toil nor do they spin, -- matthew 6:28 +. +yet I say to you that not even Solomon in all his glory clothed himself like one of these. -- matthew 6:29 +. +"But if God so clothes the grass of the field, which is alive today and tomorrow is thrown into the furnace, will He not much more clothe you? You of little faith! -- matthew 6:30 +. +"Do not worry then, saying, 'What will we eat?' or 'What will we drink?' or 'What will we wear for clothing?' -- matthew 6:31 +. +"For the Gentiles eagerly seek all these things; for your heavenly Father knows that you need all these things. -- matthew 6:32 +. +"But seek first His kingdom and His righteousness, and all these things will be added to you. -- matthew 6:33 +. +"So do not worry about tomorrow; for tomorrow will care for itself. Each day has enough trouble of its own. -- matthew 6:34 +. +"Do not judge so that you will not be judged. -- matthew 7:1 +. +"For in the way you judge, you will be judged; and by your standard of measure, it will be measured to you. -- matthew 7:2 +. +"Why do you look at the speck that is in your brother's eye, but do not notice the log that is in your own eye? -- matthew 7:3 +. +"Or how can you say to your brother, 'Let me take the speck out of your eye,' and behold, the log is in your own eye? -- matthew 7:4 +. +"You hypocrite, first take the log out of your own eye, and then you will see clearly to take the speck out of your brother's eye. -- matthew 7:5 +. +"Do not give what is holy to dogs, and do not throw your pearls before swine, or they will trample them under their feet, and turn and tear you to pieces. -- matthew 7:6 +. +"Ask, and it will be given to you; seek, and you will find; knock, and it will be opened to you. -- matthew 7:7 +. +"For everyone who asks receives, and he who seeks finds, and to him who knocks it will be opened. -- matthew 7:8 +. +"Or what man is there among you who, when his son asks for a loaf, will give him a stone? -- matthew 7:9 +. +"Or if he asks for a fish, he will not give him a snake, will he? -- matthew 7:10 +. +"If you then, being evil, know how to give good gifts to your children, how much more will your Father who is in heaven give what is good to those who ask Him! -- matthew 7:11 +. +"In everything, therefore, treat people the same way you want them to treat you, for this is the Law and the Prophets. -- matthew 7:12 +. +"Enter through the narrow gate; for the gate is wide and the way is broad that leads to destruction, and there are many who enter through it. -- matthew 7:13 +. +"For the gate is small and the way is narrow that leads to life, and there are few who find it. -- matthew 7:14 +. +"Beware of the false prophets, who come to you in sheep's clothing, but inwardly are ravenous wolves. -- matthew 7:15 +. +"You will know them by their fruits. Grapes are not gathered from thorn bushes nor figs from thistles, are they? -- matthew 7:16 +. +"So every good tree bears good fruit, but the bad tree bears bad fruit. -- matthew 7:17 +. +"A good tree cannot produce bad fruit, nor can a bad tree produce good fruit. -- matthew 7:18 +. +"Every tree that does not bear good fruit is cut down and thrown into the fire. -- matthew 7:19 +. +"So then, you will know them by their fruits. -- matthew 7:20 +. +"Not everyone who says to Me, 'Lord, Lord,' will enter the kingdom of heaven, but he who does the will of My Father who is in heaven will enter. -- matthew 7:21 +. +"Many will say to Me on that day, 'Lord, Lord, did we not prophesy in Your name, and in Your name cast out demons, and in Your name perform many miracles?' -- matthew 7:22 +. +"And then I will declare to them, 'I never knew you; DEPART FROM ME, YOU WHO PRACTICE LAWLESSNESS.' -- matthew 7:23 +. +"Therefore everyone who hears these words of Mine and acts on them, may be compared to a wise man who built his house on the rock. -- matthew 7:24 +. +"And the rain fell, and the floods came, and the winds blew and slammed against that house; and yet it did not fall, for it had been founded on the rock. -- matthew 7:25 +. +"Everyone who hears these words of Mine and does not act on them, will be like a foolish man who built his house on the sand. -- matthew 7:26 +. +"The rain fell, and the floods came, and the winds blew and slammed against that house; and it fell--and great was its fall." -- matthew 7:27 +. +When Jesus had finished these words, the crowds were amazed at His teaching; -- matthew 7:28 +. +for He was teaching them as one having authority, and not as their scribes. -- matthew 7:29 +. +When Jesus came down from the mountain, large crowds followed Him. -- matthew 8:1 +. +And a leper came to Him and bowed down before Him, and said, "Lord, if You are willing, You can make me clean." -- matthew 8:2 +. +Jesus stretched out His hand and touched him, saying, "I am willing; be cleansed." And immediately his leprosy was cleansed. -- matthew 8:3 +. +And Jesus *said to him, "See that you tell no one; but go, show yourself to the priest and present the offering that Moses commanded, as a testimony to them." -- matthew 8:4 +. +And when Jesus entered Capernaum, a centurion came to Him, imploring Him, -- matthew 8:5 +. +and saying, "Lord, my servant is lying paralyzed at home, fearfully tormented." -- matthew 8:6 +. +Jesus *said to him, "I will come and heal him." -- matthew 8:7 +. +But the centurion said, "Lord, I am not worthy for You to come under my roof, but just say the word, and my servant will be healed. -- matthew 8:8 +. +"For I also am a man under authority, with soldiers under me; and I say to this one, 'Go!' and he goes, and to another, 'Come!' and he comes, and to my slave, 'Do this!' and he does it." -- matthew 8:9 +. +Now when Jesus heard this, He marveled and said to those who were following, "Truly I say to you, I have not found such great faith with anyone in Israel. -- matthew 8:10 +. +"I say to you that many will come from east and west, and recline at the table with Abraham, Isaac and Jacob in the kingdom of heaven; -- matthew 8:11 +. +but the sons of the kingdom will be cast out into the outer darkness; in that place there will be weeping and gnashing of teeth." -- matthew 8:12 +. +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. -- matthew 8:13 +. +When Jesus came into Peter's home, He saw his mother-in-law lying sick in bed with a fever. -- matthew 8:14 +. +He touched her hand, and the fever left her; and she got up and waited on Him. -- matthew 8:15 +. +When evening came, they brought to Him many who were demon-possessed; and He cast out the spirits with a word, and healed all who were ill. -- matthew 8:16 +. +This was to fulfill what was spoken through Isaiah the prophet: "HE HIMSELF TOOK OUR INFIRMITIES AND CARRIED AWAY OUR DISEASES." -- matthew 8:17 +. +Now when Jesus saw a crowd around Him, He gave orders to depart to the other side of the sea. -- matthew 8:18 +. +Then a scribe came and said to Him, "Teacher, I will follow You wherever You go." -- matthew 8:19 +. +Jesus *said to him, "The foxes have holes and the birds of the air have nests, but the Son of Man has nowhere to lay His head." -- matthew 8:20 +. +Another of the disciples said to Him, "Lord, permit me first to go and bury my father." -- matthew 8:21 +. +But Jesus *said to him, "Follow Me, and allow the dead to bury their own dead." -- matthew 8:22 +. +When He got into the boat, His disciples followed Him. -- matthew 8:23 +. +And behold, there arose a great storm on the sea, so that the boat was being covered with the waves; but Jesus Himself was asleep. -- matthew 8:24 +. +And they came to Him and woke Him, saying, "Save us, Lord; we are perishing!" -- matthew 8:25 +. +He *said to them, "Why are you afraid, you men of little faith?" Then He got up and rebuked the winds and the sea, and it became perfectly calm. -- matthew 8:26 +. +The men were amazed, and said, "What kind of a man is this, that even the winds and the sea obey Him?" -- matthew 8:27 +. +When He came to the other side into the country of the Gadarenes, two men who were demon-possessed met Him as they were coming out of the tombs. They were so extremely violent that no one could pass by that way. -- matthew 8:28 +. +And they cried out, saying, "What business do we have with each other, Son of God? Have You come here to torment us before the time?" -- matthew 8:29 +. +Now there was a herd of many swine feeding at a distance from them. -- matthew 8:30 +. +The demons began to entreat Him, saying, "If You are going to cast us out, send us into the herd of swine." -- matthew 8:31 +. +And He said to them, "Go!" And they came out and went into the swine, and the whole herd rushed down the steep bank into the sea and perished in the waters. -- matthew 8:32 +. +The herdsmen ran away, and went to the city and reported everything, including what had happened to the demoniacs. -- matthew 8:33 +. +And behold, the whole city came out to meet Jesus; and when they saw Him, they implored Him to leave their region. -- matthew 8:34 +. +Getting into a boat, Jesus crossed over the sea and came to His own city. -- matthew 9:1 +. +And they brought to Him a paralytic lying on a bed. Seeing their faith, Jesus said to the paralytic, "Take courage, son; your sins are forgiven." -- matthew 9:2 +. +And some of the scribes said to themselves, "This fellow blasphemes." -- matthew 9:3 +. +And Jesus knowing their thoughts said, "Why are you thinking evil in your hearts? -- matthew 9:4 +. +"Which is easier, to say, 'Your sins are forgiven,' or to say, 'Get up, and walk'? -- matthew 9:5 +. +"But so that you may know that the Son of Man has authority on earth to forgive sins"--then He *said to the paralytic, "Get up, pick up your bed and go home." -- matthew 9:6 +. +And he got up and went home. -- matthew 9:7 +. +But when the crowds saw this, they were awestruck, and glorified God, who had given such authority to men. -- matthew 9:8 +. +As Jesus went on from there, He saw a man called Matthew, sitting in the tax collector's booth; and He *said to him, "Follow Me!" And he got up and followed Him. -- matthew 9:9 +. +Then it happened that as Jesus was reclining at the table in the house, behold, many tax collectors and sinners came and were dining with Jesus and His disciples. -- matthew 9:10 +. +When the Pharisees saw this, they said to His disciples, "Why is your Teacher eating with the tax collectors and sinners?" -- matthew 9:11 +. +But when Jesus heard this, He said, "It is not those who are healthy who need a physician, but those who are sick. -- matthew 9:12 +. +"But go and learn what this means: 'I DESIRE COMPASSION, AND NOT SACRIFICE,' for I did not come to call the righteous, but sinners." -- matthew 9:13 +. +Then the disciples of John *came to Him, asking, "Why do we and the Pharisees fast, but Your disciples do not fast?" -- matthew 9:14 +. +And Jesus said to them, "The attendants of the bridegroom cannot mourn as long as the bridegroom is with them, can they? But the days will come when the bridegroom is taken away from them, and then they will fast. -- matthew 9:15 +. +"But no one puts a patch of unshrunk cloth on an old garment; for the patch pulls away from the garment, and a worse tear results. -- matthew 9:16 +. +"Nor do people put new wine into old wineskins; otherwise the wineskins burst, and the wine pours out and the wineskins are ruined; but they put new wine into fresh wineskins, and both are preserved." -- matthew 9:17 +. +While He was saying these things to them, a synagogue official came and bowed down before Him, and said, "My daughter has just died; but come and lay Your hand on her, and she will live." -- matthew 9:18 +. +Jesus got up and began to follow him, and so did His disciples. -- matthew 9:19 +. +And a woman who had been suffering from a hemorrhage for twelve years, came up behind Him and touched the fringe of His cloak; -- matthew 9:20 +. +for she was saying to herself, "If I only touch His garment, I will get well." -- matthew 9:21 +. +But Jesus turning and seeing her said, "Daughter, take courage; your faith has made you well." At once the woman was made well. -- matthew 9:22 +. +When Jesus came into the official's house, and saw the flute-players and the crowd in noisy disorder, -- matthew 9:23 +. +He said, "Leave; for the girl has not died, but is asleep." And they began laughing at Him. -- matthew 9:24 +. +But when the crowd had been sent out, He entered and took her by the hand, and the girl got up. -- matthew 9:25 +. +This news spread throughout all that land. -- matthew 9:26 +. +As Jesus went on from there, two blind men followed Him, crying out, "Have mercy on us, Son of David!" -- matthew 9:27 +. +When He entered the house, the blind men came up to Him, and Jesus *said to them, "Do you believe that I am able to do this?" They *said to Him, "Yes, Lord." -- matthew 9:28 +. +Then He touched their eyes, saying, "It shall be done to you according to your faith." -- matthew 9:29 +. +And their eyes were opened. And Jesus sternly warned them: "See that no one knows about this!" -- matthew 9:30 +. +But they went out and spread the news about Him throughout all that land. -- matthew 9:31 +. +As they were going out, a mute, demon-possessed man was brought to Him. -- matthew 9:32 +. +After the demon was cast out, the mute man spoke; and the crowds were amazed, and were saying, "Nothing like this has ever been seen in Israel." -- matthew 9:33 +. +But the Pharisees were saying, "He casts out the demons by the ruler of the demons." -- matthew 9:34 +. +Jesus was going through all the cities and villages, teaching in their synagogues and proclaiming the gospel of the kingdom, and healing every kind of disease and every kind of sickness. -- matthew 9:35 +. +Seeing the people, He felt compassion for them, because they were distressed and dispirited like sheep without a shepherd. -- matthew 9:36 +. +Then He *said to His disciples, "The harvest is plentiful, but the workers are few. -- matthew 9:37 +. +"Therefore beseech the Lord of the harvest to send out workers into His harvest." -- matthew 9:38 +. +Jesus summoned His twelve disciples and gave them authority over unclean spirits, to cast them out, and to heal every kind of disease and every kind of sickness. -- matthew 10:1 +. +Now the names of the twelve apostles are these: The first, Simon, who is called Peter, and Andrew his brother; and James the son of Zebedee, and John his brother; -- matthew 10:2 +. +Philip and Bartholomew; Thomas and Matthew the tax collector; James the son of Alphaeus, and Thaddaeus; -- matthew 10:3 +. +Simon the Zealot, and Judas Iscariot, the one who betrayed Him. -- matthew 10:4 +. +These twelve Jesus sent out after instructing them: "Do not go in the way of the Gentiles, and do not enter any city of the Samaritans; -- matthew 10:5 +. +but rather go to the lost sheep of the house of Israel. -- matthew 10:6 +. +"And as you go, preach, saying, 'The kingdom of heaven is at hand.' -- matthew 10:7 +. +"Heal the sick, raise the dead, cleanse the lepers, cast out demons. Freely you received, freely give. -- matthew 10:8 +. +"Do not acquire gold, or silver, or copper for your money belts, -- matthew 10:9 +. +or a bag for your journey, or even two coats, or sandals, or a staff; for the worker is worthy of his support. -- matthew 10:10 +. +"And whatever city or village you enter, inquire who is worthy in it, and stay at his house until you leave that city. -- matthew 10:11 +. +"As you enter the house, give it your greeting. -- matthew 10:12 +. +"If the house is worthy, give it your blessing of peace. But if it is not worthy, take back your blessing of peace. -- matthew 10:13 +. +"Whoever does not receive you, nor heed your words, as you go out of that house or that city, shake the dust off your feet. -- matthew 10:14 +. +"Truly I say to you, it will be more tolerable for the land of Sodom and Gomorrah in the day of judgment than for that city. -- matthew 10:15 +. +"Behold, I send you out as sheep in the midst of wolves; so be shrewd as serpents and innocent as doves. -- matthew 10:16 +. +"But beware of men, for they will hand you over to the courts and scourge you in their synagogues; -- matthew 10:17 +. +and you will even be brought before governors and kings for My sake, as a testimony to them and to the Gentiles. -- matthew 10:18 +. +"But when they hand you over, do not worry about how or what you are to say; for it will be given you in that hour what you are to say. -- matthew 10:19 +. +"For it is not you who speak, but it is the Spirit of your Father who speaks in you. -- matthew 10:20 +. +"Brother will betray brother to death, and a father his child; and children will rise up against parents and cause them to be put to death. -- matthew 10:21 +. +"You will be hated by all because of My name, but it is the one who has endured to the end who will be saved. -- matthew 10:22 +. +"But whenever they persecute you in one city, flee to the next; for truly I say to you, you will not finish going through the cities of Israel until the Son of Man comes. -- matthew 10:23 +. +"A disciple is not above his teacher, nor a slave above his master. -- matthew 10:24 +. +"It is enough for the disciple that he become like his teacher, and the slave like his master. If they have called the head of the house Beelzebul, how much more will they malign the members of his household! -- matthew 10:25 +. +"Therefore do not fear them, for there is nothing concealed that will not be revealed, or hidden that will not be known. -- matthew 10:26 +. +"What I tell you in the darkness, speak in the light; and what you hear whispered in your ear, proclaim upon the housetops. -- matthew 10:27 +. +"Do not fear those who kill the body but are unable to kill the soul; but rather fear Him who is able to destroy both soul and body in hell. -- matthew 10:28 +. +"Are not two sparrows sold for a cent? And yet not one of them will fall to the ground apart from your Father. -- matthew 10:29 +. +"But the very hairs of your head are all numbered. -- matthew 10:30 +. +"So do not fear; you are more valuable than many sparrows. -- matthew 10:31 +. +"Therefore everyone who confesses Me before men, I will also confess him before My Father who is in heaven. -- matthew 10:32 +. +"But whoever denies Me before men, I will also deny him before My Father who is in heaven. -- matthew 10:33 +. +"Do not think that I came to bring peace on the earth; I did not come to bring peace, but a sword. -- matthew 10:34 +. +"For I came to SET A MAN AGAINST HIS FATHER, AND A DAUGHTER AGAINST HER MOTHER, AND A DAUGHTER-IN-LAW AGAINST HER MOTHER-IN-LAW; -- matthew 10:35 +. +and A MAN'S ENEMIES WILL BE THE MEMBERS OF HIS HOUSEHOLD. -- matthew 10:36 +. +"He who loves father or mother more than Me is not worthy of Me; and he who loves son or daughter more than Me is not worthy of Me. -- matthew 10:37 +. +"And he who does not take his cross and follow after Me is not worthy of Me. -- matthew 10:38 +. +"He who has found his life will lose it, and he who has lost his life for My sake will find it. -- matthew 10:39 +. +"He who receives you receives Me, and he who receives Me receives Him who sent Me. -- matthew 10:40 +. +"He who receives a prophet in the name of a prophet shall receive a prophet's reward; and he who receives a righteous man in the name of a righteous man shall receive a righteous man's reward. -- matthew 10:41 +. +"And whoever in the name of a disciple gives to one of these little ones even a cup of cold water to drink, truly I say to you, he shall not lose his reward." -- matthew 10:42 +. +When Jesus had finished giving instructions to His twelve disciples, He departed from there to teach and preach in their cities. -- matthew 11:1 +. +Now when John, while imprisoned, heard of the works of Christ, he sent word by his disciples -- matthew 11:2 +. +and said to Him, "Are You the Expected One, or shall we look for someone else?" -- matthew 11:3 +. +Jesus answered and said to them, "Go and report to John what you hear and see: -- matthew 11:4 +. +the BLIND RECEIVE SIGHT and the lame walk, the lepers are cleansed and the deaf hear, the dead are raised up, and the POOR HAVE THE GOSPEL PREACHED TO THEM. -- matthew 11:5 +. +"And blessed is he who does not take offense at Me." -- matthew 11:6 +. +As these men were going away, Jesus began to speak to the crowds about John, "What did you go out into the wilderness to see? A reed shaken by the wind? -- matthew 11:7 +. +"But what did you go out to see? A man dressed in soft clothing? Those who wear soft clothing are in kings' palaces! -- matthew 11:8 +. +"But what did you go out to see? A prophet? Yes, I tell you, and one who is more than a prophet. -- matthew 11:9 +. +"This is the one about whom it is written, 'BEHOLD, I SEND MY MESSENGER AHEAD OF YOU, WHO WILL PREPARE YOUR WAY BEFORE YOU.' -- matthew 11:10 +. +"Truly I say to you, among those born of women there has not arisen anyone greater than John the Baptist! Yet the one who is least in the kingdom of heaven is greater than he. -- matthew 11:11 +. +"From the days of John the Baptist until now the kingdom of heaven suffers violence, and violent men take it by force. -- matthew 11:12 +. +"For all the prophets and the Law prophesied until John. -- matthew 11:13 +. +"And if you are willing to accept it, John himself is Elijah who was to come. -- matthew 11:14 +. +"He who has ears to hear, let him hear. -- matthew 11:15 +. +"But to what shall I compare this generation? It is like children sitting in the market places, who call out to the other children, -- matthew 11:16 +. +and say, 'We played the flute for you, and you did not dance; we sang a dirge, and you did not mourn.' -- matthew 11:17 +. +"For John came neither eating nor drinking, and they say, 'He has a demon!' -- matthew 11:18 +. +"The Son of Man came eating and drinking, and they say, 'Behold, a gluttonous man and a drunkard, a friend of tax collectors and sinners!' Yet wisdom is vindicated by her deeds." -- matthew 11:19 +. +Then He began to denounce the cities in which most of His miracles were done, because they did not repent. -- matthew 11:20 +. +"Woe to you, Chorazin! Woe to you, Bethsaida! For if the miracles had occurred in Tyre and Sidon which occurred in you, they would have repented long ago in sackcloth and ashes. -- matthew 11:21 +. +"Nevertheless I say to you, it will be more tolerable for Tyre and Sidon in the day of judgment than for you. -- matthew 11:22 +. +"And you, Capernaum, will not be exalted to heaven, will you? You will descend to Hades; for if the miracles had occurred in Sodom which occurred in you, it would have remained to this day. -- matthew 11:23 +. +"Nevertheless I say to you that it will be more tolerable for the land of Sodom in the day of judgment, than for you." -- matthew 11:24 +. +At that time Jesus said, "I praise You, Father, Lord of heaven and earth, that You have hidden these things from the wise and intelligent and have revealed them to infants. -- matthew 11:25 +. +"Yes, Father, for this way was well-pleasing in Your sight. -- matthew 11:26 +. +"All things have been handed over to Me by My Father; and no one knows the Son except the Father; nor does anyone know the Father except the Son, and anyone to whom the Son wills to reveal Him. -- matthew 11:27 +. +"Come to Me, all who are weary and heavy-laden, and I will give you rest. -- matthew 11:28 +. +"Take My yoke upon you and learn from Me, for I am gentle and humble in heart, and YOU WILL FIND REST FOR YOUR SOULS. -- matthew 11:29 +. +"For My yoke is easy and My burden is light." -- matthew 11:30 +. +At that time Jesus went through the grainfields on the Sabbath, and His disciples became hungry and began to pick the heads of grain and eat. -- matthew 12:1 +. +But when the Pharisees saw this, they said to Him, "Look, Your disciples do what is not lawful to do on a Sabbath." -- matthew 12:2 +. +But He said to them, "Have you not read what David did when he became hungry, he and his companions, -- matthew 12:3 +. +how he entered the house of God, and they ate the consecrated bread, which was not lawful for him to eat nor for those with him, but for the priests alone? -- matthew 12:4 +. +"Or have you not read in the Law, that on the Sabbath the priests in the temple break the Sabbath and are innocent? -- matthew 12:5 +. +"But I say to you that something greater than the temple is here. -- matthew 12:6 +. +"But if you had known what this means, 'I DESIRE COMPASSION, AND NOT A SACRIFICE,' you would not have condemned the innocent. -- matthew 12:7 +. +"For the Son of Man is Lord of the Sabbath." -- matthew 12:8 +. +Departing from there, He went into their synagogue. -- matthew 12:9 +. +And a man was there whose hand was withered. And they questioned Jesus, asking, "Is it lawful to heal on the Sabbath?"--so that they might accuse Him. -- matthew 12:10 +. +And He said to them, "What man is there among you who has a sheep, and if it falls into a pit on the Sabbath, will he not take hold of it and lift it out? -- matthew 12:11 +. +"How much more valuable then is a man than a sheep! So then, it is lawful to do good on the Sabbath." -- matthew 12:12 +. +Then He *said to the man, "Stretch out your hand!" He stretched it out, and it was restored to normal, like the other. -- matthew 12:13 +. +But the Pharisees went out and conspired against Him, as to how they might destroy Him. -- matthew 12:14 +. +But Jesus, aware of this, withdrew from there. Many followed Him, and He healed them all, -- matthew 12:15 +. +and warned them not to tell who He was. -- matthew 12:16 +. +This was to fulfill what was spoken through Isaiah the prophet: -- matthew 12:17 +. +"BEHOLD, MY SERVANT WHOM I HAVE CHOSEN; MY BELOVED IN WHOM MY SOUL is WELL-PLEASED; I WILL PUT MY SPIRIT UPON HIM, AND HE SHALL PROCLAIM JUSTICE TO THE GENTILES. -- matthew 12:18 +. +"HE WILL NOT QUARREL, NOR CRY OUT; NOR WILL ANYONE HEAR HIS VOICE IN THE STREETS. -- matthew 12:19 +. +"A BATTERED REED HE WILL NOT BREAK OFF, AND A SMOLDERING WICK HE WILL NOT PUT OUT, UNTIL HE LEADS JUSTICE TO VICTORY. -- matthew 12:20 +. +"AND IN HIS NAME THE GENTILES WILL HOPE." -- matthew 12:21 +. +Then a demon-possessed man who was blind and mute was brought to Jesus, and He healed him, so that the mute man spoke and saw. -- matthew 12:22 +. +All the crowds were amazed, and were saying, "This man cannot be the Son of David, can he?" -- matthew 12:23 +. +But when the Pharisees heard this, they said, "This man casts out demons only by Beelzebul the ruler of the demons." -- matthew 12:24 +. +And knowing their thoughts Jesus said to them, "Any kingdom divided against itself is laid waste; and any city or house divided against itself will not stand. -- matthew 12:25 +. +"If Satan casts out Satan, he is divided against himself; how then will his kingdom stand? -- matthew 12:26 +. +"If I by Beelzebul cast out demons, by whom do your sons cast them out? For this reason they will be your judges. -- matthew 12:27 +. +"But if I cast out demons by the Spirit of God, then the kingdom of God has come upon you. -- matthew 12:28 +. +"Or how can anyone enter the strong man's house and carry off his property, unless he first binds the strong man? And then he will plunder his house. -- matthew 12:29 +. +"He who is not with Me is against Me; and he who does not gather with Me scatters. -- matthew 12:30 +. +"Therefore I say to you, any sin and blasphemy shall be forgiven people, but blasphemy against the Spirit shall not be forgiven. -- matthew 12:31 +. +"Whoever speaks a word against the Son of Man, it shall be forgiven him; but whoever speaks against the Holy Spirit, it shall not be forgiven him, either in this age or in the age to come. -- matthew 12:32 +. +"Either make the tree good and its fruit good, or make the tree bad and its fruit bad; for the tree is known by its fruit. -- matthew 12:33 +. +"You brood of vipers, how can you, being evil, speak what is good? For the mouth speaks out of that which fills the heart. -- matthew 12:34 +. +"The good man brings out of his good treasure what is good; and the evil man brings out of his evil treasure what is evil. -- matthew 12:35 +. +"But I tell you that every careless word that people speak, they shall give an accounting for it in the day of judgment. -- matthew 12:36 +. +"For by your words you will be justified, and by your words you will be condemned." -- matthew 12:37 +. +Then some of the scribes and Pharisees said to Him, "Teacher, we want to see a sign from You." -- matthew 12:38 +. +But He answered and said to them, "An evil and adulterous generation craves for a sign; and yet no sign will be given to it but the sign of Jonah the prophet; -- matthew 12:39 +. +for just as JONAH WAS THREE DAYS AND THREE NIGHTS IN THE BELLY OF THE SEA MONSTER, so will the Son of Man be three days and three nights in the heart of the earth. -- matthew 12:40 +. +"The men of Nineveh will stand up with this generation at the judgment, and will condemn it because they repented at the preaching of Jonah; and behold, something greater than Jonah is here. -- matthew 12:41 +. +"The Queen of the South will rise up with this generation at the judgment and will condemn it, because she came from the ends of the earth to hear the wisdom of Solomon; and behold, something greater than Solomon is here. -- matthew 12:42 +. +"Now when the unclean spirit goes out of a man, it passes through waterless places seeking rest, and does not find it. -- matthew 12:43 +. +"Then it says, 'I will return to my house from which I came'; and when it comes, it finds it unoccupied, swept, and put in order. -- matthew 12:44 +. +"Then it goes and takes along with it seven other spirits more wicked than itself, and they go in and live there; and the last state of that man becomes worse than the first. That is the way it will also be with this evil generation." -- matthew 12:45 +. +While He was still speaking to the crowds, behold, His mother and brothers were standing outside, seeking to speak to Him. -- matthew 12:46 +. +Someone said to Him, "Behold, Your mother and Your brothers are standing outside seeking to speak to You." -- matthew 12:47 +. +But Jesus answered the one who was telling Him and said, "Who is My mother and who are My brothers?" -- matthew 12:48 +. +And stretching out His hand toward His disciples, He said, "Behold My mother and My brothers! -- matthew 12:49 +. +"For whoever does the will of My Father who is in heaven, he is My brother and sister and mother." -- matthew 12:50 +. +That day Jesus went out of the house and was sitting by the sea. -- matthew 13:1 +. +And large crowds gathered to Him, so He got into a boat and sat down, and the whole crowd was standing on the beach. -- matthew 13:2 +. +And He spoke many things to them in parables, saying, "Behold, the sower went out to sow; -- matthew 13:3 +. +and as he sowed, some seeds fell beside the road, and the birds came and ate them up. -- matthew 13:4 +. +"Others fell on the rocky places, where they did not have much soil; and immediately they sprang up, because they had no depth of soil. -- matthew 13:5 +. +"But when the sun had risen, they were scorched; and because they had no root, they withered away. -- matthew 13:6 +. +"Others fell among the thorns, and the thorns came up and choked them out. -- matthew 13:7 +. +"And others fell on the good soil and *yielded a crop, some a hundredfold, some sixty, and some thirty. -- matthew 13:8 +. +"He who has ears, let him hear." -- matthew 13:9 +. +And the disciples came and said to Him, "Why do You speak to them in parables?" -- matthew 13:10 +. +Jesus answered them, "To you it has been granted to know the mysteries of the kingdom of heaven, but to them it has not been granted. -- matthew 13:11 +. +"For whoever has, to him more shall be given, and he will have an abundance; but whoever does not have, even what he has shall be taken away from him. -- matthew 13:12 +. +"Therefore I speak to them in parables; because while seeing they do not see, and while hearing they do not hear, nor do they understand. -- matthew 13:13 +. +"In their case the prophecy of Isaiah is being fulfilled, which says, 'YOU WILL KEEP ON HEARING, BUT WILL NOT UNDERSTAND; YOU WILL KEEP ON SEEING, BUT WILL NOT PERCEIVE; -- matthew 13:14 +. +FOR THE HEART OF THIS PEOPLE HAS BECOME DULL, WITH THEIR EARS THEY SCARCELY HEAR, AND THEY HAVE CLOSED THEIR EYES, OTHERWISE THEY WOULD SEE WITH THEIR EYES, HEAR WITH THEIR EARS, AND UNDERSTAND WITH THEIR HEART AND RETURN, AND I WOULD HEAL THEM.' -- matthew 13:15 +. +"But blessed are your eyes, because they see; and your ears, because they hear. -- matthew 13:16 +. +"For truly I say to you that many prophets and righteous men desired to see what you see, and did not see it, and to hear what you hear, and did not hear it. -- matthew 13:17 +. +"Hear then the parable of the sower. -- matthew 13:18 +. +"When anyone hears the word of the kingdom and does not understand it, the evil one comes and snatches away what has been sown in his heart. This is the one on whom seed was sown beside the road. -- matthew 13:19 +. +"The one on whom seed was sown on the rocky places, this is the man who hears the word and immediately receives it with joy; -- matthew 13:20 +. +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. -- matthew 13:21 +. +"And the one on whom seed was sown among the thorns, this is the man who hears the word, and the worry of the world and the deceitfulness of wealth choke the word, and it becomes unfruitful. -- matthew 13:22 +. +"And the one on whom seed was sown on the good soil, this is the man who hears the word and understands it; who indeed bears fruit and brings forth, some a hundredfold, some sixty, and some thirty." -- matthew 13:23 +. +Jesus presented another parable to them, saying, "The kingdom of heaven may be compared to a man who sowed good seed in his field. -- matthew 13:24 +. +"But while his men were sleeping, his enemy came and sowed tares among the wheat, and went away. -- matthew 13:25 +. +"But when the wheat sprouted and bore grain, then the tares became evident also. -- matthew 13:26 +. +"The slaves of the landowner came and said to him, 'Sir, did you not sow good seed in your field? How then does it have tares?' -- matthew 13:27 +. +"And he said to them, 'An enemy has done this!' The slaves *said to him, 'Do you want us, then, to go and gather them up?' -- matthew 13:28 +. +"But he *said, 'No; for while you are gathering up the tares, you may uproot the wheat with them. -- matthew 13:29 +. +'Allow both to grow together until the harvest; and in the time of the harvest I will say to the reapers, "First gather up the tares and bind them in bundles to burn them up; but gather the wheat into my barn."'" -- matthew 13:30 +. +He presented another parable to them, saying, "The kingdom of heaven is like a mustard seed, which a man took and sowed in his field; -- matthew 13:31 +. +and this is smaller than all other seeds, but when it is full grown, it is larger than the garden plants and becomes a tree, so that THE BIRDS OF THE AIR come and NEST IN ITS BRANCHES." -- matthew 13:32 +. +He spoke another parable to them, "The kingdom of heaven is like leaven, which a woman took and hid in three pecks of flour until it was all leavened." -- matthew 13:33 +. +All these things Jesus spoke to the crowds in parables, and He did not speak to them without a parable. -- matthew 13:34 +. +This was to fulfill what was spoken through the prophet: "I WILL OPEN MY MOUTH IN PARABLES; I WILL UTTER THINGS HIDDEN SINCE THE FOUNDATION OF THE WORLD." -- matthew 13:35 +. +Then He left the crowds and went into the house. And His disciples came to Him and said, "Explain to us the parable of the tares of the field." -- matthew 13:36 +. +And He said, "The one who sows the good seed is the Son of Man, -- matthew 13:37 +. +and the field is the world; and as for the good seed, these are the sons of the kingdom; and the tares are the sons of the evil one; -- matthew 13:38 +. +and the enemy who sowed them is the devil, and the harvest is the end of the age; and the reapers are angels. -- matthew 13:39 +. +"So just as the tares are gathered up and burned with fire, so shall it be at the end of the age. -- matthew 13:40 +. +"The Son of Man will send forth His angels, and they will gather out of His kingdom all stumbling blocks, and those who commit lawlessness, -- matthew 13:41 +. +and will throw them into the furnace of fire; in that place there will be weeping and gnashing of teeth. -- matthew 13:42 +. +"Then THE RIGHTEOUS WILL SHINE FORTH AS THE SUN in the kingdom of their Father. He who has ears, let him hear. -- matthew 13:43 +. +"The kingdom of heaven is like a treasure hidden in the field, which a man found and hid again; and from joy over it he goes and sells all that he has and buys that field. -- matthew 13:44 +. +"Again, the kingdom of heaven is like a merchant seeking fine pearls, -- matthew 13:45 +. +and upon finding one pearl of great value, he went and sold all that he had and bought it. -- matthew 13:46 +. +"Again, the kingdom of heaven is like a dragnet cast into the sea, and gathering fish of every kind; -- matthew 13:47 +. +and when it was filled, they drew it up on the beach; and they sat down and gathered the good fish into containers, but the bad they threw away. -- matthew 13:48 +. +"So it will be at the end of the age; the angels will come forth and take out the wicked from among the righteous, -- matthew 13:49 +. +and will throw them into the furnace of fire; in that place there will be weeping and gnashing of teeth. -- matthew 13:50 +. +"Have you understood all these things?" They *said to Him, "Yes." -- matthew 13:51 +. +And Jesus said to them, "Therefore every scribe who has become a disciple of the kingdom of heaven is like a head of a household, who brings out of his treasure things new and old." -- matthew 13:52 +. +When Jesus had finished these parables, He departed from there. -- matthew 13:53 +. +He came to His hometown and began teaching them in their synagogue, so that they were astonished, and said, "Where did this man get this wisdom and these miraculous powers? -- matthew 13:54 +. +"Is not this the carpenter's son? Is not His mother called Mary, and His brothers, James and Joseph and Simon and Judas? -- matthew 13:55 +. +"And His sisters, are they not all with us? Where then did this man get all these things?" -- matthew 13:56 +. +And they took offense at Him. But Jesus said to them, "A prophet is not without honor except in his hometown and in his own household." -- matthew 13:57 +. +And He did not do many miracles there because of their unbelief. -- matthew 13:58 +. +At that time Herod the tetrarch heard the news about Jesus, -- matthew 14:1 +. +and said to his servants, "This is John the Baptist; he has risen from the dead, and that is why miraculous powers are at work in him." -- matthew 14:2 +. +For when Herod had John arrested, he bound him and put him in prison because of Herodias, the wife of his brother Philip. -- matthew 14:3 +. +For John had been saying to him, "It is not lawful for you to have her." -- matthew 14:4 +. +Although Herod wanted to put him to death, he feared the crowd, because they regarded John as a prophet. -- matthew 14:5 +. +But when Herod's birthday came, the daughter of Herodias danced before them and pleased Herod, -- matthew 14:6 +. +so much that he promised with an oath to give her whatever she asked. -- matthew 14:7 +. +Having been prompted by her mother, she *said, "Give me here on a platter the head of John the Baptist." -- matthew 14:8 +. +Although he was grieved, the king commanded it to be given because of his oaths, and because of his dinner guests. -- matthew 14:9 +. +He sent and had John beheaded in the prison. -- matthew 14:10 +. +And his head was brought on a platter and given to the girl, and she brought it to her mother. -- matthew 14:11 +. +His disciples came and took away the body and buried it; and they went and reported to Jesus. -- matthew 14:12 +. +Now when Jesus heard about John, He withdrew from there in a boat to a secluded place by Himself; and when the people heard of this, they followed Him on foot from the cities. -- matthew 14:13 +. +When He went ashore, He saw a large crowd, and felt compassion for them and healed their sick. -- matthew 14:14 +. +When it was evening, the disciples came to Him and said, "This place is desolate and the hour is already late; so send the crowds away, that they may go into the villages and buy food for themselves." -- matthew 14:15 +. +But Jesus said to them, "They do not need to go away; you give them something to eat!" -- matthew 14:16 +. +They *said to Him, "We have here only five loaves and two fish." -- matthew 14:17 +. +And He said, "Bring them here to Me." -- matthew 14:18 +. +Ordering the people to sit down on the grass, He took the five loaves and the two fish, and looking up toward heaven, He blessed the food, and breaking the loaves He gave them to the disciples, and the disciples gave them to the crowds, -- matthew 14:19 +. +and they all ate and were satisfied. They picked up what was left over of the broken pieces, twelve full baskets. -- matthew 14:20 +. +There were about five thousand men who ate, besides women and children. -- matthew 14:21 +. +Immediately He made the disciples get into the boat and go ahead of Him to the other side, while He sent the crowds away. -- matthew 14:22 +. +After He had sent the crowds away, He went up on the mountain by Himself to pray; and when it was evening, He was there alone. -- matthew 14:23 +. +But the boat was already a long distance from the land, battered by the waves; for the wind was contrary. -- matthew 14:24 +. +And in the fourth watch of the night He came to them, walking on the sea. -- matthew 14:25 +. +When the disciples saw Him walking on the sea, they were terrified, and said, "It is a ghost!" And they cried out in fear. -- matthew 14:26 +. +But immediately Jesus spoke to them, saying, "Take courage, it is I; do not be afraid." -- matthew 14:27 +. +Peter said to Him, "Lord, if it is You, command me to come to You on the water." -- matthew 14:28 +. +And He said, "Come!" And Peter got out of the boat, and walked on the water and came toward Jesus. -- matthew 14:29 +. +But seeing the wind, he became frightened, and beginning to sink, he cried out, "Lord, save me!" -- matthew 14:30 +. +Immediately Jesus stretched out His hand and took hold of him, and *said to him, "You of little faith, why did you doubt?" -- matthew 14:31 +. +When they got into the boat, the wind stopped. -- matthew 14:32 +. +And those who were in the boat worshiped Him, saying, "You are certainly God's Son!" -- matthew 14:33 +. +When they had crossed over, they came to land at Gennesaret. -- matthew 14:34 +. +And when the men of that place recognized Him, they sent word into all that surrounding district and brought to Him all who were sick; -- matthew 14:35 +. +and they implored Him that they might just touch the fringe of His cloak; and as many as touched it were cured. -- matthew 14:36 +. +Then some Pharisees and scribes *came to Jesus from Jerusalem and said, -- matthew 15:1 +. +"Why do Your disciples break the tradition of the elders? For they do not wash their hands when they eat bread." -- matthew 15:2 +. +And He answered and said to them, "Why do you yourselves transgress the commandment of God for the sake of your tradition? -- matthew 15:3 +. +"For God said, 'HONOR YOUR FATHER AND MOTHER,' and, 'HE WHO SPEAKS EVIL OF FATHER OR MOTHER IS TO BE PUT TO DEATH.' -- matthew 15:4 +. +"But you say, 'Whoever says to his father or mother, "Whatever I have that would help you has been given to God," -- matthew 15:5 +. +he is not to honor his father or his mother.' And by this you invalidated the word of God for the sake of your tradition. -- matthew 15:6 +. +"You hypocrites, rightly did Isaiah prophesy of you: -- matthew 15:7 +. +'THIS PEOPLE HONORS ME WITH THEIR LIPS, BUT THEIR HEART IS FAR AWAY FROM ME. -- matthew 15:8 +. +'BUT IN VAIN DO THEY WORSHIP ME, TEACHING AS DOCTRINES THE PRECEPTS OF MEN.'" -- matthew 15:9 +. +After Jesus called the crowd to Him, He said to them, "Hear and understand. -- matthew 15:10 +. +"It is not what enters into the mouth that defiles the man, but what proceeds out of the mouth, this defiles the man." -- matthew 15:11 +. +Then the disciples *came and *said to Him, "Do You know that the Pharisees were offended when they heard this statement?" -- matthew 15:12 +. +But He answered and said, "Every plant which My heavenly Father did not plant shall be uprooted. -- matthew 15:13 +. +"Let them alone; they are blind guides of the blind. And if a blind man guides a blind man, both will fall into a pit." -- matthew 15:14 +. +Peter said to Him, "Explain the parable to us." -- matthew 15:15 +. +Jesus said, "Are you still lacking in understanding also? -- matthew 15:16 +. +"Do you not understand that everything that goes into the mouth passes into the stomach, and is eliminated? -- matthew 15:17 +. +"But the things that proceed out of the mouth come from the heart, and those defile the man. -- matthew 15:18 +. +"For out of the heart come evil thoughts, murders, adulteries, fornications, thefts, false witness, slanders. -- matthew 15:19 +. +"These are the things which defile the man; but to eat with unwashed hands does not defile the man." -- matthew 15:20 +. +Jesus went away from there, and withdrew into the district of Tyre and Sidon. -- matthew 15:21 +. +And a Canaanite woman from that region came out and began to cry out, saying, "Have mercy on me, Lord, Son of David; my daughter is cruelly demon-possessed." -- matthew 15:22 +. +But He did not answer her a word. And His disciples came and implored Him, saying, "Send her away, because she keeps shouting at us." -- matthew 15:23 +. +But He answered and said, "I was sent only to the lost sheep of the house of Israel." -- matthew 15:24 +. +But she came and began to bow down before Him, saying, "Lord, help me!" -- matthew 15:25 +. +And He answered and said, "It is not good to take the children's bread and throw it to the dogs." -- matthew 15:26 +. +But she said, "Yes, Lord; but even the dogs feed on the crumbs which fall from their masters' table." -- matthew 15:27 +. +Then Jesus said to her, "O woman, your faith is great; it shall be done for you as you wish." And her daughter was healed at once. -- matthew 15:28 +. +Departing from there, Jesus went along by the Sea of Galilee, and having gone up on the mountain, He was sitting there. -- matthew 15:29 +. +And large crowds came to Him, bringing with them those who were lame, crippled, blind, mute, and many others, and they laid them down at His feet; and He healed them. -- matthew 15:30 +. +So the crowd marveled as they saw the mute speaking, the crippled restored, and the lame walking, and the blind seeing; and they glorified the God of Israel. -- matthew 15:31 +. +And Jesus called His disciples to Him, and said, "I feel compassion for the people, because they have remained with Me now three days and have nothing to eat; and I do not want to send them away hungry, for they might faint on the way." -- matthew 15:32 +. +The disciples *said to Him, "Where would we get so many loaves in this desolate place to satisfy such a large crowd?" -- matthew 15:33 +. +And Jesus *said to them, "How many loaves do you have?" And they said, "Seven, and a few small fish." -- matthew 15:34 +. +And He directed the people to sit down on the ground; -- matthew 15:35 +. +and He took the seven loaves and the fish; and giving thanks, He broke them and started giving them to the disciples, and the disciples gave them to the people. -- matthew 15:36 +. +And they all ate and were satisfied, and they picked up what was left over of the broken pieces, seven large baskets full. -- matthew 15:37 +. +And those who ate were four thousand men, besides women and children. -- matthew 15:38 +. +And sending away the crowds, Jesus got into the boat and came to the region of Magadan. -- matthew 15:39 +. +The Pharisees and Sadducees came up, and testing Jesus, they asked Him to show them a sign from heaven. -- matthew 16:1 +. +But He replied to them, "When it is evening, you say, 'It will be fair weather, for the sky is red.' -- matthew 16:2 +. +"And in the morning, 'There will be a storm today, for the sky is red and threatening.' Do you know how to discern the appearance of the sky, but cannot discern the signs of the times? -- matthew 16:3 +. +"An evil and adulterous generation seeks after a sign; and a sign will not be given it, except the sign of Jonah." And He left them and went away. -- matthew 16:4 +. +And the disciples came to the other side of the sea, but they had forgotten to bring any bread. -- matthew 16:5 +. +And Jesus said to them, "Watch out and beware of the leaven of the Pharisees and Sadducees." -- matthew 16:6 +. +They began to discuss this among themselves, saying, "He said that because we did not bring any bread." -- matthew 16:7 +. +But Jesus, aware of this, said, "You men of little faith, why do you discuss among yourselves that you have no bread? -- matthew 16:8 +. +"Do you not yet understand or remember the five loaves of the five thousand, and how many baskets full you picked up? -- matthew 16:9 +. +"Or the seven loaves of the four thousand, and how many large baskets full you picked up? -- matthew 16:10 +. +"How is it that you do not understand that I did not speak to you concerning bread? But beware of the leaven of the Pharisees and Sadducees." -- matthew 16:11 +. +Then they understood that He did not say to beware of the leaven of bread, but of the teaching of the Pharisees and Sadducees. -- matthew 16:12 +. +Now when Jesus came into the district of Caesarea Philippi, He was asking His disciples, "Who do people say that the Son of Man is?" -- matthew 16:13 +. +And they said, "Some say John the Baptist; and others, Elijah; but still others, Jeremiah, or one of the prophets." -- matthew 16:14 +. +He *said to them, "But who do you say that I am?" -- matthew 16:15 +. +Simon Peter answered, "You are the Christ, the Son of the living God." -- matthew 16:16 +. +And Jesus said to him, "Blessed are you, Simon Barjona, because flesh and blood did not reveal this to you, but My Father who is in heaven. -- matthew 16:17 +. +"I also say to you that you are Peter, and upon this rock I will build My church; and the gates of Hades will not overpower it. -- matthew 16:18 +. +"I will give you the keys of the kingdom of heaven; and whatever you bind on earth shall have been bound in heaven, and whatever you loose on earth shall have been loosed in heaven." -- matthew 16:19 +. +Then He warned the disciples that they should tell no one that He was the Christ. -- matthew 16:20 +. +From that time Jesus began to show His disciples that He must go to Jerusalem, and suffer many things from the elders and chief priests and scribes, and be killed, and be raised up on the third day. -- matthew 16:21 +. +Peter took Him aside and began to rebuke Him, saying, "God forbid it, Lord! This shall never happen to You." -- matthew 16:22 +. +But He turned and said to Peter, "Get behind Me, Satan! You are a stumbling block to Me; for you are not setting your mind on God's interests, but man's." -- matthew 16:23 +. +Then Jesus said to His disciples, "If anyone wishes to come after Me, he must deny himself, and take up his cross and follow Me. -- matthew 16:24 +. +"For whoever wishes to save his life will lose it; but whoever loses his life for My sake will find it. -- matthew 16:25 +. +"For what will it profit a man if he gains the whole world and forfeits his soul? Or what will a man give in exchange for his soul? -- matthew 16:26 +. +"For the Son of Man is going to come in the glory of His Father with His angels, and WILL THEN REPAY EVERY MAN ACCORDING TO HIS DEEDS. -- matthew 16:27 +. +"Truly I say to you, there are some of those who are standing here who will not taste death until they see the Son of Man coming in His kingdom." -- matthew 16:28 +. +Six days later Jesus *took with Him Peter and James and John his brother, and *led them up on a high mountain by themselves. -- matthew 17:1 +. +And He was transfigured before them; and His face shone like the sun, and His garments became as white as light. -- matthew 17:2 +. +And behold, Moses and Elijah appeared to them, talking with Him. -- matthew 17:3 +. +Peter said to Jesus, "Lord, it is good for us to be here; if You wish, I will make three tabernacles here, one for You, and one for Moses, and one for Elijah." -- matthew 17:4 +. +While he was still speaking, a bright cloud overshadowed them, and behold, a voice out of the cloud said, "This is My beloved Son, with whom I am well-pleased; listen to Him!" -- matthew 17:5 +. +When the disciples heard this, they fell face down to the ground and were terrified. -- matthew 17:6 +. +And Jesus came to them and touched them and said, "Get up, and do not be afraid." -- matthew 17:7 +. +And lifting up their eyes, they saw no one except Jesus Himself alone. -- matthew 17:8 +. +As they were coming down from the mountain, Jesus commanded them, saying, "Tell the vision to no one until the Son of Man has risen from the dead." -- matthew 17:9 +. +And His disciples asked Him, "Why then do the scribes say that Elijah must come first?" -- matthew 17:10 +. +And He answered and said, "Elijah is coming and will restore all things; -- matthew 17:11 +. +but I say to you that Elijah already came, and they did not recognize him, but did to him whatever they wished. So also the Son of Man is going to suffer at their hands." -- matthew 17:12 +. +Then the disciples understood that He had spoken to them about John the Baptist. -- matthew 17:13 +. +When they came to the crowd, a man came up to Jesus, falling on his knees before Him and saying, -- matthew 17:14 +. +"Lord, have mercy on my son, for he is a lunatic and is very ill; for he often falls into the fire and often into the water. -- matthew 17:15 +. +"I brought him to Your disciples, and they could not cure him." -- matthew 17:16 +. +And Jesus answered and said, "You unbelieving and perverted generation, how long shall I be with you? How long shall I put up with you? Bring him here to Me." -- matthew 17:17 +. +And Jesus rebuked him, and the demon came out of him, and the boy was cured at once. -- matthew 17:18 +. +Then the disciples came to Jesus privately and said, "Why could we not drive it out?" -- matthew 17:19 +. +And He *said to them, "Because of the littleness of your faith; for truly I say to you, if you have faith the size of a mustard seed, you will say to this mountain, 'Move from here to there,' and it will move; and nothing will be impossible to you. -- matthew 17:20 +. +["But this kind does not go out except by prayer and fasting."] -- matthew 17:21 +. +And while they were gathering together in Galilee, Jesus said to them, "The Son of Man is going to be delivered into the hands of men; -- matthew 17:22 +. +and they will kill Him, and He will be raised on the third day." And they were deeply grieved. -- matthew 17:23 +. +When they came to Capernaum, those who collected the two-drachma tax came to Peter and said, "Does your teacher not pay the two-drachma tax?" -- matthew 17:24 +. +He *said, "Yes." And when he came into the house, Jesus spoke to him first, saying, "What do you think, Simon? From whom do the kings of the earth collect customs or poll-tax, from their sons or from strangers?" -- matthew 17:25 +. +When Peter said, "From strangers," Jesus said to him, "Then the sons are exempt. -- matthew 17:26 +. +"However, so that we do not offend them, go to the sea and throw in a hook, and take the first fish that comes up; and when you open its mouth, you will find a shekel. Take that and give it to them for you and Me." -- matthew 17:27 +. +At that time the disciples came to Jesus and said, "Who then is greatest in the kingdom of heaven?" -- matthew 18:1 +. +And He called a child to Himself and set him before them, -- matthew 18:2 +. +and said, "Truly I say to you, unless you are converted and become like children, you will not enter the kingdom of heaven. -- matthew 18:3 +. +"Whoever then humbles himself as this child, he is the greatest in the kingdom of heaven. -- matthew 18:4 +. +"And whoever receives one such child in My name receives Me; -- matthew 18:5 +. +but whoever causes one of these little ones who believe in Me to stumble, it would be better for him to have a heavy millstone hung around his neck, and to be drowned in the depth of the sea. -- matthew 18:6 +. +"Woe to the world because of its stumbling blocks! For it is inevitable that stumbling blocks come; but woe to that man through whom the stumbling block comes! -- matthew 18:7 +. +"If your hand or your foot causes you to stumble, cut it off and throw it from you; it is better for you to enter life crippled or lame, than to have two hands or two feet and be cast into the eternal fire. -- matthew 18:8 +. +"If your eye causes you to stumble, pluck it out and throw it from you. It is better for you to enter life with one eye, than to have two eyes and be cast into the fiery hell. -- matthew 18:9 +. +"See that you do not despise one of these little ones, for I say to you that their angels in heaven continually see the face of My Father who is in heaven. -- matthew 18:10 +. +["For the Son of Man has come to save that which was lost.] -- matthew 18:11 +. +"What do you think? If any man has a hundred sheep, and one of them has gone astray, does he not leave the ninety-nine on the mountains and go and search for the one that is straying? -- matthew 18:12 +. +"If it turns out that he finds it, truly I say to you, he rejoices over it more than over the ninety-nine which have not gone astray. -- matthew 18:13 +. +"So it is not the will of your Father who is in heaven that one of these little ones perish. -- matthew 18:14 +. +"If your brother sins, go and show him his fault in private; if he listens to you, you have won your brother. -- matthew 18:15 +. +"But if he does not listen to you, take one or two more with you, so that BY THE MOUTH OF TWO OR THREE WITNESSES EVERY FACT MAY BE CONFIRMED. -- matthew 18:16 +. +"If he refuses to listen to them, tell it to the church; and if he refuses to listen even to the church, let him be to you as a Gentile and a tax collector. -- matthew 18:17 +. +"Truly I say to you, whatever you bind on earth shall have been bound in heaven; and whatever you loose on earth shall have been loosed in heaven. -- matthew 18:18 +. +"Again I say to you, that if two of you agree on earth about anything that they may ask, it shall be done for them by My Father who is in heaven. -- matthew 18:19 +. +"For where two or three have gathered together in My name, I am there in their midst." -- matthew 18:20 +. +Then Peter came and said to Him, "Lord, how often shall my brother sin against me and I forgive him? Up to seven times?" -- matthew 18:21 +. +Jesus *said to him, "I do not say to you, up to seven times, but up to seventy times seven. -- matthew 18:22 +. +"For this reason the kingdom of heaven may be compared to a king who wished to settle accounts with his slaves. -- matthew 18:23 +. +"When he had begun to settle them, one who owed him ten thousand talents was brought to him. -- matthew 18:24 +. +"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. -- matthew 18:25 +. +"So the slave fell to the ground and prostrated himself before him, saying, 'Have patience with me and I will repay you everything.' -- matthew 18:26 +. +"And the lord of that slave felt compassion and released him and forgave him the debt. -- matthew 18:27 +. +"But that slave went out and found one of his fellow slaves who owed him a hundred denarii; and he seized him and began to choke him, saying, 'Pay back what you owe.' -- matthew 18:28 +. +"So his fellow slave fell to the ground and began to plead with him, saying, 'Have patience with me and I will repay you.' -- matthew 18:29 +. +"But he was unwilling and went and threw him in prison until he should pay back what was owed. -- matthew 18:30 +. +"So when his fellow slaves saw what had happened, they were deeply grieved and came and reported to their lord all that had happened. -- matthew 18:31 +. +"Then summoning him, his lord *said to him, 'You wicked slave, I forgave you all that debt because you pleaded with me. -- matthew 18:32 +. +'Should you not also have had mercy on your fellow slave, in the same way that I had mercy on you?' -- matthew 18:33 +. +"And his lord, moved with anger, handed him over to the torturers until he should repay all that was owed him. -- matthew 18:34 +. +"My heavenly Father will also do the same to you, if each of you does not forgive his brother from your heart." -- matthew 18:35 +. +When Jesus had finished these words, He departed from Galilee and came into the region of Judea beyond the Jordan; -- matthew 19:1 +. +and large crowds followed Him, and He healed them there. -- matthew 19:2 +. +Some Pharisees came to Jesus, testing Him and asking, "Is it lawful for a man to divorce his wife for any reason at all?" -- matthew 19:3 +. +And He answered and said, "Have you not read that He who created them from the beginning MADE THEM MALE AND FEMALE, -- matthew 19:4 +. +and said, 'FOR THIS REASON A MAN SHALL LEAVE HIS FATHER AND MOTHER AND BE JOINED TO HIS WIFE, AND THE TWO SHALL BECOME ONE FLESH'? -- matthew 19:5 +. +"So they are no longer two, but one flesh. What therefore God has joined together, let no man separate." -- matthew 19:6 +. +They *said to Him, "Why then did Moses command to GIVE HER A CERTIFICATE OF DIVORCE AND SEND her AWAY?" -- matthew 19:7 +. +He *said to them, "Because of your hardness of heart Moses permitted you to divorce your wives; but from the beginning it has not been this way. -- matthew 19:8 +. +"And I say to you, whoever divorces his wife, except for immorality, and marries another woman commits adultery." -- matthew 19:9 +. +The disciples *said to Him, "If the relationship of the man with his wife is like this, it is better not to marry." -- matthew 19:10 +. +But He said to them, "Not all men can accept this statement, but only those to whom it has been given. -- matthew 19:11 +. +"For there are eunuchs who were born that way from their mother's womb; and there are eunuchs who were made eunuchs by men; and there are also eunuchs who made themselves eunuchs for the sake of the kingdom of heaven. He who is able to accept this, let him accept it." -- matthew 19:12 +. +Then some children were brought to Him so that He might lay His hands on them and pray; and the disciples rebuked them. -- matthew 19:13 +. +But Jesus said, "Let the children alone, and do not hinder them from coming to Me; for the kingdom of heaven belongs to such as these." -- matthew 19:14 +. +After laying His hands on them, He departed from there. -- matthew 19:15 +. +And someone came to Him and said, "Teacher, what good thing shall I do that I may obtain eternal life?" -- matthew 19:16 +. +And He said to him, "Why are you asking Me about what is good? There is only One who is good; but if you wish to enter into life, keep the commandments." -- matthew 19:17 +. +Then he *said to Him, "Which ones?" And Jesus said, "YOU SHALL NOT COMMIT MURDER; YOU SHALL NOT COMMIT ADULTERY; YOU SHALL NOT STEAL; YOU SHALL NOT BEAR FALSE WITNESS; -- matthew 19:18 +. +HONOR YOUR FATHER AND MOTHER; and YOU SHALL LOVE YOUR NEIGHBOR AS YOURSELF." -- matthew 19:19 +. +The young man *said to Him, "All these things I have kept; what am I still lacking?" -- matthew 19:20 +. +Jesus said to him, "If you wish to be complete, go and sell your possessions and give to the poor, and you will have treasure in heaven; and come, follow Me." -- matthew 19:21 +. +But when the young man heard this statement, he went away grieving; for he was one who owned much property. -- matthew 19:22 +. +And Jesus said to His disciples, "Truly I say to you, it is hard for a rich man to enter the kingdom of heaven. -- matthew 19:23 +. +"Again I say to you, it is easier for a camel to go through the eye of a needle, than for a rich man to enter the kingdom of God." -- matthew 19:24 +. +When the disciples heard this, they were very astonished and said, "Then who can be saved?" -- matthew 19:25 +. +And looking at them Jesus said to them, "With people this is impossible, but with God all things are possible." -- matthew 19:26 +. +Then Peter said to Him, "Behold, we have left everything and followed You; what then will there be for us?" -- matthew 19:27 +. +And Jesus said to them, "Truly I say to you, that you who have followed Me, in the regeneration when the Son of Man will sit on His glorious throne, you also shall sit upon twelve thrones, judging the twelve tribes of Israel. -- matthew 19:28 +. +"And everyone who has left houses or brothers or sisters or father or mother or children or farms for My name's sake, will receive many times as much, and will inherit eternal life. -- matthew 19:29 +. +"But many who are first will be last; and the last, first. -- matthew 19:30 +. +"For the kingdom of heaven is like a landowner who went out early in the morning to hire laborers for his vineyard. -- matthew 20:1 +. +"When he had agreed with the laborers for a denarius for the day, he sent them into his vineyard. -- matthew 20:2 +. +"And he went out about the third hour and saw others standing idle in the market place; -- matthew 20:3 +. +and to those he said, 'You also go into the vineyard, and whatever is right I will give you.' And so they went. -- matthew 20:4 +. +"Again he went out about the sixth and the ninth hour, and did the same thing. -- matthew 20:5 +. +"And about the eleventh hour he went out and found others standing around; and he *said to them, 'Why have you been standing here idle all day long?' -- matthew 20:6 +. +"They *said to him, 'Because no one hired us.' He *said to them, 'You go into the vineyard too.' -- matthew 20:7 +. +"When evening came, the owner of the vineyard *said to his foreman, 'Call the laborers and pay them their wages, beginning with the last group to the first.' -- matthew 20:8 +. +"When those hired about the eleventh hour came, each one received a denarius. -- matthew 20:9 +. +"When those hired first came, they thought that they would receive more; but each of them also received a denarius. -- matthew 20:10 +. +"When they received it, they grumbled at the landowner, -- matthew 20:11 +. +saying, 'These last men have worked only one hour, and you have made them equal to us who have borne the burden and the scorching heat of the day.' -- matthew 20:12 +. +"But he answered and said to one of them, 'Friend, I am doing you no wrong; did you not agree with me for a denarius? -- matthew 20:13 +. +'Take what is yours and go, but I wish to give to this last man the same as to you. -- matthew 20:14 +. +'Is it not lawful for me to do what I wish with what is my own? Or is your eye envious because I am generous?' -- matthew 20:15 +. +"So the last shall be first, and the first last." -- matthew 20:16 +. +As Jesus was about to go up to Jerusalem, He took the twelve disciples aside by themselves, and on the way He said to them, -- matthew 20:17 +. +"Behold, we are going up to Jerusalem; and the Son of Man will be delivered to the chief priests and scribes, and they will condemn Him to death, -- matthew 20:18 +. +and will hand Him over to the Gentiles to mock and scourge and crucify Him, and on the third day He will be raised up." -- matthew 20:19 +. +Then the mother of the sons of Zebedee came to Jesus with her sons, bowing down and making a request of Him. -- matthew 20:20 +. +And He said to her, "What do you wish?" She *said to Him, "Command that in Your kingdom these two sons of mine may sit one on Your right and one on Your left." -- matthew 20:21 +. +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." -- matthew 20:22 +. +He *said to them, "My cup you shall drink; but to sit on My right and on My left, this is not Mine to give, but it is for those for whom it has been prepared by My Father." -- matthew 20:23 +. +And hearing this, the ten became indignant with the two brothers. -- matthew 20:24 +. +But Jesus called them to Himself and said, "You know that the rulers of the Gentiles lord it over them, and their great men exercise authority over them. -- matthew 20:25 +. +"It is not this way among you, but whoever wishes to become great among you shall be your servant, -- matthew 20:26 +. +and whoever wishes to be first among you shall be your slave; -- matthew 20:27 +. +just as the Son of Man did not come to be served, but to serve, and to give His life a ransom for many." -- matthew 20:28 +. +As they were leaving Jericho, a large crowd followed Him. -- matthew 20:29 +. +And two blind men sitting by the road, hearing that Jesus was passing by, cried out, "Lord, have mercy on us, Son of David!" -- matthew 20:30 +. +The crowd sternly told them to be quiet, but they cried out all the more, "Lord, Son of David, have mercy on us!" -- matthew 20:31 +. +And Jesus stopped and called them, and said, "What do you want Me to do for you?" -- matthew 20:32 +. +They *said to Him, "Lord, we want our eyes to be opened." -- matthew 20:33 +. +Moved with compassion, Jesus touched their eyes; and immediately they regained their sight and followed Him. -- matthew 20:34 +. +When they had approached Jerusalem and had come to Bethphage, at the Mount of Olives, then Jesus sent two disciples, -- matthew 21:1 +. +saying to them, "Go into the village opposite you, and immediately you will find a donkey tied there and a colt with her; untie them and bring them to Me. -- matthew 21:2 +. +"If anyone says anything to you, you shall say, 'The Lord has need of them,' and immediately he will send them." -- matthew 21:3 +. +This took place to fulfill what was spoken through the prophet: -- matthew 21:4 +. +"SAY TO THE DAUGHTER OF ZION, 'BEHOLD YOUR KING IS COMING TO YOU, GENTLE, AND MOUNTED ON A DONKEY, EVEN ON A COLT, THE FOAL OF A BEAST OF BURDEN.'" -- matthew 21:5 +. +The disciples went and did just as Jesus had instructed them, -- matthew 21:6 +. +and brought the donkey and the colt, and laid their coats on them; and He sat on the coats. -- matthew 21:7 +. +Most of the crowd spread their coats in the road, and others were cutting branches from the trees and spreading them in the road. -- matthew 21:8 +. +The crowds going ahead of Him, and those who followed, were shouting, "Hosanna to the Son of David; BLESSED IS HE WHO COMES IN THE NAME OF THE LORD; Hosanna in the highest!" -- matthew 21:9 +. +When He had entered Jerusalem, all the city was stirred, saying, "Who is this?" -- matthew 21:10 +. +And the crowds were saying, "This is the prophet Jesus, from Nazareth in Galilee." -- matthew 21:11 +. +And Jesus entered the temple and drove out all those who were buying and selling in the temple, and overturned the tables of the money changers and the seats of those who were selling doves. -- matthew 21:12 +. +And He *said to them, "It is written, 'MY HOUSE SHALL BE CALLED A HOUSE OF PRAYER'; but you are making it a ROBBERS' DEN." -- matthew 21:13 +. +And the blind and the lame came to Him in the temple, and He healed them. -- matthew 21:14 +. +But when the chief priests and the scribes saw the wonderful things that He had done, and the children who were shouting in the temple, "Hosanna to the Son of David," they became indignant -- matthew 21:15 +. +and said to Him, "Do You hear what these children are saying?" And Jesus *said to them, "Yes; have you never read, 'OUT OF THE MOUTH OF INFANTS AND NURSING BABIES YOU HAVE PREPARED PRAISE FOR YOURSELF'?" -- matthew 21:16 +. +And He left them and went out of the city to Bethany, and spent the night there. -- matthew 21:17 +. +Now in the morning, when He was returning to the city, He became hungry. -- matthew 21:18 +. +Seeing a lone fig tree by the road, He came to it and found nothing on it except leaves only; and He *said to it, "No longer shall there ever be any fruit from you." And at once the fig tree withered. -- matthew 21:19 +. +Seeing this, the disciples were amazed and asked, "How did the fig tree wither all at once?" -- matthew 21:20 +. +And Jesus answered and said to them, "Truly I say to you, if you have faith and do not doubt, you will not only do what was done to the fig tree, but even if you say to this mountain, 'Be taken up and cast into the sea,' it will happen. -- matthew 21:21 +. +"And all things you ask in prayer, believing, you will receive." -- matthew 21:22 +. +When He entered the temple, the chief priests and the elders of the people came to Him while He was teaching, and said, "By what authority are You doing these things, and who gave You this authority?" -- matthew 21:23 +. +Jesus said to them, "I will also ask you one thing, which if you tell Me, I will also tell you by what authority I do these things. -- matthew 21:24 +. +"The baptism of John was from what source, from heaven or from men?" And they began reasoning among themselves, saying, "If we say, 'From heaven,' He will say to us, 'Then why did you not believe him?' -- matthew 21:25 +. +"But if we say, 'From men,' we fear the people; for they all regard John as a prophet." -- matthew 21:26 +. +And answering Jesus, they said, "We do not know." He also said to them, "Neither will I tell you by what authority I do these things. -- matthew 21:27 +. +"But what do you think? A man had two sons, and he came to the first and said, 'Son, go work today in the vineyard.' -- matthew 21:28 +. +"And he answered, 'I will not'; but afterward he regretted it and went. -- matthew 21:29 +. +"The man came to the second and said the same thing; and he answered, 'I will, sir'; but he did not go. -- matthew 21:30 +. +"Which of the two did the will of his father?" They *said, "The first." Jesus *said to them, "Truly I say to you that the tax collectors and prostitutes will get into the kingdom of God before you. -- matthew 21:31 +. +"For John came to you in the way of righteousness and you did not believe him; but the tax collectors and prostitutes did believe him; and you, seeing this, did not even feel remorse afterward so as to believe him. -- matthew 21:32 +. +"Listen to another parable. There was a landowner who PLANTED A VINEYARD AND PUT A WALL AROUND IT AND DUG A WINE PRESS IN IT, AND BUILT A TOWER, and rented it out to vine-growers and went on a journey. -- matthew 21:33 +. +"When the harvest time approached, he sent his slaves to the vine-growers to receive his produce. -- matthew 21:34 +. +"The vine-growers took his slaves and beat one, and killed another, and stoned a third. -- matthew 21:35 +. +"Again he sent another group of slaves larger than the first; and they did the same thing to them. -- matthew 21:36 +. +"But afterward he sent his son to them, saying, 'They will respect my son.' -- matthew 21:37 +. +"But when the vine-growers saw the son, they said among themselves, 'This is the heir; come, let us kill him and seize his inheritance.' -- matthew 21:38 +. +"They took him, and threw him out of the vineyard and killed him. -- matthew 21:39 +. +"Therefore when the owner of the vineyard comes, what will he do to those vine-growers?" -- matthew 21:40 +. +They *said to Him, "He will bring those wretches to a wretched end, and will rent out the vineyard to other vine-growers who will pay him the proceeds at the proper seasons." -- matthew 21:41 +. +Jesus *said to them, "Did you never read in the Scriptures, 'THE STONE WHICH THE BUILDERS REJECTED, THIS BECAME THE CHIEF CORNER stone; THIS CAME ABOUT FROM THE LORD, AND IT IS MARVELOUS IN OUR EYES'? -- matthew 21:42 +. +"Therefore I say to you, the kingdom of God will be taken away from you and given to a people, producing the fruit of it. -- matthew 21:43 +. +"And he who falls on this stone will be broken to pieces; but on whomever it falls, it will scatter him like dust." -- matthew 21:44 +. +When the chief priests and the Pharisees heard His parables, they understood that He was speaking about them. -- matthew 21:45 +. +When they sought to seize Him, they feared the people, because they considered Him to be a prophet. -- matthew 21:46 +. +Jesus spoke to them again in parables, saying, -- matthew 22:1 +. +"The kingdom of heaven may be compared to a king who gave a wedding feast for his son. -- matthew 22:2 +. +"And he sent out his slaves to call those who had been invited to the wedding feast, and they were unwilling to come. -- matthew 22:3 +. +"Again he sent out other slaves saying, 'Tell those who have been invited, "Behold, I have prepared my dinner; my oxen and my fattened livestock are all butchered and everything is ready; come to the wedding feast."' -- matthew 22:4 +. +"But they paid no attention and went their way, one to his own farm, another to his business, -- matthew 22:5 +. +and the rest seized his slaves and mistreated them and killed them. -- matthew 22:6 +. +"But the king was enraged, and he sent his armies and destroyed those murderers and set their city on fire. -- matthew 22:7 +. +"Then he *said to his slaves, 'The wedding is ready, but those who were invited were not worthy. -- matthew 22:8 +. +'Go therefore to the main highways, and as many as you find there, invite to the wedding feast.' -- matthew 22:9 +. +"Those slaves went out into the streets and gathered together all they found, both evil and good; and the wedding hall was filled with dinner guests. -- matthew 22:10 +. +"But when the king came in to look over the dinner guests, he saw a man there who was not dressed in wedding clothes, -- matthew 22:11 +. +and he *said to him, 'Friend, how did you come in here without wedding clothes?' And the man was speechless. -- matthew 22:12 +. +"Then the king said to the servants, 'Bind him hand and foot, and throw him into the outer darkness; in that place there will be weeping and gnashing of teeth.' -- matthew 22:13 +. +"For many are called, but few are chosen." -- matthew 22:14 +. +Then the Pharisees went and plotted together how they might trap Him in what He said. -- matthew 22:15 +. +And they *sent their disciples to Him, along with the Herodians, saying, "Teacher, we know that You are truthful and teach the way of God in truth, and defer to no one; for You are not partial to any. -- matthew 22:16 +. +"Tell us then, what do You think? Is it lawful to give a poll-tax to Caesar, or not?" -- matthew 22:17 +. +But Jesus perceived their malice, and said, "Why are you testing Me, you hypocrites? -- matthew 22:18 +. +"Show Me the coin used for the poll-tax." And they brought Him a denarius. -- matthew 22:19 +. +And He *said to them, "Whose likeness and inscription is this?" -- matthew 22:20 +. +They *said to Him, "Caesar's." Then He *said to them, "Then render to Caesar the things that are Caesar's; and to God the things that are God's." -- matthew 22:21 +. +And hearing this, they were amazed, and leaving Him, they went away. -- matthew 22:22 +. +On that day some Sadducees (who say there is no resurrection) came to Jesus and questioned Him, -- matthew 22:23 +. +asking, "Teacher, Moses said, 'IF A MAN DIES HAVING NO CHILDREN, HIS BROTHER AS NEXT OF KIN SHALL MARRY HIS WIFE, AND RAISE UP CHILDREN FOR HIS BROTHER.' -- matthew 22:24 +. +"Now there were seven brothers with us; and the first married and died, and having no children left his wife to his brother; -- matthew 22:25 +. +so also the second, and the third, down to the seventh. -- matthew 22:26 +. +"Last of all, the woman died. -- matthew 22:27 +. +"In the resurrection, therefore, whose wife of the seven will she be? For they all had married her." -- matthew 22:28 +. +But Jesus answered and said to them, "You are mistaken, not understanding the Scriptures nor the power of God. -- matthew 22:29 +. +"For in the resurrection they neither marry nor are given in marriage, but are like angels in heaven. -- matthew 22:30 +. +"But regarding the resurrection of the dead, have you not read what was spoken to you by God: -- matthew 22:31 +. +'I AM THE GOD OF ABRAHAM, AND THE GOD OF ISAAC, AND THE GOD OF JACOB'? He is not the God of the dead but of the living." -- matthew 22:32 +. +When the crowds heard this, they were astonished at His teaching. -- matthew 22:33 +. +But when the Pharisees heard that Jesus had silenced the Sadducees, they gathered themselves together. -- matthew 22:34 +. +One of them, a lawyer, asked Him a question, testing Him, -- matthew 22:35 +. +"Teacher, which is the great commandment in the Law?" -- matthew 22:36 +. +And He said to him, " 'YOU SHALL LOVE THE LORD YOUR GOD WITH ALL YOUR HEART, AND WITH ALL YOUR SOUL, AND WITH ALL YOUR MIND.' -- matthew 22:37 +. +"This is the great and foremost commandment. -- matthew 22:38 +. +"The second is like it, 'YOU SHALL LOVE YOUR NEIGHBOR AS YOURSELF.' -- matthew 22:39 +. +"On these two commandments depend the whole Law and the Prophets." -- matthew 22:40 +. +Now while the Pharisees were gathered together, Jesus asked them a question: -- matthew 22:41 +. +"What do you think about the Christ, whose son is He?" They *said to Him, "The son of David." -- matthew 22:42 +. +He *said to them, "Then how does David in the Spirit call Him 'Lord,' saying, -- matthew 22:43 +. +'THE LORD SAID TO MY LORD, "SIT AT MY RIGHT HAND, UNTIL I PUT YOUR ENEMIES BENEATH YOUR FEET"'? -- matthew 22:44 +. +"If David then calls Him 'Lord,' how is He his son?" -- matthew 22:45 +. +No one was able to answer Him a word, nor did anyone dare from that day on to ask Him another question. -- matthew 22:46 +. +Then Jesus spoke to the crowds and to His disciples, -- matthew 23:1 +. +saying: "The scribes and the Pharisees have seated themselves in the chair of Moses; -- matthew 23:2 +. +therefore all that they tell you, do and observe, but do not do according to their deeds; for they say things and do not do them. -- matthew 23:3 +. +"They tie up heavy burdens and lay them on men's shoulders, but they themselves are unwilling to move them with so much as a finger. -- matthew 23:4 +. +"But they do all their deeds to be noticed by men; for they broaden their phylacteries and lengthen the tassels of their garments. -- matthew 23:5 +. +"They love the place of honor at banquets and the chief seats in the synagogues, -- matthew 23:6 +. +and respectful greetings in the market places, and being called Rabbi by men. -- matthew 23:7 +. +"But do not be called Rabbi; for One is your Teacher, and you are all brothers. -- matthew 23:8 +. +"Do not call anyone on earth your father; for One is your Father, He who is in heaven. -- matthew 23:9 +. +"Do not be called leaders; for One is your Leader, that is, Christ. -- matthew 23:10 +. +"But the greatest among you shall be your servant. -- matthew 23:11 +. +"Whoever exalts himself shall be humbled; and whoever humbles himself shall be exalted. -- matthew 23:12 +. +"But woe to you, scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites, because you shut off the kingdom of heaven from people; for you do not enter in yourselves, nor do you allow those who are entering to go in. -- matthew 23:13 +. +["Woe to you, scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites, because you devour widows' houses, and for a pretense you make long prayers; therefore you will receive greater condemnation.] -- matthew 23:14 +. +"Woe to you, scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites, because you travel around on sea and land to make one proselyte; and when he becomes one, you make him twice as much a son of hell as yourselves. -- matthew 23:15 +. +"Woe to you, blind guides, who say, 'Whoever swears by the temple, that is nothing; but whoever swears by the gold of the temple is obligated.' -- matthew 23:16 +. +"You fools and blind men! Which is more important, the gold or the temple that sanctified the gold? -- matthew 23:17 +. +"And, 'Whoever swears by the altar, that is nothing, but whoever swears by the offering on it, he is obligated.' -- matthew 23:18 +. +"You blind men, which is more important, the offering, or the altar that sanctifies the offering? -- matthew 23:19 +. +"Therefore, whoever swears by the altar, swears both by the altar and by everything on it. -- matthew 23:20 +. +"And whoever swears by the temple, swears both by the temple and by Him who dwells within it. -- matthew 23:21 +. +"And whoever swears by heaven, swears both by the throne of God and by Him who sits upon it. -- matthew 23:22 +. +"Woe to you, scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites! For you tithe mint and dill and cummin, and have neglected the weightier provisions of the law: justice and mercy and faithfulness; but these are the things you should have done without neglecting the others. -- matthew 23:23 +. +"You blind guides, who strain out a gnat and swallow a camel! -- matthew 23:24 +. +"Woe to you, scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites! For you clean the outside of the cup and of the dish, but inside they are full of robbery and self-indulgence. -- matthew 23:25 +. +"You blind Pharisee, first clean the inside of the cup and of the dish, so that the outside of it may become clean also. -- matthew 23:26 +. +"Woe to you, scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites! For you are like whitewashed tombs which on the outside appear beautiful, but inside they are full of dead men's bones and all uncleanness. -- matthew 23:27 +. +"So you, too, outwardly appear righteous to men, but inwardly you are full of hypocrisy and lawlessness. -- matthew 23:28 +. +"Woe to you, scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites! For you build the tombs of the prophets and adorn the monuments of the righteous, -- matthew 23:29 +. +and say, 'If we had been living in the days of our fathers, we would not have been partners with them in shedding the blood of the prophets.' -- matthew 23:30 +. +"So you testify against yourselves, that you are sons of those who murdered the prophets. -- matthew 23:31 +. +"Fill up, then, the measure of the guilt of your fathers. -- matthew 23:32 +. +"You serpents, you brood of vipers, how will you escape the sentence of hell? -- matthew 23:33 +. +"Therefore, behold, I am sending you prophets and wise men and scribes; some of them you will kill and crucify, and some of them you will scourge in your synagogues, and persecute from city to city, -- matthew 23:34 +. +so that upon you may fall the guilt of all the righteous blood shed on earth, from the blood of righteous Abel to the blood of Zechariah, the son of Berechiah, whom you murdered between the temple and the altar. -- matthew 23:35 +. +"Truly I say to you, all these things will come upon this generation. -- matthew 23:36 +. +"Jerusalem, Jerusalem, who kills the prophets and stones those who are sent to her! How often I wanted to gather your children together, the way a hen gathers her chicks under her wings, and you were unwilling. -- matthew 23:37 +. +"Behold, your house is being left to you desolate! -- matthew 23:38 +. +"For I say to you, from now on you will not see Me until you say, 'BLESSED IS HE WHO COMES IN THE NAME OF THE LORD!'" -- matthew 23:39 +. +Jesus came out from the temple and was going away when His disciples came up to point out the temple buildings to Him. -- matthew 24:1 +. +And He said to them, "Do you not see all these things? Truly I say to you, not one stone here will be left upon another, which will not be torn down." -- matthew 24:2 +. +As He was sitting on the Mount of Olives, the disciples came to Him privately, saying, "Tell us, when will these things happen, and what will be the sign of Your coming, and of the end of the age?" -- matthew 24:3 +. +And Jesus answered and said to them, "See to it that no one misleads you. -- matthew 24:4 +. +"For many will come in My name, saying, 'I am the Christ,' and will mislead many. -- matthew 24:5 +. +"You will be hearing of wars and rumors of wars. See that you are not frightened, for those things must take place, but that is not yet the end. -- matthew 24:6 +. +"For nation will rise against nation, and kingdom against kingdom, and in various places there will be famines and earthquakes. -- matthew 24:7 +. +"But all these things are merely the beginning of birth pangs. -- matthew 24:8 +. +"Then they will deliver you to tribulation, and will kill you, and you will be hated by all nations because of My name. -- matthew 24:9 +. +"At that time many will fall away and will betray one another and hate one another. -- matthew 24:10 +. +"Many false prophets will arise and will mislead many. -- matthew 24:11 +. +"Because lawlessness is increased, most people's love will grow cold. -- matthew 24:12 +. +"But the one who endures to the end, he will be saved. -- matthew 24:13 +. +"This gospel of the kingdom shall be preached in the whole world as a testimony to all the nations, and then the end will come. -- matthew 24:14 +. +"Therefore when you see the ABOMINATION OF DESOLATION which was spoken of through Daniel the prophet, standing in the holy place (let the reader understand), -- matthew 24:15 +. +then those who are in Judea must flee to the mountains. -- matthew 24:16 +. +"Whoever is on the housetop must not go down to get the things out that are in his house. -- matthew 24:17 +. +"Whoever is in the field must not turn back to get his cloak. -- matthew 24:18 +. +"But woe to those who are pregnant and to those who are nursing babies in those days! -- matthew 24:19 +. +"But pray that your flight will not be in the winter, or on a Sabbath. -- matthew 24:20 +. +"For then there will be a great tribulation, such as has not occurred since the beginning of the world until now, nor ever will. -- matthew 24:21 +. +"Unless those days had been cut short, no life would have been saved; but for the sake of the elect those days will be cut short. -- matthew 24:22 +. +"Then if anyone says to you, 'Behold, here is the Christ,' or 'There He is,' do not believe him. -- matthew 24:23 +. +"For false Christs and false prophets will arise and will show great signs and wonders, so as to mislead, if possible, even the elect. -- matthew 24:24 +. +"Behold, I have told you in advance. -- matthew 24:25 +. +"So if they say to you, 'Behold, He is in the wilderness,' do not go out, or, 'Behold, He is in the inner rooms,' do not believe them. -- matthew 24:26 +. +"For just as the lightning comes from the east and flashes even to the west, so will the coming of the Son of Man be. -- matthew 24:27 +. +"Wherever the corpse is, there the vultures will gather. -- matthew 24:28 +. +"But immediately after the tribulation of those days THE SUN WILL BE DARKENED, AND THE MOON WILL NOT GIVE ITS LIGHT, AND THE STARS WILL FALL from the sky, and the powers of the heavens will be shaken. -- matthew 24:29 +. +"And then the sign of the Son of Man will appear in the sky, and then all the tribes of the earth will mourn, and they will see the SON OF MAN COMING ON THE CLOUDS OF THE SKY with power and great glory. -- matthew 24:30 +. +"And He will send forth His angels with A GREAT TRUMPET and THEY WILL GATHER TOGETHER His elect from the four winds, from one end of the sky to the other. -- matthew 24:31 +. +"Now learn the parable from the fig tree: when its branch has already become tender and puts forth its leaves, you know that summer is near; -- matthew 24:32 +. +so, you too, when you see all these things, recognize that He is near, right at the door. -- matthew 24:33 +. +"Truly I say to you, this generation will not pass away until all these things take place. -- matthew 24:34 +. +"Heaven and earth will pass away, but My words will not pass away. -- matthew 24:35 +. +"But of that day and hour no one knows, not even the angels of heaven, nor the Son, but the Father alone. -- matthew 24:36 +. +"For the coming of the Son of Man will be just like the days of Noah. -- matthew 24:37 +. +"For as in those days before the flood they were eating and drinking, marrying and giving in marriage, until the day that Noah entered the ark, -- matthew 24:38 +. +and they did not understand until the flood came and took them all away; so will the coming of the Son of Man be. -- matthew 24:39 +. +"Then there will be two men in the field; one will be taken and one will be left. -- matthew 24:40 +. +"Two women will be grinding at the mill; one will be taken and one will be left. -- matthew 24:41 +. +"Therefore be on the alert, for you do not know which day your Lord is coming. -- matthew 24:42 +. +"But be sure of this, that if the head of the house had known at what time of the night the thief was coming, he would have been on the alert and would not have allowed his house to be broken into. -- matthew 24:43 +. +"For this reason you also must be ready; for the Son of Man is coming at an hour when you do not think He will. -- matthew 24:44 +. +"Who then is the faithful and sensible slave whom his master put in charge of his household to give them their food at the proper time? -- matthew 24:45 +. +"Blessed is that slave whom his master finds so doing when he comes. -- matthew 24:46 +. +"Truly I say to you that he will put him in charge of all his possessions. -- matthew 24:47 +. +"But if that evil slave says in his heart, 'My master is not coming for a long time,' -- matthew 24:48 +. +and begins to beat his fellow slaves and eat and drink with drunkards; -- matthew 24:49 +. +the master of that slave will come on a day when he does not expect him and at an hour which he does not know, -- matthew 24:50 +. +and will cut him in pieces and assign him a place with the hypocrites; in that place there will be weeping and gnashing of teeth. -- matthew 24:51 +. +"Then the kingdom of heaven will be comparable to ten virgins, who took their lamps and went out to meet the bridegroom. -- matthew 25:1 +. +"Five of them were foolish, and five were prudent. -- matthew 25:2 +. +"For when the foolish took their lamps, they took no oil with them, -- matthew 25:3 +. +but the prudent took oil in flasks along with their lamps. -- matthew 25:4 +. +"Now while the bridegroom was delaying, they all got drowsy and began to sleep. -- matthew 25:5 +. +"But at midnight there was a shout, 'Behold, the bridegroom! Come out to meet him.' -- matthew 25:6 +. +"Then all those virgins rose and trimmed their lamps. -- matthew 25:7 +. +"The foolish said to the prudent, 'Give us some of your oil, for our lamps are going out.' -- matthew 25:8 +. +"But the prudent answered, 'No, there will not be enough for us and you too; go instead to the dealers and buy some for yourselves.' -- matthew 25:9 +. +"And while they were going away to make the purchase, the bridegroom came, and those who were ready went in with him to the wedding feast; and the door was shut. -- matthew 25:10 +. +"Later the other virgins also came, saying, 'Lord, lord, open up for us.' -- matthew 25:11 +. +"But he answered, 'Truly I say to you, I do not know you.' -- matthew 25:12 +. +"Be on the alert then, for you do not know the day nor the hour. -- matthew 25:13 +. +"For it is just like a man about to go on a journey, who called his own slaves and entrusted his possessions to them. -- matthew 25:14 +. +"To one he gave five talents, to another, two, and to another, one, each according to his own ability; and he went on his journey. -- matthew 25:15 +. +"Immediately the one who had received the five talents went and traded with them, and gained five more talents. -- matthew 25:16 +. +"In the same manner the one who had received the two talents gained two more. -- matthew 25:17 +. +"But he who received the one talent went away, and dug a hole in the ground and hid his master's money. -- matthew 25:18 +. +"Now after a long time the master of those slaves *came and *settled accounts with them. -- matthew 25:19 +. +"The one who had received the five talents came up and brought five more talents, saying, 'Master, you entrusted five talents to me. See, I have gained five more talents.' -- matthew 25:20 +. +"His master said to him, 'Well done, good and faithful slave. You were faithful with a few things, I will put you in charge of many things; enter into the joy of your master.' -- matthew 25:21 +. +"Also the one who had received the two talents came up and said, 'Master, you entrusted two talents to me. See, I have gained two more talents.' -- matthew 25:22 +. +"His master said to him, 'Well done, good and faithful slave. You were faithful with a few things, I will put you in charge of many things; enter into the joy of your master.' -- matthew 25:23 +. +"And the one also who had received the one talent came up and said, 'Master, I knew you to be a hard man, reaping where you did not sow and gathering where you scattered no seed. -- matthew 25:24 +. +'And I was afraid, and went away and hid your talent in the ground. See, you have what is yours.' -- matthew 25:25 +. +"But his master answered and said to him, 'You wicked, lazy slave, you knew that I reap where I did not sow and gather where I scattered no seed. -- matthew 25:26 +. +'Then you ought to have put my money in the bank, and on my arrival I would have received my money back with interest. -- matthew 25:27 +. +'Therefore take away the talent from him, and give it to the one who has the ten talents.' -- matthew 25:28 +. +"For to everyone who has, more shall be given, and he will have an abundance; but from the one who does not have, even what he does have shall be taken away. -- matthew 25:29 +. +"Throw out the worthless slave into the outer darkness; in that place there will be weeping and gnashing of teeth. -- matthew 25:30 +. +"But when the Son of Man comes in His glory, and all the angels with Him, then He will sit on His glorious throne. -- matthew 25:31 +. +"All the nations will be gathered before Him; and He will separate them from one another, as the shepherd separates the sheep from the goats; -- matthew 25:32 +. +and He will put the sheep on His right, and the goats on the left. -- matthew 25:33 +. +"Then the King will say to those on His right, 'Come, you who are blessed of My Father, inherit the kingdom prepared for you from the foundation of the world. -- matthew 25:34 +. +'For I was hungry, and you gave Me something to eat; I was thirsty, and you gave Me something to drink; I was a stranger, and you invited Me in; -- matthew 25:35 +. +naked, and you clothed Me; I was sick, and you visited Me; I was in prison, and you came to Me.' -- matthew 25:36 +. +"Then the righteous will answer Him, 'Lord, when did we see You hungry, and feed You, or thirsty, and give You something to drink? -- matthew 25:37 +. +'And when did we see You a stranger, and invite You in, or naked, and clothe You? -- matthew 25:38 +. +'When did we see You sick, or in prison, and come to You?' -- matthew 25:39 +. +"The King will answer and say to them, 'Truly I say to you, to the extent that you did it to one of these brothers of Mine, even the least of them, you did it to Me.' -- matthew 25:40 +. +"Then He will also say to those on His left, 'Depart from Me, accursed ones, into the eternal fire which has been prepared for the devil and his angels; -- matthew 25:41 +. +for I was hungry, and you gave Me nothing to eat; I was thirsty, and you gave Me nothing to drink; -- matthew 25:42 +. +I was a stranger, and you did not invite Me in; naked, and you did not clothe Me; sick, and in prison, and you did not visit Me.' -- matthew 25:43 +. +"Then they themselves also will answer, 'Lord, when did we see You hungry, or thirsty, or a stranger, or naked, or sick, or in prison, and did not take care of You?' -- matthew 25:44 +. +"Then He will answer them, 'Truly I say to you, to the extent that you did not do it to one of the least of these, you did not do it to Me.' -- matthew 25:45 +. +"These will go away into eternal punishment, but the righteous into eternal life." -- matthew 25:46 +. +When Jesus had finished all these words, He said to His disciples, -- matthew 26:1 +. +"You know that after two days the Passover is coming, and the Son of Man is to be handed over for crucifixion." -- matthew 26:2 +. +Then the chief priests and the elders of the people were gathered together in the court of the high priest, named Caiaphas; -- matthew 26:3 +. +and they plotted together to seize Jesus by stealth and kill Him. -- matthew 26:4 +. +But they were saying, "Not during the festival, otherwise a riot might occur among the people." -- matthew 26:5 +. +Now when Jesus was in Bethany, at the home of Simon the leper, -- matthew 26:6 +. +a woman came to Him with an alabaster vial of very costly perfume, and she poured it on His head as He reclined at the table. -- matthew 26:7 +. +But the disciples were indignant when they saw this, and said, "Why this waste? -- matthew 26:8 +. +"For this perfume might have been sold for a high price and the money given to the poor." -- matthew 26:9 +. +But Jesus, aware of this, said to them, "Why do you bother the woman? For she has done a good deed to Me. -- matthew 26:10 +. +"For you always have the poor with you; but you do not always have Me. -- matthew 26:11 +. +"For when she poured this perfume on My body, she did it to prepare Me for burial. -- matthew 26:12 +. +"Truly I say to you, wherever this gospel is preached in the whole world, what this woman has done will also be spoken of in memory of her." -- matthew 26:13 +. +Then one of the twelve, named Judas Iscariot, went to the chief priests -- matthew 26:14 +. +and said, "What are you willing to give me to betray Him to you?" And they weighed out thirty pieces of silver to him. -- matthew 26:15 +. +From then on he began looking for a good opportunity to betray Jesus. -- matthew 26:16 +. +Now on the first day of Unleavened Bread the disciples came to Jesus and asked, "Where do You want us to prepare for You to eat the Passover?" -- matthew 26:17 +. +And He said, "Go into the city to a certain man, and say to him, 'The Teacher says, "My time is near; I am to keep the Passover at your house with My disciples."'" -- matthew 26:18 +. +The disciples did as Jesus had directed them; and they prepared the Passover. -- matthew 26:19 +. +Now when evening came, Jesus was reclining at the table with the twelve disciples. -- matthew 26:20 +. +As they were eating, He said, "Truly I say to you that one of you will betray Me." -- matthew 26:21 +. +Being deeply grieved, they each one began to say to Him, "Surely not I, Lord?" -- matthew 26:22 +. +And He answered, "He who dipped his hand with Me in the bowl is the one who will betray Me. -- matthew 26:23 +. +"The Son of Man is to go, just as it is written of Him; but woe to that man by whom the Son of Man is betrayed! It would have been good for that man if he had not been born." -- matthew 26:24 +. +And Judas, who was betraying Him, said, "Surely it is not I, Rabbi?" Jesus *said to him, "You have said it yourself." -- matthew 26:25 +. +While they were eating, Jesus took some bread, and after a blessing, He broke it and gave it to the disciples, and said, "Take, eat; this is My body." -- matthew 26:26 +. +And when He had taken a cup and given thanks, He gave it to them, saying, "Drink from it, all of you; -- matthew 26:27 +. +for this is My blood of the covenant, which is poured out for many for forgiveness of sins. -- matthew 26:28 +. +"But I say to you, I will not drink of this fruit of the vine from now on until that day when I drink it new with you in My Father's kingdom." -- matthew 26:29 +. +After singing a hymn, they went out to the Mount of Olives. -- matthew 26:30 +. +Then Jesus *said to them, "You will all fall away because of Me this night, for it is written, 'I WILL STRIKE DOWN THE SHEPHERD, AND THE SHEEP OF THE FLOCK SHALL BE SCATTERED.' -- matthew 26:31 +. +"But after I have been raised, I will go ahead of you to Galilee." -- matthew 26:32 +. +But Peter said to Him, "Even though all may fall away because of You, I will never fall away." -- matthew 26:33 +. +Jesus said to him, "Truly I say to you that this very night, before a rooster crows, you will deny Me three times." -- matthew 26:34 +. +Peter *said to Him, "Even if I have to die with You, I will not deny You." All the disciples said the same thing too. -- matthew 26:35 +. +Then Jesus *came with them to a place called Gethsemane, and *said to His disciples, "Sit here while I go over there and pray." -- matthew 26:36 +. +And He took with Him Peter and the two sons of Zebedee, and began to be grieved and distressed. -- matthew 26:37 +. +Then He *said to them, "My soul is deeply grieved, to the point of death; remain here and keep watch with Me." -- matthew 26:38 +. +And He went a little beyond them, and fell on His face and prayed, saying, "My Father, if it is possible, let this cup pass from Me; yet not as I will, but as You will." -- matthew 26:39 +. +And He *came to the disciples and *found them sleeping, and *said to Peter, "So, you men could not keep watch with Me for one hour? -- matthew 26:40 +. +"Keep watching and praying that you may not enter into temptation; the spirit is willing, but the flesh is weak." -- matthew 26:41 +. +He went away again a second time and prayed, saying, "My Father, if this cannot pass away unless I drink it, Your will be done." -- matthew 26:42 +. +Again He came and found them sleeping, for their eyes were heavy. -- matthew 26:43 +. +And He left them again, and went away and prayed a third time, saying the same thing once more. -- matthew 26:44 +. +Then He *came to the disciples and *said to them, "Are you still sleeping and resting? Behold, the hour is at hand and the Son of Man is being betrayed into the hands of sinners. -- matthew 26:45 +. +"Get up, let us be going; behold, the one who betrays Me is at hand!" -- matthew 26:46 +. +While He was still speaking, behold, Judas, one of the twelve, came up accompanied by a large crowd with swords and clubs, who came from the chief priests and elders of the people. -- matthew 26:47 +. +Now he who was betraying Him gave them a sign, saying, "Whomever I kiss, He is the one; seize Him." -- matthew 26:48 +. +Immediately Judas went to Jesus and said, "Hail, Rabbi!" and kissed Him. -- matthew 26:49 +. +And Jesus said to him, "Friend, do what you have come for." Then they came and laid hands on Jesus and seized Him. -- matthew 26:50 +. +And behold, one of those who were with Jesus reached and drew out his sword, and struck the slave of the high priest and cut off his ear. -- matthew 26:51 +. +Then Jesus *said to him, "Put your sword back into its place; for all those who take up the sword shall perish by the sword. -- matthew 26:52 +. +"Or do you think that I cannot appeal to My Father, and He will at once put at My disposal more than twelve legions of angels? -- matthew 26:53 +. +"How then will the Scriptures be fulfilled, which say that it must happen this way?" -- matthew 26:54 +. +At that time Jesus said to the crowds, "Have you come out with swords and clubs to arrest Me as you would against a robber? Every day I used to sit in the temple teaching and you did not seize Me. -- matthew 26:55 +. +"But all this has taken place to fulfill the Scriptures of the prophets." Then all the disciples left Him and fled. -- matthew 26:56 +. +Those who had seized Jesus led Him away to Caiaphas, the high priest, where the scribes and the elders were gathered together. -- matthew 26:57 +. +But Peter was following Him at a distance as far as the courtyard of the high priest, and entered in, and sat down with the officers to see the outcome. -- matthew 26:58 +. +Now the chief priests and the whole Council kept trying to obtain false testimony against Jesus, so that they might put Him to death. -- matthew 26:59 +. +They did not find any, even though many false witnesses came forward. But later on two came forward, -- matthew 26:60 +. +and said, "This man stated, 'I am able to destroy the temple of God and to rebuild it in three days.'" -- matthew 26:61 +. +The high priest stood up and said to Him, "Do You not answer? What is it that these men are testifying against You?" -- matthew 26:62 +. +But Jesus kept silent. And the high priest said to Him, "I adjure You by the living God, that You tell us whether You are the Christ, the Son of God." -- matthew 26:63 +. +Jesus *said to him, "You have said it yourself; nevertheless I tell you, hereafter you will see THE SON OF MAN SITTING AT THE RIGHT HAND OF POWER, and COMING ON THE CLOUDS OF HEAVEN." -- matthew 26:64 +. +Then the high priest tore his robes and said, "He has blasphemed! What further need do we have of witnesses? Behold, you have now heard the blasphemy; -- matthew 26:65 +. +what do you think?" They answered, "He deserves death!" -- matthew 26:66 +. +Then they spat in His face and beat Him with their fists; and others slapped Him, -- matthew 26:67 +. +and said, "Prophesy to us, You Christ; who is the one who hit You?" -- matthew 26:68 +. +Now Peter was sitting outside in the courtyard, and a servant-girl came to him and said, "You too were with Jesus the Galilean." -- matthew 26:69 +. +But he denied it before them all, saying, "I do not know what you are talking about." -- matthew 26:70 +. +When he had gone out to the gateway, another servant-girl saw him and *said to those who were there, "This man was with Jesus of Nazareth." -- matthew 26:71 +. +And again he denied it with an oath, "I do not know the man." -- matthew 26:72 +. +A little later the bystanders came up and said to Peter, "Surely you too are one of them; for even the way you talk gives you away." -- matthew 26:73 +. +Then he began to curse and swear, "I do not know the man!" And immediately a rooster crowed. -- matthew 26:74 +. +And Peter remembered the word which Jesus had said, "Before a rooster crows, you will deny Me three times." And he went out and wept bitterly. -- matthew 26:75 +. +Now when morning came, all the chief priests and the elders of the people conferred together against Jesus to put Him to death; -- matthew 27:1 +. +and they bound Him, and led Him away and delivered Him to Pilate the governor. -- matthew 27:2 +. +Then when Judas, who had betrayed Him, saw that He had been condemned, he felt remorse and returned the thirty pieces of silver to the chief priests and elders, -- matthew 27:3 +. +saying, "I have sinned by betraying innocent blood." But they said, "What is that to us? See to that yourself!" -- matthew 27:4 +. +And he threw the pieces of silver into the temple sanctuary and departed; and he went away and hanged himself. -- matthew 27:5 +. +The chief priests took the pieces of silver and said, "It is not lawful to put them into the temple treasury, since it is the price of blood." -- matthew 27:6 +. +And they conferred together and with the money bought the Potter's Field as a burial place for strangers. -- matthew 27:7 +. +For this reason that field has been called the Field of Blood to this day. -- matthew 27:8 +. +Then that which was spoken through Jeremiah the prophet was fulfilled: "AND THEY TOOK THE THIRTY PIECES OF SILVER, THE PRICE OF THE ONE WHOSE PRICE HAD BEEN SET by the sons of Israel; -- matthew 27:9 +. +AND THEY GAVE THEM FOR THE POTTER'S FIELD, AS THE LORD DIRECTED ME." -- matthew 27:10 +. +Now Jesus stood before the governor, and the governor questioned Him, saying, "Are You the King of the Jews?" And Jesus said to him, "It is as you say." -- matthew 27:11 +. +And while He was being accused by the chief priests and elders, He did not answer. -- matthew 27:12 +. +Then Pilate *said to Him, "Do You not hear how many things they testify against You?" -- matthew 27:13 +. +And He did not answer him with regard to even a single charge, so the governor was quite amazed. -- matthew 27:14 +. +Now at the feast the governor was accustomed to release for the people any one prisoner whom they wanted. -- matthew 27:15 +. +At that time they were holding a notorious prisoner, called Barabbas. -- matthew 27:16 +. +So when the people gathered together, Pilate said to them, "Whom do you want me to release for you? Barabbas, or Jesus who is called Christ?" -- matthew 27:17 +. +For he knew that because of envy they had handed Him over. -- matthew 27:18 +. +While he was sitting on the judgment seat, his wife sent him a message, saying, "Have nothing to do with that righteous Man; for last night I suffered greatly in a dream because of Him." -- matthew 27:19 +. +But the chief priests and the elders persuaded the crowds to ask for Barabbas and to put Jesus to death. -- matthew 27:20 +. +But the governor said to them, "Which of the two do you want me to release for you?" And they said, "Barabbas." -- matthew 27:21 +. +Pilate *said to them, "Then what shall I do with Jesus who is called Christ?" They all *said, "Crucify Him!" -- matthew 27:22 +. +And he said, "Why, what evil has He done?" But they kept shouting all the more, saying, "Crucify Him!" -- matthew 27:23 +. +When Pilate saw that he was accomplishing nothing, but rather that a riot was starting, he took water and washed his hands in front of the crowd, saying, "I am innocent of this Man's blood; see to that yourselves." -- matthew 27:24 +. +And all the people said, "His blood shall be on us and on our children!" -- matthew 27:25 +. +Then he released Barabbas for them; but after having Jesus scourged, he handed Him over to be crucified. -- matthew 27:26 +. +Then the soldiers of the governor took Jesus into the Praetorium and gathered the whole Roman cohort around Him. -- matthew 27:27 +. +They stripped Him and put a scarlet robe on Him. -- matthew 27:28 +. +And after twisting together a crown of thorns, they put it on His head, and a reed in His right hand; and they knelt down before Him and mocked Him, saying, "Hail, King of the Jews!" -- matthew 27:29 +. +They spat on Him, and took the reed and began to beat Him on the head. -- matthew 27:30 +. +After they had mocked Him, they took the scarlet robe off Him and put His own garments back on Him, and led Him away to crucify Him. -- matthew 27:31 +. +As they were coming out, they found a man of Cyrene named Simon, whom they pressed into service to bear His cross. -- matthew 27:32 +. +And when they came to a place called Golgotha, which means Place of a Skull, -- matthew 27:33 +. +they gave Him wine to drink mixed with gall; and after tasting it, He was unwilling to drink. -- matthew 27:34 +. +And when they had crucified Him, they divided up His garments among themselves by casting lots. -- matthew 27:35 +. +And sitting down, they began to keep watch over Him there. -- matthew 27:36 +. +And above His head they put up the charge against Him which read, "THIS IS JESUS THE KING OF THE JEWS." -- matthew 27:37 +. +At that time two robbers *were crucified with Him, one on the right and one on the left. -- matthew 27:38 +. +And those passing by were hurling abuse at Him, wagging their heads -- matthew 27:39 +. +and saying, "You who are going to destroy the temple and rebuild it in three days, save Yourself! If You are the Son of God, come down from the cross." -- matthew 27:40 +. +In the same way the chief priests also, along with the scribes and elders, were mocking Him and saying, -- matthew 27:41 +. +"He saved others; He cannot save Himself. He is the King of Israel; let Him now come down from the cross, and we will believe in Him. -- matthew 27:42 +. +"HE TRUSTS IN GOD; LET GOD RESCUE Him now, IF HE DELIGHTS IN HIM; for He said, 'I am the Son of God.'" -- matthew 27:43 +. +The robbers who had been crucified with Him were also insulting Him with the same words. -- matthew 27:44 +. +Now from the sixth hour darkness fell upon all the land until the ninth hour. -- matthew 27:45 +. +About the ninth hour Jesus cried out with a loud voice, saying, "ELI, ELI, LAMA SABACHTHANI?" that is, "MY GOD, MY GOD, WHY HAVE YOU FORSAKEN ME?" -- matthew 27:46 +. +And some of those who were standing there, when they heard it, began saying, "This man is calling for Elijah." -- matthew 27:47 +. +Immediately one of them ran, and taking a sponge, he filled it with sour wine and put it on a reed, and gave Him a drink. -- matthew 27:48 +. +But the rest of them said, "Let us see whether Elijah will come to save Him." -- matthew 27:49 +. +And Jesus cried out again with a loud voice, and yielded up His spirit. -- matthew 27:50 +. +And behold, the veil of the temple was torn in two from top to bottom; and the earth shook and the rocks were split. -- matthew 27:51 +. +The tombs were opened, and many bodies of the saints who had fallen asleep were raised; -- matthew 27:52 +. +and coming out of the tombs after His resurrection they entered the holy city and appeared to many. -- matthew 27:53 +. +Now the centurion, and those who were with him keeping guard over Jesus, when they saw the earthquake and the things that were happening, became very frightened and said, "Truly this was the Son of God!" -- matthew 27:54 +. +Many women were there looking on from a distance, who had followed Jesus from Galilee while ministering to Him. -- matthew 27:55 +. +Among them was Mary Magdalene, and Mary the mother of James and Joseph, and the mother of the sons of Zebedee. -- matthew 27:56 +. +When it was evening, there came a rich man from Arimathea, named Joseph, who himself had also become a disciple of Jesus. -- matthew 27:57 +. +This man went to Pilate and asked for the body of Jesus. Then Pilate ordered it to be given to him. -- matthew 27:58 +. +And Joseph took the body and wrapped it in a clean linen cloth, -- matthew 27:59 +. +and laid it in his own new tomb, which he had hewn out in the rock; and he rolled a large stone against the entrance of the tomb and went away. -- matthew 27:60 +. +And Mary Magdalene was there, and the other Mary, sitting opposite the grave. -- matthew 27:61 +. +Now on the next day, the day after the preparation, the chief priests and the Pharisees gathered together with Pilate, -- matthew 27:62 +. +and said, "Sir, we remember that when He was still alive that deceiver said, 'After three days I am to rise again.' -- matthew 27:63 +. +"Therefore, give orders for the grave to be made secure until the third day, otherwise His disciples may come and steal Him away and say to the people, 'He has risen from the dead,' and the last deception will be worse than the first." -- matthew 27:64 +. +Pilate said to them, "You have a guard; go, make it as secure as you know how." -- matthew 27:65 +. +And they went and made the grave secure, and along with the guard they set a seal on the stone. -- matthew 27:66 +. +Now after the Sabbath, as it began to dawn toward the first day of the week, Mary Magdalene and the other Mary came to look at the grave. -- matthew 28:1 +. +And behold, a severe earthquake had occurred, for an angel of the Lord descended from heaven and came and rolled away the stone and sat upon it. -- matthew 28:2 +. +And his appearance was like lightning, and his clothing as white as snow. -- matthew 28:3 +. +The guards shook for fear of him and became like dead men. -- matthew 28:4 +. +The angel said to the women, "Do not be afraid; for I know that you are looking for Jesus who has been crucified. -- matthew 28:5 +. +"He is not here, for He has risen, just as He said. Come, see the place where He was lying. -- matthew 28:6 +. +"Go quickly and tell His disciples that He has risen from the dead; and behold, He is going ahead of you into Galilee, there you will see Him; behold, I have told you." -- matthew 28:7 +. +And they left the tomb quickly with fear and great joy and ran to report it to His disciples. -- matthew 28:8 +. +And behold, Jesus met them and greeted them. And they came up and took hold of His feet and worshiped Him. -- matthew 28:9 +. +Then Jesus *said to them, "Do not be afraid; go and take word to My brethren to leave for Galilee, and there they will see Me." -- matthew 28:10 +. +Now while they were on their way, some of the guard came into the city and reported to the chief priests all that had happened. -- matthew 28:11 +. +And when they had assembled with the elders and consulted together, they gave a large sum of money to the soldiers, -- matthew 28:12 +. +and said, "You are to say, 'His disciples came by night and stole Him away while we were asleep.' -- matthew 28:13 +. +"And if this should come to the governor's ears, we will win him over and keep you out of trouble." -- matthew 28:14 +. +And they took the money and did as they had been instructed; and this story was widely spread among the Jews, and is to this day. -- matthew 28:15 +. +But the eleven disciples proceeded to Galilee, to the mountain which Jesus had designated. -- matthew 28:16 +. +When they saw Him, they worshiped Him; but some were doubtful. -- matthew 28:17 +. +And Jesus came up and spoke to them, saying, "All authority has been given to Me in heaven and on earth. -- matthew 28:18 +. +"Go therefore and make disciples of all the nations, baptizing them in the name of the Father and the Son and the Holy Spirit, -- matthew 28:19 +. +teaching them to observe all that I commanded you; and lo, I am with you always, even to the end of the age." -- matthew 28:20 +. +The beginning of the gospel of Jesus Christ, the Son of God. -- mark 1:1 +. +As it is written in Isaiah the prophet: "BEHOLD, I SEND MY MESSENGER AHEAD OF YOU, WHO WILL PREPARE YOUR WAY; -- mark 1:2 +. +THE VOICE OF ONE CRYING IN THE WILDERNESS, 'MAKE READY THE WAY OF THE LORD, MAKE HIS PATHS STRAIGHT.'" -- mark 1:3 +. +John the Baptist appeared in the wilderness preaching a baptism of repentance for the forgiveness of sins. -- mark 1:4 +. +And all the country of Judea was going out to him, and all the people of Jerusalem; and they were being baptized by him in the Jordan River, confessing their sins. -- mark 1:5 +. +John was clothed with camel's hair and wore a leather belt around his waist, and his diet was locusts and wild honey. -- mark 1:6 +. +And he was preaching, and saying, "After me One is coming who is mightier than I, and I am not fit to stoop down and untie the thong of His sandals. -- mark 1:7 +. +"I baptized you with water; but He will baptize you with the Holy Spirit." -- mark 1:8 +. +In those days Jesus came from Nazareth in Galilee and was baptized by John in the Jordan. -- mark 1:9 +. +Immediately coming up out of the water, He saw the heavens opening, and the Spirit like a dove descending upon Him; -- mark 1:10 +. +and a voice came out of the heavens: "You are My beloved Son, in You I am well-pleased." -- mark 1:11 +. +Immediately the Spirit *impelled Him to go out into the wilderness. -- mark 1:12 +. +And He was in the wilderness forty days being tempted by Satan; and He was with the wild beasts, and the angels were ministering to Him. -- mark 1:13 +. +Now after John had been taken into custody, Jesus came into Galilee, preaching the gospel of God, -- mark 1:14 +. +and saying, "The time is fulfilled, and the kingdom of God is at hand; repent and believe in the gospel." -- mark 1:15 +. +As He was going along by the Sea of Galilee, He saw Simon and Andrew, the brother of Simon, casting a net in the sea; for they were fishermen. -- mark 1:16 +. +And Jesus said to them, "Follow Me, and I will make you become fishers of men." -- mark 1:17 +. +Immediately they left their nets and followed Him. -- mark 1:18 +. +Going on a little farther, He saw James the son of Zebedee, and John his brother, who were also in the boat mending the nets. -- mark 1:19 +. +Immediately He called them; and they left their father Zebedee in the boat with the hired servants, and went away to follow Him. -- mark 1:20 +. +They *went into Capernaum; and immediately on the Sabbath He entered the synagogue and began to teach. -- mark 1:21 +. +They were amazed at His teaching; for He was teaching them as one having authority, and not as the scribes. -- mark 1:22 +. +Just then there was a man in their synagogue with an unclean spirit; and he cried out, -- mark 1:23 +. +saying, "What business do we have with each other, Jesus of Nazareth? Have You come to destroy us? I know who You are--the Holy One of God!" -- mark 1:24 +. +And Jesus rebuked him, saying, "Be quiet, and come out of him!" -- mark 1:25 +. +Throwing him into convulsions, the unclean spirit cried out with a loud voice and came out of him. -- mark 1:26 +. +They were all amazed, so that they debated among themselves, saying, "What is this? A new teaching with authority! He commands even the unclean spirits, and they obey Him." -- mark 1:27 +. +Immediately the news about Him spread everywhere into all the surrounding district of Galilee. -- mark 1:28 +. +And immediately after they came out of the synagogue, they came into the house of Simon and Andrew, with James and John. -- mark 1:29 +. +Now Simon's mother-in-law was lying sick with a fever; and immediately they *spoke to Jesus about her. -- mark 1:30 +. +And He came to her and raised her up, taking her by the hand, and the fever left her, and she waited on them. -- mark 1:31 +. +When evening came, after the sun had set, they began bringing to Him all who were ill and those who were demon-possessed. -- mark 1:32 +. +And the whole city had gathered at the door. -- mark 1:33 +. +And He healed many who were ill with various diseases, and cast out many demons; and He was not permitting the demons to speak, because they knew who He was. -- mark 1:34 +. +In the early morning, while it was still dark, Jesus got up, left the house, and went away to a secluded place, and was praying there. -- mark 1:35 +. +Simon and his companions searched for Him; -- mark 1:36 +. +they found Him, and *said to Him, "Everyone is looking for You." -- mark 1:37 +. +He *said to them, "Let us go somewhere else to the towns nearby, so that I may preach there also; for that is what I came for." -- mark 1:38 +. +And He went into their synagogues throughout all Galilee, preaching and casting out the demons. -- mark 1:39 +. +And a leper *came to Jesus, beseeching Him and falling on his knees before Him, and saying, "If You are willing, You can make me clean." -- mark 1:40 +. +Moved with compassion, Jesus stretched out His hand and touched him, and *said to him, "I am willing; be cleansed." -- mark 1:41 +. +Immediately the leprosy left him and he was cleansed. -- mark 1:42 +. +And He sternly warned him and immediately sent him away, -- mark 1:43 +. +and He *said to him, "See that you say nothing to anyone; but go, show yourself to the priest and offer for your cleansing what Moses commanded, as a testimony to them." -- mark 1:44 +. +But he went out and began to proclaim it freely and to spread the news around, to such an extent that Jesus could no longer publicly enter a city, but stayed out in unpopulated areas; and they were coming to Him from everywhere. -- mark 1:45 +. +When He had come back to Capernaum several days afterward, it was heard that He was at home. -- mark 2:1 +. +And many were gathered together, so that there was no longer room, not even near the door; and He was speaking the word to them. -- mark 2:2 +. +And they *came, bringing to Him a paralytic, carried by four men. -- mark 2:3 +. +Being unable to get to Him because of the crowd, they removed the roof above Him; and when they had dug an opening, they let down the pallet on which the paralytic was lying. -- mark 2:4 +. +And Jesus seeing their faith *said to the paralytic, "Son, your sins are forgiven." -- mark 2:5 +. +But some of the scribes were sitting there and reasoning in their hearts, -- mark 2:6 +. +"Why does this man speak that way? He is blaspheming; who can forgive sins but God alone?" -- mark 2:7 +. +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? -- mark 2:8 +. +"Which is easier, to say to the paralytic, 'Your sins are forgiven'; or to say, 'Get up, and pick up your pallet and walk'? -- mark 2:9 +. +"But so that you may know that the Son of Man has authority on earth to forgive sins"--He *said to the paralytic, -- mark 2:10 +. +"I say to you, get up, pick up your pallet and go home." -- mark 2:11 +. +And he got up and immediately picked up the pallet and went out in the sight of everyone, so that they were all amazed and were glorifying God, saying, "We have never seen anything like this." -- mark 2:12 +. +And He went out again by the seashore; and all the people were coming to Him, and He was teaching them. -- mark 2:13 +. +As He passed by, He saw Levi the son of Alphaeus sitting in the tax booth, and He *said to him, "Follow Me!" And he got up and followed Him. -- mark 2:14 +. +And it *happened that He was reclining at the table in his house, and many tax collectors and sinners were dining with Jesus and His disciples; for there were many of them, and they were following Him. -- mark 2:15 +. +When the scribes of the Pharisees saw that He was eating with the sinners and tax collectors, they said to His disciples, "Why is He eating and drinking with tax collectors and sinners?" -- mark 2:16 +. +And hearing this, Jesus *said to them, "It is not those who are healthy who need a physician, but those who are sick; I did not come to call the righteous, but sinners." -- mark 2:17 +. +John's disciples and the Pharisees were fasting; and they *came and *said to Him, "Why do John's disciples and the disciples of the Pharisees fast, but Your disciples do not fast?" -- mark 2:18 +. +And Jesus said to them, "While the bridegroom is with them, the attendants of the bridegroom cannot fast, can they? So long as they have the bridegroom with them, they cannot fast. -- mark 2:19 +. +"But the days will come when the bridegroom is taken away from them, and then they will fast in that day. -- mark 2:20 +. +"No one sews a patch of unshrunk cloth on an old garment; otherwise the patch pulls away from it, the new from the old, and a worse tear results. -- mark 2:21 +. +"No one puts new wine into old wineskins; otherwise the wine will burst the skins, and the wine is lost and the skins as well; but one puts new wine into fresh wineskins." -- mark 2:22 +. +And it happened that He was passing through the grainfields on the Sabbath, and His disciples began to make their way along while picking the heads of grain. -- mark 2:23 +. +The Pharisees were saying to Him, "Look, why are they doing what is not lawful on the Sabbath?" -- mark 2:24 +. +And He *said to them, "Have you never read what David did when he was in need and he and his companions became hungry; -- mark 2:25 +. +how he entered the house of God in the time of Abiathar the high priest, and ate the consecrated bread, which is not lawful for anyone to eat except the priests, and he also gave it to those who were with him?" -- mark 2:26 +. +Jesus said to them, "The Sabbath was made for man, and not man for the Sabbath. -- mark 2:27 +. +"So the Son of Man is Lord even of the Sabbath." -- mark 2:28 +. +He entered again into a synagogue; and a man was there whose hand was withered. -- mark 3:1 +. +They were watching Him to see if He would heal him on the Sabbath, so that they might accuse Him. -- mark 3:2 +. +He *said to the man with the withered hand, "Get up and come forward!" -- mark 3:3 +. +And He *said to them, "Is it lawful to do good or to do harm on the Sabbath, to save a life or to kill?" But they kept silent. -- mark 3:4 +. +After looking around at them with anger, grieved at their hardness of heart, He *said to the man, "Stretch out your hand." And he stretched it out, and his hand was restored. -- mark 3:5 +. +The Pharisees went out and immediately began conspiring with the Herodians against Him, as to how they might destroy Him. -- mark 3:6 +. +Jesus withdrew to the sea with His disciples; and a great multitude from Galilee followed; and also from Judea, -- mark 3:7 +. +and from Jerusalem, and from Idumea, and beyond the Jordan, and the vicinity of Tyre and Sidon, a great number of people heard of all that He was doing and came to Him. -- mark 3:8 +. +And He told His disciples that a boat should stand ready for Him because of the crowd, so that they would not crowd Him; -- mark 3:9 +. +for He had healed many, with the result that all those who had afflictions pressed around Him in order to touch Him. -- mark 3:10 +. +Whenever the unclean spirits saw Him, they would fall down before Him and shout, "You are the Son of God!" -- mark 3:11 +. +And He earnestly warned them not to tell who He was. -- mark 3:12 +. +And He *went up on the mountain and *summoned those whom He Himself wanted, and they came to Him. -- mark 3:13 +. +And He appointed twelve, so that they would be with Him and that He could send them out to preach, -- mark 3:14 +. +and to have authority to cast out the demons. -- mark 3:15 +. +And He appointed the twelve: Simon (to whom He gave the name Peter), -- mark 3:16 +. +and James, the son of Zebedee, and John the brother of James (to them He gave the name Boanerges, which means, "Sons of Thunder"); -- mark 3:17 +. +and Andrew, and Philip, and Bartholomew, and Matthew, and Thomas, and James the son of Alphaeus, and Thaddaeus, and Simon the Zealot; -- mark 3:18 +. +and Judas Iscariot, who betrayed Him. -- mark 3:19 +. +And He *came home, and the crowd *gathered again, to such an extent that they could not even eat a meal. -- mark 3:20 +. +When His own people heard of this, they went out to take custody of Him; for they were saying, "He has lost His senses." -- mark 3:21 +. +The scribes who came down from Jerusalem were saying, "He is possessed by Beelzebul," and "He casts out the demons by the ruler of the demons." -- mark 3:22 +. +And He called them to Himself and began speaking to them in parables, "How can Satan cast out Satan? -- mark 3:23 +. +"If a kingdom is divided against itself, that kingdom cannot stand. -- mark 3:24 +. +"If a house is divided against itself, that house will not be able to stand. -- mark 3:25 +. +"If Satan has risen up against himself and is divided, he cannot stand, but he is finished! -- mark 3:26 +. +"But no one can enter the strong man's house and plunder his property unless he first binds the strong man, and then he will plunder his house. -- mark 3:27 +. +"Truly I say to you, all sins shall be forgiven the sons of men, and whatever blasphemies they utter; -- mark 3:28 +. +but whoever blasphemes against the Holy Spirit never has forgiveness, but is guilty of an eternal sin"-- -- mark 3:29 +. +because they were saying, "He has an unclean spirit." -- mark 3:30 +. +Then His mother and His brothers *arrived, and standing outside they sent word to Him and called Him. -- mark 3:31 +. +A crowd was sitting around Him, and they *said to Him, "Behold, Your mother and Your brothers are outside looking for You." -- mark 3:32 +. +Answering them, He *said, "Who are My mother and My brothers?" -- mark 3:33 +. +Looking about at those who were sitting around Him, He *said, "Behold My mother and My brothers! -- mark 3:34 +. +"For whoever does the will of God, he is My brother and sister and mother." -- mark 3:35 +. +He began to teach again by the sea. And such a very large crowd gathered to Him that He got into a boat in the sea and sat down; and the whole crowd was by the sea on the land. -- mark 4:1 +. +And He was teaching them many things in parables, and was saying to them in His teaching, -- mark 4:2 +. +"Listen to this! Behold, the sower went out to sow; -- mark 4:3 +. +as he was sowing, some seed fell beside the road, and the birds came and ate it up. -- mark 4:4 +. +"Other seed fell on the rocky ground where it did not have much soil; and immediately it sprang up because it had no depth of soil. -- mark 4:5 +. +"And after the sun had risen, it was scorched; and because it had no root, it withered away. -- mark 4:6 +. +"Other seed fell among the thorns, and the thorns came up and choked it, and it yielded no crop. -- mark 4:7 +. +"Other seeds fell into the good soil, and as they grew up and increased, they yielded a crop and produced thirty, sixty, and a hundredfold." -- mark 4:8 +. +And He was saying, "He who has ears to hear, let him hear." -- mark 4:9 +. +As soon as He was alone, His followers, along with the twelve, began asking Him about the parables. -- mark 4:10 +. +And He was saying to them, "To you has been given the mystery of the kingdom of God, but those who are outside get everything in parables, -- mark 4:11 +. +so that WHILE SEEING, THEY MAY SEE AND NOT PERCEIVE, AND WHILE HEARING, THEY MAY HEAR AND NOT UNDERSTAND, OTHERWISE THEY MIGHT RETURN AND BE FORGIVEN." -- mark 4:12 +. +And He *said to them, "Do you not understand this parable? How will you understand all the parables? -- mark 4:13 +. +"The sower sows the word. -- mark 4:14 +. +"These are the ones who are beside the road where the word is sown; and when they hear, immediately Satan comes and takes away the word which has been sown in them. -- mark 4:15 +. +"In a similar way these are the ones on whom seed was sown on the rocky places, who, when they hear the word, immediately receive it with joy; -- mark 4:16 +. +and they have no firm root in themselves, but are only temporary; then, when affliction or persecution arises because of the word, immediately they fall away. -- mark 4:17 +. +"And others are the ones on whom seed was sown among the thorns; these are the ones who have heard the word, -- mark 4:18 +. +but the worries of the world, and the deceitfulness of riches, and the desires for other things enter in and choke the word, and it becomes unfruitful. -- mark 4:19 +. +"And those are the ones on whom seed was sown on the good soil; and they hear the word and accept it and bear fruit, thirty, sixty, and a hundredfold." -- mark 4:20 +. +And He was saying to them, "A lamp is not brought to be put under a basket, is it, or under a bed? Is it not brought to be put on the lampstand? -- mark 4:21 +. +"For nothing is hidden, except to be revealed; nor has anything been secret, but that it would come to light. -- mark 4:22 +. +"If anyone has ears to hear, let him hear." -- mark 4:23 +. +And He was saying to them, "Take care what you listen to. By your standard of measure it will be measured to you; and more will be given you besides. -- mark 4:24 +. +"For whoever has, to him more shall be given; and whoever does not have, even what he has shall be taken away from him." -- mark 4:25 +. +And He was saying, "The kingdom of God is like a man who casts seed upon the soil; -- mark 4:26 +. +and he goes to bed at night and gets up by day, and the seed sprouts and grows--how, he himself does not know. -- mark 4:27 +. +"The soil produces crops by itself; first the blade, then the head, then the mature grain in the head. -- mark 4:28 +. +"But when the crop permits, he immediately puts in the sickle, because the harvest has come." -- mark 4:29 +. +And He said, "How shall we picture the kingdom of God, or by what parable shall we present it? -- mark 4:30 +. +"It is like a mustard seed, which, when sown upon the soil, though it is smaller than all the seeds that are upon the soil, -- mark 4:31 +. +yet when it is sown, it grows up and becomes larger than all the garden plants and forms large branches; so that THE BIRDS OF THE AIR can NEST UNDER ITS SHADE." -- mark 4:32 +. +With many such parables He was speaking the word to them, so far as they were able to hear it; -- mark 4:33 +. +and He did not speak to them without a parable; but He was explaining everything privately to His own disciples. -- mark 4:34 +. +On that day, when evening came, He *said to them, "Let us go over to the other side." -- mark 4:35 +. +Leaving the crowd, they *took Him along with them in the boat, just as He was; and other boats were with Him. -- mark 4:36 +. +And there *arose a fierce gale of wind, and the waves were breaking over the boat so much that the boat was already filling up. -- mark 4:37 +. +Jesus Himself was in the stern, asleep on the cushion; and they *woke Him and *said to Him, "Teacher, do You not care that we are perishing?" -- mark 4:38 +. +And He got up and rebuked the wind and said to the sea, "Hush, be still." And the wind died down and it became perfectly calm. -- mark 4:39 +. +And He said to them, "Why are you afraid? Do you still have no faith?" -- mark 4:40 +. +They became very much afraid and said to one another, "Who then is this, that even the wind and the sea obey Him?" -- mark 4:41 +. +They came to the other side of the sea, into the country of the Gerasenes. -- mark 5:1 +. +When He got out of the boat, immediately a man from the tombs with an unclean spirit met Him, -- mark 5:2 +. +and he had his dwelling among the tombs. And no one was able to bind him anymore, even with a chain; -- mark 5:3 +. +because he had often been bound with shackles and chains, and the chains had been torn apart by him and the shackles broken in pieces, and no one was strong enough to subdue him. -- mark 5:4 +. +Constantly, night and day, he was screaming among the tombs and in the mountains, and gashing himself with stones. -- mark 5:5 +. +Seeing Jesus from a distance, he ran up and bowed down before Him; -- mark 5:6 +. +and shouting with a loud voice, he *said, "What business do we have with each other, Jesus, Son of the Most High God? I implore You by God, do not torment me!" -- mark 5:7 +. +For He had been saying to him, "Come out of the man, you unclean spirit!" -- mark 5:8 +. +And He was asking him, "What is your name?" And he *said to Him, "My name is Legion; for we are many." -- mark 5:9 +. +And he began to implore Him earnestly not to send them out of the country. -- mark 5:10 +. +Now there was a large herd of swine feeding nearby on the mountain. -- mark 5:11 +. +The demons implored Him, saying, "Send us into the swine so that we may enter them." -- mark 5:12 +. +Jesus gave them permission. And coming out, the unclean spirits entered the swine; and the herd rushed down the steep bank into the sea, about two thousand of them; and they were drowned in the sea. -- mark 5:13 +. +Their herdsmen ran away and reported it in the city and in the country. And the people came to see what it was that had happened. -- mark 5:14 +. +They *came to Jesus and *observed the man who had been demon-possessed sitting down, clothed and in his right mind, the very man who had had the "legion"; and they became frightened. -- mark 5:15 +. +Those who had seen it described to them how it had happened to the demon-possessed man, and all about the swine. -- mark 5:16 +. +And they began to implore Him to leave their region. -- mark 5:17 +. +As He was getting into the boat, the man who had been demon-possessed was imploring Him that he might accompany Him. -- mark 5:18 +. +And He did not let him, but He *said to him, "Go home to your people and report to them what great things the Lord has done for you, and how He had mercy on you." -- mark 5:19 +. +And he went away and began to proclaim in Decapolis what great things Jesus had done for him; and everyone was amazed. -- mark 5:20 +. +When Jesus had crossed over again in the boat to the other side, a large crowd gathered around Him; and so He stayed by the seashore. -- mark 5:21 +. +One of the synagogue officials named Jairus *came up, and on seeing Him, *fell at His feet -- mark 5:22 +. +and *implored Him earnestly, saying, "My little daughter is at the point of death; please come and lay Your hands on her, so that she will get well and live." -- mark 5:23 +. +And He went off with him; and a large crowd was following Him and pressing in on Him. -- mark 5:24 +. +A woman who had had a hemorrhage for twelve years, -- mark 5:25 +. +and had endured much at the hands of many physicians, and had spent all that she had and was not helped at all, but rather had grown worse-- -- mark 5:26 +. +after hearing about Jesus, she came up in the crowd behind Him and touched His cloak. -- mark 5:27 +. +For she thought, "If I just touch His garments, I will get well." -- mark 5:28 +. +Immediately the flow of her blood was dried up; and she felt in her body that she was healed of her affliction. -- mark 5:29 +. +Immediately Jesus, perceiving in Himself that the power proceeding from Him had gone forth, turned around in the crowd and said, "Who touched My garments?" -- mark 5:30 +. +And His disciples said to Him, "You see the crowd pressing in on You, and You say, 'Who touched Me?'" -- mark 5:31 +. +And He looked around to see the woman who had done this. -- mark 5:32 +. +But the woman fearing and trembling, aware of what had happened to her, came and fell down before Him and told Him the whole truth. -- mark 5:33 +. +And He said to her, "Daughter, your faith has made you well; go in peace and be healed of your affliction." -- mark 5:34 +. +While He was still speaking, they *came from the house of the synagogue official, saying, "Your daughter has died; why trouble the Teacher anymore?" -- mark 5:35 +. +But Jesus, overhearing what was being spoken, *said to the synagogue official, "Do not be afraid any longer, only believe." -- mark 5:36 +. +And He allowed no one to accompany Him, except Peter and James and John the brother of James. -- mark 5:37 +. +They *came to the house of the synagogue official; and He *saw a commotion, and people loudly weeping and wailing. -- mark 5:38 +. +And entering in, He *said to them, "Why make a commotion and weep? The child has not died, but is asleep." -- mark 5:39 +. +They began laughing at Him. But putting them all out, He *took along the child's father and mother and His own companions, and *entered the room where the child was. -- mark 5:40 +. +Taking the child by the hand, He *said to her, "Talitha kum!" (which translated means, "Little girl, I say to you, get up!"). -- mark 5:41 +. +Immediately the girl got up and began to walk, for she was twelve years old. And immediately they were completely astounded. -- mark 5:42 +. +And He gave them strict orders that no one should know about this, and He said that something should be given her to eat. -- mark 5:43 +. +Jesus went out from there and *came into His hometown; and His disciples *followed Him. -- mark 6:1 +. +When the Sabbath came, He began to teach in the synagogue; and the many listeners were astonished, saying, "Where did this man get these things, and what is this wisdom given to Him, and such miracles as these performed by His hands? -- mark 6:2 +. +"Is not this the carpenter, the son of Mary, and brother of James and Joses and Judas and Simon? Are not His sisters here with us?" And they took offense at Him. -- mark 6:3 +. +Jesus said to them, "A prophet is not without honor except in his hometown and among his own relatives and in his own household." -- mark 6:4 +. +And He could do no miracle there except that He laid His hands on a few sick people and healed them. -- mark 6:5 +. +And He wondered at their unbelief. And He was going around the villages teaching. -- mark 6:6 +. +And He *summoned the twelve and began to send them out in pairs, and gave them authority over the unclean spirits; -- mark 6:7 +. +and He instructed them that they should take nothing for their journey, except a mere staff--no bread, no bag, no money in their belt-- -- mark 6:8 +. +but to wear sandals; and He added, "Do not put on two tunics." -- mark 6:9 +. +And He said to them, "Wherever you enter a house, stay there until you leave town. -- mark 6:10 +. +"Any place that does not receive you or listen to you, as you go out from there, shake the dust off the soles of your feet for a testimony against them." -- mark 6:11 +. +They went out and preached that men should repent. -- mark 6:12 +. +And they were casting out many demons and were anointing with oil many sick people and healing them. -- mark 6:13 +. +And King Herod heard of it, for His name had become well known; and people were saying, "John the Baptist has risen from the dead, and that is why these miraculous powers are at work in Him." -- mark 6:14 +. +But others were saying, "He is Elijah." And others were saying, "He is a prophet, like one of the prophets of old." -- mark 6:15 +. +But when Herod heard of it, he kept saying, "John, whom I beheaded, has risen!" -- mark 6:16 +. +For Herod himself had sent and had John arrested and bound in prison on account of Herodias, the wife of his brother Philip, because he had married her. -- mark 6:17 +. +For John had been saying to Herod, "It is not lawful for you to have your brother's wife." -- mark 6:18 +. +Herodias had a grudge against him and wanted to put him to death and could not do so; -- mark 6:19 +. +for Herod was afraid of John, knowing that he was a righteous and holy man, and he kept him safe. And when he heard him, he was very perplexed; but he used to enjoy listening to him. -- mark 6:20 +. +A strategic day came when Herod on his birthday gave a banquet for his lords and military commanders and the leading men of Galilee; -- mark 6:21 +. +and when the daughter of Herodias herself came in and danced, she pleased Herod and his dinner guests; and the king said to the girl, "Ask me for whatever you want and I will give it to you." -- mark 6:22 +. +And he swore to her, "Whatever you ask of me, I will give it to you; up to half of my kingdom." -- mark 6:23 +. +And she went out and said to her mother, "What shall I ask for?" And she said, "The head of John the Baptist." -- mark 6:24 +. +Immediately she came in a hurry to the king and asked, saying, "I want you to give me at once the head of John the Baptist on a platter." -- mark 6:25 +. +And although the king was very sorry, yet because of his oaths and because of his dinner guests, he was unwilling to refuse her. -- mark 6:26 +. +Immediately the king sent an executioner and commanded him to bring back his head. And he went and had him beheaded in the prison, -- mark 6:27 +. +and brought his head on a platter, and gave it to the girl; and the girl gave it to her mother. -- mark 6:28 +. +When his disciples heard about this, they came and took away his body and laid it in a tomb. -- mark 6:29 +. +The apostles *gathered together with Jesus; and they reported to Him all that they had done and taught. -- mark 6:30 +. +And He *said to them, "Come away by yourselves to a secluded place and rest a while." (For there were many people coming and going, and they did not even have time to eat.) -- mark 6:31 +. +They went away in the boat to a secluded place by themselves. -- mark 6:32 +. +The people saw them going, and many recognized them and ran there together on foot from all the cities, and got there ahead of them. -- mark 6:33 +. +When Jesus went ashore, He saw a large crowd, and He felt compassion for them because they were like sheep without a shepherd; and He began to teach them many things. -- mark 6:34 +. +When it was already quite late, His disciples came to Him and said, "This place is desolate and it is already quite late; -- mark 6:35 +. +send them away so that they may go into the surrounding countryside and villages and buy themselves something to eat." -- mark 6:36 +. +But He answered them, "You give them something to eat!" And they *said to Him, "Shall we go and spend two hundred denarii on bread and give them something to eat?" -- mark 6:37 +. +And He *said to them, "How many loaves do you have? Go look!" And when they found out, they *said, "Five, and two fish." -- mark 6:38 +. +And He commanded them all to sit down by groups on the green grass. -- mark 6:39 +. +They sat down in groups of hundreds and of fifties. -- mark 6:40 +. +And He took the five loaves and the two fish, and looking up toward heaven, He blessed the food and broke the loaves and He kept giving them to the disciples to set before them; and He divided up the two fish among them all. -- mark 6:41 +. +They all ate and were satisfied, -- mark 6:42 +. +and they picked up twelve full baskets of the broken pieces, and also of the fish. -- mark 6:43 +. +There were five thousand men who ate the loaves. -- mark 6:44 +. +Immediately Jesus made His disciples get into the boat and go ahead of Him to the other side to Bethsaida, while He Himself was sending the crowd away. -- mark 6:45 +. +After bidding them farewell, He left for the mountain to pray. -- mark 6:46 +. +When it was evening, the boat was in the middle of the sea, and He was alone on the land. -- mark 6:47 +. +Seeing them straining at the oars, for the wind was against them, at about the fourth watch of the night He *came to them, walking on the sea; and He intended to pass by them. -- mark 6:48 +. +But when they saw Him walking on the sea, they supposed that it was a ghost, and cried out; -- mark 6:49 +. +for they all saw Him and were terrified. But immediately He spoke with them and *said to them, "Take courage; it is I, do not be afraid." -- mark 6:50 +. +Then He got into the boat with them, and the wind stopped; and they were utterly astonished, -- mark 6:51 +. +for they had not gained any insight from the incident of the loaves, but their heart was hardened. -- mark 6:52 +. +When they had crossed over they came to land at Gennesaret, and moored to the shore. -- mark 6:53 +. +When they got out of the boat, immediately the people recognized Him, -- mark 6:54 +. +and ran about that whole country and began to carry here and there on their pallets those who were sick, to the place they heard He was. -- mark 6:55 +. +Wherever He entered villages, or cities, or countryside, they were laying the sick in the market places, and imploring Him that they might just touch the fringe of His cloak; and as many as touched it were being cured. -- mark 6:56 +. +The Pharisees and some of the scribes gathered around Him when they had come from Jerusalem, -- mark 7:1 +. +and had seen that some of His disciples were eating their bread with impure hands, that is, unwashed. -- mark 7:2 +. +(For the Pharisees and all the Jews do not eat unless they carefully wash their hands, thus observing the traditions of the elders; -- mark 7:3 +. +and when they come from the market place, they do not eat unless they cleanse themselves; and there are many other things which they have received in order to observe, such as the washing of cups and pitchers and copper pots.) -- mark 7:4 +. +The Pharisees and the scribes *asked Him, "Why do Your disciples not walk according to the tradition of the elders, but eat their bread with impure hands?" -- mark 7:5 +. +And He said to them, "Rightly did Isaiah prophesy of you hypocrites, as it is written: 'THIS PEOPLE HONORS ME WITH THEIR LIPS, BUT THEIR HEART IS FAR AWAY FROM ME. -- mark 7:6 +. +'BUT IN VAIN DO THEY WORSHIP ME, TEACHING AS DOCTRINES THE PRECEPTS OF MEN.' -- mark 7:7 +. +"Neglecting the commandment of God, you hold to the tradition of men." -- mark 7:8 +. +He was also saying to them, "You are experts at setting aside the commandment of God in order to keep your tradition. -- mark 7:9 +. +"For Moses said, 'HONOR YOUR FATHER AND YOUR MOTHER'; and, 'HE WHO SPEAKS EVIL OF FATHER OR MOTHER, IS TO BE PUT TO DEATH'; -- mark 7:10 +. +but you say, 'If a man says to his father or his mother, whatever I have that would help you is Corban (that is to say, given to God),' -- mark 7:11 +. +you no longer permit him to do anything for his father or his mother; -- mark 7:12 +. +thus invalidating the word of God by your tradition which you have handed down; and you do many things such as that." -- mark 7:13 +. +After He called the crowd to Him again, He began saying to them, "Listen to Me, all of you, and understand: -- mark 7:14 +. +there is nothing outside the man which can defile him if it goes into him; but the things which proceed out of the man are what defile the man. -- mark 7:15 +. +["If anyone has ears to hear, let him hear."] -- mark 7:16 +. +When he had left the crowd and entered the house, His disciples questioned Him about the parable. -- mark 7:17 +. +And He *said to them, "Are you so lacking in understanding also? Do you not understand that whatever goes into the man from outside cannot defile him, -- mark 7:18 +. +because it does not go into his heart, but into his stomach, and is eliminated?" (Thus He declared all foods clean.) -- mark 7:19 +. +And He was saying, "That which proceeds out of the man, that is what defiles the man. -- mark 7:20 +. +"For from within, out of the heart of men, proceed the evil thoughts, fornications, thefts, murders, adulteries, -- mark 7:21 +. +deeds of coveting and wickedness, as well as deceit, sensuality, envy, slander, pride and foolishness. -- mark 7:22 +. +"All these evil things proceed from within and defile the man." -- mark 7:23 +. +Jesus got up and went away from there to the region of Tyre. And when He had entered a house, He wanted no one to know of it; yet He could not escape notice. -- mark 7:24 +. +But after hearing of Him, a woman whose little daughter had an unclean spirit immediately came and fell at His feet. -- mark 7:25 +. +Now the woman was a Gentile, of the Syrophoenician race. And she kept asking Him to cast the demon out of her daughter. -- mark 7:26 +. +And He was saying to her, "Let the children be satisfied first, for it is not good to take the children's bread and throw it to the dogs." -- mark 7:27 +. +But she answered and *said to Him, "Yes, Lord, but even the dogs under the table feed on the children's crumbs." -- mark 7:28 +. +And He said to her, "Because of this answer go; the demon has gone out of your daughter." -- mark 7:29 +. +And going back to her home, she found the child lying on the bed, the demon having left. -- mark 7:30 +. +Again He went out from the region of Tyre, and came through Sidon to the Sea of Galilee, within the region of Decapolis. -- mark 7:31 +. +They *brought to Him one who was deaf and spoke with difficulty, and they *implored Him to lay His hand on him. -- mark 7:32 +. +Jesus took him aside from the crowd, by himself, and put His fingers into his ears, and after spitting, He touched his tongue with the saliva; -- mark 7:33 +. +and looking up to heaven with a deep sigh, He *said to him, "Ephphatha!" that is, "Be opened!" -- mark 7:34 +. +And his ears were opened, and the impediment of his tongue was removed, and he began speaking plainly. -- mark 7:35 +. +And He gave them orders not to tell anyone; but the more He ordered them, the more widely they continued to proclaim it. -- mark 7:36 +. +They were utterly astonished, saying, "He has done all things well; He makes even the deaf to hear and the mute to speak." -- mark 7:37 +. +In those days, when there was again a large crowd and they had nothing to eat, Jesus called His disciples and *said to them, -- mark 8:1 +. +"I feel compassion for the people because they have remained with Me now three days and have nothing to eat. -- mark 8:2 +. +"If I send them away hungry to their homes, they will faint on the way; and some of them have come from a great distance." -- mark 8:3 +. +And His disciples answered Him, "Where will anyone be able to find enough bread here in this desolate place to satisfy these people?" -- mark 8:4 +. +And He was asking them, "How many loaves do you have?" And they said, "Seven." -- mark 8:5 +. +And He *directed the people to sit down on the ground; and taking the seven loaves, He gave thanks and broke them, and started giving them to His disciples to serve to them, and they served them to the people. -- mark 8:6 +. +They also had a few small fish; and after He had blessed them, He ordered these to be served as well. -- mark 8:7 +. +And they ate and were satisfied; and they picked up seven large baskets full of what was left over of the broken pieces. -- mark 8:8 +. +About four thousand were there; and He sent them away. -- mark 8:9 +. +And immediately He entered the boat with His disciples and came to the district of Dalmanutha. -- mark 8:10 +. +The Pharisees came out and began to argue with Him, seeking from Him a sign from heaven, to test Him. -- mark 8:11 +. +Sighing deeply in His spirit, He *said, "Why does this generation seek for a sign? Truly I say to you, no sign will be given to this generation." -- mark 8:12 +. +Leaving them, He again embarked and went away to the other side. -- mark 8:13 +. +And they had forgotten to take bread, and did not have more than one loaf in the boat with them. -- mark 8:14 +. +And He was giving orders to them, saying, "Watch out! Beware of the leaven of the Pharisees and the leaven of Herod." -- mark 8:15 +. +They began to discuss with one another the fact that they had no bread. -- mark 8:16 +. +And Jesus, aware of this, *said to them, "Why do you discuss the fact that you have no bread? Do you not yet see or understand? Do you have a hardened heart? -- mark 8:17 +. +"HAVING EYES, DO YOU NOT SEE? AND HAVING EARS, DO YOU NOT HEAR? And do you not remember, -- mark 8:18 +. +when I broke the five loaves for the five thousand, how many baskets full of broken pieces you picked up?" They *said to Him, "Twelve." -- mark 8:19 +. +"When I broke the seven for the four thousand, how many large baskets full of broken pieces did you pick up?" And they *said to Him, "Seven." -- mark 8:20 +. +And He was saying to them, "Do you not yet understand?" -- mark 8:21 +. +And they *came to Bethsaida. And they *brought a blind man to Jesus and *implored Him to touch him. -- mark 8:22 +. +Taking the blind man by the hand, He brought him out of the village; and after spitting on his eyes and laying His hands on him, He asked him, "Do you see anything?" -- mark 8:23 +. +And he looked up and said, "I see men, for I see them like trees, walking around." -- mark 8:24 +. +Then again He laid His hands on his eyes; and he looked intently and was restored, and began to see everything clearly. -- mark 8:25 +. +And He sent him to his home, saying, "Do not even enter the village." -- mark 8:26 +. +Jesus went out, along with His disciples, to the villages of Caesarea Philippi; and on the way He questioned His disciples, saying to them, "Who do people say that I am?" -- mark 8:27 +. +They told Him, saying, "John the Baptist; and others say Elijah; but others, one of the prophets." -- mark 8:28 +. +And He continued by questioning them, "But who do you say that I am?" Peter *answered and *said to Him, "You are the Christ." -- mark 8:29 +. +And He warned them to tell no one about Him. -- mark 8:30 +. +And He began to teach them that the Son of Man must suffer many things and be rejected by the elders and the chief priests and the scribes, and be killed, and after three days rise again. -- mark 8:31 +. +And He was stating the matter plainly. And Peter took Him aside and began to rebuke Him. -- mark 8:32 +. +But turning around and seeing His disciples, He rebuked Peter and *said, "Get behind Me, Satan; for you are not setting your mind on God's interests, but man's." -- mark 8:33 +. +And He summoned the crowd with His disciples, and said to them, "If anyone wishes to come after Me, he must deny himself, and take up his cross and follow Me. -- mark 8:34 +. +"For whoever wishes to save his life will lose it, but whoever loses his life for My sake and the gospel's will save it. -- mark 8:35 +. +"For what does it profit a man to gain the whole world, and forfeit his soul? -- mark 8:36 +. +"For what will a man give in exchange for his soul? -- mark 8:37 +. +"For whoever is ashamed of Me and My words in this adulterous and sinful generation, the Son of Man will also be ashamed of him when He comes in the glory of His Father with the holy angels." -- mark 8:38 +. +And Jesus was saying to them, "Truly I say to you, there are some of those who are standing here who will not taste death until they see the kingdom of God after it has come with power." -- mark 9:1 +. +Six days later, Jesus *took with Him Peter and James and John, and *brought them up on a high mountain by themselves. And He was transfigured before them; -- mark 9:2 +. +and His garments became radiant and exceedingly white, as no launderer on earth can whiten them. -- mark 9:3 +. +Elijah appeared to them along with Moses; and they were talking with Jesus. -- mark 9:4 +. +Peter *said to Jesus, "Rabbi, it is good for us to be here; let us make three tabernacles, one for You, and one for Moses, and one for Elijah." -- mark 9:5 +. +For he did not know what to answer; for they became terrified. -- mark 9:6 +. +Then a cloud formed, overshadowing them, and a voice came out of the cloud, "This is My beloved Son, listen to Him!" -- mark 9:7 +. +All at once they looked around and saw no one with them anymore, except Jesus alone. -- mark 9:8 +. +As they were coming down from the mountain, He gave them orders not to relate to anyone what they had seen, until the Son of Man rose from the dead. -- mark 9:9 +. +They seized upon that statement, discussing with one another what rising from the dead meant. -- mark 9:10 +. +They asked Him, saying, "Why is it that the scribes say that Elijah must come first?" -- mark 9:11 +. +And He said to them, "Elijah does first come and restore all things. And yet how is it written of the Son of Man that He will suffer many things and be treated with contempt? -- mark 9:12 +. +"But I say to you that Elijah has indeed come, and they did to him whatever they wished, just as it is written of him." -- mark 9:13 +. +When they came back to the disciples, they saw a large crowd around them, and some scribes arguing with them. -- mark 9:14 +. +Immediately, when the entire crowd saw Him, they were amazed and began running up to greet Him. -- mark 9:15 +. +And He asked them, "What are you discussing with them?" -- mark 9:16 +. +And one of the crowd answered Him, "Teacher, I brought You my son, possessed with a spirit which makes him mute; -- mark 9:17 +. +and whenever it seizes him, it slams him to the ground and he foams at the mouth, and grinds his teeth and stiffens out. I told Your disciples to cast it out, and they could not do it." -- mark 9:18 +. +And He *answered them and *said, "O unbelieving generation, how long shall I be with you? How long shall I put up with you? Bring him to Me!" -- mark 9:19 +. +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. -- mark 9:20 +. +And He asked his father, "How long has this been happening to him?" And he said, "From childhood. -- mark 9:21 +. +"It has often thrown him both into the fire and into the water to destroy him. But if You can do anything, take pity on us and help us!" -- mark 9:22 +. +And Jesus said to him, " 'If You can?' All things are possible to him who believes." -- mark 9:23 +. +Immediately the boy's father cried out and said, "I do believe; help my unbelief." -- mark 9:24 +. +When Jesus saw that a crowd was rapidly gathering, He rebuked the unclean spirit, saying to it, "You deaf and mute spirit, I command you, come out of him and do not enter him again." -- mark 9:25 +. +After crying out and throwing him into terrible convulsions, it came out; and the boy became so much like a corpse that most of them said, "He is dead!" -- mark 9:26 +. +But Jesus took him by the hand and raised him; and he got up. -- mark 9:27 +. +When He came into the house, His disciples began questioning Him privately, "Why could we not drive it out?" -- mark 9:28 +. +And He said to them, "This kind cannot come out by anything but prayer." -- mark 9:29 +. +From there they went out and began to go through Galilee, and He did not want anyone to know about it. -- mark 9:30 +. +For He was teaching His disciples and telling them, "The Son of Man is to be delivered into the hands of men, and they will kill Him; and when He has been killed, He will rise three days later." -- mark 9:31 +. +But they did not understand this statement, and they were afraid to ask Him. -- mark 9:32 +. +They came to Capernaum; and when He was in the house, He began to question them, "What were you discussing on the way?" -- mark 9:33 +. +But they kept silent, for on the way they had discussed with one another which of them was the greatest. -- mark 9:34 +. +Sitting down, He called the twelve and *said to them, "If anyone wants to be first, he shall be last of all and servant of all." -- mark 9:35 +. +Taking a child, He set him before them, and taking him in His arms, He said to them, -- mark 9:36 +. +"Whoever receives one child like this in My name receives Me; and whoever receives Me does not receive Me, but Him who sent Me." -- mark 9:37 +. +John said to Him, "Teacher, we saw someone casting out demons in Your name, and we tried to prevent him because he was not following us." -- mark 9:38 +. +But Jesus said, "Do not hinder him, for there is no one who will perform a miracle in My name, and be able soon afterward to speak evil of Me. -- mark 9:39 +. +"For he who is not against us is for us. -- mark 9:40 +. +"For whoever gives you a cup of water to drink because of your name as followers of Christ, truly I say to you, he will not lose his reward. -- mark 9:41 +. +"Whoever causes one of these little ones who believe to stumble, it would be better for him if, with a heavy millstone hung around his neck, he had been cast into the sea. -- mark 9:42 +. +"If your hand causes you to stumble, cut it off; it is better for you to enter life crippled, than, having your two hands, to go into hell, into the unquenchable fire, -- mark 9:43 +. +[where THEIR WORM DOES NOT DIE, AND THE FIRE IS NOT QUENCHED.] -- mark 9:44 +. +"If your foot causes you to stumble, cut it off; it is better for you to enter life lame, than, having your two feet, to be cast into hell, -- mark 9:45 +. +[where THEIR WORM DOES NOT DIE, AND THE FIRE IS NOT QUENCHED.] -- mark 9:46 +. +"If your eye causes you to stumble, throw it out; it is better for you to enter the kingdom of God with one eye, than, having two eyes, to be cast into hell, -- mark 9:47 +. +where THEIR WORM DOES NOT DIE, AND THE FIRE IS NOT QUENCHED. -- mark 9:48 +. +"For everyone will be salted with fire. -- mark 9:49 +. +"Salt is good; but if the salt becomes unsalty, with what will you make it salty again? Have salt in yourselves, and be at peace with one another." -- mark 9:50 +. +Getting up, He *went from there to the region of Judea and beyond the Jordan; crowds *gathered around Him again, and, according to His custom, He once more began to teach them. -- mark 10:1 +. +Some Pharisees came up to Jesus, testing Him, and began to question Him whether it was lawful for a man to divorce a wife. -- mark 10:2 +. +And He answered and said to them, "What did Moses command you?" -- mark 10:3 +. +They said, "Moses permitted a man TO WRITE A CERTIFICATE OF DIVORCE AND SEND her AWAY." -- mark 10:4 +. +But Jesus said to them, "Because of your hardness of heart he wrote you this commandment. -- mark 10:5 +. +"But from the beginning of creation, God MADE THEM MALE AND FEMALE. -- mark 10:6 +. +"FOR THIS REASON A MAN SHALL LEAVE HIS FATHER AND MOTHER, -- mark 10:7 +. +AND THE TWO SHALL BECOME ONE FLESH; so they are no longer two, but one flesh. -- mark 10:8 +. +"What therefore God has joined together, let no man separate." -- mark 10:9 +. +In the house the disciples began questioning Him about this again. -- mark 10:10 +. +And He *said to them, "Whoever divorces his wife and marries another woman commits adultery against her; -- mark 10:11 +. +and if she herself divorces her husband and marries another man, she is committing adultery." -- mark 10:12 +. +And they were bringing children to Him so that He might touch them; but the disciples rebuked them. -- mark 10:13 +. +But when Jesus saw this, He was indignant and said to them, "Permit the children to come to Me; do not hinder them; for the kingdom of God belongs to such as these. -- mark 10:14 +. +"Truly I say to you, whoever does not receive the kingdom of God like a child will not enter it at all." -- mark 10:15 +. +And He took them in His arms and began blessing them, laying His hands on them. -- mark 10:16 +. +As He was setting out on a journey, a man ran up to Him and knelt before Him, and asked Him, "Good Teacher, what shall I do to inherit eternal life?" -- mark 10:17 +. +And Jesus said to him, "Why do you call Me good? No one is good except God alone. -- mark 10:18 +. +"You know the commandments, 'DO NOT MURDER, DO NOT COMMIT ADULTERY, DO NOT STEAL, DO NOT BEAR FALSE WITNESS, Do not defraud, HONOR YOUR FATHER AND MOTHER.'" -- mark 10:19 +. +And he said to Him, "Teacher, I have kept all these things from my youth up." -- mark 10:20 +. +Looking at him, Jesus felt a love for him and said to him, "One thing you lack: go and sell all you possess and give to the poor, and you will have treasure in heaven; and come, follow Me." -- mark 10:21 +. +But at these words he was saddened, and he went away grieving, for he was one who owned much property. -- mark 10:22 +. +And Jesus, looking around, *said to His disciples, "How hard it will be for those who are wealthy to enter the kingdom of God!" -- mark 10:23 +. +The disciples were amazed at His words. But Jesus *answered again and *said to them, "Children, how hard it is to enter the kingdom of God! -- mark 10:24 +. +"It is easier for a camel to go through the eye of a needle than for a rich man to enter the kingdom of God." -- mark 10:25 +. +They were even more astonished and said to Him, "Then who can be saved?" -- mark 10:26 +. +Looking at them, Jesus *said, "With people it is impossible, but not with God; for all things are possible with God." -- mark 10:27 +. +Peter began to say to Him, "Behold, we have left everything and followed You." -- mark 10:28 +. +Jesus said, "Truly I say to you, there is no one who has left house or brothers or sisters or mother or father or children or farms, for My sake and for the gospel's sake, -- mark 10:29 +. +but that he will receive a hundred times as much now in the present age, houses and brothers and sisters and mothers and children and farms, along with persecutions; and in the age to come, eternal life. -- mark 10:30 +. +"But many who are first will be last, and the last, first." -- mark 10:31 +. +They were on the road going up to Jerusalem, and Jesus was walking on ahead of them; and they were amazed, and those who followed were fearful. And again He took the twelve aside and began to tell them what was going to happen to Him, -- mark 10:32 +. +saying, "Behold, we are going up to Jerusalem, and the Son of Man will be delivered to the chief priests and the scribes; and they will condemn Him to death and will hand Him over to the Gentiles. -- mark 10:33 +. +"They will mock Him and spit on Him, and scourge Him and kill Him, and three days later He will rise again." -- mark 10:34 +. +James and John, the two sons of Zebedee, *came up to Jesus, saying, "Teacher, we want You to do for us whatever we ask of You." -- mark 10:35 +. +And He said to them, "What do you want Me to do for you?" -- mark 10:36 +. +They said to Him, "Grant that we may sit, one on Your right and one on Your left, in Your glory." -- mark 10:37 +. +But Jesus said to them, "You do not know what you are asking. Are you able to drink the cup that I drink, or to be baptized with the baptism with which I am baptized?" -- mark 10:38 +. +They said to Him, "We are able." And Jesus said to them, "The cup that I drink you shall drink; and you shall be baptized with the baptism with which I am baptized. -- mark 10:39 +. +"But to sit on My right or on My left, this is not Mine to give; but it is for those for whom it has been prepared." -- mark 10:40 +. +Hearing this, the ten began to feel indignant with James and John. -- mark 10:41 +. +Calling them to Himself, Jesus *said to them, "You know that those who are recognized as rulers of the Gentiles lord it over them; and their great men exercise authority over them. -- mark 10:42 +. +"But it is not this way among you, but whoever wishes to become great among you shall be your servant; -- mark 10:43 +. +and whoever wishes to be first among you shall be slave of all. -- mark 10:44 +. +"For even the Son of Man did not come to be served, but to serve, and to give His life a ransom for many." -- mark 10:45 +. +Then they *came to Jericho. And as He was leaving Jericho with His disciples and a large crowd, a blind beggar named Bartimaeus, the son of Timaeus, was sitting by the road. -- mark 10:46 +. +When he heard that it was Jesus the Nazarene, he began to cry out and say, "Jesus, Son of David, have mercy on me!" -- mark 10:47 +. +Many were sternly telling him to be quiet, but he kept crying out all the more, "Son of David, have mercy on me!" -- mark 10:48 +. +And Jesus stopped and said, "Call him here." So they *called the blind man, saying to him, "Take courage, stand up! He is calling for you." -- mark 10:49 +. +Throwing aside his cloak, he jumped up and came to Jesus. -- mark 10:50 +. +And answering him, Jesus said, "What do you want Me to do for you?" And the blind man said to Him, "Rabboni, I want to regain my sight!" -- mark 10:51 +. +And Jesus said to him, "Go; your faith has made you well." Immediately he regained his sight and began following Him on the road. -- mark 10:52 +. +As they *approached Jerusalem, at Bethphage and Bethany, near the Mount of Olives, He *sent two of His disciples, -- mark 11:1 +. +and *said to them, "Go into the village opposite you, and immediately as you enter it, you will find a colt tied there, on which no one yet has ever sat; untie it and bring it here. -- mark 11:2 +. +"If anyone says to you, 'Why are you doing this?' you say, 'The Lord has need of it'; and immediately he will send it back here." -- mark 11:3 +. +They went away and found a colt tied at the door, outside in the street; and they *untied it. -- mark 11:4 +. +Some of the bystanders were saying to them, "What are you doing, untying the colt?" -- mark 11:5 +. +They spoke to them just as Jesus had told them, and they gave them permission. -- mark 11:6 +. +They *brought the colt to Jesus and put their coats on it; and He sat on it. -- mark 11:7 +. +And many spread their coats in the road, and others spread leafy branches which they had cut from the fields. -- mark 11:8 +. +Those who went in front and those who followed were shouting: "Hosanna! BLESSED IS HE WHO COMES IN THE NAME OF THE LORD; -- mark 11:9 +. +Blessed is the coming kingdom of our father David; Hosanna in the highest!" -- mark 11:10 +. +Jesus entered Jerusalem and came into the temple; and after looking around at everything, He left for Bethany with the twelve, since it was already late. -- mark 11:11 +. +On the next day, when they had left Bethany, He became hungry. -- mark 11:12 +. +Seeing at a distance a fig tree in leaf, He went to see if perhaps He would find anything on it; and when He came to it, He found nothing but leaves, for it was not the season for figs. -- mark 11:13 +. +He said to it, "May no one ever eat fruit from you again!" And His disciples were listening. -- mark 11:14 +. +Then they *came to Jerusalem. And He entered the temple and began to drive out those who were buying and selling in the temple, and overturned the tables of the money changers and the seats of those who were selling doves; -- mark 11:15 +. +and He would not permit anyone to carry merchandise through the temple. -- mark 11:16 +. +And He began to teach and say to them, "Is it not written, 'MY HOUSE SHALL BE CALLED A HOUSE OF PRAYER FOR ALL THE NATIONS'? But you have made it a ROBBERS' DEN." -- mark 11:17 +. +The chief priests and the scribes heard this, and began seeking how to destroy Him; for they were afraid of Him, for the whole crowd was astonished at His teaching. -- mark 11:18 +. +When evening came, they would go out of the city. -- mark 11:19 +. +As they were passing by in the morning, they saw the fig tree withered from the roots up. -- mark 11:20 +. +Being reminded, Peter *said to Him, "Rabbi, look, the fig tree which You cursed has withered." -- mark 11:21 +. +And Jesus *answered saying to them, "Have faith in God. -- mark 11:22 +. +"Truly I say to you, whoever says to this mountain, 'Be taken up and cast into the sea,' and does not doubt in his heart, but believes that what he says is going to happen, it will be granted him. -- mark 11:23 +. +"Therefore I say to you, all things for which you pray and ask, believe that you have received them, and they will be granted you. -- mark 11:24 +. +"Whenever you stand praying, forgive, if you have anything against anyone, so that your Father who is in heaven will also forgive you your transgressions. -- mark 11:25 +. +["But if you do not forgive, neither will your Father who is in heaven forgive your transgressions."] -- mark 11:26 +. +They *came again to Jerusalem. And as He was walking in the temple, the chief priests and the scribes and the elders *came to Him, -- mark 11:27 +. +and began saying to Him, "By what authority are You doing these things, or who gave You this authority to do these things?" -- mark 11:28 +. +And Jesus said to them, "I will ask you one question, and you answer Me, and then I will tell you by what authority I do these things. -- mark 11:29 +. +"Was the baptism of John from heaven, or from men? Answer Me." -- mark 11:30 +. +They began reasoning among themselves, saying, "If we say, 'From heaven,' He will say, 'Then why did you not believe him?' -- mark 11:31 +. +"But shall we say, 'From men'?"--they were afraid of the people, for everyone considered John to have been a real prophet. -- mark 11:32 +. +Answering Jesus, they *said, "We do not know." And Jesus *said to them, "Nor will I tell you by what authority I do these things." -- mark 11:33 +. +And He began to speak to them in parables: "A man PLANTED A VINEYARD AND PUT A WALL AROUND IT, AND DUG A VAT UNDER THE WINE PRESS AND BUILT A TOWER, and rented it out to vine-growers and went on a journey. -- mark 12:1 +. +"At the harvest time he sent a slave to the vine-growers, in order to receive some of the produce of the vineyard from the vine-growers. -- mark 12:2 +. +"They took him, and beat him and sent him away empty-handed. -- mark 12:3 +. +"Again he sent them another slave, and they wounded him in the head, and treated him shamefully. -- mark 12:4 +. +"And he sent another, and that one they killed; and so with many others, beating some and killing others. -- mark 12:5 +. +"He had one more to send, a beloved son; he sent him last of all to them, saying, 'They will respect my son.' -- mark 12:6 +. +"But those vine-growers said to one another, 'This is the heir; come, let us kill him, and the inheritance will be ours!' -- mark 12:7 +. +"They took him, and killed him and threw him out of the vineyard. -- mark 12:8 +. +"What will the owner of the vineyard do? He will come and destroy the vine-growers, and will give the vineyard to others. -- mark 12:9 +. +"Have you not even read this Scripture: 'THE STONE WHICH THE BUILDERS REJECTED, THIS BECAME THE CHIEF CORNER stone; -- mark 12:10 +. +THIS CAME ABOUT FROM THE LORD, AND IT IS MARVELOUS IN OUR EYES'?" -- mark 12:11 +. +And they were seeking to seize Him, and yet they feared the people, for they understood that He spoke the parable against them. And so they left Him and went away. -- mark 12:12 +. +Then they *sent some of the Pharisees and Herodians to Him in order to trap Him in a statement. -- mark 12:13 +. +They *came and *said to Him, "Teacher, we know that You are truthful and defer to no one; for You are not partial to any, but teach the way of God in truth. Is it lawful to pay a poll-tax to Caesar, or not? -- mark 12:14 +. +"Shall we pay or shall we not pay?" But He, knowing their hypocrisy, said to them, "Why are you testing Me? Bring Me a denarius to look at." -- mark 12:15 +. +They brought one. And He *said to them, "Whose likeness and inscription is this?" And they said to Him, "Caesar's." -- mark 12:16 +. +And Jesus said to them, "Render to Caesar the things that are Caesar's, and to God the things that are God's." And they were amazed at Him. -- mark 12:17 +. +Some Sadducees (who say that there is no resurrection) *came to Jesus, and began questioning Him, saying, -- mark 12:18 +. +"Teacher, Moses wrote for us that IF A MAN'S BROTHER DIES and leaves behind a wife AND LEAVES NO CHILD, HIS BROTHER SHOULD MARRY THE WIFE AND RAISE UP CHILDREN TO HIS BROTHER. -- mark 12:19 +. +"There were seven brothers; and the first took a wife, and died leaving no children. -- mark 12:20 +. +"The second one married her, and died leaving behind no children; and the third likewise; -- mark 12:21 +. +and so all seven left no children. Last of all the woman died also. -- mark 12:22 +. +"In the resurrection, when they rise again, which one's wife will she be? For all seven had married her." -- mark 12:23 +. +Jesus said to them, "Is this not the reason you are mistaken, that you do not understand the Scriptures or the power of God? -- mark 12:24 +. +"For when they rise from the dead, they neither marry nor are given in marriage, but are like angels in heaven. -- mark 12:25 +. +"But regarding the fact that the dead rise again, have you not read in the book of Moses, in the passage about the burning bush, how God spoke to him, saying, 'I AM THE GOD OF ABRAHAM, AND THE GOD OF ISAAC, and the God of Jacob'? -- mark 12:26 +. +"He is not the God of the dead, but of the living; you are greatly mistaken." -- mark 12:27 +. +One of the scribes came and heard them arguing, and recognizing that He had answered them well, asked Him, "What commandment is the foremost of all?" -- mark 12:28 +. +Jesus answered, "The foremost is, 'HEAR, O ISRAEL! THE LORD OUR GOD IS ONE LORD; -- mark 12:29 +. +AND YOU SHALL LOVE THE LORD YOUR GOD WITH ALL YOUR HEART, AND WITH ALL YOUR SOUL, AND WITH ALL YOUR MIND, AND WITH ALL YOUR STRENGTH.' -- mark 12:30 +. +"The second is this, 'YOU SHALL LOVE YOUR NEIGHBOR AS YOURSELF.' There is no other commandment greater than these." -- mark 12:31 +. +The scribe said to Him, "Right, Teacher; You have truly stated that HE IS ONE, AND THERE IS NO ONE ELSE BESIDES HIM; -- mark 12:32 +. +AND TO LOVE HIM WITH ALL THE HEART AND WITH ALL THE UNDERSTANDING AND WITH ALL THE STRENGTH, AND TO LOVE ONE'S NEIGHBOR AS HIMSELF, is much more than all burnt offerings and sacrifices." -- mark 12:33 +. +When Jesus saw that he had answered intelligently, He said to him, "You are not far from the kingdom of God." After that, no one would venture to ask Him any more questions. -- mark 12:34 +. +And Jesus began to say, as He taught in the temple, "How is it that the scribes say that the Christ is the son of David? -- mark 12:35 +. +"David himself said in the Holy Spirit, 'THE LORD SAID TO MY LORD, "SIT AT MY RIGHT HAND, UNTIL I PUT YOUR ENEMIES BENEATH YOUR FEET."' -- mark 12:36 +. +"David himself calls Him 'Lord'; so in what sense is He his son?" And the large crowd enjoyed listening to Him. -- mark 12:37 +. +In His teaching He was saying: "Beware of the scribes who like to walk around in long robes, and like respectful greetings in the market places, -- mark 12:38 +. +and chief seats in the synagogues and places of honor at banquets, -- mark 12:39 +. +who devour widows' houses, and for appearance's sake offer long prayers; these will receive greater condemnation." -- mark 12:40 +. +And He sat down opposite the treasury, and began observing how the people were putting money into the treasury; and many rich people were putting in large sums. -- mark 12:41 +. +A poor widow came and put in two small copper coins, which amount to a cent. -- mark 12:42 +. +Calling His disciples to Him, He said to them, "Truly I say to you, this poor widow put in more than all the contributors to the treasury; -- mark 12:43 +. +for they all put in out of their surplus, but she, out of her poverty, put in all she owned, all she had to live on." -- mark 12:44 +. +As He was going out of the temple, one of His disciples *said to Him, "Teacher, behold what wonderful stones and what wonderful buildings!" -- mark 13:1 +. +And Jesus said to him, "Do you see these great buildings? Not one stone will be left upon another which will not be torn down." -- mark 13:2 +. +As He was sitting on the Mount of Olives opposite the temple, Peter and James and John and Andrew were questioning Him privately, -- mark 13:3 +. +"Tell us, when will these things be, and what will be the sign when all these things are going to be fulfilled?" -- mark 13:4 +. +And Jesus began to say to them, "See to it that no one misleads you. -- mark 13:5 +. +"Many will come in My name, saying, 'I am He!' and will mislead many. -- mark 13:6 +. +"When you hear of wars and rumors of wars, do not be frightened; those things must take place; but that is not yet the end. -- mark 13:7 +. +"For nation will rise up against nation, and kingdom against kingdom; there will be earthquakes in various places; there will also be famines. These things are merely the beginning of birth pangs. -- mark 13:8 +. +"But be on your guard; for they will deliver you to the courts, and you will be flogged in the synagogues, and you will stand before governors and kings for My sake, as a testimony to them. -- mark 13:9 +. +"The gospel must first be preached to all the nations. -- mark 13:10 +. +"When they arrest you and hand you over, do not worry beforehand about what you are to say, but say whatever is given you in that hour; for it is not you who speak, but it is the Holy Spirit. -- mark 13:11 +. +"Brother will betray brother to death, and a father his child; and children will rise up against parents and have them put to death. -- mark 13:12 +. +"You will be hated by all because of My name, but the one who endures to the end, he will be saved. -- mark 13:13 +. +"But when you see the ABOMINATION OF DESOLATION standing where it should not be (let the reader understand), then those who are in Judea must flee to the mountains. -- mark 13:14 +. +"The one who is on the housetop must not go down, or go in to get anything out of his house; -- mark 13:15 +. +and the one who is in the field must not turn back to get his coat. -- mark 13:16 +. +"But woe to those who are pregnant and to those who are nursing babies in those days! -- mark 13:17 +. +"But pray that it may not happen in the winter. -- mark 13:18 +. +"For those days will be a time of tribulation such as has not occurred since the beginning of the creation which God created until now, and never will. -- mark 13:19 +. +"Unless the Lord had shortened those days, no life would have been saved; but for the sake of the elect, whom He chose, He shortened the days. -- mark 13:20 +. +"And then if anyone says to you, 'Behold, here is the Christ'; or, 'Behold, He is there'; do not believe him; -- mark 13:21 +. +for false Christs and false prophets will arise, and will show signs and wonders, in order to lead astray, if possible, the elect. -- mark 13:22 +. +"But take heed; behold, I have told you everything in advance. -- mark 13:23 +. +"But in those days, after that tribulation, THE SUN WILL BE DARKENED AND THE MOON WILL NOT GIVE ITS LIGHT, -- mark 13:24 +. +AND THE STARS WILL BE FALLING from heaven, and the powers that are in the heavens will be shaken. -- mark 13:25 +. +"Then they will see THE SON OF MAN COMING IN CLOUDS with great power and glory. -- mark 13:26 +. +"And then He will send forth the angels, and will gather together His elect from the four winds, from the farthest end of the earth to the farthest end of heaven. -- mark 13:27 +. +"Now learn the parable from the fig tree: when its branch has already become tender and puts forth its leaves, you know that summer is near. -- mark 13:28 +. +"Even so, you too, when you see these things happening, recognize that He is near, right at the door. -- mark 13:29 +. +"Truly I say to you, this generation will not pass away until all these things take place. -- mark 13:30 +. +"Heaven and earth will pass away, but My words will not pass away. -- mark 13:31 +. +"But of that day or hour no one knows, not even the angels in heaven, nor the Son, but the Father alone. -- mark 13:32 +. +"Take heed, keep on the alert; for you do not know when the appointed time will come. -- mark 13:33 +. +"It is like a man away on a journey, who upon leaving his house and putting his slaves in charge, assigning to each one his task, also commanded the doorkeeper to stay on the alert. -- mark 13:34 +. +"Therefore, be on the alert--for you do not know when the master of the house is coming, whether in the evening, at midnight, or when the rooster crows, or in the morning-- -- mark 13:35 +. +in case he should come suddenly and find you asleep. -- mark 13:36 +. +"What I say to you I say to all, 'Be on the alert!'" -- mark 13:37 +. +Now the Passover and Unleavened Bread were two days away; and the chief priests and the scribes were seeking how to seize Him by stealth and kill Him; -- mark 14:1 +. +for they were saying, "Not during the festival, otherwise there might be a riot of the people." -- mark 14:2 +. +While He was in Bethany at the home of Simon the leper, and reclining at the table, there came a woman with an alabaster vial of very costly perfume of pure nard; and she broke the vial and poured it over His head. -- mark 14:3 +. +But some were indignantly remarking to one another, "Why has this perfume been wasted? -- mark 14:4 +. +"For this perfume might have been sold for over three hundred denarii, and the money given to the poor." And they were scolding her. -- mark 14:5 +. +But Jesus said, "Let her alone; why do you bother her? She has done a good deed to Me. -- mark 14:6 +. +"For you always have the poor with you, and whenever you wish you can do good to them; but you do not always have Me. -- mark 14:7 +. +"She has done what she could; she has anointed My body beforehand for the burial. -- mark 14:8 +. +"Truly I say to you, wherever the gospel is preached in the whole world, what this woman has done will also be spoken of in memory of her." -- mark 14:9 +. +Then Judas Iscariot, who was one of the twelve, went off to the chief priests in order to betray Him to them. -- mark 14:10 +. +They were glad when they heard this, and promised to give him money. And he began seeking how to betray Him at an opportune time. -- mark 14:11 +. +On the first day of Unleavened Bread, when the Passover lamb was being sacrificed, His disciples *said to Him, "Where do You want us to go and prepare for You to eat the Passover?" -- mark 14:12 +. +And He *sent two of His disciples and *said to them, "Go into the city, and a man will meet you carrying a pitcher of water; follow him; -- mark 14:13 +. +and wherever he enters, say to the owner of the house, 'The Teacher says, "Where is My guest room in which I may eat the Passover with My disciples?"' -- mark 14:14 +. +"And he himself will show you a large upper room furnished and ready; prepare for us there." -- mark 14:15 +. +The disciples went out and came to the city, and found it just as He had told them; and they prepared the Passover. -- mark 14:16 +. +When it was evening He *came with the twelve. -- mark 14:17 +. +As they were reclining at the table and eating, Jesus said, "Truly I say to you that one of you will betray Me--one who is eating with Me." -- mark 14:18 +. +They began to be grieved and to say to Him one by one, "Surely not I?" -- mark 14:19 +. +And He said to them, "It is one of the twelve, one who dips with Me in the bowl. -- mark 14:20 +. +"For the Son of Man is to go just as it is written of Him; but woe to that man by whom the Son of Man is betrayed! It would have been good for that man if he had not been born." -- mark 14:21 +. +While they were eating, He took some bread, and after a blessing He broke it, and gave it to them, and said, "Take it; this is My body." -- mark 14:22 +. +And when He had taken a cup and given thanks, He gave it to them, and they all drank from it. -- mark 14:23 +. +And He said to them, "This is My blood of the covenant, which is poured out for many. -- mark 14:24 +. +"Truly I say to you, I will never again drink of the fruit of the vine until that day when I drink it new in the kingdom of God." -- mark 14:25 +. +After singing a hymn, they went out to the Mount of Olives. -- mark 14:26 +. +And Jesus *said to them, "You will all fall away, because it is written, 'I WILL STRIKE DOWN THE SHEPHERD, AND THE SHEEP SHALL BE SCATTERED.' -- mark 14:27 +. +"But after I have been raised, I will go ahead of you to Galilee." -- mark 14:28 +. +But Peter said to Him, "Even though all may fall away, yet I will not." -- mark 14:29 +. +And Jesus *said to him, "Truly I say to you, that this very night, before a rooster crows twice, you yourself will deny Me three times." -- mark 14:30 +. +But Peter kept saying insistently, "Even if I have to die with You, I will not deny You!" And they all were saying the same thing also. -- mark 14:31 +. +They *came to a place named Gethsemane; and He *said to His disciples, "Sit here until I have prayed." -- mark 14:32 +. +And He *took with Him Peter and James and John, and began to be very distressed and troubled. -- mark 14:33 +. +And He *said to them, "My soul is deeply grieved to the point of death; remain here and keep watch." -- mark 14:34 +. +And He went a little beyond them, and fell to the ground and began to pray that if it were possible, the hour might pass Him by. -- mark 14:35 +. +And He was saying, "Abba! Father! All things are possible for You; remove this cup from Me; yet not what I will, but what You will." -- mark 14:36 +. +And He *came and *found them sleeping, and *said to Peter, "Simon, are you asleep? Could you not keep watch for one hour? -- mark 14:37 +. +"Keep watching and praying that you may not come into temptation; the spirit is willing, but the flesh is weak." -- mark 14:38 +. +Again He went away and prayed, saying the same words. -- mark 14:39 +. +And again He came and found them sleeping, for their eyes were very heavy; and they did not know what to answer Him. -- mark 14:40 +. +And He *came the third time, and *said to them, "Are you still sleeping and resting? It is enough; the hour has come; behold, the Son of Man is being betrayed into the hands of sinners. -- mark 14:41 +. +"Get up, let us be going; behold, the one who betrays Me is at hand!" -- mark 14:42 +. +Immediately while He was still speaking, Judas, one of the twelve, *came up accompanied by a crowd with swords and clubs, who were from the chief priests and the scribes and the elders. -- mark 14:43 +. +Now he who was betraying Him had given them a signal, saying, "Whomever I kiss, He is the one; seize Him and lead Him away under guard." -- mark 14:44 +. +After coming, Judas immediately went to Him, saying, "Rabbi!" and kissed Him. -- mark 14:45 +. +They laid hands on Him and seized Him. -- mark 14:46 +. +But one of those who stood by drew his sword, and struck the slave of the high priest and cut off his ear. -- mark 14:47 +. +And Jesus said to them, "Have you come out with swords and clubs to arrest Me, as you would against a robber? -- mark 14:48 +. +"Every day I was with you in the temple teaching, and you did not seize Me; but this has taken place to fulfill the Scriptures." -- mark 14:49 +. +And they all left Him and fled. -- mark 14:50 +. +A young man was following Him, wearing nothing but a linen sheet over his naked body; and they *seized him. -- mark 14:51 +. +But he pulled free of the linen sheet and escaped naked. -- mark 14:52 +. +They led Jesus away to the high priest; and all the chief priests and the elders and the scribes *gathered together. -- mark 14:53 +. +Peter had followed Him at a distance, right into the courtyard of the high priest; and he was sitting with the officers and warming himself at the fire. -- mark 14:54 +. +Now the chief priests and the whole Council kept trying to obtain testimony against Jesus to put Him to death, and they were not finding any. -- mark 14:55 +. +For many were giving false testimony against Him, but their testimony was not consistent. -- mark 14:56 +. +Some stood up and began to give false testimony against Him, saying, -- mark 14:57 +. +"We heard Him say, 'I will destroy this temple made with hands, and in three days I will build another made without hands.'" -- mark 14:58 +. +Not even in this respect was their testimony consistent. -- mark 14:59 +. +The high priest stood up and came forward and questioned Jesus, saying, "Do You not answer? What is it that these men are testifying against You?" -- mark 14:60 +. +But He kept silent and did not answer. Again the high priest was questioning Him, and saying to Him, "Are You the Christ, the Son of the Blessed One?" -- mark 14:61 +. +And Jesus said, "I am; and you shall see THE SON OF MAN SITTING AT THE RIGHT HAND OF POWER, and COMING WITH THE CLOUDS OF HEAVEN." -- mark 14:62 +. +Tearing his clothes, the high priest *said, "What further need do we have of witnesses? -- mark 14:63 +. +"You have heard the blasphemy; how does it seem to you?" And they all condemned Him to be deserving of death. -- mark 14:64 +. +Some began to spit at Him, and to blindfold Him, and to beat Him with their fists, and to say to Him, "Prophesy!" And the officers received Him with slaps in the face. -- mark 14:65 +. +As Peter was below in the courtyard, one of the servant-girls of the high priest *came, -- mark 14:66 +. +and seeing Peter warming himself, she looked at him and *said, "You also were with Jesus the Nazarene." -- mark 14:67 +. +But he denied it, saying, "I neither know nor understand what you are talking about." And he went out onto the porch. -- mark 14:68 +. +The servant-girl saw him, and began once more to say to the bystanders, "This is one of them!" -- mark 14:69 +. +But again he denied it. And after a little while the bystanders were again saying to Peter, "Surely you are one of them, for you are a Galilean too." -- mark 14:70 +. +But he began to curse and swear, "I do not know this man you are talking about!" -- mark 14:71 +. +Immediately a rooster crowed a second time. And Peter remembered how Jesus had made the remark to him, "Before a rooster crows twice, you will deny Me three times." And he began to weep. -- mark 14:72 +. +Early in the morning the chief priests with the elders and scribes and the whole Council, immediately held a consultation; and binding Jesus, they led Him away and delivered Him to Pilate. -- mark 15:1 +. +Pilate questioned Him, "Are You the King of the Jews?" And He *answered him, "It is as you say." -- mark 15:2 +. +The chief priests began to accuse Him harshly. -- mark 15:3 +. +Then Pilate questioned Him again, saying, "Do You not answer? See how many charges they bring against You!" -- mark 15:4 +. +But Jesus made no further answer; so Pilate was amazed. -- mark 15:5 +. +Now at the feast he used to release for them any one prisoner whom they requested. -- mark 15:6 +. +The man named Barabbas had been imprisoned with the insurrectionists who had committed murder in the insurrection. -- mark 15:7 +. +The crowd went up and began asking him to do as he had been accustomed to do for them. -- mark 15:8 +. +Pilate answered them, saying, "Do you want me to release for you the King of the Jews?" -- mark 15:9 +. +For he was aware that the chief priests had handed Him over because of envy. -- mark 15:10 +. +But the chief priests stirred up the crowd to ask him to release Barabbas for them instead. -- mark 15:11 +. +Answering again, Pilate said to them, "Then what shall I do with Him whom you call the King of the Jews?" -- mark 15:12 +. +They shouted back, "Crucify Him!" -- mark 15:13 +. +But Pilate said to them, "Why, what evil has He done?" But they shouted all the more, "Crucify Him!" -- mark 15:14 +. +Wishing to satisfy the crowd, Pilate released Barabbas for them, and after having Jesus scourged, he handed Him over to be crucified. -- mark 15:15 +. +The soldiers took Him away into the palace (that is, the Praetorium), and they *called together the whole Roman cohort. -- mark 15:16 +. +They *dressed Him up in purple, and after twisting a crown of thorns, they put it on Him; -- mark 15:17 +. +and they began to acclaim Him, "Hail, King of the Jews!" -- mark 15:18 +. +They kept beating His head with a reed, and spitting on Him, and kneeling and bowing before Him. -- mark 15:19 +. +After they had mocked Him, they took the purple robe off Him and put His own garments on Him. And they *led Him out to crucify Him. -- mark 15:20 +. +They *pressed into service a passer-by coming from the country, Simon of Cyrene (the father of Alexander and Rufus), to bear His cross. -- mark 15:21 +. +Then they *brought Him to the place Golgotha, which is translated, Place of a Skull. -- mark 15:22 +. +They tried to give Him wine mixed with myrrh; but He did not take it. -- mark 15:23 +. +And they *crucified Him, and *divided up His garments among themselves, casting lots for them to decide what each man should take. -- mark 15:24 +. +It was the third hour when they crucified Him. -- mark 15:25 +. +The inscription of the charge against Him read, "THE KING OF THE JEWS." -- mark 15:26 +. +They *crucified two robbers with Him, one on His right and one on His left. -- mark 15:27 +. +[And the Scripture was fulfilled which says, "And He was numbered with transgressors."] -- mark 15:28 +. +Those passing by were hurling abuse at Him, wagging their heads, and saying, "Ha! You who are going to destroy the temple and rebuild it in three days, -- mark 15:29 +. +save Yourself, and come down from the cross!" -- mark 15:30 +. +In the same way the chief priests also, along with the scribes, were mocking Him among themselves and saying, "He saved others; He cannot save Himself. -- mark 15:31 +. +"Let this Christ, the King of Israel, now come down from the cross, so that we may see and believe!" Those who were crucified with Him were also insulting Him. -- mark 15:32 +. +When the sixth hour came, darkness fell over the whole land until the ninth hour. -- mark 15:33 +. +At the ninth hour Jesus cried out with a loud voice, "ELOI, ELOI, LAMA SABACHTHANI?" which is translated, "MY GOD, MY GOD, WHY HAVE YOU FORSAKEN ME?" -- mark 15:34 +. +When some of the bystanders heard it, they began saying, "Behold, He is calling for Elijah." -- mark 15:35 +. +Someone ran and filled a sponge with sour wine, put it on a reed, and gave Him a drink, saying, "Let us see whether Elijah will come to take Him down." -- mark 15:36 +. +And Jesus uttered a loud cry, and breathed His last. -- mark 15:37 +. +And the veil of the temple was torn in two from top to bottom. -- mark 15:38 +. +When the centurion, who was standing right in front of Him, saw the way He breathed His last, he said, "Truly this man was the Son of God!" -- mark 15:39 +. +There were also some women looking on from a distance, among whom were Mary Magdalene, and Mary the mother of James the Less and Joses, and Salome. -- mark 15:40 +. +When He was in Galilee, they used to follow Him and minister to Him; and there were many other women who came up with Him to Jerusalem. -- mark 15:41 +. +When evening had already come, because it was the preparation day, that is, the day before the Sabbath, -- mark 15:42 +. +Joseph of Arimathea came, a prominent member of the Council, who himself was waiting for the kingdom of God; and he gathered up courage and went in before Pilate, and asked for the body of Jesus. -- mark 15:43 +. +Pilate wondered if He was dead by this time, and summoning the centurion, he questioned him as to whether He was already dead. -- mark 15:44 +. +And ascertaining this from the centurion, he granted the body to Joseph. -- mark 15:45 +. +Joseph bought a linen cloth, took Him down, wrapped Him in the linen cloth and laid Him in a tomb which had been hewn out in the rock; and he rolled a stone against the entrance of the tomb. -- mark 15:46 +. +Mary Magdalene and Mary the mother of Joses were looking on to see where He was laid. -- mark 15:47 +. +When the Sabbath was over, Mary Magdalene, and Mary the mother of James, and Salome, bought spices, so that they might come and anoint Him. -- mark 16:1 +. +Very early on the first day of the week, they *came to the tomb when the sun had risen. -- mark 16:2 +. +They were saying to one another, "Who will roll away the stone for us from the entrance of the tomb?" -- mark 16:3 +. +Looking up, they *saw that the stone had been rolled away, although it was extremely large. -- mark 16:4 +. +Entering the tomb, they saw a young man sitting at the right, wearing a white robe; and they were amazed. -- mark 16:5 +. +And he *said to them, "Do not be amazed; you are looking for Jesus the Nazarene, who has been crucified. He has risen; He is not here; behold, here is the place where they laid Him. -- mark 16:6 +. +"But go, tell His disciples and Peter, 'He is going ahead of you to Galilee; there you will see Him, just as He told you.'" -- mark 16:7 +. +They went out and fled from the tomb, for trembling and astonishment had gripped them; and they said nothing to anyone, for they were afraid. -- mark 16:8 +. +[Now after He had risen early on the first day of the week, He first appeared to Mary Magdalene, from whom He had cast out seven demons. -- mark 16:9 +. +She went and reported to those who had been with Him, while they were mourning and weeping. -- mark 16:10 +. +When they heard that He was alive and had been seen by her, they refused to believe it. -- mark 16:11 +. +After that, He appeared in a different form to two of them while they were walking along on their way to the country. -- mark 16:12 +. +They went away and reported it to the others, but they did not believe them either. -- mark 16:13 +. +Afterward He appeared to the eleven themselves as they were reclining at the table; and He reproached them for their unbelief and hardness of heart, because they had not believed those who had seen Him after He had risen. -- mark 16:14 +. +And He said to them, "Go into all the world and preach the gospel to all creation. -- mark 16:15 +. +"He who has believed and has been baptized shall be saved; but he who has disbelieved shall be condemned. -- mark 16:16 +. +"These signs will accompany those who have believed: in My name they will cast out demons, they will speak with new tongues; -- mark 16:17 +. +they will pick up serpents, and if they drink any deadly poison, it will not hurt them; they will lay hands on the sick, and they will recover." -- mark 16:18 +. +So then, when the Lord Jesus had spoken to them, He was received up into heaven and sat down at the right hand of God. -- mark 16:19 +. +And they went out and preached everywhere, while the Lord worked with them, and confirmed the word by the signs that followed.] [And they promptly reported all these instructions to Peter and his companions. And after that, Jesus Himself sent out through them from east to west the sacred and imperishable proclamation of eternal salvation.] -- mark 16:20 +. +Inasmuch as many have undertaken to compile an account of the things accomplished among us, -- luke 1:1 +. +just as they were handed down to us by those who from the beginning were eyewitnesses and servants of the word, -- luke 1:2 +. +it seemed fitting for me as well, having investigated everything carefully from the beginning, to write it out for you in consecutive order, most excellent Theophilus; -- luke 1:3 +. +so that you may know the exact truth about the things you have been taught. -- luke 1:4 +. +In the days of Herod, king of Judea, there was a priest named Zacharias, of the division of Abijah; and he had a wife from the daughters of Aaron, and her name was Elizabeth. -- luke 1:5 +. +They were both righteous in the sight of God, walking blamelessly in all the commandments and requirements of the Lord. -- luke 1:6 +. +But they had no child, because Elizabeth was barren, and they were both advanced in years. -- luke 1:7 +. +Now it happened that while he was performing his priestly service before God in the appointed order of his division, -- luke 1:8 +. +according to the custom of the priestly office, he was chosen by lot to enter the temple of the Lord and burn incense. -- luke 1:9 +. +And the whole multitude of the people were in prayer outside at the hour of the incense offering. -- luke 1:10 +. +And an angel of the Lord appeared to him, standing to the right of the altar of incense. -- luke 1:11 +. +Zacharias was troubled when he saw the angel, and fear gripped him. -- luke 1:12 +. +But the angel said to him, "Do not be afraid, Zacharias, for your petition has been heard, and your wife Elizabeth will bear you a son, and you will give him the name John. -- luke 1:13 +. +"You will have joy and gladness, and many will rejoice at his birth. -- luke 1:14 +. +"For he will be great in the sight of the Lord; and he will drink no wine or liquor, and he will be filled with the Holy Spirit while yet in his mother's womb. -- luke 1:15 +. +"And he will turn many of the sons of Israel back to the Lord their God. -- luke 1:16 +. +"It is he who will go as a forerunner before Him in the spirit and power of Elijah, TO TURN THE HEARTS OF THE FATHERS BACK TO THE CHILDREN, and the disobedient to the attitude of the righteous, so as to make ready a people prepared for the Lord." -- luke 1:17 +. +Zacharias said to the angel, "How will I know this for certain? For I am an old man and my wife is advanced in years." -- luke 1:18 +. +The angel answered and said to him, "I am Gabriel, who stands in the presence of God, and I have been sent to speak to you and to bring you this good news. -- luke 1:19 +. +"And behold, you shall be silent and unable to speak until the day when these things take place, because you did not believe my words, which will be fulfilled in their proper time." -- luke 1:20 +. +The people were waiting for Zacharias, and were wondering at his delay in the temple. -- luke 1:21 +. +But when he came out, he was unable to speak to them; and they realized that he had seen a vision in the temple; and he kept making signs to them, and remained mute. -- luke 1:22 +. +When the days of his priestly service were ended, he went back home. -- luke 1:23 +. +After these days Elizabeth his wife became pregnant, and she kept herself in seclusion for five months, saying, -- luke 1:24 +. +"This is the way the Lord has dealt with me in the days when He looked with favor upon me, to take away my disgrace among men." -- luke 1:25 +. +Now in the sixth month the angel Gabriel was sent from God to a city in Galilee called Nazareth, -- luke 1:26 +. +to a virgin engaged to a man whose name was Joseph, of the descendants of David; and the virgin's name was Mary. -- luke 1:27 +. +And coming in, he said to her, "Greetings, favored one! The Lord is with you." -- luke 1:28 +. +But she was very perplexed at this statement, and kept pondering what kind of salutation this was. -- luke 1:29 +. +The angel said to her, "Do not be afraid, Mary; for you have found favor with God. -- luke 1:30 +. +"And behold, you will conceive in your womb and bear a son, and you shall name Him Jesus. -- luke 1:31 +. +"He will be great and will be called the Son of the Most High; and the Lord God will give Him the throne of His father David; -- luke 1:32 +. +and He will reign over the house of Jacob forever, and His kingdom will have no end." -- luke 1:33 +. +Mary said to the angel, "How can this be, since I am a virgin?" -- luke 1:34 +. +The angel answered and said to her, "The Holy Spirit will come upon you, and the power of the Most High will overshadow you; and for that reason the holy Child shall be called the Son of God. -- luke 1:35 +. +"And behold, even your relative Elizabeth has also conceived a son in her old age; and she who was called barren is now in her sixth month. -- luke 1:36 +. +"For nothing will be impossible with God." -- luke 1:37 +. +And Mary said, "Behold, the bondslave of the Lord; may it be done to me according to your word." And the angel departed from her. -- luke 1:38 +. +Now at this time Mary arose and went in a hurry to the hill country, to a city of Judah, -- luke 1:39 +. +and entered the house of Zacharias and greeted Elizabeth. -- luke 1:40 +. +When Elizabeth heard Mary's greeting, the baby leaped in her womb; and Elizabeth was filled with the Holy Spirit. -- luke 1:41 +. +And she cried out with a loud voice and said, "Blessed are you among women, and blessed is the fruit of your womb! -- luke 1:42 +. +"And how has it happened to me, that the mother of my Lord would come to me? -- luke 1:43 +. +"For behold, when the sound of your greeting reached my ears, the baby leaped in my womb for joy. -- luke 1:44 +. +"And blessed is she who believed that there would be a fulfillment of what had been spoken to her by the Lord." -- luke 1:45 +. +And Mary said: "My soul exalts the Lord, -- luke 1:46 +. +And my spirit has rejoiced in God my Savior. -- luke 1:47 +. +"For He has had regard for the humble state of His bondslave; For behold, from this time on all generations will count me blessed. -- luke 1:48 +. +"For the Mighty One has done great things for me; And holy is His name. -- luke 1:49 +. +"AND HIS MERCY IS UPON GENERATION AFTER GENERATION TOWARD THOSE WHO FEAR HIM. -- luke 1:50 +. +"He has done mighty deeds with His arm; He has scattered those who were proud in the thoughts of their heart. -- luke 1:51 +. +"He has brought down rulers from their thrones, And has exalted those who were humble. -- luke 1:52 +. +"HE HAS FILLED THE HUNGRY WITH GOOD THINGS; And sent away the rich empty-handed. -- luke 1:53 +. +"He has given help to Israel His servant, In remembrance of His mercy, -- luke 1:54 +. +As He spoke to our fathers, To Abraham and his descendants forever." -- luke 1:55 +. +And Mary stayed with her about three months, and then returned to her home. -- luke 1:56 +. +Now the time had come for Elizabeth to give birth, and she gave birth to a son. -- luke 1:57 +. +Her neighbors and her relatives heard that the Lord had displayed His great mercy toward her; and they were rejoicing with her. -- luke 1:58 +. +And it happened that on the eighth day they came to circumcise the child, and they were going to call him Zacharias, after his father. -- luke 1:59 +. +But his mother answered and said, "No indeed; but he shall be called John." -- luke 1:60 +. +And they said to her, "There is no one among your relatives who is called by that name." -- luke 1:61 +. +And they made signs to his father, as to what he wanted him called. -- luke 1:62 +. +And he asked for a tablet and wrote as follows, "His name is John." And they were all astonished. -- luke 1:63 +. +And at once his mouth was opened and his tongue loosed, and he began to speak in praise of God. -- luke 1:64 +. +Fear came on all those living around them; and all these matters were being talked about in all the hill country of Judea. -- luke 1:65 +. +All who heard them kept them in mind, saying, "What then will this child turn out to be?" For the hand of the Lord was certainly with him. -- luke 1:66 +. +And his father Zacharias was filled with the Holy Spirit, and prophesied, saying: -- luke 1:67 +. +"Blessed be the Lord God of Israel, For He has visited us and accomplished redemption for His people, -- luke 1:68 +. +And has raised up a horn of salvation for us In the house of David His servant-- -- luke 1:69 +. +As He spoke by the mouth of His holy prophets from of old-- -- luke 1:70 +. +Salvation FROM OUR ENEMIES, And FROM THE HAND OF ALL WHO HATE US; -- luke 1:71 +. +To show mercy toward our fathers, And to remember His holy covenant, -- luke 1:72 +. +The oath which He swore to Abraham our father, -- luke 1:73 +. +To grant us that we, being rescued from the hand of our enemies, Might serve Him without fear, -- luke 1:74 +. +In holiness and righteousness before Him all our days. -- luke 1:75 +. +"And you, child, will be called the prophet of the Most High; For you will go on BEFORE THE LORD TO PREPARE HIS WAYS; -- luke 1:76 +. +To give to His people the knowledge of salvation By the forgiveness of their sins, -- luke 1:77 +. +Because of the tender mercy of our God, With which the Sunrise from on high will visit us, -- luke 1:78 +. +TO SHINE UPON THOSE WHO SIT IN DARKNESS AND THE SHADOW OF DEATH, To guide our feet into the way of peace." -- luke 1:79 +. +And the child continued to grow and to become strong in spirit, and he lived in the deserts until the day of his public appearance to Israel. -- luke 1:80 +. +Now in those days a decree went out from Caesar Augustus, that a census be taken of all the inhabited earth. -- luke 2:1 +. +This was the first census taken while Quirinius was governor of Syria. -- luke 2:2 +. +And everyone was on his way to register for the census, each to his own city. -- luke 2:3 +. +Joseph also went up from Galilee, from the city of Nazareth, to Judea, to the city of David which is called Bethlehem, because he was of the house and family of David, -- luke 2:4 +. +in order to register along with Mary, who was engaged to him, and was with child. -- luke 2:5 +. +While they were there, the days were completed for her to give birth. -- luke 2:6 +. +And she gave birth to her firstborn son; and she wrapped Him in cloths, and laid Him in a manger, because there was no room for them in the inn. -- luke 2:7 +. +In the same region there were some shepherds staying out in the fields and keeping watch over their flock by night. -- luke 2:8 +. +And an angel of the Lord suddenly stood before them, and the glory of the Lord shone around them; and they were terribly frightened. -- luke 2:9 +. +But the angel said to them, "Do not be afraid; for behold, I bring you good news of great joy which will be for all the people; -- luke 2:10 +. +for today in the city of David there has been born for you a Savior, who is Christ the Lord. -- luke 2:11 +. +"This will be a sign for you: you will find a baby wrapped in cloths and lying in a manger." -- luke 2:12 +. +And suddenly there appeared with the angel a multitude of the heavenly host praising God and saying, -- luke 2:13 +. +"Glory to God in the highest, And on earth peace among men with whom He is pleased." -- luke 2:14 +. +When the angels had gone away from them into heaven, the shepherds began saying to one another, "Let us go straight to Bethlehem then, and see this thing that has happened which the Lord has made known to us." -- luke 2:15 +. +So they came in a hurry and found their way to Mary and Joseph, and the baby as He lay in the manger. -- luke 2:16 +. +When they had seen this, they made known the statement which had been told them about this Child. -- luke 2:17 +. +And all who heard it wondered at the things which were told them by the shepherds. -- luke 2:18 +. +But Mary treasured all these things, pondering them in her heart. -- luke 2:19 +. +The shepherds went back, glorifying and praising God for all that they had heard and seen, just as had been told them. -- luke 2:20 +. +And when eight days had passed, before His circumcision, His name was then called Jesus, the name given by the angel before He was conceived in the womb. -- luke 2:21 +. +And when the days for their purification according to the law of Moses were completed, they brought Him up to Jerusalem to present Him to the Lord -- luke 2:22 +. +(as it is written in the Law of the Lord, "EVERY firstborn MALE THAT OPENS THE WOMB SHALL BE CALLED HOLY TO THE LORD"), -- luke 2:23 +. +and to offer a sacrifice according to what was said in the Law of the Lord, "A PAIR OF TURTLEDOVES OR TWO YOUNG PIGEONS." -- luke 2:24 +. +And there was a man in Jerusalem whose name was Simeon; and this man was righteous and devout, looking for the consolation of Israel; and the Holy Spirit was upon him. -- luke 2:25 +. +And it had been revealed to him by the Holy Spirit that he would not see death before he had seen the Lord's Christ. -- luke 2:26 +. +And he came in the Spirit into the temple; and when the parents brought in the child Jesus, to carry out for Him the custom of the Law, -- luke 2:27 +. +then he took Him into his arms, and blessed God, and said, -- luke 2:28 +. +"Now Lord, You are releasing Your bond-servant to depart in peace, According to Your word; -- luke 2:29 +. +For my eyes have seen Your salvation, -- luke 2:30 +. +Which You have prepared in the presence of all peoples, -- luke 2:31 +. +A LIGHT OF REVELATION TO THE GENTILES, And the glory of Your people Israel." -- luke 2:32 +. +And His father and mother were amazed at the things which were being said about Him. -- luke 2:33 +. +And Simeon blessed them and said to Mary His mother, "Behold, this Child is appointed for the fall and rise of many in Israel, and for a sign to be opposed-- -- luke 2:34 +. +and a sword will pierce even your own soul--to the end that thoughts from many hearts may be revealed." -- luke 2:35 +. +And there was a prophetess, Anna the daughter of Phanuel, of the tribe of Asher. She was advanced in years and had lived with her husband seven years after her marriage, -- luke 2:36 +. +and then as a widow to the age of eighty-four. She never left the temple, serving night and day with fastings and prayers. -- luke 2:37 +. +At that very moment she came up and began giving thanks to God, and continued to speak of Him to all those who were looking for the redemption of Jerusalem. -- luke 2:38 +. +When they had performed everything according to the Law of the Lord, they returned to Galilee, to their own city of Nazareth. -- luke 2:39 +. +The Child continued to grow and become strong, increasing in wisdom; and the grace of God was upon Him. -- luke 2:40 +. +Now His parents went to Jerusalem every year at the Feast of the Passover. -- luke 2:41 +. +And when He became twelve, they went up there according to the custom of the Feast; -- luke 2:42 +. +and as they were returning, after spending the full number of days, the boy Jesus stayed behind in Jerusalem. But His parents were unaware of it, -- luke 2:43 +. +but supposed Him to be in the caravan, and went a day's journey; and they began looking for Him among their relatives and acquaintances. -- luke 2:44 +. +When they did not find Him, they returned to Jerusalem looking for Him. -- luke 2:45 +. +Then, after three days they found Him in the temple, sitting in the midst of the teachers, both listening to them and asking them questions. -- luke 2:46 +. +And all who heard Him were amazed at His understanding and His answers. -- luke 2:47 +. +When they saw Him, they were astonished; and His mother said to Him, "Son, why have You treated us this way? Behold, Your father and I have been anxiously looking for You." -- luke 2:48 +. +And He said to them, "Why is it that you were looking for Me? Did you not know that I had to be in My Father's house?" -- luke 2:49 +. +But they did not understand the statement which He had made to them. -- luke 2:50 +. +And He went down with them and came to Nazareth, and He continued in subjection to them; and His mother treasured all these things in her heart. -- luke 2:51 +. +And Jesus kept increasing in wisdom and stature, and in favor with God and men. -- luke 2:52 +. +Now in the fifteenth year of the reign of Tiberius Caesar, when Pontius Pilate was governor of Judea, and Herod was tetrarch of Galilee, and his brother Philip was tetrarch of the region of Ituraea and Trachonitis, and Lysanias was tetrarch of Abilene, -- luke 3:1 +. +in the high priesthood of Annas and Caiaphas, the word of God came to John, the son of Zacharias, in the wilderness. -- luke 3:2 +. +And he came into all the district around the Jordan, preaching a baptism of repentance for the forgiveness of sins; -- luke 3:3 +. +as it is written in the book of the words of Isaiah the prophet, "THE VOICE OF ONE CRYING IN THE WILDERNESS, 'MAKE READY THE WAY OF THE LORD, MAKE HIS PATHS STRAIGHT. -- luke 3:4 +. +'EVERY RAVINE WILL BE FILLED, AND EVERY MOUNTAIN AND HILL WILL BE BROUGHT LOW; THE CROOKED WILL BECOME STRAIGHT, AND THE ROUGH ROADS SMOOTH; -- luke 3:5 +. +AND ALL FLESH WILL SEE THE SALVATION OF GOD.'" -- luke 3:6 +. +So he began saying to the crowds who were going out to be baptized by him, "You brood of vipers, who warned you to flee from the wrath to come? -- luke 3:7 +. +"Therefore bear fruits in keeping with repentance, and do not begin to say to yourselves, 'We have Abraham for our father,' for I say to you that from these stones God is able to raise up children to Abraham. -- luke 3:8 +. +"Indeed the axe is already laid at the root of the trees; so every tree that does not bear good fruit is cut down and thrown into the fire." -- luke 3:9 +. +And the crowds were questioning him, saying, "Then what shall we do?" -- luke 3:10 +. +And he would answer and say to them, "The man who has two tunics is to share with him who has none; and he who has food is to do likewise." -- luke 3:11 +. +And some tax collectors also came to be baptized, and they said to him, "Teacher, what shall we do?" -- luke 3:12 +. +And he said to them, "Collect no more than what you have been ordered to." -- luke 3:13 +. +Some soldiers were questioning him, saying, "And what about us, what shall we do?" And he said to them, "Do not take money from anyone by force, or accuse anyone falsely, and be content with your wages." -- luke 3:14 +. +Now while the people were in a state of expectation and all were wondering in their hearts about John, as to whether he was the Christ, -- luke 3:15 +. +John answered and said to them all, "As for me, I baptize you with water; but One is coming who is mightier than I, and I am not fit to untie the thong of His sandals; He will baptize you with the Holy Spirit and fire. -- luke 3:16 +. +"His winnowing fork is in His hand to thoroughly clear His threshing floor, and to gather the wheat into His barn; but He will burn up the chaff with unquenchable fire." -- luke 3:17 +. +So with many other exhortations he preached the gospel to the people. -- luke 3:18 +. +But when Herod the tetrarch was reprimanded by him because of Herodias, his brother's wife, and because of all the wicked things which Herod had done, -- luke 3:19 +. +Herod also added this to them all: he locked John up in prison. -- luke 3:20 +. +Now when all the people were baptized, Jesus was also baptized, and while He was praying, heaven was opened, -- luke 3:21 +. +and the Holy Spirit descended upon Him in bodily form like a dove, and a voice came out of heaven, "You are My beloved Son, in You I am well-pleased." -- luke 3:22 +. +When He began His ministry, Jesus Himself was about thirty years of age, being, as was supposed, the son of Joseph, the son of Eli, -- luke 3:23 +. +the son of Matthat, the son of Levi, the son of Melchi, the son of Jannai, the son of Joseph, -- luke 3:24 +. +the son of Mattathias, the son of Amos, the son of Nahum, the son of Hesli, the son of Naggai, -- luke 3:25 +. +the son of Maath, the son of Mattathias, the son of Semein, the son of Josech, the son of Joda, -- luke 3:26 +. +the son of Joanan, the son of Rhesa, the son of Zerubbabel, the son of Shealtiel, the son of Neri, -- luke 3:27 +. +the son of Melchi, the son of Addi, the son of Cosam, the son of Elmadam, the son of Er, -- luke 3:28 +. +the son of Joshua, the son of Eliezer, the son of Jorim, the son of Matthat, the son of Levi, -- luke 3:29 +. +the son of Simeon, the son of Judah, the son of Joseph, the son of Jonam, the son of Eliakim, -- luke 3:30 +. +the son of Melea, the son of Menna, the son of Mattatha, the son of Nathan, the son of David, -- luke 3:31 +. +the son of Jesse, the son of Obed, the son of Boaz, the son of Salmon, the son of Nahshon, -- luke 3:32 +. +the son of Amminadab, the son of Admin, the son of Ram, the son of Hezron, the son of Perez, the son of Judah, -- luke 3:33 +. +the son of Jacob, the son of Isaac, the son of Abraham, the son of Terah, the son of Nahor, -- luke 3:34 +. +the son of Serug, the son of Reu, the son of Peleg, the son of Heber, the son of Shelah, -- luke 3:35 +. +the son of Cainan, the son of Arphaxad, the son of Shem, the son of Noah, the son of Lamech, -- luke 3:36 +. +the son of Methuselah, the son of Enoch, the son of Jared, the son of Mahalaleel, the son of Cainan, -- luke 3:37 +. +the son of Enosh, the son of Seth, the son of Adam, the son of God. -- luke 3:38 +. +Jesus, full of the Holy Spirit, returned from the Jordan and was led around by the Spirit in the wilderness -- luke 4:1 +. +for forty days, being tempted by the devil. And He ate nothing during those days, and when they had ended, He became hungry. -- luke 4:2 +. +And the devil said to Him, "If You are the Son of God, tell this stone to become bread." -- luke 4:3 +. +And Jesus answered him, "It is written, 'MAN SHALL NOT LIVE ON BREAD ALONE.'" -- luke 4:4 +. +And he led Him up and showed Him all the kingdoms of the world in a moment of time. -- luke 4:5 +. +And the devil said to Him, "I will give You all this domain and its glory; for it has been handed over to me, and I give it to whomever I wish. -- luke 4:6 +. +"Therefore if You worship before me, it shall all be Yours." -- luke 4:7 +. +Jesus answered him, "It is written, 'YOU SHALL WORSHIP THE LORD YOUR GOD AND SERVE HIM ONLY.'" -- luke 4:8 +. +And he led Him to Jerusalem and had Him stand on the pinnacle of the temple, and said to Him, "If You are the Son of God, throw Yourself down from here; -- luke 4:9 +. +for it is written, 'HE WILL COMMAND HIS ANGELS CONCERNING YOU TO GUARD YOU,' -- luke 4:10 +. +and, 'ON their HANDS THEY WILL BEAR YOU UP, SO THAT YOU WILL NOT STRIKE YOUR FOOT AGAINST A STONE.'" -- luke 4:11 +. +And Jesus answered and said to him, "It is said, 'YOU SHALL NOT PUT THE LORD YOUR GOD TO THE TEST.'" -- luke 4:12 +. +When the devil had finished every temptation, he left Him until an opportune time. -- luke 4:13 +. +And Jesus returned to Galilee in the power of the Spirit, and news about Him spread through all the surrounding district. -- luke 4:14 +. +And He began teaching in their synagogues and was praised by all. -- luke 4:15 +. +And He came to Nazareth, where He had been brought up; and as was His custom, He entered the synagogue on the Sabbath, and stood up to read. -- luke 4:16 +. +And the book of the prophet Isaiah was handed to Him. And He opened the book and found the place where it was written, -- luke 4:17 +. +"THE SPIRIT OF THE LORD IS UPON ME, BECAUSE HE ANOINTED ME TO PREACH THE GOSPEL TO THE POOR. HE HAS SENT ME TO PROCLAIM RELEASE TO THE CAPTIVES, AND RECOVERY OF SIGHT TO THE BLIND, TO SET FREE THOSE WHO ARE OPPRESSED, -- luke 4:18 +. +TO PROCLAIM THE FAVORABLE YEAR OF THE LORD." -- luke 4:19 +. +And He closed the book, gave it back to the attendant and sat down; and the eyes of all in the synagogue were fixed on Him. -- luke 4:20 +. +And He began to say to them, "Today this Scripture has been fulfilled in your hearing." -- luke 4:21 +. +And all were speaking well of Him, and wondering at the gracious words which were falling from His lips; and they were saying, "Is this not Joseph's son?" -- luke 4:22 +. +And He said to them, "No doubt you will quote this proverb to Me, 'Physician, heal yourself! Whatever we heard was done at Capernaum, do here in your hometown as well.'" -- luke 4:23 +. +And He said, "Truly I say to you, no prophet is welcome in his hometown. -- luke 4:24 +. +"But I say to you in truth, there were many widows in Israel in the days of Elijah, when the sky was shut up for three years and six months, when a great famine came over all the land; -- luke 4:25 +. +and yet Elijah was sent to none of them, but only to Zarephath, in the land of Sidon, to a woman who was a widow. -- luke 4:26 +. +"And there were many lepers in Israel in the time of Elisha the prophet; and none of them was cleansed, but only Naaman the Syrian." -- luke 4:27 +. +And all the people in the synagogue were filled with rage as they heard these things; -- luke 4:28 +. +and they got up and drove Him out of the city, and led Him to the brow of the hill on which their city had been built, in order to throw Him down the cliff. -- luke 4:29 +. +But passing through their midst, He went His way. -- luke 4:30 +. +And He came down to Capernaum, a city of Galilee, and He was teaching them on the Sabbath; -- luke 4:31 +. +and they were amazed at His teaching, for His message was with authority. -- luke 4:32 +. +In the synagogue there was a man possessed by the spirit of an unclean demon, and he cried out with a loud voice, -- luke 4:33 +. +"Let us alone! What business do we have with each other, Jesus of Nazareth? Have You come to destroy us? I know who You are--the Holy One of God!" -- luke 4:34 +. +But Jesus rebuked him, saying, "Be quiet and come out of him!" And when the demon had thrown him down in the midst of the people, he came out of him without doing him any harm. -- luke 4:35 +. +And amazement came upon them all, and they began talking with one another saying, "What is this message? For with authority and power He commands the unclean spirits and they come out." -- luke 4:36 +. +And the report about Him was spreading into every locality in the surrounding district. -- luke 4:37 +. +Then He got up and left the synagogue, and entered Simon's home. Now Simon's mother-in-law was suffering from a high fever, and they asked Him to help her. -- luke 4:38 +. +And standing over her, He rebuked the fever, and it left her; and she immediately got up and waited on them. -- luke 4:39 +. +While the sun was setting, all those who had any who were sick with various diseases brought them to Him; and laying His hands on each one of them, He was healing them. -- luke 4:40 +. +Demons also were coming out of many, shouting, "You are the Son of God!" But rebuking them, He would not allow them to speak, because they knew Him to be the Christ. -- luke 4:41 +. +When day came, Jesus left and went to a secluded place; and the crowds were searching for Him, and came to Him and tried to keep Him from going away from them. -- luke 4:42 +. +But He said to them, "I must preach the kingdom of God to the other cities also, for I was sent for this purpose." -- luke 4:43 +. +So He kept on preaching in the synagogues of Judea. -- luke 4:44 +. +Now it happened that while the crowd was pressing around Him and listening to the word of God, He was standing by the lake of Gennesaret; -- luke 5:1 +. +and He saw two boats lying at the edge of the lake; but the fishermen had gotten out of them and were washing their nets. -- luke 5:2 +. +And He got into one of the boats, which was Simon's, and asked him to put out a little way from the land. And He sat down and began teaching the people from the boat. -- luke 5:3 +. +When He had finished speaking, He said to Simon, "Put out into the deep water and let down your nets for a catch." -- luke 5:4 +. +Simon answered and said, "Master, we worked hard all night and caught nothing, but I will do as You say and let down the nets." -- luke 5:5 +. +When they had done this, they enclosed a great quantity of fish, and their nets began to break; -- luke 5:6 +. +so they signaled to their partners in the other boat for them to come and help them. And they came and filled both of the boats, so that they began to sink. -- luke 5:7 +. +But when Simon Peter saw that, he fell down at Jesus' feet, saying, "Go away from me Lord, for I am a sinful man!" -- luke 5:8 +. +For amazement had seized him and all his companions because of the catch of fish which they had taken; -- luke 5:9 +. +and so also were James and John, sons of Zebedee, who were partners with Simon. And Jesus said to Simon, "Do not fear, from now on you will be catching men." -- luke 5:10 +. +When they had brought their boats to land, they left everything and followed Him. -- luke 5:11 +. +While He was in one of the cities, behold, there was a man covered with leprosy; and when he saw Jesus, he fell on his face and implored Him, saying, "Lord, if You are willing, You can make me clean." -- luke 5:12 +. +And He stretched out His hand and touched him, saying, "I am willing; be cleansed." And immediately the leprosy left him. -- luke 5:13 +. +And He ordered him to tell no one, "But go and show yourself to the priest and make an offering for your cleansing, just as Moses commanded, as a testimony to them." -- luke 5:14 +. +But the news about Him was spreading even farther, and large crowds were gathering to hear Him and to be healed of their sicknesses. -- luke 5:15 +. +But Jesus Himself would often slip away to the wilderness and pray. -- luke 5:16 +. +One day He was teaching; and there were some Pharisees and teachers of the law sitting there, who had come from every village of Galilee and Judea and from Jerusalem; and the power of the Lord was present for Him to perform healing. -- luke 5:17 +. +And some men were carrying on a bed a man who was paralyzed; and they were trying to bring him in and to set him down in front of Him. -- luke 5:18 +. +But not finding any way to bring him in because of the crowd, they went up on the roof and let him down through the tiles with his stretcher, into the middle of the crowd, in front of Jesus. -- luke 5:19 +. +Seeing their faith, He said, "Friend, your sins are forgiven you." -- luke 5:20 +. +The scribes and the Pharisees began to reason, saying, "Who is this man who speaks blasphemies? Who can forgive sins, but God alone?" -- luke 5:21 +. +But Jesus, aware of their reasonings, answered and said to them, "Why are you reasoning in your hearts? -- luke 5:22 +. +"Which is easier, to say, 'Your sins have been forgiven you,' or to say, 'Get up and walk'? -- luke 5:23 +. +"But, so that you may know that the Son of Man has authority on earth to forgive sins,"--He said to the paralytic--"I say to you, get up, and pick up your stretcher and go home." -- luke 5:24 +. +Immediately he got up before them, and picked up what he had been lying on, and went home glorifying God. -- luke 5:25 +. +They were all struck with astonishment and began glorifying God; and they were filled with fear, saying, "We have seen remarkable things today." -- luke 5:26 +. +After that He went out and noticed a tax collector named Levi sitting in the tax booth, and He said to him, "Follow Me." -- luke 5:27 +. +And he left everything behind, and got up and began to follow Him. -- luke 5:28 +. +And Levi gave a big reception for Him in his house; and there was a great crowd of tax collectors and other people who were reclining at the table with them. -- luke 5:29 +. +The Pharisees and their scribes began grumbling at His disciples, saying, "Why do you eat and drink with the tax collectors and sinners?" -- luke 5:30 +. +And Jesus answered and said to them, "It is not those who are well who need a physician, but those who are sick. -- luke 5:31 +. +"I have not come to call the righteous but sinners to repentance." -- luke 5:32 +. +And they said to Him, "The disciples of John often fast and offer prayers, the disciples of the Pharisees also do the same, but Yours eat and drink." -- luke 5:33 +. +And Jesus said to them, "You cannot make the attendants of the bridegroom fast while the bridegroom is with them, can you? -- luke 5:34 +. +"But the days will come; and when the bridegroom is taken away from them, then they will fast in those days." -- luke 5:35 +. +And He was also telling them a parable: "No one tears a piece of cloth from a new garment and puts it on an old garment; otherwise he will both tear the new, and the piece from the new will not match the old. -- luke 5:36 +. +"And no one puts new wine into old wineskins; otherwise the new wine will burst the skins and it will be spilled out, and the skins will be ruined. -- luke 5:37 +. +"But new wine must be put into fresh wineskins. -- luke 5:38 +. +"And no one, after drinking old wine wishes for new; for he says, 'The old is good enough.'" -- luke 5:39 +. +Now it happened that He was passing through some grainfields on a Sabbath; and His disciples were picking the heads of grain, rubbing them in their hands, and eating the grain. -- luke 6:1 +. +But some of the Pharisees said, "Why do you do what is not lawful on the Sabbath?" -- luke 6:2 +. +And Jesus answering them said, "Have you not even read what David did when he was hungry, he and those who were with him, -- luke 6:3 +. +how he entered the house of God, and took and ate the consecrated bread which is not lawful for any to eat except the priests alone, and gave it to his companions?" -- luke 6:4 +. +And He was saying to them, "The Son of Man is Lord of the Sabbath." -- luke 6:5 +. +On another Sabbath He entered the synagogue and was teaching; and there was a man there whose right hand was withered. -- luke 6:6 +. +The scribes and the Pharisees were watching Him closely to see if He healed on the Sabbath, so that they might find reason to accuse Him. -- luke 6:7 +. +But He knew what they were thinking, and He said to the man with the withered hand, "Get up and come forward!" And he got up and came forward. -- luke 6:8 +. +And Jesus said to them, "I ask you, is it lawful to do good or to do harm on the Sabbath, to save a life or to destroy it?" -- luke 6:9 +. +After looking around at them all, He said to him, "Stretch out your hand!" And he did so; and his hand was restored. -- luke 6:10 +. +But they themselves were filled with rage, and discussed together what they might do to Jesus. -- luke 6:11 +. +It was at this time that He went off to the mountain to pray, and He spent the whole night in prayer to God. -- luke 6:12 +. +And when day came, He called His disciples to Him and chose twelve of them, whom He also named as apostles: -- luke 6:13 +. +Simon, whom He also named Peter, and Andrew his brother; and James and John; and Philip and Bartholomew; -- luke 6:14 +. +and Matthew and Thomas; James the son of Alphaeus, and Simon who was called the Zealot; -- luke 6:15 +. +Judas the son of James, and Judas Iscariot, who became a traitor. -- luke 6:16 +. +Jesus came down with them and stood on a level place; and there was a large crowd of His disciples, and a great throng of people from all Judea and Jerusalem and the coastal region of Tyre and Sidon, -- luke 6:17 +. +who had come to hear Him and to be healed of their diseases; and those who were troubled with unclean spirits were being cured. -- luke 6:18 +. +And all the people were trying to touch Him, for power was coming from Him and healing them all. -- luke 6:19 +. +And turning His gaze toward His disciples, He began to say, "Blessed are you who are poor, for yours is the kingdom of God. -- luke 6:20 +. +"Blessed are you who hunger now, for you shall be satisfied. Blessed are you who weep now, for you shall laugh. -- luke 6:21 +. +"Blessed are you when men hate you, and ostracize you, and insult you, and scorn your name as evil, for the sake of the Son of Man. -- luke 6:22 +. +"Be glad in that day and leap for joy, for behold, your reward is great in heaven. For in the same way their fathers used to treat the prophets. -- luke 6:23 +. +"But woe to you who are rich, for you are receiving your comfort in full. -- luke 6:24 +. +"Woe to you who are well-fed now, for you shall be hungry. Woe to you who laugh now, for you shall mourn and weep. -- luke 6:25 +. +"Woe to you when all men speak well of you, for their fathers used to treat the false prophets in the same way. -- luke 6:26 +. +"But I say to you who hear, love your enemies, do good to those who hate you, -- luke 6:27 +. +bless those who curse you, pray for those who mistreat you. -- luke 6:28 +. +"Whoever hits you on the cheek, offer him the other also; and whoever takes away your coat, do not withhold your shirt from him either. -- luke 6:29 +. +"Give to everyone who asks of you, and whoever takes away what is yours, do not demand it back. -- luke 6:30 +. +"Treat others the same way you want them to treat you. -- luke 6:31 +. +"If you love those who love you, what credit is that to you? For even sinners love those who love them. -- luke 6:32 +. +"If you do good to those who do good to you, what credit is that to you? For even sinners do the same. -- luke 6:33 +. +"If you lend to those from whom you expect to receive, what credit is that to you? Even sinners lend to sinners in order to receive back the same amount. -- luke 6:34 +. +"But love your enemies, and do good, and lend, expecting nothing in return; and your reward will be great, and you will be sons of the Most High; for He Himself is kind to ungrateful and evil men. -- luke 6:35 +. +"Be merciful, just as your Father is merciful. -- luke 6:36 +. +"Do not judge, and you will not be judged; and do not condemn, and you will not be condemned; pardon, and you will be pardoned. -- luke 6:37 +. +"Give, and it will be given to you. They will pour into your lap a good measure--pressed down, shaken together, and running over. For by your standard of measure it will be measured to you in return." -- luke 6:38 +. +And He also spoke a parable to them: "A blind man cannot guide a blind man, can he? Will they not both fall into a pit? -- luke 6:39 +. +"A pupil is not above his teacher; but everyone, after he has been fully trained, will be like his teacher. -- luke 6:40 +. +"Why do you look at the speck that is in your brother's eye, but do not notice the log that is in your own eye? -- luke 6:41 +. +"Or how can you say to your brother, 'Brother, let me take out the speck that is in your eye,' when you yourself do not see the log that is in your own eye? You hypocrite, first take the log out of your own eye, and then you will see clearly to take out the speck that is in your brother's eye. -- luke 6:42 +. +"For there is no good tree which produces bad fruit, nor, on the other hand, a bad tree which produces good fruit. -- luke 6:43 +. +"For each tree is known by its own fruit. For men do not gather figs from thorns, nor do they pick grapes from a briar bush. -- luke 6:44 +. +"The good man out of the good treasure of his heart brings forth what is good; and the evil man out of the evil treasure brings forth what is evil; for his mouth speaks from that which fills his heart. -- luke 6:45 +. +"Why do you call Me, 'Lord, Lord,' and do not do what I say? -- luke 6:46 +. +"Everyone who comes to Me and hears My words and acts on them, I will show you whom he is like: -- luke 6:47 +. +he is like a man building a house, who dug deep and laid a foundation on the rock; and when a flood occurred, the torrent burst against that house and could not shake it, because it had been well built. -- luke 6:48 +. +"But the one who has heard and has not acted accordingly, is like a man who built a house on the ground without any foundation; and the torrent burst against it and immediately it collapsed, and the ruin of that house was great." -- luke 6:49 +. +When He had completed all His discourse in the hearing of the people, He went to Capernaum. -- luke 7:1 +. +And a centurion's slave, who was highly regarded by him, was sick and about to die. -- luke 7:2 +. +When he heard about Jesus, he sent some Jewish elders asking Him to come and save the life of his slave. -- luke 7:3 +. +When they came to Jesus, they earnestly implored Him, saying, "He is worthy for You to grant this to him; -- luke 7:4 +. +for he loves our nation and it was he who built us our synagogue." -- luke 7:5 +. +Now Jesus started on His way with them; and when He was not far from the house, the centurion sent friends, saying to Him, "Lord, do not trouble Yourself further, for I am not worthy for You to come under my roof; -- luke 7:6 +. +for this reason I did not even consider myself worthy to come to You, but just say the word, and my servant will be healed. -- luke 7:7 +. +"For I also am a man placed under authority, with soldiers under me; and I say to this one, 'Go!' and he goes, and to another, 'Come!' and he comes, and to my slave, 'Do this!' and he does it." -- luke 7:8 +. +Now when Jesus heard this, He marveled at him, and turned and said to the crowd that was following Him, "I say to you, not even in Israel have I found such great faith." -- luke 7:9 +. +When those who had been sent returned to the house, they found the slave in good health. -- luke 7:10 +. +Soon afterwards He went to a city called Nain; and His disciples were going along with Him, accompanied by a large crowd. -- luke 7:11 +. +Now as He approached the gate of the city, a dead man was being carried out, the only son of his mother, and she was a widow; and a sizeable crowd from the city was with her. -- luke 7:12 +. +When the Lord saw her, He felt compassion for her, and said to her, "Do not weep." -- luke 7:13 +. +And He came up and touched the coffin; and the bearers came to a halt. And He said, "Young man, I say to you, arise!" -- luke 7:14 +. +The dead man sat up and began to speak. And Jesus gave him back to his mother. -- luke 7:15 +. +Fear gripped them all, and they began glorifying God, saying, "A great prophet has arisen among us!" and, "God has visited His people!" -- luke 7:16 +. +This report concerning Him went out all over Judea and in all the surrounding district. -- luke 7:17 +. +The disciples of John reported to him about all these things. -- luke 7:18 +. +Summoning two of his disciples, John sent them to the Lord, saying, "Are You the Expected One, or do we look for someone else?" -- luke 7:19 +. +When the men came to Him, they said, "John the Baptist has sent us to You, to ask, 'Are You the Expected One, or do we look for someone else?'" -- luke 7:20 +. +At that very time He cured many people of diseases and afflictions and evil spirits; and He gave sight to many who were blind. -- luke 7:21 +. +And He answered and said to them, "Go and report to John what you have seen and heard: the BLIND RECEIVE SIGHT, the lame walk, the lepers are cleansed, and the deaf hear, the dead are raised up, the POOR HAVE THE GOSPEL PREACHED TO THEM. -- luke 7:22 +. +"Blessed is he who does not take offense at Me." -- luke 7:23 +. +When the messengers of John had left, He began to speak to the crowds about John, "What did you go out into the wilderness to see? A reed shaken by the wind? -- luke 7:24 +. +"But what did you go out to see? A man dressed in soft clothing? Those who are splendidly clothed and live in luxury are found in royal palaces! -- luke 7:25 +. +"But what did you go out to see? A prophet? Yes, I say to you, and one who is more than a prophet. -- luke 7:26 +. +"This is the one about whom it is written, 'BEHOLD, I SEND MY MESSENGER AHEAD OF YOU, WHO WILL PREPARE YOUR WAY BEFORE YOU.' -- luke 7:27 +. +"I say to you, among those born of women there is no one greater than John; yet he who is least in the kingdom of God is greater than he." -- luke 7:28 +. +When all the people and the tax collectors heard this, they acknowledged God's justice, having been baptized with the baptism of John. -- luke 7:29 +. +But the Pharisees and the lawyers rejected God's purpose for themselves, not having been baptized by John. -- luke 7:30 +. +"To what then shall I compare the men of this generation, and what are they like? -- luke 7:31 +. +"They are like children who sit in the market place and call to one another, and they say, 'We played the flute for you, and you did not dance; we sang a dirge, and you did not weep.' -- luke 7:32 +. +"For John the Baptist has come eating no bread and drinking no wine, and you say, 'He has a demon!' -- luke 7:33 +. +"The Son of Man has come eating and drinking, and you say, 'Behold, a gluttonous man and a drunkard, a friend of tax collectors and sinners!' -- luke 7:34 +. +"Yet wisdom is vindicated by all her children." -- luke 7:35 +. +Now one of the Pharisees was requesting Him to dine with him, and He entered the Pharisee's house and reclined at the table. -- luke 7:36 +. +And there was a woman in the city who was a sinner; and when she learned that He was reclining at the table in the Pharisee's house, she brought an alabaster vial of perfume, -- luke 7:37 +. +and standing behind Him at His feet, weeping, she began to wet His feet with her tears, and kept wiping them with the hair of her head, and kissing His feet and anointing them with the perfume. -- luke 7:38 +. +Now when the Pharisee who had invited Him saw this, he said to himself, "If this man were a prophet He would know who and what sort of person this woman is who is touching Him, that she is a sinner." -- luke 7:39 +. +And Jesus answered him, "Simon, I have something to say to you." And he replied, "Say it, Teacher." -- luke 7:40 +. +"A moneylender had two debtors: one owed five hundred denarii, and the other fifty. -- luke 7:41 +. +"When they were unable to repay, he graciously forgave them both. So which of them will love him more?" -- luke 7:42 +. +Simon answered and said, "I suppose the one whom he forgave more." And He said to him, "You have judged correctly." -- luke 7:43 +. +Turning toward the woman, He said to Simon, "Do you see this woman? I entered your house; you gave Me no water for My feet, but she has wet My feet with her tears and wiped them with her hair. -- luke 7:44 +. +"You gave Me no kiss; but she, since the time I came in, has not ceased to kiss My feet. -- luke 7:45 +. +"You did not anoint My head with oil, but she anointed My feet with perfume. -- luke 7:46 +. +"For this reason I say to you, her sins, which are many, have been forgiven, for she loved much; but he who is forgiven little, loves little." -- luke 7:47 +. +Then He said to her, "Your sins have been forgiven." -- luke 7:48 +. +Those who were reclining at the table with Him began to say to themselves, "Who is this man who even forgives sins?" -- luke 7:49 +. +And He said to the woman, "Your faith has saved you; go in peace." -- luke 7:50 +. +Soon afterwards, He began going around from one city and village to another, proclaiming and preaching the kingdom of God. The twelve were with Him, -- luke 8:1 +. +and also some women who had been healed of evil spirits and sicknesses: Mary who was called Magdalene, from whom seven demons had gone out, -- luke 8:2 +. +and Joanna the wife of Chuza, Herod's steward, and Susanna, and many others who were contributing to their support out of their private means. -- luke 8:3 +. +When a large crowd was coming together, and those from the various cities were journeying to Him, He spoke by way of a parable: -- luke 8:4 +. +"The sower went out to sow his seed; and as he sowed, some fell beside the road, and it was trampled under foot and the birds of the air ate it up. -- luke 8:5 +. +"Other seed fell on rocky soil, and as soon as it grew up, it withered away, because it had no moisture. -- luke 8:6 +. +"Other seed fell among the thorns; and the thorns grew up with it and choked it out. -- luke 8:7 +. +"Other seed fell into the good soil, and grew up, and produced a crop a hundred times as great." As He said these things, He would call out, "He who has ears to hear, let him hear." -- luke 8:8 +. +His disciples began questioning Him as to what this parable meant. -- luke 8:9 +. +And He said, "To you it has been granted to know the mysteries of the kingdom of God, but to the rest it is in parables, so that SEEING THEY MAY NOT SEE, AND HEARING THEY MAY NOT UNDERSTAND. -- luke 8:10 +. +"Now the parable is this: the seed is the word of God. -- luke 8:11 +. +"Those beside the road are those who have heard; then the devil comes and takes away the word from their heart, so that they will not believe and be saved. -- luke 8:12 +. +"Those on the rocky soil are those who, when they hear, receive the word with joy; and these have no firm root; they believe for a while, and in time of temptation fall away. -- luke 8:13 +. +"The seed which fell among the thorns, these are the ones who have heard, and as they go on their way they are choked with worries and riches and pleasures of this life, and bring no fruit to maturity. -- luke 8:14 +. +"But the seed in the good soil, these are the ones who have heard the word in an honest and good heart, and hold it fast, and bear fruit with perseverance. -- luke 8:15 +. +"Now no one after lighting a lamp covers it over with a container, or puts it under a bed; but he puts it on a lampstand, so that those who come in may see the light. -- luke 8:16 +. +"For nothing is hidden that will not become evident, nor anything secret that will not be known and come to light. -- luke 8:17 +. +"So take care how you listen; for whoever has, to him more shall be given; and whoever does not have, even what he thinks he has shall be taken away from him." -- luke 8:18 +. +And His mother and brothers came to Him, and they were unable to get to Him because of the crowd. -- luke 8:19 +. +And it was reported to Him, "Your mother and Your brothers are standing outside, wishing to see You." -- luke 8:20 +. +But He answered and said to them, "My mother and My brothers are these who hear the word of God and do it." -- luke 8:21 +. +Now on one of those days Jesus and His disciples got into a boat, and He said to them, "Let us go over to the other side of the lake." So they launched out. -- luke 8:22 +. +But as they were sailing along He fell asleep; and a fierce gale of wind descended on the lake, and they began to be swamped and to be in danger. -- luke 8:23 +. +They came to Jesus and woke Him up, saying, "Master, Master, we are perishing!" And He got up and rebuked the wind and the surging waves, and they stopped, and it became calm. -- luke 8:24 +. +And He said to them, "Where is your faith?" They were fearful and amazed, saying to one another, "Who then is this, that He commands even the winds and the water, and they obey Him?" -- luke 8:25 +. +Then they sailed to the country of the Gerasenes, which is opposite Galilee. -- luke 8:26 +. +And when He came out onto the land, He was met by a man from the city who was possessed with demons; and who had not put on any clothing for a long time, and was not living in a house, but in the tombs. -- luke 8:27 +. +Seeing Jesus, he cried out and fell before Him, and said in a loud voice, "What business do we have with each other, Jesus, Son of the Most High God? I beg You, do not torment me." -- luke 8:28 +. +For He had commanded the unclean spirit to come out of the man. For it had seized him many times; and he was bound with chains and shackles and kept under guard, and yet he would break his bonds and be driven by the demon into the desert. -- luke 8:29 +. +And Jesus asked him, "What is your name?" And he said, "Legion"; for many demons had entered him. -- luke 8:30 +. +They were imploring Him not to command them to go away into the abyss. -- luke 8:31 +. +Now there was a herd of many swine feeding there on the mountain; and the demons implored Him to permit them to enter the swine. And He gave them permission. -- luke 8:32 +. +And the demons came out of the man and entered the swine; and the herd rushed down the steep bank into the lake and was drowned. -- luke 8:33 +. +When the herdsmen saw what had happened, they ran away and reported it in the city and out in the country. -- luke 8:34 +. +The people went out to see what had happened; and they came to Jesus, and found the man from whom the demons had gone out, sitting down at the feet of Jesus, clothed and in his right mind; and they became frightened. -- luke 8:35 +. +Those who had seen it reported to them how the man who was demon-possessed had been made well. -- luke 8:36 +. +And all the people of the country of the Gerasenes and the surrounding district asked Him to leave them, for they were gripped with great fear; and He got into a boat and returned. -- luke 8:37 +. +But the man from whom the demons had gone out was begging Him that he might accompany Him; but He sent him away, saying, -- luke 8:38 +. +"Return to your house and describe what great things God has done for you." So he went away, proclaiming throughout the whole city what great things Jesus had done for him. -- luke 8:39 +. +And as Jesus returned, the people welcomed Him, for they had all been waiting for Him. -- luke 8:40 +. +And there came a man named Jairus, and he was an official of the synagogue; and he fell at Jesus' feet, and began to implore Him to come to his house; -- luke 8:41 +. +for he had an only daughter, about twelve years old, and she was dying. But as He went, the crowds were pressing against Him. -- luke 8:42 +. +And a woman who had a hemorrhage for twelve years, and could not be healed by anyone, -- luke 8:43 +. +came up behind Him and touched the fringe of His cloak, and immediately her hemorrhage stopped. -- luke 8:44 +. +And Jesus said, "Who is the one who touched Me?" And while they were all denying it, Peter said, "Master, the people are crowding and pressing in on You." -- luke 8:45 +. +But Jesus said, "Someone did touch Me, for I was aware that power had gone out of Me." -- luke 8:46 +. +When the woman saw that she had not escaped notice, she came trembling and fell down before Him, and declared in the presence of all the people the reason why she had touched Him, and how she had been immediately healed. -- luke 8:47 +. +And He said to her, "Daughter, your faith has made you well; go in peace." -- luke 8:48 +. +While He was still speaking, someone *came from the house of the synagogue official, saying, "Your daughter has died; do not trouble the Teacher anymore." -- luke 8:49 +. +But when Jesus heard this, He answered him, "Do not be afraid any longer; only believe, and she will be made well." -- luke 8:50 +. +When He came to the house, He did not allow anyone to enter with Him, except Peter and John and James, and the girl's father and mother. -- luke 8:51 +. +Now they were all weeping and lamenting for her; but He said, "Stop weeping, for she has not died, but is asleep." -- luke 8:52 +. +And they began laughing at Him, knowing that she had died. -- luke 8:53 +. +He, however, took her by the hand and called, saying, "Child, arise!" -- luke 8:54 +. +And her spirit returned, and she got up immediately; and He gave orders for something to be given her to eat. -- luke 8:55 +. +Her parents were amazed; but He instructed them to tell no one what had happened. -- luke 8:56 +. +And He called the twelve together, and gave them power and authority over all the demons and to heal diseases. -- luke 9:1 +. +And He sent them out to proclaim the kingdom of God and to perform healing. -- luke 9:2 +. +And He said to them, "Take nothing for your journey, neither a staff, nor a bag, nor bread, nor money; and do not even have two tunics apiece. -- luke 9:3 +. +"Whatever house you enter, stay there until you leave that city. -- luke 9:4 +. +"And as for those who do not receive you, as you go out from that city, shake the dust off your feet as a testimony against them." -- luke 9:5 +. +Departing, they began going throughout the villages, preaching the gospel and healing everywhere. -- luke 9:6 +. +Now Herod the tetrarch heard of all that was happening; and he was greatly perplexed, because it was said by some that John had risen from the dead, -- luke 9:7 +. +and by some that Elijah had appeared, and by others that one of the prophets of old had risen again. -- luke 9:8 +. +Herod said, "I myself had John beheaded; but who is this man about whom I hear such things?" And he kept trying to see Him. -- luke 9:9 +. +When the apostles returned, they gave an account to Him of all that they had done. Taking them with Him, He withdrew by Himself to a city called Bethsaida. -- luke 9:10 +. +But the crowds were aware of this and followed Him; and welcoming them, He began speaking to them about the kingdom of God and curing those who had need of healing. -- luke 9:11 +. +Now the day was ending, and the twelve came and said to Him, "Send the crowd away, that they may go into the surrounding villages and countryside and find lodging and get something to eat; for here we are in a desolate place." -- luke 9:12 +. +But He said to them, "You give them something to eat!" And they said, "We have no more than five loaves and two fish, unless perhaps we go and buy food for all these people." -- luke 9:13 +. +(For there were about five thousand men.) And He said to His disciples, "Have them sit down to eat in groups of about fifty each." -- luke 9:14 +. +They did so, and had them all sit down. -- luke 9:15 +. +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. -- luke 9:16 +. +And they all ate and were satisfied; and the broken pieces which they had left over were picked up, twelve baskets full. -- luke 9:17 +. +And it happened that while He was praying alone, the disciples were with Him, and He questioned them, saying, "Who do the people say that I am?" -- luke 9:18 +. +They answered and said, "John the Baptist, and others say Elijah; but others, that one of the prophets of old has risen again." -- luke 9:19 +. +And He said to them, "But who do you say that I am?" And Peter answered and said, "The Christ of God." -- luke 9:20 +. +But He warned them and instructed them not to tell this to anyone, -- luke 9:21 +. +saying, "The Son of Man must suffer many things and be rejected by the elders and chief priests and scribes, and be killed and be raised up on the third day." -- luke 9:22 +. +And He was saying to them all, "If anyone wishes to come after Me, he must deny himself, and take up his cross daily and follow Me. -- luke 9:23 +. +"For whoever wishes to save his life will lose it, but whoever loses his life for My sake, he is the one who will save it. -- luke 9:24 +. +"For what is a man profited if he gains the whole world, and loses or forfeits himself? -- luke 9:25 +. +"For whoever is ashamed of Me and My words, the Son of Man will be ashamed of him when He comes in His glory, and the glory of the Father and of the holy angels. -- luke 9:26 +. +"But I say to you truthfully, there are some of those standing here who will not taste death until they see the kingdom of God." -- luke 9:27 +. +Some eight days after these sayings, He took along Peter and John and James, and went up on the mountain to pray. -- luke 9:28 +. +And while He was praying, the appearance of His face became different, and His clothing became white and gleaming. -- luke 9:29 +. +And behold, two men were talking with Him; and they were Moses and Elijah, -- luke 9:30 +. +who, appearing in glory, were speaking of His departure which He was about to accomplish at Jerusalem. -- luke 9:31 +. +Now Peter and his companions had been overcome with sleep; but when they were fully awake, they saw His glory and the two men standing with Him. -- luke 9:32 +. +And as these were leaving Him, Peter said to Jesus, "Master, it is good for us to be here; let us make three tabernacles: one for You, and one for Moses, and one for Elijah"--not realizing what he was saying. -- luke 9:33 +. +While he was saying this, a cloud formed and began to overshadow them; and they were afraid as they entered the cloud. -- luke 9:34 +. +Then a voice came out of the cloud, saying, "This is My Son, My Chosen One; listen to Him!" -- luke 9:35 +. +And when the voice had spoken, Jesus was found alone. And they kept silent, and reported to no one in those days any of the things which they had seen. -- luke 9:36 +. +On the next day, when they came down from the mountain, a large crowd met Him. -- luke 9:37 +. +And a man from the crowd shouted, saying, "Teacher, I beg You to look at my son, for he is my only boy, -- luke 9:38 +. +and a spirit seizes him, and he suddenly screams, and it throws him into a convulsion with foaming at the mouth; and only with difficulty does it leave him, mauling him as it leaves. -- luke 9:39 +. +"I begged Your disciples to cast it out, and they could not." -- luke 9:40 +. +And Jesus answered and said, "You unbelieving and perverted generation, how long shall I be with you and put up with you? Bring your son here." -- luke 9:41 +. +While he was still approaching, the demon slammed him to the ground and threw him into a convulsion. But Jesus rebuked the unclean spirit, and healed the boy and gave him back to his father. -- luke 9:42 +. +And they were all amazed at the greatness of God. But while everyone was marveling at all that He was doing, He said to His disciples, -- luke 9:43 +. +"Let these words sink into your ears; for the Son of Man is going to be delivered into the hands of men." -- luke 9:44 +. +But they did not understand this statement, and it was concealed from them so that they would not perceive it; and they were afraid to ask Him about this statement. -- luke 9:45 +. +An argument started among them as to which of them might be the greatest. -- luke 9:46 +. +But Jesus, knowing what they were thinking in their heart, took a child and stood him by His side, -- luke 9:47 +. +and said to them, "Whoever receives this child in My name receives Me, and whoever receives Me receives Him who sent Me; for the one who is least among all of you, this is the one who is great." -- luke 9:48 +. +John answered and said, "Master, we saw someone casting out demons in Your name; and we tried to prevent him because he does not follow along with us." -- luke 9:49 +. +But Jesus said to him, "Do not hinder him; for he who is not against you is for you." -- luke 9:50 +. +When the days were approaching for His ascension, He was determined to go to Jerusalem; -- luke 9:51 +. +and He sent messengers on ahead of Him, and they went and entered a village of the Samaritans to make arrangements for Him. -- luke 9:52 +. +But they did not receive Him, because He was traveling toward Jerusalem. -- luke 9:53 +. +When His disciples James and John saw this, they said, "Lord, do You want us to command fire to come down from heaven and consume them?" -- luke 9:54 +. +But He turned and rebuked them, [and said, "You do not know what kind of spirit you are of; -- luke 9:55 +. +for the Son of Man did not come to destroy men's lives, but to save them."] And they went on to another village. -- luke 9:56 +. +As they were going along the road, someone said to Him, "I will follow You wherever You go." -- luke 9:57 +. +And Jesus said to him, "The foxes have holes and the birds of the air have nests, but the Son of Man has nowhere to lay His head." -- luke 9:58 +. +And He said to another, "Follow Me." But he said, "Lord, permit me first to go and bury my father." -- luke 9:59 +. +But He said to him, "Allow the dead to bury their own dead; but as for you, go and proclaim everywhere the kingdom of God." -- luke 9:60 +. +Another also said, "I will follow You, Lord; but first permit me to say good-bye to those at home." -- luke 9:61 +. +But Jesus said to him, "No one, after putting his hand to the plow and looking back, is fit for the kingdom of God." -- luke 9:62 +. +Now after this the Lord appointed seventy others, and sent them in pairs ahead of Him to every city and place where He Himself was going to come. -- luke 10:1 +. +And He was saying to them, "The harvest is plentiful, but the laborers are few; therefore beseech the Lord of the harvest to send out laborers into His harvest. -- luke 10:2 +. +"Go; behold, I send you out as lambs in the midst of wolves. -- luke 10:3 +. +"Carry no money belt, no bag, no shoes; and greet no one on the way. -- luke 10:4 +. +"Whatever house you enter, first say, 'Peace be to this house.' -- luke 10:5 +. +"If a man of peace is there, your peace will rest on him; but if not, it will return to you. -- luke 10:6 +. +"Stay in that house, eating and drinking what they give you; for the laborer is worthy of his wages. Do not keep moving from house to house. -- luke 10:7 +. +"Whatever city you enter and they receive you, eat what is set before you; -- luke 10:8 +. +and heal those in it who are sick, and say to them, 'The kingdom of God has come near to you.' -- luke 10:9 +. +"But whatever city you enter and they do not receive you, go out into its streets and say, -- luke 10:10 +. +'Even the dust of your city which clings to our feet we wipe off in protest against you; yet be sure of this, that the kingdom of God has come near.' -- luke 10:11 +. +"I say to you, it will be more tolerable in that day for Sodom than for that city. -- luke 10:12 +. +"Woe to you, Chorazin! Woe to you, Bethsaida! For if the miracles had been performed in Tyre and Sidon which occurred in you, they would have repented long ago, sitting in sackcloth and ashes. -- luke 10:13 +. +"But it will be more tolerable for Tyre and Sidon in the judgment than for you. -- luke 10:14 +. +"And you, Capernaum, will not be exalted to heaven, will you? You will be brought down to Hades! -- luke 10:15 +. +"The one who listens to you listens to Me, and the one who rejects you rejects Me; and he who rejects Me rejects the One who sent Me." -- luke 10:16 +. +The seventy returned with joy, saying, "Lord, even the demons are subject to us in Your name." -- luke 10:17 +. +And He said to them, "I was watching Satan fall from heaven like lightning. -- luke 10:18 +. +"Behold, I have given you authority to tread on serpents and scorpions, and over all the power of the enemy, and nothing will injure you. -- luke 10:19 +. +"Nevertheless do not rejoice in this, that the spirits are subject to you, but rejoice that your names are recorded in heaven." -- luke 10:20 +. +At that very time He rejoiced greatly in the Holy Spirit, and said, "I praise You, O Father, Lord of heaven and earth, that You have hidden these things from the wise and intelligent and have revealed them to infants. Yes, Father, for this way was well-pleasing in Your sight. -- luke 10:21 +. +"All things have been handed over to Me by My Father, and no one knows who the Son is except the Father, and who the Father is except the Son, and anyone to whom the Son wills to reveal Him." -- luke 10:22 +. +Turning to the disciples, He said privately, "Blessed are the eyes which see the things you see, -- luke 10:23 +. +for I say to you, that many prophets and kings wished to see the things which you see, and did not see them, and to hear the things which you hear, and did not hear them." -- luke 10:24 +. +And a lawyer stood up and put Him to the test, saying, "Teacher, what shall I do to inherit eternal life?" -- luke 10:25 +. +And He said to him, "What is written in the Law? How does it read to you?" -- luke 10:26 +. +And he answered, "YOU SHALL LOVE THE LORD YOUR GOD WITH ALL YOUR HEART, AND WITH ALL YOUR SOUL, AND WITH ALL YOUR STRENGTH, AND WITH ALL YOUR MIND; AND YOUR NEIGHBOR AS YOURSELF." -- luke 10:27 +. +And He said to him, "You have answered correctly; DO THIS AND YOU WILL LIVE." -- luke 10:28 +. +But wishing to justify himself, he said to Jesus, "And who is my neighbor?" -- luke 10:29 +. +Jesus replied and said, "A man was going down from Jerusalem to Jericho, and fell among robbers, and they stripped him and beat him, and went away leaving him half dead. -- luke 10:30 +. +"And by chance a priest was going down on that road, and when he saw him, he passed by on the other side. -- luke 10:31 +. +"Likewise a Levite also, when he came to the place and saw him, passed by on the other side. -- luke 10:32 +. +"But a Samaritan, who was on a journey, came upon him; and when he saw him, he felt compassion, -- luke 10:33 +. +and came to him and bandaged up his wounds, pouring oil and wine on them; and he put him on his own beast, and brought him to an inn and took care of him. -- luke 10:34 +. +"On the next day he took out two denarii and gave them to the innkeeper and said, 'Take care of him; and whatever more you spend, when I return I will repay you.' -- luke 10:35 +. +"Which of these three do you think proved to be a neighbor to the man who fell into the robbers' hands?" -- luke 10:36 +. +And he said, "The one who showed mercy toward him." Then Jesus said to him, "Go and do the same." -- luke 10:37 +. +Now as they were traveling along, He entered a village; and a woman named Martha welcomed Him into her home. -- luke 10:38 +. +She had a sister called Mary, who was seated at the Lord's feet, listening to His word. -- luke 10:39 +. +But Martha was distracted with all her preparations; and she came up to Him and said, "Lord, do You not care that my sister has left me to do all the serving alone? Then tell her to help me." -- luke 10:40 +. +But the Lord answered and said to her, "Martha, Martha, you are worried and bothered about so many things; -- luke 10:41 +. +but only one thing is necessary, for Mary has chosen the good part, which shall not be taken away from her." -- luke 10:42 +. +It happened that while Jesus was praying in a certain place, after He had finished, one of His disciples said to Him, "Lord, teach us to pray just as John also taught his disciples." -- luke 11:1 +. +And He said to them, "When you pray, say: 'Father, hallowed be Your name. Your kingdom come. -- luke 11:2 +. +'Give us each day our daily bread. -- luke 11:3 +. +'And forgive us our sins, For we ourselves also forgive everyone who is indebted to us. And lead us not into temptation.'" -- luke 11:4 +. +Then He said to them, "Suppose one of you has a friend, and goes to him at midnight and says to him, 'Friend, lend me three loaves; -- luke 11:5 +. +for a friend of mine has come to me from a journey, and I have nothing to set before him'; -- luke 11:6 +. +and from inside he answers and says, 'Do not bother me; the door has already been shut and my children and I are in bed; I cannot get up and give you anything.' -- luke 11:7 +. +"I tell you, even though he will not get up and give him anything because he is his friend, yet because of his persistence he will get up and give him as much as he needs. -- luke 11:8 +. +"So I say to you, ask, and it will be given to you; seek, and you will find; knock, and it will be opened to you. -- luke 11:9 +. +"For everyone who asks, receives; and he who seeks, finds; and to him who knocks, it will be opened. -- luke 11:10 +. +"Now suppose one of you fathers is asked by his son for a fish; he will not give him a snake instead of a fish, will he? -- luke 11:11 +. +"Or if he is asked for an egg, he will not give him a scorpion, will he? -- luke 11:12 +. +"If you then, being evil, know how to give good gifts to your children, how much more will your heavenly Father give the Holy Spirit to those who ask Him?" -- luke 11:13 +. +And He was casting out a demon, and it was mute; when the demon had gone out, the mute man spoke; and the crowds were amazed. -- luke 11:14 +. +But some of them said, "He casts out demons by Beelzebul, the ruler of the demons." -- luke 11:15 +. +Others, to test Him, were demanding of Him a sign from heaven. -- luke 11:16 +. +But He knew their thoughts and said to them, "Any kingdom divided against itself is laid waste; and a house divided against itself falls. -- luke 11:17 +. +"If Satan also is divided against himself, how will his kingdom stand? For you say that I cast out demons by Beelzebul. -- luke 11:18 +. +"And if I by Beelzebul cast out demons, by whom do your sons cast them out? So they will be your judges. -- luke 11:19 +. +"But if I cast out demons by the finger of God, then the kingdom of God has come upon you. -- luke 11:20 +. +"When a strong man, fully armed, guards his own house, his possessions are undisturbed. -- luke 11:21 +. +"But when someone stronger than he attacks him and overpowers him, he takes away from him all his armor on which he had relied and distributes his plunder. -- luke 11:22 +. +"He who is not with Me is against Me; and he who does not gather with Me, scatters. -- luke 11:23 +. +"When the unclean spirit goes out of a man, it passes through waterless places seeking rest, and not finding any, it says, 'I will return to my house from which I came.' -- luke 11:24 +. +"And when it comes, it finds it swept and put in order. -- luke 11:25 +. +"Then it goes and takes along seven other spirits more evil than itself, and they go in and live there; and the last state of that man becomes worse than the first." -- luke 11:26 +. +While Jesus was saying these things, one of the women in the crowd raised her voice and said to Him, "Blessed is the womb that bore You and the breasts at which You nursed." -- luke 11:27 +. +But He said, "On the contrary, blessed are those who hear the word of God and observe it." -- luke 11:28 +. +As the crowds were increasing, He began to say, "This generation is a wicked generation; it seeks for a sign, and yet no sign will be given to it but the sign of Jonah. -- luke 11:29 +. +"For just as Jonah became a sign to the Ninevites, so will the Son of Man be to this generation. -- luke 11:30 +. +"The Queen of the South will rise up with the men of this generation at the judgment and condemn them, because she came from the ends of the earth to hear the wisdom of Solomon; and behold, something greater than Solomon is here. -- luke 11:31 +. +"The men of Nineveh will stand up with this generation at the judgment and condemn it, because they repented at the preaching of Jonah; and behold, something greater than Jonah is here. -- luke 11:32 +. +"No one, after lighting a lamp, puts it away in a cellar nor under a basket, but on the lampstand, so that those who enter may see the light. -- luke 11:33 +. +"The eye is the lamp of your body; when your eye is clear, your whole body also is full of light; but when it is bad, your body also is full of darkness. -- luke 11:34 +. +"Then watch out that the light in you is not darkness. -- luke 11:35 +. +"If therefore your whole body is full of light, with no dark part in it, it will be wholly illumined, as when the lamp illumines you with its rays." -- luke 11:36 +. +Now when He had spoken, a Pharisee *asked Him to have lunch with him; and He went in, and reclined at the table. -- luke 11:37 +. +When the Pharisee saw it, he was surprised that He had not first ceremonially washed before the meal. -- luke 11:38 +. +But the Lord said to him, "Now you Pharisees clean the outside of the cup and of the platter; but inside of you, you are full of robbery and wickedness. -- luke 11:39 +. +"You foolish ones, did not He who made the outside make the inside also? -- luke 11:40 +. +"But give that which is within as charity, and then all things are clean for you. -- luke 11:41 +. +"But woe to you Pharisees! For you pay tithe of mint and rue and every kind of garden herb, and yet disregard justice and the love of God; but these are the things you should have done without neglecting the others. -- luke 11:42 +. +"Woe to you Pharisees! For you love the chief seats in the synagogues and the respectful greetings in the market places. -- luke 11:43 +. +"Woe to you! For you are like concealed tombs, and the people who walk over them are unaware of it." -- luke 11:44 +. +One of the lawyers *said to Him in reply, "Teacher, when You say this, You insult us too." -- luke 11:45 +. +But He said, "Woe to you lawyers as well! For you weigh men down with burdens hard to bear, while you yourselves will not even touch the burdens with one of your fingers. -- luke 11:46 +. +"Woe to you! For you build the tombs of the prophets, and it was your fathers who killed them. -- luke 11:47 +. +"So you are witnesses and approve the deeds of your fathers; because it was they who killed them, and you build their tombs. -- luke 11:48 +. +"For this reason also the wisdom of God said, 'I will send to them prophets and apostles, and some of them they will kill and some they will persecute, -- luke 11:49 +. +so that the blood of all the prophets, shed since the foundation of the world, may be charged against this generation, -- luke 11:50 +. +from the blood of Abel to the blood of Zechariah, who was killed between the altar and the house of God; yes, I tell you, it shall be charged against this generation.' -- luke 11:51 +. +"Woe to you lawyers! For you have taken away the key of knowledge; you yourselves did not enter, and you hindered those who were entering." -- luke 11:52 +. +When He left there, the scribes and the Pharisees began to be very hostile and to question Him closely on many subjects, -- luke 11:53 +. +plotting against Him to catch Him in something He might say. -- luke 11:54 +. +Under these circumstances, after so many thousands of people had gathered together that they were stepping on one another, He began saying to His disciples first of all, "Beware of the leaven of the Pharisees, which is hypocrisy. -- luke 12:1 +. +"But there is nothing covered up that will not be revealed, and hidden that will not be known. -- luke 12:2 +. +"Accordingly, whatever you have said in the dark will be heard in the light, and what you have whispered in the inner rooms will be proclaimed upon the housetops. -- luke 12:3 +. +"I say to you, My friends, do not be afraid of those who kill the body and after that have no more that they can do. -- luke 12:4 +. +"But I will warn you whom to fear: fear the One who, after He has killed, has authority to cast into hell; yes, I tell you, fear Him! -- luke 12:5 +. +"Are not five sparrows sold for two cents? Yet not one of them is forgotten before God. -- luke 12:6 +. +"Indeed, the very hairs of your head are all numbered. Do not fear; you are more valuable than many sparrows. -- luke 12:7 +. +"And I say to you, everyone who confesses Me before men, the Son of Man will confess him also before the angels of God; -- luke 12:8 +. +but he who denies Me before men will be denied before the angels of God. -- luke 12:9 +. +"And everyone who speaks a word against the Son of Man, it will be forgiven him; but he who blasphemes against the Holy Spirit, it will not be forgiven him. -- luke 12:10 +. +"When they bring you before the synagogues and the rulers and the authorities, do not worry about how or what you are to speak in your defense, or what you are to say; -- luke 12:11 +. +for the Holy Spirit will teach you in that very hour what you ought to say." -- luke 12:12 +. +Someone in the crowd said to Him, "Teacher, tell my brother to divide the family inheritance with me." -- luke 12:13 +. +But He said to him, "Man, who appointed Me a judge or arbitrator over you?" -- luke 12:14 +. +Then He said to them, "Beware, and be on your guard against every form of greed; for not even when one has an abundance does his life consist of his possessions." -- luke 12:15 +. +And He told them a parable, saying, "The land of a rich man was very productive. -- luke 12:16 +. +"And he began reasoning to himself, saying, 'What shall I do, since I have no place to store my crops?' -- luke 12:17 +. +"Then he said, 'This is what I will do: I will tear down my barns and build larger ones, and there I will store all my grain and my goods. -- luke 12:18 +. +'And I will say to my soul, "Soul, you have many goods laid up for many years to come; take your ease, eat, drink and be merry."' -- luke 12:19 +. +"But God said to him, 'You fool! This very night your soul is required of you; and now who will own what you have prepared?' -- luke 12:20 +. +"So is the man who stores up treasure for himself, and is not rich toward God." -- luke 12:21 +. +And He said to His disciples, "For this reason I say to you, do not worry about your life, as to what you will eat; nor for your body, as to what you will put on. -- luke 12:22 +. +"For life is more than food, and the body more than clothing. -- luke 12:23 +. +"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! -- luke 12:24 +. +"And which of you by worrying can add a single hour to his life's span? -- luke 12:25 +. +"If then you cannot do even a very little thing, why do you worry about other matters? -- luke 12:26 +. +"Consider the lilies, how they grow: they neither toil nor spin; but I tell you, not even Solomon in all his glory clothed himself like one of these. -- luke 12:27 +. +"But if God so clothes the grass in the field, which is alive today and tomorrow is thrown into the furnace, how much more will He clothe you? You men of little faith! -- luke 12:28 +. +"And do not seek what you will eat and what you will drink, and do not keep worrying. -- luke 12:29 +. +"For all these things the nations of the world eagerly seek; but your Father knows that you need these things. -- luke 12:30 +. +"But seek His kingdom, and these things will be added to you. -- luke 12:31 +. +"Do not be afraid, little flock, for your Father has chosen gladly to give you the kingdom. -- luke 12:32 +. +"Sell your possessions and give to charity; make yourselves money belts which do not wear out, an unfailing treasure in heaven, where no thief comes near nor moth destroys. -- luke 12:33 +. +"For where your treasure is, there your heart will be also. -- luke 12:34 +. +"Be dressed in readiness, and keep your lamps lit. -- luke 12:35 +. +"Be like men who are waiting for their master when he returns from the wedding feast, so that they may immediately open the door to him when he comes and knocks. -- luke 12:36 +. +"Blessed are those slaves whom the master will find on the alert when he comes; truly I say to you, that he will gird himself to serve, and have them recline at the table, and will come up and wait on them. -- luke 12:37 +. +"Whether he comes in the second watch, or even in the third, and finds them so, blessed are those slaves. -- luke 12:38 +. +"But be sure of this, that if the head of the house had known at what hour the thief was coming, he would not have allowed his house to be broken into. -- luke 12:39 +. +"You too, be ready; for the Son of Man is coming at an hour that you do not expect." -- luke 12:40 +. +Peter said, "Lord, are You addressing this parable to us, or to everyone else as well?" -- luke 12:41 +. +And the Lord said, "Who then is the faithful and sensible steward, whom his master will put in charge of his servants, to give them their rations at the proper time? -- luke 12:42 +. +"Blessed is that slave whom his master finds so doing when he comes. -- luke 12:43 +. +"Truly I say to you that he will put him in charge of all his possessions. -- luke 12:44 +. +"But if that slave says in his heart, 'My master will be a long time in coming,' and begins to beat the slaves, both men and women, and to eat and drink and get drunk; -- luke 12:45 +. +the master of that slave will come on a day when he does not expect him and at an hour he does not know, and will cut him in pieces, and assign him a place with the unbelievers. -- luke 12:46 +. +"And that slave who knew his master's will and did not get ready or act in accord with his will, will receive many lashes, -- luke 12:47 +. +but the one who did not know it, and committed deeds worthy of a flogging, will receive but few. From everyone who has been given much, much will be required; and to whom they entrusted much, of him they will ask all the more. -- luke 12:48 +. +"I have come to cast fire upon the earth; and how I wish it were already kindled! -- luke 12:49 +. +"But I have a baptism to undergo, and how distressed I am until it is accomplished! -- luke 12:50 +. +"Do you suppose that I came to grant peace on earth? I tell you, no, but rather division; -- luke 12:51 +. +for from now on five members in one household will be divided, three against two and two against three. -- luke 12:52 +. +"They will be divided, father against son and son against father, mother against daughter and daughter against mother, mother-in-law against daughter-in-law and daughter-in-law against mother-in-law." -- luke 12:53 +. +And He was also saying to the crowds, "When you see a cloud rising in the west, immediately you say, 'A shower is coming,' and so it turns out. -- luke 12:54 +. +"And when you see a south wind blowing, you say, 'It will be a hot day,' and it turns out that way. -- luke 12:55 +. +"You hypocrites! You know how to analyze the appearance of the earth and the sky, but why do you not analyze this present time? -- luke 12:56 +. +"And why do you not even on your own initiative judge what is right? -- luke 12:57 +. +"For while you are going with your opponent to appear before the magistrate, on your way there make an effort to settle with him, so that he may not drag you before the judge, and the judge turn you over to the officer, and the officer throw you into prison. -- luke 12:58 +. +"I say to you, you will not get out of there until you have paid the very last cent." -- luke 12:59 +. +Now on the same occasion there were some present who reported to Him about the Galileans whose blood Pilate had mixed with their sacrifices. -- luke 13:1 +. +And Jesus said to them, "Do you suppose that these Galileans were greater sinners than all other Galileans because they suffered this fate? -- luke 13:2 +. +"I tell you, no, but unless you repent, you will all likewise perish. -- luke 13:3 +. +"Or do you suppose that those eighteen on whom the tower in Siloam fell and killed them were worse culprits than all the men who live in Jerusalem? -- luke 13:4 +. +"I tell you, no, but unless you repent, you will all likewise perish." -- luke 13:5 +. +And He began telling this parable: "A man had a fig tree which had been planted in his vineyard; and he came looking for fruit on it and did not find any. -- luke 13:6 +. +"And he said to the vineyard-keeper, 'Behold, for three years I have come looking for fruit on this fig tree without finding any. Cut it down! Why does it even use up the ground?' -- luke 13:7 +. +"And he answered and said to him, 'Let it alone, sir, for this year too, until I dig around it and put in fertilizer; -- luke 13:8 +. +and if it bears fruit next year, fine; but if not, cut it down.'" -- luke 13:9 +. +And He was teaching in one of the synagogues on the Sabbath. -- luke 13:10 +. +And there was a woman who for eighteen years had had a sickness caused by a spirit; and she was bent double, and could not straighten up at all. -- luke 13:11 +. +When Jesus saw her, He called her over and said to her, "Woman, you are freed from your sickness." -- luke 13:12 +. +And He laid His hands on her; and immediately she was made erect again and began glorifying God. -- luke 13:13 +. +But the synagogue official, indignant because Jesus had healed on the Sabbath, began saying to the crowd in response, "There are six days in which work should be done; so come during them and get healed, and not on the Sabbath day." -- luke 13:14 +. +But the Lord answered him and said, "You hypocrites, does not each of you on the Sabbath untie his ox or his donkey from the stall and lead him away to water him? -- luke 13:15 +. +"And this woman, a daughter of Abraham as she is, whom Satan has bound for eighteen long years, should she not have been released from this bond on the Sabbath day?" -- luke 13:16 +. +As He said this, all His opponents were being humiliated; and the entire crowd was rejoicing over all the glorious things being done by Him. -- luke 13:17 +. +So He was saying, "What is the kingdom of God like, and to what shall I compare it? -- luke 13:18 +. +"It is like a mustard seed, which a man took and threw into his own garden; and it grew and became a tree, and THE BIRDS OF THE AIR NESTED IN ITS BRANCHES." -- luke 13:19 +. +And again He said, "To what shall I compare the kingdom of God? -- luke 13:20 +. +"It is like leaven, which a woman took and hid in three pecks of flour until it was all leavened." -- luke 13:21 +. +And He was passing through from one city and village to another, teaching, and proceeding on His way to Jerusalem. -- luke 13:22 +. +And someone said to Him, "Lord, are there just a few who are being saved?" And He said to them, -- luke 13:23 +. +"Strive to enter through the narrow door; for many, I tell you, will seek to enter and will not be able. -- luke 13:24 +. +"Once the head of the house gets up and shuts the door, and you begin to stand outside and knock on the door, saying, 'Lord, open up to us!' then He will answer and say to you, 'I do not know where you are from.' -- luke 13:25 +. +"Then you will begin to say, 'We ate and drank in Your presence, and You taught in our streets'; -- luke 13:26 +. +and He will say, 'I tell you, I do not know where you are from; DEPART FROM ME, ALL YOU EVILDOERS.' -- luke 13:27 +. +"In that place there will be weeping and gnashing of teeth when you see Abraham and Isaac and Jacob and all the prophets in the kingdom of God, but yourselves being thrown out. -- luke 13:28 +. +"And they will come from east and west and from north and south, and will recline at the table in the kingdom of God. -- luke 13:29 +. +"And behold, some are last who will be first and some are first who will be last." -- luke 13:30 +. +Just at that time some Pharisees approached, saying to Him, "Go away, leave here, for Herod wants to kill You." -- luke 13:31 +. +And He said to them, "Go and tell that fox, 'Behold, I cast out demons and perform cures today and tomorrow, and the third day I reach My goal.' -- luke 13:32 +. +"Nevertheless I must journey on today and tomorrow and the next day; for it cannot be that a prophet would perish outside of Jerusalem. -- luke 13:33 +. +"O Jerusalem, Jerusalem, the city that kills the prophets and stones those sent to her! How often I wanted to gather your children together, just as a hen gathers her brood under her wings, and you would not have it! -- luke 13:34 +. +"Behold, your house is left to you desolate; and I say to you, you will not see Me until the time comes when you say, 'BLESSED IS HE WHO COMES IN THE NAME OF THE LORD!'" -- luke 13:35 +. +It happened that when He went into the house of one of the leaders of the Pharisees on the Sabbath to eat bread, they were watching Him closely. -- luke 14:1 +. +And there in front of Him was a man suffering from dropsy. -- luke 14:2 +. +And Jesus answered and spoke to the lawyers and Pharisees, saying, "Is it lawful to heal on the Sabbath, or not?" -- luke 14:3 +. +But they kept silent. And He took hold of him and healed him, and sent him away. -- luke 14:4 +. +And He said to them, "Which one of you will have a son or an ox fall into a well, and will not immediately pull him out on a Sabbath day?" -- luke 14:5 +. +And they could make no reply to this. -- luke 14:6 +. +And He began speaking a parable to the invited guests when He noticed how they had been picking out the places of honor at the table, saying to them, -- luke 14:7 +. +"When you are invited by someone to a wedding feast, do not take the place of honor, for someone more distinguished than you may have been invited by him, -- luke 14:8 +. +and he who invited you both will come and say to you, 'Give your place to this man,' and then in disgrace you proceed to occupy the last place. -- luke 14:9 +. +"But when you are invited, go and recline at the last place, so that when the one who has invited you comes, he may say to you, 'Friend, move up higher'; then you will have honor in the sight of all who are at the table with you. -- luke 14:10 +. +"For everyone who exalts himself will be humbled, and he who humbles himself will be exalted." -- luke 14:11 +. +And He also went on to say to the one who had invited Him, "When you give a luncheon or a dinner, do not invite your friends or your brothers or your relatives or rich neighbors, otherwise they may also invite you in return and that will be your repayment. -- luke 14:12 +. +"But when you give a reception, invite the poor, the crippled, the lame, the blind, -- luke 14:13 +. +and you will be blessed, since they do not have the means to repay you; for you will be repaid at the resurrection of the righteous." -- luke 14:14 +. +When one of those who were reclining at the table with Him heard this, he said to Him, "Blessed is everyone who will eat bread in the kingdom of God!" -- luke 14:15 +. +But He said to him, "A man was giving a big dinner, and he invited many; -- luke 14:16 +. +and at the dinner hour he sent his slave to say to those who had been invited, 'Come; for everything is ready now.' -- luke 14:17 +. +"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.' -- luke 14:18 +. +"Another one said, 'I have bought five yoke of oxen, and I am going to try them out; please consider me excused.' -- luke 14:19 +. +"Another one said, 'I have married a wife, and for that reason I cannot come.' -- luke 14:20 +. +"And the slave came back and reported this to his master. Then the head of the household became angry and said to his slave, 'Go out at once into the streets and lanes of the city and bring in here the poor and crippled and blind and lame.' -- luke 14:21 +. +"And the slave said, 'Master, what you commanded has been done, and still there is room.' -- luke 14:22 +. +"And the master said to the slave, 'Go out into the highways and along the hedges, and compel them to come in, so that my house may be filled. -- luke 14:23 +. +'For I tell you, none of those men who were invited shall taste of my dinner.'" -- luke 14:24 +. +Now large crowds were going along with Him; and He turned and said to them, -- luke 14:25 +. +"If anyone comes to Me, and does not hate his own father and mother and wife and children and brothers and sisters, yes, and even his own life, he cannot be My disciple. -- luke 14:26 +. +"Whoever does not carry his own cross and come after Me cannot be My disciple. -- luke 14:27 +. +"For which one of you, when he wants to build a tower, does not first sit down and calculate the cost to see if he has enough to complete it? -- luke 14:28 +. +"Otherwise, when he has laid a foundation and is not able to finish, all who observe it begin to ridicule him, -- luke 14:29 +. +saying, 'This man began to build and was not able to finish.' -- luke 14:30 +. +"Or what king, when he sets out to meet another king in battle, will not first sit down and consider whether he is strong enough with ten thousand men to encounter the one coming against him with twenty thousand? -- luke 14:31 +. +"Or else, while the other is still far away, he sends a delegation and asks for terms of peace. -- luke 14:32 +. +"So then, none of you can be My disciple who does not give up all his own possessions. -- luke 14:33 +. +"Therefore, salt is good; but if even salt has become tasteless, with what will it be seasoned? -- luke 14:34 +. +"It is useless either for the soil or for the manure pile; it is thrown out. He who has ears to hear, let him hear." -- luke 14:35 +. +Now all the tax collectors and the sinners were coming near Him to listen to Him. -- luke 15:1 +. +Both the Pharisees and the scribes began to grumble, saying, "This man receives sinners and eats with them." -- luke 15:2 +. +So He told them this parable, saying, -- luke 15:3 +. +"What man among you, if he has a hundred sheep and has lost one of them, does not leave the ninety-nine in the open pasture and go after the one which is lost until he finds it? -- luke 15:4 +. +"When he has found it, he lays it on his shoulders, rejoicing. -- luke 15:5 +. +"And when he comes home, he calls together his friends and his neighbors, saying to them, 'Rejoice with me, for I have found my sheep which was lost!' -- luke 15:6 +. +"I tell you that in the same way, there will be more joy in heaven over one sinner who repents than over ninety-nine righteous persons who need no repentance. -- luke 15:7 +. +"Or what woman, if she has ten silver coins and loses one coin, does not light a lamp and sweep the house and search carefully until she finds it? -- luke 15:8 +. +"When she has found it, she calls together her friends and neighbors, saying, 'Rejoice with me, for I have found the coin which I had lost!' -- luke 15:9 +. +"In the same way, I tell you, there is joy in the presence of the angels of God over one sinner who repents." -- luke 15:10 +. +And He said, "A man had two sons. -- luke 15:11 +. +"The younger of them said to his father, 'Father, give me the share of the estate that falls to me.' So he divided his wealth between them. -- luke 15:12 +. +"And not many days later, the younger son gathered everything together and went on a journey into a distant country, and there he squandered his estate with loose living. -- luke 15:13 +. +"Now when he had spent everything, a severe famine occurred in that country, and he began to be impoverished. -- luke 15:14 +. +"So he went and hired himself out to one of the citizens of that country, and he sent him into his fields to feed swine. -- luke 15:15 +. +"And he would have gladly filled his stomach with the pods that the swine were eating, and no one was giving anything to him. -- luke 15:16 +. +"But when he came to his senses, he said, 'How many of my father's hired men have more than enough bread, but I am dying here with hunger! -- luke 15:17 +. +'I will get up and go to my father, and will say to him, "Father, I have sinned against heaven, and in your sight; -- luke 15:18 +. +I am no longer worthy to be called your son; make me as one of your hired men."' -- luke 15:19 +. +"So he got up and came to his father. But while he was still a long way off, his father saw him and felt compassion for him, and ran and embraced him and kissed him. -- luke 15:20 +. +"And the son said to him, 'Father, I have sinned against heaven and in your sight; I am no longer worthy to be called your son.' -- luke 15:21 +. +"But the father said to his slaves, 'Quickly bring out the best robe and put it on him, and put a ring on his hand and sandals on his feet; -- luke 15:22 +. +and bring the fattened calf, kill it, and let us eat and celebrate; -- luke 15:23 +. +for this son of mine was dead and has come to life again; he was lost and has been found.' And they began to celebrate. -- luke 15:24 +. +"Now his older son was in the field, and when he came and approached the house, he heard music and dancing. -- luke 15:25 +. +"And he summoned one of the servants and began inquiring what these things could be. -- luke 15:26 +. +"And he said to him, 'Your brother has come, and your father has killed the fattened calf because he has received him back safe and sound.' -- luke 15:27 +. +"But he became angry and was not willing to go in; and his father came out and began pleading with him. -- luke 15:28 +. +"But he answered and said to his father, 'Look! For so many years I have been serving you and I have never neglected a command of yours; and yet you have never given me a young goat, so that I might celebrate with my friends; -- luke 15:29 +. +but when this son of yours came, who has devoured your wealth with prostitutes, you killed the fattened calf for him.' -- luke 15:30 +. +"And he said to him, 'Son, you have always been with me, and all that is mine is yours. -- luke 15:31 +. +'But we had to celebrate and rejoice, for this brother of yours was dead and has begun to live, and was lost and has been found.'" -- luke 15:32 +. +Now He was also saying to the disciples, "There was a rich man who had a manager, and this manager was reported to him as squandering his possessions. -- luke 16:1 +. +"And he called him and said to him, 'What is this I hear about you? Give an accounting of your management, for you can no longer be manager.' -- luke 16:2 +. +"The manager said to himself, 'What shall I do, since my master is taking the management away from me? I am not strong enough to dig; I am ashamed to beg. -- luke 16:3 +. +'I know what I shall do, so that when I am removed from the management people will welcome me into their homes.' -- luke 16:4 +. +"And he summoned each one of his master's debtors, and he began saying to the first, 'How much do you owe my master?' -- luke 16:5 +. +"And he said, 'A hundred measures of oil.' And he said to him, 'Take your bill, and sit down quickly and write fifty.' -- luke 16:6 +. +"Then he said to another, 'And how much do you owe?' And he said, 'A hundred measures of wheat.' He *said to him, 'Take your bill, and write eighty.' -- luke 16:7 +. +"And his master praised the unrighteous manager because he had acted shrewdly; for the sons of this age are more shrewd in relation to their own kind than the sons of light. -- luke 16:8 +. +"And I say to you, make friends for yourselves by means of the wealth of unrighteousness, so that when it fails, they will receive you into the eternal dwellings. -- luke 16:9 +. +"He who is faithful in a very little thing is faithful also in much; and he who is unrighteous in a very little thing is unrighteous also in much. -- luke 16:10 +. +"Therefore if you have not been faithful in the use of unrighteous wealth, who will entrust the true riches to you? -- luke 16:11 +. +"And if you have not been faithful in the use of that which is another's, who will give you that which is your own? -- luke 16:12 +. +"No servant can serve two masters; for either he will hate the one and love the other, or else he will be devoted to one and despise the other. You cannot serve God and wealth." -- luke 16:13 +. +Now the Pharisees, who were lovers of money, were listening to all these things and were scoffing at Him. -- luke 16:14 +. +And He said to them, "You are those who justify yourselves in the sight of men, but God knows your hearts; for that which is highly esteemed among men is detestable in the sight of God. -- luke 16:15 +. +"The Law and the Prophets were proclaimed until John; since that time the gospel of the kingdom of God has been preached, and everyone is forcing his way into it. -- luke 16:16 +. +"But it is easier for heaven and earth to pass away than for one stroke of a letter of the Law to fail. -- luke 16:17 +. +"Everyone who divorces his wife and marries another commits adultery, and he who marries one who is divorced from a husband commits adultery. -- luke 16:18 +. +"Now there was a rich man, and he habitually dressed in purple and fine linen, joyously living in splendor every day. -- luke 16:19 +. +"And a poor man named Lazarus was laid at his gate, covered with sores, -- luke 16:20 +. +and longing to be fed with the crumbs which were falling from the rich man's table; besides, even the dogs were coming and licking his sores. -- luke 16:21 +. +"Now the poor man died and was carried away by the angels to Abraham's bosom; and the rich man also died and was buried. -- luke 16:22 +. +"In Hades he lifted up his eyes, being in torment, and *saw Abraham far away and Lazarus in his bosom. -- luke 16:23 +. +"And he cried out and said, 'Father Abraham, have mercy on me, and send Lazarus so that he may dip the tip of his finger in water and cool off my tongue, for I am in agony in this flame.' -- luke 16:24 +. +"But Abraham said, 'Child, remember that during your life you received your good things, and likewise Lazarus bad things; but now he is being comforted here, and you are in agony. -- luke 16:25 +. +'And besides all this, between us and you there is a great chasm fixed, so that those who wish to come over from here to you will not be able, and that none may cross over from there to us.' -- luke 16:26 +. +"And he said, 'Then I beg you, father, that you send him to my father's house-- -- luke 16:27 +. +for I have five brothers--in order that he may warn them, so that they will not also come to this place of torment.' -- luke 16:28 +. +"But Abraham *said, 'They have Moses and the Prophets; let them hear them.' -- luke 16:29 +. +"But he said, 'No, father Abraham, but if someone goes to them from the dead, they will repent!' -- luke 16:30 +. +"But he said to him, 'If they do not listen to Moses and the Prophets, they will not be persuaded even if someone rises from the dead.'" -- luke 16:31 +. +He said to His disciples, "It is inevitable that stumbling blocks come, but woe to him through whom they come! -- luke 17:1 +. +"It would be better for him if a millstone were hung around his neck and he were thrown into the sea, than that he would cause one of these little ones to stumble. -- luke 17:2 +. +"Be on your guard! If your brother sins, rebuke him; and if he repents, forgive him. -- luke 17:3 +. +"And if he sins against you seven times a day, and returns to you seven times, saying, 'I repent,' forgive him." -- luke 17:4 +. +The apostles said to the Lord, "Increase our faith!" -- luke 17:5 +. +And the Lord said, "If you had faith like a mustard seed, you would say to this mulberry tree, 'Be uprooted and be planted in the sea'; and it would obey you. -- luke 17:6 +. +"Which of you, having a slave plowing or tending sheep, will say to him when he has come in from the field, 'Come immediately and sit down to eat'? -- luke 17:7 +. +"But will he not say to him, 'Prepare something for me to eat, and properly clothe yourself and serve me while I eat and drink; and afterward you may eat and drink'? -- luke 17:8 +. +"He does not thank the slave because he did the things which were commanded, does he? -- luke 17:9 +. +"So you too, when you do all the things which are commanded you, say, 'We are unworthy slaves; we have done only that which we ought to have done.'" -- luke 17:10 +. +While He was on the way to Jerusalem, He was passing between Samaria and Galilee. -- luke 17:11 +. +As He entered a village, ten leprous men who stood at a distance met Him; -- luke 17:12 +. +and they raised their voices, saying, "Jesus, Master, have mercy on us!" -- luke 17:13 +. +When He saw them, He said to them, "Go and show yourselves to the priests." And as they were going, they were cleansed. -- luke 17:14 +. +Now one of them, when he saw that he had been healed, turned back, glorifying God with a loud voice, -- luke 17:15 +. +and he fell on his face at His feet, giving thanks to Him. And he was a Samaritan. -- luke 17:16 +. +Then Jesus answered and said, "Were there not ten cleansed? But the nine--where are they? -- luke 17:17 +. +"Was no one found who returned to give glory to God, except this foreigner?" -- luke 17:18 +. +And He said to him, "Stand up and go; your faith has made you well." -- luke 17:19 +. +Now having been questioned by the Pharisees as to when the kingdom of God was coming, He answered them and said, "The kingdom of God is not coming with signs to be observed; -- luke 17:20 +. +nor will they say, 'Look, here it is!' or, 'There it is!' For behold, the kingdom of God is in your midst." -- luke 17:21 +. +And He said to the disciples, "The days will come when you will long to see one of the days of the Son of Man, and you will not see it. -- luke 17:22 +. +"They will say to you, 'Look there! Look here!' Do not go away, and do not run after them. -- luke 17:23 +. +"For just like the lightning, when it flashes out of one part of the sky, shines to the other part of the sky, so will the Son of Man be in His day. -- luke 17:24 +. +"But first He must suffer many things and be rejected by this generation. -- luke 17:25 +. +"And just as it happened in the days of Noah, so it will be also in the days of the Son of Man: -- luke 17:26 +. +they were eating, they were drinking, they were marrying, they were being given in marriage, until the day that Noah entered the ark, and the flood came and destroyed them all. -- luke 17:27 +. +"It was the same as happened in the days of Lot: they were eating, they were drinking, they were buying, they were selling, they were planting, they were building; -- luke 17:28 +. +but on the day that Lot went out from Sodom it rained fire and brimstone from heaven and destroyed them all. -- luke 17:29 +. +"It will be just the same on the day that the Son of Man is revealed. -- luke 17:30 +. +"On that day, the one who is on the housetop and whose goods are in the house must not go down to take them out; and likewise the one who is in the field must not turn back. -- luke 17:31 +. +"Remember Lot's wife. -- luke 17:32 +. +"Whoever seeks to keep his life will lose it, and whoever loses his life will preserve it. -- luke 17:33 +. +"I tell you, on that night there will be two in one bed; one will be taken and the other will be left. -- luke 17:34 +. +"There will be two women grinding at the same place; one will be taken and the other will be left. -- luke 17:35 +. +["Two men will be in the field; one will be taken and the other will be left."] -- luke 17:36 +. +And answering they *said to Him, "Where, Lord?" And He said to them, "Where the body is, there also the vultures will be gathered." -- luke 17:37 +. +Now He was telling them a parable to show that at all times they ought to pray and not to lose heart, -- luke 18:1 +. +saying, "In a certain city there was a judge who did not fear God and did not respect man. -- luke 18:2 +. +"There was a widow in that city, and she kept coming to him, saying, 'Give me legal protection from my opponent.' -- luke 18:3 +. +"For a while he was unwilling; but afterward he said to himself, 'Even though I do not fear God nor respect man, -- luke 18:4 +. +yet because this widow bothers me, I will give her legal protection, otherwise by continually coming she will wear me out.'" -- luke 18:5 +. +And the Lord said, "Hear what the unrighteous judge *said; -- luke 18:6 +. +now, will not God bring about justice for His elect who cry to Him day and night, and will He delay long over them? -- luke 18:7 +. +"I tell you that He will bring about justice for them quickly. However, when the Son of Man comes, will He find faith on the earth?" -- luke 18:8 +. +And He also told this parable to some people who trusted in themselves that they were righteous, and viewed others with contempt: -- luke 18:9 +. +"Two men went up into the temple to pray, one a Pharisee and the other a tax collector. -- luke 18:10 +. +"The Pharisee stood and was praying this to himself: 'God, I thank You that I am not like other people: swindlers, unjust, adulterers, or even like this tax collector. -- luke 18:11 +. +'I fast twice a week; I pay tithes of all that I get.' -- luke 18:12 +. +"But the tax collector, standing some distance away, was even unwilling to lift up his eyes to heaven, but was beating his breast, saying, 'God, be merciful to me, the sinner!' -- luke 18:13 +. +"I tell you, this man went to his house justified rather than the other; for everyone who exalts himself will be humbled, but he who humbles himself will be exalted." -- luke 18:14 +. +And they were bringing even their babies to Him so that He would touch them, but when the disciples saw it, they began rebuking them. -- luke 18:15 +. +But Jesus called for them, saying, "Permit the children to come to Me, and do not hinder them, for the kingdom of God belongs to such as these. -- luke 18:16 +. +"Truly I say to you, whoever does not receive the kingdom of God like a child will not enter it at all." -- luke 18:17 +. +A ruler questioned Him, saying, "Good Teacher, what shall I do to inherit eternal life?" -- luke 18:18 +. +And Jesus said to him, "Why do you call Me good? No one is good except God alone. -- luke 18:19 +. +"You know the commandments, 'DO NOT COMMIT ADULTERY, DO NOT MURDER, DO NOT STEAL, DO NOT BEAR FALSE WITNESS, HONOR YOUR FATHER AND MOTHER.'" -- luke 18:20 +. +And he said, "All these things I have kept from my youth." -- luke 18:21 +. +When Jesus heard this, He said to him, "One thing you still lack; sell all that you possess and distribute it to the poor, and you shall have treasure in heaven; and come, follow Me." -- luke 18:22 +. +But when he had heard these things, he became very sad, for he was extremely rich. -- luke 18:23 +. +And Jesus looked at him and said, "How hard it is for those who are wealthy to enter the kingdom of God! -- luke 18:24 +. +"For it is easier for a camel to go through the eye of a needle than for a rich man to enter the kingdom of God." -- luke 18:25 +. +They who heard it said, "Then who can be saved?" -- luke 18:26 +. +But He said, "The things that are impossible with people are possible with God." -- luke 18:27 +. +Peter said, "Behold, we have left our own homes and followed You." -- luke 18:28 +. +And He said to them, "Truly I say to you, there is no one who has left house or wife or brothers or parents or children, for the sake of the kingdom of God, -- luke 18:29 +. +who will not receive many times as much at this time and in the age to come, eternal life." -- luke 18:30 +. +Then He took the twelve aside and said to them, "Behold, we are going up to Jerusalem, and all things which are written through the prophets about the Son of Man will be accomplished. -- luke 18:31 +. +"For He will be handed over to the Gentiles, and will be mocked and mistreated and spit upon, -- luke 18:32 +. +and after they have scourged Him, they will kill Him; and the third day He will rise again." -- luke 18:33 +. +But the disciples understood none of these things, and the meaning of this statement was hidden from them, and they did not comprehend the things that were said. -- luke 18:34 +. +As Jesus was approaching Jericho, a blind man was sitting by the road begging. -- luke 18:35 +. +Now hearing a crowd going by, he began to inquire what this was. -- luke 18:36 +. +They told him that Jesus of Nazareth was passing by. -- luke 18:37 +. +And he called out, saying, "Jesus, Son of David, have mercy on me!" -- luke 18:38 +. +Those who led the way were sternly telling him to be quiet; but he kept crying out all the more, "Son of David, have mercy on me!" -- luke 18:39 +. +And Jesus stopped and commanded that he be brought to Him; and when he came near, He questioned him, -- luke 18:40 +. +"What do you want Me to do for you?" And he said, "Lord, I want to regain my sight!" -- luke 18:41 +. +And Jesus said to him, "Receive your sight; your faith has made you well." -- luke 18:42 +. +Immediately he regained his sight and began following Him, glorifying God; and when all the people saw it, they gave praise to God. -- luke 18:43 +. +He entered Jericho and was passing through. -- luke 19:1 +. +And there was a man called by the name of Zaccheus; he was a chief tax collector and he was rich. -- luke 19:2 +. +Zaccheus was trying to see who Jesus was, and was unable because of the crowd, for he was small in stature. -- luke 19:3 +. +So he ran on ahead and climbed up into a sycamore tree in order to see Him, for He was about to pass through that way. -- luke 19:4 +. +When Jesus came to the place, He looked up and said to him, "Zaccheus, hurry and come down, for today I must stay at your house." -- luke 19:5 +. +And he hurried and came down and received Him gladly. -- luke 19:6 +. +When they saw it, they all began to grumble, saying, "He has gone to be the guest of a man who is a sinner." -- luke 19:7 +. +Zaccheus stopped and said to the Lord, "Behold, Lord, half of my possessions I will give to the poor, and if I have defrauded anyone of anything, I will give back four times as much." -- luke 19:8 +. +And Jesus said to him, "Today salvation has come to this house, because he, too, is a son of Abraham. -- luke 19:9 +. +"For the Son of Man has come to seek and to save that which was lost." -- luke 19:10 +. +While they were listening to these things, Jesus went on to tell a parable, because He was near Jerusalem, and they supposed that the kingdom of God was going to appear immediately. -- luke 19:11 +. +So He said, "A nobleman went to a distant country to receive a kingdom for himself, and then return. -- luke 19:12 +. +"And he called ten of his slaves, and gave them ten minas and said to them, 'Do business with this until I come back.' -- luke 19:13 +. +"But his citizens hated him and sent a delegation after him, saying, 'We do not want this man to reign over us.' -- luke 19:14 +. +"When he returned, after receiving the kingdom, he ordered that these slaves, to whom he had given the money, be called to him so that he might know what business they had done. -- luke 19:15 +. +"The first appeared, saying, 'Master, your mina has made ten minas more.' -- luke 19:16 +. +"And he said to him, 'Well done, good slave, because you have been faithful in a very little thing, you are to be in authority over ten cities.' -- luke 19:17 +. +"The second came, saying, 'Your mina, master, has made five minas.' -- luke 19:18 +. +"And he said to him also, 'And you are to be over five cities.' -- luke 19:19 +. +"Another came, saying, 'Master, here is your mina, which I kept put away in a handkerchief; -- luke 19:20 +. +for I was afraid of you, because you are an exacting man; you take up what you did not lay down and reap what you did not sow.' -- luke 19:21 +. +"He *said to him, 'By your own words I will judge you, you worthless slave. Did you know that I am an exacting man, taking up what I did not lay down and reaping what I did not sow? -- luke 19:22 +. +'Then why did you not put my money in the bank, and having come, I would have collected it with interest?' -- luke 19:23 +. +"Then he said to the bystanders, 'Take the mina away from him and give it to the one who has the ten minas.' -- luke 19:24 +. +"And they said to him, 'Master, he has ten minas already.' -- luke 19:25 +. +"I tell you that to everyone who has, more shall be given, but from the one who does not have, even what he does have shall be taken away. -- luke 19:26 +. +"But these enemies of mine, who did not want me to reign over them, bring them here and slay them in my presence." -- luke 19:27 +. +After He had said these things, He was going on ahead, going up to Jerusalem. -- luke 19:28 +. +When He approached Bethphage and Bethany, near the mount that is called Olivet, He sent two of the disciples, -- luke 19:29 +. +saying, "Go into the village ahead of you; there, as you enter, you will find a colt tied on which no one yet has ever sat; untie it and bring it here. -- luke 19:30 +. +"If anyone asks you, 'Why are you untying it?' you shall say, 'The Lord has need of it.'" -- luke 19:31 +. +So those who were sent went away and found it just as He had told them. -- luke 19:32 +. +As they were untying the colt, its owners said to them, "Why are you untying the colt?" -- luke 19:33 +. +They said, "The Lord has need of it." -- luke 19:34 +. +They brought it to Jesus, and they threw their coats on the colt and put Jesus on it. -- luke 19:35 +. +As He was going, they were spreading their coats on the road. -- luke 19:36 +. +As soon as He was approaching, near the descent of the Mount of Olives, the whole crowd of the disciples began to praise God joyfully with a loud voice for all the miracles which they had seen, -- luke 19:37 +. +shouting: "BLESSED IS THE KING WHO COMES IN THE NAME OF THE LORD; Peace in heaven and glory in the highest!" -- luke 19:38 +. +Some of the Pharisees in the crowd said to Him, "Teacher, rebuke Your disciples." -- luke 19:39 +. +But Jesus answered, "I tell you, if these become silent, the stones will cry out!" -- luke 19:40 +. +When He approached Jerusalem, He saw the city and wept over it, -- luke 19:41 +. +saying, "If you had known in this day, even you, the things which make for peace! But now they have been hidden from your eyes. -- luke 19:42 +. +"For the days will come upon you when your enemies will throw up a barricade against you, and surround you and hem you in on every side, -- luke 19:43 +. +and they will level you to the ground and your children within you, and they will not leave in you one stone upon another, because you did not recognize the time of your visitation." -- luke 19:44 +. +Jesus entered the temple and began to drive out those who were selling, -- luke 19:45 +. +saying to them, "It is written, 'AND MY HOUSE SHALL BE A HOUSE OF PRAYER,' but you have made it a ROBBERS' DEN." -- luke 19:46 +. +And He was teaching daily in the temple; but the chief priests and the scribes and the leading men among the people were trying to destroy Him, -- luke 19:47 +. +and they could not find anything that they might do, for all the people were hanging on to every word He said. -- luke 19:48 +. +On one of the days while He was teaching the people in the temple and preaching the gospel, the chief priests and the scribes with the elders confronted Him, -- luke 20:1 +. +and they spoke, saying to Him, "Tell us by what authority You are doing these things, or who is the one who gave You this authority?" -- luke 20:2 +. +Jesus answered and said to them, "I will also ask you a question, and you tell Me: -- luke 20:3 +. +"Was the baptism of John from heaven or from men?" -- luke 20:4 +. +They reasoned among themselves, saying, "If we say, 'From heaven,' He will say, 'Why did you not believe him?' -- luke 20:5 +. +"But if we say, 'From men,' all the people will stone us to death, for they are convinced that John was a prophet." -- luke 20:6 +. +So they answered that they did not know where it came from. -- luke 20:7 +. +And Jesus said to them, "Nor will I tell you by what authority I do these things." -- luke 20:8 +. +And He began to tell the people this parable: "A man planted a vineyard and rented it out to vine-growers, and went on a journey for a long time. -- luke 20:9 +. +"At the harvest time he sent a slave to the vine-growers, so that they would give him some of the produce of the vineyard; but the vine-growers beat him and sent him away empty-handed. -- luke 20:10 +. +"And he proceeded to send another slave; and they beat him also and treated him shamefully and sent him away empty-handed. -- luke 20:11 +. +"And he proceeded to send a third; and this one also they wounded and cast out. -- luke 20:12 +. +"The owner of the vineyard said, 'What shall I do? I will send my beloved son; perhaps they will respect him.' -- luke 20:13 +. +"But when the vine-growers saw him, they reasoned with one another, saying, 'This is the heir; let us kill him so that the inheritance will be ours.' -- luke 20:14 +. +"So they threw him out of the vineyard and killed him. What, then, will the owner of the vineyard do to them? -- luke 20:15 +. +"He will come and destroy these vine-growers and will give the vineyard to others." When they heard it, they said, "May it never be!" -- luke 20:16 +. +But Jesus looked at them and said, "What then is this that is written: 'THE STONE WHICH THE BUILDERS REJECTED, THIS BECAME THE CHIEF CORNER stone'? -- luke 20:17 +. +"Everyone who falls on that stone will be broken to pieces; but on whomever it falls, it will scatter him like dust." -- luke 20:18 +. +The scribes and the chief priests tried to lay hands on Him that very hour, and they feared the people; for they understood that He spoke this parable against them. -- luke 20:19 +. +So they watched Him, and sent spies who pretended to be righteous, in order that they might catch Him in some statement, so that they could deliver Him to the rule and the authority of the governor. -- luke 20:20 +. +They questioned Him, saying, "Teacher, we know that You speak and teach correctly, and You are not partial to any, but teach the way of God in truth. -- luke 20:21 +. +"Is it lawful for us to pay taxes to Caesar, or not?" -- luke 20:22 +. +But He detected their trickery and said to them, -- luke 20:23 +. +"Show Me a denarius. Whose likeness and inscription does it have?" They said, "Caesar's." -- luke 20:24 +. +And He said to them, "Then render to Caesar the things that are Caesar's, and to God the things that are God's." -- luke 20:25 +. +And they were unable to catch Him in a saying in the presence of the people; and being amazed at His answer, they became silent. -- luke 20:26 +. +Now there came to Him some of the Sadducees (who say that there is no resurrection), -- luke 20:27 +. +and they questioned Him, saying, "Teacher, Moses wrote for us that IF A MAN'S BROTHER DIES, having a wife, AND HE IS CHILDLESS, HIS BROTHER SHOULD MARRY THE WIFE AND RAISE UP CHILDREN TO HIS BROTHER. -- luke 20:28 +. +"Now there were seven brothers; and the first took a wife and died childless; -- luke 20:29 +. +and the second -- luke 20:30 +. +and the third married her; and in the same way all seven died, leaving no children. -- luke 20:31 +. +"Finally the woman died also. -- luke 20:32 +. +"In the resurrection therefore, which one's wife will she be? For all seven had married her." -- luke 20:33 +. +Jesus said to them, "The sons of this age marry and are given in marriage, -- luke 20:34 +. +but those who are considered worthy to attain to that age and the resurrection from the dead, neither marry nor are given in marriage; -- luke 20:35 +. +for they cannot even die anymore, because they are like angels, and are sons of God, being sons of the resurrection. -- luke 20:36 +. +"But that the dead are raised, even Moses showed, in the passage about the burning bush, where he calls the Lord THE GOD OF ABRAHAM, AND THE GOD OF ISAAC, AND THE GOD OF JACOB. -- luke 20:37 +. +"Now He is not the God of the dead but of the living; for all live to Him." -- luke 20:38 +. +Some of the scribes answered and said, "Teacher, You have spoken well." -- luke 20:39 +. +For they did not have courage to question Him any longer about anything. -- luke 20:40 +. +Then He said to them, "How is it that they say the Christ is David's son? -- luke 20:41 +. +"For David himself says in the book of Psalms, 'THE LORD SAID TO MY LORD, "SIT AT MY RIGHT HAND, -- luke 20:42 +. +UNTIL I MAKE YOUR ENEMIES A FOOTSTOOL FOR YOUR FEET."' -- luke 20:43 +. +"Therefore David calls Him 'Lord,' and how is He his son?" -- luke 20:44 +. +And while all the people were listening, He said to the disciples, -- luke 20:45 +. +"Beware of the scribes, who like to walk around in long robes, and love respectful greetings in the market places, and chief seats in the synagogues and places of honor at banquets, -- luke 20:46 +. +who devour widows' houses, and for appearance's sake offer long prayers. These will receive greater condemnation." -- luke 20:47 +. +And He looked up and saw the rich putting their gifts into the treasury. -- luke 21:1 +. +And He saw a poor widow putting in two small copper coins. -- luke 21:2 +. +And He said, "Truly I say to you, this poor widow put in more than all of them; -- luke 21:3 +. +for they all out of their surplus put into the offering; but she out of her poverty put in all that she had to live on." -- luke 21:4 +. +And while some were talking about the temple, that it was adorned with beautiful stones and votive gifts, He said, -- luke 21:5 +. +"As for these things which you are looking at, the days will come in which there will not be left one stone upon another which will not be torn down." -- luke 21:6 +. +They questioned Him, saying, "Teacher, when therefore will these things happen? And what will be the sign when these things are about to take place?" -- luke 21:7 +. +And He said, "See to it that you are not misled; for many will come in My name, saying, 'I am He,' and, 'The time is near.' Do not go after them. -- luke 21:8 +. +"When you hear of wars and disturbances, do not be terrified; for these things must take place first, but the end does not follow immediately." -- luke 21:9 +. +Then He continued by saying to them, "Nation will rise against nation and kingdom against kingdom, -- luke 21:10 +. +and there will be great earthquakes, and in various places plagues and famines; and there will be terrors and great signs from heaven. -- luke 21:11 +. +"But before all these things, they will lay their hands on you and will persecute you, delivering you to the synagogues and prisons, bringing you before kings and governors for My name's sake. -- luke 21:12 +. +"It will lead to an opportunity for your testimony. -- luke 21:13 +. +"So make up your minds not to prepare beforehand to defend yourselves; -- luke 21:14 +. +for I will give you utterance and wisdom which none of your opponents will be able to resist or refute. -- luke 21:15 +. +"But you will be betrayed even by parents and brothers and relatives and friends, and they will put some of you to death, -- luke 21:16 +. +and you will be hated by all because of My name. -- luke 21:17 +. +"Yet not a hair of your head will perish. -- luke 21:18 +. +"By your endurance you will gain your lives. -- luke 21:19 +. +"But when you see Jerusalem surrounded by armies, then recognize that her desolation is near. -- luke 21:20 +. +"Then those who are in Judea must flee to the mountains, and those who are in the midst of the city must leave, and those who are in the country must not enter the city; -- luke 21:21 +. +because these are days of vengeance, so that all things which are written will be fulfilled. -- luke 21:22 +. +"Woe to those who are pregnant and to those who are nursing babies in those days; for there will be great distress upon the land and wrath to this people; -- luke 21:23 +. +and they will fall by the edge of the sword, and will be led captive into all the nations; and Jerusalem will be trampled under foot by the Gentiles until the times of the Gentiles are fulfilled. -- luke 21:24 +. +"There will be signs in sun and moon and stars, and on the earth dismay among nations, in perplexity at the roaring of the sea and the waves, -- luke 21:25 +. +men fainting from fear and the expectation of the things which are coming upon the world; for the powers of the heavens will be shaken. -- luke 21:26 +. +"Then they will see THE SON OF MAN COMING IN A CLOUD with power and great glory. -- luke 21:27 +. +"But when these things begin to take place, straighten up and lift up your heads, because your redemption is drawing near." -- luke 21:28 +. +Then He told them a parable: "Behold the fig tree and all the trees; -- luke 21:29 +. +as soon as they put forth leaves, you see it and know for yourselves that summer is now near. -- luke 21:30 +. +"So you also, when you see these things happening, recognize that the kingdom of God is near. -- luke 21:31 +. +"Truly I say to you, this generation will not pass away until all things take place. -- luke 21:32 +. +"Heaven and earth will pass away, but My words will not pass away. -- luke 21:33 +. +"Be on guard, so that your hearts will not be weighted down with dissipation and drunkenness and the worries of life, and that day will not come on you suddenly like a trap; -- luke 21:34 +. +for it will come upon all those who dwell on the face of all the earth. -- luke 21:35 +. +"But keep on the alert at all times, praying that you may have strength to escape all these things that are about to take place, and to stand before the Son of Man." -- luke 21:36 +. +Now during the day He was teaching in the temple, but at evening He would go out and spend the night on the mount that is called Olivet. -- luke 21:37 +. +And all the people would get up early in the morning to come to Him in the temple to listen to Him. -- luke 21:38 +. +Now the Feast of Unleavened Bread, which is called the Passover, was approaching. -- luke 22:1 +. +The chief priests and the scribes were seeking how they might put Him to death; for they were afraid of the people. -- luke 22:2 +. +And Satan entered into Judas who was called Iscariot, belonging to the number of the twelve. -- luke 22:3 +. +And he went away and discussed with the chief priests and officers how he might betray Him to them. -- luke 22:4 +. +They were glad and agreed to give him money. -- luke 22:5 +. +So he consented, and began seeking a good opportunity to betray Him to them apart from the crowd. -- luke 22:6 +. +Then came the first day of Unleavened Bread on which the Passover lamb had to be sacrificed. -- luke 22:7 +. +And Jesus sent Peter and John, saying, "Go and prepare the Passover for us, so that we may eat it." -- luke 22:8 +. +They said to Him, "Where do You want us to prepare it?" -- luke 22:9 +. +And He said to them, "When you have entered the city, a man will meet you carrying a pitcher of water; follow him into the house that he enters. -- luke 22:10 +. +"And you shall say to the owner of the house, 'The Teacher says to you, "Where is the guest room in which I may eat the Passover with My disciples?"' -- luke 22:11 +. +"And he will show you a large, furnished upper room; prepare it there." -- luke 22:12 +. +And they left and found everything just as He had told them; and they prepared the Passover. -- luke 22:13 +. +When the hour had come, He reclined at the table, and the apostles with Him. -- luke 22:14 +. +And He said to them, "I have earnestly desired to eat this Passover with you before I suffer; -- luke 22:15 +. +for I say to you, I shall never again eat it until it is fulfilled in the kingdom of God." -- luke 22:16 +. +And when He had taken a cup and given thanks, He said, "Take this and share it among yourselves; -- luke 22:17 +. +for I say to you, I will not drink of the fruit of the vine from now on until the kingdom of God comes." -- luke 22:18 +. +And when He had taken some bread and given thanks, He broke it and gave it to them, saying, "This is My body which is given for you; do this in remembrance of Me." -- luke 22:19 +. +And in the same way He took the cup after they had eaten, saying, "This cup which is poured out for you is the new covenant in My blood. -- luke 22:20 +. +"But behold, the hand of the one betraying Me is with Mine on the table. -- luke 22:21 +. +"For indeed, the Son of Man is going as it has been determined; but woe to that man by whom He is betrayed!" -- luke 22:22 +. +And they began to discuss among themselves which one of them it might be who was going to do this thing. -- luke 22:23 +. +And there arose also a dispute among them as to which one of them was regarded to be greatest. -- luke 22:24 +. +And He said to them, "The kings of the Gentiles lord it over them; and those who have authority over them are called 'Benefactors.' -- luke 22:25 +. +"But it is not this way with you, but the one who is the greatest among you must become like the youngest, and the leader like the servant. -- luke 22:26 +. +"For who is greater, the one who reclines at the table or the one who serves? Is it not the one who reclines at the table? But I am among you as the one who serves. -- luke 22:27 +. +"You are those who have stood by Me in My trials; -- luke 22:28 +. +and just as My Father has granted Me a kingdom, I grant you -- luke 22:29 +. +that you may eat and drink at My table in My kingdom, and you will sit on thrones judging the twelve tribes of Israel. -- luke 22:30 +. +"Simon, Simon, behold, Satan has demanded permission to sift you like wheat; -- luke 22:31 +. +but I have prayed for you, that your faith may not fail; and you, when once you have turned again, strengthen your brothers." -- luke 22:32 +. +But he said to Him, "Lord, with You I am ready to go both to prison and to death!" -- luke 22:33 +. +And He said, "I say to you, Peter, the rooster will not crow today until you have denied three times that you know Me." -- luke 22:34 +. +And He said to them, "When I sent you out without money belt and bag and sandals, you did not lack anything, did you?" They said, "No, nothing." -- luke 22:35 +. +And He said to them, "But now, whoever has a money belt is to take it along, likewise also a bag, and whoever has no sword is to sell his coat and buy one. -- luke 22:36 +. +"For I tell you that this which is written must be fulfilled in Me, 'AND HE WAS NUMBERED WITH TRANSGRESSORS'; for that which refers to Me has its fulfillment." -- luke 22:37 +. +They said, "Lord, look, here are two swords." And He said to them, "It is enough." -- luke 22:38 +. +And He came out and proceeded as was His custom to the Mount of Olives; and the disciples also followed Him. -- luke 22:39 +. +When He arrived at the place, He said to them, "Pray that you may not enter into temptation." -- luke 22:40 +. +And He withdrew from them about a stone's throw, and He knelt down and began to pray, -- luke 22:41 +. +saying, "Father, if You are willing, remove this cup from Me; yet not My will, but Yours be done." -- luke 22:42 +. +Now an angel from heaven appeared to Him, strengthening Him. -- luke 22:43 +. +And being in agony He was praying very fervently; and His sweat became like drops of blood, falling down upon the ground. -- luke 22:44 +. +When He rose from prayer, He came to the disciples and found them sleeping from sorrow, -- luke 22:45 +. +and said to them, "Why are you sleeping? Get up and pray that you may not enter into temptation." -- luke 22:46 +. +While He was still speaking, behold, a crowd came, and the one called Judas, one of the twelve, was preceding them; and he approached Jesus to kiss Him. -- luke 22:47 +. +But Jesus said to him, "Judas, are you betraying the Son of Man with a kiss?" -- luke 22:48 +. +When those who were around Him saw what was going to happen, they said, "Lord, shall we strike with the sword?" -- luke 22:49 +. +And one of them struck the slave of the high priest and cut off his right ear. -- luke 22:50 +. +But Jesus answered and said, "Stop! No more of this." And He touched his ear and healed him. -- luke 22:51 +. +Then Jesus said to the chief priests and officers of the temple and elders who had come against Him, "Have you come out with swords and clubs as you would against a robber? -- luke 22:52 +. +"While I was with you daily in the temple, you did not lay hands on Me; but this hour and the power of darkness are yours." -- luke 22:53 +. +Having arrested Him, they led Him away and brought Him to the house of the high priest; but Peter was following at a distance. -- luke 22:54 +. +After they had kindled a fire in the middle of the courtyard and had sat down together, Peter was sitting among them. -- luke 22:55 +. +And a servant-girl, seeing him as he sat in the firelight and looking intently at him, said, "This man was with Him too." -- luke 22:56 +. +But he denied it, saying, "Woman, I do not know Him." -- luke 22:57 +. +A little later, another saw him and said, "You are one of them too!" But Peter said, "Man, I am not!" -- luke 22:58 +. +After about an hour had passed, another man began to insist, saying, "Certainly this man also was with Him, for he is a Galilean too." -- luke 22:59 +. +But Peter said, "Man, I do not know what you are talking about." Immediately, while he was still speaking, a rooster crowed. -- luke 22:60 +. +The Lord turned and looked at Peter. And Peter remembered the word of the Lord, how He had told him, "Before a rooster crows today, you will deny Me three times." -- luke 22:61 +. +And he went out and wept bitterly. -- luke 22:62 +. +Now the men who were holding Jesus in custody were mocking Him and beating Him, -- luke 22:63 +. +and they blindfolded Him and were asking Him, saying, "Prophesy, who is the one who hit You?" -- luke 22:64 +. +And they were saying many other things against Him, blaspheming. -- luke 22:65 +. +When it was day, the Council of elders of the people assembled, both chief priests and scribes, and they led Him away to their council chamber, saying, -- luke 22:66 +. +"If You are the Christ, tell us." But He said to them, "If I tell you, you will not believe; -- luke 22:67 +. +and if I ask a question, you will not answer. -- luke 22:68 +. +"But from now on THE SON OF MAN WILL BE SEATED AT THE RIGHT HAND of the power OF GOD." -- luke 22:69 +. +And they all said, "Are You the Son of God, then?" And He said to them, "Yes, I am." -- luke 22:70 +. +Then they said, "What further need do we have of testimony? For we have heard it ourselves from His own mouth." -- luke 22:71 +. +Then the whole body of them got up and brought Him before Pilate. -- luke 23:1 +. +And they began to accuse Him, saying, "We found this man misleading our nation and forbidding to pay taxes to Caesar, and saying that He Himself is Christ, a King." -- luke 23:2 +. +So Pilate asked Him, saying, "Are You the King of the Jews?" And He answered him and said, "It is as you say." -- luke 23:3 +. +Then Pilate said to the chief priests and the crowds, "I find no guilt in this man." -- luke 23:4 +. +But they kept on insisting, saying, "He stirs up the people, teaching all over Judea, starting from Galilee even as far as this place." -- luke 23:5 +. +When Pilate heard it, he asked whether the man was a Galilean. -- luke 23:6 +. +And when he learned that He belonged to Herod's jurisdiction, he sent Him to Herod, who himself also was in Jerusalem at that time. -- luke 23:7 +. +Now Herod was very glad when he saw Jesus; for he had wanted to see Him for a long time, because he had been hearing about Him and was hoping to see some sign performed by Him. -- luke 23:8 +. +And he questioned Him at some length; but He answered him nothing. -- luke 23:9 +. +And the chief priests and the scribes were standing there, accusing Him vehemently. -- luke 23:10 +. +And Herod with his soldiers, after treating Him with contempt and mocking Him, dressed Him in a gorgeous robe and sent Him back to Pilate. -- luke 23:11 +. +Now Herod and Pilate became friends with one another that very day; for before they had been enemies with each other. -- luke 23:12 +. +Pilate summoned the chief priests and the rulers and the people, -- luke 23:13 +. +and said to them, "You brought this man to me as one who incites the people to rebellion, and behold, having examined Him before you, I have found no guilt in this man regarding the charges which you make against Him. -- luke 23:14 +. +"No, nor has Herod, for he sent Him back to us; and behold, nothing deserving death has been done by Him. -- luke 23:15 +. +"Therefore I will punish Him and release Him." -- luke 23:16 +. +[Now he was obliged to release to them at the feast one prisoner.] -- luke 23:17 +. +But they cried out all together, saying, "Away with this man, and release for us Barabbas!" -- luke 23:18 +. +(He was one who had been thrown into prison for an insurrection made in the city, and for murder.) -- luke 23:19 +. +Pilate, wanting to release Jesus, addressed them again, -- luke 23:20 +. +but they kept on calling out, saying, "Crucify, crucify Him!" -- luke 23:21 +. +And he said to them the third time, "Why, what evil has this man done? I have found in Him no guilt demanding death; therefore I will punish Him and release Him." -- luke 23:22 +. +But they were insistent, with loud voices asking that He be crucified. And their voices began to prevail. -- luke 23:23 +. +And Pilate pronounced sentence that their demand be granted. -- luke 23:24 +. +And he released the man they were asking for who had been thrown into prison for insurrection and murder, but he delivered Jesus to their will. -- luke 23:25 +. +When they led Him away, they seized a man, Simon of Cyrene, coming in from the country, and placed on him the cross to carry behind Jesus. -- luke 23:26 +. +And following Him was a large crowd of the people, and of women who were mourning and lamenting Him. -- luke 23:27 +. +But Jesus turning to them said, "Daughters of Jerusalem, stop weeping for Me, but weep for yourselves and for your children. -- luke 23:28 +. +"For behold, the days are coming when they will say, 'Blessed are the barren, and the wombs that never bore, and the breasts that never nursed.' -- luke 23:29 +. +"Then they will begin TO SAY TO THE MOUNTAINS, 'FALL ON US,' AND TO THE HILLS, 'COVER US.' -- luke 23:30 +. +"For if they do these things when the tree is green, what will happen when it is dry?" -- luke 23:31 +. +Two others also, who were criminals, were being led away to be put to death with Him. -- luke 23:32 +. +When they came to the place called The Skull, there they crucified Him and the criminals, one on the right and the other on the left. -- luke 23:33 +. +But Jesus was saying, "Father, forgive them; for they do not know what they are doing." And they cast lots, dividing up His garments among themselves. -- luke 23:34 +. +And the people stood by, looking on. And even the rulers were sneering at Him, saying, "He saved others; let Him save Himself if this is the Christ of God, His Chosen One." -- luke 23:35 +. +The soldiers also mocked Him, coming up to Him, offering Him sour wine, -- luke 23:36 +. +and saying, "If You are the King of the Jews, save Yourself!" -- luke 23:37 +. +Now there was also an inscription above Him, "THIS IS THE KING OF THE JEWS." -- luke 23:38 +. +One of the criminals who were hanged there was hurling abuse at Him, saying, "Are You not the Christ? Save Yourself and us!" -- luke 23:39 +. +But the other answered, and rebuking him said, "Do you not even fear God, since you are under the same sentence of condemnation? -- luke 23:40 +. +"And we indeed are suffering justly, for we are receiving what we deserve for our deeds; but this man has done nothing wrong." -- luke 23:41 +. +And he was saying, "Jesus, remember me when You come in Your kingdom!" -- luke 23:42 +. +And He said to him, "Truly I say to you, today you shall be with Me in Paradise." -- luke 23:43 +. +It was now about the sixth hour, and darkness fell over the whole land until the ninth hour, -- luke 23:44 +. +because the sun was obscured; and the veil of the temple was torn in two. -- luke 23:45 +. +And Jesus, crying out with a loud voice, said, "Father, INTO YOUR HANDS I COMMIT MY SPIRIT." Having said this, He breathed His last. -- luke 23:46 +. +Now when the centurion saw what had happened, he began praising God, saying, "Certainly this man was innocent." -- luke 23:47 +. +And all the crowds who came together for this spectacle, when they observed what had happened, began to return, beating their breasts. -- luke 23:48 +. +And all His acquaintances and the women who accompanied Him from Galilee were standing at a distance, seeing these things. -- luke 23:49 +. +And a man named Joseph, who was a member of the Council, a good and righteous man -- luke 23:50 +. +(he had not consented to their plan and action), a man from Arimathea, a city of the Jews, who was waiting for the kingdom of God; -- luke 23:51 +. +this man went to Pilate and asked for the body of Jesus. -- luke 23:52 +. +And he took it down and wrapped it in a linen cloth, and laid Him in a tomb cut into the rock, where no one had ever lain. -- luke 23:53 +. +It was the preparation day, and the Sabbath was about to begin. -- luke 23:54 +. +Now the women who had come with Him out of Galilee followed, and saw the tomb and how His body was laid. -- luke 23:55 +. +Then they returned and prepared spices and perfumes. And on the Sabbath they rested according to the commandment. -- luke 23:56 +. +But on the first day of the week, at early dawn, they came to the tomb bringing the spices which they had prepared. -- luke 24:1 +. +And they found the stone rolled away from the tomb, -- luke 24:2 +. +but when they entered, they did not find the body of the Lord Jesus. -- luke 24:3 +. +While they were perplexed about this, behold, two men suddenly stood near them in dazzling clothing; -- luke 24:4 +. +and as the women were terrified and bowed their faces to the ground, the men said to them, "Why do you seek the living One among the dead? -- luke 24:5 +. +"He is not here, but He has risen. Remember how He spoke to you while He was still in Galilee, -- luke 24:6 +. +saying that the Son of Man must be delivered into the hands of sinful men, and be crucified, and the third day rise again." -- luke 24:7 +. +And they remembered His words, -- luke 24:8 +. +and returned from the tomb and reported all these things to the eleven and to all the rest. -- luke 24:9 +. +Now they were Mary Magdalene and Joanna and Mary the mother of James; also the other women with them were telling these things to the apostles. -- luke 24:10 +. +But these words appeared to them as nonsense, and they would not believe them. -- luke 24:11 +. +But Peter got up and ran to the tomb; stooping and looking in, he *saw the linen wrappings only; and he went away to his home, marveling at what had happened. -- luke 24:12 +. +And behold, two of them were going that very day to a village named Emmaus, which was about seven miles from Jerusalem. -- luke 24:13 +. +And they were talking with each other about all these things which had taken place. -- luke 24:14 +. +While they were talking and discussing, Jesus Himself approached and began traveling with them. -- luke 24:15 +. +But their eyes were prevented from recognizing Him. -- luke 24:16 +. +And He said to them, "What are these words that you are exchanging with one another as you are walking?" And they stood still, looking sad. -- luke 24:17 +. +One of them, named Cleopas, answered and said to Him, "Are You the only one visiting Jerusalem and unaware of the things which have happened here in these days?" -- luke 24:18 +. +And He said to them, "What things?" And they said to Him, "The things about Jesus the Nazarene, who was a prophet mighty in deed and word in the sight of God and all the people, -- luke 24:19 +. +and how the chief priests and our rulers delivered Him to the sentence of death, and crucified Him. -- luke 24:20 +. +"But we were hoping that it was He who was going to redeem Israel. Indeed, besides all this, it is the third day since these things happened. -- luke 24:21 +. +"But also some women among us amazed us. When they were at the tomb early in the morning, -- luke 24:22 +. +and did not find His body, they came, saying that they had also seen a vision of angels who said that He was alive. -- luke 24:23 +. +"Some of those who were with us went to the tomb and found it just exactly as the women also had said; but Him they did not see." -- luke 24:24 +. +And He said to them, "O foolish men and slow of heart to believe in all that the prophets have spoken! -- luke 24:25 +. +"Was it not necessary for the Christ to suffer these things and to enter into His glory?" -- luke 24:26 +. +Then beginning with Moses and with all the prophets, He explained to them the things concerning Himself in all the Scriptures. -- luke 24:27 +. +And they approached the village where they were going, and He acted as though He were going farther. -- luke 24:28 +. +But they urged Him, saying, "Stay with us, for it is getting toward evening, and the day is now nearly over." So He went in to stay with them. -- luke 24:29 +. +When He had reclined at the table with them, He took the bread and blessed it, and breaking it, He began giving it to them. -- luke 24:30 +. +Then their eyes were opened and they recognized Him; and He vanished from their sight. -- luke 24:31 +. +They said to one another, "Were not our hearts burning within us while He was speaking to us on the road, while He was explaining the Scriptures to us?" -- luke 24:32 +. +And they got up that very hour and returned to Jerusalem, and found gathered together the eleven and those who were with them, -- luke 24:33 +. +saying, "The Lord has really risen and has appeared to Simon." -- luke 24:34 +. +They began to relate their experiences on the road and how He was recognized by them in the breaking of the bread. -- luke 24:35 +. +While they were telling these things, He Himself stood in their midst and *said to them, "Peace be to you." -- luke 24:36 +. +But they were startled and frightened and thought that they were seeing a spirit. -- luke 24:37 +. +And He said to them, "Why are you troubled, and why do doubts arise in your hearts? -- luke 24:38 +. +"See My hands and My feet, that it is I Myself; touch Me and see, for a spirit does not have flesh and bones as you see that I have." -- luke 24:39 +. +And when He had said this, He showed them His hands and His feet. -- luke 24:40 +. +While they still could not believe it because of their joy and amazement, He said to them, "Have you anything here to eat?" -- luke 24:41 +. +They gave Him a piece of a broiled fish; -- luke 24:42 +. +and He took it and ate it before them. -- luke 24:43 +. +Now He said to them, "These are My words which I spoke to you while I was still with you, that all things which are written about Me in the Law of Moses and the Prophets and the Psalms must be fulfilled." -- luke 24:44 +. +Then He opened their minds to understand the Scriptures, -- luke 24:45 +. +and He said to them, "Thus it is written, that the Christ would suffer and rise again from the dead the third day, -- luke 24:46 +. +and that repentance for forgiveness of sins would be proclaimed in His name to all the nations, beginning from Jerusalem. -- luke 24:47 +. +"You are witnesses of these things. -- luke 24:48 +. +"And behold, I am sending forth the promise of My Father upon you; but you are to stay in the city until you are clothed with power from on high." -- luke 24:49 +. +And He led them out as far as Bethany, and He lifted up His hands and blessed them. -- luke 24:50 +. +While He was blessing them, He parted from them and was carried up into heaven. -- luke 24:51 +. +And they, after worshiping Him, returned to Jerusalem with great joy, -- luke 24:52 +. +and were continually in the temple praising God. -- luke 24:53 +. +In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God, and the Word was God. -- john 1:1 +. +He was in the beginning with God. -- john 1:2 +. +All things came into being through Him, and apart from Him nothing came into being that has come into being. -- john 1:3 +. +In Him was life, and the life was the Light of men. -- john 1:4 +. +The Light shines in the darkness, and the darkness did not comprehend it. -- john 1:5 +. +There came a man sent from God, whose name was John. -- john 1:6 +. +He came as a witness, to testify about the Light, so that all might believe through him. -- john 1:7 +. +He was not the Light, but he came to testify about the Light. -- john 1:8 +. +There was the true Light which, coming into the world, enlightens every man. -- john 1:9 +. +He was in the world, and the world was made through Him, and the world did not know Him. -- john 1:10 +. +He came to His own, and those who were His own did not receive Him. -- john 1:11 +. +But as many as received Him, to them He gave the right to become children of God, even to those who believe in His name, -- john 1:12 +. +who were born, not of blood nor of the will of the flesh nor of the will of man, but of God. -- john 1:13 +. +And the Word became flesh, and dwelt among us, and we saw His glory, glory as of the only begotten from the Father, full of grace and truth. -- john 1:14 +. +John *testified about Him and cried out, saying, "This was He of whom I said, 'He who comes after me has a higher rank than I, for He existed before me.'" -- john 1:15 +. +For of His fullness we have all received, and grace upon grace. -- john 1:16 +. +For the Law was given through Moses; grace and truth were realized through Jesus Christ. -- john 1:17 +. +No one has seen God at any time; the only begotten God who is in the bosom of the Father, He has explained Him. -- john 1:18 +. +This is the testimony of John, when the Jews sent to him priests and Levites from Jerusalem to ask him, "Who are you?" -- john 1:19 +. +And he confessed and did not deny, but confessed, "I am not the Christ." -- john 1:20 +. +They asked him, "What then? Are you Elijah?" And he *said, "I am not." "Are you the Prophet?" And he answered, "No." -- john 1:21 +. +Then they said to him, "Who are you, so that we may give an answer to those who sent us? What do you say about yourself?" -- john 1:22 +. +He said, "I am A VOICE OF ONE CRYING IN THE WILDERNESS, 'MAKE STRAIGHT THE WAY OF THE LORD,' as Isaiah the prophet said." -- john 1:23 +. +Now they had been sent from the Pharisees. -- john 1:24 +. +They asked him, and said to him, "Why then are you baptizing, if you are not the Christ, nor Elijah, nor the Prophet?" -- john 1:25 +. +John answered them saying, "I baptize in water, but among you stands One whom you do not know. -- john 1:26 +. +"It is He who comes after me, the thong of whose sandal I am not worthy to untie." -- john 1:27 +. +These things took place in Bethany beyond the Jordan, where John was baptizing. -- john 1:28 +. +The next day he *saw Jesus coming to him and *said, "Behold, the Lamb of God who takes away the sin of the world! -- john 1:29 +. +"This is He on behalf of whom I said, 'After me comes a Man who has a higher rank than I, for He existed before me.' -- john 1:30 +. +"I did not recognize Him, but so that He might be manifested to Israel, I came baptizing in water." -- john 1:31 +. +John testified saying, "I have seen the Spirit descending as a dove out of heaven, and He remained upon Him. -- john 1:32 +. +"I did not recognize Him, but He who sent me to baptize in water said to me, 'He upon whom you see the Spirit descending and remaining upon Him, this is the One who baptizes in the Holy Spirit.' -- john 1:33 +. +"I myself have seen, and have testified that this is the Son of God." -- john 1:34 +. +Again the next day John was standing with two of his disciples, -- john 1:35 +. +and he looked at Jesus as He walked, and *said, "Behold, the Lamb of God!" -- john 1:36 +. +The two disciples heard him speak, and they followed Jesus. -- john 1:37 +. +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?" -- john 1:38 +. +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. -- john 1:39 +. +One of the two who heard John speak and followed Him, was Andrew, Simon Peter's brother. -- john 1:40 +. +He *found first his own brother Simon and *said to him, "We have found the Messiah" (which translated means Christ). -- john 1:41 +. +He brought him to Jesus. Jesus looked at him and said, "You are Simon the son of John; you shall be called Cephas" (which is translated Peter). -- john 1:42 +. +The next day He purposed to go into Galilee, and He *found Philip. And Jesus *said to him, "Follow Me." -- john 1:43 +. +Now Philip was from Bethsaida, of the city of Andrew and Peter. -- john 1:44 +. +Philip *found Nathanael and *said to him, "We have found Him of whom Moses in the Law and also the Prophets wrote--Jesus of Nazareth, the son of Joseph." -- john 1:45 +. +Nathanael said to him, "Can any good thing come out of Nazareth?" Philip *said to him, "Come and see." -- john 1:46 +. +Jesus saw Nathanael coming to Him, and *said of him, "Behold, an Israelite indeed, in whom there is no deceit!" -- john 1:47 +. +Nathanael *said to Him, "How do You know me?" Jesus answered and said to him, "Before Philip called you, when you were under the fig tree, I saw you." -- john 1:48 +. +Nathanael answered Him, "Rabbi, You are the Son of God; You are the King of Israel." -- john 1:49 +. +Jesus answered and said to him, "Because I said to you that I saw you under the fig tree, do you believe? You will see greater things than these." -- john 1:50 +. +And He *said to him, "Truly, truly, I say to you, you will see the heavens opened and the angels of God ascending and descending on the Son of Man." -- john 1:51 +. +On the third day there was a wedding in Cana of Galilee, and the mother of Jesus was there; -- john 2:1 +. +and both Jesus and His disciples were invited to the wedding. -- john 2:2 +. +When the wine ran out, the mother of Jesus *said to Him, "They have no wine." -- john 2:3 +. +And Jesus *said to her, "Woman, what does that have to do with us? My hour has not yet come." -- john 2:4 +. +His mother *said to the servants, "Whatever He says to you, do it." -- john 2:5 +. +Now there were six stone waterpots set there for the Jewish custom of purification, containing twenty or thirty gallons each. -- john 2:6 +. +Jesus *said to them, "Fill the waterpots with water." So they filled them up to the brim. -- john 2:7 +. +And He *said to them, "Draw some out now and take it to the headwaiter." So they took it to him. -- john 2:8 +. +When the headwaiter tasted the water which had become wine, and did not know where it came from (but the servants who had drawn the water knew), the headwaiter *called the bridegroom, -- john 2:9 +. +and *said to him, "Every man serves the good wine first, and when the people have drunk freely, then he serves the poorer wine; but you have kept the good wine until now." -- john 2:10 +. +This beginning of His signs Jesus did in Cana of Galilee, and manifested His glory, and His disciples believed in Him. -- john 2:11 +. +After this He went down to Capernaum, He and His mother and His brothers and His disciples; and they stayed there a few days. -- john 2:12 +. +The Passover of the Jews was near, and Jesus went up to Jerusalem. -- john 2:13 +. +And He found in the temple those who were selling oxen and sheep and doves, and the money changers seated at their tables. -- john 2:14 +. +And He made a scourge of cords, and drove them all out of the temple, with the sheep and the oxen; and He poured out the coins of the money changers and overturned their tables; -- john 2:15 +. +and to those who were selling the doves He said, "Take these things away; stop making My Father's house a place of business." -- john 2:16 +. +His disciples remembered that it was written, "ZEAL FOR YOUR HOUSE WILL CONSUME ME." -- john 2:17 +. +The Jews then said to Him, "What sign do You show us as your authority for doing these things?" -- john 2:18 +. +Jesus answered them, "Destroy this temple, and in three days I will raise it up." -- john 2:19 +. +The Jews then said, "It took forty-six years to build this temple, and will You raise it up in three days?" -- john 2:20 +. +But He was speaking of the temple of His body. -- john 2:21 +. +So when He was raised from the dead, His disciples remembered that He said this; and they believed the Scripture and the word which Jesus had spoken. -- john 2:22 +. +Now when He was in Jerusalem at the Passover, during the feast, many believed in His name, observing His signs which He was doing. -- john 2:23 +. +But Jesus, on His part, was not entrusting Himself to them, for He knew all men, -- john 2:24 +. +and because He did not need anyone to testify concerning man, for He Himself knew what was in man. -- john 2:25 +. +Now there was a man of the Pharisees, named Nicodemus, a ruler of the Jews; -- john 3:1 +. +this man came to Jesus by night and said to Him, "Rabbi, we know that You have come from God as a teacher; for no one can do these signs that You do unless God is with him." -- john 3:2 +. +Jesus answered and said to him, "Truly, truly, I say to you, unless one is born again he cannot see the kingdom of God." -- john 3:3 +. +Nicodemus *said to Him, "How can a man be born when he is old? He cannot enter a second time into his mother's womb and be born, can he?" -- john 3:4 +. +Jesus answered, "Truly, truly, I say to you, unless one is born of water and the Spirit he cannot enter into the kingdom of God. -- john 3:5 +. +"That which is born of the flesh is flesh, and that which is born of the Spirit is spirit. -- john 3:6 +. +"Do not be amazed that I said to you, 'You must be born again.' -- john 3:7 +. +"The wind blows where it wishes and you hear the sound of it, but do not know where it comes from and where it is going; so is everyone who is born of the Spirit." -- john 3:8 +. +Nicodemus said to Him, "How can these things be?" -- john 3:9 +. +Jesus answered and said to him, "Are you the teacher of Israel and do not understand these things? -- john 3:10 +. +"Truly, truly, I say to you, we speak of what we know and testify of what we have seen, and you do not accept our testimony. -- john 3:11 +. +"If I told you earthly things and you do not believe, how will you believe if I tell you heavenly things? -- john 3:12 +. +"No one has ascended into heaven, but He who descended from heaven: the Son of Man. -- john 3:13 +. +"As Moses lifted up the serpent in the wilderness, even so must the Son of Man be lifted up; -- john 3:14 +. +so that whoever believes will in Him have eternal life. -- john 3:15 +. +"For God so loved the world, that He gave His only begotten Son, that whoever believes in Him shall not perish, but have eternal life. -- john 3:16 +. +"For God did not send the Son into the world to judge the world, but that the world might be saved through Him. -- john 3:17 +. +"He who believes in Him is not judged; he who does not believe has been judged already, because he has not believed in the name of the only begotten Son of God. -- john 3:18 +. +"This is the judgment, that the Light has come into the world, and men loved the darkness rather than the Light, for their deeds were evil. -- john 3:19 +. +"For everyone who does evil hates the Light, and does not come to the Light for fear that his deeds will be exposed. -- john 3:20 +. +"But he who practices the truth comes to the Light, so that his deeds may be manifested as having been wrought in God." -- john 3:21 +. +After these things Jesus and His disciples came into the land of Judea, and there He was spending time with them and baptizing. -- john 3:22 +. +John also was baptizing in Aenon near Salim, because there was much water there; and people were coming and were being baptized-- -- john 3:23 +. +for John had not yet been thrown into prison. -- john 3:24 +. +Therefore there arose a discussion on the part of John's disciples with a Jew about purification. -- john 3:25 +. +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." -- john 3:26 +. +John answered and said, "A man can receive nothing unless it has been given him from heaven. -- john 3:27 +. +"You yourselves are my witnesses that I said, 'I am not the Christ,' but, 'I have been sent ahead of Him.' -- john 3:28 +. +"He who has the bride is the bridegroom; but the friend of the bridegroom, who stands and hears him, rejoices greatly because of the bridegroom's voice. So this joy of mine has been made full. -- john 3:29 +. +"He must increase, but I must decrease. -- john 3:30 +. +"He who comes from above is above all, he who is of the earth is from the earth and speaks of the earth. He who comes from heaven is above all. -- john 3:31 +. +"What He has seen and heard, of that He testifies; and no one receives His testimony. -- john 3:32 +. +"He who has received His testimony has set his seal to this, that God is true. -- john 3:33 +. +"For He whom God has sent speaks the words of God; for He gives the Spirit without measure. -- john 3:34 +. +"The Father loves the Son and has given all things into His hand. -- john 3:35 +. +"He who believes in the Son has eternal life; but he who does not obey the Son will not see life, but the wrath of God abides on him." -- john 3:36 +. +Therefore when the Lord knew that the Pharisees had heard that Jesus was making and baptizing more disciples than John -- john 4:1 +. +(although Jesus Himself was not baptizing, but His disciples were), -- john 4:2 +. +He left Judea and went away again into Galilee. -- john 4:3 +. +And He had to pass through Samaria. -- john 4:4 +. +So He *came to a city of Samaria called Sychar, near the parcel of ground that Jacob gave to his son Joseph; -- john 4:5 +. +and Jacob's well was there. So Jesus, being wearied from His journey, was sitting thus by the well. It was about the sixth hour. -- john 4:6 +. +There *came a woman of Samaria to draw water. Jesus *said to her, "Give Me a drink." -- john 4:7 +. +For His disciples had gone away into the city to buy food. -- john 4:8 +. +Therefore the Samaritan woman *said to Him, "How is it that You, being a Jew, ask me for a drink since I am a Samaritan woman?" (For Jews have no dealings with Samaritans.) -- john 4:9 +. +Jesus answered and said to her, "If you knew the gift of God, and who it is who says to you, 'Give Me a drink,' you would have asked Him, and He would have given you living water." -- john 4:10 +. +She *said to Him, "Sir, You have nothing to draw with and the well is deep; where then do You get that living water? -- john 4:11 +. +"You are not greater than our father Jacob, are You, who gave us the well, and drank of it himself and his sons and his cattle?" -- john 4:12 +. +Jesus answered and said to her, "Everyone who drinks of this water will thirst again; -- john 4:13 +. +but whoever drinks of the water that I will give him shall never thirst; but the water that I will give him will become in him a well of water springing up to eternal life." -- john 4:14 +. +The woman *said to Him, "Sir, give me this water, so I will not be thirsty nor come all the way here to draw." -- john 4:15 +. +He *said to her, "Go, call your husband and come here." -- john 4:16 +. +The woman answered and said, "I have no husband." Jesus *said to her, "You have correctly said, 'I have no husband'; -- john 4:17 +. +for you have had five husbands, and the one whom you now have is not your husband; this you have said truly." -- john 4:18 +. +The woman *said to Him, "Sir, I perceive that You are a prophet. -- john 4:19 +. +"Our fathers worshiped in this mountain, and you people say that in Jerusalem is the place where men ought to worship." -- john 4:20 +. +Jesus *said to her, "Woman, believe Me, an hour is coming when neither in this mountain nor in Jerusalem will you worship the Father. -- john 4:21 +. +"You worship what you do not know; we worship what we know, for salvation is from the Jews. -- john 4:22 +. +"But an hour is coming, and now is, when the true worshipers will worship the Father in spirit and truth; for such people the Father seeks to be His worshipers. -- john 4:23 +. +"God is spirit, and those who worship Him must worship in spirit and truth." -- john 4:24 +. +The woman *said to Him, "I know that Messiah is coming (He who is called Christ); when that One comes, He will declare all things to us." -- john 4:25 +. +Jesus *said to her, "I who speak to you am He." -- john 4:26 +. +At this point His disciples came, and they were amazed that He had been speaking with a woman, yet no one said, "What do You seek?" or, "Why do You speak with her?" -- john 4:27 +. +So the woman left her waterpot, and went into the city and *said to the men, -- john 4:28 +. +"Come, see a man who told me all the things that I have done; this is not the Christ, is it?" -- john 4:29 +. +They went out of the city, and were coming to Him. -- john 4:30 +. +Meanwhile the disciples were urging Him, saying, "Rabbi, eat." -- john 4:31 +. +But He said to them, "I have food to eat that you do not know about." -- john 4:32 +. +So the disciples were saying to one another, "No one brought Him anything to eat, did he?" -- john 4:33 +. +Jesus *said to them, "My food is to do the will of Him who sent Me and to accomplish His work. -- john 4:34 +. +"Do you not say, 'There are yet four months, and then comes the harvest'? Behold, I say to you, lift up your eyes and look on the fields, that they are white for harvest. -- john 4:35 +. +"Already he who reaps is receiving wages and is gathering fruit for life eternal; so that he who sows and he who reaps may rejoice together. -- john 4:36 +. +"For in this case the saying is true, 'One sows and another reaps.' -- john 4:37 +. +"I sent you to reap that for which you have not labored; others have labored and you have entered into their labor." -- john 4:38 +. +From that city many of the Samaritans believed in Him because of the word of the woman who testified, "He told me all the things that I have done." -- john 4:39 +. +So when the Samaritans came to Jesus, they were asking Him to stay with them; and He stayed there two days. -- john 4:40 +. +Many more believed because of His word; -- john 4:41 +. +and they were saying to the woman, "It is no longer because of what you said that we believe, for we have heard for ourselves and know that this One is indeed the Savior of the world." -- john 4:42 +. +After the two days He went forth from there into Galilee. -- john 4:43 +. +For Jesus Himself testified that a prophet has no honor in his own country. -- john 4:44 +. +So when He came to Galilee, the Galileans received Him, having seen all the things that He did in Jerusalem at the feast; for they themselves also went to the feast. -- john 4:45 +. +Therefore He came again to Cana of Galilee where He had made the water wine. And there was a royal official whose son was sick at Capernaum. -- john 4:46 +. +When he heard that Jesus had come out of Judea into Galilee, he went to Him and was imploring Him to come down and heal his son; for he was at the point of death. -- john 4:47 +. +So Jesus said to him, "Unless you people see signs and wonders, you simply will not believe." -- john 4:48 +. +The royal official *said to Him, "Sir, come down before my child dies." -- john 4:49 +. +Jesus *said to him, "Go; your son lives." The man believed the word that Jesus spoke to him and started off. -- john 4:50 +. +As he was now going down, his slaves met him, saying that his son was living. -- john 4:51 +. +So he inquired of them the hour when he began to get better. Then they said to him, "Yesterday at the seventh hour the fever left him." -- john 4:52 +. +So the father knew that it was at that hour in which Jesus said to him, "Your son lives"; and he himself believed and his whole household. -- john 4:53 +. +This is again a second sign that Jesus performed when He had come out of Judea into Galilee. -- john 4:54 +. +After these things there was a feast of the Jews, and Jesus went up to Jerusalem. -- john 5:1 +. +Now there is in Jerusalem by the sheep gate a pool, which is called in Hebrew Bethesda, having five porticoes. -- john 5:2 +. +In these lay a multitude of those who were sick, blind, lame, and withered, [waiting for the moving of the waters; -- john 5:3 +. +for an angel of the Lord went down at certain seasons into the pool and stirred up the water; whoever then first, after the stirring up of the water, stepped in was made well from whatever disease with which he was afflicted.] -- john 5:4 +. +A man was there who had been ill for thirty-eight years. -- john 5:5 +. +When Jesus saw him lying there, and knew that he had already been a long time in that condition, He *said to him, "Do you wish to get well?" -- john 5:6 +. +The sick man answered Him, "Sir, I have no man to put me into the pool when the water is stirred up, but while I am coming, another steps down before me." -- john 5:7 +. +Jesus *said to him, "Get up, pick up your pallet and walk." -- john 5:8 +. +Immediately the man became well, and picked up his pallet and began to walk. Now it was the Sabbath on that day. -- john 5:9 +. +So the Jews were saying to the man who was cured, "It is the Sabbath, and it is not permissible for you to carry your pallet." -- john 5:10 +. +But he answered them, "He who made me well was the one who said to me, 'Pick up your pallet and walk.'" -- john 5:11 +. +They asked him, "Who is the man who said to you, 'Pick up your pallet and walk'?" -- john 5:12 +. +But the man who was healed did not know who it was, for Jesus had slipped away while there was a crowd in that place. -- john 5:13 +. +Afterward Jesus *found him in the temple and said to him, "Behold, you have become well; do not sin anymore, so that nothing worse happens to you." -- john 5:14 +. +The man went away, and told the Jews that it was Jesus who had made him well. -- john 5:15 +. +For this reason the Jews were persecuting Jesus, because He was doing these things on the Sabbath. -- john 5:16 +. +But He answered them, "My Father is working until now, and I Myself am working." -- john 5:17 +. +For this reason therefore the Jews were seeking all the more to kill Him, because He not only was breaking the Sabbath, but also was calling God His own Father, making Himself equal with God. -- john 5:18 +. +Therefore Jesus answered and was saying to them, "Truly, truly, I say to you, the Son can do nothing of Himself, unless it is something He sees the Father doing; for whatever the Father does, these things the Son also does in like manner. -- john 5:19 +. +"For the Father loves the Son, and shows Him all things that He Himself is doing; and the Father will show Him greater works than these, so that you will marvel. -- john 5:20 +. +"For just as the Father raises the dead and gives them life, even so the Son also gives life to whom He wishes. -- john 5:21 +. +"For not even the Father judges anyone, but He has given all judgment to the Son, -- john 5:22 +. +so that all will honor the Son even as they honor the Father. He who does not honor the Son does not honor the Father who sent Him. -- john 5:23 +. +"Truly, truly, I say to you, he who hears My word, and believes Him who sent Me, has eternal life, and does not come into judgment, but has passed out of death into life. -- john 5:24 +. +"Truly, truly, I say to you, an hour is coming and now is, when the dead will hear the voice of the Son of God, and those who hear will live. -- john 5:25 +. +"For just as the Father has life in Himself, even so He gave to the Son also to have life in Himself; -- john 5:26 +. +and He gave Him authority to execute judgment, because He is the Son of Man. -- john 5:27 +. +"Do not marvel at this; for an hour is coming, in which all who are in the tombs will hear His voice, -- john 5:28 +. +and will come forth; those who did the good deeds to a resurrection of life, those who committed the evil deeds to a resurrection of judgment. -- john 5:29 +. +"I can do nothing on My own initiative. As I hear, I judge; and My judgment is just, because I do not seek My own will, but the will of Him who sent Me. -- john 5:30 +. +"If I alone testify about Myself, My testimony is not true. -- john 5:31 +. +"There is another who testifies of Me, and I know that the testimony which He gives about Me is true. -- john 5:32 +. +"You have sent to John, and he has testified to the truth. -- john 5:33 +. +"But the testimony which I receive is not from man, but I say these things so that you may be saved. -- john 5:34 +. +"He was the lamp that was burning and was shining and you were willing to rejoice for a while in his light. -- john 5:35 +. +"But the testimony which I have is greater than the testimony of John; for the works which the Father has given Me to accomplish--the very works that I do--testify about Me, that the Father has sent Me. -- john 5:36 +. +"And the Father who sent Me, He has testified of Me. You have neither heard His voice at any time nor seen His form. -- john 5:37 +. +"You do not have His word abiding in you, for you do not believe Him whom He sent. -- john 5:38 +. +"You search the Scriptures because you think that in them you have eternal life; it is these that testify about Me; -- john 5:39 +. +and you are unwilling to come to Me so that you may have life. -- john 5:40 +. +"I do not receive glory from men; -- john 5:41 +. +but I know you, that you do not have the love of God in yourselves. -- john 5:42 +. +"I have come in My Father's name, and you do not receive Me; if another comes in his own name, you will receive him. -- john 5:43 +. +"How can you believe, when you receive glory from one another and you do not seek the glory that is from the one and only God? -- john 5:44 +. +"Do not think that I will accuse you before the Father; the one who accuses you is Moses, in whom you have set your hope. -- john 5:45 +. +"For if you believed Moses, you would believe Me, for he wrote about Me. -- john 5:46 +. +"But if you do not believe his writings, how will you believe My words?" -- john 5:47 +. +After these things Jesus went away to the other side of the Sea of Galilee (or Tiberias). -- john 6:1 +. +A large crowd followed Him, because they saw the signs which He was performing on those who were sick. -- john 6:2 +. +Then Jesus went up on the mountain, and there He sat down with His disciples. -- john 6:3 +. +Now the Passover, the feast of the Jews, was near. -- john 6:4 +. +Therefore Jesus, lifting up His eyes and seeing that a large crowd was coming to Him, *said to Philip, "Where are we to buy bread, so that these may eat?" -- john 6:5 +. +This He was saying to test him, for He Himself knew what He was intending to do. -- john 6:6 +. +Philip answered Him, "Two hundred denarii worth of bread is not sufficient for them, for everyone to receive a little." -- john 6:7 +. +One of His disciples, Andrew, Simon Peter's brother, *said to Him, -- john 6:8 +. +"There is a lad here who has five barley loaves and two fish, but what are these for so many people?" -- john 6:9 +. +Jesus said, "Have the people sit down." Now there was much grass in the place. So the men sat down, in number about five thousand. -- john 6:10 +. +Jesus then took the loaves, and having given thanks, He distributed to those who were seated; likewise also of the fish as much as they wanted. -- john 6:11 +. +When they were filled, He *said to His disciples, "Gather up the leftover fragments so that nothing will be lost." -- john 6:12 +. +So they gathered them up, and filled twelve baskets with fragments from the five barley loaves which were left over by those who had eaten. -- john 6:13 +. +Therefore when the people saw the sign which He had performed, they said, "This is truly the Prophet who is to come into the world." -- john 6:14 +. +So Jesus, perceiving that they were intending to come and take Him by force to make Him king, withdrew again to the mountain by Himself alone. -- john 6:15 +. +Now when evening came, His disciples went down to the sea, -- john 6:16 +. +and after getting into a boat, they started to cross the sea to Capernaum. It had already become dark, and Jesus had not yet come to them. -- john 6:17 +. +The sea began to be stirred up because a strong wind was blowing. -- john 6:18 +. +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. -- john 6:19 +. +But He *said to them, "It is I; do not be afraid." -- john 6:20 +. +So they were willing to receive Him into the boat, and immediately the boat was at the land to which they were going. -- john 6:21 +. +The next day the crowd that stood on the other side of the sea saw that there was no other small boat there, except one, and that Jesus had not entered with His disciples into the boat, but that His disciples had gone away alone. -- john 6:22 +. +There came other small boats from Tiberias near to the place where they ate the bread after the Lord had given thanks. -- john 6:23 +. +So when the crowd saw that Jesus was not there, nor His disciples, they themselves got into the small boats, and came to Capernaum seeking Jesus. -- john 6:24 +. +When they found Him on the other side of the sea, they said to Him, "Rabbi, when did You get here?" -- john 6:25 +. +Jesus answered them and said, "Truly, truly, I say to you, you seek Me, not because you saw signs, but because you ate of the loaves and were filled. -- john 6:26 +. +"Do not work for the food which perishes, but for the food which endures to eternal life, which the Son of Man will give to you, for on Him the Father, God, has set His seal." -- john 6:27 +. +Therefore they said to Him, "What shall we do, so that we may work the works of God?" -- john 6:28 +. +Jesus answered and said to them, "This is the work of God, that you believe in Him whom He has sent." -- john 6:29 +. +So they said to Him, "What then do You do for a sign, so that we may see, and believe You? What work do You perform? -- john 6:30 +. +"Our fathers ate the manna in the wilderness; as it is written, 'HE GAVE THEM BREAD OUT OF HEAVEN TO EAT.'" -- john 6:31 +. +Jesus then said to them, "Truly, truly, I say to you, it is not Moses who has given you the bread out of heaven, but it is My Father who gives you the true bread out of heaven. -- john 6:32 +. +"For the bread of God is that which comes down out of heaven, and gives life to the world." -- john 6:33 +. +Then they said to Him, "Lord, always give us this bread." -- john 6:34 +. +Jesus said to them, "I am the bread of life; he who comes to Me will not hunger, and he who believes in Me will never thirst. -- john 6:35 +. +"But I said to you that you have seen Me, and yet do not believe. -- john 6:36 +. +"All that the Father gives Me will come to Me, and the one who comes to Me I will certainly not cast out. -- john 6:37 +. +"For I have come down from heaven, not to do My own will, but the will of Him who sent Me. -- john 6:38 +. +"This is the will of Him who sent Me, that of all that He has given Me I lose nothing, but raise it up on the last day. -- john 6:39 +. +"For this is the will of My Father, that everyone who beholds the Son and believes in Him will have eternal life, and I Myself will raise him up on the last day." -- john 6:40 +. +Therefore the Jews were grumbling about Him, because He said, "I am the bread that came down out of heaven." -- john 6:41 +. +They were saying, "Is not this Jesus, the son of Joseph, whose father and mother we know? How does He now say, 'I have come down out of heaven'?" -- john 6:42 +. +Jesus answered and said to them, "Do not grumble among yourselves. -- john 6:43 +. +"No one can come to Me unless the Father who sent Me draws him; and I will raise him up on the last day. -- john 6:44 +. +"It is written in the prophets, 'AND THEY SHALL ALL BE TAUGHT OF GOD.' Everyone who has heard and learned from the Father, comes to Me. -- john 6:45 +. +"Not that anyone has seen the Father, except the One who is from God; He has seen the Father. -- john 6:46 +. +"Truly, truly, I say to you, he who believes has eternal life. -- john 6:47 +. +"I am the bread of life. -- john 6:48 +. +"Your fathers ate the manna in the wilderness, and they died. -- john 6:49 +. +"This is the bread which comes down out of heaven, so that one may eat of it and not die. -- john 6:50 +. +"I am the living bread that came down out of heaven; if anyone eats of this bread, he will live forever; and the bread also which I will give for the life of the world is My flesh." -- john 6:51 +. +Then the Jews began to argue with one another, saying, "How can this man give us His flesh to eat?" -- john 6:52 +. +So Jesus said to them, "Truly, truly, I say to you, unless you eat the flesh of the Son of Man and drink His blood, you have no life in yourselves. -- john 6:53 +. +"He who eats My flesh and drinks My blood has eternal life, and I will raise him up on the last day. -- john 6:54 +. +"For My flesh is true food, and My blood is true drink. -- john 6:55 +. +"He who eats My flesh and drinks My blood abides in Me, and I in him. -- john 6:56 +. +"As the living Father sent Me, and I live because of the Father, so he who eats Me, he also will live because of Me. -- john 6:57 +. +"This is the bread which came down out of heaven; not as the fathers ate and died; he who eats this bread will live forever." -- john 6:58 +. +These things He said in the synagogue as He taught in Capernaum. -- john 6:59 +. +Therefore many of His disciples, when they heard this said, "This is a difficult statement; who can listen to it?" -- john 6:60 +. +But Jesus, conscious that His disciples grumbled at this, said to them, "Does this cause you to stumble? -- john 6:61 +. +"What then if you see the Son of Man ascending to where He was before? -- john 6:62 +. +"It is the Spirit who gives life; the flesh profits nothing; the words that I have spoken to you are spirit and are life. -- john 6:63 +. +"But there are some of you who do not believe." For Jesus knew from the beginning who they were who did not believe, and who it was that would betray Him. -- john 6:64 +. +And He was saying, "For this reason I have said to you, that no one can come to Me unless it has been granted him from the Father." -- john 6:65 +. +As a result of this many of His disciples withdrew and were not walking with Him anymore. -- john 6:66 +. +So Jesus said to the twelve, "You do not want to go away also, do you?" -- john 6:67 +. +Simon Peter answered Him, "Lord, to whom shall we go? You have words of eternal life. -- john 6:68 +. +"We have believed and have come to know that You are the Holy One of God." -- john 6:69 +. +Jesus answered them, "Did I Myself not choose you, the twelve, and yet one of you is a devil?" -- john 6:70 +. +Now He meant Judas the son of Simon Iscariot, for he, one of the twelve, was going to betray Him. -- john 6:71 +. +After these things Jesus was walking in Galilee, for He was unwilling to walk in Judea because the Jews were seeking to kill Him. -- john 7:1 +. +Now the feast of the Jews, the Feast of Booths, was near. -- john 7:2 +. +Therefore His brothers said to Him, "Leave here and go into Judea, so that Your disciples also may see Your works which You are doing. -- john 7:3 +. +"For no one does anything in secret when he himself seeks to be known publicly. If You do these things, show Yourself to the world." -- john 7:4 +. +For not even His brothers were believing in Him. -- john 7:5 +. +So Jesus *said to them, "My time is not yet here, but your time is always opportune. -- john 7:6 +. +"The world cannot hate you, but it hates Me because I testify of it, that its deeds are evil. -- john 7:7 +. +"Go up to the feast yourselves; I do not go up to this feast because My time has not yet fully come." -- john 7:8 +. +Having said these things to them, He stayed in Galilee. -- john 7:9 +. +But when His brothers had gone up to the feast, then He Himself also went up, not publicly, but as if, in secret. -- john 7:10 +. +So the Jews were seeking Him at the feast and were saying, "Where is He?" -- john 7:11 +. +There was much grumbling among the crowds concerning Him; some were saying, "He is a good man"; others were saying, "No, on the contrary, He leads the people astray." -- john 7:12 +. +Yet no one was speaking openly of Him for fear of the Jews. -- john 7:13 +. +But when it was now the midst of the feast Jesus went up into the temple, and began to teach. -- john 7:14 +. +The Jews then were astonished, saying, "How has this man become learned, having never been educated?" -- john 7:15 +. +So Jesus answered them and said, "My teaching is not Mine, but His who sent Me. -- john 7:16 +. +"If anyone is willing to do His will, he will know of the teaching, whether it is of God or whether I speak from Myself. -- john 7:17 +. +"He who speaks from himself seeks his own glory; but He who is seeking the glory of the One who sent Him, He is true, and there is no unrighteousness in Him. -- john 7:18 +. +"Did not Moses give you the Law, and yet none of you carries out the Law? Why do you seek to kill Me?" -- john 7:19 +. +The crowd answered, "You have a demon! Who seeks to kill You?" -- john 7:20 +. +Jesus answered them, "I did one deed, and you all marvel. -- john 7:21 +. +"For this reason Moses has given you circumcision (not because it is from Moses, but from the fathers), and on the Sabbath you circumcise a man. -- john 7:22 +. +"If a man receives circumcision on the Sabbath so that the Law of Moses will not be broken, are you angry with Me because I made an entire man well on the Sabbath? -- john 7:23 +. +"Do not judge according to appearance, but judge with righteous judgment." -- john 7:24 +. +So some of the people of Jerusalem were saying, "Is this not the man whom they are seeking to kill? -- john 7:25 +. +"Look, He is speaking publicly, and they are saying nothing to Him. The rulers do not really know that this is the Christ, do they? -- john 7:26 +. +"However, we know where this man is from; but whenever the Christ may come, no one knows where He is from." -- john 7:27 +. +Then Jesus cried out in the temple, teaching and saying, "You both know Me and know where I am from; and I have not come of Myself, but He who sent Me is true, whom you do not know. -- john 7:28 +. +"I know Him, because I am from Him, and He sent Me." -- john 7:29 +. +So they were seeking to seize Him; and no man laid his hand on Him, because His hour had not yet come. -- john 7:30 +. +But many of the crowd believed in Him; and they were saying, "When the Christ comes, He will not perform more signs than those which this man has, will He?" -- john 7:31 +. +The Pharisees heard the crowd muttering these things about Him, and the chief priests and the Pharisees sent officers to seize Him. -- john 7:32 +. +Therefore Jesus said, "For a little while longer I am with you, then I go to Him who sent Me. -- john 7:33 +. +"You will seek Me, and will not find Me; and where I am, you cannot come." -- john 7:34 +. +The Jews then said to one another, "Where does this man intend to go that we will not find Him? He is not intending to go to the Dispersion among the Greeks, and teach the Greeks, is He? -- john 7:35 +. +"What is this statement that He said, 'You will seek Me, and will not find Me; and where I am, you cannot come'?" -- john 7:36 +. +Now on the last day, the great day of the feast, Jesus stood and cried out, saying, "If anyone is thirsty, let him come to Me and drink. -- john 7:37 +. +"He who believes in Me, as the Scripture said, 'From his innermost being will flow rivers of living water.'" -- john 7:38 +. +But this He spoke of the Spirit, whom those who believed in Him were to receive; for the Spirit was not yet given, because Jesus was not yet glorified. -- john 7:39 +. +Some of the people therefore, when they heard these words, were saying, "This certainly is the Prophet." -- john 7:40 +. +Others were saying, "This is the Christ." Still others were saying, "Surely the Christ is not going to come from Galilee, is He? -- john 7:41 +. +"Has not the Scripture said that the Christ comes from the descendants of David, and from Bethlehem, the village where David was?" -- john 7:42 +. +So a division occurred in the crowd because of Him. -- john 7:43 +. +Some of them wanted to seize Him, but no one laid hands on Him. -- john 7:44 +. +The officers then came to the chief priests and Pharisees, and they said to them, "Why did you not bring Him?" -- john 7:45 +. +The officers answered, "Never has a man spoken the way this man speaks." -- john 7:46 +. +The Pharisees then answered them, "You have not also been led astray, have you? -- john 7:47 +. +"No one of the rulers or Pharisees has believed in Him, has he? -- john 7:48 +. +"But this crowd which does not know the Law is accursed." -- john 7:49 +. +Nicodemus (he who came to Him before, being one of them) *said to them, -- john 7:50 +. +"Our Law does not judge a man unless it first hears from him and knows what he is doing, does it?" -- john 7:51 +. +They answered him, "You are not also from Galilee, are you? Search, and see that no prophet arises out of Galilee." -- john 7:52 +. +[Everyone went to his home. -- john 7:53 +. +But Jesus went to the Mount of Olives. -- john 8:1 +. +Early in the morning He came again into the temple, and all the people were coming to Him; and He sat down and began to teach them. -- john 8:2 +. +The scribes and the Pharisees *brought a woman caught in adultery, and having set her in the center of the court, -- john 8:3 +. +they *said to Him, "Teacher, this woman has been caught in adultery, in the very act. -- john 8:4 +. +"Now in the Law Moses commanded us to stone such women; what then do You say?" -- john 8:5 +. +They were saying this, testing Him, so that they might have grounds for accusing Him. But Jesus stooped down and with His finger wrote on the ground. -- john 8:6 +. +But when they persisted in asking Him, He straightened up, and said to them, "He who is without sin among you, let him be the first to throw a stone at her." -- john 8:7 +. +Again He stooped down and wrote on the ground. -- john 8:8 +. +When they heard it, they began to go out one by one, beginning with the older ones, and He was left alone, and the woman, where she was, in the center of the court. -- john 8:9 +. +Straightening up, Jesus said to her, "Woman, where are they? Did no one condemn you?" -- john 8:10 +. +She said, "No one, Lord." And Jesus said, "I do not condemn you, either. Go. From now on sin no more."] -- john 8:11 +. +Then Jesus again spoke to them, saying, "I am the Light of the world; he who follows Me will not walk in the darkness, but will have the Light of life." -- john 8:12 +. +So the Pharisees said to Him, "You are testifying about Yourself; Your testimony is not true." -- john 8:13 +. +Jesus answered and said to them, "Even if I testify about Myself, My testimony is true, for I know where I came from and where I am going; but you do not know where I come from or where I am going. -- john 8:14 +. +"You judge according to the flesh; I am not judging anyone. -- john 8:15 +. +"But even if I do judge, My judgment is true; for I am not alone in it, but I and the Father who sent Me. -- john 8:16 +. +"Even in your law it has been written that the testimony of two men is true. -- john 8:17 +. +"I am He who testifies about Myself, and the Father who sent Me testifies about Me." -- john 8:18 +. +So they were saying to Him, "Where is Your Father?" Jesus answered, "You know neither Me nor My Father; if you knew Me, you would know My Father also." -- john 8:19 +. +These words He spoke in the treasury, as He taught in the temple; and no one seized Him, because His hour had not yet come. -- john 8:20 +. +Then He said again to them, "I go away, and you will seek Me, and will die in your sin; where I am going, you cannot come." -- john 8:21 +. +So the Jews were saying, "Surely He will not kill Himself, will He, since He says, 'Where I am going, you cannot come'?" -- john 8:22 +. +And He was saying to them, "You are from below, I am from above; you are of this world, I am not of this world. -- john 8:23 +. +"Therefore I said to you that you will die in your sins; for unless you believe that I am He, you will die in your sins." -- john 8:24 +. +So they were saying to Him, "Who are You?" Jesus said to them, "What have I been saying to you from the beginning? -- john 8:25 +. +"I have many things to speak and to judge concerning you, but He who sent Me is true; and the things which I heard from Him, these I speak to the world." -- john 8:26 +. +They did not realize that He had been speaking to them about the Father. -- john 8:27 +. +So Jesus said, "When you lift up the Son of Man, then you will know that I am He, and I do nothing on My own initiative, but I speak these things as the Father taught Me. -- john 8:28 +. +"And He who sent Me is with Me; He has not left Me alone, for I always do the things that are pleasing to Him." -- john 8:29 +. +As He spoke these things, many came to believe in Him. -- john 8:30 +. +So Jesus was saying to those Jews who had believed Him, "If you continue in My word, then you are truly disciples of Mine; -- john 8:31 +. +and you will know the truth, and the truth will make you free." -- john 8:32 +. +They answered Him, "We are Abraham's descendants and have never yet been enslaved to anyone; how is it that You say, 'You will become free'?" -- john 8:33 +. +Jesus answered them, "Truly, truly, I say to you, everyone who commits sin is the slave of sin. -- john 8:34 +. +"The slave does not remain in the house forever; the son does remain forever. -- john 8:35 +. +"So if the Son makes you free, you will be free indeed. -- john 8:36 +. +"I know that you are Abraham's descendants; yet you seek to kill Me, because My word has no place in you. -- john 8:37 +. +"I speak the things which I have seen with My Father; therefore you also do the things which you heard from your father." -- john 8:38 +. +They answered and said to Him, "Abraham is our father." Jesus *said to them, "If you are Abraham's children, do the deeds of Abraham. -- john 8:39 +. +"But as it is, you are seeking to kill Me, a man who has told you the truth, which I heard from God; this Abraham did not do. -- john 8:40 +. +"You are doing the deeds of your father." They said to Him, "We were not born of fornication; we have one Father: God." -- john 8:41 +. +Jesus said to them, "If God were your Father, you would love Me, for I proceeded forth and have come from God, for I have not even come on My own initiative, but He sent Me. -- john 8:42 +. +"Why do you not understand what I am saying? It is because you cannot hear My word. -- john 8:43 +. +"You are of your father the devil, and you want to do the desires of your father. He was a murderer from the beginning, and does not stand in the truth because there is no truth in him. Whenever he speaks a lie, he speaks from his own nature, for he is a liar and the father of lies. -- john 8:44 +. +"But because I speak the truth, you do not believe Me. -- john 8:45 +. +"Which one of you convicts Me of sin? If I speak truth, why do you not believe Me? -- john 8:46 +. +"He who is of God hears the words of God; for this reason you do not hear them, because you are not of God." -- john 8:47 +. +The Jews answered and said to Him, "Do we not say rightly that You are a Samaritan and have a demon?" -- john 8:48 +. +Jesus answered, "I do not have a demon; but I honor My Father, and you dishonor Me. -- john 8:49 +. +"But I do not seek My glory; there is One who seeks and judges. -- john 8:50 +. +"Truly, truly, I say to you, if anyone keeps My word he will never see death." -- john 8:51 +. +The Jews said to Him, "Now we know that You have a demon. Abraham died, and the prophets also; and You say, 'If anyone keeps My word, he will never taste of death.' -- john 8:52 +. +"Surely You are not greater than our father Abraham, who died? The prophets died too; whom do You make Yourself out to be?" -- john 8:53 +. +Jesus answered, "If I glorify Myself, My glory is nothing; it is My Father who glorifies Me, of whom you say, 'He is our God'; -- john 8:54 +. +and you have not come to know Him, but I know Him; and if I say that I do not know Him, I will be a liar like you, but I do know Him and keep His word. -- john 8:55 +. +"Your father Abraham rejoiced to see My day, and he saw it and was glad." -- john 8:56 +. +So the Jews said to Him, "You are not yet fifty years old, and have You seen Abraham?" -- john 8:57 +. +Jesus said to them, "Truly, truly, I say to you, before Abraham was born, I am." -- john 8:58 +. +Therefore they picked up stones to throw at Him, but Jesus hid Himself and went out of the temple. -- john 8:59 +. +As He passed by, He saw a man blind from birth. -- john 9:1 +. +And His disciples asked Him, "Rabbi, who sinned, this man or his parents, that he would be born blind?" -- john 9:2 +. +Jesus answered, "It was neither that this man sinned, nor his parents; but it was so that the works of God might be displayed in him. -- john 9:3 +. +"We must work the works of Him who sent Me as long as it is day; night is coming when no one can work. -- john 9:4 +. +"While I am in the world, I am the Light of the world." -- john 9:5 +. +When He had said this, He spat on the ground, and made clay of the spittle, and applied the clay to his eyes, -- john 9:6 +. +and said to him, "Go, wash in the pool of Siloam" (which is translated, Sent). So he went away and washed, and came back seeing. -- john 9:7 +. +Therefore the neighbors, and those who previously saw him as a beggar, were saying, "Is not this the one who used to sit and beg?" -- john 9:8 +. +Others were saying, "This is he," still others were saying, "No, but he is like him." He kept saying, "I am the one." -- john 9:9 +. +So they were saying to him, "How then were your eyes opened?" -- john 9:10 +. +He answered, "The man who is called Jesus made clay, and anointed my eyes, and said to me, 'Go to Siloam and wash'; so I went away and washed, and I received sight." -- john 9:11 +. +They said to him, "Where is He?" He *said, "I do not know." -- john 9:12 +. +They *brought to the Pharisees the man who was formerly blind. -- john 9:13 +. +Now it was a Sabbath on the day when Jesus made the clay and opened his eyes. -- john 9:14 +. +Then the Pharisees also were asking him again how he received his sight. And he said to them, "He applied clay to my eyes, and I washed, and I see." -- john 9:15 +. +Therefore some of the Pharisees were saying, "This man is not from God, because He does not keep the Sabbath." But others were saying, "How can a man who is a sinner perform such signs?" And there was a division among them. -- john 9:16 +. +So they *said to the blind man again, "What do you say about Him, since He opened your eyes?" And he said, "He is a prophet." -- john 9:17 +. +The Jews then did not believe it of him, that he had been blind and had received sight, until they called the parents of the very one who had received his sight, -- john 9:18 +. +and questioned them, saying, "Is this your son, who you say was born blind? Then how does he now see?" -- john 9:19 +. +His parents answered them and said, "We know that this is our son, and that he was born blind; -- john 9:20 +. +but how he now sees, we do not know; or who opened his eyes, we do not know. Ask him; he is of age, he will speak for himself." -- john 9:21 +. +His parents said this because they were afraid of the Jews; for the Jews had already agreed that if anyone confessed Him to be Christ, he was to be put out of the synagogue. -- john 9:22 +. +For this reason his parents said, "He is of age; ask him." -- john 9:23 +. +So a second time they called the man who had been blind, and said to him, "Give glory to God; we know that this man is a sinner." -- john 9:24 +. +He then answered, "Whether He is a sinner, I do not know; one thing I do know, that though I was blind, now I see." -- john 9:25 +. +So they said to him, "What did He do to you? How did He open your eyes?" -- john 9:26 +. +He answered them, "I told you already and you did not listen; why do you want to hear it again? You do not want to become His disciples too, do you?" -- john 9:27 +. +They reviled him and said, "You are His disciple, but we are disciples of Moses. -- john 9:28 +. +"We know that God has spoken to Moses, but as for this man, we do not know where He is from." -- john 9:29 +. +The man answered and said to them, "Well, here is an amazing thing, that you do not know where He is from, and yet He opened my eyes. -- john 9:30 +. +"We know that God does not hear sinners; but if anyone is God-fearing and does His will, He hears him. -- john 9:31 +. +"Since the beginning of time it has never been heard that anyone opened the eyes of a person born blind. -- john 9:32 +. +"If this man were not from God, He could do nothing." -- john 9:33 +. +They answered him, "You were born entirely in sins, and are you teaching us?" So they put him out. -- john 9:34 +. +Jesus heard that they had put him out, and finding him, He said, "Do you believe in the Son of Man?" -- john 9:35 +. +He answered, "Who is He, Lord, that I may believe in Him?" -- john 9:36 +. +Jesus said to him, "You have both seen Him, and He is the one who is talking with you." -- john 9:37 +. +And he said, "Lord, I believe." And he worshiped Him. -- john 9:38 +. +And Jesus said, "For judgment I came into this world, so that those who do not see may see, and that those who see may become blind." -- john 9:39 +. +Those of the Pharisees who were with Him heard these things and said to Him, "We are not blind too, are we?" -- john 9:40 +. +Jesus said to them, "If you were blind, you would have no sin; but since you say, 'We see,' your sin remains. -- john 9:41 +. +"Truly, truly, I say to you, he who does not enter by the door into the fold of the sheep, but climbs up some other way, he is a thief and a robber. -- john 10:1 +. +"But he who enters by the door is a shepherd of the sheep. -- john 10:2 +. +"To him the doorkeeper opens, and the sheep hear his voice, and he calls his own sheep by name and leads them out. -- john 10:3 +. +"When he puts forth all his own, he goes ahead of them, and the sheep follow him because they know his voice. -- john 10:4 +. +"A stranger they simply will not follow, but will flee from him, because they do not know the voice of strangers." -- john 10:5 +. +This figure of speech Jesus spoke to them, but they did not understand what those things were which He had been saying to them. -- john 10:6 +. +So Jesus said to them again, "Truly, truly, I say to you, I am the door of the sheep. -- john 10:7 +. +"All who came before Me are thieves and robbers, but the sheep did not hear them. -- john 10:8 +. +"I am the door; if anyone enters through Me, he will be saved, and will go in and out and find pasture. -- john 10:9 +. +"The thief comes only to steal and kill and destroy; I came that they may have life, and have it abundantly. -- john 10:10 +. +"I am the good shepherd; the good shepherd lays down His life for the sheep. -- john 10:11 +. +"He who is a hired hand, and not a shepherd, who is not the owner of the sheep, sees the wolf coming, and leaves the sheep and flees, and the wolf snatches them and scatters them. -- john 10:12 +. +"He flees because he is a hired hand and is not concerned about the sheep. -- john 10:13 +. +"I am the good shepherd, and I know My own and My own know Me, -- john 10:14 +. +even as the Father knows Me and I know the Father; and I lay down My life for the sheep. -- john 10:15 +. +"I have other sheep, which are not of this fold; I must bring them also, and they will hear My voice; and they will become one flock with one shepherd. -- john 10:16 +. +"For this reason the Father loves Me, because I lay down My life so that I may take it again. -- john 10:17 +. +"No one has taken it away from Me, but I lay it down on My own initiative. I have authority to lay it down, and I have authority to take it up again. This commandment I received from My Father." -- john 10:18 +. +A division occurred again among the Jews because of these words. -- john 10:19 +. +Many of them were saying, "He has a demon and is insane. Why do you listen to Him?" -- john 10:20 +. +Others were saying, "These are not the sayings of one demon-possessed. A demon cannot open the eyes of the blind, can he?" -- john 10:21 +. +At that time the Feast of the Dedication took place at Jerusalem; -- john 10:22 +. +it was winter, and Jesus was walking in the temple in the portico of Solomon. -- john 10:23 +. +The Jews then gathered around Him, and were saying to Him, "How long will You keep us in suspense? If You are the Christ, tell us plainly." -- john 10:24 +. +Jesus answered them, "I told you, and you do not believe; the works that I do in My Father's name, these testify of Me. -- john 10:25 +. +"But you do not believe because you are not of My sheep. -- john 10:26 +. +"My sheep hear My voice, and I know them, and they follow Me; -- john 10:27 +. +and I give eternal life to them, and they will never perish; and no one will snatch them out of My hand. -- john 10:28 +. +"My Father, who has given them to Me, is greater than all; and no one is able to snatch them out of the Father's hand. -- john 10:29 +. +"I and the Father are one." -- john 10:30 +. +The Jews picked up stones again to stone Him. -- john 10:31 +. +Jesus answered them, "I showed you many good works from the Father; for which of them are you stoning Me?" -- john 10:32 +. +The Jews answered Him, "For a good work we do not stone You, but for blasphemy; and because You, being a man, make Yourself out to be God." -- john 10:33 +. +Jesus answered them, "Has it not been written in your Law, 'I SAID, YOU ARE GODS'? -- john 10:34 +. +"If he called them gods, to whom the word of God came (and the Scripture cannot be broken), -- john 10:35 +. +do you say of Him, whom the Father sanctified and sent into the world, 'You are blaspheming,' because I said, 'I am the Son of God'? -- john 10:36 +. +"If I do not do the works of My Father, do not believe Me; -- john 10:37 +. +but if I do them, though you do not believe Me, believe the works, so that you may know and understand that the Father is in Me, and I in the Father." -- john 10:38 +. +Therefore they were seeking again to seize Him, and He eluded their grasp. -- john 10:39 +. +And He went away again beyond the Jordan to the place where John was first baptizing, and He was staying there. -- john 10:40 +. +Many came to Him and were saying, "While John performed no sign, yet everything John said about this man was true." -- john 10:41 +. +Many believed in Him there. -- john 10:42 +. +Now a certain man was sick, Lazarus of Bethany, the village of Mary and her sister Martha. -- john 11:1 +. +It was the Mary who anointed the Lord with ointment, and wiped His feet with her hair, whose brother Lazarus was sick. -- john 11:2 +. +So the sisters sent word to Him, saying, "Lord, behold, he whom You love is sick." -- john 11:3 +. +But when Jesus heard this, He said, "This sickness is not to end in death, but for the glory of God, so that the Son of God may be glorified by it." -- john 11:4 +. +Now Jesus loved Martha and her sister and Lazarus. -- john 11:5 +. +So when He heard that he was sick, He then stayed two days longer in the place where He was. -- john 11:6 +. +Then after this He *said to the disciples, "Let us go to Judea again." -- john 11:7 +. +The disciples *said to Him, "Rabbi, the Jews were just now seeking to stone You, and are You going there again?" -- john 11:8 +. +Jesus answered, "Are there not twelve hours in the day? If anyone walks in the day, he does not stumble, because he sees the light of this world. -- john 11:9 +. +"But if anyone walks in the night, he stumbles, because the light is not in him." -- john 11:10 +. +This He said, and after that He *said to them, "Our friend Lazarus has fallen asleep; but I go, so that I may awaken him out of sleep." -- john 11:11 +. +The disciples then said to Him, "Lord, if he has fallen asleep, he will recover." -- john 11:12 +. +Now Jesus had spoken of his death, but they thought that He was speaking of literal sleep. -- john 11:13 +. +So Jesus then said to them plainly, "Lazarus is dead, -- john 11:14 +. +and I am glad for your sakes that I was not there, so that you may believe; but let us go to him." -- john 11:15 +. +Therefore Thomas, who is called Didymus, said to his fellow disciples, "Let us also go, so that we may die with Him." -- john 11:16 +. +So when Jesus came, He found that he had already been in the tomb four days. -- john 11:17 +. +Now Bethany was near Jerusalem, about two miles off; -- john 11:18 +. +and many of the Jews had come to Martha and Mary, to console them concerning their brother. -- john 11:19 +. +Martha therefore, when she heard that Jesus was coming, went to meet Him, but Mary stayed at the house. -- john 11:20 +. +Martha then said to Jesus, "Lord, if You had been here, my brother would not have died. -- john 11:21 +. +"Even now I know that whatever You ask of God, God will give You." -- john 11:22 +. +Jesus *said to her, "Your brother will rise again." -- john 11:23 +. +Martha *said to Him, "I know that he will rise again in the resurrection on the last day." -- john 11:24 +. +Jesus said to her, "I am the resurrection and the life; he who believes in Me will live even if he dies, -- john 11:25 +. +and everyone who lives and believes in Me will never die. Do you believe this?" -- john 11:26 +. +She *said to Him, "Yes, Lord; I have believed that You are the Christ, the Son of God, even He who comes into the world." -- john 11:27 +. +When she had said this, she went away and called Mary her sister, saying secretly, "The Teacher is here and is calling for you." -- john 11:28 +. +And when she heard it, she *got up quickly and was coming to Him. -- john 11:29 +. +Now Jesus had not yet come into the village, but was still in the place where Martha met Him. -- john 11:30 +. +Then the Jews who were with her in the house, and consoling her, when they saw that Mary got up quickly and went out, they followed her, supposing that she was going to the tomb to weep there. -- john 11:31 +. +Therefore, when Mary came where Jesus was, she saw Him, and fell at His feet, saying to Him, "Lord, if You had been here, my brother would not have died." -- john 11:32 +. +When Jesus therefore saw her weeping, and the Jews who came with her also weeping, He was deeply moved in spirit and was troubled, -- john 11:33 +. +and said, "Where have you laid him?" They *said to Him, "Lord, come and see." -- john 11:34 +. +Jesus wept. -- john 11:35 +. +So the Jews were saying, "See how He loved him!" -- john 11:36 +. +But some of them said, "Could not this man, who opened the eyes of the blind man, have kept this man also from dying?" -- john 11:37 +. +So Jesus, again being deeply moved within, *came to the tomb. Now it was a cave, and a stone was lying against it. -- john 11:38 +. +Jesus *said, "Remove the stone." Martha, the sister of the deceased, *said to Him, "Lord, by this time there will be a stench, for he has been dead four days." -- john 11:39 +. +Jesus *said to her, "Did I not say to you that if you believe, you will see the glory of God?" -- john 11:40 +. +So they removed the stone. Then Jesus raised His eyes, and said, "Father, I thank You that You have heard Me. -- john 11:41 +. +"I knew that You always hear Me; but because of the people standing around I said it, so that they may believe that You sent Me." -- john 11:42 +. +When He had said these things, He cried out with a loud voice, "Lazarus, come forth." -- john 11:43 +. +The man who had died came forth, bound hand and foot with wrappings, and his face was wrapped around with a cloth. Jesus *said to them, "Unbind him, and let him go." -- john 11:44 +. +Therefore many of the Jews who came to Mary, and saw what He had done, believed in Him. -- john 11:45 +. +But some of them went to the Pharisees and told them the things which Jesus had done. -- john 11:46 +. +Therefore the chief priests and the Pharisees convened a council, and were saying, "What are we doing? For this man is performing many signs. -- john 11:47 +. +"If we let Him go on like this, all men will believe in Him, and the Romans will come and take away both our place and our nation." -- john 11:48 +. +But one of them, Caiaphas, who was high priest that year, said to them, "You know nothing at all, -- john 11:49 +. +nor do you take into account that it is expedient for you that one man die for the people, and that the whole nation not perish." -- john 11:50 +. +Now he did not say this on his own initiative, but being high priest that year, he prophesied that Jesus was going to die for the nation, -- john 11:51 +. +and not for the nation only, but in order that He might also gather together into one the children of God who are scattered abroad. -- john 11:52 +. +So from that day on they planned together to kill Him. -- john 11:53 +. +Therefore Jesus no longer continued to walk publicly among the Jews, but went away from there to the country near the wilderness, into a city called Ephraim; and there He stayed with the disciples. -- john 11:54 +. +Now the Passover of the Jews was near, and many went up to Jerusalem out of the country before the Passover to purify themselves. -- john 11:55 +. +So they were seeking for Jesus, and were saying to one another as they stood in the temple, "What do you think; that He will not come to the feast at all?" -- john 11:56 +. +Now the chief priests and the Pharisees had given orders that if anyone knew where He was, he was to report it, so that they might seize Him. -- john 11:57 +. +Jesus, therefore, six days before the Passover, came to Bethany where Lazarus was, whom Jesus had raised from the dead. -- john 12:1 +. +So they made Him a supper there, and Martha was serving; but Lazarus was one of those reclining at the table with Him. -- john 12:2 +. +Mary then took a pound of very costly perfume of pure nard, and anointed the feet of Jesus and wiped His feet with her hair; and the house was filled with the fragrance of the perfume. -- john 12:3 +. +But Judas Iscariot, one of His disciples, who was intending to betray Him, *said, -- john 12:4 +. +"Why was this perfume not sold for three hundred denarii and given to poor people?" -- john 12:5 +. +Now he said this, not because he was concerned about the poor, but because he was a thief, and as he had the money box, he used to pilfer what was put into it. -- john 12:6 +. +Therefore Jesus said, "Let her alone, so that she may keep it for the day of My burial. -- john 12:7 +. +"For you always have the poor with you, but you do not always have Me." -- john 12:8 +. +The large crowd of the Jews then learned that He was there; and they came, not for Jesus' sake only, but that they might also see Lazarus, whom He raised from the dead. -- john 12:9 +. +But the chief priests planned to put Lazarus to death also; -- john 12:10 +. +because on account of him many of the Jews were going away and were believing in Jesus. -- john 12:11 +. +On the next day the large crowd who had come to the feast, when they heard that Jesus was coming to Jerusalem, -- john 12:12 +. +took the branches of the palm trees and went out to meet Him, and began to shout, "Hosanna! BLESSED IS HE WHO COMES IN THE NAME OF THE LORD, even the King of Israel." -- john 12:13 +. +Jesus, finding a young donkey, sat on it; as it is written, -- john 12:14 +. +"FEAR NOT, DAUGHTER OF ZION; BEHOLD, YOUR KING IS COMING, SEATED ON A DONKEY'S COLT." -- john 12:15 +. +These things His disciples did not understand at the first; but when Jesus was glorified, then they remembered that these things were written of Him, and that they had done these things to Him. -- john 12:16 +. +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. -- john 12:17 +. +For this reason also the people went and met Him, because they heard that He had performed this sign. -- john 12:18 +. +So the Pharisees said to one another, "You see that you are not doing any good; look, the world has gone after Him." -- john 12:19 +. +Now there were some Greeks among those who were going up to worship at the feast; -- john 12:20 +. +these then came to Philip, who was from Bethsaida of Galilee, and began to ask him, saying, "Sir, we wish to see Jesus." -- john 12:21 +. +Philip *came and *told Andrew; Andrew and Philip *came and *told Jesus. -- john 12:22 +. +And Jesus *answered them, saying, "The hour has come for the Son of Man to be glorified. -- john 12:23 +. +"Truly, truly, I say to you, unless a grain of wheat falls into the earth and dies, it remains alone; but if it dies, it bears much fruit. -- john 12:24 +. +"He who loves his life loses it, and he who hates his life in this world will keep it to life eternal. -- john 12:25 +. +"If anyone serves Me, he must follow Me; and where I am, there My servant will be also; if anyone serves Me, the Father will honor him. -- john 12:26 +. +"Now My soul has become troubled; and what shall I say, 'Father, save Me from this hour'? But for this purpose I came to this hour. -- john 12:27 +. +"Father, glorify Your name." Then a voice came out of heaven: "I have both glorified it, and will glorify it again." -- john 12:28 +. +So the crowd of people who stood by and heard it were saying that it had thundered; others were saying, "An angel has spoken to Him." -- john 12:29 +. +Jesus answered and said, "This voice has not come for My sake, but for your sakes. -- john 12:30 +. +"Now judgment is upon this world; now the ruler of this world will be cast out. -- john 12:31 +. +"And I, if I am lifted up from the earth, will draw all men to Myself." -- john 12:32 +. +But He was saying this to indicate the kind of death by which He was to die. -- john 12:33 +. +The crowd then answered Him, "We have heard out of the Law that the Christ is to remain forever; and how can You say, 'The Son of Man must be lifted up'? Who is this Son of Man?" -- john 12:34 +. +So Jesus said to them, "For a little while longer the Light is among you. Walk while you have the Light, so that darkness will not overtake you; he who walks in the darkness does not know where he goes. -- john 12:35 +. +"While you have the Light, believe in the Light, so that you may become sons of Light." These things Jesus spoke, and He went away and hid Himself from them. -- john 12:36 +. +But though He had performed so many signs before them, yet they were not believing in Him. -- john 12:37 +. +This was to fulfill the word of Isaiah the prophet which he spoke: "LORD, WHO HAS BELIEVED OUR REPORT? AND TO WHOM HAS THE ARM OF THE LORD BEEN REVEALED?" -- john 12:38 +. +For this reason they could not believe, for Isaiah said again, -- john 12:39 +. +"HE HAS BLINDED THEIR EYES AND HE HARDENED THEIR HEART, SO THAT THEY WOULD NOT SEE WITH THEIR EYES AND PERCEIVE WITH THEIR HEART, AND BE CONVERTED AND I HEAL THEM." -- john 12:40 +. +These things Isaiah said because he saw His glory, and he spoke of Him. -- john 12:41 +. +Nevertheless many even of the rulers believed in Him, but because of the Pharisees they were not confessing Him, for fear that they would be put out of the synagogue; -- john 12:42 +. +for they loved the approval of men rather than the approval of God. -- john 12:43 +. +And Jesus cried out and said, "He who believes in Me, does not believe in Me but in Him who sent Me. -- john 12:44 +. +"He who sees Me sees the One who sent Me. -- john 12:45 +. +"I have come as Light into the world, so that everyone who believes in Me will not remain in darkness. -- john 12:46 +. +"If anyone hears My sayings and does not keep them, I do not judge him; for I did not come to judge the world, but to save the world. -- john 12:47 +. +"He who rejects Me and does not receive My sayings, has one who judges him; the word I spoke is what will judge him at the last day. -- john 12:48 +. +"For I did not speak on My own initiative, but the Father Himself who sent Me has given Me a commandment as to what to say and what to speak. -- john 12:49 +. +"I know that His commandment is eternal life; therefore the things I speak, I speak just as the Father has told Me." -- john 12:50 +. +Now before the Feast of the Passover, Jesus knowing that His hour had come that He would depart out of this world to the Father, having loved His own who were in the world, He loved them to the end. -- john 13:1 +. +During supper, the devil having already put into the heart of Judas Iscariot, the son of Simon, to betray Him, -- john 13:2 +. +Jesus, knowing that the Father had given all things into His hands, and that He had come forth from God and was going back to God, -- john 13:3 +. +*got up from supper, and *laid aside His garments; and taking a towel, He girded Himself. -- john 13:4 +. +Then He *poured water into the basin, and began to wash the disciples' feet and to wipe them with the towel with which He was girded. -- john 13:5 +. +So He *came to Simon Peter. He *said to Him, "Lord, do You wash my feet?" -- john 13:6 +. +Jesus answered and said to him, "What I do you do not realize now, but you will understand hereafter." -- john 13:7 +. +Peter *said to Him, "Never shall You wash my feet!" Jesus answered him, "If I do not wash you, you have no part with Me." -- john 13:8 +. +Simon Peter *said to Him, "Lord, then wash not only my feet, but also my hands and my head." -- john 13:9 +. +Jesus *said to him, "He who has bathed needs only to wash his feet, but is completely clean; and you are clean, but not all of you." -- john 13:10 +. +For He knew the one who was betraying Him; for this reason He said, "Not all of you are clean." -- john 13:11 +. +So when He had washed their feet, and taken His garments and reclined at the table again, He said to them, "Do you know what I have done to you? -- john 13:12 +. +"You call Me Teacher and Lord; and you are right, for so I am. -- john 13:13 +. +"If I then, the Lord and the Teacher, washed your feet, you also ought to wash one another's feet. -- john 13:14 +. +"For I gave you an example that you also should do as I did to you. -- john 13:15 +. +"Truly, truly, I say to you, a slave is not greater than his master, nor is one who is sent greater than the one who sent him. -- john 13:16 +. +"If you know these things, you are blessed if you do them. -- john 13:17 +. +"I do not speak of all of you. I know the ones I have chosen; but it is that the Scripture may be fulfilled, 'HE WHO EATS MY BREAD HAS LIFTED UP HIS HEEL AGAINST ME.' -- john 13:18 +. +"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. -- john 13:19 +. +"Truly, truly, I say to you, he who receives whomever I send receives Me; and he who receives Me receives Him who sent Me." -- john 13:20 +. +When Jesus had said this, He became troubled in spirit, and testified and said, "Truly, truly, I say to you, that one of you will betray Me." -- john 13:21 +. +The disciples began looking at one another, at a loss to know of which one He was speaking. -- john 13:22 +. +There was reclining on Jesus' bosom one of His disciples, whom Jesus loved. -- john 13:23 +. +So Simon Peter *gestured to him, and *said to him, "Tell us who it is of whom He is speaking." -- john 13:24 +. +He, leaning back thus on Jesus' bosom, *said to Him, "Lord, who is it?" -- john 13:25 +. +Jesus then *answered, "That is the one for whom I shall dip the morsel and give it to him." So when He had dipped the morsel, He *took and *gave it to Judas, the son of Simon Iscariot. -- john 13:26 +. +After the morsel, Satan then entered into him. Therefore Jesus *said to him, "What you do, do quickly." -- john 13:27 +. +Now no one of those reclining at the table knew for what purpose He had said this to him. -- john 13:28 +. +For some were supposing, because Judas had the money box, that Jesus was saying to him, "Buy the things we have need of for the feast"; or else, that he should give something to the poor. -- john 13:29 +. +So after receiving the morsel he went out immediately; and it was night. -- john 13:30 +. +Therefore when he had gone out, Jesus *said, "Now is the Son of Man glorified, and God is glorified in Him; -- john 13:31 +. +if God is glorified in Him, God will also glorify Him in Himself, and will glorify Him immediately. -- john 13:32 +. +"Little children, I am with you a little while longer. You will seek Me; and as I said to the Jews, now I also say to you, 'Where I am going, you cannot come.' -- john 13:33 +. +"A new commandment I give to you, that you love one another, even as I have loved you, that you also love one another. -- john 13:34 +. +"By this all men will know that you are My disciples, if you have love for one another." -- john 13:35 +. +Simon Peter *said to Him, "Lord, where are You going?" Jesus answered, "Where I go, you cannot follow Me now; but you will follow later." -- john 13:36 +. +Peter *said to Him, "Lord, why can I not follow You right now? I will lay down my life for You." -- john 13:37 +. +Jesus *answered, "Will you lay down your life for Me? Truly, truly, I say to you, a rooster will not crow until you deny Me three times. -- john 13:38 +. +"Do not let your heart be troubled; believe in God, believe also in Me. -- john 14:1 +. +"In My Father's house are many dwelling places; if it were not so, I would have told you; for I go to prepare a place for you. -- john 14:2 +. +"If I go and prepare a place for you, I will come again and receive you to Myself, that where I am, there you may be also. -- john 14:3 +. +"And you know the way where I am going." -- john 14:4 +. +Thomas *said to Him, "Lord, we do not know where You are going, how do we know the way?" -- john 14:5 +. +Jesus *said to him, "I am the way, and the truth, and the life; no one comes to the Father but through Me. -- john 14:6 +. +"If you had known Me, you would have known My Father also; from now on you know Him, and have seen Him." -- john 14:7 +. +Philip *said to Him, "Lord, show us the Father, and it is enough for us." -- john 14:8 +. +Jesus *said to him, "Have I been so long with you, and yet you have not come to know Me, Philip? He who has seen Me has seen the Father; how can you say, 'Show us the Father'? -- john 14:9 +. +"Do you not believe that I am in the Father, and the Father is in Me? The words that I say to you I do not speak on My own initiative, but the Father abiding in Me does His works. -- john 14:10 +. +"Believe Me that I am in the Father and the Father is in Me; otherwise believe because of the works themselves. -- john 14:11 +. +"Truly, truly, I say to you, he who believes in Me, the works that I do, he will do also; and greater works than these he will do; because I go to the Father. -- john 14:12 +. +"Whatever you ask in My name, that will I do, so that the Father may be glorified in the Son. -- john 14:13 +. +"If you ask Me anything in My name, I will do it. -- john 14:14 +. +"If you love Me, you will keep My commandments. -- john 14:15 +. +"I will ask the Father, and He will give you another Helper, that He may be with you forever; -- john 14:16 +. +that is the Spirit of truth, whom the world cannot receive, because it does not see Him or know Him, but you know Him because He abides with you and will be in you. -- john 14:17 +. +"I will not leave you as orphans; I will come to you. -- john 14:18 +. +"After a little while the world will no longer see Me, but you will see Me; because I live, you will live also. -- john 14:19 +. +"In that day you will know that I am in My Father, and you in Me, and I in you. -- john 14:20 +. +"He who has My commandments and keeps them is the one who loves Me; and he who loves Me will be loved by My Father, and I will love him and will disclose Myself to him." -- john 14:21 +. +Judas (not Iscariot) *said to Him, "Lord, what then has happened that You are going to disclose Yourself to us and not to the world?" -- john 14:22 +. +Jesus answered and said to him, "If anyone loves Me, he will keep My word; and My Father will love him, and We will come to him and make Our abode with him. -- john 14:23 +. +"He who does not love Me does not keep My words; and the word which you hear is not Mine, but the Father's who sent Me. -- john 14:24 +. +"These things I have spoken to you while abiding with you. -- john 14:25 +. +"But the Helper, the Holy Spirit, whom the Father will send in My name, He will teach you all things, and bring to your remembrance all that I said to you. -- john 14:26 +. +"Peace I leave with you; My peace I give to you; not as the world gives do I give to you. Do not let your heart be troubled, nor let it be fearful. -- john 14:27 +. +"You heard that I said to you, 'I go away, and I will come to you.' If you loved Me, you would have rejoiced because I go to the Father, for the Father is greater than I. -- john 14:28 +. +"Now I have told you before it happens, so that when it happens, you may believe. -- john 14:29 +. +"I will not speak much more with you, for the ruler of the world is coming, and he has nothing in Me; -- john 14:30 +. +but so that the world may know that I love the Father, I do exactly as the Father commanded Me. Get up, let us go from here. -- john 14:31 +. +"I am the true vine, and My Father is the vinedresser. -- john 15:1 +. +"Every branch in Me that does not bear fruit, He takes away; and every branch that bears fruit, He prunes it so that it may bear more fruit. -- john 15:2 +. +"You are already clean because of the word which I have spoken to you. -- john 15:3 +. +"Abide in Me, and I in you. As the branch cannot bear fruit of itself unless it abides in the vine, so neither can you unless you abide in Me. -- john 15:4 +. +"I am the vine, you are the branches; he who abides in Me and I in him, he bears much fruit, for apart from Me you can do nothing. -- john 15:5 +. +"If anyone does not abide in Me, he is thrown away as a branch and dries up; and they gather them, and cast them into the fire and they are burned. -- john 15:6 +. +"If you abide in Me, and My words abide in you, ask whatever you wish, and it will be done for you. -- john 15:7 +. +"My Father is glorified by this, that you bear much fruit, and so prove to be My disciples. -- john 15:8 +. +"Just as the Father has loved Me, I have also loved you; abide in My love. -- john 15:9 +. +"If you keep My commandments, you will abide in My love; just as I have kept My Father's commandments and abide in His love. -- john 15:10 +. +"These things I have spoken to you so that My joy may be in you, and that your joy may be made full. -- john 15:11 +. +"This is My commandment, that you love one another, just as I have loved you. -- john 15:12 +. +"Greater love has no one than this, that one lay down his life for his friends. -- john 15:13 +. +"You are My friends if you do what I command you. -- john 15:14 +. +"No longer do I call you slaves, for the slave does not know what his master is doing; but I have called you friends, for all things that I have heard from My Father I have made known to you. -- john 15:15 +. +"You did not choose Me but I chose you, and appointed you that you would go and bear fruit, and that your fruit would remain, so that whatever you ask of the Father in My name He may give to you. -- john 15:16 +. +"This I command you, that you love one another. -- john 15:17 +. +"If the world hates you, you know that it has hated Me before it hated you. -- john 15:18 +. +"If you were of the world, the world would love its own; but because you are not of the world, but I chose you out of the world, because of this the world hates you. -- john 15:19 +. +"Remember the word that I said to you, 'A slave is not greater than his master.' If they persecuted Me, they will also persecute you; if they kept My word, they will keep yours also. -- john 15:20 +. +"But all these things they will do to you for My name's sake, because they do not know the One who sent Me. -- john 15:21 +. +"If I had not come and spoken to them, they would not have sin, but now they have no excuse for their sin. -- john 15:22 +. +"He who hates Me hates My Father also. -- john 15:23 +. +"If I had not done among them the works which no one else did, they would not have sin; but now they have both seen and hated Me and My Father as well. -- john 15:24 +. +"But they have done this to fulfill the word that is written in their Law, 'THEY HATED ME WITHOUT A CAUSE.' -- john 15:25 +. +"When the Helper comes, whom I will send to you from the Father, that is the Spirit of truth who proceeds from the Father, He will testify about Me, -- john 15:26 +. +and you will testify also, because you have been with Me from the beginning. -- john 15:27 +. +"These things I have spoken to you so that you may be kept from stumbling. -- john 16:1 +. +"They will make you outcasts from the synagogue, but an hour is coming for everyone who kills you to think that he is offering service to God. -- john 16:2 +. +"These things they will do because they have not known the Father or Me. -- john 16:3 +. +"But these things I have spoken to you, so that when their hour comes, you may remember that I told you of them. These things I did not say to you at the beginning, because I was with you. -- john 16:4 +. +"But now I am going to Him who sent Me; and none of you asks Me, 'Where are You going?' -- john 16:5 +. +"But because I have said these things to you, sorrow has filled your heart. -- john 16:6 +. +"But I tell you the truth, it is to your advantage that I go away; for if I do not go away, the Helper will not come to you; but if I go, I will send Him to you. -- john 16:7 +. +"And He, when He comes, will convict the world concerning sin and righteousness and judgment; -- john 16:8 +. +concerning sin, because they do not believe in Me; -- john 16:9 +. +and concerning righteousness, because I go to the Father and you no longer see Me; -- john 16:10 +. +and concerning judgment, because the ruler of this world has been judged. -- john 16:11 +. +"I have many more things to say to you, but you cannot bear them now. -- john 16:12 +. +"But when He, the Spirit of truth, comes, He will guide you into all the truth; for He will not speak on His own initiative, but whatever He hears, He will speak; and He will disclose to you what is to come. -- john 16:13 +. +"He will glorify Me, for He will take of Mine and will disclose it to you. -- john 16:14 +. +"All things that the Father has are Mine; therefore I said that He takes of Mine and will disclose it to you. -- john 16:15 +. +"A little while, and you will no longer see Me; and again a little while, and you will see Me." -- john 16:16 +. +Some of His disciples then said to one another, "What is this thing He is telling us, 'A little while, and you will not see Me; and again a little while, and you will see Me'; and, 'because I go to the Father'?" -- john 16:17 +. +So they were saying, "What is this that He says, 'A little while'? We do not know what He is talking about." -- john 16:18 +. +Jesus knew that they wished to question Him, and He said to them, "Are you deliberating together about this, that I said, 'A little while, and you will not see Me, and again a little while, and you will see Me'? -- john 16:19 +. +"Truly, truly, I say to you, that you will weep and lament, but the world will rejoice; you will grieve, but your grief will be turned into joy. -- john 16:20 +. +"Whenever a woman is in labor she has pain, because her hour has come; but when she gives birth to the child, she no longer remembers the anguish because of the joy that a child has been born into the world. -- john 16:21 +. +"Therefore you too have grief now; but I will see you again, and your heart will rejoice, and no one will take your joy away from you. -- john 16:22 +. +"In that day you will not question Me about anything. Truly, truly, I say to you, if you ask the Father for anything in My name, He will give it to you. -- john 16:23 +. +"Until now you have asked for nothing in My name; ask and you will receive, so that your joy may be made full. -- john 16:24 +. +"These things I have spoken to you in figurative language; an hour is coming when I will no longer speak to you in figurative language, but will tell you plainly of the Father. -- john 16:25 +. +"In that day you will ask in My name, and I do not say to you that I will request of the Father on your behalf; -- john 16:26 +. +for the Father Himself loves you, because you have loved Me and have believed that I came forth from the Father. -- john 16:27 +. +"I came forth from the Father and have come into the world; I am leaving the world again and going to the Father." -- john 16:28 +. +His disciples *said, "Lo, now You are speaking plainly and are not using a figure of speech. -- john 16:29 +. +"Now we know that You know all things, and have no need for anyone to question You; by this we believe that You came from God." -- john 16:30 +. +Jesus answered them, "Do you now believe? -- john 16:31 +. +"Behold, an hour is coming, and has already come, for you to be scattered, each to his own home, and to leave Me alone; and yet I am not alone, because the Father is with Me. -- john 16:32 +. +"These things I have spoken to you, so that in Me you may have peace. In the world you have tribulation, but take courage; I have overcome the world." -- john 16:33 +. +Jesus spoke these things; and lifting up His eyes to heaven, He said, "Father, the hour has come; glorify Your Son, that the Son may glorify You, -- john 17:1 +. +even as You gave Him authority over all flesh, that to all whom You have given Him, He may give eternal life. -- john 17:2 +. +"This is eternal life, that they may know You, the only true God, and Jesus Christ whom You have sent. -- john 17:3 +. +"I glorified You on the earth, having accomplished the work which You have given Me to do. -- john 17:4 +. +"Now, Father, glorify Me together with Yourself, with the glory which I had with You before the world was. -- john 17:5 +. +"I have manifested Your name to the men whom You gave Me out of the world; they were Yours and You gave them to Me, and they have kept Your word. -- john 17:6 +. +"Now they have come to know that everything You have given Me is from You; -- john 17:7 +. +for the words which You gave Me I have given to them; and they received them and truly understood that I came forth from You, and they believed that You sent Me. -- john 17:8 +. +"I ask on their behalf; I do not ask on behalf of the world, but of those whom You have given Me; for they are Yours; -- john 17:9 +. +and all things that are Mine are Yours, and Yours are Mine; and I have been glorified in them. -- john 17:10 +. +"I am no longer in the world; and yet they themselves are in the world, and I come to You. Holy Father, keep them in Your name, the name which You have given Me, that they may be one even as We are. -- john 17:11 +. +"While I was with them, I was keeping them in Your name which You have given Me; and I guarded them and not one of them perished but the son of perdition, so that the Scripture would be fulfilled. -- john 17:12 +. +"But now I come to You; and these things I speak in the world so that they may have My joy made full in themselves. -- john 17:13 +. +"I have given them Your word; and the world has hated them, because they are not of the world, even as I am not of the world. -- john 17:14 +. +"I do not ask You to take them out of the world, but to keep them from the evil one. -- john 17:15 +. +"They are not of the world, even as I am not of the world. -- john 17:16 +. +"Sanctify them in the truth; Your word is truth. -- john 17:17 +. +"As You sent Me into the world, I also have sent them into the world. -- john 17:18 +. +"For their sakes I sanctify Myself, that they themselves also may be sanctified in truth. -- john 17:19 +. +"I do not ask on behalf of these alone, but for those also who believe in Me through their word; -- john 17:20 +. +that they may all be one; even as You, Father, are in Me and I in You, that they also may be in Us, so that the world may believe that You sent Me. -- john 17:21 +. +"The glory which You have given Me I have given to them, that they may be one, just as We are one; -- john 17:22 +. +I in them and You in Me, that they may be perfected in unity, so that the world may know that You sent Me, and loved them, even as You have loved Me. -- john 17:23 +. +"Father, I desire that they also, whom You have given Me, be with Me where I am, so that they may see My glory which You have given Me, for You loved Me before the foundation of the world. -- john 17:24 +. +"O righteous Father, although the world has not known You, yet I have known You; and these have known that You sent Me; -- john 17:25 +. +and I have made Your name known to them, and will make it known, so that the love with which You loved Me may be in them, and I in them." -- john 17:26 +. +When Jesus had spoken these words, He went forth with His disciples over the ravine of the Kidron, where there was a garden, in which He entered with His disciples. -- john 18:1 +. +Now Judas also, who was betraying Him, knew the place, for Jesus had often met there with His disciples. -- john 18:2 +. +Judas then, having received the Roman cohort and officers from the chief priests and the Pharisees, *came there with lanterns and torches and weapons. -- john 18:3 +. +So Jesus, knowing all the things that were coming upon Him, went forth and *said to them, "Whom do you seek?" -- john 18:4 +. +They answered Him, "Jesus the Nazarene." He *said to them, "I am He." And Judas also, who was betraying Him, was standing with them. -- john 18:5 +. +So when He said to them, "I am He," they drew back and fell to the ground. -- john 18:6 +. +Therefore He again asked them, "Whom do you seek?" And they said, "Jesus the Nazarene." -- john 18:7 +. +Jesus answered, "I told you that I am He; so if you seek Me, let these go their way," -- john 18:8 +. +to fulfill the word which He spoke, "Of those whom You have given Me I lost not one." -- john 18:9 +. +Simon Peter then, having a sword, drew it and struck the high priest's slave, and cut off his right ear; and the slave's name was Malchus. -- john 18:10 +. +So Jesus said to Peter, "Put the sword into the sheath; the cup which the Father has given Me, shall I not drink it?" -- john 18:11 +. +So the Roman cohort and the commander and the officers of the Jews, arrested Jesus and bound Him, -- john 18:12 +. +and led Him to Annas first; for he was father-in-law of Caiaphas, who was high priest that year. -- john 18:13 +. +Now Caiaphas was the one who had advised the Jews that it was expedient for one man to die on behalf of the people. -- john 18:14 +. +Simon Peter was following Jesus, and so was another disciple. Now that disciple was known to the high priest, and entered with Jesus into the court of the high priest, -- john 18:15 +. +but Peter was standing at the door outside. So the other disciple, who was known to the high priest, went out and spoke to the doorkeeper, and brought Peter in. -- john 18:16 +. +Then the slave-girl who kept the door *said to Peter, "You are not also one of this man's disciples, are you?" He *said, "I am not." -- john 18:17 +. +Now the slaves and the officers were standing there, having made a charcoal fire, for it was cold and they were warming themselves; and Peter was also with them, standing and warming himself. -- john 18:18 +. +The high priest then questioned Jesus about His disciples, and about His teaching. -- john 18:19 +. +Jesus answered him, "I have spoken openly to the world; I always taught in synagogues and in the temple, where all the Jews come together; and I spoke nothing in secret. -- john 18:20 +. +"Why do you question Me? Question those who have heard what I spoke to them; they know what I said." -- john 18:21 +. +When He had said this, one of the officers standing nearby struck Jesus, saying, "Is that the way You answer the high priest?" -- john 18:22 +. +Jesus answered him, "If I have spoken wrongly, testify of the wrong; but if rightly, why do you strike Me?" -- john 18:23 +. +So Annas sent Him bound to Caiaphas the high priest. -- john 18:24 +. +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." -- john 18:25 +. +One of the slaves of the high priest, being a relative of the one whose ear Peter cut off, *said, "Did I not see you in the garden with Him?" -- john 18:26 +. +Peter then denied it again, and immediately a rooster crowed. -- john 18:27 +. +Then they *led Jesus from Caiaphas into the Praetorium, and it was early; and they themselves did not enter into the Praetorium so that they would not be defiled, but might eat the Passover. -- john 18:28 +. +Therefore Pilate went out to them and *said, "What accusation do you bring against this Man?" -- john 18:29 +. +They answered and said to him, "If this Man were not an evildoer, we would not have delivered Him to you." -- john 18:30 +. +So Pilate said to them, "Take Him yourselves, and judge Him according to your law." The Jews said to him, "We are not permitted to put anyone to death," -- john 18:31 +. +to fulfill the word of Jesus which He spoke, signifying by what kind of death He was about to die. -- john 18:32 +. +Therefore Pilate entered again into the Praetorium, and summoned Jesus and said to Him, "Are You the King of the Jews?" -- john 18:33 +. +Jesus answered, "Are you saying this on your own initiative, or did others tell you about Me?" -- john 18:34 +. +Pilate answered, "I am not a Jew, am I? Your own nation and the chief priests delivered You to me; what have You done?" -- john 18:35 +. +Jesus answered, "My kingdom is not of this world. If My kingdom were of this world, then My servants would be fighting so that I would not be handed over to the Jews; but as it is, My kingdom is not of this realm." -- john 18:36 +. +Therefore Pilate said to Him, "So You are a king?" Jesus answered, "You say correctly that I am a king. For this I have been born, and for this I have come into the world, to testify to the truth. Everyone who is of the truth hears My voice." -- john 18:37 +. +Pilate *said to Him, "What is truth?" And when he had said this, he went out again to the Jews and *said to them, "I find no guilt in Him. -- john 18:38 +. +"But you have a custom that I release someone for you at the Passover; do you wish then that I release for you the King of the Jews?" -- john 18:39 +. +So they cried out again, saying, "Not this Man, but Barabbas." Now Barabbas was a robber. -- john 18:40 +. +Pilate then took Jesus and scourged Him. -- john 19:1 +. +And the soldiers twisted together a crown of thorns and put it on His head, and put a purple robe on Him; -- john 19:2 +. +and they began to come up to Him and say, "Hail, King of the Jews!" and to give Him slaps in the face. -- john 19:3 +. +Pilate came out again and *said to them, "Behold, I am bringing Him out to you so that you may know that I find no guilt in Him." -- john 19:4 +. +Jesus then came out, wearing the crown of thorns and the purple robe. Pilate *said to them, "Behold, the Man!" -- john 19:5 +. +So when the chief priests and the officers saw Him, they cried out saying, "Crucify, crucify!" Pilate *said to them, "Take Him yourselves and crucify Him, for I find no guilt in Him." -- john 19:6 +. +The Jews answered him, "We have a law, and by that law He ought to die because He made Himself out to be the Son of God." -- john 19:7 +. +Therefore when Pilate heard this statement, he was even more afraid; -- john 19:8 +. +and he entered into the Praetorium again and *said to Jesus, "Where are You from?" But Jesus gave him no answer. -- john 19:9 +. +So Pilate *said to Him, "You do not speak to me? Do You not know that I have authority to release You, and I have authority to crucify You?" -- john 19:10 +. +Jesus answered, "You would have no authority over Me, unless it had been given you from above; for this reason he who delivered Me to you has the greater sin." -- john 19:11 +. +As a result of this Pilate made efforts to release Him, but the Jews cried out saying, "If you release this Man, you are no friend of Caesar; everyone who makes himself out to be a king opposes Caesar." -- john 19:12 +. +Therefore when Pilate heard these words, he brought Jesus out, and sat down on the judgment seat at a place called The Pavement, but in Hebrew, Gabbatha. -- john 19:13 +. +Now it was the day of preparation for the Passover; it was about the sixth hour. And he *said to the Jews, "Behold, your King!" -- john 19:14 +. +So they cried out, "Away with Him, away with Him, crucify Him!" Pilate *said to them, "Shall I crucify your King?" The chief priests answered, "We have no king but Caesar." -- john 19:15 +. +So he then handed Him over to them to be crucified. -- john 19:16 +. +They took Jesus, therefore, and He went out, bearing His own cross, to the place called the Place of a Skull, which is called in Hebrew, Golgotha. -- john 19:17 +. +There they crucified Him, and with Him two other men, one on either side, and Jesus in between. -- john 19:18 +. +Pilate also wrote an inscription and put it on the cross. It was written, "JESUS THE NAZARENE, THE KING OF THE JEWS." -- john 19:19 +. +Therefore many of the Jews read this inscription, for the place where Jesus was crucified was near the city; and it was written in Hebrew, Latin and in Greek. -- john 19:20 +. +So the chief priests of the Jews were saying to Pilate, "Do not write, 'The King of the Jews'; but that He said, 'I am King of the Jews.'" -- john 19:21 +. +Pilate answered, "What I have written I have written." -- john 19:22 +. +Then the soldiers, when they had crucified Jesus, took His outer garments and made four parts, a part to every soldier and also the tunic; now the tunic was seamless, woven in one piece. -- john 19:23 +. +So they said to one another, "Let us not tear it, but cast lots for it, to decide whose it shall be"; this was to fulfill the Scripture: "THEY DIVIDED MY OUTER GARMENTS AMONG THEM, AND FOR MY CLOTHING THEY CAST LOTS." -- john 19:24 +. +Therefore the soldiers did these things. But standing by the cross of Jesus were His mother, and His mother's sister, Mary the wife of Clopas, and Mary Magdalene. -- john 19:25 +. +When Jesus then saw His mother, and the disciple whom He loved standing nearby, He *said to His mother, "Woman, behold, your son!" -- john 19:26 +. +Then He *said to the disciple, "Behold, your mother!" From that hour the disciple took her into his own household. -- john 19:27 +. +After this, Jesus, knowing that all things had already been accomplished, to fulfill the Scripture, *said, "I am thirsty." -- john 19:28 +. +A jar full of sour wine was standing there; so they put a sponge full of the sour wine upon a branch of hyssop and brought it up to His mouth. -- john 19:29 +. +Therefore when Jesus had received the sour wine, He said, "It is finished!" And He bowed His head and gave up His spirit. -- john 19:30 +. +Then the Jews, because it was the day of preparation, so that the bodies would not remain on the cross on the Sabbath (for that Sabbath was a high day), asked Pilate that their legs might be broken, and that they might be taken away. -- john 19:31 +. +So the soldiers came, and broke the legs of the first man and of the other who was crucified with Him; -- john 19:32 +. +but coming to Jesus, when they saw that He was already dead, they did not break His legs. -- john 19:33 +. +But one of the soldiers pierced His side with a spear, and immediately blood and water came out. -- john 19:34 +. +And he who has seen has testified, and his testimony is true; and he knows that he is telling the truth, so that you also may believe. -- john 19:35 +. +For these things came to pass to fulfill the Scripture, "NOT A BONE OF HIM SHALL BE BROKEN." -- john 19:36 +. +And again another Scripture says, "THEY SHALL LOOK ON HIM WHOM THEY PIERCED." -- john 19:37 +. +After these things Joseph of Arimathea, being a disciple of Jesus, but a secret one for fear of the Jews, asked Pilate that he might take away the body of Jesus; and Pilate granted permission. So he came and took away His body. -- john 19:38 +. +Nicodemus, who had first come to Him by night, also came, bringing a mixture of myrrh and aloes, about a hundred pounds weight. -- john 19:39 +. +So they took the body of Jesus and bound it in linen wrappings with the spices, as is the burial custom of the Jews. -- john 19:40 +. +Now in the place where He was crucified there was a garden, and in the garden a new tomb in which no one had yet been laid. -- john 19:41 +. +Therefore because of the Jewish day of preparation, since the tomb was nearby, they laid Jesus there. -- john 19:42 +. +Now on the first day of the week Mary Magdalene *came early to the tomb, while it *was still dark, and *saw the stone already taken away from the tomb. -- john 20:1 +. +So she *ran and *came to Simon Peter and to the other disciple whom Jesus loved, and *said to them, "They have taken away the Lord out of the tomb, and we do not know where they have laid Him." -- john 20:2 +. +So Peter and the other disciple went forth, and they were going to the tomb. -- john 20:3 +. +The two were running together; and the other disciple ran ahead faster than Peter and came to the tomb first; -- john 20:4 +. +and stooping and looking in, he *saw the linen wrappings lying there; but he did not go in. -- john 20:5 +. +And so Simon Peter also *came, following him, and entered the tomb; and he *saw the linen wrappings lying there, -- john 20:6 +. +and the face-cloth which had been on His head, not lying with the linen wrappings, but rolled up in a place by itself. -- john 20:7 +. +So the other disciple who had first come to the tomb then also entered, and he saw and believed. -- john 20:8 +. +For as yet they did not understand the Scripture, that He must rise again from the dead. -- john 20:9 +. +So the disciples went away again to their own homes. -- john 20:10 +. +But Mary was standing outside the tomb weeping; and so, as she wept, she stooped and looked into the tomb; -- john 20:11 +. +and she *saw two angels in white sitting, one at the head and one at the feet, where the body of Jesus had been lying. -- john 20:12 +. +And they *said to her, "Woman, why are you weeping?" She *said to them, "Because they have taken away my Lord, and I do not know where they have laid Him." -- john 20:13 +. +When she had said this, she turned around and *saw Jesus standing there, and did not know that it was Jesus. -- john 20:14 +. +Jesus *said to her, "Woman, why are you weeping? Whom are you seeking?" Supposing Him to be the gardener, she *said to Him, "Sir, if you have carried Him away, tell me where you have laid Him, and I will take Him away." -- john 20:15 +. +Jesus *said to her, "Mary!" She turned and *said to Him in Hebrew, "Rabboni!" (which means, Teacher). -- john 20:16 +. +Jesus *said to her, "Stop clinging to Me, for I have not yet ascended to the Father; but go to My brethren and say to them, 'I ascend to My Father and your Father, and My God and your God.'" -- john 20:17 +. +Mary Magdalene *came, announcing to the disciples, "I have seen the Lord," and that He had said these things to her. -- john 20:18 +. +So when it was evening on that day, the first day of the week, and when the doors were shut where the disciples were, for fear of the Jews, Jesus came and stood in their midst and *said to them, "Peace be with you." -- john 20:19 +. +And when He had said this, He showed them both His hands and His side. The disciples then rejoiced when they saw the Lord. -- john 20:20 +. +So Jesus said to them again, "Peace be with you; as the Father has sent Me, I also send you." -- john 20:21 +. +And when He had said this, He breathed on them and *said to them, "Receive the Holy Spirit. -- john 20:22 +. +"If you forgive the sins of any, their sins have been forgiven them; if you retain the sins of any, they have been retained." -- john 20:23 +. +But Thomas, one of the twelve, called Didymus, was not with them when Jesus came. -- john 20:24 +. +So the other disciples were saying to him, "We have seen the Lord!" But he said to them, "Unless I see in His hands the imprint of the nails, and put my finger into the place of the nails, and put my hand into His side, I will not believe." -- john 20:25 +. +After eight days His disciples were again inside, and Thomas with them. Jesus *came, the doors having been shut, and stood in their midst and said, "Peace be with you." -- john 20:26 +. +Then He *said to Thomas, "Reach here with your finger, and see My hands; and reach here your hand and put it into My side; and do not be unbelieving, but believing." -- john 20:27 +. +Thomas answered and said to Him, "My Lord and my God!" -- john 20:28 +. +Jesus *said to him, "Because you have seen Me, have you believed? Blessed are they who did not see, and yet believed." -- john 20:29 +. +Therefore many other signs Jesus also performed in the presence of the disciples, which are not written in this book; -- john 20:30 +. +but these have been written so that you may believe that Jesus is the Christ, the Son of God; and that believing you may have life in His name. -- john 20:31 +. +After these things Jesus manifested Himself again to the disciples at the Sea of Tiberias, and He manifested Himself in this way. -- john 21:1 +. +Simon Peter, and Thomas called Didymus, and Nathanael of Cana in Galilee, and the sons of Zebedee, and two others of His disciples were together. -- john 21:2 +. +Simon Peter *said to them, "I am going fishing." They *said to him, "We will also come with you." They went out and got into the boat; and that night they caught nothing. -- john 21:3 +. +But when the day was now breaking, Jesus stood on the beach; yet the disciples did not know that it was Jesus. -- john 21:4 +. +So Jesus *said to them, "Children, you do not have any fish, do you?" They answered Him, "No." -- john 21:5 +. +And He said to them, "Cast the net on the right-hand side of the boat and you will find a catch." So they cast, and then they were not able to haul it in because of the great number of fish. -- john 21:6 +. +Therefore that disciple whom Jesus loved *said to Peter, "It is the Lord." So when Simon Peter heard that it was the Lord, he put his outer garment on (for he was stripped for work), and threw himself into the sea. -- john 21:7 +. +But the other disciples came in the little boat, for they were not far from the land, but about one hundred yards away, dragging the net full of fish. -- john 21:8 +. +So when they got out on the land, they *saw a charcoal fire already laid and fish placed on it, and bread. -- john 21:9 +. +Jesus *said to them, "Bring some of the fish which you have now caught." -- john 21:10 +. +Simon Peter went up and drew the net to land, full of large fish, a hundred and fifty-three; and although there were so many, the net was not torn. -- john 21:11 +. +Jesus *said to them, "Come and have breakfast." None of the disciples ventured to question Him, "Who are You?" knowing that it was the Lord. -- john 21:12 +. +Jesus *came and *took the bread and *gave it to them, and the fish likewise. -- john 21:13 +. +This is now the third time that Jesus was manifested to the disciples, after He was raised from the dead. -- john 21:14 +. +So when they had finished breakfast, Jesus *said to Simon Peter, "Simon, son of John, do you love Me more than these?" He *said to Him, "Yes, Lord; You know that I love You." He *said to him, "Tend My lambs." -- john 21:15 +. +He *said to him again a second time, "Simon, son of John, do you love Me?" He *said to Him, "Yes, Lord; You know that I love You." He *said to him, "Shepherd My sheep." -- john 21:16 +. +He *said to him the third time, "Simon, son of John, do you love Me?" Peter was grieved because He said to him the third time, "Do you love Me?" And he said to Him, "Lord, You know all things; You know that I love You." Jesus *said to him, "Tend My sheep. -- john 21:17 +. +"Truly, truly, I say to you, when you were younger, you used to gird yourself and walk wherever you wished; but when you grow old, you will stretch out your hands and someone else will gird you, and bring you where you do not wish to go." -- john 21:18 +. +Now this He said, signifying by what kind of death he would glorify God. And when He had spoken this, He *said to him, "Follow Me!" -- john 21:19 +. +Peter, turning around, *saw the disciple whom Jesus loved following them; the one who also had leaned back on His bosom at the supper and said, "Lord, who is the one who betrays You?" -- john 21:20 +. +So Peter seeing him *said to Jesus, "Lord, and what about this man?" -- john 21:21 +. +Jesus *said to him, "If I want him to remain until I come, what is that to you? You follow Me!" -- john 21:22 +. +Therefore this saying went out among the brethren that that disciple would not die; yet Jesus did not say to him that he would not die, but only, "If I want him to remain until I come, what is that to you?" -- john 21:23 +. +This is the disciple who is testifying to these things and wrote these things, and we know that his testimony is true. -- john 21:24 +. +And there are also many other things which Jesus did, which if they *were written in detail, I suppose that even the world itself *would not contain the books that *would be written. -- john 21:25 +. +The first account I composed, Theophilus, about all that Jesus began to do and teach, -- acts 1:1 +. +until the day when He was taken up to heaven, after He had by the Holy Spirit given orders to the apostles whom He had chosen. -- acts 1:2 +. +To these He also presented Himself alive after His suffering, by many convincing proofs, appearing to them over a period of forty days and speaking of the things concerning the kingdom of God. -- acts 1:3 +. +Gathering them together, He commanded them not to leave Jerusalem, but to wait for what the Father had promised, "Which," He said, "you heard of from Me; -- acts 1:4 +. +for John baptized with water, but you will be baptized with the Holy Spirit not many days from now." -- acts 1:5 +. +So when they had come together, they were asking Him, saying, "Lord, is it at this time You are restoring the kingdom to Israel?" -- acts 1:6 +. +He said to them, "It is not for you to know times or epochs which the Father has fixed by His own authority; -- acts 1:7 +. +but you will receive power when the Holy Spirit has come upon you; and you shall be My witnesses both in Jerusalem, and in all Judea and Samaria, and even to the remotest part of the earth." -- acts 1:8 +. +And after He had said these things, He was lifted up while they were looking on, and a cloud received Him out of their sight. -- acts 1:9 +. +And as they were gazing intently into the sky while He was going, behold, two men in white clothing stood beside them. -- acts 1:10 +. +They also said, "Men of Galilee, why do you stand looking into the sky? This Jesus, who has been taken up from you into heaven, will come in just the same way as you have watched Him go into heaven." -- acts 1:11 +. +Then they returned to Jerusalem from the mount called Olivet, which is near Jerusalem, a Sabbath day's journey away. -- acts 1:12 +. +When they had entered the city, they went up to the upper room where they were staying; that is, Peter and John and James and Andrew, Philip and Thomas, Bartholomew and Matthew, James the son of Alphaeus, and Simon the Zealot, and Judas the son of James. -- acts 1:13 +. +These all with one mind were continually devoting themselves to prayer, along with the women, and Mary the mother of Jesus, and with His brothers. -- acts 1:14 +. +At this time Peter stood up in the midst of the brethren (a gathering of about one hundred and twenty persons was there together), and said, -- acts 1:15 +. +"Brethren, the Scripture had to be fulfilled, which the Holy Spirit foretold by the mouth of David concerning Judas, who became a guide to those who arrested Jesus. -- acts 1:16 +. +"For he was counted among us and received his share in this ministry." -- acts 1:17 +. +(Now this man acquired a field with the price of his wickedness, and falling headlong, he burst open in the middle and all his intestines gushed out. -- acts 1:18 +. +And it became known to all who were living in Jerusalem; so that in their own language that field was called Hakeldama, that is, Field of Blood.) -- acts 1:19 +. +"For it is written in the book of Psalms, 'LET HIS HOMESTEAD BE MADE DESOLATE, AND LET NO ONE DWELL IN IT'; and, 'LET ANOTHER MAN TAKE HIS OFFICE.' -- acts 1:20 +. +"Therefore it is necessary that of the men who have accompanied us all the time that the Lord Jesus went in and out among us-- -- acts 1:21 +. +beginning with the baptism of John until the day that He was taken up from us--one of these must become a witness with us of His resurrection." -- acts 1:22 +. +So they put forward two men, Joseph called Barsabbas (who was also called Justus), and Matthias. -- acts 1:23 +. +And they prayed and said, "You, Lord, who know the hearts of all men, show which one of these two You have chosen -- acts 1:24 +. +to occupy this ministry and apostleship from which Judas turned aside to go to his own place." -- acts 1:25 +. +And they drew lots for them, and the lot fell to Matthias; and he was added to the eleven apostles. -- acts 1:26 +. +When the day of Pentecost had come, they were all together in one place. -- acts 2:1 +. +And suddenly there came from heaven a noise like a violent rushing wind, and it filled the whole house where they were sitting. -- acts 2:2 +. +And there appeared to them tongues as of fire distributing themselves, and they rested on each one of them. -- acts 2:3 +. +And they were all filled with the Holy Spirit and began to speak with other tongues, as the Spirit was giving them utterance. -- acts 2:4 +. +Now there were Jews living in Jerusalem, devout men from every nation under heaven. -- acts 2:5 +. +And when this sound occurred, the crowd came together, and were bewildered because each one of them was hearing them speak in his own language. -- acts 2:6 +. +They were amazed and astonished, saying, "Why, are not all these who are speaking Galileans? -- acts 2:7 +. +"And how is it that we each hear them in our own language to which we were born? -- acts 2:8 +. +"Parthians and Medes and Elamites, and residents of Mesopotamia, Judea and Cappadocia, Pontus and Asia, -- acts 2:9 +. +Phrygia and Pamphylia, Egypt and the districts of Libya around Cyrene, and visitors from Rome, both Jews and proselytes, -- acts 2:10 +. +Cretans and Arabs--we hear them in our own tongues speaking of the mighty deeds of God." -- acts 2:11 +. +And they all continued in amazement and great perplexity, saying to one another, "What does this mean?" -- acts 2:12 +. +But others were mocking and saying, "They are full of sweet wine." -- acts 2:13 +. +But Peter, taking his stand with the eleven, raised his voice and declared to them: "Men of Judea and all you who live in Jerusalem, let this be known to you and give heed to my words. -- acts 2:14 +. +"For these men are not drunk, as you suppose, for it is only the third hour of the day; -- acts 2:15 +. +but this is what was spoken of through the prophet Joel: -- acts 2:16 +. +'AND IT SHALL BE IN THE LAST DAYS,' God says, 'THAT I WILL POUR FORTH OF MY SPIRIT ON ALL MANKIND; AND YOUR SONS AND YOUR DAUGHTERS SHALL PROPHESY, AND YOUR YOUNG MEN SHALL SEE VISIONS, AND YOUR OLD MEN SHALL DREAM DREAMS; -- acts 2:17 +. +EVEN ON MY BONDSLAVES, BOTH MEN AND WOMEN, I WILL IN THOSE DAYS POUR FORTH OF MY SPIRIT And they shall prophesy. -- acts 2:18 +. +'AND I WILL GRANT WONDERS IN THE SKY ABOVE AND SIGNS ON THE EARTH BELOW, BLOOD, AND FIRE, AND VAPOR OF SMOKE. -- acts 2:19 +. +'THE SUN WILL BE TURNED INTO DARKNESS AND THE MOON INTO BLOOD, BEFORE THE GREAT AND GLORIOUS DAY OF THE LORD SHALL COME. -- acts 2:20 +. +'AND IT SHALL BE THAT EVERYONE WHO CALLS ON THE NAME OF THE LORD WILL BE SAVED.' -- acts 2:21 +. +"Men of Israel, listen to these words: Jesus the Nazarene, a man attested to you by God with miracles and wonders and signs which God performed through Him in your midst, just as you yourselves know-- -- acts 2:22 +. +this Man, delivered over by the predetermined plan and foreknowledge of God, you nailed to a cross by the hands of godless men and put Him to death. -- acts 2:23 +. +"But God raised Him up again, putting an end to the agony of death, since it was impossible for Him to be held in its power. -- acts 2:24 +. +"For David says of Him, 'I SAW THE LORD ALWAYS IN MY PRESENCE; FOR HE IS AT MY RIGHT HAND, SO THAT I WILL NOT BE SHAKEN. -- acts 2:25 +. +'THEREFORE MY HEART WAS GLAD AND MY TONGUE EXULTED; MOREOVER MY FLESH ALSO WILL LIVE IN HOPE; -- acts 2:26 +. +BECAUSE YOU WILL NOT ABANDON MY SOUL TO HADES, NOR ALLOW YOUR HOLY ONE TO UNDERGO DECAY. -- acts 2:27 +. +'YOU HAVE MADE KNOWN TO ME THE WAYS OF LIFE; YOU WILL MAKE ME FULL OF GLADNESS WITH YOUR PRESENCE.' -- acts 2:28 +. +"Brethren, I may confidently say to you regarding the patriarch David that he both died and was buried, and his tomb is with us to this day. -- acts 2:29 +. +"And so, because he was a prophet and knew that GOD HAD SWORN TO HIM WITH AN OATH TO SEAT one OF HIS DESCENDANTS ON HIS THRONE, -- acts 2:30 +. +he looked ahead and spoke of the resurrection of the Christ, that HE WAS NEITHER ABANDONED TO HADES, NOR DID His flesh SUFFER DECAY. -- acts 2:31 +. +"This Jesus God raised up again, to which we are all witnesses. -- acts 2:32 +. +"Therefore having been exalted to the right hand of God, and having received from the Father the promise of the Holy Spirit, He has poured forth this which you both see and hear. -- acts 2:33 +. +"For it was not David who ascended into heaven, but he himself says: 'THE LORD SAID TO MY LORD, "SIT AT MY RIGHT HAND, -- acts 2:34 +. +UNTIL I MAKE YOUR ENEMIES A FOOTSTOOL FOR YOUR FEET."' -- acts 2:35 +. +"Therefore let all the house of Israel know for certain that God has made Him both Lord and Christ--this Jesus whom you crucified." -- acts 2:36 +. +Now when they heard this, they were pierced to the heart, and said to Peter and the rest of the apostles, "Brethren, what shall we do?" -- acts 2:37 +. +Peter said to them, "Repent, and each of you be baptized in the name of Jesus Christ for the forgiveness of your sins; and you will receive the gift of the Holy Spirit. -- acts 2:38 +. +"For the promise is for you and your children and for all who are far off, as many as the Lord our God will call to Himself." -- acts 2:39 +. +And with many other words he solemnly testified and kept on exhorting them, saying, "Be saved from this perverse generation!" -- acts 2:40 +. +So then, those who had received his word were baptized; and that day there were added about three thousand souls. -- acts 2:41 +. +They were continually devoting themselves to the apostles' teaching and to fellowship, to the breaking of bread and to prayer. -- acts 2:42 +. +Everyone kept feeling a sense of awe; and many wonders and signs were taking place through the apostles. -- acts 2:43 +. +And all those who had believed were together and had all things in common; -- acts 2:44 +. +and they began selling their property and possessions and were sharing them with all, as anyone might have need. -- acts 2:45 +. +Day by day continuing with one mind in the temple, and breaking bread from house to house, they were taking their meals together with gladness and sincerity of heart, -- acts 2:46 +. +praising God and having favor with all the people. And the Lord was adding to their number day by day those who were being saved. -- acts 2:47 +. +Now Peter and John were going up to the temple at the ninth hour, the hour of prayer. -- acts 3:1 +. +And a man who had been lame from his mother's womb was being carried along, whom they used to set down every day at the gate of the temple which is called Beautiful, in order to beg alms of those who were entering the temple. -- acts 3:2 +. +When he saw Peter and John about to go into the temple, he began asking to receive alms. -- acts 3:3 +. +But Peter, along with John, fixed his gaze on him and said, "Look at us!" -- acts 3:4 +. +And he began to give them his attention, expecting to receive something from them. -- acts 3:5 +. +But Peter said, "I do not possess silver and gold, but what I do have I give to you: In the name of Jesus Christ the Nazarene--walk!" -- acts 3:6 +. +And seizing him by the right hand, he raised him up; and immediately his feet and his ankles were strengthened. -- acts 3:7 +. +With a leap he stood upright and began to walk; and he entered the temple with them, walking and leaping and praising God. -- acts 3:8 +. +And all the people saw him walking and praising God; -- acts 3:9 +. +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. -- acts 3:10 +. +While he was clinging to Peter and John, all the people ran together to them at the so-called portico of Solomon, full of amazement. -- acts 3:11 +. +But when Peter saw this, he replied to the people, "Men of Israel, why are you amazed at this, or why do you gaze at us, as if by our own power or piety we had made him walk? -- acts 3:12 +. +"The God of Abraham, Isaac and Jacob, the God of our fathers, has glorified His servant Jesus, the one whom you delivered and disowned in the presence of Pilate, when he had decided to release Him. -- acts 3:13 +. +"But you disowned the Holy and Righteous One and asked for a murderer to be granted to you, -- acts 3:14 +. +but put to death the Prince of life, the one whom God raised from the dead, a fact to which we are witnesses. -- acts 3:15 +. +"And on the basis of faith in His name, it is the name of Jesus which has strengthened this man whom you see and know; and the faith which comes through Him has given him this perfect health in the presence of you all. -- acts 3:16 +. +"And now, brethren, I know that you acted in ignorance, just as your rulers did also. -- acts 3:17 +. +"But the things which God announced beforehand by the mouth of all the prophets, that His Christ would suffer, He has thus fulfilled. -- acts 3:18 +. +"Therefore repent and return, so that your sins may be wiped away, in order that times of refreshing may come from the presence of the Lord; -- acts 3:19 +. +and that He may send Jesus, the Christ appointed for you, -- acts 3:20 +. +whom heaven must receive until the period of restoration of all things about which God spoke by the mouth of His holy prophets from ancient time. -- acts 3:21 +. +"Moses said, 'THE LORD GOD WILL RAISE UP FOR YOU A PROPHET LIKE ME FROM YOUR BRETHREN; TO HIM YOU SHALL GIVE HEED to everything He says to you. -- acts 3:22 +. +'And it will be that every soul that does not heed that prophet shall be utterly destroyed from among the people.' -- acts 3:23 +. +"And likewise, all the prophets who have spoken, from Samuel and his successors onward, also announced these days. -- acts 3:24 +. +"It is you who are the sons of the prophets and of the covenant which God made with your fathers, saying to Abraham, 'AND IN YOUR SEED ALL THE FAMILIES OF THE EARTH SHALL BE BLESSED.' -- acts 3:25 +. +"For you first, God raised up His Servant and sent Him to bless you by turning every one of you from your wicked ways." -- acts 3:26 +. +As they were speaking to the people, the priests and the captain of the temple guard and the Sadducees came up to them, -- acts 4:1 +. +being greatly disturbed because they were teaching the people and proclaiming in Jesus the resurrection from the dead. -- acts 4:2 +. +And they laid hands on them and put them in jail until the next day, for it was already evening. -- acts 4:3 +. +But many of those who had heard the message believed; and the number of the men came to be about five thousand. -- acts 4:4 +. +On the next day, their rulers and elders and scribes were gathered together in Jerusalem; -- acts 4:5 +. +and Annas the high priest was there, and Caiaphas and John and Alexander, and all who were of high-priestly descent. -- acts 4:6 +. +When they had placed them in the center, they began to inquire, "By what power, or in what name, have you done this?" -- acts 4:7 +. +Then Peter, filled with the Holy Spirit, said to them, "Rulers and elders of the people, -- acts 4:8 +. +if we are on trial today for a benefit done to a sick man, as to how this man has been made well, -- acts 4:9 +. +let it be known to all of you and to all the people of Israel, that by the name of Jesus Christ the Nazarene, whom you crucified, whom God raised from the dead--by this name this man stands here before you in good health. -- acts 4:10 +. +"He is the STONE WHICH WAS REJECTED by you, THE BUILDERS, but WHICH BECAME THE CHIEF CORNER stone. -- acts 4:11 +. +"And there is salvation in no one else; for there is no other name under heaven that has been given among men by which we must be saved." -- acts 4:12 +. +Now as they observed the confidence of Peter and John and understood that they were uneducated and untrained men, they were amazed, and began to recognize them as having been with Jesus. -- acts 4:13 +. +And seeing the man who had been healed standing with them, they had nothing to say in reply. -- acts 4:14 +. +But when they had ordered them to leave the Council, they began to confer with one another, -- acts 4:15 +. +saying, "What shall we do with these men? For the fact that a noteworthy miracle has taken place through them is apparent to all who live in Jerusalem, and we cannot deny it. -- acts 4:16 +. +"But so that it will not spread any further among the people, let us warn them to speak no longer to any man in this name." -- acts 4:17 +. +And when they had summoned them, they commanded them not to speak or teach at all in the name of Jesus. -- acts 4:18 +. +But Peter and John answered and said to them, "Whether it is right in the sight of God to give heed to you rather than to God, you be the judge; -- acts 4:19 +. +for we cannot stop speaking about what we have seen and heard." -- acts 4:20 +. +When they had threatened them further, they let them go (finding no basis on which to punish them) on account of the people, because they were all glorifying God for what had happened; -- acts 4:21 +. +for the man was more than forty years old on whom this miracle of healing had been performed. -- acts 4:22 +. +When they had been released, they went to their own companions and reported all that the chief priests and the elders had said to them. -- acts 4:23 +. +And when they heard this, they lifted their voices to God with one accord and said, "O Lord, it is You who MADE THE HEAVEN AND THE EARTH AND THE SEA, AND ALL THAT IS IN THEM, -- acts 4:24 +. +who by the Holy Spirit, through the mouth of our father David Your servant, said, 'WHY DID THE GENTILES RAGE, AND THE PEOPLES DEVISE FUTILE THINGS? -- acts 4:25 +. +'THE KINGS OF THE EARTH TOOK THEIR STAND, AND THE RULERS WERE GATHERED TOGETHER AGAINST THE LORD AND AGAINST HIS CHRIST.' -- acts 4:26 +. +"For truly in this city there were gathered together against Your holy servant Jesus, whom You anointed, both Herod and Pontius Pilate, along with the Gentiles and the peoples of Israel, -- acts 4:27 +. +to do whatever Your hand and Your purpose predestined to occur. -- acts 4:28 +. +"And now, Lord, take note of their threats, and grant that Your bond-servants may speak Your word with all confidence, -- acts 4:29 +. +while You extend Your hand to heal, and signs and wonders take place through the name of Your holy servant Jesus." -- acts 4:30 +. +And when they had prayed, the place where they had gathered together was shaken, and they were all filled with the Holy Spirit and began to speak the word of God with boldness. -- acts 4:31 +. +And the congregation of those who believed were of one heart and soul; and not one of them claimed that anything belonging to him was his own, but all things were common property to them. -- acts 4:32 +. +And with great power the apostles were giving testimony to the resurrection of the Lord Jesus, and abundant grace was upon them all. -- acts 4:33 +. +For there was not a needy person among them, for all who were owners of land or houses would sell them and bring the proceeds of the sales -- acts 4:34 +. +and lay them at the apostles' feet, and they would be distributed to each as any had need. -- acts 4:35 +. +Now Joseph, a Levite of Cyprian birth, who was also called Barnabas by the apostles (which translated means Son of Encouragement), -- acts 4:36 +. +and who owned a tract of land, sold it and brought the money and laid it at the apostles' feet. -- acts 4:37 +. +But a man named Ananias, with his wife Sapphira, sold a piece of property, -- acts 5:1 +. +and kept back some of the price for himself, with his wife's full knowledge, and bringing a portion of it, he laid it at the apostles' feet. -- acts 5:2 +. +But Peter said, "Ananias, why has Satan filled your heart to lie to the Holy Spirit and to keep back some of the price of the land? -- acts 5:3 +. +"While it remained unsold, did it not remain your own? And after it was sold, was it not under your control? Why is it that you have conceived this deed in your heart? You have not lied to men but to God." -- acts 5:4 +. +And as he heard these words, Ananias fell down and breathed his last; and great fear came over all who heard of it. -- acts 5:5 +. +The young men got up and covered him up, and after carrying him out, they buried him. -- acts 5:6 +. +Now there elapsed an interval of about three hours, and his wife came in, not knowing what had happened. -- acts 5:7 +. +And Peter responded to her, "Tell me whether you sold the land for such and such a price?" And she said, "Yes, that was the price." -- acts 5:8 +. +Then Peter said to her, "Why is it that you have agreed together to put the Spirit of the Lord to the test? Behold, the feet of those who have buried your husband are at the door, and they will carry you out as well." -- acts 5:9 +. +And immediately she fell at his feet and breathed her last, and the young men came in and found her dead, and they carried her out and buried her beside her husband. -- acts 5:10 +. +And great fear came over the whole church, and over all who heard of these things. -- acts 5:11 +. +At the hands of the apostles many signs and wonders were taking place among the people; and they were all with one accord in Solomon's portico. -- acts 5:12 +. +But none of the rest dared to associate with them; however, the people held them in high esteem. -- acts 5:13 +. +And all the more believers in the Lord, multitudes of men and women, were constantly added to their number, -- acts 5:14 +. +to such an extent that they even carried the sick out into the streets and laid them on cots and pallets, so that when Peter came by at least his shadow might fall on any one of them. -- acts 5:15 +. +Also the people from the cities in the vicinity of Jerusalem were coming together, bringing people who were sick or afflicted with unclean spirits, and they were all being healed. -- acts 5:16 +. +But the high priest rose up, along with all his associates (that is the sect of the Sadducees), and they were filled with jealousy. -- acts 5:17 +. +They laid hands on the apostles and put them in a public jail. -- acts 5:18 +. +But during the night an angel of the Lord opened the gates of the prison, and taking them out he said, -- acts 5:19 +. +"Go, stand and speak to the people in the temple the whole message of this Life." -- acts 5:20 +. +Upon hearing this, they entered into the temple about daybreak and began to teach. Now when the high priest and his associates came, they called the Council together, even all the Senate of the sons of Israel, and sent orders to the prison house for them to be brought. -- acts 5:21 +. +But the officers who came did not find them in the prison; and they returned and reported back, -- acts 5:22 +. +saying, "We found the prison house locked quite securely and the guards standing at the doors; but when we had opened up, we found no one inside." -- acts 5:23 +. +Now when the captain of the temple guard and the chief priests heard these words, they were greatly perplexed about them as to what would come of this. -- acts 5:24 +. +But someone came and reported to them, "The men whom you put in prison are standing in the temple and teaching the people!" -- acts 5:25 +. +Then the captain went along with the officers and proceeded to bring them back without violence (for they were afraid of the people, that they might be stoned). -- acts 5:26 +. +When they had brought them, they stood them before the Council. The high priest questioned them, -- acts 5:27 +. +saying, "We gave you strict orders not to continue teaching in this name, and yet, you have filled Jerusalem with your teaching and intend to bring this man's blood upon us." -- acts 5:28 +. +But Peter and the apostles answered, "We must obey God rather than men. -- acts 5:29 +. +"The God of our fathers raised up Jesus, whom you had put to death by hanging Him on a cross. -- acts 5:30 +. +"He is the one whom God exalted to His right hand as a Prince and a Savior, to grant repentance to Israel, and forgiveness of sins. -- acts 5:31 +. +"And we are witnesses of these things; and so is the Holy Spirit, whom God has given to those who obey Him." -- acts 5:32 +. +But when they heard this, they were cut to the quick and intended to kill them. -- acts 5:33 +. +But a Pharisee named Gamaliel, a teacher of the Law, respected by all the people, stood up in the Council and gave orders to put the men outside for a short time. -- acts 5:34 +. +And he said to them, "Men of Israel, take care what you propose to do with these men. -- acts 5:35 +. +"For some time ago Theudas rose up, claiming to be somebody, and a group of about four hundred men joined up with him. But he was killed, and all who followed him were dispersed and came to nothing. -- acts 5:36 +. +"After this man, Judas of Galilee rose up in the days of the census and drew away some people after him; he too perished, and all those who followed him were scattered. -- acts 5:37 +. +"So in the present case, I say to you, stay away from these men and let them alone, for if this plan or action is of men, it will be overthrown; -- acts 5:38 +. +but if it is of God, you will not be able to overthrow them; or else you may even be found fighting against God." -- acts 5:39 +. +They took his advice; and after calling the apostles in, they flogged them and ordered them not to speak in the name of Jesus, and then released them. -- acts 5:40 +. +So they went on their way from the presence of the Council, rejoicing that they had been considered worthy to suffer shame for His name. -- acts 5:41 +. +And every day, in the temple and from house to house, they kept right on teaching and preaching Jesus as the Christ. -- acts 5:42 +. +Now at this time while the disciples were increasing in number, a complaint arose on the part of the Hellenistic Jews against the native Hebrews, because their widows were being overlooked in the daily serving of food. -- acts 6:1 +. +So the twelve summoned the congregation of the disciples and said, "It is not desirable for us to neglect the word of God in order to serve tables. -- acts 6:2 +. +"Therefore, brethren, select from among you seven men of good reputation, full of the Spirit and of wisdom, whom we may put in charge of this task. -- acts 6:3 +. +"But we will devote ourselves to prayer and to the ministry of the word." -- acts 6:4 +. +The statement found approval with the whole congregation; and they chose Stephen, a man full of faith and of the Holy Spirit, and Philip, Prochorus, Nicanor, Timon, Parmenas and Nicolas, a proselyte from Antioch. -- acts 6:5 +. +And these they brought before the apostles; and after praying, they laid their hands on them. -- acts 6:6 +. +The word of God kept on spreading; and the number of the disciples continued to increase greatly in Jerusalem, and a great many of the priests were becoming obedient to the faith. -- acts 6:7 +. +And Stephen, full of grace and power, was performing great wonders and signs among the people. -- acts 6:8 +. +But some men from what was called the Synagogue of the Freedmen, including both Cyrenians and Alexandrians, and some from Cilicia and Asia, rose up and argued with Stephen. -- acts 6:9 +. +But they were unable to cope with the wisdom and the Spirit with which he was speaking. -- acts 6:10 +. +Then they secretly induced men to say, "We have heard him speak blasphemous words against Moses and against God." -- acts 6:11 +. +And they stirred up the people, the elders and the scribes, and they came up to him and dragged him away and brought him before the Council. -- acts 6:12 +. +They put forward false witnesses who said, "This man incessantly speaks against this holy place and the Law; -- acts 6:13 +. +for we have heard him say that this Nazarene, Jesus, will destroy this place and alter the customs which Moses handed down to us." -- acts 6:14 +. +And fixing their gaze on him, all who were sitting in the Council saw his face like the face of an angel. -- acts 6:15 +. +The high priest said, "Are these things so?" -- acts 7:1 +. +And he said, "Hear me, brethren and fathers! The God of glory appeared to our father Abraham when he was in Mesopotamia, before he lived in Haran, -- acts 7:2 +. +and said to him, 'LEAVE YOUR COUNTRY AND YOUR RELATIVES, AND COME INTO THE LAND THAT I WILL SHOW YOU.' -- acts 7:3 +. +"Then he left the land of the Chaldeans and settled in Haran. From there, after his father died, God had him move to this country in which you are now living. -- acts 7:4 +. +"But He gave him no inheritance in it, not even a foot of ground, and yet, even when he had no child, He promised that HE WOULD GIVE IT TO HIM AS A POSSESSION, AND TO HIS DESCENDANTS AFTER HIM. -- acts 7:5 +. +"But God spoke to this effect, that his DESCENDANTS WOULD BE ALIENS IN A FOREIGN LAND, AND THAT THEY WOULD BE ENSLAVED AND MISTREATED FOR FOUR HUNDRED YEARS. -- acts 7:6 +. +" 'AND WHATEVER NATION TO WHICH THEY WILL BE IN BONDAGE I MYSELF WILL JUDGE,' said God, 'AND AFTER THAT THEY WILL COME OUT AND SERVE ME IN THIS PLACE.' -- acts 7:7 +. +"And He gave him the covenant of circumcision; and so Abraham became the father of Isaac, and circumcised him on the eighth day; and Isaac became the father of Jacob, and Jacob of the twelve patriarchs. -- acts 7:8 +. +"The patriarchs became jealous of Joseph and sold him into Egypt. Yet God was with him, -- acts 7:9 +. +and rescued him from all his afflictions, and granted him favor and wisdom in the sight of Pharaoh, king of Egypt, and he made him governor over Egypt and all his household. -- acts 7:10 +. +"Now a famine came over all Egypt and Canaan, and great affliction with it, and our fathers could find no food. -- acts 7:11 +. +"But when Jacob heard that there was grain in Egypt, he sent our fathers there the first time. -- acts 7:12 +. +"On the second visit Joseph made himself known to his brothers, and Joseph's family was disclosed to Pharaoh. -- acts 7:13 +. +"Then Joseph sent word and invited Jacob his father and all his relatives to come to him, seventy-five persons in all. -- acts 7:14 +. +"And Jacob went down to Egypt and there he and our fathers died. -- acts 7:15 +. +"From there they were removed to Shechem and laid in the tomb which Abraham had purchased for a sum of money from the sons of Hamor in Shechem. -- acts 7:16 +. +"But as the time of the promise was approaching which God had assured to Abraham, the people increased and multiplied in Egypt, -- acts 7:17 +. +until THERE AROSE ANOTHER KING OVER EGYPT WHO KNEW NOTHING ABOUT JOSEPH. -- acts 7:18 +. +"It was he who took shrewd advantage of our race and mistreated our fathers so that they would expose their infants and they would not survive. -- acts 7:19 +. +"It was at this time that Moses was born; and he was lovely in the sight of God, and he was nurtured three months in his father's home. -- acts 7:20 +. +"And after he had been set outside, Pharaoh's daughter took him away and nurtured him as her own son. -- acts 7:21 +. +"Moses was educated in all the learning of the Egyptians, and he was a man of power in words and deeds. -- acts 7:22 +. +"But when he was approaching the age of forty, it entered his mind to visit his brethren, the sons of Israel. -- acts 7:23 +. +"And when he saw one of them being treated unjustly, he defended him and took vengeance for the oppressed by striking down the Egyptian. -- acts 7:24 +. +"And he supposed that his brethren understood that God was granting them deliverance through him, but they did not understand. -- acts 7:25 +. +"On the following day he appeared to them as they were fighting together, and he tried to reconcile them in peace, saying, 'Men, you are brethren, why do you injure one another?' -- acts 7:26 +. +"But the one who was injuring his neighbor pushed him away, saying, 'WHO MADE YOU A RULER AND JUDGE OVER US? -- acts 7:27 +. +'YOU DO NOT MEAN TO KILL ME AS YOU KILLED THE EGYPTIAN YESTERDAY, DO YOU?' -- acts 7:28 +. +"At this remark, MOSES FLED AND BECAME AN ALIEN IN THE LAND OF MIDIAN, where he became the father of two sons. -- acts 7:29 +. +"After forty years had passed, AN ANGEL APPEARED TO HIM IN THE WILDERNESS OF MOUNT Sinai, IN THE FLAME OF A BURNING THORN BUSH. -- acts 7:30 +. +"When Moses saw it, he marveled at the sight; and as he approached to look more closely, there came the voice of the Lord: -- acts 7:31 +. +'I AM THE GOD OF YOUR FATHERS, THE GOD OF ABRAHAM AND ISAAC AND JACOB.' Moses shook with fear and would not venture to look. -- acts 7:32 +. +"BUT THE LORD SAID TO HIM, 'TAKE OFF THE SANDALS FROM YOUR FEET, FOR THE PLACE ON WHICH YOU ARE STANDING IS HOLY GROUND. -- acts 7:33 +. +'I HAVE CERTAINLY SEEN THE OPPRESSION OF MY PEOPLE IN EGYPT AND HAVE HEARD THEIR GROANS, AND I HAVE COME DOWN TO RESCUE THEM; COME NOW, AND I WILL SEND YOU TO EGYPT.' -- acts 7:34 +. +"This Moses whom they disowned, saying, 'WHO MADE YOU A RULER AND A JUDGE?' is the one whom God sent to be both a ruler and a deliverer with the help of the angel who appeared to him in the thorn bush. -- acts 7:35 +. +"This man led them out, performing wonders and signs in the land of Egypt and in the Red Sea and in the wilderness for forty years. -- acts 7:36 +. +"This is the Moses who said to the sons of Israel, 'GOD WILL RAISE UP FOR YOU A PROPHET LIKE ME FROM YOUR BRETHREN.' -- acts 7:37 +. +"This is the one who was in the congregation in the wilderness together with the angel who was speaking to him on Mount Sinai, and who was with our fathers; and he received living oracles to pass on to you. -- acts 7:38 +. +"Our fathers were unwilling to be obedient to him, but repudiated him and in their hearts turned back to Egypt, -- acts 7:39 +. +SAYING TO AARON, 'MAKE FOR US GODS WHO WILL GO BEFORE US; FOR THIS MOSES WHO LED US OUT OF THE LAND OF EGYPT--WE DO NOT KNOW WHAT HAPPENED TO HIM.' -- acts 7:40 +. +"At that time they made a calf and brought a sacrifice to the idol, and were rejoicing in the works of their hands. -- acts 7:41 +. +"But God turned away and delivered them up to serve the host of heaven; as it is written in the book of the prophets, 'IT WAS NOT TO ME THAT YOU OFFERED VICTIMS AND SACRIFICES FORTY YEARS IN THE WILDERNESS, WAS IT, O HOUSE OF ISRAEL? -- acts 7:42 +. +'YOU ALSO TOOK ALONG THE TABERNACLE OF MOLOCH AND THE STAR OF THE GOD ROMPHA, THE IMAGES WHICH YOU MADE TO WORSHIP. I ALSO WILL REMOVE YOU BEYOND BABYLON.' -- acts 7:43 +. +"Our fathers had the tabernacle of testimony in the wilderness, just as He who spoke to Moses directed him to make it according to the pattern which he had seen. -- acts 7:44 +. +"And having received it in their turn, our fathers brought it in with Joshua upon dispossessing the nations whom God drove out before our fathers, until the time of David. -- acts 7:45 +. +"David found favor in God's sight, and asked that he might find a dwelling place for the God of Jacob. -- acts 7:46 +. +"But it was Solomon who built a house for Him. -- acts 7:47 +. +"However, the Most High does not dwell in houses made by human hands; as the prophet says: -- acts 7:48 +. +'HEAVEN IS MY THRONE, AND EARTH IS THE FOOTSTOOL OF MY FEET; WHAT KIND OF HOUSE WILL YOU BUILD FOR ME?' says the Lord, 'OR WHAT PLACE IS THERE FOR MY REPOSE? -- acts 7:49 +. +'WAS IT NOT MY HAND WHICH MADE ALL THESE THINGS?' -- acts 7:50 +. +"You men who are stiff-necked and uncircumcised in heart and ears are always resisting the Holy Spirit; you are doing just as your fathers did. -- acts 7:51 +. +"Which one of the prophets did your fathers not persecute? They killed those who had previously announced the coming of the Righteous One, whose betrayers and murderers you have now become; -- acts 7:52 +. +you who received the law as ordained by angels, and yet did not keep it." -- acts 7:53 +. +Now when they heard this, they were cut to the quick, and they began gnashing their teeth at him. -- acts 7:54 +. +But being full of the Holy Spirit, he gazed intently into heaven and saw the glory of God, and Jesus standing at the right hand of God; -- acts 7:55 +. +and he said, "Behold, I see the heavens opened up and the Son of Man standing at the right hand of God." -- acts 7:56 +. +But they cried out with a loud voice, and covered their ears and rushed at him with one impulse. -- acts 7:57 +. +When they had driven him out of the city, they began stoning him; and the witnesses laid aside their robes at the feet of a young man named Saul. -- acts 7:58 +. +They went on stoning Stephen as he called on the Lord and said, "Lord Jesus, receive my spirit!" -- acts 7:59 +. +Then falling on his knees, he cried out with a loud voice, "Lord, do not hold this sin against them!" Having said this, he fell asleep. -- acts 7:60 +. +Saul was in hearty agreement with putting him to death. And on that day a great persecution began against the church in Jerusalem, and they were all scattered throughout the regions of Judea and Samaria, except the apostles. -- acts 8:1 +. +Some devout men buried Stephen, and made loud lamentation over him. -- acts 8:2 +. +But Saul began ravaging the church, entering house after house, and dragging off men and women, he would put them in prison. -- acts 8:3 +. +Therefore, those who had been scattered went about preaching the word. -- acts 8:4 +. +Philip went down to the city of Samaria and began proclaiming Christ to them. -- acts 8:5 +. +The crowds with one accord were giving attention to what was said by Philip, as they heard and saw the signs which he was performing. -- acts 8:6 +. +For in the case of many who had unclean spirits, they were coming out of them shouting with a loud voice; and many who had been paralyzed and lame were healed. -- acts 8:7 +. +So there was much rejoicing in that city. -- acts 8:8 +. +Now there was a man named Simon, who formerly was practicing magic in the city and astonishing the people of Samaria, claiming to be someone great; -- acts 8:9 +. +and they all, from smallest to greatest, were giving attention to him, saying, "This man is what is called the Great Power of God." -- acts 8:10 +. +And they were giving him attention because he had for a long time astonished them with his magic arts. -- acts 8:11 +. +But when they believed Philip preaching the good news about the kingdom of God and the name of Jesus Christ, they were being baptized, men and women alike. -- acts 8:12 +. +Even Simon himself believed; and after being baptized, he continued on with Philip, and as he observed signs and great miracles taking place, he was constantly amazed. -- acts 8:13 +. +Now when the apostles in Jerusalem heard that Samaria had received the word of God, they sent them Peter and John, -- acts 8:14 +. +who came down and prayed for them that they might receive the Holy Spirit. -- acts 8:15 +. +For He had not yet fallen upon any of them; they had simply been baptized in the name of the Lord Jesus. -- acts 8:16 +. +Then they began laying their hands on them, and they were receiving the Holy Spirit. -- acts 8:17 +. +Now when Simon saw that the Spirit was bestowed through the laying on of the apostles' hands, he offered them money, -- acts 8:18 +. +saying, "Give this authority to me as well, so that everyone on whom I lay my hands may receive the Holy Spirit." -- acts 8:19 +. +But Peter said to him, "May your silver perish with you, because you thought you could obtain the gift of God with money! -- acts 8:20 +. +"You have no part or portion in this matter, for your heart is not right before God. -- acts 8:21 +. +"Therefore repent of this wickedness of yours, and pray the Lord that, if possible, the intention of your heart may be forgiven you. -- acts 8:22 +. +"For I see that you are in the gall of bitterness and in the bondage of iniquity." -- acts 8:23 +. +But Simon answered and said, "Pray to the Lord for me yourselves, so that nothing of what you have said may come upon me." -- acts 8:24 +. +So, when they had solemnly testified and spoken the word of the Lord, they started back to Jerusalem, and were preaching the gospel to many villages of the Samaritans. -- acts 8:25 +. +But an angel of the Lord spoke to Philip saying, "Get up and go south to the road that descends from Jerusalem to Gaza." (This is a desert road.) -- acts 8:26 +. +So he got up and went; and there was an Ethiopian eunuch, a court official of Candace, queen of the Ethiopians, who was in charge of all her treasure; and he had come to Jerusalem to worship, -- acts 8:27 +. +and he was returning and sitting in his chariot, and was reading the prophet Isaiah. -- acts 8:28 +. +Then the Spirit said to Philip, "Go up and join this chariot." -- acts 8:29 +. +Philip ran up and heard him reading Isaiah the prophet, and said, "Do you understand what you are reading?" -- acts 8:30 +. +And he said, "Well, how could I, unless someone guides me?" And he invited Philip to come up and sit with him. -- acts 8:31 +. +Now the passage of Scripture which he was reading was this: "HE WAS LED AS A SHEEP TO SLAUGHTER; AND AS A LAMB BEFORE ITS SHEARER IS SILENT, SO HE DOES NOT OPEN HIS MOUTH. -- acts 8:32 +. +"IN HUMILIATION HIS JUDGMENT WAS TAKEN AWAY; WHO WILL RELATE HIS GENERATION? FOR HIS LIFE IS REMOVED FROM THE EARTH." -- acts 8:33 +. +The eunuch answered Philip and said, "Please tell me, of whom does the prophet say this? Of himself or of someone else?" -- acts 8:34 +. +Then Philip opened his mouth, and beginning from this Scripture he preached Jesus to him. -- acts 8:35 +. +As they went along the road they came to some water; and the eunuch *said, "Look! Water! What prevents me from being baptized?" -- acts 8:36 +. +[And Philip said, "If you believe with all your heart, you may." And he answered and said, "I believe that Jesus Christ is the Son of God."] -- acts 8:37 +. +And he ordered the chariot to stop; and they both went down into the water, Philip as well as the eunuch, and he baptized him. -- acts 8:38 +. +When they came up out of the water, the Spirit of the Lord snatched Philip away; and the eunuch no longer saw him, but went on his way rejoicing. -- acts 8:39 +. +But Philip found himself at Azotus, and as he passed through he kept preaching the gospel to all the cities until he came to Caesarea. -- acts 8:40 +. +Now Saul, still breathing threats and murder against the disciples of the Lord, went to the high priest, -- acts 9:1 +. +and asked for letters from him to the synagogues at Damascus, so that if he found any belonging to the Way, both men and women, he might bring them bound to Jerusalem. -- acts 9:2 +. +As he was traveling, it happened that he was approaching Damascus, and suddenly a light from heaven flashed around him; -- acts 9:3 +. +and he fell to the ground and heard a voice saying to him, "Saul, Saul, why are you persecuting Me?" -- acts 9:4 +. +And he said, "Who are You, Lord?" And He said, "I am Jesus whom you are persecuting, -- acts 9:5 +. +but get up and enter the city, and it will be told you what you must do." -- acts 9:6 +. +The men who traveled with him stood speechless, hearing the voice but seeing no one. -- acts 9:7 +. +Saul got up from the ground, and though his eyes were open, he could see nothing; and leading him by the hand, they brought him into Damascus. -- acts 9:8 +. +And he was three days without sight, and neither ate nor drank. -- acts 9:9 +. +Now there was a disciple at Damascus named Ananias; and the Lord said to him in a vision, "Ananias." And he said, "Here I am, Lord." -- acts 9:10 +. +And the Lord said to him, "Get up and go to the street called Straight, and inquire at the house of Judas for a man from Tarsus named Saul, for he is praying, -- acts 9:11 +. +and he has seen in a vision a man named Ananias come in and lay his hands on him, so that he might regain his sight." -- acts 9:12 +. +But Ananias answered, "Lord, I have heard from many about this man, how much harm he did to Your saints at Jerusalem; -- acts 9:13 +. +and here he has authority from the chief priests to bind all who call on Your name." -- acts 9:14 +. +But the Lord said to him, "Go, for he is a chosen instrument of Mine, to bear My name before the Gentiles and kings and the sons of Israel; -- acts 9:15 +. +for I will show him how much he must suffer for My name's sake." -- acts 9:16 +. +So Ananias departed and entered the house, and after laying his hands on him said, "Brother Saul, the Lord Jesus, who appeared to you on the road by which you were coming, has sent me so that you may regain your sight and be filled with the Holy Spirit." -- acts 9:17 +. +And immediately there fell from his eyes something like scales, and he regained his sight, and he got up and was baptized; -- acts 9:18 +. +and he took food and was strengthened. Now for several days he was with the disciples who were at Damascus, -- acts 9:19 +. +and immediately he began to proclaim Jesus in the synagogues, saying, "He is the Son of God." -- acts 9:20 +. +All those hearing him continued to be amazed, and were saying, "Is this not he who in Jerusalem destroyed those who called on this name, and who had come here for the purpose of bringing them bound before the chief priests?" -- acts 9:21 +. +But Saul kept increasing in strength and confounding the Jews who lived at Damascus by proving that this Jesus is the Christ. -- acts 9:22 +. +When many days had elapsed, the Jews plotted together to do away with him, -- acts 9:23 +. +but their plot became known to Saul. They were also watching the gates day and night so that they might put him to death; -- acts 9:24 +. +but his disciples took him by night and let him down through an opening in the wall, lowering him in a large basket. -- acts 9:25 +. +When he came to Jerusalem, he was trying to associate with the disciples; but they were all afraid of him, not believing that he was a disciple. -- acts 9:26 +. +But Barnabas took hold of him and brought him to the apostles and described to them how he had seen the Lord on the road, and that He had talked to him, and how at Damascus he had spoken out boldly in the name of Jesus. -- acts 9:27 +. +And he was with them, moving about freely in Jerusalem, speaking out boldly in the name of the Lord. -- acts 9:28 +. +And he was talking and arguing with the Hellenistic Jews; but they were attempting to put him to death. -- acts 9:29 +. +But when the brethren learned of it, they brought him down to Caesarea and sent him away to Tarsus. -- acts 9:30 +. +So the church throughout all Judea and Galilee and Samaria enjoyed peace, being built up; and going on in the fear of the Lord and in the comfort of the Holy Spirit, it continued to increase. -- acts 9:31 +. +Now as Peter was traveling through all those regions, he came down also to the saints who lived at Lydda. -- acts 9:32 +. +There he found a man named Aeneas, who had been bedridden eight years, for he was paralyzed. -- acts 9:33 +. +Peter said to him, "Aeneas, Jesus Christ heals you; get up and make your bed." Immediately he got up. -- acts 9:34 +. +And all who lived at Lydda and Sharon saw him, and they turned to the Lord. -- acts 9:35 +. +Now in Joppa there was a disciple named Tabitha (which translated in Greek is called Dorcas); this woman was abounding with deeds of kindness and charity which she continually did. -- acts 9:36 +. +And it happened at that time that she fell sick and died; and when they had washed her body, they laid it in an upper room. -- acts 9:37 +. +Since Lydda was near Joppa, the disciples, having heard that Peter was there, sent two men to him, imploring him, "Do not delay in coming to us." -- acts 9:38 +. +So Peter arose and went with them. When he arrived, they brought him into the upper room; and all the widows stood beside him, weeping and showing all the tunics and garments that Dorcas used to make while she was with them. -- acts 9:39 +. +But Peter sent them all out and knelt down and prayed, and turning to the body, he said, "Tabitha, arise." And she opened her eyes, and when she saw Peter, she sat up. -- acts 9:40 +. +And he gave her his hand and raised her up; and calling the saints and widows, he presented her alive. -- acts 9:41 +. +It became known all over Joppa, and many believed in the Lord. -- acts 9:42 +. +And Peter stayed many days in Joppa with a tanner named Simon. -- acts 9:43 +. +Now there was a man at Caesarea named Cornelius, a centurion of what was called the Italian cohort, -- acts 10:1 +. +a devout man and one who feared God with all his household, and gave many alms to the Jewish people and prayed to God continually. -- acts 10:2 +. +About the ninth hour of the day he clearly saw in a vision an angel of God who had just come in and said to him, "Cornelius!" -- acts 10:3 +. +And fixing his gaze on him and being much alarmed, he said, "What is it, Lord?" And he said to him, "Your prayers and alms have ascended as a memorial before God. -- acts 10:4 +. +"Now dispatch some men to Joppa and send for a man named Simon, who is also called Peter; -- acts 10:5 +. +he is staying with a tanner named Simon, whose house is by the sea." -- acts 10:6 +. +When the angel who was speaking to him had left, he summoned two of his servants and a devout soldier of those who were his personal attendants, -- acts 10:7 +. +and after he had explained everything to them, he sent them to Joppa. -- acts 10:8 +. +On the next day, as they were on their way and approaching the city, Peter went up on the housetop about the sixth hour to pray. -- acts 10:9 +. +But he became hungry and was desiring to eat; but while they were making preparations, he fell into a trance; -- acts 10:10 +. +and he *saw the sky opened up, and an object like a great sheet coming down, lowered by four corners to the ground, -- acts 10:11 +. +and there were in it all kinds of four-footed animals and crawling creatures of the earth and birds of the air. -- acts 10:12 +. +A voice came to him, "Get up, Peter, kill and eat!" -- acts 10:13 +. +But Peter said, "By no means, Lord, for I have never eaten anything unholy and unclean." -- acts 10:14 +. +Again a voice came to him a second time, "What God has cleansed, no longer consider unholy." -- acts 10:15 +. +This happened three times, and immediately the object was taken up into the sky. -- acts 10:16 +. +Now while Peter was greatly perplexed in mind as to what the vision which he had seen might be, behold, the men who had been sent by Cornelius, having asked directions for Simon's house, appeared at the gate; -- acts 10:17 +. +and calling out, they were asking whether Simon, who was also called Peter, was staying there. -- acts 10:18 +. +While Peter was reflecting on the vision, the Spirit said to him, "Behold, three men are looking for you. -- acts 10:19 +. +"But get up, go downstairs and accompany them without misgivings, for I have sent them Myself." -- acts 10:20 +. +Peter went down to the men and said, "Behold, I am the one you are looking for; what is the reason for which you have come?" -- acts 10:21 +. +They said, "Cornelius, a centurion, a righteous and God-fearing man well spoken of by the entire nation of the Jews, was divinely directed by a holy angel to send for you to come to his house and hear a message from you." -- acts 10:22 +. +So he invited them in and gave them lodging. And on the next day he got up and went away with them, and some of the brethren from Joppa accompanied him. -- acts 10:23 +. +On the following day he entered Caesarea. Now Cornelius was waiting for them and had called together his relatives and close friends. -- acts 10:24 +. +When Peter entered, Cornelius met him, and fell at his feet and worshiped him. -- acts 10:25 +. +But Peter raised him up, saying, "Stand up; I too am just a man." -- acts 10:26 +. +As he talked with him, he entered and *found many people assembled. -- acts 10:27 +. +And he said to them, "You yourselves know how unlawful it is for a man who is a Jew to associate with a foreigner or to visit him; and yet God has shown me that I should not call any man unholy or unclean. -- acts 10:28 +. +"That is why I came without even raising any objection when I was sent for. So I ask for what reason you have sent for me." -- acts 10:29 +. +Cornelius said, "Four days ago to this hour, I was praying in my house during the ninth hour; and behold, a man stood before me in shining garments, -- acts 10:30 +. +and he *said, 'Cornelius, your prayer has been heard and your alms have been remembered before God. -- acts 10:31 +. +'Therefore send to Joppa and invite Simon, who is also called Peter, to come to you; he is staying at the house of Simon the tanner by the sea.' -- acts 10:32 +. +"So I sent for you immediately, and you have been kind enough to come. Now then, we are all here present before God to hear all that you have been commanded by the Lord." -- acts 10:33 +. +Opening his mouth, Peter said: "I most certainly understand now that God is not one to show partiality, -- acts 10:34 +. +but in every nation the man who fears Him and does what is right is welcome to Him. -- acts 10:35 +. +"The word which He sent to the sons of Israel, preaching peace through Jesus Christ (He is Lord of all)-- -- acts 10:36 +. +you yourselves know the thing which took place throughout all Judea, starting from Galilee, after the baptism which John proclaimed. -- acts 10:37 +. +"You know of Jesus of Nazareth, how God anointed Him with the Holy Spirit and with power, and how He went about doing good and healing all who were oppressed by the devil, for God was with Him. -- acts 10:38 +. +"We are witnesses of all the things He did both in the land of the Jews and in Jerusalem. They also put Him to death by hanging Him on a cross. -- acts 10:39 +. +"God raised Him up on the third day and granted that He become visible, -- acts 10:40 +. +not to all the people, but to witnesses who were chosen beforehand by God, that is, to us who ate and drank with Him after He arose from the dead. -- acts 10:41 +. +"And He ordered us to preach to the people, and solemnly to testify that this is the One who has been appointed by God as Judge of the living and the dead. -- acts 10:42 +. +"Of Him all the prophets bear witness that through His name everyone who believes in Him receives forgiveness of sins." -- acts 10:43 +. +While Peter was still speaking these words, the Holy Spirit fell upon all those who were listening to the message. -- acts 10:44 +. +All the circumcised believers who came with Peter were amazed, because the gift of the Holy Spirit had been poured out on the Gentiles also. -- acts 10:45 +. +For they were hearing them speaking with tongues and exalting God. Then Peter answered, -- acts 10:46 +. +"Surely no one can refuse the water for these to be baptized who have received the Holy Spirit just as we did, can he?" -- acts 10:47 +. +And he ordered them to be baptized in the name of Jesus Christ. Then they asked him to stay on for a few days. -- acts 10:48 +. +Now the apostles and the brethren who were throughout Judea heard that the Gentiles also had received the word of God. -- acts 11:1 +. +And when Peter came up to Jerusalem, those who were circumcised took issue with him, -- acts 11:2 +. +saying, "You went to uncircumcised men and ate with them." -- acts 11:3 +. +But Peter began speaking and proceeded to explain to them in orderly sequence, saying, -- acts 11:4 +. +"I was in the city of Joppa praying; and in a trance I saw a vision, an object coming down like a great sheet lowered by four corners from the sky; and it came right down to me, -- acts 11:5 +. +and when I had fixed my gaze on it and was observing it I saw the four-footed animals of the earth and the wild beasts and the crawling creatures and the birds of the air. -- acts 11:6 +. +"I also heard a voice saying to me, 'Get up, Peter; kill and eat.' -- acts 11:7 +. +"But I said, 'By no means, Lord, for nothing unholy or unclean has ever entered my mouth.' -- acts 11:8 +. +"But a voice from heaven answered a second time, 'What God has cleansed, no longer consider unholy.' -- acts 11:9 +. +"This happened three times, and everything was drawn back up into the sky. -- acts 11:10 +. +"And behold, at that moment three men appeared at the house in which we were staying, having been sent to me from Caesarea. -- acts 11:11 +. +"The Spirit told me to go with them without misgivings. These six brethren also went with me and we entered the man's house. -- acts 11:12 +. +"And he reported to us how he had seen the angel standing in his house, and saying, 'Send to Joppa and have Simon, who is also called Peter, brought here; -- acts 11:13 +. +and he will speak words to you by which you will be saved, you and all your household.' -- acts 11:14 +. +"And as I began to speak, the Holy Spirit fell upon them just as He did upon us at the beginning. -- acts 11:15 +. +"And I remembered the word of the Lord, how He used to say, 'John baptized with water, but you will be baptized with the Holy Spirit.' -- acts 11:16 +. +"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?" -- acts 11:17 +. +When they heard this, they quieted down and glorified God, saying, "Well then, God has granted to the Gentiles also the repentance that leads to life." -- acts 11:18 +. +So then those who were scattered because of the persecution that occurred in connection with Stephen made their way to Phoenicia and Cyprus and Antioch, speaking the word to no one except to Jews alone. -- acts 11:19 +. +But there were some of them, men of Cyprus and Cyrene, who came to Antioch and began speaking to the Greeks also, preaching the Lord Jesus. -- acts 11:20 +. +And the hand of the Lord was with them, and a large number who believed turned to the Lord. -- acts 11:21 +. +The news about them reached the ears of the church at Jerusalem, and they sent Barnabas off to Antioch. -- acts 11:22 +. +Then when he arrived and witnessed the grace of God, he rejoiced and began to encourage them all with resolute heart to remain true to the Lord; -- acts 11:23 +. +for he was a good man, and full of the Holy Spirit and of faith. And considerable numbers were brought to the Lord. -- acts 11:24 +. +And he left for Tarsus to look for Saul; -- acts 11:25 +. +and when he had found him, he brought him to Antioch. And for an entire year they met with the church and taught considerable numbers; and the disciples were first called Christians in Antioch. -- acts 11:26 +. +Now at this time some prophets came down from Jerusalem to Antioch. -- acts 11:27 +. +One of them named Agabus stood up and began to indicate by the Spirit that there would certainly be a great famine all over the world. And this took place in the reign of Claudius. -- acts 11:28 +. +And in the proportion that any of the disciples had means, each of them determined to send a contribution for the relief of the brethren living in Judea. -- acts 11:29 +. +And this they did, sending it in charge of Barnabas and Saul to the elders. -- acts 11:30 +. +Now about that time Herod the king laid hands on some who belonged to the church in order to mistreat them. -- acts 12:1 +. +And he had James the brother of John put to death with a sword. -- acts 12:2 +. +When he saw that it pleased the Jews, he proceeded to arrest Peter also. Now it was during the days of Unleavened Bread. -- acts 12:3 +. +When he had seized him, he put him in prison, delivering him to four squads of soldiers to guard him, intending after the Passover to bring him out before the people. -- acts 12:4 +. +So Peter was kept in the prison, but prayer for him was being made fervently by the church to God. -- acts 12:5 +. +On the very night when Herod was about to bring him forward, Peter was sleeping between two soldiers, bound with two chains, and guards in front of the door were watching over the prison. -- acts 12:6 +. +And behold, an angel of the Lord suddenly appeared and a light shone in the cell; and he struck Peter's side and woke him up, saying, "Get up quickly." And his chains fell off his hands. -- acts 12:7 +. +And the angel said to him, "Gird yourself and put on your sandals." And he did so. And he *said to him, "Wrap your cloak around you and follow me." -- acts 12:8 +. +And he went out and continued to follow, and he did not know that what was being done by the angel was real, but thought he was seeing a vision. -- acts 12:9 +. +When they had passed the first and second guard, they came to the iron gate that leads into the city, which opened for them by itself; and they went out and went along one street, and immediately the angel departed from him. -- acts 12:10 +. +When Peter came to himself, he said, "Now I know for sure that the Lord has sent forth His angel and rescued me from the hand of Herod and from all that the Jewish people were expecting." -- acts 12:11 +. +And when he realized this, he went to the house of Mary, the mother of John who was also called Mark, where many were gathered together and were praying. -- acts 12:12 +. +When he knocked at the door of the gate, a servant-girl named Rhoda came to answer. -- acts 12:13 +. +When she recognized Peter's voice, because of her joy she did not open the gate, but ran in and announced that Peter was standing in front of the gate. -- acts 12:14 +. +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." -- acts 12:15 +. +But Peter continued knocking; and when they had opened the door, they saw him and were amazed. -- acts 12:16 +. +But motioning to them with his hand to be silent, he described to them how the Lord had led him out of the prison. And he said, "Report these things to James and the brethren." Then he left and went to another place. -- acts 12:17 +. +Now when day came, there was no small disturbance among the soldiers as to what could have become of Peter. -- acts 12:18 +. +When Herod had searched for him and had not found him, he examined the guards and ordered that they be led away to execution. Then he went down from Judea to Caesarea and was spending time there. -- acts 12:19 +. +Now he was very angry with the people of Tyre and Sidon; and with one accord they came to him, and having won over Blastus the king's chamberlain, they were asking for peace, because their country was fed by the king's country. -- acts 12:20 +. +On an appointed day Herod, having put on his royal apparel, took his seat on the rostrum and began delivering an address to them. -- acts 12:21 +. +The people kept crying out, "The voice of a god and not of a man!" -- acts 12:22 +. +And immediately an angel of the Lord struck him because he did not give God the glory, and he was eaten by worms and died. -- acts 12:23 +. +But the word of the Lord continued to grow and to be multiplied. -- acts 12:24 +. +And Barnabas and Saul returned from Jerusalem when they had fulfilled their mission, taking along with them John, who was also called Mark. -- acts 12:25 +. +Now there were at Antioch, in the church that was there, prophets and teachers: Barnabas, and Simeon who was called Niger, and Lucius of Cyrene, and Manaen who had been brought up with Herod the tetrarch, and Saul. -- acts 13:1 +. +While they were ministering to the Lord and fasting, the Holy Spirit said, "Set apart for Me Barnabas and Saul for the work to which I have called them." -- acts 13:2 +. +Then, when they had fasted and prayed and laid their hands on them, they sent them away. -- acts 13:3 +. +So, being sent out by the Holy Spirit, they went down to Seleucia and from there they sailed to Cyprus. -- acts 13:4 +. +When they reached Salamis, they began to proclaim the word of God in the synagogues of the Jews; and they also had John as their helper. -- acts 13:5 +. +When they had gone through the whole island as far as Paphos, they found a magician, a Jewish false prophet whose name was Bar-Jesus, -- acts 13:6 +. +who was with the proconsul, Sergius Paulus, a man of intelligence. This man summoned Barnabas and Saul and sought to hear the word of God. -- acts 13:7 +. +But Elymas the magician (for so his name is translated) was opposing them, seeking to turn the proconsul away from the faith. -- acts 13:8 +. +But Saul, who was also known as Paul, filled with the Holy Spirit, fixed his gaze on him, -- acts 13:9 +. +and said, "You who are full of all deceit and fraud, you son of the devil, you enemy of all righteousness, will you not cease to make crooked the straight ways of the Lord? -- acts 13:10 +. +"Now, behold, the hand of the Lord is upon you, and you will be blind and not see the sun for a time." And immediately a mist and a darkness fell upon him, and he went about seeking those who would lead him by the hand. -- acts 13:11 +. +Then the proconsul believed when he saw what had happened, being amazed at the teaching of the Lord. -- acts 13:12 +. +Now Paul and his companions put out to sea from Paphos and came to Perga in Pamphylia; but John left them and returned to Jerusalem. -- acts 13:13 +. +But going on from Perga, they arrived at Pisidian Antioch, and on the Sabbath day they went into the synagogue and sat down. -- acts 13:14 +. +After the reading of the Law and the Prophets the synagogue officials sent to them, saying, "Brethren, if you have any word of exhortation for the people, say it." -- acts 13:15 +. +Paul stood up, and motioning with his hand said, "Men of Israel, and you who fear God, listen: -- acts 13:16 +. +"The God of this people Israel chose our fathers and made the people great during their stay in the land of Egypt, and with an uplifted arm He led them out from it. -- acts 13:17 +. +"For a period of about forty years He put up with them in the wilderness. -- acts 13:18 +. +"When He had destroyed seven nations in the land of Canaan, He distributed their land as an inheritance--all of which took about four hundred and fifty years. -- acts 13:19 +. +"After these things He gave them judges until Samuel the prophet. -- acts 13:20 +. +"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. -- acts 13:21 +. +"After He had removed him, He raised up David to be their king, concerning whom He also testified and said, 'I HAVE FOUND DAVID the son of Jesse, A MAN AFTER MY HEART, who will do all My will.' -- acts 13:22 +. +"From the descendants of this man, according to promise, God has brought to Israel a Savior, Jesus, -- acts 13:23 +. +after John had proclaimed before His coming a baptism of repentance to all the people of Israel. -- acts 13:24 +. +"And while John was completing his course, he kept saying, 'What do you suppose that I am? I am not He. But behold, one is coming after me the sandals of whose feet I am not worthy to untie.' -- acts 13:25 +. +"Brethren, sons of Abraham's family, and those among you who fear God, to us the message of this salvation has been sent. -- acts 13:26 +. +"For those who live in Jerusalem, and their rulers, recognizing neither Him nor the utterances of the prophets which are read every Sabbath, fulfilled these by condemning Him. -- acts 13:27 +. +"And though they found no ground for putting Him to death, they asked Pilate that He be executed. -- acts 13:28 +. +"When they had carried out all that was written concerning Him, they took Him down from the cross and laid Him in a tomb. -- acts 13:29 +. +"But God raised Him from the dead; -- acts 13:30 +. +and for many days He appeared to those who came up with Him from Galilee to Jerusalem, the very ones who are now His witnesses to the people. -- acts 13:31 +. +"And we preach to you the good news of the promise made to the fathers, -- acts 13:32 +. +that God has fulfilled this promise to our children in that He raised up Jesus, as it is also written in the second Psalm, 'YOU ARE MY SON; TODAY I HAVE BEGOTTEN YOU.' -- acts 13:33 +. +"As for the fact that He raised Him up from the dead, no longer to return to decay, He has spoken in this way: 'I WILL GIVE YOU THE HOLY and SURE blessings OF DAVID.' -- acts 13:34 +. +"Therefore He also says in another Psalm, 'YOU WILL NOT ALLOW YOUR HOLY ONE TO UNDERGO DECAY.' -- acts 13:35 +. +"For David, after he had served the purpose of God in his own generation, fell asleep, and was laid among his fathers and underwent decay; -- acts 13:36 +. +but He whom God raised did not undergo decay. -- acts 13:37 +. +"Therefore let it be known to you, brethren, that through Him forgiveness of sins is proclaimed to you, -- acts 13:38 +. +and through Him everyone who believes is freed from all things, from which you could not be freed through the Law of Moses. -- acts 13:39 +. +"Therefore take heed, so that the thing spoken of in the Prophets may not come upon you: -- acts 13:40 +. +'BEHOLD, YOU SCOFFERS, AND MARVEL, AND PERISH; FOR I AM ACCOMPLISHING A WORK IN YOUR DAYS, A WORK WHICH YOU WILL NEVER BELIEVE, THOUGH SOMEONE SHOULD DESCRIBE IT TO YOU.'" -- acts 13:41 +. +As Paul and Barnabas were going out, the people kept begging that these things might be spoken to them the next Sabbath. -- acts 13:42 +. +Now when the meeting of the synagogue had broken up, many of the Jews and of the God-fearing proselytes followed Paul and Barnabas, who, speaking to them, were urging them to continue in the grace of God. -- acts 13:43 +. +The next Sabbath nearly the whole city assembled to hear the word of the Lord. -- acts 13:44 +. +But when the Jews saw the crowds, they were filled with jealousy and began contradicting the things spoken by Paul, and were blaspheming. -- acts 13:45 +. +Paul and Barnabas spoke out boldly and said, "It was necessary that the word of God be spoken to you first; since you repudiate it and judge yourselves unworthy of eternal life, behold, we are turning to the Gentiles. -- acts 13:46 +. +"For so the Lord has commanded us, 'I HAVE PLACED YOU AS A LIGHT FOR THE GENTILES, THAT YOU MAY BRING SALVATION TO THE END OF THE EARTH.'" -- acts 13:47 +. +When the Gentiles heard this, they began rejoicing and glorifying the word of the Lord; and as many as had been appointed to eternal life believed. -- acts 13:48 +. +And the word of the Lord was being spread through the whole region. -- acts 13:49 +. +But the Jews incited the devout women of prominence and the leading men of the city, and instigated a persecution against Paul and Barnabas, and drove them out of their district. -- acts 13:50 +. +But they shook off the dust of their feet in protest against them and went to Iconium. -- acts 13:51 +. +And the disciples were continually filled with joy and with the Holy Spirit. -- acts 13:52 +. +In Iconium they entered the synagogue of the Jews together, and spoke in such a manner that a large number of people believed, both of Jews and of Greeks. -- acts 14:1 +. +But the Jews who disbelieved stirred up the minds of the Gentiles and embittered them against the brethren. -- acts 14:2 +. +Therefore they spent a long time there speaking boldly with reliance upon the Lord, who was testifying to the word of His grace, granting that signs and wonders be done by their hands. -- acts 14:3 +. +But the people of the city were divided; and some sided with the Jews, and some with the apostles. -- acts 14:4 +. +And when an attempt was made by both the Gentiles and the Jews with their rulers, to mistreat and to stone them, -- acts 14:5 +. +they became aware of it and fled to the cities of Lycaonia, Lystra and Derbe, and the surrounding region; -- acts 14:6 +. +and there they continued to preach the gospel. -- acts 14:7 +. +At Lystra a man was sitting who had no strength in his feet, lame from his mother's womb, who had never walked. -- acts 14:8 +. +This man was listening to Paul as he spoke, who, when he had fixed his gaze on him and had seen that he had faith to be made well, -- acts 14:9 +. +said with a loud voice, "Stand upright on your feet." And he leaped up and began to walk. -- acts 14:10 +. +When the crowds saw what Paul had done, they raised their voice, saying in the Lycaonian language, "The gods have become like men and have come down to us." -- acts 14:11 +. +And they began calling Barnabas, Zeus, and Paul, Hermes, because he was the chief speaker. -- acts 14:12 +. +The priest of Zeus, whose temple was just outside the city, brought oxen and garlands to the gates, and wanted to offer sacrifice with the crowds. -- acts 14:13 +. +But when the apostles Barnabas and Paul heard of it, they tore their robes and rushed out into the crowd, crying out -- acts 14:14 +. +and saying, "Men, why are you doing these things? We are also men of the same nature as you, and preach the gospel to you that you should turn from these vain things to a living God, WHO MADE THE HEAVEN AND THE EARTH AND THE SEA AND ALL THAT IS IN THEM. -- acts 14:15 +. +"In the generations gone by He permitted all the nations to go their own ways; -- acts 14:16 +. +and yet He did not leave Himself without witness, in that He did good and gave you rains from heaven and fruitful seasons, satisfying your hearts with food and gladness." -- acts 14:17 +. +Even saying these things, with difficulty they restrained the crowds from offering sacrifice to them. -- acts 14:18 +. +But Jews came from Antioch and Iconium, and having won over the crowds, they stoned Paul and dragged him out of the city, supposing him to be dead. -- acts 14:19 +. +But while the disciples stood around him, he got up and entered the city. The next day he went away with Barnabas to Derbe. -- acts 14:20 +. +After they had preached the gospel to that city and had made many disciples, they returned to Lystra and to Iconium and to Antioch, -- acts 14:21 +. +strengthening the souls of the disciples, encouraging them to continue in the faith, and saying, "Through many tribulations we must enter the kingdom of God." -- acts 14:22 +. +When they had appointed elders for them in every church, having prayed with fasting, they commended them to the Lord in whom they had believed. -- acts 14:23 +. +They passed through Pisidia and came into Pamphylia. -- acts 14:24 +. +When they had spoken the word in Perga, they went down to Attalia. -- acts 14:25 +. +From there they sailed to Antioch, from which they had been commended to the grace of God for the work that they had accomplished. -- acts 14:26 +. +When they had arrived and gathered the church together, they began to report all things that God had done with them and how He had opened a door of faith to the Gentiles. -- acts 14:27 +. +And they spent a long time with the disciples. -- acts 14:28 +. +Some men came down from Judea and began teaching the brethren, "Unless you are circumcised according to the custom of Moses, you cannot be saved." -- acts 15:1 +. +And when Paul and Barnabas had great dissension and debate with them, the brethren determined that Paul and Barnabas and some others of them should go up to Jerusalem to the apostles and elders concerning this issue. -- acts 15:2 +. +Therefore, being sent on their way by the church, they were passing through both Phoenicia and Samaria, describing in detail the conversion of the Gentiles, and were bringing great joy to all the brethren. -- acts 15:3 +. +When they arrived at Jerusalem, they were received by the church and the apostles and the elders, and they reported all that God had done with them. -- acts 15:4 +. +But some of the sect of the Pharisees who had believed stood up, saying, "It is necessary to circumcise them and to direct them to observe the Law of Moses." -- acts 15:5 +. +The apostles and the elders came together to look into this matter. -- acts 15:6 +. +After there had been much debate, Peter stood up and said to them, "Brethren, you know that in the early days God made a choice among you, that by my mouth the Gentiles would hear the word of the gospel and believe. -- acts 15:7 +. +"And God, who knows the heart, testified to them giving them the Holy Spirit, just as He also did to us; -- acts 15:8 +. +and He made no distinction between us and them, cleansing their hearts by faith. -- acts 15:9 +. +"Now therefore why do you put God to the test by placing upon the neck of the disciples a yoke which neither our fathers nor we have been able to bear? -- acts 15:10 +. +"But we believe that we are saved through the grace of the Lord Jesus, in the same way as they also are." -- acts 15:11 +. +All the people kept silent, and they were listening to Barnabas and Paul as they were relating what signs and wonders God had done through them among the Gentiles. -- acts 15:12 +. +After they had stopped speaking, James answered, saying, "Brethren, listen to me. -- acts 15:13 +. +"Simeon has related how God first concerned Himself about taking from among the Gentiles a people for His name. -- acts 15:14 +. +"With this the words of the Prophets agree, just as it is written, -- acts 15:15 +. +'AFTER THESE THINGS I will return, AND I WILL REBUILD THE TABERNACLE OF DAVID WHICH HAS FALLEN, AND I WILL REBUILD ITS RUINS, AND I WILL RESTORE IT, -- acts 15:16 +. +SO THAT THE REST OF MANKIND MAY SEEK THE LORD, AND ALL THE GENTILES WHO ARE CALLED BY MY NAME,' -- acts 15:17 +. +SAYS THE LORD, WHO MAKES THESE THINGS KNOWN FROM LONG AGO. -- acts 15:18 +. +"Therefore it is my judgment that we do not trouble those who are turning to God from among the Gentiles, -- acts 15:19 +. +but that we write to them that they abstain from things contaminated by idols and from fornication and from what is strangled and from blood. -- acts 15:20 +. +"For Moses from ancient generations has in every city those who preach him, since he is read in the synagogues every Sabbath." -- acts 15:21 +. +Then it seemed good to the apostles and the elders, with the whole church, to choose men from among them to send to Antioch with Paul and Barnabas--Judas called Barsabbas, and Silas, leading men among the brethren, -- acts 15:22 +. +and they sent this letter by them, "The apostles and the brethren who are elders, to the brethren in Antioch and Syria and Cilicia who are from the Gentiles, greetings. -- acts 15:23 +. +"Since we have heard that some of our number to whom we gave no instruction have disturbed you with their words, unsettling your souls, -- acts 15:24 +. +it seemed good to us, having become of one mind, to select men to send to you with our beloved Barnabas and Paul, -- acts 15:25 +. +men who have risked their lives for the name of our Lord Jesus Christ. -- acts 15:26 +. +"Therefore we have sent Judas and Silas, who themselves will also report the same things by word of mouth. -- acts 15:27 +. +"For it seemed good to the Holy Spirit and to us to lay upon you no greater burden than these essentials: -- acts 15:28 +. +that you abstain from things sacrificed to idols and from blood and from things strangled and from fornication; if you keep yourselves free from such things, you will do well. Farewell." -- acts 15:29 +. +So when they were sent away, they went down to Antioch; and having gathered the congregation together, they delivered the letter. -- acts 15:30 +. +When they had read it, they rejoiced because of its encouragement. -- acts 15:31 +. +Judas and Silas, also being prophets themselves, encouraged and strengthened the brethren with a lengthy message. -- acts 15:32 +. +After they had spent time there, they were sent away from the brethren in peace to those who had sent them out. -- acts 15:33 +. +[But it seemed good to Silas to remain there.] -- acts 15:34 +. +But Paul and Barnabas stayed in Antioch, teaching and preaching with many others also, the word of the Lord. -- acts 15:35 +. +After some days Paul said to Barnabas, "Let us return and visit the brethren in every city in which we proclaimed the word of the Lord, and see how they are." -- acts 15:36 +. +Barnabas wanted to take John, called Mark, along with them also. -- acts 15:37 +. +But Paul kept insisting that they should not take him along who had deserted them in Pamphylia and had not gone with them to the work. -- acts 15:38 +. +And there occurred such a sharp disagreement that they separated from one another, and Barnabas took Mark with him and sailed away to Cyprus. -- acts 15:39 +. +But Paul chose Silas and left, being committed by the brethren to the grace of the Lord. -- acts 15:40 +. +And he was traveling through Syria and Cilicia, strengthening the churches. -- acts 15:41 +. +Paul came also to Derbe and to Lystra. And a disciple was there, named Timothy, the son of a Jewish woman who was a believer, but his father was a Greek, -- acts 16:1 +. +and he was well spoken of by the brethren who were in Lystra and Iconium. -- acts 16:2 +. +Paul wanted this man to go with him; and he took him and circumcised him because of the Jews who were in those parts, for they all knew that his father was a Greek. -- acts 16:3 +. +Now while they were passing through the cities, they were delivering the decrees which had been decided upon by the apostles and elders who were in Jerusalem, for them to observe. -- acts 16:4 +. +So the churches were being strengthened in the faith, and were increasing in number daily. -- acts 16:5 +. +They passed through the Phrygian and Galatian region, having been forbidden by the Holy Spirit to speak the word in Asia; -- acts 16:6 +. +and after they came to Mysia, they were trying to go into Bithynia, and the Spirit of Jesus did not permit them; -- acts 16:7 +. +and passing by Mysia, they came down to Troas. -- acts 16:8 +. +A vision appeared to Paul in the night: a man of Macedonia was standing and appealing to him, and saying, "Come over to Macedonia and help us." -- acts 16:9 +. +When he had seen the vision, immediately we sought to go into Macedonia, concluding that God had called us to preach the gospel to them. -- acts 16:10 +. +So putting out to sea from Troas, we ran a straight course to Samothrace, and on the day following to Neapolis; -- acts 16:11 +. +and from there to Philippi, which is a leading city of the district of Macedonia, a Roman colony; and we were staying in this city for some days. -- acts 16:12 +. +And on the Sabbath day we went outside the gate to a riverside, where we were supposing that there would be a place of prayer; and we sat down and began speaking to the women who had assembled. -- acts 16:13 +. +A woman named Lydia, from the city of Thyatira, a seller of purple fabrics, a worshiper of God, was listening; and the Lord opened her heart to respond to the things spoken by Paul. -- acts 16:14 +. +And when she and her household had been baptized, she urged us, saying, "If you have judged me to be faithful to the Lord, come into my house and stay." And she prevailed upon us. -- acts 16:15 +. +It happened that as we were going to the place of prayer, a slave-girl having a spirit of divination met us, who was bringing her masters much profit by fortune-telling. -- acts 16:16 +. +Following after Paul and us, she kept crying out, saying, "These men are bond-servants of the Most High God, who are proclaiming to you the way of salvation." -- acts 16:17 +. +She continued doing this for many days. But Paul was greatly annoyed, and turned and said to the spirit, "I command you in the name of Jesus Christ to come out of her!" And it came out at that very moment. -- acts 16:18 +. +But when her masters saw that their hope of profit was gone, they seized Paul and Silas and dragged them into the market place before the authorities, -- acts 16:19 +. +and when they had brought them to the chief magistrates, they said, "These men are throwing our city into confusion, being Jews, -- acts 16:20 +. +and are proclaiming customs which it is not lawful for us to accept or to observe, being Romans." -- acts 16:21 +. +The crowd rose up together against them, and the chief magistrates tore their robes off them and proceeded to order them to be beaten with rods. -- acts 16:22 +. +When they had struck them with many blows, they threw them into prison, commanding the jailer to guard them securely; -- acts 16:23 +. +and he, having received such a command, threw them into the inner prison and fastened their feet in the stocks. -- acts 16:24 +. +But about midnight Paul and Silas were praying and singing hymns of praise to God, and the prisoners were listening to them; -- acts 16:25 +. +and suddenly there came a great earthquake, so that the foundations of the prison house were shaken; and immediately all the doors were opened and everyone's chains were unfastened. -- acts 16:26 +. +When the jailer awoke and saw the prison doors opened, he drew his sword and was about to kill himself, supposing that the prisoners had escaped. -- acts 16:27 +. +But Paul cried out with a loud voice, saying, "Do not harm yourself, for we are all here!" -- acts 16:28 +. +And he called for lights and rushed in, and trembling with fear he fell down before Paul and Silas, -- acts 16:29 +. +and after he brought them out, he said, "Sirs, what must I do to be saved?" -- acts 16:30 +. +They said, "Believe in the Lord Jesus, and you will be saved, you and your household." -- acts 16:31 +. +And they spoke the word of the Lord to him together with all who were in his house. -- acts 16:32 +. +And he took them that very hour of the night and washed their wounds, and immediately he was baptized, he and all his household. -- acts 16:33 +. +And he brought them into his house and set food before them, and rejoiced greatly, having believed in God with his whole household. -- acts 16:34 +. +Now when day came, the chief magistrates sent their policemen, saying, "Release those men." -- acts 16:35 +. +And the jailer reported these words to Paul, saying, "The chief magistrates have sent to release you. Therefore come out now and go in peace." -- acts 16:36 +. +But Paul said to them, "They have beaten us in public without trial, men who are Romans, and have thrown us into prison; and now are they sending us away secretly? No indeed! But let them come themselves and bring us out." -- acts 16:37 +. +The policemen reported these words to the chief magistrates. They were afraid when they heard that they were Romans, -- acts 16:38 +. +and they came and appealed to them, and when they had brought them out, they kept begging them to leave the city. -- acts 16:39 +. +They went out of the prison and entered the house of Lydia, and when they saw the brethren, they encouraged them and departed. -- acts 16:40 +. +Now when they had traveled through Amphipolis and Apollonia, they came to Thessalonica, where there was a synagogue of the Jews. -- acts 17:1 +. +And according to Paul's custom, he went to them, and for three Sabbaths reasoned with them from the Scriptures, -- acts 17:2 +. +explaining and giving evidence that the Christ had to suffer and rise again from the dead, and saying, "This Jesus whom I am proclaiming to you is the Christ." -- acts 17:3 +. +And some of them were persuaded and joined Paul and Silas, along with a large number of the God-fearing Greeks and a number of the leading women. -- acts 17:4 +. +But the Jews, becoming jealous and taking along some wicked men from the market place, formed a mob and set the city in an uproar; and attacking the house of Jason, they were seeking to bring them out to the people. -- acts 17:5 +. +When they did not find them, they began dragging Jason and some brethren before the city authorities, shouting, "These men who have upset the world have come here also; -- acts 17:6 +. +and Jason has welcomed them, and they all act contrary to the decrees of Caesar, saying that there is another king, Jesus." -- acts 17:7 +. +They stirred up the crowd and the city authorities who heard these things. -- acts 17:8 +. +And when they had received a pledge from Jason and the others, they released them. -- acts 17:9 +. +The brethren immediately sent Paul and Silas away by night to Berea, and when they arrived, they went into the synagogue of the Jews. -- acts 17:10 +. +Now these were more noble-minded than those in Thessalonica, for they received the word with great eagerness, examining the Scriptures daily to see whether these things were so. -- acts 17:11 +. +Therefore many of them believed, along with a number of prominent Greek women and men. -- acts 17:12 +. +But when the Jews of Thessalonica found out that the word of God had been proclaimed by Paul in Berea also, they came there as well, agitating and stirring up the crowds. -- acts 17:13 +. +Then immediately the brethren sent Paul out to go as far as the sea; and Silas and Timothy remained there. -- acts 17:14 +. +Now those who escorted Paul brought him as far as Athens; and receiving a command for Silas and Timothy to come to him as soon as possible, they left. -- acts 17:15 +. +Now while Paul was waiting for them at Athens, his spirit was being provoked within him as he was observing the city full of idols. -- acts 17:16 +. +So he was reasoning in the synagogue with the Jews and the God-fearing Gentiles, and in the market place every day with those who happened to be present. -- acts 17:17 +. +And also some of the Epicurean and Stoic philosophers were conversing with him. Some were saying, "What would this idle babbler wish to say?" Others, "He seems to be a proclaimer of strange deities,"--because he was preaching Jesus and the resurrection. -- acts 17:18 +. +And they took him and brought him to the Areopagus, saying, "May we know what this new teaching is which you are proclaiming? -- acts 17:19 +. +"For you are bringing some strange things to our ears; so we want to know what these things mean." -- acts 17:20 +. +(Now all the Athenians and the strangers visiting there used to spend their time in nothing other than telling or hearing something new.) -- acts 17:21 +. +So Paul stood in the midst of the Areopagus and said, "Men of Athens, I observe that you are very religious in all respects. -- acts 17:22 +. +"For while I was passing through and examining the objects of your worship, I also found an altar with this inscription, 'TO AN UNKNOWN GOD.' Therefore what you worship in ignorance, this I proclaim to you. -- acts 17:23 +. +"The God who made the world and all things in it, since He is Lord of heaven and earth, does not dwell in temples made with hands; -- acts 17:24 +. +nor is He served by human hands, as though He needed anything, since He Himself gives to all people life and breath and all things; -- acts 17:25 +. +and He made from one man every nation of mankind to live on all the face of the earth, having determined their appointed times and the boundaries of their habitation, -- acts 17:26 +. +that they would seek God, if perhaps they might grope for Him and find Him, though He is not far from each one of us; -- acts 17:27 +. +for in Him we live and move and exist, as even some of your own poets have said, 'For we also are His children.' -- acts 17:28 +. +"Being then the children of God, we ought not to think that the Divine Nature is like gold or silver or stone, an image formed by the art and thought of man. -- acts 17:29 +. +"Therefore having overlooked the times of ignorance, God is now declaring to men that all people everywhere should repent, -- acts 17:30 +. +because He has fixed a day in which He will judge the world in righteousness through a Man whom He has appointed, having furnished proof to all men by raising Him from the dead." -- acts 17:31 +. +Now when they heard of the resurrection of the dead, some began to sneer, but others said, "We shall hear you again concerning this." -- acts 17:32 +. +So Paul went out of their midst. -- acts 17:33 +. +But some men joined him and believed, among whom also were Dionysius the Areopagite and a woman named Damaris and others with them. -- acts 17:34 +. +After these things he left Athens and went to Corinth. -- acts 18:1 +. +And he found a Jew named Aquila, a native of Pontus, having recently come from Italy with his wife Priscilla, because Claudius had commanded all the Jews to leave Rome. He came to them, -- acts 18:2 +. +and because he was of the same trade, he stayed with them and they were working, for by trade they were tent-makers. -- acts 18:3 +. +And he was reasoning in the synagogue every Sabbath and trying to persuade Jews and Greeks. -- acts 18:4 +. +But when Silas and Timothy came down from Macedonia, Paul began devoting himself completely to the word, solemnly testifying to the Jews that Jesus was the Christ. -- acts 18:5 +. +But when they resisted and blasphemed, he shook out his garments and said to them, "Your blood be on your own heads! I am clean. From now on I will go to the Gentiles." -- acts 18:6 +. +Then he left there and went to the house of a man named Titius Justus, a worshiper of God, whose house was next to the synagogue. -- acts 18:7 +. +Crispus, the leader of the synagogue, believed in the Lord with all his household, and many of the Corinthians when they heard were believing and being baptized. -- acts 18:8 +. +And the Lord said to Paul in the night by a vision, "Do not be afraid any longer, but go on speaking and do not be silent; -- acts 18:9 +. +for I am with you, and no man will attack you in order to harm you, for I have many people in this city." -- acts 18:10 +. +And he settled there a year and six months, teaching the word of God among them. -- acts 18:11 +. +But while Gallio was proconsul of Achaia, the Jews with one accord rose up against Paul and brought him before the judgment seat, -- acts 18:12 +. +saying, "This man persuades men to worship God contrary to the law." -- acts 18:13 +. +But when Paul was about to open his mouth, Gallio said to the Jews, "If it were a matter of wrong or of vicious crime, O Jews, it would be reasonable for me to put up with you; -- acts 18:14 +. +but if there are questions about words and names and your own law, look after it yourselves; I am unwilling to be a judge of these matters." -- acts 18:15 +. +And he drove them away from the judgment seat. -- acts 18:16 +. +And they all took hold of Sosthenes, the leader of the synagogue, and began beating him in front of the judgment seat. But Gallio was not concerned about any of these things. -- acts 18:17 +. +Paul, having remained many days longer, took leave of the brethren and put out to sea for Syria, and with him were Priscilla and Aquila. In Cenchrea he had his hair cut, for he was keeping a vow. -- acts 18:18 +. +They came to Ephesus, and he left them there. Now he himself entered the synagogue and reasoned with the Jews. -- acts 18:19 +. +When they asked him to stay for a longer time, he did not consent, -- acts 18:20 +. +but taking leave of them and saying, "I will return to you again if God wills," he set sail from Ephesus. -- acts 18:21 +. +When he had landed at Caesarea, he went up and greeted the church, and went down to Antioch. -- acts 18:22 +. +And having spent some time there, he left and passed successively through the Galatian region and Phrygia, strengthening all the disciples. -- acts 18:23 +. +Now a Jew named Apollos, an Alexandrian by birth, an eloquent man, came to Ephesus; and he was mighty in the Scriptures. -- acts 18:24 +. +This man had been instructed in the way of the Lord; and being fervent in spirit, he was speaking and teaching accurately the things concerning Jesus, being acquainted only with the baptism of John; -- acts 18:25 +. +and he began to speak out boldly in the synagogue. But when Priscilla and Aquila heard him, they took him aside and explained to him the way of God more accurately. -- acts 18:26 +. +And when he wanted to go across to Achaia, the brethren encouraged him and wrote to the disciples to welcome him; and when he had arrived, he greatly helped those who had believed through grace, -- acts 18:27 +. +for he powerfully refuted the Jews in public, demonstrating by the Scriptures that Jesus was the Christ. -- acts 18:28 +. +It happened that while Apollos was at Corinth, Paul passed through the upper country and came to Ephesus, and found some disciples. -- acts 19:1 +. +He said to them, "Did you receive the Holy Spirit when you believed?" And they said to him, "No, we have not even heard whether there is a Holy Spirit." -- acts 19:2 +. +And he said, "Into what then were you baptized?" And they said, "Into John's baptism." -- acts 19:3 +. +Paul said, "John baptized with the baptism of repentance, telling the people to believe in Him who was coming after him, that is, in Jesus." -- acts 19:4 +. +When they heard this, they were baptized in the name of the Lord Jesus. -- acts 19:5 +. +And when Paul had laid his hands upon them, the Holy Spirit came on them, and they began speaking with tongues and prophesying. -- acts 19:6 +. +There were in all about twelve men. -- acts 19:7 +. +And he entered the synagogue and continued speaking out boldly for three months, reasoning and persuading them about the kingdom of God. -- acts 19:8 +. +But when some were becoming hardened and disobedient, speaking evil of the Way before the people, he withdrew from them and took away the disciples, reasoning daily in the school of Tyrannus. -- acts 19:9 +. +This took place for two years, so that all who lived in Asia heard the word of the Lord, both Jews and Greeks. -- acts 19:10 +. +God was performing extraordinary miracles by the hands of Paul, -- acts 19:11 +. +so that handkerchiefs or aprons were even carried from his body to the sick, and the diseases left them and the evil spirits went out. -- acts 19:12 +. +But also some of the Jewish exorcists, who went from place to place, attempted to name over those who had the evil spirits the name of the Lord Jesus, saying, "I adjure you by Jesus whom Paul preaches." -- acts 19:13 +. +Seven sons of one Sceva, a Jewish chief priest, were doing this. -- acts 19:14 +. +And the evil spirit answered and said to them, "I recognize Jesus, and I know about Paul, but who are you?" -- acts 19:15 +. +And the man, in whom was the evil spirit, leaped on them and subdued all of them and overpowered them, so that they fled out of that house naked and wounded. -- acts 19:16 +. +This became known to all, both Jews and Greeks, who lived in Ephesus; and fear fell upon them all and the name of the Lord Jesus was being magnified. -- acts 19:17 +. +Many also of those who had believed kept coming, confessing and disclosing their practices. -- acts 19:18 +. +And many of those who practiced magic brought their books together and began burning them in the sight of everyone; and they counted up the price of them and found it fifty thousand pieces of silver. -- acts 19:19 +. +So the word of the Lord was growing mightily and prevailing. -- acts 19:20 +. +Now after these things were finished, Paul purposed in the Spirit to go to Jerusalem after he had passed through Macedonia and Achaia, saying, "After I have been there, I must also see Rome." -- acts 19:21 +. +And having sent into Macedonia two of those who ministered to him, Timothy and Erastus, he himself stayed in Asia for a while. -- acts 19:22 +. +About that time there occurred no small disturbance concerning the Way. -- acts 19:23 +. +For a man named Demetrius, a silversmith, who made silver shrines of Artemis, was bringing no little business to the craftsmen; -- acts 19:24 +. +these he gathered together with the workmen of similar trades, and said, "Men, you know that our prosperity depends upon this business. -- acts 19:25 +. +"You see and hear that not only in Ephesus, but in almost all of Asia, this Paul has persuaded and turned away a considerable number of people, saying that gods made with hands are no gods at all. -- acts 19:26 +. +"Not only is there danger that this trade of ours fall into disrepute, but also that the temple of the great goddess Artemis be regarded as worthless and that she whom all of Asia and the world worship will even be dethroned from her magnificence." -- acts 19:27 +. +When they heard this and were filled with rage, they began crying out, saying, "Great is Artemis of the Ephesians!" -- acts 19:28 +. +The city was filled with the confusion, and they rushed with one accord into the theater, dragging along Gaius and Aristarchus, Paul's traveling companions from Macedonia. -- acts 19:29 +. +And when Paul wanted to go into the assembly, the disciples would not let him. -- acts 19:30 +. +Also some of the Asiarchs who were friends of his sent to him and repeatedly urged him not to venture into the theater. -- acts 19:31 +. +So then, some were shouting one thing and some another, for the assembly was in confusion and the majority did not know for what reason they had come together. -- acts 19:32 +. +Some of the crowd concluded it was Alexander, since the Jews had put him forward; and having motioned with his hand, Alexander was intending to make a defense to the assembly. -- acts 19:33 +. +But when they recognized that he was a Jew, a single outcry arose from them all as they shouted for about two hours, "Great is Artemis of the Ephesians!" -- acts 19:34 +. +After quieting the crowd, the town clerk *said, "Men of Ephesus, what man is there after all who does not know that the city of the Ephesians is guardian of the temple of the great Artemis and of the image which fell down from heaven? -- acts 19:35 +. +"So, since these are undeniable facts, you ought to keep calm and to do nothing rash. -- acts 19:36 +. +"For you have brought these men here who are neither robbers of temples nor blasphemers of our goddess. -- acts 19:37 +. +"So then, if Demetrius and the craftsmen who are with him have a complaint against any man, the courts are in session and proconsuls are available; let them bring charges against one another. -- acts 19:38 +. +"But if you want anything beyond this, it shall be settled in the lawful assembly. -- acts 19:39 +. +"For indeed we are in danger of being accused of a riot in connection with today's events, since there is no real cause for it, and in this connection we will be unable to account for this disorderly gathering." -- acts 19:40 +. +After saying this he dismissed the assembly. -- acts 19:41 +. +After the uproar had ceased, Paul sent for the disciples, and when he had exhorted them and taken his leave of them, he left to go to Macedonia. -- acts 20:1 +. +When he had gone through those districts and had given them much exhortation, he came to Greece. -- acts 20:2 +. +And there he spent three months, and when a plot was formed against him by the Jews as he was about to set sail for Syria, he decided to return through Macedonia. -- acts 20:3 +. +And he was accompanied by Sopater of Berea, the son of Pyrrhus, and by Aristarchus and Secundus of the Thessalonians, and Gaius of Derbe, and Timothy, and Tychicus and Trophimus of Asia. -- acts 20:4 +. +But these had gone on ahead and were waiting for us at Troas. -- acts 20:5 +. +We sailed from Philippi after the days of Unleavened Bread, and came to them at Troas within five days; and there we stayed seven days. -- acts 20:6 +. +On the first day of the week, when we were gathered together to break bread, Paul began talking to them, intending to leave the next day, and he prolonged his message until midnight. -- acts 20:7 +. +There were many lamps in the upper room where we were gathered together. -- acts 20:8 +. +And there was a young man named Eutychus sitting on the window sill, sinking into a deep sleep; and as Paul kept on talking, he was overcome by sleep and fell down from the third floor and was picked up dead. -- acts 20:9 +. +But Paul went down and fell upon him, and after embracing him, he said, "Do not be troubled, for his life is in him." -- acts 20:10 +. +When he had gone back up and had broken the bread and eaten, he talked with them a long while until daybreak, and then left. -- acts 20:11 +. +They took away the boy alive, and were greatly comforted. -- acts 20:12 +. +But we, going ahead to the ship, set sail for Assos, intending from there to take Paul on board; for so he had arranged it, intending himself to go by land. -- acts 20:13 +. +And when he met us at Assos, we took him on board and came to Mitylene. -- acts 20:14 +. +Sailing from there, we arrived the following day opposite Chios; and the next day we crossed over to Samos; and the day following we came to Miletus. -- acts 20:15 +. +For Paul had decided to sail past Ephesus so that he would not have to spend time in Asia; for he was hurrying to be in Jerusalem, if possible, on the day of Pentecost. -- acts 20:16 +. +From Miletus he sent to Ephesus and called to him the elders of the church. -- acts 20:17 +. +And when they had come to him, he said to them, "You yourselves know, from the first day that I set foot in Asia, how I was with you the whole time, -- acts 20:18 +. +serving the Lord with all humility and with tears and with trials which came upon me through the plots of the Jews; -- acts 20:19 +. +how I did not shrink from declaring to you anything that was profitable, and teaching you publicly and from house to house, -- acts 20:20 +. +solemnly testifying to both Jews and Greeks of repentance toward God and faith in our Lord Jesus Christ. -- acts 20:21 +. +"And now, behold, bound by the Spirit, I am on my way to Jerusalem, not knowing what will happen to me there, -- acts 20:22 +. +except that the Holy Spirit solemnly testifies to me in every city, saying that bonds and afflictions await me. -- acts 20:23 +. +"But I do not consider my life of any account as dear to myself, so that I may finish my course and the ministry which I received from the Lord Jesus, to testify solemnly of the gospel of the grace of God. -- acts 20:24 +. +"And now, behold, I know that all of you, among whom I went about preaching the kingdom, will no longer see my face. -- acts 20:25 +. +"Therefore, I testify to you this day that I am innocent of the blood of all men. -- acts 20:26 +. +"For I did not shrink from declaring to you the whole purpose of God. -- acts 20:27 +. +"Be on guard for yourselves and for all the flock, among which the Holy Spirit has made you overseers, to shepherd the church of God which He purchased with His own blood. -- acts 20:28 +. +"I know that after my departure savage wolves will come in among you, not sparing the flock; -- acts 20:29 +. +and from among your own selves men will arise, speaking perverse things, to draw away the disciples after them. -- acts 20:30 +. +"Therefore be on the alert, remembering that night and day for a period of three years I did not cease to admonish each one with tears. -- acts 20:31 +. +"And now I commend you to God and to the word of His grace, which is able to build you up and to give you the inheritance among all those who are sanctified. -- acts 20:32 +. +"I have coveted no one's silver or gold or clothes. -- acts 20:33 +. +"You yourselves know that these hands ministered to my own needs and to the men who were with me. -- acts 20:34 +. +"In everything I showed you that by working hard in this manner you must help the weak and remember the words of the Lord Jesus, that He Himself said, 'It is more blessed to give than to receive.'" -- acts 20:35 +. +When he had said these things, he knelt down and prayed with them all. -- acts 20:36 +. +And they began to weep aloud and embraced Paul, and repeatedly kissed him, -- acts 20:37 +. +grieving especially over the word which he had spoken, that they would not see his face again. And they were accompanying him to the ship. -- acts 20:38 +. +When we had parted from them and had set sail, we ran a straight course to Cos and the next day to Rhodes and from there to Patara; -- acts 21:1 +. +and having found a ship crossing over to Phoenicia, we went aboard and set sail. -- acts 21:2 +. +When we came in sight of Cyprus, leaving it on the left, we kept sailing to Syria and landed at Tyre; for there the ship was to unload its cargo. -- acts 21:3 +. +After looking up the disciples, we stayed there seven days; and they kept telling Paul through the Spirit not to set foot in Jerusalem. -- acts 21:4 +. +When our days there were ended, we left and started on our journey, while they all, with wives and children, escorted us until we were out of the city. After kneeling down on the beach and praying, we said farewell to one another. -- acts 21:5 +. +Then we went on board the ship, and they returned home again. -- acts 21:6 +. +When we had finished the voyage from Tyre, we arrived at Ptolemais, and after greeting the brethren, we stayed with them for a day. -- acts 21:7 +. +On the next day we left and came to Caesarea, and entering the house of Philip the evangelist, who was one of the seven, we stayed with him. -- acts 21:8 +. +Now this man had four virgin daughters who were prophetesses. -- acts 21:9 +. +As we were staying there for some days, a prophet named Agabus came down from Judea. -- acts 21:10 +. +And coming to us, he took Paul's belt and bound his own feet and hands, and said, "This is what the Holy Spirit says: 'In this way the Jews at Jerusalem will bind the man who owns this belt and deliver him into the hands of the Gentiles.'" -- acts 21:11 +. +When we had heard this, we as well as the local residents began begging him not to go up to Jerusalem. -- acts 21:12 +. +Then Paul answered, "What are you doing, weeping and breaking my heart? For I am ready not only to be bound, but even to die at Jerusalem for the name of the Lord Jesus." -- acts 21:13 +. +And since he would not be persuaded, we fell silent, remarking, "The will of the Lord be done!" -- acts 21:14 +. +After these days we got ready and started on our way up to Jerusalem. -- acts 21:15 +. +Some of the disciples from Caesarea also came with us, taking us to Mnason of Cyprus, a disciple of long standing with whom we were to lodge. -- acts 21:16 +. +After we arrived in Jerusalem, the brethren received us gladly. -- acts 21:17 +. +And the following day Paul went in with us to James, and all the elders were present. -- acts 21:18 +. +After he had greeted them, he began to relate one by one the things which God had done among the Gentiles through his ministry. -- acts 21:19 +. +And when they heard it they began glorifying God; and they said to him, "You see, brother, how many thousands there are among the Jews of those who have believed, and they are all zealous for the Law; -- acts 21:20 +. +and they have been told about you, that you are teaching all the Jews who are among the Gentiles to forsake Moses, telling them not to circumcise their children nor to walk according to the customs. -- acts 21:21 +. +"What, then, is to be done? They will certainly hear that you have come. -- acts 21:22 +. +"Therefore do this that we tell you. We have four men who are under a vow; -- acts 21:23 +. +take them and purify yourself along with them, and pay their expenses so that they may shave their heads; and all will know that there is nothing to the things which they have been told about you, but that you yourself also walk orderly, keeping the Law. -- acts 21:24 +. +"But concerning the Gentiles who have believed, we wrote, having decided that they should abstain from meat sacrificed to idols and from blood and from what is strangled and from fornication." -- acts 21:25 +. +Then Paul took the men, and the next day, purifying himself along with them, went into the temple giving notice of the completion of the days of purification, until the sacrifice was offered for each one of them. -- acts 21:26 +. +When the seven days were almost over, the Jews from Asia, upon seeing him in the temple, began to stir up all the crowd and laid hands on him, -- acts 21:27 +. +crying out, "Men of Israel, come to our aid! This is the man who preaches to all men everywhere against our people and the Law and this place; and besides he has even brought Greeks into the temple and has defiled this holy place." -- acts 21:28 +. +For they had previously seen Trophimus the Ephesian in the city with him, and they supposed that Paul had brought him into the temple. -- acts 21:29 +. +Then all the city was provoked, and the people rushed together, and taking hold of Paul they dragged him out of the temple, and immediately the doors were shut. -- acts 21:30 +. +While they were seeking to kill him, a report came up to the commander of the Roman cohort that all Jerusalem was in confusion. -- acts 21:31 +. +At once he took along some soldiers and centurions and ran down to them; and when they saw the commander and the soldiers, they stopped beating Paul. -- acts 21:32 +. +Then the commander came up and took hold of him, and ordered him to be bound with two chains; and he began asking who he was and what he had done. -- acts 21:33 +. +But among the crowd some were shouting one thing and some another, and when he could not find out the facts because of the uproar, he ordered him to be brought into the barracks. -- acts 21:34 +. +When he got to the stairs, he was carried by the soldiers because of the violence of the mob; -- acts 21:35 +. +for the multitude of the people kept following them, shouting, "Away with him!" -- acts 21:36 +. +As Paul was about to be brought into the barracks, he said to the commander, "May I say something to you?" And he *said, "Do you know Greek? -- acts 21:37 +. +"Then you are not the Egyptian who some time ago stirred up a revolt and led the four thousand men of the Assassins out into the wilderness?" -- acts 21:38 +. +But Paul said, "I am a Jew of Tarsus in Cilicia, a citizen of no insignificant city; and I beg you, allow me to speak to the people." -- acts 21:39 +. +When he had given him permission, Paul, standing on the stairs, motioned to the people with his hand; and when there was a great hush, he spoke to them in the Hebrew dialect, saying, -- acts 21:40 +. +"Brethren and fathers, hear my defense which I now offer to you." -- acts 22:1 +. +And when they heard that he was addressing them in the Hebrew dialect, they became even more quiet; and he *said, -- acts 22:2 +. +"I am a Jew, born in Tarsus of Cilicia, but brought up in this city, educated under Gamaliel, strictly according to the law of our fathers, being zealous for God just as you all are today. -- acts 22:3 +. +"I persecuted this Way to the death, binding and putting both men and women into prisons, -- acts 22:4 +. +as also the high priest and all the Council of the elders can testify. From them I also received letters to the brethren, and started off for Damascus in order to bring even those who were there to Jerusalem as prisoners to be punished. -- acts 22:5 +. +"But it happened that as I was on my way, approaching Damascus about noontime, a very bright light suddenly flashed from heaven all around me, -- acts 22:6 +. +and I fell to the ground and heard a voice saying to me, 'Saul, Saul, why are you persecuting Me?' -- acts 22:7 +. +"And I answered, 'Who are You, Lord?' And He said to me, 'I am Jesus the Nazarene, whom you are persecuting.' -- acts 22:8 +. +"And those who were with me saw the light, to be sure, but did not understand the voice of the One who was speaking to me. -- acts 22:9 +. +"And I said, 'What shall I do, Lord?' And the Lord said to me, 'Get up and go on into Damascus, and there you will be told of all that has been appointed for you to do.' -- acts 22:10 +. +"But since I could not see because of the brightness of that light, I was led by the hand by those who were with me and came into Damascus. -- acts 22:11 +. +"A certain Ananias, a man who was devout by the standard of the Law, and well spoken of by all the Jews who lived there, -- acts 22:12 +. +came to me, and standing near said to me, 'Brother Saul, receive your sight!' And at that very time I looked up at him. -- acts 22:13 +. +"And he said, 'The God of our fathers has appointed you to know His will and to see the Righteous One and to hear an utterance from His mouth. -- acts 22:14 +. +'For you will be a witness for Him to all men of what you have seen and heard. -- acts 22:15 +. +'Now why do you delay? Get up and be baptized, and wash away your sins, calling on His name.' -- acts 22:16 +. +"It happened when I returned to Jerusalem and was praying in the temple, that I fell into a trance, -- acts 22:17 +. +and I saw Him saying to me, 'Make haste, and get out of Jerusalem quickly, because they will not accept your testimony about Me.' -- acts 22:18 +. +"And I said, 'Lord, they themselves understand that in one synagogue after another I used to imprison and beat those who believed in You. -- acts 22:19 +. +'And when the blood of Your witness Stephen was being shed, I also was standing by approving, and watching out for the coats of those who were slaying him.' -- acts 22:20 +. +"And He said to me, 'Go! For I will send you far away to the Gentiles.'" -- acts 22:21 +. +They listened to him up to this statement, and then they raised their voices and said, "Away with such a fellow from the earth, for he should not be allowed to live!" -- acts 22:22 +. +And as they were crying out and throwing off their cloaks and tossing dust into the air, -- acts 22:23 +. +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. -- acts 22:24 +. +But when they stretched him out with thongs, Paul said to the centurion who was standing by, "Is it lawful for you to scourge a man who is a Roman and uncondemned?" -- acts 22:25 +. +When the centurion heard this, he went to the commander and told him, saying, "What are you about to do? For this man is a Roman." -- acts 22:26 +. +The commander came and said to him, "Tell me, are you a Roman?" And he said, "Yes." -- acts 22:27 +. +The commander answered, "I acquired this citizenship with a large sum of money." And Paul said, "But I was actually born a citizen." -- acts 22:28 +. +Therefore those who were about to examine him immediately let go of him; and the commander also was afraid when he found out that he was a Roman, and because he had put him in chains. -- acts 22:29 +. +But on the next day, wishing to know for certain why he had been accused by the Jews, he released him and ordered the chief priests and all the Council to assemble, and brought Paul down and set him before them. -- acts 22:30 +. +Paul, looking intently at the Council, said, "Brethren, I have lived my life with a perfectly good conscience before God up to this day." -- acts 23:1 +. +The high priest Ananias commanded those standing beside him to strike him on the mouth. -- acts 23:2 +. +Then Paul said to him, "God is going to strike you, you whitewashed wall! Do you sit to try me according to the Law, and in violation of the Law order me to be struck?" -- acts 23:3 +. +But the bystanders said, "Do you revile God's high priest?" -- acts 23:4 +. +And Paul said, "I was not aware, brethren, that he was high priest; for it is written, 'YOU SHALL NOT SPEAK EVIL OF A RULER OF YOUR PEOPLE.'" -- acts 23:5 +. +But perceiving that one group were Sadducees and the other Pharisees, Paul began crying out in the Council, "Brethren, I am a Pharisee, a son of Pharisees; I am on trial for the hope and resurrection of the dead!" -- acts 23:6 +. +As he said this, there occurred a dissension between the Pharisees and Sadducees, and the assembly was divided. -- acts 23:7 +. +For the Sadducees say that there is no resurrection, nor an angel, nor a spirit, but the Pharisees acknowledge them all. -- acts 23:8 +. +And there occurred a great uproar; and some of the scribes of the Pharisaic party stood up and began to argue heatedly, saying, "We find nothing wrong with this man; suppose a spirit or an angel has spoken to him?" -- acts 23:9 +. +And as a great dissension was developing, the commander was afraid Paul would be torn to pieces by them and ordered the troops to go down and take him away from them by force, and bring him into the barracks. -- acts 23:10 +. +But on the night immediately following, the Lord stood at his side and said, "Take courage; for as you have solemnly witnessed to My cause at Jerusalem, so you must witness at Rome also." -- acts 23:11 +. +When it was day, the Jews formed a conspiracy and bound themselves under an oath, saying that they would neither eat nor drink until they had killed Paul. -- acts 23:12 +. +There were more than forty who formed this plot. -- acts 23:13 +. +They came to the chief priests and the elders and said, "We have bound ourselves under a solemn oath to taste nothing until we have killed Paul. -- acts 23:14 +. +"Now therefore, you and the Council notify the commander to bring him down to you, as though you were going to determine his case by a more thorough investigation; and we for our part are ready to slay him before he comes near the place." -- acts 23:15 +. +But the son of Paul's sister heard of their ambush, and he came and entered the barracks and told Paul. -- acts 23:16 +. +Paul called one of the centurions to him and said, "Lead this young man to the commander, for he has something to report to him." -- acts 23:17 +. +So he took him and led him to the commander and *said, "Paul the prisoner called me to him and asked me to lead this young man to you since he has something to tell you." -- acts 23:18 +. +The commander took him by the hand and stepping aside, began to inquire of him privately, "What is it that you have to report to me?" -- acts 23:19 +. +And he said, "The Jews have agreed to ask you to bring Paul down tomorrow to the Council, as though they were going to inquire somewhat more thoroughly about him. -- acts 23:20 +. +"So do not listen to them, for more than forty of them are lying in wait for him who have bound themselves under a curse not to eat or drink until they slay him; and now they are ready and waiting for the promise from you." -- acts 23:21 +. +So the commander let the young man go, instructing him, "Tell no one that you have notified me of these things." -- acts 23:22 +. +And he called to him two of the centurions and said, "Get two hundred soldiers ready by the third hour of the night to proceed to Caesarea, with seventy horsemen and two hundred spearmen." -- acts 23:23 +. +They were also to provide mounts to put Paul on and bring him safely to Felix the governor. -- acts 23:24 +. +And he wrote a letter having this form: -- acts 23:25 +. +"Claudius Lysias, to the most excellent governor Felix, greetings. -- acts 23:26 +. +"When this man was arrested by the Jews and was about to be slain by them, I came up to them with the troops and rescued him, having learned that he was a Roman. -- acts 23:27 +. +"And wanting to ascertain the charge for which they were accusing him, I brought him down to their Council; -- acts 23:28 +. +and I found him to be accused over questions about their Law, but under no accusation deserving death or imprisonment. -- acts 23:29 +. +"When I was informed that there would be a plot against the man, I sent him to you at once, also instructing his accusers to bring charges against him before you." -- acts 23:30 +. +So the soldiers, in accordance with their orders, took Paul and brought him by night to Antipatris. -- acts 23:31 +. +But the next day, leaving the horsemen to go on with him, they returned to the barracks. -- acts 23:32 +. +When these had come to Caesarea and delivered the letter to the governor, they also presented Paul to him. -- acts 23:33 +. +When he had read it, he asked from what province he was, and when he learned that he was from Cilicia, -- acts 23:34 +. +he said, "I will give you a hearing after your accusers arrive also," giving orders for him to be kept in Herod's Praetorium. -- acts 23:35 +. +After five days the high priest Ananias came down with some elders, with an attorney named Tertullus, and they brought charges to the governor against Paul. -- acts 24:1 +. +After Paul had been summoned, Tertullus began to accuse him, saying to the governor, "Since we have through you attained much peace, and since by your providence reforms are being carried out for this nation, -- acts 24:2 +. +we acknowledge this in every way and everywhere, most excellent Felix, with all thankfulness. -- acts 24:3 +. +"But, that I may not weary you any further, I beg you to grant us, by your kindness, a brief hearing. -- acts 24:4 +. +"For we have found this man a real pest and a fellow who stirs up dissension among all the Jews throughout the world, and a ringleader of the sect of the Nazarenes. -- acts 24:5 +. +"And he even tried to desecrate the temple; and then we arrested him. [We wanted to judge him according to our own Law. -- acts 24:6 +. +"But Lysias the commander came along, and with much violence took him out of our hands, -- acts 24:7 +. +ordering his accusers to come before you.] By examining him yourself concerning all these matters you will be able to ascertain the things of which we accuse him." -- acts 24:8 +. +The Jews also joined in the attack, asserting that these things were so. -- acts 24:9 +. +When the governor had nodded for him to speak, Paul responded: "Knowing that for many years you have been a judge to this nation, I cheerfully make my defense, -- acts 24:10 +. +since you can take note of the fact that no more than twelve days ago I went up to Jerusalem to worship. -- acts 24:11 +. +"Neither in the temple, nor in the synagogues, nor in the city itself did they find me carrying on a discussion with anyone or causing a riot. -- acts 24:12 +. +"Nor can they prove to you the charges of which they now accuse me. -- acts 24:13 +. +"But this I admit to you, that according to the Way which they call a sect I do serve the God of our fathers, believing everything that is in accordance with the Law and that is written in the Prophets; -- acts 24:14 +. +having a hope in God, which these men cherish themselves, that there shall certainly be a resurrection of both the righteous and the wicked. -- acts 24:15 +. +"In view of this, I also do my best to maintain always a blameless conscience both before God and before men. -- acts 24:16 +. +"Now after several years I came to bring alms to my nation and to present offerings; -- acts 24:17 +. +in which they found me occupied in the temple, having been purified, without any crowd or uproar. But there were some Jews from Asia-- -- acts 24:18 +. +who ought to have been present before you and to make accusation, if they should have anything against me. -- acts 24:19 +. +"Or else let these men themselves tell what misdeed they found when I stood before the Council, -- acts 24:20 +. +other than for this one statement which I shouted out while standing among them, 'For the resurrection of the dead I am on trial before you today.'" -- acts 24:21 +. +But Felix, having a more exact knowledge about the Way, put them off, saying, "When Lysias the commander comes down, I will decide your case." -- acts 24:22 +. +Then he gave orders to the centurion for him to be kept in custody and yet have some freedom, and not to prevent any of his friends from ministering to him. -- acts 24:23 +. +But some days later Felix arrived with Drusilla, his wife who was a Jewess, and sent for Paul and heard him speak about faith in Christ Jesus. -- acts 24:24 +. +But as he was discussing righteousness, self-control and the judgment to come, Felix became frightened and said, "Go away for the present, and when I find time I will summon you." -- acts 24:25 +. +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. -- acts 24:26 +. +But after two years had passed, Felix was succeeded by Porcius Festus, and wishing to do the Jews a favor, Felix left Paul imprisoned. -- acts 24:27 +. +Festus then, having arrived in the province, three days later went up to Jerusalem from Caesarea. -- acts 25:1 +. +And the chief priests and the leading men of the Jews brought charges against Paul, and they were urging him, -- acts 25:2 +. +requesting a concession against Paul, that he might have him brought to Jerusalem (at the same time, setting an ambush to kill him on the way). -- acts 25:3 +. +Festus then answered that Paul was being kept in custody at Caesarea and that he himself was about to leave shortly. -- acts 25:4 +. +"Therefore," he *said, "let the influential men among you go there with me, and if there is anything wrong about the man, let them prosecute him." -- acts 25:5 +. +After he had spent not more than eight or ten days among them, he went down to Caesarea, and on the next day he took his seat on the tribunal and ordered Paul to be brought. -- acts 25:6 +. +After Paul arrived, the Jews who had come down from Jerusalem stood around him, bringing many and serious charges against him which they could not prove, -- acts 25:7 +. +while Paul said in his own defense, "I have committed no offense either against the Law of the Jews or against the temple or against Caesar." -- acts 25:8 +. +But Festus, wishing to do the Jews a favor, answered Paul and said, "Are you willing to go up to Jerusalem and stand trial before me on these charges?" -- acts 25:9 +. +But Paul said, "I am standing before Caesar's tribunal, where I ought to be tried. I have done no wrong to the Jews, as you also very well know. -- acts 25:10 +. +"If, then, I am a wrongdoer and have committed anything worthy of death, I do not refuse to die; but if none of those things is true of which these men accuse me, no one can hand me over to them. I appeal to Caesar." -- acts 25:11 +. +Then when Festus had conferred with his council, he answered, "You have appealed to Caesar, to Caesar you shall go." -- acts 25:12 +. +Now when several days had elapsed, King Agrippa and Bernice arrived at Caesarea and paid their respects to Festus. -- acts 25:13 +. +While they were spending many days there, Festus laid Paul's case before the king, saying, "There is a man who was left as a prisoner by Felix; -- acts 25:14 +. +and when I was at Jerusalem, the chief priests and the elders of the Jews brought charges against him, asking for a sentence of condemnation against him. -- acts 25:15 +. +"I answered them that it is not the custom of the Romans to hand over any man before the accused meets his accusers face to face and has an opportunity to make his defense against the charges. -- acts 25:16 +. +"So after they had assembled here, I did not delay, but on the next day took my seat on the tribunal and ordered the man to be brought before me. -- acts 25:17 +. +"When the accusers stood up, they began bringing charges against him not of such crimes as I was expecting, -- acts 25:18 +. +but they simply had some points of disagreement with him about their own religion and about a dead man, Jesus, whom Paul asserted to be alive. -- acts 25:19 +. +"Being at a loss how to investigate such matters, I asked whether he was willing to go to Jerusalem and there stand trial on these matters. -- acts 25:20 +. +"But when Paul appealed to be held in custody for the Emperor's decision, I ordered him to be kept in custody until I send him to Caesar." -- acts 25:21 +. +Then Agrippa said to Festus, "I also would like to hear the man myself." "Tomorrow," he *said, "you shall hear him." -- acts 25:22 +. +So, on the next day when Agrippa came together with Bernice amid great pomp, and entered the auditorium accompanied by the commanders and the prominent men of the city, at the command of Festus, Paul was brought in. -- acts 25:23 +. +Festus *said, "King Agrippa, and all you gentlemen here present with us, you see this man about whom all the people of the Jews appealed to me, both at Jerusalem and here, loudly declaring that he ought not to live any longer. -- acts 25:24 +. +"But I found that he had committed nothing worthy of death; and since he himself appealed to the Emperor, I decided to send him. -- acts 25:25 +. +"Yet I have nothing definite about him to write to my lord. Therefore I have brought him before you all and especially before you, King Agrippa, so that after the investigation has taken place, I may have something to write. -- acts 25:26 +. +"For it seems absurd to me in sending a prisoner, not to indicate also the charges against him." -- acts 25:27 +. +Agrippa said to Paul, "You are permitted to speak for yourself." Then Paul stretched out his hand and proceeded to make his defense: -- acts 26:1 +. +"In regard to all the things of which I am accused by the Jews, I consider myself fortunate, King Agrippa, that I am about to make my defense before you today; -- acts 26:2 +. +especially because you are an expert in all customs and questions among the Jews; therefore I beg you to listen to me patiently. -- acts 26:3 +. +"So then, all Jews know my manner of life from my youth up, which from the beginning was spent among my own nation and at Jerusalem; -- acts 26:4 +. +since they have known about me for a long time, if they are willing to testify, that I lived as a Pharisee according to the strictest sect of our religion. -- acts 26:5 +. +"And now I am standing trial for the hope of the promise made by God to our fathers; -- acts 26:6 +. +the promise to which our twelve tribes hope to attain, as they earnestly serve God night and day. And for this hope, O King, I am being accused by Jews. -- acts 26:7 +. +"Why is it considered incredible among you people if God does raise the dead? -- acts 26:8 +. +"So then, I thought to myself that I had to do many things hostile to the name of Jesus of Nazareth. -- acts 26:9 +. +"And this is just what I did in Jerusalem; not only did I lock up many of the saints in prisons, having received authority from the chief priests, but also when they were being put to death I cast my vote against them. -- acts 26:10 +. +"And as I punished them often in all the synagogues, I tried to force them to blaspheme; and being furiously enraged at them, I kept pursuing them even to foreign cities. -- acts 26:11 +. +"While so engaged as I was journeying to Damascus with the authority and commission of the chief priests, -- acts 26:12 +. +at midday, O King, I saw on the way a light from heaven, brighter than the sun, shining all around me and those who were journeying with me. -- acts 26:13 +. +"And when we had all fallen to the ground, I heard a voice saying to me in the Hebrew dialect, 'Saul, Saul, why are you persecuting Me? It is hard for you to kick against the goads.' -- acts 26:14 +. +"And I said, 'Who are You, Lord?' And the Lord said, 'I am Jesus whom you are persecuting. -- acts 26:15 +. +'But get up and stand on your feet; for this purpose I have appeared to you, to appoint you a minister and a witness not only to the things which you have seen, but also to the things in which I will appear to you; -- acts 26:16 +. +rescuing you from the Jewish people and from the Gentiles, to whom I am sending you, -- acts 26:17 +. +to open their eyes so that they may turn from darkness to light and from the dominion of Satan to God, that they may receive forgiveness of sins and an inheritance among those who have been sanctified by faith in Me.' -- acts 26:18 +. +"So, King Agrippa, I did not prove disobedient to the heavenly vision, -- acts 26:19 +. +but kept declaring both to those of Damascus first, and also at Jerusalem and then throughout all the region of Judea, and even to the Gentiles, that they should repent and turn to God, performing deeds appropriate to repentance. -- acts 26:20 +. +"For this reason some Jews seized me in the temple and tried to put me to death. -- acts 26:21 +. +"So, having obtained help from God, I stand to this day testifying both to small and great, stating nothing but what the Prophets and Moses said was going to take place; -- acts 26:22 +. +that the Christ was to suffer, and that by reason of His resurrection from the dead He would be the first to proclaim light both to the Jewish people and to the Gentiles." -- acts 26:23 +. +While Paul was saying this in his defense, Festus *said in a loud voice, "Paul, you are out of your mind! Your great learning is driving you mad." -- acts 26:24 +. +But Paul *said, "I am not out of my mind, most excellent Festus, but I utter words of sober truth. -- acts 26:25 +. +"For the king knows about these matters, and I speak to him also with confidence, since I am persuaded that none of these things escape his notice; for this has not been done in a corner. -- acts 26:26 +. +"King Agrippa, do you believe the Prophets? I know that you do." -- acts 26:27 +. +Agrippa replied to Paul, "In a short time you will persuade me to become a Christian." -- acts 26:28 +. +And Paul said, "I would wish to God, that whether in a short or long time, not only you, but also all who hear me this day, might become such as I am, except for these chains." -- acts 26:29 +. +The king stood up and the governor and Bernice, and those who were sitting with them, -- acts 26:30 +. +and when they had gone aside, they began talking to one another, saying, "This man is not doing anything worthy of death or imprisonment." -- acts 26:31 +. +And Agrippa said to Festus, "This man might have been set free if he had not appealed to Caesar." -- acts 26:32 +. +When it was decided that we would sail for Italy, they proceeded to deliver Paul and some other prisoners to a centurion of the Augustan cohort named Julius. -- acts 27:1 +. +And embarking in an Adramyttian ship, which was about to sail to the regions along the coast of Asia, we put out to sea accompanied by Aristarchus, a Macedonian of Thessalonica. -- acts 27:2 +. +The next day we put in at Sidon; and Julius treated Paul with consideration and allowed him to go to his friends and receive care. -- acts 27:3 +. +From there we put out to sea and sailed under the shelter of Cyprus because the winds were contrary. -- acts 27:4 +. +When we had sailed through the sea along the coast of Cilicia and Pamphylia, we landed at Myra in Lycia. -- acts 27:5 +. +There the centurion found an Alexandrian ship sailing for Italy, and he put us aboard it. -- acts 27:6 +. +When we had sailed slowly for a good many days, and with difficulty had arrived off Cnidus, since the wind did not permit us to go farther, we sailed under the shelter of Crete, off Salmone; -- acts 27:7 +. +and with difficulty sailing past it we came to a place called Fair Havens, near which was the city of Lasea. -- acts 27:8 +. +When considerable time had passed and the voyage was now dangerous, since even the fast was already over, Paul began to admonish them, -- acts 27:9 +. +and said to them, "Men, I perceive that the voyage will certainly be with damage and great loss, not only of the cargo and the ship, but also of our lives." -- acts 27:10 +. +But the centurion was more persuaded by the pilot and the captain of the ship than by what was being said by Paul. -- acts 27:11 +. +Because the harbor was not suitable for wintering, the majority reached a decision to put out to sea from there, if somehow they could reach Phoenix, a harbor of Crete, facing southwest and northwest, and spend the winter there. -- acts 27:12 +. +When a moderate south wind came up, supposing that they had attained their purpose, they weighed anchor and began sailing along Crete, close inshore. -- acts 27:13 +. +But before very long there rushed down from the land a violent wind, called Euraquilo; -- acts 27:14 +. +and when the ship was caught in it and could not face the wind, we gave way to it and let ourselves be driven along. -- acts 27:15 +. +Running under the shelter of a small island called Clauda, we were scarcely able to get the ship's boat under control. -- acts 27:16 +. +After they had hoisted it up, they used supporting cables in undergirding the ship; and fearing that they might run aground on the shallows of Syrtis, they let down the sea anchor and in this way let themselves be driven along. -- acts 27:17 +. +The next day as we were being violently storm-tossed, they began to jettison the cargo; -- acts 27:18 +. +and on the third day they threw the ship's tackle overboard with their own hands. -- acts 27:19 +. +Since neither sun nor stars appeared for many days, and no small storm was assailing us, from then on all hope of our being saved was gradually abandoned. -- acts 27:20 +. +When they had gone a long time without food, then Paul stood up in their midst and said, "Men, you ought to have followed my advice and not to have set sail from Crete and incurred this damage and loss. -- acts 27:21 +. +"Yet now I urge you to keep up your courage, for there will be no loss of life among you, but only of the ship. -- acts 27:22 +. +"For this very night an angel of the God to whom I belong and whom I serve stood before me, -- acts 27:23 +. +saying, 'Do not be afraid, Paul; you must stand before Caesar; and behold, God has granted you all those who are sailing with you.' -- acts 27:24 +. +"Therefore, keep up your courage, men, for I believe God that it will turn out exactly as I have been told. -- acts 27:25 +. +"But we must run aground on a certain island." -- acts 27:26 +. +But when the fourteenth night came, as we were being driven about in the Adriatic Sea, about midnight the sailors began to surmise that they were approaching some land. -- acts 27:27 +. +They took soundings and found it to be twenty fathoms; and a little farther on they took another sounding and found it to be fifteen fathoms. -- acts 27:28 +. +Fearing that we might run aground somewhere on the rocks, they cast four anchors from the stern and wished for daybreak. -- acts 27:29 +. +But as the sailors were trying to escape from the ship and had let down the ship's boat into the sea, on the pretense of intending to lay out anchors from the bow, -- acts 27:30 +. +Paul said to the centurion and to the soldiers, "Unless these men remain in the ship, you yourselves cannot be saved." -- acts 27:31 +. +Then the soldiers cut away the ropes of the ship's boat and let it fall away. -- acts 27:32 +. +Until the day was about to dawn, Paul was encouraging them all to take some food, saying, "Today is the fourteenth day that you have been constantly watching and going without eating, having taken nothing. -- acts 27:33 +. +"Therefore I encourage you to take some food, for this is for your preservation, for not a hair from the head of any of you will perish." -- acts 27:34 +. +Having said this, he took bread and gave thanks to God in the presence of all, and he broke it and began to eat. -- acts 27:35 +. +All of them were encouraged and they themselves also took food. -- acts 27:36 +. +All of us in the ship were two hundred and seventy-six persons. -- acts 27:37 +. +When they had eaten enough, they began to lighten the ship by throwing out the wheat into the sea. -- acts 27:38 +. +When day came, they could not recognize the land; but they did observe a bay with a beach, and they resolved to drive the ship onto it if they could. -- acts 27:39 +. +And casting off the anchors, they left them in the sea while at the same time they were loosening the ropes of the rudders; and hoisting the foresail to the wind, they were heading for the beach. -- acts 27:40 +. +But striking a reef where two seas met, they ran the vessel aground; and the prow stuck fast and remained immovable, but the stern began to be broken up by the force of the waves. -- acts 27:41 +. +The soldiers' plan was to kill the prisoners, so that none of them would swim away and escape; -- acts 27:42 +. +but the centurion, wanting to bring Paul safely through, kept them from their intention, and commanded that those who could swim should jump overboard first and get to land, -- acts 27:43 +. +and the rest should follow, some on planks, and others on various things from the ship. And so it happened that they all were brought safely to land. -- acts 27:44 +. +When they had been brought safely through, then we found out that the island was called Malta. -- acts 28:1 +. +The natives showed us extraordinary kindness; for because of the rain that had set in and because of the cold, they kindled a fire and received us all. -- acts 28:2 +. +But when Paul had gathered a bundle of sticks and laid them on the fire, a viper came out because of the heat and fastened itself on his hand. -- acts 28:3 +. +When the natives saw the creature hanging from his hand, they began saying to one another, "Undoubtedly this man is a murderer, and though he has been saved from the sea, justice has not allowed him to live." -- acts 28:4 +. +However he shook the creature off into the fire and suffered no harm. -- acts 28:5 +. +But they were expecting that he was about to swell up or suddenly fall down dead. But after they had waited a long time and had seen nothing unusual happen to him, they changed their minds and began to say that he was a god. -- acts 28:6 +. +Now in the neighborhood of that place were lands belonging to the leading man of the island, named Publius, who welcomed us and entertained us courteously three days. -- acts 28:7 +. +And it happened that the father of Publius was lying in bed afflicted with recurrent fever and dysentery; and Paul went in to see him and after he had prayed, he laid his hands on him and healed him. -- acts 28:8 +. +After this had happened, the rest of the people on the island who had diseases were coming to him and getting cured. -- acts 28:9 +. +They also honored us with many marks of respect; and when we were setting sail, they supplied us with all we needed. -- acts 28:10 +. +At the end of three months we set sail on an Alexandrian ship which had wintered at the island, and which had the Twin Brothers for its figurehead. -- acts 28:11 +. +After we put in at Syracuse, we stayed there for three days. -- acts 28:12 +. +From there we sailed around and arrived at Rhegium, and a day later a south wind sprang up, and on the second day we came to Puteoli. -- acts 28:13 +. +There we found some brethren, and were invited to stay with them for seven days; and thus we came to Rome. -- acts 28:14 +. +And the brethren, when they heard about us, came from there as far as the Market of Appius and Three Inns to meet us; and when Paul saw them, he thanked God and took courage. -- acts 28:15 +. +When we entered Rome, Paul was allowed to stay by himself, with the soldier who was guarding him. -- acts 28:16 +. +After three days Paul called together those who were the leading men of the Jews, and when they came together, he began saying to them, "Brethren, though I had done nothing against our people or the customs of our fathers, yet I was delivered as a prisoner from Jerusalem into the hands of the Romans. -- acts 28:17 +. +"And when they had examined me, they were willing to release me because there was no ground for putting me to death. -- acts 28:18 +. +"But when the Jews objected, I was forced to appeal to Caesar, not that I had any accusation against my nation. -- acts 28:19 +. +"For this reason, therefore, I requested to see you and to speak with you, for I am wearing this chain for the sake of the hope of Israel." -- acts 28:20 +. +They said to him, "We have neither received letters from Judea concerning you, nor have any of the brethren come here and reported or spoken anything bad about you. -- acts 28:21 +. +"But we desire to hear from you what your views are; for concerning this sect, it is known to us that it is spoken against everywhere." -- acts 28:22 +. +When they had set a day for Paul, they came to him at his lodging in large numbers; and he was explaining to them by solemnly testifying about the kingdom of God and trying to persuade them concerning Jesus, from both the Law of Moses and from the Prophets, from morning until evening. -- acts 28:23 +. +Some were being persuaded by the things spoken, but others would not believe. -- acts 28:24 +. +And when they did not agree with one another, they began leaving after Paul had spoken one parting word, "The Holy Spirit rightly spoke through Isaiah the prophet to your fathers, -- acts 28:25 +. +saying, 'GO TO THIS PEOPLE AND SAY, "YOU WILL KEEP ON HEARING, BUT WILL NOT UNDERSTAND; AND YOU WILL KEEP ON SEEING, BUT WILL NOT PERCEIVE; -- acts 28:26 +. +FOR THE HEART OF THIS PEOPLE HAS BECOME DULL, AND WITH THEIR EARS THEY SCARCELY HEAR, AND THEY HAVE CLOSED THEIR EYES; OTHERWISE THEY MIGHT SEE WITH THEIR EYES, AND HEAR WITH THEIR EARS, AND UNDERSTAND WITH THEIR HEART AND RETURN, AND I WOULD HEAL THEM."' -- acts 28:27 +. +"Therefore let it be known to you that this salvation of God has been sent to the Gentiles; they will also listen." -- acts 28:28 +. +[When he had spoken these words, the Jews departed, having a great dispute among themselves.] -- acts 28:29 +. +And he stayed two full years in his own rented quarters and was welcoming all who came to him, -- acts 28:30 +. +preaching the kingdom of God and teaching concerning the Lord Jesus Christ with all openness, unhindered. -- acts 28:31 +. +Paul, a bond-servant of Christ Jesus, called as an apostle, set apart for the gospel of God, -- romans 1:1 +. +which He promised beforehand through His prophets in the holy Scriptures, -- romans 1:2 +. +concerning His Son, who was born of a descendant of David according to the flesh, -- romans 1:3 +. +who was declared the Son of God with power by the resurrection from the dead, according to the Spirit of holiness, Jesus Christ our Lord, -- romans 1:4 +. +through whom we have received grace and apostleship to bring about the obedience of faith among all the Gentiles for His name's sake, -- romans 1:5 +. +among whom you also are the called of Jesus Christ; -- romans 1:6 +. +to all who are beloved of God in Rome, called as saints: Grace to you and peace from God our Father and the Lord Jesus Christ. -- romans 1:7 +. +First, I thank my God through Jesus Christ for you all, because your faith is being proclaimed throughout the whole world. -- romans 1:8 +. +For God, whom I serve in my spirit in the preaching of the gospel of His Son, is my witness as to how unceasingly I make mention of you, -- romans 1:9 +. +always in my prayers making request, if perhaps now at last by the will of God I may succeed in coming to you. -- romans 1:10 +. +For I long to see you so that I may impart some spiritual gift to you, that you may be established; -- romans 1:11 +. +that is, that I may be encouraged together with you while among you, each of us by the other's faith, both yours and mine. -- romans 1:12 +. +I do not want you to be unaware, brethren, that often I have planned to come to you (and have been prevented so far) so that I may obtain some fruit among you also, even as among the rest of the Gentiles. -- romans 1:13 +. +I am under obligation both to Greeks and to barbarians, both to the wise and to the foolish. -- romans 1:14 +. +So, for my part, I am eager to preach the gospel to you also who are in Rome. -- romans 1:15 +. +For I am not ashamed of the gospel, for it is the power of God for salvation to everyone who believes, to the Jew first and also to the Greek. -- romans 1:16 +. +For in it the righteousness of God is revealed from faith to faith; as it is written, "BUT THE RIGHTEOUS man SHALL LIVE BY FAITH." -- romans 1:17 +. +For the wrath of God is revealed from heaven against all ungodliness and unrighteousness of men who suppress the truth in unrighteousness, -- romans 1:18 +. +because that which is known about God is evident within them; for God made it evident to them. -- romans 1:19 +. +For since the creation of the world His invisible attributes, His eternal power and divine nature, have been clearly seen, being understood through what has been made, so that they are without excuse. -- romans 1:20 +. +For even though they knew God, they did not honor Him as God or give thanks, but they became futile in their speculations, and their foolish heart was darkened. -- romans 1:21 +. +Professing to be wise, they became fools, -- romans 1:22 +. +and exchanged the glory of the incorruptible God for an image in the form of corruptible man and of birds and four-footed animals and crawling creatures. -- romans 1:23 +. +Therefore God gave them over in the lusts of their hearts to impurity, so that their bodies would be dishonored among them. -- romans 1:24 +. +For they exchanged the truth of God for a lie, and worshiped and served the creature rather than the Creator, who is blessed forever. Amen. -- romans 1:25 +. +For this reason God gave them over to degrading passions; for their women exchanged the natural function for that which is unnatural, -- romans 1:26 +. +and in the same way also the men abandoned the natural function of the woman and burned in their desire toward one another, men with men committing indecent acts and receiving in their own persons the due penalty of their error. -- romans 1:27 +. +And just as they did not see fit to acknowledge God any longer, God gave them over to a depraved mind, to do those things which are not proper, -- romans 1:28 +. +being filled with all unrighteousness, wickedness, greed, evil; full of envy, murder, strife, deceit, malice; they are gossips, -- romans 1:29 +. +slanderers, haters of God, insolent, arrogant, boastful, inventors of evil, disobedient to parents, -- romans 1:30 +. +without understanding, untrustworthy, unloving, unmerciful; -- romans 1:31 +. +and although they know the ordinance of God, that those who practice such things are worthy of death, they not only do the same, but also give hearty approval to those who practice them. -- romans 1:32 +. +Therefore you have no excuse, everyone of you who passes judgment, for in that which you judge another, you condemn yourself; for you who judge practice the same things. -- romans 2:1 +. +And we know that the judgment of God rightly falls upon those who practice such things. -- romans 2:2 +. +But do you suppose this, O man, when you pass judgment on those who practice such things and do the same yourself, that you will escape the judgment of God? -- romans 2:3 +. +Or do you think lightly of the riches of His kindness and tolerance and patience, not knowing that the kindness of God leads you to repentance? -- romans 2:4 +. +But because of your stubbornness and unrepentant heart you are storing up wrath for yourself in the day of wrath and revelation of the righteous judgment of God, -- romans 2:5 +. +who WILL RENDER TO EACH PERSON ACCORDING TO HIS DEEDS: -- romans 2:6 +. +to those who by perseverance in doing good seek for glory and honor and immortality, eternal life; -- romans 2:7 +. +but to those who are selfishly ambitious and do not obey the truth, but obey unrighteousness, wrath and indignation. -- romans 2:8 +. +There will be tribulation and distress for every soul of man who does evil, of the Jew first and also of the Greek, -- romans 2:9 +. +but glory and honor and peace to everyone who does good, to the Jew first and also to the Greek. -- romans 2:10 +. +For there is no partiality with God. -- romans 2:11 +. +For all who have sinned without the Law will also perish without the Law, and all who have sinned under the Law will be judged by the Law; -- romans 2:12 +. +for it is not the hearers of the Law who are just before God, but the doers of the Law will be justified. -- romans 2:13 +. +For when Gentiles who do not have the Law do instinctively the things of the Law, these, not having the Law, are a law to themselves, -- romans 2:14 +. +in that they show the work of the Law written in their hearts, their conscience bearing witness and their thoughts alternately accusing or else defending them, -- romans 2:15 +. +on the day when, according to my gospel, God will judge the secrets of men through Christ Jesus. -- romans 2:16 +. +But if you bear the name "Jew" and rely upon the Law and boast in God, -- romans 2:17 +. +and know His will and approve the things that are essential, being instructed out of the Law, -- romans 2:18 +. +and are confident that you yourself are a guide to the blind, a light to those who are in darkness, -- romans 2:19 +. +a corrector of the foolish, a teacher of the immature, having in the Law the embodiment of knowledge and of the truth, -- romans 2:20 +. +you, therefore, who teach another, do you not teach yourself? You who preach that one shall not steal, do you steal? -- romans 2:21 +. +You who say that one should not commit adultery, do you commit adultery? You who abhor idols, do you rob temples? -- romans 2:22 +. +You who boast in the Law, through your breaking the Law, do you dishonor God? -- romans 2:23 +. +For "THE NAME OF GOD IS BLASPHEMED AMONG THE GENTILES BECAUSE OF YOU," just as it is written. -- romans 2:24 +. +For indeed circumcision is of value if you practice the Law; but if you are a transgressor of the Law, your circumcision has become uncircumcision. -- romans 2:25 +. +So if the uncircumcised man keeps the requirements of the Law, will not his uncircumcision be regarded as circumcision? -- romans 2:26 +. +And he who is physically uncircumcised, if he keeps the Law, will he not judge you who though having the letter of the Law and circumcision are a transgressor of the Law? -- romans 2:27 +. +For he is not a Jew who is one outwardly, nor is circumcision that which is outward in the flesh. -- romans 2:28 +. +But he is a Jew who is one inwardly; and circumcision is that which is of the heart, by the Spirit, not by the letter; and his praise is not from men, but from God. -- romans 2:29 +. +Then what advantage has the Jew? Or what is the benefit of circumcision? -- romans 3:1 +. +Great in every respect. First of all, that they were entrusted with the oracles of God. -- romans 3:2 +. +What then? If some did not believe, their unbelief will not nullify the faithfulness of God, will it? -- romans 3:3 +. +May it never be! Rather, let God be found true, though every man be found a liar, as it is written, "THAT YOU MAY BE JUSTIFIED IN YOUR WORDS, AND PREVAIL WHEN YOU ARE JUDGED." -- romans 3:4 +. +But if our unrighteousness demonstrates the righteousness of God, what shall we say? The God who inflicts wrath is not unrighteous, is He? (I am speaking in human terms.) -- romans 3:5 +. +May it never be! For otherwise, how will God judge the world? -- romans 3:6 +. +But if through my lie the truth of God abounded to His glory, why am I also still being judged as a sinner? -- romans 3:7 +. +And why not say (as we are slanderously reported and as some claim that we say), "Let us do evil that good may come"? Their condemnation is just. -- romans 3:8 +. +What then? Are we better than they? Not at all; for we have already charged that both Jews and Greeks are all under sin; -- romans 3:9 +. +as it is written, "THERE IS NONE RIGHTEOUS, NOT EVEN ONE; -- romans 3:10 +. +THERE IS NONE WHO UNDERSTANDS, THERE IS NONE WHO SEEKS FOR GOD; -- romans 3:11 +. +ALL HAVE TURNED ASIDE, TOGETHER THEY HAVE BECOME USELESS; THERE IS NONE WHO DOES GOOD, THERE IS NOT EVEN ONE." -- romans 3:12 +. +"THEIR THROAT IS AN OPEN GRAVE, WITH THEIR TONGUES THEY KEEP DECEIVING," "THE POISON OF ASPS IS UNDER THEIR LIPS"; -- romans 3:13 +. +"WHOSE MOUTH IS FULL OF CURSING AND BITTERNESS"; -- romans 3:14 +. +"THEIR FEET ARE SWIFT TO SHED BLOOD, -- romans 3:15 +. +DESTRUCTION AND MISERY ARE IN THEIR PATHS, -- romans 3:16 +. +AND THE PATH OF PEACE THEY HAVE NOT KNOWN." -- romans 3:17 +. +"THERE IS NO FEAR OF GOD BEFORE THEIR EYES." -- romans 3:18 +. +Now we know that whatever the Law says, it speaks to those who are under the Law, so that every mouth may be closed and all the world may become accountable to God; -- romans 3:19 +. +because by the works of the Law no flesh will be justified in His sight; for through the Law comes the knowledge of sin. -- romans 3:20 +. +But now apart from the Law the righteousness of God has been manifested, being witnessed by the Law and the Prophets, -- romans 3:21 +. +even the righteousness of God through faith in Jesus Christ for all those who believe; for there is no distinction; -- romans 3:22 +. +for all have sinned and fall short of the glory of God, -- romans 3:23 +. +being justified as a gift by His grace through the redemption which is in Christ Jesus; -- romans 3:24 +. +whom God displayed publicly as a propitiation in His blood through faith. This was to demonstrate His righteousness, because in the forbearance of God He passed over the sins previously committed; -- romans 3:25 +. +for the demonstration, I say, of His righteousness at the present time, so that He would be just and the justifier of the one who has faith in Jesus. -- romans 3:26 +. +Where then is boasting? It is excluded. By what kind of law? Of works? No, but by a law of faith. -- romans 3:27 +. +For we maintain that a man is justified by faith apart from works of the Law. -- romans 3:28 +. +Or is God the God of Jews only? Is He not the God of Gentiles also? Yes, of Gentiles also, -- romans 3:29 +. +since indeed God who will justify the circumcised by faith and the uncircumcised through faith is one. -- romans 3:30 +. +Do we then nullify the Law through faith? May it never be! On the contrary, we establish the Law. -- romans 3:31 +. +What then shall we say that Abraham, our forefather according to the flesh, has found? -- romans 4:1 +. +For if Abraham was justified by works, he has something to boast about, but not before God. -- romans 4:2 +. +For what does the Scripture say? "ABRAHAM BELIEVED GOD, AND IT WAS CREDITED TO HIM AS RIGHTEOUSNESS." -- romans 4:3 +. +Now to the one who works, his wage is not credited as a favor, but as what is due. -- romans 4:4 +. +But to the one who does not work, but believes in Him who justifies the ungodly, his faith is credited as righteousness, -- romans 4:5 +. +just as David also speaks of the blessing on the man to whom God credits righteousness apart from works: -- romans 4:6 +. +"BLESSED ARE THOSE WHOSE LAWLESS DEEDS HAVE BEEN FORGIVEN, AND WHOSE SINS HAVE BEEN COVERED. -- romans 4:7 +. +"BLESSED IS THE MAN WHOSE SIN THE LORD WILL NOT TAKE INTO ACCOUNT." -- romans 4:8 +. +Is this blessing then on the circumcised, or on the uncircumcised also? For we say, "FAITH WAS CREDITED TO ABRAHAM AS RIGHTEOUSNESS." -- romans 4:9 +. +How then was it credited? While he was circumcised, or uncircumcised? Not while circumcised, but while uncircumcised; -- romans 4:10 +. +and he received the sign of circumcision, a seal of the righteousness of the faith which he had while uncircumcised, so that he might be the father of all who believe without being circumcised, that righteousness might be credited to them, -- romans 4:11 +. +and the father of circumcision to those who not only are of the circumcision, but who also follow in the steps of the faith of our father Abraham which he had while uncircumcised. -- romans 4:12 +. +For the promise to Abraham or to his descendants that he would be heir of the world was not through the Law, but through the righteousness of faith. -- romans 4:13 +. +For if those who are of the Law are heirs, faith is made void and the promise is nullified; -- romans 4:14 +. +for the Law brings about wrath, but where there is no law, there also is no violation. -- romans 4:15 +. +For this reason it is by faith, in order that it may be in accordance with grace, so that the promise will be guaranteed to all the descendants, not only to those who are of the Law, but also to those who are of the faith of Abraham, who is the father of us all, -- romans 4:16 +. +(as it is written, "A FATHER OF MANY NATIONS HAVE I MADE YOU") in the presence of Him whom he believed, even God, who gives life to the dead and calls into being that which does not exist. -- romans 4:17 +. +In hope against hope he believed, so that he might become a father of many nations according to that which had been spoken, "SO SHALL YOUR DESCENDANTS BE." -- romans 4:18 +. +Without becoming weak in faith he contemplated his own body, now as good as dead since he was about a hundred years old, and the deadness of Sarah's womb; -- romans 4:19 +. +yet, with respect to the promise of God, he did not waver in unbelief but grew strong in faith, giving glory to God, -- romans 4:20 +. +and being fully assured that what God had promised, He was able also to perform. -- romans 4:21 +. +Therefore IT WAS ALSO CREDITED TO HIM AS RIGHTEOUSNESS. -- romans 4:22 +. +Now not for his sake only was it written that it was credited to him, -- romans 4:23 +. +but for our sake also, to whom it will be credited, as those who believe in Him who raised Jesus our Lord from the dead, -- romans 4:24 +. +He who was delivered over because of our transgressions, and was raised because of our justification. -- romans 4:25 +. +Therefore, having been justified by faith, we have peace with God through our Lord Jesus Christ, -- romans 5:1 +. +through whom also we have obtained our introduction by faith into this grace in which we stand; and we exult in hope of the glory of God. -- romans 5:2 +. +And not only this, but we also exult in our tribulations, knowing that tribulation brings about perseverance; -- romans 5:3 +. +and perseverance, proven character; and proven character, hope; -- romans 5:4 +. +and hope does not disappoint, because the love of God has been poured out within our hearts through the Holy Spirit who was given to us. -- romans 5:5 +. +For while we were still helpless, at the right time Christ died for the ungodly. -- romans 5:6 +. +For one will hardly die for a righteous man; though perhaps for the good man someone would dare even to die. -- romans 5:7 +. +But God demonstrates His own love toward us, in that while we were yet sinners, Christ died for us. -- romans 5:8 +. +Much more then, having now been justified by His blood, we shall be saved from the wrath of God through Him. -- romans 5:9 +. +For if while we were enemies we were reconciled to God through the death of His Son, much more, having been reconciled, we shall be saved by His life. -- romans 5:10 +. +And not only this, but we also exult in God through our Lord Jesus Christ, through whom we have now received the reconciliation. -- romans 5:11 +. +Therefore, just as through one man sin entered into the world, and death through sin, and so death spread to all men, because all sinned-- -- romans 5:12 +. +for until the Law sin was in the world, but sin is not imputed when there is no law. -- romans 5:13 +. +Nevertheless death reigned from Adam until Moses, even over those who had not sinned in the likeness of the offense of Adam, who is a type of Him who was to come. -- romans 5:14 +. +But the free gift is not like the transgression. For if by the transgression of the one the many died, much more did the grace of God and the gift by the grace of the one Man, Jesus Christ, abound to the many. -- romans 5:15 +. +The gift is not like that which came through the one who sinned; for on the one hand the judgment arose from one transgression resulting in condemnation, but on the other hand the free gift arose from many transgressions resulting in justification. -- romans 5:16 +. +For if by the transgression of the one, death reigned through the one, much more those who receive the abundance of grace and of the gift of righteousness will reign in life through the One, Jesus Christ. -- romans 5:17 +. +So then as through one transgression there resulted condemnation to all men, even so through one act of righteousness there resulted justification of life to all men. -- romans 5:18 +. +For as through the one man's disobedience the many were made sinners, even so through the obedience of the One the many will be made righteous. -- romans 5:19 +. +The Law came in so that the transgression would increase; but where sin increased, grace abounded all the more, -- romans 5:20 +. +so that, as sin reigned in death, even so grace would reign through righteousness to eternal life through Jesus Christ our Lord. -- romans 5:21 +. +What shall we say then? Are we to continue in sin so that grace may increase? -- romans 6:1 +. +May it never be! How shall we who died to sin still live in it? -- romans 6:2 +. +Or do you not know that all of us who have been baptized into Christ Jesus have been baptized into His death? -- romans 6:3 +. +Therefore we have been buried with Him through baptism into death, so that as Christ was raised from the dead through the glory of the Father, so we too might walk in newness of life. -- romans 6:4 +. +For if we have become united with Him in the likeness of His death, certainly we shall also be in the likeness of His resurrection, -- romans 6:5 +. +knowing this, that our old self was crucified with Him, in order that our body of sin might be done away with, so that we would no longer be slaves to sin; -- romans 6:6 +. +for he who has died is freed from sin. -- romans 6:7 +. +Now if we have died with Christ, we believe that we shall also live with Him, -- romans 6:8 +. +knowing that Christ, having been raised from the dead, is never to die again; death no longer is master over Him. -- romans 6:9 +. +For the death that He died, He died to sin once for all; but the life that He lives, He lives to God. -- romans 6:10 +. +Even so consider yourselves to be dead to sin, but alive to God in Christ Jesus. -- romans 6:11 +. +Therefore do not let sin reign in your mortal body so that you obey its lusts, -- romans 6:12 +. +and do not go on presenting the members of your body to sin as instruments of unrighteousness; but present yourselves to God as those alive from the dead, and your members as instruments of righteousness to God. -- romans 6:13 +. +For sin shall not be master over you, for you are not under law but under grace. -- romans 6:14 +. +What then? Shall we sin because we are not under law but under grace? May it never be! -- romans 6:15 +. +Do you not know that when you present yourselves to someone as slaves for obedience, you are slaves of the one whom you obey, either of sin resulting in death, or of obedience resulting in righteousness? -- romans 6:16 +. +But thanks be to God that though you were slaves of sin, you became obedient from the heart to that form of teaching to which you were committed, -- romans 6:17 +. +and having been freed from sin, you became slaves of righteousness. -- romans 6:18 +. +I am speaking in human terms because of the weakness of your flesh. For just as you presented your members as slaves to impurity and to lawlessness, resulting in further lawlessness, so now present your members as slaves to righteousness, resulting in sanctification. -- romans 6:19 +. +For when you were slaves of sin, you were free in regard to righteousness. -- romans 6:20 +. +Therefore what benefit were you then deriving from the things of which you are now ashamed? For the outcome of those things is death. -- romans 6:21 +. +But now having been freed from sin and enslaved to God, you derive your benefit, resulting in sanctification, and the outcome, eternal life. -- romans 6:22 +. +For the wages of sin is death, but the free gift of God is eternal life in Christ Jesus our Lord. -- romans 6:23 +. +Or do you not know, brethren (for I am speaking to those who know the law), that the law has jurisdiction over a person as long as he lives? -- romans 7:1 +. +For the married woman is bound by law to her husband while he is living; but if her husband dies, she is released from the law concerning the husband. -- romans 7:2 +. +So then, if while her husband is living she is joined to another man, she shall be called an adulteress; but if her husband dies, she is free from the law, so that she is not an adulteress though she is joined to another man. -- romans 7:3 +. +Therefore, my brethren, you also were made to die to the Law through the body of Christ, so that you might be joined to another, to Him who was raised from the dead, in order that we might bear fruit for God. -- romans 7:4 +. +For while we were in the flesh, the sinful passions, which were aroused by the Law, were at work in the members of our body to bear fruit for death. -- romans 7:5 +. +But now we have been released from the Law, having died to that by which we were bound, so that we serve in newness of the Spirit and not in oldness of the letter. -- romans 7:6 +. +What shall we say then? Is the Law sin? May it never be! On the contrary, I would not have come to know sin except through the Law; for I would not have known about coveting if the Law had not said, "YOU SHALL NOT COVET." -- romans 7:7 +. +But sin, taking opportunity through the commandment, produced in me coveting of every kind; for apart from the Law sin is dead. -- romans 7:8 +. +I was once alive apart from the Law; but when the commandment came, sin became alive and I died; -- romans 7:9 +. +and this commandment, which was to result in life, proved to result in death for me; -- romans 7:10 +. +for sin, taking an opportunity through the commandment, deceived me and through it killed me. -- romans 7:11 +. +So then, the Law is holy, and the commandment is holy and righteous and good. -- romans 7:12 +. +Therefore did that which is good become a cause of death for me? May it never be! Rather it was sin, in order that it might be shown to be sin by effecting my death through that which is good, so that through the commandment sin would become utterly sinful. -- romans 7:13 +. +For we know that the Law is spiritual, but I am of flesh, sold into bondage to sin. -- romans 7:14 +. +For what I am doing, I do not understand; for I am not practicing what I would like to do, but I am doing the very thing I hate. -- romans 7:15 +. +But if I do the very thing I do not want to do, I agree with the Law, confessing that the Law is good. -- romans 7:16 +. +So now, no longer am I the one doing it, but sin which dwells in me. -- romans 7:17 +. +For I know that nothing good dwells in me, that is, in my flesh; for the willing is present in me, but the doing of the good is not. -- romans 7:18 +. +For the good that I want, I do not do, but I practice the very evil that I do not want. -- romans 7:19 +. +But if I am doing the very thing I do not want, I am no longer the one doing it, but sin which dwells in me. -- romans 7:20 +. +I find then the principle that evil is present in me, the one who wants to do good. -- romans 7:21 +. +For I joyfully concur with the law of God in the inner man, -- romans 7:22 +. +but I see a different law in the members of my body, waging war against the law of my mind and making me a prisoner of the law of sin which is in my members. -- romans 7:23 +. +Wretched man that I am! Who will set me free from the body of this death? -- romans 7:24 +. +Thanks be to God through Jesus Christ our Lord! So then, on the one hand I myself with my mind am serving the law of God, but on the other, with my flesh the law of sin. -- romans 7:25 +. +Therefore there is now no condemnation for those who are in Christ Jesus. -- romans 8:1 +. +For the law of the Spirit of life in Christ Jesus has set you free from the law of sin and of death. -- romans 8:2 +. +For what the Law could not do, weak as it was through the flesh, God did: sending His own Son in the likeness of sinful flesh and as an offering for sin, He condemned sin in the flesh, -- romans 8:3 +. +so that the requirement of the Law might be fulfilled in us, who do not walk according to the flesh but according to the Spirit. -- romans 8:4 +. +For those who are according to the flesh set their minds on the things of the flesh, but those who are according to the Spirit, the things of the Spirit. -- romans 8:5 +. +For the mind set on the flesh is death, but the mind set on the Spirit is life and peace, -- romans 8:6 +. +because the mind set on the flesh is hostile toward God; for it does not subject itself to the law of God, for it is not even able to do so, -- romans 8:7 +. +and those who are in the flesh cannot please God. -- romans 8:8 +. +However, you are not in the flesh but in the Spirit, if indeed the Spirit of God dwells in you. But if anyone does not have the Spirit of Christ, he does not belong to Him. -- romans 8:9 +. +If Christ is in you, though the body is dead because of sin, yet the spirit is alive because of righteousness. -- romans 8:10 +. +But if the Spirit of Him who raised Jesus from the dead dwells in you, He who raised Christ Jesus from the dead will also give life to your mortal bodies through His Spirit who dwells in you. -- romans 8:11 +. +So then, brethren, we are under obligation, not to the flesh, to live according to the flesh-- -- romans 8:12 +. +for if you are living according to the flesh, you must die; but if by the Spirit you are putting to death the deeds of the body, you will live. -- romans 8:13 +. +For all who are being led by the Spirit of God, these are sons of God. -- romans 8:14 +. +For you have not received a spirit of slavery leading to fear again, but you have received a spirit of adoption as sons by which we cry out, "Abba! Father!" -- romans 8:15 +. +The Spirit Himself testifies with our spirit that we are children of God, -- romans 8:16 +. +and if children, heirs also, heirs of God and fellow heirs with Christ, if indeed we suffer with Him so that we may also be glorified with Him. -- romans 8:17 +. +For I consider that the sufferings of this present time are not worthy to be compared with the glory that is to be revealed to us. -- romans 8:18 +. +For the anxious longing of the creation waits eagerly for the revealing of the sons of God. -- romans 8:19 +. +For the creation was subjected to futility, not willingly, but because of Him who subjected it, in hope -- romans 8:20 +. +that the creation itself also will be set free from its slavery to corruption into the freedom of the glory of the children of God. -- romans 8:21 +. +For we know that the whole creation groans and suffers the pains of childbirth together until now. -- romans 8:22 +. +And not only this, but also we ourselves, having the first fruits of the Spirit, even we ourselves groan within ourselves, waiting eagerly for our adoption as sons, the redemption of our body. -- romans 8:23 +. +For in hope we have been saved, but hope that is seen is not hope; for who hopes for what he already sees? -- romans 8:24 +. +But if we hope for what we do not see, with perseverance we wait eagerly for it. -- romans 8:25 +. +In the same way the Spirit also helps our weakness; for we do not know how to pray as we should, but the Spirit Himself intercedes for us with groanings too deep for words; -- romans 8:26 +. +and He who searches the hearts knows what the mind of the Spirit is, because He intercedes for the saints according to the will of God. -- romans 8:27 +. +And we know that God causes all things to work together for good to those who love God, to those who are called according to His purpose. -- romans 8:28 +. +For those whom He foreknew, He also predestined to become conformed to the image of His Son, so that He would be the firstborn among many brethren; -- romans 8:29 +. +and these whom He predestined, He also called; and these whom He called, He also justified; and these whom He justified, He also glorified. -- romans 8:30 +. +What then shall we say to these things? If God is for us, who is against us? -- romans 8:31 +. +He who did not spare His own Son, but delivered Him over for us all, how will He not also with Him freely give us all things? -- romans 8:32 +. +Who will bring a charge against God's elect? God is the one who justifies; -- romans 8:33 +. +who is the one who condemns? Christ Jesus is He who died, yes, rather who was raised, who is at the right hand of God, who also intercedes for us. -- romans 8:34 +. +Who will separate us from the love of Christ? Will tribulation, or distress, or persecution, or famine, or nakedness, or peril, or sword? -- romans 8:35 +. +Just as it is written, "FOR YOUR SAKE WE ARE BEING PUT TO DEATH ALL DAY LONG; WE WERE CONSIDERED AS SHEEP TO BE SLAUGHTERED." -- romans 8:36 +. +But in all these things we overwhelmingly conquer through Him who loved us. -- romans 8:37 +. +For I am convinced that neither death, nor life, nor angels, nor principalities, nor things present, nor things to come, nor powers, -- romans 8:38 +. +nor height, nor depth, nor any other created thing, will be able to separate us from the love of God, which is in Christ Jesus our Lord. -- romans 8:39 +. +I am telling the truth in Christ, I am not lying, my conscience testifies with me in the Holy Spirit, -- romans 9:1 +. +that I have great sorrow and unceasing grief in my heart. -- romans 9:2 +. +For I could wish that I myself were accursed, separated from Christ for the sake of my brethren, my kinsmen according to the flesh, -- romans 9:3 +. +who are Israelites, to whom belongs the adoption as sons, and the glory and the covenants and the giving of the Law and the temple service and the promises, -- romans 9:4 +. +whose are the fathers, and from whom is the Christ according to the flesh, who is over all, God blessed forever. Amen. -- romans 9:5 +. +But it is not as though the word of God has failed. For they are not all Israel who are descended from Israel; -- romans 9:6 +. +nor are they all children because they are Abraham's descendants, but: "THROUGH ISAAC YOUR DESCENDANTS WILL BE NAMED." -- romans 9:7 +. +That is, it is not the children of the flesh who are children of God, but the children of the promise are regarded as descendants. -- romans 9:8 +. +For this is the word of promise: "AT THIS TIME I WILL COME, AND SARAH SHALL HAVE A SON." -- romans 9:9 +. +And not only this, but there was Rebekah also, when she had conceived twins by one man, our father Isaac; -- romans 9:10 +. +for though the twins were not yet born and had not done anything good or bad, so that God's purpose according to His choice would stand, not because of works but because of Him who calls, -- romans 9:11 +. +it was said to her, "THE OLDER WILL SERVE THE YOUNGER." -- romans 9:12 +. +Just as it is written, "JACOB I LOVED, BUT ESAU I HATED." -- romans 9:13 +. +What shall we say then? There is no injustice with God, is there? May it never be! -- romans 9:14 +. +For He says to Moses, "I WILL HAVE MERCY ON WHOM I HAVE MERCY, AND I WILL HAVE COMPASSION ON WHOM I HAVE COMPASSION." -- romans 9:15 +. +So then it does not depend on the man who wills or the man who runs, but on God who has mercy. -- romans 9:16 +. +For the Scripture says to Pharaoh, "FOR THIS VERY PURPOSE I RAISED YOU UP, TO DEMONSTRATE MY POWER IN YOU, AND THAT MY NAME MIGHT BE PROCLAIMED THROUGHOUT THE WHOLE EARTH." -- romans 9:17 +. +So then He has mercy on whom He desires, and He hardens whom He desires. -- romans 9:18 +. +You will say to me then, "Why does He still find fault? For who resists His will?" -- romans 9:19 +. +On the contrary, who are you, O man, who answers back to God? The thing molded will not say to the molder, "Why did you make me like this," will it? -- romans 9:20 +. +Or does not the potter have a right over the clay, to make from the same lump one vessel for honorable use and another for common use? -- romans 9:21 +. +What if God, although willing to demonstrate His wrath and to make His power known, endured with much patience vessels of wrath prepared for destruction? -- romans 9:22 +. +And He did so to make known the riches of His glory upon vessels of mercy, which He prepared beforehand for glory, -- romans 9:23 +. +even us, whom He also called, not from among Jews only, but also from among Gentiles. -- romans 9:24 +. +As He says also in Hosea, "I WILL CALL THOSE WHO WERE NOT MY PEOPLE, 'MY PEOPLE,' AND HER WHO WAS NOT BELOVED, 'BELOVED.'" -- romans 9:25 +. +"AND IT SHALL BE THAT IN THE PLACE WHERE IT WAS SAID TO THEM, 'YOU ARE NOT MY PEOPLE,' THERE THEY SHALL BE CALLED SONS OF THE LIVING GOD." -- romans 9:26 +. +Isaiah cries out concerning Israel, "THOUGH THE NUMBER OF THE SONS OF ISRAEL BE LIKE THE SAND OF THE SEA, IT IS THE REMNANT THAT WILL BE SAVED; -- romans 9:27 +. +FOR THE LORD WILL EXECUTE HIS WORD ON THE EARTH, THOROUGHLY AND QUICKLY." -- romans 9:28 +. +And just as Isaiah foretold, "UNLESS THE LORD OF SABAOTH HAD LEFT TO US A POSTERITY, WE WOULD HAVE BECOME LIKE SODOM, AND WOULD HAVE RESEMBLED GOMORRAH." -- romans 9:29 +. +What shall we say then? That Gentiles, who did not pursue righteousness, attained righteousness, even the righteousness which is by faith; -- romans 9:30 +. +but Israel, pursuing a law of righteousness, did not arrive at that law. -- romans 9:31 +. +Why? Because they did not pursue it by faith, but as though it were by works. They stumbled over the stumbling stone, -- romans 9:32 +. +just as it is written, "BEHOLD, I LAY IN ZION A STONE OF STUMBLING AND A ROCK OF OFFENSE, AND HE WHO BELIEVES IN HIM WILL NOT BE DISAPPOINTED." -- romans 9:33 +. +Brethren, my heart's desire and my prayer to God for them is for their salvation. -- romans 10:1 +. +For I testify about them that they have a zeal for God, but not in accordance with knowledge. -- romans 10:2 +. +For not knowing about God's righteousness and seeking to establish their own, they did not subject themselves to the righteousness of God. -- romans 10:3 +. +For Christ is the end of the law for righteousness to everyone who believes. -- romans 10:4 +. +For Moses writes that the man who practices the righteousness which is based on law shall live by that righteousness. -- romans 10:5 +. +But the righteousness based on faith speaks as follows: "DO NOT SAY IN YOUR HEART, 'WHO WILL ASCEND INTO HEAVEN?' (that is, to bring Christ down), -- romans 10:6 +. +or 'WHO WILL DESCEND INTO THE ABYSS?' (that is, to bring Christ up from the dead)." -- romans 10:7 +. +But what does it say? "THE WORD IS NEAR YOU, IN YOUR MOUTH AND IN YOUR HEART"--that is, the word of faith which we are preaching, -- romans 10:8 +. +that if you confess with your mouth Jesus as Lord, and believe in your heart that God raised Him from the dead, you will be saved; -- romans 10:9 +. +for with the heart a person believes, resulting in righteousness, and with the mouth he confesses, resulting in salvation. -- romans 10:10 +. +For the Scripture says, "WHOEVER BELIEVES IN HIM WILL NOT BE DISAPPOINTED." -- romans 10:11 +. +For there is no distinction between Jew and Greek; for the same Lord is Lord of all, abounding in riches for all who call on Him; -- romans 10:12 +. +for "WHOEVER WILL CALL ON THE NAME OF THE LORD WILL BE SAVED." -- romans 10:13 +. +How then will they call on Him in whom they have not believed? How will they believe in Him whom they have not heard? And how will they hear without a preacher? -- romans 10:14 +. +How will they preach unless they are sent? Just as it is written, "HOW BEAUTIFUL ARE THE FEET OF THOSE WHO BRING GOOD NEWS OF GOOD THINGS!" -- romans 10:15 +. +However, they did not all heed the good news; for Isaiah says, "LORD, WHO HAS BELIEVED OUR REPORT?" -- romans 10:16 +. +So faith comes from hearing, and hearing by the word of Christ. -- romans 10:17 +. +But I say, surely they have never heard, have they? Indeed they have; "THEIR VOICE HAS GONE OUT INTO ALL THE EARTH, AND THEIR WORDS TO THE ENDS OF THE WORLD." -- romans 10:18 +. +But I say, surely Israel did not know, did they? First Moses says, "I WILL MAKE YOU JEALOUS BY THAT WHICH IS NOT A NATION, BY A NATION WITHOUT UNDERSTANDING WILL I ANGER YOU." -- romans 10:19 +. +And Isaiah is very bold and says, "I WAS FOUND BY THOSE WHO DID NOT SEEK ME, I BECAME MANIFEST TO THOSE WHO DID NOT ASK FOR ME." -- romans 10:20 +. +But as for Israel He says, "ALL THE DAY LONG I HAVE STRETCHED OUT MY HANDS TO A DISOBEDIENT AND OBSTINATE PEOPLE." -- romans 10:21 +. +I say then, God has not rejected His people, has He? May it never be! For I too am an Israelite, a descendant of Abraham, of the tribe of Benjamin. -- romans 11:1 +. +God has not rejected His people whom He foreknew. Or do you not know what the Scripture says in the passage about Elijah, how he pleads with God against Israel? -- romans 11:2 +. +"Lord, THEY HAVE KILLED YOUR PROPHETS, THEY HAVE TORN DOWN YOUR ALTARS, AND I ALONE AM LEFT, AND THEY ARE SEEKING MY LIFE." -- romans 11:3 +. +But what is the divine response to him? "I HAVE KEPT for Myself SEVEN THOUSAND MEN WHO HAVE NOT BOWED THE KNEE TO BAAL." -- romans 11:4 +. +In the same way then, there has also come to be at the present time a remnant according to God's gracious choice. -- romans 11:5 +. +But if it is by grace, it is no longer on the basis of works, otherwise grace is no longer grace. -- romans 11:6 +. +What then? What Israel is seeking, it has not obtained, but those who were chosen obtained it, and the rest were hardened; -- romans 11:7 +. +just as it is written, "GOD GAVE THEM A SPIRIT OF STUPOR, EYES TO SEE NOT AND EARS TO HEAR NOT, DOWN TO THIS VERY DAY." -- romans 11:8 +. +And David says, "LET THEIR TABLE BECOME A SNARE AND A TRAP, AND A STUMBLING BLOCK AND A RETRIBUTION TO THEM. -- romans 11:9 +. +"LET THEIR EYES BE DARKENED TO SEE NOT, AND BEND THEIR BACKS FOREVER." -- romans 11:10 +. +I say then, they did not stumble so as to fall, did they? May it never be! But by their transgression salvation has come to the Gentiles, to make them jealous. -- romans 11:11 +. +Now if their transgression is riches for the world and their failure is riches for the Gentiles, how much more will their fulfillment be! -- romans 11:12 +. +But I am speaking to you who are Gentiles. Inasmuch then as I am an apostle of Gentiles, I magnify my ministry, -- romans 11:13 +. +if somehow I might move to jealousy my fellow countrymen and save some of them. -- romans 11:14 +. +For if their rejection is the reconciliation of the world, what will their acceptance be but life from the dead? -- romans 11:15 +. +If the first piece of dough is holy, the lump is also; and if the root is holy, the branches are too. -- romans 11:16 +. +But if some of the branches were broken off, and you, being a wild olive, were grafted in among them and became partaker with them of the rich root of the olive tree, -- romans 11:17 +. +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. -- romans 11:18 +. +You will say then, "Branches were broken off so that I might be grafted in." -- romans 11:19 +. +Quite right, they were broken off for their unbelief, but you stand by your faith. Do not be conceited, but fear; -- romans 11:20 +. +for if God did not spare the natural branches, He will not spare you, either. -- romans 11:21 +. +Behold then the kindness and severity of God; to those who fell, severity, but to you, God's kindness, if you continue in His kindness; otherwise you also will be cut off. -- romans 11:22 +. +And they also, if they do not continue in their unbelief, will be grafted in, for God is able to graft them in again. -- romans 11:23 +. +For if you were cut off from what is by nature a wild olive tree, and were grafted contrary to nature into a cultivated olive tree, how much more will these who are the natural branches be grafted into their own olive tree? -- romans 11:24 +. +For I do not want you, brethren, to be uninformed of this mystery--so that you will not be wise in your own estimation--that a partial hardening has happened to Israel until the fullness of the Gentiles has come in; -- romans 11:25 +. +and so all Israel will be saved; just as it is written, "THE DELIVERER WILL COME FROM ZION, HE WILL REMOVE UNGODLINESS FROM JACOB." -- romans 11:26 +. +"THIS IS MY COVENANT WITH THEM, WHEN I TAKE AWAY THEIR SINS." -- romans 11:27 +. +From the standpoint of the gospel they are enemies for your sake, but from the standpoint of God's choice they are beloved for the sake of the fathers; -- romans 11:28 +. +for the gifts and the calling of God are irrevocable. -- romans 11:29 +. +For just as you once were disobedient to God, but now have been shown mercy because of their disobedience, -- romans 11:30 +. +so these also now have been disobedient, that because of the mercy shown to you they also may now be shown mercy. -- romans 11:31 +. +For God has shut up all in disobedience so that He may show mercy to all. -- romans 11:32 +. +Oh, the depth of the riches both of the wisdom and knowledge of God! How unsearchable are His judgments and unfathomable His ways! -- romans 11:33 +. +For WHO HAS KNOWN THE MIND OF THE LORD, OR WHO BECAME HIS COUNSELOR? -- romans 11:34 +. +Or WHO HAS FIRST GIVEN TO HIM THAT IT MIGHT BE PAID BACK TO HIM AGAIN? -- romans 11:35 +. +For from Him and through Him and to Him are all things. To Him be the glory forever. Amen. -- romans 11:36 +. +Therefore I urge you, brethren, by the mercies of God, to present your bodies a living and holy sacrifice, acceptable to God, which is your spiritual service of worship. -- romans 12:1 +. +And do not be conformed to this world, but be transformed by the renewing of your mind, so that you may prove what the will of God is, that which is good and acceptable and perfect. -- romans 12:2 +. +For through the grace given to me I say to everyone among you not to think more highly of himself than he ought to think; but to think so as to have sound judgment, as God has allotted to each a measure of faith. -- romans 12:3 +. +For just as we have many members in one body and all the members do not have the same function, -- romans 12:4 +. +so we, who are many, are one body in Christ, and individually members one of another. -- romans 12:5 +. +Since we have gifts that differ according to the grace given to us, each of us is to exercise them accordingly: if prophecy, according to the proportion of his faith; -- romans 12:6 +. +if service, in his serving; or he who teaches, in his teaching; -- romans 12:7 +. +or he who exhorts, in his exhortation; he who gives, with liberality; he who leads, with diligence; he who shows mercy, with cheerfulness. -- romans 12:8 +. +Let love be without hypocrisy. Abhor what is evil; cling to what is good. -- romans 12:9 +. +Be devoted to one another in brotherly love; give preference to one another in honor; -- romans 12:10 +. +not lagging behind in diligence, fervent in spirit, serving the Lord; -- romans 12:11 +. +rejoicing in hope, persevering in tribulation, devoted to prayer, -- romans 12:12 +. +contributing to the needs of the saints, practicing hospitality. -- romans 12:13 +. +Bless those who persecute you; bless and do not curse. -- romans 12:14 +. +Rejoice with those who rejoice, and weep with those who weep. -- romans 12:15 +. +Be of the same mind toward one another; do not be haughty in mind, but associate with the lowly. Do not be wise in your own estimation. -- romans 12:16 +. +Never pay back evil for evil to anyone. Respect what is right in the sight of all men. -- romans 12:17 +. +If possible, so far as it depends on you, be at peace with all men. -- romans 12:18 +. +Never take your own revenge, beloved, but leave room for the wrath of God, for it is written, "VENGEANCE IS MINE, I WILL REPAY," says the Lord. -- romans 12:19 +. +"BUT IF YOUR ENEMY IS HUNGRY, FEED HIM, AND IF HE IS THIRSTY, GIVE HIM A DRINK; FOR IN SO DOING YOU WILL HEAP BURNING COALS ON HIS HEAD." -- romans 12:20 +. +Do not be overcome by evil, but overcome evil with good. -- romans 12:21 +. +Every person is to be in subjection to the governing authorities. For there is no authority except from God, and those which exist are established by God. -- romans 13:1 +. +Therefore whoever resists authority has opposed the ordinance of God; and they who have opposed will receive condemnation upon themselves. -- romans 13:2 +. +For rulers are not a cause of fear for good behavior, but for evil. Do you want to have no fear of authority? Do what is good and you will have praise from the same; -- romans 13:3 +. +for it is a minister of God to you for good. But if you do what is evil, be afraid; for it does not bear the sword for nothing; for it is a minister of God, an avenger who brings wrath on the one who practices evil. -- romans 13:4 +. +Therefore it is necessary to be in subjection, not only because of wrath, but also for conscience' sake. -- romans 13:5 +. +For because of this you also pay taxes, for rulers are servants of God, devoting themselves to this very thing. -- romans 13:6 +. +Render to all what is due them: tax to whom tax is due; custom to whom custom; fear to whom fear; honor to whom honor. -- romans 13:7 +. +Owe nothing to anyone except to love one another; for he who loves his neighbor has fulfilled the law. -- romans 13:8 +. +For this, "YOU SHALL NOT COMMIT ADULTERY, YOU SHALL NOT MURDER, YOU SHALL NOT STEAL, YOU SHALL NOT COVET," and if there is any other commandment, it is summed up in this saying, "YOU SHALL LOVE YOUR NEIGHBOR AS YOURSELF." -- romans 13:9 +. +Love does no wrong to a neighbor; therefore love is the fulfillment of the law. -- romans 13:10 +. +Do this, knowing the time, that it is already the hour for you to awaken from sleep; for now salvation is nearer to us than when we believed. -- romans 13:11 +. +The night is almost gone, and the day is near. Therefore let us lay aside the deeds of darkness and put on the armor of light. -- romans 13:12 +. +Let us behave properly as in the day, not in carousing and drunkenness, not in sexual promiscuity and sensuality, not in strife and jealousy. -- romans 13:13 +. +But put on the Lord Jesus Christ, and make no provision for the flesh in regard to its lusts. -- romans 13:14 +. +Now accept the one who is weak in faith, but not for the purpose of passing judgment on his opinions. -- romans 14:1 +. +One person has faith that he may eat all things, but he who is weak eats vegetables only. -- romans 14:2 +. +The one who eats is not to regard with contempt the one who does not eat, and the one who does not eat is not to judge the one who eats, for God has accepted him. -- romans 14:3 +. +Who are you to judge the servant of another? To his own master he stands or falls; and he will stand, for the Lord is able to make him stand. -- romans 14:4 +. +One person regards one day above another, another regards every day alike. Each person must be fully convinced in his own mind. -- romans 14:5 +. +He who observes the day, observes it for the Lord, and he who eats, does so for the Lord, for he gives thanks to God; and he who eats not, for the Lord he does not eat, and gives thanks to God. -- romans 14:6 +. +For not one of us lives for himself, and not one dies for himself; -- romans 14:7 +. +for if we live, we live for the Lord, or if we die, we die for the Lord; therefore whether we live or die, we are the Lord's. -- romans 14:8 +. +For to this end Christ died and lived again, that He might be Lord both of the dead and of the living. -- romans 14:9 +. +But you, why do you judge your brother? Or you again, why do you regard your brother with contempt? For we will all stand before the judgment seat of God. -- romans 14:10 +. +For it is written, "AS I LIVE, SAYS THE LORD, EVERY KNEE SHALL BOW TO ME, AND EVERY TONGUE SHALL GIVE PRAISE TO GOD." -- romans 14:11 +. +So then each one of us will give an account of himself to God. -- romans 14:12 +. +Therefore let us not judge one another anymore, but rather determine this--not to put an obstacle or a stumbling block in a brother's way. -- romans 14:13 +. +I know and am convinced in the Lord Jesus that nothing is unclean in itself; but to him who thinks anything to be unclean, to him it is unclean. -- romans 14:14 +. +For if because of food your brother is hurt, you are no longer walking according to love. Do not destroy with your food him for whom Christ died. -- romans 14:15 +. +Therefore do not let what is for you a good thing be spoken of as evil; -- romans 14:16 +. +for the kingdom of God is not eating and drinking, but righteousness and peace and joy in the Holy Spirit. -- romans 14:17 +. +For he who in this way serves Christ is acceptable to God and approved by men. -- romans 14:18 +. +So then we pursue the things which make for peace and the building up of one another. -- romans 14:19 +. +Do not tear down the work of God for the sake of food. All things indeed are clean, but they are evil for the man who eats and gives offense. -- romans 14:20 +. +It is good not to eat meat or to drink wine, or to do anything by which your brother stumbles. -- romans 14:21 +. +The faith which you have, have as your own conviction before God. Happy is he who does not condemn himself in what he approves. -- romans 14:22 +. +But he who doubts is condemned if he eats, because his eating is not from faith; and whatever is not from faith is sin. -- romans 14:23 +. +Now we who are strong ought to bear the weaknesses of those without strength and not just please ourselves. -- romans 15:1 +. +Each of us is to please his neighbor for his good, to his edification. -- romans 15:2 +. +For even Christ did not please Himself; but as it is written, "THE REPROACHES OF THOSE WHO REPROACHED YOU FELL ON ME." -- romans 15:3 +. +For whatever was written in earlier times was written for our instruction, so that through perseverance and the encouragement of the Scriptures we might have hope. -- romans 15:4 +. +Now may the God who gives perseverance and encouragement grant you to be of the same mind with one another according to Christ Jesus, -- romans 15:5 +. +so that with one accord you may with one voice glorify the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ. -- romans 15:6 +. +Therefore, accept one another, just as Christ also accepted us to the glory of God. -- romans 15:7 +. +For I say that Christ has become a servant to the circumcision on behalf of the truth of God to confirm the promises given to the fathers, -- romans 15:8 +. +and for the Gentiles to glorify God for His mercy; as it is written, "THEREFORE I WILL GIVE PRAISE TO YOU AMONG THE GENTILES, AND I WILL SING TO YOUR NAME." -- romans 15:9 +. +Again he says, "REJOICE, O GENTILES, WITH HIS PEOPLE." -- romans 15:10 +. +And again, "PRAISE THE LORD ALL YOU GENTILES, AND LET ALL THE PEOPLES PRAISE HIM." -- romans 15:11 +. +Again Isaiah says, "THERE SHALL COME THE ROOT OF JESSE, AND HE WHO ARISES TO RULE OVER THE GENTILES, IN HIM SHALL THE GENTILES HOPE." -- romans 15:12 +. +Now may the God of hope fill you with all joy and peace in believing, so that you will abound in hope by the power of the Holy Spirit. -- romans 15:13 +. +And concerning you, my brethren, I myself also am convinced that you yourselves are full of goodness, filled with all knowledge and able also to admonish one another. -- romans 15:14 +. +But I have written very boldly to you on some points so as to remind you again, because of the grace that was given me from God, -- romans 15:15 +. +to be a minister of Christ Jesus to the Gentiles, ministering as a priest the gospel of God, so that my offering of the Gentiles may become acceptable, sanctified by the Holy Spirit. -- romans 15:16 +. +Therefore in Christ Jesus I have found reason for boasting in things pertaining to God. -- romans 15:17 +. +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, -- romans 15:18 +. +in the power of signs and wonders, in the power of the Spirit; so that from Jerusalem and round about as far as Illyricum I have fully preached the gospel of Christ. -- romans 15:19 +. +And thus I aspired to preach the gospel, not where Christ was already named, so that I would not build on another man's foundation; -- romans 15:20 +. +but as it is written, "THEY WHO HAD NO NEWS OF HIM SHALL SEE, AND THEY WHO HAVE NOT HEARD SHALL UNDERSTAND." -- romans 15:21 +. +For this reason I have often been prevented from coming to you; -- romans 15:22 +. +but now, with no further place for me in these regions, and since I have had for many years a longing to come to you -- romans 15:23 +. +whenever I go to Spain--for I hope to see you in passing, and to be helped on my way there by you, when I have first enjoyed your company for a while-- -- romans 15:24 +. +but now, I am going to Jerusalem serving the saints. -- romans 15:25 +. +For Macedonia and Achaia have been pleased to make a contribution for the poor among the saints in Jerusalem. -- romans 15:26 +. +Yes, they were pleased to do so, and they are indebted to them. For if the Gentiles have shared in their spiritual things, they are indebted to minister to them also in material things. -- romans 15:27 +. +Therefore, when I have finished this, and have put my seal on this fruit of theirs, I will go on by way of you to Spain. -- romans 15:28 +. +I know that when I come to you, I will come in the fullness of the blessing of Christ. -- romans 15:29 +. +Now I urge you, brethren, by our Lord Jesus Christ and by the love of the Spirit, to strive together with me in your prayers to God for me, -- romans 15:30 +. +that I may be rescued from those who are disobedient in Judea, and that my service for Jerusalem may prove acceptable to the saints; -- romans 15:31 +. +so that I may come to you in joy by the will of God and find refreshing rest in your company. -- romans 15:32 +. +Now the God of peace be with you all. Amen. -- romans 15:33 +. +I commend to you our sister Phoebe, who is a servant of the church which is at Cenchrea; -- romans 16:1 +. +that you receive her in the Lord in a manner worthy of the saints, and that you help her in whatever matter she may have need of you; for she herself has also been a helper of many, and of myself as well. -- romans 16:2 +. +Greet Prisca and Aquila, my fellow workers in Christ Jesus, -- romans 16:3 +. +who for my life risked their own necks, to whom not only do I give thanks, but also all the churches of the Gentiles; -- romans 16:4 +. +also greet the church that is in their house. Greet Epaenetus, my beloved, who is the first convert to Christ from Asia. -- romans 16:5 +. +Greet Mary, who has worked hard for you. -- romans 16:6 +. +Greet Andronicus and Junias, my kinsmen and my fellow prisoners, who are outstanding among the apostles, who also were in Christ before me. -- romans 16:7 +. +Greet Ampliatus, my beloved in the Lord. -- romans 16:8 +. +Greet Urbanus, our fellow worker in Christ, and Stachys my beloved. -- romans 16:9 +. +Greet Apelles, the approved in Christ. Greet those who are of the household of Aristobulus. -- romans 16:10 +. +Greet Herodion, my kinsman. Greet those of the household of Narcissus, who are in the Lord. -- romans 16:11 +. +Greet Tryphaena and Tryphosa, workers in the Lord. Greet Persis the beloved, who has worked hard in the Lord. -- romans 16:12 +. +Greet Rufus, a choice man in the Lord, also his mother and mine. -- romans 16:13 +. +Greet Asyncritus, Phlegon, Hermes, Patrobas, Hermas and the brethren with them. -- romans 16:14 +. +Greet Philologus and Julia, Nereus and his sister, and Olympas, and all the saints who are with them. -- romans 16:15 +. +Greet one another with a holy kiss. All the churches of Christ greet you. -- romans 16:16 +. +Now I urge you, brethren, keep your eye on those who cause dissensions and hindrances contrary to the teaching which you learned, and turn away from them. -- romans 16:17 +. +For such men are slaves, not of our Lord Christ but of their own appetites; and by their smooth and flattering speech they deceive the hearts of the unsuspecting. -- romans 16:18 +. +For the report of your obedience has reached to all; therefore I am rejoicing over you, but I want you to be wise in what is good and innocent in what is evil. -- romans 16:19 +. +The God of peace will soon crush Satan under your feet. The grace of our Lord Jesus be with you. -- romans 16:20 +. +Timothy my fellow worker greets you, and so do Lucius and Jason and Sosipater, my kinsmen. -- romans 16:21 +. +I, Tertius, who write this letter, greet you in the Lord. -- romans 16:22 +. +Gaius, host to me and to the whole church, greets you. Erastus, the city treasurer greets you, and Quartus, the brother. -- romans 16:23 +. +[The grace of our Lord Jesus Christ be with you all. Amen.] -- romans 16:24 +. +Now to Him who is able to establish you according to my gospel and the preaching of Jesus Christ, according to the revelation of the mystery which has been kept secret for long ages past, -- romans 16:25 +. +but now is manifested, and by the Scriptures of the prophets, according to the commandment of the eternal God, has been made known to all the nations, leading to obedience of faith; -- romans 16:26 +. +to the only wise God, through Jesus Christ, be the glory forever. Amen. -- romans 16:27 +. +Paul, called as an apostle of Jesus Christ by the will of God, and Sosthenes our brother, -- 1 corinthians 1:1 +. +To the church of God which is at Corinth, to those who have been sanctified in Christ Jesus, saints by calling, with all who in every place call on the name of our Lord Jesus Christ, their Lord and ours: -- 1 corinthians 1:2 +. +Grace to you and peace from God our Father and the Lord Jesus Christ. -- 1 corinthians 1:3 +. +I thank my God always concerning you for the grace of God which was given you in Christ Jesus, -- 1 corinthians 1:4 +. +that in everything you were enriched in Him, in all speech and all knowledge, -- 1 corinthians 1:5 +. +even as the testimony concerning Christ was confirmed in you, -- 1 corinthians 1:6 +. +so that you are not lacking in any gift, awaiting eagerly the revelation of our Lord Jesus Christ, -- 1 corinthians 1:7 +. +who will also confirm you to the end, blameless in the day of our Lord Jesus Christ. -- 1 corinthians 1:8 +. +God is faithful, through whom you were called into fellowship with His Son, Jesus Christ our Lord. -- 1 corinthians 1:9 +. +Now I exhort you, brethren, by the name of our Lord Jesus Christ, that you all agree and that there be no divisions among you, but that you be made complete in the same mind and in the same judgment. -- 1 corinthians 1:10 +. +For I have been informed concerning you, my brethren, by Chloe's people, that there are quarrels among you. -- 1 corinthians 1:11 +. +Now I mean this, that each one of you is saying, "I am of Paul," and "I of Apollos," and "I of Cephas," and "I of Christ." -- 1 corinthians 1:12 +. +Has Christ been divided? Paul was not crucified for you, was he? Or were you baptized in the name of Paul? -- 1 corinthians 1:13 +. +I thank God that I baptized none of you except Crispus and Gaius, -- 1 corinthians 1:14 +. +so that no one would say you were baptized in my name. -- 1 corinthians 1:15 +. +Now I did baptize also the household of Stephanas; beyond that, I do not know whether I baptized any other. -- 1 corinthians 1:16 +. +For Christ did not send me to baptize, but to preach the gospel, not in cleverness of speech, so that the cross of Christ would not be made void. -- 1 corinthians 1:17 +. +For the word of the cross is foolishness to those who are perishing, but to us who are being saved it is the power of God. -- 1 corinthians 1:18 +. +For it is written, "I WILL DESTROY THE WISDOM OF THE WISE, AND THE CLEVERNESS OF THE CLEVER I WILL SET ASIDE." -- 1 corinthians 1:19 +. +Where is the wise man? Where is the scribe? Where is the debater of this age? Has not God made foolish the wisdom of the world? -- 1 corinthians 1:20 +. +For since in the wisdom of God the world through its wisdom did not come to know God, God was well-pleased through the foolishness of the message preached to save those who believe. -- 1 corinthians 1:21 +. +For indeed Jews ask for signs and Greeks search for wisdom; -- 1 corinthians 1:22 +. +but we preach Christ crucified, to Jews a stumbling block and to Gentiles foolishness, -- 1 corinthians 1:23 +. +but to those who are the called, both Jews and Greeks, Christ the power of God and the wisdom of God. -- 1 corinthians 1:24 +. +Because the foolishness of God is wiser than men, and the weakness of God is stronger than men. -- 1 corinthians 1:25 +. +For consider your calling, brethren, that there were not many wise according to the flesh, not many mighty, not many noble; -- 1 corinthians 1:26 +. +but God has chosen the foolish things of the world to shame the wise, and God has chosen the weak things of the world to shame the things which are strong, -- 1 corinthians 1:27 +. +and the base things of the world and the despised God has chosen, the things that are not, so that He may nullify the things that are, -- 1 corinthians 1:28 +. +so that no man may boast before God. -- 1 corinthians 1:29 +. +But by His doing you are in Christ Jesus, who became to us wisdom from God, and righteousness and sanctification, and redemption, -- 1 corinthians 1:30 +. +so that, just as it is written, "LET HIM WHO BOASTS, BOAST IN THE LORD." -- 1 corinthians 1:31 +. +And when I came to you, brethren, I did not come with superiority of speech or of wisdom, proclaiming to you the testimony of God. -- 1 corinthians 2:1 +. +For I determined to know nothing among you except Jesus Christ, and Him crucified. -- 1 corinthians 2:2 +. +I was with you in weakness and in fear and in much trembling, -- 1 corinthians 2:3 +. +and my message and my preaching were not in persuasive words of wisdom, but in demonstration of the Spirit and of power, -- 1 corinthians 2:4 +. +so that your faith would not rest on the wisdom of men, but on the power of God. -- 1 corinthians 2:5 +. +Yet we do speak wisdom among those who are mature; a wisdom, however, not of this age nor of the rulers of this age, who are passing away; -- 1 corinthians 2:6 +. +but we speak God's wisdom in a mystery, the hidden wisdom which God predestined before the ages to our glory; -- 1 corinthians 2:7 +. +the wisdom which none of the rulers of this age has understood; for if they had understood it they would not have crucified the Lord of glory; -- 1 corinthians 2:8 +. +but just as it is written, "THINGS WHICH EYE HAS NOT SEEN AND EAR HAS NOT HEARD, AND which HAVE NOT ENTERED THE HEART OF MAN, ALL THAT GOD HAS PREPARED FOR THOSE WHO LOVE HIM." -- 1 corinthians 2:9 +. +For to us God revealed them through the Spirit; for the Spirit searches all things, even the depths of God. -- 1 corinthians 2:10 +. +For who among men knows the thoughts of a man except the spirit of the man which is in him? Even so the thoughts of God no one knows except the Spirit of God. -- 1 corinthians 2:11 +. +Now we have received, not the spirit of the world, but the Spirit who is from God, so that we may know the things freely given to us by God, -- 1 corinthians 2:12 +. +which things we also speak, not in words taught by human wisdom, but in those taught by the Spirit, combining spiritual thoughts with spiritual words. -- 1 corinthians 2:13 +. +But a natural man does not accept the things of the Spirit of God, for they are foolishness to him; and he cannot understand them, because they are spiritually appraised. -- 1 corinthians 2:14 +. +But he who is spiritual appraises all things, yet he himself is appraised by no one. -- 1 corinthians 2:15 +. +For WHO HAS KNOWN THE MIND OF THE LORD, THAT HE WILL INSTRUCT HIM? But we have the mind of Christ. -- 1 corinthians 2:16 +. +And I, brethren, could not speak to you as to spiritual men, but as to men of flesh, as to infants in Christ. -- 1 corinthians 3:1 +. +I gave you milk to drink, not solid food; for you were not yet able to receive it. Indeed, even now you are not yet able, -- 1 corinthians 3:2 +. +for you are still fleshly. For since there is jealousy and strife among you, are you not fleshly, and are you not walking like mere men? -- 1 corinthians 3:3 +. +For when one says, "I am of Paul," and another, "I am of Apollos," are you not mere men? -- 1 corinthians 3:4 +. +What then is Apollos? And what is Paul? Servants through whom you believed, even as the Lord gave opportunity to each one. -- 1 corinthians 3:5 +. +I planted, Apollos watered, but God was causing the growth. -- 1 corinthians 3:6 +. +So then neither the one who plants nor the one who waters is anything, but God who causes the growth. -- 1 corinthians 3:7 +. +Now he who plants and he who waters are one; but each will receive his own reward according to his own labor. -- 1 corinthians 3:8 +. +For we are God's fellow workers; you are God's field, God's building. -- 1 corinthians 3:9 +. +According to the grace of God which was given to me, like a wise master builder I laid a foundation, and another is building on it. But each man must be careful how he builds on it. -- 1 corinthians 3:10 +. +For no man can lay a foundation other than the one which is laid, which is Jesus Christ. -- 1 corinthians 3:11 +. +Now if any man builds on the foundation with gold, silver, precious stones, wood, hay, straw, -- 1 corinthians 3:12 +. +each man's work will become evident; for the day will show it because it is to be revealed with fire, and the fire itself will test the quality of each man's work. -- 1 corinthians 3:13 +. +If any man's work which he has built on it remains, he will receive a reward. -- 1 corinthians 3:14 +. +If any man's work is burned up, he will suffer loss; but he himself will be saved, yet so as through fire. -- 1 corinthians 3:15 +. +Do you not know that you are a temple of God and that the Spirit of God dwells in you? -- 1 corinthians 3:16 +. +If any man destroys the temple of God, God will destroy him, for the temple of God is holy, and that is what you are. -- 1 corinthians 3:17 +. +Let no man deceive himself. If any man among you thinks that he is wise in this age, he must become foolish, so that he may become wise. -- 1 corinthians 3:18 +. +For the wisdom of this world is foolishness before God. For it is written, "He is THE ONE WHO CATCHES THE WISE IN THEIR CRAFTINESS"; -- 1 corinthians 3:19 +. +and again, "THE LORD KNOWS THE REASONINGS of the wise, THAT THEY ARE USELESS." -- 1 corinthians 3:20 +. +So then let no one boast in men. For all things belong to you, -- 1 corinthians 3:21 +. +whether Paul or Apollos or Cephas or the world or life or death or things present or things to come; all things belong to you, -- 1 corinthians 3:22 +. +and you belong to Christ; and Christ belongs to God. -- 1 corinthians 3:23 +. +Let a man regard us in this manner, as servants of Christ and stewards of the mysteries of God. -- 1 corinthians 4:1 +. +In this case, moreover, it is required of stewards that one be found trustworthy. -- 1 corinthians 4:2 +. +But to me it is a very small thing that I may be examined by you, or by any human court; in fact, I do not even examine myself. -- 1 corinthians 4:3 +. +For I am conscious of nothing against myself, yet I am not by this acquitted; but the one who examines me is the Lord. -- 1 corinthians 4:4 +. +Therefore do not go on passing judgment before the time, but wait until the Lord comes who will both bring to light the things hidden in the darkness and disclose the motives of men's hearts; and then each man's praise will come to him from God. -- 1 corinthians 4:5 +. +Now these things, brethren, I have figuratively applied to myself and Apollos for your sakes, so that in us you may learn not to exceed what is written, so that no one of you will become arrogant in behalf of one against the other. -- 1 corinthians 4:6 +. +For who regards you as superior? What do you have that you did not receive? And if you did receive it, why do you boast as if you had not received it? -- 1 corinthians 4:7 +. +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. -- 1 corinthians 4:8 +. +For, I think, God has exhibited us apostles last of all, as men condemned to death; because we have become a spectacle to the world, both to angels and to men. -- 1 corinthians 4:9 +. +We are fools for Christ's sake, but you are prudent in Christ; we are weak, but you are strong; you are distinguished, but we are without honor. -- 1 corinthians 4:10 +. +To this present hour we are both hungry and thirsty, and are poorly clothed, and are roughly treated, and are homeless; -- 1 corinthians 4:11 +. +and we toil, working with our own hands; when we are reviled, we bless; when we are persecuted, we endure; -- 1 corinthians 4:12 +. +when we are slandered, we try to conciliate; we have become as the scum of the world, the dregs of all things, even until now. -- 1 corinthians 4:13 +. +I do not write these things to shame you, but to admonish you as my beloved children. -- 1 corinthians 4:14 +. +For if you were to have countless tutors in Christ, yet you would not have many fathers, for in Christ Jesus I became your father through the gospel. -- 1 corinthians 4:15 +. +Therefore I exhort you, be imitators of me. -- 1 corinthians 4:16 +. +For this reason I have sent to you Timothy, who is my beloved and faithful child in the Lord, and he will remind you of my ways which are in Christ, just as I teach everywhere in every church. -- 1 corinthians 4:17 +. +Now some have become arrogant, as though I were not coming to you. -- 1 corinthians 4:18 +. +But I will come to you soon, if the Lord wills, and I shall find out, not the words of those who are arrogant but their power. -- 1 corinthians 4:19 +. +For the kingdom of God does not consist in words but in power. -- 1 corinthians 4:20 +. +What do you desire? Shall I come to you with a rod, or with love and a spirit of gentleness? -- 1 corinthians 4:21 +. +It is actually reported that there is immorality among you, and immorality of such a kind as does not exist even among the Gentiles, that someone has his father's wife. -- 1 corinthians 5:1 +. +You have become arrogant and have not mourned instead, so that the one who had done this deed would be removed from your midst. -- 1 corinthians 5:2 +. +For I, on my part, though absent in body but present in spirit, have already judged him who has so committed this, as though I were present. -- 1 corinthians 5:3 +. +In the name of our Lord Jesus, when you are assembled, and I with you in spirit, with the power of our Lord Jesus, -- 1 corinthians 5:4 +. +I have decided to deliver such a one to Satan for the destruction of his flesh, so that his spirit may be saved in the day of the Lord Jesus. -- 1 corinthians 5:5 +. +Your boasting is not good. Do you not know that a little leaven leavens the whole lump of dough? -- 1 corinthians 5:6 +. +Clean out the old leaven so that you may be a new lump, just as you are in fact unleavened. For Christ our Passover also has been sacrificed. -- 1 corinthians 5:7 +. +Therefore let us celebrate the feast, not with old leaven, nor with the leaven of malice and wickedness, but with the unleavened bread of sincerity and truth. -- 1 corinthians 5:8 +. +I wrote you in my letter not to associate with immoral people; -- 1 corinthians 5:9 +. +I did not at all mean with the immoral people of this world, or with the covetous and swindlers, or with idolaters, for then you would have to go out of the world. -- 1 corinthians 5:10 +. +But actually, I wrote to you not to associate with any so-called brother if he is an immoral person, or covetous, or an idolater, or a reviler, or a drunkard, or a swindler--not even to eat with such a one. -- 1 corinthians 5:11 +. +For what have I to do with judging outsiders? Do you not judge those who are within the church? -- 1 corinthians 5:12 +. +But those who are outside, God judges. REMOVE THE WICKED MAN FROM AMONG YOURSELVES. -- 1 corinthians 5:13 +. +Does any one of you, when he has a case against his neighbor, dare to go to law before the unrighteous and not before the saints? -- 1 corinthians 6:1 +. +Or do you not know that the saints will judge the world? If the world is judged by you, are you not competent to constitute the smallest law courts? -- 1 corinthians 6:2 +. +Do you not know that we will judge angels? How much more matters of this life? -- 1 corinthians 6:3 +. +So if you have law courts dealing with matters of this life, do you appoint them as judges who are of no account in the church? -- 1 corinthians 6:4 +. +I say this to your shame. Is it so, that there is not among you one wise man who will be able to decide between his brethren, -- 1 corinthians 6:5 +. +but brother goes to law with brother, and that before unbelievers? -- 1 corinthians 6:6 +. +Actually, then, it is already a defeat for you, that you have lawsuits with one another. Why not rather be wronged? Why not rather be defrauded? -- 1 corinthians 6:7 +. +On the contrary, you yourselves wrong and defraud. You do this even to your brethren. -- 1 corinthians 6:8 +. +Or do you not know that the unrighteous will not inherit the kingdom of God? Do not be deceived; neither fornicators, nor idolaters, nor adulterers, nor effeminate, nor homosexuals, -- 1 corinthians 6:9 +. +nor thieves, nor the covetous, nor drunkards, nor revilers, nor swindlers, will inherit the kingdom of God. -- 1 corinthians 6:10 +. +Such were some of you; but you were washed, but you were sanctified, but you were justified in the name of the Lord Jesus Christ and in the Spirit of our God. -- 1 corinthians 6:11 +. +All things are lawful for me, but not all things are profitable. All things are lawful for me, but I will not be mastered by anything. -- 1 corinthians 6:12 +. +Food is for the stomach and the stomach is for food, but God will do away with both of them. Yet the body is not for immorality, but for the Lord, and the Lord is for the body. -- 1 corinthians 6:13 +. +Now God has not only raised the Lord, but will also raise us up through His power. -- 1 corinthians 6:14 +. +Do you not know that your bodies are members of Christ? Shall I then take away the members of Christ and make them members of a prostitute? May it never be! -- 1 corinthians 6:15 +. +Or do you not know that the one who joins himself to a prostitute is one body with her? For He says, "THE TWO SHALL BECOME ONE FLESH." -- 1 corinthians 6:16 +. +But the one who joins himself to the Lord is one spirit with Him. -- 1 corinthians 6:17 +. +Flee immorality. Every other sin that a man commits is outside the body, but the immoral man sins against his own body. -- 1 corinthians 6:18 +. +Or do you not know that your body is a temple of the Holy Spirit who is in you, whom you have from God, and that you are not your own? -- 1 corinthians 6:19 +. +For you have been bought with a price: therefore glorify God in your body. -- 1 corinthians 6:20 +. +Now concerning the things about which you wrote, it is good for a man not to touch a woman. -- 1 corinthians 7:1 +. +But because of immoralities, each man is to have his own wife, and each woman is to have her own husband. -- 1 corinthians 7:2 +. +The husband must fulfill his duty to his wife, and likewise also the wife to her husband. -- 1 corinthians 7:3 +. +The wife does not have authority over her own body, but the husband does; and likewise also the husband does not have authority over his own body, but the wife does. -- 1 corinthians 7:4 +. +Stop depriving one another, except by agreement for a time, so that you may devote yourselves to prayer, and come together again so that Satan will not tempt you because of your lack of self-control. -- 1 corinthians 7:5 +. +But this I say by way of concession, not of command. -- 1 corinthians 7:6 +. +Yet I wish that all men were even as I myself am. However, each man has his own gift from God, one in this manner, and another in that. -- 1 corinthians 7:7 +. +But I say to the unmarried and to widows that it is good for them if they remain even as I. -- 1 corinthians 7:8 +. +But if they do not have self-control, let them marry; for it is better to marry than to burn with passion. -- 1 corinthians 7:9 +. +But to the married I give instructions, not I, but the Lord, that the wife should not leave her husband -- 1 corinthians 7:10 +. +(but if she does leave, she must remain unmarried, or else be reconciled to her husband), and that the husband should not divorce his wife. -- 1 corinthians 7:11 +. +But to the rest I say, not the Lord, that if any brother has a wife who is an unbeliever, and she consents to live with him, he must not divorce her. -- 1 corinthians 7:12 +. +And a woman who has an unbelieving husband, and he consents to live with her, she must not send her husband away. -- 1 corinthians 7:13 +. +For the unbelieving husband is sanctified through his wife, and the unbelieving wife is sanctified through her believing husband; for otherwise your children are unclean, but now they are holy. -- 1 corinthians 7:14 +. +Yet if the unbelieving one leaves, let him leave; the brother or the sister is not under bondage in such cases, but God has called us to peace. -- 1 corinthians 7:15 +. +For how do you know, O wife, whether you will save your husband? Or how do you know, O husband, whether you will save your wife? -- 1 corinthians 7:16 +. +Only, as the Lord has assigned to each one, as God has called each, in this manner let him walk. And so I direct in all the churches. -- 1 corinthians 7:17 +. +Was any man called when he was already circumcised? He is not to become uncircumcised. Has anyone been called in uncircumcision? He is not to be circumcised. -- 1 corinthians 7:18 +. +Circumcision is nothing, and uncircumcision is nothing, but what matters is the keeping of the commandments of God. -- 1 corinthians 7:19 +. +Each man must remain in that condition in which he was called. -- 1 corinthians 7:20 +. +Were you called while a slave? Do not worry about it; but if you are able also to become free, rather do that. -- 1 corinthians 7:21 +. +For he who was called in the Lord while a slave, is the Lord's freedman; likewise he who was called while free, is Christ's slave. -- 1 corinthians 7:22 +. +You were bought with a price; do not become slaves of men. -- 1 corinthians 7:23 +. +Brethren, each one is to remain with God in that condition in which he was called. -- 1 corinthians 7:24 +. +Now concerning virgins I have no command of the Lord, but I give an opinion as one who by the mercy of the Lord is trustworthy. -- 1 corinthians 7:25 +. +I think then that this is good in view of the present distress, that it is good for a man to remain as he is. -- 1 corinthians 7:26 +. +Are you bound to a wife? Do not seek to be released. Are you released from a wife? Do not seek a wife. -- 1 corinthians 7:27 +. +But if you marry, you have not sinned; and if a virgin marries, she has not sinned. Yet such will have trouble in this life, and I am trying to spare you. -- 1 corinthians 7:28 +. +But this I say, brethren, the time has been shortened, so that from now on those who have wives should be as though they had none; -- 1 corinthians 7:29 +. +and those who weep, as though they did not weep; and those who rejoice, as though they did not rejoice; and those who buy, as though they did not possess; -- 1 corinthians 7:30 +. +and those who use the world, as though they did not make full use of it; for the form of this world is passing away. -- 1 corinthians 7:31 +. +But I want you to be free from concern. One who is unmarried is concerned about the things of the Lord, how he may please the Lord; -- 1 corinthians 7:32 +. +but one who is married is concerned about the things of the world, how he may please his wife, -- 1 corinthians 7:33 +. +and his interests are divided. The woman who is unmarried, and the virgin, is concerned about the things of the Lord, that she may be holy both in body and spirit; but one who is married is concerned about the things of the world, how she may please her husband. -- 1 corinthians 7:34 +. +This I say for your own benefit; not to put a restraint upon you, but to promote what is appropriate and to secure undistracted devotion to the Lord. -- 1 corinthians 7:35 +. +But if any man thinks that he is acting unbecomingly toward his virgin daughter, if she is past her youth, and if it must be so, let him do what he wishes, he does not sin; let her marry. -- 1 corinthians 7:36 +. +But he who stands firm in his heart, being under no constraint, but has authority over his own will, and has decided this in his own heart, to keep his own virgin daughter, he will do well. -- 1 corinthians 7:37 +. +So then both he who gives his own virgin daughter in marriage does well, and he who does not give her in marriage will do better. -- 1 corinthians 7:38 +. +A wife is bound as long as her husband lives; but if her husband is dead, she is free to be married to whom she wishes, only in the Lord. -- 1 corinthians 7:39 +. +But in my opinion she is happier if she remains as she is; and I think that I also have the Spirit of God. -- 1 corinthians 7:40 +. +Now concerning things sacrificed to idols, we know that we all have knowledge. Knowledge makes arrogant, but love edifies. -- 1 corinthians 8:1 +. +If anyone supposes that he knows anything, he has not yet known as he ought to know; -- 1 corinthians 8:2 +. +but if anyone loves God, he is known by Him. -- 1 corinthians 8:3 +. +Therefore concerning the eating of things sacrificed to idols, we know that there is no such thing as an idol in the world, and that there is no God but one. -- 1 corinthians 8:4 +. +For even if there are so-called gods whether in heaven or on earth, as indeed there are many gods and many lords, -- 1 corinthians 8:5 +. +yet for us there is but one God, the Father, from whom are all things and we exist for Him; and one Lord, Jesus Christ, by whom are all things, and we exist through Him. -- 1 corinthians 8:6 +. +However not all men have this knowledge; but some, being accustomed to the idol until now, eat food as if it were sacrificed to an idol; and their conscience being weak is defiled. -- 1 corinthians 8:7 +. +But food will not commend us to God; we are neither the worse if we do not eat, nor the better if we do eat. -- 1 corinthians 8:8 +. +But take care that this liberty of yours does not somehow become a stumbling block to the weak. -- 1 corinthians 8:9 +. +For if someone sees you, who have knowledge, dining in an idol's temple, will not his conscience, if he is weak, be strengthened to eat things sacrificed to idols? -- 1 corinthians 8:10 +. +For through your knowledge he who is weak is ruined, the brother for whose sake Christ died. -- 1 corinthians 8:11 +. +And so, by sinning against the brethren and wounding their conscience when it is weak, you sin against Christ. -- 1 corinthians 8:12 +. +Therefore, if food causes my brother to stumble, I will never eat meat again, so that I will not cause my brother to stumble. -- 1 corinthians 8:13 +. +Am I not free? Am I not an apostle? Have I not seen Jesus our Lord? Are you not my work in the Lord? -- 1 corinthians 9:1 +. +If to others I am not an apostle, at least I am to you; for you are the seal of my apostleship in the Lord. -- 1 corinthians 9:2 +. +My defense to those who examine me is this: -- 1 corinthians 9:3 +. +Do we not have a right to eat and drink? -- 1 corinthians 9:4 +. +Do we not have a right to take along a believing wife, even as the rest of the apostles and the brothers of the Lord and Cephas? -- 1 corinthians 9:5 +. +Or do only Barnabas and I not have a right to refrain from working? -- 1 corinthians 9:6 +. +Who at any time serves as a soldier at his own expense? Who plants a vineyard and does not eat the fruit of it? Or who tends a flock and does not use the milk of the flock? -- 1 corinthians 9:7 +. +I am not speaking these things according to human judgment, am I? Or does not the Law also say these things? -- 1 corinthians 9:8 +. +For it is written in the Law of Moses, "YOU SHALL NOT MUZZLE THE OX WHILE HE IS THRESHING." God is not concerned about oxen, is He? -- 1 corinthians 9:9 +. +Or is He speaking altogether for our sake? Yes, for our sake it was written, because the plowman ought to plow in hope, and the thresher to thresh in hope of sharing the crops. -- 1 corinthians 9:10 +. +If we sowed spiritual things in you, is it too much if we reap material things from you? -- 1 corinthians 9:11 +. +If others share the right over you, do we not more? Nevertheless, we did not use this right, but we endure all things so that we will cause no hindrance to the gospel of Christ. -- 1 corinthians 9:12 +. +Do you not know that those who perform sacred services eat the food of the temple, and those who attend regularly to the altar have their share from the altar? -- 1 corinthians 9:13 +. +So also the Lord directed those who proclaim the gospel to get their living from the gospel. -- 1 corinthians 9:14 +. +But I have used none of these things. And I am not writing these things so that it will be done so in my case; for it would be better for me to die than have any man make my boast an empty one. -- 1 corinthians 9:15 +. +For if I preach the gospel, I have nothing to boast of, for I am under compulsion; for woe is me if I do not preach the gospel. -- 1 corinthians 9:16 +. +For if I do this voluntarily, I have a reward; but if against my will, I have a stewardship entrusted to me. -- 1 corinthians 9:17 +. +What then is my reward? That, when I preach the gospel, I may offer the gospel without charge, so as not to make full use of my right in the gospel. -- 1 corinthians 9:18 +. +For though I am free from all men, I have made myself a slave to all, so that I may win more. -- 1 corinthians 9:19 +. +To the Jews I became as a Jew, so that I might win Jews; to those who are under the Law, as under the Law though not being myself under the Law, so that I might win those who are under the Law; -- 1 corinthians 9:20 +. +to those who are without law, as without law, though not being without the law of God but under the law of Christ, so that I might win those who are without law. -- 1 corinthians 9:21 +. +To the weak I became weak, that I might win the weak; I have become all things to all men, so that I may by all means save some. -- 1 corinthians 9:22 +. +I do all things for the sake of the gospel, so that I may become a fellow partaker of it. -- 1 corinthians 9:23 +. +Do you not know that those who run in a race all run, but only one receives the prize? Run in such a way that you may win. -- 1 corinthians 9:24 +. +Everyone who competes in the games exercises self-control in all things. They then do it to receive a perishable wreath, but we an imperishable. -- 1 corinthians 9:25 +. +Therefore I run in such a way, as not without aim; I box in such a way, as not beating the air; -- 1 corinthians 9:26 +. +but I discipline my body and make it my slave, so that, after I have preached to others, I myself will not be disqualified. -- 1 corinthians 9:27 +. +For I do not want you to be unaware, brethren, that our fathers were all under the cloud and all passed through the sea; -- 1 corinthians 10:1 +. +and all were baptized into Moses in the cloud and in the sea; -- 1 corinthians 10:2 +. +and all ate the same spiritual food; -- 1 corinthians 10:3 +. +and all drank the same spiritual drink, for they were drinking from a spiritual rock which followed them; and the rock was Christ. -- 1 corinthians 10:4 +. +Nevertheless, with most of them God was not well-pleased; for they were laid low in the wilderness. -- 1 corinthians 10:5 +. +Now these things happened as examples for us, so that we would not crave evil things as they also craved. -- 1 corinthians 10:6 +. +Do not be idolaters, as some of them were; as it is written, "THE PEOPLE SAT DOWN TO EAT AND DRINK, AND STOOD UP TO PLAY." -- 1 corinthians 10:7 +. +Nor let us act immorally, as some of them did, and twenty-three thousand fell in one day. -- 1 corinthians 10:8 +. +Nor let us try the Lord, as some of them did, and were destroyed by the serpents. -- 1 corinthians 10:9 +. +Nor grumble, as some of them did, and were destroyed by the destroyer. -- 1 corinthians 10:10 +. +Now these things happened to them as an example, and they were written for our instruction, upon whom the ends of the ages have come. -- 1 corinthians 10:11 +. +Therefore let him who thinks he stands take heed that he does not fall. -- 1 corinthians 10:12 +. +No temptation has overtaken you but such as is common to man; and God is faithful, who will not allow you to be tempted beyond what you are able, but with the temptation will provide the way of escape also, so that you will be able to endure it. -- 1 corinthians 10:13 +. +Therefore, my beloved, flee from idolatry. -- 1 corinthians 10:14 +. +I speak as to wise men; you judge what I say. -- 1 corinthians 10:15 +. +Is not the cup of blessing which we bless a sharing in the blood of Christ? Is not the bread which we break a sharing in the body of Christ? -- 1 corinthians 10:16 +. +Since there is one bread, we who are many are one body; for we all partake of the one bread. -- 1 corinthians 10:17 +. +Look at the nation Israel; are not those who eat the sacrifices sharers in the altar? -- 1 corinthians 10:18 +. +What do I mean then? That a thing sacrificed to idols is anything, or that an idol is anything? -- 1 corinthians 10:19 +. +No, but I say that the things which the Gentiles sacrifice, they sacrifice to demons and not to God; and I do not want you to become sharers in demons. -- 1 corinthians 10:20 +. +You cannot drink the cup of the Lord and the cup of demons; you cannot partake of the table of the Lord and the table of demons. -- 1 corinthians 10:21 +. +Or do we provoke the Lord to jealousy? We are not stronger than He, are we? -- 1 corinthians 10:22 +. +All things are lawful, but not all things are profitable. All things are lawful, but not all things edify. -- 1 corinthians 10:23 +. +Let no one seek his own good, but that of his neighbor. -- 1 corinthians 10:24 +. +Eat anything that is sold in the meat market without asking questions for conscience' sake; -- 1 corinthians 10:25 +. +FOR THE EARTH IS THE LORD'S, AND ALL IT CONTAINS. -- 1 corinthians 10:26 +. +If one of the unbelievers invites you and you want to go, eat anything that is set before you without asking questions for conscience' sake. -- 1 corinthians 10:27 +. +But if anyone says to you, "This is meat sacrificed to idols," do not eat it, for the sake of the one who informed you, and for conscience' sake; -- 1 corinthians 10:28 +. +I mean not your own conscience, but the other man's; for why is my freedom judged by another's conscience? -- 1 corinthians 10:29 +. +If I partake with thankfulness, why am I slandered concerning that for which I give thanks? -- 1 corinthians 10:30 +. +Whether, then, you eat or drink or whatever you do, do all to the glory of God. -- 1 corinthians 10:31 +. +Give no offense either to Jews or to Greeks or to the church of God; -- 1 corinthians 10:32 +. +just as I also please all men in all things, not seeking my own profit but the profit of the many, so that they may be saved. -- 1 corinthians 10:33 +. +Be imitators of me, just as I also am of Christ. -- 1 corinthians 11:1 +. +Now I praise you because you remember me in everything and hold firmly to the traditions, just as I delivered them to you. -- 1 corinthians 11:2 +. +But I want you to understand that Christ is the head of every man, and the man is the head of a woman, and God is the head of Christ. -- 1 corinthians 11:3 +. +Every man who has something on his head while praying or prophesying disgraces his head. -- 1 corinthians 11:4 +. +But every woman who has her head uncovered while praying or prophesying disgraces her head, for she is one and the same as the woman whose head is shaved. -- 1 corinthians 11:5 +. +For if a woman does not cover her head, let her also have her hair cut off; but if it is disgraceful for a woman to have her hair cut off or her head shaved, let her cover her head. -- 1 corinthians 11:6 +. +For a man ought not to have his head covered, since he is the image and glory of God; but the woman is the glory of man. -- 1 corinthians 11:7 +. +For man does not originate from woman, but woman from man; -- 1 corinthians 11:8 +. +for indeed man was not created for the woman's sake, but woman for the man's sake. -- 1 corinthians 11:9 +. +Therefore the woman ought to have a symbol of authority on her head, because of the angels. -- 1 corinthians 11:10 +. +However, in the Lord, neither is woman independent of man, nor is man independent of woman. -- 1 corinthians 11:11 +. +For as the woman originates from the man, so also the man has his birth through the woman; and all things originate from God. -- 1 corinthians 11:12 +. +Judge for yourselves: is it proper for a woman to pray to God with her head uncovered? -- 1 corinthians 11:13 +. +Does not even nature itself teach you that if a man has long hair, it is a dishonor to him, -- 1 corinthians 11:14 +. +but if a woman has long hair, it is a glory to her? For her hair is given to her for a covering. -- 1 corinthians 11:15 +. +But if one is inclined to be contentious, we have no other practice, nor have the churches of God. -- 1 corinthians 11:16 +. +But in giving this instruction, I do not praise you, because you come together not for the better but for the worse. -- 1 corinthians 11:17 +. +For, in the first place, when you come together as a church, I hear that divisions exist among you; and in part I believe it. -- 1 corinthians 11:18 +. +For there must also be factions among you, so that those who are approved may become evident among you. -- 1 corinthians 11:19 +. +Therefore when you meet together, it is not to eat the Lord's Supper, -- 1 corinthians 11:20 +. +for in your eating each one takes his own supper first; and one is hungry and another is drunk. -- 1 corinthians 11:21 +. +What! Do you not have houses in which to eat and drink? Or do you despise the church of God and shame those who have nothing? What shall I say to you? Shall I praise you? In this I will not praise you. -- 1 corinthians 11:22 +. +For I received from the Lord that which I also delivered to you, that the Lord Jesus in the night in which He was betrayed took bread; -- 1 corinthians 11:23 +. +and when He had given thanks, He broke it and said, "This is My body, which is for you; do this in remembrance of Me." -- 1 corinthians 11:24 +. +In the same way He took the cup also after supper, saying, "This cup is the new covenant in My blood; do this, as often as you drink it, in remembrance of Me." -- 1 corinthians 11:25 +. +For as often as you eat this bread and drink the cup, you proclaim the Lord's death until He comes. -- 1 corinthians 11:26 +. +Therefore whoever eats the bread or drinks the cup of the Lord in an unworthy manner, shall be guilty of the body and the blood of the Lord. -- 1 corinthians 11:27 +. +But a man must examine himself, and in so doing he is to eat of the bread and drink of the cup. -- 1 corinthians 11:28 +. +For he who eats and drinks, eats and drinks judgment to himself if he does not judge the body rightly. -- 1 corinthians 11:29 +. +For this reason many among you are weak and sick, and a number sleep. -- 1 corinthians 11:30 +. +But if we judged ourselves rightly, we would not be judged. -- 1 corinthians 11:31 +. +But when we are judged, we are disciplined by the Lord so that we will not be condemned along with the world. -- 1 corinthians 11:32 +. +So then, my brethren, when you come together to eat, wait for one another. -- 1 corinthians 11:33 +. +If anyone is hungry, let him eat at home, so that you will not come together for judgment. The remaining matters I will arrange when I come. -- 1 corinthians 11:34 +. +Now concerning spiritual gifts, brethren, I do not want you to be unaware. -- 1 corinthians 12:1 +. +You know that when you were pagans, you were led astray to the mute idols, however you were led. -- 1 corinthians 12:2 +. +Therefore I make known to you that no one speaking by the Spirit of God says, "Jesus is accursed"; and no one can say, "Jesus is Lord," except by the Holy Spirit. -- 1 corinthians 12:3 +. +Now there are varieties of gifts, but the same Spirit. -- 1 corinthians 12:4 +. +And there are varieties of ministries, and the same Lord. -- 1 corinthians 12:5 +. +There are varieties of effects, but the same God who works all things in all persons. -- 1 corinthians 12:6 +. +But to each one is given the manifestation of the Spirit for the common good. -- 1 corinthians 12:7 +. +For to one is given the word of wisdom through the Spirit, and to another the word of knowledge according to the same Spirit; -- 1 corinthians 12:8 +. +to another faith by the same Spirit, and to another gifts of healing by the one Spirit, -- 1 corinthians 12:9 +. +and to another the effecting of miracles, and to another prophecy, and to another the distinguishing of spirits, to another various kinds of tongues, and to another the interpretation of tongues. -- 1 corinthians 12:10 +. +But one and the same Spirit works all these things, distributing to each one individually just as He wills. -- 1 corinthians 12:11 +. +For even as the body is one and yet has many members, and all the members of the body, though they are many, are one body, so also is Christ. -- 1 corinthians 12:12 +. +For by one Spirit we were all baptized into one body, whether Jews or Greeks, whether slaves or free, and we were all made to drink of one Spirit. -- 1 corinthians 12:13 +. +For the body is not one member, but many. -- 1 corinthians 12:14 +. +If the foot says, "Because I am not a hand, I am not a part of the body," it is not for this reason any the less a part of the body. -- 1 corinthians 12:15 +. +And if the ear says, "Because I am not an eye, I am not a part of the body," it is not for this reason any the less a part of the body. -- 1 corinthians 12:16 +. +If the whole body were an eye, where would the hearing be? If the whole were hearing, where would the sense of smell be? -- 1 corinthians 12:17 +. +But now God has placed the members, each one of them, in the body, just as He desired. -- 1 corinthians 12:18 +. +If they were all one member, where would the body be? -- 1 corinthians 12:19 +. +But now there are many members, but one body. -- 1 corinthians 12:20 +. +And the eye cannot say to the hand, "I have no need of you"; or again the head to the feet, "I have no need of you." -- 1 corinthians 12:21 +. +On the contrary, it is much truer that the members of the body which seem to be weaker are necessary; -- 1 corinthians 12:22 +. +and those members of the body which we deem less honorable, on these we bestow more abundant honor, and our less presentable members become much more presentable, -- 1 corinthians 12:23 +. +whereas our more presentable members have no need of it. But God has so composed the body, giving more abundant honor to that member which lacked, -- 1 corinthians 12:24 +. +so that there may be no division in the body, but that the members may have the same care for one another. -- 1 corinthians 12:25 +. +And if one member suffers, all the members suffer with it; if one member is honored, all the members rejoice with it. -- 1 corinthians 12:26 +. +Now you are Christ's body, and individually members of it. -- 1 corinthians 12:27 +. +And God has appointed in the church, first apostles, second prophets, third teachers, then miracles, then gifts of healings, helps, administrations, various kinds of tongues. -- 1 corinthians 12:28 +. +All are not apostles, are they? All are not prophets, are they? All are not teachers, are they? All are not workers of miracles, are they? -- 1 corinthians 12:29 +. +All do not have gifts of healings, do they? All do not speak with tongues, do they? All do not interpret, do they? -- 1 corinthians 12:30 +. +But earnestly desire the greater gifts. And I show you a still more excellent way. -- 1 corinthians 12:31 +. +If I speak with the tongues of men and of angels, but do not have love, I have become a noisy gong or a clanging cymbal. -- 1 corinthians 13:1 +. +If I have the gift of prophecy, and know all mysteries and all knowledge; and if I have all faith, so as to remove mountains, but do not have love, I am nothing. -- 1 corinthians 13:2 +. +And if I give all my possessions to feed the poor, and if I surrender my body to be burned, but do not have love, it profits me nothing. -- 1 corinthians 13:3 +. +Love is patient, love is kind and is not jealous; love does not brag and is not arrogant, -- 1 corinthians 13:4 +. +does not act unbecomingly; it does not seek its own, is not provoked, does not take into account a wrong suffered, -- 1 corinthians 13:5 +. +does not rejoice in unrighteousness, but rejoices with the truth; -- 1 corinthians 13:6 +. +bears all things, believes all things, hopes all things, endures all things. -- 1 corinthians 13:7 +. +Love never fails; but if there are gifts of prophecy, they will be done away; if there are tongues, they will cease; if there is knowledge, it will be done away. -- 1 corinthians 13:8 +. +For we know in part and we prophesy in part; -- 1 corinthians 13:9 +. +but when the perfect comes, the partial will be done away. -- 1 corinthians 13:10 +. +When I was a child, I used to speak like a child, think like a child, reason like a child; when I became a man, I did away with childish things. -- 1 corinthians 13:11 +. +For now we see in a mirror dimly, but then face to face; now I know in part, but then I will know fully just as I also have been fully known. -- 1 corinthians 13:12 +. +But now faith, hope, love, abide these three; but the greatest of these is love. -- 1 corinthians 13:13 +. +Pursue love, yet desire earnestly spiritual gifts, but especially that you may prophesy. -- 1 corinthians 14:1 +. +For one who speaks in a tongue does not speak to men but to God; for no one understands, but in his spirit he speaks mysteries. -- 1 corinthians 14:2 +. +But one who prophesies speaks to men for edification and exhortation and consolation. -- 1 corinthians 14:3 +. +One who speaks in a tongue edifies himself; but one who prophesies edifies the church. -- 1 corinthians 14:4 +. +Now I wish that you all spoke in tongues, but even more that you would prophesy; and greater is one who prophesies than one who speaks in tongues, unless he interprets, so that the church may receive edifying. -- 1 corinthians 14:5 +. +But now, brethren, if I come to you speaking in tongues, what will I profit you unless I speak to you either by way of revelation or of knowledge or of prophecy or of teaching? -- 1 corinthians 14:6 +. +Yet even lifeless things, either flute or harp, in producing a sound, if they do not produce a distinction in the tones, how will it be known what is played on the flute or on the harp? -- 1 corinthians 14:7 +. +For if the bugle produces an indistinct sound, who will prepare himself for battle? -- 1 corinthians 14:8 +. +So also you, unless you utter by the tongue speech that is clear, how will it be known what is spoken? For you will be speaking into the air. -- 1 corinthians 14:9 +. +There are, perhaps, a great many kinds of languages in the world, and no kind is without meaning. -- 1 corinthians 14:10 +. +If then I do not know the meaning of the language, I will be to the one who speaks a barbarian, and the one who speaks will be a barbarian to me. -- 1 corinthians 14:11 +. +So also you, since you are zealous of spiritual gifts, seek to abound for the edification of the church. -- 1 corinthians 14:12 +. +Therefore let one who speaks in a tongue pray that he may interpret. -- 1 corinthians 14:13 +. +For if I pray in a tongue, my spirit prays, but my mind is unfruitful. -- 1 corinthians 14:14 +. +What is the outcome then? I will pray with the spirit and I will pray with the mind also; I will sing with the spirit and I will sing with the mind also. -- 1 corinthians 14:15 +. +Otherwise if you bless in the spirit only, how will the one who fills the place of the ungifted say the "Amen" at your giving of thanks, since he does not know what you are saying? -- 1 corinthians 14:16 +. +For you are giving thanks well enough, but the other person is not edified. -- 1 corinthians 14:17 +. +I thank God, I speak in tongues more than you all; -- 1 corinthians 14:18 +. +however, in the church I desire to speak five words with my mind so that I may instruct others also, rather than ten thousand words in a tongue. -- 1 corinthians 14:19 +. +Brethren, do not be children in your thinking; yet in evil be infants, but in your thinking be mature. -- 1 corinthians 14:20 +. +In the Law it is written, "BY MEN OF STRANGE TONGUES AND BY THE LIPS OF STRANGERS I WILL SPEAK TO THIS PEOPLE, AND EVEN SO THEY WILL NOT LISTEN TO ME," says the Lord. -- 1 corinthians 14:21 +. +So then tongues are for a sign, not to those who believe but to unbelievers; but prophecy is for a sign, not to unbelievers but to those who believe. -- 1 corinthians 14:22 +. +Therefore if the whole church assembles together and all speak in tongues, and ungifted men or unbelievers enter, will they not say that you are mad? -- 1 corinthians 14:23 +. +But if all prophesy, and an unbeliever or an ungifted man enters, he is convicted by all, he is called to account by all; -- 1 corinthians 14:24 +. +the secrets of his heart are disclosed; and so he will fall on his face and worship God, declaring that God is certainly among you. -- 1 corinthians 14:25 +. +What is the outcome then, brethren? When you assemble, each one has a psalm, has a teaching, has a revelation, has a tongue, has an interpretation. Let all things be done for edification. -- 1 corinthians 14:26 +. +If anyone speaks in a tongue, it should be by two or at the most three, and each in turn, and one must interpret; -- 1 corinthians 14:27 +. +but if there is no interpreter, he must keep silent in the church; and let him speak to himself and to God. -- 1 corinthians 14:28 +. +Let two or three prophets speak, and let the others pass judgment. -- 1 corinthians 14:29 +. +But if a revelation is made to another who is seated, the first one must keep silent. -- 1 corinthians 14:30 +. +For you can all prophesy one by one, so that all may learn and all may be exhorted; -- 1 corinthians 14:31 +. +and the spirits of prophets are subject to prophets; -- 1 corinthians 14:32 +. +for God is not a God of confusion but of peace, as in all the churches of the saints. -- 1 corinthians 14:33 +. +The women are to keep silent in the churches; for they are not permitted to speak, but are to subject themselves, just as the Law also says. -- 1 corinthians 14:34 +. +If they desire to learn anything, let them ask their own husbands at home; for it is improper for a woman to speak in church. -- 1 corinthians 14:35 +. +Was it from you that the word of God first went forth? Or has it come to you only? -- 1 corinthians 14:36 +. +If anyone thinks he is a prophet or spiritual, let him recognize that the things which I write to you are the Lord's commandment. -- 1 corinthians 14:37 +. +But if anyone does not recognize this, he is not recognized. -- 1 corinthians 14:38 +. +Therefore, my brethren, desire earnestly to prophesy, and do not forbid to speak in tongues. -- 1 corinthians 14:39 +. +But all things must be done properly and in an orderly manner. -- 1 corinthians 14:40 +. +Now I make known to you, brethren, the gospel which I preached to you, which also you received, in which also you stand, -- 1 corinthians 15:1 +. +by which also you are saved, if you hold fast the word which I preached to you, unless you believed in vain. -- 1 corinthians 15:2 +. +For I delivered to you as of first importance what I also received, that Christ died for our sins according to the Scriptures, -- 1 corinthians 15:3 +. +and that He was buried, and that He was raised on the third day according to the Scriptures, -- 1 corinthians 15:4 +. +and that He appeared to Cephas, then to the twelve. -- 1 corinthians 15:5 +. +After that He appeared to more than five hundred brethren at one time, most of whom remain until now, but some have fallen asleep; -- 1 corinthians 15:6 +. +then He appeared to James, then to all the apostles; -- 1 corinthians 15:7 +. +and last of all, as to one untimely born, He appeared to me also. -- 1 corinthians 15:8 +. +For I am the least of the apostles, and not fit to be called an apostle, because I persecuted the church of God. -- 1 corinthians 15:9 +. +But by the grace of God I am what I am, and His grace toward me did not prove vain; but I labored even more than all of them, yet not I, but the grace of God with me. -- 1 corinthians 15:10 +. +Whether then it was I or they, so we preach and so you believed. -- 1 corinthians 15:11 +. +Now if Christ is preached, that He has been raised from the dead, how do some among you say that there is no resurrection of the dead? -- 1 corinthians 15:12 +. +But if there is no resurrection of the dead, not even Christ has been raised; -- 1 corinthians 15:13 +. +and if Christ has not been raised, then our preaching is vain, your faith also is vain. -- 1 corinthians 15:14 +. +Moreover we are even found to be false witnesses of God, because we testified against God that He raised Christ, whom He did not raise, if in fact the dead are not raised. -- 1 corinthians 15:15 +. +For if the dead are not raised, not even Christ has been raised; -- 1 corinthians 15:16 +. +and if Christ has not been raised, your faith is worthless; you are still in your sins. -- 1 corinthians 15:17 +. +Then those also who have fallen asleep in Christ have perished. -- 1 corinthians 15:18 +. +If we have hoped in Christ in this life only, we are of all men most to be pitied. -- 1 corinthians 15:19 +. +But now Christ has been raised from the dead, the first fruits of those who are asleep. -- 1 corinthians 15:20 +. +For since by a man came death, by a man also came the resurrection of the dead. -- 1 corinthians 15:21 +. +For as in Adam all die, so also in Christ all will be made alive. -- 1 corinthians 15:22 +. +But each in his own order: Christ the first fruits, after that those who are Christ's at His coming, -- 1 corinthians 15:23 +. +then comes the end, when He hands over the kingdom to the God and Father, when He has abolished all rule and all authority and power. -- 1 corinthians 15:24 +. +For He must reign until He has put all His enemies under His feet. -- 1 corinthians 15:25 +. +The last enemy that will be abolished is death. -- 1 corinthians 15:26 +. +For HE HAS PUT ALL THINGS IN SUBJECTION UNDER HIS FEET. But when He says, "All things are put in subjection," it is evident that He is excepted who put all things in subjection to Him. -- 1 corinthians 15:27 +. +When all things are subjected to Him, then the Son Himself also will be subjected to the One who subjected all things to Him, so that God may be all in all. -- 1 corinthians 15:28 +. +Otherwise, what will those do who are baptized for the dead? If the dead are not raised at all, why then are they baptized for them? -- 1 corinthians 15:29 +. +Why are we also in danger every hour? -- 1 corinthians 15:30 +. +I affirm, brethren, by the boasting in you which I have in Christ Jesus our Lord, I die daily. -- 1 corinthians 15:31 +. +If from human motives I fought with wild beasts at Ephesus, what does it profit me? If the dead are not raised, LET US EAT AND DRINK, FOR TOMORROW WE DIE. -- 1 corinthians 15:32 +. +Do not be deceived: "Bad company corrupts good morals." -- 1 corinthians 15:33 +. +Become sober-minded as you ought, and stop sinning; for some have no knowledge of God. I speak this to your shame. -- 1 corinthians 15:34 +. +But someone will say, "How are the dead raised? And with what kind of body do they come?" -- 1 corinthians 15:35 +. +You fool! That which you sow does not come to life unless it dies; -- 1 corinthians 15:36 +. +and that which you sow, you do not sow the body which is to be, but a bare grain, perhaps of wheat or of something else. -- 1 corinthians 15:37 +. +But God gives it a body just as He wished, and to each of the seeds a body of its own. -- 1 corinthians 15:38 +. +All flesh is not the same flesh, but there is one flesh of men, and another flesh of beasts, and another flesh of birds, and another of fish. -- 1 corinthians 15:39 +. +There are also heavenly bodies and earthly bodies, but the glory of the heavenly is one, and the glory of the earthly is another. -- 1 corinthians 15:40 +. +There is one glory of the sun, and another glory of the moon, and another glory of the stars; for star differs from star in glory. -- 1 corinthians 15:41 +. +So also is the resurrection of the dead. It is sown a perishable body, it is raised an imperishable body; -- 1 corinthians 15:42 +. +it is sown in dishonor, it is raised in glory; it is sown in weakness, it is raised in power; -- 1 corinthians 15:43 +. +it is sown a natural body, it is raised a spiritual body. If there is a natural body, there is also a spiritual body. -- 1 corinthians 15:44 +. +So also it is written, "The first MAN, Adam, BECAME A LIVING SOUL." The last Adam became a life-giving spirit. -- 1 corinthians 15:45 +. +However, the spiritual is not first, but the natural; then the spiritual. -- 1 corinthians 15:46 +. +The first man is from the earth, earthy; the second man is from heaven. -- 1 corinthians 15:47 +. +As is the earthy, so also are those who are earthy; and as is the heavenly, so also are those who are heavenly. -- 1 corinthians 15:48 +. +Just as we have borne the image of the earthy, we will also bear the image of the heavenly. -- 1 corinthians 15:49 +. +Now I say this, brethren, that flesh and blood cannot inherit the kingdom of God; nor does the perishable inherit the imperishable. -- 1 corinthians 15:50 +. +Behold, I tell you a mystery; we will not all sleep, but we will all be changed, -- 1 corinthians 15:51 +. +in a moment, in the twinkling of an eye, at the last trumpet; for the trumpet will sound, and the dead will be raised imperishable, and we will be changed. -- 1 corinthians 15:52 +. +For this perishable must put on the imperishable, and this mortal must put on immortality. -- 1 corinthians 15:53 +. +But when this perishable will have put on the imperishable, and this mortal will have put on immortality, then will come about the saying that is written, "DEATH IS SWALLOWED UP in victory. -- 1 corinthians 15:54 +. +"O DEATH, WHERE IS YOUR VICTORY? O DEATH, WHERE IS YOUR STING?" -- 1 corinthians 15:55 +. +The sting of death is sin, and the power of sin is the law; -- 1 corinthians 15:56 +. +but thanks be to God, who gives us the victory through our Lord Jesus Christ. -- 1 corinthians 15:57 +. +Therefore, my beloved brethren, be steadfast, immovable, always abounding in the work of the Lord, knowing that your toil is not in vain in the Lord. -- 1 corinthians 15:58 +. +Now concerning the collection for the saints, as I directed the churches of Galatia, so do you also. -- 1 corinthians 16:1 +. +On the first day of every week each one of you is to put aside and save, as he may prosper, so that no collections be made when I come. -- 1 corinthians 16:2 +. +When I arrive, whomever you may approve, I will send them with letters to carry your gift to Jerusalem; -- 1 corinthians 16:3 +. +and if it is fitting for me to go also, they will go with me. -- 1 corinthians 16:4 +. +But I will come to you after I go through Macedonia, for I am going through Macedonia; -- 1 corinthians 16:5 +. +and perhaps I will stay with you, or even spend the winter, so that you may send me on my way wherever I may go. -- 1 corinthians 16:6 +. +For I do not wish to see you now just in passing; for I hope to remain with you for some time, if the Lord permits. -- 1 corinthians 16:7 +. +But I will remain in Ephesus until Pentecost; -- 1 corinthians 16:8 +. +for a wide door for effective service has opened to me, and there are many adversaries. -- 1 corinthians 16:9 +. +Now if Timothy comes, see that he is with you without cause to be afraid, for he is doing the Lord's work, as I also am. -- 1 corinthians 16:10 +. +So let no one despise him. But send him on his way in peace, so that he may come to me; for I expect him with the brethren. -- 1 corinthians 16:11 +. +But concerning Apollos our brother, I encouraged him greatly to come to you with the brethren; and it was not at all his desire to come now, but he will come when he has opportunity. -- 1 corinthians 16:12 +. +Be on the alert, stand firm in the faith, act like men, be strong. -- 1 corinthians 16:13 +. +Let all that you do be done in love. -- 1 corinthians 16:14 +. +Now I urge you, brethren (you know the household of Stephanas, that they were the first fruits of Achaia, and that they have devoted themselves for ministry to the saints), -- 1 corinthians 16:15 +. +that you also be in subjection to such men and to everyone who helps in the work and labors. -- 1 corinthians 16:16 +. +I rejoice over the coming of Stephanas and Fortunatus and Achaicus, because they have supplied what was lacking on your part. -- 1 corinthians 16:17 +. +For they have refreshed my spirit and yours. Therefore acknowledge such men. -- 1 corinthians 16:18 +. +The churches of Asia greet you. Aquila and Prisca greet you heartily in the Lord, with the church that is in their house. -- 1 corinthians 16:19 +. +All the brethren greet you. Greet one another with a holy kiss. -- 1 corinthians 16:20 +. +The greeting is in my own hand--Paul. -- 1 corinthians 16:21 +. +If anyone does not love the Lord, he is to be accursed. Maranatha. -- 1 corinthians 16:22 +. +The grace of the Lord Jesus be with you. -- 1 corinthians 16:23 +. +My love be with you all in Christ Jesus. Amen. -- 1 corinthians 16:24 +. +Paul, an apostle of Christ Jesus by the will of God, and Timothy our brother, To the church of God which is at Corinth with all the saints who are throughout Achaia: -- 2 corinthians 1:1 +. +Grace to you and peace from God our Father and the Lord Jesus Christ. -- 2 corinthians 1:2 +. +Blessed be the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, the Father of mercies and God of all comfort, -- 2 corinthians 1:3 +. +who comforts us in all our affliction so that we will be able to comfort those who are in any affliction with the comfort with which we ourselves are comforted by God. -- 2 corinthians 1:4 +. +For just as the sufferings of Christ are ours in abundance, so also our comfort is abundant through Christ. -- 2 corinthians 1:5 +. +But if we are afflicted, it is for your comfort and salvation; or if we are comforted, it is for your comfort, which is effective in the patient enduring of the same sufferings which we also suffer; -- 2 corinthians 1:6 +. +and our hope for you is firmly grounded, knowing that as you are sharers of our sufferings, so also you are sharers of our comfort. -- 2 corinthians 1:7 +. +For we do not want you to be unaware, brethren, of our affliction which came to us in Asia, that we were burdened excessively, beyond our strength, so that we despaired even of life; -- 2 corinthians 1:8 +. +indeed, we had the sentence of death within ourselves so that we would not trust in ourselves, but in God who raises the dead; -- 2 corinthians 1:9 +. +who delivered us from so great a peril of death, and will deliver us, He on whom we have set our hope. And He will yet deliver us, -- 2 corinthians 1:10 +. +you also joining in helping us through your prayers, so that thanks may be given by many persons on our behalf for the favor bestowed on us through the prayers of many. -- 2 corinthians 1:11 +. +For our proud confidence is this: the testimony of our conscience, that in holiness and godly sincerity, not in fleshly wisdom but in the grace of God, we have conducted ourselves in the world, and especially toward you. -- 2 corinthians 1:12 +. +For we write nothing else to you than what you read and understand, and I hope you will understand until the end; -- 2 corinthians 1:13 +. +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. -- 2 corinthians 1:14 +. +In this confidence I intended at first to come to you, so that you might twice receive a blessing; -- 2 corinthians 1:15 +. +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. -- 2 corinthians 1:16 +. +Therefore, I was not vacillating when I intended to do this, was I? Or what I purpose, do I purpose according to the flesh, so that with me there will be yes, yes and no, no at the same time? -- 2 corinthians 1:17 +. +But as God is faithful, our word to you is not yes and no. -- 2 corinthians 1:18 +. +For the Son of God, Christ Jesus, who was preached among you by us--by me and Silvanus and Timothy--was not yes and no, but is yes in Him. -- 2 corinthians 1:19 +. +For as many as are the promises of God, in Him they are yes; therefore also through Him is our Amen to the glory of God through us. -- 2 corinthians 1:20 +. +Now He who establishes us with you in Christ and anointed us is God, -- 2 corinthians 1:21 +. +who also sealed us and gave us the Spirit in our hearts as a pledge. -- 2 corinthians 1:22 +. +But I call God as witness to my soul, that to spare you I did not come again to Corinth. -- 2 corinthians 1:23 +. +Not that we lord it over your faith, but are workers with you for your joy; for in your faith you are standing firm. -- 2 corinthians 1:24 +. +But I determined this for my own sake, that I would not come to you in sorrow again. -- 2 corinthians 2:1 +. +For if I cause you sorrow, who then makes me glad but the one whom I made sorrowful? -- 2 corinthians 2:2 +. +This is the very thing I wrote you, so that when I came, I would not have sorrow from those who ought to make me rejoice; having confidence in you all that my joy would be the joy of you all. -- 2 corinthians 2:3 +. +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. -- 2 corinthians 2:4 +. +But if any has caused sorrow, he has caused sorrow not to me, but in some degree--in order not to say too much--to all of you. -- 2 corinthians 2:5 +. +Sufficient for such a one is this punishment which was inflicted by the majority, -- 2 corinthians 2:6 +. +so that on the contrary you should rather forgive and comfort him, otherwise such a one might be overwhelmed by excessive sorrow. -- 2 corinthians 2:7 +. +Wherefore I urge you to reaffirm your love for him. -- 2 corinthians 2:8 +. +For to this end also I wrote, so that I might put you to the test, whether you are obedient in all things. -- 2 corinthians 2:9 +. +But one whom you forgive anything, I forgive also; for indeed what I have forgiven, if I have forgiven anything, I did it for your sakes in the presence of Christ, -- 2 corinthians 2:10 +. +so that no advantage would be taken of us by Satan, for we are not ignorant of his schemes. -- 2 corinthians 2:11 +. +Now when I came to Troas for the gospel of Christ and when a door was opened for me in the Lord, -- 2 corinthians 2:12 +. +I had no rest for my spirit, not finding Titus my brother; but taking my leave of them, I went on to Macedonia. -- 2 corinthians 2:13 +. +But thanks be to God, who always leads us in triumph in Christ, and manifests through us the sweet aroma of the knowledge of Him in every place. -- 2 corinthians 2:14 +. +For we are a fragrance of Christ to God among those who are being saved and among those who are perishing; -- 2 corinthians 2:15 +. +to the one an aroma from death to death, to the other an aroma from life to life. And who is adequate for these things? -- 2 corinthians 2:16 +. +For we are not like many, peddling the word of God, but as from sincerity, but as from God, we speak in Christ in the sight of God. -- 2 corinthians 2:17 +. +Are we beginning to commend ourselves again? Or do we need, as some, letters of commendation to you or from you? -- 2 corinthians 3:1 +. +You are our letter, written in our hearts, known and read by all men; -- 2 corinthians 3:2 +. +being manifested that you are a letter of Christ, cared for by us, written not with ink but with the Spirit of the living God, not on tablets of stone but on tablets of human hearts. -- 2 corinthians 3:3 +. +Such confidence we have through Christ toward God. -- 2 corinthians 3:4 +. +Not that we are adequate in ourselves to consider anything as coming from ourselves, but our adequacy is from God, -- 2 corinthians 3:5 +. +who also made us adequate as servants of a new covenant, not of the letter but of the Spirit; for the letter kills, but the Spirit gives life. -- 2 corinthians 3:6 +. +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, -- 2 corinthians 3:7 +. +how will the ministry of the Spirit fail to be even more with glory? -- 2 corinthians 3:8 +. +For if the ministry of condemnation has glory, much more does the ministry of righteousness abound in glory. -- 2 corinthians 3:9 +. +For indeed what had glory, in this case has no glory because of the glory that surpasses it. -- 2 corinthians 3:10 +. +For if that which fades away was with glory, much more that which remains is in glory. -- 2 corinthians 3:11 +. +Therefore having such a hope, we use great boldness in our speech, -- 2 corinthians 3:12 +. +and are not like Moses, who used to put a veil over his face so that the sons of Israel would not look intently at the end of what was fading away. -- 2 corinthians 3:13 +. +But their minds were hardened; for until this very day at the reading of the old covenant the same veil remains unlifted, because it is removed in Christ. -- 2 corinthians 3:14 +. +But to this day whenever Moses is read, a veil lies over their heart; -- 2 corinthians 3:15 +. +but whenever a person turns to the Lord, the veil is taken away. -- 2 corinthians 3:16 +. +Now the Lord is the Spirit, and where the Spirit of the Lord is, there is liberty. -- 2 corinthians 3:17 +. +But we all, with unveiled face, beholding as in a mirror the glory of the Lord, are being transformed into the same image from glory to glory, just as from the Lord, the Spirit. -- 2 corinthians 3:18 +. +Therefore, since we have this ministry, as we received mercy, we do not lose heart, -- 2 corinthians 4:1 +. +but we have renounced the things hidden because of shame, not walking in craftiness or adulterating the word of God, but by the manifestation of truth commending ourselves to every man's conscience in the sight of God. -- 2 corinthians 4:2 +. +And even if our gospel is veiled, it is veiled to those who are perishing, -- 2 corinthians 4:3 +. +in whose case the god of this world has blinded the minds of the unbelieving so that they might not see the light of the gospel of the glory of Christ, who is the image of God. -- 2 corinthians 4:4 +. +For we do not preach ourselves but Christ Jesus as Lord, and ourselves as your bond-servants for Jesus' sake. -- 2 corinthians 4:5 +. +For God, who said, "Light shall shine out of darkness," is the One who has shone in our hearts to give the Light of the knowledge of the glory of God in the face of Christ. -- 2 corinthians 4:6 +. +But we have this treasure in earthen vessels, so that the surpassing greatness of the power will be of God and not from ourselves; -- 2 corinthians 4:7 +. +we are afflicted in every way, but not crushed; perplexed, but not despairing; -- 2 corinthians 4:8 +. +persecuted, but not forsaken; struck down, but not destroyed; -- 2 corinthians 4:9 +. +always carrying about in the body the dying of Jesus, so that the life of Jesus also may be manifested in our body. -- 2 corinthians 4:10 +. +For we who live are constantly being delivered over to death for Jesus' sake, so that the life of Jesus also may be manifested in our mortal flesh. -- 2 corinthians 4:11 +. +So death works in us, but life in you. -- 2 corinthians 4:12 +. +But having the same spirit of faith, according to what is written, "I BELIEVED, THEREFORE I SPOKE," we also believe, therefore we also speak, -- 2 corinthians 4:13 +. +knowing that He who raised the Lord Jesus will raise us also with Jesus and will present us with you. -- 2 corinthians 4:14 +. +For all things are for your sakes, so that the grace which is spreading to more and more people may cause the giving of thanks to abound to the glory of God. -- 2 corinthians 4:15 +. +Therefore we do not lose heart, but though our outer man is decaying, yet our inner man is being renewed day by day. -- 2 corinthians 4:16 +. +For momentary, light affliction is producing for us an eternal weight of glory far beyond all comparison, -- 2 corinthians 4:17 +. +while we look not at the things which are seen, but at the things which are not seen; for the things which are seen are temporal, but the things which are not seen are eternal. -- 2 corinthians 4:18 +. +For we know that if the earthly tent which is our house is torn down, we have a building from God, a house not made with hands, eternal in the heavens. -- 2 corinthians 5:1 +. +For indeed in this house we groan, longing to be clothed with our dwelling from heaven, -- 2 corinthians 5:2 +. +inasmuch as we, having put it on, will not be found naked. -- 2 corinthians 5:3 +. +For indeed while we are in this tent, we groan, being burdened, because we do not want to be unclothed but to be clothed, so that what is mortal will be swallowed up by life. -- 2 corinthians 5:4 +. +Now He who prepared us for this very purpose is God, who gave to us the Spirit as a pledge. -- 2 corinthians 5:5 +. +Therefore, being always of good courage, and knowing that while we are at home in the body we are absent from the Lord-- -- 2 corinthians 5:6 +. +for we walk by faith, not by sight-- -- 2 corinthians 5:7 +. +we are of good courage, I say, and prefer rather to be absent from the body and to be at home with the Lord. -- 2 corinthians 5:8 +. +Therefore we also have as our ambition, whether at home or absent, to be pleasing to Him. -- 2 corinthians 5:9 +. +For we must all appear before the judgment seat of Christ, so that each one may be recompensed for his deeds in the body, according to what he has done, whether good or bad. -- 2 corinthians 5:10 +. +Therefore, knowing the fear of the Lord, we persuade men, but we are made manifest to God; and I hope that we are made manifest also in your consciences. -- 2 corinthians 5:11 +. +We are not again commending ourselves to you but are giving you an occasion to be proud of us, so that you will have an answer for those who take pride in appearance and not in heart. -- 2 corinthians 5:12 +. +For if we are beside ourselves, it is for God; if we are of sound mind, it is for you. -- 2 corinthians 5:13 +. +For the love of Christ controls us, having concluded this, that one died for all, therefore all died; -- 2 corinthians 5:14 +. +and He died for all, so that they who live might no longer live for themselves, but for Him who died and rose again on their behalf. -- 2 corinthians 5:15 +. +Therefore from now on we recognize no one according to the flesh; even though we have known Christ according to the flesh, yet now we know Him in this way no longer. -- 2 corinthians 5:16 +. +Therefore if anyone is in Christ, he is a new creature; the old things passed away; behold, new things have come. -- 2 corinthians 5:17 +. +Now all these things are from God, who reconciled us to Himself through Christ and gave us the ministry of reconciliation, -- 2 corinthians 5:18 +. +namely, that God was in Christ reconciling the world to Himself, not counting their trespasses against them, and He has committed to us the word of reconciliation. -- 2 corinthians 5:19 +. +Therefore, we are ambassadors for Christ, as though God were making an appeal through us; we beg you on behalf of Christ, be reconciled to God. -- 2 corinthians 5:20 +. +He made Him who knew no sin to be sin on our behalf, so that we might become the righteousness of God in Him. -- 2 corinthians 5:21 +. +And working together with Him, we also urge you not to receive the grace of God in vain-- -- 2 corinthians 6:1 +. +for He says, "AT THE ACCEPTABLE TIME I LISTENED TO YOU, AND ON THE DAY OF SALVATION I HELPED YOU." Behold, now is "THE ACCEPTABLE TIME," behold, now is "THE DAY OF SALVATION"-- -- 2 corinthians 6:2 +. +giving no cause for offense in anything, so that the ministry will not be discredited, -- 2 corinthians 6:3 +. +but in everything commending ourselves as servants of God, in much endurance, in afflictions, in hardships, in distresses, -- 2 corinthians 6:4 +. +in beatings, in imprisonments, in tumults, in labors, in sleeplessness, in hunger, -- 2 corinthians 6:5 +. +in purity, in knowledge, in patience, in kindness, in the Holy Spirit, in genuine love, -- 2 corinthians 6:6 +. +in the word of truth, in the power of God; by the weapons of righteousness for the right hand and the left, -- 2 corinthians 6:7 +. +by glory and dishonor, by evil report and good report; regarded as deceivers and yet true; -- 2 corinthians 6:8 +. +as unknown yet well-known, as dying yet behold, we live; as punished yet not put to death, -- 2 corinthians 6:9 +. +as sorrowful yet always rejoicing, as poor yet making many rich, as having nothing yet possessing all things. -- 2 corinthians 6:10 +. +Our mouth has spoken freely to you, O Corinthians, our heart is opened wide. -- 2 corinthians 6:11 +. +You are not restrained by us, but you are restrained in your own affections. -- 2 corinthians 6:12 +. +Now in a like exchange--I speak as to children--open wide to us also. -- 2 corinthians 6:13 +. +Do not be bound together with unbelievers; for what partnership have righteousness and lawlessness, or what fellowship has light with darkness? -- 2 corinthians 6:14 +. +Or what harmony has Christ with Belial, or what has a believer in common with an unbeliever? -- 2 corinthians 6:15 +. +Or what agreement has the temple of God with idols? For we are the temple of the living God; just as God said, "I WILL DWELL IN THEM AND WALK AMONG THEM; AND I WILL BE THEIR GOD, AND THEY SHALL BE MY PEOPLE. -- 2 corinthians 6:16 +. +"Therefore, COME OUT FROM THEIR MIDST AND BE SEPARATE," says the Lord. "AND DO NOT TOUCH WHAT IS UNCLEAN; And I will welcome you. -- 2 corinthians 6:17 +. +"And I will be a father to you, And you shall be sons and daughters to Me," Says the Lord Almighty. -- 2 corinthians 6:18 +. +Therefore, having these promises, beloved, let us cleanse ourselves from all defilement of flesh and spirit, perfecting holiness in the fear of God. -- 2 corinthians 7:1 +. +Make room for us in your hearts; we wronged no one, we corrupted no one, we took advantage of no one. -- 2 corinthians 7:2 +. +I do not speak to condemn you, for I have said before that you are in our hearts to die together and to live together. -- 2 corinthians 7:3 +. +Great is my confidence in you; great is my boasting on your behalf. I am filled with comfort; I am overflowing with joy in all our affliction. -- 2 corinthians 7:4 +. +For even when we came into Macedonia our flesh had no rest, but we were afflicted on every side: conflicts without, fears within. -- 2 corinthians 7:5 +. +But God, who comforts the depressed, comforted us by the coming of Titus; -- 2 corinthians 7:6 +. +and not only by his coming, but also by the comfort with which he was comforted in you, as he reported to us your longing, your mourning, your zeal for me; so that I rejoiced even more. -- 2 corinthians 7:7 +. +For though I caused you sorrow by my letter, I do not regret it; though I did regret it--for I see that that letter caused you sorrow, though only for a while-- -- 2 corinthians 7:8 +. +I now rejoice, not that you were made sorrowful, but that you were made sorrowful to the point of repentance; for you were made sorrowful according to the will of God, so that you might not suffer loss in anything through us. -- 2 corinthians 7:9 +. +For the sorrow that is according to the will of God produces a repentance without regret, leading to salvation, but the sorrow of the world produces death. -- 2 corinthians 7:10 +. +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. -- 2 corinthians 7:11 +. +So although I wrote to you, it was not for the sake of the offender nor for the sake of the one offended, but that your earnestness on our behalf might be made known to you in the sight of God. -- 2 corinthians 7:12 +. +For this reason we have been comforted. And besides our comfort, we rejoiced even much more for the joy of Titus, because his spirit has been refreshed by you all. -- 2 corinthians 7:13 +. +For if in anything I have boasted to him about you, I was not put to shame; but as we spoke all things to you in truth, so also our boasting before Titus proved to be the truth. -- 2 corinthians 7:14 +. +His affection abounds all the more toward you, as he remembers the obedience of you all, how you received him with fear and trembling. -- 2 corinthians 7:15 +. +I rejoice that in everything I have confidence in you. -- 2 corinthians 7:16 +. +Now, brethren, we wish to make known to you the grace of God which has been given in the churches of Macedonia, -- 2 corinthians 8:1 +. +that in a great ordeal of affliction their abundance of joy and their deep poverty overflowed in the wealth of their liberality. -- 2 corinthians 8:2 +. +For I testify that according to their ability, and beyond their ability, they gave of their own accord, -- 2 corinthians 8:3 +. +begging us with much urging for the favor of participation in the support of the saints, -- 2 corinthians 8:4 +. +and this, not as we had expected, but they first gave themselves to the Lord and to us by the will of God. -- 2 corinthians 8:5 +. +So we urged Titus that as he had previously made a beginning, so he would also complete in you this gracious work as well. -- 2 corinthians 8:6 +. +But just as you abound in everything, in faith and utterance and knowledge and in all earnestness and in the love we inspired in you, see that you abound in this gracious work also. -- 2 corinthians 8:7 +. +I am not speaking this as a command, but as proving through the earnestness of others the sincerity of your love also. -- 2 corinthians 8:8 +. +For you know the grace of our Lord Jesus Christ, that though He was rich, yet for your sake He became poor, so that you through His poverty might become rich. -- 2 corinthians 8:9 +. +I give my opinion in this matter, for this is to your advantage, who were the first to begin a year ago not only to do this, but also to desire to do it. -- 2 corinthians 8:10 +. +But now finish doing it also, so that just as there was the readiness to desire it, so there may be also the completion of it by your ability. -- 2 corinthians 8:11 +. +For if the readiness is present, it is acceptable according to what a person has, not according to what he does not have. -- 2 corinthians 8:12 +. +For this is not for the ease of others and for your affliction, but by way of equality-- -- 2 corinthians 8:13 +. +at this present time your abundance being a supply for their need, so that their abundance also may become a supply for your need, that there may be equality; -- 2 corinthians 8:14 +. +as it is written, "HE WHO gathered MUCH DID NOT HAVE TOO MUCH, AND HE WHO gathered LITTLE HAD NO LACK." -- 2 corinthians 8:15 +. +But thanks be to God who puts the same earnestness on your behalf in the heart of Titus. -- 2 corinthians 8:16 +. +For he not only accepted our appeal, but being himself very earnest, he has gone to you of his own accord. -- 2 corinthians 8:17 +. +We have sent along with him the brother whose fame in the things of the gospel has spread through all the churches; -- 2 corinthians 8:18 +. +and not only this, but he has also been appointed by the churches to travel with us in this gracious work, which is being administered by us for the glory of the Lord Himself, and to show our readiness, -- 2 corinthians 8:19 +. +taking precaution so that no one will discredit us in our administration of this generous gift; -- 2 corinthians 8:20 +. +for we have regard for what is honorable, not only in the sight of the Lord, but also in the sight of men. -- 2 corinthians 8:21 +. +We have sent with them our brother, whom we have often tested and found diligent in many things, but now even more diligent because of his great confidence in you. -- 2 corinthians 8:22 +. +As for Titus, he is my partner and fellow worker among you; as for our brethren, they are messengers of the churches, a glory to Christ. -- 2 corinthians 8:23 +. +Therefore openly before the churches, show them the proof of your love and of our reason for boasting about you. -- 2 corinthians 8:24 +. +For it is superfluous for me to write to you about this ministry to the saints; -- 2 corinthians 9:1 +. +for I know your readiness, of which I boast about you to the Macedonians, namely, that Achaia has been prepared since last year, and your zeal has stirred up most of them. -- 2 corinthians 9:2 +. +But I have sent the brethren, in order that our boasting about you may not be made empty in this case, so that, as I was saying, you may be prepared; -- 2 corinthians 9:3 +. +otherwise if any Macedonians come with me and find you unprepared, we--not to speak of you--will be put to shame by this confidence. -- 2 corinthians 9:4 +. +So I thought it necessary to urge the brethren that they would go on ahead to you and arrange beforehand your previously promised bountiful gift, so that the same would be ready as a bountiful gift and not affected by covetousness. -- 2 corinthians 9:5 +. +Now this I say, he who sows sparingly will also reap sparingly, and he who sows bountifully will also reap bountifully. -- 2 corinthians 9:6 +. +Each one must do just as he has purposed in his heart, not grudgingly or under compulsion, for God loves a cheerful giver. -- 2 corinthians 9:7 +. +And God is able to make all grace abound to you, so that always having all sufficiency in everything, you may have an abundance for every good deed; -- 2 corinthians 9:8 +. +as it is written, "HE SCATTERED ABROAD, HE GAVE TO THE POOR, HIS RIGHTEOUSNESS ENDURES FOREVER." -- 2 corinthians 9:9 +. +Now He who supplies seed to the sower and bread for food will supply and multiply your seed for sowing and increase the harvest of your righteousness; -- 2 corinthians 9:10 +. +you will be enriched in everything for all liberality, which through us is producing thanksgiving to God. -- 2 corinthians 9:11 +. +For the ministry of this service is not only fully supplying the needs of the saints, but is also overflowing through many thanksgivings to God. -- 2 corinthians 9:12 +. +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, -- 2 corinthians 9:13 +. +while they also, by prayer on your behalf, yearn for you because of the surpassing grace of God in you. -- 2 corinthians 9:14 +. +Thanks be to God for His indescribable gift! -- 2 corinthians 9:15 +. +Now I, Paul, myself urge you by the meekness and gentleness of Christ--I who am meek when face to face with you, but bold toward you when absent! -- 2 corinthians 10:1 +. +I ask that when I am present I need not be bold with the confidence with which I propose to be courageous against some, who regard us as if we walked according to the flesh. -- 2 corinthians 10:2 +. +For though we walk in the flesh, we do not war according to the flesh, -- 2 corinthians 10:3 +. +for the weapons of our warfare are not of the flesh, but divinely powerful for the destruction of fortresses. -- 2 corinthians 10:4 +. +We are destroying speculations and every lofty thing raised up against the knowledge of God, and we are taking every thought captive to the obedience of Christ, -- 2 corinthians 10:5 +. +and we are ready to punish all disobedience, whenever your obedience is complete. -- 2 corinthians 10:6 +. +You are looking at things as they are outwardly. If anyone is confident in himself that he is Christ's, let him consider this again within himself, that just as he is Christ's, so also are we. -- 2 corinthians 10:7 +. +For even if I boast somewhat further about our authority, which the Lord gave for building you up and not for destroying you, I will not be put to shame, -- 2 corinthians 10:8 +. +for I do not wish to seem as if I would terrify you by my letters. -- 2 corinthians 10:9 +. +For they say, "His letters are weighty and strong, but his personal presence is unimpressive and his speech contemptible." -- 2 corinthians 10:10 +. +Let such a person consider this, that what we are in word by letters when absent, such persons we are also in deed when present. -- 2 corinthians 10:11 +. +For we are not bold to class or compare ourselves with some of those who commend themselves; but when they measure themselves by themselves and compare themselves with themselves, they are without understanding. -- 2 corinthians 10:12 +. +But we will not boast beyond our measure, but within the measure of the sphere which God apportioned to us as a measure, to reach even as far as you. -- 2 corinthians 10:13 +. +For we are not overextending ourselves, as if we did not reach to you, for we were the first to come even as far as you in the gospel of Christ; -- 2 corinthians 10:14 +. +not boasting beyond our measure, that is, in other men's labors, but with the hope that as your faith grows, we will be, within our sphere, enlarged even more by you, -- 2 corinthians 10:15 +. +so as to preach the gospel even to the regions beyond you, and not to boast in what has been accomplished in the sphere of another. -- 2 corinthians 10:16 +. +But HE WHO BOASTS IS TO BOAST IN THE LORD. -- 2 corinthians 10:17 +. +For it is not he who commends himself that is approved, but he whom the Lord commends. -- 2 corinthians 10:18 +. +I wish that you would bear with me in a little foolishness; but indeed you are bearing with me. -- 2 corinthians 11:1 +. +For I am jealous for you with a godly jealousy; for I betrothed you to one husband, so that to Christ I might present you as a pure virgin. -- 2 corinthians 11:2 +. +But I am afraid that, as the serpent deceived Eve by his craftiness, your minds will be led astray from the simplicity and purity of devotion to Christ. -- 2 corinthians 11:3 +. +For if one comes and preaches another Jesus whom we have not preached, or you receive a different spirit which you have not received, or a different gospel which you have not accepted, you bear this beautifully. -- 2 corinthians 11:4 +. +For I consider myself not in the least inferior to the most eminent apostles. -- 2 corinthians 11:5 +. +But even if I am unskilled in speech, yet I am not so in knowledge; in fact, in every way we have made this evident to you in all things. -- 2 corinthians 11:6 +. +Or did I commit a sin in humbling myself so that you might be exalted, because I preached the gospel of God to you without charge? -- 2 corinthians 11:7 +. +I robbed other churches by taking wages from them to serve you; -- 2 corinthians 11:8 +. +and when I was present with you and was in need, I was not a burden to anyone; for when the brethren came from Macedonia they fully supplied my need, and in everything I kept myself from being a burden to you, and will continue to do so. -- 2 corinthians 11:9 +. +As the truth of Christ is in me, this boasting of mine will not be stopped in the regions of Achaia. -- 2 corinthians 11:10 +. +Why? Because I do not love you? God knows I do! -- 2 corinthians 11:11 +. +But what I am doing I will continue to do, so that I may cut off opportunity from those who desire an opportunity to be regarded just as we are in the matter about which they are boasting. -- 2 corinthians 11:12 +. +For such men are false apostles, deceitful workers, disguising themselves as apostles of Christ. -- 2 corinthians 11:13 +. +No wonder, for even Satan disguises himself as an angel of light. -- 2 corinthians 11:14 +. +Therefore it is not surprising if his servants also disguise themselves as servants of righteousness, whose end will be according to their deeds. -- 2 corinthians 11:15 +. +Again I say, let no one think me foolish; but if you do, receive me even as foolish, so that I also may boast a little. -- 2 corinthians 11:16 +. +What I am saying, I am not saying as the Lord would, but as in foolishness, in this confidence of boasting. -- 2 corinthians 11:17 +. +Since many boast according to the flesh, I will boast also. -- 2 corinthians 11:18 +. +For you, being so wise, tolerate the foolish gladly. -- 2 corinthians 11:19 +. +For you tolerate it if anyone enslaves you, anyone devours you, anyone takes advantage of you, anyone exalts himself, anyone hits you in the face. -- 2 corinthians 11:20 +. +To my shame I must say that we have been weak by comparison. But in whatever respect anyone else is bold--I speak in foolishness--I am just as bold myself. -- 2 corinthians 11:21 +. +Are they Hebrews? So am I. Are they Israelites? So am I. Are they descendants of Abraham? So am I. -- 2 corinthians 11:22 +. +Are they servants of Christ?--I speak as if insane--I more so; in far more labors, in far more imprisonments, beaten times without number, often in danger of death. -- 2 corinthians 11:23 +. +Five times I received from the Jews thirty-nine lashes. -- 2 corinthians 11:24 +. +Three times I was beaten with rods, once I was stoned, three times I was shipwrecked, a night and a day I have spent in the deep. -- 2 corinthians 11:25 +. +I have been on frequent journeys, in dangers from rivers, dangers from robbers, dangers from my countrymen, dangers from the Gentiles, dangers in the city, dangers in the wilderness, dangers on the sea, dangers among false brethren; -- 2 corinthians 11:26 +. +I have been in labor and hardship, through many sleepless nights, in hunger and thirst, often without food, in cold and exposure. -- 2 corinthians 11:27 +. +Apart from such external things, there is the daily pressure on me of concern for all the churches. -- 2 corinthians 11:28 +. +Who is weak without my being weak? Who is led into sin without my intense concern? -- 2 corinthians 11:29 +. +If I have to boast, I will boast of what pertains to my weakness. -- 2 corinthians 11:30 +. +The God and Father of the Lord Jesus, He who is blessed forever, knows that I am not lying. -- 2 corinthians 11:31 +. +In Damascus the ethnarch under Aretas the king was guarding the city of the Damascenes in order to seize me, -- 2 corinthians 11:32 +. +and I was let down in a basket through a window in the wall, and so escaped his hands. -- 2 corinthians 11:33 +. +Boasting is necessary, though it is not profitable; but I will go on to visions and revelations of the Lord. -- 2 corinthians 12:1 +. +I know a man in Christ who fourteen years ago--whether in the body I do not know, or out of the body I do not know, God knows--such a man was caught up to the third heaven. -- 2 corinthians 12:2 +. +And I know how such a man--whether in the body or apart from the body I do not know, God knows-- -- 2 corinthians 12:3 +. +was caught up into Paradise and heard inexpressible words, which a man is not permitted to speak. -- 2 corinthians 12:4 +. +On behalf of such a man I will boast; but on my own behalf I will not boast, except in regard to my weaknesses. -- 2 corinthians 12:5 +. +For if I do wish to boast I will not be foolish, for I will be speaking the truth; but I refrain from this, so that no one will credit me with more than he sees in me or hears from me. -- 2 corinthians 12:6 +. +Because of the surpassing greatness of the revelations, for this reason, to keep me from exalting myself, there was given me a thorn in the flesh, a messenger of Satan to torment me--to keep me from exalting myself! -- 2 corinthians 12:7 +. +Concerning this I implored the Lord three times that it might leave me. -- 2 corinthians 12:8 +. +And He has said to me, "My grace is sufficient for you, for power is perfected in weakness." Most gladly, therefore, I will rather boast about my weaknesses, so that the power of Christ may dwell in me. -- 2 corinthians 12:9 +. +Therefore I am well content with weaknesses, with insults, with distresses, with persecutions, with difficulties, for Christ's sake; for when I am weak, then I am strong. -- 2 corinthians 12:10 +. +I have become foolish; you yourselves compelled me. Actually I should have been commended by you, for in no respect was I inferior to the most eminent apostles, even though I am a nobody. -- 2 corinthians 12:11 +. +The signs of a true apostle were performed among you with all perseverance, by signs and wonders and miracles. -- 2 corinthians 12:12 +. +For in what respect were you treated as inferior to the rest of the churches, except that I myself did not become a burden to you? Forgive me this wrong! -- 2 corinthians 12:13 +. +Here for this third time I am ready to come to you, and I will not be a burden to you; for I do not seek what is yours, but you; for children are not responsible to save up for their parents, but parents for their children. -- 2 corinthians 12:14 +. +I will most gladly spend and be expended for your souls. If I love you more, am I to be loved less? -- 2 corinthians 12:15 +. +But be that as it may, I did not burden you myself; nevertheless, crafty fellow that I am, I took you in by deceit. -- 2 corinthians 12:16 +. +Certainly I have not taken advantage of you through any of those whom I have sent to you, have I? -- 2 corinthians 12:17 +. +I urged Titus to go, and I sent the brother with him. Titus did not take any advantage of you, did he? Did we not conduct ourselves in the same spirit and walk in the same steps? -- 2 corinthians 12:18 +. +All this time you have been thinking that we are defending ourselves to you. Actually, it is in the sight of God that we have been speaking in Christ; and all for your upbuilding, beloved. -- 2 corinthians 12:19 +. +For I am afraid that perhaps when I come I may find you to be not what I wish and may be found by you to be not what you wish; that perhaps there will be strife, jealousy, angry tempers, disputes, slanders, gossip, arrogance, disturbances; -- 2 corinthians 12:20 +. +I am afraid that when I come again my God may humiliate me before you, and I may mourn over many of those who have sinned in the past and not repented of the impurity, immorality and sensuality which they have practiced. -- 2 corinthians 12:21 +. +This is the third time I am coming to you. EVERY FACT IS TO BE CONFIRMED BY THE TESTIMONY OF TWO OR THREE WITNESSES. -- 2 corinthians 13:1 +. +I have previously said when present the second time, and though now absent I say in advance to those who have sinned in the past and to all the rest as well, that if I come again I will not spare anyone, -- 2 corinthians 13:2 +. +since you are seeking for proof of the Christ who speaks in me, and who is not weak toward you, but mighty in you. -- 2 corinthians 13:3 +. +For indeed He was crucified because of weakness, yet He lives because of the power of God. For we also are weak in Him, yet we will live with Him because of the power of God directed toward you. -- 2 corinthians 13:4 +. +Test yourselves to see if you are in the faith; examine yourselves! Or do you not recognize this about yourselves, that Jesus Christ is in you--unless indeed you fail the test? -- 2 corinthians 13:5 +. +But I trust that you will realize that we ourselves do not fail the test. -- 2 corinthians 13:6 +. +Now we pray to God that you do no wrong; not that we ourselves may appear approved, but that you may do what is right, even though we may appear unapproved. -- 2 corinthians 13:7 +. +For we can do nothing against the truth, but only for the truth. -- 2 corinthians 13:8 +. +For we rejoice when we ourselves are weak but you are strong; this we also pray for, that you be made complete. -- 2 corinthians 13:9 +. +For this reason I am writing these things while absent, so that when present I need not use severity, in accordance with the authority which the Lord gave me for building up and not for tearing down. -- 2 corinthians 13:10 +. +Finally, brethren, rejoice, be made complete, be comforted, be like-minded, live in peace; and the God of love and peace will be with you. -- 2 corinthians 13:11 +. +Greet one another with a holy kiss. -- 2 corinthians 13:12 +. +All the saints greet you. -- 2 corinthians 13:13 +. +The grace of the Lord Jesus Christ, and the love of God, and the fellowship of the Holy Spirit, be with you all. -- 2 corinthians 13:14 +. +Paul, an apostle (not sent from men nor through the agency of man, but through Jesus Christ and God the Father, who raised Him from the dead), -- galatians 1:1 +. +and all the brethren who are with me, To the churches of Galatia: -- galatians 1:2 +. +Grace to you and peace from God our Father and the Lord Jesus Christ, -- galatians 1:3 +. +who gave Himself for our sins so that He might rescue us from this present evil age, according to the will of our God and Father, -- galatians 1:4 +. +to whom be the glory forevermore. Amen. -- galatians 1:5 +. +I am amazed that you are so quickly deserting Him who called you by the grace of Christ, for a different gospel; -- galatians 1:6 +. +which is really not another; only there are some who are disturbing you and want to distort the gospel of Christ. -- galatians 1:7 +. +But even if we, or an angel from heaven, should preach to you a gospel contrary to what we have preached to you, he is to be accursed! -- galatians 1:8 +. +As we have said before, so I say again now, if any man is preaching to you a gospel contrary to what you received, he is to be accursed! -- galatians 1:9 +. +For am I now seeking the favor of men, or of God? Or am I striving to please men? If I were still trying to please men, I would not be a bond-servant of Christ. -- galatians 1:10 +. +For I would have you know, brethren, that the gospel which was preached by me is not according to man. -- galatians 1:11 +. +For I neither received it from man, nor was I taught it, but I received it through a revelation of Jesus Christ. -- galatians 1:12 +. +For you have heard of my former manner of life in Judaism, how I used to persecute the church of God beyond measure and tried to destroy it; -- galatians 1:13 +. +and I was advancing in Judaism beyond many of my contemporaries among my countrymen, being more extremely zealous for my ancestral traditions. -- galatians 1:14 +. +But when God, who had set me apart even from my mother's womb and called me through His grace, was pleased -- galatians 1:15 +. +to reveal His Son in me so that I might preach Him among the Gentiles, I did not immediately consult with flesh and blood, -- galatians 1:16 +. +nor did I go up to Jerusalem to those who were apostles before me; but I went away to Arabia, and returned once more to Damascus. -- galatians 1:17 +. +Then three years later I went up to Jerusalem to become acquainted with Cephas, and stayed with him fifteen days. -- galatians 1:18 +. +But I did not see any other of the apostles except James, the Lord's brother. -- galatians 1:19 +. +(Now in what I am writing to you, I assure you before God that I am not lying.) -- galatians 1:20 +. +Then I went into the regions of Syria and Cilicia. -- galatians 1:21 +. +I was still unknown by sight to the churches of Judea which were in Christ; -- galatians 1:22 +. +but only, they kept hearing, "He who once persecuted us is now preaching the faith which he once tried to destroy." -- galatians 1:23 +. +And they were glorifying God because of me. -- galatians 1:24 +. +Then after an interval of fourteen years I went up again to Jerusalem with Barnabas, taking Titus along also. -- galatians 2:1 +. +It was because of a revelation that I went up; and I submitted to them the gospel which I preach among the Gentiles, but I did so in private to those who were of reputation, for fear that I might be running, or had run, in vain. -- galatians 2:2 +. +But not even Titus, who was with me, though he was a Greek, was compelled to be circumcised. -- galatians 2:3 +. +But it was because of the false brethren secretly brought in, who had sneaked in to spy out our liberty which we have in Christ Jesus, in order to bring us into bondage. -- galatians 2:4 +. +But we did not yield in subjection to them for even an hour, so that the truth of the gospel would remain with you. -- galatians 2:5 +. +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. -- galatians 2:6 +. +But on the contrary, seeing that I had been entrusted with the gospel to the uncircumcised, just as Peter had been to the circumcised -- galatians 2:7 +. +(for He who effectually worked for Peter in his apostleship to the circumcised effectually worked for me also to the Gentiles), -- galatians 2:8 +. +and recognizing the grace that had been given to me, James and Cephas and John, who were reputed to be pillars, gave to me and Barnabas the right hand of fellowship, so that we might go to the Gentiles and they to the circumcised. -- galatians 2:9 +. +They only asked us to remember the poor--the very thing I also was eager to do. -- galatians 2:10 +. +But when Cephas came to Antioch, I opposed him to his face, because he stood condemned. -- galatians 2:11 +. +For prior to the coming of certain men from James, he used to eat with the Gentiles; but when they came, he began to withdraw and hold himself aloof, fearing the party of the circumcision. -- galatians 2:12 +. +The rest of the Jews joined him in hypocrisy, with the result that even Barnabas was carried away by their hypocrisy. -- galatians 2:13 +. +But when I saw that they were not straightforward about the truth of the gospel, I said to Cephas in the presence of all, "If you, being a Jew, live like the Gentiles and not like the Jews, how is it that you compel the Gentiles to live like Jews? -- galatians 2:14 +. +"We are Jews by nature and not sinners from among the Gentiles; -- galatians 2:15 +. +nevertheless knowing that a man is not justified by the works of the Law but through faith in Christ Jesus, even we have believed in Christ Jesus, so that we may be justified by faith in Christ and not by the works of the Law; since by the works of the Law no flesh will be justified. -- galatians 2:16 +. +"But if, while seeking to be justified in Christ, we ourselves have also been found sinners, is Christ then a minister of sin? May it never be! -- galatians 2:17 +. +"For if I rebuild what I have once destroyed, I prove myself to be a transgressor. -- galatians 2:18 +. +"For through the Law I died to the Law, so that I might live to God. -- galatians 2:19 +. +"I have been crucified with Christ; and it is no longer I who live, but Christ lives in me; and the life which I now live in the flesh I live by faith in the Son of God, who loved me and gave Himself up for me. -- galatians 2:20 +. +"I do not nullify the grace of God, for if righteousness comes through the Law, then Christ died needlessly." -- galatians 2:21 +. +You foolish Galatians, who has bewitched you, before whose eyes Jesus Christ was publicly portrayed as crucified? -- galatians 3:1 +. +This is the only thing I want to find out from you: did you receive the Spirit by the works of the Law, or by hearing with faith? -- galatians 3:2 +. +Are you so foolish? Having begun by the Spirit, are you now being perfected by the flesh? -- galatians 3:3 +. +Did you suffer so many things in vain--if indeed it was in vain? -- galatians 3:4 +. +So then, does He who provides you with the Spirit and works miracles among you, do it by the works of the Law, or by hearing with faith? -- galatians 3:5 +. +Even so Abraham BELIEVED GOD, AND IT WAS RECKONED TO HIM AS RIGHTEOUSNESS. -- galatians 3:6 +. +Therefore, be sure that it is those who are of faith who are sons of Abraham. -- galatians 3:7 +. +The Scripture, foreseeing that God would justify the Gentiles by faith, preached the gospel beforehand to Abraham, saying, "ALL THE NATIONS WILL BE BLESSED IN YOU." -- galatians 3:8 +. +So then those who are of faith are blessed with Abraham, the believer. -- galatians 3:9 +. +For as many as are of the works of the Law are under a curse; for it is written, "CURSED IS EVERYONE WHO DOES NOT ABIDE BY ALL THINGS WRITTEN IN THE BOOK OF THE LAW, TO PERFORM THEM." -- galatians 3:10 +. +Now that no one is justified by the Law before God is evident; for, "THE RIGHTEOUS MAN SHALL LIVE BY FAITH." -- galatians 3:11 +. +However, the Law is not of faith; on the contrary, "HE WHO PRACTICES THEM SHALL LIVE BY THEM." -- galatians 3:12 +. +Christ redeemed us from the curse of the Law, having become a curse for us--for it is written, "CURSED IS EVERYONE WHO HANGS ON A TREE"-- -- galatians 3:13 +. +in order that in Christ Jesus the blessing of Abraham might come to the Gentiles, so that we would receive the promise of the Spirit through faith. -- galatians 3:14 +. +Brethren, I speak in terms of human relations: even though it is only a man's covenant, yet when it has been ratified, no one sets it aside or adds conditions to it. -- galatians 3:15 +. +Now the promises were spoken to Abraham and to his seed. He does not say, "And to seeds," as referring to many, but rather to one, "And to your seed," that is, Christ. -- galatians 3:16 +. +What I am saying is this: the Law, which came four hundred and thirty years later, does not invalidate a covenant previously ratified by God, so as to nullify the promise. -- galatians 3:17 +. +For if the inheritance is based on law, it is no longer based on a promise; but God has granted it to Abraham by means of a promise. -- galatians 3:18 +. +Why the Law then? It was added because of transgressions, having been ordained through angels by the agency of a mediator, until the seed would come to whom the promise had been made. -- galatians 3:19 +. +Now a mediator is not for one party only; whereas God is only one. -- galatians 3:20 +. +Is the Law then contrary to the promises of God? May it never be! For if a law had been given which was able to impart life, then righteousness would indeed have been based on law. -- galatians 3:21 +. +But the Scripture has shut up everyone under sin, so that the promise by faith in Jesus Christ might be given to those who believe. -- galatians 3:22 +. +But before faith came, we were kept in custody under the law, being shut up to the faith which was later to be revealed. -- galatians 3:23 +. +Therefore the Law has become our tutor to lead us to Christ, so that we may be justified by faith. -- galatians 3:24 +. +But now that faith has come, we are no longer under a tutor. -- galatians 3:25 +. +For you are all sons of God through faith in Christ Jesus. -- galatians 3:26 +. +For all of you who were baptized into Christ have clothed yourselves with Christ. -- galatians 3:27 +. +There is neither Jew nor Greek, there is neither slave nor free man, there is neither male nor female; for you are all one in Christ Jesus. -- galatians 3:28 +. +And if you belong to Christ, then you are Abraham's descendants, heirs according to promise. -- galatians 3:29 +. +Now I say, as long as the heir is a child, he does not differ at all from a slave although he is owner of everything, -- galatians 4:1 +. +but he is under guardians and managers until the date set by the father. -- galatians 4:2 +. +So also we, while we were children, were held in bondage under the elemental things of the world. -- galatians 4:3 +. +But when the fullness of the time came, God sent forth His Son, born of a woman, born under the Law, -- galatians 4:4 +. +so that He might redeem those who were under the Law, that we might receive the adoption as sons. -- galatians 4:5 +. +Because you are sons, God has sent forth the Spirit of His Son into our hearts, crying, "Abba! Father!" -- galatians 4:6 +. +Therefore you are no longer a slave, but a son; and if a son, then an heir through God. -- galatians 4:7 +. +However at that time, when you did not know God, you were slaves to those which by nature are no gods. -- galatians 4:8 +. +But now that you have come to know God, or rather to be known by God, how is it that you turn back again to the weak and worthless elemental things, to which you desire to be enslaved all over again? -- galatians 4:9 +. +You observe days and months and seasons and years. -- galatians 4:10 +. +I fear for you, that perhaps I have labored over you in vain. -- galatians 4:11 +. +I beg of you, brethren, become as I am, for I also have become as you are. You have done me no wrong; -- galatians 4:12 +. +but you know that it was because of a bodily illness that I preached the gospel to you the first time; -- galatians 4:13 +. +and that which was a trial to you in my bodily condition you did not despise or loathe, but you received me as an angel of God, as Christ Jesus Himself. -- galatians 4:14 +. +Where then is that sense of blessing you had? For I bear you witness that, if possible, you would have plucked out your eyes and given them to me. -- galatians 4:15 +. +So have I become your enemy by telling you the truth? -- galatians 4:16 +. +They eagerly seek you, not commendably, but they wish to shut you out so that you will seek them. -- galatians 4:17 +. +But it is good always to be eagerly sought in a commendable manner, and not only when I am present with you. -- galatians 4:18 +. +My children, with whom I am again in labor until Christ is formed in you-- -- galatians 4:19 +. +but I could wish to be present with you now and to change my tone, for I am perplexed about you. -- galatians 4:20 +. +Tell me, you who want to be under law, do you not listen to the law? -- galatians 4:21 +. +For it is written that Abraham had two sons, one by the bondwoman and one by the free woman. -- galatians 4:22 +. +But the son by the bondwoman was born according to the flesh, and the son by the free woman through the promise. -- galatians 4:23 +. +This is allegorically speaking, for these women are two covenants: one proceeding from Mount Sinai bearing children who are to be slaves; she is Hagar. -- galatians 4:24 +. +Now this Hagar is Mount Sinai in Arabia and corresponds to the present Jerusalem, for she is in slavery with her children. -- galatians 4:25 +. +But the Jerusalem above is free; she is our mother. -- galatians 4:26 +. +For it is written, "REJOICE, BARREN WOMAN WHO DOES NOT BEAR; BREAK FORTH AND SHOUT, YOU WHO ARE NOT IN LABOR; FOR MORE NUMEROUS ARE THE CHILDREN OF THE DESOLATE THAN OF THE ONE WHO HAS A HUSBAND." -- galatians 4:27 +. +And you brethren, like Isaac, are children of promise. -- galatians 4:28 +. +But as at that time he who was born according to the flesh persecuted him who was born according to the Spirit, so it is now also. -- galatians 4:29 +. +But what does the Scripture say? "CAST OUT THE BONDWOMAN AND HER SON, FOR THE SON OF THE BONDWOMAN SHALL NOT BE AN HEIR WITH THE SON OF THE FREE WOMAN." -- galatians 4:30 +. +So then, brethren, we are not children of a bondwoman, but of the free woman. -- galatians 4:31 +. +It was for freedom that Christ set us free; therefore keep standing firm and do not be subject again to a yoke of slavery. -- galatians 5:1 +. +Behold I, Paul, say to you that if you receive circumcision, Christ will be of no benefit to you. -- galatians 5:2 +. +And I testify again to every man who receives circumcision, that he is under obligation to keep the whole Law. -- galatians 5:3 +. +You have been severed from Christ, you who are seeking to be justified by law; you have fallen from grace. -- galatians 5:4 +. +For we through the Spirit, by faith, are waiting for the hope of righteousness. -- galatians 5:5 +. +For in Christ Jesus neither circumcision nor uncircumcision means anything, but faith working through love. -- galatians 5:6 +. +You were running well; who hindered you from obeying the truth? -- galatians 5:7 +. +This persuasion did not come from Him who calls you. -- galatians 5:8 +. +A little leaven leavens the whole lump of dough. -- galatians 5:9 +. +I have confidence in you in the Lord that you will adopt no other view; but the one who is disturbing you will bear his judgment, whoever he is. -- galatians 5:10 +. +But I, brethren, if I still preach circumcision, why am I still persecuted? Then the stumbling block of the cross has been abolished. -- galatians 5:11 +. +I wish that those who are troubling you would even mutilate themselves. -- galatians 5:12 +. +For you were called to freedom, brethren; only do not turn your freedom into an opportunity for the flesh, but through love serve one another. -- galatians 5:13 +. +For the whole Law is fulfilled in one word, in the statement, "YOU SHALL LOVE YOUR NEIGHBOR AS YOURSELF." -- galatians 5:14 +. +But if you bite and devour one another, take care that you are not consumed by one another. -- galatians 5:15 +. +But I say, walk by the Spirit, and you will not carry out the desire of the flesh. -- galatians 5:16 +. +For the flesh sets its desire against the Spirit, and the Spirit against the flesh; for these are in opposition to one another, so that you may not do the things that you please. -- galatians 5:17 +. +But if you are led by the Spirit, you are not under the Law. -- galatians 5:18 +. +Now the deeds of the flesh are evident, which are: immorality, impurity, sensuality, -- galatians 5:19 +. +idolatry, sorcery, enmities, strife, jealousy, outbursts of anger, disputes, dissensions, factions, -- galatians 5:20 +. +envying, drunkenness, carousing, and things like these, of which I forewarn you, just as I have forewarned you, that those who practice such things will not inherit the kingdom of God. -- galatians 5:21 +. +But the fruit of the Spirit is love, joy, peace, patience, kindness, goodness, faithfulness, -- galatians 5:22 +. +gentleness, self-control; against such things there is no law. -- galatians 5:23 +. +Now those who belong to Christ Jesus have crucified the flesh with its passions and desires. -- galatians 5:24 +. +If we live by the Spirit, let us also walk by the Spirit. -- galatians 5:25 +. +Let us not become boastful, challenging one another, envying one another. -- galatians 5:26 +. +Brethren, even if anyone is caught in any trespass, you who are spiritual, restore such a one in a spirit of gentleness; each one looking to yourself, so that you too will not be tempted. -- galatians 6:1 +. +Bear one another's burdens, and thereby fulfill the law of Christ. -- galatians 6:2 +. +For if anyone thinks he is something when he is nothing, he deceives himself. -- galatians 6:3 +. +But each one must examine his own work, and then he will have reason for boasting in regard to himself alone, and not in regard to another. -- galatians 6:4 +. +For each one will bear his own load. -- galatians 6:5 +. +The one who is taught the word is to share all good things with the one who teaches him. -- galatians 6:6 +. +Do not be deceived, God is not mocked; for whatever a man sows, this he will also reap. -- galatians 6:7 +. +For the one who sows to his own flesh will from the flesh reap corruption, but the one who sows to the Spirit will from the Spirit reap eternal life. -- galatians 6:8 +. +Let us not lose heart in doing good, for in due time we will reap if we do not grow weary. -- galatians 6:9 +. +So then, while we have opportunity, let us do good to all people, and especially to those who are of the household of the faith. -- galatians 6:10 +. +See with what large letters I am writing to you with my own hand. -- galatians 6:11 +. +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. -- galatians 6:12 +. +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. -- galatians 6:13 +. +But may it never be that I would boast, except in the cross of our Lord Jesus Christ, through which the world has been crucified to me, and I to the world. -- galatians 6:14 +. +For neither is circumcision anything, nor uncircumcision, but a new creation. -- galatians 6:15 +. +And those who will walk by this rule, peace and mercy be upon them, and upon the Israel of God. -- galatians 6:16 +. +From now on let no one cause trouble for me, for I bear on my body the brand-marks of Jesus. -- galatians 6:17 +. +The grace of our Lord Jesus Christ be with your spirit, brethren. Amen. -- galatians 6:18 +. +Paul, an apostle of Christ Jesus by the will of God, To the saints who are at Ephesus and who are faithful in Christ Jesus: -- ephesians 1:1 +. +Grace to you and peace from God our Father and the Lord Jesus Christ. -- ephesians 1:2 +. +Blessed be the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, who has blessed us with every spiritual blessing in the heavenly places in Christ, -- ephesians 1:3 +. +just as He chose us in Him before the foundation of the world, that we would be holy and blameless before Him. In love -- ephesians 1:4 +. +He predestined us to adoption as sons through Jesus Christ to Himself, according to the kind intention of His will, -- ephesians 1:5 +. +to the praise of the glory of His grace, which He freely bestowed on us in the Beloved. -- ephesians 1:6 +. +In Him we have redemption through His blood, the forgiveness of our trespasses, according to the riches of His grace -- ephesians 1:7 +. +which He lavished on us. In all wisdom and insight -- ephesians 1:8 +. +He made known to us the mystery of His will, according to His kind intention which He purposed in Him -- ephesians 1:9 +. +with a view to an administration suitable to the fullness of the times, that is, the summing up of all things in Christ, things in the heavens and things on the earth. In Him -- ephesians 1:10 +. +also we have obtained an inheritance, having been predestined according to His purpose who works all things after the counsel of His will, -- ephesians 1:11 +. +to the end that we who were the first to hope in Christ would be to the praise of His glory. -- ephesians 1:12 +. +In Him, you also, after listening to the message of truth, the gospel of your salvation--having also believed, you were sealed in Him with the Holy Spirit of promise, -- ephesians 1:13 +. +who is given as a pledge of our inheritance, with a view to the redemption of God's own possession, to the praise of His glory. -- ephesians 1:14 +. +For this reason I too, having heard of the faith in the Lord Jesus which exists among you and your love for all the saints, -- ephesians 1:15 +. +do not cease giving thanks for you, while making mention of you in my prayers; -- ephesians 1:16 +. +that the God of our Lord Jesus Christ, the Father of glory, may give to you a spirit of wisdom and of revelation in the knowledge of Him. -- ephesians 1:17 +. +I pray that the eyes of your heart may be enlightened, so that you will know what is the hope of His calling, what are the riches of the glory of His inheritance in the saints, -- ephesians 1:18 +. +and what is the surpassing greatness of His power toward us who believe. These are in accordance with the working of the strength of His might -- ephesians 1:19 +. +which He brought about in Christ, when He raised Him from the dead and seated Him at His right hand in the heavenly places, -- ephesians 1:20 +. +far above all rule and authority and power and dominion, and every name that is named, not only in this age but also in the one to come. -- ephesians 1:21 +. +And He put all things in subjection under His feet, and gave Him as head over all things to the church, -- ephesians 1:22 +. +which is His body, the fullness of Him who fills all in all. -- ephesians 1:23 +. +And you were dead in your trespasses and sins, -- ephesians 2:1 +. +in which you formerly walked according to the course of this world, according to the prince of the power of the air, of the spirit that is now working in the sons of disobedience. -- ephesians 2:2 +. +Among them we too all formerly lived in the lusts of our flesh, indulging the desires of the flesh and of the mind, and were by nature children of wrath, even as the rest. -- ephesians 2:3 +. +But God, being rich in mercy, because of His great love with which He loved us, -- ephesians 2:4 +. +even when we were dead in our transgressions, made us alive together with Christ (by grace you have been saved), -- ephesians 2:5 +. +and raised us up with Him, and seated us with Him in the heavenly places in Christ Jesus, -- ephesians 2:6 +. +so that in the ages to come He might show the surpassing riches of His grace in kindness toward us in Christ Jesus. -- ephesians 2:7 +. +For by grace you have been saved through faith; and that not of yourselves, it is the gift of God; -- ephesians 2:8 +. +not as a result of works, so that no one may boast. -- ephesians 2:9 +. +For we are His workmanship, created in Christ Jesus for good works, which God prepared beforehand so that we would walk in them. -- ephesians 2:10 +. +Therefore remember that formerly you, the Gentiles in the flesh, who are called "Uncircumcision" by the so-called "Circumcision," which is performed in the flesh by human hands-- -- ephesians 2:11 +. +remember that you were at that time separate from Christ, excluded from the commonwealth of Israel, and strangers to the covenants of promise, having no hope and without God in the world. -- ephesians 2:12 +. +But now in Christ Jesus you who formerly were far off have been brought near by the blood of Christ. -- ephesians 2:13 +. +For He Himself is our peace, who made both groups into one and broke down the barrier of the dividing wall, -- ephesians 2:14 +. +by abolishing in His flesh the enmity, which is the Law of commandments contained in ordinances, so that in Himself He might make the two into one new man, thus establishing peace, -- ephesians 2:15 +. +and might reconcile them both in one body to God through the cross, by it having put to death the enmity. -- ephesians 2:16 +. +AND HE CAME AND PREACHED PEACE TO YOU WHO WERE FAR AWAY, AND PEACE TO THOSE WHO WERE NEAR; -- ephesians 2:17 +. +for through Him we both have our access in one Spirit to the Father. -- ephesians 2:18 +. +So then you are no longer strangers and aliens, but you are fellow citizens with the saints, and are of God's household, -- ephesians 2:19 +. +having been built on the foundation of the apostles and prophets, Christ Jesus Himself being the corner stone, -- ephesians 2:20 +. +in whom the whole building, being fitted together, is growing into a holy temple in the Lord, -- ephesians 2:21 +. +in whom you also are being built together into a dwelling of God in the Spirit. -- ephesians 2:22 +. +For this reason I, Paul, the prisoner of Christ Jesus for the sake of you Gentiles-- -- ephesians 3:1 +. +if indeed you have heard of the stewardship of God's grace which was given to me for you; -- ephesians 3:2 +. +that by revelation there was made known to me the mystery, as I wrote before in brief. -- ephesians 3:3 +. +By referring to this, when you read you can understand my insight into the mystery of Christ, -- ephesians 3:4 +. +which in other generations was not made known to the sons of men, as it has now been revealed to His holy apostles and prophets in the Spirit; -- ephesians 3:5 +. +to be specific, that the Gentiles are fellow heirs and fellow members of the body, and fellow partakers of the promise in Christ Jesus through the gospel, -- ephesians 3:6 +. +of which I was made a minister, according to the gift of God's grace which was given to me according to the working of His power. -- ephesians 3:7 +. +To me, the very least of all saints, this grace was given, to preach to the Gentiles the unfathomable riches of Christ, -- ephesians 3:8 +. +and to bring to light what is the administration of the mystery which for ages has been hidden in God who created all things; -- ephesians 3:9 +. +so that the manifold wisdom of God might now be made known through the church to the rulers and the authorities in the heavenly places. -- ephesians 3:10 +. +This was in accordance with the eternal purpose which He carried out in Christ Jesus our Lord, -- ephesians 3:11 +. +in whom we have boldness and confident access through faith in Him. -- ephesians 3:12 +. +Therefore I ask you not to lose heart at my tribulations on your behalf, for they are your glory. -- ephesians 3:13 +. +For this reason I bow my knees before the Father, -- ephesians 3:14 +. +from whom every family in heaven and on earth derives its name, -- ephesians 3:15 +. +that He would grant you, according to the riches of His glory, to be strengthened with power through His Spirit in the inner man, -- ephesians 3:16 +. +so that Christ may dwell in your hearts through faith; and that you, being rooted and grounded in love, -- ephesians 3:17 +. +may be able to comprehend with all the saints what is the breadth and length and height and depth, -- ephesians 3:18 +. +and to know the love of Christ which surpasses knowledge, that you may be filled up to all the fullness of God. -- ephesians 3:19 +. +Now to Him who is able to do far more abundantly beyond all that we ask or think, according to the power that works within us, -- ephesians 3:20 +. +to Him be the glory in the church and in Christ Jesus to all generations forever and ever. Amen. -- ephesians 3:21 +. +Therefore I, the prisoner of the Lord, implore you to walk in a manner worthy of the calling with which you have been called, -- ephesians 4:1 +. +with all humility and gentleness, with patience, showing tolerance for one another in love, -- ephesians 4:2 +. +being diligent to preserve the unity of the Spirit in the bond of peace. -- ephesians 4:3 +. +There is one body and one Spirit, just as also you were called in one hope of your calling; -- ephesians 4:4 +. +one Lord, one faith, one baptism, -- ephesians 4:5 +. +one God and Father of all who is over all and through all and in all. -- ephesians 4:6 +. +But to each one of us grace was given according to the measure of Christ's gift. -- ephesians 4:7 +. +Therefore it says, "WHEN HE ASCENDED ON HIGH, HE LED CAPTIVE A HOST OF CAPTIVES, AND HE GAVE GIFTS TO MEN." -- ephesians 4:8 +. +(Now this expression, "He ascended," what does it mean except that He also had descended into the lower parts of the earth? -- ephesians 4:9 +. +He who descended is Himself also He who ascended far above all the heavens, so that He might fill all things.) -- ephesians 4:10 +. +And He gave some as apostles, and some as prophets, and some as evangelists, and some as pastors and teachers, -- ephesians 4:11 +. +for the equipping of the saints for the work of service, to the building up of the body of Christ; -- ephesians 4:12 +. +until we all attain to the unity of the faith, and of the knowledge of the Son of God, to a mature man, to the measure of the stature which belongs to the fullness of Christ. -- ephesians 4:13 +. +As a result, we are no longer to be children, tossed here and there by waves and carried about by every wind of doctrine, by the trickery of men, by craftiness in deceitful scheming; -- ephesians 4:14 +. +but speaking the truth in love, we are to grow up in all aspects into Him who is the head, even Christ, -- ephesians 4:15 +. +from whom the whole body, being fitted and held together by what every joint supplies, according to the proper working of each individual part, causes the growth of the body for the building up of itself in love. -- ephesians 4:16 +. +So this I say, and affirm together with the Lord, that you walk no longer just as the Gentiles also walk, in the futility of their mind, -- ephesians 4:17 +. +being darkened in their understanding, excluded from the life of God because of the ignorance that is in them, because of the hardness of their heart; -- ephesians 4:18 +. +and they, having become callous, have given themselves over to sensuality for the practice of every kind of impurity with greediness. -- ephesians 4:19 +. +But you did not learn Christ in this way, -- ephesians 4:20 +. +if indeed you have heard Him and have been taught in Him, just as truth is in Jesus, -- ephesians 4:21 +. +that, in reference to your former manner of life, you lay aside the old self, which is being corrupted in accordance with the lusts of deceit, -- ephesians 4:22 +. +and that you be renewed in the spirit of your mind, -- ephesians 4:23 +. +and put on the new self, which in the likeness of God has been created in righteousness and holiness of the truth. -- ephesians 4:24 +. +Therefore, laying aside falsehood, SPEAK TRUTH EACH ONE of you WITH HIS NEIGHBOR, for we are members of one another. -- ephesians 4:25 +. +BE ANGRY, AND yet DO NOT SIN; do not let the sun go down on your anger, -- ephesians 4:26 +. +and do not give the devil an opportunity. -- ephesians 4:27 +. +He who steals must steal no longer; but rather he must labor, performing with his own hands what is good, so that he will have something to share with one who has need. -- ephesians 4:28 +. +Let no unwholesome word proceed from your mouth, but only such a word as is good for edification according to the need of the moment, so that it will give grace to those who hear. -- ephesians 4:29 +. +Do not grieve the Holy Spirit of God, by whom you were sealed for the day of redemption. -- ephesians 4:30 +. +Let all bitterness and wrath and anger and clamor and slander be put away from you, along with all malice. -- ephesians 4:31 +. +Be kind to one another, tender-hearted, forgiving each other, just as God in Christ also has forgiven you. -- ephesians 4:32 +. +Therefore be imitators of God, as beloved children; -- ephesians 5:1 +. +and walk in love, just as Christ also loved you and gave Himself up for us, an offering and a sacrifice to God as a fragrant aroma. -- ephesians 5:2 +. +But immorality or any impurity or greed must not even be named among you, as is proper among saints; -- ephesians 5:3 +. +and there must be no filthiness and silly talk, or coarse jesting, which are not fitting, but rather giving of thanks. -- ephesians 5:4 +. +For this you know with certainty, that no immoral or impure person or covetous man, who is an idolater, has an inheritance in the kingdom of Christ and God. -- ephesians 5:5 +. +Let no one deceive you with empty words, for because of these things the wrath of God comes upon the sons of disobedience. -- ephesians 5:6 +. +Therefore do not be partakers with them; -- ephesians 5:7 +. +for you were formerly darkness, but now you are Light in the Lord; walk as children of Light -- ephesians 5:8 +. +(for the fruit of the Light consists in all goodness and righteousness and truth), -- ephesians 5:9 +. +trying to learn what is pleasing to the Lord. -- ephesians 5:10 +. +Do not participate in the unfruitful deeds of darkness, but instead even expose them; -- ephesians 5:11 +. +for it is disgraceful even to speak of the things which are done by them in secret. -- ephesians 5:12 +. +But all things become visible when they are exposed by the light, for everything that becomes visible is light. -- ephesians 5:13 +. +For this reason it says, "Awake, sleeper, And arise from the dead, And Christ will shine on you." -- ephesians 5:14 +. +Therefore be careful how you walk, not as unwise men but as wise, -- ephesians 5:15 +. +making the most of your time, because the days are evil. -- ephesians 5:16 +. +So then do not be foolish, but understand what the will of the Lord is. -- ephesians 5:17 +. +And do not get drunk with wine, for that is dissipation, but be filled with the Spirit, -- ephesians 5:18 +. +speaking to one another in psalms and hymns and spiritual songs, singing and making melody with your heart to the Lord; -- ephesians 5:19 +. +always giving thanks for all things in the name of our Lord Jesus Christ to God, even the Father; -- ephesians 5:20 +. +and be subject to one another in the fear of Christ. -- ephesians 5:21 +. +Wives, be subject to your own husbands, as to the Lord. -- ephesians 5:22 +. +For the husband is the head of the wife, as Christ also is the head of the church, He Himself being the Savior of the body. -- ephesians 5:23 +. +But as the church is subject to Christ, so also the wives ought to be to their husbands in everything. -- ephesians 5:24 +. +Husbands, love your wives, just as Christ also loved the church and gave Himself up for her, -- ephesians 5:25 +. +so that He might sanctify her, having cleansed her by the washing of water with the word, -- ephesians 5:26 +. +that He might present to Himself the church in all her glory, having no spot or wrinkle or any such thing; but that she would be holy and blameless. -- ephesians 5:27 +. +So husbands ought also to love their own wives as their own bodies. He who loves his own wife loves himself; -- ephesians 5:28 +. +for no one ever hated his own flesh, but nourishes and cherishes it, just as Christ also does the church, -- ephesians 5:29 +. +because we are members of His body. -- ephesians 5:30 +. +FOR THIS REASON A MAN SHALL LEAVE HIS FATHER AND MOTHER AND SHALL BE JOINED TO HIS WIFE, AND THE TWO SHALL BECOME ONE FLESH. -- ephesians 5:31 +. +This mystery is great; but I am speaking with reference to Christ and the church. -- ephesians 5:32 +. +Nevertheless, each individual among you also is to love his own wife even as himself, and the wife must see to it that she respects her husband. -- ephesians 5:33 +. +Children, obey your parents in the Lord, for this is right. -- ephesians 6:1 +. +HONOR YOUR FATHER AND MOTHER (which is the first commandment with a promise), -- ephesians 6:2 +. +SO THAT IT MAY BE WELL WITH YOU, AND THAT YOU MAY LIVE LONG ON THE EARTH. -- ephesians 6:3 +. +Fathers, do not provoke your children to anger, but bring them up in the discipline and instruction of the Lord. -- ephesians 6:4 +. +Slaves, be obedient to those who are your masters according to the flesh, with fear and trembling, in the sincerity of your heart, as to Christ; -- ephesians 6:5 +. +not by way of eyeservice, as men-pleasers, but as slaves of Christ, doing the will of God from the heart. -- ephesians 6:6 +. +With good will render service, as to the Lord, and not to men, -- ephesians 6:7 +. +knowing that whatever good thing each one does, this he will receive back from the Lord, whether slave or free. -- ephesians 6:8 +. +And masters, do the same things to them, and give up threatening, knowing that both their Master and yours is in heaven, and there is no partiality with Him. -- ephesians 6:9 +. +Finally, be strong in the Lord and in the strength of His might. -- ephesians 6:10 +. +Put on the full armor of God, so that you will be able to stand firm against the schemes of the devil. -- ephesians 6:11 +. +For our struggle is not against flesh and blood, but against the rulers, against the powers, against the world forces of this darkness, against the spiritual forces of wickedness in the heavenly places. -- ephesians 6:12 +. +Therefore, take up the full armor of God, so that you will be able to resist in the evil day, and having done everything, to stand firm. -- ephesians 6:13 +. +Stand firm therefore, HAVING GIRDED YOUR LOINS WITH TRUTH, and HAVING PUT ON THE BREASTPLATE OF RIGHTEOUSNESS, -- ephesians 6:14 +. +and having shod YOUR FEET WITH THE PREPARATION OF THE GOSPEL OF PEACE; -- ephesians 6:15 +. +in addition to all, taking up the shield of faith with which you will be able to extinguish all the flaming arrows of the evil one. -- ephesians 6:16 +. +And take THE HELMET OF SALVATION, and the sword of the Spirit, which is the word of God. -- ephesians 6:17 +. +With all prayer and petition pray at all times in the Spirit, and with this in view, be on the alert with all perseverance and petition for all the saints, -- ephesians 6:18 +. +and pray on my behalf, that utterance may be given to me in the opening of my mouth, to make known with boldness the mystery of the gospel, -- ephesians 6:19 +. +for which I am an ambassador in chains; that in proclaiming it I may speak boldly, as I ought to speak. -- ephesians 6:20 +. +But that you also may know about my circumstances, how I am doing, Tychicus, the beloved brother and faithful minister in the Lord, will make everything known to you. -- ephesians 6:21 +. +I have sent him to you for this very purpose, so that you may know about us, and that he may comfort your hearts. -- ephesians 6:22 +. +Peace be to the brethren, and love with faith, from God the Father and the Lord Jesus Christ. -- ephesians 6:23 +. +Grace be with all those who love our Lord Jesus Christ with incorruptible love. -- ephesians 6:24 +. +Paul and Timothy, bond-servants of Christ Jesus, To all the saints in Christ Jesus who are in Philippi, including the overseers and deacons: -- philippians 1:1 +. +Grace to you and peace from God our Father and the Lord Jesus Christ. -- philippians 1:2 +. +I thank my God in all my remembrance of you, -- philippians 1:3 +. +always offering prayer with joy in my every prayer for you all, -- philippians 1:4 +. +in view of your participation in the gospel from the first day until now. -- philippians 1:5 +. +For I am confident of this very thing, that He who began a good work in you will perfect it until the day of Christ Jesus. -- philippians 1:6 +. +For it is only right for me to feel this way about you all, because I have you in my heart, since both in my imprisonment and in the defense and confirmation of the gospel, you all are partakers of grace with me. -- philippians 1:7 +. +For God is my witness, how I long for you all with the affection of Christ Jesus. -- philippians 1:8 +. +And this I pray, that your love may abound still more and more in real knowledge and all discernment, -- philippians 1:9 +. +so that you may approve the things that are excellent, in order to be sincere and blameless until the day of Christ; -- philippians 1:10 +. +having been filled with the fruit of righteousness which comes through Jesus Christ, to the glory and praise of God. -- philippians 1:11 +. +Now I want you to know, brethren, that my circumstances have turned out for the greater progress of the gospel, -- philippians 1:12 +. +so that my imprisonment in the cause of Christ has become well known throughout the whole praetorian guard and to everyone else, -- philippians 1:13 +. +and that most of the brethren, trusting in the Lord because of my imprisonment, have far more courage to speak the word of God without fear. -- philippians 1:14 +. +Some, to be sure, are preaching Christ even from envy and strife, but some also from good will; -- philippians 1:15 +. +the latter do it out of love, knowing that I am appointed for the defense of the gospel; -- philippians 1:16 +. +the former proclaim Christ out of selfish ambition rather than from pure motives, thinking to cause me distress in my imprisonment. -- philippians 1:17 +. +What then? Only that in every way, whether in pretense or in truth, Christ is proclaimed; and in this I rejoice. Yes, and I will rejoice, -- philippians 1:18 +. +for I know that this will turn out for my deliverance through your prayers and the provision of the Spirit of Jesus Christ, -- philippians 1:19 +. +according to my earnest expectation and hope, that I will not be put to shame in anything, but that with all boldness, Christ will even now, as always, be exalted in my body, whether by life or by death. -- philippians 1:20 +. +For to me, to live is Christ and to die is gain. -- philippians 1:21 +. +But if I am to live on in the flesh, this will mean fruitful labor for me; and I do not know which to choose. -- philippians 1:22 +. +But I am hard-pressed from both directions, having the desire to depart and be with Christ, for that is very much better; -- philippians 1:23 +. +yet to remain on in the flesh is more necessary for your sake. -- philippians 1:24 +. +Convinced of this, I know that I will remain and continue with you all for your progress and joy in the faith, -- philippians 1:25 +. +so that your proud confidence in me may abound in Christ Jesus through my coming to you again. -- philippians 1:26 +. +Only conduct yourselves in a manner worthy of the gospel of Christ, so that whether I come and see you or remain absent, I will hear of you that you are standing firm in one spirit, with one mind striving together for the faith of the gospel; -- philippians 1:27 +. +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. -- philippians 1:28 +. +For to you it has been granted for Christ's sake, not only to believe in Him, but also to suffer for His sake, -- philippians 1:29 +. +experiencing the same conflict which you saw in me, and now hear to be in me. -- philippians 1:30 +. +Therefore if there is any encouragement in Christ, if there is any consolation of love, if there is any fellowship of the Spirit, if any affection and compassion, -- philippians 2:1 +. +make my joy complete by being of the same mind, maintaining the same love, united in spirit, intent on one purpose. -- philippians 2:2 +. +Do nothing from selfishness or empty conceit, but with humility of mind regard one another as more important than yourselves; -- philippians 2:3 +. +do not merely look out for your own personal interests, but also for the interests of others. -- philippians 2:4 +. +Have this attitude in yourselves which was also in Christ Jesus, -- philippians 2:5 +. +who, although He existed in the form of God, did not regard equality with God a thing to be grasped, -- philippians 2:6 +. +but emptied Himself, taking the form of a bond-servant, and being made in the likeness of men. -- philippians 2:7 +. +Being found in appearance as a man, He humbled Himself by becoming obedient to the point of death, even death on a cross. -- philippians 2:8 +. +For this reason also, God highly exalted Him, and bestowed on Him the name which is above every name, -- philippians 2:9 +. +so that at the name of Jesus EVERY KNEE WILL BOW, of those who are in heaven and on earth and under the earth, -- philippians 2:10 +. +and that every tongue will confess that Jesus Christ is Lord, to the glory of God the Father. -- philippians 2:11 +. +So then, my beloved, just as you have always obeyed, not as in my presence only, but now much more in my absence, work out your salvation with fear and trembling; -- philippians 2:12 +. +for it is God who is at work in you, both to will and to work for His good pleasure. -- philippians 2:13 +. +Do all things without grumbling or disputing; -- philippians 2:14 +. +so that you will prove yourselves to be blameless and innocent, children of God above reproach in the midst of a crooked and perverse generation, among whom you appear as lights in the world, -- philippians 2:15 +. +holding fast the word of life, so that in the day of Christ I will have reason to glory because I did not run in vain nor toil in vain. -- philippians 2:16 +. +But even if I am being poured out as a drink offering upon the sacrifice and service of your faith, I rejoice and share my joy with you all. -- philippians 2:17 +. +You too, I urge you, rejoice in the same way and share your joy with me. -- philippians 2:18 +. +But I hope in the Lord Jesus to send Timothy to you shortly, so that I also may be encouraged when I learn of your condition. -- philippians 2:19 +. +For I have no one else of kindred spirit who will genuinely be concerned for your welfare. -- philippians 2:20 +. +For they all seek after their own interests, not those of Christ Jesus. -- philippians 2:21 +. +But you know of his proven worth, that he served with me in the furtherance of the gospel like a child serving his father. -- philippians 2:22 +. +Therefore I hope to send him immediately, as soon as I see how things go with me; -- philippians 2:23 +. +and I trust in the Lord that I myself also will be coming shortly. -- philippians 2:24 +. +But I thought it necessary to send to you Epaphroditus, my brother and fellow worker and fellow soldier, who is also your messenger and minister to my need; -- philippians 2:25 +. +because he was longing for you all and was distressed because you had heard that he was sick. -- philippians 2:26 +. +For indeed he was sick to the point of death, but God had mercy on him, and not on him only but also on me, so that I would not have sorrow upon sorrow. -- philippians 2:27 +. +Therefore I have sent him all the more eagerly so that when you see him again you may rejoice and I may be less concerned about you. -- philippians 2:28 +. +Receive him then in the Lord with all joy, and hold men like him in high regard; -- philippians 2:29 +. +because he came close to death for the work of Christ, risking his life to complete what was deficient in your service to me. -- philippians 2:30 +. +Finally, my brethren, rejoice in the Lord. To write the same things again is no trouble to me, and it is a safeguard for you. -- philippians 3:1 +. +Beware of the dogs, beware of the evil workers, beware of the false circumcision; -- philippians 3:2 +. +for we are the true circumcision, who worship in the Spirit of God and glory in Christ Jesus and put no confidence in the flesh, -- philippians 3:3 +. +although I myself might have confidence even in the flesh. If anyone else has a mind to put confidence in the flesh, I far more: -- philippians 3:4 +. +circumcised the eighth day, of the nation of Israel, of the tribe of Benjamin, a Hebrew of Hebrews; as to the Law, a Pharisee; -- philippians 3:5 +. +as to zeal, a persecutor of the church; as to the righteousness which is in the Law, found blameless. -- philippians 3:6 +. +But whatever things were gain to me, those things I have counted as loss for the sake of Christ. -- philippians 3:7 +. +More than that, I count all things to be loss in view of the surpassing value of knowing Christ Jesus my Lord, for whom I have suffered the loss of all things, and count them but rubbish so that I may gain Christ, -- philippians 3:8 +. +and may be found in Him, not having a righteousness of my own derived from the Law, but that which is through faith in Christ, the righteousness which comes from God on the basis of faith, -- philippians 3:9 +. +that I may know Him and the power of His resurrection and the fellowship of His sufferings, being conformed to His death; -- philippians 3:10 +. +in order that I may attain to the resurrection from the dead. -- philippians 3:11 +. +Not that I have already obtained it or have already become perfect, but I press on so that I may lay hold of that for which also I was laid hold of by Christ Jesus. -- philippians 3:12 +. +Brethren, I do not regard myself as having laid hold of it yet; but one thing I do: forgetting what lies behind and reaching forward to what lies ahead, -- philippians 3:13 +. +I press on toward the goal for the prize of the upward call of God in Christ Jesus. -- philippians 3:14 +. +Let us therefore, as many as are perfect, have this attitude; and if in anything you have a different attitude, God will reveal that also to you; -- philippians 3:15 +. +however, let us keep living by that same standard to which we have attained. -- philippians 3:16 +. +Brethren, join in following my example, and observe those who walk according to the pattern you have in us. -- philippians 3:17 +. +For many walk, of whom I often told you, and now tell you even weeping, that they are enemies of the cross of Christ, -- philippians 3:18 +. +whose end is destruction, whose god is their appetite, and whose glory is in their shame, who set their minds on earthly things. -- philippians 3:19 +. +For our citizenship is in heaven, from which also we eagerly wait for a Savior, the Lord Jesus Christ; -- philippians 3:20 +. +who will transform the body of our humble state into conformity with the body of His glory, by the exertion of the power that He has even to subject all things to Himself. -- philippians 3:21 +. +Therefore, my beloved brethren whom I long to see, my joy and crown, in this way stand firm in the Lord, my beloved. -- philippians 4:1 +. +I urge Euodia and I urge Syntyche to live in harmony in the Lord. -- philippians 4:2 +. +Indeed, true companion, I ask you also to help these women who have shared my struggle in the cause of the gospel, together with Clement also and the rest of my fellow workers, whose names are in the book of life. -- philippians 4:3 +. +Rejoice in the Lord always; again I will say, rejoice! -- philippians 4:4 +. +Let your gentle spirit be known to all men. The Lord is near. -- philippians 4:5 +. +Be anxious for nothing, but in everything by prayer and supplication with thanksgiving let your requests be made known to God. -- philippians 4:6 +. +And the peace of God, which surpasses all comprehension, will guard your hearts and your minds in Christ Jesus. -- philippians 4:7 +. +Finally, brethren, whatever is true, whatever is honorable, whatever is right, whatever is pure, whatever is lovely, whatever is of good repute, if there is any excellence and if anything worthy of praise, dwell on these things. -- philippians 4:8 +. +The things you have learned and received and heard and seen in me, practice these things, and the God of peace will be with you. -- philippians 4:9 +. +But I rejoiced in the Lord greatly, that now at last you have revived your concern for me; indeed, you were concerned before, but you lacked opportunity. -- philippians 4:10 +. +Not that I speak from want, for I have learned to be content in whatever circumstances I am. -- philippians 4:11 +. +I know how to get along with humble means, and I also know how to live in prosperity; in any and every circumstance I have learned the secret of being filled and going hungry, both of having abundance and suffering need. -- philippians 4:12 +. +I can do all things through Him who strengthens me. -- philippians 4:13 +. +Nevertheless, you have done well to share with me in my affliction. -- philippians 4:14 +. +You yourselves also know, Philippians, that at the first preaching of the gospel, after I left Macedonia, no church shared with me in the matter of giving and receiving but you alone; -- philippians 4:15 +. +for even in Thessalonica you sent a gift more than once for my needs. -- philippians 4:16 +. +Not that I seek the gift itself, but I seek for the profit which increases to your account. -- philippians 4:17 +. +But I have received everything in full and have an abundance; I am amply supplied, having received from Epaphroditus what you have sent, a fragrant aroma, an acceptable sacrifice, well-pleasing to God. -- philippians 4:18 +. +And my God will supply all your needs according to His riches in glory in Christ Jesus. -- philippians 4:19 +. +Now to our God and Father be the glory forever and ever. Amen. -- philippians 4:20 +. +Greet every saint in Christ Jesus. The brethren who are with me greet you. -- philippians 4:21 +. +All the saints greet you, especially those of Caesar's household. -- philippians 4:22 +. +The grace of the Lord Jesus Christ be with your spirit. -- philippians 4:23 +. +Paul, an apostle of Jesus Christ by the will of God, and Timothy our brother, -- colossians 1:1 +. +To the saints and faithful brethren in Christ who are at Colossae: Grace to you and peace from God our Father. -- colossians 1:2 +. +We give thanks to God, the Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, praying always for you, -- colossians 1:3 +. +since we heard of your faith in Christ Jesus and the love which you have for all the saints; -- colossians 1:4 +. +because of the hope laid up for you in heaven, of which you previously heard in the word of truth, the gospel -- colossians 1:5 +. +which has come to you, just as in all the world also it is constantly bearing fruit and increasing, even as it has been doing in you also since the day you heard of it and understood the grace of God in truth; -- colossians 1:6 +. +just as you learned it from Epaphras, our beloved fellow bond-servant, who is a faithful servant of Christ on our behalf, -- colossians 1:7 +. +and he also informed us of your love in the Spirit. -- colossians 1:8 +. +For this reason also, since the day we heard of it, we have not ceased to pray for you and to ask that you may be filled with the knowledge of His will in all spiritual wisdom and understanding, -- colossians 1:9 +. +so that you will walk in a manner worthy of the Lord, to please Him in all respects, bearing fruit in every good work and increasing in the knowledge of God; -- colossians 1:10 +. +strengthened with all power, according to His glorious might, for the attaining of all steadfastness and patience; joyously -- colossians 1:11 +. +giving thanks to the Father, who has qualified us to share in the inheritance of the saints in Light. -- colossians 1:12 +. +For He rescued us from the domain of darkness, and transferred us to the kingdom of His beloved Son, -- colossians 1:13 +. +in whom we have redemption, the forgiveness of sins. -- colossians 1:14 +. +He is the image of the invisible God, the firstborn of all creation. -- colossians 1:15 +. +For by Him all things were created, both in the heavens and on earth, visible and invisible, whether thrones or dominions or rulers or authorities--all things have been created through Him and for Him. -- colossians 1:16 +. +He is before all things, and in Him all things hold together. -- colossians 1:17 +. +He is also head of the body, the church; and He is the beginning, the firstborn from the dead, so that He Himself will come to have first place in everything. -- colossians 1:18 +. +For it was the Father's good pleasure for all the fullness to dwell in Him, -- colossians 1:19 +. +and through Him to reconcile all things to Himself, having made peace through the blood of His cross; through Him, I say, whether things on earth or things in heaven. -- colossians 1:20 +. +And although you were formerly alienated and hostile in mind, engaged in evil deeds, -- colossians 1:21 +. +yet He has now reconciled you in His fleshly body through death, in order to present you before Him holy and blameless and beyond reproach-- -- colossians 1:22 +. +if indeed you continue in the faith firmly established and steadfast, and not moved away from the hope of the gospel that you have heard, which was proclaimed in all creation under heaven, and of which I, Paul, was made a minister. -- colossians 1:23 +. +Now I rejoice in my sufferings for your sake, and in my flesh I do my share on behalf of His body, which is the church, in filling up what is lacking in Christ's afflictions. -- colossians 1:24 +. +Of this church I was made a minister according to the stewardship from God bestowed on me for your benefit, so that I might fully carry out the preaching of the word of God, -- colossians 1:25 +. +that is, the mystery which has been hidden from the past ages and generations, but has now been manifested to His saints, -- colossians 1:26 +. +to whom God willed to make known what is the riches of the glory of this mystery among the Gentiles, which is Christ in you, the hope of glory. -- colossians 1:27 +. +We proclaim Him, admonishing every man and teaching every man with all wisdom, so that we may present every man complete in Christ. -- colossians 1:28 +. +For this purpose also I labor, striving according to His power, which mightily works within me. -- colossians 1:29 +. +For I want you to know how great a struggle I have on your behalf and for those who are at Laodicea, and for all those who have not personally seen my face, -- colossians 2:1 +. +that their hearts may be encouraged, having been knit together in love, and attaining to all the wealth that comes from the full assurance of understanding, resulting in a true knowledge of God's mystery, that is, Christ Himself, -- colossians 2:2 +. +in whom are hidden all the treasures of wisdom and knowledge. -- colossians 2:3 +. +I say this so that no one will delude you with persuasive argument. -- colossians 2:4 +. +For even though I am absent in body, nevertheless I am with you in spirit, rejoicing to see your good discipline and the stability of your faith in Christ. -- colossians 2:5 +. +Therefore as you have received Christ Jesus the Lord, so walk in Him, -- colossians 2:6 +. +having been firmly rooted and now being built up in Him and established in your faith, just as you were instructed, and overflowing with gratitude. -- colossians 2:7 +. +See to it that no one takes you captive through philosophy and empty deception, according to the tradition of men, according to the elementary principles of the world, rather than according to Christ. -- colossians 2:8 +. +For in Him all the fullness of Deity dwells in bodily form, -- colossians 2:9 +. +and in Him you have been made complete, and He is the head over all rule and authority; -- colossians 2:10 +. +and in Him you were also circumcised with a circumcision made without hands, in the removal of the body of the flesh by the circumcision of Christ; -- colossians 2:11 +. +having been buried with Him in baptism, in which you were also raised up with Him through faith in the working of God, who raised Him from the dead. -- colossians 2:12 +. +When you were dead in your transgressions and the uncircumcision of your flesh, He made you alive together with Him, having forgiven us all our transgressions, -- colossians 2:13 +. +having canceled out the certificate of debt consisting of decrees against us, which was hostile to us; and He has taken it out of the way, having nailed it to the cross. -- colossians 2:14 +. +When He had disarmed the rulers and authorities, He made a public display of them, having triumphed over them through Him. -- colossians 2:15 +. +Therefore no one is to act as your judge in regard to food or drink or in respect to a festival or a new moon or a Sabbath day-- -- colossians 2:16 +. +things which are a mere shadow of what is to come; but the substance belongs to Christ. -- colossians 2:17 +. +Let no one keep defrauding you of your prize by delighting in self-abasement and the worship of the angels, taking his stand on visions he has seen, inflated without cause by his fleshly mind, -- colossians 2:18 +. +and not holding fast to the head, from whom the entire body, being supplied and held together by the joints and ligaments, grows with a growth which is from God. -- colossians 2:19 +. +If you have died with Christ to the elementary principles of the world, why, as if you were living in the world, do you submit yourself to decrees, such as, -- colossians 2:20 +. +"Do not handle, do not taste, do not touch!" -- colossians 2:21 +. +(which all refer to things destined to perish with use)--in accordance with the commandments and teachings of men? -- colossians 2:22 +. +These are matters which have, to be sure, the appearance of wisdom in self-made religion and self-abasement and severe treatment of the body, but are of no value against fleshly indulgence. -- colossians 2:23 +. +Therefore if you have been raised up with Christ, keep seeking the things above, where Christ is, seated at the right hand of God. -- colossians 3:1 +. +Set your mind on the things above, not on the things that are on earth. -- colossians 3:2 +. +For you have died and your life is hidden with Christ in God. -- colossians 3:3 +. +When Christ, who is our life, is revealed, then you also will be revealed with Him in glory. -- colossians 3:4 +. +Therefore consider the members of your earthly body as dead to immorality, impurity, passion, evil desire, and greed, which amounts to idolatry. -- colossians 3:5 +. +For it is because of these things that the wrath of God will come upon the sons of disobedience, -- colossians 3:6 +. +and in them you also once walked, when you were living in them. -- colossians 3:7 +. +But now you also, put them all aside: anger, wrath, malice, slander, and abusive speech from your mouth. -- colossians 3:8 +. +Do not lie to one another, since you laid aside the old self with its evil practices, -- colossians 3:9 +. +and have put on the new self who is being renewed to a true knowledge according to the image of the One who created him-- -- colossians 3:10 +. +a renewal in which there is no distinction between Greek and Jew, circumcised and uncircumcised, barbarian, Scythian, slave and freeman, but Christ is all, and in all. -- colossians 3:11 +. +So, as those who have been chosen of God, holy and beloved, put on a heart of compassion, kindness, humility, gentleness and patience; -- colossians 3:12 +. +bearing with one another, and forgiving each other, whoever has a complaint against anyone; just as the Lord forgave you, so also should you. -- colossians 3:13 +. +Beyond all these things put on love, which is the perfect bond of unity. -- colossians 3:14 +. +Let the peace of Christ rule in your hearts, to which indeed you were called in one body; and be thankful. -- colossians 3:15 +. +Let the word of Christ richly dwell within you, with all wisdom teaching and admonishing one another with psalms and hymns and spiritual songs, singing with thankfulness in your hearts to God. -- colossians 3:16 +. +Whatever you do in word or deed, do all in the name of the Lord Jesus, giving thanks through Him to God the Father. -- colossians 3:17 +. +Wives, be subject to your husbands, as is fitting in the Lord. -- colossians 3:18 +. +Husbands, love your wives and do not be embittered against them. -- colossians 3:19 +. +Children, be obedient to your parents in all things, for this is well-pleasing to the Lord. -- colossians 3:20 +. +Fathers, do not exasperate your children, so that they will not lose heart. -- colossians 3:21 +. +Slaves, in all things obey those who are your masters on earth, not with external service, as those who merely please men, but with sincerity of heart, fearing the Lord. -- colossians 3:22 +. +Whatever you do, do your work heartily, as for the Lord rather than for men, -- colossians 3:23 +. +knowing that from the Lord you will receive the reward of the inheritance. It is the Lord Christ whom you serve. -- colossians 3:24 +. +For he who does wrong will receive the consequences of the wrong which he has done, and that without partiality. -- colossians 3:25 +. +Masters, grant to your slaves justice and fairness, knowing that you too have a Master in heaven. -- colossians 4:1 +. +Devote yourselves to prayer, keeping alert in it with an attitude of thanksgiving; -- colossians 4:2 +. +praying at the same time for us as well, that God will open up to us a door for the word, so that we may speak forth the mystery of Christ, for which I have also been imprisoned; -- colossians 4:3 +. +that I may make it clear in the way I ought to speak. -- colossians 4:4 +. +Conduct yourselves with wisdom toward outsiders, making the most of the opportunity. -- colossians 4:5 +. +Let your speech always be with grace, as though seasoned with salt, so that you will know how you should respond to each person. -- colossians 4:6 +. +As to all my affairs, Tychicus, our beloved brother and faithful servant and fellow bond-servant in the Lord, will bring you information. -- colossians 4:7 +. +For I have sent him to you for this very purpose, that you may know about our circumstances and that he may encourage your hearts; -- colossians 4:8 +. +and with him Onesimus, our faithful and beloved brother, who is one of your number. They will inform you about the whole situation here. -- colossians 4:9 +. +Aristarchus, my fellow prisoner, sends you his greetings; and also Barnabas's cousin Mark (about whom you received instructions; if he comes to you, welcome him); -- colossians 4:10 +. +and also Jesus who is called Justus; these are the only fellow workers for the kingdom of God who are from the circumcision, and they have proved to be an encouragement to me. -- colossians 4:11 +. +Epaphras, who is one of your number, a bondslave of Jesus Christ, sends you his greetings, always laboring earnestly for you in his prayers, that you may stand perfect and fully assured in all the will of God. -- colossians 4:12 +. +For I testify for him that he has a deep concern for you and for those who are in Laodicea and Hierapolis. -- colossians 4:13 +. +Luke, the beloved physician, sends you his greetings, and also Demas. -- colossians 4:14 +. +Greet the brethren who are in Laodicea and also Nympha and the church that is in her house. -- colossians 4:15 +. +When this letter is read among you, have it also read in the church of the Laodiceans; and you, for your part read my letter that is coming from Laodicea. -- colossians 4:16 +. +Say to Archippus, "Take heed to the ministry which you have received in the Lord, that you may fulfill it." -- colossians 4:17 +. +I, Paul, write this greeting with my own hand. Remember my imprisonment. Grace be with you. -- colossians 4:18 +. +Paul and Silvanus and Timothy, To the church of the Thessalonians in God the Father and the Lord Jesus Christ: Grace to you and peace. -- 1 thessalonians 1:1 +. +We give thanks to God always for all of you, making mention of you in our prayers; -- 1 thessalonians 1:2 +. +constantly bearing in mind your work of faith and labor of love and steadfastness of hope in our Lord Jesus Christ in the presence of our God and Father, -- 1 thessalonians 1:3 +. +knowing, brethren beloved by God, His choice of you; -- 1 thessalonians 1:4 +. +for our gospel did not come to you in word only, but also in power and in the Holy Spirit and with full conviction; just as you know what kind of men we proved to be among you for your sake. -- 1 thessalonians 1:5 +. +You also became imitators of us and of the Lord, having received the word in much tribulation with the joy of the Holy Spirit, -- 1 thessalonians 1:6 +. +so that you became an example to all the believers in Macedonia and in Achaia. -- 1 thessalonians 1:7 +. +For the word of the Lord has sounded forth from you, not only in Macedonia and Achaia, but also in every place your faith toward God has gone forth, so that we have no need to say anything. -- 1 thessalonians 1:8 +. +For they themselves report about us what kind of a reception we had with you, and how you turned to God from idols to serve a living and true God, -- 1 thessalonians 1:9 +. +and to wait for His Son from heaven, whom He raised from the dead, that is Jesus, who rescues us from the wrath to come. -- 1 thessalonians 1:10 +. +For you yourselves know, brethren, that our coming to you was not in vain, -- 1 thessalonians 2:1 +. +but after we had already suffered and been mistreated in Philippi, as you know, we had the boldness in our God to speak to you the gospel of God amid much opposition. -- 1 thessalonians 2:2 +. +For our exhortation does not come from error or impurity or by way of deceit; -- 1 thessalonians 2:3 +. +but just as we have been approved by God to be entrusted with the gospel, so we speak, not as pleasing men, but God who examines our hearts. -- 1 thessalonians 2:4 +. +For we never came with flattering speech, as you know, nor with a pretext for greed--God is witness-- -- 1 thessalonians 2:5 +. +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. -- 1 thessalonians 2:6 +. +But we proved to be gentle among you, as a nursing mother tenderly cares for her own children. -- 1 thessalonians 2:7 +. +Having so fond an affection for you, we were well-pleased to impart to you not only the gospel of God but also our own lives, because you had become very dear to us. -- 1 thessalonians 2:8 +. +For you recall, brethren, our labor and hardship, how working night and day so as not to be a burden to any of you, we proclaimed to you the gospel of God. -- 1 thessalonians 2:9 +. +You are witnesses, and so is God, how devoutly and uprightly and blamelessly we behaved toward you believers; -- 1 thessalonians 2:10 +. +just as you know how we were exhorting and encouraging and imploring each one of you as a father would his own children, -- 1 thessalonians 2:11 +. +so that you would walk in a manner worthy of the God who calls you into His own kingdom and glory. -- 1 thessalonians 2:12 +. +For this reason we also constantly thank God that when you received the word of God which you heard from us, you accepted it not as the word of men, but for what it really is, the word of God, which also performs its work in you who believe. -- 1 thessalonians 2:13 +. +For you, brethren, became imitators of the churches of God in Christ Jesus that are in Judea, for you also endured the same sufferings at the hands of your own countrymen, even as they did from the Jews, -- 1 thessalonians 2:14 +. +who both killed the Lord Jesus and the prophets, and drove us out. They are not pleasing to God, but hostile to all men, -- 1 thessalonians 2:15 +. +hindering us from speaking to the Gentiles so that they may be saved; with the result that they always fill up the measure of their sins. But wrath has come upon them to the utmost. -- 1 thessalonians 2:16 +. +But we, brethren, having been taken away from you for a short while--in person, not in spirit--were all the more eager with great desire to see your face. -- 1 thessalonians 2:17 +. +For we wanted to come to you--I, Paul, more than once--and yet Satan hindered us. -- 1 thessalonians 2:18 +. +For who is our hope or joy or crown of exultation? Is it not even you, in the presence of our Lord Jesus at His coming? -- 1 thessalonians 2:19 +. +For you are our glory and joy. -- 1 thessalonians 2:20 +. +Therefore when we could endure it no longer, we thought it best to be left behind at Athens alone, -- 1 thessalonians 3:1 +. +and we sent Timothy, our brother and God's fellow worker in the gospel of Christ, to strengthen and encourage you as to your faith, -- 1 thessalonians 3:2 +. +so that no one would be disturbed by these afflictions; for you yourselves know that we have been destined for this. -- 1 thessalonians 3:3 +. +For indeed when we were with you, we kept telling you in advance that we were going to suffer affliction; and so it came to pass, as you know. -- 1 thessalonians 3:4 +. +For this reason, when I could endure it no longer, I also sent to find out about your faith, for fear that the tempter might have tempted you, and our labor would be in vain. -- 1 thessalonians 3:5 +. +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, -- 1 thessalonians 3:6 +. +for this reason, brethren, in all our distress and affliction we were comforted about you through your faith; -- 1 thessalonians 3:7 +. +for now we really live, if you stand firm in the Lord. -- 1 thessalonians 3:8 +. +For what thanks can we render to God for you in return for all the joy with which we rejoice before our God on your account, -- 1 thessalonians 3:9 +. +as we night and day keep praying most earnestly that we may see your face, and may complete what is lacking in your faith? -- 1 thessalonians 3:10 +. +Now may our God and Father Himself and Jesus our Lord direct our way to you; -- 1 thessalonians 3:11 +. +and may the Lord cause you to increase and abound in love for one another, and for all people, just as we also do for you; -- 1 thessalonians 3:12 +. +so that He may establish your hearts without blame in holiness before our God and Father at the coming of our Lord Jesus with all His saints. -- 1 thessalonians 3:13 +. +Finally then, brethren, we request and exhort you in the Lord Jesus, that as you received from us instruction as to how you ought to walk and please God (just as you actually do walk), that you excel still more. -- 1 thessalonians 4:1 +. +For you know what commandments we gave you by the authority of the Lord Jesus. -- 1 thessalonians 4:2 +. +For this is the will of God, your sanctification; that is, that you abstain from sexual immorality; -- 1 thessalonians 4:3 +. +that each of you know how to possess his own vessel in sanctification and honor, -- 1 thessalonians 4:4 +. +not in lustful passion, like the Gentiles who do not know God; -- 1 thessalonians 4:5 +. +and that no man transgress and defraud his brother in the matter because the Lord is the avenger in all these things, just as we also told you before and solemnly warned you. -- 1 thessalonians 4:6 +. +For God has not called us for the purpose of impurity, but in sanctification. -- 1 thessalonians 4:7 +. +So, he who rejects this is not rejecting man but the God who gives His Holy Spirit to you. -- 1 thessalonians 4:8 +. +Now as to the love of the brethren, you have no need for anyone to write to you, for you yourselves are taught by God to love one another; -- 1 thessalonians 4:9 +. +for indeed you do practice it toward all the brethren who are in all Macedonia. But we urge you, brethren, to excel still more, -- 1 thessalonians 4:10 +. +and to make it your ambition to lead a quiet life and attend to your own business and work with your hands, just as we commanded you, -- 1 thessalonians 4:11 +. +so that you will behave properly toward outsiders and not be in any need. -- 1 thessalonians 4:12 +. +But we do not want you to be uninformed, brethren, about those who are asleep, so that you will not grieve as do the rest who have no hope. -- 1 thessalonians 4:13 +. +For if we believe that Jesus died and rose again, even so God will bring with Him those who have fallen asleep in Jesus. -- 1 thessalonians 4:14 +. +For this we say to you by the word of the Lord, that we who are alive and remain until the coming of the Lord, will not precede those who have fallen asleep. -- 1 thessalonians 4:15 +. +For the Lord Himself will descend from heaven with a shout, with the voice of the archangel and with the trumpet of God, and the dead in Christ will rise first. -- 1 thessalonians 4:16 +. +Then we who are alive and remain will be caught up together with them in the clouds to meet the Lord in the air, and so we shall always be with the Lord. -- 1 thessalonians 4:17 +. +Therefore comfort one another with these words. -- 1 thessalonians 4:18 +. +Now as to the times and the epochs, brethren, you have no need of anything to be written to you. -- 1 thessalonians 5:1 +. +For you yourselves know full well that the day of the Lord will come just like a thief in the night. -- 1 thessalonians 5:2 +. +While they are saying, "Peace and safety!" then destruction will come upon them suddenly like labor pains upon a woman with child, and they will not escape. -- 1 thessalonians 5:3 +. +But you, brethren, are not in darkness, that the day would overtake you like a thief; -- 1 thessalonians 5:4 +. +for you are all sons of light and sons of day. We are not of night nor of darkness; -- 1 thessalonians 5:5 +. +so then let us not sleep as others do, but let us be alert and sober. -- 1 thessalonians 5:6 +. +For those who sleep do their sleeping at night, and those who get drunk get drunk at night. -- 1 thessalonians 5:7 +. +But since we are of the day, let us be sober, having put on the breastplate of faith and love, and as a helmet, the hope of salvation. -- 1 thessalonians 5:8 +. +For God has not destined us for wrath, but for obtaining salvation through our Lord Jesus Christ, -- 1 thessalonians 5:9 +. +who died for us, so that whether we are awake or asleep, we will live together with Him. -- 1 thessalonians 5:10 +. +Therefore encourage one another and build up one another, just as you also are doing. -- 1 thessalonians 5:11 +. +But we request of you, brethren, that you appreciate those who diligently labor among you, and have charge over you in the Lord and give you instruction, -- 1 thessalonians 5:12 +. +and that you esteem them very highly in love because of their work. Live in peace with one another. -- 1 thessalonians 5:13 +. +We urge you, brethren, admonish the unruly, encourage the fainthearted, help the weak, be patient with everyone. -- 1 thessalonians 5:14 +. +See that no one repays another with evil for evil, but always seek after that which is good for one another and for all people. -- 1 thessalonians 5:15 +. +Rejoice always; -- 1 thessalonians 5:16 +. +pray without ceasing; -- 1 thessalonians 5:17 +. +in everything give thanks; for this is God's will for you in Christ Jesus. -- 1 thessalonians 5:18 +. +Do not quench the Spirit; -- 1 thessalonians 5:19 +. +do not despise prophetic utterances. -- 1 thessalonians 5:20 +. +But examine everything carefully; hold fast to that which is good; -- 1 thessalonians 5:21 +. +abstain from every form of evil. -- 1 thessalonians 5:22 +. +Now may the God of peace Himself sanctify you entirely; and may your spirit and soul and body be preserved complete, without blame at the coming of our Lord Jesus Christ. -- 1 thessalonians 5:23 +. +Faithful is He who calls you, and He also will bring it to pass. -- 1 thessalonians 5:24 +. +Brethren, pray for us. -- 1 thessalonians 5:25 +. +Greet all the brethren with a holy kiss. -- 1 thessalonians 5:26 +. +I adjure you by the Lord to have this letter read to all the brethren. -- 1 thessalonians 5:27 +. +The grace of our Lord Jesus Christ be with you. -- 1 thessalonians 5:28 +. +Paul and Silvanus and Timothy, To the church of the Thessalonians in God our Father and the Lord Jesus Christ: -- 2 thessalonians 1:1 +. +Grace to you and peace from God the Father and the Lord Jesus Christ. -- 2 thessalonians 1:2 +. +We ought always to give thanks to God for you, brethren, as is only fitting, because your faith is greatly enlarged, and the love of each one of you toward one another grows ever greater; -- 2 thessalonians 1:3 +. +therefore, we ourselves speak proudly of you among the churches of God for your perseverance and faith in the midst of all your persecutions and afflictions which you endure. -- 2 thessalonians 1:4 +. +This is a plain indication of God's righteous judgment so that you will be considered worthy of the kingdom of God, for which indeed you are suffering. -- 2 thessalonians 1:5 +. +For after all it is only just for God to repay with affliction those who afflict you, -- 2 thessalonians 1:6 +. +and to give relief to you who are afflicted and to us as well when the Lord Jesus will be revealed from heaven with His mighty angels in flaming fire, -- 2 thessalonians 1:7 +. +dealing out retribution to those who do not know God and to those who do not obey the gospel of our Lord Jesus. -- 2 thessalonians 1:8 +. +These will pay the penalty of eternal destruction, away from the presence of the Lord and from the glory of His power, -- 2 thessalonians 1:9 +. +when He comes to be glorified in His saints on that day, and to be marveled at among all who have believed--for our testimony to you was believed. -- 2 thessalonians 1:10 +. +To this end also we pray for you always, that our God will count you worthy of your calling, and fulfill every desire for goodness and the work of faith with power, -- 2 thessalonians 1:11 +. +so that the name of our Lord Jesus will be glorified in you, and you in Him, according to the grace of our God and the Lord Jesus Christ. -- 2 thessalonians 1:12 +. +Now we request you, brethren, with regard to the coming of our Lord Jesus Christ and our gathering together to Him, -- 2 thessalonians 2:1 +. +that you not be quickly shaken from your composure or be disturbed either by a spirit or a message or a letter as if from us, to the effect that the day of the Lord has come. -- 2 thessalonians 2:2 +. +Let no one in any way deceive you, for it will not come unless the apostasy comes first, and the man of lawlessness is revealed, the son of destruction, -- 2 thessalonians 2:3 +. +who opposes and exalts himself above every so-called god or object of worship, so that he takes his seat in the temple of God, displaying himself as being God. -- 2 thessalonians 2:4 +. +Do you not remember that while I was still with you, I was telling you these things? -- 2 thessalonians 2:5 +. +And you know what restrains him now, so that in his time he will be revealed. -- 2 thessalonians 2:6 +. +For the mystery of lawlessness is already at work; only he who now restrains will do so until he is taken out of the way. -- 2 thessalonians 2:7 +. +Then that lawless one will be revealed whom the Lord will slay with the breath of His mouth and bring to an end by the appearance of His coming; -- 2 thessalonians 2:8 +. +that is, the one whose coming is in accord with the activity of Satan, with all power and signs and false wonders, -- 2 thessalonians 2:9 +. +and with all the deception of wickedness for those who perish, because they did not receive the love of the truth so as to be saved. -- 2 thessalonians 2:10 +. +For this reason God will send upon them a deluding influence so that they will believe what is false, -- 2 thessalonians 2:11 +. +in order that they all may be judged who did not believe the truth, but took pleasure in wickedness. -- 2 thessalonians 2:12 +. +But we should always give thanks to God for you, brethren beloved by the Lord, because God has chosen you from the beginning for salvation through sanctification by the Spirit and faith in the truth. -- 2 thessalonians 2:13 +. +It was for this He called you through our gospel, that you may gain the glory of our Lord Jesus Christ. -- 2 thessalonians 2:14 +. +So then, brethren, stand firm and hold to the traditions which you were taught, whether by word of mouth or by letter from us. -- 2 thessalonians 2:15 +. +Now may our Lord Jesus Christ Himself and God our Father, who has loved us and given us eternal comfort and good hope by grace, -- 2 thessalonians 2:16 +. +comfort and strengthen your hearts in every good work and word. -- 2 thessalonians 2:17 +. +Finally, brethren, pray for us that the word of the Lord will spread rapidly and be glorified, just as it did also with you; -- 2 thessalonians 3:1 +. +and that we will be rescued from perverse and evil men; for not all have faith. -- 2 thessalonians 3:2 +. +But the Lord is faithful, and He will strengthen and protect you from the evil one. -- 2 thessalonians 3:3 +. +We have confidence in the Lord concerning you, that you are doing and will continue to do what we command. -- 2 thessalonians 3:4 +. +May the Lord direct your hearts into the love of God and into the steadfastness of Christ. -- 2 thessalonians 3:5 +. +Now we command you, brethren, in the name of our Lord Jesus Christ, that you keep away from every brother who leads an unruly life and not according to the tradition which you received from us. -- 2 thessalonians 3:6 +. +For you yourselves know how you ought to follow our example, because we did not act in an undisciplined manner among you, -- 2 thessalonians 3:7 +. +nor did we eat anyone's bread without paying for it, but with labor and hardship we kept working night and day so that we would not be a burden to any of you; -- 2 thessalonians 3:8 +. +not because we do not have the right to this, but in order to offer ourselves as a model for you, so that you would follow our example. -- 2 thessalonians 3:9 +. +For even when we were with you, we used to give you this order: if anyone is not willing to work, then he is not to eat, either. -- 2 thessalonians 3:10 +. +For we hear that some among you are leading an undisciplined life, doing no work at all, but acting like busybodies. -- 2 thessalonians 3:11 +. +Now such persons we command and exhort in the Lord Jesus Christ to work in quiet fashion and eat their own bread. -- 2 thessalonians 3:12 +. +But as for you, brethren, do not grow weary of doing good. -- 2 thessalonians 3:13 +. +If anyone does not obey our instruction in this letter, take special note of that person and do not associate with him, so that he will be put to shame. -- 2 thessalonians 3:14 +. +Yet do not regard him as an enemy, but admonish him as a brother. -- 2 thessalonians 3:15 +. +Now may the Lord of peace Himself continually grant you peace in every circumstance. The Lord be with you all! -- 2 thessalonians 3:16 +. +I, Paul, write this greeting with my own hand, and this is a distinguishing mark in every letter; this is the way I write. -- 2 thessalonians 3:17 +. +The grace of our Lord Jesus Christ be with you all. -- 2 thessalonians 3:18 +. +Paul, an apostle of Christ Jesus according to the commandment of God our Savior, and of Christ Jesus, who is our hope, -- 1 timothy 1:1 +. +To Timothy, my true child in the faith: Grace, mercy and peace from God the Father and Christ Jesus our Lord. -- 1 timothy 1:2 +. +As I urged you upon my departure for Macedonia, remain on at Ephesus so that you may instruct certain men not to teach strange doctrines, -- 1 timothy 1:3 +. +nor to pay attention to myths and endless genealogies, which give rise to mere speculation rather than furthering the administration of God which is by faith. -- 1 timothy 1:4 +. +But the goal of our instruction is love from a pure heart and a good conscience and a sincere faith. -- 1 timothy 1:5 +. +For some men, straying from these things, have turned aside to fruitless discussion, -- 1 timothy 1:6 +. +wanting to be teachers of the Law, even though they do not understand either what they are saying or the matters about which they make confident assertions. -- 1 timothy 1:7 +. +But we know that the Law is good, if one uses it lawfully, -- 1 timothy 1:8 +. +realizing the fact that law is not made for a righteous person, but for those who are lawless and rebellious, for the ungodly and sinners, for the unholy and profane, for those who kill their fathers or mothers, for murderers -- 1 timothy 1:9 +. +and immoral men and homosexuals and kidnappers and liars and perjurers, and whatever else is contrary to sound teaching, -- 1 timothy 1:10 +. +according to the glorious gospel of the blessed God, with which I have been entrusted. -- 1 timothy 1:11 +. +I thank Christ Jesus our Lord, who has strengthened me, because He considered me faithful, putting me into service, -- 1 timothy 1:12 +. +even though I was formerly a blasphemer and a persecutor and a violent aggressor. Yet I was shown mercy because I acted ignorantly in unbelief; -- 1 timothy 1:13 +. +and the grace of our Lord was more than abundant, with the faith and love which are found in Christ Jesus. -- 1 timothy 1:14 +. +It is a trustworthy statement, deserving full acceptance, that Christ Jesus came into the world to save sinners, among whom I am foremost of all. -- 1 timothy 1:15 +. +Yet for this reason I found mercy, so that in me as the foremost, Jesus Christ might demonstrate His perfect patience as an example for those who would believe in Him for eternal life. -- 1 timothy 1:16 +. +Now to the King eternal, immortal, invisible, the only God, be honor and glory forever and ever. Amen. -- 1 timothy 1:17 +. +This command I entrust to you, Timothy, my son, in accordance with the prophecies previously made concerning you, that by them you fight the good fight, -- 1 timothy 1:18 +. +keeping faith and a good conscience, which some have rejected and suffered shipwreck in regard to their faith. -- 1 timothy 1:19 +. +Among these are Hymenaeus and Alexander, whom I have handed over to Satan, so that they will be taught not to blaspheme. -- 1 timothy 1:20 +. +First of all, then, I urge that entreaties and prayers, petitions and thanksgivings, be made on behalf of all men, -- 1 timothy 2:1 +. +for kings and all who are in authority, so that we may lead a tranquil and quiet life in all godliness and dignity. -- 1 timothy 2:2 +. +This is good and acceptable in the sight of God our Savior, -- 1 timothy 2:3 +. +who desires all men to be saved and to come to the knowledge of the truth. -- 1 timothy 2:4 +. +For there is one God, and one mediator also between God and men, the man Christ Jesus, -- 1 timothy 2:5 +. +who gave Himself as a ransom for all, the testimony given at the proper time. -- 1 timothy 2:6 +. +For this I was appointed a preacher and an apostle (I am telling the truth, I am not lying) as a teacher of the Gentiles in faith and truth. -- 1 timothy 2:7 +. +Therefore I want the men in every place to pray, lifting up holy hands, without wrath and dissension. -- 1 timothy 2:8 +. +Likewise, I want women to adorn themselves with proper clothing, modestly and discreetly, not with braided hair and gold or pearls or costly garments, -- 1 timothy 2:9 +. +but rather by means of good works, as is proper for women making a claim to godliness. -- 1 timothy 2:10 +. +A woman must quietly receive instruction with entire submissiveness. -- 1 timothy 2:11 +. +But I do not allow a woman to teach or exercise authority over a man, but to remain quiet. -- 1 timothy 2:12 +. +For it was Adam who was first created, and then Eve. -- 1 timothy 2:13 +. +And it was not Adam who was deceived, but the woman being deceived, fell into transgression. -- 1 timothy 2:14 +. +But women will be preserved through the bearing of children if they continue in faith and love and sanctity with self-restraint. -- 1 timothy 2:15 +. +It is a trustworthy statement: if any man aspires to the office of overseer, it is a fine work he desires to do. -- 1 timothy 3:1 +. +An overseer, then, must be above reproach, the husband of one wife, temperate, prudent, respectable, hospitable, able to teach, -- 1 timothy 3:2 +. +not addicted to wine or pugnacious, but gentle, peaceable, free from the love of money. -- 1 timothy 3:3 +. +He must be one who manages his own household well, keeping his children under control with all dignity -- 1 timothy 3:4 +. +(but if a man does not know how to manage his own household, how will he take care of the church of God?), -- 1 timothy 3:5 +. +and not a new convert, so that he will not become conceited and fall into the condemnation incurred by the devil. -- 1 timothy 3:6 +. +And he must have a good reputation with those outside the church, so that he will not fall into reproach and the snare of the devil. -- 1 timothy 3:7 +. +Deacons likewise must be men of dignity, not double-tongued, or addicted to much wine or fond of sordid gain, -- 1 timothy 3:8 +. +but holding to the mystery of the faith with a clear conscience. -- 1 timothy 3:9 +. +These men must also first be tested; then let them serve as deacons if they are beyond reproach. -- 1 timothy 3:10 +. +Women must likewise be dignified, not malicious gossips, but temperate, faithful in all things. -- 1 timothy 3:11 +. +Deacons must be husbands of only one wife, and good managers of their children and their own households. -- 1 timothy 3:12 +. +For those who have served well as deacons obtain for themselves a high standing and great confidence in the faith that is in Christ Jesus. -- 1 timothy 3:13 +. +I am writing these things to you, hoping to come to you before long; -- 1 timothy 3:14 +. +but in case I am delayed, I write so that you will know how one ought to conduct himself in the household of God, which is the church of the living God, the pillar and support of the truth. -- 1 timothy 3:15 +. +By common confession, great is the mystery of godliness: He who was revealed in the flesh, Was vindicated in the Spirit, Seen by angels, Proclaimed among the nations, Believed on in the world, Taken up in glory. -- 1 timothy 3:16 +. +But the Spirit explicitly says that in later times some will fall away from the faith, paying attention to deceitful spirits and doctrines of demons, -- 1 timothy 4:1 +. +by means of the hypocrisy of liars seared in their own conscience as with a branding iron, -- 1 timothy 4:2 +. +men who forbid marriage and advocate abstaining from foods which God has created to be gratefully shared in by those who believe and know the truth. -- 1 timothy 4:3 +. +For everything created by God is good, and nothing is to be rejected if it is received with gratitude; -- 1 timothy 4:4 +. +for it is sanctified by means of the word of God and prayer. -- 1 timothy 4:5 +. +In pointing out these things to the brethren, you will be a good servant of Christ Jesus, constantly nourished on the words of the faith and of the sound doctrine which you have been following. -- 1 timothy 4:6 +. +But have nothing to do with worldly fables fit only for old women. On the other hand, discipline yourself for the purpose of godliness; -- 1 timothy 4:7 +. +for bodily discipline is only of little profit, but godliness is profitable for all things, since it holds promise for the present life and also for the life to come. -- 1 timothy 4:8 +. +It is a trustworthy statement deserving full acceptance. -- 1 timothy 4:9 +. +For it is for this we labor and strive, because we have fixed our hope on the living God, who is the Savior of all men, especially of believers. -- 1 timothy 4:10 +. +Prescribe and teach these things. -- 1 timothy 4:11 +. +Let no one look down on your youthfulness, but rather in speech, conduct, love, faith and purity, show yourself an example of those who believe. -- 1 timothy 4:12 +. +Until I come, give attention to the public reading of Scripture, to exhortation and teaching. -- 1 timothy 4:13 +. +Do not neglect the spiritual gift within you, which was bestowed on you through prophetic utterance with the laying on of hands by the presbytery. -- 1 timothy 4:14 +. +Take pains with these things; be absorbed in them, so that your progress will be evident to all. -- 1 timothy 4:15 +. +Pay close attention to yourself and to your teaching; persevere in these things, for as you do this you will ensure salvation both for yourself and for those who hear you. -- 1 timothy 4:16 +. +Do not sharply rebuke an older man, but rather appeal to him as a father, to the younger men as brothers, -- 1 timothy 5:1 +. +the older women as mothers, and the younger women as sisters, in all purity. -- 1 timothy 5:2 +. +Honor widows who are widows indeed; -- 1 timothy 5:3 +. +but if any widow has children or grandchildren, they must first learn to practice piety in regard to their own family and to make some return to their parents; for this is acceptable in the sight of God. -- 1 timothy 5:4 +. +Now she who is a widow indeed and who has been left alone, has fixed her hope on God and continues in entreaties and prayers night and day. -- 1 timothy 5:5 +. +But she who gives herself to wanton pleasure is dead even while she lives. -- 1 timothy 5:6 +. +Prescribe these things as well, so that they may be above reproach. -- 1 timothy 5:7 +. +But if anyone does not provide for his own, and especially for those of his household, he has denied the faith and is worse than an unbeliever. -- 1 timothy 5:8 +. +A widow is to be put on the list only if she is not less than sixty years old, having been the wife of one man, -- 1 timothy 5:9 +. +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. -- 1 timothy 5:10 +. +But refuse to put younger widows on the list, for when they feel sensual desires in disregard of Christ, they want to get married, -- 1 timothy 5:11 +. +thus incurring condemnation, because they have set aside their previous pledge. -- 1 timothy 5:12 +. +At the same time they also learn to be idle, as they go around from house to house; and not merely idle, but also gossips and busybodies, talking about things not proper to mention. -- 1 timothy 5:13 +. +Therefore, I want younger widows to get married, bear children, keep house, and give the enemy no occasion for reproach; -- 1 timothy 5:14 +. +for some have already turned aside to follow Satan. -- 1 timothy 5:15 +. +If any woman who is a believer has dependent widows, she must assist them and the church must not be burdened, so that it may assist those who are widows indeed. -- 1 timothy 5:16 +. +The elders who rule well are to be considered worthy of double honor, especially those who work hard at preaching and teaching. -- 1 timothy 5:17 +. +For the Scripture says, "YOU SHALL NOT MUZZLE THE OX WHILE HE IS THRESHING," and "The laborer is worthy of his wages." -- 1 timothy 5:18 +. +Do not receive an accusation against an elder except on the basis of two or three witnesses. -- 1 timothy 5:19 +. +Those who continue in sin, rebuke in the presence of all, so that the rest also will be fearful of sinning. -- 1 timothy 5:20 +. +I solemnly charge you in the presence of God and of Christ Jesus and of His chosen angels, to maintain these principles without bias, doing nothing in a spirit of partiality. -- 1 timothy 5:21 +. +Do not lay hands upon anyone too hastily and thereby share responsibility for the sins of others; keep yourself free from sin. -- 1 timothy 5:22 +. +No longer drink water exclusively, but use a little wine for the sake of your stomach and your frequent ailments. -- 1 timothy 5:23 +. +The sins of some men are quite evident, going before them to judgment; for others, their sins follow after. -- 1 timothy 5:24 +. +Likewise also, deeds that are good are quite evident, and those which are otherwise cannot be concealed. -- 1 timothy 5:25 +. +All who are under the yoke as slaves are to regard their own masters as worthy of all honor so that the name of God and our doctrine will not be spoken against. -- 1 timothy 6:1 +. +Those who have believers as their masters must not be disrespectful to them because they are brethren, but must serve them all the more, because those who partake of the benefit are believers and beloved. Teach and preach these principles. -- 1 timothy 6:2 +. +If anyone advocates a different doctrine and does not agree with sound words, those of our Lord Jesus Christ, and with the doctrine conforming to godliness, -- 1 timothy 6:3 +. +he is conceited and understands nothing; but he has a morbid interest in controversial questions and disputes about words, out of which arise envy, strife, abusive language, evil suspicions, -- 1 timothy 6:4 +. +and constant friction between men of depraved mind and deprived of the truth, who suppose that godliness is a means of gain. -- 1 timothy 6:5 +. +But godliness actually is a means of great gain when accompanied by contentment. -- 1 timothy 6:6 +. +For we have brought nothing into the world, so we cannot take anything out of it either. -- 1 timothy 6:7 +. +If we have food and covering, with these we shall be content. -- 1 timothy 6:8 +. +But those who want to get rich fall into temptation and a snare and many foolish and harmful desires which plunge men into ruin and destruction. -- 1 timothy 6:9 +. +For the love of money is a root of all sorts of evil, and some by longing for it have wandered away from the faith and pierced themselves with many griefs. -- 1 timothy 6:10 +. +But flee from these things, you man of God, and pursue righteousness, godliness, faith, love, perseverance and gentleness. -- 1 timothy 6:11 +. +Fight the good fight of faith; take hold of the eternal life to which you were called, and you made the good confession in the presence of many witnesses. -- 1 timothy 6:12 +. +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, -- 1 timothy 6:13 +. +that you keep the commandment without stain or reproach until the appearing of our Lord Jesus Christ, -- 1 timothy 6:14 +. +which He will bring about at the proper time--He who is the blessed and only Sovereign, the King of kings and Lord of lords, -- 1 timothy 6:15 +. +who alone possesses immortality and dwells in unapproachable light, whom no man has seen or can see. To Him be honor and eternal dominion! Amen. -- 1 timothy 6:16 +. +Instruct those who are rich in this present world not to be conceited or to fix their hope on the uncertainty of riches, but on God, who richly supplies us with all things to enjoy. -- 1 timothy 6:17 +. +Instruct them to do good, to be rich in good works, to be generous and ready to share, -- 1 timothy 6:18 +. +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. -- 1 timothy 6:19 +. +O Timothy, guard what has been entrusted to you, avoiding worldly and empty chatter and the opposing arguments of what is falsely called "knowledge"-- -- 1 timothy 6:20 +. +which some have professed and thus gone astray from the faith. Grace be with you. -- 1 timothy 6:21 +. +Paul, an apostle of Christ Jesus by the will of God, according to the promise of life in Christ Jesus, -- 2 timothy 1:1 +. +To Timothy, my beloved son: Grace, mercy and peace from God the Father and Christ Jesus our Lord. -- 2 timothy 1:2 +. +I thank God, whom I serve with a clear conscience the way my forefathers did, as I constantly remember you in my prayers night and day, -- 2 timothy 1:3 +. +longing to see you, even as I recall your tears, so that I may be filled with joy. -- 2 timothy 1:4 +. +For I am mindful of the sincere faith within you, which first dwelt in your grandmother Lois and your mother Eunice, and I am sure that it is in you as well. -- 2 timothy 1:5 +. +For this reason I remind you to kindle afresh the gift of God which is in you through the laying on of my hands. -- 2 timothy 1:6 +. +For God has not given us a spirit of timidity, but of power and love and discipline. -- 2 timothy 1:7 +. +Therefore do not be ashamed of the testimony of our Lord or of me His prisoner, but join with me in suffering for the gospel according to the power of God, -- 2 timothy 1:8 +. +who has saved us and called us with a holy calling, not according to our works, but according to His own purpose and grace which was granted us in Christ Jesus from all eternity, -- 2 timothy 1:9 +. +but now has been revealed by the appearing of our Savior Christ Jesus, who abolished death and brought life and immortality to light through the gospel, -- 2 timothy 1:10 +. +for which I was appointed a preacher and an apostle and a teacher. -- 2 timothy 1:11 +. +For this reason I also suffer these things, but I am not ashamed; for I know whom I have believed and I am convinced that He is able to guard what I have entrusted to Him until that day. -- 2 timothy 1:12 +. +Retain the standard of sound words which you have heard from me, in the faith and love which are in Christ Jesus. -- 2 timothy 1:13 +. +Guard, through the Holy Spirit who dwells in us, the treasure which has been entrusted to you. -- 2 timothy 1:14 +. +You are aware of the fact that all who are in Asia turned away from me, among whom are Phygelus and Hermogenes. -- 2 timothy 1:15 +. +The Lord grant mercy to the house of Onesiphorus, for he often refreshed me and was not ashamed of my chains; -- 2 timothy 1:16 +. +but when he was in Rome, he eagerly searched for me and found me-- -- 2 timothy 1:17 +. +the Lord grant to him to find mercy from the Lord on that day--and you know very well what services he rendered at Ephesus. -- 2 timothy 1:18 +. +You therefore, my son, be strong in the grace that is in Christ Jesus. -- 2 timothy 2:1 +. +The things which you have heard from me in the presence of many witnesses, entrust these to faithful men who will be able to teach others also. -- 2 timothy 2:2 +. +Suffer hardship with me, as a good soldier of Christ Jesus. -- 2 timothy 2:3 +. +No soldier in active service entangles himself in the affairs of everyday life, so that he may please the one who enlisted him as a soldier. -- 2 timothy 2:4 +. +Also if anyone competes as an athlete, he does not win the prize unless he competes according to the rules. -- 2 timothy 2:5 +. +The hard-working farmer ought to be the first to receive his share of the crops. -- 2 timothy 2:6 +. +Consider what I say, for the Lord will give you understanding in everything. -- 2 timothy 2:7 +. +Remember Jesus Christ, risen from the dead, descendant of David, according to my gospel, -- 2 timothy 2:8 +. +for which I suffer hardship even to imprisonment as a criminal; but the word of God is not imprisoned. -- 2 timothy 2:9 +. +For this reason I endure all things for the sake of those who are chosen, so that they also may obtain the salvation which is in Christ Jesus and with it eternal glory. -- 2 timothy 2:10 +. +It is a trustworthy statement: For if we died with Him, we will also live with Him; -- 2 timothy 2:11 +. +If we endure, we will also reign with Him; If we deny Him, He also will deny us; -- 2 timothy 2:12 +. +If we are faithless, He remains faithful, for He cannot deny Himself. -- 2 timothy 2:13 +. +Remind them of these things, and solemnly charge them in the presence of God not to wrangle about words, which is useless and leads to the ruin of the hearers. -- 2 timothy 2:14 +. +Be diligent to present yourself approved to God as a workman who does not need to be ashamed, accurately handling the word of truth. -- 2 timothy 2:15 +. +But avoid worldly and empty chatter, for it will lead to further ungodliness, -- 2 timothy 2:16 +. +and their talk will spread like gangrene. Among them are Hymenaeus and Philetus, -- 2 timothy 2:17 +. +men who have gone astray from the truth saying that the resurrection has already taken place, and they upset the faith of some. -- 2 timothy 2:18 +. +Nevertheless, the firm foundation of God stands, having this seal, "The Lord knows those who are His," and, "Everyone who names the name of the Lord is to abstain from wickedness." -- 2 timothy 2:19 +. +Now in a large house there are not only gold and silver vessels, but also vessels of wood and of earthenware, and some to honor and some to dishonor. -- 2 timothy 2:20 +. +Therefore, if anyone cleanses himself from these things, he will be a vessel for honor, sanctified, useful to the Master, prepared for every good work. -- 2 timothy 2:21 +. +Now flee from youthful lusts and pursue righteousness, faith, love and peace, with those who call on the Lord from a pure heart. -- 2 timothy 2:22 +. +But refuse foolish and ignorant speculations, knowing that they produce quarrels. -- 2 timothy 2:23 +. +The Lord's bond-servant must not be quarrelsome, but be kind to all, able to teach, patient when wronged, -- 2 timothy 2:24 +. +with gentleness correcting those who are in opposition, if perhaps God may grant them repentance leading to the knowledge of the truth, -- 2 timothy 2:25 +. +and they may come to their senses and escape from the snare of the devil, having been held captive by him to do his will. -- 2 timothy 2:26 +. +But realize this, that in the last days difficult times will come. -- 2 timothy 3:1 +. +For men will be lovers of self, lovers of money, boastful, arrogant, revilers, disobedient to parents, ungrateful, unholy, -- 2 timothy 3:2 +. +unloving, irreconcilable, malicious gossips, without self-control, brutal, haters of good, -- 2 timothy 3:3 +. +treacherous, reckless, conceited, lovers of pleasure rather than lovers of God, -- 2 timothy 3:4 +. +holding to a form of godliness, although they have denied its power; Avoid such men as these. -- 2 timothy 3:5 +. +For among them are those who enter into households and captivate weak women weighed down with sins, led on by various impulses, -- 2 timothy 3:6 +. +always learning and never able to come to the knowledge of the truth. -- 2 timothy 3:7 +. +Just as Jannes and Jambres opposed Moses, so these men also oppose the truth, men of depraved mind, rejected in regard to the faith. -- 2 timothy 3:8 +. +But they will not make further progress; for their folly will be obvious to all, just as Jannes's and Jambres's folly was also. -- 2 timothy 3:9 +. +Now you followed my teaching, conduct, purpose, faith, patience, love, perseverance, -- 2 timothy 3:10 +. +persecutions, and sufferings, such as happened to me at Antioch, at Iconium and at Lystra; what persecutions I endured, and out of them all the Lord rescued me! -- 2 timothy 3:11 +. +Indeed, all who desire to live godly in Christ Jesus will be persecuted. -- 2 timothy 3:12 +. +But evil men and impostors will proceed from bad to worse, deceiving and being deceived. -- 2 timothy 3:13 +. +You, however, continue in the things you have learned and become convinced of, knowing from whom you have learned them, -- 2 timothy 3:14 +. +and that from childhood you have known the sacred writings which are able to give you the wisdom that leads to salvation through faith which is in Christ Jesus. -- 2 timothy 3:15 +. +All Scripture is inspired by God and profitable for teaching, for reproof, for correction, for training in righteousness; -- 2 timothy 3:16 +. +so that the man of God may be adequate, equipped for every good work. -- 2 timothy 3:17 +. +I solemnly charge you in the presence of God and of Christ Jesus, who is to judge the living and the dead, and by His appearing and His kingdom: -- 2 timothy 4:1 +. +preach the word; be ready in season and out of season; reprove, rebuke, exhort, with great patience and instruction. -- 2 timothy 4:2 +. +For the time will come when they will not endure sound doctrine; but wanting to have their ears tickled, they will accumulate for themselves teachers in accordance to their own desires, -- 2 timothy 4:3 +. +and will turn away their ears from the truth and will turn aside to myths. -- 2 timothy 4:4 +. +But you, be sober in all things, endure hardship, do the work of an evangelist, fulfill your ministry. -- 2 timothy 4:5 +. +For I am already being poured out as a drink offering, and the time of my departure has come. -- 2 timothy 4:6 +. +I have fought the good fight, I have finished the course, I have kept the faith; -- 2 timothy 4:7 +. +in the future there is laid up for me the crown of righteousness, which the Lord, the righteous Judge, will award to me on that day; and not only to me, but also to all who have loved His appearing. -- 2 timothy 4:8 +. +Make every effort to come to me soon; -- 2 timothy 4:9 +. +for Demas, having loved this present world, has deserted me and gone to Thessalonica; Crescens has gone to Galatia, Titus to Dalmatia. -- 2 timothy 4:10 +. +Only Luke is with me. Pick up Mark and bring him with you, for he is useful to me for service. -- 2 timothy 4:11 +. +But Tychicus I have sent to Ephesus. -- 2 timothy 4:12 +. +When you come bring the cloak which I left at Troas with Carpus, and the books, especially the parchments. -- 2 timothy 4:13 +. +Alexander the coppersmith did me much harm; the Lord will repay him according to his deeds. -- 2 timothy 4:14 +. +Be on guard against him yourself, for he vigorously opposed our teaching. -- 2 timothy 4:15 +. +At my first defense no one supported me, but all deserted me; may it not be counted against them. -- 2 timothy 4:16 +. +But the Lord stood with me and strengthened me, so that through me the proclamation might be fully accomplished, and that all the Gentiles might hear; and I was rescued out of the lion's mouth. -- 2 timothy 4:17 +. +The Lord will rescue me from every evil deed, and will bring me safely to His heavenly kingdom; to Him be the glory forever and ever. Amen. -- 2 timothy 4:18 +. +Greet Prisca and Aquila, and the household of Onesiphorus. -- 2 timothy 4:19 +. +Erastus remained at Corinth, but Trophimus I left sick at Miletus. -- 2 timothy 4:20 +. +Make every effort to come before winter. Eubulus greets you, also Pudens and Linus and Claudia and all the brethren. -- 2 timothy 4:21 +. +The Lord be with your spirit. Grace be with you. -- 2 timothy 4:22 +. +Paul, a bond-servant of God and an apostle of Jesus Christ, for the faith of those chosen of God and the knowledge of the truth which is according to godliness, -- titus 1:1 +. +in the hope of eternal life, which God, who cannot lie, promised long ages ago, -- titus 1:2 +. +but at the proper time manifested, even His word, in the proclamation with which I was entrusted according to the commandment of God our Savior, -- titus 1:3 +. +To Titus, my true child in a common faith: Grace and peace from God the Father and Christ Jesus our Savior. -- titus 1:4 +. +For this reason I left you in Crete, that you would set in order what remains and appoint elders in every city as I directed you, -- titus 1:5 +. +namely, if any man is above reproach, the husband of one wife, having children who believe, not accused of dissipation or rebellion. -- titus 1:6 +. +For the overseer must be above reproach as God's steward, not self-willed, not quick-tempered, not addicted to wine, not pugnacious, not fond of sordid gain, -- titus 1:7 +. +but hospitable, loving what is good, sensible, just, devout, self-controlled, -- titus 1:8 +. +holding fast the faithful word which is in accordance with the teaching, so that he will be able both to exhort in sound doctrine and to refute those who contradict. -- titus 1:9 +. +For there are many rebellious men, empty talkers and deceivers, especially those of the circumcision, -- titus 1:10 +. +who must be silenced because they are upsetting whole families, teaching things they should not teach for the sake of sordid gain. -- titus 1:11 +. +One of themselves, a prophet of their own, said, "Cretans are always liars, evil beasts, lazy gluttons." -- titus 1:12 +. +This testimony is true. For this reason reprove them severely so that they may be sound in the faith, -- titus 1:13 +. +not paying attention to Jewish myths and commandments of men who turn away from the truth. -- titus 1:14 +. +To the pure, all things are pure; but to those who are defiled and unbelieving, nothing is pure, but both their mind and their conscience are defiled. -- titus 1:15 +. +They profess to know God, but by their deeds they deny Him, being detestable and disobedient and worthless for any good deed. -- titus 1:16 +. +But as for you, speak the things which are fitting for sound doctrine. -- titus 2:1 +. +Older men are to be temperate, dignified, sensible, sound in faith, in love, in perseverance. -- titus 2:2 +. +Older women likewise are to be reverent in their behavior, not malicious gossips nor enslaved to much wine, teaching what is good, -- titus 2:3 +. +so that they may encourage the young women to love their husbands, to love their children, -- titus 2:4 +. +to be sensible, pure, workers at home, kind, being subject to their own husbands, so that the word of God will not be dishonored. -- titus 2:5 +. +Likewise urge the young men to be sensible; -- titus 2:6 +. +in all things show yourself to be an example of good deeds, with purity in doctrine, dignified, -- titus 2:7 +. +sound in speech which is beyond reproach, so that the opponent will be put to shame, having nothing bad to say about us. -- titus 2:8 +. +Urge bondslaves to be subject to their own masters in everything, to be well-pleasing, not argumentative, -- titus 2:9 +. +not pilfering, but showing all good faith so that they will adorn the doctrine of God our Savior in every respect. -- titus 2:10 +. +For the grace of God has appeared, bringing salvation to all men, -- titus 2:11 +. +instructing us to deny ungodliness and worldly desires and to live sensibly, righteously and godly in the present age, -- titus 2:12 +. +looking for the blessed hope and the appearing of the glory of our great God and Savior, Christ Jesus, -- titus 2:13 +. +who gave Himself for us to redeem us from every lawless deed, and to purify for Himself a people for His own possession, zealous for good deeds. -- titus 2:14 +. +These things speak and exhort and reprove with all authority. Let no one disregard you. -- titus 2:15 +. +Remind them to be subject to rulers, to authorities, to be obedient, to be ready for every good deed, -- titus 3:1 +. +to malign no one, to be peaceable, gentle, showing every consideration for all men. -- titus 3:2 +. +For we also once were foolish ourselves, disobedient, deceived, enslaved to various lusts and pleasures, spending our life in malice and envy, hateful, hating one another. -- titus 3:3 +. +But when the kindness of God our Savior and His love for mankind appeared, -- titus 3:4 +. +He saved us, not on the basis of deeds which we have done in righteousness, but according to His mercy, by the washing of regeneration and renewing by the Holy Spirit, -- titus 3:5 +. +whom He poured out upon us richly through Jesus Christ our Savior, -- titus 3:6 +. +so that being justified by His grace we would be made heirs according to the hope of eternal life. -- titus 3:7 +. +This is a trustworthy statement; and concerning these things I want you to speak confidently, so that those who have believed God will be careful to engage in good deeds. These things are good and profitable for men. -- titus 3:8 +. +But avoid foolish controversies and genealogies and strife and disputes about the Law, for they are unprofitable and worthless. -- titus 3:9 +. +Reject a factious man after a first and second warning, -- titus 3:10 +. +knowing that such a man is perverted and is sinning, being self-condemned. -- titus 3:11 +. +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. -- titus 3:12 +. +Diligently help Zenas the lawyer and Apollos on their way so that nothing is lacking for them. -- titus 3:13 +. +Our people must also learn to engage in good deeds to meet pressing needs, so that they will not be unfruitful. -- titus 3:14 +. +All who are with me greet you. Greet those who love us in the faith. Grace be with you all. -- titus 3:15 +. +Paul, a prisoner of Christ Jesus, and Timothy our brother, To Philemon our beloved brother and fellow worker, -- philemon 1:1 +. +and to Apphia our sister, and to Archippus our fellow soldier, and to the church in your house: -- philemon 1:2 +. +Grace to you and peace from God our Father and the Lord Jesus Christ. -- philemon 1:3 +. +I thank my God always, making mention of you in my prayers, -- philemon 1:4 +. +because I hear of your love and of the faith which you have toward the Lord Jesus and toward all the saints; -- philemon 1:5 +. +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. -- philemon 1:6 +. +For I have come to have much joy and comfort in your love, because the hearts of the saints have been refreshed through you, brother. -- philemon 1:7 +. +Therefore, though I have enough confidence in Christ to order you to do what is proper, -- philemon 1:8 +. +yet for love's sake I rather appeal to you--since I am such a person as Paul, the aged, and now also a prisoner of Christ Jesus-- -- philemon 1:9 +. +I appeal to you for my child Onesimus, whom I have begotten in my imprisonment, -- philemon 1:10 +. +who formerly was useless to you, but now is useful both to you and to me. -- philemon 1:11 +. +I have sent him back to you in person, that is, sending my very heart, -- philemon 1:12 +. +whom I wished to keep with me, so that on your behalf he might minister to me in my imprisonment for the gospel; -- philemon 1:13 +. +but without your consent I did not want to do anything, so that your goodness would not be, in effect, by compulsion but of your own free will. -- philemon 1:14 +. +For perhaps he was for this reason separated from you for a while, that you would have him back forever, -- philemon 1:15 +. +no longer as a slave, but more than a slave, a beloved brother, especially to me, but how much more to you, both in the flesh and in the Lord. -- philemon 1:16 +. +If then you regard me a partner, accept him as you would me. -- philemon 1:17 +. +But if he has wronged you in any way or owes you anything, charge that to my account; -- philemon 1:18 +. +I, Paul, am writing this with my own hand, I will repay it (not to mention to you that you owe to me even your own self as well). -- philemon 1:19 +. +Yes, brother, let me benefit from you in the Lord; refresh my heart in Christ. -- philemon 1:20 +. +Having confidence in your obedience, I write to you, since I know that you will do even more than what I say. -- philemon 1:21 +. +At the same time also prepare me a lodging, for I hope that through your prayers I will be given to you. -- philemon 1:22 +. +Epaphras, my fellow prisoner in Christ Jesus, greets you, -- philemon 1:23 +. +as do Mark, Aristarchus, Demas, Luke, my fellow workers. -- philemon 1:24 +. +The grace of the Lord Jesus Christ be with your spirit. -- philemon 1:25 +. +God, after He spoke long ago to the fathers in the prophets in many portions and in many ways, -- hebrews 1:1 +. +in these last days has spoken to us in His Son, whom He appointed heir of all things, through whom also He made the world. -- hebrews 1:2 +. +And He is the radiance of His glory and the exact representation of His nature, and upholds all things by the word of His power. When He had made purification of sins, He sat down at the right hand of the Majesty on high, -- hebrews 1:3 +. +having become as much better than the angels, as He has inherited a more excellent name than they. -- hebrews 1:4 +. +For to which of the angels did He ever say, "YOU ARE MY SON, TODAY I HAVE BEGOTTEN YOU"? And again, "I WILL BE A FATHER TO HIM AND HE SHALL BE A SON TO ME"? -- hebrews 1:5 +. +And when He again brings the firstborn into the world, He says, "AND LET ALL THE ANGELS OF GOD WORSHIP HIM." -- hebrews 1:6 +. +And of the angels He says, "WHO MAKES HIS ANGELS WINDS, AND HIS MINISTERS A FLAME OF FIRE." -- hebrews 1:7 +. +But of the Son He says, "YOUR THRONE, O GOD, IS FOREVER AND EVER, AND THE RIGHTEOUS SCEPTER IS THE SCEPTER OF HIS KINGDOM. -- hebrews 1:8 +. +"YOU HAVE LOVED RIGHTEOUSNESS AND HATED LAWLESSNESS; THEREFORE GOD, YOUR GOD, HAS ANOINTED YOU WITH THE OIL OF GLADNESS ABOVE YOUR COMPANIONS." -- hebrews 1:9 +. +And, "YOU, LORD, IN THE BEGINNING LAID THE FOUNDATION OF THE EARTH, AND THE HEAVENS ARE THE WORKS OF YOUR HANDS; -- hebrews 1:10 +. +THEY WILL PERISH, BUT YOU REMAIN; AND THEY ALL WILL BECOME OLD LIKE A GARMENT, -- hebrews 1:11 +. +AND LIKE A MANTLE YOU WILL ROLL THEM UP; LIKE A GARMENT THEY WILL ALSO BE CHANGED. BUT YOU ARE THE SAME, AND YOUR YEARS WILL NOT COME TO AN END." -- hebrews 1:12 +. +But to which of the angels has He ever said, "SIT AT MY RIGHT HAND, UNTIL I MAKE YOUR ENEMIES A FOOTSTOOL FOR YOUR FEET"? -- hebrews 1:13 +. +Are they not all ministering spirits, sent out to render service for the sake of those who will inherit salvation? -- hebrews 1:14 +. +For this reason we must pay much closer attention to what we have heard, so that we do not drift away from it. -- hebrews 2:1 +. +For if the word spoken through angels proved unalterable, and every transgression and disobedience received a just penalty, -- hebrews 2:2 +. +how will we escape if we neglect so great a salvation? After it was at the first spoken through the Lord, it was confirmed to us by those who heard, -- hebrews 2:3 +. +God also testifying with them, both by signs and wonders and by various miracles and by gifts of the Holy Spirit according to His own will. -- hebrews 2:4 +. +For He did not subject to angels the world to come, concerning which we are speaking. -- hebrews 2:5 +. +But one has testified somewhere, saying, "WHAT IS MAN, THAT YOU REMEMBER HIM? OR THE SON OF MAN, THAT YOU ARE CONCERNED ABOUT HIM? -- hebrews 2:6 +. +"YOU HAVE MADE HIM FOR A LITTLE WHILE LOWER THAN THE ANGELS; YOU HAVE CROWNED HIM WITH GLORY AND HONOR, AND HAVE APPOINTED HIM OVER THE WORKS OF YOUR HANDS; -- hebrews 2:7 +. +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. -- hebrews 2:8 +. +But we do see Him who was made for a little while lower than the angels, namely, Jesus, because of the suffering of death crowned with glory and honor, so that by the grace of God He might taste death for everyone. -- hebrews 2:9 +. +For it was fitting for Him, for whom are all things, and through whom are all things, in bringing many sons to glory, to perfect the author of their salvation through sufferings. -- hebrews 2:10 +. +For both He who sanctifies and those who are sanctified are all from one Father; for which reason He is not ashamed to call them brethren, -- hebrews 2:11 +. +saying, "I WILL PROCLAIM YOUR NAME TO MY BRETHREN, IN THE MIDST OF THE CONGREGATION I WILL SING YOUR PRAISE." -- hebrews 2:12 +. +And again, "I WILL PUT MY TRUST IN HIM." And again, "BEHOLD, I AND THE CHILDREN WHOM GOD HAS GIVEN ME." -- hebrews 2:13 +. +Therefore, since the children share in flesh and blood, He Himself likewise also partook of the same, that through death He might render powerless him who had the power of death, that is, the devil, -- hebrews 2:14 +. +and might free those who through fear of death were subject to slavery all their lives. -- hebrews 2:15 +. +For assuredly He does not give help to angels, but He gives help to the descendant of Abraham. -- hebrews 2:16 +. +Therefore, He had to be made like His brethren in all things, so that He might become a merciful and faithful high priest in things pertaining to God, to make propitiation for the sins of the people. -- hebrews 2:17 +. +For since He Himself was tempted in that which He has suffered, He is able to come to the aid of those who are tempted. -- hebrews 2:18 +. +Therefore, holy brethren, partakers of a heavenly calling, consider Jesus, the Apostle and High Priest of our confession; -- hebrews 3:1 +. +He was faithful to Him who appointed Him, as Moses also was in all His house. -- hebrews 3:2 +. +For He has been counted worthy of more glory than Moses, by just so much as the builder of the house has more honor than the house. -- hebrews 3:3 +. +For every house is built by someone, but the builder of all things is God. -- hebrews 3:4 +. +Now Moses was faithful in all His house as a servant, for a testimony of those things which were to be spoken later; -- hebrews 3:5 +. +but Christ was faithful as a Son over His house--whose house we are, if we hold fast our confidence and the boast of our hope firm until the end. -- hebrews 3:6 +. +Therefore, just as the Holy Spirit says, "TODAY IF YOU HEAR HIS VOICE, -- hebrews 3:7 +. +DO NOT HARDEN YOUR HEARTS AS WHEN THEY PROVOKED ME, AS IN THE DAY OF TRIAL IN THE WILDERNESS, -- hebrews 3:8 +. +WHERE YOUR FATHERS TRIED Me BY TESTING Me, AND SAW MY WORKS FOR FORTY YEARS. -- hebrews 3:9 +. +"THEREFORE I WAS ANGRY WITH THIS GENERATION, AND SAID, 'THEY ALWAYS GO ASTRAY IN THEIR HEART, AND THEY DID NOT KNOW MY WAYS'; -- hebrews 3:10 +. +AS I SWORE IN MY WRATH, 'THEY SHALL NOT ENTER MY REST.'" -- hebrews 3:11 +. +Take care, brethren, that there not be in any one of you an evil, unbelieving heart that falls away from the living God. -- hebrews 3:12 +. +But encourage one another day after day, as long as it is still called "Today," so that none of you will be hardened by the deceitfulness of sin. -- hebrews 3:13 +. +For we have become partakers of Christ, if we hold fast the beginning of our assurance firm until the end, -- hebrews 3:14 +. +while it is said, "TODAY IF YOU HEAR HIS VOICE, DO NOT HARDEN YOUR HEARTS, AS WHEN THEY PROVOKED ME." -- hebrews 3:15 +. +For who provoked Him when they had heard? Indeed, did not all those who came out of Egypt led by Moses? -- hebrews 3:16 +. +And with whom was He angry for forty years? Was it not with those who sinned, whose bodies fell in the wilderness? -- hebrews 3:17 +. +And to whom did He swear that they would not enter His rest, but to those who were disobedient? -- hebrews 3:18 +. +So we see that they were not able to enter because of unbelief. -- hebrews 3:19 +. +Therefore, let us fear if, while a promise remains of entering His rest, any one of you may seem to have come short of it. -- hebrews 4:1 +. +For indeed we have had good news preached to us, just as they also; but the word they heard did not profit them, because it was not united by faith in those who heard. -- hebrews 4:2 +. +For we who have believed enter that rest, just as He has said, "AS I SWORE IN MY WRATH, THEY SHALL NOT ENTER MY REST," although His works were finished from the foundation of the world. -- hebrews 4:3 +. +For He has said somewhere concerning the seventh day: "AND GOD RESTED ON THE SEVENTH DAY FROM ALL HIS WORKS"; -- hebrews 4:4 +. +and again in this passage, "THEY SHALL NOT ENTER MY REST." -- hebrews 4:5 +. +Therefore, since it remains for some to enter it, and those who formerly had good news preached to them failed to enter because of disobedience, -- hebrews 4:6 +. +He again fixes a certain day, "Today," saying through David after so long a time just as has been said before, "TODAY IF YOU HEAR HIS VOICE, DO NOT HARDEN YOUR HEARTS." -- hebrews 4:7 +. +For if Joshua had given them rest, He would not have spoken of another day after that. -- hebrews 4:8 +. +So there remains a Sabbath rest for the people of God. -- hebrews 4:9 +. +For the one who has entered His rest has himself also rested from his works, as God did from His. -- hebrews 4:10 +. +Therefore let us be diligent to enter that rest, so that no one will fall, through following the same example of disobedience. -- hebrews 4:11 +. +For the word of God is living and active and sharper than any two-edged sword, and piercing as far as the division of soul and spirit, of both joints and marrow, and able to judge the thoughts and intentions of the heart. -- hebrews 4:12 +. +And there is no creature hidden from His sight, but all things are open and laid bare to the eyes of Him with whom we have to do. -- hebrews 4:13 +. +Therefore, since we have a great high priest who has passed through the heavens, Jesus the Son of God, let us hold fast our confession. -- hebrews 4:14 +. +For we do not have a high priest who cannot sympathize with our weaknesses, but One who has been tempted in all things as we are, yet without sin. -- hebrews 4:15 +. +Therefore let us draw near with confidence to the throne of grace, so that we may receive mercy and find grace to help in time of need. -- hebrews 4:16 +. +For every high priest taken from among men is appointed on behalf of men in things pertaining to God, in order to offer both gifts and sacrifices for sins; -- hebrews 5:1 +. +he can deal gently with the ignorant and misguided, since he himself also is beset with weakness; -- hebrews 5:2 +. +and because of it he is obligated to offer sacrifices for sins, as for the people, so also for himself. -- hebrews 5:3 +. +And no one takes the honor to himself, but receives it when he is called by God, even as Aaron was. -- hebrews 5:4 +. +So also Christ did not glorify Himself so as to become a high priest, but He who said to Him, "YOU ARE MY SON, TODAY I HAVE BEGOTTEN YOU"; -- hebrews 5:5 +. +just as He says also in another passage, "YOU ARE A PRIEST FOREVER ACCORDING TO THE ORDER OF MELCHIZEDEK." -- hebrews 5:6 +. +In the days of His flesh, He offered up both prayers and supplications with loud crying and tears to the One able to save Him from death, and He was heard because of His piety. -- hebrews 5:7 +. +Although He was a Son, He learned obedience from the things which He suffered. -- hebrews 5:8 +. +And having been made perfect, He became to all those who obey Him the source of eternal salvation, -- hebrews 5:9 +. +being designated by God as a high priest according to the order of Melchizedek. -- hebrews 5:10 +. +Concerning him we have much to say, and it is hard to explain, since you have become dull of hearing. -- hebrews 5:11 +. +For though by this time you ought to be teachers, you have need again for someone to teach you the elementary principles of the oracles of God, and you have come to need milk and not solid food. -- hebrews 5:12 +. +For everyone who partakes only of milk is not accustomed to the word of righteousness, for he is an infant. -- hebrews 5:13 +. +But solid food is for the mature, who because of practice have their senses trained to discern good and evil. -- hebrews 5:14 +. +Therefore leaving the elementary teaching about the Christ, let us press on to maturity, not laying again a foundation of repentance from dead works and of faith toward God, -- hebrews 6:1 +. +of instruction about washings and laying on of hands, and the resurrection of the dead and eternal judgment. -- hebrews 6:2 +. +And this we will do, if God permits. -- hebrews 6:3 +. +For in the case of those who have once been enlightened and have tasted of the heavenly gift and have been made partakers of the Holy Spirit, -- hebrews 6:4 +. +and have tasted the good word of God and the powers of the age to come, -- hebrews 6:5 +. +and then have fallen away, it is impossible to renew them again to repentance, since they again crucify to themselves the Son of God and put Him to open shame. -- hebrews 6:6 +. +For ground that drinks the rain which often falls on it and brings forth vegetation useful to those for whose sake it is also tilled, receives a blessing from God; -- hebrews 6:7 +. +but if it yields thorns and thistles, it is worthless and close to being cursed, and it ends up being burned. -- hebrews 6:8 +. +But, beloved, we are convinced of better things concerning you, and things that accompany salvation, though we are speaking in this way. -- hebrews 6:9 +. +For God is not unjust so as to forget your work and the love which you have shown toward His name, in having ministered and in still ministering to the saints. -- hebrews 6:10 +. +And we desire that each one of you show the same diligence so as to realize the full assurance of hope until the end, -- hebrews 6:11 +. +so that you will not be sluggish, but imitators of those who through faith and patience inherit the promises. -- hebrews 6:12 +. +For when God made the promise to Abraham, since He could swear by no one greater, He swore by Himself, -- hebrews 6:13 +. +saying, "I WILL SURELY BLESS YOU AND I WILL SURELY MULTIPLY YOU." -- hebrews 6:14 +. +And so, having patiently waited, he obtained the promise. -- hebrews 6:15 +. +For men swear by one greater than themselves, and with them an oath given as confirmation is an end of every dispute. -- hebrews 6:16 +. +In the same way God, desiring even more to show to the heirs of the promise the unchangeableness of His purpose, interposed with an oath, -- hebrews 6:17 +. +so that by two unchangeable things in which it is impossible for God to lie, we who have taken refuge would have strong encouragement to take hold of the hope set before us. -- hebrews 6:18 +. +This hope we have as an anchor of the soul, a hope both sure and steadfast and one which enters within the veil, -- hebrews 6:19 +. +where Jesus has entered as a forerunner for us, having become a high priest forever according to the order of Melchizedek. -- hebrews 6:20 +. +For this Melchizedek, king of Salem, priest of the Most High God, who met Abraham as he was returning from the slaughter of the kings and blessed him, -- hebrews 7:1 +. +to whom also Abraham apportioned a tenth part of all the spoils, was first of all, by the translation of his name, king of righteousness, and then also king of Salem, which is king of peace. -- hebrews 7:2 +. +Without father, without mother, without genealogy, having neither beginning of days nor end of life, but made like the Son of God, he remains a priest perpetually. -- hebrews 7:3 +. +Now observe how great this man was to whom Abraham, the patriarch, gave a tenth of the choicest spoils. -- hebrews 7:4 +. +And those indeed of the sons of Levi who receive the priest's office have commandment in the Law to collect a tenth from the people, that is, from their brethren, although these are descended from Abraham. -- hebrews 7:5 +. +But the one whose genealogy is not traced from them collected a tenth from Abraham and blessed the one who had the promises. -- hebrews 7:6 +. +But without any dispute the lesser is blessed by the greater. -- hebrews 7:7 +. +In this case mortal men receive tithes, but in that case one receives them, of whom it is witnessed that he lives on. -- hebrews 7:8 +. +And, so to speak, through Abraham even Levi, who received tithes, paid tithes, -- hebrews 7:9 +. +for he was still in the loins of his father when Melchizedek met him. -- hebrews 7:10 +. +Now if perfection was through the Levitical priesthood (for on the basis of it the people received the Law), what further need was there for another priest to arise according to the order of Melchizedek, and not be designated according to the order of Aaron? -- hebrews 7:11 +. +For when the priesthood is changed, of necessity there takes place a change of law also. -- hebrews 7:12 +. +For the one concerning whom these things are spoken belongs to another tribe, from which no one has officiated at the altar. -- hebrews 7:13 +. +For it is evident that our Lord was descended from Judah, a tribe with reference to which Moses spoke nothing concerning priests. -- hebrews 7:14 +. +And this is clearer still, if another priest arises according to the likeness of Melchizedek, -- hebrews 7:15 +. +who has become such not on the basis of a law of physical requirement, but according to the power of an indestructible life. -- hebrews 7:16 +. +For it is attested of Him, "YOU ARE A PRIEST FOREVER ACCORDING TO THE ORDER OF MELCHIZEDEK." -- hebrews 7:17 +. +For, on the one hand, there is a setting aside of a former commandment because of its weakness and uselessness -- hebrews 7:18 +. +(for the Law made nothing perfect), and on the other hand there is a bringing in of a better hope, through which we draw near to God. -- hebrews 7:19 +. +And inasmuch as it was not without an oath -- hebrews 7:20 +. +(for they indeed became priests without an oath, but He with an oath through the One who said to Him, "THE LORD HAS SWORN AND WILL NOT CHANGE HIS MIND, 'YOU ARE A PRIEST FOREVER'"); -- hebrews 7:21 +. +so much the more also Jesus has become the guarantee of a better covenant. -- hebrews 7:22 +. +The former priests, on the one hand, existed in greater numbers because they were prevented by death from continuing, -- hebrews 7:23 +. +but Jesus, on the other hand, because He continues forever, holds His priesthood permanently. -- hebrews 7:24 +. +Therefore He is able also to save forever those who draw near to God through Him, since He always lives to make intercession for them. -- hebrews 7:25 +. +For it was fitting for us to have such a high priest, holy, innocent, undefiled, separated from sinners and exalted above the heavens; -- hebrews 7:26 +. +who does not need daily, like those high priests, to offer up sacrifices, first for His own sins and then for the sins of the people, because this He did once for all when He offered up Himself. -- hebrews 7:27 +. +For the Law appoints men as high priests who are weak, but the word of the oath, which came after the Law, appoints a Son, made perfect forever. -- hebrews 7:28 +. +Now the main point in what has been said is this: we have such a high priest, who has taken His seat at the right hand of the throne of the Majesty in the heavens, -- hebrews 8:1 +. +a minister in the sanctuary and in the true tabernacle, which the Lord pitched, not man. -- hebrews 8:2 +. +For every high priest is appointed to offer both gifts and sacrifices; so it is necessary that this high priest also have something to offer. -- hebrews 8:3 +. +Now if He were on earth, He would not be a priest at all, since there are those who offer the gifts according to the Law; -- hebrews 8:4 +. +who serve a copy and shadow of the heavenly things, just as Moses was warned by God when he was about to erect the tabernacle; for, "SEE," He says, "THAT YOU MAKE all things ACCORDING TO THE PATTERN WHICH WAS SHOWN YOU ON THE MOUNTAIN." -- hebrews 8:5 +. +But now He has obtained a more excellent ministry, by as much as He is also the mediator of a better covenant, which has been enacted on better promises. -- hebrews 8:6 +. +For if that first covenant had been faultless, there would have been no occasion sought for a second. -- hebrews 8:7 +. +For finding fault with them, He says, "BEHOLD, DAYS ARE COMING, SAYS THE LORD, WHEN I WILL EFFECT A NEW COVENANT WITH THE HOUSE OF ISRAEL AND WITH THE HOUSE OF JUDAH; -- hebrews 8:8 +. +NOT LIKE THE COVENANT WHICH I MADE WITH THEIR FATHERS ON THE DAY WHEN I TOOK THEM BY THE HAND TO LEAD THEM OUT OF THE LAND OF EGYPT; FOR THEY DID NOT CONTINUE IN MY COVENANT, AND I DID NOT CARE FOR THEM, SAYS THE LORD. -- hebrews 8:9 +. +"FOR THIS IS THE COVENANT THAT I WILL MAKE WITH THE HOUSE OF ISRAEL AFTER THOSE DAYS, SAYS THE LORD: I WILL PUT MY LAWS INTO THEIR MINDS, AND I WILL WRITE THEM ON THEIR HEARTS. AND I WILL BE THEIR GOD, AND THEY SHALL BE MY PEOPLE. -- hebrews 8:10 +. +"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. -- hebrews 8:11 +. +"FOR I WILL BE MERCIFUL TO THEIR INIQUITIES, AND I WILL REMEMBER THEIR SINS NO MORE." -- hebrews 8:12 +. +When He said, "A new covenant," He has made the first obsolete. But whatever is becoming obsolete and growing old is ready to disappear. -- hebrews 8:13 +. +Now even the first covenant had regulations of divine worship and the earthly sanctuary. -- hebrews 9:1 +. +For there was a tabernacle prepared, the outer one, in which were the lampstand and the table and the sacred bread; this is called the holy place. -- hebrews 9:2 +. +Behind the second veil there was a tabernacle which is called the Holy of Holies, -- hebrews 9:3 +. +having a golden altar of incense and the ark of the covenant covered on all sides with gold, in which was a golden jar holding the manna, and Aaron's rod which budded, and the tables of the covenant; -- hebrews 9:4 +. +and above it were the cherubim of glory overshadowing the mercy seat; but of these things we cannot now speak in detail. -- hebrews 9:5 +. +Now when these things have been so prepared, the priests are continually entering the outer tabernacle performing the divine worship, -- hebrews 9:6 +. +but into the second, only the high priest enters once a year, not without taking blood, which he offers for himself and for the sins of the people committed in ignorance. -- hebrews 9:7 +. +The Holy Spirit is signifying this, that the way into the holy place has not yet been disclosed while the outer tabernacle is still standing, -- hebrews 9:8 +. +which is a symbol for the present time. Accordingly both gifts and sacrifices are offered which cannot make the worshiper perfect in conscience, -- hebrews 9:9 +. +since they relate only to food and drink and various washings, regulations for the body imposed until a time of reformation. -- hebrews 9:10 +. +But when Christ appeared as a high priest of the good things to come, He entered through the greater and more perfect tabernacle, not made with hands, that is to say, not of this creation; -- hebrews 9:11 +. +and not through the blood of goats and calves, but through His own blood, He entered the holy place once for all, having obtained eternal redemption. -- hebrews 9:12 +. +For if the blood of goats and bulls and the ashes of a heifer sprinkling those who have been defiled sanctify for the cleansing of the flesh, -- hebrews 9:13 +. +how much more will the blood of Christ, who through the eternal Spirit offered Himself without blemish to God, cleanse your conscience from dead works to serve the living God? -- hebrews 9:14 +. +For this reason He is the mediator of a new covenant, so that, since a death has taken place for the redemption of the transgressions that were committed under the first covenant, those who have been called may receive the promise of the eternal inheritance. -- hebrews 9:15 +. +For where a covenant is, there must of necessity be the death of the one who made it. -- hebrews 9:16 +. +For a covenant is valid only when men are dead, for it is never in force while the one who made it lives. -- hebrews 9:17 +. +Therefore even the first covenant was not inaugurated without blood. -- hebrews 9:18 +. +For when every commandment had been spoken by Moses to all the people according to the Law, he took the blood of the calves and the goats, with water and scarlet wool and hyssop, and sprinkled both the book itself and all the people, -- hebrews 9:19 +. +saying, "THIS IS THE BLOOD OF THE COVENANT WHICH GOD COMMANDED YOU." -- hebrews 9:20 +. +And in the same way he sprinkled both the tabernacle and all the vessels of the ministry with the blood. -- hebrews 9:21 +. +And according to the Law, one may almost say, all things are cleansed with blood, and without shedding of blood there is no forgiveness. -- hebrews 9:22 +. +Therefore it was necessary for the copies of the things in the heavens to be cleansed with these, but the heavenly things themselves with better sacrifices than these. -- hebrews 9:23 +. +For Christ did not enter a holy place made with hands, a mere copy of the true one, but into heaven itself, now to appear in the presence of God for us; -- hebrews 9:24 +. +nor was it that He would offer Himself often, as the high priest enters the holy place year by year with blood that is not his own. -- hebrews 9:25 +. +Otherwise, He would have needed to suffer often since the foundation of the world; but now once at the consummation of the ages He has been manifested to put away sin by the sacrifice of Himself. -- hebrews 9:26 +. +And inasmuch as it is appointed for men to die once and after this comes judgment, -- hebrews 9:27 +. +so Christ also, having been offered once to bear the sins of many, will appear a second time for salvation without reference to sin, to those who eagerly await Him. -- hebrews 9:28 +. +For the Law, since it has only a shadow of the good things to come and not the very form of things, can never, by the same sacrifices which they offer continually year by year, make perfect those who draw near. -- hebrews 10:1 +. +Otherwise, would they not have ceased to be offered, because the worshipers, having once been cleansed, would no longer have had consciousness of sins? -- hebrews 10:2 +. +But in those sacrifices there is a reminder of sins year by year. -- hebrews 10:3 +. +For it is impossible for the blood of bulls and goats to take away sins. -- hebrews 10:4 +. +Therefore, when He comes into the world, He says, "SACRIFICE AND OFFERING YOU HAVE NOT DESIRED, BUT A BODY YOU HAVE PREPARED FOR ME; -- hebrews 10:5 +. +IN WHOLE BURNT OFFERINGS AND sacrifices FOR SIN YOU HAVE TAKEN NO PLEASURE. -- hebrews 10:6 +. +"THEN I SAID, 'BEHOLD, I HAVE COME (IN THE SCROLL OF THE BOOK IT IS WRITTEN OF ME) TO DO YOUR WILL, O GOD.'" -- hebrews 10:7 +. +After saying above, "SACRIFICES AND OFFERINGS AND WHOLE BURNT OFFERINGS AND sacrifices FOR SIN YOU HAVE NOT DESIRED, NOR HAVE YOU TAKEN PLEASURE in them" (which are offered according to the Law), -- hebrews 10:8 +. +then He said, "BEHOLD, I HAVE COME TO DO YOUR WILL." He takes away the first in order to establish the second. -- hebrews 10:9 +. +By this will we have been sanctified through the offering of the body of Jesus Christ once for all. -- hebrews 10:10 +. +Every priest stands daily ministering and offering time after time the same sacrifices, which can never take away sins; -- hebrews 10:11 +. +but He, having offered one sacrifice for sins for all time, SAT DOWN AT THE RIGHT HAND OF GOD, -- hebrews 10:12 +. +waiting from that time onward UNTIL HIS ENEMIES BE MADE A FOOTSTOOL FOR HIS FEET. -- hebrews 10:13 +. +For by one offering He has perfected for all time those who are sanctified. -- hebrews 10:14 +. +And the Holy Spirit also testifies to us; for after saying, -- hebrews 10:15 +. +"THIS IS THE COVENANT THAT I WILL MAKE WITH THEM AFTER THOSE DAYS, SAYS THE LORD: I WILL PUT MY LAWS UPON THEIR HEART, AND ON THEIR MIND I WILL WRITE THEM," He then says, -- hebrews 10:16 +. +"AND THEIR SINS AND THEIR LAWLESS DEEDS I WILL REMEMBER NO MORE." -- hebrews 10:17 +. +Now where there is forgiveness of these things, there is no longer any offering for sin. -- hebrews 10:18 +. +Therefore, brethren, since we have confidence to enter the holy place by the blood of Jesus, -- hebrews 10:19 +. +by a new and living way which He inaugurated for us through the veil, that is, His flesh, -- hebrews 10:20 +. +and since we have a great priest over the house of God, -- hebrews 10:21 +. +let us draw near with a sincere heart in full assurance of faith, having our hearts sprinkled clean from an evil conscience and our bodies washed with pure water. -- hebrews 10:22 +. +Let us hold fast the confession of our hope without wavering, for He who promised is faithful; -- hebrews 10:23 +. +and let us consider how to stimulate one another to love and good deeds, -- hebrews 10:24 +. +not forsaking our own assembling together, as is the habit of some, but encouraging one another; and all the more as you see the day drawing near. -- hebrews 10:25 +. +For if we go on sinning willfully after receiving the knowledge of the truth, there no longer remains a sacrifice for sins, -- hebrews 10:26 +. +but a terrifying expectation of judgment and THE FURY OF A FIRE WHICH WILL CONSUME THE ADVERSARIES. -- hebrews 10:27 +. +Anyone who has set aside the Law of Moses dies without mercy on the testimony of two or three witnesses. -- hebrews 10:28 +. +How much severer punishment do you think he will deserve who has trampled under foot the Son of God, and has regarded as unclean the blood of the covenant by which he was sanctified, and has insulted the Spirit of grace? -- hebrews 10:29 +. +For we know Him who said, "VENGEANCE IS MINE, I WILL REPAY." And again, "THE LORD WILL JUDGE HIS PEOPLE." -- hebrews 10:30 +. +It is a terrifying thing to fall into the hands of the living God. -- hebrews 10:31 +. +But remember the former days, when, after being enlightened, you endured a great conflict of sufferings, -- hebrews 10:32 +. +partly by being made a public spectacle through reproaches and tribulations, and partly by becoming sharers with those who were so treated. -- hebrews 10:33 +. +For you showed sympathy to the prisoners and accepted joyfully the seizure of your property, knowing that you have for yourselves a better possession and a lasting one. -- hebrews 10:34 +. +Therefore, do not throw away your confidence, which has a great reward. -- hebrews 10:35 +. +For you have need of endurance, so that when you have done the will of God, you may receive what was promised. -- hebrews 10:36 +. +FOR YET IN A VERY LITTLE WHILE, HE WHO IS COMING WILL COME, AND WILL NOT DELAY. -- hebrews 10:37 +. +BUT MY RIGHTEOUS ONE SHALL LIVE BY FAITH; AND IF HE SHRINKS BACK, MY SOUL HAS NO PLEASURE IN HIM. -- hebrews 10:38 +. +But we are not of those who shrink back to destruction, but of those who have faith to the preserving of the soul. -- hebrews 10:39 +. +Now faith is the assurance of things hoped for, the conviction of things not seen. -- hebrews 11:1 +. +For by it the men of old gained approval. -- hebrews 11:2 +. +By faith we understand that the worlds were prepared by the word of God, so that what is seen was not made out of things which are visible. -- hebrews 11:3 +. +By faith Abel offered to God a better sacrifice than Cain, through which he obtained the testimony that he was righteous, God testifying about his gifts, and through faith, though he is dead, he still speaks. -- hebrews 11:4 +. +By faith Enoch was taken up so that he would not see death; AND HE WAS NOT FOUND BECAUSE GOD TOOK HIM UP; for he obtained the witness that before his being taken up he was pleasing to God. -- hebrews 11:5 +. +And without faith it is impossible to please Him, for he who comes to God must believe that He is and that He is a rewarder of those who seek Him. -- hebrews 11:6 +. +By faith Noah, being warned by God about things not yet seen, in reverence prepared an ark for the salvation of his household, by which he condemned the world, and became an heir of the righteousness which is according to faith. -- hebrews 11:7 +. +By faith Abraham, when he was called, obeyed by going out to a place which he was to receive for an inheritance; and he went out, not knowing where he was going. -- hebrews 11:8 +. +By faith he lived as an alien in the land of promise, as in a foreign land, dwelling in tents with Isaac and Jacob, fellow heirs of the same promise; -- hebrews 11:9 +. +for he was looking for the city which has foundations, whose architect and builder is God. -- hebrews 11:10 +. +By faith even Sarah herself received ability to conceive, even beyond the proper time of life, since she considered Him faithful who had promised. -- hebrews 11:11 +. +Therefore there was born even of one man, and him as good as dead at that, as many descendants AS THE STARS OF HEAVEN IN NUMBER, AND INNUMERABLE AS THE SAND WHICH IS BY THE SEASHORE. -- hebrews 11:12 +. +All these died in faith, without receiving the promises, but having seen them and having welcomed them from a distance, and having confessed that they were strangers and exiles on the earth. -- hebrews 11:13 +. +For those who say such things make it clear that they are seeking a country of their own. -- hebrews 11:14 +. +And indeed if they had been thinking of that country from which they went out, they would have had opportunity to return. -- hebrews 11:15 +. +But as it is, they desire a better country, that is, a heavenly one. Therefore God is not ashamed to be called their God; for He has prepared a city for them. -- hebrews 11:16 +. +By faith Abraham, when he was tested, offered up Isaac, and he who had received the promises was offering up his only begotten son; -- hebrews 11:17 +. +it was he to whom it was said, "IN ISAAC YOUR DESCENDANTS SHALL BE CALLED." -- hebrews 11:18 +. +He considered that God is able to raise people even from the dead, from which he also received him back as a type. -- hebrews 11:19 +. +By faith Isaac blessed Jacob and Esau, even regarding things to come. -- hebrews 11:20 +. +By faith Jacob, as he was dying, blessed each of the sons of Joseph, and worshiped, leaning on the top of his staff. -- hebrews 11:21 +. +By faith Joseph, when he was dying, made mention of the exodus of the sons of Israel, and gave orders concerning his bones. -- hebrews 11:22 +. +By faith Moses, when he was born, was hidden for three months by his parents, because they saw he was a beautiful child; and they were not afraid of the king's edict. -- hebrews 11:23 +. +By faith Moses, when he had grown up, refused to be called the son of Pharaoh's daughter, -- hebrews 11:24 +. +choosing rather to endure ill-treatment with the people of God than to enjoy the passing pleasures of sin, -- hebrews 11:25 +. +considering the reproach of Christ greater riches than the treasures of Egypt; for he was looking to the reward. -- hebrews 11:26 +. +By faith he left Egypt, not fearing the wrath of the king; for he endured, as seeing Him who is unseen. -- hebrews 11:27 +. +By faith he kept the Passover and the sprinkling of the blood, so that he who destroyed the firstborn would not touch them. -- hebrews 11:28 +. +By faith they passed through the Red Sea as though they were passing through dry land; and the Egyptians, when they attempted it, were drowned. -- hebrews 11:29 +. +By faith the walls of Jericho fell down after they had been encircled for seven days. -- hebrews 11:30 +. +By faith Rahab the harlot did not perish along with those who were disobedient, after she had welcomed the spies in peace. -- hebrews 11:31 +. +And what more shall I say? For time will fail me if I tell of Gideon, Barak, Samson, Jephthah, of David and Samuel and the prophets, -- hebrews 11:32 +. +who by faith conquered kingdoms, performed acts of righteousness, obtained promises, shut the mouths of lions, -- hebrews 11:33 +. +quenched the power of fire, escaped the edge of the sword, from weakness were made strong, became mighty in war, put foreign armies to flight. -- hebrews 11:34 +. +Women received back their dead by resurrection; and others were tortured, not accepting their release, so that they might obtain a better resurrection; -- hebrews 11:35 +. +and others experienced mockings and scourgings, yes, also chains and imprisonment. -- hebrews 11:36 +. +They were stoned, they were sawn in two, they were tempted, they were put to death with the sword; they went about in sheepskins, in goatskins, being destitute, afflicted, ill-treated -- hebrews 11:37 +. +(men of whom the world was not worthy), wandering in deserts and mountains and caves and holes in the ground. -- hebrews 11:38 +. +And all these, having gained approval through their faith, did not receive what was promised, -- hebrews 11:39 +. +because God had provided something better for us, so that apart from us they would not be made perfect. -- hebrews 11:40 +. +Therefore, since we have so great a cloud of witnesses surrounding us, let us also lay aside every encumbrance and the sin which so easily entangles us, and let us run with endurance the race that is set before us, -- hebrews 12:1 +. +fixing our eyes on Jesus, the author and perfecter of faith, who for the joy set before Him endured the cross, despising the shame, and has sat down at the right hand of the throne of God. -- hebrews 12:2 +. +For consider Him who has endured such hostility by sinners against Himself, so that you will not grow weary and lose heart. -- hebrews 12:3 +. +You have not yet resisted to the point of shedding blood in your striving against sin; -- hebrews 12:4 +. +and you have forgotten the exhortation which is addressed to you as sons, "MY SON, DO NOT REGARD LIGHTLY THE DISCIPLINE OF THE LORD, NOR FAINT WHEN YOU ARE REPROVED BY HIM; -- hebrews 12:5 +. +FOR THOSE WHOM THE LORD LOVES HE DISCIPLINES, AND HE SCOURGES EVERY SON WHOM HE RECEIVES." -- hebrews 12:6 +. +It is for discipline that you endure; God deals with you as with sons; for what son is there whom his father does not discipline? -- hebrews 12:7 +. +But if you are without discipline, of which all have become partakers, then you are illegitimate children and not sons. -- hebrews 12:8 +. +Furthermore, we had earthly fathers to discipline us, and we respected them; shall we not much rather be subject to the Father of spirits, and live? -- hebrews 12:9 +. +For they disciplined us for a short time as seemed best to them, but He disciplines us for our good, so that we may share His holiness. -- hebrews 12:10 +. +All discipline for the moment seems not to be joyful, but sorrowful; yet to those who have been trained by it, afterwards it yields the peaceful fruit of righteousness. -- hebrews 12:11 +. +Therefore, strengthen the hands that are weak and the knees that are feeble, -- hebrews 12:12 +. +and make straight paths for your feet, so that the limb which is lame may not be put out of joint, but rather be healed. -- hebrews 12:13 +. +Pursue peace with all men, and the sanctification without which no one will see the Lord. -- hebrews 12:14 +. +See to it that no one comes short of the grace of God; that no root of bitterness springing up causes trouble, and by it many be defiled; -- hebrews 12:15 +. +that there be no immoral or godless person like Esau, who sold his own birthright for a single meal. -- hebrews 12:16 +. +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. -- hebrews 12:17 +. +For you have not come to a mountain that can be touched and to a blazing fire, and to darkness and gloom and whirlwind, -- hebrews 12:18 +. +and to the blast of a trumpet and the sound of words which sound was such that those who heard begged that no further word be spoken to them. -- hebrews 12:19 +. +For they could not bear the command, "IF EVEN A BEAST TOUCHES THE MOUNTAIN, IT WILL BE STONED." -- hebrews 12:20 +. +And so terrible was the sight, that Moses said, "I AM FULL OF FEAR and trembling." -- hebrews 12:21 +. +But you have come to Mount Zion and to the city of the living God, the heavenly Jerusalem, and to myriads of angels, -- hebrews 12:22 +. +to the general assembly and church of the firstborn who are enrolled in heaven, and to God, the Judge of all, and to the spirits of the righteous made perfect, -- hebrews 12:23 +. +and to Jesus, the mediator of a new covenant, and to the sprinkled blood, which speaks better than the blood of Abel. -- hebrews 12:24 +. +See to it that you do not refuse Him who is speaking. For if those did not escape when they refused him who warned them on earth, much less will we escape who turn away from Him who warns from heaven. -- hebrews 12:25 +. +And His voice shook the earth then, but now He has promised, saying, "YET ONCE MORE I WILL SHAKE NOT ONLY THE EARTH, BUT ALSO THE HEAVEN." -- hebrews 12:26 +. +This expression, "Yet once more," denotes the removing of those things which can be shaken, as of created things, so that those things which cannot be shaken may remain. -- hebrews 12:27 +. +Therefore, since we receive a kingdom which cannot be shaken, let us show gratitude, by which we may offer to God an acceptable service with reverence and awe; -- hebrews 12:28 +. +for our God is a consuming fire. -- hebrews 12:29 +. +Let love of the brethren continue. -- hebrews 13:1 +. +Do not neglect to show hospitality to strangers, for by this some have entertained angels without knowing it. -- hebrews 13:2 +. +Remember the prisoners, as though in prison with them, and those who are ill-treated, since you yourselves also are in the body. -- hebrews 13:3 +. +Marriage is to be held in honor among all, and the marriage bed is to be undefiled; for fornicators and adulterers God will judge. -- hebrews 13:4 +. +Make sure that your character is free from the love of money, being content with what you have; for He Himself has said, "I WILL NEVER DESERT YOU, NOR WILL I EVER FORSAKE YOU," -- hebrews 13:5 +. +so that we confidently say, "THE LORD IS MY HELPER, I WILL NOT BE AFRAID. WHAT WILL MAN DO TO ME?" -- hebrews 13:6 +. +Remember those who led you, who spoke the word of God to you; and considering the result of their conduct, imitate their faith. -- hebrews 13:7 +. +Jesus Christ is the same yesterday and today and forever. -- hebrews 13:8 +. +Do not be carried away by varied and strange teachings; for it is good for the heart to be strengthened by grace, not by foods, through which those who were so occupied were not benefited. -- hebrews 13:9 +. +We have an altar from which those who serve the tabernacle have no right to eat. -- hebrews 13:10 +. +For the bodies of those animals whose blood is brought into the holy place by the high priest as an offering for sin, are burned outside the camp. -- hebrews 13:11 +. +Therefore Jesus also, that He might sanctify the people through His own blood, suffered outside the gate. -- hebrews 13:12 +. +So, let us go out to Him outside the camp, bearing His reproach. -- hebrews 13:13 +. +For here we do not have a lasting city, but we are seeking the city which is to come. -- hebrews 13:14 +. +Through Him then, let us continually offer up a sacrifice of praise to God, that is, the fruit of lips that give thanks to His name. -- hebrews 13:15 +. +And do not neglect doing good and sharing, for with such sacrifices God is pleased. -- hebrews 13:16 +. +Obey your leaders and submit to them, for they keep watch over your souls as those who will give an account. Let them do this with joy and not with grief, for this would be unprofitable for you. -- hebrews 13:17 +. +Pray for us, for we are sure that we have a good conscience, desiring to conduct ourselves honorably in all things. -- hebrews 13:18 +. +And I urge you all the more to do this, so that I may be restored to you the sooner. -- hebrews 13:19 +. +Now the God of peace, who brought up from the dead the great Shepherd of the sheep through the blood of the eternal covenant, even Jesus our Lord, -- hebrews 13:20 +. +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. -- hebrews 13:21 +. +But I urge you, brethren, bear with this word of exhortation, for I have written to you briefly. -- hebrews 13:22 +. +Take notice that our brother Timothy has been released, with whom, if he comes soon, I will see you. -- hebrews 13:23 +. +Greet all of your leaders and all the saints. Those from Italy greet you. -- hebrews 13:24 +. +Grace be with you all. -- hebrews 13:25 +. +James, a bond-servant of God and of the Lord Jesus Christ, To the twelve tribes who are dispersed abroad: Greetings. -- james 1:1 +. +Consider it all joy, my brethren, when you encounter various trials, -- james 1:2 +. +knowing that the testing of your faith produces endurance. -- james 1:3 +. +And let endurance have its perfect result, so that you may be perfect and complete, lacking in nothing. -- james 1:4 +. +But if any of you lacks wisdom, let him ask of God, who gives to all generously and without reproach, and it will be given to him. -- james 1:5 +. +But he must ask in faith without any doubting, for the one who doubts is like the surf of the sea, driven and tossed by the wind. -- james 1:6 +. +For that man ought not to expect that he will receive anything from the Lord, -- james 1:7 +. +being a double-minded man, unstable in all his ways. -- james 1:8 +. +But the brother of humble circumstances is to glory in his high position; -- james 1:9 +. +and the rich man is to glory in his humiliation, because like flowering grass he will pass away. -- james 1:10 +. +For the sun rises with a scorching wind and withers the grass; and its flower falls off and the beauty of its appearance is destroyed; so too the rich man in the midst of his pursuits will fade away. -- james 1:11 +. +Blessed is a man who perseveres under trial; for once he has been approved, he will receive the crown of life which the Lord has promised to those who love Him. -- james 1:12 +. +Let no one say when he is tempted, "I am being tempted by God"; for God cannot be tempted by evil, and He Himself does not tempt anyone. -- james 1:13 +. +But each one is tempted when he is carried away and enticed by his own lust. -- james 1:14 +. +Then when lust has conceived, it gives birth to sin; and when sin is accomplished, it brings forth death. -- james 1:15 +. +Do not be deceived, my beloved brethren. -- james 1:16 +. +Every good thing given and every perfect gift is from above, coming down from the Father of lights, with whom there is no variation or shifting shadow. -- james 1:17 +. +In the exercise of His will He brought us forth by the word of truth, so that we would be a kind of first fruits among His creatures. -- james 1:18 +. +This you know, my beloved brethren. But everyone must be quick to hear, slow to speak and slow to anger; -- james 1:19 +. +for the anger of man does not achieve the righteousness of God. -- james 1:20 +. +Therefore, putting aside all filthiness and all that remains of wickedness, in humility receive the word implanted, which is able to save your souls. -- james 1:21 +. +But prove yourselves doers of the word, and not merely hearers who delude themselves. -- james 1:22 +. +For if anyone is a hearer of the word and not a doer, he is like a man who looks at his natural face in a mirror; -- james 1:23 +. +for once he has looked at himself and gone away, he has immediately forgotten what kind of person he was. -- james 1:24 +. +But one who looks intently at the perfect law, the law of liberty, and abides by it, not having become a forgetful hearer but an effectual doer, this man will be blessed in what he does. -- james 1:25 +. +If anyone thinks himself to be religious, and yet does not bridle his tongue but deceives his own heart, this man's religion is worthless. -- james 1:26 +. +Pure and undefiled religion in the sight of our God and Father is this: to visit orphans and widows in their distress, and to keep oneself unstained by the world. -- james 1:27 +. +My brethren, do not hold your faith in our glorious Lord Jesus Christ with an attitude of personal favoritism. -- james 2:1 +. +For if a man comes into your assembly with a gold ring and dressed in fine clothes, and there also comes in a poor man in dirty clothes, -- james 2:2 +. +and you pay special attention to the one who is wearing the fine clothes, and say, "You sit here in a good place," and you say to the poor man, "You stand over there, or sit down by my footstool," -- james 2:3 +. +have you not made distinctions among yourselves, and become judges with evil motives? -- james 2:4 +. +Listen, my beloved brethren: did not God choose the poor of this world to be rich in faith and heirs of the kingdom which He promised to those who love Him? -- james 2:5 +. +But you have dishonored the poor man. Is it not the rich who oppress you and personally drag you into court? -- james 2:6 +. +Do they not blaspheme the fair name by which you have been called? -- james 2:7 +. +If, however, you are fulfilling the royal law according to the Scripture, "YOU SHALL LOVE YOUR NEIGHBOR AS YOURSELF," you are doing well. -- james 2:8 +. +But if you show partiality, you are committing sin and are convicted by the law as transgressors. -- james 2:9 +. +For whoever keeps the whole law and yet stumbles in one point, he has become guilty of all. -- james 2:10 +. +For He who said, "DO NOT COMMIT ADULTERY," also said, "DO NOT COMMIT MURDER." Now if you do not commit adultery, but do commit murder, you have become a transgressor of the law. -- james 2:11 +. +So speak and so act as those who are to be judged by the law of liberty. -- james 2:12 +. +For judgment will be merciless to one who has shown no mercy; mercy triumphs over judgment. -- james 2:13 +. +What use is it, my brethren, if someone says he has faith but he has no works? Can that faith save him? -- james 2:14 +. +If a brother or sister is without clothing and in need of daily food, -- james 2:15 +. +and one of you says to them, "Go in peace, be warmed and be filled," and yet you do not give them what is necessary for their body, what use is that? -- james 2:16 +. +Even so faith, if it has no works, is dead, being by itself. -- james 2:17 +. +But someone may well say, "You have faith and I have works; show me your faith without the works, and I will show you my faith by my works." -- james 2:18 +. +You believe that God is one. You do well; the demons also believe, and shudder. -- james 2:19 +. +But are you willing to recognize, you foolish fellow, that faith without works is useless? -- james 2:20 +. +Was not Abraham our father justified by works when he offered up Isaac his son on the altar? -- james 2:21 +. +You see that faith was working with his works, and as a result of the works, faith was perfected; -- james 2:22 +. +and the Scripture was fulfilled which says, "AND ABRAHAM BELIEVED GOD, AND IT WAS RECKONED TO HIM AS RIGHTEOUSNESS," and he was called the friend of God. -- james 2:23 +. +You see that a man is justified by works and not by faith alone. -- james 2:24 +. +In the same way, was not Rahab the harlot also justified by works when she received the messengers and sent them out by another way? -- james 2:25 +. +For just as the body without the spirit is dead, so also faith without works is dead. -- james 2:26 +. +Let not many of you become teachers, my brethren, knowing that as such we will incur a stricter judgment. -- james 3:1 +. +For we all stumble in many ways. If anyone does not stumble in what he says, he is a perfect man, able to bridle the whole body as well. -- james 3:2 +. +Now if we put the bits into the horses' mouths so that they will obey us, we direct their entire body as well. -- james 3:3 +. +Look at the ships also, though they are so great and are driven by strong winds, are still directed by a very small rudder wherever the inclination of the pilot desires. -- james 3:4 +. +So also the tongue is a small part of the body, and yet it boasts of great things. See how great a forest is set aflame by such a small fire! -- james 3:5 +. +And the tongue is a fire, the very world of iniquity; the tongue is set among our members as that which defiles the entire body, and sets on fire the course of our life, and is set on fire by hell. -- james 3:6 +. +For every species of beasts and birds, of reptiles and creatures of the sea, is tamed and has been tamed by the human race. -- james 3:7 +. +But no one can tame the tongue; it is a restless evil and full of deadly poison. -- james 3:8 +. +With it we bless our Lord and Father, and with it we curse men, who have been made in the likeness of God; -- james 3:9 +. +from the same mouth come both blessing and cursing. My brethren, these things ought not to be this way. -- james 3:10 +. +Does a fountain send out from the same opening both fresh and bitter water? -- james 3:11 +. +Can a fig tree, my brethren, produce olives, or a vine produce figs? Nor can salt water produce fresh. -- james 3:12 +. +Who among you is wise and understanding? Let him show by his good behavior his deeds in the gentleness of wisdom. -- james 3:13 +. +But if you have bitter jealousy and selfish ambition in your heart, do not be arrogant and so lie against the truth. -- james 3:14 +. +This wisdom is not that which comes down from above, but is earthly, natural, demonic. -- james 3:15 +. +For where jealousy and selfish ambition exist, there is disorder and every evil thing. -- james 3:16 +. +But the wisdom from above is first pure, then peaceable, gentle, reasonable, full of mercy and good fruits, unwavering, without hypocrisy. -- james 3:17 +. +And the seed whose fruit is righteousness is sown in peace by those who make peace. -- james 3:18 +. +What is the source of quarrels and conflicts among you? Is not the source your pleasures that wage war in your members? -- james 4:1 +. +You lust and do not have; so you commit murder. You are envious and cannot obtain; so you fight and quarrel. You do not have because you do not ask. -- james 4:2 +. +You ask and do not receive, because you ask with wrong motives, so that you may spend it on your pleasures. -- james 4:3 +. +You adulteresses, do you not know that friendship with the world is hostility toward God? Therefore whoever wishes to be a friend of the world makes himself an enemy of God. -- james 4:4 +. +Or do you think that the Scripture speaks to no purpose: "He jealously desires the Spirit which He has made to dwell in us"? -- james 4:5 +. +But He gives a greater grace. Therefore it says, "GOD IS OPPOSED TO THE PROUD, BUT GIVES GRACE TO THE HUMBLE." -- james 4:6 +. +Submit therefore to God. Resist the devil and he will flee from you. -- james 4:7 +. +Draw near to God and He will draw near to you. Cleanse your hands, you sinners; and purify your hearts, you double-minded. -- james 4:8 +. +Be miserable and mourn and weep; let your laughter be turned into mourning and your joy to gloom. -- james 4:9 +. +Humble yourselves in the presence of the Lord, and He will exalt you. -- james 4:10 +. +Do not speak against one another, brethren. He who speaks against a brother or judges his brother, speaks against the law and judges the law; but if you judge the law, you are not a doer of the law but a judge of it. -- james 4:11 +. +There is only one Lawgiver and Judge, the One who is able to save and to destroy; but who are you who judge your neighbor? -- james 4:12 +. +Come now, you who say, "Today or tomorrow we will go to such and such a city, and spend a year there and engage in business and make a profit." -- james 4:13 +. +Yet you do not know what your life will be like tomorrow. You are just a vapor that appears for a little while and then vanishes away. -- james 4:14 +. +Instead, you ought to say, "If the Lord wills, we will live and also do this or that." -- james 4:15 +. +But as it is, you boast in your arrogance; all such boasting is evil. -- james 4:16 +. +Therefore, to one who knows the right thing to do and does not do it, to him it is sin. -- james 4:17 +. +Come now, you rich, weep and howl for your miseries which are coming upon you. -- james 5:1 +. +Your riches have rotted and your garments have become moth-eaten. -- james 5:2 +. +Your gold and your silver have rusted; and their rust will be a witness against you and will consume your flesh like fire. It is in the last days that you have stored up your treasure! -- james 5:3 +. +Behold, the pay of the laborers who mowed your fields, and which has been withheld by you, cries out against you; and the outcry of those who did the harvesting has reached the ears of the Lord of Sabaoth. -- james 5:4 +. +You have lived luxuriously on the earth and led a life of wanton pleasure; you have fattened your hearts in a day of slaughter. -- james 5:5 +. +You have condemned and put to death the righteous man; he does not resist you. -- james 5:6 +. +Therefore be patient, brethren, until the coming of the Lord. The farmer waits for the precious produce of the soil, being patient about it, until it gets the early and late rains. -- james 5:7 +. +You too be patient; strengthen your hearts, for the coming of the Lord is near. -- james 5:8 +. +Do not complain, brethren, against one another, so that you yourselves may not be judged; behold, the Judge is standing right at the door. -- james 5:9 +. +As an example, brethren, of suffering and patience, take the prophets who spoke in the name of the Lord. -- james 5:10 +. +We count those blessed who endured. You have heard of the endurance of Job and have seen the outcome of the Lord's dealings, that the Lord is full of compassion and is merciful. -- james 5:11 +. +But above all, my brethren, do not swear, either by heaven or by earth or with any other oath; but your yes is to be yes, and your no, no, so that you may not fall under judgment. -- james 5:12 +. +Is anyone among you suffering? Then he must pray. Is anyone cheerful? He is to sing praises. -- james 5:13 +. +Is anyone among you sick? Then he must call for the elders of the church and they are to pray over him, anointing him with oil in the name of the Lord; -- james 5:14 +. +and the prayer offered in faith will restore the one who is sick, and the Lord will raise him up, and if he has committed sins, they will be forgiven him. -- james 5:15 +. +Therefore, confess your sins to one another, and pray for one another so that you may be healed. The effective prayer of a righteous man can accomplish much. -- james 5:16 +. +Elijah was a man with a nature like ours, and he prayed earnestly that it would not rain, and it did not rain on the earth for three years and six months. -- james 5:17 +. +Then he prayed again, and the sky poured rain and the earth produced its fruit. -- james 5:18 +. +My brethren, if any among you strays from the truth and one turns him back, -- james 5:19 +. +let him know that he who turns a sinner from the error of his way will save his soul from death and will cover a multitude of sins. -- james 5:20 +. +Peter, an apostle of Jesus Christ, To those who reside as aliens, scattered throughout Pontus, Galatia, Cappadocia, Asia, and Bithynia, who are chosen -- 1 peter 1:1 +. +according to the foreknowledge of God the Father, by the sanctifying work of the Spirit, to obey Jesus Christ and be sprinkled with His blood: May grace and peace be yours in the fullest measure. -- 1 peter 1:2 +. +Blessed be the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, who according to His great mercy has caused us to be born again to a living hope through the resurrection of Jesus Christ from the dead, -- 1 peter 1:3 +. +to obtain an inheritance which is imperishable and undefiled and will not fade away, reserved in heaven for you, -- 1 peter 1:4 +. +who are protected by the power of God through faith for a salvation ready to be revealed in the last time. -- 1 peter 1:5 +. +In this you greatly rejoice, even though now for a little while, if necessary, you have been distressed by various trials, -- 1 peter 1:6 +. +so that the proof of your faith, being more precious than gold which is perishable, even though tested by fire, may be found to result in praise and glory and honor at the revelation of Jesus Christ; -- 1 peter 1:7 +. +and though you have not seen Him, you love Him, and though you do not see Him now, but believe in Him, you greatly rejoice with joy inexpressible and full of glory, -- 1 peter 1:8 +. +obtaining as the outcome of your faith the salvation of your souls. -- 1 peter 1:9 +. +As to this salvation, the prophets who prophesied of the grace that would come to you made careful searches and inquiries, -- 1 peter 1:10 +. +seeking to know what person or time the Spirit of Christ within them was indicating as He predicted the sufferings of Christ and the glories to follow. -- 1 peter 1:11 +. +It was revealed to them that they were not serving themselves, but you, in these things which now have been announced to you through those who preached the gospel to you by the Holy Spirit sent from heaven--things into which angels long to look. -- 1 peter 1:12 +. +Therefore, prepare your minds for action, keep sober in spirit, fix your hope completely on the grace to be brought to you at the revelation of Jesus Christ. -- 1 peter 1:13 +. +As obedient children, do not be conformed to the former lusts which were yours in your ignorance, -- 1 peter 1:14 +. +but like the Holy One who called you, be holy yourselves also in all your behavior; -- 1 peter 1:15 +. +because it is written, "YOU SHALL BE HOLY, FOR I AM HOLY." -- 1 peter 1:16 +. +If you address as Father the One who impartially judges according to each one's work, conduct yourselves in fear during the time of your stay on earth; -- 1 peter 1:17 +. +knowing that you were not redeemed with perishable things like silver or gold from your futile way of life inherited from your forefathers, -- 1 peter 1:18 +. +but with precious blood, as of a lamb unblemished and spotless, the blood of Christ. -- 1 peter 1:19 +. +For He was foreknown before the foundation of the world, but has appeared in these last times for the sake of you -- 1 peter 1:20 +. +who through Him are believers in God, who raised Him from the dead and gave Him glory, so that your faith and hope are in God. -- 1 peter 1:21 +. +Since you have in obedience to the truth purified your souls for a sincere love of the brethren, fervently love one another from the heart, -- 1 peter 1:22 +. +for you have been born again not of seed which is perishable but imperishable, that is, through the living and enduring word of God. -- 1 peter 1:23 +. +For, "ALL FLESH IS LIKE GRASS, AND ALL ITS GLORY LIKE THE FLOWER OF GRASS. THE GRASS WITHERS, AND THE FLOWER FALLS OFF, -- 1 peter 1:24 +. +BUT THE WORD OF THE LORD ENDURES FOREVER." And this is the word which was preached to you. -- 1 peter 1:25 +. +Therefore, putting aside all malice and all deceit and hypocrisy and envy and all slander, -- 1 peter 2:1 +. +like newborn babies, long for the pure milk of the word, so that by it you may grow in respect to salvation, -- 1 peter 2:2 +. +if you have tasted the kindness of the Lord. -- 1 peter 2:3 +. +And coming to Him as to a living stone which has been rejected by men, but is choice and precious in the sight of God, -- 1 peter 2:4 +. +you also, as living stones, are being built up as a spiritual house for a holy priesthood, to offer up spiritual sacrifices acceptable to God through Jesus Christ. -- 1 peter 2:5 +. +For this is contained in Scripture: "BEHOLD, I LAY IN ZION A CHOICE STONE, A PRECIOUS CORNER stone, AND HE WHO BELIEVES IN HIM WILL NOT BE DISAPPOINTED." -- 1 peter 2:6 +. +This precious value, then, is for you who believe; but for those who disbelieve, "THE STONE WHICH THE BUILDERS REJECTED, THIS BECAME THE VERY CORNER stone," -- 1 peter 2:7 +. +and, "A STONE OF STUMBLING AND A ROCK OF OFFENSE"; for they stumble because they are disobedient to the word, and to this doom they were also appointed. -- 1 peter 2:8 +. +But you are A CHOSEN RACE, A royal PRIESTHOOD, A HOLY NATION, A PEOPLE FOR God's OWN POSSESSION, so that you may proclaim the excellencies of Him who has called you out of darkness into His marvelous light; -- 1 peter 2:9 +. +for you once were NOT A PEOPLE, but now you are THE PEOPLE OF GOD; you had NOT RECEIVED MERCY, but now you have RECEIVED MERCY. -- 1 peter 2:10 +. +Beloved, I urge you as aliens and strangers to abstain from fleshly lusts which wage war against the soul. -- 1 peter 2:11 +. +Keep your behavior excellent among the Gentiles, so that in the thing in which they slander you as evildoers, they may because of your good deeds, as they observe them, glorify God in the day of visitation. -- 1 peter 2:12 +. +Submit yourselves for the Lord's sake to every human institution, whether to a king as the one in authority, -- 1 peter 2:13 +. +or to governors as sent by him for the punishment of evildoers and the praise of those who do right. -- 1 peter 2:14 +. +For such is the will of God that by doing right you may silence the ignorance of foolish men. -- 1 peter 2:15 +. +Act as free men, and do not use your freedom as a covering for evil, but use it as bondslaves of God. -- 1 peter 2:16 +. +Honor all people, love the brotherhood, fear God, honor the king. -- 1 peter 2:17 +. +Servants, be submissive to your masters with all respect, not only to those who are good and gentle, but also to those who are unreasonable. -- 1 peter 2:18 +. +For this finds favor, if for the sake of conscience toward God a person bears up under sorrows when suffering unjustly. -- 1 peter 2:19 +. +For what credit is there if, when you sin and are harshly treated, you endure it with patience? But if when you do what is right and suffer for it you patiently endure it, this finds favor with God. -- 1 peter 2:20 +. +For you have been called for this purpose, since Christ also suffered for you, leaving you an example for you to follow in His steps, -- 1 peter 2:21 +. +WHO COMMITTED NO SIN, NOR WAS ANY DECEIT FOUND IN HIS MOUTH; -- 1 peter 2:22 +. +and while being reviled, He did not revile in return; while suffering, He uttered no threats, but kept entrusting Himself to Him who judges righteously; -- 1 peter 2:23 +. +and He Himself bore our sins in His body on the cross, so that we might die to sin and live to righteousness; for by His wounds you were healed. -- 1 peter 2:24 +. +For you were continually straying like sheep, but now you have returned to the Shepherd and Guardian of your souls. -- 1 peter 2:25 +. +In the same way, you wives, be submissive to your own husbands so that even if any of them are disobedient to the word, they may be won without a word by the behavior of their wives, -- 1 peter 3:1 +. +as they observe your chaste and respectful behavior. -- 1 peter 3:2 +. +Your adornment must not be merely external--braiding the hair, and wearing gold jewelry, or putting on dresses; -- 1 peter 3:3 +. +but let it be the hidden person of the heart, with the imperishable quality of a gentle and quiet spirit, which is precious in the sight of God. -- 1 peter 3:4 +. +For in this way in former times the holy women also, who hoped in God, used to adorn themselves, being submissive to their own husbands; -- 1 peter 3:5 +. +just as Sarah obeyed Abraham, calling him lord, and you have become her children if you do what is right without being frightened by any fear. -- 1 peter 3:6 +. +You husbands in the same way, live with your wives in an understanding way, as with someone weaker, since she is a woman; and show her honor as a fellow heir of the grace of life, so that your prayers will not be hindered. -- 1 peter 3:7 +. +To sum up, all of you be harmonious, sympathetic, brotherly, kindhearted, and humble in spirit; -- 1 peter 3:8 +. +not returning evil for evil or insult for insult, but giving a blessing instead; for you were called for the very purpose that you might inherit a blessing. -- 1 peter 3:9 +. +For, "THE ONE WHO DESIRES LIFE, TO LOVE AND SEE GOOD DAYS, MUST KEEP HIS TONGUE FROM EVIL AND HIS LIPS FROM SPEAKING DECEIT. -- 1 peter 3:10 +. +"HE MUST TURN AWAY FROM EVIL AND DO GOOD; HE MUST SEEK PEACE AND PURSUE IT. -- 1 peter 3:11 +. +"FOR THE EYES OF THE LORD ARE TOWARD THE RIGHTEOUS, AND HIS EARS ATTEND TO THEIR PRAYER, BUT THE FACE OF THE LORD IS AGAINST THOSE WHO DO EVIL." -- 1 peter 3:12 +. +Who is there to harm you if you prove zealous for what is good? -- 1 peter 3:13 +. +But even if you should suffer for the sake of righteousness, you are blessed. AND DO NOT FEAR THEIR INTIMIDATION, AND DO NOT BE TROUBLED, -- 1 peter 3:14 +. +but sanctify Christ as Lord in your hearts, always being ready to make a defense to everyone who asks you to give an account for the hope that is in you, yet with gentleness and reverence; -- 1 peter 3:15 +. +and keep a good conscience so that in the thing in which you are slandered, those who revile your good behavior in Christ will be put to shame. -- 1 peter 3:16 +. +For it is better, if God should will it so, that you suffer for doing what is right rather than for doing what is wrong. -- 1 peter 3:17 +. +For Christ also died for sins once for all, the just for the unjust, so that He might bring us to God, having been put to death in the flesh, but made alive in the spirit; -- 1 peter 3:18 +. +in which also He went and made proclamation to the spirits now in prison, -- 1 peter 3:19 +. +who once were disobedient, when the patience of God kept waiting in the days of Noah, during the construction of the ark, in which a few, that is, eight persons, were brought safely through the water. -- 1 peter 3:20 +. +Corresponding to that, baptism now saves you--not the removal of dirt from the flesh, but an appeal to God for a good conscience--through the resurrection of Jesus Christ, -- 1 peter 3:21 +. +who is at the right hand of God, having gone into heaven, after angels and authorities and powers had been subjected to Him. -- 1 peter 3:22 +. +Therefore, since Christ has suffered in the flesh, arm yourselves also with the same purpose, because he who has suffered in the flesh has ceased from sin, -- 1 peter 4:1 +. +so as to live the rest of the time in the flesh no longer for the lusts of men, but for the will of God. -- 1 peter 4:2 +. +For the time already past is sufficient for you to have carried out the desire of the Gentiles, having pursued a course of sensuality, lusts, drunkenness, carousing, drinking parties and abominable idolatries. -- 1 peter 4:3 +. +In all this, they are surprised that you do not run with them into the same excesses of dissipation, and they malign you; -- 1 peter 4:4 +. +but they will give account to Him who is ready to judge the living and the dead. -- 1 peter 4:5 +. +For the gospel has for this purpose been preached even to those who are dead, that though they are judged in the flesh as men, they may live in the spirit according to the will of God. -- 1 peter 4:6 +. +The end of all things is near; therefore, be of sound judgment and sober spirit for the purpose of prayer. -- 1 peter 4:7 +. +Above all, keep fervent in your love for one another, because love covers a multitude of sins. -- 1 peter 4:8 +. +Be hospitable to one another without complaint. -- 1 peter 4:9 +. +As each one has received a special gift, employ it in serving one another as good stewards of the manifold grace of God. -- 1 peter 4:10 +. +Whoever speaks, is to do so as one who is speaking the utterances of God; whoever serves is to do so as one who is serving by the strength which God supplies; so that in all things God may be glorified through Jesus Christ, to whom belongs the glory and dominion forever and ever. Amen. -- 1 peter 4:11 +. +Beloved, do not be surprised at the fiery ordeal among you, which comes upon you for your testing, as though some strange thing were happening to you; -- 1 peter 4:12 +. +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. -- 1 peter 4:13 +. +If you are reviled for the name of Christ, you are blessed, because the Spirit of glory and of God rests on you. -- 1 peter 4:14 +. +Make sure that none of you suffers as a murderer, or thief, or evildoer, or a troublesome meddler; -- 1 peter 4:15 +. +but if anyone suffers as a Christian, he is not to be ashamed, but is to glorify God in this name. -- 1 peter 4:16 +. +For it is time for judgment to begin with the household of God; and if it begins with us first, what will be the outcome for those who do not obey the gospel of God? -- 1 peter 4:17 +. +AND IF IT IS WITH DIFFICULTY THAT THE RIGHTEOUS IS SAVED, WHAT WILL BECOME OF THE GODLESS MAN AND THE SINNER? -- 1 peter 4:18 +. +Therefore, those also who suffer according to the will of God shall entrust their souls to a faithful Creator in doing what is right. -- 1 peter 4:19 +. +Therefore, I exhort the elders among you, as your fellow elder and witness of the sufferings of Christ, and a partaker also of the glory that is to be revealed, -- 1 peter 5:1 +. +shepherd the flock of God among you, exercising oversight not under compulsion, but voluntarily, according to the will of God; and not for sordid gain, but with eagerness; -- 1 peter 5:2 +. +nor yet as lording it over those allotted to your charge, but proving to be examples to the flock. -- 1 peter 5:3 +. +And when the Chief Shepherd appears, you will receive the unfading crown of glory. -- 1 peter 5:4 +. +You younger men, likewise, be subject to your elders; and all of you, clothe yourselves with humility toward one another, for GOD IS OPPOSED TO THE PROUD, BUT GIVES GRACE TO THE HUMBLE. -- 1 peter 5:5 +. +Therefore humble yourselves under the mighty hand of God, that He may exalt you at the proper time, -- 1 peter 5:6 +. +casting all your anxiety on Him, because He cares for you. -- 1 peter 5:7 +. +Be of sober spirit, be on the alert. Your adversary, the devil, prowls around like a roaring lion, seeking someone to devour. -- 1 peter 5:8 +. +But resist him, firm in your faith, knowing that the same experiences of suffering are being accomplished by your brethren who are in the world. -- 1 peter 5:9 +. +After you have suffered for a little while, the God of all grace, who called you to His eternal glory in Christ, will Himself perfect, confirm, strengthen and establish you. -- 1 peter 5:10 +. +To Him be dominion forever and ever. Amen. -- 1 peter 5:11 +. +Through Silvanus, our faithful brother (for so I regard him), I have written to you briefly, exhorting and testifying that this is the true grace of God. Stand firm in it! -- 1 peter 5:12 +. +She who is in Babylon, chosen together with you, sends you greetings, and so does my son, Mark. -- 1 peter 5:13 +. +Greet one another with a kiss of love. Peace be to you all who are in Christ. -- 1 peter 5:14 +. +Simon Peter, a bond-servant and apostle of Jesus Christ, To those who have received a faith of the same kind as ours, by the righteousness of our God and Savior, Jesus Christ: -- 2 peter 1:1 +. +Grace and peace be multiplied to you in the knowledge of God and of Jesus our Lord; -- 2 peter 1:2 +. +seeing that His divine power has granted to us everything pertaining to life and godliness, through the true knowledge of Him who called us by His own glory and excellence. -- 2 peter 1:3 +. +For by these He has granted to us His precious and magnificent promises, so that by them you may become partakers of the divine nature, having escaped the corruption that is in the world by lust. -- 2 peter 1:4 +. +Now for this very reason also, applying all diligence, in your faith supply moral excellence, and in your moral excellence, knowledge, -- 2 peter 1:5 +. +and in your knowledge, self-control, and in your self-control, perseverance, and in your perseverance, godliness, -- 2 peter 1:6 +. +and in your godliness, brotherly kindness, and in your brotherly kindness, love. -- 2 peter 1:7 +. +For if these qualities are yours and are increasing, they render you neither useless nor unfruitful in the true knowledge of our Lord Jesus Christ. -- 2 peter 1:8 +. +For he who lacks these qualities is blind or short-sighted, having forgotten his purification from his former sins. -- 2 peter 1:9 +. +Therefore, brethren, be all the more diligent to make certain about His calling and choosing you; for as long as you practice these things, you will never stumble; -- 2 peter 1:10 +. +for in this way the entrance into the eternal kingdom of our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ will be abundantly supplied to you. -- 2 peter 1:11 +. +Therefore, I will always be ready to remind you of these things, even though you already know them, and have been established in the truth which is present with you. -- 2 peter 1:12 +. +I consider it right, as long as I am in this earthly dwelling, to stir you up by way of reminder, -- 2 peter 1:13 +. +knowing that the laying aside of my earthly dwelling is imminent, as also our Lord Jesus Christ has made clear to me. -- 2 peter 1:14 +. +And I will also be diligent that at any time after my departure you will be able to call these things to mind. -- 2 peter 1:15 +. +For we did not follow cleverly devised tales when we made known to you the power and coming of our Lord Jesus Christ, but we were eyewitnesses of His majesty. -- 2 peter 1:16 +. +For when He received honor and glory from God the Father, such an utterance as this was made to Him by the Majestic Glory, "This is My beloved Son with whom I am well-pleased"-- -- 2 peter 1:17 +. +and we ourselves heard this utterance made from heaven when we were with Him on the holy mountain. -- 2 peter 1:18 +. +So we have the prophetic word made more sure, to which you do well to pay attention as to a lamp shining in a dark place, until the day dawns and the morning star arises in your hearts. -- 2 peter 1:19 +. +But know this first of all, that no prophecy of Scripture is a matter of one's own interpretation, -- 2 peter 1:20 +. +for no prophecy was ever made by an act of human will, but men moved by the Holy Spirit spoke from God. -- 2 peter 1:21 +. +But false prophets also arose among the people, just as there will also be false teachers among you, who will secretly introduce destructive heresies, even denying the Master who bought them, bringing swift destruction upon themselves. -- 2 peter 2:1 +. +Many will follow their sensuality, and because of them the way of the truth will be maligned; -- 2 peter 2:2 +. +and in their greed they will exploit you with false words; their judgment from long ago is not idle, and their destruction is not asleep. -- 2 peter 2:3 +. +For if God did not spare angels when they sinned, but cast them into hell and committed them to pits of darkness, reserved for judgment; -- 2 peter 2:4 +. +and did not spare the ancient world, but preserved Noah, a preacher of righteousness, with seven others, when He brought a flood upon the world of the ungodly; -- 2 peter 2:5 +. +and if He condemned the cities of Sodom and Gomorrah to destruction by reducing them to ashes, having made them an example to those who would live ungodly lives thereafter; -- 2 peter 2:6 +. +and if He rescued righteous Lot, oppressed by the sensual conduct of unprincipled men -- 2 peter 2:7 +. +(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), -- 2 peter 2:8 +. +then the Lord knows how to rescue the godly from temptation, and to keep the unrighteous under punishment for the day of judgment, -- 2 peter 2:9 +. +and especially those who indulge the flesh in its corrupt desires and despise authority. Daring, self-willed, they do not tremble when they revile angelic majesties, -- 2 peter 2:10 +. +whereas angels who are greater in might and power do not bring a reviling judgment against them before the Lord. -- 2 peter 2:11 +. +But these, like unreasoning animals, born as creatures of instinct to be captured and killed, reviling where they have no knowledge, will in the destruction of those creatures also be destroyed, -- 2 peter 2:12 +. +suffering wrong as the wages of doing wrong. They count it a pleasure to revel in the daytime. They are stains and blemishes, reveling in their deceptions, as they carouse with you, -- 2 peter 2:13 +. +having eyes full of adultery that never cease from sin, enticing unstable souls, having a heart trained in greed, accursed children; -- 2 peter 2:14 +. +forsaking the right way, they have gone astray, having followed the way of Balaam, the son of Beor, who loved the wages of unrighteousness; -- 2 peter 2:15 +. +but he received a rebuke for his own transgression, for a mute donkey, speaking with a voice of a man, restrained the madness of the prophet. -- 2 peter 2:16 +. +These are springs without water and mists driven by a storm, for whom the black darkness has been reserved. -- 2 peter 2:17 +. +For speaking out arrogant words of vanity they entice by fleshly desires, by sensuality, those who barely escape from the ones who live in error, -- 2 peter 2:18 +. +promising them freedom while they themselves are slaves of corruption; for by what a man is overcome, by this he is enslaved. -- 2 peter 2:19 +. +For if, after they have escaped the defilements of the world by the knowledge of the Lord and Savior Jesus Christ, they are again entangled in them and are overcome, the last state has become worse for them than the first. -- 2 peter 2:20 +. +For it would be better for them not to have known the way of righteousness, than having known it, to turn away from the holy commandment handed on to them. -- 2 peter 2:21 +. +It has happened to them according to the true proverb, "A DOG RETURNS TO ITS OWN VOMIT," and, "A sow, after washing, returns to wallowing in the mire." -- 2 peter 2:22 +. +This is now, beloved, the second letter I am writing to you in which I am stirring up your sincere mind by way of reminder, -- 2 peter 3:1 +. +that you should remember the words spoken beforehand by the holy prophets and the commandment of the Lord and Savior spoken by your apostles. -- 2 peter 3:2 +. +Know this first of all, that in the last days mockers will come with their mocking, following after their own lusts, -- 2 peter 3:3 +. +and saying, "Where is the promise of His coming? For ever since the fathers fell asleep, all continues just as it was from the beginning of creation." -- 2 peter 3:4 +. +For when they maintain this, it escapes their notice that by the word of God the heavens existed long ago and the earth was formed out of water and by water, -- 2 peter 3:5 +. +through which the world at that time was destroyed, being flooded with water. -- 2 peter 3:6 +. +But by His word the present heavens and earth are being reserved for fire, kept for the day of judgment and destruction of ungodly men. -- 2 peter 3:7 +. +But do not let this one fact escape your notice, beloved, that with the Lord one day is like a thousand years, and a thousand years like one day. -- 2 peter 3:8 +. +The Lord is not slow about His promise, as some count slowness, but is patient toward you, not wishing for any to perish but for all to come to repentance. -- 2 peter 3:9 +. +But the day of the Lord will come like a thief, in which the heavens will pass away with a roar and the elements will be destroyed with intense heat, and the earth and its works will be burned up. -- 2 peter 3:10 +. +Since all these things are to be destroyed in this way, what sort of people ought you to be in holy conduct and godliness, -- 2 peter 3:11 +. +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! -- 2 peter 3:12 +. +But according to His promise we are looking for new heavens and a new earth, in which righteousness dwells. -- 2 peter 3:13 +. +Therefore, beloved, since you look for these things, be diligent to be found by Him in peace, spotless and blameless, -- 2 peter 3:14 +. +and regard the patience of our Lord as salvation; just as also our beloved brother Paul, according to the wisdom given him, wrote to you, -- 2 peter 3:15 +. +as also in all his letters, speaking in them of these things, in which are some things hard to understand, which the untaught and unstable distort, as they do also the rest of the Scriptures, to their own destruction. -- 2 peter 3:16 +. +You therefore, beloved, knowing this beforehand, be on your guard so that you are not carried away by the error of unprincipled men and fall from your own steadfastness, -- 2 peter 3:17 +. +but grow in the grace and knowledge of our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ. To Him be the glory, both now and to the day of eternity. Amen. -- 2 peter 3:18 +. +What was from the beginning, what we have heard, what we have seen with our eyes, what we have looked at and touched with our hands, concerning the Word of Life-- -- 1 john 1:1 +. +and the life was manifested, and we have seen and testify and proclaim to you the eternal life, which was with the Father and was manifested to us-- -- 1 john 1:2 +. +what we have seen and heard we proclaim to you also, so that you too may have fellowship with us; and indeed our fellowship is with the Father, and with His Son Jesus Christ. -- 1 john 1:3 +. +These things we write, so that our joy may be made complete. -- 1 john 1:4 +. +This is the message we have heard from Him and announce to you, that God is Light, and in Him there is no darkness at all. -- 1 john 1:5 +. +If we say that we have fellowship with Him and yet walk in the darkness, we lie and do not practice the truth; -- 1 john 1:6 +. +but if we walk in the Light as He Himself is in the Light, we have fellowship with one another, and the blood of Jesus His Son cleanses us from all sin. -- 1 john 1:7 +. +If we say that we have no sin, we are deceiving ourselves and the truth is not in us. -- 1 john 1:8 +. +If we confess our sins, He is faithful and righteous to forgive us our sins and to cleanse us from all unrighteousness. -- 1 john 1:9 +. +If we say that we have not sinned, we make Him a liar and His word is not in us. -- 1 john 1:10 +. +My little children, I am writing these things to you so that you may not sin. And if anyone sins, we have an Advocate with the Father, Jesus Christ the righteous; -- 1 john 2:1 +. +and He Himself is the propitiation for our sins; and not for ours only, but also for those of the whole world. -- 1 john 2:2 +. +By this we know that we have come to know Him, if we keep His commandments. -- 1 john 2:3 +. +The one who says, "I have come to know Him," and does not keep His commandments, is a liar, and the truth is not in him; -- 1 john 2:4 +. +but whoever keeps His word, in him the love of God has truly been perfected. By this we know that we are in Him: -- 1 john 2:5 +. +the one who says he abides in Him ought himself to walk in the same manner as He walked. -- 1 john 2:6 +. +Beloved, I am not writing a new commandment to you, but an old commandment which you have had from the beginning; the old commandment is the word which you have heard. -- 1 john 2:7 +. +On the other hand, I am writing a new commandment to you, which is true in Him and in you, because the darkness is passing away and the true Light is already shining. -- 1 john 2:8 +. +The one who says he is in the Light and yet hates his brother is in the darkness until now. -- 1 john 2:9 +. +The one who loves his brother abides in the Light and there is no cause for stumbling in him. -- 1 john 2:10 +. +But the one who hates his brother is in the darkness and walks in the darkness, and does not know where he is going because the darkness has blinded his eyes. -- 1 john 2:11 +. +I am writing to you, little children, because your sins have been forgiven you for His name's sake. -- 1 john 2:12 +. +I am writing to you, fathers, because you know Him who has been from the beginning. I am writing to you, young men, because you have overcome the evil one. I have written to you, children, because you know the Father. -- 1 john 2:13 +. +I have written to you, fathers, because you know Him who has been from the beginning. I have written to you, young men, because you are strong, and the word of God abides in you, and you have overcome the evil one. -- 1 john 2:14 +. +Do not love the world nor the things in the world. If anyone loves the world, the love of the Father is not in him. -- 1 john 2:15 +. +For all that is in the world, the lust of the flesh and the lust of the eyes and the boastful pride of life, is not from the Father, but is from the world. -- 1 john 2:16 +. +The world is passing away, and also its lusts; but the one who does the will of God lives forever. -- 1 john 2:17 +. +Children, it is the last hour; and just as you heard that antichrist is coming, even now many antichrists have appeared; from this we know that it is the last hour. -- 1 john 2:18 +. +They went out from us, but they were not really of us; for if they had been of us, they would have remained with us; but they went out, so that it would be shown that they all are not of us. -- 1 john 2:19 +. +But you have an anointing from the Holy One, and you all know. -- 1 john 2:20 +. +I have not written to you because you do not know the truth, but because you do know it, and because no lie is of the truth. -- 1 john 2:21 +. +Who is the liar but the one who denies that Jesus is the Christ? This is the antichrist, the one who denies the Father and the Son. -- 1 john 2:22 +. +Whoever denies the Son does not have the Father; the one who confesses the Son has the Father also. -- 1 john 2:23 +. +As for you, let that abide in you which you heard from the beginning. If what you heard from the beginning abides in you, you also will abide in the Son and in the Father. -- 1 john 2:24 +. +This is the promise which He Himself made to us: eternal life. -- 1 john 2:25 +. +These things I have written to you concerning those who are trying to deceive you. -- 1 john 2:26 +. +As for you, the anointing which you received from Him abides in you, and you have no need for anyone to teach you; but as His anointing teaches you about all things, and is true and is not a lie, and just as it has taught you, you abide in Him. -- 1 john 2:27 +. +Now, little children, abide in Him, so that when He appears, we may have confidence and not shrink away from Him in shame at His coming. -- 1 john 2:28 +. +If you know that He is righteous, you know that everyone also who practices righteousness is born of Him. -- 1 john 2:29 +. +See how great a love the Father has bestowed on us, that we would be called children of God; and such we are. For this reason the world does not know us, because it did not know Him. -- 1 john 3:1 +. +Beloved, now we are children of God, and it has not appeared as yet what we will be. We know that when He appears, we will be like Him, because we will see Him just as He is. -- 1 john 3:2 +. +And everyone who has this hope fixed on Him purifies himself, just as He is pure. -- 1 john 3:3 +. +Everyone who practices sin also practices lawlessness; and sin is lawlessness. -- 1 john 3:4 +. +You know that He appeared in order to take away sins; and in Him there is no sin. -- 1 john 3:5 +. +No one who abides in Him sins; no one who sins has seen Him or knows Him. -- 1 john 3:6 +. +Little children, make sure no one deceives you; the one who practices righteousness is righteous, just as He is righteous; -- 1 john 3:7 +. +the one who practices sin is of the devil; for the devil has sinned from the beginning. The Son of God appeared for this purpose, to destroy the works of the devil. -- 1 john 3:8 +. +No one who is born of God practices sin, because His seed abides in him; and he cannot sin, because he is born of God. -- 1 john 3:9 +. +By this the children of God and the children of the devil are obvious: anyone who does not practice righteousness is not of God, nor the one who does not love his brother. -- 1 john 3:10 +. +For this is the message which you have heard from the beginning, that we should love one another; -- 1 john 3:11 +. +not as Cain, who was of the evil one and slew his brother. And for what reason did he slay him? Because his deeds were evil, and his brother's were righteous. -- 1 john 3:12 +. +Do not be surprised, brethren, if the world hates you. -- 1 john 3:13 +. +We know that we have passed out of death into life, because we love the brethren. He who does not love abides in death. -- 1 john 3:14 +. +Everyone who hates his brother is a murderer; and you know that no murderer has eternal life abiding in him. -- 1 john 3:15 +. +We know love by this, that He laid down His life for us; and we ought to lay down our lives for the brethren. -- 1 john 3:16 +. +But whoever has the world's goods, and sees his brother in need and closes his heart against him, how does the love of God abide in him? -- 1 john 3:17 +. +Little children, let us not love with word or with tongue, but in deed and truth. -- 1 john 3:18 +. +We will know by this that we are of the truth, and will assure our heart before Him -- 1 john 3:19 +. +in whatever our heart condemns us; for God is greater than our heart and knows all things. -- 1 john 3:20 +. +Beloved, if our heart does not condemn us, we have confidence before God; -- 1 john 3:21 +. +and whatever we ask we receive from Him, because we keep His commandments and do the things that are pleasing in His sight. -- 1 john 3:22 +. +This is His commandment, that we believe in the name of His Son Jesus Christ, and love one another, just as He commanded us. -- 1 john 3:23 +. +The one who keeps His commandments abides in Him, and He in him. We know by this that He abides in us, by the Spirit whom He has given us. -- 1 john 3:24 +. +Beloved, do not believe every spirit, but test the spirits to see whether they are from God, because many false prophets have gone out into the world. -- 1 john 4:1 +. +By this you know the Spirit of God: every spirit that confesses that Jesus Christ has come in the flesh is from God; -- 1 john 4:2 +. +and every spirit that does not confess Jesus is not from God; this is the spirit of the antichrist, of which you have heard that it is coming, and now it is already in the world. -- 1 john 4:3 +. +You are from God, little children, and have overcome them; because greater is He who is in you than he who is in the world. -- 1 john 4:4 +. +They are from the world; therefore they speak as from the world, and the world listens to them. -- 1 john 4:5 +. +We are from God; he who knows God listens to us; he who is not from God does not listen to us. By this we know the spirit of truth and the spirit of error. -- 1 john 4:6 +. +Beloved, let us love one another, for love is from God; and everyone who loves is born of God and knows God. -- 1 john 4:7 +. +The one who does not love does not know God, for God is love. -- 1 john 4:8 +. +By this the love of God was manifested in us, that God has sent His only begotten Son into the world so that we might live through Him. -- 1 john 4:9 +. +In this is love, not that we loved God, but that He loved us and sent His Son to be the propitiation for our sins. -- 1 john 4:10 +. +Beloved, if God so loved us, we also ought to love one another. -- 1 john 4:11 +. +No one has seen God at any time; if we love one another, God abides in us, and His love is perfected in us. -- 1 john 4:12 +. +By this we know that we abide in Him and He in us, because He has given us of His Spirit. -- 1 john 4:13 +. +We have seen and testify that the Father has sent the Son to be the Savior of the world. -- 1 john 4:14 +. +Whoever confesses that Jesus is the Son of God, God abides in him, and he in God. -- 1 john 4:15 +. +We have come to know and have believed the love which God has for us. God is love, and the one who abides in love abides in God, and God abides in him. -- 1 john 4:16 +. +By this, love is perfected with us, so that we may have confidence in the day of judgment; because as He is, so also are we in this world. -- 1 john 4:17 +. +There is no fear in love; but perfect love casts out fear, because fear involves punishment, and the one who fears is not perfected in love. -- 1 john 4:18 +. +We love, because He first loved us. -- 1 john 4:19 +. +If someone says, "I love God," and hates his brother, he is a liar; for the one who does not love his brother whom he has seen, cannot love God whom he has not seen. -- 1 john 4:20 +. +And this commandment we have from Him, that the one who loves God should love his brother also. -- 1 john 4:21 +. +Whoever believes that Jesus is the Christ is born of God, and whoever loves the Father loves the child born of Him. -- 1 john 5:1 +. +By this we know that we love the children of God, when we love God and observe His commandments. -- 1 john 5:2 +. +For this is the love of God, that we keep His commandments; and His commandments are not burdensome. -- 1 john 5:3 +. +For whatever is born of God overcomes the world; and this is the victory that has overcome the world--our faith. -- 1 john 5:4 +. +Who is the one who overcomes the world, but he who believes that Jesus is the Son of God? -- 1 john 5:5 +. +This is the One who came by water and blood, Jesus Christ; not with the water only, but with the water and with the blood. It is the Spirit who testifies, because the Spirit is the truth. -- 1 john 5:6 +. +For there are three that testify: -- 1 john 5:7 +. +the Spirit and the water and the blood; and the three are in agreement. -- 1 john 5:8 +. +If we receive the testimony of men, the testimony of God is greater; for the testimony of God is this, that He has testified concerning His Son. -- 1 john 5:9 +. +The one who believes in the Son of God has the testimony in himself; the one who does not believe God has made Him a liar, because he has not believed in the testimony that God has given concerning His Son. -- 1 john 5:10 +. +And the testimony is this, that God has given us eternal life, and this life is in His Son. -- 1 john 5:11 +. +He who has the Son has the life; he who does not have the Son of God does not have the life. -- 1 john 5:12 +. +These things I have written to you who believe in the name of the Son of God, so that you may know that you have eternal life. -- 1 john 5:13 +. +This is the confidence which we have before Him, that, if we ask anything according to His will, He hears us. -- 1 john 5:14 +. +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. -- 1 john 5:15 +. +If anyone sees his brother committing a sin not leading to death, he shall ask and God will for him give life to those who commit sin not leading to death. There is a sin leading to death; I do not say that he should make request for this. -- 1 john 5:16 +. +All unrighteousness is sin, and there is a sin not leading to death. -- 1 john 5:17 +. +We know that no one who is born of God sins; but He who was born of God keeps him, and the evil one does not touch him. -- 1 john 5:18 +. +We know that we are of God, and that the whole world lies in the power of the evil one. -- 1 john 5:19 +. +And we know that the Son of God has come, and has given us understanding so that we may know Him who is true; and we are in Him who is true, in His Son Jesus Christ. This is the true God and eternal life. -- 1 john 5:20 +. +Little children, guard yourselves from idols. -- 1 john 5:21 +. +The elder to the chosen lady and her children, whom I love in truth; and not only I, but also all who know the truth, -- 2 john 1:1 +. +for the sake of the truth which abides in us and will be with us forever: -- 2 john 1:2 +. +Grace, mercy and peace will be with us, from God the Father and from Jesus Christ, the Son of the Father, in truth and love. -- 2 john 1:3 +. +I was very glad to find some of your children walking in truth, just as we have received commandment to do from the Father. -- 2 john 1:4 +. +Now I ask you, lady, not as though I were writing to you a new commandment, but the one which we have had from the beginning, that we love one another. -- 2 john 1:5 +. +And this is love, that we walk according to His commandments. This is the commandment, just as you have heard from the beginning, that you should walk in it. -- 2 john 1:6 +. +For many deceivers have gone out into the world, those who do not acknowledge Jesus Christ as coming in the flesh. This is the deceiver and the antichrist. -- 2 john 1:7 +. +Watch yourselves, that you do not lose what we have accomplished, but that you may receive a full reward. -- 2 john 1:8 +. +Anyone who goes too far and does not abide in the teaching of Christ, does not have God; the one who abides in the teaching, he has both the Father and the Son. -- 2 john 1:9 +. +If anyone comes to you and does not bring this teaching, do not receive him into your house, and do not give him a greeting; -- 2 john 1:10 +. +for the one who gives him a greeting participates in his evil deeds. -- 2 john 1:11 +. +Though I have many things to write to you, I do not want to do so with paper and ink; but I hope to come to you and speak face to face, so that your joy may be made full. -- 2 john 1:12 +. +The children of your chosen sister greet you. -- 2 john 1:13 +. +The elder to the beloved Gaius, whom I love in truth. -- 3 john 1:1 +. +Beloved, I pray that in all respects you may prosper and be in good health, just as your soul prospers. -- 3 john 1:2 +. +For I was very glad when brethren came and testified to your truth, that is, how you are walking in truth. -- 3 john 1:3 +. +I have no greater joy than this, to hear of my children walking in the truth. -- 3 john 1:4 +. +Beloved, you are acting faithfully in whatever you accomplish for the brethren, and especially when they are strangers; -- 3 john 1:5 +. +and they have testified to your love before the church. You will do well to send them on their way in a manner worthy of God. -- 3 john 1:6 +. +For they went out for the sake of the Name, accepting nothing from the Gentiles. -- 3 john 1:7 +. +Therefore we ought to support such men, so that we may be fellow workers with the truth. -- 3 john 1:8 +. +I wrote something to the church; but Diotrephes, who loves to be first among them, does not accept what we say. -- 3 john 1:9 +. +For this reason, if I come, I will call attention to his deeds which he does, unjustly accusing us with wicked words; and not satisfied with this, he himself does not receive the brethren, either, and he forbids those who desire to do so and puts them out of the church. -- 3 john 1:10 +. +Beloved, do not imitate what is evil, but what is good. The one who does good is of God; the one who does evil has not seen God. -- 3 john 1:11 +. +Demetrius has received a good testimony from everyone, and from the truth itself; and we add our testimony, and you know that our testimony is true. -- 3 john 1:12 +. +I had many things to write to you, but I am not willing to write them to you with pen and ink; -- 3 john 1:13 +. +but I hope to see you shortly, and we will speak face to face. -- 3 john 1:14 +. +Jude, a bond-servant of Jesus Christ, and brother of James, To those who are the called, beloved in God the Father, and kept for Jesus Christ: -- jude 1:1 +. +May mercy and peace and love be multiplied to you. -- jude 1:2 +. +Beloved, while I was making every effort to write you about our common salvation, I felt the necessity to write to you appealing that you contend earnestly for the faith which was once for all handed down to the saints. -- jude 1:3 +. +For certain persons have crept in unnoticed, those who were long beforehand marked out for this condemnation, ungodly persons who turn the grace of our God into licentiousness and deny our only Master and Lord, Jesus Christ. -- jude 1:4 +. +Now I desire to remind you, though you know all things once for all, that the Lord, after saving a people out of the land of Egypt, subsequently destroyed those who did not believe. -- jude 1:5 +. +And angels who did not keep their own domain, but abandoned their proper abode, He has kept in eternal bonds under darkness for the judgment of the great day, -- jude 1:6 +. +just as Sodom and Gomorrah and the cities around them, since they in the same way as these indulged in gross immorality and went after strange flesh, are exhibited as an example in undergoing the punishment of eternal fire. -- jude 1:7 +. +Yet in the same way these men, also by dreaming, defile the flesh, and reject authority, and revile angelic majesties. -- jude 1:8 +. +But Michael the archangel, when he disputed with the devil and argued about the body of Moses, did not dare pronounce against him a railing judgment, but said, "The Lord rebuke you!" -- jude 1:9 +. +But these men revile the things which they do not understand; and the things which they know by instinct, like unreasoning animals, by these things they are destroyed. -- jude 1:10 +. +Woe to them! For they have gone the way of Cain, and for pay they have rushed headlong into the error of Balaam, and perished in the rebellion of Korah. -- jude 1:11 +. +These are the men who are hidden reefs in your love feasts when they feast with you without fear, caring for themselves; clouds without water, carried along by winds; autumn trees without fruit, doubly dead, uprooted; -- jude 1:12 +. +wild waves of the sea, casting up their own shame like foam; wandering stars, for whom the black darkness has been reserved forever. -- jude 1:13 +. +It was also about these men that Enoch, in the seventh generation from Adam, prophesied, saying, "Behold, the Lord came with many thousands of His holy ones, -- jude 1:14 +. +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." -- jude 1:15 +. +These are grumblers, finding fault, following after their own lusts; they speak arrogantly, flattering people for the sake of gaining an advantage. -- jude 1:16 +. +But you, beloved, ought to remember the words that were spoken beforehand by the apostles of our Lord Jesus Christ, -- jude 1:17 +. +that they were saying to you, "In the last time there will be mockers, following after their own ungodly lusts." -- jude 1:18 +. +These are the ones who cause divisions, worldly-minded, devoid of the Spirit. -- jude 1:19 +. +But you, beloved, building yourselves up on your most holy faith, praying in the Holy Spirit, -- jude 1:20 +. +keep yourselves in the love of God, waiting anxiously for the mercy of our Lord Jesus Christ to eternal life. -- jude 1:21 +. +And have mercy on some, who are doubting; -- jude 1:22 +. +save others, snatching them out of the fire; and on some have mercy with fear, hating even the garment polluted by the flesh. -- jude 1:23 +. +Now to Him who is able to keep you from stumbling, and to make you stand in the presence of His glory blameless with great joy, -- jude 1:24 +. +to the only God our Savior, through Jesus Christ our Lord, be glory, majesty, dominion and authority, before all time and now and forever. Amen. -- jude 1:25 +. +The Revelation of Jesus Christ, which God gave Him to show to His bond-servants, the things which must soon take place; and He sent and communicated it by His angel to His bond-servant John, -- revelation 1:1 +. +who testified to the word of God and to the testimony of Jesus Christ, even to all that he saw. -- revelation 1:2 +. +Blessed is he who reads and those who hear the words of the prophecy, and heed the things which are written in it; for the time is near. -- revelation 1:3 +. +John to the seven churches that are in Asia: Grace to you and peace, from Him who is and who was and who is to come, and from the seven Spirits who are before His throne, -- revelation 1:4 +. +and from Jesus Christ, the faithful witness, the firstborn of the dead, and the ruler of the kings of the earth. To Him who loves us and released us from our sins by His blood-- -- revelation 1:5 +. +and He has made us to be a kingdom, priests to His God and Father--to Him be the glory and the dominion forever and ever. Amen. -- revelation 1:6 +. +BEHOLD, HE IS COMING WITH THE CLOUDS, and every eye will see Him, even those who pierced Him; and all the tribes of the earth will mourn over Him. So it is to be. Amen. -- revelation 1:7 +. +"I am the Alpha and the Omega," says the Lord God, "who is and who was and who is to come, the Almighty." -- revelation 1:8 +. +I, John, your brother and fellow partaker in the tribulation and kingdom and perseverance which are in Jesus, was on the island called Patmos because of the word of God and the testimony of Jesus. -- revelation 1:9 +. +I was in the Spirit on the Lord's day, and I heard behind me a loud voice like the sound of a trumpet, -- revelation 1:10 +. +saying, "Write in a book what you see, and send it to the seven churches: to Ephesus and to Smyrna and to Pergamum and to Thyatira and to Sardis and to Philadelphia and to Laodicea." -- revelation 1:11 +. +Then I turned to see the voice that was speaking with me. And having turned I saw seven golden lampstands; -- revelation 1:12 +. +and in the middle of the lampstands I saw one like a son of man, clothed in a robe reaching to the feet, and girded across His chest with a golden sash. -- revelation 1:13 +. +His head and His hair were white like white wool, like snow; and His eyes were like a flame of fire. -- revelation 1:14 +. +His feet were like burnished bronze, when it has been made to glow in a furnace, and His voice was like the sound of many waters. -- revelation 1:15 +. +In His right hand He held seven stars, and out of His mouth came a sharp two-edged sword; and His face was like the sun shining in its strength. -- revelation 1:16 +. +When I saw Him, I fell at His feet like a dead man. And He placed His right hand on me, saying, "Do not be afraid; I am the first and the last, -- revelation 1:17 +. +and the living One; and I was dead, and behold, I am alive forevermore, and I have the keys of death and of Hades. -- revelation 1:18 +. +"Therefore write the things which you have seen, and the things which are, and the things which will take place after these things. -- revelation 1:19 +. +"As for the mystery of the seven stars which you saw in My right hand, and the seven golden lampstands: the seven stars are the angels of the seven churches, and the seven lampstands are the seven churches. -- revelation 1:20 +. +"To the angel of the church in Ephesus write: The One who holds the seven stars in His right hand, the One who walks among the seven golden lampstands, says this: -- revelation 2:1 +. +'I know your deeds and your toil and perseverance, and that you cannot tolerate evil men, and you put to the test those who call themselves apostles, and they are not, and you found them to be false; -- revelation 2:2 +. +and you have perseverance and have endured for My name's sake, and have not grown weary. -- revelation 2:3 +. +'But I have this against you, that you have left your first love. -- revelation 2:4 +. +'Therefore remember from where you have fallen, and repent and do the deeds you did at first; or else I am coming to you and will remove your lampstand out of its place--unless you repent. -- revelation 2:5 +. +'Yet this you do have, that you hate the deeds of the Nicolaitans, which I also hate. -- revelation 2:6 +. +'He who has an ear, let him hear what the Spirit says to the churches. To him who overcomes, I will grant to eat of the tree of life which is in the Paradise of God.' -- revelation 2:7 +. +"And to the angel of the church in Smyrna write: The first and the last, who was dead, and has come to life, says this: -- revelation 2:8 +. +'I know your tribulation and your poverty (but you are rich), and the blasphemy by those who say they are Jews and are not, but are a synagogue of Satan. -- revelation 2:9 +. +'Do not fear what you are about to suffer. Behold, the devil is about to cast some of you into prison, so that you will be tested, and you will have tribulation for ten days. Be faithful until death, and I will give you the crown of life. -- revelation 2:10 +. +'He who has an ear, let him hear what the Spirit says to the churches. He who overcomes will not be hurt by the second death.' -- revelation 2:11 +. +"And to the angel of the church in Pergamum write: The One who has the sharp two-edged sword says this: -- revelation 2:12 +. +'I know where you dwell, where Satan's throne is; and you hold fast My name, and did not deny My faith even in the days of Antipas, My witness, My faithful one, who was killed among you, where Satan dwells. -- revelation 2:13 +. +'But I have a few things against you, because you have there some who hold the teaching of Balaam, who kept teaching Balak to put a stumbling block before the sons of Israel, to eat things sacrificed to idols and to commit acts of immorality. -- revelation 2:14 +. +'So you also have some who in the same way hold the teaching of the Nicolaitans. -- revelation 2:15 +. +'Therefore repent; or else I am coming to you quickly, and I will make war against them with the sword of My mouth. -- revelation 2:16 +. +'He who has an ear, let him hear what the Spirit says to the churches. To him who overcomes, to him I will give some of the hidden manna, and I will give him a white stone, and a new name written on the stone which no one knows but he who receives it.' -- revelation 2:17 +. +"And to the angel of the church in Thyatira write: The Son of God, who has eyes like a flame of fire, and His feet are like burnished bronze, says this: -- revelation 2:18 +. +'I know your deeds, and your love and faith and service and perseverance, and that your deeds of late are greater than at first. -- revelation 2:19 +. +'But I have this against you, that you tolerate the woman Jezebel, who calls herself a prophetess, and she teaches and leads My bond-servants astray so that they commit acts of immorality and eat things sacrificed to idols. -- revelation 2:20 +. +'I gave her time to repent, and she does not want to repent of her immorality. -- revelation 2:21 +. +'Behold, I will throw her on a bed of sickness, and those who commit adultery with her into great tribulation, unless they repent of her deeds. -- revelation 2:22 +. +'And I will kill her children with pestilence, and all the churches will know that I am He who searches the minds and hearts; and I will give to each one of you according to your deeds. -- revelation 2:23 +. +'But I say to you, the rest who are in Thyatira, who do not hold this teaching, who have not known the deep things of Satan, as they call them--I place no other burden on you. -- revelation 2:24 +. +'Nevertheless what you have, hold fast until I come. -- revelation 2:25 +. +'He who overcomes, and he who keeps My deeds until the end, TO HIM I WILL GIVE AUTHORITY OVER THE NATIONS; -- revelation 2:26 +. +AND HE SHALL RULE THEM WITH A ROD OF IRON, AS THE VESSELS OF THE POTTER ARE BROKEN TO PIECES, as I also have received authority from My Father; -- revelation 2:27 +. +and I will give him the morning star. -- revelation 2:28 +. +'He who has an ear, let him hear what the Spirit says to the churches.' -- revelation 2:29 +. +"To the angel of the church in Sardis write: He who has the seven Spirits of God and the seven stars, says this: 'I know your deeds, that you have a name that you are alive, but you are dead. -- revelation 3:1 +. +'Wake up, and strengthen the things that remain, which were about to die; for I have not found your deeds completed in the sight of My God. -- revelation 3:2 +. +'So remember what you have received and heard; and keep it, and repent. Therefore if you do not wake up, I will come like a thief, and you will not know at what hour I will come to you. -- revelation 3:3 +. +'But you have a few people in Sardis who have not soiled their garments; and they will walk with Me in white, for they are worthy. -- revelation 3:4 +. +'He who overcomes will thus be clothed in white garments; and I will not erase his name from the book of life, and I will confess his name before My Father and before His angels. -- revelation 3:5 +. +'He who has an ear, let him hear what the Spirit says to the churches.' -- revelation 3:6 +. +"And to the angel of the church in Philadelphia write: He who is holy, who is true, who has the key of David, who opens and no one will shut, and who shuts and no one opens, says this: -- revelation 3:7 +. +'I know your deeds. Behold, I have put before you an open door which no one can shut, because you have a little power, and have kept My word, and have not denied My name. -- revelation 3:8 +. +'Behold, I will cause those of the synagogue of Satan, who say that they are Jews and are not, but lie--I will make them come and bow down at your feet, and make them know that I have loved you. -- revelation 3:9 +. +'Because you have kept the word of My perseverance, I also will keep you from the hour of testing, that hour which is about to come upon the whole world, to test those who dwell on the earth. -- revelation 3:10 +. +'I am coming quickly; hold fast what you have, so that no one will take your crown. -- revelation 3:11 +. +'He who overcomes, I will make him a pillar in the temple of My God, and he will not go out from it anymore; and I will write on him the name of My God, and the name of the city of My God, the new Jerusalem, which comes down out of heaven from My God, and My new name. -- revelation 3:12 +. +'He who has an ear, let him hear what the Spirit says to the churches.' -- revelation 3:13 +. +"To the angel of the church in Laodicea write: The Amen, the faithful and true Witness, the Beginning of the creation of God, says this: -- revelation 3:14 +. +'I know your deeds, that you are neither cold nor hot; I wish that you were cold or hot. -- revelation 3:15 +. +'So because you are lukewarm, and neither hot nor cold, I will spit you out of My mouth. -- revelation 3:16 +. +'Because you say, "I am rich, and have become wealthy, and have need of nothing," and you do not know that you are wretched and miserable and poor and blind and naked, -- revelation 3:17 +. +I advise you to buy from Me gold refined by fire so that you may become rich, and white garments so that you may clothe yourself, and that the shame of your nakedness will not be revealed; and eye salve to anoint your eyes so that you may see. -- revelation 3:18 +. +'Those whom I love, I reprove and discipline; therefore be zealous and repent. -- revelation 3:19 +. +'Behold, I stand at the door and knock; if anyone hears My voice and opens the door, I will come in to him and will dine with him, and he with Me. -- revelation 3:20 +. +'He who overcomes, I will grant to him to sit down with Me on My throne, as I also overcame and sat down with My Father on His throne. -- revelation 3:21 +. +'He who has an ear, let him hear what the Spirit says to the churches.'" -- revelation 3:22 +. +After these things I looked, and behold, a door standing open in heaven, and the first voice which I had heard, like the sound of a trumpet speaking with me, said, "Come up here, and I will show you what must take place after these things." -- revelation 4:1 +. +Immediately I was in the Spirit; and behold, a throne was standing in heaven, and One sitting on the throne. -- revelation 4:2 +. +And He who was sitting was like a jasper stone and a sardius in appearance; and there was a rainbow around the throne, like an emerald in appearance. -- revelation 4:3 +. +Around the throne were twenty-four thrones; and upon the thrones I saw twenty-four elders sitting, clothed in white garments, and golden crowns on their heads. -- revelation 4:4 +. +Out from the throne come flashes of lightning and sounds and peals of thunder. And there were seven lamps of fire burning before the throne, which are the seven Spirits of God; -- revelation 4:5 +. +and before the throne there was something like a sea of glass, like crystal; and in the center and around the throne, four living creatures full of eyes in front and behind. -- revelation 4:6 +. +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. -- revelation 4:7 +. +And the four living creatures, each one of them having six wings, are full of eyes around and within; and day and night they do not cease to say, "HOLY, HOLY, HOLY is THE LORD GOD, THE ALMIGHTY, WHO WAS AND WHO IS AND WHO IS TO COME." -- revelation 4:8 +. +And when the living creatures give glory and honor and thanks to Him who sits on the throne, to Him who lives forever and ever, -- revelation 4:9 +. +the twenty-four elders will fall down before Him who sits on the throne, and will worship Him who lives forever and ever, and will cast their crowns before the throne, saying, -- revelation 4:10 +. +"Worthy are You, our Lord and our God, to receive glory and honor and power; for You created all things, and because of Your will they existed, and were created." -- revelation 4:11 +. +I saw in the right hand of Him who sat on the throne a book written inside and on the back, sealed up with seven seals. -- revelation 5:1 +. +And I saw a strong angel proclaiming with a loud voice, "Who is worthy to open the book and to break its seals?" -- revelation 5:2 +. +And no one in heaven or on the earth or under the earth was able to open the book or to look into it. -- revelation 5:3 +. +Then I began to weep greatly because no one was found worthy to open the book or to look into it; -- revelation 5:4 +. +and one of the elders *said to me, "Stop weeping; behold, the Lion that is from the tribe of Judah, the Root of David, has overcome so as to open the book and its seven seals." -- revelation 5:5 +. +And I saw between the throne (with the four living creatures) and the elders a Lamb standing, as if slain, having seven horns and seven eyes, which are the seven Spirits of God, sent out into all the earth. -- revelation 5:6 +. +And He came and took the book out of the right hand of Him who sat on the throne. -- revelation 5:7 +. +When He had taken the book, the four living creatures and the twenty-four elders fell down before the Lamb, each one holding a harp and golden bowls full of incense, which are the prayers of the saints. -- revelation 5:8 +. +And they *sang a new song, saying, "Worthy are You to take the book and to break its seals; for You were slain, and purchased for God with Your blood men from every tribe and tongue and people and nation. -- revelation 5:9 +. +"You have made them to be a kingdom and priests to our God; and they will reign upon the earth." -- revelation 5:10 +. +Then I looked, and I heard the voice of many angels around the throne and the living creatures and the elders; and the number of them was myriads of myriads, and thousands of thousands, -- revelation 5:11 +. +saying with a loud voice, "Worthy is the Lamb that was slain to receive power and riches and wisdom and might and honor and glory and blessing." -- revelation 5:12 +. +And every created thing which is in heaven and on the earth and under the earth and on the sea, and all things in them, I heard saying, "To Him who sits on the throne, and to the Lamb, be blessing and honor and glory and dominion forever and ever." -- revelation 5:13 +. +And the four living creatures kept saying, "Amen." And the elders fell down and worshiped. -- revelation 5:14 +. +Then I saw when the Lamb broke one of the seven seals, and I heard one of the four living creatures saying as with a voice of thunder, "Come." -- revelation 6:1 +. +I looked, and behold, a white horse, and he who sat on it had a bow; and a crown was given to him, and he went out conquering and to conquer. -- revelation 6:2 +. +When He broke the second seal, I heard the second living creature saying, "Come." -- revelation 6:3 +. +And another, a red horse, went out; and to him who sat on it, it was granted to take peace from the earth, and that men would slay one another; and a great sword was given to him. -- revelation 6:4 +. +When He broke the third seal, I heard the third living creature saying, "Come." I looked, and behold, a black horse; and he who sat on it had a pair of scales in his hand. -- revelation 6:5 +. +And I heard something like a voice in the center of the four living creatures saying, "A quart of wheat for a denarius, and three quarts of barley for a denarius; and do not damage the oil and the wine." -- revelation 6:6 +. +When the Lamb broke the fourth seal, I heard the voice of the fourth living creature saying, "Come." -- revelation 6:7 +. +I looked, and behold, an ashen horse; and he who sat on it had the name Death; and Hades was following with him. Authority was given to them over a fourth of the earth, to kill with sword and with famine and with pestilence and by the wild beasts of the earth. -- revelation 6:8 +. +When the Lamb broke the fifth seal, I saw underneath the altar the souls of those who had been slain because of the word of God, and because of the testimony which they had maintained; -- revelation 6:9 +. +and they cried out with a loud voice, saying, "How long, O Lord, holy and true, will You refrain from judging and avenging our blood on those who dwell on the earth?" -- revelation 6:10 +. +And there was given to each of them a white robe; and they were told that they should rest for a little while longer, until the number of their fellow servants and their brethren who were to be killed even as they had been, would be completed also. -- revelation 6:11 +. +I looked when He broke the sixth seal, and there was a great earthquake; and the sun became black as sackcloth made of hair, and the whole moon became like blood; -- revelation 6:12 +. +and the stars of the sky fell to the earth, as a fig tree casts its unripe figs when shaken by a great wind. -- revelation 6:13 +. +The sky was split apart like a scroll when it is rolled up, and every mountain and island were moved out of their places. -- revelation 6:14 +. +Then the kings of the earth and the great men and the commanders and the rich and the strong and every slave and free man hid themselves in the caves and among the rocks of the mountains; -- revelation 6:15 +. +and they *said to the mountains and to the rocks, "Fall on us and hide us from the presence of Him who sits on the throne, and from the wrath of the Lamb; -- revelation 6:16 +. +for the great day of their wrath has come, and who is able to stand?" -- revelation 6:17 +. +After this I saw four angels standing at the four corners of the earth, holding back the four winds of the earth, so that no wind would blow on the earth or on the sea or on any tree. -- revelation 7:1 +. +And I saw another angel ascending from the rising of the sun, having the seal of the living God; and he cried out with a loud voice to the four angels to whom it was granted to harm the earth and the sea, -- revelation 7:2 +. +saying, "Do not harm the earth or the sea or the trees until we have sealed the bond-servants of our God on their foreheads." -- revelation 7:3 +. +And I heard the number of those who were sealed, one hundred and forty-four thousand sealed from every tribe of the sons of Israel: -- revelation 7:4 +. +from the tribe of Judah, twelve thousand were sealed, from the tribe of Reuben twelve thousand, from the tribe of Gad twelve thousand, -- revelation 7:5 +. +from the tribe of Asher twelve thousand, from the tribe of Naphtali twelve thousand, from the tribe of Manasseh twelve thousand, -- revelation 7:6 +. +from the tribe of Simeon twelve thousand, from the tribe of Levi twelve thousand, from the tribe of Issachar twelve thousand, -- revelation 7:7 +. +from the tribe of Zebulun twelve thousand, from the tribe of Joseph twelve thousand, from the tribe of Benjamin, twelve thousand were sealed. -- revelation 7:8 +. +After these things I looked, and behold, a great multitude which no one could count, from every nation and all tribes and peoples and tongues, standing before the throne and before the Lamb, clothed in white robes, and palm branches were in their hands; -- revelation 7:9 +. +and they cry out with a loud voice, saying, "Salvation to our God who sits on the throne, and to the Lamb." -- revelation 7:10 +. +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, -- revelation 7:11 +. +saying, "Amen, blessing and glory and wisdom and thanksgiving and honor and power and might, be to our God forever and ever. Amen." -- revelation 7:12 +. +Then one of the elders answered, saying to me, "These who are clothed in the white robes, who are they, and where have they come from?" -- revelation 7:13 +. +I said to him, "My lord, you know." And he said to me, "These are the ones who come out of the great tribulation, and they have washed their robes and made them white in the blood of the Lamb. -- revelation 7:14 +. +"For this reason, they are before the throne of God; and they serve Him day and night in His temple; and He who sits on the throne will spread His tabernacle over them. -- revelation 7:15 +. +"They will hunger no longer, nor thirst anymore; nor will the sun beat down on them, nor any heat; -- revelation 7:16 +. +for the Lamb in the center of the throne will be their shepherd, and will guide them to springs of the water of life; and God will wipe every tear from their eyes." -- revelation 7:17 +. +When the Lamb broke the seventh seal, there was silence in heaven for about half an hour. -- revelation 8:1 +. +And I saw the seven angels who stand before God, and seven trumpets were given to them. -- revelation 8:2 +. +Another angel came and stood at the altar, holding a golden censer; and much incense was given to him, so that he might add it to the prayers of all the saints on the golden altar which was before the throne. -- revelation 8:3 +. +And the smoke of the incense, with the prayers of the saints, went up before God out of the angel's hand. -- revelation 8:4 +. +Then the angel took the censer and filled it with the fire of the altar, and threw it to the earth; and there followed peals of thunder and sounds and flashes of lightning and an earthquake. -- revelation 8:5 +. +And the seven angels who had the seven trumpets prepared themselves to sound them. -- revelation 8:6 +. +The first sounded, and there came hail and fire, mixed with blood, and they were thrown to the earth; and a third of the earth was burned up, and a third of the trees were burned up, and all the green grass was burned up. -- revelation 8:7 +. +The second angel sounded, and something like a great mountain burning with fire was thrown into the sea; and a third of the sea became blood, -- revelation 8:8 +. +and a third of the creatures which were in the sea and had life, died; and a third of the ships were destroyed. -- revelation 8:9 +. +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. -- revelation 8:10 +. +The name of the star is called Wormwood; and a third of the waters became wormwood, and many men died from the waters, because they were made bitter. -- revelation 8:11 +. +The fourth angel sounded, and a third of the sun and a third of the moon and a third of the stars were struck, so that a third of them would be darkened and the day would not shine for a third of it, and the night in the same way. -- revelation 8:12 +. +Then I looked, and I heard an eagle flying in midheaven, saying with a loud voice, "Woe, woe, woe to those who dwell on the earth, because of the remaining blasts of the trumpet of the three angels who are about to sound!" -- revelation 8:13 +. +Then the fifth angel sounded, and I saw a star from heaven which had fallen to the earth; and the key of the bottomless pit was given to him. -- revelation 9:1 +. +He opened the bottomless pit, and smoke went up out of the pit, like the smoke of a great furnace; and the sun and the air were darkened by the smoke of the pit. -- revelation 9:2 +. +Then out of the smoke came locusts upon the earth, and power was given them, as the scorpions of the earth have power. -- revelation 9:3 +. +They were told not to hurt the grass of the earth, nor any green thing, nor any tree, but only the men who do not have the seal of God on their foreheads. -- revelation 9:4 +. +And they were not permitted to kill anyone, but to torment for five months; and their torment was like the torment of a scorpion when it stings a man. -- revelation 9:5 +. +And in those days men will seek death and will not find it; they will long to die, and death flees from them. -- revelation 9:6 +. +The appearance of the locusts was like horses prepared for battle; and on their heads appeared to be crowns like gold, and their faces were like the faces of men. -- revelation 9:7 +. +They had hair like the hair of women, and their teeth were like the teeth of lions. -- revelation 9:8 +. +They had breastplates like breastplates of iron; and the sound of their wings was like the sound of chariots, of many horses rushing to battle. -- revelation 9:9 +. +They have tails like scorpions, and stings; and in their tails is their power to hurt men for five months. -- revelation 9:10 +. +They have as king over them, the angel of the abyss; his name in Hebrew is Abaddon, and in the Greek he has the name Apollyon. -- revelation 9:11 +. +The first woe is past; behold, two woes are still coming after these things. -- revelation 9:12 +. +Then the sixth angel sounded, and I heard a voice from the four horns of the golden altar which is before God, -- revelation 9:13 +. +one saying to the sixth angel who had the trumpet, "Release the four angels who are bound at the great river Euphrates." -- revelation 9:14 +. +And the four angels, who had been prepared for the hour and day and month and year, were released, so that they would kill a third of mankind. -- revelation 9:15 +. +The number of the armies of the horsemen was two hundred million; I heard the number of them. -- revelation 9:16 +. +And this is how I saw in the vision the horses and those who sat on them: the riders had breastplates the color of fire and of hyacinth and of brimstone; and the heads of the horses are like the heads of lions; and out of their mouths proceed fire and smoke and brimstone. -- revelation 9:17 +. +A third of mankind was killed by these three plagues, by the fire and the smoke and the brimstone which proceeded out of their mouths. -- revelation 9:18 +. +For the power of the horses is in their mouths and in their tails; for their tails are like serpents and have heads, and with them they do harm. -- revelation 9:19 +. +The rest of mankind, who were not killed by these plagues, did not repent of the works of their hands, so as not to worship demons, and the idols of gold and of silver and of brass and of stone and of wood, which can neither see nor hear nor walk; -- revelation 9:20 +. +and they did not repent of their murders nor of their sorceries nor of their immorality nor of their thefts. -- revelation 9:21 +. +I saw another strong angel coming down out of heaven, clothed with a cloud; and the rainbow was upon his head, and his face was like the sun, and his feet like pillars of fire; -- revelation 10:1 +. +and he had in his hand a little book which was open. He placed his right foot on the sea and his left on the land; -- revelation 10:2 +. +and he cried out with a loud voice, as when a lion roars; and when he had cried out, the seven peals of thunder uttered their voices. -- revelation 10:3 +. +When the seven peals of thunder had spoken, I was about to write; and I heard a voice from heaven saying, "Seal up the things which the seven peals of thunder have spoken and do not write them." -- revelation 10:4 +. +Then the angel whom I saw standing on the sea and on the land lifted up his right hand to heaven, -- revelation 10:5 +. +and swore by Him who lives forever and ever, WHO CREATED HEAVEN AND THE THINGS IN IT, AND THE EARTH AND THE THINGS IN IT, AND THE SEA AND THE THINGS IN IT, that there will be delay no longer, -- revelation 10:6 +. +but in the days of the voice of the seventh angel, when he is about to sound, then the mystery of God is finished, as He preached to His servants the prophets. -- revelation 10:7 +. +Then the voice which I heard from heaven, I heard again speaking with me, and saying, "Go, take the book which is open in the hand of the angel who stands on the sea and on the land." -- revelation 10:8 +. +So I went to the angel, telling him to give me the little book. And he *said to me, "Take it and eat it; it will make your stomach bitter, but in your mouth it will be sweet as honey." -- revelation 10:9 +. +I took the little book out of the angel's hand and ate it, and in my mouth it was sweet as honey; and when I had eaten it, my stomach was made bitter. -- revelation 10:10 +. +And they *said to me, "You must prophesy again concerning many peoples and nations and tongues and kings." -- revelation 10:11 +. +Then there was given me a measuring rod like a staff; and someone said, "Get up and measure the temple of God and the altar, and those who worship in it. -- revelation 11:1 +. +"Leave out the court which is outside the temple and do not measure it, for it has been given to the nations; and they will tread under foot the holy city for forty-two months. -- revelation 11:2 +. +"And I will grant authority to my two witnesses, and they will prophesy for twelve hundred and sixty days, clothed in sackcloth." -- revelation 11:3 +. +These are the two olive trees and the two lampstands that stand before the Lord of the earth. -- revelation 11:4 +. +And if anyone wants to harm them, fire flows out of their mouth and devours their enemies; so if anyone wants to harm them, he must be killed in this way. -- revelation 11:5 +. +These have the power to shut up the sky, so that rain will not fall during the days of their prophesying; and they have power over the waters to turn them into blood, and to strike the earth with every plague, as often as they desire. -- revelation 11:6 +. +When they have finished their testimony, the beast that comes up out of the abyss will make war with them, and overcome them and kill them. -- revelation 11:7 +. +And their dead bodies will lie in the street of the great city which mystically is called Sodom and Egypt, where also their Lord was crucified. -- revelation 11:8 +. +Those from the peoples and tribes and tongues and nations will look at their dead bodies for three and a half days, and will not permit their dead bodies to be laid in a tomb. -- revelation 11:9 +. +And those who dwell on the earth will rejoice over them and celebrate; and they will send gifts to one another, because these two prophets tormented those who dwell on the earth. -- revelation 11:10 +. +But after the three and a half days, the breath of life from God came into them, and they stood on their feet; and great fear fell upon those who were watching them. -- revelation 11:11 +. +And they heard a loud voice from heaven saying to them, "Come up here." Then they went up into heaven in the cloud, and their enemies watched them. -- revelation 11:12 +. +And in that hour there was a great earthquake, and a tenth of the city fell; seven thousand people were killed in the earthquake, and the rest were terrified and gave glory to the God of heaven. -- revelation 11:13 +. +The second woe is past; behold, the third woe is coming quickly. -- revelation 11:14 +. +Then the seventh angel sounded; and there were loud voices in heaven, saying, "The kingdom of the world has become the kingdom of our Lord and of His Christ; and He will reign forever and ever." -- revelation 11:15 +. +And the twenty-four elders, who sit on their thrones before God, fell on their faces and worshiped God, -- revelation 11:16 +. +saying, "We give You thanks, O Lord God, the Almighty, who are and who were, because You have taken Your great power and have begun to reign. -- revelation 11:17 +. +"And the nations were enraged, and Your wrath came, and the time came for the dead to be judged, and the time to reward Your bond-servants the prophets and the saints and those who fear Your name, the small and the great, and to destroy those who destroy the earth." -- revelation 11:18 +. +And the temple of God which is in heaven was opened; and the ark of His covenant appeared in His temple, and there were flashes of lightning and sounds and peals of thunder and an earthquake and a great hailstorm. -- revelation 11:19 +. +A great sign appeared in heaven: a woman clothed with the sun, and the moon under her feet, and on her head a crown of twelve stars; -- revelation 12:1 +. +and she was with child; and she *cried out, being in labor and in pain to give birth. -- revelation 12:2 +. +Then another sign appeared in heaven: and behold, a great red dragon having seven heads and ten horns, and on his heads were seven diadems. -- revelation 12:3 +. +And his tail *swept away a third of the stars of heaven and threw them to the earth. And the dragon stood before the woman who was about to give birth, so that when she gave birth he might devour her child. -- revelation 12:4 +. +And she gave birth to a son, a male child, who is to rule all the nations with a rod of iron; and her child was caught up to God and to His throne. -- revelation 12:5 +. +Then the woman fled into the wilderness where she *had a place prepared by God, so that there she would be nourished for one thousand two hundred and sixty days. -- revelation 12:6 +. +And there was war in heaven, Michael and his angels waging war with the dragon. The dragon and his angels waged war, -- revelation 12:7 +. +and they were not strong enough, and there was no longer a place found for them in heaven. -- revelation 12:8 +. +And the great dragon was thrown down, the serpent of old who is called the devil and Satan, who deceives the whole world; he was thrown down to the earth, and his angels were thrown down with him. -- revelation 12:9 +. +Then I heard a loud voice in heaven, saying, "Now the salvation, and the power, and the kingdom of our God and the authority of His Christ have come, for the accuser of our brethren has been thrown down, he who accuses them before our God day and night. -- revelation 12:10 +. +"And they overcame him because of the blood of the Lamb and because of the word of their testimony, and they did not love their life even when faced with death. -- revelation 12:11 +. +"For this reason, rejoice, O heavens and you who dwell in them. Woe to the earth and the sea, because the devil has come down to you, having great wrath, knowing that he has only a short time." -- revelation 12:12 +. +And when the dragon saw that he was thrown down to the earth, he persecuted the woman who gave birth to the male child. -- revelation 12:13 +. +But the two wings of the great eagle were given to the woman, so that she could fly into the wilderness to her place, where she *was nourished for a time and times and half a time, from the presence of the serpent. -- revelation 12:14 +. +And the serpent poured water like a river out of his mouth after the woman, so that he might cause her to be swept away with the flood. -- revelation 12:15 +. +But the earth helped the woman, and the earth opened its mouth and drank up the river which the dragon poured out of his mouth. -- revelation 12:16 +. +So the dragon was enraged with the woman, and went off to make war with the rest of her children, who keep the commandments of God and hold to the testimony of Jesus. -- revelation 12:17 +. +And the dragon stood on the sand of the seashore. Then I saw a beast coming up out of the sea, having ten horns and seven heads, and on his horns were ten diadems, and on his heads were blasphemous names. -- revelation 13:1 +. +And the beast which I saw was like a leopard, and his feet were like those of a bear, and his mouth like the mouth of a lion. And the dragon gave him his power and his throne and great authority. -- revelation 13:2 +. +I saw one of his heads as if it had been slain, and his fatal wound was healed. And the whole earth was amazed and followed after the beast; -- revelation 13:3 +. +they worshiped the dragon because he gave his authority to the beast; and they worshiped the beast, saying, "Who is like the beast, and who is able to wage war with him?" -- revelation 13:4 +. +There was given to him a mouth speaking arrogant words and blasphemies, and authority to act for forty-two months was given to him. -- revelation 13:5 +. +And he opened his mouth in blasphemies against God, to blaspheme His name and His tabernacle, that is, those who dwell in heaven. -- revelation 13:6 +. +It was also given to him to make war with the saints and to overcome them, and authority over every tribe and people and tongue and nation was given to him. -- revelation 13:7 +. +All who dwell on the earth will worship him, everyone whose name has not been written from the foundation of the world in the book of life of the Lamb who has been slain. -- revelation 13:8 +. +If anyone has an ear, let him hear. -- revelation 13:9 +. +If anyone is destined for captivity, to captivity he goes; if anyone kills with the sword, with the sword he must be killed. Here is the perseverance and the faith of the saints. -- revelation 13:10 +. +Then I saw another beast coming up out of the earth; and he had two horns like a lamb and he spoke as a dragon. -- revelation 13:11 +. +He exercises all the authority of the first beast in his presence. And he makes the earth and those who dwell in it to worship the first beast, whose fatal wound was healed. -- revelation 13:12 +. +He performs great signs, so that he even makes fire come down out of heaven to the earth in the presence of men. -- revelation 13:13 +. +And he deceives those who dwell on the earth because of the signs which it was given him to perform in the presence of the beast, telling those who dwell on the earth to make an image to the beast who *had the wound of the sword and has come to life. -- revelation 13:14 +. +And it was given to him to give breath to the image of the beast, so that the image of the beast would even speak and cause as many as do not worship the image of the beast to be killed. -- revelation 13:15 +. +And he causes all, the small and the great, and the rich and the poor, and the free men and the slaves, to be given a mark on their right hand or on their forehead, -- revelation 13:16 +. +and he provides that no one will be able to buy or to sell, except the one who has the mark, either the name of the beast or the number of his name. -- revelation 13:17 +. +Here is wisdom. Let him who has understanding calculate the number of the beast, for the number is that of a man; and his number is six hundred and sixty-six. -- revelation 13:18 +. +Then I looked, and behold, the Lamb was standing on Mount Zion, and with Him one hundred and forty-four thousand, having His name and the name of His Father written on their foreheads. -- revelation 14:1 +. +And I heard a voice from heaven, like the sound of many waters and like the sound of loud thunder, and the voice which I heard was like the sound of harpists playing on their harps. -- revelation 14:2 +. +And they *sang a new song before the throne and before the four living creatures and the elders; and no one could learn the song except the one hundred and forty-four thousand who had been purchased from the earth. -- revelation 14:3 +. +These are the ones who have not been defiled with women, for they have kept themselves chaste. These are the ones who follow the Lamb wherever He goes. These have been purchased from among men as first fruits to God and to the Lamb. -- revelation 14:4 +. +And no lie was found in their mouth; they are blameless. -- revelation 14:5 +. +And I saw another angel flying in midheaven, having an eternal gospel to preach to those who live on the earth, and to every nation and tribe and tongue and people; -- revelation 14:6 +. +and he said with a loud voice, "Fear God, and give Him glory, because the hour of His judgment has come; worship Him who made the heaven and the earth and sea and springs of waters." -- revelation 14:7 +. +And another angel, a second one, followed, saying, "Fallen, fallen is Babylon the great, she who has made all the nations drink of the wine of the passion of her immorality." -- revelation 14:8 +. +Then another angel, a third one, followed them, saying with a loud voice, "If anyone worships the beast and his image, and receives a mark on his forehead or on his hand, -- revelation 14:9 +. +he also will drink of the wine of the wrath of God, which is mixed in full strength in the cup of His anger; and he will be tormented with fire and brimstone in the presence of the holy angels and in the presence of the Lamb. -- revelation 14:10 +. +"And the smoke of their torment goes up forever and ever; they have no rest day and night, those who worship the beast and his image, and whoever receives the mark of his name." -- revelation 14:11 +. +Here is the perseverance of the saints who keep the commandments of God and their faith in Jesus. -- revelation 14:12 +. +And I heard a voice from heaven, saying, "Write, 'Blessed are the dead who die in the Lord from now on!'" "Yes," says the Spirit, "so that they may rest from their labors, for their deeds follow with them." -- revelation 14:13 +. +Then I looked, and behold, a white cloud, and sitting on the cloud was one like a son of man, having a golden crown on His head and a sharp sickle in His hand. -- revelation 14:14 +. +And another angel came out of the temple, crying out with a loud voice to Him who sat on the cloud, "Put in your sickle and reap, for the hour to reap has come, because the harvest of the earth is ripe." -- revelation 14:15 +. +Then He who sat on the cloud swung His sickle over the earth, and the earth was reaped. -- revelation 14:16 +. +And another angel came out of the temple which is in heaven, and he also had a sharp sickle. -- revelation 14:17 +. +Then another angel, the one who has power over fire, came out from the altar; and he called with a loud voice to him who had the sharp sickle, saying, "Put in your sharp sickle and gather the clusters from the vine of the earth, because her grapes are ripe." -- revelation 14:18 +. +So the angel swung his sickle to the earth and gathered the clusters from the vine of the earth, and threw them into the great wine press of the wrath of God. -- revelation 14:19 +. +And the wine press was trodden outside the city, and blood came out from the wine press, up to the horses' bridles, for a distance of two hundred miles. -- revelation 14:20 +. +Then I saw another sign in heaven, great and marvelous, seven angels who had seven plagues, which are the last, because in them the wrath of God is finished. -- revelation 15:1 +. +And I saw something like a sea of glass mixed with fire, and those who had been victorious over the beast and his image and the number of his name, standing on the sea of glass, holding harps of God. -- revelation 15:2 +. +And they *sang the song of Moses, the bond-servant of God, and the song of the Lamb, saying, "Great and marvelous are Your works, O Lord God, the Almighty; Righteous and true are Your ways, King of the nations! -- revelation 15:3 +. +"Who will not fear, O Lord, and glorify Your name? For You alone are holy; For ALL THE NATIONS WILL COME AND WORSHIP BEFORE YOU, FOR YOUR RIGHTEOUS ACTS HAVE BEEN REVEALED." -- revelation 15:4 +. +After these things I looked, and the temple of the tabernacle of testimony in heaven was opened, -- revelation 15:5 +. +and the seven angels who had the seven plagues came out of the temple, clothed in linen, clean and bright, and girded around their chests with golden sashes. -- revelation 15:6 +. +Then one of the four living creatures gave to the seven angels seven golden bowls full of the wrath of God, who lives forever and ever. -- revelation 15:7 +. +And the temple was filled with smoke from the glory of God and from His power; and no one was able to enter the temple until the seven plagues of the seven angels were finished. -- revelation 15:8 +. +Then I heard a loud voice from the temple, saying to the seven angels, "Go and pour out on the earth the seven bowls of the wrath of God." -- revelation 16:1 +. +So the first angel went and poured out his bowl on the earth; and it became a loathsome and malignant sore on the people who had the mark of the beast and who worshiped his image. -- revelation 16:2 +. +The second angel poured out his bowl into the sea, and it became blood like that of a dead man; and every living thing in the sea died. -- revelation 16:3 +. +Then the third angel poured out his bowl into the rivers and the springs of waters; and they became blood. -- revelation 16:4 +. +And I heard the angel of the waters saying, "Righteous are You, who are and who were, O Holy One, because You judged these things; -- revelation 16:5 +. +for they poured out the blood of saints and prophets, and You have given them blood to drink. They deserve it." -- revelation 16:6 +. +And I heard the altar saying, "Yes, O Lord God, the Almighty, true and righteous are Your judgments." -- revelation 16:7 +. +The fourth angel poured out his bowl upon the sun, and it was given to it to scorch men with fire. -- revelation 16:8 +. +Men were scorched with fierce heat; and they blasphemed the name of God who has the power over these plagues, and they did not repent so as to give Him glory. -- revelation 16:9 +. +Then the fifth angel poured out his bowl on the throne of the beast, and his kingdom became darkened; and they gnawed their tongues because of pain, -- revelation 16:10 +. +and they blasphemed the God of heaven because of their pains and their sores; and they did not repent of their deeds. -- revelation 16:11 +. +The sixth angel poured out his bowl on the great river, the Euphrates; and its water was dried up, so that the way would be prepared for the kings from the east. -- revelation 16:12 +. +And I saw coming out of the mouth of the dragon and out of the mouth of the beast and out of the mouth of the false prophet, three unclean spirits like frogs; -- revelation 16:13 +. +for they are spirits of demons, performing signs, which go out to the kings of the whole world, to gather them together for the war of the great day of God, the Almighty. -- revelation 16:14 +. +("Behold, I am coming like a thief. Blessed is the one who stays awake and keeps his clothes, so that he will not walk about naked and men will not see his shame.") -- revelation 16:15 +. +And they gathered them together to the place which in Hebrew is called Har-Magedon. -- revelation 16:16 +. +Then the seventh angel poured out his bowl upon the air, and a loud voice came out of the temple from the throne, saying, "It is done." -- revelation 16:17 +. +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. -- revelation 16:18 +. +The great city was split into three parts, and the cities of the nations fell. Babylon the great was remembered before God, to give her the cup of the wine of His fierce wrath. -- revelation 16:19 +. +And every island fled away, and the mountains were not found. -- revelation 16:20 +. +And huge hailstones, about one hundred pounds each, *came down from heaven upon men; and men blasphemed God because of the plague of the hail, because its plague *was extremely severe. -- revelation 16:21 +. +Then one of the seven angels who had the seven bowls came and spoke with me, saying, "Come here, I will show you the judgment of the great harlot who sits on many waters, -- revelation 17:1 +. +with whom the kings of the earth committed acts of immorality, and those who dwell on the earth were made drunk with the wine of her immorality." -- revelation 17:2 +. +And he carried me away in the Spirit into a wilderness; and I saw a woman sitting on a scarlet beast, full of blasphemous names, having seven heads and ten horns. -- revelation 17:3 +. +The woman was clothed in purple and scarlet, and adorned with gold and precious stones and pearls, having in her hand a gold cup full of abominations and of the unclean things of her immorality, -- revelation 17:4 +. +and on her forehead a name was written, a mystery, "BABYLON THE GREAT, THE MOTHER OF HARLOTS AND OF THE ABOMINATIONS OF THE EARTH." -- revelation 17:5 +. +And I saw the woman drunk with the blood of the saints, and with the blood of the witnesses of Jesus. When I saw her, I wondered greatly. -- revelation 17:6 +. +And the angel said to me, "Why do you wonder? I will tell you the mystery of the woman and of the beast that carries her, which has the seven heads and the ten horns. -- revelation 17:7 +. +"The beast that you saw was, and is not, and is about to come up out of the abyss and go to destruction. And those who dwell on the earth, whose name has not been written in the book of life from the foundation of the world, will wonder when they see the beast, that he was and is not and will come. -- revelation 17:8 +. +"Here is the mind which has wisdom. The seven heads are seven mountains on which the woman sits, -- revelation 17:9 +. +and they are seven kings; five have fallen, one is, the other has not yet come; and when he comes, he must remain a little while. -- revelation 17:10 +. +"The beast which was and is not, is himself also an eighth and is one of the seven, and he goes to destruction. -- revelation 17:11 +. +"The ten horns which you saw are ten kings who have not yet received a kingdom, but they receive authority as kings with the beast for one hour. -- revelation 17:12 +. +"These have one purpose, and they give their power and authority to the beast. -- revelation 17:13 +. +"These will wage war against the Lamb, and the Lamb will overcome them, because He is Lord of lords and King of kings, and those who are with Him are the called and chosen and faithful." -- revelation 17:14 +. +And he *said to me, "The waters which you saw where the harlot sits, are peoples and multitudes and nations and tongues. -- revelation 17:15 +. +"And the ten horns which you saw, and the beast, these will hate the harlot and will make her desolate and naked, and will eat her flesh and will burn her up with fire. -- revelation 17:16 +. +"For God has put it in their hearts to execute His purpose by having a common purpose, and by giving their kingdom to the beast, until the words of God will be fulfilled. -- revelation 17:17 +. +"The woman whom you saw is the great city, which reigns over the kings of the earth." -- revelation 17:18 +. +After these things I saw another angel coming down from heaven, having great authority, and the earth was illumined with his glory. -- revelation 18:1 +. +And he cried out with a mighty voice, saying, "Fallen, fallen is Babylon the great! She has become a dwelling place of demons and a prison of every unclean spirit, and a prison of every unclean and hateful bird. -- revelation 18:2 +. +"For all the nations have drunk of the wine of the passion of her immorality, and the kings of the earth have committed acts of immorality with her, and the merchants of the earth have become rich by the wealth of her sensuality." -- revelation 18:3 +. +I heard another voice from heaven, saying, "Come out of her, my people, so that you will not participate in her sins and receive of her plagues; -- revelation 18:4 +. +for her sins have piled up as high as heaven, and God has remembered her iniquities. -- revelation 18:5 +. +"Pay her back even as she has paid, and give back to her double according to her deeds; in the cup which she has mixed, mix twice as much for her. -- revelation 18:6 +. +"To the degree that she glorified herself and lived sensuously, to the same degree give her torment and mourning; for she says in her heart, 'I SIT as A QUEEN AND I AM NOT A WIDOW, and will never see mourning.' -- revelation 18:7 +. +"For this reason in one day her plagues will come, pestilence and mourning and famine, and she will be burned up with fire; for the Lord God who judges her is strong. -- revelation 18:8 +. +"And the kings of the earth, who committed acts of immorality and lived sensuously with her, will weep and lament over her when they see the smoke of her burning, -- revelation 18:9 +. +standing at a distance because of the fear of her torment, saying, 'Woe, woe, the great city, Babylon, the strong city! For in one hour your judgment has come.' -- revelation 18:10 +. +"And the merchants of the earth weep and mourn over her, because no one buys their cargoes any more-- -- revelation 18:11 +. +cargoes of gold and silver and precious stones and pearls and fine linen and purple and silk and scarlet, and every kind of citron wood and every article of ivory and every article made from very costly wood and bronze and iron and marble, -- revelation 18:12 +. +and cinnamon and spice and incense and perfume and frankincense and wine and olive oil and fine flour and wheat and cattle and sheep, and cargoes of horses and chariots and slaves and human lives. -- revelation 18:13 +. +"The fruit you long for has gone from you, and all things that were luxurious and splendid have passed away from you and men will no longer find them. -- revelation 18:14 +. +"The merchants of these things, who became rich from her, will stand at a distance because of the fear of her torment, weeping and mourning, -- revelation 18:15 +. +saying, 'Woe, woe, the great city, she who was clothed in fine linen and purple and scarlet, and adorned with gold and precious stones and pearls; -- revelation 18:16 +. +for in one hour such great wealth has been laid waste!' And every shipmaster and every passenger and sailor, and as many as make their living by the sea, stood at a distance, -- revelation 18:17 +. +and were crying out as they saw the smoke of her burning, saying, 'What city is like the great city?' -- revelation 18:18 +. +"And they threw dust on their heads and were crying out, weeping and mourning, saying, 'Woe, woe, the great city, in which all who had ships at sea became rich by her wealth, for in one hour she has been laid waste!' -- revelation 18:19 +. +"Rejoice over her, O heaven, and you saints and apostles and prophets, because God has pronounced judgment for you against her." -- revelation 18:20 +. +Then a strong angel took up a stone like a great millstone and threw it into the sea, saying, "So will Babylon, the great city, be thrown down with violence, and will not be found any longer. -- revelation 18:21 +. +"And the sound of harpists and musicians and flute-players and trumpeters will not be heard in you any longer; and no craftsman of any craft will be found in you any longer; and the sound of a mill will not be heard in you any longer; -- revelation 18:22 +. +and the light of a lamp will not shine in you any longer; and the voice of the bridegroom and bride will not be heard in you any longer; for your merchants were the great men of the earth, because all the nations were deceived by your sorcery. -- revelation 18:23 +. +"And in her was found the blood of prophets and of saints and of all who have been slain on the earth." -- revelation 18:24 +. +After these things I heard something like a loud voice of a great multitude in heaven, saying, "Hallelujah! Salvation and glory and power belong to our God; -- revelation 19:1 +. +BECAUSE HIS JUDGMENTS ARE TRUE AND RIGHTEOUS; for He has judged the great harlot who was corrupting the earth with her immorality, and HE HAS AVENGED THE BLOOD OF HIS BOND-SERVANTS ON HER." -- revelation 19:2 +. +And a second time they said, "Hallelujah! HER SMOKE RISES UP FOREVER AND EVER." -- revelation 19:3 +. +And the twenty-four elders and the four living creatures fell down and worshiped God who sits on the throne saying, "Amen. Hallelujah!" -- revelation 19:4 +. +And a voice came from the throne, saying, "Give praise to our God, all you His bond-servants, you who fear Him, the small and the great." -- revelation 19:5 +. +Then I heard something like the voice of a great multitude and like the sound of many waters and like the sound of mighty peals of thunder, saying, "Hallelujah! For the Lord our God, the Almighty, reigns. -- revelation 19:6 +. +"Let us rejoice and be glad and give the glory to Him, for the marriage of the Lamb has come and His bride has made herself ready." -- revelation 19:7 +. +It was given to her to clothe herself in fine linen, bright and clean; for the fine linen is the righteous acts of the saints. -- revelation 19:8 +. +Then he *said to me, "Write, 'Blessed are those who are invited to the marriage supper of the Lamb.'" And he *said to me, "These are true words of God." -- revelation 19:9 +. +Then I fell at his feet to worship him. But he *said to me, "Do not do that; I am a fellow servant of yours and your brethren who hold the testimony of Jesus; worship God. For the testimony of Jesus is the spirit of prophecy." -- revelation 19:10 +. +And I saw heaven opened, and behold, a white horse, and He who sat on it is called Faithful and True, and in righteousness He judges and wages war. -- revelation 19:11 +. +His eyes are a flame of fire, and on His head are many diadems; and He has a name written on Him which no one knows except Himself. -- revelation 19:12 +. +He is clothed with a robe dipped in blood, and His name is called The Word of God. -- revelation 19:13 +. +And the armies which are in heaven, clothed in fine linen, white and clean, were following Him on white horses. -- revelation 19:14 +. +From His mouth comes a sharp sword, so that with it He may strike down the nations, and He will rule them with a rod of iron; and He treads the wine press of the fierce wrath of God, the Almighty. -- revelation 19:15 +. +And on His robe and on His thigh He has a name written, "KING OF KINGS, AND LORD OF LORDS." -- revelation 19:16 +. +Then I saw an angel standing in the sun, and he cried out with a loud voice, saying to all the birds which fly in midheaven, "Come, assemble for the great supper of God, -- revelation 19:17 +. +so that you may eat the flesh of kings and the flesh of commanders and the flesh of mighty men and the flesh of horses and of those who sit on them and the flesh of all men, both free men and slaves, and small and great." -- revelation 19:18 +. +And I saw the beast and the kings of the earth and their armies assembled to make war against Him who sat on the horse and against His army. -- revelation 19:19 +. +And the beast was seized, and with him the false prophet who performed the signs in his presence, by which he deceived those who had received the mark of the beast and those who worshiped his image; these two were thrown alive into the lake of fire which burns with brimstone. -- revelation 19:20 +. +And the rest were killed with the sword which came from the mouth of Him who sat on the horse, and all the birds were filled with their flesh. -- revelation 19:21 +. +Then I saw an angel coming down from heaven, holding the key of the abyss and a great chain in his hand. -- revelation 20:1 +. +And he laid hold of the dragon, the serpent of old, who is the devil and Satan, and bound him for a thousand years; -- revelation 20:2 +. +and he threw him into the abyss, and shut it and sealed it over him, so that he would not deceive the nations any longer, until the thousand years were completed; after these things he must be released for a short time. -- revelation 20:3 +. +Then I saw thrones, and they sat on them, and judgment was given to them. And I saw the souls of those who had been beheaded because of their testimony of Jesus and because of the word of God, and those who had not worshiped the beast or his image, and had not received the mark on their forehead and on their hand; and they came to life and reigned with Christ for a thousand years. -- revelation 20:4 +. +The rest of the dead did not come to life until the thousand years were completed. This is the first resurrection. -- revelation 20:5 +. +Blessed and holy is the one who has a part in the first resurrection; over these the second death has no power, but they will be priests of God and of Christ and will reign with Him for a thousand years. -- revelation 20:6 +. +When the thousand years are completed, Satan will be released from his prison, -- revelation 20:7 +. +and will come out to deceive the nations which are in the four corners of the earth, Gog and Magog, to gather them together for the war; the number of them is like the sand of the seashore. -- revelation 20:8 +. +And they came up on the broad plain of the earth and surrounded the camp of the saints and the beloved city, and fire came down from heaven and devoured them. -- revelation 20:9 +. +And the devil who deceived them was thrown into the lake of fire and brimstone, where the beast and the false prophet are also; and they will be tormented day and night forever and ever. -- revelation 20:10 +. +Then I saw a great white throne and Him who sat upon it, from whose presence earth and heaven fled away, and no place was found for them. -- revelation 20:11 +. +And I saw the dead, the great and the small, standing before the throne, and books were opened; and another book was opened, which is the book of life; and the dead were judged from the things which were written in the books, according to their deeds. -- revelation 20:12 +. +And the sea gave up the dead which were in it, and death and Hades gave up the dead which were in them; and they were judged, every one of them according to their deeds. -- revelation 20:13 +. +Then death and Hades were thrown into the lake of fire. This is the second death, the lake of fire. -- revelation 20:14 +. +And if anyone's name was not found written in the book of life, he was thrown into the lake of fire. -- revelation 20:15 +. +Then I saw a new heaven and a new earth; for the first heaven and the first earth passed away, and there is no longer any sea. -- revelation 21:1 +. +And I saw the holy city, new Jerusalem, coming down out of heaven from God, made ready as a bride adorned for her husband. -- revelation 21:2 +. +And I heard a loud voice from the throne, saying, "Behold, the tabernacle of God is among men, and He will dwell among them, and they shall be His people, and God Himself will be among them, -- revelation 21:3 +. +and He will wipe away every tear from their eyes; and there will no longer be any death; there will no longer be any mourning, or crying, or pain; the first things have passed away." -- revelation 21:4 +. +And He who sits on the throne said, "Behold, I am making all things new." And He *said, "Write, for these words are faithful and true." -- revelation 21:5 +. +Then He said to me, "It is done. I am the Alpha and the Omega, the beginning and the end. I will give to the one who thirsts from the spring of the water of life without cost. -- revelation 21:6 +. +"He who overcomes will inherit these things, and I will be his God and he will be My son. -- revelation 21:7 +. +"But for the cowardly and unbelieving and abominable and murderers and immoral persons and sorcerers and idolaters and all liars, their part will be in the lake that burns with fire and brimstone, which is the second death." -- revelation 21:8 +. +Then one of the seven angels who had the seven bowls full of the seven last plagues came and spoke with me, saying, "Come here, I will show you the bride, the wife of the Lamb." -- revelation 21:9 +. +And he carried me away in the Spirit to a great and high mountain, and showed me the holy city, Jerusalem, coming down out of heaven from God, -- revelation 21:10 +. +having the glory of God. Her brilliance was like a very costly stone, as a stone of crystal-clear jasper. -- revelation 21:11 +. +It had a great and high wall, with twelve gates, and at the gates twelve angels; and names were written on them, which are the names of the twelve tribes of the sons of Israel. -- revelation 21:12 +. +There were three gates on the east and three gates on the north and three gates on the south and three gates on the west. -- revelation 21:13 +. +And the wall of the city had twelve foundation stones, and on them were the twelve names of the twelve apostles of the Lamb. -- revelation 21:14 +. +The one who spoke with me had a gold measuring rod to measure the city, and its gates and its wall. -- revelation 21:15 +. +The city is laid out as a square, and its length is as great as the width; and he measured the city with the rod, fifteen hundred miles; its length and width and height are equal. -- revelation 21:16 +. +And he measured its wall, seventy-two yards, according to human measurements, which are also angelic measurements. -- revelation 21:17 +. +The material of the wall was jasper; and the city was pure gold, like clear glass. -- revelation 21:18 +. +The foundation stones of the city wall were adorned with every kind of precious stone. The first foundation stone was jasper; the second, sapphire; the third, chalcedony; the fourth, emerald; -- revelation 21:19 +. +the fifth, sardonyx; the sixth, sardius; the seventh, chrysolite; the eighth, beryl; the ninth, topaz; the tenth, chrysoprase; the eleventh, jacinth; the twelfth, amethyst. -- revelation 21:20 +. +And the twelve gates were twelve pearls; each one of the gates was a single pearl. And the street of the city was pure gold, like transparent glass. -- revelation 21:21 +. +I saw no temple in it, for the Lord God the Almighty and the Lamb are its temple. -- revelation 21:22 +. +And the city has no need of the sun or of the moon to shine on it, for the glory of God has illumined it, and its lamp is the Lamb. -- revelation 21:23 +. +The nations will walk by its light, and the kings of the earth will bring their glory into it. -- revelation 21:24 +. +In the daytime (for there will be no night there) its gates will never be closed; -- revelation 21:25 +. +and they will bring the glory and the honor of the nations into it; -- revelation 21:26 +. +and nothing unclean, and no one who practices abomination and lying, shall ever come into it, but only those whose names are written in the Lamb's book of life. -- revelation 21:27 +. +Then he showed me a river of the water of life, clear as crystal, coming from the throne of God and of the Lamb, -- revelation 22:1 +. +in the middle of its street. On either side of the river was the tree of life, bearing twelve kinds of fruit, yielding its fruit every month; and the leaves of the tree were for the healing of the nations. -- revelation 22:2 +. +There will no longer be any curse; and the throne of God and of the Lamb will be in it, and His bond-servants will serve Him; -- revelation 22:3 +. +they will see His face, and His name will be on their foreheads. -- revelation 22:4 +. +And there will no longer be any night; and they will not have need of the light of a lamp nor the light of the sun, because the Lord God will illumine them; and they will reign forever and ever. -- revelation 22:5 +. +And he said to me, "These words are faithful and true"; and the Lord, the God of the spirits of the prophets, sent His angel to show to His bond-servants the things which must soon take place. -- revelation 22:6 +. +"And behold, I am coming quickly. Blessed is he who heeds the words of the prophecy of this book." -- revelation 22:7 +. +I, John, am the one who heard and saw these things. And when I heard and saw, I fell down to worship at the feet of the angel who showed me these things. -- revelation 22:8 +. +But he *said to me, "Do not do that. I am a fellow servant of yours and of your brethren the prophets and of those who heed the words of this book. Worship God." -- revelation 22:9 +. +And he *said to me, "Do not seal up the words of the prophecy of this book, for the time is near. -- revelation 22:10 +. +"Let the one who does wrong, still do wrong; and the one who is filthy, still be filthy; and let the one who is righteous, still practice righteousness; and the one who is holy, still keep himself holy." -- revelation 22:11 +. +"Behold, I am coming quickly, and My reward is with Me, to render to every man according to what he has done. -- revelation 22:12 +. +"I am the Alpha and the Omega, the first and the last, the beginning and the end." -- revelation 22:13 +. +Blessed are those who wash their robes, so that they may have the right to the tree of life, and may enter by the gates into the city. -- revelation 22:14 +. +Outside are the dogs and the sorcerers and the immoral persons and the murderers and the idolaters, and everyone who loves and practices lying. -- revelation 22:15 +. +"I, Jesus, have sent My angel to testify to you these things for the churches. I am the root and the descendant of David, the bright morning star." -- revelation 22:16 +. +The Spirit and the bride say, "Come." And let the one who hears say, "Come." And let the one who is thirsty come; let the one who wishes take the water of life without cost. -- revelation 22:17 +. +I testify to everyone who hears the words of the prophecy of this book: if anyone adds to them, God will add to him the plagues which are written in this book; -- revelation 22:18 +. +and if anyone takes away from the words of the book of this prophecy, God will take away his part from the tree of life and from the holy city, which are written in this book. -- revelation 22:19 +. +He who testifies to these things says, "Yes, I am coming quickly." Amen. Come, Lord Jesus. -- revelation 22:20 +. +The grace of the Lord Jesus be with all. Amen. -- revelation 22:21 +. diff --git a/bibles/net.txt b/bibles/net.txt new file mode 100755 index 0000000..84640e9 --- /dev/null +++ b/bibles/net.txt @@ -0,0 +1,62203 @@ +In the beginning God created the heavens and the earth. -- genesis 1:1 +. +Now the earth was without shape and empty, and darkness was over the surface of the watery deep, but the Spirit of God was moving over the surface of the water. -- genesis 1:2 +. +God said, "Let there be light." And there was light! -- genesis 1:3 +. +God saw that the light was good, so God separated the light from the darkness. -- genesis 1:4 +. +God called the light "day" and the darkness "night." There was evening, and there was morning, marking the first day. -- genesis 1:5 +. +God said, "Let there be an expanse in the midst of the waters and let it separate water from water. -- genesis 1:6 +. +So God made the expanse and separated the water under the expanse from the water above it. It was so. -- genesis 1:7 +. +God called the expanse "sky." There was evening, and there was morning, a second day. -- genesis 1:8 +. +God said, "Let the water under the sky be gathered to one place and let dry ground appear." It was so. -- genesis 1:9 +. +God called the dry ground "land" and the gathered waters he called "seas." God saw that it was good. -- genesis 1:10 +. +God said, "Let the land produce vegetation: plants yielding seeds according to their kinds, and trees bearing fruit with seed in it according to their kinds." It was so. -- genesis 1:11 +. +The land produced vegetation - plants yielding seeds according to their kinds, and trees bearing fruit with seed in it according to their kinds. God saw that it was good. -- genesis 1:12 +. +There was evening, and there was morning, a third day. -- genesis 1:13 +. +God said, "Let there be lights in the expanse of the sky to separate the day from the night, and let them be signs to indicate seasons and days and years, -- genesis 1:14 +. +and let them serve as lights in the expanse of the sky to give light on the earth." It was so. -- genesis 1:15 +. +God made two great lights - the greater light to rule over the day and the lesser light to rule over the night. He made the stars also. -- genesis 1:16 +. +God placed the lights in the expanse of the sky to shine on the earth, -- genesis 1:17 +. +to preside over the day and the night, and to separate the light from the darkness. God saw that it was good. -- genesis 1:18 +. +There was evening, and there was morning, a fourth day. -- genesis 1:19 +. +God said, "Let the water swarm with swarms of living creatures and let birds fly above the earth across the expanse of the sky." -- genesis 1:20 +. +God created the great sea creatures and every living and moving thing with which the water swarmed, according to their kinds, and every winged bird according to its kind. God saw that it was good. -- genesis 1:21 +. +God blessed them and said, "Be fruitful and multiply and fill the water in the seas, and let the birds multiply on the earth." -- genesis 1:22 +. +There was evening, and there was morning, a fifth day. -- genesis 1:23 +. +God said, "Let the land produce living creatures according to their kinds: cattle, creeping things, and wild animals, each according to its kind." It was so. -- genesis 1:24 +. +God made the wild animals according to their kinds, the cattle according to their kinds, and all the creatures that creep along the ground according to their kinds. God saw that it was good. -- genesis 1:25 +. +Then God said, "Let us make humankind in our image, after our likeness, so they may rule over the fish of the sea and the birds of the air, over the cattle, and over all the earth, and over all the creatures that move on the earth." -- genesis 1:26 +. +God created humankind in his own image, in the image of God he created them, male and female he created them. -- genesis 1:27 +. +God blessed them and said to them, "Be fruitful and multiply! Fill the earth and subdue it! Rule over the fish of the sea and the birds of the air and every creature that moves on the ground." -- genesis 1:28 +. +Then God said, "I now give you every seed-bearing plant on the face of the entire earth and every tree that has fruit with seed in it. They will be yours for food. -- genesis 1:29 +. +And to all the animals of the earth, and to every bird of the air, and to all the creatures that move on the ground - everything that has the breath of life in it - I give every green plant for food." It was so. -- genesis 1:30 +. +God saw all that he had made - and it was very good! There was evening, and there was morning, the sixth day. -- genesis 1:31 +. +The heavens and the earth were completed with everything that was in them. -- genesis 2:1 +. +By the seventh day God finished the work that he had been doing, and he ceased on the seventh day all the work that he had been doing. -- genesis 2:2 +. +God blessed the seventh day and made it holy because on it he ceased all the work that he had been doing in creation. -- genesis 2:3 +. +This is the account of the heavens and the earth when they were created - when the Lord God made the earth and heavens. -- genesis 2:4 +. +Now no shrub of the field had yet grown on the earth, and no plant of the field had yet sprouted, for the Lord God had not caused it to rain on the earth, and there was no man to cultivate the ground. -- genesis 2:5 +. +Springs would well up from the earth and water the whole surface of the ground. -- genesis 2:6 +. +The Lord God formed the man from the soil of the ground and breathed into his nostrils the breath of life, and the man became a living being. -- genesis 2:7 +. +The Lord God planted an orchard in the east, in Eden; and there he placed the man he had formed. -- genesis 2:8 +. +The Lord God made all kinds of trees grow from the soil, every tree that was pleasing to look at and good for food. (Now the tree of life and the tree of the knowledge of good and evil were in the middle of the orchard.) -- genesis 2:9 +. +Now a river flows from Eden to water the orchard, and from there it divides into four headstreams. -- genesis 2:10 +. +The name of the first is Pishon; it runs through the entire land of Havilah, where there is gold. -- genesis 2:11 +. +(The gold of that land is pure; pearls and lapis lazuli are also there). -- genesis 2:12 +. +The name of the second river is Gihon; it runs through the entire land of Cush. -- genesis 2:13 +. +The name of the third river is Tigris; it runs along the east side of Assyria. The fourth river is the Euphrates. -- genesis 2:14 +. +The Lord God took the man and placed him in the orchard in Eden to care for it and to maintain it. -- genesis 2:15 +. +Then the Lord God commanded the man, "You may freely eat fruit from every tree of the orchard, -- genesis 2:16 +. +but you must not eat from the tree of the knowledge of good and evil, for when you eat from it you will surely die." -- genesis 2:17 +. +The Lord God said, "It is not good for the man to be alone. I will make a companion for him who corresponds to him." -- genesis 2:18 +. +The Lord God formed out of the ground every living animal of the field and every bird of the air. He brought them to the man to see what he would name them, and whatever the man called each living creature, that was its name. -- genesis 2:19 +. +So the man named all the animals, the birds of the air, and the living creatures of the field, but for Adam no companion who corresponded to him was found. -- genesis 2:20 +. +So the Lord God caused the man to fall into a deep sleep, and while he was asleep, he took part of the man's side and closed up the place with flesh. -- genesis 2:21 +. +Then the Lord God made a woman from the part he had taken out of the man, and he brought her to the man. -- genesis 2:22 +. +Then the man said, "This one at last is bone of my bones and flesh of my flesh; this one will be called 'woman,' for she was taken out of man." -- genesis 2:23 +. +That is why a man leaves his father and mother and unites with his wife, and they become a new family. -- genesis 2:24 +. +The man and his wife were both naked, but they were not ashamed. -- genesis 2:25 +. +Now the serpent was more shrewd than any of the wild animals that the Lord God had made. He said to the woman, "Is it really true that God said, 'You must not eat from any tree of the orchard'?" -- genesis 3:1 +. +The woman said to the serpent, "We may eat of the fruit from the trees of the orchard; -- genesis 3:2 +. +but concerning the fruit of the tree that is in the middle of the orchard God said, 'You must not eat from it, and you must not touch it, or else you will die.'" -- genesis 3:3 +. +The serpent said to the woman, "Surely you will not die, -- genesis 3:4 +. +for God knows that when you eat from it your eyes will open and you will be like divine beings who know good and evil." -- genesis 3:5 +. +When the woman saw that the tree produced fruit that was good for food, was attractive to the eye, and was desirable for making one wise, she took some of its fruit and ate it. She also gave some of it to her husband who was with her, and he ate it. -- genesis 3:6 +. +Then the eyes of both of them opened, and they knew they were naked; so they sewed fig leaves together and made coverings for themselves. -- genesis 3:7 +. +Then the man and his wife heard the sound of the Lord God moving about in the orchard at the breezy time of the day, and they hid from the Lord God among the trees of the orchard. -- genesis 3:8 +. +But the Lord God called to the man and said to him, "Where are you?" -- genesis 3:9 +. +The man replied, "I heard you moving about in the orchard, and I was afraid because I was naked, so I hid." -- genesis 3:10 +. +And the Lord God said, "Who told you that you were naked? Did you eat from the tree that I commanded you not to eat from?" -- genesis 3:11 +. +The man said, "The woman whom you gave me, she gave me some fruit from the tree and I ate it." -- genesis 3:12 +. +So the Lord God said to the woman, "What is this you have done?" And the woman replied, "The serpent tricked me, and I ate." -- genesis 3:13 +. +The Lord God said to the serpent, "Because you have done this, cursed are you above all the wild beasts and all the living creatures of the field! On your belly you will crawl and dust you will eat all the days of your life. -- genesis 3:14 +. +And I will put hostility between you and the woman and between your offspring and her offspring; her offspring will attack your head, and you will attack her offspring's heel." -- genesis 3:15 +. +To the woman he said, "I will greatly increase your labor pains; with pain you will give birth to children. You will want to control your husband, but he will dominate you." -- genesis 3:16 +. +But to Adam he said, "Because you obeyed your wife and ate from the tree about which I commanded you, 'You must not eat from it,' cursed is the ground thanks to you; in painful toil you will eat of it all the days of your life. -- genesis 3:17 +. +It will produce thorns and thistles for you, but you will eat the grain of the field. -- genesis 3:18 +. +By the sweat of your brow you will eat food until you return to the ground, for out of it you were taken; for you are dust, and to dust you will return." -- genesis 3:19 +. +The man named his wife Eve, because she was the mother of all the living. -- genesis 3:20 +. +The Lord God made garments from skin for Adam and his wife, and clothed them. -- genesis 3:21 +. +And the Lord God said, "Now that the man has become like one of us, knowing good and evil, he must not be allowed to stretch out his hand and take also from the tree of life and eat, and live forever." -- genesis 3:22 +. +So the Lord God expelled him from the orchard in Eden to cultivate the ground from which he had been taken. -- genesis 3:23 +. +When he drove the man out, he placed on the eastern side of the orchard in Eden angelic sentries who used the flame of a whirling sword to guard the way to the tree of life. -- genesis 3:24 +. +Now the man had marital relations with his wife Eve, and she became pregnant and gave birth to Cain. Then she said, "I have created a man just as the Lord did!" -- genesis 4:1 +. +Then she gave birth to his brother Abel. Abel took care of the flocks, while Cain cultivated the ground. -- genesis 4:2 +. +At the designated time Cain brought some of the fruit of the ground for an offering to the Lord. -- genesis 4:3 +. +But Abel brought some of the firstborn of his flock - even the fattest of them. And the Lord was pleased with Abel and his offering, -- genesis 4:4 +. +but with Cain and his offering he was not pleased. So Cain became very angry, and his expression was downcast. -- genesis 4:5 +. +Then the Lord said to Cain, "Why are you angry, and why is your expression downcast? -- genesis 4:6 +. +Is it not true that if you do what is right, you will be fine? But if you do not do what is right, sin is crouching at the door. It desires to dominate you, but you must subdue it." -- genesis 4:7 +. +Cain said to his brother Abel, "Let's go out to the field." While they were in the field, Cain attacked his brother Abel and killed him. -- genesis 4:8 +. +Then the Lord said to Cain, "Where is your brother Abel?" And he replied, "I don't know! Am I my brother's guardian?" -- genesis 4:9 +. +But the Lord said, "What have you done? The voice of your brother's blood is crying out to me from the ground! -- genesis 4:10 +. +So now, you are banished from the ground, which has opened its mouth to receive your brother's blood from your hand. -- genesis 4:11 +. +When you try to cultivate the ground it will no longer yield its best for you. You will be a homeless wanderer on the earth." -- genesis 4:12 +. +Then Cain said to the Lord, "My punishment is too great to endure! -- genesis 4:13 +. +Look! You are driving me off the land today, and I must hide from your presence. I will be a homeless wanderer on the earth; whoever finds me will kill me." -- genesis 4:14 +. +But the Lord said to him, "All right then, if anyone kills Cain, Cain will be avenged seven times as much." Then the Lord put a special mark on Cain so that no one who found him would strike him down. -- genesis 4:15 +. +So Cain went out from the presence of the Lord and lived in the land of Nod, east of Eden. -- genesis 4:16 +. +Cain had marital relations with his wife, and she became pregnant and gave birth to Enoch. Cain was building a city, and he named the city after his son Enoch. -- genesis 4:17 +. +To Enoch was born Irad, and Irad was the father of Mehujael. Mehujael was the father of Methushael, and Methushael was the father of Lamech. -- genesis 4:18 +. +Lamech took two wives for himself; the name of the first was Adah, and the name of the second was Zillah. -- genesis 4:19 +. +Adah gave birth to Jabal; he was the first of those who live in tents and keep livestock. -- genesis 4:20 +. +The name of his brother was Jubal; he was the first of all who play the harp and the flute. -- genesis 4:21 +. +Now Zillah also gave birth to Tubal-Cain, who heated metal and shaped all kinds of tools made of bronze and iron. The sister of Tubal-Cain was Naamah. -- genesis 4:22 +. +Lamech said to his wives, "Adah and Zillah! Listen to me! You wives of Lamech, hear my words! I have killed a man for wounding me, a young man for hurting me. -- genesis 4:23 +. +If Cain is to be avenged seven times as much, then Lamech seventy-seven times!" -- genesis 4:24 +. +And Adam had marital relations with his wife again, and she gave birth to a son. She named him Seth, saying, "God has given me another child in place of Abel because Cain killed him." -- genesis 4:25 +. +And a son was also born to Seth, whom he named Enosh. At that time people began to worship the Lord. -- genesis 4:26 +. +This is the record of the family line of Adam. When God created humankind, he made them in the likeness of God. -- genesis 5:1 +. +He created them male and female; when they were created, he blessed them and named them "humankind." -- genesis 5:2 +. +When Adam had lived years he fathered a son in his own likeness, according to his image, and he named him Seth. -- genesis 5:3 +. +The length of time Adam lived after he became the father of Seth was years; during this time he had other sons and daughters. -- genesis 5:4 +. +The entire lifetime of Adam was years, and then he died. -- genesis 5:5 +. +When Seth had lived years, he became the father of Enosh. -- genesis 5:6 +. +Seth lived years after he became the father of Enosh, and he had other sons and daughters. -- genesis 5:7 +. +The entire lifetime of Seth was years, and then he died. -- genesis 5:8 +. +When Enosh had lived years, he became the father of Kenan. -- genesis 5:9 +. +Enosh lived years after he became the father of Kenan, and he had other sons and daughters. -- genesis 5:10 +. +The entire lifetime of Enosh was years, and then he died. -- genesis 5:11 +. +When Kenan had lived years, he became the father of Mahalalel. -- genesis 5:12 +. +Kenan lived years after he became the father of Mahalalel, and he had other sons and daughters. -- genesis 5:13 +. +The entire lifetime of Kenan was years, and then he died. -- genesis 5:14 +. +When Mahalalel had lived years, he became the father of Jared. -- genesis 5:15 +. +Mahalalel lived years after he became the father of Jared, and he had other sons and daughters. -- genesis 5:16 +. +The entire lifetime of Mahalalel was years, and then he died. -- genesis 5:17 +. +When Jared had lived years, he became the father of Enoch. -- genesis 5:18 +. +Jared lived years after he became the father of Enoch, and he had other sons and daughters. -- genesis 5:19 +. +The entire lifetime of Jared was years, and then he died. -- genesis 5:20 +. +When Enoch had lived years, he became the father of Methuselah. -- genesis 5:21 +. +After he became the father of Methuselah, Enoch walked with God for years, and he had other sons and daughters. -- genesis 5:22 +. +The entire lifetime of Enoch was years. -- genesis 5:23 +. +Enoch walked with God, and then he disappeared because God took him away. -- genesis 5:24 +. +When Methuselah had lived years, he became the father of Lamech. -- genesis 5:25 +. +Methuselah lived years after he became the father of Lamech, and he had other sons and daughters. -- genesis 5:26 +. +The entire lifetime of Methuselah was years, and then he died. -- genesis 5:27 +. +When Lamech had lived years, he had a son. -- genesis 5:28 +. +He named him Noah, saying, "This one will bring us comfort from our labor and from the painful toil of our hands because of the ground that the Lord has cursed." -- genesis 5:29 +. +Lamech lived years after he became the father of Noah, and he had other sons and daughters. -- genesis 5:30 +. +The entire lifetime of Lamech was years, and then he died. -- genesis 5:31 +. +After Noah was years old, he became the father of Shem, Ham, and Japheth. -- genesis 5:32 +. +When humankind began to multiply on the face of the earth, and daughters were born to them, -- genesis 6:1 +. +the sons of God saw that the daughters of humankind were beautiful. Thus they took wives for themselves from any they chose. -- genesis 6:2 +. +So the Lord said, "My spirit will not remain in humankind indefinitely, since they are mortal. They will remain for more years." -- genesis 6:3 +. +The Nephilim were on the earth in those days (and also after this) when the sons of God were having sexual relations with the daughters of humankind, who gave birth to their children. They were the mighty heroes of old, the famous men. -- genesis 6:4 +. +But the Lord saw that the wickedness of humankind had become great on the earth. Every inclination of the thoughts of their minds was only evil all the time. -- genesis 6:5 +. +The Lord regretted that he had made humankind on the earth, and he was highly offended. -- genesis 6:6 +. +So the Lord said, "I will wipe humankind, whom I have created, from the face of the earth - everything from humankind to animals, including creatures that move on the ground and birds of the air, for I regret that I have made them." -- genesis 6:7 +. +But Noah found favor in the sight of the Lord. -- genesis 6:8 +. +This is the account of Noah. Noah was a godly man; he was blameless among his contemporaries. He walked with God. -- genesis 6:9 +. +Noah had three sons: Shem, Ham, and Japheth. -- genesis 6:10 +. +The earth was ruined in the sight of God; the earth was filled with violence. -- genesis 6:11 +. +God saw the earth, and indeed it was ruined, for all living creatures on the earth were sinful. -- genesis 6:12 +. +So God said to Noah, "I have decided that all living creatures must die, for the earth is filled with violence because of them. Now I am about to destroy them and the earth. -- genesis 6:13 +. +Make for yourself an ark of cypress wood. Make rooms in the ark, and cover it with pitch inside and out. -- genesis 6:14 +. +This is how you should make it: The ark is to be feet long, 75 feet wide, and 45 feet high. -- genesis 6:15 +. +Make a roof for the ark and finish it, leaving inches from the top. Put a door in the side of the ark, and make lower, middle, and upper decks. -- genesis 6:16 +. +I am about to bring floodwaters on the earth to destroy from under the sky all the living creatures that have the breath of life in them. Everything that is on the earth will die, -- genesis 6:17 +. +but I will confirm my covenant with you. You will enter the ark - you, your sons, your wife, and your sons' wives with you. -- genesis 6:18 +. +You must bring into the ark two of every kind of living creature from all flesh, male and female, to keep them alive with you. -- genesis 6:19 +. +Of the birds after their kinds, and of the cattle after their kinds, and of every creeping thing of the ground after its kind, two of every kind will come to you so you can keep them alive. -- genesis 6:20 +. +And you must take for yourself every kind of food that is eaten, and gather it together. It will be food for you and for them. -- genesis 6:21 +. +And Noah did all that God commanded him - he did indeed. -- genesis 6:22 +. +The Lord said to Noah, "Come into the ark, you and all your household, for I consider you godly among this generation. -- genesis 7:1 +. +You must take with you seven of every kind of clean animal, the male and its mate, two of every kind of unclean animal, the male and its mate, -- genesis 7:2 +. +and also seven of every kind of bird in the sky, male and female, to preserve their offspring on the face of the earth. -- genesis 7:3 +. +For in seven days I will cause it to rain on the earth for forty days and forty nights, and I will wipe from the face of the ground every living thing that I have made." -- genesis 7:4 +. +And Noah did all that the Lord commanded him. -- genesis 7:5 +. +Noah was years old when the floodwaters engulfed the earth. -- genesis 7:6 +. +Noah entered the ark along with his sons, his wife, and his sons' wives because of the floodwaters. -- genesis 7:7 +. +Pairs of clean animals, of unclean animals, of birds, and of everything that creeps along the ground, -- genesis 7:8 +. +male and female, came into the ark to Noah, just as God had commanded him. -- genesis 7:9 +. +And after seven days the floodwaters engulfed the earth. -- genesis 7:10 +. +In the six hundredth year of Noah's life, in the second month, on the seventeenth day of the month - on that day all the fountains of the great deep burst open and the floodgates of the heavens were opened. -- genesis 7:11 +. +And the rain fell on the earth forty days and forty nights. -- genesis 7:12 +. +On that very day Noah entered the ark, accompanied by his sons Shem, Ham, and Japheth, along with his wife and his sons' three wives. -- genesis 7:13 +. +They entered, along with every living creature after its kind, every animal after its kind, every creeping thing that creeps on the earth after its kind, and every bird after its kind, everything with wings. -- genesis 7:14 +. +Pairs of all creatures that have the breath of life came into the ark to Noah. -- genesis 7:15 +. +Those that entered were male and female, just as God commanded him. Then the Lord shut him in. -- genesis 7:16 +. +The flood engulfed the earth for forty days. As the waters increased, they lifted the ark and raised it above the earth. -- genesis 7:17 +. +The waters completely overwhelmed the earth, and the ark floated on the surface of the waters. -- genesis 7:18 +. +The waters completely inundated the earth so that even all the high mountains under the entire sky were covered. -- genesis 7:19 +. +The waters rose more than twenty feet above the mountains. -- genesis 7:20 +. +And all living things that moved on the earth died, including the birds, domestic animals, wild animals, all the creatures that swarm over the earth, and all humankind. -- genesis 7:21 +. +Everything on dry land that had the breath of life in its nostrils died. -- genesis 7:22 +. +So the Lord destroyed every living thing that was on the surface of the ground, including people, animals, creatures that creep along the ground, and birds of the sky. They were wiped off the earth. Only Noah and those who were with him in the ark survived. -- genesis 7:23 +. +The waters prevailed over the earth for days. -- genesis 7:24 +. +But God remembered Noah and all the wild animals and domestic animals that were with him in the ark. God caused a wind to blow over the earth and the waters receded. -- genesis 8:1 +. +The fountains of the deep and the floodgates of heaven were closed, and the rain stopped falling from the sky. -- genesis 8:2 +. +The waters kept receding steadily from the earth, so that they had gone down by the end of the days. -- genesis 8:3 +. +On the seventeenth day of the seventh month, the ark came to rest on one of the mountains of Ararat. -- genesis 8:4 +. +The waters kept on receding until the tenth month. On the first day of the tenth month, the tops of the mountains became visible. -- genesis 8:5 +. +At the end of forty days, Noah opened the window he had made in the ark -- genesis 8:6 +. +and sent out a raven; it kept flying back and forth until the waters had dried up on the earth. -- genesis 8:7 +. +Then Noah sent out a dove to see if the waters had receded from the surface of the ground. -- genesis 8:8 +. +The dove could not find a resting place for its feet because water still covered the surface of the entire earth, and so it returned to Noah in the ark. He stretched out his hand, took the dove, and brought it back into the ark. -- genesis 8:9 +. +He waited seven more days and then sent out the dove again from the ark. -- genesis 8:10 +. +When the dove returned to him in the evening, there was a freshly plucked olive leaf in its beak! Noah knew that the waters had receded from the earth. -- genesis 8:11 +. +He waited another seven days and sent the dove out again, but it did not return to him this time. -- genesis 8:12 +. +In Noah's six hundred and first year, in the first day of the first month, the waters had dried up from the earth, and Noah removed the covering from the ark and saw that the surface of the ground was dry. -- genesis 8:13 +. +And by the twenty-seventh day of the second month the earth was dry. -- genesis 8:14 +. +Then God spoke to Noah and said, -- genesis 8:15 +. +"Come out of the ark, you, your wife, your sons, and your sons' wives with you. -- genesis 8:16 +. +Bring out with you all the living creatures that are with you. Bring out every living thing, including the birds, animals, and every creeping thing that creeps on the earth. Let them increase and be fruitful and multiply on the earth!" -- genesis 8:17 +. +Noah went out along with his sons, his wife, and his sons' wives. -- genesis 8:18 +. +Every living creature, every creeping thing, every bird, and everything that moves on the earth went out of the ark in their groups. -- genesis 8:19 +. +Noah built an altar to the Lord. He then took some of every kind of clean animal and clean bird and offered burnt offerings on the altar. -- genesis 8:20 +. +And the Lord smelled the soothing aroma and said to himself, "I will never again curse the ground because of humankind, even though the inclination of their minds is evil from childhood on. I will never again destroy everything that lives, as I have just done. -- genesis 8:21 +. +"While the earth continues to exist, planting time and harvest, cold and heat, summer and winter, and day and night will not cease." -- genesis 8:22 +. +Then God blessed Noah and his sons and said to them, "Be fruitful and multiply and fill the earth. -- genesis 9:1 +. +Every living creature of the earth and every bird of the sky will be terrified of you. Everything that creeps on the ground and all the fish of the sea are under your authority. -- genesis 9:2 +. +You may eat any moving thing that lives. As I gave you the green plants, I now give you everything. -- genesis 9:3 +. +But you must not eat meat with its life (that is, its blood) in it. -- genesis 9:4 +. +For your lifeblood I will surely exact punishment, from every living creature I will exact punishment. From each person I will exact punishment for the life of the individual since the man was his relative. -- genesis 9:5 +. +"Whoever sheds human blood, by other humans must his blood be shed; for in God's image God has made humankind." -- genesis 9:6 +. +But as for you, be fruitful and multiply; increase abundantly on the earth and multiply on it." -- genesis 9:7 +. +God said to Noah and his sons, -- genesis 9:8 +. +"Look! I now confirm my covenant with you and your descendants after you -- genesis 9:9 +. +and with every living creature that is with you, including the birds, the domestic animals, and every living creature of the earth with you, all those that came out of the ark with you - every living creature of the earth. -- genesis 9:10 +. +I confirm my covenant with you: Never again will all living things be wiped out by the waters of a flood; never again will a flood destroy the earth." -- genesis 9:11 +. +And God said, "This is the guarantee of the covenant I am making with you and every living creature with you, a covenant for all subsequent generations: -- genesis 9:12 +. +I will place my rainbow in the clouds, and it will become a guarantee of the covenant between me and the earth. -- genesis 9:13 +. +Whenever I bring clouds over the earth and the rainbow appears in the clouds, -- genesis 9:14 +. +then I will remember my covenant with you and with all living creatures of all kinds. Never again will the waters become a flood and destroy all living things. -- genesis 9:15 +. +When the rainbow is in the clouds, I will notice it and remember the perpetual covenant between God and all living creatures of all kinds that are on the earth." -- genesis 9:16 +. +So God said to Noah, "This is the guarantee of the covenant that I am confirming between me and all living things that are on the earth." -- genesis 9:17 +. +The sons of Noah who came out of the ark were Shem, Ham, and Japheth. (Now Ham was the father of Canaan.) -- genesis 9:18 +. +These were the sons of Noah, and from them the whole earth was populated. -- genesis 9:19 +. +Noah, a man of the soil, began to plant a vineyard. -- genesis 9:20 +. +When he drank some of the wine, he got drunk and uncovered himself inside his tent. -- genesis 9:21 +. +Ham, the father of Canaan, saw his father's nakedness and told his two brothers who were outside. -- genesis 9:22 +. +Shem and Japheth took the garment and placed it on their shoulders. Then they walked in backwards and covered up their father's nakedness. Their faces were turned the other way so they did not see their father's nakedness. -- genesis 9:23 +. +When Noah awoke from his drunken stupor he learned what his youngest son had done to him. -- genesis 9:24 +. +So he said, "Cursed be Canaan! The lowest of slaves he will be to his brothers." -- genesis 9:25 +. +He also said, "Worthy of praise is the Lord, the God of Shem! May Canaan be the slave of Shem! -- genesis 9:26 +. +May God enlarge Japheth's territory and numbers! May he live in the tents of Shem and may Canaan be his slave!" -- genesis 9:27 +. +After the flood Noah lived years. -- genesis 9:28 +. +The entire lifetime of Noah was years, and then he died. -- genesis 9:29 +. +This is the account of Noah's sons Shem, Ham, and Japheth. Sons were born to them after the flood. -- genesis 10:1 +. +The sons of Japheth were Gomer, Magog, Madai, Javan, Tubal, Meshech, and Tiras. -- genesis 10:2 +. +The sons of Gomer were Askenaz, Riphath, and Togarmah. -- genesis 10:3 +. +The sons of Javan were Elishah, Tarshish, the Kittim, and the Dodanim. -- genesis 10:4 +. +From these the coastlands of the nations were separated into their lands, every one according to its language, according to their families, by their nations. -- genesis 10:5 +. +The sons of Ham were Cush, Mizraim, Put, and Canaan. -- genesis 10:6 +. +The sons of Cush were Seba, Havilah, Sabtah, Raamah, and Sabteca. The sons of Raamah were Sheba and Dedan. -- genesis 10:7 +. +Cush was the father of Nimrod; he began to be a valiant warrior on the earth. -- genesis 10:8 +. +He was a mighty hunter before the Lord. (That is why it is said, "Like Nimrod, a mighty hunter before the Lord.") -- genesis 10:9 +. +The primary regions of his kingdom were Babel, Erech, Akkad, and Calneh in the land of Shinar. -- genesis 10:10 +. +From that land he went to Assyria, where he built Nineveh, Rehoboth-Ir, Calah, -- genesis 10:11 +. +and Resen, which is between Nineveh and the great city Calah. -- genesis 10:12 +. +Mizraim was the father of the Ludites, Anamites, Lehabites, Naphtuhites, -- genesis 10:13 +. +Pathrusites, Casluhites (from whom the Philistines came), and Caphtorites. -- genesis 10:14 +. +Canaan was the father of Sidon his firstborn, Heth, -- genesis 10:15 +. +the Jebusites, Amorites, Girgashites, -- genesis 10:16 +. +Hivites, Arkites, Sinites, -- genesis 10:17 +. +Arvadites, Zemarites, and Hamathites. Eventually the families of the Canaanites were scattered -- genesis 10:18 +. +and the borders of Canaan extended from Sidon all the way to Gerar as far as Gaza, and all the way to Sodom, Gomorrah, Admah, and Zeboiim, as far as Lasha. -- genesis 10:19 +. +These are the sons of Ham, according to their families, according to their languages, by their lands, and by their nations. -- genesis 10:20 +. +And sons were also born to Shem (the older brother of Japheth), the father of all the sons of Eber. -- genesis 10:21 +. +The sons of Shem were Elam, Asshur, Arphaxad, Lud, and Aram. -- genesis 10:22 +. +The sons of Aram were Uz, Hul, Gether, and Mash. -- genesis 10:23 +. +Arphaxad was the father of Shelah, and Shelah was the father of Eber. -- genesis 10:24 +. +Two sons were born to Eber: One was named Peleg because in his days the earth was divided, and his brother's name was Joktan. -- genesis 10:25 +. +Joktan was the father of Almodad, Sheleph, Hazarmaveth, Jerah, -- genesis 10:26 +. +Hadoram, Uzal, Diklah, -- genesis 10:27 +. +Obal, Abimael, Sheba, -- genesis 10:28 +. +Ophir, Havilah, and Jobab. All these were sons of Joktan. -- genesis 10:29 +. +Their dwelling place was from Mesha all the way to Sephar in the eastern hills. -- genesis 10:30 +. +These are the sons of Shem according to their families, according to their languages, by their lands, and according to their nations. -- genesis 10:31 +. +These are the families of the sons of Noah, according to their genealogies, by their nations, and from these the nations spread over the earth after the flood. -- genesis 10:32 +. +The whole earth had a common language and a common vocabulary. -- genesis 11:1 +. +When the people moved eastward, they found a plain in Shinar and settled there. -- genesis 11:2 +. +Then they said to one another, "Come, let's make bricks and bake them thoroughly." (They had brick instead of stone and tar instead of mortar.) -- genesis 11:3 +. +Then they said, "Come, let's build ourselves a city and a tower with its top in the heavens so that we may make a name for ourselves. Otherwise we will be scattered across the face of the entire earth." -- genesis 11:4 +. +But the Lord came down to see the city and the tower that the people had started building. -- genesis 11:5 +. +And the Lord said, "If as one people all sharing a common language they have begun to do this, then nothing they plan to do will be beyond them. -- genesis 11:6 +. +Come, let's go down and confuse their language so they won't be able to understand each other." -- genesis 11:7 +. +So the Lord scattered them from there across the face of the entire earth, and they stopped building the city. -- genesis 11:8 +. +That is why its name was called Babel - because there the Lord confused the language of the entire world, and from there the Lord scattered them across the face of the entire earth. -- genesis 11:9 +. +This is the account of Shem. Shem was old when he became the father of Arphaxad, two years after the flood. -- genesis 11:10 +. +And after becoming the father of Arphaxad, Shem lived years and had other sons and daughters. -- genesis 11:11 +. +When Arphaxad had lived years, he became the father of Shelah. -- genesis 11:12 +. +And after he became the father of Shelah, Arphaxad lived years and had other sons and daughters. -- genesis 11:13 +. +When Shelah had lived years, he became the father of Eber. -- genesis 11:14 +. +And after he became the father of Eber, Shelah lived years and had other sons and daughters. -- genesis 11:15 +. +When Eber had lived years, he became the father of Peleg. -- genesis 11:16 +. +And after he became the father of Peleg, Eber lived years and had other sons and daughters. -- genesis 11:17 +. +When Peleg had lived years, he became the father of Reu. -- genesis 11:18 +. +And after he became the father of Reu, Peleg lived years and had other sons and daughters. -- genesis 11:19 +. +When Reu had lived years, he became the father of Serug. -- genesis 11:20 +. +And after he became the father of Serug, Reu lived years and had other sons and daughters. -- genesis 11:21 +. +When Serug had lived years, he became the father of Nahor. -- genesis 11:22 +. +And after he became the father of Nahor, Serug lived years and had other sons and daughters. -- genesis 11:23 +. +When Nahor had lived years, he became the father of Terah. -- genesis 11:24 +. +And after he became the father of Terah, Nahor lived years and had other sons and daughters. -- genesis 11:25 +. +When Terah had lived years, he became the father of Abram, Nahor, and Haran. -- genesis 11:26 +. +This is the account of Terah. Terah became the father of Abram, Nahor, and Haran. And Haran became the father of Lot. -- genesis 11:27 +. +Haran died in the land of his birth, in Ur of the Chaldeans, while his father Terah was still alive. -- genesis 11:28 +. +And Abram and Nahor took wives for themselves. The name of Abram's wife was Sarai, and the name of Nahor's wife was Milcah; she was the daughter of Haran, the father of both Milcah and Iscah. -- genesis 11:29 +. +But Sarai was barren; she had no children. -- genesis 11:30 +. +Terah took his son Abram, his grandson Lot (the son of Haran), and his daughter-in-law Sarai, his son Abram's wife, and with them he set out from Ur of the Chaldeans to go to Canaan. When they came to Haran, they settled there. -- genesis 11:31 +. +The lifetime of Terah was years, and he died in Haran. -- genesis 11:32 +. +Now the Lord said to Abram, "Go out from your country, your relatives, and your father's household to the land that I will show you. -- genesis 12:1 +. +Then I will make you into a great nation, and I will bless you, and I will make your name great, so that you will exemplify divine blessing. -- genesis 12:2 +. +I will bless those who bless you, but the one who treats you lightly I must curse, and all the families of the earth will bless one another by your name." -- genesis 12:3 +. +So Abram left, just as the Lord had told him to do, and Lot went with him. (Now Abram was years old when he departed from Haran.) -- genesis 12:4 +. +And Abram took his wife Sarai, his nephew Lot, and all the possessions they had accumulated and the people they had acquired in Haran, and they left for the land of Canaan. They entered the land of Canaan. -- genesis 12:5 +. +Abram traveled through the land as far as the oak tree of Moreh at Shechem. (At that time the Canaanites were in the land.) -- genesis 12:6 +. +The Lord appeared to Abram and said, "To your descendants I will give this land." So Abram built an altar there to the Lord, who had appeared to him. -- genesis 12:7 +. +Then he moved from there to the hill country east of Bethel and pitched his tent, with Bethel on the west and Ai on the east. There he built an altar to the Lord and worshiped the Lord. -- genesis 12:8 +. +Abram continually journeyed by stages down to the Negev. -- genesis 12:9 +. +There was a famine in the land, so Abram went down to Egypt to stay for a while because the famine was severe. -- genesis 12:10 +. +As he approached Egypt, he said to his wife Sarai, "Look, I know that you are a beautiful woman. -- genesis 12:11 +. +When the Egyptians see you they will say, 'This is his wife.' Then they will kill me but will keep you alive. -- genesis 12:12 +. +So tell them you are my sister so that it may go well for me because of you and my life will be spared on account of you." -- genesis 12:13 +. +When Abram entered Egypt, the Egyptians saw that the woman was very beautiful. -- genesis 12:14 +. +When Pharaoh's officials saw her, they praised her to Pharaoh. So Abram's wife was taken into the household of Pharaoh, -- genesis 12:15 +. +and he did treat Abram well on account of her. Abram received sheep and cattle, male donkeys, male servants, female servants, female donkeys, and camels. -- genesis 12:16 +. +But the Lord struck Pharaoh and his household with severe diseases because of Sarai, Abram's wife. -- genesis 12:17 +. +So Pharaoh summoned Abram and said, "What is this you have done to me? Why didn't you tell me that she was your wife? -- genesis 12:18 +. +Why did you say, 'She is my sister,' so that I took her to be my wife? Here is your wife! Take her and go!" -- genesis 12:19 +. +Pharaoh gave his men orders about Abram, and so they expelled him, along with his wife and all his possessions. -- genesis 12:20 +. +So Abram went up from Egypt into the Negev. He took his wife and all his possessions with him, as well as Lot. -- genesis 13:1 +. +(Now Abram was very wealthy in livestock, silver, and gold.) -- genesis 13:2 +. +And he journeyed from place to place from the Negev as far as Bethel. He returned to the place where he had pitched his tent at the beginning, between Bethel and Ai. -- genesis 13:3 +. +This was the place where he had first built the altar, and there Abram worshiped the Lord. -- genesis 13:4 +. +Now Lot, who was traveling with Abram, also had flocks, herds, and tents. -- genesis 13:5 +. +But the land could not support them while they were living side by side. Because their possessions were so great, they were not able to live alongside one another. -- genesis 13:6 +. +So there were quarrels between Abram's herdsmen and Lot's herdsmen. (Now the Canaanites and the Perizzites were living in the land at that time.) -- genesis 13:7 +. +Abram said to Lot, "Let there be no quarreling between me and you, and between my herdsmen and your herdsmen, for we are close relatives. -- genesis 13:8 +. +Is not the whole land before you? Separate yourself now from me. If you go to the left, then I'll go to the right, but if you go to the right, then I'll go to the left." -- genesis 13:9 +. +Lot looked up and saw the whole region of the Jordan. He noticed that all of it was well-watered (before the Lord obliterated Sodom and Gomorrah) like the garden of the Lord, like the land of Egypt, all the way to Zoar. -- genesis 13:10 +. +Lot chose for himself the whole region of the Jordan and traveled toward the east. So the relatives separated from each other. -- genesis 13:11 +. +Abram settled in the land of Canaan, but Lot settled among the cities of the Jordan plain and pitched his tents next to Sodom. -- genesis 13:12 +. +(Now the people of Sodom were extremely wicked rebels against the Lord.) -- genesis 13:13 +. +After Lot had departed, the Lord said to Abram, "Look from the place where you stand to the north, south, east, and west. -- genesis 13:14 +. +I will give all the land that you see to you and your descendants forever. -- genesis 13:15 +. +And I will make your descendants like the dust of the earth, so that if anyone is able to count the dust of the earth, then your descendants also can be counted. -- genesis 13:16 +. +Get up and walk throughout the land, for I will give it to you." -- genesis 13:17 +. +So Abram moved his tents and went to live by the oaks of Mamre in Hebron, and he built an altar to the Lord there. -- genesis 13:18 +. +At that time Amraphel king of Shinar, Arioch king of Ellasar, Kedorlaomer king of Elam, and Tidal king of nations -- genesis 14:1 +. +went to war against Bera king of Sodom, Birsha king of Gomorrah, Shinab king of Admah, Shemeber king of Zeboiim, and the king of Bela (that is, Zoar). -- genesis 14:2 +. +These last five kings joined forces in the Valley of Siddim (that is, the Salt Sea). -- genesis 14:3 +. +For twelve years they had served Kedorlaomer, but in the thirteenth year they rebelled. -- genesis 14:4 +. +In the fourteenth year, Kedorlaomer and the kings who were his allies came and defeated the Rephaites in Ashteroth Karnaim, the Zuzites in Ham, the Emites in Shaveh Kiriathaim, -- genesis 14:5 +. +and the Horites in their hill country of Seir, as far as El Paran, which is near the desert. -- genesis 14:6 +. +Then they attacked En Mishpat (that is, Kadesh) again, and they conquered all the territory of the Amalekites, as well as the Amorites who were living in Hazazon Tamar. -- genesis 14:7 +. +Then the king of Sodom, the king of Gomorrah, the king of Admah, the king of Zeboiim, and the king of Bela (that is, Zoar) went out and prepared for battle. In the Valley of Siddim they met -- genesis 14:8 +. +Kedorlaomer king of Elam, Tidal king of nations, Amraphel king of Shinar, and Arioch king of Ellasar. Four kings fought against five. -- genesis 14:9 +. +Now the Valley of Siddim was full of tar pits. When the kings of Sodom and Gomorrah fled, they fell into them, but some survivors fled to the hills. -- genesis 14:10 +. +The four victorious kings took all the possessions and food of Sodom and Gomorrah and left. -- genesis 14:11 +. +They also took Abram's nephew Lot and his possessions when they left, for Lot was living in Sodom. -- genesis 14:12 +. +A fugitive came and told Abram the Hebrew. Now Abram was living by the oaks of Mamre the Amorite, the brother of Eshcol and Aner. (All these were allied by treaty with Abram.) -- genesis 14:13 +. +When Abram heard that his nephew had been taken captive, he mobilized his trained men who had been born in his household, and he pursued the invaders as far as Dan. -- genesis 14:14 +. +Then, during the night, Abram divided his forces against them and defeated them. He chased them as far as Hobah, which is north of Damascus. -- genesis 14:15 +. +He retrieved all the stolen property. He also brought back his nephew Lot and his possessions, as well as the women and the rest of the people. -- genesis 14:16 +. +After Abram returned from defeating Kedorlaomer and the kings who were with him, the king of Sodom went out to meet Abram in the Valley of Shaveh (known as the King's Valley). -- genesis 14:17 +. +Melchizedek king of Salem brought out bread and wine. (Now he was the priest of the Most High God.) -- genesis 14:18 +. +He blessed Abram, saying, "Blessed be Abram by the Most High God, Creator of heaven and earth. -- genesis 14:19 +. +Worthy of praise is the Most High God, who delivered your enemies into your hand." Abram gave Melchizedek a tenth of everything. -- genesis 14:20 +. +Then the king of Sodom said to Abram, "Give me the people and take the possessions for yourself." -- genesis 14:21 +. +But Abram replied to the king of Sodom, "I raise my hand to the Lord, the Most High God, Creator of heaven and earth, and vow -- genesis 14:22 +. +that I will take nothing belonging to you, not even a thread or the strap of a sandal. That way you can never say, 'It is I who made Abram rich.' -- genesis 14:23 +. +I will take nothing except compensation for what the young men have eaten. As for the share of the men who went with me - Aner, Eshcol, and Mamre - let them take their share." -- genesis 14:24 +. +After these things the word of the Lord came to Abram in a vision: "Fear not, Abram! I am your shield and the one who will reward you in great abundance." -- genesis 15:1 +. +But Abram said, "O sovereign Lord, what will you give me since I continue to be childless, and my heir is Eliezer of Damascus?" -- genesis 15:2 +. +Abram added, "Since you have not given me a descendant, then look, one born in my house will be my heir!" -- genesis 15:3 +. +But look, the word of the Lord came to him: "This man will not be your heir, but instead a son who comes from your own body will be your heir." -- genesis 15:4 +. +The Lord took him outside and said, "Gaze into the sky and count the stars - if you are able to count them!" Then he said to him, "So will your descendants be." -- genesis 15:5 +. +Abram believed the Lord, and the Lord considered his response of faith as proof of genuine loyalty. -- genesis 15:6 +. +The Lord said to him, "I am the Lord who brought you out from Ur of the Chaldeans to give you this land to possess." -- genesis 15:7 +. +But Abram said, "O sovereign Lord, by what can I know that I am to possess it?" -- genesis 15:8 +. +The Lord said to him, "Take for me a heifer, a goat, and a ram, each three years old, along with a dove and a young pigeon." -- genesis 15:9 +. +So Abram took all these for him and then cut them in two and placed each half opposite the other, but he did not cut the birds in half. -- genesis 15:10 +. +When birds of prey came down on the carcasses, Abram drove them away. -- genesis 15:11 +. +When the sun went down, Abram fell sound asleep, and great terror overwhelmed him. -- genesis 15:12 +. +Then the Lord said to Abram, "Know for certain that your descendants will be strangers in a foreign country. They will be enslaved and oppressed for four hundred years. -- genesis 15:13 +. +But I will execute judgment on the nation that they will serve. Afterward they will come out with many possessions. -- genesis 15:14 +. +But as for you, you will go to your ancestors in peace and be buried at a good old age. -- genesis 15:15 +. +In the fourth generation your descendants will return here, for the sin of the Amorites has not yet reached its limit." -- genesis 15:16 +. +When the sun had gone down and it was dark, a smoking firepot with a flaming torch passed between the animal parts. -- genesis 15:17 +. +That day the Lord made a covenant with Abram: "To your descendants I give this land, from the river of Egypt to the great river, the Euphrates River - -- genesis 15:18 +. +the land of the Kenites, Kenizzites, Kadmonites, -- genesis 15:19 +. +Hittites, Perizzites, Rephaites, -- genesis 15:20 +. +Amorites, Canaanites, Girgashites, and Jebusites." -- genesis 15:21 +. +Now Sarai, Abram's wife, had not given birth to any children, but she had an Egyptian servant named Hagar. -- genesis 16:1 +. +So Sarai said to Abram, "Since the Lord has prevented me from having children, have sexual relations with my servant. Perhaps I can have a family by her." Abram did what Sarai told him. -- genesis 16:2 +. +So after Abram had lived in Canaan for ten years, Sarai, Abram's wife, gave Hagar, her Egyptian servant, to her husband to be his wife. -- genesis 16:3 +. +He had sexual relations with Hagar, and she became pregnant. Once Hagar realized she was pregnant, she despised Sarai. -- genesis 16:4 +. +Then Sarai said to Abram, "You have brought this wrong on me! I allowed my servant to have sexual relations with you, but when she realized that she was pregnant, she despised me. May the Lord judge between you and me!" -- genesis 16:5 +. +Abram said to Sarai, "Since your servant is under your authority, do to her whatever you think best." Then Sarai treated Hagar harshly, so she ran away from Sarai. -- genesis 16:6 +. +The Lord's angel found Hagar near a spring of water in the desert - the spring that is along the road to Shur. -- genesis 16:7 +. +He said, "Hagar, servant of Sarai, where have you come from, and where are you going?" She replied, "I'm running away from my mistress, Sarai." -- genesis 16:8 +. +Then the Lord's angel said to her, "Return to your mistress and submit to her authority. -- genesis 16:9 +. +I will greatly multiply your descendants," the Lord's angel added, "so that they will be too numerous to count." -- genesis 16:10 +. +Then the Lord's angel said to her, "You are now pregnant and are about to give birth to a son. You are to name him Ishmael, for the Lord has heard your painful groans. -- genesis 16:11 +. +He will be a wild donkey of a man. He will be hostile to everyone, and everyone will be hostile to him. He will live away from his brothers." -- genesis 16:12 +. +So Hagar named the Lord who spoke to her, "You are the God who sees me," for she said, "Here I have seen one who sees me!" -- genesis 16:13 +. +That is why the well was called Beer Lahai Roi. (It is located between Kadesh and Bered.) -- genesis 16:14 +. +So Hagar gave birth to Abram's son, whom Abram named Ishmael. -- genesis 16:15 +. +(Now Abram was years old when Hagar gave birth to Ishmael.) -- genesis 16:16 +. +When Abram was years old, the Lord appeared to him and said, "I am the sovereign God. Walk before me and be blameless. -- genesis 17:1 +. +Then I will confirm my covenant between me and you, and I will give you a multitude of descendants." -- genesis 17:2 +. +Abram bowed down with his face to the ground, and God said to him, -- genesis 17:3 +. +"As for me, this is my covenant with you: You will be the father of a multitude of nations. -- genesis 17:4 +. +No longer will your name be Abram. Instead, your name will be Abraham because I will make you the father of a multitude of nations. -- genesis 17:5 +. +I will make you extremely fruitful. I will make nations of you, and kings will descend from you. -- genesis 17:6 +. +I will confirm my covenant as a perpetual covenant between me and you. It will extend to your descendants after you throughout their generations. I will be your God and the God of your descendants after you. -- genesis 17:7 +. +I will give the whole land of Canaan - the land where you are now residing - to you and your descendants after you as a permanent possession. I will be their God." -- genesis 17:8 +. +Then God said to Abraham, "As for you, you must keep the covenantal requirement I am imposing on you and your descendants after you throughout their generations. -- genesis 17:9 +. +This is my requirement that you and your descendants after you must keep: Every male among you must be circumcised. -- genesis 17:10 +. +You must circumcise the flesh of your foreskins. This will be a reminder of the covenant between me and you. -- genesis 17:11 +. +Throughout your generations every male among you who is eight days old must be circumcised, whether born in your house or bought with money from any foreigner who is not one of your descendants. -- genesis 17:12 +. +They must indeed be circumcised, whether born in your house or bought with money. The sign of my covenant will be visible in your flesh as a permanent reminder. -- genesis 17:13 +. +Any uncircumcised male who has not been circumcised in the flesh of his foreskin will be cut off from his people - he has failed to carry out my requirement." -- genesis 17:14 +. +Then God said to Abraham, "As for your wife, you must no longer call her Sarai; Sarah will be her name. -- genesis 17:15 +. +I will bless her and will give you a son through her. I will bless her and she will become a mother of nations. Kings of countries will come from her!" -- genesis 17:16 +. +Then Abraham bowed down with his face to the ground and laughed as he said to himself, "Can a son be born to a man who is a hundred years old? Can Sarah bear a child at the age of ninety?" -- genesis 17:17 +. +Abraham said to God, "O that Ishmael might live before you!" -- genesis 17:18 +. +God said, "No, Sarah your wife is going to bear you a son, and you will name him Isaac. I will confirm my covenant with him as a perpetual covenant for his descendants after him. -- genesis 17:19 +. +As for Ishmael, I have heard you. I will indeed bless him, make him fruitful, and give him a multitude of descendants. He will become the father of twelve princes; I will make him into a great nation. -- genesis 17:20 +. +But I will establish my covenant with Isaac, whom Sarah will bear to you at this set time next year." -- genesis 17:21 +. +When he finished speaking with Abraham, God went up from him. -- genesis 17:22 +. +Abraham took his son Ishmael and every male in his household (whether born in his house or bought with money) and circumcised them on that very same day, just as God had told him to do. -- genesis 17:23 +. +Now Abraham was years old when he was circumcised; -- genesis 17:24 +. +his son Ishmael was thirteen years old when he was circumcised. -- genesis 17:25 +. +Abraham and his son Ishmael were circumcised on the very same day. -- genesis 17:26 +. +All the men of his household, whether born in his household or bought with money from a foreigner, were circumcised with him. -- genesis 17:27 +. +The Lord appeared to Abraham by the oaks of Mamre while he was sitting at the entrance to his tent during the hottest time of the day. -- genesis 18:1 +. +Abraham looked up and saw three men standing across from him. When he saw them he ran from the entrance of the tent to meet them and bowed low to the ground. -- genesis 18:2 +. +He said, "My lord, if I have found favor in your sight, do not pass by and leave your servant. -- genesis 18:3 +. +Let a little water be brought so that you may all wash your feet and rest under the tree. -- genesis 18:4 +. +And let me get a bit of food so that you may refresh yourselves since you have passed by your servant's home. After that you may be on your way." "All right," they replied, "you may do as you say." -- genesis 18:5 +. +So Abraham hurried into the tent and said to Sarah, "Quick! Take three measures of fine flour, knead it, and make bread." -- genesis 18:6 +. +Then Abraham ran to the herd and chose a fine, tender calf, and gave it to a servant, who quickly prepared it. -- genesis 18:7 +. +Abraham then took some curds and milk, along with the calf that had been prepared, and placed the food before them. They ate while he was standing near them under a tree. -- genesis 18:8 +. +Then they asked him, "Where is Sarah your wife?" He replied, "There, in the tent." -- genesis 18:9 +. +One of them said, "I will surely return to you when the season comes round again, and your wife Sarah will have a son!" (Now Sarah was listening at the entrance to the tent, not far behind him. -- genesis 18:10 +. +Abraham and Sarah were old and advancing in years; Sarah had long since passed menopause.) -- genesis 18:11 +. +So Sarah laughed to herself, thinking, "After I am worn out will I have pleasure, especially when my husband is old too?" -- genesis 18:12 +. +The Lord said to Abraham, "Why did Sarah laugh and say, 'Will I really have a child when I am old?' -- genesis 18:13 +. +Is anything impossible for the Lord? I will return to you when the season comes round again and Sarah will have a son." -- genesis 18:14 +. +Then Sarah lied, saying, "I did not laugh," because she was afraid. But the Lord said, "No! You did laugh." -- genesis 18:15 +. +When the men got up to leave, they looked out over Sodom. (Now Abraham was walking with them to see them on their way.) -- genesis 18:16 +. +Then the Lord said, "Should I hide from Abraham what I am about to do? -- genesis 18:17 +. +After all, Abraham will surely become a great and powerful nation, and all the nations on the earth will pronounce blessings on one another using his name. -- genesis 18:18 +. +I have chosen him so that he may command his children and his household after him to keep the way of the Lord by doing what is right and just. Then the Lord will give to Abraham what he promised him." -- genesis 18:19 +. +So the Lord said, "The outcry against Sodom and Gomorrah is so great and their sin so blatant -- genesis 18:20 +. +that I must go down and see if they are as wicked as the outcry suggests. If not, I want to know." -- genesis 18:21 +. +The two men turned and headed toward Sodom, but Abraham was still standing before the Lord. -- genesis 18:22 +. +Abraham approached and said, "Will you sweep away the godly along with the wicked? -- genesis 18:23 +. +What if there are fifty godly people in the city? Will you really wipe it out and not spare the place for the sake of the fifty godly people who are in it? -- genesis 18:24 +. +Far be it from you to do such a thing - to kill the godly with the wicked, treating the godly and the wicked alike! Far be it from you! Will not the judge of the whole earth do what is right?" -- genesis 18:25 +. +So the Lord replied, "If I find in the city of Sodom fifty godly people, I will spare the whole place for their sake." -- genesis 18:26 +. +Then Abraham asked, "Since I have undertaken to speak to the Lord (although I am but dust and ashes), -- genesis 18:27 +. +what if there are five less than the fifty godly people? Will you destroy the whole city because five are lacking?" He replied, "I will not destroy it if I find forty-five there." -- genesis 18:28 +. +Abraham spoke to him again, "What if forty are found there?" He replied, "I will not do it for the sake of the forty." -- genesis 18:29 +. +Then Abraham said, "May the Lord not be angry so that I may speak! What if thirty are found there?" He replied, "I will not do it if I find thirty there." -- genesis 18:30 +. +Abraham said, "Since I have undertaken to speak to the Lord, what if only twenty are found there?" He replied, "I will not destroy it for the sake of the twenty." -- genesis 18:31 +. +Finally Abraham said, "May the Lord not be angry so that I may speak just once more. What if ten are found there?" He replied, "I will not destroy it for the sake of the ten." -- genesis 18:32 +. +The Lord went on his way when he had finished speaking to Abraham. Then Abraham returned home. -- genesis 18:33 +. +The two angels came to Sodom in the evening while Lot was sitting in the city's gateway. When Lot saw them, he got up to meet them and bowed down with his face toward the ground. -- genesis 19:1 +. +He said, "Here, my lords, please turn aside to your servant's house. Stay the night and wash your feet. Then you can be on your way early in the morning." "No," they replied, "we'll spend the night in the town square." -- genesis 19:2 +. +But he urged them persistently, so they turned aside with him and entered his house. He prepared a feast for them, including bread baked without yeast, and they ate. -- genesis 19:3 +. +Before they could lie down to sleep, all the men - both young and old, from every part of the city of Sodom - surrounded the house. -- genesis 19:4 +. +They shouted to Lot, "Where are the men who came to you tonight? Bring them out to us so we can have sex with them!" -- genesis 19:5 +. +Lot went outside to them, shutting the door behind him. -- genesis 19:6 +. +He said, "No, my brothers! Don't act so wickedly! -- genesis 19:7 +. +Look, I have two daughters who have never had sexual relations with a man. Let me bring them out to you, and you can do to them whatever you please. Only don't do anything to these men, for they have come under the protection of my roof." -- genesis 19:8 +. +"Out of our way!" they cried, and "This man came to live here as a foreigner, and now he dares to judge us! We'll do more harm to you than to them!" They kept pressing in on Lot until they were close enough to break down the door. -- genesis 19:9 +. +So the men inside reached out and pulled Lot back into the house as they shut the door. -- genesis 19:10 +. +Then they struck the men who were at the door of the house, from the youngest to the oldest, with blindness. The men outside wore themselves out trying to find the door. -- genesis 19:11 +. +Then the two visitors said to Lot, "Who else do you have here? Do you have any sons-in-law, sons, daughters, or other relatives in the city? Get them out of this place -- genesis 19:12 +. +because we are about to destroy it. The outcry against this place is so great before the Lord that he has sent us to destroy it." -- genesis 19:13 +. +Then Lot went out and spoke to his sons-in-law who were going to marry his daughters. He said, "Quick, get out of this place because the Lord is about to destroy the city!" But his sons-in-law thought he was ridiculing them. -- genesis 19:14 +. +At dawn the angels hurried Lot along, saying, "Get going! Take your wife and your two daughters who are here, or else you will be destroyed when the city is judged!" -- genesis 19:15 +. +When Lot hesitated, the men grabbed his hand and the hands of his wife and two daughters because the Lord had compassion on them. They led them away and placed them outside the city. -- genesis 19:16 +. +When they had brought them outside, they said, "Run for your lives! Don't look behind you or stop anywhere in the valley! Escape to the mountains or you will be destroyed!" -- genesis 19:17 +. +But Lot said to them, "No, please, Lord! -- genesis 19:18 +. +Your servant has found favor with you, and you have shown me great kindness by sparing my life. But I am not able to escape to the mountains because this disaster will overtake me and I'll die. -- genesis 19:19 +. +Look, this town over here is close enough to escape to, and it's just a little one. Let me go there. It's just a little place, isn't it? Then I'll survive." -- genesis 19:20 +. +"Very well," he replied, "I will grant this request too and will not overthrow the town you mentioned. -- genesis 19:21 +. +Run there quickly, for I cannot do anything until you arrive there." (This incident explains why the town was called Zoar.) -- genesis 19:22 +. +The sun had just risen over the land as Lot reached Zoar. -- genesis 19:23 +. +Then the Lord rained down sulfur and fire on Sodom and Gomorrah. It was sent down from the sky by the Lord. -- genesis 19:24 +. +So he overthrew those cities and all that region, including all the inhabitants of the cities and the vegetation that grew from the ground. -- genesis 19:25 +. +But Lot's wife looked back longingly and was turned into a pillar of salt. -- genesis 19:26 +. +Abraham got up early in the morning and went to the place where he had stood before the Lord. -- genesis 19:27 +. +He looked out toward Sodom and Gomorrah and all the land of that region. As he did so, he saw the smoke rising up from the land like smoke from a furnace. -- genesis 19:28 +. +So when God destroyed the cities of the region, God honored Abraham's request. He removed Lot from the midst of the destruction when he destroyed the cities Lot had lived in. -- genesis 19:29 +. +Lot went up from Zoar with his two daughters and settled in the mountains because he was afraid to live in Zoar. So he lived in a cave with his two daughters. -- genesis 19:30 +. +Later the older daughter said to the younger, "Our father is old, and there is no man anywhere nearby to have sexual relations with us, according to the way of all the world. -- genesis 19:31 +. +Come, let's make our father drunk with wine so we can have sexual relations with him and preserve our family line through our father." -- genesis 19:32 +. +So that night they made their father drunk with wine, and the older daughter came and had sexual relations with her father. But he was not aware that she had sexual relations with him and then got up. -- genesis 19:33 +. +So in the morning the older daughter said to the younger, "Since I had sexual relations with my father last night, let's make him drunk again tonight. Then you go and have sexual relations with him so we can preserve our family line through our father." -- genesis 19:34 +. +So they made their father drunk that night as well, and the younger one came and had sexual relations with him. But he was not aware that she had sexual relations with him and then got up. -- genesis 19:35 +. +In this way both of Lot's daughters became pregnant by their father. -- genesis 19:36 +. +The older daughter gave birth to a son and named him Moab. He is the ancestor of the Moabites of today. -- genesis 19:37 +. +The younger daughter also gave birth to a son and named him Ben-Ammi. He is the ancestor of the Ammonites of today. -- genesis 19:38 +. +Abraham journeyed from there to the Negev region and settled between Kadesh and Shur. While he lived as a temporary resident in Gerar, -- genesis 20:1 +. +Abraham said about his wife Sarah, "She is my sister." So Abimelech, king of Gerar, sent for Sarah and took her. -- genesis 20:2 +. +But God appeared to Abimelech in a dream at night and said to him, "You are as good as dead because of the woman you have taken, for she is someone else's wife." -- genesis 20:3 +. +Now Abimelech had not gone near her. He said, "Lord, would you really slaughter an innocent nation? -- genesis 20:4 +. +Did Abraham not say to me, 'She is my sister'? And she herself said, 'He is my brother.' I have done this with a clear conscience and with innocent hands!" -- genesis 20:5 +. +Then in the dream God replied to him, "Yes, I know that you have done this with a clear conscience. That is why I have kept you from sinning against me and why I did not allow you to touch her. -- genesis 20:6 +. +But now give back the man's wife. Indeed he is a prophet and he will pray for you; thus you will live. But if you don't give her back, know that you will surely die along with all who belong to you." -- genesis 20:7 +. +Early in the morning Abimelech summoned all his servants. When he told them about all these things, they were terrified. -- genesis 20:8 +. +Abimelech summoned Abraham and said to him, "What have you done to us? What sin did I commit against you that would cause you to bring such great guilt on me and my kingdom? You have done things to me that should not be done!" -- genesis 20:9 +. +Then Abimelech asked Abraham, "What prompted you to do this thing?" -- genesis 20:10 +. +Abraham replied, "Because I thought, 'Surely no one fears God in this place. They will kill me because of my wife.' -- genesis 20:11 +. +What's more, she is indeed my sister, my father's daughter, but not my mother's daughter. She became my wife. -- genesis 20:12 +. +When God made me wander from my father's house, I told her, 'This is what you can do to show your loyalty to me: Every place we go, say about me, "He is my brother."'" -- genesis 20:13 +. +So Abimelech gave sheep, cattle, and male and female servants to Abraham. He also gave his wife Sarah back to him. -- genesis 20:14 +. +Then Abimelech said, "Look, my land is before you; live wherever you please." -- genesis 20:15 +. +To Sarah he said, "Look, I have given a thousand pieces of silver to your 'brother.' This is compensation for you so that you will stand vindicated before all who are with you." -- genesis 20:16 +. +Abraham prayed to God, and God healed Abimelech, as well as his wife and female slaves so that they were able to have children. -- genesis 20:17 +. +For the Lord had caused infertility to strike every woman in the household of Abimelech because he took Sarah, Abraham's wife. -- genesis 20:18 +. +The Lord visited Sarah just as he had said he would and did for Sarah what he had promised. -- genesis 21:1 +. +So Sarah became pregnant and bore Abraham a son in his old age at the appointed time that God had told him. -- genesis 21:2 +. +Abraham named his son - whom Sarah bore to him - Isaac. -- genesis 21:3 +. +When his son Isaac was eight days old, Abraham circumcised him just as God had commanded him to do. -- genesis 21:4 +. +(Now Abraham was a hundred years old when his son Isaac was born to him.) -- genesis 21:5 +. +Sarah said, "God has made me laugh. Everyone who hears about this will laugh with me." -- genesis 21:6 +. +She went on to say, "Who would have said to Abraham that Sarah would nurse children? Yet I have given birth to a son for him in his old age!" -- genesis 21:7 +. +The child grew and was weaned. Abraham prepared a great feast on the day that Isaac was weaned. -- genesis 21:8 +. +But Sarah noticed the son of Hagar the Egyptian - the son whom Hagar had borne to Abraham - mocking. -- genesis 21:9 +. +So she said to Abraham, "Banish that slave woman and her son, for the son of that slave woman will not be an heir along with my son Isaac!" -- genesis 21:10 +. +Sarah's demand displeased Abraham greatly because Ishmael was his son. -- genesis 21:11 +. +But God said to Abraham, "Do not be upset about the boy or your slave wife. Do all that Sarah is telling you because through Isaac your descendants will be counted. -- genesis 21:12 +. +But I will also make the son of the slave wife into a great nation, for he is your descendant too." -- genesis 21:13 +. +Early in the morning Abraham took some food and a skin of water and gave them to Hagar. He put them on her shoulders, gave her the child, and sent her away. So she went wandering aimlessly through the wilderness of Beer Sheba. -- genesis 21:14 +. +When the water in the skin was gone, she shoved the child under one of the shrubs. -- genesis 21:15 +. +Then she went and sat down by herself across from him at quite a distance, about a bowshot away; for she thought, "I refuse to watch the child die." So she sat across from him and wept uncontrollably. -- genesis 21:16 +. +But God heard the boy's voice. The angel of God called to Hagar from heaven and asked her, "What is the matter, Hagar? Don't be afraid, for God has heard the boy's voice right where he is crying. -- genesis 21:17 +. +Get up! Help the boy up and hold him by the hand, for I will make him into a great nation." -- genesis 21:18 +. +Then God enabled Hagar to see a well of water. She went over and filled the skin with water, and then gave the boy a drink. -- genesis 21:19 +. +God was with the boy as he grew. He lived in the wilderness and became an archer. -- genesis 21:20 +. +He lived in the wilderness of Paran. His mother found a wife for him from the land of Egypt. -- genesis 21:21 +. +At that time Abimelech and Phicol, the commander of his army, said to Abraham, "God is with you in all that you do. -- genesis 21:22 +. +Now swear to me right here in God's name that you will not deceive me, my children, or my descendants. Show me, and the land where you are staying, the same loyalty that I have shown you." -- genesis 21:23 +. +Abraham said, "I swear to do this." -- genesis 21:24 +. +But Abraham lodged a complaint against Abimelech concerning a well that Abimelech's servants had seized. -- genesis 21:25 +. +"I do not know who has done this thing," Abimelech replied. "Moreover, you did not tell me. I did not hear about it until today." -- genesis 21:26 +. +Abraham took some sheep and cattle and gave them to Abimelech. The two of them made a treaty. -- genesis 21:27 +. +Then Abraham set seven ewe lambs apart from the flock by themselves. -- genesis 21:28 +. +Abimelech asked Abraham, "What is the meaning of these seven ewe lambs that you have set apart?" -- genesis 21:29 +. +He replied, "You must take these seven ewe lambs from my hand as legal proof that I dug this well." -- genesis 21:30 +. +That is why he named that place Beer Sheba, because the two of them swore an oath there. -- genesis 21:31 +. +So they made a treaty at Beer Sheba. Then Abimelech and Phicol, the commander of his army, returned to the land of the Philistines. -- genesis 21:32 +. +Abraham planted a tamarisk tree in Beer Sheba. There he worshiped the Lord, the eternal God. -- genesis 21:33 +. +So Abraham stayed in the land of the Philistines for quite some time. -- genesis 21:34 +. +Some time after these things God tested Abraham. He said to him, "Abraham!" "Here I am!" Abraham replied. -- genesis 22:1 +. +God said, "Take your son - your only son, whom you love, Isaac - and go to the land of Moriah! Offer him up there as a burnt offering on one of the mountains which I will indicate to you." -- genesis 22:2 +. +Early in the morning Abraham got up and saddled his donkey. He took two of his young servants with him, along with his son Isaac. When he had cut the wood for the burnt offering, he started out for the place God had spoken to him about. -- genesis 22:3 +. +On the third day Abraham caught sight of the place in the distance. -- genesis 22:4 +. +So he said to his servants, "You two stay here with the donkey while the boy and I go up there. We will worship and then return to you." -- genesis 22:5 +. +Abraham took the wood for the burnt offering and put it on his son Isaac. Then he took the fire and the knife in his hand, and the two of them walked on together. -- genesis 22:6 +. +Isaac said to his father Abraham, "My father?" "What is it, my son?" he replied. "Here is the fire and the wood," Isaac said, "but where is the lamb for the burnt offering?" -- genesis 22:7 +. +"God will provide for himself the lamb for the burnt offering, my son," Abraham replied. The two of them continued on together. -- genesis 22:8 +. +When they came to the place God had told him about, Abraham built the altar there and arranged the wood on it. Next he tied up his son Isaac and placed him on the altar on top of the wood. -- genesis 22:9 +. +Then Abraham reached out his hand, took the knife, and prepared to slaughter his son. -- genesis 22:10 +. +But the Lord's angel called to him from heaven, "Abraham! Abraham!" "Here I am!" he answered. -- genesis 22:11 +. +"Do not harm the boy!" the angel said. "Do not do anything to him, for now I know that you fear God because you did not withhold your son, your only son, from me." -- genesis 22:12 +. +Abraham looked up and saw behind him a ram caught in the bushes by its horns. So he went over and got the ram and offered it up as a burnt offering instead of his son. -- genesis 22:13 +. +And Abraham called the name of that place "The Lord provides." It is said to this day, "In the mountain of the Lord provision will be made." -- genesis 22:14 +. +The Lord's angel called to Abraham a second time from heaven -- genesis 22:15 +. +and said, "'I solemnly swear by my own name,' decrees the Lord, 'that because you have done this and have not withheld your son, your only son, -- genesis 22:16 +. +I will indeed bless you, and I will greatly multiply your descendants so that they will be as countless as the stars in the sky or the grains of sand on the seashore. Your descendants will take possession of the strongholds of their enemies. -- genesis 22:17 +. +Because you have obeyed me, all the nations of the earth will pronounce blessings on one another using the name of your descendants.'" -- genesis 22:18 +. +Then Abraham returned to his servants, and they set out together for Beer Sheba where Abraham stayed. -- genesis 22:19 +. +After these things Abraham was told, "Milcah also has borne children to your brother Nahor - -- genesis 22:20 +. +Uz the firstborn, his brother Buz, Kemuel (the father of Aram), -- genesis 22:21 +. +Kesed, Hazo, Pildash, Jidlaph, and Bethuel." -- genesis 22:22 +. +(Now Bethuel became the father of Rebekah.) These were the eight sons Milcah bore to Abraham's brother Nahor. -- genesis 22:23 +. +His concubine, whose name was Reumah, also bore him children - Tebah, Gaham, Tahash, and Maacah. -- genesis 22:24 +. +Sarah lived years. -- genesis 23:1 +. +Then she died in Kiriath Arba (that is, Hebron) in the land of Canaan. Abraham went to mourn for Sarah and to weep for her. -- genesis 23:2 +. +Then Abraham got up from mourning his dead wife and said to the sons of Heth, -- genesis 23:3 +. +"I am a temporary settler among you. Grant me ownership of a burial site among you so that I may bury my dead." -- genesis 23:4 +. +The sons of Heth answered Abraham, -- genesis 23:5 +. +"Listen, sir, you are a mighty prince among us! You may bury your dead in the choicest of our tombs. None of us will refuse you his tomb to prevent you from burying your dead." -- genesis 23:6 +. +Abraham got up and bowed down to the local people, the sons of Heth. -- genesis 23:7 +. +Then he said to them, "If you agree that I may bury my dead, then hear me out. Ask Ephron the son of Zohar -- genesis 23:8 +. +if he will sell me the cave of Machpelah that belongs to him; it is at the end of his field. Let him sell it to me publicly for the full price, so that I may own it as a burial site." -- genesis 23:9 +. +(Now Ephron was sitting among the sons of Heth.) Ephron the Hethite replied to Abraham in the hearing of the sons of Heth - before all who entered the gate of his city - -- genesis 23:10 +. +"No, my lord! Hear me out. I sell you both the field and the cave that is in it. In the presence of my people I sell it to you. Bury your dead." -- genesis 23:11 +. +Abraham bowed before the local people -- genesis 23:12 +. +and said to Ephron in their hearing, "Hear me, if you will. I pay to you the price of the field. Take it from me so that I may bury my dead there." -- genesis 23:13 +. +Ephron answered Abraham, saying to him, -- genesis 23:14 +. +"Hear me, my lord. The land is worth pieces of silver, but what is that between me and you? So bury your dead." -- genesis 23:15 +. +So Abraham agreed to Ephron's price and weighed out for him the price that Ephron had quoted in the hearing of the sons of Heth - pieces of silver, according to the standard measurement at the time. -- genesis 23:16 +. +So Abraham secured Ephron's field in Machpelah, next to Mamre, including the field, the cave that was in it, and all the trees that were in the field and all around its border, -- genesis 23:17 +. +as his property in the presence of the sons of Heth before all who entered the gate of Ephron's city. -- genesis 23:18 +. +After this Abraham buried his wife Sarah in the cave in the field of Machpelah next to Mamre (that is, Hebron) in the land of Canaan. -- genesis 23:19 +. +So Abraham secured the field and the cave that was in it as a burial site from the sons of Heth. -- genesis 23:20 +. +Now Abraham was old, well advanced in years, and the Lord had blessed him in everything. -- genesis 24:1 +. +Abraham said to his servant, the senior one in his household who was in charge of everything he had, "Put your hand under my thigh -- genesis 24:2 +. +so that I may make you solemnly promise by the Lord, the God of heaven and the God of the earth: You must not acquire a wife for my son from the daughters of the Canaanites, among whom I am living. -- genesis 24:3 +. +You must go instead to my country and to my relatives to find a wife for my son Isaac." -- genesis 24:4 +. +The servant asked him, "What if the woman is not willing to come back with me to this land? Must I then take your son back to the land from which you came?" -- genesis 24:5 +. +"Be careful never to take my son back there!" Abraham told him. -- genesis 24:6 +. +"The Lord, the God of heaven, who took me from my father's house and the land of my relatives, promised me with a solemn oath, 'To your descendants I will give this land.' He will send his angel before you so that you may find a wife for my son from there. -- genesis 24:7 +. +But if the woman is not willing to come back with you, you will be free from this oath of mine. But you must not take my son back there!" -- genesis 24:8 +. +So the servant placed his hand under the thigh of his master Abraham and gave his solemn promise he would carry out his wishes. -- genesis 24:9 +. +Then the servant took ten of his master's camels and departed with all kinds of gifts from his master at his disposal. He journeyed to the region of Aram Naharaim and the city of Nahor. -- genesis 24:10 +. +He made the camels kneel down by the well outside the city. It was evening, the time when the women would go out to draw water. -- genesis 24:11 +. +He prayed, "O Lord, God of my master Abraham, guide me today. Be faithful to my master Abraham. -- genesis 24:12 +. +Here I am, standing by the spring, and the daughters of the people who live in the town are coming out to draw water. -- genesis 24:13 +. +I will say to a young woman, 'Please lower your jar so I may drink.' May the one you have chosen for your servant Isaac reply, 'Drink, and I'll give your camels water too.' In this way I will know that you have been faithful to my master." -- genesis 24:14 +. +Before he had finished praying, there came Rebekah with her water jug on her shoulder. She was the daughter of Bethuel son of Milcah (Milcah was the wife of Abraham's brother Nahor). -- genesis 24:15 +. +Now the young woman was very beautiful. She was a virgin; no man had ever had sexual relations with her. She went down to the spring, filled her jug, and came back up. -- genesis 24:16 +. +Abraham's servant ran to meet her and said, "Please give me a sip of water from your jug." -- genesis 24:17 +. +"Drink, my lord," she replied, and quickly lowering her jug to her hands, she gave him a drink. -- genesis 24:18 +. +When she had done so, she said, "I'll draw water for your camels too, until they have drunk as much as they want." -- genesis 24:19 +. +She quickly emptied her jug into the watering trough and ran back to the well to draw more water until she had drawn enough for all his camels. -- genesis 24:20 +. +Silently the man watched her with interest to determine if the Lord had made his journey successful or not. -- genesis 24:21 +. +After the camels had finished drinking, the man took out a gold nose ring weighing a beka and two gold bracelets weighing ten shekels and gave them to her. -- genesis 24:22 +. +"Whose daughter are you?" he asked. "Tell me, is there room in your father's house for us to spend the night?" -- genesis 24:23 +. +She said to him, "I am the daughter of Bethuel the son of Milcah, whom Milcah bore to Nahor. -- genesis 24:24 +. +We have plenty of straw and feed," she added, "and room for you to spend the night." -- genesis 24:25 +. +The man bowed his head and worshiped the Lord, -- genesis 24:26 +. +saying "Praised be the Lord, the God of my master Abraham, who has not abandoned his faithful love for my master! The Lord has led me to the house of my master's relatives!" -- genesis 24:27 +. +The young woman ran and told her mother's household all about these things. -- genesis 24:28 +. +(Now Rebekah had a brother named Laban.) Laban rushed out to meet the man at the spring. -- genesis 24:29 +. +When he saw the bracelets on his sister's wrists and the nose ring and heard his sister Rebekah say, "This is what the man said to me," he went out to meet the man. There he was, standing by the camels near the spring. -- genesis 24:30 +. +Laban said to him, "Come, you who are blessed by the Lord! Why are you standing out here when I have prepared the house and a place for the camels?" -- genesis 24:31 +. +So Abraham's servant went to the house and unloaded the camels. Straw and feed were given to the camels, and water was provided so that he and the men who were with him could wash their feet. -- genesis 24:32 +. +When food was served, he said, "I will not eat until I have said what I want to say." "Tell us," Laban said. -- genesis 24:33 +. +"I am the servant of Abraham," he began. -- genesis 24:34 +. +"The Lord has richly blessed my master and he has become very wealthy. The Lord has given him sheep and cattle, silver and gold, male and female servants, and camels and donkeys. -- genesis 24:35 +. +My master's wife Sarah bore a son to him when she was old, and my master has given him everything he owns. -- genesis 24:36 +. +My master made me swear an oath. He said, 'You must not acquire a wife for my son from the daughters of the Canaanites, among whom I am living, -- genesis 24:37 +. +but you must go to the family of my father and to my relatives to find a wife for my son.' -- genesis 24:38 +. +But I said to my master, 'What if the woman does not want to go with me?' -- genesis 24:39 +. +He answered, 'The Lord, before whom I have walked, will send his angel with you. He will make your journey a success and you will find a wife for my son from among my relatives, from my father's family. -- genesis 24:40 +. +You will be free from your oath if you go to my relatives and they will not give her to you. Then you will be free from your oath.' -- genesis 24:41 +. +When I came to the spring today, I prayed, 'O Lord, God of my master Abraham, if you have decided to make my journey successful, may events unfold as follows: -- genesis 24:42 +. +Here I am, standing by the spring. When the young woman goes out to draw water, I'll say, "Give me a little water to drink from your jug." -- genesis 24:43 +. +Then she will reply to me, "Drink, and I'll draw water for your camels too." May that woman be the one whom the Lord has chosen for my master's son.' -- genesis 24:44 +. +"Before I finished praying in my heart, along came Rebekah with her water jug on her shoulder! She went down to the spring and drew water. So I said to her, 'Please give me a drink.' -- genesis 24:45 +. +She quickly lowered her jug from her shoulder and said, 'Drink, and I'll give your camels water too.' So I drank, and she also gave the camels water. -- genesis 24:46 +. +Then I asked her, 'Whose daughter are you?' She replied, 'The daughter of Bethuel the son of Nahor, whom Milcah bore to Nahor.' I put the ring in her nose and the bracelets on her wrists. -- genesis 24:47 +. +Then I bowed down and worshiped the Lord. I praised the Lord, the God of my master Abraham, who had led me on the right path to find the granddaughter of my master's brother for his son. -- genesis 24:48 +. +Now, if you will show faithful love to my master, tell me. But if not, tell me as well, so that I may go on my way." -- genesis 24:49 +. +Then Laban and Bethuel replied, "This is the Lord's doing. Our wishes are of no concern. -- genesis 24:50 +. +Rebekah stands here before you. Take her and go so that she may become the wife of your master's son, just as the Lord has decided." -- genesis 24:51 +. +When Abraham's servant heard their words, he bowed down to the ground before the Lord. -- genesis 24:52 +. +Then he brought out gold, silver jewelry, and clothing and gave them to Rebekah. He also gave valuable gifts to her brother and to her mother. -- genesis 24:53 +. +After this, he and the men who were with him ate a meal and stayed there overnight. When they got up in the morning, he said, "Let me leave now so I can return to my master." -- genesis 24:54 +. +But Rebekah's brother and her mother replied, "Let the girl stay with us a few more days, perhaps ten. Then she can go." -- genesis 24:55 +. +But he said to them, "Don't detain me - the Lord has granted me success on my journey. Let me leave now so I may return to my master." -- genesis 24:56 +. +Then they said, "We'll call the girl and find out what she wants to do." -- genesis 24:57 +. +So they called Rebekah and asked her, "Do you want to go with this man?" She replied, "I want to go." -- genesis 24:58 +. +So they sent their sister Rebekah on her way, accompanied by her female attendant, with Abraham's servant and his men. -- genesis 24:59 +. +They blessed Rebekah with these words: "Our sister, may you become the mother of thousands of ten thousands! May your descendants possess the strongholds of their enemies." -- genesis 24:60 +. +Then Rebekah and her female servants mounted the camels and rode away with the man. So Abraham's servant took Rebekah and left. -- genesis 24:61 +. +Now Isaac came from Beer Lahai Roi, for he was living in the Negev. -- genesis 24:62 +. +He went out to relax in the field in the early evening. Then he looked up and saw that there were camels approaching. -- genesis 24:63 +. +Rebekah looked up and saw Isaac. She got down from her camel -- genesis 24:64 +. +and asked Abraham's servant, "Who is that man walking in the field toward us?" "That is my master," the servant replied. So she took her veil and covered herself. -- genesis 24:65 +. +The servant told Isaac everything that had happened. -- genesis 24:66 +. +Then Isaac brought Rebekah into his mother Sarah's tent. He took her as his wife and loved her. So Isaac was comforted after his mother's death. -- genesis 24:67 +. +Abraham had taken another wife, named Keturah. -- genesis 25:1 +. +She bore him Zimran, Jokshan, Medan, Midian, Ishbak, and Shuah. -- genesis 25:2 +. +Jokshan became the father of Sheba and Dedan. The descendants of Dedan were the Asshurites, Letushites, and Leummites. -- genesis 25:3 +. +The sons of Midian were Ephah, Epher, Hanoch, Abida, and Eldaah. All these were descendants of Keturah. -- genesis 25:4 +. +Everything he owned Abraham left to his son Isaac. -- genesis 25:5 +. +But while he was still alive, Abraham gave gifts to the sons of his concubines and sent them off to the east, away from his son Isaac. -- genesis 25:6 +. +Abraham lived a total of years. -- genesis 25:7 +. +Then Abraham breathed his last and died at a good old age, an old man who had lived a full life. He joined his ancestors. -- genesis 25:8 +. +His sons Isaac and Ishmael buried him in the cave of Machpelah near Mamre, in the field of Ephron the son of Zohar, the Hethite. -- genesis 25:9 +. +This was the field Abraham had purchased from the sons of Heth. There Abraham was buried with his wife Sarah. -- genesis 25:10 +. +After Abraham's death, God blessed his son Isaac. Isaac lived near Beer Lahai Roi. -- genesis 25:11 +. +This is the account of Abraham's son Ishmael, whom Hagar the Egyptian, Sarah's servant, bore to Abraham. -- genesis 25:12 +. +These are the names of Ishmael's sons, by their names according to their records: Nebaioth (Ishmael's firstborn), Kedar, Adbeel, Mibsam, -- genesis 25:13 +. +Mishma, Dumah, Massa, -- genesis 25:14 +. +Hadad, Tema, Jetur, Naphish, and Kedemah. -- genesis 25:15 +. +These are the sons of Ishmael, and these are their names by their settlements and their camps - twelve princes according to their clans. -- genesis 25:16 +. +Ishmael lived a total of years. He breathed his last and died; then he joined his ancestors. -- genesis 25:17 +. +His descendants settled from Havilah to Shur, which runs next to Egypt all the way to Asshur. They settled away from all their relatives. -- genesis 25:18 +. +This is the account of Isaac, the son of Abraham. Abraham became the father of Isaac. -- genesis 25:19 +. +When Isaac was forty years old, he married Rebekah, the daughter of Bethuel the Aramean from Paddan Aram and sister of Laban the Aramean. -- genesis 25:20 +. +Isaac prayed to the Lord on behalf of his wife because she was childless. The Lord answered his prayer, and his wife Rebekah became pregnant. -- genesis 25:21 +. +But the children struggled inside her, and she said, "If it is going to be like this, I'm not so sure I want to be pregnant!" So she asked the Lord, -- genesis 25:22 +. +and the Lord said to her, "Two nations are in your womb, and two peoples will be separated from within you. One people will be stronger than the other, and the older will serve the younger." -- genesis 25:23 +. +When the time came for Rebekah to give birth, there were twins in her womb. -- genesis 25:24 +. +The first came out reddish all over, like a hairy garment, so they named him Esau. -- genesis 25:25 +. +When his brother came out with his hand clutching Esau's heel, they named him Jacob. Isaac was sixty years old when they were born. -- genesis 25:26 +. +When the boys grew up, Esau became a skilled hunter, a man of the open fields, but Jacob was an even-tempered man, living in tents. -- genesis 25:27 +. +Isaac loved Esau because he had a taste for fresh game, but Rebekah loved Jacob. -- genesis 25:28 +. +Now Jacob cooked some stew, and when Esau came in from the open fields, he was famished. -- genesis 25:29 +. +So Esau said to Jacob, "Feed me some of the red stuff - yes, this red stuff - because I'm starving!" (That is why he was also called Edom.) -- genesis 25:30 +. +But Jacob replied, "First sell me your birthright." -- genesis 25:31 +. +"Look," said Esau, "I'm about to die! What use is the birthright to me?" -- genesis 25:32 +. +But Jacob said, "Swear an oath to me now." So Esau swore an oath to him and sold his birthright to Jacob. -- genesis 25:33 +. +Then Jacob gave Esau some bread and lentil stew; Esau ate and drank, then got up and went out. So Esau despised his birthright. -- genesis 25:34 +. +There was a famine in the land, subsequent to the earlier famine that occurred in the days of Abraham. Isaac went to Abimelech king of the Philistines at Gerar. -- genesis 26:1 +. +The Lord appeared to Isaac and said, "Do not go down to Egypt; settle down in the land that I will point out to you. -- genesis 26:2 +. +Stay in this land. Then I will be with you and will bless you, for I will give all these lands to you and to your descendants, and I will fulfill the solemn promise I made to your father Abraham. -- genesis 26:3 +. +I will multiply your descendants so they will be as numerous as the stars in the sky, and I will give them all these lands. All the nations of the earth will pronounce blessings on one another using the name of your descendants. -- genesis 26:4 +. +All this will come to pass because Abraham obeyed me and kept my charge, my commandments, my statutes, and my laws." -- genesis 26:5 +. +So Isaac settled in Gerar. -- genesis 26:6 +. +When the men of that place asked him about his wife, he replied, "She is my sister." He was afraid to say, "She is my wife," for he thought to himself, "The men of this place will kill me to get Rebekah because she is very beautiful." -- genesis 26:7 +. +After Isaac had been there a long time, Abimelech king of the Philistines happened to look out a window and observed Isaac caressing his wife Rebekah. -- genesis 26:8 +. +So Abimelech summoned Isaac and said, "She is really your wife! Why did you say, 'She is my sister'?" Isaac replied, "Because I thought someone might kill me to get her." -- genesis 26:9 +. +Then Abimelech exclaimed, "What in the world have you done to us? One of the men might easily have had sexual relations with your wife, and you would have brought guilt on us!" -- genesis 26:10 +. +So Abimelech commanded all the people, "Whoever touches this man or his wife will surely be put to death." -- genesis 26:11 +. +When Isaac planted in that land, he reaped in the same year a hundred times what he had sown, because the Lord blessed him. -- genesis 26:12 +. +The man became wealthy. His influence continued to grow until he became very prominent. -- genesis 26:13 +. +He had so many sheep and cattle and such a great household of servants that the Philistines became jealous of him. -- genesis 26:14 +. +So the Philistines took dirt and filled up all the wells that his father's servants had dug back in the days of his father Abraham. -- genesis 26:15 +. +Then Abimelech said to Isaac, "Leave us and go elsewhere, for you have become much more powerful than we are." -- genesis 26:16 +. +So Isaac left there and settled in the Gerar Valley. -- genesis 26:17 +. +Isaac reopened the wells that had been dug back in the days of his father Abraham, for the Philistines had stopped them up after Abraham died. Isaac gave these wells the same names his father had given them. -- genesis 26:18 +. +When Isaac's servants dug in the valley and discovered a well with fresh flowing water there, -- genesis 26:19 +. +the herdsmen of Gerar quarreled with Isaac's herdsmen, saying, "The water belongs to us!" So Isaac named the well Esek because they argued with him about it. -- genesis 26:20 +. +His servants dug another well, but they quarreled over it too, so Isaac named it Sitnah. -- genesis 26:21 +. +Then he moved away from there and dug another well. They did not quarrel over it, so Isaac named it Rehoboth, saying, "For now the Lord has made room for us, and we will prosper in the land." -- genesis 26:22 +. +From there Isaac went up to Beer Sheba. -- genesis 26:23 +. +The Lord appeared to him that night and said, "I am the God of your father Abraham. Do not be afraid, for I am with you. I will bless you and multiply your descendants for the sake of my servant Abraham." -- genesis 26:24 +. +Then Isaac built an altar there and worshiped the Lord. He pitched his tent there, and his servants dug a well. -- genesis 26:25 +. +Now Abimelech had come to him from Gerar along with Ahuzzah his friend and Phicol the commander of his army. -- genesis 26:26 +. +Isaac asked them, "Why have you come to me? You hate me and sent me away from you." -- genesis 26:27 +. +They replied, "We could plainly see that the Lord is with you. So we decided there should be a pact between us - between us and you. Allow us to make a treaty with you -- genesis 26:28 +. +so that you will not do us any harm, just as we have not harmed you, but have always treated you well before sending you away in peace. Now you are blessed by the Lord." -- genesis 26:29 +. +So Isaac held a feast for them and they celebrated. -- genesis 26:30 +. +Early in the morning the men made a treaty with each other. Isaac sent them off; they separated on good terms. -- genesis 26:31 +. +That day Isaac's servants came and told him about the well they had dug. "We've found water," they reported. -- genesis 26:32 +. +So he named it Shibah; that is why the name of the city has been Beer Sheba to this day. -- genesis 26:33 +. +When Esau was forty years old, he married Judith the daughter of Beeri the Hittite, as well as Basemath the daughter of Elon the Hittite. -- genesis 26:34 +. +They caused Isaac and Rebekah great anxiety. -- genesis 26:35 +. +When Isaac was old and his eyes were so weak that he was almost blind, he called his older son Esau and said to him, "My son!" "Here I am!" Esau replied. -- genesis 27:1 +. +Isaac said, "Since I am so old, I could die at any time. -- genesis 27:2 +. +Therefore, take your weapons - your quiver and your bow - and go out into the open fields and hunt down some wild game for me. -- genesis 27:3 +. +Then prepare for me some tasty food, the kind I love, and bring it to me. Then I will eat it so that I may bless you before I die." -- genesis 27:4 +. +Now Rebekah had been listening while Isaac spoke to his son Esau. When Esau went out to the open fields to hunt down some wild game and bring it back, -- genesis 27:5 +. +Rebekah said to her son Jacob, "Look, I overheard your father tell your brother Esau, -- genesis 27:6 +. +'Bring me some wild game and prepare for me some tasty food. Then I will eat it and bless you in the presence of the Lord before I die.' -- genesis 27:7 +. +Now then, my son, do exactly what I tell you! -- genesis 27:8 +. +Go to the flock and get me two of the best young goats. I'll prepare them in a tasty way for your father, just the way he loves them. -- genesis 27:9 +. +Then you will take it to your father. Thus he will eat it and bless you before he dies." -- genesis 27:10 +. +"But Esau my brother is a hairy man," Jacob protested to his mother Rebekah, "and I have smooth skin! -- genesis 27:11 +. +My father may touch me! Then he'll think I'm mocking him and I'll bring a curse on myself instead of a blessing." -- genesis 27:12 +. +So his mother told him, "Any curse against you will fall on me, my son! Just obey me! Go and get them for me!" -- genesis 27:13 +. +So he went and got the goats and brought them to his mother. She prepared some tasty food, just the way his father loved it. -- genesis 27:14 +. +Then Rebekah took her older son Esau's best clothes, which she had with her in the house, and put them on her younger son Jacob. -- genesis 27:15 +. +She put the skins of the young goats on his hands and the smooth part of his neck. -- genesis 27:16 +. +Then she handed the tasty food and the bread she had made to her son Jacob. -- genesis 27:17 +. +He went to his father and said, "My father!" Isaac replied, "Here I am. Which are you, my son?" -- genesis 27:18 +. +Jacob said to his father, "I am Esau, your firstborn. I've done as you told me. Now sit up and eat some of my wild game so that you can bless me." -- genesis 27:19 +. +But Isaac asked his son, "How in the world did you find it so quickly, my son?" "Because the Lord your God brought it to me," he replied. -- genesis 27:20 +. +Then Isaac said to Jacob, "Come closer so I can touch you, my son, and know for certain if you really are my son Esau." -- genesis 27:21 +. +So Jacob went over to his father Isaac, who felt him and said, "The voice is Jacob's, but the hands are Esau's." -- genesis 27:22 +. +He did not recognize him because his hands were hairy, like his brother Esau's hands. So Isaac blessed Jacob. -- genesis 27:23 +. +Then he asked, "Are you really my son Esau?" "I am," Jacob replied. -- genesis 27:24 +. +Isaac said, "Bring some of the wild game for me to eat, my son. Then I will bless you." So Jacob brought it to him, and he ate it. He also brought him wine, and Isaac drank. -- genesis 27:25 +. +Then his father Isaac said to him, "Come here and kiss me, my son." -- genesis 27:26 +. +So Jacob went over and kissed him. When Isaac caught the scent of his clothing, he blessed him, saying, "Yes, my son smells like the scent of an open field which the Lord has blessed. -- genesis 27:27 +. +May God give you the dew of the sky and the richness of the earth, and plenty of grain and new wine. -- genesis 27:28 +. +May peoples serve you and nations bow down to you. You will be lord over your brothers, and the sons of your mother will bow down to you. May those who curse you be cursed, and those who bless you be blessed." -- genesis 27:29 +. +Isaac had just finished blessing Jacob, and Jacob had scarcely left his father's presence, when his brother Esau returned from the hunt. -- genesis 27:30 +. +He also prepared some tasty food and brought it to his father. Esau said to him, "My father, get up and eat some of your son's wild game. Then you can bless me." -- genesis 27:31 +. +His father Isaac asked, "Who are you?" "I am your firstborn son," he replied, "Esau!" -- genesis 27:32 +. +Isaac began to shake violently and asked, "Then who else hunted game and brought it to me? I ate all of it just before you arrived, and I blessed him. He will indeed be blessed!" -- genesis 27:33 +. +When Esau heard his father's words, he wailed loudly and bitterly. He said to his father, "Bless me too, my father!" -- genesis 27:34 +. +But Isaac replied, "Your brother came in here deceitfully and took away your blessing." -- genesis 27:35 +. +Esau exclaimed, "'Jacob' is the right name for him! He has tripped me up two times! He took away my birthright, and now, look, he has taken away my blessing!" Then he asked, "Have you not kept back a blessing for me?" -- genesis 27:36 +. +Isaac replied to Esau, "Look! I have made him lord over you. I have made all his relatives his servants and provided him with grain and new wine. What is left that I can do for you, my son?" -- genesis 27:37 +. +Esau said to his father, "Do you have only that one blessing, my father? Bless me too!" Then Esau wept loudly. -- genesis 27:38 +. +So his father Isaac said to him, "Indeed, your home will be away from the richness of the earth, and away from the dew of the sky above. -- genesis 27:39 +. +You will live by your sword but you will serve your brother. When you grow restless, you will tear off his yoke from your neck." -- genesis 27:40 +. +So Esau hated Jacob because of the blessing his father had given to his brother. Esau said privately, "The time of mourning for my father is near; then I will kill my brother Jacob!" -- genesis 27:41 +. +When Rebekah heard what her older son Esau had said, she quickly summoned her younger son Jacob and told him, "Look, your brother Esau is planning to get revenge by killing you. -- genesis 27:42 +. +Now then, my son, do what I say. Run away immediately to my brother Laban in Haran. -- genesis 27:43 +. +Live with him for a little while until your brother's rage subsides. -- genesis 27:44 +. +Stay there until your brother's anger against you subsides and he forgets what you did to him. Then I'll send someone to bring you back from there. Why should I lose both of you in one day?" -- genesis 27:45 +. +Then Rebekah said to Isaac, "I am deeply depressed because of these daughters of Heth. If Jacob were to marry one of these daughters of Heth who live in this land, I would want to die!" -- genesis 27:46 +. +So Isaac called for Jacob and blessed him. Then he commanded him, "You must not marry a Canaanite woman! -- genesis 28:1 +. +Leave immediately for Paddan Aram! Go to the house of Bethuel, your mother's father, and find yourself a wife there, among the daughters of Laban, your mother's brother. -- genesis 28:2 +. +May the sovereign God bless you! May he make you fruitful and give you a multitude of descendants! Then you will become a large nation. -- genesis 28:3 +. +May he give you and your descendants the blessing he gave to Abraham so that you may possess the land God gave to Abraham, the land where you have been living as a temporary resident." -- genesis 28:4 +. +So Isaac sent Jacob on his way, and he went to Paddan Aram, to Laban son of Bethuel the Aramean and brother of Rebekah, the mother of Jacob and Esau. -- genesis 28:5 +. +Esau saw that Isaac had blessed Jacob and sent him off to Paddan Aram to find a wife there. As he blessed him, Isaac commanded him, "You must not marry a Canaanite woman." -- genesis 28:6 +. +Jacob obeyed his father and mother and left for Paddan Aram. -- genesis 28:7 +. +Then Esau realized that the Canaanite women were displeasing to his father Isaac. -- genesis 28:8 +. +So Esau went to Ishmael and married Mahalath, the sister of Nebaioth and daughter of Abraham's son Ishmael, along with the wives he already had. -- genesis 28:9 +. +Meanwhile Jacob left Beer Sheba and set out for Haran. -- genesis 28:10 +. +He reached a certain place where he decided to camp because the sun had gone down. He took one of the stones and placed it near his head. Then he fell asleep in that place -- genesis 28:11 +. +and had a dream. He saw a stairway erected on the earth with its top reaching to the heavens. The angels of God were going up and coming down it -- genesis 28:12 +. +and the Lord stood at its top. He said, "I am the Lord, the God of your grandfather Abraham and the God of your father Isaac. I will give you and your descendants the ground you are lying on. -- genesis 28:13 +. +Your descendants will be like the dust of the earth, and you will spread out to the west, east, north, and south. All the families of the earth will pronounce blessings on one another using your name and that of your descendants. -- genesis 28:14 +. +I am with you! I will protect you wherever you go and will bring you back to this land. I will not leave you until I have done what I promised you!" -- genesis 28:15 +. +Then Jacob woke up and thought, "Surely the Lord is in this place, but I did not realize it!" -- genesis 28:16 +. +He was afraid and said, "What an awesome place this is! This is nothing else than the house of God! This is the gate of heaven!" -- genesis 28:17 +. +Early in the morning Jacob took the stone he had placed near his head and set it up as a sacred stone. Then he poured oil on top of it. -- genesis 28:18 +. +He called that place Bethel, although the former name of the town was Luz. -- genesis 28:19 +. +Then Jacob made a vow, saying, "If God is with me and protects me on this journey I am taking and gives me food to eat and clothing to wear, -- genesis 28:20 +. +and I return safely to my father's home, then the Lord will become my God. -- genesis 28:21 +. +Then this stone that I have set up as a sacred stone will be the house of God, and I will surely give you back a tenth of everything you give me." -- genesis 28:22 +. +So Jacob moved on and came to the land of the eastern people. -- genesis 29:1 +. +He saw in the field a well with three flocks of sheep lying beside it, because the flocks were watered from that well. Now a large stone covered the mouth of the well. -- genesis 29:2 +. +When all the flocks were gathered there, the shepherds would roll the stone off the mouth of the well and water the sheep. Then they would put the stone back in its place over the well's mouth. -- genesis 29:3 +. +Jacob asked them, "My brothers, where are you from?" They replied, "We're from Haran." -- genesis 29:4 +. +So he said to them, "Do you know Laban, the grandson of Nahor?" "We know him," they said. -- genesis 29:5 +. +"Is he well?" Jacob asked. They replied, "He is well. Now look, here comes his daughter Rachel with the sheep." -- genesis 29:6 +. +Then Jacob said, "Since it is still the middle of the day, it is not time for the flocks to be gathered. You should water the sheep and then go and let them graze some more." -- genesis 29:7 +. +"We can't," they said, "until all the flocks are gathered and the stone is rolled off the mouth of the well. Then we water the sheep." -- genesis 29:8 +. +While he was still speaking with them, Rachel arrived with her father's sheep, for she was tending them. -- genesis 29:9 +. +When Jacob saw Rachel, the daughter of his uncle Laban, and the sheep of his uncle Laban, he went over and rolled the stone off the mouth of the well and watered the sheep of his uncle Laban. -- genesis 29:10 +. +Then Jacob kissed Rachel and began to weep loudly. -- genesis 29:11 +. +When Jacob explained to Rachel that he was a relative of her father and the son of Rebekah, she ran and told her father. -- genesis 29:12 +. +When Laban heard this news about Jacob, his sister's son, he rushed out to meet him. He embraced him and kissed him and brought him to his house. Jacob told Laban how he was related to him. -- genesis 29:13 +. +Then Laban said to him, "You are indeed my own flesh and blood." So Jacob stayed with him for a month. -- genesis 29:14 +. +Then Laban said to Jacob, "Should you work for me for nothing because you are my relative? Tell me what your wages should be." -- genesis 29:15 +. +(Now Laban had two daughters; the older one was named Leah, and the younger one Rachel. -- genesis 29:16 +. +Leah's eyes were tender, but Rachel had a lovely figure and beautiful appearance.) -- genesis 29:17 +. +Since Jacob had fallen in love with Rachel, he said, "I'll serve you seven years in exchange for your younger daughter Rachel." -- genesis 29:18 +. +Laban replied, "I'd rather give her to you than to another man. Stay with me." -- genesis 29:19 +. +So Jacob worked for seven years to acquire Rachel. But they seemed like only a few days to him because his love for her was so great. -- genesis 29:20 +. +Finally Jacob said to Laban, "Give me my wife, for my time of service is up. I want to have marital relations with her." -- genesis 29:21 +. +So Laban invited all the people of that place and prepared a feast. -- genesis 29:22 +. +In the evening he brought his daughter Leah to Jacob, and Jacob had marital relations with her. -- genesis 29:23 +. +(Laban gave his female servant Zilpah to his daughter Leah to be her servant.) -- genesis 29:24 +. +In the morning Jacob discovered it was Leah! So Jacob said to Laban, "What in the world have you done to me! Didn't I work for you in exchange for Rachel? Why have you tricked me?" -- genesis 29:25 +. +"It is not our custom here," Laban replied, "to give the younger daughter in marriage before the firstborn. -- genesis 29:26 +. +Complete my older daughter's bridal week. Then we will give you the younger one too, in exchange for seven more years of work." -- genesis 29:27 +. +Jacob did as Laban said. When Jacob completed Leah's bridal week, Laban gave him his daughter Rachel to be his wife. -- genesis 29:28 +. +(Laban gave his female servant Bilhah to his daughter Rachel to be her servant.) -- genesis 29:29 +. +Jacob had marital relations with Rachel as well. He loved Rachel more than Leah, so he worked for Laban for seven more years. -- genesis 29:30 +. +When the Lord saw that Leah was unloved, he enabled her to become pregnant while Rachel remained childless. -- genesis 29:31 +. +So Leah became pregnant and gave birth to a son. She named him Reuben, for she said, "The Lord has looked with pity on my oppressed condition. Surely my husband will love me now." -- genesis 29:32 +. +She became pregnant again and had another son. She said, "Because the Lord heard that I was unloved, he gave me this one too." So she named him Simeon. -- genesis 29:33 +. +She became pregnant again and had another son. She said, "Now this time my husband will show me affection, because I have given birth to three sons for him." That is why he was named Levi. -- genesis 29:34 +. +She became pregnant again and had another son. She said, "This time I will praise the Lord." That is why she named him Judah. Then she stopped having children. -- genesis 29:35 +. +When Rachel saw that she could not give Jacob children, she became jealous of her sister. She said to Jacob, "Give me children or I'll die!" -- genesis 30:1 +. +Jacob became furious with Rachel and exclaimed, "Am I in the place of God, who has kept you from having children?" -- genesis 30:2 +. +She replied, "Here is my servant Bilhah! Have sexual relations with her so that she can bear children for me and I can have a family through her." -- genesis 30:3 +. +So Rachel gave him her servant Bilhah as a wife, and Jacob had marital relations with her. -- genesis 30:4 +. +Bilhah became pregnant and gave Jacob a son. -- genesis 30:5 +. +Then Rachel said, "God has vindicated me. He has responded to my prayer and given me a son." That is why she named him Dan. -- genesis 30:6 +. +Bilhah, Rachel's servant, became pregnant again and gave Jacob another son. -- genesis 30:7 +. +Then Rachel said, "I have fought a desperate struggle with my sister, but I have won." So she named him Naphtali. -- genesis 30:8 +. +When Leah saw that she had stopped having children, she gave her servant Zilpah to Jacob as a wife. -- genesis 30:9 +. +Soon Leah's servant Zilpah gave Jacob a son. -- genesis 30:10 +. +Leah said, "How fortunate!" So she named him Gad. -- genesis 30:11 +. +Then Leah's servant Zilpah gave Jacob another son. -- genesis 30:12 +. +Leah said, "How happy I am, for women will call me happy!" So she named him Asher. -- genesis 30:13 +. +At the time of the wheat harvest Reuben went out and found some mandrake plants in a field and brought them to his mother Leah. Rachel said to Leah, "Give me some of your son's mandrakes." -- genesis 30:14 +. +But Leah replied, "Wasn't it enough that you've taken away my husband? Would you take away my son's mandrakes too?" "All right," Rachel said, "he may sleep with you tonight in exchange for your son's mandrakes." -- genesis 30:15 +. +When Jacob came in from the fields that evening, Leah went out to meet him and said, "You must sleep with me because I have paid for your services with my son's mandrakes." So he had marital relations with her that night. -- genesis 30:16 +. +God paid attention to Leah; she became pregnant and gave Jacob a son for the fifth time. -- genesis 30:17 +. +Then Leah said, "God has granted me a reward because I gave my servant to my husband as a wife." So she named him Issachar. -- genesis 30:18 +. +Leah became pregnant again and gave Jacob a son for the sixth time. -- genesis 30:19 +. +Then Leah said, "God has given me a good gift. Now my husband will honor me because I have given him six sons." So she named him Zebulun. -- genesis 30:20 +. +After that she gave birth to a daughter and named her Dinah. -- genesis 30:21 +. +Then God took note of Rachel. He paid attention to her and enabled her to become pregnant. -- genesis 30:22 +. +She became pregnant and gave birth to a son. Then she said, "God has taken away my shame." -- genesis 30:23 +. +She named him Joseph, saying, "May the Lord give me yet another son." -- genesis 30:24 +. +After Rachel had given birth to Joseph, Jacob said to Laban, "Send me on my way so that I can go home to my own country. -- genesis 30:25 +. +Let me take my wives and my children whom I have acquired by working for you. Then I'll depart, because you know how hard I've worked for you." -- genesis 30:26 +. +But Laban said to him, "If I have found favor in your sight, please stay here, for I have learned by divination that the Lord has blessed me on account of you." -- genesis 30:27 +. +He added, "Just name your wages - I'll pay whatever you want." -- genesis 30:28 +. +"You know how I have worked for you," Jacob replied, "and how well your livestock have fared under my care. -- genesis 30:29 +. +Indeed, you had little before I arrived, but now your possessions have increased many times over. The Lord has blessed you wherever I worked. But now, how long must it be before I do something for my own family too?" -- genesis 30:30 +. +So Laban asked, "What should I give you?" "You don't need to give me a thing," Jacob replied, "but if you agree to this one condition, I will continue to care for your flocks and protect them: -- genesis 30:31 +. +Let me walk among all your flocks today and remove from them every speckled or spotted sheep, every dark-colored lamb, and the spotted or speckled goats. These animals will be my wages. -- genesis 30:32 +. +My integrity will testify for me later on. When you come to verify that I've taken only the wages we agreed on, if I have in my possession any goat that is not speckled or spotted or any sheep that is not dark-colored, it will be considered stolen." -- genesis 30:33 +. +"Agreed!" said Laban, "It will be as you say." -- genesis 30:34 +. +So that day Laban removed the male goats that were streaked or spotted, all the female goats that were speckled or spotted (all that had any white on them), and all the dark-colored lambs, and put them in the care of his sons. -- genesis 30:35 +. +Then he separated them from Jacob by a three-day journey, while Jacob was taking care of the rest of Laban's flocks. -- genesis 30:36 +. +But Jacob took fresh-cut branches from poplar, almond, and plane trees. He made white streaks by peeling them, making the white inner wood in the branches visible. -- genesis 30:37 +. +Then he set up the peeled branches in all the watering troughs where the flocks came to drink. He set up the branches in front of the flocks when they were in heat and came to drink. -- genesis 30:38 +. +When the sheep mated in front of the branches, they gave birth to young that were streaked or speckled or spotted. -- genesis 30:39 +. +Jacob removed these lambs, but he made the rest of the flock face the streaked and completely dark-colored animals in Laban's flock. So he made separate flocks for himself and did not mix them with Laban's flocks. -- genesis 30:40 +. +When the stronger females were in heat, Jacob would set up the branches in the troughs in front of the flock, so they would mate near the branches. -- genesis 30:41 +. +But if the animals were weaker, he did not set the branches there. So the weaker animals ended up belonging to Laban and the stronger animals to Jacob. -- genesis 30:42 +. +In this way Jacob became extremely prosperous. He owned large flocks, male and female servants, camels, and donkeys. -- genesis 30:43 +. +Jacob heard that Laban's sons were complaining, "Jacob has taken everything that belonged to our father! He has gotten rich at our father's expense!" -- genesis 31:1 +. +When Jacob saw the look on Laban's face, he could tell his attitude toward him had changed. -- genesis 31:2 +. +The Lord said to Jacob, "Return to the land of your fathers and to your relatives. I will be with you." -- genesis 31:3 +. +So Jacob sent a message for Rachel and Leah to come to the field where his flocks were. -- genesis 31:4 +. +There he said to them, "I can tell that your father's attitude toward me has changed, but the God of my father has been with me. -- genesis 31:5 +. +You know that I've worked for your father as hard as I could, -- genesis 31:6 +. +but your father has humiliated me and changed my wages ten times. But God has not permitted him to do me any harm. -- genesis 31:7 +. +If he said, 'The speckled animals will be your wage,' then the entire flock gave birth to speckled offspring. But if he said, 'The streaked animals will be your wage,' then the entire flock gave birth to streaked offspring. -- genesis 31:8 +. +In this way God has snatched away your father's livestock and given them to me. -- genesis 31:9 +. +"Once during breeding season I saw in a dream that the male goats mating with the flock were streaked, speckled, and spotted. -- genesis 31:10 +. +In the dream the angel of God said to me, 'Jacob!' 'Here I am!' I replied. -- genesis 31:11 +. +Then he said, 'Observe that all the male goats mating with the flock are streaked, speckled, or spotted, for I have observed all that Laban has done to you. -- genesis 31:12 +. +I am the God of Bethel, where you anointed the sacred stone and made a vow to me. Now leave this land immediately and return to your native land.'" -- genesis 31:13 +. +Then Rachel and Leah replied to him, "Do we still have any portion or inheritance in our father's house? -- genesis 31:14 +. +Hasn't he treated us like foreigners? He not only sold us, but completely wasted the money paid for us! -- genesis 31:15 +. +Surely all the wealth that God snatched away from our father belongs to us and to our children. So now do everything God has told you." -- genesis 31:16 +. +So Jacob immediately put his children and his wives on the camels. -- genesis 31:17 +. +He took away all the livestock he had acquired in Paddan Aram and all his moveable property that he had accumulated. Then he set out toward the land of Canaan to return to his father Isaac. -- genesis 31:18 +. +While Laban had gone to shear his sheep, Rachel stole the household idols that belonged to her father. -- genesis 31:19 +. +Jacob also deceived Laban the Aramean by not telling him that he was leaving. -- genesis 31:20 +. +He left with all he owned. He quickly crossed the Euphrates River and headed for the hill country of Gilead. -- genesis 31:21 +. +Three days later Laban discovered Jacob had left. -- genesis 31:22 +. +So he took his relatives with him and pursued Jacob for seven days. He caught up with him in the hill country of Gilead. -- genesis 31:23 +. +But God came to Laban the Aramean in a dream at night and warned him, "Be careful that you neither bless nor curse Jacob." -- genesis 31:24 +. +Laban overtook Jacob, and when Jacob pitched his tent in the hill country of Gilead, Laban and his relatives set up camp there too. -- genesis 31:25 +. +"What have you done?" Laban demanded of Jacob. "You've deceived me and carried away my daughters as if they were captives of war! -- genesis 31:26 +. +Why did you run away secretly and deceive me? Why didn't you tell me so I could send you off with a celebration complete with singing, tambourines, and harps? -- genesis 31:27 +. +You didn't even allow me to kiss my daughters and my grandchildren good-bye. You have acted foolishly! -- genesis 31:28 +. +I have the power to do you harm, but the God of your father told me last night, 'Be careful that you neither bless nor curse Jacob.' -- genesis 31:29 +. +Now I understand that you have gone away because you longed desperately for your father's house. Yet why did you steal my gods?" -- genesis 31:30 +. +"I left secretly because I was afraid!" Jacob replied to Laban. "I thought you might take your daughters away from me by force. -- genesis 31:31 +. +Whoever has taken your gods will be put to death! In the presence of our relatives identify whatever is yours and take it." (Now Jacob did not know that Rachel had stolen them.) -- genesis 31:32 +. +So Laban entered Jacob's tent, and Leah's tent, and the tent of the two female servants, but he did not find the idols. Then he left Leah's tent and entered Rachel's. -- genesis 31:33 +. +(Now Rachel had taken the idols and put them inside her camel's saddle and sat on them.) Laban searched the whole tent, but did not find them. -- genesis 31:34 +. +Rachel said to her father, "Don't be angry, my lord. I cannot stand up in your presence because I am having my period." So he searched thoroughly, but did not find the idols. -- genesis 31:35 +. +Jacob became angry and argued with Laban. "What did I do wrong?" he demanded of Laban. "What sin of mine prompted you to chase after me in hot pursuit? -- genesis 31:36 +. +When you searched through all my goods, did you find anything that belonged to you? Set it here before my relatives and yours, and let them settle the dispute between the two of us! -- genesis 31:37 +. +"I have been with you for the past twenty years. Your ewes and female goats have not miscarried, nor have I eaten rams from your flocks. -- genesis 31:38 +. +Animals torn by wild beasts I never brought to you; I always absorbed the loss myself. You always made me pay for every missing animal, whether it was taken by day or at night. -- genesis 31:39 +. +I was consumed by scorching heat during the day and by piercing cold at night, and I went without sleep. -- genesis 31:40 +. +This was my lot for twenty years in your house: I worked like a slave for you - fourteen years for your two daughters and six years for your flocks, but you changed my wages ten times! -- genesis 31:41 +. +If the God of my father - the God of Abraham, the one whom Isaac fears - had not been with me, you would certainly have sent me away empty-handed! But God saw how I was oppressed and how hard I worked, and he rebuked you last night." -- genesis 31:42 +. +Laban replied to Jacob, "These women are my daughters, these children are my grandchildren, and these flocks are my flocks. All that you see belongs to me. But how can I harm these daughters of mine today or the children to whom they have given birth? -- genesis 31:43 +. +So now, come, let's make a formal agreement, you and I, and it will be proof that we have made peace." -- genesis 31:44 +. +So Jacob took a stone and set it up as a memorial pillar. -- genesis 31:45 +. +Then he said to his relatives, "Gather stones." So they brought stones and put them in a pile. They ate there by the pile of stones. -- genesis 31:46 +. +Laban called it Jegar Sahadutha, but Jacob called it Galeed. -- genesis 31:47 +. +Laban said, "This pile of stones is a witness of our agreement today." That is why it was called Galeed. -- genesis 31:48 +. +It was also called Mizpah because he said, "May the Lord watch between us when we are out of sight of one another. -- genesis 31:49 +. +If you mistreat my daughters or if you take wives besides my daughters, although no one else is with us, realize that God is witness to your actions." -- genesis 31:50 +. +"Here is this pile of stones and this pillar I have set up between me and you," Laban said to Jacob. -- genesis 31:51 +. +"This pile of stones and the pillar are reminders that I will not pass beyond this pile to come to harm you and that you will not pass beyond this pile and this pillar to come to harm me. -- genesis 31:52 +. +May the God of Abraham and the god of Nahor, the gods of their father, judge between us." Jacob took an oath by the God whom his father Isaac feared. -- genesis 31:53 +. +Then Jacob offered a sacrifice on the mountain and invited his relatives to eat the meal. They ate the meal and spent the night on the mountain. -- genesis 31:54 +. + Early in the morning Laban kissed his grandchildren and his daughters goodbye and blessed them. Then Laban left and returned home. -- genesis 31:55 +. +So Jacob went on his way and the angels of God met him. -- genesis 32:1 +. +When Jacob saw them, he exclaimed, "This is the camp of God!" So he named that place Mahanaim. -- genesis 32:2 +. +Jacob sent messengers on ahead to his brother Esau in the land of Seir, the region of Edom. -- genesis 32:3 +. +He commanded them, "This is what you must say to my lord Esau: 'This is what your servant Jacob says: I have been staying with Laban until now. -- genesis 32:4 +. +I have oxen, donkeys, sheep, and male and female servants. I have sent this message to inform my lord, so that I may find favor in your sight.'" -- genesis 32:5 +. +The messengers returned to Jacob and said, "We went to your brother Esau. He is coming to meet you and has four hundred men with him." -- genesis 32:6 +. +Jacob was very afraid and upset. So he divided the people who were with him into two camps, as well as the flocks, herds, and camels. -- genesis 32:7 +. +"If Esau attacks one camp," he thought, "then the other camp will be able to escape." -- genesis 32:8 +. +Then Jacob prayed, "O God of my father Abraham, God of my father Isaac, O Lord, you said to me, 'Return to your land and to your relatives and I will make you prosper.' -- genesis 32:9 +. +I am not worthy of all the faithful love you have shown your servant. With only my walking stick I crossed the Jordan, but now I have become two camps. -- genesis 32:10 +. +Rescue me, I pray, from the hand of my brother Esau, for I am afraid he will come and attack me, as well as the mothers with their children. -- genesis 32:11 +. +But you said, 'I will certainly make you prosper and will make your descendants like the sand on the seashore, too numerous to count.'" -- genesis 32:12 +. +Jacob stayed there that night. Then he sent as a gift to his brother Esau -- genesis 32:13 +. +two hundred female goats and twenty male goats, two hundred ewes and twenty rams, -- genesis 32:14 +. +thirty female camels with their young, forty cows and ten bulls, and twenty female donkeys and ten male donkeys. -- genesis 32:15 +. +He entrusted them to his servants, who divided them into herds. He told his servants, "Pass over before me, and keep some distance between one herd and the next." -- genesis 32:16 +. +He instructed the servant leading the first herd, "When my brother Esau meets you and asks, 'To whom do you belong? Where are you going? Whose herds are you driving?' -- genesis 32:17 +. +then you must say, 'They belong to your servant Jacob. They have been sent as a gift to my lord Esau. In fact Jacob himself is behind us.'" -- genesis 32:18 +. +He also gave these instructions to the second and third servants, as well as all those who were following the herds, saying, "You must say the same thing to Esau when you meet him. -- genesis 32:19 +. +You must also say, 'In fact your servant Jacob is behind us.'" Jacob thought, "I will first appease him by sending a gift ahead of me. After that I will meet him. Perhaps he will accept me." -- genesis 32:20 +. +So the gifts were sent on ahead of him while he spent that night in the camp. -- genesis 32:21 +. +During the night Jacob quickly took his two wives, his two female servants, and his eleven sons and crossed the ford of the Jabbok. -- genesis 32:22 +. +He took them and sent them across the stream along with all his possessions. -- genesis 32:23 +. +So Jacob was left alone. Then a man wrestled with him until daybreak. -- genesis 32:24 +. +When the man saw that he could not defeat Jacob, he struck the socket of his hip so the socket of Jacob's hip was dislocated while he wrestled with him. -- genesis 32:25 +. +Then the man said, "Let me go, for the dawn is breaking." "I will not let you go," Jacob replied, "unless you bless me." -- genesis 32:26 +. +The man asked him, "What is your name?" He answered, "Jacob." -- genesis 32:27 +. +"No longer will your name be Jacob," the man told him, "but Israel, because you have fought with God and with men and have prevailed." -- genesis 32:28 +. +Then Jacob asked, "Please tell me your name." "Why do you ask my name?" the man replied. Then he blessed Jacob there. -- genesis 32:29 +. +So Jacob named the place Peniel, explaining, "Certainly I have seen God face to face and have survived." -- genesis 32:30 +. +The sun rose over him as he crossed over Penuel, but he was limping because of his hip. -- genesis 32:31 +. +That is why to this day the Israelites do not eat the sinew which is attached to the socket of the hip, because he struck the socket of Jacob's hip near the attached sinew. -- genesis 32:32 +. +Jacob looked up and saw that Esau was coming along with four hundred men. So he divided the children among Leah, Rachel, and the two female servants. -- genesis 33:1 +. +He put the servants and their children in front, with Leah and her children behind them, and Rachel and Joseph behind them. -- genesis 33:2 +. +But Jacob himself went on ahead of them, and he bowed toward the ground seven times as he approached his brother. -- genesis 33:3 +. +But Esau ran to meet him, embraced him, hugged his neck, and kissed him. Then they both wept. -- genesis 33:4 +. +When Esau looked up and saw the women and the children, he asked, "Who are these people with you?" Jacob replied, "The children whom God has graciously given your servant." -- genesis 33:5 +. +The female servants came forward with their children and bowed down. -- genesis 33:6 +. +Then Leah came forward with her children and they bowed down. Finally Joseph and Rachel came forward and bowed down. -- genesis 33:7 +. +Esau then asked, "What did you intend by sending all these herds to meet me?" Jacob replied, "To find favor in your sight, my lord." -- genesis 33:8 +. +But Esau said, "I have plenty, my brother. Keep what belongs to you." -- genesis 33:9 +. +"No, please take them," Jacob said. "If I have found favor in your sight, accept my gift from my hand. Now that I have seen your face and you have accepted me, it is as if I have seen the face of God. -- genesis 33:10 +. +Please take my present that was brought to you, for God has been generous to me and I have all I need." When Jacob urged him, he took it. -- genesis 33:11 +. +Then Esau said, "Let's be on our way! I will go in front of you." -- genesis 33:12 +. +But Jacob said to him, "My lord knows that the children are young, and that I have to look after the sheep and cattle that are nursing their young. If they are driven too hard for even a single day, all the animals will die. -- genesis 33:13 +. +Let my lord go on ahead of his servant. I will travel more slowly, at the pace of the herds and the children, until I come to my lord at Seir." -- genesis 33:14 +. +So Esau said, "Let me leave some of my men with you." "Why do that?" Jacob replied. "My lord has already been kind enough to me." -- genesis 33:15 +. +So that same day Esau made his way back to Seir. -- genesis 33:16 +. +But Jacob traveled to Succoth where he built himself a house and made shelters for his livestock. That is why the place was called Succoth. -- genesis 33:17 +. +After he left Paddan Aram, Jacob came safely to the city of Shechem in the land of Canaan, and he camped near the city. -- genesis 33:18 +. +Then he purchased the portion of the field where he had pitched his tent; he bought it from the sons of Hamor, Shechem's father, for a hundred pieces of money. -- genesis 33:19 +. +There he set up an altar and called it "The God of Israel is God." -- genesis 33:20 +. +Now Dinah, Leah's daughter whom she bore to Jacob, went to meet the young women of the land. -- genesis 34:1 +. +When Shechem son of Hamor the Hivite, who ruled that area, saw her, he grabbed her, forced himself on her, and sexually assaulted her. -- genesis 34:2 +. +Then he became very attached to Dinah, Jacob's daughter. He fell in love with the young woman and spoke romantically to her. -- genesis 34:3 +. +Shechem said to his father Hamor, "Acquire this young girl as my wife." -- genesis 34:4 +. +When Jacob heard that Shechem had violated his daughter Dinah, his sons were with the livestock in the field. So Jacob remained silent until they came in. -- genesis 34:5 +. +Then Shechem's father Hamor went to speak with Jacob about Dinah. -- genesis 34:6 +. +Now Jacob's sons had come in from the field when they heard the news. They were offended and very angry because Shechem had disgraced Israel by sexually assaulting Jacob's daughter, a crime that should not be committed. -- genesis 34:7 +. +But Hamor made this appeal to them: "My son Shechem is in love with your daughter. Please give her to him as his wife. -- genesis 34:8 +. +Intermarry with us. Let us marry your daughters, and take our daughters as wives for yourselves. -- genesis 34:9 +. +You may live among us, and the land will be open to you. Live in it, travel freely in it, and acquire property in it." -- genesis 34:10 +. +Then Shechem said to Dinah's father and brothers, "Let me find favor in your sight, and whatever you require of me I'll give. -- genesis 34:11 +. +You can make the bride price and the gift I must bring very expensive, and I'll give whatever you ask of me. Just give me the young woman as my wife!" -- genesis 34:12 +. +Jacob's sons answered Shechem and his father Hamor deceitfully when they spoke because Shechem had violated their sister Dinah. -- genesis 34:13 +. +They said to them, "We cannot give our sister to a man who is not circumcised, for it would be a disgrace to us. -- genesis 34:14 +. +We will give you our consent on this one condition: You must become like us by circumcising all your males. -- genesis 34:15 +. +Then we will give you our daughters to marry, and we will take your daughters as wives for ourselves, and we will live among you and become one people. -- genesis 34:16 +. +But if you do not agree to our terms by being circumcised, then we will take our sister and depart." -- genesis 34:17 +. +Their offer pleased Hamor and his son Shechem. -- genesis 34:18 +. +The young man did not delay in doing what they asked because he wanted Jacob's daughter Dinah badly. (Now he was more important than anyone in his father's household.) -- genesis 34:19 +. +So Hamor and his son Shechem went to the gate of their city and spoke to the men of their city, -- genesis 34:20 +. +"These men are at peace with us. So let them live in the land and travel freely in it, for the land is wide enough for them. We will take their daughters for wives, and we will give them our daughters to marry. -- genesis 34:21 +. +Only on this one condition will these men consent to live with us and become one people: They demand that every male among us be circumcised just as they are circumcised. -- genesis 34:22 +. +If we do so, won't their livestock, their property, and all their animals become ours? So let's consent to their demand, so they will live among us." -- genesis 34:23 +. +All the men who assembled at the city gate agreed with Hamor and his son Shechem. Every male who assembled at the city gate was circumcised. -- genesis 34:24 +. +In three days, when they were still in pain, two of Jacob's sons, Simeon and Levi, Dinah's brothers, each took his sword and went to the unsuspecting city and slaughtered every male. -- genesis 34:25 +. +They killed Hamor and his son Shechem with the sword, took Dinah from Shechem's house, and left. -- genesis 34:26 +. +Jacob's sons killed them and looted the city because their sister had been violated. -- genesis 34:27 +. +They took their flocks, herds, and donkeys, as well as everything in the city and in the surrounding fields. -- genesis 34:28 +. +They captured as plunder all their wealth, all their little ones, and their wives, including everything in the houses. -- genesis 34:29 +. +Then Jacob said to Simeon and Levi, "You have brought ruin on me by making me a foul odor among the inhabitants of the land - among the Canaanites and the Perizzites. I am few in number; they will join forces against me and attack me, and both I and my family will be destroyed!" -- genesis 34:30 +. +But Simeon and Levi replied, "Should he treat our sister like a common prostitute?" -- genesis 34:31 +. +Then God said to Jacob, "Go up at once to Bethel and live there. Make an altar there to God, who appeared to you when you fled from your brother Esau." -- genesis 35:1 +. +So Jacob told his household and all who were with him, "Get rid of the foreign gods you have among you. Purify yourselves and change your clothes. -- genesis 35:2 +. +Let us go up at once to Bethel. Then I will make an altar there to God, who responded to me in my time of distress and has been with me wherever I went." -- genesis 35:3 +. +So they gave Jacob all the foreign gods that were in their possession and the rings that were in their ears. Jacob buried them under the oak near Shechem -- genesis 35:4 +. +and they started on their journey. The surrounding cities were afraid of God, and they did not pursue the sons of Jacob. -- genesis 35:5 +. +Jacob and all those who were with him arrived at Luz (that is, Bethel) in the land of Canaan. -- genesis 35:6 +. +He built an altar there and named the place El Bethel because there God had revealed himself to him when he was fleeing from his brother. -- genesis 35:7 +. +(Deborah, Rebekah's nurse, died and was buried under the oak below Bethel; thus it was named Oak of Weeping.) -- genesis 35:8 +. +God appeared to Jacob again after he returned from Paddan Aram and blessed him. -- genesis 35:9 +. +God said to him, "Your name is Jacob, but your name will no longer be called Jacob; Israel will be your name." So God named him Israel. -- genesis 35:10 +. +Then God said to him, "I am the sovereign God. Be fruitful and multiply! A nation - even a company of nations - will descend from you; kings will be among your descendants! -- genesis 35:11 +. +The land I gave to Abraham and Isaac I will give to you. To your descendants I will also give this land." -- genesis 35:12 +. +Then God went up from the place where he spoke with him. -- genesis 35:13 +. +So Jacob set up a sacred stone pillar in the place where God spoke with him. He poured out a drink offering on it, and then he poured oil on it. -- genesis 35:14 +. +Jacob named the place where God spoke with him Bethel. -- genesis 35:15 +. +They traveled on from Bethel, and when Ephrath was still some distance away, Rachel went into labor - and her labor was hard. -- genesis 35:16 +. +When her labor was at its hardest, the midwife said to her, "Don't be afraid, for you are having another son." -- genesis 35:17 +. +With her dying breath, she named him Ben-Oni. But his father called him Benjamin instead. -- genesis 35:18 +. +So Rachel died and was buried on the way to Ephrath (that is, Bethlehem). -- genesis 35:19 +. +Jacob set up a marker over her grave; it is the Marker of Rachel's Grave to this day. -- genesis 35:20 +. +Then Israel traveled on and pitched his tent beyond Migdal Eder. -- genesis 35:21 +. +While Israel was living in that land, Reuben had sexual relations with Bilhah, his father's concubine, and Israel heard about it. Jacob had twelve sons: -- genesis 35:22 +. +The sons of Leah were Reuben, Jacob's firstborn, as well as Simeon, Levi, Judah, Issachar, and Zebulun. -- genesis 35:23 +. +The sons of Rachel were Joseph and Benjamin. -- genesis 35:24 +. +The sons of Bilhah, Rachel's servant, were Dan and Naphtali. -- genesis 35:25 +. +The sons of Zilpah, Leah's servant, were Gad and Asher. These were the sons of Jacob who were born to him in Paddan Aram. -- genesis 35:26 +. +So Jacob came back to his father Isaac in Mamre, to Kiriath Arba (that is, Hebron), where Abraham and Isaac had stayed. -- genesis 35:27 +. +Isaac lived to be years old. -- genesis 35:28 +. +Then Isaac breathed his last and joined his ancestors. He died an old man who had lived a full life. His sons Esau and Jacob buried him. -- genesis 35:29 +. +What follows is the account of Esau (also known as Edom). -- genesis 36:1 +. +Esau took his wives from the Canaanites: Adah the daughter of Elon the Hittite, and Oholibamah the daughter of Anah and granddaughter of Zibeon the Hivite, -- genesis 36:2 +. +in addition to Basemath the daughter of Ishmael and sister of Nebaioth. -- genesis 36:3 +. +Adah bore Eliphaz to Esau, Basemath bore Reuel, -- genesis 36:4 +. +and Oholibamah bore Jeush, Jalam, and Korah. These were the sons of Esau who were born to him in the land of Canaan. -- genesis 36:5 +. +Esau took his wives, his sons, his daughters, all the people in his household, his livestock, his animals, and all his possessions which he had acquired in the land of Canaan and went to a land some distance away from Jacob his brother -- genesis 36:6 +. +because they had too many possessions to be able to stay together and the land where they had settled was not able to support them because of their livestock. -- genesis 36:7 +. +So Esau (also known as Edom) lived in the hill country of Seir. -- genesis 36:8 +. +This is the account of Esau, the father of the Edomites, in the hill country of Seir. -- genesis 36:9 +. +These were the names of Esau's sons: Eliphaz, the son of Esau's wife Adah, and Reuel, the son of Esau's wife Basemath. -- genesis 36:10 +. +The sons of Eliphaz were: Teman, Omar, Zepho, Gatam, and Kenaz. -- genesis 36:11 +. +Timna, a concubine of Esau's son Eliphaz, bore Amalek to Eliphaz. These were the sons of Esau's wife Adah. -- genesis 36:12 +. +These were the sons of Reuel: Nahath, Zerah, Shammah, and Mizzah. These were the sons of Esau's wife Basemath. -- genesis 36:13 +. +These were the sons of Esau's wife Oholibamah the daughter of Anah and granddaughter of Zibeon: She bore Jeush, Jalam, and Korah to Esau. -- genesis 36:14 +. +These were the chiefs among the descendants of Esau, the sons of Eliphaz, Esau's firstborn: chief Teman, chief Omar, chief Zepho, chief Kenaz, -- genesis 36:15 +. +chief Korah, chief Gatam, chief Amalek. These were the chiefs descended from Eliphaz in the land of Edom; these were the sons of Adah. -- genesis 36:16 +. +These were the sons of Esau's son Reuel: chief Nahath, chief Zerah, chief Shammah, chief Mizzah. These were the chiefs descended from Reuel in the land of Edom; these were the sons of Esau's wife Basemath. -- genesis 36:17 +. +These were the sons of Esau's wife Oholibamah: chief Jeush, chief Jalam, chief Korah. These were the chiefs descended from Esau's wife Oholibamah, the daughter of Anah. -- genesis 36:18 +. +These were the sons of Esau (also known as Edom), and these were their chiefs. -- genesis 36:19 +. +These were the sons of Seir the Horite, who were living in the land: Lotan, Shobal, Zibeon, Anah, -- genesis 36:20 +. +Dishon, Ezer, and Dishan. These were the chiefs of the Horites, the descendants of Seir in the land of Edom. -- genesis 36:21 +. +The sons of Lotan were Hori and Homam; Lotan's sister was Timna. -- genesis 36:22 +. +These were the sons of Shobal: Alvan, Manahath, Ebal, Shepho, and Onam. -- genesis 36:23 +. +These were the sons of Zibeon: Aiah and Anah (who discovered the hot springs in the wilderness as he pastured the donkeys of his father Zibeon). -- genesis 36:24 +. +These were the children of Anah: Dishon and Oholibamah, the daughter of Anah. -- genesis 36:25 +. +These were the sons of Dishon: Hemdan, Eshban, Ithran, and Keran. -- genesis 36:26 +. +These were the sons of Ezer: Bilhan, Zaavan, and Akan. -- genesis 36:27 +. +These were the sons of Dishan: Uz and Aran. -- genesis 36:28 +. +These were the chiefs of the Horites: chief Lotan, chief Shobal, chief Zibeon, chief Anah, -- genesis 36:29 +. +chief Dishon, chief Ezer, chief Dishan. These were the chiefs of the Horites, according to their chief lists in the land of Seir. -- genesis 36:30 +. +These were the kings who reigned in the land of Edom before any king ruled over the Israelites: -- genesis 36:31 +. +Bela the son of Beor reigned in Edom; the name of his city was Dinhabah. -- genesis 36:32 +. +When Bela died, Jobab the son of Zerah from Bozrah reigned in his place. -- genesis 36:33 +. +When Jobab died, Husham from the land of the Temanites reigned in his place. -- genesis 36:34 +. +When Husham died, Hadad the son of Bedad, who defeated the Midianites in the land of Moab, reigned in his place; the name of his city was Avith. -- genesis 36:35 +. +When Hadad died, Samlah from Masrekah reigned in his place. -- genesis 36:36 +. +When Samlah died, Shaul from Rehoboth by the River reigned in his place. -- genesis 36:37 +. +When Shaul died, Baal-Hanan the son of Achbor reigned in his place. -- genesis 36:38 +. +When Baal-Hanan the son of Achbor died, Hadad reigned in his place; the name of his city was Pau. His wife's name was Mehetabel, the daughter of Matred, the daughter of Me-Zahab. -- genesis 36:39 +. +These were the names of the chiefs of Esau, according to their families, according to their places, by their names: chief Timna, chief Alvah, chief Jetheth, -- genesis 36:40 +. +chief Oholibamah, chief Elah, chief Pinon, -- genesis 36:41 +. +chief Kenaz, chief Teman, chief Mibzar, -- genesis 36:42 +. +chief Magdiel, chief Iram. These were the chiefs of Edom, according to their settlements in the land they possessed. This was Esau, the father of the Edomites. -- genesis 36:43 +. +But Jacob lived in the land where his father had stayed, in the land of Canaan. -- genesis 37:1 +. +This is the account of Jacob. Joseph, his seventeen-year-old son, was taking care of the flocks with his brothers. Now he was a youngster working with the sons of Bilhah and Zilpah, his father's wives. Joseph brought back a bad report about them to their father. -- genesis 37:2 +. +Now Israel loved Joseph more than all his sons because he was a son born to him late in life, and he made a special tunic for him. -- genesis 37:3 +. +When Joseph's brothers saw that their father loved him more than any of them, they hated Joseph and were not able to speak to him kindly. -- genesis 37:4 +. +Joseph had a dream, and when he told his brothers about it, they hated him even more. -- genesis 37:5 +. +He said to them, "Listen to this dream I had: -- genesis 37:6 +. +There we were, binding sheaves of grain in the middle of the field. Suddenly my sheaf rose up and stood upright and your sheaves surrounded my sheaf and bowed down to it!" -- genesis 37:7 +. +Then his brothers asked him, "Do you really think you will rule over us or have dominion over us?" They hated him even more because of his dream and because of what he said. -- genesis 37:8 +. +Then he had another dream, and told it to his brothers. "Look," he said. "I had another dream. The sun, the moon, and eleven stars were bowing down to me." -- genesis 37:9 +. +When he told his father and his brothers, his father rebuked him, saying, "What is this dream that you had? Will I, your mother, and your brothers really come and bow down to you?" -- genesis 37:10 +. +His brothers were jealous of him, but his father kept in mind what Joseph said. -- genesis 37:11 +. +When his brothers had gone to graze their father's flocks near Shechem, -- genesis 37:12 +. +Israel said to Joseph, "Your brothers are grazing the flocks near Shechem. Come, I will send you to them." "I'm ready," Joseph replied. -- genesis 37:13 +. +So Jacob said to him, "Go now and check on the welfare of your brothers and of the flocks, and bring me word." So Jacob sent him from the valley of Hebron. -- genesis 37:14 +. +When Joseph reached Shechem, a man found him wandering in the field, so the man asked him, "What are you looking for?" -- genesis 37:15 +. +He replied, "I'm looking for my brothers. Please tell me where they are grazing their flocks." -- genesis 37:16 +. +The man said, "They left this area, for I heard them say, 'Let's go to Dothan.'" So Joseph went after his brothers and found them at Dothan. -- genesis 37:17 +. +Now Joseph's brothers saw him from a distance, and before he reached them, they plotted to kill him. -- genesis 37:18 +. +They said to one another, "Here comes this master of dreams! -- genesis 37:19 +. +Come now, let's kill him, throw him into one of the cisterns, and then say that a wild animal ate him. Then we'll see how his dreams turn out!" -- genesis 37:20 +. +When Reuben heard this, he rescued Joseph from their hands, saying, "Let's not take his life!" -- genesis 37:21 +. +Reuben continued, "Don't shed blood! Throw him into this cistern that is here in the wilderness, but don't lay a hand on him." (Reuben said this so he could rescue Joseph from them and take him back to his father.) -- genesis 37:22 +. +When Joseph reached his brothers, they stripped him of his tunic, the special tunic that he wore. -- genesis 37:23 +. +Then they took him and threw him into the cistern. (Now the cistern was empty; there was no water in it.) -- genesis 37:24 +. +When they sat down to eat their food, they looked up and saw a caravan of Ishmaelites coming from Gilead. Their camels were carrying spices, balm, and myrrh down to Egypt. -- genesis 37:25 +. +Then Judah said to his brothers, "What profit is there if we kill our brother and cover up his blood? -- genesis 37:26 +. +Come, let's sell him to the Ishmaelites, but let's not lay a hand on him, for after all, he is our brother, our own flesh." His brothers agreed. -- genesis 37:27 +. +So when the Midianite merchants passed by, Joseph's brothers pulled him out of the cistern and sold him to the Ishmaelites for twenty pieces of silver. The Ishmaelites then took Joseph to Egypt. -- genesis 37:28 +. +Later Reuben returned to the cistern to find that Joseph was not in it! He tore his clothes, -- genesis 37:29 +. +returned to his brothers, and said, "The boy isn't there! And I, where can I go?" -- genesis 37:30 +. +So they took Joseph's tunic, killed a young goat, and dipped the tunic in the blood. -- genesis 37:31 +. +Then they brought the special tunic to their father and said, "We found this. Determine now whether it is your son's tunic or not." -- genesis 37:32 +. +He recognized it and exclaimed, "It is my son's tunic! A wild animal has eaten him! Joseph has surely been torn to pieces!" -- genesis 37:33 +. +Then Jacob tore his clothes, put on sackcloth, and mourned for his son many days. -- genesis 37:34 +. +All his sons and daughters stood by him to console him, but he refused to be consoled. "No," he said, "I will go to the grave mourning my son." So Joseph's father wept for him. -- genesis 37:35 +. +Now in Egypt the Midianites sold Joseph to Potiphar, one of Pharaoh's officials, the captain of the guard. -- genesis 37:36 +. +At that time Judah left his brothers and stayed with an Adullamite man named Hirah. -- genesis 38:1 +. +There Judah saw the daughter of a Canaanite man named Shua. Judah acquired her as a wife and had marital relations with her. -- genesis 38:2 +. +She became pregnant and had a son. Judah named him Er. -- genesis 38:3 +. +She became pregnant again and had another son, whom she named Onan. -- genesis 38:4 +. +Then she had yet another son, whom she named Shelah. She gave birth to him in Kezib. -- genesis 38:5 +. +Judah acquired a wife for Er his firstborn; her name was Tamar. -- genesis 38:6 +. +But Er, Judah's firstborn, was evil in the Lord's sight, so the Lord killed him. -- genesis 38:7 +. +Then Judah said to Onan, "Have sexual relations with your brother's wife and fulfill the duty of a brother-in-law to her so that you may raise up a descendant for your brother." -- genesis 38:8 +. +But Onan knew that the child would not be considered his. So whenever he had sexual relations with his brother's wife, he withdrew prematurely so as not to give his brother a descendant. -- genesis 38:9 +. +What he did was evil in the Lord's sight, so the Lord killed him too. -- genesis 38:10 +. +Then Judah said to his daughter-in-law Tamar, "Live as a widow in your father's house until Shelah my son grows up." For he thought, "I don't want him to die like his brothers." So Tamar went and lived in her father's house. -- genesis 38:11 +. +After some time Judah's wife, the daughter of Shua, died. After Judah was consoled, he left for Timnah to visit his sheepshearers, along with his friend Hirah the Adullamite. -- genesis 38:12 +. +Tamar was told, "Look, your father-in-law is going up to Timnah to shear his sheep." -- genesis 38:13 +. +So she removed her widow's clothes and covered herself with a veil. She wrapped herself and sat at the entrance to Enaim which is on the way to Timnah. (She did this because she saw that she had not been given to Shelah as a wife, even though he had now grown up.) -- genesis 38:14 +. +When Judah saw her, he thought she was a prostitute because she had covered her face. -- genesis 38:15 +. +He turned aside to her along the road and said, "Come on! I want to have sex with you." (He did not realize it was his daughter-in-law.) She asked, "What will you give me in exchange for having sex with you?" -- genesis 38:16 +. +He replied, "I'll send you a young goat from the flock." She asked, "Will you give me a pledge until you send it?" -- genesis 38:17 +. +He said, "What pledge should I give you?" She replied, "Your seal, your cord, and the staff that's in your hand." So he gave them to her and had sex with her. She became pregnant by him. -- genesis 38:18 +. +She left immediately, removed her veil, and put on her widow's clothes. -- genesis 38:19 +. +Then Judah had his friend Hirah the Adullamite take a young goat to get back from the woman the items he had given in pledge, but Hirah could not find her. -- genesis 38:20 +. +He asked the men who were there, "Where is the cult prostitute who was at Enaim by the road?" But they replied, "There has been no cult prostitute here." -- genesis 38:21 +. +So he returned to Judah and said, "I couldn't find her. Moreover, the men of the place said, 'There has been no cult prostitute here.'" -- genesis 38:22 +. +Judah said, "Let her keep the things for herself. Otherwise we will appear to be dishonest. I did indeed send this young goat, but you couldn't find her." -- genesis 38:23 +. +After three months Judah was told, "Your daughter-in-law Tamar has turned to prostitution, and as a result she has become pregnant." Judah said, "Bring her out and let her be burned!" -- genesis 38:24 +. +While they were bringing her out, she sent word to her father-in-law: "I am pregnant by the man to whom these belong." Then she said, "Identify the one to whom the seal, cord, and staff belong." -- genesis 38:25 +. +Judah recognized them and said, "She is more upright than I am, because I wouldn't give her to Shelah my son." He did not have sexual relations with her again. -- genesis 38:26 +. +When it was time for her to give birth, there were twins in her womb. -- genesis 38:27 +. +While she was giving birth, one child put out his hand, and the midwife took a scarlet thread and tied it on his hand, saying, "This one came out first." -- genesis 38:28 +. +But then he drew back his hand, and his brother came out before him. She said, "How you have broken out of the womb!" So he was named Perez. -- genesis 38:29 +. +Afterward his brother came out - the one who had the scarlet thread on his hand - and he was named Zerah. -- genesis 38:30 +. +Now Joseph had been brought down to Egypt. An Egyptian named Potiphar, an official of Pharaoh and the captain of the guard, purchased him from the Ishmaelites who had brought him there. -- genesis 39:1 +. +The Lord was with Joseph. He was successful and lived in the household of his Egyptian master. -- genesis 39:2 +. +His master observed that the Lord was with him and that the Lord made everything he was doing successful. -- genesis 39:3 +. +So Joseph found favor in his sight and became his personal attendant. Potiphar appointed Joseph overseer of his household and put him in charge of everything he owned. -- genesis 39:4 +. +From the time Potiphar appointed him over his household and over all that he owned, the Lord blessed the Egyptian's household for Joseph's sake. The blessing of the Lord was on everything that he had, both in his house and in his fields. -- genesis 39:5 +. +So Potiphar left everything he had in Joseph's care; he gave no thought to anything except the food he ate. Now Joseph was well built and good-looking. -- genesis 39:6 +. +Soon after these things, his master's wife took notice of Joseph and said, "Have sex with me." -- genesis 39:7 +. +But he refused, saying to his master's wife, "Look, my master does not give any thought to his household with me here, and everything that he owns he has put into my care. -- genesis 39:8 +. +There is no one greater in this household than I am. He has withheld nothing from me except you because you are his wife. So how could I do such a great evil and sin against God?" -- genesis 39:9 +. +Even though she continued to speak to Joseph day after day, he did not respond to her invitation to have sex with her. -- genesis 39:10 +. +One day he went into the house to do his work when none of the household servants were there in the house. -- genesis 39:11 +. +She grabbed him by his outer garment, saying, "Have sex with me!" But he left his outer garment in her hand and ran outside. -- genesis 39:12 +. +When she saw that he had left his outer garment in her hand and had run outside, -- genesis 39:13 +. +she called for her household servants and said to them, "See, my husband brought in a Hebrew man to us to humiliate us. He tried to have sex with me, but I screamed loudly. -- genesis 39:14 +. +When he heard me raise my voice and scream, he left his outer garment beside me and ran outside." -- genesis 39:15 +. +So she laid his outer garment beside her until his master came home. -- genesis 39:16 +. +This is what she said to him: "That Hebrew slave you brought to us tried to humiliate me, -- genesis 39:17 +. +but when I raised my voice and screamed, he left his outer garment and ran outside." -- genesis 39:18 +. +When his master heard his wife say, "This is the way your slave treated me," he became furious. -- genesis 39:19 +. +Joseph's master took him and threw him into the prison, the place where the king's prisoners were confined. So he was there in the prison. -- genesis 39:20 +. +But the Lord was with Joseph and showed him kindness. He granted him favor in the sight of the prison warden. -- genesis 39:21 +. +The warden put all the prisoners under Joseph's care. He was in charge of whatever they were doing. -- genesis 39:22 +. +The warden did not concern himself with anything that was in Joseph's care because the Lord was with him and whatever he was doing the Lord was making successful. -- genesis 39:23 +. +After these things happened, the cupbearer to the king of Egypt and the royal baker offended their master, the king of Egypt. -- genesis 40:1 +. +Pharaoh was enraged with his two officials, the cupbearer and the baker, -- genesis 40:2 +. +so he imprisoned them in the house of the captain of the guard in the same facility where Joseph was confined. -- genesis 40:3 +. +The captain of the guard appointed Joseph to be their attendant, and he served them. They spent some time in custody. -- genesis 40:4 +. +Both of them, the cupbearer and the baker of the king of Egypt, who were confined in the prison, had a dream the same night. Each man's dream had its own meaning. -- genesis 40:5 +. +When Joseph came to them in the morning, he saw that they were looking depressed. -- genesis 40:6 +. +So he asked Pharaoh's officials, who were with him in custody in his master's house, "Why do you look so sad today?" -- genesis 40:7 +. +They told him, "We both had dreams, but there is no one to interpret them." Joseph responded, "Don't interpretations belong to God? Tell them to me." -- genesis 40:8 +. +So the chief cupbearer told his dream to Joseph: "In my dream, there was a vine in front of me. -- genesis 40:9 +. +On the vine there were three branches. As it budded, its blossoms opened and its clusters ripened into grapes. -- genesis 40:10 +. +Now Pharaoh's cup was in my hand, so I took the grapes, squeezed them into his cup, and put the cup in Pharaoh's hand." -- genesis 40:11 +. +"This is its meaning," Joseph said to him. "The three branches represent three days. -- genesis 40:12 +. +In three more days Pharaoh will reinstate you and restore you to your office. You will put Pharaoh's cup in his hand, just as you did before when you were cupbearer. -- genesis 40:13 +. +But remember me when it goes well for you, and show me kindness. Make mention of me to Pharaoh and bring me out of this prison, -- genesis 40:14 +. +for I really was kidnapped from the land of the Hebrews and I have done nothing wrong here for which they should put me in a dungeon." -- genesis 40:15 +. +When the chief baker saw that the interpretation of the first dream was favorable, he said to Joseph, "I also appeared in my dream and there were three baskets of white bread on my head. -- genesis 40:16 +. +In the top basket there were baked goods of every kind for Pharaoh, but the birds were eating them from the basket that was on my head." -- genesis 40:17 +. +Joseph replied, "This is its meaning: The three baskets represent three days. -- genesis 40:18 +. +In three more days Pharaoh will decapitate you and impale you on a pole. Then the birds will eat your flesh from you." -- genesis 40:19 +. +On the third day it was Pharaoh's birthday, so he gave a feast for all his servants. He "lifted up" the head of the chief cupbearer and the head of the chief baker in the midst of his servants. -- genesis 40:20 +. +He restored the chief cupbearer to his former position so that he placed the cup in Pharaoh's hand, -- genesis 40:21 +. +but the chief baker he impaled, just as Joseph had predicted. -- genesis 40:22 +. +But the chief cupbearer did not remember Joseph - he forgot him. -- genesis 40:23 +. +At the end of two full years Pharaoh had a dream. As he was standing by the Nile, -- genesis 41:1 +. +seven fine-looking, fat cows were coming up out of the Nile, and they grazed in the reeds. -- genesis 41:2 +. +Then seven bad-looking, thin cows were coming up after them from the Nile, and they stood beside the other cows at the edge of the river. -- genesis 41:3 +. +The bad-looking, thin cows ate the seven fine-looking, fat cows. Then Pharaoh woke up. -- genesis 41:4 +. +Then he fell asleep again and had a second dream: There were seven heads of grain growing on one stalk, healthy and good. -- genesis 41:5 +. +Then seven heads of grain, thin and burned by the east wind, were sprouting up after them. -- genesis 41:6 +. +The thin heads swallowed up the seven healthy and full heads. Then Pharaoh woke up and realized it was a dream. -- genesis 41:7 +. +In the morning he was troubled, so he called for all the diviner-priests of Egypt and all its wise men. Pharaoh told them his dreams, but no one could interpret them for him. -- genesis 41:8 +. +Then the chief cupbearer said to Pharaoh, "Today I recall my failures. -- genesis 41:9 +. +Pharaoh was enraged with his servants, and he put me in prison in the house of the captain of the guards - me and the chief baker. -- genesis 41:10 +. +We each had a dream one night; each of us had a dream with its own meaning. -- genesis 41:11 +. +Now a young man, a Hebrew, a servant of the captain of the guards, was with us there. We told him our dreams, and he interpreted the meaning of each of our respective dreams for us. -- genesis 41:12 +. +It happened just as he had said to us - Pharaoh restored me to my office, but he impaled the baker." -- genesis 41:13 +. +Then Pharaoh summoned Joseph. So they brought him quickly out of the dungeon; he shaved himself, changed his clothes, and came before Pharaoh. -- genesis 41:14 +. +Pharaoh said to Joseph, "I had a dream, and there is no one who can interpret it. But I have heard about you, that you can interpret dreams." -- genesis 41:15 +. +Joseph replied to Pharaoh, "It is not within my power, but God will speak concerning the welfare of Pharaoh." -- genesis 41:16 +. +Then Pharaoh said to Joseph, "In my dream I was standing by the edge of the Nile. -- genesis 41:17 +. +Then seven fat and fine-looking cows were coming up out of the Nile, and they grazed in the reeds. -- genesis 41:18 +. +Then seven other cows came up after them; they were scrawny, very bad-looking, and lean. I had never seen such bad-looking cows as these in all the land of Egypt! -- genesis 41:19 +. +The lean, bad-looking cows ate up the seven fat cows. -- genesis 41:20 +. +When they had eaten them, no one would have known that they had done so, for they were just as bad-looking as before. Then I woke up. -- genesis 41:21 +. +I also saw in my dream seven heads of grain growing on one stalk, full and good. -- genesis 41:22 +. +Then seven heads of grain, withered and thin and burned with the east wind, were sprouting up after them. -- genesis 41:23 +. +The thin heads of grain swallowed up the seven good heads of grain. So I told all this to the diviner-priests, but no one could tell me its meaning." -- genesis 41:24 +. +Then Joseph said to Pharaoh, "Both dreams of Pharaoh have the same meaning. God has revealed to Pharaoh what he is about to do. -- genesis 41:25 +. +The seven good cows represent seven years, and the seven good heads of grain represent seven years. Both dreams have the same meaning. -- genesis 41:26 +. +The seven lean, bad-looking cows that came up after them represent seven years, as do the seven empty heads of grain burned with the east wind. They represent seven years of famine. -- genesis 41:27 +. +This is just what I told Pharaoh: God has shown Pharaoh what he is about to do. -- genesis 41:28 +. +Seven years of great abundance are coming throughout the whole land of Egypt. -- genesis 41:29 +. +But seven years of famine will occur after them, and all the abundance will be forgotten in the land of Egypt. The famine will devastate the land. -- genesis 41:30 +. +The previous abundance of the land will not be remembered because of the famine that follows, for the famine will be very severe. -- genesis 41:31 +. +The dream was repeated to Pharaoh because the matter has been decreed by God, and God will make it happen soon. -- genesis 41:32 +. +"So now Pharaoh should look for a wise and discerning man and give him authority over all the land of Egypt. -- genesis 41:33 +. +Pharaoh should do this - he should appoint officials throughout the land to collect one-fifth of the produce of the land of Egypt during the seven years of abundance. -- genesis 41:34 +. +They should gather all the excess food during these good years that are coming. By Pharaoh's authority they should store up grain so the cities will have food, and they should preserve it. -- genesis 41:35 +. +This food should be held in storage for the land in preparation for the seven years of famine that will occur throughout the land of Egypt. In this way the land will survive the famine." -- genesis 41:36 +. +This advice made sense to Pharaoh and all his officials. -- genesis 41:37 +. +So Pharaoh asked his officials, "Can we find a man like Joseph, one in whom the Spirit of God is present?" -- genesis 41:38 +. +So Pharaoh said to Joseph, "Because God has enabled you to know all this, there is no one as wise and discerning as you are! -- genesis 41:39 +. +You will oversee my household, and all my people will submit to your commands. Only I, the king, will be greater than you. -- genesis 41:40 +. +"See here," Pharaoh said to Joseph, "I place you in authority over all the land of Egypt." -- genesis 41:41 +. +Then Pharaoh took his signet ring from his own hand and put it on Joseph's. He clothed him with fine linen clothes and put a gold chain around his neck. -- genesis 41:42 +. +Pharaoh had him ride in the chariot used by his second-in-command, and they cried out before him, "Kneel down!" So he placed him over all the land of Egypt. -- genesis 41:43 +. +Pharaoh also said to Joseph, "I am Pharaoh, but without your permission no one will move his hand or his foot in all the land of Egypt." -- genesis 41:44 +. +Pharaoh gave Joseph the name Zaphenath-Paneah. He also gave him Asenath daughter of Potiphera, priest of On, to be his wife. So Joseph took charge of all the land of Egypt. -- genesis 41:45 +. +Now Joseph was years old when he began serving Pharaoh king of Egypt. Joseph was commissioned by Pharaoh and was in charge of all the land of Egypt. -- genesis 41:46 +. +During the seven years of abundance the land produced large, bountiful harvests. -- genesis 41:47 +. +Joseph collected all the excess food in the land of Egypt during the seven years and stored it in the cities. In every city he put the food gathered from the fields around it. -- genesis 41:48 +. +Joseph stored up a vast amount of grain, like the sand of the sea, until he stopped measuring it because it was impossible to measure. -- genesis 41:49 +. +Two sons were born to Joseph before the famine came. Asenath daughter of Potiphera, priest of On, was their mother. -- genesis 41:50 +. +Joseph named the firstborn Manasseh, saying, "Certainly God has made me forget all my trouble and all my father's house." -- genesis 41:51 +. +He named the second child Ephraim, saying, "Certainly God has made me fruitful in the land of my suffering." -- genesis 41:52 +. +The seven years of abundance in the land of Egypt came to an end. -- genesis 41:53 +. +Then the seven years of famine began, just as Joseph had predicted. There was famine in all the other lands, but throughout the land of Egypt there was food. -- genesis 41:54 +. +When all the land of Egypt experienced the famine, the people cried out to Pharaoh for food. Pharaoh said to all the people of Egypt, "Go to Joseph and do whatever he tells you." -- genesis 41:55 +. +While the famine was over all the earth, Joseph opened the storehouses and sold grain to the Egyptians. The famine was severe throughout the land of Egypt. -- genesis 41:56 +. +People from every country came to Joseph in Egypt to buy grain because the famine was severe throughout the earth. -- genesis 41:57 +. +When Jacob heard there was grain in Egypt, he said to his sons, "Why are you looking at each other?" -- genesis 42:1 +. +He then said, "Look, I hear that there is grain in Egypt. Go down there and buy grain for us so that we may live and not die." -- genesis 42:2 +. +So ten of Joseph's brothers went down to buy grain from Egypt. -- genesis 42:3 +. +But Jacob did not send Joseph's brother Benjamin with his brothers, for he said, "What if some accident happens to him?" -- genesis 42:4 +. +So Israel's sons came to buy grain among the other travelers, for the famine was severe in the land of Canaan. -- genesis 42:5 +. +Now Joseph was the ruler of the country, the one who sold grain to all the people of the country. Joseph's brothers came and bowed down before him with their faces to the ground. -- genesis 42:6 +. +When Joseph saw his brothers, he recognized them, but he pretended to be a stranger to them and spoke to them harshly. He asked, "Where do you come from?" They answered, "From the land of Canaan, to buy grain for food." -- genesis 42:7 +. +Joseph recognized his brothers, but they did not recognize him. -- genesis 42:8 +. +Then Joseph remembered the dreams he had dreamed about them, and he said to them, "You are spies; you have come to see if our land is vulnerable!" -- genesis 42:9 +. +But they exclaimed, "No, my lord! Your servants have come to buy grain for food! -- genesis 42:10 +. +We are all the sons of one man; we are honest men! Your servants are not spies." -- genesis 42:11 +. +"No," he insisted, "but you have come to see if our land is vulnerable." -- genesis 42:12 +. +They replied, "Your servants are from a family of twelve brothers. We are the sons of one man in the land of Canaan. The youngest is with our father at this time, and one is no longer alive." -- genesis 42:13 +. +But Joseph told them, "It is just as I said to you: You are spies! -- genesis 42:14 +. +You will be tested in this way: As surely as Pharaoh lives, you will not depart from this place unless your youngest brother comes here. -- genesis 42:15 +. +One of you must go and get your brother, while the rest of you remain in prison. In this way your words may be tested to see if you are telling the truth. If not, then, as surely as Pharaoh lives, you are spies!" -- genesis 42:16 +. +He imprisoned them all for three days. -- genesis 42:17 +. +On the third day Joseph said to them, "Do as I say and you will live, for I fear God. -- genesis 42:18 +. +If you are honest men, leave one of your brothers confined here in prison while the rest of you go and take grain back for your hungry families. -- genesis 42:19 +. +But you must bring your youngest brother to me. Then your words will be verified and you will not die." They did as he said. -- genesis 42:20 +. +They said to one other, "Surely we're being punished because of our brother, because we saw how distressed he was when he cried to us for mercy, but we refused to listen. That is why this distress has come on us!" -- genesis 42:21 +. +Reuben said to them, "Didn't I say to you, 'Don't sin against the boy,' but you wouldn't listen? So now we must pay for shedding his blood!" -- genesis 42:22 +. +(Now they did not know that Joseph could understand them, for he was speaking through an interpreter.) -- genesis 42:23 +. +He turned away from them and wept. When he turned around and spoke to them again, he had Simeon taken from them and tied up before their eyes. -- genesis 42:24 +. +Then Joseph gave orders to fill their bags with grain, to return each man's money to his sack, and to give them provisions for the journey. His orders were carried out. -- genesis 42:25 +. +So they loaded their grain on their donkeys and left. -- genesis 42:26 +. +When one of them opened his sack to get feed for his donkey at their resting place, he saw his money in the mouth of his sack. -- genesis 42:27 +. +He said to his brothers, "My money was returned! Here it is in my sack!" They were dismayed; they turned trembling one to another and said, "What in the world has God done to us?" -- genesis 42:28 +. +They returned to their father Jacob in the land of Canaan and told him all the things that had happened to them, saying, -- genesis 42:29 +. +"The man, the lord of the land, spoke harshly to us and treated us as if we were spying on the land. -- genesis 42:30 +. +But we said to him, 'We are honest men; we are not spies! -- genesis 42:31 +. +We are from a family of twelve brothers; we are the sons of one father. One is no longer alive, and the youngest is with our father at this time in the land of Canaan.' -- genesis 42:32 +. +"Then the man, the lord of the land, said to us, 'This is how I will find out if you are honest men. Leave one of your brothers with me, and take grain for your hungry households and go. -- genesis 42:33 +. +But bring your youngest brother back to me so I will know that you are honest men and not spies. Then I will give your brother back to you and you may move about freely in the land.'" -- genesis 42:34 +. +When they were emptying their sacks, there was each man's bag of money in his sack! When they and their father saw the bags of money, they were afraid. -- genesis 42:35 +. +Their father Jacob said to them, "You are making me childless! Joseph is gone. Simeon is gone. And now you want to take Benjamin! Everything is against me." -- genesis 42:36 +. +Then Reuben said to his father, "You may put my two sons to death if I do not bring him back to you. Put him in my care and I will bring him back to you." -- genesis 42:37 +. +But Jacob replied, "My son will not go down there with you, for his brother is dead and he alone is left. If an accident happens to him on the journey you have to make, then you will bring down my gray hair in sorrow to the grave." -- genesis 42:38 +. +Now the famine was severe in the land. -- genesis 43:1 +. +When they finished eating the grain they had brought from Egypt, their father said to them, "Return, buy us a little more food." -- genesis 43:2 +. +But Judah said to him, "The man solemnly warned us, 'You will not see my face unless your brother is with you.' -- genesis 43:3 +. +If you send our brother with us, we'll go down and buy food for you. -- genesis 43:4 +. +But if you will not send him, we won't go down there because the man said to us, 'You will not see my face unless your brother is with you.'" -- genesis 43:5 +. +Israel said, "Why did you bring this trouble on me by telling the man you had one more brother?" -- genesis 43:6 +. +They replied, "The man questioned us thoroughly about ourselves and our family, saying, 'Is your father still alive? Do you have another brother?' So we answered him in this way. How could we possibly know that he would say, 'Bring your brother down'?" -- genesis 43:7 +. +Then Judah said to his father Israel, "Send the boy with me and we will go immediately. Then we will live and not die - we and you and our little ones. -- genesis 43:8 +. +I myself pledge security for him; you may hold me liable. If I do not bring him back to you and place him here before you, I will bear the blame before you all my life. -- genesis 43:9 +. +But if we had not delayed, we could have traveled there and back twice by now!" -- genesis 43:10 +. +Then their father Israel said to them, "If it must be so, then do this: Take some of the best products of the land in your bags, and take a gift down to the man - a little balm and a little honey, spices and myrrh, pistachios and almonds. -- genesis 43:11 +. +Take double the money with you; you must take back the money that was returned in the mouths of your sacks - perhaps it was an oversight. -- genesis 43:12 +. +Take your brother too, and go right away to the man. -- genesis 43:13 +. +May the sovereign God grant you mercy before the man so that he may release your other brother and Benjamin! As for me, if I lose my children I lose them." -- genesis 43:14 +. +So the men took these gifts, and they took double the money with them, along with Benjamin. Then they hurried down to Egypt and stood before Joseph. -- genesis 43:15 +. +When Joseph saw Benjamin with them, he said to the servant who was over his household, "Bring the men to the house. Slaughter an animal and prepare it, for the men will eat with me at noon." -- genesis 43:16 +. +The man did just as Joseph said; he brought the men into Joseph's house. -- genesis 43:17 +. +But the men were afraid when they were brought to Joseph's house. They said, "We are being brought in because of the money that was returned in our sacks last time. He wants to capture us, make us slaves, and take our donkeys!" -- genesis 43:18 +. +So they approached the man who was in charge of Joseph's household and spoke to him at the entrance to the house. -- genesis 43:19 +. +They said, "My lord, we did indeed come down the first time to buy food. -- genesis 43:20 +. +But when we came to the place where we spent the night, we opened our sacks and each of us found his money - the full amount - in the mouth of his sack. So we have returned it. -- genesis 43:21 +. +We have brought additional money with us to buy food. We do not know who put the money in our sacks!" -- genesis 43:22 +. +"Everything is fine," the man in charge of Joseph's household told them. "Don't be afraid. Your God and the God of your father has given you treasure in your sacks. I had your money." Then he brought Simeon out to them. -- genesis 43:23 +. +The servant in charge brought the men into Joseph's house. He gave them water, and they washed their feet. Then he gave food to their donkeys. -- genesis 43:24 +. +They got their gifts ready for Joseph's arrival at noon, for they had heard that they were to have a meal there. -- genesis 43:25 +. +When Joseph came home, they presented him with the gifts they had brought inside, and they bowed down to the ground before him. -- genesis 43:26 +. +He asked them how they were doing. Then he said, "Is your aging father well, the one you spoke about? Is he still alive?" -- genesis 43:27 +. +"Your servant our father is well," they replied. "He is still alive." They bowed down in humility. -- genesis 43:28 +. +When Joseph looked up and saw his brother Benjamin, his mother's son, he said, "Is this your youngest brother, whom you told me about?" Then he said, "May God be gracious to you, my son." -- genesis 43:29 +. +Joseph hurried out, for he was overcome by affection for his brother and was at the point of tears. So he went to his room and wept there. -- genesis 43:30 +. +Then he washed his face and came out. With composure he said, "Set out the food." -- genesis 43:31 +. +They set a place for him, a separate place for his brothers, and another for the Egyptians who were eating with him. (The Egyptians are not able to eat with Hebrews, for the Egyptians think it is disgusting to do so.) -- genesis 43:32 +. +They sat before him, arranged by order of birth, beginning with the firstborn and ending with the youngest. The men looked at each other in astonishment. -- genesis 43:33 +. +He gave them portions of the food set before him, but the portion for Benjamin was five times greater than the portions for any of the others. They drank with Joseph until they all became drunk. -- genesis 43:34 +. +He instructed the servant who was over his household, "Fill the sacks of the men with as much food as they can carry and put each man's money in the mouth of his sack. -- genesis 44:1 +. +Then put my cup - the silver cup - in the mouth of the youngest one's sack, along with the money for his grain." He did as Joseph instructed. -- genesis 44:2 +. +When morning came, the men and their donkeys were sent off. -- genesis 44:3 +. +They had not gone very far from the city when Joseph said to the servant who was over his household, "Pursue the men at once! When you overtake them, say to them, 'Why have you repaid good with evil? -- genesis 44:4 +. +Doesn't my master drink from this cup and use it for divination? You have done wrong!'" -- genesis 44:5 +. +When the man overtook them, he spoke these words to them. -- genesis 44:6 +. +They answered him, "Why does my lord say such things? Far be it from your servants to do such a thing! -- genesis 44:7 +. +Look, the money that we found in the mouths of our sacks we brought back to you from the land of Canaan. Why then would we steal silver or gold from your master's house? -- genesis 44:8 +. +If one of us has it, he will die, and the rest of us will become my lord's slaves!" -- genesis 44:9 +. +He replied, "You have suggested your own punishment! The one who has it will become my slave, but the rest of you will go free." -- genesis 44:10 +. +So each man quickly lowered his sack to the ground and opened it. -- genesis 44:11 +. +Then the man searched. He began with the oldest and finished with the youngest. The cup was found in Benjamin's sack! -- genesis 44:12 +. +They all tore their clothes! Then each man loaded his donkey, and they returned to the city. -- genesis 44:13 +. +So Judah and his brothers came back to Joseph's house. He was still there, and they threw themselves to the ground before him. -- genesis 44:14 +. +Joseph said to them, "What did you think you were doing? Don't you know that a man like me can find out things like this by divination?" -- genesis 44:15 +. +Judah replied, "What can we say to my lord? What can we speak? How can we clear ourselves? God has exposed the sin of your servants! We are now my lord's slaves, we and the one in whose possession the cup was found." -- genesis 44:16 +. +But Joseph said, "Far be it from me to do this! The man in whose hand the cup was found will become my slave, but the rest of you may go back to your father in peace." -- genesis 44:17 +. +Then Judah approached him and said, "My lord, please allow your servant to speak a word with you. Please do not get angry with your servant, for you are just like Pharaoh. -- genesis 44:18 +. +My lord asked his servants, 'Do you have a father or a brother?' -- genesis 44:19 +. +We said to my lord, 'We have an aged father, and there is a young boy who was born when our father was old. The boy's brother is dead. He is the only one of his mother's sons left, and his father loves him.' -- genesis 44:20 +. +"Then you told your servants, 'Bring him down to me so I can see him.' -- genesis 44:21 +. +We said to my lord, 'The boy cannot leave his father. If he leaves his father, his father will die.' -- genesis 44:22 +. +But you said to your servants, 'If your youngest brother does not come down with you, you will not see my face again.' -- genesis 44:23 +. +When we returned to your servant my father, we told him the words of my lord. -- genesis 44:24 +. +"Then our father said, 'Go back and buy us a little food.' -- genesis 44:25 +. +But we replied, 'We cannot go down there. If our youngest brother is with us, then we will go, for we won't be permitted to see the man's face if our youngest brother is not with us.' -- genesis 44:26 +. +"Then your servant my father said to us, 'You know that my wife gave me two sons. -- genesis 44:27 +. +The first disappeared and I said, "He has surely been torn to pieces." I have not seen him since. -- genesis 44:28 +. +If you take this one from me too and an accident happens to him, then you will bring down my gray hair in tragedy to the grave.' -- genesis 44:29 +. +"So now, when I return to your servant my father, and the boy is not with us - his very life is bound up in his son's life. -- genesis 44:30 +. +When he sees the boy is not with us, he will die, and your servants will bring down the gray hair of your servant our father in sorrow to the grave. -- genesis 44:31 +. +Indeed, your servant pledged security for the boy with my father, saying, 'If I do not bring him back to you, then I will bear the blame before my father all my life.' -- genesis 44:32 +. +"So now, please let your servant remain as my lord's slave instead of the boy. As for the boy, let him go back with his brothers. -- genesis 44:33 +. +For how can I go back to my father if the boy is not with me? I couldn't bear to see my father's pain." -- genesis 44:34 +. +Joseph was no longer able to control himself before all his attendants, so he cried out, "Make everyone go out from my presence!" No one remained with Joseph when he made himself known to his brothers. -- genesis 45:1 +. +He wept loudly; the Egyptians heard it and Pharaoh's household heard about it. -- genesis 45:2 +. +Joseph said to his brothers, "I am Joseph! Is my father still alive?" His brothers could not answer him because they were dumbfounded before him. -- genesis 45:3 +. +Joseph said to his brothers, "Come closer to me," so they came near. Then he said, "I am Joseph your brother, whom you sold into Egypt. -- genesis 45:4 +. +Now, do not be upset and do not be angry with yourselves because you sold me here, for God sent me ahead of you to preserve life! -- genesis 45:5 +. +For these past two years there has been famine in the land and for five more years there will be neither plowing nor harvesting. -- genesis 45:6 +. +God sent me ahead of you to preserve you on the earth and to save your lives by a great deliverance. -- genesis 45:7 +. +So now, it is not you who sent me here, but God. He has made me an adviser to Pharaoh, lord over all his household, and ruler over all the land of Egypt. -- genesis 45:8 +. +Now go up to my father quickly and tell him, 'This is what your son Joseph says: "God has made me lord of all Egypt. Come down to me; do not delay! -- genesis 45:9 +. +You will live in the land of Goshen, and you will be near me - you, your children, your grandchildren, your flocks, your herds, and everything you have. -- genesis 45:10 +. +I will provide you with food there because there will be five more years of famine. Otherwise you would become poor - you, your household, and everyone who belongs to you."' -- genesis 45:11 +. +You and my brother Benjamin can certainly see with your own eyes that I really am the one who speaks to you. -- genesis 45:12 +. +So tell my father about all my honor in Egypt and about everything you have seen. But bring my father down here quickly!" -- genesis 45:13 +. +Then he threw himself on the neck of his brother Benjamin and wept, and Benjamin wept on his neck. -- genesis 45:14 +. +He kissed all his brothers and wept over them. After this his brothers talked with him. -- genesis 45:15 +. +Now it was reported in the household of Pharaoh, "Joseph's brothers have arrived." It pleased Pharaoh and his servants. -- genesis 45:16 +. +Pharaoh said to Joseph, "Say to your brothers, 'Do this: Load your animals and go to the land of Canaan! -- genesis 45:17 +. +Get your father and your households and come to me! Then I will give you the best land in Egypt and you will eat the best of the land.' -- genesis 45:18 +. +You are also commanded to say, 'Do this: Take for yourselves wagons from the land of Egypt for your little ones and for your wives. Bring your father and come. -- genesis 45:19 +. +Don't worry about your belongings, for the best of all the land of Egypt will be yours.'" -- genesis 45:20 +. +So the sons of Israel did as he said. Joseph gave them wagons as Pharaoh had instructed, and he gave them provisions for the journey. -- genesis 45:21 +. +He gave sets of clothes to each one of them, but to Benjamin he gave three hundred pieces of silver and five sets of clothes. -- genesis 45:22 +. +To his father he sent the following: ten donkeys loaded with the best products of Egypt and ten female donkeys loaded with grain, food, and provisions for his father's journey. -- genesis 45:23 +. +Then he sent his brothers on their way and they left. He said to them, "As you travel don't be overcome with fear." -- genesis 45:24 +. +So they went up from Egypt and came to their father Jacob in the land of Canaan. -- genesis 45:25 +. +They told him, "Joseph is still alive and he is ruler over all the land of Egypt!" Jacob was stunned, for he did not believe them. -- genesis 45:26 +. +But when they related to him everything Joseph had said to them, and when he saw the wagons that Joseph had sent to transport him, their father Jacob's spirit revived. -- genesis 45:27 +. +Then Israel said, "Enough! My son Joseph is still alive! I will go and see him before I die." -- genesis 45:28 +. +So Israel began his journey, taking with him all that he had. When he came to Beer Sheba he offered sacrifices to the God of his father Isaac. -- genesis 46:1 +. +God spoke to Israel in a vision during the night and said, "Jacob, Jacob!" He replied, "Here I am!" -- genesis 46:2 +. +He said, "I am God, the God of your father. Do not be afraid to go down to Egypt, for I will make you into a great nation there. -- genesis 46:3 +. +I will go down with you to Egypt and I myself will certainly bring you back from there. Joseph will close your eyes." -- genesis 46:4 +. +Then Jacob started out from Beer Sheba, and the sons of Israel carried their father Jacob, their little children, and their wives in the wagons that Pharaoh had sent along to transport him. -- genesis 46:5 +. +Jacob and all his descendants took their livestock and the possessions they had acquired in the land of Canaan, and they went to Egypt. -- genesis 46:6 +. +He brought with him to Egypt his sons and grandsons, his daughters and granddaughters - all his descendants. -- genesis 46:7 +. +These are the names of the sons of Israel who went to Egypt - Jacob and his sons: Reuben, the firstborn of Jacob. -- genesis 46:8 +. +The sons of Reuben: Hanoch, Pallu, Hezron, and Carmi. -- genesis 46:9 +. +The sons of Simeon: Jemuel, Jamin, Ohad, Jakin, Zohar, and Shaul (the son of a Canaanite woman). -- genesis 46:10 +. +The sons of Levi: Gershon, Kohath, and Merari. -- genesis 46:11 +. +The sons of Judah: Er, Onan, Shelah, Perez, and Zerah (but Er and Onan died in the land of Canaan). The sons of Perez were Hezron and Hamul. -- genesis 46:12 +. +The sons of Issachar: Tola, Puah, Jashub, and Shimron. -- genesis 46:13 +. +The sons of Zebulun: Sered, Elon, and Jahleel. -- genesis 46:14 +. +These were the sons of Leah, whom she bore to Jacob in Paddan Aram, along with Dinah his daughter. His sons and daughters numbered thirty-three in all. -- genesis 46:15 +. +The sons of Gad: Zephon, Haggi, Shuni, Ezbon, Eri, Arodi, and Areli. -- genesis 46:16 +. +The sons of Asher: Imnah, Ishvah, Ishvi, Beriah, and Serah their sister. The sons of Beriah were Heber and Malkiel. -- genesis 46:17 +. +These were the sons of Zilpah, whom Laban gave to Leah his daughter. She bore these to Jacob, sixteen in all. -- genesis 46:18 +. +The sons of Rachel the wife of Jacob: Joseph and Benjamin. -- genesis 46:19 +. +Manasseh and Ephraim were born to Joseph in the land of Egypt. Asenath daughter of Potiphera, priest of On, bore them to him. -- genesis 46:20 +. +The sons of Benjamin: Bela, Beker, Ashbel, Gera, Naaman, Ehi, Rosh, Muppim, Huppim and Ard. -- genesis 46:21 +. +These were the sons of Rachel who were born to Jacob, fourteen in all. -- genesis 46:22 +. +The son of Dan: Hushim. -- genesis 46:23 +. +The sons of Naphtali: Jahziel, Guni, Jezer, and Shillem. -- genesis 46:24 +. +These were the sons of Bilhah, whom Laban gave to Rachel his daughter. She bore these to Jacob, seven in all. -- genesis 46:25 +. +All the direct descendants of Jacob who went to Egypt with him were sixty-six in number. (This number does not include the wives of Jacob's sons.) -- genesis 46:26 +. +Counting the two sons of Joseph who were born to him in Egypt, all the people of the household of Jacob who were in Egypt numbered seventy. -- genesis 46:27 +. +Jacob sent Judah before him to Joseph to accompany him to Goshen. So they came to the land of Goshen. -- genesis 46:28 +. +Joseph harnessed his chariot and went up to meet his father Israel in Goshen. When he met him, he hugged his neck and wept on his neck for quite some time. -- genesis 46:29 +. +Israel said to Joseph, "Now let me die since I have seen your face and know that you are still alive." -- genesis 46:30 +. +Then Joseph said to his brothers and his father's household, "I will go up and tell Pharaoh, 'My brothers and my father's household who were in the land of Canaan have come to me. -- genesis 46:31 +. +The men are shepherds; they take care of livestock. They have brought their flocks and their herds and all that they have.' -- genesis 46:32 +. +Pharaoh will summon you and say, 'What is your occupation?' -- genesis 46:33 +. +Tell him, 'Your servants have taken care of cattle from our youth until now, both we and our fathers,' so that you may live in the land of Goshen, for everyone who takes care of sheep is disgusting to the Egyptians." -- genesis 46:34 +. +Joseph went and told Pharaoh, "My father, my brothers, their flocks and herds, and all that they own have arrived from the land of Canaan. They are now in the land of Goshen." -- genesis 47:1 +. +He took five of his brothers and introduced them to Pharaoh. -- genesis 47:2 +. +Pharaoh said to Joseph's brothers, "What is your occupation?" They said to Pharaoh, "Your servants take care of flocks, just as our ancestors did." -- genesis 47:3 +. +Then they said to Pharaoh, "We have come to live as temporary residents in the land. There is no pasture for your servants' flocks because the famine is severe in the land of Canaan. So now, please let your servants live in the land of Goshen." -- genesis 47:4 +. +Pharaoh said to Joseph, "Your father and your brothers have come to you. -- genesis 47:5 +. +The land of Egypt is before you; settle your father and your brothers in the best region of the land. They may live in the land of Goshen. If you know of any highly capable men among them, put them in charge of my livestock." -- genesis 47:6 +. +Then Joseph brought in his father Jacob and presented him before Pharaoh. Jacob blessed Pharaoh. -- genesis 47:7 +. +Pharaoh said to Jacob, "How long have you lived?" -- genesis 47:8 +. +Jacob said to Pharaoh, "All the years of my travels are 130. All the years of my life have been few and painful; the years of my travels are not as long as those of my ancestors." -- genesis 47:9 +. +Then Jacob blessed Pharaoh and went out from his presence. -- genesis 47:10 +. +So Joseph settled his father and his brothers. He gave them territory in the land of Egypt, in the best region of the land, the land of Rameses, just as Pharaoh had commanded. -- genesis 47:11 +. +Joseph also provided food for his father, his brothers, and all his father's household, according to the number of their little children. -- genesis 47:12 +. +But there was no food in all the land because the famine was very severe; the land of Egypt and the land of Canaan wasted away because of the famine. -- genesis 47:13 +. +Joseph collected all the money that could be found in the land of Egypt and in the land of Canaan as payment for the grain they were buying. Then Joseph brought the money into Pharaoh's palace. -- genesis 47:14 +. +When the money from the lands of Egypt and Canaan was used up, all the Egyptians came to Joseph and said, "Give us food! Why should we die before your very eyes because our money has run out?" -- genesis 47:15 +. +Then Joseph said, "If your money is gone, bring your livestock, and I will give you food in exchange for your livestock." -- genesis 47:16 +. +So they brought their livestock to Joseph, and Joseph gave them food in exchange for their horses, the livestock of their flocks and herds, and their donkeys. He got them through that year by giving them food in exchange for livestock. -- genesis 47:17 +. +When that year was over, they came to him the next year and said to him, "We cannot hide from our lord that the money is used up and the livestock and the animals belong to our lord. Nothing remains before our lord except our bodies and our land. -- genesis 47:18 +. +Why should we die before your very eyes, both we and our land? Buy us and our land in exchange for food, and we, with our land, will become Pharaoh's slaves. Give us seed that we may live and not die. Then the land will not become desolate." -- genesis 47:19 +. +So Joseph bought all the land of Egypt for Pharaoh. Each of the Egyptians sold his field, for the famine was severe. So the land became Pharaoh's. -- genesis 47:20 +. +Joseph made all the people slaves from one end of Egypt's border to the other end of it. -- genesis 47:21 +. +But he did not purchase the land of the priests because the priests had an allotment from Pharaoh and they ate from their allotment that Pharaoh gave them. That is why they did not sell their land. -- genesis 47:22 +. +Joseph said to the people, "Since I have bought you and your land today for Pharaoh, here is seed for you. Cultivate the land. -- genesis 47:23 +. +When you gather in the crop, give one-fifth of it to Pharaoh, and the rest will be yours for seed for the fields and for you to eat, including those in your households and your little children." -- genesis 47:24 +. +They replied, "You have saved our lives! You are showing us favor, and we will be Pharaoh's slaves." -- genesis 47:25 +. +So Joseph made it a statute, which is in effect to this day throughout the land of Egypt: One-fifth belongs to Pharaoh. Only the land of the priests did not become Pharaoh's. -- genesis 47:26 +. +Israel settled in the land of Egypt, in the land of Goshen, and they owned land there. They were fruitful and increased rapidly in number. -- genesis 47:27 +. +Jacob lived in the land of Egypt seventeen years; the years of Jacob's life were in all. -- genesis 47:28 +. +The time for Israel to die approached, so he called for his son Joseph and said to him, "If now I have found favor in your sight, put your hand under my thigh and show me kindness and faithfulness. Do not bury me in Egypt, -- genesis 47:29 +. +but when I rest with my fathers, carry me out of Egypt and bury me in their burial place." Joseph said, "I will do as you say." -- genesis 47:30 +. +Jacob said, "Swear to me that you will do so." So Joseph gave him his word. Then Israel bowed down at the head of his bed. -- genesis 47:31 +. +After these things Joseph was told, "Your father is weakening." So he took his two sons Manasseh and Ephraim with him. -- genesis 48:1 +. +When Jacob was told, "Your son Joseph has just come to you," Israel regained strength and sat up on his bed. -- genesis 48:2 +. +Jacob said to Joseph, "The sovereign God appeared to me at Luz in the land of Canaan and blessed me. -- genesis 48:3 +. +He said to me, 'I am going to make you fruitful and will multiply you. I will make you into a group of nations, and I will give this land to your descendants as an everlasting possession.' -- genesis 48:4 +. +"Now, as for your two sons, who were born to you in the land of Egypt before I came to you in Egypt, they will be mine. Ephraim and Manasseh will be mine just as Reuben and Simeon are. -- genesis 48:5 +. +Any children that you father after them will be yours; they will be listed under the names of their brothers in their inheritance. -- genesis 48:6 +. +But as for me, when I was returning from Paddan, Rachel died - to my sorrow - in the land of Canaan. It happened along the way, some distance from Ephrath. So I buried her there on the way to Ephrath" (that is, Bethlehem). -- genesis 48:7 +. +When Israel saw Joseph's sons, he asked, "Who are these?" -- genesis 48:8 +. +Joseph said to his father, "They are the sons God has given me in this place." His father said, "Bring them to me so I may bless them." -- genesis 48:9 +. +Now Israel's eyes were failing because of his age; he was not able to see well. So Joseph brought his sons near to him, and his father kissed them and embraced them. -- genesis 48:10 +. +Israel said to Joseph, "I never expected to see you again, but now God has allowed me to see your children too." -- genesis 48:11 +. +So Joseph moved them from Israel's knees and bowed down with his face to the ground. -- genesis 48:12 +. +Joseph positioned them; he put Ephraim on his right hand across from Israel's left hand, and Manasseh on his left hand across from Israel's right hand. Then Joseph brought them closer to his father. -- genesis 48:13 +. +Israel stretched out his right hand and placed it on Ephraim's head, although he was the younger. Crossing his hands, he put his left hand on Manasseh's head, for Manasseh was the firstborn. -- genesis 48:14 +. +Then he blessed Joseph and said, "May the God before whom my fathers Abraham and Isaac walked - the God who has been my shepherd all my life long to this day, -- genesis 48:15 +. +the Angel who has protected me from all harm - bless these boys. May my name be named in them, and the name of my fathers Abraham and Isaac. May they grow into a multitude on the earth." -- genesis 48:16 +. +When Joseph saw that his father placed his right hand on Ephraim's head, it displeased him. So he took his father's hand to move it from Ephraim's head to Manasseh's head. -- genesis 48:17 +. +Joseph said to his father, "Not so, my father, for this is the firstborn. Put your right hand on his head." -- genesis 48:18 +. +But his father refused and said, "I know, my son, I know. He too will become a nation and he too will become great. In spite of this, his younger brother will be even greater and his descendants will become a multitude of nations." -- genesis 48:19 +. +So he blessed them that day, saying, "By you will Israel bless, saying, 'May God make you like Ephraim and Manasseh.'" So he put Ephraim before Manasseh. -- genesis 48:20 +. +Then Israel said to Joseph, "I am about to die, but God will be with you and will bring you back to the land of your fathers. -- genesis 48:21 +. +As one who is above your brothers, I give to you the mountain slope, which I took from the Amorites with my sword and my bow." -- genesis 48:22 +. +Jacob called for his sons and said, "Gather together so I can tell you what will happen to you in the future. -- genesis 49:1 +. +"Assemble and listen, you sons of Jacob; listen to Israel, your father. -- genesis 49:2 +. +Reuben, you are my firstborn, my might and the beginning of my strength, outstanding in dignity, outstanding in power. -- genesis 49:3 +. +You are destructive like water and will not excel, for you got on your father's bed, then you defiled it - he got on my couch! -- genesis 49:4 +. +Simeon and Levi are brothers, weapons of violence are their knives! -- genesis 49:5 +. +O my soul, do not come into their council, do not be united to their assembly, my heart, for in their anger they have killed men, and for pleasure they have hamstrung oxen. -- genesis 49:6 +. +Cursed be their anger, for it was fierce, and their fury, for it was cruel. I will divide them in Jacob, and scatter them in Israel! -- genesis 49:7 +. +Judah, your brothers will praise you. Your hand will be on the neck of your enemies, your father's sons will bow down before you. -- genesis 49:8 +. +You are a lion's cub, Judah, from the prey, my son, you have gone up. He crouches and lies down like a lion; like a lioness - who will rouse him? -- genesis 49:9 +. +The scepter will not depart from Judah, nor the ruler's staff from between his feet, until he comes to whom it belongs; the nations will obey him. -- genesis 49:10 +. +Binding his foal to the vine, and his colt to the choicest vine, he will wash his garments in wine, his robes in the blood of grapes. -- genesis 49:11 +. +His eyes will be dark from wine, and his teeth white from milk. -- genesis 49:12 +. +Zebulun will live by the haven of the sea and become a haven for ships; his border will extend to Sidon. -- genesis 49:13 +. +Issachar is a strong-boned donkey lying down between two saddlebags. -- genesis 49:14 +. +When he sees a good resting place, and the pleasant land, he will bend his shoulder to the burden and become a slave laborer. -- genesis 49:15 +. +Dan will judge his people as one of the tribes of Israel. -- genesis 49:16 +. +May Dan be a snake beside the road, a viper by the path, that bites the heels of the horse so that its rider falls backward. -- genesis 49:17 +. +I wait for your deliverance, O Lord. -- genesis 49:18 +. +Gad will be raided by marauding bands, but he will attack them at their heels. -- genesis 49:19 +. +Asher's food will be rich, and he will provide delicacies to royalty. -- genesis 49:20 +. +Naphtali is a free running doe, he speaks delightful words. -- genesis 49:21 +. +Joseph is a fruitful bough, a fruitful bough near a spring whose branches climb over the wall. -- genesis 49:22 +. +The archers will attack him, they will shoot at him and oppose him. -- genesis 49:23 +. +But his bow will remain steady, and his hands will be skillful; because of the hands of the Mighty One of Jacob, because of the Shepherd, the Rock of Israel, -- genesis 49:24 +. +because of the God of your father, who will help you, because of the sovereign God, who will bless you with blessings from the sky above, blessings from the deep that lies below, and blessings of the breasts and womb. -- genesis 49:25 +. +The blessings of your father are greater than the blessings of the eternal mountains or the desirable things of the age-old hills. They will be on the head of Joseph and on the brow of the prince of his brothers. -- genesis 49:26 +. +Benjamin is a ravenous wolf; in the morning devouring the prey, and in the evening dividing the plunder." -- genesis 49:27 +. +These are the twelve tribes of Israel. This is what their father said to them when he blessed them. He gave each of them an appropriate blessing. -- genesis 49:28 +. +Then he instructed them, "I am about to go to my people. Bury me with my fathers in the cave in the field of Ephron the Hittite. -- genesis 49:29 +. +It is the cave in the field of Machpelah, near Mamre in the land of Canaan, which Abraham bought for a burial plot from Ephron the Hittite. -- genesis 49:30 +. +There they buried Abraham and his wife Sarah; there they buried Isaac and his wife Rebekah; and there I buried Leah. -- genesis 49:31 +. +The field and the cave in it were acquired from the sons of Heth." -- genesis 49:32 +. +When Jacob finished giving these instructions to his sons, he pulled his feet up onto the bed, breathed his last breath, and went to his people. -- genesis 49:33 +. +Then Joseph hugged his father's face. He wept over him and kissed him. -- genesis 50:1 +. +Joseph instructed the physicians in his service to embalm his father, so the physicians embalmed Israel. -- genesis 50:2 +. +They took forty days, for that is the full time needed for embalming. The Egyptians mourned for him seventy days. -- genesis 50:3 +. +When the days of mourning had passed, Joseph said to Pharaoh's royal court, "If I have found favor in your sight, please say to Pharaoh, -- genesis 50:4 +. +'My father made me swear an oath. He said, "I am about to die. Bury me in my tomb that I dug for myself there in the land of Canaan." Now let me go and bury my father; then I will return.'" -- genesis 50:5 +. +So Pharaoh said, "Go and bury your father, just as he made you swear to do." -- genesis 50:6 +. +So Joseph went up to bury his father; all Pharaoh's officials went with him - the senior courtiers of his household, all the senior officials of the land of Egypt, -- genesis 50:7 +. +all Joseph's household, his brothers, and his father's household. But they left their little children and their flocks and herds in the land of Goshen. -- genesis 50:8 +. +Chariots and horsemen also went up with him, so it was a very large entourage. -- genesis 50:9 +. +When they came to the threshing floor of Atad on the other side of the Jordan, they mourned there with very great and bitter sorrow. There Joseph observed a seven day period of mourning for his father. -- genesis 50:10 +. +When the Canaanites who lived in the land saw them mourning at the threshing floor of Atad, they said, "This is a very sad occasion for the Egyptians." That is why its name was called Abel Mizraim, which is beyond the Jordan. -- genesis 50:11 +. +So the sons of Jacob did for him just as he had instructed them. -- genesis 50:12 +. +His sons carried him to the land of Canaan and buried him in the cave of the field of Machpelah, near Mamre. This is the field Abraham purchased as a burial plot from Ephron the Hittite. -- genesis 50:13 +. +After he buried his father, Joseph returned to Egypt, along with his brothers and all who had accompanied him to bury his father. -- genesis 50:14 +. +When Joseph's brothers saw that their father was dead, they said, "What if Joseph bears a grudge and wants to repay us in full for all the harm we did to him?" -- genesis 50:15 +. +So they sent word to Joseph, saying, "Your father gave these instructions before he died: -- genesis 50:16 +. +'Tell Joseph this: Please forgive the sin of your brothers and the wrong they did when they treated you so badly.' Now please forgive the sin of the servants of the God of your father." When this message was reported to him, Joseph wept. -- genesis 50:17 +. +Then his brothers also came and threw themselves down before him; they said, "Here we are; we are your slaves." -- genesis 50:18 +. +But Joseph answered them, "Don't be afraid. Am I in the place of God? -- genesis 50:19 +. +As for you, you meant to harm me, but God intended it for a good purpose, so he could preserve the lives of many people, as you can see this day. -- genesis 50:20 +. +So now, don't be afraid. I will provide for you and your little children." Then he consoled them and spoke kindly to them. -- genesis 50:21 +. +Joseph lived in Egypt, along with his father's family. Joseph lived years. -- genesis 50:22 +. +Joseph saw the descendants of Ephraim to the third generation. He also saw the children of Makir the son of Manasseh; they were given special inheritance rights by Joseph. -- genesis 50:23 +. +Then Joseph said to his brothers, "I am about to die. But God will surely come to you and lead you up from this land to the land he swore on oath to give to Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob." -- genesis 50:24 +. +Joseph made the sons of Israel swear an oath. He said, "God will surely come to you. Then you must carry my bones up from this place." -- genesis 50:25 +. +So Joseph died at the age of 110. After they embalmed him, his body was placed in a coffin in Egypt. -- genesis 50:26 +. +These are the names of the sons of Israel who entered Egypt - each man with his household entered with Jacob: -- exodus 1:1 +. +Reuben, Simeon, Levi, and Judah, -- exodus 1:2 +. +Issachar, Zebulun, and Benjamin, -- exodus 1:3 +. +Dan and Naphtali, Gad and Asher. -- exodus 1:4 +. +All the people who were directly descended from Jacob numbered seventy. But Joseph was already in Egypt, -- exodus 1:5 +. +and in time Joseph and his brothers and all that generation died. -- exodus 1:6 +. +The Israelites, however, were fruitful, increased greatly, multiplied, and became extremely strong, so that the land was filled with them. -- exodus 1:7 +. +Then a new king, who did not know about Joseph, came to power over Egypt. -- exodus 1:8 +. +He said to his people, "Look at the Israelite people, more numerous and stronger than we are! -- exodus 1:9 +. +Come, let's deal wisely with them. Otherwise they will continue to multiply, and if a war breaks out, they will ally themselves with our enemies and fight against us and leave the country." -- exodus 1:10 +. +So they put foremen over the Israelites to oppress them with hard labor. As a result they built Pithom and Rameses as store cities for Pharaoh. -- exodus 1:11 +. +But the more the Egyptians oppressed them, the more they multiplied and spread. As a result the Egyptians loathed the Israelites, -- exodus 1:12 +. +and they made the Israelites serve rigorously. -- exodus 1:13 +. +They made their lives bitter by hard service with mortar and bricks and by all kinds of service in the fields. Every kind of service the Israelites were required to give was rigorous. -- exodus 1:14 +. +The king of Egypt said to the Hebrew midwives, one of whom was named Shiphrah and the other Puah, -- exodus 1:15 +. + "When you assist the Hebrew women in childbirth, observe at the delivery: If it is a son, kill him, but if it is a daughter, she may live." -- exodus 1:16 +. +But the midwives feared God and did not do what the king of Egypt had told them; they let the boys live. -- exodus 1:17 +. +Then the king of Egypt summoned the midwives and said to them, "Why have you done this and let the boys live?" -- exodus 1:18 +. +The midwives said to Pharaoh, "Because the Hebrew women are not like the Egyptian women - for the Hebrew women are vigorous; they give birth before the midwife gets to them!" -- exodus 1:19 +. +So God treated the midwives well, and the people multiplied and became very strong. -- exodus 1:20 +. +And because the midwives feared God, he made households for them. -- exodus 1:21 +. +Then Pharaoh commanded all his people, "All sons that are born you must throw into the river, but all daughters you may let live." -- exodus 1:22 +. +A man from the household of Levi married a woman who was a descendant of Levi. -- exodus 2:1 +. +The woman became pregnant and gave birth to a son. When she saw that he was a healthy child, she hid him for three months. -- exodus 2:2 +. +But when she was no longer able to hide him, she took a papyrus basket for him and sealed it with bitumen and pitch. She put the child in it and set it among the reeds along the edge of the Nile. -- exodus 2:3 +. +His sister stationed herself at a distance to find out what would happen to him. -- exodus 2:4 +. +Then the daughter of Pharaoh came down to wash herself by the Nile, while her attendants were walking alongside the river, and she saw the basket among the reeds. She sent one of her attendants, took it, -- exodus 2:5 +. +opened it, and saw the child - a boy, crying! - and she felt compassion for him and said, "This is one of the Hebrews' children." -- exodus 2:6 +. +Then his sister said to Pharaoh's daughter, "Shall I go and get a nursing woman for you from the Hebrews, so that she may nurse the child for you?" -- exodus 2:7 +. +Pharaoh's daughter said to her, "Yes, do so." So the young girl went and got the child's mother. -- exodus 2:8 +. +Pharaoh's daughter said to her, "Take this child and nurse him for me, and I will pay your wages." So the woman took the child and nursed him. -- exodus 2:9 +. +When the child grew older she brought him to Pharaoh's daughter, and he became her son. She named him Moses, saying, "Because I drew him from the water." -- exodus 2:10 +. +In those days, when Moses had grown up, he went out to his people and observed their hard labor, and he saw an Egyptian man attacking a Hebrew man, one of his own people. -- exodus 2:11 +. +He looked this way and that and saw that no one was there, and then he attacked the Egyptian and concealed the body in the sand. -- exodus 2:12 +. +When he went out the next day, there were two Hebrew men fighting. So he said to the one who was in the wrong, "Why are you attacking your fellow Hebrew?" -- exodus 2:13 +. +The man replied, "Who made you a ruler and a judge over us? Are you planning to kill me like you killed that Egyptian?" Then Moses was afraid, thinking, "Surely what I did has become known." -- exodus 2:14 +. +When Pharaoh heard about this event, he sought to kill Moses. So Moses fled from Pharaoh and settled in the land of Midian, and he settled by a certain well. -- exodus 2:15 +. +Now a priest of Midian had seven daughters, and they came and began to draw water and fill the troughs in order to water their father's flock. -- exodus 2:16 +. +When some shepherds came and drove them away, Moses came up and defended them and then watered their flock. -- exodus 2:17 +. +So when they came home to their father Reuel, he asked, "Why have you come home so early today?" -- exodus 2:18 +. +They said, "An Egyptian man rescued us from the shepherds, and he actually drew water for us and watered the flock!" -- exodus 2:19 +. +He said to his daughters, "So where is he? Why in the world did you leave the man? Call him, so that he may eat a meal with us." -- exodus 2:20 +. +Moses agreed to stay with the man, and he gave his daughter Zipporah to Moses in marriage. -- exodus 2:21 +. +When she bore a son, Moses named him Gershom, for he said, "I have become a resident foreigner in a foreign land." -- exodus 2:22 +. +During that long period of time the king of Egypt died, and the Israelites groaned because of the slave labor. They cried out, and their desperate cry because of their slave labor went up to God. -- exodus 2:23 +. +God heard their groaning, God remembered his covenant with Abraham, with Isaac, and with Jacob, -- exodus 2:24 +. +God saw the Israelites, and God understood.... -- exodus 2:25 +. +Now Moses was shepherding the flock of his father-in-law Jethro, the priest of Midian, and he led the flock to the far side of the desert and came to the mountain of God, to Horeb. -- exodus 3:1 +. +The angel of the Lord appeared to him in a flame of fire from within a bush. He looked - and the bush was ablaze with fire, but it was not being consumed! -- exodus 3:2 +. +So Moses thought, "I will turn aside to see this amazing sight. Why does the bush not burn up?" -- exodus 3:3 +. +When the Lord saw that he had turned aside to look, God called to him from within the bush and said, "Moses, Moses!" And Moses said, "Here I am." -- exodus 3:4 +. +God said, "Do not approach any closer! Take your sandals off your feet, for the place where you are standing is holy ground." -- exodus 3:5 +. +He added, "I am the God of your father, the God of Abraham, the God of Isaac, and the God of Jacob." Then Moses hid his face, because he was afraid to look at God. -- exodus 3:6 +. +The Lord said, "I have surely seen the affliction of my people who are in Egypt. I have heard their cry because of their taskmasters, for I know their sorrows. -- exodus 3:7 +. +I have come down to deliver them from the hand of the Egyptians and to bring them up from that land to a land that is both good and spacious, to a land flowing with milk and honey, to the region of the Canaanites, Hittites, Amorites, Perizzites, Hivites, and Jebusites. -- exodus 3:8 +. +And now indeed the cry of the Israelites has come to me, and I have also seen how severely the Egyptians oppress them. -- exodus 3:9 +. +So now go, and I will send you to Pharaoh to bring my people, the Israelites, out of Egypt." -- exodus 3:10 +. +Moses said to God, "Who am I, that I should go to Pharaoh, or that I should bring the Israelites out of Egypt?" -- exodus 3:11 +. +He replied, "Surely I will be with you, and this will be the sign to you that I have sent you: When you bring the people out of Egypt, you and they will serve God on this mountain." -- exodus 3:12 +. +Moses said to God, "If I go to the Israelites and tell them, 'The God of your fathers has sent me to you,' and they ask me, 'What is his name?' - what should I say to them?" -- exodus 3:13 +. +God said to Moses, "I am that I am." And he said, "You must say this to the Israelites, 'I am has sent me to you.'" -- exodus 3:14 +. +God also said to Moses, "You must say this to the Israelites, 'The Lord - the God of your fathers, the God of Abraham, the God of Isaac, and the God of Jacob - has sent me to you. This is my name forever, and this is my memorial from generation to generation.' -- exodus 3:15 +. +"Go and bring together the elders of Israel and tell them, 'The Lord, the God of your fathers, appeared to me - the God of Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob - saying, "I have attended carefully to you and to what has been done to you in Egypt, -- exodus 3:16 +. +and I have promised that I will bring you up out of the affliction of Egypt to the land of the Canaanites, Hittites, Amorites, Perizzites, Hivites, and Jebusites, to a land flowing with milk and honey."' -- exodus 3:17 +. +"The elders will listen to you, and then you and the elders of Israel must go to the king of Egypt and tell him, 'The Lord, the God of the Hebrews, has met with us. So now, let us go three days' journey into the wilderness, so that we may sacrifice to the Lord our God.' -- exodus 3:18 +. +But I know that the king of Egypt will not let you go, not even under force. -- exodus 3:19 +. +So I will extend my hand and strike Egypt with all my wonders that I will do among them, and after that he will release you. -- exodus 3:20 +. +"I will grant this people favor with the Egyptians, so that when you depart you will not leave empty-handed. -- exodus 3:21 +. +Every woman will ask her neighbor and the one who happens to be staying in her house for items of silver and gold and for clothing. You will put these articles on your sons and daughters - thus you will plunder Egypt!" -- exodus 3:22 +. +Moses answered again, "And if they do not believe me or pay attention to me, but say, 'The Lord has not appeared to you'?" -- exodus 4:1 +. +The Lord said to him, "What is that in your hand?" He said, "A staff." -- exodus 4:2 +. +The Lord said, "Throw it to the ground." So he threw it to the ground, and it became a snake, and Moses ran from it. -- exodus 4:3 +. +But the Lord said to Moses, "Put out your hand and grab it by the tail" - so he put out his hand and caught it, and it became a staff in his hand - -- exodus 4:4 +. +"that they may believe that the Lord, the God of their fathers, the God of Abraham, the God of Isaac, and the God of Jacob, has appeared to you." -- exodus 4:5 +. +The Lord also said to him, "Put your hand into your robe." So he put his hand into his robe, and when he brought it out - there was his hand, leprous like snow! -- exodus 4:6 +. +He said, "Put your hand back into your robe." So he put his hand back into his robe, and when he brought it out from his robe - there it was, restored like the rest of his skin! -- exodus 4:7 +. +"If they do not believe you or pay attention to the former sign, then they may believe the latter sign. -- exodus 4:8 +. +And if they do not believe even these two signs or listen to you, then take some water from the Nile and pour it out on the dry ground. The water you take out of the Nile will become blood on the dry ground." -- exodus 4:9 +. +Then Moses said to the Lord, "O my Lord, I am not an eloquent man, neither in the past nor since you have spoken to your servant, for I am slow of speech and slow of tongue." -- exodus 4:10 +. +The Lord said to him, "Who gave a mouth to man, or who makes a person mute or deaf or seeing or blind? Is it not I, the Lord? -- exodus 4:11 +. +So now go, and I will be with your mouth and will teach you what you must say." -- exodus 4:12 +. +But Moses said, "O my Lord, please send anyone else whom you wish to send!" -- exodus 4:13 +. +Then the Lord became angry with Moses, and he said, "What about your brother Aaron the Levite? I know that he can speak very well. Moreover, he is coming to meet you, and when he sees you he will be glad in his heart. -- exodus 4:14 +. +"So you are to speak to him and put the words in his mouth. And as for me, I will be with your mouth and with his mouth, and I will teach you both what you must do. -- exodus 4:15 +. +He will speak for you to the people, and it will be as if he were your mouth and as if you were his God. -- exodus 4:16 +. +You will also take in your hand this staff, with which you will do the signs." -- exodus 4:17 +. +So Moses went back to his father-in-law Jethro and said to him, "Let me go, so that I may return to my relatives in Egypt and see if they are still alive." Jethro said to Moses, "Go in peace." -- exodus 4:18 +. +The Lord said to Moses in Midian, "Go back to Egypt, because all the men who were seeking your life are dead." -- exodus 4:19 +. +Then Moses took his wife and sons and put them on a donkey and headed back to the land of Egypt, and Moses took the staff of God in his hand. -- exodus 4:20 +. +The Lord said to Moses, "When you go back to Egypt, see that you do before Pharaoh all the wonders I have put under your control. But I will harden his heart and he will not let the people go. -- exodus 4:21 +. +You must say to Pharaoh, 'Thus says the Lord, "Israel is my son, my firstborn, -- exodus 4:22 +. +and I said to you, 'Let my son go that he may serve me,' but since you have refused to let him go, I will surely kill your son, your firstborn!"'" -- exodus 4:23 +. +Now on the way, at a place where they stopped for the night, the Lord met Moses and sought to kill him. -- exodus 4:24 +. +But Zipporah took a flint knife, cut off the foreskin of her son and touched it to Moses' feet, and said, "Surely you are a bridegroom of blood to me." -- exodus 4:25 +. +So the Lord let him alone. (At that time she said, "A bridegroom of blood," referring to the circumcision.) -- exodus 4:26 +. +The Lord said to Aaron, "Go to the wilderness to meet Moses. So he went and met him at the mountain of God and greeted him with a kiss. -- exodus 4:27 +. +Moses told Aaron all the words of the Lord who had sent him and all the signs that he had commanded him. -- exodus 4:28 +. +Then Moses and Aaron went and brought together all the Israelite elders. -- exodus 4:29 +. +Aaron spoke all the words that the Lord had spoken to Moses and did the signs in the sight of the people, -- exodus 4:30 +. +and the people believed. When they heard that the Lord had attended to the Israelites and that he had seen their affliction, they bowed down close to the ground. -- exodus 4:31 +. +Afterward Moses and Aaron went to Pharaoh and said, "Thus says the Lord, the God of Israel, 'Release my people so that they may hold a pilgrim feast to me in the desert.'" -- exodus 5:1 +. +But Pharaoh said, "Who is the Lord that I should obey him by releasing Israel? I do not know the Lord, and I will not release Israel!" -- exodus 5:2 +. +And they said, "The God of the Hebrews has met with us. Let us go a three-day journey into the desert so that we may sacrifice to the Lord our God, so that he does not strike us with plague or the sword." -- exodus 5:3 +. +The king of Egypt said to them, "Moses and Aaron, why do you cause the people to refrain from their work? Return to your labor!" -- exodus 5:4 +. +Pharaoh was thinking, "The people of the land are now many, and you are giving them rest from their labor." -- exodus 5:5 +. +That same day Pharaoh commanded the slave masters and foremen who were over the people: -- exodus 5:6 +. +"You must no longer give straw to the people for making bricks as before. Let them go and collect straw for themselves. -- exodus 5:7 +. +But you must require of them the same quota of bricks that they were making before. Do not reduce it, for they are slackers. That is why they are crying, 'Let us go sacrifice to our God.' -- exodus 5:8 +. +Make the work harder for the men so they will keep at it and pay no attention to lying words!" -- exodus 5:9 +. +So the slave masters of the people and their foremen went to the Israelites and said, "Thus says Pharaoh: 'I am not giving you straw. -- exodus 5:10 +. +You go get straw for yourselves wherever you can find it, because there will be no reduction at all in your workload.'" -- exodus 5:11 +. +So the people spread out through all the land of Egypt to collect stubble for straw. -- exodus 5:12 +. +The slave masters were pressuring them, saying, "Complete your work for each day, just like when there was straw!" -- exodus 5:13 +. +The Israelite foremen whom Pharaoh's slave masters had set over them were beaten and were asked, "Why did you not complete your requirement for brickmaking as in the past - both yesterday and today?" -- exodus 5:14 +. +The Israelite foremen went and cried out to Pharaoh, "Why are you treating your servants this way? -- exodus 5:15 +. +No straw is given to your servants, but we are told, 'Make bricks!' Your servants are even being beaten, but the fault is with your people." -- exodus 5:16 +. +But Pharaoh replied, "You are slackers! Slackers! That is why you are saying, 'Let us go sacrifice to the Lord.' -- exodus 5:17 +. +So now, get back to work! You will not be given straw, but you must still produce your quota of bricks!" -- exodus 5:18 +. +The Israelite foremen saw that they were in trouble when they were told, "You must not reduce the daily quota of your bricks." -- exodus 5:19 +. +When they went out from Pharaoh, they encountered Moses and Aaron standing there to meet them, -- exodus 5:20 +. +and they said to them, "May the Lord look on you and judge, because you have made us stink in the opinion of Pharaoh and his servants, so that you have given them an excuse to kill us!" -- exodus 5:21 +. +Moses returned to the Lord, and said, "Lord, why have you caused trouble for this people? Why did you ever send me? -- exodus 5:22 +. +From the time I went to speak to Pharaoh in your name, he has caused trouble for this people, and you have certainly not rescued them!" -- exodus 5:23 +. +Then the Lord said to Moses, "Now you will see what I will do to Pharaoh, for compelled by my strong hand he will release them, and by my strong hand he will drive them out of his land." -- exodus 6:1 +. +God spoke to Moses and said to him, "I am the Lord. -- exodus 6:2 +. +I appeared to Abraham, to Isaac, and to Jacob as God Almighty, but by my name 'the Lord' I was not known to them. -- exodus 6:3 +. +I also established my covenant with them to give them the land of Canaan, where they were living as resident foreigners. -- exodus 6:4 +. +I have also heard the groaning of the Israelites, whom the Egyptians are enslaving, and I have remembered my covenant. -- exodus 6:5 +. +Therefore, tell the Israelites, 'I am the Lord. I will bring you out from your enslavement to the Egyptians, I will rescue you from the hard labor they impose, and I will redeem you with an outstretched arm and with great judgments. -- exodus 6:6 +. +I will take you to myself for a people, and I will be your God. Then you will know that I am the Lord your God, who brought you out from your enslavement to the Egyptians. -- exodus 6:7 +. +I will bring you to the land I swore to give to Abraham, to Isaac, and to Jacob - and I will give it to you as a possession. I am the Lord!'" -- exodus 6:8 +. +Moses told this to the Israelites, but they did not listen to him because of their discouragement and hard labor. -- exodus 6:9 +. +Then the Lord said to Moses, -- exodus 6:10 +. +"Go, tell Pharaoh king of Egypt that he must release the Israelites from his land." -- exodus 6:11 +. +But Moses replied to the Lord, "If the Israelites did not listen to me, then how will Pharaoh listen to me, since I speak with difficulty?" -- exodus 6:12 +. +The Lord spoke to Moses and Aaron and gave them a charge for the Israelites and Pharaoh king of Egypt to bring the Israelites out of the land of Egypt. -- exodus 6:13 +. +These are the heads of their fathers' households: The sons of Reuben, the firstborn son of Israel, were Hanoch and Pallu, Hezron and Carmi. These were the clans of Reuben. -- exodus 6:14 +. +The sons of Simeon were Jemuel, Jamin, Ohad, Jakin, Zohar, and Shaul, the son of a Canaanite woman. These were the clans of Simeon. -- exodus 6:15 +. +Now these are the names of the sons of Levi, according to their records: Gershon, Kohath, and Merari. (The length of Levi's life was years.) -- exodus 6:16 +. +The sons of Gershon, by their families, were Libni and Shimei. -- exodus 6:17 +. +The sons of Kohath were Amram, Izhar, Hebron, and Uzziel. (The length of Kohath's life was years.) -- exodus 6:18 +. +The sons of Merari were Mahli and Mushi. These were the clans of Levi, according to their records. -- exodus 6:19 +. +Amram married his father's sister Jochebed, and she bore him Aaron and Moses. (The length of Amram's life was years.) -- exodus 6:20 +. +The sons of Izhar were Korah, Nepheg, and Zikri. -- exodus 6:21 +. +The sons of Uzziel were Mishael, Elzaphan, and Sithri. -- exodus 6:22 +. +Aaron married Elisheba, the daughter of Amminadab and sister of Nahshon, and she bore him Nadab and Abihu, Eleazar and Ithamar. -- exodus 6:23 +. +The sons of Korah were Assir, Elkanah, and Abiasaph. These were the Korahite clans. -- exodus 6:24 +. +Now Eleazar son of Aaron married one of the daughters of Putiel and she bore him Phinehas. These are the heads of the fathers' households of Levi according to their clans. -- exodus 6:25 +. +It was the same Aaron and Moses to whom the Lord said, "Bring the Israelites out of the land of Egypt by their regiments." -- exodus 6:26 +. +They were the men who were speaking to Pharaoh king of Egypt, in order to bring the Israelites out of Egypt. It was the same Moses and Aaron. -- exodus 6:27 +. +When the Lord spoke to Moses in the land of Egypt, -- exodus 6:28 +. +he said to him, "I am the Lord. Tell Pharaoh king of Egypt all that I am telling you." -- exodus 6:29 +. +But Moses said before the Lord, "Since I speak with difficulty, why should Pharaoh listen to me?" -- exodus 6:30 +. +So the Lord said to Moses, "See, I have made you like God to Pharaoh, and your brother Aaron will be your prophet. -- exodus 7:1 +. +You are to speak everything I command you, and your brother Aaron is to tell Pharaoh that he must release the Israelites from his land. -- exodus 7:2 +. +But I will harden Pharaoh's heart, and although I will multiply my signs and my wonders in the land of Egypt, -- exodus 7:3 +. +Pharaoh will not listen to you. I will reach into Egypt and bring out my regiments, my people the Israelites, from the land of Egypt with great acts of judgment. -- exodus 7:4 +. +Then the Egyptians will know that I am the Lord, when I extend my hand over Egypt and bring the Israelites out from among them. -- exodus 7:5 +. +And Moses and Aaron did so; they did just as the Lord commanded them. -- exodus 7:6 +. +Now Moses was eighty years old and Aaron was eighty-three years old when they spoke to Pharaoh. -- exodus 7:7 +. +The Lord said to Moses and Aaron, -- exodus 7:8 +. +"When Pharaoh says to you, 'Do a miracle,' and you say to Aaron, 'Take your staff and throw it down before Pharaoh,' it will become a snake." -- exodus 7:9 +. +When Moses and Aaron went to Pharaoh, they did so, just as the Lord had commanded them - Aaron threw down his staff before Pharaoh and his servants and it became a snake. -- exodus 7:10 +. +Then Pharaoh also summoned wise men and sorcerers, and the magicians of Egypt by their secret arts did the same thing. -- exodus 7:11 +. +Each man threw down his staff, and the staffs became snakes. But Aaron's staff swallowed up their staffs. -- exodus 7:12 +. +Yet Pharaoh's heart became hard, and he did not listen to them, just as the Lord had predicted. -- exodus 7:13 +. +The Lord said to Moses, "Pharaoh's heart is hard; he refuses to release the people. -- exodus 7:14 +. +Go to Pharaoh in the morning when he goes out to the water. Position yourself to meet him by the edge of the Nile, and take in your hand the staff that was turned into a snake. -- exodus 7:15 +. +Tell him, 'The Lord, the God of the Hebrews, has sent me to you to say, "Release my people, that they may serve me in the desert!" But until now you have not listened. -- exodus 7:16 +. +Thus says the Lord: "By this you will know that I am the Lord: I am going to strike the water of the Nile with the staff that is in my hand, and it will be turned into blood. -- exodus 7:17 +. +Fish in the Nile will die, the Nile will stink, and the Egyptians will be unable to drink water from the Nile."'" -- exodus 7:18 +. +Then the Lord said to Moses, "Tell Aaron, 'Take your staff and stretch out your hand over Egypt's waters - over their rivers, over their canals, over their ponds, and over all their reservoirs - so that it becomes blood.' There will be blood everywhere in the land of Egypt, even in wooden and stone containers." -- exodus 7:19 +. +Moses and Aaron did so, just as the Lord had commanded. Moses raised the staff and struck the water that was in the Nile right before the eyes of Pharaoh and his servants, and all the water that was in the Nile was turned to blood. -- exodus 7:20 +. +When the fish that were in the Nile died, the Nile began to stink, so that the Egyptians could not drink water from the Nile. There was blood everywhere in the land of Egypt! -- exodus 7:21 +. +But the magicians of Egypt did the same by their secret arts, and so Pharaoh's heart remained hard, and he refused to listen to Moses and Aaron - just as the Lord had predicted. -- exodus 7:22 +. +And Pharaoh turned and went into his house. He did not pay any attention to this. -- exodus 7:23 +. +All the Egyptians dug around the Nile for water to drink, because they could not drink the water of the Nile. -- exodus 7:24 +. +Seven full days passed after the Lord struck the Nile. -- exodus 7:25 +. + Then the Lord said to Moses, "Go to Pharaoh and tell him, 'Thus says the Lord: "Release my people in order that they may serve me! -- exodus 8:1 +. +But if you refuse to release them, then I am going to plague all your territory with frogs. -- exodus 8:2 +. +The Nile will swarm with frogs, and they will come up and go into your house, in your bedroom, and on your bed, and into the houses of your servants and your people, and into your ovens and your kneading troughs. -- exodus 8:3 +. +Frogs will come up against you, your people, and all your servants."'" -- exodus 8:4 +. +The Lord spoke to Moses, "Tell Aaron, 'Extend your hand with your staff over the rivers, over the canals, and over the ponds, and bring the frogs up over the land of Egypt.'" -- exodus 8:5 +. +So Aaron extended his hand over the waters of Egypt, and frogs came up and covered the land of Egypt. -- exodus 8:6 +. +The magicians did the same with their secret arts and brought up frogs on the land of Egypt too. -- exodus 8:7 +. +Then Pharaoh summoned Moses and Aaron and said, "Pray to the Lord that he may take the frogs away from me and my people, and I will release the people that they may sacrifice to the Lord." -- exodus 8:8 +. +Moses said to Pharaoh, "You may have the honor over me - when shall I pray for you, your servants, and your people, for the frogs to be removed from you and your houses, so that they will be left only in the Nile?" -- exodus 8:9 +. +He said, "Tomorrow." And Moses said, "It will be as you say, so that you may know that there is no one like the Lord our God. -- exodus 8:10 +. +The frogs will depart from you, your houses, your servants, and your people; they will be left only in the Nile." -- exodus 8:11 +. +Then Moses and Aaron went out from Pharaoh, and Moses cried to the Lord because of the frogs that he had brought on Pharaoh. -- exodus 8:12 +. +The Lord did as Moses asked - the frogs died out of the houses, the villages, and the fields. -- exodus 8:13 +. +The Egyptians piled them in countless heaps, and the land stank. -- exodus 8:14 +. +But when Pharaoh saw that there was relief, he hardened his heart and did not listen to them, just as the Lord had predicted. -- exodus 8:15 +. +The Lord said to Moses, "Tell Aaron, 'Extend your staff and strike the dust of the ground, and it will become gnats throughout all the land of Egypt.'" -- exodus 8:16 +. +They did so; Aaron extended his hand with his staff, he struck the dust of the ground, and it became gnats on people and on animals. All the dust of the ground became gnats throughout all the land of Egypt. -- exodus 8:17 +. +When the magicians attempted to bring forth gnats by their secret arts, they could not. So there were gnats on people and on animals. -- exodus 8:18 +. +The magicians said to Pharaoh, "It is the finger of God!" But Pharaoh's heart remained hard, and he did not listen to them, just as the Lord had predicted. -- exodus 8:19 +. +The Lord said to Moses, "Get up early in the morning and position yourself before Pharaoh as he goes out to the water, and tell him, 'Thus says the Lord, "Release my people that they may serve me! -- exodus 8:20 +. +If you do not release my people, then I am going to send swarms of flies on you and on your servants and on your people and in your houses. The houses of the Egyptians will be full of flies, and even the ground they stand on. -- exodus 8:21 +. +But on that day I will mark off the land of Goshen, where my people are staying, so that no swarms of flies will be there, that you may know that I am the Lord in the midst of this land. -- exodus 8:22 +. +I will put a division between my people and your people. This sign will take place tomorrow."'" -- exodus 8:23 +. +The Lord did so; a thick swarm of flies came into Pharaoh's house and into the houses of his servants, and throughout the whole land of Egypt the land was ruined because of the swarms of flies. -- exodus 8:24 +. +Then Pharaoh summoned Moses and Aaron and said, "Go, sacrifice to your God within the land." -- exodus 8:25 +. +But Moses said, "That would not be the right thing to do, for the sacrifices we make to the Lord our God would be an abomination to the Egyptians. If we make sacrifices that are an abomination to the Egyptians right before their eyes, will they not stone us? -- exodus 8:26 +. +We must go on a three-day journey into the desert and sacrifice to the Lord our God, just as he is telling us." -- exodus 8:27 +. +Pharaoh said, "I will release you so that you may sacrifice to the Lord your God in the desert. Only you must not go very far. Do pray for me." -- exodus 8:28 +. +Moses said, "I am going to go out from you and pray to the Lord, and the swarms of flies will go away from Pharaoh, from his servants, and from his people tomorrow. Only do not let Pharaoh deal falsely again by not releasing the people to sacrifice to the Lord." -- exodus 8:29 +. +So Moses went out from Pharaoh and prayed to the Lord, -- exodus 8:30 +. +and the Lord did as Moses asked - he removed the swarms of flies from Pharaoh, from his servants, and from his people. Not one remained! -- exodus 8:31 +. +But Pharaoh hardened his heart this time also and did not release the people. -- exodus 8:32 +. +Then the Lord said to Moses, "Go to Pharaoh and tell him, 'Thus says the Lord, the God of the Hebrews, "Release my people that they may serve me! -- exodus 9:1 +. +For if you refuse to release them and continue holding them, -- exodus 9:2 +. +then the hand of the Lord will surely bring a very terrible plague on your livestock in the field, on the horses, the donkeys, the camels, the herds, and the flocks. -- exodus 9:3 +. +But the Lord will distinguish between the livestock of Israel and the livestock of Egypt, and nothing will die of all that the Israelites have."'" -- exodus 9:4 +. +The Lord set an appointed time, saying, "Tomorrow the Lord will do this in the land." -- exodus 9:5 +. +And the Lord did this on the next day; all the livestock of the Egyptians died, but of the Israelites' livestock not one died. -- exodus 9:6 +. +Pharaoh sent representatives to investigate, and indeed, not even one of the livestock of Israel had died. But Pharaoh's heart remained hard, and he did not release the people. -- exodus 9:7 +. +Then the Lord said to Moses and Aaron, "Take handfuls of soot from a furnace, and have Moses throw it into the air while Pharaoh is watching. -- exodus 9:8 +. +It will become fine dust over the whole land of Egypt and will cause boils to break out and fester on both people and animals in all the land of Egypt." -- exodus 9:9 +. +So they took soot from a furnace and stood before Pharaoh, Moses threw it into the air, and it caused festering boils to break out on both people and animals. -- exodus 9:10 +. +The magicians could not stand before Moses because of the boils, for boils were on the magicians and on all the Egyptians. -- exodus 9:11 +. +But the Lord hardened Pharaoh's heart, and he did not listen to them, just as the Lord had predicted to Moses. -- exodus 9:12 +. +The Lord said to Moses, "Get up early in the morning, stand before Pharaoh, and tell him, 'Thus says the Lord, the God of the Hebrews: "Release my people so that they may serve me! -- exodus 9:13 +. +For this time I will send all my plagues on your very self and on your servants and your people, so that you may know that there is no one like me in all the earth. -- exodus 9:14 +. +For by now I could have stretched out my hand and struck you and your people with plague, and you would have been destroyed from the earth. -- exodus 9:15 +. +But for this purpose I have caused you to stand: to show you my strength, and so that my name may be declared in all the earth. -- exodus 9:16 +. +You are still exalting yourself against my people by not releasing them. -- exodus 9:17 +. +I am going to cause very severe hail to rain down about this time tomorrow, such hail as has never occurred in Egypt from the day it was founded until now. -- exodus 9:18 +. +So now, send instructions to gather your livestock and all your possessions in the fields to a safe place. Every person or animal caught in the field and not brought into the house - the hail will come down on them, and they will die!"'" -- exodus 9:19 +. +Those of Pharaoh's servants who feared the word of the Lord hurried to bring their servants and livestock into the houses, -- exodus 9:20 +. +but those who did not take the word of the Lord seriously left their servants and their cattle in the field. -- exodus 9:21 +. +Then the Lord said to Moses, "Extend your hand toward the sky that there may be hail in all the land of Egypt, on people and on animals, and on everything that grows in the field in the land of Egypt." -- exodus 9:22 +. +When Moses extended his staff toward the sky, the Lord sent thunder and hail, and fire fell to the earth; so the Lord caused hail to rain down on the land of Egypt. -- exodus 9:23 +. +Hail fell and fire mingled with the hail; the hail was so severe that there had not been any like it in all the land of Egypt since it had become a nation. -- exodus 9:24 +. +The hail struck everything in the open fields, both people and animals, throughout all the land of Egypt. The hail struck everything that grows in the field, and it broke all the trees of the field to pieces. -- exodus 9:25 +. +Only in the land of Goshen, where the Israelites lived, was there no hail. -- exodus 9:26 +. +So Pharaoh sent and summoned Moses and Aaron and said to them, "I have sinned this time! The Lord is righteous, and I and my people are guilty. -- exodus 9:27 +. +Pray to the Lord, for the mighty thunderings and hail are too much! I will release you and you will stay no longer." -- exodus 9:28 +. +Moses said to him, "When I leave the city I will spread my hands to the Lord, the thunder will cease, and there will be no more hail, so that you may know that the earth belongs to the Lord. -- exodus 9:29 +. +But as for you and your servants, I know that you do not yet fear the Lord God." -- exodus 9:30 +. +(Now the flax and the barley were struck by the hail, for the barley had ripened and the flax was in bud. -- exodus 9:31 +. +But the wheat and the spelt were not struck, for they are later crops.) -- exodus 9:32 +. +So Moses left Pharaoh, went out of the city, and spread out his hands to the Lord, and the thunder and the hail ceased, and the rain stopped pouring on the earth. -- exodus 9:33 +. +When Pharaoh saw that the rain and hail and thunder ceased, he sinned again: both he and his servants hardened their hearts. -- exodus 9:34 +. +So Pharaoh's heart remained hard, and he did not release the Israelites, as the Lord had predicted through Moses. -- exodus 9:35 +. +The Lord said to Moses, "Go to Pharaoh, for I have hardened his heart and the heart of his servants, in order to display these signs of mine before him, -- exodus 10:1 +. +and in order that in the hearing of your son and your grandson you may tell how I made fools of the Egyptians and about my signs that I displayed among them, so that you may know that I am the Lord." -- exodus 10:2 +. +So Moses and Aaron came to Pharaoh and told him, "Thus says the Lord, the God of the Hebrews: 'How long do you refuse to humble yourself before me? Release my people so that they may serve me! -- exodus 10:3 +. +But if you refuse to release my people, I am going to bring locusts into your territory tomorrow. -- exodus 10:4 +. +They will cover the surface of the earth, so that you will be unable to see the ground. They will eat the remainder of what escaped - what is left over for you - from the hail, and they will eat every tree that grows for you from the field. -- exodus 10:5 +. +They will fill your houses, the houses of your servants, and all the houses of Egypt, such as neither your fathers nor your grandfathers have seen since they have been in the land until this day!'" Then Moses turned and went out from Pharaoh. -- exodus 10:6 +. +Pharaoh's servants said to him, "How long will this man be a menace to us? Release the people so that they may serve the Lord their God. Do you not know that Egypt is destroyed?" -- exodus 10:7 +. +So Moses and Aaron were brought back to Pharaoh, and he said to them, "Go, serve the Lord your God. Exactly who is going with you?" -- exodus 10:8 +. +Moses said, "We will go with our young and our old, with our sons and our daughters, and with our sheep and our cattle we will go, because we are to hold a pilgrim feast for the Lord." -- exodus 10:9 +. +He said to them, "The Lord will need to be with you if I release you and your dependents! Watch out! Trouble is right in front of you! -- exodus 10:10 +. +No! Go, you men only, and serve the Lord, for that is what you want." Then Moses and Aaron were driven out of Pharaoh's presence. -- exodus 10:11 +. +The Lord said to Moses, "Extend your hand over the land of Egypt for the locusts, that they may come up over the land of Egypt and eat everything that grows in the ground, everything that the hail has left." -- exodus 10:12 +. +So Moses extended his staff over the land of Egypt, and then the Lord brought an east wind on the land all that day and all night. The morning came, and the east wind had brought up the locusts! -- exodus 10:13 +. +The locusts went up over all the land of Egypt and settled down in all the territory of Egypt. It was very severe; there had been no locusts like them before, nor will there be such ever again. -- exodus 10:14 +. +They covered the surface of all the ground, so that the ground became dark with them, and they ate all the vegetation of the ground and all the fruit of the trees that the hail had left. Nothing green remained on the trees or on anything that grew in the fields throughout the whole land of Egypt. -- exodus 10:15 +. +Then Pharaoh quickly summoned Moses and Aaron and said, "I have sinned against the Lord your God and against you! -- exodus 10:16 +. +So now, forgive my sin this time only, and pray to the Lord your God that he would only take this death away from me." -- exodus 10:17 +. +Moses went out from Pharaoh and prayed to the Lord, -- exodus 10:18 +. +and the Lord turned a very strong west wind, and it picked up the locusts and blew them into the Red Sea. Not one locust remained in all the territory of Egypt. -- exodus 10:19 +. +But the Lord hardened Pharaoh's heart, and he did not release the Israelites. -- exodus 10:20 +. +The Lord said to Moses, "Extend your hand toward heaven so that there may be darkness over the land of Egypt, a darkness so thick it can be felt." -- exodus 10:21 +. +So Moses extended his hand toward heaven, and there was absolute darkness throughout the land of Egypt for three days. -- exodus 10:22 +. +No one could see another person, and no one could rise from his place for three days. But the Israelites had light in the places where they lived. -- exodus 10:23 +. +Then Pharaoh summoned Moses and said, "Go, serve the Lord - only your flocks and herds will be detained. Even your families may go with you." -- exodus 10:24 +. +But Moses said, "Will you also provide us with sacrifices and burnt offerings that we may present them to the Lord our God? -- exodus 10:25 +. +Our livestock must also go with us! Not a hoof is to be left behind! For we must take these animals to serve the Lord our God. Until we arrive there, we do not know what we must use to serve the Lord." -- exodus 10:26 +. +But the Lord hardened Pharaoh's heart, and he was not willing to release them. -- exodus 10:27 +. +Pharaoh said to him, "Go from me! Watch out for yourself! Do not appear before me again, for when you see my face you will die!" -- exodus 10:28 +. +Moses said, "As you wish! I will not see your face again." -- exodus 10:29 +. +The Lord said to Moses, "I will bring one more plague on Pharaoh and on Egypt; after that he will release you from this place. When he releases you, he will drive you out completely from this place. -- exodus 11:1 +. +Instruct the people that each man and each woman is to request from his or her neighbor items of silver and gold." -- exodus 11:2 +. +(Now the Lord granted the people favor with the Egyptians. Moreover, the man Moses was very great in the land of Egypt, respected by Pharaoh's servants and by the Egyptian people.) -- exodus 11:3 +. +Moses said, "Thus says the Lord: 'About midnight I will go throughout Egypt, -- exodus 11:4 +. +and all the firstborn in the land of Egypt will die, from the firstborn son of Pharaoh who sits on his throne, to the firstborn son of the slave girl who is at her hand mill, and all the firstborn of the cattle. -- exodus 11:5 +. +There will be a great cry throughout the whole land of Egypt, such as there has never been, nor ever will be again. -- exodus 11:6 +. +But against any of the Israelites not even a dog will bark against either people or animals, so that you may know that the Lord distinguishes between Egypt and Israel.' -- exodus 11:7 +. +All these your servants will come down to me and bow down to me, saying, 'Go, you and all the people who follow you,' and after that I will go out." Then Moses went out from Pharaoh in great anger. -- exodus 11:8 +. +The Lord said to Moses, "Pharaoh will not listen to you, so that my wonders may be multiplied in the land of Egypt." -- exodus 11:9 +. +So Moses and Aaron did all these wonders before Pharaoh, but the Lord hardened Pharaoh's heart, and he did not release the Israelites from his land. -- exodus 11:10 +. +The Lord said to Moses and Aaron in the land of Egypt, -- exodus 12:1 +. +"This month is to be your beginning of months; it will be your first month of the year. -- exodus 12:2 +. +Tell the whole community of Israel, 'In the tenth day of this month they each must take a lamb for themselves according to their families - a lamb for each household. -- exodus 12:3 +. +If any household is too small for a lamb, the man and his next-door neighbor are to take a lamb according to the number of people - you will make your count for the lamb according to how much each one can eat. -- exodus 12:4 +. +Your lamb must be perfect, a male, one year old; you may take it from the sheep or from the goats. -- exodus 12:5 +. +You must care for it until the fourteenth day of this month, and then the whole community of Israel will kill it around sundown. -- exodus 12:6 +. +They will take some of the blood and put it on the two side posts and top of the doorframe of the houses where they will eat it. -- exodus 12:7 +. +They will eat the meat the same night; they will eat it roasted over the fire with bread made without yeast and with bitter herbs. -- exodus 12:8 +. +Do not eat it raw or boiled in water, but roast it over the fire with its head, its legs, and its entrails. -- exodus 12:9 +. +You must leave nothing until morning, but you must burn with fire whatever remains of it until morning. -- exodus 12:10 +. +This is how you are to eat it - dressed to travel, your sandals on your feet, and your staff in your hand. You are to eat it in haste. It is the Lord's Passover. -- exodus 12:11 +. +I will pass through the land of Egypt in the same night, and I will attack all the firstborn in the land of Egypt, both of humans and of animals, and on all the gods of Egypt I will execute judgment. I am the Lord. -- exodus 12:12 +. +The blood will be a sign for you on the houses where you are, so that when I see the blood I will pass over you, and this plague will not fall on you to destroy you when I attack the land of Egypt. -- exodus 12:13 +. +This day will become a memorial for you, and you will celebrate it as a festival to the Lord - you will celebrate it perpetually as a lasting ordinance. -- exodus 12:14 +. +For seven days you must eat bread made without yeast. Surely on the first day you must put away yeast from your houses because anyone who eats bread made with yeast from the first day to the seventh day will be cut off from Israel. -- exodus 12:15 +. +On the first day there will be a holy convocation, and on the seventh day there will be a holy convocation for you. You must do no work of any kind on them, only what every person will eat - that alone may be prepared for you. -- exodus 12:16 +. +So you will keep the Feast of Unleavened Bread, because on this very day I brought your regiments out from the land of Egypt, and so you must keep this day perpetually as a lasting ordinance. -- exodus 12:17 +. +In the first month, from the fourteenth day of the month, in the evening, you will eat bread made without yeast until the twenty-first day of the month in the evening. -- exodus 12:18 +. +For seven days yeast must not be found in your houses, for whoever eats what is made with yeast - that person will be cut off from the community of Israel, whether a foreigner or one born in the land. -- exodus 12:19 +. +You will not eat anything made with yeast; in all the places where you live you must eat bread made without yeast.'" -- exodus 12:20 +. +Then Moses summoned all the elders of Israel, and told them, "Go and select for yourselves a lamb or young goat for your families, and kill the Passover animals. -- exodus 12:21 +. +Take a branch of hyssop, dip it in the blood that is in the basin, and apply to the top of the doorframe and the two side posts some of the blood that is in the basin. Not one of you is to go out the door of his house until morning. -- exodus 12:22 +. +For the Lord will pass through to strike Egypt, and when he sees the blood on the top of the doorframe and the two side posts, then the Lord will pass over the door, and he will not permit the destroyer to enter your houses to strike you. -- exodus 12:23 +. +You must observe this event as an ordinance for you and for your children forever. -- exodus 12:24 +. +When you enter the land that the Lord will give to you, just as he said, you must observe this ceremony. -- exodus 12:25 +. +When your children ask you, 'What does this ceremony mean to you?' - -- exodus 12:26 +. +then you will say, 'It is the sacrifice of the Lord's Passover, when he passed over the houses of the Israelites in Egypt, when he struck Egypt and delivered our households.'" The people bowed down low to the ground, -- exodus 12:27 +. +and the Israelites went away and did exactly as the Lord had commanded Moses and Aaron. -- exodus 12:28 +. +It happened at midnight - the Lord attacked all the firstborn in the land of Egypt, from the firstborn of Pharaoh who sat on his throne to the firstborn of the captive who was in the prison, and all the firstborn of the cattle. -- exodus 12:29 +. +Pharaoh got up in the night, along with all his servants and all Egypt, and there was a great cry in Egypt, for there was no house in which there was not someone dead. -- exodus 12:30 +. +Pharaoh summoned Moses and Aaron in the night and said, "Get up, get out from among my people, both you and the Israelites! Go, serve the Lord as you have requested! -- exodus 12:31 +. +Also, take your flocks and your herds, just as you have requested, and leave. But bless me also." -- exodus 12:32 +. +The Egyptians were urging the people on, in order to send them out of the land quickly, for they were saying, "We are all dead!" -- exodus 12:33 +. +So the people took their dough before the yeast was added, with their kneading troughs bound up in their clothing on their shoulders. -- exodus 12:34 +. +Now the Israelites had done as Moses told them - they had requested from the Egyptians silver and gold items and clothing. -- exodus 12:35 +. +The Lord gave the people favor in the sight of the Egyptians, and they gave them whatever they wanted, and so they plundered Egypt. -- exodus 12:36 +. +The Israelites journeyed from Rameses to Sukkoth. There were about 600,men on foot, plus their dependants. -- exodus 12:37 +. +A mixed multitude also went up with them, and flocks and herds - a very large number of cattle. -- exodus 12:38 +. +They baked cakes of bread without yeast using the dough they had brought from Egypt, for it was made without yeast - because they were thrust out of Egypt and were not able to delay, they could not prepare food for themselves either. -- exodus 12:39 +. +Now the length of time the Israelites lived in Egypt was years. -- exodus 12:40 +. +At the end of the years, on the very day, all the regiments of the Lord went out of the land of Egypt. -- exodus 12:41 +. +It was a night of vigil for the Lord to bring them out from the land of Egypt, and so on this night all Israel is to keep the vigil to the Lord for generations to come. -- exodus 12:42 +. +The Lord said to Moses and Aaron, "This is the ordinance of the Passover. No foreigner may share in eating it. -- exodus 12:43 +. +But everyone's servant who is bought for money, after you have circumcised him, may eat it. -- exodus 12:44 +. +A foreigner and a hired worker must not eat it. -- exodus 12:45 +. +It must be eaten in one house; you must not bring any of the meat outside the house, and you must not break a bone of it. -- exodus 12:46 +. +The whole community of Israel must observe it. -- exodus 12:47 +. +"When a foreigner lives with you and wants to observe the Passover to the Lord, all his males must be circumcised, and then he may approach and observe it, and he will be like one who is born in the land - but no uncircumcised person may eat of it. -- exodus 12:48 +. +The same law will apply to the person who is native-born and to the foreigner who lives among you." -- exodus 12:49 +. +So all the Israelites did exactly as the Lord commanded Moses and Aaron. -- exodus 12:50 +. +And on this very day the Lord brought the Israelites out of the land of Egypt by their regiments. -- exodus 12:51 +. +The Lord spoke to Moses: -- exodus 13:1 +. +"Set apart to me every firstborn male - the first offspring of every womb among the Israelites, whether human or animal; it is mine." -- exodus 13:2 +. +Moses said to the people, "Remember this day on which you came out from Egypt, from the place where you were enslaved, for the Lord brought you out of there with a mighty hand - and no bread made with yeast may be eaten. -- exodus 13:3 +. +On this day, in the month of Abib, you are going out. -- exodus 13:4 +. +When the Lord brings you to the land of the Canaanites, Hittites, Amorites, Hivites, and Jebusites, which he swore to your fathers to give you, a land flowing with milk and honey, then you will keep this ceremony in this month. -- exodus 13:5 +. +For seven days you must eat bread made without yeast, and on the seventh day there is to be a festival to the Lord. -- exodus 13:6 +. +Bread made without yeast must be eaten for seven days; no bread made with yeast shall be seen among you, and you must have no yeast among you within any of your borders. -- exodus 13:7 +. +You are to tell your son on that day, 'It is because of what the Lord did for me when I came out of Egypt.' -- exodus 13:8 +. + It will be a sign for you on your hand and a memorial on your forehead, so that the law of the Lord may be in your mouth, for with a mighty hand the Lord brought you out of Egypt. -- exodus 13:9 +. +So you must keep this ordinance at its appointed time from year to year. -- exodus 13:10 +. +When the Lord brings you into the land of the Canaanites, as he swore to you and to your fathers, and gives it to you, -- exodus 13:11 +. +then you must give over to the Lord the first offspring of every womb. Every firstling of a beast that you have - the males will be the Lord's. -- exodus 13:12 +. +Every firstling of a donkey you must redeem with a lamb, and if you do not redeem it, then you must break its neck. Every firstborn of your sons you must redeem. -- exodus 13:13 +. +In the future, when your son asks you 'What is this?' you are to tell him, 'With a mighty hand the Lord brought us out from Egypt, from the land of slavery. -- exodus 13:14 +. +When Pharaoh stubbornly refused to release us, the Lord killed all the firstborn in the land of Egypt, from the firstborn of people to the firstborn of animals. That is why I am sacrificing to the Lord the first male offspring of every womb, but all my firstborn sons I redeem.' -- exodus 13:15 +. +It will be for a sign on your hand and for frontlets on your forehead, for with a mighty hand the Lord brought us out of Egypt." -- exodus 13:16 +. +When Pharaoh released the people, God did not lead them by the way to the land of the Philistines, although that was nearby, for God said, "Lest the people change their minds and return to Egypt when they experience war." -- exodus 13:17 +. +So God brought the people around by the way of the desert to the Red Sea, and the Israelites went up from the land of Egypt prepared for battle. -- exodus 13:18 +. +Moses took the bones of Joseph with him, for Joseph had made the Israelites solemnly swear, "God will surely attend to you, and you will carry my bones up from this place with you." -- exodus 13:19 +. +They journeyed from Sukkoth and camped in Etham, on the edge of the desert. -- exodus 13:20 +. +Now the Lord was going before them by day in a pillar of cloud to lead them in the way, and by night in a pillar of fire to give them light, so that they could travel day or night. -- exodus 13:21 +. +He did not remove the pillar of cloud by day nor the pillar of fire by night from before the people. -- exodus 13:22 +. +The Lord spoke to Moses: -- exodus 14:1 +. +"Tell the Israelites that they must turn and camp before Pi-hahiroth, between Migdol and the sea; you are to camp by the sea before Baal Zephon opposite it. -- exodus 14:2 +. +Pharaoh will think regarding the Israelites, 'They are wandering around confused in the land - the desert has closed in on them.' -- exodus 14:3 +. +I will harden Pharaoh's heart, and he will chase after them. I will gain honor because of Pharaoh and because of all his army, and the Egyptians will know that I am the Lord." So this is what they did. -- exodus 14:4 +. +When it was reported to the king of Egypt that the people had fled, the heart of Pharaoh and his servants was turned against the people, and the king and his servants said, "What in the world have we done? For we have released the people of Israel from serving us!" -- exodus 14:5 +. +Then he prepared his chariots and took his army with him. -- exodus 14:6 +. +He took six hundred select chariots, and all the rest of the chariots of Egypt, and officers on all of them. -- exodus 14:7 +. +But the Lord hardened the heart of Pharaoh king of Egypt, and he chased after the Israelites. Now the Israelites were going out defiantly. -- exodus 14:8 +. +The Egyptians chased after them, and all the horses and chariots of Pharaoh and his horsemen and his army overtook them camping by the sea, beside Pi-hahiroth, before Baal-Zephon. -- exodus 14:9 +. +When Pharaoh got closer, the Israelites looked up, and there were the Egyptians marching after them, and they were terrified. The Israelites cried out to the Lord, -- exodus 14:10 +. +and they said to Moses, "Is it because there are no graves in Egypt that you have taken us away to die in the desert? What in the world have you done to us by bringing us out of Egypt? -- exodus 14:11 +. +Isn't this what we told you in Egypt, 'Leave us alone so that we can serve the Egyptians, because it is better for us to serve the Egyptians than to die in the desert!'" -- exodus 14:12 +. +Moses said to the people, "Do not fear! Stand firm and see the salvation of the Lord that he will provide for you today; for the Egyptians that you see today you will never, ever see again. -- exodus 14:13 +. +The Lord will fight for you, and you can be still." -- exodus 14:14 +. +The Lord said to Moses, "Why do you cry out to me? Tell the Israelites to move on. -- exodus 14:15 +. +And as for you, lift up your staff and extend your hand toward the sea and divide it, so that the Israelites may go through the middle of the sea on dry ground. -- exodus 14:16 +. +And as for me, I am going to harden the hearts of the Egyptians so that they will come after them, that I may be honored because of Pharaoh and his army and his chariots and his horsemen. -- exodus 14:17 +. +And the Egyptians will know that I am the Lord when I have gained my honor because of Pharaoh, his chariots, and his horsemen." -- exodus 14:18 +. +The angel of God, who was going before the camp of Israel, moved and went behind them, and the pillar of cloud moved from before them and stood behind them. -- exodus 14:19 +. +It came between the Egyptian camp and the Israelite camp; it was a dark cloud and it lit up the night so that one camp did not come near the other the whole night. -- exodus 14:20 +. +Moses stretched out his hand toward the sea, and the Lord drove the sea apart by a strong east wind all that night, and he made the sea into dry land, and the water was divided. -- exodus 14:21 +. +So the Israelites went through the middle of the sea on dry ground, the water forming a wall for them on their right and on their left. -- exodus 14:22 +. +The Egyptians chased them and followed them into the middle of the sea - all the horses of Pharaoh, his chariots, and his horsemen. -- exodus 14:23 +. +In the morning watch the Lord looked down on the Egyptian army through the pillar of fire and cloud, and he threw the Egyptian army into a panic. -- exodus 14:24 +. +He jammed the wheels of their chariots so that they had difficulty driving, and the Egyptians said, "Let's flee from Israel, for the Lord fights for them against Egypt!" -- exodus 14:25 +. +The Lord said to Moses, "Extend your hand toward the sea, so that the waters may flow back on the Egyptians, on their chariots, and on their horsemen!" -- exodus 14:26 +. +So Moses extended his hand toward the sea, and the sea returned to its normal state when the sun began to rise. Now the Egyptians were fleeing before it, but the Lord overthrew the Egyptians in the middle of the sea. -- exodus 14:27 +. +The water returned and covered the chariots and the horsemen and all the army of Pharaoh that was coming after the Israelites into the sea - not so much as one of them survived! -- exodus 14:28 +. +But the Israelites walked on dry ground in the middle of the sea, the water forming a wall for them on their right and on their left. -- exodus 14:29 +. +So the Lord saved Israel on that day from the power of the Egyptians, and Israel saw the Egyptians dead on the shore of the sea. -- exodus 14:30 +. +When Israel saw the great power that the Lord had exercised over the Egyptians, they feared the Lord, and they believed in the Lord and in his servant Moses. -- exodus 14:31 +. +Then Moses and the Israelites sang this song to the Lord. They said, "I will sing to the Lord, for he has triumphed gloriously, the horse and its rider he has thrown into the sea. -- exodus 15:1 +. +The Lord is my strength and my song, and he has become my salvation. This is my God, and I will praise him, my father's God, and I will exalt him. -- exodus 15:2 +. +The Lord is a warrior, the Lord is his name. -- exodus 15:3 +. +The chariots of Pharaoh and his army he has thrown into the sea, and his chosen officers were drowned in the Red Sea. -- exodus 15:4 +. +The depths have covered them, they went down to the bottom like a stone. -- exodus 15:5 +. +Your right hand, O Lord, was majestic in power, your right hand, O Lord, shattered the enemy. -- exodus 15:6 +. +In the abundance of your majesty you have overthrown those who rise up against you. You sent forth your wrath; it consumed them like stubble. -- exodus 15:7 +. +By the blast of your nostrils the waters were piled up, the flowing water stood upright like a heap, and the deep waters were solidified in the heart of the sea. -- exodus 15:8 +. +The enemy said, 'I will chase, I will overtake, I will divide the spoil; my desire will be satisfied on them. I will draw my sword, my hand will destroy them.' -- exodus 15:9 +. +But you blew with your breath, and the sea covered them. They sank like lead in the mighty waters. -- exodus 15:10 +. +Who is like you, O Lord, among the gods? Who is like you? - majestic in holiness, fearful in praises, working wonders? -- exodus 15:11 +. +You stretched out your right hand, the earth swallowed them. -- exodus 15:12 +. +By your loyal love you will lead the people whom you have redeemed; you will guide them by your strength to your holy dwelling place. -- exodus 15:13 +. +The nations will hear and tremble; anguish will seize the inhabitants of Philistia. -- exodus 15:14 +. +Then the chiefs of Edom will be terrified, trembling will seize the leaders of Moab, and the inhabitants of Canaan will shake. -- exodus 15:15 +. +Fear and dread will fall on them; by the greatness of your arm they will be as still as stone until your people pass by, O Lord, until the people whom you have bought pass by. -- exodus 15:16 +. +You will bring them in and plant them in the mountain of your inheritance, in the place you made for your residence, O Lord, the sanctuary, O Lord, that your hands have established. -- exodus 15:17 +. +The Lord will reign forever and ever! -- exodus 15:18 +. +For the horses of Pharaoh came with his chariots and his footmen into the sea, and the Lord brought back the waters of the sea on them, but the Israelites walked on dry land in the middle of the sea." -- exodus 15:19 +. +Miriam the prophetess, the sister of Aaron, took a hand-drum in her hand, and all the women went out after her with hand-drums and with dances. -- exodus 15:20 +. +Miriam sang in response to them, "Sing to the Lord, for he has triumphed gloriously; the horse and its rider he has thrown into the sea." -- exodus 15:21 +. +Then Moses led Israel to journey away from the Red Sea. They went out to the Desert of Shur, walked for three days into the desert, and found no water. -- exodus 15:22 +. +Then they came to Marah, but they were not able to drink the waters of Marah, because they were bitter. (That is why its name was Marah.) -- exodus 15:23 +. +So the people murmured against Moses, saying, "What can we drink?" -- exodus 15:24 +. +He cried out to the Lord, and the Lord showed him a tree. When Moses threw it into the water, the water became safe to drink. There the Lord made for them a binding ordinance, and there he tested them. -- exodus 15:25 +. +He said, "If you will diligently obey the Lord your God, and do what is right in his sight, and pay attention to his commandments, and keep all his statutes, then all the diseases that I brought on the Egyptians I will not bring on you, for I, the Lord, am your healer." -- exodus 15:26 +. +Then they came to Elim, where there were twelve wells of water and seventy palm trees, and they camped there by the water. -- exodus 15:27 +. +When they journeyed from Elim, the entire company of Israelites came to the Desert of Sin, which is between Elim and Sinai, on the fifteenth day of the second month after their exodus from the land of Egypt. -- exodus 16:1 +. +The entire company of Israelites murmured against Moses and Aaron in the desert. -- exodus 16:2 +. +The Israelites said to them, "If only we had died by the hand of the Lord in the land of Egypt, when we sat by the pots of meat, when we ate bread to the full, for you have brought us out into this desert to kill this whole assembly with hunger!" -- exodus 16:3 +. +Then the Lord said to Moses, "I am going to rain bread from heaven for you, and the people will go out and gather the amount for each day, so that I may test them. Will they will walk in my law or not? -- exodus 16:4 +. +On the sixth day they will prepare what they bring in, and it will be twice as much as they gather every other day." -- exodus 16:5 +. +Moses and Aaron said to all the Israelites, "In the evening you will know that the Lord has brought you out of the land of Egypt, -- exodus 16:6 +. +and in the morning you will see the glory of the Lord, because he has heard your murmurings against the Lord. As for us, what are we, that you should murmur against us?" -- exodus 16:7 +. +Moses said, "You will know this when the Lord gives you meat to eat in the evening and bread in the morning to satisfy you, because the Lord has heard your murmurings that you are murmuring against him. As for us, what are we? Your murmurings are not against us, but against the Lord." -- exodus 16:8 +. +Then Moses said to Aaron, "Tell the whole community of the Israelites, 'Come before the Lord, because he has heard your murmurings.'" -- exodus 16:9 +. +As Aaron spoke to the whole community of the Israelites and they looked toward the desert, there the glory of the Lord appeared in the cloud, -- exodus 16:10 +. +and the Lord spoke to Moses: -- exodus 16:11 +. +"I have heard the murmurings of the Israelites. Tell them, 'During the evening you will eat meat, and in the morning you will be satisfied with bread, so that you may know that I am the Lord your God.'" -- exodus 16:12 +. +In the evening the quail came up and covered the camp, and in the morning a layer of dew was all around the camp. -- exodus 16:13 +. +When the layer of dew had evaporated, there on the surface of the desert was a thin flaky substance, thin like frost on the earth. -- exodus 16:14 +. +When the Israelites saw it, they said to one another, "What is it?" because they did not know what it was. Moses said to them, "It is the bread that the Lord has given you for food. -- exodus 16:15 +. +"This is what the Lord has commanded: 'Each person is to gather from it what he can eat, an omer per person according to the number of your people; each one will pick it up for whoever lives in his tent.'" -- exodus 16:16 +. +The Israelites did so, and they gathered - some more, some less. -- exodus 16:17 +. +When they measured with an omer, the one who gathered much had nothing left over, and the one who gathered little lacked nothing; each one had gathered what he could eat. -- exodus 16:18 +. +Moses said to them, "No one is to keep any of it until morning." -- exodus 16:19 +. +But they did not listen to Moses; some kept part of it until morning, and it was full of worms and began to stink, and Moses was angry with them. -- exodus 16:20 +. +So they gathered it each morning, each person according to what he could eat, and when the sun got hot, it would melt. -- exodus 16:21 +. +And on the sixth day they gathered twice as much food, two omers per person; and all the leaders of the community came and told Moses. -- exodus 16:22 +. +He said to them, "This is what the Lord has said: 'Tomorrow is a time of cessation from work, a holy Sabbath to the Lord. Whatever you want to bake, bake today; whatever you want to boil, boil today; whatever is left put aside for yourselves to be kept until morning.'" -- exodus 16:23 +. +So they put it aside until the morning, just as Moses had commanded, and it did not stink, nor were there any worms in it. -- exodus 16:24 +. +Moses said, "Eat it today, for today is a Sabbath to the Lord; today you will not find it in the area. -- exodus 16:25 +. +Six days you will gather it, but on the seventh day, the Sabbath, there will not be any." -- exodus 16:26 +. +On the seventh day some of the people went out to gather it, but they found nothing. -- exodus 16:27 +. +So the Lord said to Moses, "How long do you refuse to obey my commandments and my instructions? -- exodus 16:28 +. +See, because the Lord has given you the Sabbath, that is why he is giving you food for two days on the sixth day. Each of you stay where you are; let no one go out of his place on the seventh day." -- exodus 16:29 +. +So the people rested on the seventh day. -- exodus 16:30 +. +The house of Israel called its name "manna." It was like coriander seed and was white, and it tasted like wafers with honey. -- exodus 16:31 +. +Moses said, "This is what the Lord has commanded: 'Fill an omer with it to be kept for generations to come, so that they may see the food I fed you in the desert when I brought you out from the land of Egypt.'" -- exodus 16:32 +. +Moses said to Aaron, "Take a jar and put in it an omer full of manna, and place it before the Lord to be kept for generations to come." -- exodus 16:33 +. +Just as the Lord commanded Moses, so Aaron placed it before the Testimony for safekeeping. -- exodus 16:34 +. +Now the Israelites ate manna forty years, until they came to a land that was inhabited; they ate manna until they came to the border of the land of Canaan. -- exodus 16:35 +. +(Now an omer is one tenth of an ephah.) -- exodus 16:36 +. +The whole community of the Israelites traveled on their journey from the Desert of Sin according to the Lord's instruction, and they pitched camp in Rephidim. Now there was no water for the people to drink. -- exodus 17:1 +. +So the people contended with Moses, and they said, "Give us water to drink!" Moses said to them, "Why do you contend with me? Why do you test the Lord?" -- exodus 17:2 +. +But the people were very thirsty there for water, and they murmured against Moses and said, "Why in the world did you bring us up out of Egypt - to kill us and our children and our cattle with thirst?" -- exodus 17:3 +. +Then Moses cried out to the Lord, "What will I do with this people? - a little more and they will stone me!" -- exodus 17:4 +. +The Lord said to Moses, "Go over before the people; take with you some of the elders of Israel and take in your hand your staff with which you struck the Nile and go. -- exodus 17:5 +. +I will be standing before you there on the rock in Horeb, and you will strike the rock, and water will come out of it so that the people may drink." And Moses did so in plain view of the elders of Israel. -- exodus 17:6 +. +He called the name of the place Massah and Meribah, because of the contending of the Israelites and because of their testing the Lord, saying, "Is the Lord among us or not?" -- exodus 17:7 +. +Amalek came and attacked Israel in Rephidim. -- exodus 17:8 +. +So Moses said to Joshua, "Choose some of our men and go out, fight against Amalek. Tomorrow I will stand on top of the hill with the staff of God in my hand." -- exodus 17:9 +. +So Joshua fought against Amalek just as Moses had instructed him;and Moses and Aaron and Hur went up to the top of the hill. -- exodus 17:10 +. +Whenever Moses would raise his hands, then Israel prevailed, but whenever he would rest his hands, then Amalek prevailed. -- exodus 17:11 +. +When the hands of Moses became heavy, they took a stone and put it under him, and Aaron and Hur held up his hands, one on one side and one on the other, and so his hands were steady until the sun went down. -- exodus 17:12 +. +So Joshua destroyed Amalek and his army with the sword. -- exodus 17:13 +. +The Lord said to Moses, "Write this as a memorial in the book, and rehearse it in Joshua's hearing; for I will surely wipe out the remembrance of Amalek from under heaven. -- exodus 17:14 +. +Moses built an altar, and he called it "The Lord is my Banner," -- exodus 17:15 +. +for he said, "For a hand was lifted up to the throne of the Lord - that the Lord will have war with Amalek from generation to generation." -- exodus 17:16 +. +Jethro, the priest of Midian, Moses' father-in-law, heard about all that God had done for Moses and for his people Israel, that the Lord had brought Israel out of Egypt. -- exodus 18:1 +. +Jethro, Moses' father-in-law, took Moses' wife Zipporah after he had sent her back, -- exodus 18:2 +. +and her two sons, one of whom was named Gershom (for Moses had said, "I have been a foreigner in a foreign land"), -- exodus 18:3 +. +and the other Eliezer (for Moses had said, "The God of my father has been my help and delivered me from the sword of Pharaoh"). -- exodus 18:4 +. +Jethro, Moses' father-in-law, together with Moses' sons and his wife, came to Moses in the desert where he was camping by the mountain of God. -- exodus 18:5 +. +He said to Moses, "I, your father-in-law Jethro, am coming to you, along with your wife and her two sons with her." -- exodus 18:6 +. +Moses went out to meet his father-in-law and bowed down and kissed him; they each asked about the other's welfare, and then they went into the tent. -- exodus 18:7 +. +Moses told his father-in-law all that the Lord had done to Pharaoh and to Egypt for Israel's sake, and all the hardship that had come on them along the way, and how the Lord had delivered them. -- exodus 18:8 +. +Jethro rejoiced because of all the good that the Lord had done for Israel, whom he had delivered from the hand of Egypt. -- exodus 18:9 +. +Jethro said, "Blessed be the Lord who has delivered you from the hand of Egypt, and from the hand of Pharaoh, who has delivered the people from the Egyptians' control! -- exodus 18:10 +. +Now I know that the Lord is greater than all the gods, for in the thing in which they dealt proudly against them he has destroyed them." -- exodus 18:11 +. +Then Jethro, Moses' father-in-law, brought a burnt offering and sacrifices for God, and Aaron and all the elders of Israel came to eat food with the father-in-law of Moses before God. -- exodus 18:12 +. +On the next day Moses sat to judge the people, and the people stood around Moses from morning until evening. -- exodus 18:13 +. +When Moses' father-in-law saw all that he was doing for the people, he said, "What is this that you are doing for the people? Why are you sitting by yourself, and all the people stand around you from morning until evening?" -- exodus 18:14 +. +Moses said to his father-in-law, "Because the people come to me to inquire of God. -- exodus 18:15 +. +When they have a dispute, it comes to me and I decide between a man and his neighbor, and I make known the decrees of God and his laws." -- exodus 18:16 +. +Moses' father-in-law said to him, "What you are doing is not good! -- exodus 18:17 +. +You will surely wear out, both you and these people who are with you, for this is too heavy a burden for you; you are not able to do it by yourself. -- exodus 18:18 +. +Now listen to me, I will give you advice, and may God be with you: You be a representative for the people to God, and you bring their disputes to God; -- exodus 18:19 +. +warn them of the statutes and the laws, and make known to them the way in which they must walk and the work they must do. -- exodus 18:20 +. +But you choose from the people capable men, God-fearing, men of truth, those who hate bribes, and put them over the people as rulers of thousands, rulers of hundreds, rulers of fifties, and rulers of tens. -- exodus 18:21 +. +They will judge the people under normal circumstances, and every difficult case they will bring to you, but every small case they themselves will judge, so that you may make it easier for yourself, and they will bear the burden with you. -- exodus 18:22 +. +If you do this thing, and God so commands you, then you will be able to endure, and all these people will be able to go home satisfied." -- exodus 18:23 +. +Moses listened to his father-in-law and did everything he had said. -- exodus 18:24 +. +Moses chose capable men from all Israel, and he made them heads over the people, rulers of thousands, rulers of hundreds, rulers of fifties, and rulers of tens. -- exodus 18:25 +. +They judged the people under normal circumstances; the difficult cases they would bring to Moses, but every small case they would judge themselves. -- exodus 18:26 +. +Then Moses sent his father-in-law on his way, and so Jethro went to his own land. -- exodus 18:27 +. +In the third month after the Israelites went out from the land of Egypt, on the very day, they came to the Desert of Sinai. -- exodus 19:1 +. +After they journeyed from Rephidim, they came to the Desert of Sinai, and they camped in the desert; Israel camped there in front of the mountain. -- exodus 19:2 +. +Moses went up to God, and the Lord called to him from the mountain, "Thus you will tell the house of Jacob, and declare to the people of Israel: -- exodus 19:3 +. +'You yourselves have seen what I did to Egypt and how I lifted you on eagles' wings and brought you to myself. -- exodus 19:4 +. +And now, if you will diligently listen to me and keep my covenant, then you will be my special possession out of all the nations, for all the earth is mine, -- exodus 19:5 +. +and you will be to me a kingdom of priests and a holy nation.' These are the words that you will speak to the Israelites." -- exodus 19:6 +. +So Moses came and summoned the elders of Israel. He set before them all these words that the Lord had commanded him, -- exodus 19:7 +. +and all the people answered together, "All that the Lord has commanded we will do!" So Moses brought the words of the people back to the Lord. -- exodus 19:8 +. +The Lord said to Moses, "I am going to come to you in a dense cloud, so that the people may hear when I speak with you and so that they will always believe in you." And Moses told the words of the people to the Lord. -- exodus 19:9 +. +The Lord said to Moses, "Go to the people and sanctify them today and tomorrow, and make them wash their clothes -- exodus 19:10 +. +and be ready for the third day, for on the third day the Lord will come down on Mount Sinai in the sight of all the people. -- exodus 19:11 +. +You must set boundaries for the people all around, saying, 'Take heed to yourselves not to go up on the mountain nor touch its edge. Whoever touches the mountain will surely be put to death! -- exodus 19:12 +. +No hand will touch him - but he will surely be stoned or shot through, whether a beast or a human being; he must not live.' When the ram's horn sounds a long blast they may go up on the mountain." -- exodus 19:13 +. +Then Moses went down from the mountain to the people and sanctified the people, and they washed their clothes. -- exodus 19:14 +. +He said to the people, "Be ready for the third day. Do not go near your wives." -- exodus 19:15 +. +On the third day in the morning there was thunder and lightning and a dense cloud on the mountain, and the sound of a very loud horn; all the people who were in the camp trembled. -- exodus 19:16 +. +Moses brought the people out of the camp to meet God, and they took their place at the foot of the mountain. -- exodus 19:17 +. +Now Mount Sinai was completely covered with smoke because the Lord had descended on it in fire, and its smoke went up like the smoke of a great furnace, and the whole mountain shook violently. -- exodus 19:18 +. +When the sound of the horn grew louder and louder, Moses was speaking and God was answering him with a voice. -- exodus 19:19 +. +The Lord came down on Mount Sinai, on the top of the mountain, and the Lord summoned Moses to the top of the mountain, and Moses went up. -- exodus 19:20 +. +The Lord said to Moses, "Go down and solemnly warn the people, lest they force their way through to the Lord to look, and many of them perish. -- exodus 19:21 +. +Let the priests also, who approach the Lord, sanctify themselves, lest the Lord break through against them." -- exodus 19:22 +. +Moses said to the Lord, "The people are not able to come up to Mount Sinai, because you solemnly warned us, 'Set boundaries for the mountain and set it apart.'" -- exodus 19:23 +. +The Lord said to him, "Go, get down, and come up, and Aaron with you, but do not let the priests and the people force their way through to come up to the Lord, lest he break through against them." -- exodus 19:24 +. +So Moses went down to the people and spoke to them. -- exodus 19:25 +. +God spoke all these words: -- exodus 20:1 +. +"I, the Lord, am your God, who brought you from the land of Egypt, from the house of slavery. -- exodus 20:2 +. +"You shall have no other gods before me. -- exodus 20:3 +. +"You shall not make for yourself a carved image or any likeness of anything that is in heaven above or that is on the earth beneath or that is in the water below. -- exodus 20:4 +. +You shall not bow down to them or serve them, for I, the Lord, your God, am a jealous God, responding to the transgression of fathers by dealing with children to the third and fourth generations of those who reject me, -- exodus 20:5 +. +and showing covenant faithfulness to a thousand generations of those who love me and keep my commandments. -- exodus 20:6 +. +"You shall not take the name of the Lord your God in vain, for the Lord will not hold guiltless anyone who takes his name in vain. -- exodus 20:7 +. +"Remember the Sabbath day to set it apart as holy. -- exodus 20:8 +. +For six days you may labor and do all your work, -- exodus 20:9 +. +but the seventh day is a Sabbath to the Lord your God; on it you shall not do any work, you, or your son, or your daughter, or your male servant, or your female servant, or your cattle, or the resident foreigner who is in your gates. -- exodus 20:10 +. +For in six days the Lord made the heavens and the earth and the sea and all that is in them, and he rested on the seventh day; therefore the Lord blessed the Sabbath day and set it apart as holy. -- exodus 20:11 +. +"Honor your father and your mother, that you may live a long time in the land the Lord your God is giving to you. -- exodus 20:12 +. +"You shall not murder. -- exodus 20:13 +. +"You shall not commit adultery. -- exodus 20:14 +. +"You shall not steal. -- exodus 20:15 +. +"You shall not give false testimony against your neighbor. -- exodus 20:16 +. +"You shall not covet your neighbor's house. You shall not covet your neighbor's wife, nor his male servant, nor his female servant, nor his ox, nor his donkey, nor anything that belongs to your neighbor." -- exodus 20:17 +. +All the people were seeing the thundering and the lightning, and heard the sound of the horn, and saw the mountain smoking - and when the people saw it they trembled with fear and kept their distance. -- exodus 20:18 +. +They said to Moses, "You speak to us and we will listen, but do not let God speak with us, lest we die." -- exodus 20:19 +. +Moses said to the people, "Do not fear, for God has come to test you, that the fear of him may be before you so that you do not sin." -- exodus 20:20 +. +The people kept their distance, but Moses drew near the thick darkness where God was. -- exodus 20:21 +. +The Lord said to Moses: "Thus you will tell the Israelites: 'You yourselves have seen that I have spoken with you from heaven. -- exodus 20:22 +. +You must not make gods of silver alongside me, nor make gods of gold for yourselves. -- exodus 20:23 +. +'You must make for me an altar made of earth, and you will sacrifice on it your burnt offerings and your peace offerings, your sheep and your cattle. In every place where I cause my name to be honored I will come to you and I will bless you. -- exodus 20:24 +. +If you make me an altar of stone, you must not build it of stones shaped with tools, for if you use your tool on it you have defiled it. -- exodus 20:25 +. +And you must not go up by steps to my altar, so that your nakedness is not exposed.' -- exodus 20:26 +. +"These are the decisions that you will set before them: -- exodus 21:1 +. +"If you buy a Hebrew servant, he is to serve you for six years, but in the seventh year he will go out free without paying anything. -- exodus 21:2 +. +If he came in by himself he will go out by himself; if he had a wife when he came in, then his wife will go out with him. -- exodus 21:3 +. +If his master gave him a wife, and she bore sons or daughters, the wife and the children will belong to her master, and he will go out by himself. -- exodus 21:4 +. +But if the servant should declare, 'I love my master, my wife, and my children; I will not go out free,' -- exodus 21:5 +. +then his master must bring him to the judges, and he will bring him to the door or the doorposts, and his master will pierce his ear with an awl, and he shall serve him forever. -- exodus 21:6 +. +"If a man sells his daughter as a female servant, she will not go out as the male servants do. -- exodus 21:7 +. +If she does not please her master, who has designated her for himself, then he must let her be redeemed. He has no right to sell her to a foreign nation, because he has dealt deceitfully with her. -- exodus 21:8 +. +If he designated her for his son, then he will deal with her according to the customary rights of daughters. -- exodus 21:9 +. +If he takes another wife, he must not diminish the first one's food, her clothing, or her marital rights. -- exodus 21:10 +. +If he does not provide her with these three things, then she will go out free, without paying money. -- exodus 21:11 +. +"Whoever strikes someone so that he dies must surely be put to death. -- exodus 21:12 +. +But if he does not do it with premeditation, but it happens by accident, then I will appoint for you a place where he may flee. -- exodus 21:13 +. +But if a man willfully attacks his neighbor to kill him cunningly, you will take him even from my altar that he may die. -- exodus 21:14 +. +"Whoever strikes his father or his mother must surely be put to death. -- exodus 21:15 +. +"Whoever kidnaps someone and sells him, or is caught still holding him, must surely be put to death. -- exodus 21:16 +. +"Whoever treats his father or his mother disgracefully must surely be put to death. -- exodus 21:17 +. +"If men fight, and one strikes his neighbor with a stone or with his fist and he does not die, but must remain in bed, -- exodus 21:18 +. +and then if he gets up and walks about outside on his staff, then the one who struck him is innocent, except he must pay for the injured person's loss of time and see to it that he is fully healed. -- exodus 21:19 +. +"If a man strikes his male servant or his female servant with a staff so that he or she dies as a result of the blow, he will surely be punished. -- exodus 21:20 +. +However, if the injured servant survives one or two days, the owner will not be punished, for he has suffered the loss. -- exodus 21:21 +. +"If men fight and hit a pregnant woman and her child is born prematurely, but there is no serious injury, he will surely be punished in accordance with what the woman's husband demands of him, and he will pay what the court decides. -- exodus 21:22 +. +But if there is serious injury, then you will give a life for a life, -- exodus 21:23 +. +eye for eye, tooth for tooth, hand for hand, foot for foot, -- exodus 21:24 +. +burn for burn, wound for wound, bruise for bruise. -- exodus 21:25 +. +"If a man strikes the eye of his male servant or his female servant so that he destroys it, he will let the servant go free as compensation for the eye. -- exodus 21:26 +. +If he knocks out the tooth of his male servant or his female servant, he will let the servant go free as compensation for the tooth. -- exodus 21:27 +. +"If an ox gores a man or a woman so that either dies, then the ox must surely be stoned and its flesh must not be eaten, but the owner of the ox will be acquitted. -- exodus 21:28 +. +But if the ox had the habit of goring, and its owner was warned, and he did not take the necessary precautions, and then it killed a man or a woman, the ox must be stoned and the man must be put to death. -- exodus 21:29 +. +If a ransom is set for him, then he must pay the redemption for his life according to whatever amount was set for him. -- exodus 21:30 +. +If the ox gores a son or a daughter, the owner will be dealt with according to this rule. -- exodus 21:31 +. +If the ox gores a male servant or a female servant, the owner must pay thirty shekels of silver, and the ox must be stoned. -- exodus 21:32 +. +"If a man opens a pit or if a man digs a pit and does not cover it, and an ox or a donkey falls into it, -- exodus 21:33 +. +the owner of the pit must repay the loss. He must give money to its owner, and the dead animal will become his. -- exodus 21:34 +. +If the ox of one man injures the ox of his neighbor so that it dies, then they will sell the live ox and divide its proceeds, and they will also divide the dead ox. -- exodus 21:35 +. +Or if it is known that the ox had the habit of goring, and its owner did not take the necessary precautions, he must surely pay ox for ox, and the dead animal will become his. -- exodus 21:36 +. + "If a man steals an ox or a sheep and kills it or sells it, he must pay back five head of cattle for the ox, and four sheep for the one sheep. -- exodus 22:1 +. +"If a thief is caught breaking in and is struck so that he dies, there will be no blood guilt for him. -- exodus 22:2 +. +If the sun has risen on him, then there is blood guilt for him. A thief must surely make full restitution; if he has nothing, then he will be sold for his theft. -- exodus 22:3 +. +If the stolen item should in fact be found alive in his possession, whether it be an ox or a donkey or a sheep, he must pay back double. -- exodus 22:4 +. +"If a man grazes his livestock in a field or a vineyard, and he lets the livestock loose and they graze in the field of another man, he must make restitution from the best of his own field and the best of his own vineyard. -- exodus 22:5 +. +"If a fire breaks out and spreads to thorn bushes, so that stacked grain or standing grain or the whole field is consumed, the one who started the fire must surely make restitution. -- exodus 22:6 +. +"If a man gives his neighbor money or articles for safekeeping, and it is stolen from the man's house, if the thief is caught, he must repay double. -- exodus 22:7 +. +If the thief is not caught, then the owner of the house will be brought before the judges to see whether he has laid his hand on his neighbor's goods. -- exodus 22:8 +. +In all cases of illegal possessions, whether for an ox, a donkey, a sheep, a garment, or any kind of lost item, about which someone says 'This belongs to me,' the matter of the two of them will come before the judges, and the one whom the judges declare guilty must repay double to his neighbor. -- exodus 22:9 +. +If a man gives his neighbor a donkey or an ox or a sheep or any beast to keep, and it dies or is hurt or is carried away without anyone seeing it, -- exodus 22:10 +. +then there will be an oath to the Lord between the two of them, that he has not laid his hand on his neighbor's goods, and its owner will accept this, and he will not have to pay. -- exodus 22:11 +. +But if it was stolen from him, he will pay its owner. -- exodus 22:12 +. +If it is torn in pieces, then he will bring it for evidence, and he will not have to pay for what was torn. -- exodus 22:13 +. +"If a man borrows an animal from his neighbor, and it is hurt or dies when its owner was not with it, the man who borrowed it will surely pay. -- exodus 22:14 +. +If its owner was with it, he will not have to pay; if it was hired, what was paid for the hire covers it. -- exodus 22:15 +. +"If a man seduces a virgin who is not engaged and has sexual relations with her, he must surely endow her to be his wife. -- exodus 22:16 +. +If her father refuses to give her to him, he must pay money for the bride price of virgins. -- exodus 22:17 +. +"You must not allow a sorceress to live. -- exodus 22:18 +. +"Whoever has sexual relations with a beast must surely be put to death. -- exodus 22:19 +. +"Whoever sacrifices to a god other than the Lord alone must be utterly destroyed. -- exodus 22:20 +. +"You must not wrong a foreigner nor oppress him, for you were foreigners in the land of Egypt. -- exodus 22:21 +. +"You must not afflict any widow or orphan. -- exodus 22:22 +. +If you afflict them in any way and they cry to me, I will surely hear their cry, -- exodus 22:23 +. +and my anger will burn and I will kill you with the sword, and your wives will be widows and your children will be fatherless. -- exodus 22:24 +. +"If you lend money to any of my people who are needy among you, do not be like a moneylender to him; do not charge him interest. -- exodus 22:25 +. +If you do take the garment of your neighbor in pledge, you must return it to him by the time the sun goes down, -- exodus 22:26 +. +for it is his only covering - it is his garment for his body. What else can he sleep in? And when he cries out to me, I will hear, for I am gracious. -- exodus 22:27 +. +"You must not blaspheme God or curse the ruler of your people. -- exodus 22:28 +. +"Do not hold back offerings from your granaries or your vats. You must give me the firstborn of your sons. -- exodus 22:29 +. +You must also do this for your oxen and for your sheep; seven days they may remain with their mothers, but give them to me on the eighth day. -- exodus 22:30 +. +"You will be holy people to me; you must not eat any meat torn by animals in the field. You must throw it to the dogs. -- exodus 22:31 +. +"You must not give a false report. Do not make common cause with the wicked to be a malicious witness. -- exodus 23:1 +. +"You must not follow a crowd in doing evil things; in a lawsuit you must not offer testimony that agrees with a crowd so as to pervert justice, -- exodus 23:2 +. +and you must not show partiality to a poor man in his lawsuit. -- exodus 23:3 +. +"If you encounter your enemy's ox or donkey wandering off, you must by all means return it to him. -- exodus 23:4 +. +If you see the donkey of someone who hates you fallen under its load, you must not ignore him, but be sure to help him with it. -- exodus 23:5 +. +"You must not turn away justice for your poor people in their lawsuits. -- exodus 23:6 +. +Keep your distance from a false charge - do not kill the innocent and the righteous, for I will not justify the wicked. -- exodus 23:7 +. +"You must not accept a bribe, for a bribe blinds those who see and subverts the words of the righteous. -- exodus 23:8 +. +"You must not oppress a foreigner, since you know the life of a foreigner, for you were foreigners in the land of Egypt. -- exodus 23:9 +. +"For six years you are to sow your land and gather in its produce. -- exodus 23:10 +. +But in the seventh year you must let it lie fallow and leave it alone so that the poor of your people may eat, and what they leave any animal in the field may eat; you must do likewise with your vineyard and your olive grove. -- exodus 23:11 +. +For six days you are to do your work, but on the seventh day you must cease, in order that your ox and your donkey may rest and that your female servant's son and any hired help may refresh themselves. -- exodus 23:12 +. +"Pay attention to do everything I have told you, and do not even mention the names of other gods - do not let them be heard on your lips. -- exodus 23:13 +. +"Three times in the year you must make a pilgrim feast to me. -- exodus 23:14 +. +You are to observe the Feast of Unleavened Bread; seven days you must eat bread made without yeast, as I commanded you, at the appointed time of the month of Abib, for at that time you came out of Egypt. No one may appear before me empty-handed. -- exodus 23:15 +. +"You are also to observe the Feast of Harvest, the firstfruits of your labors that you have sown in the field, and the Feast of Ingathering at the end of the year when you have gathered in your harvest out of the field. -- exodus 23:16 +. +At three times in the year all your males will appear before the Lord God. -- exodus 23:17 +. +"You must not offer the blood of my sacrifice with bread containing yeast; the fat of my festal sacrifice must not remain until morning. -- exodus 23:18 +. +The first of the firstfruits of your soil you must bring to the house of the Lord your God. "You must not cook a young goat in its mother's milk. -- exodus 23:19 +. +"I am going to send an angel before you to protect you as you journey and to bring you into the place that I have prepared. -- exodus 23:20 +. +Take heed because of him, and obey his voice; do not rebel against him, for he will not pardon your transgressions, for my name is in him. -- exodus 23:21 +. +But if you diligently obey him and do all that I command, then I will be an enemy to your enemies, and I will be an adversary to your adversaries. -- exodus 23:22 +. +For my angel will go before you and bring you to the Amorites, the Hittites, the Perizzites, the Canaanites, the Hivites, and the Jebusites, and I will destroy them completely. -- exodus 23:23 +. +"You must not bow down to their gods; you must not serve them or do according to their practices. Instead you must completely overthrow them and smash their standing stones to pieces. -- exodus 23:24 +. +You must serve the Lord your God, and he will bless your bread and your water, and I will remove sickness from your midst. -- exodus 23:25 +. +No woman will miscarry her young or be barren in your land. I will fulfill the number of your days. -- exodus 23:26 +. +"I will send my terror before you, and I will destroy all the people whom you encounter; I will make all your enemies turn their backs to you. -- exodus 23:27 +. +I will send hornets before you that will drive out the Hivite, the Canaanite, and the Hittite before you. -- exodus 23:28 +. +I will not drive them out before you in one year, lest the land become desolate and the wild animals multiply against you. -- exodus 23:29 +. +Little by little I will drive them out before you, until you become fruitful and inherit the land. -- exodus 23:30 +. +I will set your boundaries from the Red Sea to the sea of the Philistines, and from the desert to the River, for I will deliver the inhabitants of the land into your hand, and you will drive them out before you. -- exodus 23:31 +. +"You must make no covenant with them or with their gods. -- exodus 23:32 +. +They must not live in your land, lest they make you sin against me, for if you serve their gods, it will surely be a snare to you." -- exodus 23:33 +. +But to Moses the Lord said, "Come up to the Lord, you and Aaron, Nadab and Abihu, and seventy of the elders of Israel, and worship from a distance. -- exodus 24:1 +. +Moses alone may come near the Lord, but the others must not come near, nor may the people go up with him." -- exodus 24:2 +. +Moses came and told the people all the Lord's words and all the decisions. All the people answered together, "We are willing to do all the words that the Lord has said," -- exodus 24:3 +. +and Moses wrote down all the words of the Lord. Early in the morning he built an altar at the foot of the mountain and arranged twelve standing stones - according to the twelve tribes of Israel. -- exodus 24:4 +. +He sent young Israelite men, and they offered burnt offerings and sacrificed young bulls for peace offerings to the Lord. -- exodus 24:5 +. +Moses took half of the blood and put it in bowls, and half of the blood he splashed on the altar. -- exodus 24:6 +. +He took the Book of the Covenant and read it aloud to the people, and they said, "We are willing to do and obey all that the Lord has spoken." -- exodus 24:7 +. +So Moses took the blood and splashed it on the people and said, "This is the blood of the covenant that the Lord has made with you in accordance with all these words." -- exodus 24:8 +. +Moses and Aaron, Nadab and Abihu, and the seventy elders of Israel went up, -- exodus 24:9 +. +and they saw the God of Israel. Under his feet there was something like a pavement made of sapphire, clear like the sky itself. -- exodus 24:10 +. +But he did not lay a hand on the leaders of the Israelites, so they saw God, and they ate and they drank. -- exodus 24:11 +. +The Lord said to Moses, "Come up to me to the mountain and remain there, and I will give you the stone tablets with the law and the commandments that I have written, so that you may teach them." -- exodus 24:12 +. +So Moses set out with Joshua his attendant, and Moses went up the mountain of God. -- exodus 24:13 +. +He told the elders, "Wait for us in this place until we return to you. Here are Aaron and Hur with you. Whoever has any matters of dispute can approach them." -- exodus 24:14 +. +Moses went up the mountain, and the cloud covered the mountain. -- exodus 24:15 +. +The glory of the Lord resided on Mount Sinai, and the cloud covered it for six days. On the seventh day he called to Moses from within the cloud. -- exodus 24:16 +. +Now the appearance of the glory of the Lord was like a devouring fire on the top of the mountain in plain view of the people. -- exodus 24:17 +. +Moses went into the cloud when he went up the mountain, and Moses was on the mountain forty days and forty nights. -- exodus 24:18 +. +The Lord spoke to Moses: -- exodus 25:1 +. +"Tell the Israelites to take an offering for me; from every person motivated by a willing heart you are to receive my offering. -- exodus 25:2 +. +This is the offering you are to accept from them: gold, silver, bronze, -- exodus 25:3 +. +blue, purple, scarlet, fine linen, goat's hair, -- exodus 25:4 +. +ram skins dyed red, fine leather, acacia wood, -- exodus 25:5 +. +oil for the light, spices for the anointing oil and for fragrant incense, -- exodus 25:6 +. +onyx stones, and other gems to be set in the ephod and in the breastpiece. -- exodus 25:7 +. +Let them make for me a sanctuary, so that I may live among them. -- exodus 25:8 +. +According to all that I am showing you - the pattern of the tabernacle and the pattern of all its furnishings - you must make it exactly so. -- exodus 25:9 +. +"They are to make an ark of acacia wood - its length is to be three feet nine inches, its width two feet three inches, and its height two feet three inches. -- exodus 25:10 +. +You are to overlay it with pure gold - both inside and outside you must overlay it, and you are to make a surrounding border of gold over it. -- exodus 25:11 +. +You are to cast four gold rings for it and put them on its four feet, with two rings on one side and two rings on the other side. -- exodus 25:12 +. +You are to make poles of acacia wood, overlay them with gold, -- exodus 25:13 +. +and put the poles into the rings at the sides of the ark in order to carry the ark with them. -- exodus 25:14 +. +The poles must remain in the rings of the ark; they must not be removed from it. -- exodus 25:15 +. +You are to put into the ark the testimony that I will give to you. -- exodus 25:16 +. +"You are to make an atonement lid of pure gold; its length is to be three feet nine inches, and its width is to be two feet three inches. -- exodus 25:17 +. +You are to make two cherubim of gold; you are to make them of hammered metal on the two ends of the atonement lid. -- exodus 25:18 +. +Make one cherub on one end and one cherub on the other end; from the atonement lid you are to make the cherubim on the two ends. -- exodus 25:19 +. +The cherubim are to be spreading their wings upward, overshadowing the atonement lid with their wings, and the cherubim are to face each other, looking toward the atonement lid. -- exodus 25:20 +. +You are to put the atonement lid on top of the ark, and in the ark you are to put the testimony I am giving you. -- exodus 25:21 +. +I will meet with you there, and from above the atonement lid, from between the two cherubim that are over the ark of the testimony, I will speak with you about all that I will command you for the Israelites. -- exodus 25:22 +. +"You are to make a table of acacia wood; its length is to be three feet, its width one foot six inches, and its height two feet three inches. -- exodus 25:23 +. +You are to overlay it with pure gold, and you are to make a surrounding border of gold for it. -- exodus 25:24 +. +You are to make a surrounding frame for it about three inches broad, and you are to make a surrounding border of gold for its frame. -- exodus 25:25 +. +You are to make four rings of gold for it and attach the rings at the four corners where its four legs are. -- exodus 25:26 +. +The rings are to be close to the frame to provide places for the poles to carry the table. -- exodus 25:27 +. +You are to make the poles of acacia wood and overlay them with gold, so that the table may be carried with them. -- exodus 25:28 +. +You are to make its plates, its ladles, its pitchers, and its bowls, to be used in pouring out offerings; you are to make them of pure gold. -- exodus 25:29 +. +You are to set the Bread of the Presence on the table before me continually. -- exodus 25:30 +. +"You are to make a lampstand of pure gold. The lampstand is to be made of hammered metal; its base and its shaft, its cups, its buds, and its blossoms are to be from the same piece. -- exodus 25:31 +. +Six branches are to extend from the sides of the lampstand, three branches of the lampstand from one side of it and three branches of the lampstand from the other side of it. -- exodus 25:32 +. +Three cups shaped like almond flowers with buds and blossoms are to be on one branch, and three cups shaped like almond flowers with buds and blossoms are to be on the next branch, and the same for the six branches extending from the lampstand. -- exodus 25:33 +. +On the lampstand there are to be four cups shaped like almond flowers with buds and blossoms, -- exodus 25:34 +. +with a bud under the first two branches from it, and a bud under the next two branches from it, and a bud under the third two branches from it, according to the six branches that extend from the lampstand. -- exodus 25:35 +. +Their buds and their branches will be one piece, all of it one hammered piece of pure gold. -- exodus 25:36 +. +"You are to make its seven lamps, and then set its lamps up on it, so that it will give light to the area in front of it. -- exodus 25:37 +. +Its trimmers and its trays are to be of pure gold. -- exodus 25:38 +. +About seventy-five pounds of pure gold is to be used for it and for all these utensils. -- exodus 25:39 +. +Now be sure to make them according to the pattern you were shown on the mountain. -- exodus 25:40 +. +"The tabernacle itself you are to make with ten curtains of fine twisted linen and blue and purple and scarlet; you are to make them with cherubim that are the work of an artistic designer. -- exodus 26:1 +. +The length of each curtain is to be forty-two feet, and the width of each curtain is to be six feet - the same size for each of the curtains. -- exodus 26:2 +. +Five curtains are to be joined, one to another, and the other five curtains are to be joined, one to another. -- exodus 26:3 +. +You are to make loops of blue material along the edge of the end curtain in one set, and in the same way you are to make loops in the outer edge of the end curtain in the second set. -- exodus 26:4 +. +You are to make fifty loops on the one curtain, and you are to make fifty loops on the end curtain which is on the second set, so that the loops are opposite one to another. -- exodus 26:5 +. +You are to make fifty gold clasps and join the curtains together with the clasps, so that the tabernacle is a unit. -- exodus 26:6 +. +"You are to make curtains of goats' hair for a tent over the tabernacle; you are to make eleven curtains. -- exodus 26:7 +. +The length of each curtain is to be forty-five feet, and the width of each curtain is to be six feet - the same size for the eleven curtains. -- exodus 26:8 +. +You are to join five curtains by themselves and six curtains by themselves. You are to double over the sixth curtain at the front of the tent. -- exodus 26:9 +. +You are to make fifty loops along the edge of the end curtain in one set and fifty loops along the edge of the curtain that joins the second set. -- exodus 26:10 +. +You are to make fifty bronze clasps and put the clasps into the loops and join the tent together so that it is a unit. -- exodus 26:11 +. +Now the part that remains of the curtains of the tent - the half curtain that remains will hang over at the back of the tabernacle. -- exodus 26:12 +. +The foot and a half on the one side and the foot and a half on the other side of what remains in the length of the curtains of the tent will hang over the sides of the tabernacle, on one side and the other side, to cover it. -- exodus 26:13 +. +"You are to make a covering for the tent out of ram skins dyed red and over that a covering of fine leather. -- exodus 26:14 +. +"You are to make the frames for the tabernacle out of acacia wood as uprights. -- exodus 26:15 +. +Each frame is to be fifteen feet long, and each frame is to be two feet three inches wide, -- exodus 26:16 +. +with two projections per frame parallel one to another. You are to make all the frames of the tabernacle in this way. -- exodus 26:17 +. +So you are to make the frames for the tabernacle: twenty frames for the south side, -- exodus 26:18 +. +and you are to make forty silver bases to go under the twenty frames - two bases under the first frame for its two projections, and likewise two bases under the next frame for its two projections; -- exodus 26:19 +. +and for the second side of the tabernacle, the north side, twenty frames, -- exodus 26:20 +. +and their forty silver bases, two bases under the first frame, and two bases under the next frame. -- exodus 26:21 +. +And for the back of the tabernacle on the west you will make six frames. -- exodus 26:22 +. +You are to make two frames for the corners of the tabernacle on the back. -- exodus 26:23 +. +At the two corners they must be doubled at the lower end and finished together at the top in one ring. So it will be for both. -- exodus 26:24 +. +So there are to be eight frames and their silver bases, sixteen bases, two bases under the first frame, and two bases under the next frame. -- exodus 26:25 +. +"You are to make bars of acacia wood, five for the frames on one side of the tabernacle, -- exodus 26:26 +. +and five bars for the frames on the second side of the tabernacle, and five bars for the frames on the back of the tabernacle on the west. -- exodus 26:27 +. +The middle bar in the center of the frames will reach from end to end. -- exodus 26:28 +. +You are to overlay the frames with gold and make their rings of gold to provide places for the bars, and you are to overlay the bars with gold. -- exodus 26:29 +. +You are to set up the tabernacle according to the plan that you were shown on the mountain. -- exodus 26:30 +. +"You are to make a special curtain of blue, purple, and scarlet yarn and fine twisted linen; it is to be made with cherubim, the work of an artistic designer. -- exodus 26:31 +. +You are to hang it with gold hooks on four posts of acacia wood overlaid with gold, set in four silver bases. -- exodus 26:32 +. +You are to hang this curtain under the clasps and bring the ark of the testimony in there behind the curtain. The curtain will make a division for you between the Holy Place and the Most Holy Place. -- exodus 26:33 +. +You are to put the atonement lid on the ark of the testimony in the Most Holy Place. -- exodus 26:34 +. +You are to put the table outside the curtain and the lampstand on the south side of the tabernacle, opposite the table, and you are to place the table on the north side. -- exodus 26:35 +. +"You are to make a hanging for the entrance of the tent of blue, purple, and scarlet yarn and fine twined linen, the work of an embroiderer. -- exodus 26:36 +. +You are to make for the hanging five posts of acacia wood and overlay them with gold, and their hooks will be gold, and you are to cast five bronze bases for them. -- exodus 26:37 +. +"You are to make the altar of acacia wood, seven feet six inches long, and seven feet six inches wide; the altar is to be square, and its height is to be four feet six inches. -- exodus 27:1 +. +You are to make its four horns on its four corners; its horns will be part of it, and you are to overlay it with bronze. -- exodus 27:2 +. +You are to make its pots for the ashes, its shovels, its tossing bowls, its meat hooks, and its fire pans - you are to make all its utensils of bronze. -- exodus 27:3 +. +You are to make a grating for it, a network of bronze, and you are to make on the network four bronze rings on its four corners. -- exodus 27:4 +. +You are to put it under the ledge of the altar below, so that the network will come halfway up the altar. -- exodus 27:5 +. +You are to make poles for the altar, poles of acacia wood, and you are to overlay them with bronze. -- exodus 27:6 +. +The poles are to be put into the rings so that the poles will be on two sides of the altar when carrying it. -- exodus 27:7 +. +You are to make the altar hollow, out of boards. Just as it was shown you on the mountain, so they must make it. -- exodus 27:8 +. +"You are to make the courtyard of the tabernacle. For the south side there are to be hangings for the courtyard of fine twisted linen, one hundred fifty feet long for one side, -- exodus 27:9 +. +with twenty posts and their twenty bronze bases, with the hooks of the posts and their bands of silver. -- exodus 27:10 +. +Likewise for its length on the north side, there are to be hangings for one hundred fifty feet, with twenty posts and their twenty bronze bases, with silver hooks and bands on the posts. -- exodus 27:11 +. +The width of the court on the west side is to be seventy-five feet with hangings, with their ten posts and their ten bases. -- exodus 27:12 +. +The width of the court on the east side, toward the sunrise, is to be seventy-five feet. -- exodus 27:13 +. +The hangings on one side of the gate are to be twenty-two and a half feet long, with their three posts and their three bases. -- exodus 27:14 +. +On the second side there are to be hangings twenty-two and a half feet long, with their three posts and their three bases. -- exodus 27:15 +. +For the gate of the courtyard there is to be a curtain of thirty feet, of blue, purple, and scarlet yarn and fine twined linen, the work of an embroiderer, with four posts and their four bases. -- exodus 27:16 +. +All the posts around the courtyard are to have silver bands; their hooks are to be silver, and their bases bronze. -- exodus 27:17 +. +The length of the courtyard is to be one hundred fifty feet and the width seventy-five feet, and the height of the fine twisted linen hangings is to be seven and a half feet, with their bronze bases. -- exodus 27:18 +. +All the utensils of the tabernacle used in all its service, all its tent pegs, and all the tent pegs of the courtyard are to be made of bronze. -- exodus 27:19 +. +"You are to command the Israelites that they bring to you pure oil of pressed olives for the light, so that the lamps will burn regularly. -- exodus 27:20 +. +In the tent of meeting outside the curtain that is before the testimony, Aaron and his sons are to arrange it from evening to morning before the Lord. This is to be a lasting ordinance among the Israelites for generations to come. -- exodus 27:21 +. +"And you, bring near to you your brother Aaron and his sons with him from among the Israelites, so that they may minister as my priests - Aaron, Nadab and Abihu, Eleazar and Ithamar, Aaron's sons. -- exodus 28:1 +. +You must make holy garments for your brother Aaron, for glory and for beauty. -- exodus 28:2 +. +You are to speak to all who are specially skilled, whom I have filled with the spirit of wisdom, so that they may make Aaron's garments to set him apart to minister as my priest. -- exodus 28:3 +. +Now these are the garments that they are to make: a breastpiece, an ephod, a robe, a fitted tunic, a turban, and a sash. They are to make holy garments for your brother Aaron and for his sons, that they may minister as my priests. -- exodus 28:4 +. +The artisans are to use the gold, blue, purple, scarlet, and fine linen. -- exodus 28:5 +. +"They are to make the ephod of gold, blue, purple, scarlet, and fine twisted linen, the work of an artistic designer. -- exodus 28:6 +. +It is to have two shoulder pieces attached to two of its corners, so it can be joined together. -- exodus 28:7 +. +The artistically woven waistband of the ephod that is on it is to be like it, of one piece with the ephod, of gold, blue, purple, scarlet, and fine twisted linen. -- exodus 28:8 +. +"You are to take two onyx stones and engrave on them the names of the sons of Israel, -- exodus 28:9 +. +six of their names on one stone, and the six remaining names on the second stone, according to the order of their birth. -- exodus 28:10 +. +You are to engrave the two stones with the names of the sons of Israel with the work of an engraver in stone, like the engravings of a seal; you are to have them set in gold filigree settings. -- exodus 28:11 +. +You are to put the two stones on the shoulders of the ephod, stones of memorial for the sons of Israel, and Aaron will bear their names before the Lord on his two shoulders for a memorial. -- exodus 28:12 +. +You are to make filigree settings of gold -- exodus 28:13 +. +and two braided chains of pure gold, like a cord, and attach the chains to the settings. -- exodus 28:14 +. +"You are to make a breastpiece for use in making decisions, the work of an artistic designer; you are to make it in the same fashion as the ephod; you are to make it of gold, blue, purple, scarlet, and fine twisted linen. -- exodus 28:15 +. +It is to be square when doubled, nine inches long and nine inches wide. -- exodus 28:16 +. +You are to set in it a setting for stones, four rows of stones, a row with a ruby, a topaz, and a beryl - the first row; -- exodus 28:17 +. +and the second row, a turquoise, a sapphire, and an emerald; -- exodus 28:18 +. +and the third row, a jacinth, an agate, and an amethyst; -- exodus 28:19 +. +and the fourth row, a chrysolite, an onyx, and a jasper. They are to be enclosed in gold in their filigree settings. -- exodus 28:20 +. +The stones are to be for the names of the sons of Israel, twelve, according to the number of their names. Each name according to the twelve tribes is to be like the engravings of a seal. -- exodus 28:21 +. +"You are to make for the breastpiece braided chains like cords of pure gold, -- exodus 28:22 +. +and you are to make for the breastpiece two gold rings and attach the two rings to the upper two ends of the breastpiece. -- exodus 28:23 +. +You are to attach the two gold chains to the two rings at the ends of the breastpiece; -- exodus 28:24 +. +the other two ends of the two chains you will attach to the two settings and then attach them to the shoulder pieces of the ephod at the front of it. -- exodus 28:25 +. +You are to make two rings of gold and put them on the other two ends of the breastpiece, on its edge that is on the inner side of the ephod. -- exodus 28:26 +. +You are to make two more gold rings and attach them to the bottom of the two shoulder pieces on the front of the ephod, close to the juncture above the waistband of the ephod. -- exodus 28:27 +. +They are to tie the breastpiece by its rings to the rings of the ephod by blue cord, so that it may be above the waistband of the ephod, and so that the breastpiece will not be loose from the ephod. -- exodus 28:28 +. +Aaron will bear the names of the sons of Israel in the breastpiece of decision over his heart when he goes into the holy place, for a memorial before the Lord continually. -- exodus 28:29 +. +"You are to put the Urim and the Thummim into the breastpiece of decision; and they are to be over Aaron's heart when he goes in before the Lord. Aaron is to bear the decisions of the Israelites over his heart before the Lord continually. -- exodus 28:30 +. +"You are to make the robe of the ephod completely blue. -- exodus 28:31 +. +There is to be an opening in its top in the center of it, with an edge all around the opening, the work of a weaver, like the opening of a collar, so that it cannot be torn. -- exodus 28:32 +. +You are to make pomegranates of blue, purple, and scarlet all around its hem and bells of gold between them all around. -- exodus 28:33 +. +The pattern is to be a gold bell and a pomegranate, a gold bell and a pomegranate, all around the hem of the robe. -- exodus 28:34 +. +The robe is to be on Aaron as he ministers, and his sound will be heard when he enters the Holy Place before the Lord and when he leaves, so that he does not die. -- exodus 28:35 +. +"You are to make a plate of pure gold and engrave on it the way a seal is engraved: "Holiness to the Lord." -- exodus 28:36 +. +You are to attach to it a blue cord so that it will be on the turban; it is to be on the front of the turban, -- exodus 28:37 +. +It will be on Aaron's forehead, and Aaron will bear the iniquity of the holy things, which the Israelites are to sanctify by all their holy gifts; it will always be on his forehead, for their acceptance before the Lord. -- exodus 28:38 +. +You are to weave the tunic of fine linen and make the turban of fine linen, and make the sash the work of an embroiderer. -- exodus 28:39 +. +"For Aaron's sons you are to make tunics, sashes, and headbands for glory and for beauty. -- exodus 28:40 +. +"You are to clothe them - your brother Aaron and his sons with him - and anoint them and ordain them and set them apart as holy, so that they may minister as my priests. -- exodus 28:41 +. +Make for them linen undergarments to cover their naked bodies; they must cover from the waist to the thighs. -- exodus 28:42 +. +These must be on Aaron and his sons when they enter to the tent of meeting, or when they approach the altar to minister in the Holy Place, so that they bear no iniquity and die. It is to be a perpetual ordinance for him and for his descendants after him. -- exodus 28:43 +. +"Now this is what you are to do for them to consecrate them so that they may minister as my priests. Take a young bull and two rams without blemish; -- exodus 29:1 +. +and bread made without yeast, and perforated cakes without yeast mixed with oil, and wafers without yeast spread with oil - you are to make them using fine wheat flour. -- exodus 29:2 +. +You are to put them in one basket and present them in the basket, along with the bull and the two rams. -- exodus 29:3 +. +"You are to present Aaron and his sons at the entrance of the tent of meeting. You are to wash them with water -- exodus 29:4 +. +and take the garments and clothe Aaron with the tunic, the robe of the ephod, the ephod, and the breastpiece; you are to fasten the ephod on him by using the skillfully woven waistband. -- exodus 29:5 +. +You are to put the turban on his head and put the holy diadem on the turban. -- exodus 29:6 +. +You are to take the anointing oil and pour it on his head and anoint him. -- exodus 29:7 +. +You are to present his sons and clothe them with tunics -- exodus 29:8 +. +and wrap the sashes around Aaron and his sons and put headbands on them, and so the ministry of priesthood will belong to them by a perpetual ordinance. Thus you are to consecrate Aaron and his sons. -- exodus 29:9 +. +"You are to present the bull at the front of the tent of meeting, and Aaron and his sons are to put their hands on the head of the bull. -- exodus 29:10 +. +You are to kill the bull before the Lord at the entrance to the tent of meeting -- exodus 29:11 +. +and take some of the blood of the bull and put it on the horns of the altar with your finger; all the rest of the blood you are to pour out at the base of the altar. -- exodus 29:12 +. +You are to take all the fat that covers the entrails, and the lobe that is above the liver, and the two kidneys and the fat that is on them, and burn them on the altar. -- exodus 29:13 +. +But the meat of the bull, its skin, and its dung you are to burn up outside the camp. It is the purification offering. -- exodus 29:14 +. +"You are to take one ram, and Aaron and his sons are to lay their hands on the ram's head, -- exodus 29:15 +. +and you are to kill the ram and take its blood and splash it all around on the altar. -- exodus 29:16 +. +Then you are to cut the ram into pieces and wash the entrails and its legs and put them on its pieces and on its head -- exodus 29:17 +. +and burn the whole ram on the altar. It is a burnt offering to the Lord, a soothing aroma; it is an offering made by fire to the Lord. -- exodus 29:18 +. +"You are to take the second ram, and Aaron and his sons are to lay their hands on the ram's head, -- exodus 29:19 +. +and you are to kill the ram and take some of its blood and put it on the tip of the right ear of Aaron, on the tip of the right ear of his sons, on the thumb of their right hand, and on the big toe of their right foot, and then splash the blood all around on the altar. -- exodus 29:20 +. +You are to take some of the blood that is on the altar and some of the anointing oil and sprinkle it on Aaron, on his garments, on his sons, and on his sons' garments with him, so that he may be holy, he and his garments along with his sons and his sons' garments. -- exodus 29:21 +. +"You are to take from the ram the fat, the fat tail, the fat that covers the entrails, the lobe of the liver, the two kidneys and the fat that is on them, and the right thigh - for it is the ram for consecration - -- exodus 29:22 +. +and one round flat cake of bread, one perforated cake of oiled bread, and one wafer from the basket of bread made without yeast that is before the Lord. -- exodus 29:23 +. +You are to put all these in Aaron's hands and in his sons' hands, and you are to wave them as a wave offering before the Lord. -- exodus 29:24 +. +Then you are to take them from their hands and burn them on the altar for a burnt offering, for a soothing aroma before the Lord. It is an offering made by fire to the Lord. -- exodus 29:25 +. +You are to take the breast of the ram of Aaron's consecration; you are to wave it as a wave offering before the Lord, and it is to be your share. -- exodus 29:26 +. +You are to sanctify the breast of the wave offering and the thigh of the contribution, which were waved and lifted up as a contribution from the ram of consecration, from what belongs to Aaron and to his sons. -- exodus 29:27 +. +It is to belong to Aaron and to his sons from the Israelites, by a perpetual ordinance, for it is a contribution. It is to be a contribution from the Israelites from their peace offerings, their contribution to the Lord. -- exodus 29:28 +. +"The holy garments that belong to Aaron are to belong to his sons after him, so that they may be anointed in them and consecrated in them. -- exodus 29:29 +. +The priest who succeeds him from his sons, when he first comes to the tent of meeting to minister in the Holy Place, is to wear them for seven days. -- exodus 29:30 +. +"You are to take the ram of the consecration and cook its meat in a holy place. -- exodus 29:31 +. +Aaron and his sons are to eat the meat of the ram and the bread that was in the basket at the entrance of the tent of meeting. -- exodus 29:32 +. +They are to eat those things by which atonement was made to consecrate and to set them apart, but no one else may eat them, for they are holy. -- exodus 29:33 +. +If any of the meat from the consecration offerings or any of the bread is left over until morning, then you are to burn up what is left over. It must not be eaten, because it is holy. -- exodus 29:34 +. +"Thus you are to do for Aaron and for his sons, according to all that I have commanded you; you are to consecrate them for seven days. -- exodus 29:35 +. +Every day you are to prepare a bull for a purification offering for atonement. You are to purge the altar by making atonement for it, and you are to anoint it to set it apart as holy. -- exodus 29:36 +. +For seven days you are to make atonement for the altar and set it apart as holy. Then the altar will be most holy. Anything that touches the altar will be holy. -- exodus 29:37 +. +"Now this is what you are to prepare on the altar every day continually: two lambs a year old. -- exodus 29:38 +. +The first lamb you are to prepare in the morning, and the second lamb you are to prepare around sundown. -- exodus 29:39 +. +With the first lamb offer a tenth of an ephah of fine flour mixed with a fourth of a hin of oil from pressed olives, and a fourth of a hin of wine as a drink offering. -- exodus 29:40 +. +The second lamb you are to offer around sundown; you are to prepare for it the same meal offering as for the morning and the same drink offering, for a soothing aroma, an offering made by fire to the Lord. -- exodus 29:41 +. +"This will be a regular burnt offering throughout your generations at the entrance of the tent of meeting before the Lord, where I will meet with you to speak to you there. -- exodus 29:42 +. +There I will meet with the Israelites, and it will be set apart as holy by my glory. -- exodus 29:43 +. +"So I will set apart as holy the tent of meeting and the altar, and I will set apart as holy Aaron and his sons, that they may minister as priests to me. -- exodus 29:44 +. +I will reside among the Israelites, and I will be their God, -- exodus 29:45 +. +and they will know that I am the Lord their God, who brought them out from the land of Egypt, so that I may reside among them. I am the Lord their God. -- exodus 29:46 +. +"You are to make an altar for burning incense; you are to make it of acacia wood. -- exodus 30:1 +. +Its length is to be a foot and a half and its width a foot and a half; it will be square. Its height is to be three feet, with its horns of one piece with it. -- exodus 30:2 +. +You are to overlay it with pure gold - its top, its four walls, and its horns - and make a surrounding border of gold for it. -- exodus 30:3 +. +You are to make two gold rings for it under its border, on its two flanks; you are to make them on its two sides. The rings will be places for poles to carry it with. -- exodus 30:4 +. +You are to make the poles of acacia wood and overlay them with gold. -- exodus 30:5 +. +"You are to put it in front of the curtain that is before the ark of the testimony (before the atonement lid that is over the testimony), where I will meet you. -- exodus 30:6 +. +Aaron is to burn sweet incense on it morning by morning; when he attends to the lamps he is to burn incense. -- exodus 30:7 +. +When Aaron sets up the lamps around sundown he is to burn incense on it; it is to be a regular incense offering before the Lord throughout your generations. -- exodus 30:8 +. +You must not offer strange incense on it, nor burnt offering, nor meal offering, and you must not pour out a drink offering on it. -- exodus 30:9 +. +Aaron is to make atonement on its horns once in the year with some of the blood of the sin offering for atonement; once in the year he is to make atonement on it throughout your generations. It is most holy to the Lord." -- exodus 30:10 +. +The Lord spoke to Moses: -- exodus 30:11 +. +"When you take a census of the Israelites according to their number, then each man is to pay a ransom for his life to the Lord when you number them, so that there will be no plague among them when you number them. -- exodus 30:12 +. +Everyone who crosses over to those who are numbered is to pay this: a half shekel according to the shekel of the sanctuary (a shekel weighs twenty gerahs). The half shekel is to be an offering to the Lord. -- exodus 30:13 +. +Everyone who crosses over to those numbered, from twenty years old and up, is to pay an offering to the Lord. -- exodus 30:14 +. +The rich are not to increase it, and the poor are not to pay less than the half shekel when giving the offering of the Lord, to make atonement for your lives. -- exodus 30:15 +. +You are to receive the atonement money from the Israelites and give it for the service of the tent of meeting. It will be a memorial for the Israelites before the Lord, to make atonement for your lives." -- exodus 30:16 +. +The Lord spoke to Moses: -- exodus 30:17 +. +"You are also to make a large bronze basin with a bronze stand for washing. You are to put it between the tent of meeting and the altar and put water in it, -- exodus 30:18 +. +and Aaron and his sons must wash their hands and their feet from it. -- exodus 30:19 +. +When they enter the tent of meeting, they must wash with water so that they do not die. Also, when they approach the altar to minister by burning incense as an offering made by fire to the Lord, -- exodus 30:20 +. +they must wash their hands and their feet so that they do not die. And this will be a perpetual ordinance for them and for their descendants throughout their generations." -- exodus 30:21 +. +The Lord spoke to Moses: -- exodus 30:22 +. +"Take choice spices: twelve and a half pounds of free-flowing myrrh, half that - about six and a quarter pounds - of sweet-smelling cinnamon, six and a quarter pounds of sweet-smelling cane, -- exodus 30:23 +. +and twelve and a half pounds of cassia, all weighed according to the sanctuary shekel, and four quarts of olive oil. -- exodus 30:24 +. +You are to make this into a sacred anointing oil, a perfumed compound, the work of a perfumer. It will be sacred anointing oil. -- exodus 30:25 +. +"With it you are to anoint the tent of meeting, the ark of the testimony, -- exodus 30:26 +. +the table and all its utensils, the lampstand and its utensils, the altar of incense, -- exodus 30:27 +. +the altar for the burnt offering and all its utensils, and the laver and its base. -- exodus 30:28 +. +So you are to sanctify them, and they will be most holy; anything that touches them will be holy. -- exodus 30:29 +. +"You are to anoint Aaron and his sons and sanctify them, so that they may minister as my priests. -- exodus 30:30 +. +And you are to tell the Israelites: 'This is to be my sacred anointing oil throughout your generations. -- exodus 30:31 +. +It must not be applied to people's bodies, and you must not make any like it with the same recipe. It is holy, and it must be holy to you. -- exodus 30:32 +. +Whoever makes perfume like it and whoever puts any of it on someone not a priest will be cut off from his people.'" -- exodus 30:33 +. +The Lord said to Moses: "Take spices, gum resin, onycha, galbanum, and pure frankincense of equal amounts -- exodus 30:34 +. +and make it into an incense, a perfume, the work of a perfumer. It is to be finely ground, and pure and sacred. -- exodus 30:35 +. +You are to beat some of it very fine and put some of it before the ark of the testimony in the tent of meeting where I will meet with you; it is to be most holy to you. -- exodus 30:36 +. +And the incense that you are to make, you must not make for yourselves using the same recipe; it is to be most holy to you, belonging to the Lord. -- exodus 30:37 +. +Whoever makes anything like it, to use as perfume, will be cut off from his people." -- exodus 30:38 +. +The Lord spoke to Moses: -- exodus 31:1 +. +"See, I have chosen Bezalel son of Uri, the son of Hur, of the tribe of Judah, -- exodus 31:2 +. +and I have filled him with the Spirit of God in skill, in understanding, in knowledge, and in all kinds of craftsmanship, -- exodus 31:3 +. +to make artistic designs for work with gold, with silver, and with bronze, -- exodus 31:4 +. +and with cutting and setting stone, and with cutting wood, to work in all kinds of craftsmanship. -- exodus 31:5 +. +Moreover, I have also given him Oholiab son of Ahisamach, of the tribe of Dan, and I have given ability to all the specially skilled, that they may make everything I have commanded you: -- exodus 31:6 +. +the tent of meeting, the ark of the testimony, the atonement lid that is on it, all the furnishings of the tent, -- exodus 31:7 +. +the table with its utensils, the pure lampstand with all its utensils, the altar of incense, -- exodus 31:8 +. +the altar for the burnt offering with all its utensils, the large basin with its base, -- exodus 31:9 +. +the woven garments, the holy garments for Aaron the priest and the garments for his sons, to minister as priests, -- exodus 31:10 +. +the anointing oil, and sweet incense for the Holy Place. They will make all these things just as I have commanded you." -- exodus 31:11 +. +The Lord said to Moses, -- exodus 31:12 +. +"Tell the Israelites, 'Surely you must keep my Sabbaths, for it is a sign between me and you throughout your generations, that you may know that I am the Lord who sanctifies you. -- exodus 31:13 +. +So you must keep the Sabbath, for it is holy for you. Everyone who defiles it must surely be put to death; indeed, if anyone does any work on it, then that person will be cut off from among his people. -- exodus 31:14 +. +Six days work may be done, but on the seventh day is a Sabbath of complete rest, holy to the Lord; anyone who does work on the Sabbath day must surely be put to death. -- exodus 31:15 +. +The Israelites must keep the Sabbath by observing the Sabbath throughout their generations as a perpetual covenant. -- exodus 31:16 +. +It is a sign between me and the Israelites forever; for in six days the Lord made the heavens and the earth, and on the seventh day he rested and was refreshed.'" -- exodus 31:17 +. +He gave Moses two tablets of testimony when he had finished speaking with him on Mount Sinai, tablets of stone written by the finger of God. -- exodus 31:18 +. +When the people saw that Moses delayed in coming down from the mountain, they gathered around Aaron and said to him, "Get up, make us gods that will go before us. As for this fellow Moses, the man who brought us up from the land of Egypt, we do not know what has become of him!" -- exodus 32:1 +. +So Aaron said to them, "Break off the gold earrings that are on the ears of your wives, your sons, and your daughters, and bring them to me." -- exodus 32:2 +. +So all the people broke off the gold earrings that were on their ears and brought them to Aaron. -- exodus 32:3 +. +He accepted the gold from them, fashioned it with an engraving tool, and made a molten calf. Then they said, "These are your gods, O Israel, who brought you up out of Egypt." -- exodus 32:4 +. +When Aaron saw this, he built an altar before it, and Aaron made a proclamation and said, "Tomorrow will be a feast to the Lord." -- exodus 32:5 +. +So they got up early on the next day and offered up burnt offerings and brought peace offerings, and the people sat down to eat and drink, and they rose up to play. -- exodus 32:6 +. +The Lord spoke to Moses: "Go quickly, descend, because your people, whom you brought up from the land of Egypt, have acted corruptly. -- exodus 32:7 +. +They have quickly turned aside from the way that I commanded them - they have made for themselves a molten calf and have bowed down to it and sacrificed to it and said, 'These are your gods, O Israel, which brought you up from the land of Egypt.'" -- exodus 32:8 +. +Then the Lord said to Moses: "I have seen this people. Look what a stiff-necked people they are! -- exodus 32:9 +. +So now, leave me alone so that my anger can burn against them and I can destroy them, and I will make from you a great nation." -- exodus 32:10 +. +But Moses sought the favor of the Lord his God and said, "O Lord, why does your anger burn against your people, whom you have brought out from the land of Egypt with great power and with a mighty hand? -- exodus 32:11 +. +Why should the Egyptians say, 'For evil he led them out to kill them in the mountains and to destroy them from the face of the earth'? Turn from your burning anger, and relent of this evil against your people. -- exodus 32:12 +. +Remember Abraham, Isaac, and Israel your servants, to whom you swore by yourself and told them, 'I will multiply your descendants like the stars of heaven, and all this land that I have spoken about I will give to your descendants, and they will inherit it forever.'" -- exodus 32:13 +. +Then the Lord relented over the evil that he had said he would do to his people. -- exodus 32:14 +. +Moses turned and went down from the mountain with the two tablets of the testimony in his hands. The tablets were written on both sides - they were written on the front and on the back. -- exodus 32:15 +. +Now the tablets were the work of God, and the writing was the writing of God, engraved on the tablets. -- exodus 32:16 +. +When Joshua heard the noise of the people as they shouted, he said to Moses, "It is the sound of war in the camp!" -- exodus 32:17 +. +Moses said, "It is not the sound of those who shout for victory, nor is it the sound of those who cry because they are overcome, but the sound of singing I hear." -- exodus 32:18 +. +When he approached the camp and saw the calf and the dancing, Moses became extremely angry. He threw the tablets from his hands and broke them to pieces at the bottom of the mountain. -- exodus 32:19 +. +He took the calf they had made and burned it in the fire, ground it to powder, poured it out on the water, and made the Israelites drink it. -- exodus 32:20 +. +Moses said to Aaron, "What did this people do to you, that you have brought on them so great a sin?" -- exodus 32:21 +. +Aaron said, "Do not let your anger burn hot, my lord; you know these people, that they tend to evil. -- exodus 32:22 +. +They said to me, 'Make us gods that will go before us, for as for this fellow Moses, the man who brought us up out of the land of Egypt, we do not know what has happened to him.' -- exodus 32:23 +. +So I said to them, 'Whoever has gold, break it off.' So they gave it to me, and I threw it into the fire, and this calf came out." -- exodus 32:24 +. +Moses saw that the people were running wild, for Aaron had let them get completely out of control, causing derision from their enemies. -- exodus 32:25 +. +So Moses stood at the entrance of the camp and said, "Whoever is for the Lord, come to me." All the Levites gathered around him, -- exodus 32:26 +. +and he said to them, "Thus says the Lord, the God of Israel, 'Each man fasten his sword on his side, and go back and forth from entrance to entrance throughout the camp, and each one kill his brother, his friend, and his neighbor.'" -- exodus 32:27 +. +The Levites did what Moses ordered, and that day about three thousand men of the people died. -- exodus 32:28 +. +Moses said, "You have been consecrated today for the Lord, for each of you was against his son or against his brother, so he has given a blessing to you today." -- exodus 32:29 +. +The next day Moses said to the people, "You have committed a very serious sin, but now I will go up to the Lord - perhaps I can make atonement on behalf of your sin." -- exodus 32:30 +. +So Moses returned to the Lord and said, "Alas, this people has committed a very serious sin, and they have made for themselves gods of gold. -- exodus 32:31 +. +But now, if you will forgive their sin..., but if not, wipe me out from your book that you have written." -- exodus 32:32 +. +The Lord said to Moses, "Whoever has sinned against me - that person I will wipe out of my book. -- exodus 32:33 +. +So now go, lead the people to the place I have spoken to you about. See, my angel will go before you. But on the day that I punish, I will indeed punish them for their sin." -- exodus 32:34 +. +And the Lord sent a plague on the people because they had made the calf - the one Aaron made. -- exodus 32:35 +. +The Lord said to Moses, "Go up from here, you and the people whom you brought up out of the land of Egypt, to the land I promised on oath to Abraham, to Isaac, and to Jacob, saying, 'I will give it to your descendants.' -- exodus 33:1 +. +I will send an angel before you, and I will drive out the Canaanite, the Amorite, the Hittite, the Perizzite, the Hivite, and the Jebusite. -- exodus 33:2 +. +Go up to a land flowing with milk and honey. But I will not go up among you, for you are a stiff-necked people, and I might destroy you on the way." -- exodus 33:3 +. +When the people heard this troubling word they mourned; no one put on his ornaments. -- exodus 33:4 +. +For the Lord had said to Moses, "Tell the Israelites, 'You are a stiff-necked people. If I went up among you for a moment, I might destroy you. Now take off your ornaments, that I may know what I should do to you.'" -- exodus 33:5 +. +So the Israelites stripped off their ornaments by Mount Horeb. -- exodus 33:6 +. +Moses took the tent and pitched it outside the camp, at a good distance from the camp, and he called it the tent of meeting. Anyone seeking the Lord would go out to the tent of meeting that was outside the camp. -- exodus 33:7 +. +And when Moses went out to the tent, all the people would get up and stand at the entrance to their tents and watch Moses until he entered the tent. -- exodus 33:8 +. +And whenever Moses entered the tent, the pillar of cloud would descend and stand at the entrance of the tent, and the Lord would speak with Moses. -- exodus 33:9 +. +When all the people would see the pillar of cloud standing at the entrance of the tent, all the people, each one at the entrance of his own tent, would rise and worship. -- exodus 33:10 +. +The Lord would speak to Moses face to face, the way a person speaks to a friend. Then Moses would return to the camp, but his servant, Joshua son of Nun, a young man, did not leave the tent. -- exodus 33:11 +. +Moses said to the Lord, "See, you have been saying to me, 'Bring this people up,' but you have not let me know whom you will send with me. But you said, 'I know you by name, and also you have found favor in my sight.' -- exodus 33:12 +. +Now if I have found favor in your sight, show me your way, that I may know you, that I may continue to find favor in your sight. And see that this nation is your people." -- exodus 33:13 +. +And the Lord said, "My presence will go with you, and I will give you rest." -- exodus 33:14 +. +And Moses said to him, "If your presence does not go with us, do not take us up from here. -- exodus 33:15 +. +For how will it be known then that I have found favor in your sight, I and your people? Is it not by your going with us, so that we will be distinguished, I and your people, from all the people who are on the face of the earth?" -- exodus 33:16 +. +The Lord said to Moses, "I will do this thing also that you have requested, for you have found favor in my sight, and I know you by name." -- exodus 33:17 +. +And Moses said, "Show me your glory." -- exodus 33:18 +. +And the Lord said, "I will make all my goodness pass before your face, and I will proclaim the Lord by name before you; I will be gracious to whom I will be gracious, I will show mercy to whom I will show mercy." -- exodus 33:19 +. +But he added, "You cannot see my face, for no one can see me and live." -- exodus 33:20 +. +The Lord said, "Here is a place by me; you will station yourself on a rock. -- exodus 33:21 +. +When my glory passes by, I will put you in a cleft in the rock and will cover you with my hand while I pass by. -- exodus 33:22 +. +Then I will take away my hand, and you will see my back, but my face must not be seen." -- exodus 33:23 +. +The Lord said to Moses, "Cut out two tablets of stone like the first, and I will write on the tablets the words that were on the first tablets, which you smashed. -- exodus 34:1 +. +Be prepared in the morning, and go up in the morning to Mount Sinai, and station yourself for me there on the top of the mountain. -- exodus 34:2 +. +No one is to come up with you; do not let anyone be seen anywhere on the mountain; not even the flocks or the herds may graze in front of that mountain." -- exodus 34:3 +. +So Moses cut out two tablets of stone like the first; early in the morning he went up to Mount Sinai, just as the Lord had commanded him, and he took in his hand the two tablets of stone. -- exodus 34:4 +. +The Lord descended in the cloud and stood with him there and proclaimed the Lord by name. -- exodus 34:5 +. +The Lord passed by before him and proclaimed: "The Lord, the Lord, the compassionate and gracious God, slow to anger, and abounding in loyal love and faithfulness, -- exodus 34:6 +. +keeping loyal love for thousands, forgiving iniquity and transgression and sin. But he by no means leaves the guilty unpunished, responding to the transgression of fathers by dealing with children and children's children, to the third and fourth generation." -- exodus 34:7 +. +Moses quickly bowed to the ground and worshiped -- exodus 34:8 +. +and said, "If now I have found favor in your sight, O Lord, let my Lord go among us, for we are a stiff-necked people; pardon our iniquity and our sin, and take us for your inheritance." -- exodus 34:9 +. +He said, "See, I am going to make a covenant before all your people. I will do wonders such as have not been done in all the earth, nor in any nation. All the people among whom you live will see the work of the Lord, for it is a fearful thing that I am doing with you. -- exodus 34:10 +. +"Obey what I am commanding you this day. I am going to drive out before you the Amorite, the Canaanite, the Hittite, the Perizzite, the Hivite, and the Jebusite. -- exodus 34:11 +. +Be careful not to make a covenant with the inhabitants of the land where you are going, lest it become a snare among you. -- exodus 34:12 +. +Rather you must destroy their altars, smash their images, and cut down their Asherah poles. -- exodus 34:13 +. +For you must not worship any other god, for the Lord, whose name is Jealous, is a jealous God. -- exodus 34:14 +. +Be careful not to make a covenant with the inhabitants of the land, for when they prostitute themselves to their gods and sacrifice to their gods, and someone invites you, you will eat from his sacrifice; -- exodus 34:15 +. +and you then take his daughters for your sons, and when his daughters prostitute themselves to their gods, they will make your sons prostitute themselves to their gods as well. -- exodus 34:16 +. +You must not make yourselves molten gods. -- exodus 34:17 +. +"You must keep the Feast of Unleavened Bread. For seven days you must eat bread made without yeast, as I commanded you; do this at the appointed time of the month Abib, for in the month Abib you came out of Egypt. -- exodus 34:18 +. +"Every firstborn of the womb belongs to me, even every firstborn of your cattle that is a male, whether ox or sheep. -- exodus 34:19 +. +Now the firstling of a donkey you may redeem with a lamb, but if you do not redeem it, then break its neck. You must redeem all the firstborn of your sons. "No one will appear before me empty-handed. -- exodus 34:20 +. +"On six days you may labor, but on the seventh day you must rest; even at the time of plowing and of harvest you are to rest. -- exodus 34:21 +. +"You must observe the Feast of Weeks - the firstfruits of the harvest of wheat - and the Feast of Ingathering at the end of the year. -- exodus 34:22 +. +At three times in the year all your men must appear before the Lord God, the God of Israel. -- exodus 34:23 +. +For I will drive out the nations before you and enlarge your borders; no one will covet your land when you go up to appear before the Lord your God three times in the year. -- exodus 34:24 +. +"You must not offer the blood of my sacrifice with yeast; the sacrifice from the feast of Passover must not remain until the following morning. -- exodus 34:25 +. +"The first of the firstfruits of your soil you must bring to the house of the Lord your God. You must not cook a young goat in its mother's milk." -- exodus 34:26 +. +The Lord said to Moses, "Write down these words, for in accordance with these words I have made a covenant with you and with Israel." -- exodus 34:27 +. +So he was there with the Lord forty days and forty nights; he did not eat bread, and he did not drink water. He wrote on the tablets the words of the covenant, the ten commandments. -- exodus 34:28 +. +Now when Moses came down from Mount Sinai with the two tablets of the testimony in his hand - when he came down from the mountain, Moses did not know that the skin of his face shone while he talked with him. -- exodus 34:29 +. +When Aaron and all the Israelites saw Moses, the skin of his face shone; and they were afraid to approach him. -- exodus 34:30 +. +But Moses called to them, so Aaron and all the leaders of the community came back to him, and Moses spoke to them. -- exodus 34:31 +. +After this all the Israelites approached, and he commanded them all that the Lord had spoken to him on Mount Sinai. -- exodus 34:32 +. +When Moses finished speaking with them, he would put a veil on his face. -- exodus 34:33 +. +But when Moses went in before the Lord to speak with him, he would remove the veil until he came out. Then he would come out and tell the Israelites what he had been commanded. -- exodus 34:34 +. +When the Israelites would see the face of Moses, that the skin of Moses' face shone, Moses would put the veil on his face again, until he went in to speak with the Lord. -- exodus 34:35 +. +Moses assembled the whole community of the Israelites and said to them, "These are the things that the Lord has commanded you to do. -- exodus 35:1 +. +In six days work may be done, but on the seventh day there must be a holy day for you, a Sabbath of complete rest to the Lord. Anyone who does work on it will be put to death. -- exodus 35:2 +. +You must not kindle a fire in any of your homes on the Sabbath day." -- exodus 35:3 +. +Moses spoke to the whole community of the Israelites, "This is the word that the Lord has commanded: -- exodus 35:4 +. +'Take an offering for the Lord. Let everyone who has a willing heart bring an offering to the Lord: gold, silver, bronze, -- exodus 35:5 +. +blue, purple, and scarlet yarn, fine linen, goat's hair, -- exodus 35:6 +. +ram skins dyed red, fine leather, acacia wood, -- exodus 35:7 +. +olive oil for the light, spices for the anointing oil and for the fragrant incense, -- exodus 35:8 +. +onyx stones, and other gems for mounting on the ephod and the breastpiece. -- exodus 35:9 +. +Every skilled person among you is to come and make all that the Lord has commanded: -- exodus 35:10 +. +the tabernacle with its tent, its covering, its clasps, its frames, its crossbars, its posts, and its bases; -- exodus 35:11 +. +the ark, with its poles, the atonement lid, and the special curtain that conceals it; -- exodus 35:12 +. +the table with its poles and all its vessels, and the Bread of the Presence; -- exodus 35:13 +. +the lampstand for the light and its accessories, its lamps, and oil for the light; -- exodus 35:14 +. +and the altar of incense with its poles, the anointing oil, and the fragrant incense; the hanging for the door at the entrance of the tabernacle; -- exodus 35:15 +. +the altar for the burnt offering with its bronze grating that is on it, its poles, and all its utensils; the large basin and its pedestal; -- exodus 35:16 +. +the hangings of the courtyard, its posts and its bases, and the curtain for the gateway to the courtyard; -- exodus 35:17 +. +tent pegs for the tabernacle and tent pegs for the courtyard and their ropes; -- exodus 35:18 +. +the woven garments for serving in the holy place, the holy garments for Aaron the priest, and the garments for his sons to minister as priests." -- exodus 35:19 +. +So the whole community of the Israelites went out from the presence of Moses. -- exodus 35:20 +. +Everyone whose heart stirred him to action and everyone whose spirit was willing came and brought the offering for the Lord for the work of the tent of meeting, for all its service, and for the holy garments. -- exodus 35:21 +. +They came, men and women alike, all who had willing hearts. They brought brooches, earrings, rings and ornaments, all kinds of gold jewelry, and everyone came who waved a wave offering of gold to the Lord. -- exodus 35:22 +. +Everyone who had blue, purple, or scarlet yarn, fine linen, goats' hair, ram skins dyed red, or fine leather brought them. -- exodus 35:23 +. +Everyone making an offering of silver or bronze brought it as an offering to the Lord, and everyone who had acacia wood for any work of the service brought it. -- exodus 35:24 +. +Every woman who was skilled spun with her hands and brought what she had spun, blue, purple, or scarlet yarn, or fine linen, -- exodus 35:25 +. +and all the women whose heart stirred them to action and who were skilled spun goats' hair. -- exodus 35:26 +. +The leaders brought onyx stones and other gems to be mounted for the ephod and the breastpiece, -- exodus 35:27 +. +and spices and olive oil for the light, for the anointing oil, and for the fragrant incense. -- exodus 35:28 +. +The Israelites brought a freewill offering to the Lord, every man and woman whose heart was willing to bring materials for all the work that the Lord through Moses had commanded them to do. -- exodus 35:29 +. +Moses said to the Israelites, "See, the Lord has chosen Bezalel son of Uri, the son of Hur, of the tribe of Judah. -- exodus 35:30 +. +He has filled him with the Spirit of God - with skill, with understanding, with knowledge, and in all kinds of work, -- exodus 35:31 +. +to design artistic designs, to work in gold, in silver, and in bronze, -- exodus 35:32 +. +and in cutting stones for their setting, and in cutting wood, to do work in every artistic craft. -- exodus 35:33 +. +And he has put it in his heart to teach, he and Oholiab son of Ahisamach, of the tribe of Dan. -- exodus 35:34 +. +He has filled them with skill to do all kinds of work as craftsmen, as designers, as embroiderers in blue, purple, and scarlet yarn and in fine linen, and as weavers. They are craftsmen in all the work and artistic designers. -- exodus 35:35 +. +So Bezalel and Oholiab and every skilled person in whom the Lord has put skill and ability to know how to do all the work for the service of the sanctuary are to do the work according to all that the Lord has commanded." -- exodus 36:1 +. +Moses summoned Bezalel and Oholiab and every skilled person in whom the Lord had put skill - everyone whose heart stirred him to volunteer to do the work, -- exodus 36:2 +. +and they received from Moses all the offerings the Israelites had brought to do the work for the service of the sanctuary, and they still continued to bring him a freewill offering each morning. -- exodus 36:3 +. +So all the skilled people who were doing all the work on the sanctuary came from the work they were doing -- exodus 36:4 +. +and told Moses, "The people are bringing much more than is needed for the completion of the work which the Lord commanded us to do!" -- exodus 36:5 +. +Moses instructed them to take his message throughout the camp, saying, "Let no man or woman do any more work for the offering for the sanctuary." So the people were restrained from bringing any more. -- exodus 36:6 +. +Now the materials were more than enough for them to do all the work. -- exodus 36:7 +. +All the skilled among those who were doing the work made the tabernacle with ten curtains of fine twisted linen and blue and purple and scarlet; they were made with cherubim that were the work of an artistic designer. -- exodus 36:8 +. +The length of one curtain was forty-two feet, and the width of one curtain was six feet - the same size for each of the curtains. -- exodus 36:9 +. +He joined five of the curtains to one another, and the other five curtains he joined to one another. -- exodus 36:10 +. +He made loops of blue material along the edge of the end curtain in the first set; he did the same along the edge of the end curtain in the second set. -- exodus 36:11 +. +He made fifty loops on the first curtain, and he made fifty loops on the end curtain that was in the second set, with the loops opposite one another. -- exodus 36:12 +. +He made fifty gold clasps and joined the curtains together to one another with the clasps, so that the tabernacle was a unit. -- exodus 36:13 +. +He made curtains of goats' hair for a tent over the tabernacle; he made eleven curtains. -- exodus 36:14 +. +The length of one curtain was forty-five feet, and the width of one curtain was six feet - one size for all eleven curtains. -- exodus 36:15 +. +He joined five curtains by themselves and six curtains by themselves. -- exodus 36:16 +. +He made fifty loops along the edge of the end curtain in the first set and fifty loops along the edge of the curtain that joined the second set. -- exodus 36:17 +. +He made fifty bronze clasps to join the tent together so that it might be a unit. -- exodus 36:18 +. +He made a covering for the tent out of ram skins dyed red and over that a covering of fine leather. -- exodus 36:19 +. +He made the frames for the tabernacle of acacia wood as uprights. -- exodus 36:20 +. +The length of each frame was fifteen feet, the width of each frame was two and a quarter feet, -- exodus 36:21 +. +with two projections per frame parallel one to another. He made all the frames of the tabernacle in this way. -- exodus 36:22 +. +So he made frames for the tabernacle: twenty frames for the south side. -- exodus 36:23 +. +He made forty silver bases under the twenty frames - two bases under the first frame for its two projections, and likewise two bases under the next frame for its two projections, -- exodus 36:24 +. +and for the second side of the tabernacle, the north side, he made twenty frames -- exodus 36:25 +. +and their forty silver bases, two bases under the first frame and two bases under the next frame. -- exodus 36:26 +. +And for the back of the tabernacle on the west he made six frames. -- exodus 36:27 +. +He made two frames for the corners of the tabernacle on the back. -- exodus 36:28 +. +At the two corners they were doubled at the lower end and finished together at the top in one ring. So he did for both. -- exodus 36:29 +. +So there were eight frames and their silver bases, sixteen bases, two bases under each frame. -- exodus 36:30 +. +He made bars of acacia wood, five for the frames on one side of the tabernacle -- exodus 36:31 +. +and five bars for the frames on the second side of the tabernacle, and five bars for the frames of the tabernacle for the back side on the west. -- exodus 36:32 +. +He made the middle bar to reach from end to end in the center of the frames. -- exodus 36:33 +. +He overlaid the frames with gold and made their rings of gold to provide places for the bars, and he overlaid the bars with gold. -- exodus 36:34 +. +He made the special curtain of blue, purple, and scarlet yarn and fine twisted linen; he made it with cherubim, the work of an artistic designer. -- exodus 36:35 +. +He made for it four posts of acacia wood and overlaid them with gold, with gold hooks, and he cast for them four silver bases. -- exodus 36:36 +. +He made a hanging for the entrance of the tent of blue, purple, and scarlet yarn and fine twisted linen, the work of an embroiderer, -- exodus 36:37 +. +and its five posts and their hooks. He overlaid their tops and their bands with gold, but their five bases were bronze. -- exodus 36:38 +. +Bezalel made the ark of acacia wood; its length was three feet nine inches, its width two feet three inches, and its height two feet three inches. -- exodus 37:1 +. +He overlaid it with pure gold, inside and out, and he made a surrounding border of gold for it. -- exodus 37:2 +. +He cast four gold rings for it that he put on its four feet, with two rings on one side and two rings on the other side. -- exodus 37:3 +. +He made poles of acacia wood, overlaid them with gold, -- exodus 37:4 +. +and put the poles into the rings on the sides of the ark in order to carry the ark. -- exodus 37:5 +. +He made an atonement lid of pure gold; its length was three feet nine inches, and its width was two feet three inches. -- exodus 37:6 +. +He made two cherubim of gold; he made them of hammered metal on the two ends of the atonement lid, -- exodus 37:7 +. +one cherub on one end and one cherub on the other end. He made the cherubim from the atonement lid on its two ends. -- exodus 37:8 +. +The cherubim were spreading their wings upward, overshadowing the atonement lid with their wings. The cherubim faced each other, looking toward the atonement lid. -- exodus 37:9 +. +He made the table of acacia wood; its length was three feet, its width one foot six inches, and its height two feet three inches. -- exodus 37:10 +. +He overlaid it with pure gold, and he made a surrounding border of gold for it. -- exodus 37:11 +. +He made a surrounding frame for it about three inches wide, and he made a surrounding border of gold for its frame. -- exodus 37:12 +. +He cast four gold rings for it and attached the rings at the four corners where its four legs were. -- exodus 37:13 +. +The rings were close to the frame to provide places for the poles to carry the table. -- exodus 37:14 +. +He made the poles of acacia wood and overlaid them with gold, to carry the table. -- exodus 37:15 +. +He made the vessels which were on the table out of pure gold, its plates, its ladles, its pitchers, and its bowls, to be used in pouring out offerings. -- exodus 37:16 +. +He made the lampstand of pure gold. He made the lampstand of hammered metal; its base and its shaft, its cups, its buds, and its blossoms were from the same piece. -- exodus 37:17 +. +Six branches were extending from its sides, three branches of the lampstand from one side of it, and three branches of the lampstand from the other side of it. -- exodus 37:18 +. +Three cups shaped like almond flowers with buds and blossoms were on the first branch, and three cups shaped like almond flowers with buds and blossoms were on the next branch, and the same for the six branches that were extending from the lampstand. -- exodus 37:19 +. +On the lampstand there were four cups shaped like almond flowers with buds and blossoms, -- exodus 37:20 +. +with a bud under the first two branches from it, and a bud under the next two branches from it, and a bud under the third two branches from it; according to the six branches that extended from it. -- exodus 37:21 +. +Their buds and their branches were of one piece; all of it was one hammered piece of pure gold. -- exodus 37:22 +. +He made its seven lamps, its trimmers, and its trays of pure gold. -- exodus 37:23 +. +He made the lampstand and all its accessories with seventy-five pounds of pure gold. -- exodus 37:24 +. +He made the incense altar of acacia wood. Its length was a foot and a half and its width a foot and a half - a square - and its height was three feet. Its horns were of one piece with it. -- exodus 37:25 +. +He overlaid it with pure gold - its top, its four walls, and its horns - and he made a surrounding border of gold for it. -- exodus 37:26 +. +He also made two gold rings for it under its border, on its two sides, on opposite sides, as places for poles to carry it with. -- exodus 37:27 +. +He made the poles of acacia wood and overlaid them with gold. -- exodus 37:28 +. +He made the sacred anointing oil and the pure fragrant incense, the work of a perfumer. -- exodus 37:29 +. +He made the altar for the burnt offering of acacia wood seven feet six inches long and seven feet six inches wide - it was square - and its height was four feet six inches. -- exodus 38:1 +. +He made its horns on its four corners; its horns were part of it, and he overlaid it with bronze. -- exodus 38:2 +. +He made all the utensils of the altar - the pots, the shovels, the tossing bowls, the meat hooks, and the fire pans - he made all its utensils of bronze. -- exodus 38:3 +. +He made a grating for the altar, a network of bronze under its ledge, halfway up from the bottom. -- exodus 38:4 +. +He cast four rings for the four corners of the bronze grating, to provide places for the poles. -- exodus 38:5 +. +He made the poles of acacia wood and overlaid them with bronze. -- exodus 38:6 +. +He put the poles into the rings on the sides of the altar, with which to carry it. He made the altar hollow, out of boards. -- exodus 38:7 +. +He made the large basin of bronze and its pedestal of bronze from the mirrors of the women who served at the entrance of the tent of meeting. -- exodus 38:8 +. +He made the courtyard. For the south side the hangings of the courtyard were of fine twisted linen, one hundred fifty feet long, -- exodus 38:9 +. +with their twenty posts and their twenty bronze bases, with the hooks of the posts and their bands of silver. -- exodus 38:10 +. +For the north side the hangings were one hundred fifty feet, with their twenty posts and their twenty bronze bases, with the hooks of the posts and their bands of silver. -- exodus 38:11 +. +For the west side there were hangings seventy-five feet long, with their ten posts and their ten bases, with the hooks of the posts and their bands of silver. -- exodus 38:12 +. +For the east side, toward the sunrise, it was seventy-five feet wide, -- exodus 38:13 +. +with hangings on one side of the gate that were twenty-two and a half feet long, with their three posts and their three bases, -- exodus 38:14 +. +and for the second side of the gate of the courtyard, just like the other, the hangings were twenty-two and a half feet long, with their three posts and their three bases. -- exodus 38:15 +. +All the hangings around the courtyard were of fine twisted linen. -- exodus 38:16 +. +The bases for the posts were bronze. The hooks of the posts and their bands were silver, their tops were overlaid with silver, and all the posts of the courtyard had silver bands. -- exodus 38:17 +. +The curtain for the gate of the courtyard was of blue, purple, and scarlet yarn and fine twisted linen, the work of an embroiderer. It was thirty feet long, and like the hangings in the courtyard, it was seven and a half feet high, -- exodus 38:18 +. +with four posts and their four bronze bases. Their hooks and their bands were silver, and their tops were overlaid with silver. -- exodus 38:19 +. +All the tent pegs of the tabernacle and of the courtyard all around were bronze. -- exodus 38:20 +. +This is the inventory of the tabernacle, the tabernacle of the testimony, which was counted by the order of Moses, being the work of the Levites under the direction of Ithamar, son of Aaron the priest. -- exodus 38:21 +. +Now Bezalel son of Uri, the son of Hur, of the tribe of Judah, made everything that the Lord had commanded Moses; -- exodus 38:22 +. +and with him was Oholiab son of Ahisamach, of the tribe of Dan, an artisan, a designer, and an embroiderer in blue, purple, and scarlet yarn and fine linen. -- exodus 38:23 +. +All the gold that was used for the work, in all the work of the sanctuary (namely, the gold of the wave offering) was twenty-nine talents and shekels, according to the sanctuary shekel. -- exodus 38:24 +. +The silver of those who were numbered of the community was one hundred talents and 1,shekels, according to the sanctuary shekel, -- exodus 38:25 +. +one beka per person, that is, a half shekel, according to the sanctuary shekel, for everyone who crossed over to those numbered, from twenty years old or older, 603,in all. -- exodus 38:26 +. +The one hundred talents of silver were used for casting the bases of the sanctuary and the bases of the special curtain - one hundred bases for one hundred talents, one talent per base. -- exodus 38:27 +. +From the remaining 1,shekels he made hooks for the posts, overlaid their tops, and made bands for them. -- exodus 38:28 +. +The bronze of the wave offering was seventy talents and 2,shekels. -- exodus 38:29 +. +With it he made the bases for the door of the tent of meeting, the bronze altar, the bronze grating for it, and all the utensils of the altar, -- exodus 38:30 +. +the bases for the courtyard all around, the bases for the gate of the courtyard, all the tent pegs of the tabernacle, and all the tent pegs of the courtyard all around. -- exodus 38:31 +. +From the blue, purple, and scarlet yarn they made woven garments for serving in the sanctuary; they made holy garments that were for Aaron, just as the Lord had commanded Moses. -- exodus 39:1 +. +He made the ephod of gold, blue, purple, scarlet, and fine twisted linen. -- exodus 39:2 +. +They hammered the gold into thin sheets and cut it into narrow strips to weave them into the blue, purple, and scarlet yarn, and into the fine linen, the work of an artistic designer. -- exodus 39:3 +. +They made shoulder pieces for it, attached to two of its corners, so it could be joined together. -- exodus 39:4 +. +The artistically woven waistband of the ephod that was on it was like it, of one piece with it, of gold, blue, purple, and scarlet yarn and fine twisted linen, just as the Lord had commanded Moses. -- exodus 39:5 +. +They set the onyx stones in gold filigree settings, engraved as with the engravings of a seal with the names of the sons of Israel. -- exodus 39:6 +. +He put them on the shoulder pieces of the ephod as stones of memorial for the Israelites, just as the Lord had commanded Moses. -- exodus 39:7 +. +He made the breastpiece, the work of an artistic designer, in the same fashion as the ephod, of gold, blue, purple, and scarlet, and fine twisted linen. -- exodus 39:8 +. +It was square - they made the breastpiece doubled, nine inches long and nine inches wide when doubled. -- exodus 39:9 +. +They set on it four rows of stones: a row with a ruby, a topaz, and a beryl - the first row; -- exodus 39:10 +. +and the second row, a turquoise, a sapphire, and an emerald; -- exodus 39:11 +. +and the third row, a jacinth, an agate, and an amethyst; -- exodus 39:12 +. +and the fourth row, a chrysolite, an onyx, and a jasper. They were enclosed in gold filigree settings. -- exodus 39:13 +. +The stones were for the names of the sons of Israel, twelve, corresponding to the number of their names. Each name corresponding to one of the twelve tribes was like the engravings of a seal. -- exodus 39:14 +. +They made for the breastpiece braided chains like cords of pure gold, -- exodus 39:15 +. +and they made two gold filigree settings and two gold rings, and they attached the two rings to the upper two ends of the breastpiece. -- exodus 39:16 +. +They attached the two gold chains to the two rings at the ends of the breastpiece; -- exodus 39:17 +. +the other two ends of the two chains they attached to the two settings, and they attached them to the shoulder pieces of the ephod at the front of it. -- exodus 39:18 +. +They made two rings of gold and put them on the other two ends of the breastpiece on its edge, which is on the inner side of the ephod. -- exodus 39:19 +. +They made two more gold rings and attached them to the bottom of the two shoulder pieces on the front of the ephod, close to the juncture above the waistband of the ephod. -- exodus 39:20 +. +They tied the breastpiece by its rings to the rings of the ephod by blue cord, so that it was above the waistband of the ephod, so that the breastpiece would not be loose from the ephod, just as the Lord had commanded Moses. -- exodus 39:21 +. +He made the robe of the ephod completely blue, the work of a weaver. -- exodus 39:22 +. +There was an opening in the center of the robe, like the opening of a collar, with an edge all around the opening so that it could not be torn. -- exodus 39:23 +. +They made pomegranates of blue, purple, and scarlet yarn and twisted linen around the hem of the robe. -- exodus 39:24 +. +They made bells of pure gold and attached the bells between the pomegranates around the hem of the robe between the pomegranates. -- exodus 39:25 +. +There was a bell and a pomegranate, a bell and a pomegranate, all around the hem of the robe, to be used in ministering, just as the Lord had commanded Moses. -- exodus 39:26 +. +They made tunics of fine linen - the work of a weaver, for Aaron and for his sons - -- exodus 39:27 +. +and the turban of fine linen, the headbands of fine linen, and the undergarments of fine twisted linen. -- exodus 39:28 +. +The sash was of fine twisted linen and blue, purple, and scarlet yarn, the work of an embroiderer, just as the Lord had commanded Moses. -- exodus 39:29 +. +They made a plate, the holy diadem, of pure gold and wrote on it an inscription, as on the engravings of a seal, "Holiness to the Lord." -- exodus 39:30 +. +They attached to it a blue cord, to attach it to the turban above, just as the Lord had commanded Moses. -- exodus 39:31 +. +So all the work of the tabernacle, the tent of meeting, was completed, and the Israelites did according to all that the Lord had commanded Moses - they did it exactly so. -- exodus 39:32 +. +They brought the tabernacle to Moses, the tent and all its furnishings, clasps, frames, bars, posts, and bases; -- exodus 39:33 +. +and the coverings of ram skins dyed red, the covering of fine leather, and the protecting curtain; -- exodus 39:34 +. +the ark of the testimony and its poles, and the atonement lid; -- exodus 39:35 +. +the table, all its utensils, and the Bread of the Presence; -- exodus 39:36 +. +the pure lampstand, its lamps, with the lamps set in order, and all its accessories, and oil for the light; -- exodus 39:37 +. +and the gold altar, and the anointing oil, and the fragrant incense; and the curtain for the entrance to the tent; -- exodus 39:38 +. +the bronze altar and its bronze grating, its poles, and all its utensils; the large basin with its pedestal; -- exodus 39:39 +. +the hangings of the courtyard, its posts and its bases, and the curtain for the gateway of the courtyard, its ropes and its tent pegs, and all the furnishings for the service of the tabernacle, for the tent of meeting; -- exodus 39:40 +. +the woven garments for serving in the sanctuary, the holy garments for Aaron the priest, and the garments for his sons to minister as priests. -- exodus 39:41 +. +The Israelites did all the work according to all that the Lord had commanded Moses. -- exodus 39:42 +. +Moses inspected all the work - and they had done it just as the Lord had commanded - they had done it exactly - and Moses blessed them. -- exodus 39:43 +. +Then the Lord spoke to Moses: -- exodus 40:1 +. +"On the first day of the first month you are to set up the tabernacle, the tent of meeting. -- exodus 40:2 +. +You are to place the ark of the testimony in it and shield the ark with the special curtain. -- exodus 40:3 +. +You are to bring in the table and set out the things that belong on it; then you are to bring in the lampstand and set up its lamps. -- exodus 40:4 +. +You are to put the gold altar for incense in front of the ark of the testimony and put the curtain at the entrance to the tabernacle. -- exodus 40:5 +. +You are to put the altar for the burnt offering in front of the entrance to the tabernacle, the tent of meeting. -- exodus 40:6 +. +You are to put the large basin between the tent of meeting and the altar and put water in it. -- exodus 40:7 +. +You are to set up the courtyard around it and put the curtain at the gate of the courtyard. -- exodus 40:8 +. +And take the anointing oil, and anoint the tabernacle and all that is in it, and sanctify it and all its furnishings, and it will be holy. -- exodus 40:9 +. +Then you are to anoint the altar for the burnt offering with all its utensils; you are to sanctify the altar, and it will be the most holy altar. -- exodus 40:10 +. +You must also anoint the large basin and its pedestal, and you are to sanctify it. -- exodus 40:11 +. +"You are to bring Aaron and his sons to the entrance of the tent of meeting and wash them with water. -- exodus 40:12 +. +Then you are to clothe Aaron with the holy garments and anoint him and sanctify him so that he may minister as my priest. -- exodus 40:13 +. +You are to bring his sons and clothe them with tunics -- exodus 40:14 +. +and anoint them just as you anointed their father, so that they may minister as my priests; their anointing will make them a priesthood that will continue throughout their generations." -- exodus 40:15 +. +This is what Moses did, according to all the Lord had commanded him - so he did. -- exodus 40:16 +. +So the tabernacle was set up on the first day of the first month, in the second year. -- exodus 40:17 +. +When Moses set up the tabernacle and put its bases in place, he set up its frames, attached its bars, and set up its posts. -- exodus 40:18 +. +Then he spread the tent over the tabernacle and put the covering of the tent over it, as the Lord had commanded Moses. -- exodus 40:19 +. +He took the testimony and put it in the ark, attached the poles to the ark, and then put the atonement lid on the ark. -- exodus 40:20 +. +And he brought the ark into the tabernacle, hung the protecting curtain, and shielded the ark of the testimony from view, just as the Lord had commanded Moses. -- exodus 40:21 +. +And he put the table in the tent of meeting, on the north side of the tabernacle, outside the curtain. -- exodus 40:22 +. +And he set the bread in order on it before the Lord, just as the Lord had commanded Moses. -- exodus 40:23 +. +And he put the lampstand in the tent of meeting opposite the table, on the south side of the tabernacle. -- exodus 40:24 +. +Then he set up the lamps before the Lord, just as the Lord had commanded Moses. -- exodus 40:25 +. +And he put the gold altar in the tent of meeting in front of the curtain, -- exodus 40:26 +. +and he burned fragrant incense on it, just as the Lord had commanded Moses. -- exodus 40:27 +. +Then he put the curtain at the entrance to the tabernacle. -- exodus 40:28 +. +He also put the altar for the burnt offering by the entrance to the tabernacle, the tent of meeting, and offered on it the burnt offering and the meal offering, just as the Lord had commanded Moses. -- exodus 40:29 +. +Then he put the large basin between the tent of meeting and the altar and put water in it for washing. -- exodus 40:30 +. +Moses and Aaron and his sons would wash their hands and their feet from it. -- exodus 40:31 +. +Whenever they entered the tent of meeting, and whenever they approached the altar, they would wash, just as the Lord had commanded Moses. -- exodus 40:32 +. +And he set up the courtyard around the tabernacle and the altar, and put the curtain at the gate of the courtyard. So Moses finished the work. -- exodus 40:33 +. +Then the cloud covered the tent of meeting, and the glory of the Lord filled the tabernacle. -- exodus 40:34 +. +Moses was not able to enter the tent of meeting because the cloud settled on it and the glory of the Lord filled the tabernacle. -- exodus 40:35 +. +But when the cloud was lifted up from the tabernacle, the Israelites would set out on all their journeys; -- exodus 40:36 +. +but if the cloud was not lifted up, then they would not journey further until the day it was lifted up. -- exodus 40:37 +. +For the cloud of the Lord was on the tabernacle by day, but fire would be on it at night, in plain view of all the house of Israel, throughout all their journeys. -- exodus 40:38 +. +Then the Lord called to Moses and spoke to him from the Meeting Tent: -- leviticus 1:1 +. +"Speak to the Israelites and tell them, 'When someone among you presents an offering to the Lord, you must present your offering from the domesticated animals, either from the herd or from the flock. -- leviticus 1:2 +. +"'If his offering is a burnt offering from the herd he must present it as a flawless male; he must present it at the entrance of the Meeting Tent for its acceptance before the Lord. -- leviticus 1:3 +. +He must lay his hand on the head of the burnt offering, and it will be accepted for him to make atonement on his behalf. -- leviticus 1:4 +. +Then the one presenting the offering must slaughter the bull before the Lord, and the sons of Aaron, the priests, must present the blood and splash the blood against the sides of the altar which is at the entrance of the Meeting Tent. -- leviticus 1:5 +. +Next, the one presenting the offering must skin the burnt offering and cut it into parts, -- leviticus 1:6 +. +and the sons of Aaron, the priest, must put fire on the altar and arrange wood on the fire. -- leviticus 1:7 +. +Then the sons of Aaron, the priests, must arrange the parts with the head and the suet on the wood that is in the fire on the altar. -- leviticus 1:8 +. +Finally, the one presenting the offering must wash its entrails and its legs in water and the priest must offer all of it up in smoke on the altar - it is a burnt offering, a gift of a soothing aroma to the Lord. -- leviticus 1:9 +. +"'If his offering is from the flock for a burnt offering - from the sheep or the goats - he must present a flawless male, -- leviticus 1:10 +. +and must slaughter it on the north side of the altar before the Lord, and the sons of Aaron, the priests, will splash its blood against the altar's sides. -- leviticus 1:11 +. +Next, the one presenting the offering must cut it into parts, with its head and its suet, and the priest must arrange them on the wood which is in the fire, on the altar. -- leviticus 1:12 +. +Then the one presenting the offering must wash the entrails and the legs in water, and the priest must present all of it and offer it up in smoke on the altar - it is a burnt offering, a gift of a soothing aroma to the Lord. -- leviticus 1:13 +. +"'If his offering to the Lord is a burnt offering from the birds, he must present his offering from the turtledoves or from the young pigeons. -- leviticus 1:14 +. +The priest must present it at the altar, pinch off its head and offer the head up in smoke on the altar, and its blood must be drained out against the side of the altar. -- leviticus 1:15 +. +Then the priest must remove its entrails by cutting off its tail feathers, and throw them to the east side of the altar into the place of fatty ashes, -- leviticus 1:16 +. +and tear it open by its wings without dividing it into two parts. Finally, the priest must offer it up in smoke on the altar on the wood which is in the fire - it is a burnt offering, a gift of a soothing aroma to the Lord. -- leviticus 1:17 +. +"'When a person presents a grain offering to the Lord, his offering must consist of choice wheat flour, and he must pour olive oil on it and put frankincense on it. -- leviticus 2:1 +. +Then he must bring it to the sons of Aaron, the priests, and the priest must scoop out from there a handful of its choice wheat flour and some of its olive oil in addition to all of its frankincense, and the priest must offer its memorial portion up in smoke on the altar - it is a gift of a soothing aroma to the Lord. -- leviticus 2:2 +. +The remainder of the grain offering belongs to Aaron and to his sons - it is most holy from the gifts of the Lord. -- leviticus 2:3 +. +"'When you present an offering of grain baked in an oven, it must be made of choice wheat flour baked into unleavened loaves mixed with olive oil or unleavened wafers smeared with olive oil. -- leviticus 2:4 +. +If your offering is a grain offering made on the griddle, it must be choice wheat flour mixed with olive oil, unleavened. -- leviticus 2:5 +. +Crumble it in pieces and pour olive oil on it - it is a grain offering. -- leviticus 2:6 +. +If your offering is a grain offering made in a pan, it must be made of choice wheat flour deep fried in olive oil. -- leviticus 2:7 +. +"'You must bring the grain offering that must be made from these to the Lord. Present it to the priest, and he will bring it to the altar. -- leviticus 2:8 +. +Then the priest must take up from the grain offering its memorial portion and offer it up in smoke on the altar - it is a gift of a soothing aroma to the Lord. -- leviticus 2:9 +. +The remainder of the grain offering belongs to Aaron and to his sons - it is most holy from the gifts of the Lord. -- leviticus 2:10 +. +"'No grain offering which you present to the Lord can be made with yeast, for you must not offer up in smoke any yeast or honey as a gift to the Lord. -- leviticus 2:11 +. +You can present them to the Lord as an offering of first fruit, but they must not go up to the altar for a soothing aroma. -- leviticus 2:12 +. +Moreover, you must season every one of your grain offerings with salt; you must not allow the salt of the covenant of your God to be missing from your grain offering - on every one of your grain offerings you must present salt. -- leviticus 2:13 +. +"'If you present a grain offering of first ripe grain to the Lord, you must present your grain offering of first ripe grain as soft kernels roasted in fire - crushed bits of fresh grain. -- leviticus 2:14 +. +And you must put olive oil on it and set frankincense on it - it is a grain offering. -- leviticus 2:15 +. +Then the priest must offer its memorial portion up in smoke - some of its crushed bits, some of its olive oil, in addition to all of its frankincense - it is a gift to the Lord. -- leviticus 2:16 +. +"'Now if his offering is a peace offering sacrifice, if he presents an offering from the herd, he must present before the Lord a flawless male or a female. -- leviticus 3:1 +. +He must lay his hand on the head of his offering and slaughter it at the entrance of the Meeting Tent, and the sons of Aaron, the priests, must splash the blood against the altar's sides. -- leviticus 3:2 +. +Then the one presenting the offering must present a gift to the Lord from the peace offering sacrifice: He must remove the fat that covers the entrails and all the fat that surrounds the entrails, -- leviticus 3:3 +. +the two kidneys with the fat on their sinews, and the protruding lobe on the liver (which he is to remove along with the kidneys). -- leviticus 3:4 +. +Then the sons of Aaron must offer it up in smoke on the altar atop the burnt offering that is on the wood in the fire as a gift of a soothing aroma to the Lord. -- leviticus 3:5 +. +"'If his offering for a peace offering sacrifice to the Lord is from the flock, he must present a flawless male or female. -- leviticus 3:6 +. +If he presents a sheep as his offering, he must present it before the Lord. -- leviticus 3:7 +. +He must lay his hand on the head of his offering and slaughter it before the Meeting Tent, and the sons of Aaron must splash its blood against the altar's sides. -- leviticus 3:8 +. +Then he must present a gift to the Lord from the peace offering sacrifice: He must remove all the fatty tail up to the end of the spine, the fat covering the entrails, and all the fat on the entrails, -- leviticus 3:9 +. +the two kidneys with the fat on their sinews, and the protruding lobe on the liver (which he is to remove along with the kidneys). -- leviticus 3:10 +. +Then the priest must offer it up in smoke on the altar as a food gift to the Lord. -- leviticus 3:11 +. +"'If his offering is a goat he must present it before the Lord, -- leviticus 3:12 +. +lay his hand on its head, and slaughter it before the Meeting Tent, and the sons of Aaron must splash its blood against the altar's sides. -- leviticus 3:13 +. +Then he must present from it his offering as a gift to the Lord: the fat which covers the entrails and all the fat on the entrails, -- leviticus 3:14 +. +the two kidneys with the fat on their sinews, and the protruding lobe on the liver (which he is to remove along with the kidneys). -- leviticus 3:15 +. +Then the priest must offer them up in smoke on the altar as a food gift for a soothing aroma - all the fat belongs to the Lord. -- leviticus 3:16 +. +This is a perpetual statute throughout your generations in all the places where you live: You must never eat any fat or any blood.'" -- leviticus 3:17 +. +Then the Lord spoke to Moses: -- leviticus 4:1 +. +"Tell the Israelites, 'When a person sins by straying unintentionally from any of the Lord's commandments which must not be violated, and violates any one of them - -- leviticus 4:2 +. +"'If the high priest sins so that the people are guilty, on account of the sin he has committed he must present a flawless young bull to the Lord for a sin offering. -- leviticus 4:3 +. +He must bring the bull to the entrance of the Meeting Tent before the Lord, lay his hand on the head of the bull, and slaughter the bull before the Lord. -- leviticus 4:4 +. +Then that high priest must take some of the blood of the bull and bring it to the Meeting Tent. -- leviticus 4:5 +. +The priest must dip his finger in the blood and sprinkle some of it seven times before the Lord toward the front of the veil-canopy of the sanctuary. -- leviticus 4:6 +. +The priest must put some of the blood on the horns of the altar of fragrant incense that is before the Lord in the Meeting Tent, and all the rest of the bull's blood he must pour out at the base of the altar of burnt offering that is at the entrance of the Meeting Tent. -- leviticus 4:7 +. +"'Then he must take up all the fat from the sin offering bull: the fat covering the entrails and all the fat surrounding the entrails, -- leviticus 4:8 +. +the two kidneys with the fat on their sinews, and the protruding lobe on the liver (which he is to remove along with the kidneys) -- leviticus 4:9 +. +- just as it is taken from the ox of the peace offering sacrifice - and the priest must offer them up in smoke on the altar of burnt offering. -- leviticus 4:10 +. +But the hide of the bull, all its flesh along with its head and its legs, its entrails, and its dung - -- leviticus 4:11 +. +all the rest of the bull - he must bring outside the camp to a ceremonially clean place, to the fatty ash pile, and he must burn it on a wood fire; it must be burned on the fatty ash pile. -- leviticus 4:12 +. +"'If the whole congregation of Israel strays unintentionally and the matter is not noticed by the assembly, and they violate one of the Lord's commandments, which must not be violated, so they become guilty, -- leviticus 4:13 +. +the assembly must present a young bull for a sin offering when the sin they have committed becomes known. They must bring it before the Meeting Tent, -- leviticus 4:14 +. +the elders of the congregation must lay their hands on the head of the bull before the Lord, and someone must slaughter the bull before the Lord. -- leviticus 4:15 +. +Then the high priest must bring some of the blood of the bull to the Meeting Tent, -- leviticus 4:16 +. +and that priest must dip his finger in the blood and sprinkle some of the blood seven times before the Lord toward the front of the veil-canopy. -- leviticus 4:17 +. +He must put some of the blood on the horns of the altar which is before the Lord in the Meeting Tent, and all the rest of the blood he must pour out at the base of the altar of burnt offering that is at the entrance of the Meeting Tent. -- leviticus 4:18 +. +"'Then the priest must take all its fat and offer the fat up in smoke on the altar. -- leviticus 4:19 +. +He must do with the rest of the bull just as he did with the bull of the sin offering; this is what he must do with it. So the priest will make atonement on their behalf and they will be forgiven. -- leviticus 4:20 +. +He must bring the rest of the bull outside the camp and burn it just as he burned the first bull - it is the sin offering of the assembly. -- leviticus 4:21 +. +"'Whenever a leader, by straying unintentionally, sins and violates one of the commandments of the Lord his God which must not be violated, and he pleads guilty, -- leviticus 4:22 +. +or his sin that he committed is made known to him, he must bring a flawless male goat as his offering. -- leviticus 4:23 +. +He must lay his hand on the head of the male goat and slaughter it in the place where the burnt offering is slaughtered before the Lord - it is a sin offering. -- leviticus 4:24 +. +Then the priest must take some of the blood of the sin offering with his finger and put it on the horns of the altar of burnt offering, and he must pour out the rest of its blood at the base of the altar of burnt offering. -- leviticus 4:25 +. +Then the priest must offer all of its fat up in smoke on the altar like the fat of the peace offering sacrifice. So the priest will make atonement on his behalf for his sin and he will be forgiven. -- leviticus 4:26 +. +"'If an ordinary individual sins by straying unintentionally when he violates one of the Lord's commandments which must not be violated, and he pleads guilty -- leviticus 4:27 +. +or his sin that he committed is made known to him, he must bring a flawless female goat as his offering for the sin that he committed. -- leviticus 4:28 +. +He must lay his hand on the head of the sin offering and slaughter the sin offering in the place where the burnt offering is slaughtered. -- leviticus 4:29 +. +Then the priest must take some of its blood with his finger and put it on the horns of the altar of burnt offering, and he must pour out all the rest of its blood at the base of the altar. -- leviticus 4:30 +. +Then he must remove all of its fat (just as fat was removed from the peace offering sacrifice) and the priest must offer it up in smoke on the altar for a soothing aroma to the Lord. So the priest will make atonement on his behalf and he will be forgiven. -- leviticus 4:31 +. +"'But if he brings a sheep as his offering, for a sin offering, he must bring a flawless female. -- leviticus 4:32 +. +He must lay his hand on the head of the sin offering and slaughter it for a sin offering in the place where the burnt offering is slaughtered. -- leviticus 4:33 +. +Then the priest must take some of the blood of the sin offering with his finger and put it on the horns of the altar of burnt offering, and he must pour out all the rest of its blood at the base of the altar. -- leviticus 4:34 +. +Then the one who brought the offering must remove all its fat (just as the fat of the sheep is removed from the peace offering sacrifice) and the priest must offer them up in smoke on the altar on top of the other gifts of the Lord. So the priest will make atonement on his behalf for his sin which he has committed and he will be forgiven. -- leviticus 4:35 +. +"'When a person sins in that he hears a public curse against one who fails to testify and he is a witness (he either saw or knew what had happened) and he does not make it known, then he will bear his punishment for iniquity. -- leviticus 5:1 +. +Or when there is a person who touches anything ceremonially unclean, whether the carcass of an unclean wild animal, or the carcass of an unclean domesticated animal, or the carcass of an unclean creeping thing, even if he did not realize it, but he himself has become unclean and is guilty; -- leviticus 5:2 +. +or when he touches human uncleanness with regard to anything by which he can become unclean, even if he did not realize it, but he himself has later come to know it and is guilty; -- leviticus 5:3 +. +or when a person swears an oath, speaking thoughtlessly with his lips, whether to do evil or to do good, with regard to anything which the individual might speak thoughtlessly in an oath, even if he did not realize it, but he himself has later come to know it and is guilty with regard to one of these oaths - -- leviticus 5:4 +. +when an individual becomes guilty with regard to one of these things he must confess how he has sinned, -- leviticus 5:5 +. +and he must bring his penalty for guilt to the Lord for his sin that he has committed, a female from the flock, whether a female sheep or a female goat, for a sin offering. So the priest will make atonement on his behalf for his sin. -- leviticus 5:6 +. +"'If he cannot afford an animal from the flock, he must bring his penalty for guilt for his sin that he has committed, two turtledoves or two young pigeons, to the Lord, one for a sin offering and one for a burnt offering. -- leviticus 5:7 +. +He must bring them to the priest and present first the one that is for a sin offering. The priest must pinch its head at the nape of its neck, but must not sever the head from the body. -- leviticus 5:8 +. +Then he must sprinkle some of the blood of the sin offering on the wall of the altar, and the remainder of the blood must be squeezed out at the base of the altar - it is a sin offering. -- leviticus 5:9 +. +The second bird he must make a burnt offering according to the standard regulation. So the priest will make atonement on behalf of this person for his sin which he has committed, and he will be forgiven. -- leviticus 5:10 +. +"'If he cannot afford two turtledoves or two young pigeons, he must bring as his offering for his sin which he has committed a tenth of an ephah of choice wheat flour for a sin offering. He must not place olive oil on it and he must not put frankincense on it, because it is a sin offering. -- leviticus 5:11 +. +He must bring it to the priest and the priest must scoop out from it a handful as its memorial portion and offer it up in smoke on the altar on top of the other gifts of the Lord - it is a sin offering. -- leviticus 5:12 +. +So the priest will make atonement on his behalf for his sin which he has committed by doing one of these things, and he will be forgiven. The remainder of the offering will belong to the priest like the grain offering.'" -- leviticus 5:13 +. +Then the Lord spoke to Moses: -- leviticus 5:14 +. +"When a person commits a trespass and sins by straying unintentionally from the regulations about the Lord's holy things, then he must bring his penalty for guilt to the Lord, a flawless ram from the flock, convertible into silver shekels according to the standard of the sanctuary shekel, for a guilt offering. -- leviticus 5:15 +. +And whatever holy thing he violated he must restore and must add one fifth to it and give it to the priest. So the priest will make atonement on his behalf with the guilt offering ram and he will be forgiven." -- leviticus 5:16 +. +"If a person sins and violates any of the Lord's commandments which must not be violated (although he did not know it at the time, but later realizes he is guilty), then he will bear his punishment for iniquity -- leviticus 5:17 +. +and must bring a flawless ram from the flock, convertible into silver shekels, for a guilt offering to the priest. So the priest will make atonement on his behalf for his error which he committed (although he himself had not known it) and he will be forgiven. -- leviticus 5:18 +. +It is a guilt offering; he was surely guilty before the Lord." -- leviticus 5:19 +. + Then the Lord spoke to Moses: -- leviticus 6:1 +. +"When a person sins and commits a trespass against the Lord by deceiving his fellow citizen in regard to something held in trust, or a pledge, or something stolen, or by extorting something from his fellow citizen, -- leviticus 6:2 +. +or has found something lost and denies it and swears falsely concerning any one of the things that someone might do to sin - -- leviticus 6:3 +. +when it happens that he sins and he is found guilty, then he must return whatever he had stolen, or whatever he had extorted, or the thing that he had held in trust, or the lost thing that he had found, -- leviticus 6:4 +. +or anything about which he swears falsely. He must restore it in full and add one fifth to it; he must give it to its owner when he is found guilty. -- leviticus 6:5 +. +Then he must bring his guilt offering to the Lord, a flawless ram from the flock, convertible into silver shekels, for a guilt offering to the priest. -- leviticus 6:6 +. +So the priest will make atonement on his behalf before the Lord and he will be forgiven for whatever he has done to become guilty." -- leviticus 6:7 +. + Then the Lord spoke to Moses: -- leviticus 6:8 +. +"Command Aaron and his sons, 'This is the law of the burnt offering. The burnt offering is to remain on the hearth on the altar all night until morning, and the fire of the altar must be kept burning on it. -- leviticus 6:9 +. +Then the priest must put on his linen robe and must put linen leggings over his bare flesh, and he must take up the fatty ashes of the burnt offering that the fire consumed on the altar, and he must place them beside the altar. -- leviticus 6:10 +. +Then he must take off his clothes and put on other clothes, and he must bring the fatty ashes outside the camp to a ceremonially clean place, -- leviticus 6:11 +. +but the fire which is on the altar must be kept burning on it. It must not be extinguished. So the priest must kindle wood on it morning by morning, and he must arrange the burnt offering on it and offer the fat of the peace offering up in smoke on it. -- leviticus 6:12 +. +A continual fire must be kept burning on the altar. It must not be extinguished. -- leviticus 6:13 +. +"'This is the law of the grain offering. The sons of Aaron are to present it before the Lord in front of the altar, -- leviticus 6:14 +. +and the priest must take up with his hand some of the choice wheat flour of the grain offering and some of its olive oil, and all of the frankincense that is on the grain offering, and he must offer its memorial portion up in smoke on the altar as a soothing aroma to the Lord. -- leviticus 6:15 +. +Aaron and his sons are to eat what is left over from it. It must be eaten unleavened in a holy place; they are to eat it in the courtyard of the Meeting Tent. -- leviticus 6:16 +. +It must not be baked with yeast. I have given it as their portion from my gifts. It is most holy, like the sin offering and the guilt offering. -- leviticus 6:17 +. +Every male among the sons of Aaron may eat it. It is a perpetual allotted portion throughout your generations from the gifts of the Lord. Anyone who touches these gifts must be holy.'" -- leviticus 6:18 +. +Then the Lord spoke to Moses: -- leviticus 6:19 +. +"This is the offering of Aaron and his sons which they must present to the Lord on the day when he is anointed: a tenth of an ephah of choice wheat flour as a continual grain offering, half of it in the morning and half of it in the evening. -- leviticus 6:20 +. +It must be made with olive oil on a griddle and you must bring it well soaked, so you must present a grain offering of broken pieces as a soothing aroma to the Lord. -- leviticus 6:21 +. +The high priest who succeeds him from among his sons must do it. It is a perpetual statute; it must be offered up in smoke as a whole offering to the Lord. -- leviticus 6:22 +. +Every grain offering of a priest must be a whole offering; it must not be eaten." -- leviticus 6:23 +. +Then the Lord spoke to Moses: -- leviticus 6:24 +. +"Tell Aaron and his sons, 'This is the law of the sin offering. In the place where the burnt offering is slaughtered the sin offering must be slaughtered before the Lord. It is most holy. -- leviticus 6:25 +. +The priest who offers it for sin is to eat it. It must be eaten in a holy place, in the court of the Meeting Tent. -- leviticus 6:26 +. +Anyone who touches its meat must be holy, and whoever spatters some of its blood on a garment, you must wash whatever he spatters it on in a holy place. -- leviticus 6:27 +. +Any clay vessel it is boiled in must be broken, and if it was boiled in a bronze vessel, then that vessel must be rubbed out and rinsed in water. -- leviticus 6:28 +. +Any male among the priests may eat it. It is most holy. -- leviticus 6:29 +. +But any sin offering from which some of its blood is brought into the Meeting Tent to make atonement in the sanctuary must not be eaten. It must be burned up in the fire. -- leviticus 6:30 +. +"'This is the law of the guilt offering. It is most holy. -- leviticus 7:1 +. +In the place where they slaughter the burnt offering they must slaughter the guilt offering, and the officiating priest must splash the blood against the altar's sides. -- leviticus 7:2 +. +Then the one making the offering must present all its fat: the fatty tail, the fat covering the entrails, -- leviticus 7:3 +. +the two kidneys and the fat on their sinews, and the protruding lobe on the liver (which he must remove along with the kidneys). -- leviticus 7:4 +. +Then the priest must offer them up in smoke on the altar as a gift to the Lord. It is a guilt offering. -- leviticus 7:5 +. +Any male among the priests may eat it. It must be eaten in a holy place. It is most holy. -- leviticus 7:6 +. +The law is the same for the sin offering and the guilt offering; it belongs to the priest who makes atonement with it. -- leviticus 7:7 +. +"'As for the priest who presents someone's burnt offering, the hide of that burnt offering which he presented belongs to him. -- leviticus 7:8 +. +Every grain offering which is baked in the oven or made in the pan or on the griddle belongs to the priest who presented it. -- leviticus 7:9 +. +Every grain offering, whether mixed with olive oil or dry, belongs to all the sons of Aaron, each one alike. -- leviticus 7:10 +. +"'This is the law of the peace offering sacrifice which he is to present to the Lord. -- leviticus 7:11 +. +If he presents it on account of thanksgiving, along with the thank offering sacrifice he must present unleavened loaves mixed with olive oil, unleavened wafers smeared with olive oil, and well soaked ring-shaped loaves made of choice wheat flour mixed with olive oil. -- leviticus 7:12 +. +He must present this grain offering in addition to ring-shaped loaves of leavened bread which regularly accompany the sacrifice of his thanksgiving peace offering. -- leviticus 7:13 +. +He must present one of each kind of grain offering as a contribution offering to the Lord; it belongs to the priest who splashes the blood of the peace offering. -- leviticus 7:14 +. +The meat of his thanksgiving peace offering must be eaten on the day of his offering; he must not set any of it aside until morning. -- leviticus 7:15 +. +"'If his offering is a votive or freewill sacrifice, it may be eaten on the day he presents his sacrifice, and also the leftovers from it may be eaten on the next day, -- leviticus 7:16 +. +but the leftovers from the meat of the sacrifice must be burned up in the fire on the third day. -- leviticus 7:17 +. +If some of the meat of his peace offering sacrifice is ever eaten on the third day it will not be accepted; it will not be accounted to the one who presented it, since it is spoiled, and the person who eats from it will bear his punishment for iniquity. -- leviticus 7:18 +. +The meat which touches anything ceremonially unclean must not be eaten; it must be burned up in the fire. As for ceremonially clean meat, everyone who is ceremonially clean may eat the meat. -- leviticus 7:19 +. +The person who eats meat from the peace offering sacrifice which belongs to the Lord while his uncleanness persists will be cut off from his people. -- leviticus 7:20 +. +When a person touches anything unclean (whether human uncleanness, or an unclean animal, or an unclean detestable creature) and eats some of the meat of the peace offering sacrifice which belongs to the Lord, that person will be cut off from his people.'" -- leviticus 7:21 +. +Then the Lord spoke to Moses: -- leviticus 7:22 +. +"Tell the Israelites, 'You must not eat any fat of an ox, sheep, or goat. -- leviticus 7:23 +. +Moreover, the fat of an animal that has died of natural causes and the fat of an animal torn by beasts may be used for any other purpose, but you must certainly never eat it. -- leviticus 7:24 +. +If anyone eats fat from the animal from which he presents a gift to the Lord, that person will be cut off from his people. -- leviticus 7:25 +. +And you must not eat any blood of the birds or the domesticated land animals in any of the places where you live. -- leviticus 7:26 +. +Any person who eats any blood - that person will be cut off from his people.'" -- leviticus 7:27 +. +Then the Lord spoke to Moses: -- leviticus 7:28 +. +"Tell the Israelites, 'The one who presents his peace offering sacrifice to the Lord must bring his offering to the Lord from his peace offering sacrifice. -- leviticus 7:29 +. +With his own hands he must bring the Lord's gifts. He must bring the fat with the breast to wave the breast as a wave offering before the Lord, -- leviticus 7:30 +. +and the priest must offer the fat up in smoke on the altar, but the breast will belong to Aaron and his sons. -- leviticus 7:31 +. +The right thigh you must give as a contribution offering to the priest from your peace offering sacrifices. -- leviticus 7:32 +. +The one from Aaron's sons who presents the blood of the peace offering and fat will have the right thigh as his share, -- leviticus 7:33 +. +for the breast of the wave offering and the thigh of the contribution offering I have taken from the Israelites out of their peace offering sacrifices and have given them to Aaron the priest and to his sons from the people of Israel as a perpetual allotted portion.'" -- leviticus 7:34 +. +This is the allotment of Aaron and the allotment of his sons from the Lord's gifts on the day Moses presented them to serve as priests to the Lord. -- leviticus 7:35 +. +This is what the Lord commanded to give to them from the Israelites on the day Moses anointed them - a perpetual allotted portion throughout their generations. -- leviticus 7:36 +. +This is the law for the burnt offering, the grain offering, the sin offering, the guilt offering, the ordination offering, and the peace offering sacrifice, -- leviticus 7:37 +. +which the Lord commanded Moses on Mount Sinai on the day he commanded the Israelites to present their offerings to the Lord in the wilderness of Sinai. -- leviticus 7:38 +. +Then the Lord spoke to Moses: -- leviticus 8:1 +. +"Take Aaron and his sons with him, and the garments, the anointing oil, the sin offering bull, the two rams, and the basket of unleavened bread, -- leviticus 8:2 +. +and assemble the whole congregation at the entrance of the Meeting Tent." -- leviticus 8:3 +. +So Moses did just as the Lord commanded him, and the congregation assembled at the entrance of the Meeting Tent. -- leviticus 8:4 +. +Then Moses said to the congregation: "This is what the Lord has commanded to be done." -- leviticus 8:5 +. +So Moses brought Aaron and his sons forward and washed them with water. -- leviticus 8:6 +. +Then he put the tunic on Aaron, wrapped the sash around him, and clothed him with the robe. Next he put the ephod on him and placed on him the decorated band of the ephod, and fastened the ephod closely to him with the band. -- leviticus 8:7 +. +He then set the breastpiece on him and put the Urim and Thummim into the breastpiece. -- leviticus 8:8 +. +Finally, he set the turban on his head and attached the gold plate, the holy diadem, to the front of the turban just as the Lord had commanded Moses. -- leviticus 8:9 +. +Then Moses took the anointing oil and anointed the tabernacle and everything in it, and so consecrated them. -- leviticus 8:10 +. +Next he sprinkled some of it on the altar seven times and so anointed the altar, all its vessels, and the wash basin and its stand to consecrate them. -- leviticus 8:11 +. +He then poured some of the anointing oil on the head of Aaron and anointed him to consecrate him. -- leviticus 8:12 +. +Moses also brought forward Aaron's sons, clothed them with tunics, wrapped sashes around them, and wrapped headbands on them just as the Lord had commanded Moses. -- leviticus 8:13 +. +Then he brought near the sin offering bull and Aaron and his sons laid their hands on the head of the sin offering bull, -- leviticus 8:14 +. +and he slaughtered it. Moses then took the blood and put it all around on the horns of the altar with his finger and decontaminated the altar, and he poured out the rest of the blood at the base of the altar and so consecrated it to make atonement on it. -- leviticus 8:15 +. +Then he took all the fat on the entrails, the protruding lobe of the liver, and the two kidneys and their fat, and Moses offered it all up in smoke on the altar, -- leviticus 8:16 +. +but the rest of the bull - its hide, its flesh, and its dung - he completely burned up outside the camp just as the Lord had commanded Moses. -- leviticus 8:17 +. +Then he presented the burnt offering ram and Aaron and his sons laid their hands on the head of the ram, -- leviticus 8:18 +. +and he slaughtered it. Moses then splashed the blood against the altar's sides. -- leviticus 8:19 +. +Then he cut the ram into parts, and Moses offered the head, the parts, and the suet up in smoke, -- leviticus 8:20 +. +but the entrails and the legs he washed with water, and Moses offered the whole ram up in smoke on the altar - it was a burnt offering for a soothing aroma, a gift to the Lord, just as the Lord had commanded Moses. -- leviticus 8:21 +. +Then he presented the second ram, the ram of ordination, and Aaron and his sons laid their hands on the head of the ram -- leviticus 8:22 +. +and he slaughtered it. Moses then took some of its blood and put it on Aaron's right earlobe, on the thumb of his right hand, and on the big toe of his right foot. -- leviticus 8:23 +. +Next he brought Aaron's sons forward, and Moses put some of the blood on their right earlobes, on their right thumbs, and on the big toes of their right feet, and Moses splashed the rest of the blood against the altar's sides. -- leviticus 8:24 +. +Then he took the fat (the fatty tail, all the fat on the entrails, the protruding lobe of the liver, and the two kidneys and their fat) and the right thigh, -- leviticus 8:25 +. +and from the basket of unleavened bread that was before the Lord he took one unleavened loaf, one loaf of bread mixed with olive oil, and one wafer, and placed them on the fat parts and on the right thigh. -- leviticus 8:26 +. +He then put all of them on the palms of Aaron and his sons, who waved them as a wave offering before the Lord. -- leviticus 8:27 +. +Moses then took them from their palms and offered them up in smoke on the altar on top of the burnt offering - they were an ordination offering for a soothing aroma; it was a gift to the Lord. -- leviticus 8:28 +. +Finally, Moses took the breast and waved it as a wave offering before the Lord from the ram of ordination. It was Moses' share just as the Lord had commanded Moses. -- leviticus 8:29 +. +Then Moses took some of the anointing oil and some of the blood which was on the altar and sprinkled it on Aaron and his garments, and on his sons and his sons' garments with him. So he consecrated Aaron, his garments, and his sons and his sons' garments with him. -- leviticus 8:30 +. +Then Moses said to Aaron and his sons, "Boil the meat at the entrance of the Meeting Tent, and there you are to eat it and the bread which is in the ordination offering basket, just as I have commanded, saying, 'Aaron and his sons are to eat it,' -- leviticus 8:31 +. +but the remainder of the meat and the bread you must burn with fire. -- leviticus 8:32 +. +And you must not go out from the entrance of the Meeting Tent for seven days, until the day when your days of ordination are completed, because you must be ordained over a seven-day period. -- leviticus 8:33 +. +What has been done on this day the Lord has commanded to be done to make atonement for you. -- leviticus 8:34 +. +You must reside at the entrance of the Meeting Tent day and night for seven days and keep the charge of the Lord so that you will not die, for this is what I have been commanded." -- leviticus 8:35 +. +So Aaron and his sons did all the things the Lord had commanded through Moses. -- leviticus 8:36 +. +On the eighth day Moses summoned Aaron and his sons and the elders of Israel, -- leviticus 9:1 +. +and said to Aaron, "Take for yourself a bull calf for a sin offering and a ram for a burnt offering, both flawless, and present them before the Lord. -- leviticus 9:2 +. +Then tell the Israelites: 'Take a male goat for a sin offering and a calf and lamb, both a year old and flawless, for a burnt offering, -- leviticus 9:3 +. +and an ox and a ram for peace offerings to sacrifice before the Lord, and a grain offering mixed with olive oil, for today the Lord is going to appear to you.'" -- leviticus 9:4 +. +So they took what Moses had commanded to the front of the Meeting Tent and the whole congregation presented them and stood before the Lord. -- leviticus 9:5 +. +Then Moses said, "This is what the Lord has commanded you to do so that the glory of the Lord may appear to you." -- leviticus 9:6 +. +Moses then said to Aaron, "Approach the altar and make your sin offering and your burnt offering, and make atonement on behalf of yourself and on behalf of the people; and also make the people's offering and make atonement on behalf of them just as the Lord has commanded." -- leviticus 9:7 +. +So Aaron approached the altar and slaughtered the sin offering calf which was for himself. -- leviticus 9:8 +. +Then Aaron's sons presented the blood to him and he dipped his finger in the blood and put it on the horns of the altar, and the rest of the blood he poured out at the base of the altar. -- leviticus 9:9 +. +The fat and the kidneys and the protruding lobe of the liver from the sin offering he offered up in smoke on the altar just as the Lord had commanded Moses, -- leviticus 9:10 +. +but the flesh and the hide he completely burned up outside the camp. -- leviticus 9:11 +. +He then slaughtered the burnt offering, and his sons handed the blood to him and he splashed it against the altar's sides. -- leviticus 9:12 +. +The burnt offering itself they handed to him by its parts, including the head, and he offered them up in smoke on the altar, -- leviticus 9:13 +. +and he washed the entrails and the legs and offered them up in smoke on top of the burnt offering on the altar. -- leviticus 9:14 +. +Then he presented the people's offering. He took the sin offering male goat which was for the people, slaughtered it, and performed a decontamination rite with it like the first one. -- leviticus 9:15 +. +He then presented the burnt offering, and did it according to the standard regulation. -- leviticus 9:16 +. +Next he presented the grain offering, filled his hand with some of it, and offered it up in smoke on the altar in addition to the morning burnt offering. -- leviticus 9:17 +. +Then he slaughtered the ox and the ram - the peace offering sacrifices which were for the people - and Aaron's sons handed the blood to him and he splashed it against the altar's sides. -- leviticus 9:18 +. +As for the fat parts from the ox and from the ram (the fatty tail, the fat covering the entrails, the kidneys, and the protruding lobe of the liver), -- leviticus 9:19 +. +they set those on the breasts and he offered the fat parts up in smoke on the altar. -- leviticus 9:20 +. +Finally Aaron waved the breasts and the right thigh as a wave offering before the Lord just as Moses had commanded. -- leviticus 9:21 +. +Then Aaron lifted up his hands toward the people and blessed them and descended from making the sin offering, the burnt offering, and the peace offering. -- leviticus 9:22 +. +Moses and Aaron then entered into the Meeting Tent. When they came out, they blessed the people, and the glory of the Lord appeared to all the people. -- leviticus 9:23 +. +Then fire went out from the presence of the Lord and consumed the burnt offering and the fat parts on the altar, and all the people saw it, so they shouted loudly and fell down with their faces to the ground. -- leviticus 9:24 +. +Then Aaron's sons, Nadab and Abihu, each took his fire pan and put fire in it, set incense on it, and presented strange fire before the Lord, which he had not commanded them to do. -- leviticus 10:1 +. +So fire went out from the presence of the Lord and consumed them so that they died before the Lord. -- leviticus 10:2 +. +Moses then said to Aaron, "This is what the Lord spoke: 'Among the ones close to me I will show myself holy, and in the presence of all the people I will be honored.'" So Aaron kept silent. -- leviticus 10:3 +. +Moses then called to Mishael and Elzaphan, the sons of Uzziel, Aaron's uncle, and said to them, "Come near, carry your brothers away from the front of the sanctuary to a place outside the camp." -- leviticus 10:4 +. +So they came near and carried them away in their tunics to a place outside the camp just as Moses had spoken. -- leviticus 10:5 +. +Then Moses said to Aaron and to Eleazar and Ithamar his other two sons, "Do not dishevel the hair of your heads and do not tear your garments, so that you do not die and so that wrath does not come on the whole congregation. Your brothers, all the house of Israel, are to mourn the burning which the Lord has caused, -- leviticus 10:6 +. +but you must not go out from the entrance of the Meeting Tent lest you die, for the Lord's anointing oil is on you." So they acted according to the word of Moses. -- leviticus 10:7 +. +Then the Lord spoke to Aaron, -- leviticus 10:8 +. +"Do not drink wine or strong drink, you and your sons with you, when you enter into the Meeting Tent, so that you do not die, which is a perpetual statute throughout your generations, -- leviticus 10:9 +. +as well as to distinguish between the holy and the common, and between the unclean and the clean, -- leviticus 10:10 +. +and to teach the Israelites all the statutes that the Lord has spoken to them through Moses." -- leviticus 10:11 +. +Then Moses spoke to Aaron and to Eleazar and Ithamar, his remaining sons, "Take the grain offering which remains from the gifts of the Lord and eat it unleavened beside the altar, for it is most holy. -- leviticus 10:12 +. +You must eat it in a holy place because it is your allotted portion and the allotted portion of your sons from the gifts of the Lord, for this is what I have been commanded. -- leviticus 10:13 +. +Also, the breast of the wave offering and the thigh of the contribution offering you must eat in a ceremonially clean place, you and your sons and daughters with you, for they have been given as your allotted portion and the allotted portion of your sons from the peace offering sacrifices of the Israelites. -- leviticus 10:14 +. +The thigh of the contribution offering and the breast of the wave offering they must bring in addition to the gifts of the fat parts to wave them as a wave offering before the Lord, and it will belong to you and your sons with you for a perpetual statute just as the Lord has commanded." -- leviticus 10:15 +. +Later Moses sought diligently for the sin offering male goat, but it had actually been burnt. So he became angry at Eleazar and Ithamar, Aaron's remaining sons, saying, -- leviticus 10:16 +. +"Why did you not eat the sin offering in the sanctuary? For it is most holy and he gave it to you to bear the iniquity of the congregation, to make atonement on their behalf before the Lord. -- leviticus 10:17 +. +See here! Its blood was not brought into the holy place within! You should certainly have eaten it in the sanctuary just as I commanded!" -- leviticus 10:18 +. +But Aaron spoke to Moses, "See here! Just today they presented their sin offering and their burnt offering before the Lord and such things as these have happened to me! If I had eaten a sin offering today would the Lord have been pleased?" -- leviticus 10:19 +. +When Moses heard this explanation, he was satisfied. -- leviticus 10:20 +. +The Lord spoke to Moses and Aaron, saying to them, -- leviticus 11:1 +. +"Tell the Israelites: 'This is the kind of creature you may eat from among all the animals that are on the land. -- leviticus 11:2 +. +You may eat any among the animals that has a divided hoof (the hooves are completely split in two) and that also chews the cud. -- leviticus 11:3 +. +However, you must not eat these from among those that chew the cud and have divided hooves: The camel is unclean to you because it chews the cud even though its hoof is not divided. -- leviticus 11:4 +. +The rock badger is unclean to you because it chews the cud even though its hoof is not divided. -- leviticus 11:5 +. +The hare is unclean to you because it chews the cud even though its hoof is not divided. -- leviticus 11:6 +. +The pig is unclean to you because its hoof is divided (the hoof is completely split in two), even though it does not chew the cud. -- leviticus 11:7 +. +You must not eat from their meat and you must not touch their carcasses; they are unclean to you. -- leviticus 11:8 +. +"'These you can eat from all creatures that are in the water: Any creatures in the water that have both fins and scales, whether in the seas or in the streams, you may eat. -- leviticus 11:9 +. +But any creatures that do not have both fins and scales, whether in the seas or in the streams, from all the swarming things of the water and from all the living creatures that are in the water, are detestable to you. -- leviticus 11:10 +. +Since they are detestable to you, you must not eat their meat and their carcass you must detest. -- leviticus 11:11 +. +Any creature in the water that does not have both fins and scales is detestable to you. -- leviticus 11:12 +. +"'These you are to detest from among the birds - they must not be eaten, because they are detestable: the griffon vulture, the bearded vulture, the black vulture, -- leviticus 11:13 +. +the kite, the buzzard of any kind, -- leviticus 11:14 +. +every kind of crow, -- leviticus 11:15 +. +the eagle owl, the short-eared owl, the long-eared owl, the hawk of any kind, -- leviticus 11:16 +. +the little owl, the cormorant, the screech owl, -- leviticus 11:17 +. +the white owl, the scops owl, the osprey, -- leviticus 11:18 +. +the stork, the heron of any kind, the hoopoe, and the bat. -- leviticus 11:19 +. +"'Every winged swarming thing that walks on all fours is detestable to you. -- leviticus 11:20 +. +However, this you may eat from all the winged swarming things that walk on all fours, which have jointed legs to hop with on the land. -- leviticus 11:21 +. +These you may eat from them: the locust of any kind, the bald locust of any kind, the cricket of any kind, the grasshopper of any kind. -- leviticus 11:22 +. +But any other winged swarming thing that has four legs is detestable to you. -- leviticus 11:23 +. +"'By these you defile yourselves; anyone who touches their carcass will be unclean until the evening, -- leviticus 11:24 +. +and anyone who carries their carcass must wash his clothes and will be unclean until the evening. -- leviticus 11:25 +. +"'All animals that divide the hoof but it is not completely split in two and do not chew the cud are unclean to you; anyone who touches them becomes unclean. -- leviticus 11:26 +. +All that walk on their paws among all the creatures that walk on all fours are unclean to you. Anyone who touches their carcass will be unclean until the evening, -- leviticus 11:27 +. +and the one who carries their carcass must wash his clothes and be unclean until the evening; they are unclean to you. -- leviticus 11:28 +. +"'Now this is what is unclean to you among the swarming things that swarm on the land: the rat, the mouse, the large lizard of any kind, -- leviticus 11:29 +. +the Mediterranean gecko, the spotted lizard, the wall gecko, the skink, and the chameleon. -- leviticus 11:30 +. +These are the ones that are unclean to you among all the swarming things. Anyone who touches them when they die will be unclean until evening. -- leviticus 11:31 +. +Also, anything they fall on when they die will become unclean - any wood vessel or garment or article of leather or sackcloth. Any such vessel with which work is done must be immersed in water and will be unclean until the evening. Then it will become clean. -- leviticus 11:32 +. +As for any clay vessel they fall into, everything in it will become unclean and you must break it. -- leviticus 11:33 +. +Any food that may be eaten which becomes soaked with water will become unclean. Anything drinkable in any such vessel will become unclean. -- leviticus 11:34 +. +Anything their carcass may fall on will become unclean. An oven or small stove must be smashed to pieces; they are unclean, and they will stay unclean to you. -- leviticus 11:35 +. +However, a spring or a cistern which collects water will be clean, but one who touches their carcass will be unclean. -- leviticus 11:36 +. +Now, if such a carcass falls on any sowing seed which is to be sown, it is clean, -- leviticus 11:37 +. +but if water is put on the seed and such a carcass falls on it, it is unclean to you. -- leviticus 11:38 +. +"'Now if an animal that you may eat dies, whoever touches its carcass will be unclean until the evening. -- leviticus 11:39 +. +One who eats from its carcass must wash his clothes and be unclean until the evening, and whoever carries its carcass must wash his clothes and be unclean until the evening. -- leviticus 11:40 +. +Every swarming thing that swarms on the land is detestable; it must not be eaten. -- leviticus 11:41 +. +You must not eat anything that crawls on its belly or anything that walks on all fours or on any number of legs of all the swarming things that swarm on the land, because they are detestable. -- leviticus 11:42 +. +Do not make yourselves detestable by any of the swarming things. You must not defile yourselves by them and become unclean by them, -- leviticus 11:43 +. +for I am the Lord your God and you are to sanctify yourselves and be holy because I am holy. You must not defile yourselves by any of the swarming things that creep on the ground, -- leviticus 11:44 +. +for I am the Lord who brought you up from the land of Egypt to be your God, and you are to be holy because I am holy. -- leviticus 11:45 +. +This is the law of the land animals, the birds, all the living creatures that move in the water, and all the creatures that swarm on the land, -- leviticus 11:46 +. +to distinguish between the unclean and the clean, between the living creatures that may be eaten and the living creatures that must not be eaten.'" -- leviticus 11:47 +. +The Lord spoke to Moses: -- leviticus 12:1 +. +"Tell the Israelites, 'When a woman produces offspring and bears a male child, she will be unclean seven days, as she is unclean during the days of her menstruation. -- leviticus 12:2 +. +On the eighth day the flesh of his foreskin must be circumcised. -- leviticus 12:3 +. +Then she will remain thirty-three days in blood purity. She must not touch anything holy and she must not enter the sanctuary until the days of her purification are fulfilled. -- leviticus 12:4 +. +If she bears a female child, she will be impure fourteen days as during her menstrual flow, and she will remain sixty-six days in blood purity. -- leviticus 12:5 +. +"'When the days of her purification are completed for a son or for a daughter, she must bring a one year old lamb for a burnt offering and a young pigeon or turtledove for a sin offering to the entrance of the Meeting Tent, to the priest. -- leviticus 12:6 +. +The priest is to present it before the Lord and make atonement on her behalf, and she will be clean from her flow of blood. This is the law of the one who bears a child, for the male or the female child. -- leviticus 12:7 +. +If she cannot afford a sheep, then she must take two turtledoves or two young pigeons, one for a burnt offering and one for a sin offering, and the priest is to make atonement on her behalf, and she will be clean.'" -- leviticus 12:8 +. +The Lord spoke to Moses and Aaron: -- leviticus 13:1 +. +"When someone has a swelling or a scab or a bright spot on the skin of his body that may become a diseased infection, he must be brought to Aaron the priest or one of his sons, the priests. -- leviticus 13:2 +. +The priest must then examine the infection on the skin of the body, and if the hair in the infection has turned white and the infection appears to be deeper than the skin of the body, then it is a diseased infection, so when the priest examines it he must pronounce the person unclean. -- leviticus 13:3 +. +"If it is a white bright spot on the skin of his body, but it does not appear to be deeper than the skin, and the hair has not turned white, then the priest is to quarantine the person with the infection for seven days. -- leviticus 13:4 +. +The priest must then examine it on the seventh day, and if, as far as he can see, the infection has stayed the same and has not spread on the skin, then the priest is to quarantine the person for another seven days. -- leviticus 13:5 +. +The priest must then examine it again on the seventh day, and if the infection has faded and has not spread on the skin, then the priest is to pronounce the person clean. It is a scab, so he must wash his clothes and be clean. -- leviticus 13:6 +. +If, however, the scab is spreading further on the skin after he has shown himself to the priest for his purification, then he must show himself to the priest a second time. -- leviticus 13:7 +. +The priest must then examine it, and if the scab has spread on the skin, then the priest is to pronounce the person unclean. It is a disease. -- leviticus 13:8 +. +"When someone has a diseased infection, he must be brought to the priest. -- leviticus 13:9 +. +The priest will then examine it, and if a white swelling is on the skin, it has turned the hair white, and there is raw flesh in the swelling, -- leviticus 13:10 +. +it is a chronic disease on the skin of his body, so the priest is to pronounce him unclean. The priest must not merely quarantine him, for he is unclean. -- leviticus 13:11 +. +If, however, the disease breaks out on the skin so that the disease covers all the skin of the person with the infection from his head to his feet, as far as the priest can see, -- leviticus 13:12 +. +the priest must then examine it, and if the disease covers his whole body, he is to pronounce the person with the infection clean. He has turned all white, so he is clean. -- leviticus 13:13 +. +But whenever raw flesh appears in it he will be unclean, -- leviticus 13:14 +. +so the priest is to examine the raw flesh and pronounce him unclean - it is diseased. -- leviticus 13:15 +. +If, however, the raw flesh once again turns white, then he must come to the priest. -- leviticus 13:16 +. +The priest will then examine it, and if the infection has turned white, the priest is to pronounce the person with the infection clean - he is clean. -- leviticus 13:17 +. +"When someone's body has a boil on its skin and it heals, -- leviticus 13:18 +. +and in the place of the boil there is a white swelling or a reddish white bright spot, he must show himself to the priest. -- leviticus 13:19 +. +The priest will then examine it, and if it appears to be deeper than the skin and its hair has turned white, then the priest is to pronounce the person unclean. It is a diseased infection that has broken out in the boil. -- leviticus 13:20 +. +If, however, the priest examines it, and there is no white hair in it, it is not deeper than the skin, and it has faded, then the priest is to quarantine him for seven days. -- leviticus 13:21 +. +If it is spreading further on the skin, then the priest is to pronounce him unclean. It is an infection. -- leviticus 13:22 +. +But if the bright spot stays in its place and has not spread, it is the scar of the boil, so the priest is to pronounce him clean. -- leviticus 13:23 +. +"When a body has a burn on its skin and the raw area of the burn becomes a reddish white or white bright spot, -- leviticus 13:24 +. +the priest must examine it, and if the hair has turned white in the bright spot and it appears to be deeper than the skin, it is a disease that has broken out in the burn. The priest is to pronounce the person unclean. It is a diseased infection. -- leviticus 13:25 +. +If, however, the priest examines it and there is no white hair in the bright spot, it is not deeper than the skin, and it has faded, then the priest is to quarantine him for seven days. -- leviticus 13:26 +. +The priest must then examine it on the seventh day, and if it is spreading further on the skin, then the priest is to pronounce him unclean. It is a diseased infection. -- leviticus 13:27 +. +But if the bright spot stays in its place, has not spread on the skin, and it has faded, then it is the swelling of the burn, so the priest is to pronounce him clean, because it is the scar of the burn. -- leviticus 13:28 +. +"When a man or a woman has an infection on the head or in the beard, -- leviticus 13:29 +. +the priest is to examine the infection, and if it appears to be deeper than the skin and the hair in it is reddish yellow and thin, then the priest is to pronounce the person unclean. It is scall, a disease of the head or the beard. -- leviticus 13:30 +. +But if the priest examines the scall infection and it does not appear to be deeper than the skin, and there is no black hair in it, then the priest is to quarantine the person with the scall infection for seven days. -- leviticus 13:31 +. +The priest must then examine the infection on the seventh day, and if the scall has not spread, there is no reddish yellow hair in it, and the scall does not appear to be deeper than the skin, -- leviticus 13:32 +. +then the individual is to shave himself, but he must not shave the area affected by the scall, and the priest is to quarantine the person with the scall for another seven days. -- leviticus 13:33 +. +The priest must then examine the scall on the seventh day, and if the scall has not spread on the skin and it does not appear to be deeper than the skin, then the priest is to pronounce him clean. So he is to wash his clothes and be clean. -- leviticus 13:34 +. +If, however, the scall spreads further on the skin after his purification, -- leviticus 13:35 +. +then the priest is to examine it, and if the scall has spread on the skin the priest is not to search further for reddish yellow hair. The person is unclean. -- leviticus 13:36 +. +If, as far as the priest can see, the scall has stayed the same and black hair has sprouted in it, the scall has been healed; the person is clean. So the priest is to pronounce him clean. -- leviticus 13:37 +. +"When a man or a woman has bright spots - white bright spots - on the skin of their body, -- leviticus 13:38 +. +the priest is to examine them, and if the bright spots on the skin of their body are faded white, it is a harmless rash that has broken out on the skin. The person is clean. -- leviticus 13:39 +. +"When a man's head is bare so that he is balding in back, he is clean. -- leviticus 13:40 +. +If his head is bare on the forehead so that he is balding in front, he is clean. -- leviticus 13:41 +. +But if there is a reddish white infection in the back or front bald area, it is a disease breaking out in his back or front bald area. -- leviticus 13:42 +. +The priest is to examine it, and if the swelling of the infection is reddish white in the back or front bald area like the appearance of a disease on the skin of the body, -- leviticus 13:43 +. +he is a diseased man. He is unclean. The priest must surely pronounce him unclean because of his infection on his head. -- leviticus 13:44 +. +"As for the diseased person who has the infection, his clothes must be torn, the hair of his head must be unbound, he must cover his mustache, and he must call out 'Unclean! Unclean!' -- leviticus 13:45 +. +The whole time he has the infection he will be continually unclean. He must live in isolation, and his place of residence must be outside the camp. -- leviticus 13:46 +. +"When a garment has a diseased infection in it, whether a wool or linen garment, -- leviticus 13:47 +. +or in the warp or woof of the linen or the wool, or in leather or anything made of leather, -- leviticus 13:48 +. +if the infection in the garment or leather or warp or woof or any article of leather is yellowish green or reddish, it is a diseased infection and it must be shown to the priest. -- leviticus 13:49 +. +The priest is to examine and then quarantine the article with the infection for seven days. -- leviticus 13:50 +. +He must then examine the infection on the seventh day. If the infection has spread in the garment, or in the warp, or in the woof, or in the leather - whatever the article into which the leather was made - the infection is a malignant disease. It is unclean. -- leviticus 13:51 +. +He must burn the garment or the warp or the woof, whether wool or linen, or any article of leather which has the infection in it. Because it is a malignant disease it must be burned up in the fire. -- leviticus 13:52 +. +But if the priest examines it and the infection has not spread in the garment or in the warp or in the woof or in any article of leather, -- leviticus 13:53 +. +the priest is to command that they wash whatever has the infection and quarantine it for another seven days. -- leviticus 13:54 +. +The priest must then examine it after the infection has been washed out, and if the infection has not changed its appearance even though the infection has not spread, it is unclean. You must burn it up in the fire. It is a fungus, whether on the back side or front side of the article. -- leviticus 13:55 +. +But if the priest has examined it and the infection has faded after it has been washed, he is to tear it out of the garment or the leather or the warp or the woof. -- leviticus 13:56 +. +Then if it still appears again in the garment or the warp or the woof, or in any article of leather, it is an outbreak. Whatever has the infection in it you must burn up in the fire. -- leviticus 13:57 +. +But the garment or the warp or the woof or any article of leather which you wash and infection disappears from it is to be washed a second time and it will be clean." -- leviticus 13:58 +. +This is the law of the diseased infection in the garment of wool or linen, or the warp or woof, or any article of leather, for pronouncing it clean or unclean. -- leviticus 13:59 +. +The Lord spoke to Moses: -- leviticus 14:1 +. +"This is the law of the diseased person on the day of his purification, when he is brought to the priest. -- leviticus 14:2 +. +The priest is to go outside the camp and examine the infection. If the infection of the diseased person has been healed, -- leviticus 14:3 +. +then the priest will command that two live clean birds, a piece of cedar wood, a scrap of crimson fabric, and some twigs of hyssop be taken up for the one being cleansed. -- leviticus 14:4 +. +The priest will then command that one bird be slaughtered into a clay vessel over fresh water. -- leviticus 14:5 +. +Then he is to take the live bird along with the piece of cedar wood, the scrap of crimson fabric, and the twigs of hyssop, and he is to dip them and the live bird in the blood of the bird slaughtered over the fresh water, -- leviticus 14:6 +. +and sprinkle it seven times on the one being cleansed from the disease, pronounce him clean, and send the live bird away over the open countryside. -- leviticus 14:7 +. +"The one being cleansed must then wash his clothes, shave off all his hair, and bathe in water, and so be clean. Then afterward he may enter the camp, but he must live outside his tent seven days. -- leviticus 14:8 +. +When the seventh day comes he must shave all his hair - his head, his beard, his eyebrows, all his hair - and he must wash his clothes, bathe his body in water, and so be clean. -- leviticus 14:9 +. +"On the eighth day he must take two flawless male lambs, one flawless yearling female lamb, three-tenths of an ephah of choice wheat flour as a grain offering mixed with olive oil, and one log of olive oil, -- leviticus 14:10 +. +and the priest who pronounces him clean will have the man who is being cleansed stand along with these offerings before the Lord at the entrance of the Meeting Tent. -- leviticus 14:11 +. +"The priest is to take one male lamb and present it for a guilt offering along with the log of olive oil and present them as a wave offering before the Lord. -- leviticus 14:12 +. +He must then slaughter the male lamb in the place where the sin offering and the burnt offering are slaughtered, in the sanctuary, because, like the sin offering, the guilt offering belongs to the priest; it is most holy. -- leviticus 14:13 +. +Then the priest is to take some of the blood of the guilt offering and put it on the right earlobe of the one being cleansed, on the thumb of his right hand, and on the big toe of his right foot. -- leviticus 14:14 +. +The priest will then take some of the log of olive oil and pour it into his own left hand. -- leviticus 14:15 +. +Then the priest is to dip his right forefinger into the olive oil that is in his left hand, and sprinkle some of the olive oil with his finger seven times before the Lord. -- leviticus 14:16 +. +The priest will then put some of the rest of the olive oil that is in his hand on the right earlobe of the one being cleansed, on the thumb of his right hand, and on the big toe of his right foot, on the blood of the guilt offering, -- leviticus 14:17 +. +and the remainder of the olive oil that is in his hand the priest is to put on the head of the one being cleansed. So the priest is to make atonement for him before the Lord. -- leviticus 14:18 +. +"The priest must then perform the sin offering and make atonement for the one being cleansed from his impurity. After that he is to slaughter the burnt offering, -- leviticus 14:19 +. +and the priest is to offer the burnt offering and the grain offering on the altar. So the priest is to make atonement for him and he will be clean. -- leviticus 14:20 +. +"If the person is poor and does not have sufficient means, he must take one male lamb as a guilt offering for a wave offering to make atonement for himself, one-tenth of an ephah of choice wheat flour mixed with olive oil for a grain offering, a log of olive oil, -- leviticus 14:21 +. +and two turtledoves or two young pigeons, which are within his means. One will be a sin offering and the other a burnt offering. -- leviticus 14:22 +. +"On the eighth day he must bring them for his purification to the priest at the entrance of the Meeting Tent before the Lord, -- leviticus 14:23 +. +and the priest is to take the male lamb of the guilt offering and the log of olive oil and wave them as a wave offering before the Lord. -- leviticus 14:24 +. +Then he is to slaughter the male lamb of the guilt offering, and the priest is to take some of the blood of the guilt offering and put it on the right earlobe of the one being cleansed, on the thumb of his right hand, and on the big toe of his right foot. -- leviticus 14:25 +. +The priest will then pour some of the olive oil into his own left hand, -- leviticus 14:26 +. +and sprinkle some of the olive oil that is in his left hand with his right forefinger seven times before the Lord. -- leviticus 14:27 +. +Then the priest is to put some of the olive oil that is in his hand on the right earlobe of the one being cleansed, on the thumb of his right hand, and on the big toe of his right foot, on the place of the blood of the guilt offering, -- leviticus 14:28 +. +and the remainder of the olive oil that is in the hand of the priest he is to put on the head of the one being cleansed to make atonement for him before the Lord. -- leviticus 14:29 +. +"He will then make one of the turtledoves or young pigeons, which are within his means, -- leviticus 14:30 +. +a sin offering and the other a burnt offering along with the grain offering. So the priest is to make atonement for the one being cleansed before the Lord. -- leviticus 14:31 +. +This is the law of the one in whom there is a diseased infection, who does not have sufficient means for his purification." -- leviticus 14:32 +. +The Lord spoke to Moses and Aaron: -- leviticus 14:33 +. +"When you enter the land of Canaan which I am about to give to you for a possession, and I put a diseased infection in a house in the land you are to possess, -- leviticus 14:34 +. +then whoever owns the house must come and declare to the priest, 'Something like an infection is visible to me in the house.' -- leviticus 14:35 +. +Then the priest will command that the house be cleared before the priest enters to examine the infection so that everything in the house does not become unclean, and afterward the priest will enter to examine the house. -- leviticus 14:36 +. +He is to examine the infection, and if the infection in the walls of the house consists of yellowish green or reddish eruptions, and it appears to be deeper than the surface of the wall, -- leviticus 14:37 +. +then the priest is to go out of the house to the doorway of the house and quarantine the house for seven days. -- leviticus 14:38 +. +The priest must return on the seventh day and examine it, and if the infection has spread in the walls of the house, -- leviticus 14:39 +. +then the priest is to command that the stones that had the infection in them be pulled and thrown outside the city into an unclean place. -- leviticus 14:40 +. +Then he is to have the house scraped all around on the inside, and the plaster which is scraped off must be dumped outside the city into an unclean place. -- leviticus 14:41 +. +They are then to take other stones and replace those stones, and he is to take other plaster and replaster the house. -- leviticus 14:42 +. +"If the infection returns and breaks out in the house after he has pulled out the stones, scraped the house, and it is replastered, -- leviticus 14:43 +. +the priest is to come and examine it, and if the infection has spread in the house, it is a malignant disease in the house. It is unclean. -- leviticus 14:44 +. +He must tear down the house, its stones, its wood, and all the plaster of the house, and bring all of it outside the city to an unclean place. -- leviticus 14:45 +. +Anyone who enters the house all the days the priest has quarantined it will be unclean until evening. -- leviticus 14:46 +. +Anyone who lies down in the house must wash his clothes. Anyone who eats in the house must wash his clothes. -- leviticus 14:47 +. +"If, however, the priest enters and examines it, and the infection has not spread in the house after the house has been replastered, then the priest is to pronounce the house clean because the infection has been healed. -- leviticus 14:48 +. +Then he is to take two birds, a piece of cedar wood, a scrap of crimson fabric, and some twigs of hyssop to decontaminate the house, -- leviticus 14:49 +. +and he is to slaughter one bird into a clay vessel over fresh water. -- leviticus 14:50 +. +He must then take the piece of cedar wood, the twigs of hyssop, the scrap of crimson fabric, and the live bird, and dip them in the blood of the slaughtered bird and in the fresh water, and sprinkle the house seven times. -- leviticus 14:51 +. +So he is to decontaminate the house with the blood of the bird, the fresh water, the live bird, the piece of cedar wood, the twigs of hyssop, and the scrap of crimson fabric, -- leviticus 14:52 +. +and he is to send the live bird away outside the city into the open countryside. So he is to make atonement for the house and it will be clean. -- leviticus 14:53 +. +"This is the law for all diseased infections, for scall, -- leviticus 14:54 +. +for the diseased garment, for the house, -- leviticus 14:55 +. +for the swelling, for the scab, and for the bright spot, -- leviticus 14:56 +. +to teach when something is unclean and when it is clean. This is the law for dealing with infectious disease." -- leviticus 14:57 +. +The Lord spoke to Moses and Aaron: -- leviticus 15:1 +. +"Speak to the Israelites and tell them, 'When any man has a discharge from his body, his discharge is unclean. -- leviticus 15:2 +. +Now this is his uncleanness in regard to his discharge - whether his body secretes his discharge or blocks his discharge, he is unclean. All the days that his body has a discharge or his body blocks his discharge, this is his uncleanness. -- leviticus 15:3 +. +"'Any bed the man with a discharge lies on will be unclean, and any furniture he sits on will be unclean. -- leviticus 15:4 +. +Anyone who touches his bed must wash his clothes, bathe in water, and be unclean until evening. -- leviticus 15:5 +. +The one who sits on the furniture the man with a discharge sits on must wash his clothes, bathe in water, and be unclean until evening. -- leviticus 15:6 +. +The one who touches the body of the man with a discharge must wash his clothes, bathe in water, and be unclean until evening. -- leviticus 15:7 +. +If the man with a discharge spits on a person who is ceremonially clean, that person must wash his clothes, bathe in water, and be unclean until evening. -- leviticus 15:8 +. +Any means of riding the man with a discharge rides on will be unclean. -- leviticus 15:9 +. +Anyone who touches anything that was under him will be unclean until evening, and the one who carries those items must wash his clothes, bathe in water, and be unclean until evening. -- leviticus 15:10 +. +Anyone whom the man with the discharge touches without having rinsed his hands in water must wash his clothes, bathe in water, and be unclean until evening. -- leviticus 15:11 +. +A clay vessel which the man with the discharge touches must be broken, and any wooden utensil must be rinsed in water. -- leviticus 15:12 +. +"'When the man with the discharge becomes clean from his discharge he is to count off for himself seven days for his purification, and he must wash his clothes, bathe in fresh water, and be clean. -- leviticus 15:13 +. +Then on the eighth day he is to take for himself two turtledoves or two young pigeons, and he is to present himself before the Lord at the entrance of the Meeting Tent and give them to the priest, -- leviticus 15:14 +. +and the priest is to make one of them a sin offering and the other a burnt offering. So the priest is to make atonement for him before the Lord for his discharge. -- leviticus 15:15 +. +"'When a man has a seminal emission, he must bathe his whole body in water and be unclean until evening, -- leviticus 15:16 +. +and he must wash in water any clothing or leather that has semen on it, and it will be unclean until evening. -- leviticus 15:17 +. +When a man has sexual intercourse with a woman and there is a seminal emission, they must bathe in water and be unclean until evening. -- leviticus 15:18 +. +"'When a woman has a discharge and her discharge is blood from her body, she is to be in her menstruation seven days, and anyone who touches her will be unclean until evening. -- leviticus 15:19 +. +Anything she lies on during her menstruation will be unclean, and anything she sits on will be unclean. -- leviticus 15:20 +. +Anyone who touches her bed must wash his clothes, bathe in water, and be unclean until evening. -- leviticus 15:21 +. +Anyone who touches any furniture she sits on must wash his clothes, bathe in water, and be unclean until evening. -- leviticus 15:22 +. +If there is something on the bed or on the furniture she sits on, when he touches it he will be unclean until evening, -- leviticus 15:23 +. +and if a man actually has sexual intercourse with her so that her menstrual impurity touches him, then he will be unclean seven days and any bed he lies on will be unclean. -- leviticus 15:24 +. +"'When a woman's discharge of blood flows many days not at the time of her menstruation, or if it flows beyond the time of her menstruation, all the days of her discharge of impurity will be like the days of her menstruation - she is unclean. -- leviticus 15:25 +. +Any bed she lies on all the days of her discharge will be to her like the bed of her menstruation, any furniture she sits on will be unclean like the impurity of her menstruation, -- leviticus 15:26 +. +and anyone who touches them will be unclean, and he must wash his clothes, bathe in water, and be unclean until evening. -- leviticus 15:27 +. +"'If she becomes clean from her discharge, then she is to count off for herself seven days, and afterward she will be clean. -- leviticus 15:28 +. +Then on the eighth day she must take for herself two turtledoves or two young pigeons and she must bring them to the priest at the entrance of the Meeting Tent, -- leviticus 15:29 +. +and the priest is to make one a sin offering and the other a burnt offering. So the priest is to make atonement for her before the Lord from her discharge of impurity. -- leviticus 15:30 +. +"'Thus you are to set the Israelites apart from their impurity so that they do not die in their impurity by defiling my tabernacle which is in their midst. -- leviticus 15:31 +. +This is the law of the one with a discharge: the one who has a seminal emission and becomes unclean by it, -- leviticus 15:32 +. +the one who is sick in her menstruation, the one with a discharge, whether male or female, and a man who has sexual intercourse with an unclean woman.'" -- leviticus 15:33 +. +The Lord spoke to Moses after the death of Aaron's two sons when they approached the presence of the Lord and died, -- leviticus 16:1 +. +and the Lord said to Moses: "Tell Aaron your brother that he must not enter at any time into the holy place inside the veil-canopy in front of the atonement plate that is on the ark so that he may not die, for I will appear in the cloud over the atonement plate. -- leviticus 16:2 +. +"In this way Aaron is to enter into the sanctuary - with a young bull for a sin offering and a ram for a burnt offering. -- leviticus 16:3 +. +He must put on a holy linen tunic, linen leggings are to cover his body, and he is to wrap himself with a linen sash and wrap his head with a linen turban. They are holy garments, so he must bathe his body in water and put them on. -- leviticus 16:4 +. +He must also take two male goats from the congregation of the Israelites for a sin offering and one ram for a burnt offering. -- leviticus 16:5 +. +Then Aaron is to present the sin offering bull which is for himself and is to make atonement on behalf of himself and his household. -- leviticus 16:6 +. +He must then take the two goats and stand them before the Lord at the entrance of the Meeting Tent, -- leviticus 16:7 +. +and Aaron is to cast lots over the two goats, one lot for the Lord and one lot for Azazel. -- leviticus 16:8 +. +Aaron must then present the goat which has been designated by lot for the Lord, and he is to make it a sin offering, -- leviticus 16:9 +. +but the goat which has been designated by lot for Azazel is to be stood alive before the Lord to make atonement on it by sending it away to Azazel into the wilderness. -- leviticus 16:10 +. +"Aaron is to present the sin offering bull which is for himself, and he is to make atonement on behalf of himself and his household. He is to slaughter the sin offering bull which is for himself, -- leviticus 16:11 +. +and take a censer full of coals of fire from the altar before the Lord and a full double handful of finely ground fragrant incense, and bring them inside the veil-canopy. -- leviticus 16:12 +. +He must then put the incense on the fire before the Lord, and the cloud of incense will cover the atonement plate which is above the ark of the testimony, so that he will not die. -- leviticus 16:13 +. +Then he is to take some of the blood of the bull and sprinkle it with his finger on the eastern face of the atonement plate, and in front of the atonement plate he is to sprinkle some of the blood seven times with his finger. -- leviticus 16:14 +. +"He must then slaughter the sin offering goat which is for the people. He is to bring its blood inside the veil-canopy, and he is to do with its blood just as he did to the blood of the bull: He is to sprinkle it on the atonement plate and in front of the atonement plate. -- leviticus 16:15 +. +So he is to make atonement for the holy place from the impurities of the Israelites and from their transgressions with regard to all their sins, and thus he is to do for the Meeting Tent which resides with them in the midst of their impurities. -- leviticus 16:16 +. +Nobody is to be in the Meeting Tent when he enters to make atonement in the holy place until he goes out, and he has made atonement on his behalf, on behalf of his household, and on behalf of the whole assembly of Israel. -- leviticus 16:17 +. +"Then he is to go out to the altar which is before the Lord and make atonement for it. He is to take some of the blood of the bull and some of the blood of the goat, and put it all around on the horns of the altar. -- leviticus 16:18 +. +Then he is to sprinkle on it some of the blood with his finger seven times, and cleanse and consecrate it from the impurities of the Israelites. -- leviticus 16:19 +. +"When he has finished purifying the holy place, the Meeting Tent, and the altar, he is to present the live goat. -- leviticus 16:20 +. +Aaron is to lay his two hands on the head of the live goat and confess over it all the iniquities of the Israelites and all their transgressions in regard to all their sins, and thus he is to put them on the head of the goat and send it away into the wilderness by the hand of a man standing ready. -- leviticus 16:21 +. +The goat is to bear on itself all their iniquities into an inaccessible land, so he is to send the goat away in the wilderness. -- leviticus 16:22 +. +"Aaron must then enter the Meeting Tent and take off the linen garments which he had put on when he entered the sanctuary, and leave them there. -- leviticus 16:23 +. +Then he must bathe his body in water in a holy place, put on his clothes, and go out and make his burnt offering and the people's burnt offering. So he is to make atonement on behalf of himself and the people. -- leviticus 16:24 +. +"Then he is to offer up the fat of the sin offering in smoke on the altar, -- leviticus 16:25 +. +and the one who sent the goat away to Azazel must wash his clothes, bathe his body in water, and afterward he may reenter the camp. -- leviticus 16:26 +. +The bull of the sin offering and the goat of the sin offering, whose blood was brought to make atonement in the holy place, must be brought outside the camp and their hide, their flesh, and their dung must be burned up, -- leviticus 16:27 +. +and the one who burns them must wash his clothes and bathe his body in water, and afterward he may reenter the camp. -- leviticus 16:28 +. +"This is to be a perpetual statute for you. In the seventh month, on the tenth day of the month, you must humble yourselves and do no work of any kind, both the native citizen and the foreigner who resides in your midst, -- leviticus 16:29 +. +for on this day atonement is to be made for you to cleanse you from all your sins; you must be clean before the Lord. -- leviticus 16:30 +. +It is to be a Sabbath of complete rest for you, and you must humble yourselves. It is a perpetual statute. -- leviticus 16:31 +. +"The priest who is anointed and ordained to act as high priest in place of his father is to make atonement. He is to put on the linen garments, the holy garments, -- leviticus 16:32 +. +and he is to purify the Most Holy Place, he is to purify the Meeting Tent and the altar, and he is to make atonement for the priests and for all the people of the assembly. -- leviticus 16:33 +. +This is to be a perpetual statute for you to make atonement for the Israelites for all their sins once a year." So he did just as the Lord had commanded Moses. -- leviticus 16:34 +. +The Lord spoke to Moses: -- leviticus 17:1 +. +"Speak to Aaron, his sons, and all the Israelites, and tell them: 'This is the word that the Lord has commanded: -- leviticus 17:2 +. +"Blood guilt will be accounted to any man from the house of Israel who slaughters an ox or a lamb or a goat inside the camp or outside the camp, -- leviticus 17:3 +. +but has not brought it to the entrance of the Meeting Tent to present it as an offering to the Lord before the tabernacle of the Lord. He has shed blood, so that man will be cut off from the midst of his people. -- leviticus 17:4 +. +This is so that the Israelites will bring their sacrifices that they are sacrificing in the open field to the Lord at the entrance of the Meeting Tent to the priest and sacrifice them there as peace offering sacrifices to the Lord. -- leviticus 17:5 +. +The priest is to splash the blood on the altar of the Lord at the entrance of the Meeting Tent, and offer the fat up in smoke for a soothing aroma to the Lord. -- leviticus 17:6 +. +So they must no longer offer their sacrifices to the goat demons, acting like prostitutes by going after them. This is to be a perpetual statute for them throughout their generations. -- leviticus 17:7 +. +"You are to say to them: 'Any man from the house of Israel or from the foreigners who reside in their midst, who offers a burnt offering or a sacrifice -- leviticus 17:8 +. +but does not bring it to the entrance of the Meeting Tent to offer it to the Lord - that person will be cut off from his people. -- leviticus 17:9 +. +"'Any man from the house of Israel or from the foreigners who reside in their midst who eats any blood, I will set my face against that person who eats the blood, and I will cut him off from the midst of his people, -- leviticus 17:10 +. +for the life of every living thing is in the blood. So I myself have assigned it to you on the altar to make atonement for your lives, for the blood makes atonement by means of the life. -- leviticus 17:11 +. +Therefore, I have said to the Israelites: No person among you is to eat blood, and no resident foreigner who lives among you is to eat blood. -- leviticus 17:12 +. +"'Any man from the Israelites or from the foreigners who reside in their midst who hunts a wild animal or a bird that may be eaten must pour out its blood and cover it with soil, -- leviticus 17:13 +. +for the life of all flesh is its blood. So I have said to the Israelites: You must not eat the blood of any living thing because the life of every living thing is its blood - all who eat it will be cut off. -- leviticus 17:14 +. +"'Any person who eats an animal that has died of natural causes or an animal torn by beasts, whether a native citizen or a foreigner, must wash his clothes, bathe in water, and be unclean until evening; then he becomes clean. -- leviticus 17:15 +. +But if he does not wash his clothes and does not bathe his body, he will bear his punishment for iniquity.'" -- leviticus 17:16 +. +The Lord spoke to Moses: -- leviticus 18:1 +. +"Speak to the Israelites and tell them, 'I am the Lord your God! -- leviticus 18:2 +. +You must not do as they do in the land of Egypt where you have been living, and you must not do as they do in the land of Canaan into which I am about to bring you; you must not walk in their statutes. -- leviticus 18:3 +. +You must observe my regulations and you must be sure to walk in my statutes. I am the Lord your God. -- leviticus 18:4 +. +So you must keep my statutes and my regulations; anyone who does so will live by keeping them. I am the Lord. -- leviticus 18:5 +. +"'No man is to approach any close relative to have sexual intercourse with her. I am the Lord. -- leviticus 18:6 +. +You must not expose your father's nakedness by having sexual intercourse with your mother. She is your mother; you must not have intercourse with her. -- leviticus 18:7 +. +You must not have sexual intercourse with your father's wife; she is your father's nakedness. -- leviticus 18:8 +. +You must not have sexual intercourse with your sister, whether she is your father's daughter or your mother's daughter, whether she is born in the same household or born outside it; you must not have sexual intercourse with either of them. -- leviticus 18:9 +. +You must not expose the nakedness of your son's daughter or your daughter's daughter by having sexual intercourse with them, because they are your own nakedness. -- leviticus 18:10 +. +You must not have sexual intercourse with the daughter of your father's wife born of your father; she is your sister. You must not have intercourse with her. -- leviticus 18:11 +. +You must not have sexual intercourse with your father's sister; she is your father's flesh. -- leviticus 18:12 +. +You must not have sexual intercourse with your mother's sister, because she is your mother's flesh. -- leviticus 18:13 +. +You must not expose the nakedness of your father's brother; you must not approach his wife to have sexual intercourse with her. She is your aunt. -- leviticus 18:14 +. +You must not have sexual intercourse with your daughter-in-law; she is your son's wife. You must not have intercourse with her. -- leviticus 18:15 +. +You must not have sexual intercourse with your brother's wife; she is your brother's nakedness. -- leviticus 18:16 +. +You must not have sexual intercourse with both a woman and her daughter; you must not take as wife either her son's daughter or her daughter's daughter to have intercourse with them. They are closely related to her - it is lewdness. -- leviticus 18:17 +. +You must not take a woman in marriage and then marry her sister as a rival wife while she is still alive, to have sexual intercourse with her. -- leviticus 18:18 +. +"'You must not approach a woman in her menstrual impurity to have sexual intercourse with her. -- leviticus 18:19 +. +You must not have sexual intercourse with the wife of your fellow citizen to become unclean with her. -- leviticus 18:20 +. +You must not give any of your children as an offering to Molech, so that you do not profane the name of your God. I am the Lord! -- leviticus 18:21 +. +You must not have sexual intercourse with a male as one has sexual intercourse with a woman; it is a detestable act. -- leviticus 18:22 +. +You must not have sexual intercourse with any animal to become defiled with it, and a woman must not stand before an animal to have sexual intercourse with it; it is a perversion. -- leviticus 18:23 +. +"'Do not defile yourselves with any of these things, for the nations which I am about to drive out before you have been defiled with all these things. -- leviticus 18:24 +. +Therefore the land has become unclean and I have brought the punishment for its iniquity upon it, so that the land has vomited out its inhabitants. -- leviticus 18:25 +. +You yourselves must obey my statutes and my regulations and must not do any of these abominations, both the native citizen and the resident foreigner in your midst, -- leviticus 18:26 +. +for the people who were in the land before you have done all these abominations, and the land has become unclean. -- leviticus 18:27 +. +So do not make the land vomit you out because you defile it just as it has vomited out the nations that were before you. -- leviticus 18:28 +. +For if anyone does any of these abominations, the persons who do them will be cut off from the midst of their people. -- leviticus 18:29 +. +You must obey my charge to not practice any of the abominable statutes that have been done before you, so that you do not defile yourselves by them. I am the Lord your God.'" -- leviticus 18:30 +. +The Lord spoke to Moses: -- leviticus 19:1 +. +"Speak to the whole congregation of the Israelites and tell them, 'You must be holy because I, the Lord your God, am holy. -- leviticus 19:2 +. +Each of you must respect his mother and his father, and you must keep my Sabbaths. I am the Lord your God. -- leviticus 19:3 +. +Do not turn to idols, and you must not make for yourselves gods of cast metal. I am the Lord your God. -- leviticus 19:4 +. +"'When you sacrifice a peace offering sacrifice to the Lord, you must sacrifice it so that it is accepted for you. -- leviticus 19:5 +. +It must be eaten on the day of your sacrifice and on the following day, but what is left over until the third day must be burned up. -- leviticus 19:6 +. +If, however, it is eaten on the third day, it is spoiled, it will not be accepted, -- leviticus 19:7 +. +and the one who eats it will bear his punishment for iniquity because he has profaned what is holy to the Lord. That person will be cut off from his people. -- leviticus 19:8 +. +"'When you gather in the harvest of your land, you must not completely harvest the corner of your field, and you must not gather up the gleanings of your harvest. -- leviticus 19:9 +. +You must not pick your vineyard bare, and you must not gather up the fallen grapes of your vineyard. You must leave them for the poor and the foreigner. I am the Lord your God. -- leviticus 19:10 +. +"'You must not steal, you must not tell lies, and you must not deal falsely with your fellow citizen. -- leviticus 19:11 +. +You must not swear falsely in my name, so that you do not profane the name of your God. I am the Lord. -- leviticus 19:12 +. +You must not oppress your neighbor or commit robbery against him. You must not withhold the wages of the hired laborer overnight until morning. -- leviticus 19:13 +. +You must not curse a deaf person or put a stumbling block in front of a blind person. You must fear your God; I am the Lord. -- leviticus 19:14 +. +"'You must not deal unjustly in judgment: you must neither show partiality to the poor nor honor the rich. You must judge your fellow citizen fairly. -- leviticus 19:15 +. +You must not go about as a slanderer among your people. You must not stand idly by when your neighbor's life is at stake. I am the Lord. -- leviticus 19:16 +. +You must not hate your brother in your heart. You must surely reprove your fellow citizen so that you do not incur sin on account of him. -- leviticus 19:17 +. +You must not take vengeance or bear a grudge against the children of your people, but you must love your neighbor as yourself. I am the Lord. -- leviticus 19:18 +. +You must keep my statutes. You must not allow two different kinds of your animals to breed, you must not sow your field with two different kinds of seed, and you must not wear a garment made of two different kinds of fabric. -- leviticus 19:19 +. +"'When a man has sexual intercourse with a woman, although she is a slave woman designated for another man and she has not yet been ransomed, or freedom has not been granted to her, there will be an obligation to pay compensation. They must not be put to death, because she was not free. -- leviticus 19:20 +. +He must bring his guilt offering to the Lord at the entrance of the Meeting Tent, a guilt offering ram, -- leviticus 19:21 +. +and the priest is to make atonement for him with the ram of the guilt offering before the Lord for his sin that he has committed, and he will be forgiven of his sin that he has committed. -- leviticus 19:22 +. +"'When you enter the land and plant any fruit tree, you must consider its fruit to be forbidden. Three years it will be forbidden to you; it must not be eaten. -- leviticus 19:23 +. +In the fourth year all its fruit will be holy, praise offerings to the Lord. -- leviticus 19:24 +. +Then in the fifth year you may eat its fruit to add its produce to your harvest. I am the Lord your God. -- leviticus 19:25 +. +"'You must not eat anything with the blood still in it. You must not practice either divination or soothsaying. -- leviticus 19:26 +. +You must not round off the corners of the hair on your head or ruin the corners of your beard. -- leviticus 19:27 +. +You must not slash your body for a dead person or incise a tattoo on yourself. I am the Lord. -- leviticus 19:28 +. +Do not profane your daughter by making her a prostitute, so that the land does not practice prostitution and become full of lewdness. -- leviticus 19:29 +. +"'You must keep my Sabbaths and fear my sanctuary. I am the Lord. -- leviticus 19:30 +. +Do not turn to the spirits of the dead and do not seek familiar spirits to become unclean by them. I am the Lord your God. -- leviticus 19:31 +. +You must stand up in the presence of the aged, honor the presence of an elder, and fear your God. I am the Lord. -- leviticus 19:32 +. +When a foreigner resides with you in your land, you must not oppress him. -- leviticus 19:33 +. +The foreigner who resides with you must be to you like a native citizen among you; so you must love him as yourself, because you were foreigners in the land of Egypt. I am the Lord your God. -- leviticus 19:34 +. +You must not do injustice in the regulation of measures, whether of length, weight, or volume. -- leviticus 19:35 +. +You must have honest balances, honest weights, an honest ephah, and an honest hin. I am the Lord your God who brought you out from the land of Egypt. -- leviticus 19:36 +. +You must be sure to obey all my statutes and regulations. I am the Lord.'" -- leviticus 19:37 +. +The Lord spoke to Moses: -- leviticus 20:1 +. +"You are to say to the Israelites, 'Any man from the Israelites or from the foreigners who reside in Israel who gives any of his children to Molech must be put to death; the people of the land must pelt him with stones. -- leviticus 20:2 +. +I myself will set my face against that man and cut him off from the midst of his people, because he has given some of his children to Molech and thereby defiled my sanctuary and profaned my holy name. -- leviticus 20:3 +. +If, however, the people of the land shut their eyes to that man when he gives some of his children to Molech so that they do not put him to death, -- leviticus 20:4 +. +I myself will set my face against that man and his clan. I will cut off from the midst of their people both him and all who follow after him in spiritual prostitution, to commit prostitution by worshiping Molech. -- leviticus 20:5 +. +"'The person who turns to the spirits of the dead and familiar spirits to commit prostitution by going after them, I will set my face against that person and cut him off from the midst of his people. -- leviticus 20:6 +. +"'You must sanctify yourselves and be holy, because I am the Lord your God. -- leviticus 20:7 +. +You must be sure to obey my statutes. I am the Lord who sanctifies you. -- leviticus 20:8 +. +"'If anyone curses his father and mother he must be put to death. He has cursed his father and mother; his blood guilt is on himself. -- leviticus 20:9 +. +If a man commits adultery with his neighbor's wife, both the adulterer and the adulteress must be put to death. -- leviticus 20:10 +. +If a man has sexual intercourse with his father's wife, he has exposed his father's nakedness. Both of them must be put to death; their blood guilt is on themselves. -- leviticus 20:11 +. +If a man has sexual intercourse with his daughter-in-law, both of them must be put to death. They have committed perversion; their blood guilt is on themselves. -- leviticus 20:12 +. +If a man has sexual intercourse with a male as one has sexual intercourse with a woman, the two of them have committed an abomination. They must be put to death; their blood guilt is on themselves. -- leviticus 20:13 +. +If a man has sexual intercourse with both a woman and her mother, it is lewdness. Both he and they must be burned to death, so there is no lewdness in your midst. -- leviticus 20:14 +. +If a man has sexual intercourse with any animal, he must be put to death, and you must kill the animal. -- leviticus 20:15 +. +If a woman approaches any animal to have sexual intercourse with it, you must kill the woman, and the animal must be put to death; their blood guilt is on themselves. -- leviticus 20:16 +. +"'If a man has sexual intercourse with his sister, whether the daughter of his father or his mother, so that he sees her nakedness and she sees his nakedness, it is a disgrace. They must be cut off in the sight of the children of their people. He has exposed his sister's nakedness; he will bear his punishment for iniquity. -- leviticus 20:17 +. +If a man has sexual intercourse with a menstruating woman and uncovers her nakedness, he has laid bare her fountain of blood and she has exposed the fountain of her blood, so both of them must be cut off from the midst of their people. -- leviticus 20:18 +. +You must not expose the nakedness of your mother's sister and your father's sister, for such a person has laid bare his own close relative. They must bear their punishment for iniquity. -- leviticus 20:19 +. +If a man has sexual intercourse with his aunt, he has exposed his uncle's nakedness; they must bear responsibility for their sin, they will die childless. -- leviticus 20:20 +. +If a man has sexual intercourse with his brother's wife, it is indecency. He has exposed his brother's nakedness; they will be childless. -- leviticus 20:21 +. +"'You must be sure to obey all my statutes and regulations, so that the land to which I am about to bring you to take up residence there does not vomit you out. -- leviticus 20:22 +. +You must not walk in the statutes of the nation which I am about to drive out before you, because they have done all these things and I am filled with disgust against them. -- leviticus 20:23 +. +So I have said to you: You yourselves will possess their land and I myself will give it to you for a possession, a land flowing with milk and honey. I am the Lord your God who has set you apart from the other peoples. -- leviticus 20:24 +. +Therefore you must distinguish between the clean animal and the unclean, and between the unclean bird and the clean, and you must not make yourselves detestable by means of an animal or bird or anything that creeps on the ground - creatures I have distinguished for you as unclean. -- leviticus 20:25 +. +You must be holy to me because I, the Lord, am holy, and I have set you apart from the other peoples to be mine. -- leviticus 20:26 +. +"'A man or woman who has in them a spirit of the dead or a familiar spirit must be put to death. They must pelt them with stones; their blood guilt is on themselves.'" -- leviticus 20:27 +. +The Lord said to Moses: "Say to the priests, the sons of Aaron - say to them, 'For a dead person no priest is to defile himself among his people, -- leviticus 21:1 +. +except for his close relative who is near to him: his mother, his father, his son, his daughter, his brother, -- leviticus 21:2 +. +and his virgin sister who is near to him, who has no husband; he may defile himself for her. -- leviticus 21:3 +. +He must not defile himself as a husband among his people so as to profane himself. -- leviticus 21:4 +. +Priests must not have a bald spot shaved on their head, they must not shave the corner of their beard, and they must not cut slashes in their body. -- leviticus 21:5 +. +"'They must be holy to their God, and they must not profane the name of their God, because they are the ones who present the Lord's gifts, the food of their God. Therefore they must be holy. -- leviticus 21:6 +. +They must not take a wife defiled by prostitution, nor are they to take a wife divorced from her husband, for the priest is holy to his God. -- leviticus 21:7 +. +You must sanctify him because he presents the food of your God. He must be holy to you because I, the Lord who sanctifies you all, am holy. -- leviticus 21:8 +. +If a daughter of a priest profanes herself by engaging in prostitution, she is profaning her father. She must be burned to death. -- leviticus 21:9 +. +"'The high priest - who is greater than his brothers, on whose head the anointing oil is poured, who has been ordained to wear the priestly garments - must neither dishevel the hair of his head nor tear his garments. -- leviticus 21:10 +. +He must not go where there is any dead person; he must not defile himself even for his father and his mother. -- leviticus 21:11 +. +He must not go out from the sanctuary and must not profane the sanctuary of his God, because the dedication of the anointing oil of his God is on him. I am the Lord. -- leviticus 21:12 +. +He must take a wife who is a virgin. -- leviticus 21:13 +. +He must not marry a widow, a divorced woman, or one profaned by prostitution; he may only take a virgin from his people as a wife. -- leviticus 21:14 +. +He must not profane his children among his people, for I am the Lord who sanctifies him.'" -- leviticus 21:15 +. +The Lord spoke to Moses: -- leviticus 21:16 +. +"Tell Aaron, 'No man from your descendants throughout their generations who has a physical flaw is to approach to present the food of his God. -- leviticus 21:17 +. +Certainly no man who has a physical flaw is to approach: a blind man, or one who is lame, or one with a slit nose, or a limb too long, -- leviticus 21:18 +. +or a man who has had a broken leg or arm, -- leviticus 21:19 +. +or a hunchback, or a dwarf, or one with a spot in his eye, or a festering eruption, or a feverish rash, or a crushed testicle. -- leviticus 21:20 +. +No man from the descendants of Aaron the priest who has a physical flaw may step forward to present the Lord's gifts; he has a physical flaw, so he must not step forward to present the food of his God. -- leviticus 21:21 +. +He may eat both the most holy and the holy food of his God, -- leviticus 21:22 +. +but he must not go into the veil-canopy or step forward to the altar because he has a physical flaw. Thus he must not profane my holy places, for I am the Lord who sanctifies them.'" -- leviticus 21:23 +. +So Moses spoke these things to Aaron, his sons, and all the Israelites. -- leviticus 21:24 +. +The Lord spoke to Moses: -- leviticus 22:1 +. +"Tell Aaron and his sons that they must deal respectfully with the holy offerings of the Israelites, which they consecrate to me, so that they do not profane my holy name. I am the Lord. -- leviticus 22:2 +. +Say to them, 'Throughout your generations, if any man from all your descendants approaches the holy offerings which the Israelites consecrate to the Lord while he is impure, that person must be cut off from before me. I am the Lord. -- leviticus 22:3 +. +No man from the descendants of Aaron who is diseased or has a discharge may eat the holy offerings until he becomes clean. The one who touches anything made unclean by contact with a dead person, or a man who has a seminal emission, -- leviticus 22:4 +. +or a man who touches a swarming thing by which he becomes unclean, or touches a person by which he becomes unclean, whatever that person's impurity - -- leviticus 22:5 +. +the person who touches any of these will be unclean until evening and must not eat from the holy offerings unless he has bathed his body in water. -- leviticus 22:6 +. +When the sun goes down he will be clean, and afterward he may eat from the holy offerings, because they are his food. -- leviticus 22:7 +. +He must not eat an animal that has died of natural causes or an animal torn by beasts and thus become unclean by it. I am the Lord. -- leviticus 22:8 +. +They must keep my charge so that they do not incur sin on account of it and therefore die because they profane it. I am the Lord who sanctifies them. -- leviticus 22:9 +. +"'No lay person may eat anything holy. Neither a priest's lodger nor a hired laborer may eat anything holy, -- leviticus 22:10 +. +but if a priest buys a person with his own money, that person may eat the holy offerings, and those born in the priest's own house may eat his food. -- leviticus 22:11 +. +If a priest's daughter marries a lay person, she may not eat the holy contribution offerings, -- leviticus 22:12 +. +but if a priest's daughter is a widow or divorced, and she has no children so that she returns to live in her father's house as in her youth, she may eat from her father's food, but no lay person may eat it. -- leviticus 22:13 +. +"'If a man eats a holy offering by mistake, he must add one fifth to it and give the holy offering to the priest. -- leviticus 22:14 +. +They must not profane the holy offerings which the Israelites contribute to the Lord, -- leviticus 22:15 +. +and so cause them to incur a penalty for guilt when they eat their holy offerings, for I am the Lord who sanctifies them.'" -- leviticus 22:16 +. +The Lord spoke to Moses: -- leviticus 22:17 +. +"Speak to Aaron, his sons, and all the Israelites and tell them, 'When any man from the house of Israel or from the foreigners in Israel presents his offering for any of the votive or freewill offerings which they present to the Lord as a burnt offering, -- leviticus 22:18 +. +if it is to be acceptable for your benefit it must be a flawless male from the cattle, sheep, or goats. -- leviticus 22:19 +. +You must not present anything that has a flaw, because it will not be acceptable for your benefit. -- leviticus 22:20 +. +If a man presents a peace offering sacrifice to the Lord for a special votive offering or for a freewill offering from the herd or the flock, it must be flawless to be acceptable; it must have no flaw. -- leviticus 22:21 +. +"'You must not present to the Lord something blind, or with a broken bone, or mutilated, or with a running sore, or with a festering eruption, or with a feverish rash. You must not give any of these as a gift on the altar to the Lord. -- leviticus 22:22 +. +As for an ox or a sheep with a limb too long or stunted, you may present it as a freewill offering, but it will not be acceptable for a votive offering. -- leviticus 22:23 +. +You must not present to the Lord something with testicles that are bruised, crushed, torn, or cut off; you must not do this in your land. -- leviticus 22:24 +. +Even from a foreigner you must not present the food of your God from such animals as these, for they are ruined and flawed; they will not be acceptable for your benefit.'" -- leviticus 22:25 +. +The Lord spoke to Moses: -- leviticus 22:26 +. +"When an ox, lamb, or goat is born, it must be under the care of its mother seven days, but from the eighth day onward it will be acceptable as an offering gift to the Lord. -- leviticus 22:27 +. +You must not slaughter an ox or a sheep and its young on the same day. -- leviticus 22:28 +. +When you sacrifice a thanksgiving offering to the Lord, you must sacrifice it so that it is acceptable for your benefit. -- leviticus 22:29 +. +On that very day it must be eaten; you must not leave any part of it over until morning. I am the Lord. -- leviticus 22:30 +. +"You must be sure to do my commandments. I am the Lord. -- leviticus 22:31 +. +You must not profane my holy name, and I will be sanctified in the midst of the Israelites. I am the Lord who sanctifies you, -- leviticus 22:32 +. +the one who brought you out from the land of Egypt to be your God. I am the Lord." -- leviticus 22:33 +. +The Lord spoke to Moses: -- leviticus 23:1 +. +"Speak to the Israelites and tell them, 'These are the Lord's appointed times which you must proclaim as holy assemblies - my appointed times: -- leviticus 23:2 +. +"'Six days work may be done, but on the seventh day there must be a Sabbath of complete rest, a holy assembly. You must not do any work; it is a Sabbath to the Lord in all the places where you live. -- leviticus 23:3 +. +"'These are the Lord's appointed times, holy assemblies, which you must proclaim at their appointed time. -- leviticus 23:4 +. +In the first month, on the fourteenth day of the month, at twilight, is a Passover offering to the Lord. -- leviticus 23:5 +. +Then on the fifteenth day of the same month will be the festival of unleavened bread to the Lord; seven days you must eat unleavened bread. -- leviticus 23:6 +. +On the first day there will be a holy assembly for you; you must not do any regular work. -- leviticus 23:7 +. +You must present a gift to the Lord for seven days, and the seventh day is a holy assembly; you must not do any regular work.'" -- leviticus 23:8 +. +The Lord spoke to Moses: -- leviticus 23:9 +. +"Speak to the Israelites and tell them, 'When you enter the land that I am about to give to you and you gather in its harvest, then you must bring the sheaf of the first portion of your harvest to the priest, -- leviticus 23:10 +. +and he must wave the sheaf before the Lord to be accepted for your benefit - on the day after the Sabbath the priest is to wave it. -- leviticus 23:11 +. +On the day you wave the sheaf you must also offer a flawless yearling lamb for a burnt offering to the Lord, -- leviticus 23:12 +. +along with its grain offering, two tenths of an ephah of choice wheat flour mixed with olive oil, as a gift to the Lord, a soothing aroma, and its drink offering, one fourth of a hin of wine. -- leviticus 23:13 +. +You must not eat bread, roasted grain, or fresh grain until this very day, until you bring the offering of your God. This is a perpetual statute throughout your generations in all the places where you live. -- leviticus 23:14 +. +"'You must count for yourselves seven weeks from the day after the Sabbath, from the day you bring the wave offering sheaf; they must be complete weeks. -- leviticus 23:15 +. +You must count fifty days - until the day after the seventh Sabbath - and then you must present a new grain offering to the Lord. -- leviticus 23:16 +. +From the places where you live you must bring two loaves of bread for a wave offering; they must be made from two tenths of an ephah of fine wheat flour, baked with yeast, as first fruits to the Lord. -- leviticus 23:17 +. +Along with the loaves of bread, you must also present seven flawless yearling lambs, one young bull, and two rams. They are to be a burnt offering to the Lord along with their grain offering and drink offerings, a gift of a soothing aroma to the Lord. -- leviticus 23:18 +. +You must also offer one male goat for a sin offering and two yearling lambs for a peace offering sacrifice, -- leviticus 23:19 +. +and the priest is to wave them - the two lambs - along with the bread of the first fruits, as a wave offering before the Lord; they will be holy to the Lord for the priest. -- leviticus 23:20 +. +"'On this very day you must proclaim an assembly; it is to be a holy assembly for you. You must not do any regular work. This is a perpetual statute in all the places where you live throughout your generations. -- leviticus 23:21 +. +When you gather in the harvest of your land, you must not completely harvest the corner of your field, and you must not gather up the gleanings of your harvest. You must leave them for the poor and the foreigner. I am the Lord your God.'" -- leviticus 23:22 +. +The Lord spoke to Moses: -- leviticus 23:23 +. +"Tell the Israelites, 'In the seventh month, on the first day of the month, you must have a complete rest, a memorial announced by loud horn blasts, a holy assembly. -- leviticus 23:24 +. +You must not do any regular work, but you must present a gift to the Lord.'" -- leviticus 23:25 +. +The Lord spoke to Moses: -- leviticus 23:26 +. +"The tenth day of this seventh month is the Day of Atonement. It is to be a holy assembly for you, and you must humble yourselves and present a gift to the Lord. -- leviticus 23:27 +. +You must not do any work on this particular day, because it is a day of atonement to make atonement for yourselves before the Lord your God. -- leviticus 23:28 +. +Indeed, any person who does not behave with humility on this particular day will be cut off from his people. -- leviticus 23:29 +. +As for any person who does any work on this particular day, I will exterminate that person from the midst of his people! -- leviticus 23:30 +. +You must not do any work. This is a perpetual statute throughout your generations in all the places where you live. -- leviticus 23:31 +. +It is a Sabbath of complete rest for you, and you must humble yourselves on the ninth day of the month in the evening, from evening until evening you must observe your Sabbath." -- leviticus 23:32 +. +The Lord spoke to Moses: -- leviticus 23:33 +. +"Tell the Israelites, 'On the fifteenth day of this seventh month is the Festival of Temporary Shelters for seven days to the Lord. -- leviticus 23:34 +. +On the first day is a holy assembly; you must do no regular work. -- leviticus 23:35 +. +For seven days you must present a gift to the Lord. On the eighth day there is to be a holy assembly for you, and you must present a gift to the Lord. It is a solemn assembly day; you must not do any regular work. -- leviticus 23:36 +. +"'These are the appointed times of the Lord that you must proclaim as holy assemblies to present a gift to the Lord - burnt offering, grain offering, sacrifice, and drink offerings, each day according to its regulation, -- leviticus 23:37 +. +besides the Sabbaths of the Lord and all your gifts, votive offerings, and freewill offerings which you must give to the Lord. -- leviticus 23:38 +. +"'On the fifteenth day of the seventh month, when you gather in the produce of the land, you must celebrate a pilgrim festival of the Lord for seven days. On the first day is a complete rest and on the eighth day is complete rest. -- leviticus 23:39 +. +On the first day you must take for yourselves branches from majestic trees - palm branches, branches of leafy trees, and willows of the brook - and you must rejoice before the Lord your God for seven days. -- leviticus 23:40 +. +You must celebrate it as a pilgrim festival to the Lord for seven days in the year. This is a perpetual statute throughout your generations; you must celebrate it in the seventh month. -- leviticus 23:41 +. +You must live in temporary shelters for seven days; every native citizen in Israel must live in temporary shelters, -- leviticus 23:42 +. +so that your future generations may know that I made the Israelites live in temporary shelters when I brought them out from the land of Egypt. I am the Lord your God.'" -- leviticus 23:43 +. +So Moses spoke to the Israelites about the appointed times of the Lord. -- leviticus 23:44 +. +The Lord spoke to Moses: -- leviticus 24:1 +. +"Command the Israelites to bring to you pure oil of beaten olives for the light, to make a lamp burn continually. -- leviticus 24:2 +. +Outside the veil-canopy of the congregation in the Meeting Tent Aaron must arrange it from evening until morning before the Lord continually. This is a perpetual statute throughout your generations. -- leviticus 24:3 +. +On the ceremonially pure lampstand he must arrange the lamps before the Lord continually. -- leviticus 24:4 +. +"You must take choice wheat flour and bake twelve loaves; there must be two tenths of an ephah of flour in each loaf, -- leviticus 24:5 +. +and you must set them in two rows, six in a row, on the ceremonially pure table before the Lord. -- leviticus 24:6 +. +You must put pure frankincense on each row, and it will become a memorial portion for the bread, a gift to the Lord. -- leviticus 24:7 +. +Each Sabbath day Aaron must arrange it before the Lord continually; this portion is from the Israelites as a perpetual covenant. -- leviticus 24:8 +. +It will belong to Aaron and his sons, and they must eat it in a holy place because it is most holy to him, a perpetual allotted portion from the gifts of the Lord." -- leviticus 24:9 +. +Now an Israelite woman's son whose father was an Egyptian went out among the Israelites, and the Israelite woman's son and an Israelite man had a fight in the camp. -- leviticus 24:10 +. +The Israelite woman's son misused the Name and cursed, so they brought him to Moses. (Now his mother's name was Shelomith daughter of Dibri, of the tribe of Dan.) -- leviticus 24:11 +. +So they placed him in custody until they were able to make a clear legal decision for themselves based on words from the mouth of the Lord. -- leviticus 24:12 +. +Then the Lord spoke to Moses: -- leviticus 24:13 +. +"Bring the one who cursed outside the camp, and all who heard him are to lay their hands on his head, and the whole congregation is to stone him to death. -- leviticus 24:14 +. +Moreover, you are to tell the Israelites, 'If any man curses his God he will bear responsibility for his sin, -- leviticus 24:15 +. +and one who misuses the name of the Lord must surely be put to death. The whole congregation must surely stone him, whether he is a foreigner or a native citizen; when he misuses the Name he must be put to death. -- leviticus 24:16 +. +"'If a man beats any person to death, he must be put to death. -- leviticus 24:17 +. +One who beats an animal to death must make restitution for it, life for life. -- leviticus 24:18 +. +If a man inflicts an injury on his fellow citizen, just as he has done it must be done to him - -- leviticus 24:19 +. +fracture for fracture, eye for eye, tooth for tooth - just as he inflicts an injury on another person that same injury must be inflicted on him. -- leviticus 24:20 +. +One who beats an animal to death must make restitution for it, but one who beats a person to death must be put to death. -- leviticus 24:21 +. +There will be one regulation for you, whether a foreigner or a native citizen, for I am the Lord your God.'" -- leviticus 24:22 +. +Then Moses spoke to the Israelites and they brought the one who cursed outside the camp and stoned him with stones. So the Israelites did just as the Lord had commanded Moses. -- leviticus 24:23 +. +The Lord spoke to Moses at Mount Sinai: -- leviticus 25:1 +. +"Speak to the Israelites and tell them, 'When you enter the land that I am giving you, the land must observe a Sabbath to the Lord. -- leviticus 25:2 +. +Six years you may sow your field, and six years you may prune your vineyard and gather the produce, -- leviticus 25:3 +. +but in the seventh year the land must have a Sabbath of complete rest - a Sabbath to the Lord. You must not sow your field or prune your vineyard. -- leviticus 25:4 +. +You must not gather in the aftergrowth of your harvest and you must not pick the grapes of your unpruned vines; the land must have a year of complete rest. -- leviticus 25:5 +. +You may have the Sabbath produce of the land to eat - you, your male servant, your female servant, your hired worker, the resident foreigner who stays with you, -- leviticus 25:6 +. +your cattle, and the wild animals that are in your land - all its produce will be for you to eat. -- leviticus 25:7 +. +"'You must count off seven weeks of years, seven times seven years, and the days of the seven weeks of years will amount to forty-nine years. -- leviticus 25:8 +. +You must sound loud horn blasts - in the seventh month, on the tenth day of the month, on the Day of Atonement - you must sound the horn in your entire land. -- leviticus 25:9 +. +So you must consecrate the fiftieth year, and you must proclaim a release in the land for all its inhabitants. That year will be your jubilee; each one of you must return to his property and each one of you must return to his clan. -- leviticus 25:10 +. +That fiftieth year will be your jubilee; you must not sow the land, harvest its aftergrowth, or pick the grapes of its unpruned vines. -- leviticus 25:11 +. +Because that year is a jubilee, it will be holy to you - you may eat its produce from the field. -- leviticus 25:12 +. +"'In this year of jubilee you must each return to your property. -- leviticus 25:13 +. +If you make a sale to your fellow citizen or buy from your fellow citizen, no one is to wrong his brother. -- leviticus 25:14 +. +You may buy it from your fellow citizen according to the number of years since the last jubilee; he may sell it to you according to the years of produce that are left. -- leviticus 25:15 +. +The more years there are, the more you may make its purchase price, and the fewer years there are, the less you must make its purchase price, because he is only selling to you a number of years of produce. -- leviticus 25:16 +. +No one is to oppress his fellow citizen, but you must fear your God, because I am the Lord your God. -- leviticus 25:17 +. +You must obey my statutes and my regulations; you must be sure to keep them so that you may live securely in the land. -- leviticus 25:18 +. +"'The land will give its fruit and you may eat until you are satisfied, and you may live securely in the land. -- leviticus 25:19 +. +If you say, 'What will we eat in the seventh year if we do not sow and gather our produce?' -- leviticus 25:20 +. +I will command my blessing for you in the sixth year so that it may yield the produce for three years, -- leviticus 25:21 +. +and you may sow the eighth year and eat from that sixth year's produce - old produce. Until you bring in the ninth year's produce, you may eat old produce. -- leviticus 25:22 +. +The land must not be sold without reclaim because the land belongs to me, for you are foreigners and residents with me. -- leviticus 25:23 +. +In all your landed property you must provide for the right of redemption of the land. -- leviticus 25:24 +. +"'If your brother becomes impoverished and sells some of his property, his near redeemer is to come to you and redeem what his brother sold. -- leviticus 25:25 +. +If a man has no redeemer, but he prospers and gains enough for its redemption, -- leviticus 25:26 +. +he is to calculate the value of the years it was sold, refund the balance to the man to whom he had sold it, and return to his property. -- leviticus 25:27 +. +If he has not prospered enough to refund a balance to him, then what he sold will belong to the one who bought it until the jubilee year, but it must revert in the jubilee and the original owner may return to his property. -- leviticus 25:28 +. +"'If a man sells a residential house in a walled city, its right of redemption must extend until one full year from its sale; its right of redemption must extend to a full calendar year. -- leviticus 25:29 +. +If it is not redeemed before the full calendar year is ended, the house in the walled city will belong without reclaim to the one who bought it throughout his generations; it will not revert in the jubilee. -- leviticus 25:30 +. +The houses of villages, however, which have no wall surrounding them must be considered as the field of the land; they will have the right of redemption and must revert in the jubilee. -- leviticus 25:31 +. +As for the cities of the Levites, the houses in the cities which they possess, the Levites must have a perpetual right of redemption. -- leviticus 25:32 +. +Whatever someone among the Levites might redeem - the sale of a house which is his property in a city - must revert in the jubilee, because the houses of the cities of the Levites are their property in the midst of the Israelites. -- leviticus 25:33 +. +Moreover, the open field areas of their cities must not be sold, because that is their perpetual possession. -- leviticus 25:34 +. +"'If your brother becomes impoverished and is indebted to you, you must support him; he must live with you like a foreign resident. -- leviticus 25:35 +. +Do not take interest or profit from him, but you must fear your God and your brother must live with you. -- leviticus 25:36 +. +You must not lend him your money at interest and you must not sell him food for profit. -- leviticus 25:37 +. +I am the Lord your God who brought you out from the land of Egypt to give you the land of Canaan - to be your God. -- leviticus 25:38 +. +"'If your brother becomes impoverished with regard to you so that he sells himself to you, you must not subject him to slave service. -- leviticus 25:39 +. +He must be with you as a hired worker, as a resident foreigner; he must serve with you until the year of jubilee, -- leviticus 25:40 +. +but then he may go free, he and his children with him, and may return to his family and to the property of his ancestors. -- leviticus 25:41 +. +Since they are my servants whom I brought out from the land of Egypt, they must not be sold in a slave sale. -- leviticus 25:42 +. +You must not rule over him harshly, but you must fear your God. -- leviticus 25:43 +. +"'As for your male and female slaves who may belong to you - you may buy male and female slaves from the nations all around you. -- leviticus 25:44 +. +Also you may buy slaves from the children of the foreigners who reside with you, and from their families that are with you, whom they have fathered in your land, they may become your property. -- leviticus 25:45 +. +You may give them as inheritance to your children after you to possess as property. You may enslave them perpetually. However, as for your brothers the Israelites, no man may rule over his brother harshly. -- leviticus 25:46 +. +"'If a resident foreigner who is with you prospers and your brother becomes impoverished with regard to him so that he sells himself to a resident foreigner who is with you or to a member of a foreigner's family, -- leviticus 25:47 +. +after he has sold himself he retains a right of redemption. One of his brothers may redeem him, -- leviticus 25:48 +. +or his uncle or his cousin may redeem him, or anyone of the rest of his blood relatives - his family - may redeem him, or if he prospers he may redeem himself. -- leviticus 25:49 +. +He must calculate with the one who bought him the number of years from the year he sold himself to him until the jubilee year, and the cost of his sale must correspond to the number of years, according to the rate of wages a hired worker would have earned while with him. -- leviticus 25:50 +. +If there are still many years, in keeping with them he must refund most of the cost of his purchase for his redemption, -- leviticus 25:51 +. +but if only a few years remain until the jubilee, he must calculate for himself in keeping with the remaining years and refund it for his redemption. -- leviticus 25:52 +. +He must be with the one who bought him like a yearly hired worker. The one who bought him must not rule over him harshly in your sight. -- leviticus 25:53 +. +If, however, he is not redeemed in these ways, he must go free in the jubilee year, he and his children with him, -- leviticus 25:54 +. +because the Israelites are my own servants; they are my servants whom I brought out from the land of Egypt. I am the Lord your God. -- leviticus 25:55 +. +"'You must not make for yourselves idols, so you must not set up for yourselves a carved image or a pillar, and you must not place a sculpted stone in your land to bow down before it, for I am the Lord your God. -- leviticus 26:1 +. +You must keep my Sabbaths and reverence my sanctuary. I am the Lord. -- leviticus 26:2 +. +"'If you walk in my statutes and are sure to obey my commandments, -- leviticus 26:3 +. +I will give you your rains in their time so that the land will give its yield and the trees of the field will produce their fruit. -- leviticus 26:4 +. +Threshing season will extend for you until the season for harvesting grapes, and the season for harvesting grapes will extend until sowing season, so you will eat your bread until you are satisfied, and you will live securely in your land. -- leviticus 26:5 +. +I will grant peace in the land so that you will lie down to sleep without anyone terrifying you. I will remove harmful animals from the land, and no sword of war will pass through your land. -- leviticus 26:6 +. +You will pursue your enemies and they will fall before you by the sword. -- leviticus 26:7 +. +Five of you will pursue a hundred, and a hundred of you will pursue ten thousand, and your enemies will fall before you by the sword. -- leviticus 26:8 +. +I will turn to you, make you fruitful, multiply you, and maintain my covenant with you. -- leviticus 26:9 +. +You will still be eating stored produce from the previous year and will have to clean out what is stored from the previous year to make room for new. -- leviticus 26:10 +. +"'I will put my tabernacle in your midst and I will not abhor you. -- leviticus 26:11 +. +I will walk among you, and I will be your God and you will be my people. -- leviticus 26:12 +. +I am the Lord your God who brought you out from the land of Egypt, from being their slaves, and I broke the bars of your yoke and caused you to walk upright. -- leviticus 26:13 +. +"'If, however, you do not obey me and keep all these commandments - -- leviticus 26:14 +. +if you reject my statutes and abhor my regulations so that you do not keep all my commandments and you break my covenant - -- leviticus 26:15 +. +I for my part will do this to you: I will inflict horror on you, consumption and fever, which diminish eyesight and drain away the vitality of life. You will sow your seed in vain because your enemies will eat it. -- leviticus 26:16 +. +I will set my face against you. You will be struck down before your enemies, those who hate you will rule over you, and you will flee when there is no one pursuing you. -- leviticus 26:17 +. +"'If, in spite of all these things, you do not obey me, I will discipline you seven times more on account of your sins. -- leviticus 26:18 +. +I will break your strong pride and make your sky like iron and your land like bronze. -- leviticus 26:19 +. +Your strength will be used up in vain, your land will not give its yield, and the trees of the land will not produce their fruit. -- leviticus 26:20 +. +"'If you walk in hostility against me and are not willing to obey me, I will increase your affliction seven times according to your sins. -- leviticus 26:21 +. +I will send the wild animals against you and they will bereave you of your children, annihilate your cattle, and diminish your population so that your roads will become deserted. -- leviticus 26:22 +. +"'If in spite of these things you do not allow yourselves to be disciplined and you walk in hostility against me, -- leviticus 26:23 +. +I myself will also walk in hostility against you and strike you seven times on account of your sins. -- leviticus 26:24 +. +I will bring on you an avenging sword, a covenant vengeance. Although you will gather together into your cities, I will send pestilence among you and you will be given into enemy hands. -- leviticus 26:25 +. +When I break off your supply of bread, ten women will bake your bread in one oven; they will ration your bread by weight, and you will eat and not be satisfied. -- leviticus 26:26 +. +"'If in spite of this you do not obey me but walk in hostility against me, -- leviticus 26:27 +. +I will walk in hostile rage against you and I myself will also discipline you seven times on account of your sins. -- leviticus 26:28 +. +You will eat the flesh of your sons and the flesh of your daughters. -- leviticus 26:29 +. +I will destroy your high places and cut down your incense altars, and I will stack your dead bodies on top of the lifeless bodies of your idols. I will abhor you. -- leviticus 26:30 +. +I will lay your cities waste and make your sanctuaries desolate, and I will refuse to smell your soothing aromas. -- leviticus 26:31 +. +I myself will make the land desolate and your enemies who live in it will be appalled. -- leviticus 26:32 +. +I will scatter you among the nations and unsheathe the sword after you, so your land will become desolate and your cities will become a waste. -- leviticus 26:33 +. +"'Then the land will make up for its Sabbaths all the days it lies desolate while you are in the land of your enemies; then the land will rest and make up its Sabbaths. -- leviticus 26:34 +. +All the days of the desolation it will have the rest it did not have on your Sabbaths when you lived on it. -- leviticus 26:35 +. +"'As for the ones who remain among you, I will bring despair into their hearts in the lands of their enemies. The sound of a blowing leaf will pursue them, and they will flee as one who flees the sword and fall down even though there is no pursuer. -- leviticus 26:36 +. +They will stumble over each other as those who flee before a sword, though there is no pursuer, and there will be no one to take a stand for you before your enemies. -- leviticus 26:37 +. +You will perish among the nations; the land of your enemies will consume you. -- leviticus 26:38 +. +"'As for the ones who remain among you, they will rot away because of their iniquity in the lands of your enemies, and they will also rot away because of their ancestors' iniquities which are with them. -- leviticus 26:39 +. +However, when they confess their iniquity and their ancestors' iniquity which they committed by trespassing against me, by which they also walked in hostility against me -- leviticus 26:40 +. +(and I myself will walk in hostility against them and bring them into the land of their enemies), and then their uncircumcised hearts become humbled and they make up for their iniquity, -- leviticus 26:41 +. +I will remember my covenant with Jacob and also my covenant with Isaac and also my covenant with Abraham, and I will remember the land. -- leviticus 26:42 +. +The land will be abandoned by them in order that it may make up for its Sabbaths while it is made desolate without them, and they will make up for their iniquity because they have rejected my regulations and have abhorred my statutes. -- leviticus 26:43 +. +In spite of this, however, when they are in the land of their enemies I will not reject them and abhor them to make a complete end of them, to break my covenant with them, for I am the Lord their God. -- leviticus 26:44 +. +I will remember for them the covenant with their ancestors whom I brought out from the land of Egypt in the sight of the nations to be their God. I am the Lord.'" -- leviticus 26:45 +. +These are the statutes, regulations, and instructions which the Lord established between himself and the Israelites at Mount Sinai through Moses. -- leviticus 26:46 +. +The Lord spoke to Moses: -- leviticus 27:1 +. +"Speak to the Israelites and tell them, 'When a man makes a special votive offering based on the conversion value of persons to the Lord, -- leviticus 27:2 +. +the conversion value of the male from twenty years old up to sixty years old is fifty shekels by the standard of the sanctuary shekel. -- leviticus 27:3 +. +If the person is a female, the conversion value is thirty shekels. -- leviticus 27:4 +. +If the person is from five years old up to twenty years old, the conversion value of the male is twenty shekels, and for the female ten shekels. -- leviticus 27:5 +. +If the person is one month old up to five years old, the conversion value of the male is five shekels of silver, and for the female the conversion value is three shekels of silver. -- leviticus 27:6 +. +If the person is from sixty years old and older, if he is a male the conversion value is fifteen shekels, and for the female ten shekels. -- leviticus 27:7 +. +If he is too poor to pay the conversion value, he must stand the person before the priest and the priest will establish his conversion value; according to what the man who made the vow can afford, the priest will establish his conversion value. -- leviticus 27:8 +. +"'If what is vowed is a kind of animal from which an offering may be presented to the Lord, anything which he gives to the Lord from this kind of animal will be holy. -- leviticus 27:9 +. +He must not replace or exchange it, good for bad or bad for good, and if he does indeed exchange one animal for another animal, then both the original animal and its substitute will be holy. -- leviticus 27:10 +. +If what is vowed is an unclean animal from which an offering must not be presented to the Lord, then he must stand the animal before the priest, -- leviticus 27:11 +. +and the priest will establish its conversion value, whether good or bad. According to the assessed conversion value of the priest, thus it will be. -- leviticus 27:12 +. +If, however, the person who made the vow redeems the animal, he must add one fifth to its conversion value. -- leviticus 27:13 +. +"'If a man consecrates his house as holy to the Lord, the priest will establish its conversion value, whether good or bad. Just as the priest establishes its conversion value, thus it will stand. -- leviticus 27:14 +. +If the one who consecrates it redeems his house, he must add to it one fifth of its conversion value in silver, and it will belong to him. -- leviticus 27:15 +. +"'If a man consecrates to the Lord some of his own landed property, the conversion value must be calculated in accordance with the amount of seed needed to sow it, a homer of barley seed being priced at fifty shekels of silver. -- leviticus 27:16 +. +If he consecrates his field in the jubilee year, the conversion value will stand, -- leviticus 27:17 +. +but if he consecrates his field after the jubilee, the priest will calculate the price for him according to the years that are left until the next jubilee year, and it will be deducted from the conversion value. -- leviticus 27:18 +. +If, however, the one who consecrated the field redeems it, he must add to it one fifth of the conversion price and it will belong to him. -- leviticus 27:19 +. +If he does not redeem the field, but sells the field to someone else, he may never redeem it. -- leviticus 27:20 +. +When it reverts in the jubilee, the field will be holy to the Lord like a permanently dedicated field; it will become the priest's property. -- leviticus 27:21 +. +"'If he consecrates to the Lord a field he has purchased, which is not part of his own landed property, -- leviticus 27:22 +. +the priest will calculate for him the amount of its conversion value until the jubilee year, and he must pay the conversion value on that jubilee day as something that is holy to the Lord. -- leviticus 27:23 +. +In the jubilee year the field will return to the one from whom he bought it, the one to whom it belongs as landed property. -- leviticus 27:24 +. +Every conversion value must be calculated by the standard of the sanctuary shekel; twenty gerahs to the shekel. -- leviticus 27:25 +. +"'Surely no man may consecrate a firstborn that already belongs to the Lord as a firstborn among the animals; whether it is an ox or a sheep, it belongs to the Lord. -- leviticus 27:26 +. +If, however, it is among the unclean animals, he may ransom it according to its conversion value and must add one fifth to it, but if it is not redeemed it must be sold according to its conversion value. -- leviticus 27:27 +. +"'Surely anything which a man permanently dedicates to the Lord from all that belongs to him, whether from people, animals, or his landed property, must be neither sold nor redeemed; anything permanently dedicated is most holy to the Lord. -- leviticus 27:28 +. +Any human being who is permanently dedicated must not be ransomed; such a person must be put to death. -- leviticus 27:29 +. +"'Any tithe of the land, from the grain of the land or from the fruit of the trees, belongs to the Lord; it is holy to the Lord. -- leviticus 27:30 +. +If a man redeems part of his tithe, however, he must add one fifth to it. -- leviticus 27:31 +. +All the tithe of herd or flock, everything which passes under the rod, the tenth one will be holy to the Lord. -- leviticus 27:32 +. +The owner must not examine the animals to distinguish between good and bad, and he must not exchange it. If, however, he does exchange it, both the original animal and its substitute will be holy. It must not be redeemed.'" -- leviticus 27:33 +. +These are the commandments which the Lord commanded Moses to tell the Israelites at Mount Sinai. -- leviticus 27:34 +. +Now the Lord spoke to Moses in the tent of meeting in the wilderness of Sinai on the first day of the second month of the second year after the Israelites departed from the land of Egypt. He said: -- numbers 1:1 +. +"Take a census of the entire Israelite community by their clans and families, counting the name of every individual male. -- numbers 1:2 +. +You and Aaron are to number all in Israel who can serve in the army, those who are twenty years old or older, by their divisions. -- numbers 1:3 +. +And to help you there is to be a man from each tribe, each man the head of his family. -- numbers 1:4 +. +Now these are the names of the men who are to help you: from Reuben, Elizur son of Shedeur; -- numbers 1:5 +. +from Simeon, Shelumiel son of Zurishaddai; -- numbers 1:6 +. +from Judah, Nahshon son of Amminadab; -- numbers 1:7 +. +from Issachar, Nethanel son of Zuar; -- numbers 1:8 +. +from Zebulun, Eliab son of Helon; -- numbers 1:9 +. +from the sons of Joseph: from Ephraim, Elishama son of Ammihud; from Manasseh, Gamaliel son of Pedahzur; -- numbers 1:10 +. +from Benjamin, Abidan son of Gideoni; -- numbers 1:11 +. +from Dan, Ahiezer son of Ammishaddai; -- numbers 1:12 +. +from Asher, Pagiel son of Ocran; -- numbers 1:13 +. +from Gad, Eliasaph son of Deuel; -- numbers 1:14 +. +from Naphtali, Ahira son of Enan." -- numbers 1:15 +. +These were the ones chosen from the community, leaders of their ancestral tribes. They were the heads of the thousands of Israel. -- numbers 1:16 +. +So Moses and Aaron took these men who had been mentioned specifically by name, -- numbers 1:17 +. +and they assembled the entire community together on the first day of the second month. Then the people recorded their ancestry by their clans and families, and the men who were twenty years old or older were listed by name individually, -- numbers 1:18 +. +just as the Lord had commanded Moses. And so he numbered them in the wilderness of Sinai. -- numbers 1:19 +. +And they were as follows: The descendants of Reuben, the firstborn son of Israel: According to the records of their clans and families, all the males twenty years old or older who could serve in the army were listed by name individually. -- numbers 1:20 +. +Those of them who were numbered from the tribe of Reuben were 46,500. -- numbers 1:21 +. +From the descendants of Simeon: According to the records of their clans and families, all the males numbered of them twenty years old or older who could serve in the army were listed by name individually. -- numbers 1:22 +. +Those of them who were numbered from the tribe of Simeon were 59,300. -- numbers 1:23 +. +From the descendants of Gad: According to the records of their clans and families, all the males twenty years old or older who could serve in the army were listed by name. -- numbers 1:24 +. +Those of them who were numbered from the tribe of Gad were 45,650. -- numbers 1:25 +. +From the descendants of Judah: According to the records of their clans and families, all the males twenty years old or older who could serve in the army were listed by name. -- numbers 1:26 +. +Those of them who were numbered from the tribe of Judah were 74,600. -- numbers 1:27 +. +From the descendants of Issachar: According to the records of their clans and families, all the males twenty years old or older who could serve in the army were listed by name. -- numbers 1:28 +. +Those of them who were numbered from the tribe of Issachar were 54,400. -- numbers 1:29 +. +From the descendants of Zebulun: According to the records of their clans and families, all the males twenty years old or older who could serve in the army were listed by name. -- numbers 1:30 +. +Those of them who were numbered from the tribe of Zebulun were 57,400. -- numbers 1:31 +. +From the sons of Joseph: From the descendants of Ephraim: According to the records of their clans and families, all the males twenty years old or older who could serve in the army were listed by name. -- numbers 1:32 +. +Those of them who were numbered from the tribe of Ephraim were 40,500. -- numbers 1:33 +. +From the descendants of Manasseh: According to the records of their clans and families, all the males twenty years old or older who could serve in the army were listed by name. -- numbers 1:34 +. +Those of them who were numbered from the tribe of Manasseh were 32,200. -- numbers 1:35 +. +From the descendants of Benjamin: According to the records of their clans and families, all the males twenty years old or older who could serve in the army were listed by name. -- numbers 1:36 +. +Those of them who were numbered from the tribe of Benjamin were 35,400. -- numbers 1:37 +. +From the descendants of Dan: According to the records of their clans and families, all the males twenty years old or older who could serve in the army were listed by name. -- numbers 1:38 +. +Those of them who were numbered from the tribe of Dan were 62,700. -- numbers 1:39 +. +From the descendants of Asher: According to the records of their clans and families, all the males twenty years old or older who could serve in the army were listed by name. -- numbers 1:40 +. +Those of them who were numbered from the tribe of Asher were 41,500. -- numbers 1:41 +. +From the descendants of Naphtali: According to the records of their clans and families, all the males twenty years old or older who could serve in the army were listed by name. -- numbers 1:42 +. +Those of them who were numbered from the tribe of Naphtali were 53,400. -- numbers 1:43 +. +These were the men whom Moses and Aaron numbered along with the twelve leaders of Israel, each of whom was from his own family. -- numbers 1:44 +. +All the Israelites who were twenty years old or older, who could serve in Israel's army, were numbered according to their families. -- numbers 1:45 +. +And all those numbered totaled 603,550. -- numbers 1:46 +. +But the Levites, according to the tribe of their fathers, were not numbered among them. -- numbers 1:47 +. +The Lord had said to Moses, -- numbers 1:48 +. +"Only the tribe of Levi you must not number or count with the other Israelites. -- numbers 1:49 +. +But appoint the Levites over the tabernacle of the testimony, over all its furnishings and over everything in it. They must carry the tabernacle and all its furnishings; and they must attend to it and camp around it. -- numbers 1:50 +. +Whenever the tabernacle is to move, the Levites must take it down, and whenever the tabernacle is to be reassembled, the Levites must set it up. Any unauthorized person who approaches it must be killed. -- numbers 1:51 +. +"The Israelites will camp according to their divisions, each man in his camp, and each man by his standard. -- numbers 1:52 +. +But the Levites must camp around the tabernacle of the testimony, so that the Lord's anger will not fall on the Israelite community. The Levites are responsible for the care of the tabernacle of the testimony." -- numbers 1:53 +. +The Israelites did according to all that the Lord commanded Moses - that is what they did. -- numbers 1:54 +. +The Lord spoke to Moses and to Aaron: -- numbers 2:1 +. +"Every one of the Israelites must camp under his standard with the emblems of his family; they must camp at some distance around the tent of meeting. -- numbers 2:2 +. +"Now those who will be camping on the east, toward the sunrise, are the divisions of the camp of Judah under their standard. The leader of the people of Judah is Nahshon son of Amminadab. -- numbers 2:3 +. +Those numbered in his division are 74,600. -- numbers 2:4 +. +Those who will be camping next to them are the tribe of Issachar. The leader of the people of Issachar is Nethanel son of Zuar. -- numbers 2:5 +. +Those numbered in his division are 54,400. -- numbers 2:6 +. +Next will be the tribe of Zebulun. The leader of the people of Zebulun is Eliab son of Helon. -- numbers 2:7 +. +Those numbered in his division are 57,400. -- numbers 2:8 +. +All those numbered of the camp of Judah, according to their divisions, are 186,400. They will travel at the front. -- numbers 2:9 +. +"On the south will be the divisions of the camp of Reuben under their standard. The leader of the people of Reuben is Elizur son of Shedeur. -- numbers 2:10 +. +Those numbered in his division are 46,500. -- numbers 2:11 +. +Those who will be camping next to them are the tribe of Simeon. The leader of the people of Simeon is Shelumiel son of Zurishaddai. -- numbers 2:12 +. +Those numbered in his division are 59,300. -- numbers 2:13 +. +Next will be the tribe of Gad. The leader of the people of Gad is Eliasaph son of Deuel. -- numbers 2:14 +. +Those numbered in his division are 45,650. -- numbers 2:15 +. +All those numbered of the camp of Reuben, according to their divisions, are 151,450. They will travel second. -- numbers 2:16 +. +"Then the tent of meeting with the camp of the Levites will travel in the middle of the camps. They will travel in the same order as they camped, each in his own place under his standard. -- numbers 2:17 +. +"On the west will be the divisions of the camp of Ephraim under their standard. The leader of the people of Ephraim is Elishama son of Amihud. -- numbers 2:18 +. +Those numbered in his division are 40,500. -- numbers 2:19 +. +Next to them will be the tribe of Manasseh. The leader of the people of Manasseh is Gamaliel son of Pedahzur. -- numbers 2:20 +. +Those numbered in his division are 32,200. -- numbers 2:21 +. +Next will be the tribe of Benjamin. The leader of the people of Benjamin is Abidan son of Gideoni. -- numbers 2:22 +. +Those numbered in his division are 35,400. -- numbers 2:23 +. +All those numbered of the camp of Ephraim, according to their divisions, are 108,100. They will travel third. -- numbers 2:24 +. +"On the north will be the divisions of the camp of Dan, under their standards. The leader of the people of Dan is Ahiezer son of Ammishaddai. -- numbers 2:25 +. +Those numbered in his division are 62,700. -- numbers 2:26 +. +Those who will be camping next to them are the tribe of Asher. The leader of the people of Asher is Pagiel son of Ocran. -- numbers 2:27 +. +Those numbered in his division are 41,500. -- numbers 2:28 +. +Next will be the tribe of Naphtali. The leader of the people of Naphtali is Ahira son of Enan. -- numbers 2:29 +. +Those numbered in his division are 53,400. -- numbers 2:30 +. +All those numbered of the camp of Dan are 157,600. They will travel last, under their standards." -- numbers 2:31 +. +These are the Israelites, numbered according to their families. All those numbered in the camps, by their divisions, are 603,550. -- numbers 2:32 +. +But the Levites were not numbered among the other Israelites, as the Lord commanded Moses. -- numbers 2:33 +. +So the Israelites did according to all that the Lord commanded Moses; that is the way they camped under their standards, and that is the way they traveled, each with his clan and family. -- numbers 2:34 +. +Now these are the records of Aaron and Moses when the Lord spoke with Moses on Mount Sinai. -- numbers 3:1 +. +These are the names of the sons of Aaron: Nadab, the firstborn, and Abihu, Eleazar, and Ithamar. -- numbers 3:2 +. +These are the names of the sons of Aaron, the anointed priests, whom he consecrated to minister as priests. -- numbers 3:3 +. +Nadab and Abihu died before the Lord when they offered strange fire before the Lord in the wilderness of Sinai, and they had no children. So Eleazar and Ithamar ministered as priests in the presence of Aaron their father. -- numbers 3:4 +. +The Lord spoke to Moses: -- numbers 3:5 +. +"Bring the tribe of Levi near, and present them before Aaron the priest, that they may serve him. -- numbers 3:6 +. +They are responsible for his needs and the needs of the whole community before the tent of meeting, by attending to the service of the tabernacle. -- numbers 3:7 +. +And they are responsible for all the furnishings of the tent of meeting, and for the needs of the Israelites, as they serve in the tabernacle. -- numbers 3:8 +. +You are to assign the Levites to Aaron and his sons; they will be assigned exclusively to him out of all the Israelites. -- numbers 3:9 +. +So you are to appoint Aaron and his sons, and they will be responsible for their priesthood; but the unauthorized person who comes near must be put to death." -- numbers 3:10 +. +Then the Lord spoke to Moses: -- numbers 3:11 +. +"Look, I myself have taken the Levites from among the Israelites instead of every firstborn who opens the womb among the Israelites. So the Levites belong to me, -- numbers 3:12 +. +because all the firstborn are mine. When I destroyed all the firstborn in the land of Egypt, I set apart for myself all the firstborn in Israel, both man and beast. They belong to me. I am the Lord." -- numbers 3:13 +. +Then the Lord spoke to Moses in the wilderness of Sinai: -- numbers 3:14 +. +"Number the Levites by their clans and their families; every male from a month old and upward you are to number." -- numbers 3:15 +. +So Moses numbered them according to the word of the Lord, just as he had been commanded. -- numbers 3:16 +. +These were the sons of Levi by their names: Gershon, Kohath, and Merari. -- numbers 3:17 +. +These are the names of the sons of Gershon by their families: Libni and Shimei. -- numbers 3:18 +. +The sons of Kohath by their families were: Amram, Izhar, Hebron, and Uzziel. -- numbers 3:19 +. +The sons of Merari by their families were Mahli and Mushi. These are the families of the Levites by their clans. -- numbers 3:20 +. +From Gershon came the family of the Libnites and the family of the Shimeites; these were the families of the Gershonites. -- numbers 3:21 +. +Those of them who were numbered, counting every male from a month old and upward, were 7,500. -- numbers 3:22 +. +The families of the Gershonites were to camp behind the tabernacle toward the west. -- numbers 3:23 +. +Now the leader of the clan of the Gershonites was Eliasaph son of Lael. -- numbers 3:24 +. +And the responsibilities of the Gershonites in the tent of meeting included the tabernacle, the tent with its covering, the curtain at the entrance of the tent of meeting, -- numbers 3:25 +. +the hangings of the courtyard, the curtain at the entrance to the courtyard that surrounded the tabernacle and the altar, and their ropes, plus all the service connected with these things. -- numbers 3:26 +. +From Kohath came the family of the Amramites, the family of the Izharites, the family of the Hebronites, and the family of the Uzzielites; these were the families of the Kohathites. -- numbers 3:27 +. +Counting every male from a month old and upward, there were 8,600. They were responsible for the care of the sanctuary. -- numbers 3:28 +. +The families of the Kohathites were to camp on the south side of the tabernacle. -- numbers 3:29 +. +Now the leader of the clan of the families of the Kohathites was Elizaphan son of Uzziel. -- numbers 3:30 +. +Their responsibilities included the ark, the table, the lampstand, the altars, and the utensils of the sanctuary with which they ministered, the curtain, and all their service. -- numbers 3:31 +. +Now the head of all the Levitical leaders was Eleazar son of Aaron the priest. He was appointed over those who were responsible for the sanctuary. -- numbers 3:32 +. +From Merari came the family of the Mahlites and the family of the Mushites; these were the families of Merari. -- numbers 3:33 +. +Those of them who were numbered, counting every male from a month old and upward, were 6,200. -- numbers 3:34 +. +Now the leader of the clan of the families of Merari was Zuriel son of Abihail. These were to camp on the north side of the tabernacle. -- numbers 3:35 +. +The appointed responsibilities of the Merarites included the frames of the tabernacle, its crossbars, its posts, its sockets, its utensils, plus all the service connected with these things, -- numbers 3:36 +. +and the pillars of the courtyard all around, with their sockets, their pegs, and their ropes. -- numbers 3:37 +. +But those who were to camp in front of the tabernacle on the east, in front of the tent of meeting, were Moses, Aaron, and his sons. They were responsible for the needs of the sanctuary and for the needs of the Israelites, but the unauthorized person who approached was to be put to death. -- numbers 3:38 +. +All who were numbered of the Levites, whom Moses and Aaron numbered by the word of the Lord, according to their families, every male from a month old and upward, were 22,000. -- numbers 3:39 +. +Then the Lord said to Moses, "Number all the firstborn males of the Israelites from a month old and upward, and take the number of their names. -- numbers 3:40 +. +And take the Levites for me - I am the Lord - instead of all the firstborn males among the Israelites, and the livestock of the Levites instead of all the firstborn of the livestock of the Israelites." -- numbers 3:41 +. +So Moses numbered all the firstborn males among the Israelites, as the Lord had commanded him. -- numbers 3:42 +. +And all the firstborn males, by the number of the names from a month old and upward, totaled 22,273. -- numbers 3:43 +. +Then the Lord spoke to Moses: -- numbers 3:44 +. +"Take the Levites instead of all the firstborn males among the Israelites, and the livestock of the Levites instead of their livestock. And the Levites will be mine. I am the Lord. -- numbers 3:45 +. +And for the redemption of the firstborn males of the Israelites who exceed the number of the Levites, -- numbers 3:46 +. +collect five shekels for each one individually; you are to collect this amount in the currency of the sanctuary shekel (this shekel is twenty gerahs). -- numbers 3:47 +. +And give the money for the redemption of the excess number of them to Aaron and his sons." -- numbers 3:48 +. +So Moses took the redemption money from those who were in excess of those redeemed by the Levites. -- numbers 3:49 +. +From the firstborn males of the Israelites he collected the money, 1,shekels, according to the sanctuary shekel. -- numbers 3:50 +. +Moses gave the redemption money to Aaron and his sons, according to the word of the Lord, as the Lord had commanded Moses. -- numbers 3:51 +. +Then the Lord spoke to Moses and Aaron: -- numbers 4:1 +. +"Take a census of the Kohathites from among the Levites, by their families and by their clans, -- numbers 4:2 +. +from thirty years old and upward to fifty years old, all who enter the company to do the work in the tent of meeting. -- numbers 4:3 +. +This is the service of the Kohathites in the tent of meeting, relating to the most holy things. -- numbers 4:4 +. +When it is time for the camp to journey, Aaron and his sons must come and take down the screening curtain and cover the ark of the testimony with it. -- numbers 4:5 +. +Then they must put over it a covering of fine leather and spread over that a cloth entirely of blue, and then they must insert its poles. -- numbers 4:6 +. +"On the table of the presence they must spread a blue cloth, and put on it the dishes, the pans, the bowls, and the pitchers for pouring, and the Bread of the Presence must be on it continually. -- numbers 4:7 +. +They must spread over them a scarlet cloth, and cover the same with a covering of fine leather; and they must insert its poles. -- numbers 4:8 +. +"They must take a blue cloth and cover the lampstand of the light, with its lamps, its wick-trimmers, its trays, and all its oil vessels, with which they service it. -- numbers 4:9 +. +Then they must put it with all its utensils in a covering of fine leather, and put it on a carrying beam. -- numbers 4:10 +. +"They must spread a blue cloth on the gold altar, and cover it with a covering of fine leather; and they must insert its poles. -- numbers 4:11 +. +Then they must take all the utensils of the service, with which they serve in the sanctuary, put them in a blue cloth, cover them with a covering of fine leather, and put them on a carrying beam. -- numbers 4:12 +. +Also, they must take away the ashes from the altar and spread a purple cloth over it. -- numbers 4:13 +. +Then they must place on it all its implements with which they serve there - the trays, the meat forks, the shovels, the basins, and all the utensils of the altar - and they must spread on it a covering of fine leather, and then insert its poles. -- numbers 4:14 +. +"When Aaron and his sons have finished covering the sanctuary and all the furnishings of the sanctuary, when the camp is ready to journey, then the Kohathites will come to carry them; but they must not touch any holy thing, or they will die. These are the responsibilities of the Kohathites with the tent of meeting. -- numbers 4:15 +. +"The appointed responsibility of Eleazar son of Aaron the priest is for the oil for the light, and the spiced incense, and the daily grain offering, and the anointing oil; he also has the appointed responsibility over all the tabernacle with all that is in it, over the sanctuary and over all its furnishings." -- numbers 4:16 +. +Then the Lord spoke to Moses and Aaron: -- numbers 4:17 +. +"Do not allow the tribe of the families of the Kohathites to be cut off from among the Levites; -- numbers 4:18 +. +but in order that they will live and not die when they approach the most holy things, do this for them: Aaron and his sons will go in and appoint each man to his service and his responsibility. -- numbers 4:19 +. +But the Kohathites are not to go in to watch while the holy things are being covered, or they will die." -- numbers 4:20 +. +Then the Lord spoke to Moses: -- numbers 4:21 +. +"Also take a census of the Gershonites, by their clans and by their families. -- numbers 4:22 +. +You must number them from thirty years old and upward to fifty years old, all who enter the company to do the work of the tent of meeting. -- numbers 4:23 +. +This is the service of the families of Gershonites, as they serve and carry it. -- numbers 4:24 +. +They must carry the curtains for the tabernacle and the tent of meeting with its covering, the covering of fine leather that is over it, the curtains for the entrance of the tent of meeting, -- numbers 4:25 +. +the hangings for the courtyard, the curtain for the entrance of the gate of the court, which is around the tabernacle and the altar, and their ropes, along with all the furnishings for their service and everything that is made for them. So they are to serve. -- numbers 4:26 +. +"All the service of the Gershonites, whether carrying loads or for any of their work, will be at the direction of Aaron and his sons. You will assign them all their tasks as their responsibility. -- numbers 4:27 +. +This is the service of the families of the Gershonites concerning the tent of meeting. Their responsibilities will be under the authority of Ithamar son of Aaron the priest. -- numbers 4:28 +. +"As for the sons of Merari, you are to number them by their families and by their clans. -- numbers 4:29 +. +You must number them from thirty years old and upward to fifty years old, all who enter the company to do the work of the tent of meeting. -- numbers 4:30 +. +This is what they are responsible to carry as their entire service in the tent of meeting: the frames of the tabernacle, its crossbars, its posts, its sockets, -- numbers 4:31 +. +and the posts of the surrounding courtyard with their sockets, tent pegs, and ropes, along with all their furnishings and everything for their service. You are to assign by names the items that each man is responsible to carry. -- numbers 4:32 +. +This is the service of the families of the Merarites, their entire service concerning the tent of meeting, under the authority of Ithamar son of Aaron the priest." -- numbers 4:33 +. +So Moses and Aaron and the leaders of the community numbered the Kohathites by their families and by clans, -- numbers 4:34 +. +from thirty years old and upward to fifty years old, everyone who entered the company for the work in the tent of meeting; -- numbers 4:35 +. +and those of them numbered by their families were 2,750. -- numbers 4:36 +. +These were those numbered from the families of the Kohathites, everyone who served in the tent of meeting, whom Moses and Aaron numbered according to the word of the Lord by the authority of Moses. -- numbers 4:37 +. +Those numbered from the Gershonites, by their families and by their clans, -- numbers 4:38 +. +from thirty years old and upward to fifty years old, everyone who entered the company for the work in the tent of meeting - -- numbers 4:39 +. +those of them numbered by their families, by their clans, were 2,630. -- numbers 4:40 +. +These were those numbered from the families of the Gershonites, everyone who served in the tent of meeting, whom Moses and Aaron numbered according to the word of the Lord. -- numbers 4:41 +. +Those numbered from the families of the Merarites, by their families, by their clans, -- numbers 4:42 +. +from thirty years old and upward to fifty years old, everyone who entered the company for the work in the tent of meeting - -- numbers 4:43 +. +those of them numbered by their families were 3,200. -- numbers 4:44 +. +These are those numbered from the families of the Merarites, whom Moses and Aaron numbered according to the word of the Lord by the authority of Moses. -- numbers 4:45 +. +All who were numbered of the Levites, whom Moses, Aaron, and the leaders of Israel numbered by their families and by their clans, -- numbers 4:46 +. +from thirty years old and upward to fifty years old, everyone who entered to do the work of service and the work of carrying relating to the tent of meeting - -- numbers 4:47 +. +those of them numbered were 8,580. -- numbers 4:48 +. +According to the word of the Lord they were numbered, by the authority of Moses, each according to his service and according to what he was to carry. Thus were they numbered by him, as the Lord had commanded Moses. -- numbers 4:49 +. +Then the Lord spoke to Moses: -- numbers 5:1 +. +"Command the Israelites to expel from the camp every leper, everyone who has a discharge, and whoever becomes defiled by a corpse. -- numbers 5:2 +. +You must expel both men and women; you must put them outside the camp, so that they will not defile their camps, among which I live." -- numbers 5:3 +. +So the Israelites did so, and expelled them outside the camp. As the Lord had spoken to Moses, so the Israelites did. -- numbers 5:4 +. +Then the Lord spoke to Moses: -- numbers 5:5 +. +"Tell the Israelites, 'When a man or a woman commits any sin that people commit, thereby breaking faith with the Lord, and that person is found guilty, -- numbers 5:6 +. +then he must confess his sin that he has committed and must make full reparation, add one fifth to it, and give it to whomever he wronged. -- numbers 5:7 +. +But if the individual has no close relative to whom reparation can be made for the wrong, the reparation for the wrong must be paid to the Lord for the priest, in addition to the ram of atonement by which atonement is made for him. -- numbers 5:8 +. +Every offering of all the Israelites' holy things that they bring to the priest will be his. -- numbers 5:9 +. +Every man's holy things will be his; whatever any man gives the priest will be his.'" -- numbers 5:10 +. +The Lord spoke to Moses: -- numbers 5:11 +. +"Speak to the Israelites and tell them, 'If any man's wife goes astray and behaves unfaithfully toward him, -- numbers 5:12 +. +and a man has sexual relations with her without her husband knowing it, and it is hidden that she has defiled herself, since there was no witness against her, nor was she caught - -- numbers 5:13 +. +and if jealous feelings come over him and he becomes suspicious of his wife, when she is defiled; or if jealous feelings come over him and he becomes suspicious of his wife, when she is not defiled - -- numbers 5:14 +. +then the man must bring his wife to the priest, and he must bring the offering required for her, one tenth of an ephah of barley meal; he must not pour olive oil on it or put frankincense on it, because it is a grain offering of suspicion, a grain offering for remembering, for bringing iniquity to remembrance. -- numbers 5:15 +. +"'Then the priest will bring her near and have her stand before the Lord. -- numbers 5:16 +. +The priest will then take holy water in a pottery jar, and take some of the dust that is on the floor of the tabernacle, and put it into the water. -- numbers 5:17 +. +Then the priest will have the woman stand before the Lord, uncover the woman's head, and put the grain offering for remembering in her hands, which is the grain offering of suspicion. The priest will hold in his hand the bitter water that brings a curse. -- numbers 5:18 +. +Then the priest will put the woman under oath and say to the her, "If no other man has had sexual relations with you, and if you have not gone astray and become defiled while under your husband's authority, may you be free from this bitter water that brings a curse. -- numbers 5:19 +. +But if you have gone astray while under your husband's authority, and if you have defiled yourself and some man other than your husband has had sexual relations with you...." -- numbers 5:20 +. +Then the priest will put the woman under the oath of the curse and will say to the her, "The Lord make you an attested curse among your people, if the Lord makes your thigh fall away and your abdomen swell; -- numbers 5:21 +. +and this water that causes the curse will go into your stomach, and make your abdomen swell and your thigh rot." Then the woman must say, "Amen, amen." -- numbers 5:22 +. +"'Then the priest will write these curses on a scroll and then scrape them off into the bitter water. -- numbers 5:23 +. +He will make the woman drink the bitter water that brings a curse, and the water that brings a curse will enter her to produce bitterness. -- numbers 5:24 +. +The priest will take the grain offering of suspicion from the woman's hand, wave the grain offering before the Lord, and bring it to the altar. -- numbers 5:25 +. +Then the priest will take a handful of the grain offering as its memorial portion, burn it on the altar, and afterward make the woman drink the water. -- numbers 5:26 +. +When he has made her drink the water, then, if she has defiled herself and behaved unfaithfully toward her husband, the water that brings a curse will enter her to produce bitterness - her abdomen will swell, her thigh will fall away, and the woman will become a curse among her people. -- numbers 5:27 +. +But if the woman has not defiled herself, and is clean, then she will be free of ill effects and will be able to bear children. -- numbers 5:28 +. +"'This is the law for cases of jealousy, when a wife, while under her husband's authority, goes astray and defiles herself, -- numbers 5:29 +. +or when jealous feelings come over a man and he becomes suspicious of his wife; then he must have the woman stand before the Lord, and the priest will carry out all this law upon her. -- numbers 5:30 +. +Then the man will be free from iniquity, but that woman will bear the consequences of her iniquity.'" -- numbers 5:31 +. +Then the Lord spoke to Moses: -- numbers 6:1 +. +"Speak to the Israelites, and tell them, 'When either a man or a woman takes a special vow, to take a vow as a Nazirite, to separate himself to the Lord, -- numbers 6:2 +. +he must separate himself from wine and strong drink, he must drink neither vinegar made from wine nor vinegar made from strong drink, nor may he drink any juice of grapes, nor eat fresh grapes or raisins. -- numbers 6:3 +. +All the days of his separation he must not eat anything that is produced by the grapevine, from seed to skin. -- numbers 6:4 +. +"'All the days of the vow of his separation no razor may be used on his head until the time is fulfilled for which he separated himself to the Lord. He will be holy, and he must let the locks of hair on his head grow long. -- numbers 6:5 +. +"'All the days that he separates himself to the Lord he must not contact a dead body. -- numbers 6:6 +. +He must not defile himself even for his father or his mother or his brother or his sister if they die, because the separation for his God is on his head. -- numbers 6:7 +. +All the days of his separation he must be holy to the Lord. -- numbers 6:8 +. +"'If anyone dies very suddenly beside him and he defiles his consecrated head, then he must shave his head on the day of his purification - on the seventh day he must shave it. -- numbers 6:9 +. +On the eighth day he is to bring two turtledoves or two young pigeons to the priest, to the entrance to the tent of meeting. -- numbers 6:10 +. +Then the priest will offer one for a purification offering and the other as a burnt offering, and make atonement for him, because of his transgression in regard to the corpse. So he must reconsecrate his head on that day. -- numbers 6:11 +. +He must rededicate to the Lord the days of his separation and bring a male lamb in its first year as a reparation offering, but the former days will not be counted because his separation was defiled. -- numbers 6:12 +. +"'Now this is the law of the Nazirite: When the days of his separation are fulfilled, he must be brought to the entrance of the tent of meeting, -- numbers 6:13 +. +and he must present his offering to the Lord: one male lamb in its first year without blemish for a burnt offering, one ewe lamb in its first year without blemish for a purification offering, one ram without blemish for a peace offering, -- numbers 6:14 +. +and a basket of bread made without yeast, cakes of fine flour mixed with olive oil, wafers made without yeast and smeared with olive oil, and their grain offering and their drink offerings. -- numbers 6:15 +. +"'Then the priest must present all these before the Lord and offer his purification offering and his burnt offering. -- numbers 6:16 +. +Then he must offer the ram as a peace offering to the Lord, with the basket of bread made without yeast; the priest must also offer his grain offering and his drink offering. -- numbers 6:17 +. +"'Then the Nazirite must shave his consecrated head at the entrance to the tent of meeting and must take the hair from his consecrated head and put it on the fire where the peace offering is burning. -- numbers 6:18 +. +And the priest must take the boiled shoulder of the ram, one cake made without yeast from the basket, and one wafer made without yeast, and put them on the hands of the Nazirite after he has shaved his consecrated head; -- numbers 6:19 +. +then the priest must wave them as a wave offering before the Lord; it is a holy portion for the priest, together with the breast of the wave offering and the thigh of the raised offering. After this the Nazirite may drink wine.' -- numbers 6:20 +. +"This is the law of the Nazirite who vows to the Lord his offering according to his separation, as well as whatever else he can provide. Thus he must fulfill his vow that he makes, according to the law of his separation." -- numbers 6:21 +. +The Lord spoke to Moses: -- numbers 6:22 +. +"Tell Aaron and his sons, 'This is the way you are to bless the Israelites. Say to them: -- numbers 6:23 +. +"The Lord bless you and protect you; -- numbers 6:24 +. +The Lord make his face to shine upon you, and be gracious to you; -- numbers 6:25 +. +The Lord lift up his countenance upon you and give you peace."' -- numbers 6:26 +. +So they will put my name on the Israelites, and I will bless them." -- numbers 6:27 +. +When Moses had completed setting up the tabernacle, he anointed it and consecrated it and all its furnishings, and he anointed and consecrated the altar and all its utensils. -- numbers 7:1 +. +Then the leaders of Israel, the heads of their clans, made an offering. They were the leaders of the tribes; they were the ones who had been supervising the numbering. -- numbers 7:2 +. +They brought their offering before the Lord, six covered carts and twelve oxen - one cart for every two of the leaders, and an ox for each one; and they presented them in front of the tabernacle. -- numbers 7:3 +. +Then the Lord spoke to Moses: -- numbers 7:4 +. +"Receive these gifts from them, that they may be used in doing the work of the tent of meeting; and you must give them to the Levites, to every man as his service requires." -- numbers 7:5 +. +So Moses accepted the carts and the oxen and gave them to the Levites. -- numbers 7:6 +. +He gave two carts and four oxen to the Gershonites, as their service required; -- numbers 7:7 +. +and he gave four carts and eight oxen to the Merarites, as their service required, under the authority of Ithamar son of Aaron the priest. -- numbers 7:8 +. +But to the Kohathites he gave none, because the service of the holy things, which they carried on their shoulders, was their responsibility. -- numbers 7:9 +. +The leaders offered gifts for the dedication of the altar when it was anointed. And the leaders presented their offering before the altar. -- numbers 7:10 +. +For the Lord said to Moses, "They must present their offering, one leader for each day, for the dedication of the altar." -- numbers 7:11 +. +The one who presented his offering on the first day was Nahshon son of Amminadab, from the tribe of Judah. -- numbers 7:12 +. +His offering was one silver platter weighing shekels, and one silver sprinkling bowl weighing 70 shekels, both according to the sanctuary shekel, each of them full of fine flour mixed with olive oil as a grain offering; -- numbers 7:13 +. +one gold pan weighing shekels, full of incense; -- numbers 7:14 +. +one young bull, one ram, and one male lamb in its first year, for a burnt offering; -- numbers 7:15 +. +one male goat for a purification offering; -- numbers 7:16 +. +and for the sacrifice of peace offerings: two bulls, five rams, five male goats, and five male lambs in their first year. This was the offering of Nahshon son of Amminadab. -- numbers 7:17 +. +On the second day Nethanel son of Zuar, leader of Issachar, presented an offering. -- numbers 7:18 +. +He offered for his offering one silver platter weighing shekels and one silver sprinkling bowl weighing 70, both according to the sanctuary shekel, each of them full of fine flour mixed with olive oil as a grain offering; -- numbers 7:19 +. +one gold pan weighing shekels, full of incense; -- numbers 7:20 +. +one young bull, one ram, and one male lamb in its first year, for a burnt offering; -- numbers 7:21 +. +one male goat for a purification offering; -- numbers 7:22 +. +and for the sacrifice of peace offerings: two bulls, five rams, five male goats, and five male lambs in their first year. This was the offering of Nethanel son of Zuar. -- numbers 7:23 +. +On the third day Eliab son of Helon, leader of the Zebulunites, presented an offering. -- numbers 7:24 +. +His offering was one silver platter weighing shekels and one silver sprinkling bowl weighing 70 shekels, both according to the sanctuary shekel, each of them full of fine flour mixed with olive oil as a grain offering; -- numbers 7:25 +. +one gold pan weighing shekels, full of incense; -- numbers 7:26 +. +one young bull, one ram, and one male lamb in its first year, for a burnt offering; -- numbers 7:27 +. +one male goat for a purification offering; -- numbers 7:28 +. +and for the sacrifice of peace offerings: two bulls, five rams, five male goats, and five male lambs in their first year. This was the offering of Eliab son of Helon. -- numbers 7:29 +. +On the fourth day Elizur son of Shedeur, leader of the Reubenites, presented an offering. -- numbers 7:30 +. +His offering was one silver platter weighing shekels and one silver sprinkling bowl weighing 70 shekels, both according to the sanctuary shekel, each of them full of fine flour mixed with olive oil as a grain offering; -- numbers 7:31 +. +one gold pan weighing shekels, full of incense; -- numbers 7:32 +. +one young bull, one ram, and one male lamb in its first year, for a burnt offering; -- numbers 7:33 +. +one male goat for a purification offering; -- numbers 7:34 +. +and for the sacrifice of peace offerings: two bulls, five rams, five male goats, and five lambs in their first year. This was the offering of Elizur son of Shedeur. -- numbers 7:35 +. +On the fifth day Shelumiel son of Zurishaddai, leader of the Simeonites, presented an offering. -- numbers 7:36 +. +His offering was one silver platter weighing shekels and one silver sprinkling bowl weighing 70 shekels, both according to the sanctuary shekel, each of them full of fine flour mixed with olive oil as a grain offering; -- numbers 7:37 +. +one gold pan weighing shekels; -- numbers 7:38 +. +one young bull, one ram, and one male lamb in its first year, for a burnt offering; -- numbers 7:39 +. +one male goat for a purification offering; -- numbers 7:40 +. +and for the sacrifice of peace offerings: two bulls, five rams, five male goats, and five lambs in their first year. This was the offering of Sheloumiel son of Zurishaddai. -- numbers 7:41 +. +On the sixth day Eliasaph son of Deuel, leader of the Gadites, presented an offering. -- numbers 7:42 +. +His offering was one silver platter weighing shekels and one silver sprinkling bowl weighing 70 shekels, both according to the sanctuary shekel, each of them full of fine flour mixed with olive oil as a grain offering; -- numbers 7:43 +. +one gold pan weighing shekels; -- numbers 7:44 +. +one young bull, one ram, and one male lamb in its first year, for a burnt offering; -- numbers 7:45 +. +one male goat for a purification offering; -- numbers 7:46 +. +and for the sacrifice of peace offerings: two bulls, five rams, five male goats, and five lambs in their first year. This was the offering of Eliasaph son of Deuel. -- numbers 7:47 +. +On the seventh day Elishama son of Ammihud, leader of the Ephraimites, presented an offering. -- numbers 7:48 +. +His offering was one silver platter weighing shekels and one silver sprinkling bowl weighing 70 shekels, both according to the sanctuary shekel, each of them full of fine flour mixed with olive oil as a grain offering; -- numbers 7:49 +. +one gold pan weighing shekels, full of incense; -- numbers 7:50 +. +one young bull, one ram, and one male lamb in its first year, for a burnt offering; -- numbers 7:51 +. +one male goat for a purification offering; -- numbers 7:52 +. +and for the sacrifice of peace offerings: two bulls, five rams, five male goats, and five lambs in their first year. This was the offering of Elishama son of Ammihud. -- numbers 7:53 +. +On the eighth day Gamaliel son of Pedahzur, leader of the Manassehites, presented an offering. -- numbers 7:54 +. +His offering was one silver platter weighing shekels and one silver sprinkling bowl weighing 70 shekels, both according to the sanctuary shekel, each of them full of fine flour mixed with olive oil as a grain offering; -- numbers 7:55 +. +one gold pan weighing shekels, full of incense; -- numbers 7:56 +. +one young bull, one ram, and one male lamb in its first year, for a burnt offering; -- numbers 7:57 +. +one male goat for a purification offering; -- numbers 7:58 +. +and for the sacrifice of peace offerings: two bulls, five rams, five male goats, and five lambs in their first year. This was the offering of Gamaliel son of Pedahzur. -- numbers 7:59 +. +On the ninth day Abidan son of Gideoni, leader of the Benjaminites, presented an offering. -- numbers 7:60 +. +His offering was one silver platter weighing shekels and one silver sprinkling bowl weighing 70 shekels, both according to the sanctuary shekel, each of them full of fine flour mixed with olive oil as a grain offering; -- numbers 7:61 +. +one gold pan weighing shekels, full of incense; -- numbers 7:62 +. +one young bull, one ram, and one male lamb in its first year, for a burnt offering; -- numbers 7:63 +. +one male goat for a purification offering; -- numbers 7:64 +. +and for the sacrifice of peace offerings: two bulls, five rams, five male goats, and five lambs in their first year. This was the offering of Abidan son of Gideoni. -- numbers 7:65 +. +On the tenth day Ahiezer son of Amishaddai, leader of the Danites, presented an offering. -- numbers 7:66 +. +His offering was one silver platter weighing shekels and one silver sprinkling bowl weighing 70 shekels, both according to the sanctuary shekel, each of them full of fine flour mixed with olive oil as a grain offering; -- numbers 7:67 +. +one gold pan weighing shekels, full of incense; -- numbers 7:68 +. +one young bull, one ram, and one male lamb in its first year, for a burnt offering; -- numbers 7:69 +. +one male goat for a purification offering; -- numbers 7:70 +. +and for the sacrifice of peace offerings: two bulls, five rams, five male goats, and five lambs in their first year. This was the offering of Ahiezer son of Amishaddai. -- numbers 7:71 +. +On the eleventh day Pagiel son of Ocran, leader of the Asherites, presented an offering. -- numbers 7:72 +. +His offering was one silver platter weighing shekels and one silver sprinkling bowl weighing 70 shekels, both according to the sanctuary shekel, each of them full of fine flour mixed with olive oil as a grain offering; -- numbers 7:73 +. +one gold pan weighing shekels, full of incense; -- numbers 7:74 +. +one young bull, one ram, and one male lamb in its first year, for a burnt offering; -- numbers 7:75 +. +one male goat for a purification offering; -- numbers 7:76 +. +and for the sacrifice of peace offerings: two bulls, five rams, five male goats, and five lambs in their first year. This was the offering of Pagiel son of Ocran. -- numbers 7:77 +. +On the twelfth day Ahira son of Enan, leader of the Naphtalites, presented an offering. -- numbers 7:78 +. +His offering was one silver platter weighing shekels and one silver sprinkling bowl weighing 70 shekels, both according to the sanctuary shekel, each of them full of fine flour mixed with olive oil as a grain offering; -- numbers 7:79 +. +one gold pan weighing shekels; -- numbers 7:80 +. +one young bull, one ram, and one male lamb in its first year, for a burnt offering; -- numbers 7:81 +. +one male goat for a purification offering; -- numbers 7:82 +. +and for the sacrifice of peace offerings: two bulls, five rams, five male goats, and five lambs in their first year. This was the offering of Ahira son of Enan. -- numbers 7:83 +. +This was the dedication for the altar from the leaders of Israel, when it was anointed: twelve silver platters, twelve silver sprinkling bowls, and twelve gold pans. -- numbers 7:84 +. +Each silver platter weighed shekels, and each silver sprinkling bowl weighed 70 shekels. All the silver of the vessels weighed 2,400 shekels, according to the sanctuary shekel. -- numbers 7:85 +. +The twelve gold pans full of incense weighed shekels each, according to the sanctuary shekel; all the gold of the pans weighed 120 shekels. -- numbers 7:86 +. +All the animals for the burnt offering were young bulls, 12 rams, 12 male lambs in their first year, with their grain offering, and 12 male goats for a purification offering. -- numbers 7:87 +. +All the animals for the sacrifice for the peace offering were young bulls, 60 rams, 60 male goats, and 60 lambs in their first year. These were the dedication offerings for the altar after it was anointed. -- numbers 7:88 +. +Now when Moses went into the tent of meeting to speak with the Lord, he heard the voice speaking to him from above the atonement lid that was on the ark of the testimony, from between the two cherubim. Thus he spoke to him. -- numbers 7:89 +. +The Lord spoke to Moses: -- numbers 8:1 +. +"Speak to Aaron and tell him, 'When you set up the lamps, the seven lamps are to give light in front of the lampstand.'" -- numbers 8:2 +. +And Aaron did so; he set up the lamps to face toward the front of the lampstand, as the Lord commanded Moses. -- numbers 8:3 +. +This is how the lampstand was made: It was beaten work in gold; from its shaft to its flowers it was beaten work. According to the pattern which the Lord had shown Moses, so he made the lampstand. -- numbers 8:4 +. +Then the Lord spoke to Moses: -- numbers 8:5 +. +"Take the Levites from among the Israelites and purify them. -- numbers 8:6 +. +And do this to them to purify them: Sprinkle water of purification on them; then have them shave all their body and wash their clothes, and so purify themselves. -- numbers 8:7 +. +Then they are to take a young bull with its grain offering of fine flour mixed with olive oil; and you are to take a second young bull for a purification offering. -- numbers 8:8 +. +You are to bring the Levites before the tent of meeting and assemble the entire community of the Israelites. -- numbers 8:9 +. +Then you are to bring the Levites before the Lord, and the Israelites are to lay their hands on the Levites; -- numbers 8:10 +. +and Aaron is to offer the Levites before the Lord as a wave offering from the Israelites, that they may do the work of the Lord. -- numbers 8:11 +. +When the Levites lay their hands on the heads of the bulls, offer the one for a purification offering and the other for a whole burnt offering to the Lord, to make atonement for the Levites. -- numbers 8:12 +. +You are to have the Levites stand before Aaron and his sons, and then offer them as a wave offering to the Lord. -- numbers 8:13 +. +And so you are to separate the Levites from among the Israelites, and the Levites will be mine. -- numbers 8:14 +. +"After this, the Levites will go in to do the work of the tent of meeting. So you must cleanse them and offer them like a wave offering. -- numbers 8:15 +. +For they are entirely given to me from among the Israelites. I have taken them for myself instead of all who open the womb, the firstborn sons of all the Israelites. -- numbers 8:16 +. +For all the firstborn males among the Israelites are mine, both humans and animals; when I destroyed all the firstborn in the land of Egypt I set them apart for myself. -- numbers 8:17 +. +So I have taken the Levites instead of all the firstborn sons among the Israelites. -- numbers 8:18 +. +I have given the Levites as a gift to Aaron and his sons from among the Israelites, to do the work for the Israelites in the tent of meeting, and to make atonement for the Israelites, so there will be no plague among the Israelites when the Israelites come near the sanctuary." -- numbers 8:19 +. +So Moses and Aaron and the entire community of the Israelites did this with the Levites. According to all that the Lord commanded Moses concerning the Levites, this is what the Israelites did with them. -- numbers 8:20 +. +The Levites purified themselves and washed their clothing; then Aaron presented them like a wave offering before the Lord, and Aaron made atonement for them to purify them. -- numbers 8:21 +. +After this, the Levites went in to do their work in the tent of meeting before Aaron and before his sons. As the Lord had commanded Moses concerning the Levites, so they did. -- numbers 8:22 +. +Then the Lord spoke to Moses: -- numbers 8:23 +. +"This is what pertains to the Levites: At the age of twenty-five years and upward one may begin to join the company in the work of the tent of meeting, -- numbers 8:24 +. +and at the age of fifty years they must retire from performing the work and may no longer work. -- numbers 8:25 +. +They may assist their colleagues in the tent of meeting, to attend to needs, but they must do no work. This is the way you must establish the Levites regarding their duties." -- numbers 8:26 +. +The Lord spoke to Moses in the wilderness of Sinai, in the first month of the second year after they had come out of the land of Egypt: -- numbers 9:1 +. +"The Israelites are to observe the Passover at its appointed time. -- numbers 9:2 +. +In the fourteenth day of this month, at twilight, you are to observe it at its appointed time; you must keep it in accordance with all its statutes and all its customs." -- numbers 9:3 +. +So Moses instructed the Israelites to observe the Passover. -- numbers 9:4 +. +And they observed the Passover on the fourteenth day of the first month at twilight in the wilderness of Sinai; in accordance with all that the Lord had commanded Moses, so the Israelites did. -- numbers 9:5 +. +It happened that some men who were ceremonially defiled by the dead body of a man could not keep the Passover on that day, so they came before Moses and before Aaron on that day. -- numbers 9:6 +. +And those men said to him, "We are ceremonially defiled by the dead body of a man; why are we kept back from offering the Lord's offering at its appointed time among the Israelites?" -- numbers 9:7 +. +So Moses said to them, "Remain here and I will hear what the Lord will command concerning you." -- numbers 9:8 +. +The Lord spoke to Moses: -- numbers 9:9 +. +"Tell the Israelites, 'If any of you or of your posterity become ceremonially defiled by touching a dead body, or are on a journey far away, then he may observe the Passover to the Lord. -- numbers 9:10 +. +They may observe it on the fourteenth day of the second month at twilight; they are to eat it with bread made without yeast and with bitter herbs. -- numbers 9:11 +. +They must not leave any of it until morning, nor break any of its bones; they must observe it in accordance with every statute of the Passover. -- numbers 9:12 +. +But the man who is ceremonially clean, and was not on a journey, and fails to keep the Passover, that person must be cut off from his people. Because he did not bring the Lord's offering at its appointed time, that man must bear his sin. -- numbers 9:13 +. +If a resident foreigner lives among you and wants to keep the Passover to the Lord, he must do so according to the statute of the Passover, and according to its custom. You must have the same statute for the resident foreigner and for the one who was born in the land.'" -- numbers 9:14 +. +On the day that the tabernacle was set up, the cloud covered the tabernacle - the tent of the testimony - and from evening until morning there was a fiery appearance over the tabernacle. -- numbers 9:15 +. +This is the way it used to be continually: The cloud would cover it by day, and there was a fiery appearance by night. -- numbers 9:16 +. +Whenever the cloud was taken up from the tabernacle, then after that the Israelites would begin their journey; and in whatever place the cloud settled, there the Israelites would make camp. -- numbers 9:17 +. +At the commandment of the Lord the Israelites would begin their journey, and at the commandment of the Lord they would make camp; as long as the cloud remained settled over the tabernacle they would camp. -- numbers 9:18 +. +When the cloud remained over the tabernacle many days, then the Israelites obeyed the instructions of the Lord and did not journey. -- numbers 9:19 +. +When the cloud remained over the tabernacle a number of days, they remained camped according to the Lord's commandment, and according to the Lord's commandment they would journey. -- numbers 9:20 +. +And when the cloud remained only from evening until morning, when the cloud was taken up the following morning, then they traveled on. Whether by day or by night, when the cloud was taken up they traveled. -- numbers 9:21 +. +Whether it was for two days, or a month, or a year, that the cloud prolonged its stay over the tabernacle, the Israelites remained camped without traveling; but when it was taken up, they traveled on. -- numbers 9:22 +. +At the commandment of the Lord they camped, and at the commandment of the Lord they traveled on; they kept the instructions of the Lord according to the commandment of the Lord, by the authority of Moses. -- numbers 9:23 +. +The Lord spoke to Moses: -- numbers 10:1 +. +"Make two trumpets of silver; you are to make them from a single hammered piece. You will use them for assembling the community and for directing the traveling of the camps. -- numbers 10:2 +. +When they blow them both, all the community must come to you to the entrance of the tent of meeting. -- numbers 10:3 +. +"But if they blow with one trumpet, then the leaders, the heads of the thousands of Israel, must come to you. -- numbers 10:4 +. +When you blow an alarm, then the camps that are located on the east side must begin to travel. -- numbers 10:5 +. +And when you blow an alarm the second time, then the camps that are located on the south side must begin to travel. An alarm must be sounded for their journeys. -- numbers 10:6 +. +But when you assemble the community, you must blow, but you must not sound an alarm. -- numbers 10:7 +. +The sons of Aaron, the priests, must blow the trumpets; and they will be to you for an eternal ordinance throughout your generations. -- numbers 10:8 +. +If you go to war in your land against an adversary who opposes you, then you must sound an alarm with the trumpets, and you will be remembered before the Lord your God, and you will be saved from your enemies. -- numbers 10:9 +. +"Also in the time when you rejoice, such as on your appointed festivals or at the beginnings of your months, you must blow with your trumpets over your burnt offerings and over the sacrifices of your peace offerings, so that they may become a memorial for you before your God: I am the Lord your God." -- numbers 10:10 +. +On the twentieth day of the second month, in the second year, the cloud was taken up from the tabernacle of the testimony. -- numbers 10:11 +. +So the Israelites set out on their journeys from the wilderness of Sinai; and the cloud settled in the wilderness of Paran. -- numbers 10:12 +. +This was the first time they set out on their journey according to the commandment of the Lord, by the authority of Moses. -- numbers 10:13 +. +The standard of the camp of the Judahites set out first according to their companies, and over his company was Nahshon son of Amminadab. -- numbers 10:14 +. +Over the company of the tribe of Issacharites was Nathanel son of Zuar, -- numbers 10:15 +. +and over the company of the tribe of the Zebulunites was Elion son of Helon. -- numbers 10:16 +. +Then the tabernacle was dismantled, and the sons of Gershon and the sons of Merari set out, carrying the tabernacle. -- numbers 10:17 +. +The standard of the camp of Reuben set out according to their companies; over his company was Elizur son of Shedeur. -- numbers 10:18 +. +Over the company of the tribe of the Simeonites was Shelumiel son of Zurishaddai, -- numbers 10:19 +. +and over the company of the tribe of the Gadites was Eliasaph son of Deuel. -- numbers 10:20 +. +And the Kohathites set out, carrying the articles for the sanctuary; the tabernacle was to be set up before they arrived. -- numbers 10:21 +. +And the standard of the camp of the Ephraimites set out according to their companies; over his company was Elishama son of Ammihud. -- numbers 10:22 +. +Over the company of the tribe of the Manassehites was Gamaliel son of Pedahzur, -- numbers 10:23 +. +and over the company of the tribe of Benjaminites was Abidan son of Gideoni. -- numbers 10:24 +. +The standard of the camp of the Danites set out, which was the rear guard of all the camps by their companies; over his company was Ahiezer son of Ammishaddai. -- numbers 10:25 +. +Over the company of the tribe of the Asherites was Pagiel son of Ocran, -- numbers 10:26 +. +and over the company of the tribe of the Naphtalites was Ahira son of Enan. -- numbers 10:27 +. +These were the traveling arrangements of the Israelites according to their companies when they traveled. -- numbers 10:28 +. +Moses said to Hobab son of Reuel, the Midianite, Moses' father-in-law, "We are journeying to the place about which the Lord said, 'I will give it to you.' Come with us and we will treat you well, for the Lord has promised good things for Israel." -- numbers 10:29 +. +But Hobab said to him, "I will not go, but I will go instead to my own land and to my kindred." -- numbers 10:30 +. +Moses said, "Do not leave us, because you know places for us to camp in the wilderness, and you could be our guide. -- numbers 10:31 +. +And if you come with us, it is certain that whatever good things the Lord will favor us with, we will share with you as well." -- numbers 10:32 +. +So they traveled from the mountain of the Lord three days' journey; and the ark of the covenant of the Lord was traveling before them during the three days' journey, to find a resting place for them. -- numbers 10:33 +. + And the cloud of the Lord was over them by day, when they traveled from the camp. -- numbers 10:34 +. +And when the ark traveled, Moses would say, "Rise up, O Lord! May your enemies be scattered, and may those who hate you flee before you!" -- numbers 10:35 +. +And when it came to rest he would say, "Return, O Lord, to the many thousands of Israel!" -- numbers 10:36 +. +When the people complained, it displeased the Lord. When the Lord heard it, his anger burned, and so the fire of the Lord burned among them and consumed some of the outer parts of the camp. -- numbers 11:1 +. +When the people cried to Moses, he prayed to the Lord, and the fire died out. -- numbers 11:2 +. +So he called the name of that place Taberah because there the fire of the Lord burned among them. -- numbers 11:3 +. +Now the mixed multitude who were among them craved more desirable foods, and so the Israelites wept again and said, "If only we had meat to eat! -- numbers 11:4 +. +We remember the fish we used to eat freely in Egypt, the cucumbers, the melons, the leeks, the onions, and the garlic. -- numbers 11:5 +. +But now we are dried up, and there is nothing at all before us except this manna!" -- numbers 11:6 +. +(Now the manna was like coriander seed, and its color like the color of bdellium. -- numbers 11:7 +. +And the people went about and gathered it, and ground it with mills or pounded it in mortars; they baked it in pans and made cakes of it. It tasted like fresh olive oil. -- numbers 11:8 +. +And when the dew came down on the camp in the night, the manna fell with it.) -- numbers 11:9 +. +Moses heard the people weeping throughout their families, everyone at the door of his tent; and when the anger of the Lord was kindled greatly, Moses was also displeased. -- numbers 11:10 +. +And Moses said to the Lord, "Why have you afflicted your servant? Why have I not found favor in your sight, that you lay the burden of this entire people on me? -- numbers 11:11 +. +Did I conceive this entire people? Did I give birth to them, that you should say to me, 'Carry them in your arms, as a foster father bears a nursing child,' to the land which you swore to their fathers? -- numbers 11:12 +. +From where shall I get meat to give to this entire people, for they cry to me, 'Give us meat, that we may eat!' -- numbers 11:13 +. +I am not able to bear this entire people alone, because it is too heavy for me! -- numbers 11:14 +. +But if you are going to deal with me like this, then kill me immediately. If I have found favor in your sight then do not let me see my trouble." -- numbers 11:15 +. +The Lord said to Moses, "Gather to me seventy men of the elders of Israel, whom you know are elders of the people and officials over them, and bring them to the tent of meeting; let them take their position there with you. -- numbers 11:16 +. +Then I will come down and speak with you there, and I will take part of the spirit that is on you, and will put it on them, and they will bear some of the burden of the people with you, so that you do not bear it all by yourself. -- numbers 11:17 +. +"And say to the people, 'Sanctify yourselves for tomorrow, and you will eat meat, for you have wept in the hearing of the Lord, saying, "Who will give us meat to eat, for life was good for us in Egypt?" Therefore the Lord will give you meat, and you will eat. -- numbers 11:18 +. +You will eat, not just one day, nor two days, nor five days, nor ten days, nor twenty days, -- numbers 11:19 +. +but a whole month, until it comes out your nostrils and makes you sick, because you have despised the Lord who is among you and have wept before him, saying, "Why did we ever come out of Egypt?"'" -- numbers 11:20 +. +Moses said, "The people around me are 600,on foot; but you say, 'I will give them meat, that they may eat for a whole month.' -- numbers 11:21 +. +Would they have enough if the flocks and herds were slaughtered for them? If all the fish of the sea were caught for them, would they have enough?" -- numbers 11:22 +. +And the Lord said to Moses, "Is the Lord's hand shortened? Now you will see whether my word to you will come true or not!" -- numbers 11:23 +. +So Moses went out and told the people the words of the Lord. He then gathered seventy men of the elders of the people and had them stand around the tabernacle. -- numbers 11:24 +. +And the Lord came down in the cloud and spoke to them, and he took some of the Spirit that was on Moses and put it on the seventy elders. When the Spirit rested on them, they prophesied, but did not do so again. -- numbers 11:25 +. +But two men remained in the camp; one's name was Eldad, and the other's name was Medad. And the spirit rested on them. (Now they were among those in the registration, but had not gone to the tabernacle.) So they prophesied in the camp. -- numbers 11:26 +. +And a young man ran and told Moses, "Eldad and Medad are prophesying in the camp!" -- numbers 11:27 +. +Joshua son of Nun, the servant of Moses, one of his choice young men, said, "My lord Moses, stop them!" -- numbers 11:28 +. +Moses said to him, "Are you jealous for me? I wish that all the Lord's people were prophets, that the Lord would put his Spirit on them!" -- numbers 11:29 +. +Then Moses returned to the camp along with the elders of Israel. -- numbers 11:30 +. +Now a wind went out from the Lord and brought quail from the sea, and let them fall near the camp, about a day's journey on this side, and about a day's journey on the other side, all around the camp, and about three feet high on the surface of the ground. -- numbers 11:31 +. +And the people stayed up all that day, all that night, and all the next day, and gathered the quail. The one who gathered the least gathered ten homers, and they spread them out for themselves all around the camp. -- numbers 11:32 +. +But while the meat was still between their teeth, before they chewed it, the anger of the Lord burned against the people, and the Lord struck the people with a very great plague. -- numbers 11:33 +. +So the name of that place was called Kibroth Hattaavah, because there they buried the people that craved different food. -- numbers 11:34 +. +The people traveled from Kibroth Hattaavah to Hazeroth, and they stayed at Hazeroth. -- numbers 11:35 +. +Then Miriam and Aaron spoke against Moses because of the Cushite woman he had married (for he had married an Ethiopian woman). -- numbers 12:1 +. +They said, "Has the Lord only spoken through Moses? Has he not also spoken through us?" And the Lord heard it. -- numbers 12:2 +. +(Now the man Moses was very humble, more so than any man on the face of the earth.) -- numbers 12:3 +. +The Lord spoke immediately to Moses, Aaron, and Miriam: "The three of you come to the tent of meeting." So the three of them went. -- numbers 12:4 +. +And the Lord came down in a pillar of cloud and stood at the entrance of the tent; he then called Aaron and Miriam, and they both came forward. -- numbers 12:5 +. +The Lord said, "Hear now my words: If there is a prophet among you, I the Lord will make myself known to him in a vision; I will speak with him in a dream. -- numbers 12:6 +. +My servant Moses is not like this; he is faithful in all my house. -- numbers 12:7 +. +With him I will speak face to face, openly, and not in riddles; and he will see the form of the Lord. Why then were you not afraid to speak against my servant Moses?" -- numbers 12:8 +. +The anger of the Lord burned against them, and he departed. -- numbers 12:9 +. +When the cloud departed from above the tent, Miriam became leprous as snow. Then Aaron looked at Miriam, and she was leprous! -- numbers 12:10 +. +So Aaron said to Moses, "O my lord, please do not hold this sin against us, in which we have acted foolishly and have sinned! -- numbers 12:11 +. +Do not let her be like a baby born dead, whose flesh is half-consumed when it comes out of its mother's womb!" -- numbers 12:12 +. +Then Moses cried to the Lord, "Heal her now, O God." -- numbers 12:13 +. +The Lord said to Moses, "If her father had only spit in her face, would she not have been disgraced for seven days? Shut her out from the camp seven days, and afterward she can be brought back in again." -- numbers 12:14 +. +So Miriam was shut outside of the camp for seven days, and the people did not journey on until Miriam was brought back in. -- numbers 12:15 +. +After that the people moved from Hazeroth and camped in the wilderness of Paran. -- numbers 12:16 +. +The Lord spoke to Moses: -- numbers 13:1 +. +"Send out men to investigate the land of Canaan, which I am giving to the Israelites. You are to send one man from each ancestral tribe, each one a leader among them." -- numbers 13:2 +. +So Moses sent them from the wilderness of Paran at the command of the Lord. All of them were leaders of the Israelites. -- numbers 13:3 +. +Now these were their names: from the tribe of Reuben, Shammua son of Zaccur; -- numbers 13:4 +. +from the tribe of Simeon, Shaphat son of Hori; -- numbers 13:5 +. +from the tribe of Judah, Caleb son of Jephunneh; -- numbers 13:6 +. +from the tribe of Issachar, Igal son of Joseph; -- numbers 13:7 +. +from the tribe of Ephraim, Hoshea son of Nun; -- numbers 13:8 +. +from the tribe of Benjamin, Palti son of Raphu; -- numbers 13:9 +. +from the tribe of Zebulun, Gaddiel son of Sodi; -- numbers 13:10 +. +from the tribe of Joseph, namely, the tribe of Manasseh, Gaddi son of Susi; -- numbers 13:11 +. +from the tribe of Dan, Ammiel son of Gemalli; -- numbers 13:12 +. +from the tribe of Asher, Sethur son of Michael; -- numbers 13:13 +. +from the tribe of Naphtali, Nahbi son of Vopshi; -- numbers 13:14 +. +from the tribe of Gad, Geuel son of Maki. -- numbers 13:15 +. +These are the names of the men whom Moses sent to investigate the land. And Moses gave Hoshea son of Nun the name Joshua. -- numbers 13:16 +. +When Moses sent them to investigate the land of Canaan, he told them, "Go up through the Negev, and then go up into the hill country -- numbers 13:17 +. +and see what the land is like, and whether the people who live in it are strong or weak, few or many, -- numbers 13:18 +. +and whether the land they live in is good or bad, and whether the cities they inhabit are like camps or fortified cities, -- numbers 13:19 +. +and whether the land is rich or poor, and whether or not there are forests in it. And be brave, and bring back some of the fruit of the land." Now it was the time of year for the first ripe grapes. -- numbers 13:20 +. +So they went up and investigated the land from the wilderness of Zin to Rehob, at the entrance of Hamath. -- numbers 13:21 +. +When they went up through the Negev, they came to Hebron where Ahiman, Sheshai, and Talmai, descendants of Anak, were living. (Now Hebron had been built seven years before Zoan in Egypt.) -- numbers 13:22 +. +When they came to the valley of Eshcol, they cut down from there a branch with one cluster of grapes, and they carried it on a staff between two men, as well as some of the pomegranates and the figs. -- numbers 13:23 +. +That place was called the Eshcol Valley, because of the cluster of grapes that the Israelites cut from there. -- numbers 13:24 +. +They returned from investigating the land after forty days. -- numbers 13:25 +. +They came back to Moses and Aaron and to the whole community of the Israelites in the wilderness of Paran at Kadesh. They reported to the whole community and showed the fruit of the land. -- numbers 13:26 +. +They told Moses, "We went to the land where you sent us. It is indeed flowing with milk and honey, and this is its fruit. -- numbers 13:27 +. +But the inhabitants are strong, and the cities are fortified and very large. Moreover we saw the descendants of Anak there. -- numbers 13:28 +. +The Amalekites live in the land of the Negev; the Hittites, Jebusites, and Amorites live in the hill country; and the Canaanites live by the sea and along the banks of the Jordan." -- numbers 13:29 +. +Then Caleb silenced the people before Moses, saying, "Let us go up and occupy it, for we are well able to conquer it." -- numbers 13:30 +. +But the men who had gone up with him said, "We are not able to go up against these people, because they are stronger than we are!" -- numbers 13:31 +. +Then they presented the Israelites with a discouraging report of the land they had investigated, saying, "The land that we passed through to investigate is a land that devours its inhabitants. All the people we saw there are of great stature. -- numbers 13:32 +. +We even saw the Nephilim there (the descendants of Anak came from the Nephilim), and we seemed liked grasshoppers both to ourselves and to them." -- numbers 13:33 +. +Then all the community raised a loud cry, and the people wept that night. -- numbers 14:1 +. +And all the Israelites murmured against Moses and Aaron, and the whole congregation said to them, "If only we had died in the land of Egypt, or if only we had perished in this wilderness! -- numbers 14:2 +. +Why has the Lord brought us into this land only to be killed by the sword, that our wives and our children should become plunder? Wouldn't it be better for us to return to Egypt?" -- numbers 14:3 +. +So they said to one another, "Let's appoint a leader and return to Egypt." -- numbers 14:4 +. +Then Moses and Aaron fell down with their faces to the ground before the whole assembled community of the Israelites. -- numbers 14:5 +. +And Joshua son of Nun and Caleb son of Jephunneh, two of those who had investigated the land, tore their garments. -- numbers 14:6 +. +They said to the whole community of the Israelites, "The land we passed through to investigate is an exceedingly good land. -- numbers 14:7 +. +If the Lord delights in us, then he will bring us into this land and give it to us - a land that is flowing with milk and honey. -- numbers 14:8 +. +Only do not rebel against the Lord, and do not fear the people of the land, for they are bread for us. Their protection has turned aside from them, but the Lord is with us. Do not fear them!" -- numbers 14:9 +. +However, the whole community threatened to stone them. But the glory of the Lord appeared to all the Israelites at the tent of meeting. -- numbers 14:10 +. +The Lord said to Moses, "How long will this people despise me, and how long will they not believe in me, in spite of the signs that I have done among them? -- numbers 14:11 +. +I will strike them with the pestilence, and I will disinherit them; I will make you into a nation that is greater and mightier than they!" -- numbers 14:12 +. +Moses said to the Lord, "When the Egyptians hear it - for you brought up this people by your power from among them - -- numbers 14:13 +. +then they will tell it to the inhabitants of this land. They have heard that you, Lord, are among this people, that you, Lord, are seen face to face, that your cloud stands over them, and that you go before them by day in a pillar of cloud and in a pillar of fire by night. -- numbers 14:14 +. +If you kill this entire people at once, then the nations that have heard of your fame will say, -- numbers 14:15 +. +'Because the Lord was not able to bring this people into the land that he swore to them, he killed them in the wilderness.' -- numbers 14:16 +. +So now, let the power of my Lord be great, just as you have said, -- numbers 14:17 +. +'The Lord is slow to anger and abounding in loyal love, forgiving iniquity and transgression, but by no means clearing the guilty, visiting the iniquity of the fathers on the children until the third and fourth generations.' -- numbers 14:18 +. +Please forgive the iniquity of this people according to your great loyal love, just as you have forgiven this people from Egypt even until now." -- numbers 14:19 +. +Then the Lord said, "I have forgiven them as you asked. -- numbers 14:20 +. +But truly, as I live, all the earth will be filled with the glory of the Lord. -- numbers 14:21 +. +For all the people have seen my glory and my signs that I did in Egypt and in the wilderness, and yet have tempted me now these ten times, and have not obeyed me, -- numbers 14:22 +. +they will by no means see the land that I swore to their fathers, nor will any of them who despised me see it. -- numbers 14:23 +. +Only my servant Caleb, because he had a different spirit and has followed me fully - I will bring him into the land where he had gone, and his descendants will possess it. -- numbers 14:24 +. +(Now the Amalekites and the Canaanites were living in the valleys.) Tomorrow, turn and journey into the wilderness by the way of the Red Sea." -- numbers 14:25 +. +The Lord spoke to Moses and Aaron: -- numbers 14:26 +. +"How long must I bear with this evil congregation that murmurs against me? I have heard the complaints of the Israelites that they murmured against me. -- numbers 14:27 +. +Say to them, 'As I live, says the Lord, I will surely do to you just what you have spoken in my hearing. -- numbers 14:28 +. +Your dead bodies will fall in this wilderness - all those of you who were numbered, according to your full number, from twenty years old and upward, who have murmured against me. -- numbers 14:29 +. +You will by no means enter into the land where I swore to settle you. The only exceptions are Caleb son of Jephunneh and Joshua son of Nun. -- numbers 14:30 +. +But I will bring in your little ones, whom you said would become victims of war, and they will enjoy the land that you have despised. -- numbers 14:31 +. +But as for you, your dead bodies will fall in this wilderness, -- numbers 14:32 +. +and your children will wander in the wilderness forty years and suffer for your unfaithfulness, until your dead bodies lie finished in the wilderness. -- numbers 14:33 +. +According to the number of the days you have investigated this land, forty days - one day for a year - you will suffer for your iniquities, forty years, and you will know what it means to thwart me. -- numbers 14:34 +. +I, the Lord, have said, "I will surely do so to all this evil congregation that has gathered together against me. In this wilderness they will be finished, and there they will die!"'" -- numbers 14:35 +. +The men whom Moses sent to investigate the land, who returned and made the whole community murmur against him by producing an evil report about the land, -- numbers 14:36 +. +those men who produced the evil report about the land, died by the plague before the Lord. -- numbers 14:37 +. +But Joshua son of Nun and Caleb son of Jephunneh, who were among the men who went to investigate the land, lived. -- numbers 14:38 +. +When Moses told these things to all the Israelites, the people mourned greatly. -- numbers 14:39 +. +And early in the morning they went up to the crest of the hill country, saying, "Here we are, and we will go up to the place that the Lord commanded, for we have sinned." -- numbers 14:40 +. +But Moses said, "Why are you now transgressing the commandment of the Lord? It will not succeed! -- numbers 14:41 +. +Do not go up, for the Lord is not among you, and you will be defeated before your enemies. -- numbers 14:42 +. +For the Amalekites and the Canaanites are there before you, and you will fall by the sword. Because you have turned away from the Lord, the Lord will not be with you." -- numbers 14:43 +. +But they dared to go up to the crest of the hill, although neither the ark of the covenant of the Lord nor Moses departed from the camp. -- numbers 14:44 +. +So the Amalekites and the Canaanites who lived in that hill country swooped down and attacked them as far as Hormah. -- numbers 14:45 +. +The Lord spoke to Moses: -- numbers 15:1 +. +"Speak to the Israelites and tell them, 'When you enter the land where you are to live, which I am giving you, -- numbers 15:2 +. +and you make an offering by fire to the Lord from the herd or from the flock (whether a burnt offering or a sacrifice for discharging a vow or as a freewill offering or in your solemn feasts) to create a pleasing aroma to the Lord, -- numbers 15:3 +. +then the one who presents his offering to the Lord must bring a grain offering of one-tenth of an ephah of finely ground flour mixed with one fourth of a hin of olive oil. -- numbers 15:4 +. +You must also prepare one-fourth of a hin of wine for a drink offering with the burnt offering or the sacrifice for each lamb. -- numbers 15:5 +. +Or for a ram, you must prepare as a grain offering two-tenths of an ephah of finely ground flour mixed with one-third of a hin of olive oil, -- numbers 15:6 +. +and for a drink offering you must offer one-third of a hin of wine as a pleasing aroma to the Lord. -- numbers 15:7 +. +And when you prepare a young bull as a burnt offering or a sacrifice for discharging a vow or as a peace offering to the Lord, -- numbers 15:8 +. +then a grain offering of three-tenths of an ephah of finely ground flour mixed with half a hin of olive oil must be presented with the young bull, -- numbers 15:9 +. +and you must present as the drink offering half a hin of wine with the fire offering as a pleasing aroma to the Lord. -- numbers 15:10 +. +This is what is to be done for each ox, or each ram, or each of the male lambs or the goats. -- numbers 15:11 +. +You must do so for each one according to the number that you prepare. -- numbers 15:12 +. +"'Every native-born person must do these things in this way to present an offering made by fire as a pleasing aroma to the Lord. -- numbers 15:13 +. +If a resident foreigner is living with you - or whoever is among you in future generations - and prepares an offering made by fire as a pleasing aroma to the Lord, he must do it the same way you are to do it. -- numbers 15:14 +. +One statute must apply to you who belong to the congregation and to the resident foreigner who is living among you, as a permanent statute for your future generations. You and the resident foreigner will be alike before the Lord. -- numbers 15:15 +. +One law and one custom must apply to you and to the resident foreigner who lives alongside you.'" -- numbers 15:16 +. +The Lord spoke to Moses: -- numbers 15:17 +. +"Speak to the Israelites and tell them, 'When you enter the land to which I am bringing you -- numbers 15:18 +. +and you eat some of the food of the land, you must offer up a raised offering to the Lord. -- numbers 15:19 +. +You must offer up a cake of the first of your finely ground flour as a raised offering; as you offer the raised offering of the threshing floor, so you must offer it up. -- numbers 15:20 +. +You must give to the Lord some of the first of your finely ground flour as a raised offering in your future generations. -- numbers 15:21 +. +"'If you sin unintentionally and do not observe all these commandments that the Lord has spoken to Moses - -- numbers 15:22 +. +all that the Lord has commanded you by the authority of Moses, from the day that the Lord commanded Moses and continuing through your future generations - -- numbers 15:23 +. +then if anything is done unintentionally without the knowledge of the community, the whole community must prepare one young bull for a burnt offering - for a pleasing aroma to the Lord - along with its grain offering and its customary drink offering, and one male goat for a purification offering. -- numbers 15:24 +. +And the priest is to make atonement for the whole community of the Israelites, and they will be forgiven, because it was unintentional and they have brought their offering, an offering made by fire to the Lord, and their purification offering before the Lord, for their unintentional offense. -- numbers 15:25 +. +And the whole community of the Israelites and the resident foreigner who lives among them will be forgiven, since all the people were involved in the unintentional offense. -- numbers 15:26 +. +"'If any person sins unintentionally, then he must bring a yearling female goat for a purification offering. -- numbers 15:27 +. +And the priest must make atonement for the person who sins unintentionally - when he sins unintentionally before the Lord - to make atonement for him, and he will be forgiven. -- numbers 15:28 +. +You must have one law for the person who sins unintentionally, both for the native-born among the Israelites and for the resident foreigner who lives among them. -- numbers 15:29 +. +"'But the person who acts defiantly, whether native-born or a resident foreigner, insults the Lord. That person must be cut off from among his people. -- numbers 15:30 +. +Because he has despised the word of the Lord and has broken his commandment, that person must be completely cut off. His iniquity will be on him.'" -- numbers 15:31 +. +When the Israelites were in the wilderness they found a man gathering wood on the Sabbath day. -- numbers 15:32 +. +Those who found him gathering wood brought him to Moses and Aaron and to the whole community. -- numbers 15:33 +. +They put him in custody, because there was no clear instruction about what should be done to him. -- numbers 15:34 +. +Then the Lord said to Moses, "The man must surely be put to death; the whole community must stone him with stones outside the camp." -- numbers 15:35 +. +So the whole community took him outside the camp and stoned him to death, just as the Lord commanded Moses. -- numbers 15:36 +. +The Lord spoke to Moses: -- numbers 15:37 +. +"Speak to the Israelites and tell them to make tassels for themselves on the corners of their garments throughout their generations, and put a blue thread on the tassel of the corners. -- numbers 15:38 +. +You must have this tassel so that you may look at it and remember all the commandments of the Lord and obey them and so that you do not follow after your own heart and your own eyes that lead you to unfaithfulness. -- numbers 15:39 +. +Thus you will remember and obey all my commandments and be holy to your God. -- numbers 15:40 +. +I am the Lord your God, who brought you out of the land of Egypt to be your God. I am the Lord your God." -- numbers 15:41 +. +Now Korah son of Izhar, the son of Kohath, the son of Levi, and Dathan and Abiram, the sons of Eliab, and On son of Peleth, who were Reubenites, took men -- numbers 16:1 +. +and rebelled against Moses, along with some of the Israelites, leaders of the community, chosen from the assembly, famous men. -- numbers 16:2 +. +And they assembled against Moses and Aaron, saying to them, "You take too much upon yourselves, seeing that the whole community is holy, every one of them, and the Lord is among them. Why then do you exalt yourselves above the community of the Lord?" -- numbers 16:3 +. +When Moses heard it he fell down with his face to the ground. -- numbers 16:4 +. +Then he said to Korah and to all his company, "In the morning the Lord will make known who are his, and who is holy. He will cause that person to approach him; the person he has chosen he will cause to approach him. -- numbers 16:5 +. +Do this, Korah, you and all your company: Take censers, -- numbers 16:6 +. +put fire in them, and set incense on them before the Lord tomorrow, and the man whom the Lord chooses will be holy. You take too much upon yourselves, you sons of Levi!" -- numbers 16:7 +. +Moses said to Korah, "Listen now, you sons of Levi! -- numbers 16:8 +. +Does it seem too small a thing to you that the God of Israel has separated you from the community of Israel to bring you near to himself, to perform the service of the tabernacle of the Lord, and to stand before the community to minister to them? -- numbers 16:9 +. +He has brought you near and all your brothers, the sons of Levi, with you. Do you now seek the priesthood also? -- numbers 16:10 +. +Therefore you and all your company have assembled together against the Lord! And Aaron - what is he that you murmur against him?" -- numbers 16:11 +. +Then Moses summoned Dathan and Abiram, the sons of Eliab, but they said, "We will not come up. -- numbers 16:12 +. +Is it a small thing that you have brought us up out of the land that flows with milk and honey, to kill us in the wilderness? Now do you want to make yourself a prince over us? -- numbers 16:13 +. +Moreover, you have not brought us into a land that flows with milk and honey, nor given us an inheritance of fields and vineyards. Do you think you can blind these men? We will not come up." -- numbers 16:14 +. +Moses was very angry, and he said to the Lord, "Have no respect for their offering! I have not taken so much as one donkey from them, nor have I harmed any one of them!" -- numbers 16:15 +. +Then Moses said to Korah, "You and all your company present yourselves before the Lord - you and they, and Aaron - tomorrow. -- numbers 16:16 +. +And each of you take his censer, put incense in it, and then each of you present his censer before the Lord: censers, along with you, and Aaron - each of you with his censer." -- numbers 16:17 +. +So everyone took his censer, put fire in it, and set incense on it, and stood at the entrance of the tent of meeting, with Moses and Aaron. -- numbers 16:18 +. +When Korah assembled the whole community against them at the entrance of the tent of meeting, then the glory of the Lord appeared to the whole community. -- numbers 16:19 +. +The Lord spoke to Moses and Aaron: -- numbers 16:20 +. +"Separate yourselves from among this community, that I may consume them in an instant." -- numbers 16:21 +. +Then they threw themselves down with their faces to the ground and said, "O God, the God of the spirits of all people, will you be angry with the whole community when only one man sins?" -- numbers 16:22 +. +So the Lord spoke to Moses: -- numbers 16:23 +. +"Tell the community: 'Get away from around the homes of Korah, Dathan, and Abiram.'" -- numbers 16:24 +. +Then Moses got up and went to Dathan and Abiram; and the elders of Israel went after him. -- numbers 16:25 +. +And he said to the community, "Move away from the tents of these wicked men, and do not touch anything they have, lest you be destroyed because of all their sins." -- numbers 16:26 +. +So they got away from the homes of Korah, Dathan, and Abiram on every side, and Dathan and Abiram came out and stationed themselves in the entrances of their tents with their wives, their children, and their toddlers. -- numbers 16:27 +. +Then Moses said, "This is how you will know that the Lord has sent me to do all these works, for I have not done them of my own will. -- numbers 16:28 +. +If these men die a natural death, or if they share the fate of all men, then the Lord has not sent me. -- numbers 16:29 +. +But if the Lord does something entirely new, and the earth opens its mouth and swallows them up along with all that they have, and they go down alive to the grave, then you will know that these men have despised the Lord!" -- numbers 16:30 +. +When he had finished speaking all these words, the ground that was under them split open, -- numbers 16:31 +. +and the earth opened its mouth and swallowed them, along with their households, and all Korah's men, and all their goods. -- numbers 16:32 +. +They and all that they had went down alive into the pit, and the earth closed over them. So they perished from among the community. -- numbers 16:33 +. +All the Israelites who were around them fled at their cry, for they said, "What if the earth swallows us too?" -- numbers 16:34 +. +Then a fire went out from the Lord and devoured the men who offered incense. -- numbers 16:35 +. + The Lord spoke to Moses: -- numbers 16:36 +. +"Tell Eleazar son of Aaron the priest to pick up the censers out of the flame, for they are holy, and then scatter the coals of fire at a distance. -- numbers 16:37 +. +As for the censers of these men who sinned at the cost of their lives, they must be made into hammered sheets for covering the altar, because they presented them before the Lord and sanctified them. They will become a sign to the Israelites." -- numbers 16:38 +. +So Eleazar the priest took the bronze censers presented by those who had been burned up, and they were hammered out as a covering for the altar. -- numbers 16:39 +. +It was a memorial for the Israelites, that no outsider who is not a descendant of Aaron should approach to burn incense before the Lord, that he might not become like Korah and his company - just as the Lord had spoken by the authority of Moses. -- numbers 16:40 +. +But on the next day the whole community of Israelites murmured against Moses and Aaron, saying, "You have killed the Lord's people!" -- numbers 16:41 +. +When the community assembled against Moses and Aaron, they turned toward the tent of meeting - and the cloud covered it, and the glory of the Lord appeared. -- numbers 16:42 +. +Then Moses and Aaron stood before the tent of meeting. -- numbers 16:43 +. +The Lord spoke to Moses: -- numbers 16:44 +. +"Get away from this community, so that I can consume them in an instant!" But they threw themselves down with their faces to the ground. -- numbers 16:45 +. +Then Moses said to Aaron, "Take the censer, put burning coals from the altar in it, place incense on it, and go quickly into the assembly and make atonement for them, for wrath has gone out from the Lord - the plague has begun!" -- numbers 16:46 +. +So Aaron did as Moses commanded and ran into the middle of the assembly, where the plague was just beginning among the people. So he placed incense on the coals and made atonement for the people. -- numbers 16:47 +. +He stood between the dead and the living, and the plague was stopped. -- numbers 16:48 +. +Now 14,people died in the plague, in addition to those who died in the event with Korah. -- numbers 16:49 +. +Then Aaron returned to Moses at the entrance of the tent of meeting, and the plague was stopped. -- numbers 16:50 +. +The Lord spoke to Moses: -- numbers 17:1 +. +"Speak to the Israelites, and receive from them a staff from each tribe, one from every tribal leader, twelve staffs; you must write each man's name on his staff. -- numbers 17:2 +. +You must write Aaron's name on the staff of Levi; for one staff is for the head of every tribe. -- numbers 17:3 +. +You must place them in the tent of meeting before the ark of the covenant where I meet with you. -- numbers 17:4 +. +And the staff of the man whom I choose will blossom; so I will rid myself of the complaints of the Israelites, which they murmur against you." -- numbers 17:5 +. +So Moses spoke to the Israelites, and each of their leaders gave him a staff, one for each leader, according to their tribes - twelve staffs; the staff of Aaron was among their staffs. -- numbers 17:6 +. +Then Moses placed the staffs before the Lord in the tent of the testimony. -- numbers 17:7 +. +On the next day Moses went into the tent of the testimony - and the staff of Aaron for the house of Levi had sprouted, and brought forth buds, and produced blossoms, and yielded almonds! -- numbers 17:8 +. +So Moses brought out all the staffs from before the Lord to all the Israelites. They looked at them, and each man took his staff. -- numbers 17:9 +. +The Lord said to Moses, "Bring Aaron's staff back before the testimony to be preserved for a sign to the rebels, so that you may bring their murmurings to an end before me, that they will not die." -- numbers 17:10 +. +So Moses did as the Lord commanded him - this is what he did. -- numbers 17:11 +. +The Israelites said to Moses, "We are bound to die! We perish, we all perish! -- numbers 17:12 +. + Anyone who even comes close to the tabernacle of the Lord will die! Are we all to die?" -- numbers 17:13 +. +The Lord said to Aaron, "You and your sons and your tribe with you must bear the iniquity of the sanctuary, and you and your sons with you must bear the iniquity of your priesthood. -- numbers 18:1 +. +"Bring with you your brothers, the tribe of Levi, the tribe of your father, so that they may join with you and minister to you while you and your sons with you are before the tent of the testimony. -- numbers 18:2 +. +They must be responsible to care for you and to care for the entire tabernacle. However, they must not come near the furnishings of the sanctuary and the altar, or both they and you will die. -- numbers 18:3 +. +They must join with you, and they will be responsible for the care of the tent of meeting, for all the service of the tent, but no unauthorized person may approach you. -- numbers 18:4 +. +You will be responsible for the care of the sanctuary and the care of the altar, so that there will be no more wrath on the Israelites. -- numbers 18:5 +. +I myself have chosen your brothers the Levites from among the Israelites. They are given to you as a gift from the Lord, to perform the duties of the tent of meeting. -- numbers 18:6 +. +But you and your sons with you are responsible for your priestly duties, for everything at the altar and within the curtain. And you must serve. I give you the priesthood as a gift for service; but the unauthorized person who approaches must be put to death." -- numbers 18:7 +. +The Lord spoke to Aaron, "See, I have given you the responsibility for my raised offerings; I have given all the holy things of the Israelites to you as your priestly portion and to your sons as a perpetual ordinance. -- numbers 18:8 +. +Of all the most holy offerings reserved from the fire this will be yours: Every offering of theirs, whether from every grain offering or from every purification offering or from every reparation offering which they bring to me, will be most holy for you and for your sons. -- numbers 18:9 +. +You are to eat it as a most holy offering; every male may eat it. It will be holy to you. -- numbers 18:10 +. +"And this is yours: the raised offering of their gift, along with all the wave offerings of the Israelites. I have given them to you and to your sons and daughters with you as a perpetual ordinance. Everyone who is ceremonially clean in your household may eat of it. -- numbers 18:11 +. +"All the best of the olive oil and all the best of the wine and of the wheat, the first fruits of these things that they give to the Lord, I have given to you. -- numbers 18:12 +. +And whatever first ripe fruit in their land they bring to the Lord will be yours; everyone who is ceremonially clean in your household may eat of it. -- numbers 18:13 +. +"Everything devoted in Israel will be yours. -- numbers 18:14 +. +The firstborn of every womb which they present to the Lord, whether human or animal, will be yours. Nevertheless, the firstborn sons you must redeem, and the firstborn males of unclean animals you must redeem. -- numbers 18:15 +. +And those that must be redeemed you are to redeem when they are a month old, according to your estimation, for five shekels of silver according to the sanctuary shekel (which is twenty gerahs). -- numbers 18:16 +. +But you must not redeem the firstborn of a cow or a sheep or a goat; they are holy. You must splash their blood on the altar and burn their fat for an offering made by fire for a pleasing aroma to the Lord. -- numbers 18:17 +. +And their meat will be yours, just as the breast and the right hip of the raised offering is yours. -- numbers 18:18 +. +All the raised offerings of the holy things that the Israelites offer to the Lord, I have given to you, and to your sons and daughters with you, as a perpetual ordinance. It is a covenant of salt forever before the Lord for you and for your descendants with you." -- numbers 18:19 +. +The Lord spoke to Aaron, "You will have no inheritance in their land, nor will you have any portion of property among them - I am your portion and your inheritance among the Israelites. -- numbers 18:20 +. +See, I have given the Levites all the tithes in Israel for an inheritance, for their service which they perform - the service of the tent of meeting. -- numbers 18:21 +. +No longer may the Israelites approach the tent of meeting, or else they will bear their sin and die. -- numbers 18:22 +. +But the Levites must perform the service of the tent of meeting, and they must bear their iniquity. It will be a perpetual ordinance throughout your generations that among the Israelites the Levites have no inheritance. -- numbers 18:23 +. +But I have given to the Levites for an inheritance the tithes of the Israelites that are offered to the Lord as a raised offering. That is why I said to them that among the Israelites they are to have no inheritance." -- numbers 18:24 +. +The Lord spoke to Moses: -- numbers 18:25 +. +"You are to speak to the Levites, and you must tell them, 'When you receive from the Israelites the tithe that I have given you from them as your inheritance, then you are to offer up from it as a raised offering to the Lord a tenth of the tithe. -- numbers 18:26 +. +And your raised offering will be credited to you as though it were grain from the threshing floor or as new wine from the winepress. -- numbers 18:27 +. +Thus you are to offer up a raised offering to the Lord of all your tithes which you receive from the Israelites; and you must give the Lord's raised offering from it to Aaron the priest. -- numbers 18:28 +. +From all your gifts you must offer up every raised offering due the Lord, from all the best of it, and the holiest part of it.' -- numbers 18:29 +. +"Therefore you will say to them, 'When you offer up the best of it, then it will be credited to the Levites as the product of the threshing floor and as the product of the winepress. -- numbers 18:30 +. +And you may eat it in any place, you and your household, because it is your wages for your service in the tent of meeting. -- numbers 18:31 +. +And you will bear no sin concerning it when you offer up the best of it. And you must not profane the holy things of the Israelites, or else you will die.'" -- numbers 18:32 +. +The Lord spoke to Moses and Aaron: -- numbers 19:1 +. +"This is the ordinance of the law which the Lord has commanded: 'Instruct the Israelites to bring you a red heifer without blemish, which has no defect and has never carried a yoke. -- numbers 19:2 +. +You must give it to Eleazar the priest so that he can take it outside the camp, and it must be slaughtered before him. -- numbers 19:3 +. +Eleazar the priest is to take some of its blood with his finger, and sprinkle some of the blood seven times directly in front of the tent of meeting. -- numbers 19:4 +. +Then the heifer must be burned in his sight - its skin, its flesh, its blood, and its offal is to be burned. -- numbers 19:5 +. +And the priest must take cedar wood, hyssop, and scarlet wool and throw them into the midst of the fire where the heifer is burning. -- numbers 19:6 +. +Then the priest must wash his clothes and bathe himself in water, and afterward he may come into the camp, but the priest will be ceremonially unclean until evening. -- numbers 19:7 +. +The one who burns it must wash his clothes in water and bathe himself in water. He will be ceremonially unclean until evening. -- numbers 19:8 +. +"'Then a man who is ceremonially clean must gather up the ashes of the red heifer and put them in a ceremonially clean place outside the camp. They must be kept for the community of the Israelites for use in the water of purification - it is a purification for sin. -- numbers 19:9 +. +The one who gathers the ashes of the heifer must wash his clothes and be ceremonially unclean until evening. This will be a permanent ordinance both for the Israelites and the resident foreigner who lives among them. -- numbers 19:10 +. +"'Whoever touches the corpse of any person will be ceremonially unclean seven days. -- numbers 19:11 +. +He must purify himself with water on the third day and on the seventh day, and so will be clean. But if he does not purify himself on the third day and the seventh day, then he will not be clean. -- numbers 19:12 +. +Anyone who touches the corpse of any dead person and does not purify himself defiles the tabernacle of the Lord. And that person must be cut off from Israel, because the water of purification was not sprinkled on him. He will be unclean; his uncleanness remains on him. -- numbers 19:13 +. +"'This is the law: When a man dies in a tent, anyone who comes into the tent and all who are in the tent will be ceremonially unclean seven days. -- numbers 19:14 +. +And every open container that has no covering fastened on it is unclean. -- numbers 19:15 +. +And whoever touches the body of someone killed with a sword in the open fields, or the body of someone who died of natural causes, or a human bone, or a grave, will be unclean seven days. -- numbers 19:16 +. +"'For a ceremonially unclean person you must take some of the ashes of the heifer burnt for purification from sin and pour fresh running water over them in a vessel. -- numbers 19:17 +. +Then a ceremonially clean person must take hyssop, dip it in the water, and sprinkle it on the tent, on all its furnishings, and on the people who were there, or on the one who touched a bone, or one killed, or one who died, or a grave. -- numbers 19:18 +. +And the clean person must sprinkle the unclean on the third day and on the seventh day; and on the seventh day he must purify him, and then he must wash his clothes, and bathe in water, and he will be clean in the evening. -- numbers 19:19 +. +But the man who is unclean and does not purify himself, that person must be cut off from among the community, because he has polluted the sanctuary of the Lord; the water of purification was not sprinkled on him, so he is unclean. -- numbers 19:20 +. +"'So this will be a perpetual ordinance for them: The one who sprinkles the water of purification must wash his clothes, and the one who touches the water of purification will be unclean until evening. -- numbers 19:21 +. +And whatever the unclean person touches will be unclean, and the person who touches it will be unclean until evening.'" -- numbers 19:22 +. +Then the entire community of Israel entered the wilderness of Zin in the first month, and the people stayed in Kadesh. Miriam died and was buried there. -- numbers 20:1 +. +And there was no water for the community, and so they gathered themselves together against Moses and Aaron. -- numbers 20:2 +. +The people contended with Moses, saying, "If only we had died when our brothers died before the Lord! -- numbers 20:3 +. +Why have you brought up the Lord's community into this wilderness? So that we and our cattle should die here? -- numbers 20:4 +. +Why have you brought us up from Egypt only to bring us to this dreadful place? It is no place for grain, or figs, or vines, or pomegranates; nor is there any water to drink!" -- numbers 20:5 +. +So Moses and Aaron went from the presence of the assembly to the entrance to the tent of meeting. They then threw themselves down with their faces to the ground, and the glory of the Lord appeared to them. -- numbers 20:6 +. +Then the Lord spoke to Moses: -- numbers 20:7 +. +"Take the staff and assemble the community, you and Aaron your brother, and then speak to the rock before their eyes. It will pour forth its water, and you will bring water out of the rock for them, and so you will give the community and their beasts water to drink." -- numbers 20:8 +. +So Moses took the staff from before the Lord, just as he commanded him. -- numbers 20:9 +. +Then Moses and Aaron gathered the community together in front of the rock, and he said to them, "Listen, you rebels, must we bring water out of this rock for you?" -- numbers 20:10 +. +Then Moses raised his hand, and struck the rock twice with his staff. And water came out abundantly. So the community drank, and their beasts drank too. -- numbers 20:11 +. +Then the Lord spoke to Moses and Aaron, "Because you did not trust me enough to show me as holy before the Israelites, therefore you will not bring this community into the land I have given them." -- numbers 20:12 +. +These are the waters of Meribah, because the Israelites contended with the Lord, and his holiness was maintained among them. -- numbers 20:13 +. +Moses sent messengers from Kadesh to the king of Edom: "Thus says your brother Israel: 'You know all the hardships we have experienced, -- numbers 20:14 +. +how our ancestors went down into Egypt, and we lived in Egypt a long time, and the Egyptians treated us and our ancestors badly. -- numbers 20:15 +. +So when we cried to the Lord, he heard our voice and sent a messenger, and has brought us up out of Egypt. Now we are here in Kadesh, a town on the edge of your country. -- numbers 20:16 +. +Please let us pass through your country. We will not pass through the fields or through the vineyards, nor will we drink water from any well. We will go by the King's Highway; we will not turn to the right or the left until we have passed through your region.'" -- numbers 20:17 +. +But Edom said to him, "You will not pass through me, or I will come out against you with the sword." -- numbers 20:18 +. +Then the Israelites said to him, "We will go along the highway, and if we or our cattle drink any of your water, we will pay for it. We will only pass through on our feet, without doing anything else." -- numbers 20:19 +. +But he said, "You may not pass through." Then Edom came out against them with a large and powerful force. -- numbers 20:20 +. +So Edom refused to give Israel passage through his border; therefore Israel turned away from him. -- numbers 20:21 +. +So the entire company of Israelites traveled from Kadesh and came to Mount Hor. -- numbers 20:22 +. +And the Lord spoke to Moses and Aaron in Mount Hor, by the border of the land of Edom. He said: -- numbers 20:23 +. +"Aaron will be gathered to his ancestors, for he will not enter into the land I have given to the Israelites because both of you rebelled against my word at the waters of Meribah. -- numbers 20:24 +. +Take Aaron and Eleazar his son, and bring them up on Mount Hor. -- numbers 20:25 +. +Remove Aaron's priestly garments and put them on Eleazar his son, and Aaron will be gathered to his ancestors and will die there." -- numbers 20:26 +. +So Moses did as the Lord commanded; and they went up Mount Hor in the sight of the whole community. -- numbers 20:27 +. +And Moses removed Aaron's garments and put them on his son Eleazar. So Aaron died there on the top of the mountain. And Moses and Eleazar came down from the mountain. -- numbers 20:28 +. +When all the community saw that Aaron was dead, the whole house of Israel mourned for Aaron thirty days. -- numbers 20:29 +. +When the Canaanite king of Arad who lived in the Negev heard that Israel was approaching along the road to Atharim, he fought against Israel and took some of them prisoner. -- numbers 21:1 +. +So Israel made a vow to the Lord and said, "If you will indeed deliver this people into our hand, then we will utterly destroy their cities." -- numbers 21:2 +. +The Lord listened to the voice of Israel and delivered up the Canaanites, and they utterly destroyed them and their cities. So the name of the place was called Hormah. -- numbers 21:3 +. +Then they traveled from Mount Hor by the road to the Red Sea, to go around the land of Edom, but the people became impatient along the way. -- numbers 21:4 +. +And the people spoke against God and against Moses, "Why have you brought us up out of Egypt to die in the wilderness, for there is no bread or water, and we detest this worthless food." -- numbers 21:5 +. +So the Lord sent poisonous snakes among the people, and they bit the people; many people of Israel died. -- numbers 21:6 +. +Then the people came to Moses and said, "We have sinned, for we have spoken against the Lord and against you. Pray to the Lord that he would take away the snakes from us." So Moses prayed for the people. -- numbers 21:7 +. +The Lord said to Moses, "Make a poisonous snake and set it on a pole. When anyone who is bitten looks at it, he will live." -- numbers 21:8 +. +So Moses made a bronze snake and put it on a pole, so that if a snake had bitten someone, when he looked at the bronze snake he lived. -- numbers 21:9 +. +The Israelites traveled on and camped in Oboth. -- numbers 21:10 +. +Then they traveled on from Oboth and camped at Iye Abarim, in the wilderness that is before Moab, on the eastern side. -- numbers 21:11 +. +From there they moved on and camped in the valley of Zered. -- numbers 21:12 +. +From there they moved on and camped on the other side of the Arnon, in the wilderness that extends from the regions of the Amorites, for Arnon is the border of Moab, between Moab and the Amorites. -- numbers 21:13 +. +This is why it is said in the Book of the Wars of the Lord, "Waheb in Suphah and the wadis, the Arnon -- numbers 21:14 +. +and the slope of the valleys that extends to the dwelling of Ar, and falls off at the border of Moab." -- numbers 21:15 +. +And from there they traveled to Beer; that is the well where the Lord spoke to Moses, "Gather the people and I will give them water." -- numbers 21:16 +. +Then Israel sang this song: "Spring up, O well, sing to it! -- numbers 21:17 +. +The well which the princes dug, which the leaders of the people opened with their scepters and their staffs." And from the wilderness they traveled to Mattanah; -- numbers 21:18 +. +and from Mattanah to Nahaliel; and from Nahaliel to Bamoth; -- numbers 21:19 +. +and from Bamoth to the valley that is in the country of Moab, near the top of Pisgah, which overlooks the wilderness. -- numbers 21:20 +. +Then Israel sent messengers to King Sihon of the Amorites, saying, -- numbers 21:21 +. +"Let us pass through your land; we will not turn aside into the fields or into the vineyards, nor will we drink water from any well, but we will go along the King's Highway until we pass your borders." -- numbers 21:22 +. +But Sihon did not permit Israel to pass through his border; he gathered all his forces together and went out against Israel into the wilderness. When he came to Jahaz, he fought against Israel. -- numbers 21:23 +. +But the Israelites defeated him in battle and took possession of his land from the Arnon to the Jabbok, as far as the Ammonites, for the border of the Ammonites was strongly defended. -- numbers 21:24 +. +So Israel took all these cities; and Israel settled in all the cities of the Amorites, in Heshbon, and in all its villages. -- numbers 21:25 +. +For Heshbon was the city of King Sihon of the Amorites. Now he had fought against the former king of Moab and had taken all of his land from his control, as far as the Arnon. -- numbers 21:26 +. +That is why those who speak in proverbs say, "Come to Heshbon, let it be built. Let the city of Sihon be established! -- numbers 21:27 +. +For fire went out from Heshbon, a flame from the city of Sihon. It has consumed Ar of Moab and the lords of the high places of Arnon. -- numbers 21:28 +. +Woe to you, Moab. You are ruined, O people of Chemosh! He has made his sons fugitives, and his daughters the prisoners of King Sihon of the Amorites. -- numbers 21:29 +. +We have overpowered them; Heshbon has perished as far as Dibon. We have shattered them as far as Nophah, which reaches to Medeba." -- numbers 21:30 +. +So the Israelites lived in the land of the Amorites. -- numbers 21:31 +. +Moses sent spies to reconnoiter Jaazer, and they captured its villages and dispossessed the Amorites who were there. -- numbers 21:32 +. +Then they turned and went up by the road to Bashan. And King Og of Bashan and all his forces marched out against them to do battle at Edrei. -- numbers 21:33 +. +And the Lord said to Moses, "Do not fear him, for I have delivered him and all his people and his land into your hand. You will do to him what you did to King Sihon of the Amorites, who lived in Heshbon. -- numbers 21:34 +. +So they defeated Og, his sons, and all his people, until there were no survivors, and they possessed his land. -- numbers 21:35 +. +The Israelites traveled on and camped in the plains of Moab on the side of the Jordan River across from Jericho. -- numbers 22:1 +. +Balak son of Zippor saw all that the Israelites had done to the Amorites. -- numbers 22:2 +. +And the Moabites were greatly afraid of the people, because they were so numerous. The Moabites were sick with fear because of the Israelites. -- numbers 22:3 +. +So the Moabites said to the elders of Midian, "Now this mass of people will lick up everything around us, as the bull devours the grass of the field. Now Balak son of Zippor was king of the Moabites at this time. -- numbers 22:4 +. +And he sent messengers to Balaam son of Beor at Pethor, which is by the Euphrates River in the land of Amaw, to summon him, saying, "Look, a nation has come out of Egypt. They cover the face of the earth, and they are settling next to me. -- numbers 22:5 +. +So now, please come and curse this nation for me, for they are too powerful for me. Perhaps I will prevail so that we may conquer them and drive them out of the land. For I know that whoever you bless is blessed, and whoever you curse is cursed." -- numbers 22:6 +. +So the elders of Moab and the elders of Midian departed with the fee for divination in their hand. They came to Balaam and reported to him the words of Balak. -- numbers 22:7 +. +He replied to them, "Stay here tonight, and I will bring back to you whatever word the Lord may speak to me." So the princes of Moab stayed with Balaam. -- numbers 22:8 +. +And God came to Balaam and said, "Who are these men with you?" -- numbers 22:9 +. +Balaam said to God, "Balak son of Zippor, king of Moab, has sent a message to me, saying, -- numbers 22:10 +. +"Look, a nation has come out of Egypt, and it covers the face of the earth. Come now and put a curse on them for me; perhaps I will be able to defeat them and drive them out." -- numbers 22:11 +. +But God said to Balaam, "You must not go with them; you must not curse the people, for they are blessed." -- numbers 22:12 +. +So Balaam got up in the morning, and said to the princes of Balak, "Go to your land, for the Lord has refused to permit me to go with you." -- numbers 22:13 +. +So the princes of Moab departed and went back to Balak and said, "Balaam refused to come with us." -- numbers 22:14 +. +Balak again sent princes, more numerous and more distinguished than the first. -- numbers 22:15 +. +And they came to Balaam and said to him, "Thus says Balak son of Zippor: 'Please do not let anything hinder you from coming to me. -- numbers 22:16 +. +For I will honor you greatly, and whatever you tell me I will do. So come, put a curse on this nation for me.'" -- numbers 22:17 +. +Balaam replied to the servants of Balak, "Even if Balak would give me his palace full of silver and gold, I could not transgress the commandment of the Lord my God to do less or more. -- numbers 22:18 +. +Now therefore, please stay the night here also, that I may know what more the Lord might say to me." -- numbers 22:19 +. +God came to Balaam that night, and said to him, "If the men have come to call you, get up and go with them; but the word that I will say to you, that you must do." -- numbers 22:20 +. +So Balaam got up in the morning, saddled his donkey, and went with the princes of Moab. -- numbers 22:21 +. +Then God's anger was kindled because he went, and the angel of the Lord stood in the road to oppose him. Now he was riding on his donkey and his two servants were with him. -- numbers 22:22 +. +And the donkey saw the angel of the Lord standing in the road with his sword drawn in his hand, so the donkey turned aside from the road and went into the field. But Balaam beat the donkey, to make her turn back to the road. -- numbers 22:23 +. +Then the angel of the Lord stood in a path among the vineyards, where there was a wall on either side. -- numbers 22:24 +. +And when the donkey saw the angel of the Lord, she pressed herself into the wall, and crushed Balaam's foot against the wall. So he beat her again. -- numbers 22:25 +. +Then the angel of the Lord went farther, and stood in a narrow place, where there was no way to turn either to the right or to the left. -- numbers 22:26 +. +When the donkey saw the angel of the Lord, she crouched down under Balaam. Then Balaam was angry, and he beat his donkey with a staff. -- numbers 22:27 +. +Then the Lord opened the mouth of the donkey, and she said to Balaam, "What have I done to you that you have beaten me these three times?" -- numbers 22:28 +. +And Balaam said to the donkey, "You have made me look stupid; I wish there were a sword in my hand, for I would kill you right now." -- numbers 22:29 +. +The donkey said to Balaam, "Am not I your donkey that you have ridden ever since I was yours until this day? Have I ever attempted to treat you this way?" And he said, "No." -- numbers 22:30 +. +Then the Lord opened Balaam's eyes, and he saw the angel of the Lord standing in the way with his sword drawn in his hand; so he bowed his head and threw himself down with his face to the ground. -- numbers 22:31 +. +The angel of the Lord said to him, "Why have you beaten your donkey these three times? Look, I came out to oppose you because what you are doing is perverse before me. -- numbers 22:32 +. +The donkey saw me and turned from me these three times. If she had not turned from me, I would have killed you but saved her alive." -- numbers 22:33 +. +Balaam said to the angel of the Lord, "I have sinned, for I did not know that you stood against me in the road. So now, if it is evil in your sight, I will go back home." -- numbers 22:34 +. +But the angel of the Lord said to Balaam, "Go with the men, but you may only speak the word that I will speak to you." So Balaam went with the princes of Balak. -- numbers 22:35 +. +When Balak heard that Balaam was coming, he went out to meet him at a city of Moab which was on the border of the Arnon at the boundary of his territory. -- numbers 22:36 +. +Balak said to Balaam, "Did I not send again and again to you to summon you? Why did you not come to me? Am I not able to honor you?" -- numbers 22:37 +. +Balaam said to Balak, "Look, I have come to you. Now, am I able to speak just anything? I must speak only the word that God puts in my mouth." -- numbers 22:38 +. +So Balaam went with Balak, and they came to Kiriath-huzoth. -- numbers 22:39 +. +And Balak sacrificed bulls and sheep, and sent some to Balaam, and to the princes who were with him. -- numbers 22:40 +. +Then on the next morning Balak took Balaam, and brought him up to Bamoth Baal. From there he saw the extent of the nation. -- numbers 22:41 +. +Balaam said to Balak, "Build me seven altars here, and prepare for me here seven bulls and seven rams." -- numbers 23:1 +. +So Balak did just as Balaam had said. Balak and Balaam then offered on each altar a bull and a ram. -- numbers 23:2 +. +Balaam said to Balak, "Station yourself by your burnt offering, and I will go off; perhaps the Lord will come to meet me, and whatever he reveals to me I will tell you." Then he went to a deserted height. -- numbers 23:3 +. +Then God met Balaam, who said to him, "I have prepared seven altars, and I have offered on each altar a bull and a ram." -- numbers 23:4 +. +Then the Lord put a message in Balaam's mouth and said, "Return to Balak, and speak what I tell you." -- numbers 23:5 +. +So he returned to him, and he was still standing by his burnt offering, he and all the princes of Moab. -- numbers 23:6 +. +Then Balaam uttered his oracle, saying, "Balak, the king of Moab, brought me from Aram, out of the mountains of the east, saying, 'Come, pronounce a curse on Jacob for me; come, denounce Israel.' -- numbers 23:7 +. +How can I curse one whom God has not cursed, or how can I denounce one whom the Lord has not denounced? -- numbers 23:8 +. +For from the top of the rocks I see them; from the hills I watch them. Indeed, a nation that lives alone, and it will not be reckoned among the nations. -- numbers 23:9 +. +Who can count the dust of Jacob, Or number the fourth part of Israel? Let me die the death of the upright, and let the end of my life be like theirs." -- numbers 23:10 +. +Then Balak said to Balaam, "What have you done to me? I brought you to curse my enemies, but on the contrary you have only blessed them!" -- numbers 23:11 +. +Balaam replied, "Must I not be careful to speak what the Lord has put in my mouth?" -- numbers 23:12 +. +Balak said to him, "Please come with me to another place from which you can observe them. You will see only a part of them, but you will not see all of them. Curse them for me from there." -- numbers 23:13 +. +So Balak brought Balaam to the field of Zophim, to the top of Pisgah, where he built seven altars and offered a bull and a ram on each altar. -- numbers 23:14 +. +And Balaam said to Balak, "Station yourself here by your burnt offering, while I meet the Lord there. -- numbers 23:15 +. +Then the Lord met Balaam and put a message in his mouth and said, "Return to Balak, and speak what I tell you." -- numbers 23:16 +. +When Balaam came to him, he was still standing by his burnt offering, along with the princes of Moab. And Balak said to him, "What has the Lord spoken?" -- numbers 23:17 +. +Balaam uttered his oracle, and said, "Rise up, Balak, and hear; Listen to me, son of Zippor: -- numbers 23:18 +. +God is not a man, that he should lie, nor a human being, that he should change his mind. Has he said, and will he not do it? Or has he spoken, and will he not make it happen? -- numbers 23:19 +. +Indeed, I have received a command to bless; he has blessed, and I cannot reverse it. -- numbers 23:20 +. +He has not looked on iniquity in Jacob, nor has he seen trouble in Israel. The Lord their God is with them; his acclamation as king is among them. -- numbers 23:21 +. +God brought them out of Egypt. They have, as it were, the strength of a wild bull. -- numbers 23:22 +. +For there is no spell against Jacob, nor is there any divination against Israel. At this time it must be said of Jacob and of Israel, 'Look at what God has done!' -- numbers 23:23 +. +Indeed, the people will rise up like a lioness, and like a lion raises himself up; they will not lie down until they eat their prey, and drink the blood of the slain." -- numbers 23:24 +. +Balak said to Balaam, "Neither curse them at all nor bless them at all!" -- numbers 23:25 +. +But Balaam replied to Balak, "Did I not tell you, 'All that the Lord speaks, I must do'?" -- numbers 23:26 +. +Balak said to Balaam, "Come, please; I will take you to another place. Perhaps it will please God to let you curse them for me from there." -- numbers 23:27 +. +So Balak took Balaam to the top of Peor, that looks toward the wilderness. -- numbers 23:28 +. +Then Balaam said to Balak, "Build seven altars here for me, and prepare seven bulls and seven rams." -- numbers 23:29 +. +So Balak did as Balaam had said, and offered a bull and a ram on each altar. -- numbers 23:30 +. +When Balaam saw that it pleased the Lord to bless Israel, he did not go as at the other times to seek for omens, but he set his face toward the wilderness. -- numbers 24:1 +. +When Balaam lifted up his eyes, he saw Israel camped tribe by tribe; and the Spirit of God came upon him. -- numbers 24:2 +. +Then he uttered this oracle: "The oracle of Balaam son of Beor; the oracle of the man whose eyes are open; -- numbers 24:3 +. +the oracle of the one who hears the words of God, who sees a vision from the Almighty, although falling flat on the ground with eyes open: -- numbers 24:4 +. +'How beautiful are your tents, O Jacob, and your dwelling places, O Israel! -- numbers 24:5 +. +They are like valleys stretched forth, like gardens by the river's side, like aloes that the Lord has planted, and like cedar trees beside the waters. -- numbers 24:6 +. +He will pour the water out of his buckets, and their descendants will be like abundant water; their king will be greater than Agag, and their kingdom will be exalted. -- numbers 24:7 +. +God brought them out of Egypt. They have, as it were, the strength of a young bull; they will devour hostile people and will break their bones and will pierce them through with arrows. -- numbers 24:8 +. +They crouch and lie down like a lion, and as a lioness, who can stir him? Blessed is the one who blesses you, and cursed is the one who curses you!'" -- numbers 24:9 +. +Then Balak became very angry at Balaam, and he struck his hands together. Balak said to Balaam, "I called you to curse my enemies, and look, you have done nothing but bless them these three times! -- numbers 24:10 +. +So now, go back where you came from! I said that I would greatly honor you; but now the Lord has stood in the way of your honor." -- numbers 24:11 +. +Balaam said to Balak, "Did I not also tell your messengers whom you sent to me, -- numbers 24:12 +. +'If Balak would give me his palace full of silver and gold, I cannot go beyond the commandment of the Lord to do either good or evil of my own will, but whatever the Lord tells me I must speak'? -- numbers 24:13 +. +And now, I am about to go back to my own people. Come now, and I will advise you as to what this people will do to your people in the future." -- numbers 24:14 +. +Then he uttered this oracle: "The oracle of Balaam son of Beor; the oracle of the man whose eyes are open; -- numbers 24:15 +. +the oracle of the one who hears the words of God, and who knows the knowledge of the Most High, who sees a vision from the Almighty, although falling flat on the ground with eyes open: -- numbers 24:16 +. +'I see him, but not now; I behold him, but not close at hand. A star will march forth out of Jacob, and a scepter will rise out of Israel. He will crush the skulls of Moab, and the heads of all the sons of Sheth. -- numbers 24:17 +. +Edom will be a possession, Seir, his enemies, will also be a possession; but Israel will act valiantly. -- numbers 24:18 +. +A ruler will be established from Jacob; he will destroy the remains of the city.'" -- numbers 24:19 +. +Then Balaam looked on Amalek and delivered this oracle: "Amalek was the first of the nations, but his end will be that he will perish." -- numbers 24:20 +. +Then he looked on the Kenites and uttered this oracle: "Your dwelling place seems strong, and your nest is set on a rocky cliff. -- numbers 24:21 +. +Nevertheless the Kenite will be consumed. How long will Asshur take you away captive?" -- numbers 24:22 +. +Then he uttered this oracle: "O, who will survive when God does this! -- numbers 24:23 +. +Ships will come from the coast of Kittim, and will afflict Asshur, and will afflict Eber, and he will also perish forever." -- numbers 24:24 +. +Balaam got up and departed and returned to his home, and Balak also went his way. -- numbers 24:25 +. +When Israel lived in Shittim, the people began to commit sexual immorality with the daughters of Moab. -- numbers 25:1 +. +These women invited the people to the sacrifices of their gods; then the people ate and bowed down to their gods. -- numbers 25:2 +. +When Israel joined themselves to Baal-peor, the anger of the Lord flared up against Israel. -- numbers 25:3 +. +The Lord said to Moses, "Arrest all the leaders of the people, and hang them up before the Lord in broad daylight, so that the fierce anger of the Lord may be turned away from Israel." -- numbers 25:4 +. +So Moses said to the judges of Israel, "Each of you must execute those of his men who were joined to Baal-peor." -- numbers 25:5 +. +Just then one of the Israelites came and brought to his brothers a Midianite woman in the plain view of Moses and of the whole community of the Israelites, while they were weeping at the entrance of the tent of meeting. -- numbers 25:6 +. +When Phinehas son of Eleazar, the son of Aaron the priest, saw it, he got up from among the assembly, took a javelin in his hand, -- numbers 25:7 +. +and went after the Israelite man into the tent and thrust through the Israelite man and into the woman's abdomen. So the plague was stopped from the Israelites. -- numbers 25:8 +. +Those that died in the plague were 24,000. -- numbers 25:9 +. +The Lord spoke to Moses: -- numbers 25:10 +. +"Phinehas son of Eleazar, the son of Aaron the priest, has turned my anger away from the Israelites, when he manifested such zeal for my sake among them, so that I did not consume the Israelites in my zeal. -- numbers 25:11 +. +Therefore, announce: 'I am going to give to him my covenant of peace. -- numbers 25:12 +. +So it will be to him and his descendants after him a covenant of a permanent priesthood, because he has been zealous for his God, and has made atonement for the Israelites.'" -- numbers 25:13 +. +Now the name of the Israelite who was stabbed - the one who was stabbed with the Midianite woman - was Zimri son of Salu, a leader of a clan of the Simeonites. -- numbers 25:14 +. +The name of the Midianite woman who was killed was Cozbi daughter of Zur. He was a leader over the people of a clan of Midian. -- numbers 25:15 +. +Then the Lord spoke to Moses: -- numbers 25:16 +. +"Bring trouble to the Midianites, and destroy them, -- numbers 25:17 +. +because they bring trouble to you by their treachery with which they have deceived you in the matter of Peor, and in the matter of Cozbi, the daughter of a prince of Midian, their sister, who was killed on the day of the plague that happened as a result of Peor." -- numbers 25:18 +. +After the plague the Lord said to Moses and to Eleazar son of Aaron the priest, -- numbers 26:1 +. +"Take a census of the whole community of Israelites, from twenty years old and upward, by their clans, everyone who can serve in the army of Israel." -- numbers 26:2 +. +So Moses and Eleazar the priest spoke with them in the plains of Moab, by the Jordan River across from Jericho. They said, -- numbers 26:3 +. +"Number the people from twenty years old and upward, just as the Lord commanded Moses and the Israelites who went out from the land of Egypt." -- numbers 26:4 +. +Reuben was the firstborn of Israel. The Reubenites: from Hanoch, the family of the Hanochites; from Pallu, the family of the Palluites; -- numbers 26:5 +. +from Hezron, the family of the Hezronites; from Carmi, the family of the Carmites. -- numbers 26:6 +. +These were the families of the Reubenites; and those numbered of them were 43,730. -- numbers 26:7 +. +Pallu's descendant was Eliab. -- numbers 26:8 +. +Eliab's descendants were Nemuel, Dathan, and Abiram. It was Dathan and Abiram who as leaders of the community rebelled against Moses and Aaron with the followers of Korah when they rebelled against the Lord. -- numbers 26:9 +. +The earth opened its mouth and swallowed them and Korah at the time that company died, when the fire consumed men. So they became a warning. -- numbers 26:10 +. +But the descendants of Korah did not die. -- numbers 26:11 +. +The Simeonites by their families: from Nemuel, the family of the Nemuelites; from Jamin, the family of the Jaminites; from Jakin, the family of the Jakinites; -- numbers 26:12 +. +from Zerah, the family of the Zerahites; and from Shaul, the family of the Shaulites. -- numbers 26:13 +. +These were the families of the Simeonites, 22,200. -- numbers 26:14 +. +The Gadites by their families: from Zephon, the family of the Zephonites; from Haggi, the family of the Haggites; from Shuni, the family of the Shunites; -- numbers 26:15 +. +from Ozni, the family of the Oznites; from Eri, the family of the Erites; -- numbers 26:16 +. +from Arod, the family of the Arodites, and from Areli, the family of the Arelites. -- numbers 26:17 +. +These were the families of the Gadites according to those numbered of them, 40,500. -- numbers 26:18 +. +The descendants of Judah were Er and Onan, but Er and Onan died in the land of Canaan. -- numbers 26:19 +. +And the Judahites by their families were: from Shelah, the family of the Shelahites; from Perez, the family of the Perezites; and from Zerah, the family of the Zerahites. -- numbers 26:20 +. +And the Perezites were: from Hezron, the family of the Hezronites; from Hamul, the family of the Hamulites. -- numbers 26:21 +. +These were the families of Judah according to those numbered of them, 76,500. -- numbers 26:22 +. +The Issacharites by their families: from Tola, the family of the Tolaites; from Puah, the family of the Puites; -- numbers 26:23 +. +from Jashub, the family of the Jashubites; and from Shimron, the family of the Shimronites. -- numbers 26:24 +. +These were the families of Issachar, according to those numbered of them, 64,300. -- numbers 26:25 +. +The Zebulunites by their families: from Sered, the family of the Sardites; from Elon, the family of the Elonites; from Jahleel, the family of the Jahleelites. -- numbers 26:26 +. +These were the families of the Zebulunites, according to those numbered of them, 60,500. -- numbers 26:27 +. +The descendants of Joseph by their families: Manasseh and Ephraim. -- numbers 26:28 +. +The Manassehites: from Machir, the family of the Machirites (now Machir became the father of Gilead); from Gilead, the family of the Gileadites. -- numbers 26:29 +. +These were the Gileadites: from Iezer, the family of the Iezerites; from Helek, the family of the Helekites; -- numbers 26:30 +. +from Asriel, the family of the Asrielites; from Shechem, the family of the Shechemites; -- numbers 26:31 +. +from Shemida, the family of the Shemidaites; from Hepher, the family of the Hepherites. -- numbers 26:32 +. +Now Zelophehad son of Hepher had no sons, but only daughters; and the names of the daughters of Zelophehad were Mahlah, Noah, Hoglah, Milcah, and Tirzah. -- numbers 26:33 +. +These were the families of Manasseh; those numbered of them were 52,700. -- numbers 26:34 +. +These are the Ephraimites by their families: from Shuthelah, the family of the Shuthelahites; from Beker, the family of the Bekerites; from Tahan, the family of the Tahanites. -- numbers 26:35 +. +Now these were the Shuthelahites: from Eran, the family of the Eranites. -- numbers 26:36 +. +These were the families of the Ephraimites, according to those numbered of them, 32,500. These were the descendants of Joseph by their families. -- numbers 26:37 +. +The Benjaminites by their families: from Bela, the family of the Belaites; from Ashbel, the family of the Ashbelites; from Ahiram, the family of the Ahiramites; -- numbers 26:38 +. +from Shupham, the family of the Shuphamites; from Hupham, the family of the Huphamites. -- numbers 26:39 +. +The descendants of Bela were Ard and Naaman. From Ard, the family of the Ardites; from Naaman, the family of the Naamanites. -- numbers 26:40 +. +These are the Benjaminites, according to their families, and according to those numbered of them, 45,600. -- numbers 26:41 +. +These are the Danites by their families: from Shuham, the family of the Shuhamites. These were the families of Dan, according to their families. -- numbers 26:42 +. +All the families of the Shuhahites according to those numbered of them were 64,400. -- numbers 26:43 +. +The Asherites by their families: from Imnah, the family of the Imnahites; from Ishvi, the family of the Ishvites; from Beriah, the family of the Beriahites. -- numbers 26:44 +. +From the Beriahites: from Heber, the family of the Heberites; from Malkiel, the family of the Malkielites. -- numbers 26:45 +. +Now the name of the daughter of Asher was Serah. -- numbers 26:46 +. +These are the families of the Asherites, according to those numbered of them, 53,400. -- numbers 26:47 +. +The Naphtalites by their families: from Jahzeel, the family of the Jahzeelites; from Guni, the family of the Gunites; -- numbers 26:48 +. +from Jezer, the family of the Jezerites; from Shillem, the family of the Shillemites. -- numbers 26:49 +. +These were the families of Naphtali according to their families; and those numbered of them were 45,400. -- numbers 26:50 +. +These were those numbered of the Israelites, 601,730. -- numbers 26:51 +. +Then the Lord spoke to Moses: -- numbers 26:52 +. +"To these the land must be divided as an inheritance according to the number of the names. -- numbers 26:53 +. +To a larger group you will give a larger inheritance, and to a smaller group you will give a smaller inheritance. To each one its inheritance must be given according to the number of people in it. -- numbers 26:54 +. +The land must be divided by lot; and they will inherit in accordance with the names of their ancestral tribes. -- numbers 26:55 +. +Their inheritance must be apportioned by lot among the larger and smaller groups. -- numbers 26:56 +. +And these are the Levites who were numbered according to their families: from Gershon, the family of the Gershonites; of Kohath, the family of the Kohathites; from Merari, the family of the Merarites. -- numbers 26:57 +. +These are the families of the Levites: the family of the Libnites, the family of the Hebronites, the family of the Mahlites, the family of the Mushites, the family of the Korahites. Kohath became the father of Amram. -- numbers 26:58 +. +Now the name of Amram's wife was Jochebed, daughter of Levi, who was born to Levi in Egypt. And to Amram she bore Aaron, Moses, and Miriam their sister. -- numbers 26:59 +. +And to Aaron were born Nadab and Abihu, Eleazar and Ithamar. -- numbers 26:60 +. +But Nadab and Abihu died when they offered strange fire before the Lord. -- numbers 26:61 +. +Those of them who were numbered were 23,000, all males from a month old and upward, for they were not numbered among the Israelites; no inheritance was given to them among the Israelites. -- numbers 26:62 +. +These are those who were numbered by Moses and Eleazar the priest, who numbered the Israelites in the plains of Moab along the Jordan River opposite Jericho. -- numbers 26:63 +. +But there was not a man among these who had been among those numbered by Moses and Aaron the priest when they numbered the Israelites in the wilderness of Sinai. -- numbers 26:64 +. +For the Lord had said of them, "They will surely die in the wilderness." And there was not left a single man of them, except Caleb son of Jephunneh and Joshua son of Nun. -- numbers 26:65 +. +Then the daughters of Zelophehad son of Hepher, the son of Gilead, the son of Machir, the son of Manasseh of the families of Manasseh, the son Joseph came forward. Now these are the names of his daughters: Mahlah, Noah, Hoglah, Milcah, and Tirzah. -- numbers 27:1 +. +And they stood before Moses and Eleazar the priest and the leaders of the whole assembly at the entrance to the tent of meeting and said, -- numbers 27:2 +. +"Our father died in the wilderness, although he was not part of the company of those that gathered themselves together against the Lord in the company of Korah; but he died for his own sin, and he had no sons. -- numbers 27:3 +. +Why should the name of our father be lost from among his family because he had no son? Give us a possession among the relatives of our father." -- numbers 27:4 +. +So Moses brought their case before the Lord. -- numbers 27:5 +. +The Lord said to Moses: -- numbers 27:6 +. +"The daughters of Zelophehad have a valid claim. You must indeed give them possession of an inheritance among their father's relatives, and you must transfer the inheritance of their father to them. -- numbers 27:7 +. +And you must tell the Israelites, 'If a man dies and has no son, then you must transfer his inheritance to his daughter; -- numbers 27:8 +. +and if he has no daughter, then you are to give his inheritance to his brothers; -- numbers 27:9 +. +and if he has no brothers, then you are to give his inheritance to his father's brothers; -- numbers 27:10 +. +and if his father has no brothers, then you are to give his inheritance to his relative nearest to him from his family, and he will possess it. This will be for the Israelites a legal requirement, as the Lord commanded Moses.'" -- numbers 27:11 +. +Then the Lord said to Moses, "Go up this mountain of the Abarim range, and see the land I have given to the Israelites. -- numbers 27:12 +. +When you have seen it, you will be gathered to your ancestors, as Aaron your brother was gathered to his ancestors. -- numbers 27:13 +. +For in the wilderness of Zin when the community rebelled against me, you rebelled against my command to show me as holy before their eyes over the water - the water of Meribah in Kadesh in the wilderness of Zin." -- numbers 27:14 +. +Then Moses spoke to the Lord: -- numbers 27:15 +. +"Let the Lord, the God of the spirits of all humankind, appoint a man over the community, -- numbers 27:16 +. +who will go out before them, and who will come in before them, and who will lead them out, and who will bring them in, so that the community of the Lord may not be like sheep that have no shepherd." -- numbers 27:17 +. +The Lord replied to Moses, "Take Joshua son of Nun, a man in whom is such a spirit, and lay your hand on him; -- numbers 27:18 +. +set him before Eleazar the priest and before the whole community, and commission him publicly. -- numbers 27:19 +. +Then you must delegate some of your authority to him, so that the whole community of the Israelites will be obedient. -- numbers 27:20 +. +And he will stand before Eleazar the priest, who will seek counsel for him before the Lord by the decision of the Urim. At his command they will go out, and at his command they will come in, he and all the Israelites with him, the whole community." -- numbers 27:21 +. +So Moses did as the Lord commanded him; he took Joshua and set him before Eleazar the priest and before the whole community. -- numbers 27:22 +. +He laid his hands on him and commissioned him, just as the Lord commanded, by the authority of Moses. -- numbers 27:23 +. +The Lord spoke to Moses: -- numbers 28:1 +. +"Command the Israelites: 'With regard to my offering, be sure to offer my food for my offering made by fire, as a pleasing aroma to me at its appointed time.' -- numbers 28:2 +. +You will say to them, 'This is the offering made by fire which you must offer to the Lord: two unblemished lambs one year old each day for a continual burnt offering. -- numbers 28:3 +. +The first lamb you must offer in the morning, and the second lamb you must offer in the late afternoon, -- numbers 28:4 +. +with one-tenth of an ephah of finely ground flour as a grain offering mixed with one quarter of a hin of pressed olive oil. -- numbers 28:5 +. +It is a continual burnt offering that was instituted on Mount Sinai as a pleasing aroma, an offering made by fire to the Lord. -- numbers 28:6 +. +"'And its drink offering must be one quarter of a hin for each lamb. You must pour out the strong drink as a drink offering to the Lord in the holy place. -- numbers 28:7 +. +And the second lamb you must offer in the late afternoon; just as you offered the grain offering and drink offering in the morning, you must offer it as an offering made by fire, as a pleasing aroma to the Lord. -- numbers 28:8 +. +"'On the Sabbath day, you must offer two unblemished lambs a year old, and two-tenths of an ephah of finely ground flour as a grain offering, mixed with olive oil, along with its drink offering. -- numbers 28:9 +. +This is the burnt offering for every Sabbath, besides the continual burnt offering and its drink offering. -- numbers 28:10 +. +"'On the first day of each month you must offer as a burnt offering to the Lord two young bulls, one ram, and seven unblemished lambs a year old, -- numbers 28:11 +. +with three-tenths of an ephah of finely ground flour mixed with olive oil as a grain offering for each bull, and two-tenths of an ephah of finely ground flour mixed with olive oil as a grain offering for the ram, -- numbers 28:12 +. +and one-tenth of an ephah of finely ground flour mixed with olive oil as a grain offering for each lamb, as a burnt offering for a pleasing aroma, an offering made by fire to the Lord. -- numbers 28:13 +. +For their drink offerings, include half a hin of wine with each bull, one-third of a hin for the ram, and one-fourth of a hin for each lamb. This is the burnt offering for each month throughout the months of the year. -- numbers 28:14 +. +And one male goat must be offered to the Lord as a purification offering, in addition to the continual burnt offering and its drink offering. -- numbers 28:15 +. +"'On the fourteenth day of the first month is the Lord's Passover. -- numbers 28:16 +. +And on the fifteenth day of this month is the festival. For seven days bread made without yeast must be eaten. -- numbers 28:17 +. +And on the first day there is to be a holy assembly; you must do no ordinary work on it. -- numbers 28:18 +. +"'But you must offer to the Lord an offering made by fire, a burnt offering of two young bulls, one ram, and seven lambs one year old; they must all be unblemished. -- numbers 28:19 +. +And their grain offering is to be of finely ground flour mixed with olive oil. For each bull you must offer three-tenths of an ephah, and two-tenths for the ram. -- numbers 28:20 +. +For each of the seven lambs you are to offer one-tenth of an ephah, -- numbers 28:21 +. +as well as one goat for a purification offering, to make atonement for you. -- numbers 28:22 +. +You must offer these in addition to the burnt offering in the morning which is for a continual burnt offering. -- numbers 28:23 +. +In this manner you must offer daily throughout the seven days the food of the sacrifice made by fire as a sweet aroma to the Lord. It is to be offered in addition to the continual burnt offering and its drink offering. -- numbers 28:24 +. +On the seventh day you are to have a holy assembly, you must do no regular work. -- numbers 28:25 +. +"'Also, on the day of the first fruits, when you bring a new grain offering to the Lord during your Feast of Weeks, you are to have a holy assembly. You must do no ordinary work. -- numbers 28:26 +. +But you must offer as the burnt offering, as a sweet aroma to the Lord, two young bulls, one ram, seven lambs one year old, -- numbers 28:27 +. +with their grain offering of finely ground flour mixed with olive oil: three-tenths of an ephah for each bull, two-tenths for the one ram, -- numbers 28:28 +. +with one-tenth for each of the seven lambs, -- numbers 28:29 +. +as well as one male goat to make an atonement for you. -- numbers 28:30 +. +You are to offer them with their drink offerings in addition to the continual burnt offering and its grain offering - they must be unblemished. -- numbers 28:31 +. +"'On the first day of the seventh month, you are to hold a holy assembly. You must not do your ordinary work, for it is a day of blowing trumpets for you. -- numbers 29:1 +. +You must offer a burnt offering as a sweet aroma to the Lord: one young bull, one ram, and seven lambs one year old without blemish. -- numbers 29:2 +. +"'Their grain offering is to be of finely ground flour mixed with olive oil, three-tenths of an ephah for the bull, two-tenths of an ephah for the ram, -- numbers 29:3 +. +and one-tenth for each of the seven lambs, -- numbers 29:4 +. +with one male goat for a purification offering to make an atonement for you; -- numbers 29:5 +. +this is in addition to the monthly burnt offering and its grain offering, and the daily burnt offering with its grain offering and their drink offerings as prescribed, as a sweet aroma, a sacrifice made by fire to the Lord. -- numbers 29:6 +. +"'On the tenth day of this seventh month you are to have a holy assembly. You must humble yourselves; you must not do any work on it. -- numbers 29:7 +. +But you must offer a burnt offering as a pleasing aroma to the Lord, one young bull, one ram, and seven lambs one year old, all of them without blemish. -- numbers 29:8 +. +Their grain offering must be of finely ground flour mixed with olive oil, three-tenths of an ephah for the bull, two-tenths for the ram, -- numbers 29:9 +. +and one-tenth for each of the seven lambs, -- numbers 29:10 +. +along with one male goat for a purification offering, in addition to the purification offering for atonement and the continual burnt offering with its grain offering and their drink offerings. -- numbers 29:11 +. +"'On the fifteenth day of the seventh month you are to have a holy assembly; you must do no ordinary work, and you must keep a festival to the Lord for seven days. -- numbers 29:12 +. +You must offer a burnt offering, an offering made by fire as a pleasing aroma to the Lord: thirteen young bulls, two rams, and fourteen lambs each one year old, all of them without blemish. -- numbers 29:13 +. +Their grain offering must be of finely ground flour mixed with olive oil, three-tenths of an ephah for each of the thirteen bulls, two-tenths of an ephah for each of the two rams, -- numbers 29:14 +. +and one-tenth for each of the fourteen lambs, -- numbers 29:15 +. +along with one male goat for a purification offering, in addition to the continual burnt offering with its grain offering and its drink offering. -- numbers 29:16 +. +"'On the second day you must offer twelve young bulls, two rams, fourteen lambs one year old, all without blemish, -- numbers 29:17 +. +and their grain offering and their drink offerings for the bulls, for the rams, and for the lambs, according to their number as prescribed, -- numbers 29:18 +. +along with one male goat for a purification offering, in addition to the continual burnt offering with its grain offering and their drink offerings. -- numbers 29:19 +. +"'On the third day you must offer eleven bulls, two rams, fourteen lambs one year old, all without blemish, -- numbers 29:20 +. +and their grain offering and their drink offerings for the bulls, for the rams, and for the lambs, according to their number as prescribed, -- numbers 29:21 +. +along with one male goat for a purification offering, in addition to the continual burnt offering with its grain offering and its drink offering. -- numbers 29:22 +. +"'On the fourth day you must offer ten bulls, two rams, and fourteen lambs one year old, all without blemish, -- numbers 29:23 +. +and their grain offering and their drink offerings for the bulls, for the rams, and for the lambs, according to their number as prescribed, -- numbers 29:24 +. +along with one male goat for a purification offering, in addition to the continual burnt offering with its grain offering and its drink offering. -- numbers 29:25 +. +"'On the fifth day you must offer nine bulls, two rams, and fourteen lambs one year old, all without blemish, -- numbers 29:26 +. +and their grain offering and their drink offerings for the bulls, for the rams, and for the lambs, according to their number as prescribed, -- numbers 29:27 +. +along with one male goat for a purification offering, in addition to the continual burnt offering with its grain offering and its drink offering. -- numbers 29:28 +. +"'On the sixth day you must offer eight bulls, two rams, and fourteen lambs one year old, all without blemish, -- numbers 29:29 +. +and their grain offering and their drink offerings for the bulls, for the rams, and for the lambs, according to their number as prescribed, -- numbers 29:30 +. +along with one male goat for a purification offering, in addition to the continual burnt offering with its grain offering and its drink offering. -- numbers 29:31 +. +"'On the seventh day you must offer seven bulls, two rams, and fourteen lambs one year old, all without blemish, -- numbers 29:32 +. +and their grain offering and their drink offerings for the bulls, for the rams, and for the lambs, according to their number as prescribed, -- numbers 29:33 +. +along with one male goat for a purification offering, in addition to the continual burnt offering with its grain offering and its drink offering. -- numbers 29:34 +. +"'On the eighth day you are to have a holy assembly; you must do no ordinary work on it. -- numbers 29:35 +. +But you must offer a burnt offering, an offering made by fire, as a pleasing aroma to the Lord, one bull, one ram, seven lambs one year old, all of them without blemish, -- numbers 29:36 +. +and with their grain offering and their drink offerings for the bull, for the ram, and for the lambs, according to their number as prescribed, -- numbers 29:37 +. +along with one male goat for a purification offering, in addition to the continual burnt offering with its grain offering and its drink offering. -- numbers 29:38 +. +"'These things you must present to the Lord at your appointed times, in addition to your vows and your freewill offerings, as your burnt offerings, your grain offerings, your drink offerings, and your peace offerings.'" -- numbers 29:39 +. + So Moses told the Israelites everything, just as the Lord had commanded him. -- numbers 29:40 +. +Moses told the leaders of the tribes concerning the Israelites, "This is what the Lord has commanded: -- numbers 30:1 +. +If a man makes a vow to the Lord or takes an oath of binding obligation on himself, he must not break his word, but must do whatever he has promised. -- numbers 30:2 +. +"If a young woman who is still living in her father's house makes a vow to the Lord or places herself under an obligation, -- numbers 30:3 +. +and her father hears of her vow or the obligation to which she has pledged herself, and her father remains silent about her, then all her vows will stand, and every obligation to which she has pledged herself will stand. -- numbers 30:4 +. +But if her father overrules her when he hears about it, then none of her vows or her obligations which she has pledged for herself will stand. And the Lord will release her from it, because her father overruled her. -- numbers 30:5 +. +"And if she marries a husband while under a vow, or she uttered anything impulsively by which she has pledged herself, -- numbers 30:6 +. +and her husband hears about it, but remains silent about her when he hears about it, then her vows will stand and her obligations which she has pledged for herself will stand. -- numbers 30:7 +. +But if when her husband hears it he overrules her, then he will nullify the vow she has taken, and whatever she uttered impulsively which she has pledged for herself. And the Lord will release her from it. -- numbers 30:8 +. +"But every vow of a widow or of a divorced woman which she has pledged for herself will remain intact. -- numbers 30:9 +. +If she made the vow in her husband's house or put herself under obligation with an oath, -- numbers 30:10 +. +and her husband heard about it, but remained silent about her, and did not overrule her, then all her vows will stand, and every obligation which she pledged for herself will stand. -- numbers 30:11 +. +But if her husband clearly nullifies them when he hears them, then whatever she says by way of vows or obligations will not stand. Her husband has made them void, and the Lord will release her from them. -- numbers 30:12 +. +"Any vow or sworn obligation that would bring affliction to her, her husband can confirm or nullify. -- numbers 30:13 +. +But if her husband remains completely silent about her from day to day, he thus confirms all her vows or all her obligations which she is under; he confirms them because he remained silent about when he heard them. -- numbers 30:14 +. +But if he should nullify them after he has heard them, then he will bear her iniquity." -- numbers 30:15 +. +These are the statutes that the Lord commanded Moses, relating to a man and his wife, and a father and his young daughter who is still living in her father's house. -- numbers 30:16 +. +The Lord spoke to Moses: -- numbers 31:1 +. +"Exact vengeance for the Israelites on the Midianites - after that you will be gathered to your people." -- numbers 31:2 +. +So Moses spoke to the people: "Arm men from among you for the war, to attack the Midianites and to execute the Lord's vengeance on Midian. -- numbers 31:3 +. +You must send to the battle a thousand men from every tribe throughout all the tribes of Israel." -- numbers 31:4 +. +So a thousand from every tribe, twelve thousand armed for battle in all, were provided out of the thousands of Israel. -- numbers 31:5 +. +So Moses sent them to the war, one thousand from every tribe, with Phinehas son of Eleazar the priest, who was in charge of the holy articles and the signal trumpets. -- numbers 31:6 +. +They fought against the Midianites, as the Lord commanded Moses, and they killed every male. -- numbers 31:7 +. +They killed the kings of Midian in addition to those slain - Evi, Rekem, Zur, Hur, and Reba - five Midianite kings. They also killed Balaam son of Beor with the sword. -- numbers 31:8 +. +The Israelites took the women of Midian captives along with their little ones, and took all their herds, all their flocks, and all their goods as plunder. -- numbers 31:9 +. +They burned all their towns where they lived and all their encampments. -- numbers 31:10 +. +They took all the plunder and all the spoils, both people and animals. -- numbers 31:11 +. +They brought the captives and the spoils and the plunder to Moses, to Eleazar the priest, and to the Israelite community, to the camp on the plains of Moab, along the Jordan River across from Jericho. -- numbers 31:12 +. +Moses, Eleazar the priest, and all the leaders of the community went out to meet them outside the camp. -- numbers 31:13 +. +But Moses was furious with the officers of the army, the commanders over thousands and commanders over hundreds, who had come from service in the war. -- numbers 31:14 +. +Moses said to them, "Have you allowed all the women to live? -- numbers 31:15 +. +Look, these people through the counsel of Balaam caused the Israelites to act treacherously against the Lord in the matter of Peor - which resulted in the plague among the community of the Lord! -- numbers 31:16 +. +Now therefore kill every boy, and kill every woman who has had sexual intercourse with a man. -- numbers 31:17 +. +But all the young women who have not had sexual intercourse with a man will be yours. -- numbers 31:18 +. +"Any of you who has killed anyone or touched any of the dead, remain outside the camp for seven days; purify yourselves and your captives on the third day, and on the seventh day. -- numbers 31:19 +. +You must purify each garment and everything that is made of skin, everything made of goat's hair, and everything made of wood." -- numbers 31:20 +. +Then Eleazar the priest said to the men of war who had gone into the battle, "This is the ordinance of the law that the Lord commanded Moses: -- numbers 31:21 +. +'Only the gold, the silver, the bronze, the iron, the tin, and the lead, -- numbers 31:22 +. +everything that may stand the fire, you are to pass through the fire, and it will be ceremonially clean, but it must still be purified with the water of purification. Anything that cannot withstand the fire you must pass through the water. -- numbers 31:23 +. +You must wash your clothes on the seventh day, and you will be ceremonially clean, and afterward you may enter the camp.'" -- numbers 31:24 +. +Then the Lord spoke to Moses: -- numbers 31:25 +. +"You and Eleazar the priest, and all the family leaders of the community, take the sum of the plunder that was captured, both people and animals. -- numbers 31:26 +. +Divide the plunder into two parts, one for those who took part in the war - who went out to battle - and the other for all the community. -- numbers 31:27 +. +"You must exact a tribute for the Lord from the fighting men who went out to battle: one life out of five hundred, from the people, the cattle, and from the donkeys and the sheep. -- numbers 31:28 +. +You are to take it from their half-share and give it to Eleazar the priest for a raised offering to the Lord. -- numbers 31:29 +. +From the Israelites' half-share you are to take one portion out of fifty of the people, the cattle, the donkeys, and the sheep - from every kind of animal - and you are to give them to the Levites, who are responsible for the care of the Lord's tabernacle." -- numbers 31:30 +. +So Moses and Eleazar the priest did as the Lord commanded Moses. -- numbers 31:31 +. +The spoil that remained of the plunder which the fighting men had gathered was 675,sheep, -- numbers 31:32 +. +72,cattle, -- numbers 31:33 +. +61,donkeys, -- numbers 31:34 +. +and 32,young women who had never had sexual intercourse with a man. -- numbers 31:35 +. +The half-portion of those who went to war numbered 337,sheep; -- numbers 31:36 +. +the Lord's tribute from the sheep was 675. -- numbers 31:37 +. +The cattle numbered 36,000; the Lord's tribute was 72. -- numbers 31:38 +. +The donkeys were 30,500, of which the Lord's tribute was 61. -- numbers 31:39 +. +The people were 16,000, of which the Lord's tribute was people. -- numbers 31:40 +. +So Moses gave the tribute, which was the Lord's raised offering, to Eleazar the priest, as the Lord commanded Moses. -- numbers 31:41 +. +From the Israelites' half-share that Moses had separated from the fighting men, -- numbers 31:42 +. +there were 337,sheep from the portion belonging to the community, -- numbers 31:43 +. +36,cattle, -- numbers 31:44 +. +30,donkeys, -- numbers 31:45 +. +and 16,people. -- numbers 31:46 +. +From the Israelites' share Moses took one of every fifty people and animals and gave them to the Levites who were responsible for the care of the Lord's tabernacle, just as the Lord commanded Moses. -- numbers 31:47 +. +Then the officers who were over the thousands of the army, the commanders over thousands and the commanders over hundreds, approached Moses -- numbers 31:48 +. +and said to him, "Your servants have taken a count of the men who were in the battle, who were under our authority, and not one is missing. -- numbers 31:49 +. +So we have brought as an offering for the Lord what each man found: gold ornaments, armlets, bracelets, signet rings, earrings, and necklaces, to make atonement for ourselves before the Lord." -- numbers 31:50 +. +Moses and Eleazar the priest took the gold from them, all of it in the form of ornaments. -- numbers 31:51 +. +All the gold of the offering they offered up to the Lord from the commanders of thousands and the commanders of hundreds weighed 16,shekels. -- numbers 31:52 +. +Each soldier had taken plunder for himself. -- numbers 31:53 +. +So Moses and Eleazar the priest received the gold from the commanders of thousands and commanders of hundreds and brought it into the tent of meeting as a memorial for the Israelites before the Lord. -- numbers 31:54 +. +Now the Reubenites and the Gadites possessed a very large number of cattle. When they saw that the lands of Jazer and Gilead were ideal for cattle, -- numbers 32:1 +. +the Gadites and the Reubenites came and addressed Moses, Eleazar the priest, and the leaders of the community. They said, -- numbers 32:2 +. +"Ataroth, Dibon, Jazer, Nimrah, Heshbon, Elealeh, Sebam, Nebo, and Beon, -- numbers 32:3 +. +the land that the Lord subdued before the community of Israel, is ideal for cattle, and your servants have cattle." -- numbers 32:4 +. +So they said, "If we have found favor in your sight, let this land be given to your servants for our inheritance. Do not have us cross the Jordan River." -- numbers 32:5 +. +Moses said to the Gadites and the Reubenites, "Must your brothers go to war while you remain here? -- numbers 32:6 +. +Why do you frustrate the intent of the Israelites to cross over into the land which the Lord has given them? -- numbers 32:7 +. +Your fathers did the same thing when I sent them from Kadesh Barnea to see the land. -- numbers 32:8 +. +When they went up to the Eshcol Valley and saw the land, they frustrated the intent of the Israelites so that they did not enter the land that the Lord had given them. -- numbers 32:9 +. +So the anger of the Lord was kindled that day, and he swore, -- numbers 32:10 +. +'Because they have not followed me wholeheartedly, not one of the men twenty years old and upward who came from Egypt will see the land that I swore to give to Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob, -- numbers 32:11 +. +except Caleb son of Jephunneh the Kenizzite, and Joshua son of Nun, for they followed the Lord wholeheartedly.' -- numbers 32:12 +. +So the Lord's anger was kindled against the Israelites, and he made them wander in the wilderness for forty years, until all that generation that had done wickedly before the Lord was finished. -- numbers 32:13 +. +Now look, you are standing in your fathers' place, a brood of sinners, to increase still further the fierce wrath of the Lord against the Israelites. -- numbers 32:14 +. +For if you turn away from following him, he will once again abandon them in the wilderness, and you will be the reason for their destruction." -- numbers 32:15 +. +Then they came very close to him and said, "We will build sheep folds here for our flocks and cities for our families, -- numbers 32:16 +. +but we will maintain ourselves in armed readiness and go before the Israelites until whenever we have brought them to their place. Our descendants will be living in fortified towns as a protection against the inhabitants of the land. -- numbers 32:17 +. +We will not return to our homes until every Israelite has his inheritance. -- numbers 32:18 +. +For we will not accept any inheritance on the other side of the Jordan River and beyond, because our inheritance has come to us on this eastern side of the Jordan." -- numbers 32:19 +. +Then Moses replied, "If you will do this thing, and if you will arm yourselves for battle before the Lord, -- numbers 32:20 +. +and if all your armed men cross the Jordan before the Lord until he drives out his enemies from his presence -- numbers 32:21 +. +and the land is subdued before the Lord, then afterward you may return and be free of your obligation to the Lord and to Israel. This land will then be your possession in the Lord's sight. -- numbers 32:22 +. +"But if you do not do this, then look, you will have sinned against the Lord. And know that your sin will find you out. -- numbers 32:23 +. +So build cities for your descendants and pens for your sheep, but do what you have said you would do." -- numbers 32:24 +. +So the Gadites and the Reubenites replied to Moses, "Your servants will do as my lord commands. -- numbers 32:25 +. +Our children, our wives, our flocks, and all our livestock will be there in the cities of Gilead, -- numbers 32:26 +. +but your servants will cross over, every man armed for war, to do battle in the Lord's presence, just as my lord says." -- numbers 32:27 +. +So Moses gave orders about them to Eleazar the priest, to Joshua son of Nun, and to the heads of the families of the Israelite tribes. -- numbers 32:28 +. +Moses said to them: "If the Gadites and the Reubenites cross the Jordan with you, each one equipped for battle in the Lord's presence, and you conquer the land, then you must allot them the territory of Gilead as their possession. -- numbers 32:29 +. +But if they do not cross over with you armed, they must receive possessions among you in Canaan." -- numbers 32:30 +. +Then the Gadites and the Reubenites answered, "Your servants will do what the Lord has spoken. -- numbers 32:31 +. +We will cross armed in the Lord's presence into the land of Canaan, and then the possession of our inheritance that we inherit will be ours on this side of the Jordan River." -- numbers 32:32 +. +So Moses gave to the Gadites, the Reubenites, and to half the tribe of Manasseh son of Joseph the realm of King Sihon of the Amorites, and the realm of King Og of Bashan, the entire land with its cities and the territory surrounding them. -- numbers 32:33 +. +The Gadites rebuilt Dibon, Ataroth, Aroer, -- numbers 32:34 +. +Atroth Shophan, Jazer, Jogbehah, -- numbers 32:35 +. +Beth Nimrah, and Beth Haran as fortified cities, and constructed pens for their flocks. -- numbers 32:36 +. +The Reubenites rebuilt Heshbon, Elealeh, Kiriathaim, -- numbers 32:37 +. +Nebo, Baal Meon (with a change of name), and Sibmah. They renamed the cities they built. -- numbers 32:38 +. +The descendants of Machir son of Manasseh went to Gilead, took it, and dispossessed the Amorites who were in it. -- numbers 32:39 +. +So Moses gave Gilead to Machir, son of Manasseh, and he lived there. -- numbers 32:40 +. +Now Jair son of Manasseh went and captured their small towns and named them Havvoth Jair. -- numbers 32:41 +. +Then Nobah went and captured Kenath and its villages and called it Nobah after his own name. -- numbers 32:42 +. +These are the journeys of the Israelites, who went out of the land of Egypt by their divisions under the authority of Moses and Aaron. -- numbers 33:1 +. +Moses recorded their departures according to their journeys, by the commandment of the Lord; now these are their journeys according to their departures. -- numbers 33:2 +. +They departed from Rameses in the first month, on the fifteenth day of the first month; on the day after the Passover the Israelites went out defiantly in plain sight of all the Egyptians. -- numbers 33:3 +. +Now the Egyptians were burying all their firstborn, whom the Lord had killed among them; the Lord also executed judgments on their gods. -- numbers 33:4 +. +The Israelites traveled from Rameses and camped in Succoth. -- numbers 33:5 +. +They traveled from Succoth, and camped in Etham, which is on the edge of the wilderness. -- numbers 33:6 +. +They traveled from Etham, and turned again to Pi-hahiroth, which is before Baal-Zephon; and they camped before Migdal. -- numbers 33:7 +. +They traveled from Pi-hahiroth, and passed through the middle of the sea into the wilderness, and went three days' journey in the wilderness of Etham, and camped in Marah. -- numbers 33:8 +. +They traveled from Marah and came to Elim; in Elim there are twelve fountains of water and seventy palm trees, so they camped there. -- numbers 33:9 +. +They traveled from Elim, and camped by the Red Sea. -- numbers 33:10 +. +They traveled from the Red Sea and camped in the wilderness of Zin. -- numbers 33:11 +. +They traveled from the wilderness of Zin and camped in Dophkah. -- numbers 33:12 +. +And they traveled from Dophkah, and camped in Alush. -- numbers 33:13 +. +They traveled from Alush and camped at Rephidim, where there was no water for the people to drink. -- numbers 33:14 +. +They traveled from Rephidim and camped in the wilderness of Sinai. -- numbers 33:15 +. +They traveled from the desert of Sinai and camped at Kibroth Hattaavah. -- numbers 33:16 +. +They traveled from Kibroth Hattaavah and camped at Hazeroth. -- numbers 33:17 +. +They traveled from Hazeroth and camped in Rithmah. -- numbers 33:18 +. +They traveled from Rithmah and camped at Rimmon-perez. -- numbers 33:19 +. +They traveled from Rimmon-perez and camped in Libnah. -- numbers 33:20 +. +They traveled from Libnah and camped at Rissah. -- numbers 33:21 +. +They traveled from Rissah and camped in Kehelathah. -- numbers 33:22 +. +They traveled from Kehelathah and camped at Mount Shepher. -- numbers 33:23 +. +They traveled from Mount Shepher and camped in Haradah. -- numbers 33:24 +. +They traveled from Haradah and camped in Makheloth. -- numbers 33:25 +. +They traveled from Makheloth and camped at Tahath. -- numbers 33:26 +. +They traveled from Tahath and camped at Terah. -- numbers 33:27 +. +They traveled from Terah and camped in Mithcah. -- numbers 33:28 +. +They traveled from Mithcah and camped in Hashmonah. -- numbers 33:29 +. +They traveled from Hashmonah and camped in Moseroth. -- numbers 33:30 +. +They traveled from Moseroth and camped in Bene-jaakan. -- numbers 33:31 +. +They traveled from Bene-jaakan and camped at Hor-haggidgad. -- numbers 33:32 +. +They traveled from Hor-haggidgad and camped in Jotbathah. -- numbers 33:33 +. +They traveled from Jotbathah and camped in Abronah. -- numbers 33:34 +. +They traveled from Abronah and camped at Ezion-geber. -- numbers 33:35 +. +They traveled from Ezion-geber and camped in the wilderness of Zin, which is Kadesh. -- numbers 33:36 +. +They traveled from Kadesh and camped in Mount Hor at the edge of the land of Edom. -- numbers 33:37 +. +Aaron the priest ascended Mount Hor at the command of the Lord, and he died there in the fortieth year after the Israelites had come out of the land of Egypt on the first day of the fifth month. -- numbers 33:38 +. +Now Aaron was years old when he died in Mount Hor. -- numbers 33:39 +. +The king of Arad, the Canaanite king who lived in the south of the land of Canaan, heard about the approach of the Israelites. -- numbers 33:40 +. +They traveled from Mount Hor and camped in Zalmonah. -- numbers 33:41 +. +They traveled from Zalmonah and camped in Punon. -- numbers 33:42 +. +They traveled from Punon and camped in Oboth. -- numbers 33:43 +. +They traveled from Oboth and camped in Iye-abarim, on the border of Moab. -- numbers 33:44 +. +They traveled from Iim and camped in Dibon-gad. -- numbers 33:45 +. +They traveled from Dibon-gad and camped in Almon-diblathaim. -- numbers 33:46 +. +They traveled from Almon-diblathaim and camped in the mountains of Abarim before Nebo. -- numbers 33:47 +. +They traveled from the mountains of Abarim and camped in the plains of Moab by the Jordan River across from Jericho. -- numbers 33:48 +. +They camped by the Jordan, from Beth-jeshimoth as far as Abel-shittim in the plains of Moab. -- numbers 33:49 +. +The Lord spoke to Moses in the plains of Moab by the Jordan, across from Jericho. He said: -- numbers 33:50 +. +"Speak to the Israelites and tell them, 'When you have crossed the Jordan into the land of Canaan, -- numbers 33:51 +. +you must drive out all the inhabitants of the land before you. Destroy all their carved images, all their molten images, and demolish their high places. -- numbers 33:52 +. +You must dispossess the inhabitants of the land and live in it, for I have given you the land to possess it. -- numbers 33:53 +. +You must divide the land by lot for an inheritance among your families. To a larger group you must give a larger inheritance, and to a smaller group you must give a smaller inheritance. Everyone's inheritance must be in the place where his lot falls. You must inherit according to your ancestral tribes. -- numbers 33:54 +. +But if you do not drive out the inhabitants of the land before you, then those whom you allow to remain will be irritants in your eyes and thorns in your side, and will cause you trouble in the land where you will be living. -- numbers 33:55 +. +And what I intended to do to them I will do to you." -- numbers 33:56 +. +Then the Lord spoke to Moses: -- numbers 34:1 +. +"Give these instructions to the Israelites, and tell them: 'When you enter Canaan, the land that has been assigned to you as an inheritance, the land of Canaan with its borders, -- numbers 34:2 +. +your southern border will extend from the wilderness of Zin along the Edomite border, and your southern border will run eastward to the extremity of the Salt Sea, -- numbers 34:3 +. +and then the border will turn from the south to the Scorpion Ascent, continue to Zin, and then its direction will be from the south to Kadesh Barnea. Then it will go to Hazar Addar and pass over to Azmon. -- numbers 34:4 +. +There the border will turn from Azmon to the Brook of Egypt, and then its direction is to the sea. -- numbers 34:5 +. +"'And for a western border you will have the Great Sea. This will be your western border. -- numbers 34:6 +. +"'And this will be your northern border: From the Great Sea you will draw a line to Mount Hor; -- numbers 34:7 +. +from Mount Hor you will draw a line to Lebo Hamath, and the direction of the border will be to Zedad. -- numbers 34:8 +. +The border will continue to Ziphron, and its direction will be to Hazar Enan. This will be your northern border. -- numbers 34:9 +. +"'For your eastern border you will draw a line from Hazar Enan to Shepham. -- numbers 34:10 +. +The border will run down from Shepham to Riblah, on the east side of Ain, and the border will descend and reach the eastern side of the Sea of Chinnereth. -- numbers 34:11 +. +Then the border will continue down the Jordan River and its direction will be to the Salt Sea. This will be your land by its borders that surround it.'" -- numbers 34:12 +. +Then Moses commanded the Israelites: "This is the land which you will inherit by lot, which the Lord has commanded to be given to the nine and a half tribes, -- numbers 34:13 +. +because the tribe of the Reubenites by their families, the tribe of the Gadites by their families, and half of the tribe of Manasseh have received their inheritance. -- numbers 34:14 +. +The two and a half tribes have received their inheritance on this side of the Jordan, east of Jericho, toward the sunrise." -- numbers 34:15 +. +The Lord said to Moses: -- numbers 34:16 +. +"These are the names of the men who are to allocate the land to you as an inheritance: Eleazar the priest and Joshua son of Nun. -- numbers 34:17 +. +You must take one leader from every tribe to assist in allocating the land as an inheritance. -- numbers 34:18 +. +These are the names of the men: from the tribe of Judah, Caleb son of Jephunneh; -- numbers 34:19 +. +from the tribe of the Simeonites, Shemuel son of Ammihud; -- numbers 34:20 +. +from the tribe of Benjamin, Elidad son of Kislon; -- numbers 34:21 +. +and from the tribe of the Danites, a leader, Bukki son of Jogli. -- numbers 34:22 +. +From the Josephites, Hanniel son of Ephod, a leader from the tribe of Manasseh; -- numbers 34:23 +. +from the tribe of the Ephraimites, a leader, Kemuel son of Shiphtan; -- numbers 34:24 +. +from the tribe of the Zebulunites, a leader, Elizaphan son of Parnach; -- numbers 34:25 +. +from the tribe of the Issacharites, a leader, Paltiel son of Azzan; -- numbers 34:26 +. +from the tribe of the Asherites, a leader, Ahihud son of Shelomi; -- numbers 34:27 +. +and from the tribe of the Naphtalites, a leader, Pedahel son of Ammihud." -- numbers 34:28 +. +These are the ones whom the Lord commanded to divide up the inheritance among the Israelites in the land of Canaan. -- numbers 34:29 +. +Then the Lord spoke to Moses in the Moabite plains by the Jordan near Jericho. He said: -- numbers 35:1 +. +"Instruct the Israelites to give the Levites towns to live in from the inheritance the Israelites will possess. You must also give the Levites grazing land around the towns. -- numbers 35:2 +. +Thus they will have towns in which to live, and their grazing lands will be for their cattle, for their possessions, and for all their animals. -- numbers 35:3 +. +The grazing lands around the towns that you will give to the Levites must extend to a distance of yards from the town wall. -- numbers 35:4 +. +"You must measure from outside the wall of the town on the east 1,yards, and on the south side 1,000 yards, and on the west side 1,000 yards, and on the north side 1,000 yards, with the town in the middle. This territory must belong to them as grazing land for the towns. -- numbers 35:5 +. +Now from these towns that you will give to the Levites you must select six towns of refuge to which a person who has killed someone may flee. And you must give them forty-two other towns. -- numbers 35:6 +. +"So the total of the towns you will give the Levites is forty-eight. You must give these together with their grazing lands. -- numbers 35:7 +. +The towns you will give must be from the possession of the Israelites. From the larger tribes you must give more; and from the smaller tribes fewer. Each must contribute some of its own towns to the Levites in proportion to the inheritance allocated to each. -- numbers 35:8 +. +Then the Lord spoke to Moses: -- numbers 35:9 +. +"Speak to the Israelites and tell them, 'When you cross over the Jordan River into the land of Canaan, -- numbers 35:10 +. +you must then designate some towns as towns of refuge for you, to which a person who has killed someone unintentionally may flee. -- numbers 35:11 +. +And they must stand as your towns of refuge from the avenger in order that the killer may not die until he has stood trial before the community. -- numbers 35:12 +. +These towns that you must give shall be your six towns for refuge. -- numbers 35:13 +. +"You must give three towns on this side of the Jordan, and you must give three towns in the land of Canaan; they must be towns of refuge. -- numbers 35:14 +. +These six towns will be places of refuge for the Israelites, and for the foreigner, and for the settler among them, so that anyone who kills any person accidentally may flee there. -- numbers 35:15 +. +"But if he hits someone with an iron tool so that he dies, he is a murderer. The murderer must surely be put to death. -- numbers 35:16 +. +If he strikes him by throwing a stone large enough that he could die, and he dies, he is a murderer. The murderer must surely be put to death. -- numbers 35:17 +. +Or if he strikes him with a wooden hand weapon so that he could die, and he dies, he is a murderer. The murderer must surely be put to death. -- numbers 35:18 +. +The avenger of blood himself must kill the murderer; when he meets him, he must kill him. -- numbers 35:19 +. +"But if he strikes him out of hatred or throws something at him intentionally so that he dies, -- numbers 35:20 +. +or with enmity he strikes him with his hand and he dies, the one who struck him must surely be put to death, for he is a murderer. The avenger of blood must kill the murderer when he meets him. -- numbers 35:21 +. +"But if he strikes him suddenly, without enmity, or throws anything at him unintentionally, -- numbers 35:22 +. +or with any stone large enough that a man could die, without seeing him, and throws it at him, and he dies, even though he was not his enemy nor sought his harm, -- numbers 35:23 +. +then the community must judge between the slayer and the avenger of blood according to these decisions. -- numbers 35:24 +. +The community must deliver the slayer out of the hand of the avenger of blood, and the community must restore him to the town of refuge to which he fled, and he must live there until the death of the high priest, who was anointed with the consecrated oil. -- numbers 35:25 +. +But if the slayer at any time goes outside the boundary of the town to which he had fled, -- numbers 35:26 +. +and the avenger of blood finds him outside the borders of the town of refuge, and the avenger of blood kills the slayer, he will not be guilty of blood, -- numbers 35:27 +. +because the slayer should have stayed in his town of refuge until the death of the high priest. But after the death of the high priest, the slayer may return to the land of his possessions. -- numbers 35:28 +. +So these things must be a statutory ordinance for you throughout your generations, in all the places where you live. -- numbers 35:29 +. +"Whoever kills any person, the murderer must be put to death by the testimony of witnesses; but one witness cannot testify against any person to cause him to be put to death. -- numbers 35:30 +. +Moreover, you must not accept a ransom for the life of a murderer who is guilty of death; he must surely be put to death. -- numbers 35:31 +. +And you must not accept a ransom for anyone who has fled to a town of refuge, to allow him to return home and live on his own land before the death of the high priest. -- numbers 35:32 +. +"You must not pollute the land where you live, for blood defiles the land, and the land cannot be cleansed of the blood that is shed there, except by the blood of the person who shed it. -- numbers 35:33 +. +Therefore do not defile the land that you will inhabit, in which I live, for I the Lord live among the Israelites." -- numbers 35:34 +. +Then the heads of the family groups of the Gileadites, the descendant of Machir, the descendant of Manasseh, who were from the Josephite families, approached and spoke before Moses and the leaders who were the heads of the Israelite families. -- numbers 36:1 +. +They said, "The Lord commanded my lord to give the land as an inheritance by lot to the Israelites; and my lord was commanded by the Lord to give the inheritance of our brother Zelophehad to his daughters. -- numbers 36:2 +. +Now if they should be married to one of the men from another Israelite tribe, their inheritance would be taken from the inheritance of our fathers and added to the inheritance of the tribe into which they marry. As a result, it will be taken from the lot of our inheritance. -- numbers 36:3 +. +And when the Jubilee of the Israelites is to take place, their inheritance will be added to the inheritance of the tribe into which they marry. So their inheritance will be taken away from the inheritance of our ancestral tribe." -- numbers 36:4 +. +Then Moses gave a ruling to the Israelites by the word of the Lord: "What the tribe of the Josephites is saying is right. -- numbers 36:5 +. +This is what the Lord has commanded for Zelophehad's daughters: 'Let them marry whomever they think best, only they must marry within the family of their father's tribe. -- numbers 36:6 +. +In this way the inheritance of the Israelites will not be transferred from tribe to tribe. But every one of the Israelites must retain the ancestral heritage. -- numbers 36:7 +. +And every daughter who possesses an inheritance from any of the tribes of the Israelites must become the wife of a man from any family in her father's tribe, so that every Israelite may retain the inheritance of his fathers. -- numbers 36:8 +. +No inheritance may pass from tribe to tribe. But every one of the tribes of the Israelites must retain its inheritance." -- numbers 36:9 +. +As the Lord had commanded Moses, so the daughters of Zelophehad did. -- numbers 36:10 +. +For the daughters of Zelophehad - Mahlah, Tirzah, Hoglah, Milcah, and Noah - were married to the sons of their uncles. -- numbers 36:11 +. +They were married into the families of the Manassehites, the descendants of Joseph, and their inheritance remained in the tribe of their father's family. -- numbers 36:12 +. +These are the commandments and the decisions that the Lord commanded the Israelites through the authority of Moses, on the plains of Moab by the Jordan River opposite Jericho. -- numbers 36:13 +. +This is what Moses said to the assembly of Israel in the Transjordanian wastelands, the arid country opposite Suph, between Paran and Tophel, Laban, Hazeroth, and Di Zahab -- deuteronomy 1:1 +. +Now it is ordinarily an eleven-day journey from Horeb to Kadesh Barnea by way of Mount Seir. -- deuteronomy 1:2 +. +However, it was not until the first day of the eleventh month of the fortieth year that Moses addressed the Israelites just as the Lord had instructed him to do. -- deuteronomy 1:3 +. +This took place after the defeat of King Sihon of the Amorites, whose capital was in Heshbon, and King Og of Bashan, whose capital was in Ashtaroth, specifically in Edrei. -- deuteronomy 1:4 +. +So it was in the Transjordan, in Moab, that Moses began to deliver these words: -- deuteronomy 1:5 +. +The Lord our God spoke to us at Horeb and said, "You have stayed in the area of this mountain long enough. -- deuteronomy 1:6 +. +Get up now, resume your journey, heading for the Amorite hill country, to all its areas including the arid country, the highlands, the Shephelah, the Negev, and the coastal plain - all of Canaan and Lebanon as far as the Great River, that is, the Euphrates. -- deuteronomy 1:7 +. +Look! I have already given the land to you. Go, occupy the territory that I, the Lord, promised to give to your ancestors Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob, and to their descendants." -- deuteronomy 1:8 +. +I also said to you at that time, "I am no longer able to sustain you by myself. -- deuteronomy 1:9 +. +The Lord your God has increased your population to the point that you are now as numerous as the very stars of the sky. -- deuteronomy 1:10 +. +Indeed, may the Lord, the God of your ancestors, make you a thousand times more numerous than you are now, blessing you just as he said he would! -- deuteronomy 1:11 +. +But how can I alone bear up under the burden of your hardship and strife? -- deuteronomy 1:12 +. +Select wise and practical men, those known among your tribes, whom I may appoint as your leaders." -- deuteronomy 1:13 +. +You replied to me that what I had said to you was good. -- deuteronomy 1:14 +. +So I chose as your tribal leaders wise and well-known men, placing them over you as administrators of groups of thousands, hundreds, fifties, and tens, and also as other tribal officials. -- deuteronomy 1:15 +. +I furthermore admonished your judges at that time that they should pay attention to issues among your fellow citizens and judge fairly, whether between one citizen and another or a citizen and a resident foreigner. -- deuteronomy 1:16 +. +They must not discriminate in judgment, but hear the lowly and the great alike. Nor should they be intimidated by human beings, for judgment belongs to God. If the matter being adjudicated is too difficult for them, they should bring it before me for a hearing. -- deuteronomy 1:17 +. +So I instructed you at that time regarding everything you should do. -- deuteronomy 1:18 +. +Then we left Horeb and passed through all that immense, forbidding wilderness that you saw on the way to the Amorite hill country as the Lord our God had commanded us to do, finally arriving at Kadesh Barnea. -- deuteronomy 1:19 +. +Then I said to you, "You have come to the Amorite hill country which the Lord our God is about to give us. -- deuteronomy 1:20 +. +Look, he has placed the land in front of you! Go up, take possession of it, just as the Lord, the God of your ancestors, said to do. Do not be afraid or discouraged!" -- deuteronomy 1:21 +. +So all of you approached me and said, "Let's send some men ahead of us to scout out the land and bring us back word as to how we should attack it and what the cities are like there." -- deuteronomy 1:22 +. +I thought this was a good idea, so I sent twelve men from among you, one from each tribe. -- deuteronomy 1:23 +. +They left and went up to the hill country, coming to the Eshcol Valley, which they scouted out. -- deuteronomy 1:24 +. +Then they took some of the produce of the land and carried it back down to us. They also brought a report to us, saying, "The land that the Lord our God is about to give us is good." -- deuteronomy 1:25 +. +You were not willing to go up, however, but instead rebelled against the Lord your God. -- deuteronomy 1:26 +. +You complained among yourselves privately and said, "Because the Lord hates us he brought us from Egypt to deliver us over to the Amorites so they could destroy us! -- deuteronomy 1:27 +. +What is going to happen to us? Our brothers have drained away our courage by describing people who are more numerous and taller than we are, and great cities whose defenses appear to be as high as heaven itself! Moreover, they said they saw Anakites there." -- deuteronomy 1:28 +. +So I responded to you, "Do not be terrified of them! -- deuteronomy 1:29 +. +The Lord your God is about to go ahead of you; he will fight for you, just as you saw him do in Egypt -- deuteronomy 1:30 +. +and in the desert, where you saw him carrying you along like a man carries his son. This he did everywhere you went until you came to this very place." -- deuteronomy 1:31 +. +However, through all this you did not have confidence in the Lord your God, -- deuteronomy 1:32 +. +the one who was constantly going before you to find places for you to set up camp. He appeared by fire at night and cloud by day, to show you the way you ought to go. -- deuteronomy 1:33 +. +When the Lord heard you, he became angry and made this vow: -- deuteronomy 1:34 +. +"Not a single person of this evil generation will see the good land that I promised to give to your ancestors! -- deuteronomy 1:35 +. +The exception is Caleb son of Jephunneh; he will see it and I will give him and his descendants the territory on which he has walked, because he has wholeheartedly followed me." -- deuteronomy 1:36 +. +As for me, the Lord was also angry with me on your account. He said, "You also will not be able to go there. -- deuteronomy 1:37 +. +However, Joshua son of Nun, your assistant, will go. Encourage him, because he will enable Israel to inherit the land. -- deuteronomy 1:38 +. +Also, your infants, who you thought would die on the way, and your children, who as yet do not know good from bad, will go there; I will give them the land and they will possess it. -- deuteronomy 1:39 +. +But as for you, turn back and head for the desert by the way to the Red Sea." -- deuteronomy 1:40 +. +Then you responded to me and admitted, "We have sinned against the Lord. We will now go up and fight as the Lord our God has told us to do." So you each put on your battle gear and prepared to go up to the hill country. -- deuteronomy 1:41 +. +But the Lord told me: "Tell them this: 'Do not go up and fight, because I will not be with you and you will be defeated by your enemies.'" -- deuteronomy 1:42 +. +I spoke to you, but you did not listen. Instead you rebelled against the Lord and recklessly went up to the hill country. -- deuteronomy 1:43 +. +The Amorite inhabitants of that area confronted you and chased you like a swarm of bees, striking you down from Seir as far as Hormah. -- deuteronomy 1:44 +. +Then you came back and wept before the Lord, but he paid no attention to you whatsoever. -- deuteronomy 1:45 +. +Therefore, you remained at Kadesh for a long time - indeed, for the full time. -- deuteronomy 1:46 +. +Then we turned and set out toward the desert land on the way to the Red Sea just as the Lord told me to do, detouring around Mount Seir for a long time. -- deuteronomy 2:1 +. +At this point the Lord said to me, -- deuteronomy 2:2 +. +"You have circled around this mountain long enough; now turn north. -- deuteronomy 2:3 +. +Instruct these people as follows: 'You are about to cross the border of your relatives the descendants of Esau, who inhabit Seir. They will be afraid of you, so watch yourselves carefully. -- deuteronomy 2:4 +. +Do not be hostile toward them, because I am not giving you any of their land, not even a footprint, for I have given Mount Seir as an inheritance for Esau. -- deuteronomy 2:5 +. +You may purchase food to eat and water to drink from them. -- deuteronomy 2:6 +. +All along the way I, the Lord your God, have blessed your every effort. I have been attentive to your travels through this great wasteland. These forty years I have been with you; you have lacked for nothing.'" -- deuteronomy 2:7 +. +So we turned away from our relatives the descendants of Esau, the inhabitants of Seir, turning from the desert route, from Elat and Ezion Geber, and traveling the way of the Moab wastelands. -- deuteronomy 2:8 +. +Then the Lord said to me, "Do not harass Moab and provoke them to war, for I will not give you any of their land as your territory. This is because I have given Ar to the descendants of Lot as their possession. -- deuteronomy 2:9 +. +(The Emites used to live there, a people as powerful, numerous, and tall as the Anakites. -- deuteronomy 2:10 +. +These people, as well as the Anakites, are also considered Rephaites; the Moabites call them Emites. -- deuteronomy 2:11 +. +Previously the Horites lived in Seir but the descendants of Esau dispossessed and destroyed them and settled in their place, just as Israel did to the land it came to possess, the land the Lord gave them.) -- deuteronomy 2:12 +. +Now, get up and cross the Wadi Zered." So we did so. -- deuteronomy 2:13 +. +Now the length of time it took for us to go from Kadesh Barnea to the crossing of Wadi Zered was thirty-eight years, time for all the military men of that generation to die, just as the Lord had vowed to them. -- deuteronomy 2:14 +. +Indeed, it was the very hand of the Lord that eliminated them from within the camp until they were all gone. -- deuteronomy 2:15 +. +So it was that after all the military men had been eliminated from the community, -- deuteronomy 2:16 +. +the Lord said to me, -- deuteronomy 2:17 +. +"Today you are going to cross the border of Moab, that is, of Ar. -- deuteronomy 2:18 +. +But when you come close to the Ammonites, do not harass or provoke them because I am not giving you any of the Ammonites' land as your possession; I have already given it to Lot's descendants as their possession. -- deuteronomy 2:19 +. +(That also is considered to be a land of the Rephaites. The Rephaites lived there originally; the Ammonites call them Zamzummites. -- deuteronomy 2:20 +. +They are a people as powerful, numerous, and tall as the Anakites. But the Lord destroyed the Rephaites in advance of the Ammonites, so they dispossessed them and settled down in their place. -- deuteronomy 2:21 +. +This is exactly what he did for the descendants of Esau who lived in Seir when he destroyed the Horites before them so that they could dispossess them and settle in their area to this very day. -- deuteronomy 2:22 +. +As for the Avvites who lived in settlements as far west as Gaza, Caphtorites who came from Crete destroyed them and settled down in their place.) -- deuteronomy 2:23 +. +Get up, make your way across Wadi Arnon. Look! I have already delivered over to you Sihon the Amorite, king of Heshbon, and his land. Go ahead! Take it! Engage him in war! -- deuteronomy 2:24 +. +This very day I will begin to fill all the people of the earth with dread and to terrify them when they hear about you. They will shiver and shake in anticipation of your approach." -- deuteronomy 2:25 +. +Then I sent messengers from the Kedemoth Desert to King Sihon of Heshbon with an offer of peace: -- deuteronomy 2:26 +. +"Let me pass through your land; I will keep strictly to the roadway. I will not turn aside to the right or the left. -- deuteronomy 2:27 +. +Sell me food for cash so that I can eat and sell me water to drink. Just allow me to go through on foot, -- deuteronomy 2:28 +. +just as the descendants of Esau who live at Seir and the Moabites who live in Ar did for me, until I cross the Jordan to the land the Lord our God is giving us." -- deuteronomy 2:29 +. +But King Sihon of Heshbon was unwilling to allow us to pass near him because the Lord our God had made him obstinate and stubborn so that he might deliver him over to you this very day. -- deuteronomy 2:30 +. +The Lord said to me, "Look! I have already begun to give over Sihon and his land to you. Start right now to take his land as your possession." -- deuteronomy 2:31 +. +When Sihon and all his troops emerged to encounter us in battle at Jahaz, -- deuteronomy 2:32 +. +the Lord our God delivered him over to us and we struck him down, along with his sons and everyone else. -- deuteronomy 2:33 +. +At that time we seized all his cities and put every one of them under divine judgment, including even the women and children; we left no survivors. -- deuteronomy 2:34 +. +We kept only the livestock and plunder from the cities for ourselves. -- deuteronomy 2:35 +. +From Aroer, which is at the edge of Wadi Arnon (it is the city in the wadi), all the way to Gilead there was not a town able to resist us - the Lord our God gave them all to us. -- deuteronomy 2:36 +. +However, you did not approach the land of the Ammonites, the Wadi Jabbok, the cities of the hill country, or any place else forbidden by the Lord our God. -- deuteronomy 2:37 +. +Next we set out on the route to Bashan, but King Og of Bashan and his whole army came out to meet us in battle at Edrei. -- deuteronomy 3:1 +. +The Lord, however, said to me, "Don't be afraid of him because I have already given him, his whole army, and his land to you. You will do to him exactly what you did to King Sihon of the Amorites who lived in Heshbon." -- deuteronomy 3:2 +. +So the Lord our God did indeed give over to us King Og of Bashan and his whole army and we struck them down until not a single survivor was left. -- deuteronomy 3:3 +. +We captured all his cities at that time - there was not a town we did not take from them - sixty cities, all the region of Argob, the dominion of Og in Bashan. -- deuteronomy 3:4 +. +All of these cities were fortified by high walls, gates, and locking bars; in addition there were a great many open villages. -- deuteronomy 3:5 +. +We put all of these under divine judgment just as we had done to King Sihon of Heshbon - every occupied city, including women and children. -- deuteronomy 3:6 +. +But all the livestock and plunder from the cities we kept for ourselves. -- deuteronomy 3:7 +. +So at that time we took the land of the two Amorite kings in the Transjordan from Wadi Arnon to Mount Hermon -- deuteronomy 3:8 +. +(the Sidonians call Hermon Sirion and the Amorites call it Senir), -- deuteronomy 3:9 +. +all the cities of the plateau, all of Gilead and Bashan as far as Salecah and Edrei, cities of the kingdom of Og in Bashan. -- deuteronomy 3:10 +. +Only King Og of Bashan was left of the remaining Rephaites. (It is noteworthy that his sarcophagus was made of iron. Does it not, indeed, still remain in Rabbath of the Ammonites? It is thirteen and a half feet long and six feet wide according to standard measure.) -- deuteronomy 3:11 +. +This is the land we brought under our control at that time: The territory extending from Aroer by the Wadi Arnon and half the Gilead hill country with its cities I gave to the Reubenites and Gadites. -- deuteronomy 3:12 +. +The rest of Gilead and all of Bashan, the kingdom of Og, I gave to half the tribe of Manasseh. (All the region of Argob, that is, all Bashan, is called the land of Rephaim. -- deuteronomy 3:13 +. +Jair, son of Manasseh, took all the Argob region as far as the border with the Geshurites and Maacathites (namely Bashan) and called it by his name, Havvoth-Jair, which it retains to this very day.) -- deuteronomy 3:14 +. +I gave Gilead to Machir. -- deuteronomy 3:15 +. +To the Reubenites and Gadites I allocated the territory extending from Gilead as far as Wadi Arnon (the exact middle of the wadi was a boundary) all the way to the Wadi Jabbok, the Ammonite border. -- deuteronomy 3:16 +. +The Arabah and the Jordan River were also a border, from the sea of Chinnereth to the sea of the Arabah (that is, the Salt Sea), beneath the watershed of Pisgah to the east. -- deuteronomy 3:17 +. +At that time I instructed you as follows: "The Lord your God has given you this land for your possession. You warriors are to cross over before your fellow Israelites equipped for battle. -- deuteronomy 3:18 +. +But your wives, children, and livestock (of which I know you have many) may remain in the cities I have given you. -- deuteronomy 3:19 +. +You must fight until the Lord gives your countrymen victory as he did you and they take possession of the land that the Lord your God is giving them on the other side of the Jordan River. Then each of you may return to his own territory that I have given you." -- deuteronomy 3:20 +. +I also commanded Joshua at the same time, "You have seen everything the Lord your God did to these two kings; he will do the same to all the kingdoms where you are going. -- deuteronomy 3:21 +. +Do not be afraid of them, for the Lord your God will personally fight for you." -- deuteronomy 3:22 +. +Moreover, at that time I pleaded with the Lord, -- deuteronomy 3:23 +. +"O, Lord God, you have begun to show me your greatness and strength. (What god in heaven or earth can rival your works and mighty deeds?) -- deuteronomy 3:24 +. +Let me please cross over to see the good land on the other side of the Jordan River - this good hill country and the Lebanon!" -- deuteronomy 3:25 +. +But the Lord was angry at me because of you and would not listen to me. Instead, he said to me, "Enough of that! Do not speak to me anymore about this matter. -- deuteronomy 3:26 +. +Go up to the top of Pisgah and take a good look to the west, north, south, and east, for you will not be allowed to cross the Jordan. -- deuteronomy 3:27 +. +Commission Joshua, and encourage and strengthen him, because he will lead these people over and will enable them to inherit the land you will see." -- deuteronomy 3:28 +. +So we settled down in the valley opposite Beth Peor. -- deuteronomy 3:29 +. +Now, Israel, pay attention to the statutes and ordinances I am about to teach you, so that you might live and go on to enter and take possession of the land that the Lord, the God of your ancestors, is giving you. -- deuteronomy 4:1 +. +Do not add a thing to what I command you nor subtract from it, so that you may keep the commandments of the Lord your God that I am delivering to you. -- deuteronomy 4:2 +. +You have witnessed what the Lord did at Baal Peor, how he eradicated from your midst everyone who followed Baal Peor. -- deuteronomy 4:3 +. +But you who remained faithful to the Lord your God are still alive to this very day, every one of you. -- deuteronomy 4:4 +. +Look! I have taught you statutes and ordinances just as the Lord my God told me to do, so that you might carry them out in the land you are about to enter and possess. -- deuteronomy 4:5 +. +So be sure to do them, because this will testify of your wise understanding to the people who will learn of all these statutes and say, "Indeed, this great nation is a very wise people." -- deuteronomy 4:6 +. +In fact, what other great nation has a god so near to them like the Lord our God whenever we call on him? -- deuteronomy 4:7 +. +And what other great nation has statutes and ordinances as just as this whole law that I am about to share with you today? -- deuteronomy 4:8 +. +Again, however, pay very careful attention, lest you forget the things you have seen and disregard them for the rest of your life; instead teach them to your children and grandchildren. -- deuteronomy 4:9 +. +You stood before the Lord your God at Horeb and he said to me, "Assemble the people before me so that I can tell them my commands. Then they will learn to revere me all the days they live in the land, and they will instruct their children." -- deuteronomy 4:10 +. +You approached and stood at the foot of the mountain, a mountain ablaze to the sky above it and yet dark with a thick cloud. -- deuteronomy 4:11 +. +Then the Lord spoke to you from the middle of the fire; you heard speech but you could not see anything - only a voice was heard. -- deuteronomy 4:12 +. +And he revealed to you the covenant he has commanded you to keep, the ten commandments, writing them on two stone tablets. -- deuteronomy 4:13 +. +Moreover, at that same time the Lord commanded me to teach you statutes and ordinances for you to keep in the land which you are about to enter and possess. -- deuteronomy 4:14 +. +Be very careful, then, because you saw no form at the time the Lord spoke to you at Horeb from the middle of the fire. -- deuteronomy 4:15 +. +I say this so you will not corrupt yourselves by making an image in the form of any kind of figure. This includes the likeness of a human male or female, -- deuteronomy 4:16 +. +any kind of land animal, any bird that flies in the sky, -- deuteronomy 4:17 +. +anything that crawls on the ground, or any fish in the deep waters of the earth. -- deuteronomy 4:18 +. +When you look up to the sky and see the sun, moon, and stars - the whole heavenly creation - you must not be seduced to worship and serve them, for the Lord your God has assigned them to all the people of the world. -- deuteronomy 4:19 +. +You, however, the Lord has selected and brought from Egypt, that iron-smelting furnace, to be his special people as you are today. -- deuteronomy 4:20 +. +But the Lord became angry with me because of you and vowed that I would never cross the Jordan nor enter the good land that he is about to give you. -- deuteronomy 4:21 +. +So I must die here in this land; I will not cross the Jordan. But you are going over and will possess that good land. -- deuteronomy 4:22 +. +Be on guard so that you do not forget the covenant of the Lord your God that he has made with you, and that you do not make an image of any kind, just as he has forbidden you. -- deuteronomy 4:23 +. +For the Lord your God is a consuming fire; he is a jealous God. -- deuteronomy 4:24 +. +After you have produced children and grandchildren and have been in the land a long time, if you become corrupt and make an image of any kind and do other evil things before the Lord your God that enrage him, -- deuteronomy 4:25 +. +I invoke heaven and earth as witnesses against you today that you will surely and swiftly be removed from the very land you are about to cross the Jordan to possess. You will not last long there because you will surely be annihilated. -- deuteronomy 4:26 +. +Then the Lord will scatter you among the peoples and there will be very few of you among the nations where the Lord will drive you. -- deuteronomy 4:27 +. +There you will worship gods made by human hands - wood and stone that can neither see, hear, eat, nor smell. -- deuteronomy 4:28 +. +But if you seek the Lord your God from there, you will find him, if, indeed, you seek him with all your heart and soul. -- deuteronomy 4:29 +. +In your distress when all these things happen to you in the latter days, if you return to the Lord your God and obey him -- deuteronomy 4:30 +. +(for he is a merciful God), he will not let you down or destroy you, for he cannot forget the covenant with your ancestors that he confirmed by oath to them. -- deuteronomy 4:31 +. +Indeed, ask about the distant past, starting from the day God created humankind on the earth, and ask from one end of heaven to the other, whether there has ever been such a great thing as this, or even a rumor of it. -- deuteronomy 4:32 +. +Have a people ever heard the voice of God speaking from the middle of fire, as you yourselves have, and lived to tell about it? -- deuteronomy 4:33 +. +Or has God ever before tried to deliver a nation from the middle of another nation, accompanied by judgments, signs, wonders, war, strength, power, and other very terrifying things like the Lord your God did for you in Egypt before your very eyes? -- deuteronomy 4:34 +. +You have been taught that the Lord alone is God - there is no other besides him. -- deuteronomy 4:35 +. +From heaven he spoke to you in order to teach you, and on earth he showed you his great fire from which you also heard his words. -- deuteronomy 4:36 +. +Moreover, because he loved your ancestors, he chose their descendants who followed them and personally brought you out of Egypt with his great power -- deuteronomy 4:37 +. +to dispossess nations greater and stronger than you and brought you here this day to give you their land as your property. -- deuteronomy 4:38 +. +Today realize and carefully consider that the Lord is God in heaven above and on earth below - there is no other! -- deuteronomy 4:39 +. +Keep his statutes and commandments that I am setting forth today so that it may go well with you and your descendants and that you may enjoy longevity in the land that the Lord your God is about to give you as a permanent possession. -- deuteronomy 4:40 +. +Then Moses selected three cities in the Transjordan, toward the east. -- deuteronomy 4:41 +. +Anyone who accidentally killed someone without hating him at the time of the accident could flee to one of those cities and be safe. -- deuteronomy 4:42 +. +These cities are Bezer, in the desert plateau, for the Reubenites; Ramoth in Gilead for the Gadites; and Golan in Bashan for the Manassehites. -- deuteronomy 4:43 +. +This is the law that Moses set before the Israelites. -- deuteronomy 4:44 +. +These are the stipulations, statutes, and ordinances that Moses spoke to the Israelites after he had brought them out of Egypt, -- deuteronomy 4:45 +. +in the Transjordan, in the valley opposite Beth Peor, in the land of King Sihon of the Amorites, who lived in Heshbon. (It is he whom Moses and the Israelites attacked after they came out of Egypt. -- deuteronomy 4:46 +. +They possessed his land and that of King Og of Bashan - both of whom were Amorite kings in the Transjordan, to the east. -- deuteronomy 4:47 +. +Their territory extended from Aroer at the edge of the Arnon valley as far as Mount Siyon - that is, Hermon - -- deuteronomy 4:48 +. +including all the Arabah of the Transjordan in the east to the sea of the Arabah, beneath the watershed of Pisgah.) -- deuteronomy 4:49 +. +Then Moses called all the people of Israel together and said to them: "Listen, Israel, to the statutes and ordinances that I am about to deliver to you today; learn them and be careful to keep them! -- deuteronomy 5:1 +. +The Lord our God made a covenant with us at Horeb. -- deuteronomy 5:2 +. +He did not make this covenant with our ancestors but with us, we who are here today, all of us living now. -- deuteronomy 5:3 +. +The Lord spoke face to face with you at the mountain, from the middle of the fire. -- deuteronomy 5:4 +. +(I was standing between the Lord and you at that time to reveal to you the message of the Lord, because you were afraid of the fire and would not go up the mountain.) He said: -- deuteronomy 5:5 +. +"I am the Lord your God, he who brought you from the land of Egypt, from the place of slavery. -- deuteronomy 5:6 +. +You must not have any other gods besides me. -- deuteronomy 5:7 +. +You must not make for yourself an image of anything in heaven above, on earth below, or in the waters beneath. -- deuteronomy 5:8 +. +You must not worship or serve them, for I, the Lord your God, am a jealous God. I punish the sons, grandsons, and great-grandsons for the sin of the fathers who reject me, -- deuteronomy 5:9 +. +but I show covenant faithfulness to the thousands who choose me and keep my commandments. -- deuteronomy 5:10 +. +You must not make use of the name of the Lord your God for worthless purposes, for the Lord will not exonerate anyone who abuses his name that way. -- deuteronomy 5:11 +. +Be careful to observe the Sabbath day just as the Lord your God has commanded you. -- deuteronomy 5:12 +. +You are to work and do all your tasks in six days, -- deuteronomy 5:13 +. +but the seventh day is the Sabbath of the Lord your God. On that day you must not do any work, you, your son, your daughter, your male slave, your female slave, your ox, your donkey, any other animal, or the foreigner who lives with you, so that your male and female slaves, like yourself, may have rest. -- deuteronomy 5:14 +. +Recall that you were slaves in the land of Egypt and that the Lord your God brought you out of there by strength and power. That is why the Lord your God has commanded you to observe the Sabbath day. -- deuteronomy 5:15 +. +Honor your father and your mother just as the Lord your God has commanded you to do, so that your days may be extended and that it may go well with you in the land that he is about to give you. -- deuteronomy 5:16 +. +You must not murder. -- deuteronomy 5:17 +. +You must not commit adultery. -- deuteronomy 5:18 +. +You must not steal. -- deuteronomy 5:19 +. +You must not offer false testimony against another. -- deuteronomy 5:20 +. +You must not desire another man's wife, nor should you crave his house, his field, his male and female servants, his ox, his donkey, or anything else he owns." -- deuteronomy 5:21 +. +The Lord said these things to your entire assembly at the mountain from the middle of the fire, the cloud, and the darkness with a loud voice, and that was all he said. Then he inscribed the words on two stone tablets and gave them to me. -- deuteronomy 5:22 +. +Then, when you heard the voice from the midst of the darkness while the mountain was ablaze, all your tribal leaders and elders approached me. -- deuteronomy 5:23 +. +You said, "The Lord our God has shown us his great glory and we have heard him speak from the middle of the fire. It is now clear to us that God can speak to human beings and they can keep on living. -- deuteronomy 5:24 +. +But now, why should we die, because this intense fire will consume us! If we keep hearing the voice of the Lord our God we will die! -- deuteronomy 5:25 +. +Who is there from the entire human race who has heard the voice of the living God speaking from the middle of the fire as we have, and has lived? -- deuteronomy 5:26 +. +You go near so that you can hear everything the Lord our God is saying and then you can tell us whatever he says to you; then we will pay attention and do it." -- deuteronomy 5:27 +. +When the Lord heard you speaking to me, he said to me, "I have heard what these people have said to you - they have spoken well. -- deuteronomy 5:28 +. +If only it would really be their desire to fear me and obey all my commandments in the future, so that it may go well with them and their descendants forever. -- deuteronomy 5:29 +. +Go and tell them, 'Return to your tents!' -- deuteronomy 5:30 +. +But as for you, remain here with me so I can declare to you all the commandments, statutes, and ordinances that you are to teach them, so that they can carry them out in the land I am about to give them." -- deuteronomy 5:31 +. +Be careful, therefore, to do exactly what the Lord your God has commanded you; do not turn right or left! -- deuteronomy 5:32 +. +Walk just as he has commanded you so that you may live, that it may go well with you, and that you may live long in the land you are going to possess. -- deuteronomy 5:33 +. +Now these are the commandments, statutes, and ordinances that the Lord your God instructed me to teach you so that you may carry them out in the land where you are headed -- deuteronomy 6:1 +. +and that you may so revere the Lord your God that you will keep all his statutes and commandments that I am giving you - you, your children, and your grandchildren - all your lives, to prolong your days. -- deuteronomy 6:2 +. +Pay attention, Israel, and be careful to do this so that it may go well with you and that you may increase greatly in number - as the Lord, God of your ancestors, said to you, you will have a land flowing with milk and honey. -- deuteronomy 6:3 +. +Listen, Israel: The Lord is our God, the Lord is one! -- deuteronomy 6:4 +. +You must love the Lord your God with your whole mind, your whole being, and all your strength. -- deuteronomy 6:5 +. +These words I am commanding you today must be kept in mind, -- deuteronomy 6:6 +. +and you must teach them to your children and speak of them as you sit in your house, as you walk along the road, as you lie down, and as you get up. -- deuteronomy 6:7 +. +You should tie them as a reminder on your forearm and fasten them as symbols on your forehead. -- deuteronomy 6:8 +. +Inscribe them on the doorframes of your houses and gates. -- deuteronomy 6:9 +. +Then when the Lord your God brings you to the land he promised your ancestors Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob to give you - a land with large, fine cities you did not build, -- deuteronomy 6:10 +. +houses filled with choice things you did not accumulate, hewn out cisterns you did not dig, and vineyards and olive groves you did not plant - and you eat your fill, -- deuteronomy 6:11 +. +be careful not to forget the Lord who brought you out of Egypt, that place of slavery. -- deuteronomy 6:12 +. +You must revere the Lord your God, serve him, and take oaths using only his name. -- deuteronomy 6:13 +. +You must not go after other gods, those of the surrounding peoples, -- deuteronomy 6:14 +. +for the Lord your God, who is present among you, is a jealous God and his anger will erupt against you and remove you from the land. -- deuteronomy 6:15 +. +You must not put the Lord your God to the test as you did at Massah. -- deuteronomy 6:16 +. +Keep his commandments very carefully, as well as the stipulations and statutes he commanded you to observe. -- deuteronomy 6:17 +. +Do whatever is proper and good before the Lord so that it may go well with you and that you may enter and occupy the good land that he promised your ancestors, -- deuteronomy 6:18 +. +and that you may drive out all your enemies just as the Lord said. -- deuteronomy 6:19 +. +When your children ask you later on, "What are the stipulations, statutes, and ordinances that the Lord our God commanded you?" -- deuteronomy 6:20 +. +you must say to them, "We were Pharaoh's slaves in Egypt, but the Lord brought us out of Egypt in a powerful way. -- deuteronomy 6:21 +. +And he brought signs and great, devastating wonders on Egypt, on Pharaoh, and on his whole family before our very eyes. -- deuteronomy 6:22 +. +He delivered us from there so that he could give us the land he had promised our ancestors. -- deuteronomy 6:23 +. +The Lord commanded us to obey all these statutes and to revere him so that it may always go well for us and he may preserve us, as he has to this day. -- deuteronomy 6:24 +. +We will be innocent if we carefully keep all these commandments before the Lord our God, just as he demands." -- deuteronomy 6:25 +. +When the Lord your God brings you to the land that you are going to occupy and forces out many nations before you - Hittites, Girgashites, Amorites, Canaanites, Perizzites, Hivites, and Jebusites, seven nations more numerous and powerful than you - -- deuteronomy 7:1 +. +and he delivers them over to you and you attack them, you must utterly annihilate them. Make no treaty with them and show them no mercy! -- deuteronomy 7:2 +. +You must not intermarry with them. Do not give your daughters to their sons or take their daughters for your sons, -- deuteronomy 7:3 +. +for they will turn your sons away from me to worship other gods. Then the anger of the Lord will erupt against you and he will quickly destroy you. -- deuteronomy 7:4 +. +Instead, this is what you must do to them: You must tear down their altars, shatter their sacred pillars, cut down their sacred Asherah poles, and burn up their idols. -- deuteronomy 7:5 +. +For you are a people holy to the Lord your God. He has chosen you to be his people, prized above all others on the face of the earth. -- deuteronomy 7:6 +. +It is not because you were more numerous than all the other peoples that the Lord favored and chose you - for in fact you were the least numerous of all peoples. -- deuteronomy 7:7 +. +Rather it is because of his love for you and his faithfulness to the promise he solemnly vowed to your ancestors that the Lord brought you out with great power, redeeming you from the place of slavery, from the power of Pharaoh king of Egypt. -- deuteronomy 7:8 +. +So realize that the Lord your God is the true God, the faithful God who keeps covenant faithfully with those who love him and keep his commandments, to a thousand generations, -- deuteronomy 7:9 +. +but who pays back those who hate him as they deserve and destroys them. He will not ignore those who hate him but will repay them as they deserve! -- deuteronomy 7:10 +. +So keep the commandments, statutes, and ordinances that I today am commanding you to do. -- deuteronomy 7:11 +. +If you obey these ordinances and are careful to do them, the Lord your God will faithfully keep covenant with you as he promised your ancestors. -- deuteronomy 7:12 +. +He will love and bless you, and make you numerous. He will bless you with many children, with the produce of your soil, your grain, your new wine, your oil, the offspring of your oxen, and the young of your flocks in the land which he promised your ancestors to give you. -- deuteronomy 7:13 +. +You will be blessed beyond all peoples; there will be no barrenness among you or your livestock. -- deuteronomy 7:14 +. +The Lord will protect you from all sickness, and you will not experience any of the terrible diseases that you knew in Egypt; instead he will inflict them on all those who hate you. -- deuteronomy 7:15 +. +You must destroy all the people whom the Lord your God is about to deliver over to you; you must not pity them or worship their gods, for that will be a snare to you. -- deuteronomy 7:16 +. +If you think, "These nations are more numerous than I - how can I dispossess them?" -- deuteronomy 7:17 +. +you must not fear them. You must carefully recall what the Lord your God did to Pharaoh and all Egypt, -- deuteronomy 7:18 +. +the great judgments you saw, the signs and wonders, the strength and power by which he brought you out - thus the Lord your God will do to all the people you fear. -- deuteronomy 7:19 +. +Furthermore, the Lord your God will release hornets among them until the very last ones who hide from you perish. -- deuteronomy 7:20 +. +You must not tremble in their presence, for the Lord your God, who is present among you, is a great and awesome God. -- deuteronomy 7:21 +. +He, the God who leads you, will expel the nations little by little. You will not be allowed to destroy them all at once lest the wild animals overrun you. -- deuteronomy 7:22 +. +The Lord your God will give them over to you; he will throw them into a great panic until they are destroyed. -- deuteronomy 7:23 +. +He will hand over their kings to you and you will erase their very names from memory. Nobody will be able to resist you until you destroy them. -- deuteronomy 7:24 +. +You must burn the images of their gods, but do not covet the silver and gold that covers them so much that you take it for yourself and thus become ensnared by it; for it is abhorrent to the Lord your God. -- deuteronomy 7:25 +. +You must not bring any abhorrent thing into your house and thereby become an object of divine wrath along with it. You must absolutely detest and abhor it, for it is an object of divine wrath. -- deuteronomy 7:26 +. +You must keep carefully all these commandments I am giving you today so that you may live, increase in number, and go in and occupy the land that the Lord promised to your ancestors. -- deuteronomy 8:1 +. +Remember the whole way by which he has brought you these forty years through the desert so that he might, by humbling you, test you to see if you have it within you to keep his commandments or not. -- deuteronomy 8:2 +. +So he humbled you by making you hungry and then feeding you with unfamiliar manna. He did this to teach you that humankind cannot live by bread alone, but also by everything that comes from the Lord's mouth. -- deuteronomy 8:3 +. +Your clothing did not wear out nor did your feet swell all these forty years. -- deuteronomy 8:4 +. +Be keenly aware that just as a parent disciplines his child, the Lord your God disciplines you. -- deuteronomy 8:5 +. +So you must keep his commandments, live according to his standards, and revere him. -- deuteronomy 8:6 +. +For the Lord your God is bringing you to a good land, a land of brooks, springs, and fountains flowing forth in valleys and hills, -- deuteronomy 8:7 +. +a land of wheat, barley, vines, fig trees, and pomegranates, of olive trees and honey, -- deuteronomy 8:8 +. +a land where you may eat food in plenty and find no lack of anything, a land whose stones are iron and from whose hills you can mine copper. -- deuteronomy 8:9 +. +You will eat your fill and then praise the Lord your God because of the good land he has given you. -- deuteronomy 8:10 +. +Be sure you do not forget the Lord your God by not keeping his commandments, ordinances, and statutes that I am giving you today. -- deuteronomy 8:11 +. +When you eat your fill, when you build and occupy good houses, -- deuteronomy 8:12 +. +when your cattle and flocks increase, when you have plenty of silver and gold, and when you have abundance of everything, -- deuteronomy 8:13 +. +be sure you do not feel self-important and forget the Lord your God who brought you from the land of Egypt, the place of slavery, -- deuteronomy 8:14 +. +and who brought you through the great, fearful desert of venomous serpents and scorpions, an arid place with no water. He made water flow from a flint rock and -- deuteronomy 8:15 +. +fed you in the desert with manna (which your ancestors had never before known) so that he might by humbling you test you and eventually bring good to you. -- deuteronomy 8:16 +. +Be careful not to say, "My own ability and skill have gotten me this wealth." -- deuteronomy 8:17 +. +You must remember the Lord your God, for he is the one who gives ability to get wealth; if you do this he will confirm his covenant that he made by oath to your ancestors, even as he has to this day. -- deuteronomy 8:18 +. +Now if you forget the Lord your God at all and follow other gods, worshiping and prostrating yourselves before them, I testify to you today that you will surely be annihilated. -- deuteronomy 8:19 +. +Just like the nations the Lord is about to destroy from your sight, so he will do to you because you would not obey him. -- deuteronomy 8:20 +. +Listen, Israel: Today you are about to cross the Jordan so you can dispossess the nations there, people greater and stronger than you who live in large cities with extremely high fortifications. -- deuteronomy 9:1 +. +They include the Anakites, a numerous and tall people whom you know about and of whom it is said, "Who is able to resist the Anakites?" -- deuteronomy 9:2 +. +Understand today that the Lord your God who goes before you is a devouring fire; he will defeat and subdue them before you. You will dispossess and destroy them quickly just as he has told you. -- deuteronomy 9:3 +. +Do not think to yourself after the Lord your God has driven them out before you, "Because of my own righteousness the Lord has brought me here to possess this land." It is because of the wickedness of these nations that the Lord is driving them out ahead of you. -- deuteronomy 9:4 +. +It is not because of your righteousness, or even your inner uprightness, that you have come here to possess their land. Instead, because of the wickedness of these nations the Lord your God is driving them out ahead of you in order to confirm the promise he made on oath to your ancestors, to Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob. -- deuteronomy 9:5 +. +Understand, therefore, that it is not because of your righteousness that the Lord your God is about to give you this good land as a possession, for you are a stubborn people! -- deuteronomy 9:6 +. +Remember - don't ever forget - how you provoked the Lord your God in the desert; from the time you left the land of Egypt until you came to this place you were constantly rebelling against him. -- deuteronomy 9:7 +. +At Horeb you provoked him and he was angry enough with you to destroy you. -- deuteronomy 9:8 +. +When I went up the mountain to receive the stone tablets, the tablets of the covenant that the Lord made with you, I remained there forty days and nights, eating and drinking nothing. -- deuteronomy 9:9 +. +The Lord gave me the two stone tablets, written by the very finger of God, and on them was everything he said to you at the mountain from the midst of the fire at the time of that assembly. -- deuteronomy 9:10 +. +Now at the end of the forty days and nights the Lord presented me with the two stone tablets, the tablets of the covenant. -- deuteronomy 9:11 +. +And he said to me, "Get up, go down at once from here because your people whom you brought out of Egypt have sinned! They have quickly turned from the way I commanded them and have made for themselves a cast metal image." -- deuteronomy 9:12 +. +Moreover, he said to me, "I have taken note of these people; they are a stubborn lot! -- deuteronomy 9:13 +. +Stand aside and I will destroy them, obliterating their very name from memory, and I will make you into a stronger and more numerous nation than they are." -- deuteronomy 9:14 +. +So I turned and went down the mountain while it was blazing with fire; the two tablets of the covenant were in my hands. -- deuteronomy 9:15 +. +When I looked, you had indeed sinned against the Lord your God and had cast for yourselves a metal calf; you had quickly turned aside from the way he had commanded you! -- deuteronomy 9:16 +. +I grabbed the two tablets, threw them down, and shattered them before your very eyes. -- deuteronomy 9:17 +. +Then I again fell down before the Lord for forty days and nights; I ate and drank nothing because of all the sin you had committed, doing such evil before the Lord as to enrage him. -- deuteronomy 9:18 +. +For I was terrified at the Lord's intense anger that threatened to destroy you. But he listened to me this time as well. -- deuteronomy 9:19 +. +The Lord was also angry enough at Aaron to kill him, but at that time I prayed for him too. -- deuteronomy 9:20 +. +As for your sinful thing that you had made, the calf, I took it, melted it down, ground it up until it was as fine as dust, and tossed the dust into the stream that flows down the mountain. -- deuteronomy 9:21 +. +Moreover, you continued to provoke the Lord at Taberah, Massah, and Kibroth-Hattaavah. -- deuteronomy 9:22 +. +And when he sent you from Kadesh-Barnea and told you, "Go up and possess the land I have given you," you rebelled against the Lord your God and would neither believe nor obey him. -- deuteronomy 9:23 +. +You have been rebelling against him from the very first day I knew you! -- deuteronomy 9:24 +. +I lay flat on the ground before the Lord for forty days and nights, for he had said he would destroy you. -- deuteronomy 9:25 +. +I prayed to him: O, Lord God, do not destroy your people, your valued property that you have powerfully redeemed, whom you brought out of Egypt by your strength. -- deuteronomy 9:26 +. +Remember your servants Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob; ignore the stubbornness, wickedness, and sin of these people. -- deuteronomy 9:27 +. +Otherwise the people of the land from which you brought us will say, "The Lord was unable to bring them to the land he promised them, and because of his hatred for them he has brought them out to kill them in the desert." -- deuteronomy 9:28 +. +They are your people, your valued property, whom you brought out with great strength and power. -- deuteronomy 9:29 +. +At that same time the Lord said to me, "Carve out for yourself two stone tablets like the first ones and come up the mountain to me; also make for yourself a wooden ark. -- deuteronomy 10:1 +. +I will write on the tablets the same words that were on the first tablets you broke, and you must put them into the ark." -- deuteronomy 10:2 +. +So I made an ark of acacia wood and carved out two stone tablets just like the first ones. Then I went up the mountain with the two tablets in my hands. -- deuteronomy 10:3 +. +The Lord then wrote on the tablets the same words, the ten commandments, which he had spoken to you at the mountain from the middle of the fire at the time of that assembly, and he gave them to me. -- deuteronomy 10:4 +. +Then I turned, went down the mountain, and placed the tablets into the ark I had made - they are still there, just as the Lord commanded me. -- deuteronomy 10:5 +. +"During those days the Israelites traveled from Beeroth Bene-Yaaqan to Moserah. There Aaron died and was buried, and his son Eleazar became priest in his place. -- deuteronomy 10:6 +. +From there they traveled to Gudgodah, and from Gudgodah to Jotbathah, a place of flowing streams. -- deuteronomy 10:7 +. +At that time the Lord set apart the tribe of Levi to carry the ark of the Lord's covenant, to stand before the Lord to serve him, and to formulate blessings in his name, as they do to this very day. -- deuteronomy 10:8 +. +Therefore Levi has no allotment or inheritance among his brothers; the Lord is his inheritance just as the Lord your God told him. -- deuteronomy 10:9 +. +As for me, I stayed at the mountain as I did the first time, forty days and nights. The Lord listened to me that time as well and decided not to destroy you. -- deuteronomy 10:10 +. +Then he said to me, "Get up, set out leading the people so they may go and possess the land I promised to give to their ancestors." -- deuteronomy 10:11 +. +Now, Israel, what does the Lord your God require of you except to revere him, to obey all his commandments, to love him, to serve him with all your mind and being, -- deuteronomy 10:12 +. +and to keep the Lord's commandments and statutes that I am giving you today for your own good? -- deuteronomy 10:13 +. +The heavens - indeed the highest heavens - belong to the Lord your God, as does the earth and everything in it. -- deuteronomy 10:14 +. +However, only to your ancestors did he show his loving favor, and he chose you, their descendants, from all peoples - as is apparent today. -- deuteronomy 10:15 +. +Therefore, cleanse your heart and stop being so stubborn! -- deuteronomy 10:16 +. +For the Lord your God is God of gods and Lord of lords, the great, mighty, and awesome God who is unbiased and takes no bribe, -- deuteronomy 10:17 +. +who justly treats the orphan and widow, and who loves resident foreigners, giving them food and clothing. -- deuteronomy 10:18 +. +So you must love the resident foreigner because you were foreigners in the land of Egypt. -- deuteronomy 10:19 +. +Revere the Lord your God, serve him, be loyal to him and take oaths only in his name. -- deuteronomy 10:20 +. +He is the one you should praise; he is your God, the one who has done these great and awesome things for you that you have seen. -- deuteronomy 10:21 +. +When your ancestors went down to Egypt, they numbered only seventy, but now the Lord your God has made you as numerous as the stars of the sky. -- deuteronomy 10:22 +. +You must love the Lord your God and do what he requires; keep his statutes, ordinances, and commandments at all times. -- deuteronomy 11:1 +. +Bear in mind today that I am not speaking to your children who have not personally experienced the judgments of the Lord your God, which revealed his greatness, strength, and power. -- deuteronomy 11:2 +. +They did not see the awesome deeds he performed in the midst of Egypt against Pharaoh king of Egypt and his whole land, -- deuteronomy 11:3 +. +or what he did to the army of Egypt, including their horses and chariots, when he made the waters of the Red Sea overwhelm them while they were pursuing you and he annihilated them. -- deuteronomy 11:4 +. +They did not see what he did to you in the desert before you reached this place, -- deuteronomy 11:5 +. +or what he did to Dathan and Abiram, sons of Eliab the Reubenite, when the earth opened its mouth in the middle of the Israelite camp and swallowed them, their families, their tents, and all the property they brought with them. -- deuteronomy 11:6 +. +I am speaking to you because you are the ones who saw all the great deeds of the Lord! -- deuteronomy 11:7 +. +Now pay attention to all the commandments I am giving you today, so that you may be strong enough to enter and possess the land where you are headed, -- deuteronomy 11:8 +. +and that you may enjoy long life in the land the Lord promised to give to your ancestors and their descendants, a land flowing with milk and honey. -- deuteronomy 11:9 +. +For the land where you are headed is not like the land of Egypt from which you came, a land where you planted seed and which you irrigated by hand like a vegetable garden. -- deuteronomy 11:10 +. +Instead, the land you are crossing the Jordan to occupy is one of hills and valleys, a land that drinks in water from the rains, -- deuteronomy 11:11 +. +a land the Lord your God looks after. He is constantly attentive to it from the beginning to the end of the year. -- deuteronomy 11:12 +. +Now, if you pay close attention to my commandments that I am giving you today and love the Lord your God and serve him with all your mind and being, -- deuteronomy 11:13 +. +then he promises, "I will send rain for your land in its season, the autumn and the spring rains, so that you may gather in your grain, new wine, and olive oil. -- deuteronomy 11:14 +. +I will provide pasture for your livestock and you will eat your fill." -- deuteronomy 11:15 +. +Make sure you do not turn away to serve and worship other gods! -- deuteronomy 11:16 +. +Then the anger of the Lord will erupt against you and he will close up the sky so that it does not rain. The land will not yield its produce, and you will soon be removed from the good land that the Lord is about to give you. -- deuteronomy 11:17 +. +Fix these words of mine into your mind and being, and tie them as a reminder on your hands and let them be symbols on your forehead. -- deuteronomy 11:18 +. +Teach them to your children and speak of them as you sit in your house, as you walk along the road, as you lie down, and as you get up. -- deuteronomy 11:19 +. +Inscribe them on the doorframes of your houses and on your gates -- deuteronomy 11:20 +. +so that your days and those of your descendants may be extended in the land which the Lord promised to give to your ancestors, like the days of heaven itself. -- deuteronomy 11:21 +. +For if you carefully observe all of these commandments I am giving you and love the Lord your God, live according to his standards, and remain loyal to him, -- deuteronomy 11:22 +. +then he will drive out all these nations ahead of you, and you will dispossess nations greater and stronger than you. -- deuteronomy 11:23 +. +Every place you set your foot will be yours; your border will extend from the desert to Lebanon and from the River (that is, the Euphrates) as far as the Mediterranean Sea. -- deuteronomy 11:24 +. +Nobody will be able to resist you; the Lord your God will spread the fear and terror of you over the whole land on which you walk, just as he promised you. -- deuteronomy 11:25 +. +Take note - I am setting before you today a blessing and a curse: -- deuteronomy 11:26 +. +the blessing if you take to heart the commandments of the Lord your God that I am giving you today, -- deuteronomy 11:27 +. +and the curse if you pay no attention to his commandments and turn from the way I am setting before you today to pursue other gods you have not known. -- deuteronomy 11:28 +. +When the Lord your God brings you into the land you are to possess, you must pronounce the blessing on Mount Gerizim and the curse on Mount Ebal. -- deuteronomy 11:29 +. +Are they not across the Jordan River, toward the west, in the land of the Canaanites who live in the Arabah opposite Gilgal near the oak of Moreh? -- deuteronomy 11:30 +. +For you are about to cross the Jordan to possess the land the Lord your God is giving you, and you will possess and inhabit it. -- deuteronomy 11:31 +. +Be certain to keep all the statutes and ordinances that I am presenting to you today. -- deuteronomy 11:32 +. +These are the statutes and ordinances you must be careful to obey as long as you live in the land the Lord, the God of your ancestors, has given you to possess. -- deuteronomy 12:1 +. +You must by all means destroy all the places where the nations you are about to dispossess worship their gods - on the high mountains and hills and under every leafy tree. -- deuteronomy 12:2 +. +You must tear down their altars, shatter their sacred pillars, burn up their sacred Asherah poles, and cut down the images of their gods; you must eliminate their very memory from that place. -- deuteronomy 12:3 +. +You must not worship the Lord your God the way they worship. -- deuteronomy 12:4 +. +But you must seek only the place he chooses from all your tribes to establish his name as his place of residence, and you must go there. -- deuteronomy 12:5 +. +And there you must take your burnt offerings, your sacrifices, your tithes, the personal offerings you have prepared, your votive offerings, your freewill offerings, and the firstborn of your herds and flocks. -- deuteronomy 12:6 +. +Both you and your families must feast there before the Lord your God and rejoice in all the output of your labor with which he has blessed you. -- deuteronomy 12:7 +. +You must not do like we are doing here today, with everyone doing what seems best to him, -- deuteronomy 12:8 +. +for you have not yet come to the final stop and inheritance the Lord your God is giving you. -- deuteronomy 12:9 +. +When you do go across the Jordan River and settle in the land he is granting you as an inheritance and you find relief from all the enemies who surround you, you will live in safety. -- deuteronomy 12:10 +. +Then you must come to the place the Lord your God chooses for his name to reside, bringing everything I am commanding you - your burnt offerings, sacrifices, tithes, the personal offerings you have prepared, and all your choice votive offerings which you devote to him. -- deuteronomy 12:11 +. +You shall rejoice in the presence of the Lord your God, along with your sons, daughters, male and female servants, and the Levites in your villages (since they have no allotment or inheritance with you). -- deuteronomy 12:12 +. +Make sure you do not offer burnt offerings in any place you wish, -- deuteronomy 12:13 +. +for you may do so only in the place the Lord chooses in one of your tribal areas - there you may do everything I am commanding you. -- deuteronomy 12:14 +. +On the other hand, you may slaughter and eat meat as you please when the Lord your God blesses you in all your villages. Both the ritually pure and impure may eat it, whether it is a gazelle or an ibex. -- deuteronomy 12:15 +. +However, you must not eat blood - pour it out on the ground like water. -- deuteronomy 12:16 +. +You will not be allowed to eat in your villages your tithe of grain, new wine, olive oil, the firstborn of your herd and flock, any votive offerings you have vowed, or your freewill and personal offerings. -- deuteronomy 12:17 +. +Only in the presence of the Lord your God may you eat these, in the place he chooses. This applies to you, your son, your daughter, your male and female servants, and the Levites in your villages. In that place you will rejoice before the Lord your God in all the output of your labor. -- deuteronomy 12:18 +. +Be careful not to overlook the Levites as long as you live in the land. -- deuteronomy 12:19 +. +When the Lord your God extends your borders as he said he would do and you say, "I want to eat meat just as I please," you may do so as you wish. -- deuteronomy 12:20 +. +If the place he chooses to locate his name is too far for you, you may slaughter any of your herd and flock he has given you just as I have stipulated; you may eat them in your villages just as you wish. -- deuteronomy 12:21 +. +Like you eat the gazelle or ibex, so you may eat these; the ritually impure and pure alike may eat them. -- deuteronomy 12:22 +. +However, by no means eat the blood, for the blood is life itself - you must not eat the life with the meat! -- deuteronomy 12:23 +. +You must not eat it! You must pour it out on the ground like water. -- deuteronomy 12:24 +. +You must not eat it so that it may go well with you and your children after you; you will be doing what is right in the Lord's sight. -- deuteronomy 12:25 +. +Only the holy things and votive offerings that belong to you, you must pick up and take to the place the Lord will choose. -- deuteronomy 12:26 +. +You must offer your burnt offerings, both meat and blood, on the altar of the Lord your God; the blood of your other sacrifices you must pour out on his altar while you eat the meat. -- deuteronomy 12:27 +. +Pay careful attention to all these things I am commanding you so that it may always go well with you and your children after you when you do what is good and right in the sight of the Lord your God. -- deuteronomy 12:28 +. +When the Lord your God eliminates the nations from the place where you are headed and you dispossess them, you will settle down in their land. -- deuteronomy 12:29 +. +After they have been destroyed from your presence, be careful not to be ensnared like they are; do not pursue their gods and say, "How do these nations serve their gods? I will do the same." -- deuteronomy 12:30 +. +You must not worship the Lord your God the way they do! For everything that is abhorrent to him, everything he hates, they have done when worshiping their gods. They even burn up their sons and daughters before their gods! -- deuteronomy 12:31 +. + You must be careful to do everything I am commanding you. Do not add to it or subtract from it! -- deuteronomy 12:32 +. +Suppose a prophet or one who foretells by dreams should appear among you and show you a sign or wonder, -- deuteronomy 13:1 +. +and the sign or wonder should come to pass concerning what he said to you, namely, "Let us follow other gods" - gods whom you have not previously known - "and let us serve them." -- deuteronomy 13:2 +. +You must not listen to the words of that prophet or dreamer, for the Lord your God will be testing you to see if you love him with all your mind and being. -- deuteronomy 13:3 +. +You must follow the Lord your God and revere only him; and you must observe his commandments, obey him, serve him, and remain loyal to him. -- deuteronomy 13:4 +. +As for that prophet or dreamer, he must be executed because he encouraged rebellion against the Lord your God who brought you from the land of Egypt, redeeming you from that place of slavery, and because he has tried to entice you from the way the Lord your God has commanded you to go. In this way you must purge out evil from within. -- deuteronomy 13:5 +. +Suppose your own full brother, your son, your daughter, your beloved wife, or your closest friend should seduce you secretly and encourage you to go and serve other gods that neither you nor your ancestors have previously known, -- deuteronomy 13:6 +. +the gods of the surrounding people (whether near you or far from you, from one end of the earth to the other). -- deuteronomy 13:7 +. +You must not give in to him or even listen to him; do not feel sympathy for him or spare him or cover up for him. -- deuteronomy 13:8 +. +Instead, you must kill him without fail! Your own hand must be the first to strike him, and then the hands of the whole community. -- deuteronomy 13:9 +. +You must stone him to death because he tried to entice you away from the Lord your God, who delivered you from the land of Egypt, that place of slavery. -- deuteronomy 13:10 +. +Thus all Israel will hear and be afraid; no longer will they continue to do evil like this among you. -- deuteronomy 13:11 +. +Suppose you should hear in one of your cities, which the Lord your God is giving you as a place to live, that -- deuteronomy 13:12 +. +some evil people have departed from among you to entice the inhabitants of their cities, saying, "Let's go and serve other gods" (whom you have not known before). -- deuteronomy 13:13 +. +You must investigate thoroughly and inquire carefully. If it is indeed true that such a disgraceful thing is being done among you, -- deuteronomy 13:14 +. +you must by all means slaughter the inhabitants of that city with the sword; annihilate with the sword everyone in it, as well as the livestock. -- deuteronomy 13:15 +. +You must gather all of its plunder into the middle of the plaza and burn the city and all its plunder as a whole burnt offering to the Lord your God. It will be an abandoned ruin forever - it must never be rebuilt again. -- deuteronomy 13:16 +. +You must not take for yourself anything that has been placed under judgment. Then the Lord will relent from his intense anger, show you compassion, have mercy on you, and multiply you as he promised your ancestors. -- deuteronomy 13:17 +. +Thus you must obey the Lord your God, keeping all his commandments that I am giving you today and doing what is right before him. -- deuteronomy 13:18 +. +You are children of the Lord your God. Do not cut yourselves or shave your forehead bald for the sake of the dead. -- deuteronomy 14:1 +. +For you are a people holy to the Lord your God. He has chosen you to be his people, prized above all others on the face of the earth. -- deuteronomy 14:2 +. +You must not eat any forbidden thing. -- deuteronomy 14:3 +. +These are the animals you may eat: the ox, the sheep, the goat, -- deuteronomy 14:4 +. +the ibex, the gazelle, the deer, the wild goat, the antelope, the wild oryx, and the mountain sheep. -- deuteronomy 14:5 +. +You may eat any animal that has hooves divided into two parts and that chews the cud. -- deuteronomy 14:6 +. +However, you may not eat the following animals among those that chew the cud or those that have divided hooves: the camel, the hare, and the rock badger. (Although they chew the cud, they do not have divided hooves and are therefore ritually impure to you). -- deuteronomy 14:7 +. +Also the pig is ritually impure to you; though it has divided hooves, it does not chew the cud. You may not eat their meat or even touch their remains. -- deuteronomy 14:8 +. +These you may eat from among water creatures: anything with fins and scales you may eat, -- deuteronomy 14:9 +. +but whatever does not have fins and scales you may not eat; it is ritually impure to you. -- deuteronomy 14:10 +. +All ritually clean birds you may eat. -- deuteronomy 14:11 +. +These are the ones you may not eat: the eagle, the vulture, the black vulture, -- deuteronomy 14:12 +. +the kite, the black kite, the dayyah after its species, -- deuteronomy 14:13 +. +every raven after its species, -- deuteronomy 14:14 +. +the ostrich, the owl, the seagull, the falcon after its species, -- deuteronomy 14:15 +. +the little owl, the long-eared owl, the white owl, -- deuteronomy 14:16 +. +the jackdaw, the carrion vulture, the cormorant, -- deuteronomy 14:17 +. +the stork, the heron after its species, the hoopoe, the bat, -- deuteronomy 14:18 +. +and any winged thing on the ground are impure to you - they may not be eaten. -- deuteronomy 14:19 +. +You may eat any clean bird. -- deuteronomy 14:20 +. +You may not eat any corpse, though you may give it to the resident foreigner who is living in your villages and he may eat it, or you may sell it to a foreigner. You are a people holy to the Lord your God. Do not boil a young goat in its mother's milk. -- deuteronomy 14:21 +. +You must be certain to tithe all the produce of your seed that comes from the field year after year. -- deuteronomy 14:22 +. +In the presence of the Lord your God you must eat from the tithe of your grain, your new wine, your olive oil, and the firstborn of your herds and flocks in the place he chooses to locate his name, so that you may learn to revere the Lord your God always. -- deuteronomy 14:23 +. +When he blesses you, if the place where he chooses to locate his name is distant, -- deuteronomy 14:24 +. +you may convert the tithe into money, secure the money, and travel to the place the Lord your God chooses for himself. -- deuteronomy 14:25 +. +Then you may spend the money however you wish for cattle, sheep, wine, beer, or whatever you desire. You and your household may eat there in the presence of the Lord your God and enjoy it. -- deuteronomy 14:26 +. +As for the Levites in your villages, you must not ignore them, for they have no allotment or inheritance along with you. -- deuteronomy 14:27 +. +At the end of every three years you must bring all the tithe of your produce, in that very year, and you must store it up in your villages. -- deuteronomy 14:28 +. +Then the Levites (because they have no allotment or inheritance with you), the resident foreigners, the orphans, and the widows of your villages may come and eat their fill so that the Lord your God may bless you in all the work you do. -- deuteronomy 14:29 +. +At the end of every seven years you must declare a cancellation of debts. -- deuteronomy 15:1 +. +This is the nature of the cancellation: Every creditor must remit what he has loaned to another person; he must not force payment from his fellow Israelite, for it is to be recognized as "the Lord's cancellation of debts." -- deuteronomy 15:2 +. +You may exact payment from a foreigner, but whatever your fellow Israelite owes you, you must remit. -- deuteronomy 15:3 +. +However, there should not be any poor among you, for the Lord will surely bless you in the land that he is giving you as an inheritance, -- deuteronomy 15:4 +. +if you carefully obey him by keeping all these commandments that I am giving you today. -- deuteronomy 15:5 +. +For the Lord your God will bless you just as he has promised; you will lend to many nations but will not borrow from any, and you will rule over many nations but they will not rule over you. -- deuteronomy 15:6 +. +If a fellow Israelite from one of your villages in the land that the Lord your God is giving you should be poor, you must not harden your heart or be insensitive to his impoverished condition. -- deuteronomy 15:7 +. +Instead, you must be sure to open your hand to him and generously lend him whatever he needs. -- deuteronomy 15:8 +. +Be careful lest you entertain the wicked thought that the seventh year, the year of cancellation of debts, has almost arrived, and your attitude be wrong toward your impoverished fellow Israelite and you do not lend him anything; he will cry out to the Lord against you and you will be regarded as having sinned. -- deuteronomy 15:9 +. +You must by all means lend to him and not be upset by doing it, for because of this the Lord your God will bless you in all your work and in everything you attempt. -- deuteronomy 15:10 +. +There will never cease to be some poor people in the land; therefore, I am commanding you to make sure you open your hand to your fellow Israelites who are needy and poor in your land. -- deuteronomy 15:11 +. +If your fellow Hebrew - whether male or female - is sold to you and serves you for six years, then in the seventh year you must let that servant go free. -- deuteronomy 15:12 +. +If you set them free, you must not send them away empty-handed. -- deuteronomy 15:13 +. +You must supply them generously from your flock, your threshing floor, and your winepress - as the Lord your God has blessed you, you must give to them. -- deuteronomy 15:14 +. +Remember that you were a slave in the land of Egypt and the Lord your God redeemed you; therefore, I am commanding you to do this thing today. -- deuteronomy 15:15 +. +However, if the servant says to you, "I do not want to leave you," because he loves you and your household, since he is well off with you, -- deuteronomy 15:16 +. +you shall take an awl and pierce a hole through his ear to the door. Then he will become your servant permanently (this applies to your female servant as well). -- deuteronomy 15:17 +. +You should not consider it difficult to let him go free, for he will have served you for six years, twice the time of a hired worker; the Lord your God will bless you in everything you do. -- deuteronomy 15:18 +. +You must set apart for the Lord your God every firstborn male born to your herds and flocks. You must not work the firstborn of your bulls or shear the firstborn of your flocks. -- deuteronomy 15:19 +. +You and your household must eat them annually before the Lord your God in the place he chooses. -- deuteronomy 15:20 +. +If they have any kind of blemish - lameness, blindness, or anything else - you may not offer them as a sacrifice to the Lord your God. -- deuteronomy 15:21 +. +You may eat it in your villages, whether you are ritually impure or clean, just as you would eat a gazelle or an ibex. -- deuteronomy 15:22 +. +However, you must not eat its blood; you must pour it out on the ground like water. -- deuteronomy 15:23 +. +Observe the month Abib and keep the Passover to the Lord your God, for in that month he brought you out of Egypt by night. -- deuteronomy 16:1 +. +You must sacrifice the Passover animal (from the flock or the herd) to the Lord your God in the place where he chooses to locate his name. -- deuteronomy 16:2 +. +You must not eat any yeast with it; for seven days you must eat bread made without yeast, symbolic of affliction, for you came out of Egypt hurriedly. You must do this so you will remember for the rest of your life the day you came out of the land of Egypt. -- deuteronomy 16:3 +. +There must not be a scrap of yeast within your land for seven days, nor can any of the meat you sacrifice on the evening of the first day remain until the next morning. -- deuteronomy 16:4 +. +You may not sacrifice the Passover in just any of your villages that the Lord your God is giving you, -- deuteronomy 16:5 +. +but you must sacrifice it in the evening in the place where he chooses to locate his name, at sunset, the time of day you came out of Egypt. -- deuteronomy 16:6 +. +You must cook and eat it in the place the Lord your God chooses; you may return the next morning to your tents. -- deuteronomy 16:7 +. +You must eat bread made without yeast for six days. The seventh day you are to hold an assembly for the Lord your God; you must not do any work on that day. -- deuteronomy 16:8 +. +You must count seven weeks; you must begin to count them from the time you begin to harvest the standing grain. -- deuteronomy 16:9 +. +Then you are to celebrate the Festival of Weeks before the Lord your God with the voluntary offering that you will bring, in proportion to how he has blessed you. -- deuteronomy 16:10 +. +You shall rejoice before him - you, your son, your daughter, your male and female slaves, the Levites in your villages, the resident foreigners, the orphans, and the widows among you - in the place where the Lord chooses to locate his name. -- deuteronomy 16:11 +. +Furthermore, remember that you were a slave in Egypt, and so be careful to observe these statutes. -- deuteronomy 16:12 +. +You must celebrate the Festival of Temporary Shelters for seven days, at the time of the grain and grape harvest. -- deuteronomy 16:13 +. +You are to rejoice in your festival, you, your son, your daughter, your male and female slaves, the Levites, the resident foreigners, the orphans, and the widows who are in your villages. -- deuteronomy 16:14 +. +You are to celebrate the festival seven days before the Lord your God in the place he chooses, for he will bless you in all your productivity and in whatever you do; so you will indeed rejoice! -- deuteronomy 16:15 +. +Three times a year all your males must appear before the Lord your God in the place he chooses for the Festival of Unleavened Bread, the Festival of Weeks, and the Festival of Temporary Shelters; and they must not appear before him empty-handed. -- deuteronomy 16:16 +. +Every one of you must give as you are able, according to the blessing of the Lord your God that he has given you. -- deuteronomy 16:17 +. +You must appoint judges and civil servants for each tribe in all your villages that the Lord your God is giving you, and they must judge the people fairly. -- deuteronomy 16:18 +. +You must not pervert justice or show favor. Do not take a bribe, for bribes blind the eyes of the wise and distort the words of the righteous. -- deuteronomy 16:19 +. +You must pursue justice alone so that you may live and inherit the land the Lord your God is giving you. -- deuteronomy 16:20 +. +You must not plant any kind of tree as a sacred Asherah pole near the altar of the Lord your God which you build for yourself. -- deuteronomy 16:21 +. +You must not erect a sacred pillar, a thing the Lord your God detests. -- deuteronomy 16:22 +. +You must not sacrifice to him a bull or sheep that has a blemish or any other defect, because that is considered offensive to the Lord your God. -- deuteronomy 17:1 +. +Suppose a man or woman is discovered among you - in one of your villages that the Lord your God is giving you - who sins before the Lord your God and breaks his covenant -- deuteronomy 17:2 +. +by serving other gods and worshiping them - the sun, moon, or any other heavenly bodies which I have not permitted you to worship. -- deuteronomy 17:3 +. +When it is reported to you and you hear about it, you must investigate carefully. If it is indeed true that such a disgraceful thing is being done in Israel, -- deuteronomy 17:4 +. +you must bring to your city gates that man or woman who has done this wicked thing - that very man or woman - and you must stone that person to death. -- deuteronomy 17:5 +. +At the testimony of two or three witnesses they must be executed. They cannot be put to death on the testimony of only one witness. -- deuteronomy 17:6 +. +The witnesses must be first to begin the execution, and then all the people are to join in afterward. In this way you will purge evil from among you. -- deuteronomy 17:7 +. +If a matter is too difficult for you to judge - bloodshed, legal claim, or assault - matters of controversy in your villages - you must leave there and go up to the place the Lord your God chooses. -- deuteronomy 17:8 +. +You will go to the Levitical priests and the judge in office in those days and seek a solution; they will render a verdict. -- deuteronomy 17:9 +. +You must then do as they have determined at that place the Lord chooses. Be careful to do just as you are taught. -- deuteronomy 17:10 +. +You must do what you are instructed, and the verdict they pronounce to you, without fail. Do not deviate right or left from what they tell you. -- deuteronomy 17:11 +. +The person who pays no attention to the priest currently serving the Lord your God there, or to the verdict - that person must die, so that you may purge evil from Israel. -- deuteronomy 17:12 +. +Then all the people will hear and be afraid, and not be so presumptuous again. -- deuteronomy 17:13 +. +When you come to the land the Lord your God is giving you and take it over and live in it and then say, "I will select a king like all the nations surrounding me," -- deuteronomy 17:14 +. +you must select without fail a king whom the Lord your God chooses. From among your fellow citizens you must appoint a king - you may not designate a foreigner who is not one of your fellow Israelites. -- deuteronomy 17:15 +. +Moreover, he must not accumulate horses for himself or allow the people to return to Egypt to do so, for the Lord has said you must never again return that way. -- deuteronomy 17:16 +. +Furthermore, he must not marry many wives lest his affections turn aside, and he must not accumulate much silver and gold. -- deuteronomy 17:17 +. +When he sits on his royal throne he must make a copy of this law on a scroll given to him by the Levitical priests. -- deuteronomy 17:18 +. +It must be with him constantly and he must read it as long as he lives, so that he may learn to revere the Lord his God and observe all the words of this law and these statutes and carry them out. -- deuteronomy 17:19 +. +Then he will not exalt himself above his fellow citizens or turn from the commandments to the right or left, and he and his descendants will enjoy many years ruling over his kingdom in Israel. -- deuteronomy 17:20 +. +The Levitical priests - indeed, the entire tribe of Levi - will have no allotment or inheritance with Israel; they may eat the burnt offerings of the Lord and of his inheritance. -- deuteronomy 18:1 +. +They will have no inheritance in the midst of their fellow Israelites; the Lord alone is their inheritance, just as he had told them. -- deuteronomy 18:2 +. +This shall be the priests' fair allotment from the people who offer sacrifices, whether bull or sheep - they must give to the priest the shoulder, the jowls, and the stomach. -- deuteronomy 18:3 +. +You must give them the best of your grain, new wine, and olive oil, as well as the best of your wool when you shear your flocks. -- deuteronomy 18:4 +. +For the Lord your God has chosen them and their sons from all your tribes to stand and serve in his name permanently. -- deuteronomy 18:5 +. +Suppose a Levite comes by his own free will from one of your villages, from any part of Israel where he is living, to the place the Lord chooses -- deuteronomy 18:6 +. +and serves in the name of the Lord his God like his fellow Levites who stand there before the Lord. -- deuteronomy 18:7 +. +He must eat the same share they do, despite any profits he may gain from the sale of his family's inheritance. -- deuteronomy 18:8 +. +When you enter the land the Lord your God is giving you, you must not learn the abhorrent practices of those nations. -- deuteronomy 18:9 +. +There must never be found among you anyone who sacrifices his son or daughter in the fire, anyone who practices divination, an omen reader, a soothsayer, a sorcerer, -- deuteronomy 18:10 +. +one who casts spells, one who conjures up spirits, a practitioner of the occult, or a necromancer. -- deuteronomy 18:11 +. +Whoever does these things is abhorrent to the Lord and because of these detestable things the Lord your God is about to drive them out from before you. -- deuteronomy 18:12 +. +You must be blameless before the Lord your God. -- deuteronomy 18:13 +. +Those nations that you are about to dispossess listen to omen readers and diviners, but the Lord your God has not given you permission to do such things. -- deuteronomy 18:14 +. +The Lord your God will raise up for you a prophet like me from among you - from your fellow Israelites; you must listen to him. -- deuteronomy 18:15 +. +This accords with what happened at Horeb in the day of the assembly. You asked the Lord your God: "Please do not make us hear the voice of the Lord our God any more or see this great fire any more lest we die." -- deuteronomy 18:16 +. +The Lord then said to me, "What they have said is good. -- deuteronomy 18:17 +. +I will raise up a prophet like you for them from among their fellow Israelites. I will put my words in his mouth and he will speak to them whatever I command. -- deuteronomy 18:18 +. +I will personally hold responsible anyone who then pays no attention to the words that prophet speaks in my name. -- deuteronomy 18:19 +. +"But if any prophet presumes to speak anything in my name that I have not authorized him to speak, or speaks in the name of other gods, that prophet must die. -- deuteronomy 18:20 +. +Now if you say to yourselves, 'How can we tell that a message is not from the Lord?' - -- deuteronomy 18:21 +. +whenever a prophet speaks in my name and the prediction is not fulfilled, then I have not spoken it; the prophet has presumed to speak it, so you need not fear him." -- deuteronomy 18:22 +. +When the Lord your God destroys the nations whose land he is about to give you and you dispossess them and settle in their cities and houses, -- deuteronomy 19:1 +. +you must set apart for yourselves three cities in the middle of your land that the Lord your God is giving you as a possession. -- deuteronomy 19:2 +. +You shall build a roadway and divide into thirds the whole extent of your land that the Lord your God is providing as your inheritance; anyone who kills another person should flee to the closest of these cities. -- deuteronomy 19:3 +. +Now this is the law pertaining to one who flees there in order to live, if he has accidentally killed another without hating him at the time of the accident. -- deuteronomy 19:4 +. +Suppose he goes with someone else to the forest to cut wood and when he raises the ax to cut the tree, the ax head flies loose from the handle and strikes his fellow worker so hard that he dies. The person responsible may then flee to one of these cities to save himself. -- deuteronomy 19:5 +. +Otherwise the blood avenger will chase after the killer in the heat of his anger, eventually overtake him, and kill him, though this is not a capital case since he did not hate him at the time of the accident. -- deuteronomy 19:6 +. +Therefore, I am commanding you to set apart for yourselves three cities. -- deuteronomy 19:7 +. +If the Lord your God enlarges your borders as he promised your ancestors and gives you all the land he pledged to them, -- deuteronomy 19:8 +. +and then you are careful to observe all these commandments I am giving you today (namely, to love the Lord your God and to always walk in his ways), then you must add three more cities to these three. -- deuteronomy 19:9 +. +You must not shed innocent blood in your land that the Lord your God is giving you as an inheritance, for that would make you guilty. -- deuteronomy 19:10 +. +However, suppose a person hates someone else and stalks him, attacks him, kills him, and then flees to one of these cities. -- deuteronomy 19:11 +. +The elders of his own city must send for him and remove him from there to deliver him over to the blood avenger to die. -- deuteronomy 19:12 +. +You must not pity him, but purge out the blood of the innocent from Israel, so that it may go well with you. -- deuteronomy 19:13 +. +You must not encroach on your neighbor's property, which will have been defined in the inheritance you will obtain in the land the Lord your God is giving you. -- deuteronomy 19:14 +. +A single witness may not testify against another person for any trespass or sin that he commits. A matter may be legally established only on the testimony of two or three witnesses. -- deuteronomy 19:15 +. +If a false witness testifies against another person and accuses him of a crime, -- deuteronomy 19:16 +. +then both parties to the controversy must stand before the Lord, that is, before the priests and judges who will be in office in those days. -- deuteronomy 19:17 +. +The judges will thoroughly investigate the matter, and if the witness should prove to be false and to have given false testimony against the accused, -- deuteronomy 19:18 +. +you must do to him what he had intended to do to the accused. In this way you will purge evil from among you. -- deuteronomy 19:19 +. +The rest of the people will hear and become afraid to keep doing such evil among you. -- deuteronomy 19:20 +. +You must not show pity; the principle will be a life for a life, an eye for an eye, a tooth for a tooth, a hand for a hand, and a foot for a foot. -- deuteronomy 19:21 +. +When you go to war against your enemies and see chariotry and troops who outnumber you, do not be afraid of them, for the Lord your God, who brought you up out of the land of Egypt, is with you. -- deuteronomy 20:1 +. +As you move forward for battle, the priest will approach and say to the soldiers, -- deuteronomy 20:2 +. +"Listen, Israel! Today you are moving forward to do battle with your enemies. Do not be fainthearted. Do not fear and tremble or be terrified because of them, -- deuteronomy 20:3 +. +for the Lord your God goes with you to fight on your behalf against your enemies to give you victory." -- deuteronomy 20:4 +. +Moreover, the officers are to say to the troops, "Who among you has built a new house and not dedicated it? He may go home, lest he die in battle and someone else dedicate it. -- deuteronomy 20:5 +. +Or who among you has planted a vineyard and not benefited from it? He may go home, lest he die in battle and someone else benefit from it. -- deuteronomy 20:6 +. +Or who among you has become engaged to a woman but has not married her? He may go home, lest he die in battle and someone else marry her." -- deuteronomy 20:7 +. +In addition, the officers are to say to the troops, "Who among you is afraid and fainthearted? He may go home so that he will not make his fellow soldier's heart as fearful as his own." -- deuteronomy 20:8 +. +Then, when the officers have finished speaking, they must appoint unit commanders to lead the troops. -- deuteronomy 20:9 +. +When you approach a city to wage war against it, offer it terms of peace. -- deuteronomy 20:10 +. +If it accepts your terms and submits to you, all the people found in it will become your slaves. -- deuteronomy 20:11 +. +If it does not accept terms of peace but makes war with you, then you are to lay siege to it. -- deuteronomy 20:12 +. +The Lord your God will deliver it over to you and you must kill every single male by the sword. -- deuteronomy 20:13 +. +However, the women, little children, cattle, and anything else in the city - all its plunder - you may take for yourselves as spoil. You may take from your enemies the plunder that the Lord your God has given you. -- deuteronomy 20:14 +. +This is how you are to deal with all those cities located far from you, those that do not belong to these nearby nations. -- deuteronomy 20:15 +. +As for the cities of these peoples that the Lord your God is going to give you as an inheritance, you must not allow a single living thing to survive. -- deuteronomy 20:16 +. +Instead you must utterly annihilate them - the Hittites, Amorites, Canaanites, Perizzites, Hivites, and Jebusites - just as the Lord your God has commanded you, -- deuteronomy 20:17 +. +so that they cannot teach you all the abhorrent ways they worship their gods, causing you to sin against the Lord your God. -- deuteronomy 20:18 +. +If you besiege a city for a long time while attempting to capture it, you must not chop down its trees, for you may eat fruit from them and should not cut them down. A tree in the field is not human that you should besiege it! -- deuteronomy 20:19 +. +However, you may chop down any tree you know is not suitable for food, and you may use it to build siege works against the city that is making war with you until that city falls. -- deuteronomy 20:20 +. +If a homicide victim should be found lying in a field in the land the Lord your God is giving you, and no one knows who killed him, -- deuteronomy 21:1 +. +your elders and judges must go out and measure how far it is to the cities in the vicinity of the corpse. -- deuteronomy 21:2 +. +Then the elders of the city nearest to the corpse must take from the herd a heifer that has not been worked - that has never pulled with the yoke - -- deuteronomy 21:3 +. +and bring the heifer down to a wadi with flowing water, to a valley that is neither plowed nor sown. There at the wadi they are to break the heifer's neck. -- deuteronomy 21:4 +. +Then the Levitical priests will approach (for the Lord your God has chosen them to serve him and to pronounce blessings in his name, and to decide every judicial verdict) -- deuteronomy 21:5 +. +and all the elders of that city nearest the corpse must wash their hands over the heifer whose neck was broken in the valley. -- deuteronomy 21:6 +. +Then they must proclaim, "Our hands have not spilled this blood, nor have we witnessed the crime. -- deuteronomy 21:7 +. +Do not blame your people Israel whom you redeemed, O Lord, and do not hold them accountable for the bloodshed of an innocent person." Then atonement will be made for the bloodshed. -- deuteronomy 21:8 +. +In this manner you will purge out the guilt of innocent blood from among you, for you must do what is right before the Lord. -- deuteronomy 21:9 +. +When you go out to do battle with your enemies and the Lord your God allows you to prevail and you take prisoners, -- deuteronomy 21:10 +. +if you should see among them an attractive woman whom you wish to take as a wife, -- deuteronomy 21:11 +. +you may bring her back to your house. She must shave her head, trim her nails, -- deuteronomy 21:12 +. +discard the clothing she was wearing when captured, and stay in your house, lamenting for her father and mother for a full month. After that you may have sexual relations with her and become her husband and she your wife. -- deuteronomy 21:13 +. +If you are not pleased with her, then you must let her go where she pleases. You cannot in any case sell her; you must not take advantage of her, since you have already humiliated her. -- deuteronomy 21:14 +. +Suppose a man has two wives, one whom he loves more than the other, and they both bear him sons, with the firstborn being the child of the less loved wife. -- deuteronomy 21:15 +. +In the day he divides his inheritance he must not appoint as firstborn the son of the favorite wife in place of the other wife's son who is actually the firstborn. -- deuteronomy 21:16 +. +Rather, he must acknowledge the son of the less loved wife as firstborn and give him the double portion of all he has, for that son is the beginning of his father's procreative power - to him should go the right of the firstborn. -- deuteronomy 21:17 +. +If a person has a stubborn, rebellious son who pays no attention to his father or mother, and they discipline him to no avail, -- deuteronomy 21:18 +. +his father and mother must seize him and bring him to the elders at the gate of his city. -- deuteronomy 21:19 +. +They must declare to the elders of his city, "Our son is stubborn and rebellious and pays no attention to what we say - he is a glutton and drunkard." -- deuteronomy 21:20 +. +Then all the men of his city must stone him to death. In this way you will purge out wickedness from among you, and all Israel will hear about it and be afraid. -- deuteronomy 21:21 +. +If a person commits a sin punishable by death and is executed, and you hang the corpse on a tree, -- deuteronomy 21:22 +. +his body must not remain all night on the tree; instead you must make certain you bury him that same day, for the one who is left exposed on a tree is cursed by God. You must not defile your land which the Lord your God is giving you as an inheritance. -- deuteronomy 21:23 +. +When you see your neighbor's ox or sheep going astray, do not ignore it; you must return it without fail to your neighbor. -- deuteronomy 22:1 +. +If the owner does not live near you or you do not know who the owner is, then you must corral the animal at your house and let it stay with you until the owner looks for it; then you must return it to him. -- deuteronomy 22:2 +. +You shall do the same to his donkey, his clothes, or anything else your neighbor has lost and you have found; you must not refuse to get involved. -- deuteronomy 22:3 +. +When you see your neighbor's donkey or ox fallen along the road, do not ignore it; instead, you must be sure to help him get the animal on its feet again. -- deuteronomy 22:4 +. +A woman must not wear men's clothing, nor should a man dress up in women's clothing, for anyone who does this is offensive to the Lord your God. -- deuteronomy 22:5 +. +If you happen to notice a bird's nest along the road, whether in a tree or on the ground, and there are chicks or eggs with the mother bird sitting on them, you must not take the mother from the young. -- deuteronomy 22:6 +. +You must be sure to let the mother go, but you may take the young for yourself. Do this so that it may go well with you and you may have a long life. -- deuteronomy 22:7 +. +If you build a new house, you must construct a guard rail around your roof to avoid being culpable in the event someone should fall from it. -- deuteronomy 22:8 +. +You must not plant your vineyard with two kinds of seed; otherwise the entire yield, both of the seed you plant and the produce of the vineyard, will be defiled. -- deuteronomy 22:9 +. +You must not plow with an ox and a donkey harnessed together. -- deuteronomy 22:10 +. +You must not wear clothing made with wool and linen meshed together. -- deuteronomy 22:11 +. +You shall make yourselves tassels for the four corners of the clothing you wear. -- deuteronomy 22:12 +. +Suppose a man marries a woman, has sexual relations with her, and then rejects her, -- deuteronomy 22:13 +. +accusing her of impropriety and defaming her reputation by saying, "I married this woman but when I had sexual relations with her I discovered she was not a virgin!" -- deuteronomy 22:14 +. +Then the father and mother of the young woman must produce the evidence of virginity for the elders of the city at the gate. -- deuteronomy 22:15 +. +The young woman's father must say to the elders, "I gave my daughter to this man and he has rejected her. -- deuteronomy 22:16 +. +Moreover, he has raised accusations of impropriety by saying, 'I discovered your daughter was not a virgin,' but this is the evidence of my daughter's virginity!" The cloth must then be spread out before the city's elders. -- deuteronomy 22:17 +. +The elders of that city must then seize the man and punish him. -- deuteronomy 22:18 +. +They will fine him one hundred shekels of silver and give them to the young woman's father, for the man who made the accusation ruined the reputation of an Israelite virgin. She will then become his wife and he may never divorce her as long as he lives. -- deuteronomy 22:19 +. +But if the accusation is true and the young woman was not a virgin, -- deuteronomy 22:20 +. +the men of her city must bring the young woman to the door of her father's house and stone her to death, for she has done a disgraceful thing in Israel by behaving like a prostitute while living in her father's house. In this way you will purge evil from among you. -- deuteronomy 22:21 +. +If a man is caught having sexual relations with a married woman both the man who had relations with the woman and the woman herself must die; in this way you will purge evil from Israel. -- deuteronomy 22:22 +. +If a virgin is engaged to a man and another man meets her in the city and has sexual relations with her, -- deuteronomy 22:23 +. +you must bring the two of them to the gate of that city and stone them to death, the young woman because she did not cry out though in the city and the man because he violated his neighbor's fiancee; in this way you will purge evil from among you. -- deuteronomy 22:24 +. +But if the man came across the engaged woman in the field and overpowered her and raped her, then only the rapist must die. -- deuteronomy 22:25 +. +You must not do anything to the young woman - she has done nothing deserving of death. This case is the same as when someone attacks another person and murders him, -- deuteronomy 22:26 +. +for the man met her in the field and the engaged woman cried out, but there was no one to rescue her. -- deuteronomy 22:27 +. +Suppose a man comes across a virgin who is not engaged and overpowers and rapes her and they are discovered. -- deuteronomy 22:28 +. +The man who has raped her must pay her father fifty shekels of silver and she must become his wife because he has violated her; he may never divorce her as long as he lives. -- deuteronomy 22:29 +. + A man may not marry his father's former wife and in this way dishonor his father. -- deuteronomy 22:30 +. +A man with crushed or severed genitals may not enter the assembly of the Lord. -- deuteronomy 23:1 +. +A person of illegitimate birth may not enter the assembly of the Lord; to the tenth generation no one related to him may do so. -- deuteronomy 23:2 +. +An Ammonite or Moabite may not enter the assembly of the Lord; to the tenth generation none of their descendants shall ever do so, -- deuteronomy 23:3 +. +for they did not meet you with food and water on the way as you came from Egypt, and furthermore, they hired Balaam son of Beor of Pethor in Aram Naharaim to curse you. -- deuteronomy 23:4 +. +But the Lord your God refused to listen to Balaam and changed the curse to a blessing, for the Lord your God loves you. -- deuteronomy 23:5 +. +You must not seek peace and prosperity for them through all the ages to come. -- deuteronomy 23:6 +. +You must not hate an Edomite, for he is your relative; you must not hate an Egyptian, for you lived as a foreigner in his land. -- deuteronomy 23:7 +. +Children of the third generation born to them may enter the assembly of the Lord. -- deuteronomy 23:8 +. +When you go out as an army against your enemies, guard yourselves against anything impure. -- deuteronomy 23:9 +. +If there is someone among you who is impure because of some nocturnal emission, he must leave the camp; he may not reenter it immediately. -- deuteronomy 23:10 +. +When evening arrives he must wash himself with water and then at sunset he may reenter the camp. -- deuteronomy 23:11 +. +You are to have a place outside the camp to serve as a latrine. -- deuteronomy 23:12 +. +You must have a spade among your other equipment and when you relieve yourself outside you must dig a hole with the spade and then turn and cover your excrement. -- deuteronomy 23:13 +. +For the Lord your God walks about in the middle of your camp to deliver you and defeat your enemies for you. Therefore your camp should be holy, so that he does not see anything indecent among you and turn away from you. -- deuteronomy 23:14 +. +You must not return an escaped slave to his master when he has run away to you. -- deuteronomy 23:15 +. +Indeed, he may live among you in any place he chooses, in whichever of your villages he prefers; you must not oppress him. -- deuteronomy 23:16 +. +There must never be a sacred prostitute among the young women of Israel nor a sacred male prostitute among the young men of Israel. -- deuteronomy 23:17 +. +You must never bring the pay of a female prostitute or the wage of a male prostitute into the temple of the Lord your God in fulfillment of any vow, for both of these are abhorrent to the Lord your God. -- deuteronomy 23:18 +. +You must not charge interest on a loan to your fellow Israelite, whether on money, food, or anything else that has been loaned with interest. -- deuteronomy 23:19 +. +You may lend with interest to a foreigner, but not to your fellow Israelite; if you keep this command the Lord your God will bless you in all you undertake in the land you are about to enter to possess. -- deuteronomy 23:20 +. +When you make a vow to the Lord your God you must not delay in fulfilling it, for otherwise he will surely hold you accountable as a sinner. -- deuteronomy 23:21 +. +If you refrain from making a vow, it will not be sinful. -- deuteronomy 23:22 +. +Whatever you vow, you must be careful to do what you have promised, such as what you have vowed to the Lord your God as a freewill offering. -- deuteronomy 23:23 +. +When you enter the vineyard of your neighbor you may eat as many grapes as you please, but you must not take away any in a container. -- deuteronomy 23:24 +. +When you go into the ripe grain fields of your neighbor you may pluck off the kernels with your hand, but you must not use a sickle on your neighbor's ripe grain. -- deuteronomy 23:25 +. +If a man marries a woman and she does not please him because he has found something offensive in her, then he may draw up a divorce document, give it to her, and evict her from his house. -- deuteronomy 24:1 +. +When she has left him she may go and become someone else's wife. -- deuteronomy 24:2 +. +If the second husband rejects her and then divorces her, gives her the papers, and evicts her from his house, or if the second husband who married her dies, -- deuteronomy 24:3 +. +her first husband who divorced her is not permitted to remarry her after she has become ritually impure, for that is offensive to the Lord. You must not bring guilt on the land which the Lord your God is giving you as an inheritance. -- deuteronomy 24:4 +. +When a man is newly married, he need not go into the army nor be obligated in any way; he must be free to stay at home for a full year and bring joy to the wife he has married. -- deuteronomy 24:5 +. +One must not take either lower or upper millstones as security on a loan, for that is like taking a life itself as security. -- deuteronomy 24:6 +. +If a man is found kidnapping a person from among his fellow Israelites, and regards him as mere property and sells him, that kidnapper must die. In this way you will purge evil from among you. -- deuteronomy 24:7 +. +Be careful during an outbreak of leprosy to follow precisely all that the Levitical priests instruct you; as I have commanded them, so you should do. -- deuteronomy 24:8 +. +Remember what the Lord your God did to Miriam along the way after you left Egypt. -- deuteronomy 24:9 +. +When you make any kind of loan to your neighbor, you may not go into his house to claim what he is offering as security. -- deuteronomy 24:10 +. +You must stand outside and the person to whom you are making the loan will bring out to you what he is offering as security. -- deuteronomy 24:11 +. +If the person is poor you may not use what he gives you as security for a covering. -- deuteronomy 24:12 +. +You must by all means return to him at sunset the item he gave you as security so that he may sleep in his outer garment and bless you for it; it will be considered a just deed by the Lord your God. -- deuteronomy 24:13 +. +You must not oppress a lowly and poor servant, whether one from among your fellow Israelites or from the resident foreigners who are living in your land and villages. -- deuteronomy 24:14 +. +You must pay his wage that very day before the sun sets, for he is poor and his life depends on it. Otherwise he will cry out to the Lord against you, and you will be guilty of sin. -- deuteronomy 24:15 +. +Fathers must not be put to death for what their children do, nor children for what their fathers do; each must be put to death for his own sin. -- deuteronomy 24:16 +. +You must not pervert justice due a resident foreigner or an orphan, or take a widow's garment as security for a loan. -- deuteronomy 24:17 +. +Remember that you were slaves in Egypt and that the Lord your God redeemed you from there; therefore I am commanding you to do all this. -- deuteronomy 24:18 +. +Whenever you reap your harvest in your field and leave some unraked grain there, you must not return to get it; it should go to the resident foreigner, orphan, and widow so that the Lord your God may bless all the work you do. -- deuteronomy 24:19 +. +When you beat your olive tree you must not repeat the procedure; the remaining olives belong to the resident foreigner, orphan, and widow. -- deuteronomy 24:20 +. +When you gather the grapes of your vineyard you must not do so a second time; they should go to the resident foreigner, orphan, and widow. -- deuteronomy 24:21 +. +Remember that you were slaves in the land of Egypt; therefore, I am commanding you to do all this. -- deuteronomy 24:22 +. +If controversy arises between people, they should go to court for judgment. When the judges hear the case, they shall exonerate the innocent but condemn the guilty. -- deuteronomy 25:1 +. +Then, if the guilty person is sentenced to a beating, the judge shall force him to lie down and be beaten in his presence with the number of blows his wicked behavior deserves. -- deuteronomy 25:2 +. +The judge may sentence him to forty blows, but no more. If he is struck with more than these, you might view your fellow Israelite with contempt. -- deuteronomy 25:3 +. +You must not muzzle your ox when it is treading grain. -- deuteronomy 25:4 +. +If brothers live together and one of them dies without having a son, the dead man's wife must not remarry someone outside the family. Instead, her late husband's brother must go to her, marry her, and perform the duty of a brother-in-law. -- deuteronomy 25:5 +. +Then the first son she bears will continue the name of the dead brother, thus preventing his name from being blotted out of Israel. -- deuteronomy 25:6 +. +But if the man does not want to marry his brother's widow, then she must go to the elders at the town gate and say, "My husband's brother refuses to preserve his brother's name in Israel; he is unwilling to perform the duty of a brother-in-law to me!" -- deuteronomy 25:7 +. +Then the elders of his city must summon him and speak to him. If he persists, saying, "I don't want to marry her," -- deuteronomy 25:8 +. +then his sister-in-law must approach him in view of the elders, remove his sandal from his foot, and spit in his face. She will then respond, "Thus may it be done to any man who does not maintain his brother's family line!" -- deuteronomy 25:9 +. +His family name will be referred to in Israel as "the family of the one whose sandal was removed." -- deuteronomy 25:10 +. +If two men get into a hand-to-hand fight, and the wife of one of them gets involved to help her husband against his attacker, and she reaches out her hand and grabs his genitals, -- deuteronomy 25:11 +. +then you must cut off her hand - do not pity her. -- deuteronomy 25:12 +. +You must not have in your bag different stone weights, a heavy and a light one. -- deuteronomy 25:13 +. +You must not have in your house different measuring containers, a large and a small one. -- deuteronomy 25:14 +. +You must have an accurate and correct stone weight and an accurate and correct measuring container, so that your life may be extended in the land the Lord your God is about to give you. -- deuteronomy 25:15 +. +For anyone who acts dishonestly in these ways is abhorrent to the Lord your God. -- deuteronomy 25:16 +. +Remember what the Amalekites did to you on your way from Egypt, -- deuteronomy 25:17 +. +how they met you along the way and cut off all your stragglers in the rear of the march when you were exhausted and tired; they were unafraid of God. -- deuteronomy 25:18 +. +So when the Lord your God gives you relief from all the enemies who surround you in the land he is giving you as an inheritance, you must wipe out the memory of the Amalekites from under heaven - do not forget! -- deuteronomy 25:19 +. +When you enter the land that the Lord your God is giving you as an inheritance, and you occupy it and live in it, -- deuteronomy 26:1 +. +you must take the first of all the ground's produce you harvest from the land the Lord your God is giving you, place it in a basket, and go to the place where he chooses to locate his name. -- deuteronomy 26:2 +. +You must go to the priest in office at that time and say to him, "I declare today to the Lord your God that I have come into the land that the Lord promised to our ancestors to give us." -- deuteronomy 26:3 +. +The priest will then take the basket from you and set it before the altar of the Lord your God. -- deuteronomy 26:4 +. +Then you must affirm before the Lord your God, "A wandering Aramean was my ancestor, and he went down to Egypt and lived there as a foreigner with a household few in number, but there he became a great, powerful, and numerous people. -- deuteronomy 26:5 +. +But the Egyptians mistreated and oppressed us, forcing us to do burdensome labor. -- deuteronomy 26:6 +. +So we cried out to the Lord, the God of our ancestors, and he heard us and saw our humiliation, toil, and oppression. -- deuteronomy 26:7 +. +Therefore the Lord brought us out of Egypt with tremendous strength and power, as well as with great awe-inspiring signs and wonders. -- deuteronomy 26:8 +. +Then he brought us to this place and gave us this land, a land flowing with milk and honey. -- deuteronomy 26:9 +. +So now, look! I have brought the first of the ground's produce that you, Lord, have given me." Then you must set it down before the Lord your God and worship before him. -- deuteronomy 26:10 +. +You will celebrate all the good things that the Lord your God has given you and your family, along with the Levites and the resident foreigners among you. -- deuteronomy 26:11 +. +When you finish tithing all your income in the third year (the year of tithing), you must give it to the Levites, the resident foreigners, the orphans, and the widows so that they may eat to their satisfaction in your villages. -- deuteronomy 26:12 +. +Then you shall say before the Lord your God, "I have removed the sacred offering from my house and given it to the Levites, the resident foreigners, the orphans, and the widows just as you have commanded me. I have not violated or forgotten your commandments. -- deuteronomy 26:13 +. +I have not eaten anything when I was in mourning, or removed any of it while ceremonially unclean, or offered any of it to the dead; I have obeyed you and have done everything you have commanded me. -- deuteronomy 26:14 +. +Look down from your holy dwelling place in heaven and bless your people Israel and the land you have given us, just as you promised our ancestors - a land flowing with milk and honey." -- deuteronomy 26:15 +. +Today the Lord your God is commanding you to keep these statutes and ordinances, something you must do with all your heart and soul. -- deuteronomy 26:16 +. +Today you have declared the Lord to be your God, and that you will walk in his ways, keep his statutes, commandments, and ordinances, and obey him. -- deuteronomy 26:17 +. +And today the Lord has declared you to be his special people (as he already promised you) so you may keep all his commandments. -- deuteronomy 26:18 +. +Then he will elevate you above all the nations he has made and you will receive praise, fame, and honor. You will be a people holy to the Lord your God, as he has said. -- deuteronomy 26:19 +. +Then Moses and the elders of Israel commanded the people: "Pay attention to all the commandments I am giving you today. -- deuteronomy 27:1 +. +When you cross the Jordan River to the land the Lord your God is giving you, you must erect great stones and cover them with plaster. -- deuteronomy 27:2 +. +Then you must inscribe on them all the words of this law when you cross over, so that you may enter the land the Lord your God is giving you, a land flowing with milk and honey just as the Lord, the God of your ancestors, said to you. -- deuteronomy 27:3 +. +So when you cross the Jordan you must erect on Mount Ebal these stones about which I am commanding you today, and you must cover them with plaster. -- deuteronomy 27:4 +. +Then you must build an altar there to the Lord your God, an altar of stones - do not use an iron tool on them. -- deuteronomy 27:5 +. +You must build the altar of the Lord your God with whole stones and offer burnt offerings on it to the Lord your God. -- deuteronomy 27:6 +. +Also you must offer fellowship offerings and eat them there, rejoicing before the Lord your God. -- deuteronomy 27:7 +. +You must inscribe on the stones all the words of this law, making them clear." -- deuteronomy 27:8 +. +Then Moses and the Levitical priests spoke to all Israel: "Be quiet and pay attention, Israel. Today you have become the people of the Lord your God. -- deuteronomy 27:9 +. +You must obey him and keep his commandments and statutes that I am giving you today." -- deuteronomy 27:10 +. +Moreover, Moses commanded the people that day: -- deuteronomy 27:11 +. +"The following tribes must stand to bless the people on Mount Gerizim when you cross the Jordan: Simeon, Levi, Judah, Issachar, Joseph, and Benjamin. -- deuteronomy 27:12 +. +And these other tribes must stand for the curse on Mount Ebal: Reuben, Gad, Asher, Zebulun, Dan, and Naphtali. -- deuteronomy 27:13 +. +"The Levites will call out to every Israelite with a loud voice: -- deuteronomy 27:14 +. +'Cursed is the one who makes a carved or metal image - something abhorrent to the Lord, the work of the craftsman - and sets it up in a secret place.' Then all the people will say, 'Amen!' -- deuteronomy 27:15 +. +'Cursed is the one who disrespects his father and mother.' Then all the people will say, 'Amen!' -- deuteronomy 27:16 +. +'Cursed is the one who moves his neighbor's boundary marker.' Then all the people will say, 'Amen!' -- deuteronomy 27:17 +. +'Cursed is the one who misleads a blind person on the road.' Then all the people will say, 'Amen!' -- deuteronomy 27:18 +. +'Cursed is the one who perverts justice for the resident foreigner, the orphan, and the widow.' Then all the people will say, 'Amen!' -- deuteronomy 27:19 +. +'Cursed is the one who has sexual relations with his father's former wife, for he dishonors his father.' Then all the people will say, 'Amen!' -- deuteronomy 27:20 +. +'Cursed is the one who commits bestiality.' Then all the people will say, 'Amen!' -- deuteronomy 27:21 +. +'Cursed is the one who has sexual relations with his sister, the daughter of either his father or mother.' Then all the people will say, 'Amen!' -- deuteronomy 27:22 +. +'Cursed is the one who has sexual relations with his mother-in-law.' Then all the people will say, 'Amen!' -- deuteronomy 27:23 +. +'Cursed is the one who kills his neighbor in private.' Then all the people will say, 'Amen!' -- deuteronomy 27:24 +. +'Cursed is the one who takes a bribe to kill an innocent person.' Then all the people will say, 'Amen!' -- deuteronomy 27:25 +. +'Cursed is the one who refuses to keep the words of this law.' Then all the people will say, 'Amen!' -- deuteronomy 27:26 +. +"If you indeed obey the Lord your God and are careful to observe all his commandments I am giving you today, the Lord your God will elevate you above all the nations of the earth. -- deuteronomy 28:1 +. +All these blessings will come to you in abundance if you obey the Lord your God: -- deuteronomy 28:2 +. +You will be blessed in the city and blessed in the field. -- deuteronomy 28:3 +. +Your children will be blessed, as well as the produce of your soil, the offspring of your livestock, the calves of your herds, and the lambs of your flocks. -- deuteronomy 28:4 +. +Your basket and your mixing bowl will be blessed. -- deuteronomy 28:5 +. +You will be blessed when you come in and blessed when you go out. -- deuteronomy 28:6 +. +The Lord will cause your enemies who attack you to be struck down before you; they will attack you from one direction but flee from you in seven different directions. -- deuteronomy 28:7 +. +The Lord will decree blessing for you with respect to your barns and in everything you do - yes, he will bless you in the land he is giving you. -- deuteronomy 28:8 +. +The Lord will designate you as his holy people just as he promised you, if you keep his commandments and obey him. -- deuteronomy 28:9 +. +Then all the peoples of the earth will see that you belong to the Lord, and they will respect you. -- deuteronomy 28:10 +. +The Lord will greatly multiply your children, the offspring of your livestock, and the produce of your soil in the land which he promised your ancestors he would give you. -- deuteronomy 28:11 +. +The Lord will open for you his good treasure house, the heavens, to give you rain for the land in its season and to bless all you do; you will lend to many nations but you will not borrow from any. -- deuteronomy 28:12 +. +The Lord will make you the head and not the tail, and you will always end up at the top and not at the bottom, if you obey his commandments which I am urging you today to be careful to do. -- deuteronomy 28:13 +. +But you must not turn away from all the commandments I am giving you today, to either the right or left, nor pursue other gods and worship them. -- deuteronomy 28:14 +. +"But if you ignore the Lord your God and are not careful to keep all his commandments and statutes I am giving you today, then all these curses will come upon you in full force: -- deuteronomy 28:15 +. +You will be cursed in the city and cursed in the field. -- deuteronomy 28:16 +. +Your basket and your mixing bowl will be cursed. -- deuteronomy 28:17 +. +Your children will be cursed, as well as the produce of your soil, the calves of your herds, and the lambs of your flocks. -- deuteronomy 28:18 +. +You will be cursed when you come in and cursed when you go out. -- deuteronomy 28:19 +. +"The Lord will send on you a curse, confusing you and opposing you in everything you undertake until you are destroyed and quickly perish because of the evil of your deeds, in that you have forsaken me. -- deuteronomy 28:20 +. +The Lord will plague you with deadly diseases until he has completely removed you from the land you are about to possess. -- deuteronomy 28:21 +. +He will afflict you with weakness, fever, inflammation, infection, sword, blight, and mildew; these will attack you until you perish. -- deuteronomy 28:22 +. +The sky above your heads will be bronze and the earth beneath you iron. -- deuteronomy 28:23 +. +The Lord will make the rain of your land powder and dust; it will come down on you from the sky until you are destroyed. -- deuteronomy 28:24 +. +"The Lord will allow you to be struck down before your enemies; you will attack them from one direction but flee from them in seven directions and will become an object of terror to all the kingdoms of the earth. -- deuteronomy 28:25 +. +Your carcasses will be food for every bird of the sky and wild animal of the earth, and there will be no one to chase them off. -- deuteronomy 28:26 +. +The Lord will afflict you with the boils of Egypt and with tumors, eczema, and scabies, all of which cannot be healed. -- deuteronomy 28:27 +. +The Lord will also subject you to madness, blindness, and confusion of mind. -- deuteronomy 28:28 +. +You will feel your way along at noon like the blind person does in darkness and you will not succeed in anything you do; you will be constantly oppressed and continually robbed, with no one to save you. -- deuteronomy 28:29 +. +You will be engaged to a woman and another man will rape her. You will build a house but not live in it. You will plant a vineyard but not even begin to use it. -- deuteronomy 28:30 +. +Your ox will be slaughtered before your very eyes but you will not eat of it. Your donkey will be stolen from you as you watch and will not be returned to you. Your flock of sheep will be given to your enemies and there will be no one to save you. -- deuteronomy 28:31 +. +Your sons and daughters will be given to another people while you look on in vain all day, and you will be powerless to do anything about it. -- deuteronomy 28:32 +. +As for the produce of your land and all your labor, a people you do not know will consume it, and you will be nothing but oppressed and crushed for the rest of your lives. -- deuteronomy 28:33 +. +You will go insane from seeing all this. -- deuteronomy 28:34 +. +The Lord will afflict you in your knees and on your legs with painful, incurable boils - from the soles of your feet to the top of your head. -- deuteronomy 28:35 +. +The Lord will force you and your king whom you will appoint over you to go away to a people whom you and your ancestors have not known, and you will serve other gods of wood and stone there. -- deuteronomy 28:36 +. +You will become an occasion of horror, a proverb, and an object of ridicule to all the peoples to whom the Lord will drive you. -- deuteronomy 28:37 +. +"You will take much seed to the field but gather little harvest, because locusts will consume it. -- deuteronomy 28:38 +. +You will plant vineyards and cultivate them, but you will not drink wine or gather in grapes, because worms will eat them. -- deuteronomy 28:39 +. +You will have olive trees throughout your territory but you will not anoint yourself with olive oil, because the olives will drop off the trees while still unripe. -- deuteronomy 28:40 +. +You will bear sons and daughters but not keep them, because they will be taken into captivity. -- deuteronomy 28:41 +. +Whirring locusts will take over every tree and all the produce of your soil. -- deuteronomy 28:42 +. +The foreigners who reside among you will become higher and higher over you and you will become lower and lower. -- deuteronomy 28:43 +. +They will lend to you but you will not lend to them; they will become the head and you will become the tail! -- deuteronomy 28:44 +. +All these curses will fall on you, pursuing and overtaking you until you are destroyed, because you would not obey the Lord your God by keeping his commandments and statutes that he has given you. -- deuteronomy 28:45 +. +These curses will be a perpetual sign and wonder with reference to you and your descendants. -- deuteronomy 28:46 +. +"Because you have not served the Lord your God joyfully and wholeheartedly with the abundance of everything you have, -- deuteronomy 28:47 +. +instead in hunger, thirst, nakedness, and poverty you will serve your enemies whom the Lord will send against you. They will place an iron yoke on your neck until they have destroyed you. -- deuteronomy 28:48 +. +The Lord will raise up a distant nation against you, one from the other side of the earth as the eagle flies, a nation whose language you will not understand, -- deuteronomy 28:49 +. +a nation of stern appearance that will have no regard for the elderly or pity for the young. -- deuteronomy 28:50 +. +They will devour the offspring of your livestock and the produce of your soil until you are destroyed. They will not leave you with any grain, new wine, olive oil, calves of your herds, or lambs of your flocks until they have destroyed you. -- deuteronomy 28:51 +. +They will besiege all of your villages until all of your high and fortified walls collapse - those in which you put your confidence throughout the land. They will besiege all your villages throughout the land the Lord your God has given you. -- deuteronomy 28:52 +. +You will then eat your own offspring, the flesh of the sons and daughters the Lord your God has given you, because of the severity of the siege by which your enemies will constrict you. -- deuteronomy 28:53 +. +The man among you who is by nature tender and sensitive will turn against his brother, his beloved wife, and his remaining children. -- deuteronomy 28:54 +. +He will withhold from all of them his children's flesh that he is eating (since there is nothing else left), because of the severity of the siege by which your enemy will constrict you in your villages. -- deuteronomy 28:55 +. +Likewise, the most tender and delicate of your women, who would never think of putting even the sole of her foot on the ground because of her daintiness, will turn against her beloved husband, her sons and daughters, -- deuteronomy 28:56 +. +and will secretly eat her afterbirth and her newborn children (since she has nothing else), because of the severity of the siege by which your enemy will constrict you in your villages. -- deuteronomy 28:57 +. +"If you refuse to obey all the words of this law, the things written in this scroll, and refuse to fear this glorious and awesome name, the Lord your God, -- deuteronomy 28:58 +. +then the Lord will increase your punishments and those of your descendants - great and long-lasting afflictions and severe, enduring illnesses. -- deuteronomy 28:59 +. +He will infect you with all the diseases of Egypt that you dreaded, and they will persistently afflict you. -- deuteronomy 28:60 +. +Moreover, the Lord will bring upon you every kind of sickness and plague not mentioned in this scroll of commandments, until you have perished. -- deuteronomy 28:61 +. +There will be very few of you left, though at one time you were as numerous as the stars in the sky, because you will have disobeyed the Lord your God. -- deuteronomy 28:62 +. +This is what will happen: Just as the Lord delighted to do good for you and make you numerous, he will take delight in destroying and decimating you. You will be uprooted from the land you are about to possess. -- deuteronomy 28:63 +. +The Lord will scatter you among all nations, from one end of the earth to the other. There you will worship other gods that neither you nor your ancestors have known, gods of wood and stone. -- deuteronomy 28:64 +. +Among those nations you will have no rest nor will there be a place of peaceful rest for the soles of your feet, for there the Lord will give you an anxious heart, failing eyesight, and a spirit of despair. -- deuteronomy 28:65 +. +Your life will hang in doubt before you; you will be terrified by night and day and will have no certainty of surviving from one day to the next. -- deuteronomy 28:66 +. +In the morning you will say, 'If only it were evening!' And in the evening you will say, 'I wish it were morning!' because of the things you will fear and the things you will see. -- deuteronomy 28:67 +. +Then the Lord will make you return to Egypt by ship, over a route I said to you that you would never see again. There you will sell yourselves to your enemies as male and female slaves, but no one will buy you." -- deuteronomy 28:68 +. + These are the words of the covenant that the Lord commanded Moses to make with the people of Israel in the land of Moab, in addition to the covenant he had made with them at Horeb. -- deuteronomy 29:1 +. +Moses proclaimed to all Israel as follows: "You have seen all that the Lord did in the land of Egypt to Pharaoh, all his servants, and his land. -- deuteronomy 29:2 +. +Your eyes have seen the great judgments, those signs and mighty wonders. -- deuteronomy 29:3 +. +But to this very day the Lord has not given you an understanding mind, perceptive eyes, or discerning ears! -- deuteronomy 29:4 +. +I have led you through the desert for forty years. Your clothing has not worn out nor have your sandals deteriorated. -- deuteronomy 29:5 +. +You have eaten no bread and drunk no wine or beer - all so that you might know that I am the Lord your God! -- deuteronomy 29:6 +. +When you came to this place King Sihon of Heshbon and King Og of Bashan came out to make war and we defeated them. -- deuteronomy 29:7 +. +Then we took their land and gave it as an inheritance to Reuben, Gad, and half the tribe of Manasseh. -- deuteronomy 29:8 +. +"Therefore, keep the terms of this covenant and obey them so that you may be successful in everything you do. -- deuteronomy 29:9 +. +You are standing today, all of you, before the Lord your God - the heads of your tribes, your elders, your officials, every Israelite man, -- deuteronomy 29:10 +. +your infants, your wives, and the foreigners living in your encampment, those who chop wood and those who carry water - -- deuteronomy 29:11 +. +so that you may enter by oath into the covenant the Lord your God is making with you today. -- deuteronomy 29:12 +. +Today he will affirm that you are his people and that he is your God, just as he promised you and as he swore by oath to your ancestors Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob. -- deuteronomy 29:13 +. +It is not with you alone that I am making this covenant by oath, -- deuteronomy 29:14 +. +but with whoever stands with us here today before the Lord our God as well as those not with us here today. -- deuteronomy 29:15 +. +"(For you know how we lived in the land of Egypt and how we crossed through the nations as we traveled. -- deuteronomy 29:16 +. +You have seen their detestable things and idols of wood, stone, silver, and gold.) -- deuteronomy 29:17 +. +Beware that the heart of no man, woman, clan, or tribe among you turns away from the Lord our God today to pursue and serve the gods of those nations; beware that there is among you no root producing poisonous and bitter fruit. -- deuteronomy 29:18 +. +When such a person hears the words of this oath he secretly blesses himself and says, "I will have peace though I continue to walk with a stubborn spirit." This will destroy the watered ground with the parched. -- deuteronomy 29:19 +. +The Lord will be unwilling to forgive him, and his intense anger will rage against that man; all the curses written in this scroll will fall upon him and the Lord will obliterate his name from memory. -- deuteronomy 29:20 +. +The Lord will single him out for judgment from all the tribes of Israel according to all the curses of the covenant written in this scroll of the law. -- deuteronomy 29:21 +. +The generation to come - your descendants who will rise up after you, as well as the foreigner who will come from distant places - will see the afflictions of that land and the illnesses that the Lord has brought on it. -- deuteronomy 29:22 +. +The whole land will be covered with brimstone, salt, and burning debris; it will not be planted nor will it sprout or produce grass. It will resemble the destruction of Sodom and Gomorrah, Admah and Zeboiim, which the Lord destroyed in his intense anger. -- deuteronomy 29:23 +. +Then all the nations will ask, "Why has the Lord done all this to this land? What is this fierce, heated display of anger all about?" -- deuteronomy 29:24 +. +Then people will say, "Because they abandoned the covenant of the Lord, the God of their ancestors, which he made with them when he brought them out of the land of Egypt. -- deuteronomy 29:25 +. +They went and served other gods and worshiped them, gods they did not know and that he did not permit them to worship. -- deuteronomy 29:26 +. +That is why the Lord's anger erupted against this land, bringing on it all the curses written in this scroll. -- deuteronomy 29:27 +. +So the Lord has uprooted them from their land in anger, wrath, and great rage and has deported them to another land, as is clear today." -- deuteronomy 29:28 +. +Secret things belong to the Lord our God, but those that are revealed belong to us and our descendants forever, so that we might obey all the words of this law. -- deuteronomy 29:29 +. +"When you have experienced all these things, both the blessings and the curses I have set before you, you will reflect upon them in all the nations where the Lord your God has banished you. -- deuteronomy 30:1 +. +Then if you and your descendants turn to the Lord your God and obey him with your whole mind and being just as I am commanding you today, -- deuteronomy 30:2 +. +the Lord your God will reverse your captivity and have pity on you. He will turn and gather you from all the peoples among whom he has scattered you. -- deuteronomy 30:3 +. +Even if your exiles are in the most distant land, from there the Lord your God will gather you and bring you back. -- deuteronomy 30:4 +. +Then he will bring you to the land your ancestors possessed and you also will possess it; he will do better for you and multiply you more than he did your ancestors. -- deuteronomy 30:5 +. +The Lord your God will also cleanse your heart and the hearts of your descendants so that you may love him with all your mind and being and so that you may live. -- deuteronomy 30:6 +. +Then the Lord your God will put all these curses on your enemies, on those who hate you and persecute you. -- deuteronomy 30:7 +. +You will return and obey the Lord, keeping all his commandments I am giving you today. -- deuteronomy 30:8 +. +The Lord your God will make the labor of your hands abundantly successful and multiply your children, the offspring of your cattle, and the produce of your soil. For the Lord your God will once more rejoice over you to make you prosperous just as he rejoiced over your ancestors, -- deuteronomy 30:9 +. +if you obey the Lord your God and keep his commandments and statutes that are written in this scroll of the law. But you must turn to him with your whole mind and being. -- deuteronomy 30:10 +. +"This commandment I am giving you today is not too difficult for you, nor is it too remote. -- deuteronomy 30:11 +. +It is not in heaven, as though one must say, "Who will go up to heaven to get it for us and proclaim it to us so we may obey it?" -- deuteronomy 30:12 +. +And it is not across the sea, as though one must say, "Who will cross over to the other side of the sea and get it for us and proclaim it to us so we may obey it?" -- deuteronomy 30:13 +. +For the thing is very near you - it is in your mouth and in your mind so that you can do it. -- deuteronomy 30:14 +. +"Look! I have set before you today life and prosperity on the one hand, and death and disaster on the other. -- deuteronomy 30:15 +. +What I am commanding you today is to love the Lord your God, to walk in his ways, and to obey his commandments, his statutes, and his ordinances. Then you will live and become numerous and the Lord your God will bless you in the land which you are about to possess. -- deuteronomy 30:16 +. +However, if you turn aside and do not obey, but are lured away to worship and serve other gods, -- deuteronomy 30:17 +. +I declare to you this very day that you will certainly perish! You will not extend your time in the land you are crossing the Jordan to possess. -- deuteronomy 30:18 +. +Today I invoke heaven and earth as a witness against you that I have set life and death, blessing and curse, before you. Therefore choose life so that you and your descendants may live! -- deuteronomy 30:19 +. +I also call on you to love the Lord your God, to obey him and be loyal to him, for he gives you life and enables you to live continually in the land the Lord promised to give to your ancestors Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob." -- deuteronomy 30:20 +. +Then Moses went and spoke these words to all Israel. -- deuteronomy 31:1 +. +He said to them, "Today I am a hundred and twenty years old. I am no longer able to get about, and the Lord has said to me, 'You will not cross the Jordan.' -- deuteronomy 31:2 +. +As for the Lord your God, he is about to cross over before you; he will destroy these nations before you and dispossess them. As for Joshua, he is about to cross before you just as the Lord has said. -- deuteronomy 31:3 +. +The Lord will do to them just what he did to Sihon and Og, the Amorite kings, and to their land, which he destroyed. -- deuteronomy 31:4 +. +The Lord will deliver them over to you and you will do to them according to the whole commandment I have given you. -- deuteronomy 31:5 +. +Be strong and courageous! Do not fear or tremble before them, for the Lord your God is the one who is going with you. He will not fail you or abandon you!" -- deuteronomy 31:6 +. +Then Moses called out to Joshua in the presence of all Israel, "Be strong and courageous, for you will accompany these people to the land that the Lord promised to give their ancestors, and you will enable them to inherit it. -- deuteronomy 31:7 +. +The Lord is indeed going before you - he will be with you; he will not fail you or abandon you. Do not be afraid or discouraged!" -- deuteronomy 31:8 +. +Then Moses wrote down this law and gave it to the Levitical priests, who carry the ark of the Lord's covenant, and to all Israel's elders. -- deuteronomy 31:9 +. +He commanded them: "At the end of seven years, at the appointed time of the cancellation of debts, at the Feast of Temporary Shelters, -- deuteronomy 31:10 +. +when all Israel comes to appear before the Lord your God in the place he chooses, you must read this law before them within their hearing. -- deuteronomy 31:11 +. +Gather the people - men, women, and children, as well as the resident foreigners in your villages - so they may hear and thus learn about and fear the Lord your God and carefully obey all the words of this law. -- deuteronomy 31:12 +. +Then their children, who have not known this law, will also hear about and learn to fear the Lord your God for as long as you live in the land you are crossing the Jordan to possess." -- deuteronomy 31:13 +. +Then the Lord said to Moses, "The day of your death is near. Summon Joshua and present yourselves in the tent of meeting so that I can commission him." So Moses and Joshua presented themselves in the tent of meeting. -- deuteronomy 31:14 +. +The Lord appeared in the tent in a pillar of cloud that stood above the door of the tent. -- deuteronomy 31:15 +. +Then the Lord said to Moses, "You are about to die, and then these people will begin to prostitute themselves with the foreign gods of the land into which they are going. They will reject me and break my covenant that I have made with them. -- deuteronomy 31:16 +. +At that time my anger will erupt against them and I will abandon them and hide my face from them until they are devoured. Many disasters and distresses will overcome them so that they will say at that time, 'Have not these disasters overcome us because our God is not among us?' -- deuteronomy 31:17 +. +But I will certainly hide myself at that time because of all the wickedness they will have done by turning to other gods. -- deuteronomy 31:18 +. +Now write down for yourselves the following song and teach it to the Israelites. Put it into their very mouths so that this song may serve as my witness against the Israelites! -- deuteronomy 31:19 +. +For after I have brought them to the land I promised to their ancestors - one flowing with milk and honey - and they eat their fill and become fat, then they will turn to other gods and worship them; they will reject me and break my covenant. -- deuteronomy 31:20 +. +Then when many disasters and distresses overcome them this song will testify against them, for their descendants will not forget it. I know the intentions they have in mind today, even before I bring them to the land I have promised." -- deuteronomy 31:21 +. +So on that day Moses wrote down this song and taught it to the Israelites, -- deuteronomy 31:22 +. +and the Lord commissioned Joshua son of Nun, "Be strong and courageous, for you will take the Israelites to the land I have promised them, and I will be with you." -- deuteronomy 31:23 +. +When Moses finished writing on a scroll the words of this law in their entirety, -- deuteronomy 31:24 +. +he commanded the Levites who carried the ark of the Lord's covenant, -- deuteronomy 31:25 +. +"Take this scroll of the law and place it beside the ark of the covenant of the Lord your God. It will remain there as a witness against you, -- deuteronomy 31:26 +. +for I know about your rebellion and stubbornness. Indeed, even while I have been living among you to this very day, you have rebelled against the Lord; you will be even more rebellious after my death! -- deuteronomy 31:27 +. +Gather to me all your tribal elders and officials so I can speak to them directly about these things and call the heavens and the earth to witness against them. -- deuteronomy 31:28 +. +For I know that after I die you will totally corrupt yourselves and turn away from the path I have commanded you to walk. Disaster will confront you in the days to come because you will act wickedly before the Lord, inciting him to anger because of your actions." -- deuteronomy 31:29 +. +Then Moses recited the words of this song from start to finish in the hearing of the whole assembly of Israel. -- deuteronomy 31:30 +. +Listen, O heavens, and I will speak; hear, O earth, the words of my mouth. -- deuteronomy 32:1 +. +My teaching will drop like the rain, my sayings will drip like the dew, as rain drops upon the grass, and showers upon new growth. -- deuteronomy 32:2 +. +For I will proclaim the name of the Lord; you must acknowledge the greatness of our God. -- deuteronomy 32:3 +. +As for the Rock, his work is perfect, for all his ways are just. He is a reliable God who is never unjust, he is fair and upright. -- deuteronomy 32:4 +. +His people have been unfaithful to him; they have not acted like his children - this is their sin. They are a perverse and deceitful generation. -- deuteronomy 32:5 +. +Is this how you repay the Lord, you foolish, unwise people? Is he not your father, your creator? He has made you and established you. -- deuteronomy 32:6 +. +Remember the ancient days; bear in mind the years of past generations. Ask your father and he will inform you, your elders, and they will tell you. -- deuteronomy 32:7 +. +When the Most High gave the nations their inheritance, when he divided up humankind, he set the boundaries of the peoples, according to the number of the heavenly assembly. -- deuteronomy 32:8 +. +For the Lord's allotment is his people, Jacob is his special possession. -- deuteronomy 32:9 +. +The Lord found him in a desolate land, in an empty wasteland where animals howl. He continually guarded him and taught him; he continually protected him like the pupil of his eye. -- deuteronomy 32:10 +. +Like an eagle that stirs up its nest, that hovers over its young, so the Lord spread out his wings and took him, he lifted him up on his pinions. -- deuteronomy 32:11 +. +The Lord alone was guiding him, no foreign god was with him. -- deuteronomy 32:12 +. +He enabled him to travel over the high terrain of the land, and he ate of the produce of the fields. He provided honey for him from the cliffs, and olive oil from the hardest of rocks, -- deuteronomy 32:13 +. +butter from the herd and milk from the flock, along with the fat of lambs, rams and goats of Bashan, along with the best of the kernels of wheat; and from the juice of grapes you drank wine. -- deuteronomy 32:14 +. +But Jeshurun became fat and kicked, you got fat, thick, and stuffed! Then he deserted the God who made him, and treated the Rock who saved him with contempt. -- deuteronomy 32:15 +. +They made him jealous with other gods, they enraged him with abhorrent idols. -- deuteronomy 32:16 +. +They sacrificed to demons, not God, to gods they had not known; to new gods who had recently come along, gods your ancestors had not known about. -- deuteronomy 32:17 +. +You have forgotten the Rock who fathered you, and put out of mind the God who gave you birth. -- deuteronomy 32:18 +. +But the Lord took note and despised them because his sons and daughters enraged him. -- deuteronomy 32:19 +. +He said, "I will reject them, I will see what will happen to them; for they are a perverse generation, children who show no loyalty. -- deuteronomy 32:20 +. +They have made me jealous with false gods, enraging me with their worthless gods; so I will make them jealous with a people they do not recognize, with a nation slow to learn I will enrage them. -- deuteronomy 32:21 +. +For a fire has been kindled by my anger, and it burns to lowest Sheol; it consumes the earth and its produce, and ignites the foundations of the mountains. -- deuteronomy 32:22 +. +I will increase their disasters, I will use up my arrows on them. -- deuteronomy 32:23 +. +They will be starved by famine, eaten by plague, and bitterly stung; I will send the teeth of wild animals against them, along with the poison of creatures that crawl in the dust. -- deuteronomy 32:24 +. +The sword will make people childless outside, and terror will do so inside; they will destroy both the young man and the virgin, the infant and the gray-haired man. -- deuteronomy 32:25 +. +"I said, 'I want to cut them in pieces. I want to make people forget they ever existed. -- deuteronomy 32:26 +. +But I fear the reaction of their enemies, for their adversaries would misunderstand and say, "Our power is great, and the Lord has not done all this!"' -- deuteronomy 32:27 +. +They are a nation devoid of wisdom, and there is no understanding among them. -- deuteronomy 32:28 +. +I wish that they were wise and could understand this, and that they could comprehend what will happen to them." -- deuteronomy 32:29 +. +How can one man chase a thousand of them, and two pursue ten thousand; unless their Rock had delivered them up, and the Lord had handed them over? -- deuteronomy 32:30 +. +For our enemies' rock is not like our Rock, as even our enemies concede. -- deuteronomy 32:31 +. +For their vine is from the stock of Sodom, and from the fields of Gomorrah. Their grapes contain venom, their clusters of grapes are bitter. -- deuteronomy 32:32 +. +Their wine is snakes' poison, the deadly venom of cobras. -- deuteronomy 32:33 +. +"Is this not stored up with me?" says the Lord, "Is it not sealed up in my storehouses? -- deuteronomy 32:34 +. +I will get revenge and pay them back at the time their foot slips; for the day of their disaster is near, and the impending judgment is rushing upon them!" -- deuteronomy 32:35 +. +The Lord will judge his people, and will change his plans concerning his servants; when he sees that their power has disappeared, and that no one is left, whether confined or set free. -- deuteronomy 32:36 +. +He will say, "Where are their gods, the rock in whom they sought security, -- deuteronomy 32:37 +. +who ate the best of their sacrifices, and drank the wine of their drink offerings? Let them rise and help you; let them be your refuge! -- deuteronomy 32:38 +. +"See now that I, indeed I, am he!" says the Lord, "and there is no other god besides me. I kill and give life, I smash and I heal, and none can resist my power. -- deuteronomy 32:39 +. +For I raise up my hand to heaven, and say, 'As surely as I live forever, -- deuteronomy 32:40 +. +I will sharpen my lightning-like sword, and my hand will grasp hold of the weapon of judgment; I will execute vengeance on my foes, and repay those who hate me! -- deuteronomy 32:41 +. +I will make my arrows drunk with blood, and my sword will devour flesh - the blood of the slaughtered and captured, the chief of the enemy's leaders!'" -- deuteronomy 32:42 +. +Cry out, O nations, with his people, for he will avenge his servants' blood; he will take vengeance against his enemies, and make atonement for his land and people. -- deuteronomy 32:43 +. +Then Moses went with Joshua son of Nun and recited all the words of this song to the people. -- deuteronomy 32:44 +. +When Moses finished reciting all these words to all Israel -- deuteronomy 32:45 +. +he said to them, "Keep in mind all the words I am solemnly proclaiming to you today; you must command your children to observe carefully all the words of this law. -- deuteronomy 32:46 +. +For this is no idle word for you - it is your life! By this word you will live a long time in the land you are about to cross the Jordan to possess." -- deuteronomy 32:47 +. +Then the Lord said to Moses that same day, -- deuteronomy 32:48 +. +"Go up to this Abarim hill country, to Mount Nebo (which is in the land of Moab opposite Jericho) and look at the land of Canaan that I am giving to the Israelites as a possession. -- deuteronomy 32:49 +. +You will die on the mountain that you ascend and join your deceased ancestors, just as Aaron your brother died on Mount Hor and joined his deceased ancestors, -- deuteronomy 32:50 +. +for both of you rebelled against me among the Israelites at the waters of Meribah Kadesh in the desert of Zin when you did not show me proper respect among the Israelites. -- deuteronomy 32:51 +. +You will see the land before you, but you will not enter the land that I am giving to the Israelites." -- deuteronomy 32:52 +. +This is the blessing Moses the man of God pronounced upon the Israelites before his death. -- deuteronomy 33:1 +. +He said:The Lord came from Sinai and revealed himself to Israel from Seir. He appeared in splendor from Mount Paran, and came forth with ten thousand holy ones. With his right hand he gave a fiery law to them. -- deuteronomy 33:2 +. +Surely he loves the people; all your holy ones are in your power. And they sit at your feet, each receiving your words. -- deuteronomy 33:3 +. +Moses delivered to us a law, an inheritance for the assembly of Jacob. -- deuteronomy 33:4 +. +The Lord was king over Jeshurun, when the leaders of the people assembled, the tribes of Israel together. -- deuteronomy 33:5 +. +May Reuben live and not die, and may his people multiply. -- deuteronomy 33:6 +. +And this is the blessing to Judah. He said, Listen, O Lord, to Judah's voice, and bring him to his people. May his power be great, and may you help him against his foes. -- deuteronomy 33:7 +. +Of Levi he said: Your Thummim and Urim belong to your godly one, whose authority you challenged at Massah, and with whom you argued at the waters of Meribah. -- deuteronomy 33:8 +. +He said to his father and mother, "I have not seen him," and he did not acknowledge his own brothers or know his own children, for they kept your word, and guarded your covenant. -- deuteronomy 33:9 +. +They will teach Jacob your ordinances and Israel your law; they will offer incense as a pleasant odor, and a whole offering on your altar. -- deuteronomy 33:10 +. +Bless, O Lord, his goods, and be pleased with his efforts; undercut the legs of any who attack him, and of those who hate him, so that they cannot stand. -- deuteronomy 33:11 +. +Of Benjamin he said: The beloved of the Lord will live safely by him; he protects him all the time, and the Lord places him on his chest. -- deuteronomy 33:12 +. +Of Joseph he said: May the Lord bless his land with the harvest produced by the sky, by the dew, and by the depths crouching beneath; -- deuteronomy 33:13 +. +with the harvest produced by the daylight and by the moonlight; -- deuteronomy 33:14 +. +with the best of the ancient mountains and the harvest produced by the age-old hills; -- deuteronomy 33:15 +. +with the harvest of the earth and its fullness and the pleasure of him who resided in the burning bush. May blessing rest on Joseph's head, and on the top of the head of the one set apart from his brothers. -- deuteronomy 33:16 +. +May the firstborn of his bull bring him honor, and may his horns be those of a wild ox; with them may he gore all peoples, all the far reaches of the earth. They are the ten thousands of Ephraim, and they are the thousands of Manasseh. -- deuteronomy 33:17 +. +Of Zebulun he said: Rejoice, Zebulun, when you go outside, and Issachar, when you are in your tents. -- deuteronomy 33:18 +. +They will summon peoples to the mountain, there they will sacrifice proper sacrifices; for they will enjoy the abundance of the seas, and the hidden treasures of the shores. -- deuteronomy 33:19 +. +Of Gad he said: Blessed be the one who enlarges Gad. Like a lioness he will dwell; he will tear at an arm - indeed, a scalp. -- deuteronomy 33:20 +. +He has selected the best part for himself, for the portion of the ruler is set aside there; he came with the leaders of the people, he obeyed the righteous laws of the Lord and his ordinances with Israel. -- deuteronomy 33:21 +. +Of Dan he said: Dan is a lion's cub; he will leap forth from Bashan. -- deuteronomy 33:22 +. +Of Naphtali he said: O Naphtali, overflowing with favor, and full of the Lord's blessing, possess the west and south. -- deuteronomy 33:23 +. +Of Asher he said: Asher is blessed with children, may he be favored by his brothers and may he dip his foot in olive oil. -- deuteronomy 33:24 +. +The bars of your gates will be made of iron and bronze, and may you have lifelong strength. -- deuteronomy 33:25 +. +There is no one like God, O Jeshurun, who rides through the sky to help you, on the clouds in majesty. -- deuteronomy 33:26 +. +The everlasting God is a refuge, and underneath you are his eternal arms; he has driven out enemies before you, and has said, "Destroy!" -- deuteronomy 33:27 +. +Israel lives in safety, the fountain of Jacob is quite secure, in a land of grain and new wine; indeed, its heavens rain down dew. -- deuteronomy 33:28 +. +You have joy, Israel! Who is like you? You are a people delivered by the Lord, your protective shield and your exalted sword. May your enemies cringe before you; may you trample on their backs. -- deuteronomy 33:29 +. +Then Moses ascended from the deserts of Moab to Mount Nebo, to the summit of Pisgah, which is opposite Jericho. The Lord showed him the whole land - Gilead to Dan, -- deuteronomy 34:1 +. +and all of Naphtali, the land of Ephraim and Manasseh, all the land of Judah as far as the distant sea, -- deuteronomy 34:2 +. +the Negev, and the plain of the valley of Jericho, the city of the date palm trees, as far as Zoar. -- deuteronomy 34:3 +. +Then the Lord said to him, "This is the land I promised to Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob when I said, 'I will give it to your descendants.' I have let you see it, but you will not cross over there." -- deuteronomy 34:4 +. +So Moses, the servant of the Lord, died there in the land of Moab as the Lord had said. -- deuteronomy 34:5 +. +He buried him in the land of Moab near Beth Peor, but no one knows his exact burial place to this very day. -- deuteronomy 34:6 +. +Moses was years old when he died, but his eye was not dull nor had his vitality departed. -- deuteronomy 34:7 +. +The Israelites mourned for Moses in the deserts of Moab for thirty days; then the days of mourning for Moses ended. -- deuteronomy 34:8 +. +Now Joshua son of Nun was full of the spirit of wisdom, for Moses had placed his hands on him; and the Israelites listened to him and did just what the Lord had commanded Moses. -- deuteronomy 34:9 +. +No prophet ever again arose in Israel like Moses, who knew the Lord face to face. -- deuteronomy 34:10 +. +He did all the signs and wonders the Lord had sent him to do in the land of Egypt, to Pharaoh, all his servants, and the whole land, -- deuteronomy 34:11 +. +and he displayed great power and awesome might in view of all Israel. -- deuteronomy 34:12 +. +After Moses the Lord's servant died, the Lord said to Joshua son of Nun, Moses' assistant: -- joshua 1:1 +. +"Moses my servant is dead. Get ready! Cross the Jordan River! Lead these people into the land which I am ready to hand over to them. -- joshua 1:2 +. +I am handing over to you every place you set foot, as I promised Moses. -- joshua 1:3 +. +Your territory will extend from the wilderness in the south to Lebanon in the north. It will extend all the way to the great River Euphrates in the east (including all of Syria) and all the way to the Mediterranean Sea in the west. -- joshua 1:4 +. +No one will be able to resist you all the days of your life. As I was with Moses, so I will be with you. I will not abandon you or leave you alone. -- joshua 1:5 +. +Be strong and brave! You must lead these people in the conquest of this land that I solemnly promised their ancestors I would hand over to them. -- joshua 1:6 +. +Make sure you are very strong and brave! Carefully obey all the law my servant Moses charged you to keep! Do not swerve from it to the right or to the left, so that you may be successful in all you do. -- joshua 1:7 +. +This law scroll must not leave your lips! You must memorize it day and night so you can carefully obey all that is written in it. Then you will prosper and be successful. -- joshua 1:8 +. +I repeat, be strong and brave! Don't be afraid and don't panic, for I, the Lord your God, am with you in all you do." -- joshua 1:9 +. +Joshua instructed the leaders of the people: -- joshua 1:10 +. +"Go through the camp and command the people, 'Prepare your supplies, for within three days you will cross the Jordan River and begin the conquest of the land the Lord your God is ready to hand over to you.'" -- joshua 1:11 +. +Joshua told the Reubenites, Gadites, and the half tribe of Manasseh: -- joshua 1:12 +. +"Remember what Moses the Lord's servant commanded you. The Lord your God is giving you a place to settle and is handing this land over to you. -- joshua 1:13 +. +Your wives, children and cattle may stay in the land that Moses assigned to you east of the Jordan River. But all you warriors must cross over armed for battle ahead of your brothers. You must help them -- joshua 1:14 +. +until the Lord gives your brothers a place like yours to settle and they conquer the land the Lord your God is ready to hand over to them. Then you may go back to your allotted land and occupy the land Moses the Lord's servant assigned you east of the Jordan." -- joshua 1:15 +. +They told Joshua, "We will do everything you say. We will go wherever you send us. -- joshua 1:16 +. +Just as we obeyed Moses, so we will obey you. But may the Lord your God be with you as he was with Moses! -- joshua 1:17 +. +Any man who rebels against what you say and does not obey all your commands will be executed. But be strong and brave!" -- joshua 1:18 +. +Joshua son of Nun sent two spies out from Shittim secretly and instructed them: "Find out what you can about the land, especially Jericho." They stopped at the house of a prostitute named Rahab and spent the night there. -- joshua 2:1 +. +The king of Jericho received this report: "Note well! Israelite men have come here tonight to spy on the land." -- joshua 2:2 +. +So the king of Jericho sent this order to Rahab: "Turn over the men who came to you - the ones who came to your house - for they have come to spy on the whole land!" -- joshua 2:3 +. +But the woman hid the two men and replied, "Yes, these men were clients of mine, but I didn't know where they came from. -- joshua 2:4 +. +When it was time to shut the city gate for the night, the men left. I don't know where they were heading. Chase after them quickly, for you have time to catch them!" -- joshua 2:5 +. +(Now she had taken them up to the roof and had hidden them in the stalks of flax she had spread out on the roof.) -- joshua 2:6 +. +Meanwhile the king's men tried to find them on the road to the Jordan River near the fords. The city gate was shut as soon as they set out in pursuit of them. -- joshua 2:7 +. +Now before the spies went to sleep, Rahab went up to the roof. -- joshua 2:8 +. +She said to the men, "I know the Lord is handing this land over to you. We are absolutely terrified of you, and all who live in the land are cringing before you. -- joshua 2:9 +. +For we heard how the Lord dried up the water of the Red Sea before you when you left Egypt and how you annihilated the two Amorite kings, Sihon and Og, on the other side of the Jordan. -- joshua 2:10 +. +When we heard the news we lost our courage and no one could even breathe for fear of you. For the Lord your God is God in heaven above and on earth below! -- joshua 2:11 +. +So now, promise me this with an oath sworn in the Lord's name. Because I have shown allegiance to you, show allegiance to my family. Give me a solemn pledge -- joshua 2:12 +. +that you will spare the lives of my father, mother, brothers, sisters, and all who belong to them, and rescue us from death." -- joshua 2:13 +. +The men said to her, "If you die, may we die too! If you do not report what we've been up to, then, when the Lord hands the land over to us, we will show unswerving allegiance to you." -- joshua 2:14 +. +Then Rahab let them down by a rope through the window. (Her house was built as part of the city wall; she lived in the wall.) -- joshua 2:15 +. +She told them, "Head to the hill country, so the ones chasing you don't find you. Hide from them there for three days, long enough for those chasing you to return. Then you can be on your way." -- joshua 2:16 +. +The men said to her, "We are not bound by this oath you made us swear unless the following conditions are met: -- joshua 2:17 +. +When we invade the land, tie this red rope in the window through which you let us down, and gather together in your house your father, mother, brothers, and all who live in your father's house. -- joshua 2:18 +. +Anyone who leaves your house will be responsible for his own death - we are innocent in that case! But if anyone with you in the house is harmed, we will be responsible. -- joshua 2:19 +. +If you should report what we've been up to, we are not bound by this oath you made us swear." -- joshua 2:20 +. +She said, "I agree to these conditions." She sent them on their way and then tied the red rope in the window. -- joshua 2:21 +. +They went to the hill country and stayed there for three days, long enough for those chasing them to return. Their pursuers looked all along the way but did not find them. -- joshua 2:22 +. +Then the two men returned - they came down from the hills, crossed the river, came to Joshua son of Nun, and reported to him all they had discovered. -- joshua 2:23 +. +They told Joshua, "Surely the Lord is handing over all the land to us! All who live in the land are cringing before us!" -- joshua 2:24 +. +Bright and early the next morning Joshua and the Israelites left Shittim and came to the Jordan. They camped there before crossing the river. -- joshua 3:1 +. +After three days the leaders went through the camp -- joshua 3:2 +. +and commanded the people: "When you see the ark of the covenant of the Lord your God being carried by the Levitical priests, you must leave here and walk behind it. -- joshua 3:3 +. +But stay about three thousand feet behind it. Keep your distance so you can see which way you should go, for you have not traveled this way before." -- joshua 3:4 +. +Joshua told the people, "Ritually consecrate yourselves, for tomorrow the Lord will perform miraculous deeds among you." -- joshua 3:5 +. +Joshua told the priests, "Pick up the ark of the covenant and pass on ahead of the people." So they picked up the ark of the covenant and went ahead of the people. -- joshua 3:6 +. +The Lord told Joshua, "This very day I will begin to honor you before all Israel so they will know that I am with you just as I was with Moses. -- joshua 3:7 +. +Instruct the priests carrying the ark of the covenant, 'When you reach the bank of the Jordan River, wade into the water.'" -- joshua 3:8 +. +Joshua told the Israelites, "Come here and listen to the words of the Lord your God!" -- joshua 3:9 +. +Joshua continued, "This is how you will know the living God is among you and that he will truly drive out before you the Canaanites, Hittites, Hivites, Perizzites, Girgashites, Amorites, and Jebusites. -- joshua 3:10 +. +Look! The ark of the covenant of the Ruler of the whole earth is ready to enter the Jordan ahead of you. -- joshua 3:11 +. +Now select for yourselves twelve men from the tribes of Israel, one per tribe. -- joshua 3:12 +. +When the feet of the priests carrying the ark of the Lord, the Ruler of the whole earth, touch the water of the Jordan, the water coming downstream toward you will stop flowing and pile up." -- joshua 3:13 +. +So when the people left their tents to cross the Jordan, the priests carrying the ark of the covenant went ahead of them. -- joshua 3:14 +. +When the ones carrying the ark reached the Jordan and the feet of the priests carrying the ark touched the surface of the water - (the Jordan is at flood stage all during harvest time) - -- joshua 3:15 +. +the water coming downstream toward them stopped flowing. It piled up far upstream at Adam (the city near Zarethan); there was no water at all flowing to the sea of the Arabah (the Salt Sea). The people crossed the river opposite Jericho. -- joshua 3:16 +. +The priests carrying the ark of the covenant of the Lord stood firmly on dry ground in the middle of the Jordan. All Israel crossed over on dry ground until the entire nation was on the other side. -- joshua 3:17 +. +When the entire nation was on the other side, the Lord told Joshua, -- joshua 4:1 +. +"Select for yourselves twelve men from the people, one per tribe. -- joshua 4:2 +. +Instruct them, 'Pick up twelve stones from the middle of the Jordan, from the very place where the priests stand firmly, and carry them over with you and put them in the place where you camp tonight.'" -- joshua 4:3 +. +Joshua summoned the twelve men he had appointed from the Israelites, one per tribe. -- joshua 4:4 +. +Joshua told them, "Go in front of the ark of the Lord your God to the middle of the Jordan. Each of you is to put a stone on his shoulder, according to the number of the Israelite tribes. -- joshua 4:5 +. +The stones will be a reminder to you. When your children ask someday, 'Why are these stones important to you?' -- joshua 4:6 +. +tell them how the water of the Jordan stopped flowing before the ark of the covenant of the Lord. When it crossed the Jordan, the water of the Jordan stopped flowing. These stones will be a lasting memorial for the Israelites." -- joshua 4:7 +. +The Israelites did just as Joshua commanded. They picked up twelve stones, according to the number of the Israelite tribes, from the middle of the Jordan as the Lord had instructed Joshua. They carried them over with them to the camp and put them there. -- joshua 4:8 +. +Joshua also set up twelve stones in the middle of the Jordan in the very place where the priests carrying the ark of the covenant stood. They remain there to this very day. -- joshua 4:9 +. +Now the priests carrying the ark of the covenant were standing in the middle of the Jordan until everything the Lord had commanded Joshua to tell the people was accomplished, in accordance with all that Moses had commanded Joshua. The people went across quickly, -- joshua 4:10 +. +and when all the people had finished crossing, the ark of the Lord and the priests crossed as the people looked on. -- joshua 4:11 +. +The Reubenites, Gadites, and the half-tribe of Manasseh crossed over armed for battle ahead of the Israelites, just as Moses had instructed them. -- joshua 4:12 +. +About forty thousand battle-ready troops marched past the Lord to fight on the plains of Jericho. -- joshua 4:13 +. +That day the Lord brought honor to Joshua before all Israel. They respected him all his life, just as they had respected Moses. -- joshua 4:14 +. +The Lord told Joshua, -- joshua 4:15 +. +"Instruct the priests carrying the ark of the covenantal laws to come up from the Jordan." -- joshua 4:16 +. +So Joshua instructed the priests, "Come up from the Jordan!" -- joshua 4:17 +. +The priests carrying the ark of the covenant of the Lord came up from the middle of the Jordan, and as soon as they set foot on dry land, the water of the Jordan flowed again and returned to flood stage. -- joshua 4:18 +. +The people went up from the Jordan on the tenth day of the first month and camped in Gilgal on the eastern border of Jericho. -- joshua 4:19 +. +Now Joshua set up in Gilgal the twelve stones they had taken from the Jordan. -- joshua 4:20 +. +He told the Israelites, "When your children someday ask their fathers, 'What do these stones represent?' -- joshua 4:21 +. +explain to your children, 'Israel crossed the Jordan River on dry ground.' -- joshua 4:22 +. +For the Lord your God dried up the water of the Jordan before you while you crossed over. It was just like when the Lord your God dried up the Red Sea before us while we crossed it. -- joshua 4:23 +. +He has done this so all the nations of the earth might recognize the Lord's power and so you might always obey the Lord your God." -- joshua 4:24 +. +When all the Amorite kings on the west side of the Jordan and all the Canaanite kings along the seacoast heard how the Lord had dried up the water of the Jordan before the Israelites while they crossed, they lost their courage and could not even breathe for fear of the Israelites. -- joshua 5:1 +. +At that time the Lord told Joshua, "Make flint knives and circumcise the Israelites once again." -- joshua 5:2 +. +So Joshua made flint knives and circumcised the Israelites on the Hill of the Foreskins. -- joshua 5:3 +. +This is why Joshua had to circumcise them: All the men old enough to fight when they left Egypt died on the journey through the desert after they left Egypt. -- joshua 5:4 +. +Now all the men who left were circumcised, but all the sons born on the journey through the desert after they left Egypt were uncircumcised. -- joshua 5:5 +. +Indeed, for forty years the Israelites traveled through the desert until all the men old enough to fight when they left Egypt, the ones who had disobeyed the Lord, died off. For the Lord had sworn a solemn oath to them that he would not let them see the land he had sworn on oath to give them, a land rich in milk and honey. -- joshua 5:6 +. +He replaced them with their sons, whom Joshua circumcised. They were uncircumcised; their fathers had not circumcised them along the way. -- joshua 5:7 +. +When all the men had been circumcised, they stayed there in the camp until they had healed. -- joshua 5:8 +. +The Lord said to Joshua, "Today I have taken away the disgrace of Egypt from you." So that place is called Gilgal even to this day. -- joshua 5:9 +. +So the Israelites camped in Gilgal and celebrated the Passover in the evening of the fourteenth day of the month on the plains of Jericho. -- joshua 5:10 +. +They ate some of the produce of the land the day after the Passover, including unleavened bread and roasted grain. -- joshua 5:11 +. +The manna stopped appearing the day they ate some of the produce of the land; the Israelites never ate manna again. -- joshua 5:12 +. +When Joshua was near Jericho, he looked up and saw a man standing in front of him holding a drawn sword. Joshua approached him and asked him, "Are you on our side or allied with our enemies?" -- joshua 5:13 +. +He answered, "Truly I am the commander of the Lord's army. Now I have arrived!" Joshua bowed down with his face to the ground and asked, "What does my master want to say to his servant?" -- joshua 5:14 +. +The commander of the Lord's army answered Joshua, "Remove your sandals from your feet, because the place where you stand is holy." Joshua did so. -- joshua 5:15 +. +Now Jericho was shut tightly because of the Israelites. No one was allowed to leave or enter. -- joshua 6:1 +. +The Lord told Joshua, "See, I am about to defeat Jericho for you, along with its king and its warriors. -- joshua 6:2 +. +Have all the warriors march around the city one time; do this for six days. -- joshua 6:3 +. +Have seven priests carry seven rams' horns in front of the ark. On the seventh day march around the city seven times, while the priests blow the horns. -- joshua 6:4 +. +When you hear the signal from the ram's horn, have the whole army give a loud battle cry. Then the city wall will collapse and the warriors should charge straight ahead." -- joshua 6:5 +. +So Joshua son of Nun summoned the priests and instructed them, "Pick up the ark of the covenant, and seven priests must carry seven rams' horns in front of the ark of the Lord." -- joshua 6:6 +. +And he told the army, "Move ahead and march around the city, with armed troops going ahead of the ark of the Lord." -- joshua 6:7 +. +When Joshua gave the army its orders, the seven priests carrying the seven rams' horns before the Lord moved ahead and blew the horns as the ark of the covenant of the Lord followed behind. -- joshua 6:8 +. +Armed troops marched ahead of the priests blowing the horns, while the rear guard followed along behind the ark blowing rams' horns. -- joshua 6:9 +. +Now Joshua had instructed the army, "Do not give a battle cry or raise your voices; say nothing until the day I tell you, 'Give the battle cry.' Then give the battle cry!" -- joshua 6:10 +. +So Joshua made sure they marched the ark of the Lord around the city one time. Then they went back to the camp and spent the night there. -- joshua 6:11 +. +Bright and early the next morning Joshua had the priests pick up the ark of the Lord. -- joshua 6:12 +. +The seven priests carrying the seven rams' horns before the ark of the Lord marched along blowing their horns. Armed troops marched ahead of them, while the rear guard followed along behind the ark of the Lord blowing rams' horns. -- joshua 6:13 +. +They marched around the city one time on the second day, then returned to the camp. They did this six days in all. -- joshua 6:14 +. +On the seventh day they were up at the crack of dawn and marched around the city as before - only this time they marched around it seven times. -- joshua 6:15 +. +The seventh time around, the priests blew the rams' horns and Joshua told the army, "Give the battle cry, for the Lord is handing the city over to you! -- joshua 6:16 +. +The city and all that is in it must be set apart for the Lord, except for Rahab the prostitute and all who are with her in her house, because she hid the spies we sent. -- joshua 6:17 +. +But be careful when you are setting apart the riches for the Lord. If you take any of it, you will make the Israelite camp subject to annihilation and cause a disaster. -- joshua 6:18 +. +All the silver and gold, as well as bronze and iron items, belong to the Lord. They must go into the Lord's treasury." -- joshua 6:19 +. +The rams' horns sounded and when the army heard the signal, they gave a loud battle cry. The wall collapsed and the warriors charged straight ahead into the city and captured it. -- joshua 6:20 +. +They annihilated with the sword everything that breathed in the city, including men and women, young and old, as well as cattle, sheep, and donkeys. -- joshua 6:21 +. +Joshua told the two men who had spied on the land, "Enter the prostitute's house and bring out the woman and all who belong to her as you promised her." -- joshua 6:22 +. +So the young spies went and brought out Rahab, her father, mother, brothers, and all who belonged to her. They brought out her whole family and took them to a place outside the Israelite camp. -- joshua 6:23 +. +But they burned the city and all that was in it, except for the silver, gold, and bronze and iron items they put in the treasury of the Lord's house. -- joshua 6:24 +. +Yet Joshua spared Rahab the prostitute, her father's family, and all who belonged to her. She lives in Israel to this very day because she hid the messengers Joshua sent to spy on Jericho. -- joshua 6:25 +. +At that time Joshua made this solemn declaration: "The man who attempts to rebuild this city of Jericho will stand condemned before the Lord. He will lose his firstborn son when he lays its foundations and his youngest son when he erects its gates!" -- joshua 6:26 +. +The Lord was with Joshua and he became famous throughout the land. -- joshua 6:27 +. +But the Israelites disobeyed the command about the city's riches. Achan son of Carmi, son of Zabdi, son of Zerah, from the tribe of Judah, stole some of the riches. The Lord was furious with the Israelites. -- joshua 7:1 +. +Joshua sent men from Jericho to Ai (which is located near Beth Aven, east of Bethel) and instructed them, "Go up and spy on the land." So the men went up and spied on Ai. -- joshua 7:2 +. +They returned and reported to Joshua, "Don't send the whole army. About two or three thousand men are adequate to defeat Ai. Don't tire out the whole army, for Ai is small." -- joshua 7:3 +. +So about three thousand men went up, but they fled from the men of Ai. -- joshua 7:4 +. +The men of Ai killed about thirty-six of them and chased them from in front of the city gate all the way to the fissures and defeated them on the steep slope. The people's courage melted away like water. -- joshua 7:5 +. +Joshua tore his clothes; he and the leaders of Israel lay face down on the ground before the ark of the Lord until evening and threw dirt on their heads. -- joshua 7:6 +. +Joshua prayed, "O, Master, Lord! Why did you bring these people across the Jordan to hand us over to the Amorites so they could destroy us? -- joshua 7:7 +. +If only we had been satisfied to live on the other side of the Jordan! O Lord, what can I say now that Israel has retreated before its enemies? -- joshua 7:8 +. +When the Canaanites and all who live in the land hear about this, they will turn against us and destroy the very memory of us from the earth. What will you do to protect your great reputation?" -- joshua 7:9 +. +The Lord responded to Joshua, "Get up! Why are you lying there face down? -- joshua 7:10 +. +Israel has sinned; they have violated my covenantal commandment! They have taken some of the riches; they have stolen them and deceitfully put them among their own possessions. -- joshua 7:11 +. +The Israelites are unable to stand before their enemies; they retreat because they have become subject to annihilation. I will no longer be with you, unless you destroy what has contaminated you. -- joshua 7:12 +. +Get up! Ritually consecrate the people and tell them this: 'Ritually consecrate yourselves for tomorrow, because the Lord God of Israel says, "You are contaminated, O Israel! You will not be able to stand before your enemies until you remove what is contaminating you." -- joshua 7:13 +. +In the morning you must approach in tribal order. The tribe the Lord selects must approach by clans. The clan the Lord selects must approach by families. The family the Lord selects must approach man by man. -- joshua 7:14 +. +The one caught with the riches must be burned up along with all who belong to him, because he violated the Lord's covenant and did such a disgraceful thing in Israel.'" -- joshua 7:15 +. +Bright and early the next morning Joshua made Israel approach in tribal order and the tribe of Judah was selected. -- joshua 7:16 +. +He then made the clans of Judah approach and the clan of the Zerahites was selected. He made the clan of the Zerahites approach and Zabdi was selected. -- joshua 7:17 +. +He then made Zabdi's family approach man by man and Achan son of Carmi, son of Zabdi, son of Zerah, from the tribe of Judah, was selected. -- joshua 7:18 +. +So Joshua said to Achan, "My son, honor the Lord God of Israel and give him praise! Tell me what you did; don't hide anything from me!" -- joshua 7:19 +. +Achan told Joshua, "It is true. I have sinned against the Lord God of Israel in this way: -- joshua 7:20 +. +I saw among the goods we seized a nice robe from Babylon, two hundred silver pieces, and a bar of gold weighing fifty shekels. I wanted them, so I took them. They are hidden in the ground right in the middle of my tent with the silver underneath." -- joshua 7:21 +. +Joshua sent messengers who ran to the tent. The things were hidden right in his tent, with the silver underneath. -- joshua 7:22 +. +They took it all from the middle of the tent, brought it to Joshua and all the Israelites, and placed it before the Lord. -- joshua 7:23 +. +Then Joshua and all Israel took Achan, son of Zerah, along with the silver, the robe, the bar of gold, his sons, daughters, ox, donkey, sheep, tent, and all that belonged to him and brought them up to the Valley of Disaster. -- joshua 7:24 +. +Joshua said, "Why have you brought disaster on us? The Lord will bring disaster on you today!" All Israel stoned him to death. (They also stoned and burned the others.) -- joshua 7:25 +. +Then they erected over him a large pile of stones (it remains to this very day) and the Lord's anger subsided. So that place is called the Valley of Disaster to this very day. -- joshua 7:26 +. +The Lord told Joshua, "Don't be afraid and don't panic! Take the whole army with you and march against Ai! See, I am handing over to you the king of Ai, along with his people, city, and land. -- joshua 8:1 +. +Do to Ai and its king what you did to Jericho and its king, except you may plunder its goods and cattle. Set an ambush behind the city!" -- joshua 8:2 +. +Joshua and the whole army marched against Ai. Joshua selected thirty thousand brave warriors and sent them out at night. -- joshua 8:3 +. +He told them, "Look, set an ambush behind the city. Don't go very far from the city; all of you be ready! -- joshua 8:4 +. +I and all the troops who are with me will approach the city. When they come out to fight us like before, we will retreat from them. -- joshua 8:5 +. +They will attack us until we have lured them from the city, for they will say, 'They are retreating from us like before.' We will retreat from them. -- joshua 8:6 +. +Then you rise up from your hiding place and seize the city. The Lord your God will hand it over to you. -- joshua 8:7 +. +When you capture the city, set it on fire. Do as the Lord says! See, I have given you orders." -- joshua 8:8 +. +Joshua sent them away and they went to their hiding place west of Ai, between Bethel and Ai. Joshua spent that night with the army. -- joshua 8:9 +. +Bright and early the next morning Joshua gathered the army, and he and the leaders of Israel marched at the head of it to Ai. -- joshua 8:10 +. +All the troops that were with him marched up and drew near the city. They camped north of Ai on the other side of the valley. -- joshua 8:11 +. +He took five thousand men and set an ambush west of the city between Bethel and Ai. -- joshua 8:12 +. +The army was in position - the main army north of the city and the rear guard west of the city. That night Joshua went into the middle of the valley. -- joshua 8:13 +. +When the king of Ai saw Israel, he and his whole army quickly got up the next day and went out to fight Israel at the meeting place near the Arabah. But he did not realize men were hiding behind the city. -- joshua 8:14 +. +Joshua and all Israel pretended to be defeated by them and they retreated along the way to the desert. -- joshua 8:15 +. +All the reinforcements in Ai were ordered to chase them; they chased Joshua and were lured away from the city. -- joshua 8:16 +. +No men were left in Ai or Bethel; they all went out after Israel. They left the city wide open and chased Israel. -- joshua 8:17 +. +The Lord told Joshua, "Hold out toward Ai the curved sword in your hand, for I am handing the city over to you." So Joshua held out toward Ai the curved sword in his hand. -- joshua 8:18 +. +When he held out his hand, the men waiting in ambush rose up quickly from their place and attacked. They entered the city, captured it, and immediately set it on fire. -- joshua 8:19 +. +When the men of Ai turned around, they saw the smoke from the city ascending into the sky and were so shocked they were unable to flee in any direction. In the meantime the men who were retreating to the desert turned against their pursuers. -- joshua 8:20 +. +When Joshua and all Israel saw that the men in ambush had captured the city and that the city was going up in smoke, they turned around and struck down the men of Ai. -- joshua 8:21 +. +At the same time the men who had taken the city came out to fight, and the men of Ai were trapped in the middle. The Israelites struck them down, leaving no survivors or refugees. -- joshua 8:22 +. +But they captured the king of Ai alive and brought him to Joshua. -- joshua 8:23 +. +When Israel had finished killing all the men of Ai who had chased them toward the desert (they all fell by the sword), all Israel returned to Ai and put the sword to it. -- joshua 8:24 +. +Twelve thousand men and women died that day, including all the men of Ai. -- joshua 8:25 +. +Joshua kept holding out his curved sword until Israel had annihilated all who lived in Ai. -- joshua 8:26 +. +But Israel did plunder the cattle and the goods of the city, in accordance with the Lord's orders to Joshua. -- joshua 8:27 +. +Joshua burned Ai and made it a permanently uninhabited mound (it remains that way to this very day). -- joshua 8:28 +. +He hung the king of Ai on a tree, leaving him exposed until evening. At sunset Joshua ordered that his corpse be taken down from the tree. They threw it down at the entrance of the city gate and erected over it a large pile of stones (it remains to this very day). -- joshua 8:29 +. +Then Joshua built an altar for the Lord God of Israel on Mount Ebal, -- joshua 8:30 +. +just as Moses the Lord's servant had commanded the Israelites. As described in the law scroll of Moses, it was made with uncut stones untouched by an iron tool. They offered burnt sacrifices on it and sacrificed tokens of peace. -- joshua 8:31 +. +There, in the presence of the Israelites, Joshua inscribed on the stones a duplicate of the law written by Moses. -- joshua 8:32 +. +All the people, rulers, leaders, and judges were standing on either side of the ark, in front of the Levitical priests who carried the ark of the covenant of the Lord. Both resident foreigners and native Israelites were there. Half the people stood in front of Mount Gerizim and the other half in front of Mount Ebal, as Moses the Lord's servant had previously instructed to them to do for the formal blessing ceremony. -- joshua 8:33 +. +Then Joshua read aloud all the words of the law, including the blessings and the curses, just as they are written in the law scroll. -- joshua 8:34 +. +Joshua read aloud every commandment Moses had given before the whole assembly of Israel, including the women, children, and resident foreigners who lived among them. -- joshua 8:35 +. +When the news reached all the kings on the west side of the Jordan - in the hill country, the lowlands, and all along the Mediterranean coast as far as Lebanon (including the Hittites, Amorites, Canaanites, Perizzites, Hivites, and Jebusites) - -- joshua 9:1 +. +they formed an alliance to fight against Joshua and Israel. -- joshua 9:2 +. +When the residents of Gibeon heard what Joshua did to Jericho and Ai, -- joshua 9:3 +. +they did something clever. They collected some provisions and put worn-out sacks on their donkeys, along with worn-out wineskins that were ripped and patched. -- joshua 9:4 +. +They had worn-out, patched sandals on their feet and dressed in worn-out clothes. All their bread was dry and hard. -- joshua 9:5 +. +They came to Joshua at the camp in Gilgal and said to him and the men of Israel, "We have come from a distant land. Make a treaty with us." -- joshua 9:6 +. +The men of Israel said to the Hivites, "Perhaps you live near us. So how can we make a treaty with you?" -- joshua 9:7 +. +But they said to Joshua, "We are willing to be your subjects." So Joshua said to them, "Who are you and where do you come from?" -- joshua 9:8 +. +They told him, "Your subjects have come from a very distant land because of the reputation of the Lord your God, for we have heard the news about all he did in Egypt -- joshua 9:9 +. +and all he did to the two Amorite kings on the other side of the Jordan - King Sihon of Heshbon and King Og of Bashan in Ashtaroth. -- joshua 9:10 +. +Our leaders and all who live in our land told us, 'Take provisions for your journey and go meet them. Tell them, "We are willing to be your subjects. Make a treaty with us."' -- joshua 9:11 +. +This bread of ours was warm when we packed it in our homes the day we started out to meet you, but now it is dry and hard. -- joshua 9:12 +. +These wineskins we filled were brand new, but look how they have ripped. Our clothes and sandals have worn out because it has been a very long journey." -- joshua 9:13 +. +The men examined some of their provisions, but they failed to ask the Lord's advice. -- joshua 9:14 +. +Joshua made a peace treaty with them and agreed to let them live. The leaders of the community sealed it with an oath. -- joshua 9:15 +. +Three days after they made the treaty with them, the Israelites found out they were from the local area and lived nearby. -- joshua 9:16 +. +So the Israelites set out and on the third day arrived at their cities - Gibeon, Kephirah, Beeroth, and Kiriath Jearim. -- joshua 9:17 +. +The Israelites did not attack them because the leaders of the community had sworn an oath to them in the name of the Lord God of Israel. The whole community criticized the leaders, -- joshua 9:18 +. +but all the leaders told the whole community, "We swore an oath to them in the name of the Lord God of Israel. So now we can't hurt them! -- joshua 9:19 +. +We must let them live so we can escape the curse attached to the oath we swore to them." -- joshua 9:20 +. +The leaders then added, "Let them live." So they became woodcutters and water carriers for the whole community, as the leaders had decided. -- joshua 9:21 +. +Joshua summoned the Gibeonites and said to them, "Why did you trick us by saying, 'We live far away from you,' when you really live nearby? -- joshua 9:22 +. +Now you are condemned to perpetual servitude as woodcutters and water carriers for the house of my God." -- joshua 9:23 +. +They said to Joshua, "It was carefully reported to your subjects how the Lord your God commanded Moses his servant to assign you the whole land and to destroy all who live in the land from before you. Because of you we were terrified we would lose our lives, so we did this thing. -- joshua 9:24 +. +So now we are in your power. Do to us what you think is good and appropriate. -- joshua 9:25 +. +Joshua did as they said; he kept the Israelites from killing them -- joshua 9:26 +. +and that day made them woodcutters and water carriers for the community and for the altar of the Lord at the divinely chosen site. (They continue in that capacity to this very day.) -- joshua 9:27 +. +Adoni-Zedek, king of Jerusalem, heard how Joshua captured Ai and annihilated it and its king as he did Jericho and its king. He also heard how the people of Gibeon made peace with Israel and lived among them. -- joshua 10:1 +. +All Jerusalem was terrified because Gibeon was a large city, like one of the royal cities. It was larger than Ai and all its men were warriors. -- joshua 10:2 +. +So King Adoni-Zedek of Jerusalem sent this message to King Hoham of Hebron, King Piram of Jarmuth, King Japhia of Lachish, and King Debir of Eglon: -- joshua 10:3 +. +"Come to my aid so we can attack Gibeon, for it has made peace with Joshua and the Israelites." -- joshua 10:4 +. +So the five Amorite kings (the kings of Jerusalem, Hebron, Jarmuth, Lachish, and Eglon) and all their troops gathered together and advanced. They deployed their troops and fought against Gibeon. -- joshua 10:5 +. +The men of Gibeon sent this message to Joshua at the camp in Gilgal, "Do not abandon your subjects! Rescue us! Help us! For all the Amorite kings living in the hill country are attacking us." -- joshua 10:6 +. +So Joshua and his whole army, including the bravest warriors, marched up from Gilgal. -- joshua 10:7 +. +The Lord told Joshua, "Don't be afraid of them, for I am handing them over to you. Not one of them can resist you." -- joshua 10:8 +. +Joshua attacked them by surprise after marching all night from Gilgal. -- joshua 10:9 +. +The Lord routed them before Israel. Israel thoroughly defeated them at Gibeon. They chased them up the road to the pass of Beth Horon and struck them down all the way to Azekah and Makkedah. -- joshua 10:10 +. +As they fled from Israel on the slope leading down from Beth Horon, the Lord threw down on them large hailstones from the sky, all the way to Azekah. They died - in fact, more died from the hailstones than the Israelites killed with the sword. -- joshua 10:11 +. +The day the Lord delivered the Amorites over to the Israelites, Joshua prayed to the Lord before Israel: "O sun, stand still over Gibeon! O moon, over the Valley of Aijalon!" -- joshua 10:12 +. +The sun stood still and the moon stood motionless while the nation took vengeance on its enemies. The event is recorded in the Scroll of the Upright One. The sun stood motionless in the middle of the sky and did not set for about a full day. -- joshua 10:13 +. +There has not been a day like it before or since. The Lord obeyed a man, for the Lord fought for Israel! -- joshua 10:14 +. +Then Joshua and all Israel returned to the camp at Gilgal. -- joshua 10:15 +. +The five Amorite kings ran away and hid in the cave at Makkedah. -- joshua 10:16 +. +Joshua was told, "The five kings have been found hiding in the cave at Makkedah." -- joshua 10:17 +. +Joshua said, "Roll large stones over the mouth of the cave and post guards in front of it. -- joshua 10:18 +. +But don't you delay! Chase your enemies and catch them! Don't allow them to retreat to their cities, for the Lord your God is handing them over to you." -- joshua 10:19 +. +Joshua and the Israelites almost totally wiped them out, but some survivors did escape to the fortified cities. -- joshua 10:20 +. +Then the whole army safely returned to Joshua at the camp in Makkedah. No one dared threaten the Israelites. -- joshua 10:21 +. +Joshua said, "Open the cave's mouth and bring the five kings out of the cave to me." -- joshua 10:22 +. +They did as ordered; they brought the five kings out of the cave to him - the kings of Jerusalem, Hebron, Jarmuth, Lachish, and Eglon. -- joshua 10:23 +. +When they brought the kings out to Joshua, he summoned all the men of Israel and said to the commanders of the troops who accompanied him, "Come here and put your feet on the necks of these kings." So they came up and put their feet on their necks. -- joshua 10:24 +. +Then Joshua said to them, "Don't be afraid and don't panic! Be strong and brave, for the Lord will do the same thing to all your enemies you fight. -- joshua 10:25 +. +Then Joshua executed them and hung them on five trees. They were left hanging on the trees until evening. -- joshua 10:26 +. +At sunset Joshua ordered his men to take them down from the trees. They threw them into the cave where they had hidden and piled large stones over the mouth of the cave. (They remain to this very day.) -- joshua 10:27 +. +That day Joshua captured Makkedah and put the sword to it and its king. He annihilated everyone who lived in it; he left no survivors. He did to its king what he had done to the king of Jericho. -- joshua 10:28 +. +Joshua and all Israel marched from Makkedah to Libnah and fought against it. -- joshua 10:29 +. +The Lord handed it and its king over to Israel, and Israel put the sword to all who lived there; they left no survivors. They did to its king what they had done to the king of Jericho. -- joshua 10:30 +. +Joshua and all Israel marched from Libnah to Lachish. He deployed his troops and fought against it. -- joshua 10:31 +. +The Lord handed Lachish over to Israel and they captured it on the second day. They put the sword to all who lived there, just as they had done to Libnah. -- joshua 10:32 +. +Then King Horam of Gezer came up to help Lachish, but Joshua struck down him and his army until no survivors remained. -- joshua 10:33 +. +Joshua and all Israel marched from Lachish to Eglon. They deployed troops and fought against it. -- joshua 10:34 +. +That day they captured it and put the sword to all who lived there. That day they annihilated it just as they had done to Lachish. -- joshua 10:35 +. +Joshua and all Israel marched up from Eglon to Hebron and fought against it. -- joshua 10:36 +. +They captured it and put the sword to its king, all its surrounding cities, and all who lived in it; they left no survivors. As they had done at Eglon, they annihilated it and all who lived there. -- joshua 10:37 +. +Joshua and all Israel turned to Debir and fought against it. -- joshua 10:38 +. +They captured it, its king, and all its surrounding cities and put the sword to them. They annihilated everyone who lived there; they left no survivors. They did to Debir and its king what they had done to Libnah and its king and to Hebron. -- joshua 10:39 +. +Joshua defeated the whole land, including the hill country, the Negev, the lowlands, the slopes, and all their kings. He left no survivors. He annihilated everything that breathed, just as the Lord God of Israel had commanded. -- joshua 10:40 +. +Joshua conquered the area between Kadesh Barnea and Gaza and the whole region of Goshen, all the way to Gibeon. -- joshua 10:41 +. +Joshua captured in one campaign all these kings and their lands, for the Lord God of Israel fought for Israel. -- joshua 10:42 +. +Then Joshua and all Israel returned to the camp at Gilgal. -- joshua 10:43 +. +When King Jabin of Hazor heard the news, he organized a coalition, including King Jobab of Madon, the king of Shimron, the king of Acshaph, -- joshua 11:1 +. +and the northern kings who ruled in the hill country, the Arabah south of Kinnereth, the lowlands, and the heights of Dor to the west. -- joshua 11:2 +. +Canaanites came from the east and west; Amorites, Hittites, Perizzites, and Jebusites from the hill country; and Hivites from below Hermon in the area of Mizpah. -- joshua 11:3 +. +These kings came out with their armies; they were as numerous as the sand on the seashore and had a large number of horses and chariots. -- joshua 11:4 +. +All these kings gathered and joined forces at the Waters of Merom to fight Israel. -- joshua 11:5 +. +The Lord told Joshua, "Don't be afraid of them, for about this time tomorrow I will cause all of them to lie dead before Israel. You must hamstring their horses and burn their chariots." -- joshua 11:6 +. +Joshua and his whole army caught them by surprise at the Waters of Merom and attacked them. -- joshua 11:7 +. +The Lord handed them over to Israel and they struck them down and chased them all the way to Greater Sidon, Misrephoth Maim, and the Mizpah Valley to the east. They struck them down until no survivors remained. -- joshua 11:8 +. +Joshua did to them as the Lord had commanded him; he hamstrung their horses and burned their chariots. -- joshua 11:9 +. +At that time Joshua turned, captured Hazor, and struck down its king with the sword, for Hazor was at that time the leader of all these kingdoms. -- joshua 11:10 +. +They annihilated everyone who lived there with the sword - no one who breathed remained - and burned Hazor. -- joshua 11:11 +. +Joshua captured all these royal cities and all their kings and annihilated them with the sword, as Moses the Lord's servant had commanded. -- joshua 11:12 +. +But Israel did not burn any of the cities located on mounds, except for Hazor; it was the only one Joshua burned. -- joshua 11:13 +. +The Israelites plundered all the goods of these cities and the cattle, but they totally destroyed all the people and allowed no one who breathed to live. -- joshua 11:14 +. +Moses the Lord's servant passed on the Lord's commands to Joshua, and Joshua did as he was told. He did not ignore any of the commands the Lord had given Moses. -- joshua 11:15 +. +Joshua conquered the whole land, including the hill country, all the Negev, all the land of Goshen, the lowlands, the Arabah, the hill country of Israel and its lowlands, -- joshua 11:16 +. +from Mount Halak on up to Seir, as far as Baal Gad in the Lebanon Valley below Mount Hermon. He captured all their kings and executed them. -- joshua 11:17 +. +Joshua campaigned against these kings for quite some time. -- joshua 11:18 +. +No city made peace with the Israelites (except the Hivites living in Gibeon); they had to conquer all of them, -- joshua 11:19 +. +for the Lord determined to make them obstinate so they would attack Israel. He wanted Israel to annihilate them without mercy, as he had instructed Moses. -- joshua 11:20 +. +At that time Joshua attacked and eliminated the Anakites from the hill country - from Hebron, Debir, Anab, and all the hill country of Judah and Israel. Joshua annihilated them and their cities. -- joshua 11:21 +. +No Anakites were left in Israelite territory, though some remained in Gaza, Gath, and Ashdod. -- joshua 11:22 +. +Joshua conquered the whole land, just as the Lord had promised Moses, and he assigned Israel their tribal portions. Then the land was free of war. -- joshua 11:23 +. +Now these are the kings of the land whom the Israelites defeated and drove from their land on the east side of the Jordan, from the Arnon Valley to Mount Hermon, including all the eastern Arabah: -- joshua 12:1 +. +King Sihon of the Amorites who lived in Heshbon and ruled from Aroer (on the edge of the Arnon Valley) - including the city in the middle of the valley and half of Gilead - all the way to the Jabbok Valley bordering Ammonite territory. -- joshua 12:2 +. +His kingdom included the eastern Arabah from the Sea of Kinnereth to the Sea of the Arabah (the Salt Sea), including the route to Beth Jeshimoth and the area southward below the slopes of Pisgah. -- joshua 12:3 +. +The territory of King Og of Bashan, one of the few remaining Rephaites, who lived in Ashtaroth and Edrei -- joshua 12:4 +. +and ruled over Mount Hermon, Salecah, all of Bashan to the border of the Geshurites and Maacathites, and half of Gilead as far as the border of King Sihon of Heshbon. -- joshua 12:5 +. +Moses the Lord's servant and the Israelites defeated them and Moses the Lord's servant assigned their land to Reuben, Gad, and the half tribe of Manasseh. -- joshua 12:6 +. +These are the kings of the land whom Joshua and the Israelites defeated on the west side of the Jordan, from Baal Gad in the Lebanon Valley to Mount Halak on up to Seir. Joshua assigned this territory to the Israelite tribes, -- joshua 12:7 +. +including the hill country, the lowlands, the Arabah, the slopes, the wilderness, and the Negev - the land of the Hittites, Amorites, Canaanites, Perizzites, Hivites, and Jebusites: -- joshua 12:8 +. +the king of Jericho (one), the king of Ai - located near Bethel - (one), -- joshua 12:9 +. +the king of Jerusalem (one), the king of Hebron (one), -- joshua 12:10 +. +the king of Jarmuth (one), the king of Lachish (one), -- joshua 12:11 +. +the king of Eglon (one), the king of Gezer (one), -- joshua 12:12 +. +the king of Debir (one), the king of Geder (one), -- joshua 12:13 +. +the king of Hormah (one), the king of Arad (one), -- joshua 12:14 +. +the king of Libnah (one), the king of Adullam (one), -- joshua 12:15 +. +the king of Makkedah (one), the king of Bethel (one), -- joshua 12:16 +. +the king of Tappuah (one), the king of Hepher (one), -- joshua 12:17 +. +the king of Aphek (one), the king of Lasharon (one), -- joshua 12:18 +. +the king of Madon (one), the king of Hazor (one), -- joshua 12:19 +. +the king of Shimron Meron (one), the king of Acshaph (one), -- joshua 12:20 +. +the king of Taanach (one), the king of Megiddo (one), -- joshua 12:21 +. +the king of Kedesh (one), the king of Jokneam near Carmel (one), -- joshua 12:22 +. +the king of Dor - near Naphath Dor - (one), the king of Goyim - near Gilgal - (one), -- joshua 12:23 +. +the king of Tirzah (one), a total of thirty-one kings. -- joshua 12:24 +. +When Joshua was very old, the Lord told him, "You are very old, and a great deal of land remains to be conquered. -- joshua 13:1 +. +This is the land that remains: all the territory of the Philistines and all the Geshurites, -- joshua 13:2 +. +from the Shihor River east of Egypt northward to the territory of Ekron (it is regarded as Canaanite territory), including the area belonging to the five Philistine lords who ruled in Gaza, Ashdod, Ashkelon, Gath, and Ekron, as well as Avvite land -- joshua 13:3 +. +to the south; all the Canaanite territory, from Arah in the region of Sidon to Aphek, as far as Amorite territory; -- joshua 13:4 +. +the territory of Byblos and all Lebanon to the east, from Baal Gad below Mount Hermon to Lebo Hamath. -- joshua 13:5 +. +I will drive out before the Israelites all who live in the hill country from Lebanon to Misrephoth Maim, all the Sidonians; you be sure to parcel it out to Israel as I instructed you." -- joshua 13:6 +. +Now, divide up this land among the nine tribes and the half-tribe of Manasseh." -- joshua 13:7 +. +The other half of Manasseh, Reuben, and Gad received their allotted tribal lands beyond the Jordan, just as Moses, the Lord's servant, had assigned them. -- joshua 13:8 +. +Their territory started from Aroer (on the edge of the Arnon Valley), included the city in the middle of the valley, the whole plain of Medeba as far as Dibon, -- joshua 13:9 +. +and all the cities of King Sihon of the Amorites who ruled in Heshbon, and ended at the Ammonite border. -- joshua 13:10 +. +Their territory also included Gilead, Geshurite and Maacathite territory, all Mount Hermon, and all Bashan to Salecah - -- joshua 13:11 +. +the whole kingdom of Og in Bashan, who ruled in Ashtaroth and Edrei. (He was one of the few remaining Rephaites.) Moses defeated them and took their lands. -- joshua 13:12 +. +But the Israelites did not conquer the Geshurites and Maacathites; Geshur and Maacah live among Israel to this very day. -- joshua 13:13 +. +However, Moses did not assign land as an inheritance to the Levites; their inheritance is the sacrificial offerings made to the Lord God of Israel, as he instructed them. -- joshua 13:14 +. +Moses assigned land to the tribe of Reuben by its clans. -- joshua 13:15 +. +Their territory started at Aroer (on the edge of the Arnon Valley) and included the city in the middle of the valley, the whole plain of Medeba, -- joshua 13:16 +. +Heshbon and all its surrounding cities on the plain, including Dibon, Bamoth Baal, Beth Baal Meon, -- joshua 13:17 +. +Jahaz, Kedemoth, Mephaath, -- joshua 13:18 +. +Kiriathaim, Sibmah, Zereth Shahar on the hill in the valley, -- joshua 13:19 +. +Beth Peor, the slopes of Pisgah, and Beth Jeshimoth. -- joshua 13:20 +. +It encompassed all the cities of the plain and the whole realm of King Sihon of the Amorites who ruled in Heshbon. Moses defeated him and the Midianite leaders Evi, Rekem, Zur, Hur, and Reba (they were subjects of Sihon and lived in his territory). -- joshua 13:21 +. +The Israelites killed Balaam son of Beor, the omen reader, along with the others. -- joshua 13:22 +. +The border of the tribe of Reuben was the Jordan. The land allotted to the tribe of Reuben by its clans included these cities and their towns. -- joshua 13:23 +. +Moses assigned land to the tribe of Gad by its clans. -- joshua 13:24 +. +Their territory included Jazer, all the cities of Gilead, and half of Ammonite territory as far as Aroer near Rabbah. -- joshua 13:25 +. +Their territory ran from Heshbon to Ramath Mizpah and Betonim, and from Mahanaim to the territory of Debir. -- joshua 13:26 +. +It included the valley of Beth Haram, Beth Nimrah, Succoth, and Zaphon, and the rest of the realm of King Sihon of Heshbon, the area east of the Jordan to the end of the Sea of Kinnereth. -- joshua 13:27 +. +The land allotted to the tribe of Gad by its clans included these cities and their towns. -- joshua 13:28 +. +Moses assigned land to the half-tribe of Manasseh by its clans. -- joshua 13:29 +. +Their territory started at Mahanaim and encompassed all Bashan, the whole realm of King Og of Bashan, including all sixty cities in Havvoth Jair in Bashan. -- joshua 13:30 +. +Half of Gilead, Ashtaroth, and Edrei, cities in the kingdom of Og in Bashan, were assigned to the descendants of Makir son of Manasseh, to half the descendants of Makir by their clans. -- joshua 13:31 +. +These are the land assignments made by Moses on the plains of Moab east of the Jordan River opposite Jericho. -- joshua 13:32 +. +However, Moses did not assign land as an inheritance to the Levites; their inheritance is the Lord God of Israel, as he instructed them. -- joshua 13:33 +. +The following is a record of the territory assigned to the Israelites in the land of Canaan by Eleazar the priest, Joshua son of Nun, and the Israelite tribal leaders. -- joshua 14:1 +. +The land assignments to the nine-and-a-half tribes were made by drawing lots, as the Lord had instructed Moses. -- joshua 14:2 +. +Now Moses had assigned land to the two-and-a-half tribes east of the Jordan, but he assigned no land to the Levites. -- joshua 14:3 +. +The descendants of Joseph were considered as two tribes, Manasseh and Ephraim. The Levites were allotted no territory, though they were assigned cities in which to live, along with the grazing areas for their cattle and possessions. -- joshua 14:4 +. +The Israelites followed the Lord's instructions to Moses and divided up the land. -- joshua 14:5 +. +The men of Judah approached Joshua in Gilgal, and Caleb son of Jephunneh the Kenizzite said to him, "You know what the Lord said about you and me to Moses, the man of God, at Kadesh Barnea. -- joshua 14:6 +. +I was forty years old when Moses, the Lord's servant, sent me from Kadesh Barnea to spy on the land and I brought back to him an honest report. -- joshua 14:7 +. +My countrymen who accompanied me frightened the people, but I remained loyal to the Lord my God. -- joshua 14:8 +. +That day Moses made this solemn promise: 'Surely the land on which you walked will belong to you and your descendants permanently, for you remained loyal to the Lord your God.' -- joshua 14:9 +. +So now, look, the Lord has preserved my life, just as he promised, these past forty-five years since the Lord spoke these words to Moses, during which Israel traveled through the wilderness. Now look, I am today eighty-five years old. -- joshua 14:10 +. +Today I am still as strong as when Moses sent me out. I can fight and go about my daily activities with the same energy I had then. -- joshua 14:11 +. +Now, assign me this hill country which the Lord promised me at that time! No doubt you heard at that time that the Anakites live there in large, fortified cities. But, assuming the Lord is with me, I will conquer them, as the Lord promised." -- joshua 14:12 +. +Joshua asked God to empower Caleb son of Jephunneh and assigned him Hebron. -- joshua 14:13 +. +So Hebron remains the assigned land of Caleb son of Jephunneh the Kenizzite to this very day because he remained loyal to the Lord God of Israel. -- joshua 14:14 +. +(Hebron used to be called Kiriath Arba. Arba was a famous Anakite.) Then the land was free of war. -- joshua 14:15 +. +The land allotted to the tribe of Judah by its clans reached to the border of Edom, to the Wilderness of Zin in the Negev far to the south. -- joshua 15:1 +. +Their southern border started at the southern tip of the Salt Sea, -- joshua 15:2 +. +extended south of the Scorpion Ascent, crossed to Zin, went up from the south to Kadesh Barnea, crossed to Hezron, went up to Addar, and turned toward Karka. -- joshua 15:3 +. +It then crossed to Azmon, extended to the Stream of Egypt, and ended at the sea. This was their southern border. -- joshua 15:4 +. +The eastern border was the Salt Sea to the mouth of the Jordan River. The northern border started north of the Salt Sea at the mouth of the Jordan, -- joshua 15:5 +. +went up to Beth Hoglah, crossed north of Beth Arabah, and went up to the Stone of Bohan son of Reuben. -- joshua 15:6 +. +It then went up to Debir from the Valley of Achor, turning northward to Gilgal (which is opposite the Pass of Adummim south of the valley), crossed to the waters of En Shemesh and extended to En Rogel. -- joshua 15:7 +. +It then went up the Valley of Ben Hinnom to the slope of the Jebusites on the south (that is, Jerusalem), going up to the top of the hill opposite the Valley of Ben Hinnom to the west, which is at the end of the Valley of the Rephaites to the north. -- joshua 15:8 +. +It then went from the top of the hill to the spring of the waters of Nephtoah, extended to the cities of Mount Ephron, and went to Baalah (that is, Kiriath Jearim). -- joshua 15:9 +. +It then turned from Baalah westward to Mount Seir, crossed to the slope of Mount Jearim on the north (that is Kesalon), descended to Beth Shemesh, and crossed to Timnah. -- joshua 15:10 +. +It then extended to the slope of Ekron to the north, went toward Shikkeron, crossed to Mount Baalah, extended to Jabneel, and ended at the sea. -- joshua 15:11 +. +The western border was the Mediterranean Sea. These were the borders of the tribe of Judah and its clans. -- joshua 15:12 +. +Caleb son of Jephunneh was assigned Kiriath Arba (that is Hebron) within the tribe of Judah, according to the Lord's instructions to Joshua. (Arba was the father of Anak.) -- joshua 15:13 +. +Caleb drove out from there three Anakites - Sheshai, Ahiman, and Talmai, descendants of Anak. -- joshua 15:14 +. +From there he attacked the people of Debir. (Debir used to be called Kiriath Sepher.) -- joshua 15:15 +. +Caleb said, "To the man who attacks and captures Kiriath Sepher I will give my daughter Acsah as a wife." -- joshua 15:16 +. +When Othniel son of Kenaz, Caleb's brother, captured it, Caleb gave Acsah his daughter to him as a wife. -- joshua 15:17 +. +One time Acsah came and charmed her father so that she could ask him for some land. When she got down from her donkey, Caleb said to her, "What would you like?" -- joshua 15:18 +. +She answered, "Please give me a special present. Since you have given me land in the Negev, now give me springs of water. So he gave her both upper and lower springs. -- joshua 15:19 +. +This is the land assigned to the tribe of Judah by its clans: -- joshua 15:20 +. +These cities were located at the southern extremity of Judah's tribal land near the border of Edom: Kabzeel, Eder, Jagur, -- joshua 15:21 +. +Kinah, Dimonah, Adadah, -- joshua 15:22 +. +Kedesh, Hazor, Ithnan, -- joshua 15:23 +. +Ziph, Telem, Bealoth, -- joshua 15:24 +. +Hazor Hadattah, Kerioth Hezron (that is, Hazor), -- joshua 15:25 +. +Amam, Shema, Moladah, -- joshua 15:26 +. +Hazar Gaddah, Heshbon, Beth Pelet, -- joshua 15:27 +. +Hazar Shual, Beer Sheba, Biziothiah, -- joshua 15:28 +. +Baalah, Iim, Ezem, -- joshua 15:29 +. +Eltolad, Kesil, Hormah, -- joshua 15:30 +. +Ziklag, Madmannah, Sansannah, -- joshua 15:31 +. +Lebaoth, Shilhim, Ain, and Rimmon - a total of twenty-nine cities and their towns. -- joshua 15:32 +. +These cities were in the lowlands: Eshtaol, Zorah, Ashnah, -- joshua 15:33 +. +Zanoah, En Gannim, Tappuah, Enam, -- joshua 15:34 +. +Jarmuth, Adullam, Socoh, Azekah, -- joshua 15:35 +. +Shaaraim, Adithaim, and Gederah (or Gederothaim) - a total of fourteen cities and their towns. -- joshua 15:36 +. +Zenan, Hadashah, Migdal Gad, -- joshua 15:37 +. +Dilean, Mizpah, Joktheel, -- joshua 15:38 +. +Lachish, Bozkath, Eglon, -- joshua 15:39 +. +Cabbon, Lahmas, Kitlish, -- joshua 15:40 +. +Gederoth, Beth Dagon, Naamah, and Makkedah - a total of sixteen cities and their towns. -- joshua 15:41 +. +Libnah, Ether, Ashan, -- joshua 15:42 +. +Iphtah, Ashnah, Nezib, -- joshua 15:43 +. +Keilah, Aczib, and Mareshah - a total of nine cities and their towns. -- joshua 15:44 +. +Ekron and its surrounding towns and settlements; -- joshua 15:45 +. +from Ekron westward, all those in the vicinity of Ashdod and their towns; -- joshua 15:46 +. +Ashdod with its surrounding towns and settlements, and Gaza with its surrounding towns and settlements, as far as the Stream of Egypt and the border at the Mediterranean Sea. -- joshua 15:47 +. +These cities were in the hill country: Shamir, Jattir, Socoh, -- joshua 15:48 +. +Dannah, Kiriath Sannah (that is, Debir), -- joshua 15:49 +. +Anab, Eshtemoh, Anim, -- joshua 15:50 +. +Goshen, Holon, and Giloh - a total of eleven cities and their towns. -- joshua 15:51 +. +Arab, Dumah, Eshan, -- joshua 15:52 +. +Janim, Beth Tappuah, Aphekah, -- joshua 15:53 +. +Humtah, Kiriath Arba (that is, Hebron), and Zior - a total of nine cities and their towns. -- joshua 15:54 +. +Maon, Carmel, Ziph, Juttah, -- joshua 15:55 +. +Jezreel, Jokdeam, Zanoah, -- joshua 15:56 +. +Kain, Gibeah, and Timnah - a total of ten cities and their towns. -- joshua 15:57 +. +Halhul, Beth Zur, Gedor, -- joshua 15:58 +. +Maarath, Beth Anoth, and Eltekon - a total of six cities and their towns. -- joshua 15:59 +. +Kiriath Baal (that is, Kiriath Jearim) and Rabbah - a total of two cities and their towns. -- joshua 15:60 +. +These cities were in the desert: Beth Arabah, Middin, Secacah, -- joshua 15:61 +. +Nibshan, the city of Salt, and En Gedi - a total of six cities and their towns. -- joshua 15:62 +. +The men of Judah were unable to conquer the Jebusites living in Jerusalem. The Jebusites live with the people of Judah in Jerusalem to this very day. -- joshua 15:63 +. +The land allotted to Joseph's descendants extended from the Jordan at Jericho to the waters of Jericho to the east, through the desert and on up from Jericho into the hill country of Bethel. -- joshua 16:1 +. +The southern border extended from Bethel to Luz, and crossed to Arkite territory at Ataroth. -- joshua 16:2 +. +It then descended westward to Japhletite territory, as far as the territory of lower Beth Horon and Gezer, and ended at the sea. -- joshua 16:3 +. +Joseph's descendants, Manasseh and Ephraim, were assigned their land. -- joshua 16:4 +. +The territory of the tribe of Ephraim by its clans included the following: The border of their assigned land to the east was Ataroth Addar as far as upper Beth Horon. -- joshua 16:5 +. +It then extended on to the sea, with Micmethath on the north. It turned eastward to Taanath Shiloh and crossed it on the east to Janoah. -- joshua 16:6 +. +It then descended from Janoah to Ataroth and Naarah, touched Jericho, and extended to the Jordan River. -- joshua 16:7 +. +From Tappuah it went westward to the Valley of Kanah and ended at the sea. This is the land assigned to the tribe of Ephraim by its clans. -- joshua 16:8 +. +Also included were the cities set apart for the tribe of Ephraim within Manasseh's territory, along with their towns. -- joshua 16:9 +. +The Ephraimites did not conquer the Canaanites living in Gezer. The Canaanites live among the Ephraimites to this very day and do hard labor as their servants. -- joshua 16:10 +. +The tribe of Manasseh, Joseph's firstborn son, was also allotted land. The descendants of Makir, Manasseh's firstborn and the father of Gilead, received land, for they were warriors. They were assigned Gilead and Bashan. -- joshua 17:1 +. +The rest of Manasseh's descendants were also assigned land by their clans, including the descendants of Abiezer, Helek, Asriel, Shechem, Hepher, and Shemida. These are the male descendants of Manasseh son of Joseph by their clans. -- joshua 17:2 +. +Now Zelophehad son of Hepher, son of Gilead, son of Makir, son of Manasseh, had no sons, only daughters. These are the names of his daughters: Mahlah, Noah, Hoglah, Milcah, and Tirzah. -- joshua 17:3 +. +They went before Eleazar the priest, Joshua son of Nun, and the leaders and said, "The Lord told Moses to assign us land among our relatives." So Joshua assigned them land among their uncles, as the Lord had commanded. -- joshua 17:4 +. +Manasseh was allotted ten shares of land, in addition to the land of Gilead and Bashan east of the Jordan, -- joshua 17:5 +. +for the daughters of Manasseh were assigned land among his sons. The land of Gilead belonged to the rest of the descendants of Manasseh. -- joshua 17:6 +. +The border of Manasseh went from Asher to Micmethath which is near Shechem. It then went south toward those who live in Tappuah. -- joshua 17:7 +. +(The land of Tappuah belonged to Manasseh, but Tappuah, located on the border of Manasseh, belonged to the tribe of Ephraim.) -- joshua 17:8 +. +The border then descended southward to the Valley of Kanah. Ephraim was assigned cities there among the cities of Manasseh, but the border of Manasseh was north of the valley and ended at the sea. -- joshua 17:9 +. +Ephraim's territory was to the south, and Manasseh's to the north. The sea was Manasseh's western border and their territory touched Asher on the north and Issachar on the east. -- joshua 17:10 +. +Within Issachar's and Asher's territory Manasseh was assigned Beth Shean, Ibleam, the residents of Dor, En Dor, the residents of Taanach, the residents of Megiddo, the three of Napheth, and the towns surrounding all these cities. -- joshua 17:11 +. +But the men of Manasseh were unable to conquer these cities; the Canaanites managed to remain in those areas. -- joshua 17:12 +. +Whenever the Israelites were strong militarily, they forced the Canaanites to do hard labor, but they never totally conquered them. -- joshua 17:13 +. +The descendants of Joseph said to Joshua, "Why have you assigned us only one tribal allotment? After all, we have many people, for until now the Lord has enabled us to increase in number." -- joshua 17:14 +. +Joshua replied to them, "Since you have so many people, go up into the forest and clear out a place to live in the land of the Perizzites and Rephaites, for the hill country of Ephraim is too small for you." -- joshua 17:15 +. +The descendants of Joseph said, "The whole hill country is inadequate for us, and the Canaanites living down in the valley in Beth Shean and its surrounding towns and in the Valley of Jezreel have chariots with iron-rimmed wheels." -- joshua 17:16 +. +Joshua said to the family of Joseph - to both Ephraim and Manasseh: "You have many people and great military strength. You will not have just one tribal allotment. -- joshua 17:17 +. +The whole hill country will be yours; though it is a forest, you can clear it and it will be entirely yours. You can conquer the Canaanites, though they have chariots with iron-rimmed wheels and are strong." -- joshua 17:18 +. +The entire Israelite community assembled at Shiloh and there they set up the tent of meeting. Though they had subdued the land, -- joshua 18:1 +. +seven Israelite tribes had not been assigned their allotted land. -- joshua 18:2 +. +So Joshua said to the Israelites: "How long do you intend to put off occupying the land the Lord God of your ancestors has given you? -- joshua 18:3 +. +Pick three men from each tribe. I will send them out to walk through the land and make a map of it for me. -- joshua 18:4 +. +Divide it into seven regions. Judah will stay in its territory in the south, and the family of Joseph in its territory in the north. -- joshua 18:5 +. +But as for you, map out the land into seven regions and bring it to me. I will draw lots for you here before the Lord our God. -- joshua 18:6 +. +But the Levites will not have an allotted portion among you, for their inheritance is to serve the Lord. Gad, Reuben, and the half-tribe of Manasseh have already received their allotted land east of the Jordan which Moses the Lord's servant assigned them." -- joshua 18:7 +. +When the men started out, Joshua told those going to map out the land, "Go, walk through the land, map it out, and return to me. Then I will draw lots for you before the Lord here in Shiloh." -- joshua 18:8 +. +The men journeyed through the land and mapped it and its cities out into seven regions on a scroll. Then they came to Joshua at the camp in Shiloh. -- joshua 18:9 +. +Joshua drew lots for them in Shiloh before the Lord and divided the land among the Israelites according to their allotted portions. -- joshua 18:10 +. +The first lot belonged to the tribe of Benjamin by its clans. Their allotted territory was between Judah and Joseph. -- joshua 18:11 +. +Their northern border started at the Jordan, went up to the slope of Jericho on the north, ascended westward to the hill country, and extended to the desert of Beth Aven. -- joshua 18:12 +. +It then crossed from there to Luz, to the slope of Luz to the south (that is, Bethel), and descended to Ataroth Addar located on the hill that is south of lower Beth Horon. -- joshua 18:13 +. +It then turned on the west side southward from the hill near Beth Horon on the south and extended to Kiriath Baal (that is, Kiriath Jearim), a city belonging to the tribe of Judah. This is the western border. -- joshua 18:14 +. +The southern side started on the edge of Kiriath Jearim and extended westward to the spring of the waters of Nephtoah. -- joshua 18:15 +. +The border then descended to the edge of the hill country near the Valley of Ben Hinnom located in the Valley of the Rephaites to the north. It descended through the Valley of Hinnom to the slope of the Jebusites to the south and then down to En Rogel. -- joshua 18:16 +. +It went northward, extending to En Shemesh and Geliloth opposite the Pass of Adummim, and descended to the Stone of Bohan son of Reuben. -- joshua 18:17 +. +It crossed to the slope in front of the Arabah to the north and descended into the Arabah. -- joshua 18:18 +. +It then crossed to the slope of Beth Hoglah to the north and ended at the northern tip of the Salt Sea at the mouth of the Jordan River. This was the southern border. -- joshua 18:19 +. +The Jordan River borders it on the east. These were the borders of the land assigned to the tribe of Benjamin by its clans. -- joshua 18:20 +. +These cities belonged to the tribe of Benjamin by its clans: Jericho, Beth Hoglah, Emek Keziz, -- joshua 18:21 +. +Beth Arabah, Zemaraim, Bethel, -- joshua 18:22 +. +Avvim, Parah, Ophrah, -- joshua 18:23 +. +Kephar Ammoni, Ophni, and Geba - a total of twelve cities and their towns. -- joshua 18:24 +. +Gibeon, Ramah, Beeroth, -- joshua 18:25 +. +Mizpah, Kephirah, Mozah, -- joshua 18:26 +. +Rekem, Irpeel, Taralah, -- joshua 18:27 +. +Zelah, Haeleph, the Jebusite city (that is, Jerusalem), Gibeah, and Kiriath - a total of fourteen cities and their towns. This was the land assigned to the tribe of Benjamin by its clans. -- joshua 18:28 +. +The second lot belonged to the tribe of Simeon by its clans. -- joshua 19:1 +. +Their assigned land included Beer Sheba, Moladah, -- joshua 19:2 +. +Hazar Shual, Balah, Ezem, -- joshua 19:3 +. +Eltolad, Bethul, Hormah, -- joshua 19:4 +. +Ziklag, Beth Marcaboth, Hazar Susah, -- joshua 19:5 +. +Beth Lebaoth, and Sharuhen - a total of thirteen cities and their towns, -- joshua 19:6 +. +Ain, Rimmon, Ether, and Ashan - a total of four cities and their towns, -- joshua 19:7 +. +as well as all the towns around these cities as far as Baalath Beer (Ramah of the Negev). This was the land assigned to the tribe of Simeon by its clans. -- joshua 19:8 +. +Simeon's assigned land was taken from Judah's allotted portion, for Judah's territory was too large for them; so Simeon was assigned land within Judah. -- joshua 19:9 +. +The third lot belonged to the tribe of Zebulun by its clans. The border of their territory extended to Sarid. -- joshua 19:10 +. +Their border went up westward to Maralah and touched Dabbesheth and the valley near Jokneam. -- joshua 19:11 +. +From Sarid it turned eastward to the territory of Kisloth Tabor, extended to Daberath, and went up to Japhia. -- joshua 19:12 +. +From there it crossed eastward to Gath Hepher and Eth Kazin and extended to Rimmon, turning toward Neah. -- joshua 19:13 +. +It then turned on the north to Hannathon and ended at the Valley of Iphtah El. -- joshua 19:14 +. +Their territory included Kattah, Nahalal, Shimron, Idalah, and Bethlehem; in all they had twelve cities and their towns. -- joshua 19:15 +. +This was the land assigned to the tribe of Zebulun by its clans, including these cities and their towns. -- joshua 19:16 +. +The fourth lot belonged to the tribe of Issachar by its clans. -- joshua 19:17 +. +Their assigned land included Jezreel, Kesulloth, Shunem, -- joshua 19:18 +. +Hapharaim, Shion, Anaharath, -- joshua 19:19 +. +Rabbith, Kishion, Ebez, -- joshua 19:20 +. +Remeth, En Gannim, En Haddah and Beth Pazzez. -- joshua 19:21 +. +Their border touched Tabor, Shahazumah, and Beth Shemesh, and ended at the Jordan. They had sixteen cities and their towns. -- joshua 19:22 +. +This was the land assigned to the tribe of Issachar by its clans, including the cities and their towns. -- joshua 19:23 +. +The fifth lot belonged to the tribe of Asher by its clans. -- joshua 19:24 +. +Their territory included Helkath, Hali, Beten, Acshaph, -- joshua 19:25 +. +Alammelech, Amad, and Mishal. Their border touched Carmel to the west and Shihor Libnath. -- joshua 19:26 +. +It turned eastward toward Beth Dagon, touched Zebulun and the Valley of Iphtah El to the north, as well as the Valley of Emek and Neiel, and extended to Cabul on the north -- joshua 19:27 +. +and on to Ebron, Rehob, Hammon, and Kanah, as far as Greater Sidon. -- joshua 19:28 +. +It then turned toward Ramah as far as the fortified city of Tyre, turned to Hosah, and ended at the sea near Hebel, Aczib, -- joshua 19:29 +. +Umah, Aphek, and Rehob. In all they had twenty-two cities and their towns. -- joshua 19:30 +. +This was the land assigned to the tribe of Asher by its clans, including these cities and their towns. -- joshua 19:31 +. +The sixth lot belonged to the tribe of Naphtali by its clans. -- joshua 19:32 +. +Their border started at Heleph and the oak of Zaanannim, went to Adami Nekeb, Jabneel and on to Lakkum, and ended at the Jordan River. -- joshua 19:33 +. +It turned westward to Aznoth Tabor, extended from there to Hukok, touched Zebulun on the south, Asher on the west, and the Jordan on the east. -- joshua 19:34 +. +The fortified cities included Ziddim, Zer, Hammath, Rakkath, Kinnereth, -- joshua 19:35 +. +Adamah, Ramah, Hazor, -- joshua 19:36 +. +Kedesh, Edrei, En Hazor, -- joshua 19:37 +. +Yiron, Migdal El, Horem, Beth Anath, and Beth Shemesh. In all they had nineteen cities and their towns. -- joshua 19:38 +. +This was the land assigned to the tribe of Naphtali by its clans, including the cities and their towns. -- joshua 19:39 +. +The seventh lot belonged to the tribe of Dan by its clans. -- joshua 19:40 +. +Their assigned land included Zorah, Eshtaol, Ir Shemesh, -- joshua 19:41 +. +Shaalabbin, Aijalon, Ithlah, -- joshua 19:42 +. +Elon, Timnah, Ekron, -- joshua 19:43 +. +Eltekeh, Gibbethon, Baalath, -- joshua 19:44 +. +Jehud, Bene Berak, Gath Rimmon, -- joshua 19:45 +. +the waters of Jarkon, and Rakkon, including the territory in front of Joppa. -- joshua 19:46 +. +(The Danites failed to conquer their territory, so they went up and fought with Leshem and captured it. They put the sword to it, took possession of it, and lived in it. They renamed it Dan after their ancestor.) -- joshua 19:47 +. +This was the land assigned to the tribe of Dan by its clans, including these cities and their towns. -- joshua 19:48 +. +When they finished dividing the land into its regions, the Israelites gave Joshua son of Nun some land. -- joshua 19:49 +. +As the Lord had instructed, they gave him the city he requested - Timnath Serah in the Ephraimite hill country. He built up the city and lived in it. -- joshua 19:50 +. +These are the land assignments which Eleazar the priest, Joshua son of Nun, and the Israelite tribal leaders made by drawing lots in Shiloh before the Lord at the entrance of the tent of meeting. So they finished dividing up the land. -- joshua 19:51 +. +The Lord instructed Joshua: -- joshua 20:1 +. +"Have the Israelites select the cities of refuge that I told you about through Moses. -- joshua 20:2 +. +Anyone who accidentally kills someone can escape there; these cities will be a place of asylum from the avenger of blood. -- joshua 20:3 +. +The one who committed manslaughter should escape to one of these cities, stand at the entrance of the city gate, and present his case to the leaders of that city. They should then bring him into the city, give him a place to stay, and let him live there. -- joshua 20:4 +. +When the avenger of blood comes after him, they must not hand over to him the one who committed manslaughter, for he accidentally killed his fellow man without premeditation. -- joshua 20:5 +. +He must remain in that city until his case is decided by the assembly and the high priest dies. Then the one who committed manslaughter may return home to the city from which he escaped." -- joshua 20:6 +. +So they selected Kedesh in Galilee in the hill country of Naphtali, Shechem in the hill country of Ephraim, and Kiriath Arba (that is, Hebron) in the hill country of Judah. -- joshua 20:7 +. +Beyond the Jordan east of Jericho they selected Bezer in the desert on the plain belonging to the tribe of Reuben, Ramoth in Gilead belonging to the tribe of Gad, and Golan in Bashan belonging to the tribe of Manasseh. -- joshua 20:8 +. +These were the cities of refuge appointed for all the Israelites and for resident foreigners living among them. Anyone who accidentally killed someone could escape there and not be executed by the avenger of blood, at least until his case was reviewed by the assembly. -- joshua 20:9 +. +The tribal leaders of the Levites went before Eleazar the priest and Joshua son of Nun and the Israelite tribal leaders -- joshua 21:1 +. +in Shiloh in the land of Canaan and said, "The Lord told Moses to assign us cities in which to live along with the grazing areas for our cattle." -- joshua 21:2 +. +So the Israelites assigned these cities and their grazing areas to the Levites from their own holdings, as the Lord had instructed. -- joshua 21:3 +. +The first lot belonged to the Kohathite clans. The Levites who were descendants of Aaron the priest were allotted thirteen cities from the tribes of Judah, Simeon, and Benjamin. -- joshua 21:4 +. +The rest of Kohath's descendants were allotted ten cities from the clans of the tribe of Ephraim, and from the tribe of Dan and the half-tribe of Manasseh. -- joshua 21:5 +. +Gershon's descendants were allotted thirteen cities from the clans of the tribe of Issachar, and from the tribes of Asher and Naphtali and the half-tribe of Manasseh in Bashan. -- joshua 21:6 +. +Merari's descendants by their clans were allotted twelve cities from the tribes of Reuben, Gad, and Zebulun. -- joshua 21:7 +. +So the Israelites assigned to the Levites by lot these cities and their grazing areas, as the Lord had instructed Moses. -- joshua 21:8 +. +They assigned from the tribes of Judah and Simeon the cities listed below. -- joshua 21:9 +. +They were assigned to the Kohathite clans of the Levites who were descendants of Aaron, for the first lot belonged to them. -- joshua 21:10 +. +They assigned them Kiriath Arba (Arba was the father of Anak), that is, Hebron, in the hill country of Judah, along with its surrounding grazing areas. -- joshua 21:11 +. +(Now the city's fields and surrounding towns they had assigned to Caleb son of Jephunneh as his property.) -- joshua 21:12 +. +So to the descendants of Aaron the priest they assigned Hebron (a city of refuge for one who committed manslaughter), Libnah, -- joshua 21:13 +. +Jattir, Eshtemoa, -- joshua 21:14 +. +Holon, Debir, -- joshua 21:15 +. +Ain, Juttah, and Beth Shemesh, along with the grazing areas of each - a total of nine cities taken from these two tribes. -- joshua 21:16 +. +From the tribe of Benjamin they assigned Gibeon, Geba, -- joshua 21:17 +. +Anathoth, and Almon, along with the grazing areas of each - a total of four cities. -- joshua 21:18 +. +The priests descended from Aaron received thirteen cities and their grazing areas. -- joshua 21:19 +. +The rest of the Kohathite clans of the Levites were allotted cities from the tribe of Ephraim. -- joshua 21:20 +. +They assigned them Shechem (a city of refuge for one who committed manslaughter) in the hill country of Ephraim, Gezer, -- joshua 21:21 +. +Kibzaim, and Beth Horon, along with the grazing areas of each - a total of four cities. -- joshua 21:22 +. +From the tribe of Dan they assigned Eltekeh, Gibbethon, -- joshua 21:23 +. +Aijalon, and Gath Rimmon, along with the grazing areas of each - a total of four cities. -- joshua 21:24 +. +From the half-tribe of Manasseh they assigned Taanach and Gath Rimmon, along with the grazing areas of each - a total of two cities. -- joshua 21:25 +. +The rest of the Kohathite clans received ten cities and their grazing areas. -- joshua 21:26 +. +They assigned to the Gershonite clans of the Levites the following cities: from the half-tribe of Manasseh: Golan in Bashan (a city of refuge for one who committed manslaughter) and Beeshtarah, along with the grazing areas of each - a total of two cities; -- joshua 21:27 +. +from the tribe of Issachar: Kishon, Daberath, -- joshua 21:28 +. +Jarmuth, and En Gannim, along with the grazing areas of each - a total of four cities; -- joshua 21:29 +. +from the tribe of Asher: Mishal, Abdon, -- joshua 21:30 +. +Helkath, and Rehob, along with the grazing areas of each - a total of four cities; -- joshua 21:31 +. +from the tribe of Naphtali: Kedesh in Galilee (a city of refuge for one who committed manslaughter), Hammoth Dor, and Kartan, along with the grazing areas of each - a total of three cities. -- joshua 21:32 +. +The Gershonite clans received thirteen cities and their grazing areas. -- joshua 21:33 +. +They assigned to the Merarite clans (the remaining Levites) the following cities: from the tribe of Zebulun: Jokneam, Kartah, -- joshua 21:34 +. +Dimnah, and Nahalal, along with the grazing areas of each - a total of four cities; -- joshua 21:35 +. + from the tribe of Reuben: Bezer, Jahaz, -- joshua 21:36 +. +Kedemoth, and Mephaath, along with the grazing areas of each - a total of four cities; -- joshua 21:37 +. +from the tribe of Gad: Ramoth in Gilead (a city of refuge for one who committed manslaughter), Mahanaim, -- joshua 21:38 +. +Heshbon, and Jazer, along with the grazing areas of each - a total of four cities. -- joshua 21:39 +. +The Merarite clans (the remaining Levites) were allotted twelve cities. -- joshua 21:40 +. +The Levites received within the land owned by the Israelites forty-eight cities in all and their grazing areas. -- joshua 21:41 +. +Each of these cities had grazing areas around it; they were alike in this regard. -- joshua 21:42 +. +So the Lord gave Israel all the land he had solemnly promised to their ancestors, and they conquered it and lived in it. -- joshua 21:43 +. +The Lord made them secure, in fulfillment of all he had solemnly promised their ancestors. None of their enemies could resist them. -- joshua 21:44 +. +Not one of the Lord's faithful promises to the family of Israel was left unfulfilled; every one was realized. -- joshua 21:45 +. +Then Joshua summoned the Reubenites, Gadites, and the half-tribe of Manasseh -- joshua 22:1 +. +and told them: "You have carried out all the instructions of Moses the Lord's servant, and you have obeyed all I have told you. -- joshua 22:2 +. +You have not abandoned your fellow Israelites this entire time, right up to this very day. You have completed the task given you by the Lord your God. -- joshua 22:3 +. +Now the Lord your God has made your fellow Israelites secure, just as he promised them. So now you may turn around and go to your homes in your own land which Moses the Lord's servant assigned to you east of the Jordan. -- joshua 22:4 +. +But carefully obey the commands and instructions Moses the Lord's servant gave you. Love the Lord your God, follow all his instructions, obey his commands, be loyal to him, and serve him with all your heart and being!" -- joshua 22:5 +. +Joshua rewarded them and sent them on their way; they returned to their homes. -- joshua 22:6 +. +(Now to one half-tribe of Manasseh, Moses had assigned land in Bashan; and to the other half Joshua had assigned land on the west side of the Jordan with their fellow Israelites.) When Joshua sent them home, he rewarded them, -- joshua 22:7 +. +saying, "Take home great wealth, a lot of cattle, silver, gold, bronze, iron, and a lot of clothing. Divide up the goods captured from your enemies with your brothers." -- joshua 22:8 +. +So the Reubenites, Gadites, and half-tribe of Manasseh left the Israelites in Shiloh in the land of Canaan and headed home to their own land in Gilead, which they acquired by the Lord's command through Moses. -- joshua 22:9 +. +The Reubenites, Gadites, and half-tribe of Manasseh came to Geliloth near the Jordan in the land of Canaan and built there, near the Jordan, an impressive altar. -- joshua 22:10 +. +The Israelites received this report: "Look, the Reubenites, Gadites, and half-tribe of Manasseh have built an altar at the entrance to the land of Canaan, at Geliloth near the Jordan on the Israelite side." -- joshua 22:11 +. +When the Israelites heard this, the entire Israelite community assembled at Shiloh to launch an attack against them. -- joshua 22:12 +. +The Israelites sent Phinehas, son of Eleazar, the priest, to the land of Gilead to the Reubenites, Gadites, and the half-tribe of Manasseh. -- joshua 22:13 +. +He was accompanied by ten leaders, one from each of the Israelite tribes, each one a family leader among the Israelite clans. -- joshua 22:14 +. +They went to the land of Gilead to the Reubenites, Gadites, and the half-tribe of Manasseh, and said to them: -- joshua 22:15 +. +"The entire community of the Lord says, 'Why have you disobeyed the God of Israel by turning back today from following the Lord? You built an altar for yourselves and have rebelled today against the Lord. -- joshua 22:16 +. +The sin we committed at Peor was bad enough. To this very day we have not purified ourselves; it even brought a plague on the community of the Lord. -- joshua 22:17 +. +Now today you dare to turn back from following the Lord! You are rebelling today against the Lord; tomorrow he may break out in anger against the entire community of Israel. -- joshua 22:18 +. +But if your own land is impure, cross over to the Lord's own land, where the Lord himself lives, and settle down among us. But don't rebel against the Lord or us by building for yourselves an altar aside from the altar of the Lord our God. -- joshua 22:19 +. +When Achan son of Zerah disobeyed the command about the city's riches, the entire Israelite community was judged, though only one man had sinned. He most certainly died for his sin!'" -- joshua 22:20 +. +The Reubenites, Gadites, and the half-tribe of Manasseh answered the leaders of the Israelite clans: -- joshua 22:21 +. +"El, God, the Lord! El, God, the Lord! He knows the truth! Israel must also know! If we have rebelled or disobeyed the Lord, don't spare us today! -- joshua 22:22 +. +If we have built an altar for ourselves to turn back from following the Lord by making burnt sacrifices and grain offerings on it, or by offering tokens of peace on it, the Lord himself will punish us. -- joshua 22:23 +. +We swear we have done this because we were worried that in the future your descendants would say to our descendants, 'What relationship do you have with the Lord God of Israel? -- joshua 22:24 +. +The Lord made the Jordan a boundary between us and you Reubenites and Gadites. You have no right to worship the Lord.' In this way your descendants might cause our descendants to stop obeying the Lord. -- joshua 22:25 +. +So we decided to build this altar, not for burnt offerings and sacrifices, -- joshua 22:26 +. +but as a reminder to us and you, and to our descendants who follow us, that we will honor the Lord in his very presence with burnt offerings, sacrifices, and tokens of peace. Then in the future your descendants will not be able to say to our descendants, 'You have no right to worship the Lord.' -- joshua 22:27 +. +We said, 'If in the future they say such a thing to us or to our descendants, we will reply, "See the model of the Lord's altar that our ancestors made, not for burnt offerings or sacrifices, but as a reminder to us and you."' -- joshua 22:28 +. +Far be it from us to rebel against the Lord by turning back today from following after the Lord by building an altar for burnt offerings, sacrifices, and tokens of peace aside from the altar of the Lord our God located in front of his dwelling place!" -- joshua 22:29 +. +When Phinehas the priest and the community leaders and clan leaders who accompanied him heard the defense of the Reubenites, Gadites, and the Manassehites, they were satisfied. -- joshua 22:30 +. +Phinehas, son of Eleazar, the priest, said to the Reubenites, Gadites, and the Manassehites, "Today we know that the Lord is among us, because you have not disobeyed the Lord in this. Now you have rescued the Israelites from the Lord's judgment." -- joshua 22:31 +. +Phinehas, son of Eleazar, the priest, and the leaders left the Reubenites and Gadites in the land of Gilead and reported back to the Israelites in the land of Canaan. -- joshua 22:32 +. +The Israelites were satisfied with their report and gave thanks to God. They said nothing more about launching an attack to destroy the land in which the Reubenites and Gadites lived. -- joshua 22:33 +. +The Reubenites and Gadites named the altar, "Surely it is a Reminder to us that the Lord is God." -- joshua 22:34 +. +A long time passed after the Lord made Israel secure from all their enemies, and Joshua was very old. -- joshua 23:1 +. +So Joshua summoned all Israel, including the elders, rulers, judges, and leaders, and told them: "I am very old. -- joshua 23:2 +. +You saw everything the Lord your God did to all these nations on your behalf, for the Lord your God fights for you. -- joshua 23:3 +. +See, I have parceled out to your tribes these remaining nations, from the Jordan to the Mediterranean Sea in the west, including all the nations I defeated. -- joshua 23:4 +. +The Lord your God will drive them out from before you and remove them, so you can occupy their land as the Lord your God promised you. -- joshua 23:5 +. +Be very strong! Carefully obey all that is written in the law scroll of Moses so you won't swerve from it to the right or the left, -- joshua 23:6 +. +or associate with these nations that remain near you. You must not invoke or make solemn declarations by the names of their gods! You must not worship or bow down to them! -- joshua 23:7 +. +But you must be loyal to the Lord your God, as you have been to this very day. -- joshua 23:8 +. +"The Lord drove out from before you great and mighty nations; no one has been able to resist you to this very day. -- joshua 23:9 +. +One of you makes a thousand run away, for the Lord your God fights for you as he promised you he would. -- joshua 23:10 +. +Watch yourselves carefully! Love the Lord your God! -- joshua 23:11 +. +But if you ever turn away and make alliances with these nations that remain near you, and intermarry with them and establish friendly relations with them, -- joshua 23:12 +. +know for certain that the Lord our God will no longer drive out these nations from before you. They will trap and ensnare you; they will be a whip that tears your sides and thorns that blind your eyes until you disappear from this good land the Lord your God gave you. -- joshua 23:13 +. +"Look, today I am about to die. You know with all your heart and being that not even one of all the faithful promises the Lord your God made to you is left unfulfilled; every one was realized - not one promise is unfulfilled! -- joshua 23:14 +. +But in the same way every faithful promise the Lord your God made to you has been realized, it is just as certain, if you disobey, that the Lord will bring on you every judgment until he destroys you from this good land which the Lord your God gave you. -- joshua 23:15 +. +If you violate the covenantal laws of the Lord your God which he commanded you to keep, and follow, worship, and bow down to other gods, the Lord will be very angry with you and you will disappear quickly from the good land which he gave to you." -- joshua 23:16 +. +Joshua assembled all the Israelite tribes at Shechem. He summoned Israel's elders, rulers, judges, and leaders, and they appeared before God. -- joshua 24:1 +. +Joshua told all the people, "Here is what the Lord God of Israel says: 'In the distant past your ancestors lived beyond the Euphrates River, including Terah the father of Abraham and Nahor. They worshiped other gods, -- joshua 24:2 +. +but I took your father Abraham from beyond the Euphrates and brought him into the entire land of Canaan. I made his descendants numerous; I gave him Isaac, -- joshua 24:3 +. +and to Isaac I gave Jacob and Esau. To Esau I assigned Mount Seir, while Jacob and his sons went down to Egypt. -- joshua 24:4 +. +I sent Moses and Aaron, and I struck Egypt down when I intervened in their land. Then I brought you out. -- joshua 24:5 +. +When I brought your fathers out of Egypt, you arrived at the sea. The Egyptians chased your fathers with chariots and horsemen to the Red Sea. -- joshua 24:6 +. +Your fathers cried out for help to the Lord; he made the area between you and the Egyptians dark, and then drowned them in the sea. You witnessed with your very own eyes what I did in Egypt. You lived in the wilderness for a long time. -- joshua 24:7 +. +Then I brought you to the land of the Amorites who lived east of the Jordan. They fought with you, but I handed them over to you; you conquered their land and I destroyed them from before you. -- joshua 24:8 +. +Balak son of Zippor, king of Moab, launched an attack against Israel. He summoned Balaam son of Beor to call down judgment on you. -- joshua 24:9 +. +I refused to respond to Balaam; he kept prophesying good things about you, and I rescued you from his power. -- joshua 24:10 +. +You crossed the Jordan and came to Jericho. The leaders of Jericho, as well as the Amorites, Perizzites, Canaanites, Hittites, Girgashites, Hivites, and Jebusites, fought with you, but I handed them over to you. -- joshua 24:11 +. +I sent terror ahead of you to drive out before you the two Amorite kings. I gave you the victory; it was not by your swords or bows. -- joshua 24:12 +. +I gave you a land in which you had not worked hard; you took up residence in cities you did not build and you are eating the produce of vineyards and olive groves you did not plant.' -- joshua 24:13 +. +Now obey the Lord and worship him with integrity and loyalty. Put aside the gods your ancestors worshiped beyond the Euphrates and in Egypt and worship the Lord. -- joshua 24:14 +. +If you have no desire to worship the Lord, choose today whom you will worship, whether it be the gods whom your ancestors worshiped beyond the Euphrates, or the gods of the Amorites in whose land you are living. But I and my family will worship the Lord!" -- joshua 24:15 +. +The people responded, "Far be it from us to abandon the Lord so we can worship other gods! -- joshua 24:16 +. +For the Lord our God took us and our fathers out of slavery in the land of Egypt and performed these awesome miracles before our very eyes. He continually protected us as we traveled and when we passed through nations. -- joshua 24:17 +. +The Lord drove out from before us all the nations, including the Amorites who lived in the land. So we too will worship the Lord, for he is our God!" -- joshua 24:18 +. +Joshua warned the people, "You will not keep worshiping the Lord, for he is a holy God. He is a jealous God who will not forgive your rebellion or your sins. -- joshua 24:19 +. +If you abandon the Lord and worship foreign gods, he will turn against you; he will bring disaster on you and destroy you, though he once treated you well." -- joshua 24:20 +. +The people said to Joshua, "No! We really will worship the Lord!" -- joshua 24:21 +. +Joshua said to the people, "Do you agree to be witnesses against yourselves that you have chosen to worship the Lord?" They replied, "We are witnesses!" -- joshua 24:22 +. +Joshua said, "Now put aside the foreign gods that are among you and submit to the Lord God of Israel." -- joshua 24:23 +. +The people said to Joshua, "We will worship the Lord our God and obey him." -- joshua 24:24 +. +That day Joshua drew up an agreement for the people, and he established rules and regulations for them in Shechem. -- joshua 24:25 +. +Joshua wrote these words in the Law Scroll of God. He then took a large stone and set it up there under the oak tree near the Lord's shrine. -- joshua 24:26 +. +Joshua said to all the people, "Look, this stone will be a witness against you, for it has heard everything the Lord said to us. It will be a witness against you if you deny your God." -- joshua 24:27 +. +When Joshua dismissed the people, they went to their allotted portions of land. -- joshua 24:28 +. +After all this Joshua son of Nun, the Lord's servant, died at the age of one hundred ten. -- joshua 24:29 +. +They buried him in his allotted territory in Timnath Serah in the hill country of Ephraim, north of Mount Gaash. -- joshua 24:30 +. +Israel worshiped the Lord throughout Joshua's lifetime and as long as the elderly men who outlived him remained alive. These men had experienced firsthand everything the Lord had done for Israel. -- joshua 24:31 +. +The bones of Joseph, which the Israelites had brought up from Egypt, were buried at Shechem in the part of the field that Jacob bought from the sons of Hamor, the father of Shechem, for one hundred pieces of money. So it became the inheritance of the tribe of Joseph. -- joshua 24:32 +. +Eleazar son of Aaron died, and they buried him in Gibeah in the hill country of Ephraim, where his son Phinehas had been assigned land. -- joshua 24:33 +. +After Joshua died, the Israelites asked the Lord, "Who should lead the invasion against the Canaanites and launch the attack?" -- judges 1:1 +. +The Lord said, "The men of Judah should take the lead. Be sure of this! I am handing the land over to them." -- judges 1:2 +. +The men of Judah said to their relatives, the men of Simeon, "Invade our allotted land with us and help us attack the Canaanites. Then we will go with you into your allotted land." So the men of Simeon went with them. -- judges 1:3 +. +The men of Judah attacked, and the Lord handed the Canaanites and Perizzites over to them. They killed ten thousand men at Bezek. -- judges 1:4 +. +They met Adoni-Bezek at Bezek and fought him. They defeated the Canaanites and Perizzites. -- judges 1:5 +. +When Adoni-Bezek ran away, they chased him and captured him. Then they cut off his thumbs and big toes. -- judges 1:6 +. +Adoni-Bezek said, "Seventy kings, with thumbs and big toes cut off, used to lick up food scraps under my table. God has repaid me for what I did to them." They brought him to Jerusalem, where he died. -- judges 1:7 +. +The men of Judah attacked Jerusalem and captured it. They put the sword to it and set the city on fire. -- judges 1:8 +. +Later the men of Judah went down to attack the Canaanites living in the hill country, the Negev, and the lowlands. -- judges 1:9 +. +The men of Judah attacked the Canaanites living in Hebron. (Hebron used to be called Kiriath Arba.) They killed Sheshai, Ahiman, and Talmai. -- judges 1:10 +. +From there they attacked the people of Debir. (Debir used to be called Kiriath Sepher.) -- judges 1:11 +. +Caleb said, "To the man who attacks and captures Kiriath Sepher I will give my daughter Acsah as a wife." -- judges 1:12 +. +When Othniel son of Kenaz, Caleb's younger brother, captured it, Caleb gave him his daughter Acsah as a wife. -- judges 1:13 +. +One time Acsah came and charmed her father so she could ask him for some land. When she got down from her donkey, Caleb said to her, "What would you like?" -- judges 1:14 +. +She answered, "Please give me a special present. Since you have given me land in the Negev, now give me springs of water." So Caleb gave her both the upper and lower springs. -- judges 1:15 +. +Now the descendants of the Kenite, Moses' father-in-law, went up with the people of Judah from the City of Date Palm Trees to Arad in the desert of Judah, located in the Negev. They went and lived with the people of Judah. -- judges 1:16 +. +The men of Judah went with their brothers the men of Simeon and defeated the Canaanites living in Zephath. They wiped out Zephath. So people now call the city Hormah. -- judges 1:17 +. +The men of Judah captured Gaza, Ashkelon, Ekron, and the territory surrounding each of these cities. -- judges 1:18 +. +The Lord was with the men of Judah. They conquered the hill country, but they could not conquer the people living in the coastal plain, because they had chariots with iron-rimmed wheels. -- judges 1:19 +. +Caleb received Hebron, just as Moses had promised. He drove out the three Anakites. -- judges 1:20 +. +The men of Benjamin, however, did not conquer the Jebusites living in Jerusalem. The Jebusites live with the people of Benjamin in Jerusalem to this very day. -- judges 1:21 +. +When the men of Joseph attacked Bethel, the Lord was with them. -- judges 1:22 +. +When the men of Joseph spied out Bethel (it used to be called Luz), -- judges 1:23 +. +the spies spotted a man leaving the city. They said to him, "If you show us a secret entrance into the city, we will reward you." -- judges 1:24 +. +He showed them a secret entrance into the city, and they put the city to the sword. But they let the man and his extended family leave safely. -- judges 1:25 +. +He moved to Hittite country and built a city. He named it Luz, and it has kept that name to this very day. -- judges 1:26 +. +The men of Manasseh did not conquer Beth Shan, Taanach, or their surrounding towns. Nor did they conquer the people living in Dor, Ibleam, Megiddo or their surrounding towns. The Canaanites managed to remain in those areas. -- judges 1:27 +. +Whenever Israel was strong militarily, they forced the Canaanites to do hard labor, but they never totally conquered them. -- judges 1:28 +. +The men of Ephraim did not conquer the Canaanites living in Gezer. The Canaanites lived among them in Gezer. -- judges 1:29 +. +The men of Zebulun did not conquer the people living in Kitron and Nahalol. The Canaanites lived among them and were forced to do hard labor. -- judges 1:30 +. +The men of Asher did not conquer the people living in Acco or Sidon, nor did they conquer Ahlab, Aczib, Helbah, Aphek, or Rehob. -- judges 1:31 +. +The people of Asher live among the Canaanites residing in the land because they did not conquer them. -- judges 1:32 +. +The men of Naphtali did not conquer the people living in Beth Shemesh or Beth Anath. They live among the Canaanites residing in the land. The Canaanites living in Beth Shemesh and Beth Anath were forced to do hard labor for them. -- judges 1:33 +. +The Amorites forced the people of Dan to live in the hill country. They did not allow them to live in the coastal plain. -- judges 1:34 +. +The Amorites managed to remain in Har Heres, Aijalon, and Shaalbim. Whenever the tribe of Joseph was strong militarily, the Amorites were forced to do hard labor. -- judges 1:35 +. +The border of Amorite territory ran from the Scorpion Ascent to Sela and on up. -- judges 1:36 +. +The Lord's angelic messenger went up from Gilgal to Bokim. He said, "I brought you up from Egypt and led you into the land I had solemnly promised to give to your ancestors. I said, 'I will never break my agreement with you, -- judges 2:1 +. +but you must not make an agreement with the people who live in this land. You should tear down the altars where they worship.' But you have disobeyed me. Why would you do such a thing? -- judges 2:2 +. +At that time I also warned you, 'If you disobey, I will not drive out the Canaanites before you. They will ensnare you and their gods will lure you away.'" -- judges 2:3 +. +When the Lord's messenger finished speaking these words to all the Israelites, the people wept loudly. -- judges 2:4 +. +They named that place Bokim and offered sacrifices to the Lord there. -- judges 2:5 +. +When Joshua dismissed the people, the Israelites went to their allotted portions of territory, intending to take possession of the land. -- judges 2:6 +. +The people worshiped the Lord throughout Joshua's lifetime and as long as the elderly men who outlived him remained alive. These men had witnessed all the great things the Lord had done for Israel. -- judges 2:7 +. +Joshua son of Nun, the Lord's servant, died at the age of one hundred ten. -- judges 2:8 +. +The people buried him in his allotted land in Timnath Heres in the hill country of Ephraim, north of Mount Gaash. -- judges 2:9 +. +That entire generation passed away; a new generation grew up that had not personally experienced the Lord's presence or seen what he had done for Israel. -- judges 2:10 +. +The Israelites did evil before the Lord by worshiping the Baals. -- judges 2:11 +. +They abandoned the Lord God of their ancestors who brought them out of the land of Egypt. They followed other gods - the gods of the nations who lived around them. They worshiped them and made the Lord angry. -- judges 2:12 +. +They abandoned the Lord and worshiped Baal and the Ashtars. -- judges 2:13 +. +The Lord was furious with Israel and handed them over to robbers who plundered them. He turned them over to their enemies who lived around them. They could not withstand their enemies' attacks. -- judges 2:14 +. +Whenever they went out to fight, the Lord did them harm, just as he had warned and solemnly vowed he would do. They suffered greatly. -- judges 2:15 +. +The Lord raised up leaders who delivered them from these robbers. -- judges 2:16 +. +But they did not obey their leaders. Instead they prostituted themselves to other gods and worshiped them. They quickly turned aside from the path their ancestors had walked. Their ancestors had obeyed the Lord's commands, but they did not. -- judges 2:17 +. +When the Lord raised up leaders for them, the Lord was with each leader and delivered the people from their enemies while the leader remained alive. The Lord felt sorry for them when they cried out in agony because of what their harsh oppressors did to them. -- judges 2:18 +. +When a leader died, the next generation would again act more wickedly than the previous one. They would follow after other gods, worshiping them and bowing down to them. They did not give up their practices or their stubborn ways. -- judges 2:19 +. +The Lord was furious with Israel. He said, "This nation has violated the terms of the agreement I made with their ancestors by disobeying me. -- judges 2:20 +. +So I will no longer remove before them any of the nations that Joshua left unconquered when he died. -- judges 2:21 +. +Joshua left those nations to test Israel. I wanted to see whether or not the people would carefully walk in the path marked out by the Lord, as their ancestors were careful to do." -- judges 2:22 +. +This is why the Lord permitted these nations to remain and did not conquer them immediately; he did not hand them over to Joshua. -- judges 2:23 +. +These were the nations the Lord permitted to remain so he could use them to test Israel - he wanted to test all those who had not experienced battle against the Canaanites. -- judges 3:1 +. +He left those nations simply because he wanted to teach the subsequent generations of Israelites, who had not experienced the earlier battles, how to conduct holy war. -- judges 3:2 +. +These were the nations: the five lords of the Philistines, all the Canaanites, the Sidonians, and the Hivites living in Mount Lebanon, from Mount Baal Hermon to Lebo-Hamath. -- judges 3:3 +. +They were left to test Israel, so the Lord would know if his people would obey the commands he gave their ancestors through Moses. -- judges 3:4 +. +The Israelites lived among the Canaanites, Hittites, Amorites, Perizzites, Hivites, and Jebusites. -- judges 3:5 +. +They took the Canaanites' daughters as wives and gave their daughters to the Canaanites; they worshiped their gods as well. -- judges 3:6 +. +The Israelites did evil in the Lord's sight. They forgot the Lord their God and worshiped the Baals and the Asherahs. -- judges 3:7 +. +The Lord was furious with Israel and turned them over to King Cushan-Rishathaim of Aram-Naharaim. They were Cushan-Rishathaim's subjects for eight years. -- judges 3:8 +. +When the Israelites cried out for help to the Lord, he raised up a deliverer for the Israelites who rescued them. His name was Othniel son of Kenaz, Caleb's younger brother. -- judges 3:9 +. +The Lord's spirit empowered him and he led Israel. When he went to do battle, the Lord handed over to him King Cushan-Rishathaim of Aram and he overpowered him. -- judges 3:10 +. +The land had rest for forty years; then Othniel son of Kenaz died. -- judges 3:11 +. +The Israelites again did evil in the Lord's sight. The Lord gave King Eglon of Moab control over Israel because they had done evil in the Lord's sight. -- judges 3:12 +. +Eglon formed alliances with the Ammonites and Amalekites. He came and defeated Israel, and they seized the City of Date Palm Trees. -- judges 3:13 +. +The Israelites were subject to King Eglon of Moab for eighteen years. -- judges 3:14 +. +When the Israelites cried out for help to the Lord, he raised up a deliverer for them. His name was Ehud son of Gera the Benjaminite, a left-handed man. The Israelites sent him to King Eglon of Moab with their tribute payment. -- judges 3:15 +. +Ehud made himself a sword - it had two edges and was eighteen inches long. He strapped it under his coat on his right thigh. -- judges 3:16 +. +He brought the tribute payment to King Eglon of Moab. (Now Eglon was a very fat man.) -- judges 3:17 +. +After Ehud brought the tribute payment, he dismissed the people who had carried it. -- judges 3:18 +. +But he went back once he reached the carved images at Gilgal. He said to Eglon, "I have a secret message for you, O king." Eglon said, "Be quiet!" All his attendants left. -- judges 3:19 +. +When Ehud approached him, he was sitting in his well-ventilated upper room all by himself. Ehud said, "I have a message from God for you." When Eglon rose up from his seat, -- judges 3:20 +. +Ehud reached with his left hand, pulled the sword from his right thigh, and drove it into Eglon's belly. -- judges 3:21 +. +The handle went in after the blade, and the fat closed around the blade, for Ehud did not pull the sword out of his belly. -- judges 3:22 +. +As Ehud went out into the vestibule, he closed the doors of the upper room behind him and locked them. -- judges 3:23 +. +When Ehud had left, Eglon's servants came and saw the locked doors of the upper room. They said, "He must be relieving himself in the well-ventilated inner room." -- judges 3:24 +. +They waited so long they were embarrassed, but he still did not open the doors of the upper room. Finally they took the key and opened the doors. Right before their eyes was their master, sprawled out dead on the floor! -- judges 3:25 +. +Now Ehud had escaped while they were delaying. When he passed the carved images, he escaped to Seirah. -- judges 3:26 +. +When he reached Seirah, he blew a trumpet in the Ephraimite hill country. The Israelites went down with him from the hill country, with Ehud in the lead. -- judges 3:27 +. +He said to them, "Follow me, for the Lord is about to defeat your enemies, the Moabites!" They followed him, captured the fords of the Jordan River opposite Moab, and did not let anyone cross. -- judges 3:28 +. +That day they killed about ten thousand Moabites - all strong, capable warriors; not one escaped. -- judges 3:29 +. +Israel humiliated Moab that day, and the land had rest for eighty years. -- judges 3:30 +. +After Ehud came Shamgar son of Anath; he killed six hundred Philistines with an oxgoad and, like Ehud, delivered Israel. -- judges 3:31 +. +The Israelites again did evil in the Lord's sight after Ehud's death. -- judges 4:1 +. +The Lord turned them over to King Jabin of Canaan, who ruled in Hazor. The general of his army was Sisera, who lived in Harosheth Haggoyim. -- judges 4:2 +. +The Israelites cried out for help to the Lord, because Sisera had nine hundred chariots with iron-rimmed wheels, and he cruelly oppressed the Israelites for twenty years. -- judges 4:3 +. +Now Deborah, a prophetess, wife of Lappidoth, was leading Israel at that time. -- judges 4:4 +. +She would sit under the Date Palm Tree of Deborah between Ramah and Bethel in the Ephraimite hill country. The Israelites would come up to her to have their disputes settled. -- judges 4:5 +. +She summoned Barak son of Abinoam from Kedesh in Naphtali. She said to him, "Is it not true that the Lord God of Israel is commanding you? Go, march to Mount Tabor! Take with you ten thousand men from Naphtali and Zebulun! -- judges 4:6 +. +I will bring Sisera, the general of Jabin's army, to you at the Kishon River, along with his chariots and huge army. I will hand him over to you." -- judges 4:7 +. +Barak said to her, "If you go with me, I will go. But if you do not go with me, I will not go." -- judges 4:8 +. +She said, "I will indeed go with you. But you will not gain fame on the expedition you are undertaking, for the Lord will turn Sisera over to a woman." Deborah got up and went with Barak to Kedesh. -- judges 4:9 +. +Barak summoned men from Zebulun and Naphtali to Kedesh. Ten thousand men followed him; Deborah went up with him as well. -- judges 4:10 +. +Now Heber the Kenite had moved away from the Kenites, the descendants of Hobab, Moses' father-in-law. He lived near the great tree in Zaanannim near Kedesh. -- judges 4:11 +. +When Sisera heard that Barak son of Abinoam had gone up to Mount Tabor, -- judges 4:12 +. +he ordered all his chariotry - nine hundred chariots with iron-rimmed wheels - and all the troops he had with him to go from Harosheth-Haggoyim to the River Kishon. -- judges 4:13 +. +Deborah said to Barak, "Spring into action, for this is the day the Lord is handing Sisera over to you! Has the Lord not taken the lead?" Barak quickly went down from Mount Tabor with ten thousand men following him. -- judges 4:14 +. +The Lord routed Sisera, all his chariotry, and all his army with the edge of the sword. Sisera jumped out of his chariot and ran away on foot. -- judges 4:15 +. +Now Barak chased the chariots and the army all the way to Harosheth Haggoyim. Sisera's whole army died by the edge of the sword; not even one survived! -- judges 4:16 +. +Now Sisera ran away on foot to the tent of Jael, wife of Heber the Kenite, for King Jabin of Hazor and the family of Heber the Kenite had made a peace treaty. -- judges 4:17 +. +Jael came out to welcome Sisera. She said to him, "Stop and rest, my lord. Stop and rest with me. Don't be afraid." So Sisera stopped to rest in her tent, and she put a blanket over him. -- judges 4:18 +. +He said to her, "Give me a little water to drink, because I'm thirsty." She opened a goatskin container of milk and gave him some milk to drink. Then she covered him up again. -- judges 4:19 +. +He said to her, "Stand watch at the entrance to the tent. If anyone comes along and asks you, 'Is there a man here?' say 'No.'" -- judges 4:20 +. +Then Jael wife of Heber took a tent peg in one hand and a hammer in the other. She crept up on him, drove the tent peg through his temple into the ground while he was asleep from exhaustion, and he died. -- judges 4:21 +. +Now Barak was chasing Sisera. Jael went out to welcome him. She said to him, "Come here and I will show you the man you are searching for." He went with her into the tent, and there he saw Sisera sprawled out dead with the tent peg in his temple. -- judges 4:22 +. +That day God humiliated King Jabin of Canaan before the Israelites. -- judges 4:23 +. +Israel's power continued to overwhelm King Jabin of Canaan until they did away with him. -- judges 4:24 +. +On that day Deborah and Barak son of Abinoam sang this victory song: -- judges 5:1 +. +"When the leaders took the lead in Israel, When the people answered the call to war - Praise the Lord! -- judges 5:2 +. +Hear, O kings! Pay attention, O rulers! I will sing to the Lord! I will sing to the Lord God of Israel! -- judges 5:3 +. +O Lord, when you departed from Seir, when you marched from Edom's plains, the earth shook, the heavens poured down, the clouds poured down rain. -- judges 5:4 +. +The mountains trembled before the Lord, the God of Sinai; before the Lord God of Israel. -- judges 5:5 +. +In the days of Shamgar son of Anath, in the days of Jael caravans disappeared; travelers had to go on winding side roads. -- judges 5:6 +. +Warriors were scarce, they were scarce in Israel, until you arose, Deborah, until you arose as a motherly protector in Israel. -- judges 5:7 +. +God chose new leaders, then fighters appeared in the city gates; but, I swear, not a shield or spear could be found, among forty military units in Israel. -- judges 5:8 +. +My heart went out to Israel's leaders, to the people who answered the call to war. Praise the Lord! -- judges 5:9 +. +You who ride on light-colored female donkeys, who sit on saddle blankets, you who walk on the road, pay attention! -- judges 5:10 +. +Hear the sound of those who divide the sheep among the watering places; there they tell of the Lord's victorious deeds, the victorious deeds of his warriors in Israel. Then the Lord's people went down to the city gates - -- judges 5:11 +. +Wake up, wake up, Deborah! Wake up, wake up, sing a song! Get up, Barak! Capture your prisoners of war, son of Abinoam! -- judges 5:12 +. +Then the survivors came down to the mighty ones; the Lord's people came down to me as warriors. -- judges 5:13 +. +They came from Ephraim, who uprooted Amalek, they follow after you, Benjamin, with your soldiers. From Makir leaders came down, from Zebulun came the ones who march carrying an officer's staff. -- judges 5:14 +. +Issachar's leaders were with Deborah, the men of Issachar supported Barak; into the valley they were sent under Barak's command. Among the clans of Reuben there was intense heart searching. -- judges 5:15 +. +Why do you remain among the sheepfolds, listening to the shepherds playing their pipes for their flocks? As for the clans of Reuben - there was intense searching of heart. -- judges 5:16 +. +Gilead stayed put beyond the Jordan River. As for Dan - why did he seek temporary employment in the shipyards? Asher remained on the seacoast, he stayed by his harbors. -- judges 5:17 +. +The men of Zebulun were not concerned about their lives; Naphtali charged on to the battlefields. -- judges 5:18 +. +Kings came, they fought; the kings of Canaan fought, at Taanach by the waters of Megiddo, but they took no silver as plunder. -- judges 5:19 +. +From the sky the stars fought, from their paths in the heavens they fought against Sisera. -- judges 5:20 +. +The Kishon River carried them off; the river confronted them - the Kishon River. Step on the necks of the strong! -- judges 5:21 +. +The horses' hooves pounded the ground; the stallions galloped madly. -- judges 5:22 +. +'Call judgment down on Meroz,' says the Lord's angelic messenger; 'Be sure to call judgment down on those who live there, because they did not come to help in the Lord's battle, to help in the Lord's battle against the warriors.' -- judges 5:23 +. +The most rewarded of women should be Jael, the wife of Heber the Kenite! She should be the most rewarded of women who live in tents. -- judges 5:24 +. +He asked for water, and she gave him milk; in a bowl fit for a king, she served him curds. -- judges 5:25 +. +Her left hand reached for the tent peg, her right hand for the workmen's hammer. She "hammered" Sisera, she shattered his skull, she smashed his head, she drove the tent peg through his temple. -- judges 5:26 +. +Between her feet he collapsed, he fell limp and was lifeless; between her feet he collapsed and fell limp, in the spot where he collapsed, there he fell limp - violently murdered! -- judges 5:27 +. +Through the window she looked; Sisera's mother cried out through the lattice: 'Why is his chariot so slow to return? Why are the hoofbeats of his chariot-horses delayed?' -- judges 5:28 +. +The wisest of her ladies answer; indeed she even thinks to herself, -- judges 5:29 +. +'No doubt they are gathering and dividing the plunder - a girl or two for each man to rape! Sisera is grabbing up colorful cloth, he is grabbing up colorful embroidered cloth, two pieces of colorful embroidered cloth, for the neck of the plunderer!' -- judges 5:30 +. +May all your enemies perish like this, O Lord! But may those who love you shine like the rising sun at its brightest!" And the land had rest for forty years. -- judges 5:31 +. +The Israelites did evil in the Lord's sight, so the Lord turned them over to Midian for seven years. -- judges 6:1 +. +The Midianites overwhelmed Israel. Because of Midian the Israelites made shelters for themselves in the hills, as well as caves and strongholds. -- judges 6:2 +. +Whenever the Israelites planted their crops, the Midianites, Amalekites, and the people from the east would attack them. -- judges 6:3 +. +They invaded the land and devoured its crops all the way to Gaza. They left nothing for the Israelites to eat, and they took away the sheep, oxen, and donkeys. -- judges 6:4 +. +When they invaded with their cattle and tents, they were as thick as locusts. Neither they nor their camels could be counted. They came to devour the land. -- judges 6:5 +. +Israel was so severely weakened by Midian that the Israelites cried out to the Lord for help. -- judges 6:6 +. +When the Israelites cried out to the Lord for help because of Midian, -- judges 6:7 +. +he sent a prophet to the Israelites. He said to them, "This is what the Lord God of Israel says: 'I brought you up from Egypt and took you out of that place of slavery. -- judges 6:8 +. +I rescued you from Egypt's power and from the power of all who oppressed you. I drove them out before you and gave their land to you. -- judges 6:9 +. +I said to you, "I am the Lord your God! Do not worship the gods of the Amorites, in whose land you are now living!" But you have disobeyed me.'" -- judges 6:10 +. +The Lord's angelic messenger came and sat down under the oak tree in Ophrah owned by Joash the Abiezrite. He arrived while Joash's son Gideon was threshing wheat in a winepress so he could hide it from the Midianites. -- judges 6:11 +. +The Lord's messenger appeared and said to him, "The Lord is with you, courageous warrior!" -- judges 6:12 +. +Gideon said to him, "Pardon me, but if the Lord is with us, why has such disaster overtaken us? Where are all his miraculous deeds our ancestors told us about? They said, 'Did the Lord not bring us up from Egypt?' But now the Lord has abandoned us and handed us over to Midian." -- judges 6:13 +. +Then the Lord himself turned to him and said, "You have the strength. Deliver Israel from the power of the Midianites! Have I not sent you?" -- judges 6:14 +. +Gideon said to him, "But Lord, how can I deliver Israel? Just look! My clan is the weakest in Manasseh, and I am the youngest in my family." -- judges 6:15 +. +The Lord said to him, "Ah, but I will be with you! You will strike down the whole Midianite army." -- judges 6:16 +. +Gideon said to him, "If you really are pleased with me, then give me a sign as proof that it is really you speaking with me. -- judges 6:17 +. +Do not leave this place until I come back with a gift and present it to you." The Lord said, "I will stay here until you come back." -- judges 6:18 +. +Gideon went and prepared a young goat, along with unleavened bread made from an ephah of flour. He put the meat in a basket and the broth in a pot. He brought the food to him under the oak tree and presented it to him. -- judges 6:19 +. +God's messenger said to him, "Put the meat and unleavened bread on this rock, and pour out the broth." Gideon did as instructed. -- judges 6:20 +. +The Lord's messenger touched the meat and the unleavened bread with the tip of his staff. Fire flared up from the rock and consumed the meat and unleavened bread. The Lord's messenger then disappeared. -- judges 6:21 +. +When Gideon realized that it was the Lord's messenger, he said, "Oh no! Master, Lord! I have seen the Lord's messenger face to face!" -- judges 6:22 +. +The Lord said to him, "You are safe! Do not be afraid! You are not going to die!" -- judges 6:23 +. +Gideon built an altar for the Lord there, and named it "The Lord is on friendly terms with me." To this day it is still there in Ophrah of the Abiezrites. -- judges 6:24 +. +That night the Lord said to him, "Take the bull from your father's herd, as well as a second bull, one that is seven years old. Pull down your father's Baal altar and cut down the nearby Asherah pole. -- judges 6:25 +. +Then build an altar for the Lord your God on the top of this stronghold according to the proper pattern. Take the second bull and offer it as a burnt sacrifice on the wood from the Asherah pole that you cut down." -- judges 6:26 +. +So Gideon took ten of his servants and did just as the Lord had told him. He was too afraid of his father's family and the men of the city to do it in broad daylight, so he waited until nighttime. -- judges 6:27 +. +When the men of the city got up the next morning, they saw the Baal altar pulled down, the nearby Asherah pole cut down, and the second bull sacrificed on the newly built altar. -- judges 6:28 +. +They said to one another, "Who did this?" They investigated the matter thoroughly and concluded that Gideon son of Joash had done it. -- judges 6:29 +. +The men of the city said to Joash, "Bring out your son, so we can execute him! He pulled down the Baal altar and cut down the nearby Asherah pole." -- judges 6:30 +. +But Joash said to all those who confronted him, "Must you fight Baal's battles? Must you rescue him? Whoever takes up his cause will die by morning! If he really is a god, let him fight his own battles! After all, it was his altar that was pulled down." -- judges 6:31 +. +That very day Gideon's father named him Jerub-Baal, because he had said, "Let Baal fight with him, for it was his altar that was pulled down." -- judges 6:32 +. +All the Midianites, Amalekites, and the people from the east assembled. They crossed the Jordan River and camped in the Jezreel Valley. -- judges 6:33 +. +The Lord's spirit took control of Gideon. He blew a trumpet, summoning the Abiezrites to follow him. -- judges 6:34 +. +He sent messengers throughout Manasseh and summoned them to follow him as well. He also sent messengers throughout Asher, Zebulun, and Naphtali, and they came up to meet him. -- judges 6:35 +. +Gideon said to God, "If you really intend to use me to deliver Israel, as you promised, then give me a sign as proof. -- judges 6:36 +. +Look, I am putting a wool fleece on the threshing floor. If there is dew only on the fleece, and the ground around it is dry, then I will be sure that you will use me to deliver Israel, as you promised." -- judges 6:37 +. +The Lord did as he asked. When he got up the next morning, he squeezed the fleece, and enough dew dripped from it to fill a bowl. -- judges 6:38 +. +Gideon said to God, "Please do not get angry at me, when I ask for just one more sign. Please allow me one more test with the fleece. This time make only the fleece dry, while the ground around it is covered with dew." -- judges 6:39 +. +That night God did as he asked. Only the fleece was dry and the ground around it was covered with dew. -- judges 6:40 +. +Jerub-Baal (that is, Gideon) and his men got up the next morning and camped near the spring of Harod. The Midianites were camped north of them near the hill of Moreh in the valley. -- judges 7:1 +. +The Lord said to Gideon, "You have too many men for me to hand Midian over to you. Israel might brag, 'Our own strength has delivered us.' -- judges 7:2 +. +Now, announce to the men, 'Whoever is shaking with fear may turn around and leave Mount Gilead.'" Twenty-two thousand men went home; ten thousand remained. -- judges 7:3 +. +The Lord spoke to Gideon again, "There are still too many men. Bring them down to the water and I will thin the ranks some more. When I say, 'This one should go with you,' pick him to go; when I say, 'This one should not go with you,' do not take him." -- judges 7:4 +. +So he brought the men down to the water. Then the Lord said to Gideon, "Separate those who lap the water as a dog laps from those who kneel to drink." -- judges 7:5 +. +Three hundred men lapped; the rest of the men kneeled to drink water. -- judges 7:6 +. +The Lord said to Gideon, "With the three hundred men who lapped I will deliver the whole army and I will hand Midian over to you. The rest of the men should go home." -- judges 7:7 +. +The men who were chosen took supplies and their trumpets. Gideon sent all the men of Israel back to their homes; he kept only three hundred men. Now the Midianites were camped down below in the valley. -- judges 7:8 +. +That night the Lord said to Gideon, "Get up! Attack the camp, for I am handing it over to you. -- judges 7:9 +. +But if you are afraid to attack, go down to the camp with Purah your servant -- judges 7:10 +. +and listen to what they are saying. Then you will be brave and attack the camp." So he went down with Purah his servant to where the sentries were guarding the camp. -- judges 7:11 +. +Now the Midianites, Amalekites, and the people from the east covered the valley like a swarm of locusts. Their camels could not be counted; they were as innumerable as the sand on the seashore. -- judges 7:12 +. +When Gideon arrived, he heard a man telling another man about a dream he had. The man said, "Look! I had a dream. I saw a stale cake of barley bread rolling into the Midianite camp. It hit a tent so hard it knocked it over and turned it upside down. The tent just collapsed." -- judges 7:13 +. +The other man said, "Without a doubt this symbolizes the sword of Gideon son of Joash, the Israelite. God is handing Midian and all the army over to him." -- judges 7:14 +. +When Gideon heard the report of the dream and its interpretation, he praised God. Then he went back to the Israelite camp and said, "Get up, for the Lord is handing the Midianite army over to you!" -- judges 7:15 +. +He divided the three hundred men into three units. He gave them all trumpets and empty jars with torches inside them. -- judges 7:16 +. +He said to them, "Watch me and do as I do. Watch closely! I am going to the edge of the camp. Do as I do! -- judges 7:17 +. +When I and all who are with me blow our trumpets, you also blow your trumpets all around the camp. Then say, 'For the Lord and for Gideon!'" -- judges 7:18 +. +Gideon took a hundred men to the edge of the camp at the beginning of the middle watch, just after they had changed the guards. They blew their trumpets and broke the jars they were carrying. -- judges 7:19 +. +All three units blew their trumpets and broke their jars. They held the torches in their left hand and the trumpets in their right. Then they yelled, "A sword for the Lord and for Gideon!" -- judges 7:20 +. +They stood in order all around the camp. The whole army ran away; they shouted as they scrambled away. -- judges 7:21 +. +When the three hundred men blew their trumpets, the Lord caused the Midianites to attack one another with their swords throughout the camp. The army fled to Beth Shittah on the way to Zererah. They went to the border of Abel Meholah near Tabbath. -- judges 7:22 +. +Israelites from Naphtali, Asher, and Manasseh answered the call and chased the Midianites. -- judges 7:23 +. +Now Gideon sent messengers throughout the Ephraimite hill country who announced, "Go down and head off the Midianites. Take control of the fords of the streams all the way to Beth Barah and the Jordan River." When all the Ephraimites had assembled, they took control of the fords all the way to Beth Barah and the Jordan River. -- judges 7:24 +. +They captured the two Midianite generals, Oreb and Zeeb. They executed Oreb on the rock of Oreb and Zeeb in the winepress of Zeeb. They chased the Midianites and brought the heads of Oreb and Zeeb to Gideon, who was now on the other side of the Jordan River. -- judges 7:25 +. +The Ephraimites said to him, "Why have you done such a thing to us? You did not summon us when you went to fight the Midianites!" They argued vehemently with him. -- judges 8:1 +. +He said to them, "Now what have I accomplished compared to you? Even Ephraim's leftover grapes are better quality than Abiezer's harvest! -- judges 8:2 +. +It was to you that God handed over the Midianite generals, Oreb and Zeeb! What did I accomplish to rival that?" When he said this, they calmed down. -- judges 8:3 +. +Now Gideon and his three hundred men had crossed over the Jordan River, and even though they were exhausted, they were still chasing the Midianites. -- judges 8:4 +. +He said to the men of Succoth, "Give some loaves of bread to the men who are following me, because they are exhausted. I am chasing Zebah and Zalmunna, the kings of Midian." -- judges 8:5 +. +The officials of Succoth said, "You have not yet overpowered Zebah and Zalmunna. So why should we give bread to your army?" -- judges 8:6 +. +Gideon said, "Since you will not help, after the Lord hands Zebah and Zalmunna over to me, I will thresh your skin with desert thorns and briers." -- judges 8:7 +. +He went up from there to Penuel and made the same request. The men of Penuel responded the same way the men of Succoth had. -- judges 8:8 +. +He also threatened the men of Penuel, warning, "When I return victoriously, I will tear down this tower." -- judges 8:9 +. +Now Zebah and Zalmunna were in Karkor with their armies. There were about fifteen thousand survivors from the army of the eastern peoples; a hundred and twenty thousand sword-wielding soldiers had been killed. -- judges 8:10 +. +Gideon went up the road of the nomads east of Nobah and Jogbehah and ambushed the surprised army. -- judges 8:11 +. +When Zebah and Zalmunna ran away, Gideon chased them and captured the two Midianite kings, Zebah and Zalmunna. He had surprised their entire army. -- judges 8:12 +. +Gideon son of Joash returned from the battle by the pass of Heres. -- judges 8:13 +. +He captured a young man from Succoth and interrogated him. The young man wrote down for him the names of Succoth's officials and city leaders - seventy-seven men in all. -- judges 8:14 +. +He approached the men of Succoth and said, "Look what I have! Zebah and Zalmunna! You insulted me, saying, 'You have not yet overpowered Zebah and Zalmunna. So why should we give bread to your exhausted men?'" -- judges 8:15 +. +He seized the leaders of the city, along with some desert thorns and briers; he then "threshed" the men of Succoth with them. -- judges 8:16 +. +He also tore down the tower of Penuel and executed the city's men. -- judges 8:17 +. +He said to Zebah and Zalmunna, "Describe for me the men you killed at Tabor." They said, "They were like you. Each one looked like a king's son." -- judges 8:18 +. +He said, "They were my brothers, the sons of my mother. I swear, as surely as the Lord is alive, if you had let them live, I would not kill you." -- judges 8:19 +. +He ordered Jether his firstborn son, "Come on! Kill them!" But Jether was too afraid to draw his sword, because he was still young. -- judges 8:20 +. +Zebah and Zalmunna said to Gideon, "Come on, you strike us, for a man is judged by his strength." So Gideon killed Zebah and Zalmunna, and he took the crescent-shaped ornaments which were on the necks of their camels. -- judges 8:21 +. +The men of Israel said to Gideon, "Rule over us - you, your son, and your grandson. For you have delivered us from Midian's power." -- judges 8:22 +. +Gideon said to them, "I will not rule over you, nor will my son rule over you. The Lord will rule over you." -- judges 8:23 +. +Gideon continued, "I would like to make one request. Each of you give me an earring from the plunder you have taken." (The Midianites had gold earrings because they were Ishmaelites.) -- judges 8:24 +. +They said, "We are happy to give you earrings." So they spread out a garment, and each one threw an earring from his plunder onto it. -- judges 8:25 +. +The total weight of the gold earrings he requested came to seventeen hundred gold shekels. This was in addition to the crescent-shaped ornaments, jewelry, purple clothing worn by the Midianite kings, and the necklaces on the camels. -- judges 8:26 +. +Gideon used all this to make an ephod, which he put in his hometown of Ophrah. All the Israelites prostituted themselves to it by worshiping it there. It became a snare to Gideon and his family. -- judges 8:27 +. +The Israelites humiliated Midian; the Midianites' fighting spirit was broken. The land had rest for forty years during Gideon's time. -- judges 8:28 +. +Then Jerub-Baal son of Joash went home and settled down. -- judges 8:29 +. +Gideon fathered seventy sons through his many wives. -- judges 8:30 +. +His concubine, who lived in Shechem, also gave him a son, whom he named Abimelech. -- judges 8:31 +. +Gideon son of Joash died at a very old age and was buried in the tomb of his father Joash located in Ophrah of the Abiezrites. -- judges 8:32 +. +After Gideon died, the Israelites again prostituted themselves to the Baals. They made Baal-Berith their god. -- judges 8:33 +. +The Israelites did not remain true to the Lord their God, who had delivered them from all the enemies who lived around them. -- judges 8:34 +. +They did not treat the family of Jerub-Baal (that is, Gideon) fairly in return for all the good he had done for Israel. -- judges 8:35 +. +Now Abimelech son of Jerub-Baal went to Shechem to see his mother's relatives. He said to them and to his mother's entire extended family, -- judges 9:1 +. +"Tell all the leaders of Shechem this: 'Why would you want to have seventy men, all Jerub-Baal's sons, ruling over you, when you can have just one ruler? Recall that I am your own flesh and blood.'" -- judges 9:2 +. +His mother's relatives spoke on his behalf to all the leaders of Shechem and reported his proposal. The leaders were drawn to Abimelech; they said, "He is our close relative." -- judges 9:3 +. +They paid him seventy silver shekels out of the temple of Baal-Berith. Abimelech then used the silver to hire some lawless, dangerous men as his followers. -- judges 9:4 +. +He went to his father's home in Ophrah and murdered his half-brothers, the seventy legitimate sons of Jerub-Baal, on one stone. Only Jotham, Jerub-Baal's youngest son, escaped, because he hid. -- judges 9:5 +. +All the leaders of Shechem and Beth Millo assembled and then went and made Abimelech king by the oak near the pillar in Shechem. -- judges 9:6 +. +When Jotham heard the news, he went and stood on the top of Mount Gerizim. He spoke loudly to the people below, "Listen to me, leaders of Shechem, so that God may listen to you! -- judges 9:7 +. +"The trees were determined to go out and choose a king for themselves. They said to the olive tree, 'Be our king!' -- judges 9:8 +. +But the olive tree said to them, 'I am not going to stop producing my oil, which is used to honor gods and men, just to sway above the other trees!' -- judges 9:9 +. +"So the trees said to the fig tree, 'You come and be our king!' -- judges 9:10 +. +But the fig tree said to them, 'I am not going to stop producing my sweet figs, my excellent fruit, just to sway above the other trees!' -- judges 9:11 +. +"So the trees said to the grapevine, 'You come and be our king!' -- judges 9:12 +. +But the grapevine said to them, 'I am not going to stop producing my wine, which makes gods and men so happy, just to sway above the other trees!' -- judges 9:13 +. +"So all the trees said to the thornbush, 'You come and be our king!' -- judges 9:14 +. +The thornbush said to the trees, 'If you really want to choose me as your king, then come along, find safety under my branches! Otherwise may fire blaze from the thornbush and consume the cedars of Lebanon!' -- judges 9:15 +. +"Now, if you have shown loyalty and integrity when you made Abimelech king, if you have done right to Jerub-Baal and his family, if you have properly repaid him - -- judges 9:16 +. +my father fought for you; he risked his life and delivered you from Midian's power. -- judges 9:17 +. +But you have attacked my father's family today. You murdered his seventy legitimate sons on one stone and made Abimelech, the son of his female slave, king over the leaders of Shechem, just because he is your close relative. -- judges 9:18 +. +So if you have shown loyalty and integrity to Jerub-Baal and his family today, then may Abimelech bring you happiness and may you bring him happiness! -- judges 9:19 +. +But if not, may fire blaze from Abimelech and consume the leaders of Shechem and Beth Millo! May fire also blaze from the leaders of Shechem and Beth Millo and consume Abimelech!" -- judges 9:20 +. +Then Jotham ran away to Beer and lived there to escape from Abimelech his half-brother. -- judges 9:21 +. +Abimelech commanded Israel for three years. -- judges 9:22 +. +God sent a spirit to stir up hostility between Abimelech and the leaders of Shechem. He made the leaders of Shechem disloyal to Abimelech. -- judges 9:23 +. +He did this so the violent deaths of Jerub-Baal's seventy sons might be avenged and Abimelech, their half-brother who murdered them, might have to pay for their spilled blood, along with the leaders of Shechem who helped him murder them. -- judges 9:24 +. +The leaders of Shechem rebelled against Abimelech by putting bandits in the hills, who robbed everyone who traveled by on the road. But Abimelech found out about it. -- judges 9:25 +. +Gaal son of Ebed came through Shechem with his brothers. The leaders of Shechem transferred their loyalty to him. -- judges 9:26 +. +They went out to the field, harvested their grapes, squeezed out the juice, and celebrated. They came to the temple of their god and ate, drank, and cursed Abimelech. -- judges 9:27 +. +Gaal son of Ebed said, "Who is Abimelech and who is Shechem, that we should serve him? Is he not the son of Jerub-Baal, and is not Zebul the deputy he appointed? Serve the sons of Hamor, the father of Shechem! But why should we serve Abimelech? -- judges 9:28 +. +If only these men were under my command, I would get rid of Abimelech!" He challenged Abimelech, "Muster your army and come out for battle!" -- judges 9:29 +. +When Zebul, the city commissioner, heard the words of Gaal son of Ebed, he was furious. -- judges 9:30 +. +He sent messengers to Abimelech, who was in Arumah, reporting, "Beware! Gaal son of Ebed and his brothers are coming to Shechem and inciting the city to rebel against you. -- judges 9:31 +. +Now, come up at night with your men and set an ambush in the field outside the city. -- judges 9:32 +. +In the morning at sunrise quickly attack the city. When he and his men come out to fight you, do what you can to him." -- judges 9:33 +. +So Abimelech and all his men came up at night and set an ambush outside Shechem - they divided into four units. -- judges 9:34 +. +When Gaal son of Ebed came out and stood at the entrance to the city's gate, Abimelech and his men got up from their hiding places. -- judges 9:35 +. +Gaal saw the men and said to Zebul, "Look, men are coming down from the tops of the hills." But Zebul said to him, "You are seeing the shadows on the hills - it just looks like men." -- judges 9:36 +. +Gaal again said, "Look, men are coming down from the very center of the land. A unit is coming by way of the Oak Tree of the Diviners." -- judges 9:37 +. +Zebul said to him, "Where now are your bragging words, 'Who is Abimelech that we should serve him?' Are these not the men you insulted? Go out now and fight them!" -- judges 9:38 +. +So Gaal led the leaders of Shechem out and fought Abimelech. -- judges 9:39 +. +Abimelech chased him, and Gaal ran from him. Many Shechemites fell wounded at the entrance of the gate. -- judges 9:40 +. +Abimelech went back to Arumah; Zebul drove Gaal and his brothers out of Shechem. -- judges 9:41 +. +The next day the Shechemites came out to the field. When Abimelech heard about it, -- judges 9:42 +. +he took his men and divided them into three units and set an ambush in the field. When he saw the people coming out of the city, he attacked and struck them down. -- judges 9:43 +. +Abimelech and his units attacked and blocked the entrance to the city's gate. Two units then attacked all the people in the field and struck them down. -- judges 9:44 +. +Abimelech fought against the city all that day. He captured the city and killed all the people in it. Then he leveled the city and spread salt over it. -- judges 9:45 +. +When all the leaders of the Tower of Shechem heard the news, they went to the stronghold of the temple of El-Berith. -- judges 9:46 +. +Abimelech heard that all the leaders of the Tower of Shechem were in one place. -- judges 9:47 +. +He and all his men went up on Mount Zalmon. He took an ax in his hand and cut off a tree branch. He put it on his shoulder and said to his men, "Quickly, do what you have just seen me do!" -- judges 9:48 +. +So each of his men also cut off a branch and followed Abimelech. They put the branches against the stronghold and set fire to it. All the people of the Tower of Shechem died - about a thousand men and women. -- judges 9:49 +. +Abimelech moved on to Thebez; he besieged and captured it. -- judges 9:50 +. +There was a fortified tower in the center of the city, so all the men and women, as well as the city's leaders, ran into it and locked the entrance. Then they went up to the roof of the tower. -- judges 9:51 +. +Abimelech came and attacked the tower. When he approached the entrance of the tower to set it on fire, -- judges 9:52 +. +a woman threw an upper millstone down on his head and shattered his skull. -- judges 9:53 +. +He quickly called to the young man who carried his weapons, "Draw your sword and kill me, so they will not say, 'A woman killed him.'" So the young man stabbed him and he died. -- judges 9:54 +. +When the Israelites saw that Abimelech was dead, they went home. -- judges 9:55 +. +God repaid Abimelech for the evil he did to his father by murdering his seventy half-brothers. -- judges 9:56 +. +God also repaid the men of Shechem for their evil deeds. The curse spoken by Jotham son of Jerub-Baal fell on them. -- judges 9:57 +. +After Abimelech's death, Tola son of Puah, grandson of Dodo, from the tribe of Issachar, rose up to deliver Israel. He lived in Shamir in the Ephraimite hill country. -- judges 10:1 +. +He led Israel for twenty-three years, then died and was buried in Shamir. -- judges 10:2 +. +Jair the Gileadite rose up after him; he led Israel for twenty-two years. -- judges 10:3 +. +He had thirty sons who rode on thirty donkeys and possessed thirty cities. To this day these towns are called Havvoth Jair - they are in the land of Gilead. -- judges 10:4 +. +Jair died and was buried in Kamon. -- judges 10:5 +. +The Israelites again did evil in the Lord's sight. They worshiped the Baals and the Ashtars, as well as the gods of Syria, Sidon, Moab, the Ammonites, and the Philistines. They abandoned the Lord and did not worship him. -- judges 10:6 +. +The Lord was furious with Israel and turned them over to the Philistines and Ammonites. -- judges 10:7 +. +They ruthlessly oppressed the Israelites that eighteenth year - that is, all the Israelites living east of the Jordan in Amorite country in Gilead. -- judges 10:8 +. +The Ammonites crossed the Jordan to fight with Judah, Benjamin, and Ephraim. Israel suffered greatly. -- judges 10:9 +. +The Israelites cried out for help to the Lord: "We have sinned against you. We abandoned our God and worshiped the Baals." -- judges 10:10 +. +The Lord said to the Israelites, "Did I not deliver you from Egypt, the Amorites, the Ammonites, the Philistines, -- judges 10:11 +. +the Sidonians, Amalek, and Midian when they oppressed you? You cried out for help to me, and I delivered you from their power. -- judges 10:12 +. +But since you abandoned me and worshiped other gods, I will not deliver you again. -- judges 10:13 +. +Go and cry for help to the gods you have chosen! Let them deliver you from trouble!" -- judges 10:14 +. +But the Israelites said to the Lord, "We have sinned. You do to us as you see fit, but deliver us today!" -- judges 10:15 +. +They threw away the foreign gods they owned and worshiped the Lord. Finally the Lord grew tired of seeing Israel suffer so much. -- judges 10:16 +. +The Ammonites assembled and camped in Gilead; the Israelites gathered together and camped in Mizpah. -- judges 10:17 +. +The leaders of Gilead said to one another, "Who is willing to lead the charge against the Ammonites? He will become the leader of all who live in Gilead!" -- judges 10:18 +. +Now Jephthah the Gileadite was a brave warrior. His mother was a prostitute, but Gilead was his father. -- judges 11:1 +. +Gilead's wife also gave him sons. When his wife's sons grew up, they made Jephthah leave and said to him, "You are not going to inherit any of our father's wealth, because you are another woman's son." -- judges 11:2 +. +So Jephthah left his half-brothers and lived in the land of Tob. Lawless men joined Jephthah's gang and traveled with him. -- judges 11:3 +. +It was some time after this when the Ammonites fought with Israel. -- judges 11:4 +. +When the Ammonites attacked, the leaders of Gilead asked Jephthah to come back from the land of Tob. -- judges 11:5 +. +They said, "Come, be our commander, so we can fight with the Ammonites." -- judges 11:6 +. +Jephthah said to the leaders of Gilead, "But you hated me and made me leave my father's house. Why do you come to me now, when you are in trouble?" -- judges 11:7 +. +The leaders of Gilead said to Jephthah, "That may be true, but now we pledge to you our loyalty. Come with us and fight with the Ammonites. Then you will become the leader of all who live in Gilead." -- judges 11:8 +. +Jephthah said to the leaders of Gilead, "All right! If you take me back to fight with the Ammonites and the Lord gives them to me, I will be your leader." -- judges 11:9 +. +The leaders of Gilead said to Jephthah, "The Lord will judge any grievance you have against us, if we do not do as you say." -- judges 11:10 +. +So Jephthah went with the leaders of Gilead. The people made him their leader and commander. Jephthah repeated the terms of the agreement before the Lord in Mizpah. -- judges 11:11 +. +Jephthah sent messengers to the Ammonite king, saying, "Why have you come against me to attack my land?" -- judges 11:12 +. +The Ammonite king said to Jephthah's messengers, "Because Israel stole my land when they came up from Egypt - from the Arnon River in the south to the Jabbok River in the north, and as far west as the Jordan. Now return it peaceably!" -- judges 11:13 +. +Jephthah sent messengers back to the Ammonite king -- judges 11:14 +. +and said to him, "This is what Jephthah says, 'Israel did not steal the land of Moab and the land of the Ammonites. -- judges 11:15 +. +When they left Egypt, Israel traveled through the desert as far as the Red Sea and then came to Kadesh. -- judges 11:16 +. +Israel sent messengers to the king of Edom, saying, "Please allow us to pass through your land." But the king of Edom rejected the request. Israel sent the same request to the king of Moab, but he was unwilling to cooperate. So Israel stayed at Kadesh. -- judges 11:17 +. +Then Israel went through the desert and bypassed the land of Edom and the land of Moab. They traveled east of the land of Moab and camped on the other side of the Arnon River; they did not go through Moabite territory (the Arnon was Moab's border). -- judges 11:18 +. +Israel sent messengers to King Sihon, the Amorite king who ruled in Heshbon, and said to him, "Please allow us to pass through your land to our land." -- judges 11:19 +. +But Sihon did not trust Israel to pass through his territory. He assembled his whole army, camped in Jahaz, and fought with Israel. -- judges 11:20 +. +The Lord God of Israel handed Sihon and his whole army over to Israel and they defeated them. Israel took all the land of the Amorites who lived in that land. -- judges 11:21 +. +They took all the Amorite territory from the Arnon River on the south to the Jabbok River on the north, from the desert in the east to the Jordan in the west. -- judges 11:22 +. +Since the Lord God of Israel has driven out the Amorites before his people Israel, do you think you can just take it from them? -- judges 11:23 +. +You have the right to take what Chemosh your god gives you, but we will take the land of all whom the Lord our God has driven out before us. -- judges 11:24 +. +Are you really better than Balak son of Zippor, king of Moab? Did he dare to quarrel with Israel? Did he dare to fight with them? -- judges 11:25 +. +Israel has been living in Heshbon and its nearby towns, in Aroer and its nearby towns, and in all the cities along the Arnon for three hundred years! Why did you not reclaim them during that time? -- judges 11:26 +. +I have not done you wrong, but you are doing wrong by attacking me. May the Lord, the Judge, judge this day between the Israelites and the Ammonites!'" -- judges 11:27 +. +But the Ammonite king disregarded the message sent by Jephthah. -- judges 11:28 +. +The Lord's spirit empowered Jephthah. He passed through Gilead and Manasseh and went to Mizpah in Gilead. From there he approached the Ammonites. -- judges 11:29 +. +Jephthah made a vow to the Lord, saying, "If you really do hand the Ammonites over to me, -- judges 11:30 +. +then whoever is the first to come through the doors of my house to meet me when I return safely from fighting the Ammonites - he will belong to the Lord and I will offer him up as a burnt sacrifice." -- judges 11:31 +. +Jephthah approached the Ammonites to fight with them, and the Lord handed them over to him. -- judges 11:32 +. +He defeated them from Aroer all the way to Minnith - twenty cities in all, even as far as Abel Keramim! He wiped them out! The Israelites humiliated the Ammonites. -- judges 11:33 +. +When Jephthah came home to Mizpah, there was his daughter hurrying out to meet him, dancing to the rhythm of tambourines. She was his only child; except for her he had no son or daughter. -- judges 11:34 +. +When he saw her, he ripped his clothes and said, "Oh no! My daughter! You have completely ruined me! You have brought me disaster! I made an oath to the Lord, and I cannot break it." -- judges 11:35 +. +She said to him, "My father, since you made an oath to the Lord, do to me as you promised. After all, the Lord vindicated you before your enemies, the Ammonites." -- judges 11:36 +. +She then said to her father, "Please grant me this one wish. For two months allow me to walk through the hills with my friends and mourn my virginity." -- judges 11:37 +. +He said, "You may go." He permitted her to leave for two months. She went with her friends and mourned her virginity as she walked through the hills. -- judges 11:38 +. +After two months she returned to her father, and he did to her as he had vowed. She died a virgin. Her tragic death gave rise to a custom in Israel. -- judges 11:39 +. +Every year Israelite women commemorate the daughter of Jephthah the Gileadite for four days. -- judges 11:40 +. +The Ephraimites assembled and crossed over to Zaphon. They said to Jephthah, "Why did you go and fight with the Ammonites without asking us to go with you? We will burn your house down right over you!" -- judges 12:1 +. +Jephthah said to them, "My people and I were entangled in controversy with the Ammonites. I asked for your help, but you did not deliver me from their power. -- judges 12:2 +. +When I saw that you were not going to help, I risked my life and advanced against the Ammonites, and the Lord handed them over to me. Why have you come up to fight with me today?" -- judges 12:3 +. +Jephthah assembled all the men of Gilead and they fought with Ephraim. The men of Gilead defeated Ephraim, because the Ephraimites insulted them, saying, "You Gileadites are refugees in Ephraim, living within Ephraim's and Manasseh's territory." -- judges 12:4 +. +The Gileadites captured the fords of the Jordan River opposite Ephraim. Whenever an Ephraimite fugitive said, "Let me cross over," the men of Gilead asked him, "Are you an Ephraimite?" If he said, "No," -- judges 12:5 +. +then they said to him, "Say 'Shibboleth!'" If he said, "Sibboleth" (and could not pronounce the word correctly), they grabbed him and executed him right there at the fords of the Jordan. On that day forty-two thousand Ephraimites fell dead. -- judges 12:6 +. +Jephthah led Israel for six years; then he died and was buried in his city in Gilead. -- judges 12:7 +. +After him Ibzan of Bethlehem led Israel. -- judges 12:8 +. +He had thirty sons. He arranged for thirty of his daughters to be married outside his extended family, and he arranged for thirty young women to be brought from outside as wives for his sons. Ibzan led Israel for seven years; -- judges 12:9 +. +then he died and was buried in Bethlehem. -- judges 12:10 +. +After him Elon the Zebulunite led Israel for ten years. -- judges 12:11 +. +Then Elon the Zebulunite died and was buried in Aijalon in the land of Zebulun. -- judges 12:12 +. +After him Abdon son of Hillel the Pirathonite led Israel. -- judges 12:13 +. +He had forty sons and thirty grandsons who rode on seventy donkeys. He led Israel for eight years. -- judges 12:14 +. +Then Abdon son of Hillel the Pirathonite died and was buried in Pirathon in the land of Ephraim, in the hill country of the Amalekites. -- judges 12:15 +. +The Israelites again did evil in the Lord's sight, so the Lord handed them over to the Philistines for forty years. -- judges 13:1 +. +There was a man named Manoah from Zorah, from the Danite tribe. His wife was infertile and childless. -- judges 13:2 +. +The Lord's angelic messenger appeared to the woman and said to her, "You are infertile and childless, but you will conceive and have a son. -- judges 13:3 +. +Now be careful! Do not drink wine or beer, and do not eat any food that will make you ritually unclean. -- judges 13:4 +. +Look, you will conceive and have a son. You must never cut his hair, for the child will be dedicated to God from birth. He will begin to deliver Israel from the power of the Philistines." -- judges 13:5 +. +The woman went and said to her husband, "A man sent from God came to me! He looked like God's angelic messenger - he was very awesome. I did not ask him where he came from, and he did not tell me his name. -- judges 13:6 +. +He said to me, 'Look, you will conceive and have a son. So now, do not drink wine or beer and do not eat any food that will make you ritually unclean. For the child will be dedicated to God from birth till the day he dies.'" -- judges 13:7 +. +Manoah prayed to the Lord, "Please, Lord, allow the man sent from God to visit us again, so he can teach us how we should raise the child who will be born." -- judges 13:8 +. +God answered Manoah's prayer. God's angelic messenger visited the woman again while she was sitting in the field. But her husband Manoah was not with her. -- judges 13:9 +. +The woman ran at once and told her husband, "Come quickly, the man who visited me the other day has appeared to me!" -- judges 13:10 +. +So Manoah got up and followed his wife. When he met the man, he said to him, "Are you the man who spoke to my wife?" He said, "Yes." -- judges 13:11 +. +Manoah said, "Now, when your announcement comes true, how should the child be raised and what should he do?" -- judges 13:12 +. +The Lord's messenger told Manoah, "Your wife should pay attention to everything I told her. -- judges 13:13 +. +She should not drink anything that the grapevine produces. She must not drink wine or beer, and she must not eat any food that will make her ritually unclean. She should obey everything I commanded her to do." -- judges 13:14 +. +Manoah said to the Lord's messenger, "Please stay here awhile, so we can prepare a young goat for you to eat." -- judges 13:15 +. +The Lord's messenger said to Manoah, "If I stay, I will not eat your food. But if you want to make a burnt sacrifice to the Lord, you should offer it." (He said this because Manoah did not know that he was the Lord's messenger.) -- judges 13:16 +. +Manoah said to the Lord's messenger, "Tell us your name, so we can honor you when your announcement comes true." -- judges 13:17 +. +The Lord's messenger said to him, "You should not ask me my name, because you cannot comprehend it." -- judges 13:18 +. +Manoah took a young goat and a grain offering and offered them on a rock to the Lord. The Lord's messenger did an amazing thing as Manoah and his wife watched. -- judges 13:19 +. +As the flame went up from the altar toward the sky, the Lord's messenger went up in it while Manoah and his wife watched. They fell facedown to the ground. -- judges 13:20 +. +The Lord's messenger did not appear again to Manoah and his wife. After all this happened Manoah realized that the visitor had been the Lord's messenger. -- judges 13:21 +. +Manoah said to his wife, "We will certainly die, because we have seen a supernatural being!" -- judges 13:22 +. +But his wife said to him, "If the Lord wanted to kill us, he would not have accepted the burnt offering and the grain offering from us. He would not have shown us all these things, or have spoken to us like this just now." -- judges 13:23 +. +Manoah's wife gave birth to a son and named him Samson. The child grew and the Lord empowered him. -- judges 13:24 +. +The Lord's spirit began to control him in Mahaneh Dan between Zorah and Eshtaol. -- judges 13:25 +. +Samson went down to Timnah, where a Philistine girl caught his eye. -- judges 14:1 +. +When he got home, he told his father and mother, "A Philistine girl in Timnah has caught my eye. Now get her for my wife." -- judges 14:2 +. +But his father and mother said to him, "Certainly you can find a wife among your relatives or among all our people! You should not have to go and get a wife from the uncircumcised Philistines." But Samson said to his father, "Get her for me, because she is the right one for me." -- judges 14:3 +. +Now his father and mother did not realize this was the Lord's doing, because he was looking for an opportunity to stir up trouble with the Philistines (for at that time the Philistines were ruling Israel). -- judges 14:4 +. +Samson went down to Timnah. When he approached the vineyards of Timnah, he saw a roaring young lion attacking him. -- judges 14:5 +. +The Lord's spirit empowered him and he tore the lion in two with his bare hands as easily as one would tear a young goat. But he did not tell his father or mother what he had done. -- judges 14:6 +. +Samson continued on down to Timnah and spoke to the girl. In his opinion, she was just the right one. -- judges 14:7 +. +Some time later, when he went back to marry her, he turned aside to see the lion's remains. He saw a swarm of bees in the lion's carcass, as well as some honey. -- judges 14:8 +. +He scooped it up with his hands and ate it as he walked along. When he returned to his father and mother, he offered them some and they ate it. But he did not tell them he had scooped the honey out of the lion's carcass. -- judges 14:9 +. +Then Samson's father accompanied him to Timnah for the marriage. Samson hosted a party there, for this was customary for bridegrooms to do. -- judges 14:10 +. +When the Philistines saw he had no attendants, they gave him thirty groomsmen who kept him company. -- judges 14:11 +. +Samson said to them, "I will give you a riddle. If you really can solve it during the seven days the party lasts, I will give you thirty linen robes and thirty sets of clothes. -- judges 14:12 +. +But if you cannot solve it, you will give me thirty linen robes and thirty sets of clothes." They said to him, "Let us hear your riddle." -- judges 14:13 +. +He said to them, "Out of the one who eats came something to eat; out of the strong one came something sweet." They could not solve the riddle for three days. -- judges 14:14 +. +On the fourth day they said to Samson's bride, "Trick your husband into giving the solution to the riddle. If you refuse, we will burn up you and your father's family. Did you invite us here to make us poor?" -- judges 14:15 +. +So Samson's bride cried on his shoulder and said, "You must hate me; you do not love me! You told the young men a riddle, but you have not told me the solution." He said to her, "Look, I have not even told my father or mother. Do you really expect me to tell you?" -- judges 14:16 +. +She cried on his shoulder until the party was almost over. Finally, on the seventh day, he told her because she had nagged him so much. Then she told the young men the solution to the riddle. -- judges 14:17 +. +On the seventh day, before the sun set, the men of the city said to him, "What is sweeter than honey? What is stronger than a lion?" He said to them, "If you had not plowed with my heifer, you would not have solved my riddle!" -- judges 14:18 +. +The Lord's spirit empowered him. He went down to Ashkelon and murdered thirty men. He took their clothes and gave them to the men who had solved the riddle. He was furious as he went back home. -- judges 14:19 +. +Samson's bride was then given to his best man. -- judges 14:20 +. +Sometime later, during the wheat harvest, Samson took a young goat as a gift and went to visit his bride. He said to her father, "I want to have sex with my bride in her bedroom!" But her father would not let him enter. -- judges 15:1 +. +Her father said, "I really thought you absolutely despised her, so I gave her to your best man. Her younger sister is more attractive than she is. Take her instead!" -- judges 15:2 +. +Samson said to them, "This time I am justified in doing the Philistines harm!" -- judges 15:3 +. +Samson went and captured three hundred jackals and got some torches. He tied the jackals in pairs by their tails and then tied a torch to each pair. -- judges 15:4 +. +He lit the torches and set the jackals loose in the Philistines' standing grain. He burned up the grain heaps and the standing grain, as well as the vineyards and olive groves. -- judges 15:5 +. +The Philistines asked, "Who did this?" They were told, "Samson, the Timnite's son-in-law, because the Timnite took Samson's bride and gave her to his best man." So the Philistines went up and burned her and her father. -- judges 15:6 +. +Samson said to them, "Because you did this, I will get revenge against you before I quit fighting." -- judges 15:7 +. +He struck them down and defeated them. Then he went down and lived for a time in the cave in the cliff of Etam. -- judges 15:8 +. +The Philistines went up and invaded Judah. They arrayed themselves for battle in Lehi. -- judges 15:9 +. +The men of Judah said, "Why are you attacking us?" The Philistines said, "We have come up to take Samson prisoner so we can do to him what he has done to us." -- judges 15:10 +. +Three thousand men of Judah went down to the cave in the cliff of Etam and said to Samson, "Do you not know that the Philistines rule over us? Why have you done this to us?" He said to them, "I have only done to them what they have done to me." -- judges 15:11 +. +They said to him, "We have come down to take you prisoner so we can hand you over to the Philistines." Samson said to them, "Promise me you will not kill me." -- judges 15:12 +. +They said to him, "We promise! We will only take you prisoner and hand you over to them. We promise not to kill you." They tied him up with two brand new ropes and led him up from the cliff. -- judges 15:13 +. +When he arrived in Lehi, the Philistines shouted as they approached him. But the Lord's spirit empowered him. The ropes around his arms were like flax dissolving in fire, and they melted away from his hands. -- judges 15:14 +. +He happened to see a solid jawbone of a donkey. He grabbed it and struck down a thousand men. -- judges 15:15 +. +Samson then said, "With the jawbone of a donkey I have left them in heaps; with the jawbone of a donkey I have struck down a thousand men!" -- judges 15:16 +. +When he finished speaking, he threw the jawbone down and named that place Ramath Lehi. -- judges 15:17 +. +He was very thirsty, so he cried out to the Lord and said, "You have given your servant this great victory. But now must I die of thirst and fall into hands of the Philistines?" -- judges 15:18 +. +So God split open the basin at Lehi and water flowed out from it. When he took a drink, his strength was restored and he revived. For this reason he named the spring En Hakkore. It remains in Lehi to this very day. -- judges 15:19 +. +Samson led Israel for twenty years during the days of Philistine prominence. -- judges 15:20 +. +Samson went to Gaza. There he saw a prostitute and went in to have sex with her. -- judges 16:1 +. +The Gazites were told, "Samson has come here!" So they surrounded the town and hid all night at the city gate, waiting for him to leave. They relaxed all night, thinking, "He will not leave until morning comes; then we will kill him!" -- judges 16:2 +. +Samson spent half the night with the prostitute; then he got up in the middle of the night and left. He grabbed the doors of the city gate, as well as the two posts, and pulled them right off, bar and all. He put them on his shoulders and carried them up to the top of a hill east of Hebron. -- judges 16:3 +. +After this Samson fell in love with a woman named Delilah, who lived in the Sorek Valley. -- judges 16:4 +. +The rulers of the Philistines went up to visit her and said to her, "Trick him! Find out what makes him so strong and how we can subdue him and humiliate him. Each one of us will give you eleven hundred silver pieces." -- judges 16:5 +. +So Delilah said to Samson, "Tell me what makes you so strong and how you can be subdued and humiliated." -- judges 16:6 +. +Samson said to her, "If they tie me up with seven fresh bowstrings that have not been dried, I will become weak and be just like any other man." -- judges 16:7 +. +So the rulers of the Philistines brought her seven fresh bowstrings which had not been dried and they tied him up with them. -- judges 16:8 +. +They hid in the bedroom and then she said to him, "The Philistines are here, Samson!" He snapped the bowstrings as easily as a thread of yarn snaps when it is put close to fire. The secret of his strength was not discovered. -- judges 16:9 +. +Delilah said to Samson, "Look, you deceived me and told me lies! Now tell me how you can be subdued." -- judges 16:10 +. +He said to her, "If they tie me tightly with brand new ropes that have never been used, I will become weak and be just like any other man." -- judges 16:11 +. +So Delilah took new ropes and tied him with them and said to him, "The Philistines are here, Samson!" (The Philistines were hiding in the bedroom.) But he tore the ropes from his arms as if they were a piece of thread. -- judges 16:12 +. +Delilah said to Samson, "Up to now you have deceived me and told me lies. Tell me how you can be subdued." He said to her, "If you weave the seven braids of my hair into the fabric on the loom and secure it with the pin, I will become weak and be like any other man." -- judges 16:13 +. +So she made him go to sleep, wove the seven braids of his hair into the fabric on the loom, fastened it with the pin, and said to him, "The Philistines are here, Samson!" He woke up and tore away the pin of the loom and the fabric. -- judges 16:14 +. +She said to him, "How can you say, 'I love you,' when you will not share your secret with me? Three times you have deceived me and have not told me what makes you so strong." -- judges 16:15 +. +She nagged him every day and pressured him until he was sick to death of it. -- judges 16:16 +. +Finally he told her his secret. He said to her, "My hair has never been cut, for I have been dedicated to God from the time I was conceived. If my head were shaved, my strength would leave me; I would become weak, and be just like all other men." -- judges 16:17 +. +When Delilah saw that he had told her his secret, she sent for the rulers of the Philistines, saying, "Come up here again, for he has told me his secret." So the rulers of the Philistines went up to visit her, bringing the silver in their hands. -- judges 16:18 +. +She made him go to sleep on her lap and then called a man in to shave off the seven braids of his hair. She made him vulnerable and his strength left him. -- judges 16:19 +. +She said, "The Philistines are here, Samson!" He woke up and thought, "I will do as I did before and shake myself free." But he did not realize that the Lord had left him. -- judges 16:20 +. +The Philistines captured him and gouged out his eyes. They brought him down to Gaza and bound him in bronze chains. He became a grinder in the prison. -- judges 16:21 +. +His hair began to grow back after it had been shaved off. -- judges 16:22 +. +The rulers of the Philistines gathered to offer a great sacrifice to Dagon their god and to celebrate. They said, "Our god has handed Samson, our enemy, over to us." -- judges 16:23 +. +When the people saw him, they praised their god, saying, "Our god has handed our enemy over to us, the one who ruined our land and killed so many of us!" -- judges 16:24 +. +When they really started celebrating, they said, "Call for Samson so he can entertain us!" So they summoned Samson from the prison and he entertained them. They made him stand between two pillars. -- judges 16:25 +. +Samson said to the young man who held his hand, "Position me so I can touch the pillars that support the temple. Then I can lean on them." -- judges 16:26 +. +Now the temple was filled with men and women, and all the rulers of the Philistines were there. There were three thousand men and women on the roof watching Samson entertain. -- judges 16:27 +. +Samson called to the Lord, "O Master, Lord, remember me! Strengthen me just one more time, O God, so I can get swift revenge against the Philistines for my two eyes!" -- judges 16:28 +. +Samson took hold of the two middle pillars that supported the temple and he leaned against them, with his right hand on one and his left hand on the other. -- judges 16:29 +. +Samson said, "Let me die with the Philistines!" He pushed hard and the temple collapsed on the rulers and all the people in it. He killed many more people in his death than he had killed during his life. -- judges 16:30 +. +His brothers and all his family went down and brought him back. They buried him between Zorah and Eshtaol in the tomb of Manoah his father. He had led Israel for twenty years. -- judges 16:31 +. +There was a man named Micah from the Ephraimite hill country. -- judges 17:1 +. +He said to his mother, "You know the eleven hundred pieces of silver which were stolen from you, about which I heard you pronounce a curse? Look here, I have the silver. I stole it, but now I am giving it back to you." His mother said, "May the Lord reward you, my son!" -- judges 17:2 +. +When he gave back to his mother the eleven hundred pieces of silver, his mother said, "I solemnly dedicate this silver to the Lord. It will be for my son's benefit. We will use it to make a carved image and a metal image." -- judges 17:3 +. +When he gave the silver back to his mother, she took two hundred pieces of silver to a silversmith, who made them into a carved image and a metal image. She then put them in Micah's house. -- judges 17:4 +. +Now this man Micah owned a shrine. He made an ephod and some personal idols and hired one of his sons to serve as a priest. -- judges 17:5 +. +In those days Israel had no king. Each man did what he considered to be right. -- judges 17:6 +. +There was a young man from Bethlehem in Judah. He was a Levite who had been temporarily residing among the tribe of Judah. -- judges 17:7 +. +This man left the town of Bethlehem in Judah to find another place to live. He came to the Ephraimite hill country and made his way to Micah's house. -- judges 17:8 +. +Micah said to him, "Where do you come from?" He replied, "I am a Levite from Bethlehem in Judah. I am looking for a new place to live." -- judges 17:9 +. +Micah said to him, "Stay with me. Become my adviser and priest. I will give you ten pieces of silver per year, plus clothes and food." -- judges 17:10 +. +So the Levite agreed to stay with the man; the young man was like a son to Micah. -- judges 17:11 +. +Micah paid the Levite; the young man became his priest and lived in Micah's house. -- judges 17:12 +. +Micah said, "Now I know God will make me rich, because I have this Levite as my priest." -- judges 17:13 +. +In those days Israel had no king. And in those days the Danite tribe was looking for a place to settle, because at that time they did not yet have a place to call their own among the tribes of Israel. -- judges 18:1 +. +The Danites sent out from their whole tribe five representatives, capable men from Zorah and Eshtaol, to spy out the land and explore it. They said to them, "Go, explore the land." They came to the Ephraimite hill country and spent the night at Micah's house. -- judges 18:2 +. +As they approached Micah's house, they recognized the accent of the young Levite. So they stopped there and said to him, "Who brought you here? What are you doing in this place? What is your business here?" -- judges 18:3 +. +He told them what Micah had done for him, saying, "He hired me and I became his priest." -- judges 18:4 +. +They said to him, "Seek a divine oracle for us, so we can know if we will be successful on our mission." -- judges 18:5 +. +The priest said to them, "Go with confidence. The Lord will be with you on your mission." -- judges 18:6 +. +So the five men journeyed on and arrived in Laish. They noticed that the people there were living securely, like the Sidonians do, undisturbed and unsuspecting. No conqueror was troubling them in any way. They lived far from the Sidonians and had no dealings with anyone. -- judges 18:7 +. +When the Danites returned to their tribe in Zorah and Eshtaol, their kinsmen asked them, "How did it go?" -- judges 18:8 +. +They said, "Come on, let's attack them, for we saw their land and it is very good. You seem lethargic, but don't hesitate to invade and conquer the land. -- judges 18:9 +. +When you invade, you will encounter unsuspecting people. The land is wide! God is handing it over to you - a place that lacks nothing on earth!" -- judges 18:10 +. +So six hundred Danites, fully armed, set out from Zorah and Eshtaol. -- judges 18:11 +. +They went up and camped in Kiriath Jearim in Judah. (To this day that place is called Camp of Dan. It is west of Kiriath Jearim.) -- judges 18:12 +. +From there they traveled through the Ephraimite hill country and arrived at Micah's house. -- judges 18:13 +. +The five men who had gone to spy out the land of Laish said to their kinsmen, "Do you realize that inside these houses are an ephod, some personal idols, a carved image, and a metal image? Decide now what you want to do." -- judges 18:14 +. +They stopped there, went inside the young Levite's house (which belonged to Micah), and asked him how he was doing. -- judges 18:15 +. +Meanwhile the six hundred Danites, fully armed, stood at the entrance to the gate. -- judges 18:16 +. +The five men who had gone to spy out the land broke in and stole the carved image, the ephod, the personal idols, and the metal image, while the priest was standing at the entrance to the gate with the six hundred fully armed men. -- judges 18:17 +. +When these men broke into Micah's house and stole the carved image, the ephod, the personal idols, and the metal image, the priest said to them, "What are you doing?" -- judges 18:18 +. +They said to him, "Shut up! Put your hand over your mouth and come with us! You can be our adviser and priest. Wouldn't it be better to be a priest for a whole Israelite tribe than for just one man's family?" -- judges 18:19 +. +The priest was happy. He took the ephod, the personal idols, and the carved image and joined the group. -- judges 18:20 +. +They turned and went on their way, but they walked behind the children, the cattle, and their possessions. -- judges 18:21 +. +After they had gone a good distance from Micah's house, Micah's neighbors gathered together and caught up with the Danites. -- judges 18:22 +. +When they called out to the Danites, the Danites turned around and said to Micah, "Why have you gathered together?" -- judges 18:23 +. +He said, "You stole my gods that I made, as well as this priest, and then went away. What do I have left? How can you have the audacity to say to me, 'What do you want?'" -- judges 18:24 +. +The Danites said to him, "Don't say another word to us, or some very angry men will attack you, and you and your family will die." -- judges 18:25 +. +The Danites went on their way; when Micah realized they were too strong to resist, he turned around and went home. -- judges 18:26 +. +Now the Danites took what Micah had made, as well as his priest, and came to Laish, where the people were undisturbed and unsuspecting. They struck them down with the sword and burned the city. -- judges 18:27 +. +No one came to the rescue because the city was far from Sidon and they had no dealings with anyone. The city was in a valley near Beth Rehob. The Danites rebuilt the city and occupied it. -- judges 18:28 +. +They named it Dan after their ancestor, who was one of Israel's sons. But the city's name used to be Laish. -- judges 18:29 +. +The Danites worshiped the carved image. Jonathan, descendant of Gershom, son of Moses, and his descendants served as priests for the tribe of Dan until the time of the exile. -- judges 18:30 +. +They worshiped Micah's carved image the whole time God's authorized shrine was in Shiloh. -- judges 18:31 +. +In those days Israel had no king. There was a Levite living temporarily in the remote region of the Ephraimite hill country. He acquired a concubine from Bethlehem in Judah. -- judges 19:1 +. +However, she got angry at him and went home to her father's house in Bethlehem in Judah. When she had been there four months, -- judges 19:2 +. +her husband came after her, hoping he could convince her to return. He brought with him his servant and a pair of donkeys. When she brought him into her father's house and the girl's father saw him, he greeted him warmly. -- judges 19:3 +. +His father-in-law, the girl's father, persuaded him to stay with him for three days, and they ate and drank together, and spent the night there. -- judges 19:4 +. +On the fourth day they woke up early and the Levite got ready to leave. But the girl's father said to his son-in-law, "Have a bite to eat for some energy, then you can go." -- judges 19:5 +. +So the two of them sat down and had a meal together. Then the girl's father said to the man, "Why not stay another night and have a good time!" -- judges 19:6 +. +When the man got ready to leave, his father-in-law convinced him to stay another night. -- judges 19:7 +. +He woke up early in the morning on the fifth day so he could leave, but the girl's father said, "Get some energy. Wait until later in the day to leave!" So they ate a meal together. -- judges 19:8 +. +When the man got ready to leave with his concubine and his servant, his father-in-law, the girl's father, said to him, "Look! The day is almost over! Stay another night! Since the day is over, stay another night here and have a good time. You can get up early tomorrow and start your trip home." -- judges 19:9 +. +But the man did not want to stay another night. He left and traveled as far as Jebus (that is, Jerusalem). He had with him a pair of saddled donkeys and his concubine. -- judges 19:10 +. +When they got near Jebus, it was getting quite late and the servant said to his master, "Come on, let's stop at this Jebusite city and spend the night in it." -- judges 19:11 +. +But his master said to him, "We should not stop at a foreign city where non-Israelites live. We will travel on to Gibeah." -- judges 19:12 +. +He said to his servant, "Come on, we will go into one of the other towns and spend the night in Gibeah or Ramah." -- judges 19:13 +. +So they traveled on, and the sun went down when they were near Gibeah in the territory of Benjamin. -- judges 19:14 +. +They stopped there and decided to spend the night in Gibeah. They came into the city and sat down in the town square, but no one invited them to spend the night. -- judges 19:15 +. +But then an old man passed by, returning at the end of the day from his work in the field. The man was from the Ephraimite hill country; he was living temporarily in Gibeah. (The residents of the town were Benjaminites.) -- judges 19:16 +. +When he looked up and saw the traveler in the town square, the old man said, "Where are you heading? Where do you come from?" -- judges 19:17 +. +The Levite said to him, "We are traveling from Bethlehem in Judah to the remote region of the Ephraimite hill country. That's where I'm from. I had business in Bethlehem in Judah, but now I'm heading home. But no one has invited me into their home. -- judges 19:18 +. +We have enough straw and grain for our donkeys, and there is enough food and wine for me, your female servant, and the young man who is with your servants. We lack nothing." -- judges 19:19 +. +The old man said, "Everything is just fine! I will take care of all your needs. But don't spend the night in the town square." -- judges 19:20 +. +So he brought him to his house and fed the donkeys. They washed their feet and had a meal. -- judges 19:21 +. +They were having a good time, when suddenly some men of the city, some good-for-nothings, surrounded the house and kept beating on the door. They said to the old man who owned the house, "Send out the man who came to visit you so we can have sex with him." -- judges 19:22 +. +The man who owned the house went outside and said to them, "No, my brothers! Don't do this wicked thing! After all, this man is a guest in my house. Don't do such a disgraceful thing! -- judges 19:23 +. +Here are my virgin daughter and my guest's concubine. I will send them out and you can abuse them and do to them whatever you like. But don't do such a disgraceful thing to this man!" -- judges 19:24 +. +The men refused to listen to him, so the Levite grabbed his concubine and made her go outside. They raped her and abused her all night long until morning. They let her go at dawn. -- judges 19:25 +. +The woman arrived back at daybreak and was sprawled out on the doorstep of the house where her master was staying until it became light. -- judges 19:26 +. +When her master got up in the morning, opened the doors of the house, and went outside to start on his journey, there was the woman, his concubine, sprawled out on the doorstep of the house with her hands on the threshold. -- judges 19:27 +. +He said to her, "Get up, let's leave!" But there was no response. He put her on the donkey and went home. -- judges 19:28 +. +When he got home, he took a knife, grabbed his concubine, and carved her up into twelve pieces. Then he sent the pieces throughout Israel. -- judges 19:29 +. +Everyone who saw the sight said, "Nothing like this has happened or been witnessed during the entire time since the Israelites left the land of Egypt! Take careful note of it! Discuss it and speak!" -- judges 19:30 +. +All the Israelites from Dan to Beer Sheba and from the land of Gilead left their homes and assembled together before the Lord at Mizpah. -- judges 20:1 +. +The leaders of all the people from all the tribes of Israel took their places in the assembly of God's people, which numbered four hundred thousand sword-wielding foot soldiers. -- judges 20:2 +. +The Benjaminites heard that the Israelites had gone up to Mizpah. Then the Israelites said, "Explain how this wicked thing happened!" -- judges 20:3 +. +The Levite, the husband of the murdered woman, spoke up, "I and my concubine stopped in Gibeah in the territory of Benjamin to spend the night. -- judges 20:4 +. +The leaders of Gibeah attacked me and at night surrounded the house where I was staying. They wanted to kill me; instead they abused my concubine so badly that she died. -- judges 20:5 +. +I grabbed hold of my concubine and carved her up and sent the pieces throughout the territory occupied by Israel, because they committed such an unthinkable atrocity in Israel. -- judges 20:6 +. +All you Israelites, make a decision here!" -- judges 20:7 +. +All Israel rose up in unison and said, "Not one of us will go home! Not one of us will return to his house! -- judges 20:8 +. +Now this is what we will do to Gibeah: We will attack the city as the lot dictates. -- judges 20:9 +. +We will take ten of every group of a hundred men from all the tribes of Israel (and a hundred of every group of a thousand, and a thousand of every group of ten thousand) to get supplies for the army. When they arrive in Gibeah of Benjamin they will punish them for the atrocity which they committed in Israel." -- judges 20:10 +. +So all the men of Israel gathered together at the city as allies. -- judges 20:11 +. +The tribes of Israel sent men throughout the tribe of Benjamin, saying, "How could such a wicked thing take place? -- judges 20:12 +. +Now, hand over the good-for-nothings in Gibeah so we can execute them and purge Israel of wickedness." But the Benjaminites refused to listen to their Israelite brothers. -- judges 20:13 +. +The Benjaminites came from their cities and assembled at Gibeah to make war against the Israelites. -- judges 20:14 +. +That day the Benjaminites mustered from their cities twenty-six thousand sword-wielding soldiers, besides seven hundred well-trained soldiers from Gibeah. -- judges 20:15 +. +Among this army were seven hundred specially-trained left-handed soldiers. Each one could sling a stone and hit even the smallest target. -- judges 20:16 +. +The men of Israel (not counting Benjamin) had mustered four hundred thousand sword-wielding soldiers, every one an experienced warrior. -- judges 20:17 +. +The Israelites went up to Bethel and asked God, "Who should lead the charge against the Benjaminites?" The Lord said, "Judah should lead." -- judges 20:18 +. +The Israelites got up the next morning and moved against Gibeah. -- judges 20:19 +. +The men of Israel marched out to fight Benjamin; they arranged their battle lines against Gibeah. -- judges 20:20 +. +The Benjaminites attacked from Gibeah and struck down twenty-two thousand Israelites that day. -- judges 20:21 +. +The Israelite army took heart and once more arranged their battle lines, in the same place where they had taken their positions the day before. -- judges 20:22 +. +The Israelites went up and wept before the Lord until evening. They asked the Lord, "Should we again march out to fight the Benjaminites, our brothers?" The Lord said, "Attack them!" -- judges 20:23 +. +So the Israelites marched toward the Benjaminites the next day. -- judges 20:24 +. +The Benjaminites again attacked them from Gibeah and struck down eighteen thousand sword-wielding Israelite soldiers. -- judges 20:25 +. +So all the Israelites, the whole army, went up to Bethel. They wept and sat there before the Lord; they did not eat anything that day until evening. They offered up burnt sacrifices and tokens of peace to the Lord. -- judges 20:26 +. +The Israelites asked the Lord (for the ark of God's covenant was there in those days; -- judges 20:27 +. +Phinehas son of Eleazar, son of Aaron, was serving the Lord in those days), "Should we once more march out to fight the Benjaminites our brothers, or should we quit?" The Lord said, "Attack, for tomorrow I will hand them over to you." -- judges 20:28 +. +So Israel hid men in ambush outside Gibeah. -- judges 20:29 +. +The Israelites attacked the Benjaminites the next day; they took their positions against Gibeah just as they had done before. -- judges 20:30 +. +The Benjaminites attacked the army, leaving the city unguarded. They began to strike down their enemy just as they had done before. On the main roads (one leads to Bethel, the other to Gibeah) and in the field, they struck down about thirty Israelites. -- judges 20:31 +. +Then the Benjaminites said, "They are defeated just as before." But the Israelites said, "Let's retreat and lure them away from the city into the main roads." -- judges 20:32 +. + All the men of Israel got up from their places and took their positions at Baal Tamar, while the Israelites hiding in ambush jumped out of their places west of Gibeah. -- judges 20:33 +. +Ten thousand men, well-trained soldiers from all Israel, then made a frontal assault against Gibeah - the battle was fierce. But the Benjaminites did not realize that disaster was at their doorstep. -- judges 20:34 +. +The Lord annihilated Benjamin before Israel; the Israelites struck down that day 25,sword-wielding Benjaminites. -- judges 20:35 +. +Then the Benjaminites saw they were defeated. The Israelites retreated before Benjamin, because they had confidence in the men they had hid in ambush outside Gibeah. -- judges 20:36 +. +The men hiding in ambush made a mad dash to Gibeah. They attacked and put the sword to the entire city. -- judges 20:37 +. +The Israelites and the men hiding in ambush had arranged a signal. When the men hiding in ambush sent up a smoke signal from the city, -- judges 20:38 +. +the Israelites counterattacked. Benjamin had begun to strike down the Israelites; they struck down about thirty men. They said, "There's no doubt about it! They are totally defeated as in the earlier battle." -- judges 20:39 +. +But when the signal, a pillar of smoke, began to rise up from the city, the Benjaminites turned around and saw the whole city going up in a cloud of smoke that rose high into the sky. -- judges 20:40 +. +When the Israelites turned around, the Benjaminites panicked because they could see that disaster was on their doorstep. -- judges 20:41 +. +They retreated before the Israelites, taking the road to the wilderness. But the battle overtook them as men from the surrounding cities struck them down. -- judges 20:42 +. +They surrounded the Benjaminites, chased them from Nohah, and annihilated them all the way to a spot east of Geba. -- judges 20:43 +. +Eighteen thousand Benjaminites, all of them capable warriors, fell dead. -- judges 20:44 +. +The rest turned and ran toward the wilderness, heading toward the cliff of Rimmon. But the Israelites caught five thousand of them on the main roads. They stayed right on their heels all the way to Gidom and struck down two thousand more. -- judges 20:45 +. +That day twenty-five thousand sword-wielding Benjaminites fell in battle, all of them capable warriors. -- judges 20:46 +. +Six hundred survivors turned and ran away to the wilderness, to the cliff of Rimmon. They stayed there four months. -- judges 20:47 +. +The Israelites returned to the Benjaminite towns and put the sword to them. They wiped out the cities, the animals, and everything they could find. They set fire to every city in their path. -- judges 20:48 +. +The Israelites had taken an oath in Mizpah, saying, "Not one of us will allow his daughter to marry a Benjaminite." -- judges 21:1 +. +So the people came to Bethel and sat there before God until evening, weeping loudly and uncontrollably. -- judges 21:2 +. +They said, "Why, O Lord God of Israel, has this happened in Israel?" An entire tribe has disappeared from Israel today!" -- judges 21:3 +. +The next morning the people got up early and built an altar there. They offered up burnt sacrifices and token of peace. -- judges 21:4 +. +The Israelites asked, "Who from all the Israelite tribes has not assembled before the Lord?" They had made a solemn oath that whoever did not assemble before the Lord at Mizpah must certainly be executed. -- judges 21:5 +. +The Israelites regretted what had happened to their brother Benjamin. They said, "Today we cut off an entire tribe from Israel! -- judges 21:6 +. +How can we find wives for those who are left? After all, we took an oath in the Lord's name not to give them our daughters as wives." -- judges 21:7 +. +So they asked, "Who from all the Israelite tribes did not assemble before the Lord at Mizpah?" Now it just so happened no one from Jabesh Gilead had come to the gathering. -- judges 21:8 +. +When they took roll call, they noticed none of the inhabitants of Jabesh Gilead were there. -- judges 21:9 +. +So the assembly sent 12,capable warriors against Jabesh Gilead. They commanded them, "Go and kill with your swords the inhabitants of Jabesh Gilead, including the women and little children. -- judges 21:10 +. +Do this: exterminate every male, as well as every woman who has had sexual relations with a male. But spare the lives of any virgins." So they did as instructed. -- judges 21:11 +. +They found among the inhabitants of Jabesh Gilead four hundred young girls who were virgins - they had never had sexual relations with a male. They brought them back to the camp at Shiloh in the land of Canaan. -- judges 21:12 +. +The entire assembly sent messengers to the Benjaminites at the cliff of Rimmon and assured them they would not be harmed. -- judges 21:13 +. +The Benjaminites returned at that time, and the Israelites gave to them the women they had spared from Jabesh Gilead. But there were not enough to go around. -- judges 21:14 +. +The people regretted what had happened to Benjamin because the Lord had weakened the Israelite tribes. -- judges 21:15 +. +The leaders of the assembly said, "How can we find wives for those who are left? After all, the Benjaminite women have been wiped out. -- judges 21:16 +. +The remnant of Benjamin must be preserved. An entire Israelite tribe should not be wiped out. -- judges 21:17 +. +But we can't allow our daughters to marry them, for the Israelites took an oath, saying, 'Whoever gives a woman to a Benjaminite will be destroyed!' -- judges 21:18 +. +However, there is an annual festival to the Lord in Shiloh, which is north of Bethel (east of the main road that goes up from Bethel to Shechem) and south of Lebonah." -- judges 21:19 +. +So they commanded the Benjaminites, "Go hide in the vineyards, -- judges 21:20 +. +and keep your eyes open. When you see the daughters of Shiloh coming out to dance in the celebration, jump out from the vineyards. Each one of you, catch yourself a wife from among the daughters of Shiloh and then go home to the land of Benjamin. -- judges 21:21 +. +When their fathers or brothers come and protest to us, we'll say to them, "Do us a favor and let them be, for we could not get each one a wife through battle. Don't worry about breaking your oath! You would only be guilty if you had voluntarily given them wives.'" -- judges 21:22 +. +The Benjaminites did as instructed. They abducted two hundred of the dancing girls to be their wives. They went home to their own territory, rebuilt their cities, and settled down. -- judges 21:23 +. +Then the Israelites dispersed from there to their respective tribal and clan territories. Each went from there to his own property. -- judges 21:24 +. +In those days Israel had no king. Each man did what he considered to be right. -- judges 21:25 +. +During the time of the judges there was a famine in the land of Judah. So a man from Bethlehem in Judah went to live as a resident foreigner in the region of Moab, along with his wife and two sons. -- ruth 1:1 +. +(Now the man's name was Elimelech, his wife was Naomi, and his two sons were Mahlon and Kilion. They were of the clan of Ephrath from Bethlehem in Judah.) They entered the region of Moab and settled there. -- ruth 1:2 +. +Sometime later Naomi's husband Elimelech died, so she and her two sons were left alone. -- ruth 1:3 +. +So her sons married Moabite women. (One was named Orpah and the other Ruth.) And they continued to live there about ten years. -- ruth 1:4 +. +Then Naomi's two sons, Mahlon and Kilion, also died. So the woman was left all alone - bereaved of her two children as well as her husband! -- ruth 1:5 +. +So she decided to return home from the region of Moab, accompanied by her daughters-in-law, because while she was living in Moab she had heard that the Lord had shown concern for his people, reversing the famine by providing abundant crops. -- ruth 1:6 +. +Now as she and her two daughters-in-law began to leave the place where she had been living to return to the land of Judah, -- ruth 1:7 +. +Naomi said to her two daughters-in-law, "Listen to me! Each of you should return to your mother's home! May the Lord show you the same kind of devotion that you have shown to your deceased husbands and to me! -- ruth 1:8 +. +May the Lord enable each of you to find security in the home of a new husband!" Then she kissed them goodbye and they wept loudly. -- ruth 1:9 +. +But they said to her, "No! We will return with you to your people." -- ruth 1:10 +. +But Naomi replied, "Go back home, my daughters! There is no reason for you to return to Judah with me! I am no longer capable of giving birth to sons who might become your husbands! -- ruth 1:11 +. +Go back home, my daughters! For I am too old to get married again. Even if I thought that there was hope that I could get married tonight and conceive sons, -- ruth 1:12 +. +surely you would not want to wait until they were old enough to marry! Surely you would not remain unmarried all that time! No, my daughters, you must not return with me. For my intense suffering is too much for you to bear. For the Lord is afflicting me!" -- ruth 1:13 +. +Again they wept loudly. Then Orpah kissed her mother-in-law goodbye, but Ruth clung tightly to her. -- ruth 1:14 +. +So Naomi said, "Look, your sister-in-law is returning to her people and to her god. Follow your sister-in-law back home!" -- ruth 1:15 +. +But Ruth replied, "Stop urging me to abandon you! For wherever you go, I will go. Wherever you live, I will live. Your people will become my people, and your God will become my God. -- ruth 1:16 +. +Wherever you die, I will die - and there I will be buried. May the Lord punish me severely if I do not keep my promise! Only death will be able to separate me from you!" -- ruth 1:17 +. +When Naomi realized that Ruth was determined to go with her, she stopped trying to dissuade her. -- ruth 1:18 +. +So the two of them journeyed together until they arrived in Bethlehem.When they entered Bethlehem, the whole village was excited about their arrival. The women of the village said, "Can this be Naomi?" -- ruth 1:19 +. +But she replied to them, "Don't call me 'Naomi'! Call me 'Mara' because the Sovereign One has treated me very harshly. -- ruth 1:20 +. +I left here full, but the Lord has caused me to return empty-handed. Why do you call me 'Naomi,' seeing that the Lord has opposed me, and the Sovereign One has caused me to suffer?" -- ruth 1:21 +. +So Naomi returned, accompanied by her Moabite daughter-in-law Ruth, who came back with her from the region of Moab. (Now they arrived in Bethlehem at the beginning of the barley harvest.) -- ruth 1:22 +. +Now Naomi had a relative on her husband's side of the family named Boaz. He was a wealthy, prominent man from the clan of Elimelech. -- ruth 2:1 +. +One day Ruth the Moabite said to Naomi, "Let me go to the fields so I can gather grain behind whoever permits me to do so." Naomi replied, "You may go, my daughter." -- ruth 2:2 +. +So Ruth went and gathered grain in the fields behind the harvesters. Now she just happened to end up in the portion of the field belonging to Boaz, who was from the clan of Elimelech. -- ruth 2:3 +. +Now at that very moment, Boaz arrived from Bethlehem and greeted the harvesters, "May the Lord be with you!" They replied, "May the Lord bless you!" -- ruth 2:4 +. +Boaz asked his servant in charge of the harvesters, "To whom does this young woman belong?" -- ruth 2:5 +. +The servant in charge of the harvesters replied, "She's the young Moabite woman who came back with Naomi from the region of Moab. -- ruth 2:6 +. +She asked, 'May I follow the harvesters and gather grain among the bundles?' Since she arrived she has been working hard from this morning until now - except for sitting in the resting hut a short time." -- ruth 2:7 +. +So Boaz said to Ruth, "Listen carefully, my dear! Do not leave to gather grain in another field. You need not go beyond the limits of this field. You may go along beside my female workers. -- ruth 2:8 +. +Take note of the field where the men are harvesting and follow behind with the female workers. I will tell the men to leave you alone. When you are thirsty, you may go to the water jars and drink some of the water the servants draw." -- ruth 2:9 +. +Ruth knelt before him with her forehead to the ground and said to him, "Why are you so kind and so attentive to me, even though I am a foreigner?" -- ruth 2:10 +. +Boaz replied to her, "I have been given a full report of all that you have done for your mother-in-law following the death of your husband - how you left your father and your mother, as well as your homeland, and came to live among people you did not know previously. -- ruth 2:11 +. +May the Lord reward your efforts! May your acts of kindness be repaid fully by the Lord God of Israel, from whom you have sought protection!" -- ruth 2:12 +. +She said, "You really are being kind to me, sir, for you have reassured and encouraged me, your servant, even though I am not one of your servants!" -- ruth 2:13 +. +Later during the mealtime Boaz said to her, "Come here and have some food! Dip your bread in the vinegar!" So she sat down beside the harvesters. Then he handed her some roasted grain. She ate until she was full and saved the rest. -- ruth 2:14 +. +When she got up to gather grain, Boaz told his male servants, "Let her gather grain even among the bundles! Don't chase her off! -- ruth 2:15 +. +Make sure you pull out ears of grain for her and drop them so she can gather them up. Don't tell her not to!" -- ruth 2:16 +. +So she gathered grain in the field until evening. When she threshed what she had gathered, it came to about thirty pounds of barley! -- ruth 2:17 +. +She carried it back to town, and her mother-in-law saw how much grain she had gathered. Then Ruth gave her the roasted grain she had saved from mealtime. -- ruth 2:18 +. +Her mother-in-law asked her, "Where did you gather grain today? Where did you work? May the one who took notice of you be rewarded!" So Ruth told her mother-in-law with whom she had worked. She said, "The name of the man with whom I worked today is Boaz." -- ruth 2:19 +. +Naomi said to her daughter-in-law, "May he be rewarded by the Lord because he has shown loyalty to the living on behalf of the dead!" Then Naomi said to her, "This man is a close relative of ours; he is our guardian." -- ruth 2:20 +. +Ruth the Moabite replied, "He even told me, 'You may go along beside my servants until they have finished gathering all my harvest!'" -- ruth 2:21 +. +Naomi then said to her daughter-in-law Ruth, "It is good, my daughter, that you should go out to work with his female servants. That way you will not be harmed, which could happen in another field." -- ruth 2:22 +. +So Ruth worked beside Boaz's female servants, gathering grain until the end of the barley harvest as well as the wheat harvest. After that she stayed home with her mother-in-law. -- ruth 2:23 +. +At that time, Naomi, her mother-in-law, said to her, "My daughter, I must find a home for you so you will be secure. -- ruth 3:1 +. +Now Boaz, with whose female servants you worked, is our close relative. Look, tonight he is winnowing barley at the threshing floor. -- ruth 3:2 +. +So bathe yourself, rub on some perfumed oil, and get dressed up. Then go down to the threshing floor. But don't let the man know you're there until he finishes his meal. -- ruth 3:3 +. +When he gets ready to go to sleep, take careful notice of the place where he lies down. Then go, uncover his legs, and lie down beside him. He will tell you what you should do." -- ruth 3:4 +. +Ruth replied to Naomi, "I will do everything you have told me to do." -- ruth 3:5 +. +So she went down to the threshing floor and did everything her mother-in-law had instructed her to do. -- ruth 3:6 +. +When Boaz had finished his meal and was feeling satisfied, he lay down to sleep at the far end of the grain heap. Then Ruth crept up quietly, uncovered his legs, and lay down beside him. -- ruth 3:7 +. +In the middle of the night he was startled and turned over. Now he saw a woman lying beside him! -- ruth 3:8 +. +He said, "Who are you?" She replied, "I am Ruth, your servant. Marry your servant, for you are a guardian of the family interests." -- ruth 3:9 +. +He said, "May you be rewarded by the Lord, my dear! This act of devotion is greater than what you did before. For you have not sought to marry one of the young men, whether rich or poor. -- ruth 3:10 +. +Now, my dear, don't worry! I intend to do for you everything you propose, for everyone in the village knows that you are a worthy woman. -- ruth 3:11 +. +Now yes, it is true that I am a guardian, but there is another guardian who is a closer relative than I am. -- ruth 3:12 +. +Remain here tonight. Then in the morning, if he agrees to marry you, fine, let him do so. But if he does not want to do so, I promise, as surely as the Lord lives, to marry you. Sleep here until morning." -- ruth 3:13 +. +So she slept beside him until morning. She woke up while it was still dark. Boaz thought, "No one must know that a woman visited the threshing floor." -- ruth 3:14 +. +Then he said, "Hold out the shawl you are wearing and grip it tightly." As she held it tightly, he measured out about sixty pounds of barley into the shawl and put it on her shoulders. Then he went into town, -- ruth 3:15 +. +and she returned to her mother-in-law.When Ruth returned to her mother-in-law, Naomi asked, "How did things turn out for you, my daughter?" Ruth told her about all the man had done for her. -- ruth 3:16 +. +She said, "He gave me these sixty pounds of barley, for he said to me, 'Do not go to your mother-in-law empty-handed.'" -- ruth 3:17 +. +Then Naomi said, "Stay put, my daughter, until you know how the matter turns out. For the man will not rest until he has taken care of the matter today." -- ruth 3:18 +. +Now Boaz went up to the village gate and sat there. Then along came the guardian whom Boaz had mentioned to Ruth! Boaz said, "Come here and sit down, 'John Doe'!" So he came and sat down. -- ruth 4:1 +. +Boaz chose ten of the village leaders and said, "Sit down here!" So they sat down. -- ruth 4:2 +. +Then Boaz said to the guardian, "Naomi, who has returned from the region of Moab, is selling the portion of land that belongs to our relative Elimelech. -- ruth 4:3 +. +So I am legally informing you: Acquire it before those sitting here and before the leaders of my people! If you want to exercise your right to redeem it, then do so. But if not, then tell me so I will know. For you possess the first option to redeem it; I am next in line after you." He replied, "I will redeem it." -- ruth 4:4 +. +Then Boaz said, "When you acquire the field from Naomi, you must also acquire Ruth the Moabite, the wife of our deceased relative, in order to preserve his family name by raising up a descendant who will inherit his property." -- ruth 4:5 +. +The guardian said, "Then I am unable to redeem it, for I would ruin my own inheritance in that case. You may exercise my redemption option, for I am unable to redeem it." -- ruth 4:6 +. +(Now this used to be the customary way to finalize a transaction involving redemption in Israel: A man would remove his sandal and give it to the other party. This was a legally binding act in Israel.) -- ruth 4:7 +. +So the guardian said to Boaz, "You may acquire it," and he removed his sandal. -- ruth 4:8 +. +Then Boaz said to the leaders and all the people, "You are witnesses today that I have acquired from Naomi all that belonged to Elimelech, Kilion, and Mahlon. -- ruth 4:9 +. +I have also acquired Ruth the Moabite, the wife of Mahlon, as my wife to raise up a descendant who will inherit his property so the name of the deceased might not disappear from among his relatives and from his village. You are witnesses today." -- ruth 4:10 +. +All the people who were at the gate and the elders replied, "We are witnesses. May the Lord make the woman who is entering your home like Rachel and Leah, both of whom built up the house of Israel! May you prosper in Ephrathah and become famous in Bethlehem. -- ruth 4:11 +. +May your family become like the family of Perez - whom Tamar bore to Judah - through the descendants the Lord gives you by this young woman." -- ruth 4:12 +. +So Boaz married Ruth and had sexual relations with her. The Lord enabled her to conceive and she gave birth to a son. -- ruth 4:13 +. +The village women said to Naomi, "May the Lord be praised because he has not left you without a guardian today! May he become famous in Israel! -- ruth 4:14 +. +He will encourage you and provide for you when you are old, for your daughter-in-law, who loves you, has given him birth. She is better to you than seven sons!" -- ruth 4:15 +. +Naomi took the child and placed him on her lap; she became his caregiver. -- ruth 4:16 +. +The neighbor women named him, saying, "A son has been born to Naomi." They named him Obed. Now he became the father of Jesse - David's father! -- ruth 4:17 +. +These are the descendants of Perez: Perez was the father of Hezron, -- ruth 4:18 +. +Hezron was the father of Ram, Ram was the father of Amminadab, -- ruth 4:19 +. +Amminadab was the father of Nachshon, Nachshon was the father of Salmah, -- ruth 4:20 +. +Salmon was the father of Boaz, Boaz was the father of Obed, -- ruth 4:21 +. +Obed was the father of Jesse, and Jesse was the father of David. -- ruth 4:22 +. +There was a man from Ramathaim Zophim, from the hill country of Ephraim, whose name was Elkanah. He was the son of Jeroham, the son of Elihu, the son of Tohu, the son of Zuph, an Ephraimite. -- 1 samuel 1:1 +. +He had two wives; the name of the first was Hannah and the name of the second was Peninnah. Now Peninnah had children, but Hannah was childless. -- 1 samuel 1:2 +. +Year after year this man would go up from his city to worship and to sacrifice to the Lord of hosts at Shiloh. It was there that the two sons of Eli, Hophni and Phineas, served as the Lord's priests. -- 1 samuel 1:3 +. +Whenever the day came for Elkanah to sacrifice, he used to give meat portions to his wife Peninnah and to all her sons and daughters. -- 1 samuel 1:4 +. +But he would give a double portion to Hannah, because he especially loved her. Now the Lord had not enabled her to have children. -- 1 samuel 1:5 +. +Her rival wife used to upset her and make her worry, for the Lord had not enabled her to have children. -- 1 samuel 1:6 +. +Peninnah would behave this way year after year. Whenever Hannah went up to the Lord's house, Peninnah would upset her so that she would weep and refuse to eat. -- 1 samuel 1:7 +. +Finally her husband Elkanah said to her, "Hannah, why do you weep and not eat? Why are you so sad? Am I not better to you than ten sons?" -- 1 samuel 1:8 +. +On one occasion in Shiloh, after they had finished eating and drinking, Hannah got up. (Now at the time Eli the priest was sitting in his chair by the doorpost of the Lord's temple.) -- 1 samuel 1:9 +. +She was very upset as she prayed to the Lord, and she was weeping uncontrollably. -- 1 samuel 1:10 +. +She made a vow saying, "O Lord of hosts, if you will look with compassion on the suffering of your female servant, remembering me and not forgetting your servant, and give a male child to your servant, then I will dedicate him to the Lord all the days of his life. His hair will never be cut." -- 1 samuel 1:11 +. +As she continued praying to the Lord, Eli was watching her mouth. -- 1 samuel 1:12 +. +Now Hannah was speaking from her heart. Although her lips were moving, her voice was inaudible. Eli therefore thought she was drunk. -- 1 samuel 1:13 +. +So he said to her, "How often do you intend to get drunk? Put away your wine!" -- 1 samuel 1:14 +. +But Hannah replied, "That's not the way it is, my lord! I am under a great deal of stress. I have drunk neither wine nor beer. Rather, I have poured out my soul to the Lord. -- 1 samuel 1:15 +. +Don't consider your servant a wicked woman, for until now I have spoken from my deep pain and anguish." -- 1 samuel 1:16 +. +Eli replied, "Go in peace, and may the God of Israel grant the request that you have asked of him." -- 1 samuel 1:17 +. +She said, "May I, your servant, find favor in your sight." So the woman went her way and got something to eat. Her face no longer looked sad. -- 1 samuel 1:18 +. +They got up early the next morning and after worshiping the Lord, they returned to their home at Ramah. Elkanah had marital relations with his wife Hannah, and the Lord remembered her. -- 1 samuel 1:19 +. +After some time Hannah became pregnant and gave birth to a son. She named him Samuel, thinking, "I asked the Lord for him. -- 1 samuel 1:20 +. +This man Elkanah went up with all his family to make the yearly sacrifice to the Lord and to keep his vow, -- 1 samuel 1:21 +. +but Hannah did not go up with them. Instead she told her husband, "Once the boy is weaned, I will bring him and appear before the Lord, and he will remain there from then on." -- 1 samuel 1:22 +. +So her husband Elkanah said to her, "Do what you think best. Stay until you have weaned him. May the Lord fulfill his promise." So the woman stayed and nursed her son until she had weaned him. -- 1 samuel 1:23 +. +Once she had weaned him, she took him up with her, along with three bulls, an ephah of flour, and a container of wine. She brought him to the Lord's house at Shiloh, even though he was young. -- 1 samuel 1:24 +. +Once the bull had been slaughtered, they brought the boy to Eli. -- 1 samuel 1:25 +. +She said, "Just as surely as you are alive, my lord, I am the woman who previously stood here with you in order to pray to the Lord. -- 1 samuel 1:26 +. +I prayed for this boy, and the Lord has given me the request that I asked of him. -- 1 samuel 1:27 +. +Now I dedicate him to the Lord. From this time on he is dedicated to the Lord." Then they worshiped the Lord there. -- 1 samuel 1:28 +. +Hannah prayed, "My heart rejoices in the Lord; my horn is exalted high because of the Lord. I loudly denounce my enemies, for I am happy that you delivered me. -- 1 samuel 2:1 +. +No one is holy like the Lord! There is no one other than you! There is no rock like our God! -- 1 samuel 2:2 +. +Don't keep speaking so arrogantly, letting proud talk come out of your mouth! For the Lord is a God who knows; he evaluates what people do. -- 1 samuel 2:3 +. +The bows of warriors are shattered, but those who stumble find their strength reinforced. -- 1 samuel 2:4 +. +Those who are well-fed hire themselves out to earn food, but the hungry no longer lack. Even the barren woman gives birth to seven, but the one with many children withers away. -- 1 samuel 2:5 +. +The Lord both kills and gives life; he brings down to the grave and raises up. -- 1 samuel 2:6 +. +The Lord impoverishes and makes wealthy; he humbles and he exalts. -- 1 samuel 2:7 +. +He lifts the weak from the dust; he raises the poor from the ash heap to seat them with princes and to bestow on them an honored position. The foundations of the earth belong to the Lord, and he has placed the world on them. -- 1 samuel 2:8 +. +He watches over his holy ones, but the wicked are made speechless in the darkness, for it is not by one's own strength that one prevails. -- 1 samuel 2:9 +. +The Lord shatters his adversaries; he thunders against them from the heavens. The Lord executes judgment to the ends of the earth. He will strengthen his king and exalt the power of his anointed one." -- 1 samuel 2:10 +. +Then Elkanah went back home to Ramah. But the boy was serving the Lord under the supervision of Eli the priest. -- 1 samuel 2:11 +. +The sons of Eli were wicked men. They did not recognize the Lord's authority. -- 1 samuel 2:12 +. +Now the priests would always treat the people in the following way: Whenever anyone was making a sacrifice, while the meat was boiling, the priest's attendant would come with a three-pronged fork in his hand. -- 1 samuel 2:13 +. +He would jab it into the basin, kettle, caldron, or pot, and everything that the fork brought up the priest would take for himself. This is what they used to do to all the Israelites when they came there to Shiloh. -- 1 samuel 2:14 +. +Even before they burned the fat, the priest's attendant would come and say to the person who was making the sacrifice, "Hand over some meat for the priest to roast! He won't take boiled meat from you, but only raw." -- 1 samuel 2:15 +. +If the individual said to him, "First let the fat be burned away, and then take for yourself whatever you wish," he would say, "No! Hand it over right now! If you don't, I will take it forcibly!" -- 1 samuel 2:16 +. +The sin of these young men was very great in the Lord's sight, for they treated the Lord's offering with contempt. -- 1 samuel 2:17 +. +Now Samuel was ministering before the Lord. The boy was dressed in a linen ephod. -- 1 samuel 2:18 +. +His mother used to make him a small robe and bring it up to him at regular intervals when she would go up with her husband to make the annual sacrifice. -- 1 samuel 2:19 +. +Eli would bless Elkanah and his wife saying, "May the Lord raise up for you descendants from this woman to replace the one that she dedicated to the Lord." Then they would go to their home. -- 1 samuel 2:20 +. +So the Lord graciously attended to Hannah, and she was able to conceive and gave birth to three sons and two daughters. The boy Samuel grew up at the Lord's sanctuary. -- 1 samuel 2:21 +. +Now Eli was very old when he heard about everything that his sons used to do to all the people of Israel and how they used to have sex with the women who were stationed at the entrance to the tent of meeting. -- 1 samuel 2:22 +. +He said to them, "Why do you behave in this way? For I hear about these evil things from all these people. -- 1 samuel 2:23 +. +This ought not to be, my sons! For the report that I hear circulating among the Lord's people is not good. -- 1 samuel 2:24 +. +If a man sins against a man, one may appeal to God on his behalf. But if a man sins against the Lord, who then will intercede for him?" But Eli's sons would not listen to their father, for the Lord had decided to kill them. -- 1 samuel 2:25 +. +Now the boy Samuel was growing up and finding favor both with the Lord and with people. -- 1 samuel 2:26 +. +A man of God came to Eli and said to him, "This is what the Lord says: 'Did I not plainly reveal myself to your ancestor's house when they were in Egypt in the house of Pharaoh? -- 1 samuel 2:27 +. +I chose your ancestor from all the tribes of Israel to be my priest, to offer sacrifice on my altar, to burn incense, and to bear the ephod before me. I gave to your ancestor's house all the fire offerings made by the Israelites. -- 1 samuel 2:28 +. +Why are you scorning my sacrifice and my offering that I commanded for my dwelling place? You have honored your sons more than you have me by having made yourselves fat from the best parts of all the offerings of my people Israel.' -- 1 samuel 2:29 +. +Therefore the Lord, the God of Israel, says, 'I really did say that your house and your ancestor's house would serve me forever.' But now the Lord says, 'May it never be! For I will honor those who honor me, but those who despise me will be cursed! -- 1 samuel 2:30 +. +In fact, days are coming when I will remove your strength and the strength of your father's house. There will not be an old man in your house! -- 1 samuel 2:31 +. +You will see trouble in my dwelling place! Israel will experience blessings, but there will not be an old man in your house for all time. -- 1 samuel 2:32 +. +Any one of you that I do not cut off from my altar, I will cause your eyes to fail and will cause you grief. All of those born to your family will die in the prime of life. -- 1 samuel 2:33 +. +This will be a confirming sign for you that will be fulfilled through your two sons, Hophni and Phinehas: in a single day they both will die! -- 1 samuel 2:34 +. +Then I will raise up for myself a faithful priest. He will do what is in my heart and soul. I will build for him a secure dynasty and he will serve my chosen one for all time. -- 1 samuel 2:35 +. +Everyone who remains in your house will come to bow before him for a little money and for a scrap of bread. Each will say, 'Assign me to a priestly task so I can eat a scrap of bread.'" -- 1 samuel 2:36 +. +Now the boy Samuel continued serving the Lord under Eli's supervision. Word from the Lord was rare in those days; revelatory visions were infrequent. -- 1 samuel 3:1 +. +Eli's eyes had begun to fail, so that he was unable to see well. At that time he was lying down in his place, -- 1 samuel 3:2 +. +and the lamp of God had not yet been extinguished. Samuel was lying down in the temple of the Lord as well; the ark of God was also there. -- 1 samuel 3:3 +. +The Lord called to Samuel, and he replied, "Here I am!" -- 1 samuel 3:4 +. +Then he ran to Eli and said, "Here I am, for you called me." But Eli said, "I didn't call you. Go back and lie down." So he went back and lay down. -- 1 samuel 3:5 +. +The Lord again called, "Samuel!" So Samuel got up and went to Eli and said, "Here I am, for you called me." But Eli said, "I didn't call you, my son. Go back and lie down." -- 1 samuel 3:6 +. +Now Samuel did not yet know the Lord; the word of the Lord had not yet been revealed to him. -- 1 samuel 3:7 +. +Then the Lord called Samuel a third time. So he got up and went to Eli and said, "Here I am, for you called me!" Eli then realized that it was the Lord who was calling the boy. -- 1 samuel 3:8 +. +So Eli said to Samuel, "Go back and lie down. When he calls you, say, "Speak, Lord, for your servant is listening." So Samuel went back and lay down in his place. -- 1 samuel 3:9 +. +Then the Lord came and stood nearby, calling as he had previously done, "Samuel! Samuel!" Samuel replied, "Speak, for your servant is listening!" -- 1 samuel 3:10 +. +The Lord said to Samuel, "Look! I am about to do something in Israel; when anyone hears about it, both of his ears will tingle. -- 1 samuel 3:11 +. +On that day I will carry out against Eli everything that I spoke about his house - from start to finish! -- 1 samuel 3:12 +. +You should tell him that I am about to judge his house forever because of the sin that he knew about. For his sons were cursing God, and he did not rebuke them. -- 1 samuel 3:13 +. +Therefore I swore an oath to the house of Eli, 'The sin of the house of Eli can never be forgiven by sacrifice or by grain offering.'" -- 1 samuel 3:14 +. +So Samuel lay down until morning. Then he opened the doors of the Lord's house. But Samuel was afraid to tell Eli about the vision. -- 1 samuel 3:15 +. +However, Eli called Samuel and said, "Samuel, my son!" He replied, "Here I am." -- 1 samuel 3:16 +. +Eli said, "What message did he speak to you? Don't conceal it from me. God will judge you severely if you conceal from me anything that he said to you!" -- 1 samuel 3:17 +. +So Samuel told him everything. He did not hold back anything from him. Eli said, "The Lord will do what he pleases." -- 1 samuel 3:18 +. +Samuel continued to grow, and the Lord was with him. None of his prophecies fell to the ground unfulfilled. -- 1 samuel 3:19 +. +All Israel from Dan to Beer Sheba realized that Samuel was confirmed as a prophet of the Lord. -- 1 samuel 3:20 +. +Then the Lord again appeared in Shiloh, for it was in Shiloh that the Lord had revealed himself to Samuel through the word of the Lord. -- 1 samuel 3:21 +. +Samuel revealed the word of the Lord to all Israel.Then the Israelites went out to fight the Philistines. They camped at Ebenezer, and the Philistines camped at Aphek. -- 1 samuel 4:1 +. +The Philistines arranged their forces to fight Israel. As the battle spread out, Israel was defeated by the Philistines, who killed about four thousand men in the battle line in the field. -- 1 samuel 4:2 +. +When the army came back to the camp, the elders of Israel said, "Why did the Lord let us be defeated today by the Philistines? Let's take with us the ark of the covenant of the Lord from Shiloh. When it is with us, it will save us from the hand of our enemies. -- 1 samuel 4:3 +. +So the army sent to Shiloh, and they took from there the ark of the covenant of the Lord of hosts who sits between the cherubim. Now the two sons of Eli, Hophni and Phineas, were there with the ark of the covenant of God. -- 1 samuel 4:4 +. +When the ark of the covenant of the Lord arrived at the camp, all Israel shouted so loudly that the ground shook. -- 1 samuel 4:5 +. +When the Philistines heard the sound of the shout, they said, "What is this loud shout in the camp of the Hebrews?" Then they realized that the ark of the Lord had arrived at the camp. -- 1 samuel 4:6 +. +The Philistines were scared because they thought that gods had come to the camp. They said, "Too bad for us! We've never seen anything like this! -- 1 samuel 4:7 +. +Too bad for us! Who can deliver us from the hand of these mighty gods? These are the gods who struck the Egyptians with all sorts of plagues in the desert! -- 1 samuel 4:8 +. +Be strong and act like men, you Philistines, or else you will wind up serving the Hebrews the way they have served you! Act like men and fight!" -- 1 samuel 4:9 +. +So the Philistines fought. Israel was defeated; they all ran home. The slaughter was very great; thirty thousand foot soldiers fell in battle. -- 1 samuel 4:10 +. +The ark of God was taken, and the two sons of Eli, Hophni and Phineas, were killed. -- 1 samuel 4:11 +. +On that day a Benjaminite ran from the battle lines and came to Shiloh. His clothes were torn and dirt was on his head. -- 1 samuel 4:12 +. +When he arrived in Shiloh, Eli was sitting in his chair watching by the side of the road, for he was very worried about the ark of God. As the man entered the city to give his report, the whole city cried out. -- 1 samuel 4:13 +. +When Eli heard the outcry, he said, "What is this commotion?" The man quickly came and told Eli. -- 1 samuel 4:14 +. +Now Eli was ninety-eight years old and his eyes looked straight ahead; he was unable to see. -- 1 samuel 4:15 +. +The man said to Eli, "I am the one who came from the battle lines! Just today I fled from the battle lines!" Eli asked, "How did things go, my son?" -- 1 samuel 4:16 +. +The messenger replied, "Israel has fled from the Philistines! The army has suffered a great defeat! Your two sons, Hophni and Phineas, are dead! The ark of God has been captured!" -- 1 samuel 4:17 +. +When he mentioned the ark of God, Eli fell backward from his chair beside the gate. He broke his neck and died, for he was old and heavy. He had judged Israel for forty years. -- 1 samuel 4:18 +. +His daughter-in-law, the wife of Phineas, was pregnant and close to giving birth. When she heard that the ark of God was captured and that her father-in-law and her husband were dead, she doubled over and gave birth. But her labor pains were too much for her. -- 1 samuel 4:19 +. +As she was dying, the women who were there with her said, "Don't be afraid! You have given birth to a son!" But she did not reply or pay any attention. -- 1 samuel 4:20 +. +She named the boy Ichabod, saying, "The glory has departed from Israel," referring to the capture of the ark of God and the deaths of her father-in-law and her husband. -- 1 samuel 4:21 +. +She said, "The glory has departed from Israel, because the ark of God has been captured." -- 1 samuel 4:22 +. +Now the Philistines had captured the ark of God and brought it from Ebenezer to Ashdod. -- 1 samuel 5:1 +. +The Philistines took the ark of God and brought it into the temple of Dagon, where they positioned it beside Dagon. -- 1 samuel 5:2 +. +When the residents of Ashdod got up early the next day, Dagon was lying on the ground before the ark of the Lord. So they took Dagon and set him back in his place. -- 1 samuel 5:3 +. +But when they got up early the following day, Dagon was again lying on the ground before the ark of the Lord. The head of Dagon and his two hands were sheared off and were lying at the threshold. Only Dagon's body was left intact. -- 1 samuel 5:4 +. +(For this reason, to this very day, neither Dagon's priests nor anyone else who enters Dagon's temple step on Dagon's threshold in Ashdod.) -- 1 samuel 5:5 +. +The Lord attacked the residents of Ashdod severely, bringing devastation on them. He struck the people of both Ashdod and the surrounding area with sores. -- 1 samuel 5:6 +. +When the people of Ashdod saw what was happening, they said, "The ark of the God of Israel should not remain with us, for he has attacked both us and our god Dagon!" -- 1 samuel 5:7 +. +So they assembled all the leaders of the Philistines and asked, "What should we do with the ark of the God of Israel?" They replied, "The ark of the God of Israel should be moved to Gath." So they moved the ark of the God of Israel. -- 1 samuel 5:8 +. +But after it had been moved the Lord attacked that city as well, causing a great deal of panic. He struck all the people of that city with sores. -- 1 samuel 5:9 +. +So they sent the ark of God to Ekron. But when the ark of God arrived at Ekron, the residents of Ekron cried out saying, "They have brought the ark of the God of Israel here to kill our people!" -- 1 samuel 5:10 +. +So they assembled all the leaders of the Philistines and said, "Get the ark of the God of Israel out of here! Let it go back to its own place so that it won't kill us and our people!" The terror of death was throughout the entire city; God was attacking them very severely there. -- 1 samuel 5:11 +. +The people who did not die were struck with sores; the city's cry for help went all the way up to heaven. -- 1 samuel 5:12 +. +When the ark of the Lord had been in the land of the Philistines for seven months, -- 1 samuel 6:1 +. +the Philistines called the priests and the omen readers, saying, "What should we do with the ark of the Lord? Advise us as to how we should send it back to its place." -- 1 samuel 6:2 +. +They replied, "If you are going to send the ark of the God of Israel back, don't send it away empty. Be sure to return it with a guilt offering. Then you will be healed, and you will understand why his hand is not removed from you." -- 1 samuel 6:3 +. +They inquired, "What is the guilt offering that we should send to him?" They replied, "The Philistine leaders number five. So send five gold sores and five gold mice, for it is the same plague that has afflicted both you and your leaders. -- 1 samuel 6:4 +. +You should make images of the sores and images of the mice that are destroying the land. You should honor the God of Israel. Perhaps he will release his grip on you, your gods, and your land. -- 1 samuel 6:5 +. +Why harden your hearts like the Egyptians and Pharaoh did? When God treated them harshly, didn't the Egyptians send the Israelites on their way? -- 1 samuel 6:6 +. +So now go and make a new cart. Get two cows that have calves and that have never had a yoke placed on them. Harness the cows to the cart and take their calves from them back to their stalls. -- 1 samuel 6:7 +. +Then take the ark of the Lord and place it on the cart, and put in a chest beside it the gold objects you are sending to him as a guilt offering. You should then send it on its way. -- 1 samuel 6:8 +. +But keep an eye on it. If it should go up by the way of its own border to Beth Shemesh, then he has brought this great calamity on us. But if that is not the case, then we will know that it was not his hand that struck us; rather, it just happened to us by accident." -- 1 samuel 6:9 +. +So the men did as instructed. They took two cows that had calves and harnessed them to a cart; they also removed their calves to their stalls. -- 1 samuel 6:10 +. +They put the ark of the Lord on the cart, along with the chest, the gold mice, and the images of the sores. -- 1 samuel 6:11 +. +Then the cows went directly on the road to Beth Shemesh. They went along, mooing as they went; they turned neither to the right nor to the left. The leaders of the Philistines were walking along behind them all the way to the border of Beth Shemesh. -- 1 samuel 6:12 +. +Now the residents of Beth Shemesh were harvesting wheat in the valley. When they looked up and saw the ark, they were pleased at the sight. -- 1 samuel 6:13 +. +The cart was coming to the field of Joshua, who was from Beth Shemesh. It paused there near a big stone. Then they cut up the wood of the cart and offered the cows as a burnt offering to the Lord. -- 1 samuel 6:14 +. +The Levites took down the ark of the Lord and the chest that was with it, which contained the gold objects. They placed them near the big stone. At that time the people of Beth Shemesh offered burnt offerings and made sacrifices to the Lord. -- 1 samuel 6:15 +. +The five leaders of the Philistines watched what was happening and then returned to Ekron on the same day. -- 1 samuel 6:16 +. +These are the gold sores that the Philistines brought as a guilt offering to the Lord - one for each of the following cities: Ashdod, Gaza, Ashkelon, Gath, and Ekron. -- 1 samuel 6:17 +. +The gold mice corresponded in number to all the Philistine cities of the five leaders, from the fortified cities to hamlet villages, to greater Abel, where they positioned the ark of the Lord until this very day in the field of Joshua who was from Beth Shemesh. -- 1 samuel 6:18 +. +But the Lord struck down some of the people of Beth Shemesh because they had looked into the ark of the Lord; he struck down 50,of the men. The people grieved because the Lord had struck the people with a hard blow. -- 1 samuel 6:19 +. +The residents of Beth Shemesh asked, "Who is able to stand before the Lord, this holy God? To whom will the ark go up from here?" -- 1 samuel 6:20 +. +So they sent messengers to the residents of Kiriath Jearim, saying, "The Philistines have returned the ark of the Lord. Come down here and take it back home with you." -- 1 samuel 6:21 +. +Then the people of Kiriath Jearim came and took the ark of the Lord; they brought it to the house of Abinadab located on the hill. They consecrated Eleazar his son to guard the ark of the Lord. -- 1 samuel 7:1 +. +It was quite a long time - some twenty years in all - that the ark stayed at Kiriath Jearim. All the people of Israel longed for the Lord. -- 1 samuel 7:2 +. +Samuel said to all the people of Israel, "If you are really turning to the Lord with all your hearts, remove from among you the foreign gods and the images of Ashtoreth. Give your hearts to the Lord and serve only him. Then he will deliver you from the hand of the Philistines." -- 1 samuel 7:3 +. +So the Israelites removed the Baals and images of Ashtoreth. They served only the Lord. -- 1 samuel 7:4 +. +Then Samuel said, "Gather all Israel to Mizpah, and I will pray to the Lord on your behalf." -- 1 samuel 7:5 +. +After they had assembled at Mizpah, they drew water and poured it out before the Lord. They fasted on that day, and they confessed there, "We have sinned against the Lord." So Samuel led the people of Israel at Mizpah. -- 1 samuel 7:6 +. +When the Philistines heard that the Israelites had gathered at Mizpah, the leaders of the Philistines went up against Israel. When the Israelites heard about this, they were afraid of the Philistines. -- 1 samuel 7:7 +. +The Israelites said to Samuel, "Keep crying out to the Lord our God so that he may save us from the hand of the Philistines!" -- 1 samuel 7:8 +. +So Samuel took a nursing lamb and offered it as a whole burnt offering to the Lord. Samuel cried out to the Lord on Israel's behalf, and the Lord answered him. -- 1 samuel 7:9 +. +As Samuel was offering burnt offerings, the Philistines approached to do battle with Israel. But on that day the Lord thundered loudly against the Philistines. He caused them to panic, and they were defeated by Israel. -- 1 samuel 7:10 +. +Then the men of Israel left Mizpah and chased the Philistines, striking them down all the way to an area below Beth Car. -- 1 samuel 7:11 +. +Samuel took a stone and placed it between Mizpah and Shen. He named it Ebenezer, saying, "Up to here the Lord has helped us." -- 1 samuel 7:12 +. +So the Philistines were defeated; they did not invade Israel again. The hand of the Lord was against the Philistines all the days of Samuel. -- 1 samuel 7:13 +. +The cities that the Philistines had captured from Israel were returned to Israel, from Ekron to Gath. Israel also delivered their territory from the control of the Philistines. There was also peace between Israel and the Amorites. -- 1 samuel 7:14 +. +So Samuel led Israel all the days of his life. -- 1 samuel 7:15 +. +Year after year he used to travel the circuit of Bethel, Gilgal, and Mizpah; he used to judge Israel in all of these places. -- 1 samuel 7:16 +. +Then he would return to Ramah, because his home was there. He also judged Israel there and built an altar to the Lord there. -- 1 samuel 7:17 +. +In his old age Samuel appointed his sons as judges over Israel. -- 1 samuel 8:1 +. +The name of his firstborn son was Joel, and the name of his second son was Abijah. They were judges in Beer Sheba. -- 1 samuel 8:2 +. +But his sons did not follow his ways. Instead, they made money dishonestly, accepted bribes, and perverted justice. -- 1 samuel 8:3 +. +So all the elders of Israel gathered together and approached Samuel at Ramah. -- 1 samuel 8:4 +. +They said to him, "Look, you are old, and your sons don't follow your ways. So now appoint over us a king to lead us, just like all the other nations have." -- 1 samuel 8:5 +. +But this request displeased Samuel, for they said, "Give us a king to lead us." So Samuel prayed to the Lord. -- 1 samuel 8:6 +. +The Lord said to Samuel, "Do everything the people request of you. For it is not you that they have rejected, but it is me that they have rejected as their king. -- 1 samuel 8:7 +. +Just as they have done from the day that I brought them up from Egypt until this very day, they have rejected me and have served other gods. This is what they are also doing to you. -- 1 samuel 8:8 +. +So now do as they say. But seriously warn them and make them aware of the policies of the king who will rule over them." -- 1 samuel 8:9 +. +So Samuel spoke all the words of the Lord to the people who were asking him for a king. -- 1 samuel 8:10 +. +He said, "Here are the policies of the king who will rule over you: He will conscript your sons and put them in his chariot forces and in his cavalry; they will run in front of his chariot. -- 1 samuel 8:11 +. +He will appoint for himself leaders of thousands and leaders of fifties, as well as those who plow his ground, reap his harvest, and make his weapons of war and his chariot equipment. -- 1 samuel 8:12 +. +He will take your daughters to be ointment makers, cooks, and bakers. -- 1 samuel 8:13 +. +He will take your best fields and vineyards and give them to his own servants. -- 1 samuel 8:14 +. +He will demand a tenth of your seed and of the produce of your vineyards and give it to his administrators and his servants. -- 1 samuel 8:15 +. +He will take your male and female servants, as well as your best cattle and your donkeys, and assign them for his own use. -- 1 samuel 8:16 +. +He will demand a tenth of your flocks, and you yourselves will be his servants. -- 1 samuel 8:17 +. +In that day you will cry out because of your king whom you have chosen for yourselves, but the Lord won't answer you in that day." -- 1 samuel 8:18 +. +But the people refused to heed Samuel's warning. Instead they said, "No! There will be a king over us! -- 1 samuel 8:19 +. +We will be like all the other nations. Our king will judge us and lead us and fight our battles." -- 1 samuel 8:20 +. +So Samuel listened to everything the people said and then reported it to the Lord. -- 1 samuel 8:21 +. +The Lord said to Samuel, "Do as they say and install a king over them." Then Samuel said to the men of Israel, "Each of you go back to his own city." -- 1 samuel 8:22 +. +There was a Benjaminite man named Kish son of Abiel, the son of Zeror, the son of Becorath, the son of Aphiah of Benjamin. He was a prominent person. -- 1 samuel 9:1 +. +He had a son named Saul, a handsome young man. There was no one among the Israelites more handsome than he was; he stood head and shoulders above all the people. -- 1 samuel 9:2 +. +The donkeys of Saul's father Kish wandered off, so Kish said to his son Saul, "Take one of the servants with you and go look for the donkeys." -- 1 samuel 9:3 +. +So Saul crossed through the hill country of Ephraim, passing through the land of Shalisha, but they did not find them. So they crossed through the land of Shaalim, but they were not there. Then he crossed through the land of Benjamin, and still they did not find them. -- 1 samuel 9:4 +. +When they came to the land of Zuph, Saul said to his servant who was with him, "Come on, let's head back before my father quits worrying about the donkeys and becomes anxious about us!" -- 1 samuel 9:5 +. +But the servant said to him, "Look, there is a man of God in this town. He is highly respected. Everything that he says really happens. Now let's go there. Perhaps he will tell us where we should go from here." -- 1 samuel 9:6 +. +So Saul said to his servant, "All right, we can go. But what can we bring the man, since the food in our bags is used up? We have no gift to take to the man of God. What do we have?" -- 1 samuel 9:7 +. +The servant went on to answer Saul, "Look, I happen to have in my hand a quarter shekel of silver. I will give it to the man of God and he will tell us where we should go." -- 1 samuel 9:8 +. +(Now it used to be in Israel that whenever someone went to inquire of God he would say, "Come on, let's go to the seer." For today's prophet used to be called a seer.) -- 1 samuel 9:9 +. +So Saul said to his servant, "That's a good idea! Come on. Let's go." So they went to the town where the man of God was. -- 1 samuel 9:10 +. +As they were going up the ascent to the town, they met some girls coming out to draw water. They said to them, "Is this where the seer is?" -- 1 samuel 9:11 +. +They replied, "Yes, straight ahead! But hurry now, for he came to the town today, and the people are making a sacrifice at the high place. -- 1 samuel 9:12 +. +When you enter the town, you can find him before he goes up to the high place to eat. The people won't eat until he arrives, for he must bless the sacrifice. Once that happens, those who have been invited will eat. Now go on up, for this is the time when you can find him!" -- 1 samuel 9:13 +. +So they went up to the town. As they were heading for the middle of the town, Samuel was coming in their direction to go up to the high place. -- 1 samuel 9:14 +. +Now the day before Saul arrived, the Lord had told Samuel: -- 1 samuel 9:15 +. +"At this time tomorrow I will send to you a man from the land of Benjamin. You must consecrate him as a leader over my people Israel. He will save my people from the hand of the Philistines. For I have looked with favor on my people. Their cry has reached me!" -- 1 samuel 9:16 +. +When Samuel saw Saul, the Lord said, "Here is the man that I told you about! He will rule over my people." -- 1 samuel 9:17 +. +As Saul approached Samuel in the middle of the gate, he said, "Please tell me where the seer's house is." -- 1 samuel 9:18 +. +Samuel replied to Saul, "I am the seer! Go up in front of me to the high place! Today you will eat with me and in the morning I will send you away. I will tell you everything that you are thinking. -- 1 samuel 9:19 +. +Don't be concerned about the donkeys that you lost three days ago, for they have been found. Whom does all Israel desire? Is it not you, and all your father's family?" -- 1 samuel 9:20 +. +Saul replied, "Am I not a Benjaminite, from the smallest of Israel's tribes, and is not my family clan the smallest of all the tribes of Benjamin? Why do you speak to me in this way?" -- 1 samuel 9:21 +. +Then Samuel brought Saul and his servant into the room and gave them a place at the head of those who had been invited. There were about thirty people present. -- 1 samuel 9:22 +. +Samuel said to the cook, "Give me the portion of meat that I gave to you - the one I asked you to keep with you." -- 1 samuel 9:23 +. +So the cook picked up the leg and brought it and set it in front of Saul. Samuel said, "What was kept is now set before you! Eat, for it has been kept for you for this meeting time, from the time I said, 'I have invited the people.'" So Saul ate with Samuel that day. -- 1 samuel 9:24 +. +When they came down from the high place to the town, Samuel spoke with Saul on the roof. -- 1 samuel 9:25 +. +They got up at dawn and Samuel called to Saul on the roof, "Get up, so I can send you on your way." So Saul got up and the two of them - he and Samuel - went outside. -- 1 samuel 9:26 +. +While they were going down to the edge of town, Samuel said to Saul, "Tell the servant to go on ahead of us." So he did. Samuel then said, "You remain here awhile, so I can inform you of God's message." -- 1 samuel 9:27 +. +Then Samuel took a small container of olive oil and poured it on Saul's head. Samuel kissed him and said, "The Lord has chosen you to lead his people Israel! You will rule over the Lord's people and you will deliver them from the power of the enemies who surround them. This will be your sign that the Lord has chosen you as leader over his inheritance. -- 1 samuel 10:1 +. +When you leave me today, you will find two men near Rachel's tomb at Zelzah on Benjamin's border. They will say to you, 'The donkeys you have gone looking for have been found. Your father is no longer concerned about the donkeys but has become anxious about you two! He is asking, "What should I do about my son?"' -- 1 samuel 10:2 +. +"As you continue on from there, you will come to the tall tree of Tabor. At that point three men who are going up to God at Bethel will meet you. One of them will be carrying three young goats, one of them will be carrying three round loaves of bread, and one of them will be carrying a container of wine. -- 1 samuel 10:3 +. +They will ask you how you're doing and will give you two loaves of bread. You will accept them. -- 1 samuel 10:4 +. +Afterward you will go to Gibeah of God, where there are Philistine officials. When you enter the town, you will meet a company of prophets coming down from the high place. They will have harps, tambourines, flutes, and lyres, and they will be prophesying. -- 1 samuel 10:5 +. +Then the spirit of the Lord will rush upon you and you will prophesy with them. You will be changed into a different person. -- 1 samuel 10:6 +. +"When these signs have taken place, do whatever your hand finds to do, for God will be with you. -- 1 samuel 10:7 +. +You will go down to Gilgal before me. I am going to join you there to offer burnt offerings and to make peace offerings. You should wait for seven days, until I arrive and tell you what to do." -- 1 samuel 10:8 +. +As Saul turned to leave Samuel, God changed his inmost person. All these signs happened on that very day. -- 1 samuel 10:9 +. +When Saul and his servant arrived at Gibeah, a company of prophets was coming out to meet him. Then the spirit of God rushed upon Saul and he prophesied among them. -- 1 samuel 10:10 +. +When everyone who had known him previously saw him prophesying with the prophets, the people all asked one another, "What on earth has happened to the son of Kish? Does even Saul belong with the prophets?" -- 1 samuel 10:11 +. +A man who was from there replied, "And who is their father?" Therefore this became a proverb: "Is even Saul among the prophets?" -- 1 samuel 10:12 +. +When Saul had finished prophesying, he went to the high place. -- 1 samuel 10:13 +. +Saul's uncle asked him and his servant, "Where did you go?" Saul replied, "To look for the donkeys. But when we realized they were lost, we went to Samuel." -- 1 samuel 10:14 +. +Saul's uncle said, "Tell me what Samuel said to you." -- 1 samuel 10:15 +. +Saul said to his uncle, "He assured us that the donkeys had been found." But Saul did not tell him what Samuel had said about the matter of kingship. -- 1 samuel 10:16 +. +Then Samuel called the people together before the Lord at Mizpah. -- 1 samuel 10:17 +. +He said to the Israelites, "This is what the Lord God of Israel says, 'I brought Israel up from Egypt and I delivered you from the power of the Egyptians and from the power of all the kingdoms that oppressed you. -- 1 samuel 10:18 +. +But today you have rejected your God who saves you from all your trouble and distress. You have said, "No! Appoint a king over us." Now take your positions before the Lord by your tribes and by your clans.'" -- 1 samuel 10:19 +. +Then Samuel brought all the tribes of Israel near, and the tribe of Benjamin was chosen by lot. -- 1 samuel 10:20 +. +Then he brought the tribe of Benjamin near by its families, and the family of Matri was chosen by lot. At last Saul son of Kish was chosen by lot. But when they looked for him, he was nowhere to be found. -- 1 samuel 10:21 +. +So they inquired again of the Lord, "Has the man arrived here yet?" The Lord said, "He has hidden himself among the equipment." -- 1 samuel 10:22 +. +So they ran and brought him from there. When he took his position among the people, he stood head and shoulders above them all. -- 1 samuel 10:23 +. +Then Samuel said to all the people, "Do you see the one whom the Lord has chosen? Indeed, there is no one like him among all the people!" All the people shouted out, "Long live the king!" -- 1 samuel 10:24 +. +Then Samuel talked to the people about how the kingship would work. He wrote it all down on a scroll and set it before the Lord. Then Samuel sent all the people away to their homes. -- 1 samuel 10:25 +. +Even Saul went to his home in Gibeah. With him went some brave men whose hearts God had touched. -- 1 samuel 10:26 +. +But some wicked men said, "How can this man save us?" They despised him and did not even bring him a gift. But Saul said nothing about it. -- 1 samuel 10:27 +. +Nahash the Ammonite marched against Jabesh Gilead. All the men of Jabesh Gilead said to Nahash, "Make a treaty with us and we will serve you." -- 1 samuel 11:1 +. +But Nahash the Ammonite said to them, "The only way I will make a treaty with you is if you let me gouge out the right eye of every one of you and in so doing humiliate all Israel!" -- 1 samuel 11:2 +. +The elders of Jabesh said to him, "Leave us alone for seven days so that we can send messengers throughout the territory of Israel. If there is no one who can deliver us, we will come out voluntarily to you." -- 1 samuel 11:3 +. +When the messengers went to Gibeah (where Saul lived) and informed the people of these matters, all the people wept loudly. -- 1 samuel 11:4 +. +Now Saul was walking behind the oxen as he came from the field. Saul asked, "What has happened to the people? Why are they weeping?" So they told him about the men of Jabesh. -- 1 samuel 11:5 +. +The Spirit of God rushed upon Saul when he heard these words, and he became very angry. -- 1 samuel 11:6 +. +He took a pair of oxen and cut them up. Then he sent the pieces throughout the territory of Israel by the hand of messengers, who said, "Whoever does not go out after Saul and after Samuel should expect this to be done to his oxen!" Then the terror of the Lord fell on the people, and they went out as one army. -- 1 samuel 11:7 +. +When Saul counted them at Bezek, the Israelites were 300,strong and the men of Judah numbered 30,000. -- 1 samuel 11:8 +. +They said to the messengers who had come, "Here's what you should say to the men of Jabesh Gilead: 'Tomorrow deliverance will come to you when the sun is fully up.'" When the messengers went and told the men of Jabesh Gilead, they were happy. -- 1 samuel 11:9 +. +The men of Jabesh said, "Tomorrow we will come out to you and you can do with us whatever you wish." -- 1 samuel 11:10 +. +The next day Saul placed the people in three groups. They went to the Ammonite camp during the morning watch and struck them down until the hottest part of the day. The survivors scattered; no two of them remained together. -- 1 samuel 11:11 +. +Then the people said to Samuel, "Who were the ones asking, 'Will Saul reign over us?' Hand over those men so we may execute them!" -- 1 samuel 11:12 +. +But Saul said, "No one will be killed on this day. For today the Lord has given Israel a victory!" -- 1 samuel 11:13 +. +Samuel said to the people, "Come on! Let's go to Gilgal and renew the kingship there." -- 1 samuel 11:14 +. +So all the people went to Gilgal, where they established Saul as king in the Lord's presence. They offered up peace offerings there in the Lord's presence. Saul and all the Israelites were very happy. -- 1 samuel 11:15 +. +Samuel said to all Israel, "I have done everything you requested. I have given you a king. -- 1 samuel 12:1 +. +Now look! This king walks before you. As for me, I am old and gray, though my sons are here with you. I have walked before you from the time of my youth till the present day. -- 1 samuel 12:2 +. +Here I am. Bring a charge against me before the Lord and before his chosen king. Whose ox have I taken? Whose donkey have I taken? Whom have I wronged? Whom have I oppressed? From whose hand have I taken a bribe so that I would overlook something? Tell me, and I will return it to you!" -- 1 samuel 12:3 +. +They replied, "You have not wronged us or oppressed us. You have not taken anything from the hand of anyone." -- 1 samuel 12:4 +. +He said to them, "The Lord is witness against you, and his chosen king is witness this day, that you have not found any reason to accuse me." They said, "He is witness!" -- 1 samuel 12:5 +. +Samuel said to the people, "The Lord is the one who chose Moses and Aaron and who brought your ancestors up from the land of Egypt. -- 1 samuel 12:6 +. +Now take your positions, so I may confront you before the Lord regarding all the Lord's just actions toward you and your ancestors. -- 1 samuel 12:7 +. +When Jacob entered Egypt, your ancestors cried out to the Lord. The Lord sent Moses and Aaron, and they led your ancestors out of Egypt and settled them in this place. -- 1 samuel 12:8 +. +"But they forgot the Lord their God, so he gave them into the hand of Sisera, the general in command of Hazor's army, and into the hand of the Philistines and into the hand of the king of Moab, and they fought against them. -- 1 samuel 12:9 +. +Then they cried out to the Lord and admitted, 'We have sinned, for we have forsaken the Lord and have served the Baals and the images of Ashtoreth. Now deliver us from the hand of our enemies so that we may serve you.' -- 1 samuel 12:10 +. +So the Lord sent Jerub-Baal, Barak, Jephthah, and Samuel, and he delivered you from the hand of the enemies all around you, and you were able to live securely. -- 1 samuel 12:11 +. +"When you saw that King Nahash of the Ammonites was advancing against you, you said to me, 'No! A king will rule over us' - even though the Lord your God is your king! -- 1 samuel 12:12 +. +Now look! Here is the king you have chosen - the one that you asked for! Look, the Lord has given you a king! -- 1 samuel 12:13 +. +If you fear the Lord, serving him and obeying him and not rebelling against what he says, and if both you and the king who rules over you follow the Lord your God, all will be well. -- 1 samuel 12:14 +. +But if you don't obey the Lord and rebel against what the Lord says, the hand of the Lord will be against both you and your king. -- 1 samuel 12:15 +. +"So now, take your positions and watch this great thing that the Lord is about to do in your sight. -- 1 samuel 12:16 +. +Is this not the time of the wheat harvest? I will call on the Lord so that he makes it thunder and rain. Realize and see what a great sin you have committed before the Lord by asking for a king for yourselves." -- 1 samuel 12:17 +. +So Samuel called to the Lord, and the Lord made it thunder and rain that day. All the people were very afraid of both the Lord and Samuel. -- 1 samuel 12:18 +. +All the people said to Samuel, "Pray to the Lord your God on behalf of us - your servants - so we won't die, for we have added to all our sins by asking for a king." -- 1 samuel 12:19 +. +Then Samuel said to the people, "Don't be afraid. You have indeed sinned. However, don't turn aside from the Lord. Serve the Lord with all your heart. -- 1 samuel 12:20 +. +You should not turn aside after empty things that can't profit and can't deliver, since they are empty. -- 1 samuel 12:21 +. +The Lord will not abandon his people because he wants to uphold his great reputation. The Lord was pleased to make you his own people. -- 1 samuel 12:22 +. +As far as I am concerned, far be it from me to sin against the Lord by ceasing to pray for you! I will instruct you in the way that is good and upright. -- 1 samuel 12:23 +. +However, fear the Lord and serve him faithfully with all your heart. Just look at the great things he has done for you! -- 1 samuel 12:24 +. +But if you continue to do evil, both you and your king will be swept away." -- 1 samuel 12:25 +. +Saul was [thirty] years old when he began to reign; he ruled over Israel for [forty] years. -- 1 samuel 13:1 +. +Saul selected for himself three thousand men from Israel. Two thousand of these were with Saul at Micmash and in the hill country of Bethel; the remaining thousand were with Jonathan at Gibeah in the territory of Benjamin. He sent all the rest of the people back home. -- 1 samuel 13:2 +. +Jonathan attacked the Philistine outpost that was at Geba and the Philistines heard about it. Then Saul alerted all the land saying, "Let the Hebrews pay attention!" -- 1 samuel 13:3 +. +All Israel heard this message, "Saul has attacked the Philistine outpost, and now Israel is repulsive to the Philistines!" So the people were summoned to join Saul at Gilgal. -- 1 samuel 13:4 +. +For the battle with Israel the Philistines had amassed 3,chariots, 6,000 horsemen, and an army as numerous as the sand on the seashore. They went up and camped at Micmash, east of Beth Aven. -- 1 samuel 13:5 +. +The men of Israel realized they had a problem because their army was hard pressed. So the army hid in caves, thickets, cliffs, strongholds, and cisterns. -- 1 samuel 13:6 +. +Some of the Hebrews crossed over the Jordan River to the land of Gad and Gilead. But Saul stayed at Gilgal; the entire army that was with him was terrified. -- 1 samuel 13:7 +. +He waited for seven days, the time period indicated by Samuel. But Samuel did not come to Gilgal, and the army began to abandon Saul. -- 1 samuel 13:8 +. +So Saul said, "Bring me the burnt offering and the peace offerings." Then he offered a burnt offering. -- 1 samuel 13:9 +. +Just when he had finished offering the burnt offering, Samuel appeared on the scene. Saul went out to meet him and to greet him. -- 1 samuel 13:10 +. +But Samuel said, "What have you done?" Saul replied, "When I saw that the army had started to abandon me and that you didn't come at the appointed time and that the Philistines had assembled at Micmash, -- 1 samuel 13:11 +. +I thought, 'Now the Philistines will come down on me at Gilgal and I have not sought the Lord's favor.' So I felt obligated to offer the burnt offering." -- 1 samuel 13:12 +. +Then Samuel said to Saul, "You have made a foolish choice! You have not obeyed the commandment that the Lord your God gave you. Had you done that, the Lord would have established your kingdom over Israel forever! -- 1 samuel 13:13 +. +But now your kingdom will not continue! The Lord has sought out for himself a man who is loyal to him and the Lord has appointed him to be leader over his people, for you have not obeyed what the Lord commanded you." -- 1 samuel 13:14 +. +Then Samuel set out and went up from Gilgal to Gibeah in the territory of Benjamin. Saul mustered the army that remained with him; there were about six hundred men. -- 1 samuel 13:15 +. +Saul, his son Jonathan, and the army that remained with them stayed in Gibeah in the territory of Benjamin, while the Philistines camped in Micmash. -- 1 samuel 13:16 +. +Raiding bands went out from the camp of the Philistines in three groups. One band turned toward the road leading to Ophrah by the land of Shual; -- 1 samuel 13:17 +. +another band turned toward the road leading to Beth Horon; and yet another band turned toward the road leading to the border that overlooks the valley of Zeboim in the direction of the desert. -- 1 samuel 13:18 +. +A blacksmith could not be found in all the land of Israel, for the Philistines had said, "This will prevent the Hebrews from making swords and spears." -- 1 samuel 13:19 +. +So all Israel had to go down to the Philistines in order to get their plowshares, cutting instruments, axes, and sickles sharpened. -- 1 samuel 13:20 +. +They charged two-thirds of a shekel to sharpen plowshares and cutting instruments, and a third of a shekel to sharpen picks and axes, and to set ox goads. -- 1 samuel 13:21 +. +So on the day of the battle no sword or spear was to be found in the hand of anyone in the army that was with Saul and Jonathan. No one but Saul and his son Jonathan had them. -- 1 samuel 13:22 +. +A garrison of the Philistines had gone out to the pass at Micmash. -- 1 samuel 13:23 +. +Then one day Jonathan son of Saul said to his armor bearer, "Come on, let's go over to the Philistine garrison that is opposite us." But he did not let his father know. -- 1 samuel 14:1 +. +Now Saul was sitting under a pomegranate tree in Migron, on the outskirts of Gibeah. The army that was with him numbered about six hundred men. -- 1 samuel 14:2 +. +Now Ahijah was carrying an ephod. He was the son of Ahitub, who was the brother of Ichabod and a son of Phineas, son of Eli, the priest of the Lord in Shiloh. The army was unaware that Jonathan had left. -- 1 samuel 14:3 +. +Now there was a steep cliff on each side of the pass through which Jonathan intended to go to reach the Philistine garrison. One cliff was named Bozez, the other Seneh. -- 1 samuel 14:4 +. +The cliff to the north was closer to Micmash, the one to the south closer to Geba. -- 1 samuel 14:5 +. +Jonathan said to his armor bearer, "Come on, let's go over to the garrison of these uncircumcised men. Perhaps the Lord will intervene for us. Nothing can prevent the Lord from delivering, whether by many or by a few." -- 1 samuel 14:6 +. +His armor bearer said to him, "Do everything that is on your mind. Do as you're inclined. I'm with you all the way!" -- 1 samuel 14:7 +. +Jonathan replied, "All right! We'll go over to these men and fight them. -- 1 samuel 14:8 +. +If they say to us, 'Stay put until we approach you,' we will stay right there and not go up to them. -- 1 samuel 14:9 +. +But if they say, 'Come up against us,' we will go up. For in that case the Lord has given them into our hand - it will be a sign to us." -- 1 samuel 14:10 +. +When they made themselves known to the Philistine garrison, the Philistines said, "Look! The Hebrews are coming out of the holes in which they hid themselves." -- 1 samuel 14:11 +. +Then the men of the garrison said to Jonathan and his armor bearer, "Come on up to us so we can teach you a thing or two!" Then Jonathan said to his armor bearer, "Come up behind me, for the Lord has given them into the hand of Israel!" -- 1 samuel 14:12 +. +Jonathan crawled up on his hands and feet, with his armor bearer following behind him. Jonathan struck down the Philistines, while his armor bearer came along behind him and killed them. -- 1 samuel 14:13 +. +In this initial skirmish Jonathan and his armor bearer struck down about twenty men in an area that measured half an acre. -- 1 samuel 14:14 +. +Then fear overwhelmed those who were in the camp, those who were in the field, all the army in the garrison, and the raiding bands. They trembled and the ground shook. This fear was caused by God. -- 1 samuel 14:15 +. +Saul's watchmen at Gibeah in the territory of Benjamin looked on as the crowd of soldiers seemed to melt away first in one direction and then in another. -- 1 samuel 14:16 +. +So Saul said to the army that was with him, "Muster the troops and see who is no longer with us." When they mustered the troops, Jonathan and his armor bearer were not there. -- 1 samuel 14:17 +. +So Saul said to Ahijah, "Bring near the ephod," for he was at that time wearing the ephod. -- 1 samuel 14:18 +. +While Saul spoke to the priest, the panic in the Philistines' camp was becoming greater and greater. So Saul said to the priest, "Withdraw your hand!" -- 1 samuel 14:19 +. +Saul and all the army that was with him assembled and marched into battle, where they found the Philistines in total panic killing one another with their swords. -- 1 samuel 14:20 +. +The Hebrews who had earlier gone over to the Philistine side joined the Israelites who were with Saul and Jonathan. -- 1 samuel 14:21 +. +When all the Israelites who had hidden themselves in the hill country of Ephraim heard that the Philistines had fled, they too pursued them in battle. -- 1 samuel 14:22 +. +So the Lord delivered Israel that day, and the battle shifted over to Beth Aven. -- 1 samuel 14:23 +. +Now the men of Israel were hard pressed that day, for Saul had made the army agree to this oath: "Cursed be the man who eats food before evening! I will get my vengeance on my enemies!" So no one in the army ate anything. -- 1 samuel 14:24 +. +Now the whole army entered the forest and there was honey on the ground. -- 1 samuel 14:25 +. +When the army entered the forest, they saw the honey flowing, but no one ate any of it, for the army was afraid of the oath. -- 1 samuel 14:26 +. +But Jonathan had not heard about the oath his father had made the army take. He extended the end of his staff that was in his hand and dipped it in the honeycomb. When he ate it, his eyes gleamed. -- 1 samuel 14:27 +. +Then someone from the army informed him, "Your father put the army under a strict oath saying, 'Cursed be the man who eats food today!' That is why the army is tired." -- 1 samuel 14:28 +. +Then Jonathan said, "My father has caused trouble for the land. See how my eyes gleamed when I tasted just a little of this honey. -- 1 samuel 14:29 +. +Certainly if the army had eaten some of the enemies' provisions that they came across today, would not the slaughter of the Philistines have been even greater?" -- 1 samuel 14:30 +. +On that day the army struck down the Philistines from Micmash to Aijalon, and they became very tired. -- 1 samuel 14:31 +. +So the army rushed greedily on the plunder, confiscating sheep, cattle, and calves. They slaughtered them right on the ground, and the army ate them blood and all. -- 1 samuel 14:32 +. +Now it was reported to Saul, "Look, the army is sinning against the Lord by eating even the blood." He said, "All of you have broken the covenant! Roll a large stone over here to me." -- 1 samuel 14:33 +. +Then Saul said, "Scatter out among the army and say to them, 'Each of you bring to me your ox and sheep and slaughter them in this spot and eat. But don't sin against the Lord by eating the blood." So that night each one brought his ox and slaughtered it there. -- 1 samuel 14:34 +. +Then Saul built an altar for the Lord; it was the first time he had built an altar for the Lord. -- 1 samuel 14:35 +. +Saul said, "Let's go down after the Philistines at night; we will rout them until the break of day. We won't leave any of them alive!" They replied, "Do whatever seems best to you." But the priest said, "Let's approach God here." -- 1 samuel 14:36 +. +So Saul asked God, "Should I go down after the Philistines? Will you deliver them into the hand of Israel?" But he did not answer him that day. -- 1 samuel 14:37 +. +Then Saul said, "All you leaders of the army come here. Find out how this sin occurred today. -- 1 samuel 14:38 +. +For as surely as the Lord, the deliverer of Israel, lives, even if it turns out to be my own son Jonathan, he will certainly die!" But no one from the army said anything. -- 1 samuel 14:39 +. +Then he said to all Israel, "You will be on one side, and I and my son Jonathan will be on the other side." The army replied to Saul, "Do whatever you think is best." -- 1 samuel 14:40 +. +Then Saul said, "O Lord God of Israel! If this sin has been committed by me or by my son Jonathan, then, O Lord God of Israel, respond with Urim. But if this sin has been committed by your people Israel, respond with Thummim." Then Jonathan and Saul were indicated by lot, while the army was exonerated. -- 1 samuel 14:41 +. +Then Saul said, "Cast the lot between me and my son Jonathan!" Jonathan was indicated by lot. -- 1 samuel 14:42 +. +So Saul said to Jonathan, "Tell me what you have done." Jonathan told him, "I used the end of the staff that was in my hand to taste a little honey. I must die!" -- 1 samuel 14:43 +. +Saul said, "God will punish me severely if Jonathan doesn't die!" -- 1 samuel 14:44 +. +But the army said to Saul, "Should Jonathan, who won this great victory in Israel, die? May it never be! As surely as the Lord lives, not a single hair of his head will fall to the ground! For it is with the help of God that he has acted today." So the army rescued Jonathan from death. -- 1 samuel 14:45 +. +Then Saul stopped chasing the Philistines, and the Philistines went back home. -- 1 samuel 14:46 +. +After Saul had secured his royal position over Israel, he fought against all their enemies on all sides - the Moabites, Ammonites, Edomites, the kings of Zobah, and the Philistines. In every direction that he turned he was victorious. -- 1 samuel 14:47 +. +He fought bravely, striking down the Amalekites and delivering Israel from the hand of its enemies. -- 1 samuel 14:48 +. +The sons of Saul were Jonathan, Ishvi, and Malki-Shua. He had two daughters; the older one was named Merab and the younger Michal. -- 1 samuel 14:49 +. +The name of Saul's wife was Ahinoam, the daughter of Ahimaaz. The name of the general in command of his army was Abner son of Ner, Saul's uncle. -- 1 samuel 14:50 +. +Kish was the father of Saul, and Ner the father of Abner was the son of Abiel. -- 1 samuel 14:51 +. +There was fierce war with the Philistines all the days of Saul. So whenever Saul saw anyone who was a warrior or a brave individual, he would conscript him. -- 1 samuel 14:52 +. +Then Samuel said to Saul, "I was the one the Lord sent to anoint you as king over his people Israel. Now listen to what the Lord says. -- 1 samuel 15:1 +. +Here is what the Lord of hosts says: 'I carefully observed how the Amalekites opposed Israel along the way when Israel came up from Egypt. -- 1 samuel 15:2 +. +So go now and strike down the Amalekites. Destroy everything that they have. Don't spare them. Put them to death - man, woman, child, infant, ox, sheep, camel, and donkey alike.'" -- 1 samuel 15:3 +. +So Saul assembled the army and mustered them at Telaim. There were 200,foot soldiers and 10,000 men of Judah. -- 1 samuel 15:4 +. +Saul proceeded to the city of Amalek, where he set an ambush in the wadi. -- 1 samuel 15:5 +. +Saul said to the Kenites, "Go on and leave! Go down from among the Amalekites! Otherwise I will sweep you away with them! After all, you were kind to all the Israelites when they came up from Egypt." So the Kenites withdrew from among the Amalekites. -- 1 samuel 15:6 +. +Then Saul struck down the Amalekites all the way from Havilah to Shur, which is next to Egypt. -- 1 samuel 15:7 +. +He captured King Agag of the Amalekites alive, but he executed all Agag's people with the sword. -- 1 samuel 15:8 +. +However, Saul and the army spared Agag, along with the best of the flock, the cattle, the fatlings, and the lambs, as well as everything else that was of value. They were not willing to slaughter them. But they did slaughter everything that was despised and worthless. -- 1 samuel 15:9 +. +Then the word of the Lord came to Samuel: -- 1 samuel 15:10 +. +"I regret that I have made Saul king, for he has turned away from me and has not done what I told him to do." Samuel became angry and he cried out to the Lord all that night. -- 1 samuel 15:11 +. +Then Samuel got up early to meet Saul the next morning. But Samuel was informed, "Saul has gone to Carmel where he is setting up a monument for himself. Then Samuel left and went down to Gilgal." -- 1 samuel 15:12 +. +When Samuel came to him, Saul said to him, "May the Lord bless you! I have done what the Lord said." -- 1 samuel 15:13 +. +Samuel replied, "If that is the case, then what is this sound of sheep in my ears and the sound of cattle that I hear?" -- 1 samuel 15:14 +. +Saul said, "They were brought from the Amalekites; the army spared the best of the flocks and cattle to sacrifice to the Lord our God. But everything else we slaughtered." -- 1 samuel 15:15 +. +Then Samuel said to Saul, "Wait a minute! Let me tell you what the Lord said to me last night." Saul said to him, "Tell me." -- 1 samuel 15:16 +. +Samuel said, "Is it not true that when you were insignificant in your own eyes, you became head of the tribes of Israel? The Lord chose you as king over Israel. -- 1 samuel 15:17 +. +The Lord sent you on a campaign saying, 'Go and exterminate those sinful Amalekites! Fight against them until you have destroyed them.' -- 1 samuel 15:18 +. +Why haven't you obeyed the Lord? Instead you have greedily rushed upon the plunder! You have done what is wrong in the Lord's estimation." -- 1 samuel 15:19 +. +Then Saul said to Samuel, "But I have obeyed the Lord! I went on the campaign the Lord sent me on. I brought back King Agag of the Amalekites after exterminating the Amalekites. -- 1 samuel 15:20 +. +But the army took from the plunder some of the sheep and cattle - the best of what was to be slaughtered - to sacrifice to the Lord your God in Gilgal." -- 1 samuel 15:21 +. +Then Samuel said, "Does the Lord take pleasure in burnt offerings and sacrifices as much as he does in obedience? Certainly, obedience is better than sacrifice; paying attention is better than the fat of rams. -- 1 samuel 15:22 +. +For rebellion is like the sin of divination, and presumption is like the evil of idolatry. Because you have rejected the word of the Lord, he has rejected you as king." -- 1 samuel 15:23 +. +Then Saul said to Samuel, "I have sinned, for I have disobeyed what the Lord commanded and what you said as well. For I was afraid of the army, and I followed their wishes. -- 1 samuel 15:24 +. +Now please forgive my sin! Go back with me so I can worship the Lord." -- 1 samuel 15:25 +. +Samuel said to Saul, "I will not go back with you, for you have rejected the word of the Lord, and the Lord has rejected you from being king over Israel!" -- 1 samuel 15:26 +. +When Samuel turned to leave, Saul grabbed the edge of his robe and it tore. -- 1 samuel 15:27 +. +Samuel said to him, "The Lord has torn the kingdom of Israel from you this day and has given it to one of your colleagues who is better than you! -- 1 samuel 15:28 +. +The Preeminent One of Israel does not go back on his word or change his mind, for he is not a human being who changes his mind." -- 1 samuel 15:29 +. +Saul again replied, "I have sinned. But please honor me before the elders of my people and before Israel. Go back with me so I may worship the Lord your God." -- 1 samuel 15:30 +. +So Samuel followed Saul back, and Saul worshiped the Lord. -- 1 samuel 15:31 +. +Then Samuel said, "Bring me King Agag of the Amalekites." So Agag came to him trembling, thinking to himself, "Surely death is bitter!" -- 1 samuel 15:32 +. +Samuel said, "Just as your sword left women childless, so your mother will be the most bereaved among women!" Then Samuel hacked Agag to pieces there in Gilgal before the Lord. -- 1 samuel 15:33 +. +Then Samuel went to Ramah, while Saul went up to his home in Gibeah of Saul. -- 1 samuel 15:34 +. +Until the day he died Samuel did not see Saul again. Samuel did, however, mourn for Saul, but the Lord regretted that he had made Saul king over Israel. -- 1 samuel 15:35 +. +The Lord said to Samuel, "How long do you intend to mourn for Saul? I have rejected him as king over Israel. Fill your horn with olive oil and go! I am sending you to Jesse in Bethlehem, for I have selected a king for myself from among his sons." -- 1 samuel 16:1 +. +Samuel replied, "How can I go? Saul will hear about it and kill me!" But the Lord said, "Take a heifer with you and say, 'I have come to sacrifice to the Lord.' -- 1 samuel 16:2 +. +Then invite Jesse to the sacrifice, and I will show you what you should do. You will anoint for me the one I point out to you." -- 1 samuel 16:3 +. +Samuel did what the Lord told him. When he arrived in Bethlehem, the elders of the city were afraid to meet him. They said, "Do you come in peace?" -- 1 samuel 16:4 +. +He replied, "Yes, in peace. I have come to sacrifice to the Lord. Consecrate yourselves and come with me to the sacrifice." So he consecrated Jesse and his sons and invited them to the sacrifice. -- 1 samuel 16:5 +. +When they arrived, Samuel noticed Eliab and said to himself, "Surely, here before the Lord stands his chosen king!" -- 1 samuel 16:6 +. +But the Lord said to Samuel, "Don't be impressed by his appearance or his height, for I have rejected him. God does not view things the way men do. People look on the outward appearance, but the Lord looks at the heart." -- 1 samuel 16:7 +. +Then Jesse called Abinadab and presented him to Samuel. But Samuel said, "The Lord has not chosen this one, either." -- 1 samuel 16:8 +. +Then Jesse presented Shammah. But Samuel said, "The Lord has not chosen this one either." -- 1 samuel 16:9 +. +Jesse presented seven of his sons to Samuel. But Samuel said to Jesse, "The Lord has not chosen any of these." -- 1 samuel 16:10 +. +Then Samuel said to Jesse, "Is that all of the young men?" Jesse replied, "There is still the youngest one, but he's taking care of the flock." Samuel said to Jesse, "Send and get him, for we cannot turn our attention to other things until he comes here." -- 1 samuel 16:11 +. +So Jesse had him brought in. Now he was ruddy, with attractive eyes and a handsome appearance. The Lord said, "Go and anoint him. This is the one!" -- 1 samuel 16:12 +. +So Samuel took the horn full of olive oil and anointed him in the presence of his brothers. The Spirit of the Lord rushed upon David from that day onward. Then Samuel got up and went to Ramah. -- 1 samuel 16:13 +. +Now the Spirit of the Lord had turned away from Saul, and an evil spirit from the Lord tormented him. -- 1 samuel 16:14 +. +Then Saul's servants said to him, "Look, an evil spirit from God is tormenting you!" -- 1 samuel 16:15 +. +Let our lord instruct his servants who are here before you to look for a man who knows how to play the lyre. Then whenever the evil spirit from God comes upon you, he can play the lyre and you will feel better." -- 1 samuel 16:16 +. +So Saul said to his servants, "Find me a man who plays well and bring him to me." -- 1 samuel 16:17 +. +One of his attendants replied, "I have seen a son of Jesse in Bethlehem who knows how to play the lyre. He is a brave warrior and is articulate and handsome, for the Lord is with him." -- 1 samuel 16:18 +. +So Saul sent messengers to Jesse and said, "Send me your son David, who is out with the sheep. -- 1 samuel 16:19 +. +So Jesse took a donkey loaded with bread, a container of wine, and a young goat and sent them to Saul with his son David. -- 1 samuel 16:20 +. +David came to Saul and stood before him. Saul liked him a great deal, and he became his armor bearer. -- 1 samuel 16:21 +. +Then Saul sent word to Jesse saying, "Let David be my servant, for I really like him." -- 1 samuel 16:22 +. +So whenever the spirit from God would come upon Saul, David would take his lyre and play it. This would bring relief to Saul and make him feel better. Then the evil spirit would leave him alone. -- 1 samuel 16:23 +. +The Philistines gathered their troops for battle. They assembled at Socoh in Judah. They camped in Ephes Dammim, between Socoh and Azekah. -- 1 samuel 17:1 +. +Saul and the Israelite army assembled and camped in the valley of Elah, where they arranged their battle lines to fight against the Philistines. -- 1 samuel 17:2 +. +The Philistines were standing on one hill, and the Israelites on another hill, with the valley between them. -- 1 samuel 17:3 +. +Then a champion came out from the camp of the Philistines. His name was Goliath; he was from Gath. He was close to seven feet tall. -- 1 samuel 17:4 +. +He had a bronze helmet on his head and was wearing scale body armor. The weight of his bronze body armor was five thousand shekels. -- 1 samuel 17:5 +. +He had bronze shin guards on his legs, and a bronze javelin was slung over his shoulders. -- 1 samuel 17:6 +. +The shaft of his spear was like a weaver's beam, and the iron point of his spear weighed six hundred shekels. His shield bearer was walking before him. -- 1 samuel 17:7 +. +Goliath stood and called to Israel's troops, "Why do you come out to prepare for battle? Am I not the Philistine, and are you not the servants of Saul? Choose for yourselves a man so he may come down to me! -- 1 samuel 17:8 +. +If he is able to fight with me and strike me down, we will become your servants. But if I prevail against him and strike him down, you will become our servants and will serve us." -- 1 samuel 17:9 +. +Then the Philistine said, "I defy Israel's troops this day! Give me a man so we can fight each other!" -- 1 samuel 17:10 +. +When Saul and all the Israelites heard these words of the Philistine, they were upset and very afraid. -- 1 samuel 17:11 +. +Now David was the son of this Ephrathite named Jesse from Bethlehem in Judah. He had eight sons, and in Saul's days he was old and well advanced in years. -- 1 samuel 17:12 +. +Jesse's three oldest sons had followed Saul to war. The names of the three sons who went to war were Eliab, his firstborn, Abinadab, the second oldest, and Shammah, the third oldest. -- 1 samuel 17:13 +. +Now David was the youngest. While the three oldest sons followed Saul, -- 1 samuel 17:14 +. +David was going back and forth from Saul in order to care for his father's sheep in Bethlehem. -- 1 samuel 17:15 +. +Meanwhile for forty days the Philistine approached every morning and evening and took his position. -- 1 samuel 17:16 +. +Jesse said to his son David, "Take your brothers this ephah of roasted grain and these ten loaves of bread; go quickly to the camp to your brothers. -- 1 samuel 17:17 +. +Also take these ten portions of cheese to their commanding officer. Find out how your brothers are doing and bring back their pledge that they received the goods. -- 1 samuel 17:18 +. +They are with Saul and the whole Israelite army in the valley of Elah, fighting with the Philistines." -- 1 samuel 17:19 +. +So David got up early in the morning and entrusted the flock to someone else who would watch over it. After loading up, he went just as Jesse had instructed him. He arrived at the camp as the army was going out to the battle lines shouting its battle cry. -- 1 samuel 17:20 +. +Israel and the Philistines drew up their battle lines opposite one another. -- 1 samuel 17:21 +. +After David had entrusted his cargo to the care of the supply officer, he ran to the battlefront. When he arrived, he asked his brothers how they were doing. -- 1 samuel 17:22 +. +As he was speaking with them, the champion named Goliath, the Philistine from Gath, was coming up from the battle lines of the Philistines. He spoke the way he usually did, and David heard it. -- 1 samuel 17:23 +. +When all the men of Israel saw this man, they retreated from his presence and were very afraid. -- 1 samuel 17:24 +. +The men of Israel said, "Have you seen this man who is coming up? He does so to defy Israel. But the king will make the man who can strike him down very wealthy! He will give him his daughter in marriage, and he will make his father's house exempt from tax obligations in Israel." -- 1 samuel 17:25 +. +David asked the men who were standing near him, "What will be done for the man who strikes down this Philistine and frees Israel from this humiliation? For who is this uncircumcised Philistine, that he defies the armies of the living God?" -- 1 samuel 17:26 +. +The soldiers told him what had been promised, saying, "This is what will be done for the man who can strike him down." -- 1 samuel 17:27 +. +When David's oldest brother Eliab heard him speaking to the men, he became angry with David and said, "Why have you come down here? To whom did you entrust those few sheep in the desert? I am familiar with your pride and deceit! You have come down here to watch the battle!" -- 1 samuel 17:28 +. +David replied, "What have I done now? Can't I say anything?" -- 1 samuel 17:29 +. +Then he turned from those who were nearby to someone else and asked the same question, but they gave him the same answer as before. -- 1 samuel 17:30 +. +When David's words were overheard and reported to Saul, he called for him. -- 1 samuel 17:31 +. +David said to Saul, "Don't let anyone be discouraged. Your servant will go and fight this Philistine!" -- 1 samuel 17:32 +. +But Saul replied to David, "You aren't able to go against this Philistine and fight him! You're just a boy! He has been a warrior from his youth!" -- 1 samuel 17:33 +. +David replied to Saul, "Your servant has been a shepherd for his father's flock. Whenever a lion or bear would come and carry off a sheep from the flock, -- 1 samuel 17:34 +. +I would go out after it, strike it down, and rescue the sheep from its mouth. If it rose up against me, I would grab it by its jaw, strike it, and kill it. -- 1 samuel 17:35 +. +Your servant has struck down both the lion and the bear. This uncircumcised Philistine will be just like one of them. For he has defied the armies of the living God!" -- 1 samuel 17:36 +. +David went on to say, "The Lord who delivered me from the lion and the bear will also deliver me from the hand of this Philistine!" Then Saul said to David, "Go! The Lord will be with you." -- 1 samuel 17:37 +. +Then Saul clothed David with his own fighting attire and put a bronze helmet on his head. He also put body armor on him. -- 1 samuel 17:38 +. +David strapped on his sword over his fighting attire and tried to walk around, but he was not used to them. David said to Saul, "I can't walk in these things, for I'm not used to them." So David removed them. -- 1 samuel 17:39 +. +He took his staff in his hand, picked out five smooth stones from the stream, placed them in the pouch of his shepherd's bag, took his sling in hand, and approached the Philistine. -- 1 samuel 17:40 +. +The Philistine kept coming closer to David, with his shield bearer walking in front of him. -- 1 samuel 17:41 +. +When the Philistine looked carefully at David, he despised him, for he was only a ruddy and handsome boy. -- 1 samuel 17:42 +. +The Philistine said to David, "Am I a dog, that you are coming after me with sticks?" Then the Philistine cursed David by his gods. -- 1 samuel 17:43 +. +The Philistine said to David, "Come here to me, so I can give your flesh to the birds of the sky and the wild animals of the field!" -- 1 samuel 17:44 +. +But David replied to the Philistine, "You are coming against me with sword and spear and javelin. But I am coming against you in the name of the Lord of hosts, the God of Israel's armies, whom you have defied! -- 1 samuel 17:45 +. +This very day the Lord will deliver you into my hand! I will strike you down and cut off your head. This day I will give the corpses of the Philistine army to the birds of the sky and the wild animals of the land. Then all the land will realize that Israel has a God -- 1 samuel 17:46 +. +and all this assembly will know that it is not by sword or spear that the Lord saves! For the battle is the Lord's, and he will deliver you into our hand." -- 1 samuel 17:47 +. +The Philistine drew steadily closer to David to attack him, while David quickly ran toward the battle line to attack the Philistine. -- 1 samuel 17:48 +. +David reached his hand into the bag and took out a stone. He slung it, striking the Philistine on the forehead. The stone sank deeply into his forehead, and he fell down with his face to the ground. -- 1 samuel 17:49 +. +David prevailed over the Philistine with just the sling and the stone. He struck down the Philistine and killed him. David did not even have a sword in his hand. -- 1 samuel 17:50 +. +David ran and stood over the Philistine. He grabbed Goliath's sword, drew it from its sheath, killed him, and cut off his head with it. When the Philistines saw their champion was dead, they ran away. -- 1 samuel 17:51 +. +Then the men of Israel and Judah charged forward, shouting a battle cry. They chased the Philistines to the valley and to the very gates of Ekron. The Philistine corpses lay fallen along the Shaaraim road to Gath and Ekron. -- 1 samuel 17:52 +. +When the Israelites returned from their hot pursuit of the Philistines, they looted their camp. -- 1 samuel 17:53 +. +David took the head of the Philistine and brought it to Jerusalem, and he put Goliath's weapons in his tent. -- 1 samuel 17:54 +. +Now as Saul watched David going out to fight the Philistine, he asked Abner, the general in command of the army, "Whose son is this young man, Abner?" Abner replied, "As surely as you live, O king, I don't know." -- 1 samuel 17:55 +. +The king said, "Find out whose son this boy is!" -- 1 samuel 17:56 +. +So when David returned from striking down the Philistine, Abner took him and brought him before Saul. He still had the head of the Philistine in his hand. -- 1 samuel 17:57 +. +Saul said to him, "Whose son are you, young man?" David replied, "I am the son of your servant Jesse in Bethlehem." -- 1 samuel 17:58 +. +When David had finished talking with Saul, Jonathan and David became bound together in close friendship. Jonathan loved David as much as he did his own life. -- 1 samuel 18:1 +. +Saul retained David on that day and did not allow him to return to his father's house. -- 1 samuel 18:2 +. +Jonathan made a covenant with David, for he loved him as much as he did his own life. -- 1 samuel 18:3 +. +Jonathan took off the robe he was wearing and gave it to David, along with the rest of his gear, including his sword, his bow, and even his belt. -- 1 samuel 18:4 +. +On every mission on which Saul sent him, David achieved success. So Saul appointed him over the men of war. This pleased not only all the army, but also Saul's servants. -- 1 samuel 18:5 +. +When the men arrived after David returned from striking down the Philistine, the women from all the cities of Israel came out singing and dancing to meet King Saul. They were happy as they played their tambourines and three-stringed instruments. -- 1 samuel 18:6 +. +The women who were playing the music sang, "Saul has struck down his thousands, but David his tens of thousands!" -- 1 samuel 18:7 +. +This made Saul very angry. The statement displeased him and he thought, "They have attributed to David tens of thousands, but to me they have attributed only thousands. What does he lack, except the kingdom?" -- 1 samuel 18:8 +. +So Saul was keeping an eye on David from that day onward. -- 1 samuel 18:9 +. +The next day an evil spirit from God rushed upon Saul and he prophesied within his house. Now David was playing the lyre that day. There was a spear in Saul's hand, -- 1 samuel 18:10 +. +and Saul threw the spear, thinking, "I'll nail David to the wall!" But David escaped from him on two different occasions. -- 1 samuel 18:11 +. +So Saul feared David, because the Lord was with him but had departed from Saul. -- 1 samuel 18:12 +. +Saul removed David from his presence and made him a commanding officer. David led the army out to battle and back. -- 1 samuel 18:13 +. +Now David achieved success in all he did, for the Lord was with him. -- 1 samuel 18:14 +. +When Saul saw how very successful he was, he was afraid of him. -- 1 samuel 18:15 +. +But all Israel and Judah loved David, for he was the one leading them out to battle and back. -- 1 samuel 18:16 +. +Then Saul said to David, "Here's my oldest daughter, Merab. I want to give her to you in marriage. Only be a brave warrior for me and fight the battles of the Lord." For Saul thought, "There's no need for me to raise my hand against him. Let it be the hand of the Philistines!" -- 1 samuel 18:17 +. +David said to Saul, "Who am I? Who are my relatives or the clan of my father in Israel that I should become the king's son-in-law?" -- 1 samuel 18:18 +. +When the time came for Merab, Saul's daughter, to be given to David, she instead was given in marriage to Adriel, who was from Meholah. -- 1 samuel 18:19 +. +Now Michal, Saul's daughter, loved David. When they told Saul about this, it pleased him. -- 1 samuel 18:20 +. +Saul said, "I will give her to him so that she may become a snare to him and the hand of the Philistines may be against him." So Saul said to David, "Today is the second time for you to become my son-in-law." -- 1 samuel 18:21 +. +Then Saul instructed his servants, "Tell David secretly, 'The king is pleased with you, and all his servants like you. So now become the king's son-in-law." -- 1 samuel 18:22 +. +So Saul's servants spoke these words privately to David. David replied, "Is becoming the king's son-in-law something insignificant to you? I'm just a poor and lightly-esteemed man!" -- 1 samuel 18:23 +. +When Saul's servants reported what David had said, -- 1 samuel 18:24 +. +Saul replied, "Here is what you should say to David: 'There is nothing that the king wants as a price for the bride except a hundred Philistine foreskins, so that he can be avenged of his enemies.'" (Now Saul was thinking that he could kill David by the hand of the Philistines.) -- 1 samuel 18:25 +. +So his servants told David these things and David agreed to become the king's son-in-law. Now the specified time had not yet expired -- 1 samuel 18:26 +. +when David, along with his men, went out and struck down two hundred Philistine men. David brought their foreskins and presented all of them to the king so he could become the king's son-in-law. Saul then gave him his daughter Michal in marriage. -- 1 samuel 18:27 +. +When Saul realized that the Lord was with David and that his daughter Michal loved David, -- 1 samuel 18:28 +. +Saul became even more afraid of him. Saul continued to be at odds with David from then on. -- 1 samuel 18:29 +. + Then the leaders of the Philistines would march out, and as often as they did so, David achieved more success than all of Saul's servants. His name was held in high esteem. -- 1 samuel 18:30 +. +Then Saul told his son Jonathan and all his servants to kill David. But Saul's son Jonathan liked David very much. -- 1 samuel 19:1 +. +So Jonathan told David, "My father Saul is trying to kill you. So be careful tomorrow morning. Find a hiding place and stay in seclusion. -- 1 samuel 19:2 +. +I will go out and stand beside my father in the field where you are. I will speak about you to my father. When I find out what the problem is, I will let you know." -- 1 samuel 19:3 +. +So Jonathan spoke on David's behalf to his father Saul. He said to him, "The king should not sin against his servant David, for he has not sinned against you. On the contrary, his actions have been very beneficial for you. -- 1 samuel 19:4 +. +He risked his life when he struck down the Philistine and the Lord gave all Israel a great victory. When you saw it, you were happy. So why would you sin against innocent blood by putting David to death for no reason?" -- 1 samuel 19:5 +. +Saul accepted Jonathan's advice and took an oath, "As surely as the Lord lives, he will not be put to death." -- 1 samuel 19:6 +. +Then Jonathan called David and told him all these things. Jonathan brought David to Saul, and he served him as he had done formerly. -- 1 samuel 19:7 +. +Now once again there was war. So David went out to fight the Philistines. He defeated them thoroughly and they ran away from him. -- 1 samuel 19:8 +. +Then an evil spirit from the Lord came upon Saul. He was sitting in his house with his spear in his hand, while David was playing the lyre. -- 1 samuel 19:9 +. +Saul tried to nail David to the wall with the spear, but he escaped from Saul's presence and the spear drove into the wall. David escaped quickly that night. -- 1 samuel 19:10 +. +Saul sent messengers to David's house to guard it and to kill him in the morning. Then David's wife Michal told him, "If you do not save yourself tonight, tomorrow you will be dead!" -- 1 samuel 19:11 +. +So Michal lowered David through the window, and he ran away and escaped. -- 1 samuel 19:12 +. +Then Michal took a household idol and put it on the bed. She put a quilt made of goat's hair over its head and then covered the idol with a garment. -- 1 samuel 19:13 +. +When Saul sent messengers to arrest David, she said, "He's sick." -- 1 samuel 19:14 +. +Then Saul sent the messengers back to see David, saying, "Bring him up to me on his bed so I can kill him." -- 1 samuel 19:15 +. +When the messengers came, they found only the idol on the bed and the quilt made of goat's hair at its head. -- 1 samuel 19:16 +. +Saul said to Michal, "Why have you deceived me this way by sending my enemy away? Now he has escaped!" Michal replied to Saul, "He said to me, 'Help me get away or else I will kill you!'" -- 1 samuel 19:17 +. +Now David had run away and escaped. He went to Samuel in Ramah and told him everything that Saul had done to him. Then he and Samuel went and stayed at Naioth. -- 1 samuel 19:18 +. +It was reported to Saul saying, "David is at Naioth in Ramah." -- 1 samuel 19:19 +. +So Saul sent messengers to capture David. When they saw a company of prophets prophesying with Samuel standing there as their leader, the spirit of God came upon Saul's messengers, and they also prophesied. -- 1 samuel 19:20 +. +When it was reported to Saul, he sent more messengers, but they prophesied too. So Saul sent messengers a third time, but they also prophesied. -- 1 samuel 19:21 +. +Finally Saul himself went to Ramah. When he arrived at the large cistern that is in Secu, he asked, "Where are Samuel and David?" They said, "At Naioth in Ramah." -- 1 samuel 19:22 +. +So Saul went to Naioth in Ramah. The Spirit of God came upon him as well, and he walked along prophesying until he came to Naioth in Ramah. -- 1 samuel 19:23 +. +He even stripped off his clothes and prophesied before Samuel. He lay there naked all that day and night. (For that reason it is asked, "Is Saul also among the prophets?") -- 1 samuel 19:24 +. +David fled from Naioth in Ramah. He came to Jonathan and asked, "What have I done? What is my offense? How have I sinned before your father? For he is seeking my life!" -- 1 samuel 20:1 +. +Jonathan said to him, "By no means are you going to die! My father does nothing large or small without making me aware of it. Why would my father hide this matter from me? It just won't happen!" -- 1 samuel 20:2 +. +Taking an oath, David again said, "Your father is very much aware of the fact that I have found favor with you, and he has thought, 'Don't let Jonathan know about this, or he will be upset.' But as surely as the Lord lives and you live, there is about one step between me and death!" -- 1 samuel 20:3 +. +Jonathan replied to David, "Tell me what I can do for you." -- 1 samuel 20:4 +. +David said to Jonathan, "Tomorrow is the new moon, and I am certainly expected to join the king for a meal. You must send me away so I can hide in the field until the third evening from now. -- 1 samuel 20:5 +. +If your father happens to miss me, you should say, 'David urgently requested me to let him go to his city Bethlehem, for there is an annual sacrifice there for his entire family.' -- 1 samuel 20:6 +. +If he should then say, 'That's fine,' then your servant is safe. But if he becomes very angry, be assured that he has decided to harm me. -- 1 samuel 20:7 +. +You must be loyal to your servant, for you have made a covenant with your servant in the Lord's name. If I am guilty, you yourself kill me! Why bother taking me to your father?" -- 1 samuel 20:8 +. +Jonathan said, "Far be it from you to suggest this! If I were at all aware that my father had decided to harm you, wouldn't I tell you about it?" -- 1 samuel 20:9 +. +David said to Jonathan, "Who will tell me if your father answers you harshly?" -- 1 samuel 20:10 +. +Jonathan said to David, "Come on. Let's go out to the field." When the two of them had gone out into the field, -- 1 samuel 20:11 +. +Jonathan said to David, "The Lord God of Israel is my witness. I will feel out my father about this time the day after tomorrow. If he is favorably inclined toward David, will I not then send word to you and let you know? -- 1 samuel 20:12 +. +But if my father intends to do you harm, may the Lord do all this and more to Jonathan, if I don't let you know and send word to you so you can go safely on your way. May the Lord be with you, as he was with my father. -- 1 samuel 20:13 +. +While I am still alive, extend to me the loyalty of the Lord, or else I will die! -- 1 samuel 20:14 +. +Don't ever cut off your loyalty to my family, not even when the Lord has cut off every one of David's enemies from the face of the earth -- 1 samuel 20:15 +. +and called David's enemies to account." So Jonathan made a covenant with the house of David. -- 1 samuel 20:16 +. +Jonathan once again took an oath with David, because he loved him. In fact Jonathan loved him as much as he did his own life. -- 1 samuel 20:17 +. +Jonathan said to him, "Tomorrow is the new moon, and you will be missed, for your seat will be empty. -- 1 samuel 20:18 +. +On the third day you should go down quickly and come to the place where you hid yourself the day this all started. Stay near the stone Ezel. -- 1 samuel 20:19 +. +I will shoot three arrows near it, as though I were shooting at a target. -- 1 samuel 20:20 +. +When I send a boy after them, I will say, "Go and find the arrows." If I say to the boy, 'Look, the arrows are on this side of you; get them,' then come back. For as surely as the Lord lives, you will be safe and there will no problem. -- 1 samuel 20:21 +. +But if I say to the boy, "Look, the arrows are on the other side of you,' get away. For in that case the Lord has sent you away. -- 1 samuel 20:22 +. +With regard to the matter that you and I discussed, the Lord is the witness between us forever!" -- 1 samuel 20:23 +. +So David hid in the field. When the new moon came, the king sat down to eat his meal. -- 1 samuel 20:24 +. +The king sat down in his usual place by the wall, with Jonathan opposite him and Abner at his side. But David's place was vacant. -- 1 samuel 20:25 +. +However, Saul said nothing about it that day, for he thought, "Something has happened to make him ceremonially unclean. Yes, he must be unclean." -- 1 samuel 20:26 +. +But the next morning, the second day of the new moon, David's place was still vacant. So Saul said to his son Jonathan, "Why has Jesse's son not come to the meal yesterday or today?" -- 1 samuel 20:27 +. +Jonathan replied to Saul, "David urgently requested that he be allowed to go to Bethlehem. -- 1 samuel 20:28 +. +He said, 'Permit me to go, for we are having a family sacrifice in the city, and my brother urged me to be there. So now, if I have found favor with you, let me go to see my brothers.' For that reason he has not come to the king's table." -- 1 samuel 20:29 +. +Saul became angry with Jonathan and said to him, "You stupid traitor! Don't I realize that to your own disgrace and to the disgrace of your mother's nakedness you have chosen this son of Jesse? -- 1 samuel 20:30 +. +For as long as this son of Jesse is alive on the earth, you and your kingdom will not be established. Now, send some men and bring him to me. For he is as good as dead!" -- 1 samuel 20:31 +. +Jonathan responded to his father Saul, "Why should he be put to death? What has he done?" -- 1 samuel 20:32 +. +Then Saul threw his spear at Jonathan in order to strike him down. So Jonathan was convinced that his father had decided to kill David. -- 1 samuel 20:33 +. +Jonathan got up from the table enraged. He did not eat any food on that second day of the new moon, for he was upset that his father had humiliated David. -- 1 samuel 20:34 +. +The next morning Jonathan, along with a young servant, went out to the field to meet David. -- 1 samuel 20:35 +. +He said to his servant, "Run, find the arrows that I am about to shoot." As the servant ran, Jonathan shot the arrow beyond him. -- 1 samuel 20:36 +. +When the servant came to the place where Jonathan had shot the arrow, Jonathan called out to the servant, "Isn't the arrow further beyond you?" -- 1 samuel 20:37 +. +Jonathan called out to the servant, "Hurry! Go faster! Don't delay!" Jonathan's servant retrieved the arrow and came back to his master. -- 1 samuel 20:38 +. +(Now the servant did not understand any of this. Only Jonathan and David knew what was going on.) -- 1 samuel 20:39 +. +Then Jonathan gave his equipment to the servant who was with him. He said to him, "Go, take these things back to the city." -- 1 samuel 20:40 +. +When the servant had left, David got up from beside the mound, knelt with his face to the ground, and bowed three times. Then they kissed each other and they both wept, especially David. -- 1 samuel 20:41 +. +Jonathan said to David, "Go in peace, for the two of us have sworn together in the name of the Lord saying, 'The Lord will be between me and you and between my descendants and your descendants forever.'"Then David got up and left, while Jonathan went back to the city. -- 1 samuel 20:42 +. + David went to Ahimelech the priest in Nob. Ahimelech was shaking with fear when he met David, and said to him, "Why are you by yourself with no one accompanying you?" -- 1 samuel 21:1 +. +David replied to Ahimelech the priest, "The king instructed me to do something, but he said to me, 'Don't let anyone know the reason I am sending you or the instructions I have given you.' I have told my soldiers to wait at a certain place. -- 1 samuel 21:2 +. +Now what do you have at your disposal? Give me five loaves of bread, or whatever can be found." -- 1 samuel 21:3 +. +The priest replied to David, "I don't have any ordinary bread at my disposal. Only holy bread is available, and then only if your soldiers have abstained from sexual relations with women." -- 1 samuel 21:4 +. +David said to the priest, "Certainly women have been kept away from us, just as on previous occasions when I have set out. The soldiers' equipment is holy, even on an ordinary journey. How much more so will they be holy today, along with their equipment!" -- 1 samuel 21:5 +. +So the priest gave him holy bread, for there was no bread there other than the bread of the Presence. It had been removed from before the Lord in order to replace it with hot bread on the day it had been taken away. -- 1 samuel 21:6 +. +(One of Saul's servants was there that day, detained before the Lord. His name was Doeg the Edomite, who was in charge of Saul's shepherds.) -- 1 samuel 21:7 +. +David said to Ahimelech, "Is there no sword or spear here at your disposal? I don't have my own sword or equipment in hand due to the urgency of the king's instructions." -- 1 samuel 21:8 +. +The priest replied, "The sword of Goliath the Philistine, whom you struck down in the valley of Elah, is wrapped in a garment behind the ephod. If you wish, take it for yourself. Other than that, there's nothing here." David said, "There's nothing like it! Give it to me!" -- 1 samuel 21:9 +. +So on that day David arose and fled from Saul. He went to King Achish of Gath. -- 1 samuel 21:10 +. +The servants of Achish said to him, "Isn't this David, the king of the land? Isn't he the one that they sing about when they dance, saying, 'Saul struck down his thousands, But David his tens of thousands'?" -- 1 samuel 21:11 +. +David thought about what they said and was very afraid of King Achish of Gath. -- 1 samuel 21:12 +. +He altered his behavior in their presence. Since he was in their power, he pretended to be insane, making marks on the doors of the gate and letting his saliva run down his beard. -- 1 samuel 21:13 +. +Achish said to his servants, "Look at this madman! Why did you bring him to me? -- 1 samuel 21:14 +. +Do I have a shortage of fools, that you have brought me this man to display his insanity in front of me? Should this man enter my house?" -- 1 samuel 21:15 +. +So David left there and escaped to the cave of Adullam. When his brothers and the rest of his father's family learned about it, they went down there to him. -- 1 samuel 22:1 +. +All those who were in trouble or owed someone money or were discontented gathered around him, and he became their leader. He had about four hundred men with him. -- 1 samuel 22:2 +. +Then David went from there to Mizpah in Moab, where he said to the king of Moab, "Please let my father and mother stay with you until I know what God is going to do for me." -- 1 samuel 22:3 +. +So he had them stay with the king of Moab; they stayed with him the whole time that David was in the stronghold. -- 1 samuel 22:4 +. +Then Gad the prophet said to David, "Don't stay in the stronghold. Go to the land of Judah." So David left and went to the forest of Hereth. -- 1 samuel 22:5 +. +But Saul found out the whereabouts of David and the men who were with him. Now Saul was sitting at Gibeah under the tamarisk tree at an elevated location with his spear in hand and all his servants stationed around him. -- 1 samuel 22:6 +. +Saul said to his servants who were stationed around him, "Listen up, you Benjaminites! Is Jesse's son giving fields and vineyards to all of you? Or is he making all of you commanders and officers? -- 1 samuel 22:7 +. +For all of you have conspired against me! No one informs me when my own son makes an agreement with this son of Jesse! Not one of you feels sorry for me or informs me that my own son has commissioned my own servant to hide in ambush against me, as is the case today!" -- 1 samuel 22:8 +. +But Doeg the Edomite, who had stationed himself with the servants of Saul, replied, "I saw this son of Jesse come to Ahimelech son of Ahitub at Nob. -- 1 samuel 22:9 +. +He inquired of the Lord for him and gave him provisions. He also gave him the sword of Goliath the Philistine." -- 1 samuel 22:10 +. +Then the king arranged for a meeting with the priest Ahimelech son of Ahitub and all the priests of his father's house who were at Nob. They all came to the king. -- 1 samuel 22:11 +. +Then Saul said, "Listen, son of Ahitub." He replied, "Here I am, my lord." -- 1 samuel 22:12 +. +Saul said to him, "Why have you conspired against me, you and this son of Jesse? You gave him bread and a sword and inquired of God on his behalf, so that he opposes me and waits in ambush, as is the case today!" -- 1 samuel 22:13 +. +Ahimelech replied to the king, "Who among all your servants is faithful like David? He is the king's son-in-law, the leader of your bodyguard, and honored in your house! -- 1 samuel 22:14 +. +Was it just today that I began to inquire of God on his behalf? Far be it from me! The king should not accuse his servant or any of my father's house. For your servant is not aware of all this - not in whole or in part!" -- 1 samuel 22:15 +. +But the king said, "You will surely die, Ahimelech, you and all your father's house! -- 1 samuel 22:16 +. +Then the king said to the messengers who were stationed beside him, "Turn and kill the priests of the Lord, for they too have sided with David! They knew he was fleeing, but they did not inform me." But the king's servants refused to harm the priests of the Lord. -- 1 samuel 22:17 +. +Then the king said to Doeg, "You turn and strike down the priests!" So Doeg the Edomite turned and struck down the priests. He killed on that day eighty-five men who wore the linen ephod. -- 1 samuel 22:18 +. +As for Nob, the city of the priests, he struck down with the sword men and women, children and infants, oxen, donkeys, and sheep - all with the sword. -- 1 samuel 22:19 +. +But one of the sons of Ahimelech son of Ahitub escaped and fled to David. His name was Abiathar. -- 1 samuel 22:20 +. +Abiathar told David that Saul had killed the priests of the Lord. -- 1 samuel 22:21 +. +Then David said to Abiathar, "I knew that day when Doeg the Edomite was there that he would certainly tell Saul! I am guilty of all the deaths in your father's house! -- 1 samuel 22:22 +. +Stay with me. Don't be afraid! Whoever seeks my life is seeking your life as well. You are secure with me." -- 1 samuel 22:23 +. +They told David, "The Philistines are fighting in Keilah and are looting the threshing floors." -- 1 samuel 23:1 +. +So David asked the Lord, "Should I go and strike down these Philistines?" The Lord said to David, "Go, strike down the Philistines and deliver Keilah." -- 1 samuel 23:2 +. +But David's men said to him, "We are afraid while we are still here in Judah! What will it be like if we go to Keilah against the armies of the Philistines?" -- 1 samuel 23:3 +. +So David asked the Lord once again. But again the Lord replied, "Arise, go down to Keilah, for I will give the Philistines into your hand." -- 1 samuel 23:4 +. +So David and his men went to Keilah and fought the Philistines. He took away their cattle and thoroughly defeated them. David delivered the inhabitants of Keilah. -- 1 samuel 23:5 +. +Now when Abiathar son of Ahimelech had fled to David at Keilah, he had brought with him an ephod. -- 1 samuel 23:6 +. +When Saul was told that David had come to Keilah, Saul said, "God has delivered him into my hand, for he has boxed himself into a corner by entering a city with two barred gates." -- 1 samuel 23:7 +. +So Saul mustered all his army to go down to Keilah and besiege David and his men. -- 1 samuel 23:8 +. +When David realized that Saul was planning to harm him, he told Abiathar the priest, "Bring the ephod!" -- 1 samuel 23:9 +. +Then David said, "O Lord God of Israel, your servant has clearly heard that Saul is planning to come to Keilah to destroy the city because of me. -- 1 samuel 23:10 +. +Will the leaders of Keilah deliver me into his hand? Will Saul come down as your servant has heard? O Lord God of Israel, please inform your servant!" Then the Lord said, "He will come down." -- 1 samuel 23:11 +. +David asked, "Will the leaders of Keilah deliver me and my men into Saul's hand?" The Lord said, "They will deliver you over." -- 1 samuel 23:12 +. +So David and his men, who numbered about six hundred, set out and left Keilah; they moved around from one place to another. When told that David had escaped from Keilah, Saul called a halt to his expedition. -- 1 samuel 23:13 +. +David stayed in the strongholds that were in the desert and in the hill country of the desert of Ziph. Saul looked for him all the time, but God did not deliver David into his hand. -- 1 samuel 23:14 +. +David realized that Saul had come out to seek his life; at that time David was in Horesh in the desert of Ziph. -- 1 samuel 23:15 +. +Then Jonathan son of Saul left and went to David at Horesh. He encouraged him through God. -- 1 samuel 23:16 +. +He said to him, "Don't be afraid! For the hand of my father Saul cannot find you. You will rule over Israel, and I will be your second in command. Even my father Saul realizes this." -- 1 samuel 23:17 +. +When the two of them had made a covenant before the Lord, David stayed on at Horesh, but Jonathan went to his house. -- 1 samuel 23:18 +. +Then the Ziphites went up to Saul at Gibeah and said, "Isn't David hiding among us in the strongholds at Horesh on the hill of Hakilah, south of Jeshimon? -- 1 samuel 23:19 +. +Now at your own discretion, O king, come down. Delivering him into the king's hand will be our responsibility." -- 1 samuel 23:20 +. +Saul replied, "May you be blessed by the Lord, for you have had compassion on me. -- 1 samuel 23:21 +. +Go and make further arrangements. Determine precisely where he is and who has seen him there, for I am told that he is extremely cunning. -- 1 samuel 23:22 +. +Locate precisely all the places where he hides and return to me with dependable information. Then I will go with you. If he is in the land, I will find him among all the thousands of Judah." -- 1 samuel 23:23 +. +So they left and went to Ziph ahead of Saul. Now David and his men were in the desert of Maon, in the Arabah to the south of Jeshimon. -- 1 samuel 23:24 +. +Saul and his men went to look for him. But David was informed and went down to the rock and stayed in the desert of Maon. When Saul heard about it, he pursued David in the desert of Maon. -- 1 samuel 23:25 +. +Saul went on one side of the mountain, while David and his men went on the other side of the mountain. David was hurrying to get away from Saul, but Saul and his men were surrounding David and his men so they could capture them. -- 1 samuel 23:26 +. +But a messenger came to Saul saying, "Come quickly, for the Philistines have raided the land!" -- 1 samuel 23:27 +. +So Saul stopped pursuing David and went to confront the Philistines. Therefore that place is called Sela Hammahlekoth. -- 1 samuel 23:28 +. + Then David went up from there and stayed in the strongholds of En Gedi. -- 1 samuel 23:29 +. + When Saul returned from pursuing the Philistines, they told him, "Look, David is in the desert of En Gedi." -- 1 samuel 24:1 +. +So Saul took three thousand select men from all Israel and went to find David and his men in the region of the rocks of the mountain goats. -- 1 samuel 24:2 +. +He came to the sheepfolds by the road, where there was a cave. Saul went into it to relieve himself. Now David and his men were sitting in the recesses of the cave. -- 1 samuel 24:3 +. +David's men said to him, "This is the day about which the Lord said to you, 'I will give your enemy into your hand, and you can do to him whatever seems appropriate to you.'" So David got up and quietly cut off an edge of Saul's robe. -- 1 samuel 24:4 +. +Afterward David's conscience bothered him because he had cut off an edge of Saul's robe. -- 1 samuel 24:5 +. +He said to his men, "May the Lord keep me far away from doing such a thing to my lord, who is the Lord's chosen one, by extending my hand against him. After all, he is the Lord's chosen one." -- 1 samuel 24:6 +. +David restrained his men with these words and did not allow them to rise up against Saul. Then Saul left the cave and started down the road. -- 1 samuel 24:7 +. +Afterward David got up and went out of the cave. He called out after Saul, "My lord, O king!" When Saul looked behind him, David kneeled down and bowed with his face to the ground. -- 1 samuel 24:8 +. +David said to Saul, "Why do you pay attention when men say, 'David is seeking to do you harm'? -- 1 samuel 24:9 +. +Today your own eyes see how the Lord delivered you - this very day - into my hands in the cave. Some told me to kill you, but I had pity on you and said, 'I will not extend my hand against my lord, for he is the Lord's chosen one.' -- 1 samuel 24:10 +. +Look, my father, and see the edge of your robe in my hand! When I cut off the edge of your robe, I didn't kill you. So realize and understand that I am not planning evil or rebellion. Even though I have not sinned against you, you are waiting in ambush to take my life. -- 1 samuel 24:11 +. +May the Lord judge between the two of us, and may the Lord vindicate me over you, but my hand will not be against you. -- 1 samuel 24:12 +. +It's like the old proverb says: 'From evil people evil proceeds.' But my hand will not be against you. -- 1 samuel 24:13 +. +Who has the king of Israel come out after? Who is it that you are pursuing? A dead dog? A single flea? -- 1 samuel 24:14 +. +May the Lord be our judge and arbiter. May he see and arbitrate my case and deliver me from your hands!" -- 1 samuel 24:15 +. +When David finished speaking these words to Saul, Saul said, "Is that your voice, my son David?" Then Saul wept loudly. -- 1 samuel 24:16 +. +He said to David, "You are more innocent than I, for you have treated me well, even though I have tried to harm you! -- 1 samuel 24:17 +. +You have explained today how you have treated me well. The Lord delivered me into your hand, but you did not kill me. -- 1 samuel 24:18 +. +Now if a man finds his enemy, does he send him on his way in good shape? May the Lord repay you with good this day for what you have done to me. -- 1 samuel 24:19 +. +Now look, I realize that you will in fact be king and that the kingdom of Israel will be established in your hand. -- 1 samuel 24:20 +. +So now swear to me in the Lord's name that you will not kill my descendants after me or destroy my name from the house of my father." -- 1 samuel 24:21 +. +David promised Saul this on oath. Then Saul went to his house, and David and his men went up to the stronghold. -- 1 samuel 24:22 +. +Samuel died, and all Israel assembled and mourned him. They buried him at his home in Ramah. Then David left and went down to the desert of Paran. -- 1 samuel 25:1 +. +There was a man in Maon whose business was in Carmel. This man was very wealthy; he owned three thousand sheep and a thousand goats. At that time he was shearing his sheep in Carmel. -- 1 samuel 25:2 +. +The man's name was Nabal, and his wife's name was Abigail. She was both wise and beautiful, but the man was harsh and his deeds were evil. He was a Calebite. -- 1 samuel 25:3 +. +When David heard in the desert that Nabal was shearing his sheep, -- 1 samuel 25:4 +. +he sent ten servants, saying to them, "Go up to Carmel to see Nabal and give him greetings in my name. -- 1 samuel 25:5 +. +Then you will say to my brother, "Peace to you and your house! Peace to all that is yours! -- 1 samuel 25:6 +. +Now I hear that they are shearing sheep for you. When your shepherds were with us, we neither insulted them nor harmed them the whole time they were in Carmel. -- 1 samuel 25:7 +. +Ask your own servants; they can tell you! May my servants find favor in your sight, for we have come at the time of a holiday. Please provide us - your servants and your son David - with whatever you can spare." -- 1 samuel 25:8 +. +So David's servants went and spoke all these words to Nabal in David's name. Then they paused. -- 1 samuel 25:9 +. +But Nabal responded to David's servants, "Who is David, and who is this son of Jesse? This is a time when many servants are breaking away from their masters! -- 1 samuel 25:10 +. +Should I take my bread and my water and my meat that I have slaughtered for my shearers and give them to these men? I don't even know where they came from!" -- 1 samuel 25:11 +. +So David's servants went on their way. When they had returned, they came and told David all these things. -- 1 samuel 25:12 +. +Then David instructed his men, "Each of you strap on your sword!" So each one strapped on his sword, and David also strapped on his sword. About four hundred men followed David up, while two hundred stayed behind with the equipment. -- 1 samuel 25:13 +. +But one of the servants told Nabal's wife Abigail, "David sent messengers from the desert to greet our lord, but he screamed at them. -- 1 samuel 25:14 +. +These men were very good to us. They did not insult us, nor did we sustain any loss during the entire time we were together in the field. -- 1 samuel 25:15 +. +Both night and day they were a protective wall for us the entire time we were with them, while we were tending our flocks. -- 1 samuel 25:16 +. +Now be aware of this, and see what you can do. For disaster has been planned for our lord and his entire household. He is such a wicked person that no one tells him anything!" -- 1 samuel 25:17 +. +So Abigail quickly took two hundred loaves of bread, two containers of wine, five prepared sheep, five seahs of roasted grain, a hundred bunches of raisins, and two hundred lumps of pressed figs. She loaded them on donkeys -- 1 samuel 25:18 +. +and said to her servants, "Go on ahead of me. I will come after you." But she did not tell her husband Nabal. -- 1 samuel 25:19 +. +Riding on her donkey, she went down under cover of the mountain. David and his men were coming down to meet her, and she encountered them. -- 1 samuel 25:20 +. +Now David had been thinking, "In vain I guarded everything that belonged to this man in the desert. I didn't take anything from him. But he has repaid my good with evil. -- 1 samuel 25:21 +. +God will severely punish David, if I leave alive until morning even one male from all those who belong to him!" -- 1 samuel 25:22 +. +When Abigail saw David, she got down quickly from the donkey, threw herself down before David, and bowed to the ground. -- 1 samuel 25:23 +. +Falling at his feet, she said, "My lord, I accept all the guilt! But please let your female servant speak with my lord! Please listen to the words of your servant! -- 1 samuel 25:24 +. +My lord should not pay attention to this wicked man Nabal. He simply lives up to his name! His name means 'fool,' and he is indeed foolish! But I, your servant, did not see the servants my lord sent. -- 1 samuel 25:25 +. +"Now, my lord, as surely as the Lord lives and as surely as you live, it is the Lord who has kept you from shedding blood and taking matters into your own hands. Now may your enemies and those who seek to harm my lord be like Nabal. -- 1 samuel 25:26 +. +Now let this present that your servant has brought to my lord be given to the servants who follow my lord. -- 1 samuel 25:27 +. +Please forgive the sin of your servant, for the Lord will certainly establish the house of my lord, because my lord fights the battles of the Lord. May no evil be found in you all your days! -- 1 samuel 25:28 +. +When someone sets out to chase you and to take your life, the life of my lord will be wrapped securely in the bag of the living by the Lord your God. But he will sling away the lives of your enemies from the sling's pocket! -- 1 samuel 25:29 +. +The Lord will do for my lord everything that he promised you, and he will make you a leader over Israel. -- 1 samuel 25:30 +. +Your conscience will not be overwhelmed with guilt for having poured out innocent blood and for having taken matters into your own hands. When the Lord has granted my lord success, please remember your servant." -- 1 samuel 25:31 +. +Then David said to Abigail, "Praised be the Lord, the God of Israel, who has sent you this day to meet me! -- 1 samuel 25:32 +. +Praised be your good judgment! May you yourself be rewarded for having prevented me this day from shedding blood and taking matters into my own hands! -- 1 samuel 25:33 +. +Otherwise, as surely as the Lord, the God of Israel, lives - he who has prevented me from harming you - if you had not come so quickly to meet me, by morning's light not even one male belonging to Nabal would have remained alive!" -- 1 samuel 25:34 +. +Then David took from her hand what she had brought to him. He said to her, "Go back to your home in peace. Be assured that I have listened to you and responded favorably." -- 1 samuel 25:35 +. +When Abigail went back to Nabal, he was holding a banquet in his house like that of the king. Nabal was having a good time and was very intoxicated. She told him absolutely nothing until morning's light. -- 1 samuel 25:36 +. +In the morning, when Nabal was sober, his wife told him about these matters. He had a stroke and was paralyzed. -- 1 samuel 25:37 +. +After about ten days the Lord struck Nabal down and he died. -- 1 samuel 25:38 +. +When David heard that Nabal had died, he said, "Praised be the Lord who has vindicated me and avenged the insult that I suffered from Nabal! The Lord has kept his servant from doing evil, and he has repaid Nabal for his evil deeds." Then David sent word to Abigail and asked her to become his wife. -- 1 samuel 25:39 +. +So the servants of David went to Abigail at Carmel and said to her, "David has sent us to you to bring you back to be his wife." -- 1 samuel 25:40 +. +She arose, bowed her face toward the ground, and said, "Your female servant, like a lowly servant, will wash the feet of the servants of my lord." -- 1 samuel 25:41 +. +Then Abigail quickly went and mounted her donkey, with five of her female servants accompanying her. She followed David's messengers and became his wife. -- 1 samuel 25:42 +. +David had also married Ahinoam from Jezreel; the two of them became his wives. -- 1 samuel 25:43 +. +(Now Saul had given his daughter Michal, David's wife, to Paltiel son of Laish, who was from Gallim.) -- 1 samuel 25:44 +. +The Ziphites came to Saul at Gibeah and said, "Isn't David hiding on the hill of Hakilah near Jeshimon?" -- 1 samuel 26:1 +. +So Saul arose and went down to the desert of Ziph, accompanied by three thousand select men of Israel, to look for David in the desert of Ziph. -- 1 samuel 26:2 +. +Saul camped by the road on the hill of Hakilah near Jeshimon, but David was staying in the desert. When he realized that Saul had come to the desert to find him, -- 1 samuel 26:3 +. +David sent scouts and verified that Saul had indeed arrived. -- 1 samuel 26:4 +. +So David set out and went to the place where Saul was camped. David saw the place where Saul and Abner son of Ner, the general in command of his army, were sleeping. Now Saul was lying in the entrenchment, and the army was camped all around him. -- 1 samuel 26:5 +. +David said to Ahimelech the Hittite and Abishai son of Zeruiah, Joab's brother, "Who will go down with me to Saul in the camp?" Abishai replied, "I will go down with you." -- 1 samuel 26:6 +. +So David and Abishai approached the army at night and found Saul lying asleep in the entrenchment with his spear stuck in the ground by his head. Abner and the army were lying all around him. -- 1 samuel 26:7 +. +Abishai said to David, "Today God has delivered your enemy into your hands. Now let me drive the spear right through him into the ground with one swift jab! A second jab won't be necessary!" -- 1 samuel 26:8 +. +But David said to Abishai, "Don't kill him! Who can extend his hand against the Lord's chosen one and remain guiltless?" -- 1 samuel 26:9 +. +David went on to say, "As the Lord lives, the Lord himself will strike him down. Either his day will come and he will die, or he will go down into battle and be swept away. -- 1 samuel 26:10 +. +But may the Lord prevent me from extending my hand against the Lord's chosen one! Now take the spear by Saul's head and the jug of water, and let's get out of here!" -- 1 samuel 26:11 +. +So David took the spear and the jug of water by Saul's head, and they got out of there. No one saw them or was aware of their presence or woke up. All of them were asleep, for the Lord had caused a deep sleep to fall on them. -- 1 samuel 26:12 +. +Then David crossed to the other side and stood on the top of the hill some distance away; there was a considerable distance between them. -- 1 samuel 26:13 +. +David called to the army and to Abner son of Ner, "Won't you answer, Abner?" Abner replied, "Who are you, that you have called to the king?" -- 1 samuel 26:14 +. +David said to Abner, "Aren't you a man? After all, who is like you in Israel? Why then haven't you protected your lord the king? One of the soldiers came to kill your lord the king. -- 1 samuel 26:15 +. +This failure on your part isn't good! As surely as the Lord lives, you people who have not protected your lord, the Lord's chosen one, are as good as dead! Now look where the king's spear and the jug of water that was by his head are!" -- 1 samuel 26:16 +. +When Saul recognized David's voice, he said, "Is that your voice, my son David?" David replied, "Yes, it's my voice, my lord the king." -- 1 samuel 26:17 +. +He went on to say, "Why is my lord chasing his servant? What have I done? What wrong have I done? -- 1 samuel 26:18 +. +So let my lord the king now listen to the words of his servant. If the Lord has incited you against me, may he take delight in an offering. But if men have instigated this, may they be cursed before the Lord! For they have driven me away this day from being united with the Lord's inheritance, saying, 'Go on, serve other gods!' -- 1 samuel 26:19 +. +Now don't let my blood fall to the ground away from the Lord's presence, for the king of Israel has gone out to look for a flea the way one looks for a partridge in the hill country." -- 1 samuel 26:20 +. +Saul replied, "I have sinned. Come back, my son David. I won't harm you, for you treated my life with value this day. I have behaved foolishly and have made a very terrible mistake!" -- 1 samuel 26:21 +. +David replied, "Here is the king's spear! Let one of your servants cross over and get it. -- 1 samuel 26:22 +. +The Lord rewards each man for his integrity and loyalty. Even though today the Lord delivered you into my hand, I was not willing to extend my hand against the Lord's chosen one. -- 1 samuel 26:23 +. +In the same way that I valued your life this day, may the Lord value my life and deliver me from all danger." -- 1 samuel 26:24 +. +Saul replied to David, "May you be rewarded, my son David! You will without question be successful!" So David went on his way, and Saul returned to his place. -- 1 samuel 26:25 +. +David thought to himself, "One of these days I'm going to be swept away by the hand of Saul! There is nothing better for me than to escape to the land of the Philistines. Then Saul will despair of searching for me through all the territory of Israel and I will escape from his hand." -- 1 samuel 27:1 +. +So David left and crossed over to King Achish son of Maoch of Gath accompanied by his six hundred men. -- 1 samuel 27:2 +. +David settled with Achish in Gath, along with his men and their families. David had with him his two wives, Ahinoam the Jezreelite and Abigail the Carmelite, Nabal's widow. -- 1 samuel 27:3 +. +When Saul learned that David had fled to Gath, he did not mount a new search for him. -- 1 samuel 27:4 +. +David said to Achish, "If I have found favor with you, let me be given a place in one of the country towns so that I can live there. Why should your servant settle in the royal city with you?" -- 1 samuel 27:5 +. +So Achish gave him Ziklag on that day. (For that reason Ziklag has belonged to the kings of Judah until this very day.) -- 1 samuel 27:6 +. +The length of time that David lived in the Philistine countryside was a year and four months. -- 1 samuel 27:7 +. +Then David and his men went up and raided the Geshurites, the Girzites, and the Amalekites. (They had been living in that land for a long time, from the approach to Shur as far as the land of Egypt.) -- 1 samuel 27:8 +. +When David would attack a district, he would leave neither man nor woman alive. He would take sheep, cattle, donkeys, camels, and clothing and would then go back to Achish. -- 1 samuel 27:9 +. +When Achish would ask, "Where did you raid today?" David would say, "The Negev of Judah" or "The Negev of Jeharmeel" or "The Negev of the Kenites." -- 1 samuel 27:10 +. +Neither man nor woman would David leave alive so as to bring them back to Gath. He was thinking, "This way they can't tell on us, saying, 'This is what David did.'" Such was his practice the entire time that he lived in the country of the Philistines. -- 1 samuel 27:11 +. +So Achish trusted David, thinking to himself, "He is really hated among his own people in Israel! From now on he will be my servant." -- 1 samuel 27:12 +. +In those days the Philistines gathered their troops for war in order to fight Israel. Achish said to David, "You should fully understand that you and your men must go with me into the battle." -- 1 samuel 28:1 +. +David replied to Achish, "That being the case, you will come to know what your servant can do!" Achish said to David, "Then I will make you my bodyguard from now on." -- 1 samuel 28:2 +. +Now Samuel had died, and all Israel had lamented over him and had buried him in Ramah, his hometown. In the meantime Saul had removed the mediums and magicians from the land. -- 1 samuel 28:3 +. +The Philistines assembled; they came and camped at Shunem. Saul mustered all Israel and camped at Gilboa. -- 1 samuel 28:4 +. +When Saul saw the camp of the Philistines, he was absolutely terrified. -- 1 samuel 28:5 +. +So Saul inquired of the Lord, but the Lord did not answer him - not by dreams nor by Urim nor by the prophets. -- 1 samuel 28:6 +. +So Saul instructed his servants, "Find me a woman who is a medium, so that I may go to her and inquire of her." His servants replied to him, "There is a woman who is a medium in Endor." -- 1 samuel 28:7 +. +So Saul disguised himself and put on other clothing and left, accompanied by two of his men. They came to the woman at night and said, "Use your ritual pit to conjure up for me the one I tell you." -- 1 samuel 28:8 +. +But the woman said to him, "Look, you are aware of what Saul has done; he has removed the mediums and magicians from the land! Why are you trapping me so you can put me to death?" -- 1 samuel 28:9 +. +But Saul swore an oath to her by the Lord, "As surely as the Lord lives, you will not incur guilt in this matter!" -- 1 samuel 28:10 +. +The woman replied, "Who is it that I should bring up for you?" He said, "Bring up for me Samuel." -- 1 samuel 28:11 +. +When the woman saw Samuel, she cried out loudly. The woman said to Saul, "Why have you deceived me? You are Saul!" -- 1 samuel 28:12 +. +The king said to her, "Don't be afraid! What have you seen?" The woman replied to Saul, "I have seen one like a god coming up from the ground!" -- 1 samuel 28:13 +. +He said to her, "What about his appearance?" She said, "An old man is coming up! He is wrapped in a robe!" Then Saul realized it was Samuel, and he bowed his face toward the ground and kneeled down. -- 1 samuel 28:14 +. +Samuel said to Saul, "Why have you disturbed me by bringing me up?" Saul replied, "I am terribly troubled! The Philistines are fighting against me and God has turned away from me. He does not answer me - not by the prophets nor by dreams. So I have called on you to tell me what I should do." -- 1 samuel 28:15 +. +Samuel said, "Why are you asking me, now that the Lord has turned away from you and has become your enemy? -- 1 samuel 28:16 +. +The Lord has done exactly as I prophesied! The Lord has torn the kingdom from your hand and has given it to your neighbor David! -- 1 samuel 28:17 +. +Since you did not obey the Lord and did not carry out his fierce anger against the Amalekites, the Lord has done this thing to you today. -- 1 samuel 28:18 +. +The Lord will hand you and Israel over to the Philistines! Tomorrow both you and your sons will be with me. The Lord will also hand the army of Israel over to the Philistines!" -- 1 samuel 28:19 +. +Saul quickly fell full length on the ground and was very afraid because of Samuel's words. He was completely drained of energy, not having eaten anything all that day and night. -- 1 samuel 28:20 +. +When the woman came to Saul and saw how terrified he was, she said to him, "Your servant has done what you asked. I took my life into my own hands and did what you told me. -- 1 samuel 28:21 +. +Now it's your turn to listen to your servant! Let me set before you a bit of bread so that you can eat. When you regain your strength, you can go on your way." -- 1 samuel 28:22 +. +But he refused, saying, "I won't eat!" Both his servants and the woman urged him to eat, so he gave in. He got up from the ground and sat down on the bed. -- 1 samuel 28:23 +. +Now the woman had a well-fed calf at her home that she quickly slaughtered. Taking some flour, she kneaded bread and baked it without leaven. -- 1 samuel 28:24 +. +She brought it to Saul and his servants, and they ate. Then they arose and left that same night. -- 1 samuel 28:25 +. +The Philistines assembled all their troops at Aphek, while Israel camped at the spring that is in Jezreel. -- 1 samuel 29:1 +. +When the leaders of the Philistines were passing in review at the head of their units of hundreds and thousands, David and his men were passing in review in the rear with Achish. -- 1 samuel 29:2 +. +The leaders of the Philistines asked, "What about these Hebrews?" Achish said to the leaders of the Philistines, "Isn't this David, the servant of King Saul of Israel, who has been with me for quite some time? I have found no fault with him from the day of his defection until the present time!" -- 1 samuel 29:3 +. +But the leaders of the Philistines became angry with him and said to him, "Send the man back! Let him return to the place that you assigned him! Don't let him go down with us into the battle, for he might become our adversary in the battle. What better way to please his lord than with the heads of these men? -- 1 samuel 29:4 +. +Isn't this David, of whom they sang as they danced, 'Saul has struck down his thousands, but David his tens of thousands'?" -- 1 samuel 29:5 +. +So Achish summoned David and said to him, "As surely as the Lord lives, you are an honest man, and I am glad to have you serving with me in the army. I have found no fault with you from the day that you first came to me until the present time. But in the opinion of the leaders, you are not reliable. -- 1 samuel 29:6 +. +So turn and leave in peace. You must not do anything that the leaders of the Philistines consider improper!" -- 1 samuel 29:7 +. +But David said to Achish, "What have I done? What have you found in your servant from the day that I first came into your presence until the present time, that I shouldn't go and fight the enemies of my lord the king?" -- 1 samuel 29:8 +. +Achish replied to David, "I am convinced that you are as reliable as the angel of God! However, the leaders of the Philistines have said, 'He must not go up with us in the battle.' -- 1 samuel 29:9 +. +So get up early in the morning along with the servants of your lord who have come with you. When you get up early in the morning, as soon as it is light enough to see, leave." -- 1 samuel 29:10 +. +So David and his men got up early in the morning to return to the land of the Philistines, but the Philistines went up to Jezreel. -- 1 samuel 29:11 +. +On the third day David and his men came to Ziklag. Now the Amalekites had raided the Negev and Ziklag. They attacked Ziklag and burned it. -- 1 samuel 30:1 +. +They took captive the women who were in it, from the youngest to the oldest, but they did not kill anyone. They simply carried them off and went on their way. -- 1 samuel 30:2 +. +When David and his men came to the city, they found it burned. Their wives, sons, and daughters had been taken captive. -- 1 samuel 30:3 +. +Then David and the men who were with him wept loudly until they could weep no more. -- 1 samuel 30:4 +. +David's two wives had been taken captive - Ahinoam the Jezreelite and Abigail the Carmelite, Nabal's widow. -- 1 samuel 30:5 +. +David was very upset, for the men were thinking of stoning him; each man grieved bitterly over his sons and daughters. But David drew strength from the Lord his God. -- 1 samuel 30:6 +. +Then David said to the priest Abiathar son of Ahimelech, "Bring me the ephod." So Abiathar brought the ephod to David. -- 1 samuel 30:7 +. +David inquired of the Lord, saying, "Should I pursue this raiding band? Will I overtake them?" He said to him, "Pursue, for you will certainly overtake them and carry out a rescue!" -- 1 samuel 30:8 +. +So David went, accompanied by his six hundred men. When he came to the Wadi Besor, those who were in the rear stayed there. -- 1 samuel 30:9 +. +David and four hundred men continued the pursuit, but two hundred men who were too exhausted to cross the Wadi Besor stayed there. -- 1 samuel 30:10 +. +Then they found an Egyptian in the field and brought him to David. They gave him bread to eat and water to drink. -- 1 samuel 30:11 +. +They gave him a slice of pressed figs and two bunches of raisins to eat. This greatly refreshed him, for he had not eaten food or drunk water for three days and three nights. -- 1 samuel 30:12 +. +David said to him, "To whom do you belong, and where are you from?" The young man said, "I am an Egyptian, the servant of an Amalekite man. My master abandoned me when I was ill for three days. -- 1 samuel 30:13 +. +We conducted a raid on the Negev of the Kerethites, on the area of Judah, and on the Negev of Caleb. We burned Ziklag." -- 1 samuel 30:14 +. +David said to him, "Can you take us down to this raiding party?" He said, "Swear to me by God that you will not kill me or hand me over to my master, and I will take you down to this raiding party." -- 1 samuel 30:15 +. +So he took David down, and they found them spread out over the land. They were eating and drinking and enjoying themselves because of all the loot they had taken from the land of the Philistines and from the land of Judah. -- 1 samuel 30:16 +. +But David struck them down from twilight until the following evening. None of them escaped, with the exception of four hundred young men who got away on camels. -- 1 samuel 30:17 +. +David retrieved everything the Amalekites had taken; he also rescued his two wives. -- 1 samuel 30:18 +. +There was nothing missing, whether small or great. He retrieved sons and daughters, the plunder, and everything else they had taken. David brought everything back. -- 1 samuel 30:19 +. +David took all the flocks and herds and drove them in front of the rest of the animals. People were saying, "This is David's plunder!" -- 1 samuel 30:20 +. +Then David approached the two hundred men who had been too exhausted to go with him, those whom they had left at the Wadi Besor. They went out to meet David and the people who were with him. When David approached the people, he asked how they were doing. -- 1 samuel 30:21 +. +But all the evil and worthless men among those who had gone with David said, "Since they didn't go with us, we won't give them any of the loot we retrieved! They may take only their wives and children. Let them lead them away and be gone!" -- 1 samuel 30:22 +. +But David said, "No! You shouldn't do this, my brothers. Look at what the Lord has given us! He has protected us and has delivered into our hands the raiding party that came against us. -- 1 samuel 30:23 +. +Who will listen to you in this matter? The portion of the one who went down into the battle will be the same as the portion of the one who remained with the equipment! Let their portions be the same!" -- 1 samuel 30:24 +. +From that time onward it was a binding ordinance for Israel, right up to the present time. -- 1 samuel 30:25 +. +When David came to Ziklag, he sent some of the plunder to the elders of Judah who were his friends, saying, "Here's a gift for you from the looting of the Lord's enemies!" -- 1 samuel 30:26 +. +The gift was for those in the following locations: for those in Bethel, Ramoth Negev, and Jattir; -- 1 samuel 30:27 +. +for those in Aroer, Siphmoth, Eshtemoa, -- 1 samuel 30:28 +. +and Racal; for those in the cities of the Jerahmeelites and Kenites; -- 1 samuel 30:29 +. +for those in Hormah, Bor Ashan, Athach, -- 1 samuel 30:30 +. +and Hebron; and for those in whatever other places David and his men had traveled. -- 1 samuel 30:31 +. +Now the Philistines were fighting against Israel. The men of Israel fled from the Philistines and many of them fell dead on Mount Gilboa. -- 1 samuel 31:1 +. +The Philistines stayed right on the heels of Saul and his sons. They struck down Saul's sons Jonathan, Abinadab, and Malki-Shua. -- 1 samuel 31:2 +. +Saul himself was in the thick of the battle; the archers spotted him and wounded him severely. -- 1 samuel 31:3 +. +Saul said to his armor bearer, "Draw your sword and stab me with it! Otherwise these uncircumcised people will come, stab me, and torture me." But his armor bearer refused to do it, because he was very afraid. So Saul took his sword and fell on it. -- 1 samuel 31:4 +. +When his armor bearer saw that Saul was dead, he also fell on his own sword and died with him. -- 1 samuel 31:5 +. +So Saul, his three sons, his armor bearer, and all his men died together that day. -- 1 samuel 31:6 +. +When the men of Israel who were in the valley and across the Jordan saw that the men of Israel had fled and that Saul and his sons were dead, they abandoned the cities and fled. The Philistines came and occupied them. -- 1 samuel 31:7 +. +The next day, when the Philistines came to strip loot from the corpses, they discovered Saul and his three sons lying dead on Mount Gilboa. -- 1 samuel 31:8 +. +They cut off Saul's head and stripped him of his armor. They sent messengers to announce the news in the temple of their idols and among their people throughout the surrounding land of the Philistines. -- 1 samuel 31:9 +. +They placed Saul's armor in the temple of the Ashtoreths and hung his corpse on the city wall of Beth Shan. -- 1 samuel 31:10 +. +When the residents of Jabesh Gilead heard what the Philistines had done to Saul, -- 1 samuel 31:11 +. +all their warriors set out and traveled throughout the night. They took Saul's corpse and the corpses of his sons from the city wall of Beth Shan and went to Jabesh, where they burned them. -- 1 samuel 31:12 +. +They took the bones and buried them under the tamarisk tree at Jabesh; then they fasted for seven days. -- 1 samuel 31:13 +. +After the death of Saul, when David had returned from defeating the Amalekites, he stayed at Ziklag for two days. -- 2 samuel 1:1 +. +On the third day a man arrived from the camp of Saul with his clothes torn and dirt on his head. When he approached David, the man threw himself to the ground. -- 2 samuel 1:2 +. +David asked him, "Where are you coming from?" He replied, "I have escaped from the camp of Israel." -- 2 samuel 1:3 +. +David inquired, "How were things going? Tell me!" He replied, "The people fled from the battle and many of them fell dead. Even Saul and his son Jonathan are dead!" -- 2 samuel 1:4 +. +David said to the young man who was telling him this, "How do you know that Saul and his son Jonathan are dead?" -- 2 samuel 1:5 +. +The young man who was telling him this said, "I just happened to be on Mount Gilboa and came across Saul leaning on his spear for support. The chariots and leaders of the horsemen were in hot pursuit of him. -- 2 samuel 1:6 +. +When he turned around and saw me, he called out to me. I answered, 'Here I am!' -- 2 samuel 1:7 +. +He asked me, 'Who are you?' I told him, 'I'm an Amalekite.' -- 2 samuel 1:8 +. +He said to me, 'Stand over me and finish me off! I'm very dizzy, even though I'm still alive.' -- 2 samuel 1:9 +. +So I stood over him and put him to death, since I knew that he couldn't live in such a condition. Then I took the crown which was on his head and the bracelet which was on his arm. I have brought them here to my lord." -- 2 samuel 1:10 +. +David then grabbed his own clothes and tore them, as did all the men who were with him. -- 2 samuel 1:11 +. +They lamented and wept and fasted until evening because Saul, his son Jonathan, the Lord's people, and the house of Israel had fallen by the sword. -- 2 samuel 1:12 +. +David said to the young man who told this to him, "Where are you from?" He replied, "I am an Amalekite, the son of a resident foreigner." -- 2 samuel 1:13 +. +David replied to him, "How is it that you were not afraid to reach out your hand to destroy the Lord's anointed?" -- 2 samuel 1:14 +. +Then David called one of the soldiers and said, "Come here and strike him down!" So he struck him down, and he died. -- 2 samuel 1:15 +. +David said to him, "Your blood be on your own head! Your own mouth has testified against you, saying 'I have put the Lord's anointed to death.'" -- 2 samuel 1:16 +. +Then David chanted this lament over Saul and his son Jonathan. -- 2 samuel 1:17 +. +(He gave instructions that the people of Judah should be taught "The Bow." Indeed, it is written down in the Book of Yashar.) -- 2 samuel 1:18 +. +The beauty of Israel lies slain on your high places! How the mighty have fallen! -- 2 samuel 1:19 +. +Don't report it in Gath, don't spread the news in the streets of Ashkelon, or the daughters of the Philistines will rejoice, the daughters of the uncircumcised will celebrate! -- 2 samuel 1:20 +. +O mountains of Gilboa, may there be no dew or rain on you, nor fields of grain offerings! For it was there that the shield of warriors was defiled; the shield of Saul lies neglected without oil. -- 2 samuel 1:21 +. +From the blood of the slain, from the fat of warriors, the bow of Jonathan was not turned away. The sword of Saul never returned empty. -- 2 samuel 1:22 +. +Saul and Jonathan were greatly loved during their lives, and not even in their deaths were they separated. They were swifter than eagles, stronger than lions. -- 2 samuel 1:23 +. +O daughters of Israel, weep over Saul, who clothed you in scarlet as well as jewelry, who put gold jewelry on your clothes. -- 2 samuel 1:24 +. +How the warriors have fallen in the midst of battle! Jonathan lies slain on your high places! -- 2 samuel 1:25 +. +I grieve over you, my brother Jonathan! You were very dear to me. Your love was more special to me than the love of women. -- 2 samuel 1:26 +. +How the warriors have fallen! The weapons of war are destroyed! -- 2 samuel 1:27 +. +Afterward David inquired of the Lord, "Should I go up to one of the cities of Judah?" The Lord told him, "Go up." David asked, "Where should I go?" The Lord replied, "To Hebron." -- 2 samuel 2:1 +. +So David went up, along with his two wives, Ahinoam the Jezreelite and Abigail, formerly the wife of Nabal the Carmelite. -- 2 samuel 2:2 +. +David also brought along the men who were with him, each with his family. They settled in the cities of Hebron. -- 2 samuel 2:3 +. +The men of Judah came and there they anointed David as king over the people of Judah. David was told, "The people of Jabesh Gilead are the ones who buried Saul." -- 2 samuel 2:4 +. +So David sent messengers to the people of Jabesh Gilead and told them, "May you be blessed by the Lord because you have shown this kindness to your lord Saul by burying him. -- 2 samuel 2:5 +. +Now may the Lord show you true kindness! I also will reward you, because you have done this deed. -- 2 samuel 2:6 +. +Now be courageous and prove to be valiant warriors, for your lord Saul is dead. The people of Judah have anointed me as king over them." -- 2 samuel 2:7 +. +Now Abner son of Ner, the general in command of Saul's army, had taken Saul's son Ish-bosheth and had brought him to Mahanaim. -- 2 samuel 2:8 +. +He appointed him king over Gilead, the Geshurites, Jezreel, Ephraim, Benjamin, and all Israel. -- 2 samuel 2:9 +. +Ish-bosheth son of Saul was forty years old when he began to rule over Israel. He ruled two years. However, the people of Judah followed David. -- 2 samuel 2:10 +. +David was king in Hebron over the people of Judah for seven and a half years. -- 2 samuel 2:11 +. +Then Abner son of Ner and the servants of Ish-bosheth son of Saul went out from Mahanaim to Gibeon. -- 2 samuel 2:12 +. +Joab son of Zeruiah and the servants of David also went out and confronted them at the pool of Gibeon. One group stationed themselves on one side of the pool, and the other group on the other side of the pool. -- 2 samuel 2:13 +. +Abner said to Joab, "Let the soldiers get up and fight before us." Joab said, "So be it!" -- 2 samuel 2:14 +. +So they got up and crossed over by number: twelve belonging to Benjamin and to Ish-bosheth son of Saul, and twelve from the servants of David. -- 2 samuel 2:15 +. +As they grappled with one another, each one stabbed his opponent with his sword and they fell dead together. So that place is called the Field of Flints; it is in Gibeon. -- 2 samuel 2:16 +. +Now the battle was very severe that day; Abner and the men of Israel were overcome by David's soldiers. -- 2 samuel 2:17 +. +The three sons of Zeruiah were there - Joab, Abishai, and Asahel. (Now Asahel was as quick on his feet as one of the gazelles in the field.) -- 2 samuel 2:18 +. +Asahel chased Abner, without turning to the right or to the left as he followed Abner. -- 2 samuel 2:19 +. +Then Abner turned and asked, "Is that you, Asahel?" He replied, "Yes it is!" -- 2 samuel 2:20 +. +Abner said to him, "Turn aside to your right or to your left. Capture one of the soldiers and take his equipment for yourself!" But Asahel was not willing to turn aside from following him. -- 2 samuel 2:21 +. +So Abner spoke again to Asahel, "Turn aside from following me! I do not want to strike you to the ground. How then could I show my face in the presence of Joab your brother?" -- 2 samuel 2:22 +. +But Asahel refused to turn aside. So Abner struck him in the abdomen with the back end of his spear. The spear came out his back; Asahel collapsed on the spot and died there right before Abner. Everyone who now comes to the place where Asahel fell dead pauses in respect. -- 2 samuel 2:23 +. +So Joab and Abishai chased Abner. At sunset they came to the hill of Ammah near Giah on the way to the wilderness of Gibeon. -- 2 samuel 2:24 +. +The Benjaminites formed their ranks behind Abner and were like a single army, standing at the top of a certain hill. -- 2 samuel 2:25 +. +Then Abner called out to Joab, "Must the sword devour forever? Don't you realize that this will turn bitter in the end? When will you tell the people to turn aside from pursuing their brothers?" -- 2 samuel 2:26 +. +Joab replied, "As surely as God lives, if you had not said this, it would have been morning before the people would have abandoned pursuit of their brothers!" -- 2 samuel 2:27 +. +Then Joab blew the ram's horn and all the people stopped in their tracks. They stopped chasing Israel and ceased fighting. -- 2 samuel 2:28 +. +Abner and his men went through the Arabah all that night. They crossed the Jordan River and went through the whole region of Bitron and came to Mahanaim. -- 2 samuel 2:29 +. +Now Joab returned from chasing Abner and assembled all the people. Nineteen of David's soldiers were missing, in addition to Asahel. -- 2 samuel 2:30 +. +But David's soldiers had slaughtered the Benjaminites and Abner's men - in all, men had died! -- 2 samuel 2:31 +. +They took Asahel's body and buried him in his father's tomb at Bethlehem. Joab and his men then traveled all that night and reached Hebron by dawn. -- 2 samuel 2:32 +. +However, the war was prolonged between the house of Saul and the house of David. David was becoming steadily stronger, while the house of Saul was becoming increasingly weaker. -- 2 samuel 3:1 +. +Now sons were born to David in Hebron. His firstborn was Amnon, born to Ahinoam the Jezreelite. -- 2 samuel 3:2 +. +His second son was Kileab, born to Abigail the widow of Nabal the Carmelite. His third son was Absalom, the son of Maacah daughter of King Talmai of Geshur. -- 2 samuel 3:3 +. +His fourth son was Adonijah, the son of Haggith. His fifth son was Shephatiah, the son of Abitail. -- 2 samuel 3:4 +. +His sixth son was Ithream, born to David's wife Eglah. These sons were all born to David in Hebron. -- 2 samuel 3:5 +. +As the war continued between the house of Saul and the house of David, Abner was becoming more influential in the house of Saul. -- 2 samuel 3:6 +. +Now Saul had a concubine named Rizpah daughter of Aiah. Ish-bosheth said to Abner, "Why did you have sexual relations with my father's concubine?" -- 2 samuel 3:7 +. +These words of Ish-bosheth really angered Abner and he said, "Am I the head of a dog that belongs to Judah? This very day I am demonstrating loyalty to the house of Saul your father and to his relatives and his friends! I have not betrayed you into the hand of David. Yet you have accused me of sinning with this woman today! -- 2 samuel 3:8 +. +God will severely judge Abner if I do not do for David exactly what the Lord has promised him, -- 2 samuel 3:9 +. +namely, to transfer the kingdom from the house of Saul and to establish the throne of David over Israel and over Judah all the way from Dan to Beer Sheba!" -- 2 samuel 3:10 +. +Ish-bosheth was unable to answer Abner with even a single word because he was afraid of him. -- 2 samuel 3:11 +. +Then Abner sent messengers to David saying, "To whom does the land belong? Make an agreement with me, and I will do whatever I can to cause all Israel to turn to you." -- 2 samuel 3:12 +. +So David said, "Good! I will make an agreement with you. I ask only one thing from you. You will not see my face unless you bring Saul's daughter Michal when you come to visit me." -- 2 samuel 3:13 +. +David sent messengers to Ish-bosheth son of Saul with this demand: "Give me my wife Michal whom I acquired for a hundred Philistine foreskins." -- 2 samuel 3:14 +. +So Ish-bosheth took her from her husband Paltiel son of Laish. -- 2 samuel 3:15 +. +Her husband went along behind her, weeping all the way to Bahurim. Finally Abner said to him, "Go back!" So he returned home. -- 2 samuel 3:16 +. +Abner advised the elders of Israel, "Previously you were wanting David to be your king. -- 2 samuel 3:17 +. +Act now! For the Lord has said to David, 'By the hand of my servant David I will save my people Israel from the Philistines and from all their enemies.'" -- 2 samuel 3:18 +. +Then Abner spoke privately with the Benjaminites. Abner also went to Hebron to inform David privately of all that Israel and the entire house of Benjamin had agreed to. -- 2 samuel 3:19 +. +When Abner, accompanied by twenty men, came to David in Hebron, David prepared a banquet for Abner and the men who were with him. -- 2 samuel 3:20 +. +Abner said to David, "Let me leave so that I may go and gather all Israel to my lord the king so that they may make an agreement with you. Then you will rule over all that you desire." So David sent Abner away, and he left in peace. -- 2 samuel 3:21 +. +Now David's soldiers and Joab were coming back from a raid, bringing a great deal of plunder with them. Abner was no longer with David in Hebron, for David had sent him away and he had left in peace. -- 2 samuel 3:22 +. +When Joab and all the army that was with him arrived, Joab was told: "Abner the son of Ner came to the king; he sent him away, and he left in peace!" -- 2 samuel 3:23 +. +So Joab went to the king and said, "What have you done? Abner has come to you! Why would you send him away? Now he's gone on his way! -- 2 samuel 3:24 +. +You know Abner the son of Ner! Surely he came here to spy on you and to determine when you leave and when you return and to discover everything that you are doing!" -- 2 samuel 3:25 +. +Then Joab left David and sent messengers after Abner. They brought him back from the well of Sirah. (But David was not aware of it.) -- 2 samuel 3:26 +. +When Abner returned to Hebron, Joab took him aside at the gate as if to speak privately with him. Joab then stabbed him in the abdomen and killed him, avenging the shed blood of his brother Asahel. -- 2 samuel 3:27 +. +When David later heard about this, he said, "I and my kingdom are forever innocent before the Lord of the shed blood of Abner son of Ner! -- 2 samuel 3:28 +. +May his blood whirl over the head of Joab and the entire house of his father! May the males of Joab's house never cease to have someone with a running sore or a skin disease or one who works at the spindle or one who falls by the sword or one who lacks food!" -- 2 samuel 3:29 +. +So Joab and his brother Abishai killed Abner, because he had killed their brother Asahel in Gibeon during the battle. -- 2 samuel 3:30 +. +David instructed Joab and all the people who were with him, "Tear your clothes! Put on sackcloth! Lament before Abner!" Now King David followed behind the funeral bier. -- 2 samuel 3:31 +. +So they buried Abner in Hebron. The king cried loudly over Abner's grave and all the people wept too. -- 2 samuel 3:32 +. +The king chanted the following lament for Abner: "Should Abner have died like a fool? -- 2 samuel 3:33 +. +Your hands were not bound, and your feet were not put into irons. You fell the way one falls before criminals." All the people wept over him again. -- 2 samuel 3:34 +. +Then all the people came and encouraged David to eat food while it was still day. But David took an oath saying, "God will punish me severely if I taste bread or anything whatsoever before the sun sets!" -- 2 samuel 3:35 +. +All the people noticed this and it pleased them. In fact, everything the king did pleased all the people. -- 2 samuel 3:36 +. +All the people and all Israel realized on that day that the killing of Abner son of Ner was not done at the king's instigation. -- 2 samuel 3:37 +. +Then the king said to his servants, "Do you not realize that a great leader has fallen this day in Israel? -- 2 samuel 3:38 +. +Today I am weak, even though I am anointed as king. These men, the sons of Zeruiah, are too much for me to bear! May the Lord punish appropriately the one who has done this evil thing!" -- 2 samuel 3:39 +. +When Ish-bosheth the son of Saul heard that Abner had died in Hebron, he was very disheartened, and all Israel was afraid. -- 2 samuel 4:1 +. +Now Saul's son had two men who were in charge of raiding units; one was named Baanah and the other Recab. They were sons of Rimmon the Beerothite, who was a Benjaminite. (Beeroth is regarded as belonging to Benjamin, -- 2 samuel 4:2 +. +for the Beerothites fled to Gittaim and have remained there as resident foreigners until the present time.) -- 2 samuel 4:3 +. +Now Saul's son Jonathan had a son who was crippled in both feet. He was five years old when the news about Saul and Jonathan arrived from Jezreel. His nurse picked him up and fled, but in her haste to get away, he fell and was injured. Mephibosheth was his name. -- 2 samuel 4:4 +. +Now the sons of Rimmon the Beerothite - Recab and Baanah - went at the hottest part of the day to the home of Ish-bosheth, as he was enjoying his midday rest. -- 2 samuel 4:5 +. +They entered the house under the pretense of getting wheat and mortally wounded him in the stomach. Then Recab and his brother Baanah escaped. -- 2 samuel 4:6 +. +They had entered the house while Ish-bosheth was resting on his bed in his bedroom. They mortally wounded him and then cut off his head. Taking his head, they traveled on the way of the Arabah all that night. -- 2 samuel 4:7 +. +They brought the head of Ish-bosheth to David in Hebron, saying to the king, "Look! The head of Ish-bosheth son of Saul, your enemy who sought your life! The Lord has granted vengeance to my lord the king this day against Saul and his descendants!" -- 2 samuel 4:8 +. +David replied to Recab and his brother Baanah, the sons of Rimmon the Beerothite, "As surely as the Lord lives, who has delivered my life from all adversity, -- 2 samuel 4:9 +. +when someone told me that Saul was dead - even though he thought he was bringing good news - I seized him and killed him in Ziklag. That was the good news I gave to him! -- 2 samuel 4:10 +. +Surely when wicked men have killed an innocent man as he slept in his own house, should I not now require his blood from your hands and remove you from the earth?" -- 2 samuel 4:11 +. +So David issued orders to the soldiers and they put them to death. Then they cut off their hands and feet and hung them near the pool in Hebron. But they took the head of Ish-bosheth and buried it in the tomb of Abner in Hebron. -- 2 samuel 4:12 +. +All the tribes of Israel came to David at Hebron saying, "Look, we are your very flesh and blood! -- 2 samuel 5:1 +. +In the past, when Saul was our king, you were the real leader in Israel. The Lord said to you, 'You will shepherd my people Israel; you will rule over Israel.'" -- 2 samuel 5:2 +. +When all the leaders of Israel came to the king at Hebron, King David made an agreement with them in Hebron before the Lord. They designated David as king over Israel. -- 2 samuel 5:3 +. +David was thirty years old when he began to reign and he reigned for forty years. -- 2 samuel 5:4 +. +In Hebron he reigned over Judah for seven years and six months, and in Jerusalem he reigned for thirty-three years over all Israel and Judah. -- 2 samuel 5:5 +. +Then the king and his men advanced to Jerusalem against the Jebusites who lived in the land. The Jebusites said to David, "You cannot invade this place! Even the blind and the lame will turn you back, saying, 'David cannot invade this place!'" -- 2 samuel 5:6 +. +But David captured the fortress of Zion (that is, the city of David). -- 2 samuel 5:7 +. +David said on that day, "Whoever attacks the Jebusites must approach the 'lame' and the 'blind' who are David's enemies by going through the water tunnel." For this reason it is said, "The blind and the lame cannot enter the palace." -- 2 samuel 5:8 +. +So David lived in the fortress and called it the City of David. David built all around it, from the terrace inwards. -- 2 samuel 5:9 +. +David's power grew steadily, for the Lord God who commands armies was with him. -- 2 samuel 5:10 +. +King Hiram of Tyre sent messengers to David, along with cedar logs, carpenters, and stonemasons. They built a palace for David. -- 2 samuel 5:11 +. +David realized that the Lord had established him as king over Israel and that he had elevated his kingdom for the sake of his people Israel. -- 2 samuel 5:12 +. +David married more concubines and wives from Jerusalem after he arrived from Hebron. Even more sons and daughters were born to David. -- 2 samuel 5:13 +. +These are the names of children born to him in Jerusalem: Shammua, Shobab, Nathan, Solomon, -- 2 samuel 5:14 +. +Ibhar, Elishua, Nepheg, Japhia, -- 2 samuel 5:15 +. +Elishama, Eliada, and Eliphelet. -- 2 samuel 5:16 +. +When the Philistines heard that David had been designated king over Israel, they all went up to search for David. When David heard about it, he went down to the fortress. -- 2 samuel 5:17 +. +Now the Philistines had arrived and spread out in the valley of Rephaim. -- 2 samuel 5:18 +. +So David asked the Lord, "Should I march up against the Philistines? Will you hand them over to me?" The Lord said to David, "March up, for I will indeed hand the Philistines over to you." -- 2 samuel 5:19 +. +So David marched against Baal Perazim and defeated them there. Then he said, "The Lord has burst out against my enemies like water bursts out." So he called the name of that place Baal Perazim. -- 2 samuel 5:20 +. +The Philistines abandoned their idols there, and David and his men picked them up. -- 2 samuel 5:21 +. +The Philistines again came up and spread out in the valley of Rephaim. -- 2 samuel 5:22 +. +So David asked the Lord what he should do. This time the Lord said to him, "Don't march straight up. Instead, circle around behind them and come against them opposite the trees. -- 2 samuel 5:23 +. +When you hear the sound of marching in the tops of the trees, act decisively. For at that moment the Lord is going before you to strike down the army of the Philistines." -- 2 samuel 5:24 +. +David did just as the Lord commanded him, and he struck down the Philistines from Gibeon all the way to Gezer. -- 2 samuel 5:25 +. +David again assembled all the best men in Israel, thirty thousand in number. -- 2 samuel 6:1 +. +David and all the men who were with him traveled to Baalah in Judah to bring up from there the ark of God which is called by the name of the Lord of hosts, who sits enthroned between the cherubim that are on it. -- 2 samuel 6:2 +. +They loaded the ark of God on a new cart and carried it from the house of Abinadab, which was on the hill. Uzzah and Ahio, the sons of Abinadab, were guiding the new cart. -- 2 samuel 6:3 +. +They brought it with the ark of God up from the house of Abinadab on the hill. Ahio was walking in front of the ark, -- 2 samuel 6:4 +. +while David and all Israel were energetically celebrating before the Lord, singing and playing various stringed instruments, tambourines, rattles, and cymbals. -- 2 samuel 6:5 +. +When they arrived at the threshing floor of Nacon, Uzzah reached out and grabbed hold of the ark of God, because the oxen stumbled. -- 2 samuel 6:6 +. +The Lord was so furious with Uzzah, he killed him on the spot for his negligence. He died right there beside the ark of God. -- 2 samuel 6:7 +. +David was angry because the Lord attacked Uzzah; so he called that place Perez Uzzah, which remains its name to this very day. -- 2 samuel 6:8 +. +David was afraid of the Lord that day and said, "How will the ark of the Lord ever come to me?" -- 2 samuel 6:9 +. +So David was no longer willing to bring the ark of the Lord to be with him in the City of David. David left it in the house of Obed-Edom the Gittite. -- 2 samuel 6:10 +. +The ark of the Lord remained in the house of Obed-Edom the Gittite for three months. The Lord blessed Obed-Edom and all his family. -- 2 samuel 6:11 +. +David was told, "The Lord has blessed the family of Obed-Edom and everything he owns because of the ark of God." So David went and joyfully brought the ark of God from the house of Obed-Edom to the City of David. -- 2 samuel 6:12 +. +Those who carried the ark of the Lord took six steps and then David sacrificed an ox and a fatling calf. -- 2 samuel 6:13 +. +Now David, wearing a linen ephod, was dancing with all his strength before the Lord. -- 2 samuel 6:14 +. +David and all Israel were bringing up the ark of the Lord, shouting and blowing trumpets. -- 2 samuel 6:15 +. +As the ark of the Lord entered the City of David, Saul's daughter Michal looked out the window. When she saw King David leaping and dancing before the Lord, she despised him. -- 2 samuel 6:16 +. +They brought the ark of the Lord and put it in its place in the middle of the tent that David had pitched for it. Then David offered burnt sacrifices and peace offerings before the Lord. -- 2 samuel 6:17 +. +When David finished offering the burnt sacrifices and peace offerings, he pronounced a blessing over the people in the name of the Lord of hosts. -- 2 samuel 6:18 +. +He then handed out to each member of the entire assembly of Israel, both men and women, a portion of bread, a date cake, and a raisin cake. Then all the people went home. -- 2 samuel 6:19 +. +When David went home to pronounce a blessing on his own house, Michal, Saul's daughter, came out to meet him. She said, "How the king of Israel has distinguished himself this day! He has exposed himself today before his servants' slave girls the way a vulgar fool might do!" -- 2 samuel 6:20 +. +David replied to Michal, "It was before the Lord! I was celebrating before the Lord, who chose me over your father and his entire family and appointed me as leader over the Lord's people Israel. -- 2 samuel 6:21 +. +I am willing to shame and humiliate myself even more than this! But with the slave girls whom you mentioned let me be distinguished!" -- 2 samuel 6:22 +. +Now Michal, Saul's daughter, had no children to the day of her death. -- 2 samuel 6:23 +. +The king settled into his palace, for the Lord gave him relief from all his enemies on all sides. -- 2 samuel 7:1 +. +The king said to Nathan the prophet, "Look! I am living in a palace made from cedar, while the ark of God sits in the middle of a tent." -- 2 samuel 7:2 +. +Nathan replied to the king, "You should go and do whatever you have in mind, for the Lord is with you." -- 2 samuel 7:3 +. +That night the Lord told Nathan, -- 2 samuel 7:4 +. +"Go, tell my servant David: 'This is what the Lord says: Do you really intend to build a house for me to live in? -- 2 samuel 7:5 +. +I have not lived in a house from the time I brought the Israelites up from Egypt to the present day. Instead, I was traveling with them and living in a tent. -- 2 samuel 7:6 +. +Wherever I moved among all the Israelites, I did not say to any of the leaders whom I appointed to care for my people Israel, "Why have you not built me a house made from cedar?"' -- 2 samuel 7:7 +. +"So now, say this to my servant David: 'This is what the Lord of hosts says: I took you from the pasture and from your work as a shepherd to make you leader of my people Israel. -- 2 samuel 7:8 +. +I was with you wherever you went, and I defeated all your enemies before you. Now I will make you as famous as the great men of the earth. -- 2 samuel 7:9 +. +I will establish a place for my people Israel and settle them there; they will live there and not be disturbed any more. Violent men will not oppress them again, as they did in the beginning -- 2 samuel 7:10 +. +and during the time when I appointed judges to lead my people Israel. Instead, I will give you relief from all your enemies. The Lord declares to you that he himself will build a dynastic house for you. -- 2 samuel 7:11 +. +When the time comes for you to die, I will raise up your descendant, one of your own sons, to succeed you, and I will establish his kingdom. -- 2 samuel 7:12 +. +He will build a house for my name, and I will make his dynasty permanent. -- 2 samuel 7:13 +. +I will become his father and he will become my son. When he sins, I will correct him with the rod of men and with wounds inflicted by human beings. -- 2 samuel 7:14 +. +But my loyal love will not be removed from him as I removed it from Saul, whom I removed from before you. -- 2 samuel 7:15 +. +Your house and your kingdom will stand before me permanently; your dynasty will be permanent.'" -- 2 samuel 7:16 +. +Nathan told David all these words that were revealed to him. -- 2 samuel 7:17 +. +King David went in, sat before the Lord, and said, "Who am I, O Lord God, and what is my family, that you should have brought me to this point? -- 2 samuel 7:18 +. +And you didn't stop there, O Lord God! You have also spoken about the future of your servant's family. Is this your usual way of dealing with men, O Lord God? -- 2 samuel 7:19 +. +What more can David say to you? You have given your servant special recognition, O Lord God! -- 2 samuel 7:20 +. +For the sake of your promise and according to your purpose you have done this great thing in order to reveal it to your servant. -- 2 samuel 7:21 +. +Therefore you are great, O Lord God, for there is none like you! There is no God besides you! What we have heard is true! -- 2 samuel 7:22 +. +Who is like your people, Israel, a unique nation on the earth? Their God went to claim a nation for himself and to make a name for himself! You did great and awesome acts for your land, before your people whom you delivered for yourself from the Egyptian empire and its gods. -- 2 samuel 7:23 +. +You made Israel your very own people for all time. You, O Lord, became their God. -- 2 samuel 7:24 +. +So now, O Lord God, make this promise you have made about your servant and his family a permanent reality. Do as you promised, -- 2 samuel 7:25 +. +so you may gain lasting fame, as people say, 'The Lord of hosts is God over Israel!' The dynasty of your servant David will be established before you, -- 2 samuel 7:26 +. +for you, O Lord of hosts, the God of Israel, have told your servant, 'I will build you a dynastic house.' That is why your servant has had the courage to pray this prayer to you. -- 2 samuel 7:27 +. +Now, O sovereign Lord, you are the true God! May your words prove to be true! You have made this good promise to your servant! -- 2 samuel 7:28 +. +Now be willing to bless your servant's dynasty so that it may stand permanently before you, for you, O sovereign Lord, have spoken. By your blessing may your servant's dynasty be blessed on into the future!" -- 2 samuel 7:29 +. +Later David defeated the Philistines and subdued them. David took Metheg Ammah from the Philistines. -- 2 samuel 8:1 +. +He defeated the Moabites. He made them lie on the ground and then used a rope to measure them off. He put two-thirds of them to death and spared the other third. The Moabites became David's subjects and brought tribute. -- 2 samuel 8:2 +. +David defeated King Hadadezer son of Rehob of Zobah when he came to reestablish his authority over the Euphrates River. -- 2 samuel 8:3 +. +David seized from him 1,charioteers and 20,000 infantrymen. David cut the hamstrings of all but a hundred of the chariot horses. -- 2 samuel 8:4 +. +The Arameans of Damascus came to help King Hadadezer of Zobah, but David killed 22,of the Arameans. -- 2 samuel 8:5 +. +David placed garrisons in the territory of the Arameans of Damascus; the Arameans became David's subjects and brought tribute. The Lord protected David wherever he campaigned. -- 2 samuel 8:6 +. +David took the golden shields that belonged to Hadadezer's servants and brought them to Jerusalem. -- 2 samuel 8:7 +. +From Tebah and Berothai, Hadadezer's cities, King David took a great deal of bronze. -- 2 samuel 8:8 +. +When King Toi of Hamath heard that David had defeated the entire army of Hadadezer, -- 2 samuel 8:9 +. +he sent his son Joram to King David to extend his best wishes and to pronounce a blessing on him for his victory over Hadadezer, for Toi had been at war with Hadadezer. He brought with him various items made of silver, gold, and bronze. -- 2 samuel 8:10 +. +King David dedicated these things to the Lord, along with the dedicated silver and gold that he had taken from all the nations that he had subdued, -- 2 samuel 8:11 +. +including Aram, Moab, the Ammonites, the Philistines, and Amelek. This also included some of the plunder taken from King Hadadezer son of Rehob of Zobah. -- 2 samuel 8:12 +. +David became famous when he returned from defeating the Arameans in the Valley of Salt, he defeated 18,in all. -- 2 samuel 8:13 +. +He placed garrisons throughout Edom, and all the Edomites became David's subjects. The Lord protected David wherever he campaigned. -- 2 samuel 8:14 +. +David reigned over all Israel; he guaranteed justice for all his people. -- 2 samuel 8:15 +. +Joab son of Zeruiah was general in command of the army; Jehoshaphat son of Ahilud was secretary; -- 2 samuel 8:16 +. +Zadok son of Ahitub and Ahimelech son of Abiathar were priests; Seraiah was scribe; -- 2 samuel 8:17 +. +Benaiah son of Jehoida supervised the Kerithites and Pelethites; and David's sons were priests. -- 2 samuel 8:18 +. +Then David asked, "Is anyone still left from the family of Saul, so that I may extend kindness to him for the sake of Jonathan?" -- 2 samuel 9:1 +. +Now there was a servant from Saul's house named Ziba, so he was summoned to David. The king asked him, "Are you Ziba?" He replied, "At your service." -- 2 samuel 9:2 +. +The king asked, "Is there not someone left from Saul's family, that I may extend God's kindness to him?" Ziba said to the king, "One of Jonathan's sons is left; both of his feet are crippled." -- 2 samuel 9:3 +. +The king asked him, "Where is he?" Ziba told the king, "He is at the house of Makir son of Ammiel in Lo Debar. -- 2 samuel 9:4 +. +So King David had him brought from the house of Makir son of Ammiel in Lo Debar. -- 2 samuel 9:5 +. +When Mephibosheth son of Jonathan, the son of Saul, came to David, he bowed low with his face toward the ground. David said, "Mephibosheth?" He replied, "Yes, at your service." -- 2 samuel 9:6 +. +David said to him, "Don't be afraid, because I will certainly extend kindness to you for the sake of Jonathan your father. You will be a regular guest at my table." -- 2 samuel 9:7 +. +Then Mephibosheth bowed and said, "Of what importance am I, your servant, that you show regard for a dead dog like me?" -- 2 samuel 9:8 +. +Then the king summoned Ziba, Saul's attendant, and said to him, "Everything that belonged to Saul and to his entire house I hereby give to your master's grandson. -- 2 samuel 9:9 +. +You will cultivate the land for him - you and your sons and your servants. You will bring its produce and it will be food for your master's grandson to eat. But Mephibosheth, your master's grandson, will be a regular guest at my table." (Now Ziba had fifteen sons and twenty servants.) -- 2 samuel 9:10 +. +Ziba said to the king, "Your servant will do everything that my lord the king has instructed his servant to do." So Mephibosheth was a regular guest at David's table, just as though he were one of the king's sons. -- 2 samuel 9:11 +. +Now Mephibosheth had a young son whose name was Mica. All the members of Ziba's household were Mephibosheth's servants. -- 2 samuel 9:12 +. +Mephibosheth was living in Jerusalem, for he was a regular guest at the king's table. But both his feet were crippled. -- 2 samuel 9:13 +. +Later the king of the Ammonites died and his son Hanun succeeded him. -- 2 samuel 10:1 +. +David said, "I will express my loyalty to Hanun son of Nahash just as his father was loyal to me." So David sent his servants with a message expressing sympathy over his father's death. When David's servants entered the land of the Ammonites, -- 2 samuel 10:2 +. +the Ammonite officials said to their lord Hanun, "Do you really think David is trying to honor your father by sending these messengers to express his sympathy? No, David has sent his servants to you to get information about the city and spy on it so they can overthrow it!" -- 2 samuel 10:3 +. +So Hanun seized David's servants and shaved off half of each one's beard. He cut the lower part of their robes off so that their buttocks were exposed, and then sent them away. -- 2 samuel 10:4 +. +Messengers told David what had happened, so he summoned them, for the men were thoroughly humiliated. The king said, "Stay in Jericho until your beards have grown again; then you may come back." -- 2 samuel 10:5 +. +When the Ammonites realized that David was disgusted with them, they sent and hired 20,foot soldiers from Aram Beth Rehob and Aram Zobah, in addition to 1,000 men from the king of Maacah and 12,000 men from Ish-tob. -- 2 samuel 10:6 +. +When David heard the news, he sent Joab and the entire army to meet them. -- 2 samuel 10:7 +. +The Ammonites marched out and were deployed for battle at the entrance of the city gate, while the men from Aram Zobah, Rehob, Ish-tob, and Maacah were by themselves in the field. -- 2 samuel 10:8 +. +When Joab saw that the battle would be fought on two fronts, he chose some of Israel's best men and deployed them against the Arameans. -- 2 samuel 10:9 +. +He put his brother Abishai in charge of the rest of the army and they were deployed against the Ammonites. -- 2 samuel 10:10 +. +Joab said, "If the Arameans start to overpower me, you come to my rescue. If the Ammonites start to overpower you, I will come to your rescue. -- 2 samuel 10:11 +. +Be strong! Let's fight bravely for the sake of our people and the cities of our God! The Lord will do what he decides is best!" -- 2 samuel 10:12 +. +So Joab and his men marched out to do battle with the Arameans, and they fled before him. -- 2 samuel 10:13 +. +When the Ammonites saw the Arameans flee, they fled before his brother Abishai and went into the city. Joab withdrew from fighting the Ammonites and returned to Jerusalem. -- 2 samuel 10:14 +. +When the Arameans realized that they had been defeated by Israel, they consolidated their forces. -- 2 samuel 10:15 +. +Then Hadadezer sent for Arameans from beyond the Euphrates River, and they came to Helam. Shobach, the general in command of Hadadezer's army, led them. -- 2 samuel 10:16 +. +When David was informed, he gathered all Israel, crossed the Jordan River, and came to Helam. The Arameans deployed their forces against David and fought with him. -- 2 samuel 10:17 +. +The Arameans fled before Israel. David killed Aramean charioteers and 40,000 foot soldiers. He also struck down Shobach, the general in command of the army, who died there. -- 2 samuel 10:18 +. +When all the kings who were subject to Hadadezer saw they were defeated by Israel, they made peace with Israel and became subjects of Israel. The Arameans were no longer willing to help the Ammonites. -- 2 samuel 10:19 +. +In the spring of the year, at the time when kings normally conduct wars, David sent out Joab with his officers and the entire Israelite army. They defeated the Ammonites and besieged Rabbah. But David stayed behind in Jerusalem. -- 2 samuel 11:1 +. +One evening David got up from his bed and walked around on the roof of his palace. From the roof he saw a woman bathing. Now this woman was very attractive. -- 2 samuel 11:2 +. +So David sent someone to inquire about the woman. The messenger said, "Isn't this Bathsheba, the daughter of Eliam, the wife of Uriah the Hittite?" -- 2 samuel 11:3 +. +David sent some messengers to get her. She came to him and he had sexual relations with her. (Now at that time she was in the process of purifying herself from her menstrual uncleanness.) Then she returned to her home. -- 2 samuel 11:4 +. +The woman conceived and then sent word to David saying, "I'm pregnant." -- 2 samuel 11:5 +. +So David sent a message to Joab that said, "Send me Uriah the Hittite." So Joab sent Uriah to David. -- 2 samuel 11:6 +. +When Uriah came to him, David asked about how Joab and the army were doing and how the campaign was going. -- 2 samuel 11:7 +. +Then David said to Uriah, "Go down to your home and relax." When Uriah left the palace, the king sent a gift to him. -- 2 samuel 11:8 +. +But Uriah stayed at the door of the palace with all the servants of his lord. He did not go down to his house. -- 2 samuel 11:9 +. +So they informed David, "Uriah has not gone down to his house." So David said to Uriah, "Haven't you just arrived from a journey? Why haven't you gone down to your house?" -- 2 samuel 11:10 +. +Uriah replied to David, "The ark and Israel and Judah reside in temporary shelters, and my lord Joab and my lord's soldiers are camping in the open field. Should I go to my house to eat and drink and have marital relations with my wife? As surely as you are alive, I will not do this thing!" -- 2 samuel 11:11 +. +So David said to Uriah, "Stay here another day. Tomorrow I will send you back." So Uriah stayed in Jerusalem both that day and the following one. -- 2 samuel 11:12 +. +Then David summoned him. He ate and drank with him, and got him drunk. But in the evening he went out to sleep on his bed with the servants of his lord; he did not go down to his own house. -- 2 samuel 11:13 +. +In the morning David wrote a letter to Joab and sent it with Uriah. -- 2 samuel 11:14 +. +In the letter he wrote: "Station Uriah in the thick of the battle and then withdraw from him so he will be cut down and killed." -- 2 samuel 11:15 +. +So as Joab kept watch on the city, he stationed Uriah at the place where he knew the best enemy soldiers were. -- 2 samuel 11:16 +. +When the men of the city came out and fought with Joab, some of David's soldiers fell in battle. Uriah the Hittite also died. -- 2 samuel 11:17 +. +Then Joab sent a full battle report to David. -- 2 samuel 11:18 +. +He instructed the messenger as follows: "When you finish giving the battle report to the king, -- 2 samuel 11:19 +. +if the king becomes angry and asks you, 'Why did you go so close to the city to fight? Didn't you realize they would shoot from the wall? -- 2 samuel 11:20 +. +Who struck down Abimelech the son of Jerub-Besheth? Didn't a woman throw an upper millstone down on him from the wall so that he died in Thebez? Why did you go so close to the wall?' just say to him, 'Your servant Uriah the Hittite is also dead.'" -- 2 samuel 11:21 +. +So the messenger departed. When he arrived, he informed David of all the news that Joab had sent with him. -- 2 samuel 11:22 +. +The messenger said to David, "The men overpowered us and attacked us in the field. But we forced them to retreat all the way to the door of the city gate. -- 2 samuel 11:23 +. +Then the archers shot at your servants from the wall and some of the king's soldiers died. Your servant Uriah the Hittite is also dead." -- 2 samuel 11:24 +. +David said to the messenger, "Tell Joab, 'Don't let this thing upset you. There is no way to anticipate whom the sword will cut down. Press the battle against the city and conquer it.' Encourage him with these words." -- 2 samuel 11:25 +. +When Uriah's wife heard that her husband Uriah was dead, she mourned for him. -- 2 samuel 11:26 +. +When the time of mourning passed, David had her brought to his palace. She became his wife and she bore him a son. But what David had done upset the Lord. -- 2 samuel 11:27 +. +So the Lord sent Nathan to David. When he came to David, Nathan said, "There were two men in a certain city, one rich and the other poor. -- 2 samuel 12:1 +. +The rich man had a great many flocks and herds. -- 2 samuel 12:2 +. +But the poor man had nothing except for a little lamb he had acquired. He raised it, and it grew up alongside him and his children. It used to eat his food, drink from his cup, and sleep in his arms. It was just like a daughter to him. -- 2 samuel 12:3 +. +"When a traveler arrived at the rich man's home, he did not want to use one of his own sheep or cattle to feed the traveler who had come to visit him. Instead, he took the poor man's lamb and cooked it for the man who had come to visit him." -- 2 samuel 12:4 +. +Then David became very angry at this man. He said to Nathan, "As surely as the Lord lives, the man who did this deserves to die! -- 2 samuel 12:5 +. +Because he committed this cold-hearted crime, he must pay for the lamb four times over!" -- 2 samuel 12:6 +. +Nathan said to David, "You are that man! This is what the Lord God of Israel says: 'I chose you to be king over Israel and I rescued you from the hand of Saul. -- 2 samuel 12:7 +. +I gave you your master's house, and put your master's wives into your arms. I also gave you the house of Israel and Judah. And if all that somehow seems insignificant, I would have given you so much more as well! -- 2 samuel 12:8 +. +Why have you shown contempt for the word of the Lord by doing evil in my sight? You have struck down Uriah the Hittite with the sword and you have taken his wife as your own! You have killed him with the sword of the Ammonites. -- 2 samuel 12:9 +. +So now the sword will never depart from your house. For you have despised me by taking the wife of Uriah the Hittite as your own!' -- 2 samuel 12:10 +. +This is what the Lord says: 'I am about to bring disaster on you from inside your own household! Right before your eyes I will take your wives and hand them over to your companion. He will have sexual relations with your wives in broad daylight! -- 2 samuel 12:11 +. +Although you have acted in secret, I will do this thing before all Israel, and in broad daylight.'" -- 2 samuel 12:12 +. +Then David exclaimed to Nathan, "I have sinned against the Lord!" Nathan replied to David, "Yes, and the Lord has forgiven your sin. You are not going to die. -- 2 samuel 12:13 +. +Nonetheless, because you have treated the Lord with such contempt in this matter, the son who has been born to you will certainly die." -- 2 samuel 12:14 +. +Then Nathan went to his home. The Lord struck the child that Uriah's wife had borne to David, and the child became very ill. -- 2 samuel 12:15 +. +Then David prayed to God for the child and fasted. He would even go and spend the night lying on the ground. -- 2 samuel 12:16 +. +The elders of his house stood over him and tried to lift him from the ground, but he was unwilling, and refused to eat food with them. -- 2 samuel 12:17 +. +On the seventh day the child died. But the servants of David were afraid to inform him that the child had died, for they said, "While the child was still alive he would not listen to us when we spoke to him. How can we tell him that the child is dead? He will do himself harm!" -- 2 samuel 12:18 +. +When David saw that his servants were whispering to one another, he realized that the child was dead. So David asked his servants, "Is the child dead?" They replied, "Yes, he's dead." -- 2 samuel 12:19 +. +So David got up from the ground, bathed, put on oil, and changed his clothes. He went to the house of the Lord and worshiped. Then, when he entered his palace, he requested that food be brought to him, and he ate. -- 2 samuel 12:20 +. +His servants said to him, "What is this that you have done? While the child was still alive, you fasted and wept. Once the child was dead you got up and ate food!" -- 2 samuel 12:21 +. +He replied, "While the child was still alive, I fasted and wept because I thought, 'Perhaps the Lord will show pity and the child will live. -- 2 samuel 12:22 +. +But now he is dead. Why should I fast? Am I able to bring him back? I will go to him, but he cannot return to me!'" -- 2 samuel 12:23 +. +So David comforted his wife Bathsheba. He went to her and had marital relations with her. She gave birth to a son, and David named him Solomon. Now the Lord loved the child -- 2 samuel 12:24 +. +and sent word through Nathan the prophet that he should be named Jedidiah for the Lord's sake. -- 2 samuel 12:25 +. +So Joab fought against Rabbah of the Ammonites and captured the royal city. -- 2 samuel 12:26 +. +Joab then sent messengers to David, saying, "I have fought against Rabbah and have captured the water supply of the city. -- 2 samuel 12:27 +. +So now assemble the rest of the army and besiege the city and capture it. Otherwise I will capture the city and it will be named for me." -- 2 samuel 12:28 +. +So David assembled all the army and went to Rabbah and fought against it and captured it. -- 2 samuel 12:29 +. +He took the crown of their king from his head - it was gold, weighed about seventy-five pounds, and held a precious stone - and it was placed on David's head. He also took from the city a great deal of plunder. -- 2 samuel 12:30 +. +He removed the people who were in it and made them do hard labor with saws, iron picks, and iron axes, putting them to work at the brick kiln. This was his policy with all the Ammonite cities. Then David and all the army returned to Jerusalem. -- 2 samuel 12:31 +. +Now David's son Absalom had a beautiful sister named Tamar. In the course of time David's son Amnon fell madly in love with her. -- 2 samuel 13:1 +. +But Amnon became frustrated because he was so lovesick over his sister Tamar. For she was a virgin, and to Amnon it seemed out of the question to do anything to her. -- 2 samuel 13:2 +. +Now Amnon had a friend named Jonadab, the son of David's brother Shimeah. Jonadab was a very crafty man. -- 2 samuel 13:3 +. +He asked Amnon, "Why are you, the king's son, so depressed every morning? Can't you tell me?" So Amnon said to him, "I'm in love with Tamar the sister of my brother Absalom." -- 2 samuel 13:4 +. +Jonadab replied to him, "Lie down on your bed and pretend to be sick. When your father comes in to see you, say to him, 'Please let my sister Tamar come in so she can fix some food for me. Let her prepare the food in my sight so I can watch. Then I will eat from her hand.'" -- 2 samuel 13:5 +. +So Amnon lay down and pretended to be sick. When the king came in to see him, Amnon said to the king, "Please let my sister Tamar come in so she can make a couple of cakes in my sight. Then I will eat from her hand." -- 2 samuel 13:6 +. +So David sent Tamar to the house saying, "Please go to the house of Amnon your brother and prepare some food for him." -- 2 samuel 13:7 +. +So Tamar went to the house of Amnon her brother, who was lying down. She took the dough, kneaded it, made some cakes while he watched, and baked them. -- 2 samuel 13:8 +. +But when she took the pan and set it before him, he refused to eat. Instead Amnon said, "Get everyone out of here!" So everyone left. -- 2 samuel 13:9 +. +Then Amnon said to Tamar, "Bring the cakes into the bedroom; then I will eat from your hand." So Tamar took the cakes that she had prepared and brought them to her brother Amnon in the bedroom. -- 2 samuel 13:10 +. +As she brought them to him to eat, he grabbed her and said to her, "Come on! Get in bed with me, my sister!" -- 2 samuel 13:11 +. +But she said to him, "No, my brother! Don't humiliate me! This just isn't done in Israel! Don't do this foolish thing! -- 2 samuel 13:12 +. +How could I ever be rid of my humiliation? And you would be considered one of the fools in Israel! Just speak to the king, for he will not withhold me from you." -- 2 samuel 13:13 +. +But he refused to listen to her. He overpowered her and humiliated her by raping her. -- 2 samuel 13:14 +. +Then Amnon greatly despised her. His disdain toward her surpassed the love he had previously felt toward her. Amnon said to her, "Get up and leave!" -- 2 samuel 13:15 +. +But she said to him, "No I won't, for sending me away now would be worse than what you did to me earlier!" But he refused to listen to her. -- 2 samuel 13:16 +. +He called his personal attendant and said to him, "Take this woman out of my sight and lock the door behind her!" -- 2 samuel 13:17 +. +(Now she was wearing a long robe, for this is what the king's virgin daughters used to wear.) So Amnon's attendant removed her and bolted the door behind her. -- 2 samuel 13:18 +. +Then Tamar put ashes on her head and tore the long robe she was wearing. She put her hands on her head and went on her way, wailing as she went. -- 2 samuel 13:19 +. +Her brother Absalom said to her, "Was Amnon your brother with you? Now be quiet, my sister. He is your brother. Don't take it so seriously!" Tamar, devastated, lived in the house of her brother Absalom. -- 2 samuel 13:20 +. +Now King David heard about all these things and was very angry. -- 2 samuel 13:21 +. +But Absalom said nothing to Amnon, either bad or good, yet Absalom hated Amnon because he had humiliated his sister Tamar. -- 2 samuel 13:22 +. +Two years later Absalom's sheepshearers were in Baal Hazor, near Ephraim. Absalom invited all the king's sons. -- 2 samuel 13:23 +. +Then Absalom went to the king and said, "My shearers have begun their work. Let the king and his servants go with me." -- 2 samuel 13:24 +. +But the king said to Absalom, "No, my son. We shouldn't all go. We shouldn't burden you in that way." Though Absalom pressed him, the king was not willing to go. Instead, David blessed him. -- 2 samuel 13:25 +. +Then Absalom said, "If you will not go, then let my brother Amnon go with us." The king replied to him, "Why should he go with you?" -- 2 samuel 13:26 +. +But when Absalom pressed him, he sent Amnon and all the king's sons along with him. -- 2 samuel 13:27 +. +Absalom instructed his servants, "Look! When Amnon is drunk and I say to you, 'Strike Amnon down,' kill him then and there. Don't fear! Is it not I who have given you these instructions? Be strong and courageous!" -- 2 samuel 13:28 +. +So Absalom's servants did to Amnon exactly what Absalom had instructed. Then all the king's sons got up; each one rode away on his mule and fled. -- 2 samuel 13:29 +. +While they were still on their way, the following report reached David: "Absalom has killed all the king's sons; not one of them is left!" -- 2 samuel 13:30 +. +Then the king stood up and tore his garments and lay down on the ground. All his servants were standing there with torn garments as well. -- 2 samuel 13:31 +. +Jonadab, the son of David's brother Shimeah, said, "My lord should not say, 'They have killed all the young men who are the king's sons.' For only Amnon is dead. This is what Absalom has talked about from the day that Amnon humiliated his sister Tamar. -- 2 samuel 13:32 +. +Now don't let my lord the king be concerned about the report that has come saying, 'All the king's sons are dead.' It is only Amnon who is dead." -- 2 samuel 13:33 +. +In the meantime Absalom fled. When the servant who was the watchman looked up, he saw many people coming from the west on a road beside the hill. -- 2 samuel 13:34 +. +Jonadab said to the king, "Look! The king's sons have come! It's just as I said!" -- 2 samuel 13:35 +. +Just as he finished speaking, the king's sons arrived, wailing and weeping. The king and all his servants wept loudly as well. -- 2 samuel 13:36 +. +But Absalom fled and went to King Talmai son of Ammihud of Geshur. And David grieved over his son every day. -- 2 samuel 13:37 +. +After Absalom fled and went to Geshur, he remained there for three years. -- 2 samuel 13:38 +. +The king longed to go to Absalom, for he had since been consoled over the death of Amnon. -- 2 samuel 13:39 +. +Now Joab son of Zeruiah realized that the king longed to see Absalom. -- 2 samuel 14:1 +. +So Joab sent to Tekoa and brought from there a wise woman. He told her, "Pretend to be in mourning and put on garments for mourning. Don't anoint yourself with oil. Instead, act like a woman who has been mourning for the dead for some time. -- 2 samuel 14:2 +. +Go to the king and speak to him in the following fashion." Then Joab told her what to say. -- 2 samuel 14:3 +. +So the Tekoan woman went to the king. She bowed down with her face to the ground in deference to him and said, "Please help me, O king!" -- 2 samuel 14:4 +. +The king replied to her, "What do you want?" She answered, "I am a widow; my husband is dead. -- 2 samuel 14:5 +. +Your servant has two sons. When the two of them got into a fight in the field, there was no one present who could intervene. One of them struck the other and killed him. -- 2 samuel 14:6 +. +Now the entire family has risen up against your servant, saying, 'Turn over the one who struck down his brother, so that we can execute him and avenge the death of his brother whom he killed. In so doing we will also destroy the heir.' They want to extinguish my remaining coal, leaving no one on the face of the earth to carry on the name of my husband." -- 2 samuel 14:7 +. +Then the king told the woman, "Go to your home. I will give instructions concerning your situation." -- 2 samuel 14:8 +. +The Tekoan woman said to the king, "My lord the king, let any blame fall on me and on the house of my father. But let the king and his throne be innocent!" -- 2 samuel 14:9 +. +The king said, "Bring to me whoever speaks to you, and he won't bother you again!" -- 2 samuel 14:10 +. +She replied, "In that case, let the king invoke the name of the Lord your God so that the avenger of blood may not kill! Then they will not destroy my son!" He replied, "As surely as the Lord lives, not a single hair of your son's head will fall to the ground." -- 2 samuel 14:11 +. +Then the woman said, "Please permit your servant to speak to my lord the king about another matter." He replied, "Tell me." -- 2 samuel 14:12 +. +The woman said, "Why have you devised something like this against God's people? When the king speaks in this fashion, he makes himself guilty, for the king has not brought back the one he has banished. -- 2 samuel 14:13 +. +Certainly we must die, and are like water spilled on the ground that cannot be gathered up again. But God does not take away life; instead he devises ways for the banished to be restored. -- 2 samuel 14:14 +. +I have now come to speak with my lord the king about this matter, because the people have made me fearful. But your servant said, 'I will speak to the king! Perhaps the king will do what his female servant asks. -- 2 samuel 14:15 +. +Yes! The king may listen and deliver his female servant from the hand of the man who seeks to remove both me and my son from the inheritance God has given us!' -- 2 samuel 14:16 +. +So your servant said, 'May the word of my lord the king be my security, for my lord the king is like the angel of God when it comes to deciding between right and wrong! May the Lord your God be with you!'" -- 2 samuel 14:17 +. +Then the king replied to the woman, "Don't hide any information from me when I question you." The woman said, "Let my lord the king speak!" -- 2 samuel 14:18 +. +The king said, "Did Joab put you up to all of this?" The woman answered, "As surely as you live, my lord the king, there is no deviation to the right or to the left from all that my lord the king has said. For your servant Joab gave me instructions. He has put all these words in your servant's mouth. -- 2 samuel 14:19 +. +Your servant Joab did this so as to change this situation. But my lord has wisdom like that of the angel of God, and knows everything that is happening in the land." -- 2 samuel 14:20 +. +Then the king said to Joab, "All right! I will do this thing! Go and bring back the young man Absalom! -- 2 samuel 14:21 +. +Then Joab bowed down with his face toward the ground and thanked the king. Joab said, "Today your servant knows that I have found favor in your sight, my lord the king, because the king has granted the request of your servant!" -- 2 samuel 14:22 +. +So Joab got up and went to Geshur and brought Absalom back to Jerusalem. -- 2 samuel 14:23 +. +But the king said, "Let him go over to his own house. He may not see my face." So Absalom went over to his own house; he did not see the king's face. -- 2 samuel 14:24 +. +Now in all Israel everyone acknowledged that there was no man as handsome as Absalom. From the sole of his feet to the top of his head he was perfect in appearance. -- 2 samuel 14:25 +. +When he would shave his head - at the end of every year he used to shave his head, for it grew too long and he would shave it - he used to weigh the hair of his head at three pounds according to the king's weight. -- 2 samuel 14:26 +. +Absalom had three sons and one daughter, whose name was Tamar. She was a very attractive woman. -- 2 samuel 14:27 +. +Absalom lived in Jerusalem for two years without seeing the king's face. -- 2 samuel 14:28 +. +Then Absalom sent a message to Joab asking him to send him to the king, but Joab was not willing to come to him. So he sent a second message to him, but he still was not willing to come. -- 2 samuel 14:29 +. +So he said to his servants, "Look, Joab has a portion of field adjacent to mine and he has some barley there. Go and set it on fire." So Absalom's servants set Joab's portion of the field on fire. -- 2 samuel 14:30 +. +Then Joab got up and came to Absalom's house. He said to him, "Why did your servants set my portion of field on fire?" -- 2 samuel 14:31 +. +Absalom said to Joab, "Look, I sent a message to you saying, 'Come here so that I can send you to the king with this message: "Why have I come from Geshur? It would be better for me if I were still there."' Let me now see the face of the king. If I am at fault, let him put me to death!" -- 2 samuel 14:32 +. +So Joab went to the king and informed him. The king summoned Absalom, and he came to the king. Absalom bowed down before the king with his face toward the ground and the king kissed him. -- 2 samuel 14:33 +. +Some time later Absalom managed to acquire a chariot and horses, as well as fifty men to serve as his royal guard. -- 2 samuel 15:1 +. +Now Absalom used to get up early and stand beside the road that led to the city gate. Whenever anyone came by who had a complaint to bring to the king for arbitration, Absalom would call out to him, "What city are you from?" The person would answer, "I, your servant, am from one of the tribes of Israel." -- 2 samuel 15:2 +. +Absalom would then say to him, "Look, your claims are legitimate and appropriate. But there is no representative of the king who will listen to you." -- 2 samuel 15:3 +. +Absalom would then say, "If only they would make me a judge in the land! Then everyone who had a judicial complaint could come to me and I would make sure he receives a just settlement." -- 2 samuel 15:4 +. +When someone approached to bow before him, Absalom would extend his hand and embrace him and kiss him. -- 2 samuel 15:5 +. +Absalom acted this way toward everyone in Israel who came to the king for justice. In this way Absalom won the loyalty of the citizens of Israel. -- 2 samuel 15:6 +. +After four years Absalom said to the king, "Let me go and repay my vow that I made to the Lord while I was in Hebron. -- 2 samuel 15:7 +. +For I made this vow when I was living in Geshur in Aram: 'If the Lord really does allow me to return to Jerusalem, I will serve the Lord.'" -- 2 samuel 15:8 +. +The king replied to him, "Go in peace." So Absalom got up and went to Hebron. -- 2 samuel 15:9 +. +Then Absalom sent spies through all the tribes of Israel who said, "When you hear the sound of the horn, you may assume that Absalom rules in Hebron." -- 2 samuel 15:10 +. +Now two hundred men had gone with Absalom from Jerusalem. Since they were invited, they went naively and were unaware of what Absalom was planning. -- 2 samuel 15:11 +. +While he was offering sacrifices, Absalom sent for Ahithophel the Gilonite, David's adviser, to come from his city, Giloh. The conspiracy was gaining momentum, and the people were starting to side with Absalom. -- 2 samuel 15:12 +. +Then a messenger came to David and reported, "The men of Israel are loyal to Absalom!" -- 2 samuel 15:13 +. +So David said to all his servants who were with him in Jerusalem, "Come on! Let's escape! Otherwise no one will be delivered from Absalom! Go immediately, or else he will quickly overtake us and bring disaster on us and kill the city's residents with the sword." -- 2 samuel 15:14 +. +The king's servants replied to the king, "We will do whatever our lord the king decides." -- 2 samuel 15:15 +. +So the king and all the members of his royal court set out on foot, though the king left behind ten concubines to attend to the palace. -- 2 samuel 15:16 +. +The king and all the people set out on foot, pausing at a spot some distance away. -- 2 samuel 15:17 +. +All his servants were leaving with him, along with all the Kerethites, all the Pelethites, and all the Gittites - some six hundred men who had come on foot from Gath. They were leaving with the king. -- 2 samuel 15:18 +. +Then the king said to Ittai the Gittite, "Why should you come with us? Go back and stay with the new king, for you are a foreigner and an exile from your own country. -- 2 samuel 15:19 +. +It seems like you arrived just yesterday. Today should I make you wander around by going with us? I go where I must go. But as for you, go back and take your men with you. May genuine loyal love protect you!" -- 2 samuel 15:20 +. +But Ittai replied to the king, "As surely as the Lord lives and as my lord the king lives, wherever my lord the king is, whether dead or alive, there I will be as well!" -- 2 samuel 15:21 +. +So David said to Ittai, "Come along then." So Ittai the Gittite went along, accompanied by all his men and all the dependents who were with him. -- 2 samuel 15:22 +. +All the land was weeping loudly as all these people were leaving. As the king was crossing over the Kidron Valley, all the people were leaving on the road that leads to the desert. -- 2 samuel 15:23 +. +Zadok and all the Levites who were with him were carrying the ark of the covenant of God. When they positioned the ark of God, Abiathar offered sacrifices until all the people had finished leaving the city. -- 2 samuel 15:24 +. +Then the king said to Zadok, "Take the ark of God back to the city. If I find favor in the Lord's sight he will bring me back and enable me to see both it and his dwelling place again. -- 2 samuel 15:25 +. +However, if he should say, 'I do not take pleasure in you,' then he will deal with me in a way that he considers appropriate." -- 2 samuel 15:26 +. +The king said to Zadok the priest, "Are you a seer? Go back to the city in peace! Your son Ahimaaz and Abiathar's son Jonathan may go with you and Abiathar. -- 2 samuel 15:27 +. +Look, I will be waiting at the fords of the desert until word from you reaches me." -- 2 samuel 15:28 +. +So Zadok and Abiathar took the ark of God back to Jerusalem and remained there. -- 2 samuel 15:29 +. +As David was going up the Mount of Olives, he was weeping as he went; his head was covered and his feet were bare. All the people who were with him also had their heads covered and were weeping as they went up. -- 2 samuel 15:30 +. +Now David had been told, "Ahithophel has sided with the conspirators who are with Absalom. So David prayed, "Make the advice of Ahithophel foolish, O Lord!" -- 2 samuel 15:31 +. +When David reached the summit, where he used to worship God, Hushai the Arkite met him with his clothes torn and dirt on his head. -- 2 samuel 15:32 +. +David said to him, "If you leave with me you will be a burden to me. -- 2 samuel 15:33 +. +But you will be able to counter the advice of Ahithophel if you go back to the city and say to Absalom, 'I will be your servant, O king! Previously I was your father's servant, and now I will be your servant.' -- 2 samuel 15:34 +. +Zadok and Abiathar the priests will be there with you. Everything you hear in the king's palace you must tell Zadok and Abiathar the priests. -- 2 samuel 15:35 +. +Furthermore, their two sons are there with them, Zadok's son Ahimaaz and Abiathar's son Jonathan. You must send them to me with any information you hear." -- 2 samuel 15:36 +. +So David's friend Hushai arrived in the city, just as Absalom was entering Jerusalem. -- 2 samuel 15:37 +. +When David had gone a short way beyond the summit, Ziba the servant of Mephibosheth was there to meet him. He had a couple of donkeys that were saddled, and on them were two hundred loaves of bread, a hundred raisin cakes, a hundred baskets of summer fruit, and a container of wine. -- 2 samuel 16:1 +. +The king asked Ziba, "Why did you bring these things?" Ziba replied, "The donkeys are for the king's family to ride on, the loaves of bread and the summer fruit are for the attendants to eat, and the wine is for those who get exhausted in the desert." -- 2 samuel 16:2 +. +The king asked, "Where is your master's grandson?" Ziba replied to the king, "He remains in Jerusalem, for he said, 'Today the house of Israel will give back to me my grandfather's kingdom.'" -- 2 samuel 16:3 +. +The king said to Ziba, "Everything that was Mephibosheth's now belongs to you." Ziba replied, "I bow before you. May I find favor in your sight, my lord the king." -- 2 samuel 16:4 +. +Then King David reached Bahurim. There a man from Saul's extended family named Shimei son of Gera came out, yelling curses as he approached. -- 2 samuel 16:5 +. +He threw stones at David and all of King David's servants, as well as all the people and the soldiers who were on his right and on his left. -- 2 samuel 16:6 +. +As he yelled curses, Shimei said, "Leave! Leave! You man of bloodshed, you wicked man! -- 2 samuel 16:7 +. +The Lord has punished you for all the spilled blood of the house of Saul, in whose place you rule. Now the Lord has given the kingdom into the hand of your son Absalom. Disaster has overtaken you, for you are a man of bloodshed!" -- 2 samuel 16:8 +. +Then Abishai son of Zeruiah said to the king, "Why should this dead dog curse my lord the king? Let me go over and cut off his head!" -- 2 samuel 16:9 +. +But the king said, "What do we have in common, you sons of Zeruiah? If he curses because the Lord has said to him, 'Curse David!', who can say to him, 'Why have you done this?'" -- 2 samuel 16:10 +. +Then David said to Abishai and to all his servants, "My own son, my very own flesh and blood, is trying to take my life. So also now this Benjaminite! Leave him alone so that he can curse, for the Lord has spoken to him. -- 2 samuel 16:11 +. +Perhaps the Lord will notice my affliction and this day grant me good in place of his curse." -- 2 samuel 16:12 +. +So David and his men went on their way. But Shimei kept going along the side of the hill opposite him, yelling curses as he threw stones and dirt at them. -- 2 samuel 16:13 +. +The king and all the people who were with him arrived exhausted at their destination, where David refreshed himself. -- 2 samuel 16:14 +. +Now when Absalom and all the men of Israel arrived in Jerusalem, Ahithophel was with him. -- 2 samuel 16:15 +. +When David's friend Hushai the Arkite came to Absalom, Hushai said to him, "Long live the king! Long live the king!" -- 2 samuel 16:16 +. +Absalom said to Hushai, "Do you call this loyalty to your friend? Why didn't you go with your friend?" -- 2 samuel 16:17 +. +Hushai replied to Absalom, "No, I will be loyal to the one whom the Lord, these people, and all the men of Israel have chosen. -- 2 samuel 16:18 +. +Moreover, whom should I serve? Should it not be his son? Just as I served your father, so I will serve you." -- 2 samuel 16:19 +. +Then Absalom said to Ahithophel, "Give us your advice. What should we do?" -- 2 samuel 16:20 +. +Ahithophel replied to Absalom, "Have sex with your father's concubines whom he left to care for the palace. All Israel will hear that you have made yourself repulsive to your father. Then your followers will be motivated to support you." -- 2 samuel 16:21 +. +So they pitched a tent for Absalom on the roof, and Absalom had sex with his father's concubines in the sight of all Israel. -- 2 samuel 16:22 +. +In those days Ahithophel's advice was considered as valuable as a prophetic revelation. Both David and Absalom highly regarded the advice of Ahithophel. -- 2 samuel 16:23 +. +Ahithophel said to Absalom, "Let me pick out twelve thousand men. Then I will go and pursue David this very night. -- 2 samuel 17:1 +. +When I catch up with him he will be exhausted and worn out. I will rout him, and the entire army that is with him will flee. I will kill only the king -- 2 samuel 17:2 +. +and will bring the entire army back to you. In exchange for the life of the man you are seeking, you will get back everyone. The entire army will return unharmed." -- 2 samuel 17:3 +. +This seemed like a good idea to Absalom and to all the leaders of Israel. -- 2 samuel 17:4 +. +But Absalom said, "Call for Hushai the Arkite, and let's hear what he has to say." -- 2 samuel 17:5 +. +So Hushai came to Absalom. Absalom said to him, "Here is what Ahithophel has advised. Should we follow his advice? If not, what would you recommend?" -- 2 samuel 17:6 +. +Hushai replied to Absalom, "Ahithophel's advice is not sound this time." -- 2 samuel 17:7 +. +Hushai went on to say, "You know your father and his men - they are soldiers and are as dangerous as a bear out in the wild that has been robbed of her cubs. Your father is an experienced soldier; he will not stay overnight with the army. -- 2 samuel 17:8 +. +At this very moment he is hiding out in one of the caves or in some other similar place. If it should turn out that he attacks our troops first, whoever hears about it will say, 'Absalom's army has been slaughtered!' -- 2 samuel 17:9 +. +If that happens even the bravest soldier - one who is lion-hearted - will virtually melt away. For all Israel knows that your father is a warrior and that those who are with him are brave. -- 2 samuel 17:10 +. +My advice therefore is this: Let all Israel from Dan to Beer Sheba - in number like the sand by the sea! - be mustered to you, and you lead them personally into battle. -- 2 samuel 17:11 +. +We will come against him wherever he happens to be found. We will descend on him like the dew falls on the ground. Neither he nor any of the men who are with him will be spared alive - not one of them! -- 2 samuel 17:12 +. +If he regroups in a city, all Israel will take up ropes to that city and drag it down to the valley, so that not a single pebble will be left there!" -- 2 samuel 17:13 +. +Then Absalom and all the men of Israel said, "The advice of Hushai the Arkite sounds better than the advice of Ahithophel." Now the Lord had decided to frustrate the sound advice of Ahithophel, so that the Lord could bring disaster on Absalom. -- 2 samuel 17:14 +. +Then Hushai reported to Zadok and Abiathar the priests, "Here is what Ahithophel has advised Absalom and the leaders of Israel to do, and here is what I have advised. -- 2 samuel 17:15 +. +Now send word quickly to David and warn him, "Don't spend the night at the fords of the desert tonight. Instead, be sure you cross over, or else the king and everyone who is with him may be overwhelmed." -- 2 samuel 17:16 +. +Now Jonathan and Ahimaaz were staying in En Rogel. A female servant would go and inform them, and they would then go and inform King David. It was not advisable for them to be seen going into the city. -- 2 samuel 17:17 +. +But a young man saw them on one occasion and informed Absalom. So the two of them quickly departed and went to the house of a man in Bahurim. There was a well in his courtyard, and they got down in it. -- 2 samuel 17:18 +. +His wife then took the covering and spread it over the top of the well and scattered some grain over it. No one was aware of what she had done. -- 2 samuel 17:19 +. +When the servants of Absalom approached the woman at her home, they asked, "Where are Ahimaaz and Jonathan?" The woman replied to them, "They crossed over the stream." Absalom's men searched but did not find them, so they returned to Jerusalem. -- 2 samuel 17:20 +. +After the men had left, Ahimaaz and Jonathan climbed out of the well. Then they left and informed King David. They advised David, "Get up and cross the stream quickly, for Ahithophel has devised a plan to catch you." -- 2 samuel 17:21 +. +So David and all the people who were with him got up and crossed the Jordan River. By dawn there was not one person left who had not crossed the Jordan. -- 2 samuel 17:22 +. +When Ahithophel realized that his advice had not been followed, he saddled his donkey and returned to his house in his hometown. After setting his household in order, he hanged himself. So he died and was buried in the grave of his father. -- 2 samuel 17:23 +. +Meanwhile David had gone to Mahanaim, while Absalom and all the men of Israel had crossed the Jordan River. -- 2 samuel 17:24 +. +Absalom had made Amasa general in command of the army in place of Joab. (Now Amasa was the son of an Israelite man named Jether, who had married Abigail the daughter of Nahash and sister of Zeruiah, Joab's mother.) -- 2 samuel 17:25 +. +The army of Israel and Absalom camped in the land of Gilead. -- 2 samuel 17:26 +. +When David came to Mahanaim, Shobi the son of Nahash from Rabbah of the Ammonites, Makir the son of Ammiel from Lo Debar, and Barzillai the Gileadite from Rogelim -- 2 samuel 17:27 +. +brought bedding, basins, and pottery utensils. They also brought food for David and all who were with him, including wheat, barley, flour, roasted grain, beans, lentils, -- 2 samuel 17:28 +. +honey, curds, flocks, and cheese. For they said, "The people are no doubt hungry, tired, and thirsty there in the desert." -- 2 samuel 17:29 +. +David assembled the army that was with him. He appointed leaders of thousands and leaders of hundreds. -- 2 samuel 18:1 +. +David then sent out the army - a third under the leadership of Joab, a third under the leadership of Joab's brother Abishai son of Zeruiah, and a third under the leadership of Ittai the Gittite. The king said to the troops, "I too will indeed march out with you." -- 2 samuel 18:2 +. +But the soldiers replied, "You should not do this! For if we should have to make a rapid retreat, they won't be too concerned about us. Even if half of us should die, they won't be too concerned about us. But you are like ten thousand of us! So it is better if you remain in the city for support." -- 2 samuel 18:3 +. +Then the king said to them, "I will do whatever seems best to you." So the king stayed beside the city gate, while all the army marched out by hundreds and by thousands. -- 2 samuel 18:4 +. +The king gave this order to Joab, Abishai, and Ittai: "For my sake deal gently with the young man Absalom." Now the entire army was listening when the king gave all the leaders this order concerning Absalom. -- 2 samuel 18:5 +. +Then the army marched out to the field to fight against Israel. The battle took place in the forest of Ephraim. -- 2 samuel 18:6 +. +The army of Israel was defeated there by David's men. The slaughter there was great that day - 20,soldiers were killed. -- 2 samuel 18:7 +. +The battle there was spread out over the whole area, and the forest consumed more soldiers than the sword devoured that day. -- 2 samuel 18:8 +. +Then Absalom happened to come across David's men. Now as Absalom was riding on his mule, it went under the branches of a large oak tree. His head got caught in the oak and he was suspended in midair, while the mule he had been riding kept going. -- 2 samuel 18:9 +. +When one of the men saw this, he reported it to Joab saying, "I saw Absalom hanging in an oak tree. -- 2 samuel 18:10 +. +Joab replied to the man who was telling him this, "What! You saw this? Why didn't you strike him down right on the spot? I would have given you ten pieces of silver and a commemorative belt!" -- 2 samuel 18:11 +. +The man replied to Joab, "Even if I were receiving a thousand pieces of silver, I would not strike the king's son! In our very presence the king gave this order to you and Abishai and Ittai, 'Protect the young man Absalom for my sake.' -- 2 samuel 18:12 +. +If I had acted at risk of my own life - and nothing is hidden from the king! - you would have abandoned me." -- 2 samuel 18:13 +. +Joab replied, "I will not wait around like this for you!" He took three spears in his hand and thrust them into the middle of Absalom while he was still alive in the middle of the oak tree. -- 2 samuel 18:14 +. +Then ten soldiers who were Joab's armor bearers struck Absalom and finished him off. -- 2 samuel 18:15 +. +Then Joab blew the trumpet and the army turned back from chasing Israel, for Joab had called for the army to halt. -- 2 samuel 18:16 +. +They took Absalom, threw him into a large pit in the forest, and stacked a huge pile of stones over him. In the meantime all the Israelite soldiers fled to their homes. -- 2 samuel 18:17 +. +Prior to this Absalom had set up a monument and dedicated it to himself in the King's Valley, reasoning "I have no son who will carry on my name." He named the monument after himself, and to this day it is known as Absalom's Memorial. -- 2 samuel 18:18 +. +Then Ahimaaz the son of Zadok said, "Let me run and give the king the good news that the Lord has vindicated him before his enemies." -- 2 samuel 18:19 +. +But Joab said to him, "You will not be a bearer of good news today. You will bear good news some other day, but not today, for the king's son is dead." -- 2 samuel 18:20 +. +Then Joab said to the Cushite, "Go and tell the king what you have seen." After bowing to Joab, the Cushite ran off. -- 2 samuel 18:21 +. +Ahimaaz the son of Zadok again spoke to Joab, "Whatever happens, let me go after the Cushite." But Joab said, "Why is it that you want to go, my son? You have no good news that will bring you a reward." -- 2 samuel 18:22 +. +But he said, "Whatever happens, I want to go!" So Joab said to him, "Then go!" So Ahimaaz ran by the way of the Jordan plain, and he passed the Cushite. -- 2 samuel 18:23 +. +Now David was sitting between the inner and outer gates, and the watchman went up to the roof over the gate at the wall. When he looked, he saw a man running by himself. -- 2 samuel 18:24 +. +So the watchman called out and informed the king. The king said, "If he is by himself, he brings good news." The runner came ever closer. -- 2 samuel 18:25 +. +Then the watchman saw another man running. The watchman called out to the gatekeeper, "There is another man running by himself." The king said, "This one also is bringing good news." -- 2 samuel 18:26 +. +The watchman said, "It appears to me that the first runner is Ahimaaz son of Zadok." The king said, "He is a good man, and he comes with good news." -- 2 samuel 18:27 +. +Then Ahimaaz called out and said to the king, "Greetings!" He bowed down before the king with his face toward the ground and said, "May the Lord your God be praised because he has defeated the men who opposed my lord the king!" -- 2 samuel 18:28 +. +The king replied, "How is the young man Absalom?" Ahimaaz replied, "I saw a great deal of confusion when Joab was sending the king's servant and me, your servant, but I don't know what it was all about." -- 2 samuel 18:29 +. +The king said, "Turn aside and take your place here." So he turned aside and waited. -- 2 samuel 18:30 +. +Then the Cushite arrived and said, "May my lord the king now receive the good news! The Lord has vindicated you today and delivered you from the hand of all who have rebelled against you!" -- 2 samuel 18:31 +. +The king asked the Cushite, "How is the young man Absalom?" The Cushite replied, "May the enemies of my lord the king and all who have plotted against you be like that young man!" -- 2 samuel 18:32 +. + The king then became very upset. He went up to the upper room over the gate and wept. As he went he said, "My son, Absalom! My son, my son, Absalom! If only I could have died in your place! Absalom, my son, my son!" -- 2 samuel 18:33 +. + Joab was told, "The king is weeping and mourning over Absalom." -- 2 samuel 19:1 +. +So the victory of that day was turned to mourning as far as all the people were concerned. For the people heard on that day, "The king is grieved over his son." -- 2 samuel 19:2 +. +That day the people stole away to go to the city the way people who are embarrassed steal away in fleeing from battle. -- 2 samuel 19:3 +. +The king covered his face and cried out loudly, "My son, Absalom! Absalom, my son, my son!" -- 2 samuel 19:4 +. +So Joab visited the king at his home. He said, "Today you have embarrassed all your servants who have saved your life this day, as well as the lives of your sons, your daughters, your wives, and your concubines. -- 2 samuel 19:5 +. +You seem to love your enemies and hate your friends! For you have as much as declared today that leaders and servants don't matter to you. I realize now that if Absalom were alive and all of us were dead today, it would be all right with you. -- 2 samuel 19:6 +. +So get up now and go out and give some encouragement to your servants. For I swear by the Lord that if you don't go out there, not a single man will stay here with you tonight! This disaster will be worse for you than any disaster that has overtaken you from your youth right to the present time!" -- 2 samuel 19:7 +. +So the king got up and sat at the city gate. When all the people were informed that the king was sitting at the city gate, they all came before him.But the Israelite soldiers had all fled to their own homes. -- 2 samuel 19:8 +. +All the people throughout all the tribes of Israel were arguing among themselves saying, "The king delivered us from the hand of our enemies. He rescued us from the hand of the Philistines, but now he has fled from the land because of Absalom. -- 2 samuel 19:9 +. +But Absalom, whom we anointed as our king, has died in battle. So now why do you hesitate to bring the king back?" -- 2 samuel 19:10 +. +Then King David sent a message to Zadok and Abiathar the priests saying, "Tell the elders of Judah, 'Why should you delay any further in bringing the king back to his palace, when everything Israel is saying has come to the king's attention. -- 2 samuel 19:11 +. +You are my brothers - my very own flesh and blood! Why should you delay any further in bringing the king back?' -- 2 samuel 19:12 +. +Say to Amasa, 'Are you not my flesh and blood? God will punish me severely, if from this time on you are not the commander of my army in place of Joab!'" -- 2 samuel 19:13 +. +He won over the hearts of all the men of Judah as though they were one man. Then they sent word to the king saying, "Return, you and all your servants as well." -- 2 samuel 19:14 +. +So the king returned and came to the Jordan River. Now the people of Judah had come to Gilgal to meet the king and to help him cross the Jordan. -- 2 samuel 19:15 +. +Shimei son of Gera the Benjaminite from Bahurim came down quickly with the men of Judah to meet King David. -- 2 samuel 19:16 +. +There were a thousand men from Benjamin with him, along with Ziba the servant of Saul's household, and with him his fifteen sons and twenty servants. They hurriedly crossed the Jordan within sight of the king. -- 2 samuel 19:17 +. +They crossed at the ford in order to help the king's household cross and to do whatever he thought appropriate. Now after he had crossed the Jordan, Shimei son of Gera threw himself down before the king. -- 2 samuel 19:18 +. +He said to the king, "Don't think badly of me, my lord, and don't recall the sin of your servant on the day when you, my lord the king, left Jerusalem! Please don't call it to mind! -- 2 samuel 19:19 +. +For I, your servant, know that I sinned, and I have come today as the first of all the house of Joseph to come down to meet my lord the king." -- 2 samuel 19:20 +. +Abishai son of Zeruiah replied, "For this should not Shimei be put to death? After all, he cursed the Lord's anointed!" -- 2 samuel 19:21 +. +But David said, "What do we have in common, you sons of Zeruiah? You are like my enemy today! Should anyone be put to death in Israel today? Don't you realize that today I am king over Israel?" -- 2 samuel 19:22 +. +The king said to Shimei, "You won't die." The king vowed an oath concerning this. -- 2 samuel 19:23 +. +Now Mephibosheth, Saul's grandson, came down to meet the king. From the day the king had left until the day he safely returned, Mephibosheth had not cared for his feet nor trimmed his mustache nor washed his clothes. -- 2 samuel 19:24 +. +When he came from Jerusalem to meet the king, the king asked him, "Why didn't you go with me, Mephibosheth?" -- 2 samuel 19:25 +. +He replied, "My lord the king, my servant deceived me! I said, 'Let me get my donkey saddled so that I can ride on it and go with the king,' for I am lame. -- 2 samuel 19:26 +. +But my servant has slandered me to my lord the king. But my lord the king is like an angel of God. Do whatever seems appropriate to you. -- 2 samuel 19:27 +. +After all, there was no one in the entire house of my grandfather who did not deserve death from my lord the king. But instead you allowed me to eat at your own table! What further claim do I have to ask the king for anything?" -- 2 samuel 19:28 +. +Then the king replied to him, "Why should you continue speaking like this? You and Ziba will inherit the field together." -- 2 samuel 19:29 +. +Mephibosheth said to the king, "Let him have the whole thing! My lord the king has returned safely to his house!" -- 2 samuel 19:30 +. +Now when Barzillai the Gileadite had come down from Rogelim, he crossed the Jordan with the king so he could send him on his way from there. -- 2 samuel 19:31 +. +But Barzillai was very old - eighty years old, in fact - and he had taken care of the king when he stayed in Mahanaim, for he was a very rich man. -- 2 samuel 19:32 +. +So the king said to Barzillai, "Cross over with me, and I will take care of you while you are with me in Jerusalem." -- 2 samuel 19:33 +. +Barzillai replied to the king, "How many days do I have left to my life, that I should go up with the king to Jerusalem? -- 2 samuel 19:34 +. +I am presently eighty years old. Am I able to discern good and bad? Can I taste what I eat and drink? Am I still able to hear the voices of male and female singers? Why should I continue to be a burden to my lord the king? -- 2 samuel 19:35 +. +I will cross the Jordan with the king and go a short distance. Why should the king reward me in this way? -- 2 samuel 19:36 +. +Let me return so that I may die in my own city near the grave of my father and my mother. But look, here is your servant Kimham. Let him cross over with my lord the king. Do for him whatever seems appropriate to you." -- 2 samuel 19:37 +. +The king replied, "Kimham will cross over with me, and I will do for him whatever I deem appropriate. And whatever you choose, I will do for you." -- 2 samuel 19:38 +. +So all the people crossed the Jordan, as did the king. After the king had kissed him and blessed him, Barzillai returned to his home. -- 2 samuel 19:39 +. +When the king crossed over to Gilgal, Kimham crossed over with him. Now all the soldiers of Judah along with half of the soldiers of Israel had helped the king cross over. -- 2 samuel 19:40 +. +Then all the men of Israel began coming to the king. They asked the king, "Why did our brothers, the men of Judah, sneak the king away and help the king and his household cross the Jordan - and not only him but all of David's men as well?" -- 2 samuel 19:41 +. +All the men of Judah replied to the men of Israel, "Because the king is our close relative! Why are you so upset about this? Have we eaten at the king's expense? Or have we misappropriated anything for our own use?" -- 2 samuel 19:42 +. +The men of Israel replied to the men of Judah, "We have ten shares in the king, and we have a greater claim on David than you do! Why do you want to curse us? Weren't we the first to suggest bringing back our king?" But the comments of the men of Judah were more severe than those of the men of Israel. -- 2 samuel 19:43 +. +Now a wicked man named Sheba son of Bicri, a Benjaminite, happened to be there. He blew the trumpet and said, "We have no share in David; we have no inheritance in this son of Jesse! Every man go home, O Israel!" -- 2 samuel 20:1 +. +So all the men of Israel deserted David and followed Sheba son of Bicri. But the men of Judah stuck by their king all the way from the Jordan River to Jerusalem. -- 2 samuel 20:2 +. +Then David went to his palace in Jerusalem. The king took the ten concubines he had left to care for the palace and placed them under confinement. Though he provided for their needs, he did not have sexual relations with them. They remained in confinement until the day they died, living out the rest of their lives as widows. -- 2 samuel 20:3 +. +Then the king said to Amasa, "Call the men of Judah together for me in three days, and you be present here with them too." -- 2 samuel 20:4 +. +So Amasa went out to call Judah together. But in doing so he took longer than the time that the king had allotted him. -- 2 samuel 20:5 +. +Then David said to Abishai, "Now Sheba son of Bicri will cause greater disaster for us than Absalom did! Take your lord's servants and pursue him. Otherwise he will secure fortified cities for himself and get away from us." -- 2 samuel 20:6 +. +So Joab's men, accompanied by the Kerethites, the Pelethites, and all the warriors, left Jerusalem to pursue Sheba son of Bicri. -- 2 samuel 20:7 +. +When they were near the big rock that is in Gibeon, Amasa came to them. Now Joab was dressed in military attire and had a dagger in its sheath belted to his waist. When he advanced, it fell out. -- 2 samuel 20:8 +. +Joab said to Amasa, "How are you, my brother?" With his right hand Joab took hold of Amasa's beard as if to greet him with a kiss. -- 2 samuel 20:9 +. +Amasa did not protect himself from the knife in Joab's other hand, and Joab stabbed him in the abdomen, causing Amasa's intestines to spill out on the ground. There was no need to stab him again; the first blow was fatal. Then Joab and his brother Abishai pursued Sheba son of Bicri. -- 2 samuel 20:10 +. +One of Joab's soldiers who stood over Amasa said, "Whoever is for Joab and whoever is for David, follow Joab!" -- 2 samuel 20:11 +. +Amasa was squirming in his own blood in the middle of the path, and this man had noticed that all the soldiers stopped. Having noticed that everyone who came across Amasa stopped, the man pulled him away from the path and into the field and threw a garment over him. -- 2 samuel 20:12 +. +Once he had removed Amasa from the path, everyone followed Joab to pursue Sheba son of Bicri. -- 2 samuel 20:13 +. +Sheba traveled through all the tribes of Israel to Abel of Beth Maacah and all the Berite region. When they had assembled, they too joined him. -- 2 samuel 20:14 +. +So Joab's men came and laid siege against him in Abel of Beth Maacah. They prepared a siege ramp outside the city which stood against its outer rampart. As all of Joab's soldiers were trying to break through the wall so that it would collapse, -- 2 samuel 20:15 +. +a wise woman called out from the city, "Listen up! Listen up! Tell Joab, 'Come near so that I may speak to you.'" -- 2 samuel 20:16 +. +When he approached her, the woman asked, "Are you Joab?" He replied, "I am." She said to him, "Listen to the words of your servant." He said, "Go ahead. I'm listening." -- 2 samuel 20:17 +. +She said, "In the past they would always say, 'Let them inquire in Abel,' and that is how they settled things. -- 2 samuel 20:18 +. +I represent the peaceful and the faithful in Israel. You are attempting to destroy an important city in Israel. Why should you swallow up the Lord's inheritance?" -- 2 samuel 20:19 +. +Joab answered, "Get serious! I don't want to swallow up or destroy anything! -- 2 samuel 20:20 +. +That's not the way things are. There is a man from the hill country of Ephraim named Sheba son of Bicri. He has rebelled against King David. Give me just this one man, and I will leave the city." The woman said to Joab, "This very minute his head will be thrown over the wall to you!" -- 2 samuel 20:21 +. +Then the woman went to all the people with her wise advice and they cut off Sheba's head and threw it out to Joab. Joab blew the trumpet, and his men dispersed from the city, each going to his own home. Joab returned to the king in Jerusalem. -- 2 samuel 20:22 +. +Now Joab was the general in command of all the army of Israel. Benaiah the son of Jehoida was over the Kerethites and the Perethites. -- 2 samuel 20:23 +. +Adoniram was supervisor of the work crews. Jehoshaphat son of Ahilud was the secretary. -- 2 samuel 20:24 +. +Sheva was the scribe, and Zadok and Abiathar were the priests. -- 2 samuel 20:25 +. +Ira the Jairite was David's personal priest. -- 2 samuel 20:26 +. +During David's reign there was a famine for three consecutive years. So David inquired of the Lord. The Lord said, "It is because of Saul and his bloodstained family, because he murdered the Gibeonites." -- 2 samuel 21:1 +. +So the king summoned the Gibeonites and spoke with them. (Now the Gibeonites were not descendants of Israel; they were a remnant of the Amorites. The Israelites had made a promise to them, but Saul tried to kill them because of his zeal for the people of Israel and Judah.) -- 2 samuel 21:2 +. +David said to the Gibeonites, "What can I do for you, and how can I make amends so that you will bless the Lord's inheritance?" -- 2 samuel 21:3 +. +The Gibeonites said to him, "We have no claim to silver or gold from Saul or from his family, nor would we be justified in putting to death anyone in Israel." David asked, "What then are you asking me to do for you?" -- 2 samuel 21:4 +. +They replied to the king, "As for this man who exterminated us and who schemed against us so that we were destroyed and left without status throughout all the borders of Israel - -- 2 samuel 21:5 +. +let seven of his male descendants be turned over to us, and we will execute them before the Lord in Gibeah of Saul, who was the Lord's chosen one." The king replied, "I will turn them over." -- 2 samuel 21:6 +. +The king had mercy on Mephibosheth son of Jonathan, the son of Saul, in light of the Lord's oath that had been taken between David and Jonathan son of Saul. -- 2 samuel 21:7 +. +So the king took Armoni and Mephibosheth, the two sons of Aiah's daughter Rizpah whom she had born to Saul, and the five sons of Saul's daughter Merab whom she had born to Adriel the son of Barzillai the Meholathite. -- 2 samuel 21:8 +. +He turned them over to the Gibeonites, and they executed them on a hill before the Lord. The seven of them died together; they were put to death during harvest time - during the first days of the beginning of the barley harvest. -- 2 samuel 21:9 +. +Rizpah the daughter of Aiah took sackcloth and spread it out for herself on a rock. From the beginning of the harvest until the rain fell on them, she did not allow the birds of the air to feed on them by day, nor the wild animals by night. -- 2 samuel 21:10 +. +When David was told what Rizpah daughter of Aiah, Saul's concubine, had done, -- 2 samuel 21:11 +. +he went and took the bones of Saul and of his son Jonathan from the leaders of Jabesh Gilead. (They had secretly taken them from the plaza at Beth Shan. It was there that Philistines publicly exposed their corpses after they had killed Saul at Gilboa.) -- 2 samuel 21:12 +. +David brought the bones of Saul and of Jonathan his son from there; they also gathered up the bones of those who had been executed. -- 2 samuel 21:13 +. +They buried the bones of Saul and his son Jonathan in the land of Benjamin at Zela in the grave of his father Kish. After they had done everything that the king had commanded, God responded to their prayers for the land. -- 2 samuel 21:14 +. +Another battle was fought between the Philistines and Israel. So David went down with his soldiers and fought the Philistines. David became exhausted. -- 2 samuel 21:15 +. +Now Ishbi-Benob, one of the descendants of Rapha, had a spear that weighed three hundred bronze shekels, and he was armed with a new weapon. He had said that he would kill David. -- 2 samuel 21:16 +. +But Abishai the son of Zeruiah came to David's aid, striking the Philistine down and killing him. Then David's men took an oath saying, "You will not go out to battle with us again! You must not extinguish the lamp of Israel!" -- 2 samuel 21:17 +. +Later there was another battle with the Philistines, this time in Gob. On that occasion Sibbekai the Hushathite killed Saph, who was one of the descendants of Rapha. -- 2 samuel 21:18 +. +Yet another battle occurred with the Philistines in Gob. On that occasion Elhanan the son of Jair the Bethlehemite killed the brother of Goliath the Gittite, the shaft of whose spear was like a weaver's beam. -- 2 samuel 21:19 +. +Yet another battle occurred in Gath. On that occasion there was a large man who had six fingers on each hand and six toes on each foot, twenty-four in all! He too was a descendant of Rapha. -- 2 samuel 21:20 +. +When he taunted Israel, Jonathan, the son of David's brother Shimeah, killed him. -- 2 samuel 21:21 +. +These four were the descendants of Rapha who lived in Gath; they were killed by David and his soldiers. -- 2 samuel 21:22 +. +David sang to the Lord the words of this song when the Lord rescued him from the power of all his enemies, including Saul. -- 2 samuel 22:1 +. +He said: "The Lord is my high ridge, my stronghold, my deliverer. -- 2 samuel 22:2 +. +My God is my rocky summit where I take shelter, my shield, the horn that saves me, my stronghold, my refuge, my savior. You save me from violence! -- 2 samuel 22:3 +. +I called to the Lord, who is worthy of praise, and I was delivered from my enemies. -- 2 samuel 22:4 +. +The waves of death engulfed me; the currents of chaos overwhelmed me. -- 2 samuel 22:5 +. +The ropes of Sheol tightened around me; the snares of death trapped me. -- 2 samuel 22:6 +. +In my distress I called to the Lord; I called to my God. From his heavenly temple he heard my voice; he listened to my cry for help. -- 2 samuel 22:7 +. +The earth heaved and shook; the foundations of the sky trembled. They heaved because he was angry. -- 2 samuel 22:8 +. +Smoke ascended from his nose; fire devoured as it came from his mouth; he hurled down fiery coals. -- 2 samuel 22:9 +. +He made the sky sink as he descended; a thick cloud was under his feet. -- 2 samuel 22:10 +. +He mounted a winged angel and flew; he glided on the wings of the wind. -- 2 samuel 22:11 +. +He shrouded himself in darkness, in thick rain clouds. -- 2 samuel 22:12 +. +From the brightness in front of him came coals of fire. -- 2 samuel 22:13 +. +The Lord thundered from the sky; the sovereign One shouted loudly. -- 2 samuel 22:14 +. +He shot arrows and scattered them, lightning and routed them. -- 2 samuel 22:15 +. +The depths of the sea were exposed; the inner regions of the world were uncovered by the Lord's battle cry, by the powerful breath from his nose. -- 2 samuel 22:16 +. +He reached down from above and grabbed me; he pulled me from the surging water. -- 2 samuel 22:17 +. +He rescued me from my strong enemy, from those who hate me, for they were too strong for me. -- 2 samuel 22:18 +. +They confronted me in my day of calamity, but the Lord helped me. -- 2 samuel 22:19 +. +He brought me out into a wide open place; he delivered me because he was pleased with me. -- 2 samuel 22:20 +. +The Lord repaid me for my godly deeds; he rewarded my blameless behavior. -- 2 samuel 22:21 +. +For I have obeyed the Lord's commands; I have not rebelled against my God. -- 2 samuel 22:22 +. +For I am aware of all his regulations, and I do not reject his rules. -- 2 samuel 22:23 +. +I was blameless before him; I kept myself from sinning. -- 2 samuel 22:24 +. +The Lord rewarded me for my godly deeds; he took notice of my blameless behavior. -- 2 samuel 22:25 +. +You prove to be loyal to one who is faithful; you prove to be trustworthy to one who is innocent. -- 2 samuel 22:26 +. +You prove to be reliable to one who is blameless, but you prove to be deceptive to one who is perverse. -- 2 samuel 22:27 +. +You deliver oppressed people, but you watch the proud and bring them down. -- 2 samuel 22:28 +. +Indeed, you are my lamp, Lord. The Lord illumines the darkness around me. -- 2 samuel 22:29 +. +Indeed,with your help I can charge against an army; by my God's power I can jump over a wall. -- 2 samuel 22:30 +. +The one true God acts in a faithful manner; the Lord's promise is reliable; he is a shield to all who take shelter in him. -- 2 samuel 22:31 +. +Indeed, who is God besides the Lord? Who is a protector besides our God? -- 2 samuel 22:32 +. +The one true God is my mighty refuge; he removes the obstacles in my way. -- 2 samuel 22:33 +. +He gives me the agility of a deer; he enables me to negotiate the rugged terrain. -- 2 samuel 22:34 +. +He trains my hands for battle; my arms can bend even the strongest bow. -- 2 samuel 22:35 +. +You give me your protective shield; your willingness to help enables me to prevail. -- 2 samuel 22:36 +. +You widen my path; my feet do not slip. -- 2 samuel 22:37 +. +I chase my enemies and destroy them; I do not turn back until I wipe them out. -- 2 samuel 22:38 +. +I wipe them out and beat them to death; they cannot get up; they fall at my feet. -- 2 samuel 22:39 +. +You give me strength for battle; you make my foes kneel before me. -- 2 samuel 22:40 +. +You make my enemies retreat; I destroy those who hate me. -- 2 samuel 22:41 +. +They cry out, but there is no one to help them; they cry out to the Lord, but he does not answer them. -- 2 samuel 22:42 +. +I grind them as fine as the dust of the ground; I crush them and stomp on them like clay in the streets. -- 2 samuel 22:43 +. +You rescue me from a hostile army; you preserve me as a leader of nations; people over whom I had no authority are now my subjects. -- 2 samuel 22:44 +. +Foreigners are powerless before me; when they hear of my exploits, they submit to me. -- 2 samuel 22:45 +. +Foreigners lose their courage; they shake with fear as they leave their strongholds. -- 2 samuel 22:46 +. +The Lord is alive! My protector is praiseworthy! The God who delivers me is exalted as king! -- 2 samuel 22:47 +. +The one true God completely vindicates me; he makes nations submit to me. -- 2 samuel 22:48 +. +He delivers me from my enemies; you snatch me away from those who attack me; you rescue me from violent men. -- 2 samuel 22:49 +. +So I will give you thanks, O Lord, before the nations! I will sing praises to you. -- 2 samuel 22:50 +. +He gives his chosen king magnificent victories; he is faithful to his chosen ruler, to David and to his descendants forever!" -- 2 samuel 22:51 +. +These are the final words of David: "The oracle of David son of Jesse, the oracle of the man raised up as the ruler chosen by the God of Jacob, Israel's beloved singer of songs: -- 2 samuel 23:1 +. +The Lord's spirit spoke through me; his word was on my tongue. -- 2 samuel 23:2 +. +The God of Israel spoke, the protector of Israel spoke to me. The one who rules fairly among men, the one who rules in the fear of God, -- 2 samuel 23:3 +. +is like the light of morning when the sun comes up, a morning in which there are no clouds. He is like the brightness after rain that produces grass from the earth. -- 2 samuel 23:4 +. +My dynasty is approved by God, for he has made a perpetual covenant with me, arranged in all its particulars and secured. He always delivers me, and brings all I desire to fruition. -- 2 samuel 23:5 +. +But evil people are like thorns - all of them are tossed away, for they cannot be held in the hand. -- 2 samuel 23:6 +. +The one who touches them must use an iron instrument or the wooden shaft of a spear. They are completely burned up right where they lie!" -- 2 samuel 23:7 +. +These are the names of David's warriors: Josheb-Basshebeth, a Tahkemonite, was head of the officers. He killed eight hundred men with his spear in one battle. -- 2 samuel 23:8 +. +Next in command was Eleazar son of Dodo, the son of Ahohi. He was one of the three warriors who were with David when they defied the Philistines who were assembled there for battle. When the men of Israel retreated, -- 2 samuel 23:9 +. +he stood his ground and fought the Philistines until his hand grew so tired that it seemed stuck to his sword. The Lord gave a great victory on that day. When the army returned to him, the only thing left to do was to plunder the corpses. -- 2 samuel 23:10 +. +Next in command was Shammah son of Agee the Hararite. When the Philistines assembled at Lehi, where there happened to be an area of a field that was full of lentils, the army retreated before the Philistines. -- 2 samuel 23:11 +. +But he made a stand in the middle of that area. He defended it and defeated the Philistines; the Lord gave them a great victory. -- 2 samuel 23:12 +. +At the time of the harvest three of the thirty leaders went down to David at the cave of Adullam. A band of Philistines was camped in the valley of Rephaim. -- 2 samuel 23:13 +. +David was in the stronghold at the time, while a Philistine garrison was in Bethlehem. -- 2 samuel 23:14 +. +David was thirsty and said, "How I wish someone would give me some water to drink from the cistern in Bethlehem near the gate!" -- 2 samuel 23:15 +. +So the three elite warriors broke through the Philistine forces and drew some water from the cistern in Bethlehem near the gate. They carried it back to David, but he refused to drink it. He poured it out as a drink offering to the Lord -- 2 samuel 23:16 +. +and said, "O Lord, I will not do this! It is equivalent to the blood of the men who risked their lives by going." So he refused to drink it. Such were the exploits of the three elite warriors. -- 2 samuel 23:17 +. +Abishai son of Zeruiah, the brother of Joab, was head of the three. He killed three hundred men with his spear and gained fame among the three. -- 2 samuel 23:18 +. +From the three he was given honor and he became their officer, even though he was not one of the three. -- 2 samuel 23:19 +. +Benaiah son of Jehoida was a brave warrior from Kabzeel who performed great exploits. He struck down the two sons of Ariel of Moab. He also went down and killed a lion in a cistern on a snowy day. -- 2 samuel 23:20 +. +He also killed an impressive-looking Egyptian. The Egyptian wielded a spear, while Benaiah attacked him with a club. He grabbed the spear out of the Egyptian's hand and killed him with his own spear. -- 2 samuel 23:21 +. +Such were the exploits of Benaiah son of Jehoida, who gained fame among the three elite warriors. -- 2 samuel 23:22 +. +He received honor from the thirty warriors, though he was not one of the three elite warriors. David put him in charge of his bodyguard. -- 2 samuel 23:23 +. +Included with the thirty were the following: Asahel the brother of Joab, Elhanan son of Dodo from Bethlehem, -- 2 samuel 23:24 +. +Shammah the Harodite, Elika the Harodite, -- 2 samuel 23:25 +. +Helez the Paltite, Ira son of Ikkesh from Tekoa, -- 2 samuel 23:26 +. +Abiezer the Anathothite, Mebunnai the Hushathite, -- 2 samuel 23:27 +. +Zalmon the Ahohite, Maharai the Netophathite, -- 2 samuel 23:28 +. +Heled son of Baanah the Netophathite, Ittai son of Ribai from Gibeah in Benjamin, -- 2 samuel 23:29 +. +Benaiah the Pirathonite, Hiddai from the wadis of Gaash, -- 2 samuel 23:30 +. +Abi-Albon the Arbathite, Azmaveth the Barhumite, -- 2 samuel 23:31 +. +Eliahba the Shaalbonite, the sons of Jashen, Jonathan -- 2 samuel 23:32 +. +son of Shammah the Hararite, Ahiam son of Sharar the Hararite, -- 2 samuel 23:33 +. +Eliphelet son of Ahasbai the Maacathite, Eliam son of Ahithophel the Gilonite, -- 2 samuel 23:34 +. +Hezrai the Carmelite, Paarai the Arbite, -- 2 samuel 23:35 +. +Igal son of Nathan from Zobah, Bani the Gadite, -- 2 samuel 23:36 +. +Zelek the Ammonite, Naharai the Beerothite (the armor-bearer of Joab son of Zeruiah), -- 2 samuel 23:37 +. +Ira the Ithrite, Gareb the Ithrite -- 2 samuel 23:38 +. +and Uriah the Hittite. Altogether there were thirty-seven. -- 2 samuel 23:39 +. +The Lord's anger again raged against Israel, and he incited David against them, saying, "Go count Israel and Judah." -- 2 samuel 24:1 +. +The king told Joab, the general in command of his army, "Go through all the tribes of Israel from Dan to Beer Sheba and muster the army, so I may know the size of the army." -- 2 samuel 24:2 +. +Joab replied to the king, "May the Lord your God make the army a hundred times larger right before the eyes of my lord the king! But why does my master the king want to do this?" -- 2 samuel 24:3 +. +But the king's edict stood, despite the objections of Joab and the leaders of the army. So Joab and the leaders of the army left the king's presence in order to muster the Israelite army. -- 2 samuel 24:4 +. +They crossed the Jordan and camped at Aroer, on the south side of the city, at the wadi of Gad, near Jazer. -- 2 samuel 24:5 +. +Then they went on to Gilead and to the region of Tahtim Hodshi, coming to Dan Jaan and on around to Sidon. -- 2 samuel 24:6 +. +Then they went to the fortress of Tyre and all the cities of the Hivites and the Canaanites. Then they went on to the Negev of Judah, to Beer Sheba. -- 2 samuel 24:7 +. +They went through all the land and after nine months and twenty days came back to Jerusalem. -- 2 samuel 24:8 +. +Joab reported the number of warriors to the king. In Israel there were 800,sword-wielding warriors, and in Judah there were 500,000 soldiers. -- 2 samuel 24:9 +. +David felt guilty after he had numbered the army. David said to the Lord, "I have sinned greatly by doing this! Now, O Lord, please remove the guilt of your servant, for I have acted very foolishly." -- 2 samuel 24:10 +. +When David got up the next morning, the Lord had already spoken to Gad the prophet, David's seer: -- 2 samuel 24:11 +. +"Go, tell David, 'This is what the Lord says: I am offering you three forms of judgment. Pick one of them and I will carry it out against you.'" -- 2 samuel 24:12 +. +Gad went to David and told him, "Shall seven years of famine come upon your land? Or shall you flee for three months from your enemy with him in hot pursuit? Or shall there be three days of plague in your land? Now decide what I should tell the one who sent me." -- 2 samuel 24:13 +. +David said to Gad, "I am very upset! I prefer that we be attacked by the Lord, for his mercy is great; I do not want to be attacked by men!" -- 2 samuel 24:14 +. +So the Lord sent a plague through Israel from the morning until the completion of the appointed time. Seventy thousand men died from Dan to Beer Sheba. -- 2 samuel 24:15 +. +When the angel extended his hand to destroy Jerusalem, the Lord relented from his judgment. He told the angel who was killing the people, "That's enough! Stop now!" (Now the Lord's angel was near the threshing floor of Araunah the Jebusite.) -- 2 samuel 24:16 +. +When he saw the angel who was destroying the people, David said to the Lord, "Look, it is I who have sinned and done this evil thing! As for these sheep - what have they done? Attack me and my family." -- 2 samuel 24:17 +. +So Gad went to David that day and told him, "Go up and build an altar for the Lord on the threshing floor of Araunah the Jebusite." -- 2 samuel 24:18 +. +So David went up as Gad instructed him to do, according to the Lord's instructions. -- 2 samuel 24:19 +. +When Araunah looked out and saw the king and his servants approaching him, he went out and bowed to the king with his face to the ground. -- 2 samuel 24:20 +. +Araunah said, "Why has my lord the king come to his servant?" David replied, "To buy from you the threshing floor so I can build an altar for the Lord, so that the plague may be removed from the people." -- 2 samuel 24:21 +. +Araunah told David, "My lord the king may take whatever he wishes and offer it. Look! Here are oxen for burnt offerings, and threshing sledges and harnesses for wood. -- 2 samuel 24:22 +. +I, the servant of my lord the king, give it all to the king!" Araunah also told the king, "May the Lord your God show you favor!" -- 2 samuel 24:23 +. +But the king said to Araunah, "No, I insist on buying it from you! I will not offer to the Lord my God burnt sacrifices that cost me nothing." So David bought the threshing floor and the oxen for fifty pieces of silver. -- 2 samuel 24:24 +. +Then David built an altar for the Lord there and offered burnt sacrifices and peace offerings. And the Lord accepted prayers for the land, and the plague was removed from Israel. -- 2 samuel 24:25 +. +King David was very old; even when they covered him with blankets, he could not get warm. -- 1 kings 1:1 +. +His servants advised him, "A young virgin must be found for our master, the king, to take care of the king's needs and serve as his nurse. She can also sleep with you and keep our master, the king, warm." -- 1 kings 1:2 +. +So they looked through all Israel for a beautiful young woman and found Abishag, a Shunammite, and brought her to the king. -- 1 kings 1:3 +. +The young woman was very beautiful; she became the king's nurse and served him, but the king did not have sexual relations with her. -- 1 kings 1:4 +. +Now Adonijah, son of David and Haggith, was promoting himself, boasting, "I will be king!" He managed to acquire chariots and horsemen, as well as fifty men to serve as his royal guard. -- 1 kings 1:5 +. +(Now his father had never corrected him by saying, "Why do you do such things?" He was also very handsome and had been born right after Absalom.) -- 1 kings 1:6 +. +He collaborated with Joab son of Zeruiah and with Abiathar the priest, and they supported him. -- 1 kings 1:7 +. +But Zadok the priest, Benaiah son of Jehoiada, Nathan the prophet, Shimei, Rei, and David's elite warriors did not ally themselves with Adonijah. -- 1 kings 1:8 +. +Adonijah sacrificed sheep, cattle, and fattened steers at the Stone of Zoheleth near En Rogel. He invited all his brothers, the king's sons, as well as all the men of Judah, the king's servants. -- 1 kings 1:9 +. +But he did not invite Nathan the prophet, Benaiah, the elite warriors, or his brother Solomon. -- 1 kings 1:10 +. +Nathan said to Bathsheba, Solomon's mother, "Has it been reported to you that Haggith's son Adonijah has become king behind our master David's back? -- 1 kings 1:11 +. +Now let me give you some advice as to how you can save your life and your son Solomon's life. -- 1 kings 1:12 +. +Visit King David and say to him, 'My master, O king, did you not solemnly promise your servant, "Surely your son Solomon will be king after me; he will sit on my throne"? So why has Adonijah become king?' -- 1 kings 1:13 +. +While you are still there speaking to the king, I will arrive and verify your report." -- 1 kings 1:14 +. +So Bathsheba visited the king in his private quarters. (The king was very old, and Abishag the Shunammite was serving the king.) -- 1 kings 1:15 +. +Bathsheba bowed down on the floor before the king. The king said, "What do you want?" -- 1 kings 1:16 +. +She replied to him, "My master, you swore an oath to your servant by the Lord your God, 'Solomon your son will be king after me and he will sit on my throne.' -- 1 kings 1:17 +. +But now, look, Adonijah has become king! But you, my master the king, are not even aware of it! -- 1 kings 1:18 +. +He has sacrificed many cattle, steers, and sheep and has invited all the king's sons, Abiathar the priest, and Joab, the commander of the army, but he has not invited your servant Solomon. -- 1 kings 1:19 +. +Now, my master, O king, all Israel is watching anxiously to see who is named to succeed my master the king on the throne. -- 1 kings 1:20 +. +If a decision is not made, when my master the king is buried with his ancestors, my son Solomon and I will be considered state criminals." -- 1 kings 1:21 +. +Just then, while she was still speaking to the king, Nathan the prophet arrived. -- 1 kings 1:22 +. +The king was told, "Nathan the prophet is here." Nathan entered and bowed before the king with his face to the floor. -- 1 kings 1:23 +. +Nathan said, "My master, O king, did you announce, 'Adonijah will be king after me; he will sit on my throne'? -- 1 kings 1:24 +. +For today he has gone down and sacrificed many cattle, steers, and sheep and has invited all the king's sons, the army commanders, and Abiathar the priest. At this moment they are having a feast in his presence, and they have declared, 'Long live King Adonijah!' -- 1 kings 1:25 +. +But he did not invite me - your servant - or Zadok the priest, or Benaiah son of Jehoiada, or your servant Solomon. -- 1 kings 1:26 +. +Has my master the king authorized this without informing your servants who should succeed my master the king on his throne?" -- 1 kings 1:27 +. +King David responded, "Summon Bathsheba!" She came and stood before the king. -- 1 kings 1:28 +. +The king swore an oath: "As certainly as the Lord lives (he who has rescued me from every danger), -- 1 kings 1:29 +. +I will keep today the oath I swore to you by the Lord God of Israel: 'Surely Solomon your son will be king after me; he will sit in my place on my throne.'" -- 1 kings 1:30 +. +Bathsheba bowed down to the king with her face to the floor and said, "May my master, King David, live forever!" -- 1 kings 1:31 +. +King David said, "Summon Zadok the priest, Nathan the prophet, and Benaiah son of Jehoiada." They came before the king, -- 1 kings 1:32 +. +and he told them, "Take your master's servants with you, put my son Solomon on my mule, and lead him down to Gihon. -- 1 kings 1:33 +. +There Zadok the priest and Nathan the prophet will anoint him king over Israel; then blow the trumpet and declare, 'Long live King Solomon!' -- 1 kings 1:34 +. +Then follow him up as he comes and sits on my throne. He will be king in my place; I have decreed that he will be ruler over Israel and Judah." -- 1 kings 1:35 +. +Benaiah son of Jehoiada responded to the king: "So be it! May the Lord God of my master the king confirm it! -- 1 kings 1:36 +. +As the Lord is with my master the king, so may he be with Solomon, and may he make him an even greater king than my master King David!" -- 1 kings 1:37 +. +So Zadok the priest, Nathan the prophet, Benaiah son of Jehoiada, the Kerethites, and the Pelethites went down, put Solomon on King David's mule, and led him to Gihon. -- 1 kings 1:38 +. +Zadok the priest took a horn filled with olive oil from the tent and poured it on Solomon; the trumpet was blown and all the people declared, "Long live King Solomon!" -- 1 kings 1:39 +. +All the people followed him up, playing flutes and celebrating so loudly they made the ground shake. -- 1 kings 1:40 +. +Now Adonijah and all his guests heard the commotion just as they had finished eating. When Joab heard the sound of the trumpet, he asked, "Why is there such a noisy commotion in the city?" -- 1 kings 1:41 +. +As he was still speaking, Jonathan son of Abiathar the priest arrived. Adonijah said, "Come in, for an important man like you must be bringing good news." -- 1 kings 1:42 +. +Jonathan replied to Adonijah: "No! Our master King David has made Solomon king. -- 1 kings 1:43 +. +The king sent with him Zadok the priest, Nathan the prophet, Benaiah son of Jehoiada, the Kerethites, and the Pelethites and they put him on the king's mule. -- 1 kings 1:44 +. +Then Zadok the priest and Nathan the prophet anointed him king in Gihon. They went up from there rejoicing, and the city is in an uproar. That is the sound you hear. -- 1 kings 1:45 +. +Furthermore, Solomon has assumed the royal throne. -- 1 kings 1:46 +. +The king's servants have even come to congratulate our master King David, saying, 'May your God make Solomon more famous than you and make him an even greater king than you!' Then the king leaned on the bed -- 1 kings 1:47 +. +and said this: 'The Lord God of Israel is worthy of praise because today he has placed a successor on my throne and allowed me to see it.'" -- 1 kings 1:48 +. +All of Adonijah's guests panicked; they jumped up and rushed off their separate ways. -- 1 kings 1:49 +. +Adonijah feared Solomon, so he got up and went and grabbed hold of the horns of the altar. -- 1 kings 1:50 +. +Solomon was told, "Look, Adonijah fears you; see, he has taken hold of the horns of the altar, saying, 'May King Solomon solemnly promise me today that he will not kill his servant with the sword.'" -- 1 kings 1:51 +. +Solomon said, "If he is a loyal subject, not a hair of his head will be harmed, but if he is found to be a traitor, he will die." -- 1 kings 1:52 +. +King Solomon sent men to bring him down from the altar. He came and bowed down to King Solomon, and Solomon told him, "Go home." -- 1 kings 1:53 +. +When David was close to death, he told Solomon his son: -- 1 kings 2:1 +. +"I am about to die. Be strong and become a man! -- 1 kings 2:2 +. +Do the job the Lord your God has assigned you by following his instructions and obeying his rules, commandments, regulations, and laws as written in the law of Moses. Then you will succeed in all you do and seek to accomplish, -- 1 kings 2:3 +. +and the Lord will fulfill his promise to me, 'If your descendants watch their step and live faithfully in my presence with all their heart and being, then,' he promised, 'you will not fail to have a successor on the throne of Israel.' -- 1 kings 2:4 +. +"You know what Joab son of Zeruiah did to me - how he murdered two commanders of the Israelite armies, Abner son of Ner and Amasa son of Jether. During peacetime he struck them down like he would in battle; when he shed their blood as if in battle, he stained his own belt and the sandals on his feet. -- 1 kings 2:5 +. +Do to him what you think is appropriate, but don't let him live long and die a peaceful death. -- 1 kings 2:6 +. +"Treat fairly the sons of Barzillai of Gilead and provide for their needs, because they helped me when I had to flee from your brother Absalom. -- 1 kings 2:7 +. +"Note well, you still have to contend with Shimei son of Gera, the Benjaminite from Bahurim, who tried to call down upon me a horrible judgment when I went to Mahanaim. He came down and met me at the Jordan, and I solemnly promised him by the Lord, 'I will not strike you down with the sword.' -- 1 kings 2:8 +. +But now don't treat him as if he were innocent. You are a wise man and you know how to handle him; make sure he has a bloody death." -- 1 kings 2:9 +. +Then David passed away and was buried in the city of David. -- 1 kings 2:10 +. +David reigned over Israel forty years; he reigned in Hebron seven years, and in Jerusalem thirty-three years. -- 1 kings 2:11 +. +Solomon sat on his father David's throne, and his royal authority was firmly solidified. -- 1 kings 2:12 +. +Haggith's son Adonijah visited Bathsheba, Solomon's mother. She asked, "Do you come in peace?" He answered, "Yes." -- 1 kings 2:13 +. +He added, "I have something to say to you." She replied, "Speak." -- 1 kings 2:14 +. +He said, "You know that the kingdom was mine and all Israel considered me king. But then the kingdom was given to my brother, for the Lord decided it should be his. -- 1 kings 2:15 +. +Now I'd like to ask you for just one thing. Please don't refuse me." She said, "Go ahead and ask." -- 1 kings 2:16 +. +He said, "Please ask King Solomon if he would give me Abishag the Shunammite as a wife, for he won't refuse you." -- 1 kings 2:17 +. +Bathsheba replied, "That's fine, I'll speak to the king on your behalf." -- 1 kings 2:18 +. +So Bathsheba visited King Solomon to speak to him on Adonijah's behalf. The king got up to greet her, bowed to her, and then sat on his throne. He ordered a throne to be brought for the king's mother, and she sat at his right hand. -- 1 kings 2:19 +. +She said, "I would like to ask you for just one small favor. Please don't refuse me." He said, "Go ahead and ask, my mother, for I would not refuse you." -- 1 kings 2:20 +. +She said, "Allow Abishag the Shunammite to be given to your brother Adonijah as a wife." -- 1 kings 2:21 +. +King Solomon answered his mother, "Why just request Abishag the Shunammite for him? Since he is my older brother, you should also request the kingdom for him, for Abiathar the priest, and for Joab son of Zeruiah!" -- 1 kings 2:22 +. +King Solomon then swore an oath by the Lord, "May God judge me severely, if Adonijah does not pay for this request with his life! -- 1 kings 2:23 +. +Now, as certainly as the Lord lives (he who made me secure, allowed me to sit on my father David's throne, and established a dynasty for me as he promised), Adonijah will be executed today!" -- 1 kings 2:24 +. +King Solomon then sent Benaiah son of Jehoiada, and he killed Adonijah. -- 1 kings 2:25 +. +The king then told Abiathar the priest, "Go back to your property in Anathoth. You deserve to die, but today I will not kill you because you did carry the ark of the sovereign Lord before my father David and you suffered with my father through all his difficult times." -- 1 kings 2:26 +. +Solomon dismissed Abiathar from his position as priest of the Lord, fulfilling the decree of judgment the Lord made in Shiloh against the family of Eli. -- 1 kings 2:27 +. +When the news reached Joab (for Joab had supported Adonijah, although he had not supported Absalom), he ran to the tent of the Lord and grabbed hold of the horns of the altar. -- 1 kings 2:28 +. +When King Solomon heard that Joab had run to the tent of the Lord and was right there beside the altar, he ordered Benaiah son of Jehoiada, "Go, strike him down." -- 1 kings 2:29 +. +When Benaiah arrived at the tent of the Lord, he said to him, "The king says, 'Come out!'" But he replied, "No, I will die here!" So Benaiah sent word to the king and reported Joab's reply. -- 1 kings 2:30 +. +The king told him, "Do as he said! Strike him down and bury him. Take away from me and from my father's family the guilt of Joab's murderous, bloody deeds. -- 1 kings 2:31 +. +May the Lord punish him for the blood he shed; behind my father David's back he struck down and murdered with the sword two men who were more innocent and morally upright than he - Abner son of Ner, commander of Israel's army, and Amasa son of Jether, commander of Judah's army. -- 1 kings 2:32 +. +May Joab and his descendants be perpetually guilty of their shed blood, but may the Lord give perpetual peace to David, his descendants, his family, and his dynasty." -- 1 kings 2:33 +. +So Benaiah son of Jehoiada went up and executed Joab; he was buried at his home in the wilderness. -- 1 kings 2:34 +. +The king appointed Benaiah son of Jehoiada to take his place at the head of the army, and the king appointed Zadok the priest to take Abiathar's place. -- 1 kings 2:35 +. +Next the king summoned Shimei and told him, "Build yourself a house in Jerusalem and live there - but you may not leave there to go anywhere! -- 1 kings 2:36 +. +If you ever do leave and cross the Kidron Valley, know for sure that you will certainly die! You will be responsible for your own death." -- 1 kings 2:37 +. +Shimei said to the king, "My master the king's proposal is acceptable. Your servant will do as you say." So Shimei lived in Jerusalem for a long time. -- 1 kings 2:38 +. +Three years later two of Shimei's servants ran away to King Achish son of Maacah of Gath. Shimei was told, "Look, your servants are in Gath." -- 1 kings 2:39 +. +So Shimei got up, saddled his donkey, and went to Achish at Gath to find his servants; Shimei went and brought back his servants from Gath. -- 1 kings 2:40 +. +When Solomon was told that Shimei had gone from Jerusalem to Gath and had then returned, -- 1 kings 2:41 +. +the king summoned Shimei and said to him, "You will recall that I made you take an oath by the Lord, and I solemnly warned you, 'If you ever leave and go anywhere, know for sure that you will certainly die.' You said to me, 'The proposal is acceptable; I agree to it.' -- 1 kings 2:42 +. +Why then have you broken the oath you made before the Lord and disobeyed the order I gave you?" -- 1 kings 2:43 +. +Then the king said to Shimei, "You are well aware of the way you mistreated my father David. The Lord will punish you for what you did. -- 1 kings 2:44 +. +But King Solomon will be empowered and David's dynasty will endure permanently before the Lord." -- 1 kings 2:45 +. +The king then gave the order to Benaiah son of Jehoiada who went and executed Shimei. So Solomon took firm control of the kingdom. -- 1 kings 2:46 +. +Solomon made an alliance by marriage with Pharaoh, king of Egypt; he married Pharaoh's daughter. He brought her to the City of David until he could finish building his residence and the temple of the Lord and the wall around Jerusalem. -- 1 kings 3:1 +. +Now the people were offering sacrifices at the high places, because in those days a temple had not yet been built to honor the Lord. -- 1 kings 3:2 +. +Solomon demonstrated his loyalty to the Lord by following the practices of his father David, except that he offered sacrifices and burned incense on the high places. -- 1 kings 3:3 +. +The king went to Gibeon to offer sacrifices, for it had the most prominent of the high places. Solomon would offer up a thousand burnt sacrifices on the altar there. -- 1 kings 3:4 +. +One night in Gibeon the Lord appeared to Solomon in a dream. God said, "Tell me what I should give you." -- 1 kings 3:5 +. +Solomon replied, "You demonstrated great loyalty to your servant, my father David, as he served you faithfully, properly, and sincerely. You have maintained this great loyalty to this day by allowing his son to sit on his throne. -- 1 kings 3:6 +. +Now, O Lord my God, you have made your servant king in my father David's place, even though I am only a young man and am inexperienced. -- 1 kings 3:7 +. +Your servant stands among your chosen people; they are a great nation that is too numerous to count or number. -- 1 kings 3:8 +. +So give your servant a discerning mind so he can make judicial decisions for your people and distinguish right from wrong. Otherwise no one is able to make judicial decisions for this great nation of yours." -- 1 kings 3:9 +. +The Lord was pleased that Solomon made this request. -- 1 kings 3:10 +. +God said to him, "Because you asked for the ability to make wise judicial decisions, and not for long life, or riches, or vengeance on your enemies, -- 1 kings 3:11 +. +I grant your request, and give you a wise and discerning mind superior to that of anyone who has preceded or will succeed you. -- 1 kings 3:12 +. +Furthermore, I am giving you what you did not request - riches and honor so that you will be the greatest king of your generation. -- 1 kings 3:13 +. +If you follow my instructions by obeying my rules and regulations, just as your father David did, then I will grant you long life." -- 1 kings 3:14 +. +Solomon then woke up and realized it was a dream. He went to Jerusalem, stood before the ark of the Lord's covenant, offered up burnt sacrifices, presented peace offerings, and held a feast for all his servants. -- 1 kings 3:15 +. +Then two prostitutes came to the king and stood before him. -- 1 kings 3:16 +. +One of the women said, "My master, this woman and I live in the same house. I had a baby while she was with me in the house. -- 1 kings 3:17 +. +Then three days after I had my baby, this woman also had a baby. We were alone; there was no one else in the house except the two of us. -- 1 kings 3:18 +. +This woman's child suffocated during the night when she rolled on top of him. -- 1 kings 3:19 +. +She got up in the middle of the night and took my son from my side, while your servant was sleeping. She put him in her arms, and put her dead son in my arms. -- 1 kings 3:20 +. +I got up in the morning to nurse my son, and there he was, dead! But when I examined him carefully in the morning, I realized it was not my baby." -- 1 kings 3:21 +. +The other woman said, "No! My son is alive; your son is dead!" But the first woman replied, "No, your son is dead; my son is alive." Each presented her case before the king. -- 1 kings 3:22 +. +The king said, "One says, 'My son is alive; your son is dead,' while the other says, 'No, your son is dead; my son is alive.'" -- 1 kings 3:23 +. +The king ordered, "Get me a sword!" So they placed a sword before the king. -- 1 kings 3:24 +. +The king then said, "Cut the living child in two, and give half to one and half to the other!" -- 1 kings 3:25 +. +The real mother spoke up to the king, for her motherly instincts were aroused. She said, "My master, give her the living child! Whatever you do, don't kill him!" But the other woman said, "Neither one of us will have him! Let them cut him in two!" -- 1 kings 3:26 +. +The king responded, "Give the first woman the living child; don't kill him. She is the mother." -- 1 kings 3:27 +. +When all Israel heard about the judicial decision which the king had rendered, they respected the king, for they realized that he possessed supernatural wisdom to make judicial decisions. -- 1 kings 3:28 +. +King Solomon ruled over all Israel. -- 1 kings 4:1 +. +These were his officials: Azariah son of Zadok was the priest. -- 1 kings 4:2 +. +Elihoreph and Ahijah, the sons of Shisha, wrote down what happened. Jehoshaphat son of Ahilud was in charge of the records. -- 1 kings 4:3 +. +Benaiah son of Jehoiada was commander of the army. Zadok and Abiathar were priests. -- 1 kings 4:4 +. +Azariah son of Nathan was supervisor of the district governors. Zabud son of Nathan was a priest and adviser to the king. -- 1 kings 4:5 +. +Ahishar was supervisor of the palace. Adoniram son of Abda was supervisor of the work crews. -- 1 kings 4:6 +. +Solomon had twelve district governors appointed throughout Israel who acquired supplies for the king and his palace. Each was responsible for one month in the year. -- 1 kings 4:7 +. +These were their names: Ben-Hur was in charge of the hill country of Ephraim. -- 1 kings 4:8 +. +Ben-Deker was in charge of Makaz, Shaalbim, Beth Shemesh, and Elon Beth Hanan. -- 1 kings 4:9 +. +Ben-Hesed was in charge of Arubboth; he controlled Socoh and all the territory of Hepher. -- 1 kings 4:10 +. +Ben-Abinadab was in charge of Naphath Dor. (He was married to Solomon's daughter Taphath.) -- 1 kings 4:11 +. +Baana son of Ahilud was in charge of Taanach and Megiddo, as well as all of Beth Shan next to Zarethan below Jezreel, from Beth Shan to Abel Meholah and on past Jokmeam. -- 1 kings 4:12 +. +Ben-Geber was in charge of Ramoth Gilead; he controlled the tent villages of Jair son of Manasseh in Gilead, as well as the region of Argob in Bashan, including sixty large walled cities with bronze bars locking their gates. -- 1 kings 4:13 +. +Ahinadab son of Iddo was in charge of Mahanaim. -- 1 kings 4:14 +. +Ahimaaz was in charge of Naphtali. (He married Solomon's daughter Basemath.) -- 1 kings 4:15 +. +Baana son of Hushai was in charge of Asher and Aloth. -- 1 kings 4:16 +. +Jehoshaphat son of Paruah was in charge of Issachar. -- 1 kings 4:17 +. +Shimei son of Ela was in charge of Benjamin. -- 1 kings 4:18 +. +Geber son of Uri was in charge of the land of Gilead (the territory which had once belonged to King Sihon of the Amorites and to King Og of Bashan). He was sole governor of the area. -- 1 kings 4:19 +. +The people of Judah and Israel were as innumerable as the sand on the seashore; they had plenty to eat and drink and were happy. -- 1 kings 4:20 +. + Solomon ruled all the kingdoms from the Euphrates River to the land of the Philistines, as far as the border of Egypt. These kingdoms paid tribute as Solomon's subjects throughout his lifetime. -- 1 kings 4:21 +. +Each day Solomon's royal court consumed thirty cors of finely milled flour, sixty cors of cereal, -- 1 kings 4:22 +. +ten calves fattened in the stall, twenty calves from the pasture, and a hundred sheep, not to mention rams, gazelles, deer, and well-fed birds. -- 1 kings 4:23 +. +His royal court was so large because he ruled over all the kingdoms west of the Euphrates River from Tiphsah to Gaza; he was at peace with all his neighbors. -- 1 kings 4:24 +. +All the people of Judah and Israel had security; everyone from Dan to Beer Sheba enjoyed the produce of their vines and fig trees throughout Solomon's lifetime. -- 1 kings 4:25 +. +Solomon had 4,stalls for his chariot horses and 12,000 horses. -- 1 kings 4:26 +. +The district governors acquired supplies for King Solomon and all who ate in his royal palace. Each was responsible for one month in the year; they made sure nothing was lacking. -- 1 kings 4:27 +. +Each one also brought to the assigned location his quota of barley and straw for the various horses. -- 1 kings 4:28 +. +God gave Solomon wisdom and very great discernment; the breadth of his understanding was as infinite as the sand on the seashore. -- 1 kings 4:29 +. +Solomon was wiser than all the men of the east and all the sages of Egypt. -- 1 kings 4:30 +. +He was wiser than any man, including Ethan the Ezrahite or Heman, Calcol, and Darda, the sons of Mahol. He was famous in all the neighboring nations. -- 1 kings 4:31 +. +He composed 3,proverbs and 1,005 songs. -- 1 kings 4:32 +. +He produced manuals on botany, describing every kind of plant, from the cedars of Lebanon to the hyssop that grows on walls. He also produced manuals on biology, describing animals, birds, insects, and fish. -- 1 kings 4:33 +. +People from all nations came to hear Solomon's display of wisdom; they came from all the kings of the earth who heard about his wisdom. -- 1 kings 4:34 +. + King Hiram of Tyre sent messengers to Solomon when he heard that he had been anointed king in his father's place. (Hiram had always been an ally of David.) -- 1 kings 5:1 +. +Solomon then sent this message to Hiram: -- 1 kings 5:2 +. +"You know that my father David was unable to build a temple to honor the Lord his God, for he was busy fighting battles on all fronts while the Lord subdued his enemies. -- 1 kings 5:3 +. +But now the Lord my God has made me secure on all fronts; there is no adversary or dangerous threat. -- 1 kings 5:4 +. +So I have decided to build a temple to honor the Lord my God, as the Lord instructed my father David, 'Your son, whom I will put on your throne in your place, is the one who will build a temple to honor me.' -- 1 kings 5:5 +. +So now order some cedars of Lebanon to be cut for me. My servants will work with your servants. I will pay your servants whatever you say is appropriate, for you know that we have no one among us who knows how to cut down trees like the Sidonians." -- 1 kings 5:6 +. +When Hiram heard Solomon's message, he was very happy. He said, "The Lord is worthy of praise today because he has given David a wise son to rule over this great nation." -- 1 kings 5:7 +. +Hiram then sent this message to Solomon: "I received the message you sent to me. I will give you all the cedars and evergreens you need. -- 1 kings 5:8 +. +My servants will bring the timber down from Lebanon to the sea. I will send it by sea in raft-like bundles to the place you designate. There I will separate the logs and you can carry them away. In exchange you will supply the food I need for my royal court." -- 1 kings 5:9 +. +So Hiram supplied the cedars and evergreens Solomon needed, -- 1 kings 5:10 +. +and Solomon supplied Hiram annually with 20,cors of wheat as provision for his royal court, as well as 20,000 baths of pure olive oil. -- 1 kings 5:11 +. +So the Lord gave Solomon wisdom, as he had promised him. And Hiram and Solomon were at peace and made a treaty. -- 1 kings 5:12 +. +King Solomon conscripted work crews from throughout Israel, 30,men in all. -- 1 kings 5:13 +. +He sent them to Lebanon in shifts of 10,men per month. They worked in Lebanon for one month, and then spent two months at home. Adoniram was supervisor of the work crews. -- 1 kings 5:14 +. +Solomon also had 70,common laborers and 80,000 stonecutters in the hills, -- 1 kings 5:15 +. +besides 3,officials who supervised the workers. -- 1 kings 5:16 +. +By royal order they supplied large valuable stones in order to build the temple's foundation with chiseled stone. -- 1 kings 5:17 +. +Solomon's and Hiram's construction workers, along with men from Byblos, did the chiseling and prepared the wood and stones for the building of the temple. -- 1 kings 5:18 +. +In the four hundred and eightieth year after the Israelites left Egypt, in the fourth year of Solomon's reign over Israel, during the month Ziv (the second month), he began building the Lord's temple. -- 1 kings 6:1 +. +The temple King Solomon built for the Lord was feet long, 30 feet wide, and 45 feet high. -- 1 kings 6:2 +. +The porch in front of the main hall of the temple was feet long, corresponding to the width of the temple. It was 15 feet wide, extending out from the front of the temple. -- 1 kings 6:3 +. +He made framed windows for the temple. -- 1 kings 6:4 +. +He built an extension all around the walls of the temple's main hall and holy place and constructed side rooms in it. -- 1 kings 6:5 +. +The bottom floor of the extension was seven and a half feet wide, the middle floor nine feet wide, and the third floor ten and a half feet wide. He made ledges on the temple's outer walls so the beams would not have to be inserted into the walls. -- 1 kings 6:6 +. +As the temple was being built, only stones shaped at the quarry were used; the sound of hammers, pickaxes, or any other iron tool was not heard at the temple while it was being built. -- 1 kings 6:7 +. +The entrance to the bottom level of side rooms was on the south side of the temple; stairs went up to the middle floor and then on up to the third floor. -- 1 kings 6:8 +. +He finished building the temple and covered it with rafters and boards made of cedar. -- 1 kings 6:9 +. +He built an extension all around the temple; it was seven and a half feet high and it was attached to the temple by cedar beams. -- 1 kings 6:10 +. +The Lord said to Solomon: -- 1 kings 6:11 +. +"As for this temple you are building, if you follow my rules, observe my regulations, and obey all my commandments, I will fulfill through you the promise I made to your father David. -- 1 kings 6:12 +. +I will live among the Israelites and will not abandon my people Israel." -- 1 kings 6:13 +. +So Solomon finished building the temple. -- 1 kings 6:14 +. +He constructed the walls inside the temple with cedar planks; he paneled the inside with wood from the floor of the temple to the rafters of the ceiling. He covered the temple floor with boards made from the wood of evergreens. -- 1 kings 6:15 +. +He built a wall feet in from the rear of the temple as a partition for an inner sanctuary that would be the most holy place. He paneled the wall with cedar planks from the floor to the rafters. -- 1 kings 6:16 +. +The main hall in front of the inner sanctuary was feet long. -- 1 kings 6:17 +. +The inside of the temple was all cedar and was adorned with carvings of round ornaments and of flowers in bloom. Everything was cedar; no stones were visible. -- 1 kings 6:18 +. +He prepared the inner sanctuary inside the temple so that the ark of the covenant of the Lord could be placed there. -- 1 kings 6:19 +. +The inner sanctuary was feet long, 30 feet wide, and 30 feet high. He plated it with gold, as well as the cedar altar. -- 1 kings 6:20 +. +Solomon plated the inside of the temple with gold. He hung golden chains in front of the inner sanctuary and plated the inner sanctuary with gold. -- 1 kings 6:21 +. +He plated the entire inside of the temple with gold, as well as the altar inside the inner sanctuary. -- 1 kings 6:22 +. +In the inner sanctuary he made two cherubs of olive wood; each stood feet high. -- 1 kings 6:23 +. +Each of the first cherub's wings was seven and a half feet long; its entire wingspan was feet. -- 1 kings 6:24 +. +The second cherub also had a wingspan of feet; it was identical to the first in measurements and shape. -- 1 kings 6:25 +. +Each cherub stood feet high. -- 1 kings 6:26 +. +He put the cherubs in the inner sanctuary of the temple. Their wings were spread out. One of the first cherub's wings touched one wall and one of the other cherub's wings touched the opposite wall. The first cherub's other wing touched the second cherub's other wing in the middle of the room. -- 1 kings 6:27 +. +He plated the cherubs with gold. -- 1 kings 6:28 +. +On all the walls around the temple, inside and out, he carved cherubs, palm trees, and flowers in bloom. -- 1 kings 6:29 +. +He plated the floor of the temple with gold, inside and out. -- 1 kings 6:30 +. +He made doors of olive wood at the entrance to the inner sanctuary; the pillar on each doorpost was five-sided. -- 1 kings 6:31 +. +On the two doors made of olive wood he carved cherubs, palm trees, and flowers in bloom, and he plated them with gold. He plated the cherubs and the palm trees with hammered gold. -- 1 kings 6:32 +. +In the same way he made doorposts of olive wood for the entrance to the main hall, only with four-sided pillars. -- 1 kings 6:33 +. +He also made two doors out of wood from evergreens; each door had two folding leaves. -- 1 kings 6:34 +. +He carved cherubs, palm trees, and flowers in bloom and plated them with gold, leveled out over the carvings. -- 1 kings 6:35 +. +He built the inner courtyard with three rows of chiseled stones and a row of cedar beams. -- 1 kings 6:36 +. +In the month Ziv of the fourth year of Solomon's reign the foundation was laid for the Lord's temple. -- 1 kings 6:37 +. +In the eleventh year, in the month Bul (the eighth month) the temple was completed in accordance with all its specifications and blueprints. It took seven years to build. -- 1 kings 6:38 +. +Solomon took thirteen years to build his palace. -- 1 kings 7:1 +. +He named it "The Palace of the Lebanon Forest"; it was feet long, 75 feet wide, and 45 feet high. It had four rows of cedar pillars and cedar beams above the pillars. -- 1 kings 7:2 +. +The roof above the beams supported by the pillars was also made of cedar; there were forty-five beams, fifteen per row. -- 1 kings 7:3 +. +There were three rows of windows arranged in sets of three. -- 1 kings 7:4 +. +All of the entrances were rectangular in shape and they were arranged in sets of three. -- 1 kings 7:5 +. +He made a colonnade feet long and 45 feet wide. There was a porch in front of this and pillars and a roof in front of the porch. -- 1 kings 7:6 +. +He also made a throne room, called "The Hall of Judgment," where he made judicial decisions. It was paneled with cedar from the floor to the rafters. -- 1 kings 7:7 +. +The palace where he lived was constructed in a similar way. He also constructed a palace like this hall for Pharaoh's daughter, whom he had married. -- 1 kings 7:8 +. +All of these were built with the best stones, chiseled to the right size and cut with a saw on all sides, from the foundation to the edge of the roof and from the outside to the great courtyard. -- 1 kings 7:9 +. +The foundation was made of large valuable stones, measuring either feet or 12 feet. -- 1 kings 7:10 +. +Above the foundation the best stones, chiseled to the right size, were used along with cedar. -- 1 kings 7:11 +. +Around the great courtyard were three rows of chiseled stones and one row of cedar beams, like the inner courtyard of the Lord's temple and the hall of the palace. -- 1 kings 7:12 +. +King Solomon sent for Hiram of Tyre. -- 1 kings 7:13 +. +He was the son of a widow from the tribe of Naphtali, and his father was a craftsman in bronze from Tyre. He had the skill and knowledge to make all kinds of works of bronze. He reported to King Solomon and did all the work he was assigned. -- 1 kings 7:14 +. +He fashioned two bronze pillars; each pillar was feet high and 18 feet in circumference. -- 1 kings 7:15 +. +He made two bronze tops for the pillars; each was seven-and-a-half feet high. -- 1 kings 7:16 +. +The latticework on the tops of the pillars was adorned with ornamental wreaths and chains; the top of each pillar had seven groupings of ornaments. -- 1 kings 7:17 +. +When he made the pillars, there were two rows of pomegranate-shaped ornaments around the latticework covering the top of each pillar. -- 1 kings 7:18 +. +The tops of the two pillars in the porch were shaped like lilies and were six feet high. -- 1 kings 7:19 +. +On the top of each pillar, right above the bulge beside the latticework, there were two hundred pomegranate-shaped ornaments arranged in rows all the way around. -- 1 kings 7:20 +. +He set up the pillars on the porch in front of the main hall. He erected one pillar on the right side and called it Jakin; he erected the other pillar on the left side and called it Boaz. -- 1 kings 7:21 +. +The tops of the pillars were shaped like lilies. So the construction of the pillars was completed. -- 1 kings 7:22 +. +He also made the large bronze basin called "The Sea." It measured feet from rim to rim, was circular in shape, and stood seven-and-a-half feet high. Its circumference was 45 feet. -- 1 kings 7:23 +. +Under the rim all the way around it were round ornaments arranged in settings feet long. The ornaments were in two rows and had been cast with "The Sea." -- 1 kings 7:24 +. +"The Sea" stood on top of twelve bulls. Three faced northward, three westward, three southward, and three eastward. "The Sea" was placed on top of them, and they all faced outward. -- 1 kings 7:25 +. +It was four fingers thick and its rim was like that of a cup shaped like a lily blossom. It could hold about 12,gallons. -- 1 kings 7:26 +. +He also made ten bronze movable stands. Each stand was six feet long, six feet wide, and four-and-a-half feet high. -- 1 kings 7:27 +. +The stands were constructed with frames between the joints. -- 1 kings 7:28 +. +On these frames and joints were ornamental lions, bulls, and cherubs. Under the lions and bulls were decorative wreaths. -- 1 kings 7:29 +. +Each stand had four bronze wheels with bronze axles and four supports. Under the basin the supports were fashioned on each side with wreaths. -- 1 kings 7:30 +. +Inside the stand was a round opening that was a foot-and-a-half deep; it had a support that was two and one-quarter feet long. On the edge of the opening were carvings in square frames. -- 1 kings 7:31 +. +The four wheels were under the frames and the crossbars of the axles were connected to the stand. Each wheel was two and one-quarter feet high. -- 1 kings 7:32 +. +The wheels were constructed like chariot wheels; their crossbars, rims, spokes, and hubs were made of cast metal. -- 1 kings 7:33 +. +Each stand had four supports, one per side projecting out from the stand. -- 1 kings 7:34 +. +On top of each stand was a round opening three-quarters of a foot deep; there were also supports and frames on top of the stands. -- 1 kings 7:35 +. +He engraved ornamental cherubs, lions, and palm trees on the plates of the supports and frames wherever there was room, with wreaths all around. -- 1 kings 7:36 +. +He made the ten stands in this way. All of them were cast in one mold and were identical in measurements and shape. -- 1 kings 7:37 +. +He also made ten bronze basins, each of which could hold about gallons. Each basin was six feet in diameter; there was one basin for each stand. -- 1 kings 7:38 +. +He put five basins on the south side of the temple and five on the north side. He put "The Sea" on the south side, in the southeast corner. -- 1 kings 7:39 +. +Hiram also made basins, shovels, and bowls. He finished all the work on the Lord's temple he had been assigned by King Solomon. -- 1 kings 7:40 +. +He made the two pillars, the two bowl-shaped tops of the pillars, the latticework for the bowl-shaped tops of the two pillars, -- 1 kings 7:41 +. +the four hundred pomegranate-shaped ornaments for the latticework of the two pillars (each latticework had two rows of these ornaments at the bowl-shaped top of the pillar), -- 1 kings 7:42 +. +the ten movable stands with their ten basins, -- 1 kings 7:43 +. +the big bronze basin called "The Sea" with its twelve bulls underneath, -- 1 kings 7:44 +. +and the pots, shovels, and bowls. All these items King Solomon assigned Hiram to make for the Lord's temple were made from polished bronze. -- 1 kings 7:45 +. +The king had them cast in earth foundries in the region of the Jordan between Succoth and Zarethan. -- 1 kings 7:46 +. +Solomon left all these items unweighed; there were so many of them they did not weigh the bronze. -- 1 kings 7:47 +. +Solomon also made all these items for the Lord's temple: the gold altar, the gold table on which was kept the Bread of the Presence, -- 1 kings 7:48 +. +the pure gold lampstands at the entrance to the inner sanctuary (five on the right and five on the left), the gold flower-shaped ornaments, lamps, and tongs, -- 1 kings 7:49 +. +the pure gold bowls, trimming shears, basins, pans, and censers, and the gold door sockets for the inner sanctuary (the most holy place) and for the doors of the main hall of the temple. -- 1 kings 7:50 +. +When King Solomon finished constructing the Lord's temple, he put the holy items that belonged to his father David (the silver, gold, and other articles) in the treasuries of the Lord's temple. -- 1 kings 7:51 +. +Then Solomon convened in Jerusalem Israel's elders, all the leaders of the Israelite tribes and families, so they could witness the transferal of the ark of the Lord's covenant from the city of David (that is, Zion). -- 1 kings 8:1 +. +All the men of Israel assembled before King Solomon during the festival in the month Ethanim (the seventh month). -- 1 kings 8:2 +. +When all Israel's elders had arrived, the priests lifted the ark. -- 1 kings 8:3 +. +The priests and Levites carried the ark of the Lord, the tent of meeting, and all the holy items in the tent. -- 1 kings 8:4 +. +Now King Solomon and all the Israelites who had assembled with him went on ahead of the ark and sacrificed more sheep and cattle than could be counted or numbered. -- 1 kings 8:5 +. +The priests brought the ark of the Lord's covenant to its assigned place in the inner sanctuary of the temple, in the most holy place, under the wings of the cherubs. -- 1 kings 8:6 +. +The cherubs' wings extended over the place where the ark sat; the cherubs overshadowed the ark and its poles. -- 1 kings 8:7 +. +The poles were so long their ends were visible from the holy place in front of the inner sanctuary, but they could not be seen from beyond that point. They have remained there to this very day. -- 1 kings 8:8 +. +There was nothing in the ark except the two stone tablets Moses had placed there in Horeb. It was there that the Lord made an agreement with the Israelites after he brought them out of the land of Egypt. -- 1 kings 8:9 +. +Once the priests left the holy place, a cloud filled the Lord's temple. -- 1 kings 8:10 +. +The priests could not carry out their duties because of the cloud; the Lord's glory filled his temple. -- 1 kings 8:11 +. +Then Solomon said, "The Lord has said that he lives in thick darkness. -- 1 kings 8:12 +. +O Lord, truly I have built a lofty temple for you, a place where you can live permanently." -- 1 kings 8:13 +. +Then the king turned around and pronounced a blessing over the whole Israelite assembly as they stood there. -- 1 kings 8:14 +. +He said, "The Lord God of Israel is worthy of praise because he has fulfilled what he promised my father David. -- 1 kings 8:15 +. +He told David, 'Since the day I brought my people Israel out of Egypt, I have not chosen a city from all the tribes of Israel to build a temple in which to live. But I have chosen David to lead my people Israel.' -- 1 kings 8:16 +. +Now my father David had a strong desire to build a temple to honor the Lord God of Israel. -- 1 kings 8:17 +. +The Lord told my father David, 'It is right for you to have a strong desire to build a temple to honor me. -- 1 kings 8:18 +. +But you will not build the temple; your very own son will build the temple for my honor.' -- 1 kings 8:19 +. +The Lord has kept the promise he made. I have taken my father David's place and have occupied the throne of Israel, as the Lord promised. I have built this temple for the honor of the Lord God of Israel -- 1 kings 8:20 +. +and set up in it a place for the ark containing the covenant the Lord made with our ancestors when he brought them out of the land of Egypt." -- 1 kings 8:21 +. +Solomon stood before the altar of the Lord in front of the entire assembly of Israel and spread out his hands toward the sky. -- 1 kings 8:22 +. +He prayed: "O Lord, God of Israel, there is no god like you in heaven above or on earth below! You maintain covenantal loyalty to your servants who obey you with sincerity. -- 1 kings 8:23 +. +You have kept your word to your servant, my father David; this very day you have fulfilled what you promised. -- 1 kings 8:24 +. +Now, O Lord, God of Israel, keep the promise you made to your servant, my father David, when you said, 'You will never fail to have a successor ruling before me on the throne of Israel, provided that your descendants watch their step and serve me as you have done.' -- 1 kings 8:25 +. +Now, O God of Israel, may the promise you made to your servant, my father David, be realized. -- 1 kings 8:26 +. +"God does not really live on the earth! Look, if the sky and the highest heaven cannot contain you, how much less this temple I have built! -- 1 kings 8:27 +. +But respond favorably to your servant's prayer and his request for help, O Lord my God. Answer the desperate prayer your servant is presenting to you today. -- 1 kings 8:28 +. +Night and day may you watch over this temple, the place where you promised you would live. May you answer your servant's prayer for this place. -- 1 kings 8:29 +. +Respond to the request of your servant and your people Israel for this place. Hear from inside your heavenly dwelling place and respond favorably. -- 1 kings 8:30 +. +"When someone is accused of sinning against his neighbor and the latter pronounces a curse on the alleged offender before your altar in this temple, be willing to forgive the accused if the accusation is false. -- 1 kings 8:31 +. +Listen from heaven and make a just decision about your servants' claims. Condemn the guilty party, declare the other innocent, and give both of them what they deserve. -- 1 kings 8:32 +. +"The time will come when your people Israel are defeated by an enemy because they sinned against you. If they come back to you, renew their allegiance to you, and pray for your help in this temple, -- 1 kings 8:33 +. +then listen from heaven, forgive the sin of your people Israel, and bring them back to the land you gave to their ancestors. -- 1 kings 8:34 +. +"The time will come when the skies are shut up tightly and no rain falls because your people sinned against you. When they direct their prayers toward this place, renew their allegiance to you, and turn away from their sin because you punish them, -- 1 kings 8:35 +. +then listen from heaven and forgive the sin of your servants, your people Israel. Certainly you will then teach them the right way to live and send rain on your land that you have given your people to possess. -- 1 kings 8:36 +. +"The time will come when the land suffers from a famine, a plague, blight and disease, or a locust invasion, or when their enemy lays siege to the cities of the land, or when some other type of plague or epidemic occurs. -- 1 kings 8:37 +. +When all your people Israel pray and ask for help, as they acknowledge their pain and spread out their hands toward this temple, -- 1 kings 8:38 +. +then listen from your heavenly dwelling place, forgive their sin, and act favorably toward each one based on your evaluation of his motives. (Indeed you are the only one who can correctly evaluate the motives of all people.) -- 1 kings 8:39 +. +Then they will obey you throughout their lifetimes as they live on the land you gave to our ancestors. -- 1 kings 8:40 +. +"Foreigners, who do not belong to your people Israel, will come from a distant land because of your reputation. -- 1 kings 8:41 +. +When they hear about your great reputation and your ability to accomplish mighty deeds, they will come and direct their prayers toward this temple. -- 1 kings 8:42 +. +Then listen from your heavenly dwelling place and answer all the prayers of the foreigners. Then all the nations of the earth will acknowledge your reputation, obey you like your people Israel do, and recognize that this temple I built belongs to you. -- 1 kings 8:43 +. +"When you direct your people to march out and fight their enemies, and they direct their prayers to the Lord toward his chosen city and this temple I built for your honor, -- 1 kings 8:44 +. +then listen from heaven to their prayers for help and vindicate them. -- 1 kings 8:45 +. +"The time will come when your people will sin against you (for there is no one who is sinless!) and you will be angry with them and deliver them over to their enemies, who will take them as prisoners to their own land, whether far away or close by. -- 1 kings 8:46 +. +When your people come to their senses in the land where they are held prisoner, they will repent and beg for your mercy in the land of their imprisonment, admitting, 'We have sinned and gone astray; we have done evil.' -- 1 kings 8:47 +. +When they return to you with all their heart and being in the land where they are held prisoner, and direct their prayers to you toward the land you gave to their ancestors, your chosen city, and the temple I built for your honor, -- 1 kings 8:48 +. +then listen from your heavenly dwelling place to their prayers for help and vindicate them. -- 1 kings 8:49 +. +Forgive all the rebellious acts of your sinful people and cause their captors to have mercy on them. -- 1 kings 8:50 +. +After all, they are your people and your special possession whom you brought out of Egypt, from the middle of the iron-smelting furnace. -- 1 kings 8:51 +. +"May you be attentive to your servant's and your people Israel's requests for help and may you respond to all their prayers to you. -- 1 kings 8:52 +. +After all, you picked them out of all the nations of the earth to be your special possession, just as you, O sovereign Lord, announced through your servant Moses when you brought our ancestors out of Egypt." -- 1 kings 8:53 +. +When Solomon finished presenting all these prayers and requests to the Lord, he got up from before the altar of the Lord where he had kneeled and spread out his hands toward the sky. -- 1 kings 8:54 +. +When he stood up, he pronounced a blessing over the entire assembly of Israel, saying in a loud voice: -- 1 kings 8:55 +. +"The Lord is worthy of praise because he has made Israel his people secure just as he promised! Not one of all the faithful promises he made through his servant Moses is left unfulfilled! -- 1 kings 8:56 +. +May the Lord our God be with us, as he was with our ancestors. May he not abandon us or leave us. -- 1 kings 8:57 +. +May he make us submissive, so we can follow all his instructions and obey the commandments, rules, and regulations he commanded our ancestors. -- 1 kings 8:58 +. +May the Lord our God be constantly aware of these requests of mine I have presented to him, so that he might vindicate his servant and his people Israel as the need arises. -- 1 kings 8:59 +. +Then all the nations of the earth will recognize that the Lord is the only genuine God. -- 1 kings 8:60 +. +May you demonstrate wholehearted devotion to the Lord our God by following his rules and obeying his commandments, as you are presently doing." -- 1 kings 8:61 +. +The king and all Israel with him were presenting sacrifices to the Lord. -- 1 kings 8:62 +. +Solomon offered as peace offerings to the Lord 22,cattle and 120,000 sheep. Then the king and all the Israelites dedicated the Lord's temple. -- 1 kings 8:63 +. +That day the king consecrated the middle of the courtyard that is in front of the Lord's temple. He offered there burnt sacrifices, grain offerings, and the fat from the peace offerings, because the bronze altar that stood before the Lord was too small to hold all these offerings. -- 1 kings 8:64 +. +At that time Solomon and all Israel with him celebrated a festival before the Lord our God for two entire weeks. This great assembly included people from all over the land, from Lebo Hamath in the north to the Brook of Egypt in the south. -- 1 kings 8:65 +. +On the fifteenth day after the festival started, he dismissed the people. They asked God to empower the king and then went to their homes, happy and content because of all the good the Lord had done for his servant David and his people Israel. -- 1 kings 8:66 +. +After Solomon finished building the Lord's temple, the royal palace, and all the other construction projects he had planned, -- 1 kings 9:1 +. +the Lord appeared to Solomon a second time, in the same way he had appeared to him at Gibeon. -- 1 kings 9:2 +. +The Lord said to him, "I have answered your prayer and your request for help that you made to me. I have consecrated this temple you built by making it my permanent home; I will be constantly present there. -- 1 kings 9:3 +. +You must serve me with integrity and sincerity, just as your father David did. Do everything I commanded and obey my rules and regulations. -- 1 kings 9:4 +. +Then I will allow your dynasty to rule over Israel permanently, just as I promised your father David, 'You will not fail to have a successor on the throne of Israel.' -- 1 kings 9:5 +. +"But if you or your sons ever turn away from me, fail to obey the regulations and rules I instructed you to keep, and decide to serve and worship other gods, -- 1 kings 9:6 +. +then I will remove Israel from the land I have given them, I will abandon this temple I have consecrated with my presence, and Israel will be mocked and ridiculed among all the nations. -- 1 kings 9:7 +. +This temple will become a heap of ruins; everyone who passes by it will be shocked and will hiss out their scorn, saying, 'Why did the Lord do this to this land and this temple?' -- 1 kings 9:8 +. +Others will then answer, 'Because they abandoned the Lord their God, who led their ancestors out of Egypt. They embraced other gods whom they worshiped and served. That is why the Lord has brought all this disaster down on them.'" -- 1 kings 9:9 +. +After twenty years, during which Solomon built the Lord's temple and the royal palace, -- 1 kings 9:10 +. +King Solomon gave King Hiram of Tyre twenty cities in the region of Galilee, because Hiram had supplied Solomon with cedars, evergreens, and all the gold he wanted. -- 1 kings 9:11 +. +When Hiram went out from Tyre to inspect the cities Solomon had given him, he was not pleased with them. -- 1 kings 9:12 +. +Hiram asked, "Why did you give me these cities, my friend?" He called that area the region of Cabul, a name which it has retained to this day. -- 1 kings 9:13 +. +Hiram had sent to the king one hundred twenty talents of gold. -- 1 kings 9:14 +. +Here are the details concerning the work crews King Solomon conscripted to build the Lord's temple, his palace, the terrace, the wall of Jerusalem, and the cities of Hazor, Megiddo, and Gezer. -- 1 kings 9:15 +. +(Pharaoh, king of Egypt, had attacked and captured Gezer. He burned it and killed the Canaanites who lived in the city. He gave it as a wedding present to his daughter, who had married Solomon.) -- 1 kings 9:16 +. +Solomon built up Gezer, lower Beth Horon, -- 1 kings 9:17 +. +Baalath, Tadmor in the wilderness, -- 1 kings 9:18 +. +all the storage cities that belonged to him, and the cities where chariots and horses were kept. He built whatever he wanted in Jerusalem, Lebanon, and throughout his entire kingdom. -- 1 kings 9:19 +. +Now several non-Israelite peoples were left in the land after the conquest of Joshua, including the Amorites, Hittites, Perizzites, Hivites, and Jebusites. -- 1 kings 9:20 +. +Their descendants remained in the land (the Israelites were unable to wipe them out completely). Solomon conscripted them for his work crews, and they continue in that role to this very day. -- 1 kings 9:21 +. +Solomon did not assign Israelites to these work crews; the Israelites served as his soldiers, attendants, officers, charioteers, and commanders of his chariot forces. -- 1 kings 9:22 +. +These men were also in charge of Solomon's work projects; there were a total of men who supervised the workers. -- 1 kings 9:23 +. +Solomon built the terrace as soon as Pharaoh's daughter moved up from the city of David to the palace Solomon built for her. -- 1 kings 9:24 +. +Three times a year Solomon offered burnt offerings and peace offerings on the altar he had built for the Lord, burning incense along with them before the Lord. He made the temple his official worship place. -- 1 kings 9:25 +. +King Solomon also built ships in Ezion Geber, which is located near Elat in the land of Edom, on the shore of the Red Sea. -- 1 kings 9:26 +. +Hiram sent his fleet and some of his sailors, who were well acquainted with the sea, to serve with Solomon's men. -- 1 kings 9:27 +. +They sailed to Ophir, took from there four hundred twenty talents of gold, and then brought them to King Solomon. -- 1 kings 9:28 +. +When the queen of Sheba heard about Solomon, she came to challenge him with difficult questions. -- 1 kings 10:1 +. +She arrived in Jerusalem with a great display of pomp, bringing with her camels carrying spices, a very large quantity of gold, and precious gems. She visited Solomon and discussed with him everything that was on her mind. -- 1 kings 10:2 +. +Solomon answered all her questions; there was no question too complex for the king. -- 1 kings 10:3 +. +When the queen of Sheba saw for herself Solomon's extensive wisdom, the palace he had built, -- 1 kings 10:4 +. +the food in his banquet hall, his servants and attendants, their robes, his cupbearers, and his burnt offerings which he presented in the Lord's temple, she was amazed. -- 1 kings 10:5 +. +She said to the king, "The report I heard in my own country about your wise sayings and insight was true! -- 1 kings 10:6 +. +I did not believe these things until I came and saw them with my own eyes. Indeed, I didn't hear even half the story! Your wisdom and wealth surpass what was reported to me. -- 1 kings 10:7 +. +Your attendants, who stand before you at all times and hear your wise sayings, are truly happy! -- 1 kings 10:8 +. +May the Lord your God be praised because he favored you by placing you on the throne of Israel! Because of the Lord's eternal love for Israel, he made you king so you could make just and right decisions." -- 1 kings 10:9 +. +She gave the king talents of gold, a very large quantity of spices, and precious gems. The quantity of spices the queen of Sheba gave King Solomon has never been matched. -- 1 kings 10:10 +. +(Hiram's fleet, which carried gold from Ophir, also brought from Ophir a very large quantity of fine timber and precious gems. -- 1 kings 10:11 +. +With the timber the king made supports for the Lord's temple and for the royal palace and stringed instruments for the musicians. No one has seen so much of this fine timber to this very day.) -- 1 kings 10:12 +. +King Solomon gave the queen of Sheba everything she requested, besides what he had freely offered her. Then she left and returned to her homeland with her attendants. -- 1 kings 10:13 +. +Solomon received talents of gold per year, -- 1 kings 10:14 +. +besides what he collected from the merchants, traders, Arabian kings, and governors of the land. -- 1 kings 10:15 +. +King Solomon made two hundred large shields of hammered gold; measures of gold were used for each shield. -- 1 kings 10:16 +. +He also made three hundred small shields of hammered gold; three minas of gold were used for each of these shields. The king placed them in the Palace of the Lebanon Forest. -- 1 kings 10:17 +. +The king made a large throne decorated with ivory and overlaid it with pure gold. -- 1 kings 10:18 +. +There were six steps leading up to the throne, and the back of it was rounded on top. The throne had two armrests with a statue of a lion standing on each side. -- 1 kings 10:19 +. +There were twelve statues of lions on the six steps, one lion at each end of each step. There was nothing like it in any other kingdom. -- 1 kings 10:20 +. +All of King Solomon's cups were made of gold, and all the household items in the Palace of the Lebanon Forest were made of pure gold. There were no silver items, for silver was not considered very valuable in Solomon's time. -- 1 kings 10:21 +. +Along with Hiram's fleet, the king had a fleet of large merchant ships that sailed the sea. Once every three years the fleet came into port with cargoes of gold, silver, ivory, apes, and peacocks. -- 1 kings 10:22 +. +King Solomon was wealthier and wiser than any of the kings of the earth. -- 1 kings 10:23 +. +Everyone in the world wanted to visit Solomon to see him display his God-given wisdom. -- 1 kings 10:24 +. +Year after year visitors brought their gifts, which included items of silver, items of gold, clothes, perfume, spices, horses, and mules. -- 1 kings 10:25 +. +Solomon accumulated chariots and horses. He had 1,chariots and 12,000 horses. He kept them in assigned cities and in Jerusalem. -- 1 kings 10:26 +. +The king made silver as plentiful in Jerusalem as stones; cedar was as plentiful as sycamore fig trees are in the lowlands. -- 1 kings 10:27 +. +Solomon acquired his horses from Egypt and from Que; the king's traders purchased them from Que. -- 1 kings 10:28 +. +They paid silver pieces for each chariot from Egypt and 150 silver pieces for each horse. They also sold chariots and horses to all the kings of the Hittites and to the kings of Syria. -- 1 kings 10:29 +. +King Solomon fell in love with many foreign women (besides Pharaoh's daughter), including Moabites, Ammonites, Edomites, Sidonians, and Hittites. -- 1 kings 11:1 +. +They came from nations about which the Lord had warned the Israelites, "You must not establish friendly relations with them! If you do, they will surely shift your allegiance to their gods." But Solomon was irresistibly attracted to them. -- 1 kings 11:2 +. +He had royal wives and 300 concubines; his wives had a powerful influence over him. -- 1 kings 11:3 +. +When Solomon became old, his wives shifted his allegiance to other gods; he was not wholeheartedly devoted to the Lord his God, as his father David had been. -- 1 kings 11:4 +. +Solomon worshiped the Sidonian goddess Astarte and the detestable Ammonite god Milcom. -- 1 kings 11:5 +. +Solomon did evil in the Lord's sight; he did not remain loyal to the Lord, like his father David had. -- 1 kings 11:6 +. +Furthermore, on the hill east of Jerusalem Solomon built a high place for the detestable Moabite god Chemosh and for the detestable Ammonite god Milcom. -- 1 kings 11:7 +. +He built high places for all his foreign wives so they could burn incense and make sacrifices to their gods. -- 1 kings 11:8 +. +The Lord was angry with Solomon because he had shifted his allegiance away from the Lord, the God of Israel, who had appeared to him on two occasions -- 1 kings 11:9 +. +and had warned him about this very thing, so that he would not follow other gods. But he did not obey the Lord's command. -- 1 kings 11:10 +. +So the Lord said to Solomon, "Because you insist on doing these things and have not kept the covenantal rules I gave you, I will surely tear the kingdom away from you and give it to your servant. -- 1 kings 11:11 +. +However, for your father David's sake I will not do this while you are alive. I will tear it away from your son's hand instead. -- 1 kings 11:12 +. +But I will not tear away the entire kingdom; I will leave your son one tribe for my servant David's sake and for the sake of my chosen city Jerusalem." -- 1 kings 11:13 +. +The Lord brought against Solomon an enemy, Hadad the Edomite, a descendant of the Edomite king. -- 1 kings 11:14 +. +During David's campaign against Edom, Joab, the commander of the army, while on a mission to bury the dead, killed every male in Edom. -- 1 kings 11:15 +. +For six months Joab and the entire Israelite army stayed there until they had exterminated every male in Edom. -- 1 kings 11:16 +. +Hadad, who was only a small boy at the time, escaped with some of his father's Edomite servants and headed for Egypt. -- 1 kings 11:17 +. +They went from Midian to Paran; they took some men from Paran and went to Egypt. Pharaoh, king of Egypt, supplied him with a house and food and even assigned him some land. -- 1 kings 11:18 +. +Pharaoh liked Hadad so well he gave him his sister-in-law (Queen Tahpenes' sister) as a wife. -- 1 kings 11:19 +. +Tahpenes' sister gave birth to his son, named Genubath. Tahpenes raised him in Pharaoh's palace; Genubath grew up in Pharaoh's palace among Pharaoh's sons. -- 1 kings 11:20 +. +While in Egypt Hadad heard that David had passed away and that Joab, the commander of the army, was dead. So Hadad asked Pharaoh, "Give me permission to leave so I can return to my homeland." -- 1 kings 11:21 +. +Pharaoh said to him, "What do you lack here that makes you want to go to your homeland?" Hadad replied, "Nothing, but please give me permission to leave." -- 1 kings 11:22 +. +God also brought against Solomon another enemy, Rezon son of Eliada who had run away from his master, King Hadadezer of Zobah. -- 1 kings 11:23 +. +He gathered some men and organized a raiding band. When David tried to kill them, they went to Damascus, where they settled down and gained control of the city. -- 1 kings 11:24 +. +He was Israel's enemy throughout Solomon's reign and, like Hadad, caused trouble. He loathed Israel and ruled over Syria. -- 1 kings 11:25 +. +Jeroboam son of Nebat, one of Solomon's servants, rebelled against the king. He was an Ephraimite from Zeredah whose mother was a widow named Zeruah. -- 1 kings 11:26 +. +This is what prompted him to rebel against the king: Solomon built a terrace and he closed up a gap in the wall of the city of his father David. -- 1 kings 11:27 +. +Jeroboam was a talented man; when Solomon saw that the young man was an accomplished worker, he made him the leader of the work crew from the tribe of Joseph. -- 1 kings 11:28 +. +At that time, when Jeroboam had left Jerusalem, the prophet Ahijah the Shilonite met him on the road; the two of them were alone in the open country. Ahijah was wearing a brand new robe, -- 1 kings 11:29 +. +and he grabbed the robe and tore it into twelve pieces. -- 1 kings 11:30 +. +Then he told Jeroboam, "Take ten pieces, for this is what the Lord God of Israel says: 'Look, I am about to tear the kingdom from Solomon's hand and I will give ten tribes to you. -- 1 kings 11:31 +. +He will retain one tribe, for my servant David's sake and for the sake of Jerusalem, the city I have chosen out of all the tribes of Israel. -- 1 kings 11:32 +. +I am taking the kingdom from him because they have abandoned me and worshiped the Sidonian goddess Astarte, the Moabite god Chemosh, and the Ammonite god Milcom. They have not followed my instructions by doing what I approve and obeying my rules and regulations, like Solomon's father David did. -- 1 kings 11:33 +. +I will not take the whole kingdom from his hand. I will allow him to be ruler for the rest of his life for the sake of my chosen servant David who kept my commandments and rules. -- 1 kings 11:34 +. +I will take the kingdom from the hand of his son and give ten tribes to you. -- 1 kings 11:35 +. +I will leave his son one tribe so my servant David's dynasty may continue to serve me in Jerusalem, the city I have chosen as my home. -- 1 kings 11:36 +. +I will select you; you will rule over all you desire to have and you will be king over Israel. -- 1 kings 11:37 +. +You must obey all I command you to do, follow my instructions, do what I approve, and keep my rules and commandments, like my servant David did. Then I will be with you and establish for you a lasting dynasty, as I did for David; I will give you Israel. -- 1 kings 11:38 +. +I will humiliate David's descendants because of this, but not forever." -- 1 kings 11:39 +. +Solomon tried to kill Jeroboam, but Jeroboam escaped to Egypt and found refuge with King Shishak of Egypt. He stayed in Egypt until Solomon died. -- 1 kings 11:40 +. +The rest of the events of Solomon's reign, including all his accomplishments and his wise decisions, are recorded in the scroll called the Annals of Solomon. -- 1 kings 11:41 +. +Solomon ruled over all Israel from Jerusalem for forty years. -- 1 kings 11:42 +. +Then Solomon passed away and was buried in the city of his father David. His son Rehoboam replaced him as king. -- 1 kings 11:43 +. +Rehoboam traveled to Shechem, for all Israel had gathered in Shechem to make Rehoboam king. -- 1 kings 12:1 +. + When Jeroboam son of Nebat heard the news, he was still in Egypt, where he had fled from King Solomon and had been living ever since. -- 1 kings 12:2 +. +They sent for him, and Jeroboam and the whole Israelite assembly came and spoke to Rehoboam, saying, -- 1 kings 12:3 +. +"Your father made us work too hard. Now if you lighten the demands he made and don't make us work as hard, we will serve you." -- 1 kings 12:4 +. +He said to them, "Go away for three days, then return to me." So the people went away. -- 1 kings 12:5 +. +King Rehoboam consulted with the older advisers who had served his father Solomon when he had been alive. He asked them, "How do you advise me to answer these people?" -- 1 kings 12:6 +. +They said to him, "Today if you show a willingness to help these people and grant their request, they will be your servants from this time forward." -- 1 kings 12:7 +. +But Rehoboam rejected their advice and consulted the young advisers who served him, with whom he had grown up. -- 1 kings 12:8 +. +He asked them, "How do you advise me to respond to these people who said to me, 'Lessen the demands your father placed on us'?" -- 1 kings 12:9 +. +The young advisers with whom Rehoboam had grown up said to him, "Say this to these people who have said to you, 'Your father made us work hard, but now lighten our burden.' Say this to them: 'I am a lot harsher than my father! -- 1 kings 12:10 +. +My father imposed heavy demands on you; I will make them even heavier. My father punished you with ordinary whips; I will punish you with whips that really sting your flesh.'" -- 1 kings 12:11 +. +Jeroboam and all the people reported to Rehoboam on the third day, just as the king had ordered when he said, "Return to me on the third day." -- 1 kings 12:12 +. +The king responded to the people harshly. He rejected the advice of the older men -- 1 kings 12:13 +. +and followed the advice of the younger ones. He said, "My father imposed heavy demands on you; I will make them even heavier. My father punished you with ordinary whips; I will punish you with whips that really sting your flesh." -- 1 kings 12:14 +. +The king refused to listen to the people, because the Lord was instigating this turn of events so that he might bring to pass the prophetic announcement he had made through Ahijah the Shilonite to Jeroboam son of Nebat. -- 1 kings 12:15 +. +When all Israel saw that the king refused to listen to them, the people answered the king, "We have no portion in David, no share in the son of Jesse! Return to your homes, O Israel! Now, look after your own dynasty, O David!" So Israel returned to their homes. -- 1 kings 12:16 +. +(Rehoboam continued to rule over the Israelites who lived in the cities of Judah.) -- 1 kings 12:17 +. +King Rehoboam sent Adoniram, the supervisor of the work crews, out after them, but all Israel stoned him to death. King Rehoboam managed to jump into his chariot and escape to Jerusalem. -- 1 kings 12:18 +. +So Israel has been in rebellion against the Davidic dynasty to this very day. -- 1 kings 12:19 +. +When all Israel heard that Jeroboam had returned, they summoned him to the assembly and made him king over all Israel. No one except the tribe of Judah remained loyal to the Davidic dynasty. -- 1 kings 12:20 +. +When Rehoboam arrived in Jerusalem, he summoned 180,skilled warriors from all of Judah and the tribe of Benjamin to attack Israel and restore the kingdom to Rehoboam son of Solomon. -- 1 kings 12:21 +. +But God told Shemaiah the prophet, -- 1 kings 12:22 +. +"Say this to King Rehoboam son of Solomon of Judah, and to all Judah and Benjamin, as well as the rest of the people, -- 1 kings 12:23 +. +'The Lord says this: "Do not attack and make war with your brothers, the Israelites. Each of you go home, for I have caused this to happen."'" They obeyed the Lord and went home as the Lord had ordered them to do. -- 1 kings 12:24 +. +Jeroboam built up Shechem in the Ephraimite hill country and lived there. From there he went out and built up Penuel. -- 1 kings 12:25 +. +Jeroboam then thought to himself: "Now the Davidic dynasty could regain the kingdom. -- 1 kings 12:26 +. +If these people go up to offer sacrifices in the Lord's temple in Jerusalem, their loyalty could shift to their former master, King Rehoboam of Judah. They might kill me and return to King Rehoboam of Judah." -- 1 kings 12:27 +. +After the king had consulted with his advisers, he made two golden calves. Then he said to the people, "It is too much trouble for you to go up to Jerusalem. Look, Israel, here are your gods who brought you up from the land of Egypt." -- 1 kings 12:28 +. +He put one in Bethel and the other in Dan. -- 1 kings 12:29 +. +This caused Israel to sin; the people went to Bethel and Dan to worship the calves. -- 1 kings 12:30 +. +He built temples on the high places and appointed as priests people who were not Levites. -- 1 kings 12:31 +. +Jeroboam inaugurated a festival on the fifteenth day of the eighth month, like the festival celebrated in Judah. On the altar in Bethel he offered sacrifices to the calves he had made. In Bethel he also appointed priests for the high places he had made. -- 1 kings 12:32 +. +On the fifteenth day of the eighth month (a date he had arbitrarily chosen) Jeroboam offered sacrifices on the altar he had made in Bethel. He inaugurated a festival for the Israelites and went up to the altar to offer sacrifices. -- 1 kings 12:33 +. +Just then a prophet from Judah, sent by the Lord, arrived in Bethel, as Jeroboam was standing near the altar ready to offer a sacrifice. -- 1 kings 13:1 +. +With the authority of the Lord he cried out against the altar, "O altar, altar! This is what the Lord says, 'Look, a son named Josiah will be born to the Davidic dynasty. He will sacrifice on you the priests of the high places who offer sacrifices on you. Human bones will be burned on you.'" -- 1 kings 13:2 +. +That day he also announced a sign, "This is the sign the Lord has predetermined: The altar will be split open and the ashes on it will fall to the ground." -- 1 kings 13:3 +. +When the king heard what the prophet cried out against the altar in Bethel, Jeroboam, standing at the altar, extended his hand and ordered, "Seize him!" The hand he had extended shriveled up and he could not pull it back. -- 1 kings 13:4 +. +The altar split open and the ashes fell from the altar to the ground, in fulfillment of the sign the prophet had announced with the Lord's authority. -- 1 kings 13:5 +. +The king pled with the prophet, "Seek the favor of the Lord your God and pray for me, so that my hand may be restored." So the prophet sought the Lord's favor and the king's hand was restored to its former condition. -- 1 kings 13:6 +. +The king then said to the prophet, "Come home with me and have something to eat. I'd like to give a present." -- 1 kings 13:7 +. +But the prophet said to the king, "Even if you were to give me half your possessions, I could not go with you and eat and drink in this place. -- 1 kings 13:8 +. +For the Lord gave me strict orders, 'Do not eat or drink there and do not go home the way you came.'" -- 1 kings 13:9 +. +So he started back on another road; he did not travel back on the same road he had taken to Bethel. -- 1 kings 13:10 +. +Now there was an old prophet living in Bethel. When his sons came home, they told their father everything the prophet had done in Bethel that day and all the words he had spoken to the king. -- 1 kings 13:11 +. +Their father asked them, "Which road did he take?" His sons showed him the road the prophet from Judah had taken. -- 1 kings 13:12 +. +He then told his sons, "Saddle the donkey for me." When they had saddled the donkey for him, he mounted it -- 1 kings 13:13 +. +and took off after the prophet, whom he found sitting under an oak tree. He asked him, "Are you the prophet from Judah?" He answered, "Yes, I am." -- 1 kings 13:14 +. +He then said to him, "Come home with me and eat something." -- 1 kings 13:15 +. +But he replied, "I can't go back with you or eat and drink with you in this place. -- 1 kings 13:16 +. +For the Lord gave me strict orders, 'Do not eat or drink there; do not go back the way you came.'" -- 1 kings 13:17 +. +The old prophet then said, "I too am a prophet like you. An angel told me with the Lord's authority, 'Bring him back with you to your house so he can eat and drink.'" But he was lying to him. -- 1 kings 13:18 +. +So the prophet went back with him and ate and drank in his house. -- 1 kings 13:19 +. +While they were sitting at the table, the Lord spoke through the old prophet -- 1 kings 13:20 +. +and he cried out to the prophet from Judah, "This is what the Lord says, 'You have rebelled against the Lord and have not obeyed the command the Lord your God gave you. -- 1 kings 13:21 +. +You went back and ate and drank in this place, even though he said to you, "Do not eat or drink there." Therefore your corpse will not be buried in your ancestral tomb.'" -- 1 kings 13:22 +. +When the prophet from Judah finished his meal, the old prophet saddled his visitor's donkey for him. -- 1 kings 13:23 +. +As the prophet from Judah was traveling, a lion attacked him on the road and killed him. His corpse was lying on the road, and the donkey and the lion just stood there beside it. -- 1 kings 13:24 +. +Some men came by and saw the corpse lying in the road with the lion standing beside it. They went and reported what they had seen in the city where the old prophet lived. -- 1 kings 13:25 +. +When the old prophet who had invited him to his house heard the news, he said, "It is the prophet who rebelled against the Lord. The Lord delivered him over to the lion and it ripped him up and killed him, just as the Lord warned him." -- 1 kings 13:26 +. +He told his sons, "Saddle my donkey," and they did so. -- 1 kings 13:27 +. +He went and found the corpse lying in the road with the donkey and the lion standing beside it; the lion had neither eaten the corpse nor attacked the donkey. -- 1 kings 13:28 +. +The old prophet picked up the corpse of the prophet, put it on the donkey, and brought it back. The old prophet then entered the city to mourn him and to bury him. -- 1 kings 13:29 +. +He put the corpse into his own tomb, and they mourned over him, saying, "Ah, my brother!" -- 1 kings 13:30 +. +After he buried him, he said to his sons, "When I die, bury me in the tomb where the prophet is buried; put my bones right beside his bones, -- 1 kings 13:31 +. +for the prophecy he announced with the Lord's authority against the altar in Bethel and against all the temples on the high places in the cities of the north will certainly be fulfilled." -- 1 kings 13:32 +. +After this happened, Jeroboam still did not change his evil ways; he continued to appoint common people as priests at the high places. Anyone who wanted the job he consecrated as a priest. -- 1 kings 13:33 +. +This sin caused Jeroboam's dynasty to come to an end and to be destroyed from the face of the earth. -- 1 kings 13:34 +. +At that time Jeroboam's son Abijah became sick. -- 1 kings 14:1 +. +Jeroboam told his wife, "Disguise yourself so that people cannot recognize you are Jeroboam's wife. Then go to Shiloh; Ahijah the prophet, who told me I would rule over this nation, lives there. -- 1 kings 14:2 +. +Take ten loaves of bread, some small cakes, and a container of honey and visit him. He will tell you what will happen to the boy." -- 1 kings 14:3 +. +Jeroboam's wife did as she was told. She went to Shiloh and visited Ahijah. Now Ahijah could not see; he had lost his eyesight in his old age. -- 1 kings 14:4 +. +But the Lord had told Ahijah, "Look, Jeroboam's wife is coming to find out from you what will happen to her son, for he is sick. Tell her so-and-so. When she comes, she will be in a disguise." -- 1 kings 14:5 +. +When Ahijah heard the sound of her footsteps as she came through the door, he said, "Come on in, wife of Jeroboam! Why are you pretending to be someone else? I have been commissioned to give you bad news. -- 1 kings 14:6 +. +Go, tell Jeroboam, 'This is what the Lord God of Israel says: "I raised you up from among the people and made you ruler over my people Israel. -- 1 kings 14:7 +. +I tore the kingdom away from the Davidic dynasty and gave it to you. But you are not like my servant David, who kept my commandments and followed me wholeheartedly by doing only what I approve. -- 1 kings 14:8 +. +You have sinned more than all who came before you. You went and angered me by making other gods, formed out of metal; you have completely disregarded me. -- 1 kings 14:9 +. +So I am ready to bring disaster on the dynasty of Jeroboam. I will cut off every last male belonging to Jeroboam in Israel, including even the weak and incapacitated. I will burn up the dynasty of Jeroboam, just as one burns manure until it is completely consumed. -- 1 kings 14:10 +. +Dogs will eat the members of your family who die in the city, and the birds of the sky will eat the ones who die in the country."' Indeed, the Lord has announced it! -- 1 kings 14:11 +. +"As for you, get up and go home. When you set foot in the city, the boy will die. -- 1 kings 14:12 +. +All Israel will mourn him and bury him. He is the only one in Jeroboam's family who will receive a decent burial, for he is the only one in whom the Lord God of Israel found anything good. -- 1 kings 14:13 +. +The Lord will raise up a king over Israel who will cut off Jeroboam's dynasty. It is ready to happen! -- 1 kings 14:14 +. +The Lord will attack Israel, making it like a reed that sways in the water. He will remove Israel from this good land he gave to their ancestors and scatter them beyond the Euphrates River, because they angered the Lord by making Asherah poles. -- 1 kings 14:15 +. +He will hand Israel over to their enemies because of the sins which Jeroboam committed and which he made Israel commit." -- 1 kings 14:16 +. +So Jeroboam's wife got up and went back to Tirzah. As she crossed the threshold of the house, the boy died. -- 1 kings 14:17 +. +All Israel buried him and mourned for him, just as the Lord had predicted through his servant the prophet Ahijah. -- 1 kings 14:18 +. +The rest of the events of Jeroboam's reign, including the details of his battles and rule, are recorded in the scroll called the Annals of the Kings of Israel. -- 1 kings 14:19 +. +Jeroboam ruled for twenty-two years; then he passed away. His son Nadab replaced him as king. -- 1 kings 14:20 +. +Now Rehoboam son of Solomon ruled in Judah. He was forty-one years old when he became king and he ruled for seventeen years in Jerusalem, the city the Lord chose from all the tribes of Israel to be his home. His mother was an Ammonite woman named Naamah. -- 1 kings 14:21 +. +Judah did evil in the sight of the Lord. They made him more jealous by their sins than their ancestors had done. -- 1 kings 14:22 +. +They even built for themselves high places, sacred pillars, and Asherah poles on every high hill and under every green tree. -- 1 kings 14:23 +. +There were also male cultic prostitutes in the land. They committed the same horrible sins as the nations that the Lord had driven out from before the Israelites. -- 1 kings 14:24 +. +In King Rehoboam's fifth year, King Shishak of Egypt attacked Jerusalem. -- 1 kings 14:25 +. +He took away the treasures of the Lord's temple and of the royal palace; he took everything, including all the golden shields that Solomon had made. -- 1 kings 14:26 +. +King Rehoboam made bronze shields to replace them and assigned them to the officers of the royal guard who protected the entrance to the royal palace. -- 1 kings 14:27 +. +Whenever the king visited the Lord's temple, the royal guard carried them and then brought them back to the guardroom. -- 1 kings 14:28 +. +The rest of the events of Rehoboam's reign, including his accomplishments, are recorded in the scroll called the Annals of the Kings of Judah. -- 1 kings 14:29 +. +Rehoboam and Jeroboam were continually at war with each other. -- 1 kings 14:30 +. +Rehoboam passed away and was buried with his ancestors in the city of David. His mother was an Ammonite named Naamah. His son Abijah replaced him as king. -- 1 kings 14:31 +. +In the eighteenth year of the reign of Jeroboam son of Nebat, Abijah became king over Judah. -- 1 kings 15:1 +. +He ruled for three years in Jerusalem. His mother was Maacah, the daughter of Abishalom. -- 1 kings 15:2 +. +He followed all the sinful practices of his father before him. He was not wholeheartedly devoted to the Lord his God, as his ancestor David had been. -- 1 kings 15:3 +. +Nevertheless for David's sake the Lord his God maintained his dynasty in Jerusalem by giving him a son to succeed him and by protecting Jerusalem. -- 1 kings 15:4 +. +He did this because David had done what he approved and had not disregarded any of his commandments his entire lifetime, except for the incident involving Uriah the Hittite. -- 1 kings 15:5 +. +Rehoboam and Jeroboam were continually at war with each other throughout Abijah's lifetime. -- 1 kings 15:6 +. +The rest of the events of Abijah's reign, including all his accomplishments, are recorded in the scroll called the Annals of the Kings of Judah. Abijah and Jeroboam had been at war with each other. -- 1 kings 15:7 +. +Abijah passed away and was buried in the city of David. His son Asa replaced him as king. -- 1 kings 15:8 +. +In the twentieth year of Jeroboam's reign over Israel, Asa became the king of Judah. -- 1 kings 15:9 +. +He ruled for forty-one years in Jerusalem. His grandmother was Maacah daughter of Abishalom. -- 1 kings 15:10 +. +Asa did what the Lord approved like his ancestor David had done. -- 1 kings 15:11 +. +He removed the male cultic prostitutes from the land and got rid of all the disgusting idols his ancestors had made. -- 1 kings 15:12 +. +He also removed Maacah his grandmother from her position as queen because she had made a loathsome Asherah pole. Asa cut down her Asherah pole and burned it in the Kidron Valley. -- 1 kings 15:13 +. +The high places were not eliminated, yet Asa was wholeheartedly devoted to the Lord throughout his lifetime. -- 1 kings 15:14 +. +He brought the holy items that he and his father had made into the Lord's temple, including the silver, gold, and other articles. -- 1 kings 15:15 +. +Now Asa and King Baasha of Israel were continually at war with each other. -- 1 kings 15:16 +. +King Baasha of Israel attacked Judah and established Ramah as a military outpost to prevent anyone from leaving or entering the land of King Asa of Judah. -- 1 kings 15:17 +. +Asa took all the silver and gold that was left in the treasuries of the Lord's temple and of the royal palace and handed it to his servants. He then told them to deliver it to Ben Hadad son of Tabrimmon, the son of Hezion, king of Syria, ruler in Damascus, along with this message: -- 1 kings 15:18 +. +"I want to make a treaty with you, like the one our fathers made. See, I have sent you silver and gold as a present. Break your treaty with King Baasha of Israel, so he will retreat from my land." -- 1 kings 15:19 +. +Ben Hadad accepted King Asa's offer and ordered his army commanders to attack the cities of Israel. They conquered Ijon, Dan, Abel Beth Maacah, and all the territory of Naphtali, including the region of Kinnereth. -- 1 kings 15:20 +. +When Baasha heard the news, he stopped fortifying Ramah and settled down in Tirzah. -- 1 kings 15:21 +. +King Asa ordered all the men of Judah (no exemptions were granted) to carry away the stones and wood that Baasha had used to build Ramah. King Asa used the materials to build up Geba (in Benjamin) and Mizpah. -- 1 kings 15:22 +. +The rest of the events of Asa's reign, including all his successes and accomplishments, as well as a record of the cities he built, are recorded in the scroll called the Annals of the Kings of Judah. Yet when he was very old he developed a foot disease. -- 1 kings 15:23 +. +Asa passed away and was buried with his ancestors in the city of his ancestor David. His son Jehoshaphat replaced him as king. -- 1 kings 15:24 +. +In the second year of Asa's reign over Judah, Jeroboam's son Nadab became the king of Israel; he ruled Israel for two years. -- 1 kings 15:25 +. +He did evil in the sight of the Lord. He followed in his father's footsteps and encouraged Israel to sin. -- 1 kings 15:26 +. +Baasha son of Ahijah, from the tribe of Issachar, conspired against Nadab and assassinated him in Gibbethon, which was in Philistine territory. This happened while Nadab and all the Israelite army were besieging Gibbethon. -- 1 kings 15:27 +. +Baasha killed him in the third year of Asa's reign over Judah and replaced him as king. -- 1 kings 15:28 +. +When he became king, he executed Jeroboam's entire family. He wiped out everyone who breathed, just as the Lord had predicted through his servant Ahijah the Shilonite. -- 1 kings 15:29 +. +This happened because of the sins which Jeroboam committed and which he made Israel commit. These sins angered the Lord God of Israel. -- 1 kings 15:30 +. +The rest of the events of Nadab's reign, including all his accomplishments, are recorded in the scroll called the Annals of the Kings of Israel. -- 1 kings 15:31 +. +Asa and King Nadab of Israel were continually at war with each other. -- 1 kings 15:32 +. +In the third year of Asa's reign over Judah, Baasha son of Ahijah became king over all Israel in Tirzah; he ruled for twenty-four years. -- 1 kings 15:33 +. +He did evil in the sight of the Lord; he followed in Jeroboam's footsteps and encouraged Israel to sin. -- 1 kings 15:34 +. +Jehu son of Hanani received from the Lord this message predicting Baasha's downfall: -- 1 kings 16:1 +. +"I raised you up from the dust and made you ruler over my people Israel. Yet you followed in Jeroboam's footsteps and encouraged my people Israel to sin; their sins have made me angry. -- 1 kings 16:2 +. +So I am ready to burn up Baasha and his family, and make your family like the family of Jeroboam son of Nebat. -- 1 kings 16:3 +. +Dogs will eat the members of Baasha's family who die in the city, and the birds of the sky will eat the ones who die in the country." -- 1 kings 16:4 +. +The rest of the events of Baasha's reign, including his accomplishments and successes, are recorded in the scroll called the Annals of the Kings of Israel. -- 1 kings 16:5 +. +Baasha passed away and was buried in Tirzah. His son Elah replaced him as king. -- 1 kings 16:6 +. +The prophet Jehu son of Hanani received from the Lord the message predicting the downfall of Baasha and his family because of all the evil Baasha had done in the sight of the Lord. His actions angered the Lord (including the way he had destroyed Jeroboam's dynasty), so that his family ended up like Jeroboam's. -- 1 kings 16:7 +. +In the twenty-sixth year of King Asa's reign over Judah, Baasha's son Elah became king over Israel; he ruled in Tirzah for two years. -- 1 kings 16:8 +. +His servant Zimri, a commander of half of his chariot force, conspired against him. While Elah was drinking heavily at the house of Arza, who supervised the palace in Tirzah, -- 1 kings 16:9 +. +Zimri came in and struck him dead. (This happened in the twenty-seventh year of Asa's reign over Judah.) Zimri replaced Elah as king. -- 1 kings 16:10 +. +When he became king and occupied the throne, he killed Baasha's entire family. He did not spare any male belonging to him; he killed his relatives and his friends. -- 1 kings 16:11 +. +Zimri destroyed Baasha's entire family, just as the Lord had predicted to Baasha through Jehu the prophet. -- 1 kings 16:12 +. +This happened because of all the sins which Baasha and his son Elah committed and which they made Israel commit. They angered the Lord God of Israel with their worthless idols. -- 1 kings 16:13 +. +The rest of the events of Elah's reign, including all his accomplishments, are recorded in the scroll called the Annals of the Kings of Israel. -- 1 kings 16:14 +. +In the twenty-seventh year of Asa's reign over Judah, Zimri became king over Israel; he ruled for seven days in Tirzah. Zimri's revolt took place while the army was deployed in Gibbethon, which was in Philistine territory. -- 1 kings 16:15 +. +While deployed there, the army received this report: "Zimri has conspired against the king and assassinated him." So all Israel made Omri, the commander of the army, king over Israel that very day in the camp. -- 1 kings 16:16 +. +Omri and all Israel went up from Gibbethon and besieged Tirzah. -- 1 kings 16:17 +. +When Zimri saw that the city was captured, he went into the fortified area of the royal palace. He set the palace on fire and died in the flames. -- 1 kings 16:18 +. +This happened because of the sins he committed. He did evil in the sight of the Lord and followed in Jeroboam's footsteps and encouraged Israel to continue sinning. -- 1 kings 16:19 +. +The rest of the events of Zimri's reign, including the details of his revolt, are recorded in the scroll called the Annals of the Kings of Israel. -- 1 kings 16:20 +. +At that time the people of Israel were divided in their loyalties. Half the people supported Tibni son of Ginath and wanted to make him king; the other half supported Omri. -- 1 kings 16:21 +. +Omri's supporters were stronger than those who supported Tibni son of Ginath. Tibni died; Omri became king. -- 1 kings 16:22 +. +In the thirty-first year of Asa's reign over Judah, Omri became king over Israel. He ruled for twelve years, six of them in Tirzah. -- 1 kings 16:23 +. +He purchased the hill of Samaria from Shemer for two talents of silver. He launched a construction project there and named the city he built after Shemer, the former owner of the hill of Samaria. -- 1 kings 16:24 +. +Omri did more evil in the sight of the Lord than all who were before him. -- 1 kings 16:25 +. +He followed in the footsteps of Jeroboam son of Nebat and encouraged Israel to sin; they angered the Lord God of Israel with their worthless idols. -- 1 kings 16:26 +. +The rest of the events of Omri's reign, including his accomplishments and successes, are recorded in the scroll called the Annals of the Kings of Israel. -- 1 kings 16:27 +. +Omri passed away and was buried in Samaria. His son Ahab replaced him as king. -- 1 kings 16:28 +. +In the thirty-eighth year of Asa's reign over Judah, Omri's son Ahab became king over Israel. Ahab son of Omri ruled over Israel for twenty-two years in Samaria. -- 1 kings 16:29 +. +Ahab son of Omri did more evil in the sight of the Lord than all who were before him. -- 1 kings 16:30 +. +As if following in the sinful footsteps of Jeroboam son of Nebat were not bad enough, he married Jezebel the daughter of King Ethbaal of the Sidonians. Then he worshiped and bowed to Baal. -- 1 kings 16:31 +. +He set up an altar for Baal in the temple of Baal he had built in Samaria. -- 1 kings 16:32 +. +Ahab also made an Asherah pole; he did more to anger the Lord God of Israel than all the kings of Israel who were before him. -- 1 kings 16:33 +. +During Ahab's reign, Hiel the Bethelite rebuilt Jericho. Abiram, his firstborn son, died when he laid the foundation; Segub, his youngest son, died when he erected its gates, just as the Lord had warned through Joshua son of Nun. -- 1 kings 16:34 +. +Elijah the Tishbite, from Tishbe in Gilead, said to Ahab, "As certainly as the Lord God of Israel lives (whom I serve), there will be no dew or rain in the years ahead unless I give the command." -- 1 kings 17:1 +. +The Lord told him: -- 1 kings 17:2 +. +"Leave here and travel eastward. Hide out in the Kerith Valley near the Jordan. -- 1 kings 17:3 +. +Drink from the stream; I have already told the ravens to bring you food there." -- 1 kings 17:4 +. +So he did as the Lord told him; he went and lived in the Kerith Valley near the Jordan. -- 1 kings 17:5 +. +The ravens would bring him bread and meat each morning and evening, and he would drink from the stream. -- 1 kings 17:6 +. +After a while, the stream dried up because there had been no rain in the land. -- 1 kings 17:7 +. +The Lord told him, -- 1 kings 17:8 +. +"Get up, go to Zarephath in Sidonian territory, and live there. I have already told a widow who lives there to provide for you." -- 1 kings 17:9 +. +So he got up and went to Zarephath. When he went through the city gate, there was a widow gathering wood. He called out to her, "Please give me a cup of water, so I can take a drink." -- 1 kings 17:10 +. +As she went to get it, he called out to her, "Please bring me a piece of bread." -- 1 kings 17:11 +. +She said, "As certainly as the Lord your God lives, I have no food, except for a handful of flour in a jar and a little olive oil in a jug. Right now I am gathering a couple of sticks for a fire. Then I'm going home to make one final meal for my son and myself. After we have eaten that, we will die of starvation." -- 1 kings 17:12 +. +Elijah said to her, "Don't be afraid. Go and do as you planned. But first make a small cake for me and bring it to me; then make something for yourself and your son. -- 1 kings 17:13 +. +For this is what the Lord God of Israel says, 'The jar of flour will not be empty and the jug of oil will not run out until the day the Lord makes it rain on the surface of the ground.'" -- 1 kings 17:14 +. +She went and did as Elijah told her; there was always enough food for Elijah and for her and her family. -- 1 kings 17:15 +. +The jar of flour was never empty and the jug of oil never ran out, just as the Lord had promised through Elijah. -- 1 kings 17:16 +. +After this the son of the woman who owned the house got sick. His illness was so severe he could no longer breathe. -- 1 kings 17:17 +. +She asked Elijah, "Why, prophet, have you come to me to confront me with my sin and kill my son?" -- 1 kings 17:18 +. +He said to her, "Hand me your son." He took him from her arms, carried him to the upper room where he was staying, and laid him down on his bed. -- 1 kings 17:19 +. +Then he called out to the Lord, "O Lord, my God, are you also bringing disaster on this widow I am staying with by killing her son?" -- 1 kings 17:20 +. +He stretched out over the boy three times and called out to the Lord, "O Lord, my God, please let this boy's breath return to him." -- 1 kings 17:21 +. +The Lord answered Elijah's prayer; the boy's breath returned to him and he lived. -- 1 kings 17:22 +. +Elijah took the boy, brought him down from the upper room to the house, and handed him to his mother. Elijah then said, "See, your son is alive!" -- 1 kings 17:23 +. +The woman said to Elijah, "Now I know that you are a prophet and that the Lord really does speak through you." -- 1 kings 17:24 +. +Some time later, in the third year of the famine, the Lord told Elijah, "Go, make an appearance before Ahab, so I may send rain on the surface of the ground." -- 1 kings 18:1 +. +So Elijah went to make an appearance before Ahab. Now the famine was severe in Samaria. -- 1 kings 18:2 +. +So Ahab summoned Obadiah, who supervised the palace. (Now Obadiah was a very loyal follower of the Lord. -- 1 kings 18:3 +. +When Jezebel was killing the Lord's prophets, Obadiah took one hundred prophets and hid them in two caves in two groups of fifty. He also brought them food and water.) -- 1 kings 18:4 +. +Ahab told Obadiah, "Go through the land to all the springs and valleys. Maybe we can find some grazing areas so we can keep the horses and mules alive and not have to kill some of the animals." -- 1 kings 18:5 +. +They divided up the land between them; Ahab went one way and Obadiah went the other. -- 1 kings 18:6 +. +As Obadiah was traveling along, Elijah met him. When he recognized him, he fell facedown to the ground and said, "Is it really you, my master, Elijah?" -- 1 kings 18:7 +. +He replied, "Yes, go and say to your master, 'Elijah is back.'" -- 1 kings 18:8 +. +Obadiah said, "What sin have I committed that you are ready to hand your servant over to Ahab for execution? -- 1 kings 18:9 +. +As certainly as the Lord your God lives, my master has sent to every nation and kingdom in an effort to find you. When they say, 'He's not here,' he makes them swear an oath that they could not find you. -- 1 kings 18:10 +. +Now you say, 'Go and say to your master, "Elijah is back."' -- 1 kings 18:11 +. +But when I leave you, the Lord's spirit will carry you away so I can't find you. If I go tell Ahab I've seen you, he won't be able to find you and he will kill me. That would not be fair, because your servant has been a loyal follower of the Lord from my youth. -- 1 kings 18:12 +. +Certainly my master is aware of what I did when Jezebel was killing the Lord's prophets. I hid one hundred of the Lord's prophets in two caves in two groups of fifty and I brought them food and water. -- 1 kings 18:13 +. +Now you say, 'Go and say to your master, "Elijah is back,"' but he will kill me." -- 1 kings 18:14 +. +But Elijah said, "As certainly as the Lord who rules over all lives (whom I serve), I will make an appearance before him today." -- 1 kings 18:15 +. +When Obadiah went and informed Ahab, the king went to meet Elijah. -- 1 kings 18:16 +. +When Ahab saw Elijah, he said to him, "Is it really you, the one who brings disaster on Israel?" -- 1 kings 18:17 +. +Elijah replied, "I have not brought disaster on Israel. But you and your father's dynasty have, by abandoning the Lord's commandments and following the Baals. -- 1 kings 18:18 +. +Now send out messengers and assemble all Israel before me at Mount Carmel, as well as the prophets of Baal and 400 prophets of Asherah whom Jezebel supports. -- 1 kings 18:19 +. +Ahab sent messengers to all the Israelites and had the prophets assemble at Mount Carmel. -- 1 kings 18:20 +. +Elijah approached all the people and said, "How long are you going to be paralyzed by indecision? If the Lord is the true God, then follow him, but if Baal is, follow him!" But the people did not say a word. -- 1 kings 18:21 +. +Elijah said to them: "I am the only prophet of the Lord who is left, but there are prophets of Baal. -- 1 kings 18:22 +. +Let them bring us two bulls. Let them choose one of the bulls for themselves, cut it up into pieces, and place it on the wood. But they must not set it on fire. I will do the same to the other bull and place it on the wood. But I will not set it on fire. -- 1 kings 18:23 +. +Then you will invoke the name of your god, and I will invoke the name of the Lord. The god who responds with fire will demonstrate that he is the true God." All the people responded, "This will be a fair test." -- 1 kings 18:24 +. +Elijah told the prophets of Baal, "Choose one of the bulls for yourselves and go first, for you are the majority. Invoke the name of your god, but do not light a fire." -- 1 kings 18:25 +. +So they took a bull, as he had suggested, and prepared it. They invoked the name of Baal from morning until noon, saying, "Baal, answer us." But there was no sound and no answer. They jumped around on the altar they had made. -- 1 kings 18:26 +. +At noon Elijah mocked them, "Yell louder! After all, he is a god; he may be deep in thought, or perhaps he stepped out for a moment or has taken a trip. Perhaps he is sleeping and needs to be awakened." -- 1 kings 18:27 +. +So they yelled louder and, in accordance with their prescribed ritual, mutilated themselves with swords and spears until their bodies were covered with blood. -- 1 kings 18:28 +. +Throughout the afternoon they were in an ecstatic frenzy, but there was no sound, no answer, and no response. -- 1 kings 18:29 +. +Elijah then told all the people, "Approach me." So all the people approached him. He repaired the altar of the Lord that had been torn down. -- 1 kings 18:30 +. +Then Elijah took twelve stones, corresponding to the number of tribes that descended from Jacob, to whom the Lord had said, "Israel will be your new name." -- 1 kings 18:31 +. +With the stones he constructed an altar for the Lord. Around the altar he made a trench large enough to contain two seahs of seed. -- 1 kings 18:32 +. +He arranged the wood, cut up the bull, and placed it on the wood. -- 1 kings 18:33 +. +Then he said, "Fill four water jars and pour the water on the offering and the wood." When they had done so, he said, "Do it again." So they did it again. Then he said, "Do it a third time." So they did it a third time. -- 1 kings 18:34 +. +The water flowed down all sides of the altar and filled the trench. -- 1 kings 18:35 +. +When it was time for the evening offering, Elijah the prophet approached the altar and prayed: "O Lord God of Abraham, Isaac, and Israel, prove today that you are God in Israel and that I am your servant and have done all these things at your command. -- 1 kings 18:36 +. +Answer me, O Lord, answer me, so these people will know that you, O Lord, are the true God and that you are winning back their allegiance." -- 1 kings 18:37 +. +Then fire from the Lord fell from the sky. It consumed the offering, the wood, the stones, and the dirt, and licked up the water in the trench. -- 1 kings 18:38 +. +When all the people saw this, they threw themselves down with their faces to the ground and said, "The Lord is the true God! The Lord is the true God!" -- 1 kings 18:39 +. +Elijah told them, "Seize the prophets of Baal! Don't let even one of them escape!" So they seized them, and Elijah led them down to the Kishon Valley and executed them there. -- 1 kings 18:40 +. +Then Elijah told Ahab, "Go on up and eat and drink, for the sound of a heavy rainstorm can be heard." -- 1 kings 18:41 +. +So Ahab went on up to eat and drink, while Elijah climbed to the top of Carmel. He bent down toward the ground and put his face between his knees. -- 1 kings 18:42 +. +He told his servant, "Go on up and look in the direction of the sea." So he went on up, looked, and reported, "There is nothing." Seven times Elijah sent him to look. -- 1 kings 18:43 +. +The seventh time the servant said, "Look, a small cloud, the size of the palm of a man's hand, is rising up from the sea." Elijah then said, "Go and tell Ahab, 'Hitch up the chariots and go down, so that the rain won't overtake you.'" -- 1 kings 18:44 +. +Meanwhile the sky was covered with dark clouds, the wind blew, and there was a heavy rainstorm. Ahab rode toward Jezreel. -- 1 kings 18:45 +. +Now the Lord energized Elijah with power; he tucked his robe into his belt and ran ahead of Ahab all the way to Jezreel. -- 1 kings 18:46 +. +Ahab told Jezebel all that Elijah had done, including a detailed account of how he killed all the prophets with the sword. -- 1 kings 19:1 +. +Jezebel sent a messenger to Elijah with this warning, "May the gods judge me severely if by this time tomorrow I do not take your life as you did theirs!" -- 1 kings 19:2 +. +Elijah was afraid, so he got up and fled for his life to Beer Sheba in Judah. He left his servant there, -- 1 kings 19:3 +. +while he went a day's journey into the desert. He went and sat down under a shrub and asked the Lord to take his life: "I've had enough! Now, O Lord, take my life. After all, I'm no better than my ancestors." -- 1 kings 19:4 +. +He stretched out and fell asleep under the shrub. All of a sudden an angelic messenger touched him and said, "Get up and eat." -- 1 kings 19:5 +. +He looked and right there by his head was a cake baking on hot coals and a jug of water. He ate and drank and then slept some more. -- 1 kings 19:6 +. +The Lord's angelic messenger came back again, touched him, and said, "Get up and eat, for otherwise you won't be able to make the journey." -- 1 kings 19:7 +. +So he got up and ate and drank. That meal gave him the strength to travel forty days and forty nights until he reached Horeb, the mountain of God. -- 1 kings 19:8 +. +He went into a cave there and spent the night. All of a sudden the Lord spoke to him, "Why are you here, Elijah?" -- 1 kings 19:9 +. +He answered, "I have been absolutely loyal to the Lord, the sovereign God, even though the Israelites have abandoned the agreement they made with you, torn down your altars, and killed your prophets with the sword. I alone am left and now they want to take my life." -- 1 kings 19:10 +. +The Lord said, "Go out and stand on the mountain before the Lord. Look, the Lord is ready to pass by." A very powerful wind went before the Lord, digging into the mountain and causing landslides, but the Lord was not in the wind. After the windstorm there was an earthquake, but the Lord was not in the earthquake. -- 1 kings 19:11 +. +After the earthquake, there was a fire, but the Lord was not in the fire. After the fire, there was a soft whisper. -- 1 kings 19:12 +. +When Elijah heard it, he covered his face with his robe and went out and stood at the entrance to the cave. All of a sudden a voice asked him, "Why are you here, Elijah?" -- 1 kings 19:13 +. +He answered, "I have been absolutely loyal to the Lord, the sovereign God, even though the Israelites have abandoned the agreement they made with you, torn down your altars, and killed your prophets with the sword. I alone am left and now they want to take my life." -- 1 kings 19:14 +. +The Lord said to him, "Go back the way you came and then head for the Desert of Damascus. Go and anoint Hazael king over Syria. -- 1 kings 19:15 +. +You must anoint Jehu son of Nimshi king over Israel, and Elisha son of Shaphat from Abel Meholah to take your place as prophet. -- 1 kings 19:16 +. +Jehu will kill anyone who escapes Hazael's sword, and Elisha will kill anyone who escapes Jehu's sword. -- 1 kings 19:17 +. +I still have left in Israel seven thousand followers who have not bowed their knees to Baal or kissed the images of him." -- 1 kings 19:18 +. +Elijah went from there and found Elisha son of Shaphat. He was plowing with twelve pairs of oxen; he was near the twelfth pair. Elijah passed by him and threw his robe over him. -- 1 kings 19:19 +. +He left the oxen, ran after Elijah, and said, "Please let me kiss my father and mother goodbye, then I will follow you." Elijah said to him, "Go back! Indeed, what have I done to you?" -- 1 kings 19:20 +. +Elisha went back and took his pair of oxen and slaughtered them. He cooked the meat over a fire that he made by burning the harness and yoke. He gave the people meat and they ate. Then he got up and followed Elijah and became his assistant. -- 1 kings 19:21 +. +Now King Ben Hadad of Syria assembled all his army, along with thirty-two other kings with their horses and chariots. He marched against Samaria and besieged and attacked it. -- 1 kings 20:1 +. +He sent messengers to King Ahab of Israel, who was in the city. -- 1 kings 20:2 +. +He said to him, "This is what Ben Hadad says, 'Your silver and your gold are mine, as well as the best of your wives and sons.'" -- 1 kings 20:3 +. +The king of Israel replied, "It is just as you say, my master, O king. I and all I own belong to you." -- 1 kings 20:4 +. +The messengers came again and said, "This is what Ben Hadad says, 'I sent this message to you, "You must give me your silver, gold, wives, and sons." -- 1 kings 20:5 +. +But now at this time tomorrow I will send my servants to you and they will search through your palace and your servants' houses. They will carry away all your valuables." -- 1 kings 20:6 +. +The king of Israel summoned all the leaders of the land and said, "Notice how this man is looking for trouble. Indeed, he demanded my wives, sons, silver, and gold, and I did not resist him." -- 1 kings 20:7 +. +All the leaders and people said to him, "Do not give in or agree to his demands." -- 1 kings 20:8 +. +So he said to the messengers of Ben Hadad, "Say this to my master, the king, 'I will give you everything you demanded at first from your servant, but I am unable to agree to this latest demand.'" So the messengers went back and gave their report. -- 1 kings 20:9 +. +Ben Hadad sent another message to him, "May the gods judge me severely if there is enough dirt left in Samaria for my soldiers to scoop up in their hands." -- 1 kings 20:10 +. +The king of Israel replied, "Tell him the one who puts on his battle gear should not boast like one who is taking it off." -- 1 kings 20:11 +. +When Ben Hadad received this reply, he and the other kings were drinking in their quarters. He ordered his servants, "Get ready to attack!" So they got ready to attack the city. -- 1 kings 20:12 +. +Now a prophet visited King Ahab of Israel and said, "This is what the Lord says, 'Do you see this huge army? Look, I am going to hand it over to you this very day. Then you will know that I am the Lord.'" -- 1 kings 20:13 +. +Ahab asked, "By whom will this be accomplished?" He answered, "This is what the Lord says, 'By the servants of the district governors.'" Ahab asked, "Who will launch the attack?" He answered, "You will." -- 1 kings 20:14 +. +So Ahab assembled the servants of the district governors. After that he assembled all the Israelite army, numbering 7,000. -- 1 kings 20:15 +. +They marched out at noon, while Ben Hadad and the thirty-two kings allied with him were drinking heavily in their quarters. -- 1 kings 20:16 +. +The servants of the district governors led the march. When Ben Hadad sent messengers, they reported back to him, "Men are marching out of Samaria." -- 1 kings 20:17 +. +He ordered, "Whether they come in peace or to do battle, take them alive." -- 1 kings 20:18 +. +They marched out of the city with the servants of the district governors in the lead and the army behind them. -- 1 kings 20:19 +. +Each one struck down an enemy soldier; the Syrians fled and Israel chased them. King Ben Hadad of Syria escaped on horseback with some horsemen. -- 1 kings 20:20 +. +Then the king of Israel marched out and struck down the horses and chariots; he thoroughly defeated Syria. -- 1 kings 20:21 +. +The prophet visited the king of Israel and instructed him, "Go, fortify your defenses. Determine what you must do, for in the spring the king of Syria will attack you." -- 1 kings 20:22 +. +Now the advisers of the king of Syria said to him: "Their God is a god of the mountains. That's why they overpowered us. But if we fight them in the plains, we will certainly overpower them. -- 1 kings 20:23 +. +So do this: Dismiss the kings from their command, and replace them with military commanders. -- 1 kings 20:24 +. +Muster an army like the one you lost, with the same number of horses and chariots. Then we will fight them in the plains; we will certainly overpower them." He approved their plan and did as they advised. -- 1 kings 20:25 +. +In the spring Ben Hadad mustered the Syrian army and marched to Aphek to fight Israel. -- 1 kings 20:26 +. +When the Israelites had mustered and had received their supplies, they marched out to face them in battle. When the Israelites deployed opposite them, they were like two small flocks of goats, but the Syrians filled the land. -- 1 kings 20:27 +. +The prophet visited the king of Israel and said, "This is what the Lord says: 'Because the Syrians said, "The Lord is a god of the mountains and not a god of the valleys," I will hand over to you this entire huge army. Then you will know that I am the Lord.'" -- 1 kings 20:28 +. +The armies were deployed opposite each other for seven days. On the seventh day the battle began, and the Israelites killed 100,Syrian foot soldiers in one day. -- 1 kings 20:29 +. +The remaining 27,ran to Aphek and went into the city, but the wall fell on them. Now Ben Hadad ran into the city and hid in an inner room. -- 1 kings 20:30 +. +His advisers said to him, "Look, we have heard that the kings of the Israelite dynasty are kind. Allow us to put sackcloth around our waists and ropes on our heads and surrender to the king of Israel. Maybe he will spare our lives." -- 1 kings 20:31 +. +So they put sackcloth around their waists and ropes on their heads and went to the king of Israel. They said, "Your servant Ben Hadad says, 'Please let me live!'" Ahab replied, "Is he still alive? He is my brother." -- 1 kings 20:32 +. +The men took this as a good omen and quickly accepted his offer, saying, "Ben Hadad is your brother." Ahab then said, "Go, get him." So Ben Hadad came out to him, and Ahab pulled him up into his chariot. -- 1 kings 20:33 +. +Ben Hadad said, "I will return the cities my father took from your father. You may set up markets in Damascus, just as my father did in Samaria." Ahab then said, "I want to make a treaty with you before I dismiss you." So he made a treaty with him and then dismissed him. -- 1 kings 20:34 +. +One of the members of the prophetic guild, speaking with divine authority, ordered his companion, "Wound me!" But the man refused to wound him. -- 1 kings 20:35 +. +So the prophet said to him, "Because you have disobeyed the Lord, as soon as you leave me a lion will kill you." When he left him, a lion attacked and killed him. -- 1 kings 20:36 +. +He found another man and said, "Wound me!" So the man wounded him severely. -- 1 kings 20:37 +. +The prophet then went and stood by the road, waiting for the king. He also disguised himself by putting a bandage down over his eyes. -- 1 kings 20:38 +. +When the king passed by, he called out to the king, "Your servant went out into the heat of the battle, and then a man turned aside and brought me a prisoner. He told me, 'Guard this prisoner. If he ends up missing for any reason, you will pay with your life or with a talent of silver.' -- 1 kings 20:39 +. +Well, it just so happened that while your servant was doing this and that, he disappeared." The king of Israel said to him, "Your punishment is already determined by your own testimony." -- 1 kings 20:40 +. +The prophet quickly removed the bandage from his eyes and the king of Israel recognized he was one of the prophets. -- 1 kings 20:41 +. +The prophet then said to him, "This is what the Lord says, 'Because you released a man I had determined should die, you will pay with your life and your people will suffer instead of his people.'" -- 1 kings 20:42 +. +The king of Israel went home to Samaria bitter and angry. -- 1 kings 20:43 +. +After this the following episode took place. Naboth the Jezreelite owned a vineyard in Jezreel adjacent to the palace of King Ahab of Samaria. -- 1 kings 21:1 +. +Ahab said to Naboth, "Give me your vineyard so I can make a vegetable garden out of it, for it is adjacent to my palace. I will give you an even better vineyard in its place, or if you prefer, I will pay you silver for it." -- 1 kings 21:2 +. +But Naboth replied to Ahab, "The Lord forbid that I should sell you my ancestral inheritance." -- 1 kings 21:3 +. +So Ahab went into his palace, bitter and angry that Naboth the Jezreelite had said, "I will not sell to you my ancestral inheritance." He lay down on his bed, pouted, and would not eat. -- 1 kings 21:4 +. +Then his wife Jezebel came in and said to him, "Why do you have a bitter attitude and refuse to eat?" -- 1 kings 21:5 +. +He answered her, "While I was talking to Naboth the Jezreelite, I said to him, 'Sell me your vineyard for silver, or if you prefer, I will give you another vineyard in its place.' But he said, 'I will not sell you my vineyard.'" -- 1 kings 21:6 +. +His wife Jezebel said to him, "You are the king of Israel! Get up, eat some food, and have a good time. I will get the vineyard of Naboth the Jezreelite for you." -- 1 kings 21:7 +. +She wrote out orders, signed Ahab's name to them, and sealed them with his seal. She then sent the orders to the leaders and to the nobles who lived in Naboth's city. -- 1 kings 21:8 +. +This is what she wrote: "Observe a time of fasting and seat Naboth in front of the people. -- 1 kings 21:9 +. +Also seat two villains opposite him and have them testify, 'You cursed God and the king.' Then take him out and stone him to death." -- 1 kings 21:10 +. +The men of the city, the leaders and the nobles who lived there, followed the written orders Jezebel had sent them. -- 1 kings 21:11 +. +They observed a time of fasting and put Naboth in front of the people. -- 1 kings 21:12 +. +The two villains arrived and sat opposite him. Then the villains testified against Naboth right before the people, saying, "Naboth cursed God and the king." So they dragged him outside the city and stoned him to death. -- 1 kings 21:13 +. +Then they reported to Jezebel, "Naboth has been stoned to death." -- 1 kings 21:14 +. +When Jezebel heard that Naboth had been stoned to death, she said to Ahab, "Get up, take possession of the vineyard Naboth the Jezreelite refused to sell you for silver, for Naboth is no longer alive; he's dead." -- 1 kings 21:15 +. +When Ahab heard that Naboth was dead, he got up and went down to take possession of the vineyard of Naboth the Jezreelite. -- 1 kings 21:16 +. +The Lord told Elijah the Tishbite: -- 1 kings 21:17 +. +"Get up, go down and meet King Ahab of Israel who lives in Samaria. He is at the vineyard of Naboth; he has gone down there to take possession of it. -- 1 kings 21:18 +. +Say to him, 'This is what the Lord says: "Haven't you committed murder and taken possession of the property of the deceased?"' Then say to him, 'This is what the Lord says: "In the spot where dogs licked up Naboth's blood they will also lick up your blood - yes, yours!"'" -- 1 kings 21:19 +. +When Elijah arrived, Ahab said to him, "So, you have found me, my enemy!" Elijah replied, "I have found you, because you are committed to doing evil in the sight of the Lord. -- 1 kings 21:20 +. +The Lord says, 'Look, I am ready to bring disaster on you. I will destroy you and cut off every last male belonging to Ahab in Israel, including even the weak and incapacitated. -- 1 kings 21:21 +. +I will make your dynasty like those of Jeroboam son of Nebat and Baasha son of Ahijah because you angered me and made Israel sin.' -- 1 kings 21:22 +. +The Lord says this about Jezebel, 'Dogs will devour Jezebel by the outer wall of Jezreel.' -- 1 kings 21:23 +. +As for Ahab's family, dogs will eat the ones who die in the city, and the birds of the sky will eat the ones who die in the country." -- 1 kings 21:24 +. +(There had never been anyone like Ahab, who was firmly committed to doing evil in the sight of the Lord, urged on by his wife Jezebel. -- 1 kings 21:25 +. +He was so wicked he worshiped the disgusting idols, just like the Amorites whom the Lord had driven out from before the Israelites.) -- 1 kings 21:26 +. +When Ahab heard these words, he tore his clothes, put on sackcloth, and fasted. He slept in sackcloth and walked around dejected. -- 1 kings 21:27 +. +The Lord said to Elijah the Tishbite, -- 1 kings 21:28 +. +"Have you noticed how Ahab shows remorse before me? Because he shows remorse before me, I will not bring disaster on his dynasty during his lifetime, but during the reign of his son." -- 1 kings 21:29 +. +There was no war between Syria and Israel for three years. -- 1 kings 22:1 +. +In the third year King Jehoshaphat of Judah came down to visit the king of Israel. -- 1 kings 22:2 +. +The king of Israel said to his servants, "Surely you recognize that Ramoth Gilead belongs to us, though we are hesitant to reclaim it from the king of Syria." -- 1 kings 22:3 +. +Then he said to Jehoshaphat, "Will you go with me to attack Ramoth Gilead?" Jehoshaphat replied to the king of Israel, "I will support you; my army and horses are at your disposal." -- 1 kings 22:4 +. +Then Jehoshaphat added, "First seek an oracle from the Lord." -- 1 kings 22:5 +. +So the king of Israel assembled about four hundred prophets and asked them, "Should I attack Ramoth Gilead or not?" They said, "Attack! The sovereign one will hand it over to the king." -- 1 kings 22:6 +. +But Jehoshaphat asked, "Is there not a prophet of the Lord still here, that we may ask him?" -- 1 kings 22:7 +. +The king of Israel answered Jehoshaphat, "There is still one man through whom we can seek the Lord's will. But I despise him because he does not prophesy prosperity for me, but disaster. His name is Micaiah son of Imlah. Jehoshaphat said, "The king should not say such things." -- 1 kings 22:8 +. +The king of Israel summoned an official and said, "Quickly bring Micaiah son of Imlah." -- 1 kings 22:9 +. +Now the king of Israel and King Jehoshaphat of Judah were sitting on their respective thrones, dressed in their robes, at the threshing floor at the entrance of the gate of Samaria. All the prophets were prophesying before them. -- 1 kings 22:10 +. +Zedekiah son of Kenaanah made iron horns and said, "This is what the Lord says, 'With these you will gore Syria until they are destroyed.'" -- 1 kings 22:11 +. +All the prophets were prophesying the same, saying, "Attack Ramoth Gilead! You will succeed; the Lord will hand it over to the king." -- 1 kings 22:12 +. +Now the messenger who went to summon Micaiah said to him, "Look, the prophets are in complete agreement that the king will succeed. Your words must agree with theirs; you must predict success." -- 1 kings 22:13 +. +But Micaiah said, "As certainly as the Lord lives, I will say what the Lord tells me to say." -- 1 kings 22:14 +. +When he came before the king, the king asked him, "Micaiah, should we attack Ramoth Gilead or not?" He answered him, "Attack! You will succeed; the Lord will hand it over to the king." -- 1 kings 22:15 +. +The king said to him, "How many times must I make you solemnly promise in the name of the Lord to tell me only the truth?" -- 1 kings 22:16 +. +Micaiah said, "I saw all Israel scattered on the mountains like sheep that have no shepherd. Then the Lord said, 'They have no master. They should go home in peace.'" -- 1 kings 22:17 +. +The king of Israel said to Jehoshaphat, "Didn't I tell you he does not prophesy prosperity for me, but disaster?" -- 1 kings 22:18 +. +Micaiah said, "That being the case, hear the word of the Lord. I saw the Lord sitting on his throne, with all the heavenly assembly standing on his right and on his left. -- 1 kings 22:19 +. +The Lord said, 'Who will deceive Ahab, so he will attack Ramoth Gilead and die there?' One said this and another that. -- 1 kings 22:20 +. +Then a spirit stepped forward and stood before the Lord. He said, 'I will deceive him.' The Lord asked him, 'How?' -- 1 kings 22:21 +. +He replied, 'I will go out and be a lying spirit in the mouths of all his prophets.' The Lord said, 'Deceive and overpower him. Go out and do as you have proposed.' -- 1 kings 22:22 +. +So now, look, the Lord has placed a lying spirit in the mouths of all these prophets of yours; but the Lord has decreed disaster for you." -- 1 kings 22:23 +. +Zedekiah son of Kenaanah approached, hit Micaiah on the jaw, and said, "Which way did the Lord's spirit go when he went from me to speak to you?" -- 1 kings 22:24 +. +Micaiah replied, "Look, you will see in the day when you go into an inner room to hide." -- 1 kings 22:25 +. +Then the king of Israel said, "Take Micaiah and return him to Amon the city official and Joash the king's son. -- 1 kings 22:26 +. +Say, 'This is what the king says, "Put this man in prison. Give him only a little bread and water until I safely return."'" -- 1 kings 22:27 +. +Micaiah said, "If you really do safely return, then the Lord has not spoken through me." Then he added, "Take note, all you people." -- 1 kings 22:28 +. +The king of Israel and King Jehoshaphat of Judah attacked Ramoth Gilead. -- 1 kings 22:29 +. +The king of Israel said to Jehoshaphat, "I will disguise myself and then enter into the battle; but you wear your royal robes." So the king of Israel disguised himself and then entered into the battle. -- 1 kings 22:30 +. +Now the king of Syria had ordered his thirty-two chariot commanders, "Do not fight common soldiers or high-ranking officers; fight only the king of Israel." -- 1 kings 22:31 +. +When the chariot commanders saw Jehoshaphat, they said, "He must be the king of Israel." So they turned and attacked him, but Jehoshaphat cried out. -- 1 kings 22:32 +. +When the chariot commanders realized he was not the king of Israel, they turned away from him. -- 1 kings 22:33 +. +Now an archer shot an arrow at random, and it struck the king of Israel between the plates of his armor. The king ordered his charioteer, "Turn around and take me from the battle line, because I'm wounded." -- 1 kings 22:34 +. +While the battle raged throughout the day, the king stood propped up in his chariot opposite the Syrians. He died in the evening; the blood from the wound ran down into the bottom of the chariot. -- 1 kings 22:35 +. +As the sun was setting, a cry went through the camp, "Each one should return to his city and to his homeland." -- 1 kings 22:36 +. +So the king died and was taken to Samaria, where they buried him. -- 1 kings 22:37 +. +They washed off the chariot at the pool of Samaria (this was where the prostitutes bathed); dogs licked his blood, just as the Lord had said would happen. -- 1 kings 22:38 +. +The rest of the events of Ahab's reign, including a record of his accomplishments and how he built a luxurious palace and various cities, are recorded in the scroll called the Annals of the Kings of Israel. -- 1 kings 22:39 +. +Ahab passed away. His son Ahaziah replaced him as king. -- 1 kings 22:40 +. +In the fourth year of King Ahab's reign over Israel, Asa's son Jehoshaphat became king over Judah. -- 1 kings 22:41 +. +Jehoshaphat was thirty-five years old when he became king and he reigned for twenty-five years in Jerusalem. His mother was Azubah, the daughter of Shilhi. -- 1 kings 22:42 +. +He followed in his father Asa's footsteps and was careful to do what the Lord approved. However, the high places were not eliminated; the people continued to offer sacrifices and burn incense on the high places. -- 1 kings 22:43 +. + Jehoshaphat was also at peace with the king of Israel. -- 1 kings 22:44 +. +The rest of the events of Jehoshaphat's reign, including his successes and military exploits, are recorded in the scroll called the Annals of the Kings of Judah. -- 1 kings 22:45 +. +He removed from the land any male cultic prostitutes who had managed to survive the reign of his father Asa. -- 1 kings 22:46 +. +There was no king in Edom at this time; a governor ruled. -- 1 kings 22:47 +. +Jehoshaphat built a fleet of large merchant ships to travel to Ophir for gold, but they never made the voyage because they were shipwrecked in Ezion Geber. -- 1 kings 22:48 +. +Then Ahaziah son of Ahab said to Jehoshaphat, "Let my sailors join yours in the fleet," but Jehoshaphat refused. -- 1 kings 22:49 +. +Jehoshaphat passed away and was buried with his ancestors in the city of his ancestor David. His son Jehoram replaced him as king. -- 1 kings 22:50 +. +In the seventeenth year of King Jehoshaphat's reign over Judah, Ahab's son Ahaziah became king over Israel in Samaria. He ruled for two years over Israel. -- 1 kings 22:51 +. +He did evil in the sight of the Lord and followed in the footsteps of his father and mother; like Jeroboam son of Nebat, he encouraged Israel to sin. -- 1 kings 22:52 +. +He worshiped and bowed down to Baal, angering the Lord God of Israel just as his father had done. -- 1 kings 22:53 +. +After Ahab died, Moab rebelled against Israel. -- 2 kings 1:1 +. +Ahaziah fell through a window lattice in his upper chamber in Samaria and was injured. He sent messengers with these orders, "Go, ask Baal Zebub, the god of Ekron, if I will survive this injury." -- 2 kings 1:2 +. +But the Lord's angelic messenger told Elijah the Tishbite, "Get up, go to meet the messengers from the king of Samaria. Say this to them: 'You must think there is no God in Israel! That explains why you are on your way to seek an oracle from Baal Zebub the god of Ekron. -- 2 kings 1:3 +. +Therefore this is what the Lord says, "You will not leave the bed you lie on, for you will certainly die!"'" So Elijah went on his way. -- 2 kings 1:4 +. +When the messengers returned to the king, he asked them, "Why have you returned?" -- 2 kings 1:5 +. +They replied, "A man came up to meet us. He told us, "Go back to the king who sent you and tell him, 'This is what the Lord says: "You must think there is no God in Israel! That explains why you are sending for an oracle from Baal Zebub, the god of Ekron. Therefore you will not leave the bed you lie on, for you will certainly die."'" -- 2 kings 1:6 +. +The king asked them, "Describe the appearance of this man who came up to meet you and told you these things." -- 2 kings 1:7 +. +They replied, "He was a hairy man and had a leather belt tied around his waist." The king said, "He is Elijah the Tishbite." -- 2 kings 1:8 +. +The king sent a captain and his fifty soldiers to retrieve Elijah. The captain went up to him, while he was sitting on the top of a hill. He told him, "Prophet, the king says, 'Come down!'" -- 2 kings 1:9 +. +Elijah replied to the captain, "If I am indeed a prophet, may fire come down from the sky and consume you and your fifty soldiers!" Fire then came down from the sky and consumed him and his fifty soldiers. -- 2 kings 1:10 +. +The king sent another captain and his fifty soldiers to retrieve Elijah. He went up and told him, "Prophet, this is what the king says, 'Come down at once!'" -- 2 kings 1:11 +. +Elijah replied to them, "If I am indeed a prophet, may fire come down from the sky and consume you and your fifty soldiers!" Fire from God came down from the sky and consumed him and his fifty soldiers. -- 2 kings 1:12 +. +The king sent a third captain and his fifty soldiers. This third captain went up and fell on his knees before Elijah. He begged for mercy, "Prophet, please have respect for my life and for the lives of these fifty servants of yours. -- 2 kings 1:13 +. +Indeed, fire came down from the sky and consumed the two captains who came before me, along with their men. So now, please have respect for my life." -- 2 kings 1:14 +. +The Lord's angelic messenger said to Elijah, "Go down with him. Don't be afraid of him." So he got up and went down with him to the king. -- 2 kings 1:15 +. +Elijah said to the king, "This is what the Lord says, 'You sent messengers to seek an oracle from Baal Zebub, the god of Ekron. You must think there is no God in Israel from whom you can seek an oracle! Therefore you will not leave the bed you lie on, for you will certainly die.'" -- 2 kings 1:16 +. +He died just as the Lord had prophesied through Elijah. In the second year of the reign of King Jehoram son of Jehoshaphat over Judah, Ahaziah's brother Jehoram replaced him as king of Israel, because he had no son. -- 2 kings 1:17 +. +The rest of the events of Ahaziah's reign, including his accomplishments, are recorded in the scroll called the Annals of the Kings of Israel. -- 2 kings 1:18 +. +Just before the Lord took Elijah up to heaven in a windstorm, Elijah and Elisha were traveling from Gilgal. -- 2 kings 2:1 +. +Elijah told Elisha, "Stay here, for the Lord has sent me to Bethel." But Elisha said, "As certainly as the Lord lives and as you live, I will not leave you." So they went down to Bethel. -- 2 kings 2:2 +. +Some members of the prophetic guild in Bethel came out to Elisha and said, "Do you know that today the Lord is going to take your master from you?" He answered, "Yes, I know. Be quiet." -- 2 kings 2:3 +. +Elijah said to him, "Elisha, stay here, for the Lord has sent me to Jericho." But he replied, "As certainly as the Lord lives and as you live, I will not leave you." So they went to Jericho. -- 2 kings 2:4 +. +Some members of the prophetic guild in Jericho approached Elisha and said, "Do you know that today the Lord is going to take your master from you?" He answered, "Yes, I know. Be quiet." -- 2 kings 2:5 +. +Elijah said to him, "Stay here, for the Lord has sent me to the Jordan." But he replied, "As certainly as the Lord lives and as you live, I will not leave you." So they traveled on together. -- 2 kings 2:6 +. +The fifty members of the prophetic guild went and stood opposite them at a distance, while Elijah and Elisha stood by the Jordan. -- 2 kings 2:7 +. +Elijah took his cloak, folded it up, and hit the water with it. The water divided, and the two of them crossed over on dry ground. -- 2 kings 2:8 +. +When they had crossed over, Elijah said to Elisha, "What can I do for you, before I am taken away from you?" Elisha answered, "May I receive a double portion of the prophetic spirit that energizes you." -- 2 kings 2:9 +. +Elijah replied, "That's a difficult request! If you see me taken from you, may it be so, but if you don't, it will not happen." -- 2 kings 2:10 +. +As they were walking along and talking, suddenly a fiery chariot pulled by fiery horses appeared. They went between Elijah and Elisha, and Elijah went up to heaven in a windstorm. -- 2 kings 2:11 +. +While Elisha was watching, he was crying out, "My father, my father! The chariot and horsemen of Israel!" Then he could no longer see him. He grabbed his clothes and tore them in two. -- 2 kings 2:12 +. +He picked up Elijah's cloak, which had fallen off him, and went back and stood on the shore of the Jordan. -- 2 kings 2:13 +. +He took the cloak that had fallen off Elijah, hit the water with it, and said, "Where is the Lord, the God of Elijah?" When he hit the water, it divided and Elisha crossed over. -- 2 kings 2:14 +. +When the members of the prophetic guild in Jericho, who were standing at a distance, saw him do this, they said, "The spirit that energized Elijah rests upon Elisha." They went to meet him and bowed down to the ground before him. -- 2 kings 2:15 +. +They said to him, "Look, there are fifty capable men with your servants. Let them go and look for your master, for the wind sent from the Lord may have carried him away and dropped him on one of the hills or in one of the valleys." But Elisha replied, "Don't send them out." -- 2 kings 2:16 +. +But they were so insistent, he became embarrassed. So he said, "Send them out." They sent the fifty men out and they looked for three days, but could not find Elijah. -- 2 kings 2:17 +. +When they came back, Elisha was staying in Jericho. He said to them, "Didn't I tell you, 'Don't go'?" -- 2 kings 2:18 +. +The men of the city said to Elisha, "Look, the city has a good location, as our master can see. But the water is bad and the land doesn't produce crops." -- 2 kings 2:19 +. +Elisha said, "Get me a new jar and put some salt in it." So they got it. -- 2 kings 2:20 +. +He went out to the spring and threw the salt in. Then he said, "This is what the Lord says, 'I have purified this water. It will no longer cause death or fail to produce crops." -- 2 kings 2:21 +. +The water has been pure to this very day, just as Elisha prophesied. -- 2 kings 2:22 +. +He went up from there to Bethel. As he was traveling up the road, some young boys came out of the city and made fun of him, saying, "Go on up, baldy! Go on up, baldy!" -- 2 kings 2:23 +. +When he turned around and saw them, he called God's judgment down on them. Two female bears came out of the woods and ripped forty-two of the boys to pieces. -- 2 kings 2:24 +. +From there he traveled to Mount Carmel and then back to Samaria. -- 2 kings 2:25 +. +In the eighteenth year of King Jehoshaphat's reign over Judah, Ahab's son Jehoram became king over Israel in Samaria; he ruled for twelve years. -- 2 kings 3:1 +. +He did evil in the sight of the Lord, but not to the same degree as his father and mother. He did remove the sacred pillar of Baal that his father had made. -- 2 kings 3:2 +. +Yet he persisted in the sins of Jeroboam son of Nebat, who encouraged Israel to sin; he did not turn from them. -- 2 kings 3:3 +. +Now King Mesha of Moab was a sheep breeder. He would send as tribute to the king of Israel 100,male lambs and the wool of 100,000 rams. -- 2 kings 3:4 +. +When Ahab died, the king of Moab rebelled against the king of Israel. -- 2 kings 3:5 +. +At that time King Jehoram left Samaria and assembled all Israel for war. -- 2 kings 3:6 +. +He sent this message to King Jehoshaphat of Judah: "The king of Moab has rebelled against me. Will you fight with me against Moab?" Jehoshaphat replied, "I will join you in the campaign; my army and horses are at your disposal." -- 2 kings 3:7 +. +He then asked, "Which invasion route are we going to take?" Jehoram answered, "By the road through the Desert of Edom." -- 2 kings 3:8 +. +So the kings of Israel, Judah, and Edom set out together. They wandered around on the road for seven days and finally ran out of water for the men and animals they had with them. -- 2 kings 3:9 +. +The king of Israel said, "Oh no! Certainly the Lord has summoned these three kings so that he can hand them over to the king of Moab!" -- 2 kings 3:10 +. +Jehoshaphat asked, "Is there no prophet of the Lord here that we might seek the Lord's direction?" One of the servants of the king of Israel answered, "Elisha son of Shapat is here; he used to be Elijah's servant." -- 2 kings 3:11 +. +Jehoshaphat said, "The Lord speaks through him." So the king of Israel and Jehoshaphat and the king of Edom went down to visit him. -- 2 kings 3:12 +. +Elisha said to the king of Israel, "Why are you here? Go to your father's prophets or your mother's prophets!" The king of Israel replied to him, "No, for the Lord is the one who summoned these three kings so that he can hand them over to Moab." -- 2 kings 3:13 +. +Elisha said, "As certainly as the Lord who rules over all lives (whom I serve), if I did not respect King Jehoshaphat of Judah, I would not pay attention to you or acknowledge you. -- 2 kings 3:14 +. +But now, get me a musician." When the musician played, the Lord energized him, -- 2 kings 3:15 +. +and he said, "This is what the Lord says, 'Make many cisterns in this valley,' -- 2 kings 3:16 +. +for this is what the Lord says, 'You will not feel any wind or see any rain, but this valley will be full of water and you and your cattle and animals will drink.' -- 2 kings 3:17 +. +This is an easy task for the Lord; he will also hand Moab over to you. -- 2 kings 3:18 +. +You will defeat every fortified city and every important city. You must chop down every productive tree, stop up all the springs, and cover all the cultivated land with stones." -- 2 kings 3:19 +. +Sure enough, the next morning, at the time of the morning sacrifice, water came flowing down from Edom and filled the land. -- 2 kings 3:20 +. +Now all Moab had heard that the kings were attacking, so everyone old enough to fight was mustered and placed at the border. -- 2 kings 3:21 +. +When they got up early the next morning, the sun was shining on the water. To the Moabites, who were some distance away, the water looked red like blood. -- 2 kings 3:22 +. +The Moabites said, "It's blood! The kings are totally destroyed! They have struck one another down! Now, Moab, seize the plunder!" -- 2 kings 3:23 +. +When they approached the Israelite camp, the Israelites rose up and struck down the Moabites, who then ran from them. The Israelites thoroughly defeated Moab. -- 2 kings 3:24 +. +They tore down the cities and each man threw a stone into every cultivated field until they were covered. They stopped up every spring and chopped down every productive tree. Only Kir Hareseth was left intact, but the slingers surrounded it and attacked it. -- 2 kings 3:25 +. +When the king of Moab realized he was losing the battle, he and swordsmen tried to break through and attack the king of Edom, but they failed. -- 2 kings 3:26 +. +So he took his firstborn son, who was to succeed him as king, and offered him up as a burnt sacrifice on the wall. There was an outburst of divine anger against Israel, so they broke off the attack and returned to their homeland. -- 2 kings 3:27 +. +Now a wife of one of the prophets appealed to Elisha for help, saying, "Your servant, my husband is dead. You know that your servant was a loyal follower of the Lord. Now the creditor is coming to take away my two boys to be his servants." -- 2 kings 4:1 +. +Elisha said to her, "What can I do for you? Tell me, what do you have in the house?" She answered, "Your servant has nothing in the house except a small jar of olive oil." -- 2 kings 4:2 +. +He said, "Go and ask all your neighbors for empty containers. Get as many as you can. -- 2 kings 4:3 +. +Go and close the door behind you and your sons. Pour the olive oil into all the containers; set aside each one when you have filled it." -- 2 kings 4:4 +. +So she left him and closed the door behind her and her sons. As they were bringing the containers to her, she was pouring the olive oil. -- 2 kings 4:5 +. +When the containers were full, she said to one of her sons, "Bring me another container." But he answered her, "There are no more." Then the olive oil stopped flowing. -- 2 kings 4:6 +. +She went and told the prophet. He said, "Go, sell the olive oil. Repay your creditor, and then you and your sons can live off the rest of the profit." -- 2 kings 4:7 +. +One day Elisha traveled to Shunem, where a prominent woman lived. She insisted that he stop for a meal. So whenever he was passing through, he would stop in there for a meal. -- 2 kings 4:8 +. +She said to her husband, "Look, I'm sure that the man who regularly passes through here is a very special prophet. -- 2 kings 4:9 +. +Let's make a small private upper room and furnish it with a bed, table, chair, and lamp. When he visits us, he can stay there." -- 2 kings 4:10 +. +One day Elisha came for a visit; he went into the upper room and rested. -- 2 kings 4:11 +. +He told his servant Gehazi, "Ask the Shunammite woman to come here." So he did so and she came to him. -- 2 kings 4:12 +. +Elisha said to Gehazi, "Tell her, 'Look, you have treated us with such great respect. What can I do for you? Can I put in a good word for you with the king or the commander of the army?'" She replied, "I'm quite secure." -- 2 kings 4:13 +. +So he asked Gehazi, "What can I do for her?" Gehazi replied, "She has no son, and her husband is old." -- 2 kings 4:14 +. +Elisha told him, "Ask her to come here." So he did so and she came and stood in the doorway. -- 2 kings 4:15 +. +He said, "About this time next year you will be holding a son." She said, "No, my master! O prophet, do not lie to your servant!" -- 2 kings 4:16 +. +The woman did conceive, and at the specified time the next year she gave birth to a son, just as Elisha had told her. -- 2 kings 4:17 +. +The boy grew and one day he went out to see his father who was with the harvest workers. -- 2 kings 4:18 +. +He said to his father, "My head! My head!" His father told a servant, "Carry him to his mother." -- 2 kings 4:19 +. +So he picked him up and took him to his mother. He sat on her lap until noon and then died. -- 2 kings 4:20 +. +She went up and laid him down on the prophet's bed. She shut the door behind her and left. -- 2 kings 4:21 +. +She called to her husband, "Send me one of the servants and one of the donkeys, so I can go see the prophet quickly and then return." -- 2 kings 4:22 +. +He said, "Why do you want to go see him today? It is not the new moon or the Sabbath." She said, "Everything's fine." -- 2 kings 4:23 +. +She saddled the donkey and told her servant, "Lead on. Do not stop unless I say so." -- 2 kings 4:24 +. +So she went to visit the prophet at Mount Carmel. When he saw her at a distance, he said to his servant Gehazi, "Look, it's the Shunammite woman. -- 2 kings 4:25 +. +Now, run to meet her and ask her, 'Are you well? Are your husband and the boy well?'" She told Gehazi, "Everything's fine." -- 2 kings 4:26 +. +But when she reached the prophet on the mountain, she grabbed hold of his feet. Gehazi came near to push her away, but the prophet said, "Leave her alone, for she is very upset. The Lord has kept the matter hidden from me; he didn't tell me about it." -- 2 kings 4:27 +. +She said, "Did I ask my master for a son? Didn't I say, 'Don't mislead me?'" -- 2 kings 4:28 +. +Elisha told Gehazi, "Tuck your robes into your belt, take my staff, and go! Don't stop to exchange greetings with anyone! Place my staff on the child's face." -- 2 kings 4:29 +. +The mother of the child said, "As certainly as the Lord lives and as you live, I will not leave you." So Elisha got up and followed her back. -- 2 kings 4:30 +. +Now Gehazi went on ahead of them. He placed the staff on the child's face, but there was no sound or response. When he came back to Elisha he told him, "The child did not wake up." -- 2 kings 4:31 +. +When Elisha arrived at the house, there was the child lying dead on his bed. -- 2 kings 4:32 +. +He went in by himself and closed the door. Then he prayed to the Lord. -- 2 kings 4:33 +. +He got up on the bed and spread his body out over the boy; he put his mouth on the boy's mouth, his eyes over the boy's eyes, and the palms of his hands against the boy's palms. He bent down over him, and the boy's skin grew warm. -- 2 kings 4:34 +. +Elisha went back and walked around in the house. Then he got up on the bed again and bent down over him. The child sneezed seven times and opened his eyes. -- 2 kings 4:35 +. +Elisha called to Gehazi and said, "Get the Shunammite woman." So he did so and she came to him. He said to her, "Take your son." -- 2 kings 4:36 +. +She came in, fell at his feet, and bowed down. Then she picked up her son and left. -- 2 kings 4:37 +. +Now Elisha went back to Gilgal, while there was famine in the land. Some of the prophets were visiting him and he told his servant, "Put the big pot on the fire and boil some stew for the prophets." -- 2 kings 4:38 +. +Someone went out to the field to gather some herbs and found a wild vine. He picked some of its fruit, enough to fill up the fold of his robe. He came back, cut it up, and threw the slices into the stew pot, not knowing they were harmful. -- 2 kings 4:39 +. +The stew was poured out for the men to eat. When they ate some of the stew, they cried out, "Death is in the pot, O prophet!" They could not eat it. -- 2 kings 4:40 +. +He said, "Get some flour." Then he threw it into the pot and said, "Now pour some out for the men so they may eat." There was no longer anything harmful in the pot. -- 2 kings 4:41 +. +Now a man from Baal Shalisha brought some food for the prophet - twenty loaves of bread made from the firstfruits of the barley harvest, as well as fresh ears of grain. Elisha said, "Set it before the people so they may eat." -- 2 kings 4:42 +. +But his attendant said, "How can I feed a hundred men with this?" He replied, "Set it before the people so they may eat, for this is what the Lord says, 'They will eat and have some left over.'" -- 2 kings 4:43 +. +So he set it before them; they ate and had some left over, just as the Lord predicted. -- 2 kings 4:44 +. +Now Naaman, the commander of the king of Syria's army, was esteemed and respected by his master, for through him the Lord had given Syria military victories. But this great warrior had a skin disease. -- 2 kings 5:1 +. +Raiding parties went out from Syria and took captive from the land of Israel a young girl, who became a servant to Naaman's wife. -- 2 kings 5:2 +. +She told her mistress, "If only my master were in the presence of the prophet who is in Samaria! Then he would cure him of his skin disease." -- 2 kings 5:3 +. +Naaman went and told his master what the girl from the land of Israel had said. -- 2 kings 5:4 +. +The king of Syria said, "Go! I will send a letter to the king of Israel." So Naaman went, taking with him ten talents of silver, six thousand shekels of gold, and ten suits of clothes. -- 2 kings 5:5 +. +He brought the letter to king of Israel. It read: "This is a letter of introduction for my servant Naaman, whom I have sent to be cured of his skin disease." -- 2 kings 5:6 +. +When the king of Israel read the letter, he tore his clothes and said, "Am I God? Can I kill or restore life? Why does he ask me to cure a man of his skin disease? Certainly you must see that he is looking for an excuse to fight me!" -- 2 kings 5:7 +. +When Elisha the prophet heard that the king had torn his clothes, he sent this message to the king, "Why did you tear your clothes? Send him to me so he may know there is a prophet in Israel." -- 2 kings 5:8 +. +So Naaman came with his horses and chariots and stood in the doorway of Elisha's house. -- 2 kings 5:9 +. +Elisha sent out a messenger who told him, "Go and wash seven times in the Jordan; your skin will be restored and you will be healed." -- 2 kings 5:10 +. +Naaman went away angry. He said, "Look, I thought for sure he would come out, stand there, invoke the name of the Lord his God, wave his hand over the area, and cure the skin disease. -- 2 kings 5:11 +. +The rivers of Damascus, the Abana and Pharpar, are better than any of the waters of Israel! Could I not wash in them and be healed?" So he turned around and went away angry. -- 2 kings 5:12 +. +His servants approached and said to him, "O master, if the prophet had told you to do some difficult task, you would have been willing to do it. It seems you should be happy that he simply said, "Wash and you will be healed." -- 2 kings 5:13 +. +So he went down and dipped in the Jordan seven times, as the prophet had instructed. His skin became as smooth as a young child's and he was healed. -- 2 kings 5:14 +. +He and his entire entourage returned to the prophet. Naaman came and stood before him. He said, "For sure I know that there is no God in all the earth except in Israel! Now, please accept a gift from your servant." -- 2 kings 5:15 +. +But Elisha replied, "As certainly as the Lord lives (whom I serve), I will take nothing from you." Naaman insisted that he take it, but he refused. -- 2 kings 5:16 +. +Naaman said, "If not, then please give your servant a load of dirt, enough for a pair of mules to carry, for your servant will never again offer a burnt offering or sacrifice to a god other than the Lord. -- 2 kings 5:17 +. +May the Lord forgive your servant for this one thing: When my master enters the temple of Rimmon to worship, and he leans on my arm and I bow down in the temple of Rimmon, may the Lord forgive your servant for this." -- 2 kings 5:18 +. +Elisha said to him, "Go in peace." When he had gone a short distance, -- 2 kings 5:19 +. +Gehazi, the prophet Elisha's servant, thought, "Look, my master did not accept what this Syrian Naaman offered him. As certainly as the Lord lives, I will run after him and accept something from him." -- 2 kings 5:20 +. +So Gehazi ran after Naaman. When Naaman saw someone running after him, he got down from his chariot to meet him and asked, "Is everything all right?" -- 2 kings 5:21 +. +He answered, "Everything is fine. My master sent me with this message, 'Look, two servants of the prophets just arrived from the Ephraimite hill country. Please give them a talent of silver and two suits of clothes.'" -- 2 kings 5:22 +. +Naaman said, "Please accept two talents of silver. He insisted, and tied up two talents of silver in two bags, along with two suits of clothes. He gave them to two of his servants and they carried them for Gehazi. -- 2 kings 5:23 +. +When he arrived at the hill, he took them from the servants and put them in the house. Then he sent the men on their way. -- 2 kings 5:24 +. +When he came and stood before his master, Elisha asked him, "Where have you been, Gehazi?" He answered, "Your servant hasn't been anywhere." -- 2 kings 5:25 +. +Elisha replied, "I was there in spirit when a man turned and got down from his chariot to meet you. This is not the proper time to accept silver or to accept clothes, olive groves, vineyards, sheep, cattle, and male and female servants. -- 2 kings 5:26 +. +Therefore Naaman's skin disease will afflict you and your descendants forever!" When Gehazi went out from his presence, his skin was as white as snow. -- 2 kings 5:27 +. +Some of the prophets said to Elisha, "Look, the place where we meet with you is too cramped for us. -- 2 kings 6:1 +. +Let's go to the Jordan. Each of us will get a log from there and we will build a meeting place for ourselves there." He said, "Go." -- 2 kings 6:2 +. +One of them said, "Please come along with your servants." He replied, "All right, I'll come." -- 2 kings 6:3 +. +So he went with them. When they arrived at the Jordan, they started cutting down trees. -- 2 kings 6:4 +. +As one of them was felling a log, the ax head dropped into the water. He shouted, "Oh no, my master! It was borrowed!" -- 2 kings 6:5 +. +The prophet asked, "Where did it drop in?" When he showed him the spot, Elisha cut off a branch, threw it in at that spot, and made the ax head float. -- 2 kings 6:6 +. +He said, "Lift it out." So he reached out his hand and grabbed it. -- 2 kings 6:7 +. +Now the king of Syria was at war with Israel. He consulted his advisers, who said, "Invade at such and such a place." -- 2 kings 6:8 +. +But the prophet sent this message to the king of Israel, "Make sure you don't pass through this place because Syria is invading there." -- 2 kings 6:9 +. +So the king of Israel sent a message to the place the prophet had pointed out, warning it to be on its guard. This happened on several occasions. -- 2 kings 6:10 +. +This made the king of Syria upset. So he summoned his advisers and said to them, "One of us must be helping the king of Israel." -- 2 kings 6:11 +. +One of his advisers said, "No, my master, O king. The prophet Elisha who lives in Israel keeps telling the king of Israel the things you say in your bedroom." -- 2 kings 6:12 +. +The king ordered, "Go, find out where he is, so I can send some men to capture him." The king was told, "He is in Dothan." -- 2 kings 6:13 +. +So he sent horses and chariots there, along with a good-sized army. They arrived during the night and surrounded the city. -- 2 kings 6:14 +. +The prophet's attendant got up early in the morning. When he went outside there was an army surrounding the city, along with horses and chariots. He said to Elisha, "Oh no, my master! What will we do?" -- 2 kings 6:15 +. +He replied, "Don't be afraid, for our side outnumbers them." -- 2 kings 6:16 +. +Then Elisha prayed, "O Lord, open his eyes so he can see." The Lord opened the servant's eyes and he saw that the hill was full of horses and chariots of fire all around Elisha. -- 2 kings 6:17 +. +As they approached him, Elisha prayed to the Lord, "Strike these people with blindness." The Lord struck them with blindness as Elisha requested. -- 2 kings 6:18 +. +Then Elisha said to them, "This is not the right road or city. Follow me, and I will lead you to the man you're looking for." He led them to Samaria. -- 2 kings 6:19 +. +When they had entered Samaria, Elisha said, "O Lord, open their eyes, so they can see." The Lord opened their eyes and they saw that they were in the middle of Samaria. -- 2 kings 6:20 +. +When the king of Israel saw them, he asked Elisha, "Should I strike them down, my master?" -- 2 kings 6:21 +. +He replied, "Do not strike them down! You did not capture them with your sword or bow, so what gives you the right to strike them down? Give them some food and water, so they can eat and drink and then go back to their master." -- 2 kings 6:22 +. +So he threw a big banquet for them and they ate and drank. Then he sent them back to their master. After that no Syrian raiding parties again invaded the land of Israel. -- 2 kings 6:23 +. +Later King Ben Hadad of Syria assembled his entire army and attacked and besieged Samaria. -- 2 kings 6:24 +. +Samaria's food supply ran out. They laid siege to it so long that a donkey's head was selling for eighty shekels of silver and a quarter of a kab of dove's droppings for five shekels of silver. -- 2 kings 6:25 +. +While the king of Israel was passing by on the city wall, a woman shouted to him, "Help us, my master, O king!" -- 2 kings 6:26 +. +He replied, "No, let the Lord help you. How can I help you? The threshing floor and winepress are empty." -- 2 kings 6:27 +. +Then the king asked her, "What's your problem?" She answered, "This woman said to me, 'Hand over your son; we'll eat him today and then eat my son tomorrow.' -- 2 kings 6:28 +. +So we boiled my son and ate him. Then I said to her the next day, 'Hand over your son and we'll eat him.' But she hid her son!" -- 2 kings 6:29 +. +When the king heard what the woman said, he tore his clothes. As he was passing by on the wall, the people could see he was wearing sackcloth under his clothes. -- 2 kings 6:30 +. +Then he said, "May God judge me severely if Elisha son of Shaphat still has his head by the end of the day!" -- 2 kings 6:31 +. +Now Elisha was sitting in his house with the community leaders. The king sent a messenger on ahead, but before he arrived, Elisha said to the leaders, "Do you realize this assassin intends to cut off my head?" Look, when the messenger arrives, shut the door and lean against it. His master will certainly be right behind him." -- 2 kings 6:32 +. +He was still talking to them when the messenger approached and said, "Look, the Lord is responsible for this disaster! Why should I continue to wait for the Lord to help?" -- 2 kings 6:33 +. +Elisha replied, "Hear the word of the Lord! This is what the Lord says, 'About this time tomorrow a seah of finely milled flour will sell for a shekel and two seahs of barley for a shekel at the gate of Samaria.'" -- 2 kings 7:1 +. +An officer who was the king's right-hand man responded to the prophet, "Look, even if the Lord made it rain by opening holes in the sky, could this happen so soon?" Elisha said, "Look, you will see it happen with your own eyes, but you will not eat any of the food!" -- 2 kings 7:2 +. +Now four men with a skin disease were sitting at the entrance of the city gate. They said to one another, "Why are we just sitting here waiting to die? -- 2 kings 7:3 +. +If we go into the city, we'll die of starvation, and if we stay here we'll die! So come on, let's defect to the Syrian camp! If they spare us, we'll live; if they kill us - well, we were going to die anyway." -- 2 kings 7:4 +. +So they started toward the Syrian camp at dusk. When they reached the edge of the Syrian camp, there was no one there. -- 2 kings 7:5 +. +The Lord had caused the Syrian camp to hear the sound of chariots and horses and a large army. Then they said to one another, "Look, the king of Israel has paid the kings of the Hittites and Egypt to attack us!" -- 2 kings 7:6 +. +So they got up and fled at dusk, leaving behind their tents, horses, and donkeys. They left the camp as it was and ran for their lives. -- 2 kings 7:7 +. +When the men with a skin disease reached the edge of the camp, they entered a tent and had a meal. They also took some silver, gold, and clothes and went and hid it all. Then they went back and entered another tent. They looted it and went and hid what they had taken. -- 2 kings 7:8 +. +Then they said to one another, "It's not right what we're doing! This is a day to celebrate, but we haven't told anyone. If we wait until dawn, we'll be punished. So come on, let's go and inform the royal palace." -- 2 kings 7:9 +. +So they went and called out to the gatekeepers of the city. They told them, "We entered the Syrian camp and there was no one there. We didn't even hear a man's voice. But the horses and donkeys are still tied up, and the tents remain up." -- 2 kings 7:10 +. +The gatekeepers relayed the news to the royal palace. -- 2 kings 7:11 +. +The king got up in the night and said to his advisers, "I will tell you what the Syrians have done to us. They know we are starving, so they left the camp and hid in the field, thinking, 'When they come out of the city, we will capture them alive and enter the city.'" -- 2 kings 7:12 +. +One of his advisers replied, "Pick some men and have them take five of the horses that are left in the city. (Even if they are killed, their fate will be no different than that of all the Israelite people - we're all going to die!) Let's send them out so we can know for sure what's going on." -- 2 kings 7:13 +. +So they picked two horsemen and the king sent them out to track the Syrian army. He ordered them, "Go and find out what's going on." -- 2 kings 7:14 +. +So they tracked them as far as the Jordan. The road was filled with clothes and equipment that the Syrians had discarded in their haste. The scouts went back and told the king. -- 2 kings 7:15 +. +Then the people went out and looted the Syrian camp. A seah of finely milled flour sold for a shekel, and two seahs of barley for a shekel, just as the Lord had said they would. -- 2 kings 7:16 +. +Now the king had placed the officer who was his right-hand man at the city gate. When the people rushed out, they trampled him to death in the gate. This fulfilled the prophet's word which he had spoken when the king tried to arrest him. -- 2 kings 7:17 +. +The prophet told the king, "Two seahs of barley will sell for a shekel, and a seah of finely milled flour for a shekel; this will happen about this time tomorrow in the gate of Samaria." -- 2 kings 7:18 +. +But the officer replied to the prophet, "Look, even if the Lord made it rain by opening holes in the sky, could this happen so soon?" Elisha said, "Look, you will see it happen with your own eyes, but you will not eat any of the food!" -- 2 kings 7:19 +. +This is exactly what happened to him. The people trampled him to death in the city gate. -- 2 kings 7:20 +. +Now Elisha advised the woman whose son he had brought back to life, "You and your family should go and live somewhere else for a while, for the Lord has decreed that a famine will overtake the land for seven years." -- 2 kings 8:1 +. +So the woman did as the prophet said. She and her family went and lived in the land of the Philistines for seven years. -- 2 kings 8:2 +. +After seven years the woman returned from the land of the Philistines and went to ask the king to give her back her house and field. -- 2 kings 8:3 +. +Now the king was talking to Gehazi, the prophet's servant, and said, "Tell me all the great things which Elisha has done." -- 2 kings 8:4 +. +While Gehazi was telling the king how Elisha had brought the dead back to life, the woman whose son he had brought back to life came to ask the king for her house and field. Gehazi said, "My master, O king, this is the very woman and this is her son whom Elisha brought back to life!" -- 2 kings 8:5 +. +The king asked the woman about it, and she gave him the details. The king assigned a eunuch to take care of her request and ordered him, "Give her back everything she owns, as well as the amount of crops her field produced from the day she left the land until now." -- 2 kings 8:6 +. +Elisha traveled to Damascus while King Ben Hadad of Syria was sick. The king was told, "The prophet has come here." -- 2 kings 8:7 +. +So the king told Hazael, "Take a gift and go visit the prophet. Request from him an oracle from the Lord. Ask him, 'Will I recover from this sickness?'" -- 2 kings 8:8 +. +So Hazael went to visit Elisha. He took along a gift, as well as forty camel loads of all the fine things of Damascus. When he arrived, he stood before him and said, "Your son, King Ben Hadad of Syria, has sent me to you with this question, 'Will I recover from this sickness?'" -- 2 kings 8:9 +. +Elisha said to him, "Go and tell him, 'You will surely recover,' but the Lord has revealed to me that he will surely die." -- 2 kings 8:10 +. +Elisha just stared at him until Hazael became uncomfortable. Then the prophet started crying. -- 2 kings 8:11 +. +Hazael asked, "Why are you crying, my master?" He replied, "Because I know the trouble you will cause the Israelites. You will set fire to their fortresses, kill their young men with the sword, smash their children to bits, and rip open their pregnant women." -- 2 kings 8:12 +. +Hazael said, "How could your servant, who is as insignificant as a dog, accomplish this great military victory?" Elisha answered, "The Lord has revealed to me that you will be the king of Syria." -- 2 kings 8:13 +. +He left Elisha and went to his master. Ben Hadad asked him, "What did Elisha tell you?" Hazael replied, "He told me you would surely recover." -- 2 kings 8:14 +. +The next day Hazael took a piece of cloth, dipped it in water, and spread it over Ben Hadad's face until he died. Then Hazael replaced him as king. -- 2 kings 8:15 +. +In the fifth year of the reign of Israel's King Joram, son of Ahab, Jehoshaphat's son Jehoram became king over Judah. -- 2 kings 8:16 +. +He was thirty-two years old when he became king and he reigned for eight years in Jerusalem. -- 2 kings 8:17 +. +He followed in the footsteps of the kings of Israel, just as Ahab's dynasty had done, for he married Ahab's daughter. He did evil in the sight of the Lord. -- 2 kings 8:18 +. +But the Lord was unwilling to destroy Judah. He preserved Judah for the sake of his servant David to whom he had promised a perpetual dynasty. -- 2 kings 8:19 +. +During his reign Edom freed themselves from Judah's control and set up their own king. -- 2 kings 8:20 +. +Joram crossed over to Zair with all his chariots. The Edomites, who had surrounded him, attacked at night and defeated him and his chariot officers. The Israelite army retreated to their homeland. -- 2 kings 8:21 +. +So Edom has remained free from Judah's control to this very day. At that same time Libnah also rebelled. -- 2 kings 8:22 +. +The rest of the events of Joram's reign, including a record of his accomplishments, are recorded in the scroll called the Annals of the Kings of Judah. -- 2 kings 8:23 +. +Joram passed away and was buried with his ancestors in the city of David. His son Ahaziah replaced him as king. -- 2 kings 8:24 +. +In the twelfth year of the reign of Israel's King Joram, son of Ahab, Jehoram's son Ahaziah became king over Judah. -- 2 kings 8:25 +. +Ahaziah was twenty-two years old when he became king and he reigned for one year in Jerusalem. His mother was Athaliah, the granddaughter of King Omri of Israel. -- 2 kings 8:26 +. +He followed in the footsteps of Ahab's dynasty and did evil in the sight of the Lord, like Ahab's dynasty, for he was related to Ahab's family. -- 2 kings 8:27 +. +He joined Ahab's son Joram in a battle against King Hazael of Syria at Ramoth Gilead in which the Syrians defeated Joram. -- 2 kings 8:28 +. +King Joram returned to Jezreel to recover from the wounds he received from the Syrians in Ramah when he fought against King Hazael of Syria. King Ahaziah son of Jehoram of Judah went down to visit Joram son of Ahab in Jezreel, for he was ill. -- 2 kings 8:29 +. +Now Elisha the prophet summoned a member of the prophetic guild and told him, "Tuck your robes into your belt, take this container of olive oil in your hand, and go to Ramoth Gilead. -- 2 kings 9:1 +. +When you arrive there, look for Jehu son of Jehoshaphat son of Nimshi and take him aside into an inner room. -- 2 kings 9:2 +. +Take the container of olive oil, pour it over his head, and say, 'This is what the Lord says, "I have designated you as king over Israel."' Then open the door and run away quickly!" -- 2 kings 9:3 +. +So the young prophet went to Ramoth Gilead. -- 2 kings 9:4 +. +When he arrived, the officers of the army were sitting there. So he said, "I have a message for you, O officer." Jehu asked, "For which one of us?" He replied, "For you, O officer." -- 2 kings 9:5 +. +So Jehu got up and went inside. Then the prophet poured the olive oil on his head and said to him, "This is what the Lord God of Israel says, 'I have designated you as king over the Lord's people Israel. -- 2 kings 9:6 +. +You will destroy the family of your master Ahab. I will get revenge against Jezebel for the shed blood of my servants the prophets and for the shed blood of all the Lord's servants. -- 2 kings 9:7 +. +Ahab's entire family will die. I will cut off every last male belonging to Ahab in Israel, including even the weak and incapacitated. -- 2 kings 9:8 +. +I will make Ahab's dynasty like those of Jeroboam son of Nebat and Baasha son of Ahijah. -- 2 kings 9:9 +. +Dogs will devour Jezebel on the plot of ground in Jezreel; she will not be buried.'" Then he opened the door and ran away. -- 2 kings 9:10 +. +When Jehu rejoined his master's servants, they asked him, "Is everything all right? Why did this madman visit you?" He replied, "Ah, it's not important. You know what kind of man he is and the kinds of things he says." -- 2 kings 9:11 +. +But they said, "You're lying! Tell us what he said." So he told them what he had said. He also related how he had said, "This is what the Lord says, 'I have designated you as king over Israel.'" -- 2 kings 9:12 +. +Each of them quickly took off his cloak and they spread them out at Jehu's feet on the steps. The trumpet was blown and they shouted, "Jehu is king!" -- 2 kings 9:13 +. +Then Jehu son of Jehoshaphat son of Nimshi conspired against Joram.Now Joram had been in Ramoth Gilead with the whole Israelite army, guarding against an invasion by King Hazael of Syria. -- 2 kings 9:14 +. +But King Joram had returned to Jezreel to recover from the wounds he received from the Syrians when he fought against King Hazael of Syria. Jehu told his supporters, "If you really want me to be king, then don't let anyone escape from the city to go and warn Jezreel." -- 2 kings 9:15 +. +Jehu drove his chariot to Jezreel, for Joram was recuperating there. (Now King Ahaziah of Judah had come down to visit Joram.) -- 2 kings 9:16 +. +Now the watchman was standing on the tower in Jezreel and saw Jehu's troops approaching. He said, "I see troops!" Jehoram ordered, "Send a rider out to meet them and have him ask, 'Is everything all right?'" -- 2 kings 9:17 +. +So the horseman went to meet him and said, "This is what the king says, 'Is everything all right?'" Jehu replied, "None of your business! Follow me." The watchman reported, "The messenger reached them, but hasn't started back." -- 2 kings 9:18 +. +So he sent a second horseman out to them and he said, "This is what the king says, 'Is everything all right?'" Jehu replied, "None of your business! Follow me." -- 2 kings 9:19 +. +The watchman reported, "He reached them, but hasn't started back. The one who drives the lead chariot drives like Jehu son of Nimshi; he drives recklessly." -- 2 kings 9:20 +. +Jehoram ordered, "Hitch up my chariot." When his chariot had been hitched up, King Jehoram of Israel and King Ahaziah of Judah went out in their respective chariots to meet Jehu. They met up with him in the plot of land that had once belonged to Naboth of Jezreel. -- 2 kings 9:21 +. +When Jehoram saw Jehu, he asked, "Is everything all right, Jehu?" He replied, "How can everything be all right as long as your mother Jezebel promotes idolatry and pagan practices?" -- 2 kings 9:22 +. +Jehoram turned his chariot around and took off. He said to Ahaziah, "It's a trap, Ahaziah!" -- 2 kings 9:23 +. +Jehu aimed his bow and shot an arrow right between Jehoram's shoulders. The arrow went through his heart and he fell to his knees in his chariot. -- 2 kings 9:24 +. +Jehu ordered his officer Bidkar, "Pick him up and throw him into the part of the field that once belonged to Naboth of Jezreel. Remember, you and I were riding together behind his father Ahab, when the Lord pronounced this judgment on him, -- 2 kings 9:25 +. +'"Know for sure that I saw the shed blood of Naboth and his sons yesterday," says the Lord, "and that I will give you what you deserve right here in this plot of land," says the Lord.' So now pick him up and throw him into this plot of land, just as the Lord said." -- 2 kings 9:26 +. +When King Ahaziah of Judah saw what happened, he took off up the road to Beth Haggan. Jehu chased him and ordered, "Shoot him too." They shot him while he was driving his chariot up the ascent of Gur near Ibleam. He fled to Megiddo and died there. -- 2 kings 9:27 +. +His servants took his body back to Jerusalem and buried him in his tomb with his ancestors in the city of David. -- 2 kings 9:28 +. +Ahaziah had become king over Judah in the eleventh year of Joram son of Ahab. -- 2 kings 9:29 +. +Jehu approached Jezreel. When Jezebel heard the news, she put on some eye liner, fixed up her hair, and leaned out the window. -- 2 kings 9:30 +. +When Jehu came through the gate, she said, "Is everything all right, Zimri, murderer of his master?" -- 2 kings 9:31 +. +He looked up at the window and said, "Who is on my side? Who?" Two or three eunuchs looked down at him. -- 2 kings 9:32 +. +He said, "Throw her down!" So they threw her down, and when she hit the ground, her blood splattered against the wall and the horses, and Jehu drove his chariot over her. -- 2 kings 9:33 +. +He went inside and had a meal. Then he said, "Dispose of this accursed woman's corpse. Bury her, for after all, she was a king's daughter." -- 2 kings 9:34 +. +But when they went to bury her, they found nothing left but the skull, feet, and palms of the hands. -- 2 kings 9:35 +. +When they went back and told him, he said, "The Lord's word through his servant, Elijah the Tishbite, has come to pass. He warned, 'In the plot of land at Jezreel, dogs will devour Jezebel's flesh. -- 2 kings 9:36 +. +Jezebel's corpse will be like manure on the surface of the ground in the plot of land at Jezreel. People will not be able to even recognize her.'" -- 2 kings 9:37 +. +Ahab had seventy sons living in Samaria. So Jehu wrote letters and sent them to Samaria to the leading officials of Jezreel and to the guardians of Ahab's dynasty. This is what the letters said, -- 2 kings 10:1 +. +"You have with you the sons of your master, chariots and horses, a fortified city, and weapons. So when this letter arrives, -- 2 kings 10:2 +. +pick the best and most capable of your master's sons, place him on his father's throne, and defend your master's dynasty." -- 2 kings 10:3 +. +They were absolutely terrified and said, "Look, two kings could not stop him! How can we?" -- 2 kings 10:4 +. +So the palace supervisor, the city commissioner, the leaders, and the guardians sent this message to Jehu, "We are your subjects! Whatever you say, we will do. We will not make anyone king. Do what you consider proper." -- 2 kings 10:5 +. +He wrote them a second letter, saying, "If you are really on my side and are willing to obey me, then take the heads of your master's sons and come to me in Jezreel at this time tomorrow." Now the king had seventy sons, and the prominent men of the city were raising them. -- 2 kings 10:6 +. +When they received the letter, they seized the king's sons and executed all seventy of them. They put their heads in baskets and sent them to him in Jezreel. -- 2 kings 10:7 +. +The messenger came and told Jehu, "They have brought the heads of the king's sons." Jehu said, "Stack them in two piles at the entrance of the city gate until morning." -- 2 kings 10:8 +. +In the morning he went out and stood there. Then he said to all the people, "You are innocent. I conspired against my master and killed him. But who struck down all of these men? -- 2 kings 10:9 +. +Therefore take note that not one of the judgments the Lord announced against Ahab's dynasty has failed to materialize. The Lord had done what he announced through his servant Elijah." -- 2 kings 10:10 +. +Then Jehu killed all who were left of Ahab's family in Jezreel, and all his nobles, close friends, and priests. He left no survivors. -- 2 kings 10:11 +. +Jehu then left there and set out for Samaria. While he was traveling through Beth Eked of the Shepherds, -- 2 kings 10:12 +. +Jehu encountered the relatives of King Ahaziah of Judah. He asked, "Who are you?" They replied, "We are Ahaziah's relatives. We have come down to see how the king's sons and the queen mother's sons are doing." -- 2 kings 10:13 +. +He said, "Capture them alive!" So they captured them alive and then executed all forty-two of them in the cistern at Beth Eked. He left no survivors. -- 2 kings 10:14 +. +When he left there, he met Jehonadab, son of Rekab, who had been looking for him. Jehu greeted him and asked, "Are you as committed to me as I am to you?" Jehonadab answered, "I am!" Jehu replied, "If so, give me your hand." So he offered his hand and Jehu pulled him up into the chariot. -- 2 kings 10:15 +. +Jehu said, "Come with me and see how zealous I am for the Lord's cause." So he took him along in his chariot. -- 2 kings 10:16 +. +He went to Samaria and exterminated all the members of Ahab's family who were still alive in Samaria, just as the Lord had announced to Elijah. -- 2 kings 10:17 +. +Jehu assembled all the people and said to them, "Ahab worshiped Baal a little; Jehu will worship him with great devotion. -- 2 kings 10:18 +. +So now, bring to me all the prophets of Baal, as well as all his servants and priests. None of them must be absent, for I am offering a great sacrifice to Baal. Any of them who fail to appear will lose their lives." But Jehu was tricking them so he could destroy the servants of Baal. -- 2 kings 10:19 +. +Then Jehu ordered, "Make arrangements for a celebration for Baal." So they announced it. -- 2 kings 10:20 +. +Jehu sent invitations throughout Israel, and all the servants of Baal came; not one was absent. They arrived at the temple of Baal and filled it up from end to end. -- 2 kings 10:21 +. +Jehu ordered the one who was in charge of the wardrobe, "Bring out robes for all the servants of Baal." So he brought out robes for them. -- 2 kings 10:22 +. +Then Jehu and Jehonadab son of Rekab went to the temple of Baal. Jehu said to the servants of Baal, "Make sure there are no servants of the Lord here with you; there must be only servants of Baal." -- 2 kings 10:23 +. +They went inside to offer sacrifices and burnt offerings. Now Jehu had stationed eighty men outside. He had told them, "If any of the men inside get away, you will pay with your lives!" -- 2 kings 10:24 +. +When he finished offering the burnt sacrifice, Jehu ordered the royal guard and officers, "Come in and strike them down! Don't let any escape!" So the royal guard and officers struck them down with the sword and left their bodies lying there. Then they entered the inner sanctuary of the temple of Baal. -- 2 kings 10:25 +. +They hauled out the sacred pillar of the temple of Baal and burned it. -- 2 kings 10:26 +. +They demolished the sacred pillar of Baal and the temple of Baal; it is used as a latrine to this very day. -- 2 kings 10:27 +. +So Jehu eradicated Baal worship from Israel. -- 2 kings 10:28 +. +However, Jehu did not repudiate the sins which Jeroboam son of Nebat had encouraged Israel to commit; the golden calves remained in Bethel and Dan. -- 2 kings 10:29 +. +The Lord said to Jehu, "You have done well. You have accomplished my will and carried out my wishes with regard to Ahab's dynasty. Therefore four generations of your descendants will rule over Israel." -- 2 kings 10:30 +. +But Jehu did not carefully and wholeheartedly obey the law of the Lord God of Israel. He did not repudiate the sins which Jeroboam had encouraged Israel to commit. -- 2 kings 10:31 +. +In those days the Lord began to reduce the size of Israel's territory. Hazael attacked their eastern border. -- 2 kings 10:32 +. +He conquered all the land of Gilead, including the territory of Gad, Reuben, and Manasseh, extending all the way from the Aroer in the Arnon Valley through Gilead to Bashan. -- 2 kings 10:33 +. +The rest of the events of Jehu's reign, including all his accomplishments and successes, are recorded in the scroll called the Annals of the Kings of Israel. -- 2 kings 10:34 +. +Jehu passed away and was buried in Samaria. His son Jehoahaz replaced him as king. -- 2 kings 10:35 +. +Jehu reigned over Israel for twenty-eight years in Samaria. -- 2 kings 10:36 +. +When Athaliah the mother of Ahaziah saw that her son was dead, she was determined to destroy the entire royal line. -- 2 kings 11:1 +. +So Jehosheba, the daughter of King Joram and sister of Ahaziah, took Ahaziah's son Joash and sneaked him away from the rest of the royal descendants who were to be executed. She hid him and his nurse in the room where the bed covers were stored. So he was hidden from Athaliah and escaped execution. -- 2 kings 11:2 +. +He hid out with his nurse in the Lord's temple for six years, while Athaliah was ruling over the land. -- 2 kings 11:3 +. +In the seventh year Jehoiada summoned the officers of the units of hundreds of the Carians and the royal bodyguard. He met with them in the Lord's temple. He made an agreement with them and made them swear an oath of allegiance in the Lord's temple. Then he showed them the king's son. -- 2 kings 11:4 +. +He ordered them, "This is what you must do. One third of the unit that is on duty during the Sabbath will guard the royal palace. -- 2 kings 11:5 +. +Another third of you will be stationed at the Foundation Gate. Still another third of you will be stationed at the gate behind the royal guard. You will take turns guarding the palace. -- 2 kings 11:6 +. +The two units who are off duty on the Sabbath will guard the Lord's temple and protect the king. -- 2 kings 11:7 +. +You must surround the king. Each of you must hold his weapon in his hand. Whoever approaches your ranks must be killed. You must accompany the king wherever he goes." -- 2 kings 11:8 +. +The officers of the units of hundreds did just as Jehoiada the priest ordered. Each of them took his men, those who were on duty during the Sabbath as well as those who were off duty on the Sabbath, and reported to Jehoiada the priest. -- 2 kings 11:9 +. +The priest gave to the officers of the units of hundreds King David's spears and the shields that were kept in the Lord's temple. -- 2 kings 11:10 +. +The royal bodyguard took their stations, each holding his weapon in his hand. They lined up from the south side of the temple to the north side and stood near the altar and the temple, surrounding the king. -- 2 kings 11:11 +. +Jehoiada led out the king's son and placed on him the crown and the royal insignia. They proclaimed him king and poured olive oil on his head. They clapped their hands and cried out, "Long live the king!" -- 2 kings 11:12 +. +When Athaliah heard the royal guard shout, she joined the crowd at the Lord's temple. -- 2 kings 11:13 +. +Then she saw the king standing by the pillar, according to custom. The officers stood beside the king with their trumpets and all the people of the land were celebrating and blowing trumpets. Athaliah tore her clothes and screamed, "Treason, treason!" -- 2 kings 11:14 +. +Jehoiada the priest ordered the officers of the units of hundreds, who were in charge of the army, "Bring her outside the temple to the guards. Put the sword to anyone who follows her." The priest gave this order because he had decided she should not be executed in the Lord's temple. -- 2 kings 11:15 +. +They seized her and took her into the precincts of the royal palace through the horses' entrance. There she was executed. -- 2 kings 11:16 +. +Jehoiada then drew up a covenant between the Lord and the king and people, stipulating that they should be loyal to the Lord. -- 2 kings 11:17 +. +All the people of the land went and demolished the temple of Baal. They smashed its altars and idols to bits. They killed Mattan the priest of Baal in front of the altar. Jehoiada the priest then placed guards at the Lord's temple. -- 2 kings 11:18 +. +He took the officers of the units of hundreds, the Carians, the royal bodyguard, and all the people of land, and together they led the king down from the Lord's temple. They entered the royal palace through the Gate of the Royal Bodyguard, and the king sat down on the royal throne. -- 2 kings 11:19 +. +All the people of the land celebrated, for the city had rest now that they had killed Athaliah with the sword in the royal palace. -- 2 kings 11:20 +. + Jehoash was seven years old when he began to reign. -- 2 kings 11:21 +. + In Jehu's seventh year Jehoash became king; he reigned for forty years in Jerusalem. His mother was Zibiah, who was from Beer Sheba. -- 2 kings 12:1 +. +Throughout his lifetime Jehoash did what the Lord approved, just as Jehoiada the priest taught him. -- 2 kings 12:2 +. +But the high places were not eliminated; the people continued to offer sacrifices and burn incense on the high places. -- 2 kings 12:3 +. +Jehoash said to the priests, "I place at your disposal all the consecrated silver that has been brought to the Lord's temple, including the silver collected from the census tax, the silver received from those who have made vows, and all the silver that people have voluntarily contributed to the Lord's temple. -- 2 kings 12:4 +. +The priests should receive the silver they need from the treasurers and repair any damage to the temple they discover." -- 2 kings 12:5 +. +By the twenty-third year of King Jehoash's reign the priests had still not repaired the damage to the temple. -- 2 kings 12:6 +. +So King Jehoash summoned Jehoiada the priest along with the other priests, and said to them, "Why have you not repaired the damage to the temple? Now, take no more silver from your treasurers unless you intend to use it to repair the damage." -- 2 kings 12:7 +. +The priests agreed not to collect silver from the people and relieved themselves of personal responsibility for the temple repairs. -- 2 kings 12:8 +. +Jehoiada the priest took a chest and drilled a hole in its lid. He placed it on the right side of the altar near the entrance of the Lord's temple. The priests who guarded the entrance would put into it all the silver brought to the Lord's temple. -- 2 kings 12:9 +. +When they saw the chest was full of silver, the royal secretary and the high priest counted the silver that had been brought to the Lord's temple and bagged it up. -- 2 kings 12:10 +. +They would then hand over the silver that had been weighed to the construction foremen assigned to the Lord's temple. They hired carpenters and builders to work on the Lord's temple, -- 2 kings 12:11 +. +as well as masons and stonecutters. They bought wood and chiseled stone to repair the damage to the Lord's temple and also paid for all the other expenses. -- 2 kings 12:12 +. +The silver brought to the Lord's temple was not used for silver bowls, trimming shears, basins, trumpets, or any kind of gold or silver implements. -- 2 kings 12:13 +. +It was handed over to the foremen who used it to repair the Lord's temple. -- 2 kings 12:14 +. +They did not audit the treasurers who disbursed the funds to the foremen, for they were honest. -- 2 kings 12:15 +. +(The silver collected in conjunction with reparation offerings and sin offerings was not brought to the Lord's temple; it belonged to the priests.) -- 2 kings 12:16 +. +At that time King Hazael of Syria attacked Gath and captured it. Hazael then decided to attack Jerusalem. -- 2 kings 12:17 +. +King Jehoash of Judah collected all the sacred items that his ancestors Jehoshaphat, Jehoram, and Ahaziah, kings of Judah, had consecrated, as well as his own sacred items and all the gold that could be found in the treasuries of the Lord's temple and the royal palace. He sent it all to King Hazael of Syria, who then withdrew from Jerusalem. -- 2 kings 12:18 +. +The rest of the events of Joash's reign, including all his accomplishments, are recorded in the scroll called the Annals of the Kings of Judah. -- 2 kings 12:19 +. +His servants conspired against him and murdered Joash at Beth-Millo, on the road that goes down to Silla. -- 2 kings 12:20 +. +His servants Jozabad son of Shimeath and Jehozabad son of Shomer murdered him. He was buried with his ancestors in the city of David. His son Amaziah replaced him as king. -- 2 kings 12:21 +. +In the twenty-third year of the reign of Judah's King Joash son of Ahaziah, Jehu's son Jehoahaz became king over Israel. He reigned in Samaria for seventeen years. -- 2 kings 13:1 +. +He did evil in the sight of the Lord. He continued in the sinful ways of Jeroboam son of Nebat who had encouraged Israel to sin; he did not repudiate those sins. -- 2 kings 13:2 +. +The Lord was furious with Israel and handed them over to King Hazael of Syria and to Hazael's son Ben Hadad for many years. -- 2 kings 13:3 +. +Jehoahaz asked for the Lord's mercy and the Lord responded favorably, for he saw that Israel was oppressed by the king of Syria. -- 2 kings 13:4 +. +The Lord provided a deliverer for Israel and they were freed from Syria's power. The Israelites once more lived in security. -- 2 kings 13:5 +. +But they did not repudiate the sinful ways of the family of Jeroboam, who encouraged Israel to sin; they continued in those sins. There was even an Asherah pole standing in Samaria. -- 2 kings 13:6 +. +Jehoahaz had no army left except for fifty horsemen, ten chariots, and 10,foot soldiers. The king of Syria had destroyed his troops and trampled on them like dust. -- 2 kings 13:7 +. +The rest of the events of Jehoahaz's reign, including all his accomplishments and successes, are recorded in the scroll called the Annals of the Kings of Israel. -- 2 kings 13:8 +. +Jehoahaz passed away and was buried in Samaria. His son Joash replaced him as king. -- 2 kings 13:9 +. +In the thirty-seventh year of King Joash's reign over Judah, Jehoahaz's son Jehoash became king over Israel. He reigned in Samaria for sixteen years. -- 2 kings 13:10 +. +He did evil in the sight of the Lord. He did not repudiate the sinful ways of Jeroboam son of Nebat who encouraged Israel to sin; he continued in those sins. -- 2 kings 13:11 +. +The rest of the events of Joash's reign, including all his accomplishments and his successful war with King Amaziah of Judah, are recorded in the scroll called the Annals of the Kings of Israel. -- 2 kings 13:12 +. +Joash passed away and Jeroboam succeeded him on the throne. Joash was buried in Samaria with the kings of Israel. -- 2 kings 13:13 +. +Now Elisha had a terminal illness. King Joash of Israel went down to visit him. He wept before him and said, "My father, my father! The chariot and horsemen of Israel!" -- 2 kings 13:14 +. +Elisha told him, "Take a bow and some arrows," and he did so. -- 2 kings 13:15 +. +Then Elisha told the king of Israel, "Aim the bow." He did so, and Elisha placed his hands on the king's hands. -- 2 kings 13:16 +. +Elisha said, "Open the east window," and he did so. Elisha said, "Shoot!" and he did so. Elisha said, "This arrow symbolizes the victory the Lord will give you over Syria. You will annihilate Syria in Aphek!" -- 2 kings 13:17 +. +Then Elisha said, "Take the arrows," and he did so. He told the king of Israel, "Strike the ground!" He struck the ground three times and stopped. -- 2 kings 13:18 +. +The prophet got angry at him and said, "If you had struck the ground five or six times, you would have annihilated Syria! But now, you will defeat Syria only three times." -- 2 kings 13:19 +. +Elisha died and was buried. Moabite raiding parties invaded the land at the beginning of the year. -- 2 kings 13:20 +. +One day some men were burying a man when they spotted a raiding party. So they threw the dead man into Elisha's tomb. When the body touched Elisha's bones, the dead man came to life and stood on his feet. -- 2 kings 13:21 +. +Now King Hazael of Syria oppressed Israel throughout Jehoahaz's reign. -- 2 kings 13:22 +. +But the Lord had mercy on them and felt pity for them. He extended his favor to them because of the promise he had made to Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob. He has been unwilling to destroy them or remove them from his presence to this very day. -- 2 kings 13:23 +. +When King Hazael of Syria died, his son Ben Hadad replaced him as king. -- 2 kings 13:24 +. +Jehoahaz's son Jehoash took back from Ben Hadad son of Hazael the cities that he had taken from his father Jehoahaz in war. Joash defeated him three times and recovered the Israelite cities. -- 2 kings 13:25 +. +In the second year of the reign of Israel's King Joash son of Joahaz, Joash's son Amaziah became king over Judah. -- 2 kings 14:1 +. +He was twenty-five years old when he began to reign, and he reigned for twenty-nine years in Jerusalem. His mother was Jehoaddan, who was from Jerusalem. -- 2 kings 14:2 +. +He did what the Lord approved, but not like David his father. He followed the example of his father Joash. -- 2 kings 14:3 +. +But the high places were not eliminated; the people continued to offer sacrifices and burn incense on the high places. -- 2 kings 14:4 +. +When he had secured control of the kingdom, he executed the servants who had assassinated his father. -- 2 kings 14:5 +. +But he did not execute the sons of the assassins. He obeyed the Lord's commandment as recorded in the law scroll of Moses, "Fathers must not be put to death for what their sons do, and sons must not be put to death for what their fathers do. A man must be put to death only for his own sin." -- 2 kings 14:6 +. +He defeated 10,Edomites in the Salt Valley; he captured Sela in battle and renamed it Joktheel, a name it has retained to this very day. -- 2 kings 14:7 +. +Then Amaziah sent messengers to Jehoash son of Jehoahaz son of Jehu, king of Israel. He said, "Come, let's meet face to face." -- 2 kings 14:8 +. +King Jehoash of Israel sent this message back to King Amaziah of Judah, "A thornbush in Lebanon sent this message to a cedar in Lebanon, 'Give your daughter to my son as a wife.' Then a wild animal of Lebanon came by and trampled down the thorn. -- 2 kings 14:9 +. +You thoroughly defeated Edom and it has gone to your head! Gloat over your success, but stay in your palace. Why bring calamity on yourself? Why bring down yourself and Judah along with you?" -- 2 kings 14:10 +. +But Amaziah would not heed the warning, so King Jehoash of Israel attacked. He and King Amaziah of Judah met face to face in Beth Shemesh of Judah. -- 2 kings 14:11 +. +Judah was defeated by Israel, and each man ran back home. -- 2 kings 14:12 +. +King Jehoash of Israel captured King Amaziah of Judah, son of Jehoash son of Ahaziah, in Beth Shemesh. He attacked Jerusalem and broke down the wall of Jerusalem from the Gate of Ephraim to the Corner Gate - a distance of about six hundred feet. -- 2 kings 14:13 +. +He took away all the gold and silver, all the items found in the Lord's temple and in the treasuries of the royal palace, and some hostages. Then he went back to Samaria. ( -- 2 kings 14:14 +. +The rest of the events of Jehoash's reign, including all his accomplishments and his successful war with King Amaziah of Judah, are recorded in the scroll called the Annals of the Kings of Israel. -- 2 kings 14:15 +. +Jehoash passed away and was buried in Samaria with the kings of Israel. His son Jeroboam replaced him as king.) -- 2 kings 14:16 +. +King Amaziah son of Joash of Judah lived for fifteen years after the death of King Jehoash son of Jehoahaz of Israel. -- 2 kings 14:17 +. +The rest of the events of Amaziah's reign are recorded in the scroll called the Annals of the Kings of Judah. -- 2 kings 14:18 +. +Conspirators plotted against him in Jerusalem, so he fled to Lachish. But they sent assassins after him and they killed him there. -- 2 kings 14:19 +. +His body was carried back by horses and he was buried in Jerusalem with his ancestors in the city of David. -- 2 kings 14:20 +. +All the people of Judah took Azariah, who was sixteen years old, and made him king in his father Amaziah's place. -- 2 kings 14:21 +. +Azariah built up Elat and restored it to Judah after the king had passed away. -- 2 kings 14:22 +. +In the fifteenth year of the reign of Judah's King Amaziah, son of Joash, Jeroboam son of Joash became king over Israel. He reigned for forty-one years in Samaria. -- 2 kings 14:23 +. +He did evil in the sight of the Lord; he did not repudiate the sinful ways of Jeroboam son of Nebat who encouraged Israel to sin. -- 2 kings 14:24 +. +He restored the border of Israel from Lebo Hamath in the north to the sea of the Arabah in the south, in accordance with the word of the Lord God of Israel announced through his servant Jonah son of Amittai, the prophet from Gath Hepher. -- 2 kings 14:25 +. +The Lord saw Israel's intense suffering; everyone was weak and incapacitated and Israel had no deliverer. -- 2 kings 14:26 +. +The Lord had not decreed that he would blot out Israel's memory from under heaven, so he delivered them through Jeroboam son of Joash. -- 2 kings 14:27 +. +The rest of the events of Jeroboam's reign, including all his accomplishments, his military success in restoring Israelite control over Damascus and Hamath, are recorded in the scroll called the Annals of the Kings of Israel. -- 2 kings 14:28 +. +Jeroboam passed away and was buried in Samaria with the kings of Israel. His son Zechariah replaced him as king. -- 2 kings 14:29 +. +In the twenty-seventh year of King Jeroboam's reign over Israel, Amaziah's son Azariah became king over Judah. -- 2 kings 15:1 +. +He was sixteen years old when he began to reign, and he reigned for fifty-two years in Jerusalem. His mother's name was Jecholiah, who was from Jerusalem. -- 2 kings 15:2 +. +He did what the Lord approved, just as his father Amaziah had done. -- 2 kings 15:3 +. +But the high places were not eliminated; the people continued to offer sacrifices and burn incense on the high places. -- 2 kings 15:4 +. +The Lord afflicted the king with an illness; he suffered from a skin disease until the day he died. He lived in separate quarters, while his son Jotham was in charge of the palace and ruled over the people of the land. -- 2 kings 15:5 +. +The rest of the events of Azariah's reign, including all his accomplishments, are recorded in the scroll called the Annals of the Kings of Judah. -- 2 kings 15:6 +. +Azariah passed away and was buried with his ancestors in the city of David. His son Jotham replaced him as king. -- 2 kings 15:7 +. +In the thirty-eighth year of King Azariah's reign over Judah, Jeroboam's son Zechariah became king over Israel. He reigned in Samaria for six months. -- 2 kings 15:8 +. +He did evil in the sight of the Lord, as his ancestors had done. He did not repudiate the sinful ways of Jeroboam son of Nebat who encouraged Israel to sin. -- 2 kings 15:9 +. +Shallum son of Jabesh conspired against him; he assassinated him in Ibleam and took his place as king. -- 2 kings 15:10 +. +The rest of the events of Zechariah's reign are recorded in the scroll called the Annals of the Kings of Israel. -- 2 kings 15:11 +. +His assassination brought to fulfillment the Lord's word to Jehu, "Four generations of your descendants will rule over Israel." That is exactly what happened. -- 2 kings 15:12 +. +Shallum son of Jabesh became king in the thirty-ninth year of King Uzziah's reign over Judah. He reigned for one month in Samaria. -- 2 kings 15:13 +. +Menahem son of Gadi went up from Tirzah to Samaria and attacked Shallum son of Jabesh. He killed him and took his place as king. -- 2 kings 15:14 +. +The rest of the events of Shallum's reign, including the conspiracy he organized, are recorded in the scroll called the Annals of the Kings of Israel. -- 2 kings 15:15 +. +At that time Menahem came from Tirzah and attacked Tiphsah. He struck down all who lived in the city and the surrounding territory, because they would not surrender. He even ripped open the pregnant women. -- 2 kings 15:16 +. +In the thirty-ninth year of King Azariah's reign over Judah, Menahem son of Gadi became king over Israel. He reigned for twelve years in Samaria. -- 2 kings 15:17 +. +He did evil in the sight of the Lord; he did not repudiate the sinful ways of Jeroboam son of Nebat who encouraged Israel to sin. During his reign, -- 2 kings 15:18 +. +Pul king of Assyria invaded the land, and Menahem paid him a thousand talents of silver to gain his support and to solidify his control of the kingdom. -- 2 kings 15:19 +. +Menahem got this silver by taxing all the wealthy men in Israel; he took fifty shekels of silver from each one of them and paid it to the king of Assyria. Then the king of Assyria left; he did not stay there in the land. -- 2 kings 15:20 +. +The rest of the events of Menahem's reign, including all his accomplishments, are recorded in the scroll called the Annals of the Kings of Israel. -- 2 kings 15:21 +. +Menahem passed away and his son Pekahiah replaced him as king. -- 2 kings 15:22 +. +In the fiftieth year of King Azariah's reign over Judah, Menahem's son Pekahiah became king over Israel. He reigned in Samaria for two years. -- 2 kings 15:23 +. +He did evil in the sight of the Lord; he did not repudiate the sinful ways of Jeroboam son of Nebat who encouraged Israel to sin. -- 2 kings 15:24 +. +His officer Pekah son of Remaliah conspired against him. He and fifty Gileadites assassinated Pekahiah, as well as Argob and Arieh, in Samaria in the fortress of the royal palace. Pekah then took his place as king. -- 2 kings 15:25 +. +The rest of the events of Pekahiah's reign, including all his accomplishments, are recorded in the scroll called the Annals of the Kings of Israel. -- 2 kings 15:26 +. +In the fifty-second year of King Azariah's reign over Judah, Pekah son of Remaliah became king over Israel. He reigned in Samaria for twenty years. -- 2 kings 15:27 +. +He did evil in the sight of the Lord; he did not repudiate the sinful ways of Jeroboam son of Nebat who encouraged Israel to sin. -- 2 kings 15:28 +. +During Pekah's reign over Israel, King Tiglath-pileser of Assyria came and captured Ijon, Abel Beth Maacah, Janoah, Kedesh, Hazor, Gilead, and Galilee, including all the territory of Naphtali. He deported the people to Assyria. -- 2 kings 15:29 +. +Hoshea son of Elah conspired against Pekah son of Remaliah. He assassinated him and took his place as king, in the twentieth year of the reign of Jotham son of Uzziah. -- 2 kings 15:30 +. +The rest of the events of Pekah's reign, including all his accomplishments, are recorded in the scroll called the Annals of the Kings of Israel. -- 2 kings 15:31 +. +In the second year of the reign of Israel's King Pekah son of Remaliah, Uzziah's son Jotham became king over Judah. -- 2 kings 15:32 +. +He was twenty-five years old when he began to reign, and he reigned for sixteen years in Jerusalem. His mother was Jerusha the daughter of Zadok. -- 2 kings 15:33 +. +He did what the Lord approved, just as his father Uzziah had done. -- 2 kings 15:34 +. +But the high places were not eliminated; the people continued to offer sacrifices and burn incense on the high places. He built the Upper Gate to the Lord's temple. -- 2 kings 15:35 +. +The rest of the events of Jotham's reign, including his accomplishments, are recorded in the scroll called the Annals of the Kings of Judah. -- 2 kings 15:36 +. +In those days the Lord prompted King Rezin of Syria and Pekah son of Remaliah to attack Judah. -- 2 kings 15:37 +. +Jotham passed away and was buried with his ancestors in the city of his ancestor David. His son Ahaz replaced him as king. -- 2 kings 15:38 +. +In the seventeenth year of the reign of Pekah son of Remaliah, Jotham's son Ahaz became king over Judah. -- 2 kings 16:1 +. +Ahaz was twenty years old when he began to reign, and he reigned for sixteen years in Jerusalem. He did not do what pleased the Lord his God, in contrast to his ancestor David. -- 2 kings 16:2 +. +He followed in the footsteps of the kings of Israel. He passed his son through the fire, a horrible sin practiced by the nations whom the Lord drove out from before the Israelites. -- 2 kings 16:3 +. +He offered sacrifices and burned incense on the high places, on the hills, and under every green tree. -- 2 kings 16:4 +. +At that time King Rezin of Syria and King Pekah son of Remaliah of Israel attacked Jerusalem. They besieged Ahaz, but were unable to conquer him. -- 2 kings 16:5 +. +(At that time King Rezin of Syria recovered Elat for Syria; he drove the Judahites from there. Syrians arrived in Elat and live there to this very day.) -- 2 kings 16:6 +. +Ahaz sent messengers to King Tiglath-pileser of Assyria, saying, "I am your servant and your dependent. March up and rescue me from the power of the king of Syria and the king of Israel, who have attacked me." -- 2 kings 16:7 +. +Then Ahaz took the silver and gold that were in the Lord's temple and in the treasuries of the royal palace and sent it as tribute to the king of Assyria. -- 2 kings 16:8 +. +The king of Assyria responded favorably to his request; he attacked Damascus and captured it. He deported the people to Kir and executed Rezin. -- 2 kings 16:9 +. +When King Ahaz went to meet with King Tiglath-pileser of Assyria in Damascus, he saw the altar there. King Ahaz sent to Uriah the priest a drawing of the altar and a blueprint for its design. -- 2 kings 16:10 +. +Uriah the priest built an altar in conformity to the plans King Ahaz had sent from Damascus. Uriah the priest finished it before King Ahaz arrived back from Damascus. -- 2 kings 16:11 +. +When the king arrived back from Damascus and saw the altar, he approached it and offered a sacrifice on it. -- 2 kings 16:12 +. +He offered his burnt sacrifice and his grain offering. He poured out his libation and sprinkled the blood from his peace offerings on the altar. -- 2 kings 16:13 +. +He moved the bronze altar that stood in the Lord's presence from the front of the temple (between the altar and the Lord's temple) and put it on the north side of the new altar. -- 2 kings 16:14 +. +King Ahaz ordered Uriah the priest, "On the large altar offer the morning burnt sacrifice, the evening grain offering, the royal burnt sacrifices and grain offering, the burnt sacrifice for all the people of Israel, their grain offering, and their libations. Sprinkle all the blood of the burnt sacrifice and other sacrifices on it. The bronze altar will be for my personal use." -- 2 kings 16:15 +. +So Uriah the priest did exactly as King Ahaz ordered. -- 2 kings 16:16 +. +King Ahaz took off the frames of the movable stands, and removed the basins from them. He took "The Sea" down from the bronze bulls that supported it and put it on the pavement. -- 2 kings 16:17 +. +He also removed the Sabbath awning that had been built in the temple and the king's outer entranceway, on account of the king of Assyria. -- 2 kings 16:18 +. +The rest of the events of Ahaz's reign, including his accomplishments, are recorded in the scroll called the Annals of the Kings of Judah. -- 2 kings 16:19 +. +Ahaz passed away and was buried with his ancestors in the city of David. His son Hezekiah replaced him as king. -- 2 kings 16:20 +. +In the twelfth year of King Ahaz's reign over Judah, Hoshea son of Elah became king over Israel. He reigned in Samaria for nine years. -- 2 kings 17:1 +. +He did evil in the sight of the Lord, but not to the same degree as the Israelite kings who preceded him. -- 2 kings 17:2 +. +King Shalmaneser of Assyria threatened him; Hoshea became his subject and paid him tribute. -- 2 kings 17:3 +. +The king of Assyria discovered that Hoshea was planning a revolt. Hoshea had sent messengers to King So of Egypt and had not sent his annual tribute to the king of Assyria. So the king of Assyria arrested him and imprisoned him. -- 2 kings 17:4 +. +The king of Assyria marched through the whole land. He attacked Samaria and besieged it for three years. -- 2 kings 17:5 +. +In the ninth year of Hoshea's reign, the king of Assyria captured Samaria and deported the people of Israel to Assyria. He settled them in Halah, along the Habor (the river of Gozan), and in the cities of the Medes. -- 2 kings 17:6 +. +This happened because the Israelites sinned against the Lord their God, who brought them up from the land of Egypt and freed them from the power of Pharaoh king of Egypt. They worshiped other gods; -- 2 kings 17:7 +. +they observed the practices of the nations whom the Lord had driven out from before Israel, and followed the example of the kings of Israel. -- 2 kings 17:8 +. +The Israelites said things about the Lord their God that were not right. They built high places in all their cities, from the watchtower to the fortress. -- 2 kings 17:9 +. +They set up sacred pillars and Asherah poles on every high hill and under every green tree. -- 2 kings 17:10 +. +They burned incense on all the high places just like the nations whom the Lord had driven away from before them. Their evil practices made the Lord angry. -- 2 kings 17:11 +. +They worshiped the disgusting idols in blatant disregard of the Lord's command. -- 2 kings 17:12 +. +The Lord solemnly warned Israel and Judah through all his prophets and all the seers, "Turn back from your evil ways; obey my commandments and rules that are recorded in the law. I ordered your ancestors to keep this law and sent my servants the prophets to remind you of its demands." -- 2 kings 17:13 +. +But they did not pay attention and were as stubborn as their ancestors, who had not trusted the Lord their God. -- 2 kings 17:14 +. +They rejected his rules, the covenant he had made with their ancestors, and the laws he had commanded them to obey. They paid allegiance to worthless idols, and so became worthless to the Lord. They copied the practices of the surrounding nations in blatant disregard of the Lord's command. -- 2 kings 17:15 +. +They abandoned all the commandments of the Lord their God; they made two metal calves and an Asherah pole, bowed down to all the stars in the sky, and worshiped Baal. -- 2 kings 17:16 +. +They passed their sons and daughters through the fire, and practiced divination and omen reading. They committed themselves to doing evil in the sight of the Lord and made him angry. -- 2 kings 17:17 +. +So the Lord was furious with Israel and rejected them; only the tribe of Judah was left. -- 2 kings 17:18 +. +Judah also failed to keep the commandments of the Lord their God; they followed Israel's example. -- 2 kings 17:19 +. +So the Lord rejected all of Israel's descendants; he humiliated them and handed them over to robbers, until he had thrown them from his presence. -- 2 kings 17:20 +. +He tore Israel away from David's dynasty, and Jeroboam son of Nebat became their king. Jeroboam drove Israel away from the Lord and encouraged them to commit a serious sin. -- 2 kings 17:21 +. +The Israelites followed in the sinful ways of Jeroboam son of Nebat and did not repudiate them. -- 2 kings 17:22 +. +Finally the Lord rejected Israel just as he had warned he would do through all his servants the prophets. Israel was deported from its land to Assyria and remains there to this very day. -- 2 kings 17:23 +. +The king of Assyria brought foreigners from Babylon, Cuthah, Avva, Hamath, and Sepharvaim and settled them in the cities of Samaria in place of the Israelites. They took possession of Samaria and lived in its cities. -- 2 kings 17:24 +. +When they first moved in, they did not worship the Lord. So the Lord sent lions among them and the lions were killing them. -- 2 kings 17:25 +. +The king of Assyria was told, "The nations whom you deported and settled in the cities of Samaria do not know the requirements of the God of the land, so he has sent lions among them. They are killing the people because they do not know the requirements of the God of the land." -- 2 kings 17:26 +. +So the king of Assyria ordered, "Take back one of the priests whom you deported from there. He must settle there and teach them the requirements of the God of the land." -- 2 kings 17:27 +. +So one of the priests whom they had deported from Samaria went back and settled in Bethel. He taught them how to worship the Lord. -- 2 kings 17:28 +. +But each of these nations made its own gods and put them in the shrines on the high places that the people of Samaria had made. Each nation did this in the cities where they lived. -- 2 kings 17:29 +. +The people from Babylon made Succoth Benoth, the people from Cuth made Nergal, the people from Hamath made Ashima, -- 2 kings 17:30 +. +the Avvites made Nibhaz and Tartak, and the Sepharvites burned their sons in the fire as an offering to Adrammelech and Anammelech, the gods of Sepharvaim. -- 2 kings 17:31 +. +At the same time they worshiped the Lord. They appointed some of their own people to serve as priests in the shrines on the high places. -- 2 kings 17:32 +. +They were worshiping the Lord and at the same time serving their own gods in accordance with the practices of the nations from which they had been deported. -- 2 kings 17:33 +. +To this very day they observe their earlier practices. They do not worship the Lord; they do not obey the rules, regulations, law, and commandments that the Lord gave the descendants of Jacob, whom he renamed Israel. -- 2 kings 17:34 +. +The Lord made an agreement with them and instructed them, "You must not worship other gods. Do not bow down to them, serve them, or offer sacrifices to them. -- 2 kings 17:35 +. +Instead you must worship the Lord, who brought you up from the land of Egypt by his great power and military ability; bow down to him and offer sacrifices to him. -- 2 kings 17:36 +. +You must carefully obey at all times the rules, regulations, law, and commandments he wrote down for you. You must not worship other gods. -- 2 kings 17:37 +. +You must never forget the agreement I made with you, and you must not worship other gods. -- 2 kings 17:38 +. +Instead you must worship the Lord your God; then he will rescue you from the power of all your enemies." -- 2 kings 17:39 +. +But they pay no attention; instead they observe their earlier practices. -- 2 kings 17:40 +. +These nations are worshiping the Lord and at the same time serving their idols; their sons and grandsons do just as their fathers have done, to this very day. -- 2 kings 17:41 +. +In the third year of the reign of Israel's King Hoshea son of Elah, Ahaz's son Hezekiah became king over Judah. -- 2 kings 18:1 +. +He was twenty-five years old when he began to reign, and he reigned twenty-nine years in Jerusalem. His mother was Abi, the daughter of Zechariah. -- 2 kings 18:2 +. +He did what the Lord approved, just as his ancestor David had done. -- 2 kings 18:3 +. +He eliminated the high places, smashed the sacred pillars to bits, and cut down the Asherah pole. He also demolished the bronze serpent that Moses had made, for up to that time the Israelites had been offering incense to it; it was called Nehushtan. -- 2 kings 18:4 +. +He trusted in the Lord God of Israel; in this regard there was none like him among the kings of Judah either before or after. -- 2 kings 18:5 +. +He was loyal to the Lord and did not abandon him. He obeyed the commandments which the Lord had given to Moses. -- 2 kings 18:6 +. +The Lord was with him; he succeeded in all his endeavors. He rebelled against the king of Assyria and refused to submit to him. -- 2 kings 18:7 +. +He defeated the Philistines as far as Gaza and its territory, from the watchtower to the city fortress. -- 2 kings 18:8 +. +In the fourth year of King Hezekiah's reign (it was the seventh year of the reign of Israel's King Hoshea, son of Elah), King Shalmaneser of Assyria marched up against Samaria and besieged it. -- 2 kings 18:9 +. +After three years he captured it (in the sixth year of Hezekiah's reign); in the ninth year of King Hoshea's reign over Israel Samaria was captured. -- 2 kings 18:10 +. +The king of Assyria deported the people of Israel to Assyria. He settled them in Halah, along the Habor (the river of Gozan), and in the cities of the Medes. -- 2 kings 18:11 +. +This happened because they did not obey the Lord their God and broke his agreement with them. They did not pay attention to and obey all that Moses, the Lord's servant, had commanded. -- 2 kings 18:12 +. +In the fourteenth year of King Hezekiah's reign, King Sennacherib of Assyria marched up against all the fortified cities of Judah and captured them. -- 2 kings 18:13 +. +King Hezekiah of Judah sent this message to the king of Assyria, who was at Lachish, "I have violated our treaty. If you leave, I will do whatever you demand." So the king of Assyria demanded that King Hezekiah of Judah pay three hundred talents of silver and thirty talents of gold. -- 2 kings 18:14 +. +Hezekiah gave him all the silver in the Lord's temple and in the treasuries of the royal palace. -- 2 kings 18:15 +. +At that time King Hezekiah of Judah stripped the metal overlays from the doors of the Lord's temple and from the posts which he had plated and gave them to the king of Assyria. -- 2 kings 18:16 +. +The king of Assyria sent his commanding general, the chief eunuch, and the chief adviser from Lachish to King Hezekiah in Jerusalem, along with a large army. They went up and arrived at Jerusalem. They went and stood at the conduit of the upper pool which is located on the road to the field where they wash and dry cloth. -- 2 kings 18:17 +. +They summoned the king, so Eliakim son of Hilkiah, the palace supervisor, accompanied by Shebna the scribe and Joah son of Asaph, the secretary, went out to meet them. -- 2 kings 18:18 +. +The chief adviser said to them, "Tell Hezekiah: 'This is what the great king, the king of Assyria, says: "What is your source of confidence? -- 2 kings 18:19 +. +Your claim to have a strategy and military strength is just empty talk. In whom are you trusting that you would dare to rebel against me? -- 2 kings 18:20 +. +Now look, you must be trusting in Egypt, that splintered reed staff. If a man leans for support on it, it punctures his hand and wounds him. That is what Pharaoh king of Egypt does to all who trust in him. -- 2 kings 18:21 +. +Perhaps you will tell me, 'We are trusting in the Lord our God.' But Hezekiah is the one who eliminated his high places and altars and then told the people of Judah and Jerusalem, 'You must worship at this altar in Jerusalem.' -- 2 kings 18:22 +. +Now make a deal with my master the king of Assyria, and I will give you two thousand horses, provided you can find enough riders for them. -- 2 kings 18:23 +. +Certainly you will not refuse one of my master's minor officials and trust in Egypt for chariots and horsemen. -- 2 kings 18:24 +. +Furthermore it was by the command of the Lord that I marched up against this place to destroy it. The Lord told me, 'March up against this land and destroy it.'"'" -- 2 kings 18:25 +. +Eliakim son of Hilkiah, Shebna, and Joah said to the chief adviser, "Speak to your servants in Aramaic, for we understand it. Don't speak with us in the Judahite dialect in the hearing of the people who are on the wall." -- 2 kings 18:26 +. +But the chief adviser said to them, "My master did not send me to speak these words only to your master and to you. His message is also for the men who sit on the wall, for they will eat their own excrement and drink their own urine along with you." -- 2 kings 18:27 +. +The chief adviser then stood there and called out loudly in the Judahite dialect, "Listen to the message of the great king, the king of Assyria. -- 2 kings 18:28 +. +This is what the king says: 'Don't let Hezekiah mislead you, for he is not able to rescue you from my hand! -- 2 kings 18:29 +. +Don't let Hezekiah talk you into trusting in the Lord when he says, "The Lord will certainly rescue us; this city will not be handed over to the king of Assyria." -- 2 kings 18:30 +. +Don't listen to Hezekiah!' For this is what the king of Assyria says, 'Send me a token of your submission and surrender to me. Then each of you may eat from his own vine and fig tree and drink water from his own cistern, -- 2 kings 18:31 +. +until I come and take you to a land just like your own - a land of grain and new wine, a land of bread and vineyards, a land of olive trees and honey. Then you will live and not die. Don't listen to Hezekiah, for he is misleading you when he says, "The Lord will rescue us." -- 2 kings 18:32 +. +Have any of the gods of the nations actually rescued his land from the power of the king of Assyria? -- 2 kings 18:33 +. +Where are the gods of Hamath and Arpad? Where are the gods of Sepharvaim, Hena, and Ivvah? Indeed, did any gods rescue Samaria from my power? -- 2 kings 18:34 +. +Who among all the gods of the lands has rescued their lands from my power? So how can the Lord rescue Jerusalem from my power?'" -- 2 kings 18:35 +. +The people were silent and did not respond, for the king had ordered, "Don't respond to him." -- 2 kings 18:36 +. +Eliakim son of Hilkiah, the palace supervisor, accompanied by Shebna the scribe and Joah son of Asaph, the secretary, went to Hezekiah with their clothes torn and reported to him what the chief adviser had said. -- 2 kings 18:37 +. +When King Hezekiah heard this, he tore his clothes, put on sackcloth, and went to the Lord's temple. -- 2 kings 19:1 +. +He sent Eliakim the palace supervisor, Shebna the scribe, and the leading priests, clothed in sackcloth, with this message to the prophet Isaiah son of Amoz: -- 2 kings 19:2 +. +"This is what Hezekiah says: 'This is a day of distress, insults, and humiliation, as when a baby is ready to leave the birth canal, but the mother lacks the strength to push it through. -- 2 kings 19:3 +. +Perhaps the Lord your God will hear all these things the chief adviser has spoken on behalf of his master, the king of Assyria, who sent him to taunt the living God. When the Lord your God hears, perhaps he will punish him for the things he has said. So pray for this remnant that remains.'" -- 2 kings 19:4 +. +When King Hezekiah's servants came to Isaiah, -- 2 kings 19:5 +. +Isaiah said to them, "Tell your master this: 'This is what the Lord says: "Don't be afraid because of the things you have heard - these insults the king of Assyria's servants have hurled against me. -- 2 kings 19:6 +. +Look, I will take control of his mind; he will receive a report and return to his own land. I will cut him down with a sword in his own land."'" -- 2 kings 19:7 +. +When the chief adviser heard the king of Assyria had departed from Lachish, he left and went to Libnah, where the king was campaigning. -- 2 kings 19:8 +. +The king heard that King Tirhakah of Ethiopia was marching out to fight him. He again sent messengers to Hezekiah, ordering them: -- 2 kings 19:9 +. +"Tell King Hezekiah of Judah this: 'Don't let your God in whom you trust mislead you when he says, "Jerusalem will not be handed over to the king of Assyria." -- 2 kings 19:10 +. +Certainly you have heard how the kings of Assyria have annihilated all lands. Do you really think you will be rescued? -- 2 kings 19:11 +. +Were the nations whom my ancestors destroyed - the nations of Gozan, Haran, Rezeph, and the people of Eden in Telassar - rescued by their gods? -- 2 kings 19:12 +. +Where are the king of Hamath, the king of Arpad, and the king of Lair, Sepharvaim, Hena, and Ivvah?'" -- 2 kings 19:13 +. +Hezekiah took the letter from the messengers and read it. Then Hezekiah went up to the Lord's temple and spread it out before the Lord. -- 2 kings 19:14 +. +Hezekiah prayed before the Lord: "Lord God of Israel, who is enthroned on the cherubs! You alone are God over all the kingdoms of the earth. You made the sky and the earth. -- 2 kings 19:15 +. +Pay attention, Lord, and hear! Open your eyes, Lord, and observe! Listen to the message Sennacherib sent and how he taunts the living God! -- 2 kings 19:16 +. +It is true, Lord, that the kings of Assyria have destroyed the nations and their lands. -- 2 kings 19:17 +. +They have burned the gods of the nations, for they are not really gods, but only the product of human hands manufactured from wood and stone. That is why the Assyrians could destroy them. -- 2 kings 19:18 +. +Now, O Lord our God, rescue us from his power, so that all the kingdoms of the earth will know that you, Lord, are the only God." -- 2 kings 19:19 +. +Isaiah son of Amoz sent this message to Hezekiah: "This is what the Lord God of Israel says: 'I have heard your prayer concerning King Sennacherib of Assyria. -- 2 kings 19:20 +. +This is what the Lord says about him: "The virgin daughter Zion despises you, she makes fun of you; Daughter Jerusalem shakes her head after you. -- 2 kings 19:21 +. +Whom have you taunted and hurled insults at? At whom have you shouted, and looked so arrogantly? At the Holy One of Israel! -- 2 kings 19:22 +. +Through your messengers you taunted the sovereign master, 'With my many chariots I climbed up the high mountains, the slopes of Lebanon. I cut down its tall cedars, and its best evergreens. I invaded its most remote regions, its thickest woods. -- 2 kings 19:23 +. +I dug wells and drank water in foreign lands. With the soles of my feet I dried up all the rivers of Egypt.' -- 2 kings 19:24 +. +Certainly you must have heard! Long ago I worked it out, In ancient times I planned it; and now I am bringing it to pass. The plan is this: Fortified cities will crash into heaps of ruins. -- 2 kings 19:25 +. +Their residents are powerless, they are terrified and ashamed. They are as short-lived as plants in the field, or green vegetation. They are as short-lived as grass on the rooftops when it is scorched by the east wind. -- 2 kings 19:26 +. +I know where you live, and everything you do. -- 2 kings 19:27 +. +Because you rage against me, and the uproar you create has reached my ears; I will put my hook in your nose, and my bridle between your lips, and I will lead you back the way you came." -- 2 kings 19:28 +. +This will be your confirmation that I have spoken the truth: This year you will eat what grows wild, and next year what grows on its own from that. But in the third year you will plant seed and harvest crops; you will plant vines and consume their produce. -- 2 kings 19:29 +. +Those who remain in Judah will take root in the ground and bear fruit. -- 2 kings 19:30 +. +For a remnant will leave Jerusalem; survivors will come out of Mount Zion. The intense devotion of the sovereign Lord to his people will accomplish this. -- 2 kings 19:31 +. +So this is what the Lord says about the king of Assyria: "He will not enter this city, nor will he shoot an arrow here. He will not attack it with his shield-carrying warriors, nor will he build siege works against it. -- 2 kings 19:32 +. +He will go back the way he came. He will not enter this city," says the Lord. -- 2 kings 19:33 +. +I will shield this city and rescue it for the sake of my reputation and because of my promise to David my servant.'" -- 2 kings 19:34 +. +That very night the Lord's messenger went out and killed 185,men in the Assyrian camp. When they got up early the next morning, there were all the corpses. -- 2 kings 19:35 +. +So King Sennacherib of Assyria broke camp and went on his way. He went home and stayed in Nineveh. -- 2 kings 19:36 +. +One day, as he was worshiping in the temple of his god Nisroch, his sons Adrammelech and Sharezer struck him down with the sword. They escaped to the land of Ararat; his son Esarhaddon replaced him as king. -- 2 kings 19:37 +. +In those days Hezekiah was stricken with a terminal illness. The prophet Isaiah son of Amoz visited him and told him, "This is what the Lord says, 'Give your household instructions, for you are about to die; you will not get well.'" -- 2 kings 20:1 +. +He turned his face to the wall and prayed to the Lord, -- 2 kings 20:2 +. +"Please, Lord. Remember how I have served you faithfully and with wholehearted devotion, and how I have carried out your will." Then Hezekiah wept bitterly. -- 2 kings 20:3 +. +Isaiah was still in the middle courtyard when the Lord told him, -- 2 kings 20:4 +. +"Go back and tell Hezekiah, the leader of my people: 'This is what the Lord God of your ancestor David says: "I have heard your prayer; I have seen your tears. Look, I will heal you. The day after tomorrow you will go up to the Lord's temple. -- 2 kings 20:5 +. +I will add fifteen years to your life and rescue you and this city from the king of Assyria. I will shield this city for the sake of my reputation and because of my promise to David my servant."'" -- 2 kings 20:6 +. +Isaiah ordered, "Get a fig cake." So they did as he ordered and placed it on the ulcerated sore, and he recovered. -- 2 kings 20:7 +. +Hezekiah had said to Isaiah, "What is the confirming sign that the Lord will heal me and that I will go up to the Lord's temple the day after tomorrow?" -- 2 kings 20:8 +. +Isaiah replied, "This is your sign from the Lord confirming that the Lord will do what he has said. Do you want the shadow to move ahead ten steps or to go back ten steps?" -- 2 kings 20:9 +. +Hezekiah answered, "It is easy for the shadow to lengthen ten steps, but not for it to go back ten steps." -- 2 kings 20:10 +. +Isaiah the prophet called out to the Lord, and the Lord made the shadow go back ten steps on the stairs of Ahaz. -- 2 kings 20:11 +. +At that time Merodach-Baladan son of Baladan, king of Babylon, sent letters and a gift to Hezekiah, for he had heard that Hezekiah was ill. -- 2 kings 20:12 +. +Hezekiah welcomed them and showed them his whole storehouse, with its silver, gold, spices, and high quality olive oil, as well as his armory and everything in his treasuries. Hezekiah showed them everything in his palace and in his whole kingdom. -- 2 kings 20:13 +. +Isaiah the prophet visited King Hezekiah and asked him, "What did these men say? Where do they come from?" Hezekiah replied, "They come from the distant land of Babylon." -- 2 kings 20:14 +. +Isaiah asked, "What have they seen in your palace?" Hezekiah replied, "They have seen everything in my palace. I showed them everything in my treasuries." -- 2 kings 20:15 +. +Isaiah said to Hezekiah, "Listen to the word of the Lord, -- 2 kings 20:16 +. +'Look, a time is coming when everything in your palace and the things your ancestors have accumulated to this day will be carried away to Babylon; nothing will be left,' says the Lord. -- 2 kings 20:17 +. +'Some of your very own descendants whom you father will be taken away and will be made eunuchs in the palace of the king of Babylon.'" -- 2 kings 20:18 +. +Hezekiah said to Isaiah, "The Lord's word which you have announced is appropriate." Then he added, "At least there will be peace and stability during my lifetime." -- 2 kings 20:19 +. +The rest of the events of Hezekiah's reign and all his accomplishments, including how he built a pool and conduit to bring water into the city, are recorded in the scroll called the Annals of the Kings of Judah. -- 2 kings 20:20 +. +Hezekiah passed away and his son Manasseh replaced him as king. -- 2 kings 20:21 +. +Manasseh was twelve years old when he became king, and he reigned for fifty-five years in Jerusalem. His mother was Hephzibah. -- 2 kings 21:1 +. +He did evil in the sight of the Lord and committed the same horrible sins practiced by the nations whom the Lord drove out from before the Israelites. -- 2 kings 21:2 +. +He rebuilt the high places that his father Hezekiah had destroyed; he set up altars for Baal and made an Asherah pole just like King Ahab of Israel had done. He bowed down to all the stars in the sky and worshiped them. -- 2 kings 21:3 +. +He built altars in the Lord's temple, about which the Lord had said, "Jerusalem will be my home." -- 2 kings 21:4 +. +In the two courtyards of the Lord's temple he built altars for all the stars in the sky. -- 2 kings 21:5 +. +He passed his son through the fire and practiced divination and omen reading. He set up a ritual pit to conjure up underworld spirits, and appointed magicians to supervise it. He did a great amount of evil in the sight of the Lord, provoking him to anger. -- 2 kings 21:6 +. +He put an idol of Asherah he had made in the temple, about which the Lord had said to David and to his son Solomon, "This temple in Jerusalem, which I have chosen out of all the tribes of Israel, will be my permanent home. -- 2 kings 21:7 +. +I will not make Israel again leave the land I gave to their ancestors, provided that they carefully obey all I commanded them, the whole law my servant Moses ordered them to obey." -- 2 kings 21:8 +. +But they did not obey, and Manasseh misled them so that they sinned more than the nations whom the Lord had destroyed from before the Israelites. -- 2 kings 21:9 +. +So the Lord announced through his servants the prophets: -- 2 kings 21:10 +. +"King Manasseh of Judah has committed horrible sins. He has sinned more than the Amorites before him and has encouraged Judah to sin by worshiping his disgusting idols. -- 2 kings 21:11 +. +So this is what the Lord God of Israel says, 'I am about to bring disaster on Jerusalem and Judah. The news will reverberate in the ears of those who hear about it. -- 2 kings 21:12 +. +I will destroy Jerusalem the same way I did Samaria and the dynasty of Ahab. I will wipe Jerusalem clean, just as one wipes a plate on both sides. -- 2 kings 21:13 +. +I will abandon this last remaining tribe among my people and hand them over to their enemies; they will be plundered and robbed by all their enemies, -- 2 kings 21:14 +. +because they have done evil in my sight and have angered me from the time their ancestors left Egypt right up to this very day!'" -- 2 kings 21:15 +. +Furthermore Manasseh killed so many innocent people, he stained Jerusalem with their blood from end to end, in addition to encouraging Judah to sin by doing evil in the sight of the Lord. -- 2 kings 21:16 +. +The rest of the events of Manasseh's reign and all his accomplishments, as well as the sinful acts he committed, are recorded in the scroll called the Annals of the Kings of Judah. -- 2 kings 21:17 +. +Manasseh passed away and was buried in his palace garden, the garden of Uzzah, and his son Amon replaced him as king. -- 2 kings 21:18 +. +Amon was twenty-two years old when he became king, and he reigned for two years in Jerusalem. His mother was Meshullemeth, the daughter of Haruz, from Jotbah. -- 2 kings 21:19 +. +He did evil in the sight of the Lord, just like his father Manasseh had done. -- 2 kings 21:20 +. +He followed in the footsteps of his father and worshiped and bowed down to the disgusting idols which his father had worshiped. -- 2 kings 21:21 +. +He abandoned the Lord God of his ancestors and did not follow the Lord's instructions. -- 2 kings 21:22 +. +Amon's servants conspired against him and killed the king in his palace. -- 2 kings 21:23 +. +The people of the land executed all those who had conspired against King Amon, and they made his son Josiah king in his place. -- 2 kings 21:24 +. +The rest of Amon's accomplishments are recorded in the scroll called the Annals of the Kings of Judah. -- 2 kings 21:25 +. +He was buried in his tomb in the garden of Uzzah, and his son Josiah replaced him as king. -- 2 kings 21:26 +. +Josiah was eight years old when he became king, and he reigned for thirty-one years in Jerusalem. His mother was Jedidah, daughter of Adaiah, from Bozkath. -- 2 kings 22:1 +. +He did what the Lord approved and followed in his ancestor David's footsteps; he did not deviate to the right or the left. -- 2 kings 22:2 +. +In the eighteenth year of King Josiah's reign, the king sent the scribe Shaphan son of Azaliah, son of Meshullam, to the Lord's temple with these orders: -- 2 kings 22:3 +. +"Go up to Hilkiah the high priest and have him melt down the silver that has been brought by the people to the Lord's temple and has been collected by the guards at the door. -- 2 kings 22:4 +. +Have them hand it over to the construction foremen assigned to the Lord's temple. They in turn should pay the temple workers to repair it, -- 2 kings 22:5 +. +including craftsmen, builders, and masons, and should buy wood and chiseled stone for the repair work. -- 2 kings 22:6 +. +Do not audit the foremen who disburse the silver, for they are honest." -- 2 kings 22:7 +. +Hilkiah the high priest informed Shaphan the scribe, "I found the law scroll in the Lord's temple." Hilkiah gave the scroll to Shaphan and he read it. -- 2 kings 22:8 +. +Shaphan the scribe went to the king and reported, "Your servants melted down the silver in the temple and handed it over to the construction foremen assigned to the Lord's temple." -- 2 kings 22:9 +. +Then Shaphan the scribe told the king, "Hilkiah the priest has given me a scroll." Shaphan read it out loud before the king. -- 2 kings 22:10 +. +When the king heard the words of the law scroll, he tore his clothes. -- 2 kings 22:11 +. +The king ordered Hilkiah the priest, Ahikam son of Shaphan, Acbor son of Micaiah, Shaphan the scribe, and Asaiah the king's servant, -- 2 kings 22:12 +. +"Go, seek an oracle from the Lord for me and the people - for all Judah. Find out about the words of this scroll that has been discovered. For the Lord's fury has been ignited against us, because our ancestors have not obeyed the words of this scroll by doing all that it instructs us to do." -- 2 kings 22:13 +. +So Hilkiah the priest, Ahikam, Acbor, Shaphan, and Asaiah went to Huldah the prophetess, the wife of Shullam son of Tikvah, the son of Harhas, the supervisor of the wardrobe. (She lived in Jerusalem in the Mishneh district.) They stated their business, -- 2 kings 22:14 +. +and she said to them: "This is what the Lord God of Israel says: 'Say this to the man who sent you to me: -- 2 kings 22:15 +. +"This is what the Lord says: 'I am about to bring disaster on this place and its residents, the details of which are recorded in the scroll which the king of Judah has read. -- 2 kings 22:16 +. +This will happen because they have abandoned me and offered sacrifices to other gods, angering me with all the idols they have made. My anger will ignite against this place and will not be extinguished!'" -- 2 kings 22:17 +. +Say this to the king of Judah, who sent you to seek an oracle from the Lord: "This is what the Lord God of Israel says concerning the words you have heard: -- 2 kings 22:18 +. +'You displayed a sensitive spirit and humbled yourself before the Lord when you heard how I intended to make this place and its residents into an appalling example of an accursed people. You tore your clothes and wept before me, and I have heard you,' says the Lord. -- 2 kings 22:19 +. +'Therefore I will allow you to die and be buried in peace. You will not have to witness all the disaster I will bring on this place.'"'" Then they reported back to the king. -- 2 kings 22:20 +. +The king summoned all the leaders of Judah and Jerusalem. -- 2 kings 23:1 +. +The king went up to the Lord's temple, accompanied by all the people of Judah, all the residents of Jerusalem, the priests, and the prophets. All the people were there, from the youngest to the oldest. He read aloud all the words of the scroll of the covenant that had been discovered in the Lord's temple. -- 2 kings 23:2 +. +The king stood by the pillar and renewed the covenant before the Lord, agreeing to follow the Lord and to obey his commandments, laws, and rules with all his heart and being, by carrying out the terms of this covenant recorded on this scroll. All the people agreed to keep the covenant. -- 2 kings 23:3 +. +The king ordered Hilkiah the high priest, the high-ranking priests, and the guards to bring out of the Lord's temple all the items that were used in the worship of Baal, Asherah, and all the stars of the sky. The king burned them outside of Jerusalem in the terraces of Kidron, and carried their ashes to Bethel. -- 2 kings 23:4 +. +He eliminated the pagan priests whom the kings of Judah had appointed to offer sacrifices on the high places in the cities of Judah and in the area right around Jerusalem. (They offered sacrifices to Baal, the sun god, the moon god, the constellations, and all the stars in the sky.) -- 2 kings 23:5 +. +He removed the Asherah pole from the Lord's temple and took it outside Jerusalem to the Kidron Valley, where he burned it. He smashed it to dust and then threw the dust in the public graveyard. -- 2 kings 23:6 +. +He tore down the quarters of the male cultic prostitutes in the Lord's temple, where women were weaving shrines for Asherah. -- 2 kings 23:7 +. +He brought all the priests from the cities of Judah and ruined the high places where the priests had offered sacrifices, from Geba to Beer Sheba. He tore down the high place of the goat idols situated at the entrance of the gate of Joshua, the city official, on the left side of the city gate. -- 2 kings 23:8 +. +(Now the priests of the high places did not go up to the altar of the Lord in Jerusalem, but they did eat unleavened cakes among their fellow priests.) -- 2 kings 23:9 +. +The king ruined Topheth in the Valley of Ben Hinnom so that no one could pass his son or his daughter through the fire to Molech. -- 2 kings 23:10 +. +He removed from the entrance to the Lord's temple the statues of horses that the kings of Judah had placed there in honor of the sun god. (They were kept near the room of Nathan Melech the eunuch, which was situated among the courtyards.) He burned up the chariots devoted to the sun god. -- 2 kings 23:11 +. +The king tore down the altars the kings of Judah had set up on the roof of Ahaz's upper room, as well as the altars Manasseh had set up in the two courtyards of the Lord's temple. He crushed them up and threw the dust in the Kidron Valley. -- 2 kings 23:12 +. +The king ruined the high places east of Jerusalem, south of the Mount of Destruction, that King Solomon of Israel had built for the detestable Sidonian goddess Astarte, the detestable Moabite god Chemosh, and the horrible Ammonite god Milcom. -- 2 kings 23:13 +. +He smashed the sacred pillars to bits, cut down the Asherah pole, and filled those shrines with human bones. -- 2 kings 23:14 +. +He also tore down the altar in Bethel at the high place made by Jeroboam son of Nebat, who encouraged Israel to sin. He burned all the combustible items at that high place and crushed them to dust; including the Asherah pole. -- 2 kings 23:15 +. +When Josiah turned around, he saw the tombs there on the hill. So he ordered the bones from the tombs to be brought; he burned them on the altar and defiled it. This fulfilled the Lord's announcement made by the prophet while Jeroboam stood by the altar during a festival. King Josiah turned and saw the grave of the prophet who had foretold this. -- 2 kings 23:16 +. +He asked, "What is this grave marker I see?" The men from the city replied, "It's the grave of the prophet who came from Judah and foretold these very things you have done to the altar of Bethel." -- 2 kings 23:17 +. +The king said, "Leave it alone! No one must touch his bones." So they left his bones undisturbed, as well as the bones of the Israelite prophet buried beside him. -- 2 kings 23:18 +. +Josiah also removed all the shrines on the high places in the cities of Samaria. The kings of Israel had made them and angered the Lord. He did to them what he had done to the high place in Bethel. -- 2 kings 23:19 +. +He sacrificed all the priests of the high places on the altars located there, and burned human bones on them. Then he returned to Jerusalem. -- 2 kings 23:20 +. +The king ordered all the people, "Observe the Passover of the Lord your God, as prescribed in this scroll of the covenant." -- 2 kings 23:21 +. +He issued this edict because a Passover like this had not been observed since the days of the judges; it was neglected for the entire period of the kings of Israel and Judah. -- 2 kings 23:22 +. +But in the eighteenth year of King Josiah's reign, such a Passover of the Lord was observed in Jerusalem. -- 2 kings 23:23 +. +Josiah also got rid of the ritual pits used to conjure up spirits, the magicians, personal idols, disgusting images, and all the detestable idols that had appeared in the land of Judah and in Jerusalem. In this way he carried out the terms of the law recorded on the scroll that Hilkiah the priest had discovered in the Lord's temple. -- 2 kings 23:24 +. +No king before or after repented before the Lord as he did, with his whole heart, soul, and being in accordance with the whole law of Moses. -- 2 kings 23:25 +. +Yet the Lord's great anger against Judah did not subside; he was still infuriated by all the things Manasseh had done. -- 2 kings 23:26 +. +The Lord announced, "I will also spurn Judah, just as I spurned Israel. I will reject this city that I chose - both Jerusalem and the temple, about which I said, "I will live there." -- 2 kings 23:27 +. +The rest of the events of Josiah's reign and all his accomplishments are recorded in the scroll called the Annals of the Kings of Judah. -- 2 kings 23:28 +. +During Josiah's reign Pharaoh Necho king of Egypt marched toward the Euphrates River to help the king of Assyria. King Josiah marched out to fight him, but Necho killed him at Megiddo when he saw him. -- 2 kings 23:29 +. +His servants transported his dead body from Megiddo in a chariot and brought it to Jerusalem, where they buried him in his tomb. The people of the land took Josiah's son Jehoahaz, poured olive oil on his head, and made him king in his father's place. -- 2 kings 23:30 +. +Jehoahaz was twenty-three years old when he became king, and he reigned three months in Jerusalem. His mother was Hamutal the daughter of Jeremiah, from Libnah. -- 2 kings 23:31 +. +He did evil in the sight of the Lord as his ancestors had done. -- 2 kings 23:32 +. +Pharaoh Necho imprisoned him in Riblah in the land of Hamath and prevented him from ruling in Jerusalem. He imposed on the land a special tax of one hundred talents of silver and a talent of gold. -- 2 kings 23:33 +. +Pharaoh Necho made Josiah's son Eliakim king in Josiah's place, and changed his name to Jehoiakim. He took Jehoahaz to Egypt, where he died. -- 2 kings 23:34 +. +Jehoiakim paid Pharaoh the required amount of silver and gold, but to meet Pharaoh's demands Jehoiakim had to tax the land. He collected an assessed amount from each man among the people of the land in order to pay Pharaoh Necho. -- 2 kings 23:35 +. +Jehoiakim was twenty-five years old when he became king, and he reigned for eleven years in Jerusalem. His mother was Zebidah the daughter of Pedaiah, from Rumah. -- 2 kings 23:36 +. +He did evil in the sight of the Lord as his ancestors had done. -- 2 kings 23:37 +. +During Jehoiakim's reign, King Nebuchadnezzar of Babylon attacked. Jehoiakim was his subject for three years, but then he rebelled against him. -- 2 kings 24:1 +. +The Lord sent against him Babylonian, Syrian, Moabite, and Ammonite raiding bands; he sent them to destroy Judah, as he had warned he would do through his servants the prophets. -- 2 kings 24:2 +. +Just as the Lord had announced, he rejected Judah because of all the sins which Manasseh had committed. -- 2 kings 24:3 +. +Because he killed innocent people and stained Jerusalem with their blood, the Lord was unwilling to forgive them. -- 2 kings 24:4 +. +The rest of the events of Jehoiakim's reign and all his accomplishments, are recorded in the scroll called the Annals of the Kings of Judah. -- 2 kings 24:5 +. +He passed away and his son Jehoiachin replaced him as king. -- 2 kings 24:6 +. +The king of Egypt did not march out from his land again, for the king of Babylon conquered all the territory that the king of Egypt had formerly controlled between the Brook of Egypt and the Euphrates River. -- 2 kings 24:7 +. +Jehoiachin was eighteen years old when he became king, and he reigned three months in Jerusalem. His mother was Nehushta the daughter of Elnathan, from Jerusalem. -- 2 kings 24:8 +. +He did evil in the sight of the Lord as his ancestors had done. -- 2 kings 24:9 +. +At that time the generals of King Nebuchadnezzar of Babylon marched to Jerusalem and besieged the city. -- 2 kings 24:10 +. +King Nebuchadnezzar of Babylon came to the city while his generals were besieging it. -- 2 kings 24:11 +. +King Jehoiachin of Judah, along with his mother, his servants, his officials, and his eunuchs surrendered to the king of Babylon. The king of Babylon, in the eighth year of his reign, took Jehoiachin prisoner. -- 2 kings 24:12 +. +Nebuchadnezzar took from there all the riches in the treasuries of the Lord's temple and of the royal palace. He removed all the gold items which King Solomon of Israel had made for the Lord's temple, just as the Lord had warned. -- 2 kings 24:13 +. +He deported all the residents of Jerusalem, including all the officials and all the soldiers (10,people in all). This included all the craftsmen and those who worked with metal. No one was left except for the poorest among the people of the land. -- 2 kings 24:14 +. +He deported Jehoiachin from Jerusalem to Babylon, along with the king's mother and wives, his eunuchs, and the high-ranking officials of the land. -- 2 kings 24:15 +. +The king of Babylon deported to Babylon all the soldiers (there were 7,000), as well as 1,craftsmen and metal workers. This included all the best warriors. -- 2 kings 24:16 +. +The king of Babylon made Mattaniah, Jehoiachin's uncle, king in Jehoiachin's place. He renamed him Zedekiah. -- 2 kings 24:17 +. +Zedekiah was twenty-one years old when he became king, and he ruled for eleven years in Jerusalem. His mother was Hamutal, the daughter of Jeremiah, from Libnah. -- 2 kings 24:18 +. +He did evil in the sight of the Lord, as Jehoiakim had done. -- 2 kings 24:19 +. +What follows is a record of what happened to Jerusalem and Judah because of the Lord's anger; he finally threw them out of his presence. Zedekiah rebelled against the king of Babylon. -- 2 kings 24:20 +. +So King Nebuchadnezzar of Babylon came against Jerusalem with his whole army and set up camp outside it. They built siege ramps all around it. He arrived on the tenth day of the tenth month in the ninth year of Zedekiah's reign. -- 2 kings 25:1 +. +The city remained under siege until King Zedekiah's eleventh year. -- 2 kings 25:2 +. +By the ninth day of the fourth month the famine in the city was so severe the residents had no food. -- 2 kings 25:3 +. +The enemy broke through the city walls, and all the soldiers tried to escape. They left the city during the night. They went through the gate between the two walls that is near the king's garden. (The Babylonians were all around the city.) Then they headed for the Jordan Valley. -- 2 kings 25:4 +. +But the Babylonian army chased after the king. They caught up with him in the plains of Jericho, and his entire army deserted him. -- 2 kings 25:5 +. +They captured the king and brought him up to the king of Babylon at Riblah, where he passed sentence on him. -- 2 kings 25:6 +. +Zedekiah's sons were executed while Zedekiah was forced to watch. The king of Babylon then had Zedekiah's eyes put out, bound him in bronze chains, and carried him off to Babylon. -- 2 kings 25:7 +. +On the seventh day of the fifth month, in the nineteenth year of King Nebuchadnezzar of Babylon, Nebuzaradan, the captain of the royal guard who served the king of Babylon, arrived in Jerusalem. -- 2 kings 25:8 +. +He burned down the Lord's temple, the royal palace, and all the houses in Jerusalem, including every large house. -- 2 kings 25:9 +. +The whole Babylonian army that came with the captain of the royal guard tore down the walls that surrounded Jerusalem. -- 2 kings 25:10 +. +Nebuzaradan, the captain of the royal guard, deported the rest of the people who were left in the city, those who had deserted to the king of Babylon, and the rest of the craftsmen. -- 2 kings 25:11 +. +But he left behind some of the poor of the land and gave them fields and vineyards. -- 2 kings 25:12 +. +The Babylonians broke the two bronze pillars in the Lord's temple, as well as the movable stands and the big bronze basin called the "The Sea." They took the bronze to Babylon. -- 2 kings 25:13 +. +They also took the pots, shovels, trimming shears, pans, and all the bronze utensils used by the priests. -- 2 kings 25:14 +. +The captain of the royal guard took the golden and silver censers and basins. -- 2 kings 25:15 +. +The bronze of the items that King Solomon made for the Lord's temple - including the two pillars, the big bronze basin called "The Sea," the twelve bronze bulls under "The Sea," and the movable stands - was too heavy to be weighed. -- 2 kings 25:16 +. +Each of the pillars was about twenty-seven feet high. The bronze top of one pillar was about four and a half feet high and had bronze latticework and pomegranate shaped ornaments all around it. The second pillar with its latticework was like it. -- 2 kings 25:17 +. +The captain of the royal guard took Seraiah the chief priest and Zephaniah, the priest who was second in rank, and the three doorkeepers. -- 2 kings 25:18 +. +From the city he took a eunuch who was in charge of the soldiers, five of the king's advisers who were discovered in the city, an official army secretary who drafted citizens for military service, and sixty citizens from the people of the land who were discovered in the city. -- 2 kings 25:19 +. +Nebuzaradan, captain of the royal guard, took them and brought them to the king of Babylon at Riblah. -- 2 kings 25:20 +. +The king of Babylon ordered them to be executed at Riblah in the territory of Hamath. So Judah was deported from its land. -- 2 kings 25:21 +. +Now King Nebuchadnezzar of Babylon appointed Gedaliah son of Ahikam, son of Shaphan, as governor over the people whom he allowed to remain in the land of Judah. -- 2 kings 25:22 +. +All of the officers of the Judahite army and their troops heard that the king of Babylon had appointed Gedaliah to govern. So they came to Gedaliah at Mizpah. The officers who came were Ishmael son of Nethaniah, Johanan son of Kareah, Seraiah son of Tanhumeth the Netophathite, and Jaazaniah son of the Maacathite. -- 2 kings 25:23 +. +Gedaliah took an oath so as to give them and their troops some assurance of safety. He said, "You don't need to be afraid to submit to the Babylonian officials. Settle down in the land and submit to the king of Babylon. Then things will go well for you." -- 2 kings 25:24 +. +But in the seventh month Ishmael son of Nethaniah, son of Elishama, who was a member of the royal family, came with ten of his men and murdered Gedaliah, as well as the Judeans and Babylonians who were with him at Mizpah. -- 2 kings 25:25 +. +Then all the people, from the youngest to the oldest, as well as the army officers, left for Egypt, because they were afraid of what the Babylonians might do. -- 2 kings 25:26 +. +In the thirty-seventh year of the exile of King Jehoiachin of Judah, on the twenty-seventh day of the twelfth month, King Evil-Merodach of Babylon, in the first year of his reign, pardoned King Jehoiachin of Judah and released him from prison. -- 2 kings 25:27 +. +He spoke kindly to him and gave him a more prestigious position than the other kings who were with him in Babylon. -- 2 kings 25:28 +. +Jehoiachin took off his prison clothes and ate daily in the king's presence for the rest of his life. -- 2 kings 25:29 +. +He was given daily provisions by the king for the rest of his life until the day he died. -- 2 kings 25:30 +. +Adam, Seth, Enosh, -- 1 chronicles 1:1 +. +Kenan, Mahalalel, Jered, -- 1 chronicles 1:2 +. +Enoch, Methuselah, Lamech, -- 1 chronicles 1:3 +. +Noah, Shem, Ham, and Japheth. -- 1 chronicles 1:4 +. +The sons of Japheth: Gomer, Magog, Madai, Javan, Tubal, Meshech, and Tiras. -- 1 chronicles 1:5 +. +The sons of Gomer: Ashkenaz, Riphath, and Togarmah. -- 1 chronicles 1:6 +. +The sons of Javan: Elishah, Tarshish, the Kittites, and the Rodanites. -- 1 chronicles 1:7 +. +The sons of Ham: Cush, Mizraim, Put, and Canaan. -- 1 chronicles 1:8 +. +The sons of Cush: Seba, Havilah, Sabta, Raamah, and Sabteca. The sons of Raamah: Sheba and Dedan. -- 1 chronicles 1:9 +. +Cush was the father of Nimrod, who established himself as a mighty warrior on earth. -- 1 chronicles 1:10 +. +Mizraim was the father of the Ludites, Anamites, Lehabites, Naphtuhites, -- 1 chronicles 1:11 +. +Pathrusites, Casluhites (from whom the Philistines descended), and the Caphtorites. -- 1 chronicles 1:12 +. +Canaan was the father of Sidon - his firstborn - and Heth, -- 1 chronicles 1:13 +. +as well as the Jebusites, Amorites, Girgashites, -- 1 chronicles 1:14 +. +Hivites, Arkites, Sinites, -- 1 chronicles 1:15 +. +Arvadites, Zemarites, and Hamathites. -- 1 chronicles 1:16 +. +The sons of Shem: Elam, Asshur, Arphaxad, Lud, and Aram. The sons of Aram: Uz, Hul, Gether, and Meshech. -- 1 chronicles 1:17 +. +Arphaxad was the father of Shelah, and Shelah was the father of Eber. -- 1 chronicles 1:18 +. +Two sons were born to Eber: the first was named Peleg, for during his lifetime the earth was divided; his brother's name was Joktan. -- 1 chronicles 1:19 +. +Joktan was the father of Almodad, Sheleph, Hazarmaveth, Jerah, -- 1 chronicles 1:20 +. +Hadoram, Uzal, Diklah, -- 1 chronicles 1:21 +. +Ebal, Abimael, Sheba, -- 1 chronicles 1:22 +. +Ophir, Havilah, and Jobab. All these were the sons of Joktan. -- 1 chronicles 1:23 +. +Shem, Arphaxad, Shelah, -- 1 chronicles 1:24 +. +Eber, Peleg, Reu, -- 1 chronicles 1:25 +. +Serug, Nahor, Terah, -- 1 chronicles 1:26 +. +Abram (that is, Abraham). -- 1 chronicles 1:27 +. +The sons of Abraham: Isaac and Ishmael. -- 1 chronicles 1:28 +. +These were their descendants:Ishmael's firstborn son was Nebaioth; the others were Kedar, Adbeel, Mibsam, -- 1 chronicles 1:29 +. +Mishma, Dumah, Massa, Hadad, Tema, -- 1 chronicles 1:30 +. +Jetur, Naphish, and Kedemah. These were the sons of Ishmael. -- 1 chronicles 1:31 +. +The sons to whom Keturah, Abraham's concubine, gave birth: Zimran, Jokshan, Medan, Midian, Ishbak, Shuah. The sons of Jokshan: Sheba and Dedan. -- 1 chronicles 1:32 +. +The sons of Midian: Ephah, Epher, Hanoch, Abida, and Eldaah. All these were the sons of Keturah. -- 1 chronicles 1:33 +. +Abraham was the father of Isaac. The sons of Isaac: Esau and Israel. -- 1 chronicles 1:34 +. +The sons of Esau: Eliphaz, Reuel, Jeush, Jalam, and Korah. -- 1 chronicles 1:35 +. +The sons of Eliphaz: Teman, Omar, Zephi, Gatam, Kenaz, and (by Timna) Amalek. -- 1 chronicles 1:36 +. +The sons of Reuel: Nahath, Zerah, Shammah, and Mizzah. -- 1 chronicles 1:37 +. +The sons of Seir: Lotan, Shobal, Zibeon, Anah, Dishon, Ezer, and Dishan. -- 1 chronicles 1:38 +. +The sons of Lotan: Hori and Homam. (Timna was Lotan's sister.) -- 1 chronicles 1:39 +. +The sons of Shobal: Alyan, Manahath, Ebal, Shephi, and Onam. The sons of Zibeon: Aiah and Anah. -- 1 chronicles 1:40 +. +The son of Anah: Dishon. The sons of Dishon: Hamran, Eshban, Ithran, and Keran. -- 1 chronicles 1:41 +. +The sons of Ezer: Bilhan, Zaavan, Jaakan. The sons of Dishan: Uz and Aran. -- 1 chronicles 1:42 +. +These were the kings who reigned in the land of Edom before any king ruled over the Israelites: Bela son of Beor; the name of his city was Dinhabah. -- 1 chronicles 1:43 +. +When Bela died, Jobab son of Zerah from Bozrah, succeeded him. -- 1 chronicles 1:44 +. +When Jobab died, Husham from the land of the Temanites succeeded him. -- 1 chronicles 1:45 +. +When Husham died, Hadad son of Bedad succeeded him. He struck down the Midianites in the plains of Moab; the name of his city was Avith. -- 1 chronicles 1:46 +. +When Hadad died, Samlah from Masrekah succeeded him. -- 1 chronicles 1:47 +. +When Samlah died, Shaul from Rehoboth on the river succeeded him. -- 1 chronicles 1:48 +. +When Shaul died, Baal-Hanan son of Achbor succeeded him. -- 1 chronicles 1:49 +. +When Baal-Hanan died, Hadad succeeded him; the name of his city was Pai. His wife was Mehetabel, daughter of Matred, daughter of Me-Zahab. -- 1 chronicles 1:50 +. +Hadad died.The tribal chiefs of Edom were: Timna, Alvah, Jetheth, -- 1 chronicles 1:51 +. +Oholibamah, Elah, Pinon, -- 1 chronicles 1:52 +. +Kenaz, Teman, Mibzar, -- 1 chronicles 1:53 +. +Magdiel, Iram. These were the tribal chiefs of Edom. -- 1 chronicles 1:54 +. +These were the sons of Israel: Reuben, Simeon, Levi, and Judah; Issachar and Zebulun; -- 1 chronicles 2:1 +. +Dan, Joseph, and Benjamin; Naphtali, Gad, and Asher. -- 1 chronicles 2:2 +. +The sons of Judah: Er, Onan, and Shelah. These three were born to him by Bathshua, a Canaanite woman. Er, Judah's firstborn, displeased the Lord, so the Lord killed him. -- 1 chronicles 2:3 +. +Tamar, Judah's daughter-in-law, bore to him Perez and Zerah. Judah had five sons in all. -- 1 chronicles 2:4 +. +The sons of Perez: Hezron and Hamul. -- 1 chronicles 2:5 +. +The sons of Zerah: Zimri, Ethan, Heman, Kalkol, Dara - five in all. -- 1 chronicles 2:6 +. +The son of Carmi: Achan, who brought the disaster on Israel when he stole what was devoted to God. -- 1 chronicles 2:7 +. +The son of Ethan: Azariah. -- 1 chronicles 2:8 +. +The sons born to Hezron: Jerahmeel, Ram, and Caleb. -- 1 chronicles 2:9 +. +Ram was the father of Amminadab, and Amminadab was the father of Nahshon, the tribal chief of Judah. -- 1 chronicles 2:10 +. +Nahshon was the father of Salma, and Salma was the father of Boaz. -- 1 chronicles 2:11 +. +Boaz was the father of Obed, and Obed was the father of Jesse. -- 1 chronicles 2:12 +. +Jesse was the father of Eliab, his firstborn; Abinadab was born second, Shimea third, -- 1 chronicles 2:13 +. +Nethanel fourth, Raddai fifth, -- 1 chronicles 2:14 +. +Ozem sixth, David seventh. -- 1 chronicles 2:15 +. +Their sisters were Zeruiah and Abigail. Zeruiah's three sons were Abshai, Joab, and Asahel. -- 1 chronicles 2:16 +. +Abigail bore Amasa, whose father was Jether the Ishmaelite. -- 1 chronicles 2:17 +. +Caleb son of Hezron fathered sons by his wife Azubah (also known as Jerioth). Her sons were Jesher, Shobab, and Ardon. -- 1 chronicles 2:18 +. +When Azubah died, Caleb married Ephrath, who bore him Hur. -- 1 chronicles 2:19 +. +Hur was the father of Uri, and Uri was the father of Bezalel. -- 1 chronicles 2:20 +. +Later Hezron had sexual relations with the daughter of Makir, the father of Gilead. (He had married her when he was sixty years old.) She bore him Segub. -- 1 chronicles 2:21 +. +Segub was the father of Jair, who owned twenty-three cities in the land of Gilead. -- 1 chronicles 2:22 +. +(Geshur and Aram captured the towns of Jair, along with Kenath and its sixty surrounding towns.) All these were descendants of Makir, the father of Gilead. -- 1 chronicles 2:23 +. +After Hezron's death, Caleb had sexual relations with Ephrath, his father Hezron's widow, and she bore to him Ashhur the father of Tekoa. -- 1 chronicles 2:24 +. +The sons of Jerahmeel, Hezron's firstborn, were Ram, the firstborn, Bunah, Oren, Ozem, and Ahijah. -- 1 chronicles 2:25 +. +Jerahmeel had another wife named Atarah; she was Onam's mother. -- 1 chronicles 2:26 +. +The sons of Ram, Jerahmeel's firstborn, were Maaz, Jamin, and Eker. -- 1 chronicles 2:27 +. +The sons of Onam were Shammai and Jada. The sons of Shammai: Nadab and Abishur. -- 1 chronicles 2:28 +. +Abishur's wife was Abihail, who bore him Ahban and Molid. -- 1 chronicles 2:29 +. +The sons of Nadab: Seled and Appaim. (Seled died without having sons.) -- 1 chronicles 2:30 +. +The son of Appaim: Ishi. The son of Ishi: Sheshan. The son of Sheshan: Ahlai. -- 1 chronicles 2:31 +. +The sons of Jada, Shammai's brother: Jether and Jonathan. (Jether died without having sons.) -- 1 chronicles 2:32 +. +The sons of Jonathan: Peleth and Zaza. These were the descendants of Jerahmeel. -- 1 chronicles 2:33 +. +Sheshan had no sons, only daughters. Sheshan had an Egyptian servant named Jarha. -- 1 chronicles 2:34 +. +Sheshan gave his daughter to his servant Jarha as a wife; she bore him Attai. -- 1 chronicles 2:35 +. +Attai was the father of Nathan, and Nathan was the father of Zabad. -- 1 chronicles 2:36 +. +Zabad was the father of Ephlal, and Ephlal was the father of Obed. -- 1 chronicles 2:37 +. +Obed was the father of Jehu, and Jehu was the father of Azariah. -- 1 chronicles 2:38 +. +Azariah was the father of Helez, and Helez was the father of Eleasah. -- 1 chronicles 2:39 +. +Eleasah was the father of Sismai, and Sismai was the father of Shallum. -- 1 chronicles 2:40 +. +Shallum was the father of Jekamiah, and Jekamiah was the father of Elishama. -- 1 chronicles 2:41 +. +The sons of Caleb, Jerahmeel's brother: His firstborn Mesha, the father of Ziph, and his second son Mareshah, the father of Hebron. -- 1 chronicles 2:42 +. +The sons of Hebron: Korah, Tappuah, Rekem, and Shema. -- 1 chronicles 2:43 +. +Shema was the father of Raham, the father of Jorkeam. Rekem was the father of Shammai. -- 1 chronicles 2:44 +. +Shammai's son was Maon, who was the father of Beth-Zur. -- 1 chronicles 2:45 +. +Caleb's concubine Ephah bore Haran, Moza, and Gazez. Haran was the father of Gazez. -- 1 chronicles 2:46 +. +The sons of Jahdai: Regem, Jotham, Geshan, Pelet, Ephah, and Shaaph. -- 1 chronicles 2:47 +. +Caleb's concubine Maacah bore Sheber and Tirhanah. -- 1 chronicles 2:48 +. +She also bore Shaaph the father of Madmannah and Sheva the father of Machbenah and Gibea. Caleb's daughter was Achsah. -- 1 chronicles 2:49 +. +These were the descendants of Caleb. The sons of Hur, the firstborn of Ephrath: Shobal, the father of Kiriath Jearim, -- 1 chronicles 2:50 +. +Salma, the father of Bethlehem, Hareph, the father of Beth-Gader. -- 1 chronicles 2:51 +. +The sons of Shobal, the father of Kiriath Jearim, were Haroeh, half of the Manahathites, -- 1 chronicles 2:52 +. +the clans of Kiriath Jearim - the Ithrites, Puthites, Shumathites, and Mishraites. (The Zorathites and Eshtaolites descended from these groups.) -- 1 chronicles 2:53 +. +The sons of Salma: Bethlehem, the Netophathites, Atroth Beth-Joab, half the Manahathites, the Zorites, -- 1 chronicles 2:54 +. +and the clans of the scribes who lived in Jabez: the Tirathites, Shimeathites, and Sucathites. These are the Kenites who descended from Hammath, the father of Beth-Rechab. -- 1 chronicles 2:55 +. +These were the sons of David who were born to him in Hebron: The firstborn was Amnon, whose mother was Ahinoam from Jezreel; the second was Daniel, whose mother was Abigail from Carmel; -- 1 chronicles 3:1 +. +the third was Absalom whose mother was Maacah, daughter of King Talmai of Geshur; the fourth was Adonijah, whose mother was Haggith; -- 1 chronicles 3:2 +. +the fifth was Shephatiah, whose mother was Abital; the sixth was Ithream, whose mother was Eglah. -- 1 chronicles 3:3 +. +These six were born to David in Hebron, where he ruled for seven years and six months. He ruled thirty-three years in Jerusalem. -- 1 chronicles 3:4 +. +These were the sons born to him in Jerusalem: Shimea, Shobab, Nathan, and Solomon - the mother of these four was Bathsheba the daughter of Ammiel. -- 1 chronicles 3:5 +. +The other nine were Ibhar, Elishua, Elpelet, -- 1 chronicles 3:6 +. +Nogah, Nepheg, Japhia, -- 1 chronicles 3:7 +. +Elishama, Eliada, and Eliphelet. -- 1 chronicles 3:8 +. +These were all the sons of David, not counting the sons of his concubines. Tamar was their sister. -- 1 chronicles 3:9 +. +Solomon's son was Rehoboam, followed by Abijah his son, Asa his son, Jehoshaphat his son, -- 1 chronicles 3:10 +. +Joram his son, Ahaziah his son, Joash his son, -- 1 chronicles 3:11 +. +Amaziah his son, Azariah his son, Jotham his son, -- 1 chronicles 3:12 +. +Ahaz his son, Hezekiah his son, Manasseh his son, -- 1 chronicles 3:13 +. +Amon his son, Josiah his son. -- 1 chronicles 3:14 +. +The sons of Josiah: Johanan was the firstborn; Jehoiakim was born second; Zedekiah third; and Shallum fourth. -- 1 chronicles 3:15 +. +The sons of Jehoiakim: his son Jehoiachin and his son Zedekiah. -- 1 chronicles 3:16 +. +The sons of Jehoiachin the exile: Shealtiel his son, -- 1 chronicles 3:17 +. +Malkiram, Pedaiah, Shenazzar, Jekamiah, Hoshama, and Nedabiah. -- 1 chronicles 3:18 +. +The sons of Pedaiah: Zerubbabel and Shimei. The sons of Zerubbabel: Meshullam and Hananiah. Shelomith was their sister. -- 1 chronicles 3:19 +. +The five others were Hashubah, Ohel, Berechiah, Hasadiah, and Jushab-Hesed. -- 1 chronicles 3:20 +. +The descendants of Hananiah: Pelatiah, Jeshaiah, the sons of Rephaiah, of Arnan, of Obadiah, and of Shecaniah. -- 1 chronicles 3:21 +. +The descendants of Shecaniah: Shemaiah and his sons: Hattush, Igal, Bariah, Neariah, and Shaphat - six in all. -- 1 chronicles 3:22 +. +The sons of Neariah: Elioenai, Hizkiah, and Azrikam - three in all. -- 1 chronicles 3:23 +. +The sons of Elioenai: Hodaviah, Eliashib, Pelaiah, Akkub, Johanan, Delaiah, and Anani - seven in all. -- 1 chronicles 3:24 +. +The descendants of Judah: Perez, Hezron, Carmi, Hur, and Shobal. -- 1 chronicles 4:1 +. +Reaiah the son of Shobal was the father of Jahath, and Jahath was the father of Ahumai and Lahad. These were the clans of the Zorathites. -- 1 chronicles 4:2 +. +These were the sons of Etam: Jezreel, Ishma, and Idbash. Their sister was Hazzelelponi. -- 1 chronicles 4:3 +. +Penuel was the father of Gedor, and Ezer was the father of Hushah. These were the descendants of Hur, the firstborn of Ephrathah and the father of Bethlehem. -- 1 chronicles 4:4 +. +Ashhur the father of Tekoa had two wives, Helah and Naarah. -- 1 chronicles 4:5 +. +Naarah bore him Ahuzzam, Hepher, Temeni, and Haahashtari. These were the sons of Naarah. -- 1 chronicles 4:6 +. +The sons of Helah: Zereth, Zohar, Ethnan, -- 1 chronicles 4:7 +. +and Koz, who was the father of Anub, Hazzobebah, and the clans of Aharhel the son of Harum. -- 1 chronicles 4:8 +. +Jabez was more respected than his brothers. His mother had named him Jabez, for she said, "I experienced pain when I gave birth to him." -- 1 chronicles 4:9 +. +Jabez called out to the God of Israel, "If only you would greatly bless me and expand my territory! May your hand be with me! Keep me from harm so I might not endure pain!" God answered his prayer. -- 1 chronicles 4:10 +. +Kelub, the brother of Shuhah, was the father of Mehir, who was the father of Eshton. -- 1 chronicles 4:11 +. +Eshton was the father of Beth-Rapha, Paseah, and Tehinnah, the father of Ir Nahash. These were the men of Recah. -- 1 chronicles 4:12 +. +The sons of Kenaz: Othniel and Seraiah. The sons of Othniel: Hathath and Meonothai. -- 1 chronicles 4:13 +. +Meonothai was the father of Ophrah. Seraiah was the father of Joab, the father of those who live in Ge Harashim, who were craftsmen. -- 1 chronicles 4:14 +. +The sons of Caleb son of Jephunneh: Iru, Elah, and Naam. The son of Elah: Kenaz. -- 1 chronicles 4:15 +. +The sons of Jehallelel: Ziph, Ziphah, Tiria, and Asarel. -- 1 chronicles 4:16 +. +The sons of Ezrah: Jether, Mered, Epher, and Jalon. Mered's wife Bithiah gave birth to Miriam, Shammai, and Ishbah, the father of Eshtemoa. -- 1 chronicles 4:17 +. +(His Judahite wife gave birth to Jered the father of Gedor, Heber the father of Soco, and Jekuthiel the father of Zanoah.) These were the sons of Pharaoh's daughter Bithiah, whom Mered married. -- 1 chronicles 4:18 +. +The sons of Hodiah's wife, the sister of Naham: the father of Keilah the Garmite, and Eshtemoa the Maacathite. -- 1 chronicles 4:19 +. +The sons of Shimon: Amnon, Rinnah, Ben-Hanan, and Tilon. The descendants of Ishi: Zoheth and Ben Zoheth. -- 1 chronicles 4:20 +. +The sons of Shelah son of Judah: Er the father of Lecah, Laadah the father of Mareshah, the clans of the linen workers at Beth-Ashbea, -- 1 chronicles 4:21 +. +Jokim, the men of Cozeba, and Joash and Saraph, both of whom ruled in Moab and Jashubi Lehem. (This information is from ancient records.) -- 1 chronicles 4:22 +. +They were the potters who lived in Netaim and Gederah; they lived there and worked for the king. -- 1 chronicles 4:23 +. +The descendants of Simeon: Nemuel, Jamin, Jarib, Zerah, Shaul, -- 1 chronicles 4:24 +. +his son Shallum, his son Mibsam, and his son Mishma. -- 1 chronicles 4:25 +. +The descendants of Mishma: His son Hammuel, his son Zaccur, and his son Shimei. -- 1 chronicles 4:26 +. +Shimei had sixteen sons and six daughters. But his brothers did not have many sons, so their whole clan was not as numerous as the sons of Judah. -- 1 chronicles 4:27 +. +They lived in Beer Sheba, Moladah, Hazar Shual, -- 1 chronicles 4:28 +. +Bilhah, Ezem, Tolad, -- 1 chronicles 4:29 +. +Bethuel, Hormah, Ziklag, -- 1 chronicles 4:30 +. +Beth Marcaboth, Hazar Susim, Beth Biri, and Shaaraim. These were their towns until the reign of David. -- 1 chronicles 4:31 +. +Their settlements also included Etam, Ain, Rimmon, Tochen, and Ashan - five towns. -- 1 chronicles 4:32 +. +They also lived in all the settlements that surrounded these towns as far as Baal. These were their settlements; they kept genealogical records. -- 1 chronicles 4:33 +. +Their clan leaders were: Meshobab, Jamlech, Joshah son of Amaziah, -- 1 chronicles 4:34 +. +Joel, Jehu son of Joshibiah (son of Seraiah, son of Asiel), -- 1 chronicles 4:35 +. +Eleoenai, Jaakobah, Jeshohaiah, Asaiah, Adiel, Jesimiel, Benaiah, -- 1 chronicles 4:36 +. +Ziza son of Shipi (son of Allon, son of Jedaiah, son of Shimri, son of Shemaiah). -- 1 chronicles 4:37 +. +These who are named above were the leaders of their clans. Their extended families increased greatly in numbers. -- 1 chronicles 4:38 +. +They went to the entrance of Gedor, to the east of the valley, looking for pasture for their sheep. -- 1 chronicles 4:39 +. +They found fertile and rich pasture; the land was very broad, undisturbed and peaceful. Indeed some Hamites had been living there prior to that. -- 1 chronicles 4:40 +. +The men whose names are listed came during the time of King Hezekiah of Judah and attacked the Hamites' settlements, as well as the Meunites they discovered there, and they wiped them out to this very day. They dispossessed them, for they found pasture for their sheep there. -- 1 chronicles 4:41 +. +Five hundred men of Simeon, led by Pelatiah, Neariah, Rephaiah, and Uzziel, the sons of Ishi, went to the hill country of Seir -- 1 chronicles 4:42 +. +and defeated the rest of the Amalekite refugees; they live there to this very day. -- 1 chronicles 4:43 +. +The sons of Reuben, Israel's firstborn - (Now he was the firstborn, but when he defiled his father's bed, his rights as firstborn were given to the sons of Joseph, Israel's son. So Reuben is not listed as firstborn in the genealogical records. -- 1 chronicles 5:1 +. +Though Judah was the strongest among his brothers and a leader descended from him, the right of the firstborn belonged to Joseph.) -- 1 chronicles 5:2 +. +The sons of Reuben, Israel's firstborn: Hanoch, Pallu, Hezron, and Carmi. -- 1 chronicles 5:3 +. +The descendants of Joel: His son Shemaiah, his son Gog, his son Shimei, -- 1 chronicles 5:4 +. +his son Micah, his son Reaiah, his son Baal, -- 1 chronicles 5:5 +. +and his son Beerah, whom King Tiglath-pileser of Assyria carried into exile. Beerah was the tribal leader of Reuben. -- 1 chronicles 5:6 +. +His brothers by their clans, as listed in their genealogical records: The leader Jeiel, Zechariah, -- 1 chronicles 5:7 +. +and Bela son of Azaz, son of Shema, son of Joel. They lived in Aroer as far as Nebo and Baal Meon. -- 1 chronicles 5:8 +. +In the east they settled as far as the entrance to the desert that stretches to the Euphrates River, for their cattle had increased in numbers in the land of Gilead. -- 1 chronicles 5:9 +. +During the time of Saul they attacked the Hagrites and defeated them. They took over their territory in the entire eastern region of Gilead. -- 1 chronicles 5:10 +. +The descendants of Gad lived near them in the land of Bashan, as far as Salecah. -- 1 chronicles 5:11 +. +They included Joel the leader, Shapham the second in command, Janai, and Shaphat in Bashan. -- 1 chronicles 5:12 +. +Their relatives, listed according to their families, included Michael, Meshullam, Sheba, Jorai, Jacan, Zia, and Eber - seven in all. -- 1 chronicles 5:13 +. +These were the sons of Abihail son of Huri, son of Jaroah, son of Gilead, son of Michael, son of Jeshishai, son of Jahdo, son of Buz. -- 1 chronicles 5:14 +. +Ahi son of Abdiel, son of Guni, was the leader of the family. -- 1 chronicles 5:15 +. +They lived in Gilead, in Bashan and its surrounding settlements, and in the pasturelands of Sharon to their very borders. -- 1 chronicles 5:16 +. +All of them were listed in the genealogical records in the time of King Jotham of Judah and in the time of King Jeroboam of Israel. -- 1 chronicles 5:17 +. +The Reubenites, Gadites, and the half-tribe of Manasseh had 44,men in their combined armies, warriors who carried shields and swords, were equipped with bows, and were trained for war. -- 1 chronicles 5:18 +. +They attacked the Hagrites, Jetur, Naphish, and Nodab. -- 1 chronicles 5:19 +. +They received divine help in fighting them, and the Hagrites and all their allies were handed over to them. They cried out to God during the battle; he responded to their prayers because they trusted in him. -- 1 chronicles 5:20 +. +They seized the Hagrites' animals, including 50,000 camels, 250,000 sheep, and 2,000 donkeys. They also took captive 100,000 people. -- 1 chronicles 5:21 +. +Because God fought for them, they killed many of the enemy. They dispossessed the Hagrites and lived in their land until the exile. -- 1 chronicles 5:22 +. +The half-tribe of Manasseh settled in the land from Bashan as far as Baal Hermon, Senir, and Mount Hermon. They grew in number. -- 1 chronicles 5:23 +. +These were the leaders of their families: Epher, Ishi, Eliel, Azriel, Jeremiah, Hodaviah, and Jahdiel. They were skilled warriors, men of reputation, and leaders of their families. -- 1 chronicles 5:24 +. +But they were unfaithful to the God of their ancestors and worshiped instead the gods of the native peoples whom God had destroyed before them. -- 1 chronicles 5:25 +. +So the God of Israel stirred up King Pul of Assyria (that is, King Tiglath-pileser of Assyria), and he carried away the Reubenites, Gadites, and half-tribe of Manasseh and took them to Halah, Habor, Hara, and the river of Gozan, where they remain to this very day. -- 1 chronicles 5:26 +. + The sons of Levi: Gershon, Kohath, and Merari. -- 1 chronicles 6:1 +. +The sons of Kohath: Amram, Izhar, Hebron, and Uzziel. -- 1 chronicles 6:2 +. +The children of Amram: Aaron, Moses, and Miriam. The sons of Aaron: Nadab, Abihu, Eleazar, and Ithamar. -- 1 chronicles 6:3 +. +Eleazar was the father of Phinehas, and Phinehas was the father of Abishua. -- 1 chronicles 6:4 +. +Abishua was the father of Bukki, and Bukki was the father of Uzzi. -- 1 chronicles 6:5 +. +Uzzi was the father of Zerahiah, and Zerahiah was the father of Meraioth. -- 1 chronicles 6:6 +. +Meraioth was the father of Amariah, and Amariah was the father of Ahitub. -- 1 chronicles 6:7 +. +Ahitub was the father of Zadok, and Zadok was the father of Ahimaaz. -- 1 chronicles 6:8 +. +Ahimaaz was the father of Azariah, and Azariah was the father of Johanan. -- 1 chronicles 6:9 +. +Johanan was the father of Azariah, who served as a priest in the temple Solomon built in Jerusalem. -- 1 chronicles 6:10 +. +Azariah was the father of Amariah, and Amariah was the father of Ahitub. -- 1 chronicles 6:11 +. +Ahitub was the father of Zadok, and Zadok was the father of Shallum. -- 1 chronicles 6:12 +. +Shallum was the father of Hilkiah, and Hilkiah was the father of Azariah. -- 1 chronicles 6:13 +. +Azariah was the father of Seraiah, and Seraiah was the father of Jehozadak. -- 1 chronicles 6:14 +. +Jehozadak went into exile when the Lord sent the people of Judah and Jerusalem into exile by the hand of Nebuchadnezzar. -- 1 chronicles 6:15 +. + The sons of Levi: Gershom, Kohath, and Merari. -- 1 chronicles 6:16 +. +These are the names of the sons Gershom: Libni and Shimei. -- 1 chronicles 6:17 +. +The sons of Kohath: Amram, Izhar, Hebron, and Uzziel. -- 1 chronicles 6:18 +. +The sons of Merari: Mahli and Mushi. These are the clans of the Levites by their families. -- 1 chronicles 6:19 +. +To Gershom: His son Libni, his son Jahath, his son Zimmah, -- 1 chronicles 6:20 +. +his son Joah, his son Iddo, his son Zerah, and his son Jeatherai. -- 1 chronicles 6:21 +. +The sons of Kohath: His son Amminadab, his son Korah, his son Assir, -- 1 chronicles 6:22 +. +his son Elkanah, his son Ebiasaph, his son Assir, -- 1 chronicles 6:23 +. +his son Tahath, his son Uriel, his son Uzziah, and his son Shaul. -- 1 chronicles 6:24 +. +The sons of Elkanah: Amasai, Ahimoth, -- 1 chronicles 6:25 +. +his son Elkanah, his son Zophai, his son Nahath, -- 1 chronicles 6:26 +. +his son Eliab, his son Jeroham, and his son Elkanah. -- 1 chronicles 6:27 +. +The sons of Samuel: Joel the firstborn and Abijah the second oldest. -- 1 chronicles 6:28 +. +The descendants of Merari: Mahli, his son Libni, his son Shimei, his son Uzzah, -- 1 chronicles 6:29 +. +his son Shimea, his son Haggiah, and his son Asaiah. -- 1 chronicles 6:30 +. +These are the men David put in charge of music in the Lord's sanctuary, after the ark was placed there. -- 1 chronicles 6:31 +. +They performed music before the sanctuary of the meeting tent until Solomon built the Lord's temple in Jerusalem. They carried out their tasks according to regulations. -- 1 chronicles 6:32 +. +These are the ones who served along with their sons: From the Kohathites: Heman the musician, son of Joel, son of Samuel, -- 1 chronicles 6:33 +. +son of Elkanah, son of Jeroham, son of Eliel, son of Toah, -- 1 chronicles 6:34 +. +son of Zuph, son of Elkanah, son of Mahath, son of Amasai, -- 1 chronicles 6:35 +. +son of Elkanah, son of Joel, son of Azariah, son of Zephaniah, -- 1 chronicles 6:36 +. +son of Tahath, son of Assir, son of Ebiasaph, son of Korah, -- 1 chronicles 6:37 +. +son of Izhar, son of Kohath, son of Levi, son of Israel. -- 1 chronicles 6:38 +. +Serving beside him was his fellow Levite Asaph, son of Berechiah, son of Shimea, -- 1 chronicles 6:39 +. +son of Michael, son of Baaseiah, son of Malkijah, -- 1 chronicles 6:40 +. +son of Ethni, son of Zerah, son of Adaiah, -- 1 chronicles 6:41 +. +son of Ethan, son of Zimmah, son of Shimei, -- 1 chronicles 6:42 +. +son of Jahath, son of Gershom, son of Levi. -- 1 chronicles 6:43 +. +Serving beside them were their fellow Levites, the descendants of Merari, led by Ethan, son of Kishi, son of Abdi, son of Malluch, -- 1 chronicles 6:44 +. +son of Hashabiah, son of Amaziah, son of Hilkiah, -- 1 chronicles 6:45 +. +son of Amzi, son of Bani, son of Shemer, -- 1 chronicles 6:46 +. +son of Mahli, son of Mushi, son of Merari, son of Levi. -- 1 chronicles 6:47 +. +The rest of their fellow Levites were assigned to perform the remaining tasks at God's sanctuary. -- 1 chronicles 6:48 +. +But Aaron and his descendants offered sacrifices on the altar for burnt offerings and on the altar for incense as they had been assigned to do in the most holy sanctuary. They made atonement for Israel, just as God's servant Moses had ordered. -- 1 chronicles 6:49 +. +These were the descendants of Aaron: His son Eleazar, his son Phinehas, his son Abishua, -- 1 chronicles 6:50 +. +his son Bukki, his son Uzzi, his son Zerahiah, -- 1 chronicles 6:51 +. +his son Meraioth, his son Amariah, his son Ahitub, -- 1 chronicles 6:52 +. +his son Zadok, and his son Ahimaaz. -- 1 chronicles 6:53 +. +These were the areas where Aaron's descendants lived: The following belonged to the Kohathite clan, for they received the first allotment: -- 1 chronicles 6:54 +. +They were allotted Hebron in the territory of Judah, as well as its surrounding pasturelands. -- 1 chronicles 6:55 +. +(But the city's land and nearby towns were allotted to Caleb son of Jephunneh.) -- 1 chronicles 6:56 +. +The descendants of Aaron were also allotted as cities of refuge Hebron, Libnah and its pasturelands, Jattir, Eshtemoa and its pasturelands, -- 1 chronicles 6:57 +. +Hilez and its pasturelands, Debir and its pasturelands, -- 1 chronicles 6:58 +. +Ashan and its pasturelands, and Beth Shemesh and its pasturelands. -- 1 chronicles 6:59 +. +Within the territory of the tribe of Benjamin they were allotted Geba and its pasturelands, Alemeth and its pasturelands, and Anathoth and its pasturelands. Their clans were allotted thirteen cities in all. -- 1 chronicles 6:60 +. +The rest of Kohath's descendants were allotted ten cities in the territory of the half-tribe of Manasseh. -- 1 chronicles 6:61 +. +The clans of Gershom's descendants received thirteen cities within the territory of the tribes of Issachar, Asher, Naphtali, and Manasseh (in Bashan). -- 1 chronicles 6:62 +. +The clans of Merari's descendants were allotted twelve cities within the territory of the tribes of Reuben, Gad, and Zebulun. -- 1 chronicles 6:63 +. +So the Israelites gave to the Levites these cities and their pasturelands. -- 1 chronicles 6:64 +. +They allotted these previously named cities from the territory of the tribes of Judah, Simeon, and Benjamin. -- 1 chronicles 6:65 +. +The clans of Kohath's descendants also received territory within the tribe of Ephraim. -- 1 chronicles 6:66 +. +They were allotted as cities of refuge Shechem and its pasturelands (in the hill country of Ephraim), Gezer and its pasturelands, -- 1 chronicles 6:67 +. +Jokmeam and its pasturelands, Beth Horon and its pasturelands, -- 1 chronicles 6:68 +. +Aijalon and its pasturelands, and Gath Rimmon and its pasturelands. -- 1 chronicles 6:69 +. +Within the territory of the half-tribe of Manasseh, the rest of Kohath's descendants received Aner and its pasturelands and Bileam and its pasturelands. -- 1 chronicles 6:70 +. +The following belonged to Gershom's descendants: Within the territory of the half-tribe of Manasseh: Golan in Bashan and its pasturelands and Ashtaroth and its pasturelands. -- 1 chronicles 6:71 +. +Within the territory of the tribe of Issachar: Kedesh and its pasturelands, Daberath and its pasturelands, -- 1 chronicles 6:72 +. +Ramoth and its pasturelands, and Anem and its pasturelands. -- 1 chronicles 6:73 +. +Within the territory of the tribe of Asher: Mashal and its pasturelands, Abdon and its pasturelands, -- 1 chronicles 6:74 +. +Hukok and its pasturelands, and Rehob and its pasturelands. -- 1 chronicles 6:75 +. +Within the territory of the tribe of Naphtali: Kedesh in Galilee and its pasturelands, Hammon and its pasturelands, and Kiriathaim and its pasturelands. -- 1 chronicles 6:76 +. +The following belonged to the rest of Merari's descendants: Within the territory of the tribe of Zebulun: Rimmono and its pasturelands, and Tabor and its pasturelands. -- 1 chronicles 6:77 +. +Within the territory of the tribe of Reuben across the Jordan River east of Jericho: Bezer in the desert and its pasturelands, Jahzah and its pasturelands, -- 1 chronicles 6:78 +. +Kedemoth and its pasturelands, and Mephaath and its pasturelands. -- 1 chronicles 6:79 +. +Within the territory of the tribe of Gad: Ramoth in Gilead and its pasturelands, Mahanaim and its pasturelands, -- 1 chronicles 6:80 +. +Heshbon and its pasturelands, and Jazer and its pasturelands. -- 1 chronicles 6:81 +. +The sons of Issachar: Tola, Puah, Jashub, and Shimron - four in all. -- 1 chronicles 7:1 +. +The sons of Tola: Uzzi, Rephaiah, Jeriel, Jahmai, Jibsam, and Samuel. They were leaders of their families. In the time of David there were 22,warriors listed in Tola's genealogical records. -- 1 chronicles 7:2 +. +The son of Uzzi: Izrachiah. The sons of Izrahiah: Michael, Obadiah, Joel, and Isshiah. All five were leaders. -- 1 chronicles 7:3 +. +According to the genealogical records of their families, they had 36,warriors available for battle, for they had numerous wives and sons. -- 1 chronicles 7:4 +. +Altogether the genealogical records of the clans of Issachar listed 87,warriors. -- 1 chronicles 7:5 +. +The sons of Benjamin: Bela, Beker, and Jediael - three in all. -- 1 chronicles 7:6 +. +The sons of Bela: Ezbon, Uzzi, Uzziel, Jerimoth, and Iri. The five of them were leaders of their families. There were 22,warriors listed in their genealogical records. -- 1 chronicles 7:7 +. +The sons of Beker: Zemirah, Joash, Eliezer, Elioenai, Omri, Jeremoth, Abijah, Anathoth, and Alameth. All these were the sons of Beker. -- 1 chronicles 7:8 +. +There were 20,family leaders and warriors listed in their genealogical records. -- 1 chronicles 7:9 +. +The son of Jediael: Bilhan. The sons of Bilhan: Jeush, Benjamin, Ehud, Kenaanah, Zethan, Tarshish, and Ahishahar. -- 1 chronicles 7:10 +. +All these were the sons of Jediael. Listed in their genealogical records were 17,family leaders and warriors who were capable of marching out to battle. -- 1 chronicles 7:11 +. +The Shuppites and Huppites were descendants of Ir; the Hushites were descendants of Aher. -- 1 chronicles 7:12 +. +The sons of Naphtali: Jahziel, Guni, Jezer, and Shallum - sons of Bilhah. -- 1 chronicles 7:13 +. +The sons of Manasseh: Asriel, who was born to Manasseh's Aramean concubine. She also gave birth to Makir the father of Gilead. -- 1 chronicles 7:14 +. +Now Makir married a wife from the Huppites and Shuppites. (His sister's name was Maacah.) Zelophehad was Manasseh's second son; he had only daughters. -- 1 chronicles 7:15 +. +Maacah, Makir's wife, gave birth to a son, whom she named Peresh. His brother was Sheresh, and his sons were Ulam and Rekem. -- 1 chronicles 7:16 +. +The son of Ulam: Bedan. These were the sons of Gilead, son of Makir, son of Manasseh. -- 1 chronicles 7:17 +. +His sister Hammoleketh gave birth to Ishhod, Abiezer, and Mahlah. -- 1 chronicles 7:18 +. +The sons of Shemida were Ahian, Shechem, Likhi, and Aniam. -- 1 chronicles 7:19 +. +The descendants of Ephraim: Shuthelah, his son Bered, his son Tahath, his son Eleadah, his son Tahath, -- 1 chronicles 7:20 +. +his son Zabad, his son Shuthelah (Ezer and Elead were killed by the men of Gath, who were natives of the land, when they went down to steal their cattle. -- 1 chronicles 7:21 +. +Their father Ephraim mourned for them many days and his brothers came to console him. -- 1 chronicles 7:22 +. +He had sexual relations with his wife; she became pregnant and gave birth to a son. Ephraim named him Beriah because tragedy had come to his family. -- 1 chronicles 7:23 +. +His daughter was Sheerah, who built Lower and Upper Beth Horon, as well as Uzzen Sheerah), -- 1 chronicles 7:24 +. +his son Rephah, his son Resheph, his son Telah, his son Tahan, -- 1 chronicles 7:25 +. +his son Ladan, his son Ammihud, his son Elishama, -- 1 chronicles 7:26 +. +his son Nun, and his son Joshua. -- 1 chronicles 7:27 +. +Their property and settlements included Bethel and its surrounding towns, Naaran to the east, Gezer and its surrounding towns to the west, and Shechem and its surrounding towns as far as Ayyah and its surrounding towns. -- 1 chronicles 7:28 +. +On the border of Manasseh's territory were Beth-Shean and its surrounding towns, Taanach and its surrounding towns, Megiddo and its surrounding towns, and Dor and its surrounding towns. The descendants of Joseph, Israel's son, lived here. -- 1 chronicles 7:29 +. +The sons of Asher: Imnah, Ishvah, Ishvi, and Beriah. Serah was their sister. -- 1 chronicles 7:30 +. +The sons of Beriah: Heber and Malkiel, who was the father of Birzaith. -- 1 chronicles 7:31 +. +Heber was the father of Japhlet, Shomer, Hotham, and Shua their sister. -- 1 chronicles 7:32 +. +The sons of Japhlet: Pasach, Bimhal, and Ashvath. These were Japhlet's sons. -- 1 chronicles 7:33 +. +The sons of his brother Shemer: Rohgah, Hubbah, and Aram. -- 1 chronicles 7:34 +. +The sons of his brother Helem: Zophah, Imna, Shelesh, and Amal. -- 1 chronicles 7:35 +. +The sons of Zophah: Suah, Harnepher, Shual, Beri, Imrah, -- 1 chronicles 7:36 +. +Bezer, Hod, Shamma, Shilshah, Ithran, and Beera. -- 1 chronicles 7:37 +. +The sons of Jether: Jephunneh, Pispah, and Ara. -- 1 chronicles 7:38 +. +The sons of Ulla: Arah, Hanniel, and Rizia. -- 1 chronicles 7:39 +. +All these were the descendants of Asher. They were the leaders of their families, the most capable men, who were warriors and served as head chiefs. There were 26,warriors listed in their genealogical records as capable of doing battle. -- 1 chronicles 7:40 +. +Benjamin was the father of Bela, his firstborn; Ashbel was born second, Aharah third, -- 1 chronicles 8:1 +. +Nohah fourth, and Rapha fifth. -- 1 chronicles 8:2 +. +Bela's sons were Addar, Gera, Abihud, -- 1 chronicles 8:3 +. +Abishua, Naaman, Ahoah, -- 1 chronicles 8:4 +. +Gera, Shephuphan, and Huram. -- 1 chronicles 8:5 +. +These were the descendants of Ehud who were leaders of the families living in Geba who were forced to move to Manahath: -- 1 chronicles 8:6 +. +Naaman, Ahijah, and Gera, who moved them. Gera was the father of Uzzah and Ahihud. -- 1 chronicles 8:7 +. +Shaharaim fathered sons in Moab after he divorced his wives Hushim and Baara. -- 1 chronicles 8:8 +. +By his wife Hodesh he fathered Jobab, Zibia, Mesha, Malkam, -- 1 chronicles 8:9 +. +Jeuz, Sakia, and Mirmah. These were his sons; they were family leaders. -- 1 chronicles 8:10 +. +By Hushim he fathered Abitub and Elpaal. -- 1 chronicles 8:11 +. +The sons of Elpaal: Eber, Misham, Shemed (who built Ono and Lod, as well as its surrounding towns), -- 1 chronicles 8:12 +. +Beriah, and Shema. They were leaders of the families living in Aijalon and chased out the inhabitants of Gath. -- 1 chronicles 8:13 +. +Ahio, Shashak, Jeremoth, -- 1 chronicles 8:14 +. +Zebadiah, Arad, Eder, -- 1 chronicles 8:15 +. +Michael, Ishpah, and Joha were the sons of Beriah. -- 1 chronicles 8:16 +. +Zebadiah, Meshullam, Hizki, Heber, -- 1 chronicles 8:17 +. +Ishmerai, Izliah, and Jobab were the sons of Elpaal. -- 1 chronicles 8:18 +. +Jakim, Zikri, Zabdi, -- 1 chronicles 8:19 +. +Elienai, Zillethai, Eliel, -- 1 chronicles 8:20 +. +Adaiah, Beraiah, and Shimrath were the sons of Shimei. -- 1 chronicles 8:21 +. +Ishpan, Eber, Eliel, -- 1 chronicles 8:22 +. +Abdon, Zikri, Hanan, -- 1 chronicles 8:23 +. +Hananiah, Elam, Anthothijah, -- 1 chronicles 8:24 +. +Iphdeiah, and Penuel were the sons of Shashak. -- 1 chronicles 8:25 +. +Shamsherai, Shechariah, Athaliah, -- 1 chronicles 8:26 +. +Jaareshiah, Elijah, and Zikri were the sons of Jeroham. -- 1 chronicles 8:27 +. +These were the family leaders listed in the genealogical records; they lived in Jerusalem. -- 1 chronicles 8:28 +. +The father of Gibeon lived in Gibeon; his wife's name was Maacah. -- 1 chronicles 8:29 +. +His firstborn son was Abdon, followed by Zur, Kish, Baal, Nadab, -- 1 chronicles 8:30 +. +Gedor, Ahio, Zeker, and Mikloth. -- 1 chronicles 8:31 +. +Mikloth was the father of Shimeah. They also lived near their relatives in Jerusalem. -- 1 chronicles 8:32 +. +Ner was the father of Kish, and Kish was the father of Saul. Saul was the father of Jonathan, Malki-Shua, Abinadab, and Eshbaal. -- 1 chronicles 8:33 +. +The son of Jonathan: Meribbaal. Meribbaal was the father of Micah. -- 1 chronicles 8:34 +. +The sons of Micah: Pithon, Melech, Tarea, and Ahaz. -- 1 chronicles 8:35 +. +Ahaz was the father of Jehoaddah, and Jehoaddah was the father of Alemeth, Azmaveth, and Zimri. Zimri was the father of Moza, -- 1 chronicles 8:36 +. +and Moza was the father of Binea. His son was Raphah, whose son was Eleasah, whose son was Azel. -- 1 chronicles 8:37 +. +Azel had six sons: Azrikam his firstborn, followed by Ishmael, Sheariah, Obadiah, and Hanan. All these were the sons of Azel. -- 1 chronicles 8:38 +. +The sons of his brother Eshek: Ulam was his firstborn, Jeush second, and Eliphelet third. -- 1 chronicles 8:39 +. +The sons of Ulam were warriors who were adept archers. They had many sons and grandsons, a total of 150. All these were the descendants of Benjamin. -- 1 chronicles 8:40 +. +Genealogical records were kept for all Israel; they are recorded in the Scroll of the Kings of Israel.The people of Judah were carried away to Babylon because of their unfaithfulness. -- 1 chronicles 9:1 +. +The first to resettle on their property and in their cities were some Israelites, priests, Levites, and temple servants. -- 1 chronicles 9:2 +. +Some from the tribes of Judah, Benjamin, and Ephraim and Manasseh settled in Jerusalem. -- 1 chronicles 9:3 +. +The settlers included: Uthai son of Ammihud, son of Omri, son of Imri, son of Bani, who was a descendant of Perez son of Judah. -- 1 chronicles 9:4 +. +From the Shilonites: Asaiah the firstborn and his sons. -- 1 chronicles 9:5 +. +From the descendants of Zerah: Jeuel. Their relatives numbered 690. -- 1 chronicles 9:6 +. +From the descendants of Benjamin: Sallu son of Meshullam, son of Hodaviah, son of Hassenuah; -- 1 chronicles 9:7 +. +Ibneiah son of Jeroham; Elah son of Uzzi, son of Mikri; and Meshullam son of Shephatiah, son of Reuel, son of Ibnijah. -- 1 chronicles 9:8 +. +Their relatives, listed in their genealogical records, numbered 956. All these men were leaders of their families. -- 1 chronicles 9:9 +. +From the priests: Jedaiah; Jehoiarib; Jakin; -- 1 chronicles 9:10 +. +Azariah son of Hilkiah, son of Meshullam, son of Zadok, son of Meraioth, son of Ahitub the leader in God's temple; -- 1 chronicles 9:11 +. +Adaiah son of Jeroham, son of Pashhur, son of Malkijah; and Maasai son of Adiel, son of Jahzerah, son of Meshullam, son of Meshillemith, son of Immer. -- 1 chronicles 9:12 +. +Their relatives, who were leaders of their families, numbered 1,760. They were capable men who were assigned to carry out the various tasks of service in God's temple. -- 1 chronicles 9:13 +. +From the Levites: Shemaiah son of Hasshub, son of Azrikam, son of Hashabiah a descendant of Merari; -- 1 chronicles 9:14 +. +Bakbakkar; Heresh; Galal; Mattaniah son of Mika, son of Zikri, son of Asaph; -- 1 chronicles 9:15 +. +Obadiah son of Shemaiah, son of Galal, son of Jeduthun; and Berechiah son of Asa, son of Elkanah, who lived among the settlements of the Netophathites. -- 1 chronicles 9:16 +. +The gatekeepers were: Shallum, Akkub, Talmon, Ahiman, and their brothers. Shallum was the leader; -- 1 chronicles 9:17 +. +he serves to this day at the King's Gate on the east. These were the gatekeepers from the camp of the descendants of Levi. -- 1 chronicles 9:18 +. +Shallum son of Kore, son of Ebiasaph, son of Korah, and his relatives from his family (the Korahites) were assigned to guard the entrance to the sanctuary. Their ancestors had guarded the entrance to the Lord's dwelling place. -- 1 chronicles 9:19 +. +Phinehas son of Eleazar had been their leader in earlier times, and the Lord was with him. -- 1 chronicles 9:20 +. +Zechariah son of Meshelemiah was the guard at the entrance to the meeting tent. -- 1 chronicles 9:21 +. +All those selected to be gatekeepers at the entrances numbered 212. Their names were recorded in the genealogical records of their settlements. David and Samuel the prophet had appointed them to their positions. -- 1 chronicles 9:22 +. +They and their descendants were assigned to guard the gates of the Lord's sanctuary (that is, the tabernacle). -- 1 chronicles 9:23 +. +The gatekeepers were posted on all four sides - east, west, north, and south. -- 1 chronicles 9:24 +. +Their relatives, who lived in their settlements, came from time to time and served with them for seven-day periods. -- 1 chronicles 9:25 +. +The four head gatekeepers, who were Levites, were assigned to guard the storerooms and treasuries in God's sanctuary. -- 1 chronicles 9:26 +. +They would spend the night in their posts all around God's sanctuary, for they were assigned to guard it and would open it with the key every morning. -- 1 chronicles 9:27 +. +Some of them were in charge of the articles used by those who served; they counted them when they brought them in and when they brought them out. -- 1 chronicles 9:28 +. +Some of them were in charge of the equipment and articles of the sanctuary, as well as the flour, wine, olive oil, incense, and spices. -- 1 chronicles 9:29 +. +(But some of the priests mixed the spices.) -- 1 chronicles 9:30 +. +Mattithiah, a Levite, the firstborn son of Shallum the Korahite, was in charge of baking the bread for offerings. -- 1 chronicles 9:31 +. +Some of the Kohathites, their relatives, were in charge of preparing the bread that is displayed each Sabbath. -- 1 chronicles 9:32 +. +The musicians and Levite family leaders stayed in rooms at the sanctuary and were exempt from other duties, for day and night they had to carry out their assigned tasks. -- 1 chronicles 9:33 +. +These were the family leaders of the Levites, as listed in their genealogical records. They lived in Jerusalem. -- 1 chronicles 9:34 +. +Jeiel (the father of Gibeon) lived in Gibeon. His wife was Maacah. -- 1 chronicles 9:35 +. +His firstborn son was Abdon, followed by Zur, Kish, Baal, Ner, Nadab, -- 1 chronicles 9:36 +. +Gedor, Ahio, Zechariah, and Mikloth. -- 1 chronicles 9:37 +. +Mikloth was the father of Shimeam. They also lived near their relatives in Jerusalem. -- 1 chronicles 9:38 +. +Ner was the father of Kish, and Kish was the father of Saul. Saul was the father of Jonathan, Malki-Shua, Abinadab, and Eshbaal. -- 1 chronicles 9:39 +. +The son of Jonathan: Meribbaal, who was the father of Micah. -- 1 chronicles 9:40 +. +The sons of Micah: Pithon, Melech, Tahrea, and Ahaz. -- 1 chronicles 9:41 +. +Ahaz was the father of Jarah, and Jarah was the father of Alemeth, Azmaveth, and Zimri. Zimri was the father of Moza, -- 1 chronicles 9:42 +. +and Moza was the father of Binea. His son was Rephaiah, whose son was Eleasah, whose son was Azel. -- 1 chronicles 9:43 +. +Azel had six sons: Azrikam his firstborn, followed by Ishmael, Sheariah, Obadiah, and Hanan. These were the sons of Azel. -- 1 chronicles 9:44 +. +Now the Philistines fought against Israel. The Israelites fled before the Philistines and many of them fell dead on Mount Gilboa. -- 1 chronicles 10:1 +. +The Philistines stayed right on the heels of Saul and his sons. They struck down Saul's sons Jonathan, Abinadab, and Malki-Shua. -- 1 chronicles 10:2 +. +The battle was thick around Saul; the archers spotted him and wounded him. -- 1 chronicles 10:3 +. +Saul told his armor bearer, "Draw your sword and stab me with it. Otherwise these uncircumcised people will come and torture me." But his armor bearer refused to do it, because he was very afraid. So Saul took the sword and fell on it. -- 1 chronicles 10:4 +. +When his armor bearer saw that Saul was dead, he also fell on his sword and died. -- 1 chronicles 10:5 +. +So Saul and his three sons died; his whole household died together. -- 1 chronicles 10:6 +. +When all the Israelites who were in the valley saw that the army had fled and that Saul and his sons were dead, they abandoned their cities and fled. The Philistines came and occupied them. -- 1 chronicles 10:7 +. +The next day, when the Philistines came to strip loot from the corpses, they discovered Saul and his sons lying dead on Mount Gilboa. -- 1 chronicles 10:8 +. +They stripped his corpse, and then carried off his head and his armor. They sent messengers throughout the land of the Philistines proclaiming the news to their idols and their people. -- 1 chronicles 10:9 +. +They placed his armor in the temple of their gods and hung his head in the temple of Dagon. -- 1 chronicles 10:10 +. +When all the residents of Jabesh Gilead heard about everything the Philistines had done to Saul, -- 1 chronicles 10:11 +. +all the warriors went and recovered the bodies of Saul and his sons and brought them to Jabesh. They buried their remains under the oak tree in Jabesh and fasted for seven days. -- 1 chronicles 10:12 +. +So Saul died because he was unfaithful to the Lord and did not obey the Lord's instructions; he even tried to conjure up underworld spirits. -- 1 chronicles 10:13 +. +He did not seek the Lord's guidance, so the Lord killed him and transferred the kingdom to David son of Jesse. -- 1 chronicles 10:14 +. +All Israel joined David at Hebron and said, "Look, we are your very flesh and blood! -- 1 chronicles 11:1 +. +In the past, even when Saul was king, you were Israel's commanding general. The Lord your God said to you, 'You will shepherd my people Israel; you will rule over my people Israel.'" -- 1 chronicles 11:2 +. +When all the leaders of Israel came to the king at Hebron, David made an agreement with them in Hebron before the Lord. They anointed David king over Israel, just as the Lord had announced through Samuel. -- 1 chronicles 11:3 +. +David and the whole Israelite army advanced to Jerusalem (that is, Jebus). (The Jebusites, the land's original inhabitants, lived there.) -- 1 chronicles 11:4 +. +The residents of Jebus said to David, "You cannot invade this place!" But David captured the fortress of Zion (that is, the City of David). -- 1 chronicles 11:5 +. + David said, "Whoever attacks the Jebusites first will become commanding general!" So Joab son of Zeruiah attacked first and became commander. -- 1 chronicles 11:6 +. +David lived in the fortress; for this reason it is called the City of David. -- 1 chronicles 11:7 +. +He built up the city around it, from the terrace to the surrounding walls; Joab restored the rest of the city. -- 1 chronicles 11:8 +. +David's power steadily grew, for the Lord who commands armies was with him. -- 1 chronicles 11:9 +. +These were the leaders of David's warriors who helped establish and stabilize his rule over all Israel, in accordance with the Lord's word. -- 1 chronicles 11:10 +. +This is the list of David's warriors: Jashobeam, a Hacmonite, was head of the officers. He killed three hundred men with his spear in a single battle. -- 1 chronicles 11:11 +. +Next in command was Eleazar son of Dodo the Ahohite. He was one of the three elite warriors. -- 1 chronicles 11:12 +. +He was with David in Pas Dammim when the Philistines assembled there for battle. In an area of the field that was full of barley, the army retreated before the Philistines, -- 1 chronicles 11:13 +. +but then they made a stand in the middle of that area. They defended it and defeated the Philistines; the Lord gave them a great victory. -- 1 chronicles 11:14 +. +Three of the thirty leaders went down to David at the rocky cliff at the cave of Adullam, while a Philistine force was camped in the Valley of Rephaim. -- 1 chronicles 11:15 +. +David was in the stronghold at the time, while a Philistine garrison was in Bethlehem. -- 1 chronicles 11:16 +. +David was thirsty and said, "How I wish someone would give me some water to drink from the cistern in Bethlehem near the city gate!" -- 1 chronicles 11:17 +. +So the three elite warriors broke through the Philistine forces and drew some water from the cistern in Bethlehem near the city gate. They carried it back to David, but David refused to drink it. He poured it out as a drink offering to the Lord -- 1 chronicles 11:18 +. +and said, "God forbid that I should do this! Should I drink the blood of these men who risked their lives?" Because they risked their lives to bring it to him, he refused to drink it. Such were the exploits of the three elite warriors. -- 1 chronicles 11:19 +. +Abishai the brother of Joab was head of the three elite warriors. He killed three hundred men with his spear and gained fame along with the three elite warriors. -- 1 chronicles 11:20 +. +From the three he was given double honor and he became their officer, even though he was not one of them. -- 1 chronicles 11:21 +. +Benaiah son of Jehoiada was a brave warrior from Kabzeel who performed great exploits. He struck down the two sons of Ariel of Moab; he also went down and killed a lion inside a cistern on a snowy day. -- 1 chronicles 11:22 +. +He even killed an Egyptian who was seven and a half feet tall. The Egyptian had a spear as big as the crossbeam of a weaver's loom; Benaiah attacked him with a club. He grabbed the spear out of the Egyptian's hand and killed him with his own spear. -- 1 chronicles 11:23 +. +Such were the exploits of Benaiah son of Jehoiada, who gained fame along with the three elite warriors. -- 1 chronicles 11:24 +. +He received honor from the thirty warriors, though he was not one of the three elite warriors. David put him in charge of his bodyguard. -- 1 chronicles 11:25 +. +The mighty warriors were: Asahel the brother of Joab, Elhanan son of Dodo, from Bethlehem, -- 1 chronicles 11:26 +. +Shammoth the Harorite, Helez the Pelonite, -- 1 chronicles 11:27 +. +Ira son of Ikkesh the Tekoite, Abiezer the Anathothite, -- 1 chronicles 11:28 +. +Sibbekai the Hushathite, Ilai the Ahohite, -- 1 chronicles 11:29 +. +Maharai the Netophathite, Heled son of Baanah the Netophathite, -- 1 chronicles 11:30 +. +Ithai son of Ribai from Gibeah in Benjaminite territory, Benaiah the Pirathonite, -- 1 chronicles 11:31 +. +Hurai from the valleys of Gaash, Abiel the Arbathite, -- 1 chronicles 11:32 +. +Azmaveth the Baharumite, Eliahba the Shaalbonite, -- 1 chronicles 11:33 +. +the sons of Hashem the Gizonite, Jonathan son of Shageh the Hararite, -- 1 chronicles 11:34 +. +Ahiam son of Sakar the Hararite, Eliphal son of Ur, -- 1 chronicles 11:35 +. +Hepher the Mekerathite, Ahijah the Pelonite, -- 1 chronicles 11:36 +. +Hezro the Carmelite, Naarai son of Ezbai, -- 1 chronicles 11:37 +. +Joel the brother of Nathan, Mibhar son of Hagri, -- 1 chronicles 11:38 +. +Zelek the Ammonite, Naharai the Beerothite, the armor-bearer of Joab son of Zeruiah, -- 1 chronicles 11:39 +. +Ira the Ithrite, Gareb the Ithrite, -- 1 chronicles 11:40 +. +Uriah the Hittite, Zabad son of Achli, -- 1 chronicles 11:41 +. +Adina son of Shiza the Reubenite, leader of the Reubenites and the thirty warriors with him, -- 1 chronicles 11:42 +. +Hanan son of Maacah, Joshaphat the Mithnite, -- 1 chronicles 11:43 +. +Uzzia the Ashterathite, Shama and Jeiel, the sons of Hotham the Aroerite, -- 1 chronicles 11:44 +. +Jediael son of Shimri, and Joha his brother, the Tizite, -- 1 chronicles 11:45 +. +Eliel the Mahavite, and Jeribai and Joshaviah, the sons of Elnaam, and Ithmah the Moabite, -- 1 chronicles 11:46 +. +Eliel, and Obed, and Jaasiel the Mezobaite. -- 1 chronicles 11:47 +. +These were the men who joined David in Ziklag, when he was banished from the presence of Saul son of Kish. (They were among the warriors who assisted him in battle. -- 1 chronicles 12:1 +. +They were armed with bows and could shoot arrows or sling stones right or left-handed. They were fellow tribesmen of Saul from Benjamin.) These were: -- 1 chronicles 12:2 +. +Ahiezer, the leader, and Joash, the sons of Shemaah the Gibeathite; Jeziel and Pelet, the sons of Azmaveth; Berachah, Jehu the Anathothite, -- 1 chronicles 12:3 +. +Ishmaiah the Gibeonite, one of the thirty warriors and their leader,Jeremiah, Jahaziel, Johanan, Jozabad the Gederathite, -- 1 chronicles 12:4 +. + Eluzai, Jerimoth, Bealiah, Shemariah, Shephatiah the Haruphite, -- 1 chronicles 12:5 +. +Elkanah, Isshiah, Azarel, Joezer, and Jashobeam, who were Korahites, -- 1 chronicles 12:6 +. +and Joelah and Zebadiah, the sons of Jeroham from Gedor. -- 1 chronicles 12:7 +. +Some of the Gadites joined David at the stronghold in the desert. They were warriors who were trained for battle; they carried shields and spears. They were as fierce as lions and could run as quickly as gazelles across the hills. -- 1 chronicles 12:8 +. +Ezer was the leader, Obadiah the second in command, Eliab the third, -- 1 chronicles 12:9 +. +Mishmannah the fourth, Jeremiah the fifth, -- 1 chronicles 12:10 +. +Attai the sixth, Eliel the seventh, -- 1 chronicles 12:11 +. +Johanan the eighth, Elzabad the ninth, -- 1 chronicles 12:12 +. +Jeremiah the tenth, and Machbannai the eleventh. -- 1 chronicles 12:13 +. +These Gadites were military leaders; the least led a hundred men, the greatest a thousand. -- 1 chronicles 12:14 +. +They crossed the Jordan River in the first month, when it was overflowing its banks, and routed those living in all the valleys to the east and west. -- 1 chronicles 12:15 +. +Some from Benjamin and Judah also came to David's stronghold. -- 1 chronicles 12:16 +. +David went out to meet them and said, "If you come to me in peace and want to help me, then I will make an alliance with you. But if you come to betray me to my enemies when I have not harmed you, may the God of our ancestors take notice and judge!" -- 1 chronicles 12:17 +. +But a spirit empowered Amasai, the leader of the thirty warriors, and he said: "We are yours, O David! We support you, O son of Jesse! May you greatly prosper! May those who help you prosper! Indeed your God helps you!" So David accepted them and made them leaders of raiding bands. -- 1 chronicles 12:18 +. +Some men from Manasseh joined David when he went with the Philistines to fight against Saul. (But in the end they did not help the Philistines because, after taking counsel, the Philistine lords sent David away, saying: "It would be disastrous for us if he deserts to his master Saul.") -- 1 chronicles 12:19 +. +When David went to Ziklag, the men of Manasseh who joined him were Adnach, Jozabad, Jediael, Michael, Jozabad, Elihu, and Zillethai, leaders of a thousand soldiers each in the tribe of Manasseh. -- 1 chronicles 12:20 +. +They helped David fight against raiding bands, for all of them were warriors and leaders in the army. -- 1 chronicles 12:21 +. +Each day men came to help David until his army became very large. -- 1 chronicles 12:22 +. +The following is a record of the armed warriors who came with their leaders and joined David in Hebron in order to make David king in Saul's place, in accordance with the Lord's decree: -- 1 chronicles 12:23 +. +From Judah came 6,trained warriors carrying shields and spears. -- 1 chronicles 12:24 +. +From Simeon there were 7,warriors. -- 1 chronicles 12:25 +. +From Levi there were 4,600. -- 1 chronicles 12:26 +. +Jehoiada, the leader of Aaron's descendants, brought 3,men with him, -- 1 chronicles 12:27 +. +along with Zadok, a young warrior, and twenty-two leaders from his family. -- 1 chronicles 12:28 +. +From Benjamin, Saul's tribe, there were 3,000, most of whom, up to that time, had been loyal to Saul. -- 1 chronicles 12:29 +. +From Ephraim there were 20,warriors, who had brought fame to their families. -- 1 chronicles 12:30 +. +From the half tribe of Manasseh there were 18,who had been designated by name to come and make David king. -- 1 chronicles 12:31 +. +From Issachar there were leaders and all their relatives at their command - they understood the times and knew what Israel should do. -- 1 chronicles 12:32 +. +From Zebulun there were 50,warriors who were prepared for battle, equipped with all kinds of weapons, and ready to give their undivided loyalty. -- 1 chronicles 12:33 +. +From Naphtali there were 1,officers, along with 37,000 men carrying shields and spears. -- 1 chronicles 12:34 +. +From Dan there were 28,men prepared for battle. -- 1 chronicles 12:35 +. +From Asher there were 40,warriors prepared for battle. -- 1 chronicles 12:36 +. +From the other side of the Jordan, from Reuben, Gad, and the half tribe of Manasseh, there were 120,men armed with all kinds of weapons. -- 1 chronicles 12:37 +. +All these men were warriors who were ready to march. They came to Hebron to make David king over all Israel by acclamation; all the rest of the Israelites also were in agreement that David should become king. -- 1 chronicles 12:38 +. +They spent three days feasting there with David, for their relatives had given them provisions. -- 1 chronicles 12:39 +. +Also their neighbors, from as far away as Issachar, Zebulun, and Naphtali, were bringing food on donkeys, camels, mules, and oxen. There were large supplies of flour, fig cakes, raisins, wine, olive oil, beef, and lamb, for Israel was celebrating. -- 1 chronicles 12:40 +. +David consulted with his military officers, including those who led groups of a thousand and those who led groups of a hundred. -- 1 chronicles 13:1 +. +David said to the whole Israelite assembly, "If you so desire and the Lord our God approves, let's spread the word to our brothers who remain in all the regions of Israel, and to the priests and Levites in their cities, so they may join us. -- 1 chronicles 13:2 +. +Let's move the ark of our God back here, for we did not seek his will throughout Saul's reign." -- 1 chronicles 13:3 +. +The whole assembly agreed to do this, for the proposal seemed right to all the people. -- 1 chronicles 13:4 +. +So David assembled all Israel from the Shihor River in Egypt to Lebo Hamath, to bring the ark of God from Kiriath Jearim. -- 1 chronicles 13:5 +. +David and all Israel went up to Baalah (that is, Kiriath Jearim) in Judah to bring up from there the ark of God the Lord, who sits enthroned between the cherubim - the ark that is called by his name. -- 1 chronicles 13:6 +. +They transported the ark on a new cart from the house of Abinadab; Uzzah and Ahio were guiding the cart, -- 1 chronicles 13:7 +. +while David and all Israel were energetically celebrating before God, singing and playing various stringed instruments, tambourines, cymbals, and trumpets. -- 1 chronicles 13:8 +. +When they arrived at the threshing floor of Kidon, Uzzah reached out his hand to take hold of the ark, because the oxen stumbled. -- 1 chronicles 13:9 +. +The Lord was so furious with Uzzah, he killed him, because he reached out his hand and touched the ark. He died right there before God. -- 1 chronicles 13:10 +. +David was angry because the Lord attacked Uzzah; so he called that place Perez Uzzah, which remains its name to this very day. -- 1 chronicles 13:11 +. +David was afraid of God that day and said, "How will I ever be able to bring the ark of God up here?" -- 1 chronicles 13:12 +. +So David did not move the ark to the City of David; he left it in the house of Obed-Edom the Gittite. -- 1 chronicles 13:13 +. +The ark of God remained in Obed-Edom's house for three months; the Lord blessed Obed-Edom's family and everything that belonged to him. -- 1 chronicles 13:14 +. +King Hiram of Tyre sent messengers to David, along with cedar logs, stonemasons, and carpenters to build a palace for him. -- 1 chronicles 14:1 +. +David realized that the Lord had established him as king over Israel and that he had elevated his kingdom for the sake of his people Israel. -- 1 chronicles 14:2 +. +In Jerusalem David married more wives and fathered more sons and daughters. -- 1 chronicles 14:3 +. +These are the names of children born to him in Jerusalem: Shammua, Shobab, Nathan, Solomon, -- 1 chronicles 14:4 +. +Ibhar, Elishua, Elpelet, -- 1 chronicles 14:5 +. +Nogah, Nepheg, Japhia, -- 1 chronicles 14:6 +. +Elishama, Beeliada, and Eliphelet. -- 1 chronicles 14:7 +. +When the Philistines heard that David had been anointed king of all Israel, all the Philistines marched up to confront him. When David heard about it, he marched out against them. -- 1 chronicles 14:8 +. +Now the Philistines had come and raided the Valley of Rephaim. -- 1 chronicles 14:9 +. +David asked God, "Should I march up against the Philistines? Will you hand them over to me?" The Lord said to him, "March up! I will hand them over to you!" -- 1 chronicles 14:10 +. +So they marched against Baal Perazim and David defeated them there. David said, "Using me as his instrument, God has burst out against my enemies like water bursts out." So that place is called Baal Perazim. -- 1 chronicles 14:11 +. +The Philistines left their idols there, so David ordered that they be burned. -- 1 chronicles 14:12 +. +The Philistines again raided the valley. -- 1 chronicles 14:13 +. +So David again asked God what he should do. This time God told him, "Don't march up after them; circle around them and come against them in front of the trees. -- 1 chronicles 14:14 +. +When you hear the sound of marching in the tops of the trees, then attack. For at that moment the Lord is going before you to strike down the army of the Philistines." -- 1 chronicles 14:15 +. +David did just as God commanded him, and they struck down the Philistine army from Gibeon to Gezer. -- 1 chronicles 14:16 +. +So David became famous in all the lands; the Lord caused all the nations to fear him. -- 1 chronicles 14:17 +. +David constructed buildings in the City of David; he then prepared a place for the ark of God and pitched a tent for it. -- 1 chronicles 15:1 +. +Then David said, "Only the Levites may carry the ark of God, for the Lord chose them to carry the ark of the Lord and to serve before him perpetually. -- 1 chronicles 15:2 +. +David assembled all Israel at Jerusalem to bring the ark of the Lord up to the place he had prepared for it. -- 1 chronicles 15:3 +. +David gathered together the descendants of Aaron and the Levites: -- 1 chronicles 15:4 +. +From the descendants of Kohath: Uriel the leader and of his relatives. -- 1 chronicles 15:5 +. +From the descendants of Merari: Asaiah the leader and of his relatives. -- 1 chronicles 15:6 +. +From the descendants of Gershom: Joel the leader and of his relatives. -- 1 chronicles 15:7 +. +From the descendants of Elizaphan: Shemaiah the leader and of his relatives. -- 1 chronicles 15:8 +. +From the descendants of Hebron: Eliel the leader and of his relatives. -- 1 chronicles 15:9 +. +From the descendants of Uzziel: Amminadab the leader and of his relatives. -- 1 chronicles 15:10 +. +David summoned the priests Zadok and Abiathar, along with the Levites Uriel, Asaiah, Joel, Shemaiah, Eliel, and Amminadab. -- 1 chronicles 15:11 +. +He told them: "You are the leaders of the Levites' families. You and your relatives must consecrate yourselves and bring the ark of the Lord God of Israel up to the place I have prepared for it. -- 1 chronicles 15:12 +. +The first time you did not carry it; that is why the Lord God attacked us, because we did not ask him about the proper way to carry it." -- 1 chronicles 15:13 +. +The priests and Levites consecrated themselves so they could bring up the ark of the Lord God of Israel. -- 1 chronicles 15:14 +. +The descendants of Levi carried the ark of God on their shoulders with poles, just as Moses had ordered according to the divine command. -- 1 chronicles 15:15 +. +David told the leaders of the Levites to appoint some of their relatives as musicians; they were to play various instruments, including stringed instruments and cymbals, and to sing loudly and joyfully. -- 1 chronicles 15:16 +. +So the Levites appointed Heman son of Joel; one of his relatives, Asaph son of Berechiah; one of the descendants of Merari, Ethan son of Kushaiah; -- 1 chronicles 15:17 +. +along with some of their relatives who were second in rank, including Zechariah, Jaaziel, Shemiramoth, Jehiel, Unni, Eliab, Benaiah, Maaseiah, Mattithiah, Eliphelehu, Mikneiah, Obed-Edom, and Jeiel, the gatekeepers. -- 1 chronicles 15:18 +. +The musicians Heman, Asaph, and Ethan were to sound the bronze cymbals; -- 1 chronicles 15:19 +. +Zechariah, Aziel, Shemiramoth, Jehiel, Unni, Eliab, Maaseiah, and Benaiah were to play the harps according to the alamoth style; -- 1 chronicles 15:20 +. +Mattithiah, Eliphelehu, Mikneiah, Obed-Edom, Jeiel, and Azaziah were to play the lyres according to the sheminith style, as led by the director; -- 1 chronicles 15:21 +. +Kenaniah, the leader of the Levites, was in charge of transport, for he was well-informed on this matter; -- 1 chronicles 15:22 +. +Berechiah and Elkanah were guardians of the ark; -- 1 chronicles 15:23 +. +Shebaniah, Joshaphat, Nethanel, Amasai, Zechariah, Benaiah, and Eliezer the priests were to blow the trumpets before the ark of God; Obed-Edom and Jehiel were also guardians of the ark. -- 1 chronicles 15:24 +. +So David, the leaders of Israel, and the commanders of units of a thousand went to bring up the ark of the Lord's covenant from the house of Obed-Edom with celebration. -- 1 chronicles 15:25 +. +When God helped the Levites who were carrying the ark of the Lord's covenant, they sacrificed seven bulls and seven rams. -- 1 chronicles 15:26 +. +David was wrapped in a linen robe, as were all the Levites carrying the ark, the musicians, and Kenaniah the supervisor of transport and the musicians; David also wore a linen ephod. -- 1 chronicles 15:27 +. +All Israel brought up the ark of the Lord's covenant; they were shouting, blowing trumpets, sounding cymbals, and playing stringed instruments. -- 1 chronicles 15:28 +. +As the ark of the Lord's covenant entered the City of David, Michal, Saul's daughter, looked out the window. When she saw King David jumping and celebrating, she despised him. -- 1 chronicles 15:29 +. +They brought the ark of God and put it in the middle of the tent David had pitched for it. Then they offered burnt sacrifices and peace offerings before God. -- 1 chronicles 16:1 +. +When David finished offering burnt sacrifices and peace offerings, he pronounced a blessing over the people in the Lord's name. -- 1 chronicles 16:2 +. +He then handed out to each Israelite man and woman a loaf of bread, a date cake, and a raisin cake. -- 1 chronicles 16:3 +. +He appointed some of the Levites to serve before the ark of the Lord, to offer prayers, songs of thanks, and hymns to the Lord God of Israel. -- 1 chronicles 16:4 +. +Asaph was the leader and Zechariah second in command, followed by Jeiel, Shemiramoth, Jehiel, Mattithiah, Eliab, Benaiah, Obed-Edom, and Jeiel. They were to play stringed instruments; Asaph was to sound the cymbals; -- 1 chronicles 16:5 +. +and the priests Benaiah and Jahaziel were to blow trumpets regularly before the ark of God's covenant. -- 1 chronicles 16:6 +. +That day David first gave to Asaph and his colleagues this song of thanks to the Lord: -- 1 chronicles 16:7 +. +Give thanks to the Lord! Call on his name! Make known his accomplishments among the nations! -- 1 chronicles 16:8 +. +Sing to him! Make music to him! Tell about all his miraculous deeds! -- 1 chronicles 16:9 +. +Boast about his holy name! Let the hearts of those who seek the Lord rejoice! -- 1 chronicles 16:10 +. +Seek the Lord and the strength he gives! Seek his presence continually! -- 1 chronicles 16:11 +. +Recall the miraculous deeds he performed, his mighty acts and the judgments he decreed, -- 1 chronicles 16:12 +. +O children of Israel, God's servant, you descendants of Jacob, God's chosen ones! -- 1 chronicles 16:13 +. +He is the Lord our God; he carries out judgment throughout the earth. -- 1 chronicles 16:14 +. +Remember continually his covenantal decree, the promise he made to a thousand generations - -- 1 chronicles 16:15 +. +the promise he made to Abraham, the promise he made by oath to Isaac! -- 1 chronicles 16:16 +. +He gave it to Jacob as a decree, to Israel as a lasting promise, -- 1 chronicles 16:17 +. +saying, "To you I will give the land of Canaan as the portion of your inheritance." -- 1 chronicles 16:18 +. +When they were few in number, just a very few, and foreign residents within it, -- 1 chronicles 16:19 +. +they wandered from nation to nation, and from one kingdom to another. -- 1 chronicles 16:20 +. +He let no one oppress them, he disciplined kings for their sake, -- 1 chronicles 16:21 +. +saying, "Don't touch my anointed ones! Don't harm my prophets!" -- 1 chronicles 16:22 +. +Sing to the Lord, all the earth! Announce every day how he delivers! -- 1 chronicles 16:23 +. +Tell the nations about his splendor, tell all the nations about his miraculous deeds! -- 1 chronicles 16:24 +. +For the Lord is great and certainly worthy of praise, he is more awesome than all gods. -- 1 chronicles 16:25 +. +For all the gods of the nations are worthless, but the Lord made the heavens. -- 1 chronicles 16:26 +. +Majestic splendor emanates from him, he is the source of strength and joy. -- 1 chronicles 16:27 +. +Ascribe to the Lord, O families of the nations, ascribe to the Lord splendor and strength! -- 1 chronicles 16:28 +. +Ascribe to the Lord the splendor he deserves! Bring an offering and enter his presence! Worship the Lord in holy attire! -- 1 chronicles 16:29 +. +Tremble before him, all the earth! The world is established, it cannot be moved. -- 1 chronicles 16:30 +. +Let the heavens rejoice, and the earth be happy! Let the nations say, 'The Lord reigns!' -- 1 chronicles 16:31 +. +Let the sea and everything in it shout! Let the fields and everything in them celebrate! -- 1 chronicles 16:32 +. +Then let the trees of the forest shout with joy before the Lord, for he comes to judge the earth! -- 1 chronicles 16:33 +. +Give thanks to the Lord, for he is good and his loyal love endures. -- 1 chronicles 16:34 +. +Say this prayer: "Deliver us, O God who delivers us! Gather us! Rescue us from the nations! Then we will give thanks to your holy name, and boast about your praiseworthy deeds." -- 1 chronicles 16:35 +. +May the Lord God of Israel be praised, in the future and forevermore. Then all the people said, "We agree! Praise the Lord!" -- 1 chronicles 16:36 +. +David left Asaph and his colleagues there before the ark of the Lord's covenant to serve before the ark regularly and fulfill each day's requirements, -- 1 chronicles 16:37 +. +including Obed-Edom and sixty-eight colleagues. Obed-Edom son of Jeduthun and Hosah were gatekeepers. -- 1 chronicles 16:38 +. +Zadok the priest and his fellow priests served before the Lord's tabernacle at the worship center in Gibeon, -- 1 chronicles 16:39 +. +regularly offering burnt sacrifices to the Lord on the altar for burnt sacrifice, morning and evening, according to what is prescribed in the law of the Lord which he charged Israel to observe. -- 1 chronicles 16:40 +. +Joining them were Heman, Jeduthun, and the rest of those chosen and designated by name to give thanks to the Lord. (For his loyal love endures!) -- 1 chronicles 16:41 +. +Heman and Jeduthun were in charge of the music, including the trumpets, cymbals, and the other musical instruments used in praising God. The sons of Jeduthun guarded the entrance. -- 1 chronicles 16:42 +. +Then all the people returned to their homes, and David went to pronounce a blessing on his family. -- 1 chronicles 16:43 +. +When David had settled into his palace, he said to Nathan the prophet, "Look, I am living in a palace made from cedar, while the ark of the Lord's covenant is under a tent." -- 1 chronicles 17:1 +. +Nathan said to David, "You should do whatever you have in mind, for God is with you." -- 1 chronicles 17:2 +. +That night God told Nathan the prophet, -- 1 chronicles 17:3 +. +"Go, tell my servant David: 'This is what the Lord says: "You must not build me a house in which to live. -- 1 chronicles 17:4 +. +For I have not lived in a house from the time I brought Israel up from Egypt to the present day. I have lived in a tent that has been in various places. -- 1 chronicles 17:5 +. +Wherever I moved throughout Israel, I did not say to any of the leaders whom I appointed to care for my people Israel, 'Why have you not built me a house made from cedar?'"' -- 1 chronicles 17:6 +. +"So now, say this to my servant David: 'This is what the Lord who commands armies says: "I took you from the pasture and from your work as a shepherd to make you a leader of my people Israel. -- 1 chronicles 17:7 +. +I was with you wherever you went and I defeated all your enemies before you. Now I will make you as famous as the great men of the earth. -- 1 chronicles 17:8 +. +I will establish a place for my people Israel and settle them there; they will live there and not be disturbed anymore. Violent men will not oppress them again, as they did in the beginning -- 1 chronicles 17:9 +. +and during the time when I appointed judges to lead my people Israel. I will subdue all your enemies. "'"I declare to you that the Lord will build a dynastic house for you! -- 1 chronicles 17:10 +. +When the time comes for you to die, I will raise up your descendant, one of your own sons, to succeed you, and I will establish his kingdom. -- 1 chronicles 17:11 +. +He will build me a house, and I will make his dynasty permanent. -- 1 chronicles 17:12 +. +I will become his father and he will become my son. I will never withhold my loyal love from him, as I withheld it from the one who ruled before you. -- 1 chronicles 17:13 +. +I will put him in permanent charge of my house and my kingdom; his dynasty will be permanent."'" -- 1 chronicles 17:14 +. +Nathan told David all these words that were revealed to him. -- 1 chronicles 17:15 +. +David went in, sat before the Lord, and said: "Who am I, O Lord God, and what is my family, that you should have brought me to this point? -- 1 chronicles 17:16 +. +And you did not stop there, O God! You have also spoken about the future of your servant's family. You have revealed to me what men long to know, O Lord God. -- 1 chronicles 17:17 +. +What more can David say to you? You have honored your servant; you have given your servant special recognition. -- 1 chronicles 17:18 +. +O Lord, for the sake of your servant and according to your will, you have done this great thing in order to reveal your greatness. -- 1 chronicles 17:19 +. +O Lord, there is none like you; there is no God besides you! What we heard is true! -- 1 chronicles 17:20 +. +And who is like your people, Israel, a unique nation in the earth? Their God went to claim a nation for himself! You made a name for yourself by doing great and awesome deeds when you drove out nations before your people whom you had delivered from the Egyptian empire and its gods. -- 1 chronicles 17:21 +. +You made Israel your very own nation for all time. You, O Lord, became their God. -- 1 chronicles 17:22 +. +So now, O Lord, may the promise you made about your servant and his family become a permanent reality! Do as you promised, -- 1 chronicles 17:23 +. +so it may become a reality and you may gain lasting fame, as people say, 'The Lord who commands armies is the God of Israel.' David's dynasty will be established before you, -- 1 chronicles 17:24 +. +for you, my God, have revealed to your servant that you will build a dynasty for him. That is why your servant has had the courage to pray to you. -- 1 chronicles 17:25 +. +Now, O Lord, you are the true God; you have made this good promise to your servant. -- 1 chronicles 17:26 +. +Now you are willing to bless your servant's dynasty so that it may stand permanently before you, for you, O Lord, have blessed it and it will be blessed from now on into the future." -- 1 chronicles 17:27 +. +Later David defeated the Philistines and subdued them. He took Gath and its surrounding towns away from the Philistines. -- 1 chronicles 18:1 +. +He defeated the Moabites; the Moabites became David's subjects and brought tribute. -- 1 chronicles 18:2 +. +David defeated King Hadadezer of Zobah as far as Hamath, when he went to extend his authority to the Euphrates River. -- 1 chronicles 18:3 +. +David seized from him 1,chariots, 7,000 charioteers, and 20,000 infantrymen. David cut the hamstrings of all but a hundred of Hadadezer's chariot horses. -- 1 chronicles 18:4 +. +The Arameans of Damascus came to help King Hadadezer of Zobah, but David killed 22,of the Arameans. -- 1 chronicles 18:5 +. +David placed garrisons in the territory of the Arameans of Damascus; the Arameans became David's subjects and brought tribute. The Lord protected David wherever he campaigned. -- 1 chronicles 18:6 +. +David took the golden shields which Hadadezer's servants had carried and brought them to Jerusalem. -- 1 chronicles 18:7 +. +From Tibhath and Kun, Hadadezer's cities, David took a great deal of bronze. (Solomon used it to make the big bronze basin called "The Sea," the pillars, and other bronze items. -- 1 chronicles 18:8 +. +When King Tou of Hamath heard that David had defeated the entire army of King Hadadezer of Zobah, -- 1 chronicles 18:9 +. +he sent his son Hadoram to King David to extend his best wishes and to pronounce a blessing on him for his victory over Hadadezer, for Tou had been at war with Hadadezer. He also sent various items made of gold, silver, and bronze. -- 1 chronicles 18:10 +. +King David dedicated these things to the Lord, along with the silver and gold which he had carried off from all the nations, including Edom, Moab, the Ammonites, the Philistines, and Amalek. -- 1 chronicles 18:11 +. +Abishai son of Zeruiah killed 18,Edomites in the Valley of Salt. -- 1 chronicles 18:12 +. +He placed garrisons in Edom, and all the Edomites became David's subjects. The Lord protected David wherever he campaigned. -- 1 chronicles 18:13 +. +David reigned over all Israel; he guaranteed justice for all his people. -- 1 chronicles 18:14 +. +Joab son of Zeruiah was commanding general of the army; Jehoshaphat son of Ahilud was secretary; -- 1 chronicles 18:15 +. +Zadok son of Ahitub and Abimelech son of Abiathar were priests; Shavsha was scribe; -- 1 chronicles 18:16 +. +Benaiah son of Jehoiada supervised the Kerethites and Pelethites; and David's sons were the king's leading officials. -- 1 chronicles 18:17 +. +Later King Nahash of the Ammonites died and his son succeeded him. -- 1 chronicles 19:1 +. +David said, "I will express my loyalty to Hanun son of Nahash, for his father was loyal to me." So David sent messengers to express his sympathy over his father's death. When David's servants entered Ammonite territory to visit Hanun and express the king's sympathy, -- 1 chronicles 19:2 +. +the Ammonite officials said to Hanun, "Do you really think David is trying to honor your father by sending these messengers to express his sympathy? No, his servants have come to you so they can get information and spy out the land!" -- 1 chronicles 19:3 +. +So Hanun seized David's servants and shaved their beards off. He cut off the lower part of their robes so that their buttocks were exposed and then sent them away. -- 1 chronicles 19:4 +. +Messengers came and told David what had happened to the men, so he summoned them, for the men were thoroughly humiliated. The king said, "Stay in Jericho until your beards grow again; then you may come back." -- 1 chronicles 19:5 +. +When the Ammonites realized that David was disgusted with them, Hanun and the Ammonites sent 1,talents of silver to hire chariots and charioteers from Aram Naharaim, Aram Maacah, and Zobah. -- 1 chronicles 19:6 +. +They hired 32,chariots, along with the king of Maacah and his army, who came and camped in front of Medeba. The Ammonites also assembled from their cities and marched out to do battle. -- 1 chronicles 19:7 +. +When David heard the news, he sent Joab and the entire army to meet them. -- 1 chronicles 19:8 +. +The Ammonites marched out and were deployed for battle at the entrance to the city, while the kings who had come were by themselves in the field. -- 1 chronicles 19:9 +. +When Joab saw that the battle would be fought on two fronts, he chose some of Israel's best men and deployed them against the Arameans. -- 1 chronicles 19:10 +. +He put his brother Abishai in charge of the rest of the army and they were deployed against the Ammonites. -- 1 chronicles 19:11 +. +Joab said, "If the Arameans start to overpower me, you come to my rescue. If the Ammonites start to overpower you, I will come to your rescue. -- 1 chronicles 19:12 +. +Be strong! Let's fight bravely for the sake of our people and the cities of our God! The Lord will do what he decides is best!" -- 1 chronicles 19:13 +. +So Joab and his men marched toward the Arameans to do battle, and they fled before him. -- 1 chronicles 19:14 +. +When the Ammonites saw the Arameans flee, they fled before Joab's brother Abishai and withdrew into the city. Joab went back to Jerusalem. -- 1 chronicles 19:15 +. +When the Arameans realized they had been defeated by Israel, they sent for reinforcements from beyond the Euphrates River, led by Shophach the commanding general of Hadadezer's army. -- 1 chronicles 19:16 +. +When David was informed, he gathered all Israel, crossed the Jordan River, and marched against them. David deployed his army against the Arameans for battle and they fought against him. -- 1 chronicles 19:17 +. +The Arameans fled before Israel. David killed 7,Aramean charioteers and 40,000 infantrymen; he also killed Shophach the commanding general. -- 1 chronicles 19:18 +. +When Hadadezer's subjects saw they were defeated by Israel, they made peace with David and became his subjects. The Arameans were no longer willing to help the Ammonites. -- 1 chronicles 19:19 +. +In the spring, at the time when kings normally conduct wars, Joab led the army into battle and devastated the land of the Ammonites. He went and besieged Rabbah, while David stayed in Jerusalem. Joab defeated Rabbah and tore it down. -- 1 chronicles 20:1 +. +David took the crown from the head of their king and wore it (its weight was a talent of gold and it was set with precious stones). He took a large amount of plunder from the city. -- 1 chronicles 20:2 +. +He removed the city's residents and made them do hard labor with saws, iron picks, and axes. This was his policy with all the Ammonite cities. Then David and all the army returned to Jerusalem. -- 1 chronicles 20:3 +. +Later there was a battle with the Philistines in Gezer. At that time Sibbekai the Hushathite killed Sippai, one of the descendants of the Rephaim, and the Philistines were subdued. -- 1 chronicles 20:4 +. +There was another battle with the Philistines in which Elhanan son of Jair the Bethlehemite killed the brother of Goliath the Gittite, whose spear had a shaft as big as the crossbeam of a weaver's loom. -- 1 chronicles 20:5 +. +In a battle in Gath there was a large man who had six fingers on each hand and six toes on each foot - twenty-four in all! He too was a descendant of Rapha. -- 1 chronicles 20:6 +. +When he taunted Israel, Jonathan son of Shimea, David's brother, killed him. -- 1 chronicles 20:7 +. +These were the descendants of Rapha who lived in Gath; they were killed by the hand of David and his soldiers. -- 1 chronicles 20:8 +. +An adversary opposed Israel, inciting David to count how many warriors Israel had. -- 1 chronicles 21:1 +. +David told Joab and the leaders of the army, "Go, count the number of warriors from Beer Sheba to Dan. Then bring back a report to me so I may know how many we have." -- 1 chronicles 21:2 +. +Joab replied, "May the Lord make his army a hundred times larger! My master, O king, do not all of them serve my master? Why does my master want to do this? Why bring judgment on Israel?" -- 1 chronicles 21:3 +. +But the king's edict stood, despite Joab's objections. So Joab left and traveled throughout Israel before returning to Jerusalem. -- 1 chronicles 21:4 +. +Joab reported to David the number of warriors. In all Israel there were 1,100,sword-wielding soldiers; Judah alone had 470,000 sword-wielding soldiers. -- 1 chronicles 21:5 +. +Now Joab did not number Levi and Benjamin, for the king's edict disgusted him. -- 1 chronicles 21:6 +. +God was also offended by it, so he attacked Israel. -- 1 chronicles 21:7 +. +David said to God, "I have sinned greatly by doing this! Now, please remove the guilt of your servant, for I have acted very foolishly." -- 1 chronicles 21:8 +. +The Lord told Gad, David's prophet, -- 1 chronicles 21:9 +. +"Go, tell David, 'This is what the Lord says: "I am offering you three forms of judgment from which to choose. Pick one of them."'" -- 1 chronicles 21:10 +. +Gad went to David and told him, "This is what the Lord says: 'Pick one of these: -- 1 chronicles 21:11 +. +three years of famine, or three months being chased by your enemies and struck down by their swords, or three days being struck down by the Lord, during which a plague will invade the land and the Lord's messenger will destroy throughout Israel's territory.' Now, decide what I should tell the one who sent me." -- 1 chronicles 21:12 +. +David said to Gad, "I am very upset! I prefer to be attacked by the Lord, for his mercy is very great; I do not want to be attacked by men!" -- 1 chronicles 21:13 +. +So the Lord sent a plague through Israel, and 70,Israelite men died. -- 1 chronicles 21:14 +. +God sent an angel to ravage Jerusalem. As he was doing so, the Lord watched and relented from his judgment. He told the angel who was destroying, "That's enough! Stop now!" Now the Lord's angel was standing near the threshing floor of Ornan the Jebusite. -- 1 chronicles 21:15 +. +David looked up and saw the Lord's messenger standing between the earth and sky with his sword drawn and in his hand, stretched out over Jerusalem. David and the leaders, covered with sackcloth, threw themselves down with their faces to the ground. -- 1 chronicles 21:16 +. +David said to God, "Was I not the one who decided to number the army? I am the one who sinned and committed this awful deed! As for these sheep - what have they done? O Lord my God, attack me and my family, but remove the plague from your people!" -- 1 chronicles 21:17 +. +So the Lord's messenger told Gad to instruct David to go up and build an altar for the Lord on the threshing floor of Ornan the Jebusite. -- 1 chronicles 21:18 +. +So David went up as Gad instructed him to do in the name of the Lord. -- 1 chronicles 21:19 +. +While Ornan was threshing wheat, he turned and saw the messenger, and he and his four sons hid themselves. -- 1 chronicles 21:20 +. +When David came to Ornan, Ornan looked and saw David; he came out from the threshing floor and bowed to David with his face to the ground. -- 1 chronicles 21:21 +. +David said to Ornan, "Sell me the threshing floor so I can build on it an altar for the Lord - I'll pay top price - so that the plague may be removed from the people." -- 1 chronicles 21:22 +. +Ornan told David, "You can have it! My master, the king, may do what he wants. Look, I am giving you the oxen for burnt sacrifices, the threshing sledges for wood, and the wheat for an offering. I give it all to you." -- 1 chronicles 21:23 +. +King David replied to Ornan, "No, I insist on buying it for top price. I will not offer to the Lord what belongs to you or offer a burnt sacrifice that cost me nothing. -- 1 chronicles 21:24 +. +So David bought the place from Ornan for pieces of gold. -- 1 chronicles 21:25 +. +David built there an altar to the Lord and offered burnt sacrifices and peace offerings. He called out to the Lord, and the Lord responded by sending fire from the sky and consuming the burnt sacrifice on the altar. -- 1 chronicles 21:26 +. +The Lord ordered the messenger to put his sword back into its sheath. -- 1 chronicles 21:27 +. +At that time, when David saw that the Lord responded to him at the threshing floor of Ornan the Jebusite, he sacrificed there. -- 1 chronicles 21:28 +. +Now the Lord's tabernacle (which Moses had made in the wilderness) and the altar for burnt sacrifices were at that time at the worship center in Gibeon. -- 1 chronicles 21:29 +. +But David could not go before it to seek God's will, for he was afraid of the sword of the Lord's messenger. -- 1 chronicles 21:30 +. +David then said, "This is the place where the temple of the Lord God will be, along with the altar for burnt sacrifices for Israel." -- 1 chronicles 22:1 +. +David ordered the resident foreigners in the land of Israel to be called together. He appointed some of them to be stonecutters to chisel stones for the building of God's temple. -- 1 chronicles 22:2 +. +David supplied a large amount of iron for the nails of the doors of the gates and for braces, more bronze than could be weighed, -- 1 chronicles 22:3 +. +and more cedar logs than could be counted. (The Sidonians and Tyrians had brought a large amount of cedar logs to David.) -- 1 chronicles 22:4 +. +David said, "My son Solomon is just an inexperienced young man, and the temple to be built for the Lord must be especially magnificent so it will become famous and be considered splendid by all the nations. Therefore I will make preparations for its construction." So David made extensive preparations before he died. -- 1 chronicles 22:5 +. +He summoned his son Solomon and charged him to build a temple for the Lord God of Israel. -- 1 chronicles 22:6 +. +David said to Solomon: "My son, I really wanted to build a temple to honor the Lord my God. -- 1 chronicles 22:7 +. +But the Lord said to me: 'You have spilled a great deal of blood and fought many battles. You must not build a temple to honor me, for you have spilled a great deal of blood on the ground before me. -- 1 chronicles 22:8 +. +Look, you will have a son, who will be a peaceful man. I will give him rest from all his enemies on every side. Indeed, Solomon will be his name; I will give Israel peace and quiet during his reign. -- 1 chronicles 22:9 +. +He will build a temple to honor me; he will become my son, and I will become his father. I will grant to his dynasty permanent rule over Israel.' -- 1 chronicles 22:10 +. +"Now, my son, may the Lord be with you! May you succeed and build a temple for the Lord your God, just as he announced you would. -- 1 chronicles 22:11 +. +Only may the Lord give you insight and understanding when he places you in charge of Israel, so you may obey the law of the Lord your God. -- 1 chronicles 22:12 +. +Then you will succeed, if you carefully obey the rules and regulations which the Lord ordered Moses to give to Israel. Be strong and brave! Don't be afraid and don't panic! -- 1 chronicles 22:13 +. +Now, look, I have made every effort to supply what is needed to build the Lord's temple. I have stored up 100,talents of gold, 1,000,000 talents of silver, and so much bronze and iron it cannot be weighed, as well as wood and stones. Feel free to add more! -- 1 chronicles 22:14 +. +You also have available many workers, including stonecutters, masons, carpenters, and an innumerable array of workers who are skilled -- 1 chronicles 22:15 +. +in using gold, silver, bronze, and iron. Get up and begin the work! May the Lord be with you!" -- 1 chronicles 22:16 +. +David ordered all the officials of Israel to support his son Solomon. -- 1 chronicles 22:17 +. +He told them, "The Lord your God is with you! He has made you secure on every side, for he handed over to me the inhabitants of the region and the region is subdued before the Lord and his people. -- 1 chronicles 22:18 +. +Now seek the Lord your God wholeheartedly and with your entire being! Get up and build the sanctuary of the Lord God! Then you can bring the ark of the Lord's covenant and the holy items dedicated to God's service into the temple that is built to honor the Lord." -- 1 chronicles 22:19 +. +When David was old and approaching the end of his life, he made his son Solomon king over Israel. -- 1 chronicles 23:1 +. +David assembled all the leaders of Israel, along with the priests and the Levites. -- 1 chronicles 23:2 +. +The Levites who were thirty years old and up were counted; there were 38,men. -- 1 chronicles 23:3 +. +David said, "Of these, 24,are to direct the work of the Lord's temple; 6,000 are to be officials and judges; -- 1 chronicles 23:4 +. +4,are to be gatekeepers; and 4,000 are to praise the Lord with the instruments I supplied for worship." -- 1 chronicles 23:5 +. +David divided them into groups corresponding to the sons of Levi: Gershon, Kohath, and Merari. -- 1 chronicles 23:6 +. +The Gershonites included Ladan and Shimei. -- 1 chronicles 23:7 +. +The sons of Ladan: Jehiel the oldest, Zetham, and Joel - three in all. -- 1 chronicles 23:8 +. +The sons of Shimei: Shelomoth, Haziel, and Haran - three in all. These were the leaders of the family of Ladan. -- 1 chronicles 23:9 +. +The sons of Shimei: Jahath, Zina, Jeush, and Beriah. These were Shimei's sons - four in all. -- 1 chronicles 23:10 +. +Jahath was the oldest and Zizah the second oldest. Jeush and Beriah did not have many sons, so they were considered one family with one responsibility. -- 1 chronicles 23:11 +. +The sons of Kohath: Amram, Izhar, Hebron, and Uzziel - four in all. -- 1 chronicles 23:12 +. +The sons of Amram: Aaron and Moses. Aaron and his descendants were chosen on a permanent basis to consecrate the most holy items, to offer sacrifices before the Lord, to serve him, and to praise his name. -- 1 chronicles 23:13 +. +The descendants of Moses the man of God were considered Levites. -- 1 chronicles 23:14 +. +The sons of Moses: Gershom and Eliezer. -- 1 chronicles 23:15 +. +The son of Gershom: Shebuel the oldest. -- 1 chronicles 23:16 +. +The son of Eliezer was Rehabiah, the oldest. Eliezer had no other sons, but Rehabiah had many descendants. -- 1 chronicles 23:17 +. +The son of Izhar: Shelomith the oldest. -- 1 chronicles 23:18 +. +The sons of Hebron: Jeriah the oldest, Amariah the second, Jahaziel the third, and Jekameam the fourth. -- 1 chronicles 23:19 +. +The sons of Uzziel: Micah the oldest, and Isshiah the second. -- 1 chronicles 23:20 +. +The sons of Merari: Mahli and Mushi. The sons of Mahli: Eleazar and Kish. -- 1 chronicles 23:21 +. +Eleazar died without having sons; he had only daughters. The sons of Kish, their cousins, married them. -- 1 chronicles 23:22 +. +The sons of Mushi: Mahli, Eder, and Jeremoth - three in all. -- 1 chronicles 23:23 +. +These were the descendants of Levi according to their families, that is, the leaders of families as counted and individually listed who carried out assigned tasks in the Lord's temple and were twenty years old and up. -- 1 chronicles 23:24 +. +For David said, "The Lord God of Israel has given his people rest and has permanently settled in Jerusalem. -- 1 chronicles 23:25 +. +So the Levites no longer need to carry the tabernacle or any of the items used in its service." -- 1 chronicles 23:26 +. +According to David's final instructions, the Levites twenty years old and up were counted. -- 1 chronicles 23:27 +. +Their job was to help Aaron's descendants in the service of the Lord's temple. They were to take care of the courtyards, the rooms, ceremonial purification of all holy items, and other jobs related to the service of God's temple. -- 1 chronicles 23:28 +. +They also took care of the bread that is displayed, the flour for offerings, the unleavened wafers, the round cakes, the mixing, and all the measuring. -- 1 chronicles 23:29 +. +They also stood in a designated place every morning and offered thanks and praise to the Lord. They also did this in the evening -- 1 chronicles 23:30 +. +and whenever burnt sacrifices were offered to the Lord on the Sabbath and at new moon festivals and assemblies. A designated number were to serve before the Lord regularly in accordance with regulations. -- 1 chronicles 23:31 +. +They were in charge of the meeting tent and the holy place, and helped their relatives, the descendants of Aaron, in the service of the Lord's temple. -- 1 chronicles 23:32 +. +The divisions of Aaron's descendants were as follows: The sons of Aaron: Nadab, Abihu, Eleazar, and Ithamar. -- 1 chronicles 24:1 +. +Nadab and Abihu died before their father did; they had no sons. Eleazar and Ithamar served as priests. -- 1 chronicles 24:2 +. +David, Zadok (a descendant of Eleazar), and Ahimelech (a descendant of Ithamar) divided them into groups to carry out their assigned responsibilities. -- 1 chronicles 24:3 +. +The descendants of Eleazar had more leaders than the descendants of Ithamar, so they divided them up accordingly; the descendants of Eleazar had sixteen leaders, while the descendants of Ithamar had eight. -- 1 chronicles 24:4 +. +They divided them by lots, for there were officials of the holy place and officials designated by God among the descendants of both Eleazar and Ithamar. -- 1 chronicles 24:5 +. +The scribe Shemaiah son of Nethanel, a Levite, wrote down their names before the king, the officials, Zadok the priest, Ahimelech son of Abiathar, and the leaders of the priestly and Levite families. One family was drawn by lot from Eleazar, and then the next from Ithamar. -- 1 chronicles 24:6 +. +The first lot went to Jehoiarib, the second to Jedaiah, -- 1 chronicles 24:7 +. +the third to Harim, the fourth to Seorim, -- 1 chronicles 24:8 +. +the fifth to Malkijah, the sixth to Mijamin, -- 1 chronicles 24:9 +. +the seventh to Hakkoz, the eighth to Abijah, -- 1 chronicles 24:10 +. +the ninth to Jeshua, the tenth to Shecaniah, -- 1 chronicles 24:11 +. +the eleventh to Eliashib, the twelfth to Jakim, -- 1 chronicles 24:12 +. +the thirteenth to Huppah, the fourteenth to Jeshebeab, -- 1 chronicles 24:13 +. +the fifteenth to Bilgah, the sixteenth to Immer, -- 1 chronicles 24:14 +. +the seventeenth to Hezir, the eighteenth to Happizzez, -- 1 chronicles 24:15 +. +the nineteenth to Pethahiah, the twentieth to Jehezkel, -- 1 chronicles 24:16 +. +the twenty-first to Jakin, the twenty-second to Gamul, -- 1 chronicles 24:17 +. +the twenty-third to Delaiah, the twenty-fourth to Maaziah. -- 1 chronicles 24:18 +. +This was the order in which they carried out their assigned responsibilities when they entered the Lord's temple, according to the regulations given them by their ancestor Aaron, just as the Lord God of Israel had instructed him. -- 1 chronicles 24:19 +. +The rest of the Levites included: Shubael from the sons of Amram, Jehdeiah from the sons of Shubael, -- 1 chronicles 24:20 +. +the firstborn Isshiah from Rehabiah and the sons of Rehabiah, -- 1 chronicles 24:21 +. +Shelomoth from the Izharites, Jahath from the sons of Shelomoth. -- 1 chronicles 24:22 +. +The sons of Hebron: Jeriah, Amariah the second, Jahaziel the third, and Jekameam the fourth. -- 1 chronicles 24:23 +. +The son of Uzziel: Micah; Shamir from the sons of Micah. -- 1 chronicles 24:24 +. +The brother of Micah: Isshiah. Zechariah from the sons of Isshiah. -- 1 chronicles 24:25 +. +The sons of Merari: Mahli and Mushi. The son of Jaaziah: Beno. -- 1 chronicles 24:26 +. +The sons of Merari, from Jaaziah: Beno, Shoham, Zaccur, and Ibri. -- 1 chronicles 24:27 +. +From Mahli: Eleazar, who had no sons. -- 1 chronicles 24:28 +. +From Kish: Jerahmeel. -- 1 chronicles 24:29 +. +The sons of Mushi: Mahli, Eder, and Jerimoth. These were the Levites, listed by their families. -- 1 chronicles 24:30 +. +Just like their relatives, the descendants of Aaron, they also cast lots before King David, Zadok, Ahimelech, the leaders of families, the priests, and the Levites. The families of the oldest son cast lots along with the those of the youngest. -- 1 chronicles 24:31 +. +David and the army officers selected some of the sons of Asaph, Heman, and Jeduthun to prophesy as they played stringed instruments and cymbals. The following men were assigned this responsibility: -- 1 chronicles 25:1 +. +From the sons of Asaph: Zaccur, Joseph, Nethaniah, and Asarelah. The sons of Asaph were supervised by Asaph, who prophesied under the king's supervision. -- 1 chronicles 25:2 +. +From the sons of Jeduthun: Gedaliah, Zeri, Jeshaiah, Hashabiah, and Mattithiah - six in all, under supervision of their father Jeduthun, who prophesied as he played a harp, giving thanks and praise to the Lord. -- 1 chronicles 25:3 +. +From the sons of Heman: Bukkiah, Mattaniah, Uzziel, Shebuel, Jerimoth, Hananiah, Hanani, Eliathah, Giddalti, Romamti-Ezer, Joshbekashah, Mallothi, Hothir, and Mahazioth. -- 1 chronicles 25:4 +. +All these were the sons of Heman, the king's prophet. God had promised him these sons in order to make him prestigious. God gave Heman fourteen sons and three daughters. -- 1 chronicles 25:5 +. +All of these were under the supervision of their fathers; they were musicians in the Lord's temple, playing cymbals and stringed instruments as they served in God's temple. Asaph, Jeduthun, and Heman were under the supervision of the king. -- 1 chronicles 25:6 +. +They and their relatives, all of them skilled and trained to make music to the Lord, numbered two hundred eighty-eight. -- 1 chronicles 25:7 +. +They cast lots to determine their responsibilities - oldest as well as youngest, teacher as well as student. -- 1 chronicles 25:8 +. +The first lot went to Asaph's son Joseph and his relatives and sons - twelve in all, the second to Gedaliah and his relatives and sons - twelve in all, -- 1 chronicles 25:9 +. +the third to Zaccur and his sons and relatives - twelve in all, -- 1 chronicles 25:10 +. +the fourth to Izri and his sons and relatives - twelve in all, -- 1 chronicles 25:11 +. +the fifth to Nethaniah and his sons and relatives - twelve in all, -- 1 chronicles 25:12 +. +the sixth to Bukkiah and his sons and relatives - twelve in all, -- 1 chronicles 25:13 +. +the seventh to Jesharelah and his sons and relatives - twelve in all, -- 1 chronicles 25:14 +. +the eighth to Jeshaiah and his sons and relatives - twelve in all, -- 1 chronicles 25:15 +. +the ninth to Mattaniah and his sons and relatives - twelve in all, -- 1 chronicles 25:16 +. +the tenth to Shimei and his sons and relatives - twelve in all, -- 1 chronicles 25:17 +. +the eleventh to Azarel and his sons and relatives - twelve in all, -- 1 chronicles 25:18 +. +the twelfth to Hashabiah and his sons and relatives - twelve in all, -- 1 chronicles 25:19 +. +the thirteenth to Shubael and his sons and relatives - twelve in all, -- 1 chronicles 25:20 +. +the fourteenth to Mattithiah and his sons and relatives - twelve in all, -- 1 chronicles 25:21 +. +the fifteenth to Jerimoth and his sons and relatives - twelve in all, -- 1 chronicles 25:22 +. +the sixteenth to Hananiah and his sons and relatives - twelve in all, -- 1 chronicles 25:23 +. +the seventeenth to Joshbekashah and his sons and relatives - twelve in all, -- 1 chronicles 25:24 +. +the eighteenth to Hanani and his sons and relatives - twelve in all, -- 1 chronicles 25:25 +. +the nineteenth to Mallothi and his sons and relatives - twelve in all, -- 1 chronicles 25:26 +. +the twentieth to Eliathah and his sons and relatives - twelve in all, -- 1 chronicles 25:27 +. +the twenty-first to Hothir and his sons and relatives - twelve in all, -- 1 chronicles 25:28 +. +the twenty-second to Giddalti and his sons and relatives - twelve in all, -- 1 chronicles 25:29 +. +the twenty-third to Mahazioth and his sons and relatives - twelve in all, -- 1 chronicles 25:30 +. +the twenty-fourth to Romamti-Ezer and his sons and relatives - twelve in all. -- 1 chronicles 25:31 +. +The divisions of the gatekeepers: From the Korahites: Meshelemiah, son of Kore, one of the sons of Asaph. -- 1 chronicles 26:1 +. +Meshelemiah's sons: The firstborn Zechariah, the second Jediael, the third Zebadiah, the fourth Jathniel, -- 1 chronicles 26:2 +. +the fifth Elam, the sixth Jehohanan, and the seventh Elihoenai. -- 1 chronicles 26:3 +. +Obed-Edom's sons: The firstborn Shemaiah, the second Jehozabad, the third Joah, the fourth Sakar, the fifth Nethanel, -- 1 chronicles 26:4 +. +the sixth Ammiel, the seventh Issachar, and the eighth Peullethai. (Indeed, God blessed Obed-Edom.) -- 1 chronicles 26:5 +. +His son Shemaiah also had sons, who were leaders of their families, for they were highly respected. -- 1 chronicles 26:6 +. +The sons of Shemaiah: Othni, Rephael, Obed, and Elzabad. His relatives Elihu and Semakiah were also respected. -- 1 chronicles 26:7 +. +All these were the descendants of Obed-Edom. They and their sons and relatives were respected men, capable of doing their responsibilities. There were sixty-two of them related to Obed-Edom. -- 1 chronicles 26:8 +. +Meshelemiah had sons and relatives who were respected - eighteen in all. -- 1 chronicles 26:9 +. +Hosah, one of the descendants of Merari, had sons: The firstborn Shimri (he was not actually the firstborn, but his father gave him that status), -- 1 chronicles 26:10 +. +the second Hilkiah, the third Tebaliah, and the fourth Zechariah. All of Hosah's sons and relatives numbered thirteen. -- 1 chronicles 26:11 +. +These divisions of the gatekeepers, corresponding to their leaders, had assigned responsibilities, like their relatives, as they served in the Lord's temple. -- 1 chronicles 26:12 +. +They cast lots, both young and old, according to their families, to determine which gate they would be responsible for. -- 1 chronicles 26:13 +. +The lot for the east gate went to Shelemiah. They then cast lots for his son Zechariah, a wise adviser, and the lot for the north gate went to him. -- 1 chronicles 26:14 +. +Obed-Edom was assigned the south gate, and his sons were assigned the storehouses. -- 1 chronicles 26:15 +. +Shuppim and Hosah were assigned the west gate, along with the Shalleketh gate on the upper road. One guard was adjacent to another. -- 1 chronicles 26:16 +. +Each day there were six Levites posted on the east, four on the north, and four on the south. At the storehouses they were posted in pairs. -- 1 chronicles 26:17 +. +At the court on the west there were four posted on the road and two at the court. -- 1 chronicles 26:18 +. +These were the divisions of the gatekeepers who were descendants of Korah and Merari. -- 1 chronicles 26:19 +. +Their fellow Levites were in charge of the storehouses in God's temple and the storehouses containing consecrated items. -- 1 chronicles 26:20 +. +The descendants of Ladan, who were descended from Gershon through Ladan and were leaders of the families of Ladan the Gershonite, included Jehieli -- 1 chronicles 26:21 +. +and the sons of Jehieli, Zetham and his brother Joel. They were in charge of the storehouses in the Lord's temple. -- 1 chronicles 26:22 +. +As for the Amramites, Izharites, Hebronites, and Uzzielites: -- 1 chronicles 26:23 +. +Shebuel son of Gershom, the son of Moses, was the supervisor of the storehouses. -- 1 chronicles 26:24 +. +His relatives through Eliezer included: Rehabiah his son, Jeshaiah his son, Joram his son, Zikri his son, and Shelomith his son. -- 1 chronicles 26:25 +. +Shelomith and his relatives were in charge of all the storehouses containing the consecrated items dedicated by King David, the family leaders who led units of a thousand and a hundred, and the army officers. -- 1 chronicles 26:26 +. +They had dedicated some of the plunder taken in battles to be used for repairs on the Lord's temple. -- 1 chronicles 26:27 +. +They were also in charge of everything dedicated by Samuel the prophet, Saul son of Kish, Abner son of Ner, and Joab son of Zeruiah; Shelomith and his relatives were in charge of everything that had been dedicated. -- 1 chronicles 26:28 +. +As for the Izharites: Kenaniah and his sons were given responsibilities outside the temple as officers and judges over Israel. -- 1 chronicles 26:29 +. +As for the Hebronites: Hashabiah and his relatives, 1,respected men, were assigned responsibilities in Israel west of the Jordan; they did the Lord's work and the king's service. -- 1 chronicles 26:30 +. +As for the Hebronites: Jeriah was the leader of the Hebronites according to the genealogical records. In the fortieth year of David's reign, they examined the records and discovered there were highly respected men in Jazer in Gilead. -- 1 chronicles 26:31 +. +Jeriah had 2,relatives who were respected family leaders. King David placed them in charge of the Reubenites, the Gadites, and the half-tribe of Manasseh; they took care of all matters pertaining to God and the king. -- 1 chronicles 26:32 +. +What follows is a list of Israelite family leaders and commanders of units of a thousand and a hundred, as well as their officers who served the king in various matters. Each division was assigned to serve for one month during the year; each consisted of 24,men. -- 1 chronicles 27:1 +. +Jashobeam son of Zabdiel was in charge of the first division, which was assigned the first month. His division consisted of 24,men. -- 1 chronicles 27:2 +. +He was a descendant of Perez; he was in charge of all the army officers for the first month. -- 1 chronicles 27:3 +. +Dodai the Ahohite was in charge of the division assigned the second month; Mikloth was the next in rank. His division consisted of 24,men. -- 1 chronicles 27:4 +. +The third army commander, assigned the third month, was Benaiah son of Jehoiada the priest. He was the leader of his division, which consisted of 24,men. -- 1 chronicles 27:5 +. +Benaiah was the leader of the thirty warriors and his division; his son was Ammizabad. -- 1 chronicles 27:6 +. +The fourth, assigned the fourth month, was Asahel, brother of Joab; his son Zebadiah succeeded him. His division consisted of 24,men. -- 1 chronicles 27:7 +. +The fifth, assigned the fifth month, was the commander Shamhuth the Izrahite. His division consisted of 24,men. -- 1 chronicles 27:8 +. +The sixth, assigned the sixth month, was Ira son of Ikkesh the Tekoite. His division consisted of 24,men. -- 1 chronicles 27:9 +. +The seventh, assigned the seventh month, was Helez the Pelonite, an Ephraimite. His division consisted of 24,men. -- 1 chronicles 27:10 +. +The eighth, assigned the eighth month, was Sibbekai the Hushathite, a Zerahite. His division consisted of 24,men. -- 1 chronicles 27:11 +. +The ninth, assigned the ninth month, was Abiezer the Anathothite, a Benjaminite. His division consisted of 24,men. -- 1 chronicles 27:12 +. +The tenth, assigned the tenth month, was Maharai the Netophathite, a Zerahite. His division consisted of 24,men. -- 1 chronicles 27:13 +. +The eleventh, assigned the eleventh month, was Benaiah the Pirathonite, an Ephraimite. His division consisted of 24,men. -- 1 chronicles 27:14 +. +The twelfth, assigned the twelfth month, was Heldai the Netophathite, a descendant of Othniel. His division consisted of 24,men. -- 1 chronicles 27:15 +. +The officers of the Israelite tribes: Eliezer son of Zikri was the leader of the Reubenites, Shephatiah son of Maacah led the Simeonites, -- 1 chronicles 27:16 +. +Hashabiah son of Kemuel led the Levites, Zadok led the descendants of Aaron, -- 1 chronicles 27:17 +. +Elihu, a brother of David, led Judah, Omri son of Michael led Issachar, -- 1 chronicles 27:18 +. +Ishmaiah son of Obadiah led Zebulun, Jerimoth son of Azriel led Naphtali, -- 1 chronicles 27:19 +. +Hoshea son of Azaziah led the Ephraimites, Joel son of Pedaiah led the half-tribe of Manasseh, -- 1 chronicles 27:20 +. +Iddo son of Zechariah led the half-tribe of Manasseh in Gilead, Jaasiel son of Abner led Benjamin, -- 1 chronicles 27:21 +. +Azarel son of Jeroham led Dan. These were the commanders of the Israelite tribes. -- 1 chronicles 27:22 +. +David did not count the males twenty years old and under, for the Lord had promised to make Israel as numerous as the stars in the sky. -- 1 chronicles 27:23 +. +Joab son of Zeruiah started to count the men but did not finish. God was angry with Israel because of this, so the number was not recorded in the scroll called The Annals of King David. -- 1 chronicles 27:24 +. +Azmaveth son of Adiel was in charge of the king's storehouses; Jonathan son of Uzziah was in charge of the storehouses in the field, in the cities, in the towns, and in the towers. -- 1 chronicles 27:25 +. +Ezri son of Kelub was in charge of the field workers who farmed the land. -- 1 chronicles 27:26 +. +Shimei the Ramathite was in charge of the vineyards; Zabdi the Shiphmite was in charge of the wine stored in the vineyards. -- 1 chronicles 27:27 +. +Baal-Hanan the Gederite was in charge of the olive and sycamore trees in the lowlands; Joash was in charge of the storehouses of olive oil. -- 1 chronicles 27:28 +. +Shitrai the Sharonite was in charge of the cattle grazing in Sharon; Shaphat son of Adlai was in charge of the cattle in the valleys. -- 1 chronicles 27:29 +. +Obil the Ishmaelite was in charge of the camels; Jehdeiah the Meronothite was in charge of the donkeys. -- 1 chronicles 27:30 +. +Jaziz the Hagrite was in charge of the sheep. All these were the officials in charge of King David's property. -- 1 chronicles 27:31 +. +Jonathan, David's uncle, was a wise adviser and scribe; Jehiel son of Hacmoni cared for the king's sons. -- 1 chronicles 27:32 +. +Ahithophel was the king's adviser; Hushai the Arkite was the king's confidant. -- 1 chronicles 27:33 +. +Ahithophel was succeeded by Jehoiada son of Benaiah and by Abiathar. Joab was the commanding general of the king's army. -- 1 chronicles 27:34 +. +David assembled in Jerusalem all the officials of Israel, including the commanders of the tribes, the commanders of the army divisions that served the king, the commanders of units of a thousand and a hundred, the officials who were in charge of all the property and livestock of the king and his sons, the eunuchs, and the warriors, including the most skilled of them. -- 1 chronicles 28:1 +. +King David rose to his feet and said: "Listen to me, my brothers and my people. I wanted to build a temple where the ark of the Lord's covenant could be placed as a footstool for our God. I have made the preparations for building it. -- 1 chronicles 28:2 +. +But God said to me, 'You must not build a temple to honor me, for you are a warrior and have spilled blood.' -- 1 chronicles 28:3 +. +The Lord God of Israel chose me out of my father's entire family to become king over Israel and have a permanent dynasty. Indeed, he chose Judah as leader, and my father's family within Judah, and then he picked me out from among my father's sons and made me king over all Israel. -- 1 chronicles 28:4 +. +From all the many sons the Lord has given me, he chose Solomon my son to rule on his behalf over Israel. -- 1 chronicles 28:5 +. +He said to me, 'Solomon your son is the one who will build my temple and my courts, for I have chosen him to become my son and I will become his father. -- 1 chronicles 28:6 +. +I will establish his kingdom permanently, if he remains committed to obeying my commands and regulations, as you are doing this day.' -- 1 chronicles 28:7 +. +So now, in the sight of all Israel, the Lord's assembly, and in the hearing of our God, I say this: Carefully observe all the commands of the Lord your God, so that you may possess this good land and may leave it as a permanent inheritance for your children after you. -- 1 chronicles 28:8 +. +"And you, Solomon my son, obey the God of your father and serve him with a submissive attitude and a willing spirit, for the Lord examines all minds and understands every motive of one's thoughts. If you seek him, he will let you find him, but if you abandon him, he will reject you permanently. -- 1 chronicles 28:9 +. +Realize now that the Lord has chosen you to build a temple as his sanctuary. Be strong and do it!" -- 1 chronicles 28:10 +. +David gave to his son Solomon the blueprints for the temple porch, its buildings, its treasuries, its upper areas, its inner rooms, and the room for atonement. -- 1 chronicles 28:11 +. +He gave him the blueprints of all he envisioned for the courts of the Lord's temple, all the surrounding rooms, the storehouses of God's temple, and the storehouses for the holy items. -- 1 chronicles 28:12 +. +He gave him the regulations for the divisions of priests and Levites, for all the assigned responsibilities within the Lord's temple, and for all the items used in the service of the Lord's temple. -- 1 chronicles 28:13 +. +He gave him the prescribed weight for all the gold items to be used in various types of service in the Lord's temple, for all the silver items to be used in various types of service, -- 1 chronicles 28:14 +. +for the gold lampstands and their gold lamps, including the weight of each lampstand and its lamps, for the silver lampstands, including the weight of each lampstand and its lamps, according to the prescribed use of each lampstand, -- 1 chronicles 28:15 +. +for the gold used in the display tables, including the amount to be used in each table, for the silver to be used in the silver tables, -- 1 chronicles 28:16 +. +for the pure gold used for the meat forks, bowls, and jars, for the small gold bowls, including the weight for each bowl, for the small silver bowls, including the weight for each bowl, -- 1 chronicles 28:17 +. +and for the refined gold of the incense altar. He gave him the blueprint for the seat of the gold cherubim that spread their wings and provide shelter for the ark of the Lord's covenant. -- 1 chronicles 28:18 +. +David said, "All of this I put in writing as the Lord directed me and gave me insight regarding the details of the blueprints." -- 1 chronicles 28:19 +. +David said to his son Solomon: "Be strong and brave! Do it! Don't be afraid and don't panic! For the Lord God, my God, is with you. He will not leave you or abandon you before all the work for the service of the Lord's temple is finished. -- 1 chronicles 28:20 +. +Here are the divisions of the priests and Levites who will perform all the service of God's temple. All the willing and skilled men are ready to assist you in all the work and perform their service. The officials and all the people are ready to follow your instructions." -- 1 chronicles 28:21 +. +King David said to the entire assembly: "My son Solomon, the one whom God has chosen, is just an inexperienced young man, and the task is great, for this palace is not for man, but for the Lord God. -- 1 chronicles 29:1 +. +So I have made every effort to provide what is needed for the temple of my God, including the gold, silver, bronze, iron, wood, as well as a large amount of onyx, settings of antimony and other stones, all kinds of precious stones, and alabaster. -- 1 chronicles 29:2 +. +Now, to show my commitment to the temple of my God, I donate my personal treasure of gold and silver to the temple of my God, in addition to all that I have already supplied for this holy temple. -- 1 chronicles 29:3 +. +This includes 3,talents of gold from Ophir and 7,000 talents of refined silver for overlaying the walls of the buildings, -- 1 chronicles 29:4 +. +for gold and silver items, and for all the work of the craftsmen. Who else wants to contribute to the Lord today?" -- 1 chronicles 29:5 +. +The leaders of the families, the leaders of the Israelite tribes, the commanders of units of a thousand and a hundred, and the supervisors of the king's work contributed willingly. -- 1 chronicles 29:6 +. +They donated for the service of God's temple 5,talents and ten thousand darics of gold, 10,000 talents of silver, 18,000 talents of bronze, and 100,000 talents of iron. -- 1 chronicles 29:7 +. +All who possessed precious stones donated them to the treasury of the Lord's temple, which was under the supervision of Jehiel the Gershonite. -- 1 chronicles 29:8 +. +The people were delighted with their donations, for they contributed to the Lord with a willing attitude; King David was also very happy. -- 1 chronicles 29:9 +. +David praised the Lord before the entire assembly: "O Lord God of our father Israel, you deserve praise forevermore! -- 1 chronicles 29:10 +. +O Lord, you are great, mighty, majestic, magnificent, glorious, and sovereign over all the sky and earth! You have dominion and exalt yourself as the ruler of all. -- 1 chronicles 29:11 +. +You are the source of wealth and honor; you rule over all. You possess strength and might to magnify and give strength to all. -- 1 chronicles 29:12 +. +Now, our God, we give thanks to you and praise your majestic name! -- 1 chronicles 29:13 +. +"But who am I and who are my people, that we should be in a position to contribute this much? Indeed, everything comes from you, and we have simply given back to you what is yours. -- 1 chronicles 29:14 +. +For we are resident foreigners and nomads in your presence, like all our ancestors; our days are like a shadow on the earth, without security. -- 1 chronicles 29:15 +. +O Lord our God, all this wealth, which we have collected to build a temple for you to honor your holy name, comes from you; it all belongs to you. -- 1 chronicles 29:16 +. +I know, my God, that you examine thoughts and are pleased with integrity. With pure motives I contribute all this; and now I look with joy as your people who have gathered here contribute to you. -- 1 chronicles 29:17 +. +O Lord God of our ancestors Abraham, Isaac, and Israel, maintain the motives of your people and keep them devoted to you. -- 1 chronicles 29:18 +. +Make my son Solomon willing to obey your commands, rules, and regulations, and to complete building the palace for which I have made preparations." -- 1 chronicles 29:19 +. +David told the entire assembly: "Praise the Lord your God!" So the entire assembly praised the Lord God of their ancestors; they bowed down and stretched out flat on the ground before the Lord and the king. -- 1 chronicles 29:20 +. +The next day they made sacrifices and offered burnt sacrifices to the Lord (1,bulls, 1,000 rams, 1,000 lambs), along with their accompanying drink offerings and many other sacrifices for all Israel. -- 1 chronicles 29:21 +. +They held a feast before the Lord that day and celebrated. Then they designated Solomon, David's son, as king a second time; before the Lord they anointed him as ruler and Zadok as priest. -- 1 chronicles 29:22 +. +Solomon sat on the Lord's throne as king in place of his father David; he was successful and all Israel was loyal to him. -- 1 chronicles 29:23 +. +All the officers and warriors, as well as all of King David's sons, pledged their allegiance to King Solomon. -- 1 chronicles 29:24 +. +The Lord greatly magnified Solomon before all Israel and bestowed on him greater majesty than any king of Israel before him. -- 1 chronicles 29:25 +. +David son of Jesse reigned over all Israel. -- 1 chronicles 29:26 +. +He reigned over Israel forty years; he reigned in Hebron seven years and in Jerusalem thirty-three years. -- 1 chronicles 29:27 +. +He died at a good old age, having enjoyed long life, wealth, and honor. His son Solomon succeeded him. -- 1 chronicles 29:28 +. +King David's accomplishments, from start to finish, are recorded in the Annals of Samuel the prophet, the Annals of Nathan the prophet, and the Annals of Gad the prophet. -- 1 chronicles 29:29 +. +Recorded there are all the facts about his reign and accomplishments, and an account of the events that involved him, Israel, and all the neighboring kingdoms. -- 1 chronicles 29:30 +. +Solomon son of David solidified his royal authority, for the Lord his God was with him and magnified him greatly. -- 2 chronicles 1:1 +. +Solomon addressed all Israel, including those who commanded units of a thousand and a hundred, the judges, and all the leaders of all Israel who were heads of families. -- 2 chronicles 1:2 +. +Solomon and the entire assembly went to the worship center in Gibeon, for the tent where they met God was located there, which Moses the Lord's servant had made in the wilderness. -- 2 chronicles 1:3 +. +(Now David had brought up the ark of God from Kiriath Jearim to the place he had prepared for it, for he had pitched a tent for it in Jerusalem. -- 2 chronicles 1:4 +. +But the bronze altar made by Bezalel son of Uri, son of Hur, was in front of the Lord's tabernacle. Solomon and the entire assembly prayed to him there.) -- 2 chronicles 1:5 +. +Solomon went up to the bronze altar before the Lord which was at the meeting tent, and he offered up a thousand burnt sacrifices. -- 2 chronicles 1:6 +. +That night God appeared to Solomon and said to him, "Tell me what I should give you." -- 2 chronicles 1:7 +. +Solomon replied to God, "You demonstrated great loyalty to my father David and have made me king in his place. -- 2 chronicles 1:8 +. +Now, Lord God, may your promise to my father David be realized, for you have made me king over a great nation as numerous as the dust of the earth. -- 2 chronicles 1:9 +. +Now give me wisdom and discernment so I can effectively lead this nation. Otherwise no one is able to make judicial decisions for this great nation of yours." -- 2 chronicles 1:10 +. +God said to Solomon, "Because you desire this, and did not ask for riches, wealth, and honor, or for vengeance on your enemies, and because you did not ask for long life, but requested wisdom and discernment so you can make judicial decisions for my people over whom I have made you king, -- 2 chronicles 1:11 +. +you are granted wisdom and discernment. Furthermore I am giving you riches, wealth, and honor surpassing that of any king before or after you." -- 2 chronicles 1:12 +. +Solomon left the meeting tent at the worship center in Gibeon and went to Jerusalem, where he reigned over Israel. -- 2 chronicles 1:13 +. +Solomon accumulated chariots and horses. He had 1,chariots and 12,000 horses. He kept them in assigned cities and in Jerusalem. -- 2 chronicles 1:14 +. +The king made silver and gold as plentiful in Jerusalem as stones; cedar was as plentiful as sycamore fig trees are in the lowlands. -- 2 chronicles 1:15 +. +Solomon acquired his horses from Egypt and from Que; the king's traders purchased them from Que. -- 2 chronicles 1:16 +. +They paid silver pieces for each chariot from Egypt, and 150 silver pieces for each horse. They also sold chariots and horses to all the kings of the Hittites and to the kings of Syria. -- 2 chronicles 1:17 +. + Solomon ordered a temple to be built to honor the Lord, as well as a royal palace for himself. -- 2 chronicles 2:1 +. + Solomon had 70,common laborers and 80,000 stonecutters in the hills, in addition to 3,600 supervisors. -- 2 chronicles 2:2 +. +Solomon sent a message to King Huram of Tyre: "Help me as you did my father David, when you sent him cedar logs for the construction of his palace. -- 2 chronicles 2:3 +. +Look, I am ready to build a temple to honor the Lord my God and to dedicate it to him in order to burn fragrant incense before him, to set out the bread that is regularly displayed, and to offer burnt sacrifices each morning and evening, and on Sabbaths, new moon festivals, and at other times appointed by the Lord our God. This is something Israel must do on a permanent basis. -- 2 chronicles 2:4 +. +I will build a great temple, for our God is greater than all gods. -- 2 chronicles 2:5 +. +Of course, who can really build a temple for him, since the sky and the highest heavens cannot contain him? Who am I that I should build him a temple! It will really be only a place to offer sacrifices before him. -- 2 chronicles 2:6 +. +"Now send me a man who is skilled in working with gold, silver, bronze, and iron, as well as purple, crimson, and violet colored fabrics, and who knows how to engrave. He will work with my skilled craftsmen here in Jerusalem and Judah, whom my father David provided. -- 2 chronicles 2:7 +. +Send me cedars, evergreens, and algum trees from Lebanon, for I know your servants are adept at cutting down trees in Lebanon. My servants will work with your servants -- 2 chronicles 2:8 +. +to supply me with large quantities of timber, for I am building a great, magnificent temple. -- 2 chronicles 2:9 +. +Look, I will pay your servants who cut the timber 20,kors of ground wheat, 20,000 kors of barley, 120,000 gallons of wine, and 120,000 gallons of olive oil." -- 2 chronicles 2:10 +. +King Huram of Tyre sent this letter to Solomon: "Because the Lord loves his people, he has made you their king." -- 2 chronicles 2:11 +. +Huram also said, "Worthy of praise is the Lord God of Israel, who made the sky and the earth! He has given David a wise son who has discernment and insight and will build a temple for the Lord, as well as a royal palace for himself. -- 2 chronicles 2:12 +. +Now I am sending you Huram Abi, a skilled and capable man, -- 2 chronicles 2:13 +. +whose mother is a Danite and whose father is a Tyrian. He knows how to work with gold, silver, bronze, iron, stones, and wood, as well as purple, violet, white, and crimson fabrics. He knows how to do all kinds of engraving and understands any design given to him. He will work with your skilled craftsmen and the skilled craftsmen of my lord David your father. -- 2 chronicles 2:14 +. +Now let my lord send to his servants the wheat, barley, olive oil, and wine he has promised; -- 2 chronicles 2:15 +. +we will get all the timber you need from Lebanon and bring it in raft-like bundles by sea to Joppa. You can then haul it on up to Jerusalem." -- 2 chronicles 2:16 +. +Solomon took a census of all the male resident foreigners in the land of Israel, after the census his father David had taken. There were 153,in all. -- 2 chronicles 2:17 +. +He designated 70,as common laborers, 80,000 as stonecutters in the hills, and 3,600 as supervisors to make sure the people completed the work. -- 2 chronicles 2:18 +. +Solomon began building the Lord's temple in Jerusalem on Mount Moriah, where the Lord had appeared to his father David. This was the place that David prepared at the threshing floor of Ornan the Jebusite. -- 2 chronicles 3:1 +. +He began building on the second day of the second month of the fourth year of his reign. -- 2 chronicles 3:2 +. +Solomon laid the foundation for God's temple; its length (determined according to the old standard of measure) was feet, and its width 30 feet. -- 2 chronicles 3:3 +. +The porch in front of the main hall was feet long, corresponding to the width of the temple, and its height was 30 feet. He plated the inside with pure gold. -- 2 chronicles 3:4 +. +He paneled the main hall with boards made from evergreen trees and plated it with fine gold, decorated with palm trees and chains. -- 2 chronicles 3:5 +. +He decorated the temple with precious stones; the gold he used came from Parvaim. -- 2 chronicles 3:6 +. +He overlaid the temple's rafters, thresholds, walls and doors with gold; he carved decorative cherubim on the walls. -- 2 chronicles 3:7 +. +He made the most holy place; its length was feet, corresponding to the width of the temple, and its width 30 feet. He plated it with 600 talents of fine gold. -- 2 chronicles 3:8 +. +The gold nails weighed shekels; he also plated the upper areas with gold. -- 2 chronicles 3:9 +. +In the most holy place he made two images of cherubim and plated them with gold. -- 2 chronicles 3:10 +. +The combined wing span of the cherubs was feet. One of the first cherub's wings was seven and one-half feet long and touched one wall of the temple; its other wing was also seven and one-half feet long and touched one of the second cherub's wings. -- 2 chronicles 3:11 +. +Likewise one of the second cherub's wings was seven and one-half feet long and touched the other wall of the temple; its other wing was also seven and one-half feet long and touched one of the first cherub's wings. -- 2 chronicles 3:12 +. +The combined wingspan of these cherubim was feet. They stood upright, facing inward. -- 2 chronicles 3:13 +. +He made the curtain out of violet, purple, crimson, and white fabrics, and embroidered on it decorative cherubim. -- 2 chronicles 3:14 +. +In front of the temple he made two pillars which had a combined length of 52.5 feet, with each having a plated capital seven and one-half feet high. -- 2 chronicles 3:15 +. +He made ornamental chains and put them on top of the pillars. He also made one hundred pomegranate-shaped ornaments and arranged them within the chains. -- 2 chronicles 3:16 +. +He set up the pillars in front of the temple, one on the right side and the other on the left. He named the one on the right Jachin, and the one on the left Boaz. -- 2 chronicles 3:17 +. +He made a bronze altar, feet long, 30 feet wide, and 15 feet high. -- 2 chronicles 4:1 +. +He also made the big bronze basin called "The Sea." It measured feet from rim to rim, was circular in shape, and stood seven and one-half feet high. Its circumference was 45 feet. -- 2 chronicles 4:2 +. +Images of bulls were under it all the way around, ten every eighteen inches all the way around. The bulls were in two rows and had been cast with "The Sea." -- 2 chronicles 4:3 +. +"The Sea" stood on top of twelve bulls. Three faced northward, three westward, three southward, and three eastward. "The Sea" was placed on top of them, and they all faced outward. -- 2 chronicles 4:4 +. +It was four fingers thick and its rim was like that of a cup shaped like a lily blossom. It could hold 18,gallons. -- 2 chronicles 4:5 +. +He made ten washing basins; he put five on the south side and five on the north side. In them they rinsed the items used for burnt sacrifices; the priests washed in "The Sea." -- 2 chronicles 4:6 +. +He made ten gold lampstands according to specifications and put them in the temple, five on the right and five on the left. -- 2 chronicles 4:7 +. +He made ten tables and set them in the temple, five on the right and five on the left. He also made one hundred gold bowls. -- 2 chronicles 4:8 +. +He made the courtyard of the priests and the large enclosure and its doors; he plated their doors with bronze. -- 2 chronicles 4:9 +. +He put "The Sea" on the south side, in the southeast corner. -- 2 chronicles 4:10 +. +Huram Abi made the pots, shovels, and bowls. He finished all the work on God's temple he had been assigned by King Solomon. -- 2 chronicles 4:11 +. +He made the two pillars, the two bowl-shaped tops of the pillars, the latticework for the bowl-shaped tops of the two pillars, -- 2 chronicles 4:12 +. +the four hundred pomegranate-shaped ornaments for the latticework of the two pillars (each latticework had two rows of these ornaments at the bowl-shaped top of the pillar), -- 2 chronicles 4:13 +. +the ten movable stands with their ten basins, -- 2 chronicles 4:14 +. +the big bronze basin called "The Sea" with its twelve bulls underneath, -- 2 chronicles 4:15 +. +and the pots, shovels, and meat forks. All the items King Solomon assigned Huram Abi to make for the Lord's temple were made from polished bronze. -- 2 chronicles 4:16 +. +The king had them cast in earthen foundries in the region of the Jordan between Succoth and Zarethan. -- 2 chronicles 4:17 +. +Solomon made so many of these items they did not weigh the bronze. -- 2 chronicles 4:18 +. +Solomon also made these items for God's temple: the gold altar, the tables on which the Bread of the Presence was kept, -- 2 chronicles 4:19 +. +the pure gold lampstands and their lamps which burned as specified at the entrance to the inner sanctuary, -- 2 chronicles 4:20 +. +the pure gold flower-shaped ornaments, lamps, and tongs, -- 2 chronicles 4:21 +. +the pure gold trimming shears, basins, pans, and censers, and the gold door sockets for the inner sanctuary (the most holy place) and for the doors of the main hall of the temple. -- 2 chronicles 4:22 +. +When Solomon had finished constructing the Lord's temple, he put the holy items that belonged to his father David (the silver, gold, and all the other articles) in the treasuries of God's temple. -- 2 chronicles 5:1 +. +Then Solomon convened Israel's elders - all the leaders of the Israelite tribes and families - in Jerusalem, so they could witness the transferal of the ark of the covenant of the Lord from the City of David (that is, Zion). -- 2 chronicles 5:2 +. +All the men of Israel assembled before the king during the festival in the seventh month. -- 2 chronicles 5:3 +. +When all Israel's elders had arrived, the Levites lifted the ark. -- 2 chronicles 5:4 +. +The priests and Levites carried the ark, the tent where God appeared to his people, and all the holy items in the tent. -- 2 chronicles 5:5 +. +Now King Solomon and all the Israelites who had assembled with him went on ahead of the ark and sacrificed more sheep and cattle than could be counted or numbered. -- 2 chronicles 5:6 +. +The priests brought the ark of the covenant of the Lord to its assigned place in the inner sanctuary of the temple, in the most holy place under the wings of the cherubs. -- 2 chronicles 5:7 +. +The cherubs' wings extended over the place where the ark sat; the cherubs overshadowed the ark and its poles. -- 2 chronicles 5:8 +. +The poles were so long their ends extending out from the ark were visible from in front of the inner sanctuary, but they could not be seen from beyond that point. They have remained there to this very day. -- 2 chronicles 5:9 +. +There was nothing in the ark except the two tablets Moses had placed there in Horeb. (It was there that the Lord made an agreement with the Israelites after he brought them out of the land of Egypt.) -- 2 chronicles 5:10 +. +The priests left the holy place. All the priests who participated had consecrated themselves, no matter which division they represented. -- 2 chronicles 5:11 +. +All the Levites who were musicians, including Asaph, Heman, Jeduthun, and their sons and relatives, wore linen. They played cymbals and stringed instruments as they stood east of the altar. They were accompanied by priests who blew trumpets. -- 2 chronicles 5:12 +. +The trumpeters and musicians played together, praising and giving thanks to the Lord. Accompanied by trumpets, cymbals, and other instruments, they loudly praised the Lord, singing: "Certainly he is good; certainly his loyal love endures!" Then a cloud filled the Lord's temple. -- 2 chronicles 5:13 +. +The priests could not carry out their duties because of the cloud; the Lord's splendor filled God's temple. -- 2 chronicles 5:14 +. +Then Solomon said, "The Lord has said that he lives in thick darkness. -- 2 chronicles 6:1 +. +O Lord, I have built a lofty temple for you, a place where you can live permanently." -- 2 chronicles 6:2 +. +Then the king turned around and pronounced a blessing over the whole Israelite assembly as they stood there. -- 2 chronicles 6:3 +. +He said, "The Lord God of Israel is worthy of praise because he has fulfilled what he promised my father David. -- 2 chronicles 6:4 +. +He told David, 'Since the day I brought my people out of the land of Egypt, I have not chosen a city from all the tribes of Israel to build a temple in which to live. Nor did I choose a man as leader of my people Israel. -- 2 chronicles 6:5 +. +But now I have chosen Jerusalem as a place to live, and I have chosen David to lead my people Israel.' -- 2 chronicles 6:6 +. +Now my father David had a strong desire to build a temple to honor the Lord God of Israel. -- 2 chronicles 6:7 +. +The Lord told my father David, 'It is right for you to have a strong desire to build a temple to honor me. -- 2 chronicles 6:8 +. +But you will not build the temple; your very own son will build the temple for my honor.' -- 2 chronicles 6:9 +. +The Lord has kept the promise he made. I have taken my father David's place and have occupied the throne of Israel, as the Lord promised. I have built this temple for the honor of the Lord God of Israel -- 2 chronicles 6:10 +. +and set up in it a place for the ark containing the covenant the Lord made with the Israelites." -- 2 chronicles 6:11 +. +He stood before the altar of the Lord in front of the entire assembly of Israel and spread out his hands. -- 2 chronicles 6:12 +. +Solomon had made a bronze platform and had placed it in the middle of the enclosure. It was seven and one-half feet long, seven and one-half feet wide, and four and one-half feet high. He stood on it and then got down on his knees in front of the entire assembly of Israel. He spread out his hands toward the sky, -- 2 chronicles 6:13 +. +and prayed: "O Lord God of Israel, there is no god like you in heaven or on earth! You maintain covenantal loyalty to your servants who obey you with sincerity. -- 2 chronicles 6:14 +. +You have kept your word to your servant, my father David; this very day you have fulfilled what you promised. -- 2 chronicles 6:15 +. +Now, O Lord God of Israel, keep the promise you made to your servant, my father David, when you said, 'You will never fail to have a successor ruling before me on the throne of Israel, provided that your descendants watch their step and obey my law as you have done.' -- 2 chronicles 6:16 +. +Now, O Lord God of Israel, may the promise you made to your servant David be realized. -- 2 chronicles 6:17 +. +"God does not really live with humankind on the earth! Look, if the sky and the highest heaven cannot contain you, how much less this temple I have built! -- 2 chronicles 6:18 +. +But respond favorably to your servant's prayer and his request for help, O Lord my God. Answer the desperate prayer your servant is presenting to you. -- 2 chronicles 6:19 +. +Night and day may you watch over this temple, the place where you promised you would live. May you answer your servant's prayer for this place. -- 2 chronicles 6:20 +. +Respond to the requests of your servant and your people Israel for this place. Hear from your heavenly dwelling place and respond favorably and forgive. -- 2 chronicles 6:21 +. +"When someone is accused of sinning against his neighbor and the latter pronounces a curse on the alleged offender before your altar in this temple, -- 2 chronicles 6:22 +. +listen from heaven and make a just decision about your servants' claims. Condemn the guilty party, declare the other innocent, and give both of them what they deserve. -- 2 chronicles 6:23 +. +"If your people Israel are defeated by an enemy because they sinned against you, then if they come back to you, renew their allegiance to you, and pray for your help before you in this temple, -- 2 chronicles 6:24 +. +then listen from heaven, forgive the sin of your people Israel, and bring them back to the land you gave to them and their ancestors. -- 2 chronicles 6:25 +. +"The time will come when the skies are shut up tightly and no rain falls because your people sinned against you. When they direct their prayers toward this place, renew their allegiance to you, and turn away from their sin because you punish them, -- 2 chronicles 6:26 +. +then listen from heaven and forgive the sin of your servants, your people Israel. Certainly you will then teach them the right way to live and send rain on your land that you have given your people to possess. -- 2 chronicles 6:27 +. +"The time will come when the land suffers from a famine, a plague, blight, and disease, or a locust invasion, or when their enemy lays siege to the cities of the land, or when some other type of plague or epidemic occurs. -- 2 chronicles 6:28 +. +When all your people Israel pray and ask for help, as they acknowledge their intense pain and spread out their hands toward this temple, -- 2 chronicles 6:29 +. +then listen from your heavenly dwelling place, forgive their sin, and act favorably toward each one based on your evaluation of their motives. (Indeed you are the only one who can correctly evaluate the motives of all people.) -- 2 chronicles 6:30 +. +Then they will honor you by obeying you throughout their lifetimes as they live on the land you gave to our ancestors. -- 2 chronicles 6:31 +. +"Foreigners, who do not belong to your people Israel, will come from a distant land because of your great reputation and your ability to accomplish mighty deeds; they will come and direct their prayers toward this temple. -- 2 chronicles 6:32 +. +Then listen from your heavenly dwelling place and answer all the prayers of the foreigners. Then all the nations of the earth will acknowledge your reputation, obey you like your people Israel do, and recognize that this temple I built belongs to you. -- 2 chronicles 6:33 +. +"When you direct your people to march out and fight their enemies, and they direct their prayers to you toward this chosen city and this temple I built for your honor, -- 2 chronicles 6:34 +. +then listen from heaven to their prayers for help and vindicate them. -- 2 chronicles 6:35 +. +"The time will come when your people will sin against you (for there is no one who is sinless!) and you will be angry at them and deliver them over to their enemies, who will take them as prisoners to their land, whether far away or close by. -- 2 chronicles 6:36 +. +When your people come to their senses in the land where they are held prisoner, they will repent and beg for your mercy in the land of their imprisonment, admitting, 'We have sinned and gone astray, we have done evil!' -- 2 chronicles 6:37 +. +When they return to you with all their heart and being in the land where they are held prisoner and direct their prayers toward the land you gave to their ancestors, your chosen city, and the temple I built for your honor, -- 2 chronicles 6:38 +. +then listen from your heavenly dwelling place to their prayers for help, vindicate them, and forgive your sinful people. -- 2 chronicles 6:39 +. +"Now, my God, may you be attentive and responsive to the prayers offered in this place. -- 2 chronicles 6:40 +. +Now ascend, O Lord God, to your resting place, you and the ark of your strength! May your priests, O Lord God, experience your deliverance! May your loyal followers rejoice in the prosperity you give! -- 2 chronicles 6:41 +. +O Lord God, do not reject your chosen ones! Remember the faithful promises you made to your servant David!" -- 2 chronicles 6:42 +. +When Solomon finished praying, fire came down from heaven and consumed the burnt offering and the sacrifices, and the Lord's splendor filled the temple. -- 2 chronicles 7:1 +. +The priests were unable to enter the Lord's temple because the Lord's splendor filled the Lord's temple. -- 2 chronicles 7:2 +. +When all the Israelites saw the fire come down and the Lord's splendor over the temple, they got on their knees with their faces downward toward the pavement. They worshiped and gave thanks to the Lord, saying, "Certainly he is good; certainly his loyal love endures!" -- 2 chronicles 7:3 +. +The king and all the people were presenting sacrifices to the Lord. -- 2 chronicles 7:4 +. +King Solomon sacrificed 22,cattle and 120,000 sheep. Then the king and all the people dedicated God's temple. -- 2 chronicles 7:5 +. +The priests stood in their assigned spots, along with the Levites who had the musical instruments used for praising the Lord. (These were the ones King David made for giving thanks to the Lord and which were used by David when he offered praise, saying, "Certainly his loyal love endures.") Opposite the Levites, the priests were blowing the trumpets, while all Israel stood there. -- 2 chronicles 7:6 +. +Solomon consecrated the middle of the courtyard that is in front of the Lord's temple. He offered burnt sacrifices, grain offerings, and the fat from the peace offerings there, because the bronze altar that Solomon had made was too small to hold all these offerings. -- 2 chronicles 7:7 +. +At that time Solomon and all Israel with him celebrated a festival for seven days. This great assembly included people from Lebo Hamath in the north to the Brook of Egypt in the south. -- 2 chronicles 7:8 +. +On the eighth day they held an assembly, for they had dedicated the altar for seven days and celebrated the festival for seven more days. -- 2 chronicles 7:9 +. +On the twenty-third day of the seventh month, Solomon sent the people home. They left happy and contented because of the good the Lord had done for David, Solomon, and his people Israel. -- 2 chronicles 7:10 +. +After Solomon finished building the Lord's temple and the royal palace, and accomplished all his plans for the Lord's temple and his royal palace, -- 2 chronicles 7:11 +. +the Lord appeared to Solomon at night and said to him: "I have answered your prayer and chosen this place to be my temple where sacrifices are to be made. -- 2 chronicles 7:12 +. +When I close up the sky so that it doesn't rain, or command locusts to devour the land's vegetation, or send a plague among my people, -- 2 chronicles 7:13 +. +if my people, who belong to me, humble themselves, pray, seek to please me, and repudiate their sinful practices, then I will respond from heaven, forgive their sin, and heal their land. -- 2 chronicles 7:14 +. +Now I will be attentive and responsive to the prayers offered in this place. -- 2 chronicles 7:15 +. +Now I have chosen and consecrated this temple by making it my permanent home; I will be constantly present there. -- 2 chronicles 7:16 +. +You must serve me as your father David did. Do everything I commanded and obey my rules and regulations. -- 2 chronicles 7:17 +. +Then I will establish your dynasty, just as I promised your father David, 'You will not fail to have a successor ruling over Israel.' -- 2 chronicles 7:18 +. +"But if you people ever turn away from me, fail to obey the regulations and rules I instructed you to keep, and decide to serve and worship other gods, -- 2 chronicles 7:19 +. +then I will remove you from my land I have given you, I will abandon this temple I have consecrated with my presence, and I will make you an object of mockery and ridicule among all the nations. -- 2 chronicles 7:20 +. +As for this temple, which was once majestic, everyone who passes by it will be shocked and say, 'Why did the Lord do this to this land and this temple?' -- 2 chronicles 7:21 +. +Others will then answer, 'Because they abandoned the Lord God of their ancestors, who led them out of Egypt. They embraced other gods whom they worshiped and served. That is why he brought all this disaster down on them.'" -- 2 chronicles 7:22 +. +After twenty years, during which Solomon built the Lord's temple and his royal palace, -- 2 chronicles 8:1 +. +Solomon rebuilt the cities that Huram had given him and settled Israelites there. -- 2 chronicles 8:2 +. +Solomon went to Hamath Zobah and seized it. -- 2 chronicles 8:3 +. +He built up Tadmor in the wilderness and all the storage cities he had built in Hamath. -- 2 chronicles 8:4 +. +He made upper Beth Horon and lower Beth Horon fortified cities with walls and barred gates, -- 2 chronicles 8:5 +. +and built up Baalath, all the storage cities that belonged to him, and all the cities where chariots and horses were kept. He built whatever he wanted in Jerusalem, Lebanon, and throughout his entire kingdom. -- 2 chronicles 8:6 +. +Now several non-Israelite peoples were left in the land after the conquest of Joshua, including the Hittites, Amorites, Perizzites, Hivites, and Jebusites. -- 2 chronicles 8:7 +. +Their descendants remained in the land (the Israelites were unable to wipe them out). Solomon conscripted them for his work crews and they continue in that role to this very day. -- 2 chronicles 8:8 +. +Solomon did not assign Israelites to these work crews; the Israelites served as his soldiers, officers, charioteers, and commanders of his chariot forces. -- 2 chronicles 8:9 +. +These men worked for Solomon as supervisors; there were a total of of them who were in charge of the people. -- 2 chronicles 8:10 +. +Solomon moved Pharaoh's daughter up from the City of David to the palace he had built for her, for he said, "My wife must not live in the palace of King David of Israel, for the places where the ark of the Lord has entered are holy." -- 2 chronicles 8:11 +. +Then Solomon offered burnt sacrifices to the Lord on the altar of the Lord which he had built in front of the temple's porch. -- 2 chronicles 8:12 +. +He observed the daily requirements for sacrifices that Moses had specified for Sabbaths, new moon festivals, and the three annual celebrations - the Feast of Unleavened Bread, the Feast of Weeks, and the Feast of Temporary Shelters. -- 2 chronicles 8:13 +. +As his father David had decreed, Solomon appointed the divisions of the priests to do their assigned tasks, the Levitical orders to lead worship and help the priests with their daily tasks, and the divisions of the gatekeepers to serve at their assigned gates. This was what David the man of God had ordered. -- 2 chronicles 8:14 +. +They did not neglect any detail of the king's orders pertaining to the priests, Levites, and treasuries. -- 2 chronicles 8:15 +. +All the work ordered by Solomon was completed, from the day the foundation of the Lord's temple was laid until it was finished; the Lord's temple was completed. -- 2 chronicles 8:16 +. +Then Solomon went to Ezion Geber and to Elat on the coast in the land of Edom. -- 2 chronicles 8:17 +. +Huram sent him ships and some of his sailors, men who were well acquainted with the sea. They sailed with Solomon's men to Ophir, and took from there talents of gold, which they brought back to King Solomon. -- 2 chronicles 8:18 +. +When the queen of Sheba heard about Solomon, she came to challenge him with difficult questions. She arrived in Jerusalem with a great display of pomp, bringing with her camels carrying spices, a very large quantity of gold, and precious gems. She visited Solomon and discussed with him everything that was on her mind. -- 2 chronicles 9:1 +. +Solomon answered all her questions; there was no question too complex for the king. -- 2 chronicles 9:2 +. +When the queen of Sheba saw for herself Solomon's extensive wisdom, the palace he had built, -- 2 chronicles 9:3 +. +the food in his banquet hall, his servants and attendants in their robes, his cupbearers in their robes, and his burnt sacrifices which he presented in the Lord's temple, she was amazed. -- 2 chronicles 9:4 +. +She said to the king, "The report I heard in my own country about your wise sayings and insight was true! -- 2 chronicles 9:5 +. +I did not believe these things until I came and saw them with my own eyes. Indeed, I didn't hear even half the story! Your wisdom surpasses what was reported to me. -- 2 chronicles 9:6 +. +Your attendants, who stand before you at all times and hear your wise sayings, are truly happy! -- 2 chronicles 9:7 +. +May the Lord your God be praised because he favored you by placing you on his throne as the one ruling on his behalf! Because of your God's love for Israel and his lasting commitment to them, he made you king over them so you could make just and right decisions." -- 2 chronicles 9:8 +. +She gave the king talents of gold and a very large quantity of spices and precious gems. The quantity of spices the queen of Sheba gave King Solomon has never been matched. -- 2 chronicles 9:9 +. +(Huram's servants, aided by Solomon's servants, brought gold from Ophir, as well as fine timber and precious gems. -- 2 chronicles 9:10 +. +With the timber the king made steps for the Lord's temple and royal palace as well as stringed instruments for the musicians. No one had seen anything like them in the land of Judah prior to that.) -- 2 chronicles 9:11 +. +King Solomon gave the queen of Sheba everything she requested, more than what she had brought him. Then she left and returned to her homeland with her attendants. -- 2 chronicles 9:12 +. +Solomon received talents of gold per year, -- 2 chronicles 9:13 +. +besides what he collected from the merchants and traders. All the Arabian kings and the governors of the land also brought gold and silver to Solomon. -- 2 chronicles 9:14 +. +King Solomon made two hundred large shields of hammered gold; measures of hammered gold were used for each shield. -- 2 chronicles 9:15 +. +He also made three hundred small shields of hammered gold; measures of gold were used for each of those shields. The king placed them in the Palace of the Lebanon Forest. -- 2 chronicles 9:16 +. +The king made a large throne decorated with ivory and overlaid it with pure gold. -- 2 chronicles 9:17 +. +There were six steps leading up to the throne, and a gold footstool was attached to the throne. The throne had two armrests with a statue of a lion standing on each side. -- 2 chronicles 9:18 +. +There were twelve statues of lions on the six steps, one lion at each end of each step. There was nothing like it in any other kingdom. -- 2 chronicles 9:19 +. +All of King Solomon's cups were made of gold, and all the household items in the Palace of the Lebanon Forest were made of pure gold. There were no silver items, for silver was not considered very valuable in Solomon's time. -- 2 chronicles 9:20 +. +The king had a fleet of large merchant ships manned by Huram's men that sailed the sea. Once every three years the fleet came into port with cargoes of gold, silver, ivory, apes, and peacocks. -- 2 chronicles 9:21 +. +King Solomon was wealthier and wiser than any of the kings of the earth. -- 2 chronicles 9:22 +. +All the kings of the earth wanted to visit Solomon to see him display his God-given wisdom. -- 2 chronicles 9:23 +. +Year after year visitors brought their gifts, which included items of silver, items of gold, clothes, perfume, spices, horses, and mules. -- 2 chronicles 9:24 +. +Solomon had 4,stalls for his chariot horses and 12,000 horses. He kept them in assigned cities and in Jerusalem. -- 2 chronicles 9:25 +. +He ruled all the kingdoms from the Euphrates River to the land of the Philistines as far as the border of Egypt. -- 2 chronicles 9:26 +. +The king made silver as plentiful in Jerusalem as stones; cedar was as plentiful as sycamore fig trees are in the lowlands. -- 2 chronicles 9:27 +. +Solomon acquired horses from Egypt and from all the lands. -- 2 chronicles 9:28 +. +The rest of the events of Solomon's reign, from start to finish, are recorded in the Annals of Nathan the Prophet, the Prophecy of Ahijah the Shilonite, and the Vision of Iddo the Seer pertaining to Jeroboam son of Nebat. -- 2 chronicles 9:29 +. +Solomon ruled over all Israel from Jerusalem for forty years. -- 2 chronicles 9:30 +. +Then Solomon passed away and was buried in the city of his father David. His son Rehoboam replaced him as king. -- 2 chronicles 9:31 +. +Rehoboam traveled to Shechem, for all Israel had gathered in Shechem to make Rehoboam king. -- 2 chronicles 10:1 +. +When Jeroboam son of Nebat heard the news, he was still in Egypt, where he had fled from King Solomon. Jeroboam returned from Egypt. -- 2 chronicles 10:2 +. +They sent for him and Jeroboam and all Israel came and spoke to Rehoboam, saying, -- 2 chronicles 10:3 +. +"Your father made us work too hard! Now if you lighten the demands he made and don't make us work as hard, we will serve you." -- 2 chronicles 10:4 +. +He said to them, "Go away for three days, then return to me." So the people went away. -- 2 chronicles 10:5 +. +King Rehoboam consulted with the older advisers who had served his father Solomon when he had been alive. He asked them, "How do you advise me to answer these people?" -- 2 chronicles 10:6 +. +They said to him, "If you are fair to these people, grant their request, and are cordial to them, they will be your servants from this time forward." -- 2 chronicles 10:7 +. +But Rehoboam rejected their advice and consulted the young advisers who served him, with whom he had grown up. -- 2 chronicles 10:8 +. +He asked them, "How do you advise me to respond to these people who said to me, 'Lessen the demands your father placed on us'?" -- 2 chronicles 10:9 +. +The young advisers with whom Rehoboam had grown up said to him, "Say this to these people who have said to you, 'Your father made us work hard, but now lighten our burden' - say this to them: 'I am a lot harsher than my father! -- 2 chronicles 10:10 +. +My father imposed heavy demands on you; I will make them even heavier. My father punished you with ordinary whips; I will punish you with whips that really sting your flesh.'" -- 2 chronicles 10:11 +. +Jeroboam and all the people reported to Rehoboam on the third day, just as the king had ordered when he said, "Return to me on the third day." -- 2 chronicles 10:12 +. +The king responded to the people harshly. He rejected the advice of the older men -- 2 chronicles 10:13 +. +and followed the advice of the younger ones. He said, "My father imposed heavy demands on you; I will make them even heavier. My father punished you with ordinary whips; I will punish you with whips that really sting your flesh." -- 2 chronicles 10:14 +. +The king refused to listen to the people, because God was instigating this turn of events so that he might bring to pass the prophetic announcement he had made through Ahijah the Shilonite to Jeroboam son of Nebat. -- 2 chronicles 10:15 +. +When all Israel saw that the king refused to listen to them, the people answered the king, "We have no portion in David - no share in the son of Jesse! Return to your homes, O Israel! Now, look after your own dynasty, O David!" So all Israel returned to their homes. -- 2 chronicles 10:16 +. +(Rehoboam continued to rule over the Israelites who lived in the cities of Judah.) -- 2 chronicles 10:17 +. +King Rehoboam sent Hadoram, the supervisor of the work crews, out after them, but the Israelites stoned him to death. King Rehoboam managed to jump into his chariot and escape to Jerusalem. -- 2 chronicles 10:18 +. +So Israel has been in rebellion against the Davidic dynasty to this very day. -- 2 chronicles 10:19 +. +When Rehoboam arrived in Jerusalem, he summoned 180,skilled warriors from Judah and Benjamin to attack Israel and restore the kingdom to Rehoboam. -- 2 chronicles 11:1 +. +But the Lord told Shemaiah the prophet, -- 2 chronicles 11:2 +. +"Say this to King Rehoboam son of Solomon of Judah and to all the Israelites in Judah and Benjamin, -- 2 chronicles 11:3 +. +'The Lord says this: "Do not attack and make war with your brothers. Each of you go home, for I have caused this to happen."'" They obeyed the Lord and called off the attack against Jeroboam. -- 2 chronicles 11:4 +. +Rehoboam lived in Jerusalem; he built up these fortified cities throughout Judah: -- 2 chronicles 11:5 +. +Bethlehem, Etam, Tekoa, -- 2 chronicles 11:6 +. +Beth Zur, Soco, Adullam, -- 2 chronicles 11:7 +. +Gath, Mareshah, Ziph, -- 2 chronicles 11:8 +. +Adoraim, Lachish, Azekah, -- 2 chronicles 11:9 +. +Zorah, Aijalon, and Hebron. These were the fortified cities in Judah and Benjamin. -- 2 chronicles 11:10 +. +He fortified these cities and placed officers in them, as well as storehouses of food, olive oil, and wine. -- 2 chronicles 11:11 +. +In each city there were shields and spears; he strongly fortified them. Judah and Benjamin belonged to him. -- 2 chronicles 11:12 +. +The priests and Levites who lived throughout Israel supported him, no matter where they resided. -- 2 chronicles 11:13 +. +The Levites even left their pasturelands and their property behind and came to Judah and Jerusalem, for Jeroboam and his sons prohibited them from serving as the Lord's priests. -- 2 chronicles 11:14 +. +Jeroboam appointed his own priests to serve at the worship centers and to lead in the worship of the goat idols and calf idols he had made. -- 2 chronicles 11:15 +. +Those among all the Israelite tribes who were determined to worship the Lord God of Israel followed them to Jerusalem to sacrifice to the Lord God of their ancestors. -- 2 chronicles 11:16 +. +They supported the kingdom of Judah and were loyal to Rehoboam son of Solomon for three years; they followed the edicts of David and Solomon for three years. -- 2 chronicles 11:17 +. +Rehoboam married Mahalath the daughter of David's son Jerimoth and of Abihail, the daughter of Jesse's son Eliab. -- 2 chronicles 11:18 +. +She bore him sons named Jeush, Shemariah, and Zaham. -- 2 chronicles 11:19 +. +He later married Maacah the daughter of Absalom. She bore to him Abijah, Attai, Ziza, and Shelomith. -- 2 chronicles 11:20 +. +Rehoboam loved Maacah daughter of Absalom more than his other wives and concubines. He had eighteen wives and sixty concubines; he fathered twenty-eight sons and sixty daughters. -- 2 chronicles 11:21 +. +Rehoboam appointed Abijah son of Maacah as the leader over his brothers, for he intended to name him his successor. -- 2 chronicles 11:22 +. +He wisely placed some of his many sons throughout the regions of Judah and Benjamin in the various fortified cities. He supplied them with abundant provisions and acquired many wives for them. -- 2 chronicles 11:23 +. +After Rehoboam's rule was established and solidified, he and all Israel rejected the law of the Lord. -- 2 chronicles 12:1 +. +Because they were unfaithful to the Lord, in King Rehoboam's fifth year, King Shishak of Egypt attacked Jerusalem. -- 2 chronicles 12:2 +. +He had 1,chariots, 60,000 horsemen, and an innumerable number of soldiers who accompanied him from Egypt, including Libyans, Sukkites, and Cushites. -- 2 chronicles 12:3 +. +He captured the fortified cities of Judah and marched against Jerusalem. -- 2 chronicles 12:4 +. +Shemaiah the prophet visited Rehoboam and the leaders of Judah who were assembled in Jerusalem because of Shishak. He said to them, "This is what the Lord says: 'You have rejected me, so I have rejected you and will hand you over to Shishak.'" -- 2 chronicles 12:5 +. +The leaders of Israel and the king humbled themselves and said, "The Lord is just." -- 2 chronicles 12:6 +. +When the Lord saw that they humbled themselves, he gave this message to Shemaiah: "They have humbled themselves, so I will not destroy them. I will deliver them soon. My anger will not be unleashed against Jerusalem through Shishak. -- 2 chronicles 12:7 +. +Yet they will become his subjects, so they can experience how serving me differs from serving the surrounding nations." -- 2 chronicles 12:8 +. +King Shishak of Egypt attacked Jerusalem and took away the treasures of the Lord's temple and of the royal palace; he took everything, including the gold shields that Solomon had made. -- 2 chronicles 12:9 +. +King Rehoboam made bronze shields to replace them and assigned them to the officers of the royal guard who protected the entrance to the royal palace. -- 2 chronicles 12:10 +. +Whenever the king visited the Lord's temple, the royal guards carried them and then brought them back to the guardroom. -- 2 chronicles 12:11 +. +So when Rehoboam humbled himself, the Lord relented from his anger and did not annihilate him; Judah experienced some good things. -- 2 chronicles 12:12 +. +King Rehoboam solidified his rule in Jerusalem; he was forty-one years old when he became king and he ruled for seventeen years in Jerusalem, the city the Lord chose from all the tribes of Israel to be his home. Rehoboam's mother was an Ammonite named Naamah. -- 2 chronicles 12:13 +. +He did evil because he was not determined to follow the Lord. -- 2 chronicles 12:14 +. +The events of Rehoboam's reign, from start to finish, are recorded in the Annals of Shemaiah the prophet and of Iddo the seer that include genealogical records. -- 2 chronicles 12:15 +. +Then Rehoboam passed away and was buried in the City of David. His son Abijah replaced him as king. -- 2 chronicles 12:16 +. +In the eighteenth year of the reign of King Jeroboam, Abijah became king over Judah. -- 2 chronicles 13:1 +. +He ruled for three years in Jerusalem. His mother was Michaiah, the daughter of Uriel from Gibeah. There was war between Abijah and Jeroboam. -- 2 chronicles 13:2 +. +Abijah launched the attack with 400,well-trained warriors, while Jeroboam deployed against him 800,000 well-trained warriors. -- 2 chronicles 13:3 +. +Abijah ascended Mount Zemaraim, in the Ephraimite hill country, and said: "Listen to me, Jeroboam and all Israel! -- 2 chronicles 13:4 +. +Don't you realize that the Lord God of Israel has given David and his dynasty lasting dominion over Israel by a formal agreement? -- 2 chronicles 13:5 +. +Jeroboam son of Nebat, a servant of Solomon son of David, rose up and rebelled against his master. -- 2 chronicles 13:6 +. +Lawless good-for-nothing men gathered around him and conspired against Rehoboam son of Solomon, when Rehoboam was an inexperienced young man and could not resist them. -- 2 chronicles 13:7 +. +Now you are declaring that you will resist the Lord's rule through the Davidic dynasty. You have a huge army, and bring with you the gold calves that Jeroboam made for you as gods. -- 2 chronicles 13:8 +. +But you banished the Lord's priests, Aaron's descendants, and the Levites, and appointed your own priests just as the surrounding nations do! Anyone who comes to consecrate himself with a young bull or seven rams becomes a priest of these fake gods! -- 2 chronicles 13:9 +. +But as for us, the Lord is our God and we have not rejected him. Aaron's descendants serve as the Lord's priests and the Levites assist them with the work. -- 2 chronicles 13:10 +. +They offer burnt sacrifices to the Lord every morning and every evening, along with fragrant incense. They arrange the Bread of the Presence on a ritually clean table and light the lamps on the gold lampstand every evening. Certainly we are observing the Lord our God's regulations, but you have rejected him. -- 2 chronicles 13:11 +. +Now look, God is with us as our leader. His priests are ready to blow the trumpets to signal the attack against you. You Israelites, don't fight against the Lord God of your ancestors, for you will not win!" -- 2 chronicles 13:12 +. +Now Jeroboam had sent some men to ambush the Judahite army from behind. The main army was in front of the Judahite army; the ambushers were behind it. -- 2 chronicles 13:13 +. +The men of Judah turned around and realized they were being attacked from the front and the rear. So they cried out for help to the Lord. The priests blew their trumpets, -- 2 chronicles 13:14 +. +and the men of Judah gave the battle cry. As the men of Judah gave the battle cry, the Lord struck down Jeroboam and all Israel before Abijah and Judah. -- 2 chronicles 13:15 +. +The Israelites fled from before the Judahite army, and God handed them over to the men of Judah. -- 2 chronicles 13:16 +. +Abijah and his army thoroughly defeated them; 500,well-trained Israelite men fell dead. -- 2 chronicles 13:17 +. +That day the Israelites were defeated; the men of Judah prevailed because they relied on the Lord God of their ancestors. -- 2 chronicles 13:18 +. +Abijah chased Jeroboam; he seized from him these cities: Bethel and its surrounding towns, Jeshanah and its surrounding towns, and Ephron and its surrounding towns. -- 2 chronicles 13:19 +. +Jeroboam did not regain power during the reign of Abijah. The Lord struck him down and he died. -- 2 chronicles 13:20 +. +Abijah's power grew; he had fourteen wives and fathered twenty-two sons and sixteen daughters. -- 2 chronicles 13:21 +. +The rest of the events of Abijah's reign, including his deeds and sayings, are recorded in the writings of the prophet Iddo. -- 2 chronicles 13:22 +. + Abijah passed away and was buried in the City of David. His son Asa replaced him as king. During his reign the land had rest for ten years. -- 2 chronicles 14:1 +. + Asa did what the Lord his God desired and approved. -- 2 chronicles 14:2 +. +He removed the pagan altars and the high places, smashed the sacred pillars, and cut down the Asherah poles. -- 2 chronicles 14:3 +. +He ordered Judah to seek the Lord God of their ancestors and to observe his law and commands. -- 2 chronicles 14:4 +. +He removed the high places and the incense altars from all the cities of Judah. The kingdom had rest under his rule. -- 2 chronicles 14:5 +. +He built fortified cities throughout Judah, for the land was at rest and there was no war during those years; the Lord gave him peace. -- 2 chronicles 14:6 +. +He said to the people of Judah: "Let's build these cities and fortify them with walls, towers, and barred gates. The land remains ours because we have followed the Lord our God and he has made us secure on all sides." So they built the cities and prospered. -- 2 chronicles 14:7 +. +Asa had an army of 300,men from Judah, equipped with large shields and spears. He also had 280,000 men from Benjamin who carried small shields and were adept archers; they were all skilled warriors. -- 2 chronicles 14:8 +. +Zerah the Cushite marched against them with an army of 1,000,men and 300 chariots. He arrived at Mareshah, -- 2 chronicles 14:9 +. +and Asa went out to oppose him. They deployed for battle in the Valley of Zephathah near Mareshah. -- 2 chronicles 14:10 +. +Asa prayed to the Lord his God: "O Lord, there is no one but you who can help the weak when they are vastly outnumbered. Help us, O Lord our God, for we rely on you and have marched on your behalf against this huge army. O Lord our God, don't let men prevail against you!" -- 2 chronicles 14:11 +. +The Lord struck down the Cushites before Asa and Judah. The Cushites fled, -- 2 chronicles 14:12 +. +and Asa and his army chased them as far as Gerar. The Cushites were wiped out; they were shattered before the Lord and his army. The men of Judah carried off a huge amount of plunder. -- 2 chronicles 14:13 +. +They defeated all the cities surrounding Gerar, for the Lord caused them to panic. The men of Judah looted all the cities, for they contained a huge amount of goods. -- 2 chronicles 14:14 +. +They also attacked the tents of the herdsmen in charge of the livestock. They carried off many sheep and camels and then returned to Jerusalem. -- 2 chronicles 14:15 +. +God's Spirit came upon Azariah son of Oded. -- 2 chronicles 15:1 +. +He met Asa and told him, "Listen to me, Asa and all Judah and Benjamin! The Lord is with you when you are loyal to him. If you seek him, he will respond to you, but if you reject him, he will reject you. -- 2 chronicles 15:2 +. +For a long time Israel had no true God, or priest to instruct them, or law. -- 2 chronicles 15:3 +. +Because of their distress, they turned back to the Lord God of Israel. They sought him and he responded to them. -- 2 chronicles 15:4 +. +In those days no one could travel safely, for total chaos had overtaken all the people of the surrounding lands. -- 2 chronicles 15:5 +. +One nation was crushed by another, and one city by another, for God caused them to be in great turmoil. -- 2 chronicles 15:6 +. +But as for you, be strong and don't get discouraged, for your work will be rewarded." -- 2 chronicles 15:7 +. +When Asa heard these words and the prophecy of Oded the prophet, he was encouraged. He removed the detestable idols from the entire land of Judah and Benjamin and from the cities he had seized in the Ephraimite hill country. He repaired the altar of the Lord in front of the porch of the Lord's temple. -- 2 chronicles 15:8 +. +He assembled all Judah and Benjamin, as well as the settlers from Ephraim, Manasseh, and Simeon who had come to live with them. Many people from Israel had come there to live when they saw that the Lord his God was with him. -- 2 chronicles 15:9 +. +They assembled in Jerusalem in the third month of the fifteenth year of Asa's reign. -- 2 chronicles 15:10 +. +At that time they sacrificed to the Lord some of the plunder they had brought back, including head of cattle and 7,000 sheep. -- 2 chronicles 15:11 +. +They solemnly agreed to seek the Lord God of their ancestors with their whole heart and being. -- 2 chronicles 15:12 +. +Anyone who would not seek the Lord God of Israel would be executed, whether they were young or old, male or female. -- 2 chronicles 15:13 +. +They swore their allegiance to the Lord, shouting their approval loudly and sounding trumpets and horns. -- 2 chronicles 15:14 +. +All Judah was happy about the oath, because they made the vow with their whole heart. They willingly sought the Lord and he responded to them. He made them secure on every side. -- 2 chronicles 15:15 +. +King Asa also removed Maacah his grandmother from her position as queen mother because she had made a loathsome Asherah pole. Asa cut down her Asherah pole and crushed and burned it in the Kidron Valley. -- 2 chronicles 15:16 +. +The high places were not eliminated from Israel, yet Asa was wholeheartedly devoted to the Lord throughout his lifetime. -- 2 chronicles 15:17 +. +He brought the holy items that his father and he had made into God's temple, including the silver, gold, and other articles. -- 2 chronicles 15:18 +. +There was no more war until the thirty-fifth year of Asa's reign. -- 2 chronicles 15:19 +. +In the thirty-sixth year of Asa's reign, King Baasha of Israel attacked Judah, and he established Ramah as a military outpost to prevent anyone from leaving or entering the land of King Asa of Judah. -- 2 chronicles 16:1 +. +Asa took all the silver and gold that was left in the treasuries of the Lord's temple and of the royal palace and sent it to King Ben Hadad of Syria, ruler in Damascus, along with this message: -- 2 chronicles 16:2 +. +"I want to make a treaty with you, like the one our fathers made. See, I have sent you silver and gold. Break your treaty with King Baasha of Israel, so he will retreat from my land." -- 2 chronicles 16:3 +. +Ben Hadad accepted King Asa's offer and ordered his army commanders to attack the cities of Israel. They conquered Ijon, Dan, Abel Maim, and all the storage cities of Naphtali. -- 2 chronicles 16:4 +. +When Baasha heard the news, he stopped fortifying Ramah and abandoned the project. -- 2 chronicles 16:5 +. +King Asa ordered all the men of Judah to carry away the stones and wood that Baasha had used to build Ramah. He used the materials to build up Geba and Mizpah. -- 2 chronicles 16:6 +. +At that time Hanani the prophet visited King Asa of Judah and said to him: "Because you relied on the king of Syria and did not rely on the Lord your God, the army of the king of Syria has escaped from your hand. -- 2 chronicles 16:7 +. +Did not the Cushites and Libyans have a huge army with chariots and a very large number of horsemen? But when you relied on the Lord, he handed them over to you! -- 2 chronicles 16:8 +. +Certainly the Lord watches the whole earth carefully and is ready to strengthen those who are devoted to him. You have acted foolishly in this matter; from now on you will have war. -- 2 chronicles 16:9 +. +Asa was so angry at the prophet, he put him in jail. Asa also oppressed some of the people at that time. -- 2 chronicles 16:10 +. +The events of Asa's reign, from start to finish, are recorded in the Scroll of the Kings of Judah and Israel. -- 2 chronicles 16:11 +. +In the thirty-ninth year of his reign, Asa developed a foot disease. Though his disease was severe, he did not seek the Lord, but only the doctors. -- 2 chronicles 16:12 +. +Asa passed away in the forty-first year of his reign. -- 2 chronicles 16:13 +. +He was buried in the tomb he had carved out in the City of David. They laid him to rest on a bier covered with spices and assorted mixtures of ointments. They made a huge bonfire to honor him. -- 2 chronicles 16:14 +. +His son Jehoshaphat replaced him as king and solidified his rule over Israel. -- 2 chronicles 17:1 +. +He placed troops in all of Judah's fortified cities and posted garrisons throughout the land of Judah and in the cities of Ephraim that his father Asa had seized. -- 2 chronicles 17:2 +. +The Lord was with Jehoshaphat because he followed in his ancestor David's footsteps at the beginning of his reign. He did not seek the Baals, -- 2 chronicles 17:3 +. +but instead sought the God of his ancestors and obeyed his commands, unlike the Israelites. -- 2 chronicles 17:4 +. +The Lord made his kingdom secure; all Judah brought tribute to Jehoshaphat, and he became very wealthy and greatly respected. -- 2 chronicles 17:5 +. +He was committed to following the Lord; he even removed the high places and Asherah poles from Judah. -- 2 chronicles 17:6 +. +In the third year of his reign he sent his officials Ben-Hail, Obadiah, Zechariah, Nethanel, and Micaiah to teach in the cities of Judah. -- 2 chronicles 17:7 +. +They were accompanied by the Levites Shemaiah, Nethaniah, Zebadiah, Asahel, Shemiramoth, Jehonathan, Adonijah, Tobijah, and Tob-Adonijah, and by the priests Elishama and Jehoram. -- 2 chronicles 17:8 +. +They taught throughout Judah, taking with them the scroll of the law of the Lord. They traveled to all the cities of Judah and taught the people. -- 2 chronicles 17:9 +. +The Lord put fear into all the kingdoms surrounding Judah; they did not make war with Jehoshaphat. -- 2 chronicles 17:10 +. +Some of the Philistines brought Jehoshaphat tribute, including a load of silver. The Arabs brought him 7,rams and 7,700 goats from their flocks. -- 2 chronicles 17:11 +. +Jehoshaphat's power kept increasing. He built fortresses and storage cities throughout Judah. -- 2 chronicles 17:12 +. +He had many supplies stored in the cities of Judah and an army of skilled warriors stationed in Jerusalem. -- 2 chronicles 17:13 +. +These were their divisions by families: There were a thousand officers from Judah. Adnah the commander led 300,skilled warriors, -- 2 chronicles 17:14 +. +Jehochanan the commander led 280,000, -- 2 chronicles 17:15 +. +and Amasiah son of Zikri, who volunteered to serve the Lord, led 200,skilled warriors. -- 2 chronicles 17:16 +. +From Benjamin, Eliada, a skilled warrior, led 200,men who were equipped with bows and shields, -- 2 chronicles 17:17 +. +and Jehozabad led 180,trained warriors. -- 2 chronicles 17:18 +. +These were the ones who served the king, besides those whom the king placed in the fortified cities throughout Judah. -- 2 chronicles 17:19 +. +Jehoshaphat was very wealthy and greatly respected. He made an alliance by marriage with Ahab, -- 2 chronicles 18:1 +. +and after several years went down to visit Ahab in Samaria. Ahab slaughtered many sheep and cattle to honor Jehoshaphat and those who came with him. He persuaded him to join in an attack against Ramoth Gilead. -- 2 chronicles 18:2 +. +King Ahab of Israel said to Jehoshaphat, "Will you go with me to attack Ramoth Gilead?" Jehoshaphat replied to the king of Israel, "I will support you; my army is at your disposal and will support you in battle." -- 2 chronicles 18:3 +. +Then Jehoshaphat added, "First seek an oracle from the Lord." -- 2 chronicles 18:4 +. +So the king of Israel assembled prophets and asked them, "Should we attack Ramoth Gilead or not?" They said, "Attack! God will hand it over to the king." -- 2 chronicles 18:5 +. +But Jehoshaphat asked, "Is there not a prophet of the Lord still here, that we may ask him?" -- 2 chronicles 18:6 +. +The king of Israel answered Jehoshaphat, "There is still one man through whom we can seek the Lord's will. But I despise him because he does not prophesy prosperity for me, but always disaster. His name is Micaiah son of Imlah. Jehoshaphat said, "The king should not say such things!" -- 2 chronicles 18:7 +. +The king of Israel summoned an officer and said, "Quickly bring Micaiah son of Imlah." -- 2 chronicles 18:8 +. +Now the king of Israel and King Jehoshaphat of Judah were sitting on their respective thrones, dressed in their royal robes, at the threshing floor at the entrance of the gate of Samaria. All the prophets were prophesying before them. -- 2 chronicles 18:9 +. +Zedekiah son of Kenaanah made iron horns and said, "This is what the Lord says, 'With these you will gore Syria until they are destroyed!'" -- 2 chronicles 18:10 +. +All the prophets were prophesying the same, saying, "Attack Ramoth Gilead! You will succeed; the Lord will hand it over to the king!" -- 2 chronicles 18:11 +. +Now the messenger who went to summon Micaiah said to him, "Look, the prophets are in complete agreement that the king will succeed. Your words must agree with theirs; you must predict success!" -- 2 chronicles 18:12 +. +But Micaiah said, "As certainly as the Lord lives, I will say what my God tells me to say!" -- 2 chronicles 18:13 +. +Micaiah came before the king and the king asked him, "Micaiah, should we attack Ramoth Gilead or not?" He answered him, "Attack! You will succeed; they will be handed over to you." -- 2 chronicles 18:14 +. +The king said to him, "How many times must I make you solemnly promise in the name of the Lord to tell me only the truth?" -- 2 chronicles 18:15 +. +Micaiah replied, "I saw all Israel scattered on the mountains like sheep that have no shepherd. Then the Lord said, 'They have no master. They should go home in peace.'" -- 2 chronicles 18:16 +. +The king of Israel said to Jehoshaphat, "Didn't I tell you he does not prophesy prosperity for me, but disaster?" -- 2 chronicles 18:17 +. +Micaiah said, "That being the case, hear the word of the Lord: I saw the Lord sitting on his throne, with all the heavenly assembly standing on his right and on his left. -- 2 chronicles 18:18 +. +The Lord said, 'Who will deceive King Ahab of Israel, so he will attack Ramoth Gilead and die there?' One said this and another that. -- 2 chronicles 18:19 +. +Then a spirit stepped forward and stood before the Lord. He said, 'I will deceive him.' The Lord asked him, 'How?' -- 2 chronicles 18:20 +. +He replied, 'I will go out and be a lying spirit in the mouths of all his prophets.' The Lord said, 'Deceive and overpower him. Go out and do as you have proposed.' -- 2 chronicles 18:21 +. +So now, look, the Lord has placed a lying spirit in the mouths of all these prophets of yours; but the Lord has decreed disaster for you." -- 2 chronicles 18:22 +. +Zedekiah son of Kenaanah approached, hit Micaiah on the jaw, and said, "Which way did the Lord's spirit go when he went from me to speak to you?" -- 2 chronicles 18:23 +. +Micaiah replied, "Look, you will see in the day when you go into an inner room to hide." -- 2 chronicles 18:24 +. +Then the king of Israel said, "Take Micaiah and return him to Amon the city official and Joash the king's son. -- 2 chronicles 18:25 +. +Say, 'This is what the king says: "Put this man in prison. Give him only a little bread and water until I return safely."'" -- 2 chronicles 18:26 +. +Micaiah said, "If you really do return safely, then the Lord has not spoken through me!" Then he added, "Take note, all you people." -- 2 chronicles 18:27 +. +The king of Israel and King Jehoshaphat of Judah attacked Ramoth Gilead. -- 2 chronicles 18:28 +. +The king of Israel said to Jehoshaphat, "I will disguise myself and then enter the battle; but you wear your royal attire." So the king of Israel disguised himself and they entered the battle. -- 2 chronicles 18:29 +. +Now the king of Syria had ordered his chariot commanders, "Do not fight common soldiers or high ranking officers; fight only the king of Israel!" -- 2 chronicles 18:30 +. +When the chariot commanders saw Jehoshaphat, they said, "He must be the king of Israel!" So they turned and attacked him, but Jehoshaphat cried out. The Lord helped him; God lured them away from him. -- 2 chronicles 18:31 +. +When the chariot commanders realized he was not the king of Israel, they turned away from him. -- 2 chronicles 18:32 +. +Now an archer shot an arrow at random and it struck the king of Israel between the plates of his armor. The king ordered his charioteer, "Turn around and take me from the battle line, for I am wounded." -- 2 chronicles 18:33 +. +While the battle raged throughout the day, the king stood propped up in his chariot opposite the Syrians. He died in the evening as the sun was setting. -- 2 chronicles 18:34 +. +When King Jehoshaphat of Judah returned home safely to Jerusalem, -- 2 chronicles 19:1 +. +the prophet Jehu son of Hanani confronted him; he said to King Jehoshaphat, "Is it right to help the wicked and be an ally of those who oppose the Lord? Because you have done this the Lord is angry with you! -- 2 chronicles 19:2 +. +Nevertheless you have done some good things; you removed the Asherah poles from the land and you were determined to follow the Lord." -- 2 chronicles 19:3 +. +Jehoshaphat lived in Jerusalem. He went out among the people from Beer Sheba to the hill country of Ephraim and encouraged them to follow the Lord God of their ancestors. -- 2 chronicles 19:4 +. +He appointed judges throughout the land and in each of the fortified cities of Judah. -- 2 chronicles 19:5 +. +He told the judges, "Be careful what you do, for you are not judging for men, but for the Lord, who will be with you when you make judicial decisions. -- 2 chronicles 19:6 +. +Respect the Lord and make careful decisions, for the Lord our God disapproves of injustice, partiality, and bribery." -- 2 chronicles 19:7 +. +In Jerusalem Jehoshaphat appointed some Levites, priests, and Israelite family leaders to judge on behalf of the Lord and to settle disputes among the residents of Jerusalem. -- 2 chronicles 19:8 +. +He commanded them: "Carry out your duties with respect for the Lord, with honesty, and with pure motives. -- 2 chronicles 19:9 +. +Whenever your countrymen who live in the cities bring a case before you (whether it involves a violent crime or other matters related to the law, commandments, rules, and regulations), warn them that they must not sin against the Lord. If you fail to do so, God will be angry with you and your colleagues; but if you obey, you will be free of guilt. -- 2 chronicles 19:10 +. +You will report to Amariah the chief priest in all matters pertaining to the Lord's law, and to Zebadiah son of Ishmael, the leader of the family of Judah, in all matters pertaining to the king. The Levites will serve as officials before you. Confidently carry out your duties! May the Lord be with those who do well!" -- 2 chronicles 19:11 +. +Later the Moabites and Ammonites, along with some of the Meunites, attacked Jehoshaphat. -- 2 chronicles 20:1 +. +Messengers arrived and reported to Jehoshaphat, "A huge army is attacking you from the other side of the Dead Sea, from the direction of Edom. Look, they are in Hazezon Tamar (that is, En Gedi)." -- 2 chronicles 20:2 +. +Jehoshaphat was afraid, so he decided to seek the Lord's advice. He decreed that all Judah should observe a fast. -- 2 chronicles 20:3 +. +The people of Judah assembled to ask for the Lord's help; they came from all the cities of Judah to ask for the Lord's help. -- 2 chronicles 20:4 +. +Jehoshaphat stood before the assembly of Judah and Jerusalem at the Lord's temple, in front of the new courtyard. -- 2 chronicles 20:5 +. +He prayed: "O Lord God of our ancestors, you are the God who lives in heaven and rules over all the kingdoms of the nations. You possess strength and power; no one can stand against you. -- 2 chronicles 20:6 +. +Our God, you drove out the inhabitants of this land before your people Israel and gave it as a permanent possession to the descendants of your friend Abraham. -- 2 chronicles 20:7 +. +They settled down in it and built in it a temple to honor you, saying, -- 2 chronicles 20:8 +. +'If disaster comes on us in the form of military attack, judgment, plague, or famine, we will stand in front of this temple before you, for you are present in this temple. We will cry out to you for help in our distress, so that you will hear and deliver us.' -- 2 chronicles 20:9 +. +Now the Ammonites, Moabites, and men from Mount Seir are coming! When Israel came from the land of Egypt, you did not allow them to invade these lands. They bypassed them and did not destroy them. -- 2 chronicles 20:10 +. +Look how they are repaying us! They come to drive us out of our allotted land which you assigned to us! -- 2 chronicles 20:11 +. +Our God, will you not judge them? For we are powerless against this huge army that attacks us! We don't know what we should do; we look to you for help." -- 2 chronicles 20:12 +. +All the men of Judah were standing before the Lord, along with their infants, wives, and children. -- 2 chronicles 20:13 +. +Then in the midst of the assembly, the Lord's Spirit came upon Jachaziel son of Zechariah, son of Benaiah, son of Jeiel, son of Mattaniah, a Levite and descendant of Asaph. -- 2 chronicles 20:14 +. +He said: "Pay attention, all you people of Judah, residents of Jerusalem, and King Jehoshaphat! This is what the Lord says to you: 'Don't be afraid and don't panic because of this huge army! For the battle is not yours, but God's. -- 2 chronicles 20:15 +. +Tomorrow march down against them as they come up the Ascent of Ziz. You will find them at the end of the ravine in front of the Desert of Jeruel. -- 2 chronicles 20:16 +. +You will not fight in this battle. Take your positions, stand, and watch the Lord deliver you, O Judah and Jerusalem. Don't be afraid and don't panic! Tomorrow march out toward them; the Lord is with you!'" -- 2 chronicles 20:17 +. +Jehoshaphat bowed down with his face toward the ground, and all the people of Judah and the residents of Jerusalem fell down before the Lord and worshiped him. -- 2 chronicles 20:18 +. +Then some Levites, from the Kohathites and Korahites, got up and loudly praised the Lord God of Israel. -- 2 chronicles 20:19 +. +Early the next morning they marched out to the Desert of Tekoa. When they were ready to march, Jehoshaphat stood up and said: "Listen to me, you people of Judah and residents of Jerusalem! Trust in the Lord your God and you will be safe! Trust in the message of his prophets and you will win." -- 2 chronicles 20:20 +. +He met with the people and appointed musicians to play before the Lord and praise his majestic splendor. As they marched ahead of the warriors they said: "Give thanks to the Lord, for his loyal love endures." -- 2 chronicles 20:21 +. +When they began to shout and praise, the Lord suddenly attacked the Ammonites, Moabites, and men from Mount Seir who were invading Judah, and they were defeated. -- 2 chronicles 20:22 +. +The Ammonites and Moabites attacked the men from Mount Seir and annihilated them. When they had finished off the men of Seir, they attacked and destroyed one another. -- 2 chronicles 20:23 +. +When the men of Judah arrived at the observation post overlooking the desert and looked at the huge army, they saw dead bodies on the ground; there were no survivors! -- 2 chronicles 20:24 +. +Jehoshaphat and his men went to gather the plunder; they found a huge amount of supplies, clothing and valuable items. They carried away everything they could. There was so much plunder, it took them three days to haul it off. -- 2 chronicles 20:25 +. +On the fourth day they assembled in the Valley of Berachah, where they praised the Lord. So that place is called the Valley of Berachah to this very day. -- 2 chronicles 20:26 +. +Then all the men of Judah and Jerusalem returned joyfully to Jerusalem with Jehoshaphat leading them; the Lord had given them reason to rejoice over their enemies. -- 2 chronicles 20:27 +. +They entered Jerusalem to the sound of stringed instruments and trumpets and proceeded to the temple of the Lord. -- 2 chronicles 20:28 +. +All the kingdoms of the surrounding lands were afraid of God when they heard how the Lord had fought against Israel's enemies. -- 2 chronicles 20:29 +. +Jehoshaphat's kingdom enjoyed peace; his God made him secure on every side. -- 2 chronicles 20:30 +. +Jehoshaphat reigned over Judah. He was thirty-five years old when he became king and he reigned for twenty-five years in Jerusalem. His mother was Azubah, the daughter of Shilhi. -- 2 chronicles 20:31 +. +He followed in his father Asa's footsteps and was careful to do what the Lord approved. -- 2 chronicles 20:32 +. +However, the high places were not eliminated; the people were still not devoted to the God of their ancestors. -- 2 chronicles 20:33 +. +The rest of the events of Jehoshaphat's reign, from start to finish, are recorded in the Annals of Jehu son of Hanani which are included in Scroll of the Kings of Israel. -- 2 chronicles 20:34 +. +Later King Jehoshaphat of Judah made an alliance with King Ahaziah of Israel, who did evil. -- 2 chronicles 20:35 +. +They agreed to make large seagoing merchant ships; they built the ships in Ezion Geber. -- 2 chronicles 20:36 +. +Eliezer son of Dodavahu from Mareshah prophesied against Jehoshaphat, "Because you made an alliance with Ahaziah, the Lord will shatter what you have made." The ships were wrecked and unable to go to sea. -- 2 chronicles 20:37 +. +Jehoshaphat passed away and was buried with his ancestors in the City of David. His son Jehoram replaced him as king. -- 2 chronicles 21:1 +. +His brothers, Jehoshaphat's sons, were Azariah, Jechiel, Zechariah, Azariahu, Michael, and Shephatiah. All of these were sons of King Jehoshaphat of Israel. -- 2 chronicles 21:2 +. +Their father gave them many presents, including silver, gold, and other precious items, along with fortified cities in Judah. But he gave the kingdom to Jehoram because he was the firstborn. -- 2 chronicles 21:3 +. +Jehoram took control of his father's kingdom and became powerful. Then he killed all his brothers, as well as some of the officials of Israel. -- 2 chronicles 21:4 +. +Jehoram was thirty-two years old when he became king and he reigned for eight years in Jerusalem. -- 2 chronicles 21:5 +. +He followed in the footsteps of the kings of Israel, just as Ahab's dynasty had done, for he married Ahab's daughter. He did evil in the sight of the Lord. -- 2 chronicles 21:6 +. +But the Lord was unwilling to destroy David's dynasty because of the promise he had made to give David a perpetual dynasty. -- 2 chronicles 21:7 +. +During Jehoram's reign Edom freed themselves from Judah's control and set up their own king. -- 2 chronicles 21:8 +. +Jehoram crossed over to Zair with his officers and all his chariots. The Edomites, who had surrounded him, attacked at night and defeated him and his chariot officers. -- 2 chronicles 21:9 +. +So Edom has remained free from Judah's control to this very day. At that same time Libnah also rebelled and freed themselves from Judah's control because Jehoram rejected the Lord God of his ancestors. -- 2 chronicles 21:10 +. +He also built high places on the hills of Judah; he encouraged the residents of Jerusalem to be unfaithful to the Lord and led Judah away from the Lord. -- 2 chronicles 21:11 +. +Jehoram received this letter from Elijah the prophet: "This is what the Lord God of your ancestor David says: 'You have not followed in the footsteps of your father Jehoshaphat and of King Asa of Judah, -- 2 chronicles 21:12 +. +but have instead followed in the footsteps of the kings of Israel. You encouraged the people of Judah and the residents of Jerusalem to be unfaithful to the Lord, just as the family of Ahab does in Israel. You also killed your brothers, members of your father's family, who were better than you. -- 2 chronicles 21:13 +. +So look, the Lord is about to severely afflict your people, your sons, your wives, and all you own. -- 2 chronicles 21:14 +. +And you will get a serious, chronic intestinal disease which will cause your intestines to come out." -- 2 chronicles 21:15 +. +The Lord stirred up against Jehoram the Philistines and the Arabs who lived beside the Cushites. -- 2 chronicles 21:16 +. +They attacked Judah and swept through it. They carried off everything they found in the royal palace, including his sons and wives. None of his sons was left, except for his youngest, Ahaziah. -- 2 chronicles 21:17 +. +After all this happened, the Lord afflicted him with an incurable intestinal disease. -- 2 chronicles 21:18 +. +After about two years his intestines came out because of the disease, so that he died a very painful death. His people did not make a bonfire to honor him, as they had done for his ancestors. -- 2 chronicles 21:19 +. +Jehoram was thirty-two years old when he became king and he reigned eight years in Jerusalem. No one regretted his death; he was buried in the City of David, but not in the royal tombs. -- 2 chronicles 21:20 +. +The residents of Jerusalem made his youngest son Ahaziah king in his place, for the raiding party that invaded the city with the Arabs had killed all the older sons. So Ahaziah son of Jehoram became king of Judah. -- 2 chronicles 22:1 +. +Ahaziah was twenty-two years old when he became king and he reigned for one year in Jerusalem. His mother was Athaliah, the granddaughter of Omri. -- 2 chronicles 22:2 +. +He followed in the footsteps of Ahab's dynasty, for his mother gave him evil advice. -- 2 chronicles 22:3 +. +He did evil in the sight of the Lord like Ahab's dynasty because, after his father's death, they gave him advice that led to his destruction. -- 2 chronicles 22:4 +. +He followed their advice and joined Ahab's son King Joram of Israel in a battle against King Hazael of Syria at Ramoth Gilead in which the Syrians defeated Joram. -- 2 chronicles 22:5 +. +Joram returned to Jezreel to recover from the wounds he received from the Syrians in Ramah when he fought against King Hazael of Syria. Ahaziah son of King Jehoram of Judah went down to visit Joram son of Ahab in Jezreel, because he had been wounded. -- 2 chronicles 22:6 +. +God brought about Ahaziah's downfall through his visit to Joram. When Ahaziah arrived, he went out with Joram to meet Jehu son of Nimshi, whom the Lord had commissioned to wipe out Ahab's family. -- 2 chronicles 22:7 +. +While Jehu was dishing out punishment to Ahab's family, he discovered the officials of Judah and the sons of Ahaziah's relatives who were serving Ahaziah and killed them. -- 2 chronicles 22:8 +. +He looked for Ahaziah, who was captured while hiding in Samaria. They brought him to Jehu and then executed him. They did give him a burial, for they reasoned, "He is the son of Jehoshaphat, who sought the Lord with his whole heart." There was no one in Ahaziah's family strong enough to rule in his place. -- 2 chronicles 22:9 +. +When Athaliah the mother of Ahaziah saw that her son was dead, she was determined to destroy the entire royal line of Judah. -- 2 chronicles 22:10 +. +So Jehoshabeath, the daughter of King Jehoram, took Ahaziah's son Joash and sneaked him away from the rest of the royal descendants who were to be executed. She hid him and his nurse in the room where the bed covers were stored. So Jehoshabeath the daughter of King Jehoram, wife of Jehoiada the priest and sister of Ahaziah, hid him from Athaliah so she could not execute him. -- 2 chronicles 22:11 +. +He remained in hiding in God's temple for six years, while Athaliah was ruling over the land. -- 2 chronicles 22:12 +. +In the seventh year Jehoiada made a bold move. He made a pact with the officers of the units of hundreds: Azariah son of Jehoram, Ishmael son of Jehochanan, Azariah son of Obed, Maaseiah son of Adaiah, and Elishaphat son of Zikri. -- 2 chronicles 23:1 +. +They traveled throughout Judah and assembled the Levites from all the cities of Judah, as well as the Israelite family leaders. They came to Jerusalem, -- 2 chronicles 23:2 +. +and the whole assembly made a covenant with the king in the temple of God. Jehoiada said to them, "The king's son will rule, just as the Lord promised David's descendants. -- 2 chronicles 23:3 +. +This is what you must do. One third of you priests and Levites who are on duty during the Sabbath will guard the doors. -- 2 chronicles 23:4 +. +Another third of you will be stationed at the royal palace and still another third at the Foundation Gate. All the others will stand in the courtyards of the Lord's temple. -- 2 chronicles 23:5 +. +No one must enter the Lord's temple except the priests and Levites who are on duty. They may enter because they are ceremonially pure. All the others should carry out their assigned service to the Lord. -- 2 chronicles 23:6 +. +The Levites must surround the king. Each of you must hold his weapon in his hand. Whoever tries to enter the temple must be killed. You must accompany the king wherever he goes." -- 2 chronicles 23:7 +. +The Levites and all the men of Judah did just as Jehoiada the priest ordered. Each of them took his men, those who were on duty during the Sabbath as well as those who were off duty on the Sabbath. Jehoiada the priest did not release his divisions from their duties. -- 2 chronicles 23:8 +. +Jehoiada the priest gave to the officers of the units of hundreds King David's spears and shields that were kept in God's temple. -- 2 chronicles 23:9 +. +He placed the men at their posts, each holding his weapon in his hand. They lined up from the south side of the temple to the north side and stood near the altar and the temple, surrounding the king. -- 2 chronicles 23:10 +. +Jehoiada and his sons led out the king's son and placed on him the crown and the royal insignia. They proclaimed him king and poured olive oil on his head. They declared, "Long live the king!" -- 2 chronicles 23:11 +. +When Athaliah heard the royal guard shouting and praising the king, she joined the crowd at the Lord's temple. -- 2 chronicles 23:12 +. +Then she saw the king standing by his pillar at the entrance. The officers and trumpeters stood beside the king and all the people of the land were celebrating and blowing trumpets, and the musicians with various instruments were leading the celebration. Athaliah tore her clothes and yelled, "Treason! Treason!" -- 2 chronicles 23:13 +. +Jehoiada the priest sent out the officers of the units of hundreds, who were in charge of the army, and ordered them, "Bring her outside the temple to the guards. Put the sword to anyone who follows her." The priest gave this order because he had decided she should not be executed in the Lord's temple. -- 2 chronicles 23:14 +. +They seized her and took her into the precincts of the royal palace through the horses' entrance. There they executed her. -- 2 chronicles 23:15 +. +Jehoiada then drew up a covenant stipulating that he, all the people, and the king should be loyal to the Lord. -- 2 chronicles 23:16 +. +All the people went and demolished the temple of Baal. They smashed its altars and idols. They killed Mattan the priest of Baal in front of the altars. -- 2 chronicles 23:17 +. +Jehoiada then assigned the duties of the Lord's temple to the priests, the Levites whom David had assigned to the Lord's temple. They were responsible for offering burnt sacrifices to the Lord with joy and music, according to the law of Moses and the edict of David. -- 2 chronicles 23:18 +. +He posted guards at the gates of the Lord's temple, so no one who was ceremonially unclean in any way could enter. -- 2 chronicles 23:19 +. +He summoned the officers of the units of hundreds, the nobles, the rulers of the people, and all the people of land, and he then led the king down from the Lord's temple. They entered the royal palace through the Upper Gate and seated the king on the royal throne. -- 2 chronicles 23:20 +. +All the people of the land celebrated, for the city had rest now that they had killed Athaliah. -- 2 chronicles 23:21 +. +Joash was seven years old when he began to reign. He reigned for forty years in Jerusalem. His mother was Zibiah, who was from Beer Sheba. -- 2 chronicles 24:1 +. +Joash did what the Lord approved throughout the lifetime of Jehoiada the priest. -- 2 chronicles 24:2 +. +Jehoiada chose two wives for him who gave him sons and daughters. -- 2 chronicles 24:3 +. +Joash was determined to repair the Lord's temple. -- 2 chronicles 24:4 +. +He assembled the priests and Levites and ordered them, "Go out to the cities of Judah and collect the annual quota of silver from all Israel for repairs on the temple of your God. Be quick about it!" But the Levites delayed. -- 2 chronicles 24:5 +. +So the king summoned Jehoiada the chief priest, and said to him, "Why have you not made the Levites collect from Judah and Jerusalem the tax authorized by Moses the Lord's servant and by the assembly of Israel at the tent containing the tablets of the law?" -- 2 chronicles 24:6 +. +(Wicked Athaliah and her sons had broken into God's temple and used all the holy items of the Lord's temple in their worship of the Baals.) -- 2 chronicles 24:7 +. +The king ordered a chest to be made and placed outside the gate of the Lord's temple. -- 2 chronicles 24:8 +. +An edict was sent throughout Judah and Jerusalem requiring the people to bring to the Lord the tax that Moses, God's servant, imposed on Israel in the wilderness. -- 2 chronicles 24:9 +. +All the officials and all the people gladly brought their silver and threw it into the chest until it was full. -- 2 chronicles 24:10 +. +Whenever the Levites brought the chest to the royal accountant and they saw there was a lot of silver, the royal scribe and the accountant of the high priest emptied the chest and then took it back to its place. They went through this routine every day and collected a large amount of silver. -- 2 chronicles 24:11 +. +The king and Jehoiada gave it to the construction foremen assigned to the Lord's temple. They hired carpenters and craftsmen to repair the Lord's temple, as well as those skilled in working with iron and bronze to restore the Lord's temple. -- 2 chronicles 24:12 +. +They worked hard and made the repairs. They followed the measurements specified for God's temple and restored it. -- 2 chronicles 24:13 +. +When they were finished, they brought the rest of the silver to the king and Jehoiada. They used it to make items for the Lord's temple, including items used in the temple service and for burnt sacrifices, pans, and various other gold and silver items. Throughout Jehoiada's lifetime, burnt sacrifices were offered regularly in the Lord's temple. -- 2 chronicles 24:14 +. +Jehoiada grew old and died at the age of 130. -- 2 chronicles 24:15 +. +He was buried in the City of David with the kings, because he had accomplished good in Israel and for God and his temple. -- 2 chronicles 24:16 +. +After Jehoiada died, the officials of Judah visited the king and declared their loyalty to him. The king listened to their advice. -- 2 chronicles 24:17 +. +They abandoned the temple of the Lord God of their ancestors, and worshiped the Asherah poles and idols. Because of this sinful activity, God was angry with Judah and Jerusalem. -- 2 chronicles 24:18 +. +The Lord sent prophets among them to lead them back to him. They warned the people, but they would not pay attention. -- 2 chronicles 24:19 +. +God's Spirit energized Zechariah son of Jehoiada the priest. He stood up before the people and said to them, "This is what God says: 'Why are you violating the commands of the Lord? You will not be prosperous! Because you have rejected the Lord, he has rejected you!'" -- 2 chronicles 24:20 +. +They plotted against him and by royal decree stoned him to death in the courtyard of the Lord's temple. -- 2 chronicles 24:21 +. +King Joash disregarded the loyalty his father Jehoiada had shown him and killed Jehoiada's son. As Zechariah was dying, he said, "May the Lord take notice and seek vengeance!" -- 2 chronicles 24:22 +. +At the beginning of the year the Syrian army attacked Joash and invaded Judah and Jerusalem. They wiped out all the leaders of the people and sent all the plunder they gathered to the king of Damascus. -- 2 chronicles 24:23 +. +Even though the invading Syrian army was relatively weak, the Lord handed over to them Judah's very large army, for the people of Judah had abandoned the Lord God of their ancestors. The Syrians gave Joash what he deserved. -- 2 chronicles 24:24 +. +When they withdrew, they left Joash badly wounded. His servants plotted against him because of what he had done to the son of Jehoiada the priest. They murdered him on his bed. Thus he died and was buried in the City of David, but not in the tombs of the kings. -- 2 chronicles 24:25 +. +The conspirators were Zabad son of Shimeath (an Ammonite woman) and Jehozabad son of Shimrith (a Moabite woman). -- 2 chronicles 24:26 +. +The list of Joash's sons, the many prophetic oracles pertaining to him, and the account of his building project on God's temple are included in the record of the Scroll of the Kings. His son Amaziah replaced him as king. -- 2 chronicles 24:27 +. +Amaziah was twenty-five years old when he began to reign, and he reigned for twenty-nine years in Jerusalem. His mother was Jehoaddan, who was from Jerusalem. -- 2 chronicles 25:1 +. +He did what the Lord approved, but not with wholehearted devotion. -- 2 chronicles 25:2 +. +When he had secured control of the kingdom, he executed the servants who had assassinated his father. -- 2 chronicles 25:3 +. +However, he did not execute their sons. He obeyed the Lord's commandment as recorded in the law scroll of Moses, "Fathers must not be executed for what their sons do, and sons must not be executed for what their fathers do. A man must be executed only for his own sin." -- 2 chronicles 25:4 +. +Amaziah assembled the people of Judah and assigned them by families to the commanders of units of a thousand and the commanders of units of a hundred for all Judah and Benjamin. He counted those twenty years old and up and discovered there were 300,young men of fighting age equipped with spears and shields. -- 2 chronicles 25:5 +. +He hired 100,Israelite warriors for a hundred talents of silver. -- 2 chronicles 25:6 +. +But a prophet visited him and said: "O king, the Israelite troops must not go with you, for the Lord is not with Israel or any of the Ephraimites. -- 2 chronicles 25:7 +. +Even if you go and fight bravely in battle, God will defeat you before the enemy. God is capable of helping or defeating." -- 2 chronicles 25:8 +. +Amaziah asked the prophet: "But what should I do about the hundred talents of silver I paid the Israelite troops?" The prophet replied, "The Lord is capable of giving you more than that." -- 2 chronicles 25:9 +. +So Amaziah dismissed the troops that had come to him from Ephraim and sent them home. They were very angry at Judah and returned home incensed. -- 2 chronicles 25:10 +. +Amaziah boldly led his army to the Valley of Salt, where he defeated 10,Edomites. -- 2 chronicles 25:11 +. +The men of Judah captured 10,men alive. They took them to the top of a cliff and threw them over. All the captives fell to their death. -- 2 chronicles 25:12 +. +Now the troops Amaziah had dismissed and had not allowed to fight in the battle raided the cities of Judah from Samaria to Beth Horon. They killed 3,people and carried off a large amount of plunder. -- 2 chronicles 25:13 +. +When Amaziah returned from defeating the Edomites, he brought back the gods of the people of Seir and made them his personal gods. He bowed down before them and offered them sacrifices. -- 2 chronicles 25:14 +. +The Lord was angry at Amaziah and sent a prophet to him, who said, "Why are you following these gods that could not deliver their own people from your power?" -- 2 chronicles 25:15 +. +While he was speaking, Amaziah said to him, "Did we appoint you to be a royal counselor? Stop prophesying or else you will be killed!" So the prophet stopped, but added, "I know that the Lord has decided to destroy you, because you have done this thing and refused to listen to my advice." -- 2 chronicles 25:16 +. +After King Amaziah of Judah consulted with his advisers, he sent this message to the king of Israel, Joash son of Jehoahaz, the son of Jehu, "Come, face me on the battlefield." -- 2 chronicles 25:17 +. +King Joash of Israel sent this message back to King Amaziah of Judah, "A thorn bush in Lebanon sent this message to a cedar in Lebanon, 'Give your daughter to my son as a wife.' Then a wild animal of Lebanon came by and trampled down the thorn bush. -- 2 chronicles 25:18 +. +You defeated Edom and it has gone to your head. Gloat over your success, but stay in your palace. Why bring calamity on yourself? Why bring down yourself and Judah along with you?" -- 2 chronicles 25:19 +. +But Amaziah did not heed the warning, for God wanted to hand them over to Joash because they followed the gods of Edom. -- 2 chronicles 25:20 +. +So King Joash of Israel attacked. He and King Amaziah of Judah faced each other on the battlefield in Beth Shemesh of Judah. -- 2 chronicles 25:21 +. +Judah was defeated by Israel, and each man ran back home. -- 2 chronicles 25:22 +. +King Joash of Israel captured King Amaziah of Judah, son of Joash son of Jehoahaz, in Beth Shemesh and brought him to Jerusalem. He broke down the wall of Jerusalem from the Gate of Ephraim to the Corner Gate - a distance of about six hundred feet. -- 2 chronicles 25:23 +. +He took away all the gold and silver, all the items found in God's temple that were in the care of Obed-Edom, the riches in the royal palace, and some hostages. Then he went back to Samaria. -- 2 chronicles 25:24 +. +King Amaziah son of Joash of Judah lived for fifteen years after the death of King Joash son of Jehoahaz of Israel. -- 2 chronicles 25:25 +. +The rest of the events of Amaziah's reign, from start to finish, are recorded in the Scroll of the Kings of Judah and Israel. -- 2 chronicles 25:26 +. +From the time Amaziah turned from following the Lord, conspirators plotted against him in Jerusalem, so he fled to Lachish. But they sent assassins after him and they killed him there. -- 2 chronicles 25:27 +. +His body was carried back by horses, and he was buried in Jerusalem with his ancestors in the City of David. -- 2 chronicles 25:28 +. +All the people of Judah took Uzziah, who was sixteen years old, and made him king in his father Amaziah's place. -- 2 chronicles 26:1 +. +Uzziah built up Elat and restored it to Judah after King Amaziah had passed away. -- 2 chronicles 26:2 +. +Uzziah was sixteen years old when he began to reign, and he reigned for fifty-two years in Jerusalem. His mother's name was Jecholiah, who was from Jerusalem. -- 2 chronicles 26:3 +. +He did what the Lord approved, just as his father Amaziah had done. -- 2 chronicles 26:4 +. +He followed God during the lifetime of Zechariah, who taught him how to honor God. As long as he followed the Lord, God caused him to succeed. -- 2 chronicles 26:5 +. +Uzziah attacked the Philistines and broke down the walls of Gath, Jabneh, and Ashdod. He built cities in the region of Ashdod and throughout Philistine territory. -- 2 chronicles 26:6 +. +God helped him in his campaigns against the Philistines, the Arabs living in Gur Baal, and the Meunites. -- 2 chronicles 26:7 +. +The Ammonites paid tribute to Uzziah and his fame reached the border of Egypt, for he grew in power. -- 2 chronicles 26:8 +. +Uzziah built and fortified towers in Jerusalem at the Corner Gate, Valley Gate, and at the Angle. -- 2 chronicles 26:9 +. +He built towers in the desert and dug many cisterns, for he owned many herds in the lowlands and on the plain. He had workers in the fields and vineyards in the hills and in Carmel, for he loved agriculture. -- 2 chronicles 26:10 +. +Uzziah had an army of skilled warriors trained for battle. They were organized by divisions according to the muster rolls made by Jeiel the scribe and Maaseiah the officer under the authority of Hananiah, a royal official. -- 2 chronicles 26:11 +. +The total number of family leaders who led warriors was 2,600. -- 2 chronicles 26:12 +. +They commanded an army of 307,skilled and able warriors who were ready to defend the king against his enemies. -- 2 chronicles 26:13 +. +Uzziah supplied shields, spears, helmets, breastplates, bows, and slingstones for the entire army. -- 2 chronicles 26:14 +. +In Jerusalem he made war machines carefully designed to shoot arrows and large stones from the towers and corners of the walls. He became very famous, for he received tremendous support and became powerful. -- 2 chronicles 26:15 +. +But once he became powerful, his pride destroyed him. He disobeyed the Lord his God. He entered the Lord's temple to offer incense on the incense altar. -- 2 chronicles 26:16 +. +Azariah the priest and eighty other brave priests of the Lord followed him in. -- 2 chronicles 26:17 +. +They confronted King Uzziah and said to him, "It is not proper for you, Uzziah, to offer incense to the Lord. That is the responsibility of the priests, the descendants of Aaron, who are consecrated to offer incense. Leave the sanctuary, for you have disobeyed and the Lord God will not honor you!" -- 2 chronicles 26:18 +. +Uzziah, who had an incense censer in his hand, became angry. While he was ranting and raving at the priests, a skin disease appeared on his forehead right there in front of the priests in the Lord's temple near the incense altar. -- 2 chronicles 26:19 +. +When Azariah the high priest and the other priests looked at him, there was a skin disease on his forehead. They hurried him out of there; even the king himself wanted to leave quickly because the Lord had afflicted him. -- 2 chronicles 26:20 +. +King Uzziah suffered from a skin disease until the day he died. He lived in separate quarters, afflicted by a skin disease and banned from the Lord's temple. His son Jotham was in charge of the palace and ruled over the people of the land. -- 2 chronicles 26:21 +. +The rest of the events of Uzziah's reign, from start to finish, were recorded by the prophet Isaiah son of Amoz. -- 2 chronicles 26:22 +. +Uzziah passed away and was buried near his ancestors in a cemetery belonging to the kings. (This was because he had a skin disease.) His son Jotham replaced him as king. -- 2 chronicles 26:23 +. +Jotham was twenty-five years old when he began to reign, and he reigned for sixteen years in Jerusalem. His mother was Jerusha the daughter of Zadok. -- 2 chronicles 27:1 +. +He did what the Lord approved, just as his father Uzziah had done. (He did not, however, have the audacity to enter the temple.) Yet the people were still sinning. -- 2 chronicles 27:2 +. +He built the Upper Gate to the Lord's temple and did a lot of work on the wall in the area known as Ophel. -- 2 chronicles 27:3 +. +He built cities in the hill country of Judah and fortresses and towers in the forests. -- 2 chronicles 27:4 +. +He launched a military campaign against the king of the Ammonites and defeated them. That year the Ammonites paid him talents of silver, 10,000 kors of wheat, and 10,000 kors of barley. The Ammonites also paid this same amount of annual tribute the next two years. -- 2 chronicles 27:5 +. +Jotham grew powerful because he was determined to please the Lord his God. -- 2 chronicles 27:6 +. +The rest of the events of Jotham's reign, including all his military campaigns and his accomplishments, are recorded in the scroll of the kings of Israel and Judah. -- 2 chronicles 27:7 +. +He was twenty-five years old when he began to reign, and he reigned for sixteen years in Jerusalem. -- 2 chronicles 27:8 +. +Jotham passed away and was buried in the City of David. His son Ahaz replaced him as king. -- 2 chronicles 27:9 +. +Ahaz was twenty years old when he began to reign, and he reigned for sixteen years in Jerusalem. He did not do what pleased the Lord, in contrast to his ancestor David. -- 2 chronicles 28:1 +. +He followed in the footsteps of the kings of Israel; he also made images of the Baals. -- 2 chronicles 28:2 +. +He offered sacrifices in the Valley of Ben-Hinnom and passed his sons through the fire, a horrible sin practiced by the nations whom the Lord drove out before the Israelites. -- 2 chronicles 28:3 +. +He offered sacrifices and burned incense on the high places, on the hills, and under every green tree. -- 2 chronicles 28:4 +. +The Lord his God handed him over to the king of Syria. The Syrians defeated him and deported many captives to Damascus. He was also handed over to the king of Israel, who thoroughly defeated him. -- 2 chronicles 28:5 +. +In one day King Pekah son of Remaliah of Israel killed 120,warriors in Judah, because they had abandoned the Lord God of their ancestors. -- 2 chronicles 28:6 +. +Zikri, an Ephraimite warrior, killed the king's son Maaseiah, Azrikam, the supervisor of the palace, and Elkanah, the king's second-in-command. -- 2 chronicles 28:7 +. +The Israelites seized from their brothers 200,wives, sons, and daughters. They also carried off a huge amount of plunder and took it back to Samaria. -- 2 chronicles 28:8 +. +Oded, a prophet of the Lord, was there. He went to meet the army as they arrived in Samaria and said to them: "Look, because the Lord God of your ancestors was angry with Judah he handed them over to you. You have killed them so mercilessly that God has taken notice. -- 2 chronicles 28:9 +. +And now you are planning to enslave the people of Judah and Jerusalem. Yet are you not also guilty before the Lord your God? -- 2 chronicles 28:10 +. +Now listen to me! Send back those you have seized from your brothers, for the Lord is very angry at you!" -- 2 chronicles 28:11 +. +So some of the Ephraimite family leaders, Azariah son of Jehochanan, Berechiah son of Meshillemoth, Jechizkiah son of Shallum, and Amasa son of Hadlai confronted those returning from the battle. -- 2 chronicles 28:12 +. +They said to them, "Don't bring those captives here! Are you planning on making us even more sinful and guilty before the Lord? Our guilt is already great and the Lord is very angry at Israel." -- 2 chronicles 28:13 +. +So the soldiers released the captives and the plunder before the officials and the entire assembly. -- 2 chronicles 28:14 +. +Men were assigned to take the prisoners and find clothes among the plunder for those who were naked. So they clothed them, supplied them with sandals, gave them food and drink, and provided them with oil to rub on their skin. They put the ones who couldn't walk on donkeys. They brought them back to their brothers at Jericho, the city of the date palm trees, and then returned to Samaria. -- 2 chronicles 28:15 +. +At that time King Ahaz asked the king of Assyria for help. -- 2 chronicles 28:16 +. +The Edomites had again invaded and defeated Judah and carried off captives. -- 2 chronicles 28:17 +. +The Philistines had raided the cities of Judah in the lowlands and the Negev. They captured and settled in Beth Shemesh, Aijalon, Gederoth, Soco and its surrounding villages, Timnah and its surrounding villages, and Gimzo and its surrounding villages. -- 2 chronicles 28:18 +. +The Lord humiliated Judah because of King Ahaz of Israel, for he encouraged Judah to sin and was very unfaithful to the Lord. -- 2 chronicles 28:19 +. +King Tiglath-pileser of Assyria came, but he gave him more trouble than support. -- 2 chronicles 28:20 +. +Ahaz gathered riches from the Lord's temple, the royal palace, and the officials and gave them to the king of Assyria, but that did not help. -- 2 chronicles 28:21 +. +During his time of trouble King Ahaz was even more unfaithful to the Lord. -- 2 chronicles 28:22 +. +He offered sacrifices to the gods of Damascus whom he thought had defeated him. He reasoned, "Since the gods of the kings of Damascus helped them, I will sacrifice to them so they will help me." But they caused him and all Israel to stumble. -- 2 chronicles 28:23 +. +Ahaz gathered the items in God's temple and removed them. He shut the doors of the Lord's temple and erected altars on every street corner in Jerusalem. -- 2 chronicles 28:24 +. +In every city throughout Judah he set up high places to offer sacrifices to other gods. He angered the Lord God of his ancestors. -- 2 chronicles 28:25 +. +The rest of the events of Ahaz's reign, including his accomplishments from start to finish, are recorded in the Scroll of the Kings of Judah and Israel. -- 2 chronicles 28:26 +. +Ahaz passed away and was buried in the City of David; they did not bring him to the tombs of the kings of Israel. His son Hezekiah replaced him as king. -- 2 chronicles 28:27 +. +Hezekiah was twenty-five years old when he began to reign, and he reigned twenty-nine years in Jerusalem. His mother was Abijah, the daughter of Zechariah. -- 2 chronicles 29:1 +. +He did what the Lord approved, just as his ancestor David had done. -- 2 chronicles 29:2 +. +In the first month of the first year of his reign, he opened the doors of the Lord's temple and repaired them. -- 2 chronicles 29:3 +. +He brought in the priests and Levites and assembled them in the square on the east side. -- 2 chronicles 29:4 +. +He said to them: "Listen to me, you Levites! Now consecrate yourselves, so you can consecrate the temple of the Lord God of your ancestors! Remove from the sanctuary what is ceremonially unclean! -- 2 chronicles 29:5 +. +For our fathers were unfaithful; they did what is evil in the sight of the Lord our God and abandoned him! They turned away from the Lord's dwelling place and rejected him. -- 2 chronicles 29:6 +. +They closed the doors of the temple porch and put out the lamps; they did not offer incense or burnt sacrifices in the sanctuary of the God of Israel. -- 2 chronicles 29:7 +. +The Lord was angry at Judah and Jerusalem and made them an appalling object of horror at which people hiss out their scorn, as you can see with your own eyes. -- 2 chronicles 29:8 +. +Look, our fathers died violently and our sons, daughters, and wives were carried off because of this. -- 2 chronicles 29:9 +. +Now I intend to make a covenant with the Lord God of Israel, so that he may relent from his raging anger. -- 2 chronicles 29:10 +. +My sons, do not be negligent now, for the Lord has chosen you to serve in his presence and offer sacrifices." -- 2 chronicles 29:11 +. +The following Levites prepared to carry out the king's orders: From the Kohathites: Mahath son of Amasai and Joel son of Azariah; from the Merarites: Kish son of Abdi and Azariah son of Jehallelel; from the Gershonites: Joah son of Zimmah and Eden son of Joah; -- 2 chronicles 29:12 +. +from the descendants of Elizaphan: Shimri and Jeiel; from the descendants of Asaph: Zechariah and Mattaniah; -- 2 chronicles 29:13 +. +from the descendants of Heman: Jehiel and Shimei; from the descendants of Jeduthun: Shemaiah and Uzziel. -- 2 chronicles 29:14 +. +They assembled their brothers and consecrated themselves. Then they went in to purify the Lord's temple, just as the king had ordered, in accordance with the word of the Lord. -- 2 chronicles 29:15 +. +The priests then entered the Lord's temple to purify it; they brought out to the courtyard of the Lord's temple every ceremonially unclean thing they discovered inside. The Levites took them out to the Kidron Valley. -- 2 chronicles 29:16 +. +On the first day of the first month they began consecrating; by the eighth day of the month they reached the porch of the Lord's temple. For eight more days they consecrated the Lord's temple. On the sixteenth day of the first month they were finished. -- 2 chronicles 29:17 +. +They went to King Hezekiah and said: "We have purified the entire temple of the Lord, including the altar of burnt sacrifice and all its equipment, and the table for the Bread of the Presence and all its equipment. -- 2 chronicles 29:18 +. +We have prepared and consecrated all the items that King Ahaz removed during his reign when he acted unfaithfully. They are in front of the altar of the Lord." -- 2 chronicles 29:19 +. +Early the next morning King Hezekiah assembled the city officials and went up to the Lord's temple. -- 2 chronicles 29:20 +. +They brought seven bulls, seven rams, seven lambs, and seven goats as a sin offering for the kingdom, the sanctuary, and Judah. The king told the priests, the descendants of Aaron, to offer burnt sacrifices on the altar of the Lord. -- 2 chronicles 29:21 +. +They slaughtered the bulls, and the priests took the blood and splashed it on the altar. Then they slaughtered the rams and splashed the blood on the altar; next they slaughtered the lambs and splashed the blood on the altar. -- 2 chronicles 29:22 +. +Finally they brought the goats for the sin offering before the king and the assembly, and they placed their hands on them. -- 2 chronicles 29:23 +. +Then the priests slaughtered them. They offered their blood as a sin offering on the altar to make atonement for all Israel, because the king had decreed that the burnt sacrifice and sin offering were for all Israel. -- 2 chronicles 29:24 +. +King Hezekiah stationed the Levites in the Lord's temple with cymbals and stringed instruments, just as David, Gad the king's prophet, and Nathan the prophet had ordered. (The Lord had actually given these orders through his prophets.) -- 2 chronicles 29:25 +. +The Levites had David's musical instruments and the priests had trumpets. -- 2 chronicles 29:26 +. +Hezekiah ordered the burnt sacrifice to be offered on the altar. As they began to offer the sacrifice, they also began to sing to the Lord, accompanied by the trumpets and the musical instruments of King David of Israel. -- 2 chronicles 29:27 +. +The entire assembly worshiped, as the singers sang and the trumpeters played. They continued until the burnt sacrifice was completed. -- 2 chronicles 29:28 +. +When the sacrifices were completed, the king and all who were with him bowed down and worshiped. -- 2 chronicles 29:29 +. +King Hezekiah and the officials told the Levites to praise the Lord, using the psalms of David and Asaph the prophet. So they joyfully offered praise and bowed down and worshiped. -- 2 chronicles 29:30 +. +Hezekiah said, "Now you have consecrated yourselves to the Lord. Come and bring sacrifices and thank offerings to the Lord's temple." So the assembly brought sacrifices and thank offerings, and whoever desired to do so brought burnt sacrifices. -- 2 chronicles 29:31 +. +The assembly brought a total of bulls, 100 rams, and 200 lambs as burnt sacrifices to the Lord, -- 2 chronicles 29:32 +. +and bulls and 3,000 sheep were consecrated. -- 2 chronicles 29:33 +. +But there were not enough priests to skin all the animals, so their brothers, the Levites, helped them until the work was finished and the priests could consecrate themselves. (The Levites had been more conscientious about consecrating themselves than the priests.) -- 2 chronicles 29:34 +. +There was a large number of burnt sacrifices, as well as fat from the peace offerings and drink offerings that accompanied the burnt sacrifices. So the service of the Lord's temple was reinstituted. -- 2 chronicles 29:35 +. +Hezekiah and all the people were happy about what God had done for them, for it had been done quickly. -- 2 chronicles 29:36 +. +Hezekiah sent messages throughout Israel and Judah; he even wrote letters to Ephraim and Manasseh, summoning them to come to the Lord's temple in Jerusalem and observe a Passover celebration for the Lord God of Israel. -- 2 chronicles 30:1 +. +The king, his officials, and the entire assembly in Jerusalem decided to observe the Passover in the second month. -- 2 chronicles 30:2 +. +They were unable to observe it at the regular time because not enough priests had consecrated themselves and the people had not assembled in Jerusalem. -- 2 chronicles 30:3 +. +The proposal seemed appropriate to the king and the entire assembly. -- 2 chronicles 30:4 +. +So they sent an edict throughout Israel from Beer Sheba to Dan, summoning the people to come and observe a Passover for the Lord God of Israel in Jerusalem, for they had not observed it on a nationwide scale as prescribed in the law. -- 2 chronicles 30:5 +. +Messengers delivered the letters from the king and his officials throughout Israel and Judah. This royal edict read: "O Israelites, return to the Lord God of Abraham, Isaac, and Israel, so he may return to you who have been spared from the kings of Assyria. -- 2 chronicles 30:6 +. +Don't be like your fathers and brothers who were unfaithful to the Lord God of their ancestors, provoking him to destroy them, as you can see. -- 2 chronicles 30:7 +. +Now, don't be stubborn like your fathers! Submit to the Lord and come to his sanctuary which he has permanently consecrated. Serve the Lord your God so that he might relent from his raging anger. -- 2 chronicles 30:8 +. +For if you return to the Lord, your brothers and sons will be shown mercy by their captors and return to this land. The Lord your God is merciful and compassionate; he will not reject you if you return to him." -- 2 chronicles 30:9 +. +The messengers journeyed from city to city through the land of Ephraim and Manasseh as far as Zebulun, but people mocked and ridiculed them. -- 2 chronicles 30:10 +. +But some men from Asher, Manasseh, and Zebulun humbled themselves and came to Jerusalem. -- 2 chronicles 30:11 +. +In Judah God moved the people to unite and carry out the edict the king and the officers had issued at the Lord's command. -- 2 chronicles 30:12 +. +A huge crowd assembled in Jerusalem to observe the Feast of Unleavened Bread in the second month. -- 2 chronicles 30:13 +. +They removed the altars in Jerusalem; they also removed all the incense altars and threw them into the Kidron Valley. -- 2 chronicles 30:14 +. +They slaughtered the Passover lamb on the fourteenth day of the second month. The priests and Levites were ashamed, so they consecrated themselves and brought burnt sacrifices to the Lord's temple. -- 2 chronicles 30:15 +. +They stood at their posts according to the regulations outlined in the law of Moses, the man of God. The priests were splashing the blood as the Levites handed it to them. -- 2 chronicles 30:16 +. +Because many in the assembly had not consecrated themselves, the Levites slaughtered the Passover lambs of all who were ceremonially unclean and could not consecrate their sacrifice to the Lord. -- 2 chronicles 30:17 +. +The majority of the many people from Ephraim, Manasseh, Issachar, and Zebulun were ceremonially unclean, yet they ate the Passover in violation of what is prescribed in the law. For Hezekiah prayed for them, saying: "May the Lord, who is good, forgive -- 2 chronicles 30:18 +. +everyone who has determined to follow God, the Lord God of his ancestors, even if he is not ceremonially clean according to the standards of the temple." -- 2 chronicles 30:19 +. +The Lord responded favorably to Hezekiah and forgave the people. -- 2 chronicles 30:20 +. +The Israelites who were in Jerusalem observed the Feast of Unleavened Bread for seven days with great joy. The Levites and priests were praising the Lord every day with all their might. -- 2 chronicles 30:21 +. +Hezekiah expressed his appreciation to all the Levites, who demonstrated great skill in serving the Lord. They feasted for the seven days of the festival, and were making peace offerings and giving thanks to the Lord God of their ancestors. -- 2 chronicles 30:22 +. +The entire assembly then decided to celebrate for seven more days; so they joyfully celebrated for seven more days. -- 2 chronicles 30:23 +. +King Hezekiah of Judah supplied 1,bulls and 7,000 sheep for the assembly, while the officials supplied them with 1,000 bulls and 10,000 sheep. Many priests consecrated themselves. -- 2 chronicles 30:24 +. +The celebration included the entire assembly of Judah, the priests, the Levites, the entire assembly of those who came from Israel, the resident foreigners who came from the land of Israel, and the residents of Judah. -- 2 chronicles 30:25 +. +There was a great celebration in Jerusalem, unlike anything that had occurred in Jerusalem since the time of King Solomon son of David of Israel. -- 2 chronicles 30:26 +. +The priests and Levites got up and pronounced blessings on the people. The Lord responded favorably to them as their prayers reached his holy dwelling place in heaven. -- 2 chronicles 30:27 +. +When all this was over, the Israelites who were in the cities of Judah went out and smashed the sacred pillars, cut down the Asherah poles, and demolished all the high places and altars throughout Judah, Benjamin, Ephraim, and Manasseh. Then all the Israelites returned to their own homes in their cities. -- 2 chronicles 31:1 +. +Hezekiah appointed the divisions of the priests and Levites to do their assigned tasks - to offer burnt sacrifices and present offerings and to serve, give thanks, and offer praise in the gates of the Lord's sanctuary. -- 2 chronicles 31:2 +. +The king contributed some of what he owned for burnt sacrifices, including the morning and evening burnt sacrifices and the burnt sacrifices made on Sabbaths, new moon festivals, and at other appointed times prescribed in the law of the Lord. -- 2 chronicles 31:3 +. +He ordered the people living in Jerusalem to contribute the portion prescribed for the priests and Levites so they might be obedient to the law of the Lord. -- 2 chronicles 31:4 +. +When the edict was issued, the Israelites freely contributed the initial portion of their grain, wine, olive oil, honey, and all the produce of their fields. They brought a tenth of everything, which added up to a huge amount. -- 2 chronicles 31:5 +. +The Israelites and people of Judah who lived in the cities of Judah also contributed a tenth of their cattle and sheep, as well as a tenth of the holy items consecrated to the Lord their God. They brought them and placed them in many heaps. -- 2 chronicles 31:6 +. +In the third month they began piling their contributions in heaps and finished in the seventh month. -- 2 chronicles 31:7 +. +When Hezekiah and the officials came and saw the heaps, they praised the Lord and pronounced blessings on his people Israel. -- 2 chronicles 31:8 +. +When Hezekiah asked the priests and Levites about the heaps, -- 2 chronicles 31:9 +. +Azariah, the head priest from the family of Zadok, said to him, "Since the contributions began arriving in the Lord's temple, we have had plenty to eat and have a large quantity left over. For the Lord has blessed his people, and this large amount remains." -- 2 chronicles 31:10 +. +Hezekiah ordered that storerooms be prepared in the Lord's temple. When this was done, -- 2 chronicles 31:11 +. +they brought in the contributions, tithes, and consecrated items that had been offered. Konaniah, a Levite, was in charge of all this, assisted by his brother Shimei. -- 2 chronicles 31:12 +. +Jehiel, Azaziah, Nahath, Asahel, Jerimoth, Jozabad, Eliel, Ismakiah, Mahath, and Benaiah worked under the supervision of Konaniah and his brother Shimei, as directed by King Hezekiah and Azariah, the supervisor of God's temple. -- 2 chronicles 31:13 +. +Kore son of Imnah, a Levite and the guard on the east side, was in charge of the voluntary offerings made to God and disbursed the contributions made to the Lord and the consecrated items. -- 2 chronicles 31:14 +. +In the cities of the priests, Eden, Miniamin, Jeshua, Shemaiah, Amariah, and Shecaniah faithfully assisted him in making disbursements to their fellow priests according to their divisions, regardless of age. -- 2 chronicles 31:15 +. +They made disbursements to all the males three years old and up who were listed in the genealogical records - to all who would enter the Lord's temple to serve on a daily basis and fulfill their duties as assigned to their divisions. -- 2 chronicles 31:16 +. +They made disbursements to the priests listed in the genealogical records by their families, and to the Levites twenty years old and up, according to their duties as assigned to their divisions, -- 2 chronicles 31:17 +. +and to all the infants, wives, sons, and daughters of the entire assembly listed in the genealogical records, for they faithfully consecrated themselves. -- 2 chronicles 31:18 +. +As for the descendants of Aaron, the priests who lived in the outskirts of all their cities, men were assigned to disburse portions to every male among the priests and to every Levite listed in the genealogical records. -- 2 chronicles 31:19 +. +This is what Hezekiah did throughout Judah. He did what the Lord his God considered good and right and faithful. -- 2 chronicles 31:20 +. +He wholeheartedly and successfully reinstituted service in God's temple and obedience to the law, in order to follow his God. -- 2 chronicles 31:21 +. +After these faithful deeds were accomplished, King Sennacherib of Assyria invaded Judah. He besieged the fortified cities, intending to seize them. -- 2 chronicles 32:1 +. +When Hezekiah saw that Sennacherib had invaded and intended to attack Jerusalem, -- 2 chronicles 32:2 +. +he consulted with his advisers and military officers about stopping up the springs outside the city, and they supported him. -- 2 chronicles 32:3 +. +A large number of people gathered together and stopped up all the springs and the stream that flowed through the district. They reasoned, "Why should the kings of Assyria come and find plenty of water?" -- 2 chronicles 32:4 +. +Hezekiah energetically rebuilt every broken wall. He erected towers and an outer wall, and fortified the terrace of the City of David. He made many weapons and shields. -- 2 chronicles 32:5 +. +He appointed military officers over the army and assembled them in the square at the city gate. He encouraged them, saying, -- 2 chronicles 32:6 +. +"Be strong and brave! Don't be afraid and don't panic because of the king of Assyria and this huge army that is with him! We have with us one who is stronger than those who are with him. -- 2 chronicles 32:7 +. +He has with him mere human strength, but the Lord our God is with us to help us and fight our battles!" The army was encouraged by the words of King Hezekiah of Judah. -- 2 chronicles 32:8 +. +Afterward King Sennacherib of Assyria, while attacking Lachish with all his military might, sent his messengers to Jerusalem. The message was for King Hezekiah of Judah and all the people of Judah who were in Jerusalem. It read: -- 2 chronicles 32:9 +. +"This is what King Sennacherib of Assyria says: 'Why are you so confident that you remain in Jerusalem while it is under siege? -- 2 chronicles 32:10 +. +Hezekiah says, "The Lord our God will rescue us from the power of the king of Assyria." But he is misleading you and you will die of hunger and thirst! -- 2 chronicles 32:11 +. +Hezekiah is the one who eliminated the Lord's high places and altars and then told Judah and Jerusalem, "At one altar you must worship and offer sacrifices." -- 2 chronicles 32:12 +. +Are you not aware of what I and my predecessors have done to all the nations of the surrounding lands? Have the gods of the surrounding lands actually been able to rescue their lands from my power? -- 2 chronicles 32:13 +. +Who among all the gods of these nations whom my predecessors annihilated was able to rescue his people from my power? -- 2 chronicles 32:14 +. +Now don't let Hezekiah deceive you or mislead you like this. Don't believe him, for no god of any nation or kingdom has been able to rescue his people from my power or the power of my predecessors. So how can your gods rescue you from my power?'" -- 2 chronicles 32:15 +. +Sennacherib's servants further insulted the Lord God and his servant Hezekiah. -- 2 chronicles 32:16 +. +He wrote letters mocking the Lord God of Israel and insulting him with these words: "The gods of the surrounding nations could not rescue their people from my power. Neither can Hezekiah's god rescue his people from my power." -- 2 chronicles 32:17 +. +They called out loudly in the Judahite dialect to the people of Jerusalem who were on the wall, trying to scare and terrify them so they could seize the city. -- 2 chronicles 32:18 +. +They talked about the God of Jerusalem as if he were one of the man-made gods of the nations of the earth. -- 2 chronicles 32:19 +. +King Hezekiah and the prophet Isaiah son of Amoz prayed about this and cried out to heaven. -- 2 chronicles 32:20 +. +The Lord sent a messenger and he wiped out all the soldiers, princes, and officers in the army of the king of Assyria. So Sennacherib returned home humiliated. When he entered the temple of his god, some of his own sons struck him down with the sword. -- 2 chronicles 32:21 +. +The Lord delivered Hezekiah and the residents of Jerusalem from the power of King Sennacherib of Assyria and from all the other nations. He made them secure on every side. -- 2 chronicles 32:22 +. +Many were bringing presents to the Lord in Jerusalem and precious gifts to King Hezekiah of Judah. From that time on he was respected by all the nations. -- 2 chronicles 32:23 +. +In those days Hezekiah was stricken with a terminal illness. He prayed to the Lord, who answered him and gave him a sign confirming that he would be healed. -- 2 chronicles 32:24 +. +But Hezekiah was ungrateful; he had a proud attitude, provoking God to be angry at him, as well as Judah and Jerusalem. -- 2 chronicles 32:25 +. +But then Hezekiah and the residents of Jerusalem humbled themselves and abandoned their pride, and the Lord was not angry with them for the rest of Hezekiah's reign. -- 2 chronicles 32:26 +. +Hezekiah was very wealthy and greatly respected. He made storehouses for his silver, gold, precious stones, spices, and all his other valuable possessions. -- 2 chronicles 32:27 +. +He made storerooms for the harvest of grain, wine, and olive oil, and stalls for all his various kinds of livestock and his flocks. -- 2 chronicles 32:28 +. +He built royal cities and owned a large number of sheep and cattle, for God gave him a huge amount of possessions. -- 2 chronicles 32:29 +. +Hezekiah dammed up the source of the waters of the Upper Gihon and directed them down to the west side of the City of David. Hezekiah succeeded in all that he did. -- 2 chronicles 32:30 +. +So when the envoys arrived from the Babylonian officials to visit him and inquire about the sign that occurred in the land, God left him alone to test him, in order to know his true motives. -- 2 chronicles 32:31 +. +The rest of the events of Hezekiah's reign, including his faithful deeds, are recorded in the vision of the prophet Isaiah son of Amoz, included in the Scroll of the Kings of Judah and Israel. -- 2 chronicles 32:32 +. +Hezekiah passed away and was buried on the ascent of the tombs of the descendants of David. All the people of Judah and the residents of Jerusalem buried him with great honor. His son Manasseh replaced him as king. -- 2 chronicles 32:33 +. +Manasseh was twelve years old when he became king, and he reigned for fifty-five years in Jerusalem. -- 2 chronicles 33:1 +. +He did evil in the sight of the Lord and committed the same horrible sins practiced by the nations whom the Lord drove out ahead of the Israelites. -- 2 chronicles 33:2 +. +He rebuilt the high places that his father Hezekiah had destroyed; he set up altars for the Baals and made Asherah poles. He bowed down to all the stars in the sky and worshiped them. -- 2 chronicles 33:3 +. +He built altars in the Lord's temple, about which the Lord had said, "Jerusalem will be my permanent home." -- 2 chronicles 33:4 +. +In the two courtyards of the Lord's temple he built altars for all the stars in the sky. -- 2 chronicles 33:5 +. +He passed his sons through the fire in the Valley of Ben-Hinnom and practiced divination, omen reading, and sorcery. He set up a ritual pit to conjure up underworld spirits and appointed magicians to supervise it. He did a great amount of evil in the sight of the Lord and angered him. -- 2 chronicles 33:6 +. +He put an idolatrous image he had made in God's temple, about which God had said to David and to his son Solomon, "This temple in Jerusalem, which I have chosen out of all the tribes of Israel, will be my permanent home. -- 2 chronicles 33:7 +. +I will not make Israel again leave the land I gave to their ancestors, provided that they carefully obey all I commanded them, the whole law, the rules and regulations given to Moses." -- 2 chronicles 33:8 +. +But Manasseh misled the people of Judah and the residents of Jerusalem so that they sinned more than the nations whom the Lord had destroyed ahead of the Israelites. -- 2 chronicles 33:9 +. +The Lord confronted Manasseh and his people, but they paid no attention. -- 2 chronicles 33:10 +. +So the Lord brought against them the commanders of the army of the king of Assyria. They seized Manasseh, put hooks in his nose, bound him with bronze chains, and carried him away to Babylon. -- 2 chronicles 33:11 +. +In his pain Manasseh asked the Lord his God for mercy and truly humbled himself before the God of his ancestors. -- 2 chronicles 33:12 +. +When he prayed to the Lord, the Lord responded to him and answered favorably his cry for mercy. The Lord brought him back to Jerusalem to his kingdom. Then Manasseh realized that the Lord is the true God. -- 2 chronicles 33:13 +. +After this Manasseh built up the outer wall of the City of David on the west side of the Gihon in the valley to the entrance of the Fish Gate and all around the terrace; he made it much higher. He placed army officers in all the fortified cities in Judah. -- 2 chronicles 33:14 +. +He removed the foreign gods and images from the Lord's temple and all the altars he had built on the hill of the Lord's temple and in Jerusalem; he threw them outside the city. -- 2 chronicles 33:15 +. +He erected the altar of the Lord and offered on it peace offerings and thank offerings. He told the people of Judah to serve the Lord God of Israel. -- 2 chronicles 33:16 +. +The people continued to offer sacrifices at the high places, but only to the Lord their God. -- 2 chronicles 33:17 +. +The rest of the events of Manasseh's reign, including his prayer to his God and the words the prophets spoke to him in the name of the Lord God of Israel, are recorded in the Annals of the Kings of Israel. -- 2 chronicles 33:18 +. +The Annals of the Prophets include his prayer, give an account of how the Lord responded to it, record all his sins and unfaithful acts, and identify the sites where he built high places and erected Asherah poles and idols before he humbled himself. -- 2 chronicles 33:19 +. +Manasseh passed away and was buried in his palace. His son Amon replaced him as king. -- 2 chronicles 33:20 +. +Amon was twenty-two years old when he became king, and he reigned for two years in Jerusalem. -- 2 chronicles 33:21 +. +He did evil in the sight of the Lord, just like his father Manasseh had done. He offered sacrifices to all the idols his father Manasseh had made, and worshiped them. -- 2 chronicles 33:22 +. +He did not humble himself before the Lord as his father Manasseh had done. Amon was guilty of great sin. -- 2 chronicles 33:23 +. +His servants conspired against him and killed him in his palace. -- 2 chronicles 33:24 +. +The people of the land executed all who had conspired against King Amon, and they made his son Josiah king in his place. -- 2 chronicles 33:25 +. +Josiah was eight years old when he became king, and he reigned for thirty-one years in Jerusalem. -- 2 chronicles 34:1 +. +He did what the Lord approved and followed in his ancestor David's footsteps; he did not deviate to the right or the left. -- 2 chronicles 34:2 +. +In the eighth year of his reign, while he was still young, he began to seek the God of his ancestor David. In his twelfth year he began ridding Judah and Jerusalem of the high places, Asherah poles, idols, and images. -- 2 chronicles 34:3 +. +He ordered the altars of the Baals to be torn down, and broke the incense altars that were above them. He smashed the Asherah poles, idols and images, crushed them up and sprinkled the dust over the tombs of those who had sacrificed to them. -- 2 chronicles 34:4 +. +He burned the bones of the pagan priests on their altars; he purified Judah and Jerusalem. -- 2 chronicles 34:5 +. +In the cities of Manasseh, Ephraim, and Simeon, as far as Naphtali, and in the ruins around them, -- 2 chronicles 34:6 +. +he tore down the altars and Asherah poles, demolished the idols, and smashed all the incense altars throughout the land of Israel. Then he returned to Jerusalem. -- 2 chronicles 34:7 +. +In the eighteenth year of his reign, he continued his policy of purifying the land and the temple. He sent Shaphan son of Azaliah, Maaseiah the city official, and Joah son of Joahaz the secretary to repair the temple of the Lord his God. -- 2 chronicles 34:8 +. +They went to Hilkiah the high priest and gave him the silver that had been brought to God's temple. The Levites who guarded the door had collected it from the people of Manasseh and Ephraim and from all who were left in Israel, as well as from all the people of Judah and Benjamin and the residents of Jerusalem. -- 2 chronicles 34:9 +. +They handed it over to the construction foremen assigned to the Lord's temple. They in turn paid the temple workers to restore and repair it. -- 2 chronicles 34:10 +. +They gave money to the craftsmen and builders to buy chiseled stone and wood for the braces and rafters of the buildings that the kings of Judah had allowed to fall into disrepair. -- 2 chronicles 34:11 +. +The men worked faithfully. Their supervisors were Jahath and Obadiah (Levites descended from Merari), as well as Zechariah and Meshullam (descendants of Kohath). The Levites, all of whom were skilled musicians, -- 2 chronicles 34:12 +. +supervised the laborers and all the foremen on their various jobs. Some of the Levites were scribes, officials, and guards. -- 2 chronicles 34:13 +. +When they took out the silver that had been brought to the Lord's temple, Hilkiah the priest found the law scroll the Lord had given to Moses. -- 2 chronicles 34:14 +. +Hilkiah informed Shaphan the scribe, "I found the law scroll in the Lord's temple." Hilkiah gave the scroll to Shaphan. -- 2 chronicles 34:15 +. +Shaphan brought the scroll to the king and reported, "Your servants are doing everything assigned to them. -- 2 chronicles 34:16 +. +They melted down the silver in the Lord's temple and handed it over to the supervisors of the construction foremen." -- 2 chronicles 34:17 +. +Then Shaphan the scribe told the king, "Hilkiah the priest has given me a scroll." Shaphan read it out loud before the king. -- 2 chronicles 34:18 +. +When the king heard the words of the law scroll, he tore his clothes. -- 2 chronicles 34:19 +. +The king ordered Hilkiah, Ahikam son of Shaphan, Abdon son of Micah, Shaphan the scribe, and Asaiah the king's servant, -- 2 chronicles 34:20 +. +"Go, seek an oracle from the Lord for me and those who remain in Israel and Judah. Find out about the words of this scroll that has been discovered. For the Lord's fury has been ignited against us, because our ancestors have not obeyed the word of the Lord by doing all that this scroll instructs!" -- 2 chronicles 34:21 +. +So Hilkiah and the others sent by the king went to Huldah the prophetess, the wife of Shallum son of Tokhath, the son of Hasrah, the supervisor of the wardrobe. (She lived in Jerusalem in the Mishneh district.) They stated their business, -- 2 chronicles 34:22 +. +and she said to them: "This is what the Lord God of Israel says: 'Say this to the man who sent you to me: -- 2 chronicles 34:23 +. +"This is what the Lord says: 'I am about to bring disaster on this place and its residents, the details of which are recorded in the scroll which they read before the king of Judah. -- 2 chronicles 34:24 +. +This will happen because they have abandoned me and offered sacrifices to other gods, angering me with all the idols they have made. My anger will ignite against this place and will not be extinguished!'" -- 2 chronicles 34:25 +. +Say this to the king of Judah, who sent you to seek an oracle from the Lord: "This is what the Lord God of Israel says concerning the words you have heard: -- 2 chronicles 34:26 +. +'You displayed a sensitive spirit and humbled yourself before God when you heard his words concerning this place and its residents. You humbled yourself before me, tore your clothes and wept before me, and I have heard you,' says the Lord. -- 2 chronicles 34:27 +. +'Therefore I will allow you to die and be buried in peace. You will not have to witness all the disaster I will bring on this place and its residents.'"'" Then they reported back to the king. -- 2 chronicles 34:28 +. +The king summoned all the leaders of Judah and Jerusalem. -- 2 chronicles 34:29 +. +The king went up to the Lord's temple, accompanied by all the people of Judah, the residents of Jerusalem, the priests, and the Levites. All the people were there, from the oldest to the youngest. He read aloud all the words of the scroll of the covenant that had been discovered in the Lord's temple. -- 2 chronicles 34:30 +. +The king stood by his pillar and renewed the covenant before the Lord, agreeing to follow the Lord and to obey his commandments, laws, and rules with all his heart and being, by carrying out the terms of this covenant recorded on this scroll. -- 2 chronicles 34:31 +. +He made all who were in Jerusalem and Benjamin agree to it. The residents of Jerusalem acted in accordance with the covenant of God, the God of their ancestors. -- 2 chronicles 34:32 +. +Josiah removed all the detestable idols from all the areas belonging to the Israelites and encouraged all who were in Israel to worship the Lord their God. Throughout the rest of his reign they did not turn aside from following the Lord God of their ancestors. -- 2 chronicles 34:33 +. +Josiah observed a Passover festival for the Lord in Jerusalem. They slaughtered the Passover lambs on the fourteenth day of the first month. -- 2 chronicles 35:1 +. +He appointed the priests to fulfill their duties and encouraged them to carry out their service in the Lord's temple. -- 2 chronicles 35:2 +. +He told the Levites, who instructed all Israel about things consecrated to the Lord, "Place the holy ark in the temple which King Solomon son of David of Israel built. Don't carry it on your shoulders. Now serve the Lord your God and his people Israel! -- 2 chronicles 35:3 +. +Prepare yourselves by your families according to your divisions, as instructed by King David of Israel and his son Solomon. -- 2 chronicles 35:4 +. +Stand in the sanctuary and, together with the Levites, represent the family divisions of your countrymen. -- 2 chronicles 35:5 +. +Slaughter the Passover lambs, consecrate yourselves, and make preparations for your countrymen to do what the Lord commanded through Moses." -- 2 chronicles 35:6 +. +From his own royal flocks and herds, Josiah supplied the people with 30,lambs and goats for the Passover sacrifice, as well as 3,000 cattle. -- 2 chronicles 35:7 +. +His officials also willingly contributed to the people, priests, and Levites. Hilkiah, Zechariah, and Jehiel, the leaders of God's temple, supplied 2,Passover sacrifices and 300 cattle. -- 2 chronicles 35:8 +. +Konaniah and his brothers Shemaiah and Nethanel, along with Hashabiah, Jeiel, and Jozabad, the officials of the Levites, supplied the Levites with 5,Passover sacrifices and 500 cattle. -- 2 chronicles 35:9 +. +Preparations were made, and the priests stood at their posts and the Levites in their divisions as prescribed by the king. -- 2 chronicles 35:10 +. +They slaughtered the Passover lambs and the priests splashed the blood, while the Levites skinned the animals. -- 2 chronicles 35:11 +. +They reserved the burnt offerings and the cattle for the family divisions of the people to present to the Lord, as prescribed in the scroll of Moses. -- 2 chronicles 35:12 +. +They cooked the Passover sacrifices over the open fire as prescribed and cooked the consecrated offerings in pots, kettles, and pans. They quickly served them to all the people. -- 2 chronicles 35:13 +. +Afterward they made preparations for themselves and for the priests, because the priests, the descendants of Aaron, were offering burnt sacrifices and fat portions until evening. The Levites made preparations for themselves and for the priests, the descendants of Aaron. -- 2 chronicles 35:14 +. +The musicians, the descendants of Asaph, manned their posts, as prescribed by David, Asaph, Heman, and Jeduthun the king's prophet. The guards at the various gates did not need to leave their posts, for their fellow Levites made preparations for them. -- 2 chronicles 35:15 +. +So all the preparations for the Lord's service were made that day, as the Passover was observed and the burnt sacrifices were offered on the altar of the Lord, as prescribed by King Josiah. -- 2 chronicles 35:16 +. +So the Israelites who were present observed the Passover at that time, as well as the Feast of Unleavened Bread for seven days. -- 2 chronicles 35:17 +. +A Passover like this had not been observed in Israel since the days of Samuel the prophet. None of the kings of Israel had observed a Passover like the one celebrated by Josiah, the priests, the Levites, all the people of Judah and Israel who were there, and the residents of Jerusalem. -- 2 chronicles 35:18 +. +This Passover was observed in the eighteenth year of Josiah's reign. -- 2 chronicles 35:19 +. +After Josiah had done all this for the temple, King Necho of Egypt marched up to do battle at Carchemish on the Euphrates River. Josiah marched out to oppose him. -- 2 chronicles 35:20 +. +Necho sent messengers to him, saying, "Why are you opposing me, O king of Judah? I am not attacking you today, but the kingdom with which I am at war. God told me to hurry. Stop opposing God, who is with me, or else he will destroy you." -- 2 chronicles 35:21 +. +But Josiah did not turn back from him; he disguised himself for battle. He did not take seriously the words of Necho which he had received from God; he went to fight him in the Plain of Megiddo. -- 2 chronicles 35:22 +. +Archers shot King Josiah; the king ordered his servants, "Take me out of this chariot, for I am seriously wounded." -- 2 chronicles 35:23 +. +So his servants took him out of the chariot, put him in another chariot that he owned, and brought him to Jerusalem, where he died. He was buried in the tombs of his ancestors; all the people of Judah and Jerusalem mourned Josiah. -- 2 chronicles 35:24 +. +Jeremiah composed laments for Josiah which all the male and female singers use to mourn Josiah to this very day. It has become customary in Israel to sing these; they are recorded in the Book of Laments. -- 2 chronicles 35:25 +. +The rest of the events of Josiah's reign, including the faithful acts he did in obedience to what is written in the law of the Lord -- 2 chronicles 35:26 +. +and his accomplishments, from start to finish, are recorded in the Scroll of the Kings of Israel and Judah. -- 2 chronicles 35:27 +. +The people of the land took Jehoahaz son of Josiah and made him king in his father's place in Jerusalem. -- 2 chronicles 36:1 +. +Jehoahaz was twenty-three years old when he became king, and he reigned three months in Jerusalem. -- 2 chronicles 36:2 +. +The king of Egypt prevented him from ruling in Jerusalem and imposed on the land a special tax of one hundred talents of silver and a talent of gold. -- 2 chronicles 36:3 +. +The king of Egypt made Jehoahaz's brother Eliakim king over Judah and Jerusalem, and changed his name to Jehoiakim. Necho seized his brother Jehoahaz and took him to Egypt. -- 2 chronicles 36:4 +. +Jehoiakim was twenty-five years old when he became king, and he reigned for eleven years in Jerusalem. He did evil in the sight of the Lord his God. -- 2 chronicles 36:5 +. +King Nebuchadnezzar of Babylon attacked him, bound him with bronze chains, and carried him away to Babylon. -- 2 chronicles 36:6 +. +Nebuchadnezzar took some of the items in the Lord's temple to Babylon and put them in his palace there. -- 2 chronicles 36:7 +. +The rest of the events of Jehoiakim's reign, including the horrible sins he committed and his shortcomings, are recorded in the Scroll of the Kings of Israel and Judah. His son Jehoiachin replaced him as king. -- 2 chronicles 36:8 +. +Jehoiachin was eighteen years old when he became king, and he reigned three months and ten days in Jerusalem. He did evil in the sight of the Lord. -- 2 chronicles 36:9 +. +At the beginning of the year King Nebuchadnezzar ordered him to be brought to Babylon, along with the valuable items in the Lord's temple. In his place he made his relative Zedekiah king over Judah and Jerusalem. -- 2 chronicles 36:10 +. +Zedekiah was twenty-one years old when he became king, and he ruled for eleven years in Jerusalem. -- 2 chronicles 36:11 +. +He did evil in the sight of the Lord his God. He did not humble himself before Jeremiah the prophet, the Lord's spokesman. -- 2 chronicles 36:12 +. +He also rebelled against King Nebuchadnezzar, who had made him vow allegiance in the name of God. He was stubborn and obstinate, and refused to return to the Lord God of Israel. -- 2 chronicles 36:13 +. +All the leaders of the priests and people became more unfaithful and committed the same horrible sins practiced by the nations. They defiled the Lord's temple which he had consecrated in Jerusalem. -- 2 chronicles 36:14 +. +The Lord God of their ancestors continually warned them through his messengers, for he felt compassion for his people and his dwelling place. -- 2 chronicles 36:15 +. +But they mocked God's messengers, despised his warnings, and ridiculed his prophets. Finally the Lord got very angry at his people and there was no one who could prevent his judgment. -- 2 chronicles 36:16 +. +He brought against them the king of the Babylonians, who slaughtered their young men in their temple. He did not spare young men or women, or even the old and aging. God handed everyone over to him. -- 2 chronicles 36:17 +. +He carried away to Babylon all the items in God's temple, whether large or small, as well as what was in the treasuries of the Lord's temple and in the treasuries of the king and his officials. -- 2 chronicles 36:18 +. +They burned down the Lord's temple and tore down the wall of Jerusalem. They burned all its fortified buildings and destroyed all its valuable items. -- 2 chronicles 36:19 +. +He deported to Babylon all who escaped the sword. They served him and his sons until the Persian kingdom rose to power. -- 2 chronicles 36:20 +. +This took place to fulfill the Lord's message delivered through Jeremiah. The land experienced its sabbatical years; it remained desolate for seventy years, as prophesied. -- 2 chronicles 36:21 +. +In the first year of the reign of King Cyrus of Persia, in fulfillment of the promise he delivered through Jeremiah, the Lord moved King Cyrus of Persia to issue a written decree throughout his kingdom. -- 2 chronicles 36:22 +. +It read: "This is what King Cyrus of Persia says: 'The Lord God of the heavens has given to me all the kingdoms of the earth. He has appointed me to build for him a temple in Jerusalem in Judah. May the Lord your God energize you who belong to his people, so you may be able to go back there!" -- 2 chronicles 36:23 +. +In the first year of King Cyrus of Persia, in order to fulfill the Lord's message spoken through Jeremiah, the Lord stirred the mind of King Cyrus of Persia. He disseminated a proclamation throughout his entire kingdom, announcing in a written edict the following: -- ezra 1:1 +. +"Thus says King Cyrus of Persia: "'The Lord God of heaven has given me all the kingdoms of the earth. He has instructed me to build a temple for him in Jerusalem, which is in Judah. -- ezra 1:2 +. +Anyone from his people among you (may his God be with him!) may go up to Jerusalem, which is in Judah, and may build the temple of the Lord God of Israel - he is the God who is in Jerusalem. -- ezra 1:3 +. +Anyone who survives in any of those places where he is a resident foreigner must be helped by his neighbors with silver, gold, equipment, and animals, along with voluntary offerings for the temple of God which is in Jerusalem.'" -- ezra 1:4 +. +Then the leaders of Judah and Benjamin, along with the priests and the Levites - all those whose mind God had stirred - got ready to go up in order to build the temple of the Lord in Jerusalem. -- ezra 1:5 +. +All their neighbors assisted them with silver utensils, gold, equipment, animals, and expensive gifts, not to mention all the voluntary offerings. -- ezra 1:6 +. +Then King Cyrus brought out the vessels of the Lord's temple which Nebuchadnezzar had brought from Jerusalem and had displayed in the temple of his gods. -- ezra 1:7 +. +King Cyrus of Persia entrusted them to Mithredath the treasurer, who counted them out to Sheshbazzar the leader of the Judahite exiles. -- ezra 1:8 +. +The inventory of these items was as follows: gold basins, 1,000 silver basins, 29 silver utensils, -- ezra 1:9 +. +gold bowls, 410 other silver bowls, and 1,000 other vessels. -- ezra 1:10 +. +All these gold and silver vessels totaled 5,400. Sheshbazzar brought them all along when the captives were brought up from Babylon to Jerusalem. -- ezra 1:11 +. +These are the people of the province who were going up, from the captives of the exile whom King Nebuchadnezzar of Babylon had forced into exile in Babylon. They returned to Jerusalem and Judah, each to his own city. -- ezra 2:1 +. +They came with Zerubbabel, Jeshua, Nehemiah, Seraiah, Reelaiah, Mordecai, Bilshan, Mispar, Bigvai, Rehum, and Baanah. The number of Israelites was as follows: -- ezra 2:2 +. +the descendants of Parosh: 2,172; -- ezra 2:3 +. +the descendants of Shephatiah: 372; -- ezra 2:4 +. +the descendants of Arah: 775; -- ezra 2:5 +. +the descendants of Pahath-Moab (from the line of Jeshua and Joab): 2,812; -- ezra 2:6 +. +the descendants of Elam: 1,254; -- ezra 2:7 +. +the descendants of Zattu: 945; -- ezra 2:8 +. +the descendants of Zaccai: 760; -- ezra 2:9 +. +the descendants of Bani: 642; -- ezra 2:10 +. +the descendants of Bebai: 623; -- ezra 2:11 +. +the descendants of Azgad: 1,222; -- ezra 2:12 +. +the descendants of Adonikam: 666; -- ezra 2:13 +. +the descendants of Bigvai: 2,056; -- ezra 2:14 +. +the descendants of Adin: 454; -- ezra 2:15 +. +the descendants of Ater (through Hezekiah): 98; -- ezra 2:16 +. +the descendants of Bezai: 323; -- ezra 2:17 +. +the descendants of Jorah: 112; -- ezra 2:18 +. +the descendants of Hashum: 223; -- ezra 2:19 +. +the descendants of Gibbar: 95. -- ezra 2:20 +. +The men of Bethlehem: 123; -- ezra 2:21 +. +the men of Netophah: 56; -- ezra 2:22 +. +the men of Anathoth: 128; -- ezra 2:23 +. +the men of the family of Azmaveth: 42; -- ezra 2:24 +. +the men of Kiriath Jearim, Kephirah and Beeroth: 743; -- ezra 2:25 +. +the men of Ramah and Geba: 621; -- ezra 2:26 +. +the men of Micmash: 122; -- ezra 2:27 +. +the men of Bethel and Ai: 223; -- ezra 2:28 +. +the descendants of Nebo: 52; -- ezra 2:29 +. +the descendants of Magbish: 156; -- ezra 2:30 +. +the descendants of the other Elam: 1,254; -- ezra 2:31 +. +the descendants of Harim: 320; -- ezra 2:32 +. +the men of Lod, Hadid, and Ono: 725; -- ezra 2:33 +. +the men of Jericho: 345; -- ezra 2:34 +. +the descendants of Senaah: 3,630. -- ezra 2:35 +. +The priests: the descendants of Jedaiah (through the family of Jeshua): 973; -- ezra 2:36 +. +the descendants of Immer: 1,052; -- ezra 2:37 +. +the descendants of Pashhur: 1,247; -- ezra 2:38 +. +the descendants of Harim: 1,017. -- ezra 2:39 +. +The Levites: the descendants of Jeshua and Kadmiel (through the line of Hodaviah): 74. -- ezra 2:40 +. +The singers: the descendants of Asaph: 128. -- ezra 2:41 +. +The gatekeepers: the descendants of Shallum, the descendants of Ater, the descendants of Talmon, the descendants of Akkub, the descendants of Hatita, and the descendants of Shobai: 139. -- ezra 2:42 +. +The temple servants: the descendants of Ziha, the descendants of Hasupha, the descendants of Tabbaoth, -- ezra 2:43 +. +the descendants of Keros, the descendants of Siaha, the descendants of Padon, -- ezra 2:44 +. +the descendants of Lebanah, the descendants of Hagabah, the descendants of Akkub, -- ezra 2:45 +. +the descendants of Hagab, the descendants of Shalmai, the descendants of Hanan, -- ezra 2:46 +. +the descendants of Giddel, the descendants of Gahar, the descendants of Reaiah, -- ezra 2:47 +. +the descendants of Rezin, the descendants of Nekoda, the descendants of Gazzam, -- ezra 2:48 +. +the descendants of Uzzah, the descendants of Paseah, the descendants of Besai, -- ezra 2:49 +. +the descendants of Asnah, the descendants of Meunim, the descendants of Nephussim, -- ezra 2:50 +. +the descendants of Bakbuk, the descendants of Hakupha, the descendants of Harhur, -- ezra 2:51 +. +the descendants of Bazluth, the descendants of Mehida, the descendants of Harsha, -- ezra 2:52 +. +the descendants of Barkos, the descendants of Sisera, the descendants of Temah, -- ezra 2:53 +. +the descendants of Neziah, and the descendants of Hatipha. -- ezra 2:54 +. +The descendants of the servants of Solomon: the descendants of Sotai, the descendants of Hassophereth, the descendants of Peruda, -- ezra 2:55 +. +the descendants of Jaala, the descendants of Darkon, the descendants of Giddel, -- ezra 2:56 +. +the descendants of Shephatiah, the descendants of Hattil, the descendants of Pokereth-Hazzebaim, and the descendants of Ami. -- ezra 2:57 +. +All the temple servants and the descendants of the servants of Solomon: 392. -- ezra 2:58 +. +These are the ones that came up from Tel Melah, Tel Harsha, Kerub, Addon, and Immer (although they were unable to certify their family connection or their ancestry, as to whether they really were from Israel): -- ezra 2:59 +. +the descendants of Delaiah, the descendants of Tobiah, and the descendants of Nekoda: 652. -- ezra 2:60 +. +And from among the priests: the descendants of Hobaiah, the descendants of Hakkoz, and the descendants of Barzillai (who had taken a wife from the daughters of Barzillai the Gileadite and was called by that name). -- ezra 2:61 +. +They searched for their records in the genealogical materials, but did not find them. They were therefore excluded from the priesthood. -- ezra 2:62 +. +The governor instructed them not to eat any of the sacred food until there was a priest who could consult the Urim and Thummim. -- ezra 2:63 +. +The entire group numbered 42,360, -- ezra 2:64 +. +not counting their male and female servants, who numbered 7,337. They also had male and female singers -- ezra 2:65 +. +and horses, 245 mules, -- ezra 2:66 +. +camels, and 6,720 donkeys. -- ezra 2:67 +. +When they came to the Lord's temple in Jerusalem, some of the family leaders offered voluntary offerings for the temple of God in order to rebuild it on its site. -- ezra 2:68 +. +As they were able, they gave to the treasury for this work 61,drachmas of gold, 5,000 minas of silver, and 100 priestly robes. -- ezra 2:69 +. +The priests, the Levites, some of the people, the singers, the gatekeepers, and the temple servants lived in their towns, and all the rest of Israel lived in their towns. -- ezra 2:70 +. +When the seventh month arrived and the Israelites were living in their towns, the people assembled in Jerusalem. -- ezra 3:1 +. +Then Jeshua the son of Jozadak and his priestly colleagues and Zerubbabel son of Shealtiel and his colleagues started to build the altar of the God of Israel so they could offer burnt offerings on it as required by the law of Moses the man of God. -- ezra 3:2 +. +They established the altar on its foundations, even though they were in terror of the local peoples, and they offered burnt offerings on it to the Lord, both the morning and the evening offerings. -- ezra 3:3 +. +They observed the Festival of Temporary Shelters as required and offered the proper number of daily burnt offerings according to the requirement for each day. -- ezra 3:4 +. +Afterward they offered the continual burnt offerings and those for the new moons and those for all the holy assemblies of the Lord and all those that were being voluntarily offered to the Lord. -- ezra 3:5 +. +From the first day of the seventh month they began to offer burnt offerings to the Lord. However, the Lord's temple was not at that time established. -- ezra 3:6 +. +So they provided money for the masons and carpenters, and food, beverages, and olive oil for the people of Sidon and Tyre, so that they would bring cedar timber from Lebanon to the seaport at Joppa, in accord with the edict of King Cyrus of Persia. -- ezra 3:7 +. +In the second year after they had come to the temple of God in Jerusalem, in the second month, Zerubbabel the son of Shealtiel and Jeshua the son of Jozadak initiated the work, along with the rest of their associates, the priests and the Levites, and all those who were coming to Jerusalem from the exile. They appointed the Levites who were at least twenty years old to take charge of the work on the Lord's temple. -- ezra 3:8 +. +So Jeshua appointed both his sons and his relatives, Kadmiel and his sons (the sons of Yehudah), to take charge of the workers in the temple of God, along with the sons of Henadad, their sons, and their relatives the Levites. -- ezra 3:9 +. +When the builders established the Lord's temple, the priests, ceremonially attired and with their clarions, and the Levites (the sons of Asaph) with their cymbals, stood to praise the Lord according to the instructions left by King David of Israel. -- ezra 3:10 +. +With antiphonal response they sang, praising and glorifying the Lord: "For he is good; his loyal love toward Israel is forever." All the people gave a loud shout as they praised the Lord when the temple of the Lord was established. -- ezra 3:11 +. +Many of the priests, the Levites, and the leaders - older people who had seen with their own eyes the former temple while it was still established - were weeping loudly, and many others raised their voice in a joyous shout. -- ezra 3:12 +. +People were unable to tell the difference between the sound of joyous shouting and the sound of the people's weeping, for the people were shouting so loudly that the sound was heard a long way off. -- ezra 3:13 +. +When the enemies of Judah and Benjamin learned that the former exiles were building a temple for the Lord God of Israel, -- ezra 4:1 +. +they came to Zerubbabel and the leaders and said to them, "Let us help you build, for like you we seek your God and we have been sacrificing to him from the time of King Esarhaddon of Assyria, who brought us here." -- ezra 4:2 +. +But Zerubbabel, Jeshua, and the rest of the leaders of Israel said to them, "You have no right to help us build the temple of our God. We will build it by ourselves for the Lord God of Israel, just as King Cyrus, the king of Persia, has commanded us." -- ezra 4:3 +. +Then the local people began to discourage the people of Judah and to dishearten them from building. -- ezra 4:4 +. +They were hiring advisers to oppose them, so as to frustrate their plans, throughout the time of King Cyrus of Persia until the reign of King Darius of Persia. -- ezra 4:5 +. +At the beginning of the reign of Ahasuerus they filed an accusation against the inhabitants of Judah and Jerusalem. -- ezra 4:6 +. +And during the reign of Artaxerxes, Bishlam, Mithredath, Tabeel, and the rest of their colleagues wrote to King Artaxerxes of Persia. This letter was first written in Aramaic but then translated. [Aramaic:] -- ezra 4:7 +. +Rehum the commander and Shimshai the scribe wrote a letter concerning Jerusalem to King Artaxerxes as follows: -- ezra 4:8 +. +From Rehum the commander, Shimshai the scribe, and the rest of their colleagues - the judges, the rulers, the officials, the secretaries, the Erechites, the Babylonians, the people of Susa (that is, the Elamites), -- ezra 4:9 +. +and the rest of nations whom the great and noble Ashurbanipal deported and settled in the cities of Samaria and other places in Trans-Euphrates. -- ezra 4:10 +. +(This is a copy of the letter they sent to him:) "To King Artaxerxes, from your servants in Trans-Euphrates: -- ezra 4:11 +. +Now let the king be aware that the Jews who came up to us from you have gone to Jerusalem. They are rebuilding that rebellious and odious city. They are completing its walls and repairing its foundations. -- ezra 4:12 +. +Let the king also be aware that if this city is built and its walls are completed, no more tax, custom, or toll will be paid, and the royal treasury will suffer loss. -- ezra 4:13 +. +In light of the fact that we are loyal to the king, and since it does not seem appropriate to us that the king should sustain damage, we are sending the king this information -- ezra 4:14 +. +so that he may initiate a search of the records of his predecessors and discover in those records that this city is rebellious and injurious to both kings and provinces, producing internal revolts from long ago. It is for this very reason that this city was destroyed. -- ezra 4:15 +. +We therefore are informing the king that if this city is rebuilt and its walls are completed, you will not retain control of this portion of Trans-Euphrates." -- ezra 4:16 +. +The king sent the following response: "To Rehum the commander, Shimshai the scribe, and the rest of their colleagues who live in Samaria and other parts of Trans-Euphrates: Greetings! -- ezra 4:17 +. +The letter you sent to us has been translated and read in my presence. -- ezra 4:18 +. +So I gave orders, and it was determined that this city from long ago has been engaging in insurrection against kings. It has continually engaged in rebellion and revolt. -- ezra 4:19 +. +Powerful kings have been over Jerusalem who ruled throughout the entire Trans-Euphrates and who were the beneficiaries of tribute, custom, and toll. -- ezra 4:20 +. +Now give orders that these men cease their work and that this city not be rebuilt until such time as I so instruct. -- ezra 4:21 +. +Exercise appropriate caution so that there is no negligence in this matter. Why should danger increase to the point that kings sustain damage?" -- ezra 4:22 +. +Then, as soon as the copy of the letter from King Artaxerxes was read in the presence of Rehum, Shimshai the scribe, and their colleagues, they proceeded promptly to the Jews in Jerusalem and stopped them with threat of armed force. -- ezra 4:23 +. +So the work on the temple of God in Jerusalem came to a halt. It remained halted until the second year of the reign of King Darius of Persia. -- ezra 4:24 +. +Then the prophets Haggai and Zechariah son of Iddo prophesied concerning the Jews who were in Judah and Jerusalem in the name of the God of Israel who was over them. -- ezra 5:1 +. +Then Zerubbabel the son of Shealtiel and Jeshua the son of Jozadak began to rebuild the temple of God in Jerusalem. The prophets of God were with them, supporting them. -- ezra 5:2 +. +At that time Tattenai governor of Trans-Euphrates, Shethar-Bozenai, and their colleagues came to them and asked, "Who gave you authority to rebuild this temple and to complete this structure?" -- ezra 5:3 +. +They also asked them, "What are the names of the men who are building this edifice?" -- ezra 5:4 +. +But God was watching over the elders of Judah, and they were not stopped until a report could be dispatched to Darius and a letter could be sent back concerning this. -- ezra 5:5 +. +This is a copy of the letter that Tattenai governor of Trans-Euphrates, Shethar-Bozenai, and his colleagues who were the officials of Trans-Euphrates sent to King Darius. -- ezra 5:6 +. +The report they sent to him was written as follows: "To King Darius: All greetings! -- ezra 5:7 +. +Let it be known to the king that we have gone to the province of Judah, to the temple of the great God. It is being built with large stones, and timbers are being placed in the walls. This work is being done with all diligence and is prospering in their hands. -- ezra 5:8 +. +We inquired of those elders, asking them, 'Who gave you the authority to rebuild this temple and to complete this structure?' -- ezra 5:9 +. +We also inquired of their names in order to inform you, so that we might write the names of the men who were their leaders. -- ezra 5:10 +. +They responded to us in the following way: 'We are servants of the God of heaven and earth. We are rebuilding the temple which was previously built many years ago. A great king of Israel built it and completed it. -- ezra 5:11 +. +But after our ancestors angered the God of heaven, he delivered them into the hands of King Nebuchadnezzar of Babylon, the Chaldean, who destroyed this temple and exiled the people to Babylon. -- ezra 5:12 +. +But in the first year of King Cyrus of Babylon, King Cyrus enacted a decree to rebuild this temple of God. -- ezra 5:13 +. +Even the gold and silver vessels of the temple of God that Nebuchadnezzar had taken from the temple in Jerusalem and had brought to the palace of Babylon - even those things King Cyrus brought from the palace of Babylon and presented to a man by the name of Sheshbazzar whom he had appointed as governor. -- ezra 5:14 +. +He said to him, "Take these vessels and go deposit them in the temple in Jerusalem, and let the house of God be rebuilt in its proper location." -- ezra 5:15 +. +Then this Sheshbazzar went and laid the foundations of the temple of God in Jerusalem. From that time to the present moment it has been in the process of being rebuilt, although it is not yet finished.' -- ezra 5:16 +. +"Now if the king is so inclined, let a search be conducted in the royal archives there in Babylon in order to determine whether King Cyrus did in fact issue orders for this temple of God to be rebuilt in Jerusalem. Then let the king send us a decision concerning this matter." -- ezra 5:17 +. +So Darius the king issued orders, and they searched in the archives of the treasury which were deposited there in Babylon. -- ezra 6:1 +. +A scroll was found in the citadel of Ecbatana which is in the province of Media, and it was inscribed as follows: "Memorandum: -- ezra 6:2 +. +In the first year of his reign, King Cyrus gave orders concerning the temple of God in Jerusalem: 'Let the temple be rebuilt as a place where sacrifices are offered. Let its foundations be set in place. Its height is to be ninety feet and its width ninety feet, -- ezra 6:3 +. +with three layers of large stones and one layer of timber. The expense is to be subsidized by the royal treasury. -- ezra 6:4 +. +Furthermore let the gold and silver vessels of the temple of God, which Nebuchadnezzar brought from the temple in Jerusalem and carried to Babylon, be returned and brought to their proper place in the temple in Jerusalem. Let them be deposited in the temple of God.' -- ezra 6:5 +. +"Now Tattenai governor of Trans-Euphrates, Shethar Bozenai, and their colleagues, the officials of Trans-Euphrates - all of you stay far away from there! -- ezra 6:6 +. +Leave the work on this temple of God alone. Let the governor of the Jews and the elders of the Jews rebuild this temple of God in its proper place. -- ezra 6:7 +. +"I also hereby issue orders as to what you are to do with those elders of the Jews in order to rebuild this temple of God. From the royal treasury, from the taxes of Trans-Euphrates the complete costs are to be given to these men, so that there may be no interruption of the work. -- ezra 6:8 +. +Whatever is needed - whether oxen or rams or lambs or burnt offerings for the God of heaven or wheat or salt or wine or oil, as required by the priests who are in Jerusalem - must be given to them daily without any neglect, -- ezra 6:9 +. +so that they may be offering incense to the God of heaven and may be praying for the good fortune of the king and his family. -- ezra 6:10 +. +"I hereby give orders that if anyone changes this directive a beam is to be pulled out from his house and he is to be raised up and impaled on it, and his house is to be reduced to a rubbish heap for this indiscretion. -- ezra 6:11 +. +May God who makes his name to reside there overthrow any king or nation who reaches out to cause such change so as to destroy this temple of God in Jerusalem. I, Darius, have given orders. Let them be carried out with precision!" -- ezra 6:12 +. +Then Tattenai governor of Trans-Euphrates, Shethar-Bozenai, and their colleagues acted accordingly - with precision, just as Darius the king had given instructions. -- ezra 6:13 +. +The elders of the Jews continued building and prospering, while at the same time Haggai the prophet and Zechariah the son of Iddo continued prophesying. They built and brought it to completion by the command of the God of Israel and by the command of Cyrus and Darius and Artaxerxes king of Persia. -- ezra 6:14 +. +They finished this temple on the third day of the month Adar, which is the sixth year of the reign of King Darius. -- ezra 6:15 +. +The people of Israel - the priests, the Levites, and the rest of the exiles - observed the dedication of this temple of God with joy. -- ezra 6:16 +. +For the dedication of this temple of God they offered one hundred bulls, two hundred rams, four hundred lambs, and twelve male goats for the sin of all Israel, according to the number of the tribes of Israel. -- ezra 6:17 +. +They appointed the priests by their divisions and the Levites by their divisions over the worship of God at Jerusalem, in accord with the book of Moses. -- ezra 6:18 +. + The exiles observed the Passover on the fourteenth day of the first month. -- ezra 6:19 +. +The priests and the Levites had purified themselves, every last one, and they all were ceremonially pure. They sacrificed the Passover lamb for all the exiles, for their colleagues the priests, and for themselves. -- ezra 6:20 +. +The Israelites who were returning from the exile ate it, along with all those who had joined them in separating themselves from the uncleanness of the nations of the land to seek the Lord God of Israel. -- ezra 6:21 +. +They observed the Feast of Unleavened Bread for seven days with joy, for the Lord had given them joy and had changed the opinion of the king of Assyria toward them, so that he assisted them in the work on the temple of God, the God of Israel. -- ezra 6:22 +. +Now after these things had happened, during the reign of King Artaxerxes of Persia, Ezra came up from Babylon. Ezra was the son of Seraiah, who was the son of Azariah, who was the son of Hilkiah, -- ezra 7:1 +. +who was the son of Shallum, who was the son of Zadok, who was the son of Ahitub, -- ezra 7:2 +. +who was the son of Amariah, who was the son of Azariah, who was the son of Meraioth, -- ezra 7:3 +. +who was the son of Zerahiah, who was the son of Uzzi, who was the son of Bukki, -- ezra 7:4 +. +who was the son of Abishua, who was the son of Phinehas, who was the son of Eleazar, who was the son of Aaron the chief priest. -- ezra 7:5 +. +This Ezra is the one who came up from Babylon. He was a scribe who was skilled in the law of Moses which the Lord God of Israel had given. The king supplied him with everything he requested, for the hand of the Lord his God was on him. -- ezra 7:6 +. +In the seventh year of King Artaxerxes, Ezra brought up to Jerusalem some of the Israelites and some of the priests, the Levites, the attendants, the gatekeepers, and the temple servants. -- ezra 7:7 +. +He entered Jerusalem in the fifth month of the seventh year of the king. -- ezra 7:8 +. +On the first day of the first month he had determined to make the ascent from Babylon, and on the first day of the fifth month he arrived at Jerusalem, for the good hand of his God was on him. -- ezra 7:9 +. +Now Ezra had dedicated himself to the study of the law of the Lord, to its observance, and to teaching its statutes and judgments in Israel. -- ezra 7:10 +. +What follows is a copy of the letter that King Artaxerxes gave to Ezra the priestly scribe. Ezra was a scribe in matters pertaining to the commandments of the Lord and his statutes over Israel: -- ezra 7:11 +. +"Artaxerxes, king of kings, to Ezra the priest, a scribe of the perfect law of the God of heaven: -- ezra 7:12 +. +I have now issued a decree that anyone in my kingdom from the people of Israel - even the priests and Levites - who wishes to do so may go up with you to Jerusalem. -- ezra 7:13 +. +You are authorized by the king and his seven advisers to inquire concerning Judah and Jerusalem, according to the law of your God which is in your possession, -- ezra 7:14 +. +and to bring silver and gold which the king and his advisers have freely contributed to the God of Israel, who resides in Jerusalem, -- ezra 7:15 +. +along with all the silver and gold that you may collect throughout all the province of Babylon and the contributions of the people and the priests for the temple of their God which is in Jerusalem. -- ezra 7:16 +. +With this money you should be sure to purchase bulls, rams, and lambs, along with the appropriate meal offerings and libations. You should bring them to the altar of the temple of your God which is in Jerusalem. -- ezra 7:17 +. +You may do whatever seems appropriate to you and your colleagues with the rest of the silver and the gold, in keeping with the will of your God. -- ezra 7:18 +. +Deliver to the God of Jerusalem the vessels that are given to you for the service of the temple of your God. -- ezra 7:19 +. +The rest of the needs for the temple of your God that you may have to supply, you may do so from the royal treasury. -- ezra 7:20 +. +"I, King Artaxerxes, hereby issue orders to all the treasurers of Trans-Euphrates, that you precisely execute all that Ezra the priestly scribe of the law of the God of heaven may request of you - -- ezra 7:21 +. +up to talents of silver, 100 cors of wheat, 100 baths of wine, 100 baths of olive oil, and unlimited salt. -- ezra 7:22 +. +Everything that the God of heaven has required should be precisely done for the temple of the God of heaven. Why should there be wrath against the empire of the king and his sons? -- ezra 7:23 +. +Furthermore, be aware of the fact that you have no authority to impose tax, tribute, or toll on any of the priests, the Levites, the musicians, the doorkeepers, the temple servants, or the attendants at the temple of this God. -- ezra 7:24 +. +"Now you, Ezra, in keeping with the wisdom of your God which you possess, appoint judges and court officials who can arbitrate cases on behalf of all the people who are in Trans-Euphrates who know the laws of your God. Those who do not know this law should be taught. -- ezra 7:25 +. +Everyone who does not observe both the law of your God and the law of the king will be completely liable to the appropriate penalty, whether it is death or banishment or confiscation of property or detainment in prison." -- ezra 7:26 +. +Blessed be the Lord God of our fathers, who so moved in the heart of the king to so honor the temple of the Lord which is in Jerusalem! -- ezra 7:27 +. +He has also conferred his favor on me before the king, his advisers, and all the influential leaders of the king. I gained strength as the hand of the Lord my God was on me, and I gathered leaders from Israel to go up with me. -- ezra 7:28 +. +These are the leaders and those enrolled with them by genealogy who were coming up with me from Babylon during the reign of King Artaxerxes: -- ezra 8:1 +. +from the descendants of Phinehas, Gershom; from the descendants of Ithamar, Daniel; from the descendants of David, Hattush -- ezra 8:2 +. +the son of Shecaniah; from the descendants of Parosh, Zechariah, and with him were enrolled by genealogy men; -- ezra 8:3 +. +from the descendants of Pahath-Moab, Eliehoenai son of Zerahiah, and with him men; -- ezra 8:4 +. +from the descendants of Zattu, Shecaniah son of Jahaziel, and with him men; -- ezra 8:5 +. +from the descendants of Adin, Ebed son of Jonathan, and with him men; -- ezra 8:6 +. +from the descendants of Elam, Jeshaiah son of Athaliah, and with him men; -- ezra 8:7 +. +from the descendants of Shephatiah, Zebadiah son of Michael, and with him men; -- ezra 8:8 +. +from the descendants of Joab, Obadiah son of Jehiel, and with him men; -- ezra 8:9 +. +from the descendants of Bani, Shelomith son of Josiphiah, and with him men; -- ezra 8:10 +. +from the descendants of Bebai, Zechariah son of Bebai, and with him men; -- ezra 8:11 +. +from the descendants of Azgad, Johanan son of Hakkatan, and with him men; -- ezra 8:12 +. +from the descendants of Adonikam there were the latter ones. Their names were Eliphelet, Jeuel, and Shemaiah, and with them men; -- ezra 8:13 +. +from the descendants of Bigvai, Uthai, and Zaccur, and with them men. -- ezra 8:14 +. +I had them assemble at the canal that flows toward Ahava, and we camped there for three days. I observed that the people and the priests were present, but I found no Levites there. -- ezra 8:15 +. +So I sent for Eliezer, Ariel, Shemaiah, Elnathan, Jarib, Elnathan, Nathan, Zechariah, and Meshullam, who were leaders, and Joiarib and Elnathan, who were teachers. -- ezra 8:16 +. +I sent them to Iddo, who was the leader in the place called Casiphia. I told them what to say to Iddo and his relatives, who were the temple servants in Casiphia, so they would bring us attendants for the temple of our God. -- ezra 8:17 +. +Due to the fact that the good hand of our God was on us, they brought us a skilled man, from the descendants of Mahli the son of Levi son of Israel. This man was Sherebiah, who was accompanied by his sons and brothers, men, -- ezra 8:18 +. +and Hashabiah, along with Jeshaiah from the descendants of Merari, with his brothers and their sons, men, -- ezra 8:19 +. +and some of the temple servants that David and his officials had established for the work of the Levites - of them. They were all designated by name. -- ezra 8:20 +. +I called for a fast there by the Ahava Canal, so that we might humble ourselves before our God and seek from him a safe journey for us, our children, and all our property. -- ezra 8:21 +. +I was embarrassed to request soldiers and horsemen from the king to protect us from the enemy along the way, because we had said to the king, "The good hand of our God is on everyone who is seeking him, but his great anger is against everyone who forsakes him." -- ezra 8:22 +. +So we fasted and prayed to our God about this, and he answered us. -- ezra 8:23 +. +Then I set apart twelve of the leading priests, together with Sherebiah, Hashabiah, and ten of their brothers, -- ezra 8:24 +. +and I weighed out to them the silver, the gold, and the vessels intended for the temple of our God - items that the king, his advisers, his officials, and all Israel who were present had contributed. -- ezra 8:25 +. +I weighed out to them talents of silver, silver vessels worth 100 talents, 100 talents of gold, -- ezra 8:26 +. +gold bowls worth 1,000 darics, and two exquisite vessels of gleaming bronze, as valuable as gold. -- ezra 8:27 +. +Then I said to them, "You are holy to the Lord, just as these vessels are holy. The silver and the gold are a voluntary offering to the Lord, the God of your fathers. -- ezra 8:28 +. +Be careful with them and protect them, until you weigh them out before the leading priests and the Levites and the family leaders of Israel in Jerusalem, in the storerooms of the temple of the Lord." -- ezra 8:29 +. +Then the priests and the Levites took charge of the silver, the gold, and the vessels that had been weighed out, to transport them to Jerusalem to the temple of our God. -- ezra 8:30 +. +On the twelfth day of the first month we began traveling from the Ahava Canal to go to Jerusalem. The hand of our God was on us, and he delivered us from our enemy and from bandits along the way. -- ezra 8:31 +. +So we came to Jerusalem, and we stayed there for three days. -- ezra 8:32 +. +On the fourth day we weighed out the silver, the gold, and the vessels in the house of our God into the care of Meremoth son of Uriah, the priest, and Eleazar son of Phinehas, who were accompanied by Jozabad son of Jeshua and Noadiah son of Binnui, who were Levites. -- ezra 8:33 +. +Everything was verified by number and by weight, and the total weight was written down at that time. -- ezra 8:34 +. +The exiles who were returning from the captivity offered burnt offerings to the God of Israel - twelve bulls for all Israel, ninety-six rams, seventy-seven male lambs, along with twelve male goats as a sin offering. All this was a burnt offering to the Lord. -- ezra 8:35 +. +Then they presented the decrees of the king to the king's satraps and to the governors of Trans-Euphrates, who gave help to the people and to the temple of God. -- ezra 8:36 +. +Now when these things had been completed, the leaders approached me and said, "The people of Israel, the priests, and the Levites have not separated themselves from the local residents who practice detestable things similar to those of the Canaanites, the Hittites, the Perizzites, the Jebusites, the Ammonites, the Moabites, the Egyptians, and the Amorites. -- ezra 9:1 +. +Indeed, they have taken some of their daughters as wives for themselves and for their sons, so that the holy race has become intermingled with the local residents. Worse still, the leaders and the officials have been at the forefront of all of this!" -- ezra 9:2 +. +When I heard this report, I tore my tunic and my robe and ripped out some of the hair from my head and beard. Then I sat down, quite devastated. -- ezra 9:3 +. +Everyone who held the words of the God of Israel in awe gathered around me because of the unfaithful acts of the people of the exile. Devastated, I continued to sit there until the evening offering. -- ezra 9:4 +. +At the time of the evening offering I got up from my self-abasement, with my tunic and robe torn, and then dropped to my knees and spread my hands to the Lord my God. -- ezra 9:5 +. +I prayed, "O my God, I am ashamed and embarrassed to lift my face to you, my God! For our iniquities have climbed higher than our heads, and our guilt extends to the heavens. -- ezra 9:6 +. +From the days of our fathers until this very day our guilt has been great. Because of our iniquities we, along with our kings and priests, have been delivered over by the local kings to sword, captivity, plunder, and embarrassment - right up to the present time. -- ezra 9:7 +. +"But now briefly we have received mercy from the Lord our God, in that he has left us a remnant and has given us a secure position in his holy place. Thus our God has enlightened our eyes and has given us a little relief in our time of servitude. -- ezra 9:8 +. +Although we are slaves, our God has not abandoned us in our servitude. He has extended kindness to us in the sight of the kings of Persia, in that he has revived us to restore the temple of our God and to raise up its ruins and to give us a protective wall in Judah and Jerusalem. -- ezra 9:9 +. +"And now what are we able to say after this, our God? For we have forsaken your commandments -- ezra 9:10 +. +which you commanded us through your servants the prophets with these words: 'The land that you are entering to possess is a land defiled by the impurities of the local residents! With their abominations they have filled it from one end to the other with their filthiness. -- ezra 9:11 +. +Therefore do not give your daughters in marriage to their sons, and do not take their daughters in marriage for your sons. Do not ever seek their peace or welfare, so that you may be strong and may eat the good of the land and may leave it as an inheritance for your children forever.' -- ezra 9:12 +. +"Everything that has happened to us has come about because of our wicked actions and our great guilt. Even so, our God, you have exercised restraint toward our iniquities and have given us a remnant such as this. -- ezra 9:13 +. +Shall we once again break your commandments and intermarry with these abominable peoples? Would you not be so angered by us that you would wipe us out, with no survivor or remnant? -- ezra 9:14 +. +O Lord God of Israel, you are righteous, for we are left as a remnant this day. Indeed, we stand before you in our guilt. However, because of this guilt no one can really stand before you." -- ezra 9:15 +. +While Ezra was praying and confessing, weeping and throwing himself to the ground before the temple of God, a very large crowd of Israelites - men, women, and children alike - gathered around him. The people wept loudly. -- ezra 10:1 +. +Then Shecaniah son of Jehiel, from the descendants of Elam, addressed Ezra: "We have been unfaithful to our God by marrying foreign women from the local peoples. Nonetheless, there is still hope for Israel in this regard. -- ezra 10:2 +. +Therefore let us enact a covenant with our God to send away all these women and their offspring, in keeping with your counsel, my lord, and that of those who respect the commandments of our God. And let it be done according to the law. -- ezra 10:3 +. +Get up, for this matter concerns you. We are with you, so be strong and act decisively!" -- ezra 10:4 +. +So Ezra got up and made the leading priests and Levites and all Israel take an oath to carry out this plan. And they all took a solemn oath. -- ezra 10:5 +. +Then Ezra got up from in front of the temple of God and went to the room of Jehohanan son of Eliashib. While he stayed there, he did not eat food or drink water, for he was in mourning over the infidelity of the exiles. -- ezra 10:6 +. +A proclamation was circulated throughout Judah and Jerusalem that all the exiles were to be assembled in Jerusalem. -- ezra 10:7 +. +Everyone who did not come within three days would thereby forfeit all his property, in keeping with the counsel of the officials and the elders. Furthermore, he himself would be excluded from the assembly of the exiles. -- ezra 10:8 +. +All the men of Judah and Benjamin were gathered in Jerusalem within the three days. (It was in the ninth month, on the twentieth day of that month.) All the people sat in the square at the temple of God, trembling because of this matter and because of the rains. -- ezra 10:9 +. +Then Ezra the priest stood up and said to them, "You have behaved in an unfaithful manner by taking foreign wives! This has contributed to the guilt of Israel. -- ezra 10:10 +. +Now give praise to the Lord God of your fathers, and do his will. Separate yourselves from the local residents and from these foreign wives." -- ezra 10:11 +. +All the assembly replied in a loud voice: "We will do just as you have said! -- ezra 10:12 +. +However, the people are numerous and it is the rainy season. We are unable to stand here outside. Furthermore, this business cannot be resolved in a day or two, for we have sinned greatly in this matter. -- ezra 10:13 +. +Let our leaders take steps on behalf of all the assembly. Let all those in our towns who have married foreign women come at an appointed time, and with them the elders of each town and its judges, until the hot anger of our God is turned away from us in this matter." -- ezra 10:14 +. +Only Jonathan son of Asahel and Jahzeiah son of Tikvah were against this, assisted by Meshullam and Shabbethai the Levite. -- ezra 10:15 +. +So the exiles proceeded accordingly. Ezra the priest separated out by name men who were leaders in their family groups. They sat down to consider this matter on the first day of the tenth month, -- ezra 10:16 +. +and on the first day of the first month they finished considering all the men who had married foreign wives. -- ezra 10:17 +. +It was determined that from the descendants of the priests, the following had taken foreign wives: from the descendants of Jeshua son of Jozadak, and his brothers: Maaseiah, Eliezer, Jarib, and Gedaliah. -- ezra 10:18 +. +(They gave their word to send away their wives; their guilt offering was a ram from the flock for their guilt.) -- ezra 10:19 +. +From the descendants of Immer: Hanani and Zebadiah. -- ezra 10:20 +. +From the descendants of Harim: Maaseiah, Elijah, Shemaiah, Jehiel, and Uzziah. -- ezra 10:21 +. +From the descendants of Pashhur: Elioenai, Maaseiah, Ishmael, Nethanel, Jozabad, and Elasah. -- ezra 10:22 +. +From the Levites: Jozabad, Shimei, Kelaiah (also known as Kelita), Pethahiah, Judah, and Eliezer. -- ezra 10:23 +. +From the singers: Eliashib. From the gatekeepers: Shallum, Telem, and Uri. -- ezra 10:24 +. +From the Israelites: from the descendants of Parosh: Ramiah, Izziah, Malkijah, Mijamin, Eleazar, Malkijah, and Benaiah. -- ezra 10:25 +. +From the descendants of Elam: Mattaniah, Zechariah, Jehiel, Abdi, Jeremoth, and Elijah. -- ezra 10:26 +. +From the descendants of Zattu: Elioenai, Eliashib, Mattaniah, Jeremoth, Zabad, and Aziza. -- ezra 10:27 +. +From the descendants of Bebai: Jehohanan, Hananiah, Zabbai, and Athlai. -- ezra 10:28 +. +From the descendants of Bani: Meshullam, Malluch, Adaiah, Jashub, Sheal, and Jeremoth. -- ezra 10:29 +. +From the descendants of Pahath-Moab: Adna, Kelal, Benaiah, Maaseiah, Mattaniah, Bezalel, Binnui, and Manasseh. -- ezra 10:30 +. +From the descendants of Harim: Eliezer, Ishijah, Malkijah, Shemaiah, Shimeon, -- ezra 10:31 +. +Benjamin, Malluch, and Shemariah. -- ezra 10:32 +. +From the descendants of Hashum: Mattenai, Mattattah, Zabad, Eliphelet, Jeremai, Manasseh, and Shimei. -- ezra 10:33 +. +From the descendants of Bani: Maadai, Amram, Uel, -- ezra 10:34 +. +Benaiah, Bedeiah, Keluhi, -- ezra 10:35 +. +Vaniah, Meremoth, Eliashib, -- ezra 10:36 +. +Mattaniah, Mattenai, and Jaasu. -- ezra 10:37 +. +From the descendants of Binnui: Shimei, -- ezra 10:38 +. +Shelemiah, Nathan, Adaiah, -- ezra 10:39 +. +Machnadebai, Shashai, Sharai, -- ezra 10:40 +. +Azarel, Shelemiah, Shemariah, -- ezra 10:41 +. +Shallum, Amariah, and Joseph. -- ezra 10:42 +. +From the descendants of Nebo: Jeiel, Mattithiah, Zabad, Zebina, Jaddai, Joel, and Benaiah. -- ezra 10:43 +. +All these had taken foreign wives, and some of them also had children by these women. -- ezra 10:44 +. +These are the words of Nehemiah son of Hacaliah: It so happened that in the month of Kislev, in the twentieth year, I was in Susa the citadel. -- nehemiah 1:1 +. +Hanani, who was one of my relatives, along with some of the men from Judah, came to me, and I asked them about the Jews who had escaped and had survived the exile, and about Jerusalem. -- nehemiah 1:2 +. +They said to me, "The remnant that remains from the exile there in the province are experiencing considerable adversity and reproach. The wall of Jerusalem lies breached, and its gates have been burned down!" -- nehemiah 1:3 +. +When I heard these things I sat down abruptly, crying and mourning for several days. I continued fasting and praying before the God of heaven. -- nehemiah 1:4 +. +Then I said, "Please, O LORD God of heaven, great and awesome God, who keeps his loving covenant with those who love him and obey his commandments, -- nehemiah 1:5 +. +may your ear be attentive and your eyes be open to hear the prayer of your servant that I am praying to you today throughout both day and night on behalf of your servants the Israelites. I am confessing the sins of the Israelites that we have committed against you - both I myself and my family have sinned. -- nehemiah 1:6 +. +We have behaved corruptly against you, not obeying the commandments, the statutes, and the judgments that you commanded your servant Moses. -- nehemiah 1:7 +. +Please recall the word you commanded your servant Moses: 'If you act unfaithfully, I will scatter you among the nations. -- nehemiah 1:8 +. +But if you repent and obey my commandments and do them, then even if your dispersed people are in the most remote location, I will gather them from there and bring them to the place I have chosen for my name to reside.' -- nehemiah 1:9 +. +They are your servants and your people, whom you have redeemed by your mighty strength and by your powerful hand. -- nehemiah 1:10 +. +Please, O Lord, listen attentively to the prayer of your servant and to the prayer of your servants who take pleasure in showing respect to your name. Grant your servant success today and show compassion to me in the presence of this man." Now I was cupbearer for the king. -- nehemiah 1:11 +. +Then in the month of Nisan, in the twentieth year of King Artaxerxes, when wine was brought to me, I took the wine and gave it to the king. Previously I had not been depressed in the king's presence. -- nehemiah 2:1 +. +So the king said to me, "Why do you appear to be depressed when you aren't sick? What can this be other than sadness of heart?" This made me very fearful. -- nehemiah 2:2 +. +I replied to the king, "O king, live forever! Why would I not appear dejected when the city with the graves of my ancestors lies desolate and its gates destroyed by fire?" -- nehemiah 2:3 +. +The king responded, "What is it you are seeking?" Then I quickly prayed to the God of heaven -- nehemiah 2:4 +. +and said to the king, "If the king is so inclined and if your servant has found favor in your sight, dispatch me to Judah, to the city with the graves of my ancestors, so that I can rebuild it." -- nehemiah 2:5 +. +Then the king, with his consort sitting beside him, replied, "How long would your trip take, and when would you return?" Since the king was amenable to dispatching me, I gave him a time. -- nehemiah 2:6 +. +I said to the king, "If the king is so inclined, let him give me letters for the governors of Trans-Euphrates that will enable me to travel safely until I reach Judah, -- nehemiah 2:7 +. +and a letter for Asaph the keeper of the king's nature preserve, so that he will give me timber for beams for the gates of the fortress adjacent to the temple and for the city wall and for the house to which I go." So the king granted me these requests, for the good hand of my God was on me. -- nehemiah 2:8 +. +Then I went to the governors of Trans-Euphrates, and I presented to them the letters from the king. The king had sent with me officers of the army and horsemen. -- nehemiah 2:9 +. +When Sanballat the Horonite and Tobiah the Ammonite official heard all this, they were very displeased that someone had come to seek benefit for the Israelites. -- nehemiah 2:10 +. +So I came to Jerusalem. When I had been there for three days, -- nehemiah 2:11 +. +I got up during the night, along with a few men who were with me. But I did not tell anyone what my God was putting on my heart to do for Jerusalem. There were no animals with me, except for the one I was riding. -- nehemiah 2:12 +. +I proceeded through the Valley Gate by night, in the direction of the Well of the Dragons and the Dung Gate, inspecting the walls of Jerusalem that had been breached and its gates that had been destroyed by fire. -- nehemiah 2:13 +. +I passed on to the Gate of the Well and the King's Pool, where there was not enough room for my animal to pass with me. -- nehemiah 2:14 +. +I continued up the valley during the night, inspecting the wall. Then I turned back and came to the Valley Gate, and so returned. -- nehemiah 2:15 +. +The officials did not know where I had gone or what I had been doing, for up to this point I had not told any of the Jews or the priests or the nobles or the officials or the rest of the workers. -- nehemiah 2:16 +. +Then I said to them, "You see the problem that we have: Jerusalem is desolate and its gates are burned. Come on! Let's rebuild the wall of Jerusalem so that this reproach will not continue." -- nehemiah 2:17 +. +Then I related to them how the good hand of my God was on me and what the king had said to me. Then they replied, "Let's begin rebuilding right away!" So they readied themselves for this good project. -- nehemiah 2:18 +. +But when Sanballat the Horonite, Tobiah the Ammonite official, and Geshem the Arab heard all this, they derided us and expressed contempt toward us. They said, "What is this you are doing? Are you rebelling against the king?" -- nehemiah 2:19 +. +I responded to them by saying, "The God of heaven will prosper us. We his servants will start the rebuilding. But you have no just or ancient right in Jerusalem." -- nehemiah 2:20 +. +Then Eliashib the high priest and his priestly colleagues arose and built the Sheep Gate. They dedicated it and erected its doors, working as far as the Tower of the Hundred and the Tower of Hananel. -- nehemiah 3:1 +. +The men of Jericho built adjacent to it, and Zaccur son of Imri built adjacent to them. -- nehemiah 3:2 +. +The sons of Hassenaah rebuilt the Fish Gate. They laid its beams and positioned its doors, its bolts, and its bars. -- nehemiah 3:3 +. +Meremoth son of Uriah, the son of Hakoz, worked on the section adjacent to them. Meshullam son of Berechiah the son of Meshezabel worked on the section next to them. And Zadok son of Baana worked on the section adjacent to them. -- nehemiah 3:4 +. +The men of Tekoa worked on the section adjacent to them, but their town leaders would not assist with the work of their master. -- nehemiah 3:5 +. +Joiada son of Paseah and Meshullam son of Besodeiah worked on the Jeshanah Gate. They laid its beams and positioned its doors, its bolts, and its bars. -- nehemiah 3:6 +. +Adjacent to them worked Melatiah the Gibeonite and Jadon the Meronothite, who were men of Gibeon and Mizpah. These towns were under the jurisdiction of the governor of Trans-Euphrates. -- nehemiah 3:7 +. +Uzziel son of Harhaiah, a member of the goldsmiths' guild, worked on the section adjacent to him. Hananiah, a member of the perfumers' guild, worked on the section adjacent to him. They plastered the city wall of Jerusalem as far as the Broad Wall. -- nehemiah 3:8 +. +Rephaiah son of Hur, head of a half-district of Jerusalem, worked on the section adjacent to them. -- nehemiah 3:9 +. +Jedaiah son of Harumaph worked on the section adjacent to them opposite his house, and Hattush son of Hashabneiah worked on the section adjacent to him. -- nehemiah 3:10 +. +Malkijah son of Harim and Hasshub son of Pahath-Moab worked on another section and the Tower of the Fire Pots. -- nehemiah 3:11 +. +Shallum son of Hallohesh, head of a half-district of Jerusalem, worked on the section adjacent to him, assisted by his daughters. -- nehemiah 3:12 +. +Hanun and the residents of Zanoah worked on the Valley Gate. They rebuilt it and positioned its doors, its bolts, and its bars, in addition to working on fifteen hundred feet of the wall as far as the Dung Gate. -- nehemiah 3:13 +. +Malkijah son of Recab, head of the district of Beth Hakkerem, worked on the Dung Gate. He rebuilt it and positioned its doors, its bolts, and its bars. -- nehemiah 3:14 +. +Shallun son of Col-Hozeh, head of the district of Mizpah, worked on the Fountain Gate. He rebuilt it, put on its roof, and positioned its doors, its bolts, and its bars. In addition, he rebuilt the wall of the Pool of Siloam, by the royal garden, as far as the steps that go down from the City of David. -- nehemiah 3:15 +. +Nehemiah son of Azbuk, head of a half-district of Beth Zur, worked after him as far as the tombs of David and the artificial pool and the House of the Warriors. -- nehemiah 3:16 +. +After him the Levites worked - Rehum son of Bani and after him Hashabiah, head of half the district of Keilah, for his district. -- nehemiah 3:17 +. +After him their relatives worked - Binnui son of Henadad, head of a half-district of Keilah. -- nehemiah 3:18 +. +Adjacent to him Ezer son of Jeshua, head of Mizpah, worked on another section, opposite the ascent to the armory at the buttress. -- nehemiah 3:19 +. +After him Baruch son of Zabbai worked on another section, from the buttress to the door of the house of Eliashib the high priest. -- nehemiah 3:20 +. +After him Meremoth son of Uriah, the son of Hakkoz, worked on another section from the door of Eliashib's house to the end of it. -- nehemiah 3:21 +. +After him the priests worked, men of the nearby district. -- nehemiah 3:22 +. +After them Benjamin and Hasshub worked opposite their house. After them Azariah son of Maaseiah, the son of Ananiah, worked near his house. -- nehemiah 3:23 +. +After him Binnui son of Henadad worked on another section, from the house of Azariah to the buttress and the corner. -- nehemiah 3:24 +. +After him Palal son of Uzai worked opposite the buttress and the tower that protrudes from the upper palace of the court of the guard. After him Pedaiah son of Parosh -- nehemiah 3:25 +. +and the temple servants who were living on Ophel worked up to the area opposite the Water Gate toward the east and the protruding tower. -- nehemiah 3:26 +. +After them the men of Tekoa worked on another section, from opposite the great protruding tower to the wall of Ophel. -- nehemiah 3:27 +. +Above the Horse Gate the priests worked, each in front of his house. -- nehemiah 3:28 +. +After them Zadok son of Immer worked opposite his house, and after him Shemaiah son of Shecaniah, guard at the East Gate, worked. -- nehemiah 3:29 +. +After him Hananiah son of Shelemiah, and Hanun, the sixth son of Zalaph, worked on another section. After them Meshullam son of Berechiah worked opposite his quarters. -- nehemiah 3:30 +. +After him Malkijah, one of the goldsmiths, worked as far as the house of the temple servants and the traders, opposite the Inspection Gate, and up to the room above the corner. -- nehemiah 3:31 +. +And between the room above the corner and the Sheep Gate the goldsmiths and traders worked. -- nehemiah 3:32 +. + Now when Sanballat heard that we were rebuilding the wall he became angry and was quite upset. He derided the Jews, -- nehemiah 4:1 +. +and in the presence of his colleagues and the army of Samaria he said, "What are these feeble Jews doing? Will they be left to themselves? Will they again offer sacrifice? Will they finish this in a day? Can they bring these burnt stones to life again from piles of dust?" -- nehemiah 4:2 +. +Then Tobiah the Ammonite, who was close by, said, "If even a fox were to climb up on what they are building, it would break down their wall of stones!" -- nehemiah 4:3 +. +Hear, O our God, for we are despised! Return their reproach on their own head! Reduce them to plunder in a land of exile! -- nehemiah 4:4 +. +Do not cover their iniquity, and do not wipe out their sin from before them. For they have bitterly offended the builders! -- nehemiah 4:5 +. +So we rebuilt the wall, and the entire wall was joined together up to half its height. The people were enthusiastic in their work. -- nehemiah 4:6 +. + When Sanballat, Tobiah, the Arabs, the Ammonites, and the people of Ashdod heard that the restoration of the walls of Jerusalem had moved ahead and that the breaches had begun to be closed, they were very angry. -- nehemiah 4:7 +. +All of them conspired together to move with armed forces against Jerusalem and to create a disturbance in it. -- nehemiah 4:8 +. +So we prayed to our God and stationed a guard to protect against them both day and night. -- nehemiah 4:9 +. +Then those in Judah said, "The strength of the laborers has failed! The debris is so great that we are unable to rebuild the wall." -- nehemiah 4:10 +. +Our adversaries also boasted, "Before they are aware or anticipate anything, we will come in among them and kill them, and we will bring this work to a halt!" -- nehemiah 4:11 +. +So it happened that the Jews who were living near them came and warned us repeatedly about all the schemes they were plotting against us. -- nehemiah 4:12 +. +So I stationed people at the lower places behind the wall in the exposed places. I stationed the people by families, with their swords, spears, and bows. -- nehemiah 4:13 +. +When I had made an inspection, I stood up and said to the nobles, the officials, and the rest of the people, "Don't be afraid of them. Remember the great and awesome Lord, and fight on behalf of your brothers, your sons, your daughters, your wives, and your families!" -- nehemiah 4:14 +. +It so happened that when our adversaries heard that we were aware of these matters, God frustrated their intentions. Then all of us returned to the wall, each to his own work. -- nehemiah 4:15 +. +From that day forward, half of my men were doing the work and half of them were taking up spears, shields, bows, and body armor. Now the officers were behind all the people of Judah -- nehemiah 4:16 +. +who were rebuilding the wall. Those who were carrying loads did so by keeping one hand on the work and the other on their weapon. -- nehemiah 4:17 +. +The builders to a man had their swords strapped to their sides while they were building. But the trumpeter remained with me. -- nehemiah 4:18 +. +I said to the nobles, the officials, and the rest of the people, "The work is demanding and extensive, and we are spread out on the wall, far removed from one another. -- nehemiah 4:19 +. +Wherever you hear the sound of the trumpet, gather there with us. Our God will fight for us!" -- nehemiah 4:20 +. +So we worked on, with half holding spears, from dawn till dusk. -- nehemiah 4:21 +. +At that time I instructed the people, "Let every man and his coworker spend the night in Jerusalem and let them be guards for us by night and workers by day. -- nehemiah 4:22 +. +We did not change clothes - not I, nor my relatives, nor my workers, nor the watchmen who were with me. Each had his weapon, even when getting a drink of water. -- nehemiah 4:23 +. +Then there was a great outcry from the people and their wives against their fellow Jews. -- nehemiah 5:1 +. +There were those who said, "With our sons and daughters, we are many. We must obtain grain in order to eat and stay alive." -- nehemiah 5:2 +. +There were others who said, "We are putting up our fields, our vineyards, and our houses as collateral in order to obtain grain during the famine." -- nehemiah 5:3 +. +Then there were those who said, "We have borrowed money to pay our taxes to the king on our fields and our vineyards. -- nehemiah 5:4 +. +And now, though we share the same flesh and blood as our fellow countrymen, and our children are just like their children, still we have found it necessary to subject our sons and daughters to slavery. Some of our daughters have been subjected to slavery, while we are powerless to help, since our fields and vineyards now belong to other people." -- nehemiah 5:5 +. +I was very angry when I heard their outcry and these complaints. -- nehemiah 5:6 +. +I considered these things carefully and then registered a complaint with the wealthy and the officials. I said to them, "Each one of you is seizing the collateral from your own countrymen!" Because of them I called for a great public assembly. -- nehemiah 5:7 +. +I said to them, "To the extent possible we have bought back our fellow Jews who had been sold to the Gentiles. But now you yourselves want to sell your own countrymen, so that we can then buy them back!" They were utterly silent, and could find nothing to say. -- nehemiah 5:8 +. +Then I said, "The thing that you are doing is wrong! Should you not conduct yourselves in the fear of our God in order to avoid the reproach of the Gentiles who are our enemies? -- nehemiah 5:9 +. +Even I and my relatives and my associates are lending them money and grain. But let us abandon this practice of seizing collateral! -- nehemiah 5:10 +. +This very day return to them their fields, their vineyards, their olive trees, and their houses, along with the interest that you are exacting from them on the money, the grain, the new wine, and the olive oil." -- nehemiah 5:11 +. +They replied, "We will return these things, and we will no longer demand anything from them. We will do just as you say." Then I called the priests and made the wealthy and the officials swear to do what had been promised. -- nehemiah 5:12 +. +I also shook out my garment, and I said, "In this way may God shake out from his house and his property every person who does not carry out this matter. In this way may he be shaken out and emptied!" All the assembly replied, "So be it!" and they praised the LORD. Then the people did as they had promised. -- nehemiah 5:13 +. +From the day that I was appointed governor in the land of Judah, that is, from the twentieth year until the thirty-second year of King Artaxerxes - twelve years in all - neither I nor my relatives ate the food allotted to the governor. -- nehemiah 5:14 +. +But the former governors who preceded me had burdened the people and had taken food and wine from them, in addition to forty shekels of silver. Their associates were also domineering over the people. But I did not behave in this way, due to my fear of God. -- nehemiah 5:15 +. +I gave myself to the work on this wall, without even purchasing a field. All my associates were gathered there for the work. -- nehemiah 5:16 +. +There were Jews and officials who dined with me routinely, in addition to those who came to us from the nations all around us. -- nehemiah 5:17 +. +Every day one ox, six select sheep, and some birds were prepared for me, and every ten days all kinds of wine in abundance. Despite all this I did not require the food allotted to the governor, for the work was demanding on this people. -- nehemiah 5:18 +. +Please remember me for good, O my God, for all that I have done for this people. -- nehemiah 5:19 +. +When Sanballat, Tobiah, Geshem the Arab, and the rest of our enemies heard that I had rebuilt the wall and no breach remained in it (even though up to that time I had not positioned doors in the gates), -- nehemiah 6:1 +. +Sanballat and Geshem sent word to me saying, "Come on! Let's set up a time to meet together at Kephirim in the plain of Ono." Now they intended to do me harm. -- nehemiah 6:2 +. +So I sent messengers to them saying, "I am engaged in an important work, and I am unable to come down. Why should the work come to a halt when I leave it to come down to you?" -- nehemiah 6:3 +. +They contacted me four times in this way, and I responded the same way each time. -- nehemiah 6:4 +. +The fifth time that Sanballat sent his assistant to me in this way, he had an open letter in his hand. -- nehemiah 6:5 +. +Written in it were the following words: "Among the nations it is rumored (and Geshem has substantiated this) that you and the Jews have intentions of revolting, and for this reason you are building the wall. Furthermore, according to these rumors you are going to become their king. -- nehemiah 6:6 +. +You have also established prophets to announce in Jerusalem on your behalf, 'We have a king in Judah!' Now the king is going to hear about these rumors. So come on! Let's talk about this." -- nehemiah 6:7 +. +I sent word back to him, "We are not engaged in these activities you are describing. All of this is a figment of your imagination." -- nehemiah 6:8 +. +All of them were wanting to scare us, supposing, "Their hands will grow slack from the work, and it won't get done." So now, strengthen my hands! -- nehemiah 6:9 +. +Then I went to the house of Shemaiah son of Delaiah, the son of Mehetabel. He was confined to his home. He said, "Let's set up a time to meet in the house of God, within the temple. Let's close the doors of the temple, for they are coming to kill you. It will surely be at night that they will come to kill you." -- nehemiah 6:10 +. +But I replied, "Should a man like me run away? Would someone like me flee to the temple in order to save his life? I will not go!" -- nehemiah 6:11 +. +I recognized the fact that God had not sent him, for he had spoken the prophecy against me as a hired agent of Tobiah and Sanballat. -- nehemiah 6:12 +. +He had been hired to scare me so that I would do this and thereby sin. They would thus bring reproach on me and I would be discredited. -- nehemiah 6:13 +. +Remember, O my God, Tobiah and Sanballat in light of these actions of theirs - also Noadiah the prophetess and the other prophets who were trying to scare me! -- nehemiah 6:14 +. +So the wall was completed on the twenty-fifth day of Elul, in just fifty-two days. -- nehemiah 6:15 +. +When all our enemies heard and all the nations who were around us saw this, they were greatly disheartened. They knew that this work had been accomplished with the help of our God. -- nehemiah 6:16 +. +In those days the aristocrats of Judah repeatedly sent letters to Tobiah, and responses from Tobiah were repeatedly coming to them. -- nehemiah 6:17 +. +For many in Judah had sworn allegiance to him, because he was the son-in-law of Shecaniah son of Arah. His son Jonathan had married the daughter of Meshullam son of Berechiah. -- nehemiah 6:18 +. +They were telling me about his good deeds and then taking back to him the things I said. Tobiah, on the other hand, sent letters in order to scare me. -- nehemiah 6:19 +. +When the wall had been rebuilt and I had positioned the doors, and the gatekeepers, the singers, and the Levites had been appointed, -- nehemiah 7:1 +. +I then put in charge over Jerusalem my brother Hanani and Hananiah the chief of the citadel, for he was a faithful man and feared God more than many do. -- nehemiah 7:2 +. +I said to them, "The gates of Jerusalem must not be opened in the early morning, until those who are standing guard close the doors and lock them. Position residents of Jerusalem as guards, some at their guard stations and some near their homes." -- nehemiah 7:3 +. +Now the city was spread out and large, and there were not a lot of people in it. At that time houses had not been rebuilt. -- nehemiah 7:4 +. +My God placed it on my heart to gather the leaders, the officials, and the ordinary people so they could be enrolled on the basis of genealogy. I found the genealogical records of those who had formerly returned. Here is what I found written in that record: -- nehemiah 7:5 +. +These are the people of the province who returned from the captivity of the exiles, whom King Nebuchadnezzar of Babylon had forced into exile. They returned to Jerusalem and to Judah, each to his own city. -- nehemiah 7:6 +. +They came with Zerubbabel, Jeshua, Nehemiah, Azariah, Raamiah, Nahamani, Mordecai, Bilshan, Mispereth, Bigvai, Nehum, and Baanah. The number of Israelite men was as follows: -- nehemiah 7:7 +. +the descendants of Parosh, 2,172; -- nehemiah 7:8 +. +the descendants of Shephatiah, 372; -- nehemiah 7:9 +. +the descendants of Arah, 652; -- nehemiah 7:10 +. +the descendants of Pahath-Moab (from the line of Jeshua and Joab), 2,818; -- nehemiah 7:11 +. +the descendants of Elam, 1,254; -- nehemiah 7:12 +. +the descendants of Zattu, 845; -- nehemiah 7:13 +. +the descendants of Zaccai, 760; -- nehemiah 7:14 +. +the descendants of Binnui, 648; -- nehemiah 7:15 +. +the descendants of Bebai, 628; -- nehemiah 7:16 +. +the descendants of Azgad, 2,322; -- nehemiah 7:17 +. +the descendants of Adonikam, 667; -- nehemiah 7:18 +. +the descendants of Bigvai, 2,067; -- nehemiah 7:19 +. +the descendants of Adin, 655; -- nehemiah 7:20 +. +the descendants of Ater (through Hezekiah), 98; -- nehemiah 7:21 +. +the descendants of Hashum, 328; -- nehemiah 7:22 +. +the descendants of Bezai, 324; -- nehemiah 7:23 +. +the descendants of Harif, 112; -- nehemiah 7:24 +. +the descendants of Gibeon, 95; -- nehemiah 7:25 +. +The men of Bethlehem and Netophah, 188; -- nehemiah 7:26 +. +the men of Anathoth, 128; -- nehemiah 7:27 +. +the men of the family of Azmaveth, 42; -- nehemiah 7:28 +. +the men of Kiriath Jearim, Kephirah, and Beeroth, 743; -- nehemiah 7:29 +. +the men of Ramah and Geba, 621; -- nehemiah 7:30 +. +the men of Micmash, 122; -- nehemiah 7:31 +. +the men of Bethel and Ai, 123; -- nehemiah 7:32 +. +the men of the other Nebo, 52; -- nehemiah 7:33 +. +the descendants of the other Elam, 1,254; -- nehemiah 7:34 +. +the descendants of Harim, 320; -- nehemiah 7:35 +. +the descendants of Jericho, 345; -- nehemiah 7:36 +. +the descendants of Lod, Hadid, and Ono, 721; -- nehemiah 7:37 +. +the descendants of Senaah, 3,930. -- nehemiah 7:38 +. +The priests: the descendants of Jedaiah (through the family of Jeshua), 973; -- nehemiah 7:39 +. +the descendants of Immer, 1,052; -- nehemiah 7:40 +. +the descendants of Pashhur, 1,247; -- nehemiah 7:41 +. +the descendants of Harim, 1,017. -- nehemiah 7:42 +. +The Levites: the descendants of Jeshua (through Kadmiel, through the line of Hodaviah), 74. -- nehemiah 7:43 +. +The singers: the descendants of Asaph, 148. -- nehemiah 7:44 +. +The gatekeepers: the descendants of Shallum, the descendants of Ater, the descendants of Talmon, the descendants of Akkub, the descendants of Hatita, and the descendants of Shobai, 138. -- nehemiah 7:45 +. +The temple servants: the descendants of Ziha, the descendants of Hasupha, the descendants of Tabbaoth, -- nehemiah 7:46 +. +the descendants of Keros, the descendants of Sia, the descendants of Padon, -- nehemiah 7:47 +. +the descendants of Lebanah, the descendants of Hagabah, the descendants of Shalmai, -- nehemiah 7:48 +. +the descendants of Hanan, the descendants of Giddel, the descendants of Gahar, -- nehemiah 7:49 +. +the descendants of Reaiah, the descendants of Rezin, the descendants of Nekoda, -- nehemiah 7:50 +. +the descendants of Gazzam, the descendants of Uzzah, the descendants of Paseah, -- nehemiah 7:51 +. +the descendants of Besai, the descendants of Meunim, the descendants of Nephussim, -- nehemiah 7:52 +. +the descendants of Bakbuk, the descendants of Hakupha, the descendants of Harhur, -- nehemiah 7:53 +. +the descendants of Bazluth, the descendants of Mehida, the descendants of Harsha, -- nehemiah 7:54 +. +the descendants of Barkos, the descendants of Sisera, the descendants of Temah, -- nehemiah 7:55 +. +the descendants of Neziah, the descendants of Hatipha. -- nehemiah 7:56 +. +The descendants of the servants of Solomon: the descendants of Sotai, the descendants of Sophereth, the descendants of Perida, -- nehemiah 7:57 +. +the descendants of Jaala, the descendants of Darkon, the descendants of Giddel, -- nehemiah 7:58 +. +the descendants of Shephatiah, the descendants of Hattil, the descendants of Pokereth-Hazzebaim, and the descendants of Amon. -- nehemiah 7:59 +. +All the temple servants and the descendants of the servants of Solomon, 392. -- nehemiah 7:60 +. +These are the ones who came up from Tel Melah, Tel Harsha, Kerub, Addon, and Immer (although they were unable to certify their family connection or their ancestry, as to whether they were really from Israel): -- nehemiah 7:61 +. +the descendants of Delaiah, the descendants of Tobiah, and the descendants of Nekoda, 642. -- nehemiah 7:62 +. +And from among the priests: the descendants of Hobaiah, the descendants of Hakkoz, and the descendants of Barzillai (who had married a woman from the daughters of Barzillai the Gileadite and was called by that name). -- nehemiah 7:63 +. +They searched for their records in the genealogical materials, but none were found. They were therefore excluded from the priesthood. -- nehemiah 7:64 +. +The governor instructed them not to eat any of the sacred food until there was a priest who could consult the Urim and Thummim. -- nehemiah 7:65 +. +The entire group numbered 42,360, -- nehemiah 7:66 +. +not counting their 7,male and female servants. They also had 245 male and female singers. -- nehemiah 7:67 +. +They had horses, 245 mules, -- nehemiah 7:68 +. + camels, and 6,720 donkeys. -- nehemiah 7:69 +. +Some of the family leaders contributed to the work. The governor contributed to the treasury 1,gold drachmas, 50 bowls, and 530 priestly garments. -- nehemiah 7:70 +. +Some of the family leaders gave to the project treasury 20,gold drachmas and 2,200 silver minas. -- nehemiah 7:71 +. +What the rest of the people gave amounted to 20,gold drachmas, 2,000 silver minas, and 67 priestly garments. -- nehemiah 7:72 +. +The priests, the Levites, the gatekeepers, the singers, some of the people, the temple servants, and all the rest of Israel lived in their cities.When the seventh month arrived and the Israelites were settled in their cities, -- nehemiah 7:73 +. +all the people gathered together in the plaza which was in front of the Water Gate. They asked Ezra the scribe to bring the book of the law of Moses which the LORD had commanded Israel. -- nehemiah 8:1 +. +So Ezra the priest brought the law before the assembly which included men and women and all those able to understand what they heard. (This happened on the first day of the seventh month.) -- nehemiah 8:2 +. +So he read it before the plaza in front of the Water Gate from dawn till noon before the men and women and those children who could understand. All the people were eager to hear the book of the law. -- nehemiah 8:3 +. +Ezra the scribe stood on a towering wooden platform constructed for this purpose. Standing near him on his right were Mattithiah, Shema, Anaiah, Uriah, Hilkiah, and Masseiah. On his left were Pedaiah, Mishael, Malkijah, Hashum, Hashbaddanah, Zechariah, and Meshullam. -- nehemiah 8:4 +. +Ezra opened the book in plain view of all the people, for he was elevated above all the people. When he opened the book, all the people stood up. -- nehemiah 8:5 +. +Ezra blessed the LORD, the great God, and all the people replied "Amen! Amen!" as they lifted their hands. Then they bowed down and worshiped the LORD with their faces to the ground. -- nehemiah 8:6 +. +Jeshua, Bani, Sherebiah, Jamin, Akkub, Shabbethai, Hodiah, Maaseiah, Kelita, Azariah, Jozabad, Hanan, and Pelaiah - all of whom were Levites - were teaching the people the law, as the people remained standing. -- nehemiah 8:7 +. +They read from the book of God's law, explaining it and imparting insight. Thus the people gained understanding from what was read. -- nehemiah 8:8 +. +Then Nehemiah the governor, Ezra the priestly scribe, and the Levites who were imparting understanding to the people said to all of them, "This day is holy to the LORD your God. Do not mourn or weep." For all the people had been weeping when they heard the words of the law. -- nehemiah 8:9 +. +He said to them, "Go and eat delicacies and drink sweet drinks and send portions to those for whom nothing is prepared. For this day is holy to our Lord. Do not grieve, for the joy of the LORD is your strength." -- nehemiah 8:10 +. +Then the Levites quieted all the people saying, "Be quiet, for this day is holy. Do not grieve." -- nehemiah 8:11 +. +So all the people departed to eat and drink and to share their food with others and to enjoy tremendous joy, for they had gained insight in the matters that had been made known to them. -- nehemiah 8:12 +. +On the second day of the month the family leaders met with Ezra the scribe, together with all the people, the priests, and the Levites, to consider the words of the law. -- nehemiah 8:13 +. +They discovered written in the law that the LORD had commanded through Moses that the Israelites should live in temporary shelters during the festival of the seventh month, -- nehemiah 8:14 +. +and that they should make a proclamation and disseminate this message in all their cities and in Jerusalem: "Go to the hill country and bring back olive branches and branches of wild olive trees, myrtle trees, date palms, and other leafy trees to construct temporary shelters, as it is written." -- nehemiah 8:15 +. +So the people went out and brought these things back and constructed temporary shelters for themselves, each on his roof and in his courtyard and in the courtyards of the temple of God and in the plaza of the Water Gate and the plaza of the Ephraim Gate. -- nehemiah 8:16 +. +So all the assembly which had returned from the exile constructed temporary shelters and lived in them. The Israelites had not done so from the days of Joshua son of Nun until that day. Everyone experienced very great joy. -- nehemiah 8:17 +. +Ezra read in the book of the law of God day by day, from the first day to the last. They observed the festival for seven days, and on the eighth day they held an assembly as was required. -- nehemiah 8:18 +. +On the twenty-fourth day of this same month the Israelites assembled; they were fasting and wearing sackcloth, their heads covered with dust. -- nehemiah 9:1 +. +Those truly of Israelite descent separated from all the foreigners, standing and confessing their sins and the iniquities of their ancestors. -- nehemiah 9:2 +. +For one-fourth of the day they stood in their place and read from the book of the law of the LORD their God, and for another fourth they were confessing their sins and worshiping the LORD their God. -- nehemiah 9:3 +. +Then the Levites - Jeshua, Binnui, Kadmiel, Shebaniah, Bunni, Sherebiah, Bani, and Kenani - stood on the steps and called out loudly to the LORD their God. -- nehemiah 9:4 +. +The Levites - Jeshua, Kadmiel, Bani, Hashabneiah, Sherebiah, Hodiah, Shebaniah, and Pethahiah - said, "Stand up and bless the LORD your God!" "May you be blessed, O LORD our God, from age to age. May your glorious name be blessed; may it be lifted up above all blessing and praise. -- nehemiah 9:5 +. +You alone are the LORD. You made the heavens, even the highest heavens, along with all their multitude of stars, the earth and all that is on it, the seas and all that is in them. You impart life to them all, and the multitudes of heaven worship you. -- nehemiah 9:6 +. +"You are the LORD God who chose Abram and brought him forth from Ur of the Chaldeans. You changed his name to Abraham. -- nehemiah 9:7 +. +When you perceived that his heart was faithful toward you, you established a covenant with him to give his descendants the land of the Canaanites, the Hittites, the Amorites, the Perizzites, the Jebusites, and the Girgashites. You have fulfilled your promise, for you are righteous. -- nehemiah 9:8 +. +"You saw the affliction of our ancestors in Egypt, and you heard their cry at the Red Sea. -- nehemiah 9:9 +. +You performed awesome signs against Pharaoh, against his servants, and against all the people of his land, for you knew that the Egyptians had acted presumptuously against them. You made for yourself a name that is celebrated to this day. -- nehemiah 9:10 +. +You split the sea before them, and they crossed through the sea on dry ground! But you threw their pursuers into the depths, like a stone into surging waters. -- nehemiah 9:11 +. +You guided them with a pillar of cloud by day and with a pillar of fire by night to illumine for them the path they were to travel. -- nehemiah 9:12 +. +"You came down on Mount Sinai and spoke with them from heaven. You provided them with just judgments, true laws, and good statutes and commandments. -- nehemiah 9:13 +. +You made known to them your holy Sabbath; you issued commandments, statutes, and law to them through Moses your servant. -- nehemiah 9:14 +. +You provided bread from heaven for them in their time of hunger, and you brought forth water from the rock for them in their time of thirst. You told them to enter in order to possess the land that you had sworn to give them. -- nehemiah 9:15 +. +"But they - our ancestors - behaved presumptuously; they rebelled and did not obey your commandments. -- nehemiah 9:16 +. +They refused to obey and did not recall your miracles that you had performed among them. Instead, they rebelled and appointed a leader to return to their bondage in Egypt. But you are a God of forgiveness, merciful and compassionate, slow to get angry and unfailing in your loyal love. You did not abandon them, -- nehemiah 9:17 +. +even when they made a cast image of a calf for themselves and said, 'This is your God who brought you up from Egypt,' or when they committed atrocious blasphemies. -- nehemiah 9:18 +. +"Due to your great compassion you did not abandon them in the desert. The pillar of cloud did not stop guiding them in the path by day, nor did the pillar of fire stop illuminating for them by night the path on which they should travel. -- nehemiah 9:19 +. +You imparted your good Spirit to instruct them. You did not withhold your manna from their mouths; you provided water for their thirst. -- nehemiah 9:20 +. +For forty years you sustained them. Even in the desert they never lacked anything. Their clothes did not wear out and their feet did not swell. -- nehemiah 9:21 +. +"You gave them kingdoms and peoples, and you allocated them to every corner of the land. They inherited the land of King Sihon of Heshbon and the land of King Og of Bashan. -- nehemiah 9:22 +. +You multiplied their descendants like the stars of the sky. You brought them to the land you had told their ancestors to enter in order to possess. -- nehemiah 9:23 +. +Their descendants entered and possessed the land. You subdued before them the Canaanites who were the inhabitants of the land. You delivered them into their hand, together with their kings and the peoples of the land, to deal with as they pleased. -- nehemiah 9:24 +. +They captured fortified cities and fertile land. They took possession of houses full of all sorts of good things - wells previously dug, vineyards, olive trees, and fruit trees in abundance. They ate until they were full and grew fat. They enjoyed to the full your great goodness. -- nehemiah 9:25 +. +"Nonetheless they grew disobedient and rebelled against you; they disregarded your law. They killed your prophets who had solemnly admonished them in order to cause them to return to you. They committed atrocious blasphemies. -- nehemiah 9:26 +. +Therefore you delivered them into the hand of their adversaries, who oppressed them. But in the time of their distress they called to you, and you heard from heaven. In your abundant compassion you provided them with deliverers to rescue them from their adversaries. -- nehemiah 9:27 +. +"Then, when they were at rest again, they went back to doing evil before you. Then you abandoned them to their enemies, and they gained dominion over them. When they again cried out to you, in your compassion you heard from heaven and rescued them time and again. -- nehemiah 9:28 +. +And you solemnly admonished them in order to return them to your law, but they behaved presumptuously and did not obey your commandments. They sinned against your ordinances - those by which an individual, if he obeys them, will live. They boldly turned from you; they rebelled and did not obey. -- nehemiah 9:29 +. +You prolonged your kindness with them for many years, and you solemnly admonished them by your Spirit through your prophets. Still they paid no attention, so you delivered them into the hands of the neighboring peoples. -- nehemiah 9:30 +. +However, due to your abundant mercy you did not do away with them altogether; you did not abandon them. For you are a merciful and compassionate God. -- nehemiah 9:31 +. +"So now, our God - the great, powerful, and awesome God, who keeps covenant fidelity - do not regard as inconsequential all the hardship that has befallen us - our kings, our leaders, our priests, our prophets, our ancestors, and all your people - from the days of the kings of Assyria until this very day! -- nehemiah 9:32 +. +You are righteous with regard to all that has happened to us, for you have acted faithfully. It is we who have been in the wrong! -- nehemiah 9:33 +. +Our kings, our leaders, our priests, and our ancestors have not kept your law. They have not paid attention to your commandments or your testimonies by which you have solemnly admonished them. -- nehemiah 9:34 +. +Even when they were in their kingdom and benefiting from your incredible goodness that you had lavished on them in the spacious and fertile land you had set before them, they did not serve you, nor did they turn from their evil practices. -- nehemiah 9:35 +. +"So today we are slaves! In the very land you gave to our ancestors to eat its fruit and to enjoy its good things - we are slaves! -- nehemiah 9:36 +. +Its abundant produce goes to the kings you have placed over us due to our sins. They rule over our bodies and our livestock as they see fit, and we are in great distress! -- nehemiah 9:37 +. + "Because of all of this we are entering into a binding covenant in written form; our leaders, our Levites, and our priests have affixed their names on the sealed document." -- nehemiah 9:38 +. +On the sealed documents were the following names: Nehemiah the governor, son of Hacaliah, along with Zedekiah, -- nehemiah 10:1 +. +Seraiah, Azariah, Jeremiah, -- nehemiah 10:2 +. +Pashhur, Amariah, Malkijah, -- nehemiah 10:3 +. +Hattush, Shebaniah, Malluch, -- nehemiah 10:4 +. +Harim, Meremoth, Obadiah, -- nehemiah 10:5 +. +Daniel, Ginnethon, Baruch, -- nehemiah 10:6 +. +Meshullam, Abijah, Mijamin, -- nehemiah 10:7 +. +Maaziah, Bilgai, and Shemaiah. These were the priests. -- nehemiah 10:8 +. +The Levites were as follows: Jeshua son of Azaniah, Binnui of the sons of Henadad, Kadmiel. -- nehemiah 10:9 +. +Their colleagues were as follows: Shebaniah, Hodiah, Kelita, Pelaiah, Hanan, -- nehemiah 10:10 +. +Mica, Rehob, Hashabiah, -- nehemiah 10:11 +. +Zaccur, Sherebiah, Shebaniah, -- nehemiah 10:12 +. +Hodiah, Bani, and Beninu. -- nehemiah 10:13 +. +The leaders of the people were as follows: Parosh, Pahath-Moab, Elam, Zattu, Bani, -- nehemiah 10:14 +. +Bunni, Azgad, Bebai, -- nehemiah 10:15 +. +Adonijah, Bigvai, Adin, -- nehemiah 10:16 +. +Ater, Hezekiah, Azzur, -- nehemiah 10:17 +. +Hodiah, Hashum, Bezai, -- nehemiah 10:18 +. +Hariph, Anathoth, Nebai, -- nehemiah 10:19 +. +Magpiash, Meshullam, Hezir, -- nehemiah 10:20 +. +Meshezabel, Zadok, Jaddua, -- nehemiah 10:21 +. +Pelatiah, Hanan, Anaiah, -- nehemiah 10:22 +. +Hoshea, Hananiah, Hasshub, -- nehemiah 10:23 +. +Hallohesh, Pilha, Shobek, -- nehemiah 10:24 +. +Rehum, Hashabnah, Maaseiah, -- nehemiah 10:25 +. +Ahiah, Hanan, Anan, -- nehemiah 10:26 +. +Malluch, Harim, and Baanah. -- nehemiah 10:27 +. +"Now the rest of the people - the priests, the Levites, the gatekeepers, the singers, the temple attendants, and all those who have separated themselves from the neighboring peoples because of the law of God, along with their wives, their sons, and their daughters, all of whom are able to understand - -- nehemiah 10:28 +. +hereby participate with their colleagues the town leaders and enter into a curse and an oath to adhere to the law of God which was given through Moses the servant of God, and to obey carefully all the commandments of the LORD our Lord, along with his ordinances and his statutes. -- nehemiah 10:29 +. +"We will not give our daughters in marriage to the neighboring peoples, and we will not take their daughters in marriage for our sons. -- nehemiah 10:30 +. +We will not buy on the Sabbath or on a holy day from the neighboring peoples who bring their wares and all kinds of grain to sell on the Sabbath day. We will let the fields lie fallow every seventh year, and we will cancel every loan. -- nehemiah 10:31 +. +We accept responsibility for fulfilling the commands to give one third of a shekel each year for the work of the temple of our God, -- nehemiah 10:32 +. +for the loaves of presentation and for the regular grain offerings and regular burnt offerings, for the Sabbaths, for the new moons, for the appointed meetings, for the holy offerings, for the sin offerings to make atonement for Israel, and for all the work of the temple of our God. -- nehemiah 10:33 +. +"We - the priests, the Levites, and the people - have cast lots concerning the wood offerings, to bring them to the temple of our God according to our families at the designated times year by year to burn on the altar of the LORD our God, as is written in the law. -- nehemiah 10:34 +. +We also accept responsibility for bringing the first fruits of our land and the first fruits of every fruit tree year by year to the temple of the LORD. -- nehemiah 10:35 +. +We also accept responsibility, as is written in the law, for bringing the firstborn of our sons and our cattle and the firstborn of our herds and of our flocks to the temple of our God, to the priests who are ministering in the temple of our God. -- nehemiah 10:36 +. +We will also bring the first of our coarse meal, of our contributions, of the fruit of every tree, of new wine, and of olive oil to the priests at the storerooms of the temple of our God, along with a tenth of the produce of our land to the Levites, for the Levites are the ones who collect the tithes in all the cities where we work. -- nehemiah 10:37 +. +A priest of Aaron's line will be with the Levites when the Levites collect the tithes, and the Levites will bring up a tenth of the tithes to the temple of our God, to the storerooms of the treasury. -- nehemiah 10:38 +. +The Israelites and the Levites will bring the contribution of the grain, the new wine, and the olive oil to the storerooms where the utensils of the sanctuary are kept, and where the priests who minister stay, along with the gatekeepers and the singers. We will not neglect the temple of our God." -- nehemiah 10:39 +. +So the leaders of the people settled in Jerusalem, while the rest of the people cast lots to bring one out of every ten to settle in Jerusalem, the holy city, while the other nine remained in other cities. -- nehemiah 11:1 +. +The people gave their blessing on all the men who volunteered to settle in Jerusalem. -- nehemiah 11:2 +. +These are the provincial leaders who settled in Jerusalem. (While other Israelites, the priests, the Levites, the temple attendants, and the sons of the servants of Solomon settled in the cities of Judah, each on his own property in their cities, -- nehemiah 11:3 +. +some of the descendants of Judah and some of the descendants of Benjamin settled in Jerusalem.) Of the descendants of Judah: Athaiah son of Uzziah, the son of Zechariah, the son of Amariah, the son of Shephatiah, the son of Mahalalel, from the descendants of Perez; -- nehemiah 11:4 +. +and Maaseiah son of Baruch, the son of Col-Hozeh, the son of Hazaiah, the son of Adaiah, the son of Joiarib, the son of Zechariah, from the descendants of Shelah. -- nehemiah 11:5 +. +The sum total of the descendants of Perez who were settling in Jerusalem was exceptional men. -- nehemiah 11:6 +. +These are the descendants of Benjamin: Sallu son of Meshullam, the son of Joed, the son of Pedaiah, the son of Kolaiah, the son of Maaseiah, the son of Ithiel, the son of Jeshaiah, -- nehemiah 11:7 +. +and his followers, Gabbai and Sallai - in all. -- nehemiah 11:8 +. +Joel son of Zicri was the officer in charge of them, and Judah son of Hassenuah was second-in-command over the city. -- nehemiah 11:9 +. +From the priests: Jedaiah son of Joiarib, Jakin, -- nehemiah 11:10 +. +Seraiah son of Hilkiah, the son of Meshullam, the son of Zadok, the son of Meraioth, the son of Ahitub, supervisor in the temple of God, -- nehemiah 11:11 +. +and their colleagues who were carrying out work for the temple - 822; and Adaiah son of Jeroham, the son of Pelaliah, the son of Amzi, the son of Zechariah, the son of Pashhur, the son of Malkijah, -- nehemiah 11:12 +. +and his colleagues who were heads of families - 242; and Amashsai son of Azarel, the son of Ahzai, the son of Meshillemoth, the son of Immer, -- nehemiah 11:13 +. +and his colleagues who were exceptional men - 128. The officer over them was Zabdiel the son of Haggedolim. -- nehemiah 11:14 +. +From the Levites: Shemaiah son of Hasshub, the son of Azrikam, the son of Hashabiah, the son of Bunni; -- nehemiah 11:15 +. +Shabbethai and Jozabad, leaders of the Levites, were in charge of the external work for the temple of God; -- nehemiah 11:16 +. +Mattaniah son of Mica, the son of Zabdi, the son of Asaph, the praise leader who led in thanksgiving and prayer; Bakbukiah, second among his colleagues; and Abda son of Shammua, the son of Galal, the son of Jeduthun. -- nehemiah 11:17 +. +The sum total of the Levites in the holy city was 284. -- nehemiah 11:18 +. +And the gatekeepers: Akkub, Talmon and their colleagues who were guarding the gates - 172. -- nehemiah 11:19 +. +And the rest of the Israelites, with the priests and the Levites, were in all the cities of Judah, each on his own property. -- nehemiah 11:20 +. +The temple attendants were living on Ophel, and Ziha and Gishpa were over them. -- nehemiah 11:21 +. +The overseer of the Levites in Jerusalem was Uzzi son of Bani, the son of Hashabiah, the son of Mattaniah, the son of Mica. He was one of Asaph's descendants who were the singers responsible for the service of the temple of God. -- nehemiah 11:22 +. +For they were under royal orders which determined their activity day by day. -- nehemiah 11:23 +. +Pethahiah son of Meshezabel, one of the descendants of Zerah son of Judah, was an adviser to the king in every matter pertaining to the people. -- nehemiah 11:24 +. +As for the settlements with their fields, some of the people of Judah settled in Kiriath Arba and its neighboring villages, in Dibon and its villages, in Jekabzeel and its settlements, -- nehemiah 11:25 +. +in Jeshua, in Moladah, in Beth Pelet, -- nehemiah 11:26 +. +in Hazar Shual, in Beer Sheba and its villages, -- nehemiah 11:27 +. +in Ziklag, in Meconah and its villages, -- nehemiah 11:28 +. +in En Rimmon, in Zorah, in Jarmuth, -- nehemiah 11:29 +. +Zanoah, Adullam and their settlements, in Lachish and its fields, and in Azekah and its villages. So they were encamped from Beer Sheba to the Valley of Hinnom. -- nehemiah 11:30 +. +Some of the descendants of Benjamin settled in Geba, Micmash, Aija, Bethel and its villages, -- nehemiah 11:31 +. +in Anathoth, Nob, and Ananiah, -- nehemiah 11:32 +. +in Hazor, Ramah, and Gittaim, -- nehemiah 11:33 +. +in Hadid, Zeboim, and Neballat, -- nehemiah 11:34 +. +in Lod, Ono, and the Valley of the Craftsmen. -- nehemiah 11:35 +. +Some of the Judean divisions of the Levites settled in Benjamin. -- nehemiah 11:36 +. +These are the priests and Levites who returned with Zerubbabel son of Shealtiel and Jeshua: Seraiah, Jeremiah, Ezra, -- nehemiah 12:1 +. +Amariah, Malluch, Hattush, -- nehemiah 12:2 +. +Shecaniah, Rehum, Meremoth, -- nehemiah 12:3 +. +Iddo, Ginnethon, Abijah, -- nehemiah 12:4 +. +Mijamin, Moadiah, Bilgah, -- nehemiah 12:5 +. +Shemaiah, Joiarib, Jedaiah, -- nehemiah 12:6 +. +Sallu, Amok, Hilkiah, and Jedaiah. These were the leaders of the priests and their colleagues in the days of Jeshua. -- nehemiah 12:7 +. +And the Levites: Jeshua, Binnui, Kadmiel, Sherebiah, Judah, and Mattaniah, who together with his colleagues was in charge of the songs of thanksgiving. -- nehemiah 12:8 +. +Bakbukiah and Unni, their colleagues, stood opposite them in the services. -- nehemiah 12:9 +. +Jeshua was the father of Joiakim, Joiakim was the father of Eliashib, Eliashib was the father of Joiada, -- nehemiah 12:10 +. +Joiada was the father of Jonathan, and Jonathan was the father of Jaddua. -- nehemiah 12:11 +. +In the days of Joiakim, these were the priests who were leaders of the families: of Seraiah, Meraiah; of Jeremiah, Hananiah; -- nehemiah 12:12 +. +of Ezra, Meshullam; of Amariah, Jehohanan; -- nehemiah 12:13 +. +of Malluch, Jonathan; of Shecaniah, Joseph; -- nehemiah 12:14 +. +of Harim, Adna; of Meremoth, Helkai; -- nehemiah 12:15 +. +of Iddo, Zechariah; of Ginnethon, Meshullam; -- nehemiah 12:16 +. +of Abijah, Zicri; of Miniamin and of Moadiah, Piltai; -- nehemiah 12:17 +. +of Bilgah, Shammua; of Shemaiah, Jehonathan; -- nehemiah 12:18 +. +of Joiarib, Mattenai; of Jedaiah, Uzzi; -- nehemiah 12:19 +. +of Sallu, Kallai; of Amok, Eber; -- nehemiah 12:20 +. +of Hilkiah, Hashabiah; of Jedaiah, Nethanel. -- nehemiah 12:21 +. +As for the Levites, in the days of Eliashib, Joiada, Johanan and Jaddua the heads of families were recorded, as were the priests during the reign of Darius the Persian. -- nehemiah 12:22 +. +The descendants of Levi were recorded in the Book of the Chronicles as heads of families up to the days of Johanan son of Eliashib. -- nehemiah 12:23 +. +And the leaders of the Levites were Hashabiah, Sherebiah, Jeshua son of Kadmiel, and their colleagues, who stood opposite them to offer praise and thanks, one contingent corresponding to the other, as specified by David the man of God. -- nehemiah 12:24 +. +Mattaniah, Bakbukiah, Obadiah, Meshullam, Talmon, and Akkub were gatekeepers who were guarding the storerooms at the gates. -- nehemiah 12:25 +. +These all served in the days of Joiakim son of Jeshua, the son of Jozadak, and in the days of Nehemiah the governor and of Ezra the priestly scribe. -- nehemiah 12:26 +. +At the dedication of the wall of Jerusalem, they sought out the Levites from all the places they lived to bring them to Jerusalem to celebrate the dedication joyfully with songs of thanksgiving and songs accompanied by cymbals, harps, and lyres. -- nehemiah 12:27 +. +The singers were also assembled from the district around Jerusalem and from the settlements of the Netophathites -- nehemiah 12:28 +. +and from Beth Gilgal and from the fields of Geba and Azmaveth, for the singers had built settlements for themselves around Jerusalem. -- nehemiah 12:29 +. +When the priests and Levites had purified themselves, they purified the people, the gates, and the wall. -- nehemiah 12:30 +. +I brought the leaders of Judah up on top of the wall, and I appointed two large choirs to give thanks. One was to proceed on the top of the wall southward toward the Dung Gate. -- nehemiah 12:31 +. +Going after them were Hoshaiah, half the leaders of Judah, -- nehemiah 12:32 +. +Azariah, Ezra, Meshullam, -- nehemiah 12:33 +. +Judah, Benjamin, Shemaiah, Jeremiah, -- nehemiah 12:34 +. +some of the priests with trumpets, Zechariah son of Jonathan, the son of Shemaiah, the son of Mattaniah, the son of Micaiah, the son of Zaccur, the son of Asaph, -- nehemiah 12:35 +. +and his colleagues - Shemaiah, Azarel, Milalai, Gilalai, Maai, Nethanel, Judah, and Hanani - with musical instruments of David the man of God. (Ezra the scribe led them.) -- nehemiah 12:36 +. +They went over the Fountain Gate and continued directly up the steps of the City of David on the ascent to the wall. They passed the house of David and continued on to the Water Gate toward the east. -- nehemiah 12:37 +. +The second choir was proceeding in the opposite direction. I followed them, along with half the people, on top of the wall, past the Tower of the Ovens to the Broad Wall, -- nehemiah 12:38 +. +over the Ephraim Gate, the Jeshanah Gate, the Fish Gate, the Tower of Hananel, and the Tower of the Hundred, to the Sheep Gate. They stopped at the Gate of the Guard. -- nehemiah 12:39 +. +Then the two choirs that gave thanks took their stations in the temple of God. I did also, along with half the officials with me, -- nehemiah 12:40 +. +and the priests - Eliakim, Maaseiah, Miniamin, Micaiah, Elioenai, Zechariah, and Hananiah, with their trumpets - -- nehemiah 12:41 +. +and also Maaseiah, Shemaiah, Eleazar, Uzzi, Jehohanan, Malkijah, Elam, and Ezer. The choirs sang loudly under the direction of Jezrahiah. -- nehemiah 12:42 +. +And on that day they offered great sacrifices and rejoiced, for God had given them great joy. The women and children also rejoiced. The rejoicing in Jerusalem could be heard from far away. -- nehemiah 12:43 +. +On that day men were appointed over the storerooms for the contributions, first fruits, and tithes, to gather into them from the fields of the cities the portions prescribed by the law for the priests and the Levites, for the people of Judah took delight in the priests and Levites who were ministering. -- nehemiah 12:44 +. +They performed the service of their God and the service of purification, along with the singers and gatekeepers, according to the commandment of David and his son Solomon. -- nehemiah 12:45 +. +For long ago, in the days of David and Asaph, there had been directors for the singers and for the songs of praise and thanks to God. -- nehemiah 12:46 +. +So in the days of Zerubbabel and in the days of Nehemiah, all Israel was contributing the portions for the singers and gatekeepers, according to the daily need. They also set aside the portion for the Levites, and the Levites set aside the portion for the descendants of Aaron. -- nehemiah 12:47 +. +On that day the book of Moses was read aloud in the hearing of the people. They found written in it that no Ammonite or Moabite may ever enter the assembly of God, -- nehemiah 13:1 +. +for they had not met the Israelites with food and water, but instead had hired Balaam to curse them. (Our God, however, turned the curse into blessing.) -- nehemiah 13:2 +. +When they heard the law, they removed from Israel all who were of mixed ancestry. -- nehemiah 13:3 +. +But prior to this time, Eliashib the priest, a relative of Tobiah, had been appointed over the storerooms of the temple of our God. -- nehemiah 13:4 +. +He made for himself a large storeroom where previously they had been keeping the grain offering, the incense, and the vessels, along with the tithes of the grain, the new wine, and the olive oil as commanded for the Levites, the singers, the gate keepers, and the offering for the priests. -- nehemiah 13:5 +. +During all this time I was not in Jerusalem, for in the thirty-second year of King Artaxerxes of Babylon, I had gone back to the king. After some time I had requested leave of the king, -- nehemiah 13:6 +. +and I returned to Jerusalem. Then I discovered the evil that Eliashib had done for Tobiah by supplying him with a storeroom in the courts of the temple of God. -- nehemiah 13:7 +. +I was very upset, and I threw all of Tobiah's household possessions out of the storeroom. -- nehemiah 13:8 +. +Then I gave instructions that the storerooms should be purified, and I brought back the equipment of the temple of God, along with the grain offering and the incense. -- nehemiah 13:9 +. +I also discovered that the grain offerings for the Levites had not been provided, and that as a result the Levites and the singers who performed this work had all gone off to their fields. -- nehemiah 13:10 +. +So I registered a complaint with the leaders, asking "Why is the temple of God neglected?" Then I gathered them and reassigned them to their positions. -- nehemiah 13:11 +. +Then all of Judah brought the tithe of the grain, the new wine, and the olive oil to the storerooms. -- nehemiah 13:12 +. +I gave instructions that Shelemiah the priest, Zadok the scribe, and a certain Levite named Pedaiah be put in charge of the storerooms, and that Hanan son of Zaccur, the son of Mattaniah, be their assistant, for they were regarded as trustworthy. It was then their responsibility to oversee the distribution to their colleagues. -- nehemiah 13:13 +. +Please remember me for this, O my God, and do not wipe out the kindness that I have done for the temple of my God and for its services! -- nehemiah 13:14 +. +In those days I saw people in Judah treading winepresses on the Sabbath, bringing in heaps of grain and loading them onto donkeys, along with wine, grapes, figs, and all kinds of loads, and bringing them to Jerusalem on the Sabbath day. So I warned them on the day that they sold these provisions. -- nehemiah 13:15 +. +The people from Tyre who lived there were bringing fish and all kinds of merchandise and were selling it on the Sabbath to the people of Judah - and in Jerusalem, of all places! -- nehemiah 13:16 +. +So I registered a complaint with the nobles of Judah, saying to them, "What is this evil thing that you are doing, profaning the Sabbath day? -- nehemiah 13:17 +. +Isn't this the way your ancestors acted, causing our God to bring on them and on this city all this misfortune? And now you are causing even more wrath on Israel, profaning the Sabbath like this!" -- nehemiah 13:18 +. +When the evening shadows began to fall on the gates of Jerusalem before the Sabbath, I ordered the doors to be closed. I further directed that they were not to be opened until after the Sabbath. I positioned some of my young men at the gates so that no load could enter on the Sabbath day. -- nehemiah 13:19 +. +The traders and sellers of all kinds of merchandise spent the night outside Jerusalem once or twice. -- nehemiah 13:20 +. +But I warned them and said, "Why do you spend the night by the wall? If you repeat this, I will forcibly remove you!" From that time on they did not show up on the Sabbath. -- nehemiah 13:21 +. +Then I directed the Levites to purify themselves and come and guard the gates in order to keep the Sabbath day holy. For this please remember me, O my God, and have pity on me in keeping with your great love. -- nehemiah 13:22 +. +Also in those days I saw the men of Judah who had married women from Ashdod, Ammon, and Moab. -- nehemiah 13:23 +. +Half of their children spoke the language of Ashdod (or the language of one of the other peoples mentioned) and were unable to speak the language of Judah. -- nehemiah 13:24 +. +So I entered a complaint with them. I called down a curse on them, and I struck some of the men and pulled out their hair. I had them swear by God saying, "You will not marry off your daughters to their sons, and you will not take any of their daughters as wives for your sons or for yourselves! -- nehemiah 13:25 +. +Was it not because of things like these that King Solomon of Israel sinned? Among the many nations there was no king like him. He was loved by his God, and God made him king over all Israel. But the foreign wives made even him sin! -- nehemiah 13:26 +. +Should we then in your case hear that you do all this great evil, thereby being unfaithful to our God by marrying foreign wives?" -- nehemiah 13:27 +. +Now one of the sons of Joiada son of Eliashib the high priest was a son-in-law of Sanballat the Horonite. So I banished him from my sight. -- nehemiah 13:28 +. +Please remember them, O my God, because they have defiled the priesthood, the covenant of the priesthood, and the Levites. -- nehemiah 13:29 +. +So I purified them of everything foreign, and I assigned specific duties to the priests and the Levites. -- nehemiah 13:30 +. +I also provided for the wood offering at the appointed times and also for the first fruits. Please remember me for good, O my God. -- nehemiah 13:31 +. +The following events happened in the days of Ahasuerus. (I am referring to that Ahasuerus who used to rule over a hundred and twenty-seven provinces extending all the way from India to Ethiopia.) -- esther 1:1 +. +In those days, as King Ahasuerus sat on his royal throne in Susa the citadel, -- esther 1:2 +. +in the third year of his reign he provided a banquet for all his officials and his servants. The army of Persia and Media was present, as well as the nobles and the officials of the provinces. -- esther 1:3 +. +He displayed the riches of his royal glory and the splendor of his majestic greatness for a lengthy period of time - a hundred and eighty days, to be exact! -- esther 1:4 +. +When those days were completed, the king then provided a seven-day banquet for all the people who were present in Susa the citadel, for those of highest standing to the most lowly. It was held in the court located in the garden of the royal palace. -- esther 1:5 +. +The furnishings included linen and purple curtains hung by cords of the finest linen and purple wool on silver rings, alabaster columns, gold and silver couches displayed on a floor made of valuable stones of alabaster, mother-of-pearl, and mineral stone. -- esther 1:6 +. +Drinks were served in golden containers, all of which differed from one another. Royal wine was available in abundance at the king's expense. -- esther 1:7 +. +There were no restrictions on the drinking, for the king had instructed all of his supervisors that they should do as everyone so desired. -- esther 1:8 +. +Queen Vashti also gave a banquet for the women in King Ahasuerus' royal palace. -- esther 1:9 +. +On the seventh day, as King Ahasuerus was feeling the effects of the wine, he ordered Mehuman, Biztha, Harbona, Bigtha, Abagtha, Zethar, and Carcas, the seven eunuchs who attended him, -- esther 1:10 +. +to bring Queen Vashti into the king's presence wearing her royal high turban. He wanted to show the people and the officials her beauty, for she was very attractive. -- esther 1:11 +. +But Queen Vashti refused to come at the king's bidding conveyed through the eunuchs. Then the king became extremely angry, and his rage consumed him. -- esther 1:12 +. +The king then inquired of the wise men who were discerners of the times - for it was the royal custom to confer with all those who were proficient in laws and legalities. -- esther 1:13 +. +Those who were closest to him were Carshena, Shethar, Admatha, Tarshish, Meres, Marsena, and Memucan. These men were the seven officials of Persia and Media who saw the king on a regular basis and had the most prominent offices in the kingdom. -- esther 1:14 +. +The king asked, "By law, what should be done to Queen Vashti in light of the fact that she has not obeyed the instructions of King Ahasuerus conveyed through the eunuchs?" -- esther 1:15 +. +Memucan then replied to the king and the officials, "The wrong of Queen Vashti is not against the king alone, but against all the officials and all the people who are throughout all the provinces of King Ahasuerus. -- esther 1:16 +. +For the matter concerning the queen will spread to all the women, leading them to treat their husbands with contempt, saying, 'When King Ahasuerus gave orders to bring Queen Vashti into his presence, she would not come.' -- esther 1:17 +. +And this very day the noble ladies of Persia and Media who have heard the matter concerning the queen will respond in the same way to all the royal officials, and there will be more than enough contempt and anger! -- esther 1:18 +. +If the king is so inclined, let a royal edict go forth from him, and let it be written in the laws of Persia and Media that cannot be repealed, that Vashti may not come into the presence of King Ahasuerus, and let the king convey her royalty to another who is more deserving than she. -- esther 1:19 +. +And let the king's decision which he will enact be disseminated throughout all his kingdom, vast though it is. Then all the women will give honor to their husbands, from the most prominent to the lowly." -- esther 1:20 +. +The matter seemed appropriate to the king and the officials. So the king acted on the advice of Memucan. -- esther 1:21 +. +He sent letters throughout all the royal provinces, to each province according to its own script and to each people according to its own language, that every man should be ruling his family and should be speaking the language of his own people. -- esther 1:22 +. +When these things had been accomplished and the rage of King Ahasuerus had diminished, he remembered Vashti and what she had done and what had been decided against her. -- esther 2:1 +. +The king's servants who attended him said, "Let a search be conducted in the king's behalf for attractive young women. -- esther 2:2 +. +And let the king appoint officers throughout all the provinces of his kingdom to gather all the attractive young women to Susa the citadel, to the harem under the authority of Hegai, the king's eunuch who oversees the women, and let him provide whatever cosmetics they desire. -- esther 2:3 +. +Let the young woman whom the king finds most attractive become queen in place of Vashti." This seemed like a good idea to the king, so he acted accordingly. -- esther 2:4 +. +Now there happened to be a Jewish man in Susa the citadel whose name was Mordecai. He was the son of Jair, the son of Shimei, the son of Kish, a Benjaminite, -- esther 2:5 +. +who had been taken into exile from Jerusalem with the captives who had been carried into exile with Jeconiah king of Judah, whom Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon had taken into exile. -- esther 2:6 +. +Now he was acting as the guardian of Hadassah (that is, Esther), the daughter of his uncle, for neither her father nor her mother was alive. This young woman was very attractive and had a beautiful figure. When her father and mother died, Mordecai had raised her as if she were his own daughter. -- esther 2:7 +. +It so happened that when the king's edict and his law became known many young women were taken to Susa the citadel to be placed under the authority of Hegai. Esther also was taken to the royal palace to be under the authority of Hegai, who was overseeing the women. -- esther 2:8 +. +This young woman pleased him, and she found favor with him. He quickly provided her with her cosmetics and her rations; he also provided her with the seven specially chosen young women who were from the palace. He then transferred her and her young women to the best quarters in the harem. -- esther 2:9 +. +Now Esther had not disclosed her people or her lineage, for Mordecai had instructed her not to do so. -- esther 2:10 +. +And day after day Mordecai used to walk back and forth in front of the court of the harem in order to learn how Esther was doing and what might happen to her. -- esther 2:11 +. +At the end of the twelve months that were required for the women, when the turn of each young woman arrived to go to King Ahasuerus - for in this way they had to fulfill their time of cosmetic treatment: six months with oil of myrrh, and six months with perfume and various ointments used by women - -- esther 2:12 +. +the woman would go to the king in the following way: Whatever she asked for would be provided for her to take with her from the harem to the royal palace. -- esther 2:13 +. +In the evening she went, and in the morning she returned to a separate part of the harem, to the authority of Shaashgaz the king's eunuch who was overseeing the concubines. She would not go back to the king unless the king was pleased with her and she was requested by name. -- esther 2:14 +. +When it became the turn of Esther daughter of Abihail the uncle of Mordecai (who had raised her as if she were his own daughter) to go to the king, she did not request anything except what Hegai the king's eunuch, who was overseer of the women, had recommended. Yet Esther met with the approval of all who saw her. -- esther 2:15 +. +Then Esther was taken to King Ahasuerus at his royal residence in the tenth month (that is, the month of Tebeth) in the seventh year of his reign. -- esther 2:16 +. +And the king loved Esther more than all the other women, and she met with his loving approval more than all the other young women. So he placed the royal high turban on her head and appointed her queen in place of Vashti. -- esther 2:17 +. +Then the king prepared a large banquet for all his officials and his servants - it was actually Esther's banquet. He also set aside a holiday for the provinces, and he provided for offerings at the king's expense. -- esther 2:18 +. +Now when the young women were being gathered again, Mordecai was sitting at the king's gate. -- esther 2:19 +. +Esther was still not divulging her lineage or her people, just as Mordecai had instructed her. Esther continued to do whatever Mordecai said, just as she had done when he was raising her. -- esther 2:20 +. +In those days while Mordecai was sitting at the king's gate, Bigthan and Teresh, two of the king's eunuchs who protected the entrance, became angry and plotted to assassinate King Ahasuerus. -- esther 2:21 +. +When Mordecai learned of the conspiracy, he informed Queen Esther, and Esther told the king in Mordecai's behalf. -- esther 2:22 +. +The king then had the matter investigated and, finding it to be so, had the two conspirators hanged on a gallows. It was then recorded in the daily chronicles in the king's presence. -- esther 2:23 +. +Some time later King Ahasuerus promoted Haman the son of Hammedatha, the Agagite, exalting him and setting his position above that of all the officials who were with him. -- esther 3:1 +. +As a result, all the king's servants who were at the king's gate were bowing and paying homage to Haman, for the king had so commanded. However, Mordecai did not bow, nor did he pay him homage. -- esther 3:2 +. +Then the servants of the king who were at the king's gate asked Mordecai, "Why are you violating the king's commandment?" -- esther 3:3 +. +And after they had spoken to him day after day without his paying any attention to them, they informed Haman to see whether this attitude on Mordecai's part would be permitted. Furthermore, he had disclosed to them that he was a Jew. -- esther 3:4 +. +When Haman saw that Mordecai was not bowing or paying homage to him, he was filled with rage. -- esther 3:5 +. +But the thought of striking out against Mordecai alone was repugnant to him, for he had been informed of the identity of Mordecai's people. So Haman sought to destroy all the Jews (that is, the people of Mordecai) who were in all the kingdom of Ahasuerus. -- esther 3:6 +. +In the first month (that is, the month of Nisan), in the twelfth year of King Ahasuerus' reign, pur (that is, the lot) was cast before Haman in order to determine a day and a month. It turned out to be the twelfth month (that is, the month of Adar). -- esther 3:7 +. +Then Haman said to King Ahasuerus, "There is a particular people that is dispersed and spread among the inhabitants throughout all the provinces of your kingdom whose laws differ from those of all other peoples. Furthermore, they do not observe the king's laws. It is not appropriate for the king to provide a haven for them. -- esther 3:8 +. +If the king is so inclined, let an edict be issued to destroy them. I will pay ten thousand talents of silver to be conveyed to the king's treasuries for the officials who carry out this business." -- esther 3:9 +. +So the king removed his signet ring from his hand and gave it to Haman the son of Hammedatha, the Agagite, who was hostile toward the Jews. -- esther 3:10 +. +The king replied to Haman, "Keep your money, and do with those people whatever you wish." -- esther 3:11 +. +So the royal scribes were summoned in the first month, on the thirteenth day of the month. Everything Haman commanded was written to the king's satraps and governors who were in every province and to the officials of every people, province by province according to its script and people by people according to its language. In the name of King Ahasuerus it was written and sealed with the king's signet ring. -- esther 3:12 +. +Letters were sent by the runners to all the king's provinces stating that they should destroy, kill, and annihilate all the Jews, from youth to elderly, both women and children, on a particular day, namely the thirteenth day of the twelfth month (that is, the month of Adar), and to loot and plunder their possessions. -- esther 3:13 +. +A copy of this edict was to be presented as law throughout every province; it was to be made known to all the inhabitants, so that they would be prepared for this day. -- esther 3:14 +. +The messengers scurried forth with the king's order. The edict was issued in Susa the citadel. While the king and Haman sat down to drink, the city of Susa was in an uproar! -- esther 3:15 +. +Now when Mordecai became aware of all that had been done, he tore his garments and put on sackcloth and ashes. He went out into the city, crying out in a loud and bitter voice. -- esther 4:1 +. +But he went no further than the king's gate, for no one was permitted to enter the king's gate clothed in sackcloth. -- esther 4:2 +. +Throughout each and every province where the king's edict and law were announced there was considerable mourning among the Jews, along with fasting, weeping, and sorrow. Sackcloth and ashes were characteristic of many. -- esther 4:3 +. +When Esther's female attendants and her eunuchs came and informed her about Mordecai's behavior, the queen was overcome with anguish. Although she sent garments for Mordecai to put on so that he could remove his sackcloth, he would not accept them. -- esther 4:4 +. +So Esther called for Hathach, one of the king's eunuchs who had been placed at her service, and instructed him to find out the cause and reason for Mordecai's behavior. -- esther 4:5 +. +So Hathach went to Mordecai at the plaza of the city in front of the king's gate. -- esther 4:6 +. +Then Mordecai related to him everything that had happened to him, even the specific amount of money that Haman had offered to pay to the king's treasuries for the Jews to be destroyed. -- esther 4:7 +. +He also gave him a written copy of the law that had been disseminated in Susa for their destruction so that he could show it to Esther and talk to her about it. He also gave instructions that she should go to the king to implore him and petition him on behalf of her people. -- esther 4:8 +. +So Hathach returned and related Mordecai's instructions to Esther. -- esther 4:9 +. +Then Esther replied to Hathach with instructions for Mordecai: -- esther 4:10 +. +"All the servants of the king and the people of the king's provinces know that there is only one law applicable to any man or woman who comes uninvited to the king in the inner court - that person will be put to death, unless the king extends to him the gold scepter, permitting him to be spared. Now I have not been invited to come to the king for some thirty days!" -- esther 4:11 +. +When Esther's reply was conveyed to Mordecai, -- esther 4:12 +. +he said to take back this answer to Esther: -- esther 4:13 +. +"Don't imagine that because you are part of the king's household you will be the one Jew who will escape. If you keep quiet at this time, liberation and protection for the Jews will appear from another source, while you and your father's household perish. It may very well be that you have achieved royal status for such a time as this!" -- esther 4:14 +. +Then Esther sent this reply to Mordecai: -- esther 4:15 +. +"Go, assemble all the Jews who are found in Susa and fast in my behalf. Don't eat and don't drink for three days, night or day. My female attendants and I will also fast in the same way. Afterward I will go to the king, even though it violates the law. If I perish, I perish!" -- esther 4:16 +. +So Mordecai set out to do everything that Esther had instructed him. -- esther 4:17 +. +It so happened that on the third day Esther put on her royal attire and stood in the inner court of the palace, opposite the king's quarters. The king was sitting on his royal throne in the palace, opposite the entrance. -- esther 5:1 +. +When the king saw Queen Esther standing in the court, she met with his approval. The king extended to Esther the gold scepter that was in his hand, and Esther approached and touched the end of the scepter. -- esther 5:2 +. +The king said to her, "What is on your mind, Queen Esther? What is your request? Even as much as half the kingdom will be given to you!" -- esther 5:3 +. +Esther replied, "If the king is so inclined, let the king and Haman come today to the banquet that I have prepared for him." -- esther 5:4 +. +The king replied, "Find Haman quickly so that we can do as Esther requests." So the king and Haman went to the banquet that Esther had prepared. -- esther 5:5 +. +While at the banquet of wine, the king said to Esther, "What is your request? It shall be given to you. What is your petition? Ask for as much as half the kingdom, and it shall be done!" -- esther 5:6 +. +Esther responded, "My request and my petition is this: -- esther 5:7 +. +If I have found favor in the king's sight and if the king is inclined to grant my request and perform my petition, let the king and Haman come tomorrow to the banquet that I will prepare for them. At that time I will do as the king wishes. -- esther 5:8 +. +Now Haman went forth that day pleased and very much encouraged. But when Haman saw Mordecai at the king's gate, and he did not rise nor tremble in his presence, Haman was filled with rage toward Mordecai. -- esther 5:9 +. +But Haman restrained himself and went on to his home. He then sent for his friends to join him, along with his wife Zeresh. -- esther 5:10 +. +Haman then recounted to them his fabulous wealth, his many sons, and how the king had magnified him and exalted him over the king's other officials and servants. -- esther 5:11 +. +Haman said, "Furthermore, Queen Esther invited only me to accompany the king to the banquet that she prepared! And also tomorrow I am invited along with the king. -- esther 5:12 +. +Yet all of this fails to satisfy me so long as I have to see Mordecai the Jew sitting at the king's gate." -- esther 5:13 +. +Haman's wife Zeresh and all his friends said to him, "Have a gallows seventy-five feet high built, and in the morning tell the king that Mordecai should be hanged on it. Then go with the king to the banquet contented." It seemed like a good idea to Haman, so he had the gallows built. -- esther 5:14 +. +Throughout that night the king was unable to sleep, so he asked for the book containing the historical records to be brought. As the records were being read in the king's presence, -- esther 6:1 +. +it was found written that Mordecai had disclosed that Bigthana and Teresh, two of the king's eunuchs who guarded the entrance, had plotted to assassinate King Ahasuerus. -- esther 6:2 +. +The king asked, "What great honor was bestowed on Mordecai because of this?" The king's attendants who served him responded, "Not a thing was done for him." -- esther 6:3 +. +Then the king said, "Who is that in the courtyard?" Now Haman had come to the outer courtyard of the palace to suggest that the king hang Mordecai on the gallows that he had constructed for him. -- esther 6:4 +. +The king's attendants said to him, "It is Haman who is standing in the courtyard." The king said, "Let him enter." -- esther 6:5 +. +So Haman came in, and the king said to him, "What should be done for the man whom the king wishes to honor?" Haman thought to himself, "Who is it that the king would want to honor more than me?" -- esther 6:6 +. +So Haman said to the king, "For the man whom the king wishes to honor, -- esther 6:7 +. +let them bring royal attire which the king himself has worn and a horse on which the king himself has ridden - one bearing the royal insignia! -- esther 6:8 +. +Then let this clothing and this horse be given to one of the king's noble officials. Let him then clothe the man whom the king wishes to honor, and let him lead him about through the plaza of the city on the horse, calling before him, 'So shall it be done to the man whom the king wishes to honor!'" -- esther 6:9 +. +The king then said to Haman, "Go quickly! Take the clothing and the horse, just as you have described, and do as you just indicated to Mordecai the Jew who sits at the king's gate. Don't neglect a single thing of all that you have said." -- esther 6:10 +. +So Haman took the clothing and the horse, and he clothed Mordecai. He led him about on the horse throughout the plaza of the city, calling before him, "So shall it be done to the man whom the king wishes to honor!" -- esther 6:11 +. +Then Mordecai again sat at the king's gate, while Haman hurried away to his home, mournful and with a veil over his head. -- esther 6:12 +. +Haman then related to his wife Zeresh and to all his friends everything that had happened to him. These wise men, along with his wife Zeresh, said to him, "If indeed this Mordecai before whom you have begun to fall is Jewish, you will not prevail against him. No, you will surely fall before him!" -- esther 6:13 +. +While they were still speaking with him, the king's eunuchs arrived. They quickly brought Haman to the banquet that Esther had prepared. -- esther 6:14 +. +So the king and Haman came to dine with Queen Esther. -- esther 7:1 +. +On the second day of the banquet of wine the king asked Esther, "What is your request, Queen Esther? It shall be granted to you. And what is your petition? Ask up to half the kingdom, and it shall be done!" -- esther 7:2 +. +Queen Esther replied, "If I have met with your approval, O king, and if the king is so inclined, grant me my life as my request, and my people as my petition. -- esther 7:3 +. +For we have been sold - both I and my people - to destruction and to slaughter and to annihilation! If we had simply been sold as male and female slaves, I would have remained silent, for such distress would not have been sufficient for troubling the king." -- esther 7:4 +. +Then King Ahasuerus responded to Queen Esther, "Who is this individual? Where is this person to be found who is presumptuous enough to act in this way?" -- esther 7:5 +. +Esther replied, "The oppressor and enemy is this evil Haman!" Then Haman became terrified in the presence of the king and queen. -- esther 7:6 +. +In rage the king arose from the banquet of wine and withdrew to the palace garden. Meanwhile, Haman stood to beg Queen Esther for his life, for he realized that the king had now determined a catastrophic end for him. -- esther 7:7 +. +When the king returned from the palace garden to the banquet of wine, Haman was throwing himself down on the couch where Esther was lying. The king exclaimed, "Will he also attempt to rape the queen while I am still in the building!" As these words left the king's mouth, they covered Haman's face. -- esther 7:8 +. +Harbona, one of the king's eunuchs, said, "Indeed, there is the gallows that Haman made for Mordecai, who spoke out in the king's behalf. It stands near Haman's home and is seventy-five feet high." The king said, "Hang him on it!" -- esther 7:9 +. +So they hanged Haman on the very gallows that he had prepared for Mordecai. The king's rage then abated. -- esther 7:10 +. +On that same day King Ahasuerus gave the estate of Haman, that adversary of the Jews, to Queen Esther. Now Mordecai had come before the king, for Esther had revealed how he was related to her. -- esther 8:1 +. +The king then removed his signet ring (the very one he had taken back from Haman) and gave it to Mordecai. And Esther designated Mordecai to be in charge of Haman's estate. -- esther 8:2 +. +Then Esther again spoke with the king, falling at his feet. She wept and begged him for mercy, that he might nullify the evil of Haman the Agagite which he had intended against the Jews. -- esther 8:3 +. +When the king extended to Esther the gold scepter, she arose and stood before the king. -- esther 8:4 +. +She said, "If the king is so inclined and if I have met with his approval and if the matter is agreeable to the king and if I am attractive to him, let an edict be written rescinding those recorded intentions of Haman the son of Hammedatha, the Agagite, which he wrote in order to destroy the Jews who are throughout all the king's provinces. -- esther 8:5 +. +For how can I watch the calamity that will befall my people, and how can I watch the destruction of my relatives?" -- esther 8:6 +. +King Ahasuerus replied to Queen Esther and to Mordecai the Jew, "Look, I have already given Haman's estate to Esther, and he has been hanged on the gallows because he took hostile action against the Jews. -- esther 8:7 +. +Now you write in the king's name whatever in your opinion is appropriate concerning the Jews and seal it with the king's signet ring. Any decree that is written in the king's name and sealed with the king's signet ring cannot be rescinded. -- esther 8:8 +. +The king's scribes were quickly summoned - in the third month (that is, the month of Sivan), on the twenty-third day. They wrote out everything that Mordecai instructed to the Jews and to the satraps and the governors and the officials of the provinces all the way from India to Ethiopia - a hundred and twenty-seven provinces in all - to each province in its own script and to each people in their own language, and to the Jews according to their own script and their own language. -- esther 8:9 +. +Mordecai wrote in the name of King Ahasuerus and sealed it with the king's signet ring. He then sent letters by couriers on horses, who rode royal horses that were very swift. -- esther 8:10 +. +The king thereby allowed the Jews who were in every city to assemble and to stand up for themselves - to destroy, to kill, and to annihilate any army of whatever people or province that should become their adversaries, including their women and children, and to confiscate their property. -- esther 8:11 +. +This was to take place on a certain day throughout all the provinces of King Ahasuerus - namely, on the thirteenth day of the twelfth month (that is, the month of Adar). -- esther 8:12 +. +A copy of the edict was to be presented as law throughout each and every province and made known to all peoples, so that the Jews might be prepared on that day to avenge themselves from their enemies. -- esther 8:13 +. +The couriers who were riding the royal horses went forth with the king's edict without delay. And the law was presented in Susa the citadel as well. -- esther 8:14 +. +Now Mordecai went out from the king's presence in purple and white royal attire, with a large golden crown and a purple linen mantle. The city of Susa shouted with joy. -- esther 8:15 +. +For the Jews there was radiant happiness and joyous honor. -- esther 8:16 +. +Throughout every province and throughout every city where the king's edict and his law arrived, the Jews experienced happiness and joy, banquets and holidays. Many of the resident peoples pretended to be Jews, because the fear of the Jews had overcome them. -- esther 8:17 +. +In the twelfth month (that is, the month of Adar), on its thirteenth day, the edict of the king and his law were to be executed. It was on this day that the enemies of the Jews had supposed that they would gain power over them. But contrary to expectations, the Jews gained power over their enemies. -- esther 9:1 +. +The Jews assembled themselves in their cities throughout all the provinces of King Ahasuerus to strike out against those who were seeking their harm. No one was able to stand before them, for dread of them fell on all the peoples. -- esther 9:2 +. +All the officials of the provinces, the satraps, the governors and those who performed the king's business were assisting the Jews, for the dread of Mordecai had fallen on them. -- esther 9:3 +. +Mordecai was of high rank in the king's palace, and word about him was spreading throughout all the provinces. His influence continued to become greater and greater. -- esther 9:4 +. +The Jews struck all their enemies with the sword, bringing death and destruction, and they did as they pleased with their enemies. -- esther 9:5 +. +In Susa the citadel the Jews killed and destroyed five hundred men. -- esther 9:6 +. +In addition, they also killed Parshandatha, Dalphon, Aspatha, -- esther 9:7 +. +Poratha, Adalia, Aridatha, -- esther 9:8 +. +Parmashta, Arisai, Aridai, and Vaizatha, -- esther 9:9 +. +the ten sons of Haman son of Hammedatha, the enemy of the Jews. But they did not confiscate their property. -- esther 9:10 +. +On that same day the number of those killed in Susa the citadel was brought to the king's attention. -- esther 9:11 +. +Then the king said to Queen Esther, "In Susa the citadel the Jews have killed and destroyed five hundred men and the ten sons of Haman! What then have they done in the rest of the king's provinces? What is your request? It shall be given to you. What other petition do you have? It shall be done." -- esther 9:12 +. +Esther replied, "If the king is so inclined, let the Jews who are in Susa be permitted to act tomorrow also according to today's law, and let them hang the ten sons of Haman on the gallows." -- esther 9:13 +. +So the king issued orders for this to be done. A law was passed in Susa, and the ten sons of Haman were hanged. -- esther 9:14 +. +The Jews who were in Susa then assembled on the fourteenth day of the month of Adar, and they killed three hundred men in Susa. But they did not confiscate their property. -- esther 9:15 +. +The rest of the Jews who were throughout the provinces of the king assembled in order to stand up for themselves and to have rest from their enemies. They killed seventy-five thousand of their adversaries, but they did not confiscate their property. -- esther 9:16 +. +All of this happened on the thirteenth day of the month of Adar. They then rested on the fourteenth day and made it a day for banqueting and happiness. -- esther 9:17 +. +But the Jews who were in Susa assembled on the thirteenth and fourteenth days, and rested on the fifteenth, making it a day for banqueting and happiness. -- esther 9:18 +. +This is why the Jews who are in the rural country - those who live in rural cities - set aside the fourteenth day of the month of Adar as a holiday for happiness, banqueting, holiday, and sending gifts to one another. -- esther 9:19 +. +Mordecai wrote these matters down and sent letters to all the Jews who were throughout all the provinces of King Ahasuerus, both near and far, -- esther 9:20 +. +to have them observe the fourteenth and the fifteenth day of the month of Adar each year -- esther 9:21 +. +as the time when the Jews gave themselves rest from their enemies - the month when their trouble was turned to happiness and their mourning to a holiday. These were to be days of banqueting, happiness, sending gifts to one another, and providing for the poor. -- esther 9:22 +. +So the Jews committed themselves to continue what they had begun to do and to what Mordecai had written to them. -- esther 9:23 +. +For Haman the son of Hammedatha, the Agagite, the enemy of all the Jews, had devised plans against the Jews to destroy them. He had cast pur (that is, the lot) in order to afflict and destroy them. -- esther 9:24 +. +But when the matter came to the king's attention, the king gave written orders that Haman's evil intentions that he had devised against the Jews should fall on his own head. He and his sons were hanged on the gallows. -- esther 9:25 +. +For this reason these days are known as Purim, after the name of pur. -- esther 9:26 +. +Therefore, because of the account found in this letter and what they had faced in this regard and what had happened to them, the Jews established as binding on themselves, their descendants, and all who joined their company that they should observe these two days without fail, just as written and at the appropriate time on an annual basis. -- esther 9:27 +. +These days were to be remembered and to be celebrated in every generation and in every family, every province, and every city. The Jews were not to fail to observe these days of Purim; the remembrance of them was not to cease among their descendants. -- esther 9:28 +. +So Queen Esther, the daughter of Abihail, and Mordecai the Jew wrote with full authority to confirm this second letter about Purim. -- esther 9:29 +. +Letters were sent to all the Jews in the hundred and twenty-seven provinces of the empire of Ahasuerus - words of true peace - -- esther 9:30 +. +to establish these days of Purim in their proper times, just as Mordecai the Jew and Queen Esther had established, and just as they had established both for themselves and their descendants, matters pertaining to fasting and lamentation. -- esther 9:31 +. +Esther's command established these matters of Purim, and the matter was officially recorded. -- esther 9:32 +. +King Ahasuerus then imposed forced labor on the land and on the coastlands of the sea. -- esther 10:1 +. +Now all the actions carried out under his authority and his great achievements, along with an exact statement concerning the greatness of Mordecai, whom the king promoted, are they not written in the Book of the Chronicles of the Kings of Media and Persia? -- esther 10:2 +. +Mordecai the Jew was second only to King Ahasuerus. He was the highest-ranking Jew, and he was admired by his numerous relatives. He worked enthusiastically for the good of his people and was an advocate for the welfare of all his descendants. -- esther 10:3 +. +There was a man in the land of Uz whose name was Job. And that man was pure and upright, one who feared God and turned away from evil. -- job 1:1 +. +Seven sons and three daughters were born to him. -- job 1:2 +. +His possessions included 7,sheep, 3,000 camels, 500 yoke of oxen, and 500 female donkeys; in addition he had a very great household. Thus he was the greatest of all the people in the east. -- job 1:3 +. +Now his sons used to go and hold a feast in the house of each one in turn, and they would send and invite their three sisters to eat and to drink with them. -- job 1:4 +. +When the days of their feasting were finished, Job would send for them and sanctify them; he would get up early in the morning and offer burnt offerings according to the number of them all. For Job thought, "Perhaps my children have sinned and cursed God in their hearts." This was Job's customary practice. -- job 1:5 +. +Now the day came when the sons of God came to present themselves before the Lord - and Satan also arrived among them. -- job 1:6 +. +The Lord said to Satan, "Where have you come from?" And Satan answered the Lord, "From roving about on the earth, and from walking back and forth across it." -- job 1:7 +. +So the Lord said to Satan, "Have you considered my servant Job? There is no one like him on the earth, a pure and upright man, one who fears God and turns away from evil." -- job 1:8 +. +Then Satan answered the Lord, "Is it for nothing that Job fears God? -- job 1:9 +. +Have you not made a hedge around him and his household and all that he has on every side? You have blessed the work of his hands, and his livestock have increased in the land. -- job 1:10 +. +But extend your hand and strike everything he has, and he will no doubt curse you to your face!" -- job 1:11 +. +So the Lord said to Satan, "All right then, everything he has is in your power. Only do not extend your hand against the man himself!" So Satan went out from the presence of the Lord. -- job 1:12 +. +Now the day came when Job's sons and daughters were eating and drinking wine in their oldest brother's house, -- job 1:13 +. +and a messenger came to Job, saying, "The oxen were plowing and the donkeys were grazing beside them, -- job 1:14 +. +and the Sabeans swooped down and carried them all away, and they killed the servants with the sword! And I - only I alone - escaped to tell you!" -- job 1:15 +. +While this one was still speaking, another messenger arrived and said, "The fire of God has fallen from heaven and has burned up the sheep and the servants - it has consumed them! And I - only I alone - escaped to tell you!" -- job 1:16 +. +While this one was still speaking another messenger arrived and said, "The Chaldeans formed three bands and made a raid on the camels and carried them all away, and they killed the servants with the sword! And I - only I alone - escaped to tell you!" -- job 1:17 +. +While this one was still speaking another messenger arrived and said, "Your sons and your daughters were eating and drinking wine in their oldest brother's house, -- job 1:18 +. +and suddenly a great wind swept across the wilderness and struck the four corners of the house, and it fell on the young people, and they died! And I - only I alone - escaped to tell you!" -- job 1:19 +. +Then Job got up and tore his robe. He shaved his head, and then he threw himself down with his face to the ground. -- job 1:20 +. +He said, "Naked I came from my mother's womb, and naked I will return there. The Lord gives, and the Lord takes away. May the name of the Lord be blessed!" -- job 1:21 +. +In all this Job did not sin, nor did he charge God with moral impropriety. -- job 1:22 +. +Again the day came when the sons of God came to present themselves before the Lord, and Satan also arrived among them to present himself before the Lord. -- job 2:1 +. +And the Lord said to Satan, "Where do you come from?" Satan answered the Lord, "From roving about on the earth, and from walking back and forth across it." -- job 2:2 +. +Then the Lord said to Satan, "Have you considered my servant Job? For there is no one like him on the earth, a pure and upright man, one who fears God and turns away from evil. And he still holds firmly to his integrity, so that you stirred me up to destroy him without reason." -- job 2:3 +. +But Satan answered the Lord, "Skin for skin! Indeed, a man will give up all that he has to save his life! -- job 2:4 +. +But extend your hand and strike his bone and his flesh, and he will no doubt curse you to your face!" -- job 2:5 +. +So the Lord said to Satan, "All right, he is in your power; only preserve his life." -- job 2:6 +. +So Satan went out from the presence of the Lord, and he afflicted Job with a malignant ulcer from the sole of his feet to the top of his head. -- job 2:7 +. +Job took a shard of broken pottery to scrape himself with while he was sitting among the ashes. -- job 2:8 +. +Then his wife said to him, "Are you still holding firmly to your integrity? Curse God, and die!" -- job 2:9 +. +But he replied, "You're talking like one of the godless women would do! Should we receive what is good from God, and not also receive what is evil?" In all this Job did not sin by what he said. -- job 2:10 +. +When Job's three friends heard about all this calamity that had happened to him, each of them came from his own country - Eliphaz the Temanite, Bildad the Shuhite, and Zophar the Naamathite. They met together to come to show sympathy for him and to console him. -- job 2:11 +. +But when they gazed intently from a distance but did not recognize him, they began to weep loudly. Each of them tore his robes, and they threw dust into the air over their heads. -- job 2:12 +. +Then they sat down with him on the ground for seven days and seven nights, yet no one spoke a word to him, for they saw that his pain was very great. -- job 2:13 +. +After this Job opened his mouth and cursed the day he was born. -- job 3:1 +. +Job spoke up and said: -- job 3:2 +. +"Let the day on which I was born perish, and the night that said, 'A man has been conceived!' -- job 3:3 +. +That day - let it be darkness; let not God on high regard it, nor let light shine on it! -- job 3:4 +. +Let darkness and the deepest shadow claim it; let a cloud settle on it; let whatever blackens the day terrify it! -- job 3:5 +. +That night - let darkness seize it; let it not be included among the days of the year; let it not enter among the number of the months! -- job 3:6 +. +Indeed, let that night be barren; let no shout of joy penetrate it! -- job 3:7 +. +Let those who curse the day curse it - those who are prepared to rouse Leviathan. -- job 3:8 +. +Let its morning stars be darkened; let it wait for daylight but find none, nor let it see the first rays of dawn, -- job 3:9 +. +because it did not shut the doors of my mother's womb on me, nor did it hide trouble from my eyes! -- job 3:10 +. +"Why did I not die at birth, and why did I not expire as I came out of the womb? -- job 3:11 +. +Why did the knees welcome me, and why were there two breasts that I might nurse at them? -- job 3:12 +. +For now I would be lying down and would be quiet, I would be asleep and then at peace -- job 3:13 +. +with kings and counselors of the earth who built for themselves places now desolate, -- job 3:14 +. +or with princes who possessed gold, who filled their palaces with silver. -- job 3:15 +. +Or why was I not buried like a stillborn infant, like infants who have never seen the light? -- job 3:16 +. +There the wicked cease from turmoil, and there the weary are at rest. -- job 3:17 +. +There the prisoners relax together; they do not hear the voice of the oppressor. -- job 3:18 +. +Small and great are there, and the slave is free from his master. -- job 3:19 +. +"Why does God give light to one who is in misery, and life to those whose soul is bitter, -- job 3:20 +. +to those who wait for death that does not come, and search for it more than for hidden treasures, -- job 3:21 +. +who rejoice even to jubilation, and are exultant when they find the grave? -- job 3:22 +. +Why is light given to a man whose way is hidden, and whom God has hedged in? -- job 3:23 +. +For my sighing comes in place of my food, and my groanings flow forth like water. -- job 3:24 +. +For the very thing I dreaded has happened to me, and what I feared has come upon me. -- job 3:25 +. +I have no ease, I have no quietness; I cannot rest; turmoil has come upon me." -- job 3:26 +. +Then Eliphaz the Temanite answered: -- job 4:1 +. +"If someone should attempt a word with you, will you be impatient? But who can refrain from speaking? -- job 4:2 +. +Look, you have instructed many; you have strengthened feeble hands. -- job 4:3 +. +Your words have supported those who stumbled, and you have strengthened the knees that gave way. -- job 4:4 +. +But now the same thing comes to you, and you are discouraged; it strikes you, and you are terrified. -- job 4:5 +. +Is not your piety your confidence, and your blameless ways your hope? -- job 4:6 +. +Call to mind now: Who, being innocent, ever perished? And where were upright people ever destroyed? -- job 4:7 +. +Even as I have seen, those who plow iniquity and those who sow trouble reap the same. -- job 4:8 +. +By the breath of God they perish, and by the blast of his anger they are consumed. -- job 4:9 +. +There is the roaring of the lion and the growling of the young lion, but the teeth of the young lions are broken. -- job 4:10 +. +The mighty lion perishes for lack of prey, and the cubs of the lioness are scattered. -- job 4:11 +. +"Now a word was secretly brought to me, and my ear caught a whisper of it. -- job 4:12 +. +In the troubling thoughts of the dreams in the night when a deep sleep falls on men, -- job 4:13 +. +a trembling gripped me - and a terror! - and made all my bones shake. -- job 4:14 +. +Then a breath of air passes by my face; it makes the hair of my flesh stand up. -- job 4:15 +. +It stands still, but I cannot recognize its appearance; an image is before my eyes, and I hear a murmuring voice: -- job 4:16 +. +"Is a mortal man righteous before God? Or a man pure before his Creator? -- job 4:17 +. +If God puts no trust in his servants and attributes folly to his angels, -- job 4:18 +. +how much more to those who live in houses of clay, whose foundation is in the dust, who are crushed like a moth? -- job 4:19 +. +They are destroyed between morning and evening; they perish forever without anyone regarding it. -- job 4:20 +. +Is not their excess wealth taken away from them? They die, yet without attaining wisdom. -- job 4:21 +. +"Call now! Is there anyone who will answer you? To which of the holy ones will you turn? -- job 5:1 +. +For wrath kills the foolish person, and anger slays the silly one. -- job 5:2 +. +I myself have seen the fool taking root, but suddenly I cursed his place of residence. -- job 5:3 +. +His children are far from safety, and they are crushed at the place where judgment is rendered, nor is there anyone to deliver them. -- job 5:4 +. +The hungry eat up his harvest, and take it even from behind the thorns, and the thirsty swallow up their fortune. -- job 5:5 +. +For evil does not come up from the dust, nor does trouble spring up from the ground, -- job 5:6 +. +but people are born to trouble, as surely as the sparks fly upward. -- job 5:7 +. +"But as for me, I would seek God, and to God I would set forth my case. -- job 5:8 +. +He does great and unsearchable things, marvelous things without number; -- job 5:9 +. +he gives rain on the earth, and sends water on the fields; -- job 5:10 +. +he sets the lowly on high, that those who mourn are raised to safety. -- job 5:11 +. +He frustrates the plans of the crafty so that their hands cannot accomplish what they had planned! -- job 5:12 +. +He catches the wise in their own craftiness, and the counsel of the cunning is brought to a quick end. -- job 5:13 +. +They meet with darkness in the daytime, and grope about in the noontime as if it were night. -- job 5:14 +. +So he saves from the sword that comes from their mouth, even the poor from the hand of the powerful. -- job 5:15 +. +Thus the poor have hope, and iniquity shuts its mouth. -- job 5:16 +. +"Therefore, blessed is the man whom God corrects, so do not despise the discipline of the Almighty. -- job 5:17 +. +For he wounds, but he also bandages; he strikes, but his hands also heal. -- job 5:18 +. +He will deliver you from six calamities; yes, in seven no evil will touch you. -- job 5:19 +. +In time of famine he will redeem you from death, and in time of war from the power of the sword. -- job 5:20 +. +You will be protected from malicious gossip, and will not be afraid of the destruction when it comes. -- job 5:21 +. +You will laugh at destruction and famine and need not be afraid of the beasts of the earth. -- job 5:22 +. +For you will have a pact with the stones of the field, and the wild animals will be at peace with you. -- job 5:23 +. +And you will know that your home will be secure, and when you inspect your domains, you will not be missing anything. -- job 5:24 +. +You will also know that your children will be numerous, and your descendants like the grass of the earth. -- job 5:25 +. +You will come to your grave in a full age, As stacks of grain are harvested in their season. -- job 5:26 +. +Look, we have investigated this, so it is true. Hear it, and apply it for your own good." -- job 5:27 +. +Then Job responded: -- job 6:1 +. +"Oh, if only my grief could be weighed, and my misfortune laid on the scales too! -- job 6:2 +. +But because it is heavier than the sand of the sea, that is why my words have been wild. -- job 6:3 +. +For the arrows of the Almighty are within me; my spirit drinks their poison; God's sudden terrors are arrayed against me. -- job 6:4 +. +"Does the wild donkey bray when it is near grass? Or does the ox low near its fodder? -- job 6:5 +. +Can food that is tasteless be eaten without salt? Or is there any taste in the white of an egg? -- job 6:6 +. +I have refused to touch such things; they are like loathsome food to me. -- job 6:7 +. +"Oh that my request would be realized, and that God would grant me what I long for! -- job 6:8 +. +And that God would be willing to crush me, that he would let loose his hand and kill me. -- job 6:9 +. +Then I would yet have my comfort, then I would rejoice, in spite of pitiless pain, for I have not concealed the words of the Holy One. -- job 6:10 +. +What is my strength, that I should wait? and what is my end, that I should prolong my life? -- job 6:11 +. +Is my strength like that of stones? or is my flesh made of bronze? -- job 6:12 +. +Is not my power to help myself nothing, and has not every resource been driven from me? -- job 6:13 +. +"To the one in despair, kindness should come from his friend even if he forsakes the fear of the Almighty. -- job 6:14 +. +My brothers have been as treacherous as a seasonal stream, and as the riverbeds of the intermittent streams that flow away. -- job 6:15 +. +They are dark because of ice; snow is piled up over them. -- job 6:16 +. +When they are scorched, they dry up, when it is hot, they vanish from their place. -- job 6:17 +. +Caravans turn aside from their routes; they go into the wasteland and perish. -- job 6:18 +. +The caravans of Tema looked intently for these streams; the traveling merchants of Sheba hoped for them. -- job 6:19 +. +They were distressed, because each one had been so confident; they arrived there, but were disappointed. -- job 6:20 +. +For now you have become like these streams that are no help; you see a terror, and are afraid. -- job 6:21 +. +"Have I ever said, 'Give me something, and from your fortune make gifts in my favor'? -- job 6:22 +. +Or 'Deliver me from the enemy's power, and from the hand of tyrants ransom me'? -- job 6:23 +. +"Teach me and I, for my part, will be silent; explain to me how I have been mistaken. -- job 6:24 +. +How painful are honest words! But what does your reproof prove? -- job 6:25 +. +Do you intend to criticize mere words, and treat the words of a despairing man as wind? -- job 6:26 +. +Yes, you would gamble for the fatherless, and auction off your friend. -- job 6:27 +. +"Now then, be good enough to look at me; and I will not lie to your face! -- job 6:28 +. +Relent, let there be no falsehood; reconsider, for my righteousness is intact! -- job 6:29 +. +Is there any falsehood on my lips? Can my mouth not discern evil things? -- job 6:30 +. +"Does not humanity have hard service on earth? Are not their days also like the days of a hired man? -- job 7:1 +. +Like a servant longing for the evening shadow, and like a hired man looking for his wages, -- job 7:2 +. +thus I have been made to inherit months of futility, and nights of sorrow have been appointed to me. -- job 7:3 +. +If I lie down, I say, 'When will I arise?', and the night stretches on and I toss and turn restlessly until the day dawns. -- job 7:4 +. +My body is clothed with worms and dirty scabs; my skin is broken and festering. -- job 7:5 +. +My days are swifter than a weaver's shuttle and they come to an end without hope. -- job 7:6 +. +Remember that my life is but a breath, that my eyes will never again see happiness. -- job 7:7 +. +The eye of him who sees me now will see me no more; your eyes will look for me, but I will be gone. -- job 7:8 +. +As a cloud is dispersed and then disappears, so the one who goes down to the grave does not come up again. -- job 7:9 +. +He returns no more to his house, nor does his place of residence know him any more. -- job 7:10 +. +"Therefore, I will not refrain my mouth; I will speak in the anguish of my spirit; I will complain in the bitterness of my soul. -- job 7:11 +. +Am I the sea, or the creature of the deep, that you must put me under guard? -- job 7:12 +. +If I say, "My bed will comfort me, my couch will ease my complaint," -- job 7:13 +. +then you scare me with dreams and terrify me with visions, -- job 7:14 +. +so that I would prefer strangling, and death more than life. -- job 7:15 +. +I loathe it; I do not want to live forever; leave me alone, for my days are a vapor! -- job 7:16 +. +"What is mankind that you make so much of them, and that you pay attention to them? -- job 7:17 +. +And that you visit them every morning, and try them every moment? -- job 7:18 +. +Will you never look away from me, will you not let me alone long enough to swallow my spittle? -- job 7:19 +. +If I have sinned - what have I done to you, O watcher of men? Why have you set me as your target? Have I become a burden to you? -- job 7:20 +. +And why do you not pardon my transgression, and take away my iniquity? For now I will lie down in the dust, and you will seek me diligently, but I will be gone." -- job 7:21 +. +Then Bildad the Shuhite spoke up and said: -- job 8:1 +. +"How long will you speak these things, seeing that the words of your mouth are like a great wind? -- job 8:2 +. +Does God pervert justice? Or does the Almighty pervert what is right? -- job 8:3 +. +If your children sinned against him, he gave them over to the penalty of their sin. -- job 8:4 +. +But if you will look to God, and make your supplication to the Almighty, -- job 8:5 +. +if you become pure and upright, even now he will rouse himself for you, and will restore your righteous abode. -- job 8:6 +. +Your beginning will seem so small, since your future will flourish. -- job 8:7 +. +"For inquire now of the former generation, and pay attention to the findings of their ancestors; -- job 8:8 +. +For we were born yesterday and do not have knowledge, since our days on earth are but a shadow. -- job 8:9 +. +Will they not instruct you and speak to you, and bring forth words from their understanding? -- job 8:10 +. +Can the papyrus plant grow tall where there is no marsh? Can reeds flourish without water? -- job 8:11 +. +While they are still beginning to flower and not ripe for cutting, they can wither away faster than any grass! -- job 8:12 +. +Such is the destiny of all who forget God; the hope of the godless perishes, -- job 8:13 +. +whose trust is in something futile, whose security is a spider's web. -- job 8:14 +. +He leans against his house but it does not hold up, he takes hold of it but it does not stand. -- job 8:15 +. +He is a well-watered plant in the sun, its shoots spread over its garden. -- job 8:16 +. +It wraps its roots around a heap of stones and it looks for a place among stones. -- job 8:17 +. +If he is uprooted from his place, then that place will disown him, saying, 'I have never seen you!' -- job 8:18 +. +Indeed, this is the joy of his way, and out of the earth others spring up. -- job 8:19 +. +"Surely, God does not reject a blameless man, nor does he grasp the hand of the evildoers. -- job 8:20 +. +He will yet fill your mouth with laughter, and your lips with gladness. -- job 8:21 +. +Those who hate you will be clothed with shame, and the tent of the wicked will be no more." -- job 8:22 +. +Then Job answered: -- job 9:1 +. +"Truly, I know that this is so. But how can a human be just before God? -- job 9:2 +. +If someone wishes to contend with him, he cannot answer him one time in a thousand. -- job 9:3 +. +He is wise in heart and mighty in strength - who has resisted him and remained safe? -- job 9:4 +. +He who removes mountains suddenly, who overturns them in his anger; -- job 9:5 +. +he who shakes the earth out of its place so that its pillars tremble; -- job 9:6 +. +he who commands the sun and it does not shine and seals up the stars; -- job 9:7 +. +he alone spreads out the heavens, and treads on the waves of the sea; -- job 9:8 +. +he makes the Bear, Orion, and the Pleiades, and the constellations of the southern sky; -- job 9:9 +. +he does great and unsearchable things, and wonderful things without number. -- job 9:10 +. +If he passes by me, I cannot see him, if he goes by, I cannot perceive him. -- job 9:11 +. +If he snatches away, who can turn him back? Who dares to say to him, 'What are you doing?' -- job 9:12 +. +God does not restrain his anger; under him the helpers of Rahab lie crushed. -- job 9:13 +. +"How much less, then, can I answer him and choose my words to argue with him! -- job 9:14 +. +Although I am innocent, I could not answer him; I could only plead with my judge for mercy. -- job 9:15 +. +If I summoned him, and he answered me, I would not believe that he would be listening to my voice - -- job 9:16 +. +he who crushes me with a tempest, and multiplies my wounds for no reason. -- job 9:17 +. +He does not allow me to recover my breath, for he fills me with bitterness. -- job 9:18 +. +If it is a matter of strength, most certainly he is the strong one! And if it is a matter of justice, he will say, 'Who will summon me?' -- job 9:19 +. +Although I am innocent, my mouth would condemn me; although I am blameless, it would declare me perverse. -- job 9:20 +. +I am blameless. I do not know myself. I despise my life. -- job 9:21 +. +"It is all one! That is why I say, 'He destroys the blameless and the guilty.' -- job 9:22 +. +If a scourge brings sudden death, he mocks at the despair of the innocent. -- job 9:23 +. +If a land has been given into the hand of a wicked man, he covers the faces of its judges; if it is not he, then who is it? -- job 9:24 +. +"My days are swifter than a runner, they speed by without seeing happiness. -- job 9:25 +. +They glide by like reed boats, like an eagle that swoops down on its prey. -- job 9:26 +. +If I say, 'I will forget my complaint, I will change my expression and be cheerful,' -- job 9:27 +. +I dread all my sufferings, for I know that you do not hold me blameless. -- job 9:28 +. +If I am guilty, why then weary myself in vain? -- job 9:29 +. +If I wash myself with snow water, and make my hands clean with lye, -- job 9:30 +. +then you plunge me into a slimy pit and my own clothes abhor me. -- job 9:31 +. +For he is not a human being like I am, that I might answer him, that we might come together in judgment. -- job 9:32 +. +Nor is there an arbiter between us, who might lay his hand on us both, -- job 9:33 +. +who would take his rod away from me so that his terror would not make me afraid. -- job 9:34 +. +Then would I speak and not fear him, but it is not so with me. -- job 9:35 +. +"I am weary of my life; I will complain without restraint; I will speak in the bitterness of my soul. -- job 10:1 +. +I will say to God, 'Do not condemn me; tell me why you are contending with me.' -- job 10:2 +. +Is it good for you to oppress, to despise the work of your hands, while you smile on the schemes of the wicked? -- job 10:3 +. +"Do you have eyes of flesh, or do you see as a human being sees? -- job 10:4 +. +Are your days like the days of a mortal, or your years like the years of a mortal, -- job 10:5 +. +that you must search out my iniquity, and inquire about my sin, -- job 10:6 +. +although you know that I am not guilty, and that there is no one who can deliver out of your hand? -- job 10:7 +. +"Your hands have shaped me and made me, but now you destroy me completely. -- job 10:8 +. +Remember that you have made me as with the clay; will you return me to dust? -- job 10:9 +. +Did you not pour me out like milk, and curdle me like cheese? -- job 10:10 +. +You clothed me with skin and flesh and knit me together with bones and sinews. -- job 10:11 +. +You gave me life and favor, and your intervention watched over my spirit. -- job 10:12 +. +"But these things you have concealed in your heart; I know that this is with you: -- job 10:13 +. +If I sinned, then you would watch me and you would not acquit me of my iniquity. -- job 10:14 +. +If I am guilty, woe to me, and if I am innocent, I cannot lift my head; I am full of shame, and satiated with my affliction. -- job 10:15 +. +If I lift myself up, you hunt me as a fierce lion, and again you display your power against me. -- job 10:16 +. +You bring new witnesses against me, and increase your anger against me; relief troops come against me. -- job 10:17 +. +"Why then did you bring me out from the womb? I should have died and no eye would have seen me! -- job 10:18 +. +I should have been as though I had never existed; I should have been carried right from the womb to the grave! -- job 10:19 +. +Are not my days few? Cease, then, and leave me alone, that I may find a little comfort, -- job 10:20 +. +before I depart, never to return, to the land of darkness and the deepest shadow, -- job 10:21 +. +to the land of utter darkness, like the deepest darkness, and the deepest shadow and disorder, where even the light is like darkness." -- job 10:22 +. +Then Zophar the Naamathite spoke up and said: -- job 11:1 +. +"Should not this abundance of words be answered, or should this talkative man be vindicated? -- job 11:2 +. +Will your idle talk reduce people to silence, and will no one rebuke you when you mock? -- job 11:3 +. +For you have said, 'My teaching is flawless, and I am pure in your sight.' -- job 11:4 +. +But if only God would speak, if only he would open his lips against you, -- job 11:5 +. +and reveal to you the secrets of wisdom - for true wisdom has two sides - so that you would know that God has forgiven some of your sins. -- job 11:6 +. +"Can you discover the essence of God? Can you find out the perfection of the Almighty? -- job 11:7 +. +It is higher than the heavens - what can you do? It is deeper than Sheol - what can you know? -- job 11:8 +. +Its measure is longer than the earth, and broader than the sea. -- job 11:9 +. +If he comes by and confines you and convenes a court, then who can prevent him? -- job 11:10 +. +For he knows deceitful men; when he sees evil, will he not consider it? -- job 11:11 +. +But an empty man will become wise, when a wild donkey's colt is born a human being. -- job 11:12 +. +"As for you, if you prove faithful, and if you stretch out your hands toward him, -- job 11:13 +. +if iniquity is in your hand - put it far away, and do not let evil reside in your tents. -- job 11:14 +. +For then you will lift up your face without blemish; you will be securely established and will not fear. -- job 11:15 +. +For you will forget your trouble; you will remember it like water that has flowed away. -- job 11:16 +. +And life will be brighter than the noonday; though there be darkness, it will be like the morning. -- job 11:17 +. +And you will be secure, because there is hope; you will be protected and will take your rest in safety. -- job 11:18 +. +You will lie down with no one to make you afraid, and many will seek your favor. -- job 11:19 +. +But the eyes of the wicked fail, and escape eludes them; their one hope is to breathe their last." -- job 11:20 +. +Then Job answered: -- job 12:1 +. +"Without a doubt you are the people, and wisdom will die with you. -- job 12:2 +. +I also have understanding as well as you; I am not inferior to you. Who does not know such things as these? -- job 12:3 +. +I am a laughingstock to my friends, I, who called on God and whom he answered - a righteous and blameless man is a laughingstock! -- job 12:4 +. +For calamity, there is derision (according to the ideas of the fortunate) - a fate for those whose feet slip! -- job 12:5 +. +But the tents of robbers are peaceful, and those who provoke God are confident - who carry their god in their hands. -- job 12:6 +. +"But now, ask the animals and they will teach you, or the birds of the sky and they will tell you. -- job 12:7 +. +Or speak to the earth and it will teach you, or let the fish of the sea declare to you. -- job 12:8 +. +Which of all these does not know that the hand of the Lord has done this, -- job 12:9 +. +in whose hand is the life of every creature and the breath of all the human race. -- job 12:10 +. +Does not the ear test words, as the tongue tastes food? -- job 12:11 +. +Is not wisdom found among the aged? Does not long life bring understanding? -- job 12:12 +. +"With God are wisdom and power; counsel and understanding are his. -- job 12:13 +. +If he tears down, it cannot be rebuilt; if he imprisons a person, there is no escape. -- job 12:14 +. +If he holds back the waters, then they dry up; if he releases them, they destroy the land. -- job 12:15 +. +With him are strength and prudence; both the one who goes astray and the one who misleads are his. -- job 12:16 +. +He leads counselors away stripped and makes judges into fools. -- job 12:17 +. +He loosens the bonds of kings and binds a loincloth around their waist. -- job 12:18 +. +He leads priests away stripped and overthrows the potentates. -- job 12:19 +. +He deprives the trusted advisers of speech and takes away the discernment of elders. -- job 12:20 +. +He pours contempt on noblemen and disarms the powerful. -- job 12:21 +. +He reveals the deep things of darkness, and brings deep shadows into the light. -- job 12:22 +. +He makes nations great, and destroys them; he extends the boundaries of nations and disperses them. -- job 12:23 +. +He deprives the leaders of the earth of their understanding; he makes them wander in a trackless desert waste. -- job 12:24 +. +They grope about in darkness without light; he makes them stagger like drunkards. -- job 12:25 +. +"Indeed, my eyes have seen all this, my ears have heard and understood it. -- job 13:1 +. +What you know, I know also; I am not inferior to you! -- job 13:2 +. +But I wish to speak to the Almighty, and I desire to argue my case with God. -- job 13:3 +. +But you, however, are inventors of lies; all of you are worthless physicians! -- job 13:4 +. +If only you would keep completely silent! For you, that would be wisdom. -- job 13:5 +. +"Listen now to my argument, and be attentive to my lips' contentions. -- job 13:6 +. +Will you speak wickedly on God's behalf? Will you speak deceitfully for him? -- job 13:7 +. +Will you show him partiality? Will you argue the case for God? -- job 13:8 +. +Would it turn out well if he would examine you? Or as one deceives a man would you deceive him? -- job 13:9 +. +He would certainly rebuke you if you secretly showed partiality! -- job 13:10 +. +Would not his splendor terrify you and the fear he inspires fall on you? -- job 13:11 +. +Your maxims are proverbs of ashes; your defenses are defenses of clay. -- job 13:12 +. +"Refrain from talking with me so that I may speak; then let come to me what may. -- job 13:13 +. +Why do I put myself in peril, and take my life in my hands? -- job 13:14 +. +Even if he slays me, I will hope in him; I will surely defend my ways to his face! -- job 13:15 +. +Moreover, this will become my deliverance, for no godless person would come before him. -- job 13:16 +. +Listen carefully to my words; let your ears be attentive to my explanation. -- job 13:17 +. +See now, I have prepared my case; I know that I am right. -- job 13:18 +. +Who will contend with me? If anyone can, I will be silent and die. -- job 13:19 +. +Only in two things spare me, O God, and then I will not hide from your face: -- job 13:20 +. +Remove your hand far from me and stop making me afraid with your terror. -- job 13:21 +. +Then call, and I will answer, or I will speak, and you respond to me. -- job 13:22 +. +How many are my iniquities and sins? Show me my transgression and my sin. -- job 13:23 +. +Why do you hide your face and regard me as your enemy? -- job 13:24 +. +Do you wish to torment a windblown leaf and chase after dry chaff? -- job 13:25 +. +For you write down bitter things against me and cause me to inherit the sins of my youth. -- job 13:26 +. +And you put my feet in the stocks and you watch all my movements; you put marks on the soles of my feet. -- job 13:27 +. +So I waste away like something rotten, like a garment eaten by moths. -- job 13:28 +. +"Man, born of woman, lives but a few days, and they are full of trouble. -- job 14:1 +. +He grows up like a flower and then withers away; he flees like a shadow, and does not remain. -- job 14:2 +. +Do you fix your eye on such a one? And do you bring me before you for judgment? -- job 14:3 +. +Who can make a clean thing come from an unclean? No one! -- job 14:4 +. +Since man's days are determined, the number of his months is under your control; you have set his limit and he cannot pass it. -- job 14:5 +. +Look away from him and let him desist, until he fulfills his time like a hired man. -- job 14:6 +. +"But there is hope for a tree: If it is cut down, it will sprout again, and its new shoots will not fail. -- job 14:7 +. +Although its roots may grow old in the ground and its stump begins to die in the soil, -- job 14:8 +. +at the scent of water it will flourish and put forth shoots like a new plant. -- job 14:9 +. +But man dies and is powerless; he expires - and where is he? -- job 14:10 +. +As water disappears from the sea, or a river drains away and dries up, -- job 14:11 +. +so man lies down and does not rise; until the heavens are no more, they will not awake nor arise from their sleep. -- job 14:12 +. +"O that you would hide me in Sheol, and conceal me till your anger has passed! O that you would set me a time and then remember me! -- job 14:13 +. +If a man dies, will he live again? All the days of my hard service I will wait until my release comes. -- job 14:14 +. +You will call and I - I will answer you; you will long for the creature you have made. -- job 14:15 +. +"Surely now you count my steps; then you would not mark my sin. -- job 14:16 +. +My offenses would be sealed up in a bag; you would cover over my sin. -- job 14:17 +. +But as a mountain falls away and crumbles, and as a rock will be removed from its place, -- job 14:18 +. +as water wears away stones, and torrents wash away the soil, so you destroy man's hope. -- job 14:19 +. +You overpower him once for all, and he departs; you change his appearance and send him away. -- job 14:20 +. +If his sons are honored, he does not know it; if they are brought low, he does not see it. -- job 14:21 +. +Only his flesh has pain for himself, and he mourns for himself." -- job 14:22 +. +Then Eliphaz the Temanite answered: -- job 15:1 +. +"Does a wise man answer with blustery knowledge, or fill his belly with the east wind? -- job 15:2 +. +Does he argue with useless talk, with words that have no value in them? -- job 15:3 +. +But you even break off piety, and hinder meditation before God. -- job 15:4 +. +Your sin inspires your mouth; you choose the language of the crafty. -- job 15:5 +. +Your own mouth condemns you, not I; your own lips testify against you. -- job 15:6 +. +"Were you the first man ever born? Were you brought forth before the hills? -- job 15:7 +. +Do you listen in on God's secret council? Do you limit wisdom to yourself? -- job 15:8 +. +What do you know that we don't know? What do you understand that we don't understand? -- job 15:9 +. +The gray-haired and the aged are on our side, men far older than your father. -- job 15:10 +. +Are God's consolations too trivial for you; or a word spoken in gentleness to you? -- job 15:11 +. +Why has your heart carried you away, and why do your eyes flash, -- job 15:12 +. +when you turn your rage against God and allow such words to escape from your mouth? -- job 15:13 +. +What is man that he should be pure, or one born of woman, that he should be righteous? -- job 15:14 +. +If God places no trust in his holy ones, if even the heavens are not pure in his eyes, -- job 15:15 +. +how much less man, who is abominable and corrupt, who drinks in evil like water! -- job 15:16 +. +"I will explain to you; listen to me, and what I have seen, I will declare, -- job 15:17 +. +what wise men declare, hiding nothing, from the tradition of their ancestors, -- job 15:18 +. +to whom alone the land was given when no foreigner passed among them. -- job 15:19 +. +All his days the wicked man suffers torment, throughout the number of the years that are stored up for the tyrant. -- job 15:20 +. +Terrifying sounds fill his ears; in a time of peace marauders attack him. -- job 15:21 +. +He does not expect to escape from darkness; he is marked for the sword; -- job 15:22 +. +he wanders about - food for vultures; he knows that the day of darkness is at hand. -- job 15:23 +. +Distress and anguish terrify him; they prevail against him like a king ready to launch an attack, -- job 15:24 +. +for he stretches out his hand against God, and vaunts himself against the Almighty, -- job 15:25 +. +defiantly charging against him with a thick, strong shield! -- job 15:26 +. +Because he covered his face with fat, and made his hips bulge with fat, -- job 15:27 +. +he lived in ruined towns and in houses where no one lives, where they are ready to crumble into heaps. -- job 15:28 +. +He will not grow rich, and his wealth will not endure, nor will his possessions spread over the land. -- job 15:29 +. +He will not escape the darkness; a flame will wither his shoots and he will depart by the breath of God's mouth. -- job 15:30 +. +Let him not trust in what is worthless, deceiving himself; for worthlessness will be his reward. -- job 15:31 +. +Before his time he will be paid in full, and his branches will not flourish. -- job 15:32 +. +Like a vine he will let his sour grapes fall, and like an olive tree he will shed his blossoms. -- job 15:33 +. +For the company of the godless is barren, and fire consumes the tents of those who accept bribes. -- job 15:34 +. +They conceive trouble and bring forth evil; their belly prepares deception." -- job 15:35 +. +Then Job replied: -- job 16:1 +. +"I have heard many things like these before. What miserable comforters are you all! -- job 16:2 +. +Will there be an end to your windy words? Or what provokes you that you answer? -- job 16:3 +. +I also could speak like you, if you were in my place; I could pile up words against you and I could shake my head at you. -- job 16:4 +. +But I would strengthen you with my words; comfort from my lips would bring you relief. -- job 16:5 +. +"But if I speak, my pain is not relieved, and if I refrain from speaking - how much of it goes away? -- job 16:6 +. +Surely now he has worn me out, you have devastated my entire household. -- job 16:7 +. +You have seized me, and it has become a witness; my leanness has risen up against me and testifies against me. -- job 16:8 +. +His anger has torn me and persecuted me; he has gnashed at me with his teeth; my adversary locks his eyes on me. -- job 16:9 +. +People have opened their mouths against me, they have struck my cheek in scorn; they unite together against me. -- job 16:10 +. +God abandons me to evil men, and throws me into the hands of wicked men. -- job 16:11 +. +I was in peace, and he has shattered me. He has seized me by the neck and crushed me. He has made me his target; -- job 16:12 +. +his archers surround me. Without pity he pierces my kidneys and pours out my gall on the ground. -- job 16:13 +. +He breaks through against me, time and time again; he rushes against me like a warrior. -- job 16:14 +. +I have sewed sackcloth on my skin, and buried my horn in the dust; -- job 16:15 +. +my face is reddened because of weeping, and on my eyelids there is a deep darkness, -- job 16:16 +. +although there is no violence in my hands and my prayer is pure. -- job 16:17 +. +"O earth, do not cover my blood, nor let there be a secret place for my cry. -- job 16:18 +. +Even now my witness is in heaven; my advocate is on high. -- job 16:19 +. +My intercessor is my friend as my eyes pour out tears to God; -- job 16:20 +. +and he contends with God on behalf of man as a man pleads for his friend. -- job 16:21 +. +For the years that lie ahead are few, and then I will go on the way of no return. -- job 16:22 +. +My spirit is broken, my days have faded out, the grave awaits me. -- job 17:1 +. +Surely mockery is with me; my eyes must dwell on their hostility. -- job 17:2 +. +Make then my pledge with you. Who else will put up security for me? -- job 17:3 +. +Because you have closed their minds to understanding, therefore you will not exalt them. -- job 17:4 +. +If a man denounces his friends for personal gain, the eyes of his children will fail. -- job 17:5 +. +He has made me a byword to people, I am the one in whose face they spit. -- job 17:6 +. +My eyes have grown dim with grief; my whole frame is but a shadow. -- job 17:7 +. +Upright men are appalled at this; the innocent man is troubled with the godless. -- job 17:8 +. +But the righteous man holds to his way, and the one with clean hands grows stronger. -- job 17:9 +. +"But turn, all of you, and come now! I will not find a wise man among you. -- job 17:10 +. +My days have passed, my plans are shattered, even the desires of my heart. -- job 17:11 +. +These men change night into day; they say, 'The light is near in the face of darkness.' -- job 17:12 +. +If I hope for the grave to be my home, if I spread out my bed in darkness, -- job 17:13 +. +If I cry to corruption, 'You are my father,' and to the worm, 'My Mother,' or 'My sister,' -- job 17:14 +. +where then is my hope? And my hope, who sees it? -- job 17:15 +. +Will it go down to the barred gates of death? Will we descend together into the dust?" -- job 17:16 +. +Then Bildad the Shuhite answered: -- job 18:1 +. +"How long until you make an end of words? You must consider, and then we can talk. -- job 18:2 +. +Why should we be regarded as beasts, and considered stupid in your sight? -- job 18:3 +. +You who tear yourself to pieces in your anger, will the earth be abandoned for your sake? Or will a rock be moved from its place? -- job 18:4 +. +"Yes, the lamp of the wicked is extinguished; his flame of fire does not shine. -- job 18:5 +. +The light in his tent grows dark; his lamp above him is extinguished. -- job 18:6 +. +His vigorous steps are restricted, and his own counsel throws him down. -- job 18:7 +. +For he has been thrown into a net by his feet and he wanders into a mesh. -- job 18:8 +. +A trap seizes him by the heel; a snare grips him. -- job 18:9 +. +A rope is hidden for him on the ground and a trap for him lies on the path. -- job 18:10 +. +Terrors frighten him on all sides and dog his every step. -- job 18:11 +. +Calamity is hungry for him, and misfortune is ready at his side. -- job 18:12 +. +It eats away parts of his skin; the most terrible death devours his limbs. -- job 18:13 +. +He is dragged from the security of his tent, and marched off to the king of terrors. -- job 18:14 +. +Fire resides in his tent; over his residence burning sulfur is scattered. -- job 18:15 +. +Below his roots dry up, and his branches wither above. -- job 18:16 +. +His memory perishes from the earth, he has no name in the land. -- job 18:17 +. +He is driven from light into darkness and is banished from the world. -- job 18:18 +. +He has neither children nor descendants among his people, no survivor in those places he once stayed. -- job 18:19 +. +People of the west are appalled at his fate; people of the east are seized with horror, saying, -- job 18:20 +. +'Surely such is the residence of an evil man; and this is the place of one who has not known God.'" -- job 18:21 +. +Then Job answered: -- job 19:1 +. +"How long will you torment me and crush me with your words? -- job 19:2 +. +These ten times you have been reproaching me; you are not ashamed to attack me! -- job 19:3 +. +But even if it were true that I have erred, my error remains solely my concern! -- job 19:4 +. +If indeed you would exalt yourselves above me and plead my disgrace against me, -- job 19:5 +. +know then that God has wronged me and encircled me with his net. -- job 19:6 +. +"If I cry out, 'Violence!' I receive no answer; I cry for help, but there is no justice. -- job 19:7 +. +He has blocked my way so I cannot pass, and has set darkness over my paths. -- job 19:8 +. +He has stripped me of my honor and has taken the crown off my head. -- job 19:9 +. +He tears me down on every side until I perish; he uproots my hope like one uproots a tree. -- job 19:10 +. +Thus his anger burns against me, and he considers me among his enemies. -- job 19:11 +. +His troops advance together; they throw up a siege ramp against me, and they camp around my tent. -- job 19:12 +. +"He has put my relatives far from me; my acquaintances only turn away from me. -- job 19:13 +. +My kinsmen have failed me; my friends have forgotten me. -- job 19:14 +. +My guests and my servant girls consider me a stranger; I am a foreigner in their eyes. -- job 19:15 +. +I summon my servant, but he does not respond, even though I implore him with my own mouth. -- job 19:16 +. +My breath is repulsive to my wife; I am loathsome to my brothers. -- job 19:17 +. +Even youngsters have scorned me; when I get up, they scoff at me. -- job 19:18 +. +All my closest friends detest me; and those whom I love have turned against me. -- job 19:19 +. +My bones stick to my skin and my flesh; I have escaped alive with only the skin of my teeth. -- job 19:20 +. +Have pity on me, my friends, have pity on me, for the hand of God has struck me. -- job 19:21 +. +Why do you pursue me like God does? Will you never be satiated with my flesh? -- job 19:22 +. +"O that my words were written down, O that they were written on a scroll, -- job 19:23 +. +that with an iron chisel and with lead they were engraved in a rock forever! -- job 19:24 +. +As for me, I know that my Redeemer lives, and that as the last he will stand upon the earth. -- job 19:25 +. +And after my skin has been destroyed, yet in my flesh I will see God, -- job 19:26 +. +whom I will see for myself, and whom my own eyes will behold, and not another. My heart grows faint within me. -- job 19:27 +. +If you say, 'How we will pursue him, since the root of the trouble is found in him!' -- job 19:28 +. +Fear the sword yourselves, for wrath brings the punishment by the sword, so that you may know that there is judgment." -- job 19:29 +. +Then Zophar the Naamathite answered: -- job 20:1 +. +"This is why my troubled thoughts bring me back - because of my feelings within me. -- job 20:2 +. +When I hear a reproof that dishonors me, then my understanding prompts me to answer. -- job 20:3 +. +"Surely you know that it has been from old, ever since humankind was placed on the earth, -- job 20:4 +. +that the elation of the wicked is brief, the joy of the godless lasts but a moment. -- job 20:5 +. +Even though his stature reaches to the heavens and his head touches the clouds, -- job 20:6 +. +he will perish forever, like his own excrement; those who used to see him will say, 'Where is he?' -- job 20:7 +. +Like a dream he flies away, never again to be found, and like a vision of the night he is put to flight. -- job 20:8 +. +People who had seen him will not see him again, and the place where he was will recognize him no longer. -- job 20:9 +. +His sons must recompense the poor; his own hands must return his wealth. -- job 20:10 +. +His bones were full of his youthful vigor, but that vigor will lie down with him in the dust. -- job 20:11 +. +"If evil is sweet in his mouth and he hides it under his tongue, -- job 20:12 +. +if he retains it for himself and does not let it go, and holds it fast in his mouth, -- job 20:13 +. +his food is turned sour in his stomach; it becomes the venom of serpents within him. -- job 20:14 +. +The wealth that he consumed he vomits up, God will make him throw it out of his stomach. -- job 20:15 +. +He sucks the poison of serpents; the fangs of a viper kill him. -- job 20:16 +. +He will not look on the streams, the rivers, which are the torrents of honey and butter. -- job 20:17 +. +He gives back the ill-gotten gain without assimilating it; he will not enjoy the wealth from his commerce. -- job 20:18 +. +For he has oppressed the poor and abandoned them; he has seized a house which he did not build. -- job 20:19 +. +For he knows no satisfaction in his appetite; he does not let anything he desires escape. -- job 20:20 +. +"Nothing is left for him to devour; that is why his prosperity does not last. -- job 20:21 +. +In the fullness of his sufficiency, distress overtakes him. the full force of misery will come upon him. -- job 20:22 +. +"While he is filling his belly, God sends his burning anger against him, and rains down his blows upon him. -- job 20:23 +. +If he flees from an iron weapon, then an arrow from a bronze bow pierces him. -- job 20:24 +. +When he pulls it out and it comes out of his back, the gleaming point out of his liver, terrors come over him. -- job 20:25 +. +Total darkness waits to receive his treasures; a fire which has not been kindled will consume him and devour what is left in his tent. -- job 20:26 +. +The heavens reveal his iniquity; the earth rises up against him. -- job 20:27 +. +A flood will carry off his house, rushing waters on the day of God's wrath. -- job 20:28 +. +Such is the lot God allots the wicked, and the heritage of his appointment from God." -- job 20:29 +. +Then Job answered: -- job 21:1 +. +"Listen carefully to my words; let this be the consolation you offer me. -- job 21:2 +. +Bear with me and I will speak, and after I have spoken you may mock. -- job 21:3 +. +Is my complaint against a man? If so, why should I not be impatient? -- job 21:4 +. +Look at me and be appalled; put your hands over your mouths. -- job 21:5 +. +For, when I think about this, I am terrified and my body feels a shudder. -- job 21:6 +. +"Why do the wicked go on living, grow old, even increase in power? -- job 21:7 +. +Their children are firmly established in their presence, their offspring before their eyes. -- job 21:8 +. +Their houses are safe and without fear; and no rod of punishment from God is upon them. -- job 21:9 +. +Their bulls breed without fail; their cows calve and do not miscarry. -- job 21:10 +. +They allow their children to run like a flock; their little ones dance about. -- job 21:11 +. +They sing to the accompaniment of tambourine and harp, and make merry to the sound of the flute. -- job 21:12 +. +They live out their years in prosperity and go down to the grave in peace. -- job 21:13 +. +So they say to God, 'Turn away from us! We do not want to know your ways. -- job 21:14 +. +Who is the Almighty, that we should serve him? What would we gain if we were to pray to him?' -- job 21:15 +. +But their prosperity is not their own doing. The counsel of the wicked is far from me! -- job 21:16 +. +"How often is the lamp of the wicked extinguished? How often does their misfortune come upon them? How often does God apportion pain to them in his anger? -- job 21:17 +. +How often are they like straw before the wind, and like chaff swept away by a whirlwind? -- job 21:18 +. +You may say, 'God stores up a man's punishment for his children!' Instead let him repay the man himself so that he may know it! -- job 21:19 +. +Let his own eyes see his destruction; let him drink of the anger of the Almighty. -- job 21:20 +. +For what is his interest in his home after his death, when the number of his months has been broken off? -- job 21:21 +. +Can anyone teach God knowledge, since he judges those that are on high? -- job 21:22 +. +"One man dies in his full vigor, completely secure and prosperous, -- job 21:23 +. +his body well nourished, and the marrow of his bones moist. -- job 21:24 +. +And another man dies in bitterness of soul, never having tasted anything good. -- job 21:25 +. +Together they lie down in the dust, and worms cover over them both. -- job 21:26 +. +"Yes, I know what you are thinking, the schemes by which you would wrong me. -- job 21:27 +. +For you say, 'Where now is the nobleman's house, and where are the tents in which the wicked lived?' -- job 21:28 +. +Have you never questioned those who travel the roads? Do you not recognize their accounts - -- job 21:29 +. +that the evil man is spared from the day of his misfortune, that he is delivered from the day of God's wrath? -- job 21:30 +. +No one denounces his conduct to his face; no one repays him for what he has done. -- job 21:31 +. +And when he is carried to the tombs, and watch is kept over the funeral mound, -- job 21:32 +. +The clods of the torrent valley are sweet to him; behind him everybody follows in procession, and before him goes a countless throng. -- job 21:33 +. +So how can you console me with your futile words? Nothing is left of your answers but deception!" -- job 21:34 +. +Then Eliphaz the Temanite answered: -- job 22:1 +. +"Is it to God that a strong man is of benefit? Is it to him that even a wise man is profitable? -- job 22:2 +. +Is it of any special benefit to the Almighty that you should be righteous, or is it any gain to him that you make your ways blameless? -- job 22:3 +. +Is it because of your piety that he rebukes you and goes to judgment with you? -- job 22:4 +. +Is not your wickedness great and is there no end to your iniquity? -- job 22:5 +. +"For you took pledges from your brothers for no reason, and you stripped the clothing from the naked. -- job 22:6 +. +You gave the weary no water to drink and from the hungry you withheld food. -- job 22:7 +. +Although you were a powerful man, owning land, an honored man living on it, -- job 22:8 +. +you sent widows away empty-handed, and the arms of the orphans you crushed. -- job 22:9 +. +That is why snares surround you, and why sudden fear terrifies you, -- job 22:10 +. +why it is so dark you cannot see, and why a flood of water covers you. -- job 22:11 +. +"Is not God on high in heaven? And see the lofty stars, how high they are! -- job 22:12 +. +But you have said, 'What does God know? Does he judge through such deep darkness? -- job 22:13 +. +Thick clouds are a veil for him, so he does not see us, as he goes back and forth in the vault of heaven.' -- job 22:14 +. +Will you keep to the old path that evil men have walked - -- job 22:15 +. +men who were carried off before their time, when the flood was poured out on their foundations? -- job 22:16 +. +They were saying to God, 'Turn away from us,' and 'What can the Almighty do to us?' -- job 22:17 +. +But it was he who filled their houses with good things - yet the counsel of the wicked was far from me. -- job 22:18 +. +The righteous see their destruction and rejoice; the innocent mock them scornfully, saying, -- job 22:19 +. +'Surely our enemies are destroyed, and fire consumes their wealth.' -- job 22:20 +. +"Reconcile yourself with God, and be at peace with him; in this way your prosperity will be good. -- job 22:21 +. +Accept instruction from his mouth and store up his words in your heart. -- job 22:22 +. +If you return to the Almighty, you will be built up; if you remove wicked behavior far from your tent, -- job 22:23 +. +and throw your gold in the dust - your gold of Ophir among the rocks in the ravines - -- job 22:24 +. +then the Almighty himself will be your gold, and the choicest silver for you. -- job 22:25 +. +Surely then you will delight yourself in the Almighty, and will lift up your face toward God. -- job 22:26 +. +You will pray to him and he will hear you, and you will fulfill your vows to him. -- job 22:27 +. +Whatever you decide on a matter, it will be established for you, and light will shine on your ways. -- job 22:28 +. +When people are brought low and you say 'Lift them up!' then he will save the downcast; -- job 22:29 +. +he will deliver even someone who is not innocent, who will escape through the cleanness of your hands." -- job 22:30 +. +Then Job answered: -- job 23:1 +. +"Even today my complaint is still bitter; his hand is heavy despite my groaning. -- job 23:2 +. +O that I knew where I might find him, that I could come to his place of residence! -- job 23:3 +. +I would lay out my case before him and fill my mouth with arguments. -- job 23:4 +. +I would know with what words he would answer me, and understand what he would say to me. -- job 23:5 +. +Would he contend with me with great power? No, he would only pay attention to me. -- job 23:6 +. +There an upright person could present his case before him, and I would be delivered forever from my judge. -- job 23:7 +. +"If I go to the east, he is not there, and to the west, yet I do not perceive him. -- job 23:8 +. +In the north when he is at work, I do not see him; when he turns to the south, I see no trace of him. -- job 23:9 +. +But he knows the pathway that I take; if he tested me, I would come forth like gold. -- job 23:10 +. +My feet have followed his steps closely; I have kept to his way and have not turned aside. -- job 23:11 +. +I have not departed from the commands of his lips; I have treasured the words of his mouth more than my allotted portion. -- job 23:12 +. +But he is unchangeable, and who can change him? Whatever he has desired, he does. -- job 23:13 +. +For he fulfills his decree against me, and many such things are his plans. -- job 23:14 +. +That is why I am terrified in his presence; when I consider, I am afraid because of him. -- job 23:15 +. +Indeed, God has made my heart faint; the Almighty has terrified me. -- job 23:16 +. +Yet I have not been silent because of the darkness, because of the thick darkness that covered my face. -- job 23:17 +. +"Why are times not appointed by the Almighty? Why do those who know him not see his days? -- job 24:1 +. +Men move boundary stones; they seize the flock and pasture them. -- job 24:2 +. +They drive away the orphan's donkey; they take the widow's ox as a pledge. -- job 24:3 +. +They turn the needy from the pathway, and the poor of the land hide themselves together. -- job 24:4 +. +Like wild donkeys in the desert they go out to their labor, seeking diligently for food; the wasteland provides food for them and for their children. -- job 24:5 +. +They reap fodder in the field, and glean in the vineyard of the wicked. -- job 24:6 +. +They spend the night naked because they lack clothing; they have no covering against the cold. -- job 24:7 +. +They are soaked by mountain rains and huddle in the rocks because they lack shelter. -- job 24:8 +. +The fatherless child is snatched from the breast, the infant of the poor is taken as a pledge. -- job 24:9 +. +They go about naked, without clothing, and go hungry while they carry the sheaves. -- job 24:10 +. +They press out the olive oil between the rows of olive trees; they tread the winepresses while they are thirsty. -- job 24:11 +. +From the city the dying groan, and the wounded cry out for help, but God charges no one with wrongdoing. -- job 24:12 +. +There are those who rebel against the light; they do not know its ways and they do not stay on its paths. -- job 24:13 +. +Before daybreak the murderer rises up; he kills the poor and the needy; in the night he is like a thief. -- job 24:14 +. +And the eye of the adulterer watches for the twilight, thinking, 'No eye can see me,' and covers his face with a mask. -- job 24:15 +. +In the dark the robber breaks into houses, but by day they shut themselves in; they do not know the light. -- job 24:16 +. +For all of them, the morning is to them like deep darkness; they are friends with the terrors of darkness. -- job 24:17 +. +"You say, 'He is foam on the face of the waters; their portion of the land is cursed so that no one goes to their vineyard. -- job 24:18 +. +The drought as well as the heat carry away the melted snow; so the grave takes away those who have sinned. -- job 24:19 +. +The womb forgets him, the worm feasts on him, no longer will he be remembered. Like a tree, wickedness will be broken down. -- job 24:20 +. +He preys on the barren and childless woman, and does not treat the widow well. -- job 24:21 +. +But God drags off the mighty by his power; when God rises up against him, he has no faith in his life. -- job 24:22 +. +God may let them rest in a feeling of security, but he is constantly watching all their ways. -- job 24:23 +. +They are exalted for a little while, and then they are gone, they are brought low like all others, and gathered in, and like a head of grain they are cut off.' -- job 24:24 +. +"If this is not so, who can prove me a liar and reduce my words to nothing?" -- job 24:25 +. +Then Bildad the Shuhite answered: -- job 25:1 +. +"Dominion and awesome might belong to God; he establishes peace in his heights. -- job 25:2 +. +Can his armies be numbered? On whom does his light not rise? -- job 25:3 +. +How then can a human being be righteous before God? How can one born of a woman be pure? -- job 25:4 +. +If even the moon is not bright, and the stars are not pure as far as he is concerned, -- job 25:5 +. +how much less a mortal man, who is but a maggot - a son of man, who is only a worm!" -- job 25:6 +. +Then Job replied: -- job 26:1 +. +"How you have helped the powerless! How you have saved the person who has no strength! -- job 26:2 +. +How you have advised the one without wisdom, and abundantly revealed your insight! -- job 26:3 +. +To whom did you utter these words? And whose spirit has come forth from your mouth? -- job 26:4 +. +"The dead tremble - those beneath the waters and all that live in them. -- job 26:5 +. +The underworld is naked before God; the place of destruction lies uncovered. -- job 26:6 +. +He spreads out the northern skies over empty space; he suspends the earth on nothing. -- job 26:7 +. +He locks the waters in his clouds, and the clouds do not burst with the weight of them. -- job 26:8 +. +He conceals the face of the full moon, shrouding it with his clouds. -- job 26:9 +. +He marks out the horizon on the surface of the waters as a boundary between light and darkness. -- job 26:10 +. +The pillars of the heavens tremble and are amazed at his rebuke. -- job 26:11 +. +By his power he stills the sea; by his wisdom he cut Rahab the great sea monster to pieces. -- job 26:12 +. +By his breath the skies became fair; his hand pierced the fleeing serpent. -- job 26:13 +. +Indeed, these are but the outer fringes of his ways! How faint is the whisper we hear of him! But who can understand the thunder of his power?" -- job 26:14 +. +And Job took up his discourse again: -- job 27:1 +. +"As surely as God lives, who has denied me justice, the Almighty, who has made my life bitter - -- job 27:2 +. +for while my spirit is still in me, and the breath from God is in my nostrils, -- job 27:3 +. +my lips will not speak wickedness, and my tongue will whisper no deceit. -- job 27:4 +. +I will never declare that you three are in the right; until I die, I will not set aside my integrity! -- job 27:5 +. +I will maintain my righteousness and never let it go; my conscience will not reproach me for as long as I live. -- job 27:6 +. +"May my enemy be like the wicked, my adversary like the unrighteous. -- job 27:7 +. +For what hope does the godless have when he is cut off, when God takes away his life? -- job 27:8 +. +Does God listen to his cry when distress overtakes him? -- job 27:9 +. +Will he find delight in the Almighty? Will he call out to God at all times? -- job 27:10 +. +I will teach you about the power of God; What is on the Almighty's mind I will not conceal. -- job 27:11 +. +If you yourselves have all seen this, Why in the world do you continue this meaningless talk? -- job 27:12 +. +This is the portion of the wicked man allotted by God, the inheritance that evildoers receive from the Almighty. -- job 27:13 +. +If his children increase - it is for the sword! His offspring never have enough to eat. -- job 27:14 +. +Those who survive him are buried by the plague, and their widows do not mourn for them. -- job 27:15 +. +If he piles up silver like dust and stores up clothing like mounds of clay, -- job 27:16 +. +what he stores up a righteous man will wear, and an innocent man will inherit his silver. -- job 27:17 +. +The house he builds is as fragile as a moth's cocoon, like a hut that a watchman has made. -- job 27:18 +. +He goes to bed wealthy, but will do so no more. When he opens his eyes, it is all gone. -- job 27:19 +. +Terrors overwhelm him like a flood; at night a whirlwind carries him off. -- job 27:20 +. +The east wind carries him away, and he is gone; it sweeps him out of his place. -- job 27:21 +. +It hurls itself against him without pity as he flees headlong from its power. -- job 27:22 +. +It claps its hands at him in derision and hisses him away from his place. -- job 27:23 +. +"Surely there is a mine for silver, and a place where gold is refined. -- job 28:1 +. +Iron is taken from the ground, and rock is poured out as copper. -- job 28:2 +. +Man puts an end to the darkness; he searches the farthest recesses for the ore in the deepest darkness. -- job 28:3 +. +Far from where people live he sinks a shaft, in places travelers have long forgotten, far from other people he dangles and sways. -- job 28:4 +. +The earth, from which food comes, is overturned below as though by fire; -- job 28:5 +. +a place whose stones are sapphires and which contains dust of gold; -- job 28:6 +. +a hidden path no bird of prey knows - no falcon's eye has spotted it. -- job 28:7 +. +Proud beasts have not set foot on it, and no lion has passed along it. -- job 28:8 +. +On the flinty rock man has set to work with his hand; he has overturned mountains at their bases. -- job 28:9 +. +He has cut out channels through the rocks; his eyes have spotted every precious thing. -- job 28:10 +. +He has searched the sources of the rivers and what was hidden he has brought into the light. -- job 28:11 +. +"But wisdom - where can it be found? Where is the place of understanding? -- job 28:12 +. +Mankind does not know its place; it cannot be found in the land of the living. -- job 28:13 +. +The deep says, 'It is not with me.' And the sea says, 'It is not with me.' -- job 28:14 +. +Fine gold cannot be given in exchange for it, nor can its price be weighed out in silver. -- job 28:15 +. +It cannot be measured out for purchase with the gold of Ophir, with precious onyx or sapphires. -- job 28:16 +. +Neither gold nor crystal can be compared with it, nor can a vase of gold match its worth. -- job 28:17 +. +Of coral and jasper no mention will be made; the price of wisdom is more than pearls. -- job 28:18 +. +The topaz of Cush cannot be compared with it; it cannot be purchased with pure gold. -- job 28:19 +. +"But wisdom - where does it come from? Where is the place of understanding? -- job 28:20 +. +For it has been hidden from the eyes of every living creature, and from the birds of the sky it has been concealed. -- job 28:21 +. +Destruction and Death say, 'With our ears we have heard a rumor about where it can be found.' -- job 28:22 +. +God understands the way to it, and he alone knows its place. -- job 28:23 +. +For he looks to the ends of the earth and observes everything under the heavens. -- job 28:24 +. +When he made the force of the wind and measured the waters with a gauge. -- job 28:25 +. +When he imposed a limit for the rain, and a path for the thunderstorm, -- job 28:26 +. +then he looked at wisdom and assessed its value; he established it and examined it closely. -- job 28:27 +. +And he said to mankind, 'The fear of the Lord - that is wisdom, and to turn away from evil is understanding.'" -- job 28:28 +. +Then Job continued his speech: -- job 29:1 +. +"O that I could be as I was in the months now gone, in the days when God watched over me, -- job 29:2 +. +when he caused his lamp to shine upon my head, and by his light I walked through darkness; -- job 29:3 +. +just as I was in my most productive time, when God's intimate friendship was experienced in my tent, -- job 29:4 +. +when the Almighty was still with me and my children were around me; -- job 29:5 +. +when my steps were bathed with butter and the rock poured out for me streams of olive oil! -- job 29:6 +. +When I went out to the city gate and secured my seat in the public square, -- job 29:7 +. +the young men would see me and step aside, and the old men would get up and remain standing; -- job 29:8 +. +the chief men refrained from talking and covered their mouths with their hands; -- job 29:9 +. +the voices of the nobles fell silent, and their tongues stuck to the roof of their mouths. -- job 29:10 +. +"As soon as the ear heard these things, it blessed me, and when the eye saw them, it bore witness to me, -- job 29:11 +. +for I rescued the poor who cried out for help, and the orphan who had no one to assist him; -- job 29:12 +. +the blessing of the dying man descended on me, and I made the widow's heart rejoice; -- job 29:13 +. +I put on righteousness and it clothed me, my just dealing was like a robe and a turban; -- job 29:14 +. +I was eyes for the blind and feet for the lame; -- job 29:15 +. +I was a father to the needy, and I investigated the case of the person I did not know; -- job 29:16 +. +I broke the fangs of the wicked, and made him drop his prey from his teeth. -- job 29:17 +. +"Then I thought, 'I will die in my own home, my days as numerous as the grains of sand. -- job 29:18 +. +My roots reach the water, and the dew lies on my branches all night long. -- job 29:19 +. +My glory will always be fresh in me, and my bow ever new in my hand.' -- job 29:20 +. +"People listened to me and waited silently; they kept silent for my advice. -- job 29:21 +. +After I had spoken, they did not respond; my words fell on them drop by drop. -- job 29:22 +. +They waited for me as people wait for the rain, and they opened their mouths as for the spring rains. -- job 29:23 +. +If I smiled at them, they hardly believed it; and they did not cause the light of my face to darken. -- job 29:24 +. +I chose the way for them and sat as their chief; I lived like a king among his troops; I was like one who comforts mourners. -- job 29:25 +. +"But now they mock me, those who are younger than I, whose fathers I disdained too much to put with my sheep dogs. -- job 30:1 +. +Moreover, the strength of their hands - what use was it to me? Men whose strength had perished; -- job 30:2 +. +gaunt with want and hunger, they would gnaw the parched land, in former time desolate and waste. -- job 30:3 +. +By the brush they would gather herbs from the salt marshes, and the root of the broom tree was their food. -- job 30:4 +. +They were banished from the community - people shouted at them like they would shout at thieves - -- job 30:5 +. +so that they had to live in the dry stream beds, in the holes of the ground, and among the rocks. -- job 30:6 +. +They brayed like animals among the bushes and were huddled together under the nettles. -- job 30:7 +. +Sons of senseless and nameless people, they were driven out of the land with whips. -- job 30:8 +. +"And now I have become their taunt song; I have become a byword among them. -- job 30:9 +. +They detest me and maintain their distance; they do not hesitate to spit in my face. -- job 30:10 +. +Because God has untied my tent cord and afflicted me, people throw off all restraint in my presence. -- job 30:11 +. +On my right the young rabble rise up; they drive me from place to place, and build up siege ramps against me. -- job 30:12 +. +They destroy my path; they succeed in destroying me without anyone assisting them. -- job 30:13 +. +They come in as through a wide breach; amid the crash they come rolling in. -- job 30:14 +. +Terrors are turned loose on me; they drive away my honor like the wind, and like a cloud my deliverance has passed away. -- job 30:15 +. +"And now my soul pours itself out within me; days of suffering take hold of me. -- job 30:16 +. +Night pierces my bones; my gnawing pains never cease. -- job 30:17 +. +With great power God grasps my clothing; he binds me like the collar of my tunic. -- job 30:18 +. +He has flung me into the mud, and I have come to resemble dust and ashes. -- job 30:19 +. +I cry out to you, but you do not answer me; I stand up, and you only look at me. -- job 30:20 +. +You have become cruel to me; with the strength of your hand you attack me. -- job 30:21 +. +You pick me up on the wind and make me ride on it; you toss me about in the storm. -- job 30:22 +. +I know that you are bringing me to death, to the meeting place for all the living. -- job 30:23 +. +"Surely one does not stretch out his hand against a broken man when he cries for help in his distress. -- job 30:24 +. +Have I not wept for the unfortunate? Was not my soul grieved for the poor? -- job 30:25 +. +But when I hoped for good, trouble came; when I expected light, then darkness came. -- job 30:26 +. +My heart is in turmoil unceasingly; the days of my affliction confront me. -- job 30:27 +. +I go about blackened, but not by the sun; in the assembly I stand up and cry for help. -- job 30:28 +. +I have become a brother to jackals and a companion of ostriches. -- job 30:29 +. +My skin has turned dark on me; my body is hot with fever. -- job 30:30 +. +My harp is used for mourning and my flute for the sound of weeping. -- job 30:31 +. +"I made a covenant with my eyes; how then could I entertain thoughts against a virgin? -- job 31:1 +. +What then would be one's lot from God above, one's heritage from the Almighty on high? -- job 31:2 +. +Is it not misfortune for the unjust, and disaster for those who work iniquity? -- job 31:3 +. +Does he not see my ways and count all my steps? -- job 31:4 +. +If I have walked in falsehood, and if my foot has hastened to deceit - -- job 31:5 +. +let him weigh me with honest scales; then God will discover my integrity. -- job 31:6 +. +If my footsteps have strayed from the way, if my heart has gone after my eyes, or if anything has defiled my hands, -- job 31:7 +. +then let me sow and let another eat, and let my crops be uprooted. -- job 31:8 +. +If my heart has been enticed by a woman, and I have lain in wait at my neighbor's door, -- job 31:9 +. +then let my wife turn the millstone for another man, and may other men have sexual relations with her. -- job 31:10 +. +For I would have committed a shameful act, an iniquity to be judged. -- job 31:11 +. +For it is a fire that devours even to Destruction, and it would uproot all my harvest. -- job 31:12 +. +"If I have disregarded the right of my male servants or my female servants when they disputed with me, -- job 31:13 +. +then what will I do when God confronts me in judgment; when he intervenes, how will I respond to him? -- job 31:14 +. +Did not the one who made me in the womb make them? Did not the same one form us in the womb? -- job 31:15 +. +If I have refused to give the poor what they desired, or caused the eyes of the widow to fail, -- job 31:16 +. +If I ate my morsel of bread myself, and did not share any of it with orphans - -- job 31:17 +. +but from my youth I raised the orphan like a father, and from my mother's womb I guided the widow! -- job 31:18 +. +If I have seen anyone about to perish for lack of clothing, or a poor man without a coat, -- job 31:19 +. +whose heart did not bless me as he warmed himself with the fleece of my sheep, -- job 31:20 +. +if I have raised my hand to vote against the orphan, when I saw my support in the court, -- job 31:21 +. +then let my arm fall from the shoulder, let my arm be broken off at the socket. -- job 31:22 +. +For the calamity from God was a terror to me, and by reason of his majesty I was powerless. -- job 31:23 +. +"If I have put my confidence in gold or said to pure gold, 'You are my security!' -- job 31:24 +. +if I have rejoiced because of the extent of my wealth, or because of the great wealth my hand had gained, -- job 31:25 +. +if I looked at the sun when it was shining, and the moon advancing as a precious thing, -- job 31:26 +. +so that my heart was secretly enticed, and my hand threw them a kiss from my mouth, -- job 31:27 +. +then this also would be iniquity to be judged, for I would have been false to God above. -- job 31:28 +. +If I have rejoiced over the misfortune of my enemy or exulted because calamity found him - -- job 31:29 +. +I have not even permitted my mouth to sin by asking for his life through a curse - -- job 31:30 +. +if the members of my household have never said, 'If only there were someone who has not been satisfied from Job's meat!' - -- job 31:31 +. +But no stranger had to spend the night outside, for I opened my doors to the traveler - -- job 31:32 +. +if I have covered my transgressions as men do, by hiding iniquity in my heart, -- job 31:33 +. +because I was terrified of the great multitude, and the contempt of families terrified me, so that I remained silent and would not go outdoors - -- job 31:34 +. +"If only I had someone to hear me! Here is my signature - let the Almighty answer me! If only I had an indictment that my accuser had written. -- job 31:35 +. +Surely I would wear it proudly on my shoulder, I would bind it on me like a crown; -- job 31:36 +. +I would give him an accounting of my steps; like a prince I would approach him. -- job 31:37 +. +"If my land cried out against me and all its furrows wept together, -- job 31:38 +. +if I have eaten its produce without paying, or caused the death of its owners, -- job 31:39 +. +then let thorns sprout up in place of wheat, and in place of barley, weeds!" The words of Job are ended. -- job 31:40 +. +So these three men refused to answer Job further, because he was righteous in his own eyes. -- job 32:1 +. +Then Elihu son of Barakel the Buzite, of the family of Ram, became very angry. He was angry with Job for justifying himself rather than God. -- job 32:2 +. +With Job's three friends he was also angry, because they could not find an answer, and so declared Job guilty. -- job 32:3 +. +Now Elihu had waited before speaking to Job, because the others were older than he was. -- job 32:4 +. +But when Elihu saw that the three men had no further reply, he became very angry. -- job 32:5 +. +So Elihu son of Barakel the Buzite spoke up: "I am young, but you are elderly; that is why I was fearful, and afraid to explain to you what I know. -- job 32:6 +. +I said to myself, 'Age should speak, and length of years should make wisdom known.' -- job 32:7 +. +But it is a spirit in people, the breath of the Almighty, that makes them understand. -- job 32:8 +. +It is not the aged who are wise, nor old men who understand what is right. -- job 32:9 +. +Therefore I say, 'Listen to me. I, even I, will explain what I know.' -- job 32:10 +. +Look, I waited for you to speak; I listened closely to your wise thoughts,while you were searching for words. -- job 32:11 +. +Now I was paying you close attention, yet there was no one proving Job wrong, not one of you was answering his statements! -- job 32:12 +. +So do not say, 'We have found wisdom! God will refute him, not man!' -- job 32:13 +. +Job has not directed his words to me, and so I will not reply to him with your arguments. -- job 32:14 +. +"They are dismayed and cannot answer any more; they have nothing left to say. -- job 32:15 +. +And I have waited. But because they do not speak, because they stand there and answer no more, -- job 32:16 +. +I too will answer my part, I too will explain what I know. -- job 32:17 +. +For I am full of words, and the spirit within me constrains me. -- job 32:18 +. +Inside I am like wine which has no outlet, like new wineskins ready to burst! -- job 32:19 +. +I will speak, so that I may find relief; I will open my lips, so that I may answer. -- job 32:20 +. +I will not show partiality to anyone, nor will I confer a title on any man. -- job 32:21 +. +for I do not know how to give honorary titles, if I did, my Creator would quickly do away with me. -- job 32:22 +. +"But now, O Job, listen to my words, and hear everything I have to say! -- job 33:1 +. +See now, I have opened my mouth; my tongue in my mouth has spoken. -- job 33:2 +. +My words come from the uprightness of my heart, and my lips will utter knowledge sincerely. -- job 33:3 +. +The Spirit of God has made me, and the breath of the Almighty gives me life. -- job 33:4 +. +Reply to me, if you can; set your arguments in order before me and take your stand! -- job 33:5 +. +Look, I am just like you in relation to God; I too have been molded from clay. -- job 33:6 +. +Therefore no fear of me should terrify you, nor should my pressure be heavy on you. -- job 33:7 +. +"Indeed, you have said in my hearing (I heard the sound of the words!): -- job 33:8 +. +'I am pure, without transgression; I am clean and have no iniquity. -- job 33:9 +. +Yet God finds occasions with me; he regards me as his enemy! -- job 33:10 +. +He puts my feet in shackles; he watches closely all my paths.' -- job 33:11 +. +Now in this, you are not right - I answer you, for God is greater than a human being. -- job 33:12 +. +Why do you contend against him, that he does not answer all a person's words? -- job 33:13 +. +"For God speaks, the first time in one way, the second time in another, though a person does not perceive it. -- job 33:14 +. +In a dream, a night vision, when deep sleep falls on people as they sleep in their beds. -- job 33:15 +. +Then he gives a revelation to people, and terrifies them with warnings, -- job 33:16 +. +to turn a person from his sin, and to cover a person's pride. -- job 33:17 +. +He spares a person's life from corruption, his very life from crossing over the river. -- job 33:18 +. +Or a person is chastened by pain on his bed, and with the continual strife of his bones, -- job 33:19 +. +so that his life loathes food, and his soul rejects appetizing fare. -- job 33:20 +. +His flesh wastes away from sight, and his bones, which were not seen, are easily visible. -- job 33:21 +. +He draws near to the place of corruption, and his life to the messengers of death. -- job 33:22 +. +If there is an angel beside him, one mediator out of a thousand, to tell a person what constitutes his uprightness; -- job 33:23 +. +and if God is gracious to him and says, 'Spare him from going down to the place of corruption, I have found a ransom for him,' -- job 33:24 +. +then his flesh is restored like a youth's; he returns to the days of his youthful vigor. -- job 33:25 +. +He entreats God, and God delights in him, he sees God's face with rejoicing, and God restores to him his righteousness. -- job 33:26 +. +That person sings to others, saying: 'I have sinned and falsified what is right, but I was not punished according to what I deserved. -- job 33:27 +. +He redeemed my life from going down to the place of corruption, and my life sees the light!' -- job 33:28 +. +"Indeed, God does all these things, twice, three times, in his dealings with a person, -- job 33:29 +. +to turn back his life from the place of corruption, that he may be enlightened with the light of life. -- job 33:30 +. +Pay attention, Job - listen to me; be silent, and I will speak. -- job 33:31 +. +If you have any words, reply to me; speak, for I want to justify you. -- job 33:32 +. +If not, you listen to me; be silent, and I will teach you wisdom." -- job 33:33 +. +Elihu answered: -- job 34:1 +. +"Listen to my words, you wise men; hear me, you learned men. -- job 34:2 +. +For the ear assesses words as the mouth tastes food. -- job 34:3 +. +Let us evaluate for ourselves what is right; let us come to know among ourselves what is good. -- job 34:4 +. +For Job says, 'I am innocent, but God turns away my right. -- job 34:5 +. +Concerning my right, should I lie? My wound is incurable, although I am without transgression.' -- job 34:6 +. +What man is like Job, who drinks derision like water! -- job 34:7 +. +He goes about in company with evildoers, he goes along with wicked men. -- job 34:8 +. +For he says, 'It does not profit a man when he makes his delight with God.' -- job 34:9 +. +"Therefore, listen to me, you men of understanding. Far be it from God to do wickedness, from the Almighty to do evil. -- job 34:10 +. +For he repays a person for his work, and according to the conduct of a person, he causes the consequences to find him. -- job 34:11 +. +Indeed, in truth, God does not act wickedly, and the Almighty does not pervert justice. -- job 34:12 +. +Who entrusted to him the earth? And who put him over the whole world? -- job 34:13 +. +If God were to set his heart on it, and gather in his spirit and his breath, -- job 34:14 +. +all flesh would perish together and human beings would return to dust. -- job 34:15 +. +"If you have understanding, listen to this, hear what I have to say. -- job 34:16 +. +Do you really think that one who hates justice can govern? And will you declare guilty the supremely righteous One, -- job 34:17 +. +who says to a king, 'Worthless man' and to nobles, 'Wicked men,' -- job 34:18 +. +who shows no partiality to princes, and does not take note of the rich more than the poor, because all of them are the work of his hands? -- job 34:19 +. +In a moment they die, in the middle of the night, people are shaken and they pass away. The mighty are removed effortlessly. -- job 34:20 +. +For his eyes are on the ways of an individual, he observes all a person's steps. -- job 34:21 +. +There is no darkness, and no deep darkness, where evildoers can hide themselves. -- job 34:22 +. +For he does not still consider a person, that he should come before God in judgment. -- job 34:23 +. +He shatters the great without inquiry, and sets up others in their place. -- job 34:24 +. +Therefore, he knows their deeds, he overthrows them in the night and they are crushed. -- job 34:25 +. +He strikes them for their wickedness, in a place where people can see, -- job 34:26 +. +because they have turned away from following him, and have not understood any of his ways, -- job 34:27 +. +so that they caused the cry of the poor to come before him, so that he hears the cry of the needy. -- job 34:28 +. +But if God is quiet, who can condemn him? If he hides his face, then who can see him? Yet he is over the individual and the nation alike, -- job 34:29 +. +so that the godless man should not rule, and not lay snares for the people. -- job 34:30 +. +"Has anyone said to God, 'I have endured chastisement, but I will not act wrongly any more. -- job 34:31 +. +Teach me what I cannot see. If I have done evil, I will do so no more.' -- job 34:32 +. +Is it your opinion that God should recompense it, because you reject this? But you must choose, and not I, so tell us what you know. -- job 34:33 +. +Men of understanding say to me - any wise man listening to me says - -- job 34:34 +. +that Job speaks without knowledge and his words are without understanding. -- job 34:35 +. +But Job will be tested to the end, because his answers are like those of wicked men. -- job 34:36 +. +For he adds transgression to his sin; in our midst he claps his hands, and multiplies his words against God." -- job 34:37 +. +Then Elihu answered: -- job 35:1 +. +"Do you think this to be just: when you say, 'My right before God.' -- job 35:2 +. +But you say, 'What will it profit you,' and, 'What do I gain by not sinning?' -- job 35:3 +. +I will reply to you, and to your friends with you. -- job 35:4 +. +Gaze at the heavens and see; consider the clouds, which are higher than you! -- job 35:5 +. +If you sin, how does it affect God? If your transgressions are many, what does it do to him? -- job 35:6 +. +If you are righteous, what do you give to God, or what does he receive from your hand? -- job 35:7 +. +Your wickedness affects only a person like yourself, and your righteousness only other people. -- job 35:8 +. +"People cry out because of the excess of oppression; they cry out for help because of the power of the mighty. -- job 35:9 +. +But no one says, 'Where is God, my Creator, who gives songs in the night, -- job 35:10 +. +who teaches us more than the wild animals of the earth, and makes us wiser than the birds of the sky?' -- job 35:11 +. +Then they cry out - but he does not answer - because of the arrogance of the wicked. -- job 35:12 +. +Surely it is an empty cry - God does not hear it; the Almighty does not take notice of it. -- job 35:13 +. +How much less, then, when you say that you do not perceive him, that the case is before him and you are waiting for him! -- job 35:14 +. +And further, when you say that his anger does not punish, and that he does not know transgression! -- job 35:15 +. +So Job opens his mouth to no purpose; without knowledge he multiplies words." -- job 35:16 +. +Elihu said further: -- job 36:1 +. +"Be patient with me a little longer and I will instruct you, for I still have words to speak on God's behalf. -- job 36:2 +. +With my knowledge I will speak comprehensively, and to my Creator I will ascribe righteousness. -- job 36:3 +. +For in truth, my words are not false; it is one complete in knowledge who is with you. -- job 36:4 +. +Indeed, God is mighty; and he does not despise people, he is mighty, and firm in his intent. -- job 36:5 +. +He does not allow the wicked to live, but he gives justice to the poor. -- job 36:6 +. +He does not take his eyes off the righteous; but with kings on the throne he seats the righteous and exalts them forever. -- job 36:7 +. +But if they are bound in chains, and held captive by the cords of affliction, -- job 36:8 +. +then he reveals to them what they have done, and their transgressions, that they were behaving proudly. -- job 36:9 +. +And he reveals this for correction, and says that they must turn from evil. -- job 36:10 +. +If they obey and serve him, they live out their days in prosperity and their years in pleasantness. -- job 36:11 +. +But if they refuse to listen, they pass over the river of death, and expire without knowledge. -- job 36:12 +. +The godless at heart nourish anger, they do not cry out even when he binds them. -- job 36:13 +. +They die in their youth, and their life ends among the male cultic prostitutes. -- job 36:14 +. +He delivers the afflicted by their afflictions, he reveals himself to them by their suffering. -- job 36:15 +. +And surely, he drew you from the mouth of distress, to a wide place, unrestricted, and to the comfort of your table filled with rich food. -- job 36:16 +. +But now you are preoccupied with the judgment due the wicked, judgment and justice take hold of you. -- job 36:17 +. +Be careful that no one entices you with riches; do not let a large bribe turn you aside. -- job 36:18 +. +Would your wealth sustain you, so that you would not be in distress, even all your mighty efforts? -- job 36:19 +. +Do not long for the cover of night to drag people away from their homes. -- job 36:20 +. +Take heed, do not turn to evil, for because of this you have been tested by affliction. -- job 36:21 +. +Indeed, God is exalted in his power; who is a teacher like him? -- job 36:22 +. +Who has prescribed his ways for him? Or said to him, 'You have done what is wicked'? -- job 36:23 +. +Remember to extol his work, which people have praised in song. -- job 36:24 +. +All humanity has seen it; people gaze on it from afar. -- job 36:25 +. +"Yes, God is great - beyond our knowledge! The number of his years is unsearchable. -- job 36:26 +. +He draws up drops of water; they distill the rain into its mist, -- job 36:27 +. +which the clouds pour down and shower on humankind abundantly. -- job 36:28 +. +Who can understand the spreading of the clouds, the thunderings of his pavilion? -- job 36:29 +. +See how he scattered his lightning about him; he has covered the depths of the sea. -- job 36:30 +. +It is by these that he judges the nations and supplies food in abundance. -- job 36:31 +. +With his hands he covers the lightning, and directs it against its target. -- job 36:32 +. +His thunder announces the coming storm, the cattle also, concerning the storm's approach. -- job 36:33 +. +At this also my heart pounds and leaps from its place. -- job 37:1 +. +Listen carefully to the thunder of his voice, to the rumbling that proceeds from his mouth. -- job 37:2 +. +Under the whole heaven he lets it go, even his lightning to the far corners of the earth. -- job 37:3 +. +After that a voice roars; he thunders with an exalted voice, and he does not hold back his lightning bolts when his voice is heard. -- job 37:4 +. +God thunders with his voice in marvelous ways; he does great things beyond our understanding. -- job 37:5 +. +For to the snow he says, 'Fall to earth,' and to the torrential rains, 'Pour down.' -- job 37:6 +. +He causes everyone to stop working, so that all people may know his work. -- job 37:7 +. +The wild animals go to their lairs, and in their dens they remain. -- job 37:8 +. +A tempest blows out from its chamber, icy cold from the driving winds. -- job 37:9 +. +The breath of God produces ice, and the breadth of the waters freeze solid. -- job 37:10 +. +He loads the clouds with moisture; he scatters his lightning through the clouds. -- job 37:11 +. +The clouds go round in circles, wheeling about according to his plans, to carry out all that he commands them over the face of the whole inhabited world. -- job 37:12 +. +Whether it is for punishment for his land, or whether it is for mercy, he causes it to find its mark. -- job 37:13 +. +"Pay attention to this, Job! Stand still and consider the wonders God works. -- job 37:14 +. +Do you know how God commands them, how he makes lightning flash in his storm cloud? -- job 37:15 +. +Do you know about the balancing of the clouds, that wondrous activity of him who is perfect in knowledge? -- job 37:16 +. +You, whose garments are hot when the earth is still because of the south wind, -- job 37:17 +. +will you, with him, spread out the clouds, solid as a mirror of molten metal? -- job 37:18 +. +Tell us what we should say to him. We cannot prepare a case because of the darkness. -- job 37:19 +. +Should he be informed that I want to speak? If a man speaks, surely he would be swallowed up! -- job 37:20 +. +But now, the sun cannot be looked at - it is bright in the skies - after a wind passed and swept the clouds away. -- job 37:21 +. +From the north he comes in golden splendor; around God is awesome majesty. -- job 37:22 +. +As for the Almighty, we cannot attain to him! He is great in power, but justice and abundant righteousness he does not oppress. -- job 37:23 +. +Therefore people fear him, for he does not regard all the wise in heart." -- job 37:24 +. +Then the Lord answered Job out of the whirlwind: -- job 38:1 +. +"Who is this who darkens counsel with words without knowledge? -- job 38:2 +. +Get ready for a difficult task like a man; I will question you and you will inform me! -- job 38:3 +. +"Where were you when I laid the foundation of the earth? Tell me, if you possess understanding! -- job 38:4 +. +Who set its measurements - if you know - or who stretched a measuring line across it? -- job 38:5 +. +On what were its bases set, or who laid its cornerstone - -- job 38:6 +. +when the morning stars sang in chorus, and all the sons of God shouted for joy? -- job 38:7 +. +"Who shut up the sea with doors when it burst forth, coming out of the womb, -- job 38:8 +. +when I made the storm clouds its garment, and thick darkness its swaddling band, -- job 38:9 +. +when I prescribed its limits, and set in place its bolts and doors, -- job 38:10 +. +when I said, 'To here you may come and no farther, here your proud waves will be confined'? -- job 38:11 +. +Have you ever in your life commanded the morning, or made the dawn know its place, -- job 38:12 +. +that it might seize the corners of the earth, and shake the wicked out of it? -- job 38:13 +. +The earth takes shape like clay under a seal; its features are dyed like a garment. -- job 38:14 +. +Then from the wicked the light is withheld, and the arm raised in violence is broken. -- job 38:15 +. +Have you gone to the springs that fill the sea, or walked about in the recesses of the deep? -- job 38:16 +. +Have the gates of death been revealed to you? Have you seen the gates of deepest darkness? -- job 38:17 +. +Have you considered the vast expanses of the earth? Tell me, if you know it all! -- job 38:18 +. +"In what direction does light reside, and darkness, where is its place, -- job 38:19 +. +that you may take them to their borders and perceive the pathways to their homes? -- job 38:20 +. +You know, for you were born before them; and the number of your days is great! -- job 38:21 +. +Have you entered the storehouse of the snow, or seen the armory of the hail, -- job 38:22 +. +which I reserve for the time of trouble, for the day of war and battle? -- job 38:23 +. +In what direction is lightning dispersed, or the east winds scattered over the earth? -- job 38:24 +. +Who carves out a channel for the heavy rains, and a path for the rumble of thunder, -- job 38:25 +. +to cause it to rain on an uninhabited land, a desert where there are no human beings, -- job 38:26 +. +to satisfy a devastated and desolate land, and to cause it to sprout with vegetation? -- job 38:27 +. +Does the rain have a father, or who has fathered the drops of the dew? -- job 38:28 +. +From whose womb does the ice emerge, and the frost from the sky, who gives birth to it, -- job 38:29 +. +when the waters become hard like stone, when the surface of the deep is frozen solid? -- job 38:30 +. +Can you tie the bands of the Pleiades, or release the cords of Orion? -- job 38:31 +. +Can you lead out the constellations in their seasons, or guide the Bear with its cubs? -- job 38:32 +. +Do you know the laws of the heavens, or can you set up their rule over the earth? -- job 38:33 +. +Can you raise your voice to the clouds so that a flood of water covers you? -- job 38:34 +. +Can you send out lightning bolts, and they go? Will they say to you, 'Here we are'? -- job 38:35 +. +Who has put wisdom in the heart, or has imparted understanding to the mind? -- job 38:36 +. +Who by wisdom can count the clouds, and who can tip over the water jars of heaven, -- job 38:37 +. +when the dust hardens into a mass, and the clumps of earth stick together? -- job 38:38 +. +"Do you hunt prey for the lioness, and satisfy the appetite of the lions, -- job 38:39 +. +when they crouch in their dens, when they wait in ambush in the thicket? -- job 38:40 +. +Who prepares prey for the raven, when its young cry out to God and wander about for lack of food? -- job 38:41 +. +"Are you acquainted with the way the mountain goats give birth? Do you watch as the wild deer give birth to their young? -- job 39:1 +. +Do you count the months they must fulfill, and do you know the time they give birth? -- job 39:2 +. +They crouch, they bear their young, they bring forth the offspring they have carried. -- job 39:3 +. +Their young grow strong, and grow up in the open; they go off, and do not return to them. -- job 39:4 +. +Who let the wild donkey go free? Who released the bonds of the donkey, -- job 39:5 +. +to whom I appointed the steppe for its home, the salt wastes as its dwelling place? -- job 39:6 +. +It scorns the tumult in the town; it does not hear the shouts of a driver. -- job 39:7 +. +It ranges the hills as its pasture, and searches after every green plant. -- job 39:8 +. +Is the wild ox willing to be your servant? Will it spend the night at your feeding trough? -- job 39:9 +. +Can you bind the wild ox to a furrow with its rope, will it till the valleys, following after you? -- job 39:10 +. +Will you rely on it because its strength is great? Will you commit your labor to it? -- job 39:11 +. +Can you count on it to bring in your grain, and gather the grain to your threshing floor? -- job 39:12 +. +"The wings of the ostrich flap with joy, but are they the pinions and plumage of a stork? -- job 39:13 +. +For she leaves her eggs on the ground, and lets them be warmed on the soil. -- job 39:14 +. +She forgets that a foot might crush them, or that a wild animal might trample them. -- job 39:15 +. +She is harsh with her young, as if they were not hers; she is unconcerned about the uselessness of her labor. -- job 39:16 +. +For God deprived her of wisdom, and did not impart understanding to her. -- job 39:17 +. +But as soon as she springs up, she laughs at the horse and its rider. -- job 39:18 +. +"Do you give the horse its strength? Do you clothe its neck with a mane? -- job 39:19 +. +Do you make it leap like a locust? Its proud neighing is terrifying! -- job 39:20 +. +It paws the ground in the valley, exulting mightily, it goes out to meet the weapons. -- job 39:21 +. +It laughs at fear and is not dismayed; it does not shy away from the sword. -- job 39:22 +. +On it the quiver rattles; the lance and javelin flash. -- job 39:23 +. +In excitement and impatience it consumes the ground; it cannot stand still when the trumpet is blown. -- job 39:24 +. +At the sound of the trumpet, it says, 'Aha!' And from a distance it catches the scent of battle, the thunderous shouting of commanders, and the battle cries. -- job 39:25 +. +"Is it by your understanding that the hawk soars, and spreads its wings toward the south? -- job 39:26 +. +Is it at your command that the eagle soars, and builds its nest on high? -- job 39:27 +. +It lives on a rock and spends the night there, on a rocky crag and a fortress. -- job 39:28 +. +From there it spots its prey, its eyes gaze intently from a distance. -- job 39:29 +. +And its young ones devour the blood, and where the dead carcasses are, there it is." -- job 39:30 +. +Then the Lord answered Job: -- job 40:1 +. +"Will the one who contends with the Almighty correct him? Let the person who accuses God give him an answer!" -- job 40:2 +. +Then Job answered the Lord: -- job 40:3 +. +"Indeed, I am completely unworthy - how could I reply to you? I put my hand over my mouth to silence myself. -- job 40:4 +. +I have spoken once, but I cannot answer; twice, but I will say no more." -- job 40:5 +. +Then the Lord answered Job from the whirlwind: -- job 40:6 +. +"Get ready for a difficult task like a man. I will question you and you will inform me! -- job 40:7 +. +Would you indeed annul my justice? Would you declare me guilty so that you might be right? -- job 40:8 +. +Do you have an arm as powerful as God's, and can you thunder with a voice like his? -- job 40:9 +. +Adorn yourself, then, with majesty and excellency, and clothe yourself with glory and honor! -- job 40:10 +. +Scatter abroad the abundance of your anger. Look at every proud man and bring him low; -- job 40:11 +. +Look at every proud man and abase him; crush the wicked on the spot! -- job 40:12 +. +Hide them in the dust together, imprison them in the grave. -- job 40:13 +. +Then I myself will acknowledge to you that your own right hand can save you. -- job 40:14 +. +"Look now at Behemoth, which I made as I made you; it eats grass like the ox. -- job 40:15 +. +Look at its strength in its loins, and its power in the muscles of its belly. -- job 40:16 +. +It makes its tail stiff like a cedar, the sinews of its thighs are tightly wound. -- job 40:17 +. +Its bones are tubes of bronze, its limbs like bars of iron. -- job 40:18 +. +It ranks first among the works of God, the One who made it has furnished it with a sword. -- job 40:19 +. +For the hills bring it food, where all the wild animals play. -- job 40:20 +. +Under the lotus trees it lies, in the secrecy of the reeds and the marsh. -- job 40:21 +. +The lotus trees conceal it in their shadow; the poplars by the stream conceal it. -- job 40:22 +. +If the river rages, it is not disturbed, it is secure, though the Jordan should surge up to its mouth. -- job 40:23 +. +Can anyone catch it by its eyes, or pierce its nose with a snare? -- job 40:24 +. + "Can you pull in Leviathan with a hook, and tie down its tongue with a rope? -- job 41:1 +. +Can you put a cord through its nose, or pierce its jaw with a hook? -- job 41:2 +. +Will it make numerous supplications to you, will it speak to you with tender words? -- job 41:3 +. +Will it make a pact with you, so you could take it as your slave for life? -- job 41:4 +. +Can you play with it, like a bird, or tie it on a leash for your girls? -- job 41:5 +. +Will partners bargain for it? Will they divide it up among the merchants? -- job 41:6 +. +Can you fill its hide with harpoons or its head with fishing spears? -- job 41:7 +. +If you lay your hand on it, you will remember the fight, and you will never do it again! -- job 41:8 +. + See, his expectation is wrong, he is laid low even at the sight of it. -- job 41:9 +. +Is it not fierce when it is awakened? Who is he, then, who can stand before it? -- job 41:10 +. +(Who has confronted me that I should repay? Everything under heaven belongs to me!) -- job 41:11 +. +I will not keep silent about its limbs, and the extent of its might, and the grace of its arrangement. -- job 41:12 +. +Who can uncover its outer covering? Who can penetrate to the inside of its armor? -- job 41:13 +. +Who can open the doors of its mouth? Its teeth all around are fearsome. -- job 41:14 +. +Its back has rows of shields, shut up closely together as with a seal; -- job 41:15 +. +each one is so close to the next that no air can come between them. -- job 41:16 +. +They lock tightly together, one to the next; they cling together and cannot be separated. -- job 41:17 +. +Its snorting throws out flashes of light; its eyes are like the red glow of dawn. -- job 41:18 +. +Out of its mouth go flames, sparks of fire shoot forth! -- job 41:19 +. +Smoke streams from its nostrils as from a boiling pot over burning rushes. -- job 41:20 +. +Its breath sets coals ablaze and a flame shoots from its mouth. -- job 41:21 +. +Strength lodges in its neck, and despair runs before it. -- job 41:22 +. +The folds of its flesh are tightly joined; they are firm on it, immovable. -- job 41:23 +. +Its heart is hard as rock, hard as a lower millstone. -- job 41:24 +. +When it rises up, the mighty are terrified, at its thrashing about they withdraw. -- job 41:25 +. +Whoever strikes it with a sword will have no effect, nor with the spear, arrow, or dart. -- job 41:26 +. +It regards iron as straw and bronze as rotten wood. -- job 41:27 +. +Arrows do not make it flee; slingstones become like chaff to it. -- job 41:28 +. +A club is counted as a piece of straw; it laughs at the rattling of the lance. -- job 41:29 +. +Its underparts are the sharp points of potsherds, it leaves its mark in the mud like a threshing sledge. -- job 41:30 +. +It makes the deep boil like a cauldron and stirs up the sea like a pot of ointment, -- job 41:31 +. +It leaves a glistening wake behind it; one would think the deep had a head of white hair. -- job 41:32 +. +The likes of it is not on earth, a creature without fear. -- job 41:33 +. +It looks on every haughty being; it is king over all that are proud." -- job 41:34 +. +Then Job answered the Lord: -- job 42:1 +. +"I know that you can do all things; no purpose of yours can be thwarted; -- job 42:2 +. +you asked, 'Who is this who darkens counsel without knowledge?' But I have declared without understanding things too wonderful for me to know. -- job 42:3 +. +You said, 'Pay attention, and I will speak; I will question you, and you will answer me.' -- job 42:4 +. +I had heard of you by the hearing of the ear, but now my eye has seen you. -- job 42:5 +. +Therefore I despise myself, and I repent in dust and ashes! -- job 42:6 +. +After the Lord had spoken these things to Job, he said to Eliphaz the Temanite, "My anger is stirred up against you and your two friends, because you have not spoken about me what is right, as my servant Job has. -- job 42:7 +. +So now take seven bulls and seven rams and go to my servant Job and offer a burnt offering for yourselves. And my servant Job will intercede for you, and I will respect him, so that I do not deal with you according to your folly, because you have not spoken about me what is right, as my servant Job has." -- job 42:8 +. +So they went, Eliphaz the Temanite, Bildad the Shuhite, and Zophar the Naamathite, and did just as the Lord had told them; and the Lord had respect for Job. -- job 42:9 +. +So the Lord restored what Job had lost after he prayed for his friends, and the Lord doubled all that had belonged to Job. -- job 42:10 +. +So they came to him, all his brothers and sisters and all who had known him before, and they dined with him in his house. They comforted him and consoled him for all the trouble the Lord had brought on him, and each one gave him a piece of silver and a gold ring. -- job 42:11 +. +So the Lord blessed the second part of Job's life more than the first. He had 14,sheep, 6,000 camels, 1,000 yoke of oxen, and 1,000 female donkeys. -- job 42:12 +. +And he also had seven sons and three daughters. -- job 42:13 +. +The first daughter he named Jemimah, the second Keziah, and the third Keren-Happuch. -- job 42:14 +. +Nowhere in all the land could women be found who were as beautiful as Job's daughters, and their father granted them an inheritance alongside their brothers. -- job 42:15 +. +After this Job lived years; he saw his children and their children to the fourth generation. -- job 42:16 +. +And so Job died, old and full of days. -- job 42:17 +. +How blessed is the one who does not follow the advice of the wicked, or stand in the pathway with sinners, or sit in the assembly of scoffers! -- psalms 1:1 +. +Instead he finds pleasure in obeying the Lord's commands; he meditates on his commands day and night. -- psalms 1:2 +. +He is like a tree planted by flowing streams; it yields its fruit at the proper time, and its leaves never fall off. He succeeds in everything he attempts. -- psalms 1:3 +. +Not so with the wicked! Instead they are like wind-driven chaff. -- psalms 1:4 +. +For this reason the wicked cannot withstand judgment, nor can sinners join the assembly of the godly. -- psalms 1:5 +. +Certainly the Lord guards the way of the godly, but the way of the wicked ends in destruction. -- psalms 1:6 +. +Why do the nations rebel? Why are the countries devising plots that will fail? -- psalms 2:1 +. +The kings of the earth form a united front; the rulers collaborate against the Lord and his anointed king. -- psalms 2:2 +. +They say, "Let's tear off the shackles they've put on us! Let's free ourselves from their ropes!" -- psalms 2:3 +. +The one enthroned in heaven laughs in disgust; the Lord taunts them. -- psalms 2:4 +. +Then he angrily speaks to them and terrifies them in his rage, saying, -- psalms 2:5 +. +"I myself have installed my king on Zion, my holy hill." -- psalms 2:6 +. +The king says, "I will announce the Lord's decree. He said to me: 'You are my son! This very day I have become your father! -- psalms 2:7 +. +Ask me, and I will give you the nations as your inheritance, the ends of the earth as your personal property. -- psalms 2:8 +. +You will break them with an iron scepter; you will smash them like a potter's jar!'" -- psalms 2:9 +. +So now, you kings, do what is wise; you rulers of the earth, submit to correction! -- psalms 2:10 +. +Serve the Lord in fear! Repent in terror! -- psalms 2:11 +. +Give sincere homage! Otherwise he will be angry, and you will die because of your behavior, when his anger quickly ignites. How blessed are all who take shelter in him! -- psalms 2:12 +. +A psalm of David, written when he fled from his son Absalom. Lord, how numerous are my enemies! Many attack me. -- psalms 3:1 +. +Many say about me, "God will not deliver him." (Selah) -- psalms 3:2 +. +But you, Lord, are a shield that protects me; you are my glory and the one who restores me. -- psalms 3:3 +. +To the Lord I cried out, and he answered me from his holy hill. (Selah) -- psalms 3:4 +. +I rested and slept; I awoke, for the Lord protects me. -- psalms 3:5 +. +I am not afraid of the multitude of people who attack me from all directions. -- psalms 3:6 +. +Rise up, Lord! Deliver me, my God! Yes, you will strike all my enemies on the jaw; you will break the teeth of the wicked. -- psalms 3:7 +. +The Lord delivers; you show favor to your people. (Selah) -- psalms 3:8 +. +For the music director, to be accompanied by stringed instruments; a psalm of David. When I call out, answer me, O God who vindicates me! Though I am hemmed in, you will lead me into a wide, open place. Have mercy on me and respond to my prayer! -- psalms 4:1 +. +You men, how long will you try to turn my honor into shame? How long will you love what is worthless and search for what is deceptive? (Selah) -- psalms 4:2 +. +Realize that the Lord shows the godly special favor; the Lord responds when I cry out to him. -- psalms 4:3 +. +Tremble with fear and do not sin! Meditate as you lie in bed, and repent of your ways! (Selah) -- psalms 4:4 +. +Offer the prescribed sacrifices and trust in the Lord! -- psalms 4:5 +. +Many say, "Who can show us anything good?" Smile upon us, Lord! -- psalms 4:6 +. +You make me happier than those who have abundant grain and wine. -- psalms 4:7 +. +I will lie down and sleep peacefully, for you, Lord, make me safe and secure. -- psalms 4:8 +. +For the music director, to be accompanied by wind instruments; a psalm of David. Listen to what I say, Lord! Carefully consider my complaint! -- psalms 5:1 +. +Pay attention to my cry for help, my king and my God, for I am praying to you! -- psalms 5:2 +. +Lord, in the morning you will hear me; in the morning I will present my case to you and then wait expectantly for an answer. -- psalms 5:3 +. +Certainly you are not a God who approves of evil; evil people cannot dwell with you. -- psalms 5:4 +. +Arrogant people cannot stand in your presence; you hate all who behave wickedly. -- psalms 5:5 +. +You destroy liars; the Lord despises violent and deceitful people. -- psalms 5:6 +. +But as for me, because of your great faithfulness I will enter your house; I will bow down toward your holy temple as I worship you. -- psalms 5:7 +. +Lord, lead me in your righteousness because of those who wait to ambush me, remove the obstacles in the way in which you are guiding me! -- psalms 5:8 +. +For they do not speak the truth; their stomachs are like the place of destruction, their throats like an open grave, their tongues like a steep slope leading into it. -- psalms 5:9 +. +Condemn them, O God! May their own schemes be their downfall! Drive them away because of their many acts of insurrection, for they have rebelled against you. -- psalms 5:10 +. +But may all who take shelter in you be happy! May they continually shout for joy! Shelter them so that those who are loyal to you may rejoice! -- psalms 5:11 +. +Certainly you reward the godly, Lord. Like a shield you protect them in your good favor. -- psalms 5:12 +. +For the music director, to be accompanied by stringed instruments, according to the sheminith style; a psalm of David. Lord, do not rebuke me in your anger! Do not discipline me in your raging fury! -- psalms 6:1 +. +Have mercy on me, Lord, for I am frail! Heal me, Lord, for my bones are shaking! -- psalms 6:2 +. +I am absolutely terrified, and you, Lord - how long will this continue? -- psalms 6:3 +. +Relent, Lord, rescue me! Deliver me because of your faithfulness! -- psalms 6:4 +. +For no one remembers you in the realm of death, In Sheol who gives you thanks? -- psalms 6:5 +. +I am exhausted as I groan; all night long I drench my bed in tears; my tears saturate the cushion beneath me. -- psalms 6:6 +. +My eyes grow dim from suffering; they grow weak because of all my enemies. -- psalms 6:7 +. +Turn back from me, all you who behave wickedly, for the Lord has heard the sound of my weeping! -- psalms 6:8 +. +The Lord has heard my appeal for mercy; the Lord has accepted my prayer. -- psalms 6:9 +. +May all my enemies be humiliated and absolutely terrified! May they turn back and be suddenly humiliated! -- psalms 6:10 +. +A musical composition by David, which he sang to the Lord concerning a Benjaminite named Cush. O Lord my God, in you I have taken shelter. Deliver me from all who chase me! Rescue me! -- psalms 7:1 +. +Otherwise they will rip me to shreds like a lion; they will tear me to bits and no one will be able to rescue me. -- psalms 7:2 +. +O Lord my God, if I have done what they say, or am guilty of unjust actions, -- psalms 7:3 +. +or have wronged my ally, or helped his lawless enemy, -- psalms 7:4 +. +may an enemy relentlessly chase me and catch me; may he trample me to death and leave me lying dishonored in the dust. (Selah) -- psalms 7:5 +. +Stand up angrily, Lord! Rise up with raging fury against my enemies! Wake up for my sake and execute the judgment you have decreed for them! -- psalms 7:6 +. +The countries are assembled all around you; take once more your rightful place over them! -- psalms 7:7 +. +The Lord judges the nations. Vindicate me, Lord, because I am innocent, because I am blameless, O Exalted One! -- psalms 7:8 +. +May the evil deeds of the wicked come to an end! But make the innocent secure, O righteous God, you who examine inner thoughts and motives! -- psalms 7:9 +. +The Exalted God is my shield, the one who delivers the morally upright. -- psalms 7:10 +. +God is a just judge; he is angry throughout the day. -- psalms 7:11 +. +If a person does not repent, God sharpens his sword and prepares to shoot his bow. -- psalms 7:12 +. +He prepares to use deadly weapons against him; he gets ready to shoot flaming arrows. -- psalms 7:13 +. +See the one who is pregnant with wickedness, who conceives destructive plans, and gives birth to harmful lies - -- psalms 7:14 +. +he digs a pit and then falls into the hole he has made. -- psalms 7:15 +. +He becomes the victim of his own destructive plans and the violence he intended for others falls on his own head. -- psalms 7:16 +. +I will thank the Lord for his justice; I will sing praises to the sovereign Lord! -- psalms 7:17 +. +For the music director, according to the gittith style; a psalm of David. O Lord, our Lord, how magnificent is your reputation throughout the earth! You reveal your majesty in the heavens above! -- psalms 8:1 +. +From the mouths of children and nursing babies you have ordained praise on account of your adversaries, so that you might put an end to the vindictive enemy. -- psalms 8:2 +. +When I look up at the heavens, which your fingers made, and see the moon and the stars, which you set in place, -- psalms 8:3 +. +Of what importance is the human race, that you should notice them? Of what importance is mankind, that you should pay attention to them, -- psalms 8:4 +. +and make them a little less than the heavenly beings? You grant mankind honor and majesty; -- psalms 8:5 +. +you appoint them to rule over your creation; you have placed everything under their authority, -- psalms 8:6 +. +including all the sheep and cattle, as well as the wild animals, -- psalms 8:7 +. +the birds in the sky, the fish in the sea and everything that moves through the currents of the seas. -- psalms 8:8 +. +O Lord, our Lord, how magnificent is your reputation throughout the earth! -- psalms 8:9 +. +For the music director; according to the alumoth-labben style; a psalm of David. I will thank the Lord with all my heart! I will tell about all your amazing deeds! -- psalms 9:1 +. +I will be happy and rejoice in you! I will sing praises to you, O sovereign One! -- psalms 9:2 +. +When my enemies turn back, they trip and are defeated before you. -- psalms 9:3 +. +For you defended my just cause; from your throne you pronounced a just decision. -- psalms 9:4 +. +You terrified the nations with your battle cry; you destroyed the wicked; you permanently wiped out all memory of them. -- psalms 9:5 +. +The enemy's cities have been reduced to permanent ruins; you destroyed their cities; all memory of the enemies has perished. -- psalms 9:6 +. +But the Lord rules forever; he reigns in a just manner. -- psalms 9:7 +. +He judges the world fairly; he makes just legal decisions for the nations. -- psalms 9:8 +. +Consequently the Lord provides safety for the oppressed; he provides safety in times of trouble. -- psalms 9:9 +. +Your loyal followers trust in you, for you, Lord, do not abandon those who seek your help. -- psalms 9:10 +. +Sing praises to the Lord, who rules in Zion! Tell the nations what he has done! -- psalms 9:11 +. +For the one who takes revenge against murderers took notice of the oppressed; he did not overlook their cry for help -- psalms 9:12 +. +when they prayed: "Have mercy on me, Lord! See how I am oppressed by those who hate me, O one who can snatch me away from the gates of death! -- psalms 9:13 +. +Then I will tell about all your praiseworthy acts; in the gates of Daughter Zion I will rejoice because of your deliverance." -- psalms 9:14 +. +The nations fell into the pit they had made; their feet were caught in the net they had hidden. -- psalms 9:15 +. +The Lord revealed himself; he accomplished justice; the wicked were ensnared by their own actions. (Higgaion. Selah) -- psalms 9:16 +. +The wicked are turned back and sent to Sheol; this is the destiny of all the nations that ignore God, -- psalms 9:17 +. +for the needy are not permanently ignored, the hopes of the oppressed are not forever dashed. -- psalms 9:18 +. +Rise up, Lord! Don't let men be defiant! May the nations be judged in your presence! -- psalms 9:19 +. +Terrify them, Lord! Let the nations know they are mere mortals! (Selah) -- psalms 9:20 +. +Why, Lord, do you stand far off? Why do you pay no attention during times of trouble? -- psalms 10:1 +. +The wicked arrogantly chase the oppressed; the oppressed are trapped by the schemes the wicked have dreamed up. -- psalms 10:2 +. +Yes, the wicked man boasts because he gets what he wants; the one who robs others curses and rejects the Lord. -- psalms 10:3 +. +The wicked man is so arrogant he always thinks, "God won't hold me accountable; he doesn't care." -- psalms 10:4 +. +He is secure at all times. He has no regard for your commands; he disdains all his enemies. -- psalms 10:5 +. +He says to himself, "I will never be upended, because I experience no calamity." -- psalms 10:6 +. +His mouth is full of curses and deceptive, harmful words; his tongue injures and destroys. -- psalms 10:7 +. +He waits in ambush near the villages; in hidden places he kills the innocent. His eyes look for some unfortunate victim. -- psalms 10:8 +. +He lies in ambush in a hidden place, like a lion in a thicket; he lies in ambush, waiting to catch the oppressed; he catches the oppressed by pulling in his net. -- psalms 10:9 +. +His victims are crushed and beaten down; they are trapped in his sturdy nets. -- psalms 10:10 +. +He says to himself, "God overlooks it; he does not pay attention; he never notices." -- psalms 10:11 +. +Rise up, Lord! O God, strike him down! Do not forget the oppressed! -- psalms 10:12 +. +Why does the wicked man reject God? He says to himself, "You will not hold me accountable." -- psalms 10:13 +. +You have taken notice, for you always see one who inflicts pain and suffering. The unfortunate victim entrusts his cause to you; you deliver the fatherless. -- psalms 10:14 +. +Break the arm of the wicked and evil man! Hold him accountable for his wicked deeds, which he thought you would not discover. -- psalms 10:15 +. +The Lord rules forever! The nations are driven out of his land. -- psalms 10:16 +. +Lord, you have heard the request of the oppressed; you make them feel secure because you listen to their prayer. -- psalms 10:17 +. +You defend the fatherless and oppressed, so that mere mortals may no longer terrorize them. -- psalms 10:18 +. +For the music director; by David. In the Lord I have taken shelter. How can you say to me, "Flee to a mountain like a bird! -- psalms 11:1 +. +For look, the wicked prepare their bows, they put their arrows on the strings, to shoot in the darkness at the morally upright. -- psalms 11:2 +. +When the foundations are destroyed, what can the godly accomplish?" -- psalms 11:3 +. +The Lord is in his holy temple; the Lord's throne is in heaven. His eyes watch; his eyes examine all people. -- psalms 11:4 +. +The Lord approves of the godly, but he hates the wicked and those who love to do violence. -- psalms 11:5 +. +May the Lord rain down burning coals and brimstone on the wicked! A whirlwind is what they deserve! -- psalms 11:6 +. +Certainly the Lord is just; he rewards godly deeds; the upright will experience his favor. -- psalms 11:7 +. +For the music director; according to the sheminith style; a psalm of David. Deliver, Lord! For the godly have disappeared; people of integrity have vanished. -- psalms 12:1 +. +People lie to one another; they flatter and deceive. -- psalms 12:2 +. +May the Lord cut off all flattering lips, and the tongue that boasts! -- psalms 12:3 +. +They say, "We speak persuasively; we know how to flatter and boast. Who is our master?" -- psalms 12:4 +. +"Because of the violence done to the oppressed, because of the painful cries of the needy, I will spring into action," says the Lord. "I will provide the safety they so desperately desire." -- psalms 12:5 +. +The Lord's words are absolutely reliable. They are as untainted as silver purified in a furnace on the ground, where it is thoroughly refined. -- psalms 12:6 +. +You, Lord, will protect them; you will continually shelter each one from these evil people, -- psalms 12:7 +. +for the wicked seem to be everywhere, when people promote evil. -- psalms 12:8 +. +For the music director; a psalm of David. How long, Lord, will you continue to ignore me? How long will you pay no attention to me? -- psalms 13:1 +. +How long must I worry, and suffer in broad daylight? How long will my enemy gloat over me? -- psalms 13:2 +. +Look at me! Answer me, O Lord my God! Revive me, or else I will die! -- psalms 13:3 +. +Then my enemy will say, "I have defeated him!" Then my foes will rejoice because I am upended. -- psalms 13:4 +. +But I trust in your faithfulness. May I rejoice because of your deliverance! -- psalms 13:5 +. +I will sing praises to the Lord when he vindicates me. -- psalms 13:6 +. +For the music director; by David. Fools say to themselves, "There is no God." They sin and commit evil deeds; none of them does what is right. -- psalms 14:1 +. +The Lord looks down from heaven at the human race, to see if there is anyone who is wise and seeks God. -- psalms 14:2 +. +Everyone rejects God; they are all morally corrupt. None of them does what is right, not even one! -- psalms 14:3 +. +All those who behave wickedly do not understand - those who devour my people as if they were eating bread, and do not call out to the Lord. -- psalms 14:4 +. +They are absolutely terrified, for God defends the godly. -- psalms 14:5 +. +You want to humiliate the oppressed, even though the Lord is their shelter. -- psalms 14:6 +. +I wish the deliverance of Israel would come from Zion! When the Lord restores the well-being of his people, may Jacob rejoice, may Israel be happy! -- psalms 14:7 +. +A psalm of David. Lord, who may be a guest in your home? Who may live on your holy hill? -- psalms 15:1 +. +Whoever lives a blameless life, does what is right, and speaks honestly. -- psalms 15:2 +. +He does not slander, or do harm to others, or insult his neighbor. -- psalms 15:3 +. +He despises a reprobate, but honors the Lord's loyal followers. He makes firm commitments and does not renege on his promise. -- psalms 15:4 +. +He does not charge interest when he lends his money. He does not take bribes to testify against the innocent. The one who lives like this will never be upended. -- psalms 15:5 +. +A prayer of David. Protect me, O God, for I have taken shelter in you. -- psalms 16:1 +. +I say to the Lord, "You are the Lord, my only source of well-being." -- psalms 16:2 +. +As for God's chosen people who are in the land, and the leading officials I admired so much - -- psalms 16:3 +. +their troubles multiply, they desire other gods. I will not pour out drink offerings of blood to their gods, nor will I make vows in the name of their gods. -- psalms 16:4 +. +Lord, you give me stability and prosperity; you make my future secure. -- psalms 16:5 +. +It is as if I have been given fertile fields or received a beautiful tract of land. -- psalms 16:6 +. +I will praise the Lord who guides me; yes, during the night I reflect and learn. -- psalms 16:7 +. +I constantly trust in the Lord; because he is at my right hand, I will not be upended. -- psalms 16:8 +. +So my heart rejoices and I am happy; My life is safe. -- psalms 16:9 +. +You will not abandon me to Sheol; you will not allow your faithful follower to see the Pit. -- psalms 16:10 +. +You lead me in the path of life; I experience absolute joy in your presence; you always give me sheer delight. -- psalms 16:11 +. +A prayer of David. Lord, consider my just cause! Pay attention to my cry for help! Listen to the prayer I sincerely offer! -- psalms 17:1 +. +Make a just decision on my behalf! Decide what is right! -- psalms 17:2 +. +You have scrutinized my inner motives; you have examined me during the night. You have carefully evaluated me, but you find no sin. I am determined I will say nothing sinful. -- psalms 17:3 +. +As for the actions of people - just as you have commanded, I have not followed in the footsteps of violent men. -- psalms 17:4 +. +I carefully obey your commands; I do not deviate from them. -- psalms 17:5 +. +I call to you for you will answer me, O God. Listen to me! Hear what I say! -- psalms 17:6 +. +Accomplish awesome, faithful deeds, you who powerfully deliver those who look to you for protection from their enemies. -- psalms 17:7 +. +Protect me as you would protect the pupil of your eye! Hide me in the shadow of your wings! -- psalms 17:8 +. +Protect me from the wicked men who attack me, my enemies who crowd around me for the kill. -- psalms 17:9 +. +They are calloused; they speak arrogantly. -- psalms 17:10 +. +They attack me, now they surround me; they intend to throw me to the ground. -- psalms 17:11 +. +He is like a lion that wants to tear its prey to bits, like a young lion crouching in hidden places. -- psalms 17:12 +. +Rise up, Lord! Confront him! Knock him down! Use your sword to rescue me from the wicked man! -- psalms 17:13 +. +Lord, use your power to deliver me from these murderers, from the murderers of this world! They enjoy prosperity; you overwhelm them with the riches they desire. They have many children, and leave their wealth to their offspring. -- psalms 17:14 +. +As for me, because I am innocent I will see your face; when I awake you will reveal yourself to me. -- psalms 17:15 +. +For the music director; by the Lord's servant David, who sang to the Lord the words of this song when the Lord rescued him from the power of all his enemies, including Saul. He said: "I love you, Lord, my source of strength! -- psalms 18:1 +. +The Lord is my high ridge, my stronghold, my deliverer. My God is my rocky summit where I take shelter, my shield, the horn that saves me, and my refuge. -- psalms 18:2 +. +I called to the Lord, who is worthy of praise, and I was delivered from my enemies. -- psalms 18:3 +. +The waves of death engulfed me, the currents of chaos overwhelmed me. -- psalms 18:4 +. +The ropes of Sheol tightened around me, the snares of death trapped me. -- psalms 18:5 +. +In my distress I called to the Lord; I cried out to my God. From his heavenly temple he heard my voice; he listened to my cry for help. -- psalms 18:6 +. +The earth heaved and shook; the roots of the mountains trembled; they heaved because he was angry. -- psalms 18:7 +. +Smoke ascended from his nose; fire devoured as it came from his mouth; he hurled down fiery coals. -- psalms 18:8 +. +He made the sky sink as he descended; a thick cloud was under his feet. -- psalms 18:9 +. +He mounted a winged angel and flew; he glided on the wings of the wind. -- psalms 18:10 +. +He shrouded himself in darkness, in thick rain clouds. -- psalms 18:11 +. +From the brightness in front of him came hail and fiery coals. -- psalms 18:12 +. +The Lord thundered in the sky; the sovereign One shouted. -- psalms 18:13 +. +He shot his arrows and scattered them, many lightning bolts and routed them. -- psalms 18:14 +. +The depths of the sea were exposed; the inner regions of the world were uncovered by your battle cry, Lord, by the powerful breath from your nose. -- psalms 18:15 +. +He reached down from above and took hold of me; he pulled me from the surging water. -- psalms 18:16 +. +He rescued me from my strong enemy, from those who hate me, for they were too strong for me. -- psalms 18:17 +. +They confronted me in my day of calamity, but the Lord helped me. -- psalms 18:18 +. +He brought me out into a wide open place; he delivered me because he was pleased with me. -- psalms 18:19 +. +The Lord repaid me for my godly deeds; he rewarded my blameless behavior. -- psalms 18:20 +. +For I have obeyed the Lord's commands; I have not rebelled against my God. -- psalms 18:21 +. +For I am aware of all his regulations, and I do not reject his rules. -- psalms 18:22 +. +I was innocent before him, and kept myself from sinning. -- psalms 18:23 +. +The Lord rewarded me for my godly deeds; he took notice of my blameless behavior. -- psalms 18:24 +. +You prove to be loyal to one who is faithful; you prove to be trustworthy to one who is innocent. -- psalms 18:25 +. +You prove to be reliable to one who is blameless, but you prove to be deceptive to one who is perverse. -- psalms 18:26 +. +For you deliver oppressed people, but you bring down those who have a proud look. -- psalms 18:27 +. +Indeed, you are my lamp, Lord. My God illuminates the darkness around me. -- psalms 18:28 +. +Indeed, with your help I can charge against an army; by my God's power I can jump over a wall. -- psalms 18:29 +. +The one true God acts in a faithful manner; the Lord's promise is reliable; he is a shield to all who take shelter in him. -- psalms 18:30 +. +Indeed, who is God besides the Lord? Who is a protector besides our God? -- psalms 18:31 +. +The one true God gives me strength; he removes the obstacles in my way. -- psalms 18:32 +. +He gives me the agility of a deer; he enables me to negotiate the rugged terrain. -- psalms 18:33 +. +He trains my hands for battle; my arms can bend even the strongest bow. -- psalms 18:34 +. +You give me your protective shield; your right hand supports me; your willingness to help enables me to prevail. -- psalms 18:35 +. +You widen my path; my feet do not slip. -- psalms 18:36 +. +I chase my enemies and catch them; I do not turn back until I wipe them out. -- psalms 18:37 +. +I beat them to death; they fall at my feet. -- psalms 18:38 +. +You give me strength for battle; you make my foes kneel before me. -- psalms 18:39 +. +You make my enemies retreat; I destroy those who hate me. -- psalms 18:40 +. +They cry out, but there is no one to help them; they cry out to the Lord, but he does not answer them. -- psalms 18:41 +. +I grind them as fine windblown dust; I beat them underfoot like clay in the streets. -- psalms 18:42 +. +You rescue me from a hostile army; you make me a leader of nations; people over whom I had no authority are now my subjects. -- psalms 18:43 +. +When they hear of my exploits, they submit to me. Foreigners are powerless before me; -- psalms 18:44 +. +foreigners lose their courage; they shake with fear as they leave their strongholds. -- psalms 18:45 +. +The Lord is alive! My protector is praiseworthy! The God who delivers me is exalted as king! -- psalms 18:46 +. +The one true God completely vindicates me; he makes nations submit to me. -- psalms 18:47 +. +He delivers me from my enemies; you snatch me away from those who attack me; you rescue me from violent men. -- psalms 18:48 +. +So I will give you thanks before the nations, O Lord! I will sing praises to you! -- psalms 18:49 +. +He gives his chosen king magnificent victories; he is faithful to his chosen ruler, to David and his descendants forever." -- psalms 18:50 +. +For the music director; a psalm of David. The heavens declare the glory of God; the sky displays his handiwork. -- psalms 19:1 +. +Day after day it speaks out; night after night it reveals his greatness. -- psalms 19:2 +. +There is no actual speech or word, nor is its voice literally heard. -- psalms 19:3 +. +Yet its voice echoes throughout the earth; its words carry to the distant horizon. In the sky he has pitched a tent for the sun. -- psalms 19:4 +. +Like a bridegroom it emerges from its chamber; like a strong man it enjoys running its course. -- psalms 19:5 +. +It emerges from the distant horizon, and goes from one end of the sky to the other; nothing can escape its heat. -- psalms 19:6 +. +The law of the Lord is perfect and preserves one's life. The rules set down by the Lord are reliable and impart wisdom to the inexperienced. -- psalms 19:7 +. +The Lord's precepts are fair and make one joyful. The Lord's commands are pure and give insight for life. -- psalms 19:8 +. +The commands to fear the Lord are right and endure forever. The judgments given by the Lord are trustworthy and absolutely just. -- psalms 19:9 +. +They are of greater value than gold, than even a great amount of pure gold; they bring greater delight than honey, than even the sweetest honey from a honeycomb. -- psalms 19:10 +. +Yes, your servant finds moral guidance there; those who obey them receive a rich reward. -- psalms 19:11 +. +Who can know all his errors? Please do not punish me for sins I am unaware of. -- psalms 19:12 +. +Moreover, keep me from committing flagrant sins; do not allow such sins to control me. Then I will be blameless, and innocent of blatant rebellion. -- psalms 19:13 +. +May my words and my thoughts be acceptable in your sight, O Lord, my sheltering rock and my redeemer. -- psalms 19:14 +. +For the music director; a psalm of David. May the Lord answer you when you are in trouble; may the God of Jacob make you secure! -- psalms 20:1 +. +May he send you help from his temple; from Zion may he give you support! -- psalms 20:2 +. +May he take notice of your offerings; may he accept your burnt sacrifice! (Selah) -- psalms 20:3 +. +May he grant your heart's desire; may he bring all your plans to pass! -- psalms 20:4 +. +Then we will shout for joy over your victory; we will rejoice in the name of our God! May the Lord grant all your requests! -- psalms 20:5 +. +Now I am sure that the Lord will deliver his chosen king; he will intervene for him from his holy heavenly temple, and display his mighty ability to deliver. -- psalms 20:6 +. +Some trust in chariots and others in horses, but we depend on the Lord our God. -- psalms 20:7 +. +They will fall down, but we will stand firm. -- psalms 20:8 +. +The Lord will deliver the king; he will answer us when we call to him for help! -- psalms 20:9 +. +For the music director; a psalm of David. O Lord, the king rejoices in the strength you give; he takes great delight in the deliverance you provide. -- psalms 21:1 +. +You grant him his heart's desire; you do not refuse his request. (Selah) -- psalms 21:2 +. +For you bring him rich blessings; you place a golden crown on his head. -- psalms 21:3 +. +He asked you to sustain his life, and you have granted him long life and an enduring dynasty. -- psalms 21:4 +. +Your deliverance brings him great honor; you give him majestic splendor. -- psalms 21:5 +. +For you grant him lasting blessings; you give him great joy by allowing him into your presence. -- psalms 21:6 +. +For the king trusts in the Lord, and because of the sovereign Lord's faithfulness he is not upended. -- psalms 21:7 +. +You prevail over all your enemies; your power is too great for those who hate you. -- psalms 21:8 +. +You burn them up like a fiery furnace when you appear; the Lord angrily devours them; the fire consumes them. -- psalms 21:9 +. +You destroy their offspring from the earth, their descendants from among the human race. -- psalms 21:10 +. +Yes, they intend to do you harm; they dream up a scheme, but they do not succeed. -- psalms 21:11 +. +For you make them retreat when you shoot your arrows at them. -- psalms 21:12 +. +Rise up, O Lord, in strength! We will sing and praise your power! -- psalms 21:13 +. +For the music director; according to the tune "Morning Doe;" a psalm of David. My God, my God, why have you abandoned me? I groan in prayer, but help seems far away. -- psalms 22:1 +. +My God, I cry out during the day, but you do not answer, and during the night my prayers do not let up. -- psalms 22:2 +. +You are holy; you sit as king receiving the praises of Israel. -- psalms 22:3 +. +In you our ancestors trusted; they trusted in you and you rescued them. -- psalms 22:4 +. +To you they cried out, and they were saved; in you they trusted and they were not disappointed. -- psalms 22:5 +. +But I am a worm, not a man; people insult me and despise me. -- psalms 22:6 +. +All who see me taunt me; they mock me and shake their heads. -- psalms 22:7 +. +They say, "Commit yourself to the Lord! Let the Lord rescue him! Let the Lord deliver him, for he delights in him." -- psalms 22:8 +. +Yes, you are the one who brought me out from the womb and made me feel secure on my mother's breasts. -- psalms 22:9 +. +I have been dependent on you since birth; from the time I came out of my mother's womb you have been my God. -- psalms 22:10 +. +Do not remain far away from me, for trouble is near and I have no one to help me. -- psalms 22:11 +. +Many bulls surround me; powerful bulls of Bashan hem me in. -- psalms 22:12 +. +They open their mouths to devour me like a roaring lion that rips its prey. -- psalms 22:13 +. +My strength drains away like water; all my bones are dislocated; my heart is like wax; it melts away inside me. -- psalms 22:14 +. +The roof of my mouth is as dry as a piece of pottery; my tongue sticks to my gums. You set me in the dust of death. -- psalms 22:15 +. +Yes, wild dogs surround me - a gang of evil men crowd around me; like a lion they pin my hands and feet. -- psalms 22:16 +. +I can count all my bones; my enemies are gloating over me in triumph. -- psalms 22:17 +. +They are dividing up my clothes among themselves; they are rolling dice for my garments. -- psalms 22:18 +. +But you, O Lord, do not remain far away! You are my source of strength! Hurry and help me! -- psalms 22:19 +. +Deliver me from the sword! Save my life from the claws of the wild dogs! -- psalms 22:20 +. +Rescue me from the mouth of the lion, and from the horns of the wild oxen! You have answered me! -- psalms 22:21 +. +I will declare your name to my countrymen! In the middle of the assembly I will praise you! -- psalms 22:22 +. +You loyal followers of the Lord, praise him! All you descendants of Jacob, honor him! All you descendants of Israel, stand in awe of him! -- psalms 22:23 +. +For he did not despise or detest the suffering of the oppressed; he did not ignore him; when he cried out to him, he responded. -- psalms 22:24 +. +You are the reason I offer praise in the great assembly; I will fulfill my promises before the Lord's loyal followers. -- psalms 22:25 +. +Let the oppressed eat and be filled! Let those who seek his help praise the Lord! May you live forever! -- psalms 22:26 +. +Let all the people of the earth acknowledge the Lord and turn to him! Let all the nations worship you! -- psalms 22:27 +. +For the Lord is king and rules over the nations. -- psalms 22:28 +. +All of the thriving people of the earth will join the celebration and worship; all those who are descending into the grave will bow before him, including those who cannot preserve their lives. -- psalms 22:29 +. +A whole generation will serve him; they will tell the next generation about the sovereign Lord. -- psalms 22:30 +. +They will come and tell about his saving deeds; they will tell a future generation what he has accomplished. -- psalms 22:31 +. +A psalm of David. The Lord is my shepherd, I lack nothing. -- psalms 23:1 +. +He takes me to lush pastures, he leads me to refreshing water. -- psalms 23:2 +. +He restores my strength. He leads me down the right paths for the sake of his reputation. -- psalms 23:3 +. +Even when I must walk through the darkest valley, I fear no danger, for you are with me; your rod and your staff reassure me. -- psalms 23:4 +. +You prepare a feast before me in plain sight of my enemies. You refresh my head with oil; my cup is completely full. -- psalms 23:5 +. +Surely your goodness and faithfulness will pursue me all my days, and I will live in the Lord's house for the rest of my life. -- psalms 23:6 +. +A psalm of David. The Lord owns the earth and all it contains, the world and all who live in it. -- psalms 24:1 +. +For he set its foundation upon the seas, and established it upon the ocean currents. -- psalms 24:2 +. +Who is allowed to ascend the mountain of the Lord? Who may go up to his holy dwelling place? -- psalms 24:3 +. +The one whose deeds are blameless and whose motives are pure, who does not lie, or make promises with no intention of keeping them. -- psalms 24:4 +. +Such godly people are rewarded by the Lord, and vindicated by the God who delivers them. -- psalms 24:5 +. +Such purity characterizes the people who seek his favor, Jacob's descendants, who pray to him. (Selah) -- psalms 24:6 +. +Look up, you gates! Rise up, you eternal doors! Then the majestic king will enter! -- psalms 24:7 +. +Who is this majestic king? The Lord who is strong and mighty! The Lord who is mighty in battle! -- psalms 24:8 +. +Look up, you gates! Rise up, you eternal doors! Then the majestic king will enter! -- psalms 24:9 +. +Who is this majestic king? The Lord who commands armies! He is the majestic king! (Selah) -- psalms 24:10 +. +By David. O Lord, I come before you in prayer. -- psalms 25:1 +. +My God, I trust in you. Please do not let me be humiliated; do not let my enemies triumphantly rejoice over me! -- psalms 25:2 +. +Certainly none who rely on you will be humiliated. Those who deal in treachery will be thwarted and humiliated. -- psalms 25:3 +. +Make me understand your ways, O Lord! Teach me your paths! -- psalms 25:4 +. +Guide me into your truth and teach me. For you are the God who delivers me; on you I rely all day long. -- psalms 25:5 +. +Remember your compassionate and faithful deeds, O Lord, for you have always acted in this manner. -- psalms 25:6 +. +Do not hold against me the sins of my youth or my rebellious acts! Because you are faithful to me, extend to me your favor, O Lord! -- psalms 25:7 +. +The Lord is both kind and fair; that is why he teaches sinners the right way to live. -- psalms 25:8 +. +May he show the humble what is right! May he teach the humble his way! -- psalms 25:9 +. +The Lord always proves faithful and reliable to those who follow the demands of his covenant. -- psalms 25:10 +. +For the sake of your reputation, O Lord, forgive my sin, because it is great. -- psalms 25:11 +. +The Lord shows his faithful followers the way they should live. -- psalms 25:12 +. +They experience his favor; their descendants inherit the land. -- psalms 25:13 +. +The Lord's loyal followers receive his guidance, and he reveals his covenantal demands to them. -- psalms 25:14 +. +I continually look to the Lord for help, for he will free my feet from the enemy's net. -- psalms 25:15 +. +Turn toward me and have mercy on me, for I am alone and oppressed! -- psalms 25:16 +. +Deliver me from my distress; rescue me from my suffering! -- psalms 25:17 +. +See my pain and suffering! Forgive all my sins! -- psalms 25:18 +. +Watch my enemies, for they outnumber me; they hate me and want to harm me. -- psalms 25:19 +. +Protect me and deliver me! Please do not let me be humiliated, for I have taken shelter in you! -- psalms 25:20 +. +May integrity and godliness protect me, for I rely on you! -- psalms 25:21 +. +O God, rescue Israel from all their distress! -- psalms 25:22 +. +By David. Vindicate me, O Lord, for I have integrity, and I trust in the Lord without wavering. -- psalms 26:1 +. +Examine me, O Lord, and test me! Evaluate my inner thoughts and motives! -- psalms 26:2 +. +For I am ever aware of your faithfulness, and your loyalty continually motivates me. -- psalms 26:3 +. +I do not associate with deceitful men, or consort with those who are dishonest. -- psalms 26:4 +. +I hate the mob of evil men, and do not associate with the wicked. -- psalms 26:5 +. +I maintain a pure lifestyle, so I can appear before your altar, O Lord, -- psalms 26:6 +. +to give you thanks, and to tell about all your amazing deeds. -- psalms 26:7 +. +O Lord, I love the temple where you live, the place where your splendor is revealed. -- psalms 26:8 +. +Do not sweep me away with sinners, or execute me along with violent people, -- psalms 26:9 +. +who are always ready to do wrong or offer a bribe. -- psalms 26:10 +. +But I have integrity! Rescue me and have mercy on me! -- psalms 26:11 +. +I am safe, and among the worshipers I will praise the Lord. -- psalms 26:12 +. +By David. The Lord delivers and vindicates me! I fear no one! The Lord protects my life! I am afraid of no one! -- psalms 27:1 +. +When evil men attack me to devour my flesh, when my adversaries and enemies attack me, they stumble and fall. -- psalms 27:2 +. +Even when an army is deployed against me, I do not fear. Even when war is imminent, I remain confident. -- psalms 27:3 +. +I have asked the Lord for one thing - this is what I desire! I want to live in the Lord's house all the days of my life, so I can gaze at the splendor of the Lord and contemplate in his temple. -- psalms 27:4 +. +He will surely give me shelter in the day of danger; he will hide me in his home; he will place me on an inaccessible rocky summit. -- psalms 27:5 +. +Now I will triumph over my enemies who surround me! I will offer sacrifices in his dwelling place and shout for joy! I will sing praises to the Lord! -- psalms 27:6 +. +Hear me, O Lord, when I cry out! Have mercy on me and answer me! -- psalms 27:7 +. +My heart tells me to pray to you, and I do pray to you, O Lord. -- psalms 27:8 +. +Do not reject me! Do not push your servant away in anger! You are my deliverer! Do not forsake or abandon me, O God who vindicates me! -- psalms 27:9 +. +Even if my father and mother abandoned me, the Lord would take me in. -- psalms 27:10 +. +Teach me how you want me to live; lead me along a level path because of those who wait to ambush me! -- psalms 27:11 +. +Do not turn me over to my enemies, for false witnesses who want to destroy me testify against me. -- psalms 27:12 +. +Where would I be if I did not believe I would experience the Lord's favor in the land of the living? -- psalms 27:13 +. +Rely on the Lord! Be strong and confident! Rely on the Lord! -- psalms 27:14 +. +By David. To you, O Lord, I cry out! My protector, do not ignore me! If you do not respond to me, I will join those who are descending into the grave. -- psalms 28:1 +. +Hear my plea for mercy when I cry out to you for help, when I lift my hands toward your holy temple! -- psalms 28:2 +. +Do not drag me away with evil men, with those who behave wickedly, who talk so friendly to their neighbors, while they plan to harm them! -- psalms 28:3 +. +Pay them back for their evil deeds! Pay them back for what they do! Punish them! -- psalms 28:4 +. +For they do not understand the Lord's actions, or the way he carries out justice. The Lord will permanently demolish them. -- psalms 28:5 +. +The Lord deserves praise, for he has heard my plea for mercy! -- psalms 28:6 +. +The Lord strengthens and protects me; I trust in him with all my heart. I am rescued and my heart is full of joy; I will sing to him in gratitude. -- psalms 28:7 +. +The Lord strengthens his people; he protects and delivers his chosen king. -- psalms 28:8 +. +Deliver your people! Empower the nation that belongs to you! Care for them like a shepherd and carry them in your arms at all times! -- psalms 28:9 +. +A psalm of David. Acknowledge the Lord, you heavenly beings, acknowledge the Lord's majesty and power! -- psalms 29:1 +. +Acknowledge the majesty of the Lord's reputation! Worship the Lord in holy attire! -- psalms 29:2 +. +The Lord's shout is heard over the water; the majestic God thunders, the Lord appears over the surging water. -- psalms 29:3 +. +The Lord's shout is powerful, the Lord's shout is majestic. -- psalms 29:4 +. +The Lord's shout breaks the cedars, the Lord shatters the cedars of Lebanon. -- psalms 29:5 +. +He makes Lebanon skip like a calf and Sirion like a young ox. -- psalms 29:6 +. +The Lord's shout strikes with flaming fire. -- psalms 29:7 +. +The Lord's shout shakes the wilderness, the Lord shakes the wilderness of Kadesh. -- psalms 29:8 +. +The Lord's shout bends the large trees and strips the leaves from the forests. Everyone in his temple says, "Majestic!" -- psalms 29:9 +. +The Lord sits enthroned over the engulfing waters, the Lord sits enthroned as the eternal king. -- psalms 29:10 +. +The Lord gives his people strength; the Lord grants his people security. -- psalms 29:11 +. +A psalm - a song used at the dedication of the temple; by David. I will praise you, O Lord, for you lifted me up, and did not allow my enemies to gloat over me. -- psalms 30:1 +. +O Lord my God, I cried out to you and you healed me. -- psalms 30:2 +. +O Lord, you pulled me up from Sheol; you rescued me from among those descending into the grave. -- psalms 30:3 +. +Sing to the Lord, you faithful followers of his; give thanks to his holy name. -- psalms 30:4 +. +For his anger lasts only a brief moment, and his good favor restores one's life. One may experience sorrow during the night, but joy arrives in the morning. -- psalms 30:5 +. +In my self-confidence I said, "I will never be upended." -- psalms 30:6 +. +O Lord, in your good favor you made me secure. Then you rejected me and I was terrified. -- psalms 30:7 +. +To you, O Lord, I cried out; I begged the Lord for mercy: -- psalms 30:8 +. +"What profit is there in taking my life, in my descending into the Pit? Can the dust of the grave praise you? Can it declare your loyalty? -- psalms 30:9 +. +Hear, O Lord, and have mercy on me! O Lord, deliver me!" -- psalms 30:10 +. +Then you turned my lament into dancing; you removed my sackcloth and covered me with joy. -- psalms 30:11 +. +So now my heart will sing to you and not be silent; O Lord my God, I will always give thanks to you. -- psalms 30:12 +. +For the music director; a psalm of David. In you, O Lord, I have taken shelter! Never let me be humiliated! Vindicate me by rescuing me! -- psalms 31:1 +. +Listen to me! Quickly deliver me! Be my protector and refuge, a stronghold where I can be safe! -- psalms 31:2 +. +For you are my high ridge and my stronghold; for the sake of your own reputation you lead me and guide me. -- psalms 31:3 +. +You will free me from the net they hid for me, for you are my place of refuge. -- psalms 31:4 +. +Into your hand I entrust my life; you will rescue me, O Lord, the faithful God. -- psalms 31:5 +. +I hate those who serve worthless idols, but I trust in the Lord. -- psalms 31:6 +. +I will be happy and rejoice in your faithfulness, because you notice my pain and you are aware of how distressed I am. -- psalms 31:7 +. +You do not deliver me over to the power of the enemy; you enable me to stand in a wide open place. -- psalms 31:8 +. +Have mercy on me, for I am in distress! My eyes grow dim from suffering. I have lost my strength. -- psalms 31:9 +. +For my life nears its end in pain; my years draw to a close as I groan. My strength fails me because of my sin, and my bones become brittle. -- psalms 31:10 +. +Because of all my enemies, people disdain me; my neighbors are appalled by my suffering - those who know me are horrified by my condition; those who see me in the street run away from me. -- psalms 31:11 +. +I am forgotten, like a dead man no one thinks about; I am regarded as worthless, like a broken jar. -- psalms 31:12 +. +For I hear what so many are saying, the terrifying news that comes from every direction. When they plot together against me, they figure out how they can take my life. -- psalms 31:13 +. +But I trust in you, O Lord! I declare, "You are my God!" -- psalms 31:14 +. +You determine my destiny! Rescue me from the power of my enemies and those who chase me. -- psalms 31:15 +. +Smile on your servant! Deliver me because of your faithfulness! -- psalms 31:16 +. +O Lord, do not let me be humiliated, for I call out to you! May evil men be humiliated! May they go wailing to the grave! -- psalms 31:17 +. +May lying lips be silenced - lips that speak defiantly against the innocent with arrogance and contempt! -- psalms 31:18 +. +How great is your favor, which you store up for your loyal followers! In plain sight of everyone you bestow it on those who take shelter in you. -- psalms 31:19 +. +You hide them with you, where they are safe from the attacks of men; you conceal them in a shelter, where they are safe from slanderous attacks. -- psalms 31:20 +. +The Lord deserves praise for he demonstrated his amazing faithfulness to me when I was besieged by enemies. -- psalms 31:21 +. +I jumped to conclusions and said, "I am cut off from your presence!" But you heard my plea for mercy when I cried out to you for help. -- psalms 31:22 +. +Love the Lord, all you faithful followers of his! The Lord protects those who have integrity, but he pays back in full the one who acts arrogantly. -- psalms 31:23 +. +Be strong and confident, all you who wait on the Lord! -- psalms 31:24 +. +By David; a well-written song. How blessed is the one whose rebellious acts are forgiven, whose sin is pardoned! -- psalms 32:1 +. +How blessed is the one whose wrongdoing the Lord does not punish, in whose spirit there is no deceit. -- psalms 32:2 +. +When I refused to confess my sin, my whole body wasted away, while I groaned in pain all day long. -- psalms 32:3 +. +For day and night you tormented me; you tried to destroy me in the intense heat of summer. (Selah) -- psalms 32:4 +. +Then I confessed my sin; I no longer covered up my wrongdoing. I said, "I will confess my rebellious acts to the Lord." And then you forgave my sins. (Selah) -- psalms 32:5 +. +For this reason every one of your faithful followers should pray to you while there is a window of opportunity. Certainly when the surging water rises, it will not reach them. -- psalms 32:6 +. +You are my hiding place; you protect me from distress. You surround me with shouts of joy from those celebrating deliverance. (Selah) -- psalms 32:7 +. +I will instruct and teach you about how you should live. I will advise you as I look you in the eye. -- psalms 32:8 +. +Do not be like an unintelligent horse or mule, which will not obey you unless they are controlled by a bridle and bit. -- psalms 32:9 +. +An evil person suffers much pain, but the Lord's faithfulness overwhelms the one who trusts in him. -- psalms 32:10 +. +Rejoice in the Lord and be happy, you who are godly! Shout for joy, all you who are morally upright! -- psalms 32:11 +. +You godly ones, shout for joy because of the Lord! It is appropriate for the morally upright to offer him praise. -- psalms 33:1 +. +Give thanks to the Lord with the harp! Sing to him to the accompaniment of a ten-stringed instrument! -- psalms 33:2 +. +Sing to him a new song! Play skillfully as you shout out your praises to him! -- psalms 33:3 +. +For the Lord's decrees are just, and everything he does is fair. -- psalms 33:4 +. +The Lord promotes equity and justice; the Lord's faithfulness extends throughout the earth. -- psalms 33:5 +. +By the Lord's decree the heavens were made; by a mere word from his mouth all the stars in the sky were created. -- psalms 33:6 +. +He piles up the water of the sea; he puts the oceans in storehouses. -- psalms 33:7 +. +Let the whole earth fear the Lord! Let all who live in the world stand in awe of him! -- psalms 33:8 +. +For he spoke, and it came into existence, he issued the decree, and it stood firm. -- psalms 33:9 +. +The Lord frustrates the decisions of the nations; he nullifies the plans of the peoples. -- psalms 33:10 +. +The Lord's decisions stand forever; his plans abide throughout the ages. -- psalms 33:11 +. +How blessed is the nation whose God is the Lord, the people whom he has chosen to be his special possession. -- psalms 33:12 +. +The Lord watches from heaven; he sees all people. -- psalms 33:13 +. +From the place where he lives he looks carefully at all the earth's inhabitants. -- psalms 33:14 +. +He is the one who forms every human heart, and takes note of all their actions. -- psalms 33:15 +. +No king is delivered by his vast army; a warrior is not saved by his great might. -- psalms 33:16 +. +A horse disappoints those who trust in it for victory; despite its great strength, it cannot deliver. -- psalms 33:17 +. +Look, the Lord takes notice of his loyal followers, those who wait for him to demonstrate his faithfulness -- psalms 33:18 +. +by saving their lives from death and sustaining them during times of famine. -- psalms 33:19 +. +We wait for the Lord; he is our deliverer and shield. -- psalms 33:20 +. +For our hearts rejoice in him, for we trust in his holy name. -- psalms 33:21 +. +May we experience your faithfulness, O Lord, for we wait for you. -- psalms 33:22 +. +Written by David, when he pretended to be insane before Abimelech, causing the king to send him away. I will praise the Lord at all times; my mouth will continually praise him. -- psalms 34:1 +. +I will boast in the Lord; let the oppressed hear and rejoice! -- psalms 34:2 +. +Magnify the Lord with me! Let's praise his name together! -- psalms 34:3 +. +I sought the Lord's help and he answered me; he delivered me from all my fears. -- psalms 34:4 +. +Those who look to him for help are happy; their faces are not ashamed. -- psalms 34:5 +. +This oppressed man cried out and the Lord heard; he saved him from all his troubles. -- psalms 34:6 +. +The Lord's angel camps around the Lord's loyal followers and delivers them. -- psalms 34:7 +. +Taste and see that the Lord is good! How blessed is the one who takes shelter in him! -- psalms 34:8 +. +Remain loyal to the Lord, you chosen people of his, for his loyal followers lack nothing! -- psalms 34:9 +. +Even young lions sometimes lack food and are hungry, but those who seek the Lord lack no good thing. -- psalms 34:10 +. +Come children! Listen to me! I will teach you what it means to fear the Lord. -- psalms 34:11 +. +Do you want to really live? Would you love to live a long, happy life? -- psalms 34:12 +. +Then make sure you don't speak evil words or use deceptive speech! -- psalms 34:13 +. +Turn away from evil and do what is right! Strive for peace and promote it! -- psalms 34:14 +. +The Lord pays attention to the godly and hears their cry for help. -- psalms 34:15 +. +But the Lord opposes evildoers and wipes out all memory of them from the earth. -- psalms 34:16 +. +The godly cry out and the Lord hears; he saves them from all their troubles. -- psalms 34:17 +. +The Lord is near the brokenhearted; he delivers those who are discouraged. -- psalms 34:18 +. +The godly face many dangers, but the Lord saves them from each one of them. -- psalms 34:19 +. +He protects all his bones; not one of them is broken. -- psalms 34:20 +. +Evil people self-destruct; those who hate the godly are punished. -- psalms 34:21 +. +The Lord rescues his servants; all who take shelter in him escape punishment. -- psalms 34:22 +. +By David. O Lord, fight those who fight with me! Attack those who attack me! -- psalms 35:1 +. +Grab your small shield and large shield, and rise up to help me! -- psalms 35:2 +. +Use your spear and lance against those who chase me! Assure me with these words: "I am your deliverer!" -- psalms 35:3 +. +May those who seek my life be embarrassed and humiliated! May those who plan to harm me be turned back and ashamed! -- psalms 35:4 +. +May they be like wind-driven chaff, as the Lord's angel attacks them! -- psalms 35:5 +. +May their path be dark and slippery, as the Lord's angel chases them! -- psalms 35:6 +. +I did not harm them, but they hid a net to catch me and dug a pit to trap me. -- psalms 35:7 +. +Let destruction take them by surprise! Let the net they hid catch them! Let them fall into destruction! -- psalms 35:8 +. +Then I will rejoice in the Lord and be happy because of his deliverance. -- psalms 35:9 +. +With all my strength I will say, "O Lord, who can compare to you? You rescue the oppressed from those who try to overpower them; the oppressed and needy from those who try to rob them." -- psalms 35:10 +. +Violent men perjure themselves, and falsely accuse me. -- psalms 35:11 +. +They repay me evil for the good I have done; I am overwhelmed with sorrow. -- psalms 35:12 +. +When they were sick, I wore sackcloth, and refrained from eating food. (If I am lying, may my prayers go unanswered!) -- psalms 35:13 +. +I mourned for them as I would for a friend or my brother. I bowed down in sorrow as if I were mourning for my mother. -- psalms 35:14 +. +But when I stumbled, they rejoiced and gathered together; they gathered together to ambush me. They tore at me without stopping to rest. -- psalms 35:15 +. +When I tripped, they taunted me relentlessly, and tried to bite me. -- psalms 35:16 +. +O Lord, how long are you going to just stand there and watch this? Rescue me from their destructive attacks; guard my life from the young lions! -- psalms 35:17 +. +Then I will give you thanks in the great assembly; I will praise you before a large crowd of people! -- psalms 35:18 +. +Do not let those who are my enemies for no reason gloat over me! Do not let those who hate me without cause carry out their wicked schemes! -- psalms 35:19 +. +For they do not try to make peace with others, but plan ways to deceive those who are unsuspecting. -- psalms 35:20 +. +They are ready to devour me; they say, "Aha! Aha! We've got you!" -- psalms 35:21 +. +But you take notice, Lord! O Lord, do not remain far away from me! -- psalms 35:22 +. +Rouse yourself, wake up and vindicate me! My God and Lord, defend my just cause! -- psalms 35:23 +. +Vindicate me by your justice, O Lord my God! Do not let them gloat over me! -- psalms 35:24 +. +Do not let them say to themselves, "Aha! We have what we wanted!" Do not let them say, "We have devoured him!" -- psalms 35:25 +. +May those who want to harm me be totally embarrassed and ashamed! May those who arrogantly taunt me be covered with shame and humiliation! -- psalms 35:26 +. +May those who desire my vindication shout for joy and rejoice! May they continually say, "May the Lord be praised, for he wants his servant to be secure." -- psalms 35:27 +. +Then I will tell others about your justice, and praise you all day long. -- psalms 35:28 +. +For the music director; written by the Lord's servant, David; an oracle. An evil man is rebellious to the core. He does not fear God, -- psalms 36:1 +. +for he is too proud to recognize and give up his sin. -- psalms 36:2 +. +The words he speaks are sinful and deceitful; he does not care about doing what is wise and right. -- psalms 36:3 +. +He plans ways to sin while he lies in bed; he is committed to a sinful lifestyle; he does not reject what is evil. -- psalms 36:4 +. +O Lord, your loyal love reaches to the sky; your faithfulness to the clouds. -- psalms 36:5 +. +Your justice is like the highest mountains, your fairness like the deepest sea; you preserve mankind and the animal kingdom. -- psalms 36:6 +. +How precious is your loyal love, O God! The human race finds shelter under your wings. -- psalms 36:7 +. +They are filled with food from your house, and you allow them to drink from the river of your delicacies. -- psalms 36:8 +. +For you are the one who gives and sustains life. -- psalms 36:9 +. +Extend your loyal love to your faithful followers, and vindicate the morally upright! -- psalms 36:10 +. +Do not let arrogant men overtake me, or let evil men make me homeless! -- psalms 36:11 +. +I can see the evildoers! They have fallen! They have been knocked down and are unable to get up! -- psalms 36:12 +. +By David. Do not fret when wicked men seem to succeed! Do not envy evildoers! -- psalms 37:1 +. +For they will quickly dry up like grass, and wither away like plants. -- psalms 37:2 +. +Trust in the Lord and do what is right! Settle in the land and maintain your integrity! -- psalms 37:3 +. +Then you will take delight in the Lord, and he will answer your prayers. -- psalms 37:4 +. +Commit your future to the Lord! Trust in him, and he will act on your behalf. -- psalms 37:5 +. +He will vindicate you in broad daylight, and publicly defend your just cause. -- psalms 37:6 +. +Wait patiently for the Lord! Wait confidently for him! Do not fret over the apparent success of a sinner, a man who carries out wicked schemes! -- psalms 37:7 +. +Do not be angry and frustrated! Do not fret! That only leads to trouble! -- psalms 37:8 +. +Wicked men will be wiped out, but those who rely on the Lord are the ones who will possess the land. -- psalms 37:9 +. +Evil men will soon disappear; you will stare at the spot where they once were, but they will be gone. -- psalms 37:10 +. +But the oppressed will possess the land and enjoy great prosperity. -- psalms 37:11 +. +Evil men plot against the godly and viciously attack them. -- psalms 37:12 +. +The Lord laughs in disgust at them, for he knows that their day is coming. -- psalms 37:13 +. +Evil men draw their swords and prepare their bows, to bring down the oppressed and needy, and to slaughter those who are godly. -- psalms 37:14 +. +Their swords will pierce their own hearts, and their bows will be broken. -- psalms 37:15 +. +The little bit that a godly man owns is better than the wealth of many evil men, -- psalms 37:16 +. +for evil men will lose their power, but the Lord sustains the godly. -- psalms 37:17 +. +The Lord watches over the innocent day by day and they possess a permanent inheritance. -- psalms 37:18 +. +They will not be ashamed when hard times come; when famine comes they will have enough to eat. -- psalms 37:19 +. +But evil men will die; the Lord's enemies will be incinerated - they will go up in smoke. -- psalms 37:20 +. +Evil men borrow, but do not repay their debt, but the godly show compassion and are generous. -- psalms 37:21 +. +Surely those favored by the Lord will possess the land, but those rejected by him will be wiped out. -- psalms 37:22 +. +The Lord grants success to the one whose behavior he finds commendable. -- psalms 37:23 +. +Even if he trips, he will not fall headlong, for the Lord holds his hand. -- psalms 37:24 +. +I was once young, now I am old. I have never seen a godly man abandoned, or his children forced to search for food. -- psalms 37:25 +. +All day long he shows compassion and lends to others, and his children are blessed. -- psalms 37:26 +. +Turn away from evil! Do what is right! Then you will enjoy lasting security. -- psalms 37:27 +. +For the Lord promotes justice, and never abandons his faithful followers. They are permanently secure, but the children of evil men are wiped out. -- psalms 37:28 +. +The godly will possess the land and will dwell in it permanently. -- psalms 37:29 +. +The godly speak wise words and promote justice. -- psalms 37:30 +. +The law of their God controls their thinking; their feet do not slip. -- psalms 37:31 +. +Evil men set an ambush for the godly and try to kill them. -- psalms 37:32 +. +But the Lord does not surrender the godly, or allow them to be condemned in a court of law. -- psalms 37:33 +. +Rely on the Lord! Obey his commands! Then he will permit you to possess the land; you will see the demise of evil men. -- psalms 37:34 +. +I have seen ruthless evil men growing in influence, like a green tree grows in its native soil. -- psalms 37:35 +. +But then one passes by, and suddenly they have disappeared! I looked for them, but they could not be found. -- psalms 37:36 +. +Take note of the one who has integrity! Observe the godly! For the one who promotes peace has a future. -- psalms 37:37 +. +Sinful rebels are totally destroyed; evil men have no future. -- psalms 37:38 +. +But the Lord delivers the godly; he protects them in times of trouble. -- psalms 37:39 +. +The Lord helps them and rescues them; he rescues them from evil men and delivers them, for they seek his protection. -- psalms 37:40 +. +A psalm of David, written to get God's attention. O Lord, do not continue to rebuke me in your anger! Do not continue to punish me in your raging fury! -- psalms 38:1 +. +For your arrows pierce me, and your hand presses me down. -- psalms 38:2 +. +My whole body is sick because of your judgment; I am deprived of health because of my sin. -- psalms 38:3 +. +For my sins overwhelm me; like a heavy load, they are too much for me to bear. -- psalms 38:4 +. +My wounds are infected and starting to smell, because of my foolish sins. -- psalms 38:5 +. +I am dazed and completely humiliated; all day long I walk around mourning. -- psalms 38:6 +. +For I am overcome with shame and my whole body is sick. -- psalms 38:7 +. +I am numb with pain and severely battered; I groan loudly because of the anxiety I feel. -- psalms 38:8 +. +O Lord, you understand my heart's desire; my groaning is not hidden from you. -- psalms 38:9 +. +My heart beats quickly; my strength leaves me; I can hardly see. -- psalms 38:10 +. +Because of my condition, even my friends and acquaintances keep their distance; my neighbors stand far away. -- psalms 38:11 +. +Those who seek my life try to entrap me; those who want to harm me speak destructive words; all day long they say deceitful things. -- psalms 38:12 +. +But I am like a deaf man - I hear nothing; I am like a mute who cannot speak. -- psalms 38:13 +. +I am like a man who cannot hear and is incapable of arguing his defense. -- psalms 38:14 +. +Yet I wait for you, O Lord! You will respond, O Lord, my God! -- psalms 38:15 +. +I have prayed for deliverance, because otherwise they will gloat over me; when my foot slips they will arrogantly taunt me. -- psalms 38:16 +. +For I am about to stumble, and I am in constant pain. -- psalms 38:17 +. +Yes, I confess my wrongdoing, and I am concerned about my sins. -- psalms 38:18 +. +But those who are my enemies for no reason are numerous; those who hate me without cause outnumber me. -- psalms 38:19 +. +They repay me evil for the good I have done; though I have tried to do good to them, they hurl accusations at me. -- psalms 38:20 +. +Do not abandon me, O Lord! My God, do not remain far away from me! -- psalms 38:21 +. +Hurry and help me, O Lord, my deliverer! -- psalms 38:22 +. +For the music director, Jeduthun; a psalm of David. I decided, "I will watch what I say and make sure I do not sin with my tongue. I will put a muzzle over my mouth while in the presence of an evil man." -- psalms 39:1 +. +I was stone silent; I held back the urge to speak. My frustration grew; -- psalms 39:2 +. +my anxiety intensified. As I thought about it, I became impatient. Finally I spoke these words: -- psalms 39:3 +. +"O Lord, help me understand my mortality and the brevity of life! Let me realize how quickly my life will pass! -- psalms 39:4 +. +Look, you make my days short-lived, and my life span is nothing from your perspective. Surely all people, even those who seem secure, are nothing but vapor. -- psalms 39:5 +. +Surely people go through life as mere ghosts. Surely they accumulate worthless wealth without knowing who will eventually haul it away." -- psalms 39:6 +. +But now, O Lord, upon what am I relying? You are my only hope! -- psalms 39:7 +. +Deliver me from all my sins of rebellion! Do not make me the object of fools' insults! -- psalms 39:8 +. +I am silent and cannot open my mouth because of what you have done. -- psalms 39:9 +. +Please stop wounding me! You have almost beaten me to death! -- psalms 39:10 +. +You severely discipline people for their sins; like a moth you slowly devour their strength. Surely all people are a mere vapor. (Selah) -- psalms 39:11 +. +Hear my prayer, O Lord! Listen to my cry for help! Do not ignore my sobbing! For I am dependent on you, like one residing outside his native land; I am at your mercy, just as all my ancestors were. -- psalms 39:12 +. +Turn your angry gaze away from me, so I can be happy before I pass away. -- psalms 39:13 +. +For the music director; By David, a psalm. I relied completely on the Lord, and he turned toward me and heard my cry for help. -- psalms 40:1 +. +He lifted me out of the watery pit, out of the slimy mud. He placed my feet on a rock and gave me secure footing. -- psalms 40:2 +. +He gave me reason to sing a new song, praising our God. May many see what God has done, so that they might swear allegiance to him and trust in the Lord! -- psalms 40:3 +. +How blessed is the one who trusts in the Lord and does not seek help from the proud or from liars! -- psalms 40:4 +. +O Lord, my God, you have accomplished many things; you have done amazing things and carried out your purposes for us. No one can thwart you! I want to declare them and talk about them, but they are too numerous to recount! -- psalms 40:5 +. +Receiving sacrifices and offerings are not your primary concern. You make that quite clear to me! You do not ask for burnt sacrifices and sin offerings. -- psalms 40:6 +. +Then I say, "Look! I come! What is written in the scroll pertains to me. -- psalms 40:7 +. +I want to do what pleases you, my God. Your law dominates my thoughts." -- psalms 40:8 +. +I have told the great assembly about your justice. Look! I spare no words! O Lord, you know this is true. -- psalms 40:9 +. +I have not failed to tell about your justice; I spoke about your reliability and deliverance; I have not neglected to tell the great assembly about your loyal love and faithfulness. -- psalms 40:10 +. +O Lord, you do not withhold your compassion from me. May your loyal love and faithfulness continually protect me! -- psalms 40:11 +. +For innumerable dangers surround me. My sins overtake me so I am unable to see; they outnumber the hairs of my head so my strength fails me. -- psalms 40:12 +. +Please be willing, O Lord, to rescue me! O Lord, hurry and help me! -- psalms 40:13 +. +May those who are trying to snatch away my life be totally embarrassed and ashamed! May those who want to harm me be turned back and ashamed! -- psalms 40:14 +. +May those who say to me, "Aha! Aha!" be humiliated and disgraced! -- psalms 40:15 +. +May all those who seek you be happy and rejoice in you! May those who love to experience your deliverance say continually, "May the Lord be praised!" -- psalms 40:16 +. +I am oppressed and needy! May the Lord pay attention to me! You are my helper and my deliverer! O my God, do not delay! -- psalms 40:17 +. +For the music director; a psalm of David. How blessed is the one who treats the poor properly! When trouble comes, the Lord delivers him. -- psalms 41:1 +. +May the Lord protect him and save his life! May he be blessed in the land! Do not turn him over to his enemies! -- psalms 41:2 +. +The Lord supports him on his sickbed; you completely heal him from his illness. -- psalms 41:3 +. +As for me, I said: "O Lord, have mercy on me! Heal me, for I have sinned against you! -- psalms 41:4 +. +My enemies ask this cruel question about me, 'When will he finally die and be forgotten?' -- psalms 41:5 +. +When someone comes to visit, he pretends to be friendly; he thinks of ways to defame me, and when he leaves he slanders me. -- psalms 41:6 +. +All who hate me whisper insults about me to one another; they plan ways to harm me. -- psalms 41:7 +. +They say, 'An awful disease overwhelms him, and now that he is bed-ridden he will never recover.' -- psalms 41:8 +. +Even my close friend whom I trusted, he who shared meals with me, has turned against me. -- psalms 41:9 +. +As for you, O Lord, have mercy on me and raise me up, so I can pay them back!" -- psalms 41:10 +. +By this I know that you are pleased with me, for my enemy does not triumph over me. -- psalms 41:11 +. +As for me, you uphold me because of my integrity; you allow me permanent access to your presence. -- psalms 41:12 +. +The Lord God of Israel deserves praise in the future and forevermore! We agree! We agree! -- psalms 41:13 +. +For the music director; a well-written song by the Korahites. As a deer longs for streams of water, so I long for you, O God! -- psalms 42:1 +. +I thirst for God, for the living God. I say, "When will I be able to go and appear in God's presence?" -- psalms 42:2 +. +I cannot eat, I weep day and night; all day long they say to me, "Where is your God?" -- psalms 42:3 +. +I will remember and weep! For I was once walking along with the great throng to the temple of God, shouting and giving thanks along with the crowd as we celebrated the holy festival. -- psalms 42:4 +. +Why are you depressed, O my soul? Why are you upset? Wait for God! For I will again give thanks to my God for his saving intervention. -- psalms 42:5 +. +I am depressed, so I will pray to you while I am trapped here in the region of the upper Jordan, from Hermon, from Mount Mizar. -- psalms 42:6 +. +One deep stream calls out to another at the sound of your waterfalls; all your billows and waves overwhelm me. -- psalms 42:7 +. +By day the Lord decrees his loyal love, and by night he gives me a song, a prayer to the living God. -- psalms 42:8 +. +I will pray to God, my high ridge: "Why do you ignore me? Why must I walk around mourning because my enemies oppress me?" -- psalms 42:9 +. +My enemies' taunts cut into me to the bone, as they say to me all day long, "Where is your God?" -- psalms 42:10 +. +Why are you depressed, O my soul? Why are you upset? Wait for God! For I will again give thanks to my God for his saving intervention. -- psalms 42:11 +. +Vindicate me, O God! Fight for me against an ungodly nation! Deliver me from deceitful and evil men! -- psalms 43:1 +. +For you are the God who shelters me. Why do you reject me? Why must I walk around mourning because my enemies oppress me? -- psalms 43:2 +. +Reveal your light and your faithfulness! They will lead me, they will escort me back to your holy hill, and to the place where you live. -- psalms 43:3 +. +Then I will go to the altar of God, to the God who gives me ecstatic joy, so that I express my thanks to you, O God, my God, with a harp. -- psalms 43:4 +. +Why are you depressed, O my soul? Why are you upset? Wait for God! For I will again give thanks to my God for his saving intervention. -- psalms 43:5 +. +For the music director; by the Korahites, a well-written song. O God, we have clearly heard; our ancestors have told us what you did in their days, in ancient times. -- psalms 44:1 +. +You, by your power, defeated nations and settled our fathers on their land; you crushed the people living there and enabled our ancestors to occupy it. -- psalms 44:2 +. +For they did not conquer the land by their swords, and they did not prevail by their strength, but rather by your power, strength and good favor, for you were partial to them. -- psalms 44:3 +. +You are my king, O God! Decree Jacob's deliverance! -- psalms 44:4 +. +By your power we will drive back our enemies; by your strength we will trample down our foes! -- psalms 44:5 +. +For I do not trust in my bow, and I do not prevail by my sword. -- psalms 44:6 +. +For you deliver us from our enemies; you humiliate those who hate us. -- psalms 44:7 +. +In God I boast all day long, and we will continually give thanks to your name. (Selah) -- psalms 44:8 +. +But you rejected and embarrassed us! You did not go into battle with our armies. -- psalms 44:9 +. +You made us retreat from the enemy. Those who hate us take whatever they want from us. -- psalms 44:10 +. +You handed us over like sheep to be eaten; you scattered us among the nations. -- psalms 44:11 +. +You sold your people for a pittance; you did not ask a high price for them. -- psalms 44:12 +. +You made us an object of disdain to our neighbors; those who live on our borders taunt and insult us. -- psalms 44:13 +. +You made us an object of ridicule among the nations; foreigners treat us with contempt. -- psalms 44:14 +. +All day long I feel humiliated and am overwhelmed with shame, -- psalms 44:15 +. +before the vindictive enemy who ridicules and insults me. -- psalms 44:16 +. +All this has happened to us, even though we have not rejected you or violated your covenant with us. -- psalms 44:17 +. +We have not been unfaithful, nor have we disobeyed your commands. -- psalms 44:18 +. +Yet you have battered us, leaving us a heap of ruins overrun by wild dogs; you have covered us with darkness. -- psalms 44:19 +. +If we had rejected our God, and spread out our hands in prayer to another god, -- psalms 44:20 +. +would not God discover it, for he knows one's thoughts? -- psalms 44:21 +. +Yet because of you we are killed all day long; we are treated like sheep at the slaughtering block. -- psalms 44:22 +. +Rouse yourself! Why do you sleep, O Lord? Wake up! Do not reject us forever! -- psalms 44:23 +. +Why do you look the other way, and ignore the way we are oppressed and mistreated? -- psalms 44:24 +. +For we lie in the dirt, with our bellies pressed to the ground. -- psalms 44:25 +. +Rise up and help us! Rescue us because of your loyal love! -- psalms 44:26 +. +For the music director; according to the tune of "Lilies;" by the Korahites, a well-written poem, a love song. My heart is stirred by a beautiful song. I say, "I have composed this special song for the king; my tongue is as skilled as the stylus of an experienced scribe." -- psalms 45:1 +. +You are the most handsome of all men! You speak in an impressive and fitting manner! For this reason God grants you continual blessings. -- psalms 45:2 +. +Strap your sword to your thigh, O warrior! Appear in your majestic splendor! -- psalms 45:3 +. +Appear in your majesty and be victorious! Ride forth for the sake of what is right, on behalf of justice! Then your right hand will accomplish mighty acts! -- psalms 45:4 +. +Your arrows are sharp and penetrate the hearts of the king's enemies. Nations fall at your feet. -- psalms 45:5 +. +Your throne, O God, is permanent. The scepter of your kingdom is a scepter of justice. -- psalms 45:6 +. +You love justice and hate evil. For this reason God, your God has anointed you with the oil of joy, elevating you above your companions. -- psalms 45:7 +. +All your garments are perfumed with myrrh, aloes, and cassia. From the luxurious palaces comes the music of stringed instruments that makes you happy. -- psalms 45:8 +. +Princesses are among your honored guests, your bride stands at your right hand, wearing jewelry made with gold from Ophir. -- psalms 45:9 +. +Listen, O princess! Observe and pay attention! Forget your homeland and your family! -- psalms 45:10 +. +Then the king will be attracted by your beauty. After all, he is your master! Submit to him! -- psalms 45:11 +. +Rich people from Tyre will seek your favor by bringing a gift. -- psalms 45:12 +. +The princess looks absolutely magnificent, decked out in pearls and clothed in a brocade trimmed with gold. -- psalms 45:13 +. +In embroidered robes she is escorted to the king. Her attendants, the maidens of honor who follow her, are led before you. -- psalms 45:14 +. +They are bubbling with joy as they walk in procession and enter the royal palace. -- psalms 45:15 +. +Your sons will carry on the dynasty of your ancestors; you will make them princes throughout the land. -- psalms 45:16 +. +I will proclaim your greatness through the coming years, then the nations will praise you forever. -- psalms 45:17 +. +For the music director; by the Korahites; according to the alamoth style; a song. God is our strong refuge; he is truly our helper in times of trouble. -- psalms 46:1 +. +For this reason we do not fear when the earth shakes, and the mountains tumble into the depths of the sea, -- psalms 46:2 +. +when its waves crash and foam, and the mountains shake before the surging sea. (Selah) -- psalms 46:3 +. +The river's channels bring joy to the city of God, the special, holy dwelling place of the sovereign One. -- psalms 46:4 +. +God lives within it, it cannot be moved. God rescues it at the break of dawn. -- psalms 46:5 +. +Nations are in uproar, kingdoms are overthrown. God gives a shout, the earth dissolves. -- psalms 46:6 +. +The Lord who commands armies is on our side! The God of Jacob is our protector! (Selah) -- psalms 46:7 +. +Come! Witness the exploits of the Lord, who brings devastation to the earth! -- psalms 46:8 +. +He brings an end to wars throughout the earth; he shatters the bow and breaks the spear; he burns the shields with fire. -- psalms 46:9 +. +He says, "Stop your striving and recognize that I am God! I will be exalted over the nations! I will be exalted over the earth!" -- psalms 46:10 +. +The Lord who commands armies is on our side! The God of Jacob is our protector! (Selah) -- psalms 46:11 +. +For the music director; by the Korahites; a psalm. All you nations, clap your hands! Shout out to God in celebration! -- psalms 47:1 +. +For the sovereign Lord is awe-inspiring; he is the great king who rules the whole earth! -- psalms 47:2 +. +He subdued nations beneath us and countries under our feet. -- psalms 47:3 +. +He picked out for us a special land to be a source of pride for Jacob, whom he loves. (Selah) -- psalms 47:4 +. +God has ascended his throne amid loud shouts; the Lord has ascended his throne amid the blaring of ram's horns. -- psalms 47:5 +. +Sing to God! Sing! Sing to our king! Sing! -- psalms 47:6 +. +For God is king of the whole earth! Sing a well-written song! -- psalms 47:7 +. +God reigns over the nations! God sits on his holy throne! -- psalms 47:8 +. +The nobles of the nations assemble, along with the people of the God of Abraham, for God has authority over the rulers of the earth. He is highly exalted! -- psalms 47:9 +. +A song, a psalm by the Korahites. The Lord is great and certainly worthy of praise in the city of our God, his holy hill. -- psalms 48:1 +. +It is lofty and pleasing to look at, a source of joy to the whole earth. Mount Zion resembles the peaks of Zaphon; it is the city of the great king. -- psalms 48:2 +. +God is in its fortresses; he reveals himself as its defender. -- psalms 48:3 +. +For look, the kings assemble; they advance together. -- psalms 48:4 +. +As soon as they see, they are shocked; they are terrified, they quickly retreat. -- psalms 48:5 +. +Look at them shake uncontrollably, like a woman writhing in childbirth. -- psalms 48:6 +. +With an east wind you shatter the large ships. -- psalms 48:7 +. +We heard about God's mighty deeds, now we have seen them, in the city of the Lord, the invincible Warrior, in the city of our God. God makes it permanently secure. (Selah) -- psalms 48:8 +. +We reflect on your loyal love, O God, within your temple. -- psalms 48:9 +. +The praise you receive as far away as the ends of the earth is worthy of your reputation, O God. You execute justice! -- psalms 48:10 +. +Mount Zion rejoices; the towns of Judah are happy, because of your acts of judgment. -- psalms 48:11 +. +Walk around Zion! Encircle it! Count its towers! -- psalms 48:12 +. +Consider its defenses! Walk through its fortresses, so you can tell the next generation about it! -- psalms 48:13 +. +For God, our God, is our defender forever! He guides us! -- psalms 48:14 +. +For the music director, a psalm by the Korahites. Listen to this, all you nations! Pay attention, all you inhabitants of the world! -- psalms 49:1 +. +Pay attention, all you people, both rich and poor! -- psalms 49:2 +. +I will declare a wise saying; I will share my profound thoughts. -- psalms 49:3 +. +I will learn a song that imparts wisdom; I will then sing my insightful song to the accompaniment of a harp. -- psalms 49:4 +. +Why should I be afraid in times of trouble, when the sinful deeds of deceptive men threaten to overwhelm me? -- psalms 49:5 +. +They trust in their wealth and boast in their great riches. -- psalms 49:6 +. +Certainly a man cannot rescue his brother; he cannot pay God an adequate ransom price -- psalms 49:7 +. +(the ransom price for a human life is too high, and people go to their final destiny), -- psalms 49:8 +. +so that he might continue to live forever and not experience death. -- psalms 49:9 +. +Surely one sees that even wise people die; fools and spiritually insensitive people all pass away and leave their wealth to others. -- psalms 49:10 +. +Their grave becomes their permanent residence, their eternal dwelling place. They name their lands after themselves, -- psalms 49:11 +. +but, despite their wealth, people do not last, they are like animals that perish. -- psalms 49:12 +. +This is the destiny of fools, and of those who approve of their philosophy. (Selah) -- psalms 49:13 +. +They will travel to Sheol like sheep, with death as their shepherd. The godly will rule over them when the day of vindication dawns; Sheol will consume their bodies and they will no longer live in impressive houses. -- psalms 49:14 +. +But God will rescue my life from the power of Sheol; certainly he will pull me to safety. (Selah) -- psalms 49:15 +. +Do not be afraid when a man becomes rich and his wealth multiplies! -- psalms 49:16 +. +For he will take nothing with him when he dies; his wealth will not follow him down into the grave. -- psalms 49:17 +. +He pronounces this blessing on himself while he is alive: "May men praise you, for you have done well!" -- psalms 49:18 +. +But he will join his ancestors; they will never again see the light of day. -- psalms 49:19 +. +Wealthy people do not understand; they are like animals that perish. -- psalms 49:20 +. +A psalm by Asaph. El, God, the Lord speaks, and summons the earth to come from the east and west. -- psalms 50:1 +. +From Zion, the most beautiful of all places, God comes in splendor. -- psalms 50:2 +. +Our God approaches and is not silent; consuming fire goes ahead of him and all around him a storm rages. -- psalms 50:3 +. +He summons the heavens above, as well as the earth, so that he might judge his people. -- psalms 50:4 +. +He says: "Assemble my covenant people before me, those who ratified a covenant with me by sacrifice!" -- psalms 50:5 +. +The heavens declare his fairness, for God is judge. (Selah) -- psalms 50:6 +. +He says: "Listen my people! I am speaking! Listen Israel! I am accusing you! I am God, your God! -- psalms 50:7 +. +I am not condemning you because of your sacrifices, or because of your burnt sacrifices that you continually offer me. -- psalms 50:8 +. +I do not need to take a bull from your household or goats from your sheepfolds. -- psalms 50:9 +. +For every wild animal in the forest belongs to me, as well as the cattle that graze on a thousand hills. -- psalms 50:10 +. +I keep track of every bird in the hills, and the insects of the field are mine. -- psalms 50:11 +. +Even if I were hungry, I would not tell you, for the world and all it contains belong to me. -- psalms 50:12 +. +Do I eat the flesh of bulls? Do I drink the blood of goats? -- psalms 50:13 +. +Present to God a thank-offering! Repay your vows to the sovereign One! -- psalms 50:14 +. +Pray to me when you are in trouble! I will deliver you, and you will honor me!" -- psalms 50:15 +. +God says this to the evildoer: "How can you declare my commands, and talk about my covenant? -- psalms 50:16 +. +For you hate instruction and reject my words. -- psalms 50:17 +. +When you see a thief, you join him; you associate with men who are unfaithful to their wives. -- psalms 50:18 +. +You do damage with words, and use your tongue to deceive. -- psalms 50:19 +. +You plot against your brother; you slander your own brother. -- psalms 50:20 +. +When you did these things, I was silent, so you thought I was exactly like you. But now I will condemn you and state my case against you! -- psalms 50:21 +. +Carefully consider this, you who reject God! Otherwise I will rip you to shreds and no one will be able to rescue you. -- psalms 50:22 +. +Whoever presents a thank-offering honors me. To whoever obeys my commands, I will reveal my power to deliver." -- psalms 50:23 +. +For the music director; a psalm of David, written when Nathan the prophet confronted him after David's affair with Bathsheba. Have mercy on me, O God, because of your loyal love! Because of your great compassion, wipe away my rebellious acts! -- psalms 51:1 +. +Wash away my wrongdoing! Cleanse me of my sin! -- psalms 51:2 +. +For I am aware of my rebellious acts; I am forever conscious of my sin. -- psalms 51:3 +. +Against you - you above all - I have sinned; I have done what is evil in your sight. So you are just when you confront me; you are right when you condemn me. -- psalms 51:4 +. +Look, I was guilty of sin from birth, a sinner the moment my mother conceived me. -- psalms 51:5 +. +Look, you desire integrity in the inner man; you want me to possess wisdom. -- psalms 51:6 +. +Sprinkle me with water and I will be pure; wash me and I will be whiter than snow. -- psalms 51:7 +. +Grant me the ultimate joy of being forgiven! May the bones you crushed rejoice! -- psalms 51:8 +. +Hide your face from my sins! Wipe away all my guilt! -- psalms 51:9 +. +Create for me a pure heart, O God! Renew a resolute spirit within me! -- psalms 51:10 +. +Do not reject me! Do not take your Holy Spirit away from me! -- psalms 51:11 +. +Let me again experience the joy of your deliverance! Sustain me by giving me the desire to obey! -- psalms 51:12 +. +Then I will teach rebels your merciful ways, and sinners will turn to you. -- psalms 51:13 +. +Rescue me from the guilt of murder, O God, the God who delivers me! Then my tongue will shout for joy because of your deliverance. -- psalms 51:14 +. +O Lord, give me the words! Then my mouth will praise you. -- psalms 51:15 +. +Certainly you do not want a sacrifice, or else I would offer it; you do not desire a burnt sacrifice. -- psalms 51:16 +. +The sacrifices God desires are a humble spirit - O God, a humble and repentant heart you will not reject. -- psalms 51:17 +. +Because you favor Zion, do what is good for her! Fortify the walls of Jerusalem! -- psalms 51:18 +. +Then you will accept the proper sacrifices, burnt sacrifices and whole offerings; then bulls will be sacrificed on your altar. -- psalms 51:19 +. +For the music director; a well-written song by David. It was written when Doeg the Edomite went and informed Saul: "David has arrived at the home of Ahimelech." Why do you boast about your evil plans, O powerful man? God's loyal love protects me all day long! -- psalms 52:1 +. +Your tongue carries out your destructive plans; it is as effective as a sharp razor, O deceiver. -- psalms 52:2 +. +You love evil more than good, lies more than speaking the truth. (Selah) -- psalms 52:3 +. +You love to use all the words that destroy, and the tongue that deceives. -- psalms 52:4 +. +Yet God will make you a permanent heap of ruins. He will scoop you up and remove you from your home; he will uproot you from the land of the living. (Selah) -- psalms 52:5 +. +When the godly see this, they will be filled with awe, and will mock the evildoer, saying: -- psalms 52:6 +. +"Look, here is the man who would not make God his protector! He trusted in his great wealth and was confident about his plans to destroy others." -- psalms 52:7 +. +But I am like a flourishing olive tree in the house of God; I continually trust in God's loyal love. -- psalms 52:8 +. +I will continually thank you when you execute judgment; I will rely on you, for your loyal followers know you are good. -- psalms 52:9 +. +For the music director; according to the machalath style; a well-written song by David. Fools say to themselves, "There is no God." They sin and commit evil deeds; none of them does what is right. -- psalms 53:1 +. +God looks down from heaven at the human race, to see if there is anyone who is wise and seeks God. -- psalms 53:2 +. +Everyone rejects God; they are all morally corrupt. None of them does what is right, not even one! -- psalms 53:3 +. +All those who behave wickedly do not understand - those who devour my people as if they were eating bread, and do not call out to God. -- psalms 53:4 +. +They are absolutely terrified, even by things that do not normally cause fear. For God annihilates those who attack you. You are able to humiliate them because God has rejected them. -- psalms 53:5 +. +I wish the deliverance of Israel would come from Zion! When God restores the well-being of his people, may Jacob rejoice, may Israel be happy! -- psalms 53:6 +. +For the music director, to be accompanied by stringed instruments; a well-written song by David. It was written when the Ziphites came and informed Saul: "David is hiding with us." O God, deliver me by your name! Vindicate me by your power! -- psalms 54:1 +. +O God, listen to my prayer! Pay attention to what I say! -- psalms 54:2 +. +For foreigners attack me; ruthless men, who do not respect God, seek my life. (Selah) -- psalms 54:3 +. +Look, God is my deliverer! The Lord is among those who support me. -- psalms 54:4 +. +May those who wait to ambush me be repaid for their evil! As a demonstration of your faithfulness, destroy them! -- psalms 54:5 +. +With a freewill offering I will sacrifice to you! I will give thanks to your name, O Lord, for it is good! -- psalms 54:6 +. +Surely he rescues me from all trouble, and I triumph over my enemies. -- psalms 54:7 +. +For the music director, to be accompanied by stringed instruments; a well-written song by David. Listen, O God, to my prayer! Do not ignore my appeal for mercy! -- psalms 55:1 +. +Pay attention to me and answer me! I am so upset and distressed, I am beside myself, -- psalms 55:2 +. +because of what the enemy says, and because of how the wicked pressure me, for they hurl trouble down upon me and angrily attack me. -- psalms 55:3 +. +My heart beats violently within me; the horrors of death overcome me. -- psalms 55:4 +. +Fear and panic overpower me; terror overwhelms me. -- psalms 55:5 +. +I say, "I wish I had wings like a dove! I would fly away and settle in a safe place! -- psalms 55:6 +. +Look, I will escape to a distant place; I will stay in the wilderness. (Selah) -- psalms 55:7 +. +I will hurry off to a place that is safe from the strong wind and the gale." -- psalms 55:8 +. +Confuse them, O Lord! Frustrate their plans! For I see violence and conflict in the city. -- psalms 55:9 +. +Day and night they walk around on its walls, while wickedness and destruction are within it. -- psalms 55:10 +. +Disaster is within it; violence and deceit do not depart from its public square. -- psalms 55:11 +. +Indeed, it is not an enemy who insults me, or else I could bear it; it is not one who hates me who arrogantly taunts me, or else I could hide from him. -- psalms 55:12 +. +But it is you, a man like me, my close friend in whom I confided. -- psalms 55:13 +. +We would share personal thoughts with each other; in God's temple we would walk together among the crowd. -- psalms 55:14 +. +May death destroy them! May they go down alive into Sheol! For evil is in their dwelling place and in their midst. -- psalms 55:15 +. +As for me, I will call out to God, and the Lord will deliver me. -- psalms 55:16 +. +During the evening, morning, and noontime I will lament and moan, and he will hear me. -- psalms 55:17 +. +He will rescue me and protect me from those who attack me, even though they greatly outnumber me. -- psalms 55:18 +. +God, the one who has reigned as king from long ago, will hear and humiliate them. (Selah) They refuse to change, and do not fear God. -- psalms 55:19 +. +He attacks his friends; he breaks his solemn promises to them. -- psalms 55:20 +. +His words are as smooth as butter, but he harbors animosity in his heart. His words seem softer than oil, but they are really like sharp swords. -- psalms 55:21 +. +Throw your burden upon the Lord, and he will sustain you. He will never allow the godly to be upended. -- psalms 55:22 +. +But you, O God, will bring them down to the deep Pit. Violent and deceitful people will not live even half a normal lifespan. But as for me, I trust in you. -- psalms 55:23 +. +For the music director; according to the yonath-elem-rechovim style; a prayer of David, written when the Philistines captured him in Gath. Have mercy on me, O God, for men are attacking me! All day long hostile enemies are tormenting me. -- psalms 56:1 +. +Those who anticipate my defeat attack me all day long. Indeed, many are fighting against me, O Exalted One. -- psalms 56:2 +. +When I am afraid, I trust in you. -- psalms 56:3 +. +In God - I boast in his promise - in God I trust, I am not afraid. What can mere men do to me? -- psalms 56:4 +. +All day long they cause me trouble; they make a habit of plotting my demise. -- psalms 56:5 +. +They stalk and lurk; they watch my every step, as they prepare to take my life. -- psalms 56:6 +. +Because they are bent on violence, do not let them escape! In your anger bring down the nations, O God! -- psalms 56:7 +. +You keep track of my misery. Put my tears in your leather container! Are they not recorded in your scroll? -- psalms 56:8 +. +My enemies will turn back when I cry out to you for help; I know that God is on my side. -- psalms 56:9 +. +In God - I boast in his promise - in the Lord - I boast in his promise - -- psalms 56:10 +. +in God I trust, I am not afraid. What can mere men do to me? -- psalms 56:11 +. +I am obligated to fulfill the vows I made to you, O God; I will give you the thank-offerings you deserve, -- psalms 56:12 +. +when you deliver my life from death. You keep my feet from stumbling, so that I might serve God as I enjoy life. -- psalms 56:13 +. +For the music director; according to the al-tashcheth style; a prayer of David, written when he fled from Saul into the cave. Have mercy on me, O God! Have mercy on me! For in you I have taken shelter. In the shadow of your wings I take shelter until trouble passes. -- psalms 57:1 +. +I cry out for help to the sovereign God, to the God who vindicates me. -- psalms 57:2 +. +May he send help from heaven and deliver me from my enemies who hurl insults! (Selah) May God send his loyal love and faithfulness! -- psalms 57:3 +. +I am surrounded by lions; I lie down among those who want to devour me; men whose teeth are spears and arrows, whose tongues are a sharp sword. -- psalms 57:4 +. +Rise up above the sky, O God! May your splendor cover the whole earth! -- psalms 57:5 +. +They have prepared a net to trap me; I am discouraged. They have dug a pit for me. They will fall into it! (Selah) -- psalms 57:6 +. +I am determined, O God! I am determined! I will sing and praise you! -- psalms 57:7 +. +Awake, my soul! Awake, O stringed instrument and harp! I will wake up at dawn! -- psalms 57:8 +. +I will give you thanks before the nations, O Master! I will sing praises to you before foreigners! -- psalms 57:9 +. +For your loyal love extends beyond the sky, and your faithfulness reaches the clouds. -- psalms 57:10 +. +Rise up above the sky, O God! May your splendor cover the whole earth! -- psalms 57:11 +. +For the music director; according to the al-tashcheth style; a prayer of David. Do you rulers really pronounce just decisions? Do you judge people fairly? -- psalms 58:1 +. +No! You plan how to do what is unjust; you deal out violence in the earth. -- psalms 58:2 +. +The wicked turn aside from birth; liars go astray as soon as they are born. -- psalms 58:3 +. +Their venom is like that of a snake, like a deaf serpent that does not hear, -- psalms 58:4 +. +that does not respond to the magicians, or to a skilled snake-charmer. -- psalms 58:5 +. +O God, break the teeth in their mouths! Smash the jawbones of the lions, O Lord! -- psalms 58:6 +. +Let them disappear like water that flows away! Let them wither like grass! -- psalms 58:7 +. +Let them be like a snail that melts away as it moves along! Let them be like stillborn babies that never see the sun! -- psalms 58:8 +. +Before the kindling is even placed under your pots, he will sweep it away along with both the raw and cooked meat. -- psalms 58:9 +. +The godly will rejoice when they see vengeance carried out; they will bathe their feet in the blood of the wicked. -- psalms 58:10 +. +Then observers will say, "Yes indeed, the godly are rewarded! Yes indeed, there is a God who judges in the earth!" -- psalms 58:11 +. +For the music director; according to the al-tashcheth style; a prayer of David, written when Saul sent men to surround his house and murder him. Deliver me from my enemies, my God! Protect me from those who attack me! -- psalms 59:1 +. +Deliver me from evildoers! Rescue me from violent men! -- psalms 59:2 +. +For look, they wait to ambush me; powerful men stalk me, but not because I have rebelled or sinned, O Lord. -- psalms 59:3 +. +Though I have done nothing wrong, they are anxious to attack. Spring into action and help me! Take notice of me! -- psalms 59:4 +. +You, O Lord God, the invincible warrior, the God of Israel, rouse yourself and punish all the nations! Have no mercy on any treacherous evildoers! (Selah) -- psalms 59:5 +. +They return in the evening; they growl like a dog and prowl around outside the city. -- psalms 59:6 +. +Look, they hurl insults at me and openly threaten to kill me, for they say, "Who hears?" -- psalms 59:7 +. +But you, O Lord, laugh in disgust at them; you taunt all the nations. -- psalms 59:8 +. +You are my source of strength! I will wait for you! For God is my refuge. -- psalms 59:9 +. +The God who loves me will help me; God will enable me to triumph over my enemies. -- psalms 59:10 +. +Do not strike them dead suddenly, because then my people might forget the lesson. Use your power to make them homeless vagabonds and then bring them down, O Lord who shields us! -- psalms 59:11 +. +They speak sinful words. So let them be trapped by their own pride and by the curses and lies they speak! -- psalms 59:12 +. +Angrily wipe them out! Wipe them out so they vanish! Let them know that God rules in Jacob and to the ends of the earth! (Selah) -- psalms 59:13 +. +They return in the evening; they growl like a dog and prowl around outside the city. -- psalms 59:14 +. +They wander around looking for something to eat; they refuse to sleep until they are full. -- psalms 59:15 +. +As for me, I will sing about your strength; I will praise your loyal love in the morning. For you are my refuge and my place of shelter when I face trouble. -- psalms 59:16 +. +You are my source of strength! I will sing praises to you! For God is my refuge, the God who loves me. -- psalms 59:17 +. +For the music director; according to the shushan-eduth style; a prayer of David written to instruct others. It was written when he fought against Aram Naharaim and Aram-Zobah. That was when Joab turned back and struck down 12,Edomites in the Valley of Salt. O God, you have rejected us. You suddenly turned on us in your anger. Please restore us! -- psalms 60:1 +. +You made the earth quake; you split it open. Repair its breaches, for it is ready to fall. -- psalms 60:2 +. +You have made your people experience hard times; you have made us drink intoxicating wine. -- psalms 60:3 +. +You have given your loyal followers a rallying flag, so that they might seek safety from the bow. (Selah) -- psalms 60:4 +. +Deliver by your power and answer me, so that the ones you love may be safe. -- psalms 60:5 +. +God has spoken in his sanctuary: "I will triumph! I will parcel out Shechem; the Valley of Succoth I will measure off. -- psalms 60:6 +. +Gilead belongs to me, as does Manasseh! Ephraim is my helmet, Judah my royal scepter. -- psalms 60:7 +. +Moab is my washbasin. I will make Edom serve me. I will shout in triumph over Philistia." -- psalms 60:8 +. +Who will lead me into the fortified city? Who will bring me to Edom? -- psalms 60:9 +. +Have you not rejected us, O God? O God, you do not go into battle with our armies. -- psalms 60:10 +. +Give us help against the enemy, for any help men might offer is futile. -- psalms 60:11 +. +By God's power we will conquer; he will trample down our enemies. -- psalms 60:12 +. +For the music director; to be played on a stringed instrument; written by David. O God, hear my cry for help! Pay attention to my prayer! -- psalms 61:1 +. +From the most remote place on earth I call out to you in my despair. Lead me up to an inaccessible rocky summit! -- psalms 61:2 +. +Indeed, you are my shelter, a strong tower that protects me from the enemy. -- psalms 61:3 +. +I will be a permanent guest in your home; I will find shelter in the protection of your wings. (Selah) -- psalms 61:4 +. +For you, O God, hear my vows; you grant me the reward that belongs to your loyal followers. -- psalms 61:5 +. +Give the king long life! Make his lifetime span several generations! -- psalms 61:6 +. +May he reign forever before God! Decree that your loyal love and faithfulness should protect him. -- psalms 61:7 +. +Then I will sing praises to your name continually, as I fulfill my vows day after day. -- psalms 61:8 +. +For the music director, Jeduthun; a psalm of David. For God alone I patiently wait; he is the one who delivers me. -- psalms 62:1 +. +He alone is my protector and deliverer. He is my refuge; I will not be upended. -- psalms 62:2 +. +How long will you threaten a man? All of you are murderers, as dangerous as a leaning wall or an unstable fence. -- psalms 62:3 +. +They spend all their time planning how to bring him down. They love to use deceit; they pronounce blessings with their mouths, but inwardly they utter curses. (Selah) -- psalms 62:4 +. +Patiently wait for God alone, my soul! For he is the one who gives me confidence. -- psalms 62:5 +. +He alone is my protector and deliverer. He is my refuge; I will not be upended. -- psalms 62:6 +. +God delivers me and exalts me; God is my strong protector and my shelter. -- psalms 62:7 +. +Trust in him at all times, you people! Pour out your hearts before him! God is our shelter! (Selah) -- psalms 62:8 +. +Men are nothing but a mere breath; human beings are unreliable. When they are weighed in the scales, all of them together are lighter than air. -- psalms 62:9 +. +Do not trust in what you can gain by oppression! Do not put false confidence in what you can gain by robbery! If wealth increases, do not become attached to it! -- psalms 62:10 +. +God has declared one principle; two principles I have heard: God is strong, -- psalms 62:11 +. +and you, O Lord, demonstrate loyal love. For you repay men for what they do. -- psalms 62:12 +. +A psalm of David, written when he was in the Judean wilderness. O God, you are my God! I long for you! My soul thirsts for you, my flesh yearns for you, in a dry and parched land where there is no water. -- psalms 63:1 +. +Yes, in the sanctuary I have seen you, and witnessed your power and splendor. -- psalms 63:2 +. +Because experiencing your loyal love is better than life itself, my lips will praise you. -- psalms 63:3 +. +For this reason I will praise you while I live; in your name I will lift up my hands. -- psalms 63:4 +. +As if with choice meat you satisfy my soul. My mouth joyfully praises you, -- psalms 63:5 +. +whenever I remember you on my bed, and think about you during the nighttime hours. -- psalms 63:6 +. +For you are my deliverer; under your wings I rejoice. -- psalms 63:7 +. +My soul pursues you; your right hand upholds me. -- psalms 63:8 +. +Enemies seek to destroy my life, but they will descend into the depths of the earth. -- psalms 63:9 +. +Each one will be handed over to the sword; their corpses will be eaten by jackals. -- psalms 63:10 +. +But the king will rejoice in God; everyone who takes oaths in his name will boast, for the mouths of those who speak lies will be shut up. -- psalms 63:11 +. +For the music director; a psalm of David. Listen to me, O God, as I offer my lament! Protect my life from the enemy's terrifying attacks. -- psalms 64:1 +. +Hide me from the plots of evil men, from the crowd of evildoers. -- psalms 64:2 +. +They sharpen their tongues like a sword; they aim their arrow, a slanderous charge, -- psalms 64:3 +. +in order to shoot down the innocent in secluded places. They shoot at him suddenly and are unafraid of retaliation. -- psalms 64:4 +. +They encourage one another to carry out their evil deed. They plan how to hide snares, and boast, "Who will see them?" -- psalms 64:5 +. +They devise unjust schemes; they disguise a well-conceived plot. Man's inner thoughts cannot be discovered. -- psalms 64:6 +. +But God will shoot at them; suddenly they will be wounded by an arrow. -- psalms 64:7 +. +Their slander will bring about their demise. All who see them will shudder, -- psalms 64:8 +. +and all people will fear. They will proclaim what God has done, and reflect on his deeds. -- psalms 64:9 +. +The godly will rejoice in the Lord and take shelter in him. All the morally upright will boast. -- psalms 64:10 +. +For the music director; a psalm of David, a song. Praise awaits you, O God, in Zion. Vows made to you are fulfilled. -- psalms 65:1 +. +You hear prayers; all people approach you. -- psalms 65:2 +. +Our record of sins overwhelms me, but you forgive our acts of rebellion. -- psalms 65:3 +. +How blessed is the one whom you choose, and allow to live in your palace courts. May we be satisfied with the good things of your house - your holy palace. -- psalms 65:4 +. +You answer our prayers by performing awesome acts of deliverance, O God, our savior. All the ends of the earth trust in you, as well as those living across the wide seas. -- psalms 65:5 +. +You created the mountains by your power, and demonstrated your strength. -- psalms 65:6 +. +You calm the raging seas and their roaring waves, as well as the commotion made by the nations. -- psalms 65:7 +. +Even those living in the most remote areas are awestruck by your acts; you cause those living in the east and west to praise you. -- psalms 65:8 +. +You visit the earth and give it rain; you make it rich and fertile with overflowing streams full of water. You provide grain for them, for you prepare the earth to yield its crops. -- psalms 65:9 +. +You saturate its furrows, and soak its plowed ground. With rain showers you soften its soil, and make its crops grow. -- psalms 65:10 +. +You crown the year with your good blessings, and you leave abundance in your wake. -- psalms 65:11 +. +The pastures in the wilderness glisten with moisture, and the hills are clothed with joy. -- psalms 65:12 +. +The meadows are clothed with sheep, and the valleys are covered with grain. They shout joyfully, yes, they sing. -- psalms 65:13 +. +For the music director; a song, a psalm. Shout out praise to God, all the earth! -- psalms 66:1 +. +Sing praises about the majesty of his reputation! Give him the honor he deserves! -- psalms 66:2 +. +Say to God: "How awesome are your deeds! Because of your great power your enemies cower in fear before you. -- psalms 66:3 +. +All the earth worships you and sings praises to you! They sing praises to your name!" (Selah) -- psalms 66:4 +. +Come and witness God's exploits! His acts on behalf of people are awesome! -- psalms 66:5 +. +He turned the sea into dry land; they passed through the river on foot. Let us rejoice in him there! -- psalms 66:6 +. +He rules by his power forever; he watches the nations. Stubborn rebels should not exalt themselves. (Selah) -- psalms 66:7 +. +Praise our God, you nations! Loudly proclaim his praise! -- psalms 66:8 +. +He preserves our lives and does not allow our feet to slip. -- psalms 66:9 +. +For you, O God, tested us; you purified us like refined silver. -- psalms 66:10 +. +You led us into a trap; you caused us to suffer. -- psalms 66:11 +. +You allowed men to ride over our heads; we passed through fire and water, but you brought us out into a wide open place. -- psalms 66:12 +. +I will enter your temple with burnt sacrifices; I will fulfill the vows I made to you, -- psalms 66:13 +. +which my lips uttered and my mouth spoke when I was in trouble. -- psalms 66:14 +. +I will offer up to you fattened animals as burnt sacrifices, along with the smell of sacrificial rams. I will offer cattle and goats. (Selah) -- psalms 66:15 +. +Come! Listen, all you who are loyal to God! I will declare what he has done for me. -- psalms 66:16 +. +I cried out to him for help and praised him with my tongue. -- psalms 66:17 +. +If I had harbored sin in my heart, the Lord would not have listened. -- psalms 66:18 +. +However, God heard; he listened to my prayer. -- psalms 66:19 +. +God deserves praise, for he did not reject my prayer or abandon his love for me! -- psalms 66:20 +. +For the music director; to be accompanied by stringed instruments; a psalm, a song. May God show us his favor and bless us! May he smile on us! (Selah) -- psalms 67:1 +. +Then those living on earth will know what you are like; all nations will know how you deliver your people. -- psalms 67:2 +. +Let the nations thank you, O God! Let all the nations thank you! -- psalms 67:3 +. +Let foreigners rejoice and celebrate! For you execute justice among the nations, and govern the people living on earth. (Selah) -- psalms 67:4 +. +Let the nations thank you, O God! Let all the nations thank you! -- psalms 67:5 +. +The earth yields its crops. May God, our God, bless us! -- psalms 67:6 +. +May God bless us! Then all the ends of the earth will give him the honor he deserves. -- psalms 67:7 +. +For the music director; by David, a psalm, a song. God springs into action! His enemies scatter; his adversaries run from him. -- psalms 68:1 +. +As smoke is driven away by the wind, so you drive them away. As wax melts before fire, so the wicked are destroyed before God. -- psalms 68:2 +. +But the godly are happy; they rejoice before God and are overcome with joy. -- psalms 68:3 +. +Sing to God! Sing praises to his name! Exalt the one who rides on the clouds! For the Lord is his name! Rejoice before him! -- psalms 68:4 +. +He is a father to the fatherless and an advocate for widows. God rules from his holy palace. -- psalms 68:5 +. +God settles those who have been deserted in their own homes; he frees prisoners and grants them prosperity. But sinful rebels live in the desert. -- psalms 68:6 +. +O God, when you lead your people into battle, when you march through the desert, (Selah) -- psalms 68:7 +. +the earth shakes, yes, the heavens pour down rain before God, the God of Sinai, before God, the God of Israel. -- psalms 68:8 +. +O God, you cause abundant showers to fall on your chosen people. When they are tired, you sustain them, -- psalms 68:9 +. +for you live among them. You sustain the oppressed with your good blessings, O God. -- psalms 68:10 +. +The Lord speaks; many, many women spread the good news. -- psalms 68:11 +. +Kings leading armies run away - they run away! The lovely lady of the house divides up the loot. -- psalms 68:12 +. +When you lie down among the sheepfolds, the wings of the dove are covered with silver and with glittering gold. -- psalms 68:13 +. +When the sovereign judge scatters kings, let it snow on Zalmon! -- psalms 68:14 +. +The mountain of Bashan is a towering mountain; the mountain of Bashan is a mountain with many peaks. -- psalms 68:15 +. +Why do you look with envy, O mountains with many peaks, at the mountain where God has decided to live? Indeed the Lord will live there permanently! -- psalms 68:16 +. +God has countless chariots; they number in the thousands. The Lord comes from Sinai in holy splendor. -- psalms 68:17 +. +You ascend on high, you have taken many captives. You receive tribute from men, including even sinful rebels. Indeed the Lord God lives there! -- psalms 68:18 +. +The Lord deserves praise! Day after day he carries our burden, the God who delivers us. (Selah) -- psalms 68:19 +. +Our God is a God who delivers; the Lord, the sovereign Lord, can rescue from death. -- psalms 68:20 +. +Indeed God strikes the heads of his enemies, the hairy foreheads of those who persist in rebellion. -- psalms 68:21 +. +The Lord says, "I will retrieve them from Bashan, I will bring them back from the depths of the sea, -- psalms 68:22 +. +so that your feet may stomp in their blood, and your dogs may eat their portion of the enemies' corpses." -- psalms 68:23 +. +They see your processions, O God - the processions of my God, my king, who marches along in holy splendor. -- psalms 68:24 +. +Singers walk in front; musicians follow playing their stringed instruments, in the midst of young women playing tambourines. -- psalms 68:25 +. +In your large assemblies praise God, the Lord, in the assemblies of Israel! -- psalms 68:26 +. +There is little Benjamin, their ruler, and the princes of Judah in their robes, along with the princes of Zebulun and the princes of Naphtali. -- psalms 68:27 +. +God has decreed that you will be powerful. O God, you who have acted on our behalf, demonstrate your power, -- psalms 68:28 +. +as you come out of your temple in Jerusalem! Kings bring tribute to you. -- psalms 68:29 +. +Sound your battle cry against the wild beast of the reeds, and the nations that assemble like a herd of calves led by bulls! They humble themselves and offer gold and silver as tribute. God scatters the nations that like to do battle. -- psalms 68:30 +. +They come with red cloth from Egypt, Ethiopia voluntarily offers tribute to God. -- psalms 68:31 +. +O kingdoms of the earth, sing to God! Sing praises to the Lord, (Selah) -- psalms 68:32 +. +to the one who rides through the sky from ancient times! Look! He thunders loudly. -- psalms 68:33 +. +Acknowledge God's power, his sovereignty over Israel, and the power he reveals in the skies! -- psalms 68:34 +. +You are awe-inspiring, O God, as you emerge from your holy temple! It is the God of Israel who gives the people power and strength. God deserves praise! -- psalms 68:35 +. +For the music director; according to the tune of "Lilies;" by David. Deliver me, O God, for the water has reached my neck. -- psalms 69:1 +. +I sink into the deep mire where there is no solid ground; I am in deep water, and the current overpowers me. -- psalms 69:2 +. +I am exhausted from shouting for help; my throat is sore; my eyes grow tired of looking for my God. -- psalms 69:3 +. +Those who hate me without cause are more numerous than the hairs of my head. Those who want to destroy me, my enemies for no reason, outnumber me. They make me repay what I did not steal! -- psalms 69:4 +. +O God, you are aware of my foolish sins; my guilt is not hidden from you. -- psalms 69:5 +. +Let none who rely on you be disgraced because of me, O sovereign Lord and king! Let none who seek you be ashamed because of me, O God of Israel! -- psalms 69:6 +. +For I suffer humiliation for your sake and am thoroughly disgraced. -- psalms 69:7 +. +My own brothers treat me like a stranger; they act as if I were a foreigner. -- psalms 69:8 +. +Certainly zeal for your house consumes me; I endure the insults of those who insult you. -- psalms 69:9 +. +I weep and refrain from eating food, which causes others to insult me. -- psalms 69:10 +. +I wear sackcloth and they ridicule me. -- psalms 69:11 +. +Those who sit at the city gate gossip about me; drunkards mock me in their songs. -- psalms 69:12 +. +O Lord, may you hear my prayer and be favorably disposed to me! O God, because of your great loyal love, answer me with your faithful deliverance! -- psalms 69:13 +. +Rescue me from the mud! Don't let me sink! Deliver me from those who hate me, from the deep water! -- psalms 69:14 +. +Don't let the current overpower me! Don't let the deep swallow me up! Don't let the pit devour me! -- psalms 69:15 +. +Answer me, O Lord, for your loyal love is good! Because of your great compassion, turn toward me! -- psalms 69:16 +. +Do not ignore your servant, for I am in trouble! Answer me right away! -- psalms 69:17 +. +Come near me and redeem me! Because of my enemies, rescue me! -- psalms 69:18 +. +You know how I am insulted, humiliated and disgraced; you can see all my enemies. -- psalms 69:19 +. +Their insults are painful and make me lose heart; I look for sympathy, but receive none, for comforters, but find none. -- psalms 69:20 +. +They put bitter poison into my food, and to quench my thirst they give me vinegar to drink. -- psalms 69:21 +. +May their dining table become a trap before them! May it be a snare for that group of friends! -- psalms 69:22 +. +May their eyes be blinded! Make them shake violently! -- psalms 69:23 +. +Pour out your judgment on them! May your raging anger overtake them! -- psalms 69:24 +. +May their camp become desolate, their tents uninhabited! -- psalms 69:25 +. +For they harass the one whom you discipline; they spread the news about the suffering of those whom you punish. -- psalms 69:26 +. +Hold them accountable for all their sins! Do not vindicate them! -- psalms 69:27 +. +May their names be deleted from the scroll of the living! Do not let their names be listed with the godly! -- psalms 69:28 +. +I am oppressed and suffering! O God, deliver and protect me! -- psalms 69:29 +. +I will sing praises to God's name! I will magnify him as I give him thanks! -- psalms 69:30 +. +That will please the Lord more than an ox or a bull with horns and hooves. -- psalms 69:31 +. +The oppressed look on - let them rejoice! You who seek God, may you be encouraged! -- psalms 69:32 +. +For the Lord listens to the needy; he does not despise his captive people. -- psalms 69:33 +. +Let the heavens and the earth praise him, along with the seas and everything that swims in them! -- psalms 69:34 +. +For God will deliver Zion and rebuild the cities of Judah, and his people will again live in them and possess Zion. -- psalms 69:35 +. +The descendants of his servants will inherit it, and those who are loyal to him will live in it. -- psalms 69:36 +. +For the music director; by David; written to get God's attention. O God, please be willing to rescue me! O Lord, hurry and help me! -- psalms 70:1 +. +May those who are trying to take my life be embarrassed and ashamed! May those who want to harm me be turned back and ashamed! -- psalms 70:2 +. +May those who say, "Aha! Aha!" be driven back and disgraced! -- psalms 70:3 +. +May all those who seek you be happy and rejoice in you! May those who love to experience your deliverance say continually, "May God be praised!" -- psalms 70:4 +. +I am oppressed and needy! O God, hurry to me! You are my helper and my deliverer! O Lord, do not delay! -- psalms 70:5 +. +In you, O Lord, I have taken shelter! Never let me be humiliated! -- psalms 71:1 +. +Vindicate me by rescuing me! Listen to me! Deliver me! -- psalms 71:2 +. +Be my protector and refuge, a stronghold where I can be safe! For you are my high ridge and my stronghold. -- psalms 71:3 +. +My God, rescue me from the power of the wicked, from the hand of the cruel oppressor! -- psalms 71:4 +. +For you give me confidence, O Lord; O Lord, I have trusted in you since I was young. -- psalms 71:5 +. +I have leaned on you since birth; you pulled me from my mother's womb. I praise you continually. -- psalms 71:6 +. +Many are appalled when they see me, but you are my secure shelter. -- psalms 71:7 +. +I praise you constantly and speak of your splendor all day long. -- psalms 71:8 +. +Do not reject me in my old age! When my strength fails, do not abandon me! -- psalms 71:9 +. +For my enemies talk about me; those waiting for a chance to kill me plot my demise. -- psalms 71:10 +. +They say, "God has abandoned him. Run and seize him, for there is no one who will rescue him!" -- psalms 71:11 +. +O God, do not remain far away from me! My God, hurry and help me! -- psalms 71:12 +. +May my accusers be humiliated and defeated! May those who want to harm me be covered with scorn and disgrace! -- psalms 71:13 +. +As for me, I will wait continually, and will continue to praise you. -- psalms 71:14 +. +I will tell about your justice, and all day long proclaim your salvation, though I cannot fathom its full extent. -- psalms 71:15 +. +I will come and tell about the mighty acts of the sovereign Lord. I will proclaim your justice - yours alone. -- psalms 71:16 +. +O God, you have taught me since I was young, and I am still declaring your amazing deeds. -- psalms 71:17 +. +Even when I am old and gray, O God, do not abandon me, until I tell the next generation about your strength, and those coming after me about your power. -- psalms 71:18 +. +Your justice, O God, extends to the skies above; you have done great things. O God, who can compare to you? -- psalms 71:19 +. +Though you have allowed me to experience much trouble and distress, revive me once again! Bring me up once again from the depths of the earth! -- psalms 71:20 +. +Raise me to a position of great honor! Turn and comfort me! -- psalms 71:21 +. +I will express my thanks to you with a stringed instrument, praising your faithfulness, O my God! I will sing praises to you accompanied by a harp, O Holy One of Israel! -- psalms 71:22 +. +My lips will shout for joy! Yes, I will sing your praises! I will praise you when you rescue me! -- psalms 71:23 +. +All day long my tongue will also tell about your justice, for those who want to harm me will be embarrassed and ashamed. -- psalms 71:24 +. +For Solomon. O God, grant the king the ability to make just decisions! Grant the king's son the ability to make fair decisions! -- psalms 72:1 +. +Then he will judge your people fairly, and your oppressed ones equitably. -- psalms 72:2 +. +The mountains will bring news of peace to the people, and the hills will announce justice. -- psalms 72:3 +. +He will defend the oppressed among the people; he will deliver the children of the poor and crush the oppressor. -- psalms 72:4 +. +People will fear you as long as the sun and moon remain in the sky, for generation after generation. -- psalms 72:5 +. +He will descend like rain on the mown grass, like showers that drench the earth. -- psalms 72:6 +. +During his days the godly will flourish; peace will prevail as long as the moon remains in the sky. -- psalms 72:7 +. +May he rule from sea to sea, and from the Euphrates River to the ends of the earth! -- psalms 72:8 +. +Before him the coastlands will bow down, and his enemies will lick the dust. -- psalms 72:9 +. +The kings of Tarshish and the coastlands will offer gifts; the kings of Sheba and Seba will bring tribute. -- psalms 72:10 +. +All kings will bow down to him; all nations will serve him. -- psalms 72:11 +. +For he will rescue the needy when they cry out for help, and the oppressed who have no defender. -- psalms 72:12 +. +He will take pity on the poor and needy; the lives of the needy he will save. -- psalms 72:13 +. +From harm and violence he will defend them; he will value their lives. -- psalms 72:14 +. +May he live! May they offer him gold from Sheba! May they continually pray for him! May they pronounce blessings on him all day long! -- psalms 72:15 +. +May there be an abundance of grain in the earth; on the tops of the mountains may it sway! May its fruit trees flourish like the forests of Lebanon! May its crops be as abundant as the grass of the earth! -- psalms 72:16 +. +May his fame endure! May his dynasty last as long as the sun remains in the sky! May they use his name when they formulate their blessings! May all nations consider him to be favored by God! -- psalms 72:17 +. +The Lord God, the God of Israel, deserves praise! He alone accomplishes amazing things! -- psalms 72:18 +. +His glorious name deserves praise forevermore! May his majestic splendor fill the whole earth! We agree! We agree! -- psalms 72:19 +. +This collection of the prayers of David son of Jesse ends here. -- psalms 72:20 +. +A psalm by Asaph. Certainly God is good to Israel, and to those whose motives are pure! -- psalms 73:1 +. +But as for me, my feet almost slipped; my feet almost slid out from under me. -- psalms 73:2 +. +For I envied those who are proud, as I observed the prosperity of the wicked. -- psalms 73:3 +. +For they suffer no pain; their bodies are strong and well-fed. -- psalms 73:4 +. +They are immune to the trouble common to men; they do not suffer as other men do. -- psalms 73:5 +. +Arrogance is their necklace, and violence their clothing. -- psalms 73:6 +. +Their prosperity causes them to do wrong; their thoughts are sinful. -- psalms 73:7 +. +They mock and say evil things; they proudly threaten violence. -- psalms 73:8 +. +They speak as if they rule in heaven, and lay claim to the earth. -- psalms 73:9 +. +Therefore they have more than enough food to eat, and even suck up the water of the sea. -- psalms 73:10 +. +They say, "How does God know what we do? Is the sovereign one aware of what goes on?" -- psalms 73:11 +. +Take a good look! This is what the wicked are like, those who always have it so easy and get richer and richer. -- psalms 73:12 +. +I concluded, "Surely in vain I have kept my motives pure and maintained a pure lifestyle. -- psalms 73:13 +. +I suffer all day long, and am punished every morning." -- psalms 73:14 +. +If I had publicized these thoughts, I would have betrayed your loyal followers. -- psalms 73:15 +. +When I tried to make sense of this, it was troubling to me. -- psalms 73:16 +. +Then I entered the precincts of God's temple, and understood the destiny of the wicked. -- psalms 73:17 +. +Surely you put them in slippery places; you bring them down to ruin. -- psalms 73:18 +. +How desolate they become in a mere moment! Terrifying judgments make their demise complete! -- psalms 73:19 +. +They are like a dream after one wakes up. O Lord, when you awake you will despise them. -- psalms 73:20 +. +Yes, my spirit was bitter, and my insides felt sharp pain. -- psalms 73:21 +. +I was ignorant and lacked insight; I was as senseless as an animal before you. -- psalms 73:22 +. +But I am continually with you; you hold my right hand. -- psalms 73:23 +. +You guide me by your wise advice, and then you will lead me to a position of honor. -- psalms 73:24 +. +Whom do I have in heaven but you? I desire no one but you on earth. -- psalms 73:25 +. +My flesh and my heart may grow weak, but God always protects my heart and gives me stability. -- psalms 73:26 +. +Yes, look! Those far from you die; you destroy everyone who is unfaithful to you. -- psalms 73:27 +. +But as for me, God's presence is all I need. I have made the sovereign Lord my shelter, as I declare all the things you have done. -- psalms 73:28 +. +A well-written song by Asaph. Why, O God, have you permanently rejected us? Why does your anger burn against the sheep of your pasture? -- psalms 74:1 +. +Remember your people whom you acquired in ancient times, whom you rescued so they could be your very own nation, as well as Mount Zion, where you dwell! -- psalms 74:2 +. +Hurry and look at the permanent ruins, and all the damage the enemy has done to the temple! -- psalms 74:3 +. +Your enemies roar in the middle of your sanctuary; they set up their battle flags. -- psalms 74:4 +. +They invade like lumberjacks swinging their axes in a thick forest. -- psalms 74:5 +. +And now they are tearing down all its engravings with axes and crowbars. -- psalms 74:6 +. +They set your sanctuary on fire; they desecrate your dwelling place by knocking it to the ground. -- psalms 74:7 +. +They say to themselves, "We will oppress all of them." They burn down all the places where people worship God in the land. -- psalms 74:8 +. +We do not see any signs of God's presence; there are no longer any prophets and we have no one to tell us how long this will last. -- psalms 74:9 +. +How long, O God, will the adversary hurl insults? Will the enemy blaspheme your name forever? -- psalms 74:10 +. +Why do you remain inactive? Intervene and destroy him! -- psalms 74:11 +. +But God has been my king from ancient times, performing acts of deliverance on the earth. -- psalms 74:12 +. +You destroyed the sea by your strength; you shattered the heads of the sea monster in the water. -- psalms 74:13 +. +You crushed the heads of Leviathan; you fed him to the people who live along the coast. -- psalms 74:14 +. +You broke open the spring and the stream; you dried up perpetually flowing rivers. -- psalms 74:15 +. +You established the cycle of day and night; you put the moon and sun in place. -- psalms 74:16 +. +You set up all the boundaries of the earth; you created the cycle of summer and winter. -- psalms 74:17 +. +Remember how the enemy hurls insults, O Lord, and how a foolish nation blasphemes your name! -- psalms 74:18 +. +Do not hand the life of your dove over to a wild animal! Do not continue to disregard the lives of your oppressed people! -- psalms 74:19 +. +Remember your covenant promises, for the dark regions of the earth are full of places where violence rules. -- psalms 74:20 +. +Do not let the afflicted be turned back in shame! Let the oppressed and poor praise your name! -- psalms 74:21 +. +Rise up, O God! Defend your honor! Remember how fools insult you all day long! -- psalms 74:22 +. +Do not disregard what your enemies say, or the unceasing shouts of those who defy you. -- psalms 74:23 +. +For the music director; according to the al-tashcheth style; a psalm of Asaph; a song. We give thanks to you, O God! We give thanks! You reveal your presence; people tell about your amazing deeds. -- psalms 75:1 +. +God says, "At the appointed times, I judge fairly. -- psalms 75:2 +. +When the earth and all its inhabitants dissolve in fear, I make its pillars secure." (Selah) -- psalms 75:3 +. +I say to the proud, "Do not be proud," and to the wicked, "Do not be so confident of victory! -- psalms 75:4 +. +Do not be so certain you have won! Do not speak with your head held so high! -- psalms 75:5 +. +For victory does not come from the east or west, or from the wilderness. -- psalms 75:6 +. +For God is the judge! He brings one down and exalts another. -- psalms 75:7 +. +For the Lord holds in his hand a cup full of foaming wine mixed with spices, and pours it out. Surely all the wicked of the earth will slurp it up and drink it to its very last drop." -- psalms 75:8 +. +As for me, I will continually tell what you have done; I will sing praises to the God of Jacob! -- psalms 75:9 +. +God says, "I will bring down all the power of the wicked; the godly will be victorious." -- psalms 75:10 +. +For the music director; to be accompanied by stringed instruments; a psalm of Asaph, a song. God has revealed himself in Judah; in Israel his reputation is great. -- psalms 76:1 +. +He lives in Salem; he dwells in Zion. -- psalms 76:2 +. +There he shattered the arrows, the shield, the sword, and the rest of the weapons of war. (Selah) -- psalms 76:3 +. +You shine brightly and reveal your majesty, as you descend from the hills where you killed your prey. -- psalms 76:4 +. +The bravehearted were plundered; they "fell asleep." All the warriors were helpless. -- psalms 76:5 +. +At the sound of your battle cry, O God of Jacob, both rider and horse "fell asleep." -- psalms 76:6 +. +You are awesome! Yes, you! Who can withstand your intense anger? -- psalms 76:7 +. +From heaven you announced what their punishment would be. The earth was afraid and silent -- psalms 76:8 +. +when God arose to execute judgment, and to deliver all the oppressed of the earth. (Selah) -- psalms 76:9 +. +Certainly your angry judgment upon men will bring you praise; you reveal your anger in full measure. -- psalms 76:10 +. +Make vows to the Lord your God and repay them! Let all those who surround him bring tribute to the awesome one! -- psalms 76:11 +. +He humbles princes; the kings of the earth regard him as awesome. -- psalms 76:12 +. +For the music director, Jeduthun; a psalm of Asaph. I will cry out to God and call for help! I will cry out to God and he will pay attention to me. -- psalms 77:1 +. +In my time of trouble I sought the Lord. I kept my hand raised in prayer throughout the night. I refused to be comforted. -- psalms 77:2 +. +I said, "I will remember God while I groan; I will think about him while my strength leaves me." (Selah) -- psalms 77:3 +. +You held my eyelids open; I was troubled and could not speak. -- psalms 77:4 +. +I thought about the days of old, about ancient times. -- psalms 77:5 +. +I said, "During the night I will remember the song I once sang; I will think very carefully." I tried to make sense of what was happening. -- psalms 77:6 +. +I asked, "Will the Lord reject me forever? Will he never again show me his favor? -- psalms 77:7 +. +Has his loyal love disappeared forever? Has his promise failed forever? -- psalms 77:8 +. +Has God forgotten to be merciful? Has his anger stifled his compassion?" -- psalms 77:9 +. +Then I said, "I am sickened by the thought that the sovereign One might become inactive. -- psalms 77:10 +. +I will remember the works of the Lord. Yes, I will remember the amazing things you did long ago! -- psalms 77:11 +. +I will think about all you have done; I will reflect upon your deeds!" -- psalms 77:12 +. +O God, your deeds are extraordinary! What god can compare to our great God? -- psalms 77:13 +. +You are the God who does amazing things; you have revealed your strength among the nations. -- psalms 77:14 +. +You delivered your people by your strength - the children of Jacob and Joseph. (Selah) -- psalms 77:15 +. +The waters saw you, O God, the waters saw you and trembled. Yes, the depths of the sea shook with fear. -- psalms 77:16 +. +The clouds poured down rain; the skies thundered. Yes, your arrows flashed about. -- psalms 77:17 +. +Your thunderous voice was heard in the wind; the lightning bolts lit up the world; the earth trembled and shook. -- psalms 77:18 +. +You walked through the sea; you passed through the surging waters, but left no footprints. -- psalms 77:19 +. +You led your people like a flock of sheep, by the hand of Moses and Aaron. -- psalms 77:20 +. +A well-written song by Asaph. Pay attention, my people, to my instruction! Listen to the words I speak! -- psalms 78:1 +. +I will sing a song that imparts wisdom; I will make insightful observations about the past. -- psalms 78:2 +. +What we have heard and learned - that which our ancestors have told us - -- psalms 78:3 +. +we will not hide from their descendants. We will tell the next generation about the Lord's praiseworthy acts, about his strength and the amazing things he has done. -- psalms 78:4 +. +He established a rule in Jacob; he set up a law in Israel. He commanded our ancestors to make his deeds known to their descendants, -- psalms 78:5 +. +so that the next generation, children yet to be born, might know about them. They will grow up and tell their descendants about them. -- psalms 78:6 +. +Then they will place their confidence in God. They will not forget the works of God, and they will obey his commands. -- psalms 78:7 +. +Then they will not be like their ancestors, who were a stubborn and rebellious generation, a generation that was not committed and faithful to God. -- psalms 78:8 +. +The Ephraimites were armed with bows, but they retreated in the day of battle. -- psalms 78:9 +. +They did not keep their covenant with God, and they refused to obey his law. -- psalms 78:10 +. +They forgot what he had done, the amazing things he had shown them. -- psalms 78:11 +. +He did amazing things in the sight of their ancestors, in the land of Egypt, in the region of Zoan. -- psalms 78:12 +. +He divided the sea and led them across it; he made the water stand in a heap. -- psalms 78:13 +. +He led them with a cloud by day, and with the light of a fire all night long. -- psalms 78:14 +. +He broke open rocks in the wilderness, and gave them enough water to fill the depths of the sea. -- psalms 78:15 +. +He caused streams to flow from the rock, and made the water flow like rivers. -- psalms 78:16 +. +Yet they continued to sin against him, and rebelled against the sovereign One in the desert. -- psalms 78:17 +. +They willfully challenged God by asking for food to satisfy their appetite. -- psalms 78:18 +. +They insulted God, saying, "Is God really able to give us food in the wilderness? -- psalms 78:19 +. +Yes, he struck a rock and water flowed out, streams gushed forth. But can he also give us food? Will he provide meat for his people?" -- psalms 78:20 +. +When the Lord heard this, he was furious. A fire broke out against Jacob, and his anger flared up against Israel, -- psalms 78:21 +. +because they did not have faith in God, and did not trust his ability to deliver them. -- psalms 78:22 +. +He gave a command to the clouds above, and opened the doors in the sky. -- psalms 78:23 +. +He rained down manna for them to eat; he gave them the grain of heaven. -- psalms 78:24 +. +Man ate the food of the mighty ones. He sent them more than enough to eat. -- psalms 78:25 +. +He brought the east wind through the sky, and by his strength led forth the south wind. -- psalms 78:26 +. +He rained down meat on them like dust, birds as numerous as the sand on the seashores. -- psalms 78:27 +. +He caused them to fall right in the middle of their camp, all around their homes. -- psalms 78:28 +. +They ate until they were stuffed; he gave them what they desired. -- psalms 78:29 +. +They were not yet filled up, their food was still in their mouths, -- psalms 78:30 +. +when the anger of God flared up against them. He killed some of the strongest of them; he brought the young men of Israel to their knees. -- psalms 78:31 +. +Despite all this, they continued to sin, and did not trust him to do amazing things. -- psalms 78:32 +. +So he caused them to die unsatisfied and filled with terror. -- psalms 78:33 +. +When he struck them down, they sought his favor; they turned back and longed for God. -- psalms 78:34 +. +They remembered that God was their protector, and that the sovereign God was their deliverer. -- psalms 78:35 +. +But they deceived him with their words, and lied to him. -- psalms 78:36 +. +They were not really committed to him, and they were unfaithful to his covenant. -- psalms 78:37 +. +Yet he is compassionate. He forgives sin and does not destroy. He often holds back his anger, and does not stir up his fury. -- psalms 78:38 +. +He remembered that they were made of flesh, and were like a wind that blows past and does not return. -- psalms 78:39 +. +How often they rebelled against him in the wilderness, and insulted him in the desert! -- psalms 78:40 +. +They again challenged God, and offended the Holy One of Israel. -- psalms 78:41 +. +They did not remember what he had done, how he delivered them from the enemy, -- psalms 78:42 +. +when he performed his awesome deeds in Egypt, and his acts of judgment in the region of Zoan. -- psalms 78:43 +. +He turned their rivers into blood, and they could not drink from their streams. -- psalms 78:44 +. +He sent swarms of biting insects against them, as well as frogs that overran their land. -- psalms 78:45 +. +He gave their crops to the grasshopper, the fruit of their labor to the locust. -- psalms 78:46 +. +He destroyed their vines with hail, and their sycamore-fig trees with driving rain. -- psalms 78:47 +. +He rained hail down on their cattle, and hurled lightning bolts down on their livestock. -- psalms 78:48 +. +His raging anger lashed out against them, He sent fury, rage, and trouble as messengers who bring disaster. -- psalms 78:49 +. +He sent his anger in full force; he did not spare them from death; he handed their lives over to destruction. -- psalms 78:50 +. +He struck down all the firstborn in Egypt, the firstfruits of their reproductive power in the tents of Ham. -- psalms 78:51 +. +Yet he brought out his people like sheep; he led them through the wilderness like a flock. -- psalms 78:52 +. +He guided them safely along, while the sea covered their enemies. -- psalms 78:53 +. +He brought them to the border of his holy land, to this mountainous land which his right hand acquired. -- psalms 78:54 +. +He drove the nations out from before them; he assigned them their tribal allotments and allowed the tribes of Israel to settle down. -- psalms 78:55 +. +Yet they challenged and defied the sovereign God, and did not obey his commands. -- psalms 78:56 +. +They were unfaithful and acted as treacherously as their ancestors; they were as unreliable as a malfunctioning bow. -- psalms 78:57 +. +They made him angry with their pagan shrines, and made him jealous with their idols. -- psalms 78:58 +. +God heard and was angry; he completely rejected Israel. -- psalms 78:59 +. +He abandoned the sanctuary at Shiloh, the tent where he lived among men. -- psalms 78:60 +. +He allowed the symbol of his strong presence to be captured; he gave the symbol of his splendor into the hand of the enemy. -- psalms 78:61 +. +He delivered his people over to the sword, and was angry with his chosen nation. -- psalms 78:62 +. +Fire consumed their young men, and their virgins remained unmarried. -- psalms 78:63 +. +Their priests fell by the sword, but their widows did not weep. -- psalms 78:64 +. +But then the Lord awoke from his sleep; he was like a warrior in a drunken rage. -- psalms 78:65 +. +He drove his enemies back; he made them a permanent target for insults. -- psalms 78:66 +. +He rejected the tent of Joseph; he did not choose the tribe of Ephraim. -- psalms 78:67 +. +He chose the tribe of Judah, and Mount Zion, which he loves. -- psalms 78:68 +. +He made his sanctuary as enduring as the heavens above; as secure as the earth, which he established permanently. -- psalms 78:69 +. +He chose David, his servant, and took him from the sheepfolds. -- psalms 78:70 +. +He took him away from following the mother sheep, and made him the shepherd of Jacob, his people, and of Israel, his chosen nation. -- psalms 78:71 +. +David cared for them with pure motives; he led them with skill. -- psalms 78:72 +. +A psalm of Asaph. O God, foreigners have invaded your chosen land; they have polluted your holy temple and turned Jerusalem into a heap of ruins. -- psalms 79:1 +. +They have given the corpses of your servants to the birds of the sky; the flesh of your loyal followers to the beasts of the earth. -- psalms 79:2 +. +They have made their blood flow like water all around Jerusalem, and there is no one to bury them. -- psalms 79:3 +. +We have become an object of disdain to our neighbors; those who live on our borders taunt and insult us. -- psalms 79:4 +. +How long will this go on, O Lord? Will you stay angry forever? How long will your rage burn like fire? -- psalms 79:5 +. +Pour out your anger on the nations that do not acknowledge you, on the kingdoms that do not pray to you! -- psalms 79:6 +. +For they have devoured Jacob and destroyed his home. -- psalms 79:7 +. +Do not hold us accountable for the sins of earlier generations! Quickly send your compassion our way, for we are in serious trouble! -- psalms 79:8 +. +Help us, O God, our deliverer! For the sake of your glorious reputation, rescue us! Forgive our sins for the sake of your reputation! -- psalms 79:9 +. +Why should the nations say, "Where is their God?" Before our very eyes may the shed blood of your servants be avenged among the nations! -- psalms 79:10 +. +Listen to the painful cries of the prisoners! Use your great strength to set free those condemned to die! -- psalms 79:11 +. +Pay back our neighbors in full! May they be insulted the same way they insulted you, O Lord! -- psalms 79:12 +. +Then we, your people, the sheep of your pasture, will continually thank you. We will tell coming generations of your praiseworthy acts. -- psalms 79:13 +. +For the music director; according to the shushan-eduth style; a psalm of Asaph. O shepherd of Israel, pay attention, you who lead Joseph like a flock of sheep! You who sit enthroned above the winged angels, reveal your splendor! -- psalms 80:1 +. +In the sight of Ephraim, Benjamin, and Manasseh reveal your power! Come and deliver us! -- psalms 80:2 +. +O God, restore us! Smile on us! Then we will be delivered! -- psalms 80:3 +. +O Lord God, invincible warrior! How long will you remain angry at your people while they pray to you? -- psalms 80:4 +. +You have given them tears as food; you have made them drink tears by the measure. -- psalms 80:5 +. +You have made our neighbors dislike us, and our enemies insult us. -- psalms 80:6 +. +O God, invincible warrior, restore us! Smile on us! Then we will be delivered! -- psalms 80:7 +. +You uprooted a vine from Egypt; you drove out nations and transplanted it. -- psalms 80:8 +. +You cleared the ground for it; it took root, and filled the land. -- psalms 80:9 +. +The mountains were covered by its shadow, the highest cedars by its branches. -- psalms 80:10 +. +Its branches reached the Mediterranean Sea, and its shoots the Euphrates River. -- psalms 80:11 +. +Why did you break down its walls, so that all who pass by pluck its fruit? -- psalms 80:12 +. +The wild boars of the forest ruin it; the insects of the field feed on it. -- psalms 80:13 +. +O God, invincible warrior, come back! Look down from heaven and take notice! Take care of this vine, -- psalms 80:14 +. +the root your right hand planted, the shoot you made to grow! -- psalms 80:15 +. +It is burned and cut down. They die because you are displeased with them. -- psalms 80:16 +. +May you give support to the one you have chosen, to the one whom you raised up for yourself! -- psalms 80:17 +. +Then we will not turn away from you. Revive us and we will pray to you! -- psalms 80:18 +. +O Lord God, invincible warrior, restore us! Smile on us! Then we will be delivered! -- psalms 80:19 +. +For the music director; according to the gittith style; by Asaph. Shout for joy to God, our source of strength! Shout out to the God of Jacob! -- psalms 81:1 +. +Sing a song and play the tambourine, the pleasant sounding harp, and the ten-stringed instrument! -- psalms 81:2 +. +Sound the ram's horn on the day of the new moon, and on the day of the full moon when our festival begins. -- psalms 81:3 +. +For observing the festival is a requirement for Israel; it is an ordinance given by the God of Jacob. -- psalms 81:4 +. +He decreed it as a regulation in Joseph, when he attacked the land of Egypt. I heard a voice I did not recognize. -- psalms 81:5 +. +It said: "I removed the burden from his shoulder; his hands were released from holding the basket. -- psalms 81:6 +. +In your distress you called out and I rescued you. I answered you from a dark thundercloud. I tested you at the waters of Meribah. (Selah) -- psalms 81:7 +. +I said, 'Listen, my people! I will warn you! O Israel, if only you would obey me! -- psalms 81:8 +. +There must be no other god among you. You must not worship a foreign god. -- psalms 81:9 +. +I am the Lord, your God, the one who brought you out of the land of Egypt. Open your mouth wide and I will fill it!' -- psalms 81:10 +. +But my people did not obey me; Israel did not submit to me. -- psalms 81:11 +. +I gave them over to their stubborn desires; they did what seemed right to them. -- psalms 81:12 +. +If only my people would obey me! If only Israel would keep my commands! -- psalms 81:13 +. +Then I would quickly subdue their enemies, and attack their adversaries." -- psalms 81:14 +. +(May those who hate the Lord cower in fear before him! May they be permanently humiliated!) -- psalms 81:15 +. +"I would feed Israel the best wheat, and would satisfy your appetite with honey from the rocky cliffs." -- psalms 81:16 +. +A psalm of Asaph. God stands in the assembly of El; in the midst of the gods he renders judgment. -- psalms 82:1 +. +He says, "How long will you make unjust legal decisions and show favoritism to the wicked? (Selah) -- psalms 82:2 +. +Defend the cause of the poor and the fatherless! Vindicate the oppressed and suffering! -- psalms 82:3 +. +Rescue the poor and needy! Deliver them from the power of the wicked! -- psalms 82:4 +. +They neither know nor understand. They stumble around in the dark, while all the foundations of the earth crumble. -- psalms 82:5 +. +I thought, 'You are gods; all of you are sons of the Most High.' -- psalms 82:6 +. +Yet you will die like mortals; you will fall like all the other rulers." -- psalms 82:7 +. +Rise up, O God, and execute judgment on the earth! For you own all the nations. -- psalms 82:8 +. +A song, a psalm of Asaph. O God, do not be silent! Do not ignore us! Do not be inactive, O God! -- psalms 83:1 +. +For look, your enemies are making a commotion; those who hate you are hostile. -- psalms 83:2 +. +They carefully plot against your people, and make plans to harm the ones you cherish. -- psalms 83:3 +. +They say, "Come on, let's annihilate them so they are no longer a nation! Then the name of Israel will be remembered no more." -- psalms 83:4 +. +Yes, they devise a unified strategy; they form an alliance against you. -- psalms 83:5 +. +It includes the tents of Edom and the Ishmaelites, Moab and the Hagrites, -- psalms 83:6 +. +Gebal, Ammon, and Amalek, Philistia and the inhabitants of Tyre. -- psalms 83:7 +. +Even Assyria has allied with them, lending its strength to the descendants of Lot. (Selah) -- psalms 83:8 +. +Do to them as you did to Midian - as you did to Sisera and Jabin at the Kishon River! -- psalms 83:9 +. +They were destroyed at Endor; their corpses were like manure on the ground. -- psalms 83:10 +. +Make their nobles like Oreb and Zeeb, and all their rulers like Zebah and Zalmunna, -- psalms 83:11 +. +who said, "Let's take over the pastures of God!" -- psalms 83:12 +. +O my God, make them like dead thistles, like dead weeds blown away by the wind! -- psalms 83:13 +. +Like the fire that burns down the forest, or the flames that consume the mountainsides, -- psalms 83:14 +. +chase them with your gale winds, and terrify them with your windstorm. -- psalms 83:15 +. +Cover their faces with shame, so they might seek you, O Lord. -- psalms 83:16 +. +May they be humiliated and continually terrified! May they die in shame! -- psalms 83:17 +. +Then they will know that you alone are the Lord, the sovereign king over all the earth. -- psalms 83:18 +. +For the music director; according to the gittith style; written by the Korahites, a psalm. How lovely is the place where you live, O Lord who rules over all! -- psalms 84:1 +. +I desperately want to be in the courts of the Lord's temple. My heart and my entire being shout for joy to the living God. -- psalms 84:2 +. +Even the birds find a home there, and the swallow builds a nest, where she can protect her young near your altars, O Lord who rules over all, my king and my God. -- psalms 84:3 +. +How blessed are those who live in your temple and praise you continually! (Selah) -- psalms 84:4 +. +How blessed are those who find their strength in you, and long to travel the roads that lead to your temple! -- psalms 84:5 +. +As they pass through the Baca Valley, he provides a spring for them. The rain even covers it with pools of water. -- psalms 84:6 +. +They are sustained as they travel along; each one appears before God in Zion. -- psalms 84:7 +. +O Lord, sovereign God, hear my prayer! Listen, O God of Jacob! (Selah) -- psalms 84:8 +. +O God, take notice of our shield! Show concern for your chosen king! -- psalms 84:9 +. +Certainly spending just one day in your temple courts is better than spending a thousand elsewhere. I would rather stand at the entrance to the temple of my God than live in the tents of the wicked. -- psalms 84:10 +. +For the Lord God is our sovereign protector. The Lord bestows favor and honor; he withholds no good thing from those who have integrity. -- psalms 84:11 +. +O Lord who rules over all, how blessed are those who trust in you! -- psalms 84:12 +. +For the music director; written by the Korahites, a psalm. O Lord, you showed favor to your land; you restored the well-being of Jacob. -- psalms 85:1 +. +You pardoned the wrongdoing of your people; you forgave all their sin. (Selah) -- psalms 85:2 +. +You withdrew all your fury; you turned back from your raging anger. -- psalms 85:3 +. +Restore us, O God our deliverer! Do not be displeased with us! -- psalms 85:4 +. +Will you stay mad at us forever? Will you remain angry throughout future generations? -- psalms 85:5 +. +Will you not revive us once more? Then your people will rejoice in you! -- psalms 85:6 +. +O Lord, show us your loyal love! Bestow on us your deliverance! -- psalms 85:7 +. +I will listen to what God the Lord says. For he will make peace with his people, his faithful followers. Yet they must not return to their foolish ways. -- psalms 85:8 +. +Certainly his loyal followers will soon experience his deliverance; then his splendor will again appear in our land. -- psalms 85:9 +. +Loyal love and faithfulness meet; deliverance and peace greet each other with a kiss. -- psalms 85:10 +. +Faithfulness grows from the ground, and deliverance looks down from the sky. -- psalms 85:11 +. +Yes, the Lord will bestow his good blessings, and our land will yield its crops. -- psalms 85:12 +. +Deliverance goes before him, and prepares a pathway for him. -- psalms 85:13 +. +A prayer of David. Listen O Lord! Answer me! For I am oppressed and needy. -- psalms 86:1 +. +Protect me, for I am loyal! O my God, deliver your servant, who trusts in you! -- psalms 86:2 +. +Have mercy on me, O Lord, for I cry out to you all day long! -- psalms 86:3 +. +Make your servant glad, for to you, O Lord, I pray! -- psalms 86:4 +. +Certainly O Lord, you are kind and forgiving, and show great faithfulness to all who cry out to you. -- psalms 86:5 +. +O Lord, hear my prayer! Pay attention to my plea for mercy! -- psalms 86:6 +. +In my time of trouble I cry out to you, for you will answer me. -- psalms 86:7 +. +None can compare to you among the gods, O Lord! Your exploits are incomparable! -- psalms 86:8 +. +All the nations, whom you created, will come and worship you, O Lord. They will honor your name. -- psalms 86:9 +. +For you are great and do amazing things. You alone are God. -- psalms 86:10 +. +O Lord, teach me how you want me to live! Then I will obey your commands. Make me wholeheartedly committed to you! -- psalms 86:11 +. +O Lord, my God, I will give you thanks with my whole heart! I will honor your name continually! -- psalms 86:12 +. +For you will extend your great loyal love to me, and will deliver my life from the depths of Sheol. -- psalms 86:13 +. +O God, arrogant men attack me; a gang of ruthless men, who do not respect you, seek my life. -- psalms 86:14 +. +But you, O Lord, are a compassionate and merciful God. You are patient and demonstrate great loyal love and faithfulness. -- psalms 86:15 +. +Turn toward me and have mercy on me! Give your servant your strength! Deliver your slave! -- psalms 86:16 +. +Show me evidence of your favor! Then those who hate me will see it and be ashamed, for you, O Lord, will help me and comfort me. -- psalms 86:17 +. +Written by the Korahites; a psalm, a song. The Lord's city is in the holy hills. -- psalms 87:1 +. +The Lord loves the gates of Zion more than all the dwelling places of Jacob. -- psalms 87:2 +. +People say wonderful things about you, O city of God. (Selah) -- psalms 87:3 +. +I mention Rahab and Babylon to my followers. Here are Philistia and Tyre, along with Ethiopia. It is said of them, "This one was born there." -- psalms 87:4 +. +But it is said of Zion's residents, "Each one of these was born in her, and the sovereign One makes her secure." -- psalms 87:5 +. +The Lord writes in the census book of the nations, "This one was born there." (Selah) -- psalms 87:6 +. +As for the singers, as well as the pipers - all of them sing within your walls. -- psalms 87:7 +. +A song, a psalm written by the Korahites; for the music director; according to the machalath-leannoth style; a well-written song by Heman the Ezrachite. O Lord God who delivers me! By day I cry out and at night I pray before you. -- psalms 88:1 +. +Listen to my prayer! Pay attention to my cry for help! -- psalms 88:2 +. +For my life is filled with troubles and I am ready to enter Sheol. -- psalms 88:3 +. +They treat me like those who descend into the grave. I am like a helpless man, -- psalms 88:4 +. +adrift among the dead, like corpses lying in the grave, whom you remember no more, and who are cut off from your power. -- psalms 88:5 +. +You place me in the lowest regions of the pit, in the dark places, in the watery depths. -- psalms 88:6 +. +Your anger bears down on me, and you overwhelm me with all your waves. (Selah) -- psalms 88:7 +. +You cause those who know me to keep their distance; you make me an appalling sight to them. I am trapped and cannot get free. -- psalms 88:8 +. +My eyes grow weak because of oppression. I call out to you, O Lord, all day long; I spread out my hands in prayer to you. -- psalms 88:9 +. +Do you accomplish amazing things for the dead? Do the departed spirits rise up and give you thanks? (Selah) -- psalms 88:10 +. +Is your loyal love proclaimed in the grave, or your faithfulness in the place of the dead? -- psalms 88:11 +. +Are your amazing deeds experienced in the dark region, or your deliverance in the land of oblivion? -- psalms 88:12 +. +As for me, I cry out to you, O Lord; in the morning my prayer confronts you. -- psalms 88:13 +. +O Lord, why do you reject me, and pay no attention to me? -- psalms 88:14 +. +I am oppressed and have been on the verge of death since my youth. I have been subjected to your horrors and am numb with pain. -- psalms 88:15 +. +Your anger overwhelms me; your terrors destroy me. -- psalms 88:16 +. +They surround me like water all day long; they join forces and encircle me. -- psalms 88:17 +. +You cause my friends and neighbors to keep their distance; those who know me leave me alone in the darkness. -- psalms 88:18 +. +A well-written song by Ethan the Ezrachite. I will sing continually about the Lord's faithful deeds; to future generations I will proclaim your faithfulness. -- psalms 89:1 +. +For I say, "Loyal love is permanently established; in the skies you set up your faithfulness." -- psalms 89:2 +. +The Lord said, "I have made a covenant with my chosen one; I have made a promise on oath to David, my servant: -- psalms 89:3 +. +'I will give you an eternal dynasty and establish your throne throughout future generations.'" (Selah) -- psalms 89:4 +. +O Lord, the heavens praise your amazing deeds, as well as your faithfulness in the angelic assembly. -- psalms 89:5 +. +For who in the skies can compare to the Lord? Who is like the Lord among the heavenly beings, -- psalms 89:6 +. +a God who is honored in the great angelic assembly, and more awesome than all who surround him? -- psalms 89:7 +. +O Lord, sovereign God! Who is strong like you, O Lord? Your faithfulness surrounds you. -- psalms 89:8 +. +You rule over the proud sea. When its waves surge, you calm them. -- psalms 89:9 +. +You crushed the Proud One and killed it; with your strong arm you scattered your enemies. -- psalms 89:10 +. +The heavens belong to you, as does the earth. You made the world and all it contains. -- psalms 89:11 +. +You created the north and the south. Tabor and Hermon rejoice in your name. -- psalms 89:12 +. +Your arm is powerful, your hand strong, your right hand victorious. -- psalms 89:13 +. +Equity and justice are the foundation of your throne. Loyal love and faithfulness characterize your rule. -- psalms 89:14 +. +How blessed are the people who worship you! O Lord, they experience your favor. -- psalms 89:15 +. +They rejoice in your name all day long, and are vindicated by your justice. -- psalms 89:16 +. +For you give them splendor and strength. By your favor we are victorious. -- psalms 89:17 +. +For our shield belongs to the Lord, our king to the Holy One of Israel. -- psalms 89:18 +. +Then you spoke through a vision to your faithful followers and said: "I have energized a warrior; I have raised up a young man from the people. -- psalms 89:19 +. +I have discovered David, my servant. With my holy oil I have anointed him as king. -- psalms 89:20 +. +My hand will support him, and my arm will strengthen him. -- psalms 89:21 +. +No enemy will be able to exact tribute from him; a violent oppressor will not be able to humiliate him. -- psalms 89:22 +. +I will crush his enemies before him; I will strike down those who hate him. -- psalms 89:23 +. +He will experience my faithfulness and loyal love, and by my name he will win victories. -- psalms 89:24 +. +I will place his hand over the sea, his right hand over the rivers. -- psalms 89:25 +. +He will call out to me, 'You are my father, my God, and the protector who delivers me.' -- psalms 89:26 +. +I will appoint him to be my firstborn son, the most exalted of the earth's kings. -- psalms 89:27 +. +I will always extend my loyal love to him, and my covenant with him is secure. -- psalms 89:28 +. +I will give him an eternal dynasty, and make his throne as enduring as the skies above. -- psalms 89:29 +. +If his sons reject my law and disobey my regulations, -- psalms 89:30 +. +if they break my rules and do not keep my commandments, -- psalms 89:31 +. +I will punish their rebellion by beating them with a club, their sin by inflicting them with bruises. -- psalms 89:32 +. +But I will not remove my loyal love from him, nor be unfaithful to my promise. -- psalms 89:33 +. +I will not break my covenant or go back on what I promised. -- psalms 89:34 +. +Once and for all I have vowed by my own holiness, I will never deceive David. -- psalms 89:35 +. +His dynasty will last forever. His throne will endure before me, like the sun, -- psalms 89:36 +. +it will remain stable, like the moon, his throne will endure like the skies." (Selah) -- psalms 89:37 +. +But you have spurned and rejected him; you are angry with your chosen king. -- psalms 89:38 +. +You have repudiated your covenant with your servant; you have thrown his crown to the ground. -- psalms 89:39 +. +You have broken down all his walls; you have made his strongholds a heap of ruins. -- psalms 89:40 +. +All who pass by have robbed him; he has become an object of disdain to his neighbors. -- psalms 89:41 +. +You have allowed his adversaries to be victorious, and all his enemies to rejoice. -- psalms 89:42 +. +You turn back his sword from the adversary, and have not sustained him in battle. -- psalms 89:43 +. +You have brought to an end his splendor, and have knocked his throne to the ground. -- psalms 89:44 +. +You have cut short his youth, and have covered him with shame. (Selah) -- psalms 89:45 +. +How long, O Lord, will this last? Will you remain hidden forever? Will your anger continue to burn like fire? -- psalms 89:46 +. +Take note of my brief lifespan! Why do you make all people so mortal? -- psalms 89:47 +. +No man can live on without experiencing death, or deliver his life from the power of Sheol. (Selah) -- psalms 89:48 +. +Where are your earlier faithful deeds, O Lord, the ones performed in accordance with your reliable oath to David? -- psalms 89:49 +. +Take note, O Lord, of the way your servants are taunted, and of how I must bear so many insults from people! -- psalms 89:50 +. +Your enemies, O Lord, hurl insults; they insult your chosen king as they dog his footsteps. -- psalms 89:51 +. +The Lord deserves praise forevermore! We agree! We agree! -- psalms 89:52 +. +A prayer of Moses, the man of God. O Lord, you have been our protector through all generations! -- psalms 90:1 +. +Even before the mountains came into existence, or you brought the world into being, you were the eternal God. -- psalms 90:2 +. +You make mankind return to the dust, and say, "Return, O people!" -- psalms 90:3 +. +Yes, in your eyes a thousand years are like yesterday that quickly passes, or like one of the divisions of the nighttime. -- psalms 90:4 +. +You bring their lives to an end and they "fall asleep." In the morning they are like the grass that sprouts up; -- psalms 90:5 +. +in the morning it glistens and sprouts up; at evening time it withers and dries up. -- psalms 90:6 +. +Yes, we are consumed by your anger; we are terrified by your wrath. -- psalms 90:7 +. +You are aware of our sins; you even know about our hidden sins. -- psalms 90:8 +. +Yes, throughout all our days we experience your raging fury; the years of our lives pass quickly, like a sigh. -- psalms 90:9 +. +The days of our lives add up to seventy years, or eighty, if one is especially strong. But even one's best years are marred by trouble and oppression. Yes, they pass quickly and we fly away. -- psalms 90:10 +. +Who can really fathom the intensity of your anger? Your raging fury causes people to fear you. -- psalms 90:11 +. +So teach us to consider our mortality, so that we might live wisely. -- psalms 90:12 +. +Turn back toward us, O Lord! How long must this suffering last? Have pity on your servants! -- psalms 90:13 +. +Satisfy us in the morning with your loyal love! Then we will shout for joy and be happy all our days! -- psalms 90:14 +. +Make us happy in proportion to the days you have afflicted us, in proportion to the years we have experienced trouble! -- psalms 90:15 +. +May your servants see your work! May their sons see your majesty! -- psalms 90:16 +. +May our sovereign God extend his favor to us! Make our endeavors successful! Yes, make them successful! -- psalms 90:17 +. +As for you, the one who lives in the shelter of the sovereign One, and resides in the protective shadow of the mighty king - -- psalms 91:1 +. +I say this about the Lord, my shelter and my stronghold, my God in whom I trust - -- psalms 91:2 +. +he will certainly rescue you from the snare of the hunter and from the destructive plague. -- psalms 91:3 +. +He will shelter you with his wings; you will find safety under his wings. His faithfulness is like a shield or a protective wall. -- psalms 91:4 +. +You need not fear the terrors of the night, the arrow that flies by day, -- psalms 91:5 +. +the plague that comes in the darkness, or the disease that comes at noon. -- psalms 91:6 +. +Though a thousand may fall beside you, and a multitude on your right side, it will not reach you. -- psalms 91:7 +. +Certainly you will see it with your very own eyes - you will see the wicked paid back. -- psalms 91:8 +. +For you have taken refuge in the Lord, my shelter, the sovereign One. -- psalms 91:9 +. +No harm will overtake you; no illness will come near your home. -- psalms 91:10 +. +For he will order his angels to protect you in all you do. -- psalms 91:11 +. +They will lift you up in their hands, so you will not slip and fall on a stone. -- psalms 91:12 +. +You will subdue a lion and a snake; you will trample underfoot a young lion and a serpent. -- psalms 91:13 +. +The Lord says, "Because he is devoted to me, I will deliver him; I will protect him because he is loyal to me. -- psalms 91:14 +. +When he calls out to me, I will answer him. I will be with him when he is in trouble; I will rescue him and bring him honor. -- psalms 91:15 +. +I will satisfy him with long life, and will let him see my salvation. -- psalms 91:16 +. +A psalm; a song for the Sabbath day. It is fitting to thank the Lord, and to sing praises to your name, O sovereign One! -- psalms 92:1 +. +It is fitting to proclaim your loyal love in the morning, and your faithfulness during the night, -- psalms 92:2 +. +to the accompaniment of a ten-stringed instrument and a lyre, to the accompaniment of the meditative tone of the harp. -- psalms 92:3 +. +For you, O Lord, have made me happy by your work. I will sing for joy because of what you have done. -- psalms 92:4 +. +How great are your works, O Lord! Your plans are very intricate! -- psalms 92:5 +. +The spiritually insensitive do not recognize this; the fool does not understand this. -- psalms 92:6 +. +When the wicked sprout up like grass, and all the evildoers glisten, it is so that they may be annihilated. -- psalms 92:7 +. +But you, O Lord, reign forever! -- psalms 92:8 +. +Indeed, look at your enemies, O Lord! Indeed, look at how your enemies perish! All the evildoers are scattered! -- psalms 92:9 +. +You exalt my horn like that of a wild ox. I am covered with fresh oil. -- psalms 92:10 +. +I gloat in triumph over those who tried to ambush me; I hear the defeated cries of the evil foes who attacked me. -- psalms 92:11 +. +The godly grow like a palm tree; they grow high like a cedar in Lebanon. -- psalms 92:12 +. +Planted in the Lord's house, they grow in the courts of our God. -- psalms 92:13 +. +They bear fruit even when they are old; they are filled with vitality and have many leaves. -- psalms 92:14 +. +So they proclaim that the Lord, my protector, is just and never unfair. -- psalms 92:15 +. +The Lord reigns! He is robed in majesty, the Lord is robed, he wears strength around his waist. Indeed, the world is established, it cannot be moved. -- psalms 93:1 +. +Your throne has been secure from ancient times; you have always been king. -- psalms 93:2 +. +The waves roar, O Lord, the waves roar, the waves roar and crash. -- psalms 93:3 +. +Above the sound of the surging water, and the mighty waves of the sea, the Lord sits enthroned in majesty. -- psalms 93:4 +. +The rules you set down are completely reliable. Holiness aptly adorns your house, O Lord, forever. -- psalms 93:5 +. +O Lord, the God who avenges! O God who avenges, reveal your splendor! -- psalms 94:1 +. +Rise up, O judge of the earth! Pay back the proud! -- psalms 94:2 +. +O Lord, how long will the wicked, how long will the wicked celebrate? -- psalms 94:3 +. +They spew out threats and speak defiantly; all the evildoers boast. -- psalms 94:4 +. +O Lord, they crush your people; they oppress the nation that belongs to you. -- psalms 94:5 +. +They kill the widow and the one residing outside his native land, and they murder the fatherless. -- psalms 94:6 +. +Then they say, "The Lord does not see this; the God of Jacob does not take notice of it." -- psalms 94:7 +. +Take notice of this, you ignorant people! You fools, when will you ever understand? -- psalms 94:8 +. +Does the one who makes the human ear not hear? Does the one who forms the human eye not see? -- psalms 94:9 +. +Does the one who disciplines the nations not punish? He is the one who imparts knowledge to human beings! -- psalms 94:10 +. +The Lord knows that peoples' thoughts are morally bankrupt. -- psalms 94:11 +. +How blessed is the one whom you instruct, O Lord, the one whom you teach from your law, -- psalms 94:12 +. +in order to protect him from times of trouble, until the wicked are destroyed. -- psalms 94:13 +. +Certainly the Lord does not forsake his people; he does not abandon the nation that belongs to him. -- psalms 94:14 +. +For justice will prevail, and all the morally upright will be vindicated. -- psalms 94:15 +. +Who will rise up to defend me against the wicked? Who will stand up for me against the evildoers? -- psalms 94:16 +. +If the Lord had not helped me, I would have laid down in the silence of death. -- psalms 94:17 +. +If I say, "My foot is slipping," your loyal love, O Lord, supports me. -- psalms 94:18 +. +When worries threaten to overwhelm me, your soothing touch makes me happy. -- psalms 94:19 +. +Cruel rulers are not your allies, those who make oppressive laws. -- psalms 94:20 +. +They conspire against the blameless, and condemn to death the innocent. -- psalms 94:21 +. +But the Lord will protect me, and my God will shelter me. -- psalms 94:22 +. +He will pay them back for their sin. He will destroy them because of their evil; the Lord our God will destroy them. -- psalms 94:23 +. +Come! Let's sing for joy to the Lord! Let's shout out praises to our protector who delivers us! -- psalms 95:1 +. +Let's enter his presence with thanksgiving! Let's shout out to him in celebration! -- psalms 95:2 +. +For the Lord is a great God, a great king who is superior to all gods. -- psalms 95:3 +. +The depths of the earth are in his hand, and the mountain peaks belong to him. -- psalms 95:4 +. +The sea is his, for he made it. His hands formed the dry land. -- psalms 95:5 +. +Come! Let's bow down and worship! Let's kneel before the Lord, our creator! -- psalms 95:6 +. +For he is our God; we are the people of his pasture, the sheep he owns. Today, if only you would obey him! -- psalms 95:7 +. +He says, "Do not be stubborn like they were at Meribah, like they were that day at Massah in the wilderness, -- psalms 95:8 +. +where your ancestors challenged my authority, and tried my patience, even though they had seen my work. -- psalms 95:9 +. +For forty years I was continually disgusted with that generation, and I said, 'These people desire to go astray; they do not obey my commands.' -- psalms 95:10 +. +So I made a vow in my anger, 'They will never enter into the resting place I had set aside for them.'" -- psalms 95:11 +. +Sing to the Lord a new song! Sing to the Lord, all the earth! -- psalms 96:1 +. +Sing to the Lord! Praise his name! Announce every day how he delivers! -- psalms 96:2 +. +Tell the nations about his splendor! Tell all the nations about his amazing deeds! -- psalms 96:3 +. +For the Lord is great and certainly worthy of praise; he is more awesome than all gods. -- psalms 96:4 +. +For all the gods of the nations are worthless, but the Lord made the sky. -- psalms 96:5 +. +Majestic splendor emanates from him; his sanctuary is firmly established and beautiful. -- psalms 96:6 +. +Ascribe to the Lord, O families of the nations, ascribe to the Lord splendor and strength! -- psalms 96:7 +. +Ascribe to the Lord the splendor he deserves! Bring an offering and enter his courts! -- psalms 96:8 +. +Worship the Lord in holy attire! Tremble before him, all the earth! -- psalms 96:9 +. +Say among the nations, "The Lord reigns! The world is established, it cannot be moved. He judges the nations fairly." -- psalms 96:10 +. +Let the sky rejoice, and the earth be happy! Let the sea and everything in it shout! -- psalms 96:11 +. +Let the fields and everything in them celebrate! Then let the trees of the forest shout with joy -- psalms 96:12 +. +before the Lord, for he comes! For he comes to judge the earth! He judges the world fairly, and the nations in accordance with his justice. -- psalms 96:13 +. +The Lord reigns! Let the earth be happy! Let the many coastlands rejoice! -- psalms 97:1 +. +Dark clouds surround him; equity and justice are the foundation of his throne. -- psalms 97:2 +. +Fire goes before him; on every side it burns up his enemies. -- psalms 97:3 +. +His lightning bolts light up the world; the earth sees and trembles. -- psalms 97:4 +. +The mountains melt like wax before the Lord, before the Lord of the whole earth. -- psalms 97:5 +. +The sky declares his justice, and all the nations see his splendor. -- psalms 97:6 +. +All who worship idols are ashamed, those who boast about worthless idols. All the gods bow down before him. -- psalms 97:7 +. +Zion hears and rejoices, the towns of Judah are happy, because of your judgments, O Lord. -- psalms 97:8 +. +For you, O Lord, are the sovereign king over the whole earth; you are elevated high above all gods. -- psalms 97:9 +. +You who love the Lord, hate evil! He protects the lives of his faithful followers; he delivers them from the power of the wicked. -- psalms 97:10 +. +The godly bask in the light; the morally upright experience joy. -- psalms 97:11 +. +You godly ones, rejoice in the Lord! Give thanks to his holy name. -- psalms 97:12 +. +A psalm. Sing to the Lord a new song, for he performs amazing deeds! His right hand and his mighty arm accomplish deliverance. -- psalms 98:1 +. +The Lord demonstrates his power to deliver; in the sight of the nations he reveals his justice. -- psalms 98:2 +. +He remains loyal and faithful to the family of Israel. All the ends of the earth see our God deliver us. -- psalms 98:3 +. +Shout out praises to the Lord, all the earth! Break out in a joyful shout and sing! -- psalms 98:4 +. +Sing to the Lord accompanied by a harp, accompanied by a harp and the sound of music! -- psalms 98:5 +. +With trumpets and the blaring of the ram's horn, shout out praises before the king, the Lord! -- psalms 98:6 +. +Let the sea and everything in it shout, along with the world and those who live in it! -- psalms 98:7 +. +Let the rivers clap their hands! Let the mountains sing in unison -- psalms 98:8 +. +before the Lord! For he comes to judge the earth! He judges the world fairly, and the nations in a just manner. -- psalms 98:9 +. +The Lord reigns! The nations tremble. He sits enthroned above the winged angels; the earth shakes. -- psalms 99:1 +. +The Lord is elevated in Zion; he is exalted over all the nations. -- psalms 99:2 +. +Let them praise your great and awesome name! He is holy! -- psalms 99:3 +. +The king is strong; he loves justice. You ensure that legal decisions will be made fairly; you promote justice and equity in Jacob. -- psalms 99:4 +. +Praise the Lord our God! Worship before his footstool! He is holy! -- psalms 99:5 +. +Moses and Aaron were among his priests; Samuel was one of those who prayed to him. They prayed to the Lord and he answered them. -- psalms 99:6 +. +He spoke to them from a pillar of cloud; they obeyed his regulations and the ordinance he gave them. -- psalms 99:7 +. +O Lord our God, you answered them. They found you to be a forgiving God, but also one who punished their sinful deeds. -- psalms 99:8 +. +Praise the Lord our God! Worship on his holy hill, for the Lord our God is holy! -- psalms 99:9 +. +A thanksgiving psalm. Shout out praises to the Lord, all the earth! -- psalms 100:1 +. +Worship the Lord with joy! Enter his presence with joyful singing! -- psalms 100:2 +. +Acknowledge that the Lord is God! He made us and we belong to him; we are his people, the sheep of his pasture. -- psalms 100:3 +. +Enter his gates with thanksgiving, and his courts with praise! Give him thanks! Praise his name! -- psalms 100:4 +. +For the Lord is good. His loyal love endures, and he is faithful through all generations. -- psalms 100:5 +. +A psalm of David. I will sing about loyalty and justice! To you, O Lord, I will sing praises! -- psalms 101:1 +. +I will walk in the way of integrity. When will you come to me? I will conduct my business with integrity in the midst of my palace. -- psalms 101:2 +. +I will not even consider doing what is dishonest. I hate doing evil; I will have no part of it. -- psalms 101:3 +. +I will have nothing to do with a perverse person; I will not permit evil. -- psalms 101:4 +. +I will destroy anyone who slanders his neighbor in secret. I will not tolerate anyone who has a cocky demeanor and an arrogant attitude. -- psalms 101:5 +. +I will favor the honest people of the land, and allow them to live with me. Those who walk in the way of integrity will attend me. -- psalms 101:6 +. +Deceitful people will not live in my palace. Liars will not be welcome in my presence. -- psalms 101:7 +. +Each morning I will destroy all the wicked people in the land, and remove all evildoers from the city of the Lord. -- psalms 101:8 +. +The prayer of an oppressed man, as he grows faint and pours out his lament before the Lord. O Lord, hear my prayer! Pay attention to my cry for help! -- psalms 102:1 +. +Do not ignore me in my time of trouble! Listen to me! When I call out to you, quickly answer me! -- psalms 102:2 +. +For my days go up in smoke, and my bones are charred like a fireplace. -- psalms 102:3 +. +My heart is parched and withered like grass, for I am unable to eat food. -- psalms 102:4 +. +Because of the anxiety that makes me groan, my bones protrude from my skin. -- psalms 102:5 +. +I am like an owl in the wilderness; I am like a screech owl among the ruins. -- psalms 102:6 +. +I stay awake; I am like a solitary bird on a roof. -- psalms 102:7 +. +All day long my enemies taunt me; those who mock me use my name in their curses. -- psalms 102:8 +. +For I eat ashes as if they were bread, and mix my drink with my tears, -- psalms 102:9 +. +because of your anger and raging fury. Indeed, you pick me up and throw me away. -- psalms 102:10 +. +My days are coming to an end, and I am withered like grass. -- psalms 102:11 +. +But you, O Lord, rule forever, and your reputation endures. -- psalms 102:12 +. +You will rise up and have compassion on Zion. For it is time to have mercy on her, for the appointed time has come. -- psalms 102:13 +. +Indeed, your servants take delight in her stones, and feel compassion for the dust of her ruins. -- psalms 102:14 +. +The nations will respect the reputation of the Lord, and all the kings of the earth will respect his splendor, -- psalms 102:15 +. +when the Lord rebuilds Zion, and reveals his splendor, -- psalms 102:16 +. +when he responds to the prayer of the destitute, and does not reject their request. -- psalms 102:17 +. +The account of his intervention will be recorded for future generations; people yet to be born will praise the Lord. -- psalms 102:18 +. +For he will look down from his sanctuary above; from heaven the Lord will look toward earth, -- psalms 102:19 +. +in order to hear the painful cries of the prisoners, and to set free those condemned to die, -- psalms 102:20 +. +so they may proclaim the name of the Lord in Zion, and praise him in Jerusalem, -- psalms 102:21 +. +when the nations gather together, and the kingdoms pay tribute to the Lord. -- psalms 102:22 +. +He has taken away my strength in the middle of life; he has cut short my days. -- psalms 102:23 +. +I say, "O my God, please do not take me away in the middle of my life! You endure through all generations. -- psalms 102:24 +. +In earlier times you established the earth; the skies are your handiwork. -- psalms 102:25 +. +They will perish, but you will endure. They will wear out like a garment; like clothes you will remove them and they will disappear. -- psalms 102:26 +. +But you remain; your years do not come to an end. -- psalms 102:27 +. +The children of your servants will settle down here, and their descendants will live securely in your presence." -- psalms 102:28 +. +By David. Praise the Lord, O my soul! With all that is within me, praise his holy name! -- psalms 103:1 +. +Praise the Lord, O my soul! Do not forget all his kind deeds! -- psalms 103:2 +. +He is the one who forgives all your sins, who heals all your diseases, -- psalms 103:3 +. +who delivers your life from the Pit, who crowns you with his loyal love and compassion, -- psalms 103:4 +. +who satisfies your life with good things, so your youth is renewed like an eagle's. -- psalms 103:5 +. +The Lord does what is fair, and executes justice for all the oppressed. -- psalms 103:6 +. +The Lord revealed his faithful acts to Moses, his deeds to the Israelites. -- psalms 103:7 +. +The Lord is compassionate and merciful; he is patient and demonstrates great loyal love. -- psalms 103:8 +. +He does not always accuse, and does not stay angry. -- psalms 103:9 +. +He does not deal with us as our sins deserve; he does not repay us as our misdeeds deserve. -- psalms 103:10 +. +For as the skies are high above the earth, so his loyal love towers over his faithful followers. -- psalms 103:11 +. +As far as the eastern horizon is from the west, so he removes the guilt of our rebellious actions from us. -- psalms 103:12 +. +As a father has compassion on his children, so the Lord has compassion on his faithful followers. -- psalms 103:13 +. +For he knows what we are made of; he realizes we are made of clay. -- psalms 103:14 +. +A person's life is like grass. Like a flower in the field it flourishes, -- psalms 103:15 +. +but when the hot wind blows by, it disappears, and one can no longer even spot the place where it once grew. -- psalms 103:16 +. +But the Lord continually shows loyal love to his faithful followers, and is faithful to their descendants, -- psalms 103:17 +. +to those who keep his covenant, who are careful to obey his commands. -- psalms 103:18 +. +The Lord has established his throne in heaven; his kingdom extends over everything. -- psalms 103:19 +. +Praise the Lord, you angels of his, you powerful warriors who carry out his decrees and obey his orders! -- psalms 103:20 +. +Praise the Lord, all you warriors of his, you servants of his who carry out his desires! -- psalms 103:21 +. +Praise the Lord, all that he has made, in all the regions of his kingdom! Praise the Lord, O my soul! -- psalms 103:22 +. +Praise the Lord, O my soul! O Lord my God, you are magnificent. You are robed in splendor and majesty. -- psalms 104:1 +. +He covers himself with light as if it were a garment. He stretches out the skies like a tent curtain, -- psalms 104:2 +. +and lays the beams of the upper rooms of his palace on the rain clouds. He makes the clouds his chariot, and travels along on the wings of the wind. -- psalms 104:3 +. +He makes the winds his messengers, and the flaming fire his attendant. -- psalms 104:4 +. +He established the earth on its foundations; it will never be upended. -- psalms 104:5 +. +The watery deep covered it like a garment; the waters reached above the mountains. -- psalms 104:6 +. +Your shout made the waters retreat; at the sound of your thunderous voice they hurried off - -- psalms 104:7 +. +as the mountains rose up, and the valleys went down - to the place you appointed for them. -- psalms 104:8 +. +You set up a boundary for them that they could not cross, so that they would not cover the earth again. -- psalms 104:9 +. +He turns springs into streams; they flow between the mountains. -- psalms 104:10 +. +They provide water for all the animals in the field; the wild donkeys quench their thirst. -- psalms 104:11 +. +The birds of the sky live beside them; they chirp among the bushes. -- psalms 104:12 +. +He waters the mountains from the upper rooms of his palace; the earth is full of the fruit you cause to grow. -- psalms 104:13 +. +He provides grass for the cattle, and crops for people to cultivate, so they can produce food from the ground, -- psalms 104:14 +. +as well as wine that makes people feel so good, and so they can have oil to make their faces shine, as well as food that sustains people's lives. -- psalms 104:15 +. +The trees of the Lord receive all the rain they need, the cedars of Lebanon which he planted, -- psalms 104:16 +. +where the birds make nests, near the evergreens in which the herons live. -- psalms 104:17 +. +The wild goats live in the high mountains; the rock badgers find safety in the cliffs. -- psalms 104:18 +. +He made the moon to mark the months, and the sun sets according to a regular schedule. -- psalms 104:19 +. +You make it dark and night comes, during which all the beasts of the forest prowl around. -- psalms 104:20 +. +The lions roar for prey, seeking their food from God. -- psalms 104:21 +. +When the sun rises, they withdraw and sleep in their dens. -- psalms 104:22 +. +Men then go out to do their work, and labor away until evening. -- psalms 104:23 +. +How many living things you have made, O Lord! You have exhibited great skill in making all of them; the earth is full of the living things you have made. -- psalms 104:24 +. +Over here is the deep, wide sea, which teems with innumerable swimming creatures, living things both small and large. -- psalms 104:25 +. +The ships travel there, and over here swims the whale you made to play in it. -- psalms 104:26 +. +All of your creatures wait for you to provide them with food on a regular basis. -- psalms 104:27 +. +You give food to them and they receive it; you open your hand and they are filled with food. -- psalms 104:28 +. +When you ignore them, they panic. When you take away their life's breath, they die and return to dust. -- psalms 104:29 +. +When you send your life-giving breath, they are created, and you replenish the surface of the ground. -- psalms 104:30 +. +May the splendor of the Lord endure! May the Lord find pleasure in the living things he has made! -- psalms 104:31 +. +He looks down on the earth and it shakes; he touches the mountains and they start to smolder. -- psalms 104:32 +. +I will sing to the Lord as long as I live; I will sing praise to my God as long as I exist! -- psalms 104:33 +. +May my thoughts be pleasing to him! I will rejoice in the Lord. -- psalms 104:34 +. +May sinners disappear from the earth, and the wicked vanish! Praise the Lord, O my soul! Praise the Lord! -- psalms 104:35 +. +Give thanks to the Lord! Call on his name! Make known his accomplishments among the nations! -- psalms 105:1 +. +Sing to him! Make music to him! Tell about all his miraculous deeds! -- psalms 105:2 +. +Boast about his holy name! Let the hearts of those who seek the Lord rejoice! -- psalms 105:3 +. +Seek the Lord and the strength he gives! Seek his presence continually! -- psalms 105:4 +. +Recall the miraculous deeds he performed, his mighty acts and the judgments he decreed, -- psalms 105:5 +. +O children of Abraham, God's servant, you descendants of Jacob, God's chosen ones! -- psalms 105:6 +. +He is the Lord our God; he carries out judgment throughout the earth. -- psalms 105:7 +. +He always remembers his covenantal decree, the promise he made to a thousand generations - -- psalms 105:8 +. +the promise he made to Abraham, the promise he made by oath to Isaac! -- psalms 105:9 +. +He gave it to Jacob as a decree, to Israel as a lasting promise, -- psalms 105:10 +. +saying, "To you I will give the land of Canaan as the portion of your inheritance." -- psalms 105:11 +. +When they were few in number, just a very few, and resident aliens within it, -- psalms 105:12 +. +they wandered from nation to nation, and from one kingdom to another. -- psalms 105:13 +. +He let no one oppress them; he disciplined kings for their sake, -- psalms 105:14 +. +saying, "Don't touch my chosen ones! Don't harm my prophets!" -- psalms 105:15 +. +He called down a famine upon the earth; he cut off all the food supply. -- psalms 105:16 +. +He sent a man ahead of them - Joseph was sold as a servant. -- psalms 105:17 +. +The shackles hurt his feet; his neck was placed in an iron collar, -- psalms 105:18 +. +until the time when his prediction came true. The Lord's word proved him right. -- psalms 105:19 +. +The king authorized his release; the ruler of nations set him free. -- psalms 105:20 +. +He put him in charge of his palace, and made him manager of all his property, -- psalms 105:21 +. +giving him authority to imprison his officials and to teach his advisers. -- psalms 105:22 +. +Israel moved to Egypt; Jacob lived for a time in the land of Ham. -- psalms 105:23 +. +The Lord made his people very fruitful, and made them more numerous than their enemies. -- psalms 105:24 +. +He caused them to hate his people, and to mistreat his servants. -- psalms 105:25 +. +He sent his servant Moses, and Aaron, whom he had chosen. -- psalms 105:26 +. +They executed his miraculous signs among them, and his amazing deeds in the land of Ham. -- psalms 105:27 +. +He made it dark; they did not disobey his orders. -- psalms 105:28 +. +He turned their water into blood, and killed their fish. -- psalms 105:29 +. +Their land was overrun by frogs, which even got into the rooms of their kings. -- psalms 105:30 +. +He ordered flies to come; gnats invaded their whole territory. -- psalms 105:31 +. +He sent hail along with the rain; there was lightning in their land. -- psalms 105:32 +. +He destroyed their vines and fig trees, and broke the trees throughout their territory. -- psalms 105:33 +. +He ordered locusts to come, innumerable grasshoppers. -- psalms 105:34 +. +They ate all the vegetation in their land, and devoured the crops of their fields. -- psalms 105:35 +. +He struck down all the firstborn in their land, the firstfruits of their reproductive power. -- psalms 105:36 +. +He brought his people out enriched with silver and gold; none of his tribes stumbled. -- psalms 105:37 +. +Egypt was happy when they left, for they were afraid of them. -- psalms 105:38 +. +He spread out a cloud for a cover, and provided a fire to light up the night. -- psalms 105:39 +. +They asked for food, and he sent quails; he satisfied them with food from the sky. -- psalms 105:40 +. +He opened up a rock and water flowed out; a river ran through dry regions. -- psalms 105:41 +. +Yes, he remembered the sacred promise he made to Abraham his servant. -- psalms 105:42 +. +When he led his people out, they rejoiced; his chosen ones shouted with joy. -- psalms 105:43 +. +He handed the territory of nations over to them, and they took possession of what other peoples had produced, -- psalms 105:44 +. +so that they might keep his commands and obey his laws. Praise the Lord! -- psalms 105:45 +. +Praise the Lord! Give thanks to the Lord, for he is good, and his loyal love endures! -- psalms 106:1 +. +Who can adequately recount the Lord's mighty acts, or relate all his praiseworthy deeds? -- psalms 106:2 +. +How blessed are those who promote justice, and do what is right all the time! -- psalms 106:3 +. +Remember me, O Lord, when you show favor to your people! Pay attention to me, when you deliver, -- psalms 106:4 +. +so I may see the prosperity of your chosen ones, rejoice along with your nation, and boast along with the people who belong to you. -- psalms 106:5 +. +We have sinned like our ancestors; we have done wrong, we have done evil. -- psalms 106:6 +. +Our ancestors in Egypt failed to appreciate your miraculous deeds, they failed to remember your many acts of loyal love, and they rebelled at the sea, by the Red Sea. -- psalms 106:7 +. +Yet he delivered them for the sake of his reputation, that he might reveal his power. -- psalms 106:8 +. +He shouted at the Red Sea and it dried up; he led them through the deep water as if it were a desert. -- psalms 106:9 +. +He delivered them from the power of the one who hated them, and rescued them from the power of the enemy. -- psalms 106:10 +. +The water covered their enemies; not even one of them survived. -- psalms 106:11 +. +They believed his promises; they sang praises to him. -- psalms 106:12 +. +They quickly forgot what he had done; they did not wait for his instructions. -- psalms 106:13 +. +In the wilderness they had an insatiable craving for meat; they challenged God in the desert. -- psalms 106:14 +. +He granted their request, then struck them with a disease. -- psalms 106:15 +. +In the camp they resented Moses, and Aaron, the Lord's holy priest. -- psalms 106:16 +. +The earth opened up and swallowed Dathan; it engulfed the group led by Abiram. -- psalms 106:17 +. +Fire burned their group; the flames scorched the wicked. -- psalms 106:18 +. +They made an image of a calf at Horeb, and worshiped a metal idol. -- psalms 106:19 +. +They traded their majestic God for the image of an ox that eats grass. -- psalms 106:20 +. +They rejected the God who delivered them, the one who performed great deeds in Egypt, -- psalms 106:21 +. +amazing feats in the land of Ham, mighty acts by the Red Sea. -- psalms 106:22 +. +He threatened to destroy them, but Moses, his chosen one, interceded with him and turned back his destructive anger. -- psalms 106:23 +. +They rejected the fruitful land; they did not believe his promise. -- psalms 106:24 +. +They grumbled in their tents; they did not obey the Lord. -- psalms 106:25 +. +So he made a solemn vow that he would make them die in the desert, -- psalms 106:26 +. +make their descendants die among the nations, and scatter them among foreign lands. -- psalms 106:27 +. +They worshiped Baal of Peor, and ate sacrifices offered to the dead. -- psalms 106:28 +. +They made the Lord angry by their actions, and a plague broke out among them. -- psalms 106:29 +. +Phinehas took a stand and intervened, and the plague subsided. -- psalms 106:30 +. +This brought him a reward, an eternal gift. -- psalms 106:31 +. +They made him angry by the waters of Meribah, and Moses suffered because of them, -- psalms 106:32 +. +for they aroused his temper, and he spoke rashly. -- psalms 106:33 +. +They did not destroy the nations, as the Lord had commanded them to do. -- psalms 106:34 +. +They mixed in with the nations and learned their ways. -- psalms 106:35 +. +They worshiped their idols, which became a snare to them. -- psalms 106:36 +. +They sacrificed their sons and daughters to demons. -- psalms 106:37 +. +They shed innocent blood - the blood of their sons and daughters, whom they sacrificed to the idols of Canaan. The land was polluted by bloodshed. -- psalms 106:38 +. +They were defiled by their deeds, and unfaithful in their actions. -- psalms 106:39 +. +So the Lord was angry with his people and despised the people who belong to him. -- psalms 106:40 +. +He handed them over to the nations, and those who hated them ruled over them. -- psalms 106:41 +. +Their enemies oppressed them; they were subject to their authority. -- psalms 106:42 +. +Many times he delivered them, but they had a rebellious attitude, and degraded themselves by their sin. -- psalms 106:43 +. +Yet he took notice of their distress, when he heard their cry for help. -- psalms 106:44 +. +He remembered his covenant with them, and relented because of his great loyal love. -- psalms 106:45 +. +He caused all their conquerors to have pity on them. -- psalms 106:46 +. +Deliver us, O Lord, our God! Gather us from among the nations! Then we will give thanks to your holy name, and boast about your praiseworthy deeds. -- psalms 106:47 +. +The Lord God of Israel deserves praise, in the future and forevermore. Let all the people say, "We agree! Praise the Lord!" -- psalms 106:48 +. +Give thanks to the Lord, for he is good, and his loyal love endures! -- psalms 107:1 +. +Let those delivered by the Lord speak out, those whom he delivered from the power of the enemy, -- psalms 107:2 +. +and gathered from foreign lands, from east and west, from north and south. -- psalms 107:3 +. +They wandered through the wilderness on a desert road; they found no city in which to live. -- psalms 107:4 +. +They were hungry and thirsty; they fainted from exhaustion. -- psalms 107:5 +. +They cried out to the Lord in their distress; he delivered them from their troubles. -- psalms 107:6 +. +He led them on a level road, that they might find a city in which to live. -- psalms 107:7 +. +Let them give thanks to the Lord for his loyal love, and for the amazing things he has done for people! -- psalms 107:8 +. +For he has satisfied those who thirst, and those who hunger he has filled with food. -- psalms 107:9 +. +They sat in utter darkness, bound in painful iron chains, -- psalms 107:10 +. +because they had rebelled against God's commands, and rejected the instructions of the sovereign king. -- psalms 107:11 +. +So he used suffering to humble them; they stumbled and no one helped them up. -- psalms 107:12 +. +They cried out to the Lord in their distress; he delivered them from their troubles. -- psalms 107:13 +. +He brought them out of the utter darkness, and tore off their shackles. -- psalms 107:14 +. +Let them give thanks to the Lord for his loyal love, and for the amazing things he has done for people! -- psalms 107:15 +. +For he shattered the bronze gates, and hacked through the iron bars. -- psalms 107:16 +. +They acted like fools in their rebellious ways, and suffered because of their sins. -- psalms 107:17 +. +They lost their appetite for all food, and they drew near the gates of death. -- psalms 107:18 +. +They cried out to the Lord in their distress; he delivered them from their troubles. -- psalms 107:19 +. +He sent them an assuring word and healed them; he rescued them from the pits where they were trapped. -- psalms 107:20 +. +Let them give thanks to the Lord for his loyal love, and for the amazing things he has done for people! -- psalms 107:21 +. +Let them present thank offerings, and loudly proclaim what he has done! -- psalms 107:22 +. +Some traveled on the sea in ships, and carried cargo over the vast waters. -- psalms 107:23 +. +They witnessed the acts of the Lord, his amazing feats on the deep water. -- psalms 107:24 +. +He gave the order for a windstorm, and it stirred up the waves of the sea. -- psalms 107:25 +. +They reached up to the sky, then dropped into the depths. The sailors' strength left them because the danger was so great. -- psalms 107:26 +. +They swayed and staggered like a drunk, and all their skill proved ineffective. -- psalms 107:27 +. +They cried out to the Lord in their distress; he delivered them from their troubles. -- psalms 107:28 +. +He calmed the storm, and the waves grew silent. -- psalms 107:29 +. +The sailors rejoiced because the waves grew quiet, and he led them to the harbor they desired. -- psalms 107:30 +. +Let them give thanks to the Lord for his loyal love, and for the amazing things he has done for people! -- psalms 107:31 +. +Let them exalt him in the assembly of the people! Let them praise him in the place where the leaders preside! -- psalms 107:32 +. +He turned streams into a desert, springs of water into arid land, -- psalms 107:33 +. +and a fruitful land into a barren place, because of the sin of its inhabitants. -- psalms 107:34 +. +As for his people, he turned a desert into a pool of water, and a dry land into springs of water. -- psalms 107:35 +. +He allowed the hungry to settle there, and they established a city in which to live. -- psalms 107:36 +. +They cultivated fields, and planted vineyards, which yielded a harvest of fruit. -- psalms 107:37 +. +He blessed them so that they became very numerous. He would not allow their cattle to decrease in number. -- psalms 107:38 +. +As for their enemies, they decreased in number and were beaten down, because of painful distress and suffering. -- psalms 107:39 +. +He would pour contempt upon princes, and he made them wander in a wasteland with no road. -- psalms 107:40 +. +Yet he protected the needy from oppression, and cared for his families like a flock of sheep. -- psalms 107:41 +. +When the godly see this, they rejoice, and every sinner shuts his mouth. -- psalms 107:42 +. +Whoever is wise, let him take note of these things! Let them consider the Lord's acts of loyal love! -- psalms 107:43 +. +A song, a psalm of David. I am determined, O God! I will sing and praise you with my whole heart. -- psalms 108:1 +. +Awake, O stringed instrument and harp! I will wake up at dawn! -- psalms 108:2 +. +I will give you thanks before the nations, O Lord! I will sing praises to you before foreigners! -- psalms 108:3 +. +For your loyal love extends beyond the sky, and your faithfulness reaches the clouds. -- psalms 108:4 +. +Rise up above the sky, O God! May your splendor cover the whole earth! -- psalms 108:5 +. +Deliver by your power and answer me, so that the ones you love may be safe. -- psalms 108:6 +. +God has spoken in his sanctuary: "I will triumph! I will parcel out Shechem, the valley of Succoth I will measure off. -- psalms 108:7 +. +Gilead belongs to me, as does Manasseh! Ephraim is my helmet, Judah my royal scepter. -- psalms 108:8 +. +Moab is my wash basin. I will make Edom serve me. I will shout in triumph over Philistia." -- psalms 108:9 +. +Who will lead me into the fortified city? Who will bring me to Edom? -- psalms 108:10 +. +Have you not rejected us, O God? O God, you do not go into battle with our armies. -- psalms 108:11 +. +Give us help against the enemy, for any help men might offer is futile. -- psalms 108:12 +. +By God's power we will conquer; he will trample down our enemies. -- psalms 108:13 +. +For the music director, a psalm of David. O God whom I praise, do not ignore me! -- psalms 109:1 +. +For they say cruel and deceptive things to me; they lie to me. -- psalms 109:2 +. +They surround me and say hateful things; they attack me for no reason. -- psalms 109:3 +. +They repay my love with accusations, but I continue to pray. -- psalms 109:4 +. +They repay me evil for good, and hate for love. -- psalms 109:5 +. +Appoint an evil man to testify against him! May an accuser stand at his right side! -- psalms 109:6 +. +When he is judged, he will be found guilty! Then his prayer will be regarded as sinful. -- psalms 109:7 +. +May his days be few! May another take his job! -- psalms 109:8 +. +May his children be fatherless, and his wife a widow! -- psalms 109:9 +. +May his children roam around begging, asking for handouts as they leave their ruined home! -- psalms 109:10 +. +May the creditor seize all he owns! May strangers loot his property! -- psalms 109:11 +. +May no one show him kindness! May no one have compassion on his fatherless children! -- psalms 109:12 +. +May his descendants be cut off! May the memory of them be wiped out by the time the next generation arrives! -- psalms 109:13 +. +May his ancestors' sins be remembered by the Lord! May his mother's sin not be forgotten! -- psalms 109:14 +. +May the Lord be constantly aware of them, and cut off the memory of his children from the earth! -- psalms 109:15 +. +For he never bothered to show kindness; he harassed the oppressed and needy, and killed the disheartened. -- psalms 109:16 +. +He loved to curse others, so those curses have come upon him. He had no desire to bless anyone, so he has experienced no blessings. -- psalms 109:17 +. +He made cursing a way of life, so curses poured into his stomach like water and seeped into his bones like oil. -- psalms 109:18 +. +May a curse attach itself to him, like a garment one puts on, or a belt one wears continually! -- psalms 109:19 +. +May the Lord repay my accusers in this way, those who say evil things about me! -- psalms 109:20 +. +O sovereign Lord, intervene on my behalf for the sake of your reputation! Because your loyal love is good, deliver me! -- psalms 109:21 +. +For I am oppressed and needy, and my heart beats violently within me. -- psalms 109:22 +. +I am fading away like a shadow at the end of the day; I am shaken off like a locust. -- psalms 109:23 +. +I am so starved my knees shake; I have turned into skin and bones. -- psalms 109:24 +. +I am disdained by them. When they see me, they shake their heads. -- psalms 109:25 +. +Help me, O Lord my God! Because you are faithful to me, deliver me! -- psalms 109:26 +. +Then they will realize this is your work, and that you, Lord, have accomplished it. -- psalms 109:27 +. +They curse, but you will bless. When they attack, they will be humiliated, but your servant will rejoice. -- psalms 109:28 +. +My accusers will be covered with shame, and draped in humiliation as if it were a robe. -- psalms 109:29 +. +I will thank the Lord profusely, in the middle of a crowd I will praise him, -- psalms 109:30 +. +because he stands at the right hand of the needy, to deliver him from those who threaten his life. -- psalms 109:31 +. +A psalm of David. Here is the Lord's proclamation to my lord: "Sit down at my right hand until I make your enemies your footstool!" -- psalms 110:1 +. +The Lord extends your dominion from Zion. Rule in the midst of your enemies! -- psalms 110:2 +. +Your people willingly follow you when you go into battle. On the holy hills at sunrise the dew of your youth belongs to you. -- psalms 110:3 +. +The Lord makes this promise on oath and will not revoke it: "You are an eternal priest after the pattern of Melchizedek." -- psalms 110:4 +. +O sovereign Lord, at your right hand he strikes down kings in the day he unleashes his anger. -- psalms 110:5 +. +He executes judgment against the nations; he fills the valleys with corpses; he shatters their heads over the vast battlefield. -- psalms 110:6 +. +From the stream along the road he drinks; then he lifts up his head. -- psalms 110:7 +. +Praise the Lord! I will give thanks to the Lord with my whole heart, in the assembly of the godly and the congregation. -- psalms 111:1 +. +The Lord's deeds are great, eagerly awaited by all who desire them. -- psalms 111:2 +. +His work is majestic and glorious, and his faithfulness endures forever. -- psalms 111:3 +. +He does amazing things that will be remembered; the Lord is merciful and compassionate. -- psalms 111:4 +. +He gives food to his faithful followers; he always remembers his covenant. -- psalms 111:5 +. +He announced that he would do mighty deeds for his people, giving them a land that belonged to other nations. -- psalms 111:6 +. +His acts are characterized by faithfulness and justice; all his precepts are reliable. -- psalms 111:7 +. +They are forever firm, and should be faithfully and properly carried out. -- psalms 111:8 +. +He delivered his people; he ordained that his covenant be observed forever. His name is holy and awesome. -- psalms 111:9 +. +To obey the Lord is the fundamental principle for wise living; all who carry out his precepts acquire good moral insight. He will receive praise forever. -- psalms 111:10 +. +Praise the Lord! How blessed is the one who obeys the Lord, who takes great delight in keeping his commands. -- psalms 112:1 +. +His descendants will be powerful on the earth; the godly will be blessed. -- psalms 112:2 +. +His house contains wealth and riches; his integrity endures. -- psalms 112:3 +. +In the darkness a light shines for the godly, for each one who is merciful, compassionate, and just. -- psalms 112:4 +. +It goes well for the one who generously lends money, and conducts his business honestly. -- psalms 112:5 +. +For he will never be upended; others will always remember one who is just. -- psalms 112:6 +. +He does not fear bad news. He is confident; he trusts in the Lord. -- psalms 112:7 +. +His resolve is firm; he will not succumb to fear before he looks in triumph on his enemies. -- psalms 112:8 +. +He generously gives to the needy; his integrity endures. He will be vindicated and honored. -- psalms 112:9 +. +When the wicked see this, they will worry; they will grind their teeth in frustration and melt away; the desire of the wicked will perish. -- psalms 112:10 +. +Praise the Lord! Praise, you servants of the Lord, praise the name of the Lord! -- psalms 113:1 +. +May the Lord's name be praised now and forevermore! -- psalms 113:2 +. +From east to west the Lord's name is deserving of praise. -- psalms 113:3 +. +The Lord is exalted over all the nations; his splendor reaches beyond the sky. -- psalms 113:4 +. +Who can compare to the Lord our God, who sits on a high throne? -- psalms 113:5 +. +He bends down to look at the sky and the earth. -- psalms 113:6 +. +He raises the poor from the dirt, and lifts up the needy from the garbage pile, -- psalms 113:7 +. +that he might seat him with princes, with the princes of his people. -- psalms 113:8 +. +He makes the barren woman of the family a happy mother of children. Praise the Lord! -- psalms 113:9 +. +When Israel left Egypt, when the family of Jacob left a foreign nation behind, -- psalms 114:1 +. +Judah became his sanctuary, Israel his kingdom. -- psalms 114:2 +. +The sea looked and fled; the Jordan River turned back. -- psalms 114:3 +. +The mountains skipped like rams, the hills like lambs. -- psalms 114:4 +. +Why do you flee, O sea? Why do you turn back, O Jordan River? -- psalms 114:5 +. +Why do you skip like rams, O mountains, like lambs, O hills? -- psalms 114:6 +. +Tremble, O earth, before the Lord - before the God of Jacob, -- psalms 114:7 +. +who turned a rock into a pool of water, a hard rock into springs of water! -- psalms 114:8 +. +Not to us, O Lord, not to us! But to your name bring honor, for the sake of your loyal love and faithfulness. -- psalms 115:1 +. +Why should the nations say, "Where is their God?" -- psalms 115:2 +. +Our God is in heaven! He does whatever he pleases! -- psalms 115:3 +. +Their idols are made of silver and gold - they are man-made. -- psalms 115:4 +. +They have mouths, but cannot speak, eyes, but cannot see, -- psalms 115:5 +. +ears, but cannot hear, noses, but cannot smell, -- psalms 115:6 +. +hands, but cannot touch, feet, but cannot walk. They cannot even clear their throats. -- psalms 115:7 +. +Those who make them will end up like them, as will everyone who trusts in them. -- psalms 115:8 +. +O Israel, trust in the Lord! He is their deliverer and protector. -- psalms 115:9 +. +O family of Aaron, trust in the Lord! He is their deliverer and protector. -- psalms 115:10 +. +You loyal followers of the Lord, trust in the Lord! He is their deliverer and protector. -- psalms 115:11 +. +The Lord takes notice of us, he will bless - he will bless the family of Israel, he will bless the family of Aaron. -- psalms 115:12 +. +He will bless his loyal followers, both young and old. -- psalms 115:13 +. +May he increase your numbers, yours and your children's! -- psalms 115:14 +. +May you be blessed by the Lord, the creator of heaven and earth! -- psalms 115:15 +. +The heavens belong to the Lord, but the earth he has given to mankind. -- psalms 115:16 +. +The dead do not praise the Lord, nor do any of those who descend into the silence of death. -- psalms 115:17 +. +But we will praise the Lord now and forevermore. Praise the Lord! -- psalms 115:18 +. +I love the Lord because he heard my plea for mercy, -- psalms 116:1 +. +and listened to me. As long as I live, I will call to him when I need help. -- psalms 116:2 +. +The ropes of death tightened around me, the snares of Sheol confronted me. I was confronted with trouble and sorrow. -- psalms 116:3 +. +I called on the name of the Lord, "Please Lord, rescue my life!" -- psalms 116:4 +. +The Lord is merciful and fair; our God is compassionate. -- psalms 116:5 +. +The Lord protects the untrained; I was in serious trouble and he delivered me. -- psalms 116:6 +. +Rest once more, my soul, for the Lord has vindicated you. -- psalms 116:7 +. +Yes, Lord, you rescued my life from death, and kept my feet from stumbling. -- psalms 116:8 +. +I will serve the Lord in the land of the living. -- psalms 116:9 +. +I had faith when I said, "I am severely oppressed." -- psalms 116:10 +. +I rashly declared, "All men are liars." -- psalms 116:11 +. +How can I repay the Lord for all his acts of kindness to me? -- psalms 116:12 +. +I will celebrate my deliverance, and call on the name of the Lord. -- psalms 116:13 +. +I will fulfill my vows to the Lord before all his people. -- psalms 116:14 +. +The Lord values the lives of his faithful followers. -- psalms 116:15 +. +Yes, Lord! I am indeed your servant; I am your lowest slave. You saved me from death. -- psalms 116:16 +. +I will present a thank offering to you, and call on the name of the Lord. -- psalms 116:17 +. +I will fulfill my vows to the Lord before all his people, -- psalms 116:18 +. +in the courts of the Lord's temple, in your midst, O Jerusalem. Praise the Lord! -- psalms 116:19 +. +Praise the Lord, all you nations! Applaud him, all you foreigners! -- psalms 117:1 +. +For his loyal love towers over us, and the Lord's faithfulness endures. Praise the Lord! -- psalms 117:2 +. +Give thanks to the Lord, for he is good and his loyal love endures! -- psalms 118:1 +. +Let Israel say, "Yes, his loyal love endures!" -- psalms 118:2 +. +Let the family of Aaron say, "Yes, his loyal love endures!" -- psalms 118:3 +. +Let the loyal followers of the Lord say, "Yes, his loyal love endures!" -- psalms 118:4 +. +In my distress I cried out to the Lord. The Lord answered me and put me in a wide open place. -- psalms 118:5 +. +The Lord is on my side, I am not afraid! What can people do to me? -- psalms 118:6 +. +The Lord is on my side as my helper. I look in triumph on those who hate me. -- psalms 118:7 +. +It is better to take shelter in the Lord than to trust in people. -- psalms 118:8 +. +It is better to take shelter in the Lord than to trust in princes. -- psalms 118:9 +. +All the nations surrounded me. Indeed, in the name of the Lord I pushed them away. -- psalms 118:10 +. +They surrounded me, yes, they surrounded me. Indeed, in the name of the Lord I pushed them away. -- psalms 118:11 +. +They surrounded me like bees. But they disappeared as quickly as a fire among thorns. Indeed, in the name of the Lord I pushed them away. -- psalms 118:12 +. +"You aggressively attacked me and tried to knock me down, but the Lord helped me. -- psalms 118:13 +. +The Lord gives me strength and protects me; he has become my deliverer." -- psalms 118:14 +. +They celebrate deliverance in the tents of the godly. The Lord's right hand conquers, -- psalms 118:15 +. +the Lord's right hand gives victory, the Lord's right hand conquers. -- psalms 118:16 +. +I will not die, but live, and I will proclaim what the Lord has done. -- psalms 118:17 +. +The Lord severely punished me, but he did not hand me over to death. -- psalms 118:18 +. +Open for me the gates of the just king's temple! I will enter through them and give thanks to the Lord. -- psalms 118:19 +. +This is the Lord's gate - the godly enter through it. -- psalms 118:20 +. +I will give you thanks, for you answered me, and have become my deliverer. -- psalms 118:21 +. +The stone which the builders discarded has become the cornerstone. -- psalms 118:22 +. +This is the Lord's work. We consider it amazing! -- psalms 118:23 +. +This is the day the Lord has brought about. We will be happy and rejoice in it. -- psalms 118:24 +. +Please Lord, deliver! Please Lord, grant us success! -- psalms 118:25 +. +May the one who comes in the name of the Lord be blessed! We will pronounce blessings on you in the Lord's temple. -- psalms 118:26 +. +The Lord is God and he has delivered us. Tie the offering with ropes to the horns of the altar! -- psalms 118:27 +. +You are my God and I will give you thanks! You are my God and I will praise you! -- psalms 118:28 +. +Give thanks to the Lord, for he is good and his loyal love endures! -- psalms 118:29 +. +(Alef) How blessed are those whose actions are blameless, who obey the law of the Lord. -- psalms 119:1 +. +How blessed are those who observe his rules, and seek him with all their heart, -- psalms 119:2 +. +who, moreover, do no wrong, but follow in his footsteps. -- psalms 119:3 +. +You demand that your precepts be carefully kept. -- psalms 119:4 +. +If only I were predisposed to keep your statutes! -- psalms 119:5 +. +Then I would not be ashamed, if I were focused on all your commands. -- psalms 119:6 +. +I will give you sincere thanks, when I learn your just regulations. -- psalms 119:7 +. +I will keep your statutes. Do not completely abandon me! -- psalms 119:8 +. +(Bet) How can a young person maintain a pure life? By guarding it according to your instructions! -- psalms 119:9 +. +With all my heart I seek you. Do not allow me to stray from your commands! -- psalms 119:10 +. +In my heart I store up your words, so I might not sin against you. -- psalms 119:11 +. +You deserve praise, O Lord! Teach me your statutes! -- psalms 119:12 +. +With my lips I proclaim all the regulations you have revealed. -- psalms 119:13 +. +I rejoice in the lifestyle prescribed by your rules as if they were riches of all kinds. -- psalms 119:14 +. +I will meditate on your precepts and focus on your behavior. -- psalms 119:15 +. +I find delight in your statutes; I do not forget your instructions. -- psalms 119:16 +. +(Gimel) Be kind to your servant! Then I will live and keep your instructions. -- psalms 119:17 +. +Open my eyes so I can truly see the marvelous things in your law! -- psalms 119:18 +. +I am like a foreigner in this land. Do not hide your commands from me! -- psalms 119:19 +. +I desperately long to know your regulations at all times. -- psalms 119:20 +. +You reprimand arrogant people. Those who stray from your commands are doomed. -- psalms 119:21 +. +Spare me shame and humiliation, for I observe your rules. -- psalms 119:22 +. +Though rulers plot and slander me, your servant meditates on your statutes. -- psalms 119:23 +. +Yes, I find delight in your rules; they give me guidance. -- psalms 119:24 +. +(Dalet) I collapse in the dirt. Revive me with your word! -- psalms 119:25 +. +I told you about my ways and you answered me. Teach me your statutes! -- psalms 119:26 +. +Help me to understand what your precepts mean! Then I can meditate on your marvelous teachings. -- psalms 119:27 +. +I collapse from grief. Sustain me by your word! -- psalms 119:28 +. +Remove me from the path of deceit! Graciously give me your law! -- psalms 119:29 +. +I choose the path of faithfulness; I am committed to your regulations. -- psalms 119:30 +. +I hold fast to your rules. O Lord, do not let me be ashamed! -- psalms 119:31 +. +I run along the path of your commands, for you enable me to do so. -- psalms 119:32 +. +(He) Teach me, O Lord, the lifestyle prescribed by your statutes, so that I might observe it continually. -- psalms 119:33 +. +Give me understanding so that I might observe your law, and keep it with all my heart. -- psalms 119:34 +. +Guide me in the path of your commands, for I delight to walk in it. -- psalms 119:35 +. +Give me a desire for your rules, rather than for wealth gained unjustly. -- psalms 119:36 +. +Turn my eyes away from what is worthless! Revive me with your word! -- psalms 119:37 +. +Confirm to your servant your promise, which you made to the one who honors you. -- psalms 119:38 +. +Take away the insults that I dread! Indeed, your regulations are good. -- psalms 119:39 +. +Look, I long for your precepts. Revive me with your deliverance! -- psalms 119:40 +. +(Vav) May I experience your loyal love, O Lord, and your deliverance, as you promised. -- psalms 119:41 +. +Then I will have a reply for the one who insults me, for I trust in your word. -- psalms 119:42 +. +Do not completely deprive me of a truthful testimony, for I await your justice. -- psalms 119:43 +. +Then I will keep your law continually now and for all time. -- psalms 119:44 +. +I will be secure, for I seek your precepts. -- psalms 119:45 +. +I will speak about your regulations before kings and not be ashamed. -- psalms 119:46 +. +I will find delight in your commands, which I love. -- psalms 119:47 +. +I will lift my hands to your commands, which I love, and I will meditate on your statutes. -- psalms 119:48 +. +(Zayin) Remember your word to your servant, for you have given me hope. -- psalms 119:49 +. +This is what comforts me in my trouble, for your promise revives me. -- psalms 119:50 +. +Arrogant people do nothing but scoff at me. Yet I do not turn aside from your law. -- psalms 119:51 +. +I remember your ancient regulations, O Lord, and console myself. -- psalms 119:52 +. +Rage takes hold of me because of the wicked, those who reject your law. -- psalms 119:53 +. +Your statutes have been my songs in the house where I live. -- psalms 119:54 +. +I remember your name during the night, O Lord, and I will keep your law. -- psalms 119:55 +. +This has been my practice, for I observe your precepts. -- psalms 119:56 +. +(Khet) The Lord is my source of security. I have determined to follow your instructions. -- psalms 119:57 +. +I seek your favor with all my heart. Have mercy on me as you promised! -- psalms 119:58 +. +I consider my actions and follow your rules. -- psalms 119:59 +. +I keep your commands eagerly and without delay. -- psalms 119:60 +. +The ropes of the wicked tighten around me, but I do not forget your law. -- psalms 119:61 +. +In the middle of the night I arise to thank you for your just regulations. -- psalms 119:62 +. +I am a friend to all your loyal followers, and to those who keep your precepts. -- psalms 119:63 +. +O Lord, your loyal love fills the earth. Teach me your statutes! -- psalms 119:64 +. +(Tet) You are good to your servant, O Lord, just as you promised. -- psalms 119:65 +. +Teach me proper discernment and understanding! For I consider your commands to be reliable. -- psalms 119:66 +. +Before I was afflicted I used to stray off, but now I keep your instructions. -- psalms 119:67 +. +You are good and you do good. Teach me your statutes! -- psalms 119:68 +. +Arrogant people smear my reputation with lies, but I observe your precepts with all my heart. -- psalms 119:69 +. +Their hearts are calloused, but I find delight in your law. -- psalms 119:70 +. +It was good for me to suffer, so that I might learn your statutes. -- psalms 119:71 +. +The law you have revealed is more important to me than thousands of pieces of gold and silver. -- psalms 119:72 +. +(Yod) Your hands made me and formed me. Give me understanding so that I might learn your commands. -- psalms 119:73 +. +Your loyal followers will be glad when they see me, for I find hope in your word. -- psalms 119:74 +. +I know, Lord, that your regulations are just. You disciplined me because of your faithful devotion to me. -- psalms 119:75 +. +May your loyal love console me, as you promised your servant. -- psalms 119:76 +. +May I experience your compassion, so I might live! For I find delight in your law. -- psalms 119:77 +. +May the arrogant be humiliated, for they have slandered me! But I meditate on your precepts. -- psalms 119:78 +. +May your loyal followers turn to me, those who know your rules. -- psalms 119:79 +. +May I be fully committed to your statutes, so that I might not be ashamed. -- psalms 119:80 +. +(Kaf) I desperately long for your deliverance. I find hope in your word. -- psalms 119:81 +. +My eyes grow tired as I wait for your promise to be fulfilled. I say, "When will you comfort me?" -- psalms 119:82 +. +For I am like a wineskin dried up in smoke. I do not forget your statutes. -- psalms 119:83 +. +How long must your servant endure this? When will you judge those who pursue me? -- psalms 119:84 +. +The arrogant dig pits to trap me, which violates your law. -- psalms 119:85 +. +All your commands are reliable. I am pursued without reason. Help me! -- psalms 119:86 +. +They have almost destroyed me here on the earth, but I do not reject your precepts. -- psalms 119:87 +. +Revive me with your loyal love, that I might keep the rules you have revealed. -- psalms 119:88 +. +(Lamed) O Lord, your instructions endure; they stand secure in heaven. -- psalms 119:89 +. +You demonstrate your faithfulness to all generations. You established the earth and it stood firm. -- psalms 119:90 +. +Today they stand firm by your decrees, for all things are your servants. -- psalms 119:91 +. +If I had not found encouragement in your law, I would have died in my sorrow. -- psalms 119:92 +. +I will never forget your precepts, for by them you have revived me. -- psalms 119:93 +. +I belong to you. Deliver me! For I seek your precepts. -- psalms 119:94 +. +The wicked prepare to kill me, yet I concentrate on your rules. -- psalms 119:95 +. +I realize that everything has its limits, but your commands are beyond full comprehension. -- psalms 119:96 +. +(Mem) O how I love your law! All day long I meditate on it. -- psalms 119:97 +. +Your commandments make me wiser than my enemies, for I am always aware of them. -- psalms 119:98 +. +I have more insight than all my teachers, for I meditate on your rules. -- psalms 119:99 +. +I am more discerning than those older than I, for I observe your precepts. -- psalms 119:100 +. +I stay away from the evil path, so that I might keep your instructions. -- psalms 119:101 +. +I do not turn aside from your regulations, for you teach me. -- psalms 119:102 +. +Your words are sweeter in my mouth than honey! -- psalms 119:103 +. +Your precepts give me discernment. Therefore I hate all deceitful actions. -- psalms 119:104 +. +(Nun) Your word is a lamp to walk by, and a light to illumine my path. -- psalms 119:105 +. +I have vowed and solemnly sworn to keep your just regulations. -- psalms 119:106 +. +I am suffering terribly. O Lord, revive me with your word! -- psalms 119:107 +. +O Lord, please accept the freewill offerings of my praise! Teach me your regulations! -- psalms 119:108 +. +My life is in continual danger, but I do not forget your law. -- psalms 119:109 +. +The wicked lay a trap for me, but I do not wander from your precepts. -- psalms 119:110 +. +I claim your rules as my permanent possession, for they give me joy. -- psalms 119:111 +. +I am determined to obey your statutes at all times, to the very end. -- psalms 119:112 +. +(Samek) I hate people with divided loyalties, but I love your law. -- psalms 119:113 +. +You are my hiding place and my shield. I find hope in your word. -- psalms 119:114 +. +Turn away from me, you evil men, so that I can observe the commands of my God. -- psalms 119:115 +. +Sustain me as you promised, so that I will live. Do not disappoint me! -- psalms 119:116 +. +Support me, so that I will be delivered. Then I will focus on your statutes continually. -- psalms 119:117 +. +You despise all who stray from your statutes, for they are deceptive and unreliable. -- psalms 119:118 +. +You remove all the wicked of the earth like slag. Therefore I love your rules. -- psalms 119:119 +. +My body trembles because I fear you; I am afraid of your judgments. -- psalms 119:120 +. +(Ayin) I do what is fair and right. Do not abandon me to my oppressors! -- psalms 119:121 +. +Guarantee the welfare of your servant! Do not let the arrogant oppress me! -- psalms 119:122 +. +My eyes grow tired as I wait for your deliverance, for your reliable promise to be fulfilled. -- psalms 119:123 +. +Show your servant your loyal love! Teach me your statutes! -- psalms 119:124 +. +I am your servant. Give me insight, so that I can understand your rules. -- psalms 119:125 +. +It is time for the Lord to act - they break your law! -- psalms 119:126 +. +For this reason I love your commands more than gold, even purest gold. -- psalms 119:127 +. +For this reason I carefully follow all your precepts. I hate all deceitful actions. -- psalms 119:128 +. +(Pe) Your rules are marvelous. Therefore I observe them. -- psalms 119:129 +. +Your instructions are a doorway through which light shines. They give insight to the untrained. -- psalms 119:130 +. +I open my mouth and pant, because I long for your commands. -- psalms 119:131 +. +Turn toward me and extend mercy to me, as you typically do to your loyal followers. -- psalms 119:132 +. +Direct my steps by your word! Do not let any sin dominate me! -- psalms 119:133 +. +Deliver me from oppressive men, so that I can keep your precepts. -- psalms 119:134 +. +Smile on your servant! Teach me your statutes! -- psalms 119:135 +. +Tears stream down from my eyes, because people do not keep your law. -- psalms 119:136 +. +(Tsade) You are just, O Lord, and your judgments are fair. -- psalms 119:137 +. +The rules you impose are just, and absolutely reliable. -- psalms 119:138 +. +My zeal consumes me, for my enemies forget your instructions. -- psalms 119:139 +. +Your word is absolutely pure, and your servant loves it! -- psalms 119:140 +. +I am insignificant and despised, yet I do not forget your precepts. -- psalms 119:141 +. +Your justice endures, and your law is reliable. -- psalms 119:142 +. +Distress and hardship confront me, yet I find delight in your commands. -- psalms 119:143 +. +Your rules remain just. Give me insight so that I can live. -- psalms 119:144 +. +(Qof) I cried out with all my heart, "Answer me, O Lord! I will observe your statutes." -- psalms 119:145 +. +I cried out to you, "Deliver me, so that I can keep your rules." -- psalms 119:146 +. +I am up before dawn crying for help. I find hope in your word. -- psalms 119:147 +. +My eyes anticipate the nighttime hours, so that I can meditate on your word. -- psalms 119:148 +. +Listen to me because of your loyal love! O Lord, revive me, as you typically do! -- psalms 119:149 +. +Those who are eager to do wrong draw near; they are far from your law. -- psalms 119:150 +. +You are near, O Lord, and all your commands are reliable. -- psalms 119:151 +. +I learned long ago that you ordained your rules to last. -- psalms 119:152 +. +(Resh) See my pain and rescue me! For I do not forget your law. -- psalms 119:153 +. +Fight for me and defend me! Revive me with your word! -- psalms 119:154 +. +The wicked have no chance for deliverance, for they do not seek your statutes. -- psalms 119:155 +. +Your compassion is great, O Lord. Revive me, as you typically do! -- psalms 119:156 +. +The enemies who chase me are numerous. Yet I do not turn aside from your rules. -- psalms 119:157 +. +I take note of the treacherous and despise them, because they do not keep your instructions. -- psalms 119:158 +. +See how I love your precepts! O Lord, revive me with your loyal love! -- psalms 119:159 +. +Your instructions are totally reliable; all your just regulations endure. -- psalms 119:160 +. +(Sin/Shin) Rulers pursue me for no reason, yet I am more afraid of disobeying your instructions. -- psalms 119:161 +. +I rejoice in your instructions, like one who finds much plunder. -- psalms 119:162 +. +I hate and despise deceit; I love your law. -- psalms 119:163 +. +Seven times a day I praise you because of your just regulations. -- psalms 119:164 +. +Those who love your law are completely secure; nothing causes them to stumble. -- psalms 119:165 +. +I hope for your deliverance, O Lord, and I obey your commands. -- psalms 119:166 +. +I keep your rules; I love them greatly. -- psalms 119:167 +. +I keep your precepts and rules, for you are aware of everything I do. -- psalms 119:168 +. +(Tav) Listen to my cry for help, O Lord! Give me insight by your word! -- psalms 119:169 +. +Listen to my appeal for mercy! Deliver me, as you promised. -- psalms 119:170 +. +May praise flow freely from my lips, for you teach me your statutes. -- psalms 119:171 +. +May my tongue sing about your instructions, for all your commands are just. -- psalms 119:172 +. +May your hand help me, for I choose to obey your precepts. -- psalms 119:173 +. +I long for your deliverance, O Lord; I find delight in your law. -- psalms 119:174 +. +May I live and praise you! May your regulations help me! -- psalms 119:175 +. +I have wandered off like a lost sheep. Come looking for your servant, for I do not forget your commands. -- psalms 119:176 +. +A song of ascents. In my distress I cried out to the Lord and he answered me. -- psalms 120:1 +. +I said, "O Lord, rescue me from those who lie with their lips and those who deceive with their tongue. -- psalms 120:2 +. +How will he severely punish you, you deceptive talker? -- psalms 120:3 +. +Here's how! With the sharp arrows of warriors, with arrowheads forged over the hot coals. -- psalms 120:4 +. +How miserable I am! For I have lived temporarily in Meshech; I have resided among the tents of Kedar. -- psalms 120:5 +. +For too long I have had to reside with those who hate peace. -- psalms 120:6 +. +I am committed to peace, but when I speak, they want to make war. -- psalms 120:7 +. +A song of ascents. I look up toward the hills. From where does my help come? -- psalms 121:1 +. +My help comes from the Lord, the Creator of heaven and earth! -- psalms 121:2 +. +May he not allow your foot to slip! May your protector not sleep! -- psalms 121:3 +. +Look! Israel's protector does not sleep or slumber! -- psalms 121:4 +. +The Lord is your protector; the Lord is the shade at your right hand. -- psalms 121:5 +. +The sun will not harm you by day, or the moon by night. -- psalms 121:6 +. +The Lord will protect you from all harm; he will protect your life. -- psalms 121:7 +. +The Lord will protect you in all you do, now and forevermore. -- psalms 121:8 +. +A song of ascents, by David. I was glad because they said to me, "We will go to the Lord's temple." -- psalms 122:1 +. +Our feet are standing inside your gates, O Jerusalem. -- psalms 122:2 +. +Jerusalem is a city designed to accommodate an assembly. -- psalms 122:3 +. +The tribes go up there, the tribes of the Lord, where it is required that Israel give thanks to the name of the Lord. -- psalms 122:4 +. +Indeed, the leaders sit there on thrones and make legal decisions, on the thrones of the house of David. -- psalms 122:5 +. +Pray for the peace of Jerusalem! May those who love her prosper! -- psalms 122:6 +. +May there be peace inside your defenses, and prosperity inside your fortresses! -- psalms 122:7 +. +For the sake of my brothers and my neighbors I will say, "May there be peace in you!" -- psalms 122:8 +. +For the sake of the temple of the Lord our God I will pray for you to prosper. -- psalms 122:9 +. +A song of ascents. I look up toward you, the one enthroned in heaven. -- psalms 123:1 +. +Look, as the eyes of servants look to the hand of their master, as the eyes of a female servant look to the hand of her mistress, so my eyes will look to the Lord, our God, until he shows us favor. -- psalms 123:2 +. +Show us favor, O Lord, show us favor! For we have had our fill of humiliation, and then some. -- psalms 123:3 +. +We have had our fill of the taunts of the self-assured, of the contempt of the proud. -- psalms 123:4 +. +A song of ascents, by David. "If the Lord had not been on our side" - let Israel say this! - -- psalms 124:1 +. +if the Lord had not been on our side, when men attacked us, -- psalms 124:2 +. +they would have swallowed us alive, when their anger raged against us. -- psalms 124:3 +. +The water would have overpowered us; the current would have overwhelmed us. -- psalms 124:4 +. +The raging water would have overwhelmed us. -- psalms 124:5 +. +The Lord deserves praise, for he did not hand us over as prey to their teeth. -- psalms 124:6 +. +We escaped with our lives, like a bird from a hunter's snare. The snare broke, and we escaped. -- psalms 124:7 +. +Our deliverer is the Lord, the Creator of heaven and earth. -- psalms 124:8 +. +A song of ascents. Those who trust in the Lord are like Mount Zion; it cannot be upended and will endure forever. -- psalms 125:1 +. +As the mountains surround Jerusalem, so the Lord surrounds his people, now and forevermore. -- psalms 125:2 +. +Indeed, the scepter of a wicked king will not settle upon the allotted land of the godly. Otherwise the godly might do what is wrong. -- psalms 125:3 +. +Do good, O Lord, to those who are good, to the morally upright! -- psalms 125:4 +. +As for those who are bent on traveling a sinful path, may the Lord remove them, along with those who behave wickedly! May Israel experience peace! -- psalms 125:5 +. +A song of ascents. When the Lord restored the well-being of Zion, we thought we were dreaming. -- psalms 126:1 +. +At that time we laughed loudly and shouted for joy. At that time the nations said, "The Lord has accomplished great things for these people." -- psalms 126:2 +. +The Lord did indeed accomplish great things for us. We were happy. -- psalms 126:3 +. +O Lord, restore our well-being, just as the streams in the arid south are replenished. -- psalms 126:4 +. +Those who shed tears as they plant will shout for joy when they reap the harvest. -- psalms 126:5 +. +The one who weeps as he walks along, carrying his bag of seed, will certainly come in with a shout of joy, carrying his sheaves of grain. -- psalms 126:6 +. +A song of ascents, by Solomon. If the Lord does not build a house, then those who build it work in vain. If the Lord does not guard a city, then the watchman stands guard in vain. -- psalms 127:1 +. +It is vain for you to rise early, come home late, and work so hard for your food. Yes, he can provide for those whom he loves even when they sleep. -- psalms 127:2 +. +Yes, sons are a gift from the Lord, the fruit of the womb is a reward. -- psalms 127:3 +. +Sons born during one's youth are like arrows in a warrior's hand. -- psalms 127:4 +. +How blessed is the man who fills his quiver with them! They will not be put to shame when they confront enemies at the city gate. -- psalms 127:5 +. +A song of ascents. How blessed is every one of the Lord's loyal followers, each one who keeps his commands! -- psalms 128:1 +. +You will eat what you worked so hard to grow. You will be blessed and secure. -- psalms 128:2 +. +Your wife will be like a fruitful vine in the inner rooms of your house; your children will be like olive branches, as they sit all around your table. -- psalms 128:3 +. +Yes indeed, the man who fears the Lord will be blessed in this way. -- psalms 128:4 +. +May the Lord bless you from Zion, that you might see Jerusalem prosper all the days of your life, -- psalms 128:5 +. +and that you might see your grandchildren. May Israel experience peace! -- psalms 128:6 +. +A song of ascents. "Since my youth they have often attacked me," let Israel say. -- psalms 129:1 +. +"Since my youth they have often attacked me, but they have not defeated me. -- psalms 129:2 +. +The plowers plowed my back; they made their furrows long. -- psalms 129:3 +. +The Lord is just; he cut the ropes of the wicked." -- psalms 129:4 +. +May all who hate Zion be humiliated and turned back! -- psalms 129:5 +. +May they be like the grass on the rooftops which withers before one can even pull it up, -- psalms 129:6 +. +which cannot fill the reaper's hand, or the lap of the one who gathers the grain! -- psalms 129:7 +. +Those who pass by will not say, "May you experience the Lord's blessing! We pronounce a blessing on you in the name of the Lord." -- psalms 129:8 +. +A song of ascents. From the deep water I cry out to you, O Lord. -- psalms 130:1 +. +O Lord, listen to me! Pay attention to my plea for mercy! -- psalms 130:2 +. +If you, O Lord, were to keep track of sins, O Lord, who could stand before you? -- psalms 130:3 +. +But you are willing to forgive, so that you might be honored. -- psalms 130:4 +. +I rely on the Lord, I rely on him with my whole being; I wait for his assuring word. -- psalms 130:5 +. +I yearn for the Lord, more than watchmen do for the morning, yes, more than watchmen do for the morning. -- psalms 130:6 +. +O Israel, hope in the Lord, for the Lord exhibits loyal love, and is more than willing to deliver. -- psalms 130:7 +. +He will deliver Israel from all the consequences of their sins. -- psalms 130:8 +. +A song of ascents, by David. O Lord, my heart is not proud, nor do I have a haughty look. I do not have great aspirations, or concern myself with things that are beyond me. -- psalms 131:1 +. +Indeed I am composed and quiet, like a young child carried by its mother; I am content like the young child I carry. -- psalms 131:2 +. +O Israel, hope in the Lord now and forevermore! -- psalms 131:3 +. +A song of ascents. O Lord, for David's sake remember all his strenuous effort, -- psalms 132:1 +. +and how he made a vow to the Lord, and swore an oath to the powerful ruler of Jacob. -- psalms 132:2 +. +He said, "I will not enter my own home, or get into my bed. -- psalms 132:3 +. +I will not allow my eyes to sleep, or my eyelids to slumber, -- psalms 132:4 +. +until I find a place for the Lord, a fine dwelling place for the powerful ruler of Jacob." -- psalms 132:5 +. +Look, we heard about it in Ephrathah, we found it in the territory of Jaar. -- psalms 132:6 +. +Let us go to his dwelling place! Let us worship before his footstool! -- psalms 132:7 +. +Ascend, O Lord, to your resting place, you and the ark of your strength! -- psalms 132:8 +. +May your priests be clothed with integrity! May your loyal followers shout for joy! -- psalms 132:9 +. +For the sake of David, your servant, do not reject your chosen king! -- psalms 132:10 +. +The Lord made a reliable promise to David; he will not go back on his word. He said, "I will place one of your descendants on your throne. -- psalms 132:11 +. +If your sons keep my covenant and the rules I teach them, their sons will also sit on your throne forever." -- psalms 132:12 +. +Certainly the Lord has chosen Zion; he decided to make it his home. -- psalms 132:13 +. +He said, "This will be my resting place forever; I will live here, for I have chosen it. -- psalms 132:14 +. +I will abundantly supply what she needs; I will give her poor all the food they need. -- psalms 132:15 +. +I will protect her priests, and her godly people will shout exuberantly. -- psalms 132:16 +. +There I will make David strong; I have determined that my chosen king's dynasty will continue. -- psalms 132:17 +. +I will humiliate his enemies, and his crown will shine. -- psalms 132:18 +. +A song of ascents, by David. Look! How good and how pleasant it is when brothers live together! -- psalms 133:1 +. +It is like fine oil poured on the head which flows down the beard - Aaron's beard, and then flows down his garments. -- psalms 133:2 +. +It is like the dew of Hermon, which flows down upon the hills of Zion. Indeed that is where the Lord has decreed a blessing will be available - eternal life. -- psalms 133:3 +. +A song of ascents. Attention! Praise the Lord, all you servants of the Lord, who serve in the Lord's temple during the night. -- psalms 134:1 +. +Lift your hands toward the sanctuary and praise the Lord! -- psalms 134:2 +. +May the Lord, the Creator of heaven and earth, bless you from Zion! -- psalms 134:3 +. +Praise the Lord! Praise the name of the Lord! Offer praise, you servants of the Lord, -- psalms 135:1 +. +who serve in the Lord's temple, in the courts of the temple of our God. -- psalms 135:2 +. +Praise the Lord, for the Lord is good! Sing praises to his name, for it is pleasant! -- psalms 135:3 +. +Indeed, the Lord has chosen Jacob for himself, Israel to be his special possession. -- psalms 135:4 +. +Yes, I know the Lord is great, and our Lord is superior to all gods. -- psalms 135:5 +. +He does whatever he pleases in heaven and on earth, in the seas and all the ocean depths. -- psalms 135:6 +. +He causes the clouds to arise from the end of the earth, makes lightning bolts accompany the rain, and brings the wind out of his storehouses. -- psalms 135:7 +. +He struck down the firstborn of Egypt, including both men and animals. -- psalms 135:8 +. +He performed awesome deeds and acts of judgment in your midst, O Egypt, against Pharaoh and all his servants. -- psalms 135:9 +. +He defeated many nations, and killed mighty kings - -- psalms 135:10 +. +Sihon, king of the Amorites, and Og, king of Bashan, and all the kingdoms of Canaan. -- psalms 135:11 +. +He gave their land as an inheritance, as an inheritance to Israel his people. -- psalms 135:12 +. +O Lord, your name endures, your reputation, O Lord, lasts. -- psalms 135:13 +. +For the Lord vindicates his people, and has compassion on his servants. -- psalms 135:14 +. +The nations' idols are made of silver and gold, they are man-made. -- psalms 135:15 +. +They have mouths, but cannot speak, eyes, but cannot see, -- psalms 135:16 +. +and ears, but cannot hear. Indeed, they cannot breathe. -- psalms 135:17 +. +Those who make them will end up like them, as will everyone who trusts in them. -- psalms 135:18 +. +O family of Israel, praise the Lord! O family of Aaron, praise the Lord! -- psalms 135:19 +. +O family of Levi, praise the Lord! You loyal followers of the Lord, praise the Lord! -- psalms 135:20 +. +The Lord deserves praise in Zion - he who dwells in Jerusalem. Praise the Lord! -- psalms 135:21 +. +Give thanks to the Lord, for he is good, for his loyal love endures. -- psalms 136:1 +. +Give thanks to the God of gods, for his loyal love endures. -- psalms 136:2 +. +Give thanks to the Lord of lords, for his loyal love endures, -- psalms 136:3 +. +to the one who performs magnificent, amazing deeds all by himself, for his loyal love endures, -- psalms 136:4 +. +to the one who used wisdom to make the heavens, for his loyal love endures, -- psalms 136:5 +. +to the one who spread out the earth over the water, for his loyal love endures, -- psalms 136:6 +. +to the one who made the great lights, for his loyal love endures, -- psalms 136:7 +. +the sun to rule by day, for his loyal love endures, -- psalms 136:8 +. +the moon and stars to rule by night, for his loyal love endures, -- psalms 136:9 +. +to the one who struck down the firstborn of Egypt, for his loyal love endures, -- psalms 136:10 +. +and led Israel out from their midst, for his loyal love endures, -- psalms 136:11 +. +with a strong hand and an outstretched arm, for his loyal love endures, -- psalms 136:12 +. +to the one who divided the Red Sea in two, for his loyal love endures, -- psalms 136:13 +. +and led Israel through its midst, for his loyal love endures, -- psalms 136:14 +. +and tossed Pharaoh and his army into the Red Sea, for his loyal love endures, -- psalms 136:15 +. +to the one who led his people through the wilderness, for his loyal love endures, -- psalms 136:16 +. +to the one who struck down great kings, for his loyal love endures, -- psalms 136:17 +. +and killed powerful kings, for his loyal love endures, -- psalms 136:18 +. +Sihon, king of the Amorites, for his loyal love endures, -- psalms 136:19 +. +Og, king of Bashan, for his loyal love endures, -- psalms 136:20 +. +and gave their land as an inheritance, for his loyal love endures, -- psalms 136:21 +. +as an inheritance to Israel his servant, for his loyal love endures, -- psalms 136:22 +. +to the one who remembered us when we were down, for his loyal love endures, -- psalms 136:23 +. +and snatched us away from our enemies, for his loyal love endures, -- psalms 136:24 +. +to the one who gives food to all living things, for his loyal love endures. -- psalms 136:25 +. +Give thanks to the God of heaven, for his loyal love endures! -- psalms 136:26 +. +By the rivers of Babylon we sit down and weep when we remember Zion. -- psalms 137:1 +. +On the poplars in her midst we hang our harps, -- psalms 137:2 +. +for there our captors ask us to compose songs; those who mock us demand that we be happy, saying: "Sing for us a song about Zion!" -- psalms 137:3 +. +How can we sing a song to the Lord in a foreign land? -- psalms 137:4 +. +If I forget you, O Jerusalem, may my right hand be crippled! -- psalms 137:5 +. +May my tongue stick to the roof of my mouth, if I do not remember you, and do not give Jerusalem priority over whatever gives me the most joy. -- psalms 137:6 +. +Remember, O Lord, what the Edomites did on the day Jerusalem fell. They said, "Tear it down, tear it down, right to its very foundation!" -- psalms 137:7 +. +O daughter Babylon, soon to be devastated! How blessed will be the one who repays you for what you dished out to us! -- psalms 137:8 +. +How blessed will be the one who grabs your babies and smashes them on a rock! -- psalms 137:9 +. +By David. I will give you thanks with all my heart; before the heavenly assembly I will sing praises to you. -- psalms 138:1 +. +I will bow down toward your holy temple, and give thanks to your name, because of your loyal love and faithfulness, for you have exalted your promise above the entire sky. -- psalms 138:2 +. +When I cried out for help, you answered me. You made me bold and energized me. -- psalms 138:3 +. +Let all the kings of the earth give thanks to you, O Lord, when they hear the words you speak. -- psalms 138:4 +. +Let them sing about the Lord's deeds, for the Lord's splendor is magnificent. -- psalms 138:5 +. +Though the Lord is exalted, he takes note of the lowly, and recognizes the proud from far away. -- psalms 138:6 +. +Even when I must walk in the midst of danger, you revive me. You oppose my angry enemies, and your right hand delivers me. -- psalms 138:7 +. +The Lord avenges me. O Lord, your loyal love endures. Do not abandon those whom you have made! -- psalms 138:8 +. +For the music director, a psalm of David. O Lord, you examine me and know. -- psalms 139:1 +. +You know when I sit down and when I get up; even from far away you understand my motives. -- psalms 139:2 +. +You carefully observe me when I travel or when I lie down to rest; you are aware of everything I do. -- psalms 139:3 +. +Certainly my tongue does not frame a word without you, O Lord, being thoroughly aware of it. -- psalms 139:4 +. +You squeeze me in from behind and in front; you place your hand on me. -- psalms 139:5 +. +Your knowledge is beyond my comprehension; it is so far beyond me, I am unable to fathom it. -- psalms 139:6 +. +Where can I go to escape your spirit? Where can I flee to escape your presence? -- psalms 139:7 +. +If I were to ascend to heaven, you would be there. If I were to sprawl out in Sheol, there you would be. -- psalms 139:8 +. +If I were to fly away on the wings of the dawn, and settle down on the other side of the sea, -- psalms 139:9 +. +even there your hand would guide me, your right hand would grab hold of me. -- psalms 139:10 +. +If I were to say, "Certainly the darkness will cover me, and the light will turn to night all around me," -- psalms 139:11 +. +even the darkness is not too dark for you to see, and the night is as bright as day; darkness and light are the same to you. -- psalms 139:12 +. +Certainly you made my mind and heart; you wove me together in my mother's womb. -- psalms 139:13 +. +I will give you thanks because your deeds are awesome and amazing. You knew me thoroughly; -- psalms 139:14 +. +my bones were not hidden from you, when I was made in secret and sewed together in the depths of the earth. -- psalms 139:15 +. +Your eyes saw me when I was inside the womb. All the days ordained for me were recorded in your scroll before one of them came into existence. -- psalms 139:16 +. +How difficult it is for me to fathom your thoughts about me, O God! How vast is their sum total! -- psalms 139:17 +. +If I tried to count them, they would outnumber the grains of sand. Even if I finished counting them, I would still have to contend with you. -- psalms 139:18 +. +If only you would kill the wicked, O God! Get away from me, you violent men! -- psalms 139:19 +. +They rebel against you and act deceitfully; your enemies lie. -- psalms 139:20 +. +O Lord, do I not hate those who hate you, and despise those who oppose you? -- psalms 139:21 +. +I absolutely hate them, they have become my enemies! -- psalms 139:22 +. +Examine me, and probe my thoughts! Test me, and know my concerns! -- psalms 139:23 +. +See if there is any idolatrous tendency in me, and lead me in the reliable ancient path! -- psalms 139:24 +. +For the music director; a psalm of David. O Lord, rescue me from wicked men! Protect me from violent men, -- psalms 140:1 +. +who plan ways to harm me. All day long they stir up conflict. -- psalms 140:2 +. +Their tongues wound like a serpent; a viper's venom is behind their lips. (Selah) -- psalms 140:3 +. +O Lord, shelter me from the power of the wicked! Protect me from violent men, who plan to knock me over. -- psalms 140:4 +. +Proud men hide a snare for me; evil men spread a net by the path; they set traps for me. (Selah) -- psalms 140:5 +. +I say to the Lord, "You are my God." O Lord, pay attention to my plea for mercy! -- psalms 140:6 +. +O sovereign Lord, my strong deliverer, you shield my head in the day of battle. -- psalms 140:7 +. +O Lord, do not let the wicked have their way! Do not allow their plan to succeed when they attack! (Selah) -- psalms 140:8 +. +As for the heads of those who surround me - may the harm done by their lips overwhelm them! -- psalms 140:9 +. +May he rain down fiery coals upon them! May he throw them into the fire! From bottomless pits they will not escape. -- psalms 140:10 +. +A slanderer will not endure on the earth; calamity will hunt down a violent man and strike him down. -- psalms 140:11 +. +I know that the Lord defends the cause of the oppressed and vindicates the poor. -- psalms 140:12 +. +Certainly the godly will give thanks to your name; the morally upright will live in your presence. -- psalms 140:13 +. +A psalm of David. O Lord, I cry out to you. Come quickly to me! Pay attention to me when I cry out to you! -- psalms 141:1 +. +May you accept my prayer like incense, my uplifted hands like the evening offering! -- psalms 141:2 +. +O Lord, place a guard on my mouth! Protect the opening of my lips! -- psalms 141:3 +. +Do not let me have evil desires, or participate in sinful activities with men who behave wickedly. I will not eat their delicacies. -- psalms 141:4 +. +May the godly strike me in love and correct me! May my head not refuse choice oil! Indeed, my prayer is a witness against their evil deeds. -- psalms 141:5 +. +They will be thrown down the side of a cliff by their judges. They will listen to my words, for they are pleasant. -- psalms 141:6 +. +As when one plows and breaks up the soil, so our bones are scattered at the mouth of Sheol. -- psalms 141:7 +. +Surely I am looking to you, O sovereign Lord. In you I take shelter. Do not expose me to danger! -- psalms 141:8 +. +Protect me from the snare they have laid for me, and the traps the evildoers have set. -- psalms 141:9 +. +Let the wicked fall into their own nets, while I escape. -- psalms 141:10 +. +A well-written song by David, when he was in the cave; a prayer. To the Lord I cry out; to the Lord I plead for mercy. -- psalms 142:1 +. +I pour out my lament before him; I tell him about my troubles. -- psalms 142:2 +. +Even when my strength leaves me, you watch my footsteps. In the path where I walk they have hidden a trap for me. -- psalms 142:3 +. +Look to the right and see! No one cares about me. I have nowhere to run; no one is concerned about my life. -- psalms 142:4 +. +I cry out to you, O Lord; I say, "You are my shelter, my security in the land of the living." -- psalms 142:5 +. +Listen to my cry for help, for I am in serious trouble! Rescue me from those who chase me, for they are stronger than I am. -- psalms 142:6 +. +Free me from prison, that I may give thanks to your name. Because of me the godly will assemble, for you will vindicate me. -- psalms 142:7 +. +A psalm of David. O Lord, hear my prayer! Pay attention to my plea for help! Because of your faithfulness and justice, answer me! -- psalms 143:1 +. +Do not sit in judgment on your servant, for no one alive is innocent before you. -- psalms 143:2 +. +Certainly my enemies chase me. They smash me into the ground. They force me to live in dark regions, like those who have been dead for ages. -- psalms 143:3 +. +My strength leaves me; I am absolutely shocked. -- psalms 143:4 +. +I recall the old days; I meditate on all you have done; I reflect on your accomplishments. -- psalms 143:5 +. +I spread my hands out to you in prayer; my soul thirsts for you in a parched land. -- psalms 143:6 +. +Answer me quickly, Lord! My strength is fading. Do not reject me, or I will join those descending into the grave. -- psalms 143:7 +. +May I hear about your loyal love in the morning, for I trust in you. Show me the way I should go, because I long for you. -- psalms 143:8 +. +Rescue me from my enemies, O Lord! I run to you for protection. -- psalms 143:9 +. +Teach me to do what pleases you, for you are my God. May your kind presence lead me into a level land. -- psalms 143:10 +. +O Lord, for the sake of your reputation, revive me! Because of your justice, rescue me from trouble! -- psalms 143:11 +. +As a demonstration of your loyal love, destroy my enemies! Annihilate all who threaten my life, for I am your servant. -- psalms 143:12 +. +By David. The Lord, my protector, deserves praise - the one who trains my hands for battle, and my fingers for war, -- psalms 144:1 +. +who loves me and is my stronghold, my refuge and my deliverer, my shield and the one in whom I take shelter, who makes nations submit to me. -- psalms 144:2 +. +O Lord, of what importance is the human race, that you should notice them? Of what importance is mankind, that you should be concerned about them? -- psalms 144:3 +. +People are like a vapor, their days like a shadow that disappears. -- psalms 144:4 +. +O Lord, make the sky sink and come down! Touch the mountains and make them smolder! -- psalms 144:5 +. +Hurl lightning bolts and scatter them! Shoot your arrows and rout them! -- psalms 144:6 +. +Reach down from above! Grab me and rescue me from the surging water, from the power of foreigners, -- psalms 144:7 +. +who speak lies, and make false promises. -- psalms 144:8 +. +O God, I will sing a new song to you! Accompanied by a ten-stringed instrument, I will sing praises to you, -- psalms 144:9 +. +the one who delivers kings, and rescued David his servant from a deadly sword. -- psalms 144:10 +. +Grab me and rescue me from the power of foreigners, who speak lies, and make false promises. -- psalms 144:11 +. +Then our sons will be like plants, that quickly grow to full size. Our daughters will be like corner pillars, carved like those in a palace. -- psalms 144:12 +. +Our storehouses will be full, providing all kinds of food. Our sheep will multiply by the thousands and fill our pastures. -- psalms 144:13 +. +Our cattle will be weighted down with produce. No one will break through our walls, no one will be taken captive, and there will be no terrified cries in our city squares. -- psalms 144:14 +. +How blessed are the people who experience these things! How blessed are the people whose God is the Lord! -- psalms 144:15 +. +A psalm of praise, by David. I will extol you, my God, O king! I will praise your name continually! -- psalms 145:1 +. +Every day I will praise you! I will praise your name continually! -- psalms 145:2 +. +The Lord is great and certainly worthy of praise! No one can fathom his greatness! -- psalms 145:3 +. +One generation will praise your deeds to another, and tell about your mighty acts! -- psalms 145:4 +. +I will focus on your honor and majestic splendor, and your amazing deeds! -- psalms 145:5 +. +They will proclaim the power of your awesome acts! I will declare your great deeds! -- psalms 145:6 +. +They will talk about the fame of your great kindness, and sing about your justice. -- psalms 145:7 +. +The Lord is merciful and compassionate; he is patient and demonstrates great loyal love. -- psalms 145:8 +. +The Lord is good to all, and has compassion on all he has made. -- psalms 145:9 +. +All he has made will give thanks to the Lord. Your loyal followers will praise you. -- psalms 145:10 +. +They will proclaim the splendor of your kingdom; they will tell about your power, -- psalms 145:11 +. +so that mankind might acknowledge your mighty acts, and the majestic splendor of your kingdom. -- psalms 145:12 +. +Your kingdom is an eternal kingdom, and your dominion endures through all generations. -- psalms 145:13 +. +The Lord supports all who fall, and lifts up all who are bent over. -- psalms 145:14 +. +Everything looks to you in anticipation, and you provide them with food on a regular basis. -- psalms 145:15 +. +You open your hand, and fill every living thing with the food they desire. -- psalms 145:16 +. +The Lord is just in all his actions, and exhibits love in all he does. -- psalms 145:17 +. +The Lord is near all who cry out to him, all who cry out to him sincerely. -- psalms 145:18 +. +He satisfies the desire of his loyal followers; he hears their cry for help and delivers them. -- psalms 145:19 +. +The Lord protects those who love him, but he destroys all the wicked. -- psalms 145:20 +. +My mouth will praise the Lord. Let all who live praise his holy name forever! -- psalms 145:21 +. +Praise the Lord! Praise the Lord, O my soul! -- psalms 146:1 +. +I will praise the Lord as long as I live! I will sing praises to my God as long as I exist! -- psalms 146:2 +. +Do not trust in princes, or in human beings, who cannot deliver! -- psalms 146:3 +. +Their life's breath departs, they return to the ground; on that day their plans die. -- psalms 146:4 +. +How blessed is the one whose helper is the God of Jacob, whose hope is in the Lord his God, -- psalms 146:5 +. +the one who made heaven and earth, the sea, and all that is in them, who remains forever faithful, -- psalms 146:6 +. +vindicates the oppressed, and gives food to the hungry. The Lord releases the imprisoned. -- psalms 146:7 +. +The Lord gives sight to the blind. The Lord lifts up all who are bent over. The Lord loves the godly. -- psalms 146:8 +. +The Lord protects those residing outside their native land; he lifts up the fatherless and the widow, but he opposes the wicked. -- psalms 146:9 +. +The Lord rules forever, your God, O Zion, throughout the generations to come! Praise the Lord! -- psalms 146:10 +. +Praise the Lord, for it is good to sing praises to our God! Yes, praise is pleasant and appropriate! -- psalms 147:1 +. +The Lord rebuilds Jerusalem, and gathers the exiles of Israel. -- psalms 147:2 +. +He heals the brokenhearted, and bandages their wounds. -- psalms 147:3 +. +He counts the number of the stars; he names all of them. -- psalms 147:4 +. +Our Lord is great and has awesome power; there is no limit to his wisdom. -- psalms 147:5 +. +The Lord lifts up the oppressed, but knocks the wicked to the ground. -- psalms 147:6 +. +Offer to the Lord a song of thanks! Sing praises to our God to the accompaniment of a harp! -- psalms 147:7 +. +He covers the sky with clouds, provides the earth with rain, and causes grass to grow on the hillsides. -- psalms 147:8 +. +He gives food to the animals, and to the young ravens when they chirp. -- psalms 147:9 +. +He is not enamored with the strength of a horse, nor is he impressed by the warrior's strong legs. -- psalms 147:10 +. +The Lord takes delight in his faithful followers, and in those who wait for his loyal love. -- psalms 147:11 +. +Extol the Lord, O Jerusalem! Praise your God, O Zion! -- psalms 147:12 +. +For he makes the bars of your gates strong. He blesses your children within you. -- psalms 147:13 +. +He brings peace to your territory. He abundantly provides for you the best grain. -- psalms 147:14 +. +He sends his command through the earth; swiftly his order reaches its destination. -- psalms 147:15 +. +He sends the snow that is white like wool; he spreads the frost that is white like ashes. -- psalms 147:16 +. +He throws his hailstones like crumbs. Who can withstand the cold wind he sends? -- psalms 147:17 +. +He then orders it all to melt; he breathes on it, and the water flows. -- psalms 147:18 +. +He proclaims his word to Jacob, his statutes and regulations to Israel. -- psalms 147:19 +. +He has not done so with any other nation; they are not aware of his regulations. Praise the Lord! -- psalms 147:20 +. +Praise the Lord! Praise the Lord from the sky! Praise him in the heavens! -- psalms 148:1 +. +Praise him, all his angels! Praise him, all his heavenly assembly! -- psalms 148:2 +. +Praise him, O sun and moon! Praise him, all you shiny stars! -- psalms 148:3 +. +Praise him, O highest heaven, and you waters above the sky! -- psalms 148:4 +. +Let them praise the name of the Lord, for he gave the command and they came into existence. -- psalms 148:5 +. +He established them so they would endure; he issued a decree that will not be revoked. -- psalms 148:6 +. +Praise the Lord from the earth, you sea creatures and all you ocean depths, -- psalms 148:7 +. +O fire and hail, snow and clouds, O stormy wind that carries out his orders, -- psalms 148:8 +. +you mountains and all you hills, you fruit trees and all you cedars, -- psalms 148:9 +. +you animals and all you cattle, you creeping things and birds, -- psalms 148:10 +. +you kings of the earth and all you nations, you princes and all you leaders on the earth, -- psalms 148:11 +. +you young men and young women, you elderly, along with you children! -- psalms 148:12 +. +Let them praise the name of the Lord, for his name alone is exalted; his majesty extends over the earth and sky. -- psalms 148:13 +. +He has made his people victorious, and given all his loyal followers reason to praise - the Israelites, the people who are close to him. Praise the Lord! -- psalms 148:14 +. +Praise the Lord! Sing to the Lord a new song! Praise him in the assembly of the godly! -- psalms 149:1 +. +Let Israel rejoice in their Creator! Let the people of Zion delight in their king! -- psalms 149:2 +. +Let them praise his name with dancing! Let them sing praises to him to the accompaniment of the tambourine and harp! -- psalms 149:3 +. +For the Lord takes delight in his people; he exalts the oppressed by delivering them. -- psalms 149:4 +. +Let the godly rejoice because of their vindication! Let them shout for joy upon their beds! -- psalms 149:5 +. +May they praise God while they hold a two-edged sword in their hand, -- psalms 149:6 +. +in order to take revenge on the nations, and punish foreigners. -- psalms 149:7 +. +They bind their kings in chains, and their nobles in iron shackles, -- psalms 149:8 +. +and execute the judgment to which their enemies have been sentenced. All his loyal followers will be vindicated. Praise the Lord! -- psalms 149:9 +. +Praise the Lord! Praise God in his sanctuary! Praise him in the sky, which testifies to his strength! -- psalms 150:1 +. +Praise him for his mighty acts! Praise him for his surpassing greatness! -- psalms 150:2 +. +Praise him with the blast of the horn! Praise him with the lyre and the harp! -- psalms 150:3 +. +Praise him with the tambourine and with dancing! Praise him with stringed instruments and the flute! -- psalms 150:4 +. +Praise him with loud cymbals! Praise him with clanging cymbals! -- psalms 150:5 +. +Let everything that has breath praise the Lord! Praise the Lord! -- psalms 150:6 +. +The Proverbs of Solomon son of David, king of Israel: -- proverbs 1:1 +. +To learn wisdom and moral instruction, and to discern wise counsel. -- proverbs 1:2 +. +To receive moral instruction in skillful living, in righteousness, justice, and equity. -- proverbs 1:3 +. +To impart shrewdness to the morally naive, and a discerning plan to the young person. -- proverbs 1:4 +. +(Let the wise also hear and gain instruction, and let the discerning acquire guidance!) -- proverbs 1:5 +. +To discern the meaning of a proverb and a parable, the sayings of the wise and their riddles. -- proverbs 1:6 +. +Fearing the Lord is the beginning of moral knowledge, but fools despise wisdom and instruction. -- proverbs 1:7 +. +Listen, my child, to the instruction from your father, and do not forsake the teaching from your mother. -- proverbs 1:8 +. +For they will be like an elegant garland on your head, and like pendants around your neck. -- proverbs 1:9 +. +My child, if sinners try to entice you, do not consent! -- proverbs 1:10 +. +If they say, "Come with us! We will lie in wait to shed blood; we will ambush an innocent person capriciously. -- proverbs 1:11 +. +We will swallow them alive like Sheol, those full of vigor like those going down to the Pit. -- proverbs 1:12 +. +We will seize all kinds of precious wealth; we will fill our houses with plunder. -- proverbs 1:13 +. +Join with us! We will all share equally in what we steal." -- proverbs 1:14 +. +My child, do not go down their way, withhold yourself from their path; -- proverbs 1:15 +. +for they are eager to inflict harm, and they hasten to shed blood. -- proverbs 1:16 +. +Surely it is futile to spread a net in plain sight of any bird, -- proverbs 1:17 +. +but these men lie in wait for their own blood, they ambush their own lives! -- proverbs 1:18 +. +Such are the ways of all who gain profit unjustly; it takes away the life of those who obtain it! -- proverbs 1:19 +. +Wisdom calls out in the street, she shouts loudly in the plazas; -- proverbs 1:20 +. +at the head of the noisy streets she calls, in the entrances of the gates in the city she utters her words: -- proverbs 1:21 +. +"How long will you simpletons love naivete? How long will mockers delight in mockery and fools hate knowledge? -- proverbs 1:22 +. +If only you will respond to my rebuke, then I will pour out my thoughts to you and I will make my words known to you. -- proverbs 1:23 +. +However, because I called but you refused to listen, because I stretched out my hand but no one paid attention, -- proverbs 1:24 +. +because you neglected all my advice, and did not comply with my rebuke, -- proverbs 1:25 +. +so I myself will laugh when disaster strikes you, I will mock when what you dread comes, -- proverbs 1:26 +. +when what you dread comes like a whirlwind, and disaster strikes you like a devastating storm, when distressing trouble comes on you. -- proverbs 1:27 +. +Then they will call to me, but I will not answer; they will diligently seek me, but they will not find me. -- proverbs 1:28 +. +Because they hated moral knowledge, and did not choose to fear the Lord, -- proverbs 1:29 +. +they did not comply with my advice, they spurned all my rebuke. -- proverbs 1:30 +. +Therefore they will eat from the fruit of their way, and they will be stuffed full of their own counsel. -- proverbs 1:31 +. +For the waywardness of the simpletons will kill them, and the careless ease of fools will destroy them. -- proverbs 1:32 +. +But the one who listens to me will live in security, and will be at ease from the dread of harm. -- proverbs 1:33 +. +My child, if you receive my words, and store up my commands within you, -- proverbs 2:1 +. +by making your ear attentive to wisdom, and by turning your heart to understanding, -- proverbs 2:2 +. +indeed, if you call out for discernment - raise your voice for understanding - -- proverbs 2:3 +. +if you seek it like silver, and search for it like hidden treasure, -- proverbs 2:4 +. +then you will understand how to fear the Lord, and you will discover knowledge about God. -- proverbs 2:5 +. +For the Lord gives wisdom, and from his mouth comes knowledge and understanding. -- proverbs 2:6 +. +He stores up effective counsel for the upright, and is like a shield for those who live with integrity, -- proverbs 2:7 +. +to guard the paths of the righteous and to protect the way of his pious ones. -- proverbs 2:8 +. +Then you will understand righteousness and justice and equity - every good way. -- proverbs 2:9 +. +For wisdom will enter your heart, and moral knowledge will be attractive to you. -- proverbs 2:10 +. +Discretion will protect you, understanding will guard you, -- proverbs 2:11 +. +to deliver you from the way of the wicked, from those speaking perversity, -- proverbs 2:12 +. +who leave the upright paths to walk on the dark ways, -- proverbs 2:13 +. +who delight in doing evil, they rejoice in perverse evil; -- proverbs 2:14 +. +whose paths are morally crooked, and who are devious in their ways; -- proverbs 2:15 +. +to deliver you from the adulteress, from the sexually loose woman who speaks flattering words; -- proverbs 2:16 +. +who leaves the husband from her younger days, and forgets her marriage covenant made before God. -- proverbs 2:17 +. +For her house sinks down to death, and her paths lead to the place of the departed spirits. -- proverbs 2:18 +. +None who go in to her will return, nor will they reach the paths of life. -- proverbs 2:19 +. +So you will walk in the way of good people, and will keep on the paths of the righteous. -- proverbs 2:20 +. +For the upright will reside in the land, and those with integrity will remain in it, -- proverbs 2:21 +. +but the wicked will be removed from the land, and the treacherous will be torn away from it. -- proverbs 2:22 +. +My child, do not forget my teaching, but let your heart keep my commandments, -- proverbs 3:1 +. +for they will provide a long and full life, and they will add well-being to you. -- proverbs 3:2 +. +Do not let truth and mercy leave you; bind them around your neck, write them on the tablet of your heart. -- proverbs 3:3 +. +Then you will find favor and good understanding, in the sight of God and people. -- proverbs 3:4 +. +Trust in the Lord with all your heart, and do not rely on your own understanding. -- proverbs 3:5 +. +Acknowledge him in all your ways, and he will make your paths straight. -- proverbs 3:6 +. +Do not be wise in your own estimation; fear the Lord and turn away from evil. -- proverbs 3:7 +. +This will bring healing to your body, and refreshment to your inner self. -- proverbs 3:8 +. +Honor the Lord from your wealth and from the first fruits of all your crops; -- proverbs 3:9 +. +then your barns will be filled completely, and your vats will overflow with new wine. -- proverbs 3:10 +. +My child, do not despise discipline from the Lord, and do not loathe his rebuke. -- proverbs 3:11 +. +For the Lord disciplines those he loves, just as a father disciplines the son in whom he delights. -- proverbs 3:12 +. +Blessed is the one who finds wisdom, and the one who obtains understanding. -- proverbs 3:13 +. +For her benefit is more profitable than silver, and her gain is better than gold. -- proverbs 3:14 +. +She is more precious than rubies, and none of the things you desire can compare with her. -- proverbs 3:15 +. +Long life is in her right hand; in her left hand are riches and honor. -- proverbs 3:16 +. +Her ways are very pleasant, and all her paths are peaceful. -- proverbs 3:17 +. +She is like a tree of life to those who obtain her, and everyone who grasps hold of her will be blessed. -- proverbs 3:18 +. +By wisdom the Lord laid the foundation of the earth; he established the heavens by understanding. -- proverbs 3:19 +. +By his knowledge the primordial sea was broken open, and the clouds drip down dew. -- proverbs 3:20 +. +My child, do not let them escape from your sight; safeguard sound wisdom and discretion. -- proverbs 3:21 +. +So they will give life to you, and grace to adorn your neck. -- proverbs 3:22 +. +Then you will walk on your way with security, and you will not stumble. -- proverbs 3:23 +. +When you lie down you will not be filled with fear; when you lie down your sleep will be pleasant. -- proverbs 3:24 +. +You will not be afraid of sudden disaster, or when destruction overtakes the wicked; -- proverbs 3:25 +. +for the Lord will be the source of your confidence, and he will guard your foot from being caught in a trap. -- proverbs 3:26 +. +Do not withhold good from those who need it, when you have the ability to help. -- proverbs 3:27 +. +Do not say to your neighbor, "Go! Return tomorrow and I will give it," when you have it with you at the time. -- proverbs 3:28 +. +Do not plot evil against your neighbor when he dwells by you unsuspectingly. -- proverbs 3:29 +. +Do not accuse anyone without legitimate cause, if he has not treated you wrongly. -- proverbs 3:30 +. +Do not envy a violent man, and do not choose to imitate any of his ways; -- proverbs 3:31 +. +for one who goes astray is an abomination to the Lord, but he reveals his intimate counsel to the upright. -- proverbs 3:32 +. +The Lord's curse is on the household of the wicked, but he blesses the home of the righteous. -- proverbs 3:33 +. +Although he is scornful to arrogant scoffers, yet he shows favor to the humble. -- proverbs 3:34 +. +The wise inherit honor, but he holds fools up to public contempt. -- proverbs 3:35 +. +Listen, children, to a father's instruction, and pay attention so that you may gain discernment. -- proverbs 4:1 +. +Because I give you good instruction, do not forsake my teaching. -- proverbs 4:2 +. +When I was a son to my father, a tender only child before my mother, -- proverbs 4:3 +. +he taught me, and he said to me: "Let your heart lay hold of my words; keep my commands so that you will live. -- proverbs 4:4 +. +Acquire wisdom, acquire understanding; do not forget and do not turn aside from the words I speak. -- proverbs 4:5 +. +Do not forsake wisdom, and she will protect you; love her, and she will guard you. -- proverbs 4:6 +. +Wisdom is supreme - so acquire wisdom, and whatever you acquire, acquire understanding! -- proverbs 4:7 +. +Esteem her highly and she will exalt you; she will honor you if you embrace her. -- proverbs 4:8 +. +She will place a fair garland on your head; she will bestow a beautiful crown on you." -- proverbs 4:9 +. +Listen, my child, and accept my words, so that the years of your life will be many. -- proverbs 4:10 +. +I will guide you in the way of wisdom and I will lead you in upright paths. -- proverbs 4:11 +. +When you walk, your steps will not be hampered, and when you run, you will not stumble. -- proverbs 4:12 +. +Hold on to instruction, do not let it go; protect it, because it is your life. -- proverbs 4:13 +. +Do not enter the path of the wicked or walk in the way of those who are evil. -- proverbs 4:14 +. +Avoid it, do not go on it; turn away from it, and go on. -- proverbs 4:15 +. +For they cannot sleep unless they cause harm; they are robbed of sleep until they make someone stumble. -- proverbs 4:16 +. +For they eat bread gained from wickedness and drink wine obtained from violence. -- proverbs 4:17 +. +But the path of the righteous is like the bright morning light, growing brighter and brighter until full day. -- proverbs 4:18 +. +The way of the wicked is like gloomy darkness; they do not know what causes them to stumble. -- proverbs 4:19 +. +My child, pay attention to my words; listen attentively to my sayings. -- proverbs 4:20 +. +Do not let them depart from your sight, guard them within your heart; -- proverbs 4:21 +. +for they are life to those who find them and healing to one's entire body. -- proverbs 4:22 +. +Guard your heart with all vigilance, for from it are the sources of life. -- proverbs 4:23 +. +Remove perverse speech from your mouth; keep devious talk far from your lips. -- proverbs 4:24 +. +Let your eyes look directly in front of you and let your gaze look straight before you. -- proverbs 4:25 +. +Make the path for your feet level, so that all your ways may be established. -- proverbs 4:26 +. +Do not turn to the right or to the left; turn yourself away from evil. -- proverbs 4:27 +. +My child, be attentive to my wisdom, pay close attention to my understanding, -- proverbs 5:1 +. +in order to safeguard discretion, and that your lips may guard knowledge. -- proverbs 5:2 +. +For the lips of the adulterous woman drip honey, and her seductive words are smoother than olive oil, -- proverbs 5:3 +. +but in the end she is bitter as wormwood, sharp as a two-edged sword. -- proverbs 5:4 +. +Her feet go down to death; her steps lead straight to the grave. -- proverbs 5:5 +. +Lest she should make level the path leading to life, her paths are unstable but she does not know it. -- proverbs 5:6 +. +So now, children, listen to me; do not turn aside from the words I speak. -- proverbs 5:7 +. +Keep yourself far from her, and do not go near the door of her house, -- proverbs 5:8 +. +lest you give your vigor to others and your years to a cruel person, -- proverbs 5:9 +. +lest strangers devour your strength, and your labor benefit another man's house. -- proverbs 5:10 +. +And at the end of your life you will groan when your flesh and your body are wasted away. -- proverbs 5:11 +. +And you will say, "How I hated discipline! My heart spurned reproof! -- proverbs 5:12 +. +For I did not obey my teachers and I did not heed my instructors. -- proverbs 5:13 +. +I almost came to complete ruin in the midst of the whole congregation!" -- proverbs 5:14 +. +Drink water from your own cistern and running water from your own well. -- proverbs 5:15 +. +Should your springs be dispersed outside, your streams of water in the wide plazas? -- proverbs 5:16 +. +Let them be for yourself alone, and not for strangers with you. -- proverbs 5:17 +. +May your fountain be blessed, and may you rejoice in your young wife - -- proverbs 5:18 +. +a loving doe, a graceful deer; may her breasts satisfy you at all times, may you be captivated by her love always. -- proverbs 5:19 +. +But why should you be captivated, my son, by an adulteress, and embrace the bosom of a different woman? -- proverbs 5:20 +. +For the ways of a person are in front of the Lord's eyes, and the Lord weighs all that person's paths. -- proverbs 5:21 +. +The wicked will be captured by his own iniquities, and he will be held by the cords of his own sin. -- proverbs 5:22 +. +He will die because there was no discipline; because of the greatness of his folly he will reel. -- proverbs 5:23 +. +My child, if you have made a pledge for your neighbor, and have become a guarantor for a stranger, -- proverbs 6:1 +. +if you have been ensnared by the words you have uttered, and have been caught by the words you have spoken, -- proverbs 6:2 +. +then, my child, do this in order to deliver yourself, because you have fallen into your neighbor's power: go, humble yourself, and appeal firmly to your neighbor. -- proverbs 6:3 +. +Permit no sleep to your eyes or slumber to your eyelids. -- proverbs 6:4 +. +Deliver yourself like a gazelle from a snare, and like a bird from the trap of the fowler. -- proverbs 6:5 +. +Go to the ant, you sluggard; observe its ways and be wise! -- proverbs 6:6 +. +It has no commander, overseer, or ruler, -- proverbs 6:7 +. +yet it prepares its food in the summer; it gathers at the harvest what it will eat. -- proverbs 6:8 +. +How long, you sluggard, will you lie there? When will you rise from your sleep? -- proverbs 6:9 +. +A little sleep, a little slumber, a little folding of the hands to relax, -- proverbs 6:10 +. +and your poverty will come like a robber, and your need like an armed man. -- proverbs 6:11 +. +A worthless and wicked person walks around saying perverse things; -- proverbs 6:12 +. +he winks with his eyes, signals with his feet, and points with his fingers; -- proverbs 6:13 +. +he plots evil with perverse thoughts in his heart, he spreads contention at all times. -- proverbs 6:14 +. +Therefore, his disaster will come suddenly; in an instant he will be broken, and there will be no remedy. -- proverbs 6:15 +. +There are six things that the Lord hates, even seven things that are an abomination to him: -- proverbs 6:16 +. +haughty eyes, a lying tongue, and hands that shed innocent blood, -- proverbs 6:17 +. +a heart that devises wicked plans, feet that are swift to run to evil, -- proverbs 6:18 +. +a false witness who pours out lies, and a person who spreads discord among family members. -- proverbs 6:19 +. +My child, guard the commands of your father and do not forsake the instruction of your mother. -- proverbs 6:20 +. +Bind them on your heart continually; fasten them around your neck. -- proverbs 6:21 +. +When you walk about, they will guide you; when you lie down, they will watch over you; when you wake up, they will talk to you. -- proverbs 6:22 +. +For the commandments are like a lamp, instruction is like a light, and rebukes of discipline are like the road leading to life, -- proverbs 6:23 +. +by keeping you from the evil woman, from the smooth tongue of the loose woman. -- proverbs 6:24 +. +Do not lust in your heart for her beauty, and do not let her captivate you with her alluring eyes; -- proverbs 6:25 +. +for on account of a prostitute one is brought down to a loaf of bread, but the wife of another man preys on your precious life. -- proverbs 6:26 +. +Can a man hold fire against his chest without burning his clothes? -- proverbs 6:27 +. +Can a man walk on hot coals without scorching his feet? -- proverbs 6:28 +. +So it is with the one who has sex with his neighbor's wife; no one who touches her will escape punishment. -- proverbs 6:29 +. +People do not despise a thief when he steals to fulfill his need when he is hungry. -- proverbs 6:30 +. +Yet if he is caught he must repay seven times over, he might even have to give all the wealth of his house. -- proverbs 6:31 +. +A man who commits adultery with a woman lacks wisdom, whoever does it destroys his own life. -- proverbs 6:32 +. +He will be beaten and despised, and his reproach will not be wiped away; -- proverbs 6:33 +. +for jealousy kindles a husband's rage, and he will not show mercy when he takes revenge. -- proverbs 6:34 +. +He will not consider any compensation; he will not be willing, even if you multiply the compensation. -- proverbs 6:35 +. +My child, keep my words and treasure up my commands in your own keeping. -- proverbs 7:1 +. +Keep my commands so that you may live, and obey my instruction as your most prized possession. -- proverbs 7:2 +. +Bind them on your forearm; write them on the tablet of your heart. -- proverbs 7:3 +. +Say to wisdom, "You are my sister," and call understanding a close relative, -- proverbs 7:4 +. +so that they may keep you from the adulterous woman, from the loose woman who flatters you with her words. -- proverbs 7:5 +. +For at the window of my house through my window lattice I looked out -- proverbs 7:6 +. +and I saw among the naive - I discerned among the youths - a young man who lacked wisdom. -- proverbs 7:7 +. +He was passing by the street near her corner, making his way along the road to her house -- proverbs 7:8 +. +in the twilight, the evening, in the dark of the night. -- proverbs 7:9 +. +Suddenly a woman came out to meet him! She was dressed like a prostitute and with secret intent. -- proverbs 7:10 +. +(She is loud and rebellious, she does not remain at home - -- proverbs 7:11 +. +at one time outside, at another in the wide plazas, and by every corner she lies in wait.) -- proverbs 7:12 +. +So she grabbed him and kissed him, and with a bold expression she said to him, -- proverbs 7:13 +. +"I have fresh meat at home; today I have fulfilled my vows! -- proverbs 7:14 +. +That is why I came out to meet you, to look for you, and I found you! -- proverbs 7:15 +. +I have spread my bed with elegant coverings, with richly colored fabric from Egypt. -- proverbs 7:16 +. +I have perfumed my bed with myrrh, aloes, and cinnamon. -- proverbs 7:17 +. +Come, let's drink deeply of lovemaking until morning, let's delight ourselves with sexual intercourse. -- proverbs 7:18 +. +For my husband is not at home; he has gone on a journey of some distance. -- proverbs 7:19 +. +He has taken a bag of money with him; he will not return until the end of the month." -- proverbs 7:20 +. +She persuaded him with persuasive words; with her smooth talk she compelled him. -- proverbs 7:21 +. +Suddenly he went after her like an ox that goes to the slaughter, like a stag prancing into a trapper's snare -- proverbs 7:22 +. +till an arrow pierces his liver - like a bird hurrying into a trap, and he does not know that it will cost him his life. -- proverbs 7:23 +. +So now, sons, listen to me, and pay attention to the words I speak. -- proverbs 7:24 +. +Do not let your heart turn aside to her ways - do not wander into her pathways; -- proverbs 7:25 +. +for she has brought down many fatally wounded, and all those she has slain are many. -- proverbs 7:26 +. +Her house is the way to the grave, going down to the chambers of death. -- proverbs 7:27 +. +Does not wisdom call out? Does not understanding raise her voice? -- proverbs 8:1 +. +At the top of the elevated places along the way, at the intersection of the paths she takes her stand; -- proverbs 8:2 +. +beside the gates opening into the city, at the entrance of the doorways she cries out: -- proverbs 8:3 +. +"To you, O people, I call out, and my voice calls to all mankind. -- proverbs 8:4 +. +You who are naive, discern wisdom! And you fools, understand discernment! -- proverbs 8:5 +. +Listen, for I will speak excellent things, and my lips will utter what is right. -- proverbs 8:6 +. +For my mouth speaks truth, and my lips hate wickedness. -- proverbs 8:7 +. +All the words of my mouth are righteous; there is nothing in them twisted or crooked. -- proverbs 8:8 +. +All of them are clear to the discerning and upright to those who find knowledge. -- proverbs 8:9 +. +Receive my instruction rather than silver, and knowledge rather than choice gold. -- proverbs 8:10 +. +For wisdom is better than rubies, and desirable things cannot be compared to her. -- proverbs 8:11 +. +"I, wisdom, live with prudence, and I find knowledge and discretion. -- proverbs 8:12 +. +The fear of the Lord is to hate evil; I hate arrogant pride and the evil way and perverse utterances. -- proverbs 8:13 +. +Counsel and sound wisdom belong to me; I possess understanding and might. -- proverbs 8:14 +. +Kings reign by means of me, and potentates decree righteousness; -- proverbs 8:15 +. +by me princes rule, as well as nobles and all righteous judges. -- proverbs 8:16 +. +I love those who love me, and those who seek me find me. -- proverbs 8:17 +. +Riches and honor are with me, long-lasting wealth and righteousness. -- proverbs 8:18 +. +My fruit is better than the purest gold, and what I produce is better than choice silver. -- proverbs 8:19 +. +I walk in the path of righteousness, in the pathway of justice, -- proverbs 8:20 +. +that I may cause those who love me to inherit wealth, and that I may fill their treasuries. -- proverbs 8:21 +. +The Lord created me as the beginning of his works, before his deeds of long ago. -- proverbs 8:22 +. +From eternity I was appointed, from the beginning, from before the world existed. -- proverbs 8:23 +. +When there were no deep oceans I was born, when there were no springs overflowing with water; -- proverbs 8:24 +. +before the mountains were set in place - before the hills - I was born, -- proverbs 8:25 +. +before he made the earth and its fields, or the beginning of the dust of the world. -- proverbs 8:26 +. +When he established the heavens, I was there; when he marked out the horizon over the face of the deep, -- proverbs 8:27 +. +when he established the clouds above, when the fountains of the deep grew strong, -- proverbs 8:28 +. +when he gave the sea his decree that the waters should not pass over his command, when he marked out the foundations of the earth, -- proverbs 8:29 +. +then I was beside him as a master craftsman, and I was his delight day by day, rejoicing before him at all times, -- proverbs 8:30 +. +rejoicing in the habitable part of his earth, and delighting in its people. -- proverbs 8:31 +. +"So now, children, listen to me; blessed are those who keep my ways. -- proverbs 8:32 +. +Listen to my instruction so that you may be wise, and do not neglect it. -- proverbs 8:33 +. +Blessed is the one who listens to me, watching at my doors day by day, waiting beside my doorway. -- proverbs 8:34 +. +For the one who finds me finds life and receives favor from the Lord. -- proverbs 8:35 +. +But the one who does not find me brings harm to himself; all who hate me love death." -- proverbs 8:36 +. +Wisdom has built her house; she has carved out its seven pillars. -- proverbs 9:1 +. +She has prepared her meat, she has mixed her wine; she also has arranged her table. -- proverbs 9:2 +. +She has sent out her female servants; she calls out on the highest places of the city. -- proverbs 9:3 +. +"Whoever is naive, let him turn in here," she says to those who lack understanding. -- proverbs 9:4 +. +"Come, eat some of my food, and drink some of the wine I have mixed. -- proverbs 9:5 +. +Abandon your foolish ways so that you may live, and proceed in the way of understanding." -- proverbs 9:6 +. +Whoever corrects a mocker is asking for insult; whoever reproves a wicked person receives abuse. -- proverbs 9:7 +. +Do not reprove a mocker or he will hate you; reprove a wise person and he will love you. -- proverbs 9:8 +. +Give instruction to a wise person, and he will become wiser still; teach a righteous person and he will add to his learning. -- proverbs 9:9 +. +The beginning of wisdom is to fear the Lord, and acknowledging the Holy One is understanding. -- proverbs 9:10 +. +For because of me your days will be many, and years will be added to your life. -- proverbs 9:11 +. +If you are wise, you are wise to your own advantage, but if you are a mocker, you alone must bear it. -- proverbs 9:12 +. +The woman called Folly is brash, she is naive and does not know anything. -- proverbs 9:13 +. +So she sits at the door of her house, on a seat at the highest point of the city, -- proverbs 9:14 +. +calling out to those who are passing by her in the way, who go straight on their way. -- proverbs 9:15 +. +"Whoever is simple, let him turn in here," she says to those who lack understanding. -- proverbs 9:16 +. +"Stolen waters are sweet, and food obtained in secret is pleasant!" -- proverbs 9:17 +. +But they do not realize that the dead are there, that her guests are in the depths of the grave. -- proverbs 9:18 +. +The Proverbs of Solomon: A wise child makes a father rejoice, but a foolish child is a grief to his mother. -- proverbs 10:1 +. +Treasures gained by wickedness do not profit, but righteousness delivers from mortal danger. -- proverbs 10:2 +. +The Lord satisfies the appetite of the righteous, but he thwarts the craving of the wicked. -- proverbs 10:3 +. +The one who is lazy becomes poor, but the one who works diligently becomes wealthy. -- proverbs 10:4 +. +The one who gathers crops in the summer is a wise son, but the one who sleeps during the harvest is a son who brings shame to himself. -- proverbs 10:5 +. +Blessings are on the head of the righteous, but the speech of the wicked conceals violence. -- proverbs 10:6 +. +The memory of the righteous is a blessing, but the reputation of the wicked will rot. -- proverbs 10:7 +. +The wise person accepts instructions, but the one who speaks foolishness will come to ruin. -- proverbs 10:8 +. +The one who conducts himself in integrity will live securely, but the one who behaves perversely will be found out. -- proverbs 10:9 +. +The one who winks his eye causes trouble, and the one who speaks foolishness will come to ruin. -- proverbs 10:10 +. +The teaching of the righteous is a fountain of life, but the speech of the wicked conceals violence. -- proverbs 10:11 +. +Hatred stirs up dissension, but love covers all transgressions. -- proverbs 10:12 +. +Wisdom is found in the words of the discerning person, but the one who lacks wisdom will be disciplined. -- proverbs 10:13 +. +Those who are wise store up knowledge, but foolish speech leads to imminent destruction. -- proverbs 10:14 +. +The wealth of a rich person is like a fortified city, but the poor are brought to ruin by their poverty. -- proverbs 10:15 +. +The reward which the righteous receive is life; the recompense which the wicked receive is judgment. -- proverbs 10:16 +. +The one who heeds instruction is on the way to life, but the one who rejects rebuke goes astray. -- proverbs 10:17 +. +The one who conceals hatred utters lies, and the one who spreads slander is certainly a fool. -- proverbs 10:18 +. +When words abound, transgression is inevitable, but the one who restrains his words is wise. -- proverbs 10:19 +. +What the righteous say is like the best silver, but what the wicked think is of little value. -- proverbs 10:20 +. +The teaching of the righteous feeds many, but fools die for lack of wisdom. -- proverbs 10:21 +. +The blessing from the Lord makes a person rich, and he adds no sorrow to it. -- proverbs 10:22 +. +Carrying out a wicked scheme is enjoyable to a fool, and so is wisdom for the one who has discernment. -- proverbs 10:23 +. +What the wicked fears will come on him; what the righteous desire will be granted. -- proverbs 10:24 +. +When the storm passes through, the wicked are swept away, but the righteous are an everlasting foundation. -- proverbs 10:25 +. +Like vinegar to the teeth and like smoke to the eyes, so is the sluggard to those who send him. -- proverbs 10:26 +. +Fearing the Lord prolongs life, but the life span of the wicked will be shortened. -- proverbs 10:27 +. +The hope of the righteous is joy, but the expectation of the wicked will remain unfulfilled. -- proverbs 10:28 +. +The way of the Lord is like a stronghold for the upright, but it is destruction to evildoers. -- proverbs 10:29 +. +The righteous will never be moved, but the wicked will not inhabit the land. -- proverbs 10:30 +. +The speech of the righteous bears the fruit of wisdom, but the one who speaks perversion will be destroyed. -- proverbs 10:31 +. +The lips of the righteous know what is pleasing, but the speech of the wicked is perverse. -- proverbs 10:32 +. +The Lord abhors dishonest scales, but an accurate weight is his elight. -- proverbs 11:1 +. +When pride comes, then comes disgrace, but with humility comes wisdom. -- proverbs 11:2 +. +The integrity of the upright guides them, but the crookedness of the unfaithful destroys them. -- proverbs 11:3 +. +Wealth does not profit in the day of wrath, but righteousness delivers from mortal danger. -- proverbs 11:4 +. +The righteousness of the blameless will make straight their way, but the wicked person will fall by his own wickedness. -- proverbs 11:5 +. +The righteousness of the upright will deliver them, but the faithless will be captured by their own desires. -- proverbs 11:6 +. +When a wicked person dies, his expectation perishes, and the hope of his strength perishes. -- proverbs 11:7 +. +The righteous person is delivered out of trouble, and the wicked turns up in his stead. -- proverbs 11:8 +. +With his speech the godless person destroys his neighbor, but by knowledge the righteous will be delivered. -- proverbs 11:9 +. +When the righteous do well, the city rejoices; when the wicked perish, there is joy. -- proverbs 11:10 +. +A city is exalted by the blessing provided from the upright, but it is destroyed by the counsel of the wicked. -- proverbs 11:11 +. +The one who denounces his neighbor lacks wisdom, but the one who has discernment keeps silent. -- proverbs 11:12 +. +The one who goes about slandering others reveals secrets, but the one who is trustworthy conceals a matter. -- proverbs 11:13 +. +When there is no guidance a nation falls, but there is success in the abundance of counselors. -- proverbs 11:14 +. +The one who puts up security for a stranger will surely have trouble, but whoever avoids shaking hands will be secure. -- proverbs 11:15 +. +A generous woman gains honor, and ruthless men seize wealth. -- proverbs 11:16 +. +A kind person benefits himself, but a cruel person brings himself trouble. -- proverbs 11:17 +. +The wicked person earns deceitful wages, but the one who sows righteousness reaps a genuine reward. -- proverbs 11:18 +. +True righteousness leads to life, but the one who pursues evil pursues it to his own death. -- proverbs 11:19 +. +The Lord abhors those who are perverse in heart, but those who are blameless in their ways are his delight. -- proverbs 11:20 +. +Be assured that the evil person will certainly be punished, but the descendants of the righteous will not suffer unjust judgment. -- proverbs 11:21 +. +Like a gold ring in a pig's snout is a beautiful woman who rejects discretion. -- proverbs 11:22 +. +What the righteous desire leads only to good, but what the wicked hope for leads to wrath. -- proverbs 11:23 +. +One person is generous and yet grows more wealthy, but another withholds more than he should and comes to poverty. -- proverbs 11:24 +. +A generous person will be enriched, and the one who provides water for others will himself be satisfied. -- proverbs 11:25 +. +People will curse the one who withholds grain, but they will praise the one who sells it. -- proverbs 11:26 +. +The one who diligently seeks good seeks favor, but the one who searches for evil - it will come to him. -- proverbs 11:27 +. +The one who trusts in his riches will fall, but the righteous will flourish like a green leaf. -- proverbs 11:28 +. +The one who troubles his family will inherit nothing, and the fool will be a servant to the wise person. -- proverbs 11:29 +. +The fruit of the righteous is like a tree producing life, and the one who wins souls is wise. -- proverbs 11:30 +. +If the righteous are recompensed on earth, how much more the wicked sinner! -- proverbs 11:31 +. +The one who loves discipline loves knowledge, but the one who hates reproof is stupid. -- proverbs 12:1 +. +A good person obtains favor from the Lord, but the Lord condemns a person with wicked schemes. -- proverbs 12:2 +. +No one can be established through wickedness, but a righteous root cannot be moved. -- proverbs 12:3 +. +A noble wife is the crown of her husband, but the wife who acts shamefully is like rottenness in his bones. -- proverbs 12:4 +. +The plans of the righteous are just; the counsels of the wicked are deceitful. -- proverbs 12:5 +. +The words of the wicked lie in wait to shed innocent blood, but the words of the upright will deliver them. -- proverbs 12:6 +. +The wicked are overthrown and perish, but the righteous household will stand. -- proverbs 12:7 +. +A person is praised in accordance with his wisdom, but the one who has a twisted mind is despised. -- proverbs 12:8 +. +Better is a person of humble standing who nevertheless has a servant, than one who pretends to be somebody important yet has no food. -- proverbs 12:9 +. +A righteous person cares for the life of his animal, but even the most compassionate acts of the wicked are cruel. -- proverbs 12:10 +. +The one who works his field will have plenty of food, but whoever chases daydreams lacks wisdom. -- proverbs 12:11 +. +The wicked person desires a stronghold, but the righteous root endures. -- proverbs 12:12 +. +The evil person is ensnared by the transgression of his speech, but the righteous person escapes out of trouble. -- proverbs 12:13 +. +A person will be satisfied with good from the fruit of his words, and the work of his hands will be rendered to him. -- proverbs 12:14 +. +The way of a fool is right in his own opinion, but the one who listens to advice is wise. -- proverbs 12:15 +. +A fool's annoyance is known at once, but the prudent overlooks an insult. -- proverbs 12:16 +. +The faithful witness tells what is right, but a false witness speaks deceit. -- proverbs 12:17 +. +Speaking recklessly is like the thrusts of a sword, but the words of the wise bring healing. -- proverbs 12:18 +. +The one who tells the truth will endure forever, but the one who lies will last only for a moment. -- proverbs 12:19 +. +Deceit is in the heart of those who plot evil, but those who promote peace have joy. -- proverbs 12:20 +. +The righteous do not encounter any harm, but the wicked are filled with calamity. -- proverbs 12:21 +. +The Lord abhors a person who lies, but those who deal truthfully are his delight. -- proverbs 12:22 +. +The shrewd person conceals knowledge, but foolish people publicize folly. -- proverbs 12:23 +. +The diligent person will rule, but the slothful will become a slave. -- proverbs 12:24 +. +Anxiety in a person's heart weighs him down, but an encouraging word brings him joy. -- proverbs 12:25 +. +The righteous person is cautious in his friendship, but the way of the wicked leads them astray. -- proverbs 12:26 +. +The lazy person does not roast his prey, but personal possessions are precious to the diligent. -- proverbs 12:27 +. +In the path of righteousness there is life, but another path leads to death. -- proverbs 12:28 +. +A wise son accepts his father's discipline, but a scoffer does not listen to rebuke. -- proverbs 13:1 +. +From the fruit of his speech a person eats good things, but the faithless desire the fruit of violence. -- proverbs 13:2 +. +The one who guards his words guards his life, but whoever is talkative will come to ruin. -- proverbs 13:3 +. +The appetite of the sluggard craves but gets nothing, but the desire of the diligent will be abundantly satisfied. -- proverbs 13:4 +. +The righteous person hates anything false, but the wicked person acts in shameful disgrace. -- proverbs 13:5 +. +Righteousness guards the one who lives with integrity, but wickedness overthrows the sinner. -- proverbs 13:6 +. +There is one who pretends to be rich and yet has nothing; another pretends to be poor and yet possesses great wealth. -- proverbs 13:7 +. +The ransom of a person's life is his wealth, but the poor person hears no threat. -- proverbs 13:8 +. +The light of the righteous shines brightly, but the lamp of the wicked goes out. -- proverbs 13:9 +. +With pride comes only contention, but wisdom is with the well-advised. -- proverbs 13:10 +. +Wealth gained quickly will dwindle away, but the one who gathers it little by little will become rich. -- proverbs 13:11 +. +Hope deferred makes the heart sick, but a longing fulfilled is like a tree of life. -- proverbs 13:12 +. +The one who despises instruction will pay the penalty, but whoever esteems instruction will be rewarded. -- proverbs 13:13 +. +Instruction from the wise is like a life-giving fountain, to turn a person from deadly snares. -- proverbs 13:14 +. +Keen insight wins favor, but the conduct of the unfaithful is harsh. -- proverbs 13:15 +. +Every shrewd person acts with knowledge, but a fool displays his folly. -- proverbs 13:16 +. +An unreliable messenger falls into trouble, but a faithful envoy brings healing. -- proverbs 13:17 +. +The one who neglects discipline ends up in poverty and shame, but the one who accepts reproof is honored. -- proverbs 13:18 +. +A desire fulfilled is sweet to the soul, but fools abhor turning away from evil. -- proverbs 13:19 +. +The one who associates with the wise grows wise, but a companion of fools suffers harm. -- proverbs 13:20 +. +Calamity pursues sinners, but prosperity rewards the righteous. -- proverbs 13:21 +. +A benevolent person leaves an inheritance for his grandchildren, but the wealth of a sinner is stored up for the righteous. -- proverbs 13:22 +. +There is abundant food in the field of the poor, but it is swept away by injustice. -- proverbs 13:23 +. +The one who spares his rod hates his child, but the one who loves his child is diligent in disciplining him. -- proverbs 13:24 +. +The righteous has enough food to satisfy his appetite, but the belly of the wicked lacks food. -- proverbs 13:25 +. +Every wise woman builds her household, but a foolish woman tears it down with her own hands. -- proverbs 14:1 +. +The one who walks in his uprightness fears the Lord, but the one who is perverted in his ways despises him. -- proverbs 14:2 +. +In the speech of a fool is a rod for his back, but the words of the wise protect them. -- proverbs 14:3 +. +Where there are no oxen, the feeding trough is clean, but an abundant harvest is produced by strong oxen. -- proverbs 14:4 +. +A truthful witness does not lie, but a false witness breathes out lies. -- proverbs 14:5 +. +The scorner seeks wisdom but finds none, but understanding is easy for a discerning person. -- proverbs 14:6 +. +Leave the presence of a foolish person, or you will not understand wise counsel. -- proverbs 14:7 +. +The wisdom of the shrewd person is to discern his way, but the folly of fools is deception. -- proverbs 14:8 +. +Fools mock at reparation, but among the upright there is favor. -- proverbs 14:9 +. +The heart knows its own bitterness, and with its joy no one else can share. -- proverbs 14:10 +. +The household of the wicked will be destroyed, but the tent of the upright will flourish. -- proverbs 14:11 +. +There is a way that seems right to a person, but its end is the way that leads to death. -- proverbs 14:12 +. +Even in laughter the heart may ache, and the end of joy may be grief. -- proverbs 14:13 +. +The backslider will be paid back from his own ways, but a good person will be rewarded for his. -- proverbs 14:14 +. +A naive person believes everything, but the shrewd person discerns his steps. -- proverbs 14:15 +. +A wise person is cautious and turns from evil, but a fool throws off restraint and is overconfident. -- proverbs 14:16 +. +A person who has a quick temper does foolish things, and a person with crafty schemes is hated. -- proverbs 14:17 +. +The naive inherit folly, but the shrewd are crowned with knowledge. -- proverbs 14:18 +. +Those who are evil will bow before those who are good, and the wicked will bow at the gates of the righteous. -- proverbs 14:19 +. +A poor person is disliked even by his neighbors, but those who love the rich are many. -- proverbs 14:20 +. +The one who despises his neighbor sins, but whoever is kind to the needy is blessed. -- proverbs 14:21 +. +Do not those who devise evil go astray? But those who plan good exhibit faithful covenant love. -- proverbs 14:22 +. +In all hard work there is profit, but merely talking about it only brings poverty. -- proverbs 14:23 +. +The crown of the wise is their riches, but the folly of fools is folly. -- proverbs 14:24 +. +A truthful witness rescues lives, but the one who breathes lies brings deception. -- proverbs 14:25 +. +In the fear of the Lord one has strong confidence, and it will be a refuge for his children. -- proverbs 14:26 +. +The fear of the Lord is like a life-giving fountain, to turn people from deadly snares. -- proverbs 14:27 +. +A king's glory is the abundance of people, but the lack of subjects is the ruin of a ruler. -- proverbs 14:28 +. +The one who is slow to anger has great understanding, but the one who has a quick temper exalts folly. -- proverbs 14:29 +. +A tranquil spirit revives the body, but envy is rottenness to the bones. -- proverbs 14:30 +. +The one who oppresses the poor insults his Creator, but whoever shows favor to the needy honors him. -- proverbs 14:31 +. +The wicked will be thrown down in his trouble, but the righteous have refuge even in the threat of death. -- proverbs 14:32 +. +Wisdom rests in the heart of the discerning; it is known even in the heart of fools. -- proverbs 14:33 +. +Righteousness exalts a nation, but sin is a disgrace to any people. -- proverbs 14:34 +. +The king shows favor to a wise servant, but his wrath falls on one who acts shamefully. -- proverbs 14:35 +. +A gentle response turns away anger, but a harsh word stirs up wrath. -- proverbs 15:1 +. +The tongue of the wise treats knowledge correctly, but the mouth of the fool spouts out folly. -- proverbs 15:2 +. +The eyes of the Lord are in every place, keeping watch on those who are evil and those who are good. -- proverbs 15:3 +. +Speech that heals is like a life-giving tree, but a perverse tongue breaks the spirit. -- proverbs 15:4 +. +A fool rejects his father's discipline, but whoever heeds reproof shows good sense. -- proverbs 15:5 +. +In the house of the righteous is abundant wealth, but the income of the wicked brings trouble. -- proverbs 15:6 +. +The lips of the wise spread knowledge, but not so the heart of fools. -- proverbs 15:7 +. +The Lord abhors the sacrifices of the wicked, but the prayer of the upright pleases him. -- proverbs 15:8 +. +The Lord abhors the way of the wicked, but he loves those who pursue righteousness. -- proverbs 15:9 +. +Severe discipline is for the one who abandons the way; the one who hates reproof will die. -- proverbs 15:10 +. +Death and Destruction are before the Lord - how much more the hearts of humans! -- proverbs 15:11 +. +The scorner does not love one who corrects him; he will not go to the wise. -- proverbs 15:12 +. +A joyful heart makes the face cheerful, but by a painful heart the spirit is broken. -- proverbs 15:13 +. +The discerning heart seeks knowledge, but the mouth of fools feeds on folly. -- proverbs 15:14 +. +All the days of the afflicted are bad, but one with a cheerful heart has a continual feast. -- proverbs 15:15 +. +Better is little with the fear of the Lord than great wealth and turmoil with it. -- proverbs 15:16 +. +Better a meal of vegetables where there is love than a fattened ox where there is hatred. -- proverbs 15:17 +. +A quick-tempered person stirs up dissension, but one who is slow to anger calms a quarrel. -- proverbs 15:18 +. +The way of the sluggard is like a hedge of thorns, but the path of the upright is like a highway. -- proverbs 15:19 +. +A wise child brings joy to his father, but a foolish person despises his mother. -- proverbs 15:20 +. +Folly is a joy to one who lacks sense, but one who has understanding follows an upright course. -- proverbs 15:21 +. +Plans fail when there is no counsel, but with abundant advisers they are established. -- proverbs 15:22 +. +A person has joy in giving an appropriate answer, and a word at the right time - how good it is! -- proverbs 15:23 +. +The path of life is upward for the wise person, to keep him from going downward to Sheol. -- proverbs 15:24 +. +The Lord tears down the house of the proud, but he maintains the boundaries of the widow. -- proverbs 15:25 +. +The Lord abhors the plans of the wicked, but pleasant words are pure. -- proverbs 15:26 +. +The one who is greedy for gain troubles his household, but whoever hates bribes will live. -- proverbs 15:27 +. +The heart of the righteous considers how to answer, but the mouth of the wicked pours out evil things. -- proverbs 15:28 +. +The Lord is far from the wicked, but he hears the prayer of the righteous. -- proverbs 15:29 +. +A bright look brings joy to the heart, and good news gives health to the body. -- proverbs 15:30 +. +The person who hears the reproof that leads to life is at home among the wise. -- proverbs 15:31 +. +The one who refuses correction despises himself, but whoever hears reproof acquires understanding. -- proverbs 15:32 +. +The fear of the Lord provides wise instruction, and before honor comes humility. -- proverbs 15:33 +. +The intentions of the heart belong to a man, but the answer of the tongue comes from the Lord. -- proverbs 16:1 +. +All a person's ways seem right in his own opinion, but the Lord evaluates the motives. -- proverbs 16:2 +. +Commit your works to the Lord, and your plans will be established. -- proverbs 16:3 +. +The Lord works everything for its own ends - even the wicked for the day of disaster. -- proverbs 16:4 +. +The Lord abhors every arrogant person; rest assured that they will not go unpunished. -- proverbs 16:5 +. +Through loyal love and truth iniquity is appeased; through fearing the Lord one avoids evil. -- proverbs 16:6 +. +When a person's ways are pleasing to the Lord, he even reconciles his enemies to himself. -- proverbs 16:7 +. +Better to have a little with righteousness than to have abundant income without justice. -- proverbs 16:8 +. +A person plans his course, but the Lord directs his steps. -- proverbs 16:9 +. +The divine verdict is in the words of the king, his pronouncements must not act treacherously against justice. -- proverbs 16:10 +. +Honest scales and balances are from the Lord; all the weights in the bag are his handiwork. -- proverbs 16:11 +. +Doing wickedness is an abomination to kings, because a throne is established in righteousness. -- proverbs 16:12 +. +The delight of kings is righteous counsel, and they love the one who speaks uprightly. -- proverbs 16:13 +. +A king's wrath is like a messenger of death, but a wise person appeases it. -- proverbs 16:14 +. +In the light of the king's face there is life, and his favor is like the clouds of the spring rain. -- proverbs 16:15 +. +How much better it is to acquire wisdom than gold; to acquire understanding is more desirable than silver. -- proverbs 16:16 +. +The highway of the upright is to turn away from evil; the one who guards his way safeguards his life. -- proverbs 16:17 +. +Pride goes before destruction, and a haughty spirit before a fall. -- proverbs 16:18 +. +It is better to be lowly in spirit with the afflicted than to share the spoils with the proud. -- proverbs 16:19 +. +The one who deals wisely in a matter will find success, and blessed is the one who trusts in the Lord. -- proverbs 16:20 +. +The one who is wise in heart is called discerning, and kind speech increases persuasiveness. -- proverbs 16:21 +. +Insight is like a life-giving fountain to the one who possesses it, but folly leads to the discipline of fools. -- proverbs 16:22 +. +A wise person's heart makes his speech wise and it adds persuasiveness to his words. -- proverbs 16:23 +. +Pleasant words are like a honeycomb, sweet to the soul and healing to the bones. -- proverbs 16:24 +. +There is a way that seems right to a person, but its end is the way that leads to death. -- proverbs 16:25 +. +A laborer's appetite works on his behalf, for his hunger urges him to work. -- proverbs 16:26 +. +A wicked scoundrel digs up evil, and his slander is like a scorching fire. -- proverbs 16:27 +. +A perverse person spreads dissension, and a gossip separates the closest friends. -- proverbs 16:28 +. +A violent person entices his neighbor, and leads him down a path that is terrible. -- proverbs 16:29 +. +The one who winks his eyes devises perverse things, and one who compresses his lips brings about evil. -- proverbs 16:30 +. +Gray hair is like a crown of glory; it is attained in the path of righteousness. -- proverbs 16:31 +. +Better to be slow to anger than to be a mighty warrior, and one who controls his temper is better than one who captures a city. -- proverbs 16:32 +. +The dice are thrown into the lap, but their every decision is from the Lord. -- proverbs 16:33 +. +Better is a dry crust of bread where there is quietness than a house full of feasting with strife. -- proverbs 17:1 +. +A servant who acts wisely will rule over an heir who behaves shamefully, and will share the inheritance along with the relatives. -- proverbs 17:2 +. +The crucible is for refining silver and the furnace is for gold, likewise the Lord tests hearts. -- proverbs 17:3 +. +One who acts wickedly pays attention to evil counsel; a liar listens to a malicious tongue. -- proverbs 17:4 +. +The one who mocks the poor insults his Creator; whoever rejoices over disaster will not go unpunished. -- proverbs 17:5 +. +Grandchildren are like a crown to the elderly, and the glory of children is their parents. -- proverbs 17:6 +. +Excessive speech is not becoming for a fool; how much less are lies for a ruler! -- proverbs 17:7 +. +A bribe works like a charm for the one who offers it; in whatever he does he succeeds. -- proverbs 17:8 +. +The one who forgives an offense seeks love, but whoever repeats a matter separates close friends. -- proverbs 17:9 +. +A rebuke makes a greater impression on a discerning person than a hundred blows on a fool. -- proverbs 17:10 +. +An evil person seeks only rebellion, and so a cruel messenger will be sent against him. -- proverbs 17:11 +. +It is better for a person to meet a mother bear being robbed of her cubs, than to encounter a fool in his folly. -- proverbs 17:12 +. +As for the one who repays evil for good, evil will not leave his house. -- proverbs 17:13 +. +Starting a quarrel is like letting out water; stop it before strife breaks out! -- proverbs 17:14 +. +The one who acquits the guilty and the one who condemns the innocent - both of them are an abomination to the Lord. -- proverbs 17:15 +. +Of what use is money in the hand of a fool, since he has no intention of acquiring wisdom? -- proverbs 17:16 +. +A friend loves at all times, and a relative is born to help in adversity. -- proverbs 17:17 +. +The one who lacks wisdom strikes hands in pledge, and puts up financial security for his neighbor. -- proverbs 17:18 +. +The one who loves a quarrel loves transgression; whoever builds his gate high seeks destruction. -- proverbs 17:19 +. +The one who has a perverse heart does not find good, and the one who is deceitful in speech falls into trouble. -- proverbs 17:20 +. +Whoever brings a fool into the world does so to his grief, and the father of a fool has no joy. -- proverbs 17:21 +. +A cheerful heart brings good healing, but a crushed spirit dries up the bones. -- proverbs 17:22 +. +A wicked person receives a bribe secretly to pervert the ways of justice. -- proverbs 17:23 +. +Wisdom is directly in front of the discerning person, but the eyes of a fool run to the ends of the earth. -- proverbs 17:24 +. +A foolish child is a grief to his father, and bitterness to the mother who bore him. -- proverbs 17:25 +. +It is terrible to punish a righteous person, and to flog honorable men is wrong. -- proverbs 17:26 +. +The truly wise person restrains his words, and the one who stays calm is discerning. -- proverbs 17:27 +. +Even a fool who remains silent is considered wise, and the one who holds his tongue is deemed discerning. -- proverbs 17:28 +. +One who has isolated himself seeks his own desires; he rejects all sound judgment. -- proverbs 18:1 +. +A fool takes no pleasure in understanding but only in disclosing what is on his mind. -- proverbs 18:2 +. +When a wicked person arrives, contempt shows up with him, and with shame comes a reproach. -- proverbs 18:3 +. +The words of a person's mouth are like deep waters, and the fountain of wisdom is like a flowing brook. -- proverbs 18:4 +. +It is terrible to show partiality to the wicked, by depriving a righteous man of justice. -- proverbs 18:5 +. +The lips of a fool enter into strife, and his mouth invites a flogging. -- proverbs 18:6 +. +The mouth of a fool is his ruin, and his lips are a snare for his life. -- proverbs 18:7 +. +The words of a gossip are like choice morsels; they go down into the person's innermost being. -- proverbs 18:8 +. +The one who is slack in his work is a brother to one who destroys. -- proverbs 18:9 +. +The name of the Lord is like a strong tower; the righteous person runs to it and is set safely on high. -- proverbs 18:10 +. +The wealth of a rich person is like a strong city, and it is like a high wall in his imagination. -- proverbs 18:11 +. +Before destruction the heart of a person is proud, but humility comes before honor. -- proverbs 18:12 +. +The one who gives an answer before he listens - that is his folly and his shame. -- proverbs 18:13 +. +A person's spirit sustains him through sickness - but who can bear a crushed spirit? -- proverbs 18:14 +. +The discerning person acquires knowledge, and the wise person seeks knowledge. -- proverbs 18:15 +. +A person's gift makes room for him, and leads him before important people. -- proverbs 18:16 +. +The first to state his case seems right, until his opponent begins to cross-examine him. -- proverbs 18:17 +. +A toss of a coin ends disputes, and settles the issue between strong opponents. -- proverbs 18:18 +. +A relative offended is harder to reach than a strong city, and disputes are like the barred gates of a fortified citadel. -- proverbs 18:19 +. +From the fruit of a person's mouth his stomach is satisfied, with the product of his lips is he satisfied. -- proverbs 18:20 +. +Death and life are in the power of the tongue, and those who love its use will eat its fruit. -- proverbs 18:21 +. +The one who finds a wife finds what is enjoyable, and receives a pleasurable gift from the Lord. -- proverbs 18:22 +. +A poor person makes supplications, but a rich man answers harshly. -- proverbs 18:23 +. +A person who has friends may be harmed by them, but there is a friend who sticks closer than a brother. -- proverbs 18:24 +. +Better is a poor person who walks in his integrity than one who is perverse in his speech and is a fool. -- proverbs 19:1 +. +It is dangerous to have zeal without knowledge, and the one who acts hastily makes poor choices. -- proverbs 19:2 +. +A person's folly subverts his way, and his heart rages against the Lord. -- proverbs 19:3 +. +Wealth adds many friends, but a poor person is separated from his friend. -- proverbs 19:4 +. +A false witness will not go unpunished, and the one who spouts out lies will not escape punishment. -- proverbs 19:5 +. +Many people entreat the favor of a generous person, and everyone is the friend of the person who gives gifts. -- proverbs 19:6 +. +All the relatives of a poor person hate him; how much more do his friends avoid him - he pursues them with words, but they do not respond. -- proverbs 19:7 +. +The one who acquires wisdom loves himself; the one who preserves understanding will prosper. -- proverbs 19:8 +. +A false witness will not go unpunished, and the one who spouts out lies will perish. -- proverbs 19:9 +. +Luxury is not appropriate for a fool; how much less for a servant to rule over princes! -- proverbs 19:10 +. +A person's wisdom makes him slow to anger, and it is his glory to overlook an offense. -- proverbs 19:11 +. +A king's wrath is like the roar of a lion, but his favor is like dew on the grass. -- proverbs 19:12 +. +A foolish child is the ruin of his father, and a contentious wife is like a constant dripping. -- proverbs 19:13 +. +A house and wealth are inherited from parents, but a prudent wife is from the Lord. -- proverbs 19:14 +. +Laziness brings on a deep sleep, and the idle person will go hungry. -- proverbs 19:15 +. +The one who obeys commandments guards his life; the one who despises his ways will die. -- proverbs 19:16 +. +The one who is gracious to the poor lends to the Lord, and the Lord will repay him for his good deed. -- proverbs 19:17 +. +Discipline your child, for there is hope, but do not set your heart on causing his death. -- proverbs 19:18 +. +A person with great anger bears the penalty, but if you deliver him from it once, you will have to do it again. -- proverbs 19:19 +. +Listen to advice and receive discipline, that you may become wise by the end of your life. -- proverbs 19:20 +. +There are many plans in a person's mind, but it is the counsel of the Lord which will stand. -- proverbs 19:21 +. +What is desirable for a person is to show loyal love, and a poor person is better than a liar. -- proverbs 19:22 +. +Fearing the Lord leads to life, and one who does so will live satisfied; he will not be afflicted by calamity. -- proverbs 19:23 +. +The sluggard plunges his hand in the dish, and he will not even bring it back to his mouth! -- proverbs 19:24 +. +Flog a scorner, and as a result the simpleton will learn prudence; correct a discerning person, and as a result he will understand knowledge. -- proverbs 19:25 +. +The one who robs his father and chases away his mother is a son who brings shame and disgrace. -- proverbs 19:26 +. +If you stop listening to instruction, my child, you will stray from the words of knowledge. -- proverbs 19:27 +. +A crooked witness scorns justice, and the mouth of the wicked devours iniquity. -- proverbs 19:28 +. +Judgments are prepared for scorners, and floggings for the backs of fools. -- proverbs 19:29 +. +Wine is a mocker and strong drink is a brawler; whoever goes astray by them is not wise. -- proverbs 20:1 +. +The king's terrifying anger is like the roar of a lion; whoever provokes him sins against himself. -- proverbs 20:2 +. +It is an honor for a person to cease from strife, but every fool quarrels. -- proverbs 20:3 +. +The sluggard will not plow during the planting season, so at harvest time he looks for the crop but has nothing. -- proverbs 20:4 +. +Counsel in a person's heart is like deep water, but an understanding person draws it out. -- proverbs 20:5 +. +Many people profess their loyalty, but a faithful person - who can find? -- proverbs 20:6 +. +The righteous person behaves in integrity; blessed are his children after him. -- proverbs 20:7 +. +A king sitting on the throne to judge separates out all evil with his eyes. -- proverbs 20:8 +. +Who can say, "I have kept my heart clean; I am pure from my sin"? -- proverbs 20:9 +. +Diverse weights and diverse measures - the Lord abhors both of them. -- proverbs 20:10 +. +Even a young man is known by his actions, whether his activity is pure and whether it is right. -- proverbs 20:11 +. +The ear that hears and the eye that sees - the Lord has made them both. -- proverbs 20:12 +. +Do not love sleep, lest you become impoverished; open your eyes so that you might be satisfied with food. -- proverbs 20:13 +. +"It's worthless! It's worthless!" says the buyer, but when he goes on his way, he boasts. -- proverbs 20:14 +. +There is gold, and an abundance of rubies, but words of knowledge are like a precious jewel. -- proverbs 20:15 +. +Take a man's garment when he has given security for a stranger, and when he gives surety for strangers, hold him in pledge. -- proverbs 20:16 +. +Bread gained by deceit tastes sweet to a person, but afterward his mouth will be filled with gravel. -- proverbs 20:17 +. +Plans are established by counsel, so make war with guidance. -- proverbs 20:18 +. +The one who goes about gossiping reveals secrets; therefore do not associate with someone who is always opening his mouth. -- proverbs 20:19 +. +The one who curses his father and his mother, his lamp will be extinguished in the blackest darkness. -- proverbs 20:20 +. +An inheritance gained easily in the beginning will not be blessed in the end. -- proverbs 20:21 +. +Do not say, "I will pay back evil!" Wait for the Lord, so that he may vindicate you. -- proverbs 20:22 +. +The Lord abhors differing weights, and dishonest scales are wicked. -- proverbs 20:23 +. +The steps of a person are ordained by the Lord - so how can anyone understand his own way? -- proverbs 20:24 +. +It is a snare for a person to rashly cry, "Holy!" and only afterward to consider what he has vowed. -- proverbs 20:25 +. +A wise king separates out the wicked; he turns the threshing wheel over them. -- proverbs 20:26 +. +The human spirit is like the lamp of the Lord, searching all his innermost parts. -- proverbs 20:27 +. +Loyal love and truth preserve a king, and his throne is upheld by loyal love. -- proverbs 20:28 +. +The glory of young men is their strength, and the splendor of old men is gray hair. -- proverbs 20:29 +. +Beatings and wounds cleanse away evil, and floggings cleanse the innermost being. -- proverbs 20:30 +. +The king's heart is in the hand of the Lord like channels of water; he turns it wherever he wants. -- proverbs 21:1 +. +All of a person's ways seem right in his own opinion, but the Lord evaluates the motives. -- proverbs 21:2 +. +To do righteousness and justice is more acceptable to the Lord than sacrifice. -- proverbs 21:3 +. +Haughty eyes and a proud heart - the agricultural product of the wicked is sin. -- proverbs 21:4 +. +The plans of the diligent lead only to plenty, but everyone who is hasty comes only to poverty. -- proverbs 21:5 +. +Making a fortune by a lying tongue is like a vapor driven back and forth; they seek death. -- proverbs 21:6 +. +The violence done by the wicked will drag them away because they refuse to do what is right. -- proverbs 21:7 +. +The way of the guilty person is devious, but as for the pure, his way is upright. -- proverbs 21:8 +. +It is better to live on a corner of the housetop than in a house in company with a quarrelsome wife. -- proverbs 21:9 +. +The appetite of the wicked desires evil; his neighbor is shown no favor in his eyes. -- proverbs 21:10 +. +When a scorner is punished, the naive becomes wise; when a wise person is instructed, he gains knowledge. -- proverbs 21:11 +. +The Righteous One considers the house of the wicked; he overthrows the wicked to their ruin. -- proverbs 21:12 +. +The one who shuts his ears to the cry of the poor, he too will cry out and will not be answered. -- proverbs 21:13 +. +A gift given in secret subdues anger, and a bribe given secretly subdues strong wrath. -- proverbs 21:14 +. +Doing justice brings joy to the righteous and terror to those who do evil. -- proverbs 21:15 +. +The one who wanders from the way of wisdom will end up in the company of the departed. -- proverbs 21:16 +. +The one who loves pleasure will be a poor person; whoever loves wine and anointing oil will not be rich. -- proverbs 21:17 +. +The wicked become a ransom for the righteous, and the faithless are taken in the place of the upright. -- proverbs 21:18 +. +It is better to live in a desert land than with a quarrelsome and easily-provoked woman. -- proverbs 21:19 +. +There is desirable treasure and olive oil in the dwelling of the wise, but a foolish person devours all he has. -- proverbs 21:20 +. +The one who pursues righteousness and love finds life, bounty, and honor. -- proverbs 21:21 +. +The wise person can scale the city of the mighty and bring down the stronghold in which they trust. -- proverbs 21:22 +. +The one who guards his mouth and his tongue keeps his life from troubles. -- proverbs 21:23 +. +A proud and arrogant person, whose name is "Scoffer," acts with overbearing pride. -- proverbs 21:24 +. +What the sluggard desires will kill him, for his hands refuse to work. -- proverbs 21:25 +. +All day long he craves greedily, but the righteous gives and does not hold back. -- proverbs 21:26 +. +The wicked person's sacrifice is an abomination; how much more when he brings it with evil intent! -- proverbs 21:27 +. +A lying witness will perish, but the one who reports accurately speaks forever. -- proverbs 21:28 +. +A wicked person shows boldness with his face, but as for the upright, he discerns his ways. -- proverbs 21:29 +. +There is no wisdom and there is no understanding, and there is no counsel against the Lord. -- proverbs 21:30 +. +A horse is prepared for the day of battle, but the victory is from the Lord. -- proverbs 21:31 +. +A good name is to be chosen rather than great wealth, good favor more than silver or gold. -- proverbs 22:1 +. +The rich and the poor meet together; the Lord is the creator of them both. -- proverbs 22:2 +. +A shrewd person sees danger and hides himself, but the naive keep right on going and suffer for it. -- proverbs 22:3 +. +The reward for humility and fearing the Lord is riches and honor and life. -- proverbs 22:4 +. +Thorns and snares are in the path of the perverse, but the one who guards himself keeps far from them. -- proverbs 22:5 +. +Train a child in the way that he should go, and when he is old he will not turn from it. -- proverbs 22:6 +. +The rich rule over the poor, and the borrower is servant to the lender. -- proverbs 22:7 +. +The one who sows iniquity will reap trouble, and the rod of his fury will end. -- proverbs 22:8 +. +A generous person will be blessed, for he gives some of his food to the poor. -- proverbs 22:9 +. +Drive out the scorner and contention will leave; strife and insults will cease. -- proverbs 22:10 +. +The one who loves a pure heart and whose speech is gracious - the king will be his friend. -- proverbs 22:11 +. +The eyes of the Lord guard knowledge, but he overthrows the words of the faithless person. -- proverbs 22:12 +. +The sluggard says, "There is a lion outside! I will be killed in the middle of the streets!" -- proverbs 22:13 +. +The mouth of an adulteress is like a deep pit; the one against whom the Lord is angry will fall into it. -- proverbs 22:14 +. +Folly is bound up in the heart of a child, but the rod of discipline will drive it far from him. -- proverbs 22:15 +. +The one who oppresses the poor to increase his own gain and the one who gives to the rich - both end up only in poverty. -- proverbs 22:16 +. +Incline your ear and listen to the words of the wise, and apply your heart to my instruction. -- proverbs 22:17 +. +For it is pleasing if you keep these sayings within you, and they are ready on your lips. -- proverbs 22:18 +. +So that your confidence may be in the Lord, I am making them known to you today - even you. -- proverbs 22:19 +. +Have I not written thirty sayings for you, sayings of counsel and knowledge, -- proverbs 22:20 +. +to show you true and reliable words, so that you may give accurate answers to those who sent you? -- proverbs 22:21 +. +Do not exploit a poor person because he is poor and do not crush the needy in court, -- proverbs 22:22 +. +for the Lord will plead their case and will rob those who are robbing them. -- proverbs 22:23 +. +Do not make friends with an angry person, and do not associate with a wrathful person, -- proverbs 22:24 +. +lest you learn his ways and entangle yourself in a snare. -- proverbs 22:25 +. +Do not be one who strikes hands in pledge or who puts up security for debts. -- proverbs 22:26 +. +If you do not have enough to pay, your bed will be taken right out from under you! -- proverbs 22:27 +. +Do not move an ancient boundary stone which was put in place by your ancestors. -- proverbs 22:28 +. +Do you see a person skilled in his work? He will take his position before kings; he will not take his position before obscure people. -- proverbs 22:29 +. +When you sit down to eat with a ruler, consider carefully what is before you, -- proverbs 23:1 +. +and put a knife to your throat if you possess a large appetite. -- proverbs 23:2 +. +Do not crave that ruler's delicacies, for that food is deceptive. -- proverbs 23:3 +. +Do not wear yourself out to become rich; be wise enough to restrain yourself. -- proverbs 23:4 +. +When you gaze upon riches, they are gone, for they surely make wings for themselves, and fly off into the sky like an eagle! -- proverbs 23:5 +. +Do not eat the food of a stingy person, do not crave his delicacies; -- proverbs 23:6 +. +for he is like someone calculating the cost in his mind. "Eat and drink," he says to you, but his heart is not with you; -- proverbs 23:7 +. +you will vomit up the little bit you have eaten, and will have wasted your pleasant words. -- proverbs 23:8 +. +Do not speak in the ears of a fool, for he will despise the wisdom of your words. -- proverbs 23:9 +. +Do not move an ancient boundary stone, or take over the fields of the fatherless, -- proverbs 23:10 +. +for their Protector is strong; he will plead their case against you. -- proverbs 23:11 +. +Apply your heart to instruction and your ears to the words of knowledge. -- proverbs 23:12 +. +Do not withhold discipline from a child; even if you strike him with the rod, he will not die. -- proverbs 23:13 +. +If you strike him with the rod, you will deliver him from death. -- proverbs 23:14 +. +My child, if your heart is wise, then my heart also will be glad; -- proverbs 23:15 +. +my soul will rejoice when your lips speak what is right. -- proverbs 23:16 +. +Do not let your heart envy sinners, but rather be zealous in fearing the Lord all the time. -- proverbs 23:17 +. +For surely there is a future, and your hope will not be cut off. -- proverbs 23:18 +. +Listen, my child, and be wise, and guide your heart on the right way. -- proverbs 23:19 +. +Do not spend time among drunkards, among those who eat too much meat, -- proverbs 23:20 +. +because drunkards and gluttons become impoverished, and drowsiness clothes them with rags. -- proverbs 23:21 +. +Listen to your father who begot you, and do not despise your mother when she is old. -- proverbs 23:22 +. +Acquire truth and do not sell it - wisdom, and discipline, and understanding. -- proverbs 23:23 +. +The father of a righteous person will rejoice greatly; whoever fathers a wise child will have joy in him. -- proverbs 23:24 +. +May your father and your mother have joy; may she who bore you rejoice. -- proverbs 23:25 +. +Give me your heart, my son, and let your eyes observe my ways; -- proverbs 23:26 +. +for a prostitute is like a deep pit; a harlot is like a narrow well. -- proverbs 23:27 +. +Indeed, she lies in wait like a robber, and increases the unfaithful among men. -- proverbs 23:28 +. +Who has woe? Who has sorrow? Who has contentions? Who has complaints? Who has wounds without cause? Who has dullness of the eyes? -- proverbs 23:29 +. +Those who linger over wine, those who go looking for mixed wine. -- proverbs 23:30 +. +Do not look on the wine when it is red, when it sparkles in the cup, when it goes down smoothly. -- proverbs 23:31 +. +Afterward it bites like a snake, and stings like a viper. -- proverbs 23:32 +. +Your eyes will see strange things, and your mind will speak perverse things. -- proverbs 23:33 +. +And you will be like one who lies down in the midst of the sea, and like one who lies down on the top of the rigging. -- proverbs 23:34 +. +You will say, "They have struck me, but I am not harmed! They beat me, but I did not know it! When will I awake? I will look for another drink." -- proverbs 23:35 +. +Do not envy evil people, do not desire to be with them; -- proverbs 24:1 +. +for their hearts contemplate violence, and their lips speak harm. -- proverbs 24:2 +. +By wisdom a house is built, and through understanding it is established; -- proverbs 24:3 +. +by knowledge its rooms are filled with all kinds of precious and pleasing treasures. -- proverbs 24:4 +. +A wise warrior is strong, and a man of knowledge makes his strength stronger; -- proverbs 24:5 +. +for with guidance you wage your war, and with numerous advisers there is victory. -- proverbs 24:6 +. +Wisdom is unattainable for a fool; in court he does not open his mouth. -- proverbs 24:7 +. +The one who plans to do evil will be called a scheming person. -- proverbs 24:8 +. +A foolish scheme is sin, and the scorner is an abomination to people. -- proverbs 24:9 +. +If you faint in the day of trouble, your strength is small! -- proverbs 24:10 +. +Deliver those being taken away to death, and hold back those slipping to the slaughter. -- proverbs 24:11 +. +If you say, "But we did not know about this," does not the one who evaluates hearts consider? Does not the one who guards your life know? Will he not repay each person according to his deeds? -- proverbs 24:12 +. +Eat honey, my child, for it is good, and honey from the honeycomb is sweet to your taste. -- proverbs 24:13 +. +Likewise, know that wisdom is sweet to your soul; if you find it, you will have a future, and your hope will not be cut off. -- proverbs 24:14 +. +Do not lie in wait like the wicked against the place where the righteous live; do not assault his home. -- proverbs 24:15 +. +Although a righteous person may fall seven times, he gets up again, but the wicked will be brought down by calamity. -- proverbs 24:16 +. +Do not rejoice when your enemy falls, and when he stumbles do not let your heart rejoice, -- proverbs 24:17 +. +lest the Lord see it, and be displeased, and turn his wrath away from him. -- proverbs 24:18 +. +Do not fret because of evil people or be envious of wicked people, -- proverbs 24:19 +. +for the evil person has no future, and the lamp of the wicked will be extinguished. -- proverbs 24:20 +. +Fear the Lord, my child, as well as the king, and do not associate with rebels, -- proverbs 24:21 +. +for suddenly their destruction will overtake them, and who knows the ruinous judgment both the Lord and the king can bring? -- proverbs 24:22 +. +These sayings also are from the wise: To show partiality in judgment is terrible: -- proverbs 24:23 +. +The one who says to the guilty, "You are innocent," peoples will curse him, and nations will denounce him. -- proverbs 24:24 +. +But there will be delight for those who convict the guilty, and a pleasing blessing will come on them. -- proverbs 24:25 +. +Like a kiss on the lips is the one who gives an honest answer. -- proverbs 24:26 +. +Establish your work outside and get your fields ready; afterward build your house. -- proverbs 24:27 +. +Do not be a witness against your neighbor without cause, and do not deceive with your words. -- proverbs 24:28 +. +Do not say, "I will do to him just as he has done to me; I will pay him back according to what he has done." -- proverbs 24:29 +. +I passed by the field of a sluggard, by the vineyard of one who lacks wisdom. -- proverbs 24:30 +. +I saw that thorns had grown up all over it, the ground was covered with weeds, and its stone wall was broken down. -- proverbs 24:31 +. +When I saw this, I gave careful consideration to it; I received instruction from what I saw: -- proverbs 24:32 +. +"A little sleep, a little slumber, a little folding of the hands to relax, -- proverbs 24:33 +. +and your poverty will come like a bandit, and your need like an armed robber." -- proverbs 24:34 +. +These also are proverbs of Solomon, which the men of King Hezekiah of Judah copied: -- proverbs 25:1 +. +It is the glory of God to conceal a matter, and it is the glory of a king to search out a matter. -- proverbs 25:2 +. +As the heaven is high and the earth is deep so the hearts of kings are unsearchable. -- proverbs 25:3 +. +Remove the dross from the silver, and material for the silversmith will emerge; -- proverbs 25:4 +. +remove the wicked from before the king, and his throne will be established in righteousness. -- proverbs 25:5 +. +Do not honor yourself before the king, and do not stand in the place of great men; -- proverbs 25:6 +. +for it is better for him to say to you, "Come up here," than to put you lower before a prince, whom your eyes have seen. -- proverbs 25:7 +. +Do not go out hastily to litigation, or what will you do afterward when your neighbor puts you to shame? -- proverbs 25:8 +. +When you argue a case with your neighbor, do not reveal the secret of another person, -- proverbs 25:9 +. +lest the one who hears it put you to shame and your infamy will never go away. -- proverbs 25:10 +. +Like apples of gold in settings of silver, so is a word skillfully spoken. -- proverbs 25:11 +. +Like an earring of gold and an ornament of fine gold, so is a wise reprover to the ear of the one who listens. -- proverbs 25:12 +. +Like the cold of snow in the time of harvest, so is a faithful messenger to those who send him, for he refreshes the heart of his masters. -- proverbs 25:13 +. +Like cloudy skies and wind that produce no rain, so is the one who boasts of a gift not given. -- proverbs 25:14 +. +Through patience a ruler can be persuaded, and a soft tongue can break a bone. -- proverbs 25:15 +. +When you find honey, eat only what is sufficient for you, lest you become stuffed with it and vomit it up. -- proverbs 25:16 +. +Don't set foot too frequently in your neighbor's house, lest he become weary of you and hate you. -- proverbs 25:17 +. +Like a club or a sword or a sharp arrow, so is the one who testifies against his neighbor as a false witness. -- proverbs 25:18 +. +Like a bad tooth or a foot out of joint, so is confidence in an unfaithful person at the time of trouble. -- proverbs 25:19 +. +Like one who takes off a garment on a cold day, or like vinegar poured on soda, so is one who sings songs to a heavy heart. -- proverbs 25:20 +. +If your enemy is hungry, give him food to eat, and if he is thirsty, give him water to drink, -- proverbs 25:21 +. +for you will heap coals of fire on his head, and the Lord will reward you. -- proverbs 25:22 +. +The north wind brings forth rain, and a gossiping tongue brings forth an angry look. -- proverbs 25:23 +. +It is better to live on a corner of the housetop than in a house in company with a quarrelsome wife. -- proverbs 25:24 +. +Like cold water to a weary person, so is good news from a distant land. -- proverbs 25:25 +. +Like a muddied spring and a polluted well, so is a righteous person who gives way before the wicked. -- proverbs 25:26 +. +It is not good to eat too much honey, nor is it honorable for people to seek their own glory. -- proverbs 25:27 +. +Like a city that is broken down and without a wall, so is a person who cannot control his temper. -- proverbs 25:28 +. +Like snow in summer or rain in harvest, so honor is not fitting for a fool. -- proverbs 26:1 +. +Like a fluttering bird or like a flying swallow, so a curse without cause does not come to rest. -- proverbs 26:2 +. +A whip for the horse and a bridle for the donkey, and a rod for the backs of fools! -- proverbs 26:3 +. +Do not answer a fool according to his folly, lest you yourself also be like him. -- proverbs 26:4 +. +Answer a fool according to his folly, lest he be wise in his own estimation. -- proverbs 26:5 +. +Like cutting off the feet or drinking violence, so is sending a message by the hand of a fool. -- proverbs 26:6 +. +Like legs that hang limp from the lame, so is a proverb in the mouth of fools. -- proverbs 26:7 +. +Like tying a stone in a sling, so is giving honor to a fool. -- proverbs 26:8 +. +Like a thorn that goes into the hand of a drunkard, so is a proverb in the mouth of a fool. -- proverbs 26:9 +. +Like an archer who wounds at random, so is the one who hires a fool or hires any passer-by. -- proverbs 26:10 +. +Like a dog that returns to its vomit, so a fool repeats his folly. -- proverbs 26:11 +. +Do you see a man wise in his own eyes? There is more hope for a fool than for him. -- proverbs 26:12 +. +The sluggard says, "There is a lion in the road! A lion in the streets!" -- proverbs 26:13 +. +Like a door that turns on its hinges, so a sluggard turns on his bed. -- proverbs 26:14 +. +The sluggard plunges his hand in the dish; he is too lazy to bring it back to his mouth. -- proverbs 26:15 +. +The sluggard is wiser in his own estimation than seven people who respond with good sense. -- proverbs 26:16 +. +Like one who grabs a wild dog by the ears, so is the person passing by who becomes furious over a quarrel not his own. -- proverbs 26:17 +. +Like a madman who shoots firebrands and deadly arrows, -- proverbs 26:18 +. +so is a person who deceives his neighbor, and says, "Was I not only joking?" -- proverbs 26:19 +. +Where there is no wood, a fire goes out, and where there is no gossip, contention ceases. -- proverbs 26:20 +. +Like charcoal is to burning coals, and wood to fire, so is a contentious person to kindle strife. -- proverbs 26:21 +. +The words of a gossip are like delicious morsels; they go down into a person's innermost being. -- proverbs 26:22 +. +Like a coating of glaze over earthenware are fervent lips with an evil heart. -- proverbs 26:23 +. +The one who hates others disguises it with his lips, but he stores up deceit within him. -- proverbs 26:24 +. +When he speaks graciously, do not believe him, for there are seven abominations within him. -- proverbs 26:25 +. +Though his hatred may be concealed by deceit, his evil will be uncovered in the assembly. -- proverbs 26:26 +. +The one who digs a pit will fall into it; the one who rolls a stone - it will come back on him. -- proverbs 26:27 +. +A lying tongue hates those crushed by it, and a flattering mouth works ruin. -- proverbs 26:28 +. +Do not boast about tomorrow; for you do not know what a day may bring forth. -- proverbs 27:1 +. +Let another praise you, and not your own mouth; someone else, and not your own lips. -- proverbs 27:2 +. +A stone is heavy and sand is weighty, but vexation by a fool is more burdensome than the two of them. -- proverbs 27:3 +. +Wrath is cruel and anger is overwhelming, but who can stand before jealousy? -- proverbs 27:4 +. +Better is open rebuke than hidden love. -- proverbs 27:5 +. +Faithful are the wounds of a friend, but the kisses of an enemy are excessive. -- proverbs 27:6 +. +The one whose appetite is satisfied loathes honey, but to the hungry mouth every bitter thing is sweet. -- proverbs 27:7 +. +Like a bird that wanders from its nest, so is a person who wanders from his home. -- proverbs 27:8 +. +Ointment and incense make the heart rejoice, likewise the sweetness of one's friend from sincere counsel. -- proverbs 27:9 +. +Do not forsake your friend and your father's friend, and do not enter your brother's house in the day of your disaster; a neighbor nearby is better than a brother far away. -- proverbs 27:10 +. +Be wise, my son, and make my heart glad, so that I may answer anyone who taunts me. -- proverbs 27:11 +. +A shrewd person sees danger and hides himself, but the naive keep right on going and suffer for it. -- proverbs 27:12 +. +Take a man's garment when he has given security for a stranger, and when he gives surety for a stranger, hold him in pledge. -- proverbs 27:13 +. +If someone blesses his neighbor with a loud voice early in the morning, it will be counted as a curse to him. -- proverbs 27:14 +. +A continual dripping on a rainy day and a contentious wife are alike. -- proverbs 27:15 +. +Whoever hides her hides the wind or grasps oil with his right hand. -- proverbs 27:16 +. +As iron sharpens iron, so a person sharpens his friend. -- proverbs 27:17 +. +The one who tends a fig tree will eat its fruit, and whoever takes care of his master will be honored. -- proverbs 27:18 +. +As in water the face is reflected as a face, so a person's heart reflects the person. -- proverbs 27:19 +. +As Death and Destruction are never satisfied, so the eyes of a person are never satisfied. -- proverbs 27:20 +. +As the crucible is for silver and the furnace is for gold, so a person is proved by the praise he receives. -- proverbs 27:21 +. +If you should pound the fool in the mortar among the grain with the pestle, his foolishness would not depart from him. -- proverbs 27:22 +. +Pay careful attention to the condition of your flocks, give careful attention to your herds, -- proverbs 27:23 +. +for riches do not last forever, nor does a crown last from generation to generation. -- proverbs 27:24 +. +When the hay is removed and new grass appears, and the grass from the hills is gathered in, -- proverbs 27:25 +. +the lambs will be for your clothing, and the goats will be for the price of a field. -- proverbs 27:26 +. +And there will be enough goat's milk for your food, for the food of your household, and for the sustenance of your servant girls. -- proverbs 27:27 +. +The wicked person flees when there is no one pursuing, but the righteous person is as confident as a lion. -- proverbs 28:1 +. +When a country is rebellious it has many princes, but by someone who is discerning and knowledgeable order is maintained. -- proverbs 28:2 +. +A poor person who oppresses the weak is like a driving rain without food. -- proverbs 28:3 +. +Those who forsake the law praise the wicked, but those who keep the law contend with them. -- proverbs 28:4 +. +Evil people do not understand justice, but those who seek the Lord understand it all. -- proverbs 28:5 +. +A poor person who walks in his integrity is better than one who is perverse in his ways even though he is rich. -- proverbs 28:6 +. +The one who keeps the law is a discerning child, but a companion of gluttons brings shame to his parents. -- proverbs 28:7 +. +The one who increases his wealth by increasing interest gathers it for someone who is gracious to the needy. -- proverbs 28:8 +. +The one who turns away his ear from hearing the law, even his prayer is an abomination. -- proverbs 28:9 +. +The one who leads the upright astray in an evil way will himself fall into his own pit, but the blameless will inherit what is good. -- proverbs 28:10 +. +A rich person is wise in his own eyes, but a discerning poor person can evaluate him properly. -- proverbs 28:11 +. +When the righteous rejoice, great is the glory, but when the wicked rise to power, people are sought out. -- proverbs 28:12 +. +The one who covers his transgressions will not prosper, but whoever confesses them and forsakes them will find mercy. -- proverbs 28:13 +. +Blessed is the one who is always cautious, but whoever hardens his heart will fall into evil. -- proverbs 28:14 +. +Like a roaring lion or a roving bear, so is a wicked ruler over a poor people. -- proverbs 28:15 +. +The prince who is a great oppressor lacks wisdom, but the one who hates unjust gain will prolong his days. -- proverbs 28:16 +. +The one who is tormented by the murder of another will flee to the pit; let no one support him. -- proverbs 28:17 +. +The one who walks blamelessly will be delivered, but whoever is perverse in his ways will fall at once. -- proverbs 28:18 +. +The one who works his land will be satisfied with food, but whoever chases daydreams will have his fill of poverty. -- proverbs 28:19 +. +A faithful person will have an abundance of blessings, but the one who hastens to gain riches will not go unpunished. -- proverbs 28:20 +. +To show partiality is terrible, for a person will transgress over the smallest piece of bread. -- proverbs 28:21 +. +The stingy person hastens after riches and does not know that poverty will overtake him. -- proverbs 28:22 +. +The one who reproves another will in the end find more favor than the one who flatters with the tongue. -- proverbs 28:23 +. +The one who robs his father and mother and says, "There is no transgression," is a companion to the one who destroys. -- proverbs 28:24 +. +The greedy person stirs up dissension, but the one who trusts in the Lord will prosper. -- proverbs 28:25 +. +The one who trusts in his own heart is a fool, but the one who walks in wisdom will escape. -- proverbs 28:26 +. +The one who gives to the poor will not lack, but whoever shuts his eyes to them will receive many curses. -- proverbs 28:27 +. +When the wicked gain control, people hide themselves, but when they perish, the righteous increase. -- proverbs 28:28 +. +The one who stiffens his neck after numerous rebukes will suddenly be destroyed without remedy. -- proverbs 29:1 +. +When the righteous become numerous, the people rejoice; when the wicked rule, the people groan. -- proverbs 29:2 +. +The man who loves wisdom brings joy to his father, but whoever associates with prostitutes wastes his wealth. -- proverbs 29:3 +. +A king brings stability to a land by justice, but one who exacts tribute tears it down. -- proverbs 29:4 +. +The one who flatters his neighbor spreads a net for his steps. -- proverbs 29:5 +. +In the transgression of an evil person there is a snare, but a righteous person can sing and rejoice. -- proverbs 29:6 +. +The righteous person cares for the legal rights of the poor; the wicked does not understand such knowledge. -- proverbs 29:7 +. +Scornful people inflame a city, but those who are wise turn away wrath. -- proverbs 29:8 +. +If a wise person goes to court with a foolish person, there is no peace whether he is angry or laughs. -- proverbs 29:9 +. +Bloodthirsty people hate someone with integrity; as for the upright, they seek his life. -- proverbs 29:10 +. +A fool lets fly with all his temper, but a wise person keeps it back. -- proverbs 29:11 +. +If a ruler listens to lies, all his ministers will be wicked. -- proverbs 29:12 +. +The poor person and the oppressor have this in common: the Lord gives light to the eyes of them both. -- proverbs 29:13 +. +If a king judges the poor in truth, his throne will be established forever. -- proverbs 29:14 +. +A rod and reproof impart wisdom, but a child who is unrestrained brings shame to his mother. -- proverbs 29:15 +. +When the wicked increase, transgression increases, but the righteous will see their downfall. -- proverbs 29:16 +. +Discipline your child, and he will give you rest; he will bring you happiness. -- proverbs 29:17 +. +When there is no prophetic vision the people cast off restraint, but the one who keeps the law, blessed is he! -- proverbs 29:18 +. +A servant cannot be corrected by words, for although he understands, there is no answer. -- proverbs 29:19 +. +Do you see someone who is hasty in his words? There is more hope for a fool than for him. -- proverbs 29:20 +. +If someone pampers his servant from youth, he will be a weakling in the end. -- proverbs 29:21 +. +An angry person stirs up dissension, and a wrathful person is abounding in transgression. -- proverbs 29:22 +. +A person's pride will bring him low, but one who has a lowly spirit will gain honor. -- proverbs 29:23 +. +Whoever shares with a thief is his own enemy; he hears the oath to testify, but does not talk. -- proverbs 29:24 +. +The fear of people becomes a snare, but whoever trusts in the Lord will be set on high. -- proverbs 29:25 +. +Many people seek the face of a ruler, but it is from the Lord that one receives justice. -- proverbs 29:26 +. +An unjust person is an abomination to the righteous, and the one who lives an upright life is an abomination to the wicked. -- proverbs 29:27 +. +The words of Agur, the son of Jakeh; an oracle: This man says to Ithiel, to Ithiel and to Ukal: -- proverbs 30:1 +. +Surely I am more brutish than any other human being, and I do not have human understanding; -- proverbs 30:2 +. +I have not learned wisdom, nor do I have knowledge of the Holy One. -- proverbs 30:3 +. +Who has ascended into heaven, and then descended? Who has gathered up the winds in his fists? Who has bound up the waters in his cloak? Who has established all the ends of the earth? What is his name, and what is his son's name? - if you know! -- proverbs 30:4 +. +Every word of God is purified; he is like a shield for those who take refuge in him. -- proverbs 30:5 +. +Do not add to his words, lest he reprove you, and prove you to be a liar. -- proverbs 30:6 +. +Two things I ask from you; do not refuse me before I die: -- proverbs 30:7 +. +Remove falsehood and lies far from me; do not give me poverty or riches, feed me with my allotted portion of bread, -- proverbs 30:8 +. +lest I become satisfied and act deceptively and say, "Who is the Lord?" Or lest I become poor and steal and demean the name of my God. -- proverbs 30:9 +. +Do not slander a servant to his master, lest he curse you, and you are found guilty. -- proverbs 30:10 +. +There is a generation who curse their fathers and do not bless their mothers. -- proverbs 30:11 +. +There is a generation who are pure in their own eyes and yet are not washed from their filthiness. -- proverbs 30:12 +. +There is a generation whose eyes are so lofty, and whose eyelids are lifted up disdainfully. -- proverbs 30:13 +. +There is a generation whose teeth are like swords and whose molars are like knives to devour the poor from the earth and the needy from among the human race. -- proverbs 30:14 +. +The leech has two daughters: "Give! Give!" There are three things that are never satisfied, four that never say, "Enough" - -- proverbs 30:15 +. +the grave, the barren womb, land that is not satisfied with water, and fire that never says, "Enough!" -- proverbs 30:16 +. +The eye that mocks at a father and despises obeying a mother - the ravens of the valley will peck it out and the young vultures will eat it. -- proverbs 30:17 +. +There are three things that are too wonderful for me, four that I do not understand: -- proverbs 30:18 +. +the way of an eagle in the sky, the way of a snake on a rock, the way of a ship in the sea, and the way of a man with a woman. -- proverbs 30:19 +. +This is the way of an adulterous woman: she eats and wipes her mouth and says, "I have not done wrong." -- proverbs 30:20 +. +Under three things the earth trembles, and under four things it cannot bear up: -- proverbs 30:21 +. +under a servant who becomes king, under a fool who is stuffed with food, -- proverbs 30:22 +. +under an unloved woman who is married, and under a female servant who dispossesses her mistress. -- proverbs 30:23 +. +There are four things on earth that are small, but they are exceedingly wise: -- proverbs 30:24 +. +ants are creatures with little strength, but they prepare their food in the summer; -- proverbs 30:25 +. +rock badgers are creatures with little power, but they make their homes in the crags; -- proverbs 30:26 +. +locusts have no king, but they all go forward by ranks; -- proverbs 30:27 +. +a lizard you can catch with the hand, but it gets into the palaces of the king. -- proverbs 30:28 +. +There are three things that are magnificent in their step, four things that move about magnificently: -- proverbs 30:29 +. +a lion, mightiest of the beasts, who does not retreat from anything; -- proverbs 30:30 +. +a strutting rooster, a male goat, and a king with his army around him. -- proverbs 30:31 +. +If you have done foolishly by exalting yourself or if you have planned evil, put your hand over your mouth! -- proverbs 30:32 +. +For as the churning of milk produces butter and as punching the nose produces blood, so stirring up anger produces strife. -- proverbs 30:33 +. +The words of King Lemuel, an oracle that his mother taught him: -- proverbs 31:1 +. +O my son, O son of my womb, O son of my vows, -- proverbs 31:2 +. +Do not give your strength to women, nor your ways to that which ruins kings. -- proverbs 31:3 +. +It is not for kings, O Lemuel, it is not for kings to drink wine, or for rulers to crave strong drink, -- proverbs 31:4 +. +lest they drink and forget what is decreed, and remove from all the poor their legal rights. -- proverbs 31:5 +. +Give strong drink to the one who is perishing, and wine to those who are bitterly distressed; -- proverbs 31:6 +. +let them drink and forget their poverty, and remember their misery no more. -- proverbs 31:7 +. +Open your mouth on behalf of those unable to speak, for the legal rights of all the dying. -- proverbs 31:8 +. +Open your mouth, judge in righteousness, and plead the cause of the poor and needy. -- proverbs 31:9 +. +Who can find a wife of noble character? For her value is far more than rubies. -- proverbs 31:10 +. +The heart of her husband has confidence in her, and he has no lack of gain. -- proverbs 31:11 +. +She brings him good and not evil all the days of her life. -- proverbs 31:12 +. +She obtains wool and flax, and she is pleased to work with her hands. -- proverbs 31:13 +. +She is like the merchant ships; she brings her food from afar. -- proverbs 31:14 +. +She also gets up while it is still night, and provides food for her household and a portion to her female servants. -- proverbs 31:15 +. +She considers a field and buys it; from her own income she plants a vineyard. -- proverbs 31:16 +. +She begins her work vigorously, and she strengthens her arms. -- proverbs 31:17 +. +She knows that her merchandise is good, and her lamp does not go out in the night. -- proverbs 31:18 +. +Her hands take hold of the distaff, and her hands grasp the spindle. -- proverbs 31:19 +. +She extends her hand to the poor, and reaches out her hand to the needy. -- proverbs 31:20 +. +She is not afraid of the snow for her household, for all of her household are clothed with scarlet. -- proverbs 31:21 +. +She makes for herself coverlets; her clothing is fine linen and purple. -- proverbs 31:22 +. +Her husband is well-known in the city gate when he sits with the elders of the land. -- proverbs 31:23 +. +She makes linen garments and sells them, and supplies the merchants with sashes. -- proverbs 31:24 +. +She is clothed with strength and honor, and she can laugh at the time to come. -- proverbs 31:25 +. +She opens her mouth with wisdom, and loving instruction is on her tongue. -- proverbs 31:26 +. +She watches over the ways of her household, and does not eat the bread of idleness. -- proverbs 31:27 +. +Her children rise up and call her blessed, her husband also praises her: -- proverbs 31:28 +. +"Many daughters have done valiantly, but you surpass them all!" -- proverbs 31:29 +. +Charm is deceitful and beauty is fleeting, but a woman who fears the Lord will be praised. -- proverbs 31:30 +. +Give her credit for what she has accomplished, and let her works praise her in the city gates. -- proverbs 31:31 +. +The words of the Teacher, the son of David, king in Jerusalem: -- ecclesiastes 1:1 +. +"Futile! Futile!" laments the Teacher, "Absolutely futile! Everything is futile!" -- ecclesiastes 1:2 +. +What benefit do people get from all the effort which they expend on earth? -- ecclesiastes 1:3 +. +A generation comes and a generation goes, but the earth remains the same through the ages. -- ecclesiastes 1:4 +. +The sun rises and the sun sets; it hurries away to a place from which it rises again. -- ecclesiastes 1:5 +. +The wind goes to the south and circles around to the north; round and round the wind goes and on its rounds it returns. -- ecclesiastes 1:6 +. +All the streams flow into the sea, but the sea is not full, and to the place where the streams flow, there they will flow again. -- ecclesiastes 1:7 +. +All this monotony is tiresome; no one can bear to describe it: The eye is never satisfied with seeing, nor is the ear ever content with hearing. -- ecclesiastes 1:8 +. +What exists now is what will be, and what has been done is what will be done; there is nothing truly new on earth. -- ecclesiastes 1:9 +. +Is there anything about which someone can say, "Look at this! It is new!"? It was already done long ago, before our time. -- ecclesiastes 1:10 +. +No one remembers the former events, nor will anyone remember the events that are yet to happen; they will not be remembered by the future generations. -- ecclesiastes 1:11 +. +I, the Teacher, have been king over Israel in Jerusalem. -- ecclesiastes 1:12 +. +I decided to carefully and thoroughly examine all that has been accomplished on earth. I concluded: God has given people a burdensome task that keeps them occupied. -- ecclesiastes 1:13 +. +I reflected on everything that is accomplished by man on earth, and I concluded: Everything he has accomplished is futile - like chasing the wind! -- ecclesiastes 1:14 +. +What is bent cannot be straightened, and what is missing cannot be supplied. -- ecclesiastes 1:15 +. +I thought to myself, "I have become much wiser than any of my predecessors who ruled over Jerusalem; I have acquired much wisdom and knowledge." -- ecclesiastes 1:16 +. +So I decided to discern the benefit of wisdom and knowledge over foolish behavior and ideas; however, I concluded that even this endeavor is like trying to chase the wind! -- ecclesiastes 1:17 +. +For with great wisdom comes great frustration; whoever increases his knowledge merely increases his heartache. -- ecclesiastes 1:18 +. + I thought to myself, "Come now, I will try self-indulgent pleasure to see if it is worthwhile." But I found that it also is futile. -- ecclesiastes 2:1 +. +I said of partying, "It is folly," and of self-indulgent pleasure, "It accomplishes nothing!" -- ecclesiastes 2:2 +. +I thought deeply about the effects of indulging myself with wine (all the while my mind was guiding me with wisdom) and the effects of behaving foolishly, so that I might discover what is profitable for people to do on earth during the few days of their lives. -- ecclesiastes 2:3 +. +I increased my possessions: I built houses for myself; I planted vineyards for myself. -- ecclesiastes 2:4 +. +I designed royal gardens and parks for myself, and I planted all kinds of fruit trees in them. -- ecclesiastes 2:5 +. +I constructed pools of water for myself, to irrigate my grove of flourishing trees. -- ecclesiastes 2:6 +. +I purchased male and female slaves, and I owned slaves who were born in my house; I also possessed more livestock - both herds and flocks - than any of my predecessors in Jerusalem. -- ecclesiastes 2:7 +. +I also amassed silver and gold for myself, as well as valuable treasures taken from kingdoms and provinces. I acquired male singers and female singers for myself, and what gives a man sensual delight - a harem of beautiful concubines! -- ecclesiastes 2:8 +. +So I was far wealthier than all my predecessors in Jerusalem, yet I maintained my objectivity: -- ecclesiastes 2:9 +. +I did not restrain myself from getting whatever I wanted; I did not deny myself anything that would bring me pleasure. So all my accomplishments gave me joy; this was my reward for all my effort. -- ecclesiastes 2:10 +. +Yet when I reflected on everything I had accomplished and on all the effort that I had expended to accomplish it, I concluded: "All these achievements and possessions are ultimately profitless - like chasing the wind! There is nothing gained from them on earth." -- ecclesiastes 2:11 +. +Next, I decided to consider wisdom, as well as foolish behavior and ideas. For what more can the king's successor do than what the king has already done? -- ecclesiastes 2:12 +. +I realized that wisdom is preferable to folly, just as light is preferable to darkness: -- ecclesiastes 2:13 +. +The wise man can see where he is going, but the fool walks in darkness. Yet I also realized that the same fate happens to them both. -- ecclesiastes 2:14 +. +So I thought to myself, "The fate of the fool will happen even to me! Then what did I gain by becoming so excessively wise?" So I lamented to myself, "The benefits of wisdom are ultimately meaningless!" -- ecclesiastes 2:15 +. +For the wise man, like the fool, will not be remembered for very long, because in the days to come, both will already have been forgotten. Alas, the wise man dies - just like the fool! -- ecclesiastes 2:16 +. +So I loathed life because what happens on earth seems awful to me; for all the benefits of wisdom are futile - like chasing the wind. -- ecclesiastes 2:17 +. +So I loathed all the fruit of my effort, for which I worked so hard on earth, because I must leave it behind in the hands of my successor. -- ecclesiastes 2:18 +. +Who knows if he will be a wise man or a fool? Yet he will be master over all the fruit of my labor for which I worked so wisely on earth! This also is futile! -- ecclesiastes 2:19 +. +So I began to despair about all the fruit of my labor for which I worked so hard on earth. -- ecclesiastes 2:20 +. +For a man may do his work with wisdom, knowledge, and skill; however, he must hand over the fruit of his labor as an inheritance to someone else who did not work for it. This also is futile, and an awful injustice! -- ecclesiastes 2:21 +. +What does a man acquire from all his labor and from the anxiety that accompanies his toil on earth? -- ecclesiastes 2:22 +. +For all day long his work produces pain and frustration, and even at night his mind cannot relax! This also is futile! -- ecclesiastes 2:23 +. +There is nothing better for people than to eat and drink, and to find enjoyment in their work. I also perceived that this ability to find enjoyment comes from God. -- ecclesiastes 2:24 +. +For no one can eat and drink or experience joy apart from him. -- ecclesiastes 2:25 +. +For to the one who pleases him, God gives wisdom, knowledge, and joy, but to the sinner, he gives the task of amassing wealth - only to give it to the one who pleases God. This task of the wicked is futile - like chasing the wind! -- ecclesiastes 2:26 +. +For everything there is an appointed time, and an appropriate time for every activity on earth: -- ecclesiastes 3:1 +. +A time to be born, and a time to die; a time to plant, and a time to uproot what was planted; -- ecclesiastes 3:2 +. +A time to kill, and a time to heal; a time to break down, and a time to build up; -- ecclesiastes 3:3 +. +A time to weep, and a time to laugh; a time to mourn, and a time to dance. -- ecclesiastes 3:4 +. +A time to throw away stones, and a time to gather stones; a time to embrace, and a time to refrain from embracing; -- ecclesiastes 3:5 +. +A time to search, and a time to give something up as lost; a time to keep, and a time to throw away; -- ecclesiastes 3:6 +. +A time to rip, and a time to sew; a time to keep silent, and a time to speak. -- ecclesiastes 3:7 +. +A time to love, and a time to hate; a time for war, and a time for peace. -- ecclesiastes 3:8 +. +What benefit can a worker gain from his toil? -- ecclesiastes 3:9 +. +I have observed the burden that God has given to people to keep them occupied. -- ecclesiastes 3:10 +. +God has made everything fit beautifully in its appropriate time, but he has also placed ignorance in the human heart so that people cannot discover what God has ordained, from the beginning to the end of their lives. -- ecclesiastes 3:11 +. +I have concluded that there is nothing better for people than to be happy and to enjoy themselves as long as they live, -- ecclesiastes 3:12 +. +and also that everyone should eat and drink, and find enjoyment in all his toil, for these things are a gift from God. -- ecclesiastes 3:13 +. +I also know that whatever God does will endure forever; nothing can be added to it, and nothing taken away from it. God has made it this way, so that men will fear him. -- ecclesiastes 3:14 +. +Whatever exists now has already been, and whatever will be has already been; for God will seek to do again what has occurred in the past. -- ecclesiastes 3:15 +. +I saw something else on earth: In the place of justice, there was wickedness, and in the place of fairness, there was wickedness. -- ecclesiastes 3:16 +. +I thought to myself, "God will judge both the righteous and the wicked; for there is an appropriate time for every activity, and there is a time of judgment for every deed. -- ecclesiastes 3:17 +. +I also thought to myself, "It is for the sake of people, so God can clearly show them that they are like animals. -- ecclesiastes 3:18 +. +For the fate of humans and the fate of animals are the same: As one dies, so dies the other; both have the same breath. There is no advantage for humans over animals, for both are fleeting. -- ecclesiastes 3:19 +. +Both go to the same place, both come from the dust, and to dust both return. -- ecclesiastes 3:20 +. +Who really knows if the human spirit ascends upward, and the animal's spirit descends into the earth? -- ecclesiastes 3:21 +. +So I perceived there is nothing better than for people to enjoy their work, because that is their reward; for who can show them what the future holds? -- ecclesiastes 3:22 +. +So I again considered all the oppression that continually occurs on earth. This is what I saw: The oppressed were in tears, but no one was comforting them; no one delivers them from the power of their oppressors. -- ecclesiastes 4:1 +. +So I considered those who are dead and gone more fortunate than those who are still alive. -- ecclesiastes 4:2 +. +But better than both is the one who has not been born and has not seen the evil things that are done on earth. -- ecclesiastes 4:3 +. +Then I considered all the skillful work that is done: Surely it is nothing more than competition between one person and another. This also is profitless - like chasing the wind. -- ecclesiastes 4:4 +. +The fool folds his hands and does no work, so he has nothing to eat but his own flesh. -- ecclesiastes 4:5 +. +Better is one handful with some rest than two hands full of toil and chasing the wind. -- ecclesiastes 4:6 +. +So I again considered another futile thing on earth: -- ecclesiastes 4:7 +. +A man who is all alone with no companion, he has no children nor siblings; yet there is no end to all his toil, and he is never satisfied with riches. He laments, "For whom am I toiling and depriving myself of pleasure?" This also is futile and a burdensome task! -- ecclesiastes 4:8 +. +Two people are better than one, because they can reap more benefit from their labor. -- ecclesiastes 4:9 +. +For if they fall, one will help his companion up, but pity the person who falls down and has no one to help him up. -- ecclesiastes 4:10 +. +Furthermore, if two lie down together, they can keep each other warm, but how can one person keep warm by himself? -- ecclesiastes 4:11 +. +Although an assailant may overpower one person, two can withstand him. Moreover, a three-stranded cord is not quickly broken. -- ecclesiastes 4:12 +. +A poor but wise youth is better than an old and foolish king who no longer knows how to receive advice. -- ecclesiastes 4:13 +. +For he came out of prison to become king, even though he had been born poor in what would become his kingdom. -- ecclesiastes 4:14 +. +I considered all the living who walk on earth, as well as the successor who would arise in his place. -- ecclesiastes 4:15 +. +There is no end to all the people nor to the past generations, yet future generations will not rejoice in him. This also is profitless and like chasing the wind. -- ecclesiastes 4:16 +. +Be careful what you do when you go to the temple of God; draw near to listen rather than to offer a sacrifice like fools, for they do not realize that they are doing wrong. -- ecclesiastes 5:1 +. +Do not be rash with your mouth or hasty in your heart to bring up a matter before God, for God is in heaven and you are on earth! Therefore, let your words be few. -- ecclesiastes 5:2 +. +Just as dreams come when there are many cares, so the rash vow of a fool occurs when there are many words. -- ecclesiastes 5:3 +. +When you make a vow to God, do not delay in paying it. For God takes no pleasure in fools: Pay what you vow! -- ecclesiastes 5:4 +. +It is better for you not to vow than to vow and not pay it. -- ecclesiastes 5:5 +. +Do not let your mouth cause you to sin, and do not tell the priest, "It was a mistake!" Why make God angry at you so that he would destroy the work of your hands?" -- ecclesiastes 5:6 +. +Just as there is futility in many dreams, so also in many words. Therefore, fear God! -- ecclesiastes 5:7 +. +If you see the extortion of the poor, or the perversion of justice and fairness in the government, do not be astonished by the matter. For the high official is watched by a higher official, and there are higher ones over them! -- ecclesiastes 5:8 +. +The produce of the land is seized by all of them, even the king is served by the fields. -- ecclesiastes 5:9 +. +The one who loves money will never be satisfied with money, he who loves wealth will never be satisfied with his income. This also is futile. -- ecclesiastes 5:10 +. +When someone's prosperity increases, those who consume it also increase; so what does its owner gain, except that he gets to see it with his eyes? -- ecclesiastes 5:11 +. +The sleep of the laborer is pleasant - whether he eats little or much - but the wealth of the rich will not allow him to sleep. -- ecclesiastes 5:12 +. +Here is a misfortune on earth that I have seen: Wealth hoarded by its owner to his own misery. -- ecclesiastes 5:13 +. +Then that wealth was lost through bad luck; although he fathered a son, he has nothing left to give him. -- ecclesiastes 5:14 +. +Just as he came forth from his mother's womb, naked will he return as he came, and he will take nothing in his hand that he may carry away from his toil. -- ecclesiastes 5:15 +. +This is another misfortune: Just as he came, so will he go. What did he gain from toiling for the wind? -- ecclesiastes 5:16 +. +Surely, he ate in darkness every day of his life, and he suffered greatly with sickness and anger. -- ecclesiastes 5:17 +. +I have seen personally what is the only beneficial and appropriate course of action for people: to eat and drink, and find enjoyment in all their hard work on earth during the few days of their life which God has given them, for this is their reward. -- ecclesiastes 5:18 +. +To every man whom God has given wealth, and possessions, he has also given him the ability to eat from them, to receive his reward and to find enjoyment in his toil; these things are the gift of God. -- ecclesiastes 5:19 +. +For he does not think much about the fleeting days of his life because God keeps him preoccupied with the joy he derives from his activity. -- ecclesiastes 5:20 +. +Here is another misfortune that I have seen on earth, and it weighs heavily on people: -- ecclesiastes 6:1 +. +God gives a man riches, property, and wealth so that he lacks nothing that his heart desires, yet God does not enable him to enjoy the fruit of his labor - instead, someone else enjoys it! This is fruitless and a grave misfortune. -- ecclesiastes 6:2 +. +Even if a man fathers a hundred children and lives many years - even if he lives a long, long time, but cannot enjoy his prosperity - even if he were to live forever - I would say, "A stillborn child is better off than he is!" -- ecclesiastes 6:3 +. +Though the stillborn child came into the world for no reason and departed into darkness, though its name is shrouded in darkness, -- ecclesiastes 6:4 +. +though it never saw the light of day nor knew anything, yet it has more rest than that man - -- ecclesiastes 6:5 +. +if he should live a thousand years twice, yet does not enjoy his prosperity. For both of them die! -- ecclesiastes 6:6 +. +All of man's labor is for nothing more than to fill his stomach - yet his appetite is never satisfied! -- ecclesiastes 6:7 +. +So what advantage does a wise man have over a fool? And what advantage does a pauper gain by knowing how to survive? -- ecclesiastes 6:8 +. +It is better to be content with what the eyes can see than for one's heart always to crave more. This continual longing is futile - like chasing the wind. -- ecclesiastes 6:9 +. +Whatever has happened was foreordained, and what happens to a person was also foreknown. It is useless for him to argue with God about his fate because God is more powerful than he is. -- ecclesiastes 6:10 +. +The more one argues with words, the less he accomplishes. How does that benefit him? -- ecclesiastes 6:11 +. +For no one knows what is best for a person during his life - during the few days of his fleeting life - for they pass away like a shadow. Nor can anyone tell him what the future will hold for him on earth. -- ecclesiastes 6:12 +. +A good reputation is better than precious perfume; likewise, the day of one's death is better than the day of one's birth. -- ecclesiastes 7:1 +. +It is better to go to a funeral than a feast. For death is the destiny of every person, and the living should take this to heart. -- ecclesiastes 7:2 +. +Sorrow is better than laughter, because sober reflection is good for the heart. -- ecclesiastes 7:3 +. +The heart of the wise is in the house of mourning, but the heart of fools is in the house of merrymaking. -- ecclesiastes 7:4 +. +It is better for a person to receive a rebuke from those who are wise than to listen to the song of fools. -- ecclesiastes 7:5 +. +For like the crackling of quick-burning thorns under a cooking pot, so is the laughter of the fool. This kind of folly also is useless. -- ecclesiastes 7:6 +. +Surely oppression can turn a wise person into a fool; likewise, a bribe corrupts the heart. -- ecclesiastes 7:7 +. +The end of a matter is better than its beginning; likewise, patience is better than pride. -- ecclesiastes 7:8 +. +Do not let yourself be quickly provoked, for anger resides in the lap of fools. -- ecclesiastes 7:9 +. +Do not say, "Why were the old days better than these days?" for it is not wise to ask that. -- ecclesiastes 7:10 +. +Wisdom, like an inheritance, is a good thing; it benefits those who see the light of day. -- ecclesiastes 7:11 +. +For wisdom provides protection, just as money provides protection. But the advantage of knowledge is this: Wisdom preserves the life of its owner. -- ecclesiastes 7:12 +. +Consider the work of God: For who can make straight what he has bent? -- ecclesiastes 7:13 +. +In times of prosperity be joyful, but in times of adversity consider this: God has made one as well as the other, so that no one can discover what the future holds. -- ecclesiastes 7:14 +. +During the days of my fleeting life I have seen both of these things: Sometimes a righteous person dies prematurely in spite of his righteousness, and sometimes a wicked person lives long in spite of his evil deeds. -- ecclesiastes 7:15 +. +So do not be excessively righteous or excessively wise; otherwise you might be disappointed. -- ecclesiastes 7:16 +. +Do not be excessively wicked and do not be a fool; otherwise you might die before your time. -- ecclesiastes 7:17 +. +It is best to take hold of one warning without letting go of the other warning; for the one who fears God will follow both warnings. -- ecclesiastes 7:18 +. +Wisdom gives a wise person more protection than ten rulers in a city. -- ecclesiastes 7:19 +. +For there is not one truly righteous person on the earth who continually does good and never sins. -- ecclesiastes 7:20 +. +Also, do not pay attention to everything that people say; otherwise, you might even hear your servant cursing you. -- ecclesiastes 7:21 +. +For you know in your own heart that you also have cursed others many times. -- ecclesiastes 7:22 +. +I have examined all this by wisdom; I said, "I am determined to comprehend this" - but it was beyond my grasp. -- ecclesiastes 7:23 +. +Whatever has happened is beyond human understanding; it is far deeper than anyone can fathom. -- ecclesiastes 7:24 +. +I tried to understand, examine, and comprehend the role of wisdom in the scheme of things, and to understand the stupidity of wickedness and the insanity of folly. -- ecclesiastes 7:25 +. +I discovered this: More bitter than death is the kind of woman who is like a hunter's snare; her heart is like a hunter's net and her hands are like prison chains. The man who pleases God escapes her, but the sinner is captured by her. -- ecclesiastes 7:26 +. +The Teacher says: I discovered this while trying to discover the scheme of things, item by item. -- ecclesiastes 7:27 +. +What I have continually sought, I have not found; I have found only one upright man among a thousand, but I have not found one upright woman among all of them. -- ecclesiastes 7:28 +. +This alone have I discovered: God made humankind upright, but they have sought many evil schemes. -- ecclesiastes 7:29 +. +Who is a wise person? Who knows the solution to a problem? A person's wisdom brightens his appearance, and softens his harsh countenance. -- ecclesiastes 8:1 +. +Obey the king's command, because you took an oath before God to be loyal to him. -- ecclesiastes 8:2 +. +Do not rush out of the king's presence in haste - do not delay when the matter is unpleasant, for he can do whatever he pleases. -- ecclesiastes 8:3 +. +Surely the king's authority is absolute; no one can say to him, "What are you doing?" -- ecclesiastes 8:4 +. +Whoever obeys his command will not experience harm, and a wise person knows the proper time and procedure. -- ecclesiastes 8:5 +. +For there is a proper time and procedure for every matter, for the oppression of the king is severe upon his victim. -- ecclesiastes 8:6 +. +Surely no one knows the future, and no one can tell another person what will happen. -- ecclesiastes 8:7 +. +Just as no one has power over the wind to restrain it, so no one has power over the day of his death. Just as no one can be discharged during the battle, so wickedness cannot rescue the wicked. -- ecclesiastes 8:8 +. +While applying my mind to everything that happens in this world, I have seen all this: Sometimes one person dominates other people to their harm. -- ecclesiastes 8:9 +. +Not only that, but I have seen the wicked approaching and entering the temple, and as they left the holy temple, they boasted in the city that they had done so. This also is an enigma. -- ecclesiastes 8:10 +. +When a sentence is not executed at once against a crime, the human heart is encouraged to do evil. -- ecclesiastes 8:11 +. +Even though a sinner might commit a hundred crimes and still live a long time, yet I know that it will go well with God-fearing people - for they stand in fear before him. -- ecclesiastes 8:12 +. +But it will not go well with the wicked, nor will they prolong their days like a shadow, because they do not stand in fear before God. -- ecclesiastes 8:13 +. +Here is another enigma that occurs on earth: Sometimes there are righteous people who get what the wicked deserve, and sometimes there are wicked people who get what the righteous deserve. I said, "This also is an enigma." -- ecclesiastes 8:14 +. +So I recommend the enjoyment of life, for there is nothing better on earth for a person to do except to eat, drink, and enjoy life. So joy will accompany him in his toil during the days of his life which God gives him on earth. -- ecclesiastes 8:15 +. +When I tried to gain wisdom and to observe the activity on earth - even though it prevents anyone from sleeping day or night - -- ecclesiastes 8:16 +. +then I discerned all that God has done: No one really comprehends what happens on earth. Despite all human efforts to discover it, no one can ever grasp it. Even if a wise person claimed that he understood, he would not really comprehend it. -- ecclesiastes 8:17 +. +So I reflected on all this, attempting to clear it all up. I concluded that the righteous and the wise, as well as their works, are in the hand of God; whether a person will be loved or hated - no one knows what lies ahead. -- ecclesiastes 9:1 +. +Everyone shares the same fate - the righteous and the wicked, the good and the bad, the ceremonially clean and unclean, those who offer sacrifices and those who do not. What happens to the good person, also happens to the sinner; what happens to those who make vows, also happens to those who are afraid to make vows. -- ecclesiastes 9:2 +. +This is the unfortunate fact about everything that happens on earth: the same fate awaits everyone. In addition to this, the hearts of all people are full of evil, and there is folly in their hearts during their lives - then they die. -- ecclesiastes 9:3 +. +But whoever is among the living has hope; a live dog is better than a dead lion. -- ecclesiastes 9:4 +. +For the living know that they will die, but the dead do not know anything; they have no further reward - and even the memory of them disappears. -- ecclesiastes 9:5 +. +What they loved, as well as what they hated and envied, perished long ago, and they no longer have a part in anything that happens on earth. -- ecclesiastes 9:6 +. +Go, eat your food with joy, and drink your wine with a happy heart, because God has already approved your works. -- ecclesiastes 9:7 +. +Let your clothes always be white, and do not spare precious ointment on your head. -- ecclesiastes 9:8 +. +Enjoy life with your beloved wife during all the days of your fleeting life that God has given you on earth during all your fleeting days; for that is your reward in life and in your burdensome work on earth. -- ecclesiastes 9:9 +. +Whatever you find to do with your hands, do it with all your might, because there is neither work nor planning nor knowledge nor wisdom in the grave, the place where you will eventually go. -- ecclesiastes 9:10 +. +Again, I observed this on the earth: the race is not always won by the swiftest, the battle is not always won by the strongest; prosperity does not always belong to those who are the wisest, wealth does not always belong to those who are the most discerning, nor does success always come to those with the most knowledge - for time and chance may overcome them all. -- ecclesiastes 9:11 +. +Surely, no one knows his appointed time! Like fish that are caught in a deadly net, and like birds that are caught in a snare - just like them, all people are ensnared at an unfortunate time that falls upon them suddenly. -- ecclesiastes 9:12 +. +This is what I also observed about wisdom on earth, and it is a great burden to me: -- ecclesiastes 9:13 +. +There was once a small city with a few men in it, and a mighty king attacked it, besieging it and building strong siege works against it. -- ecclesiastes 9:14 +. +However, a poor but wise man lived in the city, and he could have delivered the city by his wisdom, but no one listened to that poor man. -- ecclesiastes 9:15 +. +So I concluded that wisdom is better than might, but a poor man's wisdom is despised; no one ever listens to his advice. -- ecclesiastes 9:16 +. +The words of the wise are heard in quiet, more than the shouting of a ruler is heard among fools. -- ecclesiastes 9:17 +. +Wisdom is better than weapons of war, but one sinner can destroy much that is good. -- ecclesiastes 9:18 +. +One dead fly makes the perfumer's ointment give off a rancid stench, so a little folly can outweigh much wisdom. -- ecclesiastes 10:1 +. +A wise person's good sense protects him, but a fool's lack of sense leaves him vulnerable. -- ecclesiastes 10:2 +. +Even when a fool walks along the road he lacks sense, and shows everyone what a fool he is. -- ecclesiastes 10:3 +. +If the anger of the ruler flares up against you, do not resign from your position, for a calm response can undo great offenses. -- ecclesiastes 10:4 +. +I have seen another misfortune on the earth: It is an error a ruler makes. -- ecclesiastes 10:5 +. +Fools are placed in many positions of authority, while wealthy men sit in lowly positions. -- ecclesiastes 10:6 +. +I have seen slaves on horseback and princes walking on foot like slaves. -- ecclesiastes 10:7 +. +One who digs a pit may fall into it, and one who breaks through a wall may be bitten by a snake. -- ecclesiastes 10:8 +. +One who quarries stones may be injured by them; one who splits logs may be endangered by them. -- ecclesiastes 10:9 +. +If an iron axhead is blunt and a workman does not sharpen its edge, he must exert a great deal of effort; so wisdom has the advantage of giving success. -- ecclesiastes 10:10 +. +If the snake should bite before it is charmed, the snake charmer is in trouble. -- ecclesiastes 10:11 +. +The words of a wise person win him favor, but the words of a fool are self-destructive. -- ecclesiastes 10:12 +. +At the beginning his words are foolish and at the end his talk is wicked madness, -- ecclesiastes 10:13 +. +yet a fool keeps on babbling. No one knows what will happen; who can tell him what will happen in the future? -- ecclesiastes 10:14 +. +The toil of a stupid fool wears him out, because he does not even know the way to the city. -- ecclesiastes 10:15 +. +Woe to you, O land, when your king is childish, and your princes feast in the morning! -- ecclesiastes 10:16 +. +Blessed are you, O land, when your king is the son of nobility, and your princes feast at the proper time - with self-control and not in drunkenness. -- ecclesiastes 10:17 +. +Because of laziness the roof caves in, and because of idle hands the house leaks. -- ecclesiastes 10:18 +. +Feasts are made for laughter, and wine makes life merry, but money is the answer for everything. -- ecclesiastes 10:19 +. +Do not curse a king even in your thoughts, and do not curse the rich while in your bedroom; for a bird might report what you are thinking, or some winged creature might repeat your words. -- ecclesiastes 10:20 +. +Send your grain overseas, for after many days you will get a return. -- ecclesiastes 11:1 +. +Divide your merchandise among seven or even eight investments, for you do not know what calamity may happen on earth. -- ecclesiastes 11:2 +. +If the clouds are full of rain, they will empty themselves on the earth, and whether a tree falls to the south or to the north, the tree will lie wherever it falls. -- ecclesiastes 11:3 +. +He who watches the wind will not sow, and he who observes the clouds will not reap. -- ecclesiastes 11:4 +. +Just as you do not know the path of the wind, or how the bones form in the womb of a pregnant woman, so you do not know the work of God who makes everything. -- ecclesiastes 11:5 +. +Sow your seed in the morning, and do not stop working until the evening; for you do not know which activity will succeed - whether this one or that one, or whether both will prosper equally. -- ecclesiastes 11:6 +. +Light is sweet, and it is pleasant for a person to see the sun. -- ecclesiastes 11:7 +. +So, if a man lives many years, let him rejoice in them all, but let him remember that the days of darkness will be many - all that is about to come is obscure. -- ecclesiastes 11:8 +. +Rejoice, young man, while you are young, and let your heart cheer you in the days of your youth. Follow the impulses of your heart and the desires of your eyes, but know that God will judge your motives and actions. -- ecclesiastes 11:9 +. +Banish emotional stress from your mind. and put away pain from your body; for youth and the prime of life are fleeting. -- ecclesiastes 11:10 +. +So remember your Creator in the days of your youth - before the difficult days come, and the years draw near when you will say, "I have no pleasure in them"; -- ecclesiastes 12:1 +. +before the sun and the light of the moon and the stars grow dark, and the clouds disappear after the rain; -- ecclesiastes 12:2 +. +when those who keep watch over the house begin to tremble, and the virile men begin to stoop over, and the grinders begin to cease because they grow few, and those who look through the windows grow dim, -- ecclesiastes 12:3 +. +and the doors along the street are shut; when the sound of the grinding mill grows low, and one is awakened by the sound of a bird, and all their songs grow faint, -- ecclesiastes 12:4 +. +and they are afraid of heights and the dangers in the street; the almond blossoms grow white, and the grasshopper drags itself along, and the caper berry shrivels up - because man goes to his eternal home, and the mourners go about in the streets - -- ecclesiastes 12:5 +. +before the silver cord is removed, or the golden bowl is broken, or the pitcher is shattered at the well, or the water wheel is broken at the cistern - -- ecclesiastes 12:6 +. +and the dust returns to the earth as it was, and the life's breath returns to God who gave it. -- ecclesiastes 12:7 +. +"Absolutely futile!" laments the Teacher, "All of these things are futile!" -- ecclesiastes 12:8 +. +Not only was the Teacher wise, but he also taught knowledge to the people; he carefully evaluated and arranged many proverbs. -- ecclesiastes 12:9 +. +The Teacher sought to find delightful words, and to write accurately truthful sayings. -- ecclesiastes 12:10 +. +The words of the sages are like prods, and the collected sayings are like firmly fixed nails; they are given by one shepherd. -- ecclesiastes 12:11 +. +Be warned, my son, of anything in addition to them. There is no end to the making of many books, and much study is exhausting to the body. -- ecclesiastes 12:12 +. +Having heard everything, I have reached this conclusion: Fear God and keep his commandments, because this is the whole duty of man. -- ecclesiastes 12:13 +. +For God will evaluate every deed, including every secret thing, whether good or evil. -- ecclesiastes 12:14 +. +Solomon's Most Excellent Love Song. -- song of solomon 1:1 +. +The Beloved to Her Lover: Oh, how I wish you would kiss me passionately! For your lovemaking is more delightful than wine. -- song of solomon 1:2 +. +The fragrance of your colognes is delightful; your name is like the finest perfume. No wonder the young women adore you! -- song of solomon 1:3 +. +Draw me after you; let us hurry! May the king bring me into his bedroom chambers! The Maidens to the Lover: We will rejoice and delight in you; we will praise your love more than wine. The Beloved to Her Lover: How rightly the young women adore you! -- song of solomon 1:4 +. +The Beloved to the Maidens: I am dark but lovely, O maidens of Jerusalem, dark like the tents of Qedar, lovely like the tent curtains of Salmah. -- song of solomon 1:5 +. +Do not stare at me because I am dark, for the sun has burned my skin. My brothers were angry with me; they made me the keeper of the vineyards. Alas, my own vineyard I could not keep! -- song of solomon 1:6 +. +The Beloved to Her Lover: Tell me, O you whom my heart loves, where do you pasture your sheep? Where do you rest your sheep during the midday heat? Tell me lest I wander around beside the flocks of your companions! -- song of solomon 1:7 +. +The Lover to His Beloved: If you do not know, O most beautiful of women, simply follow the tracks of my flock, and pasture your little lambs beside the tents of the shepherds. -- song of solomon 1:8 +. +The Lover to His Beloved: O my beloved, you are like a mare among Pharaoh's stallions. -- song of solomon 1:9 +. +Your cheeks are beautiful with ornaments; your neck is lovely with strings of jewels. -- song of solomon 1:10 +. +We will make for you gold ornaments studded with silver. -- song of solomon 1:11 +. +The Beloved about Her Lover: While the king was at his banqueting table, my nard gave forth its fragrance. -- song of solomon 1:12 +. +My beloved is like a fragrant pouch of myrrh spending the night between my breasts. -- song of solomon 1:13 +. +My beloved is like a cluster of henna blossoms in the vineyards of En-Gedi. -- song of solomon 1:14 +. +The Lover to His Beloved: Oh, how beautiful you are, my beloved! Oh, how beautiful you are! Your eyes are like doves! -- song of solomon 1:15 +. +The Beloved to Her Lover: Oh, how handsome you are, my lover! Oh, how delightful you are! The lush foliage is our canopied bed; -- song of solomon 1:16 +. +the cedars are the beams of our bedroom chamber; the pines are the rafters of our bedroom. -- song of solomon 1:17 +. +The Beloved to Her Lover: I am a meadow flower from Sharon, a lily from the valleys. -- song of solomon 2:1 +. +The Lover to His Beloved: Like a lily among the thorns, so is my darling among the maidens. -- song of solomon 2:2 +. +The Beloved about Her Lover: Like an apple tree among the trees of the forest, so is my beloved among the young men. I delight to sit in his shade, and his fruit is sweet to my taste. -- song of solomon 2:3 +. +The Beloved about Her Lover: He brought me into the banquet hall, and he looked at me lovingly. -- song of solomon 2:4 +. +Sustain me with raisin cakes, refresh me with apples, for I am faint with love. The Double Refrain: Embracing and Adjuration -- song of solomon 2:5 +. +His left hand caresses my head, and his right hand stimulates me. -- song of solomon 2:6 +. +The Beloved to the Maidens: I adjure you, O maidens of Jerusalem, by the gazelles and by the young does of the open fields: Do not awaken or arouse love until it pleases! -- song of solomon 2:7 +. +The Beloved about Her Lover: Listen! My lover is approaching! Look! Here he comes, leaping over the mountains, bounding over the hills! -- song of solomon 2:8 +. +My lover is like a gazelle or a young stag. Look! There he stands behind our wall, gazing through the window, peering through the lattice. -- song of solomon 2:9 +. +The Lover to His Beloved: My lover spoke to me, saying: "Arise, my darling; My beautiful one, come away with me! -- song of solomon 2:10 +. +Look! The winter has passed, the winter rains are over and gone. -- song of solomon 2:11 +. +The pomegranates have appeared in the land, the time for pruning and singing has come; the voice of the turtledove is heard in our land. -- song of solomon 2:12 +. +The fig tree has budded, the vines have blossomed and give off their fragrance. Arise, come away my darling; my beautiful one, come away with me!" -- song of solomon 2:13 +. +The Lover to His Beloved: O my dove, in the clefts of the rock, in the hiding places of the mountain crags, let me see your face, let me hear your voice; for your voice is sweet, and your face is lovely. -- song of solomon 2:14 +. +The Beloved to Her Lover: Catch the foxes for us, the little foxes, that ruin the vineyards - for our vineyard is in bloom. -- song of solomon 2:15 +. +The Beloved about Her Lover: My lover is mine and I am his; he grazes among the lilies. -- song of solomon 2:16 +. +The Beloved to Her Lover: Until the dawn arrives and the shadows flee, turn, my beloved - be like a gazelle or a young stag on the mountain gorges. -- song of solomon 2:17 +. +The Beloved about Her Lover: All night long on my bed I longed for my lover. I longed for him but he never appeared. -- song of solomon 3:1 +. +"I will arise and look all around throughout the town, and throughout the streets and squares; I will search for my beloved." I searched for him but I did not find him. -- song of solomon 3:2 +. +The night watchmen found me - the ones who guard the city walls. "Have you seen my beloved?" -- song of solomon 3:3 +. +Scarcely had I passed them by when I found my beloved! I held onto him tightly and would not let him go until I brought him to my mother's house, to the bedroom chamber of the one who conceived me. -- song of solomon 3:4 +. +The Adjuration Refrain The Beloved to the Maidens:I admonish you, O maidens of Jerusalem, by the gazelles and by the young does of the open fields: "Do not awake or arouse love until it pleases!" -- song of solomon 3:5 +. +The Speaker: Who is this coming up from the desert like a column of smoke, like a fragrant billow of myrrh and frankincense, every kind of fragrant powder of the traveling merchants? -- song of solomon 3:6 +. +Look! It is Solomon's portable couch! It is surrounded by sixty warriors, some of Israel's mightiest warriors. -- song of solomon 3:7 +. +All of them are skilled with a sword, well-trained in the art of warfare. Each has his sword at his side, to guard against the terrors of the night. -- song of solomon 3:8 +. +King Solomon made a sedan chair for himself of wood imported from Lebanon. -- song of solomon 3:9 +. +Its posts were made of silver; its back was made of gold. Its seat was upholstered with purple wool; its interior was inlaid with leather by the maidens of Jerusalem. -- song of solomon 3:10 +. +Come out, O maidens of Zion, and gaze upon King Solomon! He is wearing the crown with which his mother crowned him on his wedding day, on the most joyous day of his life! -- song of solomon 3:11 +. +The Lover to His Beloved: Oh, you are beautiful, my darling! Oh, you are beautiful! Your eyes behind your veil are like doves. Your hair is like a flock of female goats descending from Mount Gilead. -- song of solomon 4:1 +. +Your teeth are like a flock of newly-shorn sheep coming up from the washing place; each of them has a twin, and not one of them is missing. -- song of solomon 4:2 +. +Your lips are like a scarlet thread; your mouth is lovely. Your forehead behind your veil is like a slice of pomegranate. -- song of solomon 4:3 +. +Your neck is like the tower of David built with courses of stones; one thousand shields are hung on it - all shields of valiant warriors. -- song of solomon 4:4 +. +Your two breasts are like two fawns, twins of the gazelle grazing among the lilies. -- song of solomon 4:5 +. +Until the dawn arrives and the shadows flee, I will go up to the mountain of myrrh, and to the hill of frankincense. -- song of solomon 4:6 +. +You are altogether beautiful, my darling! There is no blemish in you! -- song of solomon 4:7 +. +Come with me from Lebanon, my bride, come with me from Lebanon. Descend from the crest of Amana, from the top of Senir, the summit of Hermon, from the lions' dens and the mountain haunts of the leopards. -- song of solomon 4:8 +. +You have stolen my heart, my sister, my bride! You have stolen my heart with one glance of your eyes, with one jewel of your necklace. -- song of solomon 4:9 +. +How delightful is your love, my sister, my bride! How much better is your love than wine; the fragrance of your perfume is better than any spice! -- song of solomon 4:10 +. +Your lips drip sweetness like the honeycomb, my bride, honey and milk are under your tongue. The fragrance of your garments is like the fragrance of Lebanon. -- song of solomon 4:11 +. +The Lover to His Beloved: You are a locked garden, my sister, my bride; you are an enclosed spring, a sealed-up fountain. -- song of solomon 4:12 +. +Your shoots are a royal garden full of pomegranates with choice fruits: henna with nard, -- song of solomon 4:13 +. +nard and saffron; calamus and cinnamon with every kind of spice, myrrh and aloes with all the finest spices. -- song of solomon 4:14 +. +You are a garden spring, a well of fresh water flowing down from Lebanon. -- song of solomon 4:15 +. +The Beloved to Her Lover: Awake, O north wind; come, O south wind! Blow on my garden so that its fragrant spices may send out their sweet smell. May my beloved come into his garden and eat its delightful fruit! -- song of solomon 4:16 +. +The Lover to His Beloved: I have entered my garden, O my sister, my bride; I have gathered my myrrh with my balsam spice. I have eaten my honeycomb and my honey; I have drunk my wine and my milk! The Poet to the Couple: Eat, friends, and drink! Drink freely, O lovers! -- song of solomon 5:1 +. +The Beloved about Her Lover: I was asleep, but my mind was dreaming. Listen! My lover is knocking at the door! The Lover to His Beloved: "Open for me, my sister, my darling, my dove, my flawless one! My head is drenched with dew, my hair with the dampness of the night." -- song of solomon 5:2 +. +The Beloved to Her Lover: "I have already taken off my robe - must I put it on again? I have already washed my feet - must I soil them again?" -- song of solomon 5:3 +. +My lover thrust his hand through the hole, and my feelings were stirred for him. -- song of solomon 5:4 +. +I arose to open for my beloved; my hands dripped with myrrh - my fingers flowed with myrrh on the handles of the lock. -- song of solomon 5:5 +. +I opened for my beloved, but my lover had already turned and gone away. I fell into despair when he departed. I looked for him but did not find him; I called him but he did not answer me. -- song of solomon 5:6 +. +The watchmen found me as they made their rounds in the city. They beat me, they bruised me; they took away my cloak, those watchmen on the walls! -- song of solomon 5:7 +. +The Beloved to the Maidens: O maidens of Jerusalem, I command you - If you find my beloved, what will you tell him? Tell him that I am lovesick! -- song of solomon 5:8 +. +The Maidens to The Beloved: Why is your beloved better than others, O most beautiful of women? Why is your beloved better than others, that you would command us in this manner? -- song of solomon 5:9 +. +The Beloved to the Maidens: My beloved is dazzling and ruddy; he stands out in comparison to all other men. -- song of solomon 5:10 +. +His head is like the most pure gold. His hair is curly - black like a raven. -- song of solomon 5:11 +. +His eyes are like doves by streams of water, washed in milk, mounted like jewels. -- song of solomon 5:12 +. +His cheeks are like garden beds full of balsam trees yielding perfume. His lips are like lilies dripping with drops of myrrh. -- song of solomon 5:13 +. +His arms are like rods of gold set with chrysolite. His abdomen is like polished ivory inlaid with sapphires. -- song of solomon 5:14 +. +His legs are like pillars of marble set on bases of pure gold. His appearance is like Lebanon, choice as its cedars. -- song of solomon 5:15 +. +His mouth is very sweet; he is totally desirable. This is my beloved! This is my companion, O maidens of Jerusalem! -- song of solomon 5:16 +. +The Maidens to the Beloved: Where has your beloved gone, O most beautiful among women? Where has your beloved turned? Tell us, that we may seek him with you. -- song of solomon 6:1 +. +The Beloved to the Maidens: My beloved has gone down to his garden, to the flowerbeds of balsam spices, to graze in the gardens, and to gather lilies. -- song of solomon 6:2 +. +The Beloved about Her Lover: I am my lover's and my lover is mine; he grazes among the lilies. -- song of solomon 6:3 +. +The Lover to His Beloved: My darling, you are as beautiful as Tirzah, as lovely as Jerusalem, as awe-inspiring as bannered armies! -- song of solomon 6:4 +. +Turn your eyes away from me - they overwhelm me! Your hair is like a flock of goats descending from Mount Gilead. -- song of solomon 6:5 +. +Your teeth are like a flock of sheep coming up from the washing; each has its twin; not one of them is missing. -- song of solomon 6:6 +. +Like a slice of pomegranate is your forehead behind your veil. -- song of solomon 6:7 +. +There may be sixty queens, and eighty concubines, and young women without number. -- song of solomon 6:8 +. +But she is unique! My dove, my perfect one! She is the special daughter of her mother, she is the favorite of the one who bore her. The maidens saw her and complimented her; the queens and concubines praised her: -- song of solomon 6:9 +. +"Who is this who appears like the dawn? Beautiful as the moon, bright as the sun, awe-inspiring as the stars in procession?" -- song of solomon 6:10 +. +The Lover to His Beloved: I went down to the orchard of walnut trees, to look for the blossoms of the valley, to see if the vines had budded or if the pomegranates were in bloom. -- song of solomon 6:11 +. +I was beside myself with joy! There please give me your myrrh, O daughter of my princely people. -- song of solomon 6:12 +. +The Lover to His Beloved: Turn, turn, O Perfect One! Turn, turn, that I may stare at you! The Beloved to Her Lover: Why do you gaze upon the Perfect One like the dance of the Mahanaim? -- song of solomon 6:13 +. +The Lover to His Beloved: How beautiful are your sandaled feet, O nobleman's daughter! The curves of your thighs are like jewels, the work of the hands of a master craftsman. -- song of solomon 7:1 +. +Your navel is a round mixing bowl - may it never lack mixed wine! Your belly is a mound of wheat, encircled by lilies. -- song of solomon 7:2 +. +Your two breasts are like two fawns, twins of a gazelle. -- song of solomon 7:3 +. +Your neck is like a tower made of ivory. Your eyes are the pools in Heshbon by the gate of Bath-Rabbim. Your nose is like the tower of Lebanon overlooking Damascus. -- song of solomon 7:4 +. +Your head crowns you like Mount Carmel. The locks of your hair are like royal tapestries - the king is held captive in its tresses! -- song of solomon 7:5 +. +How beautiful you are! How lovely, O love, with your delights! -- song of solomon 7:6 +. +The Lover to His Beloved: Your stature is like a palm tree, and your breasts are like clusters of grapes. -- song of solomon 7:7 +. +I want to climb the palm tree, and take hold of its fruit stalks. May your breasts be like the clusters of grapes, and may the fragrance of your breath be like apricots! -- song of solomon 7:8 +. +May your mouth be like the best wine, flowing smoothly for my beloved, gliding gently over our lips as we sleep together. -- song of solomon 7:9 +. +The Beloved about Her Lover: I am my beloved's, and he desires me! -- song of solomon 7:10 +. +The Beloved to Her Lover: Come, my beloved, let us go to the countryside; let us spend the night in the villages. -- song of solomon 7:11 +. +Let us rise early to go to the vineyards, to see if the vines have budded, to see if their blossoms have opened, if the pomegranates are in bloom - there I will give you my love. -- song of solomon 7:12 +. +The mandrakes send out their fragrance; over our door is every delicacy, both new and old, which I have stored up for you, my lover. -- song of solomon 7:13 +. +The Beloved to Her Lover: Oh, how I wish you were my little brother, nursing at my mother's breasts; if I saw you outside, I could kiss you - surely no one would despise me! -- song of solomon 8:1 +. +I would lead you and bring you to my mother's house, the one who taught me. I would give you spiced wine to drink, the nectar of my pomegranates. -- song of solomon 8:2 +. +The Beloved about Her Lover: His left hand caresses my head, and his right hand stimulates me. -- song of solomon 8:3 +. +The Beloved to the Maidens: I admonish you, O maidens of Jerusalem: "Do not arouse or awaken love until it pleases!" -- song of solomon 8:4 +. +The Maidens about His Beloved: Who is this coming up from the desert, leaning on her beloved? The Beloved to Her Lover: Under the apple tree I aroused you; there your mother conceived you, there she who bore you was in labor of childbirth. -- song of solomon 8:5 +. +The Beloved to Her Lover: Set me like a cylinder seal over your heart, like a signet on your arm. For love is as strong as death, passion is as unrelenting as Sheol. Its flames burst forth, it is a blazing flame. -- song of solomon 8:6 +. +Surging waters cannot quench love; floodwaters cannot overflow it. If someone were to offer all his possessions to buy love, the offer would be utterly despised. -- song of solomon 8:7 +. +The Beloved's Brothers: We have a little sister, and as yet she has no breasts. What shall we do for our sister on the day when she is spoken for? -- song of solomon 8:8 +. +If she is a wall, we will build on her a battlement of silver; but if she is a door, we will barricade her with boards of cedar. -- song of solomon 8:9 +. +The Beloved: I was a wall, and my breasts were like fortress towers. Then I found favor in his eyes. -- song of solomon 8:10 +. +The Beloved to Her Lover: Solomon had a vineyard at Baal-Hamon; he leased out the vineyard to those who maintained it. Each was to bring a thousand shekels of silver for its fruit. -- song of solomon 8:11 +. +My vineyard, which belongs to me, is at my disposal alone. The thousand shekels belong to you, O Solomon, and two hundred shekels belong to those who maintain it for its fruit. -- song of solomon 8:12 +. +The Lover to His Beloved: O you who stay in the gardens, my companions are listening attentively for your voice; let me be the one to hear it! -- song of solomon 8:13 +. +The Beloved to Her Lover: Make haste, my beloved! Be like a gazelle or a young stag on the mountains of spices. -- song of solomon 8:14 +. +Here is the message about Judah and Jerusalem that was revealed to Isaiah son of Amoz during the time when Uzziah, Jotham, Ahaz, and Hezekiah reigned over Judah. -- isaiah 1:1 +. +Listen, O heavens, pay attention, O earth! For the Lord speaks: "I raised children, I brought them up, but they have rebelled against me! -- isaiah 1:2 +. +An ox recognizes its owner, a donkey recognizes where its owner puts its food; but Israel does not recognize me, my people do not understand." -- isaiah 1:3 +. +The sinful nation is as good as dead, the people weighed down by evil deeds. They are offspring who do wrong, children who do wicked things. They have abandoned the Lord, and rejected the Holy One of Israel. They are alienated from him. -- isaiah 1:4 +. +Why do you insist on being battered? Why do you continue to rebel? Your head has a massive wound, your whole body is weak. -- isaiah 1:5 +. +From the soles of your feet to your head, there is no spot that is unharmed. There are only bruises, cuts, and open wounds. They have not been cleansed or bandaged, nor have they been treated with olive oil. -- isaiah 1:6 +. +Your land is devastated, your cities burned with fire. Right before your eyes your crops are being destroyed by foreign invaders. They leave behind devastation and destruction. -- isaiah 1:7 +. +Daughter Zion is left isolated, like a hut in a vineyard, or a shelter in a cucumber field; she is a besieged city. -- isaiah 1:8 +. +If the Lord who commands armies had not left us a few survivors, we would have quickly become like Sodom, we would have become like Gomorrah. -- isaiah 1:9 +. +Listen to the Lord's word, you leaders of Sodom! Pay attention to our God's rebuke, people of Gomorrah! -- isaiah 1:10 +. +"Of what importance to me are your many sacrifices?" says the Lord. "I am stuffed with burnt sacrifices of rams and the fat from steers. The blood of bulls, lambs, and goats I do not want. -- isaiah 1:11 +. +When you enter my presence, do you actually think I want this - animals trampling on my courtyards? -- isaiah 1:12 +. +Do not bring any more meaningless offerings; I consider your incense detestable! You observe new moon festivals, Sabbaths, and convocations, but I cannot tolerate sin-stained celebrations! -- isaiah 1:13 +. +I hate your new moon festivals and assemblies; they are a burden that I am tired of carrying. -- isaiah 1:14 +. +When you spread out your hands in prayer, I look the other way; when you offer your many prayers, I do not listen, because your hands are covered with blood. -- isaiah 1:15 +. +Wash! Cleanse yourselves! Remove your sinful deeds from my sight. Stop sinning! -- isaiah 1:16 +. +Learn to do what is right! Promote justice! Give the oppressed reason to celebrate! Take up the cause of the orphan! Defend the rights of the widow! -- isaiah 1:17 +. +Come, let's consider your options," says the Lord. "Though your sins have stained you like the color red, you can become white like snow; though they are as easy to see as the color scarlet, you can become white like wool. -- isaiah 1:18 +. +If you have a willing attitude and obey, then you will again eat the good crops of the land. -- isaiah 1:19 +. +But if you refuse and rebel, you will be devoured by the sword." Know for certain that the Lord has spoken. -- isaiah 1:20 +. +How tragic that the once-faithful city has become a prostitute! She was once a center of justice, fairness resided in her, but now only murderers. -- isaiah 1:21 +. +Your silver has become scum, your beer is diluted with water. -- isaiah 1:22 +. +Your officials are rebels, they associate with thieves. All of them love bribery, and look for payoffs. They do not take up the cause of the orphan, or defend the rights of the widow. -- isaiah 1:23 +. +Therefore, the sovereign Lord who commands armies, the powerful ruler of Israel, says this: "Ah, I will seek vengeance against my adversaries, I will take revenge against my enemies. -- isaiah 1:24 +. +I will attack you; I will purify your metal with flux. I will remove all your slag. -- isaiah 1:25 +. +I will reestablish honest judges as in former times, wise advisers as in earlier days. Then you will be called, 'The Just City, Faithful Town.'" -- isaiah 1:26 +. +Zion will be freed by justice, and her returnees by righteousness. -- isaiah 1:27 +. +All rebellious sinners will be shattered, those who abandon the Lord will perish. -- isaiah 1:28 +. +Indeed, they will be ashamed of the sacred trees you find so desirable; you will be embarrassed because of the sacred orchards where you choose to worship. -- isaiah 1:29 +. +For you will be like a tree whose leaves wither, like an orchard that is unwatered. -- isaiah 1:30 +. +The powerful will be like a thread of yarn, their deeds like a spark; both will burn together, and no one will put out the fire. -- isaiah 1:31 +. +Here is the message about Judah and Jerusalem that was revealed to Isaiah son of Amoz. -- isaiah 2:1 +. +In the future the mountain of the Lord's temple will endure as the most important of mountains, and will be the most prominent of hills. All the nations will stream to it, -- isaiah 2:2 +. +many peoples will come and say, "Come, let us go up to the Lord's mountain, to the temple of the God of Jacob, so he can teach us his requirements, and we can follow his standards." For Zion will be the center for moral instruction; the Lord will issue edicts from Jerusalem. -- isaiah 2:3 +. +He will judge disputes between nations; he will settle cases for many peoples. They will beat their swords into plowshares, and their spears into pruning hooks. Nations will not take up the sword against other nations, and they will no longer train for war. -- isaiah 2:4 +. +O descendants of Jacob, come, let us walk in the Lord's guiding light. -- isaiah 2:5 +. +Indeed, O Lord, you have abandoned your people, the descendants of Jacob. For diviners from the east are everywhere; they consult omen readers like the Philistines do. Plenty of foreigners are around. -- isaiah 2:6 +. +Their land is full of gold and silver; there is no end to their wealth. Their land is full of horses; there is no end to their chariots. -- isaiah 2:7 +. +Their land is full of worthless idols; they worship the product of their own hands, what their own fingers have fashioned. -- isaiah 2:8 +. +Men bow down to them in homage, they lie flat on the ground in worship. Don't spare them! -- isaiah 2:9 +. +Go up into the rocky cliffs, hide in the ground. Get away from the dreadful judgment of the Lord, from his royal splendor! -- isaiah 2:10 +. +Proud men will be brought low, arrogant men will be humiliated; the Lord alone will be exalted in that day. -- isaiah 2:11 +. +Indeed, the Lord who commands armies has planned a day of judgment, for all the high and mighty, for all who are proud - they will be humiliated; -- isaiah 2:12 +. +for all the cedars of Lebanon, that are so high and mighty, for all the oaks of Bashan; -- isaiah 2:13 +. +for all the tall mountains, for all the high hills, -- isaiah 2:14 +. +for every high tower, for every fortified wall, -- isaiah 2:15 +. +for all the large ships, for all the impressive ships. -- isaiah 2:16 +. +Proud men will be humiliated, arrogant men will be brought low; the Lord alone will be exalted in that day. -- isaiah 2:17 +. +The worthless idols will be completely eliminated. -- isaiah 2:18 +. +They will go into caves in the rocky cliffs and into holes in the ground, trying to escape the dreadful judgment of the Lord and his royal splendor, when he rises up to terrify the earth. -- isaiah 2:19 +. +At that time men will throw their silver and gold idols, which they made for themselves to worship, into the caves where rodents and bats live, -- isaiah 2:20 +. +so they themselves can go into the crevices of the rocky cliffs and the openings under the rocky overhangs, trying to escape the dreadful judgment of the Lord and his royal splendor, when he rises up to terrify the earth. -- isaiah 2:21 +. +Stop trusting in human beings, whose life's breath is in their nostrils. For why should they be given special consideration? -- isaiah 2:22 +. +Look, the sovereign Lord who commands armies is about to remove from Jerusalem and Judah every source of security, including all the food and water, -- isaiah 3:1 +. +the mighty men and warriors, judges and prophets, omen readers and leaders, -- isaiah 3:2 +. +captains of groups of fifty, the respected citizens, advisers and those skilled in magical arts, and those who know incantations. -- isaiah 3:3 +. +The Lord says, "I will make youths their officials; malicious young men will rule over them. -- isaiah 3:4 +. +The people will treat each other harshly; men will oppose each other; neighbors will fight. Youths will proudly defy the elderly and riffraff will challenge those who were once respected. -- isaiah 3:5 +. +Indeed, a man will grab his brother right in his father's house and say, 'You own a coat - you be our leader! This heap of ruins will be under your control.' -- isaiah 3:6 +. +At that time the brother will shout, 'I am no doctor, I have no food or coat in my house; don't make me a leader of the people!'" -- isaiah 3:7 +. +Jerusalem certainly stumbles, Judah falls, for their words and their actions offend the Lord; they rebel against his royal authority. -- isaiah 3:8 +. +The look on their faces testifies to their guilt; like the people of Sodom they openly boast of their sin. Too bad for them! For they bring disaster on themselves. -- isaiah 3:9 +. +Tell the innocent it will go well with them, for they will be rewarded for what they have done. -- isaiah 3:10 +. +Too bad for the wicked sinners! For they will get exactly what they deserve. -- isaiah 3:11 +. +Oppressors treat my people cruelly; creditors rule over them. My people's leaders mislead them; they give you confusing directions. -- isaiah 3:12 +. +The Lord takes his position to judge; he stands up to pass sentence on his people. -- isaiah 3:13 +. +The Lord comes to pronounce judgment on the leaders of his people and their officials. He says, "It is you who have ruined the vineyard! You have stashed in your houses what you have stolen from the poor. -- isaiah 3:14 +. +Why do you crush my people and grind the faces of the poor?" The sovereign Lord who commands armies has spoken. -- isaiah 3:15 +. +The Lord says, "The women of Zion are proud. They walk with their heads high and flirt with their eyes. They skip along and the jewelry on their ankles jingles. -- isaiah 3:16 +. +So the sovereign master will afflict the foreheads of Zion's women with skin diseases, the Lord will make the front of their heads bald." -- isaiah 3:17 +. +At that time the sovereign master will remove their beautiful ankle jewelry, neck ornaments, crescent shaped ornaments, -- isaiah 3:18 +. +earrings, bracelets, veils, -- isaiah 3:19 +. +headdresses, ankle ornaments, sashes, sachets, amulets, -- isaiah 3:20 +. +rings, nose rings, -- isaiah 3:21 +. +festive dresses, robes, shawls, purses, -- isaiah 3:22 +. +garments, vests, head coverings, and gowns. -- isaiah 3:23 +. +A putrid stench will replace the smell of spices, a rope will replace a belt, baldness will replace braided locks of hair, a sackcloth garment will replace a fine robe, and a prisoner's brand will replace beauty. -- isaiah 3:24 +. +Your men will fall by the sword, your strong men will die in battle. -- isaiah 3:25 +. +Her gates will mourn and lament; deprived of her people, she will sit on the ground. -- isaiah 3:26 +. +Seven women will grab hold of one man at that time. They will say, "We will provide our own food, we will provide our own clothes; but let us belong to you - take away our shame!" -- isaiah 4:1 +. +At that time the crops given by the Lord will bring admiration and honor; the produce of the land will be a source of pride and delight to those who remain in Israel. -- isaiah 4:2 +. +Those remaining in Zion, those left in Jerusalem, will be called "holy," all in Jerusalem who are destined to live. -- isaiah 4:3 +. +At that time the sovereign master will wash the excrement from Zion's women, he will rinse the bloodstains from Jerusalem's midst, as he comes to judge and to bring devastation. -- isaiah 4:4 +. +Then the Lord will create over all of Mount Zion and over its convocations a cloud and smoke by day and a bright flame of fire by night; indeed a canopy will accompany the Lord's glorious presence. -- isaiah 4:5 +. +By day it will be a shelter to provide shade from the heat, as well as safety and protection from the heavy downpour. -- isaiah 4:6 +. +I will sing to my love - a song to my lover about his vineyard. My love had a vineyard on a fertile hill. -- isaiah 5:1 +. +He built a hedge around it, removed its stones, and planted a vine. He built a tower in the middle of it, and constructed a winepress. He waited for it to produce edible grapes, but it produced sour ones instead. -- isaiah 5:2 +. +So now, residents of Jerusalem, people of Judah, you decide between me and my vineyard! -- isaiah 5:3 +. +What more can I do for my vineyard beyond what I have already done? When I waited for it to produce edible grapes, why did it produce sour ones instead? -- isaiah 5:4 +. +Now I will inform you what I am about to do to my vineyard: I will remove its hedge and turn it into pasture, I will break its wall and allow animals to graze there. -- isaiah 5:5 +. +I will make it a wasteland; no one will prune its vines or hoe its ground, and thorns and briers will grow there. I will order the clouds not to drop any rain on it. -- isaiah 5:6 +. +Indeed Israel is the vineyard of the Lord who commands armies, the people of Judah are the cultivated place in which he took delight. He waited for justice, but look what he got - disobedience! He waited for fairness, but look what he got - cries for help! -- isaiah 5:7 +. +Those who accumulate houses are as good as dead, those who also accumulate landed property until there is no land left, and you are the only landowners remaining within the land. -- isaiah 5:8 +. +The Lord who commands armies told me this: "Many houses will certainly become desolate, large, impressive houses will have no one living in them. -- isaiah 5:9 +. +Indeed, a large vineyard will produce just a few gallons, and enough seed to yield several bushels will produce less than a bushel." -- isaiah 5:10 +. +Those who get up early to drink beer are as good as dead, those who keep drinking long after dark until they are intoxicated with wine. -- isaiah 5:11 +. +They have stringed instruments, tambourines, flutes, and wine at their parties. So they do not recognize what the Lord is doing, they do not perceive what he is bringing about. -- isaiah 5:12 +. +Therefore my people will be deported because of their lack of understanding. Their leaders will have nothing to eat, their masses will have nothing to drink. -- isaiah 5:13 +. +So Death will open up its throat, and open wide its mouth; Zion's dignitaries and masses will descend into it, including those who revel and celebrate within her. -- isaiah 5:14 +. +Men will be humiliated, they will be brought low; the proud will be brought low. -- isaiah 5:15 +. +The Lord who commands armies will be exalted when he punishes, the sovereign God's authority will be recognized when he judges. -- isaiah 5:16 +. +Lambs will graze as if in their pastures, amid the ruins the rich sojourners will graze. -- isaiah 5:17 +. +Those who pull evil along using cords of emptiness are as good as dead, who pull sin as with cart ropes. -- isaiah 5:18 +. +They say, "Let him hurry, let him act quickly, so we can see; let the plan of the Holy One of Israel take shape and come to pass, then we will know it!" -- isaiah 5:19 +. +Those who call evil good and good evil are as good as dead, who turn darkness into light and light into darkness, who turn bitter into sweet and sweet into bitter. -- isaiah 5:20 +. +Those who think they are wise are as good as dead, those who think they possess understanding. -- isaiah 5:21 +. +Those who are champions at drinking wine are as good as dead, who display great courage when mixing strong drinks. -- isaiah 5:22 +. +They pronounce the guilty innocent for a payoff, they ignore the just cause of the innocent. -- isaiah 5:23 +. +Therefore, as flaming fire devours straw, and dry grass disintegrates in the flames, so their root will rot, and their flower will blow away like dust. For they have rejected the law of the Lord who commands armies, they have spurned the commands of the Holy One of Israel. -- isaiah 5:24 +. +So the Lord is furious with his people; he lifts his hand and strikes them. The mountains shake, and corpses lie like manure in the middle of the streets. Despite all this, his anger does not subside, and his hand is ready to strike again. -- isaiah 5:25 +. +He lifts a signal flag for a distant nation, he whistles for it to come from the far regions of the earth. Look, they come quickly and swiftly. -- isaiah 5:26 +. +None tire or stumble, they don't stop to nap or sleep. They don't loosen their belts, or unstrap their sandals to rest. -- isaiah 5:27 +. +Their arrows are sharpened, and all their bows are prepared. The hooves of their horses are hard as flint, and their chariot wheels are like a windstorm. -- isaiah 5:28 +. +Their roar is like a lion's; they roar like young lions. They growl and seize their prey; they drag it away and no one can come to the rescue. -- isaiah 5:29 +. +At that time they will growl over their prey, it will sound like sea waves crashing against rocks. One will look out over the land and see the darkness of disaster, clouds will turn the light into darkness. -- isaiah 5:30 +. +In the year of King Uzziah's death, I saw the sovereign master seated on a high, elevated throne. The hem of his robe filled the temple. -- isaiah 6:1 +. +Seraphs stood over him; each one had six wings. With two wings they covered their faces, with two they covered their feet, and they used the remaining two to fly. -- isaiah 6:2 +. +They called out to one another, "Holy, holy, holy is the Lord who commands armies! His majestic splendor fills the entire earth!" -- isaiah 6:3 +. +The sound of their voices shook the door frames, and the temple was filled with smoke. -- isaiah 6:4 +. +I said, "Too bad for me! I am destroyed, for my lips are contaminated by sin, and I live among people whose lips are contaminated by sin. My eyes have seen the king, the Lord who commands armies." -- isaiah 6:5 +. +But then one of the seraphs flew toward me. In his hand was a hot coal he had taken from the altar with tongs. -- isaiah 6:6 +. +He touched my mouth with it and said, "Look, this coal has touched your lips. Your evil is removed; your sin is forgiven." -- isaiah 6:7 +. +I heard the voice of the sovereign master say, "Whom will I send? Who will go on our behalf?" I answered, "Here I am, send me!" -- isaiah 6:8 +. +He said, "Go and tell these people: 'Listen continually, but don't understand! Look continually, but don't perceive!' -- isaiah 6:9 +. +Make the hearts of these people calloused; make their ears deaf and their eyes blind! Otherwise they might see with their eyes and hear with their ears, their hearts might understand and they might repent and be healed." -- isaiah 6:10 +. +I replied, "How long, sovereign master?" He said, "Until cities are in ruins and unpopulated, and houses are uninhabited, and the land is ruined and devastated, -- isaiah 6:11 +. +and the Lord has sent the people off to a distant place, and the very heart of the land is completely abandoned. -- isaiah 6:12 +. +Even if only a tenth of the people remain in the land, it will again be destroyed, like one of the large sacred trees or an Asherah pole, when a sacred pillar on a high place is thrown down. That sacred pillar symbolizes the special chosen family." -- isaiah 6:13 +. +During the reign of Ahaz son of Jotham, son of Uzziah, king of Judah, King Rezin of Syria and King Pekah son of Remaliah of Israel marched up to Jerusalem to do battle, but they were unable to prevail against it. -- isaiah 7:1 +. +It was reported to the family of David, "Syria has allied with Ephraim." They and their people were emotionally shaken, just as the trees of the forest shake before the wind. -- isaiah 7:2 +. +So the Lord told Isaiah, "Go out with your son Shear-jashub and meet Ahaz at the end of the conduit of the upper pool which is located on the road to the field where they wash and dry cloth. -- isaiah 7:3 +. +Tell him, 'Make sure you stay calm! Don't be afraid! Don't be intimidated by these two stubs of smoking logs, or by the raging anger of Rezin, Syria, and the son of Remaliah. -- isaiah 7:4 +. +Syria has plotted with Ephraim and the son of Remaliah to bring about your demise. -- isaiah 7:5 +. +They say, "Let's attack Judah, terrorize it, and conquer it. Then we'll set up the son of Tabeel as its king." -- isaiah 7:6 +. +For this reason the sovereign master, the Lord, says: "It will not take place; it will not happen. -- isaiah 7:7 +. +For Syria's leader is Damascus, and the leader of Damascus is Rezin. Within sixty-five years Ephraim will no longer exist as a nation. -- isaiah 7:8 +. +Ephraim's leader is Samaria, and Samaria's leader is the son of Remaliah. If your faith does not remain firm, then you will not remain secure." -- isaiah 7:9 +. +The Lord again spoke to Ahaz: -- isaiah 7:10 +. +"Ask for a confirming sign from the Lord your God. You can even ask for something miraculous." -- isaiah 7:11 +. +But Ahaz responded, "I don't want to ask; I don't want to put the Lord to a test." -- isaiah 7:12 +. +So Isaiah replied, "Pay attention, family of David. Do you consider it too insignificant to try the patience of men? Is that why you are also trying the patience of my God? -- isaiah 7:13 +. +For this reason the sovereign master himself will give you a confirming sign. Look, this young woman is about to conceive and will give birth to a son. You, young woman, will name him Immanuel. -- isaiah 7:14 +. +He will eat sour milk and honey, which will help him know how to reject evil and choose what is right. -- isaiah 7:15 +. +Here is why this will be so: Before the child knows how to reject evil and choose what is right, the land whose two kings you fear will be desolate. -- isaiah 7:16 +. +The Lord will bring on you, your people, and your father's family a time unlike any since Ephraim departed from Judah - the king of Assyria!" -- isaiah 7:17 +. +At that time the Lord will whistle for flies from the distant streams of Egypt and for bees from the land of Assyria. -- isaiah 7:18 +. +All of them will come and make their home in the ravines between the cliffs, and in the crevices of the cliffs, in all the thorn bushes, and in all the watering holes. -- isaiah 7:19 +. +At that time the sovereign master will use a razor hired from the banks of the Euphrates River, the king of Assyria, to shave the head and the pubic hair; it will also shave off the beard. -- isaiah 7:20 +. +At that time a man will keep alive a young cow from the herd and a couple of goats. -- isaiah 7:21 +. +From the abundance of milk they produce, he will have sour milk for his meals. Indeed, everyone left in the heart of the land will eat sour milk and honey. -- isaiah 7:22 +. +At that time every place where there had been a thousand vines worth a thousand shekels will be overrun with thorns and briers. -- isaiah 7:23 +. +With bow and arrow men will hunt there, for the whole land will be covered with thorns and briers. -- isaiah 7:24 +. +They will stay away from all the hills that were cultivated, for fear of the thorns and briers. Cattle will graze there and sheep will trample on them. -- isaiah 7:25 +. +The Lord told me, "Take a large tablet and inscribe these words on it with an ordinary stylus: 'Maher-Shalal-Hash-Baz.' -- isaiah 8:1 +. +Then I will summon as my reliable witnesses Uriah the priest and Zechariah son of Jeberekiah." -- isaiah 8:2 +. +I then had sexual relations with the prophetess; she conceived and gave birth to a son. The Lord told me, "Name him Maher-Shalal-Hash-Baz, -- isaiah 8:3 +. +for before the child knows how to cry out, 'My father' or 'My mother,' the wealth of Damascus and the plunder of Samaria will be carried off by the king of Assyria." -- isaiah 8:4 +. +The Lord spoke to me again: -- isaiah 8:5 +. +"These people have rejected the gently flowing waters of Shiloah and melt in fear over Rezin and the son of Remaliah. -- isaiah 8:6 +. +So look, the sovereign master is bringing up against them the turbulent and mighty waters of the Euphrates River - the king of Assyria and all his majestic power. It will reach flood stage and overflow its banks. -- isaiah 8:7 +. +It will spill into Judah, flooding and engulfing, as it reaches to the necks of its victims. He will spread his wings out over your entire land, O Immanuel." -- isaiah 8:8 +. +You will be broken, O nations; you will be shattered! Pay attention, all you distant lands of the earth! Get ready for battle, and you will be shattered! Get ready for battle, and you will be shattered! -- isaiah 8:9 +. +Devise your strategy, but it will be thwarted! Issue your orders, but they will not be executed! For God is with us! -- isaiah 8:10 +. +Indeed this is what the Lord told me. He took hold of me firmly and warned me not to act like these people: -- isaiah 8:11 +. +"Do not say, 'Conspiracy,' every time these people say the word. Don't be afraid of what scares them; don't be terrified. -- isaiah 8:12 +. +You must recognize the authority of the Lord who commands armies. He is the one you must respect; he is the one you must fear. -- isaiah 8:13 +. +He will become a sanctuary, but a stone that makes a person trip, and a rock that makes one stumble - to the two houses of Israel. He will become a trap and a snare to the residents of Jerusalem. -- isaiah 8:14 +. +Many will stumble over the stone and the rock, and will fall and be seriously injured, and will be ensnared and captured." -- isaiah 8:15 +. +Tie up the scroll as legal evidence, seal the official record of God's instructions and give it to my followers. -- isaiah 8:16 +. +I will wait patiently for the Lord, who has rejected the family of Jacob; I will wait for him. -- isaiah 8:17 +. +Look, I and the sons whom the Lord has given me are reminders and object lessons in Israel, sent from the Lord who commands armies, who lives on Mount Zion. -- isaiah 8:18 +. +They will say to you, "Seek oracles at the pits used to conjure up underworld spirits, from the magicians who chirp and mutter incantations. Should people not seek oracles from their gods, by asking the dead about the destiny of the living?" -- isaiah 8:19 +. +Then you must recall the Lord's instructions and the prophetic testimony of what would happen. Certainly they say such things because their minds are spiritually darkened. -- isaiah 8:20 +. +They will pass through the land destitute and starving. Their hunger will make them angry, and they will curse their king and their God as they look upward. -- isaiah 8:21 +. +When one looks out over the land, he sees distress and darkness, gloom and anxiety, darkness and people forced from the land. -- isaiah 8:22 +. + The gloom will be dispelled for those who were anxious. In earlier times he humiliated the land of Zebulun, and the land of Naphtali; but now he brings honor to the way of the sea, the region beyond the Jordan, and Galilee of the nations. -- isaiah 9:1 +. + The people walking in darkness see a bright light; light shines on those who live in a land of deep darkness. -- isaiah 9:2 +. +You have enlarged the nation; you give them great joy. They rejoice in your presence as harvesters rejoice; as warriors celebrate when they divide up the plunder. -- isaiah 9:3 +. +For their oppressive yoke and the club that strikes their shoulders, the cudgel the oppressor uses on them, you have shattered, as in the day of Midian's defeat. -- isaiah 9:4 +. +Indeed every boot that marches and shakes the earth and every garment dragged through blood is used as fuel for the fire. -- isaiah 9:5 +. +For a child has been born to us, a son has been given to us. He shoulders responsibility and is called: Extraordinary Strategist, Mighty God, Everlasting Father, Prince of Peace. -- isaiah 9:6 +. +His dominion will be vast and he will bring immeasurable prosperity. He will rule on David's throne and over David's kingdom, establishing it and strengthening it by promoting justice and fairness, from this time forward and forevermore. The Lord's intense devotion to his people will accomplish this. -- isaiah 9:7 +. +The sovereign master decreed judgment on Jacob, and it fell on Israel. -- isaiah 9:8 +. +All the people were aware of it, the people of Ephraim and those living in Samaria. Yet with pride and an arrogant attitude, they said, -- isaiah 9:9 +. +"The bricks have fallen, but we will rebuild with chiseled stone; the sycamore fig trees have been cut down, but we will replace them with cedars." -- isaiah 9:10 +. +Then the Lord provoked their adversaries to attack them, he stirred up their enemies - -- isaiah 9:11 +. +Syria from the east, and the Philistines from the west, they gobbled up Israelite territory. Despite all this, his anger does not subside, and his hand is ready to strike again. -- isaiah 9:12 +. +The people did not return to the one who struck them, they did not seek reconciliation with the Lord who commands armies. -- isaiah 9:13 +. +So the Lord cut off Israel's head and tail, both the shoots and stalk in one day. -- isaiah 9:14 +. +The leaders and the highly respected people are the head, the prophets who teach lies are the tail. -- isaiah 9:15 +. +The leaders of this nation were misleading people, and the people being led were destroyed. -- isaiah 9:16 +. +So the sovereign master was not pleased with their young men, he took no pity on their orphans and widows; for the whole nation was godless and did wicked things, every mouth was speaking disgraceful words. Despite all this, his anger does not subside, and his hand is ready to strike again. -- isaiah 9:17 +. +For evil burned like a fire, it consumed thorns and briers; it burned up the thickets of the forest, and they went up in smoke. -- isaiah 9:18 +. +Because of the anger of the Lord who commands armies, the land was scorched, and the people became fuel for the fire. People had no compassion on one another. -- isaiah 9:19 +. +They devoured on the right, but were still hungry, they ate on the left, but were not satisfied. People even ate the flesh of their own arm! -- isaiah 9:20 +. +Manasseh fought against Ephraim, and Ephraim against Manasseh; together they fought against Judah. Despite all this, his anger does not subside, and his hand is ready to strike again. -- isaiah 9:21 +. +Those who enact unjust policies are as good as dead, those who are always instituting unfair regulations, -- isaiah 10:1 +. +to keep the poor from getting fair treatment, and to deprive the oppressed among my people of justice, so they can steal what widows own, and loot what belongs to orphans. -- isaiah 10:2 +. +What will you do on judgment day, when destruction arrives from a distant place? To whom will you run for help? Where will you leave your wealth? -- isaiah 10:3 +. +You will have no place to go, except to kneel with the prisoners, or to fall among those who have been killed. Despite all this, his anger does not subside, and his hand is ready to strike again. -- isaiah 10:4 +. +Assyria, the club I use to vent my anger, is as good as dead, a cudgel with which I angrily punish. -- isaiah 10:5 +. +I sent him against a godless nation, I ordered him to attack the people with whom I was angry, to take plunder and to carry away loot, to trample them down like dirt in the streets. -- isaiah 10:6 +. +But he does not agree with this, his mind does not reason this way, for his goal is to destroy, and to eliminate many nations. -- isaiah 10:7 +. +Indeed, he says: "Are not my officials all kings? -- isaiah 10:8 +. +Is not Calneh like Carchemish? Hamath like Arpad? Samaria like Damascus? -- isaiah 10:9 +. +I overpowered kingdoms ruled by idols, whose carved images were more impressive than Jerusalem's or Samaria's. -- isaiah 10:10 +. +As I have done to Samaria and its idols, so I will do to Jerusalem and its idols." -- isaiah 10:11 +. +But when the sovereign master finishes judging Mount Zion and Jerusalem, then I will punish the king of Assyria for what he has proudly planned and for the arrogant attitude he displays. -- isaiah 10:12 +. +For he says: "By my strong hand I have accomplished this, by my strategy that I devised. I invaded the territory of nations, and looted their storehouses. Like a mighty conqueror, I brought down rulers. -- isaiah 10:13 +. +My hand discovered the wealth of the nations, as if it were in a nest, as one gathers up abandoned eggs, I gathered up the whole earth. There was no wing flapping, or open mouth chirping." -- isaiah 10:14 +. +Does an ax exalt itself over the one who wields it, or a saw magnify itself over the one who cuts with it? As if a scepter should brandish the one who raises it, or a staff should lift up what is not made of wood! -- isaiah 10:15 +. +For this reason the sovereign master, the Lord who commands armies, will make his healthy ones emaciated. His majestic glory will go up in smoke. -- isaiah 10:16 +. +The light of Israel will become a fire, their Holy One will become a flame; it will burn and consume the Assyrian king's briers and his thorns in one day. -- isaiah 10:17 +. +The splendor of his forest and his orchard will be completely destroyed, as when a sick man's life ebbs away. -- isaiah 10:18 +. +There will be so few trees left in his forest, a child will be able to count them. -- isaiah 10:19 +. +At that time those left in Israel, those who remain of the family of Jacob, will no longer rely on a foreign leader that abuses them. Instead they will truly rely on the Lord, the Holy One of Israel. -- isaiah 10:20 +. +A remnant will come back, a remnant of Jacob, to the mighty God. -- isaiah 10:21 +. +For though your people, Israel, are as numerous as the sand on the seashore, only a remnant will come back. Destruction has been decreed; just punishment is about to engulf you. -- isaiah 10:22 +. +The sovereign master, the Lord who commands armies, is certainly ready to carry out the decreed destruction throughout the land. -- isaiah 10:23 +. +So here is what the sovereign master, the Lord who commands armies, says: "My people who live in Zion, do not be afraid of Assyria, even though they beat you with a club and lift their cudgel against you as Egypt did. -- isaiah 10:24 +. +For very soon my fury will subside, and my anger will be directed toward their destruction." -- isaiah 10:25 +. +The Lord who commands armies is about to beat them with a whip, similar to the way he struck down Midian at the rock of Oreb. He will use his staff against the sea, lifting it up as he did in Egypt. -- isaiah 10:26 +. +At that time the Lord will remove their burden from your shoulders, and their yoke from your neck; the yoke will be taken off because your neck will be too large. -- isaiah 10:27 +. +They attacked Aiath, moved through Migron, depositing their supplies at Micmash. -- isaiah 10:28 +. +They went through the pass, spent the night at Geba. Ramah trembled, Gibeah of Saul ran away. -- isaiah 10:29 +. +Shout out, daughter of Gallim! Pay attention, Laishah! Answer her, Anathoth! -- isaiah 10:30 +. +Madmenah flees, the residents of Gebim have hidden. -- isaiah 10:31 +. +This very day, standing in Nob, they shake their fist at Daughter Zion's mountain - at the hill of Jerusalem. -- isaiah 10:32 +. +Look, the sovereign master, the Lord who commands armies, is ready to cut off the branches with terrifying power. The tallest trees will be cut down, the loftiest ones will be brought low. -- isaiah 10:33 +. +The thickets of the forest will be chopped down with an ax, and mighty Lebanon will fall. -- isaiah 10:34 +. +A shoot will grow out of Jesse's root stock, a bud will sprout from his roots. -- isaiah 11:1 +. +The Lord's spirit will rest on him - a spirit that gives extraordinary wisdom, a spirit that provides the ability to execute plans, a spirit that produces absolute loyalty to the Lord. -- isaiah 11:2 +. +He will take delight in obeying the Lord. He will not judge by mere appearances, or make decisions on the basis of hearsay. -- isaiah 11:3 +. +He will treat the poor fairly, and make right decisions for the downtrodden of the earth. He will strike the earth with the rod of his mouth, and order the wicked to be executed. -- isaiah 11:4 +. +Justice will be like a belt around his waist, integrity will be like a belt around his hips. -- isaiah 11:5 +. +A wolf will reside with a lamb, and a leopard will lie down with a young goat; an ox and a young lion will graze together, as a small child leads them along. -- isaiah 11:6 +. +A cow and a bear will graze together, their young will lie down together. A lion, like an ox, will eat straw. -- isaiah 11:7 +. +A baby will play over the hole of a snake; over the nest of a serpent an infant will put his hand. -- isaiah 11:8 +. +They will no longer injure or destroy on my entire royal mountain. For there will be universal submission to the Lord's sovereignty, just as the waters completely cover the sea. -- isaiah 11:9 +. +At that time a root from Jesse will stand like a signal flag for the nations. Nations will look to him for guidance, and his residence will be majestic. -- isaiah 11:10 +. +At that time the sovereign master will again lift his hand to reclaim the remnant of his people from Assyria, Egypt, Pathros, Cush, Elam, Shinar, Hamath, and the seacoasts. -- isaiah 11:11 +. +He will lift a signal flag for the nations; he will gather Israel's dispersed people and assemble Judah's scattered people from the four corners of the earth. -- isaiah 11:12 +. +Ephraim's jealousy will end, and Judah's hostility will be eliminated. Ephraim will no longer be jealous of Judah, and Judah will no longer be hostile toward Ephraim. -- isaiah 11:13 +. +They will swoop down on the Philistine hills to the west; together they will loot the people of the east. They will take over Edom and Moab, and the Ammonites will be their subjects. -- isaiah 11:14 +. +The Lord will divide the gulf of the Egyptian Sea; he will wave his hand over the Euphrates River and send a strong wind, he will turn it into seven dried-up streams, and enable them to walk across in their sandals. -- isaiah 11:15 +. +There will be a highway leading out of Assyria for the remnant of his people, just as there was for Israel, when they went up from the land of Egypt. -- isaiah 11:16 +. +At that time you will say: "I praise you, O Lord, for even though you were angry with me, your anger subsided, and you consoled me. -- isaiah 12:1 +. +Look, God is my deliverer! I will trust in him and not fear. For the Lord gives me strength and protects me; he has become my deliverer." -- isaiah 12:2 +. +Joyfully you will draw water from the springs of deliverance. -- isaiah 12:3 +. +At that time you will say: "Praise the Lord! Ask him for help! Publicize his mighty acts among the nations! Make it known that he is unique! -- isaiah 12:4 +. +Sing to the Lord, for he has done magnificent things, let this be known throughout the earth! -- isaiah 12:5 +. +Cry out and shout for joy, O citizens of Zion, for the Holy One of Israel acts mightily among you!" -- isaiah 12:6 +. +This is a message about Babylon that God revealed to Isaiah son of Amoz: -- isaiah 13:1 +. +On a bare hill raise a signal flag, shout to them, wave your hand, so they might enter the gates of the princes! -- isaiah 13:2 +. +I have given orders to my chosen soldiers; I have summoned the warriors through whom I will vent my anger, my boasting, arrogant ones. -- isaiah 13:3 +. +There is a loud noise on the mountains - it sounds like a large army! There is great commotion among the kingdoms - nations are being assembled! The Lord who commands armies is mustering forces for battle. -- isaiah 13:4 +. +They come from a distant land, from the horizon. It is the Lord with his instruments of judgment, coming to destroy the whole earth. -- isaiah 13:5 +. +Wail, for the Lord's day of judgment is near; it comes with all the destructive power of the sovereign judge. -- isaiah 13:6 +. +For this reason all hands hang limp, every human heart loses its courage. -- isaiah 13:7 +. +They panic - cramps and pain seize hold of them like those of a woman who is straining to give birth. They look at one another in astonishment; their faces are flushed red. -- isaiah 13:8 +. +Look, the Lord's day of judgment is coming; it is a day of cruelty and savage, raging anger, destroying the earth and annihilating its sinners. -- isaiah 13:9 +. +Indeed the stars in the sky and their constellations no longer give out their light; the sun is darkened as soon as it rises, and the moon does not shine. -- isaiah 13:10 +. +I will punish the world for its evil, and wicked people for their sin. I will put an end to the pride of the insolent, I will bring down the arrogance of tyrants. -- isaiah 13:11 +. +I will make human beings more scarce than pure gold, and people more scarce than gold from Ophir. -- isaiah 13:12 +. +So I will shake the heavens, and the earth will shake loose from its foundation, because of the fury of the Lord who commands armies, in the day he vents his raging anger. -- isaiah 13:13 +. +Like a frightened gazelle or a sheep with no shepherd, each will turn toward home, each will run to his homeland. -- isaiah 13:14 +. +Everyone who is caught will be stabbed; everyone who is seized will die by the sword. -- isaiah 13:15 +. +Their children will be smashed to pieces before their very eyes; their houses will be looted and their wives raped. -- isaiah 13:16 +. +Look, I am stirring up the Medes to attack them; they are not concerned about silver, nor are they interested in gold. -- isaiah 13:17 +. +Their arrows will cut young men to ribbons; they have no compassion on a person's offspring, they will not look with pity on children. -- isaiah 13:18 +. +Babylon, the most admired of kingdoms, the Chaldeans' source of honor and pride, will be destroyed by God just as Sodom and Gomorrah were. -- isaiah 13:19 +. +No one will live there again; no one will ever reside there again. No bedouin will camp there, no shepherds will rest their flocks there. -- isaiah 13:20 +. +Wild animals will rest there, the ruined houses will be full of hyenas. Ostriches will live there, wild goats will skip among the ruins. -- isaiah 13:21 +. +Wild dogs will yip in her ruined fortresses, jackals will yelp in the once-splendid palaces. Her time is almost up, her days will not be prolonged. -- isaiah 13:22 +. +The Lord will certainly have compassion on Jacob; he will again choose Israel as his special people and restore them to their land. Resident foreigners will join them and unite with the family of Jacob. -- isaiah 14:1 +. +Nations will take them and bring them back to their own place. Then the family of Jacob will make foreigners their servants as they settle in the Lord's land. They will make their captors captives and rule over the ones who oppressed them. -- isaiah 14:2 +. +When the Lord gives you relief from your suffering and anxiety, and from the hard labor which you were made to perform, -- isaiah 14:3 +. +you will taunt the king of Babylon with these words: "Look how the oppressor has met his end! Hostility has ceased! -- isaiah 14:4 +. +The Lord has broken the club of the wicked, the scepter of rulers. -- isaiah 14:5 +. +It furiously struck down nations with unceasing blows. It angrily ruled over nations, oppressing them without restraint. -- isaiah 14:6 +. +The whole earth rests and is quiet; they break into song. -- isaiah 14:7 +. +The evergreens also rejoice over your demise, as do the cedars of Lebanon, singing, 'Since you fell asleep, no woodsman comes up to chop us down!' -- isaiah 14:8 +. +Sheol below is stirred up about you, ready to meet you when you arrive. It rouses the spirits of the dead for you, all the former leaders of the earth; it makes all the former kings of the nations rise from their thrones. -- isaiah 14:9 +. +All of them respond to you, saying: 'You too have become weak like us! You have become just like us! -- isaiah 14:10 +. +Your splendor has been brought down to Sheol, as well as the sound of your stringed instruments. You lie on a bed of maggots, with a blanket of worms over you. -- isaiah 14:11 +. +Look how you have fallen from the sky, O shining one, son of the dawn! You have been cut down to the ground, O conqueror of the nations! -- isaiah 14:12 +. +You said to yourself, "I will climb up to the sky. Above the stars of El I will set up my throne. I will rule on the mountain of assembly on the remote slopes of Zaphon. -- isaiah 14:13 +. +I will climb up to the tops of the clouds; I will make myself like the Most High!" -- isaiah 14:14 +. +But you were brought down to Sheol, to the remote slopes of the pit. -- isaiah 14:15 +. +Those who see you stare at you, they look at you carefully, thinking: "Is this the man who shook the earth, the one who made kingdoms tremble? -- isaiah 14:16 +. +Is this the one who made the world like a desert, who ruined its cities, and refused to free his prisoners so they could return home?"' -- isaiah 14:17 +. +As for all the kings of the nations, all of them lie down in splendor, each in his own tomb. -- isaiah 14:18 +. +But you have been thrown out of your grave like a shoot that is thrown away. You lie among the slain, among those who have been slashed by the sword, among those headed for the stones of the pit, as if you were a mangled corpse. -- isaiah 14:19 +. +You will not be buried with them, because you destroyed your land and killed your people. The offspring of the wicked will never be mentioned again. -- isaiah 14:20 +. +Prepare to execute his sons for the sins their ancestors have committed. They must not rise up and take possession of the earth, or fill the surface of the world with cities." -- isaiah 14:21 +. +"I will rise up against them," says the Lord who commands armies. "I will blot out all remembrance of Babylon and destroy all her people, including the offspring she produces," says the Lord. -- isaiah 14:22 +. +"I will turn her into a place that is overrun with wild animals and covered with pools of stagnant water. I will get rid of her, just as one sweeps away dirt with a broom," says the Lord who commands armies. -- isaiah 14:23 +. +The Lord who commands armies makes this solemn vow: "Be sure of this: Just as I have intended, so it will be; just as I have planned, it will happen. -- isaiah 14:24 +. +I will break Assyria in my land, I will trample them underfoot on my hills. Their yoke will be removed from my people, the burden will be lifted from their shoulders. -- isaiah 14:25 +. +This is the plan I have devised for the whole earth; my hand is ready to strike all the nations." -- isaiah 14:26 +. +Indeed, the Lord who commands armies has a plan, and who can possibly frustrate it? His hand is ready to strike, and who can possibly stop it? -- isaiah 14:27 +. +In the year King Ahaz died, this message was revealed: -- isaiah 14:28 +. +Don't be so happy, all you Philistines, just because the club that beat you has been broken! For a viper will grow out of the serpent's root, and its fruit will be a darting adder. -- isaiah 14:29 +. +The poor will graze in my pastures; the needy will rest securely. But I will kill your root by famine; it will put to death all your survivors. -- isaiah 14:30 +. +Wail, O city gate! Cry out, O city! Melt with fear, all you Philistines! For out of the north comes a cloud of smoke, and there are no stragglers in its ranks. -- isaiah 14:31 +. +How will they respond to the messengers of this nation? Indeed, the Lord has made Zion secure; the oppressed among his people will find safety in her. -- isaiah 14:32 +. +Here is a message about Moab: Indeed, in a night it is devastated, Ar of Moab is destroyed! Indeed, in a night it is devastated, Kir of Moab is destroyed! -- isaiah 15:1 +. +They went up to the temple, the people of Dibon went up to the high places to lament. Because of what happened to Nebo and Medeba, Moab wails. Every head is shaved bare, every beard is trimmed off. -- isaiah 15:2 +. +In their streets they wear sackcloth; on their roofs and in their town squares all of them wail, they fall down weeping. -- isaiah 15:3 +. +The people of Heshbon and Elealeh cry out, their voices are heard as far away as Jahaz. For this reason Moab's soldiers shout in distress; their courage wavers. -- isaiah 15:4 +. +My heart cries out because of Moab's plight, and for the fugitives stretched out as far as Zoar and Eglath Shelishiyah. For they weep as they make their way up the ascent of Luhith; they loudly lament their demise on the road to Horonaim. -- isaiah 15:5 +. +For the waters of Nimrim are gone; the grass is dried up, the vegetation has disappeared, and there are no plants. -- isaiah 15:6 +. +For this reason what they have made and stored up, they carry over the Stream of the Poplars. -- isaiah 15:7 +. +Indeed, the cries of distress echo throughout Moabite territory; their wailing can be heard in Eglaim and Beer Elim. -- isaiah 15:8 +. +Indeed, the waters of Dimon are full of blood! Indeed, I will heap even more trouble on Dimon. A lion will attack the Moabite fugitives and the people left in the land. -- isaiah 15:9 +. +Send rams as tribute to the ruler of the land, from Sela in the desert to the hill of Daughter Zion. -- isaiah 16:1 +. +At the fords of the Arnon the Moabite women are like a bird that flies about when forced from its nest. -- isaiah 16:2 +. +"Bring a plan, make a decision! Provide some shade in the middle of the day! Hide the fugitives! Do not betray the one who tries to escape! -- isaiah 16:3 +. +Please let the Moabite fugitives live among you. Hide them from the destroyer!" Certainly the one who applies pressure will cease, the destroyer will come to an end, those who trample will disappear from the earth. -- isaiah 16:4 +. +Then a trustworthy king will be established; he will rule in a reliable manner, this one from David's family. He will be sure to make just decisions and will be experienced in executing justice. -- isaiah 16:5 +. +We have heard about Moab's pride, their great arrogance, their boasting, pride, and excess. But their boastful claims are empty! -- isaiah 16:6 +. +So Moab wails over its demise - they all wail! Completely devastated, they moan about what has happened to the raisin cakes of Kir Hareseth. -- isaiah 16:7 +. +For the fields of Heshbon are dried up, as well as the vines of Sibmah. The rulers of the nations trample all over its vines, which reach Jazer and spread to the desert; their shoots spread out and cross the sea. -- isaiah 16:8 +. +So I weep along with Jazer over the vines of Sibmah. I will saturate you with my tears, Heshbon and Elealeh, for the conquering invaders shout triumphantly over your fruit and crops. -- isaiah 16:9 +. +Joy and happiness disappear from the orchards, and in the vineyards no one rejoices or shouts; no one treads out juice in the wine vats - I have brought the joyful shouts to an end. -- isaiah 16:10 +. +So my heart constantly sighs for Moab, like the strumming of a harp, my inner being sighs for Kir Hareseth. -- isaiah 16:11 +. +When the Moabites plead with all their might at their high places, and enter their temples to pray, their prayers will be ineffective! -- isaiah 16:12 +. +This is the message the Lord previously announced about Moab. -- isaiah 16:13 +. +Now the Lord makes this announcement: "Within exactly three years Moab's splendor will disappear, along with all her many people; there will be just a few, insignificant survivors left." -- isaiah 16:14 +. +Here is a message about Damascus: "Look, Damascus is no longer a city, it is a heap of ruins! -- isaiah 17:1 +. +The cities of Aroer are abandoned. They will be used for herds, which will lie down there in peace. -- isaiah 17:2 +. +Fortified cities will disappear from Ephraim, and Damascus will lose its kingdom. The survivors in Syria will end up like the splendor of the Israelites," says the Lord who commands armies. -- isaiah 17:3 +. +"At that time Jacob's splendor will be greatly diminished, and he will become skin and bones. -- isaiah 17:4 +. +It will be as when one gathers the grain harvest, and his hand gleans the ear of grain. It will be like one gathering the ears of grain in the Valley of Rephaim. -- isaiah 17:5 +. +There will be some left behind, like when an olive tree is beaten - two or three ripe olives remain toward the very top, four or five on its fruitful branches," says the Lord God of Israel. -- isaiah 17:6 +. +At that time men will trust in their creator; they will depend on the Holy One of Israel. -- isaiah 17:7 +. +They will no longer trust in the altars their hands made, or depend on the Asherah poles and incense altars their fingers made. -- isaiah 17:8 +. +At that time their fortified cities will be like the abandoned summits of the Amorites, which they abandoned because of the Israelites; there will be desolation. -- isaiah 17:9 +. +For you ignore the God who rescues you; you pay no attention to your strong protector. So this is what happens: You cultivate beautiful plants and plant exotic vines. -- isaiah 17:10 +. +The day you begin cultivating, you do what you can to make it grow; the morning you begin planting, you do what you can to make it sprout. Yet the harvest will disappear in the day of disease and incurable pain. -- isaiah 17:11 +. +The many nations massing together are as good as dead, those who make a commotion as loud as the roaring of the sea's waves. The people making such an uproar are as good as dead, those who make an uproar as loud as the roaring of powerful waves. -- isaiah 17:12 +. +Though these people make an uproar as loud as the roaring of powerful waves, when he shouts at them, they will flee to a distant land, driven before the wind like dead weeds on the hills, or like dead thistles before a strong gale. -- isaiah 17:13 +. +In the evening there is sudden terror; by morning they vanish. This is the fate of those who try to plunder us, the destiny of those who try to loot us! -- isaiah 17:14 +. +The land of buzzing wings is as good as dead, the one beyond the rivers of Cush, -- isaiah 18:1 +. +that sends messengers by sea, who glide over the water's surface in boats made of papyrus. Go, you swift messengers, to a nation of tall, smooth-skinned people, to a people that are feared far and wide, to a nation strong and victorious, whose land rivers divide. -- isaiah 18:2 +. +All you who live in the world, who reside on the earth, you will see a signal flag raised on the mountains; you will hear a trumpet being blown. -- isaiah 18:3 +. +For this is what the Lord has told me: "I will wait and watch from my place, like scorching heat produced by the sunlight, like a cloud of mist in the heat of harvest." -- isaiah 18:4 +. +For before the harvest, when the bud has sprouted, and the ripening fruit appears, he will cut off the unproductive shoots with pruning knives; he will prune the tendrils. -- isaiah 18:5 +. +They will all be left for the birds of the hills and the wild animals; the birds will eat them during the summer, and all the wild animals will eat them during the winter. -- isaiah 18:6 +. +At that time tribute will be brought to the Lord who commands armies, by a people that are tall and smooth-skinned, a people that are feared far and wide, a nation strong and victorious, whose land rivers divide. The tribute will be brought to the place where the Lord who commands armies has chosen to reside, on Mount Zion. -- isaiah 18:7 +. +Here is a message about Egypt: Look, the Lord rides on a swift-moving cloud and approaches Egypt. The idols of Egypt tremble before him; the Egyptians lose their courage. -- isaiah 19:1 +. +"I will provoke civil strife in Egypt, brothers will fight with each other, as will neighbors, cities, and kingdoms. -- isaiah 19:2 +. +The Egyptians will panic, and I will confuse their strategy. They will seek guidance from the idols and from the spirits of the dead, from the pits used to conjure up underworld spirits, and from the magicians. -- isaiah 19:3 +. +I will hand Egypt over to a harsh master; a powerful king will rule over them," says the sovereign master, the Lord who commands armies. -- isaiah 19:4 +. +The water of the sea will be dried up, and the river will dry up and be empty. -- isaiah 19:5 +. +The canals will stink; the streams of Egypt will trickle and then dry up; the bulrushes and reeds will decay, -- isaiah 19:6 +. +along with the plants by the mouth of the river. All the cultivated land near the river will turn to dust and be blown away. -- isaiah 19:7 +. +The fishermen will mourn and lament, all those who cast a fishhook into the river, and those who spread out a net on the water's surface will grieve. -- isaiah 19:8 +. +Those who make clothes from combed flax will be embarrassed; those who weave will turn pale. -- isaiah 19:9 +. +Those who make cloth will be demoralized; all the hired workers will be depressed. -- isaiah 19:10 +. +The officials of Zoan are nothing but fools; Pharaoh's wise advisers give stupid advice. How dare you say to Pharaoh, "I am one of the sages, one well-versed in the writings of the ancient kings?" -- isaiah 19:11 +. +But where, oh where, are your wise men? Let them tell you, let them find out what the Lord who commands armies has planned for Egypt. -- isaiah 19:12 +. +The officials of Zoan are fools, the officials of Memphis are misled; the rulers of her tribes lead Egypt astray. -- isaiah 19:13 +. +The Lord has made them undiscerning; they lead Egypt astray in all she does, so that she is like a drunk sliding around in his own vomit. -- isaiah 19:14 +. +Egypt will not be able to do a thing, head or tail, shoots and stalk. -- isaiah 19:15 +. +At that time the Egyptians will be like women. They will tremble and fear because the Lord who commands armies brandishes his fist against them. -- isaiah 19:16 +. +The land of Judah will humiliate Egypt. Everyone who hears about Judah will be afraid because of what the Lord who commands armies is planning to do to them. -- isaiah 19:17 +. +At that time five cities in the land of Egypt will speak the language of Canaan and swear allegiance to the Lord who commands armies. One will be called the City of the Sun. -- isaiah 19:18 +. +At that time there will be an altar for the Lord in the middle of the land of Egypt, as well as a sacred pillar dedicated to the Lord at its border. -- isaiah 19:19 +. +It will become a visual reminder in the land of Egypt of the Lord who commands armies. When they cry out to the Lord because of oppressors, he will send them a deliverer and defender who will rescue them. -- isaiah 19:20 +. +The Lord will reveal himself to the Egyptians, and they will acknowledge the Lord's authority at that time. They will present sacrifices and offerings; they will make vows to the Lord and fulfill them. -- isaiah 19:21 +. +The Lord will strike Egypt, striking and then healing them. They will turn to the Lord and he will listen to their prayers and heal them. -- isaiah 19:22 +. +At that time there will be a highway from Egypt to Assyria. The Assyrians will visit Egypt, and the Egyptians will visit Assyria. The Egyptians and Assyrians will worship together. -- isaiah 19:23 +. +At that time Israel will be the third member of the group, along with Egypt and Assyria, and will be a recipient of blessing in the earth. -- isaiah 19:24 +. +The Lord who commands armies will pronounce a blessing over the earth, saying, "Blessed be my people, Egypt, and the work of my hands, Assyria, and my special possession, Israel!" -- isaiah 19:25 +. +The Lord revealed the following message during the year in which King Sargon of Assyria sent his commanding general to Ashdod, and he fought against it and captured it. -- isaiah 20:1 +. +At that time the Lord announced through Isaiah son of Amoz: "Go, remove the sackcloth from your waist and take your sandals off your feet." He did as instructed and walked around in undergarments and barefoot. -- isaiah 20:2 +. +Later the Lord explained, "In the same way that my servant Isaiah has walked around in undergarments and barefoot for the past three years, as an object lesson and omen pertaining to Egypt and Cush, -- isaiah 20:3 +. +so the king of Assyria will lead away the captives of Egypt and the exiles of Cush, both young and old. They will be in undergarments and barefoot, with the buttocks exposed; the Egyptians will be publicly humiliated. -- isaiah 20:4 +. +Those who put their hope in Cush and took pride in Egypt will be afraid and embarrassed. -- isaiah 20:5 +. +At that time those who live on this coast will say, 'Look what has happened to our source of hope to whom we fled for help, expecting to be rescued from the king of Assyria! How can we escape now?'" -- isaiah 20:6 +. +Here is a message about the Desert by the Sea: Like strong winds blowing in the south, one invades from the desert, from a land that is feared. -- isaiah 21:1 +. +I have received a distressing message: "The deceiver deceives, the destroyer destroys. Attack, you Elamites! Lay siege, you Medes! I will put an end to all the groaning!" -- isaiah 21:2 +. +For this reason my stomach churns; cramps overwhelm me like the contractions of a woman in labor. I am disturbed by what I hear, horrified by what I see. -- isaiah 21:3 +. +My heart palpitates, I shake in fear; the twilight I desired has brought me terror. -- isaiah 21:4 +. +Arrange the table, lay out the carpet, eat and drink! Get up, you officers, smear oil on the shields! -- isaiah 21:5 +. +For this is what the sovereign master has told me: "Go, post a guard! He must report what he sees. -- isaiah 21:6 +. +When he sees chariots, teams of horses, riders on donkeys, riders on camels, he must be alert, very alert." -- isaiah 21:7 +. +Then the guard cries out: "On the watchtower, O sovereign master, I stand all day long; at my post I am stationed every night. -- isaiah 21:8 +. +Look what's coming! A charioteer, a team of horses." When questioned, he replies, "Babylon has fallen, fallen! All the idols of her gods lie shattered on the ground!" -- isaiah 21:9 +. +O my downtrodden people, crushed like stalks on the threshing floor, what I have heard from the Lord who commands armies, the God of Israel, I have reported to you. -- isaiah 21:10 +. +Here is a message about Dumah: Someone calls to me from Seir, "Watchman, what is left of the night? Watchman, what is left of the night?" -- isaiah 21:11 +. +The watchman replies, "Morning is coming, but then night. If you want to ask, ask; come back again." -- isaiah 21:12 +. +Here is a message about Arabia: In the thicket of Arabia you spend the night, you Dedanite caravans. -- isaiah 21:13 +. +Bring out some water for the thirsty. You who live in the land of Tema, bring some food for the fugitives. -- isaiah 21:14 +. +For they flee from the swords - from the drawn sword and from the battle-ready bow and from the severity of the battle. -- isaiah 21:15 +. +For this is what the sovereign master has told me: "Within exactly one year all the splendor of Kedar will come to an end. -- isaiah 21:16 +. +Just a handful of archers, the warriors of Kedar, will be left." Indeed, the Lord God of Israel has spoken. -- isaiah 21:17 +. +Here is a message about the Valley of Vision: What is the reason that all of you go up to the rooftops? -- isaiah 22:1 +. +The noisy city is full of raucous sounds; the town is filled with revelry. Your slain were not cut down by the sword; they did not die in battle. -- isaiah 22:2 +. +All your leaders ran away together - they fled to a distant place; all your refugees were captured together - they were captured without a single arrow being shot. -- isaiah 22:3 +. +So I say: "Don't look at me! I am weeping bitterly. Don't try to console me concerning the destruction of my defenseless people." -- isaiah 22:4 +. +For the sovereign master, the Lord who commands armies, has planned a day of panic, defeat, and confusion. In the Valley of Vision people shout and cry out to the hill. -- isaiah 22:5 +. +The Elamites picked up the quiver, and came with chariots and horsemen; the men of Kir prepared the shield. -- isaiah 22:6 +. +Your very best valleys were full of chariots; horsemen confidently took their positions at the gate. -- isaiah 22:7 +. +They removed the defenses of Judah. At that time you looked for the weapons in the House of the Forest. -- isaiah 22:8 +. +You saw the many breaks in the walls of the city of David; you stored up water in the lower pool. -- isaiah 22:9 +. +You counted the houses in Jerusalem, and demolished houses so you could have material to reinforce the wall. -- isaiah 22:10 +. +You made a reservoir between the two walls for the water of the old pool - but you did not trust in the one who made it; you did not depend on the one who formed it long ago! -- isaiah 22:11 +. +At that time the sovereign master, the Lord who commands armies, called for weeping and mourning, for shaved heads and sackcloth. -- isaiah 22:12 +. +But look, there is outright celebration! You say, "Kill the ox and slaughter the sheep, eat meat and drink wine. Eat and drink, for tomorrow we die!" -- isaiah 22:13 +. +The Lord who commands armies told me this: "Certainly this sin will not be forgiven as long as you live," says the sovereign master, the Lord who commands armies. -- isaiah 22:14 +. +This is what the sovereign master, the Lord who commands armies, says: "Go visit this administrator, Shebna, who supervises the palace, and tell him: -- isaiah 22:15 +. +'What right do you have to be here? What relatives do you have buried here? Why do you chisel out a tomb for yourself here? He chisels out his burial site in an elevated place, he carves out his tomb on a cliff. -- isaiah 22:16 +. +Look, the Lord will throw you far away, you mere man! He will wrap you up tightly. -- isaiah 22:17 +. +He will wind you up tightly into a ball and throw you into a wide, open land. There you will die, and there with you will be your impressive chariots, which bring disgrace to the house of your master. -- isaiah 22:18 +. +I will remove you from your office; you will be thrown down from your position. -- isaiah 22:19 +. +"At that time I will summon my servant Eliakim, son of Hilkiah. -- isaiah 22:20 +. +I will put your robe on him, tie your belt around him, and transfer your authority to him. He will become a protector of the residents of Jerusalem and of the people of Judah. -- isaiah 22:21 +. +I will place the key to the house of David on his shoulder. When he opens the door, no one can close it; when he closes the door, no one can open it. -- isaiah 22:22 +. +I will fasten him like a peg into a solid place; he will bring honor and respect to his father's family. -- isaiah 22:23 +. +His father's family will gain increasing prominence because of him, including the offspring and the offshoots. All the small containers, including the bowls and all the jars will hang from this peg.' -- isaiah 22:24 +. +"At that time," says the Lord who commands armies, "the peg fastened into a solid place will come loose. It will be cut off and fall, and the load hanging on it will be cut off." Indeed, the Lord has spoken. -- isaiah 22:25 +. +Here is a message about Tyre: Wail, you large ships, for the port is too devastated to enter! From the land of Cyprus this news is announced to them. -- isaiah 23:1 +. +Lament, you residents of the coast, you merchants of Sidon who travel over the sea, whose agents sail over -- isaiah 23:2 +. +the deep waters! Grain from the Shihor region, crops grown near the Nile she receives; she is the trade center of the nations. -- isaiah 23:3 +. +Be ashamed, O Sidon, for the sea says this, O fortress of the sea: "I have not gone into labor or given birth; I have not raised young men or brought up young women." -- isaiah 23:4 +. +When the news reaches Egypt, they will be shaken by what has happened to Tyre. -- isaiah 23:5 +. +Travel to Tarshish! Wail, you residents of the coast! -- isaiah 23:6 +. +Is this really your boisterous city whose origins are in the distant past, and whose feet led her to a distant land to reside? -- isaiah 23:7 +. +Who planned this for royal Tyre, whose merchants are princes, whose traders are the dignitaries of the earth? -- isaiah 23:8 +. +The Lord who commands armies planned it - to dishonor the pride that comes from all her beauty, to humiliate all the dignitaries of the earth. -- isaiah 23:9 +. +Daughter Tarshish, travel back to your land, as one crosses the Nile; there is no longer any marketplace in Tyre. -- isaiah 23:10 +. +The Lord stretched out his hand over the sea, he shook kingdoms; he gave the order to destroy Canaan's fortresses. -- isaiah 23:11 +. +He said, "You will no longer celebrate, oppressed virgin daughter Sidon! Get up, travel to Cyprus, but you will find no relief there." -- isaiah 23:12 +. +Look at the land of the Chaldeans, these people who have lost their identity! The Assyrians have made it a home for wild animals. They erected their siege towers, demolished its fortresses, and turned it into a heap of ruins. -- isaiah 23:13 +. +Wail, you large ships, for your fortress is destroyed! -- isaiah 23:14 +. +At that time Tyre will be forgotten for seventy years, the typical life span of a king. At the end of seventy years Tyre will try to attract attention again, like the prostitute in the popular song: -- isaiah 23:15 +. +"Take the harp, go through the city, forgotten prostitute! Play it well, play lots of songs, so you'll be noticed!" -- isaiah 23:16 +. +At the end of seventy years the Lord will revive Tyre. She will start making money again by selling her services to all the earth's kingdoms. -- isaiah 23:17 +. +Her profits and earnings will be set apart for the Lord. They will not be stored up or accumulated, for her profits will be given to those who live in the Lord's presence and will be used to purchase large quantities of food and beautiful clothes. -- isaiah 23:18 +. +Look, the Lord is ready to devastate the earth and leave it in ruins; he will mar its surface and scatter its inhabitants. -- isaiah 24:1 +. +Everyone will suffer - the priest as well as the people, the master as well as the servant, the elegant lady as well as the female attendant, the seller as well as the buyer, the borrower as well as the lender, the creditor as well as the debtor. -- isaiah 24:2 +. +The earth will be completely devastated and thoroughly ransacked. For the Lord has decreed this judgment. -- isaiah 24:3 +. +The earth dries up and withers, the world shrivels up and withers; the prominent people of the earth fade away. -- isaiah 24:4 +. +The earth is defiled by its inhabitants, for they have violated laws, disregarded the regulation, and broken the permanent treaty. -- isaiah 24:5 +. +So a treaty curse devours the earth; its inhabitants pay for their guilt. This is why the inhabitants of the earth disappear, and are reduced to just a handful of people. -- isaiah 24:6 +. +The new wine dries up, the vines shrivel up, all those who like to celebrate groan. -- isaiah 24:7 +. +The happy sound of the tambourines stops, the revelry of those who celebrate comes to a halt, the happy sound of the harp ceases. -- isaiah 24:8 +. +They no longer sing and drink wine; the beer tastes bitter to those who drink it. -- isaiah 24:9 +. +The ruined town is shattered; all of the houses are shut up tight. -- isaiah 24:10 +. +They howl in the streets because of what happened to the wine; all joy turns to sorrow; celebrations disappear from the earth. -- isaiah 24:11 +. +The city is left in ruins; the gate is reduced to rubble. -- isaiah 24:12 +. +This is what will happen throughout the earth, among the nations. It will be like when they beat an olive tree, and just a few olives are left at the end of the harvest. -- isaiah 24:13 +. +They lift their voices and shout joyfully; they praise the majesty of the Lord in the west. -- isaiah 24:14 +. +So in the east extol the Lord, along the seacoasts extol the fame of the Lord God of Israel. -- isaiah 24:15 +. +From the ends of the earth we hear songs - the Just One is majestic. But I say, "I'm wasting away! I'm wasting away! I'm doomed! Deceivers deceive, deceivers thoroughly deceive!" -- isaiah 24:16 +. +Terror, pit, and snare are ready to overtake you inhabitants of the earth! -- isaiah 24:17 +. +The one who runs away from the sound of the terror will fall into the pit; the one who climbs out of the pit, will be trapped by the snare. For the floodgates of the heavens are opened up and the foundations of the earth shake. -- isaiah 24:18 +. +The earth is broken in pieces, the earth is ripped to shreds, the earth shakes violently. -- isaiah 24:19 +. +The earth will stagger around like a drunk; it will sway back and forth like a hut in a windstorm. Its sin will weigh it down, and it will fall and never get up again. -- isaiah 24:20 +. +At that time the Lord will punish the heavenly forces in the heavens and the earthly kings on the earth. -- isaiah 24:21 +. +They will be imprisoned in a pit, locked up in a prison, and after staying there for a long time, they will be punished. -- isaiah 24:22 +. +The full moon will be covered up, the bright sun will be darkened; for the Lord who commands armies will rule on Mount Zion in Jerusalem in the presence of his assembly, in majestic splendor. -- isaiah 24:23 +. +O Lord, you are my God! I will exalt you in praise, I will extol your fame. For you have done extraordinary things, and executed plans made long ago exactly as you decreed. -- isaiah 25:1 +. +Indeed, you have made the city into a heap of rubble, the fortified town into a heap of ruins; the fortress of foreigners is no longer a city, it will never be rebuilt. -- isaiah 25:2 +. +So a strong nation will extol you; the towns of powerful nations will fear you. -- isaiah 25:3 +. +For you are a protector for the poor, a protector for the needy in their distress, a shelter from the rainstorm, a shade from the heat. Though the breath of tyrants is like a winter rainstorm, -- isaiah 25:4 +. +like heat in a dry land, you humble the boasting foreigners. Just as the shadow of a cloud causes the heat to subside, so he causes the song of tyrants to cease. -- isaiah 25:5 +. +The Lord who commands armies will hold a banquet for all the nations on this mountain. At this banquet there will be plenty of meat and aged wine - tender meat and choicest wine. -- isaiah 25:6 +. +On this mountain he will swallow up the shroud that is over all the peoples, the woven covering that is over all the nations; -- isaiah 25:7 +. +he will swallow up death permanently. The sovereign Lord will wipe away the tears from every face, and remove his people's disgrace from all the earth. Indeed, the Lord has announced it! -- isaiah 25:8 +. +At that time they will say, "Look, here is our God! We waited for him and he delivered us. Here is the Lord! We waited for him. Let's rejoice and celebrate his deliverance!" -- isaiah 25:9 +. +For the Lord's power will make this mountain secure. Moab will be trampled down where it stands, as a heap of straw is trampled down in a manure pile. -- isaiah 25:10 +. +Moab will spread out its hands in the middle of it, just as a swimmer spreads his hands to swim; the Lord will bring down Moab's pride as it spreads its hands. -- isaiah 25:11 +. +The fortified city (along with the very tops of your walls) he will knock down, he will bring it down, he will throw it down to the dusty ground. -- isaiah 25:12 +. +At that time this song will be sung in the land of Judah: "We have a strong city! The Lord's deliverance, like walls and a rampart, makes it secure. -- isaiah 26:1 +. +Open the gates so a righteous nation can enter - one that remains trustworthy. -- isaiah 26:2 +. +You keep completely safe the people who maintain their faith, for they trust in you. -- isaiah 26:3 +. +Trust in the Lord from this time forward, even in Yah, the Lord, an enduring protector! -- isaiah 26:4 +. +Indeed, the Lord knocks down those who live in a high place, he brings down an elevated town; he brings it down to the ground, he throws it down to the dust. -- isaiah 26:5 +. +It is trampled underfoot by the feet of the oppressed, by the soles of the poor." -- isaiah 26:6 +. +The way of the righteous is level, the path of the righteous that you make is straight. -- isaiah 26:7 +. +Yes, as your judgments unfold, O Lord, we wait for you. We desire your fame and reputation to grow. -- isaiah 26:8 +. +I look for you during the night, my spirit within me seeks you at dawn, for when your judgments come upon the earth, those who live in the world learn about justice. -- isaiah 26:9 +. +If the wicked are shown mercy, they do not learn about justice. Even in a land where right is rewarded, they act unjustly; they do not see the Lord's majesty revealed. -- isaiah 26:10 +. +O Lord, you are ready to act, but they don't even notice. They will see and be put to shame by your angry judgment against humankind, yes, fire will consume your enemies. -- isaiah 26:11 +. +O Lord, you make us secure, for even all we have accomplished, you have done for us. -- isaiah 26:12 +. +O Lord, our God, masters other than you have ruled us, but we praise your name alone. -- isaiah 26:13 +. +The dead do not come back to life, the spirits of the dead do not rise. That is because you came in judgment and destroyed them, you wiped out all memory of them. -- isaiah 26:14 +. +You have made the nation larger, O Lord, you have made the nation larger and revealed your splendor, you have extended all the borders of the land. -- isaiah 26:15 +. +O Lord, in distress they looked for you; they uttered incantations because of your discipline. -- isaiah 26:16 +. +As when a pregnant woman gets ready to deliver and strains and cries out because of her labor pains, so were we because of you, O Lord. -- isaiah 26:17 +. +We were pregnant, we strained, we gave birth, as it were, to wind. We cannot produce deliverance on the earth; people to populate the world are not born. -- isaiah 26:18 +. +Your dead will come back to life; your corpses will rise up. Wake up and shout joyfully, you who live in the ground! For you will grow like plants drenched with the morning dew, and the earth will bring forth its dead spirits. -- isaiah 26:19 +. +Go, my people! Enter your inner rooms! Close your doors behind you! Hide for a little while, until his angry judgment is over! -- isaiah 26:20 +. +For look, the Lord is coming out of the place where he lives, to punish the sin of those who live on the earth. The earth will display the blood shed on it; it will no longer cover up its slain. -- isaiah 26:21 +. +At that time the Lord will punish with his destructive, great, and powerful sword Leviathan the fast-moving serpent, Leviathan the squirming serpent; he will kill the sea monster. -- isaiah 27:1 +. +When that time comes, sing about a delightful vineyard! -- isaiah 27:2 +. +I, the Lord, protect it; I water it regularly. I guard it night and day, so no one can harm it. -- isaiah 27:3 +. +I am not angry. I wish I could confront some thorns and briers! Then I would march against them for battle; I would set them all on fire, -- isaiah 27:4 +. +unless they became my subjects and made peace with me; let them make peace with me. -- isaiah 27:5 +. +The time is coming when Jacob will take root; Israel will blossom and grow branches. The produce will fill the surface of the world. -- isaiah 27:6 +. +Has the Lord struck down Israel like he did their oppressors? Has Israel been killed like their enemies? -- isaiah 27:7 +. +When you summon her for divorce, you prosecute her; he drives her away with his strong wind in the day of the east wind. -- isaiah 27:8 +. +So in this way Jacob's sin will be forgiven, and this is how they will show they are finished sinning: They will make all the stones of the altars like crushed limestone, and the Asherah poles and the incense altars will no longer stand. -- isaiah 27:9 +. +For the fortified city is left alone; it is a deserted settlement and abandoned like the desert. Calves graze there; they lie down there and eat its branches bare. -- isaiah 27:10 +. +When its branches get brittle, they break; women come and use them for kindling. For these people lack understanding, therefore the one who made them has no compassion on them; the one who formed them has no mercy on them. -- isaiah 27:11 +. +At that time the Lord will shake the tree, from the Euphrates River to the Stream of Egypt. Then you will be gathered up one by one, O Israelites. -- isaiah 27:12 +. +At that time a large trumpet will be blown, and the ones lost in the land of Assyria will come, as well as the refugees in the land of Egypt. They will worship the Lord on the holy mountain in Jerusalem. -- isaiah 27:13 +. +The splendid crown of Ephraim's drunkards is doomed, the withering flower, its beautiful splendor, situated at the head of a rich valley, the crown of those overcome with wine. -- isaiah 28:1 +. +Look, the sovereign master sends a strong, powerful one. With the force of a hailstorm or a destructive windstorm, with the might of a driving, torrential rainstorm, he will knock that crown to the ground with his hand. -- isaiah 28:2 +. +The splendid crown of Ephraim's drunkards will be trampled underfoot. -- isaiah 28:3 +. +The withering flower, its beautiful splendor, situated at the head of a rich valley, will be like an early fig before harvest - as soon as someone notices it, he grabs it and swallows it. -- isaiah 28:4 +. +At that time the Lord who commands armies will become a beautiful crown and a splendid diadem for the remnant of his people. -- isaiah 28:5 +. +He will give discernment to the one who makes judicial decisions, and strength to those who defend the city from attackers. -- isaiah 28:6 +. +Even these men stagger because of wine, they stumble around because of beer - priests and prophets stagger because of beer, they are confused because of wine, they stumble around because of beer; they stagger while seeing prophetic visions, they totter while making legal decisions. -- isaiah 28:7 +. +Indeed, all the tables are covered with vomit; no place is untouched. -- isaiah 28:8 +. +Who is the Lord trying to teach? To whom is he explaining a message? Those just weaned from milk! Those just taken from their mother's breast! -- isaiah 28:9 +. +Indeed, they will hear meaningless gibberish, senseless babbling, a syllable here, a syllable there. -- isaiah 28:10 +. +For with mocking lips and a foreign tongue he will speak to these people. -- isaiah 28:11 +. +In the past he said to them, "This is where security can be found. Provide security for the one who is exhausted! This is where rest can be found." But they refused to listen. -- isaiah 28:12 +. +So the Lord's word to them will sound like meaningless gibberish, senseless babbling, a syllable here, a syllable there. As a result, they will fall on their backsides when they try to walk, and be injured, ensnared, and captured. -- isaiah 28:13 +. +Therefore, listen to the Lord's word, you who mock, you rulers of these people who reside in Jerusalem! -- isaiah 28:14 +. +For you say, "We have made a treaty with death, with Sheol we have made an agreement. When the overwhelming judgment sweeps by it will not reach us. For we have made a lie our refuge, we have hidden ourselves in a deceitful word." -- isaiah 28:15 +. +Therefore, this is what the sovereign master, the Lord, says: "Look, I am laying a stone in Zion, an approved stone, set in place as a precious cornerstone for the foundation. The one who maintains his faith will not panic. -- isaiah 28:16 +. +I will make justice the measuring line, fairness the plumb line; hail will sweep away the unreliable refuge, the floodwaters will overwhelm the hiding place. -- isaiah 28:17 +. +Your treaty with death will be dissolved; your agreement with Sheol will not last. When the overwhelming judgment sweeps by, you will be overrun by it. -- isaiah 28:18 +. +Whenever it sweeps by, it will overtake you; indeed, every morning it will sweep by, it will come through during the day and the night." When this announcement is understood, it will cause nothing but terror. -- isaiah 28:19 +. +For the bed is too short to stretch out on, and the blanket is too narrow to wrap around oneself. -- isaiah 28:20 +. +For the Lord will rise up, as he did at Mount Perazim, he will rouse himself, as he did in the Valley of Gibeon, to accomplish his work, his peculiar work, to perform his task, his strange task. -- isaiah 28:21 +. +So now, do not mock, or your chains will become heavier! For I have heard a message about decreed destruction, from the sovereign master, the Lord who commands armies, against the entire land. -- isaiah 28:22 +. +Pay attention and listen to my message! Be attentive and listen to what I have to say! -- isaiah 28:23 +. +Does a farmer just keep on plowing at planting time? Does he keep breaking up and harrowing his ground? -- isaiah 28:24 +. +Once he has leveled its surface, does he not scatter the seed of the caraway plant, sow the seed of the cumin plant, and plant the wheat, barley, and grain in their designated places? -- isaiah 28:25 +. +His God instructs him; he teaches him the principles of agriculture. -- isaiah 28:26 +. +Certainly caraway seed is not threshed with a sledge, nor is the wheel of a cart rolled over cumin seed. Certainly caraway seed is beaten with a stick, and cumin seed with a flail. -- isaiah 28:27 +. +Grain is crushed, though one certainly does not thresh it forever. The wheel of one's wagon rolls over it, but his horses do not crush it. -- isaiah 28:28 +. +This also comes from the Lord who commands armies, who gives supernatural guidance and imparts great wisdom. -- isaiah 28:29 +. +Ariel is as good as dead - Ariel, the town David besieged! Keep observing your annual rituals, celebrate your festivals on schedule. -- isaiah 29:1 +. +I will threaten Ariel, and she will mourn intensely and become like an altar hearth before me. -- isaiah 29:2 +. +I will lay siege to you on all sides; I will besiege you with troops; I will raise siege works against you. -- isaiah 29:3 +. +You will fall; while lying on the ground you will speak; from the dust where you lie, your words will be heard. Your voice will sound like a spirit speaking from the underworld; from the dust you will chirp as if muttering an incantation. -- isaiah 29:4 +. +But the horde of invaders will be like fine dust, the horde of tyrants like chaff that is blown away. It will happen suddenly, in a flash. -- isaiah 29:5 +. +Judgment will come from the Lord who commands armies, accompanied by thunder, earthquake, and a loud noise, by a strong gale, a windstorm, and a consuming flame of fire. -- isaiah 29:6 +. +It will be like a dream, a night vision. There will be a horde from all the nations that fight against Ariel, those who attack her and her stronghold and besiege her. -- isaiah 29:7 +. +It will be like a hungry man dreaming that he is eating, only to awaken and find that his stomach is empty. It will be like a thirsty man dreaming that he is drinking, only to awaken and find that he is still weak and his thirst unquenched. So it will be for the horde from all the nations that fight against Mount Zion. -- isaiah 29:8 +. +You will be shocked and amazed! You are totally blind! They are drunk, but not because of wine; they stagger, but not because of beer. -- isaiah 29:9 +. +For the Lord has poured out on you a strong urge to sleep deeply. He has shut your eyes (the prophets), and covered your heads (the seers). -- isaiah 29:10 +. +To you this entire prophetic revelation is like words in a sealed scroll. When they hand it to one who can read and say, "Read this," he responds, "I can't, because it is sealed." -- isaiah 29:11 +. +Or when they hand the scroll to one who can't read and say, "Read this," he says, "I can't read." -- isaiah 29:12 +. +The sovereign master says, "These people say they are loyal to me; they say wonderful things about me, but they are not really loyal to me. Their worship consists of nothing but man-made ritual. -- isaiah 29:13 +. +Therefore I will again do an amazing thing for these people - an absolutely extraordinary deed. Wise men will have nothing to say, the sages will have no explanations." -- isaiah 29:14 +. +Those who try to hide their plans from the Lord are as good as dead, who do their work in secret and boast, "Who sees us? Who knows what we're doing?" -- isaiah 29:15 +. +Your thinking is perverse! Should the potter be regarded as clay? Should the thing made say about its maker, "He didn't make me"? Or should the pottery say about the potter, "He doesn't understand"? -- isaiah 29:16 +. +In just a very short time Lebanon will turn into an orchard, and the orchard will be considered a forest. -- isaiah 29:17 +. +At that time the deaf will be able to hear words read from a scroll, and the eyes of the blind will be able to see through deep darkness. -- isaiah 29:18 +. +The downtrodden will again rejoice in the Lord; the poor among humankind will take delight in the Holy One of Israel. -- isaiah 29:19 +. +For tyrants will disappear, those who taunt will vanish, and all those who love to do wrong will be eliminated - -- isaiah 29:20 +. +those who bear false testimony against a person, who entrap the one who arbitrates at the city gate and deprive the innocent of justice by making false charges. -- isaiah 29:21 +. +So this is what the Lord, the one who delivered Abraham, says to the family of Jacob: "Jacob will no longer be ashamed; their faces will no longer show their embarrassment. -- isaiah 29:22 +. +For when they see their children, whom I will produce among them, they will honor my name. They will honor the Holy One of Jacob; they will respect the God of Israel. -- isaiah 29:23 +. +Those who stray morally will gain understanding; those who complain will acquire insight. -- isaiah 29:24 +. +"The rebellious children are as good as dead," says the Lord, "those who make plans without consulting me, who form alliances without consulting my Spirit, and thereby compound their sin. -- isaiah 30:1 +. +They travel down to Egypt without seeking my will, seeking Pharaoh's protection, and looking for safety in Egypt's protective shade. -- isaiah 30:2 +. +But Pharaoh's protection will bring you nothing but shame, and the safety of Egypt's protective shade nothing but humiliation. -- isaiah 30:3 +. +Though his officials are in Zoan and his messengers arrive at Hanes, -- isaiah 30:4 +. +all will be put to shame because of a nation that cannot help them, who cannot give them aid or help, but only shame and disgrace." -- isaiah 30:5 +. +This is a message about the animals in the Negev: Through a land of distress and danger, inhabited by lionesses and roaring lions, by snakes and darting adders, they transport their wealth on the backs of donkeys, their riches on the humps of camels, to a nation that cannot help them. -- isaiah 30:6 +. +Egypt is totally incapable of helping. For this reason I call her 'Proud one who is silenced.'" -- isaiah 30:7 +. +Now go, write it down on a tablet in their presence, inscribe it on a scroll, so that it might be preserved for a future time as an enduring witness. -- isaiah 30:8 +. +For these are rebellious people - they are lying children, children unwilling to obey the Lord's law. -- isaiah 30:9 +. +They say to the visionaries, "See no more visions!" and to the seers, "Don't relate messages to us about what is right! Tell us nice things, relate deceptive messages. -- isaiah 30:10 +. +Turn aside from the way, stray off the path. Remove from our presence the Holy One of Israel." -- isaiah 30:11 +. +For this reason this is what the Holy One of Israel says: "You have rejected this message; you trust instead in your ability to oppress and trick, and rely on that kind of behavior. -- isaiah 30:12 +. +So this sin will become your downfall. You will be like a high wall that bulges and cracks and is ready to collapse; it crumbles suddenly, in a flash. -- isaiah 30:13 +. +It shatters in pieces like a clay jar, so shattered to bits that none of it can be salvaged. Among its fragments one cannot find a shard large enough to scoop a hot coal from a fire or to skim off water from a cistern." -- isaiah 30:14 +. +For this is what the master, the Lord, the Holy One of Israel says: "If you repented and patiently waited for me, you would be delivered; if you calmly trusted in me you would find strength, but you are unwilling. -- isaiah 30:15 +. +You say, 'No, we will flee on horses,' so you will indeed flee. You say, 'We will ride on fast horses,' so your pursuers will be fast. -- isaiah 30:16 +. +One thousand will scurry at the battle cry of one enemy soldier; at the battle cry of five enemy soldiers you will all run away, until the remaining few are as isolated as a flagpole on a mountaintop or a signal flag on a hill." -- isaiah 30:17 +. +For this reason the Lord is ready to show you mercy; he sits on his throne, ready to have compassion on you. Indeed, the Lord is a just God; all who wait for him in faith will be blessed. -- isaiah 30:18 +. +For people will live in Zion; in Jerusalem you will weep no more. When he hears your cry of despair, he will indeed show you mercy; when he hears it, he will respond to you. -- isaiah 30:19 +. +The sovereign master will give you distress to eat and suffering to drink; but your teachers will no longer be hidden; your eyes will see them. -- isaiah 30:20 +. +You will hear a word spoken behind you, saying, "This is the correct way, walk in it," whether you are heading to the right or the left. -- isaiah 30:21 +. +You will desecrate your silver-plated idols and your gold-plated images. You will throw them away as if they were a menstrual rag, saying to them, "Get out!" -- isaiah 30:22 +. +He will water the seed you plant in the ground, and the ground will produce crops in abundance. At that time your cattle will graze in wide pastures. -- isaiah 30:23 +. +The oxen and donkeys used in plowing will eat seasoned feed winnowed with a shovel and pitchfork. -- isaiah 30:24 +. +On every high mountain and every high hill there will be streams flowing with water, at the time of great slaughter when the fortified towers collapse. -- isaiah 30:25 +. +The light of the full moon will be like the sun's glare and the sun's glare will be seven times brighter, like the light of seven days, when the Lord binds up his people's fractured bones and heals their severe wound. -- isaiah 30:26 +. +Look, the name of the Lord comes from a distant place in raging anger and awesome splendor. He speaks angrily and his word is like destructive fire. -- isaiah 30:27 +. +His battle cry overwhelms like a flooding river that reaches one's neck. He shakes the nations in a sieve that isolates the chaff; he puts a bit into the mouth of the nations and leads them to destruction. -- isaiah 30:28 +. +You will sing as you do in the evening when you are celebrating a festival. You will be happy like one who plays a flute as he goes to the mountain of the Lord, the Rock who shelters Israel. -- isaiah 30:29 +. +The Lord will give a mighty shout and intervene in power, with furious anger and flaming, destructive fire, with a driving rainstorm and hailstones. -- isaiah 30:30 +. +Indeed, the Lord's shout will shatter Assyria; he will beat them with a club. -- isaiah 30:31 +. +Every blow from his punishing cudgel, with which the Lord will beat them, will be accompanied by music from the tambourine and harp, and he will attack them with his weapons. -- isaiah 30:32 +. +For the burial place is already prepared; it has been made deep and wide for the king. The firewood is piled high on it. The Lord's breath, like a stream flowing with brimstone, will ignite it. -- isaiah 30:33 +. +Those who go down to Egypt for help are as good as dead, those who rely on war horses, and trust in Egypt's many chariots and in their many, many horsemen. But they do not rely on the Holy One of Israel and do not seek help from the Lord. -- isaiah 31:1 +. +Yet he too is wise and he will bring disaster; he does not retract his decree. He will attack the wicked nation, and the nation that helps those who commit sin. -- isaiah 31:2 +. +The Egyptians are mere humans, not God; their horses are made of flesh, not spirit. The Lord will strike with his hand; the one who helps will stumble and the one being helped will fall. Together they will perish. -- isaiah 31:3 +. +Indeed, this is what the Lord says to me: "The Lord will be like a growling lion, like a young lion growling over its prey. Though a whole group of shepherds gathers against it, it is not afraid of their shouts or intimidated by their yelling. In this same way the Lord who commands armies will descend to do battle on Mount Zion and on its hill. -- isaiah 31:4 +. +Just as birds hover over a nest, so the Lord who commands armies will protect Jerusalem. He will protect and deliver it; as he passes over he will rescue it. -- isaiah 31:5 +. +You Israelites! Return to the one against whom you have so blatantly rebelled! -- isaiah 31:6 +. +For at that time everyone will get rid of the silver and gold idols your hands sinfully made. -- isaiah 31:7 +. +Assyria will fall by a sword, but not one human-made; a sword not made by humankind will destroy them. They will run away from this sword and their young men will be forced to do hard labor. -- isaiah 31:8 +. +They will surrender their stronghold because of fear; their officers will be afraid of the Lord's battle flag." This is what the Lord says - the one whose fire is in Zion, whose firepot is in Jerusalem. -- isaiah 31:9 +. +Look, a king will promote fairness; officials will promote justice. -- isaiah 32:1 +. +Each of them will be like a shelter from the wind and a refuge from a rainstorm; like streams of water in a dry region and like the shade of a large cliff in a parched land. -- isaiah 32:2 +. +Eyes will no longer be blind and ears will be attentive. -- isaiah 32:3 +. +The mind that acts rashly will possess discernment and the tongue that stutters will speak with ease and clarity. -- isaiah 32:4 +. +A fool will no longer be called honorable; a deceiver will no longer be called principled. -- isaiah 32:5 +. +For a fool speaks disgraceful things; his mind plans out sinful deeds. He commits godless deeds and says misleading things about the Lord; he gives the hungry nothing to satisfy their appetite and gives the thirsty nothing to drink. -- isaiah 32:6 +. +A deceiver's methods are evil; he dreams up evil plans to ruin the poor with lies, even when the needy are in the right. -- isaiah 32:7 +. +An honorable man makes honorable plans; his honorable character gives him security. -- isaiah 32:8 +. +You complacent women, get up and listen to me! You carefree daughters, pay attention to what I say! -- isaiah 32:9 +. +In a year's time you carefree ones will shake with fear, for the grape harvest will fail, and the fruit harvest will not arrive. -- isaiah 32:10 +. +Tremble, you complacent ones! Shake with fear, you carefree ones! Strip off your clothes and expose yourselves - put sackcloth on your waist! -- isaiah 32:11 +. +Mourn over the field, over the delightful fields and the fruitful vine! -- isaiah 32:12 +. +Mourn over the land of my people, which is overgrown with thorns and briers, and over all the once-happy houses in the city filled with revelry. -- isaiah 32:13 +. +For the fortress is neglected; the once-crowded city is abandoned. Hill and watchtower are permanently uninhabited. Wild donkeys love to go there, and flocks graze there. -- isaiah 32:14 +. +This desolation will continue until new life is poured out on us from heaven. Then the desert will become an orchard and the orchard will be considered a forest. -- isaiah 32:15 +. +Justice will settle down in the desert and fairness will live in the orchard. -- isaiah 32:16 +. +Fairness will produce peace and result in lasting security. -- isaiah 32:17 +. +My people will live in peaceful settlements, in secure homes, and in safe, quiet places. -- isaiah 32:18 +. +Even if the forest is destroyed and the city is annihilated, -- isaiah 32:19 +. +you will be blessed, you who plant seed by all the banks of the streams, you who let your ox and donkey graze. -- isaiah 32:20 +. +The destroyer is as good as dead, you who have not been destroyed! The deceitful one is as good as dead, the one whom others have not deceived! When you are through destroying, you will be destroyed; when you finish deceiving, others will deceive you! -- isaiah 33:1 +. +Lord, be merciful to us! We wait for you. Give us strength each morning! Deliver us when distress comes. -- isaiah 33:2 +. +The nations run away when they hear a loud noise; the nations scatter when you spring into action! -- isaiah 33:3 +. +Your plunder disappears as if locusts were eating it; they swarm over it like locusts! -- isaiah 33:4 +. +The Lord is exalted, indeed, he lives in heaven; he fills Zion with justice and fairness. -- isaiah 33:5 +. +He is your constant source of stability; he abundantly provides safety and great wisdom; he gives all this to those who fear him. -- isaiah 33:6 +. +Look, ambassadors cry out in the streets; messengers sent to make peace weep bitterly. -- isaiah 33:7 +. +Highways are empty, there are no travelers. Treaties are broken, witnesses are despised, human life is treated with disrespect. -- isaiah 33:8 +. +The land dries up and withers away; the forest of Lebanon shrivels up and decays. Sharon is like the desert; Bashan and Carmel are parched. -- isaiah 33:9 +. +"Now I will rise up," says the Lord. "Now I will exalt myself; now I will magnify myself. -- isaiah 33:10 +. +You conceive straw, you give birth to chaff; your breath is a fire that destroys you. -- isaiah 33:11 +. +The nations will be burned to ashes; like thorn bushes that have been cut down, they will be set on fire. -- isaiah 33:12 +. +You who are far away, listen to what I have done! You who are close by, recognize my strength!" -- isaiah 33:13 +. +Sinners are afraid in Zion; panic grips the godless. They say, 'Who among us can coexist with destructive fire? Who among us can coexist with unquenchable fire?' -- isaiah 33:14 +. +The one who lives uprightly and speaks honestly; the one who refuses to profit from oppressive measures and rejects a bribe; the one who does not plot violent crimes and does not seek to harm others - -- isaiah 33:15 +. +This is the person who will live in a secure place; he will find safety in the rocky, mountain strongholds; he will have food and a constant supply of water. -- isaiah 33:16 +. +You will see a king in his splendor; you will see a wide land. -- isaiah 33:17 +. +Your mind will recall the terror you experienced, and you will ask yourselves, "Where is the scribe? Where is the one who weighs the money? Where is the one who counts the towers?" -- isaiah 33:18 +. +You will no longer see a defiant people whose language you do not comprehend, whose derisive speech you do not understand. -- isaiah 33:19 +. +Look at Zion, the city where we hold religious festivals! You will see Jerusalem, a peaceful settlement, a tent that stays put; its stakes will never be pulled up; none of its ropes will snap in two. -- isaiah 33:20 +. +Instead the Lord will rule there as our mighty king. Rivers and wide streams will flow through it; no war galley will enter; no large ships will sail through. -- isaiah 33:21 +. +For the Lord, our ruler, the Lord, our commander, the Lord, our king - he will deliver us. -- isaiah 33:22 +. +Though at this time your ropes are slack, the mast is not secured, and the sail is not unfurled, at that time you will divide up a great quantity of loot; even the lame will drag off plunder. -- isaiah 33:23 +. +No resident of Zion will say, "I am ill"; the people who live there will have their sin forgiven. -- isaiah 33:24 +. +Come near, you nations, and listen! Pay attention, you people! The earth and everything it contains must listen, the world and everything that lives in it. -- isaiah 34:1 +. +For the Lord is angry at all the nations and furious with all their armies. He will annihilate them and slaughter them. -- isaiah 34:2 +. +Their slain will be left unburied, their corpses will stink; the hills will soak up their blood. -- isaiah 34:3 +. +All the stars in the sky will fade away, the sky will roll up like a scroll; all its stars will wither, like a leaf withers and falls from a vine or a fig withers and falls from a tree. -- isaiah 34:4 +. +He says, "Indeed, my sword has slaughtered heavenly powers. Look, it now descends on Edom, on the people I will annihilate in judgment." -- isaiah 34:5 +. +The Lord's sword is dripping with blood, it is covered with fat; it drips with the blood of young rams and goats and is covered with the fat of rams' kidneys. For the Lord is holding a sacrifice in Bozrah, a bloody slaughter in the land of Edom. -- isaiah 34:6 +. +Wild oxen will be slaughtered along with them, as well as strong bulls. Their land is drenched with blood, their soil is covered with fat. -- isaiah 34:7 +. +For the Lord has planned a day of revenge, a time when he will repay Edom for her hostility toward Zion. -- isaiah 34:8 +. +Edom's streams will be turned into pitch and her soil into brimstone; her land will become burning pitch. -- isaiah 34:9 +. +Night and day it will burn; its smoke will ascend continually. Generation after generation it will be a wasteland and no one will ever pass through it again. -- isaiah 34:10 +. +Owls and wild animals will live there, all kinds of wild birds will settle in it. The Lord will stretch out over her the measuring line of ruin and the plumb line of destruction. -- isaiah 34:11 +. +Her nobles will have nothing left to call a kingdom and all her officials will disappear. -- isaiah 34:12 +. +Her fortresses will be overgrown with thorns; thickets and weeds will grow in her fortified cities. Jackals will settle there; ostriches will live there. -- isaiah 34:13 +. +Wild animals and wild dogs will congregate there; wild goats will bleat to one another. Yes, nocturnal animals will rest there and make for themselves a nest. -- isaiah 34:14 +. +Owls will make nests and lay eggs there; they will hatch them and protect them. Yes, hawks will gather there, each with its mate. -- isaiah 34:15 +. +Carefully read the scroll of the Lord! Not one of these creatures will be missing, none will lack a mate. For the Lord has issued the decree, and his own spirit gathers them. -- isaiah 34:16 +. +He assigns them their allotment; he measures out their assigned place. They will live there permanently; they will settle in it through successive generations. -- isaiah 34:17 +. +Let the desert and dry region be happy; let the wilderness rejoice and bloom like a lily! -- isaiah 35:1 +. +Let it richly bloom; let it rejoice and shout with delight! It is given the grandeur of Lebanon, the splendor of Carmel and Sharon. They will see the grandeur of the Lord, the splendor of our God. -- isaiah 35:2 +. +Strengthen the hands that have gone limp, steady the knees that shake! -- isaiah 35:3 +. +Tell those who panic, "Be strong! Do not fear! Look, your God comes to avenge! With divine retribution he comes to deliver you." -- isaiah 35:4 +. +Then blind eyes will open, deaf ears will hear. -- isaiah 35:5 +. +Then the lame will leap like a deer, the mute tongue will shout for joy; for water will flow in the desert, streams in the wilderness. -- isaiah 35:6 +. +The dry soil will become a pool of water, the parched ground springs of water. Where jackals once lived and sprawled out, grass, reeds, and papyrus will grow. -- isaiah 35:7 +. +A thoroughfare will be there - it will be called the Way of Holiness. The unclean will not travel on it; it is reserved for those authorized to use it - fools will not stray into it. -- isaiah 35:8 +. +No lions will be there, no ferocious wild animals will be on it - they will not be found there. Those delivered from bondage will travel on it, -- isaiah 35:9 +. +those whom the Lord has ransomed will return that way. They will enter Zion with a happy shout. Unending joy will crown them, happiness and joy will overwhelm them; grief and suffering will disappear. -- isaiah 35:10 +. +In the fourteenth year of King Hezekiah's reign, King Sennacherib of Assyria marched up against all the fortified cities of Judah and captured them. -- isaiah 36:1 +. +The king of Assyria sent his chief adviser from Lachish to King Hezekiah in Jerusalem, along with a large army. The chief adviser stood at the conduit of the upper pool which is located on the road to the field where they wash and dry cloth. -- isaiah 36:2 +. +Eliakim son of Hilkiah, the palace supervisor, accompanied by Shebna the scribe and Joah son of Asaph, the secretary, went out to meet him. -- isaiah 36:3 +. +The chief adviser said to them, "Tell Hezekiah: 'This is what the great king, the king of Assyria, says: "What is your source of confidence? -- isaiah 36:4 +. +Your claim to have a strategy and military strength is just empty talk. In whom are you trusting, that you would dare to rebel against me? -- isaiah 36:5 +. +Look, you must be trusting in Egypt, that splintered reed staff. If someone leans on it for support, it punctures his hand and wounds him. That is what Pharaoh king of Egypt does to all who trust in him! -- isaiah 36:6 +. +Perhaps you will tell me, 'We are trusting in the Lord our God.' But Hezekiah is the one who eliminated his high places and altars and then told the people of Judah and Jerusalem, 'You must worship at this altar.' -- isaiah 36:7 +. +Now make a deal with my master the king of Assyria, and I will give you two thousand horses, provided you can find enough riders for them. -- isaiah 36:8 +. +Certainly you will not refuse one of my master's minor officials and trust in Egypt for chariots and horsemen. -- isaiah 36:9 +. +Furthermore it was by the command of the Lord that I marched up against this land to destroy it. The Lord told me, 'March up against this land and destroy it!'"'" -- isaiah 36:10 +. +Eliakim, Shebna, and Joah said to the chief adviser, "Speak to your servants in Aramaic, for we understand it. Don't speak with us in the Judahite dialect in the hearing of the people who are on the wall." -- isaiah 36:11 +. +But the chief adviser said, "My master did not send me to speak these words only to your master and to you. His message is also for the men who sit on the wall, for they will eat their own excrement and drink their own urine along with you!" -- isaiah 36:12 +. +The chief adviser then stood there and called out loudly in the Judahite dialect, "Listen to the message of the great king, the king of Assyria. -- isaiah 36:13 +. +This is what the king says: 'Don't let Hezekiah mislead you, for he is not able to rescue you! -- isaiah 36:14 +. +Don't let Hezekiah talk you into trusting in the Lord by saying, "The Lord will certainly rescue us; this city will not be handed over to the king of Assyria." -- isaiah 36:15 +. +Don't listen to Hezekiah!' For this is what the king of Assyria says, 'Send me a token of your submission and surrender to me. Then each of you may eat from his own vine and fig tree and drink water from his own cistern, -- isaiah 36:16 +. +until I come and take you to a land just like your own - a land of grain and new wine, a land of bread and vineyards. -- isaiah 36:17 +. +Hezekiah is misleading you when he says, "The Lord will rescue us." Has any of the gods of the nations rescued his land from the power of the king of Assyria? -- isaiah 36:18 +. +Where are the gods of Hamath and Arpad? Where are the gods of Sepharvaim? Indeed, did any gods rescue Samaria from my power? -- isaiah 36:19 +. +Who among all the gods of these lands have rescued their lands from my power? So how can the Lord rescue Jerusalem from my power?'" -- isaiah 36:20 +. +They were silent and did not respond, for the king had ordered, "Don't respond to him." -- isaiah 36:21 +. +Eliakim son of Hilkiah, the palace supervisor, accompanied by Shebna the scribe and Joah son of Asaph, the secretary, went to Hezekiah with their clothes torn in grief and reported to him what the chief adviser had said. -- isaiah 36:22 +. +When King Hezekiah heard this, he tore his clothes, put on sackcloth, and went to the Lord's temple. -- isaiah 37:1 +. +Eliakim the palace supervisor, Shebna the scribe, and the leading priests, clothed in sackcloth, sent this message to the prophet Isaiah son of Amoz: -- isaiah 37:2 +. +"This is what Hezekiah says: 'This is a day of distress, insults, and humiliation, as when a baby is ready to leave the birth canal, but the mother lacks the strength to push it through. -- isaiah 37:3 +. +Perhaps the Lord your God will hear all these things the chief adviser has spoken on behalf of his master, the king of Assyria, who sent him to taunt the living God. When the Lord your God hears, perhaps he will punish him for the things he has said. So pray for this remnant that remains.'" -- isaiah 37:4 +. +When King Hezekiah's servants came to Isaiah, -- isaiah 37:5 +. +Isaiah said to them, "Tell your master this: 'This is what the Lord says: "Don't be afraid because of the things you have heard - these insults the king of Assyria's servants have hurled against me. -- isaiah 37:6 +. +Look, I will take control of his mind; he will receive a report and return to his own land. I will cut him down with a sword in his own land."'" -- isaiah 37:7 +. +When the chief adviser heard the king of Assyria had departed from Lachish, he left and went to Libnah, where the king was campaigning. -- isaiah 37:8 +. +The king heard that King Tirhakah of Ethiopia was marching out to fight him. He again sent messengers to Hezekiah, ordering them: -- isaiah 37:9 +. +"Tell King Hezekiah of Judah this: 'Don't let your God in whom you trust mislead you when he says, "Jerusalem will not be handed over to the king of Assyria." -- isaiah 37:10 +. +Certainly you have heard how the kings of Assyria have annihilated all lands. Do you really think you will be rescued? -- isaiah 37:11 +. +Were the nations whom my predecessors destroyed - the nations of Gozan, Haran, Rezeph, and the people of Eden in Telassar - rescued by their gods? -- isaiah 37:12 +. +Where are the king of Hamath, the king of Arpad, and the kings of Lair, Sepharvaim, Hena, and Ivvah?'" -- isaiah 37:13 +. +Hezekiah took the letter from the messengers and read it. Then Hezekiah went up to the Lord's temple and spread it out before the Lord. -- isaiah 37:14 +. +Hezekiah prayed before the Lord: -- isaiah 37:15 +. +"O Lord who commands armies, O God of Israel, who is enthroned on the cherubim! You alone are God over all the kingdoms of the earth. You made the sky and the earth. -- isaiah 37:16 +. +Pay attention, Lord, and hear! Open your eyes, Lord, and observe! Listen to this entire message Sennacherib sent and how he taunts the living God! -- isaiah 37:17 +. +It is true, Lord, that the kings of Assyria have destroyed all the nations and their lands. -- isaiah 37:18 +. +They have burned the gods of the nations, for they are not really gods, but only the product of human hands manufactured from wood and stone. That is why the Assyrians could destroy them. -- isaiah 37:19 +. +Now, O Lord our God, rescue us from his power, so all the kingdoms of the earth may know that you alone are the Lord." -- isaiah 37:20 +. +Isaiah son of Amoz sent this message to Hezekiah: "This is what the Lord God of Israel says: 'Because you prayed to me concerning King Sennacherib of Assyria, -- isaiah 37:21 +. +this is what the Lord says about him: "The virgin daughter Zion despises you - she makes fun of you; daughter Jerusalem shakes her head after you. -- isaiah 37:22 +. +Whom have you taunted and hurled insults at? At whom have you shouted and looked so arrogantly? At the Holy One of Israel! -- isaiah 37:23 +. +Through your messengers you taunted the sovereign master, 'With my many chariots I climbed up the high mountains, the slopes of Lebanon. I cut down its tall cedars and its best evergreens. I invaded its most remote regions, its thickest woods. -- isaiah 37:24 +. +I dug wells and drank water. With the soles of my feet I dried up all the rivers of Egypt.' -- isaiah 37:25 +. +Certainly you must have heard! Long ago I worked it out, in ancient times I planned it, and now I am bringing it to pass. The plan is this: Fortified cities will crash into heaps of ruins. -- isaiah 37:26 +. +Their residents are powerless; they are terrified and ashamed. They are as short-lived as plants in the field or green vegetation. They are as short-lived as grass on the rooftops when it is scorched by the east wind. -- isaiah 37:27 +. +I know where you live and everything you do and how you rage against me. -- isaiah 37:28 +. +Because you rage against me and the uproar you create has reached my ears, I will put my hook in your nose, and my bridle between your lips, and I will lead you back the way you came." -- isaiah 37:29 +. +"This will be your reminder that I have spoken the truth: This year you will eat what grows wild, and next year what grows on its own. But the year after that you will plant seed and harvest crops; you will plant vines and consume their produce. -- isaiah 37:30 +. +Those who remain in Judah will take root in the ground and bear fruit. -- isaiah 37:31 +. +"For a remnant will leave Jerusalem; survivors will come out of Mount Zion. The intense devotion of the Lord who commands armies will accomplish this. -- isaiah 37:32 +. +So this is what the Lord says about the king of Assyria: 'He will not enter this city, nor will he shoot an arrow here. He will not attack it with his shielded warriors, nor will he build siege works against it. -- isaiah 37:33 +. +He will go back the way he came - he will not enter this city,' says the Lord. -- isaiah 37:34 +. +I will shield this city and rescue it for the sake of my reputation and because of my promise to David my servant."'" -- isaiah 37:35 +. +The Lord's messenger went out and killed 185,troops in the Assyrian camp. When they got up early the next morning, there were all the corpses! -- isaiah 37:36 +. +So King Sennacherib of Assyria broke camp and went on his way. He went home and stayed in Nineveh. -- isaiah 37:37 +. +One day, as he was worshiping in the temple of his god Nisroch, his sons Adrammelech and Sharezer struck him down with the sword. They ran away to the land of Ararat; his son Esarhaddon replaced him as king. -- isaiah 37:38 +. +In those days Hezekiah was stricken with a terminal illness. The prophet Isaiah son of Amoz visited him and told him, "This is what the Lord says, 'Give instructions to your household, for you are about to die; you will not get well.'" -- isaiah 38:1 +. +Hezekiah turned his face to the wall and prayed to the Lord, -- isaiah 38:2 +. +"Please, Lord. Remember how I have served you faithfully and with wholehearted devotion, and how I have carried out your will." Then Hezekiah wept bitterly. -- isaiah 38:3 +. +The Lord told Isaiah, -- isaiah 38:4 +. +"Go and tell Hezekiah: 'This is what the Lord God of your ancestor David says: "I have heard your prayer; I have seen your tears. Look, I will add fifteen years to your life, -- isaiah 38:5 +. +and rescue you and this city from the king of Assyria. I will shield this city."'" -- isaiah 38:6 +. +Isaiah replied, "This is your sign from the Lord confirming that the Lord will do what he has said: -- isaiah 38:7 +. +Look, I will make the shadow go back ten steps on the stairs of Ahaz." And then the shadow went back ten steps. -- isaiah 38:8 +. +This is the prayer of King Hezekiah of Judah when he was sick and then recovered from his illness: -- isaiah 38:9 +. +"I thought, 'In the middle of my life I must walk through the gates of Sheol, I am deprived of the rest of my years.' -- isaiah 38:10 +. +"I thought, 'I will no longer see the Lord in the land of the living, I will no longer look on humankind with the inhabitants of the world. -- isaiah 38:11 +. +My dwelling place is removed and taken away from me like a shepherd's tent. I rolled up my life like a weaver rolls cloth; from the loom he cuts me off. You turn day into night and end my life. -- isaiah 38:12 +. +I cry out until morning; like a lion he shatters all my bones; you turn day into night and end my life. -- isaiah 38:13 +. +Like a swallow or a thrush I chirp, I coo like a dove; my eyes grow tired from looking up to the sky. O sovereign master, I am oppressed; help me! -- isaiah 38:14 +. +What can I say? He has decreed and acted. I will walk slowly all my years because I am overcome with grief. -- isaiah 38:15 +. +O sovereign master, your decrees can give men life; may years of life be restored to me. Restore my health and preserve my life.' -- isaiah 38:16 +. +"Look, the grief I experienced was for my benefit. You delivered me from the pit of oblivion. For you removed all my sins from your sight. -- isaiah 38:17 +. +Indeed Sheol does not give you thanks; death does not praise you. Those who descend into the pit do not anticipate your faithfulness. -- isaiah 38:18 +. +The living person, the living person, he gives you thanks, as I do today. A father tells his sons about your faithfulness. -- isaiah 38:19 +. +The Lord is about to deliver me, and we will celebrate with music for the rest of our lives in the Lord's temple." -- isaiah 38:20 +. + Isaiah ordered, "Let them take a fig cake and apply it to the ulcerated sore and he will get well." -- isaiah 38:21 +. +Hezekiah said, "What is the confirming sign that I will go up to the Lord's temple?" -- isaiah 38:22 +. +At that time Merodach-Baladan son of Baladan, king of Babylon, sent letters and a gift to Hezekiah, for he heard that Hezekiah had been ill and had recovered. -- isaiah 39:1 +. +Hezekiah welcomed them and showed them his storehouse with its silver, gold, spices, and high-quality olive oil, as well as his whole armory and everything in his treasuries. Hezekiah showed them everything in his palace and in his whole kingdom. -- isaiah 39:2 +. +Isaiah the prophet visited King Hezekiah and asked him, "What did these men say? Where do they come from?" Hezekiah replied, "They come from the distant land of Babylon." -- isaiah 39:3 +. +Isaiah asked, "What have they seen in your palace?" Hezekiah replied, "They have seen everything in my palace. I showed them everything in my treasuries." -- isaiah 39:4 +. +Isaiah said to Hezekiah, "Listen to the word of the Lord who commands armies: -- isaiah 39:5 +. +'Look, a time is coming when everything in your palace and the things your ancestors have accumulated to this day will be carried away to Babylon; nothing will be left,' says the Lord. -- isaiah 39:6 +. +'Some of your very own descendants whom you father will be taken away and will be made eunuchs in the palace of the king of Babylon.'" -- isaiah 39:7 +. +Hezekiah said to Isaiah, "The Lord's word which you have announced is appropriate." Then he thought, "For there will be peace and stability during my lifetime." -- isaiah 39:8 +. +"Comfort, comfort my people," says your God. -- isaiah 40:1 +. +"Speak kindly to Jerusalem, and tell her that her time of warfare is over, that her punishment is completed. For the Lord has made her pay double for all her sins." -- isaiah 40:2 +. +A voice cries out, "In the wilderness clear a way for the Lord; construct in the desert a road for our God. -- isaiah 40:3 +. +Every valley must be elevated, and every mountain and hill leveled. The rough terrain will become a level plain, the rugged landscape a wide valley. -- isaiah 40:4 +. +The splendor of the Lord will be revealed, and all people will see it at the same time. For the Lord has decreed it." -- isaiah 40:5 +. +A voice says, "Cry out!" Another asks, "What should I cry out?" The first voice responds: "All people are like grass, and all their promises are like the flowers in the field. -- isaiah 40:6 +. +The grass dries up, the flowers wither, when the wind sent by the Lord blows on them. Surely humanity is like grass. -- isaiah 40:7 +. +The grass dries up, the flowers wither, but the decree of our God is forever reliable." -- isaiah 40:8 +. +Go up on a high mountain, O herald Zion! Shout out loudly, O herald Jerusalem! Shout, don't be afraid! Say to the towns of Judah, "Here is your God!" -- isaiah 40:9 +. +Look, the sovereign Lord comes as a victorious warrior; his military power establishes his rule. Look, his reward is with him; his prize goes before him. -- isaiah 40:10 +. +Like a shepherd he tends his flock; he gathers up the lambs with his arm; he carries them close to his heart; he leads the ewes along. -- isaiah 40:11 +. +Who has measured out the waters in the hollow of his hand, or carefully measured the sky, or carefully weighed the soil of the earth, or weighed the mountains in a balance, or the hills on scales? -- isaiah 40:12 +. +Who comprehends the mind of the Lord, or gives him instruction as his counselor? -- isaiah 40:13 +. +From whom does he receive directions? Who teaches him the correct way to do things, or imparts knowledge to him, or instructs him in skillful design? -- isaiah 40:14 +. +Look, the nations are like a drop in a bucket; they are regarded as dust on the scales. He lifts the coastlands as if they were dust. -- isaiah 40:15 +. +Not even Lebanon could supply enough firewood for a sacrifice; its wild animals would not provide enough burnt offerings. -- isaiah 40:16 +. +All the nations are insignificant before him; they are regarded as absolutely nothing. -- isaiah 40:17 +. +To whom can you compare God? To what image can you liken him? -- isaiah 40:18 +. +A craftsman casts an idol; a metalsmith overlays it with gold and forges silver chains for it. -- isaiah 40:19 +. +To make a contribution one selects wood that will not rot; he then seeks a skilled craftsman to make an idol that will not fall over. -- isaiah 40:20 +. +Do you not know? Do you not hear? Has it not been told to you since the very beginning? Have you not understood from the time the earth's foundations were made? -- isaiah 40:21 +. +He is the one who sits on the earth's horizon; its inhabitants are like grasshoppers before him. He is the one who stretches out the sky like a thin curtain, and spreads it out like a pitched tent. -- isaiah 40:22 +. +He is the one who reduces rulers to nothing; he makes the earth's leaders insignificant. -- isaiah 40:23 +. +Indeed, they are barely planted; yes, they are barely sown; yes, they barely take root in the earth, and then he blows on them, causing them to dry up, and the wind carries them away like straw. -- isaiah 40:24 +. +"To whom can you compare me? Whom do I resemble?" says the Holy One. -- isaiah 40:25 +. +Look up at the sky! Who created all these heavenly lights? He is the one who leads out their ranks; he calls them all by name. Because of his absolute power and awesome strength, not one of them is missing. -- isaiah 40:26 +. +Why do you say, Jacob, Why do you say, Israel, "The Lord is not aware of what is happening to me, My God is not concerned with my vindication"? -- isaiah 40:27 +. +Do you not know? Have you not heard? The Lord is an eternal God, the creator of the whole earth. He does not get tired or weary; there is no limit to his wisdom. -- isaiah 40:28 +. +He gives strength to those who are tired; to the ones who lack power, he gives renewed energy. -- isaiah 40:29 +. +Even youths get tired and weary; even strong young men clumsily stumble. -- isaiah 40:30 +. +But those who wait for the Lord's help find renewed strength; they rise up as if they had eagles' wings, they run without growing weary, they walk without getting tired. -- isaiah 40:31 +. +"Listen to me in silence, you coastlands! Let the nations find renewed strength! Let them approach and then speak; let us come together for debate! -- isaiah 41:1 +. +Who stirs up this one from the east? Who officially commissions him for service? He hands nations over to him, and enables him to subdue kings. He makes them like dust with his sword, like windblown straw with his bow. -- isaiah 41:2 +. +He pursues them and passes by unharmed; he advances with great speed. -- isaiah 41:3 +. +Who acts and carries out decrees? Who summons the successive generations from the beginning? I, the Lord, am present at the very beginning, and at the very end - I am the one. -- isaiah 41:4 +. +The coastlands see and are afraid; the whole earth trembles; they approach and come. -- isaiah 41:5 +. +They help one another; one says to the other, 'Be strong!' -- isaiah 41:6 +. +The craftsman encourages the metalsmith, the one who wields the hammer encourages the one who pounds on the anvil. He approves the quality of the welding, and nails it down so it won't fall over." -- isaiah 41:7 +. +"You, my servant Israel, Jacob whom I have chosen, offspring of Abraham my friend, -- isaiah 41:8 +. +you whom I am bringing back from the earth's extremities, and have summoned from the remote regions - I told you, "You are my servant." I have chosen you and not rejected you. -- isaiah 41:9 +. +Don't be afraid, for I am with you! Don't be frightened, for I am your God! I strengthen you - yes, I help you - yes, I uphold you with my saving right hand! -- isaiah 41:10 +. +Look, all who were angry at you will be ashamed and humiliated; your adversaries will be reduced to nothing and perish. -- isaiah 41:11 +. +When you will look for your opponents, you will not find them; your enemies will be reduced to absolutely nothing. -- isaiah 41:12 +. +For I am the Lord your God, the one who takes hold of your right hand, who says to you, 'Don't be afraid, I am helping you.' -- isaiah 41:13 +. +Don't be afraid, despised insignificant Jacob, men of Israel. I am helping you," says the Lord, your protector, the Holy One of Israel. -- isaiah 41:14 +. +"Look, I am making you like a sharp threshing sledge, new and double-edged. You will thresh the mountains and crush them; you will make the hills like straw. -- isaiah 41:15 +. +You will winnow them and the wind will blow them away; the wind will scatter them. You will rejoice in the Lord; you will boast in the Holy One of Israel. -- isaiah 41:16 +. +The oppressed and the poor look for water, but there is none; their tongues are parched from thirst. I, the Lord, will respond to their prayers; I, the God of Israel, will not abandon them. -- isaiah 41:17 +. +I will make streams flow down the slopes and produce springs in the middle of the valleys. I will turn the desert into a pool of water and the arid land into springs. -- isaiah 41:18 +. +I will make cedars, acacias, myrtles, and olive trees grow in the wilderness; I will make evergreens, firs, and cypresses grow together in the desert. -- isaiah 41:19 +. +I will do this so people will observe and recognize, so they will pay attention and understand that the Lord's power has accomplished this, and that the Holy One of Israel has brought it into being." -- isaiah 41:20 +. +"Present your argument," says the Lord. "Produce your evidence," says Jacob's king. -- isaiah 41:21 +. +"Let them produce evidence! Let them tell us what will happen! Tell us about your earlier predictive oracles, so we may examine them and see how they were fulfilled. Or decree for us some future events! -- isaiah 41:22 +. +Predict how future events will turn out, so we might know you are gods. Yes, do something good or bad, so we might be frightened and in awe. -- isaiah 41:23 +. +Look, you are nothing, and your accomplishments are nonexistent; the one who chooses to worship you is disgusting. -- isaiah 41:24 +. +I have stirred up one out of the north and he advances, one from the eastern horizon who prays in my name. He steps on rulers as if they were clay, like a potter treading the clay. -- isaiah 41:25 +. +Who decreed this from the beginning, so we could know? Who announced it ahead of time, so we could say, 'He's correct'? Indeed, none of them decreed it! Indeed, none of them announced it! Indeed, no one heard you say anything! -- isaiah 41:26 +. +I first decreed to Zion, 'Look, here's what will happen!' I sent a herald to Jerusalem. -- isaiah 41:27 +. +I look, but there is no one, among them there is no one who serves as an adviser, that I might ask questions and receive answers. -- isaiah 41:28 +. +Look, all of them are nothing, their accomplishments are nonexistent; their metal images lack any real substance. -- isaiah 41:29 +. +"Here is my servant whom I support, my chosen one in whom I take pleasure. I have placed my spirit on him; he will make just decrees for the nations. -- isaiah 42:1 +. +He will not cry out or shout; he will not publicize himself in the streets. -- isaiah 42:2 +. +A crushed reed he will not break, a dim wick he will not extinguish; he will faithfully make just decrees. -- isaiah 42:3 +. +He will not grow dim or be crushed before establishing justice on the earth; the coastlands will wait in anticipation for his decrees." -- isaiah 42:4 +. +This is what the true God, the Lord, says - the one who created the sky and stretched it out, the one who fashioned the earth and everything that lives on it, the one who gives breath to the people on it, and life to those who live on it: -- isaiah 42:5 +. +"I, the Lord, officially commission you; I take hold of your hand. I protect you and make you a covenant mediator for people, and a light to the nations, -- isaiah 42:6 +. +to open blind eyes, to release prisoners from dungeons, those who live in darkness from prisons. -- isaiah 42:7 +. +I am the Lord! That is my name! I will not share my glory with anyone else, or the praise due me with idols. -- isaiah 42:8 +. +Look, my earlier predictive oracles have come to pass; now I announce new events. Before they begin to occur, I reveal them to you." -- isaiah 42:9 +. +Sing to the Lord a brand new song! Praise him from the horizon of the earth, you who go down to the sea, and everything that lives in it, you coastlands and those who live there! -- isaiah 42:10 +. +Let the desert and its cities shout out, the towns where the nomads of Kedar live! Let the residents of Sela shout joyfully; let them shout loudly from the mountaintops. -- isaiah 42:11 +. +Let them give the Lord the honor he deserves; let them praise his deeds in the coastlands. -- isaiah 42:12 +. +The Lord emerges like a hero, like a warrior he inspires himself for battle; he shouts, yes, he yells, he shows his enemies his power. -- isaiah 42:13 +. +"I have been inactive for a long time; I kept quiet and held back. Like a woman in labor I groan; I pant and gasp. -- isaiah 42:14 +. +I will make the trees on the mountains and hills wither up; I will dry up all their vegetation. I will turn streams into islands, and dry up pools of water. -- isaiah 42:15 +. +I will lead the blind along an unfamiliar way; I will guide them down paths they have never traveled. I will turn the darkness in front of them into light, and level out the rough ground. This is what I will do for them. I will not abandon them. -- isaiah 42:16 +. +Those who trust in idols will turn back and be utterly humiliated, those who say to metal images, 'You are our gods.'" -- isaiah 42:17 +. +"Listen, you deaf ones! Take notice, you blind ones! -- isaiah 42:18 +. +My servant is truly blind, my messenger is truly deaf. My covenant partner, the servant of the Lord, is truly blind. -- isaiah 42:19 +. +You see many things, but don't comprehend; their ears are open, but do not hear." -- isaiah 42:20 +. +The Lord wanted to exhibit his justice by magnifying his law and displaying it. -- isaiah 42:21 +. +But these people are looted and plundered; all of them are trapped in pits and held captive in prisons. They were carried away as loot with no one to rescue them; they were carried away as plunder, and no one says, "Bring that back!" -- isaiah 42:22 +. +Who among you will pay attention to this? Who will listen attentively in the future? -- isaiah 42:23 +. +Who handed Jacob over to the robber? Who handed Israel over to the looters? Was it not the Lord, against whom we sinned? They refused to follow his commands; they disobeyed his law. -- isaiah 42:24 +. +So he poured out his fierce anger on them, along with the devastation of war. Its flames encircled them, but they did not realize it; it burned against them, but they did notice. -- isaiah 42:25 +. +Now, this is what the Lord says, the one who created you, O Jacob, and formed you, O Israel: "Don't be afraid, for I will protect you. I call you by name, you are mine. -- isaiah 43:1 +. +When you pass through the waters, I am with you; when you pass through the streams, they will not overwhelm you. When you walk through the fire, you will not be burned; the flames will not harm you. -- isaiah 43:2 +. +For I am the Lord your God, the Holy One of Israel, your deliverer. I have handed over Egypt as a ransom price, Ethiopia and Seba in place of you. -- isaiah 43:3 +. +Since you are precious and special in my sight, and I love you, I will hand over people in place of you, nations in place of your life. -- isaiah 43:4 +. +Don't be afraid, for I am with you. From the east I will bring your descendants; from the west I will gather you. -- isaiah 43:5 +. +I will say to the north, 'Hand them over!' and to the south, 'Don't hold any back!' Bring my sons from distant lands, and my daughters from the remote regions of the earth, -- isaiah 43:6 +. +everyone who belongs to me, whom I created for my glory, whom I formed - yes, whom I made! -- isaiah 43:7 +. +Bring out the people who are blind, even though they have eyes, those who are deaf, even though they have ears! -- isaiah 43:8 +. +All nations gather together, the peoples assemble. Who among them announced this? Who predicted earlier events for us? Let them produce their witnesses to testify they were right; let them listen and affirm, 'It is true.' -- isaiah 43:9 +. +You are my witnesses," says the Lord, "my servant whom I have chosen, so that you may consider and believe in me, and understand that I am he. No god was formed before me, and none will outlive me. -- isaiah 43:10 +. +I, I am the Lord, and there is no deliverer besides me. -- isaiah 43:11 +. +I decreed and delivered and proclaimed, and there was no other god among you. You are my witnesses," says the Lord, "that I am God. -- isaiah 43:12 +. +From this day forward I am he; no one can deliver from my power; I will act, and who can prevent it?" -- isaiah 43:13 +. +This is what the Lord says, your protector, the Holy One of Israel: "For your sake I send to Babylon and make them all fugitives, turning the Babylonians' joyful shouts into mourning songs. -- isaiah 43:14 +. +I am the Lord, your Holy One, the one who created Israel, your king." -- isaiah 43:15 +. +This is what the Lord says, the one who made a road through the sea, a pathway through the surging waters, -- isaiah 43:16 +. +the one who led chariots and horses to destruction, together with a mighty army. They fell down, never to rise again; they were extinguished, put out like a burning wick: -- isaiah 43:17 +. +"Don't remember these earlier events; don't recall these former events. -- isaiah 43:18 +. +"Look, I am about to do something new. Now it begins to happen! Do you not recognize it? Yes, I will make a road in the desert and paths in the wilderness. -- isaiah 43:19 +. +The wild animals of the desert honor me, the jackals and ostriches, because I put water in the desert and streams in the wilderness, to quench the thirst of my chosen people, -- isaiah 43:20 +. +the people whom I formed for myself, so they might praise me." -- isaiah 43:21 +. +"But you did not call for me, O Jacob; you did not long for me, O Israel. -- isaiah 43:22 +. +You did not bring me lambs for your burnt offerings; you did not honor me with your sacrifices. I did not burden you with offerings; I did not make you weary by demanding incense. -- isaiah 43:23 +. +You did not buy me aromatic reeds; you did not present to me the fat of your sacrifices. Yet you burdened me with your sins; you made me weary with your evil deeds. -- isaiah 43:24 +. +I, I am the one who blots out your rebellious deeds for my sake; your sins I do not remember. -- isaiah 43:25 +. +Remind me of what happened! Let's debate! You, prove to me that you are right! -- isaiah 43:26 +. +The father of your nation sinned; your spokesmen rebelled against me. -- isaiah 43:27 +. +So I defiled your holy princes, and handed Jacob over to destruction, and subjected Israel to humiliating abuse." -- isaiah 43:28 +. +"Now, listen, Jacob my servant, Israel whom I have chosen!" -- isaiah 44:1 +. +This is what the Lord, the one who made you, says - the one who formed you in the womb and helps you: "Don't be afraid, my servant Jacob, Jeshurun, whom I have chosen! -- isaiah 44:2 +. +For I will pour water on the parched ground and cause streams to flow on the dry land. I will pour my spirit on your offspring and my blessing on your children. -- isaiah 44:3 +. +They will sprout up like a tree in the grass, like poplars beside channels of water. -- isaiah 44:4 +. +One will say, 'I belong to the Lord,' and another will use the name 'Jacob.' One will write on his hand, 'The Lord's,' and use the name 'Israel.'" -- isaiah 44:5 +. +This is what the Lord, Israel's king, says, their protector, the Lord who commands armies: "I am the first and I am the last, there is no God but me. -- isaiah 44:6 +. +Who is like me? Let him make his claim! Let him announce it and explain it to me - since I established an ancient people - let them announce future events! -- isaiah 44:7 +. +Don't panic! Don't be afraid! Did I not tell you beforehand and decree it? You are my witnesses! Is there any God but me? There is no other sheltering rock; I know of none. -- isaiah 44:8 +. +All who form idols are nothing; the things in which they delight are worthless. Their witnesses cannot see; they recognize nothing, so they are put to shame. -- isaiah 44:9 +. +Who forms a god and casts an idol that will prove worthless? -- isaiah 44:10 +. +Look, all his associates will be put to shame; the craftsmen are mere humans. Let them all assemble and take their stand! They will panic and be put to shame. -- isaiah 44:11 +. +A blacksmith works with his tool and forges metal over the coals. He forms it with hammers; he makes it with his strong arm. He gets hungry and loses his energy; he drinks no water and gets tired. -- isaiah 44:12 +. +A carpenter takes measurements; he marks out an outline of its form; he scrapes it with chisels, and marks it with a compass. He patterns it after the human form, like a well-built human being, and puts it in a shrine. -- isaiah 44:13 +. +He cuts down cedars and acquires a cypress or an oak. He gets trees from the forest; he plants a cedar and the rain makes it grow. -- isaiah 44:14 +. +A man uses it to make a fire; he takes some of it and warms himself. Yes, he kindles a fire and bakes bread. Then he makes a god and worships it; he makes an idol and bows down to it. -- isaiah 44:15 +. +Half of it he burns in the fire - over that half he cooks meat; he roasts a meal and fills himself. Yes, he warms himself and says, 'Ah! I am warm as I look at the fire.' -- isaiah 44:16 +. +With the rest of it he makes a god, his idol; he bows down to it and worships it. He prays to it, saying, 'Rescue me, for you are my god!' -- isaiah 44:17 +. +They do not comprehend or understand, for their eyes are blind and cannot see; their minds do not discern. -- isaiah 44:18 +. +No one thinks to himself, nor do they comprehend or understand and say to themselves: 'I burned half of it in the fire - yes, I baked bread over the coals; I roasted meat and ate it. With the rest of it should I make a disgusting idol? Should I bow down to dry wood?' -- isaiah 44:19 +. +He feeds on ashes; his deceived mind misleads him. He cannot rescue himself, nor does he say, 'Is this not a false god I hold in my right hand?' -- isaiah 44:20 +. +Remember these things, O Jacob, O Israel, for you are my servant. I formed you to be my servant; O Israel, I will not forget you! -- isaiah 44:21 +. +I remove the guilt of your rebellious deeds as if they were a cloud, the guilt of your sins as if they were a cloud. Come back to me, for I protect you." -- isaiah 44:22 +. +Shout for joy, O sky, for the Lord intervenes; shout out, you subterranean regions of the earth. O mountains, give a joyful shout; you too, O forest and all your trees! For the Lord protects Jacob; he reveals his splendor through Israel. -- isaiah 44:23 +. +This is what the Lord, your protector, says, the one who formed you in the womb: "I am the Lord, who made everything, who alone stretched out the sky, who fashioned the earth all by myself, -- isaiah 44:24 +. +who frustrates the omens of the empty talkers and humiliates the omen readers, who overturns the counsel of the wise men and makes their advice seem foolish, -- isaiah 44:25 +. +who fulfills the oracles of his prophetic servants and brings to pass the announcements of his messengers, who says about Jerusalem, 'She will be inhabited,' and about the towns of Judah, 'They will be rebuilt, her ruins I will raise up,' -- isaiah 44:26 +. +who says to the deep sea, 'Be dry! I will dry up your sea currents,' -- isaiah 44:27 +. +who commissions Cyrus, the one I appointed as shepherd to carry out all my wishes and to decree concerning Jerusalem, 'She will be rebuilt,' and concerning the temple, 'It will be reconstructed.'" -- isaiah 44:28 +. +This is what the Lord says to his chosen one, to Cyrus, whose right hand I hold in order to subdue nations before him, and disarm kings, to open doors before him, so gates remain unclosed: -- isaiah 45:1 +. +"I will go before you and level mountains. Bronze doors I will shatter and iron bars I will hack through. -- isaiah 45:2 +. +I will give you hidden treasures, riches stashed away in secret places, so you may recognize that I am the Lord, the one who calls you by name, the God of Israel. -- isaiah 45:3 +. +For the sake of my servant Jacob, Israel, my chosen one, I call you by name and give you a title of respect, even though you do not recognize me. -- isaiah 45:4 +. +I am the Lord, I have no peer, there is no God but me. I arm you for battle, even though you do not recognize me. -- isaiah 45:5 +. +I do this so people will recognize from east to west that there is no God but me; I am the Lord, I have no peer. -- isaiah 45:6 +. +I am the one who forms light and creates darkness; the one who brings about peace and creates calamity. I am the Lord, who accomplishes all these things. -- isaiah 45:7 +. +O sky, rain down from above! Let the clouds send down showers of deliverance! Let the earth absorb it so salvation may grow, and deliverance may sprout up along with it. I, the Lord, create it. -- isaiah 45:8 +. +One who argues with his creator is in grave danger, one who is like a mere shard among the other shards on the ground! The clay should not say to the potter, "What in the world are you doing? Your work lacks skill!" -- isaiah 45:9 +. +Danger awaits one who says to his father, "What in the world are you fathering?" and to his mother, "What in the world are you bringing forth?" -- isaiah 45:10 +. +This is what the Lord says, the Holy One of Israel, the one who formed him, concerning things to come: "How dare you question me about my children! How dare you tell me what to do with the work of my own hands! -- isaiah 45:11 +. +I made the earth, I created the people who live on it. It was me - my hands stretched out the sky, I give orders to all the heavenly lights. -- isaiah 45:12 +. +It is me - I stir him up and commission him; I will make all his ways level. He will rebuild my city; he will send my exiled people home, but not for a price or a bribe," says the Lord who commands armies. -- isaiah 45:13 +. +This is what the Lord says: "The profit of Egypt and the revenue of Ethiopia, along with the Sabeans, those tall men, will be brought to you and become yours. They will walk behind you, coming along in chains. They will bow down to you and pray to you: 'Truly God is with you; he has no peer; there is no other God!'" -- isaiah 45:14 +. +Yes, you are a God who keeps hidden, O God of Israel, deliverer! -- isaiah 45:15 +. +They will all be ashamed and embarrassed; those who fashion idols will all be humiliated. -- isaiah 45:16 +. +Israel will be delivered once and for all by the Lord; you will never again be ashamed or humiliated. -- isaiah 45:17 +. +For this is what the Lord says, the one who created the sky - he is the true God, the one who formed the earth and made it; he established it, he did not create it without order, he formed it to be inhabited - "I am the Lord, I have no peer. -- isaiah 45:18 +. +I have not spoken in secret, in some hidden place. I did not tell Jacob's descendants, 'Seek me in vain!' I am the Lord, the one who speaks honestly, who makes reliable announcements. -- isaiah 45:19 +. +Gather together and come! Approach together, you refugees from the nations! Those who carry wooden idols know nothing, those who pray to a god that cannot deliver. -- isaiah 45:20 +. +Tell me! Present the evidence! Let them consult with one another! Who predicted this in the past? Who announced it beforehand? Was it not I, the Lord? I have no peer, there is no God but me, a God who vindicates and delivers; there is none but me. -- isaiah 45:21 +. +Turn to me so you can be delivered, all you who live in the earth's remote regions! For I am God, and I have no peer. -- isaiah 45:22 +. +I solemnly make this oath - what I say is true and reliable: 'Surely every knee will bow to me, every tongue will solemnly affirm; -- isaiah 45:23 +. +they will say about me, "Yes, the Lord is a powerful deliverer."'" All who are angry at him will cower before him. -- isaiah 45:24 +. +All the descendants of Israel will be vindicated by the Lord and will boast in him. -- isaiah 45:25 +. +Bel kneels down, Nebo bends low. Their images weigh down animals and beasts. Your heavy images are burdensome to tired animals. -- isaiah 46:1 +. +Together they bend low and kneel down; they are unable to rescue the images; they themselves head off into captivity. -- isaiah 46:2 +. +"Listen to me, O family of Jacob, all you who are left from the family of Israel, you who have been carried from birth, you who have been supported from the time you left the womb. -- isaiah 46:3 +. +Even when you are old, I will take care of you, even when you have gray hair, I will carry you. I made you and I will support you; I will carry you and rescue you. -- isaiah 46:4 +. +To whom can you compare and liken me? Tell me whom you think I resemble, so we can be compared! -- isaiah 46:5 +. +Those who empty out gold from a purse and weigh out silver on the scale hire a metalsmith, who makes it into a god. They then bow down and worship it. -- isaiah 46:6 +. +They put it on their shoulder and carry it; they put it in its place and it just stands there; it does not move from its place. Even when someone cries out to it, it does not reply; it does not deliver him from his distress. -- isaiah 46:7 +. +Remember this, so you can be brave! Think about it, you rebels! -- isaiah 46:8 +. +Remember what I accomplished in antiquity! Truly I am God, I have no peer; I am God, and there is none like me, -- isaiah 46:9 +. +who announces the end from the beginning and reveals beforehand what has not yet occurred, who says, 'My plan will be realized, I will accomplish what I desire,' -- isaiah 46:10 +. +who summons an eagle from the east, from a distant land, one who carries out my plan. Yes, I have decreed, yes, I will bring it to pass; I have formulated a plan, yes, I will carry it out. -- isaiah 46:11 +. +Listen to me, you stubborn people, you who distance yourself from doing what is right. -- isaiah 46:12 +. +I am bringing my deliverance near, it is not far away; I am bringing my salvation near, it does not wait. I will save Zion; I will adorn Israel with my splendor." -- isaiah 46:13 +. +"Fall down! Sit in the dirt, O virgin daughter Babylon! Sit on the ground, not on a throne, O daughter of the Babylonians! Indeed, you will no longer be called delicate and pampered. -- isaiah 47:1 +. +Pick up millstones and grind flour! Remove your veil, strip off your skirt, expose your legs, cross the streams! -- isaiah 47:2 +. +Let your private parts be exposed! Your genitals will be on display! I will get revenge; I will not have pity on anyone," -- isaiah 47:3 +. +says our protector - the Lord who commands armies is his name, the Holy One of Israel. -- isaiah 47:4 +. +"Sit silently! Go to a hiding place, O daughter of the Babylonians! Indeed, you will no longer be called 'Queen of kingdoms.' -- isaiah 47:5 +. +I was angry at my people; I defiled my special possession and handed them over to you. You showed them no mercy; you even placed a very heavy burden on old people. -- isaiah 47:6 +. +You said, 'I will rule forever as permanent queen!' You did not think about these things; you did not consider how it would turn out. -- isaiah 47:7 +. +So now, listen to this, O one who lives so lavishly, who lives securely, who says to herself, 'I am unique! No one can compare to me! I will never have to live as a widow; I will never lose my children.' -- isaiah 47:8 +. +Both of these will come upon you suddenly, in one day! You will lose your children and be widowed. You will be overwhelmed by these tragedies, despite your many incantations and your numerous amulets. -- isaiah 47:9 +. +You were complacent in your evil deeds; you thought, 'No one sees me.' Your self-professed wisdom and knowledge lead you astray, when you say, 'I am unique! No one can compare to me!' -- isaiah 47:10 +. +Disaster will overtake you; you will not know how to charm it away. Destruction will fall on you; you will not be able to appease it. Calamity will strike you suddenly, before you recognize it. -- isaiah 47:11 +. +Persist in trusting your amulets and your many incantations, which you have faithfully recited since your youth! Maybe you will be successful - maybe you will scare away disaster. -- isaiah 47:12 +. +You are tired out from listening to so much advice. Let them take their stand - the ones who see omens in the sky, who gaze at the stars, who make monthly predictions - let them rescue you from the disaster that is about to overtake you! -- isaiah 47:13 +. +Look, they are like straw, which the fire burns up; they cannot rescue themselves from the heat of the flames. There are no coals to warm them, no firelight to enjoy. -- isaiah 47:14 +. +They will disappoint you, those you have so faithfully dealt with since your youth. Each strays off in his own direction, leaving no one to rescue you." -- isaiah 47:15 +. +Listen to this, O family of Jacob, you who are called by the name 'Israel,' and are descended from Judah, who take oaths in the name of the Lord, and invoke the God of Israel - but not in an honest and just manner. -- isaiah 48:1 +. +Indeed, they live in the holy city; they trust in the God of Israel, whose name is the Lord who commands armies. -- isaiah 48:2 +. +"I announced events beforehand, I issued the decrees and made the predictions; suddenly I acted and they came to pass. -- isaiah 48:3 +. +I did this because I know how stubborn you are. Your neck muscles are like iron and your forehead like bronze. -- isaiah 48:4 +. +I announced them to you beforehand; before they happened, I predicted them for you, so you could never say, 'My image did these things, my idol, my cast image, decreed them.' -- isaiah 48:5 +. +You have heard; now look at all the evidence! Will you not admit that what I say is true? From this point on I am announcing to you new events that are previously unrevealed and you do not know about. -- isaiah 48:6 +. +Now they come into being, not in the past; before today you did not hear about them, so you could not say, 'Yes, I know about them.' -- isaiah 48:7 +. +You did not hear, you do not know, you were not told beforehand. For I know that you are very deceitful; you were labeled a rebel from birth. -- isaiah 48:8 +. +For the sake of my reputation I hold back my anger; for the sake of my prestige I restrain myself from destroying you. -- isaiah 48:9 +. +Look, I have refined you, but not as silver; I have purified you in the furnace of misery. -- isaiah 48:10 +. +For my sake alone I will act, for how can I allow my name to be defiled? I will not share my glory with anyone else! -- isaiah 48:11 +. +Listen to me, O Jacob, Israel, whom I summoned! I am the one; I am present at the very beginning and at the very end. -- isaiah 48:12 +. +Yes, my hand founded the earth; my right hand spread out the sky. I summon them; they stand together. -- isaiah 48:13 +. +All of you, gather together and listen! Who among them announced these things? The Lord's ally will carry out his desire against Babylon; he will exert his power against the Babylonians. -- isaiah 48:14 +. +I, I have spoken - yes, I have summoned him; I lead him and he will succeed. -- isaiah 48:15 +. +Approach me! Listen to this! From the very first I have not spoken in secret; when it happens, I am there." So now, the sovereign Lord has sent me, accompanied by his spirit. -- isaiah 48:16 +. +This is what the Lord, your protector, says, the Holy One of Israel: "I am the Lord your God, who teaches you how to succeed, who leads you in the way you should go. -- isaiah 48:17 +. +If only you had obeyed my commandments, prosperity would have flowed to you like a river, deliverance would have come to you like the waves of the sea. -- isaiah 48:18 +. +Your descendants would have been as numerous as sand, and your children like its granules. Their name would not have been cut off and eliminated from my presence. -- isaiah 48:19 +. +Leave Babylon! Flee from the Babylonians! Announce it with a shout of joy! Make this known! Proclaim it throughout the earth! Say, 'The Lord protects his servant Jacob. -- isaiah 48:20 +. +They do not thirst as he leads them through dry regions; he makes water flow out of a rock for them; he splits open a rock and water flows out.' -- isaiah 48:21 +. +There will be no prosperity for the wicked," says the Lord. -- isaiah 48:22 +. +Listen to me, you coastlands! Pay attention, you people who live far away! The Lord summoned me from birth; he commissioned me when my mother brought me into the world. -- isaiah 49:1 +. +He made my mouth like a sharp sword, he hid me in the hollow of his hand; he made me like a sharpened arrow, he hid me in his quiver. -- isaiah 49:2 +. +He said to me, "You are my servant, Israel, through whom I will reveal my splendor." -- isaiah 49:3 +. +But I thought, "I have worked in vain; I have expended my energy for absolutely nothing." But the Lord will vindicate me; my God will reward me. -- isaiah 49:4 +. +So now the Lord says, the one who formed me from birth to be his servant - he did this to restore Jacob to himself, so that Israel might be gathered to him; and I will be honored in the Lord's sight, for my God is my source of strength - -- isaiah 49:5 +. +he says, "Is it too insignificant a task for you to be my servant, to reestablish the tribes of Jacob, and restore the remnant of Israel? I will make you a light to the nations, so you can bring my deliverance to the remote regions of the earth." -- isaiah 49:6 +. +This is what the Lord, the protector of Israel, their Holy One, says to the one who is despised and rejected by nations, a servant of rulers: "Kings will see and rise in respect, princes will bow down, because of the faithful Lord, the Holy One of Israel who has chosen you." -- isaiah 49:7 +. +This is what the Lord says: "At the time I decide to show my favor, I will respond to you; in the day of deliverance I will help you; I will protect you and make you a covenant mediator for people, to rebuild the land and to reassign the desolate property. -- isaiah 49:8 +. +You will say to the prisoners, 'Come out,' and to those who are in dark dungeons, 'Emerge.' They will graze beside the roads; on all the slopes they will find pasture. -- isaiah 49:9 +. +They will not be hungry or thirsty; the sun's oppressive heat will not beat down on them, for one who has compassion on them will guide them; he will lead them to springs of water. -- isaiah 49:10 +. +I will make all my mountains into a road; I will construct my roadways." -- isaiah 49:11 +. +Look, they come from far away! Look, some come from the north and west, and others from the land of Sinim! -- isaiah 49:12 +. +Shout for joy, O sky! Rejoice, O earth! Let the mountains give a joyful shout! For the Lord consoles his people and shows compassion to the oppressed. -- isaiah 49:13 +. +"Zion said, 'The Lord has abandoned me, the sovereign master has forgotten me.' -- isaiah 49:14 +. +Can a woman forget her baby who nurses at her breast? Can she withhold compassion from the child she has borne? Even if mothers were to forget, I could never forget you! -- isaiah 49:15 +. +Look, I have inscribed your name on my palms; your walls are constantly before me. -- isaiah 49:16 +. +Your children hurry back, while those who destroyed and devastated you depart. -- isaiah 49:17 +. +Look all around you! All of them gather to you. As surely as I live," says the Lord, "you will certainly wear all of them like jewelry; you will put them on as if you were a bride. -- isaiah 49:18 +. +Yes, your land lies in ruins; it is desolate and devastated. But now you will be too small to hold your residents, and those who devoured you will be far away. -- isaiah 49:19 +. +Yet the children born during your time of bereavement will say within your hearing, 'This place is too cramped for us, make room for us so we can live here.' -- isaiah 49:20 +. +Then you will think to yourself, 'Who bore these children for me? I was bereaved and barren, dismissed and divorced. Who raised these children? Look, I was left all alone; where did these children come from?'" -- isaiah 49:21 +. +This is what the sovereign Lord says: "Look I will raise my hand to the nations; I will raise my signal flag to the peoples. They will bring your sons in their arms and carry your daughters on their shoulders. -- isaiah 49:22 +. +Kings will be your children's guardians; their princesses will nurse your children. With their faces to the ground they will bow down to you and they will lick the dirt on your feet. Then you will recognize that I am the Lord; those who wait patiently for me are not put to shame. -- isaiah 49:23 +. +Can spoils be taken from a warrior, or captives be rescued from a conqueror? -- isaiah 49:24 +. +Indeed," says the Lord, "captives will be taken from a warrior; spoils will be rescued from a conqueror. I will oppose your adversary and I will rescue your children. -- isaiah 49:25 +. +I will make your oppressors eat their own flesh; they will get drunk on their own blood, as if it were wine. Then all humankind will recognize that I am the Lord, your deliverer, your protector, the powerful ruler of Jacob." -- isaiah 49:26 +. +This is what the Lord says: "Where is your mother's divorce certificate by which I divorced her? Or to which of my creditors did I sell you? Look, you were sold because of your sins; because of your rebellious acts I divorced your mother. -- isaiah 50:1 +. +Why does no one challenge me when I come? Why does no one respond when I call? Is my hand too weak to deliver you? Do I lack the power to rescue you? Look, with a mere shout I can dry up the sea; I can turn streams into a desert, so the fish rot away and die from lack of water. -- isaiah 50:2 +. +I can clothe the sky in darkness; I can cover it with sackcloth." -- isaiah 50:3 +. +The sovereign Lord has given me the capacity to be his spokesman, so that I know how to help the weary. He wakes me up every morning; he makes me alert so I can listen attentively as disciples do. -- isaiah 50:4 +. +The sovereign Lord has spoken to me clearly; I have not rebelled, I have not turned back. -- isaiah 50:5 +. +I offered my back to those who attacked, my jaws to those who tore out my beard; I did not hide my face from insults and spitting. -- isaiah 50:6 +. +But the sovereign Lord helps me, so I am not humiliated. For that reason I am steadfastly resolved; I know I will not be put to shame. -- isaiah 50:7 +. +The one who vindicates me is close by. Who dares to argue with me? Let us confront each other! Who is my accuser? Let him challenge me! -- isaiah 50:8 +. +Look, the sovereign Lord helps me. Who dares to condemn me? Look, all of them will wear out like clothes; a moth will eat away at them. -- isaiah 50:9 +. +Who among you fears the Lord? Who obeys his servant? Whoever walks in deep darkness, without light, should trust in the name of the Lord and rely on his God. -- isaiah 50:10 +. +Look, all of you who start a fire and who equip yourselves with flaming arrows, walk in the light of the fire you started and among the flaming arrows you ignited! This is what you will receive from me: you will lie down in a place of pain. -- isaiah 50:11 +. +"Listen to me, you who pursue godliness, who seek the Lord! Look at the rock from which you were chiseled, at the quarry from which you were dug! -- isaiah 51:1 +. +Look at Abraham, your father, and Sarah, who gave you birth. When I summoned him, he was a lone individual, but I blessed him and gave him numerous descendants. -- isaiah 51:2 +. +Certainly the Lord will console Zion; he will console all her ruins. He will make her wilderness like Eden, her desert like the Garden of the Lord. Happiness and joy will be restored to her, thanksgiving and the sound of music. -- isaiah 51:3 +. +Pay attention to me, my people! Listen to me, my people! For I will issue a decree, I will make my justice a light to the nations. -- isaiah 51:4 +. +I am ready to vindicate, I am ready to deliver, I will establish justice among the nations. The coastlands wait patiently for me; they wait in anticipation for the revelation of my power. -- isaiah 51:5 +. +Look up at the sky! Look at the earth below! For the sky will dissipate like smoke, and the earth will wear out like clothes; its residents will die like gnats. But the deliverance I give is permanent; the vindication I provide will not disappear. -- isaiah 51:6 +. +Listen to me, you who know what is right, you people who are aware of my law! Don't be afraid of the insults of men; don't be discouraged because of their abuse! -- isaiah 51:7 +. +For a moth will eat away at them like clothes; a clothes moth will devour them like wool. But the vindication I provide will be permanent; the deliverance I give will last." -- isaiah 51:8 +. +Wake up! Wake up! Clothe yourself with strength, O arm of the Lord! Wake up as in former times, as in antiquity! Did you not smash the Proud One? Did you not wound the sea monster? -- isaiah 51:9 +. +Did you not dry up the sea, the waters of the great deep? Did you not make a path through the depths of the sea, so those delivered from bondage could cross over? -- isaiah 51:10 +. +Those whom the Lord has ransomed will return; they will enter Zion with a happy shout. Unending joy will crown them, happiness and joy will overwhelm them; grief and suffering will disappear. -- isaiah 51:11 +. +"I, I am the one who consoles you. Why are you afraid of mortal men, of mere human beings who are as short-lived as grass? -- isaiah 51:12 +. +Why do you forget the Lord, who made you, who stretched out the sky and founded the earth? Why do you constantly tremble all day long at the anger of the oppressor, when he makes plans to destroy? Where is the anger of the oppressor? -- isaiah 51:13 +. +The one who suffers will soon be released; he will not die in prison, he will not go hungry. -- isaiah 51:14 +. +I am the Lord your God, who churns up the sea so that its waves surge. The Lord who commands armies is his name! -- isaiah 51:15 +. +I commission you as my spokesman; I cover you with the palm of my hand, to establish the sky and to found the earth, to say to Zion, 'You are my people.'" -- isaiah 51:16 +. +Wake up! Wake up! Get up, O Jerusalem! You drank from the cup the Lord passed to you, which was full of his anger! You drained dry the goblet full of intoxicating wine. -- isaiah 51:17 +. +There was no one to lead her among all the children she bore; there was no one to take her by the hand among all the children she raised. -- isaiah 51:18 +. +These double disasters confronted you. But who feels sorry for you? Destruction and devastation, famine and sword. But who consoles you? -- isaiah 51:19 +. +Your children faint; they lie at the head of every street like an antelope in a snare. They are left in a stupor by the Lord's anger, by the battle cry of your God. -- isaiah 51:20 +. +So listen to this, oppressed one, who is drunk, but not from wine! -- isaiah 51:21 +. +This is what your sovereign master, the Lord your God, says: "Look, I have removed from your hand the cup of intoxicating wine, the goblet full of my anger. You will no longer have to drink it. -- isaiah 51:22 +. +I will put it into the hand of your tormentors who said to you, 'Lie down, so we can walk over you.' You made your back like the ground, and like the street for those who walked over you." -- isaiah 51:23 +. +Wake up! Wake up! Clothe yourself with strength, O Zion! Put on your beautiful clothes, O Jerusalem, holy city! For uncircumcised and unclean pagans will no longer invade you. -- isaiah 52:1 +. +Shake off the dirt! Get up, captive Jerusalem! Take off the iron chains around your neck, O captive daughter Zion! -- isaiah 52:2 +. +For this is what the Lord says: "You were sold for nothing, and you will not be redeemed for money." -- isaiah 52:3 +. +For this is what the sovereign Lord says: "In the beginning my people went to live temporarily in Egypt; Assyria oppressed them for no good reason. -- isaiah 52:4 +. +And now, what do we have here?" says the Lord. "Indeed my people have been carried away for nothing, those who rule over them taunt," says the Lord, "and my name is constantly slandered all day long. -- isaiah 52:5 +. +For this reason my people will know my name, for this reason they will know at that time that I am the one who says, 'Here I am.'" -- isaiah 52:6 +. +How delightful it is to see approaching over the mountains the feet of a messenger who announces peace, a messenger who brings good news, who announces deliverance, who says to Zion, "Your God reigns!" -- isaiah 52:7 +. +Listen, your watchmen shout; in unison they shout for joy, for they see with their very own eyes the Lord's return to Zion. -- isaiah 52:8 +. +In unison give a joyful shout, O ruins of Jerusalem! For the Lord consoles his people; he protects Jerusalem. -- isaiah 52:9 +. +The Lord reveals his royal power in the sight of all the nations; the entire earth sees our God deliver. -- isaiah 52:10 +. +Leave! Leave! Get out of there! Don't touch anything unclean! Get out of it! Stay pure, you who carry the Lord's holy items! -- isaiah 52:11 +. +Yet do not depart quickly or leave in a panic. For the Lord goes before you; the God of Israel is your rear guard. -- isaiah 52:12 +. +"Look, my servant will succeed! He will be elevated, lifted high, and greatly exalted - -- isaiah 52:13 +. +(just as many were horrified by the sight of you) he was so disfigured he no longer looked like a man; -- isaiah 52:14 +. +his form was so marred he no longer looked human - so now he will startle many nations. Kings will be shocked by his exaltation, for they will witness something unannounced to them, and they will understand something they had not heard about. -- isaiah 52:15 +. +Who would have believed what we just heard? When was the Lord's power revealed through him? -- isaiah 53:1 +. +He sprouted up like a twig before God, like a root out of parched soil; he had no stately form or majesty that might catch our attention, no special appearance that we should want to follow him. -- isaiah 53:2 +. +He was despised and rejected by people, one who experienced pain and was acquainted with illness; people hid their faces from him; he was despised, and we considered him insignificant. -- isaiah 53:3 +. +But he lifted up our illnesses, he carried our pain; even though we thought he was being punished, attacked by God, and afflicted for something he had done. -- isaiah 53:4 +. +He was wounded because of our rebellious deeds, crushed because of our sins; he endured punishment that made us well; because of his wounds we have been healed. -- isaiah 53:5 +. +All of us had wandered off like sheep; each of us had strayed off on his own path, but the Lord caused the sin of all of us to attack him. -- isaiah 53:6 +. +He was treated harshly and afflicted, but he did not even open his mouth. Like a lamb led to the slaughtering block, like a sheep silent before her shearers, he did not even open his mouth. -- isaiah 53:7 +. +He was led away after an unjust trial - but who even cared? Indeed, he was cut off from the land of the living; because of the rebellion of his own people he was wounded. -- isaiah 53:8 +. +They intended to bury him with criminals, but he ended up in a rich man's tomb, because he had committed no violent deeds, nor had he spoken deceitfully. -- isaiah 53:9 +. +Though the Lord desired to crush him and make him ill, once restitution is made, he will see descendants and enjoy long life, and the Lord's purpose will be accomplished through him. -- isaiah 53:10 +. +Having suffered, he will reflect on his work, he will be satisfied when he understands what he has done. "My servant will acquit many, for he carried their sins. -- isaiah 53:11 +. +So I will assign him a portion with the multitudes, he will divide the spoils of victory with the powerful, because he willingly submitted to death and was numbered with the rebels, when he lifted up the sin of many and intervened on behalf of the rebels." -- isaiah 53:12 +. +"Shout for joy, O barren one who has not given birth! Give a joyful shout and cry out, you who have not been in labor! For the children of the desolate one are more numerous than the children of the married woman," says the Lord. -- isaiah 54:1 +. +Make your tent larger, stretch your tent curtains farther out! Spare no effort, lengthen your ropes, and pound your stakes deep. -- isaiah 54:2 +. +For you will spread out to the right and to the left; your children will conquer nations and will resettle desolate cities. -- isaiah 54:3 +. +Don't be afraid, for you will not be put to shame! Don't be intimidated, for you will not be humiliated! You will forget about the shame you experienced in your youth; you will no longer remember the disgrace of your abandonment. -- isaiah 54:4 +. +For your husband is the one who made you - the Lord who commands armies is his name. He is your protector, the Holy One of Israel. He is called "God of the entire earth." -- isaiah 54:5 +. +"Indeed, the Lord will call you back like a wife who has been abandoned and suffers from depression, like a young wife when she has been rejected," says your God. -- isaiah 54:6 +. +"For a short time I abandoned you, but with great compassion I will gather you. -- isaiah 54:7 +. +In a burst of anger I rejected you momentarily, but with lasting devotion I will have compassion on you," says your protector, the Lord. -- isaiah 54:8 +. +"As far as I am concerned, this is like in Noah's time, when I vowed that the waters of Noah's flood would never again cover the earth. In the same way I have vowed that I will not be angry at you or shout at you. -- isaiah 54:9 +. +Even if the mountains are removed and the hills displaced, my devotion will not be removed from you, nor will my covenant of friendship be displaced," says the Lord, the one who has compassion on you. -- isaiah 54:10 +. +"O afflicted one, driven away, and unconsoled! Look, I am about to set your stones in antimony and I lay your foundation with lapis-lazuli. -- isaiah 54:11 +. +I will make your pinnacles out of gems, your gates out of beryl, and your outer wall out of beautiful stones. -- isaiah 54:12 +. +All your children will be followers of the Lord, and your children will enjoy great prosperity. -- isaiah 54:13 +. +You will be reestablished when I vindicate you. You will not experience oppression; indeed, you will not be afraid. You will not be terrified, for nothing frightening will come near you. -- isaiah 54:14 +. +If anyone dares to challenge you, it will not be my doing! Whoever tries to challenge you will be defeated. -- isaiah 54:15 +. +Look, I create the craftsman, who fans the coals into a fire and forges a weapon. I create the destroyer so he might devastate. -- isaiah 54:16 +. +No weapon forged to be used against you will succeed; you will refute everyone who tries to accuse you. This is what the Lord will do for his servants - I will vindicate them," says the Lord. -- isaiah 54:17 +. +"Hey, all who are thirsty, come to the water! You who have no money, come! Buy and eat! Come! Buy wine and milk without money and without cost! -- isaiah 55:1 +. +Why pay money for something that will not nourish you? Why spend your hard-earned money on something that will not satisfy? Listen carefully to me and eat what is nourishing! Enjoy fine food! -- isaiah 55:2 +. +Pay attention and come to me! Listen, so you can live! Then I will make an unconditional covenantal promise to you, just like the reliable covenantal promises I made to David. -- isaiah 55:3 +. +Look, I made him a witness to nations, a ruler and commander of nations." -- isaiah 55:4 +. +Look, you will summon nations you did not previously know; nations that did not previously know you will run to you, because of the Lord your God, the Holy One of Israel, for he bestows honor on you. -- isaiah 55:5 +. +Seek the Lord while he makes himself available; call to him while he is nearby! -- isaiah 55:6 +. +The wicked need to abandon their lifestyle and sinful people their plans. They should return to the Lord, and he will show mercy to them, and to their God, for he will freely forgive them. -- isaiah 55:7 +. +"Indeed, my plans are not like your plans, and my deeds are not like your deeds, -- isaiah 55:8 +. +for just as the sky is higher than the earth, so my deeds are superior to your deeds and my plans superior to your plans. -- isaiah 55:9 +. +The rain and snow fall from the sky and do not return, but instead water the earth and make it produce and yield crops, and provide seed for the planter and food for those who must eat. -- isaiah 55:10 +. +In the same way, the promise that I make does not return to me, having accomplished nothing. No, it is realized as I desire and is fulfilled as I intend." -- isaiah 55:11 +. +Indeed you will go out with joy; you will be led along in peace; the mountains and hills will give a joyful shout before you, and all the trees in the field will clap their hands. -- isaiah 55:12 +. +Evergreens will grow in place of thorn bushes, firs will grow in place of nettles; they will be a monument to the Lord, a permanent reminder that will remain. -- isaiah 55:13 +. +This is what the Lord says, "Promote justice! Do what is right! For I am ready to deliver you; I am ready to vindicate you openly. -- isaiah 56:1 +. +The people who do this will be blessed, the people who commit themselves to obedience, who observe the Sabbath and do not defile it, who refrain from doing anything that is wrong. -- isaiah 56:2 +. +No foreigner who becomes a follower of the Lord should say, 'The Lord will certainly exclude me from his people.' The eunuch should not say, 'Look, I am like a dried-up tree.'" -- isaiah 56:3 +. +For this is what the Lord says: "For the eunuchs who observe my Sabbaths and choose what pleases me and are faithful to my covenant, -- isaiah 56:4 +. +I will set up within my temple and my walls a monument that will be better than sons and daughters. I will set up a permanent monument for them that will remain. -- isaiah 56:5 +. +As for foreigners who become followers of the Lord and serve him, who love the name of the Lord and want to be his servants - all who observe the Sabbath and do not defile it, and who are faithful to my covenant - -- isaiah 56:6 +. +I will bring them to my holy mountain; I will make them happy in the temple where people pray to me. Their burnt offerings and sacrifices will be accepted on my altar, for my temple will be known as a temple where all nations may pray." -- isaiah 56:7 +. +The sovereign Lord says this, the one who gathers the dispersed of Israel: "I will still gather them up." -- isaiah 56:8 +. +All you wild animals in the fields, come and devour, all you wild animals in the forest! -- isaiah 56:9 +. +All their watchmen are blind, they are unaware. All of them are like mute dogs, unable to bark. They pant, lie down, and love to snooze. -- isaiah 56:10 +. +The dogs have big appetites; they are never full. They are shepherds who have no understanding; they all go their own way, each one looking for monetary gain. -- isaiah 56:11 +. +Each one says, 'Come on, I'll get some wine! Let's guzzle some beer! Tomorrow will be just like today! We'll have everything we want!' -- isaiah 56:12 +. +The godly perish, but no one cares. Honest people disappear, when no one minds that the godly disappear because of evil. -- isaiah 57:1 +. +Those who live uprightly enter a place of peace; they rest on their beds. -- isaiah 57:2 +. +But approach, you sons of omen readers, you offspring of adulteresses and prostitutes! -- isaiah 57:3 +. +At whom are you laughing? At whom are you opening your mouth and sticking out your tongue? You are the children of rebels, the offspring of liars, -- isaiah 57:4 +. +you who practice ritual sex under the oaks and every green tree, who slaughter children near the streams under the rocky overhangs. -- isaiah 57:5 +. +Among the smooth stones of the stream are the idols you love; they, they are the object of your devotion. You pour out liquid offerings to them, you make an offering. Because of these things I will seek vengeance. -- isaiah 57:6 +. +On every high, elevated hill you prepare your bed; you go up there to offer sacrifices. -- isaiah 57:7 +. +Behind the door and doorpost you put your symbols. Indeed, you depart from me and go up and invite them into bed with you. You purchase favors from them, you love their bed, and gaze longingly on their genitals. -- isaiah 57:8 +. +You take olive oil as tribute to your king, along with many perfumes. You send your messengers to a distant place; you go all the way to Sheol. -- isaiah 57:9 +. +Because of the long distance you must travel, you get tired, but you do not say, 'I give up.' You get renewed energy, so you don't collapse. -- isaiah 57:10 +. +Whom are you worried about? Whom do you fear, that you would act so deceitfully and not remember me or think about me? Because I have been silent for so long, you are not afraid of me. -- isaiah 57:11 +. +I will denounce your so-called righteousness and your deeds, but they will not help you. -- isaiah 57:12 +. +When you cry out for help, let your idols help you! The wind blows them all away, a breeze carries them away. But the one who looks to me for help will inherit the land and will have access to my holy mountain." -- isaiah 57:13 +. +He says, "Build it! Build it! Clear a way! Remove all the obstacles out of the way of my people!" -- isaiah 57:14 +. +For this is what the high and exalted one says, the one who rules forever, whose name is holy: "I dwell in an exalted and holy place, but also with the discouraged and humiliated, in order to cheer up the humiliated and to encourage the discouraged. -- isaiah 57:15 +. +For I will not be hostile forever or perpetually angry, for then man's spirit would grow faint before me, the life-giving breath I created. -- isaiah 57:16 +. +I was angry because of their sinful greed; I attacked them and angrily rejected them, yet they remained disobedient and stubborn. -- isaiah 57:17 +. +I have seen their behavior, but I will heal them and give them rest, and I will once again console those who mourn. -- isaiah 57:18 +. +I am the one who gives them reason to celebrate. Complete prosperity is available both to those who are far away and those who are nearby," says the Lord, "and I will heal them. -- isaiah 57:19 +. +But the wicked are like a surging sea that is unable to be quiet; its waves toss up mud and sand. -- isaiah 57:20 +. +There will be no prosperity," says my God, "for the wicked." -- isaiah 57:21 +. +"Shout loudly! Don't be quiet! Yell as loud as a trumpet! Confront my people with their rebellious deeds; confront Jacob's family with their sin! -- isaiah 58:1 +. +They seek me day after day; they want to know my requirements, like a nation that does what is right and does not reject the law of their God. They ask me for just decrees; they want to be near God. -- isaiah 58:2 +. +They lament, 'Why don't you notice when we fast? Why don't you pay attention when we humble ourselves?' Look, at the same time you fast, you satisfy your selfish desires, you oppress your workers. -- isaiah 58:3 +. +Look, your fasting is accompanied by arguments, brawls, and fistfights. Do not fast as you do today, trying to make your voice heard in heaven. -- isaiah 58:4 +. +Is this really the kind of fasting I want? Do I want a day when people merely humble themselves, bowing their heads like a reed and stretching out on sackcloth and ashes? Is this really what you call a fast, a day that is pleasing to the Lord? -- isaiah 58:5 +. +No, this is the kind of fast I want. I want you to remove the sinful chains, to tear away the ropes of the burdensome yoke, to set free the oppressed, and to break every burdensome yoke. -- isaiah 58:6 +. +I want you to share your food with the hungry and to provide shelter for homeless, oppressed people. When you see someone naked, clothe him! Don't turn your back on your own flesh and blood! -- isaiah 58:7 +. +Then your light will shine like the sunrise; your restoration will quickly arrive; your godly behavior will go before you, and the Lord's splendor will be your rear guard. -- isaiah 58:8 +. +Then you will call out, and the Lord will respond; you will cry out, and he will reply, 'Here I am.' You must remove the burdensome yoke from among you and stop pointing fingers and speaking sinfully. -- isaiah 58:9 +. +You must actively help the hungry and feed the oppressed. Then your light will dispel the darkness, and your darkness will be transformed into noonday. -- isaiah 58:10 +. +The Lord will continually lead you; he will feed you even in parched regions. He will give you renewed strength, and you will be like a well-watered garden, like a spring that continually produces water. -- isaiah 58:11 +. +Your perpetual ruins will be rebuilt; you will reestablish the ancient foundations. You will be called, 'The one who repairs broken walls, the one who makes the streets inhabitable again.' -- isaiah 58:12 +. +You must observe the Sabbath rather than doing anything you please on my holy day. You must look forward to the Sabbath and treat the Lord's holy day with respect. You must treat it with respect by refraining from your normal activities, and by refraining from your selfish pursuits and from making business deals. -- isaiah 58:13 +. +Then you will find joy in your relationship to the Lord, and I will give you great prosperity, and cause crops to grow on the land I gave to your ancestor Jacob." Know for certain that the Lord has spoken. -- isaiah 58:14 +. +Look, the Lord's hand is not too weak to deliver you; his ear is not too deaf to hear you. -- isaiah 59:1 +. +But your sinful acts have alienated you from your God; your sins have caused him to reject you and not listen to your prayers. -- isaiah 59:2 +. +For your hands are stained with blood and your fingers with sin; your lips speak lies, your tongue utters malicious words. -- isaiah 59:3 +. +No one is concerned about justice; no one sets forth his case truthfully. They depend on false words and tell lies; they conceive of oppression and give birth to sin. -- isaiah 59:4 +. +They hatch the eggs of a poisonous snake and spin a spider's web. Whoever eats their eggs will die, a poisonous snake is hatched. -- isaiah 59:5 +. +Their webs cannot be used for clothing; they cannot cover themselves with what they make. Their deeds are sinful; they commit violent crimes. -- isaiah 59:6 +. +They are eager to do evil, quick to shed innocent blood. Their thoughts are sinful; they crush and destroy. -- isaiah 59:7 +. +They are unfamiliar with peace; their deeds are unjust. They use deceitful methods, and whoever deals with them is unfamiliar with peace. -- isaiah 59:8 +. +For this reason deliverance is far from us and salvation does not reach us. We wait for light, but see only darkness; we wait for a bright light, but live in deep darkness. -- isaiah 59:9 +. +We grope along the wall like the blind, we grope like those who cannot see; we stumble at noontime as if it were evening. Though others are strong, we are like dead men. -- isaiah 59:10 +. +We all growl like bears, we coo mournfully like doves; we wait for deliverance, but there is none, for salvation, but it is far from us. -- isaiah 59:11 +. +For you are aware of our many rebellious deeds, and our sins testify against us; indeed, we are aware of our rebellious deeds; we know our sins all too well. -- isaiah 59:12 +. +We have rebelled and tried to deceive the Lord; we turned back from following our God. We stir up oppression and rebellion; we tell lies we concocted in our minds. -- isaiah 59:13 +. +Justice is driven back; godliness stands far off. Indeed, honesty stumbles in the city square and morality is not even able to enter. -- isaiah 59:14 +. +Honesty has disappeared; the one who tries to avoid evil is robbed. The Lord watches and is displeased, for there is no justice. -- isaiah 59:15 +. +He sees there is no advocate; he is shocked that no one intervenes. So he takes matters into his own hands; his desire for justice drives him on. -- isaiah 59:16 +. +He wears his desire for justice like body armor, and his desire to deliver is like a helmet on his head. He puts on the garments of vengeance and wears zeal like a robe. -- isaiah 59:17 +. +He repays them for what they have done, dispensing angry judgment to his adversaries and punishing his enemies. He repays the coastlands. -- isaiah 59:18 +. +In the west, people respect the Lord's reputation; in the east they recognize his splendor. For he comes like a rushing stream driven on by wind sent from the Lord. -- isaiah 59:19 +. +"A protector comes to Zion, to those in Jacob who repent of their rebellious deeds," says the Lord. -- isaiah 59:20 +. +"As for me, this is my promise to them," says the Lord. "My spirit, who is upon you, and my words, which I have placed in your mouth, will not depart from your mouth or from the mouths of your children and descendants from this time forward," says the Lord. -- isaiah 59:21 +. +"Arise! Shine! For your light arrives! The splendor of the Lord shines on you! -- isaiah 60:1 +. +For, look, darkness covers the earth and deep darkness covers the nations, but the Lord shines on you; his splendor appears over you. -- isaiah 60:2 +. +Nations come to your light, kings to your bright light. -- isaiah 60:3 +. +Look all around you! They all gather and come to you - your sons come from far away and your daughters are escorted by guardians. -- isaiah 60:4 +. +Then you will look and smile, you will be excited and your heart will swell with pride. For the riches of distant lands will belong to you and the wealth of nations will come to you. -- isaiah 60:5 +. +Camel caravans will cover your roads, young camels from Midian and Ephah. All the merchants of Sheba will come, bringing gold and incense and singing praises to the Lord. -- isaiah 60:6 +. +All the sheep of Kedar will be gathered to you; the rams of Nebaioth will be available to you as sacrifices. They will go up on my altar acceptably, and I will bestow honor on my majestic temple. -- isaiah 60:7 +. +Who are these who float along like a cloud, who fly like doves to their shelters? -- isaiah 60:8 +. +Indeed, the coastlands look eagerly for me, the large ships are in the lead, bringing your sons from far away, along with their silver and gold, to honor the Lord your God, the Holy One of Israel, for he has bestowed honor on you. -- isaiah 60:9 +. +Foreigners will rebuild your walls; their kings will serve you. Even though I struck you down in my anger, I will restore my favor and have compassion on you. -- isaiah 60:10 +. +Your gates will remain open at all times; they will not be shut during the day or at night, so that the wealth of nations may be delivered, with their kings leading the way. -- isaiah 60:11 +. +Indeed, nations or kingdoms that do not serve you will perish; such nations will be totally destroyed. -- isaiah 60:12 +. +The splendor of Lebanon will come to you, its evergreens, firs, and cypresses together, to beautify my palace; I will bestow honor on my throne room. -- isaiah 60:13 +. +The children of your oppressors will come bowing to you; all who treated you with disrespect will bow down at your feet. They will call you, 'The City of the Lord, Zion of the Holy One of Israel.' -- isaiah 60:14 +. +You were once abandoned and despised, with no one passing through, but I will make you a permanent source of pride and joy to coming generations. -- isaiah 60:15 +. +You will drink the milk of nations; you will nurse at the breasts of kings. Then you will recognize that I, the Lord, am your deliverer, your protector, the powerful ruler of Jacob. -- isaiah 60:16 +. +Instead of bronze, I will bring you gold, instead of iron, I will bring you silver, instead of wood, I will bring you bronze, instead of stones, I will bring you iron. I will make prosperity your overseer, and vindication your sovereign ruler. -- isaiah 60:17 +. +Sounds of violence will no longer be heard in your land, or the sounds of destruction and devastation within your borders. You will name your walls, 'Deliverance,' and your gates, 'Praise.' -- isaiah 60:18 +. +The sun will no longer supply light for you by day, nor will the moon's brightness shine on you; the Lord will be your permanent source of light - the splendor of your God will shine upon you. -- isaiah 60:19 +. +Your sun will no longer set; your moon will not disappear; the Lord will be your permanent source of light; your time of sorrow will be over. -- isaiah 60:20 +. +All of your people will be godly; they will possess the land permanently. I will plant them like a shoot; they will be the product of my labor, through whom I reveal my splendor. -- isaiah 60:21 +. +The least of you will multiply into a thousand; the smallest of you will become a large nation. When the right time comes, I the Lord will quickly do this!" -- isaiah 60:22 +. +The spirit of the sovereign Lord is upon me, because the Lord has chosen me. He has commissioned me to encourage the poor, to help the brokenhearted, to decree the release of captives, and the freeing of prisoners, -- isaiah 61:1 +. +to announce the year when the Lord will show his favor, the day when our God will seek vengeance, to console all who mourn, -- isaiah 61:2 +. +to strengthen those who mourn in Zion, by giving them a turban, instead of ashes, oil symbolizing joy, instead of mourning, a garment symbolizing praise, instead of discouragement. They will be called oaks of righteousness, trees planted by the Lord to reveal his splendor. -- isaiah 61:3 +. +They will rebuild the perpetual ruins and restore the places that were desolate; they will reestablish the ruined cities, the places that have been desolate since ancient times. -- isaiah 61:4 +. +"Foreigners will take care of your sheep; foreigners will work in your fields and vineyards. -- isaiah 61:5 +. +You will be called, 'the Lord's priests, servants of our God.' You will enjoy the wealth of nations and boast about the riches you receive from them. -- isaiah 61:6 +. +Instead of shame, you will get a double portion; instead of humiliation, they will rejoice over the land they receive. Yes, they will possess a double portion in their land and experience lasting joy. -- isaiah 61:7 +. +For I, the Lord, love justice and hate robbery and sin. I will repay them because of my faithfulness; I will make a permanent covenant with them. -- isaiah 61:8 +. +Their descendants will be known among the nations, their offspring among the peoples. All who see them will recognize that the Lord has blessed them." -- isaiah 61:9 +. +I will greatly rejoice in the Lord; I will be overjoyed because of my God. For he clothes me in garments of deliverance; he puts on me a robe symbolizing vindication. I look like a bridegroom when he wears a turban as a priest would; I look like a bride when she puts on her jewelry. -- isaiah 61:10 +. +For just as the ground produces its crops and a garden yields its produce, so the sovereign Lord will cause deliverance to grow, and give his people reason to praise him in the sight of all the nations. -- isaiah 61:11 +. +"For the sake of Zion I will not be silent; for the sake of Jerusalem I will not be quiet, until her vindication shines brightly and her deliverance burns like a torch." -- isaiah 62:1 +. +Nations will see your vindication, and all kings your splendor. You will be called by a new name that the Lord himself will give you. -- isaiah 62:2 +. +You will be a majestic crown in the hand of the Lord, a royal turban in the hand of your God. -- isaiah 62:3 +. +You will no longer be called, "Abandoned," and your land will no longer be called "Desolate." Indeed, you will be called "My Delight is in Her," and your land "Married." For the Lord will take delight in you, and your land will be married to him. -- isaiah 62:4 +. +As a young man marries a young woman, so your sons will marry you. As a bridegroom rejoices over a bride, so your God will rejoice over you. -- isaiah 62:5 +. +I post watchmen on your walls, O Jerusalem; they should keep praying all day and all night. You who pray to the Lord, don't be silent! -- isaiah 62:6 +. +Don't allow him to rest until he reestablishes Jerusalem, until he makes Jerusalem the pride of the earth. -- isaiah 62:7 +. +The Lord swears an oath by his right hand, by his strong arm: "I will never again give your grain to your enemies as food, and foreigners will not drink your wine, which you worked hard to produce. -- isaiah 62:8 +. +But those who harvest the grain will eat it, and will praise the Lord. Those who pick the grapes will drink the wine in the courts of my holy sanctuary." -- isaiah 62:9 +. +Come through! Come through the gates! Prepare the way for the people! Build it! Build the roadway! Remove the stones! Lift a signal flag for the nations! -- isaiah 62:10 +. +Look, the Lord announces to the entire earth: "Say to Daughter Zion, 'Look, your deliverer comes! Look, his reward is with him and his reward goes before him!'" -- isaiah 62:11 +. +They will be called, "The Holy People, the Ones Protected by the Lord." You will be called, "Sought After, City Not Abandoned." -- isaiah 62:12 +. +Who is this who comes from Edom, dressed in bright red, coming from Bozrah? Who is this one wearing royal attire, who marches confidently because of his great strength? "It is I, the one who announces vindication, and who is able to deliver!" -- isaiah 63:1 +. +Why are your clothes red? Why do you look like someone who has stomped on grapes in a vat? -- isaiah 63:2 +. +"I have stomped grapes in the winepress all by myself; no one from the nations joined me. I stomped on them in my anger; I trampled them down in my rage. Their juice splashed on my garments, and stained all my clothes. -- isaiah 63:3 +. +For I looked forward to the day of vengeance, and then payback time arrived. -- isaiah 63:4 +. +I looked, but there was no one to help; I was shocked because there was no one offering support. So my right arm accomplished deliverance; my raging anger drove me on. -- isaiah 63:5 +. +I trampled nations in my anger, I made them drunk in my rage, I splashed their blood on the ground." -- isaiah 63:6 +. +I will tell of the faithful acts of the Lord, of the Lord's praiseworthy deeds. I will tell about all the Lord did for us, the many good things he did for the family of Israel, because of his compassion and great faithfulness. -- isaiah 63:7 +. +He said, "Certainly they will be my people, children who are not disloyal." He became their deliverer. -- isaiah 63:8 +. +Through all that they suffered, he suffered too. The messenger sent from his very presence delivered them. In his love and mercy he protected them; he lifted them up and carried them throughout ancient times. -- isaiah 63:9 +. +But they rebelled and offended his holy Spirit, so he turned into an enemy and fought against them. -- isaiah 63:10 +. +His people remembered the ancient times. Where is the one who brought them up out of the sea, along with the shepherd of his flock? Where is the one who placed his holy Spirit among them, -- isaiah 63:11 +. +the one who made his majestic power available to Moses, who divided the water before them, gaining for himself a lasting reputation, -- isaiah 63:12 +. +who led them through the deep water? Like a horse running on flat land they did not stumble. -- isaiah 63:13 +. +Like an animal that goes down into a valley to graze, so the Spirit of the Lord granted them rest. In this way you guided your people, gaining for yourself an honored reputation. -- isaiah 63:14 +. +Look down from heaven and take notice, from your holy, majestic palace! Where are your zeal and power? Do not hold back your tender compassion! -- isaiah 63:15 +. +For you are our father, though Abraham does not know us and Israel does not recognize us. You, Lord, are our father; you have been called our protector from ancient times. -- isaiah 63:16 +. +Why, Lord, do you make us stray from your ways, and make our minds stubborn so that we do not obey you? Return for the sake of your servants, the tribes of your inheritance! -- isaiah 63:17 +. +For a short time your special nation possessed a land, but then our adversaries knocked down your holy sanctuary. -- isaiah 63:18 +. +We existed from ancient times, but you did not rule over them, they were not your subjects. -- isaiah 63:19 +. + If only you would tear apart the sky and come down! The mountains would tremble before you! -- isaiah 64:1 +. + As when fire ignites dry wood, or fire makes water boil, let your adversaries know who you are, and may the nations shake at your presence! -- isaiah 64:2 +. +When you performed awesome deeds that took us by surprise, you came down, and the mountains trembled before you. -- isaiah 64:3 +. +Since ancient times no one has heard or perceived, no eye has seen any God besides you, who intervenes for those who wait for him. -- isaiah 64:4 +. +You assist those who delight in doing what is right, who observe your commandments. Look, you were angry because we violated them continually. How then can we be saved? -- isaiah 64:5 +. +We are all like one who is unclean, all our so-called righteous acts are like a menstrual rag in your sight. We all wither like a leaf; our sins carry us away like the wind. -- isaiah 64:6 +. +No one invokes your name, or makes an effort to take hold of you. For you have rejected us and handed us over to our own sins. -- isaiah 64:7 +. +Yet, Lord, you are our father. We are the clay, and you are our potter; we are all the product of your labor. -- isaiah 64:8 +. +Lord, do not be too angry! Do not hold our sins against us continually! Take a good look at your people, at all of us! -- isaiah 64:9 +. +Your chosen cities have become a desert; Zion has become a desert, Jerusalem is a desolate ruin. -- isaiah 64:10 +. +Our holy temple, our pride and joy, the place where our ancestors praised you, has been burned with fire; all our prized possessions have been destroyed. -- isaiah 64:11 +. +In light of all this, how can you still hold back, Lord? How can you be silent and continue to humiliate us? -- isaiah 64:12 +. +"I made myself available to those who did not ask for me; I appeared to those who did not look for me. I said, 'Here I am! Here I am!' to a nation that did not invoke my name. -- isaiah 65:1 +. +I spread out my hands all day long to my rebellious people, who lived in a way that is morally unacceptable, and who did what they desired. -- isaiah 65:2 +. +These people continually and blatantly offend me as they sacrifice in their sacred orchards and burn incense on brick altars. -- isaiah 65:3 +. +They sit among the tombs and keep watch all night long. They eat pork, and broth from unclean sacrificial meat is in their pans. -- isaiah 65:4 +. +They say, 'Keep to yourself! Don't get near me, for I am holier than you!' These people are like smoke in my nostrils, like a fire that keeps burning all day long. -- isaiah 65:5 +. +Look, I have decreed: I will not keep silent, but will pay them back; I will pay them back exactly what they deserve, -- isaiah 65:6 +. +for your sins and your ancestors' sins," says the Lord. "Because they burned incense on the mountains and offended me on the hills, I will punish them in full measure." -- isaiah 65:7 +. +This is what the Lord says: "When juice is discovered in a cluster of grapes, someone says, 'Don't destroy it, for it contains juice.' So I will do for the sake of my servants - I will not destroy everyone. -- isaiah 65:8 +. +I will bring forth descendants from Jacob, and from Judah people to take possession of my mountains. My chosen ones will take possession of the land; my servants will live there. -- isaiah 65:9 +. +Sharon will become a pasture for sheep, and the Valley of Achor a place where cattle graze; they will belong to my people, who seek me. -- isaiah 65:10 +. +But as for you who abandon the Lord and forget about worshiping at my holy mountain, who prepare a feast for the god called 'Fortune,' and fill up wine jugs for the god called 'Destiny' - -- isaiah 65:11 +. +I predestine you to die by the sword, all of you will kneel down at the slaughtering block, because I called to you, and you did not respond, I spoke and you did not listen. You did evil before me; you chose to do what displeases me." -- isaiah 65:12 +. +So this is what the sovereign Lord says: "Look, my servants will eat, but you will be hungry! Look, my servants will drink, but you will be thirsty! Look, my servants will rejoice, but you will be humiliated! -- isaiah 65:13 +. +Look, my servants will shout for joy as happiness fills their hearts! But you will cry out as sorrow fills your hearts; you will wail because your spirits will be crushed. -- isaiah 65:14 +. +Your names will live on in the curse formulas of my chosen ones. The sovereign Lord will kill you, but he will give his servants another name. -- isaiah 65:15 +. +Whoever pronounces a blessing in the earth will do so in the name of the faithful God; whoever makes an oath in the earth will do so in the name of the faithful God. For past problems will be forgotten; I will no longer think about them. -- isaiah 65:16 +. +For look, I am ready to create new heavens and a new earth! The former ones will not be remembered; no one will think about them anymore. -- isaiah 65:17 +. +But be happy and rejoice forevermore over what I am about to create! For look, I am ready to create Jerusalem to be a source of joy, and her people to be a source of happiness. -- isaiah 65:18 +. +Jerusalem will bring me joy, and my people will bring me happiness. The sound of weeping or cries of sorrow will never be heard in her again. -- isaiah 65:19 +. +Never again will one of her infants live just a few days or an old man die before his time. Indeed, no one will die before the age of a hundred, anyone who fails to reach the age of a hundred will be considered cursed. -- isaiah 65:20 +. +They will build houses and live in them; they will plant vineyards and eat their fruit. -- isaiah 65:21 +. +No longer will they build a house only to have another live in it, or plant a vineyard only to have another eat its fruit, for my people will live as long as trees, and my chosen ones will enjoy to the fullest what they have produced. -- isaiah 65:22 +. +They will not work in vain, or give birth to children that will experience disaster. For the Lord will bless their children and their descendants. -- isaiah 65:23 +. +Before they even call out, I will respond; while they are still speaking, I will hear. -- isaiah 65:24 +. +A wolf and a lamb will graze together; a lion, like an ox, will eat straw, and a snake's food will be dirt. They will no longer injure or destroy on my entire royal mountain," says the Lord. -- isaiah 65:25 +. +This is what the Lord says: "The heavens are my throne and the earth is my footstool. Where then is the house you will build for me? Where is the place where I will rest? -- isaiah 66:1 +. +My hand made them; that is how they came to be," says the Lord. I show special favor to the humble and contrite, who respect what I have to say. -- isaiah 66:2 +. +The one who slaughters a bull also strikes down a man; the one who sacrifices a lamb also breaks a dog's neck; the one who presents an offering includes pig's blood with it; the one who offers incense also praises an idol. They have decided to behave this way; they enjoy these disgusting practices. -- isaiah 66:3 +. +So I will choose severe punishment for them; I will bring on them what they dread, because I called, and no one responded, I spoke and they did not listen. They did evil before me; they chose to do what displeases me." -- isaiah 66:4 +. +Hear the word of the Lord, you who respect what he has to say! Your countrymen, who hate you and exclude you, supposedly for the sake of my name, say, "May the Lord be glorified, then we will witness your joy." But they will be put to shame. -- isaiah 66:5 +. +The sound of battle comes from the city; the sound comes from the temple! It is the sound of the Lord paying back his enemies. -- isaiah 66:6 +. +Before she goes into labor, she gives birth! Before her contractions begin, she delivers a boy! -- isaiah 66:7 +. +Who has ever heard of such a thing? Who has ever seen this? Can a country be brought forth in one day? Can a nation be born in a single moment? Yet as soon as Zion goes into labor she gives birth to sons! -- isaiah 66:8 +. +"Do I bring a baby to the birth opening and then not deliver it?" asks the Lord. "Or do I bring a baby to the point of delivery and then hold it back?" asks your God. -- isaiah 66:9 +. +Be happy for Jerusalem and rejoice with her, all you who love her! Share in her great joy, all you who have mourned over her! -- isaiah 66:10 +. +For you will nurse from her satisfying breasts and be nourished; you will feed with joy from her milk-filled breasts. -- isaiah 66:11 +. +For this is what the Lord says: "Look, I am ready to extend to her prosperity that will flow like a river, the riches of nations will flow into her like a stream that floods its banks. You will nurse from her breast and be carried at her side; you will play on her knees. -- isaiah 66:12 +. +As a mother consoles a child, so I will console you, and you will be consoled over Jerusalem." -- isaiah 66:13 +. +When you see this, you will be happy, and you will be revived. The Lord will reveal his power to his servants and his anger to his enemies. -- isaiah 66:14 +. +For look, the Lord comes with fire, his chariots come like a windstorm, to reveal his raging anger, his battle cry, and his flaming arrows. -- isaiah 66:15 +. +For the Lord judges all humanity with fire and his sword; the Lord will kill many. -- isaiah 66:16 +. +"As for those who consecrate and ritually purify themselves so they can follow their leader and worship in the sacred orchards, those who eat the flesh of pigs and other disgusting creatures, like mice - they will all be destroyed together," says the Lord. -- isaiah 66:17 +. +"I hate their deeds and thoughts! So I am coming to gather all the nations and ethnic groups; they will come and witness my splendor. -- isaiah 66:18 +. +I will perform a mighty act among them and then send some of those who remain to the nations - to Tarshish, Pul, Lud (known for its archers), Tubal, Javan, and to the distant coastlands that have not heard about me or seen my splendor. They will tell the nations of my splendor. -- isaiah 66:19 +. +They will bring back all your countrymen from all the nations as an offering to the Lord. They will bring them on horses, in chariots, in wagons, on mules, and on camels to my holy hill Jerusalem," says the Lord, "just as the Israelites bring offerings to the Lord's temple in ritually pure containers. -- isaiah 66:20 +. +And I will choose some of them as priests and Levites," says the Lord. -- isaiah 66:21 +. +"For just as the new heavens and the new earth I am about to make will remain standing before me," says the Lord, "so your descendants and your name will remain. -- isaiah 66:22 +. +From one month to the next and from one Sabbath to the next, all people will come to worship me," says the Lord. -- isaiah 66:23 +. +"They will go out and observe the corpses of those who rebelled against me, for the maggots that eat them will not die, and the fire that consumes them will not die out. All people will find the sight abhorrent." -- isaiah 66:24 +. +The following is a record of what Jeremiah son of Hilkiah prophesied. He was one of the priests who lived at Anathoth in the territory of the tribe of Benjamin. -- jeremiah 1:1 +. +The Lord began to speak to him in the thirteenth year that Josiah son of Amon ruled over Judah. -- jeremiah 1:2 +. +The Lord also spoke to him when Jehoiakim son of Josiah ruled over Judah, and he continued to speak to him until the fifth month of the eleventh year that Zedekiah son of Josiah ruled over Judah. That was when the people of Jerusalem were taken into exile. -- jeremiah 1:3 +. +The Lord said to me, -- jeremiah 1:4 +. +"Before I formed you in your mother's womb I chose you. Before you were born I set you apart. I appointed you to be a prophet to the nations." -- jeremiah 1:5 +. +I answered, "Oh, Lord God, I really do not know how to speak well enough for that, for I am too young." -- jeremiah 1:6 +. +The Lord said to me, "Do not say, 'I am too young.' But go to whomever I send you and say whatever I tell you. -- jeremiah 1:7 +. +Do not be afraid of those to whom I send you, for I will be with you to protect you," says the Lord. -- jeremiah 1:8 +. +Then the Lord reached out his hand and touched my mouth and said to me, "I will most assuredly give you the words you are to speak for me. -- jeremiah 1:9 +. +Know for certain that I hereby give you the authority to announce to nations and kingdoms that they will be uprooted and torn down, destroyed and demolished, rebuilt and firmly planted." -- jeremiah 1:10 +. +Later the Lord asked me, "What do you see, Jeremiah?" I answered, "I see a branch of an almond tree." -- jeremiah 1:11 +. +Then the Lord said, "You have observed correctly. This means I am watching to make sure my threats are carried out." -- jeremiah 1:12 +. +The Lord again asked me, "What do you see?" I answered, "I see a pot of boiling water; it is tipped toward us from the north." -- jeremiah 1:13 +. +Then the Lord said, "This means destruction will break out from the north on all who live in the land. -- jeremiah 1:14 +. +For I will soon summon all the peoples of the kingdoms of the north," says the Lord. "They will come and their kings will set up their thrones near the entrances of the gates of Jerusalem. They will attack all the walls surrounding it, and all the towns in Judah. -- jeremiah 1:15 +. +In this way I will pass sentence on the people of Jerusalem and Judah because of all their wickedness. For they rejected me and offered sacrifices to other gods, worshiping what they made with their own hands." -- jeremiah 1:16 +. +"But you, Jeremiah, get yourself ready! Go and tell these people everything I instruct you to say. Do not be terrified of them, or I will give you good reason to be terrified of them. -- jeremiah 1:17 +. +I, the Lord, hereby promise to make you as strong as a fortified city, an iron pillar, and a bronze wall. You will be able to stand up against all who live in the land, including the kings of Judah, its officials, its priests and all the people of the land. -- jeremiah 1:18 +. +They will attack you but they will not be able to overcome you, for I will be with you to rescue you," says the Lord. -- jeremiah 1:19 +. +The Lord spoke to me. He said: -- jeremiah 2:1 +. +"Go and declare in the hearing of the people of Jerusalem: 'This is what the Lord says: "I have fond memories of you, how devoted you were to me in your early years. I remember how you loved me like a new bride; you followed me through the wilderness, through a land that had never been planted. -- jeremiah 2:2 +. +Israel was set apart to the Lord; they were like the first fruits of a harvest to him. All who tried to devour them were punished; disaster came upon them," says the Lord.'" -- jeremiah 2:3 +. +Now listen to what the Lord has to say, you descendants of Jacob, all you family groups from the nation of Israel. -- jeremiah 2:4 +. +This is what the Lord says: "What fault could your ancestors have possibly found in me that they strayed so far from me? They paid allegiance to worthless idols, and so became worthless to me. -- jeremiah 2:5 +. +They did not ask: 'Where is the Lord who delivered us out of Egypt, who brought us through the wilderness, through a land of desert sands and rift valleys, through a land of drought and deep darkness, through a land in which no one travels, and where no one lives?' -- jeremiah 2:6 +. +I brought you into a fertile land so you could enjoy its fruits and its rich bounty. But when you entered my land, you defiled it; you made the land I call my own loathsome to me. -- jeremiah 2:7 +. +Your priests did not ask, 'Where is the Lord?' Those responsible for teaching my law did not really know me. Your rulers rebelled against me. Your prophets prophesied in the name of the god Baal. They all worshiped idols that could not help them. -- jeremiah 2:8 +. +"So, once more I will state my case against you," says the Lord. "I will also state it against your children and grandchildren. -- jeremiah 2:9 +. +Go west across the sea to the coasts of Cyprus and see. Send someone east to Kedar and have them look carefully. See if such a thing as this has ever happened: -- jeremiah 2:10 +. +Has a nation ever changed its gods (even though they are not really gods at all)? But my people have exchanged me, their glorious God, for a god that cannot help them at all! -- jeremiah 2:11 +. +Be amazed at this, O heavens! Be shocked and utterly dumbfounded," says the Lord. -- jeremiah 2:12 +. +"Do so because my people have committed a double wrong: they have rejected me, the fountain of life-giving water, and they have dug cisterns for themselves, cracked cisterns which cannot even hold water." -- jeremiah 2:13 +. +"Israel is not a slave, is he? He was not born into slavery, was he? If not, why then is he being carried off? -- jeremiah 2:14 +. +Like lions his enemies roar victoriously over him; they raise their voices in triumph. They have laid his land waste; his cities have been burned down and deserted. -- jeremiah 2:15 +. +Even the soldiers from Memphis and Tahpanhes have cracked your skulls, people of Israel. -- jeremiah 2:16 +. +You have brought all this on yourself, Israel, by deserting the Lord your God when he was leading you along the right path. -- jeremiah 2:17 +. +What good will it do you then to go down to Egypt to seek help from the Egyptians? What good will it do you to go over to Assyria to seek help from the Assyrians? -- jeremiah 2:18 +. +Your own wickedness will bring about your punishment. Your unfaithful acts will bring down discipline on you. Know, then, and realize how utterly harmful it was for you to reject me, the Lord your God, to show no respect for me," says the Lord God who rules over all. -- jeremiah 2:19 +. +"Indeed, long ago you threw off my authority and refused to be subject to me. You said, 'I will not serve you.' Instead, you gave yourself to other gods on every high hill and under every green tree, like a prostitute sprawls out before her lovers. -- jeremiah 2:20 +. +I planted you in the land like a special vine of the very best stock. Why in the world have you turned into something like a wild vine that produces rotten, foul-smelling grapes? -- jeremiah 2:21 +. +You can try to wash away your guilt with a strong detergent. You can use as much soap as you want. But the stain of your guilt is still there for me to see," says the Lord God. -- jeremiah 2:22 +. +"How can you say, 'I have not made myself unclean. I have not paid allegiance to the gods called Baal.' Just look at the way you have behaved in the Valley of Hinnom! Think about the things you have done there! You are like a flighty, young female camel that rushes here and there, crisscrossing its path. -- jeremiah 2:23 +. +You are like a wild female donkey brought up in the wilderness. In her lust she sniffs the wind to get the scent of a male. No one can hold her back when she is in heat. None of the males need wear themselves out chasing after her. At mating time she is easy to find. -- jeremiah 2:24 +. +Do not chase after other gods until your shoes wear out and your throats become dry. But you say, 'It is useless for you to try and stop me because I love those foreign gods and want to pursue them!' -- jeremiah 2:25 +. +Just as a thief has to suffer dishonor when he is caught, so the people of Israel will suffer dishonor for what they have done. So will their kings and officials, their priests and their prophets. -- jeremiah 2:26 +. +They say to a wooden idol, 'You are my father.' They say to a stone image, 'You gave birth to me.' Yes, they have turned away from me instead of turning to me. Yet when they are in trouble, they say, 'Come and save us!' -- jeremiah 2:27 +. +But where are the gods you made for yourselves? Let them save you when you are in trouble. The sad fact is that you have as many gods as you have towns, Judah. -- jeremiah 2:28 +. +"Why do you try to refute me? All of you have rebelled against me," says the Lord. -- jeremiah 2:29 +. +"It did no good for me to punish your people. They did not respond to such correction. You slaughtered your prophets like a voracious lion." -- jeremiah 2:30 +. +You people of this generation, listen to what the Lord says. "Have I been like a wilderness to you, Israel? Have I been like a dark and dangerous land to you? Why then do you say, 'We are free to wander. We will not come to you any more?' -- jeremiah 2:31 +. +Does a young woman forget to put on her jewels? Does a bride forget to put on her bridal attire? But my people have forgotten me for more days than can even be counted. -- jeremiah 2:32 +. +"My, how good you have become at chasing after your lovers! Why, you could even teach prostitutes a thing or two! -- jeremiah 2:33 +. +Even your clothes are stained with the lifeblood of the poor who had not done anything wrong; you did not catch them breaking into your homes. Yet, in spite of all these things you have done, -- jeremiah 2:34 +. +you say, 'I have not done anything wrong, so the Lord cannot really be angry with me any more.' But, watch out! I will bring down judgment on you because you say, 'I have not committed any sin.' -- jeremiah 2:35 +. +Why do you constantly go about changing your political allegiances? You will get no help from Egypt just as you got no help from Assyria. -- jeremiah 2:36 +. +Moreover, you will come away from Egypt with your hands covering your faces in sorrow and shame because the Lord will not allow your reliance on them to be successful and you will not gain any help from them. -- jeremiah 2:37 +. +"If a man divorces his wife and she leaves him and becomes another man's wife, he may not take her back again. Doing that would utterly defile the land. But you, Israel, have given yourself as a prostitute to many gods. So what makes you think you can return to me?" says the Lord. -- jeremiah 3:1 +. +"Look up at the hilltops and consider this. You have had sex with other gods on every one of them. You waited for those gods like a thief lying in wait in the desert. You defiled the land by your wicked prostitution to other gods. -- jeremiah 3:2 +. +That is why the rains have been withheld, and the spring rains have not come. Yet in spite of this you are obstinate as a prostitute. You refuse to be ashamed of what you have done. -- jeremiah 3:3 +. +Even now you say to me, 'You are my father! You have been my faithful companion ever since I was young. -- jeremiah 3:4 +. +You will not always be angry with me, will you? You will not be mad at me forever, will you?' That is what you say, but you continually do all the evil that you can." -- jeremiah 3:5 +. +When Josiah was king of Judah, the Lord said to me, "Jeremiah, you have no doubt seen what wayward Israel has done. You have seen how she went up to every high hill and under every green tree to give herself like a prostitute to other gods. -- jeremiah 3:6 +. +Yet even after she had done all that, I thought that she might come back to me. But she did not. Her sister, unfaithful Judah, saw what she did. -- jeremiah 3:7 +. +She also saw that I gave wayward Israel her divorce papers and sent her away because of her adulterous worship of other gods. Even after her unfaithful sister Judah had seen this, she still was not afraid, and she too went and gave herself like a prostitute to other gods. -- jeremiah 3:8 +. +Because she took her prostitution so lightly, she defiled the land through her adulterous worship of gods made of wood and stone. -- jeremiah 3:9 +. +In spite of all this, Israel's sister, unfaithful Judah, has not turned back to me with any sincerity; she has only pretended to do so," says the Lord. -- jeremiah 3:10 +. +Then the Lord said to me, "Under the circumstances, wayward Israel could even be considered less guilty than unfaithful Judah. -- jeremiah 3:11 +. +"Go and shout this message to my people in the countries in the north. Tell them, 'Come back to me, wayward Israel,' says the Lord. 'I will not continue to look on you with displeasure. For I am merciful,' says the Lord. 'I will not be angry with you forever. -- jeremiah 3:12 +. +However, you must confess that you have done wrong, and that you have rebelled against the Lord your God. You must confess that you have given yourself to foreign gods under every green tree, and have not obeyed my commands,' says the Lord. -- jeremiah 3:13 +. +"Come back to me, my wayward sons," says the Lord, "for I am your true master. If you do, I will take one of you from each town and two of you from each family group, and I will bring you back to Zion. -- jeremiah 3:14 +. +I will give you leaders who will be faithful to me. They will lead you with knowledge and insight. -- jeremiah 3:15 +. +In those days, your population will greatly increase in the land. At that time," says the Lord, "people will no longer talk about having the ark that contains the Lord's covenant with us. They will not call it to mind, remember it, or miss it. No, that will not be done any more! -- jeremiah 3:16 +. +At that time the city of Jerusalem will be called the Lord's throne. All nations will gather there in Jerusalem to honor the Lord's name. They will no longer follow the stubborn inclinations of their own evil hearts. -- jeremiah 3:17 +. +At that time the nation of Judah and the nation of Israel will be reunited. Together they will come back from a land in the north to the land that I gave to your ancestors as a permanent possession. " -- jeremiah 3:18 +. +"I thought to myself, 'Oh what a joy it would be for me to treat you like a son! What a joy it would be for me to give you a pleasant land, the most beautiful piece of property there is in all the world!' I thought you would call me, 'Father' and would never cease being loyal to me. -- jeremiah 3:19 +. +But, you have been unfaithful to me, nation of Israel, like an unfaithful wife who has left her husband," says the Lord. -- jeremiah 3:20 +. +"A noise is heard on the hilltops. It is the sound of the people of Israel crying and pleading to their gods. Indeed they have followed sinful ways; they have forgotten to be true to the Lord their God. -- jeremiah 3:21 +. +Come back to me, you wayward people. I want to cure your waywardness. Say, 'Here we are. We come to you because you are the Lord our God. -- jeremiah 3:22 +. +We know our noisy worship of false gods on the hills and mountains did not help us. We know that the Lord our God is the only one who can deliver Israel. -- jeremiah 3:23 +. +From earliest times our worship of that shameful god, Baal, has taken away all that our ancestors worked for. It has taken away our flocks and our herds, and even our sons and daughters. -- jeremiah 3:24 +. +Let us acknowledge our shame. Let us bear the disgrace that we deserve. For we have sinned against the Lord our God, both we and our ancestors. From earliest times to this very day we have not obeyed the Lord our God.' -- jeremiah 3:25 +. +"If you, Israel, want to come back," says the Lord, "if you want to come back to me you must get those disgusting idols out of my sight and must no longer go astray. -- jeremiah 4:1 +. +You must be truthful, honest and upright when you take an oath saying, 'As surely as the Lord lives!' If you do, the nations will pray to be as blessed by him as you are and will make him the object of their boasting." -- jeremiah 4:2 +. +Yes, the Lord has this to say to the people of Judah and Jerusalem: "Like a farmer breaking up hard unplowed ground, you must break your rebellious will and make a new beginning; just as a farmer must clear away thorns lest the seed is wasted, you must get rid of the sin that is ruining your lives. -- jeremiah 4:3 +. +Just as ritual circumcision cuts away the foreskin as an external symbol of dedicated covenant commitment, you must genuinely dedicate yourselves to the Lord and get rid of everything that hinders your commitment to me, people of Judah and inhabitants of Jerusalem. If you do not, my anger will blaze up like a flaming fire against you that no one will be able to extinguish. That will happen because of the evil you have done." -- jeremiah 4:4 +. +The Lord said, "Announce this in Judah and proclaim it in Jerusalem: 'Sound the trumpet throughout the land!' Shout out loudly, 'Gather together! Let us flee into the fortified cities!' -- jeremiah 4:5 +. +Raise a signal flag that tells people to go to Zion. Run for safety! Do not delay! For I am about to bring disaster out of the north. It will bring great destruction. -- jeremiah 4:6 +. +Like a lion that has come up from its lair the one who destroys nations has set out from his home base. He is coming out to lay your land waste. Your cities will become ruins and lie uninhabited. -- jeremiah 4:7 +. +So put on sackcloth! Mourn and wail, saying, 'The fierce anger of the Lord has not turned away from us!'" -- jeremiah 4:8 +. +"When this happens," says the Lord, "the king and his officials will lose their courage. The priests will be struck with horror, and the prophets will be speechless in astonishment." -- jeremiah 4:9 +. +In response to all this I said, "Ah, Lord God, you have surely allowed the people of Judah and Jerusalem to be deceived by those who say, 'You will be safe!' But in fact a sword is already at our throats." -- jeremiah 4:10 +. +"At that time the people of Judah and Jerusalem will be told, 'A scorching wind will sweep down from the hilltops in the desert on my dear people. It will not be a gentle breeze for winnowing the grain and blowing away the chaff. -- jeremiah 4:11 +. +No, a wind too strong for that will come at my bidding. Yes, even now I, myself, am calling down judgment on them.' -- jeremiah 4:12 +. +Look! The enemy is approaching like gathering clouds. The roar of his chariots is like that of a whirlwind. His horses move more swiftly than eagles." I cry out, "We are doomed, for we will be destroyed!" -- jeremiah 4:13 +. +"Oh people of Jerusalem, purify your hearts from evil so that you may yet be delivered. How long will you continue to harbor up wicked schemes within you? -- jeremiah 4:14 +. +For messengers are coming, heralding disaster, from the city of Dan and from the hills of Ephraim. -- jeremiah 4:15 +. +They are saying, 'Announce to the surrounding nations, "The enemy is coming!" Proclaim this message to Jerusalem: "Those who besiege cities are coming from a distant land. They are ready to raise the battle cry against the towns in Judah."' -- jeremiah 4:16 +. +They will surround Jerusalem like men guarding a field because they have rebelled against me," says the Lord. -- jeremiah 4:17 +. +"The way you have lived and the things you have done will bring this on you. This is the punishment you deserve, and it will be painful indeed. The pain will be so bad it will pierce your heart." -- jeremiah 4:18 +. +I said, "Oh, the feeling in the pit of my stomach! I writhe in anguish. Oh, the pain in my heart! My heart pounds within me. I cannot keep silent. For I hear the sound of the trumpet; the sound of the battle cry pierces my soul! -- jeremiah 4:19 +. +I see one destruction after another taking place, so that the whole land lies in ruins. I see our tents suddenly destroyed, their curtains torn down in a mere instant. -- jeremiah 4:20 +. +"How long must I see the enemy's battle flags and hear the military signals of their bugles?" -- jeremiah 4:21 +. +The Lord answered, "This will happen because my people are foolish. They do not know me. They are like children who have no sense. They have no understanding. They are skilled at doing evil. They do not know how to do good." -- jeremiah 4:22 +. +"I looked at the land and saw that it was an empty wasteland. I looked up at the sky, and its light had vanished. -- jeremiah 4:23 +. +I looked at the mountains and saw that they were shaking. All the hills were swaying back and forth! -- jeremiah 4:24 +. +I looked and saw that there were no more people, and that all the birds in the sky had flown away. -- jeremiah 4:25 +. +I looked and saw that the fruitful land had become a desert and that all of the cities had been laid in ruins. The Lord had brought this all about because of his blazing anger. -- jeremiah 4:26 +. +All this will happen because the Lord said, "The whole land will be desolate; however, I will not completely destroy it. -- jeremiah 4:27 +. +Because of this the land will mourn and the sky above will grow black. For I have made my purpose known and I will not relent or turn back from carrying it out." -- jeremiah 4:28 +. +At the sound of the approaching horsemen and archers the people of every town will flee. Some of them will hide in the thickets. Others will climb up among the rocks. All the cities will be deserted. No one will remain in them. -- jeremiah 4:29 +. +And you, Zion, city doomed to destruction, you accomplish nothing by wearing a beautiful dress, decking yourself out in jewels of gold, and putting on eye shadow! You are making yourself beautiful for nothing. Your lovers spurn you. They want to kill you. -- jeremiah 4:30 +. +In fact, I hear a cry like that of a woman in labor, a cry of anguish like that of a woman giving birth to her first baby. It is the cry of Daughter Zion gasping for breath, reaching out for help, saying, "I am done in! My life is ebbing away before these murderers!" -- jeremiah 4:31 +. +The Lord said, "Go up and down through the streets of Jerusalem. Look around and see for yourselves. Search through its public squares. See if any of you can find a single person who deals honestly and tries to be truthful. If you can, then I will not punish this city. -- jeremiah 5:1 +. +These people make promises in the name of the Lord. But the fact is, what they swear to is really a lie." -- jeremiah 5:2 +. +Lord, I know you look for faithfulness. But even when you punish these people, they feel no remorse. Even when you nearly destroy them, they refuse to be corrected. They have become as hardheaded as a rock. They refuse to change their ways. -- jeremiah 5:3 +. +I thought, "Surely it is only the ignorant poor who act this way. They act like fools because they do not know what the Lord demands. They do not know what their God requires of them. -- jeremiah 5:4 +. +I will go to the leaders and speak with them. Surely they know what the Lord demands. Surely they know what their God requires of them." Yet all of them, too, have rejected his authority and refuse to submit to him. -- jeremiah 5:5 +. +So like a lion from the thicket their enemies will kill them. Like a wolf from the desert they will destroy them. Like a leopard they will lie in wait outside their cities and totally destroy anyone who ventures out. For they have rebelled so much and done so many unfaithful things. -- jeremiah 5:6 +. +The Lord asked, "How can I leave you unpunished, Jerusalem? Your people have rejected me and have worshiped gods that are not gods at all. Even though I supplied all their needs, they were like an unfaithful wife to me. They went flocking to the houses of prostitutes. -- jeremiah 5:7 +. +They are like lusty, well-fed stallions. Each of them lusts after his neighbor's wife. -- jeremiah 5:8 +. +I will surely punish them for doing such things!" says the Lord. "I will surely bring retribution on such a nation as this!" -- jeremiah 5:9 +. +The Lord commanded the enemy, "March through the vineyards of Israel and Judah and ruin them. But do not destroy them completely. Strip off their branches for these people do not belong to the Lord. -- jeremiah 5:10 +. +For the nations of Israel and Judah have been very unfaithful to me," says the Lord. -- jeremiah 5:11 +. +"These people have denied what the Lord says. They have said, 'That is not so! No harm will come to us. We will not experience war and famine. -- jeremiah 5:12 +. +The prophets will prove to be full of wind. The Lord has not spoken through them. So, let what they say happen to them.'" -- jeremiah 5:13 +. +Because of that, the Lord, the God who rules over all, said to me, "Because these people have spoken like this, I will make the words that I put in your mouth like fire. And I will make this people like wood which the fiery judgments you speak will burn up." -- jeremiah 5:14 +. +The Lord says, "Listen, nation of Israel! I am about to bring a nation from far away to attack you. It will be a nation that was founded long ago and has lasted for a long time. It will be a nation whose language you will not know. Its people will speak words that you will not be able to understand. -- jeremiah 5:15 +. +All of its soldiers are strong and mighty. Their arrows will send you to your grave. -- jeremiah 5:16 +. +They will eat up your crops and your food. They will kill off your sons and your daughters. They will eat up your sheep and your cattle. They will destroy your vines and your fig trees. Their weapons will batter down the fortified cities you trust in. -- jeremiah 5:17 +. +Yet even then I will not completely destroy you," says the Lord. -- jeremiah 5:18 +. +"So then, Jeremiah, when your people ask, 'Why has the Lord our God done all this to us?' tell them, 'It is because you rejected me and served foreign gods in your own land. So you must serve foreigners in a land that does not belong to you.' -- jeremiah 5:19 +. +"Proclaim this message among the descendants of Jacob. Make it known throughout Judah. -- jeremiah 5:20 +. +Tell them: 'Hear this, you foolish people who have no understanding, who have eyes but do not discern, who have ears but do not perceive: -- jeremiah 5:21 +. +"You should fear me!" says the Lord. "You should tremble in awe before me! I made the sand to be a boundary for the sea, a permanent barrier that it can never cross. Its waves may roll, but they can never prevail. They may roar, but they can never cross beyond that boundary." -- jeremiah 5:22 +. +But these people have stubborn and rebellious hearts. They have turned aside and gone their own way. -- jeremiah 5:23 +. +They do not say to themselves, "Let us revere the Lord our God. It is he who gives us the autumn rains and the spring rains at the proper time. It is he who assures us of the regular weeks of harvest." -- jeremiah 5:24 +. +Your misdeeds have stopped these things from coming. Your sins have deprived you of my bounty.' -- jeremiah 5:25 +. +"Indeed, there are wicked scoundrels among my people. They lie in wait like bird catchers hiding in ambush. They set deadly traps to catch people. -- jeremiah 5:26 +. +Like a cage filled with the birds that have been caught, their houses are filled with the gains of their fraud and deceit. That is how they have gotten so rich and powerful. -- jeremiah 5:27 +. +That is how they have grown fat and sleek. There is no limit to the evil things they do. They do not plead the cause of the fatherless in such a way as to win it. They do not defend the rights of the poor. -- jeremiah 5:28 +. +I will certainly punish them for doing such things!" says the Lord. "I will certainly bring retribution on such a nation as this! -- jeremiah 5:29 +. +"Something horrible and shocking is going on in the land of Judah: -- jeremiah 5:30 +. +The prophets prophesy lies. The priests exercise power by their own authority. And my people love to have it this way. But they will not be able to help you when the time of judgment comes! -- jeremiah 5:31 +. +"Run for safety, people of Benjamin! Get out of Jerusalem! Sound the trumpet in Tekoa! Light the signal fires at Beth Hakkerem! For disaster lurks out of the north; it will bring great destruction. -- jeremiah 6:1 +. +I will destroy Daughter Zion, who is as delicate and defenseless as a young maiden. -- jeremiah 6:2 +. +Kings will come against it with their armies. They will encamp in siege all around it. Each of them will devastate the portion assigned to him. -- jeremiah 6:3 +. +They will say, 'Prepare to do battle against it! Come on! Let's attack it at noon!' But later they will say, 'Oh, oh! Too bad! The day is almost over and the shadows of evening are getting long. -- jeremiah 6:4 +. +So come on, let's go ahead and attack it by night and destroy all its fortified buildings.' -- jeremiah 6:5 +. +All of this is because the Lord who rules over all has said: 'Cut down the trees around Jerusalem and build up a siege ramp against its walls. This is the city which is to be punished. Nothing but oppression happens in it. -- jeremiah 6:6 +. +As a well continually pours out fresh water so it continually pours out wicked deeds. Sounds of violence and destruction echo throughout it. All I see are sick and wounded people.' -- jeremiah 6:7 +. +So take warning, Jerusalem, or I will abandon you in disgust and make you desolate, a place where no one can live." -- jeremiah 6:8 +. +This is what the Lord who rules over all said to me: "Those who remain in Israel will be like the grapes thoroughly gleaned from a vine. So go over them again, as though you were a grape harvester passing your hand over the branches one last time." -- jeremiah 6:9 +. +I answered, "Who would listen if I spoke to them and warned them? Their ears are so closed that they cannot hear! Indeed, what the Lord says is offensive to them. They do not like it at all. -- jeremiah 6:10 +. +I am as full of anger as you are, Lord, I am tired of trying to hold it in." The Lord answered, "Vent it, then, on the children who play in the street and on the young men who are gathered together. Husbands and wives are to be included, as well as the old and those who are advanced in years. -- jeremiah 6:11 +. +Their houses will be turned over to others as will their fields and their wives. For I will unleash my power against those who live in this land," says the Lord. -- jeremiah 6:12 +. +"That is because, from the least important to the most important of them, all of them are greedy for dishonest gain. Prophets and priests alike, all of them practice deceit. -- jeremiah 6:13 +. +They offer only superficial help for the harm my people have suffered. They say, 'Everything will be all right!' But everything is not all right! -- jeremiah 6:14 +. +Are they ashamed because they have done such shameful things? No, they are not at all ashamed. They do not even know how to blush! So they will die, just like others have died. They will be brought to ruin when I punish them," says the Lord. -- jeremiah 6:15 +. +The Lord said to his people: "You are standing at the crossroads. So consider your path. Ask where the old, reliable paths are. Ask where the path is that leads to blessing and follow it. If you do, you will find rest for your souls." But they said, "We will not follow it!" -- jeremiah 6:16 +. +The Lord said, "I appointed prophets as watchmen to warn you, saying: 'Pay attention to the warning sound of the trumpet!'" But they said, "We will not pay attention!" -- jeremiah 6:17 +. +So the Lord said, "Hear, you nations! Be witnesses and take note of what will happen to these people. -- jeremiah 6:18 +. +Hear this, you peoples of the earth: 'Take note! I am about to bring disaster on these people. It will come as punishment for their scheming. For they have paid no attention to what I have said, and they have rejected my law. -- jeremiah 6:19 +. +I take no delight when they offer up to me frankincense that comes from Sheba or sweet-smelling cane imported from a faraway land. I cannot accept the burnt offerings they bring me. I get no pleasure from the sacrifices they offer to me.' -- jeremiah 6:20 +. +So, this is what the Lord says: 'I will assuredly make these people stumble to their doom. Parents and children will stumble and fall to their destruction. Friends and neighbors will die.' -- jeremiah 6:21 +. +"This is what the Lord says: 'Beware! An army is coming from a land in the north. A mighty nation is stirring into action in faraway parts of the earth. -- jeremiah 6:22 +. +Its soldiers are armed with bows and spears. They are cruel and show no mercy. They sound like the roaring sea as they ride forth on their horses. Lined up in formation like men going into battle to attack you, Daughter Zion.'" -- jeremiah 6:23 +. +The people cry out, "We have heard reports about them! We have become helpless with fear! Anguish grips us, agony like that of a woman giving birth to a baby! -- jeremiah 6:24 +. +Do not go out into the countryside. Do not travel on the roads. For the enemy is there with sword in hand. They are spreading terror everywhere." -- jeremiah 6:25 +. +So I said, "Oh, my dear people, put on sackcloth and roll in ashes. Mourn with painful sobs as though you had lost your only child. For any moment now that destructive army will come against us." -- jeremiah 6:26 +. +The Lord said to me, "I have made you like a metal assayer to test my people like ore. You are to observe them and evaluate how they behave." -- jeremiah 6:27 +. +I reported, "All of them are the most stubborn of rebels! They are as hard as bronze or iron. They go about telling lies. They all deal corruptly. -- jeremiah 6:28 +. +The fiery bellows of judgment burn fiercely. But there is too much dross to be removed. The process of refining them has proved useless. The wicked have not been purged. -- jeremiah 6:29 +. +They are regarded as 'rejected silver' because the Lord rejects them." -- jeremiah 6:30 +. +The Lord said to Jeremiah: -- jeremiah 7:1 +. +"Stand in the gate of the Lord's temple and proclaim this message: 'Listen, all you people of Judah who have passed through these gates to worship the Lord. Hear what the Lord has to say. -- jeremiah 7:2 +. +The Lord God of Israel who rules over all says: Change the way you have been living and do what is right. If you do, I will allow you to continue to live in this land. -- jeremiah 7:3 +. +Stop putting your confidence in the false belief that says, "We are safe! The temple of the Lord is here! The temple of the Lord is here! The temple of the Lord is here!" -- jeremiah 7:4 +. +You must change the way you have been living and do what is right. You must treat one another fairly. -- jeremiah 7:5 +. +Stop oppressing foreigners who live in your land, children who have lost their fathers, and women who have lost their husbands. Stop killing innocent people in this land. Stop paying allegiance to other gods. That will only bring about your ruin. -- jeremiah 7:6 +. +If you stop doing these things, I will allow you to continue to live in this land which I gave to your ancestors as a lasting possession. -- jeremiah 7:7 +. +"'But just look at you! You are putting your confidence in a false belief that will not deliver you. -- jeremiah 7:8 +. +You steal. You murder. You commit adultery. You lie when you swear on oath. You sacrifice to the god Baal. You pay allegiance to other gods whom you have not previously known. -- jeremiah 7:9 +. +Then you come and stand in my presence in this temple I have claimed as my own and say, "We are safe!" You think you are so safe that you go on doing all those hateful sins! -- jeremiah 7:10 +. +Do you think this temple I have claimed as my own is to be a hideout for robbers? You had better take note! I have seen for myself what you have done! says the Lord. -- jeremiah 7:11 +. +So, go to the place in Shiloh where I allowed myself to be worshiped in the early days. See what I did to it because of the wicked things my people Israel did. -- jeremiah 7:12 +. +You also have done all these things, says the Lord, and I have spoken to you over and over again. But you have not listened! You have refused to respond when I called you to repent! -- jeremiah 7:13 +. +So I will destroy this temple which I have claimed as my own, this temple that you are trusting to protect you. I will destroy this place that I gave to you and your ancestors, just like I destroyed Shiloh. -- jeremiah 7:14 +. +And I will drive you out of my sight just like I drove out your relatives, the people of Israel.'" -- jeremiah 7:15 +. +Then the Lord said, "As for you, Jeremiah, do not pray for these people! Do not cry out to me or petition me on their behalf! Do not plead with me to save them, because I will not listen to you. -- jeremiah 7:16 +. +Do you see what they are doing in the towns of Judah and in the streets of Jerusalem? -- jeremiah 7:17 +. +Children are gathering firewood, fathers are building fires with it, and women are mixing dough to bake cakes to offer to the goddess they call the Queen of Heaven. They are also pouring out drink offerings to other gods. They seem to do all this just to trouble me. -- jeremiah 7:18 +. +But I am not really the one being troubled!" says the Lord. "Rather they are bringing trouble on themselves to their own shame! -- jeremiah 7:19 +. +So," the Lord God says, "my raging fury will be poured out on this land. It will be poured out on human beings and animals, on trees and crops. And it will burn like a fire which cannot be extinguished." -- jeremiah 7:20 +. +The Lord said to the people of Judah, "The Lord God of Israel who rules over all says: 'You might as well go ahead and add the meat of your burnt offerings to that of the other sacrifices and eat it, too! -- jeremiah 7:21 +. +Consider this: When I spoke to your ancestors after I brought them out of Egypt, I did not merely give them commands about burnt offerings and sacrifices. -- jeremiah 7:22 +. +I also explicitly commanded them: "Obey me. If you do, I will be your God and you will be my people. Live exactly the way I tell you and things will go well with you." -- jeremiah 7:23 +. +But they did not listen to me or pay any attention to me. They followed the stubborn inclinations of their own wicked hearts. They acted worse and worse instead of better. -- jeremiah 7:24 +. +From the time your ancestors departed the land of Egypt until now, I sent my servants the prophets to you again and again, day after day. -- jeremiah 7:25 +. +But your ancestors did not listen to me nor pay attention to me. They became obstinate and were more wicked than even their own forefathers.'" -- jeremiah 7:26 +. +Then the Lord said to me, "When you tell them all this, they will not listen to you. When you call out to them, they will not respond to you. -- jeremiah 7:27 +. +So tell them: 'This is a nation that has not obeyed the Lord their God and has not accepted correction. Faithfulness is nowhere to be found in it. These people do not even profess it anymore. -- jeremiah 7:28 +. +So, mourn, you people of this nation. Cut off your hair and throw it away. Sing a song of mourning on the hilltops. For the Lord has decided to reject and forsake this generation that has provoked his wrath!'" -- jeremiah 7:29 +. +The Lord says, "I have rejected them because the people of Judah have done what I consider evil. They have set up their disgusting idols in the temple which I have claimed for my own and have defiled it. -- jeremiah 7:30 +. +They have also built places of worship in a place called Topheth in the Valley of Ben Hinnom so that they can sacrifice their sons and daughters by fire. That is something I never commanded them to do! Indeed, it never even entered my mind to command such a thing! -- jeremiah 7:31 +. +So, watch out!" says the Lord. "The time will soon come when people will no longer call those places Topheth or the Valley of Ben Hinnom. But they will call that valley the Valley of Slaughter and they will bury so many people in Topheth they will run out of room. -- jeremiah 7:32 +. +Then the dead bodies of these people will be left on the ground for the birds and wild animals to eat. There will not be any survivors to scare them away. -- jeremiah 7:33 +. +I will put an end to the sounds of joy and gladness, or the glad celebration of brides and grooms throughout the towns of Judah and the streets of Jerusalem. For the whole land will become a desolate wasteland." -- jeremiah 7:34 +. +The Lord says, "When that time comes, the bones of the kings of Judah and its leaders, the bones of the priests and prophets and of all the other people who lived in Jerusalem will be dug up from their graves. -- jeremiah 8:1 +. +They will be spread out and exposed to the sun, the moon and the stars. These are things they adored and served, things to which they paid allegiance, from which they sought guidance, and worshiped. The bones of these people will never be regathered and reburied. They will be like manure used to fertilize the ground. -- jeremiah 8:2 +. +However, I will leave some of these wicked people alive and banish them to other places. But wherever these people who survive may go, they will wish they had died rather than lived," says the Lord who rules over all. -- jeremiah 8:3 +. +The Lord said to me, "Tell them, 'The Lord says, Do people not get back up when they fall down? Do they not turn around when they go the wrong way? -- jeremiah 8:4 +. +Why, then, do these people of Jerusalem continually turn away from me in apostasy? They hold fast to their deception. They refuse to turn back to me. -- jeremiah 8:5 +. +I have listened to them very carefully, but they do not speak honestly. None of them regrets the evil he has done. None of them says, "I have done wrong!" All of them persist in their own wayward course like a horse charging recklessly into battle. -- jeremiah 8:6 +. +Even the stork knows when it is time to move on. The turtledove, swallow, and crane recognize the normal times for their migration. But my people pay no attention to what I, the Lord, require of them. -- jeremiah 8:7 +. +How can you say, "We are wise! We have the law of the Lord"? The truth is, those who teach it have used their writings to make it say what it does not really mean. -- jeremiah 8:8 +. +Your wise men will be put to shame. They will be dumbfounded and be brought to judgment. Since they have rejected the word of the Lord, what wisdom do they really have? -- jeremiah 8:9 +. +So I will give their wives to other men and their fields to new owners. For from the least important to the most important of them, all of them are greedy for dishonest gain. Prophets and priests alike, all practice deceit. -- jeremiah 8:10 +. +They offer only superficial help for the hurt my dear people have suffered. They say, "Everything will be all right!" But everything is not all right! -- jeremiah 8:11 +. +Are they ashamed because they have done such disgusting things? No, they are not at all ashamed! They do not even know how to blush! So they will die just like others have died. They will be brought to ruin when I punish them, says the Lord. -- jeremiah 8:12 +. +I will take away their harvests, says the Lord. There will be no grapes on their vines. There will be no figs on their fig trees. Even the leaves on their trees will wither. The crops that I gave them will be taken away.'" -- jeremiah 8:13 +. +The people say, "Why are we just sitting here? Let us gather together inside the fortified cities. Let us at least die there fighting, since the Lord our God has condemned us to die. He has condemned us to drink the poison waters of judgment because we have sinned against him. -- jeremiah 8:14 +. +We hoped for good fortune, but nothing good has come of it. We hoped for a time of relief, but instead we experience terror. -- jeremiah 8:15 +. +The snorting of the enemy's horses is already being heard in the city of Dan. The sound of the neighing of their stallions causes the whole land to tremble with fear. They are coming to destroy the land and everything in it! They are coming to destroy the cities and everyone who lives in them!" -- jeremiah 8:16 +. +The Lord says, "Yes indeed, I am sending an enemy against you that will be like poisonous snakes which cannot be charmed away. And they will inflict fatal wounds on you." -- jeremiah 8:17 +. +Then I said, "There is no cure for my grief! I am sick at heart! -- jeremiah 8:18 +. +I hear my dear people crying out throughout the length and breadth of the land. They are crying, 'Is the Lord no longer in Zion? Is her divine King no longer there?'" The Lord answers, "Why then do they provoke me to anger with their images, with their worthless foreign idols?" -- jeremiah 8:19 +. +"They cry, 'Harvest time has come and gone, and the summer is over, and still we have not been delivered.' -- jeremiah 8:20 +. +My heart is crushed because my dear people are being crushed. I go about crying and grieving. I am overwhelmed with dismay. -- jeremiah 8:21 +. +There is still medicinal ointment available in Gilead! There is still a physician there! Why then have my dear people not been restored to health? -- jeremiah 8:22 +. + I wish that my head were a well full of water and my eyes were a fountain full of tears! If they were, I could cry day and night for those of my dear people who have been killed. -- jeremiah 9:1 +. + I wish I had a lodging place in the desert where I could spend some time like a weary traveler. Then I would desert my people and walk away from them because they are all unfaithful to God, a congregation of people that has been disloyal to him. -- jeremiah 9:2 +. +The Lord says, "These people are like soldiers who have readied their bows. Their tongues are always ready to shoot out lies. They have become powerful in the land, but they have not done so by honest means. Indeed, they do one evil thing after another and do not pay attention to me. -- jeremiah 9:3 +. +Everyone must be on his guard around his friends. He must not even trust any of his relatives. For every one of them will find some way to cheat him. And all of his friends will tell lies about him. -- jeremiah 9:4 +. +One friend deceives another and no one tells the truth. These people have trained themselves to tell lies. They do wrong and are unable to repent. -- jeremiah 9:5 +. +They do one act of violence after another, and one deceitful thing after another. They refuse to pay attention to me," says the Lord. -- jeremiah 9:6 +. +Therefore the Lord who rules over all says, "I will now purify them in the fires of affliction and test them. The wickedness of my dear people has left me no choice. What else can I do? -- jeremiah 9:7 +. +Their tongues are like deadly arrows. They are always telling lies. Friendly words for their neighbors come from their mouths. But their minds are thinking up ways to trap them. -- jeremiah 9:8 +. +I will certainly punish them for doing such things!" says the Lord. "I will certainly bring retribution on such a nation as this!" -- jeremiah 9:9 +. +I said, "I will weep and mourn for the grasslands on the mountains, I will sing a mournful song for the pastures in the wilderness because they are so scorched no one travels through them. The sound of livestock is no longer heard there. Even the birds in the sky and the wild animals in the fields have fled and are gone." -- jeremiah 9:10 +. +The Lord said, "I will make Jerusalem a heap of ruins. Jackals will make their home there. I will destroy the towns of Judah so that no one will be able to live in them." -- jeremiah 9:11 +. +I said, "Who is wise enough to understand why this has happened? Who has a word from the Lord that can explain it? Why does the land lie in ruins? Why is it as scorched as a desert through which no one travels?" -- jeremiah 9:12 +. +The Lord answered, "This has happened because these people have rejected my laws which I gave them. They have not obeyed me or followed those laws. -- jeremiah 9:13 +. +Instead they have followed the stubborn inclinations of their own hearts. They have paid allegiance to the gods called Baal, as their fathers taught them to do. -- jeremiah 9:14 +. +So then, listen to what I, the Lord God of Israel who rules over all, say. 'I will make these people eat the bitter food of suffering and drink the poison water of judgment. -- jeremiah 9:15 +. +I will scatter them among nations that neither they nor their ancestors have known anything about. I will send people chasing after them with swords until I have destroyed them.'" -- jeremiah 9:16 +. +The Lord who rules over all told me to say to this people, "Take note of what I say. Call for the women who mourn for the dead! Summon those who are the most skilled at it!" -- jeremiah 9:17 +. +I said, "Indeed, let them come quickly and sing a song of mourning for us. Let them wail loudly until tears stream from our own eyes and our eyelids overflow with water. -- jeremiah 9:18 +. +For the sound of wailing is soon to be heard in Zion. They will wail, 'We are utterly ruined! We are completely disgraced! For our houses have been torn down and we must leave our land.'" -- jeremiah 9:19 +. +I said, "So now, you wailing women, hear what the Lord says. Open your ears to the words from his mouth. Teach your daughters this mournful song, and each of you teach your neighbor this lament. -- jeremiah 9:20 +. +'Death has climbed in through our windows. It has entered into our fortified houses. It has taken away our children who play in the streets. It has taken away our young men who gather in the city squares.' -- jeremiah 9:21 +. +Tell your daughters and neighbors, 'The Lord says, "The dead bodies of people will lie scattered everywhere like manure scattered on a field. They will lie scattered on the ground like grain that has been cut down but has not been gathered."'" -- jeremiah 9:22 +. +The Lord says, "Wise people should not boast that they are wise. Powerful people should not boast that they are powerful. Rich people should not boast that they are rich. -- jeremiah 9:23 +. +If people want to boast, they should boast about this: They should boast that they understand and know me. They should boast that they know and understand that I, the Lord, act out of faithfulness, fairness, and justice in the earth and that I desire people to do these things," says the Lord. -- jeremiah 9:24 +. +The Lord says, "Watch out! The time is soon coming when I will punish all those who are circumcised only in the flesh. -- jeremiah 9:25 +. +That is, I will punish the Egyptians, the Judeans, the Edomites, the Ammonites, the Moabites, and all the desert people who cut their hair short at the temples. I will do so because none of the people of those nations are really circumcised in the Lord's sight. Moreover, none of the people of Israel are circumcised when it comes to their hearts." -- jeremiah 9:26 +. +You people of Israel, listen to what the Lord has to say to you. -- jeremiah 10:1 +. +The Lord says, "Do not start following pagan religious practices. Do not be in awe of signs that occur in the sky even though the nations hold them in awe. -- jeremiah 10:2 +. +For the religion of these people is worthless. They cut down a tree in the forest, and a craftsman makes it into an idol with his tools. -- jeremiah 10:3 +. +He decorates it with overlays of silver and gold. He uses hammer and nails to fasten it together so that it will not fall over. -- jeremiah 10:4 +. +Such idols are like scarecrows in a cucumber field. They cannot talk. They must be carried because they cannot walk. Do not be afraid of them because they cannot hurt you. And they do not have any power to help you." -- jeremiah 10:5 +. +I said, "There is no one like you, Lord. You are great. And you are renowned for your power. -- jeremiah 10:6 +. +Everyone should revere you, O King of all nations, because you deserve to be revered. For there is no one like you among any of the wise people of the nations nor among any of their kings. -- jeremiah 10:7 +. +The people of those nations are both stupid and foolish. Instruction from a wooden idol is worthless! -- jeremiah 10:8 +. +Hammered-out silver is brought from Tarshish and gold is brought from Uphaz to cover those idols. They are the handiwork of carpenters and goldsmiths. They are clothed in blue and purple clothes. They are all made by skillful workers. -- jeremiah 10:9 +. +The Lord is the only true God. He is the living God and the everlasting King. When he shows his anger the earth shakes. None of the nations can stand up to his fury. -- jeremiah 10:10 +. +You people of Israel should tell those nations this: 'These gods did not make heaven and earth. They will disappear from the earth and from under the heavens.' -- jeremiah 10:11 +. +The Lord is the one who by his power made the earth. He is the one who by his wisdom established the world. And by his understanding he spread out the skies. -- jeremiah 10:12 +. +When his voice thunders, the heavenly ocean roars. He makes the clouds rise from the far-off horizons. He makes the lightning flash out in the midst of the rain. He unleashes the wind from the places where he stores it. -- jeremiah 10:13 +. +All these idolaters will prove to be stupid and ignorant. Every goldsmith will be disgraced by the idol he made. For the image he forges is merely a sham. There is no breath in any of those idols. -- jeremiah 10:14 +. +They are worthless, mere objects to be mocked. When the time comes to punish them, they will be destroyed. -- jeremiah 10:15 +. +The Lord, who is the inheritance of Jacob's descendants, is not like them. He is the one who created everything. And the people of Israel are those he claims as his own. He is known as the Lord who rules over all." -- jeremiah 10:16 +. +Gather your belongings together and prepare to leave the land, you people of Jerusalem who are being besieged. -- jeremiah 10:17 +. +For the Lord says, "I will now throw out those who live in this land. I will bring so much trouble on them that they will actually feel it." -- jeremiah 10:18 +. +And I cried out, "We are doomed! Our wound is severe! We once thought, 'This is only an illness. And we will be able to bear it!' -- jeremiah 10:19 +. +But our tents have been destroyed. The ropes that held them in place have been ripped apart. Our children are gone and are not coming back. There is no survivor to put our tents back up, no one left to hang their tent curtains in place. -- jeremiah 10:20 +. +For our leaders are stupid. They have not sought the Lord's advice. So they do not act wisely, and the people they are responsible for have all been scattered. -- jeremiah 10:21 +. +Listen! News is coming even now. The rumble of a great army is heard approaching from a land in the north. It is coming to turn the towns of Judah into rubble, places where only jackals live. -- jeremiah 10:22 +. +Lord, we know that people do not control their own destiny. It is not in their power to determine what will happen to them. -- jeremiah 10:23 +. +Correct us, Lord, but only in due measure. Do not punish us in anger or you will reduce us to nothing. -- jeremiah 10:24 +. +Vent your anger on the nations that do not acknowledge you. Vent it on the peoples who do not worship you. For they have destroyed the people of Jacob. They have completely destroyed them and left their homeland in utter ruin. -- jeremiah 10:25 +. +The Lord said to Jeremiah: -- jeremiah 11:1 +. +"Hear the terms of the covenant I made with Israel and pass them on to the people of Judah and the citizens of Jerusalem. -- jeremiah 11:2 +. +Tell them that the Lord, the God of Israel, says, 'Anyone who does not keep the terms of the covenant will be under a curse. -- jeremiah 11:3 +. +Those are the terms that I charged your ancestors to keep when I brought them out of Egypt, that place which was like an iron-smelting furnace. I said at that time, "Obey me and carry out the terms of the agreement exactly as I commanded you. If you do, you will be my people and I will be your God. -- jeremiah 11:4 +. +Then I will keep the promise I swore on oath to your ancestors to give them a land flowing with milk and honey." That is the very land that you still live in today.'" And I responded, "Amen! Let it be so, Lord!" -- jeremiah 11:5 +. +The Lord said to me, "Announce all the following words in the towns of Judah and in the streets of Jerusalem: 'Listen to the terms of my covenant with you and carry them out! -- jeremiah 11:6 +. +For I solemnly warned your ancestors to obey me. I warned them again and again, ever since I delivered them out of Egypt until this very day. -- jeremiah 11:7 +. +But they did not listen to me or pay any attention to me! Each one of them followed the stubborn inclinations of his own wicked heart. So I brought on them all the punishments threatened in the covenant because they did not carry out its terms as I commanded them to do.'" -- jeremiah 11:8 +. +The Lord said to me, "The people of Judah and the citizens of Jerusalem have plotted rebellion against me! -- jeremiah 11:9 +. +They have gone back to the evil ways of their ancestors of old who refused to obey what I told them. They, too, have paid allegiance to other gods and worshiped them. Both the nation of Israel and the nation of Judah have violated the covenant I made with their ancestors. -- jeremiah 11:10 +. +So I, the Lord, say this: 'I will soon bring disaster on them which they will not be able to escape! When they cry out to me for help, I will not listen to them. -- jeremiah 11:11 +. +Then those living in the towns of Judah and in Jerusalem will go and cry out for help to the gods to whom they have been sacrificing. However, those gods will by no means be able to save them when disaster strikes them. -- jeremiah 11:12 +. +This is in spite of the fact that the people of Judah have as many gods as they have towns and the citizens of Jerusalem have set up as many altars to sacrifice to that disgusting god, Baal, as they have streets in the city!' -- jeremiah 11:13 +. +So, Jeremiah, do not pray for these people. Do not cry out to me or petition me on their behalf. Do not plead with me to save them. For I will not listen to them when they call out to me for help when disaster strikes them." -- jeremiah 11:14 +. +The Lord says to the people of Judah, "What right do you have to be in my temple, my beloved people? Many of you have done wicked things. Can your acts of treachery be so easily canceled by sacred offerings that you take joy in doing evil even while you make them? -- jeremiah 11:15 +. +I, the Lord, once called you a thriving olive tree, one that produced beautiful fruit. But I will set you on fire, fire that will blaze with a mighty roar. Then all your branches will be good for nothing. -- jeremiah 11:16 +. +For though I, the Lord who rules over all, planted you in the land, I now decree that disaster will come on you because the nations of Israel and Judah have done evil and have made me angry by offering sacrifices to the god Baal." -- jeremiah 11:17 +. +The Lord gave me knowledge, that I might have understanding. Then he showed me what the people were doing. -- jeremiah 11:18 +. +Before this I had been like a docile lamb ready to be led to the slaughter. I did not know they were making plans to kill me. I did not know they were saying, "Let's destroy the tree along with its fruit! Let's remove Jeremiah from the world of the living so people will not even be reminded of him any more." -- jeremiah 11:19 +. +So I said to the Lord, "O Lord who rules over all, you are a just judge! You examine people's hearts and minds. I want to see you pay them back for what they have done because I trust you to vindicate my cause." -- jeremiah 11:20 +. +Then the Lord told me about some men from Anathoth who were threatening to kill me. They had threatened, "Stop prophesying in the name of the Lord or we will kill you!" -- jeremiah 11:21 +. +So the Lord who rules over all said, "I will surely punish them! Their young men will be killed in battle. Their sons and daughters will die of starvation. -- jeremiah 11:22 +. +Not one of them will survive. I will bring disaster on those men from Anathoth who threatened you. A day of reckoning is coming for them." -- jeremiah 11:23 +. +Lord, you have always been fair whenever I have complained to you. However, I would like to speak with you about the disposition of justice. Why are wicked people successful? Why do all dishonest people have such easy lives? -- jeremiah 12:1 +. +You plant them like trees and they put down their roots. They grow prosperous and are very fruitful. They always talk about you, but they really care nothing about you. -- jeremiah 12:2 +. +But you, Lord, know all about me. You watch me and test my devotion to you. Drag these wicked men away like sheep to be slaughtered! Appoint a time when they will be killed! -- jeremiah 12:3 +. +How long must the land be parched and the grass in every field be withered? How long must the animals and the birds die because of the wickedness of the people who live in this land? For these people boast, "God will not see what happens to us." -- jeremiah 12:4 +. +The Lord answered, "If you have raced on foot against men and they have worn you out, how will you be able to compete with horses? And if you feel secure only in safe and open country, how will you manage in the thick undergrowth along the Jordan River? -- jeremiah 12:5 +. +As a matter of fact, even your own brothers and the members of your own family have betrayed you too. Even they have plotted to do away with you. So do not trust them even when they say kind things to you. -- jeremiah 12:6 +. +"I will abandon my nation. I will forsake the people I call my own. I will turn my beloved people over to the power of their enemies. -- jeremiah 12:7 +. +The people I call my own have turned on me like a lion in the forest. They have roared defiantly at me. So I will treat them as though I hate them. -- jeremiah 12:8 +. +The people I call my own attack me like birds of prey or like hyenas. But other birds of prey are all around them. Let all the nations gather together like wild beasts. Let them come and destroy these people I call my own. -- jeremiah 12:9 +. +Many foreign rulers will ruin the land where I planted my people. They will trample all over my chosen land. They will turn my beautiful land into a desolate wasteland. -- jeremiah 12:10 +. +They will lay it waste. It will lie parched and empty before me. The whole land will be laid waste. But no one living in it will pay any heed. -- jeremiah 12:11 +. +A destructive army will come marching over the hilltops in the desert. For the Lord will use them as his destructive weapon against everyone from one end of the land to the other. No one will be safe. -- jeremiah 12:12 +. +My people will sow wheat, but will harvest weeds. They will work until they are exhausted, but will get nothing from it. They will be disappointed in their harvests because the Lord will take them away in his fierce anger. -- jeremiah 12:13 +. +"I, the Lord, also have something to say concerning the wicked nations who surround my land and have attacked and plundered the land that I gave to my people as a permanent possession. I say: 'I will uproot the people of those nations from their lands and I will free the people of Judah who have been taken there. -- jeremiah 12:14 +. +But after I have uprooted the people of those nations, I will relent and have pity on them. I will restore the people of each of those nations to their own lands and to their own country. -- jeremiah 12:15 +. +But they must make sure you learn to follow the religious practices of my people. Once they taught my people to swear their oaths using the name of the god Baal. But then, they must swear oaths using my name, saying, "As surely as the Lord lives, I swear." If they do these things, then they will be included among the people I call my own. -- jeremiah 12:16 +. +But I will completely uproot and destroy any of those nations that will not pay heed,'" says the Lord. -- jeremiah 12:17 +. +The Lord said to me, "Go and buy some linen shorts and put them on. Do not put them in water." -- jeremiah 13:1 +. +So I bought the shorts as the Lord had told me to do and put them on. -- jeremiah 13:2 +. +Then the Lord spoke to me again and said, -- jeremiah 13:3 +. +"Take the shorts that you bought and are wearing and go at once to Perath. Bury the shorts there in a crack in the rocks." -- jeremiah 13:4 +. +So I went and buried them at Perath as the Lord had ordered me to do. -- jeremiah 13:5 +. +Many days later the Lord said to me, "Go at once to Perath and get the shorts I ordered you to bury there." -- jeremiah 13:6 +. +So I went to Perath and dug up the shorts from the place where I had buried them. I found that they were ruined; they were good for nothing. -- jeremiah 13:7 +. +Then the Lord said to me, -- jeremiah 13:8 +. +"I, the Lord, say: 'This shows how I will ruin the highly exalted position in which Judah and Jerusalem take pride. -- jeremiah 13:9 +. +These wicked people refuse to obey what I have said. They follow the stubborn inclinations of their own hearts and pay allegiance to other gods by worshiping and serving them. So they will become just like these linen shorts which are good for nothing. -- jeremiah 13:10 +. +For,' I say, 'just as shorts cling tightly to a person's body, so I bound the whole nation of Israel and the whole nation of Judah tightly to me.' I intended for them to be my special people and to bring me fame, honor, and praise. But they would not obey me. -- jeremiah 13:11 +. +"So tell them, 'The Lord, the God of Israel, says, "Every wine jar is made to be filled with wine."' And they will probably say to you, 'Do you not think we know that every wine jar is supposed to be filled with wine?' -- jeremiah 13:12 +. +Then tell them, 'The Lord says, "I will soon fill all the people who live in this land with stupor. I will also fill the kings from David's dynasty, the priests, the prophets, and the citizens of Jerusalem with stupor. -- jeremiah 13:13 +. +And I will smash them like wine bottles against one another, children and parents alike. I will not show any pity, mercy, or compassion. Nothing will keep me from destroying them,' says the Lord." -- jeremiah 13:14 +. +Then I said to the people of Judah, "Listen and pay attention! Do not be arrogant! For the Lord has spoken. -- jeremiah 13:15 +. +Show the Lord your God the respect that is due him. Do it before he brings the darkness of disaster. Do it before you stumble into distress like a traveler on the mountains at twilight. Do it before he turns the light of deliverance you hope for into the darkness and gloom of exile. -- jeremiah 13:16 +. +But if you will not pay attention to this warning, I will weep alone because of your arrogant pride. I will weep bitterly and my eyes will overflow with tears because you, the Lord's flock, will be carried into exile." -- jeremiah 13:17 +. +The Lord told me, "Tell the king and the queen mother, 'Surrender your thrones, for your glorious crowns will be removed from your heads. -- jeremiah 13:18 +. +The gates of the towns in southern Judah will be shut tight. No one will be able to go in or out of them. All Judah will be carried off into exile. They will be completely carried off into exile.'" -- jeremiah 13:19 +. +Then I said, "Look up, Jerusalem, and see the enemy that is coming from the north. Where now is the flock of people that were entrusted to your care? Where now are the 'sheep' that you take such pride in? -- jeremiah 13:20 +. +What will you say when the Lord appoints as rulers over you those allies that you, yourself, had actually prepared as such? Then anguish and agony will grip you like that of a woman giving birth to a baby. -- jeremiah 13:21 +. +You will probably ask yourself, 'Why have these things happened to me? Why have I been treated like a disgraced adulteress whose skirt has been torn off and her limbs exposed?' It is because you have sinned so much. -- jeremiah 13:22 +. +But there is little hope for you ever doing good, you who are so accustomed to doing evil. Can an Ethiopian change the color of his skin? Can a leopard remove its spots? -- jeremiah 13:23 +. +"The Lord says, 'That is why I will scatter your people like chaff that is blown away by a desert wind. -- jeremiah 13:24 +. +This is your fate, the destiny to which I have appointed you, because you have forgotten me and have trusted in false gods. -- jeremiah 13:25 +. +So I will pull your skirt up over your face and expose you to shame like a disgraced adulteress! -- jeremiah 13:26 +. +People of Jerusalem, I have seen your adulterous worship, your shameless prostitution to, and your lustful pursuit of, other gods. I have seen your disgusting acts of worship on the hills throughout the countryside. You are doomed to destruction! How long will you continue to be unclean?'" -- jeremiah 13:27 +. +The Lord spoke to Jeremiah about the drought. -- jeremiah 14:1 +. +"The people of Judah are in mourning. The people in her cities are pining away. They lie on the ground expressing their sorrow. Cries of distress come up to me from Jerusalem. -- jeremiah 14:2 +. +The leading men of the cities send their servants for water. They go to the cisterns, but they do not find any water there. They return with their containers empty. Disappointed and dismayed, they bury their faces in their hands. -- jeremiah 14:3 +. +They are dismayed because the ground is cracked because there has been no rain in the land. The farmers, too, are dismayed and bury their faces in their hands. -- jeremiah 14:4 +. +Even the doe abandons her newborn fawn in the field because there is no grass. -- jeremiah 14:5 +. +Wild donkeys stand on the hilltops and pant for breath like jackals. Their eyes are strained looking for food, because there is none to be found." -- jeremiah 14:6 +. +Then I said, "O Lord, intervene for the honor of your name even though our sins speak out against us. Indeed, we have turned away from you many times. We have sinned against you. -- jeremiah 14:7 +. +You have been the object of Israel's hopes. You have saved them when they were in trouble. Why have you become like a resident foreigner in the land? Why have you become like a traveler who only stops in to spend the night? -- jeremiah 14:8 +. +Why should you be like someone who is helpless, like a champion who cannot save anyone? You are indeed with us, and we belong to you. Do not abandon us!" -- jeremiah 14:9 +. +Then the Lord spoke about these people. "They truly love to go astray. They cannot keep from running away from me. So I am not pleased with them. I will now call to mind the wrongs they have done and punish them for their sins." -- jeremiah 14:10 +. +Then the Lord said to me, "Do not pray for good to come to these people! -- jeremiah 14:11 +. +Even if they fast, I will not hear their cries for help. Even if they offer burnt offerings and grain offerings, I will not accept them. Instead, I will kill them through wars, famines, and plagues." -- jeremiah 14:12 +. +Then I said, "Oh, Lord God, look! The prophets are telling them that you said, 'You will not experience war or suffer famine. I will give you lasting peace and prosperity in this land.'" -- jeremiah 14:13 +. +Then the Lord said to me, "Those prophets are prophesying lies while claiming my authority! I did not send them. I did not commission them. I did not speak to them. They are prophesying to these people false visions, worthless predictions, and the delusions of their own mind. -- jeremiah 14:14 +. +I did not send those prophets, though they claim to be prophesying in my name. They may be saying, 'No war or famine will happen in this land.' But I, the Lord, say this about them: 'War and starvation will kill those prophets.' -- jeremiah 14:15 +. +The people to whom they are prophesying will die through war and famine. Their bodies will be thrown out into the streets of Jerusalem and there will be no one to bury them. This will happen to the men and their wives, their sons, and their daughters. For I will pour out on them the destruction they deserve." -- jeremiah 14:16 +. +"Tell these people this, Jeremiah: 'My eyes overflow with tears day and night without ceasing. For my people, my dear children, have suffered a crushing blow. They have suffered a serious wound. -- jeremiah 14:17 +. +If I go out into the countryside, I see those who have been killed in battle. If I go into the city, I see those who are sick because of starvation. For both prophet and priest go about their own business in the land without having any real understanding.'" -- jeremiah 14:18 +. +Then I said, "Lord, have you completely rejected the nation of Judah? Do you despise the city of Zion? Why have you struck us with such force that we are beyond recovery? We hope for peace, but nothing good has come of it. We hope for a time of relief from our troubles, but experience terror. -- jeremiah 14:19 +. +Lord, we confess that we have been wicked. We confess that our ancestors have done wrong. We have indeed sinned against you. -- jeremiah 14:20 +. +For the honor of your name, do not treat Jerusalem with contempt. Do not treat with disdain the place where your glorious throne sits. Be mindful of your covenant with us. Do not break it! -- jeremiah 14:21 +. +Do any of the worthless idols of the nations cause rain to fall? Do the skies themselves send showers? Is it not you, O Lord our God, who does this? So we put our hopes in you because you alone do all this." -- jeremiah 14:22 +. +Then the Lord said to me, "Even if Moses and Samuel stood before me pleading for these people, I would not feel pity for them! Get them away from me! Tell them to go away! -- jeremiah 15:1 +. +If they ask you, 'Where should we go?' tell them the Lord says this: "Those who are destined to die of disease will go to death by disease. Those who are destined to die in war will go to death in war. Those who are destined to die of starvation will go to death by starvation. Those who are destined to go into exile will go into exile." -- jeremiah 15:2 +. +"I will punish them in four different ways: I will have war kill them. I will have dogs drag off their dead bodies. I will have birds and wild beasts devour and destroy their corpses. -- jeremiah 15:3 +. +I will make all the people in all the kingdoms of the world horrified at what has happened to them because of what Hezekiah's son Manasseh, king of Judah, did in Jerusalem." -- jeremiah 15:4 +. +The Lord cried out, "Who in the world will have pity on you, Jerusalem? Who will grieve over you? Who will stop long enough to inquire about how you are doing? -- jeremiah 15:5 +. +I, the Lord, say: 'You people have deserted me! You keep turning your back on me.' So I have unleashed my power against you and have begun to destroy you. I have grown tired of feeling sorry for you!" -- jeremiah 15:6 +. +The Lord continued, "In every town in the land I will purge them like straw blown away by the wind. I will destroy my people. I will kill off their children. I will do so because they did not change their behavior. -- jeremiah 15:7 +. +Their widows will become in my sight more numerous than the grains of sand on the seashores. At noontime I will bring a destroyer against the mothers of their young men. I will cause anguish and terror to fall suddenly upon them. -- jeremiah 15:8 +. +The mother who had seven children will grow faint. All the breath will go out of her. Her pride and joy will be taken from her in the prime of their life. It will seem as if the sun had set while it was still day. She will suffer shame and humiliation. I will cause any of them who are still left alive to be killed in war by the onslaughts of their enemies," says the Lord. -- jeremiah 15:9 +. +I said, "Oh, mother, how I regret that you ever gave birth to me! I am always starting arguments and quarrels with the people of this land. I have not lent money to anyone and I have not borrowed from anyone. Yet all of these people are treating me with contempt." -- jeremiah 15:10 +. +The Lord said, "Jerusalem, I will surely send you away for your own good. I will surely bring the enemy upon you in a time of trouble and distress. -- jeremiah 15:11 +. +Can you people who are like iron and bronze break that iron fist from the north? -- jeremiah 15:12 +. +I will give away your wealth and your treasures as plunder. I will give it away free of charge for the sins you have committed throughout your land. -- jeremiah 15:13 +. +I will make you serve your enemies in a land that you know nothing about. For my anger is like a fire that will burn against you." -- jeremiah 15:14 +. +I said, "Lord, you know how I suffer. Take thought of me and care for me. Pay back for me those who have been persecuting me. Do not be so patient with them that you allow them to kill me. Be mindful of how I have put up with their insults for your sake. -- jeremiah 15:15 +. +As your words came to me I drank them in, and they filled my heart with joy and happiness because I belong to you. -- jeremiah 15:16 +. +I did not spend my time in the company of other people, laughing and having a good time. I stayed to myself because I felt obligated to you and because I was filled with anger at what they had done. -- jeremiah 15:17 +. +Why must I continually suffer such painful anguish? Why must I endure the sting of their insults like an incurable wound? Will you let me down when I need you like a brook one goes to for water, but that cannot be relied on?" -- jeremiah 15:18 +. +Because of this, the Lord said, "You must repent of such words and thoughts! If you do, I will restore you to the privilege of serving me. If you say what is worthwhile instead of what is worthless, I will again allow you to be my spokesman. They must become as you have been. You must not become like them. -- jeremiah 15:19 +. +I will make you as strong as a wall to these people, a fortified wall of bronze. They will attack you, but they will not be able to overcome you. For I will be with you to rescue you and deliver you," says the Lord. -- jeremiah 15:20 +. +"I will deliver you from the power of the wicked. I will free you from the clutches of violent people." -- jeremiah 15:21 +. +The Lord said to me, -- jeremiah 16:1 +. +"Do not get married and do not have children here in this land. -- jeremiah 16:2 +. +For I, the Lord, tell you what will happen to the children who are born here in this land and to the men and women who are their mothers and fathers. -- jeremiah 16:3 +. +They will die of deadly diseases. No one will mourn for them. They will not be buried. Their dead bodies will lie like manure spread on the ground. They will be killed in war or die of starvation. Their corpses will be food for the birds and wild animals. -- jeremiah 16:4 +. +"Moreover I, the Lord, tell you: 'Do not go into a house where they are having a funeral meal. Do not go there to mourn and express your sorrow for them. For I have stopped showing them my good favor, my love, and my compassion. I, the Lord, so affirm it! -- jeremiah 16:5 +. +Rich and poor alike will die in this land. They will not be buried or mourned. People will not cut their bodies or shave off their hair to show their grief for them. -- jeremiah 16:6 +. +No one will take any food to those who mourn for the dead to comfort them. No one will give them any wine to drink to console them for the loss of their father or mother. -- jeremiah 16:7 +. +"'Do not go to a house where people are feasting and sit down to eat and drink with them either. -- jeremiah 16:8 +. +For I, the Lord God of Israel who rules over all, tell you what will happen. I will put an end to the sounds of joy and gladness, to the glad celebration of brides and grooms in this land. You and the rest of the people will live to see this happen.'" -- jeremiah 16:9 +. +"When you tell these people about all this, they will undoubtedly ask you, 'Why has the Lord threatened us with such great disaster? What wrong have we done? What sin have we done to offend the Lord our God?' -- jeremiah 16:10 +. +Then tell them that the Lord says, 'It is because your ancestors rejected me and paid allegiance to other gods. They have served them and worshiped them. But they have rejected me and not obeyed my law. -- jeremiah 16:11 +. +And you have acted even more wickedly than your ancestors! Each one of you has followed the stubborn inclinations of your own wicked heart and not obeyed me. -- jeremiah 16:12 +. +So I will throw you out of this land into a land that neither you nor your ancestors have ever known. There you must worship other gods day and night, for I will show you no mercy.'" -- jeremiah 16:13 +. +Yet I, the Lord, say: "A new time will certainly come. People now affirm their oaths with 'I swear as surely as the Lord lives who delivered the people of Israel out of Egypt.' -- jeremiah 16:14 +. +But in that time they will affirm them with 'I swear as surely as the Lord lives who delivered the people of Israel from the land of the north and from all the other lands where he had banished them.' At that time I will bring them back to the land I gave their ancestors." -- jeremiah 16:15 +. +But for now I, the Lord, say: "I will send many enemies who will catch these people like fishermen. After that I will send others who will hunt them out like hunters from all the mountains, all the hills, and the crevices in the rocks. -- jeremiah 16:16 +. +For I see everything they do. Their wicked ways are not hidden from me. Their sin is not hidden away where I cannot see it. -- jeremiah 16:17 +. +Before I restore them I will punish them in full for their sins and the wrongs they have done. For they have polluted my land with the lifeless statues of their disgusting idols. They have filled the land I have claimed as my own with their detestable idols." -- jeremiah 16:18 +. +Then I said, "Lord, you give me strength and protect me. You are the one I can run to for safety when I am in trouble. Nations from all over the earth will come to you and say, 'Our ancestors had nothing but false gods - worthless idols that could not help them at all. -- jeremiah 16:19 +. +Can people make their own gods? No, what they make are not gods at all." -- jeremiah 16:20 +. +The Lord said, "So I will now let this wicked people know - I will let them know my mighty power in judgment. Then they will know that my name is the Lord." -- jeremiah 16:21 +. +The sin of Judah is engraved with an iron chisel on their stone-hard hearts. It is inscribed with a diamond point on the horns of their altars. -- jeremiah 17:1 +. +Their children are always thinking about their altars and their sacred poles dedicated to the goddess Asherah, set up beside the green trees on the high hills -- jeremiah 17:2 +. +and on the mountains and in the fields. I will give your wealth and all your treasures away as plunder. I will give it away as the price for the sins you have committed throughout your land. -- jeremiah 17:3 +. +You will lose your hold on the land which I gave to you as a permanent possession. I will make you serve your enemies in a land that you know nothing about. For you have made my anger burn like a fire that will never be put out." -- jeremiah 17:4 +. +The Lord says, "I will put a curse on people who trust in mere human beings, who depend on mere flesh and blood for their strength, and whose hearts have turned away from the Lord. -- jeremiah 17:5 +. +They will be like a shrub in the desert. They will not experience good things even when they happen. It will be as though they were growing in the desert, in a salt land where no one can live. -- jeremiah 17:6 +. +My blessing is on those people who trust in me, who put their confidence in me. -- jeremiah 17:7 +. +They will be like a tree planted near a stream whose roots spread out toward the water. It has nothing to fear when the heat comes. Its leaves are always green. It has no need to be concerned in a year of drought. It does not stop bearing fruit. -- jeremiah 17:8 +. +The human mind is more deceitful than anything else. It is incurably bad. Who can understand it? -- jeremiah 17:9 +. +I, the Lord, probe into people's minds. I examine people's hearts. I deal with each person according to how he has behaved. I give them what they deserve based on what they have done. -- jeremiah 17:10 +. +The person who gathers wealth by unjust means is like the partridge that broods over eggs but does not hatch them. Before his life is half over he will lose his ill-gotten gains. At the end of his life it will be clear he was a fool." -- jeremiah 17:11 +. +Then I said, "Lord, from the very beginning you have been seated on your glorious throne on high. You are the place where we can find refuge. -- jeremiah 17:12 +. +You are the one in whom Israel may find hope. All who leave you will suffer shame. Those who turn away from you will be consigned to the nether world. For they have rejected you, the Lord, the fountain of life. -- jeremiah 17:13 +. +Lord, grant me relief from my suffering so that I may have some relief. Rescue me from those who persecute me so that I may be rescued. -- jeremiah 17:14 +. +Listen to what they are saying to me. They are saying, "Where are the things the Lord threatens us with? Come on! Let's see them happen!" -- jeremiah 17:15 +. +But I have not pestered you to bring disaster. I have not desired the time of irreparable devastation. You know that. You are fully aware of every word that I have spoken. -- jeremiah 17:16 +. +Do not cause me dismay! You are my source of safety in times of trouble. -- jeremiah 17:17 +. +May those who persecute me be disgraced. Do not let me be disgraced. May they be dismayed. Do not let me be dismayed. Bring days of disaster on them. Bring on them the destruction they deserve." -- jeremiah 17:18 +. +The Lord told me, "Go and stand in the People's Gate through which the kings of Judah enter and leave the city. Then go and stand in all the other gates of the city of Jerusalem. -- jeremiah 17:19 +. +As you stand in those places announce, 'Listen, all you people who pass through these gates. Listen, all you kings of Judah, all you people of Judah and all you citizens of Jerusalem. Listen to what the Lord says. -- jeremiah 17:20 +. +The Lord says, 'Be very careful if you value your lives! Do not carry any loads in through the gates of Jerusalem on the Sabbath day. -- jeremiah 17:21 +. +Do not carry any loads out of your houses or do any work on the Sabbath day. But observe the Sabbath day as a day set apart to the Lord, as I commanded your ancestors. -- jeremiah 17:22 +. +Your ancestors, however, did not listen to me or pay any attention to me. They stubbornly refused to pay attention or to respond to any discipline.' -- jeremiah 17:23 +. +The Lord says, 'You must make sure to obey me. You must not bring any loads through the gates of this city on the Sabbath day. You must set the Sabbath day apart to me. You must not do any work on that day. -- jeremiah 17:24 +. +If you do this, then the kings and princes who follow in David's succession and ride in chariots or on horses will continue to enter through these gates, as well as their officials and the people of Judah and the citizens of Jerusalem. This city will always be filled with people. -- jeremiah 17:25 +. +Then people will come here from the towns in Judah, from the villages surrounding Jerusalem, from the territory of Benjamin, from the western foothills, from the southern hill country, and from the southern part of Judah. They will come bringing offerings to the temple of the Lord: burnt offerings, sacrifices, grain offerings, and incense along with their thank offerings. -- jeremiah 17:26 +. +But you must obey me and set the Sabbath day apart to me. You must not carry any loads in through the gates of Jerusalem on the Sabbath day. If you disobey, I will set the gates of Jerusalem on fire. It will burn down all the fortified dwellings in Jerusalem and no one will be able to put it out.'" -- jeremiah 17:27 +. +The Lord said to Jeremiah: -- jeremiah 18:1 +. +"Go down at once to the potter's house. I will speak to you further there." -- jeremiah 18:2 +. +So I went down to the potter's house and found him working at his wheel. -- jeremiah 18:3 +. +Now and then there would be something wrong with the pot he was molding from the clay with his hands. So he would rework the clay into another kind of pot as he saw fit. -- jeremiah 18:4 +. +Then the Lord said to me, -- jeremiah 18:5 +. +"I, the Lord, say: 'O nation of Israel, can I not deal with you as this potter deals with the clay? In my hands, you, O nation of Israel, are just like the clay in this potter's hand.' -- jeremiah 18:6 +. +There are times, Jeremiah, when I threaten to uproot, tear down, and destroy a nation or kingdom. -- jeremiah 18:7 +. +But if that nation I threatened stops doing wrong, I will cancel the destruction I intended to do to it. -- jeremiah 18:8 +. +And there are times when I promise to build up and establish a nation or kingdom. -- jeremiah 18:9 +. +But if that nation does what displeases me and does not obey me, then I will cancel the good I promised to do to it. -- jeremiah 18:10 +. +So now, tell the people of Judah and the citizens of Jerusalem this: The Lord says, 'I am preparing to bring disaster on you! I am making plans to punish you. So, every one of you, stop the evil things you have been doing. Correct the way you have been living and do what is right.' -- jeremiah 18:11 +. +But they just keep saying, 'We do not care what you say! We will do whatever we want to do! We will continue to behave wickedly and stubbornly!'" -- jeremiah 18:12 +. +Therefore, the Lord says, "Ask the people of other nations whether they have heard of anything like this. Israel should have been like a virgin. But she has done something utterly revolting! -- jeremiah 18:13 +. +Does the snow ever completely vanish from the rocky slopes of Lebanon? Do the cool waters from those distant mountains ever cease to flow? -- jeremiah 18:14 +. +Yet my people have forgotten me and offered sacrifices to worthless idols! This makes them stumble along in the way they live and leave the old reliable path of their fathers. They have left them to walk in bypaths, in roads that are not smooth and level. -- jeremiah 18:15 +. +So their land will become an object of horror. People will forever hiss out their scorn over it. All who pass that way will be filled with horror and will shake their heads in derision. -- jeremiah 18:16 +. +I will scatter them before their enemies like dust blowing in front of a burning east wind. I will turn my back on them and not look favorably on them when disaster strikes them." -- jeremiah 18:17 +. +Then some people said, "Come on! Let us consider how to deal with Jeremiah! There will still be priests to instruct us, wise men to give us advice, and prophets to declare God's word. Come on! Let's bring charges against him and get rid of him! Then we will not need to pay attention to anything he says." -- jeremiah 18:18 +. +Then I said, "Lord, pay attention to me. Listen to what my enemies are saying. -- jeremiah 18:19 +. +Should good be paid back with evil? Yet they are virtually digging a pit to kill me. Just remember how I stood before you pleading on their behalf to keep you from venting your anger on them. -- jeremiah 18:20 +. +So let their children die of starvation. Let them be cut down by the sword. Let their wives lose their husbands and children. Let the older men die of disease and the younger men die by the sword in battle. -- jeremiah 18:21 +. +Let cries of terror be heard in their houses when you send bands of raiders unexpectedly to plunder them. For they have virtually dug a pit to capture me and have hidden traps for me to step into. -- jeremiah 18:22 +. +But you, Lord, know all their plots to kill me. Do not pardon their crimes! Do not ignore their sins as though you had erased them! Let them be brought down in defeat before you! Deal with them while you are still angry! -- jeremiah 18:23 +. +The Lord told Jeremiah, "Go and buy a clay jar from a potter. Take with you some of the leaders of the people and some of the leaders of the priests. -- jeremiah 19:1 +. +Go out to the part of the Hinnom Valley which is near the entrance of the Potsherd Gate. Announce there what I tell you. -- jeremiah 19:2 +. +Say, 'Listen to what the Lord says, you kings of Judah and citizens of Jerusalem! The Lord God of Israel who rules over all says, "I will bring a disaster on this place that will make the ears of everyone who hears about it ring! -- jeremiah 19:3 +. +I will do so because these people have rejected me and have defiled this place. They have offered sacrifices in it to other gods which neither they nor their ancestors nor the kings of Judah knew anything about. They have filled it with the blood of innocent children. -- jeremiah 19:4 +. +They have built places here for worship of the god Baal so that they could sacrifice their children as burnt offerings to him in the fire. Such sacrifices are something I never commanded them to make! They are something I never told them to do! Indeed, such a thing never even entered my mind! -- jeremiah 19:5 +. +So I, the Lord, say: "The time will soon come that people will no longer call this place Topheth or the Hinnom Valley. But they will call this valley the Valley of Slaughter! -- jeremiah 19:6 +. +In this place I will thwart the plans of the people of Judah and Jerusalem. I will deliver them over to the power of their enemies who are seeking to kill them. They will die by the sword at the hands of their enemies. I will make their dead bodies food for the birds and wild beasts to eat. -- jeremiah 19:7 +. +I will make this city an object of horror, a thing to be hissed at. All who pass by it will be filled with horror and will hiss out their scorn because of all the disasters that have happened to it. -- jeremiah 19:8 +. +I will reduce the people of this city to desperate straits during the siege imposed on it by their enemies who are seeking to kill them. I will make them so desperate that they will eat the flesh of their own sons and daughters and the flesh of one another."'" -- jeremiah 19:9 +. +The Lord continued, "Now break the jar in front of those who have come here with you. -- jeremiah 19:10 +. +Tell them the Lord who rules over all says, 'I will do just as Jeremiah has done. I will smash this nation and this city as though it were a potter's vessel which is broken beyond repair. The dead will be buried here in Topheth until there is no more room to bury them.' -- jeremiah 19:11 +. +I, the Lord, say: 'That is how I will deal with this city and its citizens. I will make it like Topheth. -- jeremiah 19:12 +. +The houses in Jerusalem and the houses of the kings of Judah will be defiled by dead bodies just like this place, Topheth. For they offered sacrifice to the stars and poured out drink offerings to other gods on the roofs of those houses.'" -- jeremiah 19:13 +. +Then Jeremiah left Topheth where the Lord had sent him to give that prophecy. He went to the Lord's temple and stood in its courtyard and called out to all the people. -- jeremiah 19:14 +. +"The Lord God of Israel who rules over all says, 'I will soon bring on this city and all the towns surrounding it all the disaster I threatened to do to it. I will do so because they have stubbornly refused to pay any attention to what I have said!'" -- jeremiah 19:15 +. +Now Pashhur son of Immer heard Jeremiah prophesy these things. He was the priest who was chief of security in the Lord's temple. -- jeremiah 20:1 +. +When he heard Jeremiah's prophecy, he had the prophet flogged. Then he put him in the stocks which were at the Upper Gate of Benjamin in the Lord's temple. -- jeremiah 20:2 +. +But the next day Pashhur released Jeremiah from the stocks. When he did, Jeremiah said to him, "The Lord's name for you is not 'Pashhur' but 'Terror is Everywhere.' -- jeremiah 20:3 +. +For the Lord says, 'I will make both you and your friends terrified of what will happen to you. You will see all of them die by the swords of their enemies. I will hand all the people of Judah over to the king of Babylon. He will carry some of them away into exile in Babylon and he will kill others of them with the sword. -- jeremiah 20:4 +. +I will hand over all the wealth of this city to their enemies. I will hand over to them all the fruits of the labor of the people of this city and all their prized possessions, as well as all the treasures of the kings of Judah. Their enemies will seize it all as plunder and carry it off to Babylon. -- jeremiah 20:5 +. +You, Pashhur, and all your household will go into exile in Babylon. You will die there and you will be buried there. The same thing will happen to all your friends to whom you have prophesied lies.'" -- jeremiah 20:6 +. +Lord, you coerced me into being a prophet, and I allowed you to do it. You overcame my resistance and prevailed over me. Now I have become a constant laughingstock. Everyone ridicules me. -- jeremiah 20:7 +. +For whenever I prophesy, I must cry out, "Violence and destruction are coming!" This message from the Lord has made me an object of continual insults and derision. -- jeremiah 20:8 +. +Sometimes I think, "I will make no mention of his message. I will not speak as his messenger any more." But then his message becomes like a fire locked up inside of me, burning in my heart and soul. I grow weary of trying to hold it in; I cannot contain it. -- jeremiah 20:9 +. +I hear many whispering words of intrigue against me. Those who would cause me terror are everywhere! They are saying, "Come on, let's publicly denounce him!" All my so-called friends are just watching for something that would lead to my downfall. They say, "Perhaps he can be enticed into slipping up, so we can prevail over him and get our revenge on him. -- jeremiah 20:10 +. +But the Lord is with me to help me like an awe-inspiring warrior. Therefore those who persecute me will fail and will not prevail over me. They will be thoroughly disgraced because they did not succeed. Their disgrace will never be forgotten. -- jeremiah 20:11 +. +O Lord who rules over all, you test and prove the righteous. You see into people's hearts and minds. Pay them back for what they have done because I trust you to vindicate my cause. -- jeremiah 20:12 +. +Sing to the Lord! Praise the Lord! For he rescues the oppressed from the clutches of evildoers. -- jeremiah 20:13 +. +Cursed be the day I was born! May that day not be blessed when my mother gave birth to me. -- jeremiah 20:14 +. +Cursed be the man who made my father very glad when he brought him the news that a baby boy had been born to him! -- jeremiah 20:15 +. +May that man be like the cities that the Lord destroyed without showing any mercy. May he hear a cry of distress in the morning and a battle cry at noon. -- jeremiah 20:16 +. +For he did not kill me before I came from the womb, making my pregnant mother's womb my grave forever. -- jeremiah 20:17 +. +Why did I ever come forth from my mother's womb? All I experience is trouble and grief, and I spend my days in shame. -- jeremiah 20:18 +. +The Lord spoke to Jeremiah when King Zedekiah sent to him Pashhur son of Malkijah and the priest Zephaniah son of Maaseiah. Zedekiah sent them to Jeremiah to ask, -- jeremiah 21:1 +. +"Please ask the Lord to come and help us, because King Nebuchadnezzar of Babylon is attacking us. Maybe the Lord will perform one of his miracles as in times past and make him stop attacking us and leave." -- jeremiah 21:2 +. +Jeremiah answered them, "Tell Zedekiah -- jeremiah 21:3 +. +that the Lord, the God of Israel, says, 'The forces at your disposal are now outside the walls fighting against King Nebuchadnezzar of Babylon and the Babylonians who have you under siege. I will gather those forces back inside the city. -- jeremiah 21:4 +. +In anger, in fury, and in wrath I myself will fight against you with my mighty power and great strength! -- jeremiah 21:5 +. +I will kill everything living in Jerusalem, people and animals alike! They will die from terrible diseases. -- jeremiah 21:6 +. +Then I, the Lord, promise that I will hand over King Zedekiah of Judah, his officials, and any of the people who survive the war, starvation, and disease. I will hand them over to King Nebuchadnezzar of Babylon and to their enemies who want to kill them. He will slaughter them with the sword. He will not show them any mercy, compassion, or pity.' -- jeremiah 21:7 +. +"But tell the people of Jerusalem that the Lord says, 'I will give you a choice between two courses of action. One will result in life; the other will result in death. -- jeremiah 21:8 +. +Those who stay in this city will die in battle or of starvation or disease. Those who leave the city and surrender to the Babylonians who are besieging it will live. They will escape with their lives. -- jeremiah 21:9 +. +For I, the Lord, say that I am determined not to deliver this city but to bring disaster on it. It will be handed over to the king of Babylon and he will destroy it with fire.'" -- jeremiah 21:10 +. +The Lord told me to say to the royal court of Judah, "Listen to what the Lord says, -- jeremiah 21:11 +. +O royal family descended from David. The Lord says: 'See to it that people each day are judged fairly. Deliver those who have been robbed from those who oppress them. Otherwise, my wrath will blaze out against you. It will burn like a fire that cannot be put out because of the evil that you have done. -- jeremiah 21:12 +. +Listen, you who sit enthroned above the valley on a rocky plateau. I am opposed to you,' says the Lord. 'You boast, "No one can swoop down on us. No one can penetrate into our places of refuge." -- jeremiah 21:13 +. +But I will punish you as your deeds deserve,' says the Lord. 'I will set fire to your palace; it will burn up everything around it.'" -- jeremiah 21:14 +. +The Lord told me, "Go down to the palace of the king of Judah. Give him a message from me there. -- jeremiah 22:1 +. +Say: 'Listen, O king of Judah who follows in David's succession. You, your officials, and your subjects who pass through the gates of this palace must listen to what the Lord says. -- jeremiah 22:2 +. +The Lord says, "Do what is just and right. Deliver those who have been robbed from those who oppress them. Do not exploit or mistreat foreigners who live in your land, children who have no fathers, or widows. Do not kill innocent people in this land. -- jeremiah 22:3 +. +If you are careful to obey these commands, then the kings who follow in David's succession and ride in chariots or on horses will continue to come through the gates of this palace, as will their officials and their subjects. -- jeremiah 22:4 +. +But, if you do not obey these commands, I solemnly swear that this palace will become a pile of rubble. I, the Lord, affirm it!" -- jeremiah 22:5 +. +"'For the Lord says concerning the palace of the king of Judah, "This place looks like a veritable forest of Gilead to me. It is like the wooded heights of Lebanon in my eyes. But I swear that I will make it like a wilderness whose towns have all been deserted. -- jeremiah 22:6 +. +I will send men against it to destroy it with their axes and hatchets. They will hack up its fine cedar panels and columns and throw them into the fire. -- jeremiah 22:7 +. +"'People from other nations will pass by this city. They will ask one another, "Why has the Lord done such a thing to this great city?" -- jeremiah 22:8 +. +The answer will come back, "It is because they broke their covenant with the Lord their God and worshiped and served other gods." -- jeremiah 22:9 +. +"'Do not weep for the king who was killed. Do not grieve for him. But weep mournfully for the king who has gone into exile. For he will never return to see his native land again. -- jeremiah 22:10 +. +"'For the Lord has spoken about Shallum son of Josiah, who succeeded his father as king of Judah but was carried off into exile. He has said, "He will never return to this land. -- jeremiah 22:11 +. +For he will die in the country where they took him as a captive. He will never see this land again." -- jeremiah 22:12 +. +"'Sure to be judged is the king who builds his palace using injustice and treats people unfairly while adding its upper rooms. He makes his countrymen work for him for nothing. He does not pay them for their labor. -- jeremiah 22:13 +. +He says, "I will build myself a large palace with spacious upper rooms." He cuts windows in its walls, panels it with cedar, and paints its rooms red. -- jeremiah 22:14 +. +Does it make you any more of a king that you outstrip everyone else in building with cedar? Just think about your father. He was content that he had food and drink. He did what was just and right. So things went well with him. -- jeremiah 22:15 +. +He upheld the cause of the poor and needy. So things went well for Judah.' The Lord says, 'That is a good example of what it means to know me.' -- jeremiah 22:16 +. +But you are always thinking and looking for ways to increase your wealth by dishonest means. Your eyes and your heart are set on killing some innocent person and committing fraud and oppression. -- jeremiah 22:17 +. +So the Lord has this to say about Josiah's son, King Jehoiakim of Judah: People will not mourn for him, saying, "This makes me sad, my brother! This makes me sad, my sister!" They will not mourn for him, saying, "Poor, poor lord! Poor, poor majesty!" -- jeremiah 22:18 +. +He will be left unburied just like a dead donkey. His body will be dragged off and thrown outside the gates of Jerusalem.'" -- jeremiah 22:19 +. +People of Jerusalem, go up to Lebanon and cry out in mourning. Go to the land of Bashan and cry out loudly. Cry out in mourning from the mountains of Moab. For your allies have all been defeated. -- jeremiah 22:20 +. +While you were feeling secure I gave you warning. But you said, "I refuse to listen to you." That is the way you have acted from your earliest history onward. Indeed, you have never paid attention to me. -- jeremiah 22:21 +. +My judgment will carry off all your leaders like a storm wind! Your allies will go into captivity. Then you will certainly be disgraced and put to shame because of all the wickedness you have done. -- jeremiah 22:22 +. +You may feel as secure as a bird nesting in the cedars of Lebanon. But oh how you will groan when the pains of judgment come on you. They will be like those of a woman giving birth to a baby. -- jeremiah 22:23 +. +The Lord says, "As surely as I am the living God, you, Jeconiah, king of Judah, son of Jehoiakim, will not be the earthly representative of my authority. Indeed, I will take that right away from you. -- jeremiah 22:24 +. +I will hand you over to those who want to take your life and of whom you are afraid. I will hand you over to King Nebuchadnezzar of Babylon and his Babylonian soldiers. -- jeremiah 22:25 +. +I will force you and your mother who gave you birth into exile. You will be exiled to a country where neither of you were born, and you will both die there. -- jeremiah 22:26 +. +You will never come back to this land to which you will long to return!" -- jeremiah 22:27 +. +This man, Jeconiah, will be like a broken pot someone threw away. He will be like a clay vessel that no one wants. Why will he and his children be forced into exile? Why will they be thrown out into a country they know nothing about? -- jeremiah 22:28 +. +O land of Judah, land of Judah, land of Judah! Listen to what the Lord has to say! -- jeremiah 22:29 +. +The Lord says, "Enroll this man in the register as though he were childless. Enroll him as a man who will not enjoy success during his lifetime. For none of his sons will succeed in occupying the throne of David or ever succeed in ruling over Judah." -- jeremiah 22:30 +. +The Lord says, "The leaders of my people are sure to be judged. They were supposed to watch over my people like shepherds watch over their sheep. But they are causing my people to be destroyed and scattered. -- jeremiah 23:1 +. +So the Lord God of Israel has this to say about the leaders who are ruling over his people: "You have caused my people to be dispersed and driven into exile. You have not taken care of them. So I will punish you for the evil that you have done. I, the Lord, affirm it! -- jeremiah 23:2 +. +Then I myself will regather those of my people who are still alive from all the countries where I have driven them. I will bring them back to their homeland. They will greatly increase in number. -- jeremiah 23:3 +. +I will install rulers over them who will care for them. Then they will no longer need to fear or be terrified. None of them will turn up missing. I, the Lord, promise it! -- jeremiah 23:4 +. +"I, the Lord, promise that a new time will certainly come when I will raise up for them a righteous branch, a descendant of David. He will rule over them with wisdom and understanding and will do what is just and right in the land. -- jeremiah 23:5 +. +Under his rule Judah will enjoy safety and Israel will live in security. This is the name he will go by: 'The Lord has provided us with justice.' -- jeremiah 23:6 +. +"So I, the Lord, say: 'A new time will certainly come. People now affirm their oaths with "I swear as surely as the Lord lives who delivered the people of Israel out of Egypt." -- jeremiah 23:7 +. +But at that time they will affirm them with "I swear as surely as the Lord lives who delivered the descendants of the former nation of Israel from the land of the north and from all the other lands where he had banished them." At that time they will live in their own land.'" -- jeremiah 23:8 +. +Here is what the Lord says concerning the false prophets: My heart and my mind are deeply disturbed. I tremble all over. I am like a drunk person, like a person who has had too much wine, because of the way the Lord and his holy word are being mistreated. -- jeremiah 23:9 +. +For the land is full of people unfaithful to him. They live wicked lives and they misuse their power. So the land is dried up because it is under his curse. The pastures in the wilderness are withered. -- jeremiah 23:10 +. +Moreover, the Lord says, "Both the prophets and priests are godless. I have even found them doing evil in my temple! -- jeremiah 23:11 +. +So the paths they follow will be dark and slippery. They will stumble and fall headlong. For I will bring disaster on them. A day of reckoning is coming for them." The Lord affirms it! -- jeremiah 23:12 +. +The Lord says, "I saw the prophets of Samaria doing something that was disgusting. They prophesied in the name of the god Baal and led my people Israel astray. -- jeremiah 23:13 +. +But I see the prophets of Jerusalem doing something just as shocking. They are unfaithful to me and continually prophesy lies. So they give encouragement to people who are doing evil, with the result that they do not stop their evildoing. I consider all of them as bad as the people of Sodom, and the citizens of Jerusalem as bad as the people of Gomorrah. -- jeremiah 23:14 +. +So then I, the Lord who rules over all, have something to say concerning the prophets of Jerusalem: 'I will make these prophets eat the bitter food of suffering and drink the poison water of judgment. For the prophets of Jerusalem are the reason that ungodliness has spread throughout the land.'" -- jeremiah 23:15 +. +The Lord who rules over all says to the people of Jerusalem: "Do not listen to what those prophets are saying to you. They are filling you with false hopes. They are reporting visions of their own imaginations, not something the Lord has given them to say. -- jeremiah 23:16 +. +They continually say to those who reject what the Lord has said, 'Things will go well for you!' They say to all those who follow the stubborn inclinations of their own hearts, 'Nothing bad will happen to you!' -- jeremiah 23:17 +. +Yet which of them has ever stood in the Lord's inner circle so they could see and hear what he has to say? Which of them have ever paid attention or listened to what he has said? -- jeremiah 23:18 +. +But just watch! The wrath of the Lord will come like a storm! Like a raging storm it will rage down on the heads of those who are wicked. -- jeremiah 23:19 +. +The anger of the Lord will not turn back until he has fully carried out his intended purposes. In days to come you people will come to understand this clearly. -- jeremiah 23:20 +. +I did not send those prophets. Yet they were in a hurry to give their message. I did not tell them anything. Yet they prophesied anyway. -- jeremiah 23:21 +. +But if they had stood in my inner circle, they would have proclaimed my message to my people. They would have caused my people to turn from their wicked ways and stop doing the evil things they are doing. -- jeremiah 23:22 +. +Do you people think that I am some local deity and not the transcendent God?" the Lord asks. -- jeremiah 23:23 +. +"Do you really think anyone can hide himself where I cannot see him?" the Lord asks. "Do you not know that I am everywhere?" the Lord asks. -- jeremiah 23:24 +. +The Lord says, "I have heard what those prophets who are prophesying lies in my name are saying. They are saying, 'I have had a dream! I have had a dream!' -- jeremiah 23:25 +. +Those prophets are just prophesying lies. They are prophesying the delusions of their own minds. -- jeremiah 23:26 +. +How long will they go on plotting to make my people forget who I am through the dreams they tell one another? That is just as bad as what their ancestors did when they forgot who I am by worshiping the god Baal. -- jeremiah 23:27 +. +Let the prophet who has had a dream go ahead and tell his dream. Let the person who has received my message report that message faithfully. What is like straw cannot compare to what is like grain! I, the Lord, affirm it! -- jeremiah 23:28 +. +My message is like a fire that purges dross! It is like a hammer that breaks a rock in pieces! I, the Lord, so affirm it! -- jeremiah 23:29 +. +So I, the Lord, affirm that I am opposed to those prophets who steal messages from one another that they claim are from me. -- jeremiah 23:30 +. +I, the Lord, affirm that I am opposed to those prophets who are using their own tongues to declare, 'The Lord declares....' -- jeremiah 23:31 +. +I, the Lord, affirm that I am opposed to those prophets who dream up lies and report them. They are misleading my people with their reckless lies. I did not send them. I did not commission them. They are not helping these people at all. I, the Lord, affirm it!" -- jeremiah 23:32 +. +The Lord said to me, "Jeremiah, when one of these people, or a prophet, or a priest asks you, 'What burdensome message do you have from the Lord?' Tell them, 'You are the burden, and I will cast you away. I, the Lord, affirm it! -- jeremiah 23:33 +. +I will punish any prophet, priest, or other person who says "The Lord's message is burdensome." I will punish both that person and his whole family.'" -- jeremiah 23:34 +. +So I, Jeremiah, tell you, "Each of you people should say to his friend or his relative, 'How did the Lord answer? Or what did the Lord say?' -- jeremiah 23:35 +. +You must no longer say that the Lord's message is burdensome. For what is 'burdensome' really pertains to what a person himself says. You are misrepresenting the words of our God, the living God, the Lord who rules over all. -- jeremiah 23:36 +. +Each of you should merely ask the prophet, 'What answer did the Lord give you? Or what did the Lord say?' -- jeremiah 23:37 +. +But just suppose you continue to say, 'The message of the Lord is burdensome.' Here is what the Lord says will happen: 'I sent word to you that you must not say, "The Lord's message is burdensome." But you used the words "The Lord's message is burdensome" anyway. -- jeremiah 23:38 +. +So I will carry you far off and throw you away. I will send both you and the city I gave to you and to your ancestors out of my sight. -- jeremiah 23:39 +. +I will bring on you lasting shame and lasting disgrace which will never be forgotten!'" -- jeremiah 23:40 +. +The Lord showed me two baskets of figs sitting before his temple. This happened after King Nebuchadnezzar of Babylon deported Jehoiakim's son, King Jeconiah of Judah. He deported him and the leaders of Judah, along with the craftsmen and metal workers, and took them to Babylon. -- jeremiah 24:1 +. +One basket had very good-looking figs in it. They looked like those that had ripened early. The other basket had very bad-looking figs in it, so bad they could not be eaten. -- jeremiah 24:2 +. +The Lord said to me, "What do you see, Jeremiah?" I answered, "I see figs. The good ones look very good. But the bad ones look very bad, so bad that they cannot be eaten." -- jeremiah 24:3 +. +The Lord said to me, -- jeremiah 24:4 +. +"I, the Lord, the God of Israel, say: 'The exiles whom I sent away from here to the land of Babylon are like those good figs. I consider them to be good. -- jeremiah 24:5 +. +I will look after their welfare and will restore them to this land. There I will build them up and will not tear them down. I will plant them firmly in the land and will not uproot them. -- jeremiah 24:6 +. +I will give them the desire to acknowledge that I am the Lord. I will be their God and they will be my people. For they will wholeheartedly return to me.' -- jeremiah 24:7 +. +"I, the Lord, also solemnly assert: 'King Zedekiah of Judah, his officials, and the people who remain in Jerusalem or who have gone to live in Egypt are like those bad figs. I consider them to be just like those bad figs that are so bad they cannot be eaten. -- jeremiah 24:8 +. +I will bring such disaster on them that all the kingdoms of the earth will be horrified. I will make them an object of reproach, a proverbial example of disaster. I will make them an object of ridicule, an example to be used in curses. That is how they will be remembered wherever I banish them. -- jeremiah 24:9 +. +I will bring war, starvation, and disease on them until they are completely destroyed from the land I gave them and their ancestors.'" -- jeremiah 24:10 +. +In the fourth year that Jehoiakim son of Josiah was king of Judah, the Lord spoke to Jeremiah concerning all the people of Judah. (That was the same as the first year that Nebuchadnezzar was king of Babylon.) -- jeremiah 25:1 +. +So the prophet Jeremiah spoke to all the people of Judah and to all the people who were living in Jerusalem. -- jeremiah 25:2 +. +"For the last twenty-three years, from the thirteenth year that Josiah son of Amon was ruling in Judah until now, the Lord has been speaking to me. I told you over and over again what he said. But you would not listen. -- jeremiah 25:3 +. +Over and over again the Lord has sent his servants the prophets to you. But you have not listened or paid attention. -- jeremiah 25:4 +. +He said through them, 'Each of you must turn from your wicked ways and stop doing the evil things you are doing. If you do, I will allow you to continue to live here in the land that I gave to you and your ancestors as a lasting possession. -- jeremiah 25:5 +. +Do not pay allegiance to other gods and worship and serve them. Do not make me angry by the things that you do. Then I will not cause you any harm.' -- jeremiah 25:6 +. +So, now the Lord says, 'You have not listened to me. But you have made me angry by the things that you have done. Thus you have brought harm on yourselves.' -- jeremiah 25:7 +. +"Therefore, the Lord who rules over all says, 'You have not listened to what I said. -- jeremiah 25:8 +. +So I, the Lord, affirm that I will send for all the peoples of the north and my servant, King Nebuchadnezzar of Babylon. I will bring them against this land and its inhabitants and all the nations that surround it. I will utterly destroy this land, its inhabitants, and all the nations that surround it and make them everlasting ruins. I will make them objects of horror and hissing scorn. -- jeremiah 25:9 +. +I will put an end to the sounds of joy and gladness, to the glad celebration of brides and grooms in these lands. I will put an end to the sound of people grinding meal. I will put an end to lamps shining in their houses. -- jeremiah 25:10 +. +This whole area will become a desolate wasteland. These nations will be subject to the king of Babylon for seventy years.' -- jeremiah 25:11 +. +"'But when the seventy years are over, I will punish the king of Babylon and his nation for their sins. I will make the land of Babylon an everlasting ruin. I, the Lord, affirm it! -- jeremiah 25:12 +. +I will bring on that land everything that I said I would. I will bring on it everything that is written in this book. I will bring on it everything that Jeremiah has prophesied against all the nations. -- jeremiah 25:13 +. +For many nations and great kings will make slaves of the king of Babylon and his nation too. I will repay them for all they have done!'" -- jeremiah 25:14 +. +So the Lord, the God of Israel, spoke to me in a vision. "Take this cup from my hand. It is filled with the wine of my wrath. Take it and make the nations to whom I send you drink it. -- jeremiah 25:15 +. +When they have drunk it, they will stagger to and fro and act insane. For I will send wars sweeping through them." -- jeremiah 25:16 +. +So I took the cup from the Lord's hand. I made all the nations to whom he sent me drink the wine of his wrath. -- jeremiah 25:17 +. +I made Jerusalem and the cities of Judah, its kings and its officials drink it. I did it so Judah would become a ruin. I did it so Judah, its kings, and its officials would become an object of horror and of hissing scorn, an example used in curses. Such is already becoming the case! -- jeremiah 25:18 +. +I made all of these other people drink it: Pharaoh, king of Egypt; his attendants, his officials, his people, -- jeremiah 25:19 +. +the foreigners living in Egypt; all the kings of the land of Uz; all the kings of the land of the Philistines, the people of Ashkelon, Gaza, Ekron, the people who had been left alive from Ashdod; -- jeremiah 25:20 +. +all the people of Edom, Moab, Ammon; -- jeremiah 25:21 +. +all the kings of Tyre, all the kings of Sidon; all the kings of the coastlands along the sea; -- jeremiah 25:22 +. +the people of Dedan, Tema, Buz, all the desert people who cut their hair short at the temples; -- jeremiah 25:23 +. +all the kings of Arabia who live in the desert; -- jeremiah 25:24 +. +all the kings of Zimri; all the kings of Elam; all the kings of Media; -- jeremiah 25:25 +. +all the kings of the north, whether near or far from one another; and all the other kingdoms which are on the face of the earth. After all of them have drunk the wine of the Lord's wrath, the king of Babylon must drink it. -- jeremiah 25:26 +. +Then the Lord said to me, "Tell them that the Lord God of Israel who rules over all says, 'Drink this cup until you get drunk and vomit. Drink until you fall down and can't get up. For I will send wars sweeping through you.' -- jeremiah 25:27 +. +If they refuse to take the cup from your hand and drink it, tell them that the Lord who rules over all says 'You most certainly must drink it! -- jeremiah 25:28 +. +For take note, I am already beginning to bring disaster on the city that I call my own. So how can you possibly avoid being punished? You will not go unpunished! For I am proclaiming war against all who live on the earth. I, the Lord who rules over all, affirm it!' -- jeremiah 25:29 +. +"Then, Jeremiah, make the following prophecy against them: 'Like a lion about to attack, the Lord will roar from the heights of heaven; from his holy dwelling on high he will roar loudly. He will roar mightily against his land. He will shout in triumph like those stomping juice from the grapes against all those who live on the earth. -- jeremiah 25:30 +. +The sounds of battle will resound to the ends of the earth. For the Lord will bring charges against the nations. He will pass judgment on all humankind and will hand the wicked over to be killed in war.' The Lord so affirms it! -- jeremiah 25:31 +. +The Lord who rules over all says, 'Disaster will soon come on one nation after another. A mighty storm of military destruction is rising up from the distant parts of the earth.' -- jeremiah 25:32 +. +Those who have been killed by the Lord at that time will be scattered from one end of the earth to the other. They will not be mourned over, gathered up, or buried. Their dead bodies will lie scattered over the ground like manure. -- jeremiah 25:33 +. +Wail and cry out in anguish, you rulers! Roll in the dust, you who shepherd flocks of people! The time for you to be slaughtered has come. You will lie scattered and fallen like broken pieces of fine pottery. -- jeremiah 25:34 +. +The leaders will not be able to run away and hide. The shepherds of the flocks will not be able to escape. -- jeremiah 25:35 +. +Listen to the cries of anguish of the leaders. Listen to the wails of the shepherds of the flocks. They are wailing because the Lord is about to destroy their lands. -- jeremiah 25:36 +. +Their peaceful dwelling places will be laid waste by the fierce anger of the Lord. -- jeremiah 25:37 +. +The Lord is like a lion who has left his lair. So their lands will certainly be laid waste by the warfare of the oppressive nation and by the fierce anger of the Lord." -- jeremiah 25:38 +. +The Lord spoke to Jeremiah at the beginning of the reign of Josiah's son, King Jehoiakim of Judah. -- jeremiah 26:1 +. +The Lord said, "Go stand in the courtyard of the Lord's temple. Speak out to all the people who are coming from the towns of Judah to worship in the Lord's temple. Tell them everything I command you to tell them. Do not leave out a single word! -- jeremiah 26:2 +. +Maybe they will pay attention and each of them will stop living the evil way they do. If they do that, then I will forgo destroying them as I had intended to do because of the wicked things they have been doing. -- jeremiah 26:3 +. +Tell them that the Lord says, 'You must obey me! You must live according to the way I have instructed you in my laws. -- jeremiah 26:4 +. +You must pay attention to the exhortations of my servants the prophets. I have sent them to you over and over again. But you have not paid any attention to them. -- jeremiah 26:5 +. +If you do not obey me, then I will do to this temple what I did to Shiloh. And I will make this city an example to be used in curses by people from all the nations on the earth.'" -- jeremiah 26:6 +. +The priests, the prophets, and all the people heard Jeremiah say these things in the Lord's temple. -- jeremiah 26:7 +. +Jeremiah had just barely finished saying all the Lord had commanded him to say to all the people. All at once some of the priests, the prophets, and the people grabbed him and shouted, "You deserve to die! -- jeremiah 26:8 +. +How dare you claim the Lord's authority to prophesy such things! How dare you claim his authority to prophesy that this temple will become like Shiloh and that this city will become an uninhabited ruin!" Then all the people crowded around Jeremiah. -- jeremiah 26:9 +. +However, some of the officials of Judah heard about what was happening and they rushed up to the Lord's temple from the royal palace. They set up court at the entrance of the New Gate of the Lord's temple. -- jeremiah 26:10 +. +Then the priests and the prophets made their charges before the officials and all the people. They said, "This man should be condemned to die because he prophesied against this city. You have heard him do so with your own ears." -- jeremiah 26:11 +. +Then Jeremiah made his defense before all the officials and all the people. "The Lord sent me to prophesy everything you have heard me say against this temple and against this city. -- jeremiah 26:12 +. +But correct the way you have been living and do what is right. Obey the Lord your God. If you do, the Lord will forgo destroying you as he threatened he would. -- jeremiah 26:13 +. +As to my case, I am in your power. Do to me what you deem fair and proper. -- jeremiah 26:14 +. +But you should take careful note of this: If you put me to death, you will bring on yourselves and this city and those who live in it the guilt of murdering an innocent man. For the Lord has sent me to speak all this where you can hear it. That is the truth!" -- jeremiah 26:15 +. +Then the officials and all the people rendered their verdict to the priests and the prophets. They said, "This man should not be condemned to die. For he has spoken to us under the authority of the Lord our God." -- jeremiah 26:16 +. +Then some of the elders of Judah stepped forward and spoke to all the people gathered there. They said, -- jeremiah 26:17 +. +"Micah from Moresheth prophesied during the time Hezekiah was king of Judah. He told all the people of Judah, 'The Lord who rules over all says, "Zion will become a plowed field. Jerusalem will become a pile of rubble. The temple mount will become a mere wooded ridge."' -- jeremiah 26:18 +. +King Hezekiah and all the people of Judah did not put him to death, did they? Did not Hezekiah show reverence for the Lord and seek the Lord's favor? Did not the Lord forgo destroying them as he threatened he would? But we are on the verge of bringing great disaster on ourselves." -- jeremiah 26:19 +. +Now there was another man who prophesied as the Lord's representative against this city and this land just as Jeremiah did. His name was Uriah son of Shemaiah from Kiriath Jearim. -- jeremiah 26:20 +. +When the king and all his bodyguards and officials heard what he was prophesying, the king sought to have him executed. But Uriah found out about it and fled to Egypt out of fear. -- jeremiah 26:21 +. +However, King Jehoiakim sent some men to Egypt, including Elnathan son of Achbor, -- jeremiah 26:22 +. +and they brought Uriah back from there. They took him to King Jehoiakim, who had him executed and had his body thrown into the burial place of the common people. -- jeremiah 26:23 +. +However, Ahikam son of Shaphan used his influence to keep Jeremiah from being handed over and executed by the people. -- jeremiah 26:24 +. +The Lord spoke to Jeremiah early in the reign of Josiah's son, King Zedekiah of Judah. -- jeremiah 27:1 +. +The Lord told me, "Make a yoke out of leather straps and wooden crossbars and put it on your neck. -- jeremiah 27:2 +. +Use it to send messages to the kings of Edom, Moab, Ammon, Tyre, and Sidon. Send them through the envoys who have come to Jerusalem to King Zedekiah of Judah. -- jeremiah 27:3 +. +Charge them to give their masters a message from me. Tell them, 'The Lord God of Israel who rules over all says to give your masters this message. -- jeremiah 27:4 +. +"I made the earth and the people and animals on it by my mighty power and great strength, and I give it to whomever I see fit. -- jeremiah 27:5 +. +I have at this time placed all these nations of yours under the power of my servant, King Nebuchadnezzar of Babylon. I have even made all the wild animals subject to him. -- jeremiah 27:6 +. +All nations must serve him and his son and grandson until the time comes for his own nation to fall. Then many nations and great kings will in turn subjugate Babylon. -- jeremiah 27:7 +. +But suppose a nation or a kingdom will not be subject to King Nebuchadnezzar of Babylon. Suppose it will not submit to the yoke of servitude to him. I, the Lord, affirm that I will punish that nation. I will use the king of Babylon to punish it with war, starvation, and disease until I have destroyed it. -- jeremiah 27:8 +. +So do not listen to your prophets or to those who claim to predict the future by divination, by dreams, by consulting the dead, or by practicing magic. They keep telling you, 'You do not need to be subject to the king of Babylon.' -- jeremiah 27:9 +. +Do not listen to them, because their prophecies are lies. Listening to them will only cause you to be taken far away from your native land. I will drive you out of your country and you will die in exile. -- jeremiah 27:10 +. +Things will go better for the nation that submits to the yoke of servitude to the king of Babylon and is subject to him. I will leave that nation in its native land. Its people can continue to farm it and live in it. I, the Lord, affirm it!"'" -- jeremiah 27:11 +. +I told King Zedekiah of Judah the same thing. I said, "Submit to the yoke of servitude to the king of Babylon. Be subject to him and his people. Then you will continue to live. -- jeremiah 27:12 +. +There is no reason why you and your people should die in war or from starvation or disease! That's what the Lord says will happen to any nation that will not be subject to the king of Babylon. -- jeremiah 27:13 +. +Do not listen to the prophets who are telling you that you do not need to serve the king of Babylon. For they are prophesying lies to you. -- jeremiah 27:14 +. +For I, the Lord, affirm that I did not send them. They are prophesying lies to you. If you listen to them, I will drive you and the prophets who are prophesying lies out of the land and you will all die in exile." -- jeremiah 27:15 +. +I also told the priests and all the people, "The Lord says, 'Do not listen to what your prophets are saying. They are prophesying to you that the valuable articles taken from the Lord's temple will be brought back from Babylon very soon. But they are prophesying a lie to you. -- jeremiah 27:16 +. +Do not listen to them. Be subject to the king of Babylon. Then you will continue to live. Why should this city be made a pile of rubble?'" -- jeremiah 27:17 +. +I also told them, "If they are really prophets and the Lord is speaking to them, let them pray earnestly to the Lord who rules over all. Let them plead with him not to let the valuable articles that are still left in the Lord's temple, in the royal palace, and in Jerusalem be taken away to Babylon. -- jeremiah 27:18 +. +For the Lord who rules over all has already spoken about the two bronze pillars, the large bronze basin called 'The Sea,' and the movable bronze stands. He has already spoken about the rest of the valuable articles that are left in this city. -- jeremiah 27:19 +. +He has already spoken about these things that King Nebuchadnezzar of Babylon did not take away when he carried Jehoiakim's son King Jeconiah of Judah and the nobles of Judah and Jerusalem away as captives. -- jeremiah 27:20 +. +Indeed, the Lord God of Israel who rules over all has already spoken about the valuable articles that are left in the Lord's temple, in the royal palace of Judah, and in Jerusalem. -- jeremiah 27:21 +. +He has said, 'They will be carried off to Babylon. They will remain there until it is time for me to show consideration for them again. Then I will bring them back and restore them to this place.' I, the Lord, affirm this!" -- jeremiah 27:22 +. +The following events occurred in that same year, early in the reign of King Zedekiah of Judah. To be more precise, it was the fifth month of the fourth year of his reign. The prophet Hananiah son of Azzur, who was from Gibeon, spoke to Jeremiah in the Lord's temple in the presence of the priests and all the people. -- jeremiah 28:1 +. +"The Lord God of Israel who rules over all says, 'I will break the yoke of servitude to the king of Babylon. -- jeremiah 28:2 +. +Before two years are over, I will bring back to this place everything that King Nebuchadnezzar of Babylon took from it and carried away to Babylon. -- jeremiah 28:3 +. +I will also bring back to this place Jehoiakim's son King Jeconiah of Judah and all the exiles who were taken to Babylon.' Indeed, the Lord affirms, 'I will break the yoke of servitude to the king of Babylon.'" -- jeremiah 28:4 +. +Then the prophet Jeremiah responded to the prophet Hananiah in the presence of the priests and all the people who were standing in the Lord's temple. -- jeremiah 28:5 +. +The prophet Jeremiah said, "Amen! May the Lord do all this! May the Lord make your prophecy come true! May he bring back to this place from Babylon all the valuable articles taken from the Lord's temple and the people who were carried into exile. -- jeremiah 28:6 +. +But listen to what I say to you and to all these people. -- jeremiah 28:7 +. +From earliest times, the prophets who preceded you and me invariably prophesied war, disaster, and plagues against many countries and great kingdoms. -- jeremiah 28:8 +. +So if a prophet prophesied peace and prosperity, it was only known that the Lord truly sent him when what he prophesied came true." -- jeremiah 28:9 +. +The prophet Hananiah then took the yoke off the prophet Jeremiah's neck and broke it. -- jeremiah 28:10 +. +Then he spoke up in the presence of all the people. "The Lord says, 'In the same way I will break the yoke of servitude of all the nations to King Nebuchadnezzar of Babylon before two years are over.'" After he heard this, the prophet Jeremiah departed and went on his way. -- jeremiah 28:11 +. +But shortly after the prophet Hananiah had broken the yoke off the prophet Jeremiah's neck, the Lord spoke to Jeremiah. -- jeremiah 28:12 +. +"Go and tell Hananiah that the Lord says, 'You have indeed broken the wooden yoke. But you have only succeeded in replacing it with an iron one! -- jeremiah 28:13 +. +For the Lord God of Israel who rules over all says, "I have put an irresistible yoke of servitude on all these nations so they will serve King Nebuchadnezzar of Babylon. And they will indeed serve him. I have even given him control over the wild animals."'" -- jeremiah 28:14 +. +Then the prophet Jeremiah told the prophet Hananiah, "Listen, Hananiah! The Lord did not send you! You are making these people trust in a lie! -- jeremiah 28:15 +. +So the Lord says, 'I will most assuredly remove you from the face of the earth. You will die this very year because you have counseled rebellion against the Lord.'" -- jeremiah 28:16 +. +In the seventh month of that very same year the prophet Hananiah died. -- jeremiah 28:17 +. +The prophet Jeremiah sent a letter to the exiles Nebuchadnezzar had carried off from Jerusalem to Babylon. It was addressed to the elders who were left among the exiles, to the priests, to the prophets, and to all the other people who were exiled in Babylon. -- jeremiah 29:1 +. +He sent it after King Jeconiah, the queen mother, the palace officials, the leaders of Judah and Jerusalem, the craftsmen, and the metal workers had been exiled from Jerusalem. -- jeremiah 29:2 +. +He sent it with Elasah son of Shaphan and Gemariah son of Hilkiah. King Zedekiah of Judah had sent these men to Babylon to King Nebuchadnezzar of Babylon. The letter said: -- jeremiah 29:3 +. +"The Lord God of Israel who rules over all says to all those he sent into exile to Babylon from Jerusalem, -- jeremiah 29:4 +. +'Build houses and settle down. Plant gardens and eat what they produce. -- jeremiah 29:5 +. +Marry and have sons and daughters. Find wives for your sons and allow your daughters get married so that they too can have sons and daughters. Grow in number; do not dwindle away. -- jeremiah 29:6 +. +Work to see that the city where I sent you as exiles enjoys peace and prosperity. Pray to the Lord for it. For as it prospers you will prosper.' -- jeremiah 29:7 +. +"For the Lord God of Israel who rules over all says, 'Do not let the prophets or those among you who claim to be able to predict the future by divination deceive you. And do not pay any attention to the dreams that you are encouraging them to dream. -- jeremiah 29:8 +. +They are prophesying lies to you and claiming my authority to do so. But I did not send them. I, the Lord, affirm it!' -- jeremiah 29:9 +. +"For the Lord says, 'Only when the seventy years of Babylonian rule are over will I again take up consideration for you. Then I will fulfill my gracious promise to you and restore you to your homeland. -- jeremiah 29:10 +. +For I know what I have planned for you,' says the Lord. 'I have plans to prosper you, not to harm you. I have plans to give you a future filled with hope. -- jeremiah 29:11 +. +When you call out to me and come to me in prayer, I will hear your prayers. -- jeremiah 29:12 +. +When you seek me in prayer and worship, you will find me available to you. If you seek me with all your heart and soul, -- jeremiah 29:13 +. +I will make myself available to you,' says the Lord. 'Then I will reverse your plight and will regather you from all the nations and all the places where I have exiled you,' says the Lord. 'I will bring you back to the place from which I exiled you.' -- jeremiah 29:14 +. +"You say, 'The Lord has raised up prophets of good news for us here in Babylon.' -- jeremiah 29:15 +. +But just listen to what the Lord has to say about the king who occupies David's throne and all your fellow countrymen who are still living in this city of Jerusalem and were not carried off into exile with you. -- jeremiah 29:16 +. +The Lord who rules over all says, 'I will bring war, starvation, and disease on them. I will treat them like figs that are so rotten they cannot be eaten. -- jeremiah 29:17 +. +I will chase after them with war, starvation, and disease. I will make all the kingdoms of the earth horrified at what happens to them. I will make them examples of those who are cursed, objects of horror, hissing scorn, and ridicule among all the nations where I exile them. -- jeremiah 29:18 +. +For they have not paid attention to what I said to them through my servants the prophets whom I sent to them over and over again,' says the Lord. 'And you exiles have not paid any attention to them either,' says the Lord. -- jeremiah 29:19 +. +'So pay attention to what I, the Lord, have said, all you exiles whom I have sent to Babylon from Jerusalem.' -- jeremiah 29:20 +. +"The Lord God of Israel who rules over all also has something to say about Ahab son of Kolaiah and Zedekiah son of Maaseiah, who are prophesying lies to you and claiming my authority to do so. 'I will hand them over to King Nebuchadnezzar of Babylon and he will execute them before your very eyes. -- jeremiah 29:21 +. +And all the exiles of Judah who are in Babylon will use them as examples when they put a curse on anyone. They will say, "May the Lord treat you like Zedekiah and Ahab whom the king of Babylon roasted to death in the fire!" -- jeremiah 29:22 +. +This will happen to them because they have done what is shameful in Israel. They have committed adultery with their neighbors' wives and have spoken lies while claiming my authority. They have spoken words that I did not command them to speak. I know what they have done. I have been a witness to it,' says the Lord." -- jeremiah 29:23 +. +The Lord told Jeremiah, "Tell Shemaiah the Nehelamite -- jeremiah 29:24 +. +that the Lord God of Israel who rules over all has a message for him. Tell him, 'On your own initiative you sent a letter to the priest Zephaniah son of Maaseiah and to all the other priests and to all the people in Jerusalem. In your letter you said to Zephaniah, -- jeremiah 29:25 +. +"The Lord has made you priest in place of Jehoiada. He has put you in charge in the Lord's temple of controlling any lunatic who pretends to be a prophet. And it is your duty to put any such person in the stocks with an iron collar around his neck. -- jeremiah 29:26 +. +You should have reprimanded Jeremiah from Anathoth who is pretending to be a prophet among you! -- jeremiah 29:27 +. +For he has even sent a message to us here in Babylon. He wrote and told us, "You will be there a long time. Build houses and settle down. Plant gardens and eat what they produce."'" -- jeremiah 29:28 +. +Zephaniah the priest read that letter to the prophet Jeremiah. -- jeremiah 29:29 +. +Then the Lord spoke to Jeremiah. -- jeremiah 29:30 +. +"Send a message to all the exiles in Babylon. Tell them, 'The Lord has spoken about Shemaiah the Nehelamite. "Shemaiah has spoken to you as a prophet even though I did not send him. He is making you trust in a lie. -- jeremiah 29:31 +. +Because he has done this," the Lord says, "I will punish Shemaiah the Nehelamite and his whole family. There will not be any of them left to experience the good things that I will do for my people. I, the Lord, affirm it! For he counseled rebellion against the Lord."'" -- jeremiah 29:32 +. +The Lord spoke to Jeremiah. -- jeremiah 30:1 +. +"The Lord God of Israel says, 'Write everything that I am about to tell you in a scroll. -- jeremiah 30:2 +. +For I, the Lord, affirm that the time will come when I will reverse the plight of my people, Israel and Judah,' says the Lord. 'I will bring them back to the land I gave their ancestors and they will take possession of it once again.'" -- jeremiah 30:3 +. +So here is what the Lord has to say about Israel and Judah. -- jeremiah 30:4 +. +Yes, here is what he says: "You hear cries of panic and of terror; there is no peace in sight. -- jeremiah 30:5 +. +Ask yourselves this and consider it carefully: Have you ever seen a man give birth to a baby? Why then do I see all these strong men grabbing their stomachs in pain like a woman giving birth? And why do their faces turn so deathly pale? -- jeremiah 30:6 +. +Alas, what a terrible time of trouble it is! There has never been any like it. It is a time of trouble for the descendants of Jacob, but some of them will be rescued out of it. -- jeremiah 30:7 +. +When the time for them to be rescued comes," says the Lord who rules over all, "I will rescue you from foreign subjugation. I will deliver you from captivity. Foreigners will then no longer subjugate them. -- jeremiah 30:8 +. +But they will be subject to the Lord their God and to the Davidic ruler whom I will raise up as king over them. -- jeremiah 30:9 +. +So I, the Lord, tell you not to be afraid, you descendants of Jacob, my servants. Do not be terrified, people of Israel. For I will rescue you and your descendants from a faraway land where you are captives. The descendants of Jacob will return to their land and enjoy peace. They will be secure and no one will terrify them. -- jeremiah 30:10 +. +For I, the Lord, affirm that I will be with you and will rescue you. I will completely destroy all the nations where I scattered you. But I will not completely destroy you. I will indeed discipline you, but only in due measure. I will not allow you to go entirely unpunished." -- jeremiah 30:11 +. +Moreover, the Lord says to the people of Zion, "Your injuries are incurable; your wounds are severe. -- jeremiah 30:12 +. +There is no one to plead your cause. There are no remedies for your wounds. There is no healing for you. -- jeremiah 30:13 +. +All your allies have abandoned you. They no longer have any concern for you. For I have attacked you like an enemy would. I have chastened you cruelly. For your wickedness is so great and your sin is so much. -- jeremiah 30:14 +. +Why do you complain about your injuries, that your pain is incurable? I have done all this to you because your wickedness is so great and your sin is so much. -- jeremiah 30:15 +. +But all who destroyed you will be destroyed. All your enemies will go into exile. Those who plundered you will be plundered. I will cause those who pillaged you to be pillaged. -- jeremiah 30:16 +. +Yes, I will restore you to health. I will heal your wounds. I, the Lord, affirm it! For you have been called an outcast, Zion, whom no one cares for." -- jeremiah 30:17 +. +The Lord says, "I will restore the ruined houses of the descendants of Jacob. I will show compassion on their ruined homes. Every city will be rebuilt on its former ruins. Every fortified dwelling will occupy its traditional site. -- jeremiah 30:18 +. +Out of those places you will hear songs of thanksgiving and the sounds of laughter and merriment. I will increase their number and they will not dwindle away. I will bring them honor and they will no longer be despised. -- jeremiah 30:19 +. +The descendants of Jacob will enjoy their former privileges. Their community will be reestablished in my favor and I will punish all who try to oppress them. -- jeremiah 30:20 +. +One of their own people will be their leader. Their ruler will come from their own number. I will invite him to approach me, and he will do so. For no one would dare approach me on his own. I, the Lord, affirm it! -- jeremiah 30:21 +. +Then you will again be my people and I will be your God. -- jeremiah 30:22 +. +Just watch! The wrath of the Lord will come like a storm. Like a raging storm it will rage down on the heads of those who are wicked. -- jeremiah 30:23 +. +The anger of the Lord will not turn back until he has fully carried out his intended purposes. In days to come you will come to understand this. -- jeremiah 30:24 +. +At that time I will be the God of all the clans of Israel and they will be my people. I, the Lord, affirm it!" -- jeremiah 31:1 +. +The Lord says, "The people of Israel who survived death at the hands of the enemy will find favor in the wilderness as they journey to find rest for themselves. -- jeremiah 31:2 +. +In a far-off land the Lord will manifest himself to them. He will say to them, 'I have loved you with an everlasting love. That is why I have continued to be faithful to you. -- jeremiah 31:3 +. +I will rebuild you, my dear children Israel, so that you will once again be built up. Once again you will take up the tambourine and join in the happy throng of dancers. -- jeremiah 31:4 +. +Once again you will plant vineyards on the hills of Samaria. Those who plant them will once again enjoy their fruit. -- jeremiah 31:5 +. +Yes, a time is coming when watchmen will call out on the mountains of Ephraim, "Come! Let us go to Zion to worship the Lord our God!"'" -- jeremiah 31:6 +. +Moreover, the Lord says, "Sing for joy for the descendants of Jacob. Utter glad shouts for that foremost of the nations. Make your praises heard. Then say, 'Lord, rescue your people. Deliver those of Israel who remain alive.' -- jeremiah 31:7 +. +Then I will reply, 'I will bring them back from the land of the north. I will gather them in from the distant parts of the earth. Blind and lame people will come with them, so will pregnant women and women about to give birth. A vast throng of people will come back here. -- jeremiah 31:8 +. +They will come back shedding tears of contrition. I will bring them back praying prayers of repentance. I will lead them besides streams of water, along smooth paths where they will never stumble. I will do this because I am Israel's father; Ephraim is my firstborn son.'" -- jeremiah 31:9 +. +Hear what the Lord has to say, O nations. Proclaim it in the faraway lands along the sea. Say, "The one who scattered Israel will regather them. He will watch over his people like a shepherd watches over his flock." -- jeremiah 31:10 +. +For the Lord will rescue the descendants of Jacob. He will secure their release from those who had overpowered them. -- jeremiah 31:11 +. +They will come and shout for joy on Mount Zion. They will be radiant with joy over the good things the Lord provides, the grain, the fresh wine, the olive oil, the young sheep and calves he has given to them. They will be like a well-watered garden and will not grow faint or weary any more. -- jeremiah 31:12 +. +The Lord says, "At that time young women will dance and be glad. Young men and old men will rejoice. I will turn their grief into gladness. I will give them comfort and joy in place of their sorrow. -- jeremiah 31:13 +. +I will provide the priests with abundant provisions. My people will be filled to the full with the good things I provide." -- jeremiah 31:14 +. +The Lord says, "A sound is heard in Ramah, a sound of crying in bitter grief. It is the sound of Rachel weeping for her children and refusing to be comforted, because her children are gone." -- jeremiah 31:15 +. +The Lord says to her, "Stop crying! Do not shed any more tears! For your heartfelt repentance will be rewarded. Your children will return from the land of the enemy. I, the Lord, affirm it! -- jeremiah 31:16 +. +Indeed, there is hope for your posterity. Your children will return to their own territory. I, the Lord, affirm it! -- jeremiah 31:17 +. +I have indeed heard the people of Israel say mournfully, 'We were like a calf untrained to the yoke. You disciplined us and we learned from it. Let us come back to you and we will do so, for you are the Lord our God. -- jeremiah 31:18 +. +For after we turned away from you we repented. After we came to our senses we beat our breasts in sorrow. We are ashamed and humiliated because of the disgraceful things we did previously.' -- jeremiah 31:19 +. +Indeed, the people of Israel are my dear children. They are the children I take delight in. For even though I must often rebuke them, I still remember them with fondness. So I am deeply moved with pity for them and will surely have compassion on them. I, the Lord, affirm it! -- jeremiah 31:20 +. +I will say, 'My dear children of Israel, keep in mind the road you took when you were carried off. Mark off in your minds the landmarks. Make a mental note of telltale signs marking the way back. Return, my dear children of Israel. Return to these cities of yours. -- jeremiah 31:21 +. +How long will you vacillate, you who were once like an unfaithful daughter? For I, the Lord, promise to bring about something new on the earth, something as unique as a woman protecting a man!'" -- jeremiah 31:22 +. +The Lord God of Israel who rules over all says, "I will restore the people of Judah to their land and to their towns. When I do, they will again say of Jerusalem, 'May the Lord bless you, you holy mountain, the place where righteousness dwells.' -- jeremiah 31:23 +. +The land of Judah will be inhabited by people who live in its towns as well as by farmers and shepherds with their flocks. -- jeremiah 31:24 +. +I will fully satisfy the needs of those who are weary and fully refresh the souls of those who are faint. -- jeremiah 31:25 +. +Then they will say, 'Under these conditions I can enjoy sweet sleep when I wake up and look around.'" -- jeremiah 31:26 +. +"Indeed, a time is coming," says the Lord, "when I will cause people and animals to sprout up in the lands of Israel and Judah. -- jeremiah 31:27 +. +In the past I saw to it that they were uprooted and torn down, that they were destroyed and demolished. But now I will see to it that they are built up and firmly planted. I, the Lord, affirm it!" -- jeremiah 31:28 +. +"When that time comes, people will no longer say, 'The parents have eaten sour grapes, but the children's teeth have grown numb.' -- jeremiah 31:29 +. +Rather, each person will die for his own sins. The teeth of the person who eats the sour grapes will themselves grow numb. -- jeremiah 31:30 +. +"Indeed, a time is coming," says the Lord, "when I will make a new covenant with the people of Israel and Judah. -- jeremiah 31:31 +. +It will not be like the old covenant that I made with their ancestors when I delivered them from Egypt. For they violated that covenant, even though I was like a faithful husband to them," says the Lord. -- jeremiah 31:32 +. +"But I will make a new covenant with the whole nation of Israel after I plant them back in the land," says the Lord. "I will put my law within them and write it on their hearts and minds. I will be their God and they will be my people. -- jeremiah 31:33 +. +"People will no longer need to teach their neighbors and relatives to know me. For all of them, from the least important to the most important, will know me," says the Lord. "For I will forgive their sin and will no longer call to mind the wrong they have done." -- jeremiah 31:34 +. +The Lord has made a promise to Israel. He promises it as the one who fixed the sun to give light by day and the moon and stars to give light by night. He promises it as the one who stirs up the sea so that its waves roll. He promises it as the one who is known as the Lord who rules over all. -- jeremiah 31:35 +. +The Lord affirms, "The descendants of Israel will not cease forever to be a nation in my sight. That could only happen if the fixed ordering of the heavenly lights were to cease to operate before me." -- jeremiah 31:36 +. +The Lord says, "I will not reject all the descendants of Israel because of all that they have done. That could only happen if the heavens above could be measured or the foundations of the earth below could all be explored," says the Lord. -- jeremiah 31:37 +. +"Indeed a time is coming," says the Lord, "when the city of Jerusalem will be rebuilt as my special city. It will be built from the Tower of Hananel westward to the Corner Gate. -- jeremiah 31:38 +. +The boundary line will extend beyond that, straight west from there to the Hill of Gareb and then turn southward to Goah. -- jeremiah 31:39 +. +The whole valley where dead bodies and sacrificial ashes are thrown and all the terraced fields out to the Kidron Valley on the east as far north as the Horse Gate will be included within this city that is sacred to the Lord. The city will never again be torn down or destroyed." -- jeremiah 31:40 +. +In the tenth year that Zedekiah was ruling over Judah the Lord spoke to Jeremiah. That was the same as the eighteenth year of Nebuchadnezzar. -- jeremiah 32:1 +. +Now at that time, the armies of the king of Babylon were besieging Jerusalem. The prophet Jeremiah was confined in the courtyard of the guardhouse attached to the royal palace of Judah. -- jeremiah 32:2 +. +For King Zedekiah had confined Jeremiah there after he had reproved him for prophesying as he did. He had asked Jeremiah, "Why do you keep prophesying these things? Why do you keep saying that the Lord says, 'I will hand this city over to the king of Babylon? I will let him capture it. -- jeremiah 32:3 +. +King Zedekiah of Judah will not escape from the Babylonians. He will certainly be handed over to the king of Babylon. He must answer personally to the king of Babylon and confront him face to face. -- jeremiah 32:4 +. +Zedekiah will be carried off to Babylon and will remain there until I have fully dealt with him. I, the Lord, affirm it! Even if you continue to fight against the Babylonians, you cannot win.'" -- jeremiah 32:5 +. +So now, Jeremiah said, "The Lord told me, -- jeremiah 32:6 +. +'Hanamel, the son of your uncle Shallum, will come to you soon. He will say to you, "Buy my field at Anathoth because you are entitled as my closest relative to buy it."' -- jeremiah 32:7 +. +Now it happened just as the Lord had said! My cousin Hanamel came to me in the courtyard of the guardhouse. He said to me, 'Buy my field which is at Anathoth in the territory of the tribe of Benjamin. Buy it for yourself since you are entitled as my closest relative to take possession of it for yourself.' When this happened, I recognized that the Lord had indeed spoken to me. -- jeremiah 32:8 +. +So I bought the field at Anathoth from my cousin Hanamel. I weighed out seven ounces of silver and gave it to him to pay for it. -- jeremiah 32:9 +. +I signed the deed of purchase, sealed it, and had some men serve as witnesses to the purchase. I weighed out the silver for him on a scale. -- jeremiah 32:10 +. +There were two copies of the deed of purchase. One was sealed and contained the order of transfer and the conditions of purchase. The other was left unsealed. -- jeremiah 32:11 +. +I took both copies of the deed of purchase and gave them to Baruch son of Neriah, the son of Mahseiah. I gave them to him in the presence of my cousin Hanamel, the witnesses who had signed the deed of purchase, and all the Judeans who were housed in the courtyard of the guardhouse. -- jeremiah 32:12 +. +In the presence of all these people I instructed Baruch, -- jeremiah 32:13 +. +'The Lord God of Israel who rules over all says, "Take these documents, both the sealed copy of the deed of purchase and the unsealed copy. Put them in a clay jar so that they may be preserved for a long time to come."' -- jeremiah 32:14 +. +For the Lord God of Israel who rules over all says, "Houses, fields, and vineyards will again be bought in this land."' -- jeremiah 32:15 +. +"After I had given the copies of the deed of purchase to Baruch son of Neriah, I prayed to the Lord, -- jeremiah 32:16 +. +'Oh, Lord God, you did indeed make heaven and earth by your mighty power and great strength. Nothing is too hard for you! -- jeremiah 32:17 +. +You show unfailing love to thousands. But you also punish children for the sins of their parents. You are the great and powerful God who is known as the Lord who rules over all. -- jeremiah 32:18 +. +You plan great things and you do mighty deeds. You see everything people do. You reward each of them for the way they live and for the things they do. -- jeremiah 32:19 +. +You did miracles and amazing deeds in the land of Egypt which have had lasting effect. By this means you gained both in Israel and among humankind a renown that lasts to this day. -- jeremiah 32:20 +. +You used your mighty power and your great strength to perform miracles and amazing deeds and to bring great terror on the Egyptians. By this means you brought your people Israel out of the land of Egypt. -- jeremiah 32:21 +. +You kept the promise that you swore on oath to their ancestors. You gave them a land flowing with milk and honey. -- jeremiah 32:22 +. +But when they came in and took possession of it, they did not obey you or live as you had instructed them. They did not do anything that you commanded them to do. So you brought all this disaster on them. -- jeremiah 32:23 +. +Even now siege ramps have been built up around the city in order to capture it. War, starvation, and disease are sure to make the city fall into the hands of the Babylonians who are attacking it. Lord, you threatened that this would happen. Now you can see that it is already taking place. -- jeremiah 32:24 +. +The city is sure to fall into the hands of the Babylonians. Yet, in spite of this, you, Lord God, have said to me, "Buy that field with silver and have the transaction legally witnessed."'" -- jeremiah 32:25 +. +The Lord answered Jeremiah. -- jeremiah 32:26 +. +"I am the Lord, the God of all humankind. There is, indeed, nothing too difficult for me. -- jeremiah 32:27 +. +Therefore I, the Lord, say: 'I will indeed hand this city over to King Nebuchadnezzar of Babylon and the Babylonian army. They will capture it. -- jeremiah 32:28 +. +The Babylonian soldiers that are attacking this city will break into it and set it on fire. They will burn it down along with the houses where people have made me angry by offering sacrifices to the god Baal and by pouring out drink offerings to other gods on their rooftops. -- jeremiah 32:29 +. +This will happen because the people of Israel and Judah have repeatedly done what displeases me from their earliest history until now and because they have repeatedly made me angry by the things they have done. I, the Lord, affirm it! -- jeremiah 32:30 +. +This will happen because the people of this city have aroused my anger and my wrath since the time they built it until now. They have made me so angry that I am determined to remove it from my sight. -- jeremiah 32:31 +. +I am determined to do so because the people of Israel and Judah have made me angry with all their wickedness - they, their kings, their officials, their priests, their prophets, and especially the people of Judah and the citizens of Jerusalem have done this wickedness. -- jeremiah 32:32 +. +They have turned away from me instead of turning to me. I tried over and over again to instruct them, but they did not listen and respond to correction. -- jeremiah 32:33 +. +They set up their disgusting idols in the temple which I have claimed for my own and defiled it. -- jeremiah 32:34 +. +They built places of worship for the god Baal in the Valley of Ben Hinnom so that they could sacrifice their sons and daughters to the god Molech. Such a disgusting practice was not something I commanded them to do! It never even entered my mind to command them to do such a thing! So Judah is certainly liable for punishment.' -- jeremiah 32:35 +. +"You and your people are right in saying, 'War, starvation, and disease are sure to make this city fall into the hands of the king of Babylon.' But now I, the Lord God of Israel, have something further to say about this city: -- jeremiah 32:36 +. +'I will certainly regather my people from all the countries where I will have exiled them in my anger, fury, and great wrath. I will bring them back to this place and allow them to live here in safety. -- jeremiah 32:37 +. +They will be my people, and I will be their God. -- jeremiah 32:38 +. +I will give them a single-minded purpose to live in a way that always shows respect for me. They will want to do that for their own good and the good of the children who descend from them. -- jeremiah 32:39 +. +I will make a lasting covenant with them that I will never stop doing good to them. I will fill their hearts and minds with respect for me so that they will never again turn away from me. -- jeremiah 32:40 +. +I will take delight in doing good to them. I will faithfully and wholeheartedly plant them firmly in the land.' -- jeremiah 32:41 +. +"For I, the Lord, say: 'I will surely bring on these people all the good fortune that I am hereby promising them. I will be just as sure to do that as I have been in bringing all this great disaster on them. -- jeremiah 32:42 +. +You and your people are saying that this land will become desolate, uninhabited by either people or animals. You are saying that it will be handed over to the Babylonians. But fields will again be bought in this land. -- jeremiah 32:43 +. +Fields will again be bought with silver, and deeds of purchase signed, sealed, and witnessed. This will happen in the territory of Benjamin, the villages surrounding Jerusalem, the towns in Judah, the southern hill country, the western foothills, and southern Judah. For I will restore them to their land. I, the Lord, affirm it!'" -- jeremiah 32:44 +. +The Lord spoke to Jeremiah a second time while he was still confined in the courtyard of the guardhouse. -- jeremiah 33:1 +. +"I, the Lord, do these things. I, the Lord, form the plan to bring them about. I am known as the Lord. I say to you, -- jeremiah 33:2 +. +'Call on me in prayer and I will answer you. I will show you great and mysterious things which you still do not know about.' -- jeremiah 33:3 +. +For I, the Lord God of Israel, have something more to say about the houses in this city and the royal buildings which have been torn down for defenses against the siege ramps and military incursions of the Babylonians: -- jeremiah 33:4 +. +'The defenders of the city will go out and fight with the Babylonians. But they will only fill those houses and buildings with the dead bodies of the people that I will kill in my anger and my wrath. That will happen because I have decided to turn my back on this city on account of the wicked things they have done. -- jeremiah 33:5 +. +But I will most surely heal the wounds of this city and restore it and its people to health. I will show them abundant peace and security. -- jeremiah 33:6 +. +I will restore Judah and Israel and will rebuild them as they were in days of old. -- jeremiah 33:7 +. +I will purify them from all the sin that they committed against me. I will forgive all their sins which they committed in rebelling against me. -- jeremiah 33:8 +. +All the nations will hear about all the good things which I will do to them. This city will bring me fame, honor, and praise before them for the joy that I bring it. The nations will tremble in awe at all the peace and prosperity that I will provide for it.' -- jeremiah 33:9 +. +"I, the Lord, say: 'You and your people are saying about this place, "It lies in ruins. There are no people or animals in it." That is true. The towns of Judah and the streets of Jerusalem will soon be desolate, uninhabited either by people or by animals. But happy sounds will again be heard in these places. -- jeremiah 33:10 +. +Once again there will be sounds of joy and gladness and the glad celebrations of brides and grooms. Once again people will bring their thank offerings to the temple of the Lord and will say, "Give thanks to the Lord who rules over all. For the Lord is good and his unfailing love lasts forever." For I, the Lord, affirm that I will restore the land to what it was in days of old.' -- jeremiah 33:11 +. +"I, the Lord who rules over all, say: 'This place will indeed lie in ruins. There will be no people or animals in it. But there will again be in it and in its towns sheepfolds where shepherds can rest their sheep. -- jeremiah 33:12 +. +I, the Lord, say that shepherds will once again count their sheep as they pass into the fold. They will do this in all the towns in the southern hill country, the western foothills, the southern hill country, the territory of Benjamin, the villages surrounding Jerusalem, and the towns of Judah.' -- jeremiah 33:13 +. +"I, the Lord, affirm: 'The time will certainly come when I will fulfill my gracious promise concerning the nations of Israel and Judah. -- jeremiah 33:14 +. +In those days and at that time I will raise up for them a righteous descendant of David. "'He will do what is just and right in the land. -- jeremiah 33:15 +. +Under his rule Judah will enjoy safety and Jerusalem will live in security. At that time Jerusalem will be called "The Lord has provided us with justice." -- jeremiah 33:16 +. +For I, the Lord, promise: "David will never lack a successor to occupy the throne over the nation of Israel. -- jeremiah 33:17 +. +Nor will the Levitical priests ever lack someone to stand before me and continually offer up burnt offerings, sacrifice cereal offerings, and offer the other sacrifices."'" -- jeremiah 33:18 +. +The Lord spoke further to Jeremiah. -- jeremiah 33:19 +. +"I, Lord, make the following promise: 'I have made a covenant with the day and with the night that they will always come at their proper times. Only if you people could break that covenant -- jeremiah 33:20 +. +could my covenant with my servant David and my covenant with the Levites ever be broken. So David will by all means always have a descendant to occupy his throne as king and the Levites will by all means always have priests who will minister before me. -- jeremiah 33:21 +. +I will make the children who follow one another in the line of my servant David very numerous. I will also make the Levites who minister before me very numerous. I will make them all as numerous as the stars in the sky and as the sands which are on the seashore.'" -- jeremiah 33:22 +. +The Lord spoke still further to Jeremiah. -- jeremiah 33:23 +. +"You have surely noticed what these people are saying, haven't you? They are saying, 'The Lord has rejected the two families of Israel and Judah that he chose.' So they have little regard that my people will ever again be a nation. -- jeremiah 33:24 +. +But I, the Lord, make the following promise: I have made a covenant governing the coming of day and night. I have established the fixed laws governing heaven and earth. -- jeremiah 33:25 +. +Just as surely as I have done this, so surely will I never reject the descendants of Jacob. Nor will I ever refuse to choose one of my servant David's descendants to rule over the descendants of Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob. Indeed, I will restore them and show mercy to them." -- jeremiah 33:26 +. +The Lord spoke to Jeremiah while King Nebuchadnezzar of Babylon was attacking Jerusalem and the towns around it with a large army. This army consisted of troops from his own army and from the kingdoms and peoples of the lands under his dominion. -- jeremiah 34:1 +. +The Lord God of Israel told Jeremiah to go and give King Zedekiah of Judah a message. He told Jeremiah to tell him, "The Lord says, 'I am going to hand this city over to the king of Babylon and he will burn it down. -- jeremiah 34:2 +. +You yourself will not escape his clutches, but will certainly be captured and handed over to him. You must confront the king of Babylon face to face and answer to him personally. Then you must go to Babylon. -- jeremiah 34:3 +. +However, listen to what I, the Lord, promise you, King Zedekiah of Judah. I, the Lord, promise that you will not die in battle or be executed. -- jeremiah 34:4 +. +You will die a peaceful death. They will burn incense at your burial just as they did at the burial of your ancestors, the former kings who preceded you. They will mourn for you, saying, "Poor, poor master!" Indeed, you have my own word on this. I, the Lord, affirm it!'" -- jeremiah 34:5 +. +The prophet Jeremiah told all this to King Zedekiah of Judah in Jerusalem. -- jeremiah 34:6 +. +He did this while the army of the king of Babylon was attacking Jerusalem and the cities of Lachish and Azekah. He was attacking these cities because they were the only fortified cities of Judah which were still holding out. -- jeremiah 34:7 +. +The Lord spoke to Jeremiah after King Zedekiah had made a covenant with all the people in Jerusalem to grant their slaves their freedom. -- jeremiah 34:8 +. +Everyone was supposed to free their male and female Hebrew slaves. No one was supposed to keep a fellow Judean enslaved. -- jeremiah 34:9 +. +All the people and their leaders had agreed to this. They had agreed to free their male and female slaves and not keep them enslaved any longer. They originally complied with the covenant and freed them. -- jeremiah 34:10 +. +But later they had changed their minds. They had taken back their male and female slaves that they had freed and forced them to be slaves again. -- jeremiah 34:11 +. +That was when the Lord spoke to Jeremiah, -- jeremiah 34:12 +. +"The Lord God of Israel has a message for you. 'I made a covenant with your ancestors when I brought them out of Egypt where they had been slaves. It stipulated, -- jeremiah 34:13 +. +"Every seven years each of you must free any fellow Hebrews who have sold themselves to you. After they have served you for six years, you shall set them free." But your ancestors did not obey me or pay any attention to me. -- jeremiah 34:14 +. +Recently, however, you yourselves showed a change of heart and did what is pleasing to me. You granted your fellow countrymen their freedom and you made a covenant to that effect in my presence in the house that I have claimed for my own. -- jeremiah 34:15 +. +But then you turned right around and showed that you did not honor me. Each of you took back your male and female slaves whom you had freed as they desired, and you forced them to be your slaves again. -- jeremiah 34:16 +. +So I, the Lord, say: "You have not really obeyed me and granted freedom to your neighbor and fellow countryman. Therefore, I will grant you freedom, the freedom to die in war, or by starvation or disease. I, the Lord, affirm it! I will make all the kingdoms of the earth horrified at what happens to you. -- jeremiah 34:17 +. +I will punish those people who have violated their covenant with me. I will make them like the calf they cut in two and passed between its pieces. I will do so because they did not keep the terms of the covenant they made in my presence. -- jeremiah 34:18 +. +I will punish the leaders of Judah and Jerusalem, the court officials, the priests, and all the other people of the land who passed between the pieces of the calf. -- jeremiah 34:19 +. +I will hand them over to their enemies who want to kill them. Their dead bodies will become food for the birds and the wild animals. -- jeremiah 34:20 +. +I will also hand King Zedekiah of Judah and his officials over to their enemies who want to kill them. I will hand them over to the army of the king of Babylon, even though they have temporarily withdrawn from attacking you. -- jeremiah 34:21 +. +For I, the Lord, affirm that I will soon give the order and bring them back to this city. They will fight against it and capture it and burn it down. I will also make the towns of Judah desolate so that there will be no one living in them."'" -- jeremiah 34:22 +. +The Lord spoke to Jeremiah when Jehoiakim son of Josiah was ruling over Judah. -- jeremiah 35:1 +. +"Go to the Rechabite community. Invite them to come into one of the side rooms of the Lord's temple and offer them some wine to drink." -- jeremiah 35:2 +. +So I went and got Jaazaniah son of Jeremiah the grandson of Habazziniah, his brothers, all his sons, and all the rest of the Rechabite community. -- jeremiah 35:3 +. +I took them to the Lord's temple. I took them into the room where the disciples of the prophet Hanan son of Igdaliah stayed. That room was next to the one where the temple officers stayed and above the room where Maaseiah son of Shallum, one of the doorkeepers of the temple, stayed. -- jeremiah 35:4 +. +Then I set cups and pitchers full of wine in front of the members of the Rechabite community and said to them, "Have some wine." -- jeremiah 35:5 +. +But they answered, "We do not drink wine because our ancestor Jonadab son of Rechab commanded us not to. He told us, 'You and your children must never drink wine. -- jeremiah 35:6 +. +Do not build houses. Do not plant crops. Do not plant a vineyard or own one. Live in tents all your lives. If you do these things you will live a long time in the land that you wander about on.' -- jeremiah 35:7 +. +We and our wives and our sons and daughters have obeyed everything our ancestor Jonadab commanded us. We have never drunk wine. -- jeremiah 35:8 +. +We have not built any houses to live in. We do not own any vineyards, fields, or crops. -- jeremiah 35:9 +. +We have lived in tents. We have obeyed our ancestor Jonadab and done exactly as he commanded us. -- jeremiah 35:10 +. +But when King Nebuchadnezzar of Babylon invaded the land we said, 'Let's get up and go to Jerusalem to get away from the Babylonian and Aramean armies.' That is why we are staying here in Jerusalem." -- jeremiah 35:11 +. +Then the Lord spoke to Jeremiah. -- jeremiah 35:12 +. +The Lord God of Israel who rules over all told him, "Go and speak to the people of Judah and the citizens of Jerusalem. Tell them, 'I, the Lord, say: "You must learn a lesson from this about obeying what I say! -- jeremiah 35:13 +. +Jonadab son of Rechab ordered his descendants not to drink wine. His orders have been carried out. To this day his descendants have drunk no wine because they have obeyed what their ancestor commanded them. But I have spoken to you over and over again, but you have not obeyed me! -- jeremiah 35:14 +. +I sent all my servants the prophets to warn you over and over again. They said, "Every one of you, stop doing the evil things you have been doing and do what is right. Do not pay allegiance to other gods and worship them. Then you can continue to live in this land that I gave to you and your ancestors." But you did not pay any attention or listen to me. -- jeremiah 35:15 +. +Yes, the descendants of Jonadab son of Rechab have carried out the orders that their ancestor gave them. But you people have not obeyed me! -- jeremiah 35:16 +. +So I, the Lord, the God who rules over all, the God of Israel, say: "I will soon bring on Judah and all the citizens of Jerusalem all the disaster that I threatened to bring on them. I will do this because I spoke to them but they did not listen. I called out to them but they did not answer."'" -- jeremiah 35:17 +. +Then Jeremiah spoke to the Rechabite community, "The Lord God of Israel who rules over all says, 'You have obeyed the orders of your ancestor Jonadab. You have followed all his instructions. You have done exactly as he commanded you.' -- jeremiah 35:18 +. +So the Lord God of Israel who rules over all says, 'Jonadab son of Rechab will never lack a male descendant to serve me.'" -- jeremiah 35:19 +. +The Lord spoke to Jeremiah in the fourth year that Jehoiakim son of Josiah was ruling over Judah. -- jeremiah 36:1 +. +"Get a scroll. Write on it everything I have told you to say about Israel, Judah, and all the other nations since I began to speak to you in the reign of Josiah until now. -- jeremiah 36:2 +. +Perhaps when the people of Judah hear about all the disaster I intend to bring on them, they will all stop doing the evil things they have been doing. If they do, I will forgive their sins and the wicked things they have done." -- jeremiah 36:3 +. +So Jeremiah summoned Baruch son of Neriah. Then Jeremiah dictated to Baruch everything the Lord had told him to say and Baruch wrote it all down in a scroll. -- jeremiah 36:4 +. +Then Jeremiah told Baruch, "I am no longer allowed to go into the Lord's temple. -- jeremiah 36:5 +. +So you go there the next time all the people of Judah come in from their towns to fast in the Lord's temple. Read out loud where all of them can hear you what I told you the Lord said, which you wrote in the scroll. -- jeremiah 36:6 +. +Perhaps then they will ask the Lord for mercy and will all stop doing the evil things they have been doing. For the Lord has threatened to bring great anger and wrath against these people." -- jeremiah 36:7 +. +So Baruch son of Neriah did exactly what the prophet Jeremiah had told him to do. He read what the Lord had said from the scroll in the temple of the Lord. -- jeremiah 36:8 +. +All the people living in Jerusalem and all the people who came into Jerusalem from the towns of Judah came to observe a fast before the Lord. The fast took place in the ninth month of the fifth year that Jehoiakim son of Josiah was ruling over Judah. -- jeremiah 36:9 +. +At that time Baruch went into the temple of the Lord. He stood in the entrance of the room of Gemariah the son of Shaphan who had been the royal secretary. That room was in the upper court near the entrance of the New Gate. There, where all the people could hear him, he read from the scroll what Jeremiah had said. -- jeremiah 36:10 +. +Micaiah, who was the son of Gemariah and the grandson of Shaphan, heard Baruch read from the scroll everything the Lord had said. -- jeremiah 36:11 +. +He went down to the chamber of the royal secretary in the king's palace and found all the court officials in session there. Elishama the royal secretary, Delaiah son of Shemaiah, Elnathan son of Achbor, Gemariah son of Shaphan, Zedekiah son of Hananiah, and all the other officials were seated there. -- jeremiah 36:12 +. +Micaiah told them everything he had heard Baruch read from the scroll in the hearing of the people. -- jeremiah 36:13 +. +All the officials sent Jehudi, who was the son of Nethaniah and the grandson of Cushi, to Baruch. They ordered him to tell Baruch, "Come here and bring with you the scroll you read in the hearing of the people." So Baruch son of Neriah went to them, carrying the scroll in his hand. -- jeremiah 36:14 +. +They said to him, "Please sit down and read it to us." So Baruch sat down and read it to them. -- jeremiah 36:15 +. +When they had heard it all, they expressed their alarm to one another. Then they said to Baruch, "We must certainly give the king a report about everything you have read!" -- jeremiah 36:16 +. +Then they asked Baruch, "How did you come to write all these words? Do they actually come from Jeremiah's mouth?" -- jeremiah 36:17 +. +Baruch answered, "Yes, they came from his own mouth. He dictated all these words to me and I wrote them down in ink on this scroll." -- jeremiah 36:18 +. +Then the officials said to Baruch, "You and Jeremiah must go and hide. You must not let anyone know where you are." -- jeremiah 36:19 +. +The officials put the scroll in the room of Elishama, the royal secretary, for safekeeping. Then they went to the court and reported everything to the king. -- jeremiah 36:20 +. +The king sent Jehudi to get the scroll. He went and got it from the room of Elishama, the royal secretary. Then he himself read it to the king and all the officials who were standing around him. -- jeremiah 36:21 +. +Since it was the ninth month of the year, the king was sitting in his winter quarters. A fire was burning in the firepot in front of him. -- jeremiah 36:22 +. +As soon as Jehudi had read three or four columns of the scroll, the king would cut them off with a penknife and throw them on the fire in the firepot. He kept doing so until the whole scroll was burned up in the fire. -- jeremiah 36:23 +. +Neither he nor any of his attendants showed any alarm when they heard all that had been read. Nor did they tear their clothes to show any grief or sorrow. -- jeremiah 36:24 +. +The king did not even listen to Elnathan, Delaiah, and Gemariah, who had urged him not to burn the scroll. -- jeremiah 36:25 +. +He also ordered Jerahmeel, who was one of the royal princes, Seraiah son of Azriel, and Shelemiah son of Abdeel to arrest the scribe Baruch and the prophet Jeremiah. However, the Lord hid them. -- jeremiah 36:26 +. +The Lord spoke to Jeremiah after Jehoiakim had burned the scroll containing what Jeremiah had spoken and Baruch had written down. -- jeremiah 36:27 +. +"Get another scroll and write on it everything that was written on the original scroll that King Jehoiakim of Judah burned. -- jeremiah 36:28 +. +Tell King Jehoiakim of Judah, 'The Lord says, "You burned the scroll. You asked Jeremiah, 'How dare you write in this scroll that the king of Babylon will certainly come and destroy this land and wipe out all the people and animals on it?'" -- jeremiah 36:29 +. +So the Lord says concerning King Jehoiakim of Judah, "None of his line will occupy the throne of David. His dead body will be thrown out to be exposed to scorching heat by day and frost by night. -- jeremiah 36:30 +. +I will punish him and his descendants and the officials who serve him for the wicked things they have done. I will bring on them, the citizens of Jerusalem, and the people of Judah all the disaster that I threatened to do to them. I will punish them because I threatened them but they still paid no heed."'" -- jeremiah 36:31 +. +Then Jeremiah got another scroll and gave it to the scribe Baruch son of Neriah. As Jeremiah dictated, Baruch wrote on this scroll everything that had been on the scroll that King Jehoiakim of Judah burned in the fire. They also added on this scroll several other messages of the same kind. -- jeremiah 36:32 +. +Zedekiah son of Josiah succeeded Jeconiah son of Jehoiakim as king. He was elevated to the throne of the land of Judah by King Nebuchadnezzar of Babylon. -- jeremiah 37:1 +. +Neither he nor the officials who served him nor the people of Judah paid any attention to what the Lord said through the prophet Jeremiah. -- jeremiah 37:2 +. +King Zedekiah sent Jehucal son of Shelemiah and the priest Zephaniah son of Maaseiah to the prophet Jeremiah. He told them to say, "Please pray to the Lord our God on our behalf." -- jeremiah 37:3 +. +(Now Jeremiah had not yet been put in prison. So he was still free to come and go among the people as he pleased. -- jeremiah 37:4 +. +At that time the Babylonian forces had temporarily given up their siege against Jerusalem. They had had it under siege, but withdrew when they heard that the army of Pharaoh had set out from Egypt.) -- jeremiah 37:5 +. +The Lord gave the prophet Jeremiah a message for them. He told him to tell them, -- jeremiah 37:6 +. +"The Lord God of Israel says, 'Give a message to the king of Judah who sent you to ask me to help him. Tell him, "The army of Pharaoh that was on its way to help you will go back home to Egypt. -- jeremiah 37:7 +. +Then the Babylonian forces will return. They will attack the city and will capture it and burn it down. -- jeremiah 37:8 +. +Moreover, I, the Lord, warn you not to deceive yourselves into thinking that the Babylonian forces will go away and leave you alone. For they will not go away. -- jeremiah 37:9 +. +For even if you were to defeat all the Babylonian forces fighting against you so badly that only wounded men were left lying in their tents, they would get up and burn this city down."'" -- jeremiah 37:10 +. +The following events also occurred while the Babylonian forces had temporarily withdrawn from Jerusalem because the army of Pharaoh was coming. -- jeremiah 37:11 +. +Jeremiah started to leave Jerusalem to go to the territory of Benjamin. He wanted to make sure he got his share of the property that was being divided up among his family there. -- jeremiah 37:12 +. +But he only got as far as the Benjamin Gate. There an officer in charge of the guards named Irijah, who was the son of Shelemiah and the grandson of Hananiah, stopped him. He seized Jeremiah and said, "You are deserting to the Babylonians!" -- jeremiah 37:13 +. +Jeremiah answered, "That's a lie! I am not deserting to the Babylonians." But Irijah would not listen to him. Irijah put Jeremiah under arrest and took him to the officials. -- jeremiah 37:14 +. +The officials were very angry at Jeremiah. They had him flogged and put in prison in the house of Jonathan, the royal secretary, which they had converted into a place for confining prisoners. -- jeremiah 37:15 +. +So Jeremiah was put in prison in a cell in the dungeon in Jonathan's house. He was kept there for a long time. -- jeremiah 37:16 +. +Then King Zedekiah had him brought to the palace. There he questioned him privately and asked him, "Is there any message from the Lord?" Jeremiah answered, "Yes, there is." Then he announced, "You will be handed over to the king of Babylon." -- jeremiah 37:17 +. +Then Jeremiah asked King Zedekiah, "What crime have I committed against you, or the officials who serve you, or the people of Judah? What have I done to make you people throw me into prison? -- jeremiah 37:18 +. +Where now are the prophets who prophesied to you that the king of Babylon would not attack you or this land? -- jeremiah 37:19 +. +But now please listen, your royal Majesty, and grant my plea for mercy. Do not send me back to the house of Jonathan, the royal secretary. If you do, I will die there." -- jeremiah 37:20 +. +Then King Zedekiah ordered that Jeremiah be committed to the courtyard of the guardhouse. He also ordered that a loaf of bread be given to him every day from the baker's street until all the bread in the city was gone. So Jeremiah was kept in the courtyard of the guardhouse. -- jeremiah 37:21 +. +Now Shephatiah son of Mattan, Gedaliah son of Pashhur, Jehucal son of Shelemiah, and Pashhur son of Malkijah had heard the things that Jeremiah had been telling the people. They had heard him say, -- jeremiah 38:1 +. +"The Lord says, 'Those who stay in this city will die in battle or of starvation or disease. Those who leave the city and surrender to the Babylonians will live. They will escape with their lives.'" -- jeremiah 38:2 +. +They had also heard him say, "The Lord says, 'This city will certainly be handed over to the army of the king of Babylon. They will capture it.'" -- jeremiah 38:3 +. +So these officials said to the king, "This man must be put to death. For he is demoralizing the soldiers who are left in the city as well as all the other people there by these things he is saying. This man is not seeking to help these people but is trying to harm them." -- jeremiah 38:4 +. +King Zedekiah said to them, "Very well, you can do what you want with him. For I cannot do anything to stop you." -- jeremiah 38:5 +. +So the officials took Jeremiah and put him in the cistern of Malkijah, one of the royal princes, that was in the courtyard of the guardhouse. There was no water in the cistern, only mud. So when they lowered Jeremiah into the cistern with ropes he sank in the mud. -- jeremiah 38:6 +. +An Ethiopian, Ebed Melech, a court official in the royal palace, heard that Jeremiah had been put in the cistern. While the king was holding court at the Benjamin Gate, -- jeremiah 38:7 +. +Ebed Melech departed the palace and went to speak to the king. He said to him, -- jeremiah 38:8 +. +"Your royal Majesty, those men have been very wicked in all that they have done to the prophet Jeremiah. They have thrown him into a cistern and he is sure to die of starvation there because there is no food left in the city. -- jeremiah 38:9 +. +Then the king gave Ebed Melech the Ethiopian the following order: "Take thirty men with you from here and go pull the prophet Jeremiah out of the cistern before he dies." -- jeremiah 38:10 +. +So Ebed Melech took the men with him and went to a room under the treasure room in the palace. He got some worn-out clothes and old rags from there and let them down by ropes to Jeremiah in the cistern. -- jeremiah 38:11 +. +Ebed Melech called down to Jeremiah, "Put these rags and worn-out clothes under your armpits to pad the ropes. Jeremiah did as Ebed Melech instructed. -- jeremiah 38:12 +. +So they pulled Jeremiah up from the cistern with ropes. Jeremiah, however, still remained confined to the courtyard of the guardhouse. -- jeremiah 38:13 +. +Some time later Zedekiah sent and had Jeremiah brought to him at the third entrance of the Lord's temple. The king said to Jeremiah, "I would like to ask you a question. Do not hide anything from me when you answer." -- jeremiah 38:14 +. +Jeremiah said to Zedekiah, "If I answer you, you will certainly kill me. If I give you advice, you will not listen to me." -- jeremiah 38:15 +. +So King Zedekiah made a secret promise to Jeremiah and sealed it with an oath. He promised, "As surely as the Lord lives who has given us life and breath, I promise you this: I will not kill you or hand you over to those men who want to kill you." -- jeremiah 38:16 +. +Then Jeremiah said to Zedekiah, "The Lord, the God who rules over all, the God of Israel, says, 'You must surrender to the officers of the king of Babylon. If you do, your life will be spared and this city will not be burned down. Indeed, you and your whole family will be spared. -- jeremiah 38:17 +. +But if you do not surrender to the officers of the king of Babylon, this city will be handed over to the Babylonians and they will burn it down. You yourself will not escape from them.'" -- jeremiah 38:18 +. +Then King Zedekiah said to Jeremiah, "I am afraid of the Judeans who have deserted to the Babylonians. The Babylonians might hand me over to them and they will torture me." -- jeremiah 38:19 +. +Then Jeremiah answered, "You will not be handed over to them. Please obey the Lord by doing what I have been telling you. Then all will go well with you and your life will be spared. -- jeremiah 38:20 +. +But if you refuse to surrender, the Lord has shown me a vision of what will happen. Here is what I saw: -- jeremiah 38:21 +. +All the women who are left in the royal palace of Judah will be led out to the officers of the king of Babylon. They will taunt you saying, 'Your trusted friends misled you; they have gotten the best of you. Now that your feet are stuck in the mud, they have turned their backs on you.' -- jeremiah 38:22 +. +"All your wives and your children will be turned over to the Babylonians. You yourself will not escape from them but will be captured by the king of Babylon. This city will be burned down." -- jeremiah 38:23 +. +Then Zedekiah told Jeremiah, "Do not let anyone know about the conversation we have had. If you do, you will die. -- jeremiah 38:24 +. +The officials may hear that I have talked with you. They may come to you and say, 'Tell us what you said to the king and what the king said to you. Do not hide anything from us. If you do, we will kill you.' -- jeremiah 38:25 +. +If they do this, tell them, 'I was pleading with the king not to send me back to die in the dungeon of Jonathan's house.'" -- jeremiah 38:26 +. +All the officials did indeed come and question Jeremiah. He told them exactly what the king had instructed him to say. They stopped questioning him any further because no one had actually heard their conversation. -- jeremiah 38:27 +. +So Jeremiah remained confined in the courtyard of the guardhouse until the day Jerusalem was captured.The following events occurred when Jerusalem was captured. -- jeremiah 38:28 +. +King Nebuchadnezzar of Babylon came against Jerusalem with his whole army and laid siege to it. The siege began in the tenth month of the ninth year that Zedekiah ruled over Judah. -- jeremiah 39:1 +. +It lasted until the ninth day of the fourth month of Zedekiah's eleventh year. On that day they broke through the city walls. -- jeremiah 39:2 +. +Then Nergal-Sharezer of Samgar, Nebo-Sarsekim, who was a chief officer, Nergal-Sharezer, who was a high official, and all the other officers of the king of Babylon came and set up quarters in the Middle Gate. -- jeremiah 39:3 +. +When King Zedekiah of Judah and all his soldiers saw them, they tried to escape. They departed from the city during the night. They took a path through the king's garden and passed out through the gate between the two walls. Then they headed for the Jordan Valley. -- jeremiah 39:4 +. +But the Babylonian army chased after them. They caught up with Zedekiah in the plains of Jericho and captured him. They took him to King Nebuchadnezzar of Babylon at Riblah in the territory of Hamath and Nebuchadnezzar passed sentence on him there. -- jeremiah 39:5 +. +There at Riblah the king of Babylon had Zedekiah's sons put to death while Zedekiah was forced to watch. The king of Babylon also had all the nobles of Judah put to death. -- jeremiah 39:6 +. +Then he had Zedekiah's eyes put out and had him bound in chains to be led off to Babylon. -- jeremiah 39:7 +. +The Babylonians burned down the royal palace, the temple of the Lord, and the people's homes, and they tore down the wall of Jerusalem. -- jeremiah 39:8 +. +Then Nebuzaradan, the captain of the royal guard, took captive the rest of the people who were left in the city. He carried them off to Babylon along with the people who had deserted to him. -- jeremiah 39:9 +. +But he left behind in the land of Judah some of the poor people who owned nothing. He gave them fields and vineyards at that time. -- jeremiah 39:10 +. +Now King Nebuchadnezzar of Babylon had issued orders concerning Jeremiah. He had passed them on through Nebuzaradan, the captain of his royal guard, -- jeremiah 39:11 +. +"Find Jeremiah and look out for him. Do not do anything to harm him, but do with him whatever he tells you." -- jeremiah 39:12 +. +So Nebuzaradan, the captain of the royal guard, Nebushazban, who was a chief officer, Nergal-Sharezer, who was a high official, and all the other officers of the king of Babylon -- jeremiah 39:13 +. +sent and had Jeremiah brought from the courtyard of the guardhouse. They turned him over to Gedaliah, the son of Ahikam and the grandson of Shaphan, to take him home with him. But Jeremiah stayed among the people. -- jeremiah 39:14 +. +Now the Lord had spoken to Jeremiah while he was still confined in the courtyard of the guardhouse, -- jeremiah 39:15 +. +"Go and tell Ebed-Melech the Ethiopian, 'The Lord God of Israel who rules over all says, "I will carry out against this city what I promised. It will mean disaster and not good fortune for it. When that disaster happens, you will be there to see it. -- jeremiah 39:16 +. +But I will rescue you when it happens. I, the Lord, affirm it! You will not be handed over to those whom you fear. -- jeremiah 39:17 +. +I will certainly save you. You will not fall victim to violence. You will escape with your life because you trust in me. I, the Lord, affirm it!"'" -- jeremiah 39:18 +. +The Lord spoke to Jeremiah after Nebuzaradan the captain of the royal guard had set him free at Ramah. He had taken him there in chains along with all the people from Jerusalem and Judah who were being carried off to exile to Babylon. -- jeremiah 40:1 +. +The captain of the royal guard took Jeremiah aside and said to him, "The Lord your God threatened this place with this disaster. -- jeremiah 40:2 +. +Now he has brought it about. The Lord has done just as he threatened to do. This disaster has happened because you people sinned against the Lord and did not obey him. -- jeremiah 40:3 +. +But now, Jeremiah, today I will set you free from the chains on your wrists. If you would like to come to Babylon with me, come along and I will take care of you. But if you prefer not to come to Babylon with me, you are not required to do so. You are free to go anywhere in the land you want to go. Go wherever you choose." -- jeremiah 40:4 +. +Before Jeremiah could turn to leave, the captain of the guard added, "Go back to Gedaliah, the son of Ahikam and grandson of Shaphan, whom the king of Babylon appointed to govern the towns of Judah. Go back and live with him among the people. Or go wherever else you choose." Then the captain of the guard gave Jeremiah some food and a present and let him go. -- jeremiah 40:5 +. +So Jeremiah went to Gedaliah son of Ahikam at Mizpah and lived there with him. He stayed there to live among the people who had been left in the land of Judah. -- jeremiah 40:6 +. +Now some of the officers of the Judean army and their troops had been hiding in the countryside. They heard that the king of Babylon had appointed Gedaliah son of Ahikam to govern the country. They also heard that he had been put in charge over the men, women, and children from the poorer classes of the land who had not been carried off into exile in Babylon. -- jeremiah 40:7 +. +So all these officers and their troops came to Gedaliah at Mizpah. The officers who came were Ishmael son of Nethaniah, Johanan and Jonathan the sons of Kareah, Seraiah son of Tanhumeth, the sons of Ephai the Netophathite, and Jezaniah son of the Maacathite. -- jeremiah 40:8 +. +Gedaliah, the son of Ahikam and grandson of Shaphan, took an oath so as to give them and their troops some assurance of safety. "Do not be afraid to submit to the Babylonians. Settle down in the land and submit to the king of Babylon. Then things will go well for you. -- jeremiah 40:9 +. +I for my part will stay at Mizpah to represent you before the Babylonians whenever they come to us. You for your part go ahead and harvest the wine, the dates, the figs, and the olive oil, and store them in jars. Go ahead and settle down in the towns that you have taken over." -- jeremiah 40:10 +. +Moreover, all the Judeans who were in Moab, Ammon, Edom, and all the other countries heard what had happened. They heard that the king of Babylon had allowed some people to stay in Judah and that he had appointed Gedaliah, the son of Ahikam and grandson of Shaphan, to govern them. -- jeremiah 40:11 +. +So all these Judeans returned to the land of Judah from the places where they had been scattered. They came to Gedaliah at Mizpah. Thus they harvested a large amount of wine and dates and figs. -- jeremiah 40:12 +. +Johanan and all the officers of the troops that had been hiding in the open country came to Gedaliah at Mizpah. -- jeremiah 40:13 +. +They said to him, "Are you at all aware that King Baalis of Ammon has sent Ishmael son of Nethaniah to kill you?" But Gedaliah son of Ahikam would not believe them. -- jeremiah 40:14 +. +Then Johanan son of Kareah spoke privately to Gedaliah there at Mizpah, "Let me go and kill Ishmael the son of Nethaniah before anyone knows about it. Otherwise he will kill you and all the Judeans who have rallied around you will be scattered. Then what remains of Judah will disappear." -- jeremiah 40:15 +. +But Gedaliah son of Ahikam said to Johanan son of Kareah, "Do not do that because what you are saying about Ishmael is not true." -- jeremiah 40:16 +. +But in the seventh month Ishmael, the son of Nethaniah and grandson of Elishama who was a member of the royal family and had been one of Zedekiah's chief officers, came with ten of his men to Gedaliah son of Ahikam at Mizpah. While they were eating a meal together with him there at Mizpah, -- jeremiah 41:1 +. +Ishmael son of Nethaniah and the ten men who were with him stood up, pulled out their swords, and killed Gedaliah, the son of Ahikam and grandson of Shaphan. Thus Ishmael killed the man that the king of Babylon had appointed to govern the country. -- jeremiah 41:2 +. +Ishmael also killed all the Judeans who were with Gedaliah at Mizpah and the Babylonian soldiers who happened to be there. -- jeremiah 41:3 +. +On the day after Gedaliah had been murdered, before anyone even knew about it, -- jeremiah 41:4 +. +eighty men arrived from Shechem, Shiloh, and Samaria. They had shaved off their beards, torn their clothes, and cut themselves to show they were mourning. They were carrying grain offerings and incense to present at the temple of the Lord in Jerusalem. -- jeremiah 41:5 +. +Ishmael son of Nethaniah went out from Mizpah to meet them. He was pretending to cry as he walked along. When he met them, he said to them, "Come with me to meet Gedaliah son of Ahikam." -- jeremiah 41:6 +. +But as soon as they were inside the city, Ishmael son of Nethaniah and the men who were with him slaughtered them and threw their bodies in a cistern. -- jeremiah 41:7 +. +But there were ten men among them who said to Ishmael, "Do not kill us. For we will give you the stores of wheat, barley, olive oil, and honey we have hidden in a field. So he spared their lives and did not kill them along with the rest. -- jeremiah 41:8 +. +Now the cistern where Ishmael threw all the dead bodies of those he had killed was a large one that King Asa had constructed as part of his defenses against King Baasha of Israel. Ishmael son of Nethaniah filled it with dead bodies. -- jeremiah 41:9 +. +Then Ishmael took captive all the people who were still left alive in Mizpah. This included the royal princesses and all the rest of the people in Mizpah that Nebuzaradan, the captain of the royal guard, had put under the authority of Gedaliah son of Ahikam. Ishmael son of Nethaniah took all these people captive and set out to cross over to the Ammonites. -- jeremiah 41:10 +. +Johanan son of Kareah and all the army officers who were with him heard about all the atrocities that Ishmael son of Nethaniah had committed. -- jeremiah 41:11 +. +So they took all their troops and went to fight against Ishmael son of Nethaniah. They caught up with him near the large pool at Gibeon. -- jeremiah 41:12 +. +When all the people that Ishmael had taken captive saw Johanan son of Kareah and all the army officers with him, they were glad. -- jeremiah 41:13 +. +All those people that Ishmael had taken captive from Mizpah turned and went over to Johanan son of Kareah. -- jeremiah 41:14 +. +But Ishmael son of Nethaniah managed to escape from Johanan along with eight of his men, and he went on over to Ammon. -- jeremiah 41:15 +. +Johanan son of Kareah and all the army officers who were with him led off all the people who had been left alive at Mizpah. They had rescued them from Ishmael son of Nethaniah after he killed Gedaliah son of Ahikam. They led off the men, women, children, soldiers, and court officials whom they had brought away from Gibeon. -- jeremiah 41:16 +. +They set out to go to Egypt to get away from the Babylonians, but stopped at Geruth Kimham near Bethlehem. -- jeremiah 41:17 +. +They were afraid of what the Babylonians might do because Ishmael son of Nethaniah had killed Gedaliah son of Ahikam, whom the king of Babylon had appointed to govern the country. -- jeremiah 41:18 +. +Then all the army officers, including Johanan son of Kareah and Jezaniah son of Hoshaiah and all the people of every class, went to the prophet Jeremiah. -- jeremiah 42:1 +. +They said to him, "Please grant our request and pray to the Lord your God for all those of us who are still left alive here. For, as you yourself can see, there are only a few of us left out of the many there were before. -- jeremiah 42:2 +. +Pray that the Lord your God will tell us where we should go and what we should do." -- jeremiah 42:3 +. +The prophet Jeremiah answered them, "Agreed! I will indeed pray to the Lord your God as you have asked. I will tell you everything the Lord replies in response to you. I will not keep anything back from you." -- jeremiah 42:4 +. +They answered Jeremiah, "May the Lord be a true and faithful witness against us if we do not do just as the Lord sends you to tell us to do. -- jeremiah 42:5 +. +We will obey what the Lord our God to whom we are sending you tells us to do. It does not matter whether we like what he tells us or not. We will obey what he tells us to do so that things will go well for us." -- jeremiah 42:6 +. +Ten days later the Lord spoke to Jeremiah. -- jeremiah 42:7 +. +So Jeremiah summoned Johanan son of Kareah and all the army officers who were with him and all the people of every class. -- jeremiah 42:8 +. +Then Jeremiah said to them, "You sent me to the Lord God of Israel to make your request known to him. Here is what he says to you: -- jeremiah 42:9 +. +'If you will just stay in this land, I will build you up. I will not tear you down. I will firmly plant you. I will not uproot you. For I am filled with sorrow because of the disaster that I have brought on you. -- jeremiah 42:10 +. +Do not be afraid of the king of Babylon whom you now fear. Do not be afraid of him because I will be with you to save you and to rescue you from his power. I, the Lord, affirm it! -- jeremiah 42:11 +. +I will have compassion on you so that he in turn will have mercy on you and allow you to return to your land.' -- jeremiah 42:12 +. +"You must not disobey the Lord your God by saying, 'We will not stay in this land.' -- jeremiah 42:13 +. +You must not say, 'No, we will not stay. Instead we will go and live in the land of Egypt where we will not face war, or hear the enemy's trumpet calls, or starve for lack of food.' -- jeremiah 42:14 +. +If you people who remain in Judah do that, then listen to what the Lord says. The Lord God of Israel who rules over all says, 'If you are so determined to go to Egypt that you go and settle there, -- jeremiah 42:15 +. +the wars you fear will catch up with you there in the land of Egypt. The starvation you are worried about will follow you there to Egypt. You will die there. -- jeremiah 42:16 +. +All the people who are determined to go and settle in Egypt will die from war, starvation, or disease. No one will survive or escape the disaster I will bring on them.' -- jeremiah 42:17 +. +For the Lord God of Israel who rules over all says, 'If you go to Egypt, I will pour out my wrath on you just as I poured out my anger and wrath on the citizens of Jerusalem. You will become an object of horror and ridicule, an example of those who have been cursed and that people use in pronouncing a curse. You will never see this place again.' -- jeremiah 42:18 +. +"The Lord has told you people who remain in Judah, 'Do not go to Egypt.' Be very sure of this: I warn you here and now. -- jeremiah 42:19 +. +You are making a fatal mistake. For you sent me to the Lord your God and asked me, 'Pray to the Lord our God for us. Tell us what the Lord our God says and we will do it.' -- jeremiah 42:20 +. +This day I have told you what he said. But you do not want to obey the Lord by doing what he sent me to tell you. -- jeremiah 42:21 +. +So now be very sure of this: You will die from war, starvation, or disease in the place where you want to go and live." -- jeremiah 42:22 +. +Jeremiah finished telling all the people all these things the Lord their God had sent him to tell them. -- jeremiah 43:1 +. +Then Azariah son of Hoshaiah, Johanan son of Kareah, and other arrogant men said to Jeremiah, "You are telling a lie! The Lord our God did not send you to tell us, 'You must not go to Egypt and settle there.' -- jeremiah 43:2 +. +But Baruch son of Neriah is stirring you up against us. He wants to hand us over to the Babylonians so that they will kill us or carry us off into exile in Babylon." -- jeremiah 43:3 +. +So Johanan son of Kareah, all the army officers, and all the rest of the people did not obey the Lord's command to stay in the land. -- jeremiah 43:4 +. +Instead Johanan son of Kareah and all the army officers led off all the Judean remnant who had come back to live in the land of Judah from all the nations where they had been scattered. -- jeremiah 43:5 +. +They also led off all the men, women, children, and royal princesses that Nebuzaradan, the captain of the royal guard, had left with Gedaliah, the son of Ahikam and grandson of Shaphan. This included the prophet Jeremiah and Baruch son of Neriah. -- jeremiah 43:6 +. +They went on to Egypt because they refused to obey the Lord, and came to Tahpanhes. -- jeremiah 43:7 +. +At Tahpanhes the Lord spoke to Jeremiah. -- jeremiah 43:8 +. +"Take some large stones and bury them in the mortar of the clay pavement at the entrance of Pharaoh's residence here in Tahpanhes. Do it while the people of Judah present there are watching. -- jeremiah 43:9 +. +Then tell them, 'The Lord God of Israel who rules over all says, "I will bring my servant King Nebuchadnezzar of Babylon. I will set his throne over these stones which I have buried. He will pitch his royal tent over them. -- jeremiah 43:10 +. +He will come and attack Egypt. Those who are destined to die of disease will die of disease. Those who are destined to be carried off into exile will be carried off into exile. Those who are destined to die in war will die in war. -- jeremiah 43:11 +. +He will set fire to the temples of the gods of Egypt. He will burn their gods or carry them off as captives. He will pick Egypt clean like a shepherd picks the lice from his clothing. He will leave there unharmed. -- jeremiah 43:12 +. +He will demolish the sacred pillars in the temple of the sun in Egypt and will burn down the temples of the gods of Egypt."'" -- jeremiah 43:13 +. +The Lord spoke to Jeremiah concerning all the Judeans who were living in the land of Egypt, those in Migdol, Tahpanhes, Memphis, and in the region of southern Egypt. -- jeremiah 44:1 +. +"The Lord God of Israel who rules over all says, 'You have seen all the disaster I brought on Jerusalem and all the towns of Judah. Indeed, they now lie in ruins and are deserted. -- jeremiah 44:2 +. +This happened because of the wickedness the people living there did. They made me angry by worshiping and offering sacrifice to other gods whom neither they nor you nor your ancestors previously knew. -- jeremiah 44:3 +. +I sent my servants the prophets to you people over and over again warning you not to do this disgusting thing I hate. -- jeremiah 44:4 +. +But the people of Jerusalem and Judah would not listen or pay any attention. They would not stop the wickedness they were doing nor quit sacrificing to other gods. -- jeremiah 44:5 +. +So my anger and my wrath were poured out and burned like a fire through the towns of Judah and the streets of Jerusalem. That is why they have become the desolate ruins that they are today.' -- jeremiah 44:6 +. +"So now the Lord, the God who rules over all, the God of Israel, asks, 'Why will you do such great harm to yourselves? Why should every man, woman, child, and baby of yours be destroyed from the midst of Judah? Why should you leave yourselves without a remnant? -- jeremiah 44:7 +. +That is what will result from your making me angry by what you are doing. You are making me angry by sacrificing to other gods here in the land of Egypt where you live. You will be destroyed for doing that! You will become an example used in curses and an object of ridicule among all the nations of the earth. -- jeremiah 44:8 +. +Have you forgotten all the wicked things that have been done in the towns of Judah and in the streets of Jerusalem by your ancestors, by the kings of Judah and their wives, by you and your wives? -- jeremiah 44:9 +. +To this day your people have shown no contrition! They have not revered me nor followed the laws and statutes I commanded you and your ancestors.' -- jeremiah 44:10 +. +"Because of this, the Lord God of Israel who rules over all says, 'I am determined to bring disaster on you, even to the point of destroying all the Judeans here. -- jeremiah 44:11 +. +I will see to it that all the Judean remnant that was determined to go and live in the land of Egypt will be destroyed. Here in the land of Egypt they will fall in battle or perish from starvation. People of every class will die in war or from starvation. They will become an object of horror and ridicule, an example of those who have been cursed and that people use in pronouncing a curse. -- jeremiah 44:12 +. +I will punish those who live in the land of Egypt with war, starvation, and disease just as I punished Jerusalem. -- jeremiah 44:13 +. +None of the Judean remnant who have come to live in the land of Egypt will escape or survive to return to the land of Judah. Though they long to return and live there, none of them shall return except a few fugitives.'" -- jeremiah 44:14 +. +Then all the men who were aware that their wives were sacrificing to other gods, as well as all their wives, answered Jeremiah. There was a great crowd of them representing all the people who lived in northern and southern Egypt. They answered, -- jeremiah 44:15 +. +"We will not listen to what you claim the Lord has spoken to us! -- jeremiah 44:16 +. +Instead we will do everything we vowed we would do. We will sacrifice and pour out drink offerings to the goddess called the Queen of Heaven just as we and our ancestors, our kings, and our leaders previously did in the towns of Judah and in the streets of Jerusalem. For then we had plenty of food, were well-off, and had no troubles. -- jeremiah 44:17 +. +But ever since we stopped sacrificing and pouring out drink offerings to the Queen of Heaven, we have been in great need. Our people have died in wars or of starvation." -- jeremiah 44:18 +. +The women added, "We did indeed sacrifice and pour out drink offerings to the Queen of Heaven. But it was with the full knowledge and approval of our husbands that we made cakes in her image and poured out drink offerings to her." -- jeremiah 44:19 +. +Then Jeremiah replied to all the people, both men and women, who responded to him in this way. -- jeremiah 44:20 +. +"The Lord did indeed remember and call to mind what you did! He remembered the sacrifices you and your ancestors, your kings, your leaders, and all the rest of the people of the land offered to other gods in the towns of Judah and in the streets of Jerusalem. -- jeremiah 44:21 +. +Finally the Lord could no longer endure your wicked deeds and the disgusting things you did. That is why your land has become the desolate, uninhabited ruin that it is today. That is why it has become a proverbial example used in curses. -- jeremiah 44:22 +. +You have sacrificed to other gods! You have sinned against the Lord! You have not obeyed the Lord! You have not followed his laws, his statutes, and his decrees! That is why this disaster that is evident to this day has happened to you." -- jeremiah 44:23 +. +Then Jeremiah spoke to all the people, particularly to all the women. "Listen to what the Lord has to say all you people of Judah who are in Egypt. -- jeremiah 44:24 +. +The Lord God of Israel who rules over all says, 'You women have confirmed by your actions what you vowed with your lips! You said, "We will certainly carry out our vows to sacrifice and pour out drink offerings to the Queen of Heaven." Well, then fulfill your vows! Carry them out!' -- jeremiah 44:25 +. +But listen to what the Lord has to say, all you people of Judah who are living in the land of Egypt. The Lord says, 'I hereby swear by my own great name that none of the people of Judah who are living anywhere in Egypt will ever again invoke my name in their oaths! Never again will any of them use it in an oath saying, "As surely as the Lord God lives...." -- jeremiah 44:26 +. +I will indeed see to it that disaster, not prosperity, happens to them. All the people of Judah who are in the land of Egypt will die in war or from starvation until not one of them is left. -- jeremiah 44:27 +. +Some who survive in battle will return to the land of Judah from the land of Egypt. But they will be very few indeed! Then the Judean remnant who have come to live in the land of Egypt will know whose word proves true, mine or theirs.' -- jeremiah 44:28 +. +Moreover the Lord says, 'I will make something happen to prove that I will punish you in this place. I will do it so that you will know that my threats to bring disaster on you will prove true. -- jeremiah 44:29 +. +I, the Lord, promise that I will hand Pharaoh Hophra king of Egypt over to his enemies who are seeking to kill him. I will do that just as surely as I handed King Zedekiah of Judah over to King Nebuchadnezzar of Babylon, his enemy who was seeking to kill him.'" -- jeremiah 44:30 +. +The prophet Jeremiah spoke to Baruch son of Neriah while he was writing down in a scroll the words that Jeremiah spoke to him. This happened in the fourth year that Jehoiakim son of Josiah was ruling over Judah. -- jeremiah 45:1 +. +"The Lord God of Israel has a message for you, Baruch. -- jeremiah 45:2 +. +'You have said, "I feel so hopeless! For the Lord has added sorrow to my suffering. I am worn out from groaning. I can't find any rest."'" -- jeremiah 45:3 +. +The Lord told Jeremiah, "Tell Baruch, 'The Lord says, "I am about to tear down what I have built and to uproot what I have planted. I will do this throughout the whole earth. -- jeremiah 45:4 +. +Are you looking for great things for yourself? Do not look for such things. For I, the Lord, affirm that I am about to bring disaster on all humanity. But I will allow you to escape with your life wherever you go."'" -- jeremiah 45:5 +. +The Lord spoke to Jeremiah about the nations. -- jeremiah 46:1 +. +He spoke about Egypt and the army of Pharaoh Necho king of Egypt which was encamped along the Euphrates River at Carchemish. Now this was the army that King Nebuchadnezzar of Babylon defeated in the fourth year that Jehoiakim son of Josiah was ruling over Judah. -- jeremiah 46:2 +. +"Fall into ranks with your shields ready! Prepare to march into battle! -- jeremiah 46:3 +. +Harness the horses to the chariots! Mount your horses! Put on your helmets and take your positions! Sharpen you spears! Put on your armor! -- jeremiah 46:4 +. +What do I see?" says the Lord. "The soldiers are terrified. They are retreating. They have been defeated. They are overcome with terror; they desert quickly without looking back. -- jeremiah 46:5 +. +But even the swiftest cannot get away. Even the strongest cannot escape. There in the north by the Euphrates River they stumble and fall in defeat. -- jeremiah 46:6 +. +"Who is this that rises like the Nile, like its streams turbulent at flood stage? -- jeremiah 46:7 +. +Egypt rises like the Nile, like its streams turbulent at flood stage. Egypt says, 'I will arise and cover the earth. I will destroy cities and the people who inhabit them.' -- jeremiah 46:8 +. +Go ahead and charge into battle, you horsemen! Drive furiously, you charioteers! Let the soldiers march out into battle, those from Ethiopia and Libya who carry shields, and those from Lydia who are armed with the bow. -- jeremiah 46:9 +. +But that day belongs to the Lord God who rules over all. It is the day when he will pay back his enemies. His sword will devour them until its appetite is satisfied! It will drink their blood until it is full! For the Lord God who rules over all will offer them up as a sacrifice in the land of the north by the Euphrates River. -- jeremiah 46:10 +. +Go up to Gilead and get medicinal ointment, you dear poor people of Egypt. But it will prove useless no matter how much medicine you use; there will be no healing for you. -- jeremiah 46:11 +. +The nations will hear of your devastating defeat. your cries of distress will echo throughout the earth. In the panic of their flight one soldier will trip over another and both of them will fall down defeated." -- jeremiah 46:12 +. +The Lord spoke to the prophet Jeremiah about Nebuchadnezzar coming to attack the land of Egypt. -- jeremiah 46:13 +. +"Make an announcement throughout Egypt. Proclaim it in Migdol, Memphis, and Tahpanhes. 'Take your positions and prepare to do battle. For the enemy army is destroying all the nations around you.' -- jeremiah 46:14 +. +Why will your soldiers be defeated? They will not stand because I, the Lord, will thrust them down. -- jeremiah 46:15 +. +I will make many stumble. They will fall over one another in their hurry to flee. They will say, 'Get up! Let's go back to our own people. Let's go back to our homelands because the enemy is coming to destroy us.' -- jeremiah 46:16 +. +There at home they will say, 'Pharaoh king of Egypt is just a big noise! He has let the most opportune moment pass by.' -- jeremiah 46:17 +. +I the King, whose name is the Lord who rules over all, swear this: I swear as surely as I live that a conqueror is coming. He will be as imposing as Mount Tabor is among the mountains, as Mount Carmel is against the backdrop of the sea. -- jeremiah 46:18 +. +Pack your bags for exile, you inhabitants of poor dear Egypt. For Memphis will be laid waste. It will lie in ruins and be uninhabited. -- jeremiah 46:19 +. +Egypt is like a beautiful young cow. But northern armies will attack her like swarms of stinging flies. -- jeremiah 46:20 +. +Even her mercenaries will prove to be like pampered, well-fed calves. For they too will turn and run away. They will not stand their ground when the time for them to be destroyed comes, the time for them to be punished. -- jeremiah 46:21 +. +Egypt will run away, hissing like a snake, as the enemy comes marching up in force. They will come against her with axes as if they were woodsmen chopping down trees. -- jeremiah 46:22 +. +The population of Egypt is like a vast, impenetrable forest. But I, the Lord, affirm that the enemy will cut them down. For those who chop them down will be more numerous than locusts. They will be too numerous to count. -- jeremiah 46:23 +. +Poor dear Egypt will be put to shame. She will be handed over to the people from the north." -- jeremiah 46:24 +. +The Lord God of Israel who rules over all says, "I will punish Amon, the god of Thebes. I will punish Egypt, its gods, and its kings. I will punish Pharaoh and all who trust in him. -- jeremiah 46:25 +. +I will hand them over to Nebuchadnezzar and his troops, who want to kill them. But later on, people will live in Egypt again as they did in former times. I, the Lord, affirm it!" -- jeremiah 46:26 +. +"You descendants of Jacob, my servants, do not be afraid; do not be terrified, people of Israel. For I will rescue you and your descendants from the faraway lands where you are captives. The descendants of Jacob will return to their land and enjoy peace. They will be secure and no one will terrify them. -- jeremiah 46:27 +. +I, the Lord, tell you not to be afraid, you descendants of Jacob, my servant, for I am with you. Though I completely destroy all the nations where I scatter you, I will not completely destroy you. I will indeed discipline you but only in due measure. I will not allow you to go entirely unpunished." -- jeremiah 46:28 +. +The Lord spoke to the prophet Jeremiah about the Philistines before Pharaoh attacked Gaza. -- jeremiah 47:1 +. +"Look! Enemies are gathering in the north like water rising in a river. They will be like an overflowing stream. They will overwhelm the whole country and everything in it like a flood. They will overwhelm the cities and their inhabitants. People will cry out in alarm. Everyone living in the country will cry out in pain. -- jeremiah 47:2 +. +Fathers will hear the hoofbeats of the enemies' horses, the clatter of their chariots and the rumbling of their wheels. They will not turn back to save their children because they will be paralyzed with fear. -- jeremiah 47:3 +. +For the time has come to destroy all the Philistines. The time has come to destroy all the help that remains for Tyre and Sidon. For I, the Lord, will destroy the Philistines, that remnant that came from the island of Crete. -- jeremiah 47:4 +. +The people of Gaza will shave their heads in mourning. The people of Ashkelon will be struck dumb. How long will you gash yourselves to show your sorrow, you who remain of Philistia's power? -- jeremiah 47:5 +. +How long will you cry out, 'Oh, sword of the Lord, how long will it be before you stop killing? Go back into your sheath! Stay there and rest!' -- jeremiah 47:6 +. +But how can it rest when I, the Lord, have given it orders? I have ordered it to attack the people of Ashkelon and the seacoast. -- jeremiah 47:7 +. +The Lord God of Israel who rules over all spoke about Moab. "Sure to be judged is Nebo! Indeed, it will be destroyed! Kiriathaim will suffer disgrace. It will be captured! Its fortress will suffer disgrace. It will be torn down! -- jeremiah 48:1 +. +People will not praise Moab any more. The enemy will capture Heshbon and plot how to destroy Moab, saying, 'Come, let's put an end to that nation!' City of Madmen, you will also be destroyed. A destructive army will march against you. -- jeremiah 48:2 +. +Cries of anguish will arise in Horonaim, 'Oh, the ruin and great destruction!' -- jeremiah 48:3 +. +"Moab will be crushed. Her children will cry out in distress. -- jeremiah 48:4 +. +Indeed they will climb the slopes of Luhith, weeping continually as they go. For on the road down to Horonaim they will hear the cries of distress over the destruction. -- jeremiah 48:5 +. +They will hear, 'Run! Save yourselves! Even if you must be like a lonely shrub in the desert!' -- jeremiah 48:6 +. +"Moab, you trust in the things you do and in your riches. So you too will be conquered. Your god Chemosh will go into exile along with his priests and his officials. -- jeremiah 48:7 +. +The destroyer will come against every town. Not one town will escape. The towns in the valley will be destroyed. The cities on the high plain will be laid waste. I, the Lord, have spoken! -- jeremiah 48:8 +. +Set up a gravestone for Moab, for it will certainly be laid in ruins! Its cities will be laid waste and become uninhabited." -- jeremiah 48:9 +. +A curse on anyone who is lax in doing the Lord's work! A curse on anyone who keeps from carrying out his destruction! -- jeremiah 48:10 +. +"From its earliest days Moab has lived undisturbed. It has never been taken into exile. Its people are like wine allowed to settle undisturbed on its dregs, never poured out from one jar to another. They are like wine which tastes like it always did, whose aroma has remained unchanged. -- jeremiah 48:11 +. +But the time is coming when I will send men against Moab who will empty it out. They will empty the towns of their people, then will lay those towns in ruins. I, the Lord, affirm it! -- jeremiah 48:12 +. +The people of Moab will be disappointed by their god Chemosh. They will be as disappointed as the people of Israel were when they put their trust in the calf god at Bethel. -- jeremiah 48:13 +. +How can you men of Moab say, 'We are heroes, men who are mighty in battle?' -- jeremiah 48:14 +. +Moab will be destroyed. Its towns will be invaded. Its finest young men will be slaughtered. I, the King, the Lord who rules over all, affirm it! -- jeremiah 48:15 +. +Moab's destruction is at hand. Disaster will come on it quickly. -- jeremiah 48:16 +. +Mourn for that nation, all you nations living around it, all of you nations that know of its fame. Mourn and say, 'Alas, its powerful influence has been broken! Its glory and power have been done away!' -- jeremiah 48:17 +. +Come down from your place of honor; sit on the dry ground, you who live in Dibon. For the one who will destroy Moab will attack you; he will destroy your fortifications. -- jeremiah 48:18 +. +You who live in Aroer, stand by the road and watch. Question the man who is fleeing and the woman who is escaping. Ask them, 'What has happened?' -- jeremiah 48:19 +. +They will answer, 'Moab is disgraced, for it has fallen! Wail and cry out in mourning! Announce along the Arnon River that Moab has been destroyed.' -- jeremiah 48:20 +. +"Judgment will come on the cities on the high plain: on Holon, Jahzah, and Mephaath, -- jeremiah 48:21 +. +on Dibon, Nebo, and Beth Diblathaim, -- jeremiah 48:22 +. +on Kiriathaim, Beth Gamul, and Beth Meon, -- jeremiah 48:23 +. +on Kerioth and Bozrah. It will come on all the towns of Moab, both far and near. -- jeremiah 48:24 +. +Moab's might will be crushed. Its power will be broken. I, the Lord, affirm it! -- jeremiah 48:25 +. +"Moab has vaunted itself against me. So make him drunk with the wine of my wrath until he splashes around in his own vomit, until others treat him as a laughingstock. -- jeremiah 48:26 +. +For did not you people of Moab laugh at the people of Israel? Did you think that they were nothing but thieves, that you shook your head in contempt every time you talked about them? -- jeremiah 48:27 +. +Leave your towns, you inhabitants of Moab. Go and live in the cliffs. Be like a dove that makes its nest high on the sides of a ravine. -- jeremiah 48:28 +. +I have heard how proud the people of Moab are, I know how haughty they are. I have heard how arrogant, proud, and haughty they are, what a high opinion they have of themselves. -- jeremiah 48:29 +. +I, the Lord, affirm that I know how arrogant they are. But their pride is ill-founded. Their boastings will prove to be false. -- jeremiah 48:30 +. +So I will weep with sorrow for Moab. I will cry out in sadness for all of Moab. I will moan for the people of Kir Heres. -- jeremiah 48:31 +. +I will weep for the grapevines of Sibmah just like the town of Jazer weeps over them. Their branches once spread as far as the Dead Sea. They reached as far as the town of Jazer. The destroyer will ravage her fig, date, and grape crops. -- jeremiah 48:32 +. +Joy and gladness will disappear from the fruitful land of Moab. I will stop the flow of wine from the winepresses. No one will stomp on the grapes there and shout for joy. The shouts there will be shouts of soldiers, not the shouts of those making wine. -- jeremiah 48:33 +. +Cries of anguish raised from Heshbon and Elealeh will be sounded as far as Jahaz. They will be sounded from Zoar as far as Horonaim and Eglath Shelishiyah. For even the waters of Nimrim will be dried up. -- jeremiah 48:34 +. +I will put an end in Moab to those who make offerings at her places of worship. I will put an end to those who sacrifice to other gods. I, the Lord, affirm it! -- jeremiah 48:35 +. +So my heart moans for Moab like a flute playing a funeral song. Yes, like a flute playing a funeral song, my heart moans for the people of Kir Heres. For the wealth they have gained will perish. -- jeremiah 48:36 +. +For all of them will shave their heads in mourning. They will all cut off their beards to show their sorrow. They will all make gashes in their hands. They will all put on sackcloth. -- jeremiah 48:37 +. +On all the housetops in Moab and in all its public squares there will be nothing but mourning. For I will break Moab like an unwanted jar. I, the Lord, affirm it! -- jeremiah 48:38 +. +Oh, how shattered Moab will be! Oh, how her people will wail! Oh, how she will turn away in shame! Moab will become an object of ridicule, a terrifying sight to all the nations that surround her." -- jeremiah 48:39 +. +For the Lord says, "Look! Like an eagle with outspread wings a nation will swoop down on Moab. -- jeremiah 48:40 +. +Her towns will be captured. Her fortresses will be taken. At that time the soldiers of Moab will be frightened like a woman in labor. -- jeremiah 48:41 +. +Moab will be destroyed and no longer be a nation, because she has vaunted herself against the Lord. -- jeremiah 48:42 +. +Terror, pits, and traps are in store for the people who live in Moab. I, the Lord, affirm it! -- jeremiah 48:43 +. +Anyone who flees at the sound of terror will fall into a pit. Anyone who climbs out of the pit will be caught in a trap. For the time is coming when I will punish the people of Moab. I, the Lord, affirm it! -- jeremiah 48:44 +. +In the shadows of the walls of Heshbon those trying to escape will stand helpless. For a fire will burst forth from Heshbon. Flames will shoot out from the former territory of Sihon. They will burn the foreheads of the people of Moab, the skulls of those war-loving people. -- jeremiah 48:45 +. +Moab, you are doomed! You people who worship Chemosh will be destroyed. Your sons will be taken away captive. Your daughters will be carried away into exile. -- jeremiah 48:46 +. +Yet in days to come I will reverse Moab's ill fortune." says the Lord. The judgment against Moab ends here. -- jeremiah 48:47 +. +The Lord spoke about the Ammonites. "Do you think there are not any people of the nation of Israel remaining? Do you think there are not any of them remaining to reinherit their land? Is that why you people who worship the god Milcom have taken possession of the territory of Gad and live in his cities? -- jeremiah 49:1 +. +Because you did that, I, the Lord, affirm that a time is coming when I will make Rabbah, the capital city of Ammon, hear the sound of the battle cry. It will become a mound covered with ruins. Its villages will be burned to the ground. Then Israel will take back its land from those who took their land from them. I, the Lord, affirm it! -- jeremiah 49:2 +. +Wail, you people in Heshbon, because Ai in Ammon is destroyed. Cry out in anguish, you people in the villages surrounding Rabbah. Put on sackcloth and cry out in mourning. Run about covered with gashes. For your god Milcom will go into exile along with his priests and officials. -- jeremiah 49:3 +. +Why do you brag about your great power? Your power is ebbing away, you rebellious people of Ammon, who trust in your riches and say, 'Who would dare to attack us?' -- jeremiah 49:4 +. +I will bring terror on you from every side," says the Lord God who rules over all. "You will be scattered in every direction. No one will gather the fugitives back together. -- jeremiah 49:5 +. +Yet in days to come I will reverse Ammon's ill fortune." says the Lord. -- jeremiah 49:6 +. +The Lord who rules over all spoke about Edom. "Is wisdom no longer to be found in Teman? Can Edom's counselors not give her any good advice? Has all of their wisdom turned bad? -- jeremiah 49:7 +. +Turn and flee! Take up refuge in remote places, you people who live in Dedan. For I will bring disaster on the descendants of Esau. I have decided it is time for me to punish them. -- jeremiah 49:8 +. +If grape pickers came to pick your grapes, would they not leave a few grapes behind? If robbers came at night, would they not pillage only what they needed? -- jeremiah 49:9 +. +But I will strip everything away from Esau's descendants. I will uncover their hiding places so they cannot hide. Their children, relatives, and neighbors will all be destroyed. Not one of them will be left! -- jeremiah 49:10 +. +Leave your orphans behind and I will keep them alive. Your widows too can depend on me." -- jeremiah 49:11 +. +For the Lord says, "If even those who did not deserve to drink from the cup of my wrath must drink from it, do you think you will go unpunished? You will not go unpunished, but must certainly drink from the cup of my wrath. -- jeremiah 49:12 +. +For I solemnly swear," says the Lord, "that Bozrah will become a pile of ruins. It will become an object of horror and ridicule, an example to be used in curses. All the towns around it will lie in ruins forever." -- jeremiah 49:13 +. +I said, "I have heard a message from the Lord. A messenger has been sent among the nations to say, 'Gather your armies and march out against her! Prepare to do battle with her!'" -- jeremiah 49:14 +. +The Lord says to Edom, "I will certainly make you small among nations. I will make you despised by all humankind. -- jeremiah 49:15 +. +The terror you inspire in others and the arrogance of your heart have deceived you. You may make your home in the clefts of the rocks; you may occupy the highest places in the hills. But even if you made your home where the eagles nest, I would bring you down from there," says the Lord. -- jeremiah 49:16 +. +"Edom will become an object of horror. All who pass by it will be filled with horror; they will hiss out their scorn because of all the disasters that have happened to it. -- jeremiah 49:17 +. +Edom will be destroyed like Sodom and Gomorrah and the towns that were around them. No one will live there. No human being will settle in it," says the Lord. -- jeremiah 49:18 +. +"A lion coming up from the thick undergrowth along the Jordan scatters the sheep in the pastureland around it. So too I will chase the Edomites off their land. Then I will appoint over it whomever I choose. For there is no one like me, and there is no one who can call me to account. There is no ruler who can stand up against me. -- jeremiah 49:19 +. +So listen to what I, the Lord, have planned against Edom, what I intend to do to the people who live in Teman. Their little ones will be dragged off. I will completely destroy their land because of what they have done. -- jeremiah 49:20 +. +The people of the earth will quake when they hear of their downfall. Their cries of anguish will be heard all the way to the Gulf of Aqaba. -- jeremiah 49:21 +. +Look! Like an eagle with outspread wings, a nation will soar up and swoop down on Bozrah. At that time the soldiers of Edom will be as fearful as a woman in labor." -- jeremiah 49:22 +. +The Lord spoke about Damascus. "The people of Hamath and Arpad will be dismayed because they have heard bad news. Their courage will melt away because of worry. Their hearts will not be able to rest. -- jeremiah 49:23 +. +The people of Damascus will lose heart and turn to flee. Panic will grip them. Pain and anguish will seize them like a woman in labor. -- jeremiah 49:24 +. +How deserted will that once-famous city be, that city that was once filled with joy! -- jeremiah 49:25 +. +For her young men will fall in her city squares. All her soldiers will be destroyed at that time," says the Lord who rules over all. -- jeremiah 49:26 +. +"I will set fire to the walls of Damascus; it will burn up the palaces of Ben Hadad." -- jeremiah 49:27 +. +The Lord spoke about Kedar and the kingdoms of Hazor that King Nebuchadnezzar of Babylon conquered. "Army of Babylon, go and attack Kedar. Lay waste those who live in the eastern desert. -- jeremiah 49:28 +. +Their tents and their flocks will be taken away. Their tent curtains, equipment, and camels will be carried off. People will shout to them, 'Terror is all around you!'" -- jeremiah 49:29 +. +The Lord says, "Flee quickly, you who live in Hazor. Take up refuge in remote places. For King Nebuchadnezzar of Babylon has laid out plans to attack you. He has formed his strategy on how to defeat you." -- jeremiah 49:30 +. +The Lord says, "Army of Babylon, go and attack a nation that lives in peace and security. They have no gates or walls to protect them. They live all alone. -- jeremiah 49:31 +. +Their camels will be taken as plunder. Their vast herds will be taken as spoil. I will scatter to the four winds those desert peoples who cut their hair short at the temples. I will bring disaster against them from every direction," says the Lord. -- jeremiah 49:32 +. +"Hazor will become a permanent wasteland, a place where only jackals live. No one will live there. No human being will settle in it." -- jeremiah 49:33 +. +Early in the reign of King Zedekiah of Judah, the Lord spoke to the prophet Jeremiah about Elam. -- jeremiah 49:34 +. +The Lord who rules over all said, "I will kill all the archers of Elam, who are the chief source of her military might. -- jeremiah 49:35 +. +I will cause enemies to blow through Elam from every direction like the winds blowing in from the four quarters of heaven. I will scatter the people of Elam to the four winds. There will not be any nation where the refugees of Elam will not go. -- jeremiah 49:36 +. +I will make the people of Elam terrified of their enemies, who are seeking to kill them. I will vent my fierce anger and bring disaster upon them," says the Lord. "I will send armies chasing after them until I have completely destroyed them. -- jeremiah 49:37 +. +I will establish my sovereignty over Elam. I will destroy their king and their leaders," says the Lord. -- jeremiah 49:38 +. +"Yet in days to come I will reverse Elam's ill fortune." says the Lord. -- jeremiah 49:39 +. +The Lord spoke concerning Babylon and the land of Babylonia through the prophet Jeremiah. -- jeremiah 50:1 +. +"Announce the news among the nations! Proclaim it! Signal for people to pay attention! Declare the news! Do not hide it! Say: 'Babylon will be captured. Bel will be put to shame. Marduk will be dismayed. Babylon's idols will be put to shame. Her disgusting images will be dismayed. -- jeremiah 50:2 +. +For a nation from the north will attack Babylon. It will lay her land waste. People and animals will flee out of it. No one will inhabit it.' -- jeremiah 50:3 +. +"When that time comes," says the Lord, "the people of Israel and Judah will return to the land together. They will come back with tears of repentance as they seek the Lord their God. -- jeremiah 50:4 +. +They will ask the way to Zion; they will turn their faces toward it. They will come and bind themselves to the Lord in a lasting covenant that will never be forgotten. -- jeremiah 50:5 +. +"My people have been lost sheep. Their shepherds have allow them to go astray. They have wandered around in the mountains. They have roamed from one mountain and hill to another. They have forgotten their resting place. -- jeremiah 50:6 +. +All who encountered them devoured them. Their enemies who did this said, 'We are not liable for punishment! For those people have sinned against the Lord, their true pasture. They have sinned against the Lord in whom their ancestors trusted.' -- jeremiah 50:7 +. +"People of Judah, get out of Babylon quickly! Leave the land of Babylonia! Be the first to depart! Be like the male goats that lead the herd. -- jeremiah 50:8 +. +For I will rouse into action and bring against Babylon a host of mighty nations from the land of the north. They will set up their battle lines against her. They will come from the north and capture her. Their arrows will be like a skilled soldier who does not return from the battle empty-handed. -- jeremiah 50:9 +. +Babylonia will be plundered. Those who plunder it will take all they want," says the Lord. -- jeremiah 50:10 +. +"People of Babylonia, you plundered my people. That made you happy and glad. You frolic about like calves in a pasture. Your joyous sounds are like the neighs of a stallion. -- jeremiah 50:11 +. +But Babylonia will be put to great shame. The land where you were born will be disgraced. Indeed, Babylonia will become the least important of all nations. It will become a dry and barren desert. -- jeremiah 50:12 +. +After I vent my wrath on it Babylon will be uninhabited. It will be totally desolate. All who pass by will be filled with horror and will hiss out their scorn because of all the disasters that have happened to it. -- jeremiah 50:13 +. +"Take up your battle positions all around Babylon, all you soldiers who are armed with bows. Shoot all your arrows at her! Do not hold any back! For she has sinned against the Lord. -- jeremiah 50:14 +. +Shout the battle cry from all around the city. She will throw up her hands in surrender. Her towers will fall. Her walls will be torn down. Because I, the Lord, am wreaking revenge, take out your vengeance on her! Do to her as she has done! -- jeremiah 50:15 +. +Kill all the farmers who sow the seed in the land of Babylon. Kill all those who wield the sickle at harvest time. Let all the foreigners return to their own people. Let them hurry back to their own lands to escape destruction by that enemy army. -- jeremiah 50:16 +. +"The people of Israel are like scattered sheep which lions have chased away. First the king of Assyria devoured them. Now last of all King Nebuchadnezzar of Babylon has gnawed their bones. -- jeremiah 50:17 +. +So I, the Lord God of Israel who rules over all, say: 'I will punish the king of Babylon and his land just as I punished the king of Assyria. -- jeremiah 50:18 +. +But I will restore the flock of Israel to their own pasture. They will graze on Mount Carmel and the land of Bashan. They will eat until they are full on the hills of Ephraim and the land of Gilead. -- jeremiah 50:19 +. +When that time comes, no guilt will be found in Israel. No sin will be found in Judah. For I will forgive those of them I have allowed to survive. I, the Lord, affirm it!'" -- jeremiah 50:20 +. +The Lord says, "Attack the land of Merathaim and the people who live in Pekod! Pursue, kill, and completely destroy them! Do just as I have commanded you! -- jeremiah 50:21 +. +The noise of battle can be heard in the land of Babylonia. There is the sound of great destruction. -- jeremiah 50:22 +. +Babylon hammered the whole world to pieces. But see how that 'hammer' has been broken and shattered! See what an object of horror Babylon has become among the nations! -- jeremiah 50:23 +. +I set a trap for you, Babylon; you were caught before you knew it. You fought against me. So you were found and captured. -- jeremiah 50:24 +. +I have opened up the place where my weapons are stored. I have brought out the weapons for carrying out my wrath. For I, the Lord God who rules over all, have work to carry out in the land of Babylonia. -- jeremiah 50:25 +. +Come from far away and attack Babylonia! Open up the places where she stores her grain! Pile her up in ruins! Destroy her completely! Do not leave anyone alive! -- jeremiah 50:26 +. +Kill all her soldiers! Let them be slaughtered! They are doomed, for their day of reckoning has come, the time for them to be punished." -- jeremiah 50:27 +. +Listen! Fugitives and refugees are coming from the land of Babylon. They are coming to Zion to declare there how the Lord our God is getting revenge, getting revenge for what they have done to his temple. -- jeremiah 50:28 +. +"Call for archers to come against Babylon! Summon against her all who draw the bow! Set up camp all around the city! Do not allow anyone to escape! Pay her back for what she has done. Do to her what she has done to others. For she has proudly defied me, the Holy One of Israel. -- jeremiah 50:29 +. +So her young men will fall in her city squares. All her soldiers will be destroyed at that time," says the Lord. -- jeremiah 50:30 +. +"Listen! I am opposed to you, you proud city," says the Lord God who rules over all. "Indeed, your day of reckoning has come, the time when I will punish you. -- jeremiah 50:31 +. +You will stumble and fall, you proud city; no one will help you get up. I will set fire to your towns; it will burn up everything that surrounds you." -- jeremiah 50:32 +. +The Lord who rules over all says, "The people of Israel are oppressed. So too are the people of Judah. All those who took them captive are holding them prisoners. They refuse to set them free. -- jeremiah 50:33 +. +But the one who will rescue them is strong. He is known as the Lord who rules over all. He will strongly champion their cause. As a result he will bring peace and rest to the earth, but trouble and turmoil to the people who inhabit Babylonia. -- jeremiah 50:34 +. +"Destructive forces will come against the Babylonians," says the Lord. "They will come against the people who inhabit Babylonia, against her leaders and her men of wisdom. -- jeremiah 50:35 +. +Destructive forces will come against her false prophets; they will be shown to be fools! Destructive forces will come against her soldiers; they will be filled with terror! -- jeremiah 50:36 +. +Destructive forces will come against her horses and her chariots. Destructive forces will come against all the foreign troops within her; they will be as frightened as women! Destructive forces will come against her treasures; they will be taken away as plunder! -- jeremiah 50:37 +. +A drought will come upon her land; her rivers and canals will be dried up. All of this will happen because her land is filled with idols. Her people act like madmen because of those idols they fear. -- jeremiah 50:38 +. +Therefore desert creatures and jackals will live there. Ostriches will dwell in it too. But no people will ever live there again. No one will dwell there for all time to come. -- jeremiah 50:39 +. +I will destroy Babylonia just like I did Sodom and Gomorrah and the neighboring towns. No one will live there. No human being will settle in it," says the Lord. -- jeremiah 50:40 +. +"Look! An army is about to come from the north. A mighty nation and many kings are stirring into action in faraway parts of the earth. -- jeremiah 50:41 +. +Its soldiers are armed with bows and spears. They are cruel and show no mercy. They sound like the roaring sea as they ride forth on their horses. Lined up in formation like men going into battle, they are coming against you, fair Babylon! -- jeremiah 50:42 +. +The king of Babylon will become paralyzed with fear when he hears news of their coming. Anguish will grip him, agony like that of a woman giving birth to a baby. -- jeremiah 50:43 +. +"A lion coming up from the thick undergrowth along the Jordan scatters the sheep in the pastureland around it. So too I will chase the Babylonians off of their land. Then I will appoint over it whomever I choose. For there is no one like me. There is no one who can call me to account. There is no ruler that can stand up against me. -- jeremiah 50:44 +. +So listen to what I, the Lord, have planned against Babylon, what I intend to do to the people who inhabit the land of Babylonia. Their little ones will be dragged off. I will completely destroy their land because of what they have done. -- jeremiah 50:45 +. +The people of the earth will quake when they hear Babylon has been captured. Her cries of anguish will be heard by the other nations." -- jeremiah 50:46 +. +The Lord says, "I will cause a destructive wind to blow against Babylon and the people who inhabit Babylonia. -- jeremiah 51:1 +. +I will send people to winnow Babylonia like a wind blowing away chaff. They will winnow her and strip her land bare. This will happen when they come against her from every direction, when it is time to destroy her. -- jeremiah 51:2 +. +Do not give her archers time to string their bows or to put on their coats of armor. Do not spare any of her young men. Completely destroy her whole army. -- jeremiah 51:3 +. +Let them fall slain in the land of Babylonia, mortally wounded in the streets of her cities. -- jeremiah 51:4 +. +"For Israel and Judah will not be forsaken by their God, the Lord who rules over all. For the land of Babylonia is full of guilt against the Holy One of Israel. -- jeremiah 51:5 +. +Get out of Babylonia quickly, you foreign people. Flee to save your lives. Do not let yourselves be killed because of her sins. For it is time for the Lord to wreak his revenge. He will pay Babylonia back for what she has done. -- jeremiah 51:6 +. +Babylonia had been a gold cup in the Lord's hand. She had made the whole world drunk. The nations had drunk from the wine of her wrath. So they have all gone mad. -- jeremiah 51:7 +. +But suddenly Babylonia will fall and be destroyed. Cry out in mourning over it! Get medicine for her wounds! Perhaps she can be healed! -- jeremiah 51:8 +. +Foreigners living there will say, 'We tried to heal her, but she could not be healed. Let's leave Babylonia and each go back to his own country. For judgment on her will be vast in its proportions. It will be like it is piled up to heaven, stacked up into the clouds.' -- jeremiah 51:9 +. +The exiles from Judah will say, 'The Lord has brought about a great deliverance for us! Come on, let's go and proclaim in Zion what the Lord our God has done!' -- jeremiah 51:10 +. +"Sharpen your arrows! Fill your quivers! The Lord will arouse a spirit of hostility in the kings of Media. For he intends to destroy Babylonia. For that is how the Lord will get his revenge - how he will get his revenge for the Babylonians' destruction of his temple. -- jeremiah 51:11 +. +Give the signal to attack Babylon's wall! Bring more guards! Post them all around the city! Put men in ambush! For the Lord will do what he has planned. He will do what he said he would do to the people of Babylon. -- jeremiah 51:12 +. +"You who live along the rivers of Babylon, the time of your end has come. You who are rich in plundered treasure, it is time for your lives to be cut off. -- jeremiah 51:13 +. +The Lord who rules over all has solemnly sworn, 'I will fill your land with enemy soldiers. They will swarm over it like locusts. They will raise up shouts of victory over it.' -- jeremiah 51:14 +. +He is the one who by his power made the earth. He is the one who by his wisdom fixed the world in place, by his understanding he spread out the heavens. -- jeremiah 51:15 +. +When his voice thunders, the waters in the heavens roar. He makes the clouds rise from the far-off horizons. He makes the lightning flash out in the midst of the rain. He unleashes the wind from the places where he stores it. -- jeremiah 51:16 +. +All idolaters will prove to be stupid and ignorant. Every goldsmith will be disgraced by the idol he made. For the image he forges is merely a sham. There is no breath in any of those idols. -- jeremiah 51:17 +. +They are worthless, objects to be ridiculed. When the time comes to punish them, they will be destroyed. -- jeremiah 51:18 +. +The Lord, who is the portion of the descendants of Jacob, is not like them. For he is the one who created everything, including the people of Israel whom he claims as his own. He is known as the Lord who rules over all. -- jeremiah 51:19 +. +"Babylon, you are my war club, my weapon for battle. I used you to smash nations. I used you to destroy kingdoms. -- jeremiah 51:20 +. +I used you to smash horses and their riders. I used you to smash chariots and their drivers. -- jeremiah 51:21 +. +I used you to smash men and women. I used you to smash old men and young men. I used you to smash young men and young women. -- jeremiah 51:22 +. +I used you to smash shepherds and their flocks. I used you to smash farmers and their teams of oxen. I used you to smash governors and leaders." -- jeremiah 51:23 +. +"But I will repay Babylon and all who live in Babylonia for all the wicked things they did in Zion right before the eyes of you Judeans," says the Lord. -- jeremiah 51:24 +. +The Lord says, "Beware! I am opposed to you, Babylon! You are like a destructive mountain that destroys all the earth. I will unleash my power against you; I will roll you off the cliffs and make you like a burned-out mountain. -- jeremiah 51:25 +. +No one will use any of your stones as a cornerstone. No one will use any of them in the foundation of his house. For you will lie desolate forever," says the Lord. -- jeremiah 51:26 +. +"Raise up battle flags throughout the lands. Sound the trumpets calling the nations to do battle. Prepare the nations to do battle against Babylonia. Call for these kingdoms to attack her: Ararat, Minni, and Ashkenaz. Appoint a commander to lead the attack. Send horses against her like a swarm of locusts. -- jeremiah 51:27 +. +Prepare the nations to do battle against her. Prepare the kings of the Medes. Prepare their governors and all their leaders. Prepare all the countries they rule to do battle against her. -- jeremiah 51:28 +. +The earth will tremble and writhe in agony. For the Lord will carry out his plan. He plans to make the land of Babylonia a wasteland where no one lives. -- jeremiah 51:29 +. +The soldiers of Babylonia will stop fighting. They will remain in their fortified cities. They will lose their strength to do battle. They will be as frightened as women. The houses in her cities will be set on fire. The gates of her cities will be broken down. -- jeremiah 51:30 +. +One runner after another will come to the king of Babylon. One messenger after another will come bringing news. They will bring news to the king of Babylon that his whole city has been captured. -- jeremiah 51:31 +. +They will report that the fords have been captured, the reed marshes have been burned, the soldiers are terrified. -- jeremiah 51:32 +. +For the Lord God of Israel who rules over all says, 'Fair Babylon will be like a threshing floor which has been trampled flat for harvest. The time for her to be cut down and harvested will come very soon.' -- jeremiah 51:33 +. +"King Nebuchadnezzar of Babylon devoured me and drove my people out. Like a monster from the deep he swallowed me. He filled his belly with my riches. He made me an empty dish. He completely cleaned me out." -- jeremiah 51:34 +. +The person who lives in Zion says, "May Babylon pay for the violence done to me and to my relatives." Jerusalem says, "May those living in Babylonia pay for the bloodshed of my people." -- jeremiah 51:35 +. +Therefore the Lord says, "I will stand up for your cause. I will pay the Babylonians back for what they have done to you. I will dry up their sea. I will make their springs run dry. -- jeremiah 51:36 +. +Babylon will become a heap of ruins. Jackals will make their home there. It will become an object of horror and of hissing scorn, a place where no one lives. -- jeremiah 51:37 +. +The Babylonians are all like lions roaring for prey. They are like lion cubs growling for something to eat. -- jeremiah 51:38 +. +When their appetites are all stirred up, I will set out a banquet for them. I will make them drunk so that they will pass out, they will fall asleep forever, they will never wake up," says the Lord. -- jeremiah 51:39 +. +"I will lead them off to be slaughtered like lambs, rams, and male goats." -- jeremiah 51:40 +. +"See how Babylon has been captured! See how the pride of the whole earth has been taken! See what an object of horror Babylon has become among the nations! -- jeremiah 51:41 +. +The sea has swept over Babylon. She has been covered by a multitude of its waves. -- jeremiah 51:42 +. +The towns of Babylonia have become heaps of ruins. She has become a dry and barren desert. No one lives in those towns any more. No one even passes through them. -- jeremiah 51:43 +. +I will punish the god Bel in Babylon. I will make him spit out what he has swallowed. The nations will not come streaming to him any longer. Indeed, the walls of Babylon will fall." -- jeremiah 51:44 +. +"Get out of Babylon, my people! Flee to save your lives from the fierce anger of the Lord! -- jeremiah 51:45 +. +Do not lose your courage or become afraid because of the reports that are heard in the land. For a report will come in one year. Another report will follow it in the next. There will be violence in the land with ruler fighting against ruler." -- jeremiah 51:46 +. +"So the time will certainly come when I will punish the idols of Babylon. Her whole land will be put to shame. All her mortally wounded will collapse in her midst. -- jeremiah 51:47 +. +Then heaven and earth and all that is in them will sing for joy over Babylon. For destroyers from the north will attack it," says the Lord. -- jeremiah 51:48 +. +"Babylon must fall because of the Israelites she has killed, just as the earth's mortally wounded fell because of Babylon. -- jeremiah 51:49 +. +You who have escaped the sword, go, do not delay. Remember the Lord in a faraway land. Think about Jerusalem. -- jeremiah 51:50 +. +'We are ashamed because we have been insulted. Our faces show our disgrace. For foreigners have invaded the holy rooms in the Lord's temple.' -- jeremiah 51:51 +. +Yes, but the time will certainly come," says the Lord, "when I will punish her idols. Throughout her land the mortally wounded will groan. -- jeremiah 51:52 +. +Even if Babylon climbs high into the sky and fortifies her elevated stronghold, I will send destroyers against her," says the Lord. -- jeremiah 51:53 +. +Cries of anguish will come from Babylon, the sound of great destruction from the land of the Babylonians. -- jeremiah 51:54 +. +For the Lord is ready to destroy Babylon, and put an end to her loud noise. Their waves will roar like turbulent waters. They will make a deafening noise. -- jeremiah 51:55 +. +For a destroyer is attacking Babylon. Her warriors will be captured; their bows will be broken. For the Lord is a God who punishes; he pays back in full. -- jeremiah 51:56 +. +"I will make her officials and wise men drunk, along with her governors, leaders, and warriors. They will fall asleep forever and never wake up," says the King whose name is the Lord who rules over all. -- jeremiah 51:57 +. +This is what the Lord who rules over all says, "Babylon's thick wall will be completely demolished. Her high gates will be set on fire. The peoples strive for what does not satisfy. The nations grow weary trying to get what will be destroyed." -- jeremiah 51:58 +. +This is the order Jeremiah the prophet gave to Seraiah son of Neriah, son of Mahseiah, when he went to King Zedekiah of Judah in Babylon during the fourth year of his reign. (Seraiah was a quartermaster.) -- jeremiah 51:59 +. +Jeremiah recorded on one scroll all the judgments that would come upon Babylon - all these prophecies written about Babylon. -- jeremiah 51:60 +. +Then Jeremiah said to Seraiah, "When you arrive in Babylon, make sure you read aloud all these prophecies. -- jeremiah 51:61 +. +Then say, 'O Lord, you have announced that you will destroy this place so that no people or animals live in it any longer. Certainly it will lie desolate forever!' -- jeremiah 51:62 +. +When you finish reading this scroll aloud, tie a stone to it and throw it into the middle of the Euphrates River. -- jeremiah 51:63 +. +Then say, 'In the same way Babylon will sink and never rise again because of the judgments I am ready to bring upon her; they will grow faint.'" The prophecies of Jeremiah end here. -- jeremiah 51:64 +. +Zedekiah was twenty-one years old when he became king, and he ruled in Jerusalem for eleven years. His mother's name was Hamutal daughter of Jeremiah, from Libnah. -- jeremiah 52:1 +. +He did what displeased the Lord just as Jehoiakim had done. -- jeremiah 52:2 +. +What follows is a record of what happened to Jerusalem and Judah because of the Lord's anger when he drove them out of his sight. Zedekiah rebelled against the king of Babylon. -- jeremiah 52:3 +. +King Nebuchadnezzar of Babylon came against Jerusalem with his whole army and set up camp outside it. They built siege ramps all around it. He arrived on the tenth day of the tenth month in the ninth year that Zedekiah ruled over Judah. -- jeremiah 52:4 +. +The city remained under siege until Zedekiah's eleventh year. -- jeremiah 52:5 +. +By the ninth day of the fourth month the famine in the city was so severe the residents had no food. -- jeremiah 52:6 +. +They broke through the city walls, and all the soldiers tried to escape. They left the city during the night. They went through the gate between the two walls that is near the king's garden. (The Babylonians had the city surrounded.) Then they headed for the Jordan Valley. -- jeremiah 52:7 +. +But the Babylonian army chased after the king. They caught up with Zedekiah in the plains of Jericho, and his entire army deserted him. -- jeremiah 52:8 +. +They captured him and brought him up to the king of Babylon at Riblah in the territory of Hamath and he passed sentence on him there. -- jeremiah 52:9 +. +The king of Babylon had Zedekiah's sons put to death while Zedekiah was forced to watch. He also had all the nobles of Judah put to death there at Riblah. -- jeremiah 52:10 +. +He had Zedekiah's eyes put out and had him bound in chains. Then the king of Babylon had him led off to Babylon and he was imprisoned there until the day he died. -- jeremiah 52:11 +. +On the tenth day of the fifth month, in the nineteenth year of King Nebuchadnezzar of Babylon, Nebuzaradan, the captain of the royal guard who served the king of Babylon, arrived in Jerusalem. -- jeremiah 52:12 +. +He burned down the Lord's temple, the royal palace, and all the houses in Jerusalem, including every large house. -- jeremiah 52:13 +. +The whole Babylonian army that came with the captain of the royal guard tore down the walls that surrounded Jerusalem. -- jeremiah 52:14 +. +Nebuzaradan, the captain of the royal guard, took into exile some of the poor, the rest of the people who remained in the city, those who had deserted to him, and the rest of the craftsmen. -- jeremiah 52:15 +. +But he left behind some of the poor and gave them fields and vineyards. -- jeremiah 52:16 +. +The Babylonians broke the two bronze pillars in the temple of the Lord, as well as the movable stands and the large bronze basin called the "The Sea." They took all the bronze to Babylon. -- jeremiah 52:17 +. +They also took the pots, shovels, trimming shears, basins, pans, and all the bronze utensils used by the priests. -- jeremiah 52:18 +. +The captain of the royal guard took the gold and silver bowls, censers, basins, pots, lampstands, pans, and vessels. -- jeremiah 52:19 +. +The bronze of the items that King Solomon made for the Lord's temple (including the two pillars, the large bronze basin called "The Sea," the twelve bronze bulls under "The Sea," and the movable stands) was too heavy to be weighed. -- jeremiah 52:20 +. +Each of the pillars was about feet high, about 18 feet in circumference, three inches thick, and hollow. -- jeremiah 52:21 +. +The bronze top of one pillar was about seven and one-half feet high and had bronze latticework and pomegranate-shaped ornaments all around it. The second pillar with its pomegranate-shaped ornaments was like it. -- jeremiah 52:22 +. +There were ninety-six pomegranate-shaped ornaments on the sides; in all there were one hundred pomegranate-shaped ornaments over the latticework that went around it. -- jeremiah 52:23 +. +The captain of the royal guard took Seraiah the chief priest, Zephaniah the priest who was second in rank, and the three doorkeepers. -- jeremiah 52:24 +. +From the city he took an official who was in charge of the soldiers, seven of the king's advisers who were discovered in the city, an official army secretary who drafted citizens for military service, and sixty citizens who were discovered in the middle of the city. -- jeremiah 52:25 +. +Nebuzaradan, the captain of the royal guard, took them and brought them to the king of Babylon at Riblah. -- jeremiah 52:26 +. +The king of Babylon ordered them to be executed at Riblah in the territory of Hamath. So Judah was taken into exile away from its land. -- jeremiah 52:27 +. +Here is the official record of the number of people Nebuchadnezzar carried into exile: In the seventh year, 3,Jews; -- jeremiah 52:28 +. +in Nebuchadnezzar's eighteenth year, people from Jerusalem; -- jeremiah 52:29 +. +in Nebuchadnezzar's twenty-third year, Nebuzaradan, the captain of the royal guard, carried into exile Judeans. In all 4,600 people went into exile. -- jeremiah 52:30 +. +In the thirty-seventh year of the exile of King Jehoiachin of Judah, on the twenty-fifth day of the twelfth month, Evil-Merodach, in the first year of his reign, pardoned King Jehoiachin of Judah and released him from prison. -- jeremiah 52:31 +. +He spoke kindly to him and gave him a more prestigious position than the other kings who were with him in Babylon. -- jeremiah 52:32 +. +Jehoiachin took off his prison clothes and ate daily in the king's presence for the rest of his life. -- jeremiah 52:33 +. +He was given daily provisions by the king of Babylon for the rest of his life until the day he died. -- jeremiah 52:34 +. +(Alef)Alas! The city once full of people now sits all alone! The prominent lady among the nations has become a widow! The princess who once ruled the provinces has become a forced laborer! -- lamentations 1:1 +. +(Bet) She weeps bitterly at night; tears stream down her cheeks. She has no one to comfort her among all her lovers. All her friends have betrayed her; they have become her enemies. -- lamentations 1:2 +. +(Gimel) Judah has departed into exile under affliction and harsh oppression. She lives among the nations; she has found no resting place. All who pursued her overtook her in narrow straits. -- lamentations 1:3 +. +(Dalet) The roads to Zion mourn because no one travels to the festivals. All her city gates are deserted; her priests groan. Her virgins grieve; she is in bitter anguish! -- lamentations 1:4 +. +(He) Her foes subjugated her; her enemies are at ease. For the Lord afflicted her because of her many acts of rebellion. Her children went away captive before the enemy. -- lamentations 1:5 +. +(Vav) All of Daughter Zion's splendor has departed. Her leaders became like deer; they found no pasture, so they were too exhausted to escape from the hunter. -- lamentations 1:6 +. +(Zayin) Jerusalem remembers, when she became a poor homeless person, all her treasures that she owned in days of old. When her people fell into an enemy's grip, none of her allies came to her rescue. Her enemies gloated over her; they sneered at her downfall. -- lamentations 1:7 +. +(Khet) Jerusalem committed terrible sin; therefore she became an object of scorn. All who admired her have despised her because they have seen her nakedness. She groans aloud and turns away in shame. -- lamentations 1:8 +. +(Tet) Her menstrual flow has soiled her clothing; she did not consider the consequences of her sin. Her demise was astonishing, and there was no one to comfort her. She cried, "Look, O Lord, on my affliction because my enemy boasts!" -- lamentations 1:9 +. +(Yod) An enemy grabbed all her valuables. Indeed she watched in horror as Gentiles invaded her holy temple - those whom you had commanded: "They must not enter your assembly place." -- lamentations 1:10 +. +(Kaf) All her people groaned as they searched for a morsel of bread. They exchanged their valuables for just enough food to stay alive."Look, O Lord! Consider that I have become worthless!" -- lamentations 1:11 +. +(Lamed) Is it nothing to you, all you who pass by on the road? Look and see! Is there any pain like mine? The Lord has afflicted me, he has inflicted it on me when he burned with anger. -- lamentations 1:12 +. +(Mem) He sent down fire into my bones, and it overcame them. He spread out a trapper's net for my feet; he made me turn back. He has made me desolate; I am faint all day long. -- lamentations 1:13 +. +(Nun) My sins are bound around my neck like a yoke; they are fastened together by his hand. He has placed his yoke on my neck; he has sapped my strength. The Lord has handed me over to those whom I cannot resist. -- lamentations 1:14 +. +(Samek) He rounded up all my mighty ones; The Lord did this in my midst. He summoned an assembly against me to shatter my young men. The Lord has stomped like grapes the virgin daughter, Judah. -- lamentations 1:15 +. +(Ayin) I weep because of these things; my eyes flow with tears. For there is no one in sight who can comfort me or encourage me. My children are desolated because an enemy has prevailed. -- lamentations 1:16 +. +(Pe) Zion spread out her hands, but there is no one to comfort her. The Lord has issued a decree against Jacob; his neighbors have become his enemies. Jerusalem has become like filthy garbage in their midst. -- lamentations 1:17 +. +(Tsade) The Lord is right to judge me! Yes, I rebelled against his commands. Please listen, all you nations, and look at my suffering! My young women and men have gone into exile. -- lamentations 1:18 +. +(Qof) I called for my lovers, but they had deceived me. My priests and my elders perished in the city. Truly they had searched for food to keep themselves alive. -- lamentations 1:19 +. +(Resh) Look, O Lord! I am distressed; my stomach is in knots! My heart is pounding inside me. Yes, I was terribly rebellious! Out in the street the sword bereaves a mother of her children; Inside the house death is present. -- lamentations 1:20 +. +(Sin/Shin) They have heard that I groan, yet there is no one to comfort me. All my enemies have heard of my trouble; they are glad that you have brought it about. Bring about the day of judgment that you promised so that they may end up like me! -- lamentations 1:21 +. +(Tav) Let all their wickedness come before you; afflict them just as you have afflicted me because of all my acts of rebellion. For my groans are many, and my heart is sick with sorrow. -- lamentations 1:22 +. +(Alef) Alas! The Lord has covered Daughter Zion with his anger. He has thrown down the splendor of Israel from heaven to earth; he did not protect his temple when he displayed his anger. -- lamentations 2:1 +. +(Bet) The Lord destroyed mercilessly all the homes of Jacob's descendants. In his anger he tore down the fortified cities of Daughter Judah. He knocked to the ground and humiliated the kingdom and its rulers. -- lamentations 2:2 +. +(Gimel) In fierce anger he destroyed the whole army of Israel. He withdrew his right hand as the enemy attacked. He was like a raging fire in the land of Jacob; it consumed everything around it. -- lamentations 2:3 +. +(Dalet) He prepared his bow like an enemy; his right hand was ready to shoot. Like a foe he killed everyone, even our strong young men; he has poured out his anger like fire on the tent of Daughter Zion. -- lamentations 2:4 +. +(He) The Lord, like an enemy, destroyed Israel. He destroyed all her palaces; he ruined her fortified cities. He made everyone in Daughter Judah mourn and lament. -- lamentations 2:5 +. +(Vav) He destroyed his temple as if it were a vineyard; he destroyed his appointed meeting place. The Lord has made those in Zion forget both the festivals and the Sabbaths. In his fierce anger he has spurned both king and priest. -- lamentations 2:6 +. +(Zayin) The Lord rejected his altar and abhorred his temple. He handed over to the enemy her palace walls; the enemy shouted in the Lord's temple as if it were a feast day. -- lamentations 2:7 +. +(Khet) The Lord was determined to tear down Daughter Zion's wall. He prepared to knock it down; he did not withdraw his hand from destroying. He made the ramparts and fortified walls lament; together they mourned their ruin. -- lamentations 2:8 +. +(Tet) Her city gates have fallen to the ground; he smashed to bits the bars that lock her gates. Her king and princes were taken into exile; there is no more guidance available. As for her prophets, they no longer receive a vision from the Lord. -- lamentations 2:9 +. +(Yod) The elders of Daughter Zion sit on the ground in silence. They have thrown dirt on their heads; They have dressed in sackcloth. Jerusalem's young women stare down at the ground. -- lamentations 2:10 +. +(Kaf) My eyes are worn out from weeping; my stomach is in knots. My heart is poured out on the ground due to the destruction of my helpless people; children and infants faint in the town squares. -- lamentations 2:11 +. +(Lamed) Children say to their mothers, "Where are food and drink?" They faint like a wounded warrior in the city squares. They die slowly in their mothers' arms. -- lamentations 2:12 +. +(Mem) With what can I equate you? To what can I compare you, O Daughter Jerusalem? To what can I liken you so that I might comfort you, O Virgin Daughter Zion? Your wound is as deep as the sea. Who can heal you? -- lamentations 2:13 +. +(Nun) Your prophets saw visions for you that were worthless lies. They failed to expose your sin so as to restore your fortunes. They saw oracles for you that were worthless lies. -- lamentations 2:14 +. +(Samek) All who passed by on the road clapped their hands to mock you. They sneered and shook their heads at Daughter Jerusalem. "Ha! Is this the city they called 'The perfection of beauty, the source of joy of the whole earth!'?" -- lamentations 2:15 +. +(Pe) All your enemies gloated over you. They sneered and gnashed their teeth; they said, "We have destroyed her! Ha! We have waited a long time for this day. We have lived to see it!" -- lamentations 2:16 +. +(Ayin) The Lord has done what he planned; he has fulfilled his promise that he threatened long ago: He has overthrown you without mercy and has enabled the enemy to gloat over you; he has exalted your adversaries' power. -- lamentations 2:17 +. +(Tsade) Cry out from your heart to the Lord, O wall of Daughter Zion! Make your tears flow like a river all day and all night long! Do not rest; do not let your tears stop! -- lamentations 2:18 +. +(Qof) Get up! Cry out in the night when the night watches start! Pour out your heart like water before the face of the Lord! Lift up your hands to him for your children's lives; they are fainting at every street corner. -- lamentations 2:19 +. +(Resh) Look, O Lord! Consider! Whom have you ever afflicted like this? Should women eat their offspring, their healthy infants? Should priest and prophet be killed in the Lord's sanctuary? -- lamentations 2:20 +. +(Sin/Shin) The young boys and old men lie dead on the ground in the streets. My young women and my young men have fallen by the sword. You killed them when you were angry; you slaughtered them without mercy. -- lamentations 2:21 +. +(Tav) As if it were a feast day, you call enemies to terrify me on every side. On the day of the Lord's anger no one escaped or survived. My enemy has finished off those healthy infants whom I bore and raised. -- lamentations 2:22 +. +(Alef) I am the man who has experienced affliction from the rod of his wrath. -- lamentations 3:1 +. +He drove me into captivity and made me walk in darkness and not light. -- lamentations 3:2 +. +He repeatedly attacks me, he turns his hand against me all day long. -- lamentations 3:3 +. +(Bet) He has made my mortal skin waste away; he has broken my bones. -- lamentations 3:4 +. +He has besieged and surrounded me with bitter hardship. -- lamentations 3:5 +. +He has made me reside in deepest darkness like those who died long ago. -- lamentations 3:6 +. +(Gimel) He has walled me in so that I cannot get out; he has weighted me down with heavy prison chains. -- lamentations 3:7 +. +Also, when I cry out desperately for help, he has shut out my prayer. -- lamentations 3:8 +. +He has blocked every road I take with a wall of hewn stones; he has made every path impassable. -- lamentations 3:9 +. +(Dalet) To me he is like a bear lying in ambush, like a hidden lion stalking its prey. -- lamentations 3:10 +. +He has obstructed my paths and torn me to pieces; he has made me desolate. -- lamentations 3:11 +. +He drew his bow and made me the target for his arrow. -- lamentations 3:12 +. +(He) He shot his arrows into my heart. -- lamentations 3:13 +. +I have become the laughingstock of all people, their mocking song all day long. -- lamentations 3:14 +. +He has given me my fill of bitter herbs and made me drunk with bitterness. -- lamentations 3:15 +. +(Vav) He ground my teeth in gravel; he trampled me in the dust. -- lamentations 3:16 +. +I am deprived of peace; I have forgotten what happiness is. -- lamentations 3:17 +. +So I said, "My endurance has expired; I have lost all hope of deliverance from the Lord." -- lamentations 3:18 +. +(Zayin) Remember my impoverished and homeless condition, which is a bitter poison. -- lamentations 3:19 +. +I continually think about this, and I am depressed. -- lamentations 3:20 +. +But this I call to mind; therefore I have hope: -- lamentations 3:21 +. +(Khet) The Lord's loyal kindness never ceases; his compassions never end. -- lamentations 3:22 +. +They are fresh every morning; your faithfulness is abundant! -- lamentations 3:23 +. +"My portion is the Lord," I have said to myself, so I will put my hope in him. -- lamentations 3:24 +. +(Tet) The Lord is good to those who trust in him, to the one who seeks him. -- lamentations 3:25 +. +It is good to wait patiently for deliverance from the Lord. -- lamentations 3:26 +. +It is good for a man to bear the yoke while he is young. -- lamentations 3:27 +. +(Yod) Let a person sit alone in silence, when the Lord is disciplining him. -- lamentations 3:28 +. +Let him bury his face in the dust; perhaps there is hope. -- lamentations 3:29 +. +Let him offer his cheek to the one who hits him; let him have his fill of insults. -- lamentations 3:30 +. +(Kaf) For the Lord will not reject us forever. -- lamentations 3:31 +. +Though he causes us grief, he then has compassion on us according to the abundance of his loyal kindness. -- lamentations 3:32 +. +For he is not predisposed to afflict or to grieve people. -- lamentations 3:33 +. +(Lamed) To crush underfoot all the earth's prisoners, -- lamentations 3:34 +. +to deprive a person of his rights in the presence of the Most High, -- lamentations 3:35 +. +to defraud a person in a lawsuit - the Lord does not approve of such things! -- lamentations 3:36 +. +(Mem) Whose command was ever fulfilled unless the Lord decreed it? -- lamentations 3:37 +. +Is it not from the mouth of the Most High that everything comes - both calamity and blessing? -- lamentations 3:38 +. +Why should any living person complain when punished for his sins? -- lamentations 3:39 +. +(Nun) Let us carefully examine our ways, and let us return to the Lord. -- lamentations 3:40 +. +Let us lift up our hearts and our hands to God in heaven: -- lamentations 3:41 +. +"We have blatantly rebelled; you have not forgiven." -- lamentations 3:42 +. +(Samek) You shrouded yourself with anger and then pursued us; you killed without mercy. -- lamentations 3:43 +. +You shrouded yourself with a cloud so that no prayer can get through. -- lamentations 3:44 +. +You make us like filthy scum in the estimation of the nations. -- lamentations 3:45 +. +(Pe) All our enemies have gloated over us; -- lamentations 3:46 +. +Panic and pitfall have come upon us, devastation and destruction. -- lamentations 3:47 +. +Streams of tears flow from my eyes because my people are destroyed. -- lamentations 3:48 +. +(Ayin) Tears flow from my eyes and will not stop; there will be no break -- lamentations 3:49 +. +until the Lord looks down from heaven and sees what has happened. -- lamentations 3:50 +. +What my eyes see grieves me - all the suffering of the daughters in my city. -- lamentations 3:51 +. +(Tsade) For no good reason my enemies hunted me down like a bird. -- lamentations 3:52 +. +They shut me up in a pit and threw stones at me. -- lamentations 3:53 +. +The waters closed over my head; I thought I was about to die. -- lamentations 3:54 +. +(Qof) I have called on your name, O Lord, from the deepest pit. -- lamentations 3:55 +. +You heard my plea: "Do not close your ears to my cry for relief!" -- lamentations 3:56 +. +You came near on the day I called to you; you said, "Do not fear!" -- lamentations 3:57 +. +(Resh) O Lord, you championed my cause, you redeemed my life. -- lamentations 3:58 +. +You have seen the wrong done to me, O Lord; pronounce judgment on my behalf! -- lamentations 3:59 +. +You have seen all their vengeance, all their plots against me. -- lamentations 3:60 +. +(Sin/Shin) You have heard their taunts, O Lord, all their plots against me. -- lamentations 3:61 +. +My assailants revile and conspire against me all day long. -- lamentations 3:62 +. +Watch them from morning to evening; I am the object of their mocking songs. -- lamentations 3:63 +. +(Tav) Pay them back what they deserve, O Lord, according to what they have done. -- lamentations 3:64 +. +Give them a distraught heart; may your curse be on them! -- lamentations 3:65 +. +Pursue them in anger and eradicate them from under the Lord's heaven. -- lamentations 3:66 +. +(Alef)Alas! Gold has lost its luster; pure gold loses value. Jewels are scattered on every street corner. -- lamentations 4:1 +. +(Bet) The precious sons of Zion were worth their weight in gold - Alas! - but now they are treated like broken clay pots, made by a potter. -- lamentations 4:2 +. +(Gimel) Even the jackals nurse their young at their breast, but my people are cruel, like ostriches in the desert. -- lamentations 4:3 +. +(Dalet) The infant's tongue sticks to the roof of its mouth due to thirst; little children beg for bread, but no one gives them even a morsel. -- lamentations 4:4 +. +(He) Those who once feasted on delicacies are now starving to death in the streets. Those who grew up wearing expensive clothes are now dying amid garbage. -- lamentations 4:5 +. +(Vav) The punishment of my people exceeded that of of Sodom, which was overthrown in a moment with no one to help her. -- lamentations 4:6 +. +(Zayin) Her consecrated ones were brighter than snow, whiter than milk; their bodies more ruddy than corals, their hair like lapis lazuli. -- lamentations 4:7 +. +(Khet) Now their appearance is darker than soot; they are not recognized in the streets. Their skin has shriveled on their bones; it is dried up, like tree bark. -- lamentations 4:8 +. +(Tet) Those who died by the sword are better off than those who die of hunger, those who waste away, struck down from lack of food. -- lamentations 4:9 +. +(Yod) The hands of tenderhearted women cooked their own children, who became their food, when my people were destroyed. -- lamentations 4:10 +. +(Kaf) The Lord fully vented his wrath; he poured out his fierce anger. He started a fire in Zion; it consumed her foundations. -- lamentations 4:11 +. +(Lamed) Neither the kings of the earth nor the people of the lands ever thought that enemy or foe would enter the gates of Jerusalem. -- lamentations 4:12 +. +(Mem) But it happened due to the sins of her prophets and the iniquities of her priests, who poured out in her midst the blood of the righteous. -- lamentations 4:13 +. +(Nun) They wander blindly through the streets, defiled by the blood they shed, while no one dares to touch their garments. -- lamentations 4:14 +. +(Samek) People cry to them, "Turn away! You are unclean! Turn away! Turn away! Don't touch us!" So they have fled and wander about; but the nations say, "They may not stay here any longer." -- lamentations 4:15 +. +(Pe) The Lord himself has scattered them; he no longer watches over them. They did not honor the priests; they did not show favor to the elders. -- lamentations 4:16 +. +(Ayin) Our eyes continually failed us as we looked in vain for help. From our watchtowers we watched for a nation that could not rescue us. -- lamentations 4:17 +. +(Tsade) Our enemies hunted us down at every step so that we could not walk about in our streets. Our end drew near, our days were numbered, for our end had come! -- lamentations 4:18 +. +(Qof) Those who pursued us were swifter than eagles in the sky. They chased us over the mountains; they ambushed us in the wilderness. -- lamentations 4:19 +. +(Resh) Our very life breath - the Lord's anointed king - was caught in their traps, of whom we thought, "Under his protection we will survive among the nations." -- lamentations 4:20 +. +(Sin/Shin) Rejoice and be glad for now, O people of Edom, who reside in the land of Uz. But the cup of judgment will pass to you also; you will get drunk and take off your clothes. -- lamentations 4:21 +. +(Tav) O people of Zion, your punishment will come to an end; he will not prolong your exile. But, O people of Edom, he will punish your sin and reveal your offenses! -- lamentations 4:22 +. +O Lord, reflect on what has happened to us; consider and look at our disgrace. -- lamentations 5:1 +. +Our inheritance is turned over to strangers; foreigners now occupy our homes. -- lamentations 5:2 +. +We have become fatherless orphans; our mothers have become widows. -- lamentations 5:3 +. +We must pay money for our own water; we must buy our own wood at a steep price. -- lamentations 5:4 +. +We are pursued - they are breathing down our necks; we are weary and have no rest. -- lamentations 5:5 +. +We have submitted to Egypt and Assyria in order to buy food to eat. -- lamentations 5:6 +. +Our forefathers sinned and are dead, but we suffer their punishment. -- lamentations 5:7 +. +Slaves rule over us; there is no one to rescue us from their power. -- lamentations 5:8 +. +At the risk of our lives we get our food because robbers lurk in the countryside. -- lamentations 5:9 +. +Our skin is hot as an oven due to a fever from hunger. -- lamentations 5:10 +. +They raped women in Zion, virgins in the towns of Judah. -- lamentations 5:11 +. +Princes were hung by their hands; elders were mistreated. -- lamentations 5:12 +. +The young men perform menial labor; boys stagger from their labor. -- lamentations 5:13 +. +The elders are gone from the city gate; the young men have stopped playing their music. -- lamentations 5:14 +. +Our hearts no longer have any joy; our dancing is turned to mourning. -- lamentations 5:15 +. +The crown has fallen from our head; woe to us, for we have sinned! -- lamentations 5:16 +. +Because of this, our hearts are sick; because of these things, we can hardly see through our tears. -- lamentations 5:17 +. +For wild animals are prowling over Mount Zion, which lies desolate. -- lamentations 5:18 +. +But you, O Lord, reign forever; your throne endures from generation to generation. -- lamentations 5:19 +. +Why do you keep on forgetting us? Why do you forsake us so long? -- lamentations 5:20 +. +Bring us back to yourself, O Lord, so that we may return to you; renew our life as in days before, -- lamentations 5:21 +. +unless you have utterly rejected us and are angry with us beyond measure. -- lamentations 5:22 +. +In the thirtieth year, on the fifth day of the fourth month, while I was among the exiles at the Kebar River, the heavens opened and I saw a divine vision. -- ezekiel 1:1 +. +(On the fifth day of the month - it was the fifth year of King Jehoiachin's exile - -- ezekiel 1:2 +. +the word of the Lord came to the priest Ezekiel the son of Buzi, at the Kebar River in the land of the Babylonians. The hand of the Lord came on him there). -- ezekiel 1:3 +. +As I watched, I noticed a windstorm coming from the north - an enormous cloud, with lightning flashing, such that bright light rimmed it and came from it like glowing amber from the middle of a fire. -- ezekiel 1:4 +. +In the fire were what looked like four living beings. In their appearance they had human form, -- ezekiel 1:5 +. +but each had four faces and four wings. -- ezekiel 1:6 +. +Their legs were straight, but the soles of their feet were like calves' feet. They gleamed like polished bronze. -- ezekiel 1:7 +. +They had human hands under their wings on their four sides. As for the faces and wings of the four of them, -- ezekiel 1:8 +. +their wings touched each other; they did not turn as they moved, but went straight ahead. -- ezekiel 1:9 +. +Their faces had this appearance: Each of the four had the face of a man, with the face of a lion on the right, the face of an ox on the left and also the face of an eagle. -- ezekiel 1:10 +. +Their wings were spread out above them; each had two wings touching the wings of one of the other beings on either side and two wings covering their bodies. -- ezekiel 1:11 +. +Each moved straight ahead - wherever the spirit would go, they would go, without turning as they went. -- ezekiel 1:12 +. +In the middle of the living beings was something like burning coals of fire or like torches. It moved back and forth among the living beings. It was bright, and lightning was flashing out of the fire. -- ezekiel 1:13 +. +The living beings moved backward and forward as quickly as flashes of lightning. -- ezekiel 1:14 +. +Then I looked, and I saw one wheel on the ground beside each of the four beings. -- ezekiel 1:15 +. +The appearance of the wheels and their construction was like gleaming jasper, and all four wheels looked alike. Their structure was like a wheel within a wheel. -- ezekiel 1:16 +. +When they moved they would go in any of the four directions they faced without turning as they moved. -- ezekiel 1:17 +. +Their rims were high and awesome, and the rims of all four wheels were full of eyes all around. -- ezekiel 1:18 +. +When the living beings moved, the wheels beside them moved; when the living beings rose up from the ground, the wheels rose up too. -- ezekiel 1:19 +. +Wherever the spirit would go, they would go, and the wheels would rise up beside them because the spirit of the living being was in the wheel. -- ezekiel 1:20 +. +When the living beings moved, the wheels moved, and when they stopped moving, the wheels stopped. When they rose up from the ground, the wheels rose up from the ground; the wheels rose up beside them because the spirit of the living being was in the wheel. -- ezekiel 1:21 +. +Over the heads of the living beings was something like a platform, glittering awesomely like ice, stretched out over their heads. -- ezekiel 1:22 +. +Under the platform their wings were stretched out, each toward the other. Each of the beings also had two wings covering its body. -- ezekiel 1:23 +. +When they moved, I heard the sound of their wings - it was like the sound of rushing waters, or the voice of the Almighty, or the tumult of an army. When they stood still, they lowered their wings. -- ezekiel 1:24 +. +Then there was a voice from above the platform over their heads when they stood still. -- ezekiel 1:25 +. +Above the platform over their heads was something like a sapphire shaped like a throne. High above on the throne was a form that appeared to be a man. -- ezekiel 1:26 +. +I saw an amber glow like a fire enclosed all around from his waist up. From his waist down I saw something that looked like fire. There was a brilliant light around it, -- ezekiel 1:27 +. +like the appearance of a rainbow in the clouds after the rain. This was the appearance of the surrounding brilliant light; it looked like the glory of the Lord. When I saw it, I threw myself face down, and I heard a voice speaking. -- ezekiel 1:28 +. +He said to me, "Son of man, stand on your feet and I will speak with you." -- ezekiel 2:1 +. +As he spoke to me, a wind came into me and stood me on my feet, and I heard the one speaking to me. -- ezekiel 2:2 +. +He said to me, "Son of man, I am sending you to the house of Israel, to rebellious nations who have rebelled against me; both they and their fathers have revolted against me to this very day. -- ezekiel 2:3 +. +The people to whom I am sending you are obstinate and hard-hearted, and you must say to them, 'This is what the sovereign Lord says.' -- ezekiel 2:4 +. +And as for them, whether they listen or not - for they are a rebellious house - they will know that a prophet has been among them. -- ezekiel 2:5 +. +But you, son of man, do not fear them, and do not fear their words - even though briers and thorns surround you and you live among scorpions - do not fear their words and do not be terrified of the looks they give you, for they are a rebellious house! -- ezekiel 2:6 +. +You must speak my words to them whether they listen or not, for they are rebellious. -- ezekiel 2:7 +. +As for you, son of man, listen to what I am saying to you: Do not rebel like that rebellious house! Open your mouth and eat what I am giving you." -- ezekiel 2:8 +. +Then I looked and realized a hand was stretched out to me, and in it was a written scroll. -- ezekiel 2:9 +. +He unrolled it before me, and it had writing on the front and back; written on it were laments, mourning, and woe. -- ezekiel 2:10 +. +He said to me, "Son of man, eat what you see in front of you - eat this scroll - and then go and speak to the house of Israel." -- ezekiel 3:1 +. +So I opened my mouth and he fed me the scroll. -- ezekiel 3:2 +. +He said to me, "Son of man, feed your stomach and fill your belly with this scroll I am giving to you." So I ate it, and it was sweet like honey in my mouth. -- ezekiel 3:3 +. +He said to me, "Son of man, go to the house of Israel and speak my words to them. -- ezekiel 3:4 +. +For you are not being sent to a people of unintelligible speech and difficult language, but to the house of Israel - -- ezekiel 3:5 +. +not to many peoples of unintelligible speech and difficult language, whose words you cannot understand - surely if I had sent you to them, they would listen to you! -- ezekiel 3:6 +. +But the house of Israel is unwilling to listen to you, because they are not willing to listen to me, for the whole house of Israel is hard-headed and hard-hearted. -- ezekiel 3:7 +. +"I have made your face adamant to match their faces, and your forehead hard to match their foreheads. -- ezekiel 3:8 +. +I have made your forehead harder than flint - like diamond! Do not fear them or be terrified of the looks they give you, for they are a rebellious house." -- ezekiel 3:9 +. +And he said to me, "Son of man, take all my words that I speak to you to heart and listen carefully. -- ezekiel 3:10 +. +Go to the exiles, to your fellow countrymen, and speak to them - say to them, 'This is what the sovereign Lord says,' whether they pay attention or not." -- ezekiel 3:11 +. +Then a wind lifted me up and I heard a great rumbling sound behind me as the glory of the Lord rose from its place, -- ezekiel 3:12 +. +and the sound of the living beings' wings brushing against each other, and the sound of the wheels alongside them, a great rumbling sound. -- ezekiel 3:13 +. +A wind lifted me up and carried me away. I went bitterly, my spirit full of fury, and the hand of the Lord rested powerfully on me. -- ezekiel 3:14 +. +I came to the exiles at Tel Abib, who lived by the Kebar River. I sat dumbfounded among them there, where they were living, for seven days. -- ezekiel 3:15 +. +At the end of seven days the word of the Lord came to me: -- ezekiel 3:16 +. +"Son of man, I have appointed you a watchman for the house of Israel. Whenever you hear a word from my mouth, you must give them a warning from me. -- ezekiel 3:17 +. +When I say to the wicked, "You will certainly die," and you do not warn him - you do not speak out to warn the wicked to turn from his wicked deed and wicked lifestyle so that he may live - that wicked person will die for his iniquity, but I will hold you accountable for his death. -- ezekiel 3:18 +. +But as for you, if you warn the wicked and he does not turn from his wicked deed and from his wicked lifestyle, he will die for his iniquity but you will have saved your own life. -- ezekiel 3:19 +. +"When a righteous person turns from his righteousness and commits iniquity, and I set an obstacle before him, he will die. If you have not warned him, he will die for his sin. The righteous deeds he performed will not be considered, but I will hold you accountable for his death. -- ezekiel 3:20 +. +However, if you warn the righteous person not to sin, and he does not sin, he will certainly live because he was warned, and you will have saved your own life." -- ezekiel 3:21 +. +The hand of the Lord rested on me there, and he said to me, "Get up, go out to the valley, and I will speak with you there." -- ezekiel 3:22 +. +So I got up and went out to the valley, and the glory of the Lord was standing there, just like the glory I had seen by the Kebar River, and I threw myself face down. -- ezekiel 3:23 +. +Then a wind came into me and stood me on my feet. The Lord spoke to me and said, "Go shut yourself in your house. -- ezekiel 3:24 +. +As for you, son of man, they will put ropes on you and tie you up with them, so you cannot go out among them. -- ezekiel 3:25 +. +I will make your tongue stick to the roof of your mouth so that you will be silent and unable to reprove them, for they are a rebellious house. -- ezekiel 3:26 +. +But when I speak with you, I will loosen your tongue and you must say to them, 'This is what the sovereign Lord says.' Those who listen will listen, but the indifferent will refuse, for they are a rebellious house. -- ezekiel 3:27 +. +"And you, son of man, take a brick and set it in front of you. Inscribe a city on it - Jerusalem. -- ezekiel 4:1 +. +Lay siege to it! Build siege works against it. Erect a siege ramp against it! Post soldiers outside it and station battering rams around it. -- ezekiel 4:2 +. +Then for your part take an iron frying pan and set it up as an iron wall between you and the city. Set your face toward it. It is to be under siege; you are to besiege it. This is a sign for the house of Israel. -- ezekiel 4:3 +. +"Also for your part lie on your left side and place the iniquity of the house of Israel on it. For the number of days you lie on your side you will bear their iniquity. -- ezekiel 4:4 +. +I have determined that the number of the years of their iniquity are to be the number of days for you - days. So bear the iniquity of the house of Israel. -- ezekiel 4:5 +. +"When you have completed these days, then lie down a second time, but on your right side, and bear the iniquity of the house of Judah days - I have assigned one day for each year. -- ezekiel 4:6 +. +You must turn your face toward the siege of Jerusalem with your arm bared and prophesy against it. -- ezekiel 4:7 +. +Look here, I will tie you up with ropes, so you cannot turn from one side to the other until you complete the days of your siege. -- ezekiel 4:8 +. +"As for you, take wheat, barley, beans, lentils, millet, and spelt, put them in a single container, and make food from them for yourself. For the same number of days that you lie on your side - days - you will eat it. -- ezekiel 4:9 +. +The food you eat will be eight ounces a day by weight; you must eat it at fixed times. -- ezekiel 4:10 +. +And you must drink water by measure, a pint and a half; you must drink it at fixed times. -- ezekiel 4:11 +. +And you must eat the food like you would a barley cake. You must bake it in front of them over a fire made with dried human excrement." -- ezekiel 4:12 +. +And the Lord said, "This is how the people of Israel will eat their unclean food among the nations where I will banish them." -- ezekiel 4:13 +. +And I said, "Ah, sovereign Lord, I have never been ceremonially defiled before. I have never eaten a carcass or an animal torn by wild beasts; from my youth up, unclean meat has never entered my mouth." -- ezekiel 4:14 +. +So he said to me, "All right then, I will substitute cow's manure instead of human excrement. You will cook your food over it." -- ezekiel 4:15 +. +Then he said to me, "Son of man, I am about to remove the bread supply in Jerusalem. They will eat their bread ration anxiously, and they will drink their water ration in terror -- ezekiel 4:16 +. +because they will lack bread and water. Each one will be terrified, and they will rot for their iniquity. -- ezekiel 4:17 +. +"As for you, son of man, take a sharp sword and use it as a barber's razor. Shave off some of the hair from your head and your beard. Then take scales and divide up the hair you cut off. -- ezekiel 5:1 +. +Burn a third of it in the fire inside the city when the days of your siege are completed. Take a third and slash it with a sword all around the city. Scatter a third to the wind, and I will unleash a sword behind them. -- ezekiel 5:2 +. +But take a few strands of hair from those and tie them in the ends of your garment. -- ezekiel 5:3 +. +Again, take more of them and throw them into the fire, and burn them up. From there a fire will spread to all the house of Israel. -- ezekiel 5:4 +. +"This is what the sovereign Lord says: This is Jerusalem; I placed her in the center of the nations with countries all around her. -- ezekiel 5:5 +. +Then she defied my regulations and my statutes, becoming more wicked than the nations and the countries around her. Indeed, they have rejected my regulations, and they do not follow my statutes. -- ezekiel 5:6 +. +"Therefore this is what the sovereign Lord says: Because you are more arrogant than the nations around you, you have not followed my statutes and have not carried out my regulations. You have not even carried out the regulations of the nations around you! -- ezekiel 5:7 +. +"Therefore this is what the sovereign Lord says: I - even I - am against you, and I will execute judgment among you while the nations watch. -- ezekiel 5:8 +. +I will do to you what I have never done before and will never do again because of all your abominable practices. -- ezekiel 5:9 +. +Therefore fathers will eat their sons within you, Jerusalem, and sons will eat their fathers. I will execute judgments on you, and I will scatter any survivors to the winds. -- ezekiel 5:10 +. +"Therefore, as surely as I live, says the sovereign Lord, because you defiled my sanctuary with all your detestable idols and with all your abominable practices, I will withdraw; my eye will not pity you, nor will I spare you. -- ezekiel 5:11 +. +A third of your people will die of plague or be overcome by the famine within you. A third of your people will fall by the sword surrounding you, and a third I will scatter to the winds. I will unleash a sword behind them. -- ezekiel 5:12 +. +Then my anger will be fully vented; I will exhaust my rage on them, and I will be appeased. Then they will know that I, the Lord, have spoken in my jealousy when I have fully vented my rage against them. -- ezekiel 5:13 +. +"I will make you desolate and an object of scorn among the nations around you, in the sight of everyone who passes by. -- ezekiel 5:14 +. +You will be an object of scorn and taunting, a prime example of destruction among the nations around you when I execute judgments against you in anger and raging fury. I, the Lord, have spoken! -- ezekiel 5:15 +. +I will shoot against them deadly, destructive arrows of famine, which I will shoot to destroy you. I will prolong a famine on you and will remove the bread supply. -- ezekiel 5:16 +. +I will send famine and wild beasts against you and they will take your children from you. Plague and bloodshed will overwhelm you, and I will bring a sword against you. I, the Lord, have spoken!" -- ezekiel 5:17 +. +The word of the Lord came to me: -- ezekiel 6:1 +. +"Son of man, turn toward the mountains of Israel and prophesy against them: -- ezekiel 6:2 +. +Say, 'Mountains of Israel, Hear the word of the sovereign Lord! This is what the sovereign Lord says to the mountains and the hills, to the ravines and the valleys: I am bringing a sword against you, and I will destroy your high places. -- ezekiel 6:3 +. +Your altars will be ruined and your incense altars will be broken. I will throw down your slain in front of your idols. -- ezekiel 6:4 +. +I will place the corpses of the people of Israel in front of their idols, and I will scatter your bones around your altars. -- ezekiel 6:5 +. +In all your dwellings, the cities will be laid waste and the high places ruined so that your altars will be laid waste and ruined, your idols will be shattered and demolished, your incense altars will be broken down, and your works wiped out. -- ezekiel 6:6 +. +The slain will fall among you and then you will know that I am the Lord. -- ezekiel 6:7 +. +"'But I will spare some of you. Some will escape the sword when you are scattered in foreign lands. -- ezekiel 6:8 +. +Then your survivors will remember me among the nations where they are exiled. They will realize how I was crushed by their unfaithful heart which turned from me and by their eyes which lusted after their idols. They will loathe themselves because of the evil they have done and because of all their abominable practices. -- ezekiel 6:9 +. +They will know that I am the Lord; my threats to bring this catastrophe on them were not empty.' -- ezekiel 6:10 +. +"'This is what the sovereign Lord says: Clap your hands, stamp your feet, and say, "Ah!" because of all the evil, abominable practices of the house of Israel, for they will fall by the sword, famine, and pestilence. -- ezekiel 6:11 +. +The one far away will die by pestilence, the one close by will fall by the sword, and whoever is left and has escaped these will die by famine. I will fully vent my rage against them. -- ezekiel 6:12 +. +Then you will know that I am the Lord - when their dead lie among their idols around their altars, on every high hill and all the mountaintops, under every green tree and every leafy oak, the places where they have offered fragrant incense to all their idols. -- ezekiel 6:13 +. +I will stretch out my hand against them and make the land a desolate waste from the wilderness to Riblah, in all the places where they live. Then they will know that I am the Lord!" -- ezekiel 6:14 +. +The word of the Lord came to me: -- ezekiel 7:1 +. +"You, son of man - this is what the sovereign Lord says to the land of Israel: An end! The end is coming on the four corners of the land! -- ezekiel 7:2 +. +The end is now upon you, and I will release my anger against you; I will judge you according to your behavior, I will hold you accountable for all your abominable practices. -- ezekiel 7:3 +. +My eye will not pity you; I will not spare you. For I will hold you responsible for your behavior, and you will suffer the consequences of your abominable practices. Then you will know that I am the Lord! -- ezekiel 7:4 +. +"This is what the sovereign Lord says: A disaster - a one-of-a-kind disaster - is coming! -- ezekiel 7:5 +. +An end comes - the end comes! It has awakened against you - the end is upon you! Look, it is coming! -- ezekiel 7:6 +. +Doom is coming upon you who live in the land! The time is coming, the day is near. There are sounds of tumult, not shouts of joy, on the mountains. -- ezekiel 7:7 +. +Soon now I will pour out my rage on you; I will fully vent my anger against you. I will judge you according to your behavior. I will hold you accountable for all your abominable practices. -- ezekiel 7:8 +. +My eye will not pity you; I will not spare you. For your behavior I will hold you accountable, and you will suffer the consequences of your abominable practices. Then you will know that it is I, the Lord, who is striking you. -- ezekiel 7:9 +. +"Look, the day! Look, it is coming! Doom has gone out! The staff has budded, pride has blossomed! -- ezekiel 7:10 +. +Violence has grown into a staff that supports wickedness. Not one of them will be left - not from their crowd, not from their wealth, not from their prominence. -- ezekiel 7:11 +. +The time has come; the day has struck! The customer should not rejoice, nor the seller mourn; for divine wrath comes against their whole crowd. -- ezekiel 7:12 +. +The customer will no longer pay the seller while both parties are alive, for the vision against their whole crowd will not be revoked. Each person, for his iniquity, will fail to preserve his life. -- ezekiel 7:13 +. +"They have blown the trumpet and everyone is ready, but no one goes to battle, because my anger is against their whole crowd. -- ezekiel 7:14 +. +The sword is outside; pestilence and famine are inside the house. Whoever is in the open field will die by the sword, and famine and pestilence will consume everyone in the city. -- ezekiel 7:15 +. +Their survivors will escape to the mountains and become like doves of the valleys; all of them will moan - each one for his iniquity. -- ezekiel 7:16 +. +All of their hands will hang limp; their knees will be wet with urine. -- ezekiel 7:17 +. +They will wear sackcloth, terror will cover them; shame will be on all their faces, and all of their heads will be shaved bald. -- ezekiel 7:18 +. +They will discard their silver in the streets, and their gold will be treated like filth. Their silver and gold will not be able to deliver them on the day of the Lord's fury. They will not satisfy their hunger or fill their stomachs because their wealth was the obstacle leading to their iniquity. -- ezekiel 7:19 +. +They rendered the beauty of his ornaments into pride, and with it they made their abominable images - their detestable idols. Therefore I will render it filthy to them. -- ezekiel 7:20 +. +I will give it to foreigners as loot, to the world's wicked ones as plunder, and they will desecrate it. -- ezekiel 7:21 +. +I will turn my face away from them and they will desecrate my treasured place. Vandals will enter it and desecrate it. -- ezekiel 7:22 +. +(Make the chain, because the land is full of murder and the city is full of violence.) -- ezekiel 7:23 +. +I will bring the most wicked of the nations and they will take possession of their houses. I will put an end to the arrogance of the strong, and their sanctuaries will be desecrated. -- ezekiel 7:24 +. +Terror is coming! They will seek peace, but find none. -- ezekiel 7:25 +. +Disaster after disaster will come, and one rumor after another. They will seek a vision from a prophet; priestly instruction will disappear, along with counsel from the elders. -- ezekiel 7:26 +. +The king will mourn and the prince will be clothed with shuddering; the hands of the people of the land will tremble. Based on their behavior I will deal with them, and by their standard of justice I will judge them. Then they will know that I am the Lord!" -- ezekiel 7:27 +. +In the sixth year, in the sixth month, on the fifth of the month, as I was sitting in my house with the elders of Judah sitting in front of me, the hand of the sovereign Lord seized me. -- ezekiel 8:1 +. +As I watched, I noticed a form that appeared to be a man. From his waist downward was something like fire, and from his waist upward something like a brightness, like an amber glow. -- ezekiel 8:2 +. +He stretched out the form of a hand and grabbed me by a lock of hair on my head. Then a wind lifted me up between the earth and sky and brought me to Jerusalem by means of divine visions, to the door of the inner gate which faces north where the statue which provokes to jealousy was located. -- ezekiel 8:3 +. +Then I perceived that the glory of the God of Israel was there, as in the vision I had seen earlier in the valley. -- ezekiel 8:4 +. +He said to me, "Son of man, look up toward the north." So I looked up toward the north, and I noticed to the north of the altar gate was this statue of jealousy at the entrance. -- ezekiel 8:5 +. +He said to me, "Son of man, do you see what they are doing - the great abominations that the people of Israel are practicing here, to drive me far from my sanctuary? But you will see greater abominations than these!" -- ezekiel 8:6 +. +He brought me to the entrance of the court, and as I watched, I noticed a hole in the wall. -- ezekiel 8:7 +. +He said to me, "Son of man, dig into the wall." So I dug into the wall and discovered a doorway. -- ezekiel 8:8 +. +He said to me, "Go in and see the evil abominations they are practicing here." -- ezekiel 8:9 +. +So I went in and looked. I noticed every figure of creeping thing and beast - detestable images - and every idol of the house of Israel, engraved on the wall all around. -- ezekiel 8:10 +. +Seventy men from the elders of the house of Israel (with Jaazaniah son of Shaphan standing among them) were standing in front of them, each with a censer in his hand, and fragrant vapors from a cloud of incense were swirling upward. -- ezekiel 8:11 +. +He said to me, "Do you see, son of man, what the elders of the house of Israel are doing in the dark, each in the chamber of his idolatrous images? For they think, 'The Lord does not see us! The Lord has abandoned the land!'" -- ezekiel 8:12 +. +He said to me, "You will see them practicing even greater abominations!" -- ezekiel 8:13 +. +Then he brought me to the entrance of the north gate of the Lord's house. I noticed women sitting there weeping for Tammuz. -- ezekiel 8:14 +. +He said to me, "Do you see this, son of man? You will see even greater abominations than these!" -- ezekiel 8:15 +. +Then he brought me to the inner court of the Lord's house. Right there at the entrance to the Lord's temple, between the porch and the altar, were about twenty-five men with their backs to the Lord's temple, facing east - they were worshiping the sun toward the east! -- ezekiel 8:16 +. +He said to me, "Do you see, son of man? Is it a trivial thing that the house of Judah commits these abominations they are practicing here? For they have filled the land with violence and provoked me to anger still further. Look, they are putting the branch to their nose! -- ezekiel 8:17 +. +Therefore I will act with fury! My eye will not pity them nor will I spare them. When they have shouted in my ears, I will not listen to them." -- ezekiel 8:18 +. +Then he shouted in my ears, "Approach, you who are to visit destruction on the city, each with his destructive weapon in his hand!" -- ezekiel 9:1 +. +Next, I noticed six men coming from the direction of the upper gate which faces north, each with his war club in his hand. Among them was a man dressed in linen with a writing kit at his side. They came and stood beside the bronze altar. -- ezekiel 9:2 +. +Then the glory of the God of Israel went up from the cherub where it had rested to the threshold of the temple. He called to the man dressed in linen who had the writing kit at his side. -- ezekiel 9:3 +. +The Lord said to him, "Go through the city of Jerusalem and put a mark on the foreheads of the people who moan and groan over all the abominations practiced in it." -- ezekiel 9:4 +. +While I listened, he said to the others, "Go through the city after him and strike people down; do no let your eye pity nor spare anyone! -- ezekiel 9:5 +. +Old men, young men, young women, little children, and women - wipe them out! But do not touch anyone who has the mark. Begin at my sanctuary!" So they began with the elders who were at the front of the temple. -- ezekiel 9:6 +. +He said to them, "Defile the temple and fill the courtyards with corpses. Go!" So they went out and struck people down throughout the city. -- ezekiel 9:7 +. +While they were striking them down, I was left alone, and I threw myself face down and cried out, "Ah, sovereign Lord! Will you destroy the entire remnant of Israel when you pour out your fury on Jerusalem?" -- ezekiel 9:8 +. +He said to me, "The sin of the house of Israel and Judah is extremely great; the land is full of murder, and the city is full of corruption, for they say, 'The Lord has abandoned the land, and the Lord does not see!' -- ezekiel 9:9 +. +But as for me, my eye will not pity them nor will I spare them; I hereby repay them for what they have done." -- ezekiel 9:10 +. +Next I noticed the man dressed in linen with the writing kit at his side bringing back word: "I have done just as you commanded me." -- ezekiel 9:11 +. +As I watched, I saw on the platform above the top of the cherubim something like a sapphire, resembling the shape of a throne, appearing above them. -- ezekiel 10:1 +. +The Lord said to the man dressed in linen, "Go between the wheelwork underneath the cherubim. Fill your hands with burning coals from among the cherubim and scatter them over the city." He went as I watched. -- ezekiel 10:2 +. +(The cherubim were standing on the south side of the temple when the man went in, and a cloud filled the inner court.) -- ezekiel 10:3 +. +Then the glory of the Lord arose from the cherub and moved to the threshold of the temple. The temple was filled with the cloud while the court was filled with the brightness of the Lord's glory. -- ezekiel 10:4 +. +The sound of the wings of the cherubim could be heard from the outer court, like the sound of the sovereign God when he speaks. -- ezekiel 10:5 +. +When the Lord commanded the man dressed in linen, "Take fire from within the wheelwork, from among the cherubim," the man went in and stood by one of the wheels. -- ezekiel 10:6 +. +Then one of the cherubim stretched out his hand toward the fire which was among the cherubim. He took some and put it into the hands of the man dressed in linen, who took it and left. -- ezekiel 10:7 +. +(The cherubim appeared to have the form of human hands under their wings.) -- ezekiel 10:8 +. +As I watched, I noticed four wheels by the cherubim, one wheel beside each cherub; the wheels gleamed like jasper. -- ezekiel 10:9 +. +As for their appearance, all four of them looked the same, something like a wheel within a wheel. -- ezekiel 10:10 +. +When they moved, they would go in any of the four directions they faced without turning as they moved; in the direction the head would turn they would follow without turning as they moved, -- ezekiel 10:11 +. +along with their entire bodies, their backs, their hands, and their wings. The wheels of the four of them were full of eyes all around. -- ezekiel 10:12 +. +As for their wheels, they were called "the wheelwork" as I listened. -- ezekiel 10:13 +. +Each of the cherubim had four faces: The first was the face of a cherub, the second that of a man, the third that of a lion, and the fourth that of an eagle. -- ezekiel 10:14 +. +The cherubim rose up; these were the living beings I saw at the Kebar River. -- ezekiel 10:15 +. +When the cherubim moved, the wheels moved beside them; when the cherubim spread their wings to rise from the ground, the wheels did not move from their side. -- ezekiel 10:16 +. +When the cherubim stood still, the wheels stood still, and when they rose up, the wheels rose up with them, for the spirit of the living beings was in the wheels. -- ezekiel 10:17 +. +Then the glory of the Lord moved away from the threshold of the temple and stopped above the cherubim. -- ezekiel 10:18 +. +The cherubim spread their wings, and they rose up from the earth while I watched (when they went the wheels went alongside them). They stopped at the entrance to the east gate of the Lord's temple as the glory of the God of Israel hovered above them. -- ezekiel 10:19 +. +These were the living creatures which I saw at the Kebar River underneath the God of Israel; I knew that they were cherubim. -- ezekiel 10:20 +. +Each had four faces; each had four wings and the form of human hands under the wings. -- ezekiel 10:21 +. +As for the form of their faces, they were the faces whose appearance I had seen at the Kebar River. Each one moved straight ahead. -- ezekiel 10:22 +. +A wind lifted me up and brought me to the east gate of the Lord's temple that faces the east. There, at the entrance of the gate, I noticed twenty-five men. Among them I saw Jaazaniah son of Azzur and Pelatiah son of Benaiah, officials of the people. -- ezekiel 11:1 +. +The Lord said to me, "Son of man, these are the men who plot evil and give wicked advice in this city. -- ezekiel 11:2 +. +They say, 'The time is not near to build houses; the city is a cooking pot and we are the meat in it.' -- ezekiel 11:3 +. +Therefore, prophesy against them! Prophesy, son of man!" -- ezekiel 11:4 +. +Then the Spirit of the Lord came upon me and said to me, "Say: This is what the Lord says: 'This is what you are thinking, O house of Israel; I know what goes through your minds. -- ezekiel 11:5 +. +You have killed many people in this city; you have filled its streets with corpses.' -- ezekiel 11:6 +. +Therefore, this is what the sovereign Lord says: 'The corpses you have dumped in the midst of the city are the meat, and this city is the cooking pot, but I will take you out of it. -- ezekiel 11:7 +. +You fear the sword, so the sword I will bring against you,' declares the sovereign Lord. -- ezekiel 11:8 +. +'But I will take you out of the city. And I will hand you over to foreigners. I will execute judgments on you. -- ezekiel 11:9 +. +You will die by the sword; I will judge you at the border of Israel. Then you will know that I am the Lord. -- ezekiel 11:10 +. +This city will not be a cooking pot for you, and you will not be meat within it; I will judge you at the border of Israel. -- ezekiel 11:11 +. +Then you will know that I am the Lord, whose statutes you have not followed and whose regulations you have not carried out. Instead you have behaved according to the regulations of the nations around you!'" -- ezekiel 11:12 +. +Now, while I was prophesying, Pelatiah son of Benaiah died. Then I threw myself face down and cried out with a loud voice, "Alas, sovereign Lord! You are completely wiping out the remnant of Israel!" -- ezekiel 11:13 +. +Then the word of the Lord came to me: -- ezekiel 11:14 +. +"Son of man, your brothers, your relatives, and the whole house of Israel, all of them are those to whom the inhabitants of Jerusalem have said, 'They have gone far away from the Lord; to us this land has been given as a possession.' -- ezekiel 11:15 +. +"Therefore say: 'This is what the sovereign Lord says: Although I have removed them far away among the nations and have dispersed them among the countries, I have been a little sanctuary for them among the lands where they have gone.' -- ezekiel 11:16 +. +"Therefore say: 'This is what the sovereign Lord says: When I regather you from the peoples and assemble you from the lands where you have been dispersed, I will give you back the country of Israel.' -- ezekiel 11:17 +. +"When they return to it, they will remove from it all its detestable things and all its abominations. -- ezekiel 11:18 +. +I will give them one heart and I will put a new spirit within them; I will remove the hearts of stone from their bodies and I will give them tender hearts, -- ezekiel 11:19 +. +so that they may follow my statutes and observe my regulations and carry them out. Then they will be my people, and I will be their God. -- ezekiel 11:20 +. +But those whose hearts are devoted to detestable things and abominations, I hereby repay them for what they have done, says the sovereign Lord." -- ezekiel 11:21 +. +Then the cherubim spread their wings with their wheels alongside them while the glory of the God of Israel hovered above them. -- ezekiel 11:22 +. +The glory of the Lord rose up from within the city and stopped over the mountain east of it. -- ezekiel 11:23 +. +Then a wind lifted me up and carried me to the exiles in Babylonia, in the vision given to me by the Spirit of God. Then the vision I had seen went up from me. -- ezekiel 11:24 +. +So I told the exiles everything the Lord had shown me. -- ezekiel 11:25 +. +The word of the Lord came to me: -- ezekiel 12:1 +. +"Son of man, you are living in the midst of a rebellious house. They have eyes to see, but do not see, and ears to hear, but do not hear, because they are a rebellious house. -- ezekiel 12:2 +. +"Therefore, son of man, pack up your belongings as if for exile. During the day, while they are watching, pretend to go into exile. Go from where you live to another place. Perhaps they will understand, although they are a rebellious house. -- ezekiel 12:3 +. +Bring out your belongings packed for exile during the day while they are watching. And go out at evening, while they are watching, as if for exile. -- ezekiel 12:4 +. +While they are watching, dig a hole in the wall and carry your belongings out through it. -- ezekiel 12:5 +. +While they are watching, raise your baggage onto your shoulder and carry it out in the dark. You must cover your face so that you cannot see the ground because I have made you an object lesson to the house of Israel." -- ezekiel 12:6 +. +So I did just as I was commanded. I carried out my belongings packed for exile during the day, and at evening I dug myself a hole through the wall with my hands. I went out in the darkness, carrying my baggage on my shoulder while they watched. -- ezekiel 12:7 +. +The word of the Lord came to me in the morning: -- ezekiel 12:8 +. +"Son of man, has not the house of Israel, that rebellious house, said to you, 'What are you doing?' -- ezekiel 12:9 +. +Say to them, 'This is what the sovereign Lord says: The prince will raise this burden in Jerusalem, and all the house of Israel within it.' -- ezekiel 12:10 +. +Say, 'I am an object lesson for you. Just as I have done, it will be done to them; they will go into exile and captivity.' -- ezekiel 12:11 +. +"The prince who is among them will raise his belongings onto his shoulder in darkness, and will go out. He will dig a hole in the wall to leave through. He will cover his face so that he cannot see the land with his eyes. -- ezekiel 12:12 +. +But I will throw my net over him, and he will be caught in my snare. I will bring him to Babylon, the land of the Chaldeans (but he will not see it), and there he will die. -- ezekiel 12:13 +. +All his retinue - his attendants and his troops - I will scatter to every wind; I will unleash a sword behind them. -- ezekiel 12:14 +. +"Then they will know that I am the Lord when I disperse them among the nations and scatter them among foreign countries. -- ezekiel 12:15 +. +But I will let a small number of them survive the sword, famine, and pestilence, so that they can confess all their abominable practices to the nations where they go. Then they will know that I am the Lord." -- ezekiel 12:16 +. +The word of the Lord came to me: -- ezekiel 12:17 +. +"Son of man, eat your bread with trembling, and drink your water with anxious shaking. -- ezekiel 12:18 +. +Then say to the people of the land, 'This is what the sovereign Lord says about the inhabitants of Jerusalem and of the land of Israel: They will eat their bread with anxiety and drink their water in fright, for their land will be stripped bare of all it contains because of the violence of all who live in it. -- ezekiel 12:19 +. +The inhabited towns will be left in ruins and the land will be devastated. Then you will know that I am the Lord.'" -- ezekiel 12:20 +. +The word of the Lord came to me: -- ezekiel 12:21 +. +"Son of man, what is this proverb you have in the land of Israel, 'The days pass slowly, and every vision fails'? -- ezekiel 12:22 +. +Therefore tell them, 'This is what the sovereign Lord says: I hereby end this proverb; they will not recite it in Israel any longer.' But say to them, 'The days are at hand when every vision will be fulfilled. -- ezekiel 12:23 +. +For there will no longer be any false visions or flattering omens amidst the house of Israel. -- ezekiel 12:24 +. +For I, the Lord, will speak. Whatever word I speak will be accomplished. It will not be delayed any longer. Indeed in your days, O rebellious house, I will speak the word and accomplish it, declares the sovereign Lord.'" -- ezekiel 12:25 +. +The word of the Lord came to me: -- ezekiel 12:26 +. +"Take note, son of man, the house of Israel is saying, 'The vision that he sees is for distant days; he is prophesying about the far future.' -- ezekiel 12:27 +. +Therefore say to them, 'This is what the sovereign Lord says: None of my words will be delayed any longer! The word I speak will come to pass, declares the sovereign Lord.'" -- ezekiel 12:28 +. +Then the word of the Lord came to me: -- ezekiel 13:1 +. +"Son of man, prophesy against the prophets of Israel who are now prophesying. Say to the prophets who prophesy from their imagination: 'Hear the word of the Lord! -- ezekiel 13:2 +. +This is what the sovereign Lord says: Woe to the foolish prophets who follow their own spirit but have seen nothing! -- ezekiel 13:3 +. +Your prophets have become like jackals among the ruins, O Israel. -- ezekiel 13:4 +. +You have not gone up in the breaks in the wall, nor repaired a wall for the house of Israel that it would stand strong in the battle on the day of the Lord. -- ezekiel 13:5 +. +They see delusion and their omens are a lie. They say, "the Lord declares," though the Lord has not sent them; yet they expect their word to be confirmed. -- ezekiel 13:6 +. +Have you not seen a false vision and announced a lying omen when you say, "the Lord declares," although I myself never spoke? -- ezekiel 13:7 +. +"'Therefore, this is what the sovereign Lord says: Because you have spoken false words and forecast delusion, look, I am against you, declares the sovereign Lord. -- ezekiel 13:8 +. +My hand will be against the prophets who see delusion and announce lying omens. They will not be included in the council of my people, nor be written in the registry of the house of Israel, nor enter the land of Israel. Then you will know that I am the sovereign Lord. -- ezekiel 13:9 +. +"'This is because they have led my people astray saying, "All is well," when things are not well. When anyone builds a wall without mortar, they coat it with whitewash. -- ezekiel 13:10 +. +Tell the ones who coat it with whitewash that it will fall. When there is a deluge of rain, hailstones will fall and a violent wind will break out. -- ezekiel 13:11 +. +When the wall has collapsed, people will ask you, "Where is the whitewash you coated it with?" -- ezekiel 13:12 +. +"'Therefore this is what the sovereign Lord says: In my rage I will make a violent wind break out. In my anger there will be a deluge of rain and hailstones in destructive fury. -- ezekiel 13:13 +. +I will break down the wall you coated with whitewash and knock it to the ground so that its foundation is exposed. When it falls you will be destroyed beneath it, and you will know that I am the Lord. -- ezekiel 13:14 +. +I will vent my rage against the wall, and against those who coated it with whitewash. Then I will say to you, "The wall is no more and those who whitewashed it are no more - -- ezekiel 13:15 +. +those prophets of Israel who would prophesy about Jerusalem and would see visions of peace for it, when there was no peace," declares the sovereign Lord.' -- ezekiel 13:16 +. +"As for you, son of man, turn toward the daughters of your people who are prophesying from their imagination. Prophesy against them -- ezekiel 13:17 +. +and say 'This is what the sovereign Lord says: Woe to those who sew bands on all their wrists and make headbands for heads of every size to entrap people's lives! Will you entrap my people's lives, yet preserve your own lives? -- ezekiel 13:18 +. +You have profaned me among my people for handfuls of barley and scraps of bread. You have put to death people who should not die and kept alive those who should not live by your lies to my people, who listen to lies! -- ezekiel 13:19 +. +"'Therefore, this is what the sovereign Lord says: Take note that I am against your wristbands with which you entrap people's lives like birds. I will tear them from your arms and will release the people's lives, which you hunt like birds. -- ezekiel 13:20 +. +I will tear off your headbands and rescue my people from your power; they will no longer be prey in your hands. Then you will know that I am the Lord. -- ezekiel 13:21 +. +This is because you have disheartened the righteous person with lies (although I have not grieved him), and because you have encouraged the wicked person not to turn from his evil conduct and preserve his life. -- ezekiel 13:22 +. +Therefore you will no longer see false visions and practice divination. I will rescue my people from your power, and you will know that I am the Lord.'" -- ezekiel 13:23 +. +Then some men from Israel's elders came to me and sat down in front of me. -- ezekiel 14:1 +. +The word of the Lord came to me: -- ezekiel 14:2 +. +"Son of man, these men have erected their idols in their hearts and placed the obstacle leading to their iniquity right before their faces. Should I really allow them to seek me? -- ezekiel 14:3 +. +Therefore speak to them and say to them, 'This is what the sovereign Lord says: When any one from the house of Israel erects his idols in his heart and sets the obstacle leading to his iniquity before his face, and then consults a prophet, I the Lord am determined to answer him personally according to the enormity of his idolatry. -- ezekiel 14:4 +. +I will do this in order to capture the hearts of the house of Israel, who have alienated themselves from me on account of all their idols.' -- ezekiel 14:5 +. +"Therefore say to the house of Israel, 'This is what the sovereign Lord says: Return! Turn from your idols, and turn your faces away from your abominations. -- ezekiel 14:6 +. +For when anyone from the house of Israel, or the foreigner who lives in Israel, separates himself from me and erects his idols in his heart and sets the obstacle leading to his iniquity before his face, and then consults a prophet to seek something from me, I the Lord am determined to answer him personally. -- ezekiel 14:7 +. +I will set my face against that person and will make him an object lesson and a byword and will cut him off from among my people. Then you will know that I am the Lord. -- ezekiel 14:8 +. +"'As for the prophet, if he is made a fool by being deceived into speaking a prophetic word - I, the Lord, have made a fool of that prophet, and I will stretch out my hand against him and destroy him from among my people Israel. -- ezekiel 14:9 +. +They will bear their punishment; the punishment of the one who sought an oracle will be the same as the punishment of the prophet who gave it -- ezekiel 14:10 +. +so that the house of Israel will no longer go astray from me, nor continue to defile themselves by all their sins. They will be my people and I will be their God, declares the sovereign Lord.'" -- ezekiel 14:11 +. +The word of the Lord came to me: -- ezekiel 14:12 +. +"Son of man, suppose a country sins against me by being unfaithful, and I stretch out my hand against it, cut off its bread supply, cause famine to come on it, and kill both people and animals. -- ezekiel 14:13 +. +Even if these three men, Noah, Daniel, and Job, were in it, they would save only their own lives by their righteousness, declares the sovereign Lord. -- ezekiel 14:14 +. +"Suppose I were to send wild animals through the land and kill its children, leaving it desolate, without travelers due to the wild animals. -- ezekiel 14:15 +. +Even if these three men were in it, as surely as I live, declares the sovereign Lord, they could not save their own sons or daughters; they would save only their own lives, and the land would become desolate. -- ezekiel 14:16 +. +"Or suppose I were to bring a sword against that land and say, 'Let a sword pass through the land,' and I were to kill both people and animals. -- ezekiel 14:17 +. +Even if these three men were in it, as surely as I live, declares the sovereign Lord, they could not save their own sons or daughters - they would save only their own lives. -- ezekiel 14:18 +. +"Or suppose I were to send a plague into that land, and pour out my rage on it with bloodshed, killing both people and animals. -- ezekiel 14:19 +. +Even if Noah, Daniel, and Job were in it, as surely as I live, declares the sovereign Lord, they could not save their own son or daughter; they would save only their own lives by their righteousness. -- ezekiel 14:20 +. +"For this is what the sovereign Lord says: How much worse will it be when I send my four terrible judgments - sword, famine, wild animals, and plague - to Jerusalem to kill both people and animals! -- ezekiel 14:21 +. +Yet some survivors will be left in it, sons and daughters who will be brought out. They will come out to you, and when you see their behavior and their deeds, you will be consoled about the catastrophe I have brought on Jerusalem - for everything I brought on it. -- ezekiel 14:22 +. +They will console you when you see their behavior and their deeds, because you will know that it was not without reason that I have done everything which I have done in it, declares the sovereign Lord." -- ezekiel 14:23 +. +The word of the Lord came to me: -- ezekiel 15:1 +. +"Son of man, of all the woody branches among the trees of the forest, what happens to the wood of the vine? -- ezekiel 15:2 +. +Can wood be taken from it to make anything useful? Or can anyone make a peg from it to hang things on? -- ezekiel 15:3 +. +No! It is thrown in the fire for fuel; when the fire has burned up both ends of it and it is charred in the middle, will it be useful for anything? -- ezekiel 15:4 +. +Indeed! If it was not made into anything useful when it was whole, how much less can it be made into anything when the fire has burned it up and it is charred? -- ezekiel 15:5 +. +"Therefore, this is what the sovereign Lord says: Like the wood of the vine is among the trees of the forest which I have provided as fuel for the fire - so I will provide the residents of Jerusalem as fuel. -- ezekiel 15:6 +. +I will set my face against them - although they have escaped from the fire, the fire will still consume them! Then you will know that I am the Lord, when I set my face against them. -- ezekiel 15:7 +. +I will make the land desolate because they have acted unfaithfully, declares the sovereign Lord." -- ezekiel 15:8 +. +The word of the Lord came to me: -- ezekiel 16:1 +. +"Son of man, confront Jerusalem with her abominable practices -- ezekiel 16:2 +. +and say, 'This is what the sovereign Lord says to Jerusalem: Your origin and your birth were in the land of the Canaanites; your father was an Amorite and your mother a Hittite. -- ezekiel 16:3 +. +As for your birth, on the day you were born your umbilical cord was not cut, nor were you washed in water; you were certainly not rubbed down with salt, nor wrapped with blankets. -- ezekiel 16:4 +. +No eye took pity on you to do even one of these things for you to spare you; you were thrown out into the open field because you were detested on the day you were born. -- ezekiel 16:5 +. +"'I passed by you and saw you kicking around helplessly in your blood. I said to you as you lay there in your blood, "Live!" I said to you as you lay there in your blood, "Live!" -- ezekiel 16:6 +. +I made you plentiful like sprouts in a field; you grew tall and came of age so that you could wear jewelry. Your breasts had formed and your hair had grown, but you were still naked and bare. -- ezekiel 16:7 +. +"'Then I passed by you and watched you, noticing that you had reached the age for love. I spread my cloak over you and covered your nakedness. I swore a solemn oath to you and entered into a marriage covenant with you, declares the sovereign Lord, and you became mine. -- ezekiel 16:8 +. +"'Then I bathed you in water, washed the blood off you, and anointed you with fragrant oil. -- ezekiel 16:9 +. +I dressed you in embroidered clothing and put fine leather sandals on your feet. I wrapped you with fine linen and covered you with silk. -- ezekiel 16:10 +. +I adorned you with jewelry. I put bracelets on your hands and a necklace around your neck. -- ezekiel 16:11 +. +I put a ring in your nose, earrings on your ears, and a beautiful crown on your head. -- ezekiel 16:12 +. +You were adorned with gold and silver, while your clothing was of fine linen, silk, and embroidery. You ate the finest flour, honey, and olive oil. You became extremely beautiful and attained the position of royalty. -- ezekiel 16:13 +. +Your fame spread among the nations because of your beauty; your beauty was perfect because of the splendor which I bestowed on you, declares the sovereign Lord. -- ezekiel 16:14 +. +"'But you trusted in your beauty and capitalized on your fame by becoming a prostitute. You offered your sexual favors to every man who passed by so that your beauty became his. -- ezekiel 16:15 +. +You took some of your clothing and made for yourself decorated high places; you engaged in prostitution on them. You went to him to become his. -- ezekiel 16:16 +. +You also took your beautiful jewelry, made of my gold and my silver I had given to you, and made for yourself male images and engaged in prostitution with them. -- ezekiel 16:17 +. +You took your embroidered clothing and used it to cover them; you offered my olive oil and my incense to them. -- ezekiel 16:18 +. +As for my food that I gave you - the fine flour, olive oil, and honey I fed you - you placed it before them as a soothing aroma. That is exactly what happened, declares the sovereign Lord. -- ezekiel 16:19 +. +"'You took your sons and your daughters whom you bore to me and you sacrificed them as food for the idols to eat. As if your prostitution not enough, -- ezekiel 16:20 +. +you slaughtered my children and sacrificed them to the idols. -- ezekiel 16:21 +. +And with all your abominable practices and prostitution you did not remember the days of your youth when you were naked and bare, kicking around in your blood. -- ezekiel 16:22 +. +"'After all of your evil - "Woe! Woe to you!" declares the sovereign Lord - -- ezekiel 16:23 +. +you built yourself a chamber and put up a pavilion in every public square. -- ezekiel 16:24 +. +At the head of every street you erected your pavilion and you disgraced your beauty when you spread your legs to every passerby and multiplied your promiscuity. -- ezekiel 16:25 +. +You engaged in prostitution with the Egyptians, your sexually aroused neighbors, multiplying your promiscuity and provoking me to anger. -- ezekiel 16:26 +. +So see here, I have stretched out my hand against you and cut off your rations. I have delivered you into the power of those who hate you, the daughters of the Philistines, who were ashamed by your obscene conduct. -- ezekiel 16:27 +. +You engaged in prostitution with the Assyrians because your sexual desires were insatiable; you prostituted yourself with them and yet you were still not satisfied. -- ezekiel 16:28 +. +Then you multiplied your promiscuity to the land of merchants, Babylonia, but you were not satisfied there either. -- ezekiel 16:29 +. +"'How sick is your heart, declares the sovereign Lord, when you perform all of these acts, the deeds of a bold prostitute. -- ezekiel 16:30 +. +When you built your chamber at the head of every street and put up your pavilion in every public square, you were not like a prostitute, because you scoffed at payment. -- ezekiel 16:31 +. +"'Adulterous wife, who prefers strangers instead of her own husband! -- ezekiel 16:32 +. +All prostitutes receive payment, but instead you give gifts to every one of your lovers. You bribe them to come to you from all around for your sexual favors! -- ezekiel 16:33 +. +You were different from other prostitutes because no one solicited you. When you gave payment and no payment was given to you, you became the opposite! -- ezekiel 16:34 +. +"'Therefore O prostitute, hear the word of the Lord: -- ezekiel 16:35 +. +This is what the sovereign Lord says: Because your lust was poured out and your nakedness was uncovered in your prostitution with your lovers, and because of all your detestable idols, and because of the blood of your children you have given to them, -- ezekiel 16:36 +. +therefore, take note: I am about to gather all your lovers whom you enjoyed, both all those you loved and all those you hated. I will gather them against you from all around, and I will expose your nakedness to them, and they will see all your nakedness. -- ezekiel 16:37 +. +I will punish you as an adulteress and murderer deserves. I will avenge your bloody deeds with furious rage. -- ezekiel 16:38 +. +I will give you into their hands and they will destroy your chambers and tear down your pavilions. They will strip you of your clothing and take your beautiful jewelry and leave you naked and bare. -- ezekiel 16:39 +. +They will summon a mob who will stone you and hack you in pieces with their swords. -- ezekiel 16:40 +. +They will burn down your houses and execute judgments on you in front of many women. Thus I will put a stop to your prostitution, and you will no longer give gifts to your clients. -- ezekiel 16:41 +. +I will exhaust my rage on you, and then my fury will turn from you. I will calm down and no longer be angry. -- ezekiel 16:42 +. +"'Because you did not remember the days of your youth and have enraged me with all these deeds, I hereby repay you for what you have done, declares the sovereign Lord. Have you not engaged in prostitution on top of all your other abominable practices? -- ezekiel 16:43 +. +"'Observe - everyone who quotes proverbs will quote this proverb about you: "Like mother, like daughter." -- ezekiel 16:44 +. +You are the daughter of your mother, who detested her husband and her sons, and you are the sister of your sisters who detested their husbands and their sons. Your mother was a Hittite and your father an Amorite. -- ezekiel 16:45 +. +Your older sister was Samaria, who lived north of you with her daughters, and your younger sister, who lived south of you, was Sodom with her daughters. -- ezekiel 16:46 +. +Have you not copied their behavior and practiced their abominable deeds? In a short time you became even more depraved in all your conduct than they were! -- ezekiel 16:47 +. +As surely as I live, declares the sovereign Lord, your sister Sodom and her daughters never behaved as wickedly as you and your daughters have behaved. -- ezekiel 16:48 +. +"'See here - this was the iniquity of your sister Sodom: She and her daughters had majesty, abundance of food, and enjoyed carefree ease, but they did not help the poor and needy. -- ezekiel 16:49 +. +They were haughty and practiced abominable deeds before me. Therefore when I saw it I removed them. -- ezekiel 16:50 +. +Samaria has not committed half the sins you have; you have done more abominable deeds than they did. You have made your sisters appear righteous with all the abominable things you have done. -- ezekiel 16:51 +. +So now, bear your disgrace, because you have given your sisters reason to justify their behavior. Because the sins you have committed were more abominable than those of your sisters; they have become more righteous than you. So now, be ashamed and bear the disgrace of making your sisters appear righteous. -- ezekiel 16:52 +. +"'I will restore their fortunes, the fortunes of Sodom and her daughters, and the fortunes of Samaria and her daughters (along with your fortunes among them), -- ezekiel 16:53 +. +so that you may bear your disgrace and be ashamed of all you have done in consoling them. -- ezekiel 16:54 +. +As for your sisters, Sodom and her daughters will be restored to their former status, Samaria and her daughters will be restored to their former status, and you and your daughters will be restored to your former status. -- ezekiel 16:55 +. +In your days of majesty, was not Sodom your sister a byword in your mouth, -- ezekiel 16:56 +. +before your evil was exposed? Now you have become an object of scorn to the daughters of Aram and all those around her and to the daughters of the Philistines - those all around you who despise you. -- ezekiel 16:57 +. +You must bear your punishment for your obscene conduct and your abominable practices, declares the Lord. -- ezekiel 16:58 +. +"'For this is what the sovereign Lord says: I will deal with you according to what you have done when you despised your oath by breaking your covenant. -- ezekiel 16:59 +. +Yet I will remember the covenant I made with you in the days of your youth, and I will establish a lasting covenant with you. -- ezekiel 16:60 +. +Then you will remember your conduct, and be ashamed when you receive your older and younger sisters. I will give them to you as daughters, but not on account of my covenant with you. -- ezekiel 16:61 +. +I will establish my covenant with you, and then you will know that I am the Lord. -- ezekiel 16:62 +. +Then you will remember, be ashamed, and remain silent when I make atonement for all you have done, declares the sovereign Lord.'" -- ezekiel 16:63 +. +The word of the Lord came to me: -- ezekiel 17:1 +. +"Son of man, offer a riddle, and tell a parable to the house of Israel. -- ezekiel 17:2 +. +Say to them: 'This is what the sovereign Lord says: "'A great eagle with broad wings, long feathers, with full plumage which was multi-hued, came to Lebanon and took the top of the cedar. -- ezekiel 17:3 +. +He plucked off its topmost shoot; he brought it to a land of merchants and planted it in a city of traders. -- ezekiel 17:4 +. +He took one of the seedlings of the land, placed it in a cultivated plot; a shoot by abundant water, like a willow he planted it. -- ezekiel 17:5 +. +It sprouted and became a vine, spreading low to the ground; its branches turning toward him, its roots were under itself. So it became a vine; it produced shoots and sent out branches. -- ezekiel 17:6 +. +"'There was another great eagle with broad wings and thick plumage. Now this vine twisted its roots toward him and sent its branches toward him to be watered from the soil where it was planted. -- ezekiel 17:7 +. +In a good field, by abundant waters, it was planted to grow branches, bear fruit, and become a beautiful vine. -- ezekiel 17:8 +. +"'Say to them: This is what the sovereign Lord says: "'Will it prosper? Will he not rip out its roots and cause its fruit to rot and wither? All its foliage will wither. No strong arm or large army will be needed to pull it out by its roots. -- ezekiel 17:9 +. +Consider! It is planted, but will it prosper? Will it not wither completely when the east wind blows on it? Will it not wither in the soil where it sprouted?'" -- ezekiel 17:10 +. +Then the word of the Lord came to me: -- ezekiel 17:11 +. +"Say to the rebellious house of Israel: 'Don't you know what these things mean?' Say: 'See here, the king of Babylon came to Jerusalem and took her king and her officials prisoner and brought them to himself in Babylon. -- ezekiel 17:12 +. +He took one from the royal family, made a treaty with him, and put him under oath. He then took the leaders of the land -- ezekiel 17:13 +. +so it would be a lowly kingdom which could not rise on its own but must keep its treaty with him in order to stand. -- ezekiel 17:14 +. +But this one from Israel's royal family rebelled against the king of Babylon by sending his emissaries to Egypt to obtain horses and a large army. Will he prosper? Will the one doing these things escape? Can he break the covenant and escape? -- ezekiel 17:15 +. +"'As surely as I live, declares the sovereign Lord, surely in the city of the king who crowned him, whose oath he despised and whose covenant he broke - in the middle of Babylon he will die! -- ezekiel 17:16 +. +Pharaoh with his great army and mighty horde will not help him in battle, when siege ramps are erected and siege-walls are built to kill many people. -- ezekiel 17:17 +. +He despised the oath by breaking the covenant. Take note - he gave his promise and did all these things - he will not escape! -- ezekiel 17:18 +. +"'Therefore this is what the sovereign Lord says: As surely as I live, I will certainly repay him for despising my oath and breaking my covenant! -- ezekiel 17:19 +. +I will throw my net over him and he will be caught in my snare; I will bring him to Babylon and judge him there because of the unfaithfulness he committed against me. -- ezekiel 17:20 +. +All the choice men among his troops will die by the sword and the survivors will be scattered to every wind. Then you will know that I, the Lord, have spoken! -- ezekiel 17:21 +. +"'This is what the sovereign Lord says: "'I will take a sprig from the lofty top of the cedar and plant it. I will pluck from the top one of its tender twigs; I myself will plant it on a high and lofty mountain. -- ezekiel 17:22 +. +I will plant it on a high mountain of Israel, and it will raise branches and produce fruit and become a beautiful cedar. Every bird will live under it; Every winged creature will live in the shade of its branches. -- ezekiel 17:23 +. +All the trees of the field will know that I am the Lord. I make the high tree low; I raise up the low tree. I make the green tree wither, and I make the dry tree sprout. I, the Lord, have spoken, and I will do it!'" -- ezekiel 17:24 +. +The word of the Lord came to me: -- ezekiel 18:1 +. +"What do you mean by quoting this proverb concerning the land of Israel, "'The fathers eat sour grapes And the children's teeth become numb?' -- ezekiel 18:2 +. +"As surely as I live, declares the sovereign Lord, you will not quote this proverb in Israel anymore! -- ezekiel 18:3 +. +Indeed! All lives are mine - the life of the father as well as the life of the son is mine. The one who sins will die. -- ezekiel 18:4 +. +"Suppose a man is righteous. He practices what is just and right, -- ezekiel 18:5 +. +does not eat pagan sacrifices on the mountains or pray to the idols of the house of Israel, does not defile his neighbor's wife, does not have sexual relations with a woman during her period, -- ezekiel 18:6 +. +does not oppress anyone, but gives the debtor back whatever was given in pledge, does not commit robbery, but gives his bread to the hungry and clothes the naked, -- ezekiel 18:7 +. +does not engage in usury or charge interest, but refrains from wrongdoing, promotes true justice between men, -- ezekiel 18:8 +. +and follows my statutes and observes my regulations by carrying them out. That man is righteous; he will certainly live, declares the sovereign Lord. -- ezekiel 18:9 +. +"Suppose such a man has a violent son who sheds blood and does any of these things mentioned previously -- ezekiel 18:10 +. +(though the father did not do any of them). He eats pagan sacrifices on the mountains, defiles his neighbor's wife, -- ezekiel 18:11 +. +oppresses the poor and the needy, commits robbery, does not give back what was given in pledge, prays to idols, performs abominable acts, -- ezekiel 18:12 +. +engages in usury and charges interest. Will he live? He will not! Because he has done all these abominable deeds he will certainly die. He will bear the responsibility for his own death. -- ezekiel 18:13 +. +"But suppose he in turn has a son who notices all the sins his father commits, considers them, and does not follow his father's example. -- ezekiel 18:14 +. +He does not eat pagan sacrifices on the mountains, does not pray to the idols of the house of Israel, does not defile his neighbor's wife, -- ezekiel 18:15 +. +does not oppress anyone or keep what has been given in pledge, does not commit robbery, gives his food to the hungry, and clothes the naked, -- ezekiel 18:16 +. +refrains from wrongdoing, does not engage in usury or charge interest, carries out my regulations and follows my statutes. He will not die for his father's iniquity; he will surely live. -- ezekiel 18:17 +. +As for his father, because he practices extortion, robs his brother, and does what is not good among his people, he will die for his iniquity. -- ezekiel 18:18 +. +"Yet you say, 'Why should the son not suffer for his father's iniquity?' When the son does what is just and right, and observes all my statutes and carries them out, he will surely live. -- ezekiel 18:19 +. +The person who sins is the one who will die. A son will not suffer for his father's iniquity, and a father will not suffer for his son's iniquity; the righteous person will be judged according to his righteousness, and the wicked person according to his wickedness. -- ezekiel 18:20 +. +"But if the wicked person turns from all the sin he has committed and observes all my statutes and does what is just and right, he will surely live; he will not die. -- ezekiel 18:21 +. +None of the sins he has committed will be held against him; because of the righteousness he has done, he will live. -- ezekiel 18:22 +. +Do I actually delight in the death of the wicked, declares the sovereign Lord? Do I not prefer that he turn from his wicked conduct and live? -- ezekiel 18:23 +. +"But if a righteous man turns away from his righteousness and practices wrongdoing according to all the abominable practices the wicked carry out, will he live? All his righteous acts will not be remembered; because of the unfaithful acts he has done and the sin he has committed, he will die. -- ezekiel 18:24 +. +"Yet you say, 'The Lord's conduct is unjust!' Hear, O house of Israel: Is my conduct unjust? Is it not your conduct that is unjust? -- ezekiel 18:25 +. +When a righteous person turns back from his righteousness and practices wrongdoing, he will die for it; because of the wrongdoing he has done, he will die. -- ezekiel 18:26 +. +When a wicked person turns from the wickedness he has committed and does what is just and right, he will preserve his life. -- ezekiel 18:27 +. +Because he considered and turned from all the sins he had done, he will surely live; he will not die. -- ezekiel 18:28 +. +Yet the house of Israel says, 'The Lord's conduct is unjust!' Is my conduct unjust, O house of Israel? Is it not your conduct that is unjust? -- ezekiel 18:29 +. +"Therefore I will judge each person according to his conduct, O house of Israel, declares the sovereign Lord. Repent and turn from all your wickedness; then it will not be an obstacle leading to iniquity. -- ezekiel 18:30 +. +Throw away all your sins you have committed and fashion yourselves a new heart and a new spirit! Why should you die, O house of Israel? -- ezekiel 18:31 +. +For I take no delight in the death of anyone, declares the sovereign Lord. Repent and live! -- ezekiel 18:32 +. +"And you, sing a lament for the princes of Israel, -- ezekiel 19:1 +. +and say: "'What a lioness was your mother among the lions! She lay among young lions; she reared her cubs. -- ezekiel 19:2 +. +She reared one of her cubs; he became a young lion. He learned to tear prey; he devoured people. -- ezekiel 19:3 +. +The nations heard about him; he was trapped in their pit. They brought him with hooks to the land of Egypt. -- ezekiel 19:4 +. +"'When she realized that she waited in vain, her hope was lost. She took another of her cubs and made him a young lion. -- ezekiel 19:5 +. +He walked about among the lions; he became a young lion. He learned to tear prey; he devoured people. -- ezekiel 19:6 +. +He broke down their strongholds and devastated their cities. The land and everything in it was frightened at the sound of his roaring. -- ezekiel 19:7 +. +The nations - the surrounding regions - attacked him. They threw their net over him; he was caught in their pit. -- ezekiel 19:8 +. +They put him in a collar with hooks; they brought him to the king of Babylon; they brought him to prison so that his voice would not be heard any longer on the mountains of Israel. -- ezekiel 19:9 +. +"'Your mother was like a vine in your vineyard, planted by water. It was fruitful and full of branches because it was well-watered. -- ezekiel 19:10 +. +Its boughs were strong, fit for rulers' scepters; it reached up into the clouds. It stood out because of its height and its many branches. -- ezekiel 19:11 +. +But it was plucked up in anger; it was thrown down to the ground. The east wind dried up its fruit; its strong branches broke off and withered - a fire consumed them. -- ezekiel 19:12 +. +Now it is planted in the wilderness, in a dry and thirsty land. -- ezekiel 19:13 +. +A fire has gone out from its branch; it has consumed its shoot and its fruit. No strong branch was left in it, nor a scepter to rule.' This is a lament song, and has become a lament song." -- ezekiel 19:14 +. +In the seventh year, in the fifth month, on the tenth of the month, some of the elders of Israel came to seek the Lord, and they sat down in front of me. -- ezekiel 20:1 +. +The word of the Lord came to me: -- ezekiel 20:2 +. +"Son of man, speak to the elders of Israel, and tell them: 'This is what the sovereign Lord says: Are you coming to seek me? As surely as I live, I will not allow you to seek me, declares the sovereign Lord.' -- ezekiel 20:3 +. +"Are you willing to pronounce judgment? Are you willing to pronounce judgment, son of man? Then confront them with the abominable practices of their fathers, -- ezekiel 20:4 +. +and say to them: "'This is what the sovereign Lord says: On the day I chose Israel I swore to the descendants of the house of Jacob and made myself known to them in the land of Egypt. I swore to them, "I am the Lord your God." -- ezekiel 20:5 +. +On that day I swore to bring them out of the land of Egypt to a land which I had picked out for them, a land flowing with milk and honey, the most beautiful of all lands. -- ezekiel 20:6 +. +I said to them, "Each of you must get rid of the detestable idols you keep before you, and do not defile yourselves with the idols of Egypt; I am the Lord your God." -- ezekiel 20:7 +. +But they rebelled against me, and refused to listen to me; no one got rid of their detestable idols, nor did they abandon the idols of Egypt. Then I decided to pour out my rage on them and fully vent my anger against them in the midst of the land of Egypt. -- ezekiel 20:8 +. +I acted for the sake of my reputation, so that I would not be profaned before the nations among whom they lived, before whom I revealed myself by bringing them out of the land of Egypt. -- ezekiel 20:9 +. +"'So I brought them out of the land of Egypt and led them to the wilderness. -- ezekiel 20:10 +. +I gave them my statutes and revealed my regulations to them. The one who carries them out will live by them! -- ezekiel 20:11 +. +I also gave them my Sabbaths as a reminder of our relationship, so that they would know that I, the Lord, sanctify them. -- ezekiel 20:12 +. +But the house of Israel rebelled against me in the wilderness; they did not follow my statutes and they rejected my regulations (the one who obeys them will live by them), and they utterly desecrated my Sabbaths. So I decided to pour out my rage on them in the wilderness and destroy them. -- ezekiel 20:13 +. +I acted for the sake of my reputation, so that I would not be profaned before the nations in whose sight I had brought them out. -- ezekiel 20:14 +. +I also swore to them in the wilderness that I would not bring them to the land I had given them - a land flowing with milk and honey, the most beautiful of all lands. -- ezekiel 20:15 +. +I did this because they rejected my regulations, did not follow my statutes, and desecrated my Sabbaths; for their hearts followed their idols. -- ezekiel 20:16 +. +Yet I had pity on them and did not destroy them, so I did not make an end of them in the wilderness. -- ezekiel 20:17 +. +"'But I said to their children in the wilderness, "Do not follow the practices of your fathers; do not observe their regulations, nor defile yourselves with their idols. -- ezekiel 20:18 +. +I am the Lord your God; follow my statutes, observe my regulations, and carry them out. -- ezekiel 20:19 +. +Treat my Sabbaths as holy and they will be a reminder of our relationship, and then you will know that I am the Lord your God." -- ezekiel 20:20 +. +"'But the children rebelled against me, did not follow my statutes, did not observe my regulations by carrying them out (the one who obeys them will live by them), and desecrated my Sabbaths. I decided to pour out my rage on them and fully vent my anger against them in the wilderness. -- ezekiel 20:21 +. +But I refrained from doing so, and acted instead for the sake of my reputation, so that I would not be profaned before the nations in whose sight I had brought them out. -- ezekiel 20:22 +. +I also swore to them in the wilderness that I would scatter them among the nations and disperse them throughout the lands. -- ezekiel 20:23 +. +I did this because they did not observe my regulations, they rejected my statutes, they desecrated my Sabbaths, and their eyes were fixed on their fathers' idols. -- ezekiel 20:24 +. +I also gave them decrees which were not good and regulations by which they could not live. -- ezekiel 20:25 +. +I declared them to be defiled because of their sacrifices - they caused all their first born to pass through the fire - so that I would devastate them, so that they will know that I am the Lord.' -- ezekiel 20:26 +. +"Therefore, speak to the house of Israel, son of man, and tell them, 'This is what the sovereign Lord says: In this way too your fathers blasphemed me when they were unfaithful to me. -- ezekiel 20:27 +. +I brought them to the land which I swore to give them, but whenever they saw any high hill or leafy tree, they offered their sacrifices there and presented the offerings that provoke me to anger. They offered their soothing aroma there and poured out their drink offerings. -- ezekiel 20:28 +. +So I said to them, What is this high place you go to?'" (So it is called "High Place" to this day.) -- ezekiel 20:29 +. +"Therefore say to the house of Israel, 'This is what the sovereign Lord says: Will you defile yourselves like your fathers and engage in prostitution with detestable idols? -- ezekiel 20:30 +. +When you present your sacrifices - when you make your sons pass through the fire - you defile yourselves with all your idols to this very day. Will I allow you to seek me, O house of Israel? As surely as I live, declares the sovereign Lord, I will not allow you to seek me! -- ezekiel 20:31 +. +"'What you plan will never happen. You say, "We will be like the nations, like the clans of the lands, who serve gods of wood and stone." -- ezekiel 20:32 +. +As surely as I live, declares the sovereign Lord, with a powerful hand and an outstretched arm, and with an outpouring of rage, I will be king over you. -- ezekiel 20:33 +. +I will bring you out from the nations, and will gather you from the lands where you are scattered, with a powerful hand and an outstretched arm and with an outpouring of rage! -- ezekiel 20:34 +. +I will bring you into the wilderness of the nations, and there I will enter into judgment with you face to face. -- ezekiel 20:35 +. +Just as I entered into judgment with your fathers in the wilderness of the land of Egypt, so I will enter into judgment with you, declares the sovereign Lord. -- ezekiel 20:36 +. +I will make you pass under the shepherd's staff, and I will bring you into the bond of the covenant. -- ezekiel 20:37 +. +I will eliminate from among you the rebels and those who revolt against me. I will bring them out from the land where they have been residing, but they will not come to the land of Israel. Then you will know that I am the Lord. -- ezekiel 20:38 +. +"'As for you, O house of Israel, this is what the sovereign Lord says: Each of you go and serve your idols, if you will not listen to me. But my holy name will not be profaned again by your sacrifices and your idols. -- ezekiel 20:39 +. +For there on my holy mountain, the high mountain of Israel, declares the sovereign Lord, all the house of Israel will serve me, all of them in the land. I will accept them there, and there I will seek your contributions and your choice gifts, with all your holy things. -- ezekiel 20:40 +. +When I bring you out from the nations and gather you from the lands where you are scattered, I will accept you along with your soothing aroma. I will display my holiness among you in the sight of the nations. -- ezekiel 20:41 +. +Then you will know that I am the Lord when I bring you to the land of Israel, to the land I swore to give to your fathers. -- ezekiel 20:42 +. +And there you will remember your conduct and all your deeds by which you defiled yourselves. You will despise yourselves because of all the evil deeds you have done. -- ezekiel 20:43 +. +Then you will know that I am the Lord, when I deal with you for the sake of my reputation and not according to your wicked conduct and corrupt deeds, O house of Israel, declares the sovereign Lord.'" -- ezekiel 20:44 +. + The word of the Lord came to me: -- ezekiel 20:45 +. +"Son of man, turn toward the south, and speak out against the south. Prophesy against the open scrub land of the Negev, -- ezekiel 20:46 +. +and say to the scrub land of the Negev, 'Hear the word of the Lord: This is what the sovereign Lord says: Look here, I am about to start a fire in you, and it will devour every green tree and every dry tree in you. The flaming fire will not be extinguished, and the whole surface of the ground from the Negev to the north will be scorched by it. -- ezekiel 20:47 +. +And everyone will see that I, the Lord, have burned it; it will not be extinguished.'" -- ezekiel 20:48 +. +Then I said, "O sovereign Lord! They are saying of me, 'Does he not simply speak in eloquent figures of speech?'" -- ezekiel 20:49 +. + The word of the Lord came to me: -- ezekiel 21:1 +. +"Son of man, turn toward Jerusalem and speak out against the sanctuaries. Prophesy against the land of Israel -- ezekiel 21:2 +. +and say to them, 'This is what the Lord says: Look, I am against you. I will draw my sword from its sheath and cut off from you both the righteous and the wicked. -- ezekiel 21:3 +. +Because I will cut off from you both the righteous and the wicked, my sword will go out from its sheath against everyone from the south to the north. -- ezekiel 21:4 +. +Then everyone will know that I am the Lord, who drew my sword from its sheath - it will not be sheathed again!' -- ezekiel 21:5 +. +"And you, son of man, groan with an aching heart and bitterness; groan before their eyes. -- ezekiel 21:6 +. +When they ask you, 'Why are you groaning?' you will reply, 'Because of the report that has come. Every heart will melt with fear and every hand will be limp; everyone will faint and every knee will be wet with urine.' Pay attention - it is coming and it will happen, declares the sovereign Lord." -- ezekiel 21:7 +. +The word of the Lord came to me: -- ezekiel 21:8 +. +"Son of man, prophesy and say: 'This is what the Lord says: "'A sword, a sword is sharpened, and also polished. -- ezekiel 21:9 +. +It is sharpened for slaughter, it is polished to flash like lightning! "'Should we rejoice in the scepter of my son? No! The sword despises every tree! -- ezekiel 21:10 +. +"'He gave it to be polished, to be grasped in the hand - the sword is sharpened, it is polished - giving it into the hand of the executioner. -- ezekiel 21:11 +. +Cry out and moan, son of man, for it is wielded against my people; against all the princes of Israel. They are delivered up to the sword, along with my people. Therefore, strike your thigh. -- ezekiel 21:12 +. +"'For testing will come, and what will happen when the scepter, which the sword despises, is no more? declares the sovereign Lord.' -- ezekiel 21:13 +. +"And you, son of man, prophesy, and clap your hands together. Let the sword strike twice, even three times! It is a sword for slaughter, a sword for the great slaughter surrounding them. -- ezekiel 21:14 +. +So hearts melt with fear and many stumble. At all their gates I have stationed the sword for slaughter. Ah! It is made to flash, it is drawn for slaughter! -- ezekiel 21:15 +. +Cut sharply on the right! Swing to the left, wherever your edge is appointed to strike. -- ezekiel 21:16 +. +I too will clap my hands together, I will exhaust my rage; I the Lord have spoken." -- ezekiel 21:17 +. +The word of the Lord came to me: -- ezekiel 21:18 +. +"You, son of man, mark out two routes for the king of Babylon's sword to take; both of them will originate in a single land. Make a signpost and put it at the beginning of the road leading to the city. -- ezekiel 21:19 +. +Mark out the routes for the sword to take: "Rabbah of the Ammonites" and "Judah with Jerusalem in it." -- ezekiel 21:20 +. +For the king of Babylon stands at the fork in the road at the head of the two routes. He looks for omens: He shakes arrows, he consults idols, he examines animal livers. -- ezekiel 21:21 +. +Into his right hand comes the portent for Jerusalem - to set up battering rams, to give the signal for slaughter, to shout out the battle cry, to set up battering rams against the gates, to erect a siege ramp, to build a siege wall. -- ezekiel 21:22 +. +But those in Jerusalem will view it as a false omen. They have sworn solemn oaths, but the king of Babylon will accuse them of violations in order to seize them. -- ezekiel 21:23 +. +"Therefore this is what the sovereign Lord says: 'Because you have brought up your own guilt by uncovering your transgressions and revealing your sins through all your actions, for this reason you will be taken by force. -- ezekiel 21:24 +. +"'As for you, profane and wicked prince of Israel, whose day has come, the time of final punishment, -- ezekiel 21:25 +. +this is what the sovereign Lord says: Tear off the turban, take off the crown! Things must change! Exalt the lowly, bring down the proud! -- ezekiel 21:26 +. +A total ruin I will make it! It will come to an end when the one arrives to whom I have assigned judgment.' -- ezekiel 21:27 +. +"As for you, son of man, prophesy and say, 'This is what the sovereign Lord says concerning the Ammonites and their coming humiliation; say: "'A sword, a sword drawn for slaughter, polished to consume, to flash like lightning - -- ezekiel 21:28 +. +while seeing false visions for you and reading lying omens for you - to place that sword on the necks of the profane wicked, whose day has come, the time of final punishment. -- ezekiel 21:29 +. +Return it to its sheath! In the place where you were created, in your native land, I will judge you. -- ezekiel 21:30 +. +I will pour out my anger on you; the fire of my fury I will blow on you. I will hand you over to brutal men, who are skilled in destruction. -- ezekiel 21:31 +. +You will become fuel for the fire - your blood will stain the middle of the land; you will no longer be remembered, for I, the Lord, have spoken.'" -- ezekiel 21:32 +. +The word of the Lord came to me: -- ezekiel 22:1 +. +"As for you, son of man, are you willing to pronounce judgment, are you willing to pronounce judgment on the bloody city? Then confront her with all her abominable deeds! -- ezekiel 22:2 +. +Then say, 'This is what the sovereign Lord says: O city, who spills blood within herself (which brings on her doom), and who makes herself idols (which results in impurity), -- ezekiel 22:3 +. +you are guilty because of the blood you shed and defiled by the idols you made. You have hastened the day of your doom; the end of your years has come. Therefore I will make you an object of scorn to the nations, an object to be mocked by all lands. -- ezekiel 22:4 +. +Those both near and far from you will mock you, you with your bad reputation, full of turmoil. -- ezekiel 22:5 +. +"'See how each of the princes of Israel living within you has used his authority to shed blood. -- ezekiel 22:6 +. +They have treated father and mother with contempt within you; they have oppressed the foreigner among you; they have wronged the orphan and the widow within you. -- ezekiel 22:7 +. +You have despised my holy things and desecrated my Sabbaths! -- ezekiel 22:8 +. +Slanderous men shed blood within you. Those who live within you eat pagan sacrifices on the mountains; they commit obscene acts among you. -- ezekiel 22:9 +. +They have sex with their father's wife within you; they violate women during their menstrual period within you. -- ezekiel 22:10 +. +One commits an abominable act with his neighbor's wife; another obscenely defiles his daughter-in-law; another violates his sister - his father's daughter - within you. -- ezekiel 22:11 +. +They take bribes within you to shed blood. You engage in usury and charge interest; you extort money from your neighbors. You have forgotten me, declares the sovereign Lord. -- ezekiel 22:12 +. +"'See, I strike my hands together at the dishonest profit you have made, and at the bloodshed they have done among you. -- ezekiel 22:13 +. +Can your heart endure, or can your hands be strong when I deal with you? I, the Lord, have spoken, and I will do it! -- ezekiel 22:14 +. +I will scatter you among the nations and disperse you among various countries; I will remove your impurity from you. -- ezekiel 22:15 +. +You will be profaned within yourself in the sight of the nations; then you will know that I am the Lord.'" -- ezekiel 22:16 +. +The word of the Lord came to me: -- ezekiel 22:17 +. +"Son of man, the house of Israel has become slag to me. All of them are like bronze, tin, iron, and lead in the furnace; they are the worthless slag of silver. -- ezekiel 22:18 +. +Therefore this is what the sovereign Lord says: 'Because all of you have become slag, look out! - I am about to gather you in the middle of Jerusalem. -- ezekiel 22:19 +. +As silver, bronze, iron, lead, and tin are gathered in a furnace so that the fire can melt them, so I will gather you in my anger and in my rage. I will deposit you there and melt you. -- ezekiel 22:20 +. +I will gather you and blow on you with the fire of my fury, and you will be melted in it. -- ezekiel 22:21 +. +As silver is melted in a furnace, so you will be melted in it, and you will know that I, the Lord, have poured out my anger on you.'" -- ezekiel 22:22 +. +The word of the Lord came to me: -- ezekiel 22:23 +. +"Son of man, say to her: 'You are a land that receives no rain or showers in the day of my anger.' -- ezekiel 22:24 +. +Her princes within her are like a roaring lion tearing its prey; they have devoured lives. They take away riches and valuable things; they have made many women widows within it. -- ezekiel 22:25 +. +Her priests abuse my law and have desecrated my holy things. They do not distinguish between the holy and the profane, or recognize any distinction between the unclean and the clean. They ignore my Sabbaths and I am profaned in their midst. -- ezekiel 22:26 +. +Her officials are like wolves in her midst rending their prey - shedding blood and destroying lives - so they can get dishonest profit. -- ezekiel 22:27 +. +Her prophets coat their messages with whitewash. They see false visions and announce lying omens for them, saying, 'This is what the sovereign Lord says,' when the Lord has not spoken. -- ezekiel 22:28 +. +The people of the land have practiced extortion and committed robbery. They have wronged the poor and needy; they have oppressed the foreigner who lives among them and denied them justice. -- ezekiel 22:29 +. +"I looked for a man from among them who would repair the wall and stand in the gap before me on behalf of the land, so that I would not destroy it, but I found no one. -- ezekiel 22:30 +. +So I have poured my anger on them, and destroyed them with the fire of my fury. I hereby repay them for what they have done, declares the sovereign Lord." -- ezekiel 22:31 +. +The word of the Lord came to me: -- ezekiel 23:1 +. +"Son of man, there were two women who were daughters of the same mother. -- ezekiel 23:2 +. +They engaged in prostitution in Egypt; in their youth they engaged in prostitution. Their breasts were squeezed there; lovers fondled their virgin nipples there. -- ezekiel 23:3 +. +Oholah was the name of the older and Oholibah the name of her younger sister. They became mine, and gave birth to sons and daughters. Oholah is Samaria and Oholibah is Jerusalem. -- ezekiel 23:4 +. +"Oholah engaged in prostitution while she was mine. She lusted after her lovers, the Assyrians - warriors -- ezekiel 23:5 +. +clothed in blue, governors and officials, all of them desirable young men, horsemen riding on horses. -- ezekiel 23:6 +. +She bestowed her sexual favors on them; all of them were the choicest young men of Assyria. She defiled herself with all whom she desired - with all their idols. -- ezekiel 23:7 +. +She did not abandon the prostitution she had practiced in Egypt; for in her youth men had sex with her, fondled her virgin breasts, and ravished her. -- ezekiel 23:8 +. +Therefore I handed her over to her lovers, the Assyrians for whom she lusted. -- ezekiel 23:9 +. +They exposed her nakedness, seized her sons and daughters, and killed her with the sword. She became notorious among women, and they executed judgments against her. -- ezekiel 23:10 +. +"Her sister Oholibah watched this, but she became more corrupt in her lust than her sister had been, and her acts of prostitution were more numerous than those of her sister. -- ezekiel 23:11 +. +She lusted after the Assyrians - governors and officials, warriors in full armor, horsemen riding on horses, all of them desirable young men. -- ezekiel 23:12 +. +I saw that she was defiled; both of them followed the same path. -- ezekiel 23:13 +. +But she increased her prostitution. She saw men carved on the wall, images of the Chaldeans carved in bright red, -- ezekiel 23:14 +. +wearing belts on their waists and flowing turbans on their heads, all of them looking like officers, the image of Babylonians whose native land is Chaldea. -- ezekiel 23:15 +. +When she saw them, she lusted after them and sent messengers to them in Chaldea. -- ezekiel 23:16 +. +The Babylonians crawled into bed with her. They defiled her with their lust; after she was defiled by them, she became disgusted with them. -- ezekiel 23:17 +. +When she lustfully exposed her nakedness, I was disgusted with her, just as I had been disgusted with her sister. -- ezekiel 23:18 +. +Yet she increased her prostitution, remembering the days of her youth when she engaged in prostitution in the land of Egypt. -- ezekiel 23:19 +. +She lusted after their genitals - as large as those of donkeys, and their seminal emission was as strong as that of stallions. -- ezekiel 23:20 +. +This is how you assessed the obscene conduct of your youth, when the Egyptians fondled your nipples and squeezed your young breasts. -- ezekiel 23:21 +. +"Therefore, Oholibah, this is what the sovereign Lord says: Look here, I am about to stir up against you the lovers with whom you were disgusted; I will bring them against you from every side: -- ezekiel 23:22 +. +the Babylonians and all the Chaldeans, Pekod, Shoa, and Koa, and all the Assyrians with them, desirable young men, all of them governors and officials, officers and nobles, all of them riding on horses. -- ezekiel 23:23 +. +They will attack you with weapons, chariots, wagons, and with a huge army; they will array themselves against you on every side with large shields, small shields, and helmets. I will assign them the task of judgment; they will punish you according to their laws. -- ezekiel 23:24 +. +I will direct my jealous anger against you, and they will deal with you in rage. They will cut off your nose and your ears, and your survivors will die by the sword. They will seize your sons and daughters, and your survivors will be consumed by fire. -- ezekiel 23:25 +. +They will strip your clothes off you and take away your beautiful jewelry. -- ezekiel 23:26 +. +So I will put an end to your obscene conduct and your prostitution which you have practiced in the land of Egypt. You will not seek their help or remember Egypt anymore. -- ezekiel 23:27 +. +"For this is what the sovereign Lord says: Look here, I am about to deliver you over to those whom you hate, to those with whom you were disgusted. -- ezekiel 23:28 +. +They will treat you with hatred, take away all you have labored for, and leave you naked and bare. Your nakedness will be exposed, just as when you engaged in prostitution and obscene conduct. -- ezekiel 23:29 +. +I will do these things to you because you engaged in prostitution with the nations, polluting yourself with their idols. -- ezekiel 23:30 +. +You have followed the ways of your sister, so I will place her cup of judgment in your hand. -- ezekiel 23:31 +. +"This is what the sovereign Lord says: "You will drink your sister's deep and wide cup; you will be scorned and derided, for it holds a great deal. -- ezekiel 23:32 +. +You will be overcome by drunkenness and sorrow. The cup of your sister Samaria is a cup of horror and desolation. -- ezekiel 23:33 +. +You will drain it dry, gnaw its pieces, and tear out your breasts, for I have spoken, declares the sovereign Lord. -- ezekiel 23:34 +. +"Therefore this is what the sovereign Lord says: Because you have forgotten me and completely disregarded me, you must bear now the punishment for your obscene conduct and prostitution." -- ezekiel 23:35 +. +The Lord said to me: "Son of man, are you willing to pronounce judgment on Oholah and Oholibah? Then declare to them their abominable deeds! -- ezekiel 23:36 +. +For they have committed adultery and blood is on their hands. They have committed adultery with their idols, and their sons, whom they bore to me, they have passed through the fire as food to their idols. -- ezekiel 23:37 +. +Moreover, they have done this to me: In the very same day they desecrated my sanctuary and profaned my Sabbaths. -- ezekiel 23:38 +. +On the same day they slaughtered their sons for their idols, they came to my sanctuary to desecrate it. This is what they have done in the middle of my house. -- ezekiel 23:39 +. +"They even sent for men from far away; when the messenger arrived, those men set out. For them you bathed, painted your eyes, and decorated yourself with jewelry. -- ezekiel 23:40 +. +You sat on a magnificent couch, with a table arranged in front of it where you placed my incense and my olive oil. -- ezekiel 23:41 +. +The sound of a carefree crowd accompanied her, including all kinds of men; even Sabeans were brought from the desert. The sisters put bracelets on their wrists and beautiful crowns on their heads. -- ezekiel 23:42 +. +Then I said about the one worn out by adultery, 'Now they will commit immoral acts with her.' -- ezekiel 23:43 +. +They had sex with her as one does with a prostitute. In this way they had sex with Oholah and Oholibah, promiscuous women. -- ezekiel 23:44 +. +But upright men will punish them appropriately for their adultery and bloodshed, because they are adulteresses and blood is on their hands. -- ezekiel 23:45 +. +"For this is what the sovereign Lord says: Bring up an army against them and subject them to terror and plunder. -- ezekiel 23:46 +. +That army will pelt them with stones and slash them with their swords; they will kill their sons and daughters and burn their houses. -- ezekiel 23:47 +. +I will put an end to the obscene conduct in the land; all the women will learn a lesson from this and not engage in obscene conduct. -- ezekiel 23:48 +. +They will repay you for your obscene conduct, and you will be punished for idol worship. Then you will know that I am the sovereign Lord." -- ezekiel 23:49 +. +The word of the Lord came to me in the ninth year, in the tenth month, on the tenth day of the month: -- ezekiel 24:1 +. +"Son of man, write down the name of this day, this very day. The king of Babylon has laid siege to Jerusalem this very day. -- ezekiel 24:2 +. +Recite a proverb to this rebellious house and say to them, 'This is what the sovereign Lord says: "'Set on the pot, set it on, pour water in it too; -- ezekiel 24:3 +. +add the pieces of meat to it, every good piece, the thigh and the shoulder; fill it with choice bones. -- ezekiel 24:4 +. +Take the choice bone of the flock, heap up bones under it; boil rapidly, and boil its bones in it. -- ezekiel 24:5 +. +"'Therefore this is what the sovereign Lord says: Woe to the city of bloodshed, the pot whose rot is in it, whose rot has not been removed from it! Empty it piece by piece. No lot has fallen on it. -- ezekiel 24:6 +. +For her blood was in it; she poured it on an exposed rock; she did not pour it on the ground to cover it up with dust. -- ezekiel 24:7 +. +To arouse anger, to take vengeance, I have placed her blood on an exposed rock so that it cannot be covered up. -- ezekiel 24:8 +. +"'Therefore this is what the sovereign Lord says: Woe to the city of bloodshed! I will also make the pile high. -- ezekiel 24:9 +. +Pile up the bones, kindle the fire; cook the meat well, mix in the spices, let the bones be charred. -- ezekiel 24:10 +. +Set the empty pot on the coals, until it becomes hot and its copper glows, until its uncleanness melts within it and its rot is consumed. -- ezekiel 24:11 +. +It has tried my patience; yet its thick rot is not removed from it. Subject its rot to the fire! -- ezekiel 24:12 +. +You mix uncleanness with obscene conduct. I tried to cleanse you, but you are not clean. You will not be cleansed from your uncleanness until I have exhausted my anger on you. -- ezekiel 24:13 +. +"'I the Lord have spoken; judgment is coming and I will act! I will not relent, or show pity, or be sorry! I will judge you according to your conduct and your deeds, declares the sovereign Lord.'" -- ezekiel 24:14 +. +The word of Lord came to me: -- ezekiel 24:15 +. +"Son of man, realize that I am about to take the delight of your eyes away from you with a jolt, but you must not mourn or weep or shed tears. -- ezekiel 24:16 +. +Groan in silence for the dead, but do not perform mourning rites. Bind on your turban and put your sandals on your feet. Do not cover your lip and do not eat food brought by others." -- ezekiel 24:17 +. +So I spoke to the people in the morning, and my wife died in the evening. In the morning I acted just as I was commanded. -- ezekiel 24:18 +. +Then the people said to me, "Will you not tell us what these things you are doing mean for us?" -- ezekiel 24:19 +. +So I said to them: "The word of the Lord came to me: -- ezekiel 24:20 +. +Say to the house of Israel, 'This is what the sovereign Lord says: Realize I am about to desecrate my sanctuary - the source of your confident pride, the object in which your eyes delight, and your life's passion. Your very own sons and daughters whom you have left behind will die by the sword. -- ezekiel 24:21 +. +Then you will do as I have done: You will not cover your lip or eat food brought by others. -- ezekiel 24:22 +. +Your turbans will be on your heads and your sandals on your feet; you will not mourn or weep, but you will rot for your iniquities and groan among yourselves. -- ezekiel 24:23 +. +Ezekiel will be an object lesson for you; you will do all that he has done. When it happens, then you will know that I am the sovereign Lord.' -- ezekiel 24:24 +. +"And you, son of man, this is what will happen on the day I take from them their stronghold - their beautiful source of joy, the object in which their eyes delight, and the main concern of their lives, as well as their sons and daughters: -- ezekiel 24:25 +. +On that day a fugitive will come to you to report the news. -- ezekiel 24:26 +. +On that day you will be able to speak again; you will talk with the fugitive and be silent no longer. You will be an object lesson for them, and they will know that I am the Lord." -- ezekiel 24:27 +. +The word of the Lord came to me: -- ezekiel 25:1 +. +"Son of man, turn toward the Ammonites and prophesy against them. -- ezekiel 25:2 +. +Say to the Ammonites, 'Hear the word of the sovereign Lord: This is what the sovereign Lord says: You said "Aha!" about my sanctuary when it was desecrated, about the land of Israel when it was made desolate, and about the house of Judah when they went into exile. -- ezekiel 25:3 +. +So take note, I am about to make you slaves of the tribes of the east. They will make camps among you and pitch their tents among you. They will eat your fruit and drink your milk. -- ezekiel 25:4 +. +I will make Rabbah a pasture for camels and Ammon a resting place for sheep. Then you will know that I am the Lord. -- ezekiel 25:5 +. +For this is what the sovereign Lord says: Because you clapped your hands, stamped your feet, and rejoiced with intense scorn over the land of Israel, -- ezekiel 25:6 +. +take note, I have stretched out my hand against you, and I will hand you over as plunder to the nations. I will cut you off from the peoples and make you perish from the lands. I will destroy you; then you will know that I am the Lord.'" -- ezekiel 25:7 +. +"This is what the sovereign Lord says: 'Moab and Seir say, "Look, the house of Judah is like all the other nations." -- ezekiel 25:8 +. +So look, I am about to open up Moab's flank, eliminating the cities, including its frontier cities, the beauty of the land - Beth Jeshimoth, Baal Meon, and Kiriathaim. -- ezekiel 25:9 +. +I will hand it over, along with the Ammonites, to the tribes of the east, so that the Ammonites will no longer be remembered among the nations. -- ezekiel 25:10 +. +I will execute judgments against Moab. Then they will know that I am the Lord.'" -- ezekiel 25:11 +. +"This is what the sovereign Lord says: 'Edom has taken vengeance against the house of Judah; they have made themselves fully culpable by taking vengeance on them. -- ezekiel 25:12 +. +So this is what the sovereign Lord says: I will stretch out my hand against Edom, and I will kill the people and animals within her, and I will make her desolate; from Teman to Dedan they will die by the sword. -- ezekiel 25:13 +. +I will exact my vengeance upon Edom by the hand of my people Israel. They will carry out in Edom my anger and rage; they will experience my vengeance, declares the sovereign Lord.'" -- ezekiel 25:14 +. +"This is what the sovereign Lord says: 'The Philistines have exacted merciless revenge, showing intense scorn in their effort to destroy Judah with unrelenting hostility. -- ezekiel 25:15 +. +So this is what the sovereign Lord says: Take note, I am about to stretch out my hand against the Philistines. I will kill the Cherethites and destroy those who remain on the seacoast. -- ezekiel 25:16 +. +I will exact great vengeance upon them with angry rebukes. Then they will know that I am the Lord, when I exact my vengeance upon them.'" -- ezekiel 25:17 +. +In the eleventh year, on the first day of the month, the word of the Lord came to me: -- ezekiel 26:1 +. +"Son of man, because Tyre has said about Jerusalem, 'Aha, the gateway of the peoples is broken; it has swung open to me. I will become rich, now that she has been destroyed,' -- ezekiel 26:2 +. +therefore this is what the sovereign Lord says: Look, I am against you, O Tyre! I will bring up many nations against you, as the sea brings up its waves. -- ezekiel 26:3 +. +They will destroy the walls of Tyre and break down her towers. I will scrape her soil from her and make her a bare rock. -- ezekiel 26:4 +. +She will be a place where fishing nets are spread, surrounded by the sea. For I have spoken, declares the sovereign Lord. She will become plunder for the nations, -- ezekiel 26:5 +. +and her daughters who are in the field will be slaughtered by the sword. Then they will know that I am the Lord. -- ezekiel 26:6 +. +"For this is what the sovereign Lord says: Take note that I am about to bring King Nebuchadrezzar of Babylon, king of kings, against Tyre from the north, with horses, chariots, and horsemen, an army and hordes of people. -- ezekiel 26:7 +. +He will kill your daughters in the field with the sword. He will build a siege wall against you, erect a siege ramp against you, and raise a great shield against you. -- ezekiel 26:8 +. +He will direct the blows of his battering rams against your walls and tear down your towers with his weapons. -- ezekiel 26:9 +. +He will cover you with the dust kicked up by his many horses. Your walls will shake from the noise of the horsemen, wheels, and chariots when he enters your gates like those who invade through a city's broken walls. -- ezekiel 26:10 +. +With his horses' hoofs he will trample all your streets. He will kill your people with the sword, and your strong pillars will tumble down to the ground. -- ezekiel 26:11 +. +They will steal your wealth and loot your merchandise. They will tear down your walls and destroy your luxurious homes. Your stones, your trees, and your soil he will throw into the water. -- ezekiel 26:12 +. +I will silence the noise of your songs; the sound of your harps will be heard no more. -- ezekiel 26:13 +. +I will make you a bare rock; you will be a place where fishing nets are spread. You will never be built again, for I, the Lord, have spoken, declares the sovereign Lord. -- ezekiel 26:14 +. +"This is what the sovereign Lord says to Tyre: Oh, how the coastlands will shake at the sound of your fall, when the wounded groan, at the massive slaughter in your midst! -- ezekiel 26:15 +. +All the princes of the sea will vacate their thrones. They will remove their robes and strip off their embroidered clothes; they will clothe themselves with trembling. They will sit on the ground; they will tremble continually and be shocked at what has happened to you. -- ezekiel 26:16 +. +They will sing this lament over you: "'How you have perished - you have vanished from the seas, O renowned city, once mighty in the sea, she and her inhabitants, who spread their terror! -- ezekiel 26:17 +. +Now the coastlands will tremble on the day of your fall; the coastlands by the sea will be terrified by your passing.' -- ezekiel 26:18 +. +"For this is what the sovereign Lord says: When I make you desolate like the uninhabited cities, when I bring up the deep over you and the surging waters overwhelm you, -- ezekiel 26:19 +. +then I will bring you down to bygone people, to be with those who descend to the pit. I will make you live in the lower parts of the earth, among the primeval ruins, with those who descend to the pit, so that you will not be inhabited or stand in the land of the living. -- ezekiel 26:20 +. +I will bring terrors on you, and you will be no more! Though you are sought after, you will never be found again, declares the sovereign Lord." -- ezekiel 26:21 +. +The word of the Lord came to me: -- ezekiel 27:1 +. +"You, son of man, sing a lament for Tyre. -- ezekiel 27:2 +. +Say to Tyre, who sits at the entrance of the sea, merchant to the peoples on many coasts, 'This is what the sovereign Lord says: "'O Tyre, you have said, "I am perfectly beautiful." -- ezekiel 27:3 +. +Your borders are in the heart of the seas; your builders have perfected your beauty. -- ezekiel 27:4 +. +They crafted all your planks out of fir trees from Senir; they took a cedar from Lebanon to make your mast. -- ezekiel 27:5 +. +They made your oars from oaks of Bashan; they made your deck with cypresses from the Kittean isles. -- ezekiel 27:6 +. +Fine linen from Egypt, woven with patterns, was used for your sail to serve as your banner; blue and purple from the coastlands of Elishah was used for your deck's awning. -- ezekiel 27:7 +. +The leaders of Sidon and Arvad were your rowers; your skilled men, O Tyre, were your captains. -- ezekiel 27:8 +. +The elders of Gebal and her skilled men were within you, mending cracks; all the ships of the sea and their mariners were within you to trade for your merchandise. -- ezekiel 27:9 +. +Men of Persia, Lud, and Put were in your army, men of war. They hung shield and helmet on you; they gave you your splendor. -- ezekiel 27:10 +. +The Arvadites joined your army on your walls all around, and the Gammadites were in your towers. They hung their quivers on your walls all around; they perfected your beauty. -- ezekiel 27:11 +. +"'Tarshish was your trade partner because of your abundant wealth; they exchanged silver, iron, tin, and lead for your products. -- ezekiel 27:12 +. +Javan, Tubal, and Meshech were your clients; they exchanged slaves and bronze items for your merchandise. -- ezekiel 27:13 +. +Beth Togarmah exchanged horses, chargers, and mules for your products. -- ezekiel 27:14 +. +The Dedanites were your clients. Many coastlands were your customers; they paid you with ivory tusks and ebony. -- ezekiel 27:15 +. +Edom was your trade partner because of the abundance of your goods; they exchanged turquoise, purple, embroidered work, fine linen, coral, and rubies for your products. -- ezekiel 27:16 +. +Judah and the land of Israel were your clients; they traded wheat from Minnith, millet, honey, olive oil, and balm for your merchandise. -- ezekiel 27:17 +. +Damascus was your trade partner because of the abundance of your goods and of all your wealth: wine from Helbon, white wool from Zahar, -- ezekiel 27:18 +. +and casks of wine from Izal they exchanged for your products. Wrought iron, cassia, and sweet cane were among your merchandise. -- ezekiel 27:19 +. +Dedan was your client in saddlecloths for riding. -- ezekiel 27:20 +. +Arabia and all the princes of Kedar were your trade partners; for lambs, rams, and goats they traded with you. -- ezekiel 27:21 +. +The merchants of Sheba and Raamah engaged in trade with you; they traded the best kinds of spices along with precious stones and gold for your products. -- ezekiel 27:22 +. +Haran, Kanneh, Eden, merchants from Sheba, Asshur, and Kilmad were your clients. -- ezekiel 27:23 +. +They traded with you choice garments, purple clothes and embroidered work, and multicolored carpets, bound and reinforced with cords; these were among your merchandise. -- ezekiel 27:24 +. +The ships of Tarshish were the transports for your merchandise. "'So you were filled and weighed down in the heart of the seas. -- ezekiel 27:25 +. +Your rowers have brought you into surging waters. The east wind has wrecked you in the heart of the seas. -- ezekiel 27:26 +. +Your wealth, products, and merchandise, your sailors and captains, your ship's carpenters, your merchants, and all your fighting men within you, along with all your crew who are in you, will fall into the heart of the seas on the day of your downfall. -- ezekiel 27:27 +. +At the sound of your captains' cry the waves will surge; -- ezekiel 27:28 +. +They will descend from their ships - all who handle the oar, the sailors and all the sea captains - they will stand on the land. -- ezekiel 27:29 +. +They will lament loudly over you and cry bitterly. They will throw dust on their heads and roll in the ashes; -- ezekiel 27:30 +. +they will tear out their hair because of you and put on sackcloth, and they will weep bitterly over you with intense mourning. -- ezekiel 27:31 +. +As they wail they will lament over you, chanting: "Who was like Tyre, like a tower in the midst of the sea?" -- ezekiel 27:32 +. +When your products went out from the seas, you satisfied many peoples; with the abundance of your wealth and merchandise you enriched the kings of the earth. -- ezekiel 27:33 +. +Now you are wrecked by the seas, in the depths of the waters; your merchandise and all your company have sunk along with you. -- ezekiel 27:34 +. +All the inhabitants of the coastlands are shocked at you, and their kings are horribly afraid - their faces are troubled. -- ezekiel 27:35 +. +The traders among the peoples hiss at you; you have become a horror, and will be no more.'" -- ezekiel 27:36 +. +The word of the Lord came to me: -- ezekiel 28:1 +. +"Son of man, say to the prince of Tyre, 'This is what the sovereign Lord says: "'Your heart is proud and you said, "I am a god; I sit in the seat of gods, in the heart of the seas" - yet you are a man and not a god, though you think you are godlike. -- ezekiel 28:2 +. +Look, you are wiser than Daniel; no secret is hidden from you. -- ezekiel 28:3 +. +By your wisdom and understanding you have gained wealth for yourself; you have amassed gold and silver in your treasuries. -- ezekiel 28:4 +. +By your great skill in trade you have increased your wealth, and your heart is proud because of your wealth. -- ezekiel 28:5 +. +"'Therefore this is what the sovereign Lord says: Because you think you are godlike, -- ezekiel 28:6 +. +I am about to bring foreigners against you, the most terrifying of nations. They will draw their swords against the grandeur made by your wisdom, and they will defile your splendor. -- ezekiel 28:7 +. +They will bring you down to the pit, and you will die violently in the heart of the seas. -- ezekiel 28:8 +. +Will you still say, "I am a god," before the one who kills you - though you are a man and not a god - when you are in the power of those who wound you? -- ezekiel 28:9 +. +You will die the death of the uncircumcised by the hand of foreigners; for I have spoken, declares the sovereign Lord.'" -- ezekiel 28:10 +. +The word of the Lord came to me: -- ezekiel 28:11 +. +"Son of man, sing a lament for the king of Tyre, and say to him, 'This is what the sovereign Lord says: "'You were the sealer of perfection, full of wisdom, and perfect in beauty. -- ezekiel 28:12 +. +You were in Eden, the garden of God. Every precious stone was your covering, the ruby, topaz, and emerald, the chrysolite, onyx, and jasper, the sapphire, turquoise, and beryl; your settings and mounts were made of gold. On the day you were created they were prepared. -- ezekiel 28:13 +. +I placed you there with an anointed guardian cherub; you were on the holy mountain of God; you walked about amidst fiery stones. -- ezekiel 28:14 +. +You were blameless in your behavior from the day you were created, until sin was discovered in you. -- ezekiel 28:15 +. +In the abundance of your trade you were filled with violence, and you sinned; so I defiled you and banished you from the mountain of God - the guardian cherub expelled you from the midst of the stones of fire. -- ezekiel 28:16 +. +Your heart was proud because of your beauty; you corrupted your wisdom on account of your splendor. I threw you down to the ground; I placed you before kings, that they might see you. -- ezekiel 28:17 +. +By the multitude of your iniquities, through the sinfulness of your trade, you desecrated your sanctuaries. So I drew fire out from within you; it consumed you, and I turned you to ashes on the earth before the eyes of all who saw you. -- ezekiel 28:18 +. +All who know you among the peoples are shocked at you; you have become terrified and will be no more.'" -- ezekiel 28:19 +. +The word of the Lord came to me: -- ezekiel 28:20 +. +"Son of man, turn toward Sidon and prophesy against it. -- ezekiel 28:21 +. +Say, 'This is what the sovereign Lord says: "'Look, I am against you, Sidon, and I will magnify myself in your midst. Then they will know that I am the Lord when I execute judgments on her and reveal my sovereign power in her. -- ezekiel 28:22 +. +I will send a plague into the city and bloodshed into its streets; the slain will fall within it, by the sword that attacks it from every side. Then they will know that I am the Lord. -- ezekiel 28:23 +. +"'No longer will Israel suffer from the sharp briers or painful thorns of all who surround and scorn them. Then they will know that I am the sovereign Lord. -- ezekiel 28:24 +. +"'This is what the sovereign Lord says: When I regather the house of Israel from the peoples where they are dispersed, I will reveal my sovereign power over them in the sight of the nations, and they will live in their land that I gave to my servant Jacob. -- ezekiel 28:25 +. +They will live securely in it; they will build houses and plant vineyards. They will live securely when I execute my judgments on all those who scorn them and surround them. Then they will know that I am the Lord their God.'" -- ezekiel 28:26 +. +In the tenth year, in the tenth month, on the twelfth day of the month, the word of the Lord came to me: -- ezekiel 29:1 +. +"Son of man, turn toward Pharaoh king of Egypt, and prophesy against him and against all Egypt. -- ezekiel 29:2 +. +Tell them, 'This is what the sovereign Lord says: "'Look, I am against you, Pharaoh king of Egypt, the great monster lying in the midst of its waterways, who has said, "My Nile is my own, I made it for myself." -- ezekiel 29:3 +. +I will put hooks in your jaws and stick the fish of your waterways to your scales. I will haul you up from the midst of your waterways, and all the fish of your waterways will stick to your scales. -- ezekiel 29:4 +. +I will leave you in the wilderness, you and all the fish of your waterways; you will fall in the open field and will not be gathered up or collected. I have given you as food to the beasts of the earth and the birds of the skies. -- ezekiel 29:5 +. +Then all those living in Egypt will know that I am the Lord because they were a reed staff for the house of Israel; -- ezekiel 29:6 +. +when they grasped you with their hand, you broke and tore their shoulders, and when they leaned on you, you splintered and caused their legs to be unsteady. -- ezekiel 29:7 +. +"'Therefore, this is what the sovereign Lord says: Look, I am about to bring a sword against you, and I will kill every person and every animal. -- ezekiel 29:8 +. +The land of Egypt will become a desolate ruin. Then they will know that I am the Lord. Because he said, "The Nile is mine and I made it," -- ezekiel 29:9 +. +I am against you and your waterways. I will turn the land of Egypt into an utter desolate ruin from Migdol to Syene, as far as the border with Ethiopia. -- ezekiel 29:10 +. +No human foot will pass through it, and no animal's foot will pass through it; it will be uninhabited for forty years. -- ezekiel 29:11 +. +I will turn the land of Egypt into a desolation in the midst of desolate lands; for forty years her cities will lie desolate in the midst of ruined cities. I will scatter Egypt among the nations and disperse them among foreign countries. -- ezekiel 29:12 +. +"'For this is what the sovereign Lord says: At the end of forty years I will gather Egypt from the peoples where they were scattered. -- ezekiel 29:13 +. +I will restore the fortunes of Egypt, and will bring them back to the land of Pathros, to the land of their origin; there they will be an insignificant kingdom. -- ezekiel 29:14 +. +It will be the most insignificant of the kingdoms; it will never again exalt itself over the nations. I will make them so small that they will not rule over the nations. -- ezekiel 29:15 +. +It will never again be Israel's source of confidence, but a reminder of how they sinned by turning to Egypt for help. Then they will know that I am the sovereign Lord.'" -- ezekiel 29:16 +. +In the twenty-seventh year, in the first month, on the first day of the month, the word of the Lord came to me: -- ezekiel 29:17 +. +"Son of man, King Nebuchadrezzar of Babylon made his army labor hard against Tyre. Every head was rubbed bald and every shoulder rubbed bare; yet he and his army received no wages from Tyre for the work he carried out against it. -- ezekiel 29:18 +. +Therefore this is what the sovereign Lord says: Look, I am about to give the land of Egypt to King Nebuchadrezzar of Babylon. He will carry off her wealth, capture her loot, and seize her plunder; it will be his army's wages. -- ezekiel 29:19 +. +I have given him the land of Egypt as his compensation for attacking Tyre, because they did it for me, declares the sovereign Lord. -- ezekiel 29:20 +. +On that day I will make Israel powerful, and I will give you the right to be heard among them. Then they will know that I am the Lord." -- ezekiel 29:21 +. +The word of the Lord came to me: -- ezekiel 30:1 +. +"Son of man, prophesy and say, 'This is what the sovereign Lord says: "'Wail, "Alas, the day is here!" -- ezekiel 30:2 +. +For the day is near, the day of the Lord is near; it will be a day of storm clouds, it will be a time of judgment for the nations. -- ezekiel 30:3 +. +A sword will come against Egypt and panic will overtake Ethiopia when the slain fall in Egypt and they carry away her wealth and dismantle her foundations. -- ezekiel 30:4 +. +Ethiopia, Put, Lud, all the foreigners, Libya, and the people of the covenant land will die by the sword along with them. -- ezekiel 30:5 +. +"'This is what the Lord says: Egypt's supporters will fall; her confident pride will crumble. From Migdol to Syene they will die by the sword within her, declares the sovereign Lord. -- ezekiel 30:6 +. +They will be desolate among desolate lands, and their cities will be among ruined cities. -- ezekiel 30:7 +. +They will know that I am the Lord when I ignite a fire in Egypt and all her allies are defeated. -- ezekiel 30:8 +. +On that day messengers will go out from me in ships to frighten overly confident Ethiopia; panic will overtake them on the day of Egypt's doom; for beware - it is coming! -- ezekiel 30:9 +. +"'This is what the sovereign Lord says: I will put an end to the hordes of Egypt, by the hand of King Nebuchadrezzar of Babylon. -- ezekiel 30:10 +. +He and his people with him, the most terrifying of the nations, will be brought there to destroy the land. They will draw their swords against Egypt, and fill the land with corpses. -- ezekiel 30:11 +. +I will dry up the waterways and hand the land over to evil men. I will make the land and everything in it desolate by the hand of foreigners. I, the Lord, have spoken! -- ezekiel 30:12 +. +"'This is what the sovereign Lord says: I will destroy the idols, and put an end to the gods of Memphis. There will no longer be a prince from the land of Egypt; so I will make the land of Egypt fearful. -- ezekiel 30:13 +. +I will desolate Pathros, I will ignite a fire in Zoan, and I will execute judgments on Thebes. -- ezekiel 30:14 +. +I will pour out my anger upon Pelusium, the stronghold of Egypt; I will cut off the hordes of Thebes. -- ezekiel 30:15 +. +I will ignite a fire in Egypt; Syene will writhe in agony, Thebes will be broken down, and Memphis will face enemies every day. -- ezekiel 30:16 +. +The young men of On and of Pi-beseth will die by the sword; and the cities will go into captivity. -- ezekiel 30:17 +. +In Tahpanhes the day will be dark when I break the yoke of Egypt there. Her confident pride will cease within her; a cloud will cover her, and her daughters will go into captivity. -- ezekiel 30:18 +. +I will execute judgments on Egypt. Then they will know that I am the Lord.'" -- ezekiel 30:19 +. +In the eleventh year, in the first month, on the seventh day of the month, the word of the Lord came to me: -- ezekiel 30:20 +. +"Son of man, I have broken the arm of Pharaoh king of Egypt. Look, it has not been bandaged for healing or set with a dressing so that it might become strong enough to grasp a sword. -- ezekiel 30:21 +. +Therefore this is what the sovereign Lord says: Look, I am against Pharaoh king of Egypt, and I will break his arms, the strong arm and the broken one, and I will make the sword drop from his hand. -- ezekiel 30:22 +. +I will scatter the Egyptians among the nations, and disperse them among foreign countries. -- ezekiel 30:23 +. +I will strengthen the arms of the king of Babylon, and I will place my sword in his hand, but I will break the arms of Pharaoh, and he will groan like the fatally wounded before the king of Babylon. -- ezekiel 30:24 +. +I will strengthen the arms of the king of Babylon, but the arms of Pharaoh will fall limp. Then they will know that I am the Lord when I place my sword in the hand of the king of Babylon and he extends it against the land of Egypt. -- ezekiel 30:25 +. +I will scatter the Egyptians among the nations and disperse them among foreign countries. Then they will know that I am the Lord." -- ezekiel 30:26 +. +In the eleventh year, in the third month, on the first day of the month, the word of the Lord came to me: -- ezekiel 31:1 +. +"Son of man, say to Pharaoh king of Egypt and his hordes: "'Who are you like in your greatness? -- ezekiel 31:2 +. +Consider Assyria, a cedar in Lebanon, with beautiful branches, like a forest giving shade, and extremely tall; its top reached into the clouds. -- ezekiel 31:3 +. +The water made it grow; underground springs made it grow tall. Rivers flowed all around the place it was planted, while smaller channels watered all the trees of the field. -- ezekiel 31:4 +. +Therefore it grew taller than all the trees of the field; its boughs grew large and its branches grew long, because of the plentiful water in its shoots. -- ezekiel 31:5 +. +All the birds of the sky nested in its boughs; under its branches all the beasts of the field gave birth, in its shade all the great nations lived. -- ezekiel 31:6 +. +It was beautiful in its loftiness, in the length of its branches; for its roots went down deep to plentiful waters. -- ezekiel 31:7 +. +The cedars in the garden of God could not eclipse it, nor could the fir trees match its boughs; the plane trees were as nothing compared to its branches; no tree in the garden of God could rival its beauty. -- ezekiel 31:8 +. +I made it beautiful with its many branches; all the trees of Eden, in the garden of God, envied it. -- ezekiel 31:9 +. +"'Therefore this is what the sovereign Lord says: Because it was tall in stature, and its top reached into the clouds, and it was proud of its height, -- ezekiel 31:10 +. +I gave it over to the leader of the nations. He has judged it thoroughly, as its sinfulness deserves. I have thrown it out. -- ezekiel 31:11 +. +Foreigners from the most terrifying nations have cut it down and left it to lie there on the mountains. In all the valleys its branches have fallen, and its boughs lie broken in the ravines of the land. All the peoples of the land have departed from its shade and left it. -- ezekiel 31:12 +. +On its ruins all the birds of the sky will live, and all the wild animals will walk on its branches. -- ezekiel 31:13 +. +For this reason no watered trees will grow so tall; their tops will not reach into the clouds, nor will the well-watered ones grow that high. For all of them have been appointed to die in the lower parts of the earth; they will be among mere mortals, with those who descend to the pit. -- ezekiel 31:14 +. +"'This is what the sovereign Lord says: On the day it went down to Sheol I caused observers to lament. I covered it with the deep and held back its rivers; its plentiful water was restrained. I clothed Lebanon in black for it, and all the trees of the field wilted because of it. -- ezekiel 31:15 +. +I made the nations shake at the sound of its fall, when I threw it down to Sheol, along with those who descend to the pit. Then all the trees of Eden, the choicest and the best of Lebanon, all that were well-watered, were comforted in the earth below. -- ezekiel 31:16 +. +Those who lived in its shade, its allies among the nations, also went down with it to Sheol, to those killed by the sword. -- ezekiel 31:17 +. +Which of the trees of Eden was like you in majesty and loftiness? You will be brought down with the trees of Eden to the lower parts of the earth; you will lie among the uncircumcised, with those killed by the sword! This is what will happen to Pharaoh and all his hordes, declares the sovereign Lord.'" -- ezekiel 31:18 +. +In the twelfth year, in the twelfth month, on the first of the month, the word of the Lord came to me: -- ezekiel 32:1 +. +"Son of man, sing a lament for Pharaoh king of Egypt, and say to him: "'You were like a lion among the nations, but you are a monster in the seas; you thrash about in your streams, stir up the water with your feet, and muddy your streams. -- ezekiel 32:2 +. +"'This is what the sovereign Lord says: "'I will throw my net over you in the assembly of many peoples; and they will haul you up in my dragnet. -- ezekiel 32:3 +. +I will leave you on the ground, I will fling you on the open field, I will allow all the birds of the sky to settle on you, and I will permit all the wild animals to gorge themselves on you. -- ezekiel 32:4 +. +I will put your flesh on the mountains, and fill the valleys with your maggot-infested carcass. -- ezekiel 32:5 +. +I will drench the land with the flow of your blood up to the mountains, and the ravines will be full of your blood. -- ezekiel 32:6 +. +When I extinguish you, I will cover the sky; I will darken its stars. I will cover the sun with a cloud, and the moon will not shine. -- ezekiel 32:7 +. +I will darken all the lights in the sky over you, and I will darken your land, declares the sovereign Lord. -- ezekiel 32:8 +. +I will disturb many peoples, when I bring about your destruction among the nations, among countries you do not know. -- ezekiel 32:9 +. +I will shock many peoples with you, and their kings will shiver with horror because of you. When I brandish my sword before them, every moment each one will tremble for his life, on the day of your fall. -- ezekiel 32:10 +. +"'For this is what the sovereign Lord says: "'The sword of the king of Babylon will attack you. -- ezekiel 32:11 +. +By the swords of the mighty warriors I will cause your hordes to fall - all of them are the most terrifying among the nations. They will devastate the pride of Egypt, and all its hordes will be destroyed. -- ezekiel 32:12 +. +I will destroy all its cattle beside the plentiful waters; and no human foot will disturb the waters again, nor will the hooves of cattle disturb them. -- ezekiel 32:13 +. +Then I will make their waters calm, and will make their streams flow like olive oil, declares the sovereign Lord. -- ezekiel 32:14 +. +When I turn the land of Egypt into desolation and the land is destitute of everything that fills it, when I strike all those who live in it, then they will know that I am the Lord.' -- ezekiel 32:15 +. +This is a lament; they will chant it. The daughters of the nations will chant it. They will chant it over Egypt and over all her hordes, declares the sovereign Lord." -- ezekiel 32:16 +. +In the twelfth year, on the fifteenth day of the month, the word of the Lord came to me: -- ezekiel 32:17 +. +"Son of man, wail over the horde of Egypt. Bring it down; bring her and the daughters of powerful nations down to the lower parts of the earth, along with those who descend to the pit. -- ezekiel 32:18 +. +Say to them, 'Whom do you surpass in beauty? Go down and be laid to rest with the uncircumcised!' -- ezekiel 32:19 +. +They will fall among those killed by the sword. The sword is drawn; they carry her and all her hordes away. -- ezekiel 32:20 +. +The bravest of the warriors will speak to him from the midst of Sheol along with his allies, saying: 'The uncircumcised have come down; they lie still, killed by the sword.' -- ezekiel 32:21 +. +"Assyria is there with all her assembly around her grave, all of them struck down by the sword. -- ezekiel 32:22 +. +Their graves are located in the remote slopes of the pit. Her assembly is around her grave, all of them struck down by the sword, those who spread terror in the land of the living. -- ezekiel 32:23 +. +"Elam is there with all her hordes around her grave; all of them struck down by the sword. They went down uncircumcised to the lower parts of the earth, those who spread terror in the land of the living. Now they will bear their shame with those who descend to the pit. -- ezekiel 32:24 +. +Among the dead they have made a bed for her, along with all her hordes around her grave. All of them are uncircumcised, killed by the sword, for their terror had spread in the land of the living. They bear their shame along with those who descend to the pit; they are placed among the dead. -- ezekiel 32:25 +. +"Meshech-Tubal is there, along with all her hordes around her grave. All of them are uncircumcised, killed by the sword, for they spread their terror in the land of the living. -- ezekiel 32:26 +. +They do not lie with the fallen warriors of ancient times, who went down to Sheol with their weapons of war, having their swords placed under their heads and their shields on their bones, when the terror of these warriors was in the land of the living. -- ezekiel 32:27 +. +"But as for you, in the midst of the uncircumcised you will be broken, and you will lie with those killed by the sword. -- ezekiel 32:28 +. +"Edom is there with her kings and all her princes. Despite their might they are laid with those killed by the sword; they lie with the uncircumcised and those who descend to the pit. -- ezekiel 32:29 +. +"All the leaders of the north are there, along with all the Sidonians; despite their might they have gone down in shameful terror with the dead. They lie uncircumcised with those killed by the sword, and bear their shame with those who descend to the pit. -- ezekiel 32:30 +. +"Pharaoh will see them and be consoled over all his hordes who were killed by the sword, Pharaoh and all his army, declares the sovereign Lord. -- ezekiel 32:31 +. +Indeed, I terrified him in the land of the living, yet he will lie in the midst of the uncircumcised with those killed by the sword, Pharaoh and all his hordes, declares the sovereign Lord." -- ezekiel 32:32 +. +The word of the Lord came to me: -- ezekiel 33:1 +. +"Son of man, speak to your people, and say to them, 'Suppose I bring a sword against the land, and the people of the land take one man from their borders and make him their watchman. -- ezekiel 33:2 +. +He sees the sword coming against the land, blows the trumpet, and warns the people, -- ezekiel 33:3 +. +but there is one who hears the sound of the trumpet yet does not heed the warning. Then the sword comes and sweeps him away. He will be responsible for his own death. -- ezekiel 33:4 +. +He heard the sound of the trumpet but did not heed the warning, so he is responsible for himself. If he had heeded the warning, he would have saved his life. -- ezekiel 33:5 +. +But suppose the watchman sees the sword coming and does not blow the trumpet to warn the people. Then the sword comes and takes one of their lives. He is swept away for his iniquity, but I will hold the watchman accountable for that person's death.' -- ezekiel 33:6 +. +"As for you, son of man, I have made you a watchman for the house of Israel. Whenever you hear a word from my mouth, you must warn them on my behalf. -- ezekiel 33:7 +. +When I say to the wicked, 'O wicked man, you must certainly die,' and you do not warn the wicked about his behavior, the wicked man will die for his iniquity, but I will hold you accountable for his death. -- ezekiel 33:8 +. +But if you warn the wicked man to change his behavior, and he refuses to change, he will die for his iniquity, but you have saved your own life. -- ezekiel 33:9 +. +"And you, son of man, say to the house of Israel, 'This is what you have said: "Our rebellious acts and our sins have caught up with us, and we are wasting away because of them. How then can we live?"' -- ezekiel 33:10 +. +Say to them, 'As surely as I live, declares the sovereign Lord, I take no pleasure in the death of the wicked, but prefer that the wicked change his behavior and live. Turn back, turn back from your evil deeds! Why should you die, O house of Israel?' -- ezekiel 33:11 +. +"And you, son of man, say to your people, 'The righteousness of the righteous will not deliver him if he rebels. As for the wicked, his wickedness will not make him stumble if he turns from it. The righteous will not be able to live by his righteousness if he sins.' -- ezekiel 33:12 +. +Suppose I tell the righteous that he will certainly live, but he becomes confident in his righteousness and commits iniquity. None of his righteous deeds will be remembered; because of the iniquity he has committed he will die. -- ezekiel 33:13 +. +Suppose I say to the wicked, 'You must certainly die,' but he turns from his sin and does what is just and right. -- ezekiel 33:14 +. +He returns what was taken in pledge, pays back what he has stolen, and follows the statutes that give life, committing no iniquity. He will certainly live - he will not die. -- ezekiel 33:15 +. +None of the sins he has committed will be counted against him. He has done what is just and right; he will certainly live. -- ezekiel 33:16 +. +"Yet your people say, 'The behavior of the Lord is not right,' when it is their behavior that is not right. -- ezekiel 33:17 +. +When a righteous man turns from his godliness and commits iniquity, he will die for it. -- ezekiel 33:18 +. +When the wicked turns from his sin and does what is just and right, he will live because of it. -- ezekiel 33:19 +. +Yet you say, 'The behavior of the Lord is not right.' House of Israel, I will judge each of you according to his behavior." -- ezekiel 33:20 +. +In the twelfth year of our exile, in the tenth month, on the fifth of the month, a refugee came to me from Jerusalem saying, "The city has been defeated!" -- ezekiel 33:21 +. +Now the hand of the Lord had been on me the evening before the refugee reached me, but the Lord opened my mouth by the time the refugee arrived in the morning; he opened my mouth and I was no longer unable to speak. -- ezekiel 33:22 +. +The word of the Lord came to me: -- ezekiel 33:23 +. +"Son of man, the ones living in these ruins in the land of Israel are saying, 'Abraham was only one man, yet he possessed the land, but we are many; surely the land has been given to us for a possession.' -- ezekiel 33:24 +. +Therefore say to them, 'This is what the sovereign Lord says: You eat the meat with the blood still in it, pray to your idols, and shed blood. Do you really think you will possess the land? -- ezekiel 33:25 +. +You rely on your swords and commit abominable deeds; each of you defiles his neighbor's wife. Will you possess the land?' -- ezekiel 33:26 +. +"This is what you must say to them, 'This is what the sovereign Lord says: As surely as I live, those living in the ruins will die by the sword, those in the open field I will give to the wild beasts for food, and those who are in the strongholds and caves will die of disease. -- ezekiel 33:27 +. +I will turn the land into a desolate ruin; her confident pride will come to an end. The mountains of Israel will be so desolate no one will pass through them. -- ezekiel 33:28 +. +Then they will know that I am the Lord when I turn the land into a desolate ruin because of all the abominable deeds they have committed.' -- ezekiel 33:29 +. +"But as for you, son of man, your people (who are talking about you by the walls and at the doors of the houses) say to one another, 'Come hear the word that comes from the Lord.' -- ezekiel 33:30 +. +They come to you in crowds, and they sit in front of you as my people. They hear your words, but do not obey them. For they talk lustfully, and their heart is set on their own advantage. -- ezekiel 33:31 +. +Realize that to them you are like a sensual song, a beautiful voice and skilled musician. They hear your words, but they do not obey them. -- ezekiel 33:32 +. +When all this comes true - and it certainly will - then they will know that a prophet was among them." -- ezekiel 33:33 +. +The word of the Lord came to me: -- ezekiel 34:1 +. +"Son of man, prophesy against the shepherds of Israel; prophesy, and say to them - to the shepherds: 'This is what the sovereign Lord says: Woe to the shepherds of Israel who have been feeding themselves! Should not shepherds feed the flock? -- ezekiel 34:2 +. +You eat the fat, you clothe yourselves with the wool, you slaughter the choice animals, but you do not feed the sheep! -- ezekiel 34:3 +. +You have not strengthened the weak, healed the sick, bandaged the injured, brought back the strays, or sought the lost, but with force and harshness you have ruled over them. -- ezekiel 34:4 +. +They were scattered because they had no shepherd, and they became food for every wild beast. -- ezekiel 34:5 +. +My sheep wandered over all the mountains and on every high hill. My sheep were scattered over the entire face of the earth with no one looking or searching for them. -- ezekiel 34:6 +. +"'Therefore, you shepherds, hear the word of the Lord: -- ezekiel 34:7 +. +As surely as I live, declares the sovereign Lord, my sheep have become prey and have become food for all the wild beasts. There was no shepherd, and my shepherds did not search for my flock, but fed themselves and did not feed my sheep, -- ezekiel 34:8 +. +Therefore, you shepherds, hear the word of the Lord: -- ezekiel 34:9 +. +This is what the sovereign Lord says: Look, I am against the shepherds, and I will demand my sheep from their hand. I will no longer let them be shepherds; the shepherds will not feed themselves anymore. I will rescue my sheep from their mouth, so that they will no longer be food for them. -- ezekiel 34:10 +. +"'For this is what the sovereign Lord says: Look, I myself will search for my sheep and seek them out. -- ezekiel 34:11 +. +As a shepherd seeks out his flock when he is among his scattered sheep, so I will seek out my flock. I will rescue them from all the places where they have been scattered on a cloudy, dark day. -- ezekiel 34:12 +. +I will bring them out from among the peoples and gather them from foreign countries; I will bring them to their own land. I will feed them on the mountains of Israel, by the streams and all the inhabited places of the land. -- ezekiel 34:13 +. +In a good pasture I will feed them; the mountain heights of Israel will be their pasture. There they will lie down in a lush pasture, and they will feed on rich grass on the mountains of Israel. -- ezekiel 34:14 +. +I myself will feed my sheep and I myself will make them lie down, declares the sovereign Lord. -- ezekiel 34:15 +. +I will seek the lost and bring back the strays; I will bandage the injured and strengthen the sick, but the fat and the strong I will destroy. I will feed them - with judgment! -- ezekiel 34:16 +. +"'As for you, my sheep, this is what the sovereign Lord says: Look, I am about to judge between one sheep and another, between rams and goats. -- ezekiel 34:17 +. +Is it not enough for you to feed on the good pasture, that you must trample the rest of your pastures with your feet? When you drink clean water, must you muddy the rest of the water by trampling it with your feet? -- ezekiel 34:18 +. +As for my sheep, they must eat what you trampled with your feet, and drink what you have muddied with your feet! -- ezekiel 34:19 +. +"'Therefore, this is what the sovereign Lord says to them: Look, I myself will judge between the fat sheep and the lean sheep. -- ezekiel 34:20 +. +Because you push with your side and your shoulder, and thrust your horns at all the weak sheep until you scatter them abroad, -- ezekiel 34:21 +. +I will save my sheep; they will no longer be prey. I will judge between one sheep and another. -- ezekiel 34:22 +. +I will set one shepherd over them, and he will feed them - namely, my servant David. He will feed them and will be their shepherd. -- ezekiel 34:23 +. +I, the Lord, will be their God, and my servant David will be prince among them; I, the Lord, have spoken! -- ezekiel 34:24 +. +"'I will make a covenant of peace with them and will rid the land of wild beasts, so that they can live securely in the wilderness and even sleep in the woods. -- ezekiel 34:25 +. +I will turn them and the regions around my hill into a blessing. I will make showers come down in their season; they will be showers that bring blessing. -- ezekiel 34:26 +. +The trees of the field will yield their fruit and the earth will yield its crops. They will live securely on their land; they will know that I am the Lord, when I break the bars of their yoke and rescue them from the hand of those who enslaved them. -- ezekiel 34:27 +. +They will no longer be prey for the nations and the wild beasts will not devour them. They will live securely and no one will make them afraid. -- ezekiel 34:28 +. +I will prepare for them a healthy planting. They will no longer be victims of famine in the land and will no longer bear the insults of the nations. -- ezekiel 34:29 +. +Then they will know that I, the Lord their God, am with them, and that they are my people, the house of Israel, declares the sovereign Lord. -- ezekiel 34:30 +. +And you, my sheep, the sheep of my pasture, are my people, and I am your God, declares the sovereign Lord.'" -- ezekiel 34:31 +. +The word of the Lord came to me: -- ezekiel 35:1 +. +"Son of man, turn toward Mount Seir, and prophesy against it. -- ezekiel 35:2 +. +Say to it, 'This is what the sovereign Lord says: "'Look, I am against you, Mount Seir; I will stretch out my hand against you and turn you into a desolate ruin. -- ezekiel 35:3 +. +I will lay waste your cities; and you will become desolate. Then you will know that I am the Lord! -- ezekiel 35:4 +. +"'You have shown unrelenting hostility and poured the people of Israel onto the blades of a sword at the time of their calamity, at the time of their final punishment. -- ezekiel 35:5 +. +Therefore, as surely as I live, declares the sovereign Lord, I will subject you to bloodshed, and bloodshed will pursue you. Since you did not hate bloodshed, bloodshed will pursue you. -- ezekiel 35:6 +. +I will turn Mount Seir into a desolate ruin; I will cut off from it the one who passes through or returns. -- ezekiel 35:7 +. +I will fill its mountains with its dead; on your hills and in your valleys and in all your ravines, those killed by the sword will fall. -- ezekiel 35:8 +. +I will turn you into a perpetual desolation, and your cities will not be inhabited. Then you will know that I am the Lord. -- ezekiel 35:9 +. +"'You said, "These two nations, these two lands will be mine, and we will possess them," - although the Lord was there - -- ezekiel 35:10 +. +therefore, as surely as I live, declares the sovereign Lord, I will deal with you according to your anger, and according to your envy, by which you acted spitefully against them. I will reveal myself to them when I judge you. -- ezekiel 35:11 +. +Then you will know that I, the Lord, have heard all the insults you spoke against the mountains of Israel, saying, "They are desolate, they have been given to us for food." -- ezekiel 35:12 +. +You exalted yourselves against me with your speech and hurled many insults against me - I have heard them all! -- ezekiel 35:13 +. +This is what the sovereign Lord says: While the whole earth rejoices, I will turn you into a desolation. -- ezekiel 35:14 +. +As you rejoiced over the inheritance of the house of Israel because it was desolate, so will I deal with you - you will be desolate, Mount Seir, and all of Edom - all of it! Then they will know that I am the Lord.'" -- ezekiel 35:15 +. +"As for you, son of man, prophesy to the mountains of Israel, and say: 'O mountains of Israel, hear the word of the Lord! -- ezekiel 36:1 +. +This is what the sovereign Lord says: The enemy has spoken against you, saying "Aha!" and, "The ancient heights have become our property!"' -- ezekiel 36:2 +. +So prophesy and say: 'This is what the sovereign Lord says: Surely because they have made you desolate and crushed you from all directions, so that you have become the property of the rest of the nations, and have become the subject of gossip and slander among the people, -- ezekiel 36:3 +. +therefore, O mountains of Israel, hear the word of the sovereign Lord: This is what the sovereign Lord says to the mountains and hills, the ravines and valleys, and to the desolate ruins and the abandoned cities that have become prey and an object of derision to the rest of the nations round about - -- ezekiel 36:4 +. +therefore this is what the sovereign Lord says: Surely I have spoken in the fire of my zeal against the rest of the nations, and against all Edom, who with great joy and utter contempt have made my land their property and prey, because of its pasture.' -- ezekiel 36:5 +. +"Therefore prophesy concerning the land of Israel, and say to the mountains and hills, the ravines and valleys, 'This is what the sovereign Lord says: Look, I have spoken in my zeal and in my anger, because you have endured the insults of the nations. -- ezekiel 36:6 +. +So this is what the sovereign Lord says: I vow that the nations around you will endure insults as well. -- ezekiel 36:7 +. +"'But you, mountains of Israel, will grow your branches, and bear your fruit for my people Israel; for they will arrive soon. -- ezekiel 36:8 +. +For indeed, I am on your side; I will turn to you, and you will be plowed and planted. -- ezekiel 36:9 +. +I will multiply your people - the whole house of Israel, all of it. The cities will be populated and the ruins rebuilt. -- ezekiel 36:10 +. +I will increase the number of people and animals on you; they will increase and be fruitful. I will cause you to be inhabited as in ancient times, and will do more good for you than at the beginning of your history. Then you will know that I am the Lord. -- ezekiel 36:11 +. +I will lead people, my people Israel, across you; they will possess you and you will become their inheritance. No longer will you bereave them of their children. -- ezekiel 36:12 +. +"'This is what the sovereign Lord says: Because they are saying to you, "You are a devourer of men, and bereave your nation of children," -- ezekiel 36:13 +. +therefore you will no longer devour people and no longer bereave your nation of children, declares the sovereign Lord. -- ezekiel 36:14 +. +I will no longer subject you to the nations' insults; no longer will you bear the shame of the peoples, and no longer will you bereave your nation, declares the sovereign Lord.'" -- ezekiel 36:15 +. +The word of the Lord came to me: -- ezekiel 36:16 +. +"Son of man, when the house of Israel was living on their own land, they defiled it by their behavior and their deeds. In my sight their behavior was like the uncleanness of a woman having her monthly period. -- ezekiel 36:17 +. +So I poured my anger on them because of the blood they shed on the land and because of the idols with which they defiled it. -- ezekiel 36:18 +. +I scattered them among the nations; they were dispersed throughout foreign countries. In accordance with their behavior and their deeds I judged them. -- ezekiel 36:19 +. +But when they arrived in the nations where they went, they profaned my holy name. It was said of them, 'These are the people of the Lord, yet they have departed from his land.' -- ezekiel 36:20 +. +I was concerned for my holy reputation which the house of Israel profaned among the nations where they went. -- ezekiel 36:21 +. +"Therefore say to the house of Israel, 'This is what the sovereign Lord says: It is not for your sake that I am about to act, O house of Israel, but for the sake of my holy reputation which you profaned among the nations where you went. -- ezekiel 36:22 +. +I will magnify my great name that has been profaned among the nations, that you have profaned among them. The nations will know that I am the Lord, declares the sovereign Lord, when I magnify myself among you in their sight. -- ezekiel 36:23 +. +"'I will take you from the nations and gather you from all the countries; then I will bring you to your land. -- ezekiel 36:24 +. +I will sprinkle you with pure water and you will be clean from all your impurities. I will purify you from all your idols. -- ezekiel 36:25 +. +I will give you a new heart, and I will put a new spirit within you. I will remove the heart of stone from your body and give you a heart of flesh. -- ezekiel 36:26 +. +I will put my Spirit within you; I will take the initiative and you will obey my statutes and carefully observe my regulations. -- ezekiel 36:27 +. +Then you will live in the land I gave to your fathers; you will be my people, and I will be your God. -- ezekiel 36:28 +. +I will save you from all your uncleanness. I will call for the grain and multiply it; I will not bring a famine on you. -- ezekiel 36:29 +. +I will multiply the fruit of the trees and the produce of the fields, so that you will never again suffer the disgrace of famine among the nations. -- ezekiel 36:30 +. +Then you will remember your evil behavior and your deeds which were not good; you will loathe yourselves on account of your sins and your abominable deeds. -- ezekiel 36:31 +. +Understand that it is not for your sake I am about to act, declares the sovereign Lord. Be ashamed and embarrassed by your behavior, O house of Israel. -- ezekiel 36:32 +. +"'This is what the sovereign Lord says: In the day I cleanse you from all your sins, I will populate the cities and the ruins will be rebuilt. -- ezekiel 36:33 +. +The desolate land will be plowed, instead of being desolate in the sight of everyone who passes by. -- ezekiel 36:34 +. +They will say, "This desolate land has become like the garden of Eden; the ruined, desolate, and destroyed cities are now fortified and inhabited." -- ezekiel 36:35 +. +Then the nations which remain around you will know that I, the Lord, have rebuilt the ruins and replanted what was desolate. I, the Lord, have spoken - and I will do it!' -- ezekiel 36:36 +. +"This is what the sovereign Lord says: I will allow the house of Israel to ask me to do this for them: I will multiply their people like sheep. -- ezekiel 36:37 +. +Like the sheep for offerings, like the sheep of Jerusalem during her appointed feasts, so will the ruined cities be filled with flocks of people. Then they will know that I am the Lord." -- ezekiel 36:38 +. +The hand of the Lord was on me, and he brought me out by the Spirit of the Lord and placed me in the midst of the valley, and it was full of bones. -- ezekiel 37:1 +. +He made me walk all around among them. I realized there were a great many bones in the valley and they were very dry. -- ezekiel 37:2 +. +He said to me, "Son of man, can these bones live?" I said to him, "Sovereign Lord, you know." -- ezekiel 37:3 +. +Then he said to me, "Prophesy over these bones, and tell them: 'Dry bones, hear the word of the Lord. -- ezekiel 37:4 +. +This is what the sovereign Lord says to these bones: Look, I am about to infuse breath into you and you will live. -- ezekiel 37:5 +. +I will put tendons on you and muscles over you and will cover you with skin; I will put breath in you and you will live. Then you will know that I am the Lord.'" -- ezekiel 37:6 +. +So I prophesied as I was commanded. There was a sound when I prophesied - I heard a rattling, and the bones came together, bone to bone. -- ezekiel 37:7 +. +As I watched, I saw tendons on them, then muscles appeared, and skin covered over them from above, but there was no breath in them. -- ezekiel 37:8 +. +He said to me, "Prophesy to the breath, - prophesy, son of man - and say to the breath: 'This is what the sovereign Lord says: Come from the four winds, O breath, and breathe on these corpses so that they may live.'" -- ezekiel 37:9 +. +So I prophesied as I was commanded, and the breath came into them; they lived and stood on their feet, an extremely great army. -- ezekiel 37:10 +. +Then he said to me, "Son of man, these bones are all the house of Israel. Look, they are saying, 'Our bones are dry, our hope has perished; we are cut off.' -- ezekiel 37:11 +. +Therefore prophesy, and tell them, 'This is what the sovereign Lord says: Look, I am about to open your graves and will raise you from your graves, my people. I will bring you to the land of Israel. -- ezekiel 37:12 +. +Then you will know that I am the Lord, when I open your graves and raise you from your graves, my people. -- ezekiel 37:13 +. +I will place my breath in you and you will live; I will give you rest in your own land. Then you will know that I am the Lord - I have spoken and I will act, declares the Lord.'" -- ezekiel 37:14 +. +The word of the Lord came to me: -- ezekiel 37:15 +. +"As for you, son of man, take one branch, and write on it, 'For Judah, and for the Israelites associated with him.' Then take another branch and write on it, 'For Joseph, the branch of Ephraim and all the house of Israel associated with him.' -- ezekiel 37:16 +. +Join them as one stick; they will be as one in your hand. -- ezekiel 37:17 +. +When your people say to you, 'Will you not tell us what these things mean?' -- ezekiel 37:18 +. +tell them, 'This is what the sovereign Lord says: Look, I am about to take the branch of Joseph which is in the hand of Ephraim and the tribes of Israel associated with him, and I will place them on the stick of Judah, and make them into one stick - they will be one in my hand.' -- ezekiel 37:19 +. +The sticks you write on will be in your hand in front of them. -- ezekiel 37:20 +. +Then tell them, 'This is what the sovereign Lord says: Look, I am about to take the Israelites from among the nations where they have gone. I will gather them from round about and bring them to their land. -- ezekiel 37:21 +. +I will make them one nation in the land, on the mountains of Israel, and one king will rule over them all. They will never again be two nations and never again be divided into two kingdoms. -- ezekiel 37:22 +. +They will not defile themselves with their idols, their detestable things, and all their rebellious deeds. I will save them from all their unfaithfulness by which they sinned. I will purify them; they will become my people and I will become their God. -- ezekiel 37:23 +. +"'My servant David will be king over them; there will be one shepherd for all of them. They will follow my regulations and carefully observe my statutes. -- ezekiel 37:24 +. +They will live in the land I gave to my servant Jacob, in which your fathers lived; they will live in it - they and their children and their grandchildren forever. David my servant will be prince over them forever. -- ezekiel 37:25 +. +I will make a covenant of peace with them; it will be a perpetual covenant with them. I will establish them, increase their numbers, and place my sanctuary among them forever. -- ezekiel 37:26 +. +My dwelling place will be with them; I will be their God, and they will be my people. -- ezekiel 37:27 +. +Then, when my sanctuary is among them forever, the nations will know that I, the Lord, sanctify Israel.'" -- ezekiel 37:28 +. +The word of the Lord came to me: -- ezekiel 38:1 +. +"Son of man, turn toward Gog, of the land of Magog, the chief prince of Meshech and Tubal. Prophesy against him -- ezekiel 38:2 +. +and say: 'This is what the sovereign Lord says: Look, I am against you, Gog, chief prince of Meshech and Tubal. -- ezekiel 38:3 +. +I will turn you around, put hooks into your jaws, and bring you out with all your army, horses and horsemen, all of them fully armed, a great company with shields of different types, all of them armed with swords. -- ezekiel 38:4 +. +Persia, Ethiopia, and Put are with them, all of them with shields and helmets. -- ezekiel 38:5 +. +They are joined by Gomer with all its troops, and by Beth Togarmah from the remote parts of the north with all its troops - many peoples are with you. -- ezekiel 38:6 +. +"'Be ready and stay ready, you and all your companies assembled around you, and be a guard for them. -- ezekiel 38:7 +. +After many days you will be summoned; in the latter years you will come to a land restored from the ravages of war, with many peoples gathered on the mountains of Israel that had long been in ruins. Its people were brought out from the peoples, and all of them will be living securely. -- ezekiel 38:8 +. +You will advance; you will come like a storm. You will be like a cloud covering the earth, you, all your troops, and the many other peoples with you. -- ezekiel 38:9 +. +"'This is what the sovereign Lord says: On that day thoughts will come into your mind, and you will devise an evil plan. -- ezekiel 38:10 +. +You will say, "I will invade a land of unwalled towns; I will advance against those living quietly in security - all of them living without walls and barred gates - -- ezekiel 38:11 +. +to loot and plunder, to attack the inhabited ruins and the people gathered from the nations, who are acquiring cattle and goods, who live at the center of the earth." -- ezekiel 38:12 +. +Sheba and Dedan and the traders of Tarshish with all its young warriors will say to you, "Have you come to loot? Have you assembled your armies to plunder, to carry away silver and gold, to take away cattle and goods, to haul away a great amount of spoils?"' -- ezekiel 38:13 +. +"Therefore, prophesy, son of man, and say to Gog: 'This is what the sovereign Lord says: On that day when my people Israel are living securely, you will take notice -- ezekiel 38:14 +. +and come from your place, from the remote parts of the north, you and many peoples with you, all of them riding on horses, a great company and a vast army. -- ezekiel 38:15 +. +You will advance against my people Israel like a cloud covering the earth. In the latter days I will bring you against my land so that the nations may acknowledge me, when before their eyes I magnify myself through you, O Gog. -- ezekiel 38:16 +. +"'This is what the sovereign Lord says: Are you the one of whom I spoke in former days by my servants the prophets of Israel, who prophesied in those days that I would bring you against them? -- ezekiel 38:17 +. +On that day, when Gog invades the land of Israel, declares the sovereign Lord, my rage will mount up in my anger. -- ezekiel 38:18 +. +In my zeal, in the fire of my fury, I declare that on that day there will be a great earthquake in the land of Israel. -- ezekiel 38:19 +. +The fish of the sea, the birds of the sky, the wild beasts, all the things that creep on the ground, and all people who live on the face of the earth will shake at my presence. The mountains will topple, the cliffs will fall, and every wall will fall to the ground. -- ezekiel 38:20 +. +I will call for a sword to attack Gog on all my mountains, declares the sovereign Lord; every man's sword will be against his brother. -- ezekiel 38:21 +. +I will judge him with plague and bloodshed. I will rain down on him, his troops and the many peoples who are with him a torrential downpour, hailstones, fire, and brimstone. -- ezekiel 38:22 +. +I will exalt and magnify myself; I will reveal myself before many nations. Then they will know that I am the Lord.' -- ezekiel 38:23 +. +"As for you, son of man, prophesy against Gog, and say: 'This is what the sovereign Lord says: Look, I am against you, O Gog, chief prince of Meshech and Tubal! -- ezekiel 39:1 +. +I will turn you around and drag you along; I will lead you up from the remotest parts of the north and bring you against the mountains of Israel. -- ezekiel 39:2 +. +I will knock your bow out of your left hand and make your arrows fall from your right hand. -- ezekiel 39:3 +. +You will fall dead on the mountains of Israel, you and all your troops and the people who are with you. I give you as food to every kind of bird and every wild beast. -- ezekiel 39:4 +. +You will fall dead in the open field; for I have spoken, declares the sovereign Lord. -- ezekiel 39:5 +. +I will send fire on Magog and those who live securely in the coastlands; then they will know that I am the Lord. -- ezekiel 39:6 +. +"'I will make my holy name known in the midst of my people Israel; I will not let my holy name be profaned anymore. Then the nations will know that I am the Lord, the Holy One of Israel. -- ezekiel 39:7 +. +Realize that it is coming and it will be done, declares the sovereign Lord. It is the day I have spoken about. -- ezekiel 39:8 +. +"'Then those who live in the cities of Israel will go out and use the weapons for kindling - the shields, bows and arrows, war clubs and spears - they will burn them for seven years. -- ezekiel 39:9 +. +They will not need to take wood from the field or cut down trees from the forests, because they will make fires with the weapons. They will take the loot from those who looted them and seize the plunder of those who plundered them, declares the sovereign Lord. -- ezekiel 39:10 +. +"'On that day I will assign Gog a grave in Israel. It will be the valley of those who travel east of the sea; it will block the way of the travelers. There they will bury Gog and all his horde; they will call it the valley of Hamon-Gog. -- ezekiel 39:11 +. +For seven months Israel will bury them, in order to cleanse the land. -- ezekiel 39:12 +. +All the people of the land will bury them, and it will be a memorial for them on the day I magnify myself, declares the sovereign Lord. -- ezekiel 39:13 +. +They will designate men to scout continually through the land, burying those who remain on the surface of the ground, in order to cleanse it. They will search for seven full months. -- ezekiel 39:14 +. +When the scouts survey the land and see a human bone, they will place a sign by it, until those assigned to burial duty have buried it in the valley of Hamon-Gog. -- ezekiel 39:15 +. +(A city by the name of Hamonah will also be there.) They will cleanse the land.' -- ezekiel 39:16 +. +"As for you, son of man, this is what the sovereign Lord says: Tell every kind of bird and every wild beast: 'Assemble and come! Gather from all around to my slaughter which I am going to make for you, a great slaughter on the mountains of Israel! You will eat flesh and drink blood. -- ezekiel 39:17 +. +You will eat the flesh of warriors and drink the blood of the princes of the earth - the rams, lambs, goats, and bulls, all of them fattened animals of Bashan. -- ezekiel 39:18 +. +You will eat fat until you are full, and drink blood until you are drunk, at my slaughter which I have made for you. -- ezekiel 39:19 +. +You will fill up at my table with horses and charioteers, with warriors and all the soldiers,' declares the sovereign Lord. -- ezekiel 39:20 +. +"I will display my majesty among the nations. All the nations will witness the judgment I have executed, and the power I have exhibited among them. -- ezekiel 39:21 +. +Then the house of Israel will know that I am the Lord their God, from that day forward. -- ezekiel 39:22 +. +The nations will know that the house of Israel went into exile due to their iniquity, for they were unfaithful to me. So I hid my face from them and handed them over to their enemies; all of them died by the sword. -- ezekiel 39:23 +. +According to their uncleanness and rebellion I have dealt with them, and I hid my face from them. -- ezekiel 39:24 +. +"Therefore this is what the sovereign Lord says: Now I will restore the fortunes of Jacob, and I will have mercy on the entire house of Israel. I will be zealous for my holy name. -- ezekiel 39:25 +. +They will bear their shame for all their unfaithful acts against me, when they live securely on their land with no one to make them afraid. -- ezekiel 39:26 +. +When I have brought them back from the peoples and gathered them from the countries of their enemies, I will magnify myself among them in the sight of many nations. -- ezekiel 39:27 +. +Then they will know that I am the Lord their God, because I sent them into exile among the nations, and then gathered them into their own land. I will not leave any of them in exile any longer. -- ezekiel 39:28 +. +I will no longer hide my face from them, when I pour out my Spirit on the house of Israel, declares the sovereign Lord." -- ezekiel 39:29 +. +In the twenty-fifth year of our exile, at the beginning of the year, on the tenth day of the month, in the fourteenth year after the city was struck down, on this very day, the hand of the Lord was on me, and he brought me there. -- ezekiel 40:1 +. +By means of divine visions he brought me to the land of Israel and placed me on a very high mountain, and on it was a structure like a city, to the south. -- ezekiel 40:2 +. +When he brought me there, I saw a man whose appearance was like bronze, with a linen cord and a measuring stick in his hand. He was standing in the gateway. -- ezekiel 40:3 +. +The man said to me, "Son of man, watch closely, listen carefully, and pay attention to everything I show you, for you have been brought here so that I can show it to you. Tell the house of Israel everything you see." -- ezekiel 40:4 +. +I saw a wall all around the outside of the temple. In the man's hand was a measuring stick 10.5 feet long. He measured the thickness of the wall as 10.5 feet, and its height as 10.5 feet. -- ezekiel 40:5 +. +Then he went to the gate facing east. He climbed its steps and measured the threshold of the gate as 10.5 feet deep. -- ezekiel 40:6 +. +The alcoves were 10.5 feet long and 10.5 feet wide; between the alcoves were 8.75 feet. The threshold of the gate by the porch of the gate facing inward was 10.5 feet. -- ezekiel 40:7 +. +Then he measured the porch of the gate facing inward as 10.5 feet. -- ezekiel 40:8 +. +He measured the porch of the gate as feet, and its jambs as 3.5 feet; the porch of the gate faced inward. -- ezekiel 40:9 +. +There were three alcoves on each side of the east gate; the three had the same measurement, and the jambs on either side had the same measurement. -- ezekiel 40:10 +. +He measured the width of the entrance of the gateway as 17.5 feet, and the length of the gateway as 22.75 feet. -- ezekiel 40:11 +. +There was a barrier in front of the alcoves, 1.75 feet on either side; the alcoves were 10.5 feet on either side. -- ezekiel 40:12 +. +He measured the gateway from the roof of one alcove to the roof of the other, a width of 43.75 feet from one entrance to the opposite one. -- ezekiel 40:13 +. +He measured the porch at feet high; the gateway went all around to the jamb of the courtyard. -- ezekiel 40:14 +. +From the front of the entrance gate to the porch of the inner gate was 87.5 feet. -- ezekiel 40:15 +. +There were closed windows toward the alcoves and toward their jambs within the gate all around, and likewise for the porches. There were windows all around the inside, and on each jamb were decorative palm trees. -- ezekiel 40:16 +. +Then he brought me to the outer court. I saw chambers there, and a pavement made for the court all around; thirty chambers faced the pavement. -- ezekiel 40:17 +. +The pavement was beside the gates, corresponding to the length of the gates; this was the lower pavement. -- ezekiel 40:18 +. +Then he measured the width from before the lower gate to the front of the exterior of the inner court as feet on the east and on the north. -- ezekiel 40:19 +. +He measured the length and width of the gate of the outer court which faces north. -- ezekiel 40:20 +. +Its alcoves, three on each side, and its jambs and porches had the same measurement as the first gate; 87.5 feet long and 43.75 feet wide. -- ezekiel 40:21 +. +Its windows, its porches, and its decorative palm trees had the same measurement as the gate which faced east. Seven steps led up to it, and its porch was in front of them. -- ezekiel 40:22 +. +Opposite the gate on the north and the east was a gate of the inner court; he measured the distance from gate to gate at feet. -- ezekiel 40:23 +. +Then he led me toward the south. I saw a gate on the south. He measured its jambs and its porches; they had the same dimensions as the others. -- ezekiel 40:24 +. +There were windows all around it and its porches, like the windows of the others; 87.5 feet long and 43.75 feet wide. -- ezekiel 40:25 +. +There were seven steps going up to it; its porches were in front of them. It had decorative palm trees on its jambs, one on either side. -- ezekiel 40:26 +. +The inner court had a gate toward the south; he measured it from gate to gate toward the south as feet. -- ezekiel 40:27 +. +Then he brought me to the inner court by the south gate. He measured the south gate; it had the same dimensions as the others. -- ezekiel 40:28 +. +Its alcoves, its jambs, and its porches had the same dimensions as the others, and there were windows all around it and its porches; its length was 87.5 feet and its width 43.75 feet. -- ezekiel 40:29 +. +There were porches all around, 43.75 feet long and 8.75 feet wide. -- ezekiel 40:30 +. +Its porches faced the outer court, and decorative palm trees were on its jambs, and its stairway had eight steps. -- ezekiel 40:31 +. +Then he brought me to the inner court on the east side. He measured the gate; it had the same dimensions as the others. -- ezekiel 40:32 +. +Its alcoves, its jambs, and its porches had the same dimensions as the others, and there were windows all around it and its porches; its length was 87.5 feet and its width 43.75 feet. -- ezekiel 40:33 +. +Its porches faced the outer court, it had decorative palm trees on its jambs, and its stairway had eight steps. -- ezekiel 40:34 +. +Then he brought me to the north gate, and he measured it; it had the same dimensions as the others - -- ezekiel 40:35 +. +its alcoves, its jambs, and its porches. It had windows all around it; its length was 87.5 feet and its width 43.75 feet. -- ezekiel 40:36 +. +Its jambs faced the outer court, and it had decorative palm trees on its jambs, on either side, and its stairway had eight steps. -- ezekiel 40:37 +. +There was a chamber with its door by the porch of the gate; there they washed the burnt offering. -- ezekiel 40:38 +. +In the porch of the gate were two tables on either side on which to slaughter the burnt offering, the sin offering, and the guilt offering. -- ezekiel 40:39 +. +On the outside of the porch as one goes up at the entrance of the north gate were two tables, and on the other side of the porch of the gate were two tables. -- ezekiel 40:40 +. +Four tables were on each side of the gate, eight tables on which the sacrifices were to be slaughtered. -- ezekiel 40:41 +. +The four tables for the burnt offering were of carved stone, inches long, 32 inches wide, and 21 inches high. They would put the instruments which they used to slaughter the burnt offering and the sacrifice on them. -- ezekiel 40:42 +. +There were hooks three inches long, fastened in the house all around, and on the tables was the flesh of the offering. -- ezekiel 40:43 +. +On the outside of the inner gate were chambers for the singers of the inner court, one at the side of the north gate facing south, and the other at the side of the south gate facing north. -- ezekiel 40:44 +. +He said to me, "This chamber which faces south is for the priests who keep charge of the temple, -- ezekiel 40:45 +. +and the chamber which faces north is for the priests who keep charge of the altar. These are the descendants of Zadok, from the descendants of Levi, who may approach the Lord to minister to him." -- ezekiel 40:46 +. +He measured the court as a square feet long and 175 feet wide; the altar was in front of the temple. -- ezekiel 40:47 +. +Then he brought me to the porch of the temple and measured the jambs of the porch as 8.75 feet on either side, and the width of the gate was 24.5 feet and the sides were 5.25 feet on each side. -- ezekiel 40:48 +. +The length of the porch was feet and the width 19.25 feet; steps led up to it, and there were pillars beside the jambs on either side. -- ezekiel 40:49 +. +Then he brought me to the outer sanctuary, and measured the jambs; the jambs were 10.5 feet wide on each side. -- ezekiel 41:1 +. +The width of the entrance was 17.5 feet, and the sides of the entrance were 8.75 feet on each side. He measured the length of the outer sanctuary as feet, and its width as 35 feet. -- ezekiel 41:2 +. +Then he went into the inner sanctuary and measured the jambs of the entrance as 3.5 feet, the entrance as 10.5 feet, and the width of the entrance as 12.25 feet -- ezekiel 41:3 +. +Then he measured its length as feet, and its width as 35 feet, before the outer sanctuary. He said to me, "This is the most holy place." -- ezekiel 41:4 +. +Then he measured the wall of the temple as 10.5 feet, and the width of the side chambers as feet, all around the temple. -- ezekiel 41:5 +. +The side chambers were in three stories, one above the other, thirty in each story. There were offsets in the wall all around to serve as supports for the side chambers, so that the supports were not in the wall of the temple. -- ezekiel 41:6 +. +The side chambers surrounding the temple were wider at each successive story; for the structure surrounding the temple went up story by story all around the temple. For this reason the width of the temple increased as it went up, and one went up from the lowest story to the highest by the way of the middle story. -- ezekiel 41:7 +. +I saw that the temple had a raised platform all around; the foundations of the side chambers were a full measuring stick of 10.5 feet high. -- ezekiel 41:8 +. +The width of the outer wall of the side chambers was 8.75 feet, and the open area between the side chambers of the temple -- ezekiel 41:9 +. +and the chambers of the court was feet in width all around the temple on every side. -- ezekiel 41:10 +. +There were entrances from the side chambers toward the open area, one entrance toward the north, and another entrance toward the south; the width of the open area was 8.75 feet all around. -- ezekiel 41:11 +. +The building that was facing the temple courtyard at the west side was 122.5 feet wide; the wall of the building was 8.75 feet all around, and its length 157.5 feet. -- ezekiel 41:12 +. +Then he measured the temple as feet long, the courtyard of the temple and the building and its walls as 175 feet long, -- ezekiel 41:13 +. +and also the width of the front of the temple and the courtyard on the east as feet. -- ezekiel 41:14 +. +Then he measured the length of the building facing the courtyard at the rear of the temple, with its galleries on either side as feet. The interior of the outer sanctuary and the porch of the court, -- ezekiel 41:15 +. +as well as the thresholds, narrow windows and galleries all around on three sides facing the threshold were paneled with wood all around, from the ground up to the windows (now the windows were covered), -- ezekiel 41:16 +. +to the space above the entrance, to the inner room, and on the outside, and on all the walls in the inner room and outside, by measurement. -- ezekiel 41:17 +. +It was made with cherubim and decorative palm trees, with a palm tree between each cherub. Each cherub had two faces: -- ezekiel 41:18 +. +a human face toward the palm tree on one side and a lion's face toward the palm tree on the other side. They were carved on the whole temple all around; -- ezekiel 41:19 +. +from the ground to the area above the entrance, cherubim and decorative palm trees were carved on the wall of the outer sanctuary. -- ezekiel 41:20 +. +The doorposts of the outer sanctuary were square. In front of the sanctuary one doorpost looked just like the other. -- ezekiel 41:21 +. +The altar was of wood, 5.25 feet high, with its length 3.5 feet; its corners, its length, and its walls were of wood. He said to me, "This is the table that is before the Lord." -- ezekiel 41:22 +. +The outer sanctuary and the inner sanctuary each had a double door. -- ezekiel 41:23 +. +Each of the doors had two leaves, two swinging leaves; two leaves for one door and two leaves for the other. -- ezekiel 41:24 +. +On the doors of the outer sanctuary were carved cherubim and palm trees, like those carved on the walls, and there was a canopy of wood on the front of the outside porch. -- ezekiel 41:25 +. +There were narrow windows and decorative palm trees on either side of the side walls of the porch; this is what the side chambers of the temple and the canopies were like. -- ezekiel 41:26 +. +Then he led me out to the outer court, toward the north, and brought me to the chamber which was opposite the courtyard and opposite the building on the north. -- ezekiel 42:1 +. +Its length was feet on the north side, and its width 87.5 feet. -- ezekiel 42:2 +. +Opposite the feet that belonged to the inner court, and opposite the pavement which belonged to the outer court, gallery faced gallery in the three stories. -- ezekiel 42:3 +. +In front of the chambers was a walkway on the inner side, 17.5 feet wide at a distance of 1.75 feet, and their entrances were on the north. -- ezekiel 42:4 +. +Now the upper chambers were narrower, because the galleries took more space from them than from the lower and middle chambers of the building. -- ezekiel 42:5 +. +For they were in three stories and had no pillars like the pillars of the courts; therefore the upper chambers were set back from the ground more than the lower and upper ones. -- ezekiel 42:6 +. +As for the outer wall by the side of the chambers, toward the outer court facing the chambers, it was 87.5 feet long. -- ezekiel 42:7 +. +For the chambers on the outer court were 87.5 feet long, while those facing the temple were feet long. -- ezekiel 42:8 +. +Below these chambers was a passage on the east side as one enters from the outer court. -- ezekiel 42:9 +. +At the beginning of the wall of the court toward the south, facing the courtyard and the building, were chambers -- ezekiel 42:10 +. +with a passage in front of them. They looked like the chambers on the north. Of the same length and width, and all their exits according to their arrangements and entrances -- ezekiel 42:11 +. +were the chambers which were toward the south. There was an opening at the head of the passage, the passage in front of the corresponding wall toward the east when one enters. -- ezekiel 42:12 +. +Then he said to me, "The north chambers and the south chambers which face the courtyard are holy chambers where the priests who approach the Lord will eat the most holy offerings. There they will place the most holy offerings - the grain offering, the sin offering, and the guilt offering, because the place is holy. -- ezekiel 42:13 +. +When the priests enter, then they will not go out from the sanctuary to the outer court without taking off their garments in which they minister, for these are holy; they will put on other garments, then they will go near the places where the people are." -- ezekiel 42:14 +. +Now when he had finished measuring the interior of the temple, he led me out by the gate which faces east and measured all around. -- ezekiel 42:15 +. +He measured the east side with the measuring stick as feet by the measuring stick. -- ezekiel 42:16 +. +He measured the north side as feet by the measuring stick. -- ezekiel 42:17 +. +He measured the south side as feet by the measuring stick. -- ezekiel 42:18 +. +He turned to the west side and measured feet by the measuring stick. -- ezekiel 42:19 +. +He measured it on all four sides. It had a wall around it, feet long and 875 feet wide, to separate the holy and common places. -- ezekiel 42:20 +. +Then he brought me to the gate that faced toward the east. -- ezekiel 43:1 +. +I saw the glory of the God of Israel coming from the east; the sound was like that of rushing water; and the earth radiated his glory. -- ezekiel 43:2 +. +It was like the vision I saw when he came to destroy the city, and the vision I saw by the Kebar River. I threw myself face down. -- ezekiel 43:3 +. +The glory of the Lord came into the temple by way of the gate that faces east. -- ezekiel 43:4 +. +Then a wind lifted me up and brought me to the inner court; I watched the glory of the Lord filling the temple. -- ezekiel 43:5 +. +I heard someone speaking to me from the temple, while the man was standing beside me. -- ezekiel 43:6 +. +He said to me: "Son of man, this is the place of my throne and the place for the soles of my feet, where I will live among the people of Israel forever. The house of Israel will no longer profane my holy name, neither they nor their kings, by their spiritual prostitution or by the pillars of their kings set up when they die. -- ezekiel 43:7 +. +When they placed their threshold by my threshold and their doorpost by my doorpost, with only the wall between me and them, they profaned my holy name by the abominable deeds they committed. So I consumed them in my anger. -- ezekiel 43:8 +. +Now they must put away their spiritual prostitution and the pillars of their kings far from me, and then I will live among them forever. -- ezekiel 43:9 +. +"As for you, son of man, describe the temple to the house of Israel, so that they will be ashamed of their sins and measure the pattern. -- ezekiel 43:10 +. +When they are ashamed of all that they have done, make known to them the design of the temple, its pattern, its exits and entrances, and its whole design - all its statutes, its entire design, and all its laws; write it all down in their sight, so that they may observe its entire design and all its statutes and do them. -- ezekiel 43:11 +. +"This is the law of the temple: The entire area on top of the mountain all around will be most holy. Indeed, this is the law of the temple. -- ezekiel 43:12 +. +"And these are the measurements of the altar: Its base is 1.75 feet high, and 1.75 feet wide, and its border nine inches on its edge. This is to be the height of the altar. -- ezekiel 43:13 +. +From the base of the ground to the lower edge is 3.5 feet, and the width 1.75 feet; and from the smaller ledge to the larger edge, feet, and the width 1.75 feet; -- ezekiel 43:14 +. +and the altar hearth, feet, and from the altar hearth four horns projecting upward. -- ezekiel 43:15 +. +Now the altar hearth is a perfect square, feet long and 21 feet wide. -- ezekiel 43:16 +. +The ledge is 24.5 feet long and 24.5 feet wide on four sides; the border around it is 10.5 inches, and its surrounding base 1.75 feet. Its steps face east." -- ezekiel 43:17 +. +Then he said to me: "Son of man, this is what the sovereign Lord says: These are the statutes of the altar: On the day it is built to offer up burnt offerings on it and to sprinkle blood on it, -- ezekiel 43:18 +. +you will give a young bull for a sin offering to the Levitical priests who are descended from Zadok, who approach me to minister to me, declares the sovereign Lord. -- ezekiel 43:19 +. +You will take some of its blood, and place it on the four horns of the altar, on the four corners of the ledge, and on the border all around; you will cleanse it and make atonement for it. -- ezekiel 43:20 +. +You will also take the bull for the sin offering, and it will be burned in the appointed place in the temple, outside the sanctuary. -- ezekiel 43:21 +. +"On the second day, you will offer a male goat without blemish for a sin offering. They will purify the altar just as they purified it with the bull. -- ezekiel 43:22 +. +When you have finished purifying it, you will offer an unblemished young bull and an unblemished ram from the flock. -- ezekiel 43:23 +. +You will present them before the Lord, and the priests will scatter salt on them and offer them up as a burnt offering to the Lord. -- ezekiel 43:24 +. +"For seven days you will provide every day a goat for a sin offering; a young bull and a ram from the flock, both without blemish, will be provided. -- ezekiel 43:25 +. +For seven days they will make atonement for the altar and cleanse it, so they will consecrate it. -- ezekiel 43:26 +. +When the prescribed period is over, on the eighth day and thereafter the priests will offer up on the altar your burnt offerings and your peace offerings; I will accept you, declares the sovereign Lord." -- ezekiel 43:27 +. +Then he brought me back by way of the outer gate of the sanctuary which faces east, but it was shut. -- ezekiel 44:1 +. +The Lord said to me: "This gate will be shut; it will not be opened, and no one will enter by it. For the Lord, the God of Israel, has entered by it; therefore it will remain shut. -- ezekiel 44:2 +. +Only the prince may sit in it to eat a sacrificial meal before the Lord; he will enter by way of the porch of the gate and will go out by the same way." -- ezekiel 44:3 +. +Then he brought me by way of the north gate to the front of the temple. As I watched, I noticed the glory of the Lord filling the Lord's temple, and I threw myself face down. -- ezekiel 44:4 +. +The Lord said to me: "Son of man, pay attention, watch closely and listen carefully to everything I tell you concerning all the statutes of the Lord's house and all its laws. Pay attention to the entrances to the temple with all the exits of the sanctuary. -- ezekiel 44:5 +. +Say to the rebellious, to the house of Israel, 'This is what the sovereign Lord says: Enough of all your abominable practices, O house of Israel! -- ezekiel 44:6 +. +When you bring foreigners, those uncircumcised in heart and in flesh, into my sanctuary, you desecrate it - even my house - when you offer my food, the fat and the blood. You have broken my covenant by all your abominable practices. -- ezekiel 44:7 +. +You have not kept charge of my holy things, but you have assigned foreigners to keep charge of my sanctuary for you. -- ezekiel 44:8 +. +This is what the sovereign Lord says: No foreigner, who is uncircumcised in heart and flesh among all the foreigners who are among the people of Israel, will enter into my sanctuary. -- ezekiel 44:9 +. +"'But the Levites who went far from me, straying off from me after their idols when Israel went astray, will be responsible for their sin. -- ezekiel 44:10 +. +Yet they will be ministers in my sanctuary, having oversight at the gates of the temple, and serving the temple. They will slaughter the burnt offerings and the sacrifices for the people, and they will stand before them to minister to them. -- ezekiel 44:11 +. +Because they used to minister to them before their idols, and became a sinful obstacle to the house of Israel, consequently I have made a vow concerning them, declares the sovereign Lord, that they will be responsible for their sin. -- ezekiel 44:12 +. +They will not come near me to serve me as priest, nor will they come near any of my holy things, the things which are most sacred. They will bear the shame of the abominable deeds they have committed. -- ezekiel 44:13 +. +Yet I will appoint them to keep charge of the temple, all of its service and all that will be done in it. -- ezekiel 44:14 +. +"'But the Levitical priests, the descendants of Zadok who kept the charge of my sanctuary when the people of Israel went astray from me, will approach me to minister to me; they will stand before me to offer me the fat and the blood, declares the sovereign Lord. -- ezekiel 44:15 +. +They will enter my sanctuary, and approach my table to minister to me; they will keep my charge. -- ezekiel 44:16 +. +"'When they enter the gates of the inner court, they must wear linen garments; they must not have any wool on them when they minister in the inner gates of the court and in the temple. -- ezekiel 44:17 +. +Linen turbans will be on their heads and linen undergarments will be around their waists; they must not bind themselves with anything that causes sweat. -- ezekiel 44:18 +. +When they go out to the outer court to the people, they must remove the garments they were ministering in, and place them in the holy chambers; they must put on other garments so that they will not transmit holiness to the people with their garments. -- ezekiel 44:19 +. +"'They must not shave their heads nor let their hair grow long; they must only trim their heads. -- ezekiel 44:20 +. +No priest may drink wine when he enters the inner court. -- ezekiel 44:21 +. +They must not marry a widow or a divorcee, but they may marry a virgin from the house of Israel or a widow who is a priest's widow. -- ezekiel 44:22 +. +Moreover, they will teach my people the difference between the holy and the common, and show them how to distinguish between the ceremonially unclean and the clean. -- ezekiel 44:23 +. +"'In a controversy they will act as judges; they will judge according to my ordinances. They will keep my laws and my statutes regarding all my appointed festivals and will observe my Sabbaths. -- ezekiel 44:24 +. +"'They must not come near a dead person or they will be defiled; however, for father, mother, son, daughter, brother or sister, they may defile themselves. -- ezekiel 44:25 +. +After a priest has become ceremonially clean, they must count off a period of seven days for him. -- ezekiel 44:26 +. +On the day he enters the sanctuary, into the inner court to serve in the sanctuary, he must offer his sin offering, declares the sovereign Lord. -- ezekiel 44:27 +. +"'This will be their inheritance: I am their inheritance, and you must give them no property in Israel; I am their property. -- ezekiel 44:28 +. +They may eat the grain offering, the sin offering, and the guilt offering, and every devoted thing in Israel will be theirs. -- ezekiel 44:29 +. +The first of all the first fruits and all contributions of any kind will be for the priests; you will also give to the priest the first portion of your dough, so that a blessing may rest on your house. -- ezekiel 44:30 +. +The priests will not eat any bird or animal that has died a natural death or was torn to pieces by a wild animal. -- ezekiel 44:31 +. +"'When you allot the land as an inheritance, you will offer an allotment to the Lord, a holy portion from the land; the length will be eight and a quarter miles and the width three and one-third miles. This entire area will be holy. -- ezekiel 45:1 +. +Of this area a square feet by 875 feet will be designated for the sanctuary, with 87.5 feet set aside for its open space round about. -- ezekiel 45:2 +. +From this measured area you will measure a length of eight and a quarter miles and a width of three and one-third miles; in it will be the sanctuary, the most holy place. -- ezekiel 45:3 +. +It will be a holy portion of the land; it will be for the priests, the ministers of the sanctuary who approach the Lord to minister to him. It will be a place for their houses and a holy place for the sanctuary. -- ezekiel 45:4 +. +An area eight and a quarter miles in length and three and one-third miles in width will be for the Levites, who minister at the temple, as the place for the cities in which they will live. -- ezekiel 45:5 +. +"'Alongside the portion set apart as the holy allotment, you will allot for the city an area one and two-thirds miles wide and eight and a quarter miles long; it will be for the whole house of Israel. -- ezekiel 45:6 +. +"'For the prince there will be land on both sides of the holy allotment and the allotted city, alongside the holy allotment and the allotted city, on the west side and on the east side; it will be comparable in length to one of the portions, from the west border to the east border -- ezekiel 45:7 +. +of the land. This will be his property in Israel. My princes will no longer oppress my people, but the land will be allotted to the house of Israel according to their tribes. -- ezekiel 45:8 +. +"'This is what the sovereign Lord says: Enough, you princes of Israel! Put away violence and destruction, and do what is just and right. Put an end to your evictions of my people, declares the sovereign Lord. -- ezekiel 45:9 +. +You must use just balances, a just dry measure (an ephah), and a just liquid measure (a bath). -- ezekiel 45:10 +. +The dry and liquid measures will be the same, the bath will contain a tenth of a homer, and the ephah a tenth of a homer; the homer will be the standard measure. -- ezekiel 45:11 +. +The shekel will be twenty gerahs. Sixty shekels will be a mina for you. -- ezekiel 45:12 +. +"'This is the offering you must offer: a sixth of an ephah from a homer of wheat; a sixth of an ephah from a homer of barley, -- ezekiel 45:13 +. +and as the prescribed portion of olive oil, one tenth of a bath from each kor (which is ten baths or a homer, for ten baths make a homer); -- ezekiel 45:14 +. +and one sheep from each flock of two hundred, from the watered places of Israel, for a grain offering, burnt offering, and peace offering, to make atonement for them, declares the sovereign Lord. -- ezekiel 45:15 +. +All the people of the land will contribute to this offering for the prince of Israel. -- ezekiel 45:16 +. +It will be the duty of the prince to provide the burnt offerings, the grain offering, and the drink offering at festivals, on the new moons and Sabbaths, at all the appointed feasts of the house of Israel; he will provide the sin offering, the grain offering, the burnt offering, and the peace offerings to make atonement for the house of Israel. -- ezekiel 45:17 +. +"'This is what the sovereign Lord says: In the first month, on the first day of the month, you must take an unblemished young bull and purify the sanctuary. -- ezekiel 45:18 +. +The priest will take some of the blood of the sin offering and place it on the doorpost of the temple, on the four corners of the ledge of the altar, and on the doorpost of the gate of the inner court. -- ezekiel 45:19 +. +This is what you must do on the seventh day of the month for anyone who sins inadvertently or through ignorance; so you will make atonement for the temple. -- ezekiel 45:20 +. +"'In the first month, on the fourteenth day of the month, you will celebrate the Passover, and for seven days bread made without yeast will be eaten. -- ezekiel 45:21 +. +On that day the prince will provide for himself and for all the people of the land a bull for a sin offering. -- ezekiel 45:22 +. +And during the seven days of the feast he will provide as a burnt offering to the Lord seven bulls and seven rams, all without blemish, on each of the seven days, and a male goat daily for a sin offering. -- ezekiel 45:23 +. +He will provide as a grain offering an ephah for each bull, an ephah for each ram, and a gallon of olive oil for each ephah of grain. -- ezekiel 45:24 +. +In the seventh month, on the fifteenth day of the month, at the feast, he will make the same provisions for the sin offering, burnt offering, and grain offering, and for the olive oil, for the seven days. -- ezekiel 45:25 +. +"'This is what the sovereign Lord says: The gate of the inner court that faces east will be closed six working days, but on the Sabbath day it will be opened and on the day of the new moon it will be opened. -- ezekiel 46:1 +. +The prince will enter by way of the porch of the gate from the outside, and will stand by the doorpost of the gate. The priests will provide his burnt offering and his peace offerings, and he will bow down at the threshold of the gate and then go out. But the gate will not be closed until evening. -- ezekiel 46:2 +. +The people of the land will bow down at the entrance of that gate before the Lord on the Sabbaths and on the new moons. -- ezekiel 46:3 +. +The burnt offering which the prince will offer to the Lord on the Sabbath day will be six unblemished lambs and one unblemished ram. -- ezekiel 46:4 +. +The grain offering will be an ephah with the ram, and the grain offering with the lambs will be as much as he is able to give, and a gallon of olive oil with an ephah. -- ezekiel 46:5 +. +On the day of the new moon he will offer an unblemished young bull, and six lambs and a ram, all without blemish. -- ezekiel 46:6 +. +He will provide a grain offering: an ephah with the bull and an ephah with the ram, and with the lambs as much as he wishes, and a gallon of olive oil with each ephah of grain. -- ezekiel 46:7 +. +When the prince enters, he will come by way of the porch of the gate and will go out the same way. -- ezekiel 46:8 +. +"'When the people of the land come before the Lord at the appointed feasts, whoever enters by way of the north gate to worship will go out by way of the south gate; whoever enters by way of the south gate will go out by way of the north gate. No one will return by way of the gate they entered but will go out straight ahead. -- ezekiel 46:9 +. +When they come in, the prince will come in with them, and when they go out, he will go out. -- ezekiel 46:10 +. +"'At the festivals and at the appointed feasts the grain offering will be an ephah with the bull and an ephah with the ram, and with the lambs as much as one is able, and a gallon of olive oil with each ephah of grain. -- ezekiel 46:11 +. +When the prince provides a freewill offering, a burnt offering, or peace offerings as a voluntary offering to the Lord, the gate facing east will be opened for him, and he will provide his burnt offering and his peace offerings just as he did on the Sabbath. Then he will go out, and the gate will be closed after he goes out. -- ezekiel 46:12 +. +"'You will provide a lamb a year old without blemish for a burnt offering daily to the Lord; morning by morning he will provide it. -- ezekiel 46:13 +. +And you will provide a grain offering with it morning by morning, a sixth of an ephah, and a third of a gallon of olive oil to moisten the choice flour, as a grain offering to the Lord; this is a perpetual statute. -- ezekiel 46:14 +. +Thus they will provide the lamb, the grain offering, and the olive oil morning by morning, as a perpetual burnt offering. -- ezekiel 46:15 +. +"'This is what the sovereign Lord says: If the prince should give a gift to one of his sons as his inheritance, it will belong to his sons, it is their property by inheritance. -- ezekiel 46:16 +. +But if he gives a gift from his inheritance to one of his servants, it will be his until the year of liberty; then it will revert to the prince. His inheritance will only remain with his sons. -- ezekiel 46:17 +. +The prince will not take away any of the people's inheritance by oppressively removing them from their property. He will give his sons an inheritance from his own possessions so that my people will not be scattered, each from his own property.'" -- ezekiel 46:18 +. +Then he brought me through the entrance, which was at the side of the gate, into the holy chambers for the priests which faced north. There I saw a place at the extreme western end. -- ezekiel 46:19 +. +He said to me, "This is the place where the priests will boil the guilt offering and the sin offering, and where they will bake the grain offering, so that they do not bring them out to the outer court to transmit holiness to the people." -- ezekiel 46:20 +. +Then he brought me out to the outer court and led me past the four corners of the court, and I noticed that in every corner of the court there was a court. -- ezekiel 46:21 +. +In the four corners of the court were small courts, feet in length and 52.5 feet in width; the four were all the same size. -- ezekiel 46:22 +. +There was a row of masonry around each of the four courts, and places for boiling offerings were made under the rows all around. -- ezekiel 46:23 +. +Then he said to me, "These are the houses for boiling, where the ministers of the temple boil the sacrifices of the people." -- ezekiel 46:24 +. +Then he brought me back to the entrance of the temple. I noticed that water was flowing from under the threshold of the temple toward the east (for the temple faced east). The water was flowing down from under the right side of the temple, from south of the altar. -- ezekiel 47:1 +. +He led me out by way of the north gate and brought me around the outside of the outer gate that faces toward the east; I noticed that the water was trickling out from the south side. -- ezekiel 47:2 +. +When the man went out toward the east with a measuring line in his hand, he measured 1,feet, and then he led me through water, which was ankle deep. -- ezekiel 47:3 +. +Again he measured 1,feet and led me through the water, which was now knee deep. Once more he measured 1,750 feet and led me through the water, which was waist deep. -- ezekiel 47:4 +. +Again he measured 1,feet and it was a river I could not cross, for the water had risen; it was deep enough to swim in, a river that could not be crossed. -- ezekiel 47:5 +. +He said to me, "Son of man, have you seen this?" Then he led me back to the bank of the river. -- ezekiel 47:6 +. +When I had returned, I noticed a vast number of trees on the banks of the river, on both sides. -- ezekiel 47:7 +. +He said to me, "These waters go out toward the eastern region and flow down into the Arabah; when they enter the Dead Sea, where the sea is stagnant, the waters become fresh. -- ezekiel 47:8 +. +Every living creature which swarms where the river flows will live; there will be many fish, for these waters flow there. It will become fresh and everything will live where the river flows. -- ezekiel 47:9 +. +Fishermen will stand beside it; from Engedi to En-eglaim they will spread nets. They will catch many kinds of fish, like the fish of the Great Sea. -- ezekiel 47:10 +. +But its swamps and its marshes will not become fresh; they will remain salty. -- ezekiel 47:11 +. +On both sides of the river's banks, every kind of tree will grow for food. Their leaves will not wither nor will their fruit fail, but they will bear fruit every month, because their water source flows from the sanctuary. Their fruit will be for food and their leaves for healing." -- ezekiel 47:12 +. +This is what the sovereign Lord says: "Here are the borders you will observe as you allot the land to the twelve tribes of Israel. (Joseph will have two portions.) -- ezekiel 47:13 +. +You must divide it equally just as I vowed to give it to your forefathers; this land will be assigned as your inheritance. -- ezekiel 47:14 +. +"This will be the border of the land: On the north side, from the Great Sea by way of Hethlon to the entrance of Zedad; -- ezekiel 47:15 +. +Hamath, Berothah, Sibraim, which is between the border of Damascus and the border of Hamath, as far as Hazer-hattikon, which is on the border of Hauran. -- ezekiel 47:16 +. +The border will run from the sea to Hazar-enan, at the border of Damascus, and on the north is the border of Hamath. This is the north side. -- ezekiel 47:17 +. +On the east side, between Hauran and Damascus, and between Gilead and the land of Israel, will be the Jordan. You will measure from the border to the eastern sea. This is the east side. -- ezekiel 47:18 +. +On the south side it will run from Tamar to the waters of Meribath Kadesh, the river, to the Great Sea. This is the south side. -- ezekiel 47:19 +. +On the west side the Great Sea will be the boundary to a point opposite Lebo-hamath. This is the west side. -- ezekiel 47:20 +. +"This is how you will divide this land for yourselves among the tribes of Israel. -- ezekiel 47:21 +. +You must allot it as an inheritance among yourselves and for the foreigners who reside among you, who have fathered sons among you. You must treat them as native-born among the people of Israel; they will be allotted an inheritance with you among the tribes of Israel. -- ezekiel 47:22 +. +In whatever tribe the foreigner resides, there you will give him his inheritance," declares the sovereign Lord. -- ezekiel 47:23 +. +"These are the names of the tribes: From the northern end beside the road of Hethlon to Lebo-hamath, as far as Hazar-enan (which is on the border of Damascus, toward the north beside Hamath), extending from the east side to the west, Dan will have one portion. -- ezekiel 48:1 +. +Next to the border of Dan, from the east side to the west, Asher will have one portion. -- ezekiel 48:2 +. +Next to the border of Asher from the east side to the west, Naphtali will have one portion. -- ezekiel 48:3 +. +Next to the border of Naphtali from the east side to the west, Manasseh will have one portion. -- ezekiel 48:4 +. +Next to the border of Manasseh from the east side to the west, Ephraim will have one portion. -- ezekiel 48:5 +. +Next to the border of Ephraim from the east side to the west, Reuben will have one portion. -- ezekiel 48:6 +. +Next to the border of Reuben from the east side to the west, Judah will have one portion. -- ezekiel 48:7 +. +"Next to the border of Judah from the east side to the west will be the allotment you must set apart. It is to be eight and a quarter miles wide, and the same length as one of the tribal portions, from the east side to the west; the sanctuary will be in the middle of it. -- ezekiel 48:8 +. +The allotment you set apart to the Lord will be eight and a quarter miles in length and three and one-third miles in width. -- ezekiel 48:9 +. +These will be the allotments for the holy portion: for the priests, toward the north eight and a quarter miles in length, toward the west three and one-third miles in width, toward the east three and one-third miles in width, and toward the south eight and a quarter miles in length; the sanctuary of the Lord will be in the middle. -- ezekiel 48:10 +. +This will be for the priests who are set apart from the descendants of Zadok who kept my charge and did not go astray when the people of Israel strayed off, like the Levites did. -- ezekiel 48:11 +. +It will be their portion from the allotment of the land, a most holy place, next to the border of the Levites. -- ezekiel 48:12 +. +"Alongside the border of the priests, the Levites will have an allotment eight and a quarter miles in length and three and one-third miles in width. The whole length will be eight and a quarter miles and the width three and one-third miles. -- ezekiel 48:13 +. +They must not sell or exchange any of it; they must not transfer this choice portion of land, for it is set apart to the Lord. -- ezekiel 48:14 +. +"The remainder, one and two-thirds miles in width and eight and a quarter miles in length, will be for common use by the city, for houses and for open space. The city will be in the middle of it; -- ezekiel 48:15 +. +these will be its measurements: The north side will be one and one-half miles, the south side one and one-half miles, the east side one and one-half miles, and the west side one and one-half miles. -- ezekiel 48:16 +. +The city will have open spaces: On the north there will be 437.5 feet, on the south 437.5 feet, on the east 437.5 feet, and on the west 437.5 feet. -- ezekiel 48:17 +. +The remainder of the length alongside the holy allotment will be three and one-third miles to the east and three and one-third miles toward the west, and it will be beside the holy allotment. Its produce will be for food for the workers of the city. -- ezekiel 48:18 +. +The workers of the city from all the tribes of Israel will cultivate it. -- ezekiel 48:19 +. +The whole allotment will be eight and a quarter miles square, you must set apart the holy allotment with the possession of the city. -- ezekiel 48:20 +. +"The rest, on both sides of the holy allotment and the property of the city, will belong to the prince. Extending from the eight and a quarter miles of the holy allotment to the east border, and westward from the eight and a quarter miles to the west border, alongside the portions, it will belong to the prince. The holy allotment and the sanctuary of the temple will be in the middle of it. -- ezekiel 48:21 +. +The property of the Levites and of the city will be in the middle of that which belongs to the prince. The portion between the border of Judah and the border of Benjamin will be for the prince. -- ezekiel 48:22 +. +"As for the rest of the tribes: From the east side to the west side, Benjamin will have one portion. -- ezekiel 48:23 +. +Next to the border of Benjamin, from the east side to the west side, Simeon will have one portion. -- ezekiel 48:24 +. +Next to the border of Simeon, from the east side to the west side, Issachar will have one portion. -- ezekiel 48:25 +. +Next to the border of Issachar, from the east side to the west side, Zebulun will have one portion. -- ezekiel 48:26 +. +Next to the border of Zebulun, from the east side to the west side, Gad will have one portion. -- ezekiel 48:27 +. +Next to the border of Gad, at the south side, the border will run from Tamar to the waters of Meribath Kadesh, to the Stream of Egypt and on to the Great Sea. -- ezekiel 48:28 +. +This is the land which you will allot to the tribes of Israel, and these are their portions, declares the sovereign Lord. -- ezekiel 48:29 +. +"These are the exits of the city: On the north side, one and one-half miles by measure, -- ezekiel 48:30 +. +the gates of the city will be named for the tribes of Israel; there will be three gates to the north: one gate for Reuben, one gate for Judah, and one gate for Levi. -- ezekiel 48:31 +. +On the east side, one and one-half miles in length, there will be three gates: one gate for Joseph, one gate for Benjamin, and one gate for Dan. -- ezekiel 48:32 +. +On the south side, one and one-half miles by measure, there will be three gates: one gate for Simeon, one gate for Issachar, and one gate for Zebulun. -- ezekiel 48:33 +. +On the west side, one and one-half miles in length, there will be three gates: one gate for Gad, one gate for Asher, and one gate for Naphtali. -- ezekiel 48:34 +. +The circumference of the city will be six miles. The name of the city from that day forward will be: 'The Lord Is There.'" -- ezekiel 48:35 +. +In the third year of the reign of King Jehoiakim of Judah, King Nebuchadnezzar of Babylon advanced against Jerusalem and laid it under siege. -- daniel 1:1 +. +Now the Lord delivered King Jehoiakim of Judah into his power, along with some of the vessels of the temple of God. He brought them to the land of Babylonia to the temple of his god and put the vessels in the treasury of his god. -- daniel 1:2 +. +The king commanded Ashpenaz, who was in charge of his court officials, to choose some of the Israelites who were of royal and noble descent - -- daniel 1:3 +. +young men in whom there was no physical defect and who were handsome, well versed in all kinds of wisdom, well educated and having keen insight, and who were capable of entering the king's royal service - and to teach them the literature and language of the Babylonians. -- daniel 1:4 +. +So the king assigned them a daily ration from his royal delicacies and from the wine he himself drank. They were to be trained for the next three years. At the end of that time they were to enter the king's service. -- daniel 1:5 +. +As it turned out, among these young men were some from Judah: Daniel, Hananiah, Mishael, and Azariah. -- daniel 1:6 +. +But the overseer of the court officials renamed them. He gave Daniel the name Belteshazzar, Hananiah he named Shadrach, Mishael he named Meshach, and Azariah he named Abednego. -- daniel 1:7 +. +But Daniel made up his mind that he would not defile himself with the royal delicacies or the royal wine. He therefore asked the overseer of the court officials for permission not to defile himself. -- daniel 1:8 +. +Then God made the overseer of the court officials sympathetic to Daniel. -- daniel 1:9 +. +But he responded to Daniel, "I fear my master the king. He is the one who has decided your food and drink. What would happen if he saw that you looked malnourished in comparison to the other young men your age? If that happened, you would endanger my life with the king!" -- daniel 1:10 +. +Daniel then spoke to the warden whom the overseer of the court officials had appointed over Daniel, Hananiah, Mishael, and Azariah: -- daniel 1:11 +. +"Please test your servants for ten days by providing us with some vegetables to eat and water to drink. -- daniel 1:12 +. +Then compare our appearance with that of the young men who are eating the royal delicacies; deal with us in light of what you see." -- daniel 1:13 +. +So the warden agreed to their proposal and tested them for ten days. -- daniel 1:14 +. +At the end of the ten days their appearance was better and their bodies were healthier than all the young men who had been eating the royal delicacies. -- daniel 1:15 +. +So the warden removed the delicacies and the wine from their diet and gave them a diet of vegetables instead. -- daniel 1:16 +. +Now as for these four young men, God endowed them with knowledge and skill in all sorts of literature and wisdom - and Daniel had insight into all kinds of visions and dreams. -- daniel 1:17 +. +When the time appointed by the king arrived, the overseer of the court officials brought them into Nebuchadnezzar's presence. -- daniel 1:18 +. +When the king spoke with them, he did not find among the entire group anyone like Daniel, Hananiah, Mishael, or Azariah. So they entered the king's service. -- daniel 1:19 +. +In every matter of wisdom and insight the king asked them about, he found them to be ten times better than any of the magicians and astrologers that were in his entire empire. -- daniel 1:20 +. +Now Daniel lived on until the first year of Cyrus the king. -- daniel 1:21 +. +In the second year of his reign Nebuchadnezzar had many dreams. His mind was disturbed and he suffered from insomnia. -- daniel 2:1 +. +The king issued an order to summon the magicians, astrologers, sorcerers, and wise men in order to explain his dreams to him. So they came and awaited the king's instructions. -- daniel 2:2 +. +The king told them, "I have had a dream, and I am anxious to understand the dream." -- daniel 2:3 +. +The wise men replied to the king: [What follows is in Aramaic] "O king, live forever! Tell your servants the dream, and we will disclose its interpretation." -- daniel 2:4 +. +The king replied to the wise men, "My decision is firm. If you do not inform me of both the dream and its interpretation, you will be dismembered and your homes reduced to rubble! -- daniel 2:5 +. +But if you can disclose the dream and its interpretation, you will receive from me gifts, a reward, and considerable honor. So disclose to me the dream and its interpretation!" -- daniel 2:6 +. +They again replied, "Let the king inform us of the dream; then we will disclose its interpretation." -- daniel 2:7 +. +The king replied, "I know for sure that you are attempting to gain time, because you see that my decision is firm. -- daniel 2:8 +. +If you don't inform me of the dream, there is only one thing that is going to happen to you. For you have agreed among yourselves to report to me something false and deceitful until such time as things might change. So tell me the dream, and I will have confidence that you can disclose its interpretation." -- daniel 2:9 +. +The wise men replied to the king, "There is no man on earth who is able to disclose the king's secret, for no king, regardless of his position and power, has ever requested such a thing from any magician, astrologer, or wise man. -- daniel 2:10 +. +What the king is asking is too difficult, and no one exists who can disclose it to the king, except for the gods - but they don't live among mortals!" -- daniel 2:11 +. +Because of this the king got furiously angry and gave orders to destroy all the wise men of Babylon. -- daniel 2:12 +. +So a decree went out, and the wise men were about to be executed. They also sought Daniel and his friends so that they could be executed. -- daniel 2:13 +. +Then Daniel spoke with prudent counsel to Arioch, who was in charge of the king's executioners and who had gone out to execute the wise men of Babylon. -- daniel 2:14 +. +He inquired of Arioch the king's deputy, "Why is the decree from the king so urgent?" Then Arioch informed Daniel about the matter. -- daniel 2:15 +. +So Daniel went in and requested the king to grant him time, that he might disclose the interpretation to the king. -- daniel 2:16 +. +Then Daniel went to his home and informed his friends Hananiah, Mishael, and Azariah of the matter. -- daniel 2:17 +. +He asked them to pray for mercy from the God of heaven concerning this mystery so that he and his friends would not be destroyed along with the rest of the wise men of Babylon. -- daniel 2:18 +. +Then in a night vision the mystery was revealed to Daniel. So Daniel praised the God of heaven, -- daniel 2:19 +. +saying, "Let the name of God be praised forever and ever, for wisdom and power belong to him. -- daniel 2:20 +. +He changes times and seasons, deposing some kings and establishing others. He gives wisdom to the wise; he imparts knowledge to those with understanding; -- daniel 2:21 +. +he reveals deep and hidden things. He knows what is in the darkness, and light resides with him. -- daniel 2:22 +. +O God of my fathers, I acknowledge and glorify you, for you have bestowed wisdom and power on me. Now you have enabled me to understand what I requested from you. For you have enabled me to understand the king's dilemma." -- daniel 2:23 +. +Then Daniel went in to see Arioch (whom the king had appointed to destroy the wise men of Babylon). He came and said to him, "Don't destroy the wise men of Babylon! Escort me to the king, and I will disclose the interpretation to him!" -- daniel 2:24 +. +So Arioch quickly ushered Daniel into the king's presence, saying to him, "I have found a man from the captives of Judah who can make known the interpretation to the king." -- daniel 2:25 +. +The king then asked Daniel (whose name was also Belteshazzar), "Are you able to make known to me the dream that I saw, as well as its interpretation?" -- daniel 2:26 +. +Daniel replied to the king, "The mystery that the king is asking about is such that no wise men, astrologers, magicians, or diviners can possibly disclose it to the king. -- daniel 2:27 +. +However, there is a God in heaven who reveals mysteries, and he has made known to King Nebuchadnezzar what will happen in the times to come. The dream and the visions you had while lying on your bed are as follows. -- daniel 2:28 +. +"As for you, O king, while you were in your bed your thoughts turned to future things. The revealer of mysteries has made known to you what will take place. -- daniel 2:29 +. +As for me, this mystery was revealed to me not because I possess more wisdom than any other living person, but so that the king may understand the interpretation and comprehend the thoughts of your mind. -- daniel 2:30 +. +"You, O king, were watching as a great statue - one of impressive size and extraordinary brightness - was standing before you. Its appearance caused alarm. -- daniel 2:31 +. +As for that statue, its head was of fine gold, its chest and arms were of silver, its belly and thighs were of bronze. -- daniel 2:32 +. +Its legs were of iron; its feet were partly of iron and partly of clay. -- daniel 2:33 +. +You were watching as a stone was cut out, but not by human hands. It struck the statue on its iron and clay feet, breaking them in pieces. -- daniel 2:34 +. +Then the iron, clay, bronze, silver, and gold were broken in pieces without distinction and became like chaff from the summer threshing floors that the wind carries away. Not a trace of them could be found. But the stone that struck the statue became a large mountain that filled the entire earth. -- daniel 2:35 +. +This was the dream. Now we will set forth before the king its interpretation. -- daniel 2:36 +. +"You, O king, are the king of kings. The God of heaven has granted you sovereignty, power, strength, and honor. -- daniel 2:37 +. +Wherever human beings, wild animals, and birds of the sky live - he has given them into your power. He has given you authority over them all. You are the head of gold. -- daniel 2:38 +. +Now after you another kingdom will arise, one inferior to yours. Then a third kingdom, one of bronze, will rule in all the earth. -- daniel 2:39 +. +Then there will be a fourth kingdom, one strong like iron. Just like iron breaks in pieces and shatters everything, and as iron breaks in pieces all of these metals, so it will break in pieces and crush the others. -- daniel 2:40 +. +In that you were seeing feet and toes partly of wet clay and partly of iron, so this will be a divided kingdom. Some of the strength of iron will be in it, for you saw iron mixed with wet clay. -- daniel 2:41 +. +In that the toes of the feet were partly of iron and partly of clay, the latter stages of this kingdom will be partly strong and partly fragile. -- daniel 2:42 +. +And in that you saw iron mixed with wet clay, so people will be mixed with one another without adhering to one another, just as iron does not mix with clay. -- daniel 2:43 +. +In the days of those kings the God of heaven will raise up an everlasting kingdom that will not be destroyed and a kingdom that will not be left to another people. It will break in pieces and bring about the demise of all these kingdoms. But it will stand forever. -- daniel 2:44 +. +You saw that a stone was cut from a mountain, but not by human hands; it smashed the iron, bronze, clay, silver, and gold into pieces. The great God has made known to the king what will occur in the future. The dream is certain, and its interpretation is reliable." -- daniel 2:45 +. +Then King Nebuchadnezzar bowed down with his face to the ground and paid homage to Daniel. He gave orders to offer sacrifice and incense to him. -- daniel 2:46 +. +The king replied to Daniel, "Certainly your God is a God of gods and Lord of kings and revealer of mysteries, for you were able to reveal this mystery!" -- daniel 2:47 +. +Then the king elevated Daniel to high position and bestowed on him many marvelous gifts. He granted him authority over the entire province of Babylon and made him the main prefect over all the wise men of Babylon. -- daniel 2:48 +. +And at Daniel's request, the king appointed Shadrach, Meshach, and Abednego over the administration of the province of Babylon. Daniel himself served in the king's court. -- daniel 2:49 +. +King Nebuchadnezzar had a golden statue made. It was ninety feet tall and nine feet wide. He erected it on the plain of Dura in the province of Babylon. -- daniel 3:1 +. +Then King Nebuchadnezzar sent out a summons to assemble the satraps, prefects, governors, counselors, treasurers, judges, magistrates, and all the other authorities of the province to attend the dedication of the statue that he had erected. -- daniel 3:2 +. +So the satraps, prefects, governors, counselors, treasurers, judges, magistrates, and all the other provincial authorities assembled for the dedication of the statue that King Nebuchadnezzar had erected. They were standing in front of the statue that Nebuchadnezzar had erected. -- daniel 3:3 +. +Then the herald made a loud proclamation: "To you, O peoples, nations, and language groups, the following command is given: -- daniel 3:4 +. +When you hear the sound of the horn, flute, zither, trigon, harp, pipes, and all kinds of music, you must bow down and pay homage to the golden statue that King Nebuchadnezzar has erected. -- daniel 3:5 +. +Whoever does not bow down and pay homage will immediately be thrown into the midst of a furnace of blazing fire!" -- daniel 3:6 +. +Therefore when they all heard the sound of the horn, flute, zither, trigon, harp, pipes, and all kinds of music, all the peoples, nations, and language groups began bowing down and paying homage to the golden statue that King Nebuchadnezzar had erected. -- daniel 3:7 +. +Now at that time certain Chaldeans came forward and brought malicious accusations against the Jews. -- daniel 3:8 +. +They said to King Nebuchadnezzar, "O king, live forever! -- daniel 3:9 +. +You have issued an edict, O king, that everyone must bow down and pay homage to the golden statue when they hear the sound of the horn, flute, zither, trigon, harp, pipes, and all kinds of music. -- daniel 3:10 +. +And whoever does not bow down and pay homage must be thrown into the midst of a furnace of blazing fire. -- daniel 3:11 +. +But there are Jewish men whom you appointed over the administration of the province of Babylon - Shadrach, Meshach, and Abednego - and these men have not shown proper respect to you, O king. They don't serve your gods and they don't pay homage to the golden statue that you have erected." -- daniel 3:12 +. +Then Nebuchadnezzar in a fit of rage demanded that they bring Shadrach, Meshach, and Abednego before him. So they brought them before the king. -- daniel 3:13 +. +Nebuchadnezzar said to them, "Is it true, Shadrach, Meshach, and Abednego, that you don't serve my gods and that you don't pay homage to the golden statue that I erected? -- daniel 3:14 +. +Now if you are ready, when you hear the sound of the horn, flute, zither, trigon, harp, pipes, and all kinds of music, you must bow down and pay homage to the statue that I had made. If you don't pay homage to it, you will immediately be thrown into the midst of the furnace of blazing fire. Now, who is that god who can rescue you from my power?" -- daniel 3:15 +. +Shadrach, Meshach, and Abednego replied to King Nebuchadnezzar, "We do not need to give you a reply concerning this. -- daniel 3:16 +. +If our God whom we are serving exists, he is able to rescue us from the furnace of blazing fire, and he will rescue us, O king, from your power as well. -- daniel 3:17 +. +But if not, let it be known to you, O king, that we don't serve your gods, and we will not pay homage to the golden statue that you have erected." -- daniel 3:18 +. +Then Nebuchadnezzar was filled with rage, and his disposition changed toward Shadrach, Meshach, and Abednego. He gave orders to heat the furnace seven times hotter than it was normally heated. -- daniel 3:19 +. +He ordered strong soldiers in his army to tie up Shadrach, Meshach, and Abednego and to throw them into the furnace of blazing fire. -- daniel 3:20 +. +So those men were tied up while still wearing their cloaks, trousers, turbans, and other clothes, and were thrown into the furnace of blazing fire. -- daniel 3:21 +. +But since the king's command was so urgent, and the furnace was so excessively hot, the men who escorted Shadrach, Meshach, and Abednego were killed by the leaping flames. -- daniel 3:22 +. +But those three men, Shadrach, Meshach, and Abednego, fell into the furnace of blazing fire while still securely bound. -- daniel 3:23 +. +Then King Nebuchadnezzar was startled and quickly got up. He said to his ministers, "Wasn't it three men that we tied up and threw into the fire?" They replied to the king, "For sure, O king." -- daniel 3:24 +. +He answered, "But I see four men, untied and walking around in the midst of the fire! No harm has come to them! And the appearance of the fourth is like that of a god!" -- daniel 3:25 +. +Then Nebuchadnezzar approached the door of the furnace of blazing fire. He called out, "Shadrach, Meshach, and Abednego, servants of the most high God, come out! Come here!" Then Shadrach, Meshach, and Abednego emerged from the fire. -- daniel 3:26 +. +Once the satraps, prefects, governors, and ministers of the king had gathered around, they saw that those men were physically unharmed by the fire. The hair of their heads was not singed, nor were their trousers damaged. Not even the smell of fire was to be found on them! -- daniel 3:27 +. +Nebuchadnezzar exclaimed, "Praised be the God of Shadrach, Meshach, and Abednego, who has sent forth his angel and has rescued his servants who trusted in him, ignoring the edict of the king and giving up their bodies rather than serve or pay homage to any god other than their God! -- daniel 3:28 +. +I hereby decree that any people, nation, or language group that blasphemes the god of Shadrach, Meshach, or Abednego will be dismembered and his home reduced to rubble! For there exists no other god who can deliver in this way." -- daniel 3:29 +. +Then Nebuchadnezzar promoted Shadrach, Meshach, and Abednego in the province of Babylon. -- daniel 3:30 +. + "King Nebuchadnezzar, to all peoples, nations, and language groups that live in all the land: Peace and prosperity! -- daniel 4:1 +. +I am delighted to tell you about the signs and wonders that the most high God has done for me. -- daniel 4:2 +. +"How great are his signs! How mighty are his wonders! His kingdom will last forever, and his authority continues from one generation to the next." -- daniel 4:3 +. + I, Nebuchadnezzar, was relaxing in my home, living luxuriously in my palace. -- daniel 4:4 +. +I saw a dream that frightened me badly. The things I imagined while lying on my bed - these visions of my mind - were terrifying me. -- daniel 4:5 +. +So I issued an order for all the wise men of Babylon to be brought before me so that they could make known to me the interpretation of the dream. -- daniel 4:6 +. +When the magicians, astrologers, wise men, and diviners entered, I recounted the dream for them. But they were unable to make known its interpretation to me. -- daniel 4:7 +. +Later Daniel entered (whose name is Belteshazzar after the name of my god, and in whom there is a spirit of the holy gods). I recounted the dream for him as well, -- daniel 4:8 +. +saying, "Belteshazzar, chief of the magicians, in whom I know there to be a spirit of the holy gods and whom no mystery baffles, consider my dream that I saw and set forth its interpretation! -- daniel 4:9 +. +Here are the visions of my mind while I was on my bed. While I was watching, there was a tree in the middle of the land. It was enormously tall. -- daniel 4:10 +. +The tree grew large and strong. Its top reached far into the sky; it could be seen from the borders of all the land. -- daniel 4:11 +. +Its foliage was attractive and its fruit plentiful; on it there was food enough for all. Under it the wild animals used to seek shade, and in its branches the birds of the sky used to nest. All creatures used to feed themselves from it. -- daniel 4:12 +. +While I was watching in my mind's visions on my bed, a holy sentinel came down from heaven. -- daniel 4:13 +. +He called out loudly as follows: 'Chop down the tree and lop off its branches! Strip off its foliage and scatter its fruit! Let the animals flee from under it and the birds from its branches! -- daniel 4:14 +. +But leave its taproot in the ground, with a band of iron and bronze around it surrounded by the grass of the field. Let it become damp with the dew of the sky, and let it live with the animals in the grass of the land. -- daniel 4:15 +. +Let his mind be altered from that of a human being, and let an animal's mind be given to him, and let seven periods of time go by for him. -- daniel 4:16 +. +This announcement is by the decree of the sentinels; this decision is by the pronouncement of the holy ones, so that those who are alive may understand that the Most High has authority over human kingdoms, and he bestows them on whomever he wishes. He establishes over them even the lowliest of human beings.' -- daniel 4:17 +. +"This is the dream that I, King Nebuchadnezzar, saw. Now you, Belteshazzar, declare its interpretation, for none of the wise men in my kingdom are able to make known to me the interpretation. But you can do so, for a spirit of the holy gods is in you." -- daniel 4:18 +. +Then Daniel (whose name is also Belteshazzar) was upset for a brief time; his thoughts were alarming him. The king said, "Belteshazzar, don't let the dream and its interpretation alarm you." But Belteshazzar replied, "Sir, if only the dream were for your enemies and its interpretation applied to your adversaries! -- daniel 4:19 +. +The tree that you saw that grew large and strong, whose top reached to the sky, and which could be seen in all the land, -- daniel 4:20 +. +whose foliage was attractive and its fruit plentiful, and from which there was food available for all, under whose branches wild animals used to live, and in whose branches birds of the sky used to nest - -- daniel 4:21 +. +it is you, O king! For you have become great and strong. Your greatness is such that it reaches to heaven, and your authority to the ends of the earth. -- daniel 4:22 +. +As for the king seeing a holy sentinel coming down from heaven and saying, 'Chop down the tree and destroy it, but leave its taproot in the ground, with a band of iron and bronze around it, surrounded by the grass of the field. Let it become damp with the dew of the sky, and let it live with the wild animals, until seven periods of time go by for him' - -- daniel 4:23 +. +this is the interpretation, O king! It is the decision of the Most High that this has happened to my lord the king. -- daniel 4:24 +. +You will be driven from human society, and you will live with the wild animals. You will be fed grass like oxen, and you will become damp with the dew of the sky. Seven periods of time will pass by for you, before you understand that the Most High is ruler over human kingdoms and gives them to whomever he wishes. -- daniel 4:25 +. +They said to leave the taproot of the tree, for your kingdom will be restored to you when you come to understand that heaven rules. -- daniel 4:26 +. +Therefore, O king, may my advice be pleasing to you. Break away from your sins by doing what is right, and from your iniquities by showing mercy to the poor. Perhaps your prosperity will be prolonged." -- daniel 4:27 +. +Now all of this happened to King Nebuchadnezzar. -- daniel 4:28 +. +After twelve months, he happened to be walking around on the battlements of the royal palace of Babylon. -- daniel 4:29 +. +The king uttered these words: "Is this not the great Babylon that I have built for a royal residence by my own mighty strength and for my majestic honor?" -- daniel 4:30 +. +While these words were still on the king's lips, a voice came down from heaven: "It is hereby announced to you, King Nebuchadnezzar, that your kingdom has been removed from you! -- daniel 4:31 +. +You will be driven from human society, and you will live with the wild animals. You will be fed grass like oxen, and seven periods of time will pass by for you before you understand that the Most High is ruler over human kingdoms and gives them to whomever he wishes." -- daniel 4:32 +. +Now in that very moment this pronouncement about Nebuchadnezzar came true. He was driven from human society, he ate grass like oxen, and his body became damp with the dew of the sky, until his hair became long like an eagle's feathers, and his nails like a bird's claws. -- daniel 4:33 +. +But at the end of the appointed time I, Nebuchadnezzar, looked up toward heaven, and my sanity returned to me. I extolled the Most High, and I praised and glorified the one who lives forever. For his authority is an everlasting authority, and his kingdom extends from one generation to the next. -- daniel 4:34 +. +All the inhabitants of the earth are regarded as nothing. He does as he wishes with the army of heaven and with those who inhabit the earth. No one slaps his hand and says to him, 'What have you done?' -- daniel 4:35 +. +At that time my sanity returned to me. I was restored to the honor of my kingdom, and my splendor returned to me. My ministers and my nobles were seeking me out, and I was reinstated over my kingdom. I became even greater than before. -- daniel 4:36 +. +Now I, Nebuchadnezzar, praise and exalt and glorify the King of heaven, for all his deeds are right and his ways are just. He is able to bring down those who live in pride. -- daniel 4:37 +. +King Belshazzar prepared a great banquet for a thousand of his nobles, and he was drinking wine in front of them all. -- daniel 5:1 +. +While under the influence of the wine, Belshazzar issued an order to bring in the gold and silver vessels - the ones that Nebuchadnezzar his father had confiscated from the temple in Jerusalem - so that the king and his nobles, together with his wives and his concubines, could drink from them. -- daniel 5:2 +. +So they brought the gold and silver vessels that had been confiscated from the temple, the house of God in Jerusalem, and the king and his nobles, together with his wives and concubines, drank from them. -- daniel 5:3 +. +As they drank wine, they praised the gods of gold and silver, bronze, iron, wood, and stone. -- daniel 5:4 +. +At that very moment the fingers of a human hand appeared and wrote on the plaster of the royal palace wall, opposite the lampstand. The king was watching the back of the hand that was writing. -- daniel 5:5 +. +Then all the color drained from the king's face and he became alarmed. The joints of his hips gave way, and his knees began knocking together. -- daniel 5:6 +. +The king called out loudly to summon the astrologers, wise men, and diviners. The king proclaimed to the wise men of Babylon that anyone who could read this inscription and disclose its interpretation would be clothed in purple and have a golden collar placed on his neck and be third ruler in the kingdom. -- daniel 5:7 +. +So all the king's wise men came in, but they were unable to read the writing or to make known its interpretation to the king. -- daniel 5:8 +. +Then King Belshazzar was very terrified, and he was visibly shaken. His nobles were completely dumbfounded. -- daniel 5:9 +. +Due to the noise caused by the king and his nobles, the queen mother then entered the banquet room. She said, "O king, live forever! Don't be alarmed! Don't be shaken! -- daniel 5:10 +. +There is a man in your kingdom who has within him a spirit of the holy gods. In the days of your father, he proved to have insight, discernment, and wisdom like that of the gods. King Nebuchadnezzar your father appointed him chief of the magicians, astrologers, wise men, and diviners. -- daniel 5:11 +. +Thus there was found in this man Daniel, whom the king renamed Belteshazzar, an extraordinary spirit, knowledge, and skill to interpret dreams, solve riddles, and decipher knotty problems. Now summon Daniel, and he will disclose the interpretation." -- daniel 5:12 +. +So Daniel was brought in before the king. The king said to Daniel, "Are you that Daniel who is one of the captives of Judah, whom my father the king brought from Judah? -- daniel 5:13 +. +I have heard about you, how there is a spirit of the gods in you, and how you have insight, discernment, and extraordinary wisdom. -- daniel 5:14 +. +Now the wise men and astrologers were brought before me to read this writing and make known to me its interpretation. But they were unable to disclose the interpretation of the message. -- daniel 5:15 +. +However, I have heard that you are able to provide interpretations and to decipher knotty problems. Now if you are able to read this writing and make known to me its interpretation, you will wear purple and have a golden collar around your neck and be third ruler in the kingdom." -- daniel 5:16 +. +But Daniel replied to the king, "Keep your gifts, and give your rewards to someone else! However, I will read the writing for the king and make known its interpretation. -- daniel 5:17 +. +As for you, O king, the most high God bestowed on your father Nebuchadnezzar a kingdom, greatness, honor, and majesty. -- daniel 5:18 +. +Due to the greatness that he bestowed on him, all peoples, nations, and language groups were trembling with fear before him. He killed whom he wished, he spared whom he wished, he exalted whom he wished, and he brought low whom he wished. -- daniel 5:19 +. +And when his mind became arrogant and his spirit filled with pride, he was deposed from his royal throne and his honor was removed from him. -- daniel 5:20 +. +He was driven from human society, his mind was changed to that of an animal, he lived with the wild donkeys, he was fed grass like oxen, and his body became damp with the dew of the sky, until he came to understand that the most high God rules over human kingdoms, and he appoints over them whomever he wishes. -- daniel 5:21 +. +"But you, his son Belshazzar, have not humbled yourself, although you knew all this. -- daniel 5:22 +. +Instead, you have exalted yourself against the Lord of heaven. You brought before you the vessels from his temple, and you and your nobles, together with your wives and concubines, drank wine from them. You praised the gods of silver, gold, bronze, iron, wood, and stone - gods that cannot see or hear or comprehend! But you have not glorified the God who has in his control your very breath and all your ways! -- daniel 5:23 +. +Therefore the palm of a hand was sent from him, and this writing was inscribed. -- daniel 5:24 +. +"This is the writing that was inscribed: MENE, MENE, TEQEL, and PHARSIN. -- daniel 5:25 +. +This is the interpretation of the words: As for mene - God has numbered your kingdom's days and brought it to an end. -- daniel 5:26 +. +As for teqel - you are weighed on the balances and found to be lacking. -- daniel 5:27 +. +As for peres - your kingdom is divided and given over to the Medes and Persians." -- daniel 5:28 +. +Then, on Belshazzar's orders, Daniel was clothed in purple, a golden collar was placed around his neck, and he was proclaimed third ruler in the kingdom. -- daniel 5:29 +. +And in that very night Belshazzar, the Babylonian king, was killed. -- daniel 5:30 +. + So Darius the Mede took control of the kingdom when he was about sixty-two years old. -- daniel 5:31 +. +It seemed like a good idea to Darius to appoint over the kingdom satraps who would be in charge of the entire kingdom. -- daniel 6:1 +. +Over them would be three supervisors, one of whom was Daniel. These satraps were accountable to them, so that the king's interests might not incur damage. -- daniel 6:2 +. +Now this Daniel was distinguishing himself above the other supervisors and the satraps, for he had an extraordinary spirit. In fact, the king intended to appoint him over the entire kingdom. -- daniel 6:3 +. +Consequently the supervisors and satraps were trying to find some pretext against Daniel in connection with administrative matters. But they were unable to find any such damaging evidence, because he was trustworthy and guilty of no negligence or corruption. -- daniel 6:4 +. +So these men concluded, "We won't find any pretext against this man Daniel unless it is in connection with the law of his God." -- daniel 6:5 +. +So these supervisors and satraps came by collusion to the king and said to him, "O King Darius, live forever! -- daniel 6:6 +. +To all the supervisors of the kingdom, the prefects, satraps, counselors, and governors it seemed like a good idea for a royal edict to be issued and an interdict to be enforced. For the next thirty days anyone who prays to any god or human other than you, O king, should be thrown into a den of lions. -- daniel 6:7 +. +Now let the king issue a written interdict so that it cannot be altered, according to the law of the Medes and Persians, which cannot be changed. -- daniel 6:8 +. +So King Darius issued the written interdict. -- daniel 6:9 +. +When Daniel realized that a written decree had been issued, he entered his home, where the windows in his upper room opened toward Jerusalem. Three times daily he was kneeling and offering prayers and thanks to his God just as he had been accustomed to do previously. -- daniel 6:10 +. +Then those officials who had gone to the king came by collusion and found Daniel praying and asking for help before his God. -- daniel 6:11 +. +So they approached the king and said to him, "Did you not issue an edict to the effect that for the next thirty days anyone who prays to any god or human other than to you, O king, would be thrown into a den of lions?" The king replied, "That is correct, according to the law of the Medes and Persians, which cannot be changed." -- daniel 6:12 +. +Then they said to the king, "Daniel, who is one of the captives from Judah, pays no attention to you, O king, or to the edict that you issued. Three times daily he offers his prayer." -- daniel 6:13 +. +When the king heard this, he was very upset and began thinking about how he might rescue Daniel. Until late afternoon he was struggling to find a way to rescue him. -- daniel 6:14 +. +Then those men came by collusion to the king and said to him, "Recall, O king, that it is a law of the Medes and Persians that no edict or decree that the king issues can be changed." -- daniel 6:15 +. +So the king gave the order, and Daniel was brought and thrown into a den of lions. The king consoled Daniel by saying, "Your God whom you continually serve will rescue you!" -- daniel 6:16 +. +Then a stone was brought and placed over the opening to the den. The king sealed it with his signet ring and with those of his nobles so that nothing could be changed with regard to Daniel. -- daniel 6:17 +. +Then the king departed to his palace. But he spent the night without eating, and no diversions were brought to him. He was unable to sleep. -- daniel 6:18 +. +In the morning, at the earliest sign of daylight, the king got up and rushed to the lions' den. -- daniel 6:19 +. +As he approached the den, he called out to Daniel in a worried voice, "Daniel, servant of the living God, was your God whom you continually serve able to rescue you from the lions?" -- daniel 6:20 +. +Then Daniel spoke to the king, "O king, live forever! -- daniel 6:21 +. +My God sent his angel and closed the lions' mouths so that they have not harmed me, because I was found to be innocent before him. Nor have I done any harm to you, O king." -- daniel 6:22 +. +Then the king was delighted and gave an order to haul Daniel up from the den. So Daniel was hauled up out of the den. He had no injury of any kind, because he had trusted in his God. -- daniel 6:23 +. +The king gave another order, and those men who had maliciously accused Daniel were brought and thrown into the lions' den - they, their children, and their wives. They did not even reach the bottom of the den before the lions overpowered them and crushed all their bones. -- daniel 6:24 +. +Then King Darius wrote to all the peoples, nations, and language groups who were living in all the land: "Peace and prosperity! -- daniel 6:25 +. +I have issued an edict that throughout all the dominion of my kingdom people are to revere and fear the God of Daniel. "For he is the living God; he endures forever. His kingdom will not be destroyed; his authority is forever. -- daniel 6:26 +. +He rescues and delivers and performs signs and wonders in the heavens and on the earth. He has rescued Daniel from the power of the lions!" -- daniel 6:27 +. +So this Daniel prospered during the reign of Darius and the reign of Cyrus the Persian. -- daniel 6:28 +. +In the first year of King Belshazzar of Babylon, Daniel had a dream filled with visions while he was lying on his bed. Then he wrote down the dream in summary fashion. -- daniel 7:1 +. +Daniel explained: "I was watching in my vision during the night as the four winds of the sky were stirring up the great sea. -- daniel 7:2 +. +Then four large beasts came up from the sea; they were different from one another. -- daniel 7:3 +. +"The first one was like a lion with eagles' wings. As I watched, its wings were pulled off and it was lifted up from the ground. It was made to stand on two feet like a human being, and a human mind was given to it. -- daniel 7:4 +. +"Then a second beast appeared, like a bear. It was raised up on one side, and there were three ribs in its mouth between its teeth. It was told, 'Get up and devour much flesh!' -- daniel 7:5 +. +"After these things, as I was watching, another beast like a leopard appeared, with four bird-like wings on its back. This beast had four heads, and ruling authority was given to it. -- daniel 7:6 +. +"After these things, as I was watching in the night visions a fourth beast appeared - one dreadful, terrible, and very strong. It had two large rows of iron teeth. It devoured and crushed, and anything that was left it trampled with its feet. It was different from all the beasts that came before it, and it had ten horns. -- daniel 7:7 +. +"As I was contemplating the horns, another horn - a small one - came up between them, and three of the former horns were torn out by the roots to make room for it. This horn had eyes resembling human eyes and a mouth speaking arrogant things. -- daniel 7:8 +. +"While I was watching, thrones were set up, and the Ancient of Days took his seat. His attire was white like snow; the hair of his head was like lamb's wool. His throne was ablaze with fire and its wheels were all aflame. -- daniel 7:9 +. +A river of fire was streaming forth and proceeding from his presence. Many thousands were ministering to him; Many tens of thousands stood ready to serve him. The court convened and the books were opened. -- daniel 7:10 +. +"Then I kept on watching because of the arrogant words of the horn that was speaking. I was watching until the beast was killed and its body destroyed and thrown into the flaming fire. -- daniel 7:11 +. +As for the rest of the beasts, their ruling authority had already been removed, though they were permitted to go on living for a time and a season. -- daniel 7:12 +. +I was watching in the night visions, "And with the clouds of the sky one like a son of man was approaching. He went up to the Ancient of Days and was escorted before him. -- daniel 7:13 +. +To him was given ruling authority, honor, and sovereignty. All peoples, nations, and language groups were serving him. His authority is eternal and will not pass away. His kingdom will not be destroyed. -- daniel 7:14 +. +"As for me, Daniel, my spirit was distressed, and the visions of my mind were alarming me. -- daniel 7:15 +. +I approached one of those standing nearby and asked him about the meaning of all this. So he spoke with me and revealed to me the interpretation of the vision: -- daniel 7:16 +. +'These large beasts, which are four in number, represent four kings who will arise from the earth. -- daniel 7:17 +. +The holy ones of the Most High will receive the kingdom and will take possession of the kingdom forever and ever.' -- daniel 7:18 +. +"Then I wanted to know the meaning of the fourth beast, which was different from all the others. It was very dreadful, with two rows of iron teeth and bronze claws, and it devoured, crushed, and trampled anything that was left with its feet. -- daniel 7:19 +. +I also wanted to know the meaning of the ten horns on its head, and of that other horn which came up and before which three others fell. This was the horn that had eyes and a mouth speaking arrogant things, whose appearance was more formidable than the others. -- daniel 7:20 +. +While I was watching, that horn began to wage war against the holy ones and was defeating them, -- daniel 7:21 +. +until the Ancient of Days arrived and judgment was rendered in favor of the holy ones of the Most High. Then the time came for the holy ones to take possession of the kingdom. -- daniel 7:22 +. +"This is what he told me: 'The fourth beast means that there will be a fourth kingdom on earth that will differ from all the other kingdoms. It will devour all the earth and will trample and crush it. -- daniel 7:23 +. +The ten horns mean that ten kings will arise from that kingdom. Another king will arise after them, but he will be different from the earlier ones. He will humiliate three kings. -- daniel 7:24 +. +He will speak words against the Most High. He will harass the holy ones of the Most High continually. His intention will be to change times established by law. They will be delivered into his hand For a time, times, and half a time. -- daniel 7:25 +. +But the court will convene, and his ruling authority will be removed - destroyed and abolished forever! -- daniel 7:26 +. +Then the kingdom, authority, and greatness of the kingdoms under all of heaven will be delivered to the people of the holy ones of the Most High. His kingdom is an eternal kingdom; all authorities will serve him and obey him.' -- daniel 7:27 +. +"This is the conclusion of the matter. As for me, Daniel, my thoughts troubled me greatly, and the color drained from my face. But I kept the matter to myself." -- daniel 7:28 +. +In the third year of King Belshazzar's reign, a vision appeared to me, Daniel, after the one that had appeared to me previously. -- daniel 8:1 +. +In this vision I saw myself in Susa the citadel, which is located in the province of Elam. In the vision I saw myself at the Ulai Canal. -- daniel 8:2 +. +I looked up and saw a ram with two horns standing at the canal. Its two horns were both long, but one was longer than the other. The longer one was coming up after the shorter one. -- daniel 8:3 +. +I saw that the ram was butting westward, northward, and southward. No animal was able to stand before it, and there was none who could deliver from its power. It did as it pleased and acted arrogantly. -- daniel 8:4 +. +While I was contemplating all this, a male goat was coming from the west over the surface of all the land without touching the ground. This goat had a conspicuous horn between its eyes. -- daniel 8:5 +. +It came to the two-horned ram that I had seen standing beside the canal and rushed against it with raging strength. -- daniel 8:6 +. +I saw it approaching the ram. It went into a fit of rage against the ram and struck it and broke off its two horns. The ram had no ability to resist it. The goat hurled the ram to the ground and trampled it. No one could deliver the ram from its power. -- daniel 8:7 +. +The male goat acted even more arrogantly. But no sooner had the large horn become strong than it was broken, and there arose four conspicuous horns in its place, extending toward the four winds of the sky. -- daniel 8:8 +. +From one of them came a small horn. But it grew to be very big, toward the south and the east and toward the beautiful land. -- daniel 8:9 +. +It grew so big it reached the army of heaven, and it brought about the fall of some of the army and some of the stars to the ground, where it trampled them. -- daniel 8:10 +. +It also acted arrogantly against the Prince of the army, from whom the daily sacrifice was removed and whose sanctuary was thrown down. -- daniel 8:11 +. +The army was given over, along with the daily sacrifice, in the course of his sinful rebellion. It hurled truth to the ground and enjoyed success. -- daniel 8:12 +. +Then I heard a holy one speaking. Another holy one said to the one who was speaking, "To what period of time does the vision pertain - this vision concerning the daily sacrifice and the destructive act of rebellion and the giving over of both the sanctuary and army to be trampled?" -- daniel 8:13 +. +He said to me, "To 2,evenings and mornings; then the sanctuary will be put right again." -- daniel 8:14 +. +While I, Daniel, was watching the vision, I sought to understand it. Now one who appeared to be a man was standing before me. -- daniel 8:15 +. +Then I heard a human voice coming from between the banks of the Ulai. It called out, "Gabriel, enable this person to understand the vision." -- daniel 8:16 +. +So he approached the place where I was standing. As he came, I felt terrified and fell flat on the ground. Then he said to me, "Understand, son of man, that the vision pertains to the time of the end." -- daniel 8:17 +. +As he spoke with me, I fell into a trance with my face to the ground. But he touched me and stood me upright. -- daniel 8:18 +. +Then he said, "I am going to inform you about what will happen in the latter time of wrath, for the vision pertains to the appointed time of the end. -- daniel 8:19 +. +The ram that you saw with the two horns stands for the kings of Media and Persia. -- daniel 8:20 +. +The male goat is the king of Greece, and the large horn between its eyes is the first king. -- daniel 8:21 +. +The horn that was broken and in whose place there arose four others stands for four kingdoms that will arise from his nation, though they will not have his strength. -- daniel 8:22 +. +Toward the end of their rule, when rebellious acts are complete, a rash and deceitful king will arise. -- daniel 8:23 +. +His power will be great, but it will not be by his strength alone. He will cause terrible destruction. He will be successful in what he undertakes. He will destroy powerful people and the people of the holy ones. -- daniel 8:24 +. +By his treachery he will succeed through deceit. He will have an arrogant attitude, and he will destroy many who are unaware of his schemes. He will rise up against the Prince of princes, yet he will be broken apart - but not by human agency. -- daniel 8:25 +. +The vision of the evenings and mornings that was told to you is correct. But you should seal up the vision, for it refers to a time many days from now." -- daniel 8:26 +. +I, Daniel, was exhausted and sick for days. Then I got up and again carried out the king's business. But I was astonished at the vision, and there was no one to explain it. -- daniel 8:27 +. +In the first year of Darius son of Ahasuerus, who was of Median descent and who had been appointed king over the Babylonian empire - -- daniel 9:1 +. +in the first year of his reign I, Daniel, came to understand from the sacred books that, according to the word of the LORD disclosed to the prophet Jeremiah, the years for the fulfilling of the desolation of Jerusalem were seventy in number. -- daniel 9:2 +. +So I turned my attention to the Lord God to implore him by prayer and requests, with fasting, sackcloth, and ashes. -- daniel 9:3 +. +I prayed to the LORD my God, confessing in this way: "O Lord, great and awesome God who is faithful to his covenant with those who love him and keep his commandments, -- daniel 9:4 +. +we have sinned! We have done what is wrong and wicked; we have rebelled by turning away from your commandments and standards. -- daniel 9:5 +. +We have not paid attention to your servants the prophets, who spoke by your authority to our kings, our leaders, and our ancestors, and to all the inhabitants of the land as well. -- daniel 9:6 +. +"You are righteous, O Lord, but we are humiliated this day - the people of Judah and the inhabitants of Jerusalem and all Israel, both near and far away in all the countries in which you have scattered them, because they have behaved unfaithfully toward you. -- daniel 9:7 +. +O LORD, we have been humiliated - our kings, our leaders, and our ancestors - because we have sinned against you. -- daniel 9:8 +. +Yet the Lord our God is compassionate and forgiving, even though we have rebelled against him. -- daniel 9:9 +. +We have not obeyed the LORD our God by living according to his laws that he set before us through his servants the prophets. -- daniel 9:10 +. +"All Israel has broken your law and turned away by not obeying you. Therefore you have poured out on us the judgment solemnly threatened in the law of Moses the servant of God, for we have sinned against you. -- daniel 9:11 +. +He has carried out his threats against us and our rulers who were over us by bringing great calamity on us - what has happened to Jerusalem has never been equaled under all heaven! -- daniel 9:12 +. +Just as it is written in the law of Moses, so all this calamity has come on us. Still we have not tried to pacify the LORD our God by turning back from our sin and by seeking wisdom from your reliable moral standards. -- daniel 9:13 +. +The LORD was mindful of the calamity, and he brought it on us. For the LORD our God is just in all he has done, and we have not obeyed him. -- daniel 9:14 +. +"Now, O Lord our God, who brought your people out of the land of Egypt with great power and made a name for yourself that is remembered to this day - we have sinned and behaved wickedly. -- daniel 9:15 +. +O Lord, according to all your justice, please turn your raging anger away from your city Jerusalem, your holy mountain. For due to our sins and the iniquities of our ancestors, Jerusalem and your people are mocked by all our neighbors. -- daniel 9:16 +. +"So now, our God, accept the prayer and requests of your servant, and show favor to your devastated sanctuary for your own sake. -- daniel 9:17 +. +Listen attentively, my God, and hear! Open your eyes and look on our desolated ruins and the city called by your name. For it is not because of our own righteous deeds that we are praying to you, but because your compassion is abundant. -- daniel 9:18 +. +O Lord, hear! O Lord, forgive! O Lord, pay attention, and act! Don't delay, for your own sake, O my God! For your city and your people are called by your name." -- daniel 9:19 +. +While I was still speaking and praying, confessing my sin and the sin of my people Israel and presenting my request before the LORD my God concerning his holy mountain - -- daniel 9:20 +. +yes, while I was still praying, the man Gabriel, whom I had seen previously in a vision, was approaching me in my state of extreme weariness, around the time of the evening offering. -- daniel 9:21 +. +He spoke with me, instructing me as follows: "Daniel, I have now come to impart understanding to you. -- daniel 9:22 +. +At the beginning of your requests a message went out, and I have come to convey it to you, for you are of great value in God's sight. Therefore consider the message and understand the vision: -- daniel 9:23 +. +"Seventy weeks have been determined concerning your people and your holy city to put an end to rebellion, to bring sin to completion, to atone for iniquity, to bring in perpetual righteousness, to seal up the prophetic vision, and to anoint a most holy place. -- daniel 9:24 +. +So know and understand: From the issuing of the command to restore and rebuild Jerusalem until an anointed one, a prince arrives, there will be a period of seven weeks and sixty-two weeks. It will again be built, with plaza and moat, but in distressful times. -- daniel 9:25 +. +Now after the sixty-two weeks, an anointed one will be cut off and have nothing. As for the city and the sanctuary, the people of the coming prince will destroy them. But his end will come speedily like a flood. Until the end of the war that has been decreed there will be destruction. -- daniel 9:26 +. +He will confirm a covenant with many for one week. But in the middle of that week he will bring sacrifices and offerings to a halt. On the wing of abominations will come one who destroys, until the decreed end is poured out on the one who destroys." -- daniel 9:27 +. +In the third year of King Cyrus of Persia a message was revealed to Daniel (who was also called Belteshazzar). This message was true and concerned a great war. He understood the message and gained insight by the vision. -- daniel 10:1 +. +In those days I, Daniel, was mourning for three whole weeks. -- daniel 10:2 +. +I ate no choice food; no meat or wine came to my lips, nor did I anoint myself with oil until the end of those three weeks. -- daniel 10:3 +. +On the twenty-fourth day of the first month I was beside the great river, the Tigris. -- daniel 10:4 +. +I looked up and saw a man clothed in linen; around his waist was a belt made of gold from Upaz. -- daniel 10:5 +. +His body resembled yellow jasper, and his face had an appearance like lightning. His eyes were like blazing torches; his arms and feet had the gleam of polished bronze. His voice thundered forth like the sound of a large crowd. -- daniel 10:6 +. +Only I, Daniel, saw the vision; the men who were with me did not see it. On the contrary, they were overcome with fright and ran away to hide. -- daniel 10:7 +. +I alone was left to see this great vision. My strength drained from me, and my vigor disappeared; I was without energy. -- daniel 10:8 +. +I listened to his voice, and as I did so I fell into a trance-like sleep with my face to the ground. -- daniel 10:9 +. +Then a hand touched me and set me on my hands and knees. -- daniel 10:10 +. +He said to me, "Daniel, you are of great value. Understand the words that I am about to speak to you. So stand up, for I have now been sent to you." When he said this to me, I stood up shaking. -- daniel 10:11 +. +Then he said to me, "Don't be afraid, Daniel, for from the very first day you applied your mind to understand and to humble yourself before your God, your words were heard. I have come in response to your words. -- daniel 10:12 +. +However, the prince of the kingdom of Persia was opposing me for twenty-one days. But Michael, one of the leading princes, came to help me, because I was left there with the kings of Persia. -- daniel 10:13 +. +Now I have come to help you understand what will happen to your people in the latter days, for the vision pertains to future days." -- daniel 10:14 +. +While he was saying this to me, I was flat on the ground and unable to speak. -- daniel 10:15 +. +Then one who appeared to be a human being was touching my lips. I opened my mouth and started to speak, saying to the one who was standing before me, "Sir, due to the vision, anxiety has gripped me and I have no strength. -- daniel 10:16 +. +How, sir, am I able to speak with you? My strength is gone, and I am breathless." -- daniel 10:17 +. +Then the one who appeared to be a human being touched me again and strengthened me. -- daniel 10:18 +. +He said to me, "Don't be afraid, you who are valued. Peace be to you! Be strong! Be really strong!" When he spoke to me, I was strengthened. I said, "Sir, you may speak now, for you have given me strength." -- daniel 10:19 +. +He said, "Do you know why I have come to you? Now I am about to return to engage in battle with the prince of Persia. When I go, the prince of Greece is coming. -- daniel 10:20 +. +However, I will first tell you what is written in a dependable book. (There is no one who strengthens me against these princes, except Michael your prince. -- daniel 10:21 +. +And in the first year of Darius the Mede, I stood to strengthen him and to provide protection for him.) -- daniel 11:1 +. +Now I will tell you the truth."Three more kings will arise for Persia. Then a fourth king will be unusually rich, more so than all who preceded him. When he has amassed power through his riches, he will stir up everyone against the kingdom of Greece. -- daniel 11:2 +. +Then a powerful king will arise, exercising great authority and doing as he pleases. -- daniel 11:3 +. +Shortly after his rise to power, his kingdom will be broken up and distributed toward the four winds of the sky - but not to his posterity or with the authority he exercised, for his kingdom will be uprooted and distributed to others besides these. -- daniel 11:4 +. +"Then the king of the south and one of his subordinates will grow strong. His subordinate will resist him and will rule a kingdom greater than his. -- daniel 11:5 +. +After some years have passed, they will form an alliance. Then the daughter of the king of the south will come to the king of the north to make an agreement, but she will not retain her power, nor will he continue in his strength. She, together with the one who brought her, her child, and her benefactor will all be delivered over at that time. -- daniel 11:6 +. +"There will arise in his place one from her family line who will come against their army and will enter the stronghold of the king of the north and will move against them successfully. -- daniel 11:7 +. +He will also take their gods into captivity to Egypt, along with their cast images and prized utensils of silver and gold. Then he will withdraw for some years from the king of the north. -- daniel 11:8 +. +Then the king of the north will advance against the empire of the king of the south, but will withdraw to his own land. -- daniel 11:9 +. +His sons will wage war, mustering a large army which will advance like an overflowing river and carrying the battle all the way to the enemy's fortress. -- daniel 11:10 +. +"Then the king of the south will be enraged and will march out to fight against the king of the north, who will also muster a large army, but that army will be delivered into his hand. -- daniel 11:11 +. +When the army is taken away, the king of the south will become arrogant. He will be responsible for the death of thousands and thousands of people, but he will not continue to prevail. -- daniel 11:12 +. +For the king of the north will again muster an army, one larger than before. At the end of some years he will advance with a huge army and enormous supplies. -- daniel 11:13 +. +"In those times many will oppose the king of the south. Those who are violent among your own people will rise up in confirmation of the vision, but they will falter. -- daniel 11:14 +. +Then the king of the north will advance and will build siege mounds and capture a well-fortified city. The forces of the south will not prevail, not even his finest contingents. They will have no strength to prevail. -- daniel 11:15 +. +The one advancing against him will do as he pleases, and no one will be able to stand before him. He will prevail in the beautiful land, and its annihilation will be within his power. -- daniel 11:16 +. +His intention will be to come with the strength of his entire kingdom, and he will form alliances. He will give the king of the south a daughter in marriage in order to destroy the kingdom, but it will not turn out to his advantage. -- daniel 11:17 +. +Then he will turn his attention to the coastal regions and will capture many of them. But a commander will bring his shameful conduct to a halt; in addition, he will make him pay for his shameful conduct. -- daniel 11:18 +. +He will then turn his attention to the fortresses of his own land, but he will stumble and fall, not to be found again. -- daniel 11:19 +. +There will arise after him one who will send out an exactor of tribute to enhance the splendor of the kingdom, but after a few days he will be destroyed, though not in anger or battle. -- daniel 11:20 +. +"Then there will arise in his place a despicable person to whom the royal honor has not been rightfully conferred. He will come on the scene in a time of prosperity and will seize the kingdom through deceit. -- daniel 11:21 +. +Armies will be suddenly swept away in defeat before him; both they and a covenant leader will be destroyed. -- daniel 11:22 +. +After entering into an alliance with him, he will behave treacherously; he will ascend to power with only a small force. -- daniel 11:23 +. +In a time of prosperity for the most productive areas of the province he will come and accomplish what neither his fathers nor their fathers accomplished. He will distribute loot, spoils, and property to his followers, and he will devise plans against fortified cities, but not for long. -- daniel 11:24 +. +He will rouse his strength and enthusiasm against the king of the south with a large army. The king of the south will wage war with a large and very powerful army, but he will not be able to prevail because of the plans devised against him. -- daniel 11:25 +. +Those who share the king's fine food will attempt to destroy him, and his army will be swept away; many will be killed in battle. -- daniel 11:26 +. +These two kings, their minds filled with evil intentions, will trade lies with one another at the same table. But it will not succeed, for there is still an end at the appointed time. -- daniel 11:27 +. +Then the king of the north will return to his own land with much property. His mind will be set against the holy covenant. He will take action, and then return to his own land. -- daniel 11:28 +. +At an appointed time he will again invade the south, but this latter visit will not turn out the way the former one did. -- daniel 11:29 +. +The ships of Kittim will come against him, leaving him disheartened. He will turn back and direct his indignation against the holy covenant. He will return and honor those who forsake the holy covenant. -- daniel 11:30 +. +His forces will rise up and profane the fortified sanctuary, stopping the daily sacrifice. In its place they will set up the abomination that causes desolation. -- daniel 11:31 +. +Then with smooth words he will defile those who have rejected the covenant. But the people who are loyal to their God will act valiantly. -- daniel 11:32 +. +These who are wise among the people will teach the masses. However, they will fall by the sword and by the flame, and they will be imprisoned and plundered for some time. -- daniel 11:33 +. +When they stumble, they will be granted some help. But many will unite with them deceitfully. -- daniel 11:34 +. +Even some of the wise will stumble, resulting in their refinement, purification, and cleansing until the time of the end, for it is still for the appointed time. -- daniel 11:35 +. +"Then the king will do as he pleases. He will exalt and magnify himself above every deity and he will utter presumptuous things against the God of gods. He will succeed until the time of wrath is completed, for what has been decreed must occur. -- daniel 11:36 +. +He will not respect the gods of his fathers - not even the god loved by women. He will not respect any god; he will elevate himself above them all. -- daniel 11:37 +. +What he will honor is a god of fortresses - a god his fathers did not acknowledge he will honor with gold, silver, valuable stones, and treasured commodities. -- daniel 11:38 +. +He will attack mighty fortresses, aided by a foreign deity. To those who recognize him he will grant considerable honor. He will place them in authority over many people, and he will parcel out land for a price. -- daniel 11:39 +. +"At the time of the end the king of the south will attack him. Then the king of the north will storm against him with chariots, horsemen, and a large armada of ships. He will invade lands, passing through them like an overflowing river. -- daniel 11:40 +. +Then he will enter the beautiful land. Many will fall, but these will escape: Edom, Moab, and the Ammonite leadership. -- daniel 11:41 +. +He will extend his power against other lands; the land of Egypt will not escape. -- daniel 11:42 +. +He will have control over the hidden stores of gold and silver, as well as all the treasures of Egypt. Libyans and Ethiopians will submit to him. -- daniel 11:43 +. +But reports will trouble him from the east and north, and he will set out in a tremendous rage to destroy and wipe out many. -- daniel 11:44 +. +He will pitch his royal tents between the seas toward the beautiful holy mountain. But he will come to his end, with no one to help him. -- daniel 11:45 +. +"At that time Michael, the great prince who watches over your people, will arise. There will be a time of distress unlike any other from the nation's beginning up to that time. But at that time your own people, all those whose names are found written in the book, will escape. -- daniel 12:1 +. +Many of those who sleep in the dusty ground will awake - some to everlasting life, and others to shame and everlasting abhorrence. -- daniel 12:2 +. +But the wise will shine like the brightness of the heavenly expanse. And those bringing many to righteousness will be like the stars forever and ever. -- daniel 12:3 +. +"But you, Daniel, close up these words and seal the book until the time of the end. Many will dash about, and knowledge will increase." -- daniel 12:4 +. +I, Daniel, watched as two others stood there, one on each side of the river. -- daniel 12:5 +. +One said to the man clothed in linen who was above the waters of the river, "When will the end of these wondrous events occur?" -- daniel 12:6 +. +Then I heard the man clothed in linen who was over the waters of the river as he raised both his right and left hands to the sky and made an oath by the one who lives forever: "It is for a time, times, and half a time. Then, when the power of the one who shatters the holy people has been exhausted, all these things will be finished." -- daniel 12:7 +. +I heard, but I did not understand. So I said, "Sir, what will happen after these things?" -- daniel 12:8 +. +He said, "Go, Daniel. For these matters are closed and sealed until the time of the end. -- daniel 12:9 +. +Many will be purified, made clean, and refined, but the wicked will go on being wicked. None of the wicked will understand, though the wise will understand. -- daniel 12:10 +. +From the time that the daily sacrifice is removed and the abomination that causes desolation is set in place, there are 1,days. -- daniel 12:11 +. +Blessed is the one who waits and attains to the 1,days. -- daniel 12:12 +. +But you should go your way until the end. You will rest and then at the end of the days you will arise to receive what you have been allotted." -- daniel 12:13 +. +This is the word of the Lord which was revealed to Hosea son of Beeri during the time when Uzziah, Jotham, Ahaz, and Hezekiah ruled Judah, and during the time when Jeroboam son of Joash ruled Israel. -- hosea 1:1 +. +When the Lord first spoke through Hosea, he said to him, "Go marry a prostitute who will bear illegitimate children conceived through prostitution, because the nation continually commits spiritual prostitution by turning away from the Lord." -- hosea 1:2 +. +So Hosea married Gomer, the daughter of Diblaim. Then she conceived and gave birth to a son for him. -- hosea 1:3 +. +Then the Lord said to Hosea, "Name him 'Jezreel,' because in a little while I will punish the dynasty of Jehu on account of the bloodshed in the valley of Jezreel, and I will put an end to the kingdom of Israel. -- hosea 1:4 +. +At that time, I will destroy the military power of Israel in the valley of Jezreel." -- hosea 1:5 +. +She conceived again and gave birth to a daughter. Then the Lord said to him, "Name her 'No Pity' (Lo-Ruhamah) because I will no longer have pity on the nation of Israel. For I will certainly not forgive their guilt. -- hosea 1:6 +. +But I will have pity on the nation of Judah. I will deliver them by the Lord their God; I will not deliver them by the warrior's bow, by sword, by military victory, by chariot horses, or by chariots." -- hosea 1:7 +. +When she had weaned 'No Pity' (Lo-Ruhamah) she conceived again and gave birth to another son. -- hosea 1:8 +. +Then the Lord said: "Name him 'Not My People' (Lo-Ammi), because you are not my people and I am not your God." -- hosea 1:9 +. + However, in the future the number of the people of Israel will be like the sand of the sea which can be neither measured nor numbered. Although it was said to them, "You are not my people," it will be said to them, "You are children of the living God!" -- hosea 1:10 +. +Then the people of Judah and the people of Israel will be gathered together. They will appoint for themselves one leader, and will flourish in the land. Certainly, the day of Jezreel will be great! -- hosea 1:11 +. +Then you will call your brother, "My People" (Ammi)! You will call your sister, "Pity" (Ruhamah)! -- hosea 2:1 +. +Plead earnestly with your mother (for she is not my wife, and I am not her husband), so that she might put an end to her adulterous lifestyle, and turn away from her sexually immoral behavior. -- hosea 2:2 +. +Otherwise, I will strip her naked, and expose her like she was when she was born. I will turn her land into a wilderness and make her country a parched land, so that I might kill her with thirst. -- hosea 2:3 +. +I will have no pity on her children, because they are children conceived in adultery. -- hosea 2:4 +. +For their mother has committed adultery; she who conceived them has acted shamefully. For she said, "I will seek out my lovers; they are the ones who give me my bread and my water, my wool, my flax, my olive oil, and my wine. -- hosea 2:5 +. +Therefore, I will soon fence her in with thorns; I will wall her in so that she cannot find her way. -- hosea 2:6 +. +Then she will pursue her lovers, but she will not catch them; she will seek them, but she will not find them. Then she will say, "I will go back to my husband, because I was better off then than I am now." -- hosea 2:7 +. +Yet until now she has refused to acknowledge that I was the one who gave her the grain, the new wine, and the olive oil; and that it was I who lavished on her the silver and gold - which they used in worshiping Baal! -- hosea 2:8 +. +Therefore, I will take back my grain during the harvest time and my new wine when it ripens; I will take away my wool and my flax which I had provided in order to clothe her. -- hosea 2:9 +. +Soon I will expose her lewd nakedness in front of her lovers, and no one will be able to rescue her from me! -- hosea 2:10 +. +I will put an end to all her celebration: her annual religious festivals, monthly new moon celebrations, and weekly Sabbath festivities - all her appointed festivals. -- hosea 2:11 +. +I will destroy her vines and fig trees, about which she said, "These are my wages for prostitution that my lovers gave to me!" I will turn her cultivated vines and fig trees into an uncultivated thicket, so that wild animals will devour them. -- hosea 2:12 +. +"I will punish her for the festival days when she burned incense to the Baal idols; she adorned herself with earrings and jewelry, and went after her lovers, but she forgot me!" says the Lord. -- hosea 2:13 +. +However, in the future I will allure her; I will lead her back into the wilderness, and speak tenderly to her. -- hosea 2:14 +. +From there I will give back her vineyards to her, and turn the "Valley of Trouble" into an "Opportunity for Hope." There she will sing as she did when she was young, when she came up from the land of Egypt. -- hosea 2:15 +. +"At that time," declares the Lord, "you will call, 'My husband'; you will never again call me, 'My master.' -- hosea 2:16 +. +For I will remove the names of the Baal idols from your lips, so that you will never again utter their names!" -- hosea 2:17 +. +"At that time I will make a covenant for them with the wild animals, the birds of the air, and the creatures that crawl on the ground. I will abolish the warrior's bow and sword - that is, every weapon of warfare - from the land, and I will allow them to live securely." -- hosea 2:18 +. +I will commit myself to you forever; I will commit myself to you in righteousness and justice, in steadfast love and tender compassion. -- hosea 2:19 +. +I will commit myself to you in faithfulness; then you will acknowledge the Lord." -- hosea 2:20 +. +"At that time, I will willingly respond," declares the Lord. "I will respond to the sky, and the sky will respond to the ground; -- hosea 2:21 +. +then the ground will respond to the grain, the new wine, and the olive oil; and they will respond to 'God Plants' (Jezreel)! -- hosea 2:22 +. +Then I will plant her as my own in the land. I will have pity on 'No Pity' (Lo-Ruhamah). I will say to 'Not My People' (Lo-Ammi), 'You are my people!' And he will say, 'You are my God!'" -- hosea 2:23 +. +The Lord said to me, "Go, show love to your wife again, even though she loves another man and continually commits adultery. Likewise, the Lord loves the Israelites although they turn to other gods and love to offer raisin cakes to idols." -- hosea 3:1 +. +So I paid fifteen shekels of silver and about seven bushels of barley to purchase her. -- hosea 3:2 +. +Then I told her, "You must live with me many days; you must not commit adultery or have sexual intercourse with another man, and I also will wait for you." -- hosea 3:3 +. +For the Israelites must live many days without a king or prince, without sacrifice or sacred fertility pillar, without ephod or idols. -- hosea 3:4 +. +Afterward, the Israelites will turn and seek the Lord their God and their Davidic king. Then they will submit to the Lord in fear and receive his blessings in the future. -- hosea 3:5 +. +Hear the word of the Lord, you Israelites! For the Lord has a covenant lawsuit against the people of Israel. For there is neither faithfulness nor loyalty in the land, nor do they acknowledge God. -- hosea 4:1 +. +There is only cursing, lying, murder, stealing, and adultery. They resort to violence and bloodshed. -- hosea 4:2 +. +Therefore the land will mourn, and all its inhabitants will perish. The wild animals, the birds of the sky, and even the fish in the sea will perish. -- hosea 4:3 +. +Do not let anyone accuse or contend against anyone else: for my case is against you priests! -- hosea 4:4 +. +You stumble day and night, and the false prophets stumble with you; You have destroyed your own people! -- hosea 4:5 +. +You have destroyed my people by failing to acknowledge me! Because you refuse to acknowledge me, I will reject you as my priests. Because you reject the law of your God, I will reject your descendants. -- hosea 4:6 +. +The more the priests increased in numbers, the more they rebelled against me. They have turned their glorious calling into a shameful disgrace! -- hosea 4:7 +. +They feed on the sin offerings of my people; their appetites long for their iniquity! -- hosea 4:8 +. +I will deal with the people and priests together: I will punish them both for their ways, and I will repay them for their deeds. -- hosea 4:9 +. +They will eat, but not be satisfied; they will engage in prostitution, but not increase in numbers; because they have abandoned the Lord by pursuing other gods. -- hosea 4:10 +. +Old and new wine take away the understanding of my people. -- hosea 4:11 +. +They consult their wooden idols, and their diviner's staff answers with an oracle. The wind of prostitution blows them astray; they commit spiritual adultery against their God. -- hosea 4:12 +. +They sacrifice on the mountaintops, and burn offerings on the hills; they sacrifice under oak, poplar, and terebinth, because their shade is so pleasant. As a result, your daughters have become cult prostitutes, and your daughters-in-law commit adultery! -- hosea 4:13 +. +I will not punish your daughters when they commit prostitution, nor your daughters-in-law when they commit adultery. For the men consort with harlots, they sacrifice with temple prostitutes. It is true: "A people that lacks understanding will come to ruin!" -- hosea 4:14 +. +Although you, O Israel, commit adultery, do not let Judah become guilty! Do not journey to Gilgal! Do not go up to Beth Aven! Do not swear, "As surely as the Lord lives!" -- hosea 4:15 +. +Israel has rebelled like a stubborn heifer! Soon the Lord will put them out to pasture like a lamb in a broad field! -- hosea 4:16 +. +Ephraim has attached himself to idols; Do not go near him! -- hosea 4:17 +. +They consume their alcohol, then engage in cult prostitution; they dearly love their shameful behavior. -- hosea 4:18 +. +A whirlwind has wrapped them in its wings; they will be brought to shame because of their idolatrous worship. -- hosea 4:19 +. +Hear this, you priests! Pay attention, you Israelites! Listen closely, O king! For judgment is about to overtake you! For you were like a trap to Mizpah, like a net spread out to catch Tabor. -- hosea 5:1 +. +Those who revolt are knee-deep in slaughter, but I will discipline them all. -- hosea 5:2 +. +I know Ephraim all too well; the evil of Israel is not hidden from me. For you have engaged in prostitution, O Ephraim; Israel has defiled itself. -- hosea 5:3 +. +Their wicked deeds do not allow them to return to their God; because a spirit of idolatry controls their heart, and they do not acknowledge the Lord. -- hosea 5:4 +. +The arrogance of Israel testifies against it; Israel and Ephraim will be overthrown because of their iniquity. Even Judah will be brought down with them. -- hosea 5:5 +. +Although they bring their flocks and herds to seek the favor of the Lord, They will not find him - he has withdrawn himself from them! -- hosea 5:6 +. +They have committed treason against the Lord, because they bore illegitimate children. Soon the new moon festival will devour them and their fields. -- hosea 5:7 +. +Blow the ram's horn in Gibeah! Sound the trumpet in Ramah! Sound the alarm in Beth Aven! Tremble in fear, O Benjamin! -- hosea 5:8 +. +Ephraim will be ruined in the day of judgment! What I am declaring to the tribes of Israel will certainly take place! -- hosea 5:9 +. +The princes of Judah are like those who move boundary markers. I will pour out my rage on them like a torrential flood! -- hosea 5:10 +. +Ephraim will be oppressed, crushed under judgment, because he was determined to pursue worthless idols. -- hosea 5:11 +. +I will be like a moth to Ephraim, like wood rot to the house of Judah. -- hosea 5:12 +. +When Ephraim saw his sickness and Judah saw his wound, then Ephraim turned to Assyria, and begged its great king for help. But he will not be able to heal you! He cannot cure your wound! -- hosea 5:13 +. +I will be like a lion to Ephraim, like a young lion to the house of Judah. I myself will tear them to pieces, then I will carry them off, and no one will be able to rescue them! -- hosea 5:14 +. +Then I will return again to my lair until they have suffered their punishment. Then they will seek me; in their distress they will earnestly seek me. -- hosea 5:15 +. +"Come on! Let's return to the Lord! He himself has torn us to pieces, but he will heal us! He has injured us, but he will bandage our wounds! -- hosea 6:1 +. +He will restore us in a very short time; he will heal us in a little while, so that we may live in his presence. -- hosea 6:2 +. +So let us acknowledge him! Let us seek to acknowledge the Lord! He will come to our rescue as certainly as the appearance of the dawn, as certainly as the winter rain comes, as certainly as the spring rain that waters the land." -- hosea 6:3 +. +What am I going to do with you, O Ephraim? What am I going to do with you, O Judah? For your faithfulness is as fleeting as the morning mist; it disappears as quickly as dawn's dew! -- hosea 6:4 +. +Therefore, I will certainly cut you into pieces at the hands of the prophets; I will certainly kill you in fulfillment of my oracles of judgment; for my judgment will come forth like the light of the dawn. -- hosea 6:5 +. +For I delight in faithfulness, not simply in sacrifice; I delight in acknowledging God, not simply in whole burnt offerings. -- hosea 6:6 +. +At Adam they broke the covenant; Oh how they were unfaithful to me! -- hosea 6:7 +. +Gilead is a city full of evildoers; its streets are stained with bloody footprints! -- hosea 6:8 +. +The company of priests is like a gang of robbers, lying in ambush to pounce on a victim. They commit murder on the road to Shechem; they have done heinous crimes! -- hosea 6:9 +. +I have seen a disgusting thing in the temple of Israel: there Ephraim practices temple prostitution and Judah defiles itself. -- hosea 6:10 +. +I have appointed a time to reap judgment for you also, O Judah!Whenever I want to restore the fortunes of my people, -- hosea 6:11 +. +whenever I want to heal Israel, the sin of Ephraim is revealed, and the evil deeds of Samaria are exposed. For they do what is wrong; thieves break into houses, and gangs rob people out in the streets. -- hosea 7:1 +. +They do not realize that I remember all of their wicked deeds. Their evil deeds have now surrounded them; their sinful deeds are always before me. -- hosea 7:2 +. +The royal advisers delight the king with their evil schemes, the princes make him glad with their lies. -- hosea 7:3 +. +They are all like bakers, they are like a smoldering oven; they are like a baker who does not stoke the fire until the kneaded dough is ready for baking. -- hosea 7:4 +. +At the celebration of their king, his princes become inflamed with wine; they conspire with evildoers. -- hosea 7:5 +. +They approach him, all the while plotting against him. Their hearts are like an oven; their anger smolders all night long, but in the morning it bursts into a flaming fire. -- hosea 7:6 +. +All of them are blazing like an oven; they devour their rulers. All of their kings fall - and none of them call on me! -- hosea 7:7 +. +Ephraim has mixed itself like flour among the nations; Ephraim is like a ruined cake of bread that is scorched on one side. -- hosea 7:8 +. +Foreigners are consuming what his strenuous labor produced, but he does not recognize it! His head is filled with gray hair, but he does not realize it! -- hosea 7:9 +. +The arrogance of Israel testifies against him, yet they refuse to return to the Lord their God! In spite of all this they refuse to seek him! -- hosea 7:10 +. +Ephraim has been like a dove, easily deceived and lacking discernment. They called to Egypt for help; they turned to Assyria for protection. -- hosea 7:11 +. +I will throw my bird net over them while they are flying, I will bring them down like birds in the sky; I will discipline them when I hear them flocking together. -- hosea 7:12 +. +Woe to them! For they have fled from me! Destruction to them! For they have rebelled against me! I want to deliver them, but they have lied to me. -- hosea 7:13 +. +They do not pray to me, but howl in distress on their beds; They slash themselves for grain and new wine, but turn away from me. -- hosea 7:14 +. +Although I trained and strengthened them, they plot evil against me! -- hosea 7:15 +. +They turn to Baal; they are like an unreliable bow. Their leaders will fall by the sword because their prayers to Baal have made me angry. So people will disdain them in the land of Egypt. -- hosea 7:16 +. +Sound the alarm! An eagle looms over the temple of the Lord! For they have broken their covenant with me, and have rebelled against my law. -- hosea 8:1 +. +Israel cries out to me, "My God, we acknowledge you!" -- hosea 8:2 +. +But Israel has rejected what is morally good; so an enemy will pursue him. -- hosea 8:3 +. +They enthroned kings without my consent! They appointed princes without my approval! They made idols out of their silver and gold, but they will be destroyed! -- hosea 8:4 +. +O Samaria, he has rejected your calf idol! My anger burns against them! They will not survive much longer without being punished, even though they are Israelites! -- hosea 8:5 +. +That idol was made by a workman - it is not God! The calf idol of Samaria will be broken to bits. -- hosea 8:6 +. +They sow the wind, and so they will reap the whirlwind! The stalk does not have any standing grain; it will not produce any flour. Even if it were to yield grain, foreigners would swallow it all up. -- hosea 8:7 +. +Israel will be swallowed up among the nations; they will be like a worthless piece of pottery. -- hosea 8:8 +. +They have gone up to Assyria, like a wild donkey that wanders off. Ephraim has hired prostitutes as lovers. -- hosea 8:9 +. +Even though they have hired lovers among the nations, I will soon gather them together for judgment. Then they will begin to waste away under the oppression of a mighty king. -- hosea 8:10 +. +Although Ephraim has built many altars for sin offerings, these have become altars for sinning! -- hosea 8:11 +. +I spelled out my law for him in great detail, but they regard it as something totally unknown to them! -- hosea 8:12 +. +They offer up sacrificial gifts to me, and eat the meat, but the Lord does not accept their sacrifices. Soon he will remember their wrongdoing, he will punish their sins, and they will return to Egypt. -- hosea 8:13 +. +Israel has forgotten his Maker and built royal palaces, and Judah has built many fortified cities. But I will send fire on their cities; it will consume their royal citadels. -- hosea 8:14 +. +O Israel, do not rejoice jubilantly like the nations, for you are unfaithful to your God. You love to receive a prostitute's wages on all the floors where you thresh your grain. -- hosea 9:1 +. +Threshing floors and wine vats will not feed the people, and new wine only deceives them. -- hosea 9:2 +. +They will not remain in the Lord's land. Ephraim will return to Egypt; they will eat ritually unclean food in Assyria. -- hosea 9:3 +. +They will not pour out drink offerings of wine to the Lord; they will not please him with their sacrifices. Their sacrifices will be like bread eaten while in mourning; all those who eat them will make themselves ritually unclean. For their bread will be only to satisfy their appetite; it will not come into the temple of the Lord. -- hosea 9:4 +. +So what will you do on the festival day, on the festival days of the Lord? -- hosea 9:5 +. +Look! Even if they flee from the destruction, Egypt will take hold of them, and Memphis will bury them. The weeds will inherit the silver they treasure - thorn bushes will occupy their homes. -- hosea 9:6 +. +The time of judgment is about to arrive! The time of retribution is imminent! Let Israel know!The prophet is considered a fool - the inspired man is viewed as a madman - because of the multitude of your sins and your intense animosity. -- hosea 9:7 +. +The prophet is a watchman over Ephraim on behalf of God, yet traps are laid for him along all of his paths; animosity rages against him in the land of his God. -- hosea 9:8 +. +They have sunk deep into corruption as in the days of Gibeah. He will remember their wrongdoing. He will repay them for their sins. -- hosea 9:9 +. +When I found Israel, it was like finding grapes in the wilderness. I viewed your ancestors like an early fig on a fig tree in its first season. Then they came to Baal-Peor and they dedicated themselves to shame - they became as detestable as what they loved. -- hosea 9:10 +. +Ephraim will be like a bird; what they value will fly away. They will not bear children - they will not enjoy pregnancy - they will not even conceive! -- hosea 9:11 +. +Even if they raise their children, I will take away every last one of them. Woe to them! For I will turn away from them. -- hosea 9:12 +. +Just as lion cubs are born predators, so Ephraim will bear his sons for slaughter. -- hosea 9:13 +. +Give them, O Lord - what will you give them? Give them wombs that miscarry, and breasts that cannot nurse! -- hosea 9:14 +. +Because of all their evil in Gilgal, I hate them there. On account of their evil deeds, I will drive them out of my land. I will no longer love them; all their rulers are rebels. -- hosea 9:15 +. +Ephraim will be struck down - their root will be dried up; they will not yield any fruit. Even if they do bear children, I will kill their precious offspring. -- hosea 9:16 +. +My God will reject them, for they have not obeyed him; so they will be fugitives among the nations. -- hosea 9:17 +. +Israel was a fertile vine that yielded fruit. As his fruit multiplied, he multiplied altars to Baal. As his land prospered, they adorned the fertility pillars. -- hosea 10:1 +. +Their heart is slipping; soon they will be punished for their guilt. The Lord will break their altars; he will completely destroy their fertility pillars. -- hosea 10:2 +. +Very soon they will say, "We have no king since we did not fear the Lord. But what can a king do for us anyway?" -- hosea 10:3 +. +They utter empty words, taking false oaths and making empty agreements. Therefore legal disputes sprout up like poisonous weeds in the furrows of a plowed field. -- hosea 10:4 +. +The inhabitants of Samaria will lament over the calf idol of Beth Aven. Its people will mourn over it; its idolatrous priests will wail over it, because its splendor will be taken from them into exile. -- hosea 10:5 +. +Even the calf idol will be carried to Assyria, as tribute for the great king. Ephraim will be disgraced; Israel will be put to shame because of its wooden idol. -- hosea 10:6 +. +Samaria and its king will be carried off like a twig on the surface of the waters. -- hosea 10:7 +. +The high places of the "House of Wickedness" will be destroyed; it is the place where Israel sins. Thorns and thistles will grow up over its altars. Then they will say to the mountains, "Cover us!" and to the hills, "Fall on us!" -- hosea 10:8 +. +O Israel, you have sinned since the time of Gibeah, and there you have remained. Did not war overtake the evildoers in Gibeah? -- hosea 10:9 +. +When I please, I will discipline them; I will gather nations together to attack them, to bind them in chains for their two sins. -- hosea 10:10 +. +Ephraim was a well-trained heifer who loved to thresh grain; I myself put a fine yokeon her neck. I will harness Ephraim. Let Judah plow! Let Jacob break up the unplowed ground for himself! -- hosea 10:11 +. +Sow righteousness for yourselves, reap unfailing love. Break up the unplowed ground for yourselves, for it is time to seek the Lord, until he comes and showers deliverance on you. -- hosea 10:12 +. +But you have plowed wickedness; you have reaped injustice; you have eaten the fruit of deception. Because you have depended on your chariots; you have relied on your many warriors. -- hosea 10:13 +. +The roar of battle will rise against your people; all your fortresses will be devastated, just as Shalman devastated Beth Arbel on the day of battle, when mothers were dashed to the ground with their children. -- hosea 10:14 +. +So will it happen to you, O Bethel, because of your great wickedness! When that day dawns, the king of Israel will be destroyed. -- hosea 10:15 +. +When Israel was a young man, I loved him like a son, and I summoned my son out of Egypt. -- hosea 11:1 +. +But the more I summoned them, the farther they departed from me. They sacrificed to the Baal idols and burned incense to images. -- hosea 11:2 +. +Yet it was I who led Ephraim, I took them by the arm; but they did not acknowledge that I had healed them. -- hosea 11:3 +. +I led them with leather cords, with leather ropes; I lifted the yoke from their neck, and gently fed them. -- hosea 11:4 +. +They will return to Egypt! Assyria will rule over them because they refuse to repent! -- hosea 11:5 +. +A sword will flash in their cities, it will destroy the bars of their city gates, and will devour them in their fortresses. -- hosea 11:6 +. +My people are obsessed with turning away from me; they call to Baal, but he will never exalt them! -- hosea 11:7 +. +How can I give you up, O Ephraim? How can I surrender you, O Israel? How can I treat you like Admah? How can I make you like Zeboiim? I have had a change of heart! All my tender compassions are aroused! -- hosea 11:8 +. +I cannot carry out my fierce anger! I cannot totally destroy Ephraim! Because I am God, and not man - the Holy One among you - I will not come in wrath! -- hosea 11:9 +. +He will roar like a lion, and they will follow the Lord; when he roars, his children will come trembling from the west. -- hosea 11:10 +. +They will return in fear and trembling like birds from Egypt, like doves from Assyria, and I will settle them in their homes," declares the Lord. -- hosea 11:11 +. + Ephraim has surrounded me with lies; the house of Israel has surrounded me with deceit. But Judah still roams about with God; he remains faithful to the Holy One. -- hosea 11:12 +. +Ephraim continually feeds on the wind; he chases the east wind all day; he multiplies lies and violence. They make treaties with Assyria, and send olive oil as tribute to Egypt. -- hosea 12:1 +. +The Lord also has a covenant lawsuit against Judah; he will punish Jacob according to his ways and repay him according to his deeds. -- hosea 12:2 +. +In the womb he attacked his brother; in his manly vigor he struggled with God. -- hosea 12:3 +. +He struggled with an angel and prevailed; he wept and begged for his favor. He found God at Bethel, and there he spoke with him! -- hosea 12:4 +. +As for the Lord God Almighty, the Lord is the name by which he is remembered! -- hosea 12:5 +. +But you must return to your God, by maintaining love and justice, and by waiting for your God to return to you. -- hosea 12:6 +. +The businessmen love to cheat; they use dishonest scales. -- hosea 12:7 +. +Ephraim boasts, "I am very rich! I have become wealthy! In all that I have done to gain my wealth, no one can accuse me of any offense that is actually sinful." -- hosea 12:8 +. +"I am the Lord your God who brought you out of Egypt; I will make you live in tents again as in the days of old. -- hosea 12:9 +. +I spoke to the prophets; I myself revealed many visions; I spoke in parables through the prophets." -- hosea 12:10 +. +Is there idolatry in Gilead? Certainly its inhabitants will come to nothing! Do they sacrifice bulls in Gilgal? Surely their altars will be like stones heaped up on a plowed field! -- hosea 12:11 +. +Jacob fled to the country of Aram, then Israel worked to acquire a wife; he tended sheep to pay for her. -- hosea 12:12 +. +The Lord brought Israel out of Egypt by a prophet, and due to a prophet Israel was preserved alive. -- hosea 12:13 +. +But Ephraim bitterly provoked him to anger; so he will hold him accountable for the blood he has shed, his Lord will repay him for the contempt he has shown. -- hosea 12:14 +. +When Ephraim spoke, there was terror; he was exalted in Israel, but he became guilty by worshiping Baal and died. -- hosea 13:1 +. +Even now they persist in sin! They make metal images for themselves, idols that they skillfully fashion from their own silver; all of them are nothing but the work of craftsmen! There is a saying about them: "Those who sacrifice to the calf idol are calf kissers!" -- hosea 13:2 +. +Therefore they will disappear like the morning mist, like early morning dew that evaporates, like chaff that is blown away from a threshing floor, like smoke that disappears through an open window. -- hosea 13:3 +. +But I am the Lord your God, who brought you out of Egypt. Therefore, you must not acknowledge any God but me; except me there is no Savior. -- hosea 13:4 +. +I cared for you in the wilderness, in the dry desert where no water was. -- hosea 13:5 +. +When they were fed, they became satisfied; when they were satisfied, they became proud; as a result, they forgot me! -- hosea 13:6 +. +So I will pounce on them like a lion; like a leopard I will lurk by the path. -- hosea 13:7 +. +I will attack them like a bear robbed of her cubs - I will rip open their chests. I will devour them there like a lion - like a wild animal would tear them apart. -- hosea 13:8 +. +I will destroy you, O Israel! Who is there to help you? -- hosea 13:9 +. +Where then is your king, that he may save you in all your cities? Where are your rulers for whom you asked, saying, "Give me a king and princes"? -- hosea 13:10 +. +I granted you a king in my anger, and I will take him away in my wrath! -- hosea 13:11 +. +The punishment of Ephraim has been decreed; his punishment is being stored up for the future. -- hosea 13:12 +. +The labor pains of a woman will overtake him, but the baby will lack wisdom; when the time arrives, he will not come out of the womb! -- hosea 13:13 +. +Will I deliver them from the power of Sheol? No, I will not! Will I redeem them from death? No, I will not! O Death, bring on your plagues! O Sheol, bring on your destruction! My eyes will not show any compassion! -- hosea 13:14 +. +Even though he flourishes like a reed plant, a scorching east wind will come, a wind from the Lord rising up from the desert. As a result, his spring will dry up; his well will become dry. That wind will spoil all his delightful foods in the containers in his storehouse. -- hosea 13:15 +. + Samaria will be held guilty, because she rebelled against her God. They will fall by the sword, their infants will be dashed to the ground - their pregnant women will be ripped open. -- hosea 13:16 +. +Return, O Israel, to the Lord your God, for your sin has been your downfall! -- hosea 14:1 +. +Return to the Lord and repent! Say to him: "Completely forgive our iniquity; accept our penitential prayer, that we may offer the praise of our lips as sacrificial bulls. -- hosea 14:2 +. +Assyria cannot save us; we will not ride warhorses. We will never again say, 'Our gods' to what our own hands have made. For only you will show compassion to Orphan Israel!" -- hosea 14:3 +. +"I will heal their waywardness and love them freely, for my anger will turn away from them. -- hosea 14:4 +. +I will be like the dew to Israel; he will blossom like a lily, he will send down his roots like a cedar of Lebanon. -- hosea 14:5 +. +His young shoots will grow; his splendor will be like an olive tree, his fragrance like a cedar of Lebanon. -- hosea 14:6 +. +People will reside again in his shade; they will plant and harvest grain in abundance. They will blossom like a vine, and his fame will be like the wine from Lebanon. -- hosea 14:7 +. +O Ephraim, I do not want to have anything to do with idols anymore! I will answer him and care for him. I am like a luxuriant cypress tree; your fruitfulness comes from me! -- hosea 14:8 +. +Who is wise? Let him discern these things! Who is discerning? Let him understand them! For the ways of the Lord are right; the godly walk in them, but in them the rebellious stumble. -- hosea 14:9 +. +This is the Lord's message that was given to Joel the son of Pethuel: -- joel 1:1 +. +Listen to this, you elders; pay attention, all inhabitants of the land. Has anything like this ever happened in your whole life or in the lifetime of your ancestors? -- joel 1:2 +. +Tell your children about it, have your children tell their children, and their children the following generation. -- joel 1:3 +. +What the gazam-locust left the 'arbeh-locust consumed, what the 'arbeh-locust left the yeleq-locust consumed, and what the yeleq-locust left the hasil-locust consumed! -- joel 1:4 +. +Wake up, you drunkards, and weep! Wail, all you wine drinkers, because the sweet wine has been taken away from you. -- joel 1:5 +. +For a nation has invaded our land. There are so many of them they are too numerous to count. Their teeth are like those of a lion; they tear apart their prey like a lioness. -- joel 1:6 +. +They have destroyed our vines; they have turned our fig trees into mere splinters. They have completely stripped off the bark and thrown them aside; the twigs are stripped bare. -- joel 1:7 +. +Wail like a young virgin clothed in sackcloth, lamenting the death of her husband-to-be. -- joel 1:8 +. +No one brings grain offerings or drink offerings to the temple of the Lord anymore. So the priests, those who serve the Lord, are in mourning. -- joel 1:9 +. +The crops of the fields have been destroyed. The ground is in mourning because the grain has perished. The fresh wine has dried up; the olive oil languishes. -- joel 1:10 +. +Be distressed, farmers; wail, vinedressers, over the wheat and the barley. For the harvest of the field has perished. -- joel 1:11 +. +The vine has dried up; the fig tree languishes - the pomegranate, date, and apple as well. In fact, all the trees of the field have dried up. Indeed, the joy of the people has dried up! -- joel 1:12 +. +Get dressed and lament, you priests! Wail, you who minister at the altar! Come, spend the night in sackcloth, you servants of my God, because no one brings grain offerings or drink offerings to the temple of your God anymore. -- joel 1:13 +. +Announce a holy fast; proclaim a sacred assembly. Gather the elders and all the inhabitants of the land to the temple of the Lord your God, and cry out to the Lord. -- joel 1:14 +. +How awful that day will be! For the day of the Lord is near; it will come as destruction from the Divine Destroyer. -- joel 1:15 +. +Our food has been cut off right before our eyes! There is no longer any joy or gladness in the temple of our God! -- joel 1:16 +. +The grains of seed have shriveled beneath their shovels. Storehouses have been decimated and granaries have been torn down, for the grain has dried up. -- joel 1:17 +. +Listen to the cattle groan! The herds of livestock wander around in confusion because they have no pasture. Even the flocks of sheep are suffering. -- joel 1:18 +. +To you, O Lord, I call out for help, for fire has burned up the grassy pastures, flames have razed all the trees in the fields. -- joel 1:19 +. +Even the wild animals cry out to you; for the river beds have dried up; fire has destroyed the grassy pastures. -- joel 1:20 +. +Blow the trumpet in Zion; sound the alarm signal on my holy mountain! Let all the inhabitants of the land shake with fear, for the day of the Lord is about to come. Indeed, it is near! -- joel 2:1 +. +It will be a day of dreadful darkness, a day of foreboding storm clouds, like blackness spread over the mountains. It is a huge and powerful army - there has never been anything like it ever before, and there will not be anything like it for many generations to come! -- joel 2:2 +. +Like fire they devour everything in their path; a flame blazes behind them. The land looks like the Garden of Eden before them, but behind them there is only a desolate wilderness - for nothing escapes them! -- joel 2:3 +. +They look like horses; they charge ahead like war horses. -- joel 2:4 +. +They sound like chariots rumbling over mountain tops, like the crackling of blazing fire consuming stubble, like the noise of a mighty army being drawn up for battle. -- joel 2:5 +. +People writhe in fear when they see them. All of their faces turn pale with fright. -- joel 2:6 +. +They charge like warriors; they scale walls like soldiers. Each one proceeds on his course; they do not alter their path. -- joel 2:7 +. +They do not jostle one another; each of them marches straight ahead. They burst through the city defenses and do not break ranks. -- joel 2:8 +. +They rush into the city; they scale its walls. They climb up into the houses; they go in through the windows like a thief. -- joel 2:9 +. +The earth quakes before them; the sky reverberates. The sun and the moon grow dark; the stars refuse to shine. -- joel 2:10 +. +The voice of the Lord thunders as he leads his army. Indeed, his warriors are innumerable; Surely his command is carried out! Yes, the day of the Lord is awesome and very terrifying - who can survive it? -- joel 2:11 +. +"Yet even now," the Lord says, "return to me with all your heart - with fasting, weeping, and mourning. Tear your hearts, not just your garments!" -- joel 2:12 +. +Return to the Lord your God, for he is merciful and compassionate, slow to anger and boundless in loyal love - often relenting from calamitous punishment. -- joel 2:13 +. +Who knows? Perhaps he will be compassionate and grant a reprieve, and leave blessing in his wake - a meal offering and a drink offering for you to offer to the Lord your God! -- joel 2:14 +. +Blow the trumpet in Zion. Announce a holy fast; proclaim a sacred assembly! -- joel 2:15 +. +Gather the people; sanctify an assembly! Gather the elders; gather the children and the nursing infants. Let the bridegroom come out from his bedroom and the bride from her private quarters. -- joel 2:16 +. +Let the priests, those who serve the Lord, weep from the vestibule all the way back to the altar. Let them say, "Have pity, O Lord, on your people; please do not turn over your inheritance to be mocked, to become a proverb among the nations. Why should it be said among the peoples, "Where is their God?" -- joel 2:17 +. +Then the Lord became zealous for his land; he had compassion on his people. -- joel 2:18 +. +The Lord responded to his people, "Look! I am about to restore your grain as well as fresh wine and olive oil. You will be fully satisfied. I will never again make you an object of mockery among the nations. -- joel 2:19 +. +I will remove the one from the north far from you. I will drive him out to a dry and desolate place. Those in front will be driven eastward into the Dead Sea, and those in back westward into the Mediterranean Sea. His stench will rise up as a foul smell." Indeed, the Lord has accomplished great things. -- joel 2:20 +. +Do not fear, my land! Rejoice and be glad, because the Lord has accomplished great things! -- joel 2:21 +. +Do not fear, wild animals! For the pastures of the wilderness are again green with grass. Indeed, the trees bear their fruit; the fig tree and the vine yield to their fullest. -- joel 2:22 +. +Citizens of Zion, rejoice! Be glad because of what the Lord your God has done! For he has given to you the early rains as vindication. He has sent to you the rains - both the early and the late rains as formerly. -- joel 2:23 +. +The threshing floors are full of grain; the vats overflow with fresh wine and olive oil. -- joel 2:24 +. +I will make up for the years that the 'arbeh-locust consumed your crops - the yeleq-locust, the hasil-locust, and the gazam-locust - my great army that I sent against you. -- joel 2:25 +. +You will have plenty to eat, and your hunger will be fully satisfied; you will praise the name of the Lord your God, who has acted wondrously in your behalf. My people will never again be put to shame. -- joel 2:26 +. +You will be convinced that I am in the midst of Israel. I am the Lord your God; there is no other. My people will never again be put to shame. -- joel 2:27 +. + After all of this I will pour out my Spirit on all kinds of people. Your sons and daughters will prophesy. Your elderly will have revelatory dreams; your young men will see prophetic visions. -- joel 2:28 +. +Even on male and female servants I will pour out my Spirit in those days. -- joel 2:29 +. +I will produce portents both in the sky and on the earth - blood, fire, and columns of smoke. -- joel 2:30 +. +The sunlight will be turned to darkness and the moon to the color of blood, before the day of the Lord comes - that great and terrible day! -- joel 2:31 +. +It will so happen that everyone who calls on the name of the Lord will be delivered. For on Mount Zion and in Jerusalem there will be those who survive, just as the Lord has promised; the remnant will be those whom the Lord will call. -- joel 2:32 +. + For look! In those days and at that time I will return the exiles to Judah and Jerusalem. -- joel 3:1 +. +Then I will gather all the nations, and bring them down to the valley of Jehoshaphat. I will enter into judgment against them there concerning my people Israel who are my inheritance, whom they scattered among the nations. They partitioned my land, -- joel 3:2 +. +and they cast lots for my people. They traded a boy for a prostitute; they sold a little girl for wine so they could drink. -- joel 3:3 +. +Why are you doing these things to me, Tyre and Sidon? Are you trying to get even with me, land of Philistia? I will very quickly repay you for what you have done! -- joel 3:4 +. +For you took my silver and my gold and brought my precious valuables to your own palaces. -- joel 3:5 +. +You sold Judeans and Jerusalemites to the Greeks, removing them far from their own country. -- joel 3:6 +. +Look! I am rousing them from that place to which you sold them. I will repay you for what you have done! -- joel 3:7 +. +I will sell your sons and daughters to the people of Judah. They will sell them to the Sabeans, a nation far away. Indeed, the Lord has spoken! -- joel 3:8 +. +Proclaim this among the nations: "Prepare for a holy war! Call out the warriors! Let all these fighting men approach and attack! -- joel 3:9 +. +Beat your plowshares into swords, and your pruning hooks into spears! Let the weak say, 'I too am a warrior!' -- joel 3:10 +. +Lend your aid and come, all you surrounding nations, and gather yourselves to that place." Bring down, O Lord, your warriors! -- joel 3:11 +. +Let the nations be roused and let them go up to the valley of Jehoshaphat, for there I will sit in judgment on all the surrounding nations. -- joel 3:12 +. +Rush forth with the sickle, for the harvest is ripe! Come, stomp the grapes, for the winepress is full! The vats overflow. Indeed, their evil is great! -- joel 3:13 +. +Crowds, great crowds are in the valley of decision, for the day of the Lord is near in the valley of decision! -- joel 3:14 +. +The sun and moon are darkened; the stars withhold their brightness. -- joel 3:15 +. +The Lord roars from Zion; from Jerusalem his voice bellows out. The heavens and the earth shake. But the Lord is a refuge for his people; he is a stronghold for the citizens of Israel. -- joel 3:16 +. +You will be convinced that I the Lord am your God, dwelling on Zion, my holy mountain. Jerusalem will be holy - conquering armies will no longer pass through it. -- joel 3:17 +. +On that day the mountains will drip with sweet wine, and the hills will flow with milk. All the dry stream beds of Judah will flow with water. A spring will flow out from the temple of the Lord, watering the Valley of Acacia Trees. -- joel 3:18 +. +Egypt will be desolate and Edom will be a desolate wilderness, because of the violence they did to the people of Judah, in whose land they shed innocent blood. -- joel 3:19 +. +But Judah will reside securely forever, and Jerusalem will be secure from one generation to the next. -- joel 3:20 +. +I will avenge their blood which I had not previously acquitted. It is the Lord who dwells in Zion! -- joel 3:21 +. +The following is a record of what Amos prophesied. He was one of the herdsmen from Tekoa. These prophecies about Israel were revealed to him during the time of King Uzziah of Judah and King Jeroboam son of Joash of Israel, two years before the earthquake. -- amos 1:1 +. +Amos said: "The Lord comes roaring out of Zion; from Jerusalem he comes bellowing! The shepherds' pastures wilt; the summit of Carmel withers." -- amos 1:2 +. +This is what the Lord says: "Because Damascus has committed three crimes - make that four! - I will not revoke my decree of judgment. They ripped through Gilead like threshing sledges with iron teeth. -- amos 1:3 +. +So I will set Hazael's house on fire; fire will consume Ben Hadad's fortresses. -- amos 1:4 +. +I will break the bar on the gate of Damascus. I will remove the ruler from Wicked Valley, the one who holds the royal scepter from Beth Eden. The people of Aram will be deported to Kir." The Lord has spoken! -- amos 1:5 +. +This is what the Lord says: "Because Gaza has committed three crimes - make that four! - I will not revoke my decree of judgment. They deported a whole community and sold them to Edom. -- amos 1:6 +. +So I will set Gaza's city wall on fire; fire will consume her fortresses. -- amos 1:7 +. +I will remove the ruler from Ashdod, the one who holds the royal scepter from Ashkelon. I will strike Ekron with my hand; the rest of the Philistines will also die." The sovereign Lord has spoken! -- amos 1:8 +. +This is what the Lord says: "Because Tyre has committed three crimes - make that four! - I will not revoke my decree of judgment. They sold a whole community to Edom; they failed to observe a treaty of brotherhood. -- amos 1:9 +. +So I will set fire to Tyre's city wall; fire will consume her fortresses." -- amos 1:10 +. +This is what the Lord says: "Because Edom has committed three crimes - make that four! - I will not revoke my decree of judgment. He chased his brother with a sword; he wiped out his allies. In his anger he tore them apart without stopping to rest; in his fury he relentlessly attacked them. -- amos 1:11 +. +So I will set Teman on fire; fire will consume Bozrah's fortresses." -- amos 1:12 +. +This is what the Lord says: "Because the Ammonites have committed three crimes - make that four! - I will not revoke my decree of judgment. They ripped open Gilead's pregnant women so they could expand their territory. -- amos 1:13 +. +So I will set fire to Rabbah's city wall; fire will consume her fortresses. War cries will be heard on the day of battle; a strong gale will blow on the day of the windstorm. -- amos 1:14 +. +Ammon's king will be deported; he and his officials will be carried off together." The Lord has spoken! -- amos 1:15 +. +This is what the Lord says: "Because Moab has committed three crimes - make that four! - I will not revoke my decree of judgment. They burned the bones of Edom's king into lime. -- amos 2:1 +. +So I will set Moab on fire, and it will consume Kerioth's fortresses. Moab will perish in the heat of battle amid war cries and the blaring of the ram's horn. -- amos 2:2 +. +I will remove Moab's leader; I will kill all Moab's officials with him." The Lord has spoken! -- amos 2:3 +. +This is what the Lord says: "Because Judah has committed three covenant transgressions - make that four! - I will not revoke my decree of judgment. They rejected the Lord's law; they did not obey his commands. Their false gods, to which their fathers were loyal, led them astray. -- amos 2:4 +. +So I will set Judah on fire, and it will consume Jerusalem's fortresses." -- amos 2:5 +. +This is what the Lord says: "Because Israel has committed three covenant transgressions - make that four! - I will not revoke my decree of judgment. They sold the innocent for silver, the needy for a pair of sandals. -- amos 2:6 +. +They trample on the dirt-covered heads of the poor; they push the destitute away. A man and his father go to the same girl; in this way they show disrespect for my moral purity. -- amos 2:7 +. +They stretch out on clothing seized as collateral; they do so right beside every altar! They drink wine bought with the fines they have levied; they do so right in the temple of their God! -- amos 2:8 +. +For Israel's sake I destroyed the Amorites. They were as tall as cedars and as strong as oaks, but I destroyed the fruit on their branches and their roots in the ground. -- amos 2:9 +. +I brought you up from the land of Egypt; I led you through the wilderness for forty years so you could take the Amorites' land as your own. -- amos 2:10 +. +I made some of your sons prophets and some of your young men Nazirites. Is this not true, you Israelites?" The Lord is speaking! -- amos 2:11 +. +"But you made the Nazirites drink wine; you commanded the prophets, 'Do not prophesy!' -- amos 2:12 +. +Look! I will press you down, like a cart loaded down with grain presses down. -- amos 2:13 +. +Fast runners will find no place to hide; strong men will have no strength left; warriors will not be able to save their lives. -- amos 2:14 +. +Archers will not hold their ground; fast runners will not save their lives, nor will those who ride horses. -- amos 2:15 +. +Bravehearted warriors will run away naked in that day." The Lord is speaking! -- amos 2:16 +. +Listen, you Israelites, to this message which the Lord is proclaiming against you! This message is for the entire clan I brought up from the land of Egypt: -- amos 3:1 +. +"I have chosen you alone from all the clans of the earth. Therefore I will punish you for all your sins." -- amos 3:2 +. +Do two walk together without having met? -- amos 3:3 +. +Does a lion roar in the woods if he has not cornered his prey? Does a young lion bellow from his den if he has not caught something? -- amos 3:4 +. +Does a bird swoop down into a trap on the ground if there is no bait? Does a trap spring up from the ground unless it has surely caught something? -- amos 3:5 +. +If an alarm sounds in a city, do people not fear? If disaster overtakes a city, is the Lord not responsible? -- amos 3:6 +. +Certainly the sovereign Lord does nothing without first revealing his plan to his servants the prophets. -- amos 3:7 +. +A lion has roared! Who is not afraid? The sovereign Lord has spoken! Who can refuse to prophesy? -- amos 3:8 +. +Make this announcement in the fortresses of Ashdod and in the fortresses in the land of Egypt. Say this: "Gather on the hills around Samaria! Observe the many acts of violence taking place within the city, the oppressive deeds occurring in it." -- amos 3:9 +. +"They do not know how to do what is right." (The Lord is speaking.) "They store up the spoils of destructive violence in their fortresses. -- amos 3:10 +. +Therefore," says the sovereign Lord, "an enemy will encircle the land. He will take away your power; your fortresses will be looted." -- amos 3:11 +. +This is what the Lord says: "Just as a shepherd salvages from the lion's mouth a couple of leg bones or a piece of an ear, so the Israelites who live in Samaria will be salvaged. They will be left with just a corner of a bed, and a part of a couch." -- amos 3:12 +. +Listen and warn the family of Jacob! The sovereign Lord, the God who commands armies, is speaking! -- amos 3:13 +. +"Certainly when I punish Israel for their covenant transgressions, I will destroy Bethel's altars. The horns of the altar will be cut off and fall to the ground. -- amos 3:14 +. +I will destroy both the winter and summer houses. The houses filled with ivory will be ruined, the great houses will be swept away." The Lord is speaking! -- amos 3:15 +. +Listen to this message, you cows of Bashan who live on Mount Samaria! You oppress the poor; you crush the needy. You say to your husbands, "Bring us more to drink!" -- amos 4:1 +. +The sovereign Lord confirms this oath by his own holy character: "Certainly the time is approaching when you will be carried away in baskets, every last one of you in fishermen's pots. -- amos 4:2 +. +Each of you will go straight through the gaps in the walls; you will be thrown out toward Harmon." The Lord is speaking! -- amos 4:3 +. +"Go to Bethel and rebel! At Gilgal rebel some more! Bring your sacrifices in the morning, your tithes on the third day! -- amos 4:4 +. +Burn a thank offering of bread made with yeast! Make a public display of your voluntary offerings! For you love to do this, you Israelites." The sovereign Lord is speaking! -- amos 4:5 +. +"But surely I gave you no food to eat in any of your cities; you lacked food everywhere you live. Still you did not come back to me." The Lord is speaking! -- amos 4:6 +. +"I withheld rain from you three months before the harvest. I gave rain to one city, but not to another. One field would get rain, but the field that received no rain dried up. -- amos 4:7 +. +People from two or three cities staggered into one city to get water, but remained thirsty. Still you did not come back to me." The Lord is speaking! -- amos 4:8 +. +"I destroyed your crops with blight and disease. Locusts kept devouring your orchards, vineyards, fig trees, and olive trees. Still you did not come back to me." The Lord is speaking! -- amos 4:9 +. +"I sent against you a plague like one of the Egyptian plagues. I killed your young men with the sword, along with the horses you had captured. I made the stench from the corpses rise up into your nostrils. Still you did not come back to me." The Lord is speaking! -- amos 4:10 +. +"I overthrew some of you the way God overthrew Sodom and Gomorrah. You were like a burning stick snatched from the flames. Still you did not come back to me." The Lord is speaking! -- amos 4:11 +. +"Therefore this is what I will do to you, Israel. Because I will do this to you, prepare to meet your God, Israel! -- amos 4:12 +. +For here he is! He formed the mountains and created the wind. He reveals his plans to men. He turns the dawn into darkness and marches on the heights of the earth. The Lord, the God who commands armies, is his name!" -- amos 4:13 +. +Listen to this funeral song I am ready to sing about you, family of Israel: -- amos 5:1 +. +"The virgin Israel has fallen down and will not get up again. She is abandoned on her own land with no one to help her get up." -- amos 5:2 +. +The sovereign Lord says this: "The city that marches out with a thousand soldiers will have only a hundred left; the town that marches out with a hundred soldiers will have only ten left for the family of Israel." -- amos 5:3 +. +The Lord says this to the family of Israel: "Seek me so you can live! -- amos 5:4 +. +Do not seek Bethel! Do not visit Gilgal! Do not journey down to Beer Sheba! For the people of Gilgal will certainly be carried into exile; and Bethel will become a place where disaster abounds." -- amos 5:5 +. +Seek the Lord so you can live! Otherwise he will break out like fire against Joseph's family; the fire will consume and no one will be able to quench it and save Bethel. -- amos 5:6 +. +The Israelites turn justice into bitterness; they throw what is fair and right to the ground. -- amos 5:7 +. +(But there is one who made the constellations Pleiades and Orion; he can turn the darkness into morning and daylight into night. He summons the water of the seas and pours it out on the earth's surface. The Lord is his name! -- amos 5:8 +. +He flashes destruction down upon the strong so that destruction overwhelms the fortified places.) -- amos 5:9 +. +The Israelites hate anyone who arbitrates at the city gate; they despise anyone who speaks honestly. -- amos 5:10 +. +Therefore, because you make the poor pay taxes on their crops and exact a grain tax from them, you will not live in the houses you built with chiseled stone, nor will you drink the wine from the fine vineyards you planted. -- amos 5:11 +. +Certainly I am aware of your many rebellious acts and your numerous sins. You torment the innocent, you take bribes, and you deny justice to the needy at the city gate. -- amos 5:12 +. +For this reason whoever is smart keeps quiet in such a time, for it is an evil time. -- amos 5:13 +. +Seek good and not evil so you can live! Then the Lord, the God who commands armies, just might be with you, as you claim he is. -- amos 5:14 +. +Hate what is wrong, love what is right! Promote justice at the city gate! Maybe the Lord, the God who commands armies, will have mercy on those who are left from Joseph. -- amos 5:15 +. +Because of Israel's sins this is what the Lord, the God who commands armies, the sovereign One, says: "In all the squares there will be wailing, in all the streets they will mourn the dead. They will tell the field workers to lament and the professional mourners to wail. -- amos 5:16 +. +In all the vineyards there will be wailing, for I will pass through your midst," says the Lord. -- amos 5:17 +. +Woe to those who wish for the day of the Lord! Why do you want the Lord's day of judgment to come? It will bring darkness, not light. -- amos 5:18 +. +Disaster will be inescapable, as if a man ran from a lion only to meet a bear, then escaped into a house, leaned his hand against the wall, and was bitten by a poisonous snake. -- amos 5:19 +. +Don't you realize the Lord's day of judgment will bring darkness, not light - gloomy blackness, not bright light? -- amos 5:20 +. +"I absolutely despise your festivals! I get no pleasure from your religious assemblies! -- amos 5:21 +. +Even if you offer me burnt and grain offerings, I will not be satisfied; I will not look with favor on your peace offerings of fattened calves. -- amos 5:22 +. +Take away from me your noisy songs; I don't want to hear the music of your stringed instruments. -- amos 5:23 +. +Justice must flow like torrents of water, righteous actions like a stream that never dries up. -- amos 5:24 +. +You did not bring me sacrifices and grain offerings during the forty years you spent in the wilderness, family of Israel. -- amos 5:25 +. +You will pick up your images of Sikkuth, your king, and Kiyyun, your star god, which you made for yourselves, -- amos 5:26 +. +and I will drive you into exile beyond Damascus," says the Lord. He is called the God who commands armies! -- amos 5:27 +. +Woe to those who live in ease in Zion, to those who feel secure on Mount Samaria. They think of themselves as the elite class of the best nation. The family of Israel looks to them for leadership. -- amos 6:1 +. +They say to the people: "Journey over to Calneh and look at it! Then go from there to Hamath-Rabbah! Then go down to Gath of the Philistines! Are they superior to our two kingdoms? Is their territory larger than yours?" -- amos 6:2 +. +You refuse to believe a day of disaster will come, but you establish a reign of violence. -- amos 6:3 +. +They lie around on beds decorated with ivory, and sprawl out on their couches. They eat lambs from the flock, and calves from the middle of the pen. -- amos 6:4 +. +They sing to the tune of stringed instruments; like David they invent musical instruments. -- amos 6:5 +. +They drink wine from sacrificial bowls, and pour the very best oils on themselves. Yet they are not concerned over the ruin of Joseph. -- amos 6:6 +. +Therefore they will now be the first to go into exile, and the religious banquets where they sprawl on couches will end. -- amos 6:7 +. +The sovereign Lord confirms this oath by his very own life. The Lord, the God who commands armies, is speaking: "I despise Jacob's arrogance; I hate their fortresses. I will hand over to their enemies the city of Samaria and everything in it." -- amos 6:8 +. +If ten men are left in one house, they too will die. -- amos 6:9 +. +When their close relatives, the ones who will burn the corpses, pick up their bodies to remove the bones from the house, they will say to anyone who is in the inner rooms of the house, "Is anyone else with you?" He will respond, "Be quiet! Don't invoke the Lord's name!" -- amos 6:10 +. +Indeed, look! The Lord is giving the command. He will smash the large house to bits, and the small house into little pieces. -- amos 6:11 +. +Can horses run on rocky cliffs? Can one plow the sea with oxen? Yet you have turned justice into a poisonous plant, and the fruit of righteous actions into a bitter plant. -- amos 6:12 +. +You are happy because you conquered Lo-Debar. You say, "Did we not conquer Karnaim by our own power?" -- amos 6:13 +. +"Look! I am about to bring a nation against you, family of Israel." The Lord, the God who commands armies, is speaking. "They will oppress you all the way from Lebo-Hamath to the Stream of the Arabah." -- amos 6:14 +. +The sovereign Lord showed me this: I saw him making locusts just as the crops planted late were beginning to sprout. (The crops planted late sprout after the royal harvest.) -- amos 7:1 +. +When they had completely consumed the earth's vegetation, I said, "Sovereign Lord, forgive Israel! How can Jacob survive? He is too weak!" -- amos 7:2 +. +The Lord decided not to do this. "It will not happen," the Lord said. -- amos 7:3 +. +The sovereign Lord showed me this: I saw the sovereign Lord summoning a shower of fire. It consumed the great deep and devoured the fields. -- amos 7:4 +. +I said, "Sovereign Lord, stop! How can Jacob survive? He is too weak!" -- amos 7:5 +. +The Lord decided not to do this. The sovereign Lord said, "This will not happen either." -- amos 7:6 +. +He showed me this: I saw the sovereign One standing by a tin wall holding tin in his hand. -- amos 7:7 +. +The Lord said to me, "What do you see, Amos?" I said, "Tin." The sovereign One then said, "Look, I am about to place tin among my people Israel. I will no longer overlook their sin. -- amos 7:8 +. +Isaac's centers of worship will become desolate; Israel's holy places will be in ruins. I will attack Jeroboam's dynasty with the sword." -- amos 7:9 +. +Amaziah the priest of Bethel sent this message to King Jeroboam of Israel: "Amos is conspiring against you in the very heart of the kingdom of Israel! The land cannot endure all his prophecies. -- amos 7:10 +. +As a matter of fact, Amos is saying this: 'Jeroboam will die by the sword and Israel will certainly be carried into exile away from its land.'" -- amos 7:11 +. +Amaziah then said to Amos, "Leave, you visionary! Run away to the land of Judah! Earn your living and prophesy there! -- amos 7:12 +. +Don't prophesy at Bethel any longer, for a royal temple and palace are here!" -- amos 7:13 +. +Amos replied to Amaziah, "I was not a prophet by profession. No, I was a herdsman who also took care of sycamore fig trees. -- amos 7:14 +. +Then the Lord took me from tending flocks and gave me this commission, 'Go! Prophesy to my people Israel!' -- amos 7:15 +. +So now listen to the Lord's message! You say, 'Don't prophesy against Israel! Don't preach against the family of Isaac!' -- amos 7:16 +. +"Therefore this is what the Lord says: 'Your wife will become a prostitute in the streets and your sons and daughters will die violently. Your land will be given to others and you will die in a foreign land. Israel will certainly be carried into exile away from its land.'" -- amos 7:17 +. +The sovereign Lord showed me this: I saw a basket of summer fruit. -- amos 8:1 +. +He said, "What do you see, Amos?" I replied, "A basket of summer fruit." Then the Lord said to me, "The end has come for my people Israel! I will no longer overlook their sins. -- amos 8:2 +. +The women singing in the temple will wail in that day." The sovereign Lord is speaking. "There will be many corpses littered everywhere! Be quiet!" -- amos 8:3 +. +Listen to this, you who trample the needy, and do away with the destitute in the land. -- amos 8:4 +. +You say, "When will the new moon festival be over, so we can sell grain? When will the Sabbath end, so we can open up the grain bins? We're eager to sell less for a higher price, and to cheat the buyer with rigged scales! -- amos 8:5 +. +We're eager to trade silver for the poor, a pair of sandals for the needy! We want to mix in some chaff with the grain!" -- amos 8:6 +. +The Lord confirms this oath by the arrogance of Jacob: "I swear I will never forget all you have done! -- amos 8:7 +. +Because of this the earth will quake, and all who live in it will mourn. The whole earth will rise like the River Nile, it will surge upward and then grow calm, like the Nile in Egypt. -- amos 8:8 +. +In that day," says the sovereign Lord, "I will make the sun set at noon, and make the earth dark in the middle of the day. -- amos 8:9 +. +I will turn your festivals into funerals, and all your songs into funeral dirges. I will make everyone wear funeral clothes and cause every head to be shaved bald. I will make you mourn as if you had lost your only son; when it ends it will indeed have been a bitter day. -- amos 8:10 +. +Be certain of this, the time is coming," says the sovereign Lord, "when I will send a famine through the land - not a shortage of food or water but an end to divine revelation! -- amos 8:11 +. +People will stagger from sea to sea, and from the north around to the east. They will wander about looking for a revelation from the Lord, but they will not find any. -- amos 8:12 +. +In that day your beautiful young women and your young men will faint from thirst. -- amos 8:13 +. +These are the ones who now take oaths in the name of the sinful idol goddess of Samaria. They vow, 'As surely as your god lives, O Dan,' or 'As surely as your beloved one lives, O Beer Sheba!' But they will fall down and not get up again." -- amos 8:14 +. +I saw the sovereign One standing by the altar and he said, "Strike the tops of the support pillars, so the thresholds shake! Knock them down on the heads of all the people, and I will kill the survivors with the sword. No one will be able to run away; no one will be able to escape. -- amos 9:1 +. +Even if they could dig down into the netherworld, my hand would pull them up from there. Even if they could climb up to heaven, I would drag them down from there. -- amos 9:2 +. +Even if they were to hide on the top of Mount Carmel, I would hunt them down and take them from there. Even if they tried to hide from me at the bottom of the sea, from there I would command the Sea Serpent to bite them. -- amos 9:3 +. +Even when their enemies drive them into captivity, from there I will command the sword to kill them. I will not let them out of my sight; they will experience disaster, not prosperity." -- amos 9:4 +. +The sovereign Lord who commands armies will do this. He touches the earth and it dissolves; all who live on it mourn. The whole earth rises like the River Nile, and then grows calm like the Nile in Egypt. -- amos 9:5 +. +He builds the upper rooms of his palace in heaven and sets its foundation supports on the earth. He summons the water of the sea and pours it out on the earth's surface. The Lord is his name. -- amos 9:6 +. +"You Israelites are just like the Ethiopians in my sight," says the Lord. "Certainly I brought Israel up from the land of Egypt, but I also brought the Philistines from Caphtor and the Arameans from Kir. -- amos 9:7 +. +Look, the sovereign Lord is watching the sinful nation, and I will destroy it from the face of the earth. But I will not completely destroy the family of Jacob," says the Lord. -- amos 9:8 +. +"For look, I am giving a command and I will shake the family of Israel together with all the nations. It will resemble a sieve being shaken, when not even a pebble falls to the ground. -- amos 9:9 +. +All the sinners among my people will die by the sword - the ones who say, 'Disaster will not come near, it will not confront us.' -- amos 9:10 +. +"In that day I will rebuild the collapsing hut of David. I will seal its gaps, repair its ruins, and restore it to what it was like in days gone by. -- amos 9:11 +. +As a result they will conquer those left in Edom and all the nations subject to my rule." The Lord, who is about to do this, is speaking! -- amos 9:12 +. +"Be sure of this, the time is coming," says the Lord, "when the plowman will catch up to the reaper and the one who stomps the grapes will overtake the planter. Juice will run down the slopes, it will flow down all the hillsides. -- amos 9:13 +. +I will bring back my people, Israel; they will rebuild the cities lying in rubble and settle down. They will plant vineyards and drink the wine they produce; they will grow orchards and eat the fruit they produce. -- amos 9:14 +. +I will plant them on their land and they will never again be uprooted from the land I have given them," says the Lord your God. -- amos 9:15 +. +The vision that Obadiah saw. The Lord God says this concerning Edom:We have heard a report from the Lord. An envoy was sent among the nations, saying, "Arise! Let us make war against Edom!" -- obadiah 1:1 +. +The Lord says, "Look! I will make you a weak nation; you will be greatly despised! -- obadiah 1:2 +. +Your presumptuous heart has deceived you - you who reside in the safety of the rocky cliffs, whose home is high in the mountains. You think to yourself, 'No one can bring me down to the ground!' -- obadiah 1:3 +. +Even if you were to soar high like an eagle, even if you were to make your nest among the stars, I can bring you down even from there!" says the Lord. -- obadiah 1:4 +. +"If thieves came to rob you during the night, they would steal only as much as they wanted! If grape pickers came to harvest your vineyards, they would leave some behind for the poor! But you will be totally destroyed! -- obadiah 1:5 +. +How the people of Esau will be thoroughly plundered! Their hidden valuables will be ransacked! -- obadiah 1:6 +. +All your allies will force you from your homeland! Your treaty partners will deceive you and overpower you. Your trusted friends will set an ambush for you that will take you by surprise! -- obadiah 1:7 +. +At that time," the Lord says, "I will destroy the wise sages of Edom! the advisers from Esau's mountain! -- obadiah 1:8 +. +Your warriors will be shattered, O Teman, so that everyone will be destroyed from Esau's mountain! -- obadiah 1:9 +. +"Because you violently slaughtered your relatives, the people of Jacob, shame will cover you, and you will be destroyed forever. -- obadiah 1:10 +. +You stood aloof while strangers took his army captive, and foreigners advanced to his gates. When they cast lots over Jerusalem, you behaved as though you were in league with them. -- obadiah 1:11 +. +You should not have gloated when your relatives suffered calamity. You should not have rejoiced over the people of Judah when they were destroyed. You should not have boasted when they suffered adversity. -- obadiah 1:12 +. +You should not have entered the city of my people when they experienced distress. You should not have joined in gloating over their misfortune when they suffered distress. You should not have looted their wealth when they endured distress. -- obadiah 1:13 +. +You should not have stood at the fork in the road to slaughter those trying to escape. You should not have captured their refugees when they suffered adversity. -- obadiah 1:14 +. +"For the day of the Lord is approaching for all the nations! Just as you have done, so it will be done to you. You will get exactly what your deeds deserve. -- obadiah 1:15 +. +For just as you have drunk on my holy mountain, so all the nations will drink continually. They will drink, and they will gulp down; they will be as though they had never been. -- obadiah 1:16 +. +But on Mount Zion there will be a remnant of those who escape, and it will be a holy place once again. The descendants of Jacob will conquer those who had conquered them. -- obadiah 1:17 +. +The descendants of Jacob will be a fire, and the descendants of Joseph a flame. The descendants of Esau will be like stubble. They will burn them up and devour them. There will not be a single survivor of the descendants of Esau!" Indeed, the Lord has spoken it. -- obadiah 1:18 +. +The people of the Negev will take possession of Esau's mountain, and the people of the Shephelah will take possession of the land of the Philistines. They will also take possession of the territory of Ephraim and the territory of Samaria, and the people of Benjamin will take possession of Gilead. -- obadiah 1:19 +. +The exiles of this fortress of the people of Israel will take possession of what belongs to the people of Canaan, as far as Zarephath, and the exiles of Jerusalem who are in Sepharad will take possession of the towns of the Negev. -- obadiah 1:20 +. +Those who have been delivered will go up on Mount Zion in order to rule over Esau's mountain. Then the Lord will reign as King! -- obadiah 1:21 +. +The Lord said to Jonah son of Amittai, -- jonah 1:1 +. +"Go immediately to Nineveh, that large capital city, and announce judgment against its people because their wickedness has come to my attention." -- jonah 1:2 +. +Instead, Jonah immediately headed off to Tarshish to escape from the commission of the Lord. He traveled to Joppa and found a merchant ship heading to Tarshish. So he paid the fare and went aboard it to go with them to Tarshish far away from the Lord. -- jonah 1:3 +. +But the Lord hurled a powerful wind on the sea. Such a violent tempest arose on the sea that the ship threatened to break up! -- jonah 1:4 +. +The sailors were so afraid that each cried out to his own god and they flung the ship's cargo overboard to make the ship lighter. Jonah, meanwhile, had gone down into the hold below deck, had lain down, and was sound asleep. -- jonah 1:5 +. +The ship's captain approached him and said, "What are you doing asleep? Get up! Cry out to your god! Perhaps your god might take notice of us so that we might not die!" -- jonah 1:6 +. +The sailors said to one another, "Come on, let's cast lots to find out whose fault it is that this disaster has overtaken us." So they cast lots, and Jonah was singled out. -- jonah 1:7 +. +They said to him, "Tell us, whose fault is it that this disaster has overtaken us? What's your occupation? Where do you come from? What's your country? And who are your people?" -- jonah 1:8 +. +He said to them, "I am a Hebrew! And I worship the Lord, the God of heaven, who made the sea and the dry land." -- jonah 1:9 +. +Hearing this, the men became even more afraid and said to him, "What have you done?" (The men said this because they knew that he was trying to escape from the Lord, because he had previously told them.) -- jonah 1:10 +. +Because the storm was growing worse and worse, they said to him, "What should we do to you to make the sea calm down for us?" -- jonah 1:11 +. +He said to them, "Pick me up and throw me into the sea to make the sea quiet down, because I know it's my fault you are in this severe storm." -- jonah 1:12 +. +Instead, they tried to row back to land, but they were not able to do so because the storm kept growing worse and worse. -- jonah 1:13 +. +So they cried out to the Lord, "Oh, please, Lord, don't let us die on account of this man! Don't hold us guilty of shedding innocent blood. After all, you, Lord, have done just as you pleased." -- jonah 1:14 +. +So they picked Jonah up and threw him into the sea, and the sea stopped raging. -- jonah 1:15 +. +The men feared the Lord greatly, and earnestly vowed to offer lavish sacrifices to the Lord. -- jonah 1:16 +. +The Lord sent a huge fish to swallow Jonah, and Jonah was in the stomach of the fish three days and three nights. -- jonah 1:17 +. +Jonah prayed to the Lord his God from the stomach of the fish -- jonah 2:1 +. +and said, "I called out to the Lord from my distress, and he answered me; from the belly of Sheol I cried out for help, and you heard my prayer. -- jonah 2:2 +. +You threw me into the deep waters, into the middle of the sea; the ocean current engulfed me; all the mighty waves you sent swept over me. -- jonah 2:3 +. +I thought I had been banished from your sight, that I would never again see your holy temple! -- jonah 2:4 +. +Water engulfed me up to my neck; the deep ocean surrounded me; seaweed was wrapped around my head. -- jonah 2:5 +. +I went down to the very bottoms of the mountains; the gates of the netherworld barred me in forever; but you brought me up from the Pit, O Lord, my God. -- jonah 2:6 +. +When my life was ebbing away, I called out to the Lord, and my prayer came to your holy temple. -- jonah 2:7 +. +Those who worship worthless idols forfeit the mercy that could be theirs. -- jonah 2:8 +. +But as for me, I promise to offer a sacrifice to you with a public declaration of praise; I will surely do what I have promised. Salvation belongs to the Lord!" -- jonah 2:9 +. +Then the Lord commanded the fish and it disgorged Jonah on dry land. -- jonah 2:10 +. +The Lord said to Jonah a second time, -- jonah 3:1 +. +"Go immediately to Nineveh, that large city, and proclaim to it the message that I tell you." -- jonah 3:2 +. +So Jonah went immediately to Nineveh, as the Lord had said. (Now Nineveh was an enormous city - it required three days to walk through it!) -- jonah 3:3 +. +When Jonah began to enter the city one day's walk, he announced, "At the end of forty days, Nineveh will be overthrown!" -- jonah 3:4 +. +The people of Nineveh believed in God, and they declared a fast and put on sackcloth, from the greatest to the least of them. -- jonah 3:5 +. +When the news reached the king of Nineveh, he got up from his throne, took off his royal robe, put on sackcloth, and sat on ashes. -- jonah 3:6 +. +He issued a proclamation and said, "In Nineveh, by the decree of the king and his nobles: No human or animal, cattle or sheep, is to taste anything; they must not eat and they must not drink water. -- jonah 3:7 +. +Every person and animal must put on sackcloth and must cry earnestly to God, and everyone must turn from their evil way of living and from the violence that they do. -- jonah 3:8 +. +Who knows? Perhaps God might be willing to change his mind and relent and turn from his fierce anger so that we might not die." -- jonah 3:9 +. +When God saw their actions - they turned from their evil way of living! - God relented concerning the judgment he had threatened them with and he did not destroy them. -- jonah 3:10 +. +This displeased Jonah terribly and he became very angry. -- jonah 4:1 +. +He prayed to the Lord and said, "Oh, Lord, this is just what I thought would happen when I was in my own country. This is what I tried to prevent by attempting to escape to Tarshish! - because I knew that you are gracious and compassionate, slow to anger and abounding in mercy, and one who relents concerning threatened judgment. -- jonah 4:2 +. +So now, Lord, kill me instead, because I would rather die than live!" -- jonah 4:3 +. +The Lord said, "Are you really so very angry?" -- jonah 4:4 +. +Jonah left the city and sat down east of it. He made a shelter for himself there and sat down under it in the shade to see what would happen to the city. -- jonah 4:5 +. +The Lord God appointed a little plant and caused it to grow up over Jonah to be a shade over his head to rescue him from his misery. Now Jonah was very delighted about the little plant. -- jonah 4:6 +. +So God sent a worm at dawn the next day, and it attacked the little plant so that it dried up. -- jonah 4:7 +. +When the sun began to shine, God sent a hot east wind. So the sun beat down on Jonah's head, and he grew faint. So he despaired of life, and said, "I would rather die than live!" -- jonah 4:8 +. +God said to Jonah, "Are you really so very angry about the little plant?" And he said, "I am as angry as I could possibly be!" -- jonah 4:9 +. +The Lord said, "You were upset about this little plant, something for which you have not worked nor did you do anything to make it grow. It grew up overnight and died the next day. -- jonah 4:10 +. +Should I not be even more concerned about Nineveh, this enormous city? There are more than one hundred twenty thousand people in it who do not know right from wrong, as well as many animals!" -- jonah 4:11 +. +This is the prophetic message that the Lord gave to Micah of Moresheth. He delivered this message during the reigns of Jotham, Ahaz, and Hezekiah, kings of Judah. The prophecies pertain to Samaria and Jerusalem. -- micah 1:1 +. +Listen, all you nations! Pay attention, all inhabitants of earth! The sovereign Lord will testify against you; the Lord will accuse you from his majestic palace. -- micah 1:2 +. +Look, the Lord is coming out of his dwelling place! He will descend and march on the earth's mountaintops! -- micah 1:3 +. +The mountains will disintegrate beneath him, and the valleys will be split in two. The mountains will melt like wax in a fire, the rocks will slide down like water cascading down a steep slope. -- micah 1:4 +. +All this is because of Jacob's rebellion and the sins of the nation of Israel. How has Jacob rebelled, you ask? Samaria epitomizes their rebellion! Where are Judah's pagan worship centers, you ask? They are right in Jerusalem! -- micah 1:5 +. +"I will turn Samaria into a heap of ruins in an open field - vineyards will be planted there! I will tumble the rubble of her stone walls down into the valley, and tear down her fortifications to their foundations. -- micah 1:6 +. +All her carved idols will be smashed to pieces; all her metal cult statues will be destroyed by fire. I will make a waste heap of all her images. Since she gathered the metal as a prostitute collects her wages, the idols will become a prostitute's wages again." -- micah 1:7 +. +For this reason I will mourn and wail; I will walk around barefoot and without my outer garments. I will howl like a wild dog, and screech like an owl. -- micah 1:8 +. +For Samaria's disease is incurable. It has infected Judah; it has spread to the leadership of my people and has even contaminated Jerusalem! -- micah 1:9 +. +Don't spread the news in Gath! Don't shed even a single tear! In Beth Leaphrah sit in the dust! -- micah 1:10 +. +Residents of Shaphir, pass by in nakedness and humiliation! The residents of Zaanan can't leave their city. Beth Ezel mourns, "He takes from you what he desires." -- micah 1:11 +. +Indeed, the residents of Maroth hope for something good to happen, though the Lord has sent disaster against the city of Jerusalem. -- micah 1:12 +. +Residents of Lachish, hitch the horses to the chariots! You influenced Daughter Zion to sin, for Israel's rebellious deeds can be traced back to you! -- micah 1:13 +. +Therefore you will have to say farewell to Moresheth Gath. The residents of Achzib will be as disappointing as a dried up well to the kings of Israel. -- micah 1:14 +. +Residents of Mareshah, a conqueror will attack you, the leaders of Israel shall flee to Adullam. -- micah 1:15 +. +Shave your heads bald as you mourn for the children you love; shave your foreheads as bald as an eagle, for they are taken from you into exile. -- micah 1:16 +. +Those who devise sinful plans are as good as dead, those who dream about doing evil as they lie in bed. As soon as morning dawns they carry out their plans, because they have the power to do so. -- micah 2:1 +. +They confiscate the fields they desire, and seize the houses they want. They defraud people of their homes, and deprive people of the land they have inherited. -- micah 2:2 +. +Therefore the Lord says this: "Look, I am devising disaster for this nation! It will be like a yoke from which you cannot free your neck. You will no longer walk proudly, for it will be a time of catastrophe. -- micah 2:3 +. +In that day people will sing this taunt song to you - they will mock you with this lament: 'We are completely destroyed; they sell off the property of my people. How they remove it from me! They assign our fields to the conqueror.' -- micah 2:4 +. +Therefore no one will assign you land in the Lord's community. -- micah 2:5 +. +'Don't preach with such impassioned rhetoric,' they say excitedly. 'These prophets should not preach of such things; we will not be overtaken by humiliation.' -- micah 2:6 +. +Does the family of Jacob say, 'The Lord's patience can't be exhausted - he would never do such things'? To be sure, my commands bring a reward for those who obey them, -- micah 2:7 +. +but you rise up as an enemy against my people. You steal a robe from a friend, from those who pass by peacefully as if returning from a war. -- micah 2:8 +. +You wrongly evict widows among my people from their cherished homes. You defraud their children of their prized inheritance. -- micah 2:9 +. +But you are the ones who will be forced to leave! For this land is not secure! Sin will thoroughly destroy it! -- micah 2:10 +. +If a lying windbag should come and say, 'I'll promise you blessings of wine and beer,' he would be just the right preacher for these people! -- micah 2:11 +. +I will certainly gather all of you, O Jacob, I will certainly assemble those Israelites who remain. I will bring them together like sheep in a fold, like a flock in the middle of a pasture; they will be so numerous that they will make a lot of noise. -- micah 2:12 +. +The one who can break through barriers will lead them out they will break out, pass through the gate, and leave. Their king will advance before them, The Lord himself will lead them. -- micah 2:13 +. +I said, "Listen, you leaders of Jacob, you rulers of the nation of Israel! You ought to know what is just, -- micah 3:1 +. +yet you hate what is good, and love what is evil. You flay my people's skin and rip the flesh from their bones. -- micah 3:2 +. +You devour my people's flesh, strip off their skin, and crush their bones. You chop them up like flesh in a pot - like meat in a kettle. -- micah 3:3 +. +Someday these sinners will cry to the Lord for help, but he will not answer them. He will hide his face from them at that time, because they have done such wicked deeds." -- micah 3:4 +. +This is what the Lord says: "The prophets who mislead my people are as good as dead. If someone gives them enough to eat, they offer an oracle of peace. But if someone does not give them food, they are ready to declare war on him. -- micah 3:5 +. +Therefore night will fall, and you will receive no visions; it will grow dark, and you will no longer be able to read the omens. The sun will set on these prophets, and the daylight will turn to darkness over their heads. -- micah 3:6 +. +The prophets will be ashamed; the omen readers will be humiliated. All of them will cover their mouths, for they will receive no divine oracles." -- micah 3:7 +. +But I am full of the courage that the Lord's Spirit gives, and have a strong commitment to justice. This enables me to confront Jacob with its rebellion, and Israel with its sin. -- micah 3:8 +. +Listen to this, you leaders of the family of Jacob, you rulers of the nation of Israel! You hate justice and pervert all that is right. -- micah 3:9 +. +You build Zion through bloody crimes, Jerusalem through unjust violence. -- micah 3:10 +. +Her leaders take bribes when they decide legal cases, her priests proclaim rulings for profit, and her prophets read omens for pay. Yet they claim to trust the Lord and say, "The Lord is among us. Disaster will not overtake us!" -- micah 3:11 +. +Therefore, because of you, Zion will be plowed up like a field, Jerusalem will become a heap of ruins, and the Temple Mount will become a hill overgrown with brush! -- micah 3:12 +. +In the future the Lord's Temple Mount will be the most important mountain of all; it will be more prominent than other hills. People will stream to it. -- micah 4:1 +. +Many nations will come, saying, "Come on! Let's go up to the Lord's mountain, to the temple of Jacob's God, so he can teach us his commands and we can live by his laws." For Zion will be the source of instruction; the Lord's teachings will proceed from Jerusalem. -- micah 4:2 +. +He will arbitrate between many peoples and settle disputes between many distant nations. They will beat their swords into plowshares, and their spears into pruning hooks. Nations will not use weapons against other nations, and they will no longer train for war. -- micah 4:3 +. +Each will sit under his own grapevine or under his own fig tree without any fear. The Lord who commands armies has decreed it. -- micah 4:4 +. +Though all the nations follow their respective gods, we will follow the Lord our God forever. -- micah 4:5 +. +"In that day," says the Lord, "I will gather the lame, and assemble the outcasts whom I injured. -- micah 4:6 +. +I will transform the lame into the nucleus of a new nation, and those far off into a mighty nation. The Lord will reign over them on Mount Zion, from that day forward and forevermore." -- micah 4:7 +. +As for you, watchtower for the flock, fortress of Daughter Zion - your former dominion will be restored, the sovereignty that belongs to Daughter Jerusalem. -- micah 4:8 +. +Jerusalem, why are you now shouting so loudly? Has your king disappeared? Has your wise leader been destroyed? Is this why pain grips you as if you were a woman in labor? -- micah 4:9 +. +Twist and strain, Daughter Zion, as if you were in labor! For you will leave the city and live in the open field. You will go to Babylon, but there you will be rescued. There the Lord will deliver you from the power of your enemies. -- micah 4:10 +. +Many nations have now assembled against you. They say, "Jerusalem must be desecrated, so we can gloat over Zion!" -- micah 4:11 +. +But they do not know what the Lord is planning; they do not understand his strategy. He has gathered them like stalks of grain to be threshed at the threshing floor. -- micah 4:12 +. +"Get up and thresh, Daughter Zion! For I will give you iron horns; I will give you bronze hooves, and you will crush many nations." You will devote to the Lord the spoils you take from them, and dedicate their wealth to the sovereign Ruler of the whole earth. -- micah 4:13 +. + But now slash yourself, daughter surrounded by soldiers! We are besieged! With a scepter they strike Israel's ruler on the side of his face. -- micah 5:1 +. + As for you, Bethlehem Ephrathah, seemingly insignificant among the clans of Judah - from you a king will emerge who will rule over Israel on my behalf, one whose origins are in the distant past. -- micah 5:2 +. +So the Lord will hand the people of Israel over to their enemies until the time when the woman in labor gives birth. Then the rest of the king's countrymen will return to be reunited with the people of Israel. -- micah 5:3 +. +He will assume his post and shepherd the people by the Lord's strength, by the sovereign authority of the Lord his God. They will live securely, for at that time he will be honored even in the distant regions of the earth. -- micah 5:4 +. +He will give us peace. Should the Assyrians try to invade our land and attempt to set foot in our fortresses, we will send against them seven shepherd-rulers, make that eight commanders. -- micah 5:5 +. +They will rule the land of Assyria with the sword, the land of Nimrod with a drawn sword. Our king will rescue us from the Assyrians should they attempt to invade our land and try to set foot in our territory. -- micah 5:6 +. +Those survivors from Jacob will live in the midst of many nations. They will be like the dew the Lord sends, like the rain on the grass, that does not hope for men to come or wait around for humans to arrive. -- micah 5:7 +. +Those survivors from Jacob will live among the nations, in the midst of many peoples. They will be like a lion among the animals of the forest, like a young lion among the flocks of sheep, which attacks when it passes through; it rips its prey and there is no one to stop it. -- micah 5:8 +. +Lift your hand triumphantly against your adversaries; may all your enemies be destroyed! -- micah 5:9 +. +"In that day," says the Lord, "I will destroy your horses from your midst, and smash your chariots. -- micah 5:10 +. +I will destroy the cities of your land, and tear down all your fortresses. -- micah 5:11 +. +I will remove the sorcery that you practice, and you will no longer have omen readers living among you. -- micah 5:12 +. +I will remove your idols and sacred pillars from your midst; you will no longer worship what your own hands made. -- micah 5:13 +. +I will uproot your images of Asherah from your midst, and destroy your idols. -- micah 5:14 +. +I will angrily seek vengeance on the nations that do not obey me." -- micah 5:15 +. +Listen to what the Lord says: "Get up! Defend yourself before the mountains! Present your case before the hills!" -- micah 6:1 +. +Hear the Lord's accusation, you mountains, you enduring foundations of the earth! For the Lord has a case against his people; he has a dispute with Israel! -- micah 6:2 +. +"My people, how have I wronged you? How have I wearied you? Answer me! -- micah 6:3 +. +In fact, I brought you up from the land of Egypt, I delivered you from that place of slavery. I sent Moses, Aaron, and Miriam to lead you. -- micah 6:4 +. +My people, recall how King Balak of Moab planned to harm you, how Balaam son of Beor responded to him. Recall how you journeyed from Shittim to Gilgal, so you might acknowledge that the Lord has treated you fairly." -- micah 6:5 +. +With what should I enter the Lord's presence? With what should I bow before the sovereign God? Should I enter his presence with burnt offerings, with year-old calves? -- micah 6:6 +. +Will the Lord accept a thousand rams, or ten thousand streams of olive oil? Should I give him my firstborn child as payment for my rebellion, my offspring - my own flesh and blood - for my sin? -- micah 6:7 +. +He has told you, O man, what is good, and what the Lord really wants from you: He wants you to promote justice, to be faithful, and to live obediently before your God. -- micah 6:8 +. +Listen! The Lord is calling to the city! It is wise to respect your authority, O Lord! Listen, O nation, and those assembled in the city! -- micah 6:9 +. +"I will not overlook, O sinful house, the dishonest gain you have hoarded away, or the smaller-than-standard measure I hate so much. -- micah 6:10 +. +I do not condone the use of rigged scales, or a bag of deceptive weights. -- micah 6:11 +. +The city's rich men think nothing of resorting to violence; her inhabitants lie, their tongues speak deceptive words. -- micah 6:12 +. +I will strike you brutally and destroy you because of your sin. -- micah 6:13 +. +You will eat, but not be satisfied. Even if you have the strength to overtake some prey, you will not be able to carry it away; if you do happen to carry away something, I will deliver it over to the sword. -- micah 6:14 +. +You will plant crops, but will not harvest them; you will squeeze oil from the olives, but you will have no oil to rub on your bodies; you will squeeze juice from the grapes, but you will have no wine to drink. -- micah 6:15 +. +You implement the regulations of Omri, and all the practices of Ahab's dynasty; you follow their policies. Therefore I will make you an appalling sight, the city's inhabitants will be taunted derisively, and nations will mock all of you." -- micah 6:16 +. +I am depressed! Indeed, it is as if the summer fruit has been gathered, and the grapes have been harvested. There is no grape cluster to eat, no fresh figs that I crave so much. -- micah 7:1 +. +Faithful men have disappeared from the land; there are no godly men left. They all wait in ambush so they can shed blood; they hunt their own brother with a net. -- micah 7:2 +. +They are determined to be experts at doing evil; government officials and judges take bribes, prominent men make demands, and they all do what is necessary to satisfy them. -- micah 7:3 +. +The best of them is like a thorn; the most godly among them are more dangerous than a row of thorn bushes. The day you try to avoid by posting watchmen - your appointed time of punishment - is on the way, and then you will experience confusion. -- micah 7:4 +. +Do not rely on a friend; do not trust a companion! Don't even share secrets with the one who lies in your arms! -- micah 7:5 +. +For a son thinks his father is a fool, a daughter challenges her mother, and a daughter-in-law her mother-in-law; a man's enemies are his own servants. -- micah 7:6 +. +But I will keep watching for the Lord; I will wait for the God who delivers me. My God will hear my lament. -- micah 7:7 +. +My enemies, do not gloat over me! Though I have fallen, I will get up. Though I sit in darkness, the Lord will be my light. -- micah 7:8 +. +I must endure the Lord's anger, for I have sinned against him. But then he will defend my cause, and accomplish justice on my behalf. He will lead me out into the light; I will experience firsthand his deliverance. -- micah 7:9 +. +When my enemies see this, they will be covered with shame. They say to me, "Where is the Lord your God?" I will gloat over them. Then they will be trampled down like mud in the streets. -- micah 7:10 +. +It will be a day for rebuilding your walls; in that day your boundary will be extended. -- micah 7:11 +. +In that day people will come to you from Assyria as far as Egypt, from Egypt as far as the Euphrates River, from the seacoasts and the mountains. -- micah 7:12 +. +The earth will become desolate because of what its inhabitants have done. -- micah 7:13 +. +Shepherd your people with your shepherd's rod, the flock that belongs to you, the one that lives alone in a thicket, in the midst of a pastureland. Allow them to graze in Bashan and Gilead, as they did in the old days. -- micah 7:14 +. +"As in the days when you departed from the land of Egypt, I will show you miraculous deeds." -- micah 7:15 +. +Nations will see this and be disappointed by all their strength, they will put their hands over their mouths, and act as if they were deaf. -- micah 7:16 +. +They will lick the dust like a snake, like serpents crawling on the ground. They will come trembling from their strongholds to the Lord our God; they will be terrified of you. -- micah 7:17 +. +There is no other God like you! You forgive sin and pardon the rebellion of those who remain among your people. You do not remain angry forever, but delight in showing loyal love. -- micah 7:18 +. +You will once again have mercy on us; you will conquer our evil deeds; you will hurl our sins into the depths of the sea. -- micah 7:19 +. +You will be loyal to Jacob and extend your loyal love to Abraham, which you promised on oath to our ancestors in ancient times. -- micah 7:20 +. +The oracle against Nineveh; the book of the vision of Nahum the Elkoshite: -- nahum 1:1 +. +The Lord is a zealous and avenging God; the Lord is avenging and very angry. The Lord takes vengeance against his foes; he sustains his rage against his enemies. -- nahum 1:2 +. +The Lord is slow to anger but great in power; the Lord will certainly not allow the wicked to go unpunished.He marches out in the whirlwind and the raging storm; dark storm clouds billow like dust under his feet. -- nahum 1:3 +. +He shouts a battle cry against the sea and makes it dry up; he makes all the rivers run dry. Bashan and Carmel wither; the blossom of Lebanon withers. -- nahum 1:4 +. +The mountains tremble before him, the hills convulse; the earth is laid waste before him, the world and all its inhabitants are laid waste. -- nahum 1:5 +. +No one can withstand his indignation! No one can resist his fierce anger! His wrath is poured out like volcanic fire, boulders are broken up as he approaches. -- nahum 1:6 +. +The Lord is good - indeed, he is a fortress in time of distress, and he protects those who seek refuge in him. -- nahum 1:7 +. +But with an overwhelming flood he will make a complete end of Nineveh; he will drive his enemies into darkness. -- nahum 1:8 +. +Whatever you plot against the Lord, he will completely destroy! Distress will not arise a second time. -- nahum 1:9 +. +Surely they will be totally consumed like entangled thorn bushes, like the drink of drunkards, like very dry stubble. -- nahum 1:10 +. +From you, O Nineveh, one has marched forth who plots evil against the Lord, a wicked military strategist. -- nahum 1:11 +. +This is what the Lord says: "Even though they are powerful - and what is more, even though their army is numerous - nevertheless, they will be destroyed and trickle away! Although I afflicted you, I will afflict you no more. -- nahum 1:12 +. +And now, I will break Assyria's yoke bar from your neck; I will tear apart the shackles that are on you." -- nahum 1:13 +. +The Lord has issued a decree against you: "Your dynasty will come to an end. I will destroy the idols and images in the temples of your gods. I will desecrate your grave - because you are accursed!" -- nahum 1:14 +. + Look! A herald is running on the mountains! A messenger is proclaiming deliverance: "Celebrate your sacred festivals, O Judah! Fulfill your sacred vows to praise God! For never again will the wicked Assyrians invade you, they have been completely destroyed." -- nahum 1:15 +. + The watchmen of Nineveh shout: "An enemy who will scatter you is marching out to attack you!" "Guard the rampart! Watch the road! Prepare yourselves for battle! Muster your mighty strength!" -- nahum 2:1 +. +For the Lord will restore the majesty of Jacob, as well as the majesty of Israel, though their enemies have plundered them and have destroyed their fields. -- nahum 2:2 +. +The shields of his warriors are dyed red; the mighty soldiers are dressed in scarlet garments. The metal fittings of the chariots shine like fire on the day of battle; the soldiers brandish their spears. -- nahum 2:3 +. +The chariots race madly through the streets, they rush back and forth in the broad plazas; they look like lightning bolts, they dash here and there like flashes of lightning. -- nahum 2:4 +. +The commander orders his officers; they stumble as they advance; they rush to the city wall and they set up the covered siege tower. -- nahum 2:5 +. +The sluice gates are opened; the royal palace is deluged and dissolves. -- nahum 2:6 +. +Nineveh is taken into exile and is led away; her slave girls moan like doves while they beat their breasts. -- nahum 2:7 +. +Nineveh was like a pool of water throughout her days, but now her people are running away; she cries out: "Stop! Stop!" - but no one turns back. -- nahum 2:8 +. +Her conquerors cry out: "Plunder the silver! Plunder the gold!" There is no end to the treasure; riches of every kind of precious thing. -- nahum 2:9 +. +Destruction, devastation, and desolation! Their hearts faint, their knees tremble, each stomach churns, each face turns pale! -- nahum 2:10 +. +Where now is the den of the lions, the feeding place of the young lions, where the lion, lioness, and lion cub once prowled and no one disturbed them? -- nahum 2:11 +. +The lion tore apart as much prey as his cubs needed and strangled prey to provide food for his lionesses; he filled his lairs with prey and his dens with torn flesh. -- nahum 2:12 +. +"I am against you!" declares the Lord who commands armies: "I will burn your chariots with fire; the sword will devour your young lions; you will no longer prey upon the land; the voices of your messengers will no longer be heard." -- nahum 2:13 +. +Woe to the city guilty of bloodshed! She is full of lies; she is filled with plunder; she has hoarded her spoil! -- nahum 3:1 +. +The chariot drivers will crack their whips; the chariot wheels will shake the ground; the chariot horses will gallop; the war chariots will bolt forward! -- nahum 3:2 +. +The charioteers will charge ahead; their swords will flash and their spears will glimmer! There will be many people slain; there will be piles of the dead, and countless casualties - so many that people will stumble over the corpses. -- nahum 3:3 +. +"Because you have acted like a wanton prostitute - a seductive mistress who practices sorcery, who enslaves nations by her harlotry, and entices peoples by her sorcery - -- nahum 3:4 +. +I am against you," declares the Lord who commands armies. "I will strip off your clothes! I will show your nakedness to the nations and your shame to the kingdoms; -- nahum 3:5 +. +I will pelt you with filth; I will treat you with contempt; I will make you a public spectacle. -- nahum 3:6 +. +Everyone who sees you will turn away from you in disgust; they will say, 'Nineveh has been devastated! Who will lament for her?' There will be no one to comfort you!" -- nahum 3:7 +. +You are no more secure than Thebes - she was located on the banks of the Nile; the waters surrounded her, her rampart was the sea, the water was her wall. -- nahum 3:8 +. +Cush and Egypt had limitless strength; Put and the Libyans were among her allies. -- nahum 3:9 +. +Yet she went into captivity as an exile; even her infants were smashed to pieces at the head of every street. They cast lots for her nobility; all her dignitaries were bound with chains. -- nahum 3:10 +. +You too will act like drunkards; you will go into hiding; you too will seek refuge from the enemy. -- nahum 3:11 +. +All your fortifications will be like fig trees with first-ripe fruit: If they are shaken, their figs will fall into the mouth of the eater! -- nahum 3:12 +. +Your warriors will be like women in your midst; the gates of your land will be wide open to your enemies; fire will consume the bars of your gates. -- nahum 3:13 +. +Draw yourselves water for a siege! Strengthen your fortifications! Trample the mud and tread the clay! Make mud bricks to strengthen your walls! -- nahum 3:14 +. +There the fire will consume you; the sword will cut you down; it will devour you like the young locust would.Multiply yourself like the young locust; multiply yourself like the flying locust! -- nahum 3:15 +. +Increase your merchants more than the stars of heaven! They are like the young locust which sheds its skin and flies away. -- nahum 3:16 +. +Your courtiers are like locusts, your officials are like a swarm of locusts! They encamp in the walls on a cold day, yet when the sun rises, they fly away; and no one knows where they are. -- nahum 3:17 +. +Your shepherds are sleeping, O king of Assyria! Your officers are slumbering! Your people are scattered like sheep on the mountains and there is no one to regather them! -- nahum 3:18 +. +Your destruction is like an incurable wound; your demise is like a fatal injury! All who hear what has happened to you will clap their hands for joy, for no one ever escaped your endless cruelty! -- nahum 3:19 +. +The following is the message which God revealed to Habakkuk the prophet: -- habakkuk 1:1 +. +How long, Lord, must I cry for help? But you do not listen! I call out to you, "Violence!" But you do not intervene! -- habakkuk 1:2 +. +Why do you force me to witness injustice? Why do you put up with wrongdoing? Destruction and violence confront me; conflict is present and one must endure strife. -- habakkuk 1:3 +. +For this reason the law lacks power, and justice is never carried out. Indeed, the wicked intimidate the innocent. For this reason justice is perverted. -- habakkuk 1:4 +. +"Look at the nations and pay attention! You will be shocked and amazed! For I will do something in your lifetime that you will not believe even though you are forewarned. -- habakkuk 1:5 +. +Look, I am about to empower the Babylonians, that ruthless and greedy nation. They sweep across the surface of the earth, seizing dwelling places that do not belong to them. -- habakkuk 1:6 +. +They are frightening and terrifying; they decide for themselves what is right. -- habakkuk 1:7 +. +Their horses are faster than leopards and more alert than wolves in the desert. Their horses gallop, their horses come a great distance; like a vulture they swoop down quickly to devour their prey. -- habakkuk 1:8 +. +All of them intend to do violence; every face is determined. They take prisoners as easily as one scoops up sand. -- habakkuk 1:9 +. +They mock kings and laugh at rulers. They laugh at every fortified city; they build siege ramps and capture them. -- habakkuk 1:10 +. +They sweep by like the wind and pass on. But the one who considers himself a god will be held guilty." -- habakkuk 1:11 +. +Lord, you have been active from ancient times; my sovereign God, you are immortal. Lord, you have made them your instrument of judgment. Protector, you have appointed them as your instrument of punishment. -- habakkuk 1:12 +. +You are too just to tolerate evil; you are unable to condone wrongdoing. So why do you put up with such treacherous people? Why do you say nothing when the wicked devour those more righteous than they are? -- habakkuk 1:13 +. +You made people like fish in the sea, like animals in the sea that have no ruler. -- habakkuk 1:14 +. +The Babylonian tyrant pulls them all up with a fishhook; he hauls them in with his throw net. When he catches them in his dragnet, he is very happy. -- habakkuk 1:15 +. +Because of his success he offers sacrifices to his throw net and burns incense to his dragnet; for because of them he has plenty of food, and more than enough to eat. -- habakkuk 1:16 +. +Will he then continue to fill and empty his throw net? Will he always destroy nations and spare none? -- habakkuk 1:17 +. +I will stand at my watch post; I will remain stationed on the city wall. I will keep watching, so I can see what he says to me and can know how I should answer when he counters my argument. -- habakkuk 2:1 +. +The Lord responded: "Write down this message! Record it legibly on tablets, so the one who announces it may read it easily. -- habakkuk 2:2 +. +For the message is a witness to what is decreed; it gives reliable testimony about how matters will turn out. Even if the message is not fulfilled right away, wait patiently; for it will certainly come to pass - it will not arrive late. -- habakkuk 2:3 +. +Look, the one whose desires are not upright will faint from exhaustion, but the person of integrity will live because of his faithfulness. -- habakkuk 2:4 +. +Indeed, wine will betray the proud, restless man! His appetite is as big as Sheol's; like death, he is never satisfied. He gathers all the nations; he seizes all peoples. -- habakkuk 2:5 +. +"But all these nations will someday taunt him and ridicule him with proverbial sayings: 'The one who accumulates what does not belong to him is as good as dead (How long will this go on?) - he who gets rich by extortion!' -- habakkuk 2:6 +. +Your creditors will suddenly attack; those who terrify you will spring into action, and they will rob you. -- habakkuk 2:7 +. +Because you robbed many countries, all who are left among the nations will rob you. You have shed human blood and committed violent acts against lands, cities, and those who live in them. -- habakkuk 2:8 +. +The one who builds his house by unjust gain is as good as dead. He does this so he can build his nest way up high and escape the clutches of disaster. -- habakkuk 2:9 +. +Your schemes will bring shame to your house. Because you destroyed many nations, you will self-destruct. -- habakkuk 2:10 +. +For the stones in the walls will cry out, and the wooden rafters will answer back. -- habakkuk 2:11 +. +The one who builds a city by bloodshed is as good as dead - he who starts a town by unjust deeds. -- habakkuk 2:12 +. +Be sure of this! The Lord who commands armies has decreed: The nations' efforts will go up in smoke; their exhausting work will be for nothing. -- habakkuk 2:13 +. +For recognition of the Lord's sovereign majesty will fill the earth just as the waters fill up the sea. -- habakkuk 2:14 +. +"You who force your neighbor to drink wine are as good as dead - you who make others intoxicated by forcing them to drink from the bowl of your furious anger, so you can look at their genitals. -- habakkuk 2:15 +. +But you will become drunk with shame, not majesty. Now it is your turn to drink and expose your uncircumcised foreskin! The cup of wine in the Lord's right hand is coming to you, and disgrace will replace your majestic glory! -- habakkuk 2:16 +. +For you will pay in full for your violent acts against Lebanon; terrifying judgment will come upon you because of the way you destroyed the wild animals living there. You have shed human blood and committed violent acts against lands, cities, and those who live in them. -- habakkuk 2:17 +. +What good is an idol? Why would a craftsman make it? What good is a metal image that gives misleading oracles? Why would its creator place his trust in it and make such mute, worthless things? -- habakkuk 2:18 +. +The one who says to wood, 'Wake up!' is as good as dead - he who says to speechless stone, 'Awake!' Can it give reliable guidance? It is overlaid with gold and silver; it has no life's breath inside it. -- habakkuk 2:19 +. +But the Lord is in his majestic palace. The whole earth is speechless in his presence!" -- habakkuk 2:20 +. +This is a prayer of Habakkuk the prophet: -- habakkuk 3:1 +. +Lord, I have heard the report of what you did; I am awed, Lord, by what you accomplished. In our time repeat those deeds; in our time reveal them again. But when you cause turmoil, remember to show us mercy! -- habakkuk 3:2 +. +God comes from Teman, the sovereign one from Mount Paran. Selah. His splendor covers the skies, his glory fills the earth. -- habakkuk 3:3 +. +He is as bright as lightning; a two-pronged lightning bolt flashes from his hand. This is the outward display of his power. -- habakkuk 3:4 +. +Plague goes before him; pestilence marches right behind him. -- habakkuk 3:5 +. +He takes his battle position and shakes the earth; with a mere look he frightens the nations. The ancient mountains disintegrate; the primeval hills are flattened. He travels on the ancient roads. -- habakkuk 3:6 +. +I see the tents of Cushan overwhelmed by trouble; the tent curtains of the land of Midian are shaking. -- habakkuk 3:7 +. +Is the Lord mad at the rivers? Are you angry with the rivers? Are you enraged at the sea? Is this why you climb into your horse-drawn chariots, your victorious chariots? -- habakkuk 3:8 +. +Your bow is ready for action; you commission your arrows. Selah. You cause flash floods on the earth's surface. -- habakkuk 3:9 +. +When the mountains see you, they shake. The torrential downpour sweeps through. The great deep shouts out; it lifts its hands high. -- habakkuk 3:10 +. +The sun and moon stand still in their courses; the flash of your arrows drives them away, the bright light of your lightning-quick spear. -- habakkuk 3:11 +. +You furiously stomp on the earth, you angrily trample down the nations. -- habakkuk 3:12 +. +You march out to deliver your people, to deliver your special servant. You strike the leader of the wicked nation, laying him open from the lower body to the neck. Selah. -- habakkuk 3:13 +. +You pierce the heads of his warriors with a spear. They storm forward to scatter us; they shout with joy as if they were plundering the poor with no opposition. -- habakkuk 3:14 +. +But you trample on the sea with your horses, on the surging, raging waters. -- habakkuk 3:15 +. +I listened and my stomach churned; the sound made my lips quiver. My frame went limp, as if my bones were decaying, and I shook as I tried to walk. I long for the day of distress to come upon the people who attack us. -- habakkuk 3:16 +. +When the fig tree does not bud, and there are no grapes on the vines; when the olive trees do not produce, and the fields yield no crops; when the sheep disappear from the pen, and there are no cattle in the stalls, -- habakkuk 3:17 +. +I will rejoice because of the Lord; I will be happy because of the God who delivers me! -- habakkuk 3:18 +. +The sovereign Lord is my source of strength. He gives me the agility of a deer; he enables me to negotiate the rugged terrain. (This prayer is for the song leader. It is to be accompanied by stringed instruments.) -- habakkuk 3:19 +. +This is the prophetic message that the Lord gave to Zephaniah son of Cushi, son of Gedaliah, son of Amariah, son of Hezekiah. Zephaniah delivered this message during the reign of King Josiah son of Amon of Judah: -- zephaniah 1:1 +. +"I will destroy everything from the face of the earth," says the Lord. -- zephaniah 1:2 +. +"I will destroy people and animals; I will destroy the birds in the sky and the fish in the sea. (The idolatrous images of these creatures will be destroyed along with evil people.) I will remove humanity from the face of the earth," says the Lord. -- zephaniah 1:3 +. +"I will attack Judah and all who live in Jerusalem. I will remove from this place every trace of Baal worship, as well as the very memory of the pagan priests. -- zephaniah 1:4 +. +I will remove those who worship the stars in the sky from their rooftops, those who swear allegiance to the Lord while taking oaths in the name of their 'king,' -- zephaniah 1:5 +. +and those who turn their backs on the Lord and do not want the Lord's help or guidance." -- zephaniah 1:6 +. +Be silent before the Lord God, for the Lord's day of judgment is almost here. The Lord has prepared a sacrificial meal; he has ritually purified his guests. -- zephaniah 1:7 +. +"On the day of the Lord's sacrificial meal, I will punish the princes and the king's sons, and all who wear foreign styles of clothing. -- zephaniah 1:8 +. +On that day I will punish all who leap over the threshold, who fill the house of their master with wealth taken by violence and deceit. -- zephaniah 1:9 +. +On that day," says the Lord, "a loud cry will go up from the Fish Gate, wailing from the city's newer district, and a loud crash from the hills. -- zephaniah 1:10 +. +Wail, you who live in the market district, for all the merchants will disappear and those who count money will be removed. -- zephaniah 1:11 +. +At that time I will search through Jerusalem with lamps. I will punish the people who are entrenched in their sin, those who think to themselves, 'The Lord neither rewards nor punishes.' -- zephaniah 1:12 +. +Their wealth will be stolen and their houses ruined! They will not live in the houses they have built, nor will they drink the wine from the vineyards they have planted. -- zephaniah 1:13 +. +The Lord's great day of judgment is almost here; it is approaching very rapidly! There will be a bitter sound on the Lord's day of judgment; at that time warriors will cry out in battle. -- zephaniah 1:14 +. +That day will be a day of God's anger, a day of distress and hardship, a day of devastation and ruin, a day of darkness and gloom, a day of clouds and dark skies, -- zephaniah 1:15 +. +a day of trumpet blasts and battle cries. Judgment will fall on the fortified cities and the high corner towers. -- zephaniah 1:16 +. +I will bring distress on the people and they will stumble like blind men, for they have sinned against the Lord. Their blood will be poured out like dirt; their flesh will be scattered like manure. -- zephaniah 1:17 +. +Neither their silver nor their gold will be able to deliver them in the day of the Lord's angry judgment. The whole earth will be consumed by his fiery wrath. Indeed, he will bring terrifying destruction on all who live on the earth." -- zephaniah 1:18 +. +Bunch yourselves together like straw, you undesirable nation, -- zephaniah 2:1 +. +before God's decree becomes reality and the day of opportunity disappears like windblown chaff, before the Lord's raging anger overtakes you - before the day of the Lord's angry judgment overtakes you! -- zephaniah 2:2 +. +Seek the Lord's favor, all you humble people of the land who have obeyed his commands! Strive to do what is right! Strive to be humble! Maybe you will be protected on the day of the Lord's angry judgment. -- zephaniah 2:3 +. +Indeed, Gaza will be deserted and Ashkelon will become a heap of ruins. Invaders will drive away the people of Ashdod by noon, and Ekron will be overthrown. -- zephaniah 2:4 +. +Those who live by the sea, the people who came from Crete, are as good as dead. The Lord has decreed your downfall, Canaan, land of the Philistines: "I will destroy everyone who lives there!" -- zephaniah 2:5 +. +The seacoast will be used as pasture lands by the shepherds and as pens for their flocks. -- zephaniah 2:6 +. +Those who are left from the kingdom of Judah will take possession of it. By the sea they will graze, in the houses of Ashkelon they will lie down in the evening, for the Lord their God will intervene for them and restore their prosperity. -- zephaniah 2:7 +. +"I have heard Moab's taunts and the Ammonites' insults. They taunted my people and verbally harassed those living in Judah. -- zephaniah 2:8 +. +Therefore, as surely as I live," says the Lord who commands armies, the God of Israel, "be certain that Moab will become like Sodom and the Ammonites like Gomorrah. They will be overrun by weeds, filled with salt pits, and permanently desolate. Those of my people who are left will plunder their belongings; those who are left in Judah will take possession of their land." -- zephaniah 2:9 +. +This is how they will be repaid for their arrogance, for they taunted and verbally harassed the people of the Lord who commands armies. -- zephaniah 2:10 +. +The Lord will terrify them, for he will weaken all the gods of the earth. All the distant nations will worship the Lord in their own lands. -- zephaniah 2:11 +. +"You Ethiopians will also die by my sword!" -- zephaniah 2:12 +. +The Lord will attack the north and destroy Assyria. He will make Nineveh a heap of ruins; it will be as barren as the desert. -- zephaniah 2:13 +. +Flocks and herds will lie down in the middle of it, as well as every kind of wild animal. Owls will sleep in the tops of its support pillars; they will hoot through the windows. Rubble will cover the thresholds; even the cedar work will be exposed to the elements. -- zephaniah 2:14 +. +This is how the once-proud city will end up - the city that was so secure. She thought to herself, "I am unique! No one can compare to me!" What a heap of ruins she has become, a place where wild animals live! Everyone who passes by her taunts her and shakes his fist. -- zephaniah 2:15 +. +The filthy, stained city is as good as dead; the city filled with oppressors is finished! -- zephaniah 3:1 +. +She is disobedient; she refuses correction. She does not trust the Lord; she does not seek the advice of her God. -- zephaniah 3:2 +. +Her princes are as fierce as roaring lions; her rulers are as hungry as wolves in the desert, who completely devour their prey by morning. -- zephaniah 3:3 +. +Her prophets are proud; they are deceitful men. Her priests defile what is holy; they break God's laws. -- zephaniah 3:4 +. +The just Lord resides within her; he commits no unjust acts. Every morning he reveals his justice. At dawn he appears without fail. Yet the unjust know no shame. -- zephaniah 3:5 +. +"I destroyed nations; their walled cities are in ruins. I turned their streets into ruins; no one passes through them. Their cities are desolate; no one lives there. -- zephaniah 3:6 +. +I thought, 'Certainly you will respect me! Now you will accept correction!' If she had done so, her home would not be destroyed by all the punishments I have threatened. But they eagerly sinned in everything they did. -- zephaniah 3:7 +. +Therefore you must wait patiently for me," says the Lord, "for the day when I attack and take plunder. I have decided to gather nations together and assemble kingdoms, so I can pour out my fury on them - all my raging anger. For the whole earth will be consumed by my fiery anger. -- zephaniah 3:8 +. +Know for sure that I will then enable the nations to give me acceptable praise. All of them will invoke the Lord's name when they pray, and will worship him in unison. -- zephaniah 3:9 +. +From beyond the rivers of Ethiopia, those who pray to me will bring me tribute. -- zephaniah 3:10 +. +In that day you will not be ashamed of all your rebelliousness against me, for then I will remove from your midst those who proudly boast, and you will never again be arrogant on my holy hill. -- zephaniah 3:11 +. +I will leave in your midst a humble and meek group of people, and they will find safety in the Lord's presence. -- zephaniah 3:12 +. +The Israelites who remain will not act deceitfully. They will not lie, and a deceitful tongue will not be found in their mouth. Indeed, they will graze peacefully like sheep and lie down; no one will terrify them." -- zephaniah 3:13 +. +Shout for joy, Daughter Zion! Shout out, Israel! Be happy and boast with all your heart, Daughter Jerusalem! -- zephaniah 3:14 +. +The Lord has removed the judgment against you; he has turned back your enemy. Israel's king, the Lord, is in your midst! You no longer need to fear disaster. -- zephaniah 3:15 +. +On that day they will say to Jerusalem, "Don't be afraid, Zion! Your hands must not be paralyzed from panic! -- zephaniah 3:16 +. +The Lord your God is in your midst; he is a warrior who can deliver. He takes great delight in you; he renews you by his love; he shouts for joy over you." -- zephaniah 3:17 +. +"As for those who grieve because they cannot attend the festivals - I took them away from you; they became tribute and were a source of shame to you. -- zephaniah 3:18 +. +Look, at that time I will deal with those who mistreated you. I will rescue the lame sheep and gather together the scattered sheep. I will take away their humiliation and make the whole earth admire and respect them. -- zephaniah 3:19 +. +At that time I will lead you - at the time I gather you together. Be sure of this! I will make all the nations of the earth respect and admire you when you see me restore you," says the Lord. -- zephaniah 3:20 +. +On the first day of the sixth month of King Darius' second year, the Lord spoke this message through the prophet Haggai to Zerubbabel son of Shealtiel, governor of Judah, and to the high priest Joshua son of Jehozadak: -- haggai 1:1 +. +The Lord who rules over all says this: "These people have said, 'The time for rebuilding the Lord's temple has not yet come.'" -- haggai 1:2 +. +So the Lord spoke through the prophet Haggai as follows: -- haggai 1:3 +. +"Is it right for you to live in richly paneled houses while my temple is in ruins? -- haggai 1:4 +. +Here then is what the Lord who rules over all says: 'Think carefully about what you are doing. -- haggai 1:5 +. +You have planted much, but have harvested little. You eat, but are never filled. You drink, but are still thirsty. You put on clothes, but are not warm. Those who earn wages end up with holes in their money bags.'" -- haggai 1:6 +. +"Moreover, the Lord who rules over all says: 'Pay close attention to these things also. -- haggai 1:7 +. +Go up to the hill country and bring back timber to build the temple. Then I will be pleased and honored,' says the Lord. -- haggai 1:8 +. +'You expected a large harvest, but instead there was little, and when you brought it home it disappeared right away. Why?' asks the Lord who rules over all. 'Because my temple remains in ruins, thanks to each of you favoring his own house! -- haggai 1:9 +. +This is why the sky has held back its dew and the earth its produce. -- haggai 1:10 +. +Moreover, I have called for a drought that will affect the fields, the hill country, the grain, new wine, fresh olive oil, and everything that grows from the ground; it also will harm people, animals, and everything they produce.'" -- haggai 1:11 +. +Then Zerubbabel son of Shealtiel and the high priest Joshua son of Jehozadak, along with the whole remnant of the people, obeyed the Lord their God. They responded favorably to the message of the prophet Haggai, who spoke just as the Lord their God had instructed him, and the people began to respect the Lord. -- haggai 1:12 +. +Then Haggai, the Lord's messenger, spoke the Lord's word to the people: "I am with you!" says the Lord. -- haggai 1:13 +. +So the Lord energized and encouraged Zerubbabel son of Shealtiel, governor of Judah, the high priest Joshua son of Jehozadak, and the whole remnant of the people. They came and worked on the temple of their God, the Lord who rules over all. -- haggai 1:14 +. +This took place on the twenty-fourth day of the sixth month of King Darius' second year. -- haggai 1:15 +. +On the twenty-first day of the seventh month, the Lord spoke again through the prophet Haggai: -- haggai 2:1 +. +"Ask the following questions to Zerubbabel son of Shealtiel, governor of Judah, the high priest Joshua son of Jehozadak, and the remnant of the people: -- haggai 2:2 +. +'Who among you survivors saw the former splendor of this temple? How does it look to you now? Isn't it nothing by comparison? -- haggai 2:3 +. +Even so, take heart, Zerubbabel,' says the Lord. 'Take heart, Joshua son of Jehozadak, the high priest, and all you citizens of the land,' says the Lord, 'and begin to work. For I am with you,' says the Lord who rules over all. -- haggai 2:4 +. +'Do not fear, because I made a promise to your ancestors when they left Egypt, and my spirit even now testifies to you.' -- haggai 2:5 +. +Moreover, the Lord who rules over all says: 'In just a little while I will once again shake the sky and the earth, the sea and the dry ground. -- haggai 2:6 +. +I will also shake up all the nations, and they will offer their treasures; then I will fill this temple with glory,' says the Lord who rules over all. -- haggai 2:7 +. +'The silver and gold will be mine,' says the Lord who rules over all. -- haggai 2:8 +. +'The future splendor of this temple will be greater than that of former times,' the Lord who rules over all declares, 'and in this place I will give peace.'" -- haggai 2:9 +. +On the twenty-fourth day of the ninth month of Darius' second year, the Lord spoke again to the prophet Haggai: -- haggai 2:10 +. +"The Lord who rules over all says, 'Ask the priests about the law. -- haggai 2:11 +. +If someone carries holy meat in a fold of his garment and that fold touches bread, a boiled dish, wine, olive oil, or any other food, will that item become holy?'" The priests answered, "It will not." -- haggai 2:12 +. +Then Haggai asked, "If a person who is ritually unclean because of touching a dead body comes in contact with one of these items, will it become unclean?" The priests answered, "It will be unclean." -- haggai 2:13 +. +Then Haggai responded, "'The people of this nation are unclean in my sight,' says the Lord. 'And so is all their effort; everything they offer is also unclean. -- haggai 2:14 +. +Now therefore reflect carefully on the recent past, before one stone was laid on another in the Lord's temple. -- haggai 2:15 +. +From that time when one came expecting a heap of twenty measures, there were only ten; when one came to the wine vat to draw out fifty measures from it, there were only twenty. -- haggai 2:16 +. +I struck all the products of your labor with blight, disease, and hail, and yet you brought nothing to me,' says the Lord. -- haggai 2:17 +. +'Think carefully about the past: from today, the twenty-fourth day of the ninth month, to the day work on the temple of the Lord was resumed, think about it. -- haggai 2:18 +. +The seed is still in the storehouse, isn't it? And the vine, fig tree, pomegranate, and olive tree have not produced. Nevertheless, from today on I will bless you.'" -- haggai 2:19 +. +Then the Lord spoke again to Haggai on the twenty-fourth day of the month: -- haggai 2:20 +. +Tell Zerubbabel governor of Judah: 'I am ready to shake the sky and the earth. -- haggai 2:21 +. +I will overthrow royal thrones and shatter the might of earthly kingdoms. I will overthrow chariots and those who ride them, and horses and their riders will fall as people kill one another. -- haggai 2:22 +. +On that day,' says the Lord who rules over all, 'I will take you, Zerubbabel son of Shealtiel, my servant,' says the Lord, 'and I will make you like a signet ring, for I have chosen you,' says the Lord who rules over all." -- haggai 2:23 +. +In the eighth month of Darius' second year, the word of the Lord came to the prophet Zechariah, son of Berechiah son of Iddo, as follows: -- zechariah 1:1 +. +The Lord was very angry with your ancestors. -- zechariah 1:2 +. +Therefore say to the people: The Lord who rules over all says, "Turn to me," says the Lord who rules over all, "and I will turn to you," says the Lord who rules over all. -- zechariah 1:3 +. +"Do not be like your ancestors, to whom the former prophets called out, saying, 'The Lord who rules over all says, "Turn now from your evil wickedness,"' but they would by no means obey me," says the Lord. -- zechariah 1:4 +. +"As for your ancestors, where are they? And did the prophets live forever? -- zechariah 1:5 +. +But have my words and statutes, which I commanded my servants the prophets, not outlived your fathers? Then they paid attention and confessed, 'The Lord who rules over all has indeed done what he said he would do to us, because of our sinful ways.'" -- zechariah 1:6 +. +On the twenty-fourth day of the eleventh month, the month Shebat, in Darius' second year, the word of the Lord came to the prophet Zechariah son of Berechiah son of Iddo, as follows: -- zechariah 1:7 +. +I was attentive that night and saw a man seated on a red horse that stood among some myrtle trees in the ravine. Behind him were red, sorrel, and white horses. -- zechariah 1:8 +. +Then I asked one nearby, "What are these, sir?" The angelic messenger who replied to me said, "I will show you what these are." -- zechariah 1:9 +. +Then the man standing among the myrtle trees spoke up and said, "These are the ones whom the Lord has sent to walk about on the earth." -- zechariah 1:10 +. +The riders then agreed with the angel of the Lord, who was standing among the myrtle trees, "We have been walking about on the earth, and now everything is at rest and quiet." -- zechariah 1:11 +. +The angel of the Lord then asked, "Lord who rules over all, how long before you have compassion on Jerusalem and the other cities of Judah which you have been so angry with for these seventy years?" -- zechariah 1:12 +. +The Lord then addressed good, comforting words to the angelic messenger who was speaking to me. -- zechariah 1:13 +. +Turning to me, the messenger then said, "Cry out that the Lord who rules over all says, 'I am very much moved for Jerusalem and for Zion. -- zechariah 1:14 +. +But I am greatly displeased with the nations that take my grace for granted. I was a little displeased with them, but they have only made things worse for themselves. -- zechariah 1:15 +. +"'Therefore,' says the Lord, 'I have become compassionate toward Jerusalem and will rebuild my temple in it,' says the Lord who rules over all. 'Once more a surveyor's measuring line will be stretched out over Jerusalem.' -- zechariah 1:16 +. +Speak up again with the message of the Lord who rules over all: 'My cities will once more overflow with prosperity, and once more the Lord will comfort Zion and validate his choice of Jerusalem.'" -- zechariah 1:17 +. + Once again I looked and this time I saw four horns. -- zechariah 1:18 +. +So I asked the angelic messenger who spoke with me, "What are these?" He replied, "These are the horns that have scattered Judah, Israel, and Jerusalem." -- zechariah 1:19 +. +Next the Lord showed me four blacksmiths. -- zechariah 1:20 +. +I asked, "What are these going to do?" He answered, "These horns are the ones that have scattered Judah so that there is no one to be seen. But the blacksmiths have come to terrify Judah's enemies and cut off the horns of the nations that have thrust themselves against the land of Judah in order to scatter its people." -- zechariah 1:21 +. + I looked again, and there was a man with a measuring line in his hand. -- zechariah 2:1 +. +I asked, "Where are you going?" He replied, "To measure Jerusalem in order to determine its width and its length." -- zechariah 2:2 +. +At this point the angelic messenger who spoke to me went out, and another messenger came to meet him -- zechariah 2:3 +. +and said to him, "Hurry, speak to this young man as follows: 'Jerusalem will no longer be enclosed by walls because of the multitude of people and animals there. -- zechariah 2:4 +. +But I (the Lord says) will be a wall of fire surrounding Jerusalem and the source of glory in her midst.'" -- zechariah 2:5 +. +"You there! Flee from the northland!" says the Lord, "for like the four winds of heaven I have scattered you," says the Lord. -- zechariah 2:6 +. +"Escape, Zion, you who live among the Babylonians!" -- zechariah 2:7 +. +For the Lord who rules over all says to me that for his own glory he has sent me to the nations that plundered you - for anyone who touches you touches the pupil of his eye. -- zechariah 2:8 +. +"I am about to punish them in such a way," he says, "that they will be looted by their own slaves." Then you will know that the Lord who rules over all has sent me. -- zechariah 2:9 +. +"Sing out and be happy, Zion my daughter! For look, I have come; I will settle in your midst," says the Lord. -- zechariah 2:10 +. +"Many nations will join themselves to the Lord on the day of salvation, and they will also be my people. Indeed, I will settle in the midst of you all." Then you will know that the Lord who rules over all has sent me to you. -- zechariah 2:11 +. +The Lord will take possession of Judah as his portion in the holy land and he will choose Jerusalem once again. -- zechariah 2:12 +. +Be silent in the Lord's presence, all people everywhere, for he is being moved to action in his holy dwelling place. -- zechariah 2:13 +. +Next I saw Joshua the high priest standing before the angel of the Lord, with Satan standing at his right hand to accuse him. -- zechariah 3:1 +. +The Lord said to Satan, "May the Lord rebuke you, Satan! May the Lord, who has chosen Jerusalem, rebuke you! Isn't this man like a burning stick snatched from the fire?" -- zechariah 3:2 +. +Now Joshua was dressed in filthy clothes as he stood there before the angel. -- zechariah 3:3 +. +The angel spoke up to those standing all around, "Remove his filthy clothes." Then he said to Joshua, "I have freely forgiven your iniquity and will dress you in fine clothing." -- zechariah 3:4 +. +Then I spoke up, "Let a clean turban be put on his head." So they put a clean turban on his head and clothed him, while the angel of the Lord stood nearby. -- zechariah 3:5 +. +Then the angel of the Lord exhorted Joshua solemnly: -- zechariah 3:6 +. +"The Lord who rules over all says, 'If you live and work according to my requirements, you will be able to preside over my temple and attend to my courtyards, and I will allow you to come and go among these others who are standing by you. -- zechariah 3:7 +. +Listen now, Joshua the high priest, both you and your colleagues who are sitting before you, all of you are a symbol that I am about to introduce my servant, the Branch. -- zechariah 3:8 +. +As for the stone I have set before Joshua - on the one stone there are seven eyes. I am about to engrave an inscription on it,' says the Lord who rules over all, 'to the effect that I will remove the iniquity of this land in a single day. -- zechariah 3:9 +. +In that day,' says the Lord who rules over all, 'everyone will invite his friend to fellowship under his vine and under his fig tree.'" -- zechariah 3:10 +. +The angelic messenger who had been speaking with me then returned and woke me, as a person is wakened from sleep. -- zechariah 4:1 +. +He asked me, "What do you see?" I replied, "I see a menorah of pure gold with a receptacle at the top and seven lamps, with fourteen pipes going to the lamps. -- zechariah 4:2 +. +There are also two olive trees beside it, one on the right of the receptacle and the other on the left." -- zechariah 4:3 +. +Then I asked the messenger who spoke with me, "What are these, sir?" -- zechariah 4:4 +. +He replied, "Don't you know what these are?" So I responded, "No, sir." -- zechariah 4:5 +. +Therefore he told me, "These signify the word of the Lord to Zerubbabel: 'Not by strength and not by power, but by my Spirit,' says the Lord who rules over all." -- zechariah 4:6 +. +"What are you, you great mountain? Because of Zerubbabel you will become a level plain! And he will bring forth the temple capstone with shoutings of 'Grace! Grace!' because of this." -- zechariah 4:7 +. +Moreover, the word of the Lord came to me as follows: -- zechariah 4:8 +. +"The hands of Zerubbabel have laid the foundations of this temple, and his hands will complete it." Then you will know that the Lord who rules over all has sent me to you. -- zechariah 4:9 +. +For who dares make light of small beginnings? These seven eyes will joyfully look on the tin tablet in Zerubbabel's hand. (These are the eyes of the Lord, which constantly range across the whole earth.) -- zechariah 4:10 +. +Next I asked the messenger, "What are these two olive trees on the right and the left of the menorah?" -- zechariah 4:11 +. +Before he could reply I asked again, "What are these two extensions of the olive trees, which are emptying out the golden oil through the two golden pipes?" -- zechariah 4:12 +. +He replied, "Don't you know what these are?" And I said, "No, sir." -- zechariah 4:13 +. +So he said, "These are the two anointed ones who stand by the Lord of the whole earth." -- zechariah 4:14 +. +Then I turned to look, and there was a flying scroll! -- zechariah 5:1 +. +Someone asked me, "What do you see?" I replied, "I see a flying scroll thirty feet long and fifteen feet wide." -- zechariah 5:2 +. +The speaker went on to say, "This is a curse traveling across the whole earth. For example, according to the curse whoever steals will be removed from the community; or on the other hand (according to the curse) whoever swears falsely will suffer the same fate." -- zechariah 5:3 +. +"I will send it out," says the Lord who rules over all, "and it will enter the house of the thief and of the person who swears falsely in my name. It will land in the middle of his house and destroy both timber and stones." -- zechariah 5:4 +. +After this the angelic messenger who had been speaking to me went out and said, "Look, see what is leaving." -- zechariah 5:5 +. +I asked, "What is it?" And he replied, "It is a basket for measuring grain that is moving away from here." Moreover, he said, "This is their 'eye' throughout all the earth." -- zechariah 5:6 +. +Then a round lead cover was raised up, revealing a woman sitting inside the basket. -- zechariah 5:7 +. +He then said, "This woman represents wickedness," and he pushed her down into the basket and placed the lead cover on top. -- zechariah 5:8 +. +Then I looked again and saw two women going forth with the wind in their wings (they had wings like those of a stork) and they lifted up the basket between the earth and the sky. -- zechariah 5:9 +. +I asked the messenger who was speaking to me, "Where are they taking the basket?" -- zechariah 5:10 +. +He replied, "To build a temple for her in the land of Babylonia. When it is finished, she will be placed there in her own residence." -- zechariah 5:11 +. +Once more I looked, and this time I saw four chariots emerging from between two mountains of bronze. -- zechariah 6:1 +. +Harnessed to the first chariot were red horses, to the second black horses, -- zechariah 6:2 +. +to the third white horses, and to the fourth spotted horses, all of them strong. -- zechariah 6:3 +. +Then I asked the angelic messenger who was speaking with me, "What are these, sir?" -- zechariah 6:4 +. +The messenger replied, "These are the four spirits of heaven that have been presenting themselves before the Lord of all the earth. -- zechariah 6:5 +. +The chariot with the black horses is going to the north country and the white ones are going after them, but the spotted ones are going to the south country. -- zechariah 6:6 +. +All these strong ones are scattering; they have sought permission to go and walk about over the earth." The Lord had said, "Go! Walk about over the earth!" So they are doing so. -- zechariah 6:7 +. +Then he cried out to me, "Look! The ones going to the northland have brought me peace about the northland." -- zechariah 6:8 +. +The word of the Lord came to me as follows: -- zechariah 6:9 +. +"Choose some people from among the exiles, namely, Heldai, Tobijah, and Jedaiah, all of whom have come from Babylon, and when you have done so go to the house of Josiah son of Zephaniah. -- zechariah 6:10 +. +Then take some silver and gold to make a crown and set it on the head of Joshua son of Jehozadak, the high priest. -- zechariah 6:11 +. +Then say to him, 'The Lord who rules over all says, "Look - here is the man whose name is Branch, who will sprout up from his place and build the temple of the Lord. -- zechariah 6:12 +. +Indeed, he will build the temple of the Lord, and he will be clothed in splendor, sitting as king on his throne. Moreover, there will be a priest with him on his throne and they will see eye to eye on everything. -- zechariah 6:13 +. +The crown will then be turned over to Helem, Tobijah, Jedaiah, and Hen son of Zephaniah as a memorial in the temple of the Lord. -- zechariah 6:14 +. +Then those who are far away will come and build the temple of the Lord so that you may know that the Lord who rules over all has sent me to you. This will all come to pass if you completely obey the voice of the Lord your God."'" -- zechariah 6:15 +. +In King Darius' fourth year, on the fourth day of Kislev, the ninth month, the word of the Lord came to Zechariah. -- zechariah 7:1 +. +Now the people of Bethel had sent Sharezer and Regem-Melech and their companions to seek the Lord's favor -- zechariah 7:2 +. +by asking both the priests of the temple of the Lord who rules over all and the prophets, "Should we weep in the fifth month, fasting as we have done over the years?" -- zechariah 7:3 +. +The word of the Lord who rules over all then came to me, -- zechariah 7:4 +. +"Speak to all the people and priests of the land as follows: 'When you fasted and lamented in the fifth and seventh months through all these seventy years, did you truly fast for me - for me, indeed? -- zechariah 7:5 +. +And now when you eat and drink, are you not doing so for yourselves?'" -- zechariah 7:6 +. +Should you not have obeyed the words that the Lord cried out through the former prophets when Jerusalem was peacefully inhabited and her surrounding cities, the Negev, and the Shephelah were also populated? -- zechariah 7:7 +. +Again the word of the Lord came to Zechariah: -- zechariah 7:8 +. +"The Lord who rules over all said, 'Exercise true judgment and show brotherhood and compassion to each other. -- zechariah 7:9 +. +You must not oppress the widow, the orphan, the foreigner, or the poor, nor should anyone secretly plot evil against his fellow human being.' -- zechariah 7:10 +. +"But they refused to pay attention, turning away stubbornly and stopping their ears so they could not hear. -- zechariah 7:11 +. +Indeed, they made their heart as hard as diamond, so that they could not obey the Torah and the other words the Lord who rules over all had sent by his Spirit through the former prophets. Therefore, the Lord who rules over all had poured out great wrath. -- zechariah 7:12 +. +"'It then came about that just as I cried out, but they would not obey, so they will cry out, but I will not listen,' the Lord Lord who rules over all had said. -- zechariah 7:13 +. +'Rather, I will sweep them away in a storm into all the nations they are not familiar with.' Thus the land had become desolate because of them, with no one crossing through or returning, for they had made the fruitful land a waste." -- zechariah 7:14 +. +Then the word of the Lord who rules over all came to me as follows: -- zechariah 8:1 +. +"The Lord who rules over all says, 'I am very much concerned for Zion; indeed, I am so concerned for her that my rage will fall on those who hurt her.' -- zechariah 8:2 +. +The Lord says, 'I have returned to Zion and will live within Jerusalem. Now Jerusalem will be called "truthful city," "mountain of the Lord who rules over all," "holy mountain."' -- zechariah 8:3 +. +Moreover, the Lord who rules over all says, 'Old men and women will once more live in the plazas of Jerusalem, each one leaning on a cane because of advanced age. -- zechariah 8:4 +. +And the streets of the city will be full of boys and girls playing. -- zechariah 8:5 +. +And,' says the Lord who rules over all, 'though such a thing may seem to be difficult in the opinion of the small community of those days, will it also appear difficult to me?' asks the Lord who rules over all. -- zechariah 8:6 +. +"The Lord who rules over all asserts, 'I am about to save my people from the lands of the east and the west. -- zechariah 8:7 +. +And I will bring them to settle within Jerusalem. They will be my people, and I will be their God, in truth and righteousness.' -- zechariah 8:8 +. +"The Lord who rules over all also says, 'Gather strength, you who are listening to these words today from the mouths of the prophets who were there at the founding of the house of the Lord who rules over all, so that the temple might be built. -- zechariah 8:9 +. +Before that time there was no compensation for man or animal, nor was there any relief from adversity for those who came and went, because I had pitted everybody - each one - against everyone else. -- zechariah 8:10 +. +But I will be different now to this remnant of my people from the way I was in those days,' says the Lord who rules over all, -- zechariah 8:11 +. +'for there will be a peaceful time of sowing, the vine will produce its fruit and the ground its yield, and the skies will rain down dew. Then I will allow the remnant of my people to possess all these things. -- zechariah 8:12 +. +And it will come about that just as you (both Judah and Israel) were a curse to the nations, so I will save you and you will be a blessing. Do not be afraid! Instead, be strong!' -- zechariah 8:13 +. +"For the Lord who rules over all says, 'As I had planned to hurt you when your fathers made me angry,' says the Lord who rules over all, 'and I was not sorry, -- zechariah 8:14 +. +so, to the contrary, I have planned in these days to do good to Jerusalem and Judah - do not fear! -- zechariah 8:15 +. +These are the things you must do: Speak the truth, each of you, to one another. Practice true and righteous judgment in your courts. -- zechariah 8:16 +. +Do not plan evil in your hearts against one another. Do not favor a false oath - these are all things that I hate,' says the Lord." -- zechariah 8:17 +. +The word of the Lord who rules over all came to me as follows: -- zechariah 8:18 +. +"The Lord who rules over all says, 'The fast of the fourth, fifth, seventh, and tenth months will become joyful and happy, pleasant feasts for the house of Judah, so love truth and peace.' -- zechariah 8:19 +. +The Lord who rules over all says, 'It will someday come to pass that people - residents of many cities - will come. -- zechariah 8:20 +. +The inhabitants of one will go to another and say, "Let's go up at once to ask the favor of the Lord, to seek the Lord who rules over all. Indeed, I'll go with you."' -- zechariah 8:21 +. +Many peoples and powerful nations will come to Jerusalem to seek the Lord who rules over all and to ask his favor. -- zechariah 8:22 +. +The Lord who rules over all says, 'In those days ten people from all languages and nations will grasp hold of - indeed, grab - the robe of one Jew and say, "Let us go with you, for we have heard that God is with you."'" -- zechariah 8:23 +. +An oracle of the word of the Lord concerning the land of Hadrach, with its focus on Damascus: The eyes of all humanity, especially of the tribes of Israel, are toward the Lord, -- zechariah 9:1 +. +as are those of Hamath also, which adjoins Damascus, and Tyre and Sidon, though they consider themselves to be very wise. -- zechariah 9:2 +. +Tyre built herself a fortification and piled up silver like dust and gold like the mud of the streets! -- zechariah 9:3 +. +Nevertheless the Lord will evict her and shove her fortifications into the sea - she will be consumed by fire. -- zechariah 9:4 +. +Ashkelon will see and be afraid; Gaza will be in great anguish, as will Ekron, for her hope will have been dried up. Gaza will lose her king, and Ashkelon will no longer be inhabited. -- zechariah 9:5 +. +A mongrel people will live in Ashdod, for I will greatly humiliate the Philistines. -- zechariah 9:6 +. +I will take away their abominable religious practices; then those who survive will become a community of believers in our God, like a clan in Judah, and Ekron will be like the Jebusites. -- zechariah 9:7 +. +Then I will surround my temple to protect it like a guard from anyone crossing back and forth; so no one will cross over against them anymore as an oppressor, for now I myself have seen it. -- zechariah 9:8 +. +Rejoice greatly, daughter of Zion! Shout, daughter of Jerusalem! Look! Your king is coming to you: he is legitimate and victorious, humble and riding on a donkey - on a young donkey, the foal of a female donkey. -- zechariah 9:9 +. +I will remove the chariot from Ephraim and the warhorse from Jerusalem, and the battle bow will be removed. Then he will announce peace to the nations. His dominion will be from sea to sea and from the Euphrates River to the ends of the earth. -- zechariah 9:10 +. +Moreover, as for you, because of our covenant relationship secured with blood, I will release your prisoners from the waterless pit. -- zechariah 9:11 +. +Return to the stronghold, you prisoners, with hope; today I declare that I will return double what was taken from you. -- zechariah 9:12 +. +I will bend Judah as my bow; I will load the bow with Ephraim, my arrow! I will stir up your sons, Zion, against yours, Greece, and I will make you, Zion, like a warrior's sword. -- zechariah 9:13 +. +Then the Lord will appear above them, and his arrow will shoot forth like lightning; the Lord God will blow the trumpet and will sally forth on the southern storm winds. -- zechariah 9:14 +. +The Lord who rules over all will guard them, and they will prevail and overcome with sling stones. Then they will drink, and will become noisy like drunkards, full like the sacrificial basin or like the corners of the altar. -- zechariah 9:15 +. +On that day the Lord their God will deliver them as the flock of his people, for they are the precious stones of a crown sparkling over his land. -- zechariah 9:16 +. +How precious and fair! Grain will make the young men flourish and new wine the young women. -- zechariah 9:17 +. +Ask the Lord for rain in the season of the late spring rains - the Lord who causes thunderstorms - and he will give everyone showers of rain and green growth in the field. -- zechariah 10:1 +. +For the household gods have spoken wickedness, the soothsayers have seen a lie, and as for the dreamers, they have disclosed emptiness and give comfort in vain. Therefore the people set out like sheep and become scattered because they have no shepherd. -- zechariah 10:2 +. +I am enraged at the shepherds and will punish the lead-goats. For the Lord who rules over all has brought blessing to his flock, the house of Judah, and will transform them into his majestic warhorse. -- zechariah 10:3 +. +From him will come the cornerstone, the wall peg, the battle bow, and every ruler. -- zechariah 10:4 +. +And they will be like warriors trampling the mud of the streets in battle. They will fight, for the Lord will be with them, and will defeat the enemy cavalry. -- zechariah 10:5 +. +"I (says the Lord) will strengthen the kingdom of Judah and deliver the people of Joseph and will bring them back because of my compassion for them. They will be as though I had never rejected them, for I am the Lord their God and therefore I will hear them. -- zechariah 10:6 +. +The Ephraimites will be like warriors and will rejoice as if they had drunk wine. Their children will see it and rejoice; they will celebrate in the things of the Lord. -- zechariah 10:7 +. +I will signal for them and gather them, for I have already redeemed them; then they will become as numerous as they were before. -- zechariah 10:8 +. +Though I scatter them among the nations, they will remember in far-off places - they and their children will sprout forth and return. -- zechariah 10:9 +. +I will bring them back from Egypt and gather them from Assyria. I will bring them to the lands of Gilead and Lebanon, for there will not be enough room for them in their own land. -- zechariah 10:10 +. +The Lord will cross the sea of storms and will calm its turbulence. The depths of the Nile will dry up, the pride of Assyria will be humbled, and the domination of Egypt will be no more. -- zechariah 10:11 +. +Thus I will strengthen them by my power, and they will walk about in my name," says the Lord. -- zechariah 10:12 +. +Open your gates, Lebanon, so that the fire may consume your cedars. -- zechariah 11:1 +. +Howl, fir tree, because the cedar has fallen; the majestic trees have been destroyed. Howl, oaks of Bashan, because the impenetrable forest has fallen. -- zechariah 11:2 +. +Listen to the howling of shepherds, because their magnificence has been destroyed. Listen to the roaring of young lions, because the thickets of the Jordan have been devastated. -- zechariah 11:3 +. +The Lord my God says this: "Shepherd the flock set aside for slaughter. -- zechariah 11:4 +. +Those who buy them slaughter them and are not held guilty; those who sell them say, 'Blessed be the Lord, for I am rich.' Their own shepherds have no compassion for them. -- zechariah 11:5 +. +Indeed, I will no longer have compassion on the people of the land," says the Lord, "but instead I will turn every last person over to his neighbor and his king. They will devastate the land, and I will not deliver it from them." -- zechariah 11:6 +. +So I began to shepherd the flock destined for slaughter, the most afflicted of all the flock. Then I took two staffs, calling one "Pleasantness" and the other "Binders," and I tended the flock. -- zechariah 11:7 +. +Next I eradicated the three shepherds in one month, for I ran out of patience with them and, indeed, they detested me as well. -- zechariah 11:8 +. +I then said, "I will not shepherd you. What is to die, let it die, and what is to be eradicated, let it be eradicated. As for those who survive, let them eat each other's flesh!" -- zechariah 11:9 +. +Then I took my staff "Pleasantness" and cut it in two to annul my covenant that I had made with all the people. -- zechariah 11:10 +. +So it was annulled that very day, and then the most afflicted of the flock who kept faith with me knew that that was the word of the Lord. -- zechariah 11:11 +. +Then I said to them, "If it seems good to you, pay me my wages, but if not, forget it." So they weighed out my payment - thirty pieces of silver. -- zechariah 11:12 +. +The Lord then said to me, "Throw to the potter that exorbitant sum at which they valued me!" So I took the thirty pieces of silver and threw them to the potter at the temple of the Lord. -- zechariah 11:13 +. +Then I cut the second staff "Binders" in two in order to annul the covenant of brotherhood between Judah and Israel. -- zechariah 11:14 +. +Again the Lord said to me, "Take up once more the equipment of a foolish shepherd. -- zechariah 11:15 +. +Indeed, I am about to raise up a shepherd in the land who will not take heed to the sheep headed to slaughter, will not seek the scattered, and will not heal the injured. Moreover, he will not nourish the one that is healthy but instead will eat the meat of the fat sheep and tear off their hooves. -- zechariah 11:16 +. +Woe to the worthless shepherd who abandons the flock! May a sword fall on his arm and his right eye! May his arm wither completely away, and his right eye become completely blind!" -- zechariah 11:17 +. +The revelation of the word of the Lord concerning Israel: The Lord - he who stretches out the heavens and lays the foundations of the earth, who forms the human spirit within a person - says, -- zechariah 12:1 +. +"I am about to make Jerusalem a cup that brings dizziness to all the surrounding nations; indeed, Judah will also be included when Jerusalem is besieged. -- zechariah 12:2 +. +Moreover, on that day I will make Jerusalem a heavy burden for all the nations, and all who try to carry it will be seriously injured; yet all the peoples of the earth will be assembled against it. -- zechariah 12:3 +. +In that day," says the Lord, "I will strike every horse with confusion and its rider with madness. I will pay close attention to the house of Judah, but will strike all the horses of the nations with blindness. -- zechariah 12:4 +. +Then the leaders of Judah will say to themselves, 'The inhabitants of Jerusalem are a means of strength to us through their God, the Lord who rules over all.' -- zechariah 12:5 +. +On that day I will make the leaders of Judah like an igniter among sticks and a burning torch among sheaves, and they will burn up all the surrounding nations right and left. Then the people of Jerusalem will settle once more in their place, the city of Jerusalem. -- zechariah 12:6 +. +The Lord also will deliver the homes of Judah first, so that the splendor of the kingship of David and of the people of Jerusalem may not exceed that of Judah. -- zechariah 12:7 +. +On that day the Lord himself will defend the inhabitants of Jerusalem, so that the weakest among them will be like mighty David, and the dynasty of David will be like God, like the angel of the Lord before them. -- zechariah 12:8 +. +So on that day I will set out to destroy all the nations that come against Jerusalem." -- zechariah 12:9 +. +"I will pour out on the kingship of David and the population of Jerusalem a spirit of grace and supplication so that they will look to me, the one they have pierced. They will lament for him as one laments for an only son, and there will be a bitter cry for him like the bitter cry for a firstborn. -- zechariah 12:10 +. +On that day the lamentation in Jerusalem will be as great as the lamentation at Hadad-Rimmon in the plain of Megiddo. -- zechariah 12:11 +. +The land will mourn, clan by clan - the clan of the royal household of David by itself and their wives by themselves; the clan of the family of Nathan by itself and their wives by themselves; -- zechariah 12:12 +. +the clan of the descendants of Levi by itself and their wives by themselves; and the clan of the Shimeites by itself and their wives by themselves - -- zechariah 12:13 +. +all the clans that remain, each separately with their wives." -- zechariah 12:14 +. +"In that day there will be a fountain opened up for the dynasty of David and the people of Jerusalem to cleanse them from sin and impurity. -- zechariah 13:1 +. +And also on that day," says the Lord who rules over all, "I will remove the names of the idols from the land and they will never again be remembered. Moreover, I will remove the prophets and the unclean spirit from the land. -- zechariah 13:2 +. +Then, if anyone prophesies in spite of this, his father and mother to whom he was born will say to him, 'You cannot live, for you lie in the name of the Lord.' Then his father and mother to whom he was born will run him through with a sword when he prophesies. -- zechariah 13:3 +. +"Therefore, on that day each prophet will be ashamed of his vision when he prophesies and will no longer wear the hairy garment of a prophet to deceive the people. -- zechariah 13:4 +. +Instead he will say, 'I am no prophet - indeed, I am a farmer, for a man has made me his indentured servant since my youth.' -- zechariah 13:5 +. +Then someone will ask him, 'What are these wounds on your chest?' and he will answer, 'Some that I received in the house of my friends.' -- zechariah 13:6 +. +"Awake, sword, against my shepherd, against the man who is my associate," says the Lord who rules over all. Strike the shepherd that the flock may be scattered; I will turn my hand against the insignificant ones. -- zechariah 13:7 +. +It will happen in all the land, says the Lord, that two-thirds of the people in it will be cut off and die, but one-third will be left in it. -- zechariah 13:8 +. +Then I will bring the remaining third into the fire; I will refine them like silver is refined and will test them like gold is tested. They will call on my name and I will answer; I will say, 'These are my people,' and they will say, 'The Lord is my God.'" -- zechariah 13:9 +. +A day of the Lord is about to come when your possessions will be divided as plunder in your midst. -- zechariah 14:1 +. +For I will gather all the nations against Jerusalem to wage war; the city will be taken, its houses plundered, and the women raped. Then half of the city will go into exile, but the remainder of the people will not be taken away. -- zechariah 14:2 +. +Then the Lord will go to battle and fight against those nations, just as he fought battles in ancient days. -- zechariah 14:3 +. +On that day his feet will stand on the Mount of Olives which lies to the east of Jerusalem, and the Mount of Olives will be split in half from east to west, leaving a great valley. Half the mountain will move northward and the other half southward. -- zechariah 14:4 +. +Then you will escape through my mountain valley, for the mountains will extend to Azal. Indeed, you will flee as you fled from the earthquake in the days of King Uzziah of Judah. Then the Lord my God will come with all his holy ones with him. -- zechariah 14:5 +. +On that day there will be no light - the sources of light in the heavens will congeal. -- zechariah 14:6 +. +It will happen in one day (a day known to the Lord); not in the day or the night, but in the evening there will be light. -- zechariah 14:7 +. +Moreover, on that day living waters will flow out from Jerusalem, half of them to the eastern sea and half of them to the western sea; it will happen both in summer and in winter. -- zechariah 14:8 +. +The Lord will then be king over all the earth. In that day the Lord will be seen as one with a single name. -- zechariah 14:9 +. +All the land will change and become like the Arabah from Geba to Rimmon, south of Jerusalem; and Jerusalem will be raised up and will stay in its own place from the Benjamin Gate to the site of the First Gate and on to the Corner Gate, and from the Tower of Hananel to the royal winepresses. -- zechariah 14:10 +. +And people will settle there, and there will no longer be the threat of divine extermination - Jerusalem will dwell in security. -- zechariah 14:11 +. +But this will be the nature of the plague with which the Lord will strike all the nations that have fought against Jerusalem: Their flesh will decay while they stand on their feet, their eyes will rot away in their sockets, and their tongues will dissolve in their mouths. -- zechariah 14:12 +. +On that day there will be great confusion from the Lord among them; they will seize each other and attack one another violently. -- zechariah 14:13 +. +Moreover, Judah will fight at Jerusalem, and the wealth of all the surrounding nations will be gathered up - gold, silver, and clothing in great abundance. -- zechariah 14:14 +. +This is the kind of plague that will devastate horses, mules, camels, donkeys, and all the other animals in those camps. -- zechariah 14:15 +. +Then all who survive from all the nations that came to attack Jerusalem will go up annually to worship the King, the Lord who rules over all, and to observe the Feast of Tabernacles. -- zechariah 14:16 +. +But if any of the nations anywhere on earth refuse to go up to Jerusalem to worship the King, the Lord who rules over all, they will get no rain. -- zechariah 14:17 +. +If the Egyptians will not do so, they will get no rain - instead there will be the kind of plague which the Lord inflicts on any nations that do not go up to celebrate the Feast of Tabernacles. -- zechariah 14:18 +. +This will be the punishment of Egypt and of all nations that do not go up to celebrate the Feast of Tabernacles. -- zechariah 14:19 +. +On that day the bells of the horses will bear the inscription "Holy to the Lord." The cooking pots in the Lord's temple will be as holy as the bowls in front of the altar. -- zechariah 14:20 +. +Every cooking pot in Jerusalem and Judah will become holy in the sight of the Lord who rules over all, so that all who offer sacrifices may come and use some of them to boil their sacrifices in them. On that day there will no longer be a Canaanite in the house of the Lord who rules over all. -- zechariah 14:21 +. +What follows is divine revelation. The word of the Lord came to Israel through Malachi: -- malachi 1:1 +. +"I have shown love to you," says the Lord, but you say, "How have you shown love to us?" "Esau was Jacob's brother," the Lord explains, "yet I chose Jacob -- malachi 1:2 +. +and rejected Esau. I turned Esau's mountains into a deserted wasteland and gave his territory to the wild jackals." -- malachi 1:3 +. +Edom says, "Though we are devastated, we will once again build the ruined places." So the Lord who rules over all responds, "They indeed may build, but I will overthrow. They will be known as the land of evil, the people with whom the Lord is permanently displeased. -- malachi 1:4 +. +Your eyes will see it, and then you will say, 'May the Lord be magnified even beyond the border of Israel!'" -- malachi 1:5 +. +"A son naturally honors his father and a slave respects his master. If I am your father, where is my honor? If I am your master, where is my respect? The Lord who rules over all asks you this, you priests who make light of my name! But you reply, 'How have we made light of your name?' -- malachi 1:6 +. +You are offering improper sacrifices on my altar, yet you ask, 'How have we offended you?' By treating the table of the Lord as if it is of no importance! -- malachi 1:7 +. +For when you offer blind animals as a sacrifice, is that not wrong? And when you offer the lame and sick, is that not wrong as well? Indeed, try offering them to your governor! Will he be pleased with you or show you favor?" asks the Lord who rules over all. -- malachi 1:8 +. +But now plead for God's favor that he might be gracious to us. "With this kind of offering in your hands, how can he be pleased with you?" asks the Lord who rules over all. -- malachi 1:9 +. +"I wish that one of you would close the temple doors, so that you no longer would light useless fires on my altar. I am not pleased with you," says the Lord who rules over all, "and I will no longer accept an offering from you. -- malachi 1:10 +. +For from the east to the west my name will be great among the nations. Incense and pure offerings will be offered in my name everywhere, for my name will be great among the nations," says the Lord who rules over all. -- malachi 1:11 +. +"But you are profaning it by saying that the table of the Lord is common and its offerings despicable. -- malachi 1:12 +. +You also say, 'How tiresome it is.' You turn up your nose at it," says the Lord who rules over all, "and instead bring what is stolen, lame, or sick. You bring these things for an offering! Should I accept this from you?" asks the Lord. -- malachi 1:13 +. +"There will be harsh condemnation for the hypocrite who has a valuable male animal in his flock but vows and sacrifices something inferior to the Lord. For I am a great king," says the Lord who rules over all, "and my name is awesome among the nations." -- malachi 1:14 +. +"Now, you priests, this commandment is for you. -- malachi 2:1 +. +If you do not listen and take seriously the need to honor my name," says the Lord who rules over all, "I will send judgment on you and turn your blessings into curses - indeed, I have already done so because you are not taking it to heart. -- malachi 2:2 +. +I am about to discipline your children and will spread offal on your faces, the very offal produced at your festivals, and you will be carried away along with it. -- malachi 2:3 +. +Then you will know that I sent this commandment to you so that my covenant may continue to be with Levi," says the Lord who rules over all. -- malachi 2:4 +. +"My covenant with him was designed to bring life and peace. I gave its statutes to him to fill him with awe, and he indeed revered me and stood in awe before me. -- malachi 2:5 +. +He taught what was true; sinful words were not found on his lips. He walked with me in peace and integrity, and he turned many people away from sin. -- malachi 2:6 +. +For the lips of a priest should preserve knowledge of sacred things, and people should seek instruction from him because he is the messenger of the Lord who rules over all. -- malachi 2:7 +. +You, however, have turned from the way. You have caused many to violate the law; you have corrupted the covenant with Levi," says the Lord who rules over all. -- malachi 2:8 +. +"Therefore, I have caused you to be ignored and belittled before all people to the extent to which you are not following after me and are showing partiality in your instruction." -- malachi 2:9 +. +Do we not all have one father? Did not one God create us? Why do we betray one another, in this way making light of the covenant of our ancestors? -- malachi 2:10 +. +Judah has become disloyal, and unspeakable sins have been committed in Israel and Jerusalem. For Judah has profaned the holy things that the Lord loves and has turned to a foreign god! -- malachi 2:11 +. +May the Lord cut off from the community of Jacob every last person who does this, as well as the person who presents improper offerings to the Lord who rules over all! -- malachi 2:12 +. +You also do this: You cover the altar of the Lord with tears as you weep and groan, because he no longer pays any attention to the offering nor accepts it favorably from you. -- malachi 2:13 +. +Yet you ask, "Why?" The Lord is testifying against you on behalf of the wife you married when you were young, to whom you have become unfaithful even though she is your companion and wife by law. -- malachi 2:14 +. +No one who has even a small portion of the Spirit in him does this. What did our ancestor do when seeking a child from God? Be attentive, then, to your own spirit, for one should not be disloyal to the wife he took in his youth. -- malachi 2:15 +. +"I hate divorce," says the Lord God of Israel, "and the one who is guilty of violence," says the Lord who rules over all. "Pay attention to your conscience, and do not be unfaithful." -- malachi 2:16 +. +You have wearied the Lord with your words. But you say, "How have we wearied him?" Because you say, "Everyone who does evil is good in the Lord's opinion, and he delights in them," or "Where is the God of justice?" -- malachi 2:17 +. +"I am about to send my messenger, who will clear the way before me. Indeed, the Lord you are seeking will suddenly come to his temple, and the messenger of the covenant, whom you long for, is certainly coming," says the Lord who rules over all. -- malachi 3:1 +. +Who can endure the day of his coming? Who can keep standing when he appears? For he will be like a refiner's fire, like a launderer's soap. -- malachi 3:2 +. +He will act like a refiner and purifier of silver and will cleanse the Levites and refine them like gold and silver. Then they will offer the Lord a proper offering. -- malachi 3:3 +. +The offerings of Judah and Jerusalem will be pleasing to the Lord as in former times and years past. -- malachi 3:4 +. +"I will come to you in judgment. I will be quick to testify against those who practice divination, those who commit adultery, those who break promises, and those who exploit workers, widows, and orphans, who refuse to help the immigrant and in this way show they do not fear me," says the Lord who rules over all. -- malachi 3:5 +. +"Since, I, the Lord, do not go back on my promises, you, sons of Jacob, have not perished. -- malachi 3:6 +. +From the days of your ancestors you have ignored my commandments and have not kept them! Return to me, and I will return to you," says the Lord who rules over all. "But you say, 'How should we return?' -- malachi 3:7 +. +Can a person rob God? You indeed are robbing me, but you say, 'How are we robbing you?' In tithes and contributions! -- malachi 3:8 +. +You are bound for judgment because you are robbing me - this whole nation is guilty. -- malachi 3:9 +. +"Bring the entire tithe into the storehouse so that there may be food in my temple. Test me in this matter," says the Lord who rules over all, "to see if I will not open for you the windows of heaven and pour out for you a blessing until there is no room for it all. -- malachi 3:10 +. +Then I will stop the plague from ruining your crops, and the vine will not lose its fruit before harvest," says the Lord who rules over all. -- malachi 3:11 +. +"All nations will call you happy, for you indeed will live in a delightful land," says the Lord who rules over all. -- malachi 3:12 +. +"You have criticized me sharply," says the Lord, "but you ask, 'How have we criticized you?' -- malachi 3:13 +. +You have said, 'It is useless to serve God. How have we been helped by keeping his requirements and going about like mourners before the Lord who rules over all? -- malachi 3:14 +. +So now we consider the arrogant to be happy; indeed, those who practice evil are successful. In fact, those who challenge God escape!'" -- malachi 3:15 +. +Then those who respected the Lord spoke to one another, and the Lord took notice. A scroll was prepared before him in which were recorded the names of those who respected the Lord and honored his name. -- malachi 3:16 +. +"They will belong to me," says the Lord who rules over all, "in the day when I prepare my own special property. I will spare them as a man spares his son who serves him. -- malachi 3:17 +. +Then once more you will see that I make a distinction between the righteous and the wicked, between the one who serves God and the one who does not. -- malachi 3:18 +. + "For indeed the day is coming, burning like a furnace, and all the arrogant evildoers will be chaff. The coming day will burn them up," says the Lord who rules over all. "It will not leave even a root or branch. -- malachi 4:1 +. +But for you who respect my name, the sun of vindication will rise with healing wings, and you will skip about like calves released from the stall. -- malachi 4:2 +. +You will trample on the wicked, for they will be like ashes under the soles of your feet on the day which I am preparing," says the Lord who rules over all. -- malachi 4:3 +. +"Remember the law of my servant Moses, to whom at Horeb I gave rules and regulations for all Israel to obey. -- malachi 4:4 +. +Look, I will send you Elijah the prophet before the great and terrible day of the Lord arrives. -- malachi 4:5 +. +He will encourage fathers and their children to return to me, so that I will not come and strike the earth with judgment." -- malachi 4:6 +. +This is the record of the genealogy of Jesus Christ, the son of David, the son of Abraham. -- matthew 1:1 +. +Abraham was the father of Isaac, Isaac the father of Jacob, Jacob the father of Judah and his brothers, -- matthew 1:2 +. +Judah the father of Perez and Zerah (by Tamar), Perez the father of Hezron, Hezron the father of Ram, -- matthew 1:3 +. +Ram the father of Amminadab, Amminadab the father of Nahshon, Nahshon the father of Salmon, -- matthew 1:4 +. +Salmon the father of Boaz (by Rahab), Boaz the father of Obed (by Ruth), Obed the father of Jesse, -- matthew 1:5 +. +and Jesse the father of David the king. David was the father of Solomon (by the wife of Uriah), -- matthew 1:6 +. +Solomon the father of Rehoboam, Rehoboam the father of Abijah, Abijah the father of Asa, -- matthew 1:7 +. +Asa the father of Jehoshaphat, Jehoshaphat the father of Joram, Joram the father of Uzziah, -- matthew 1:8 +. +Uzziah the father of Jotham, Jotham the father of Ahaz, Ahaz the father of Hezekiah, -- matthew 1:9 +. +Hezekiah the father of Manasseh, Manasseh the father of Amon, Amon the father of Josiah, -- matthew 1:10 +. +and Josiah the father of Jeconiah and his brothers, at the time of the deportation to Babylon. -- matthew 1:11 +. +After the deportation to Babylon, Jeconiah became the father of Shealtiel, Shealtiel the father of Zerubbabel, -- matthew 1:12 +. +Zerubbabel the father of Abiud, Abiud the father of Eliakim, Eliakim the father of Azor, -- matthew 1:13 +. +Azor the father of Zadok, Zadok the father of Achim, Achim the father of Eliud, -- matthew 1:14 +. +Eliud the father of Eleazar, Eleazar the father of Matthan, Matthan the father of Jacob, -- matthew 1:15 +. +and Jacob the father of Joseph, the husband of Mary, by whom Jesus was born, who is called Christ. -- matthew 1:16 +. +So all the generations from Abraham to David are fourteen generations, and from David to the deportation to Babylon, fourteen generations, and from the deportation to Babylon to Christ, fourteen generations. -- matthew 1:17 +. +Now the birth of Jesus Christ happened this way. While his mother Mary was engaged to Joseph, but before they came together, she was found to be pregnant through the Holy Spirit. -- matthew 1:18 +. +Because Joseph, her husband to be, was a righteous man, and because he did not want to disgrace her, he intended to divorce her privately. -- matthew 1:19 +. +When he had contemplated this, an angel of the Lord appeared to him in a dream and said, "Joseph, son of David, do not be afraid to take Mary as your wife, because the child conceived in her is from the Holy Spirit. -- matthew 1:20 +. +She will give birth to a son and you will name him Jesus, because he will save his people from their sins." -- matthew 1:21 +. +This all happened so that what was spoken by the Lord through the prophet would be fulfilled: -- matthew 1:22 +. +"Look! The virgin will conceive and bear a son, and they will call him Emmanuel," which means "God with us." -- matthew 1:23 +. +When Joseph awoke from sleep he did what the angel of the Lord told him. He took his wife, -- matthew 1:24 +. +but did not have marital relations with her until she gave birth to a son, whom he named Jesus. -- matthew 1:25 +. +After Jesus was born in Bethlehem in Judea, in the time of King Herod, wise men from the East came to Jerusalem -- matthew 2:1 +. +saying, "Where is the one who is born king of the Jews? For we saw his star when it rose and have come to worship him." -- matthew 2:2 +. +When King Herod heard this he was alarmed, and all Jerusalem with him. -- matthew 2:3 +. +After assembling all the chief priests and experts in the law, he asked them where the Christ was to be born. -- matthew 2:4 +. +"In Bethlehem of Judea," they said, "for it is written this way by the prophet: -- matthew 2:5 +. +'And you, Bethlehem, in the land of Judah, are in no way least among the rulers of Judah, for out of you will come a ruler who will shepherd my people Israel.'" -- matthew 2:6 +. +Then Herod privately summoned the wise men and determined from them when the star had appeared. -- matthew 2:7 +. +He sent them to Bethlehem and said, "Go and look carefully for the child. When you find him, inform me so that I can go and worship him as well." -- matthew 2:8 +. +After listening to the king they left, and once again the star they saw when it rose led them until it stopped above the place where the child was. -- matthew 2:9 +. +When they saw the star they shouted joyfully. -- matthew 2:10 +. +As they came into the house and saw the child with Mary his mother, they bowed down and worshiped him. They opened their treasure boxes and gave him gifts of gold, frankincense, and myrrh. -- matthew 2:11 +. +After being warned in a dream not to return to Herod, they went back by another route to their own country. -- matthew 2:12 +. +After they had gone, an angel of the Lord appeared to Joseph in a dream and said, "Get up, take the child and his mother and flee to Egypt, and stay there until I tell you, for Herod is going to look for the child to kill him." -- matthew 2:13 +. +Then he got up, took the child and his mother during the night, and went to Egypt. -- matthew 2:14 +. +He stayed there until Herod died. In this way what was spoken by the Lord through the prophet was fulfilled: "I called my Son out of Egypt." -- matthew 2:15 +. +When Herod saw that he had been tricked by the wise men, he became enraged. He sent men to kill all the children in Bethlehem and throughout the surrounding region from the age of two and under, according to the time he had learned from the wise men. -- matthew 2:16 +. +Then what was spoken by Jeremiah the prophet was fulfilled: -- matthew 2:17 +. +"A voice was heard in Ramah, weeping and loud wailing, Rachel weeping for her children, and she did not want to be comforted, because they were gone." -- matthew 2:18 +. +After Herod had died, an angel of the Lord appeared in a dream to Joseph in Egypt -- matthew 2:19 +. +saying, "Get up, take the child and his mother, and go to the land of Israel, for those who were seeking the child's life are dead." -- matthew 2:20 +. +So he got up and took the child and his mother and returned to the land of Israel. -- matthew 2:21 +. +But when he heard that Archelaus was reigning over Judea in place of his father Herod, he was afraid to go there. After being warned in a dream, he went to the regions of Galilee. -- matthew 2:22 +. +He came to a town called Nazareth and lived there. Then what had been spoken by the prophets was fulfilled, that Jesus would be called a Nazarene. -- matthew 2:23 +. +In those days John the Baptist came into the wilderness of Judea proclaiming, -- matthew 3:1 +. +"Repent, for the kingdom of heaven is near." -- matthew 3:2 +. +For he is the one about whom Isaiah the prophet had spoken: "The voice of one shouting in the wilderness, 'Prepare the way for the Lord, make his paths straight.'" -- matthew 3:3 +. +Now John wore clothing made from camel's hair with a leather belt around his waist, and his diet consisted of locusts and wild honey. -- matthew 3:4 +. +Then people from Jerusalem, as well as all Judea and all the region around the Jordan, were going out to him, -- matthew 3:5 +. +and he was baptizing them in the Jordan River as they confessed their sins. -- matthew 3:6 +. +But when he saw many Pharisees and Sadducees coming to his baptism, he said to them, "You offspring of vipers! Who warned you to flee from the coming wrath? -- matthew 3:7 +. +Therefore produce fruit that proves your repentance, -- matthew 3:8 +. +and don't think you can say to yourselves, 'We have Abraham as our father.' For I tell you that God can raise up children for Abraham from these stones! -- matthew 3:9 +. +Even now the ax is laid at the root of the trees, and every tree that does not produce good fruit will be cut down and thrown into the fire. -- matthew 3:10 +. +"I baptize you with water, for repentance, but the one coming after me is more powerful than I am - I am not worthy to carry his sandals. He will baptize you with the Holy Spirit and fire. -- matthew 3:11 +. +His winnowing fork is in his hand, and he will clean out his threshing floor and will gather his wheat into the storehouse, but the chaff he will burn up with inextinguishable fire." -- matthew 3:12 +. +Then Jesus came from Galilee to John to be baptized by him in the Jordan River. -- matthew 3:13 +. +But John tried to prevent him, saying, "I need to be baptized by you, and yet you come to me?" -- matthew 3:14 +. +So Jesus replied to him, "Let it happen now, for it is right for us to fulfill all righteousness." Then John yielded to him. -- matthew 3:15 +. +After Jesus was baptized, just as he was coming up out of the water, the heavens opened and he saw the Spirit of God descending like a dove and coming on him. -- matthew 3:16 +. +And a voice from heaven said, "This is my one dear Son; in him I take great delight." -- matthew 3:17 +. +Then Jesus was led by the Spirit into the wilderness to be tempted by the devil. -- matthew 4:1 +. +After he fasted forty days and forty nights he was famished. -- matthew 4:2 +. +The tempter came and said to him, "If you are the Son of God, command these stones to become bread." -- matthew 4:3 +. +But he answered, "It is written, 'Man does not live by bread alone, but by every word that comes from the mouth of God.'" -- matthew 4:4 +. +Then the devil took him to the holy city, had him stand on the highest point of the temple, -- matthew 4:5 +. +and said to him, "If you are the Son of God, throw yourself down. For it is written, 'He will command his angels concerning you' and 'with their hands they will lift you up, so that you will not strike your foot against a stone.'" -- matthew 4:6 +. +Jesus said to him, "Once again it is written: 'You are not to put the Lord your God to the test.'" -- matthew 4:7 +. +Again, the devil took him to a very high mountain, and showed him all the kingdoms of the world and their grandeur. -- matthew 4:8 +. +And he said to him, "I will give you all these things if you throw yourself to the ground and worship me." -- matthew 4:9 +. +Then Jesus said to him, "Go away, Satan! For it is written: 'You are to worship the Lord your God and serve only him.'" -- matthew 4:10 +. +Then the devil left him, and angels came and began ministering to his needs. -- matthew 4:11 +. +Now when Jesus heard that John had been imprisoned, he went into Galilee. -- matthew 4:12 +. +While in Galilee, he moved from Nazareth to make his home in Capernaum by the sea, in the region of Zebulun and Naphtali, -- matthew 4:13 +. +so that what was spoken by Isaiah the prophet would be fulfilled: -- matthew 4:14 +. +"Land of Zebulun and land of Naphtali, the way by the sea, beyond the Jordan, Galilee of the Gentiles - -- matthew 4:15 +. +the people who sit in darkness have seen a great light, and on those who sit in the region and shadow of death a light has dawned." -- matthew 4:16 +. +From that time Jesus began to preach this message: "Repent, for the kingdom of heaven is near." -- matthew 4:17 +. +As he was walking by the Sea of Galilee he saw two brothers, Simon (called Peter) and Andrew his brother, casting a net into the sea (for they were fishermen). -- matthew 4:18 +. +He said to them, "Follow me, and I will turn you into fishers of people." -- matthew 4:19 +. +They left their nets immediately and followed him. -- matthew 4:20 +. +Going on from there he saw two other brothers, James the son of Zebedee and John his brother, in a boat with Zebedee their father, mending their nets. Then he called them. -- matthew 4:21 +. +They immediately left the boat and their father and followed him. -- matthew 4:22 +. +Jesus went throughout all of Galilee, teaching in their synagogues, preaching the gospel of the kingdom, and healing all kinds of disease and sickness among the people. -- matthew 4:23 +. +So a report about him spread throughout Syria. People brought to him all who suffered with various illnesses and afflictions, those who had seizures, paralytics, and those possessed by demons, and he healed them. -- matthew 4:24 +. +And large crowds followed him from Galilee, the Decapolis, Jerusalem, Judea, and beyond the Jordan River. -- matthew 4:25 +. +When he saw the crowds, he went up the mountain. After he sat down his disciples came to him. -- matthew 5:1 +. +Then he began to teach them by saying: -- matthew 5:2 +. +"Blessed are the poor in spirit, for the kingdom of heaven belongs to them. -- matthew 5:3 +. +"Blessed are those who mourn, for they will be comforted. -- matthew 5:4 +. +"Blessed are the meek, for they will inherit the earth. -- matthew 5:5 +. +"Blessed are those who hunger and thirst for righteousness, for they will be satisfied. -- matthew 5:6 +. +"Blessed are the merciful, for they will be shown mercy. -- matthew 5:7 +. +"Blessed are the pure in heart, for they will see God. -- matthew 5:8 +. +"Blessed are the peacemakers, for they will be called the children of God. -- matthew 5:9 +. +"Blessed are those who are persecuted for righteousness, for the kingdom of heaven belongs to them. -- matthew 5:10 +. +"Blessed are you when people insult you and persecute you and say all kinds of evil things about you falsely on account of me. -- matthew 5:11 +. +Rejoice and be glad because your reward is great in heaven, for they persecuted the prophets before you in the same way. -- matthew 5:12 +. +"You are the salt of the earth. But if salt loses its flavor, how can it be made salty again? It is no longer good for anything except to be thrown out and trampled on by people. -- matthew 5:13 +. +You are the light of the world. A city located on a hill cannot be hidden. -- matthew 5:14 +. +People do not light a lamp and put it under a basket but on a lampstand, and it gives light to all in the house. -- matthew 5:15 +. +In the same way, let your light shine before people, so that they can see your good deeds and give honor to your Father in heaven. -- matthew 5:16 +. +"Do not think that I have come to abolish the law or the prophets. I have not come to abolish these things but to fulfill them. -- matthew 5:17 +. +I tell you the truth, until heaven and earth pass away not the smallest letter or stroke of a letter will pass from the law until everything takes place. -- matthew 5:18 +. +So anyone who breaks one of the least of these commands and teaches others to do so will be called least in the kingdom of heaven, but whoever obeys them and teaches others to do so will be called great in the kingdom of heaven. -- matthew 5:19 +. +For I tell you, unless your righteousness goes beyond that of the experts in the law and the Pharisees, you will never enter the kingdom of heaven. -- matthew 5:20 +. +"You have heard that it was said to an older generation, 'Do not murder,' and 'whoever murders will be subjected to judgment.' -- matthew 5:21 +. +But I say to you that anyone who is angry with a brother will be subjected to judgment. And whoever insults a brother will be brought before the council, and whoever says 'Fool' will be sent to fiery hell. -- matthew 5:22 +. +So then, if you bring your gift to the altar and there remember that your brother has something against you, -- matthew 5:23 +. +leave your gift there in front of the altar. First go and be reconciled to your brother and then come and present your gift. -- matthew 5:24 +. +Reach agreement quickly with your accuser while on the way to court, or he may hand you over to the judge, and the judge hand you over to the warden, and you will be thrown into prison. -- matthew 5:25 +. +I tell you the truth, you will never get out of there until you have paid the last penny! -- matthew 5:26 +. +"You have heard that it was said, 'Do not commit adultery.' -- matthew 5:27 +. +But I say to you that whoever looks at a woman to desire her has already committed adultery with her in his heart. -- matthew 5:28 +. +If your right eye causes you to sin, tear it out and throw it away! It is better to lose one of your members than to have your whole body thrown into hell. -- matthew 5:29 +. +If your right hand causes you to sin, cut it off and throw it away! It is better to lose one of your members than to have your whole body go into hell. -- matthew 5:30 +. +"It was said, 'Whoever divorces his wife must give her a legal document.' -- matthew 5:31 +. +But I say to you that everyone who divorces his wife, except for immorality, makes her commit adultery, and whoever marries a divorced woman commits adultery. -- matthew 5:32 +. +"Again, you have heard that it was said to an older generation, 'Do not break an oath, but fulfill your vows to the Lord.' -- matthew 5:33 +. +But I say to you, do not take oaths at all - not by heaven, because it is the throne of God, -- matthew 5:34 +. +not by earth, because it is his footstool, and not by Jerusalem, because it is the city of the great King. -- matthew 5:35 +. +Do not take an oath by your head, because you are not able to make one hair white or black. -- matthew 5:36 +. +Let your word be 'Yes, yes' or 'No, no.' More than this is from the evil one. -- matthew 5:37 +. +"You have heard that it was said, 'An eye for an eye and a tooth for a tooth.' -- matthew 5:38 +. +But I say to you, do not resist the evildoer. But whoever strikes you on the right cheek, turn the other to him as well. -- matthew 5:39 +. +And if someone wants to sue you and to take your tunic, give him your coat also. -- matthew 5:40 +. +And if anyone forces you to go one mile, go with him two. -- matthew 5:41 +. +Give to the one who asks you, and do not reject the one who wants to borrow from you. -- matthew 5:42 +. +"You have heard that it was said, 'Love your neighbor' and 'hate your enemy.' -- matthew 5:43 +. +But I say to you, love your enemy and pray for those who persecute you, -- matthew 5:44 +. +so that you may be like your Father in heaven, since he causes the sun to rise on the evil and the good, and sends rain on the righteous and the unrighteous. -- matthew 5:45 +. +For if you love those who love you, what reward do you have? Even the tax collectors do the same, don't they? -- matthew 5:46 +. +And if you only greet your brothers, what more do you do? Even the Gentiles do the same, don't they? -- matthew 5:47 +. +So then, be perfect, as your heavenly Father is perfect. -- matthew 5:48 +. +"Be careful not to display your righteousness merely to be seen by people. Otherwise you have no reward with your Father in heaven. -- matthew 6:1 +. +Thus whenever you do charitable giving, do not blow a trumpet before you, as the hypocrites do in synagogues and on streets so that people will praise them. I tell you the truth, they have their reward. -- matthew 6:2 +. +But when you do your giving, do not let your left hand know what your right hand is doing, -- matthew 6:3 +. +so that your gift may be in secret. And your Father, who sees in secret, will reward you. -- matthew 6:4 +. +"Whenever you pray, do not be like the hypocrites, because they love to pray while standing in synagogues and on street corners so that people can see them. Truly I say to you, they have their reward. -- matthew 6:5 +. +But whenever you pray, go into your room, close the door, and pray to your Father in secret. And your Father, who sees in secret, will reward you. -- matthew 6:6 +. +When you pray, do not babble repetitiously like the Gentiles, because they think that by their many words they will be heard. -- matthew 6:7 +. +Do not be like them, for your Father knows what you need before you ask him. -- matthew 6:8 +. +So pray this way: Our Father in heaven, may your name be honored, -- matthew 6:9 +. +may your kingdom come, may your will be done on earth as it is in heaven. -- matthew 6:10 +. +Give us today our daily bread, -- matthew 6:11 +. +and forgive us our debts, as we ourselves have forgiven our debtors. -- matthew 6:12 +. +And do not lead us into temptation, but deliver us from the evil one. -- matthew 6:13 +. +"For if you forgive others their sins, your heavenly Father will also forgive you. -- matthew 6:14 +. +But if you do not forgive others, your Father will not forgive you your sins. -- matthew 6:15 +. +"When you fast, do not look sullen like the hypocrites, for they make their faces unattractive so that people will see them fasting. I tell you the truth, they have their reward. -- matthew 6:16 +. +When you fast, put oil on your head and wash your face, -- matthew 6:17 +. +so that it will not be obvious to others when you are fasting, but only to your Father who is in secret. And your Father, who sees in secret, will reward you. -- matthew 6:18 +. +"Do not accumulate for yourselves treasures on earth, where moth and rust destroy and where thieves break in and steal. -- matthew 6:19 +. +But accumulate for yourselves treasures in heaven, where moth and rust do not destroy, and thieves do not break in and steal. -- matthew 6:20 +. +For where your treasure is, there your heart will be also. -- matthew 6:21 +. +"The eye is the lamp of the body. If then your eye is healthy, your whole body will be full of light. -- matthew 6:22 +. +But if your eye is diseased, your whole body will be full of darkness. If then the light in you is darkness, how great is the darkness! -- matthew 6:23 +. +"No one can serve two masters, for either he will hate the one and love the other, or he will be devoted to the one and despise the other. You cannot serve God and money. -- matthew 6:24 +. +"Therefore I tell you, do not worry about your life, what you will eat or drink, or about your body, what you will wear. Isn't there more to life than food and more to the body than clothing? -- matthew 6:25 +. +Look at the birds in the sky: They do not sow, or reap, or gather into barns, yet your heavenly Father feeds them. Aren't you more valuable than they are? -- matthew 6:26 +. +And which of you by worrying can add even one hour to his life? -- matthew 6:27 +. +Why do you worry about clothing? Think about how the flowers of the field grow; they do not work or spin. -- matthew 6:28 +. +Yet I tell you that not even Solomon in all his glory was clothed like one of these! -- matthew 6:29 +. +And if this is how God clothes the wild grass, which is here today and tomorrow is tossed into the fire to heat the oven, won't he clothe you even more, you people of little faith? -- matthew 6:30 +. +So then, don't worry saying, 'What will we eat?' or 'What will we drink?' or 'What will we wear?' -- matthew 6:31 +. +For the unconverted pursue these things, and your heavenly Father knows that you need them. -- matthew 6:32 +. +But above all pursue his kingdom and righteousness, and all these things will be given to you as well. -- matthew 6:33 +. +So then, do not worry about tomorrow, for tomorrow will worry about itself. Today has enough trouble of its own. -- matthew 6:34 +. +"Do not judge so that you will not be judged. -- matthew 7:1 +. +For by the standard you judge you will be judged, and the measure you use will be the measure you receive. -- matthew 7:2 +. +Why do you see the speck in your brother's eye, but fail to see the beam of wood in your own? -- matthew 7:3 +. +Or how can you say to your brother, 'Let me remove the speck from your eye,' while there is a beam in your own? -- matthew 7:4 +. +You hypocrite! First remove the beam from your own eye, and then you can see clearly to remove the speck from your brother's eye. -- matthew 7:5 +. +Do not give what is holy to dogs or throw your pearls before pigs; otherwise they will trample them under their feet and turn around and tear you to pieces. -- matthew 7:6 +. +"Ask and it will be given to you; seek and you will find; knock and the door will be opened for you. -- matthew 7:7 +. +For everyone who asks receives, and the one who seeks finds, and to the one who knocks, the door will be opened. -- matthew 7:8 +. +Is there anyone among you who, if his son asks for bread, will give him a stone? -- matthew 7:9 +. +Or if he asks for a fish, will give him a snake? -- matthew 7:10 +. +If you then, although you are evil, know how to give good gifts to your children, how much more will your Father in heaven give good gifts to those who ask him! -- matthew 7:11 +. +In everything, treat others as you would want them to treat you, for this fulfills the law and the prophets. -- matthew 7:12 +. +"Enter through the narrow gate, because the gate is wide and the way is spacious that leads to destruction, and there are many who enter through it. -- matthew 7:13 +. +But the gate is narrow and the way is difficult that leads to life, and there are few who find it. -- matthew 7:14 +. +"Watch out for false prophets, who come to you in sheep's clothing but inwardly are voracious wolves. -- matthew 7:15 +. +You will recognize them by their fruit. Grapes are not gathered from thorns or figs from thistles, are they? -- matthew 7:16 +. +In the same way, every good tree bears good fruit, but the bad tree bears bad fruit. -- matthew 7:17 +. +A good tree is not able to bear bad fruit, nor a bad tree to bear good fruit. -- matthew 7:18 +. +Every tree that does not bear good fruit is cut down and thrown into the fire. -- matthew 7:19 +. +So then, you will recognize them by their fruit. -- matthew 7:20 +. +"Not everyone who says to me, 'Lord, Lord,' will enter into the kingdom of heaven - only the one who does the will of my Father in heaven. -- matthew 7:21 +. +On that day, many will say to me, 'Lord, Lord, didn't we prophesy in your name, and in your name cast out demons and do many powerful deeds?' -- matthew 7:22 +. +Then I will declare to them, 'I never knew you. Go away from me, you lawbreakers!' -- matthew 7:23 +. +"Everyone who hears these words of mine and does them is like a wise man who built his house on rock. -- matthew 7:24 +. +The rain fell, the flood came, and the winds beat against that house, but it did not collapse because it had been founded on rock. -- matthew 7:25 +. +Everyone who hears these words of mine and does not do them is like a foolish man who built his house on sand. -- matthew 7:26 +. +The rain fell, the flood came, and the winds beat against that house, and it collapsed; it was utterly destroyed!" -- matthew 7:27 +. +When Jesus finished saying these things, the crowds were amazed by his teaching, -- matthew 7:28 +. +because he taught them like one who had authority, not like their experts in the law. -- matthew 7:29 +. +After he came down from the mountain, large crowds followed him. -- matthew 8:1 +. +And a leper approached, and bowed low before him, saying, "Lord, if you are willing, you can make me clean." -- matthew 8:2 +. +He stretched out his hand and touched him saying, "I am willing. Be clean!" Immediately his leprosy was cleansed. -- matthew 8:3 +. +Then Jesus said to him, "See that you do not speak to anyone, but go, show yourself to a priest, and bring the offering that Moses commanded, as a testimony to them." -- matthew 8:4 +. +When he entered Capernaum, a centurion came to him asking for help: -- matthew 8:5 +. +"Lord, my servant is lying at home paralyzed, in terrible anguish." -- matthew 8:6 +. +Jesus said to him, "I will come and heal him." -- matthew 8:7 +. +But the centurion replied, "Lord, I am not worthy to have you come under my roof. Instead, just say the word and my servant will be healed. -- matthew 8:8 +. +For I too am a man under authority, with soldiers under me. I say to this one, 'Go' and he goes, and to another 'Come' and he comes, and to my slave 'Do this' and he does it." -- matthew 8:9 +. +When Jesus heard this he was amazed and said to those who followed him, "I tell you the truth, I have not found such faith in anyone in Israel! -- matthew 8:10 +. +I tell you, many will come from the east and west to share the banquet with Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob in the kingdom of heaven, -- matthew 8:11 +. +but the sons of the kingdom will be thrown out into the outer darkness, where there will be weeping and gnashing of teeth." -- matthew 8:12 +. +Then Jesus said to the centurion, "Go; just as you believed, it will be done for you." And the servant was healed at that hour. -- matthew 8:13 +. +Now when Jesus entered Peter's house, he saw his mother-in-law lying down, sick with a fever. -- matthew 8:14 +. +He touched her hand, and the fever left her. Then she got up and began to serve them. -- matthew 8:15 +. +When it was evening, many demon-possessed people were brought to him. He drove out the spirits with a word, and healed all who were sick. -- matthew 8:16 +. +In this way what was spoken by Isaiah the prophet was fulfilled: "He took our weaknesses and carried our diseases." -- matthew 8:17 +. +Now when Jesus saw a large crowd around him, he gave orders to go to the other side of the lake. -- matthew 8:18 +. +Then an expert in the law came to him and said, "Teacher, I will follow you wherever you go." -- matthew 8:19 +. +Jesus said to him, "Foxes have dens, and the birds in the sky have nests, but the Son of Man has no place to lay his head." -- matthew 8:20 +. +Another of the disciples said to him, "Lord, let me first go and bury my father." -- matthew 8:21 +. +But Jesus said to him, "Follow me, and let the dead bury their own dead." -- matthew 8:22 +. +As he got into the boat, his disciples followed him. -- matthew 8:23 +. +And a great storm developed on the sea so that the waves began to swamp the boat. But he was asleep. -- matthew 8:24 +. +So they came and woke him up saying, "Lord, save us! We are about to die!" -- matthew 8:25 +. +But he said to them, "Why are you cowardly, you people of little faith?" Then he got up and rebuked the winds and the sea, and it was dead calm. -- matthew 8:26 +. +And the men were amazed and said, "What sort of person is this? Even the winds and the sea obey him!" -- matthew 8:27 +. +When he came to the other side, to the region of the Gadarenes, two demon-possessed men coming from the tombs met him. They were extremely violent, so that no one was able to pass by that way. -- matthew 8:28 +. +They cried out, "Son of God, leave us alone! Have you come here to torment us before the time?" -- matthew 8:29 +. +A large herd of pigs was feeding some distance from them. -- matthew 8:30 +. +Then the demons begged him, "If you drive us out, send us into the herd of pigs." -- matthew 8:31 +. +And he said, "Go!" So they came out and went into the pigs, and the herd rushed down the steep slope into the lake and drowned in the water. -- matthew 8:32 +. +The herdsmen ran off, went into the town, and told everything that had happened to the demon-possessed men. -- matthew 8:33 +. +Then the entire town came out to meet Jesus. And when they saw him, they begged him to leave their region. -- matthew 8:34 +. +After getting into a boat he crossed to the other side and came to his own town. -- matthew 9:1 +. +Just then some people brought to him a paralytic lying on a stretcher. When Jesus saw their faith, he said to the paralytic, "Have courage, son! Your sins are forgiven." -- matthew 9:2 +. +Then some of the experts in the law said to themselves, "This man is blaspheming!" -- matthew 9:3 +. +When Jesus saw their reaction he said, "Why do you respond with evil in your hearts? -- matthew 9:4 +. +Which is easier, to say, 'Your sins are forgiven' or to say, 'Stand up and walk'? -- matthew 9:5 +. +But so that you may know that the Son of Man has authority on earth to forgive sins" - then he said to the paralytic - "Stand up, take your stretcher, and go home." -- matthew 9:6 +. +And he stood up and went home. -- matthew 9:7 +. +When the crowd saw this, they were afraid and honored God who had given such authority to men. -- matthew 9:8 +. +As Jesus went on from there, he saw a man named Matthew sitting at the tax booth. "Follow me," he said to him. And he got up and followed him. -- matthew 9:9 +. +As Jesus was having a meal in Matthew's house, many tax collectors and sinners came and ate with Jesus and his disciples. -- matthew 9:10 +. +When the Pharisees saw this they said to his disciples, "Why does your teacher eat with tax collectors and sinners?" -- matthew 9:11 +. +When Jesus heard this he said, "Those who are healthy don't need a physician, but those who are sick do. -- matthew 9:12 +. +Go and learn what this saying means: 'I want mercy and not sacrifice.' For I did not come to call the righteous, but sinners." -- matthew 9:13 +. +Then John's disciples came to Jesus and asked, "Why do we and the Pharisees fast often, but your disciples don't fast?" -- matthew 9:14 +. +Jesus said to them, "The wedding guests cannot mourn while the bridegroom is with them, can they? But the days are coming when the bridegroom will be taken from them, and then they will fast. -- matthew 9:15 +. +No one sews a patch of unshrunk cloth on an old garment, because the patch will pull away from the garment and the tear will be worse. -- matthew 9:16 +. +And no one pours new wine into old wineskins; otherwise the skins burst and the wine is spilled out and the skins are destroyed. Instead they put new wine into new wineskins and both are preserved." -- matthew 9:17 +. +As he was saying these things, a ruler came, bowed low before him, and said, "My daughter has just died, but come and lay your hand on her and she will live." -- matthew 9:18 +. +Jesus and his disciples got up and followed him. -- matthew 9:19 +. +But a woman who had been suffering from a hemorrhage for twelve years came up behind him and touched the edge of his cloak. -- matthew 9:20 +. +For she kept saying to herself, "If only I touch his cloak, I will be healed." -- matthew 9:21 +. +But when Jesus turned and saw her he said, "Have courage, daughter! Your faith has made you well." And the woman was healed from that hour. -- matthew 9:22 +. +When Jesus entered the ruler's house and saw the flute players and the disorderly crowd, -- matthew 9:23 +. +he said, "Go away, for the girl is not dead but asleep." And they began making fun of him. -- matthew 9:24 +. +But when the crowd had been put outside, he went in and gently took her by the hand, and the girl got up. -- matthew 9:25 +. +And the news of this spread throughout that region. -- matthew 9:26 +. +As Jesus went on from there, two blind men followed him, shouting, "Have mercy on us, Son of David!" -- matthew 9:27 +. +When he went into the house, the blind men came to him. Jesus said to them, "Do you believe that I am able to do this?" They said to him, "Yes, Lord." -- matthew 9:28 +. +Then he touched their eyes saying, "Let it be done for you according to your faith." -- matthew 9:29 +. +And their eyes were opened. Then Jesus sternly warned them, "See that no one knows about this." -- matthew 9:30 +. +But they went out and spread the news about him throughout that entire region. -- matthew 9:31 +. +As they were going away, a man who could not talk and was demon-possessed was brought to him. -- matthew 9:32 +. +After the demon was cast out, the man who had been mute spoke. The crowds were amazed and said, "Never has anything like this been seen in Israel!" -- matthew 9:33 +. +But the Pharisees said, "By the ruler of demons he casts out demons." -- matthew 9:34 +. +Then Jesus went throughout all the towns and villages, teaching in their synagogues, preaching the good news of the kingdom, and healing every kind of disease and sickness. -- matthew 9:35 +. +When he saw the crowds, he had compassion on them because they were bewildered and helpless, like sheep without a shepherd. -- matthew 9:36 +. +Then he said to his disciples, "The harvest is plentiful, but the workers are few. -- matthew 9:37 +. +Therefore ask the Lord of the harvest to send out workers into his harvest." -- matthew 9:38 +. +Jesus called his twelve disciples and gave them authority over unclean spirits so they could cast them out and heal every kind of disease and sickness. -- matthew 10:1 +. +Now these are the names of the twelve apostles: first, Simon (called Peter), and Andrew his brother; James son of Zebedee and John his brother; -- matthew 10:2 +. +Philip and Bartholomew; Thomas and Matthew the tax collector; James the son of Alphaeus, and Thaddaeus; -- matthew 10:3 +. +Simon the Zealot and Judas Iscariot, who betrayed him. -- matthew 10:4 +. +Jesus sent out these twelve, instructing them as follows: "Do not go to Gentile regions and do not enter any Samaritan town. -- matthew 10:5 +. +Go instead to the lost sheep of the house of Israel. -- matthew 10:6 +. +As you go, preach this message: 'The kingdom of heaven is near!' -- matthew 10:7 +. +Heal the sick, raise the dead, cleanse lepers, cast out demons. Freely you received, freely give. -- matthew 10:8 +. +Do not take gold, silver, or copper in your belts, -- matthew 10:9 +. +no bag for the journey, or an extra tunic, or sandals or staff, for the worker deserves his provisions. -- matthew 10:10 +. +Whenever you enter a town or village, find out who is worthy there and stay with them until you leave. -- matthew 10:11 +. +As you enter the house, give it greetings. -- matthew 10:12 +. +And if the house is worthy, let your peace come on it, but if it is not worthy, let your peace return to you. -- matthew 10:13 +. +And if anyone will not welcome you or listen to your message, shake the dust off your feet as you leave that house or that town. -- matthew 10:14 +. +I tell you the truth, it will be more bearable for the region of Sodom and Gomorrah on the day of judgment than for that town! -- matthew 10:15 +. +"I am sending you out like sheep surrounded by wolves, so be wise as serpents and innocent as doves. -- matthew 10:16 +. +Beware of people, because they will hand you over to councils and flog you in their synagogues. -- matthew 10:17 +. +And you will be brought before governors and kings because of me, as a witness to them and the Gentiles. -- matthew 10:18 +. +Whenever they hand you over for trial, do not worry about how to speak or what to say, for what you should say will be given to you at that time. -- matthew 10:19 +. +For it is not you speaking, but the Spirit of your Father speaking through you. -- matthew 10:20 +. +"Brother will hand over brother to death, and a father his child. Children will rise against parents and have them put to death. -- matthew 10:21 +. +And you will be hated by everyone because of my name. But the one who endures to the end will be saved. -- matthew 10:22 +. +Whenever they persecute you in one place, flee to another. I tell you the truth, you will not finish going through all the towns of Israel before the Son of Man comes. -- matthew 10:23 +. +"A disciple is not greater than his teacher, nor a slave greater than his master. -- matthew 10:24 +. +It is enough for the disciple to become like his teacher, and the slave like his master. If they have called the head of the house 'Beelzebul,' how much more will they defame the members of his household! -- matthew 10:25 +. +"Do not be afraid of them, for nothing is hidden that will not be revealed, and nothing is secret that will not be made known. -- matthew 10:26 +. +What I say to you in the dark, tell in the light, and what is whispered in your ear, proclaim from the housetops. -- matthew 10:27 +. +Do not be afraid of those who kill the body but cannot kill the soul. Instead, fear the one who is able to destroy both soul and body in hell. -- matthew 10:28 +. +Aren't two sparrows sold for a penny? Yet not one of them falls to the ground apart from your Father's will. -- matthew 10:29 +. +Even all the hairs on your head are numbered. -- matthew 10:30 +. +So do not be afraid; you are more valuable than many sparrows. -- matthew 10:31 +. +"Whoever, then, acknowledges me before people, I will acknowledge before my Father in heaven. -- matthew 10:32 +. +But whoever denies me before people, I will deny him also before my Father in heaven. -- matthew 10:33 +. +"Do not think that I have come to bring peace to the earth. I have not come to bring peace but a sword. -- matthew 10:34 +. +For I have come to set a man against his father, a daughter against her mother, and a daughter-in-law against her mother-in-law, -- matthew 10:35 +. +and a man's enemies will be the members of his household. -- matthew 10:36 +. +"Whoever loves father or mother more than me is not worthy of me, and whoever loves son or daughter more than me is not worthy of me. -- matthew 10:37 +. +And whoever does not take up his cross and follow me is not worthy of me. -- matthew 10:38 +. +Whoever finds his life will lose it, and whoever loses his life because of me will find it. -- matthew 10:39 +. +"Whoever receives you receives me, and whoever receives me receives the one who sent me. -- matthew 10:40 +. +Whoever receives a prophet in the name of a prophet will receive a prophet's reward. Whoever receives a righteous person in the name of a righteous person will receive a righteous person's reward. -- matthew 10:41 +. +And whoever gives only a cup of cold water to one of these little ones in the name of a disciple, I tell you the truth, he will never lose his reward." -- matthew 10:42 +. +When Jesus had finished instructing his twelve disciples, he went on from there to teach and preach in their towns. -- matthew 11:1 +. +Now when John heard in prison about the deeds Christ had done, he sent his disciples to ask a question: -- matthew 11:2 +. +"Are you the one who is to come, or should we look for another?" -- matthew 11:3 +. +Jesus answered them, "Go tell John what you hear and see: -- matthew 11:4 +. +The blind see, the lame walk, lepers are cleansed, the deaf hear, the dead are raised, and the poor have good news proclaimed to them. -- matthew 11:5 +. +Blessed is anyone who takes no offense at me." -- matthew 11:6 +. +While they were going away, Jesus began to speak to the crowd about John: "What did you go out into the wilderness to see? A reed shaken by the wind? -- matthew 11:7 +. +What did you go out to see? A man dressed in fancy clothes? Look, those who wear fancy clothes are in the homes of kings! -- matthew 11:8 +. +What did you go out to see? A prophet? Yes, I tell you, and more than a prophet. -- matthew 11:9 +. +This is the one about whom it is written: 'Look, I am sending my messenger ahead of you, who will prepare your way before you.' -- matthew 11:10 +. +"I tell you the truth, among those born of women, no one has arisen greater than John the Baptist. Yet the one who is least in the kingdom of heaven is greater than he is. -- matthew 11:11 +. +From the days of John the Baptist until now the kingdom of heaven has suffered violence, and forceful people lay hold of it. -- matthew 11:12 +. +For all the prophets and the law prophesied until John appeared. -- matthew 11:13 +. +And if you are willing to accept it, he is Elijah, who is to come. -- matthew 11:14 +. +The one who has ears had better listen! -- matthew 11:15 +. +"To what should I compare this generation? They are like children sitting in the marketplaces who call out to one another, -- matthew 11:16 +. +'We played the flute for you, yet you did not dance; we wailed in mourning, yet you did not weep.' -- matthew 11:17 +. +For John came neither eating nor drinking, and they say, 'He has a demon!' -- matthew 11:18 +. +The Son of Man came eating and drinking, and they say, 'Look at him, a glutton and a drunk, a friend of tax collectors and sinners!' But wisdom is vindicated by her deeds." -- matthew 11:19 +. +Then Jesus began to criticize openly the cities in which he had done many of his miracles, because they did not repent. -- matthew 11:20 +. +"Woe to you, Chorazin! Woe to you, Bethsaida! If the miracles done in you had been done in Tyre and Sidon, they would have repented long ago in sackcloth and ashes. -- matthew 11:21 +. +But I tell you, it will be more bearable for Tyre and Sidon on the day of judgment than for you! -- matthew 11:22 +. +And you, Capernaum, will you be exalted to heaven? No, you will be thrown down to Hades! For if the miracles done among you had been done in Sodom, it would have continued to this day. -- matthew 11:23 +. +But I tell you, it will be more bearable for the region of Sodom on the day of judgment than for you!" -- matthew 11:24 +. +At that time Jesus said, "I praise you, Father, Lord of heaven and earth, because you have hidden these things from the wise and intelligent, and revealed them to little children. -- matthew 11:25 +. +Yes, Father, for this was your gracious will. -- matthew 11:26 +. +All things have been handed over to me by my Father. No one knows the Son except the Father, and no one knows the Father except the Son and anyone to whom the Son decides to reveal him. -- matthew 11:27 +. +Come to me, all you who are weary and burdened, and I will give you rest. -- matthew 11:28 +. +Take my yoke on you and learn from me, because I am gentle and humble in heart, and you will find rest for your souls. -- matthew 11:29 +. +For my yoke is easy to bear, and my load is not hard to carry." -- matthew 11:30 +. +At that time Jesus went through the grain fields on a Sabbath. His disciples were hungry, and they began to pick heads of wheat and eat them. -- matthew 12:1 +. +But when the Pharisees saw this they said to him, "Look, your disciples are doing what is against the law to do on the Sabbath." -- matthew 12:2 +. +He said to them, "Haven't you read what David did when he and his companions were hungry - -- matthew 12:3 +. +how he entered the house of God and they ate the sacred bread, which was against the law for him or his companions to eat, but only for the priests? -- matthew 12:4 +. +Or have you not read in the law that the priests in the temple desecrate the Sabbath and yet are not guilty? -- matthew 12:5 +. +I tell you that something greater than the temple is here. -- matthew 12:6 +. +If you had known what this means: 'I want mercy and not sacrifice,' you would not have condemned the innocent. -- matthew 12:7 +. +For the Son of Man is lord of the Sabbath." -- matthew 12:8 +. +Then Jesus left that place and entered their synagogue. -- matthew 12:9 +. +A man was there who had a withered hand. And they asked Jesus, "Is it lawful to heal on the Sabbath?" so that they could accuse him. -- matthew 12:10 +. +He said to them, "Would not any one of you, if he had one sheep that fell into a pit on the Sabbath, take hold of it and lift it out? -- matthew 12:11 +. +How much more valuable is a person than a sheep! So it is lawful to do good on the Sabbath." -- matthew 12:12 +. +Then he said to the man, "Stretch out your hand." He stretched it out and it was restored, as healthy as the other. -- matthew 12:13 +. +But the Pharisees went out and plotted against him, as to how they could assassinate him. -- matthew 12:14 +. +Now when Jesus learned of this, he went away from there. Great crowds followed him, and he healed them all. -- matthew 12:15 +. +But he sternly warned them not to make him known. -- matthew 12:16 +. +This fulfilled what was spoken by Isaiah the prophet: -- matthew 12:17 +. +"Here is my servant whom I have chosen, the one I love, in whom I take great delight. I will put my Spirit on him, and he will proclaim justice to the nations. -- matthew 12:18 +. +He will not quarrel or cry out, nor will anyone hear his voice in the streets. -- matthew 12:19 +. +He will not break a bruised reed or extinguish a smoldering wick, until he brings justice to victory. -- matthew 12:20 +. +And in his name the Gentiles will hope." -- matthew 12:21 +. +Then they brought to him a demon-possessed man who was blind and mute. Jesus healed him so that he could speak and see. -- matthew 12:22 +. +All the crowds were amazed and said, "Could this one be the Son of David?" -- matthew 12:23 +. +But when the Pharisees heard this they said, "He does not cast out demons except by the power of Beelzebul, the ruler of demons!" -- matthew 12:24 +. +Now when Jesus realized what they were thinking, he said to them, "Every kingdom divided against itself is destroyed, and no town or house divided against itself will stand. -- matthew 12:25 +. +So if Satan casts out Satan, he is divided against himself. How then will his kingdom stand? -- matthew 12:26 +. +And if I cast out demons by Beelzebul, by whom do your sons cast them out? For this reason they will be your judges. -- matthew 12:27 +. +But if I cast out demons by the Spirit of God, then the kingdom of God has already overtaken you. -- matthew 12:28 +. +How else can someone enter a strong man's house and steal his property, unless he first ties up the strong man? Then he can thoroughly plunder the house. -- matthew 12:29 +. +Whoever is not with me is against me, and whoever does not gather with me scatters. -- matthew 12:30 +. +For this reason I tell you, people will be forgiven for every sin and blasphemy, but the blasphemy against the Spirit will not be forgiven. -- matthew 12:31 +. +Whoever speaks a word against the Son of Man will be forgiven. But whoever speaks against the Holy Spirit will not be forgiven, either in this age or in the age to come. -- matthew 12:32 +. +"Make a tree good and its fruit will be good, or make a tree bad and its fruit will be bad, for a tree is known by its fruit. -- matthew 12:33 +. +Offspring of vipers! How are you able to say anything good, since you are evil? For the mouth speaks from what fills the heart. -- matthew 12:34 +. +The good person brings good things out of his good treasury, and the evil person brings evil things out of his evil treasury. -- matthew 12:35 +. +I tell you that on the day of judgment, people will give an account for every worthless word they speak. -- matthew 12:36 +. +For by your words you will be justified, and by your words you will be condemned." -- matthew 12:37 +. +Then some of the experts in the law along with some Pharisees answered him, "Teacher, we want to see a sign from you." -- matthew 12:38 +. +But he answered them, "An evil and adulterous generation asks for a sign, but no sign will be given to it except the sign of the prophet Jonah. -- matthew 12:39 +. +For just as Jonah was in the belly of the huge fish for three days and three nights, so the Son of Man will be in the heart of the earth for three days and three nights. -- matthew 12:40 +. +The people of Nineveh will stand up at the judgment with this generation and condemn it, because they repented when Jonah preached to them - and now, something greater than Jonah is here! -- matthew 12:41 +. +The queen of the South will rise up at the judgment with this generation and condemn it, because she came from the ends of the earth to hear the wisdom of Solomon - and now, something greater than Solomon is here! -- matthew 12:42 +. +"When an unclean spirit goes out of a person, it passes through waterless places looking for rest but does not find it. -- matthew 12:43 +. +Then it says, 'I will return to the home I left.' When it returns, it finds the house empty, swept clean, and put in order. -- matthew 12:44 +. +Then it goes and brings with it seven other spirits more evil than itself, and they go in and live there, so the last state of that person is worse than the first. It will be that way for this evil generation as well!" -- matthew 12:45 +. +While Jesus was still speaking to the crowds, his mother and brothers came and stood outside, asking to speak to him. -- matthew 12:46 +. + Someone told him, "Look, your mother and your brothers are standing outside wanting to speak to you." -- matthew 12:47 +. +To the one who had said this, Jesus replied, "Who is my mother and who are my brothers?" -- matthew 12:48 +. +And pointing toward his disciples he said, "Here are my mother and my brothers! -- matthew 12:49 +. +For whoever does the will of my Father in heaven is my brother and sister and mother." -- matthew 12:50 +. +On that day after Jesus went out of the house, he sat by the lake. -- matthew 13:1 +. +And such a large crowd gathered around him that he got into a boat to sit while the whole crowd stood on the shore. -- matthew 13:2 +. +He told them many things in parables, saying: "Listen! A sower went out to sow. -- matthew 13:3 +. +And as he sowed, some seeds fell along the path, and the birds came and devoured them. -- matthew 13:4 +. +Other seeds fell on rocky ground where they did not have much soil. They sprang up quickly because the soil was not deep. -- matthew 13:5 +. +But when the sun came up, they were scorched, and because they did not have sufficient root, they withered. -- matthew 13:6 +. +Other seeds fell among the thorns, and they grew up and choked them. -- matthew 13:7 +. +But other seeds fell on good soil and produced grain, some a hundred times as much, some sixty, and some thirty. -- matthew 13:8 +. +The one who has ears had better listen!" -- matthew 13:9 +. +Then the disciples came to him and said, "Why do you speak to them in parables?" -- matthew 13:10 +. +He replied, "You have been given the opportunity to know the secrets of the kingdom of heaven, but they have not. -- matthew 13:11 +. +For whoever has will be given more, and will have an abundance. But whoever does not have, even what he has will be taken from him. -- matthew 13:12 +. +For this reason I speak to them in parables: Although they see they do not see, and although they hear they do not hear nor do they understand. -- matthew 13:13 +. +And concerning them the prophecy of Isaiah is fulfilled that says: 'You will listen carefully yet will never understand, you will look closely yet will never comprehend. -- matthew 13:14 +. +For the heart of this people has become dull; they are hard of hearing, and they have shut their eyes, so that they would not see with their eyes and hear with their ears and understand with their hearts and turn, and I would heal them.' -- matthew 13:15 +. +"But your eyes are blessed because they see, and your ears because they hear. -- matthew 13:16 +. +For I tell you the truth, many prophets and righteous people longed to see what you see but did not see it, and to hear what you hear but did not hear it. -- matthew 13:17 +. +"So listen to the parable of the sower: -- matthew 13:18 +. +When anyone hears the word about the kingdom and does not understand it, the evil one comes and snatches what was sown in his heart; this is the seed sown along the path. -- matthew 13:19 +. +The seed sown on rocky ground is the person who hears the word and immediately receives it with joy. -- matthew 13:20 +. +But he has no root in himself and does not endure; when trouble or persecution comes because of the word, immediately he falls away. -- matthew 13:21 +. +The seed sown among thorns is the person who hears the word, but worldly cares and the seductiveness of wealth choke the word, so it produces nothing. -- matthew 13:22 +. +But as for the seed sown on good soil, this is the person who hears the word and understands. He bears fruit, yielding a hundred, sixty, or thirty times what was sown." -- matthew 13:23 +. +He presented them with another parable: "The kingdom of heaven is like a person who sowed good seed in his field. -- matthew 13:24 +. +But while everyone was sleeping, an enemy came and sowed weeds among the wheat and went away. -- matthew 13:25 +. +When the plants sprouted and bore grain, then the weeds also appeared. -- matthew 13:26 +. +So the slaves of the owner came and said to him, 'Sir, didn't you sow good seed in your field? Then where did the weeds come from?' -- matthew 13:27 +. +He said, 'An enemy has done this.' So the slaves replied, 'Do you want us to go and gather them?' -- matthew 13:28 +. +But he said, 'No, since in gathering the weeds you may uproot the wheat with them. -- matthew 13:29 +. +Let both grow together until the harvest. At harvest time I will tell the reapers, "First collect the weeds and tie them in bundles to be burned, but then gather the wheat into my barn."'" -- matthew 13:30 +. +He gave them another parable: "The kingdom of heaven is like a mustard seed that a man took and sowed in his field. -- matthew 13:31 +. +It is the smallest of all the seeds, but when it has grown it is the greatest garden plant and becomes a tree, so that the wild birds come and nest in its branches." -- matthew 13:32 +. +He told them another parable: "The kingdom of heaven is like yeast that a woman took and mixed with three measures of flour until all the dough had risen." -- matthew 13:33 +. +Jesus spoke all these things in parables to the crowds; he did not speak to them without a parable. -- matthew 13:34 +. +This fulfilled what was spoken by the prophet: "I will open my mouth in parables, I will announce what has been hidden from the foundation of the world." -- matthew 13:35 +. +Then he left the crowds and went into the house. And his disciples came to him saying, "Explain to us the parable of the weeds in the field." -- matthew 13:36 +. +He answered, "The one who sowed the good seed is the Son of Man. -- matthew 13:37 +. +The field is the world and the good seed are the people of the kingdom. The weeds are the people of the evil one, -- matthew 13:38 +. +and the enemy who sows them is the devil. The harvest is the end of the age, and the reapers are angels. -- matthew 13:39 +. +As the weeds are collected and burned with fire, so it will be at the end of the age. -- matthew 13:40 +. +The Son of Man will send his angels, and they will gather from his kingdom everything that causes sin as well as all lawbreakers. -- matthew 13:41 +. +They will throw them into the fiery furnace, where there will be weeping and gnashing of teeth. -- matthew 13:42 +. +Then the righteous will shine like the sun in the kingdom of their Father. The one who has ears had better listen! -- matthew 13:43 +. +"The kingdom of heaven is like a treasure, hidden in a field, that a person found and hid. Then because of joy he went and sold all that he had and bought that field. -- matthew 13:44 +. +"Again, the kingdom of heaven is like a merchant searching for fine pearls. -- matthew 13:45 +. +When he found a pearl of great value, he went out and sold everything he had and bought it. -- matthew 13:46 +. +"Again, the kingdom of heaven is like a net that was cast into the sea that caught all kinds of fish. -- matthew 13:47 +. +When it was full, they pulled it ashore, sat down, and put the good fish into containers and threw the bad away. -- matthew 13:48 +. +It will be this way at the end of the age. Angels will come and separate the evil from the righteous -- matthew 13:49 +. +and throw them into the fiery furnace, where there will be weeping and gnashing of teeth. -- matthew 13:50 +. +"Have you understood all these things?" They replied, "Yes." -- matthew 13:51 +. +Then he said to them, "Therefore every expert in the law who has been trained for the kingdom of heaven is like the owner of a house who brings out of his treasure what is new and old." -- matthew 13:52 +. +Now when Jesus finished these parables, he moved on from there. -- matthew 13:53 +. +Then he came to his hometown and began to teach the people in their synagogue. They were astonished and said, "Where did this man get such wisdom and miraculous powers? -- matthew 13:54 +. +Isn't this the carpenter's son? Isn't his mother named Mary? And aren't his brothers James, Joseph, Simon, and Judas? -- matthew 13:55 +. +And aren't all his sisters here with us? Where did he get all this?" -- matthew 13:56 +. +And so they took offense at him. But Jesus said to them, "A prophet is not without honor except in his hometown and in his own house." -- matthew 13:57 +. +And he did not do many miracles there because of their unbelief. -- matthew 13:58 +. +At that time Herod the tetrarch heard reports about Jesus, -- matthew 14:1 +. +and he said to his servants, "This is John the Baptist. He has been raised from the dead! And because of this, miraculous powers are at work in him." -- matthew 14:2 +. +For Herod had arrested John, bound him, and put him in prison on account of Herodias, his brother Philip's wife, -- matthew 14:3 +. +because John had repeatedly told him, "It is not lawful for you to have her." -- matthew 14:4 +. +Although Herod wanted to kill John, he feared the crowd because they accepted John as a prophet. -- matthew 14:5 +. +But on Herod's birthday, the daughter of Herodias danced before them and pleased Herod, -- matthew 14:6 +. +so much that he promised with an oath to give her whatever she asked. -- matthew 14:7 +. +Instructed by her mother, she said, "Give me the head of John the Baptist here on a platter." -- matthew 14:8 +. +Although it grieved the king, because of his oath and the dinner guests he commanded it to be given. -- matthew 14:9 +. +So he sent and had John beheaded in the prison. -- matthew 14:10 +. +His head was brought on a platter and given to the girl, and she brought it to her mother. -- matthew 14:11 +. +Then John's disciples came and took the body and buried it and went and told Jesus. -- matthew 14:12 +. +Now when Jesus heard this he went away from there privately in a boat to an isolated place. But when the crowd heard about it, they followed him on foot from the towns. -- matthew 14:13 +. +As he got out he saw the large crowd, and he had compassion on them and healed their sick. -- matthew 14:14 +. +When evening arrived, his disciples came to him saying, "This is an isolated place and the hour is already late. Send the crowds away so that they can go into the villages and buy food for themselves." -- matthew 14:15 +. +But he replied, "They don't need to go. You give them something to eat." -- matthew 14:16 +. +They said to him, "We have here only five loaves and two fish." -- matthew 14:17 +. +"Bring them here to me," he replied. -- matthew 14:18 +. +Then he instructed the crowds to sit down on the grass. He took the five loaves and two fish, and looking up to heaven he gave thanks and broke the loaves. He gave them to the disciples, who in turn gave them to the crowds. -- matthew 14:19 +. +They all ate and were satisfied, and they picked up the broken pieces left over, twelve baskets full. -- matthew 14:20 +. +Not counting women and children, there were about five thousand men who ate. -- matthew 14:21 +. +Immediately Jesus made the disciples get into the boat and go ahead of him to the other side, while he dispersed the crowds. -- matthew 14:22 +. +And after he sent the crowds away, he went up the mountain by himself to pray. When evening came, he was there alone. -- matthew 14:23 +. +Meanwhile the boat, already far from land, was taking a beating from the waves because the wind was against it. -- matthew 14:24 +. +As the night was ending, Jesus came to them walking on the sea. -- matthew 14:25 +. +When the disciples saw him walking on the water they were terrified and said, "It's a ghost!" and cried out with fear. -- matthew 14:26 +. +But immediately Jesus spoke to them: "Have courage! It is I. Do not be afraid." -- matthew 14:27 +. +Peter said to him, "Lord, if it is you, order me to come to you on the water." -- matthew 14:28 +. +So he said, "Come." Peter got out of the boat, walked on the water, and came toward Jesus. -- matthew 14:29 +. +But when he saw the strong wind he became afraid. And starting to sink, he cried out, "Lord, save me!" -- matthew 14:30 +. +Immediately Jesus reached out his hand and caught him, saying to him, "You of little faith, why did you doubt?" -- matthew 14:31 +. +When they went up into the boat, the wind ceased. -- matthew 14:32 +. +Then those who were in the boat worshiped him, saying, "Truly you are the Son of God." -- matthew 14:33 +. +After they had crossed over, they came to land at Gennesaret. -- matthew 14:34 +. +When the people there recognized him, they sent word into all the surrounding area, and they brought all their sick to him. -- matthew 14:35 +. +They begged him if they could only touch the edge of his cloak, and all who touched it were healed. -- matthew 14:36 +. +Then Pharisees and experts in the law came from Jerusalem to Jesus and said, -- matthew 15:1 +. +"Why do your disciples disobey the tradition of the elders? For they don't wash their hands when they eat." -- matthew 15:2 +. +He answered them, "And why do you disobey the commandment of God because of your tradition? -- matthew 15:3 +. +For God said, 'Honor your father and mother' and 'Whoever insults his father or mother must be put to death.' -- matthew 15:4 +. +But you say, 'If someone tells his father or mother, "Whatever help you would have received from me is given to God," -- matthew 15:5 +. +he does not need to honor his father.' You have nullified the word of God on account of your tradition. -- matthew 15:6 +. +Hypocrites! Isaiah prophesied correctly about you when he said, -- matthew 15:7 +. +'This people honors me with their lips, but their heart is far from me, -- matthew 15:8 +. +and they worship me in vain, teaching as doctrines the commandments of men.'" -- matthew 15:9 +. +Then he called the crowd to him and said, "Listen and understand. -- matthew 15:10 +. +What defiles a person is not what goes into the mouth; it is what comes out of the mouth that defiles a person." -- matthew 15:11 +. +Then the disciples came to him and said, "Do you know that when the Pharisees heard this saying they were offended?" -- matthew 15:12 +. +And he replied, "Every plant that my heavenly Father did not plant will be uprooted. -- matthew 15:13 +. +Leave them! They are blind guides. If someone who is blind leads another who is blind, both will fall into a pit." -- matthew 15:14 +. +But Peter said to him, "Explain this parable to us." -- matthew 15:15 +. +Jesus said, "Even after all this, are you still so foolish? -- matthew 15:16 +. +Don't you understand that whatever goes into the mouth enters the stomach and then passes out into the sewer? -- matthew 15:17 +. +But the things that come out of the mouth come from the heart, and these things defile a person. -- matthew 15:18 +. +For out of the heart come evil ideas, murder, adultery, sexual immorality, theft, false testimony, slander. -- matthew 15:19 +. +These are the things that defile a person; it is not eating with unwashed hands that defiles a person." -- matthew 15:20 +. +After going out from there, Jesus went to the region of Tyre and Sidon. -- matthew 15:21 +. +A Canaanite woman from that area came and cried out, "Have mercy on me, Lord, Son of David! My daughter is horribly demon-possessed!" -- matthew 15:22 +. +But he did not answer her a word. Then his disciples came and begged him, "Send her away, because she keeps on crying out after us." -- matthew 15:23 +. +So he answered, "I was sent only to the lost sheep of the house of Israel." -- matthew 15:24 +. +But she came and bowed down before him and said, "Lord, help me!" -- matthew 15:25 +. +"It is not right to take the children's bread and throw it to the dogs," he said. -- matthew 15:26 +. +"Yes, Lord," she replied, "but even the dogs eat the crumbs that fall from their masters' table." -- matthew 15:27 +. +Then Jesus answered her, "Woman, your faith is great! Let what you want be done for you." And her daughter was healed from that hour. -- matthew 15:28 +. +When he left there, Jesus went along the Sea of Galilee. Then he went up a mountain, where he sat down. -- matthew 15:29 +. +Then large crowds came to him bringing with them the lame, blind, crippled, mute, and many others. They laid them at his feet, and he healed them. -- matthew 15:30 +. +As a result, the crowd was amazed when they saw the mute speaking, the crippled healthy, the lame walking, and the blind seeing, and they praised the God of Israel. -- matthew 15:31 +. +Then Jesus called the disciples and said, "I have compassion on the crowd, because they have already been here with me three days and they have nothing to eat. I don't want to send them away hungry since they may faint on the way." -- matthew 15:32 +. +The disciples said to him, "Where can we get enough bread in this desolate place to satisfy so great a crowd?" -- matthew 15:33 +. +Jesus said to them, "How many loaves do you have?" They replied, "Seven - and a few small fish." -- matthew 15:34 +. +After instructing the crowd to sit down on the ground, -- matthew 15:35 +. +he took the seven loaves and the fish, and after giving thanks, he broke them and began giving them to the disciples, who then gave them to the crowds. -- matthew 15:36 +. +They all ate and were satisfied, and they picked up the broken pieces left over, seven baskets full. -- matthew 15:37 +. +Not counting children and women, there were four thousand men who ate. -- matthew 15:38 +. +After sending away the crowd, he got into the boat and went to the region of Magadan. -- matthew 15:39 +. +Now when the Pharisees and Sadducees came to test Jesus, they asked him to show them a sign from heaven. -- matthew 16:1 +. +He said, "When evening comes you say, 'It will be fair weather, because the sky is red,' -- matthew 16:2 +. +and in the morning, 'It will be stormy today, because the sky is red and darkening.' You know how to judge correctly the appearance of the sky, but you cannot evaluate the signs of the times. -- matthew 16:3 +. +A wicked and adulterous generation asks for a sign, but no sign will be given to it except the sign of Jonah." Then he left them and went away. -- matthew 16:4 +. +When the disciples went to the other side, they forgot to take bread. -- matthew 16:5 +. +"Watch out," Jesus said to them, "beware of the yeast of the Pharisees and Sadducees." -- matthew 16:6 +. +So they began to discuss this among themselves, saying, "It is because we brought no bread." -- matthew 16:7 +. +When Jesus learned of this, he said, "You who have such little faith! Why are you arguing among yourselves about having no bread? -- matthew 16:8 +. +Do you still not understand? Don't you remember the five loaves for the five thousand, and how many baskets you took up? -- matthew 16:9 +. +Or the seven loaves for the four thousand and how many baskets you took up? -- matthew 16:10 +. +How could you not understand that I was not speaking to you about bread? But beware of the yeast of the Pharisees and Sadducees!" -- matthew 16:11 +. +Then they understood that he had not told them to be on guard against the yeast in bread, but against the teaching of the Pharisees and Sadducees. -- matthew 16:12 +. +When Jesus came to the area of Caesarea Philippi, he asked his disciples, "Who do people say that the Son of Man is?" -- matthew 16:13 +. +They answered, "Some say John the Baptist, others Elijah, and others Jeremiah or one of the prophets." -- matthew 16:14 +. +He said to them, "But who do you say that I am?" -- matthew 16:15 +. +Simon Peter answered, "You are the Christ, the Son of the living God." -- matthew 16:16 +. +And Jesus answered him, "You are blessed, Simon son of Jonah, because flesh and blood did not reveal this to you, but my Father in heaven! -- matthew 16:17 +. +And I tell you that you are Peter, and on this rock I will build my church, and the gates of Hades will not overpower it. -- matthew 16:18 +. +I will give you the keys of the kingdom of heaven. Whatever you bind on earth will have been bound in heaven, and whatever you release on earth will have been released in heaven." -- matthew 16:19 +. +Then he instructed his disciples not to tell anyone that he was the Christ. -- matthew 16:20 +. +From that time on Jesus began to show his disciples that he must go to Jerusalem and suffer many things at the hands of the elders, chief priests, and experts in the law, and be killed, and on the third day be raised. -- matthew 16:21 +. +So Peter took him aside and began to rebuke him: "God forbid, Lord! This must not happen to you!" -- matthew 16:22 +. +But he turned and said to Peter, "Get behind me, Satan! You are a stumbling block to me, because you are not setting your mind on God's interests, but on man's." -- matthew 16:23 +. +Then Jesus said to his disciples, "If anyone wants to become my follower, he must deny himself, take up his cross, and follow me. -- matthew 16:24 +. +For whoever wants to save his life will lose it, but whoever loses his life for my sake will find it. -- matthew 16:25 +. +For what does it benefit a person if he gains the whole world but forfeits his life? Or what can a person give in exchange for his life? -- matthew 16:26 +. +For the Son of Man will come with his angels in the glory of his Father, and then he will reward each person according to what he has done. -- matthew 16:27 +. +I tell you the truth, there are some standing here who will not experience death before they see the Son of Man coming in his kingdom." -- matthew 16:28 +. +Six days later Jesus took with him Peter, James, and John the brother of James, and led them privately up a high mountain. -- matthew 17:1 +. +And he was transfigured before them. His face shone like the sun, and his clothes became white as light. -- matthew 17:2 +. +Then Moses and Elijah also appeared before them, talking with him. -- matthew 17:3 +. +So Peter said to Jesus, "Lord, it is good for us to be here. If you want, I will make three shelters - one for you, one for Moses, and one for Elijah." -- matthew 17:4 +. +While he was still speaking, a bright cloud overshadowed them, and a voice from the cloud said, "This is my one dear Son, in whom I take great delight. Listen to him!" -- matthew 17:5 +. +When the disciples heard this, they were overwhelmed with fear and threw themselves down with their faces to the ground. -- matthew 17:6 +. +But Jesus came and touched them. "Get up," he said. "Do not be afraid." -- matthew 17:7 +. +When they looked up, all they saw was Jesus alone. -- matthew 17:8 +. +As they were coming down from the mountain, Jesus commanded them, "Do not tell anyone about the vision until the Son of Man is raised from the dead." -- matthew 17:9 +. +The disciples asked him, "Why then do the experts in the law say that Elijah must come first?" -- matthew 17:10 +. +He answered, "Elijah does indeed come first and will restore all things. -- matthew 17:11 +. +And I tell you that Elijah has already come. Yet they did not recognize him, but did to him whatever they wanted. In the same way, the Son of Man will suffer at their hands." -- matthew 17:12 +. +Then the disciples understood that he was speaking to them about John the Baptist. -- matthew 17:13 +. +When they came to the crowd, a man came to him, knelt before him, -- matthew 17:14 +. +and said, "Lord, have mercy on my son, because he has seizures and suffers terribly, for he often falls into the fire and into the water. -- matthew 17:15 +. +I brought him to your disciples, but they were not able to heal him." -- matthew 17:16 +. +Jesus answered, "You unbelieving and perverse generation! How much longer must I be with you? How much longer must I endure you? Bring him here to me." -- matthew 17:17 +. +Then Jesus rebuked the demon and it came out of him, and the boy was healed from that moment. -- matthew 17:18 +. +Then the disciples came to Jesus privately and said, "Why couldn't we cast it out?" -- matthew 17:19 +. +He told them, "It was because of your little faith. I tell you the truth, if you have faith the size of a mustard seed, you will say to this mountain, 'Move from here to there,' and it will move; nothing will be impossible for you." -- matthew 17:20 +. +[[EMPTY]] -- matthew 17:21 +. +When they gathered together in Galilee, Jesus told them, "The Son of Man is going to be betrayed into the hands of men. -- matthew 17:22 +. +They will kill him, and on the third day he will be raised." And they became greatly distressed. -- matthew 17:23 +. +After they arrived in Capernaum, the collectors of the temple tax came to Peter and said, "Your teacher pays the double drachma tax, doesn't he?" -- matthew 17:24 +. +He said, "Yes." When Peter came into the house, Jesus spoke to him first, "What do you think, Simon? From whom do earthly kings collect tolls or taxes - from their sons or from foreigners?" -- matthew 17:25 +. +After he said, "From foreigners," Jesus said to him, "Then the sons are free. -- matthew 17:26 +. +But so that we don't offend them, go to the lake and throw out a hook. Take the first fish that comes up, and when you open its mouth, you will find a four drachma coin. Take that and give it to them for me and you." -- matthew 17:27 +. +At that time the disciples came to Jesus saying, "Who is the greatest in the kingdom of heaven?" -- matthew 18:1 +. +He called a child, had him stand among them, -- matthew 18:2 +. +and said, "I tell you the truth, unless you turn around and become like little children, you will never enter the kingdom of heaven! -- matthew 18:3 +. +Whoever then humbles himself like this little child is the greatest in the kingdom of heaven. -- matthew 18:4 +. +And whoever welcomes a child like this in my name welcomes me. -- matthew 18:5 +. +"But if anyone causes one of these little ones who believe in me to sin, it would be better for him to have a huge millstone hung around his neck and to be drowned in the open sea. -- matthew 18:6 +. +Woe to the world because of stumbling blocks! It is necessary that stumbling blocks come, but woe to the person through whom they come. -- matthew 18:7 +. +If your hand or your foot causes you to sin, cut it off and throw it away. It is better for you to enter life crippled or lame than to have two hands or two feet and be thrown into eternal fire. -- matthew 18:8 +. +And if your eye causes you to sin, tear it out and throw it away. It is better for you to enter into life with one eye than to have two eyes and be thrown into fiery hell. -- matthew 18:9 +. +"See that you do not disdain one of these little ones. For I tell you that their angels in heaven always see the face of my Father in heaven. -- matthew 18:10 +. +[[EMPTY]] -- matthew 18:11 +. +What do you think? If someone owns a hundred sheep and one of them goes astray, will he not leave the ninety-nine on the mountains and go look for the one that went astray? -- matthew 18:12 +. +And if he finds it, I tell you the truth, he will rejoice more over it than over the ninety-nine that did not go astray. -- matthew 18:13 +. +In the same way, your Father in heaven is not willing that one of these little ones be lost. -- matthew 18:14 +. +"If your brother sins, go and show him his fault when the two of you are alone. If he listens to you, you have regained your brother. -- matthew 18:15 +. +But if he does not listen, take one or two others with you, so that at the testimony of two or three witnesses every matter may be established. -- matthew 18:16 +. +If he refuses to listen to them, tell it to the church. If he refuses to listen to the church, treat him like a Gentile or a tax collector. -- matthew 18:17 +. +"I tell you the truth, whatever you bind on earth will have been bound in heaven, and whatever you release on earth will have been released in heaven. -- matthew 18:18 +. +Again, I tell you the truth, if two of you on earth agree about whatever you ask, my Father in heaven will do it for you. -- matthew 18:19 +. +For where two or three are assembled in my name, I am there among them." -- matthew 18:20 +. +Then Peter came to him and said, "Lord, how many times must I forgive my brother who sins against me? As many as seven times?" -- matthew 18:21 +. +Jesus said to him, "Not seven times, I tell you, but seventy-seven times! -- matthew 18:22 +. +"For this reason, the kingdom of heaven is like a king who wanted to settle accounts with his slaves. -- matthew 18:23 +. +As he began settling his accounts, a man who owed ten thousand talents was brought to him. -- matthew 18:24 +. +Because he was not able to repay it, the lord ordered him to be sold, along with his wife, children, and whatever he possessed, and repayment to be made. -- matthew 18:25 +. +Then the slave threw himself to the ground before him, saying, 'Be patient with me, and I will repay you everything.' -- matthew 18:26 +. +The lord had compassion on that slave and released him, and forgave him the debt. -- matthew 18:27 +. +After he went out, that same slave found one of his fellow slaves who owed him one hundred silver coins. So he grabbed him by the throat and started to choke him, saying, 'Pay back what you owe me!' -- matthew 18:28 +. +Then his fellow slave threw himself down and begged him, 'Be patient with me, and I will repay you.' -- matthew 18:29 +. +But he refused. Instead, he went out and threw him in prison until he repaid the debt. -- matthew 18:30 +. +When his fellow slaves saw what had happened, they were very upset and went and told their lord everything that had taken place. -- matthew 18:31 +. +Then his lord called the first slave and said to him, 'Evil slave! I forgave you all that debt because you begged me! -- matthew 18:32 +. +Should you not have shown mercy to your fellow slave, just as I showed it to you?' -- matthew 18:33 +. +And in anger his lord turned him over to the prison guards to torture him until he repaid all he owed. -- matthew 18:34 +. +So also my heavenly Father will do to you, if each of you does not forgive your brother from your heart." -- matthew 18:35 +. +Now when Jesus finished these sayings, he left Galilee and went to the region of Judea beyond the Jordan River. -- matthew 19:1 +. +Large crowds followed him, and he healed them there. -- matthew 19:2 +. +Then some Pharisees came to him in order to test him. They asked, "Is it lawful to divorce a wife for any cause?" -- matthew 19:3 +. +He answered, "Have you not read that from the beginning the Creator made them male and female, -- matthew 19:4 +. +and said, 'For this reason a man will leave his father and mother and will be united with his wife, and the two will become one flesh'? -- matthew 19:5 +. +So they are no longer two, but one flesh. Therefore what God has joined together, let no one separate." -- matthew 19:6 +. +They said to him, "Why then did Moses command us to give a certificate of dismissal and to divorce her?" -- matthew 19:7 +. +Jesus said to them, "Moses permitted you to divorce your wives because of your hard hearts, but from the beginning it was not this way. -- matthew 19:8 +. +Now I say to you that whoever divorces his wife, except for immorality, and marries another commits adultery." -- matthew 19:9 +. +The disciples said to him, "If this is the case of a husband with a wife, it is better not to marry!" -- matthew 19:10 +. +He said to them, "Not everyone can accept this statement, except those to whom it has been given. -- matthew 19:11 +. +For there are some eunuchs who were that way from birth, and some who were made eunuchs by others, and some who became eunuchs for the sake of the kingdom of heaven. The one who is able to accept this should accept it." -- matthew 19:12 +. +Then little children were brought to him for him to lay his hands on them and pray. But the disciples scolded those who brought them. -- matthew 19:13 +. +But Jesus said, "Let the little children come to me and do not try to stop them, for the kingdom of heaven belongs to such as these." -- matthew 19:14 +. +And he placed his hands on them and went on his way. -- matthew 19:15 +. +Now someone came up to him and said, "Teacher, what good thing must I do to gain eternal life?" -- matthew 19:16 +. +He said to him, "Why do you ask me about what is good? There is only one who is good. But if you want to enter into life, keep the commandments." -- matthew 19:17 +. +"Which ones?" he asked. Jesus replied, "Do not murder, do not commit adultery, do not steal, do not give false testimony, -- matthew 19:18 +. +honor your father and mother, and love your neighbor as yourself." -- matthew 19:19 +. +The young man said to him, "I have wholeheartedly obeyed all these laws. What do I still lack?" -- matthew 19:20 +. +Jesus said to him, "If you wish to be perfect, go sell your possessions and give the money to the poor, and you will have treasure in heaven. Then come, follow me." -- matthew 19:21 +. +But when the young man heard this he went away sorrowful, for he was very rich. -- matthew 19:22 +. +Then Jesus said to his disciples, "I tell you the truth, it will be hard for a rich person to enter the kingdom of heaven! -- matthew 19:23 +. +Again I say, it is easier for a camel to go through the eye of a needle than for a rich person to enter into the kingdom of God." -- matthew 19:24 +. +The disciples were greatly astonished when they heard this and said, "Then who can be saved?" -- matthew 19:25 +. +Jesus looked at them and replied, "This is impossible for mere humans, but for God all things are possible." -- matthew 19:26 +. +Then Peter said to him, "Look, we have left everything to follow you! What then will there be for us?" -- matthew 19:27 +. +Jesus said to them, "I tell you the truth: In the age when all things are renewed, when the Son of Man sits on his glorious throne, you who have followed me will also sit on twelve thrones, judging the twelve tribes of Israel. -- matthew 19:28 +. +And whoever has left houses or brothers or sisters or father or mother or children or fields for my sake will receive a hundred times as much and will inherit eternal life. -- matthew 19:29 +. +But many who are first will be last, and the last first. -- matthew 19:30 +. +"For the kingdom of heaven is like a landowner who went out early in the morning to hire workers for his vineyard. -- matthew 20:1 +. +And after agreeing with the workers for the standard wage, he sent them into his vineyard. -- matthew 20:2 +. +When it was about nine o'clock in the morning, he went out again and saw others standing around in the marketplace without work. -- matthew 20:3 +. +He said to them, 'You go into the vineyard too, and I will give you whatever is right.' -- matthew 20:4 +. +So they went. When he went out again about noon and three o'clock that afternoon, he did the same thing. -- matthew 20:5 +. +And about five o'clock that afternoon he went out and found others standing around, and said to them, 'Why are you standing here all day without work?' -- matthew 20:6 +. +They said to him, 'Because no one hired us.' He said to them, 'You go and work in the vineyard too.' -- matthew 20:7 +. +When it was evening the owner of the vineyard said to his manager, 'Call the workers and give the pay starting with the last hired until the first.' -- matthew 20:8 +. +When those hired about five o'clock came, each received a full day's pay. -- matthew 20:9 +. +And when those hired first came, they thought they would receive more. But each one also received the standard wage. -- matthew 20:10 +. +When they received it, they began to complain against the landowner, -- matthew 20:11 +. +saying, 'These last fellows worked one hour, and you have made them equal to us who bore the hardship and burning heat of the day.' -- matthew 20:12 +. +And the landowner replied to one of them, 'Friend, I am not treating you unfairly. Didn't you agree with me to work for the standard wage? -- matthew 20:13 +. +Take what is yours and go. I want to give to this last man the same as I gave to you. -- matthew 20:14 +. +Am I not permitted to do what I want with what belongs to me? Or are you envious because I am generous?' -- matthew 20:15 +. +So the last will be first, and the first last." -- matthew 20:16 +. +As Jesus was going up to Jerusalem, he took the twelve aside privately and said to them on the way, -- matthew 20:17 +. +"Look, we are going up to Jerusalem, and the Son of Man will be handed over to the chief priests and the experts in the law. They will condemn him to death, -- matthew 20:18 +. +and will turn him over to the Gentiles to be mocked and flogged severely and crucified. Yet on the third day, he will be raised." -- matthew 20:19 +. +Then the mother of the sons of Zebedee came to him with her sons, and kneeling down she asked him for a favor. -- matthew 20:20 +. +He said to her, "What do you want?" She replied, "Permit these two sons of mine to sit, one at your right hand and one at your left, in your kingdom." -- matthew 20:21 +. +Jesus answered, "You don't know what you are asking! Are you able to drink the cup I am about to drink?" They said to him, "We are able." -- matthew 20:22 +. +He told them, "You will drink my cup, but to sit at my right and at my left is not mine to give. Rather, it is for those for whom it has been prepared by my Father." -- matthew 20:23 +. +Now when the other ten heard this, they were angry with the two brothers. -- matthew 20:24 +. +But Jesus called them and said, "You know that the rulers of the Gentiles lord it over them, and those in high positions use their authority over them. -- matthew 20:25 +. +It must not be this way among you! Instead whoever wants to be great among you must be your servant, -- matthew 20:26 +. +and whoever wants to be first among you must be your slave - -- matthew 20:27 +. +just as the Son of Man did not come to be served but to serve, and to give his life as a ransom for many." -- matthew 20:28 +. +As they were leaving Jericho, a large crowd followed them. -- matthew 20:29 +. +Two blind men were sitting by the road. When they heard that Jesus was passing by, they shouted, "Have mercy on us, Lord, Son of David!" -- matthew 20:30 +. +The crowd scolded them to get them to be quiet. But they shouted even more loudly, "Lord, have mercy on us, Son of David!" -- matthew 20:31 +. +Jesus stopped, called them, and said, "What do you want me to do for you?" -- matthew 20:32 +. +They said to him, "Lord, let our eyes be opened." -- matthew 20:33 +. +Moved with compassion, Jesus touched their eyes. Immediately they received their sight and followed him. -- matthew 20:34 +. +Now when they approached Jerusalem and came to Bethphage, at the Mount of Olives, Jesus sent two disciples, -- matthew 21:1 +. +telling them, "Go to the village ahead of you. Right away you will find a donkey tied there, and a colt with her. Untie them and bring them to me. -- matthew 21:2 +. +If anyone says anything to you, you are to say, 'The Lord needs them,' and he will send them at once." -- matthew 21:3 +. +This took place to fulfill what was spoken by the prophet: -- matthew 21:4 +. +"Tell the people of Zion, 'Look, your king is coming to you, unassuming and seated on a donkey, and on a colt, the foal of a donkey.'" -- matthew 21:5 +. +So the disciples went and did as Jesus had instructed them. -- matthew 21:6 +. +They brought the donkey and the colt and placed their cloaks on them, and he sat on them. -- matthew 21:7 +. +A very large crowd spread their cloaks on the road. Others cut branches from the trees and spread them on the road. -- matthew 21:8 +. +The crowds that went ahead of him and those following kept shouting, "Hosanna to the Son of David! Blessed is the one who comes in the name of the Lord! Hosanna in the highest!" -- matthew 21:9 +. +As he entered Jerusalem the whole city was thrown into an uproar, saying, "Who is this?" -- matthew 21:10 +. +And the crowds were saying, "This is the prophet Jesus, from Nazareth in Galilee." -- matthew 21:11 +. +Then Jesus entered the temple area and drove out all those who were selling and buying in the temple courts, and turned over the tables of the money changers and the chairs of those selling doves. -- matthew 21:12 +. +And he said to them, "It is written, 'My house will be called a house of prayer,' but you are turning it into a den of robbers!" -- matthew 21:13 +. +The blind and lame came to him in the temple courts, and he healed them. -- matthew 21:14 +. +But when the chief priests and the experts in the law saw the wonderful things he did and heard the children crying out in the temple courts, "Hosanna to the Son of David," they became indignant -- matthew 21:15 +. +and said to him, "Do you hear what they are saying?" Jesus said to them, "Yes. Have you never read, 'Out of the mouths of children and nursing infants you have prepared praise for yourself'?" -- matthew 21:16 +. +And leaving them, he went out of the city to Bethany and spent the night there. -- matthew 21:17 +. +Now early in the morning, as he returned to the city, he was hungry. -- matthew 21:18 +. +After noticing a fig tree by the road he went to it, but found nothing on it except leaves. He said to it, "Never again will there be fruit from you!" And the fig tree withered at once. -- matthew 21:19 +. +When the disciples saw it they were amazed, saying, "How did the fig tree wither so quickly?" -- matthew 21:20 +. +Jesus answered them, "I tell you the truth, if you have faith and do not doubt, not only will you do what was done to the fig tree, but even if you say to this mountain, 'Be lifted up and thrown into the sea,' it will happen. -- matthew 21:21 +. +And whatever you ask in prayer, if you believe, you will receive." -- matthew 21:22 +. +Now after Jesus entered the temple courts, the chief priests and elders of the people came up to him as he was teaching and said, "By what authority are you doing these things, and who gave you this authority?" -- matthew 21:23 +. +Jesus answered them, "I will also ask you one question. If you answer me then I will also tell you by what authority I do these things. -- matthew 21:24 +. +Where did John's baptism come from? From heaven or from people?" They discussed this among themselves, saying, "If we say, 'From heaven,' he will say, 'Then why did you not believe him?' -- matthew 21:25 +. +But if we say, 'From people,' we fear the crowd, for they all consider John to be a prophet." -- matthew 21:26 +. +So they answered Jesus, "We don't know." Then he said to them, "Neither will I tell you by what authority I am doing these things. -- matthew 21:27 +. +"What do you think? A man had two sons. He went to the first and said, 'Son, go and work in the vineyard today.' -- matthew 21:28 +. +The boy answered, 'I will not.' But later he had a change of heart and went. -- matthew 21:29 +. +The father went to the other son and said the same thing. This boy answered, 'I will, sir,' but did not go. -- matthew 21:30 +. +Which of the two did his father's will?" They said, "The first." Jesus said to them, "I tell you the truth, tax collectors and prostitutes will go ahead of you into the kingdom of God! -- matthew 21:31 +. +For John came to you in the way of righteousness, and you did not believe him. But the tax collectors and prostitutes did believe. Although you saw this, you did not later change your minds and believe him. -- matthew 21:32 +. +"Listen to another parable: There was a landowner who planted a vineyard. He put a fence around it, dug a pit for its winepress, and built a watchtower. Then he leased it to tenant farmers and went on a journey. -- matthew 21:33 +. +When the harvest time was near, he sent his slaves to the tenants to collect his portion of the crop. -- matthew 21:34 +. +But the tenants seized his slaves, beat one, killed another, and stoned another. -- matthew 21:35 +. +Again he sent other slaves, more than the first, and they treated them the same way. -- matthew 21:36 +. +Finally he sent his son to them, saying, 'They will respect my son.' -- matthew 21:37 +. +But when the tenants saw the son, they said to themselves, 'This is the heir. Come, let's kill him and get his inheritance!' -- matthew 21:38 +. +So they seized him, threw him out of the vineyard, and killed him. -- matthew 21:39 +. +Now when the owner of the vineyard comes, what will he do to those tenants?" -- matthew 21:40 +. +They said to him, "He will utterly destroy those evil men! Then he will lease the vineyard to other tenants who will give him his portion at the harvest." -- matthew 21:41 +. +Jesus said to them, "Have you never read in the scriptures: 'The stone the builders rejected has become the cornerstone. This is from the Lord, and it is marvelous in our eyes'? -- matthew 21:42 +. +For this reason I tell you that the kingdom of God will be taken from you and given to a people who will produce its fruit. -- matthew 21:43 +. +The one who falls on this stone will be broken to pieces, and the one on whom it falls will be crushed." -- matthew 21:44 +. +When the chief priests and the Pharisees heard his parables, they realized that he was speaking about them. -- matthew 21:45 +. +They wanted to arrest him, but they were afraid of the crowds, because the crowds regarded him as a prophet. -- matthew 21:46 +. +Jesus spoke to them again in parables, saying: -- matthew 22:1 +. +"The kingdom of heaven can be compared to a king who gave a wedding banquet for his son. -- matthew 22:2 +. +He sent his slaves to summon those who had been invited to the banquet, but they would not come. -- matthew 22:3 +. +Again he sent other slaves, saying, 'Tell those who have been invited, "Look! The feast I have prepared for you is ready. My oxen and fattened cattle have been slaughtered, and everything is ready. Come to the wedding banquet."' -- matthew 22:4 +. +But they were indifferent and went away, one to his farm, another to his business. -- matthew 22:5 +. +The rest seized his slaves, insolently mistreated them, and killed them. -- matthew 22:6 +. +The king was furious! He sent his soldiers, and they put those murderers to death and set their city on fire. -- matthew 22:7 +. +Then he said to his slaves, 'The wedding is ready, but the ones who had been invited were not worthy. -- matthew 22:8 +. +So go into the main streets and invite everyone you find to the wedding banquet.' -- matthew 22:9 +. +And those slaves went out into the streets and gathered all they found, both bad and good, and the wedding hall was filled with guests. -- matthew 22:10 +. +But when the king came in to see the wedding guests, he saw a man there who was not wearing wedding clothes. -- matthew 22:11 +. +And he said to him, 'Friend, how did you get in here without wedding clothes?' But he had nothing to say. -- matthew 22:12 +. +Then the king said to his attendants, 'Tie him up hand and foot and throw him into the outer darkness, where there will be weeping and gnashing of teeth!' -- matthew 22:13 +. +For many are called, but few are chosen." -- matthew 22:14 +. +Then the Pharisees went out and planned together to entrap him with his own words. -- matthew 22:15 +. +They sent to him their disciples along with the Herodians, saying, "Teacher, we know that you are truthful, and teach the way of God in accordance with the truth. You do not court anyone's favor because you show no partiality. -- matthew 22:16 +. +Tell us then, what do you think? Is it right to pay taxes to Caesar or not?" -- matthew 22:17 +. +But Jesus realized their evil intentions and said, "Hypocrites! Why are you testing me? -- matthew 22:18 +. +Show me the coin used for the tax." So they brought him a denarius. -- matthew 22:19 +. +Jesus said to them, "Whose image is this, and whose inscription?" -- matthew 22:20 +. +They replied, "Caesar's." He said to them, "Then give to Caesar the things that are Caesar's, and to God the things that are God's." -- matthew 22:21 +. +Now when they heard this they were stunned, and they left him and went away. -- matthew 22:22 +. +The same day Sadducees (who say there is no resurrection) came to him and asked him, -- matthew 22:23 +. +"Teacher, Moses said, 'If a man dies without having children, his brother must marry the widow and father children for his brother.' -- matthew 22:24 +. +Now there were seven brothers among us. The first one married and died, and since he had no children he left his wife to his brother. -- matthew 22:25 +. +The second did the same, and the third, down to the seventh. -- matthew 22:26 +. +Last of all, the woman died. -- matthew 22:27 +. +In the resurrection, therefore, whose wife of the seven will she be? For they all had married her." -- matthew 22:28 +. +Jesus answered them, "You are deceived, because you don't know the scriptures or the power of God. -- matthew 22:29 +. +For in the resurrection they neither marry nor are given in marriage, but are like angels in heaven. -- matthew 22:30 +. +Now as for the resurrection of the dead, have you not read what was spoken to you by God, -- matthew 22:31 +. +'I am the God of Abraham, the God of Isaac, and the God of Jacob'? He is not the God of the dead but of the living!" -- matthew 22:32 +. +When the crowds heard this, they were amazed at his teaching. -- matthew 22:33 +. +Now when the Pharisees heard that he had silenced the Sadducees, they assembled together. -- matthew 22:34 +. +And one of them, an expert in religious law, asked him a question to test him: -- matthew 22:35 +. +"Teacher, which commandment in the law is the greatest?" -- matthew 22:36 +. +Jesus said to him, "'Love the Lord your God with all your heart, with all your soul, and with all your mind.' -- matthew 22:37 +. +This is the first and greatest commandment. -- matthew 22:38 +. +The second is like it: 'Love your neighbor as yourself.' -- matthew 22:39 +. +All the law and the prophets depend on these two commandments." -- matthew 22:40 +. +While the Pharisees were assembled, Jesus asked them a question: -- matthew 22:41 +. +"What do you think about the Christ? Whose son is he?" They said, "The son of David." -- matthew 22:42 +. +He said to them, "How then does David by the Spirit call him 'Lord,' saying, -- matthew 22:43 +. +'The Lord said to my lord, "Sit at my right hand, until I put your enemies under your feet"'? -- matthew 22:44 +. +If David then calls him 'Lord,' how can he be his son?" -- matthew 22:45 +. +No one was able to answer him a word, and from that day on no one dared to question him any longer. -- matthew 22:46 +. +Then Jesus said to the crowds and to his disciples, -- matthew 23:1 +. +"The experts in the law and the Pharisees sit on Moses' seat. -- matthew 23:2 +. +Therefore pay attention to what they tell you and do it. But do not do what they do, for they do not practice what they teach. -- matthew 23:3 +. +They tie up heavy loads, hard to carry, and put them on men's shoulders, but they themselves are not willing even to lift a finger to move them. -- matthew 23:4 +. +They do all their deeds to be seen by people, for they make their phylacteries wide and their tassels long. -- matthew 23:5 +. +They love the place of honor at banquets and the best seats in the synagogues -- matthew 23:6 +. +and elaborate greetings in the marketplaces, and to have people call them 'Rabbi.' -- matthew 23:7 +. +But you are not to be called 'Rabbi,' for you have one Teacher and you are all brothers. -- matthew 23:8 +. +And call no one your 'father' on earth, for you have one Father, who is in heaven. -- matthew 23:9 +. +Nor are you to be called 'teacher,' for you have one teacher, the Christ. -- matthew 23:10 +. +The greatest among you will be your servant. -- matthew 23:11 +. +And whoever exalts himself will be humbled, and whoever humbles himself will be exalted. -- matthew 23:12 +. +"But woe to you, experts in the law and you Pharisees, hypocrites! You keep locking people out of the kingdom of heaven! For you neither enter nor permit those trying to enter to go in. -- matthew 23:13 +. +[[EMPTY]] -- matthew 23:14 +. +"Woe to you, experts in the law and you Pharisees, hypocrites! You cross land and sea to make one convert, and when you get one, you make him twice as much a child of hell as yourselves! -- matthew 23:15 +. +"Woe to you, blind guides, who say, 'Whoever swears by the temple is bound by nothing. But whoever swears by the gold of the temple is bound by the oath.' -- matthew 23:16 +. +Blind fools! Which is greater, the gold or the temple that makes the gold sacred? -- matthew 23:17 +. +And, 'Whoever swears by the altar is bound by nothing. But if anyone swears by the gift on it he is bound by the oath.' -- matthew 23:18 +. +You are blind! For which is greater, the gift or the altar that makes the gift sacred? -- matthew 23:19 +. +So whoever swears by the altar swears by it and by everything on it. -- matthew 23:20 +. +And whoever swears by the temple swears by it and the one who dwells in it. -- matthew 23:21 +. +And whoever swears by heaven swears by the throne of God and the one who sits on it. -- matthew 23:22 +. +"Woe to you, experts in the law and you Pharisees, hypocrites! You give a tenth of mint, dill, and cumin, yet you neglect what is more important in the law - justice, mercy, and faithfulness! You should have done these things without neglecting the others. -- matthew 23:23 +. +Blind guides! You strain out a gnat yet swallow a camel! -- matthew 23:24 +. +"Woe to you, experts in the law and you Pharisees, hypocrites! You clean the outside of the cup and the dish, but inside they are full of greed and self-indulgence. -- matthew 23:25 +. +Blind Pharisee! First clean the inside of the cup, so that the outside may become clean too! -- matthew 23:26 +. +"Woe to you, experts in the law and you Pharisees, hypocrites! You are like whitewashed tombs that look beautiful on the outside but inside are full of the bones of the dead and of everything unclean. -- matthew 23:27 +. +In the same way, on the outside you look righteous to people, but inside you are full of hypocrisy and lawlessness. -- matthew 23:28 +. +"Woe to you, experts in the law and you Pharisees, hypocrites! You build tombs for the prophets and decorate the graves of the righteous. -- matthew 23:29 +. +And you say, 'If we had lived in the days of our ancestors, we would not have participated with them in shedding the blood of the prophets.' -- matthew 23:30 +. +By saying this you testify against yourselves that you are descendants of those who murdered the prophets. -- matthew 23:31 +. +Fill up then the measure of your ancestors! -- matthew 23:32 +. +You snakes, you offspring of vipers! How will you escape being condemned to hell? -- matthew 23:33 +. +"For this reason I am sending you prophets and wise men and experts in the law, some of whom you will kill and crucify, and some you will flog in your synagogues and pursue from town to town, -- matthew 23:34 +. +so that on you will come all the righteous blood shed on earth, from the blood of righteous Abel to the blood of Zechariah son of Barachiah, whom you murdered between the temple and the altar. -- matthew 23:35 +. +I tell you the truth, this generation will be held responsible for all these things! -- matthew 23:36 +. +"O Jerusalem, Jerusalem, you who kill the prophets and stone those who are sent to you! How often I have longed to gather your children together as a hen gathers her chicks under her wings, but you would have none of it! -- matthew 23:37 +. +Look, your house is left to you desolate! -- matthew 23:38 +. +For I tell you, you will not see me from now until you say, 'Blessed is the one who comes in the name of the Lord!'" -- matthew 23:39 +. +Now as Jesus was going out of the temple courts and walking away, his disciples came to show him the temple buildings. -- matthew 24:1 +. +And he said to them, "Do you see all these things? I tell you the truth, not one stone will be left on another. All will be torn down!" -- matthew 24:2 +. +As he was sitting on the Mount of Olives, his disciples came to him privately and said, "Tell us, when will these things happen? And what will be the sign of your coming and of the end of the age?" -- matthew 24:3 +. +Jesus answered them, "Watch out that no one misleads you. -- matthew 24:4 +. +For many will come in my name, saying, 'I am the Christ,' and they will mislead many. -- matthew 24:5 +. +You will hear of wars and rumors of wars. Make sure that you are not alarmed, for this must happen, but the end is still to come. -- matthew 24:6 +. +For nation will rise up in arms against nation, and kingdom against kingdom. And there will be famines and earthquakes in various places. -- matthew 24:7 +. +All these things are the beginning of birth pains. -- matthew 24:8 +. +"Then they will hand you over to be persecuted and will kill you. You will be hated by all the nations because of my name. -- matthew 24:9 +. +Then many will be led into sin, and they will betray one another and hate one another. -- matthew 24:10 +. +And many false prophets will appear and deceive many, -- matthew 24:11 +. +and because lawlessness will increase so much, the love of many will grow cold. -- matthew 24:12 +. +But the person who endures to the end will be saved. -- matthew 24:13 +. +And this gospel of the kingdom will be preached throughout the whole inhabited earth as a testimony to all the nations, and then the end will come. -- matthew 24:14 +. +"So when you see the abomination of desolation - spoken about by Daniel the prophet - standing in the holy place (let the reader understand), -- matthew 24:15 +. +then those in Judea must flee to the mountains. -- matthew 24:16 +. +The one on the roof must not come down to take anything out of his house, -- matthew 24:17 +. +and the one in the field must not turn back to get his cloak. -- matthew 24:18 +. +Woe to those who are pregnant and to those who are nursing their babies in those days! -- matthew 24:19 +. +Pray that your flight may not be in winter or on a Sabbath. -- matthew 24:20 +. +For then there will be great suffering unlike anything that has happened from the beginning of the world until now, or ever will happen. -- matthew 24:21 +. +And if those days had not been cut short, no one would be saved. But for the sake of the elect those days will be cut short. -- matthew 24:22 +. +Then if anyone says to you, 'Look, here is the Christ!' or 'There he is!' do not believe him. -- matthew 24:23 +. +For false messiahs and false prophets will appear and perform great signs and wonders to deceive, if possible, even the elect. -- matthew 24:24 +. +Remember, I have told you ahead of time. -- matthew 24:25 +. +So then, if someone says to you, 'Look, he is in the wilderness,' do not go out, or 'Look, he is in the inner rooms,' do not believe him. -- matthew 24:26 +. +For just like the lightning comes from the east and flashes to the west, so the coming of the Son of Man will be. -- matthew 24:27 +. +Wherever the corpse is, there the vultures will gather. -- matthew 24:28 +. +"Immediately after the suffering of those days, the sun will be darkened, and the moon will not give its light; the stars will fall from heaven, and the powers of heaven will be shaken. -- matthew 24:29 +. +Then the sign of the Son of Man will appear in heaven, and all the tribes of the earth will mourn. They will see the Son of Man arriving on the clouds of heaven with power and great glory. -- matthew 24:30 +. +And he will send his angels with a loud trumpet blast, and they will gather his elect from the four winds, from one end of heaven to the other. -- matthew 24:31 +. +"Learn this parable from the fig tree: Whenever its branch becomes tender and puts out its leaves, you know that summer is near. -- matthew 24:32 +. +So also you, when you see all these things, know that he is near, right at the door. -- matthew 24:33 +. +I tell you the truth, this generation will not pass away until all these things take place. -- matthew 24:34 +. +Heaven and earth will pass away, but my words will never pass away. -- matthew 24:35 +. +"But as for that day and hour no one knows it - not even the angels in heaven - except the Father alone. -- matthew 24:36 +. +For just like the days of Noah were, so the coming of the Son of Man will be. -- matthew 24:37 +. +For in those days before the flood, people were eating and drinking, marrying and giving in marriage, until the day Noah entered the ark. -- matthew 24:38 +. +And they knew nothing until the flood came and took them all away. It will be the same at the coming of the Son of Man. -- matthew 24:39 +. +Then there will be two men in the field; one will be taken and one left. -- matthew 24:40 +. +There will be two women grinding grain with a mill; one will be taken and one left. -- matthew 24:41 +. +"Therefore stay alert, because you do not know on what day your Lord will come. -- matthew 24:42 +. +But understand this: If the owner of the house had known at what time of night the thief was coming, he would have been alert and would not have let his house be broken into. -- matthew 24:43 +. +Therefore you also must be ready, because the Son of Man will come at an hour when you do not expect him. -- matthew 24:44 +. +"Who then is the faithful and wise slave, whom the master has put in charge of his household, to give the other slaves their food at the proper time? -- matthew 24:45 +. +Blessed is that slave whom the master finds at work when he comes. -- matthew 24:46 +. +I tell you the truth, the master will put him in charge of all his possessions. -- matthew 24:47 +. +But if that evil slave should say to himself, 'My master is staying away a long time,' -- matthew 24:48 +. +and he begins to beat his fellow slaves and to eat and drink with drunkards, -- matthew 24:49 +. +then the master of that slave will come on a day when he does not expect him and at an hour he does not foresee, -- matthew 24:50 +. +and will cut him in two, and assign him a place with the hypocrites, where there will be weeping and gnashing of teeth. -- matthew 24:51 +. +"At that time the kingdom of heaven will be like ten virgins who took their lamps and went out to meet the bridegroom. -- matthew 25:1 +. +Five of the virgins were foolish, and five were wise. -- matthew 25:2 +. +When the foolish ones took their lamps, they did not take extra olive oil with them. -- matthew 25:3 +. +But the wise ones took flasks of olive oil with their lamps. -- matthew 25:4 +. +When the bridegroom was delayed a long time, they all became drowsy and fell asleep. -- matthew 25:5 +. +But at midnight there was a shout, 'Look, the bridegroom is here! Come out to meet him.' -- matthew 25:6 +. +Then all the virgins woke up and trimmed their lamps. -- matthew 25:7 +. +The foolish ones said to the wise, 'Give us some of your oil, because our lamps are going out.' -- matthew 25:8 +. +'No,' they replied. 'There won't be enough for you and for us. Go instead to those who sell oil and buy some for yourselves.' -- matthew 25:9 +. +But while they had gone to buy it, the bridegroom arrived, and those who were ready went inside with him to the wedding banquet. Then the door was shut. -- matthew 25:10 +. +Later, the other virgins came too, saying, 'Lord, lord! Let us in!' -- matthew 25:11 +. +But he replied, 'I tell you the truth, I do not know you!' -- matthew 25:12 +. +Therefore stay alert, because you do not know the day or the hour. -- matthew 25:13 +. +"For it is like a man going on a journey, who summoned his slaves and entrusted his property to them. -- matthew 25:14 +. +To one he gave five talents, to another two, and to another one, each according to his ability. Then he went on his journey. -- matthew 25:15 +. +The one who had received five talents went off right away and put his money to work and gained five more. -- matthew 25:16 +. +In the same way, the one who had two gained two more. -- matthew 25:17 +. +But the one who had received one talent went out and dug a hole in the ground and hid his master's money in it. -- matthew 25:18 +. +After a long time, the master of those slaves came and settled his accounts with them. -- matthew 25:19 +. +The one who had received the five talents came and brought five more, saying, 'Sir, you entrusted me with five talents. See, I have gained five more.' -- matthew 25:20 +. +His master answered, 'Well done, good and faithful slave! You have been faithful in a few things. I will put you in charge of many things. Enter into the joy of your master.' -- matthew 25:21 +. +The one with the two talents also came and said, 'Sir, you entrusted two talents to me. See, I have gained two more.' -- matthew 25:22 +. +His master answered, 'Well done, good and faithful slave! You have been faithful with a few things. I will put you in charge of many things. Enter into the joy of your master.' -- matthew 25:23 +. +Then the one who had received the one talent came and said, 'Sir, I knew that you were a hard man, harvesting where you did not sow, and gathering where you did not scatter seed, -- matthew 25:24 +. +so I was afraid, and I went and hid your talent in the ground. See, you have what is yours.' -- matthew 25:25 +. +But his master answered, 'Evil and lazy slave! So you knew that I harvest where I didn't sow and gather where I didn't scatter? -- matthew 25:26 +. +Then you should have deposited my money with the bankers, and on my return I would have received my money back with interest! -- matthew 25:27 +. +Therefore take the talent from him and give it to the one who has ten. -- matthew 25:28 +. +For the one who has will be given more, and he will have more than enough. But the one who does not have, even what he has will be taken from him. -- matthew 25:29 +. +And throw that worthless slave into the outer darkness, where there will be weeping and gnashing of teeth.' -- matthew 25:30 +. +"When the Son of Man comes in his glory and all the angels with him, then he will sit on his glorious throne. -- matthew 25:31 +. +All the nations will be assembled before him, and he will separate people one from another like a shepherd separates the sheep from the goats. -- matthew 25:32 +. +He will put the sheep on his right and the goats on his left. -- matthew 25:33 +. +Then the king will say to those on his right, 'Come, you who are blessed by my Father, inherit the kingdom prepared for you from the foundation of the world. -- matthew 25:34 +. +For I was hungry and you gave me food, I was thirsty and you gave me something to drink, I was a stranger and you invited me in, -- matthew 25:35 +. +I was naked and you gave me clothing, I was sick and you took care of me, I was in prison and you visited me.' -- matthew 25:36 +. +Then the righteous will answer him, 'Lord, when did we see you hungry and feed you, or thirsty and give you something to drink? -- matthew 25:37 +. +When did we see you a stranger and invite you in, or naked and clothe you? -- matthew 25:38 +. +When did we see you sick or in prison and visit you?' -- matthew 25:39 +. +And the king will answer them, 'I tell you the truth, just as you did it for one of the least of these brothers or sisters of mine, you did it for me.' -- matthew 25:40 +. +"Then he will say to those on his left, 'Depart from me, you accursed, into the eternal fire that has been prepared for the devil and his angels! -- matthew 25:41 +. +For I was hungry and you gave me nothing to eat, I was thirsty and you gave me nothing to drink. -- matthew 25:42 +. +I was a stranger and you did not receive me as a guest, naked and you did not clothe me, sick and in prison and you did not visit me.' -- matthew 25:43 +. +Then they too will answer, 'Lord, when did we see you hungry or thirsty or a stranger or naked or sick or in prison, and did not give you whatever you needed?' -- matthew 25:44 +. +Then he will answer them, 'I tell you the truth, just as you did not do it for one of the least of these, you did not do it for me.' -- matthew 25:45 +. +And these will depart into eternal punishment, but the righteous into eternal life." -- matthew 25:46 +. +When Jesus had finished saying all these things, he told his disciples, -- matthew 26:1 +. +"You know that after two days the Passover is coming, and the Son of Man will be handed over to be crucified." -- matthew 26:2 +. +Then the chief priests and the elders of the people met together in the palace of the high priest, who was named Caiaphas. -- matthew 26:3 +. +They planned to arrest Jesus by stealth and kill him. -- matthew 26:4 +. +But they said, "Not during the feast, so that there won't be a riot among the people." -- matthew 26:5 +. +Now while Jesus was in Bethany at the house of Simon the leper, -- matthew 26:6 +. +a woman came to him with an alabaster jar of expensive perfumed oil, and she poured it on his head as he was at the table. -- matthew 26:7 +. +When the disciples saw this, they became indignant and said, "Why this waste? -- matthew 26:8 +. +It could have been sold at a high price and the money given to the poor!" -- matthew 26:9 +. +When Jesus learned of this, he said to them, "Why are you bothering this woman? She has done a good service for me. -- matthew 26:10 +. +For you will always have the poor with you, but you will not always have me! -- matthew 26:11 +. +When she poured this oil on my body, she did it to prepare me for burial. -- matthew 26:12 +. +I tell you the truth, wherever this gospel is proclaimed in the whole world, what she has done will also be told in memory of her." -- matthew 26:13 +. +Then one of the twelve, the one named Judas Iscariot, went to the chief priests -- matthew 26:14 +. +and said, "What will you give me to betray him into your hands?" So they set out thirty silver coins for him. -- matthew 26:15 +. +From that time on, Judas began looking for an opportunity to betray him. -- matthew 26:16 +. +Now on the first day of the feast of Unleavened Bread the disciples came to Jesus and said, "Where do you want us to prepare for you to eat the Passover?" -- matthew 26:17 +. +He said, "Go into the city to a certain man and tell him, 'The Teacher says, "My time is near. I will observe the Passover with my disciples at your house."'" -- matthew 26:18 +. +So the disciples did as Jesus had instructed them, and they prepared the Passover. -- matthew 26:19 +. +When it was evening, he took his place at the table with the twelve. -- matthew 26:20 +. +And while they were eating he said, "I tell you the truth, one of you will betray me." -- matthew 26:21 +. +They became greatly distressed and each one began to say to him, "Surely not I, Lord?" -- matthew 26:22 +. +He answered, "The one who has dipped his hand into the bowl with me will betray me. -- matthew 26:23 +. +The Son of Man will go as it is written about him, but woe to that man by whom the Son of Man is betrayed! It would be better for him if he had never been born." -- matthew 26:24 +. +Then Judas, the one who would betray him, said, "Surely not I, Rabbi?" Jesus replied, "You have said it yourself." -- matthew 26:25 +. +While they were eating, Jesus took bread, and after giving thanks he broke it, gave it to his disciples, and said, "Take, eat, this is my body." -- matthew 26:26 +. +And after taking the cup and giving thanks, he gave it to them, saying, "Drink from it, all of you, -- matthew 26:27 +. +for this is my blood, the blood of the covenant, that is poured out for many for the forgiveness of sins. -- matthew 26:28 +. +I tell you, from now on I will not drink of this fruit of the vine until that day when I drink it new with you in my Father's kingdom." -- matthew 26:29 +. +After singing a hymn, they went out to the Mount of Olives. -- matthew 26:30 +. +Then Jesus said to them, "This night you will all fall away because of me, for it is written: 'I will strike the shepherd, and the sheep of the flock will be scattered.' -- matthew 26:31 +. +But after I am raised, I will go ahead of you into Galilee." -- matthew 26:32 +. +Peter said to him, "If they all fall away because of you, I will never fall away!" -- matthew 26:33 +. +Jesus said to him, "I tell you the truth, on this night, before the rooster crows, you will deny me three times." -- matthew 26:34 +. +Peter said to him, "Even if I must die with you, I will never deny you." And all the disciples said the same thing. -- matthew 26:35 +. +Then Jesus went with them to a place called Gethsemane, and he said to the disciples, "Sit here while I go over there and pray." -- matthew 26:36 +. +He took with him Peter and the two sons of Zebedee, and became anguished and distressed. -- matthew 26:37 +. +Then he said to them, "My soul is deeply grieved, even to the point of death. Remain here and stay awake with me." -- matthew 26:38 +. +Going a little farther, he threw himself down with his face to the ground and prayed, "My Father, if possible, let this cup pass from me! Yet not what I will, but what you will." -- matthew 26:39 +. +Then he came to the disciples and found them sleeping. He said to Peter, "So, couldn't you stay awake with me for one hour? -- matthew 26:40 +. +Stay awake and pray that you will not fall into temptation. The spirit is willing, but the flesh is weak." -- matthew 26:41 +. +He went away a second time and prayed, "My Father, if this cup cannot be taken away unless I drink it, your will must be done." -- matthew 26:42 +. +He came again and found them sleeping; they could not keep their eyes open. -- matthew 26:43 +. +So leaving them again, he went away and prayed for the third time, saying the same thing once more. -- matthew 26:44 +. +Then he came to the disciples and said to them, "Are you still sleeping and resting? Look, the hour is approaching, and the Son of Man is betrayed into the hands of sinners. -- matthew 26:45 +. +Get up, let us go. Look! My betrayer is approaching!" -- matthew 26:46 +. +While he was still speaking, Judas, one of the twelve, arrived. With him was a large crowd armed with swords and clubs, sent by the chief priests and elders of the people. -- matthew 26:47 +. +(Now the betrayer had given them a sign, saying, "The one I kiss is the man. Arrest him!") -- matthew 26:48 +. +Immediately he went up to Jesus and said, "Greetings, Rabbi," and kissed him. -- matthew 26:49 +. +Jesus said to him, "Friend, do what you are here to do." Then they came and took hold of Jesus and arrested him. -- matthew 26:50 +. +But one of those with Jesus grabbed his sword, drew it out, and struck the high priest's slave, cutting off his ear. -- matthew 26:51 +. +Then Jesus said to him, "Put your sword back in its place! For all who take hold of the sword will die by the sword. -- matthew 26:52 +. +Or do you think that I cannot call on my Father, and that he would send me more than twelve legions of angels right now? -- matthew 26:53 +. +How then would the scriptures that say it must happen this way be fulfilled?" -- matthew 26:54 +. +At that moment Jesus said to the crowd, "Have you come out with swords and clubs to arrest me like you would an outlaw? Day after day I sat teaching in the temple courts, yet you did not arrest me. -- matthew 26:55 +. +But this has happened so that the scriptures of the prophets would be fulfilled." Then all the disciples left him and fled. -- matthew 26:56 +. +Now the ones who had arrested Jesus led him to Caiaphas, the high priest, in whose house the experts in the law and the elders had gathered. -- matthew 26:57 +. +But Peter was following him from a distance, all the way to the high priest's courtyard. After going in, he sat with the guards to see the outcome. -- matthew 26:58 +. +The chief priests and the whole Sanhedrin were trying to find false testimony against Jesus so that they could put him to death. -- matthew 26:59 +. +But they did not find anything, though many false witnesses came forward. Finally two came forward -- matthew 26:60 +. +and declared, "This man said, 'I am able to destroy the temple of God and rebuild it in three days.'" -- matthew 26:61 +. +So the high priest stood up and said to him, "Have you no answer? What is this that they are testifying against you?" -- matthew 26:62 +. +But Jesus was silent. The high priest said to him, "I charge you under oath by the living God, tell us if you are the Christ, the Son of God." -- matthew 26:63 +. +Jesus said to him, "You have said it yourself. But I tell you, from now on you will see the Son of Man sitting at the right hand of the Power and coming on the clouds of heaven." -- matthew 26:64 +. +Then the high priest tore his clothes and declared, "He has blasphemed! Why do we still need witnesses? Now you have heard the blasphemy! -- matthew 26:65 +. +What is your verdict?" They answered, "He is guilty and deserves death." -- matthew 26:66 +. +Then they spat in his face and struck him with their fists. And some slapped him, -- matthew 26:67 +. +saying, "Prophesy for us, you Christ! Who hit you?" -- matthew 26:68 +. +Now Peter was sitting outside in the courtyard. A slave girl came to him and said, "You also were with Jesus the Galilean." -- matthew 26:69 +. +But he denied it in front of them all: "I don't know what you're talking about!" -- matthew 26:70 +. +When he went out to the gateway, another slave girl saw him and said to the people there, "This man was with Jesus the Nazarene." -- matthew 26:71 +. +He denied it again with an oath, "I do not know the man!" -- matthew 26:72 +. +After a little while, those standing there came up to Peter and said, "You really are one of them too - even your accent gives you away!" -- matthew 26:73 +. +At that he began to curse, and he swore with an oath, "I do not know the man!" At that moment a rooster crowed. -- matthew 26:74 +. +Then Peter remembered what Jesus had said: "Before the rooster crows, you will deny me three times." And he went outside and wept bitterly. -- matthew 26:75 +. +When it was early in the morning, all the chief priests and the elders of the people plotted against Jesus to execute him. -- matthew 27:1 +. +They tied him up, led him away, and handed him over to Pilate the governor. -- matthew 27:2 +. +Now when Judas, who had betrayed him, saw that Jesus had been condemned, he regretted what he had done and returned the thirty silver coins to the chief priests and the elders, -- matthew 27:3 +. +saying, "I have sinned by betraying innocent blood!" But they said, "What is that to us? You take care of it yourself!" -- matthew 27:4 +. +So Judas threw the silver coins into the temple and left. Then he went out and hanged himself. -- matthew 27:5 +. +The chief priests took the silver and said, "It is not lawful to put this into the temple treasury, since it is blood money." -- matthew 27:6 +. +After consulting together they bought the Potter's Field with it, as a burial place for foreigners. -- matthew 27:7 +. +For this reason that field has been called the "Field of Blood" to this day. -- matthew 27:8 +. +Then what was spoken by Jeremiah the prophet was fulfilled: "They took the thirty silver coins, the price of the one whose price had been set by the people of Israel, -- matthew 27:9 +. +and they gave them for the potter's field, as the Lord commanded me." -- matthew 27:10 +. +Then Jesus stood before the governor, and the governor asked him, "Are you the king of the Jews?" Jesus said, "You say so." -- matthew 27:11 +. +But when he was accused by the chief priests and the elders, he did not respond. -- matthew 27:12 +. +Then Pilate said to him, "Don't you hear how many charges they are bringing against you?" -- matthew 27:13 +. +But he did not answer even one accusation, so that the governor was quite amazed. -- matthew 27:14 +. +During the feast the governor was accustomed to release one prisoner to the crowd, whomever they wanted. -- matthew 27:15 +. +At that time they had in custody a notorious prisoner named Jesus Barabbas. -- matthew 27:16 +. +So after they had assembled, Pilate said to them, "Whom do you want me to release for you, Jesus Barabbas or Jesus who is called the Christ?" -- matthew 27:17 +. +(For he knew that they had handed him over because of envy.) -- matthew 27:18 +. +As he was sitting on the judgment seat, his wife sent a message to him: "Have nothing to do with that innocent man; I have suffered greatly as a result of a dream about him today." -- matthew 27:19 +. +But the chief priests and the elders persuaded the crowds to ask for Barabbas and to have Jesus killed. -- matthew 27:20 +. +The governor asked them, "Which of the two do you want me to release for you?" And they said, "Barabbas!" -- matthew 27:21 +. +Pilate said to them, "Then what should I do with Jesus who is called the Christ?" They all said, "Crucify him!" -- matthew 27:22 +. +He asked, "Why? What wrong has he done?" But they shouted more insistently, "Crucify him!" -- matthew 27:23 +. +When Pilate saw that he could do nothing, but that instead a riot was starting, he took some water, washed his hands before the crowd and said, "I am innocent of this man's blood. You take care of it yourselves!" -- matthew 27:24 +. +In reply all the people said, "Let his blood be on us and on our children!" -- matthew 27:25 +. +Then he released Barabbas for them. But after he had Jesus flogged, he handed him over to be crucified. -- matthew 27:26 +. +Then the governor's soldiers took Jesus into the governor's residence and gathered the whole cohort around him. -- matthew 27:27 +. +They stripped him and put a scarlet robe around him, -- matthew 27:28 +. +and after braiding a crown of thorns, they put it on his head. They put a staff in his right hand, and kneeling down before him, they mocked him: "Hail, king of the Jews!" -- matthew 27:29 +. +They spat on him and took the staff and struck him repeatedly on the head. -- matthew 27:30 +. +When they had mocked him, they stripped him of the robe and put his own clothes back on him. Then they led him away to crucify him. -- matthew 27:31 +. +As they were going out, they found a man from Cyrene named Simon, whom they forced to carry his cross. -- matthew 27:32 +. +They came to a place called Golgotha (which means "Place of the Skull") -- matthew 27:33 +. +and offered Jesus wine mixed with gall to drink. But after tasting it, he would not drink it. -- matthew 27:34 +. +When they had crucified him, they divided his clothes by throwing dice. -- matthew 27:35 +. +Then they sat down and kept guard over him there. -- matthew 27:36 +. +Above his head they put the charge against him, which read: "This is Jesus, the king of the Jews." -- matthew 27:37 +. +Then two outlaws were crucified with him, one on his right and one on his left. -- matthew 27:38 +. +Those who passed by defamed him, shaking their heads -- matthew 27:39 +. +and saying, "You who can destroy the temple and rebuild it in three days, save yourself! If you are God's Son, come down from the cross!" -- matthew 27:40 +. +In the same way even the chief priests - together with the experts in the law and elders - were mocking him: -- matthew 27:41 +. +"He saved others, but he cannot save himself! He is the king of Israel! If he comes down now from the cross, we will believe in him! -- matthew 27:42 +. +He trusts in God - let God, if he wants to, deliver him now because he said, 'I am God's Son'!" -- matthew 27:43 +. +The robbers who were crucified with him also spoke abusively to him. -- matthew 27:44 +. +Now from noon until three, darkness came over all the land. -- matthew 27:45 +. +At about three o'clock Jesus shouted with a loud voice, "Eli, Eli, lema sabachthani?" that is, "My God, my God, why have you forsaken me?" -- matthew 27:46 +. +When some of the bystanders heard it, they said, "This man is calling for Elijah." -- matthew 27:47 +. +Immediately one of them ran and got a sponge, filled it with sour wine, put it on a stick, and gave it to him to drink. -- matthew 27:48 +. +But the rest said, "Leave him alone! Let's see if Elijah will come to save him." -- matthew 27:49 +. +Then Jesus cried out again with a loud voice and gave up his spirit. -- matthew 27:50 +. +Just then the temple curtain was torn in two, from top to bottom. The earth shook and the rocks were split apart. -- matthew 27:51 +. +And tombs were opened, and the bodies of many saints who had died were raised. -- matthew 27:52 +. +(They came out of the tombs after his resurrection and went into the holy city and appeared to many people.) -- matthew 27:53 +. +Now when the centurion and those with him who were guarding Jesus saw the earthquake and what took place, they were extremely terrified and said, "Truly this one was God's Son!" -- matthew 27:54 +. +Many women who had followed Jesus from Galilee and given him support were also there, watching from a distance. -- matthew 27:55 +. +Among them were Mary Magdalene, Mary the mother of James and Joseph, and the mother of the sons of Zebedee. -- matthew 27:56 +. +Now when it was evening, there came a rich man from Arimathea, named Joseph, who was also a disciple of Jesus. -- matthew 27:57 +. +He went to Pilate and asked for the body of Jesus. Then Pilate ordered that it be given to him. -- matthew 27:58 +. +Joseph took the body, wrapped it in a clean linen cloth, -- matthew 27:59 +. +and placed it in his own new tomb that he had cut in the rock. Then he rolled a great stone across the entrance of the tomb and went away. -- matthew 27:60 +. +(Now Mary Magdalene and the other Mary were sitting there, opposite the tomb.) -- matthew 27:61 +. +The next day (which is after the day of preparation) the chief priests and the Pharisees assembled before Pilate -- matthew 27:62 +. +and said, "Sir, we remember that while that deceiver was still alive he said, 'After three days I will rise again.' -- matthew 27:63 +. +So give orders to secure the tomb until the third day. Otherwise his disciples may come and steal his body and say to the people, 'He has been raised from the dead,' and the last deception will be worse than the first." -- matthew 27:64 +. +Pilate said to them, "Take a guard of soldiers. Go and make it as secure as you can." -- matthew 27:65 +. +So they went with the soldiers of the guard and made the tomb secure by sealing the stone. -- matthew 27:66 +. +Now after the Sabbath, at dawn on the first day of the week, Mary Magdalene and the other Mary went to look at the tomb. -- matthew 28:1 +. +Suddenly there was a severe earthquake, for an angel of the Lord descending from heaven came and rolled away the stone and sat on it. -- matthew 28:2 +. +His appearance was like lightning, and his clothes were white as snow. -- matthew 28:3 +. +The guards were shaken and became like dead men because they were so afraid of him. -- matthew 28:4 +. +But the angel said to the women, "Do not be afraid; I know that you are looking for Jesus, who was crucified. -- matthew 28:5 +. +He is not here, for he has been raised, just as he said. Come and see the place where he was lying. -- matthew 28:6 +. +Then go quickly and tell his disciples, 'He has been raised from the dead. He is going ahead of you into Galilee. You will see him there.' Listen, I have told you!" -- matthew 28:7 +. +So they left the tomb quickly, with fear and great joy, and ran to tell his disciples. -- matthew 28:8 +. +But Jesus met them, saying, "Greetings!" They came to him, held on to his feet and worshiped him. -- matthew 28:9 +. +Then Jesus said to them, "Do not be afraid. Go and tell my brothers to go to Galilee. They will see me there." -- matthew 28:10 +. +While they were going, some of the guard went into the city and told the chief priests everything that had happened. -- matthew 28:11 +. +After they had assembled with the elders and formed a plan, they gave a large sum of money to the soldiers, -- matthew 28:12 +. +telling them, "You are to say, 'His disciples came at night and stole his body while we were asleep.' -- matthew 28:13 +. +If this matter is heard before the governor, we will satisfy him and keep you out of trouble." -- matthew 28:14 +. +So they took the money and did as they were instructed. And this story is told among the Jews to this day. -- matthew 28:15 +. +So the eleven disciples went to Galilee to the mountain Jesus had designated. -- matthew 28:16 +. +When they saw him, they worshiped him, but some doubted. -- matthew 28:17 +. +Then Jesus came up and said to them, "All authority in heaven and on earth has been given to me. -- matthew 28:18 +. +Therefore go and make disciples of all nations, baptizing them in the name of the Father and the Son and the Holy Spirit, -- matthew 28:19 +. +teaching them to obey everything I have commanded you. And remember, I am with you always, to the end of the age." -- matthew 28:20 +. +The beginning of the gospel of Jesus Christ, the Son of God. -- mark 1:1 +. +As it is written in Isaiah the prophet, "Look, I am sending my messenger ahead of you, who will prepare your way, -- mark 1:2 +. +the voice of one shouting in the wilderness, 'Prepare the way for the Lord, make his paths straight.'" -- mark 1:3 +. +In the wilderness John the baptizer began preaching a baptism of repentance for the forgiveness of sins. -- mark 1:4 +. +People from the whole Judean countryside and all of Jerusalem were going out to him, and he was baptizing them in the Jordan River as they confessed their sins. -- mark 1:5 +. +John wore a garment made of camel's hair with a leather belt around his waist, and he ate locusts and wild honey. -- mark 1:6 +. +He proclaimed, "One more powerful than I am is coming after me; I am not worthy to bend down and untie the strap of his sandals. -- mark 1:7 +. +I baptize you with water, but he will baptize you with the Holy Spirit." -- mark 1:8 +. +Now in those days Jesus came from Nazareth in Galilee and was baptized by John in the Jordan River. -- mark 1:9 +. +And just as Jesus was coming up out of the water, he saw the heavens splitting apart and the Spirit descending on him like a dove. -- mark 1:10 +. +And a voice came from heaven: "You are my one dear Son; in you I take great delight." -- mark 1:11 +. +The Spirit immediately drove him into the wilderness. -- mark 1:12 +. +He was in the wilderness forty days, enduring temptations from Satan. He was with wild animals, and angels were ministering to his needs. -- mark 1:13 +. +Now after John was imprisoned, Jesus went into Galilee and proclaimed the gospel of God. -- mark 1:14 +. +He said, "The time is fulfilled and the kingdom of God is near. Repent and believe the gospel!" -- mark 1:15 +. +As he went along the Sea of Galilee, he saw Simon and Andrew, Simon's brother, casting a net into the sea (for they were fishermen). -- mark 1:16 +. +Jesus said to them, "Follow me, and I will turn you into fishers of people." -- mark 1:17 +. +They left their nets immediately and followed him. -- mark 1:18 +. +Going on a little farther, he saw James, the son of Zebedee, and John his brother in their boat mending nets. -- mark 1:19 +. +Immediately he called them, and they left their father Zebedee in the boat with the hired men and followed him. -- mark 1:20 +. +Then they went to Capernaum. When the Sabbath came, Jesus went into the synagogue and began to teach. -- mark 1:21 +. +The people there were amazed by his teaching, because he taught them like one who had authority, not like the experts in the law. -- mark 1:22 +. +Just then there was a man in their synagogue with an unclean spirit, and he cried out, -- mark 1:23 +. +"Leave us alone, Jesus the Nazarene! Have you come to destroy us? I know who you are - the Holy One of God!" -- mark 1:24 +. +But Jesus rebuked him: "Silence! Come out of him!" -- mark 1:25 +. +After throwing him into convulsions, the unclean spirit cried out with a loud voice and came out of him. -- mark 1:26 +. +They were all amazed so that they asked each other, "What is this? A new teaching with authority! He even commands the unclean spirits and they obey him." -- mark 1:27 +. +So the news about him spread quickly throughout all the region around Galilee. -- mark 1:28 +. +Now as soon as they left the synagogue, they entered Simon and Andrew's house, with James and John. -- mark 1:29 +. +Simon's mother-in-law was lying down, sick with a fever, so they spoke to Jesus at once about her. -- mark 1:30 +. +He came and raised her up by gently taking her hand. Then the fever left her and she began to serve them. -- mark 1:31 +. +When it was evening, after sunset, they brought to him all who were sick and demon-possessed. -- mark 1:32 +. +The whole town gathered by the door. -- mark 1:33 +. +So he healed many who were sick with various diseases and drove out many demons. But he would not permit the demons to speak, because they knew him. -- mark 1:34 +. +Then Jesus got up early in the morning when it was still very dark, departed, and went out to a deserted place, and there he spent time in prayer. -- mark 1:35 +. +Simon and his companions searched for him. -- mark 1:36 +. +When they found him, they said, "Everyone is looking for you." -- mark 1:37 +. +He replied, "Let us go elsewhere, into the surrounding villages, so that I can preach there too. For that is what I came out here to do." -- mark 1:38 +. +So he went into all of Galilee preaching in their synagogues and casting out demons. -- mark 1:39 +. +Now a leper came to him and fell to his knees, asking for help. "If you are willing, you can make me clean," he said. -- mark 1:40 +. +Moved with compassion, Jesus stretched out his hand and touched him, saying, "I am willing. Be clean!" -- mark 1:41 +. +The leprosy left him at once, and he was clean. -- mark 1:42 +. +Immediately Jesus sent the man away with a very strong warning. -- mark 1:43 +. +He told him, "See that you do not say anything to anyone, but go, show yourself to a priest, and bring the offering that Moses commanded for your cleansing, as a testimony to them." -- mark 1:44 +. +But as the man went out he began to announce it publicly and spread the story widely, so that Jesus was no longer able to enter any town openly but stayed outside in remote places. Still they kept coming to him from everywhere. -- mark 1:45 +. +Now after some days, when he returned to Capernaum, the news spread that he was at home. -- mark 2:1 +. +So many gathered that there was no longer any room, not even by the door, and he preached the word to them. -- mark 2:2 +. +Some people came bringing to him a paralytic, carried by four of them. -- mark 2:3 +. +When they were not able to bring him in because of the crowd, they removed the roof above Jesus. Then, after tearing it out, they lowered the stretcher the paralytic was lying on. -- mark 2:4 +. +When Jesus saw their faith, he said to the paralytic, "Son, your sins are forgiven." -- mark 2:5 +. +Now some of the experts in the law were sitting there, turning these things over in their minds: -- mark 2:6 +. +"Why does this man speak this way? He is blaspheming! Who can forgive sins but God alone?" -- mark 2:7 +. +Now immediately, when Jesus realized in his spirit that they were contemplating such thoughts, he said to them, "Why are you thinking such things in your hearts? -- mark 2:8 +. +Which is easier, to say to the paralytic, 'Your sins are forgiven,' or to say, 'Stand up, take your stretcher, and walk'? -- mark 2:9 +. +But so that you may know that the Son of Man has authority on earth to forgive sins," - he said to the paralytic - -- mark 2:10 +. +"I tell you, stand up, take your stretcher, and go home." -- mark 2:11 +. +And immediately the man stood up, took his stretcher, and went out in front of them all. They were all amazed and glorified God, saying, "We have never seen anything like this!" -- mark 2:12 +. +Jesus went out again by the sea. The whole crowd came to him, and he taught them. -- mark 2:13 +. +As he went along, he saw Levi, the son of Alphaeus, sitting at the tax booth. "Follow me," he said to him. And he got up and followed him. -- mark 2:14 +. +As Jesus was having a meal in Levi's home, many tax collectors and sinners were eating with Jesus and his disciples, for there were many who followed him. -- mark 2:15 +. +When the experts in the law and the Pharisees saw that he was eating with sinners and tax collectors, they said to his disciples, "Why does he eat with tax collectors and sinners?" -- mark 2:16 +. +When Jesus heard this he said to them, "Those who are healthy don't need a physician, but those who are sick do. I have not come to call the righteous, but sinners." -- mark 2:17 +. +Now John's disciples and the Pharisees were fasting. So they came to Jesus and said, "Why do the disciples of John and the disciples of the Pharisees fast, but your disciples don't fast?" -- mark 2:18 +. +Jesus said to them, "The wedding guests cannot fast while the bridegroom is with them, can they? As long as they have the bridegroom with them they do not fast. -- mark 2:19 +. +But the days are coming when the bridegroom will be taken from them, and at that time they will fast. -- mark 2:20 +. +No one sews a patch of unshrunk cloth on an old garment; otherwise, the patch pulls away from it, the new from the old, and the tear becomes worse. -- mark 2:21 +. +And no one pours new wine into old wineskins; otherwise, the wine will burst the skins, and both the wine and the skins will be destroyed. Instead new wine is poured into new wineskins." -- mark 2:22 +. +Jesus was going through the grain fields on a Sabbath, and his disciples began to pick some heads of wheat as they made their way. -- mark 2:23 +. +So the Pharisees said to him, "Look, why are they doing what is against the law on the Sabbath?" -- mark 2:24 +. +He said to them, "Have you never read what David did when he was in need and he and his companions were hungry - -- mark 2:25 +. +how he entered the house of God when Abiathar was high priest and ate the sacred bread, which is against the law for any but the priests to eat, and also gave it to his companions?" -- mark 2:26 +. +Then he said to them, "The Sabbath was made for people, not people for the Sabbath. -- mark 2:27 +. +For this reason the Son of Man is lord even of the Sabbath." -- mark 2:28 +. +Then Jesus entered the synagogue again, and a man was there who had a withered hand. -- mark 3:1 +. +They watched Jesus closely to see if he would heal him on the Sabbath, so that they could accuse him. -- mark 3:2 +. +So he said to the man who had the withered hand, "Stand up among all these people." -- mark 3:3 +. +Then he said to them, "Is it lawful to do good on the Sabbath, or evil, to save a life or destroy it?" But they were silent. -- mark 3:4 +. +After looking around at them in anger, grieved by the hardness of their hearts, he said to the man, "Stretch out your hand." He stretched it out, and his hand was restored. -- mark 3:5 +. +So the Pharisees went out immediately and began plotting with the Herodians, as to how they could assassinate him. -- mark 3:6 +. +Then Jesus went away with his disciples to the sea, and a great multitude from Galilee followed him. And from Judea, -- mark 3:7 +. +Jerusalem, Idumea, beyond the Jordan River, and around Tyre and Sidon a great multitude came to him when they heard about the things he had done. -- mark 3:8 +. +Because of the crowd, he told his disciples to have a small boat ready for him so the crowd would not press toward him. -- mark 3:9 +. +For he had healed many, so that all who were afflicted with diseases pressed toward him in order to touch him. -- mark 3:10 +. +And whenever the unclean spirits saw him, they fell down before him and cried out, "You are the Son of God." -- mark 3:11 +. +But he sternly ordered them not to make him known. -- mark 3:12 +. +Now Jesus went up the mountain and called for those he wanted, and they came to him. -- mark 3:13 +. +He appointed twelve (whom he named apostles), so that they would be with him and he could send them to preach -- mark 3:14 +. +and to have authority to cast out demons. -- mark 3:15 +. +He appointed twelve: To Simon he gave the name Peter; -- mark 3:16 +. +to James and his brother John, the sons of Zebedee, he gave the name Boanerges (that is, "sons of thunder"); -- mark 3:17 +. +and Andrew, Philip, Bartholomew, Matthew, Thomas, James the son of Alphaeus, Thaddaeus, Simon the Zealot, -- mark 3:18 +. +and Judas Iscariot, who betrayed him. -- mark 3:19 +. +Now Jesus went home, and a crowd gathered so that they were not able to eat. -- mark 3:20 +. +When his family heard this they went out to restrain him, for they said, "He is out of his mind." -- mark 3:21 +. +The experts in the law who came down from Jerusalem said, "He is possessed by Beelzebul," and, "By the ruler of demons he casts out demons." -- mark 3:22 +. +So he called them and spoke to them in parables: "How can Satan cast out Satan? -- mark 3:23 +. +If a kingdom is divided against itself, that kingdom will not be able to stand. -- mark 3:24 +. +If a house is divided against itself, that house will not be able to stand. -- mark 3:25 +. +And if Satan rises against himself and is divided, he is not able to stand and his end has come. -- mark 3:26 +. +But no one is able to enter a strong man's house and steal his property unless he first ties up the strong man. Then he can thoroughly plunder his house. -- mark 3:27 +. +I tell you the truth, people will be forgiven for all sins, even all the blasphemies they utter. -- mark 3:28 +. +But whoever blasphemes against the Holy Spirit will never be forgiven, but is guilty of an eternal sin" -- mark 3:29 +. +(because they said, "He has an unclean spirit"). -- mark 3:30 +. +Then Jesus' mother and his brothers came. Standing outside, they sent word to him, to summon him. -- mark 3:31 +. +A crowd was sitting around him and they said to him, "Look, your mother and your brothers are outside looking for you." -- mark 3:32 +. +He answered them and said, "Who are my mother and my brothers?" -- mark 3:33 +. +And looking at those who were sitting around him in a circle, he said, "Here are my mother and my brothers! -- mark 3:34 +. +For whoever does the will of God is my brother and sister and mother." -- mark 3:35 +. +Again he began to teach by the lake. Such a large crowd gathered around him that he got into a boat on the lake and sat there while the whole crowd was on the shore by the lake. -- mark 4:1 +. +He taught them many things in parables, and in his teaching said to them: -- mark 4:2 +. +"Listen! A sower went out to sow. -- mark 4:3 +. +And as he sowed, some seed fell along the path, and the birds came and devoured it. -- mark 4:4 +. +Other seed fell on rocky ground where it did not have much soil. It sprang up at once because the soil was not deep. -- mark 4:5 +. +When the sun came up it was scorched, and because it did not have sufficient root, it withered. -- mark 4:6 +. +Other seed fell among the thorns, and they grew up and choked it, and it did not produce grain. -- mark 4:7 +. +But other seed fell on good soil and produced grain, sprouting and growing; some yielded thirty times as much, some sixty, and some a hundred times." -- mark 4:8 +. +And he said, "Whoever has ears to hear had better listen!" -- mark 4:9 +. +When he was alone, those around him with the twelve asked him about the parables. -- mark 4:10 +. +He said to them, "The secret of the kingdom of God has been given to you. But to those outside, everything is in parables, -- mark 4:11 +. +so that although they look they may look but not see, and although they hear they may hear but not understand, so they may not repent and be forgiven." -- mark 4:12 +. +He said to them, "Don't you understand this parable? Then how will you understand any parable? -- mark 4:13 +. +The sower sows the word. -- mark 4:14 +. +These are the ones on the path where the word is sown: Whenever they hear, immediately Satan comes and snatches the word that was sown in them. -- mark 4:15 +. +These are the ones sown on rocky ground: As soon as they hear the word, they receive it with joy. -- mark 4:16 +. +But they have no root in themselves and do not endure. Then, when trouble or persecution comes because of the word, immediately they fall away. -- mark 4:17 +. +Others are the ones sown among thorns: They are those who hear the word, -- mark 4:18 +. +but worldly cares, the seductiveness of wealth, and the desire for other things come in and choke the word, and it produces nothing. -- mark 4:19 +. +But these are the ones sown on good soil: They hear the word and receive it and bear fruit, one thirty times as much, one sixty, and one a hundred." -- mark 4:20 +. +He also said to them, "A lamp isn't brought to be put under a basket or under a bed, is it? Isn't it to be placed on a lampstand? -- mark 4:21 +. +For nothing is hidden except to be revealed, and nothing concealed except to be brought to light. -- mark 4:22 +. +If anyone has ears to hear, he had better listen!" -- mark 4:23 +. +And he said to them, "Take care about what you hear. The measure you use will be the measure you receive, and more will be added to you. -- mark 4:24 +. +For whoever has will be given more, but whoever does not have, even what he has will be taken from him." -- mark 4:25 +. +He also said, "The kingdom of God is like someone who spreads seed on the ground. -- mark 4:26 +. +He goes to sleep and gets up, night and day, and the seed sprouts and grows, though he does not know how. -- mark 4:27 +. +By itself the soil produces a crop, first the stalk, then the head, then the full grain in the head. -- mark 4:28 +. +And when the grain is ripe, he sends in the sickle because the harvest has come." -- mark 4:29 +. +He also asked, "To what can we compare the kingdom of God, or what parable can we use to present it? -- mark 4:30 +. +It is like a mustard seed that when sown in the ground, even though it is the smallest of all the seeds in the ground - -- mark 4:31 +. +when it is sown, it grows up, becomes the greatest of all garden plants, and grows large branches so that the wild birds can nest in its shade." -- mark 4:32 +. +So with many parables like these, he spoke the word to them, as they were able to hear. -- mark 4:33 +. +He did not speak to them without a parable. But privately he explained everything to his own disciples. -- mark 4:34 +. +On that day, when evening came, Jesus said to his disciples, "Let's go across to the other side of the lake." -- mark 4:35 +. +So after leaving the crowd, they took him along, just as he was, in the boat, and other boats were with him. -- mark 4:36 +. +Now a great windstorm developed and the waves were breaking into the boat, so that the boat was nearly swamped. -- mark 4:37 +. +But he was in the stern, sleeping on a cushion. They woke him up and said to him, "Teacher, don't you care that we are about to die?" -- mark 4:38 +. +So he got up and rebuked the wind, and said to the sea, "Be quiet! Calm down!" Then the wind stopped, and it was dead calm. -- mark 4:39 +. +And he said to them, "Why are you cowardly? Do you still not have faith?" -- mark 4:40 +. +They were overwhelmed by fear and said to one another, "Who then is this? Even the wind and sea obey him!" -- mark 4:41 +. +So they came to the other side of the lake, to the region of the Gerasenes. -- mark 5:1 +. +Just as Jesus was getting out of the boat, a man with an unclean spirit came from the tombs and met him. -- mark 5:2 +. +He lived among the tombs, and no one could bind him anymore, not even with a chain. -- mark 5:3 +. +For his hands and feet had often been bound with chains and shackles, but he had torn the chains apart and broken the shackles in pieces. No one was strong enough to subdue him. -- mark 5:4 +. +Each night and every day among the tombs and in the mountains, he would cry out and cut himself with stones. -- mark 5:5 +. +When he saw Jesus from a distance, he ran and bowed down before him. -- mark 5:6 +. +Then he cried out with a loud voice, "Leave me alone, Jesus, Son of the Most High God! I implore you by God - do not torment me!" -- mark 5:7 +. +(For Jesus had said to him, "Come out of that man, you unclean spirit!") -- mark 5:8 +. +Jesus asked him, "What is your name?" And he said, "My name is Legion, for we are many." -- mark 5:9 +. +He begged Jesus repeatedly not to send them out of the region. -- mark 5:10 +. +There on the hillside, a great herd of pigs was feeding. -- mark 5:11 +. +And the demonic spirits begged him, "Send us into the pigs. Let us enter them." -- mark 5:12 +. +Jesus gave them permission. So the unclean spirits came out and went into the pigs. Then the herd rushed down the steep slope into the lake, and about two thousand were drowned in the lake. -- mark 5:13 +. +Now the herdsmen ran off and spread the news in the town and countryside, and the people went out to see what had happened. -- mark 5:14 +. +They came to Jesus and saw the demon-possessed man sitting there, clothed and in his right mind - the one who had the "Legion" - and they were afraid. -- mark 5:15 +. +Those who had seen what had happened to the demon-possessed man reported it, and they also told about the pigs. -- mark 5:16 +. +Then they asked Jesus to leave their region. -- mark 5:17 +. +As he was getting into the boat the man who had been demon-possessed asked if he could go with him. -- mark 5:18 +. +But Jesus did not permit him to do so. Instead, he said to him, "Go to your home and to your people and tell them what the Lord has done for you, that he had mercy on you." -- mark 5:19 +. +So he went away and began to proclaim in the Decapolis what Jesus had done for him, and all were amazed. -- mark 5:20 +. +When Jesus had crossed again in a boat to the other side, a large crowd gathered around him, and he was by the sea. -- mark 5:21 +. +Then one of the synagogue rulers, named Jairus, came up, and when he saw Jesus, he fell at his feet. -- mark 5:22 +. +He asked him urgently, "My little daughter is near death. Come and lay your hands on her so that she may be healed and live." -- mark 5:23 +. +Jesus went with him, and a large crowd followed and pressed around him. -- mark 5:24 +. +Now a woman was there who had been suffering from a hemorrhage for twelve years. -- mark 5:25 +. +She had endured a great deal under the care of many doctors and had spent all that she had. Yet instead of getting better, she grew worse. -- mark 5:26 +. +When she heard about Jesus, she came up behind him in the crowd and touched his cloak, -- mark 5:27 +. +for she kept saying, "If only I touch his clothes, I will be healed." -- mark 5:28 +. +At once the bleeding stopped, and she felt in her body that she was healed of her disease. -- mark 5:29 +. +Jesus knew at once that power had gone out from him. He turned around in the crowd and said, "Who touched my clothes?" -- mark 5:30 +. +His disciples said to him, "You see the crowd pressing against you and you say, 'Who touched me?'" -- mark 5:31 +. +But he looked around to see who had done it. -- mark 5:32 +. +Then the woman, with fear and trembling, knowing what had happened to her, came and fell down before him and told him the whole truth. -- mark 5:33 +. +He said to her, "Daughter, your faith has made you well. Go in peace, and be healed of your disease." -- mark 5:34 +. +While he was still speaking, people came from the synagogue ruler's house saying, "Your daughter has died. Why trouble the teacher any longer?" -- mark 5:35 +. +But Jesus, paying no attention to what was said, told the synagogue ruler, "Do not be afraid; just believe." -- mark 5:36 +. +He did not let anyone follow him except Peter, James, and John, the brother of James. -- mark 5:37 +. +They came to the house of the synagogue ruler where he saw noisy confusion and people weeping and wailing loudly. -- mark 5:38 +. +When he entered he said to them, "Why are you distressed and weeping? The child is not dead but asleep." -- mark 5:39 +. +And they began making fun of him. But he put them all outside and he took the child's father and mother and his own companions and went into the room where the child was. -- mark 5:40 +. +Then, gently taking the child by the hand, he said to her, "Talitha koum," which means, "Little girl, I say to you, get up." -- mark 5:41 +. +The girl got up at once and began to walk around (she was twelve years old). They were completely astonished at this. -- mark 5:42 +. +He strictly ordered that no one should know about this, and told them to give her something to eat. -- mark 5:43 +. +Now Jesus left that place and came to his hometown, and his disciples followed him. -- mark 6:1 +. +When the Sabbath came, he began to teach in the synagogue. Many who heard him were astonished, saying, "Where did he get these ideas? And what is this wisdom that has been given to him? What are these miracles that are done through his hands? -- mark 6:2 +. +Isn't this the carpenter, the son of Mary and brother of James, Joses, Judas, and Simon? And aren't his sisters here with us?" And so they took offense at him. -- mark 6:3 +. +Then Jesus said to them, "A prophet is not without honor except in his hometown, and among his relatives, and in his own house." -- mark 6:4 +. +He was not able to do a miracle there, except to lay his hands on a few sick people and heal them. -- mark 6:5 +. +And he was amazed because of their unbelief. Then he went around among the villages and taught. -- mark 6:6 +. +Jesus called the twelve and began to send them out two by two. He gave them authority over the unclean spirits. -- mark 6:7 +. +He instructed them to take nothing for the journey except a staff - no bread, no bag, no money in their belts - -- mark 6:8 +. +and to put on sandals but not to wear two tunics. -- mark 6:9 +. +He said to them, "Wherever you enter a house, stay there until you leave the area. -- mark 6:10 +. +If a place will not welcome you or listen to you, as you go out from there, shake the dust off your feet as a testimony against them." -- mark 6:11 +. +So they went out and preached that all should repent. -- mark 6:12 +. +They cast out many demons and anointed many sick people with oil and healed them. -- mark 6:13 +. +Now King Herod heard this, for Jesus' name had become known. Some were saying, "John the baptizer has been raised from the dead, and because of this, miraculous powers are at work in him." -- mark 6:14 +. +Others said, "He is Elijah." Others said, "He is a prophet, like one of the prophets from the past." -- mark 6:15 +. +But when Herod heard this, he said, "John, whom I beheaded, has been raised!" -- mark 6:16 +. +For Herod himself had sent men, arrested John, and bound him in prison on account of Herodias, his brother Philip's wife, because Herod had married her. -- mark 6:17 +. +For John had repeatedly told Herod, "It is not lawful for you to have your brother's wife." -- mark 6:18 +. +So Herodias nursed a grudge against him and wanted to kill him. But she could not -- mark 6:19 +. +because Herod stood in awe of John and protected him, since he knew that John was a righteous and holy man. When Herod heard him, he was thoroughly baffled, and yet he liked to listen to John. -- mark 6:20 +. +But a suitable day came, when Herod gave a banquet on his birthday for his court officials, military commanders, and leaders of Galilee. -- mark 6:21 +. +When his daughter Herodias came in and danced, she pleased Herod and his dinner guests. The king said to the girl, "Ask me for whatever you want and I will give it to you." -- mark 6:22 +. +He swore to her, "Whatever you ask I will give you, up to half my kingdom." -- mark 6:23 +. +So she went out and said to her mother, "What should I ask for?" Her mother said, "The head of John the baptizer." -- mark 6:24 +. +Immediately she hurried back to the king and made her request: "I want the head of John the Baptist on a platter immediately." -- mark 6:25 +. +Although it grieved the king deeply, he did not want to reject her request because of his oath and his guests. -- mark 6:26 +. +So the king sent an executioner at once to bring John's head, and he went and beheaded John in prison. -- mark 6:27 +. +He brought his head on a platter and gave it to the girl, and the girl gave it to her mother. -- mark 6:28 +. +When John's disciples heard this, they came and took his body and placed it in a tomb. -- mark 6:29 +. +Then the apostles gathered around Jesus and told him everything they had done and taught. -- mark 6:30 +. +He said to them, "Come with me privately to an isolated place and rest a while" (for many were coming and going, and there was no time to eat). -- mark 6:31 +. +So they went away by themselves in a boat to some remote place. -- mark 6:32 +. +But many saw them leaving and recognized them, and they hurried on foot from all the towns and arrived there ahead of them. -- mark 6:33 +. +As Jesus came ashore he saw the large crowd and he had compassion on them, because they were like sheep without a shepherd. So he taught them many things. -- mark 6:34 +. +When it was already late, his disciples came to him and said, "This is an isolated place and it is already very late. -- mark 6:35 +. +Send them away so that they can go into the surrounding countryside and villages and buy something for themselves to eat." -- mark 6:36 +. +But he answered them, "You give them something to eat." And they said, "Should we go and buy bread for two hundred silver coins and give it to them to eat?" -- mark 6:37 +. +He said to them, "How many loaves do you have? Go and see." When they found out, they said, "Five - and two fish." -- mark 6:38 +. +Then he directed them all to sit down in groups on the green grass. -- mark 6:39 +. +So they reclined in groups of hundreds and fifties. -- mark 6:40 +. +He took the five loaves and the two fish, and looking up to heaven, he gave thanks and broke the loaves. He gave them to his disciples to serve the people, and he divided the two fish among them all. -- mark 6:41 +. +They all ate and were satisfied, -- mark 6:42 +. +and they picked up the broken pieces and fish that were left over, twelve baskets full. -- mark 6:43 +. +Now there were five thousand men who ate the bread. -- mark 6:44 +. +Immediately Jesus made his disciples get into the boat and go on ahead to the other side, to Bethsaida, while he dispersed the crowd. -- mark 6:45 +. +After saying good-bye to them, he went to the mountain to pray. -- mark 6:46 +. +When evening came, the boat was in the middle of the sea and he was alone on the land. -- mark 6:47 +. +He saw them straining at the oars, because the wind was against them. As the night was ending, he came to them walking on the sea, for he wanted to pass by them. -- mark 6:48 +. +When they saw him walking on the water they thought he was a ghost. They cried out, -- mark 6:49 +. +for they all saw him and were terrified. But immediately he spoke to them: "Have courage! It is I. Do not be afraid." -- mark 6:50 +. +Then he went up with them into the boat, and the wind ceased. They were completely astonished, -- mark 6:51 +. +because they did not understand about the loaves, but their hearts were hardened. -- mark 6:52 +. +After they had crossed over, they came to land at Gennesaret and anchored there. -- mark 6:53 +. +As they got out of the boat, people immediately recognized Jesus. -- mark 6:54 +. +They ran through that whole region and began to bring the sick on mats to wherever he was rumored to be. -- mark 6:55 +. +And wherever he would go - into villages, towns, or countryside - they would place the sick in the marketplaces, and would ask him if they could just touch the edge of his cloak, and all who touched it were healed. -- mark 6:56 +. +Now the Pharisees and some of the experts in the law who came from Jerusalem gathered around him. -- mark 7:1 +. +And they saw that some of Jesus' disciples ate their bread with unclean hands, that is, unwashed. -- mark 7:2 +. +(For the Pharisees and all the Jews do not eat unless they perform a ritual washing, holding fast to the tradition of the elders. -- mark 7:3 +. +And when they come from the marketplace, they do not eat unless they wash. They hold fast to many other traditions: the washing of cups, pots, kettles, and dining couches.) -- mark 7:4 +. +The Pharisees and the experts in the law asked him, "Why do your disciples not live according to the tradition of the elders, but eat with unwashed hands?" -- mark 7:5 +. +He said to them, "Isaiah prophesied correctly about you hypocrites, as it is written: 'This people honors me with their lips, but their heart is far from me. -- mark 7:6 +. +They worship me in vain, teaching as doctrine the commandments of men.' -- mark 7:7 +. +Having no regard for the command of God, you hold fast to human tradition." -- mark 7:8 +. +He also said to them, "You neatly reject the commandment of God in order to set up your tradition. -- mark 7:9 +. +For Moses said, 'Honor your father and your mother,' and, 'Whoever insults his father or mother must be put to death.' -- mark 7:10 +. +But you say that if anyone tells his father or mother, 'Whatever help you would have received from me is corban' (that is, a gift for God), -- mark 7:11 +. +then you no longer permit him to do anything for his father or mother. -- mark 7:12 +. +Thus you nullify the word of God by your tradition that you have handed down. And you do many things like this." -- mark 7:13 +. +Then he called the crowd again and said to them, "Listen to me, everyone, and understand. -- mark 7:14 +. +There is nothing outside of a person that can defile him by going into him. Rather, it is what comes out of a person that defiles him." -- mark 7:15 +. +[[EMPTY]] -- mark 7:16 +. +Now when Jesus had left the crowd and entered the house, his disciples asked him about the parable. -- mark 7:17 +. +He said to them, "Are you so foolish? Don't you understand that whatever goes into a person from outside cannot defile him? -- mark 7:18 +. +For it does not enter his heart but his stomach, and then goes out into the sewer." (This means all foods are clean.) -- mark 7:19 +. +He said, "What comes out of a person defiles him. -- mark 7:20 +. +For from within, out of the human heart, come evil ideas, sexual immorality, theft, murder, -- mark 7:21 +. +adultery, greed, evil, deceit, debauchery, envy, slander, pride, and folly. -- mark 7:22 +. +All these evils come from within and defile a person." -- mark 7:23 +. +After Jesus left there, he went to the region of Tyre. When he went into a house, he did not want anyone to know, but he was not able to escape notice. -- mark 7:24 +. +Instead, a woman whose young daughter had an unclean spirit immediately heard about him and came and fell at his feet. -- mark 7:25 +. +The woman was a Greek, of Syrophoenician origin. She asked him to cast the demon out of her daughter. -- mark 7:26 +. +He said to her, "Let the children be satisfied first, for it is not right to take the children's bread and to throw it to the dogs." -- mark 7:27 +. +She answered, "Yes, Lord, but even the dogs under the table eat the children's crumbs." -- mark 7:28 +. +Then he said to her, "Because you said this, you may go. The demon has left your daughter." -- mark 7:29 +. +She went home and found the child lying on the bed, and the demon gone. -- mark 7:30 +. +Then Jesus went out again from the region of Tyre and came through Sidon to the Sea of Galilee in the region of the Decapolis. -- mark 7:31 +. +They brought to him a deaf man who had difficulty speaking, and they asked him to place his hands on him. -- mark 7:32 +. +After Jesus took him aside privately, away from the crowd, he put his fingers in the man's ears, and after spitting, he touched his tongue. -- mark 7:33 +. +Then he looked up to heaven and said with a sigh, "Ephphatha" (that is, "Be opened"). -- mark 7:34 +. +And immediately the man's ears were opened, his tongue loosened, and he spoke plainly. -- mark 7:35 +. +Jesus ordered them not to tell anything. But as much as he ordered them not to do this, they proclaimed it all the more. -- mark 7:36 +. +People were completely astounded and said, "He has done everything well. He even makes the deaf hear and the mute speak." -- mark 7:37 +. +In those days there was another large crowd with nothing to eat. So Jesus called his disciples and said to them, -- mark 8:1 +. +"I have compassion on the crowd, because they have already been here with me three days, and they have nothing to eat. -- mark 8:2 +. +If I send them home hungry, they will faint on the way, and some of them have come from a great distance." -- mark 8:3 +. +His disciples answered him, "Where can someone get enough bread in this desolate place to satisfy these people?" -- mark 8:4 +. +He asked them, "How many loaves do you have?" They replied, "Seven." -- mark 8:5 +. +Then he directed the crowd to sit down on the ground. After he took the seven loaves and gave thanks, he broke them and began giving them to the disciples to serve. So they served the crowd. -- mark 8:6 +. +They also had a few small fish. After giving thanks for these, he told them to serve these as well. -- mark 8:7 +. +Everyone ate and was satisfied, and they picked up the broken pieces left over, seven baskets full. -- mark 8:8 +. +There were about four thousand who ate. Then he dismissed them. -- mark 8:9 +. +Immediately he got into a boat with his disciples and went to the district of Dalmanutha. -- mark 8:10 +. +Then the Pharisees came and began to argue with Jesus, asking for a sign from heaven to test him. -- mark 8:11 +. +Sighing deeply in his spirit he said, "Why does this generation look for a sign? I tell you the truth, no sign will be given to this generation." -- mark 8:12 +. +Then he left them, got back into the boat, and went to the other side. -- mark 8:13 +. +Now they had forgotten to take bread, except for one loaf they had with them in the boat. -- mark 8:14 +. +And Jesus ordered them, "Watch out! Beware of the yeast of the Pharisees and the yeast of Herod!" -- mark 8:15 +. +So they began to discuss with one another about having no bread. -- mark 8:16 +. +When he learned of this, Jesus said to them, "Why are you arguing about having no bread? Do you still not see or understand? Have your hearts been hardened? -- mark 8:17 +. +Though you have eyes, don't you see? And though you have ears, can't you hear? Don't you remember? -- mark 8:18 +. +When I broke the five loaves for the five thousand, how many baskets full of pieces did you pick up?" They replied, "Twelve." -- mark 8:19 +. +"When I broke the seven loaves for the four thousand, how many baskets full of pieces did you pick up?" They replied, "Seven." -- mark 8:20 +. +Then he said to them, "Do you still not understand?" -- mark 8:21 +. +Then they came to Bethsaida. They brought a blind man to Jesus and asked him to touch him. -- mark 8:22 +. +He took the blind man by the hand and brought him outside of the village. Then he spit on his eyes, placed his hands on his eyes and asked, "Do you see anything?" -- mark 8:23 +. +Regaining his sight he said, "I see people, but they look like trees walking." -- mark 8:24 +. +Then Jesus placed his hands on the man's eyes again. And he opened his eyes, his sight was restored, and he saw everything clearly. -- mark 8:25 +. +Jesus sent him home, saying, "Do not even go into the village." -- mark 8:26 +. +Then Jesus and his disciples went to the villages of Caesarea Philippi. On the way he asked his disciples, "Who do people say that I am?" -- mark 8:27 +. +They said, "John the Baptist, others say Elijah, and still others, one of the prophets." -- mark 8:28 +. +He asked them, "But who do you say that I am?" Peter answered him, "You are the Christ." -- mark 8:29 +. +Then he warned them not to tell anyone about him. -- mark 8:30 +. +Then Jesus began to teach them that the Son of Man must suffer many things and be rejected by the elders, chief priests, and experts in the law, and be killed, and after three days rise again. -- mark 8:31 +. +He spoke openly about this. So Peter took him aside and began to rebuke him. -- mark 8:32 +. +But after turning and looking at his disciples, he rebuked Peter and said, "Get behind me, Satan. You are not setting your mind on God's interests, but on man's." -- mark 8:33 +. +Then Jesus called the crowd, along with his disciples, and said to them, "If anyone wants to become my follower, he must deny himself, take up his cross, and follow me. -- mark 8:34 +. +For whoever wants to save his life will lose it, but whoever loses his life for my sake and for the gospel will save it. -- mark 8:35 +. +For what benefit is it for a person to gain the whole world, yet forfeit his life? -- mark 8:36 +. +What can a person give in exchange for his life? -- mark 8:37 +. +For if anyone is ashamed of me and my words in this adulterous and sinful generation, the Son of Man will also be ashamed of him when he comes in the glory of his Father with the holy angels." -- mark 8:38 +. +And he said to them, "I tell you the truth, there are some standing here who will not experience death before they see the kingdom of God come with power." -- mark 9:1 +. +Six days later Jesus took with him Peter, James, and John and led them alone up a high mountain privately. And he was transfigured before them, -- mark 9:2 +. +and his clothes became radiantly white, more so than any launderer in the world could bleach them. -- mark 9:3 +. +Then Elijah appeared before them along with Moses, and they were talking with Jesus. -- mark 9:4 +. +So Peter said to Jesus, "Rabbi, it is good for us to be here. Let us make three shelters - one for you, one for Moses, and one for Elijah." -- mark 9:5 +. +(For they were afraid, and he did not know what to say.) -- mark 9:6 +. +Then a cloud overshadowed them, and a voice came from the cloud, "This is my one dear Son. Listen to him!" -- mark 9:7 +. +Suddenly when they looked around, they saw no one with them any more except Jesus. -- mark 9:8 +. +As they were coming down from the mountain, he gave them orders not to tell anyone what they had seen until after the Son of Man had risen from the dead. -- mark 9:9 +. +They kept this statement to themselves, discussing what this rising from the dead meant. -- mark 9:10 +. +Then they asked him, "Why do the experts in the law say that Elijah must come first?" -- mark 9:11 +. +He said to them, "Elijah does indeed come first, and restores all things. And why is it written that the Son of Man must suffer many things and be despised? -- mark 9:12 +. +But I tell you that Elijah has certainly come, and they did to him whatever they wanted, just as it is written about him." -- mark 9:13 +. +When they came to the disciples, they saw a large crowd around them and experts in the law arguing with them. -- mark 9:14 +. +When the whole crowd saw him, they were amazed and ran at once and greeted him. -- mark 9:15 +. +He asked them, "What are you arguing about with them?" -- mark 9:16 +. +A member of the crowd said to him, "Teacher, I brought you my son, who is possessed by a spirit that makes him mute. -- mark 9:17 +. +Whenever it seizes him, it throws him down, and he foams at the mouth, grinds his teeth, and becomes rigid. I asked your disciples to cast it out, but they were not able to do so." -- mark 9:18 +. +He answered them, "You unbelieving generation! How much longer must I be with you? How much longer must I endure you? Bring him to me." -- mark 9:19 +. +So they brought the boy to him. When the spirit saw him, it immediately threw the boy into a convulsion. He fell on the ground and rolled around, foaming at the mouth. -- mark 9:20 +. +Jesus asked his father, "How long has this been happening to him?" And he said, "From childhood. -- mark 9:21 +. +It has often thrown him into fire or water to destroy him. But if you are able to do anything, have compassion on us and help us." -- mark 9:22 +. +Then Jesus said to him, "'If you are able?' All things are possible for the one who believes." -- mark 9:23 +. +Immediately the father of the boy cried out and said, "I believe; help my unbelief!" -- mark 9:24 +. +Now when Jesus saw that a crowd was quickly gathering, he rebuked the unclean spirit, saying to it, "Mute and deaf spirit, I command you, come out of him and never enter him again." -- mark 9:25 +. +It shrieked, threw him into terrible convulsions, and came out. The boy looked so much like a corpse that many said, "He is dead!" -- mark 9:26 +. +But Jesus gently took his hand and raised him to his feet, and he stood up. -- mark 9:27 +. +Then, after he went into the house, his disciples asked him privately, "Why couldn't we cast it out?" -- mark 9:28 +. +He told them, "This kind can come out only by prayer." -- mark 9:29 +. +They went out from there and passed through Galilee. But Jesus did not want anyone to know, -- mark 9:30 +. +for he was teaching his disciples and telling them, "The Son of Man will be betrayed into the hands of men. They will kill him, and after three days he will rise." -- mark 9:31 +. +But they did not understand this statement and were afraid to ask him. -- mark 9:32 +. +Then they came to Capernaum. After Jesus was inside the house he asked them, "What were you discussing on the way?" -- mark 9:33 +. +But they were silent, for on the way they had argued with one another about who was the greatest. -- mark 9:34 +. +After he sat down, he called the twelve and said to them, "If anyone wants to be first, he must be last of all and servant of all." -- mark 9:35 +. +He took a little child and had him stand among them. Taking him in his arms, he said to them, -- mark 9:36 +. +"Whoever welcomes one of these little children in my name welcomes me, and whoever welcomes me does not welcome me but the one who sent me." -- mark 9:37 +. +John said to him, "Teacher, we saw someone casting out demons in your name, and we tried to stop him because he was not following us." -- mark 9:38 +. +But Jesus said, "Do not stop him, because no one who does a miracle in my name will be able soon afterward to say anything bad about me. -- mark 9:39 +. +For whoever is not against us is for us. -- mark 9:40 +. +For I tell you the truth, whoever gives you a cup of water because you bear Christ's name will never lose his reward. -- mark 9:41 +. +"If anyone causes one of these little ones who believe in me to sin, it would be better for him to have a huge millstone tied around his neck and to be thrown into the sea. -- mark 9:42 +. +If your hand causes you to sin, cut it off! It is better for you to enter into life crippled than to have two hands and go into hell, to the unquenchable fire. -- mark 9:43 +. +[[EMPTY]] -- mark 9:44 +. +If your foot causes you to sin, cut it off! It is better to enter life lame than to have two feet and be thrown into hell. -- mark 9:45 +. +[[EMPTY]] -- mark 9:46 +. +If your eye causes you to sin, tear it out! It is better to enter into the kingdom of God with one eye than to have two eyes and be thrown into hell, -- mark 9:47 +. +where their worm never dies and the fire is never quenched. -- mark 9:48 +. +Everyone will be salted with fire. -- mark 9:49 +. +Salt is good, but if it loses its saltiness, how can you make it salty again? Have salt in yourselves, and be at peace with each other." -- mark 9:50 +. +Then Jesus left that place and went to the region of Judea and beyond the Jordan River. Again crowds gathered to him, and again, as was his custom, he taught them. -- mark 10:1 +. +Then some Pharisees came, and to test him they asked, "Is it lawful for a man to divorce his wife?" -- mark 10:2 +. +He answered them, "What did Moses command you?" -- mark 10:3 +. +They said, "Moses permitted a man to write a certificate of dismissal and to divorce her." -- mark 10:4 +. +But Jesus said to them, "He wrote this commandment for you because of your hard hearts. -- mark 10:5 +. +But from the beginning of creation he made them male and female. -- mark 10:6 +. +For this reason a man will leave his father and mother, -- mark 10:7 +. +and the two will become one flesh. So they are no longer two, but one flesh. -- mark 10:8 +. +Therefore what God has joined together, let no one separate." -- mark 10:9 +. +In the house once again, the disciples asked him about this. -- mark 10:10 +. +So he told them, "Whoever divorces his wife and marries another commits adultery against her. -- mark 10:11 +. +And if she divorces her husband and marries another, she commits adultery." -- mark 10:12 +. +Now people were bringing little children to him for him to touch, but the disciples scolded those who brought them. -- mark 10:13 +. +But when Jesus saw this, he was indignant and said to them, "Let the little children come to me and do not try to stop them, for the kingdom of God belongs to such as these. -- mark 10:14 +. +I tell you the truth, whoever does not receive the kingdom of God like a child will never enter it." -- mark 10:15 +. +After he took the children in his arms, he placed his hands on them and blessed them. -- mark 10:16 +. +Now as Jesus was starting out on his way, someone ran up to him, fell on his knees, and said, "Good teacher, what must I do to inherit eternal life?" -- mark 10:17 +. +Jesus said to him, "Why do you call me good? No one is good except God alone. -- mark 10:18 +. +You know the commandments: 'Do not murder, do not commit adultery, do not steal, do not give false testimony, do not defraud, honor your father and mother.'" -- mark 10:19 +. +The man said to him, "Teacher, I have wholeheartedly obeyed all these laws since my youth." -- mark 10:20 +. +As Jesus looked at him, he felt love for him and said, "You lack one thing. Go, sell whatever you have and give the money to the poor, and you will have treasure in heaven. Then come, follow me." -- mark 10:21 +. +But at this statement, the man looked sad and went away sorrowful, for he was very rich. -- mark 10:22 +. +Then Jesus looked around and said to his disciples, "How hard it is for the rich to enter the kingdom of God!" -- mark 10:23 +. +The disciples were astonished at these words. But again Jesus said to them, "Children, how hard it is to enter the kingdom of God! -- mark 10:24 +. +It is easier for a camel to go through the eye of a needle than for a rich person to enter the kingdom of God." -- mark 10:25 +. +They were even more astonished and said to one another, "Then who can be saved?" -- mark 10:26 +. +Jesus looked at them and replied, "This is impossible for mere humans, but not for God; all things are possible for God." -- mark 10:27 +. +Peter began to speak to him, "Look, we have left everything to follow you!" -- mark 10:28 +. +Jesus said, "I tell you the truth, there is no one who has left home or brothers or sisters or mother or father or children or fields for my sake and for the sake of the gospel -- mark 10:29 +. +who will not receive in this age a hundred times as much - homes, brothers, sisters, mothers, children, fields, all with persecutions - and in the age to come, eternal life. -- mark 10:30 +. +But many who are first will be last, and the last first." -- mark 10:31 +. +They were on the way, going up to Jerusalem. Jesus was going ahead of them, and they were amazed, but those who followed were afraid. He took the twelve aside again and began to tell them what was going to happen to him. -- mark 10:32 +. +"Look, we are going up to Jerusalem, and the Son of Man will be handed over to the chief priests and experts in the law. They will condemn him to death and will turn him over to the Gentiles. -- mark 10:33 +. +They will mock him, spit on him, flog him severely, and kill him. Yet after three days, he will rise again." -- mark 10:34 +. +Then James and John, the sons of Zebedee, came to him and said, "Teacher, we want you to do for us whatever we ask." -- mark 10:35 +. +He said to them, "What do you want me to do for you?" -- mark 10:36 +. +They said to him, "Permit one of us to sit at your right hand and the other at your left in your glory." -- mark 10:37 +. +But Jesus said to them, "You don't know what you are asking! Are you able to drink the cup I drink or be baptized with the baptism I experience?" -- mark 10:38 +. +They said to him, "We are able." Then Jesus said to them, "You will drink the cup I drink, and you will be baptized with the baptism I experience, -- mark 10:39 +. +but to sit at my right or at my left is not mine to give. It is for those for whom it has been prepared." -- mark 10:40 +. +Now when the other ten heard this, they became angry with James and John. -- mark 10:41 +. +Jesus called them and said to them, "You know that those who are recognized as rulers of the Gentiles lord it over them, and those in high positions use their authority over them. -- mark 10:42 +. +But it is not this way among you. Instead whoever wants to be great among you must be your servant, -- mark 10:43 +. +and whoever wants to be first among you must be the slave of all. -- mark 10:44 +. +For even the Son of Man did not come to be served but to serve, and to give his life as a ransom for many." -- mark 10:45 +. +They came to Jericho. As Jesus and his disciples and a large crowd were leaving Jericho, Bartimaeus the son of Timaeus, a blind beggar, was sitting by the road. -- mark 10:46 +. +When he heard that it was Jesus the Nazarene, he began to shout, "Jesus, Son of David, have mercy on me!" -- mark 10:47 +. +Many scolded him to get him to be quiet, but he shouted all the more, "Son of David, have mercy on me!" -- mark 10:48 +. +Jesus stopped and said, "Call him." So they called the blind man and said to him, "Have courage! Get up! He is calling you." -- mark 10:49 +. +He threw off his cloak, jumped up, and came to Jesus. -- mark 10:50 +. +Then Jesus said to him, "What do you want me to do for you?" The blind man replied, "Rabbi, let me see again." -- mark 10:51 +. +Jesus said to him, "Go, your faith has healed you." Immediately he regained his sight and followed him on the road. -- mark 10:52 +. +Now as they approached Jerusalem, near Bethphage and Bethany, at the Mount of Olives, Jesus sent two of his disciples -- mark 11:1 +. +and said to them, "Go to the village ahead of you. As soon as you enter it, you will find a colt tied there that has never been ridden. Untie it and bring it here. -- mark 11:2 +. +If anyone says to you, 'Why are you doing this?' say, 'The Lord needs it and will send it back here soon.'" -- mark 11:3 +. +So they went and found a colt tied at a door, outside in the street, and untied it. -- mark 11:4 +. +Some people standing there said to them, "What are you doing, untying that colt?" -- mark 11:5 +. +They replied as Jesus had told them, and the bystanders let them go. -- mark 11:6 +. +Then they brought the colt to Jesus, threw their cloaks on it, and he sat on it. -- mark 11:7 +. +Many spread their cloaks on the road and others spread branches they had cut in the fields. -- mark 11:8 +. +Both those who went ahead and those who followed kept shouting, "Hosanna! Blessed is the one who comes in the name of the Lord! -- mark 11:9 +. +Blessed is the coming kingdom of our father David! Hosanna in the highest!" -- mark 11:10 +. +Then Jesus entered Jerusalem and went to the temple. And after looking around at everything, he went out to Bethany with the twelve since it was already late. -- mark 11:11 +. +Now the next day, as they went out from Bethany, he was hungry. -- mark 11:12 +. +After noticing in the distance a fig tree with leaves, he went to see if he could find any fruit on it. When he came to it he found nothing but leaves, for it was not the season for figs. -- mark 11:13 +. +He said to it, "May no one ever eat fruit from you again." And his disciples heard it. -- mark 11:14 +. +Then they came to Jerusalem. Jesus entered the temple area and began to drive out those who were selling and buying in the temple courts. He turned over the tables of the money changers and the chairs of those selling doves, -- mark 11:15 +. +and he would not permit anyone to carry merchandise through the temple courts. -- mark 11:16 +. +Then he began to teach them and said, "Is it not written: 'My house will be called a house of prayer for all nations'? But you have turned it into a den of robbers!" -- mark 11:17 +. +The chief priests and the experts in the law heard it and they considered how they could assassinate him, for they feared him, because the whole crowd was amazed by his teaching. -- mark 11:18 +. +When evening came, Jesus and his disciples went out of the city. -- mark 11:19 +. +In the morning as they passed by, they saw the fig tree withered from the roots. -- mark 11:20 +. +Peter remembered and said to him, "Rabbi, look! The fig tree you cursed has withered." -- mark 11:21 +. +Jesus said to them, "Have faith in God. -- mark 11:22 +. +I tell you the truth, if someone says to this mountain, 'Be lifted up and thrown into the sea,' and does not doubt in his heart but believes that what he says will happen, it will be done for him. -- mark 11:23 +. +For this reason I tell you, whatever you pray and ask for, believe that you have received it, and it will be yours. -- mark 11:24 +. +Whenever you stand praying, if you have anything against anyone, forgive him, so that your Father in heaven will also forgive you your sins." -- mark 11:25 +. +[[EMPTY]] -- mark 11:26 +. +They came again to Jerusalem. While Jesus was walking in the temple courts, the chief priests, the experts in the law, and the elders came up to him -- mark 11:27 +. +and said, "By what authority are you doing these things? Or who gave you this authority to do these things?" -- mark 11:28 +. +Jesus said to them, "I will ask you one question. Answer me and I will tell you by what authority I do these things: -- mark 11:29 +. +John's baptism - was it from heaven or from people? Answer me." -- mark 11:30 +. +They discussed with one another, saying, "If we say, 'From heaven,' he will say, 'Then why did you not believe him?' -- mark 11:31 +. +But if we say, 'From people - '" (they feared the crowd, for they all considered John to be truly a prophet). -- mark 11:32 +. +So they answered Jesus, "We don't know." Then Jesus said to them, "Neither will I tell you by what authority I am doing these things." -- mark 11:33 +. +Then he began to speak to them in parables: "A man planted a vineyard. He put a fence around it, dug a pit for its winepress, and built a watchtower. Then he leased it to tenant farmers and went on a journey. -- mark 12:1 +. +At harvest time he sent a slave to the tenants to collect from them his portion of the crop. -- mark 12:2 +. +But those tenants seized his slave, beat him, and sent him away empty-handed. -- mark 12:3 +. +So he sent another slave to them again. This one they struck on the head and treated outrageously. -- mark 12:4 +. +He sent another, and that one they killed. This happened to many others, some of whom were beaten, others killed. -- mark 12:5 +. +He had one left, his one dear son. Finally he sent him to them, saying, 'They will respect my son.' -- mark 12:6 +. +But those tenants said to one another, 'This is the heir. Come, let's kill him and the inheritance will be ours!' -- mark 12:7 +. +So they seized him, killed him, and threw his body out of the vineyard. -- mark 12:8 +. +What then will the owner of the vineyard do? He will come and destroy those tenants and give the vineyard to others. -- mark 12:9 +. +Have you not read this scripture: 'The stone the builders rejected has become the cornerstone. -- mark 12:10 +. +This is from the Lord, and it is marvelous in our eyes'?" -- mark 12:11 +. +Now they wanted to arrest him (but they feared the crowd), because they realized that he told this parable against them. So they left him and went away. -- mark 12:12 +. +Then they sent some of the Pharisees and Herodians to trap him with his own words. -- mark 12:13 +. +When they came they said to him, "Teacher, we know that you are truthful and do not court anyone's favor, because you show no partiality but teach the way of God in accordance with the truth. Is it right to pay taxes to Caesar or not? Should we pay or shouldn't we?" -- mark 12:14 +. +But he saw through their hypocrisy and said to them, "Why are you testing me? Bring me a denarius and let me look at it." -- mark 12:15 +. +So they brought one, and he said to them, "Whose image is this, and whose inscription?" They replied, "Caesar's." -- mark 12:16 +. +Then Jesus said to them, "Give to Caesar the things that are Caesar's, and to God the things that are God's." And they were utterly amazed at him. -- mark 12:17 +. +Sadducees (who say there is no resurrection) also came to him and asked him, -- mark 12:18 +. +"Teacher, Moses wrote for us: 'If a man's brother dies and leaves a wife but no children, that man must marry the widow and father children for his brother.' -- mark 12:19 +. +There were seven brothers. The first one married, and when he died he had no children. -- mark 12:20 +. +The second married her and died without any children, and likewise the third. -- mark 12:21 +. +None of the seven had children. Finally, the woman died too. -- mark 12:22 +. +In the resurrection, when they rise again, whose wife will she be? For all seven had married her." -- mark 12:23 +. +Jesus said to them, "Aren't you deceived for this reason, because you don't know the scriptures or the power of God? -- mark 12:24 +. +For when they rise from the dead, they neither marry nor are given in marriage, but are like angels in heaven. -- mark 12:25 +. +Now as for the dead being raised, have you not read in the book of Moses, in the passage about the bush, how God said to him, 'I am the God of Abraham, the God of Isaac, and the God of Jacob'? -- mark 12:26 +. +He is not the God of the dead but of the living. You are badly mistaken!" -- mark 12:27 +. +Now one of the experts in the law came and heard them debating. When he saw that Jesus answered them well, he asked him, "Which commandment is the most important of all?" -- mark 12:28 +. +Jesus answered, "The most important is: 'Listen, Israel, the Lord our God, the Lord is one. -- mark 12:29 +. +Love the Lord your God with all your heart, with all your soul, with all your mind, and with all your strength.' -- mark 12:30 +. +The second is: 'Love your neighbor as yourself.' There is no other commandment greater than these." -- mark 12:31 +. +The expert in the law said to him, "That is true, Teacher; you are right to say that he is one, and there is no one else besides him. -- mark 12:32 +. +And to love him with all your heart, with all your mind, and with all your strength and to love your neighbor as yourself is more important than all burnt offerings and sacrifices." -- mark 12:33 +. +When Jesus saw that he had answered thoughtfully, he said to him, "You are not far from the kingdom of God." Then no one dared any longer to question him. -- mark 12:34 +. +While Jesus was teaching in the temple courts, he said, "How is it that the experts in the law say that the Christ is David's son? -- mark 12:35 +. +David himself, by the Holy Spirit, said, 'The Lord said to my lord, "Sit at my right hand, until I put your enemies under your feet."' -- mark 12:36 +. +If David himself calls him 'Lord,' how can he be his son?" And the large crowd was listening to him with delight. -- mark 12:37 +. +In his teaching Jesus also said, "Watch out for the experts in the law. They like walking around in long robes and elaborate greetings in the marketplaces, -- mark 12:38 +. +and the best seats in the synagogues and the places of honor at banquets. -- mark 12:39 +. +They devour widows' property, and as a show make long prayers. These men will receive a more severe punishment." -- mark 12:40 +. +Then he sat down opposite the offering box, and watched the crowd putting coins into it. Many rich people were throwing in large amounts. -- mark 12:41 +. +And a poor widow came and put in two small copper coins, worth less than a penny. -- mark 12:42 +. +He called his disciples and said to them, "I tell you the truth, this poor widow has put more into the offering box than all the others. -- mark 12:43 +. +For they all gave out of their wealth. But she, out of her poverty, put in what she had to live on, everything she had." -- mark 12:44 +. +Now as Jesus was going out of the temple courts, one of his disciples said to him, "Teacher, look at these tremendous stones and buildings!" -- mark 13:1 +. +Jesus said to him, "Do you see these great buildings? Not one stone will be left on another. All will be torn down!" -- mark 13:2 +. +So while he was sitting on the Mount of Olives opposite the temple, Peter, James, John, and Andrew asked him privately, -- mark 13:3 +. +"Tell us, when will these things happen? And what will be the sign that all these things are about to take place?" -- mark 13:4 +. +Jesus began to say to them, "Watch out that no one misleads you. -- mark 13:5 +. +Many will come in my name, saying, 'I am he,' and they will mislead many. -- mark 13:6 +. +When you hear of wars and rumors of wars, do not be alarmed. These things must happen, but the end is still to come. -- mark 13:7 +. +For nation will rise up in arms against nation, and kingdom against kingdom. There will be earthquakes in various places, and there will be famines. These are but the beginning of birth pains. -- mark 13:8 +. +"You must watch out for yourselves. You will be handed over to councils and beaten in the synagogues. You will stand before governors and kings because of me, as a witness to them. -- mark 13:9 +. +First the gospel must be preached to all nations. -- mark 13:10 +. +When they arrest you and hand you over for trial, do not worry about what to speak. But say whatever is given you at that time, for it is not you speaking, but the Holy Spirit. -- mark 13:11 +. +Brother will hand over brother to death, and a father his child. Children will rise against parents and have them put to death. -- mark 13:12 +. +You will be hated by everyone because of my name. But the one who endures to the end will be saved. -- mark 13:13 +. +"But when you see the abomination of desolation standing where it should not be (let the reader understand), then those in Judea must flee to the mountains. -- mark 13:14 +. +The one on the roof must not come down or go inside to take anything out of his house. -- mark 13:15 +. +The one in the field must not turn back to get his cloak. -- mark 13:16 +. +Woe to those who are pregnant and to those who are nursing their babies in those days! -- mark 13:17 +. +Pray that it may not be in winter. -- mark 13:18 +. +For in those days there will be suffering unlike anything that has happened from the beginning of the creation that God created until now, or ever will happen. -- mark 13:19 +. +And if the Lord had not cut short those days, no one would be saved. But because of the elect, whom he chose, he has cut them short. -- mark 13:20 +. +Then if anyone says to you, 'Look, here is the Christ!' or 'Look, there he is!' do not believe him. -- mark 13:21 +. +For false messiahs and false prophets will appear and perform signs and wonders to deceive, if possible, the elect. -- mark 13:22 +. +Be careful! I have told you everything ahead of time. -- mark 13:23 +. +"But in those days, after that suffering, the sun will be darkened and the moon will not give its light; -- mark 13:24 +. +the stars will be falling from heaven, and the powers in the heavens will be shaken. -- mark 13:25 +. +Then everyone will see the Son of Man arriving in the clouds with great power and glory. -- mark 13:26 +. +Then he will send angels and they will gather his elect from the four winds, from the ends of the earth to the ends of heaven. -- mark 13:27 +. +"Learn this parable from the fig tree: Whenever its branch becomes tender and puts out its leaves, you know that summer is near. -- mark 13:28 +. +So also you, when you see these things happening, know that he is near, right at the door. -- mark 13:29 +. +I tell you the truth, this generation will not pass away until all these things take place. -- mark 13:30 +. +Heaven and earth will pass away, but my words will never pass away. -- mark 13:31 +. +"But as for that day or hour no one knows it - neither the angels in heaven, nor the Son - except the Father. -- mark 13:32 +. +Watch out! Stay alert! For you do not know when the time will come. -- mark 13:33 +. +It is like a man going on a journey. He left his house and put his slaves in charge, assigning to each his work, and commanded the doorkeeper to stay alert. -- mark 13:34 +. +Stay alert, then, because you do not know when the owner of the house will return - whether during evening, at midnight, when the rooster crows, or at dawn - -- mark 13:35 +. +or else he might find you asleep when he returns suddenly. -- mark 13:36 +. +What I say to you I say to everyone: Stay alert!" -- mark 13:37 +. +Two days before the Passover and the Feast of Unleavened Bread, the chief priests and the experts in the law were trying to find a way to arrest Jesus by stealth and kill him. -- mark 14:1 +. +For they said, "Not during the feast, so there won't be a riot among the people." -- mark 14:2 +. +Now while Jesus was in Bethany at the house of Simon the leper, reclining at the table, a woman came with an alabaster jar of costly aromatic oil from pure nard. After breaking open the jar, she poured it on his head. -- mark 14:3 +. +But some who were present indignantly said to one another, "Why this waste of expensive ointment? -- mark 14:4 +. +It could have been sold for more than three hundred silver coins and the money given to the poor!" So they spoke angrily to her. -- mark 14:5 +. +But Jesus said, "Leave her alone. Why are you bothering her? She has done a good service for me. -- mark 14:6 +. +For you will always have the poor with you, and you can do good for them whenever you want. But you will not always have me! -- mark 14:7 +. +She did what she could. She anointed my body beforehand for burial. -- mark 14:8 +. +I tell you the truth, wherever the gospel is proclaimed in the whole world, what she has done will also be told in memory of her." -- mark 14:9 +. +Then Judas Iscariot, one of the twelve, went to the chief priests to betray Jesus into their hands. -- mark 14:10 +. +When they heard this, they were delighted and promised to give him money. So Judas began looking for an opportunity to betray him. -- mark 14:11 +. +Now on the first day of the feast of Unleavened Bread, when the Passover lamb is sacrificed, Jesus' disciples said to him, "Where do you want us to prepare for you to eat the Passover?" -- mark 14:12 +. +He sent two of his disciples and told them, "Go into the city, and a man carrying a jar of water will meet you. Follow him. -- mark 14:13 +. +Wherever he enters, tell the owner of the house, 'The Teacher says, "Where is my guest room where I may eat the Passover with my disciples?"' -- mark 14:14 +. +He will show you a large room upstairs, furnished and ready. Make preparations for us there." -- mark 14:15 +. +So the disciples left, went into the city, and found things just as he had told them, and they prepared the Passover. -- mark 14:16 +. +Then, when it was evening, he came to the house with the twelve. -- mark 14:17 +. +While they were at the table eating, Jesus said, "I tell you the truth, one of you eating with me will betray me." -- mark 14:18 +. +They were distressed, and one by one said to him, "Surely not I?" -- mark 14:19 +. +He said to them, "It is one of the twelve, one who dips his hand with me into the bowl. -- mark 14:20 +. +For the Son of Man will go as it is written about him, but woe to that man by whom the Son of Man is betrayed! It would be better for him if he had never been born." -- mark 14:21 +. +While they were eating, he took bread, and after giving thanks he broke it, gave it to them, and said, "Take it. This is my body." -- mark 14:22 +. +And after taking the cup and giving thanks, he gave it to them, and they all drank from it. -- mark 14:23 +. +He said to them, "This is my blood, the blood of the covenant, that is poured out for many. -- mark 14:24 +. +I tell you the truth, I will no longer drink of the fruit of the vine until that day when I drink it new in the kingdom of God." -- mark 14:25 +. +After singing a hymn, they went out to the Mount of Olives. -- mark 14:26 +. +Then Jesus said to them, "You will all fall away, for it is written, 'I will strike the shepherd, and the sheep will be scattered.' -- mark 14:27 +. +But after I am raised, I will go ahead of you into Galilee." -- mark 14:28 +. +Peter said to him, "Even if they all fall away, I will not!" -- mark 14:29 +. +Jesus said to him, "I tell you the truth, today - this very night - before a rooster crows twice, you will deny me three times." -- mark 14:30 +. +But Peter insisted emphatically, "Even if I must die with you, I will never deny you." And all of them said the same thing. -- mark 14:31 +. +Then they went to a place called Gethsemane, and Jesus said to his disciples, "Sit here while I pray." -- mark 14:32 +. +He took Peter, James, and John with him, and became very troubled and distressed. -- mark 14:33 +. +He said to them, "My soul is deeply grieved, even to the point of death. Remain here and stay alert." -- mark 14:34 +. +Going a little farther, he threw himself to the ground and prayed that if it were possible the hour would pass from him. -- mark 14:35 +. +He said, "Abba, Father, all things are possible for you. Take this cup away from me. Yet not what I will, but what you will." -- mark 14:36 +. +Then he came and found them sleeping, and said to Peter, "Simon, are you sleeping? Couldn't you stay awake for one hour? -- mark 14:37 +. +Stay awake and pray that you will not fall into temptation. The spirit is willing, but the flesh is weak." -- mark 14:38 +. +He went away again and prayed the same thing. -- mark 14:39 +. +When he came again he found them sleeping; they could not keep their eyes open. And they did not know what to tell him. -- mark 14:40 +. +He came a third time and said to them, "Are you still sleeping and resting? Enough of that! The hour has come. Look, the Son of Man is betrayed into the hands of sinners. -- mark 14:41 +. +Get up, let us go. Look! My betrayer is approaching!" -- mark 14:42 +. +Right away, while Jesus was still speaking, Judas, one of the twelve, arrived. With him came a crowd armed with swords and clubs, sent by the chief priests and experts in the law and elders. -- mark 14:43 +. +(Now the betrayer had given them a sign, saying, "The one I kiss is the man. Arrest him and lead him away under guard.") -- mark 14:44 +. +When Judas arrived, he went up to Jesus immediately and said, "Rabbi!" and kissed him. -- mark 14:45 +. +Then they took hold of him and arrested him. -- mark 14:46 +. +One of the bystanders drew his sword and struck the high priest's slave, cutting off his ear. -- mark 14:47 +. +Jesus said to them, "Have you come with swords and clubs to arrest me like you would an outlaw? -- mark 14:48 +. +Day after day I was with you, teaching in the temple courts, yet you did not arrest me. But this has happened so that the scriptures would be fulfilled." -- mark 14:49 +. +Then all the disciples left him and fled. -- mark 14:50 +. +A young man was following him, wearing only a linen cloth. They tried to arrest him, -- mark 14:51 +. +but he ran off naked, leaving his linen cloth behind. -- mark 14:52 +. +Then they led Jesus to the high priest, and all the chief priests and elders and experts in the law came together. -- mark 14:53 +. +And Peter had followed him from a distance, up to the high priest's courtyard. He was sitting with the guards and warming himself by the fire. -- mark 14:54 +. +The chief priests and the whole Sanhedrin were looking for evidence against Jesus so that they could put him to death, but they did not find anything. -- mark 14:55 +. +Many gave false testimony against him, but their testimony did not agree. -- mark 14:56 +. +Some stood up and gave this false testimony against him: -- mark 14:57 +. +"We heard him say, 'I will destroy this temple made with hands and in three days build another not made with hands.'" -- mark 14:58 +. +Yet even on this point their testimony did not agree. -- mark 14:59 +. +Then the high priest stood up before them and asked Jesus, "Have you no answer? What is this that they are testifying against you?" -- mark 14:60 +. +But he was silent and did not answer. Again the high priest questioned him, "Are you the Christ, the Son of the Blessed One?" -- mark 14:61 +. +"I am," said Jesus, "and you will see the Son of Man sitting at the right hand of the Power and coming with the clouds of heaven." -- mark 14:62 +. +Then the high priest tore his clothes and said, "Why do we still need witnesses? -- mark 14:63 +. +You have heard the blasphemy! What is your verdict?" They all condemned him as deserving death. -- mark 14:64 +. +Then some began to spit on him, and to blindfold him, and to strike him with their fists, saying, "Prophesy!" The guards also took him and beat him. -- mark 14:65 +. +Now while Peter was below in the courtyard, one of the high priest's slave girls came by. -- mark 14:66 +. +When she saw Peter warming himself, she looked directly at him and said, "You also were with that Nazarene, Jesus." -- mark 14:67 +. +But he denied it: "I don't even understand what you're talking about!" Then he went out to the gateway, and a rooster crowed. -- mark 14:68 +. +When the slave girl saw him, she began again to say to the bystanders, "This man is one of them." -- mark 14:69 +. +But he denied it again. A short time later the bystanders again said to Peter, "You must be one of them, because you are also a Galilean." -- mark 14:70 +. +Then he began to curse, and he swore with an oath, "I do not know this man you are talking about!" -- mark 14:71 +. +Immediately a rooster crowed a second time. Then Peter remembered what Jesus had said to him: "Before a rooster crows twice, you will deny me three times." And he broke down and wept. -- mark 14:72 +. +Early in the morning, after forming a plan, the chief priests with the elders and the experts in the law and the whole Sanhedrin tied Jesus up, led him away, and handed him over to Pilate. -- mark 15:1 +. +So Pilate asked him, "Are you the king of the Jews?" He replied, "You say so." -- mark 15:2 +. +Then the chief priests began to accuse him repeatedly. -- mark 15:3 +. +So Pilate asked him again, "Have you nothing to say? See how many charges they are bringing against you!" -- mark 15:4 +. +But Jesus made no further reply, so that Pilate was amazed. -- mark 15:5 +. +During the feast it was customary to release one prisoner to the people, whomever they requested. -- mark 15:6 +. +A man named Barabbas was imprisoned with rebels who had committed murder during an insurrection. -- mark 15:7 +. +Then the crowd came up and began to ask Pilate to release a prisoner for them, as was his custom. -- mark 15:8 +. +So Pilate asked them, "Do you want me to release the king of the Jews for you?" -- mark 15:9 +. +(For he knew that the chief priests had handed him over because of envy.) -- mark 15:10 +. +But the chief priests stirred up the crowd to have him release Barabbas instead. -- mark 15:11 +. +So Pilate spoke to them again, "Then what do you want me to do with the one you call king of the Jews?" -- mark 15:12 +. +They shouted back, "Crucify him!" -- mark 15:13 +. +Pilate asked them, "Why? What has he done wrong?" But they shouted more insistently, "Crucify him!" -- mark 15:14 +. +Because he wanted to satisfy the crowd, Pilate released Barabbas for them. Then, after he had Jesus flogged, he handed him over to be crucified. -- mark 15:15 +. +So the soldiers led him into the palace (that is, the governor's residence) and called together the whole cohort. -- mark 15:16 +. +They put a purple cloak on him and after braiding a crown of thorns, they put it on him. -- mark 15:17 +. +They began to salute him: "Hail, king of the Jews!" -- mark 15:18 +. +Again and again they struck him on the head with a staff and spit on him. Then they knelt down and paid homage to him. -- mark 15:19 +. +When they had finished mocking him, they stripped him of the purple cloak and put his own clothes back on him. Then they led him away to crucify him. -- mark 15:20 +. +The soldiers forced a passerby to carry his cross, Simon of Cyrene, who was coming in from the country (he was the father of Alexander and Rufus). -- mark 15:21 +. +They brought Jesus to a place called Golgotha (which is translated, "Place of the Skull"). -- mark 15:22 +. +They offered him wine mixed with myrrh, but he did not take it. -- mark 15:23 +. +Then they crucified him and divided his clothes, throwing dice for them, to decide what each would take. -- mark 15:24 +. +It was nine o'clock in the morning when they crucified him. -- mark 15:25 +. +The inscription of the charge against him read, "The king of the Jews." -- mark 15:26 +. +And they crucified two outlaws with him, one on his right and one on his left. -- mark 15:27 +. +[[EMPTY]] -- mark 15:28 +. +Those who passed by defamed him, shaking their heads and saying, "Aha! You who can destroy the temple and rebuild it in three days, -- mark 15:29 +. +save yourself and come down from the cross!" -- mark 15:30 +. +In the same way even the chief priests - together with the experts in the law - were mocking him among themselves: "He saved others, but he cannot save himself! -- mark 15:31 +. +Let the Christ, the king of Israel, come down from the cross now, that we may see and believe!" Those who were crucified with him also spoke abusively to him. -- mark 15:32 +. +Now when it was noon, darkness came over the whole land until three in the afternoon. -- mark 15:33 +. +Around three o'clock Jesus cried out with a loud voice, "Eloi, Eloi, lema sabachthani?" which means, "My God, my God, why have you forsaken me?" -- mark 15:34 +. +When some of the bystanders heard it they said, "Listen, he is calling for Elijah!" -- mark 15:35 +. +Then someone ran, filled a sponge with sour wine, put it on a stick, and gave it to him to drink, saying, "Leave him alone! Let's see if Elijah will come to take him down!" -- mark 15:36 +. +But Jesus cried out with a loud voice and breathed his last. -- mark 15:37 +. +And the temple curtain was torn in two, from top to bottom. -- mark 15:38 +. +Now when the centurion, who stood in front of him, saw how he died, he said, "Truly this man was God's Son!" -- mark 15:39 +. +There were also women, watching from a distance. Among them were Mary Magdalene, and Mary the mother of James the younger and of Joses, and Salome. -- mark 15:40 +. +When he was in Galilee, they had followed him and given him support. Many other women who had come up with him to Jerusalem were there too. -- mark 15:41 +. +Now when evening had already come, since it was the day of preparation (that is, the day before the Sabbath), -- mark 15:42 +. +Joseph of Arimathea, a highly regarded member of the council, who was himself looking forward to the kingdom of God, went boldly to Pilate and asked for the body of Jesus. -- mark 15:43 +. +Pilate was surprised that he was already dead. He called the centurion and asked him if he had been dead for some time. -- mark 15:44 +. +When Pilate was informed by the centurion, he gave the body to Joseph. -- mark 15:45 +. +After Joseph bought a linen cloth and took down the body, he wrapped it in the linen and placed it in a tomb cut out of the rock. Then he rolled a stone across the entrance of the tomb. -- mark 15:46 +. +Mary Magdalene and Mary the mother of Joses saw where the body was placed. -- mark 15:47 +. +When the Sabbath was over, Mary Magdalene, Mary the mother of James, and Salome bought aromatic spices so that they might go and anoint him. -- mark 16:1 +. +And very early on the first day of the week, at sunrise, they went to the tomb. -- mark 16:2 +. +They had been asking each other, "Who will roll away the stone for us from the entrance to the tomb?" -- mark 16:3 +. +But when they looked up, they saw that the stone, which was very large, had been rolled back. -- mark 16:4 +. +Then as they went into the tomb, they saw a young man dressed in a white robe sitting on the right side; and they were alarmed. -- mark 16:5 +. +But he said to them, "Do not be alarmed. You are looking for Jesus the Nazarene, who was crucified. He has been raised! He is not here. Look, there is the place where they laid him. -- mark 16:6 +. +But go, tell his disciples, even Peter, that he is going ahead of you into Galilee. You will see him there, just as he told you." -- mark 16:7 +. +Then they went out and ran from the tomb, for terror and bewilderment had seized them. And they said nothing to anyone, because they were afraid. -- mark 16:8 +. +[[Early on the first day of the week, after he arose, he appeared first to Mary Magdalene, from whom he had driven out seven demons. -- mark 16:9 +. +She went out and told those who were with him, while they were mourning and weeping. -- mark 16:10 +. +And when they heard that he was alive and had been seen by her, they did not believe. -- mark 16:11 +. +After this he appeared in a different form to two of them while they were on their way to the country. -- mark 16:12 +. +They went back and told the rest, but they did not believe them. -- mark 16:13 +. +Then he appeared to the eleven themselves, while they were eating, and he rebuked them for their unbelief and hardness of heart, because they did not believe those who had seen him resurrected. -- mark 16:14 +. +He said to them, "Go into all the world and preach the gospel to every creature. -- mark 16:15 +. +The one who believes and is baptized will be saved, but the one who does not believe will be condemned. -- mark 16:16 +. +These signs will accompany those who believe: In my name they will drive out demons; they will speak in new languages; -- mark 16:17 +. +they will pick up snakes with their hands, and whatever poison they drink will not harm them; they will place their hands on the sick and they will be well." -- mark 16:18 +. +After the Lord Jesus had spoken to them, he was taken up into heaven and sat down at the right hand of God. -- mark 16:19 +. +They went out and proclaimed everywhere, while the Lord worked with them and confirmed the word through the accompanying signs.]] -- mark 16:20 +. +Now many have undertaken to compile an account of the things that have been fulfilled among us, -- luke 1:1 +. +like the accounts passed on to us by those who were eyewitnesses and servants of the word from the beginning. -- luke 1:2 +. +So it seemed good to me as well, because I have followed all things carefully from the beginning, to write an orderly account for you, most excellent Theophilus, -- luke 1:3 +. +so that you may know for certain the things you were taught. -- luke 1:4 +. +During the reign of Herod king of Judea, there lived a priest named Zechariah who belonged to the priestly division of Abijah, and he had a wife named Elizabeth, who was a descendant of Aaron. -- luke 1:5 +. +They were both righteous in the sight of God, following all the commandments and ordinances of the Lord blamelessly. -- luke 1:6 +. +But they did not have a child, because Elizabeth was barren, and they were both very old. -- luke 1:7 +. +Now while Zechariah was serving as priest before God when his division was on duty, -- luke 1:8 +. +he was chosen by lot, according to the custom of the priesthood, to enter the holy place of the Lord and burn incense. -- luke 1:9 +. +Now the whole crowd of people were praying outside at the hour of the incense offering. -- luke 1:10 +. +An angel of the Lord, standing on the right side of the altar of incense, appeared to him. -- luke 1:11 +. +And Zechariah, visibly shaken when he saw the angel, was seized with fear. -- luke 1:12 +. +But the angel said to him, "Do not be afraid, Zechariah, for your prayer has been heard, and your wife Elizabeth will bear you a son; you will name him John. -- luke 1:13 +. +Joy and gladness will come to you, and many will rejoice at his birth, -- luke 1:14 +. +for he will be great in the sight of the Lord. He must never drink wine or strong drink, and he will be filled with the Holy Spirit, even before his birth. -- luke 1:15 +. +He will turn many of the people of Israel to the Lord their God. -- luke 1:16 +. +And he will go as forerunner before the Lord in the spirit and power of Elijah, to turn the hearts of the fathers back to their children and the disobedient to the wisdom of the just, to make ready for the Lord a people prepared for him." -- luke 1:17 +. +Zechariah said to the angel, "How can I be sure of this? For I am an old man, and my wife is old as well." -- luke 1:18 +. +The angel answered him, "I am Gabriel, who stands in the presence of God, and I was sent to speak to you and to bring you this good news. -- luke 1:19 +. +And now, because you did not believe my words, which will be fulfilled in their time, you will be silent, unable to speak, until the day these things take place." -- luke 1:20 +. +Now the people were waiting for Zechariah, and they began to wonder why he was delayed in the holy place. -- luke 1:21 +. +When he came out, he was not able to speak to them. They realized that he had seen a vision in the holy place, because he was making signs to them and remained unable to speak. -- luke 1:22 +. +When his time of service was over, he went to his home. -- luke 1:23 +. +After some time his wife Elizabeth became pregnant, and for five months she kept herself in seclusion. She said, -- luke 1:24 +. +"This is what the Lord has done for me at the time when he has been gracious to me, to take away my disgrace among people." -- luke 1:25 +. +In the sixth month of Elizabeth's pregnancy, the angel Gabriel was sent by God to a town of Galilee called Nazareth, -- luke 1:26 +. +to a virgin engaged to a man whose name was Joseph, a descendant of David, and the virgin's name was Mary. -- luke 1:27 +. +The angel came to her and said, "Greetings, favored one, the Lord is with you!" -- luke 1:28 +. +But she was greatly troubled by his words and began to wonder about the meaning of this greeting. -- luke 1:29 +. +So the angel said to her, "Do not be afraid, Mary, for you have found favor with God! -- luke 1:30 +. +Listen: You will become pregnant and give birth to a son, and you will name him Jesus. -- luke 1:31 +. +He will be great, and will be called the Son of the Most High, and the Lord God will give him the throne of his father David. -- luke 1:32 +. +He will reign over the house of Jacob forever, and his kingdom will never end." -- luke 1:33 +. +Mary said to the angel, "How will this be, since I have not had sexual relations with a man?" -- luke 1:34 +. +The angel replied, "The Holy Spirit will come upon you, and the power of the Most High will overshadow you. Therefore the child to be born will be holy; he will be called the Son of God. -- luke 1:35 +. +"And look, your relative Elizabeth has also become pregnant with a son in her old age - although she was called barren, she is now in her sixth month! -- luke 1:36 +. +For nothing will be impossible with God." -- luke 1:37 +. +So Mary said, "Yes, I am a servant of the Lord; let this happen to me according to your word." Then the angel departed from her. -- luke 1:38 +. +In those days Mary got up and went hurriedly into the hill country, to a town of Judah, -- luke 1:39 +. +and entered Zechariah's house and greeted Elizabeth. -- luke 1:40 +. +When Elizabeth heard Mary's greeting, the baby leaped in her womb, and Elizabeth was filled with the Holy Spirit. -- luke 1:41 +. +She exclaimed with a loud voice, "Blessed are you among women, and blessed is the child in your womb! -- luke 1:42 +. +And who am I that the mother of my Lord should come and visit me? -- luke 1:43 +. +For the instant the sound of your greeting reached my ears, the baby in my womb leaped for joy. -- luke 1:44 +. +And blessed is she who believed that what was spoken to her by the Lord would be fulfilled." -- luke 1:45 +. +And Mary said, "My soul exalts the Lord, -- luke 1:46 +. +and my spirit has begun to rejoice in God my Savior, -- luke 1:47 +. +because he has looked upon the humble state of his servant. For from now on all generations will call me blessed, -- luke 1:48 +. +because he who is mighty has done great things for me, and holy is his name; -- luke 1:49 +. +from generation to generation he is merciful to those who fear him. -- luke 1:50 +. +He has demonstrated power with his arm; he has scattered those whose pride wells up from the sheer arrogance of their hearts. -- luke 1:51 +. +He has brought down the mighty from their thrones, and has lifted up those of lowly position; -- luke 1:52 +. +he has filled the hungry with good things, and has sent the rich away empty. -- luke 1:53 +. +He has helped his servant Israel, remembering his mercy, -- luke 1:54 +. +as he promised to our ancestors, to Abraham and to his descendants forever." -- luke 1:55 +. +So Mary stayed with Elizabeth about three months and then returned to her home. -- luke 1:56 +. +Now the time came for Elizabeth to have her baby, and she gave birth to a son. -- luke 1:57 +. +Her neighbors and relatives heard that the Lord had shown great mercy to her, and they rejoiced with her. -- luke 1:58 +. +On the eighth day they came to circumcise the child, and they wanted to name him Zechariah after his father. -- luke 1:59 +. +But his mother replied, "No! He must be named John." -- luke 1:60 +. +They said to her, "But none of your relatives bears this name." -- luke 1:61 +. +So they made signs to the baby's father, inquiring what he wanted to name his son. -- luke 1:62 +. +He asked for a writing tablet and wrote, "His name is John." And they were all amazed. -- luke 1:63 +. +Immediately Zechariah's mouth was opened and his tongue released, and he spoke, blessing God. -- luke 1:64 +. +All their neighbors were filled with fear, and throughout the entire hill country of Judea all these things were talked about. -- luke 1:65 +. +All who heard these things kept them in their hearts, saying, "What then will this child be?" For the Lord's hand was indeed with him. -- luke 1:66 +. +Then his father Zechariah was filled with the Holy Spirit and prophesied, -- luke 1:67 +. +"Blessed be the Lord God of Israel, because he has come to help and has redeemed his people. -- luke 1:68 +. +For he has raised up a horn of salvation for us in the house of his servant David, -- luke 1:69 +. +as he spoke through the mouth of his holy prophets from long ago, -- luke 1:70 +. +that we should be saved from our enemies, and from the hand of all who hate us. -- luke 1:71 +. +He has done this to show mercy to our ancestors, and to remember his holy covenant - -- luke 1:72 +. +the oath that he swore to our ancestor Abraham. This oath grants -- luke 1:73 +. +that we, being rescued from the hand of our enemies, may serve him without fear, -- luke 1:74 +. +in holiness and righteousness before him for as long as we live. -- luke 1:75 +. +And you, child, will be called the prophet of the Most High. For you will go before the Lord to prepare his ways, -- luke 1:76 +. +to give his people knowledge of salvation through the forgiveness of their sins. -- luke 1:77 +. +Because of our God's tender mercy the dawn will break upon us from on high -- luke 1:78 +. +to give light to those who sit in darkness and in the shadow of death, to guide our feet into the way of peace." -- luke 1:79 +. +And the child kept growing and becoming strong in spirit, and he was in the wilderness until the day he was revealed to Israel. -- luke 1:80 +. +Now in those days a decree went out from Caesar Augustus to register all the empire for taxes. -- luke 2:1 +. +This was the first registration, taken when Quirinius was governor of Syria. -- luke 2:2 +. +Everyone went to his own town to be registered. -- luke 2:3 +. +So Joseph also went up from the town of Nazareth in Galilee to Judea, to the city of David called Bethlehem, because he was of the house and family line of David. -- luke 2:4 +. +He went to be registered with Mary, who was promised in marriage to him, and who was expecting a child. -- luke 2:5 +. +While they were there, the time came for her to deliver her child. -- luke 2:6 +. +And she gave birth to her firstborn son and wrapped him in strips of cloth and laid him in a manger, because there was no place for them in the inn. -- luke 2:7 +. +Now there were shepherds nearby living out in the field, keeping guard over their flock at night. -- luke 2:8 +. +An angel of the Lord appeared to them, and the glory of the Lord shone around them, and they were absolutely terrified. -- luke 2:9 +. +But the angel said to them, "Do not be afraid! Listen carefully, for I proclaim to you good news that brings great joy to all the people: -- luke 2:10 +. +Today your Savior is born in the city of David. He is Christ the Lord. -- luke 2:11 +. +This will be a sign for you: You will find a baby wrapped in strips of cloth and lying in a manger." -- luke 2:12 +. +Suddenly a vast, heavenly army appeared with the angel, praising God and saying, -- luke 2:13 +. +"Glory to God in the highest, and on earth peace among people with whom he is pleased!" -- luke 2:14 +. +When the angels left them and went back to heaven, the shepherds said to one another, "Let us go over to Bethlehem and see this thing that has taken place, that the Lord has made known to us." -- luke 2:15 +. +So they hurried off and located Mary and Joseph, and found the baby lying in a manger. -- luke 2:16 +. +When they saw him, they related what they had been told about this child, -- luke 2:17 +. +and all who heard it were astonished at what the shepherds said. -- luke 2:18 +. +But Mary treasured up all these words, pondering in her heart what they might mean. -- luke 2:19 +. +So the shepherds returned, glorifying and praising God for all they had heard and seen; everything was just as they had been told. -- luke 2:20 +. +At the end of eight days, when he was circumcised, he was named Jesus, the name given by the angel before he was conceived in the womb. -- luke 2:21 +. +Now when the time came for their purification according to the law of Moses, Joseph and Mary brought Jesus up to Jerusalem to present him to the Lord -- luke 2:22 +. +(just as it is written in the law of the Lord, "Every firstborn male will be set apart to the Lord"), -- luke 2:23 +. +and to offer a sacrifice according to what is specified in the law of the Lord, a pair of doves or two young pigeons. -- luke 2:24 +. +Now there was a man in Jerusalem named Simeon who was righteous and devout, looking for the restoration of Israel, and the Holy Spirit was upon him. -- luke 2:25 +. +It had been revealed to him by the Holy Spirit that he would not die before he had seen the Lord's Christ. -- luke 2:26 +. +So Simeon, directed by the Spirit, came into the temple courts, and when the parents brought in the child Jesus to do for him what was customary according to the law, -- luke 2:27 +. +Simeon took him in his arms and blessed God, saying, -- luke 2:28 +. +"Now, according to your word, Sovereign Lord, permit your servant to depart in peace. -- luke 2:29 +. +For my eyes have seen your salvation -- luke 2:30 +. +that you have prepared in the presence of all peoples: -- luke 2:31 +. +a light, for revelation to the Gentiles, and for glory to your people Israel." -- luke 2:32 +. +So the child's father and mother were amazed at what was said about him. -- luke 2:33 +. +Then Simeon blessed them and said to his mother Mary, "Listen carefully: This child is destined to be the cause of the falling and rising of many in Israel and to be a sign that will be rejected. -- luke 2:34 +. +Indeed, as a result of him the thoughts of many hearts will be revealed - and a sword will pierce your own soul as well!" -- luke 2:35 +. +There was also a prophetess, Anna the daughter of Phanuel, of the tribe of Asher. She was very old, having been married to her husband for seven years until his death. -- luke 2:36 +. +She had lived as a widow since then for eighty-four years. She never left the temple, worshiping with fasting and prayer night and day. -- luke 2:37 +. +At that moment, she came up to them and began to give thanks to God and to speak about the child to all who were waiting for the redemption of Jerusalem. -- luke 2:38 +. +So when Joseph and Mary had performed everything according to the law of the Lord, they returned to Galilee, to their own town of Nazareth. -- luke 2:39 +. +And the child grew and became strong, filled with wisdom, and the favor of God was upon him. -- luke 2:40 +. +Now Jesus' parents went to Jerusalem every year for the feast of the Passover. -- luke 2:41 +. +When he was twelve years old, they went up according to custom. -- luke 2:42 +. +But when the feast was over, as they were returning home, the boy Jesus stayed behind in Jerusalem. His parents did not know it, -- luke 2:43 +. +but (because they assumed that he was in their group of travelers) they went a day's journey. Then they began to look for him among their relatives and acquaintances. -- luke 2:44 +. +When they did not find him, they returned to Jerusalem to look for him. -- luke 2:45 +. +After three days they found him in the temple courts, sitting among the teachers, listening to them and asking them questions. -- luke 2:46 +. +And all who heard Jesus were astonished at his understanding and his answers. -- luke 2:47 +. +When his parents saw him, they were overwhelmed. His mother said to him, "Child, why have you treated us like this? Look, your father and I have been looking for you anxiously." -- luke 2:48 +. +But he replied, "Why were you looking for me? Didn't you know that I must be in my Father's house?" -- luke 2:49 +. +Yet his parents did not understand the remark he made to them. -- luke 2:50 +. +Then he went down with them and came to Nazareth, and was obedient to them. But his mother kept all these things in her heart. -- luke 2:51 +. +And Jesus increased in wisdom and in stature, and in favor with God and with people. -- luke 2:52 +. +In the fifteenth year of the reign of Tiberius Caesar, when Pontius Pilate was governor of Judea, and Herod was tetrarch of Galilee, and his brother Philip was tetrarch of the region of Iturea and Trachonitis, and Lysanias was tetrarch of Abilene, -- luke 3:1 +. +during the high priesthood of Annas and Caiaphas, the word of God came to John the son of Zechariah in the wilderness. -- luke 3:2 +. +He went into all the region around the Jordan River, preaching a baptism of repentance for the forgiveness of sins. -- luke 3:3 +. +As it is written in the book of the words of Isaiah the prophet, "The voice of one shouting in the wilderness: 'Prepare the way for the Lord, make his paths straight. -- luke 3:4 +. +Every valley will be filled, and every mountain and hill will be brought low, and the crooked will be made straight, and the rough ways will be made smooth, -- luke 3:5 +. +and all humanity will see the salvation of God.'" -- luke 3:6 +. +So John said to the crowds that came out to be baptized by him, "You offspring of vipers! Who warned you to flee from the coming wrath? -- luke 3:7 +. +Therefore produce fruit that proves your repentance, and don't begin to say to yourselves, 'We have Abraham as our father.' For I tell you that God can raise up children for Abraham from these stones! -- luke 3:8 +. +Even now the ax is laid at the root of the trees, and every tree that does not produce good fruit will be cut down and thrown into the fire." -- luke 3:9 +. +So the crowds were asking him, "What then should we do?" -- luke 3:10 +. +John answered them, "The person who has two tunics must share with the person who has none, and the person who has food must do likewise." -- luke 3:11 +. +Tax collectors also came to be baptized, and they said to him, "Teacher, what should we do?" -- luke 3:12 +. +He told them, "Collect no more than you are required to." -- luke 3:13 +. +Then some soldiers also asked him, "And as for us - what should we do?" He told them, "Take money from no one by violence or by false accusation, and be content with your pay." -- luke 3:14 +. +While the people were filled with anticipation and they all wondered whether perhaps John could be the Christ, -- luke 3:15 +. +John answered them all, "I baptize you with water, but one more powerful than I am is coming - I am not worthy to untie the strap of his sandals. He will baptize you with the Holy Spirit and fire. -- luke 3:16 +. +His winnowing fork is in his hand to clean out his threshing floor and to gather the wheat into his storehouse, but the chaff he will burn up with inextinguishable fire." -- luke 3:17 +. +And in this way, with many other exhortations, John proclaimed good news to the people. -- luke 3:18 +. +But when John rebuked Herod the tetrarch because of Herodias, his brother's wife, and because of all the evil deeds that he had done, -- luke 3:19 +. +Herod added this to them all: He locked up John in prison. -- luke 3:20 +. +Now when all the people were baptized, Jesus also was baptized. And while he was praying, the heavens opened, -- luke 3:21 +. +and the Holy Spirit descended on him in bodily form like a dove. And a voice came from heaven, "You are my one dear Son; in you I take great delight." -- luke 3:22 +. +So Jesus, when he began his ministry, was about thirty years old. He was the son (as was supposed) of Joseph, the son of Heli, -- luke 3:23 +. +the son of Matthat, the son of Levi, the son of Melchi, the son of Jannai, the son of Joseph, -- luke 3:24 +. +the son of Mattathias, the son of Amos, the son of Nahum, the son of Esli, the son of Naggai, -- luke 3:25 +. +the son of Maath, the son of Mattathias, the son of Semein, the son of Josech, the son of Joda, -- luke 3:26 +. +the son of Joanan, the son of Rhesa, the son of Zerubbabel, the son of Shealtiel, the son of Neri, -- luke 3:27 +. +the son of Melchi, the son of Addi, the son of Cosam, the son of Elmadam, the son of Er, -- luke 3:28 +. +the son of Joshua, the son of Eliezer, the son of Jorim, the son of Matthat, the son of Levi, -- luke 3:29 +. +the son of Simeon, the son of Judah, the son of Joseph, the son of Jonam, the son of Eliakim, -- luke 3:30 +. +the son of Melea, the son of Menna, the son of Mattatha, the son of Nathan, the son of David, -- luke 3:31 +. +the son of Jesse, the son of Obed, the son of Boaz, the son of Sala, the son of Nahshon, -- luke 3:32 +. +the son of Amminadab, the son of Admin, the son of Arni, the son of Hezron, the son of Perez, the son of Judah, -- luke 3:33 +. +the son of Jacob, the son of Isaac, the son of Abraham, the son of Terah, the son of Nahor, -- luke 3:34 +. +the son of Serug, the son of Reu, the son of Peleg, the son of Eber, the son of Shelah, -- luke 3:35 +. +the son of Cainan, the son of Arphaxad, the son of Shem, the son of Noah, the son of Lamech, -- luke 3:36 +. +the son of Methuselah, the son of Enoch, the son of Jared, the son of Mahalalel, the son of Kenan, -- luke 3:37 +. +the son of Enosh, the son of Seth, the son of Adam, the son of God. -- luke 3:38 +. +Then Jesus, full of the Holy Spirit, returned from the Jordan River and was led by the Spirit in the wilderness, -- luke 4:1 +. +where for forty days he endured temptations from the devil. He ate nothing during those days, and when they were completed, he was famished. -- luke 4:2 +. +The devil said to him, "If you are the Son of God, command this stone to become bread." -- luke 4:3 +. +Jesus answered him, "It is written, 'Man does not live by bread alone.'" -- luke 4:4 +. +Then the devil led him up to a high place and showed him in a flash all the kingdoms of the world. -- luke 4:5 +. +And he said to him, "To you I will grant this whole realm - and the glory that goes along with it, for it has been relinquished to me, and I can give it to anyone I wish. -- luke 4:6 +. +So then, if you will worship me, all this will be yours." -- luke 4:7 +. +Jesus answered him, "It is written, 'You are to worship the Lord your God and serve only him.'" -- luke 4:8 +. +Then the devil brought him to Jerusalem, had him stand on the highest point of the temple, and said to him, "If you are the Son of God, throw yourself down from here, -- luke 4:9 +. +for it is written, 'He will command his angels concerning you, to protect you,' -- luke 4:10 +. +and 'with their hands they will lift you up, so that you will not strike your foot against a stone.'" -- luke 4:11 +. +Jesus answered him, "It is said, 'You are not to put the Lord your God to the test.'" -- luke 4:12 +. +So when the devil had completed every temptation, he departed from him until a more opportune time. -- luke 4:13 +. +Then Jesus, in the power of the Spirit, returned to Galilee, and news about him spread throughout the surrounding countryside. -- luke 4:14 +. +He began to teach in their synagogues and was praised by all. -- luke 4:15 +. +Now Jesus came to Nazareth, where he had been brought up, and went into the synagogue on the Sabbath day, as was his custom. He stood up to read, -- luke 4:16 +. +and the scroll of the prophet Isaiah was given to him. He unrolled the scroll and found the place where it was written, -- luke 4:17 +. +"The Spirit of the Lord is upon me, because he has anointed me to proclaim good news to the poor. He has sent me to proclaim release to the captives and the regaining of sight to the blind, to set free those who are oppressed, -- luke 4:18 +. +to proclaim the year of the Lord's favor." -- luke 4:19 +. +Then he rolled up the scroll, gave it back to the attendant, and sat down. The eyes of everyone in the synagogue were fixed on him. -- luke 4:20 +. +Then he began to tell them, "Today this scripture has been fulfilled even as you heard it being read." -- luke 4:21 +. +All were speaking well of him, and were amazed at the gracious words coming out of his mouth. They said, "Isn't this Joseph's son?" -- luke 4:22 +. +Jesus said to them, "No doubt you will quote to me the proverb, 'Physician, heal yourself!' and say, 'What we have heard that you did in Capernaum, do here in your hometown too.'" -- luke 4:23 +. +And he added, "I tell you the truth, no prophet is acceptable in his hometown. -- luke 4:24 +. +But in truth I tell you, there were many widows in Israel in Elijah's days, when the sky was shut up three and a half years, and there was a great famine over all the land. -- luke 4:25 +. +Yet Elijah was sent to none of them, but only to a woman who was a widow at Zarephath in Sidon. -- luke 4:26 +. +And there were many lepers in Israel in the time of the prophet Elisha, yet none of them was cleansed except Naaman the Syrian." -- luke 4:27 +. +When they heard this, all the people in the synagogue were filled with rage. -- luke 4:28 +. +They got up, forced him out of the town, and brought him to the brow of the hill on which their town was built, so that they could throw him down the cliff. -- luke 4:29 +. +But he passed through the crowd and went on his way. -- luke 4:30 +. +So he went down to Capernaum, a town in Galilee, and on the Sabbath he began to teach the people. -- luke 4:31 +. +They were amazed at his teaching, because he spoke with authority. -- luke 4:32 +. +Now in the synagogue there was a man who had the spirit of an unclean demon, and he cried out with a loud voice, -- luke 4:33 +. +"Ha! Leave us alone, Jesus the Nazarene! Have you come to destroy us? I know who you are - the Holy One of God." -- luke 4:34 +. +But Jesus rebuked him: "Silence! Come out of him!" Then, after the demon threw the man down in their midst, he came out of him without hurting him. -- luke 4:35 +. +They were all amazed and began to say to one another, "What's happening here? For with authority and power he commands the unclean spirits, and they come out!" -- luke 4:36 +. +So the news about him spread into all areas of the region. -- luke 4:37 +. +After Jesus left the synagogue, he entered Simon's house. Now Simon's mother-in-law was suffering from a high fever, and they asked Jesus to help her. -- luke 4:38 +. +So he stood over her, commanded the fever, and it left her. Immediately she got up and began to serve them. -- luke 4:39 +. +As the sun was setting, all those who had any relatives sick with various diseases brought them to Jesus. He placed his hands on every one of them and healed them. -- luke 4:40 +. +Demons also came out of many, crying out, "You are the Son of God!" But he rebuked them, and would not allow them to speak, because they knew that he was the Christ. -- luke 4:41 +. +The next morning Jesus departed and went to a deserted place. Yet the crowds were seeking him, and they came to him and tried to keep him from leaving them. -- luke 4:42 +. +But Jesus said to them, "I must proclaim the good news of the kingdom of God to the other towns too, for that is what I was sent to do." -- luke 4:43 +. +So he continued to preach in the synagogues of Judea. -- luke 4:44 +. +Now Jesus was standing by the Lake of Gennesaret, and the crowd was pressing around him to hear the word of God. -- luke 5:1 +. +He saw two boats by the lake, but the fishermen had gotten out of them and were washing their nets. -- luke 5:2 +. +He got into one of the boats, which was Simon's, and asked him to put out a little way from the shore. Then Jesus sat down and taught the crowds from the boat. -- luke 5:3 +. +When he had finished speaking, he said to Simon, "Put out into the deep water and lower your nets for a catch." -- luke 5:4 +. +Simon answered, "Master, we worked hard all night and caught nothing! But at your word I will lower the nets." -- luke 5:5 +. +When they had done this, they caught so many fish that their nets started to tear. -- luke 5:6 +. +So they motioned to their partners in the other boat to come and help them. And they came and filled both boats, so that they were about to sink. -- luke 5:7 +. +But when Simon Peter saw it, he fell down at Jesus' knees, saying, "Go away from me, Lord, for I am a sinful man!" -- luke 5:8 +. +For Peter and all who were with him were astonished at the catch of fish that they had taken, -- luke 5:9 +. +and so were James and John, Zebedee's sons, who were Simon's business partners. Then Jesus said to Simon, "Do not be afraid; from now on you will be catching people." -- luke 5:10 +. +So when they had brought their boats to shore, they left everything and followed him. -- luke 5:11 +. +While Jesus was in one of the towns, a man came to him who was covered with leprosy. When he saw Jesus, he bowed down with his face to the ground and begged him, "Lord, if you are willing, you can make me clean." -- luke 5:12 +. +So he stretched out his hand and touched him, saying, "I am willing. Be clean!" And immediately the leprosy left him. -- luke 5:13 +. +Then he ordered the man to tell no one, but commanded him, "Go and show yourself to a priest, and bring the offering for your cleansing, as Moses commanded, as a testimony to them." -- luke 5:14 +. +But the news about him spread even more, and large crowds were gathering together to hear him and to be healed of their illnesses. -- luke 5:15 +. +Yet Jesus himself frequently withdrew to the wilderness and prayed. -- luke 5:16 +. +Now on one of those days, while he was teaching, there were Pharisees and teachers of the law sitting nearby (who had come from every village of Galilee and Judea and from Jerusalem), and the power of the Lord was with him to heal. -- luke 5:17 +. +Just then some men showed up, carrying a paralyzed man on a stretcher. They were trying to bring him in and place him before Jesus. -- luke 5:18 +. +But since they found no way to carry him in because of the crowd, they went up on the roof and let him down on the stretcher through the roof tiles right in front of Jesus. -- luke 5:19 +. +When Jesus saw their faith he said, "Friend, your sins are forgiven." -- luke 5:20 +. +Then the experts in the law and the Pharisees began to think to themselves, "Who is this man who is uttering blasphemies? Who can forgive sins but God alone?" -- luke 5:21 +. +When Jesus perceived their hostile thoughts, he said to them, "Why are you raising objections within yourselves? -- luke 5:22 +. +Which is easier, to say, 'Your sins are forgiven,' or to say, 'Stand up and walk'? -- luke 5:23 +. +But so that you may know that the Son of Man has authority on earth to forgive sins" - he said to the paralyzed man - "I tell you, stand up, take your stretcher and go home." -- luke 5:24 +. +Immediately he stood up before them, picked up the stretcher he had been lying on, and went home, glorifying God. -- luke 5:25 +. +Then astonishment seized them all, and they glorified God. They were filled with awe, saying, "We have seen incredible things today." -- luke 5:26 +. +After this, Jesus went out and saw a tax collector named Levi sitting at the tax booth. "Follow me," he said to him. -- luke 5:27 +. +And he got up and followed him, leaving everything behind. -- luke 5:28 +. +Then Levi gave a great banquet in his house for Jesus, and there was a large crowd of tax collectors and others sitting at the table with them. -- luke 5:29 +. +But the Pharisees and their experts in the law complained to his disciples, saying, "Why do you eat and drink with tax collectors and sinners?" -- luke 5:30 +. +Jesus answered them, "Those who are well don't need a physician, but those who are sick do. -- luke 5:31 +. +I have not come to call the righteous, but sinners to repentance." -- luke 5:32 +. +Then they said to him, "John's disciples frequently fast and pray, and so do the disciples of the Pharisees, but yours continue to eat and drink." -- luke 5:33 +. +So Jesus said to them, "You cannot make the wedding guests fast while the bridegroom is with them, can you? -- luke 5:34 +. +But those days are coming, and when the bridegroom is taken from them, at that time they will fast." -- luke 5:35 +. +He also told them a parable: "No one tears a patch from a new garment and sews it on an old garment. If he does, he will have torn the new, and the piece from the new will not match the old. -- luke 5:36 +. +And no one pours new wine into old wineskins. If he does, the new wine will burst the skins and will be spilled, and the skins will be destroyed. -- luke 5:37 +. +Instead new wine must be poured into new wineskins. -- luke 5:38 +. + No one after drinking old wine wants the new, for he says, 'The old is good enough.'" -- luke 5:39 +. +Jesus was going through the grain fields on a Sabbath, and his disciples picked some heads of wheat, rubbed them in their hands, and ate them. -- luke 6:1 +. +But some of the Pharisees said, "Why are you doing what is against the law on the Sabbath?" -- luke 6:2 +. +Jesus answered them, "Haven't you read what David did when he and his companions were hungry - -- luke 6:3 +. +how he entered the house of God, took and ate the sacred bread, which is not lawful for any to eat but the priests alone, and gave it to his companions?" -- luke 6:4 +. +Then he said to them, "The Son of Man is lord of the Sabbath." -- luke 6:5 +. +On another Sabbath, Jesus entered the synagogue and was teaching. Now a man was there whose right hand was withered. -- luke 6:6 +. +The experts in the law and the Pharisees watched Jesus closely to see if he would heal on the Sabbath, so that they could find a reason to accuse him. -- luke 6:7 +. +But he knew their thoughts, and said to the man who had the withered hand, "Get up and stand here." So he rose and stood there. -- luke 6:8 +. +Then Jesus said to them, "I ask you, is it lawful to do good on the Sabbath or to do evil, to save a life or to destroy it?" -- luke 6:9 +. +After looking around at them all, he said to the man, "Stretch out your hand." The man did so, and his hand was restored. -- luke 6:10 +. +But they were filled with mindless rage and began debating with one another what they would do to Jesus. -- luke 6:11 +. +Now it was during this time that Jesus went out to the mountain to pray, and he spent all night in prayer to God. -- luke 6:12 +. +When morning came, he called his disciples and chose twelve of them, whom he also named apostles: -- luke 6:13 +. +Simon (whom he named Peter), and his brother Andrew; and James, John, Philip, Bartholomew, -- luke 6:14 +. +Matthew, Thomas, James the son of Alphaeus, Simon who was called the Zealot, -- luke 6:15 +. +Judas the son of James, and Judas Iscariot, who became a traitor. -- luke 6:16 +. +Then he came down with them and stood on a level place. And a large number of his disciples had gathered along with a vast multitude from all over Judea, from Jerusalem, and from the seacoast of Tyre and Sidon. They came to hear him and to be healed of their diseases, -- luke 6:17 +. +and those who suffered from unclean spirits were cured. -- luke 6:18 +. +The whole crowd was trying to touch him, because power was coming out from him and healing them all. -- luke 6:19 +. +Then he looked up at his disciples and said: "Blessed are you who are poor, for the kingdom of God belongs to you. -- luke 6:20 +. +"Blessed are you who hunger now, for you will be satisfied. "Blessed are you who weep now, for you will laugh. -- luke 6:21 +. +"Blessed are you when people hate you, and when they exclude you and insult you and reject you as evil on account of the Son of Man! -- luke 6:22 +. +Rejoice in that day, and jump for joy, because your reward is great in heaven. For their ancestors did the same things to the prophets. -- luke 6:23 +. +"But woe to you who are rich, for you have received your comfort already. -- luke 6:24 +. +"Woe to you who are well satisfied with food now, for you will be hungry. "Woe to you who laugh now, for you will mourn and weep. -- luke 6:25 +. +"Woe to you when all people speak well of you, for their ancestors did the same things to the false prophets. -- luke 6:26 +. +"But I say to you who are listening: Love your enemies, do good to those who hate you, -- luke 6:27 +. +bless those who curse you, pray for those who mistreat you. -- luke 6:28 +. +To the person who strikes you on the cheek, offer the other as well, and from the person who takes away your coat, do not withhold your tunic either. -- luke 6:29 +. +Give to everyone who asks you, and do not ask for your possessions back from the person who takes them away. -- luke 6:30 +. +Treat others in the same way that you would want them to treat you. -- luke 6:31 +. +"If you love those who love you, what credit is that to you? For even sinners love those who love them. -- luke 6:32 +. +And if you do good to those who do good to you, what credit is that to you? Even sinners do the same. -- luke 6:33 +. +And if you lend to those from whom you hope to be repaid, what credit is that to you? Even sinners lend to sinners, so that they may be repaid in full. -- luke 6:34 +. +But love your enemies, and do good, and lend, expecting nothing back. Then your reward will be great, and you will be sons of the Most High, because he is kind to ungrateful and evil people. -- luke 6:35 +. +Be merciful, just as your Father is merciful. -- luke 6:36 +. +"Do not judge, and you will not be judged; do not condemn, and you will not be condemned; forgive, and you will be forgiven. -- luke 6:37 +. +Give, and it will be given to you: A good measure, pressed down, shaken together, running over, will be poured into your lap. For the measure you use will be the measure you receive." -- luke 6:38 +. +He also told them a parable: "Someone who is blind cannot lead another who is blind, can he? Won't they both fall into a pit? -- luke 6:39 +. +A disciple is not greater than his teacher, but everyone when fully trained will be like his teacher. -- luke 6:40 +. +Why do you see the speck in your brother's eye, but fail to see the beam of wood in your own? -- luke 6:41 +. +How can you say to your brother, 'Brother, let me remove the speck from your eye,' while you yourself don't see the beam in your own? You hypocrite! First remove the beam from your own eye, and then you can see clearly to remove the speck from your brother's eye. -- luke 6:42 +. +"For no good tree bears bad fruit, nor again does a bad tree bear good fruit, -- luke 6:43 +. +for each tree is known by its own fruit. For figs are not gathered from thorns, nor are grapes picked from brambles. -- luke 6:44 +. +The good person out of the good treasury of his heart produces good, and the evil person out of his evil treasury produces evil, for his mouth speaks from what fills his heart. -- luke 6:45 +. +"Why do you call me 'Lord, Lord,' and don't do what I tell you? -- luke 6:46 +. +"Everyone who comes to me and listens to my words and puts them into practice - I will show you what he is like: -- luke 6:47 +. +He is like a man building a house, who dug down deep, and laid the foundation on bedrock. When a flood came, the river burst against that house but could not shake it, because it had been well built. -- luke 6:48 +. +But the person who hears and does not put my words into practice is like a man who built a house on the ground without a foundation. When the river burst against that house, it collapsed immediately, and was utterly destroyed!" -- luke 6:49 +. +After Jesus had finished teaching all this to the people, he entered Capernaum. -- luke 7:1 +. +A centurion there had a slave who was highly regarded, but who was sick and at the point of death. -- luke 7:2 +. +When the centurion heard about Jesus, he sent some Jewish elders to him, asking him to come and heal his slave. -- luke 7:3 +. +When they came to Jesus, they urged him earnestly, "He is worthy to have you do this for him, -- luke 7:4 +. +because he loves our nation, and even built our synagogue." -- luke 7:5 +. +So Jesus went with them. When he was not far from the house, the centurion sent friends to say to him, "Lord, do not trouble yourself, for I am not worthy to have you come under my roof. -- luke 7:6 +. +That is why I did not presume to come to you. Instead, say the word, and my servant must be healed. -- luke 7:7 +. +For I too am a man set under authority, with soldiers under me. I say to this one, 'Go,' and he goes, and to another, 'Come,' and he comes, and to my slave, 'Do this,' and he does it." -- luke 7:8 +. +When Jesus heard this, he was amazed at him. He turned and said to the crowd that followed him, "I tell you, not even in Israel have I found such faith!" -- luke 7:9 +. +So when those who had been sent returned to the house, they found the slave well. -- luke 7:10 +. +Soon afterward Jesus went to a town called Nain, and his disciples and a large crowd went with him. -- luke 7:11 +. +As he approached the town gate, a man who had died was being carried out, the only son of his mother (who was a widow), and a large crowd from the town was with her. -- luke 7:12 +. +When the Lord saw her, he had compassion for her and said to her, "Do not weep." -- luke 7:13 +. +Then he came up and touched the bier, and those who carried it stood still. He said, "Young man, I say to you, get up!" -- luke 7:14 +. +So the dead man sat up and began to speak, and Jesus gave him back to his mother. -- luke 7:15 +. +Fear seized them all, and they began to glorify God, saying, "A great prophet has appeared among us!" and "God has come to help his people!" -- luke 7:16 +. +This report about Jesus circulated throughout Judea and all the surrounding country. -- luke 7:17 +. +John's disciples informed him about all these things. So John called two of his disciples -- luke 7:18 +. +and sent them to Jesus to ask, "Are you the one who is to come, or should we look for another?" -- luke 7:19 +. +When the men came to Jesus, they said, "John the Baptist has sent us to you to ask, 'Are you the one who is to come, or should we look for another?'" -- luke 7:20 +. +At that very time Jesus cured many people of diseases, sicknesses, and evil spirits, and granted sight to many who were blind. -- luke 7:21 +. +So he answered them, "Go tell John what you have seen and heard: The blind see, the lame walk, lepers are cleansed, the deaf hear, the dead are raised, the poor have good news proclaimed to them. -- luke 7:22 +. +Blessed is anyone who takes no offense at me." -- luke 7:23 +. +When John's messengers had gone, Jesus began to speak to the crowds about John: "What did you go out into the wilderness to see? A reed shaken by the wind? -- luke 7:24 +. +What did you go out to see? A man dressed in fancy clothes? Look, those who wear fancy clothes and live in luxury are in kings' courts! -- luke 7:25 +. +What did you go out to see? A prophet? Yes, I tell you, and more than a prophet. -- luke 7:26 +. +This is the one about whom it is written, 'Look, I am sending my messenger ahead of you, who will prepare your way before you.' -- luke 7:27 +. +I tell you, among those born of women no one is greater than John. Yet the one who is least in the kingdom of God is greater than he is." -- luke 7:28 +. +(Now all the people who heard this, even the tax collectors, acknowledged God's justice, because they had been baptized with John's baptism. -- luke 7:29 +. +However, the Pharisees and the experts in religious law rejected God's purpose for themselves, because they had not been baptized by John.) -- luke 7:30 +. +"To what then should I compare the people of this generation, and what are they like? -- luke 7:31 +. +They are like children sitting in the marketplace and calling out to one another, 'We played the flute for you, yet you did not dance; we wailed in mourning, yet you did not weep.' -- luke 7:32 +. +For John the Baptist has come eating no bread and drinking no wine, and you say, 'He has a demon!' -- luke 7:33 +. +The Son of Man has come eating and drinking, and you say, 'Look at him, a glutton and a drunk, a friend of tax collectors and sinners!' -- luke 7:34 +. +But wisdom is vindicated by all her children." -- luke 7:35 +. +Now one of the Pharisees asked Jesus to have dinner with him, so he went into the Pharisee's house and took his place at the table. -- luke 7:36 +. +Then when a woman of that town, who was a sinner, learned that Jesus was dining at the Pharisee's house, she brought an alabaster jar of perfumed oil. -- luke 7:37 +. +As she stood behind him at his feet, weeping, she began to wet his feet with her tears. She wiped them with her hair, kissed them, and anointed them with the perfumed oil. -- luke 7:38 +. +Now when the Pharisee who had invited him saw this, he said to himself, "If this man were a prophet, he would know who and what kind of woman this is who is touching him, that she is a sinner." -- luke 7:39 +. +So Jesus answered him, "Simon, I have something to say to you." He replied, "Say it, Teacher." -- luke 7:40 +. +"A certain creditor had two debtors; one owed him five hundred silver coins, and the other fifty. -- luke 7:41 +. +When they could not pay, he canceled the debts of both. Now which of them will love him more?" -- luke 7:42 +. +Simon answered, "I suppose the one who had the bigger debt canceled." Jesus said to him, "You have judged rightly." -- luke 7:43 +. +Then, turning toward the woman, he said to Simon, "Do you see this woman? I entered your house. You gave me no water for my feet, but she has wet my feet with her tears and wiped them with her hair. -- luke 7:44 +. +You gave me no kiss of greeting, but from the time I entered she has not stopped kissing my feet. -- luke 7:45 +. +You did not anoint my head with oil, but she has anointed my feet with perfumed oil. -- luke 7:46 +. +Therefore I tell you, her sins, which were many, are forgiven, thus she loved much; but the one who is forgiven little loves little." -- luke 7:47 +. +Then Jesus said to her, "Your sins are forgiven." -- luke 7:48 +. +But those who were at the table with him began to say among themselves, "Who is this, who even forgives sins?" -- luke 7:49 +. +He said to the woman, "Your faith has saved you; go in peace." -- luke 7:50 +. +Some time afterward he went on through towns and villages, preaching and proclaiming the good news of the kingdom of God. The twelve were with him, -- luke 8:1 +. +and also some women who had been healed of evil spirits and disabilities: Mary (called Magdalene), from whom seven demons had gone out, -- luke 8:2 +. +and Joanna the wife of Cuza (Herod's household manager), Susanna, and many others who provided for them out of their own resources. -- luke 8:3 +. +While a large crowd was gathering and people were coming to Jesus from one town after another, he spoke to them in a parable: -- luke 8:4 +. +"A sower went out to sow his seed. And as he sowed, some fell along the path and was trampled on, and the wild birds devoured it. -- luke 8:5 +. +Other seed fell on rock, and when it came up, it withered because it had no moisture. -- luke 8:6 +. +Other seed fell among the thorns, and they grew up with it and choked it. -- luke 8:7 +. +But other seed fell on good soil and grew, and it produced a hundred times as much grain." As he said this, he called out, "The one who has ears to hear had better listen!" -- luke 8:8 +. +Then his disciples asked him what this parable meant. -- luke 8:9 +. +He said, "You have been given the opportunity to know the secrets of the kingdom of God, but for others they are in parables, so that although they see they may not see, and although they hear they may not understand. -- luke 8:10 +. +"Now the parable means this: The seed is the word of God. -- luke 8:11 +. +Those along the path are the ones who have heard; then the devil comes and takes away the word from their hearts, so that they may not believe and be saved. -- luke 8:12 +. +Those on the rock are the ones who receive the word with joy when they hear it, but they have no root. They believe for a while, but in a time of testing fall away. -- luke 8:13 +. +As for the seed that fell among thorns, these are the ones who hear, but as they go on their way they are choked by the worries and riches and pleasures of life, and their fruit does not mature. -- luke 8:14 +. +But as for the seed that landed on good soil, these are the ones who, after hearing the word, cling to it with an honest and good heart, and bear fruit with steadfast endurance. -- luke 8:15 +. +"No one lights a lamp and then covers it with a jar or puts it under a bed, but puts it on a lampstand so that those who come in can see the light. -- luke 8:16 +. +For nothing is hidden that will not be revealed, and nothing concealed that will not be made known and brought to light. -- luke 8:17 +. +So listen carefully, for whoever has will be given more, but whoever does not have, even what he thinks he has will be taken from him." -- luke 8:18 +. +Now Jesus' mother and his brothers came to him, but they could not get near him because of the crowd. -- luke 8:19 +. +So he was told, "Your mother and your brothers are standing outside, wanting to see you." -- luke 8:20 +. +But he replied to them, "My mother and my brothers are those who hear the word of God and do it." -- luke 8:21 +. +One day Jesus got into a boat with his disciples and said to them, "Let's go across to the other side of the lake." So they set out, -- luke 8:22 +. +and as they sailed he fell asleep. Now a violent windstorm came down on the lake, and the boat started filling up with water, and they were in danger. -- luke 8:23 +. +They came and woke him, saying, "Master, Master, we are about to die!" So he got up and rebuked the wind and the raging waves; they died down, and it was calm. -- luke 8:24 +. +Then he said to them, "Where is your faith?" But they were afraid and amazed, saying to one another, "Who then is this? He commands even the winds and the water, and they obey him!" -- luke 8:25 +. +So they sailed over to the region of the Gerasenes, which is opposite Galilee. -- luke 8:26 +. +As Jesus stepped ashore, a certain man from the town met him who was possessed by demons. For a long time this man had worn no clothes and had not lived in a house, but among the tombs. -- luke 8:27 +. +When he saw Jesus, he cried out, fell down before him, and shouted with a loud voice, "Leave me alone, Jesus, Son of the Most High God! I beg you, do not torment me!" -- luke 8:28 +. +For Jesus had started commanding the evil spirit to come out of the man. (For it had seized him many times, so he would be bound with chains and shackles and kept under guard. But he would break the restraints and be driven by the demon into deserted places.) -- luke 8:29 +. +Jesus then asked him, "What is your name?" He said, "Legion," because many demons had entered him. -- luke 8:30 +. +And they began to beg him not to order them to depart into the abyss. -- luke 8:31 +. +Now a large herd of pigs was feeding there on the hillside, and the demonic spirits begged Jesus to let them go into them. He gave them permission. -- luke 8:32 +. +So the demons came out of the man and went into the pigs, and the herd of pigs rushed down the steep slope into the lake and drowned. -- luke 8:33 +. +When the herdsmen saw what had happened, they ran off and spread the news in the town and countryside. -- luke 8:34 +. +So the people went out to see what had happened, and they came to Jesus. They found the man from whom the demons had gone out, sitting at Jesus' feet, clothed and in his right mind, and they were afraid. -- luke 8:35 +. +Those who had seen it told them how the man who had been demon-possessed had been healed. -- luke 8:36 +. +Then all the people of the Gerasenes and the surrounding region asked Jesus to leave them alone, for they were seized with great fear. So he got into the boat and left. -- luke 8:37 +. +The man from whom the demons had gone out begged to go with him, but Jesus sent him away, saying, -- luke 8:38 +. +"Return to your home, and declare what God has done for you." So he went away, proclaiming throughout the whole town what Jesus had done for him. -- luke 8:39 +. +Now when Jesus returned, the crowd welcomed him, because they were all waiting for him. -- luke 8:40 +. +Then a man named Jairus, who was a ruler of the synagogue, came up. Falling at Jesus' feet, he pleaded with him to come to his house, -- luke 8:41 +. +because he had an only daughter, about twelve years old, and she was dying. As Jesus was on his way, the crowds pressed around him. -- luke 8:42 +. +Now a woman was there who had been suffering from a hemorrhage for twelve years but could not be healed by anyone. -- luke 8:43 +. +She came up behind Jesus and touched the edge of his cloak, and at once the bleeding stopped. -- luke 8:44 +. +Then Jesus asked, "Who was it who touched me?" When they all denied it, Peter said, "Master, the crowds are surrounding you and pressing against you!" -- luke 8:45 +. +But Jesus said, "Someone touched me, for I know that power has gone out from me." -- luke 8:46 +. +When the woman saw that she could not escape notice, she came trembling and fell down before him. In the presence of all the people, she explained why she had touched him and how she had been immediately healed. -- luke 8:47 +. +Then he said to her, "Daughter, your faith has made you well. Go in peace." -- luke 8:48 +. +While he was still speaking, someone from the synagogue ruler's house came and said, "Your daughter is dead; do not trouble the teacher any longer." -- luke 8:49 +. +But when Jesus heard this, he told him, "Do not be afraid; just believe, and she will be healed." -- luke 8:50 +. +Now when he came to the house, Jesus did not let anyone go in with him except Peter, John, and James, and the child's father and mother. -- luke 8:51 +. +Now they were all wailing and mourning for her, but he said, "Stop your weeping; she is not dead but asleep." -- luke 8:52 +. +And they began making fun of him, because they knew that she was dead. -- luke 8:53 +. +But Jesus gently took her by the hand and said, "Child, get up." -- luke 8:54 +. +Her spirit returned, and she got up immediately. Then he told them to give her something to eat. -- luke 8:55 +. +Her parents were astonished, but he ordered them to tell no one what had happened. -- luke 8:56 +. +After Jesus called the twelve together, he gave them power and authority over all demons and to cure diseases, -- luke 9:1 +. +and he sent them out to proclaim the kingdom of God and to heal the sick. -- luke 9:2 +. +He said to them, "Take nothing for your journey - no staff, no bag, no bread, no money, and do not take an extra tunic. -- luke 9:3 +. +Whatever house you enter, stay there until you leave the area. -- luke 9:4 +. +Wherever they do not receive you, as you leave that town, shake the dust off your feet as a testimony against them." -- luke 9:5 +. +Then they departed and went throughout the villages, proclaiming the good news and healing people everywhere. -- luke 9:6 +. +Now Herod the tetrarch heard about everything that was happening, and he was thoroughly perplexed, because some people were saying that John had been raised from the dead, -- luke 9:7 +. +while others were saying that Elijah had appeared, and still others that one of the prophets of long ago had risen. -- luke 9:8 +. +Herod said, "I had John beheaded, but who is this about whom I hear such things?" So Herod wanted to learn about Jesus. -- luke 9:9 +. +When the apostles returned, they told Jesus everything they had done. Then he took them with him and they withdrew privately to a town called Bethsaida. -- luke 9:10 +. +But when the crowds found out, they followed him. He welcomed them, spoke to them about the kingdom of God, and cured those who needed healing. -- luke 9:11 +. +Now the day began to draw to a close, so the twelve came and said to Jesus, "Send the crowd away, so they can go into the surrounding villages and countryside and find lodging and food, because we are in an isolated place." -- luke 9:12 +. +But he said to them, "You give them something to eat." They replied, "We have no more than five loaves and two fish - unless we go and buy food for all these people." -- luke 9:13 +. +(Now about five thousand men were there.) Then he said to his disciples, "Have them sit down in groups of about fifty each." -- luke 9:14 +. +So they did as Jesus directed, and the people all sat down. -- luke 9:15 +. +Then he took the five loaves and the two fish, and looking up to heaven he gave thanks and broke them. He gave them to the disciples to set before the crowd. -- luke 9:16 +. +They all ate and were satisfied, and what was left over was picked up - twelve baskets of broken pieces. -- luke 9:17 +. +Once when Jesus was praying by himself, and his disciples were nearby, he asked them, "Who do the crowds say that I am?" -- luke 9:18 +. +They answered, "John the Baptist; others say Elijah; and still others that one of the prophets of long ago has risen." -- luke 9:19 +. +Then he said to them, "But who do you say that I am?" Peter answered, "The Christ of God." -- luke 9:20 +. +But he forcefully commanded them not to tell this to anyone, -- luke 9:21 +. +saying, "The Son of Man must suffer many things and be rejected by the elders, chief priests, and experts in the law, and be killed, and on the third day be raised." -- luke 9:22 +. +Then he said to them all, "If anyone wants to become my follower, he must deny himself, take up his cross daily, and follow me. -- luke 9:23 +. +For whoever wants to save his life will lose it, but whoever loses his life for my sake will save it. -- luke 9:24 +. +For what does it benefit a person if he gains the whole world but loses or forfeits himself? -- luke 9:25 +. +For whoever is ashamed of me and my words, the Son of Man will be ashamed of that person when he comes in his glory and in the glory of the Father and of the holy angels. -- luke 9:26 +. +But I tell you most certainly, there are some standing here who will not experience death before they see the kingdom of God." -- luke 9:27 +. +Now about eight days after these sayings, Jesus took with him Peter, John, and James, and went up the mountain to pray. -- luke 9:28 +. +As he was praying, the appearance of his face was transformed, and his clothes became very bright, a brilliant white. -- luke 9:29 +. +Then two men, Moses and Elijah, began talking with him. -- luke 9:30 +. +They appeared in glorious splendor and spoke about his departure that he was about to carry out at Jerusalem. -- luke 9:31 +. +Now Peter and those with him were quite sleepy, but as they became fully awake, they saw his glory and the two men standing with him. -- luke 9:32 +. +Then as the men were starting to leave, Peter said to Jesus, "Master, it is good for us to be here. Let us make three shelters, one for you and one for Moses and one for Elijah" - not knowing what he was saying. -- luke 9:33 +. +As he was saying this, a cloud came and overshadowed them, and they were afraid as they entered the cloud. -- luke 9:34 +. +Then a voice came from the cloud, saying, "This is my Son, my Chosen One. Listen to him!" -- luke 9:35 +. +After the voice had spoken, Jesus was found alone. So they kept silent and told no one at that time anything of what they had seen. -- luke 9:36 +. +Now on the next day, when they had come down from the mountain, a large crowd met him. -- luke 9:37 +. +Then a man from the crowd cried out, "Teacher, I beg you to look at my son - he is my only child! -- luke 9:38 +. +A spirit seizes him, and he suddenly screams; it throws him into convulsions and causes him to foam at the mouth. It hardly ever leaves him alone, torturing him severely. -- luke 9:39 +. +I begged your disciples to cast it out, but they could not do so." -- luke 9:40 +. +Jesus answered, "You unbelieving and perverse generation! How much longer must I be with you and endure you? Bring your son here." -- luke 9:41 +. +As the boy was approaching, the demon threw him to the ground and shook him with convulsions. But Jesus rebuked the unclean spirit, healed the boy, and gave him back to his father. -- luke 9:42 +. +Then they were all astonished at the mighty power of God.But while the entire crowd was amazed at everything Jesus was doing, he said to his disciples, -- luke 9:43 +. +"Take these words to heart, for the Son of Man is going to be betrayed into the hands of men." -- luke 9:44 +. +But they did not understand this statement; its meaning had been concealed from them, so that they could not grasp it. Yet they were afraid to ask him about this statement. -- luke 9:45 +. +Now an argument started among the disciples as to which of them might be the greatest. -- luke 9:46 +. +But when Jesus discerned their innermost thoughts, he took a child, had him stand by his side, -- luke 9:47 +. +and said to them, "Whoever welcomes this child in my name welcomes me, and whoever welcomes me welcomes the one who sent me, for the one who is least among you all is the one who is great." -- luke 9:48 +. +John answered, "Master, we saw someone casting out demons in your name, and we tried to stop him because he is not a disciple along with us." -- luke 9:49 +. +But Jesus said to him, "Do not stop him, for whoever is not against you is for you." -- luke 9:50 +. +Now when the days drew near for him to be taken up, Jesus set out resolutely to go to Jerusalem. -- luke 9:51 +. +He sent messengers on ahead of him. As they went along, they entered a Samaritan village to make things ready in advance for him, -- luke 9:52 +. +but the villagers refused to welcome him, because he was determined to go to Jerusalem. -- luke 9:53 +. +Now when his disciples James and John saw this, they said, "Lord, do you want us to call fire to come down from heaven and consume them?" -- luke 9:54 +. +But Jesus turned and rebuked them, -- luke 9:55 +. +and they went on to another village. -- luke 9:56 +. +As they were walking along the road, someone said to him, "I will follow you wherever you go." -- luke 9:57 +. +Jesus said to him, "Foxes have dens and the birds in the sky have nests, but the Son of Man has no place to lay his head." -- luke 9:58 +. +Jesus said to another, "Follow me." But he replied, "Lord, first let me go and bury my father." -- luke 9:59 +. +But Jesus said to him, "Let the dead bury their own dead, but as for you, go and proclaim the kingdom of God." -- luke 9:60 +. +Yet another said, "I will follow you, Lord, but first let me say goodbye to my family." -- luke 9:61 +. +Jesus said to him, "No one who puts his hand to the plow and looks back is fit for the kingdom of God." -- luke 9:62 +. +After this the Lord appointed seventy-two others and sent them on ahead of him two by two into every town and place where he himself was about to go. -- luke 10:1 +. +He said to them, "The harvest is plentiful, but the workers are few. Therefore ask the Lord of the harvest to send out workers into his harvest. -- luke 10:2 +. +Go! I am sending you out like lambs surrounded by wolves. -- luke 10:3 +. +Do not carry a money bag, a traveler's bag, or sandals, and greet no one on the road. -- luke 10:4 +. +Whenever you enter a house, first say, 'May peace be on this house!' -- luke 10:5 +. +And if a peace-loving person is there, your peace will remain on him, but if not, it will return to you. -- luke 10:6 +. +Stay in that same house, eating and drinking what they give you, for the worker deserves his pay. Do not move around from house to house. -- luke 10:7 +. +Whenever you enter a town and the people welcome you, eat what is set before you. -- luke 10:8 +. +Heal the sick in that town and say to them, 'The kingdom of God has come upon you!' -- luke 10:9 +. +But whenever you enter a town and the people do not welcome you, go into its streets and say, -- luke 10:10 +. +'Even the dust of your town that clings to our feet we wipe off against you. Nevertheless know this: The kingdom of God has come.' -- luke 10:11 +. +I tell you, it will be more bearable on that day for Sodom than for that town! -- luke 10:12 +. +"Woe to you, Chorazin! Woe to you, Bethsaida! For if the miracles done in you had been done in Tyre and Sidon, they would have repented long ago, sitting in sackcloth and ashes. -- luke 10:13 +. +But it will be more bearable for Tyre and Sidon in the judgment than for you! -- luke 10:14 +. +And you, Capernaum, will you be exalted to heaven? No, you will be thrown down to Hades! -- luke 10:15 +. +"The one who listens to you listens to me, and the one who rejects you rejects me, and the one who rejects me rejects the one who sent me." -- luke 10:16 +. +Then the seventy-two returned with joy, saying, "Lord, even the demons submit to us in your name!" -- luke 10:17 +. +So he said to them, "I saw Satan fall like lightning from heaven. -- luke 10:18 +. +Look, I have given you authority to tread on snakes and scorpions and on the full force of the enemy, and nothing will hurt you. -- luke 10:19 +. +Nevertheless, do not rejoice that the spirits submit to you, but rejoice that your names stand written in heaven." -- luke 10:20 +. +On that same occasion Jesus rejoiced in the Holy Spirit and said, "I praise you, Father, Lord of heaven and earth, because you have hidden these things from the wise and intelligent, and revealed them to little children. Yes, Father, for this was your gracious will. -- luke 10:21 +. +All things have been given to me by my Father. No one knows who the Son is except the Father, or who the Father is except the Son and anyone to whom the Son decides to reveal him." -- luke 10:22 +. +Then Jesus turned to his disciples and said privately, "Blessed are the eyes that see what you see! -- luke 10:23 +. +For I tell you that many prophets and kings longed to see what you see but did not see it, and to hear what you hear but did not hear it." -- luke 10:24 +. +Now an expert in religious law stood up to test Jesus, saying, "Teacher, what must I do to inherit eternal life?" -- luke 10:25 +. +He said to him, "What is written in the law? How do you understand it?" -- luke 10:26 +. +The expert answered, "Love the Lord your God with all your heart, with all your soul, with all your strength, and with all your mind, and love your neighbor as yourself." -- luke 10:27 +. +Jesus said to him, "You have answered correctly; do this, and you will live." -- luke 10:28 +. +But the expert, wanting to justify himself, said to Jesus, "And who is my neighbor?" -- luke 10:29 +. +Jesus replied, "A man was going down from Jerusalem to Jericho, and fell into the hands of robbers, who stripped him, beat him up, and went off, leaving him half dead. -- luke 10:30 +. +Now by chance a priest was going down that road, but when he saw the injured man he passed by on the other side. -- luke 10:31 +. +So too a Levite, when he came up to the place and saw him, passed by on the other side. -- luke 10:32 +. +But a Samaritan who was traveling came to where the injured man was, and when he saw him, he felt compassion for him. -- luke 10:33 +. +He went up to him and bandaged his wounds, pouring oil and wine on them. Then he put him on his own animal, brought him to an inn, and took care of him. -- luke 10:34 +. +The next day he took out two silver coins and gave them to the innkeeper, saying, 'Take care of him, and whatever else you spend, I will repay you when I come back this way.' -- luke 10:35 +. +Which of these three do you think became a neighbor to the man who fell into the hands of the robbers?" -- luke 10:36 +. +The expert in religious law said, "The one who showed mercy to him." So Jesus said to him, "Go and do the same." -- luke 10:37 +. +Now as they went on their way, Jesus entered a certain village where a woman named Martha welcomed him as a guest. -- luke 10:38 +. +She had a sister named Mary, who sat at the Lord's feet and listened to what he said. -- luke 10:39 +. +But Martha was distracted with all the preparations she had to make, so she came up to him and said, "Lord, don't you care that my sister has left me to do all the work alone? Tell her to help me." -- luke 10:40 +. +But the Lord answered her, "Martha, Martha, you are worried and troubled about many things, -- luke 10:41 +. +but one thing is needed. Mary has chosen the best part; it will not be taken away from her." -- luke 10:42 +. +Now Jesus was praying in a certain place. When he stopped, one of his disciples said to him, "Lord, teach us to pray, just as John taught his disciples." -- luke 11:1 +. +So he said to them, "When you pray, say: Father, may your name be honored; may your kingdom come. -- luke 11:2 +. +Give us each day our daily bread, -- luke 11:3 +. +and forgive us our sins, for we also forgive everyone who sins against us. And do not lead us into temptation." -- luke 11:4 +. +Then he said to them, "Suppose one of you has a friend, and you go to him at midnight and say to him, 'Friend, lend me three loaves of bread, -- luke 11:5 +. +because a friend of mine has stopped here while on a journey, and I have nothing to set before him.' -- luke 11:6 +. +Then he will reply from inside, 'Do not bother me. The door is already shut, and my children and I are in bed. I cannot get up and give you anything.' -- luke 11:7 +. +I tell you, even though the man inside will not get up and give him anything because he is his friend, yet because of the first man's sheer persistence he will get up and give him whatever he needs. -- luke 11:8 +. +"So I tell you: Ask, and it will be given to you; seek, and you will find; knock, and the door will be opened for you. -- luke 11:9 +. +For everyone who asks receives, and the one who seeks finds, and to the one who knocks, the door will be opened. -- luke 11:10 +. +What father among you, if your son asks for a fish, will give him a snake instead of a fish? -- luke 11:11 +. +Or if he asks for an egg, will give him a scorpion? -- luke 11:12 +. +If you then, although you are evil, know how to give good gifts to your children, how much more will the heavenly Father give the Holy Spirit to those who ask him!" -- luke 11:13 +. +Now he was casting out a demon that was mute. When the demon had gone out, the man who had been mute began to speak, and the crowds were amazed. -- luke 11:14 +. +But some of them said, "By the power of Beelzebul, the ruler of demons, he casts out demons." -- luke 11:15 +. +Others, to test him, began asking for a sign from heaven. -- luke 11:16 +. +But Jesus, realizing their thoughts, said to them, "Every kingdom divided against itself is destroyed, and a divided household falls. -- luke 11:17 +. +So if Satan too is divided against himself, how will his kingdom stand? I ask you this because you claim that I cast out demons by Beelzebul. -- luke 11:18 +. +Now if I cast out demons by Beelzebul, by whom do your sons cast them out? Therefore they will be your judges. -- luke 11:19 +. +But if I cast out demons by the finger of God, then the kingdom of God has already overtaken you. -- luke 11:20 +. +When a strong man, fully armed, guards his own palace, his possessions are safe. -- luke 11:21 +. +But when a stronger man attacks and conquers him, he takes away the first man's armor on which the man relied and divides up his plunder. -- luke 11:22 +. +Whoever is not with me is against me, and whoever does not gather with me scatters. -- luke 11:23 +. +"When an unclean spirit goes out of a person, it passes through waterless places looking for rest but not finding any. Then it says, 'I will return to the home I left.' -- luke 11:24 +. +When it returns, it finds the house swept clean and put in order. -- luke 11:25 +. +Then it goes and brings seven other spirits more evil than itself, and they go in and live there, so the last state of that person is worse than the first." -- luke 11:26 +. +As he said these things, a woman in the crowd spoke out to him, "Blessed is the womb that bore you and the breasts at which you nursed!" -- luke 11:27 +. +But he replied, "Blessed rather are those who hear the word of God and obey it!" -- luke 11:28 +. +As the crowds were increasing, Jesus began to say, "This generation is a wicked generation; it looks for a sign, but no sign will be given to it except the sign of Jonah. -- luke 11:29 +. +For just as Jonah became a sign to the people of Nineveh, so the Son of Man will be a sign to this generation. -- luke 11:30 +. +The queen of the South will rise up at the judgment with the people of this generation and condemn them, because she came from the ends of the earth to hear the wisdom of Solomon - and now, something greater than Solomon is here! -- luke 11:31 +. +The people of Nineveh will stand up at the judgment with this generation and condemn it, because they repented when Jonah preached to them - and now, something greater than Jonah is here! -- luke 11:32 +. +"No one after lighting a lamp puts it in a hidden place or under a basket, but on a lampstand, so that those who come in can see the light. -- luke 11:33 +. +Your eye is the lamp of your body. When your eye is healthy, your whole body is full of light, but when it is diseased, your body is full of darkness. -- luke 11:34 +. +Therefore see to it that the light in you is not darkness. -- luke 11:35 +. +If then your whole body is full of light, with no part in the dark, it will be as full of light as when the light of a lamp shines on you." -- luke 11:36 +. +As he spoke, a Pharisee invited Jesus to have a meal with him, so he went in and took his place at the table. -- luke 11:37 +. +The Pharisee was astonished when he saw that Jesus did not first wash his hands before the meal. -- luke 11:38 +. +But the Lord said to him, "Now you Pharisees clean the outside of the cup and the plate, but inside you are full of greed and wickedness. -- luke 11:39 +. +You fools! Didn't the one who made the outside make the inside as well? -- luke 11:40 +. +But give from your heart to those in need, and then everything will be clean for you. -- luke 11:41 +. +"But woe to you Pharisees! You give a tenth of your mint, rue, and every herb, yet you neglect justice and love for God! But you should have done these things without neglecting the others. -- luke 11:42 +. +Woe to you Pharisees! You love the best seats in the synagogues and elaborate greetings in the marketplaces! -- luke 11:43 +. +Woe to you! You are like unmarked graves, and people walk over them without realizing it!" -- luke 11:44 +. +One of the experts in religious law answered him, "Teacher, when you say these things you insult us too." -- luke 11:45 +. +But Jesus replied, "Woe to you experts in religious law as well! You load people down with burdens difficult to bear, yet you yourselves refuse to touch the burdens with even one of your fingers! -- luke 11:46 +. +Woe to you! You build the tombs of the prophets whom your ancestors killed. -- luke 11:47 +. +So you testify that you approve of the deeds of your ancestors, because they killed the prophets and you build their tombs! -- luke 11:48 +. +For this reason also the wisdom of God said, 'I will send them prophets and apostles, some of whom they will kill and persecute,' -- luke 11:49 +. +so that this generation may be held accountable for the blood of all the prophets that has been shed since the beginning of the world, -- luke 11:50 +. +from the blood of Abel to the blood of Zechariah, who was killed between the altar and the sanctuary. Yes, I tell you, it will be charged against this generation. -- luke 11:51 +. +Woe to you experts in religious law! You have taken away the key to knowledge! You did not go in yourselves, and you hindered those who were going in." -- luke 11:52 +. +When he went out from there, the experts in the law and the Pharisees began to oppose him bitterly, and to ask him hostile questions about many things, -- luke 11:53 +. +plotting against him, to catch him in something he might say. -- luke 11:54 +. +Meanwhile, when many thousands of the crowd had gathered so that they were trampling on one another, Jesus began to speak first to his disciples, "Be on your guard against the yeast of the Pharisees, which is hypocrisy. -- luke 12:1 +. +Nothing is hidden that will not be revealed, and nothing is secret that will not be made known. -- luke 12:2 +. +So then whatever you have said in the dark will be heard in the light, and what you have whispered in private rooms will be proclaimed from the housetops. -- luke 12:3 +. +"I tell you, my friends, do not be afraid of those who kill the body, and after that have nothing more they can do. -- luke 12:4 +. +But I will warn you whom you should fear: Fear the one who, after the killing, has authority to throw you into hell. Yes, I tell you, fear him! -- luke 12:5 +. +Aren't five sparrows sold for two pennies? Yet not one of them is forgotten before God. -- luke 12:6 +. +In fact, even the hairs on your head are all numbered. Do not be afraid; you are more valuable than many sparrows. -- luke 12:7 +. +"I tell you, whoever acknowledges me before men, the Son of Man will also acknowledge before God's angels. -- luke 12:8 +. +But the one who denies me before men will be denied before God's angels. -- luke 12:9 +. +And everyone who speaks a word against the Son of Man will be forgiven, but the person who blasphemes against the Holy Spirit will not be forgiven. -- luke 12:10 +. +But when they bring you before the synagogues, the rulers, and the authorities, do not worry about how you should make your defense or what you should say, -- luke 12:11 +. +for the Holy Spirit will teach you at that moment what you must say." -- luke 12:12 +. +Then someone from the crowd said to him, "Teacher, tell my brother to divide the inheritance with me." -- luke 12:13 +. +But Jesus said to him, "Man, who made me a judge or arbitrator between you two?" -- luke 12:14 +. +Then he said to them, "Watch out and guard yourself from all types of greed, because one's life does not consist in the abundance of his possessions." -- luke 12:15 +. +He then told them a parable: "The land of a certain rich man produced an abundant crop, -- luke 12:16 +. +so he thought to himself, 'What should I do, for I have nowhere to store my crops?' -- luke 12:17 +. +Then he said, 'I will do this: I will tear down my barns and build bigger ones, and there I will store all my grain and my goods. -- luke 12:18 +. +And I will say to myself, "You have plenty of goods stored up for many years; relax, eat, drink, celebrate!"' -- luke 12:19 +. +But God said to him, 'You fool! This very night your life will be demanded back from you, but who will get what you have prepared for yourself?' -- luke 12:20 +. +So it is with the one who stores up riches for himself, but is not rich toward God." -- luke 12:21 +. +Then Jesus said to his disciples, "Therefore I tell you, do not worry about your life, what you will eat, or about your body, what you will wear. -- luke 12:22 +. +For there is more to life than food, and more to the body than clothing. -- luke 12:23 +. +Consider the ravens: They do not sow or reap, they have no storeroom or barn, yet God feeds them. How much more valuable are you than the birds! -- luke 12:24 +. +And which of you by worrying can add an hour to his life? -- luke 12:25 +. +So if you cannot do such a very little thing as this, why do you worry about the rest? -- luke 12:26 +. +Consider how the flowers grow; they do not work or spin. Yet I tell you, not even Solomon in all his glory was clothed like one of these! -- luke 12:27 +. +And if this is how God clothes the wild grass, which is here today and tomorrow is tossed into the fire to heat the oven, how much more will he clothe you, you people of little faith! -- luke 12:28 +. +So do not be overly concerned about what you will eat and what you will drink, and do not worry about such things. -- luke 12:29 +. +For all the nations of the world pursue these things, and your Father knows that you need them. -- luke 12:30 +. +Instead, pursue his kingdom, and these things will be given to you as well. -- luke 12:31 +. +"Do not be afraid, little flock, for your Father is well pleased to give you the kingdom. -- luke 12:32 +. +Sell your possessions and give to the poor. Provide yourselves purses that do not wear out - a treasure in heaven that never decreases, where no thief approaches and no moth destroys. -- luke 12:33 +. +For where your treasure is, there your heart will be also. -- luke 12:34 +. +"Get dressed for service and keep your lamps burning; -- luke 12:35 +. +be like people waiting for their master to come back from the wedding celebration, so that when he comes and knocks they can immediately open the door for him. -- luke 12:36 +. +Blessed are those slaves whom their master finds alert when he returns! I tell you the truth, he will dress himself to serve, have them take their place at the table, and will come and wait on them! -- luke 12:37 +. +Even if he comes in the second or third watch of the night and finds them alert, blessed are those slaves! -- luke 12:38 +. +But understand this: If the owner of the house had known at what hour the thief was coming, he would not have let his house be broken into. -- luke 12:39 +. +You also must be ready, because the Son of Man will come at an hour when you do not expect him." -- luke 12:40 +. +Then Peter said, "Lord, are you telling this parable for us or for everyone?" -- luke 12:41 +. +The Lord replied, "Who then is the faithful and wise manager, whom the master puts in charge of his household servants, to give them their allowance of food at the proper time? -- luke 12:42 +. +Blessed is that slave whom his master finds at work when he returns. -- luke 12:43 +. +I tell you the truth, the master will put him in charge of all his possessions. -- luke 12:44 +. +But if that slave should say to himself, 'My master is delayed in returning,' and he begins to beat the other slaves, both men and women, and to eat, drink, and get drunk, -- luke 12:45 +. +then the master of that slave will come on a day when he does not expect him and at an hour he does not foresee, and will cut him in two, and assign him a place with the unfaithful. -- luke 12:46 +. +That servant who knew his master's will but did not get ready or do what his master asked will receive a severe beating. -- luke 12:47 +. +But the one who did not know his master's will and did things worthy of punishment will receive a light beating. From everyone who has been given much, much will be required, and from the one who has been entrusted with much, even more will be asked. -- luke 12:48 +. +"I have come to bring fire on the earth - and how I wish it were already kindled! -- luke 12:49 +. +I have a baptism to undergo, and how distressed I am until it is finished! -- luke 12:50 +. +Do you think I have come to bring peace on earth? No, I tell you, but rather division! -- luke 12:51 +. +For from now on there will be five in one household divided, three against two and two against three. -- luke 12:52 +. +They will be divided, father against son and son against father, mother against daughter and daughter against mother, mother-in-law against her daughter-in-law and daughter-in-law against mother-in-law." -- luke 12:53 +. +Jesus also said to the crowds, "When you see a cloud rising in the west, you say at once, 'A rainstorm is coming,' and it does. -- luke 12:54 +. +And when you see the south wind blowing, you say, 'There will be scorching heat,' and there is. -- luke 12:55 +. +You hypocrites! You know how to interpret the appearance of the earth and the sky, but how can you not know how to interpret the present time? -- luke 12:56 +. +"And why don't you judge for yourselves what is right? -- luke 12:57 +. +As you are going with your accuser before the magistrate, make an effort to settle with him on the way, so that he will not drag you before the judge, and the judge hand you over to the officer, and the officer throw you into prison. -- luke 12:58 +. +I tell you, you will never get out of there until you have paid the very last cent!" -- luke 12:59 +. +Now there were some present on that occasion who told him about the Galileans whose blood Pilate had mixed with their sacrifices. -- luke 13:1 +. +He answered them, "Do you think these Galileans were worse sinners than all the other Galileans, because they suffered these things? -- luke 13:2 +. +No, I tell you! But unless you repent, you will all perish as well! -- luke 13:3 +. +Or those eighteen who were killed when the tower in Siloam fell on them, do you think they were worse offenders than all the others who live in Jerusalem? -- luke 13:4 +. +No, I tell you! But unless you repent you will all perish as well!" -- luke 13:5 +. +Then Jesus told this parable: "A man had a fig tree planted in his vineyard, and he came looking for fruit on it and found none. -- luke 13:6 +. +So he said to the worker who tended the vineyard, 'For three years now, I have come looking for fruit on this fig tree, and each time I inspect it I find none. Cut it down! Why should it continue to deplete the soil?' -- luke 13:7 +. +But the worker answered him, 'Sir, leave it alone this year too, until I dig around it and put fertilizer on it. -- luke 13:8 +. +Then if it bears fruit next year, very well, but if not, you can cut it down.'" -- luke 13:9 +. +Now he was teaching in one of the synagogues on the Sabbath, -- luke 13:10 +. +and a woman was there who had been disabled by a spirit for eighteen years. She was bent over and could not straighten herself up completely. -- luke 13:11 +. +When Jesus saw her, he called her to him and said, "Woman, you are freed from your infirmity." -- luke 13:12 +. +Then he placed his hands on her, and immediately she straightened up and praised God. -- luke 13:13 +. +But the president of the synagogue, indignant because Jesus had healed on the Sabbath, said to the crowd, "There are six days on which work should be done! So come and be healed on those days, and not on the Sabbath day." -- luke 13:14 +. +Then the Lord answered him, "You hypocrites! Does not each of you on the Sabbath untie his ox or his donkey from its stall, and lead it to water? -- luke 13:15 +. +Then shouldn't this woman, a daughter of Abraham whom Satan bound for eighteen long years, be released from this imprisonment on the Sabbath day?" -- luke 13:16 +. +When he said this all his adversaries were humiliated, but the entire crowd was rejoicing at all the wonderful things he was doing. -- luke 13:17 +. +Thus Jesus asked, "What is the kingdom of God like? To what should I compare it? -- luke 13:18 +. +It is like a mustard seed that a man took and sowed in his garden. It grew and became a tree, and the wild birds nested in its branches." -- luke 13:19 +. +Again he said, "To what should I compare the kingdom of God? -- luke 13:20 +. +It is like yeast that a woman took and mixed with three measures of flour until all the dough had risen." -- luke 13:21 +. +Then Jesus traveled throughout towns and villages, teaching and making his way toward Jerusalem. -- luke 13:22 +. +Someone asked him, "Lord, will only a few be saved?" So he said to them, -- luke 13:23 +. +"Exert every effort to enter through the narrow door, because many, I tell you, will try to enter and will not be able to. -- luke 13:24 +. +Once the head of the house gets up and shuts the door, then you will stand outside and start to knock on the door and beg him, 'Lord, let us in!' But he will answer you, 'I don't know where you come from.' -- luke 13:25 +. +Then you will begin to say, 'We ate and drank in your presence, and you taught in our streets.' -- luke 13:26 +. +But he will reply, 'I don't know where you come from! Go away from me, all you evildoers!' -- luke 13:27 +. +There will be weeping and gnashing of teeth when you see Abraham, Isaac, Jacob, and all the prophets in the kingdom of God but you yourselves thrown out. -- luke 13:28 +. +Then people will come from east and west, and from north and south, and take their places at the banquet table in the kingdom of God. -- luke 13:29 +. +But indeed, some are last who will be first, and some are first who will be last." -- luke 13:30 +. +At that time, some Pharisees came up and said to Jesus, "Get away from here, because Herod wants to kill you." -- luke 13:31 +. +But he said to them, "Go and tell that fox, 'Look, I am casting out demons and performing healings today and tomorrow, and on the third day I will complete my work. -- luke 13:32 +. +Nevertheless I must go on my way today and tomorrow and the next day, because it is impossible that a prophet should be killed outside Jerusalem.' -- luke 13:33 +. +O Jerusalem, Jerusalem, you who kill the prophets and stone those who are sent to you! How often I have longed to gather your children together as a hen gathers her chicks under her wings, but you would have none of it! -- luke 13:34 +. +Look, your house is forsaken! And I tell you, you will not see me until you say, 'Blessed is the one who comes in the name of the Lord!'" -- luke 13:35 +. +Now one Sabbath when Jesus went to dine at the house of a leader of the Pharisees, they were watching him closely. -- luke 14:1 +. +There right in front of him was a man suffering from dropsy. -- luke 14:2 +. +So Jesus asked the experts in religious law and the Pharisees, "Is it lawful to heal on the Sabbath or not?" -- luke 14:3 +. +But they remained silent. So Jesus took hold of the man, healed him, and sent him away. -- luke 14:4 +. +Then he said to them, "Which of you, if you have a son or an ox that has fallen into a well on a Sabbath day, will not immediately pull him out?" -- luke 14:5 +. +But they could not reply to this. -- luke 14:6 +. +Then when Jesus noticed how the guests chose the places of honor, he told them a parable. He said to them, -- luke 14:7 +. +"When you are invited by someone to a wedding feast, do not take the place of honor, because a person more distinguished than you may have been invited by your host. -- luke 14:8 +. +So the host who invited both of you will come and say to you, 'Give this man your place.' Then, ashamed, you will begin to move to the least important place. -- luke 14:9 +. +But when you are invited, go and take the least important place, so that when your host approaches he will say to you, 'Friend, move up here to a better place.' Then you will be honored in the presence of all who share the meal with you. -- luke 14:10 +. +For everyone who exalts himself will be humbled, but the one who humbles himself will be exalted." -- luke 14:11 +. +He said also to the man who had invited him, "When you host a dinner or a banquet, don't invite your friends or your brothers or your relatives or rich neighbors so you can be invited by them in return and get repaid. -- luke 14:12 +. +But when you host an elaborate meal, invite the poor, the crippled, the lame, and the blind. -- luke 14:13 +. +Then you will be blessed, because they cannot repay you, for you will be repaid at the resurrection of the righteous." -- luke 14:14 +. +When one of those at the meal with Jesus heard this, he said to him, "Blessed is everyone who will feast in the kingdom of God!" -- luke 14:15 +. +But Jesus said to him, "A man once gave a great banquet and invited many guests. -- luke 14:16 +. +At the time for the banquet he sent his slave to tell those who had been invited, 'Come, because everything is now ready.' -- luke 14:17 +. +But one after another they all began to make excuses. The first said to him, 'I have bought a field, and I must go out and see it. Please excuse me.' -- luke 14:18 +. +Another said, 'I have bought five yoke of oxen, and I am going out to examine them. Please excuse me.' -- luke 14:19 +. +Another said, 'I just got married, and I cannot come.' -- luke 14:20 +. +So the slave came back and reported this to his master. Then the master of the household was furious and said to his slave, 'Go out quickly to the streets and alleys of the city, and bring in the poor, the crippled, the blind, and the lame.' -- luke 14:21 +. +Then the slave said, 'Sir, what you instructed has been done, and there is still room.' -- luke 14:22 +. +So the master said to his slave, 'Go out to the highways and country roads and urge people to come in, so that my house will be filled. -- luke 14:23 +. +For I tell you, not one of those individuals who were invited will taste my banquet!'" -- luke 14:24 +. +Now large crowds were accompanying Jesus, and turning to them he said, -- luke 14:25 +. +"If anyone comes to me and does not hate his own father and mother, and wife and children, and brothers and sisters, and even his own life, he cannot be my disciple. -- luke 14:26 +. +Whoever does not carry his own cross and follow me cannot be my disciple. -- luke 14:27 +. +For which of you, wanting to build a tower, doesn't sit down first and compute the cost to see if he has enough money to complete it? -- luke 14:28 +. +Otherwise, when he has laid a foundation and is not able to finish the tower, all who see it will begin to make fun of him. -- luke 14:29 +. +They will say, 'This man began to build and was not able to finish!' -- luke 14:30 +. +Or what king, going out to confront another king in battle, will not sit down first and determine whether he is able with ten thousand to oppose the one coming against him with twenty thousand? -- luke 14:31 +. +If he cannot succeed, he will send a representative while the other is still a long way off and ask for terms of peace. -- luke 14:32 +. +In the same way therefore not one of you can be my disciple if he does not renounce all his own possessions. -- luke 14:33 +. +"Salt is good, but if salt loses its flavor, how can its flavor be restored? -- luke 14:34 +. +It is of no value for the soil or for the manure pile; it is to be thrown out. The one who has ears to hear had better listen!" -- luke 14:35 +. +Now all the tax collectors and sinners were coming to hear him. -- luke 15:1 +. +But the Pharisees and the experts in the law were complaining, "This man welcomes sinners and eats with them." -- luke 15:2 +. +So Jesus told them this parable: -- luke 15:3 +. +"Which one of you, if he has a hundred sheep and loses one of them, would not leave the ninety-nine in the open pasture and go look for the one that is lost until he finds it? -- luke 15:4 +. +Then when he has found it, he places it on his shoulders, rejoicing. -- luke 15:5 +. +Returning home, he calls together his friends and neighbors, telling them, 'Rejoice with me, because I have found my sheep that was lost.' -- luke 15:6 +. +I tell you, in the same way there will be more joy in heaven over one sinner who repents than over ninety-nine righteous people who have no need to repent. -- luke 15:7 +. +"Or what woman, if she has ten silver coins and loses one of them, does not light a lamp, sweep the house, and search thoroughly until she finds it? -- luke 15:8 +. +Then when she has found it, she calls together her friends and neighbors, saying, 'Rejoice with me, for I have found the coin that I had lost.' -- luke 15:9 +. +In the same way, I tell you, there is joy in the presence of God's angels over one sinner who repents." -- luke 15:10 +. +Then Jesus said, "A man had two sons. -- luke 15:11 +. +The younger of them said to his father, 'Father, give me the share of the estate that will belong to me.' So he divided his assets between them. -- luke 15:12 +. +After a few days, the younger son gathered together all he had and left on a journey to a distant country, and there he squandered his wealth with a wild lifestyle. -- luke 15:13 +. +Then after he had spent everything, a severe famine took place in that country, and he began to be in need. -- luke 15:14 +. +So he went and worked for one of the citizens of that country, who sent him to his fields to feed pigs. -- luke 15:15 +. +He was longing to eat the carob pods the pigs were eating, but no one gave him anything. -- luke 15:16 +. +But when he came to his senses he said, 'How many of my father's hired workers have food enough to spare, but here I am dying from hunger! -- luke 15:17 +. +I will get up and go to my father and say to him, "Father, I have sinned against heaven and against you. -- luke 15:18 +. +I am no longer worthy to be called your son; treat me like one of your hired workers."' -- luke 15:19 +. +So he got up and went to his father. But while he was still a long way from home his father saw him, and his heart went out to him; he ran and hugged his son and kissed him. -- luke 15:20 +. +Then his son said to him, 'Father, I have sinned against heaven and against you; I am no longer worthy to be called your son.' -- luke 15:21 +. +But the father said to his slaves, 'Hurry! Bring the best robe, and put it on him! Put a ring on his finger and sandals on his feet! -- luke 15:22 +. +Bring the fattened calf and kill it! Let us eat and celebrate, -- luke 15:23 +. +because this son of mine was dead, and is alive again - he was lost and is found!' So they began to celebrate. -- luke 15:24 +. +"Now his older son was in the field. As he came and approached the house, he heard music and dancing. -- luke 15:25 +. +So he called one of the slaves and asked what was happening. -- luke 15:26 +. +The slave replied, 'Your brother has returned, and your father has killed the fattened calf because he got his son back safe and sound.' -- luke 15:27 +. +But the older son became angry and refused to go in. His father came out and appealed to him, -- luke 15:28 +. +but he answered his father, 'Look! These many years I have worked like a slave for you, and I never disobeyed your commands. Yet you never gave me even a goat so that I could celebrate with my friends! -- luke 15:29 +. +But when this son of yours came back, who has devoured your assets with prostitutes, you killed the fattened calf for him!' -- luke 15:30 +. +Then the father said to him, 'Son, you are always with me, and everything that belongs to me is yours. -- luke 15:31 +. +It was appropriate to celebrate and be glad, for your brother was dead, and is alive; he was lost and is found.'" -- luke 15:32 +. +Jesus also said to the disciples, "There was a rich man who was informed of accusations that his manager was wasting his assets. -- luke 16:1 +. +So he called the manager in and said to him, 'What is this I hear about you? Turn in the account of your administration, because you can no longer be my manager.' -- luke 16:2 +. +Then the manager said to himself, 'What should I do, since my master is taking my position away from me? I'm not strong enough to dig, and I'm too ashamed to beg. -- luke 16:3 +. +I know what to do so that when I am put out of management, people will welcome me into their homes.' -- luke 16:4 +. +So he contacted his master's debtors one by one. He asked the first, 'How much do you owe my master?' -- luke 16:5 +. +The man replied, 'A hundred measures of olive oil.' The manager said to him, 'Take your bill, sit down quickly, and write fifty.' -- luke 16:6 +. +Then he said to another, 'And how much do you owe?' The second man replied, 'A hundred measures of wheat.' The manager said to him, 'Take your bill, and write eighty.' -- luke 16:7 +. +The master commended the dishonest manager because he acted shrewdly. For the people of this world are more shrewd in dealing with their contemporaries than the people of light. -- luke 16:8 +. +And I tell you, make friends for yourselves by how you use worldly wealth, so that when it runs out you will be welcomed into the eternal homes. -- luke 16:9 +. +"The one who is faithful in a very little is also faithful in much, and the one who is dishonest in a very little is also dishonest in much. -- luke 16:10 +. +If then you haven't been trustworthy in handling worldly wealth, who will entrust you with the true riches? -- luke 16:11 +. +And if you haven't been trustworthy with someone else's property, who will give you your own? -- luke 16:12 +. +No servant can serve two masters, for either he will hate the one and love the other, or he will be devoted to the one and despise the other. You cannot serve God and money." -- luke 16:13 +. +The Pharisees (who loved money) heard all this and ridiculed him. -- luke 16:14 +. +But Jesus said to them, "You are the ones who justify yourselves in men's eyes, but God knows your hearts. For what is highly prized among men is utterly detestable in God's sight. -- luke 16:15 +. +"The law and the prophets were in force until John; since then, the good news of the kingdom of God has been proclaimed, and everyone is urged to enter it. -- luke 16:16 +. +But it is easier for heaven and earth to pass away than for one tiny stroke of a letter in the law to become void. -- luke 16:17 +. +"Everyone who divorces his wife and marries someone else commits adultery, and the one who marries a woman divorced from her husband commits adultery. -- luke 16:18 +. +"There was a rich man who dressed in purple and fine linen and who feasted sumptuously every day. -- luke 16:19 +. +But at his gate lay a poor man named Lazarus whose body was covered with sores, -- luke 16:20 +. +who longed to eat what fell from the rich man's table. In addition, the dogs came and licked his sores. -- luke 16:21 +. +"Now the poor man died and was carried by the angels to Abraham's side. The rich man also died and was buried. -- luke 16:22 +. +And in hell, as he was in torment, he looked up and saw Abraham far off with Lazarus at his side. -- luke 16:23 +. +So he called out, 'Father Abraham, have mercy on me, and send Lazarus to dip the tip of his finger in water and cool my tongue, because I am in anguish in this fire.' -- luke 16:24 +. +But Abraham said, 'Child, remember that in your lifetime you received your good things and Lazarus likewise bad things, but now he is comforted here and you are in anguish. -- luke 16:25 +. +Besides all this, a great chasm has been fixed between us, so that those who want to cross over from here to you cannot do so, and no one can cross from there to us.' -- luke 16:26 +. +So the rich man said, 'Then I beg you, father - send Lazarus to my father's house -- luke 16:27 +. +(for I have five brothers) to warn them so that they don't come into this place of torment.' -- luke 16:28 +. +But Abraham said, 'They have Moses and the prophets; they must respond to them.' -- luke 16:29 +. +Then the rich man said, 'No, father Abraham, but if someone from the dead goes to them, they will repent.' -- luke 16:30 +. +He replied to him, 'If they do not respond to Moses and the prophets, they will not be convinced even if someone rises from the dead.'" -- luke 16:31 +. +Jesus said to his disciples, "Stumbling blocks are sure to come, but woe to the one through whom they come! -- luke 17:1 +. +It would be better for him to have a millstone tied around his neck and be thrown into the sea than for him to cause one of these little ones to sin. -- luke 17:2 +. +Watch yourselves! If your brother sins, rebuke him. If he repents, forgive him. -- luke 17:3 +. +Even if he sins against you seven times in a day, and seven times returns to you saying, 'I repent,' you must forgive him." -- luke 17:4 +. +The apostles said to the Lord, "Increase our faith!" -- luke 17:5 +. +So the Lord replied, "If you had faith the size of a mustard seed, you could say to this black mulberry tree, 'Be pulled out by the roots and planted in the sea,' and it would obey you. -- luke 17:6 +. +"Would any one of you say to your slave who comes in from the field after plowing or shepherding sheep, 'Come at once and sit down for a meal'? -- luke 17:7 +. +Won't the master instead say to him, 'Get my dinner ready, and make yourself ready to serve me while I eat and drink. Then you may eat and drink'? -- luke 17:8 +. +He won't thank the slave because he did what he was told, will he? -- luke 17:9 +. +So you too, when you have done everything you were commanded to do, should say, 'We are slaves undeserving of special praise; we have only done what was our duty.'" -- luke 17:10 +. +Now on the way to Jerusalem, Jesus was passing along between Samaria and Galilee. -- luke 17:11 +. +As he was entering a village, ten men with leprosy met him. They stood at a distance, -- luke 17:12 +. +raised their voices and said, "Jesus, Master, have mercy on us." -- luke 17:13 +. +When he saw them he said, "Go and show yourselves to the priests." And as they went along, they were cleansed. -- luke 17:14 +. +Then one of them, when he saw he was healed, turned back, praising God with a loud voice. -- luke 17:15 +. +He fell with his face to the ground at Jesus' feet and thanked him. (Now he was a Samaritan.) -- luke 17:16 +. +Then Jesus said, "Were not ten cleansed? Where are the other nine? -- luke 17:17 +. +Was no one found to turn back and give praise to God except this foreigner?" -- luke 17:18 +. +Then he said to the man, "Get up and go your way. Your faith has made you well." -- luke 17:19 +. +Now at one point the Pharisees asked Jesus when the kingdom of God was coming, so he answered, "The kingdom of God is not coming with signs to be observed, -- luke 17:20 +. +nor will they say, 'Look, here it is!' or 'There!' For indeed, the kingdom of God is in your midst." -- luke 17:21 +. +Then he said to the disciples, "The days are coming when you will desire to see one of the days of the Son of Man, and you will not see it. -- luke 17:22 +. +Then people will say to you, 'Look, there he is!' or 'Look, here he is!' Do not go out or chase after them. -- luke 17:23 +. +For just like the lightning flashes and lights up the sky from one side to the other, so will the Son of Man be in his day. -- luke 17:24 +. +But first he must suffer many things and be rejected by this generation. -- luke 17:25 +. +Just as it was in the days of Noah, so too it will be in the days of the Son of Man. -- luke 17:26 +. +People were eating, they were drinking, they were marrying, they were being given in marriage - right up to the day Noah entered the ark. Then the flood came and destroyed them all. -- luke 17:27 +. +Likewise, just as it was in the days of Lot, people were eating, drinking, buying, selling, planting, building; -- luke 17:28 +. +but on the day Lot went out from Sodom, fire and sulfur rained down from heaven and destroyed them all. -- luke 17:29 +. +It will be the same on the day the Son of Man is revealed. -- luke 17:30 +. +On that day, anyone who is on the roof, with his goods in the house, must not come down to take them away, and likewise the person in the field must not turn back. -- luke 17:31 +. +Remember Lot's wife! -- luke 17:32 +. +Whoever tries to keep his life will lose it, but whoever loses his life will preserve it. -- luke 17:33 +. +I tell you, in that night there will be two people in one bed; one will be taken and the other left. -- luke 17:34 +. +There will be two women grinding grain together; one will be taken and the other left." -- luke 17:35 +. +[[EMPTY]] -- luke 17:36 +. +Then the disciples said to him, "Where, Lord?" He replied to them, "Where the dead body is, there the vultures will gather." -- luke 17:37 +. +Then Jesus told them a parable to show them they should always pray and not lose heart. -- luke 18:1 +. +He said, "In a certain city there was a judge who neither feared God nor respected people. -- luke 18:2 +. +There was also a widow in that city who kept coming to him and saying, 'Give me justice against my adversary.' -- luke 18:3 +. +For a while he refused, but later on he said to himself, 'Though I neither fear God nor have regard for people, -- luke 18:4 +. +yet because this widow keeps on bothering me, I will give her justice, or in the end she will wear me out by her unending pleas.'" -- luke 18:5 +. +And the Lord said, "Listen to what the unrighteous judge says! -- luke 18:6 +. +Won't God give justice to his chosen ones, who cry out to him day and night? Will he delay long to help them? -- luke 18:7 +. +I tell you, he will give them justice speedily. Nevertheless, when the Son of Man comes, will he find faith on earth?" -- luke 18:8 +. +Jesus also told this parable to some who were confident that they were righteous and looked down on everyone else. -- luke 18:9 +. +"Two men went up to the temple to pray, one a Pharisee and the other a tax collector. -- luke 18:10 +. +The Pharisee stood and prayed about himself like this: 'God, I thank you that I am not like other people: extortionists, unrighteous people, adulterers - or even like this tax collector. -- luke 18:11 +. +I fast twice a week; I give a tenth of everything I get.' -- luke 18:12 +. +The tax collector, however, stood far off and would not even look up to heaven, but beat his breast and said, 'God, be merciful to me, sinner that I am!' -- luke 18:13 +. +I tell you that this man went down to his home justified rather than the Pharisee. For everyone who exalts himself will be humbled, but he who humbles himself will be exalted." -- luke 18:14 +. +Now people were even bringing their babies to him for him to touch. But when the disciples saw it, they began to scold those who brought them. -- luke 18:15 +. +But Jesus called for the children, saying, "Let the little children come to me and do not try to stop them, for the kingdom of God belongs to such as these. -- luke 18:16 +. +I tell you the truth, whoever does not receive the kingdom of God like a child will never enter it." -- luke 18:17 +. +Now a certain ruler asked him, "Good teacher, what must I do to inherit eternal life?" -- luke 18:18 +. +Jesus said to him, "Why do you call me good? No one is good except God alone. -- luke 18:19 +. +You know the commandments: 'Do not commit adultery, do not murder, do not steal, do not give false testimony, honor your father and mother.'" -- luke 18:20 +. +The man replied, "I have wholeheartedly obeyed all these laws since my youth." -- luke 18:21 +. +When Jesus heard this, he said to him, "One thing you still lack. Sell all that you have and give the money to the poor, and you will have treasure in heaven. Then come, follow me." -- luke 18:22 +. +But when the man heard this he became very sad, for he was extremely wealthy. -- luke 18:23 +. +When Jesus noticed this, he said, "How hard it is for the rich to enter the kingdom of God! -- luke 18:24 +. +In fact, it is easier for a camel to go through the eye of a needle than for a rich person to enter the kingdom of God." -- luke 18:25 +. +Those who heard this said, "Then who can be saved?" -- luke 18:26 +. +He replied, "What is impossible for mere humans is possible for God." -- luke 18:27 +. +And Peter said, "Look, we have left everything we own to follow you!" -- luke 18:28 +. +Then Jesus said to them, "I tell you the truth, there is no one who has left home or wife or brothers or parents or children for the sake of God's kingdom -- luke 18:29 +. +who will not receive many times more in this age - and in the age to come, eternal life." -- luke 18:30 +. +Then Jesus took the twelve aside and said to them, "Look, we are going up to Jerusalem, and everything that is written about the Son of Man by the prophets will be accomplished. -- luke 18:31 +. +For he will be handed over to the Gentiles; he will be mocked, mistreated, and spat on. -- luke 18:32 +. +They will flog him severely and kill him. Yet on the third day he will rise again." -- luke 18:33 +. +But the twelve understood none of these things. This saying was hidden from them, and they did not grasp what Jesus meant. -- luke 18:34 +. +As Jesus approached Jericho, a blind man was sitting by the road begging. -- luke 18:35 +. +When he heard a crowd going by, he asked what was going on. -- luke 18:36 +. +They told him, "Jesus the Nazarene is passing by." -- luke 18:37 +. +So he called out, "Jesus, Son of David, have mercy on me!" -- luke 18:38 +. +And those who were in front scolded him to get him to be quiet, but he shouted even more, "Son of David, have mercy on me!" -- luke 18:39 +. +So Jesus stopped and ordered the beggar to be brought to him. When the man came near, Jesus asked him, -- luke 18:40 +. +"What do you want me to do for you?" He replied, "Lord, let me see again." -- luke 18:41 +. +Jesus said to him, "Receive your sight; your faith has healed you." -- luke 18:42 +. +And immediately he regained his sight and followed Jesus, praising God. When all the people saw it, they too gave praise to God. -- luke 18:43 +. +Jesus entered Jericho and was passing through it. -- luke 19:1 +. +Now a man named Zacchaeus was there; he was a chief tax collector and was rich. -- luke 19:2 +. +He was trying to get a look at Jesus, but being a short man he could not see over the crowd. -- luke 19:3 +. +So he ran on ahead and climbed up into a sycamore tree to see him, because Jesus was going to pass that way. -- luke 19:4 +. +And when Jesus came to that place, he looked up and said to him, "Zacchaeus, come down quickly, because I must stay at your house today." -- luke 19:5 +. +So he came down quickly and welcomed Jesus joyfully. -- luke 19:6 +. +And when the people saw it, they all complained, "He has gone in to be the guest of a man who is a sinner." -- luke 19:7 +. +But Zacchaeus stopped and said to the Lord, "Look, Lord, half of my possessions I now give to the poor, and if I have cheated anyone of anything, I am paying back four times as much!" -- luke 19:8 +. +Then Jesus said to him, "Today salvation has come to this household, because he too is a son of Abraham! -- luke 19:9 +. +For the Son of Man came to seek and to save the lost." -- luke 19:10 +. +While the people were listening to these things, Jesus proceeded to tell a parable, because he was near to Jerusalem, and because they thought that the kingdom of God was going to appear immediately. -- luke 19:11 +. +Therefore he said, "A nobleman went to a distant country to receive for himself a kingdom and then return. -- luke 19:12 +. +And he summoned ten of his slaves, gave them ten minas, and said to them, 'Do business with these until I come back.' -- luke 19:13 +. +But his citizens hated him and sent a delegation after him, saying, 'We do not want this man to be king over us!' -- luke 19:14 +. +When he returned after receiving the kingdom, he summoned these slaves to whom he had given the money. He wanted to know how much they had earned by trading. -- luke 19:15 +. +So the first one came before him and said, 'Sir, your mina has made ten minas more.' -- luke 19:16 +. +And the king said to him, 'Well done, good slave! Because you have been faithful in a very small matter, you will have authority over ten cities.' -- luke 19:17 +. +Then the second one came and said, 'Sir, your mina has made five minas.' -- luke 19:18 +. +So the king said to him, 'And you are to be over five cities.' -- luke 19:19 +. +Then another slave came and said, 'Sir, here is your mina that I put away for safekeeping in a piece of cloth. -- luke 19:20 +. +For I was afraid of you, because you are a severe man. You withdraw what you did not deposit and reap what you did not sow.' -- luke 19:21 +. +The king said to him, 'I will judge you by your own words, you wicked slave! So you knew, did you, that I was a severe man, withdrawing what I didn't deposit and reaping what I didn't sow? -- luke 19:22 +. +Why then didn't you put my money in the bank, so that when I returned I could have collected it with interest?' -- luke 19:23 +. +And he said to his attendants, 'Take the mina from him, and give it to the one who has ten.' -- luke 19:24 +. +But they said to him, 'Sir, he has ten minas already!' -- luke 19:25 +. +'I tell you that everyone who has will be given more, but from the one who does not have, even what he has will be taken away. -- luke 19:26 +. +But as for these enemies of mine who did not want me to be their king, bring them here and slaughter them in front of me!'" -- luke 19:27 +. +After Jesus had said this, he continued on ahead, going up to Jerusalem. -- luke 19:28 +. +Now when he approached Bethphage and Bethany, at the place called the Mount of Olives, he sent two of the disciples, -- luke 19:29 +. +telling them, "Go to the village ahead of you. When you enter it, you will find a colt tied there that has never been ridden. Untie it and bring it here. -- luke 19:30 +. +If anyone asks you, 'Why are you untying it?' just say, 'The Lord needs it.'" -- luke 19:31 +. +So those who were sent ahead found it exactly as he had told them. -- luke 19:32 +. +As they were untying the colt, its owners asked them, "Why are you untying that colt?" -- luke 19:33 +. +They replied, "The Lord needs it." -- luke 19:34 +. +Then they brought it to Jesus, threw their cloaks on the colt, and had Jesus get on it. -- luke 19:35 +. +As he rode along, they spread their cloaks on the road. -- luke 19:36 +. +As he approached the road leading down from the Mount of Olives, the whole crowd of his disciples began to rejoice and praise God with a loud voice for all the mighty works they had seen: -- luke 19:37 +. +"Blessed is the king who comes in the name of the Lord! Peace in heaven and glory in the highest!" -- luke 19:38 +. +But some of the Pharisees in the crowd said to him, "Teacher, rebuke your disciples." -- luke 19:39 +. +He answered, "I tell you, if they keep silent, the very stones will cry out!" -- luke 19:40 +. +Now when Jesus approached and saw the city, he wept over it, -- luke 19:41 +. +saying, "If you had only known on this day, even you, the things that make for peace! But now they are hidden from your eyes. -- luke 19:42 +. +For the days will come upon you when your enemies will build an embankment against you and surround you and close in on you from every side. -- luke 19:43 +. +They will demolish you - you and your children within your walls - and they will not leave within you one stone on top of another, because you did not recognize the time of your visitation from God." -- luke 19:44 +. +Then Jesus entered the temple courts and began to drive out those who were selling things there, -- luke 19:45 +. +saying to them, "It is written, 'My house will be a house of prayer,' but you have turned it into a den of robbers!" -- luke 19:46 +. +Jesus was teaching daily in the temple courts. The chief priests and the experts in the law and the prominent leaders among the people were seeking to assassinate him, -- luke 19:47 +. +but they could not find a way to do it, for all the people hung on his words. -- luke 19:48 +. +Now one day, as Jesus was teaching the people in the temple courts and proclaiming the gospel, the chief priests and the experts in the law with the elders came up -- luke 20:1 +. +and said to him, "Tell us: By what authority are you doing these things? Or who it is who gave you this authority?" -- luke 20:2 +. +He answered them, "I will also ask you a question, and you tell me: -- luke 20:3 +. +John's baptism - was it from heaven or from people?" -- luke 20:4 +. +So they discussed it with one another, saying, "If we say, 'From heaven,' he will say, 'Why did you not believe him?' -- luke 20:5 +. +But if we say, 'From people,' all the people will stone us, because they are convinced that John was a prophet." -- luke 20:6 +. +So they replied that they did not know where it came from. -- luke 20:7 +. +Then Jesus said to them, "Neither will I tell you by whose authority I do these things." -- luke 20:8 +. +Then he began to tell the people this parable: "A man planted a vineyard, leased it to tenant farmers, and went on a journey for a long time. -- luke 20:9 +. +When harvest time came, he sent a slave to the tenants so that they would give him his portion of the crop. However, the tenants beat his slave and sent him away empty-handed. -- luke 20:10 +. +So he sent another slave. They beat this one too, treated him outrageously, and sent him away empty-handed. -- luke 20:11 +. +So he sent still a third. They even wounded this one, and threw him out. -- luke 20:12 +. +Then the owner of the vineyard said, 'What should I do? I will send my one dear son; perhaps they will respect him.' -- luke 20:13 +. +But when the tenants saw him, they said to one another, 'This is the heir; let's kill him so the inheritance will be ours!' -- luke 20:14 +. +So they threw him out of the vineyard and killed him. What then will the owner of the vineyard do to them? -- luke 20:15 +. +He will come and destroy those tenants and give the vineyard to others." When the people heard this, they said, "May this never happen!" -- luke 20:16 +. +But Jesus looked straight at them and said, "Then what is the meaning of that which is written: 'The stone the builders rejected has become the cornerstone'? -- luke 20:17 +. +Everyone who falls on this stone will be broken to pieces, and the one on whom it falls will be crushed." -- luke 20:18 +. +Then the experts in the law and the chief priests wanted to arrest him that very hour, because they realized he had told this parable against them. But they were afraid of the people. -- luke 20:19 +. +Then they watched him carefully and sent spies who pretended to be sincere. They wanted to take advantage of what he might say so that they could deliver him up to the authority and jurisdiction of the governor. -- luke 20:20 +. +Thus they asked him, "Teacher, we know that you speak and teach correctly, and show no partiality, but teach the way of God in accordance with the truth. -- luke 20:21 +. +Is it right for us to pay the tribute tax to Caesar or not?" -- luke 20:22 +. +But Jesus perceived their deceit and said to them, -- luke 20:23 +. +"Show me a denarius. Whose image and inscription are on it?" They said, "Caesar's." -- luke 20:24 +. +So he said to them, "Then give to Caesar the things that are Caesar's, and to God the things that are God's." -- luke 20:25 +. +Thus they were unable in the presence of the people to trap him with his own words. And stunned by his answer, they fell silent. -- luke 20:26 +. +Now some Sadducees (who contend that there is no resurrection) came to him. -- luke 20:27 +. +They asked him, "Teacher, Moses wrote for us that if a man's brother dies leaving a wife but no children, that man must marry the widow and father children for his brother. -- luke 20:28 +. +Now there were seven brothers. The first one married a woman and died without children. -- luke 20:29 +. +The second -- luke 20:30 +. +and then the third married her, and in this same way all seven died, leaving no children. -- luke 20:31 +. +Finally the woman died too. -- luke 20:32 +. +In the resurrection, therefore, whose wife will the woman be? For all seven had married her." -- luke 20:33 +. +So Jesus said to them, "The people of this age marry and are given in marriage. -- luke 20:34 +. +But those who are regarded as worthy to share in that age and in the resurrection from the dead neither marry nor are given in marriage. -- luke 20:35 +. +In fact, they can no longer die, because they are equal to angels and are sons of God, since they are sons of the resurrection. -- luke 20:36 +. +But even Moses revealed that the dead are raised in the passage about the bush, where he calls the Lord the God of Abraham and the God of Isaac and the God of Jacob. -- luke 20:37 +. +Now he is not God of the dead, but of the living, for all live before him." -- luke 20:38 +. +Then some of the experts in the law answered, "Teacher, you have spoken well!" -- luke 20:39 +. +For they did not dare any longer to ask him anything. -- luke 20:40 +. +But he said to them, "How is it that they say that the Christ is David's son? -- luke 20:41 +. +For David himself says in the book of Psalms, 'The Lord said to my lord, "Sit at my right hand, -- luke 20:42 +. +until I make your enemies a footstool for your feet."' -- luke 20:43 +. +If David then calls him 'Lord,' how can he be his son?" -- luke 20:44 +. +As all the people were listening, Jesus said to his disciples, -- luke 20:45 +. +"Beware of the experts in the law. They like walking around in long robes, and they love elaborate greetings in the marketplaces and the best seats in the synagogues and the places of honor at banquets. -- luke 20:46 +. +They devour widows' property, and as a show make long prayers. They will receive a more severe punishment." -- luke 20:47 +. +Jesus looked up and saw the rich putting their gifts into the offering box. -- luke 21:1 +. +He also saw a poor widow put in two small copper coins. -- luke 21:2 +. +He said, "I tell you the truth, this poor widow has put in more than all of them. -- luke 21:3 +. +For they all offered their gifts out of their wealth. But she, out of her poverty, put in everything she had to live on." -- luke 21:4 +. +Now while some were speaking about the temple, how it was adorned with beautiful stones and offerings, Jesus said, -- luke 21:5 +. +"As for these things that you are gazing at, the days will come when not one stone will be left on another. All will be torn down!" -- luke 21:6 +. +So they asked him, "Teacher, when will these things happen? And what will be the sign that these things are about to take place?" -- luke 21:7 +. +He said, "Watch out that you are not misled. For many will come in my name, saying, 'I am he,' and, 'The time is near.' Do not follow them! -- luke 21:8 +. +And when you hear of wars and rebellions, do not be afraid. For these things must happen first, but the end will not come at once." -- luke 21:9 +. +Then he said to them, "Nation will rise up in arms against nation, and kingdom against kingdom. -- luke 21:10 +. +There will be great earthquakes, and famines and plagues in various places, and there will be terrifying sights and great signs from heaven. -- luke 21:11 +. +But before all this, they will seize you and persecute you, handing you over to the synagogues and prisons. You will be brought before kings and governors because of my name. -- luke 21:12 +. +This will be a time for you to serve as witnesses. -- luke 21:13 +. +Therefore be resolved not to rehearse ahead of time how to make your defense. -- luke 21:14 +. +For I will give you the words along with the wisdom that none of your adversaries will be able to withstand or contradict. -- luke 21:15 +. +You will be betrayed even by parents, brothers, relatives, and friends, and they will have some of you put to death. -- luke 21:16 +. +You will be hated by everyone because of my name. -- luke 21:17 +. +Yet not a hair of your head will perish. -- luke 21:18 +. +By your endurance you will gain your lives. -- luke 21:19 +. +"But when you see Jerusalem surrounded by armies, then know that its desolation has come near. -- luke 21:20 +. +Then those who are in Judea must flee to the mountains. Those who are inside the city must depart. Those who are out in the country must not enter it, -- luke 21:21 +. +because these are days of vengeance, to fulfill all that is written. -- luke 21:22 +. +Woe to those who are pregnant and to those who are nursing their babies in those days! For there will be great distress on the earth and wrath against this people. -- luke 21:23 +. +They will fall by the edge of the sword and be led away as captives among all nations. Jerusalem will be trampled down by the Gentiles until the times of the Gentiles are fulfilled. -- luke 21:24 +. +"And there will be signs in the sun and moon and stars, and on the earth nations will be in distress, anxious over the roaring of the sea and the surging waves. -- luke 21:25 +. +People will be fainting from fear and from the expectation of what is coming on the world, for the powers of the heavens will be shaken. -- luke 21:26 +. +Then they will see the Son of Man arriving in a cloud with power and great glory. -- luke 21:27 +. +But when these things begin to happen, stand up and raise your heads, because your redemption is drawing near." -- luke 21:28 +. +Then he told them a parable: "Look at the fig tree and all the other trees. -- luke 21:29 +. +When they sprout leaves, you see for yourselves and know that summer is now near. -- luke 21:30 +. +So also you, when you see these things happening, know that the kingdom of God is near. -- luke 21:31 +. +I tell you the truth, this generation will not pass away until all these things take place. -- luke 21:32 +. +Heaven and earth will pass away, but my words will never pass away. -- luke 21:33 +. +"But be on your guard so that your hearts are not weighed down with dissipation and drunkenness and the worries of this life, and that day close down upon you suddenly like a trap. -- luke 21:34 +. +For it will overtake all who live on the face of the whole earth. -- luke 21:35 +. +But stay alert at all times, praying that you may have strength to escape all these things that must happen, and to stand before the Son of Man." -- luke 21:36 +. +So every day Jesus was teaching in the temple courts, but at night he went and stayed on the Mount of Olives. -- luke 21:37 +. +And all the people came to him early in the morning to listen to him in the temple courts. -- luke 21:38 +. +Now the Feast of Unleavened Bread, which is called the Passover, was approaching. -- luke 22:1 +. +The chief priests and the experts in the law were trying to find some way to execute Jesus, for they were afraid of the people. -- luke 22:2 +. +Then Satan entered Judas, the one called Iscariot, who was one of the twelve. -- luke 22:3 +. +He went away and discussed with the chief priests and officers of the temple guard how he might betray Jesus, handing him over to them. -- luke 22:4 +. +They were delighted and arranged to give him money. -- luke 22:5 +. +So Judas agreed and began looking for an opportunity to betray Jesus when no crowd was present. -- luke 22:6 +. +Then the day for the feast of Unleavened Bread came, on which the Passover lamb had to be sacrificed. -- luke 22:7 +. +Jesus sent Peter and John, saying, "Go and prepare the Passover for us to eat." -- luke 22:8 +. +They said to him, "Where do you want us to prepare it?" -- luke 22:9 +. +He said to them, "Listen, when you have entered the city, a man carrying a jar of water will meet you. Follow him into the house that he enters, -- luke 22:10 +. +and tell the owner of the house, 'The Teacher says to you, "Where is the guest room where I may eat the Passover with my disciples?"' -- luke 22:11 +. +Then he will show you a large furnished room upstairs. Make preparations there." -- luke 22:12 +. +So they went and found things just as he had told them, and they prepared the Passover. -- luke 22:13 +. +Now when the hour came, Jesus took his place at the table and the apostles joined him. -- luke 22:14 +. +And he said to them, "I have earnestly desired to eat this Passover with you before I suffer. -- luke 22:15 +. +For I tell you, I will not eat it again until it is fulfilled in the kingdom of God." -- luke 22:16 +. +Then he took a cup, and after giving thanks he said, "Take this and divide it among yourselves. -- luke 22:17 +. +For I tell you that from now on I will not drink of the fruit of the vine until the kingdom of God comes." -- luke 22:18 +. +Then he took bread, and after giving thanks he broke it and gave it to them, saying, "This is my body which is given for you. Do this in remembrance of me." -- luke 22:19 +. +And in the same way he took the cup after they had eaten, saying, "This cup that is poured out for you is the new covenant in my blood. -- luke 22:20 +. +"But look, the hand of the one who betrays me is with me on the table. -- luke 22:21 +. +For the Son of Man is to go just as it has been determined, but woe to that man by whom he is betrayed!" -- luke 22:22 +. +So they began to question one another as to which of them it could possibly be who would do this. -- luke 22:23 +. +A dispute also started among them over which of them was to be regarded as the greatest. -- luke 22:24 +. +So Jesus said to them, "The kings of the Gentiles lord it over them, and those in authority over them are called 'benefactors.' -- luke 22:25 +. +Not so with you; instead the one who is greatest among you must become like the youngest, and the leader like the one who serves. -- luke 22:26 +. +For who is greater, the one who is seated at the table, or the one who serves? Is it not the one who is seated at the table? But I am among you as one who serves. -- luke 22:27 +. +"You are the ones who have remained with me in my trials. -- luke 22:28 +. +Thus I grant to you a kingdom, just as my Father granted to me, -- luke 22:29 +. +that you may eat and drink at my table in my kingdom, and you will sit on thrones judging the twelve tribes of Israel. -- luke 22:30 +. +"Simon, Simon, pay attention! Satan has demanded to have you all, to sift you like wheat, -- luke 22:31 +. +but I have prayed for you, Simon, that your faith may not fail. When you have turned back, strengthen your brothers." -- luke 22:32 +. +But Peter said to him, "Lord, I am ready to go with you both to prison and to death!" -- luke 22:33 +. +Jesus replied, "I tell you, Peter, the rooster will not crow today until you have denied three times that you know me." -- luke 22:34 +. +Then Jesus said to them, "When I sent you out with no money bag, or traveler's bag, or sandals, you didn't lack anything, did you?" They replied, "Nothing." -- luke 22:35 +. +He said to them, "But now, the one who has a money bag must take it, and likewise a traveler's bag too. And the one who has no sword must sell his cloak and buy one. -- luke 22:36 +. +For I tell you that this scripture must be fulfilled in me, 'And he was counted with the transgressors.' For what is written about me is being fulfilled." -- luke 22:37 +. +So they said, "Look, Lord, here are two swords." Then he told them, "It is enough." -- luke 22:38 +. +Then Jesus went out and made his way, as he customarily did, to the Mount of Olives, and the disciples followed him. -- luke 22:39 +. +When he came to the place, he said to them, "Pray that you will not fall into temptation." -- luke 22:40 +. +He went away from them about a stone's throw, knelt down, and prayed, -- luke 22:41 +. +"Father, if you are willing, take this cup away from me. Yet not my will but yours be done." -- luke 22:42 +. +[Then an angel from heaven appeared to him and strengthened him. -- luke 22:43 +. +And in his anguish he prayed more earnestly, and his sweat was like drops of blood falling to the ground.] -- luke 22:44 +. +When he got up from prayer, he came to the disciples and found them sleeping, exhausted from grief. -- luke 22:45 +. +So he said to them, "Why are you sleeping? Get up and pray that you will not fall into temptation!" -- luke 22:46 +. +While he was still speaking, suddenly a crowd appeared, and the man named Judas, one of the twelve, was leading them. He walked up to Jesus to kiss him. -- luke 22:47 +. +But Jesus said to him, "Judas, would you betray the Son of Man with a kiss?" -- luke 22:48 +. +When those who were around him saw what was about to happen, they said, "Lord, should we use our swords?" -- luke 22:49 +. +Then one of them struck the high priest's slave, cutting off his right ear. -- luke 22:50 +. +But Jesus said, "Enough of this!" And he touched the man's ear and healed him. -- luke 22:51 +. +Then Jesus said to the chief priests, the officers of the temple guard, and the elders who had come out to get him, "Have you come out with swords and clubs like you would against an outlaw? -- luke 22:52 +. +Day after day when I was with you in the temple courts, you did not arrest me. But this is your hour, and that of the power of darkness!" -- luke 22:53 +. +Then they arrested Jesus, led him away, and brought him into the high priest's house. But Peter was following at a distance. -- luke 22:54 +. +When they had made a fire in the middle of the courtyard and sat down together, Peter sat down among them. -- luke 22:55 +. +Then a slave girl, seeing him as he sat in the firelight, stared at him and said, "This man was with him too!" -- luke 22:56 +. +But Peter denied it: "Woman, I don't know him!" -- luke 22:57 +. +Then a little later someone else saw him and said, "You are one of them too." But Peter said, "Man, I am not!" -- luke 22:58 +. +And after about an hour still another insisted, "Certainly this man was with him, because he too is a Galilean." -- luke 22:59 +. +But Peter said, "Man, I don't know what you're talking about!" At that moment, while he was still speaking, a rooster crowed. -- luke 22:60 +. +Then the Lord turned and looked straight at Peter, and Peter remembered the word of the Lord, how he had said to him, "Before a rooster crows today, you will deny me three times." -- luke 22:61 +. +And he went outside and wept bitterly. -- luke 22:62 +. +Now the men who were holding Jesus under guard began to mock him and beat him. -- luke 22:63 +. +They blindfolded him and asked him repeatedly, "Prophesy! Who hit you?" -- luke 22:64 +. +They also said many other things against him, reviling him. -- luke 22:65 +. +When day came, the council of the elders of the people gathered together, both the chief priests and the experts in the law. Then they led Jesus away to their council -- luke 22:66 +. +and said, "If you are the Christ, tell us." But he said to them, "If I tell you, you will not believe, -- luke 22:67 +. +and if I ask you, you will not answer. -- luke 22:68 +. +But from now on the Son of Man will be seated at the right hand of the power of God." -- luke 22:69 +. +So they all said, "Are you the Son of God, then?" He answered them, "You say that I am." -- luke 22:70 +. +Then they said, "Why do we need further testimony? We have heard it ourselves from his own lips!" -- luke 22:71 +. +Then the whole group of them rose up and brought Jesus before Pilate. -- luke 23:1 +. +They began to accuse him, saying, "We found this man subverting our nation, forbidding us to pay the tribute tax to Caesar and claiming that he himself is Christ, a king." -- luke 23:2 +. +So Pilate asked Jesus, "Are you the king of the Jews?" He replied, "You say so." -- luke 23:3 +. +Then Pilate said to the chief priests and the crowds, "I find no basis for an accusation against this man." -- luke 23:4 +. +But they persisted in saying, "He incites the people by teaching throughout all Judea. It started in Galilee and ended up here!" -- luke 23:5 +. +Now when Pilate heard this, he asked whether the man was a Galilean. -- luke 23:6 +. +When he learned that he was from Herod's jurisdiction, he sent him over to Herod, who also happened to be in Jerusalem at that time. -- luke 23:7 +. +When Herod saw Jesus, he was very glad, for he had long desired to see him, because he had heard about him and was hoping to see him perform some miraculous sign. -- luke 23:8 +. +So Herod questioned him at considerable length; Jesus gave him no answer. -- luke 23:9 +. +The chief priests and the experts in the law were there, vehemently accusing him. -- luke 23:10 +. +Even Herod with his soldiers treated him with contempt and mocked him. Then, dressing him in elegant clothes, Herod sent him back to Pilate. -- luke 23:11 +. +That very day Herod and Pilate became friends with each other, for prior to this they had been enemies. -- luke 23:12 +. +Then Pilate called together the chief priests, the rulers, and the people, -- luke 23:13 +. +and said to them, "You brought me this man as one who was misleading the people. When I examined him before you, I did not find this man guilty of anything you accused him of doing. -- luke 23:14 +. +Neither did Herod, for he sent him back to us. Look, he has done nothing deserving death. -- luke 23:15 +. +I will therefore have him flogged and release him." -- luke 23:16 +. +[[EMPTY]] -- luke 23:17 +. +But they all shouted out together, "Take this man away! Release Barabbas for us!" -- luke 23:18 +. +(This was a man who had been thrown into prison for an insurrection started in the city, and for murder.) -- luke 23:19 +. +Pilate addressed them once again because he wanted to release Jesus. -- luke 23:20 +. +But they kept on shouting, "Crucify, crucify him!" -- luke 23:21 +. +A third time he said to them, "Why? What wrong has he done? I have found him guilty of no crime deserving death. I will therefore flog him and release him." -- luke 23:22 +. +But they were insistent, demanding with loud shouts that he be crucified. And their shouts prevailed. -- luke 23:23 +. +So Pilate decided that their demand should be granted. -- luke 23:24 +. +He released the man they asked for, who had been thrown in prison for insurrection and murder. But he handed Jesus over to their will. -- luke 23:25 +. +As they led him away, they seized Simon of Cyrene, who was coming in from the country. They placed the cross on his back and made him carry it behind Jesus. -- luke 23:26 +. +A great number of the people followed him, among them women who were mourning and wailing for him. -- luke 23:27 +. +But Jesus turned to them and said, "Daughters of Jerusalem, do not weep for me, but weep for yourselves and for your children. -- luke 23:28 +. +For this is certain: The days are coming when they will say, 'Blessed are the barren, the wombs that never bore children, and the breasts that never nursed!' -- luke 23:29 +. +Then they will begin to say to the mountains, 'Fall on us!' and to the hills, 'Cover us!' -- luke 23:30 +. +For if such things are done when the wood is green, what will happen when it is dry?" -- luke 23:31 +. +Two other criminals were also led away to be executed with him. -- luke 23:32 +. +So when they came to the place that is called "The Skull," they crucified him there, along with the criminals, one on his right and one on his left. -- luke 23:33 +. +[But Jesus said, "Father, forgive them, for they don't know what they are doing."] Then they threw dice to divide his clothes. -- luke 23:34 +. +The people also stood there watching, but the rulers ridiculed him, saying, "He saved others. Let him save himself if he is the Christ of God, his chosen one!" -- luke 23:35 +. +The soldiers also mocked him, coming up and offering him sour wine, -- luke 23:36 +. +and saying, "If you are the king of the Jews, save yourself!" -- luke 23:37 +. +There was also an inscription over him, "This is the king of the Jews." -- luke 23:38 +. +One of the criminals who was hanging there railed at him, saying, "Aren't you the Christ? Save yourself and us!" -- luke 23:39 +. +But the other rebuked him, saying, "Don't you fear God, since you are under the same sentence of condemnation? -- luke 23:40 +. +And we rightly so, for we are getting what we deserve for what we did, but this man has done nothing wrong." -- luke 23:41 +. +Then he said, "Jesus, remember me when you come in your kingdom." -- luke 23:42 +. +And Jesus said to him, "I tell you the truth, today you will be with me in paradise." -- luke 23:43 +. +It was now about noon, and darkness came over the whole land until three in the afternoon, -- luke 23:44 +. +because the sun's light failed. The temple curtain was torn in two. -- luke 23:45 +. +Then Jesus, calling out with a loud voice, said, "Father, into your hands I commit my spirit!" And after he said this he breathed his last. -- luke 23:46 +. +Now when the centurion saw what had happened, he praised God and said, "Certainly this man was innocent!" -- luke 23:47 +. +And all the crowds that had assembled for this spectacle, when they saw what had taken place, returned home beating their breasts. -- luke 23:48 +. +And all those who knew Jesus stood at a distance, and the women who had followed him from Galilee saw these things. -- luke 23:49 +. +Now there was a man named Joseph who was a member of the council, a good and righteous man. -- luke 23:50 +. +(He had not consented to their plan and action.) He was from the Judean town of Arimathea, and was looking forward to the kingdom of God. -- luke 23:51 +. +He went to Pilate and asked for the body of Jesus. -- luke 23:52 +. +Then he took it down, wrapped it in a linen cloth, and placed it in a tomb cut out of the rock, where no one had yet been buried. -- luke 23:53 +. +It was the day of preparation and the Sabbath was beginning. -- luke 23:54 +. +The women who had accompanied Jesus from Galilee followed, and they saw the tomb and how his body was laid in it. -- luke 23:55 +. +Then they returned and prepared aromatic spices and perfumes. On the Sabbath they rested according to the commandment. -- luke 23:56 +. +Now on the first day of the week, at early dawn, the women went to the tomb, taking the aromatic spices they had prepared. -- luke 24:1 +. +They found that the stone had been rolled away from the tomb, -- luke 24:2 +. +but when they went in, they did not find the body of the Lord Jesus. -- luke 24:3 +. +While they were perplexed about this, suddenly two men stood beside them in dazzling attire. -- luke 24:4 +. +The women were terribly frightened and bowed their faces to the ground, but the men said to them, "Why do you look for the living among the dead? -- luke 24:5 +. +He is not here, but has been raised! Remember how he told you, while he was still in Galilee, -- luke 24:6 +. +that the Son of Man must be delivered into the hands of sinful men, and be crucified, and on the third day rise again." -- luke 24:7 +. +Then the women remembered his words, -- luke 24:8 +. +and when they returned from the tomb they told all these things to the eleven and to all the rest. -- luke 24:9 +. +Now it was Mary Magdalene, Joanna, Mary the mother of James, and the other women with them who told these things to the apostles. -- luke 24:10 +. +But these words seemed like pure nonsense to them, and they did not believe them. -- luke 24:11 +. +But Peter got up and ran to the tomb. He bent down and saw only the strips of linen cloth; then he went home, wondering what had happened. -- luke 24:12 +. +Now that very day two of them were on their way to a village called Emmaus, about seven miles from Jerusalem. -- luke 24:13 +. +They were talking to each other about all the things that had happened. -- luke 24:14 +. +While they were talking and debating these things, Jesus himself approached and began to accompany them -- luke 24:15 +. +(but their eyes were kept from recognizing him). -- luke 24:16 +. +Then he said to them, "What are these matters you are discussing so intently as you walk along?" And they stood still, looking sad. -- luke 24:17 +. +Then one of them, named Cleopas, answered him, "Are you the only visitor to Jerusalem who doesn't know the things that have happened there in these days?" -- luke 24:18 +. +He said to them, "What things?" "The things concerning Jesus the Nazarene," they replied, "a man who, with his powerful deeds and words, proved to be a prophet before God and all the people; -- luke 24:19 +. +and how our chief priests and rulers handed him over to be condemned to death, and crucified him. -- luke 24:20 +. +But we had hoped that he was the one who was going to redeem Israel. Not only this, but it is now the third day since these things happened. -- luke 24:21 +. +Furthermore, some women of our group amazed us. They were at the tomb early this morning, -- luke 24:22 +. +and when they did not find his body, they came back and said they had seen a vision of angels, who said he was alive. -- luke 24:23 +. +Then some of those who were with us went to the tomb, and found it just as the women had said, but they did not see him." -- luke 24:24 +. +So he said to them, "You foolish people - how slow of heart to believe all that the prophets have spoken! -- luke 24:25 +. +Wasn't it necessary for the Christ to suffer these things and enter into his glory?" -- luke 24:26 +. +Then beginning with Moses and all the prophets, he interpreted to them the things written about himself in all the scriptures. -- luke 24:27 +. +So they approached the village where they were going. He acted as though he wanted to go farther, -- luke 24:28 +. +but they urged him, "Stay with us, because it is getting toward evening and the day is almost done." So he went in to stay with them. -- luke 24:29 +. +When he had taken his place at the table with them, he took the bread, blessed and broke it, and gave it to them. -- luke 24:30 +. +At this point their eyes were opened and they recognized him. Then he vanished out of their sight. -- luke 24:31 +. +They said to each other, "Didn't our hearts burn within us while he was speaking with us on the road, while he was explaining the scriptures to us?" -- luke 24:32 +. +So they got up that very hour and returned to Jerusalem. They found the eleven and those with them gathered together -- luke 24:33 +. +and saying, "The Lord has really risen, and has appeared to Simon!" -- luke 24:34 +. +Then they told what had happened on the road, and how they recognized him when he broke the bread. -- luke 24:35 +. +While they were saying these things, Jesus himself stood among them and said to them, "Peace be with you." -- luke 24:36 +. +But they were startled and terrified, thinking they saw a ghost. -- luke 24:37 +. +Then he said to them, "Why are you frightened, and why do doubts arise in your hearts? -- luke 24:38 +. +Look at my hands and my feet; it's me! Touch me and see; a ghost does not have flesh and bones like you see I have." -- luke 24:39 +. +When he had said this, he showed them his hands and his feet. -- luke 24:40 +. +And while they still could not believe it (because of their joy) and were amazed, he said to them, "Do you have anything here to eat?" -- luke 24:41 +. +So they gave him a piece of broiled fish, -- luke 24:42 +. +and he took it and ate it in front of them. -- luke 24:43 +. +Then he said to them, "These are my words that I spoke to you while I was still with you, that everything written about me in the law of Moses and the prophets and the psalms must be fulfilled." -- luke 24:44 +. +Then he opened their minds so they could understand the scriptures, -- luke 24:45 +. +and said to them, "Thus it stands written that the Christ would suffer and would rise from the dead on the third day, -- luke 24:46 +. +and repentance for the forgiveness of sins would be proclaimed in his name to all nations, beginning from Jerusalem. -- luke 24:47 +. +You are witnesses of these things. -- luke 24:48 +. +And look, I am sending you what my Father promised. But stay in the city until you have been clothed with power from on high." -- luke 24:49 +. +Then Jesus led them out as far as Bethany, and lifting up his hands, he blessed them. -- luke 24:50 +. +Now during the blessing he departed and was taken up into heaven. -- luke 24:51 +. +So they worshiped him and returned to Jerusalem with great joy, -- luke 24:52 +. +and were continually in the temple courts blessing God. -- luke 24:53 +. +In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God, and the Word was fully God. -- john 1:1 +. +The Word was with God in the beginning. -- john 1:2 +. +All things were created by him, and apart from him not one thing was created that has been created. -- john 1:3 +. +In him was life, and the life was the light of mankind. -- john 1:4 +. +And the light shines on in the darkness, but the darkness has not mastered it. -- john 1:5 +. +A man came, sent from God, whose name was John. -- john 1:6 +. +He came as a witness to testify about the light, so that everyone might believe through him. -- john 1:7 +. +He himself was not the light, but he came to testify about the light. -- john 1:8 +. +The true light, who gives light to everyone, was coming into the world. -- john 1:9 +. +He was in the world, and the world was created by him, but the world did not recognize him. -- john 1:10 +. +He came to what was his own, but his own people did not receive him. -- john 1:11 +. +But to all who have received him - those who believe in his name - he has given the right to become God's children -- john 1:12 +. +- children not born by human parents or by human desire or a husband's decision, but by God. -- john 1:13 +. +Now the Word became flesh and took up residence among us. We saw his glory - the glory of the one and only, full of grace and truth, who came from the Father. -- john 1:14 +. +John testified about him and shouted out, "This one was the one about whom I said, 'He who comes after me is greater than I am, because he existed before me.'" -- john 1:15 +. +For we have all received from his fullness one gracious gift after another. -- john 1:16 +. +For the law was given through Moses, but grace and truth came about through Jesus Christ. -- john 1:17 +. +No one has ever seen God. The only one, himself God, who is in closest fellowship with the Father, has made God known. -- john 1:18 +. +Now this was John's testimony when the Jewish leaders sent priests and Levites from Jerusalem to ask him, "Who are you?" -- john 1:19 +. +He confessed - he did not deny but confessed - "I am not the Christ!" -- john 1:20 +. +So they asked him, "Then who are you? Are you Elijah?" He said, "I am not!" "Are you the Prophet?" He answered, "No!" -- john 1:21 +. +Then they said to him, "Who are you? Tell us so that we can give an answer to those who sent us. What do you say about yourself?" -- john 1:22 +. +John said, "I am the voice of one shouting in the wilderness, 'Make straight the way for the Lord,' as Isaiah the prophet said." -- john 1:23 +. +(Now they had been sent from the Pharisees.) -- john 1:24 +. +So they asked John, "Why then are you baptizing if you are not the Christ, nor Elijah, nor the Prophet?" -- john 1:25 +. +John answered them, "I baptize with water. Among you stands one whom you do not recognize, -- john 1:26 +. +who is coming after me. I am not worthy to untie the strap of his sandal!" -- john 1:27 +. +These things happened in Bethany across the Jordan River where John was baptizing. -- john 1:28 +. +On the next day John saw Jesus coming toward him and said, "Look, the Lamb of God who takes away the sin of the world! -- john 1:29 +. +This is the one about whom I said, 'After me comes a man who is greater than I am, because he existed before me.' -- john 1:30 +. +I did not recognize him, but I came baptizing with water so that he could be revealed to Israel." -- john 1:31 +. +Then John testified, "I saw the Spirit descending like a dove from heaven, and it remained on him. -- john 1:32 +. +And I did not recognize him, but the one who sent me to baptize with water said to me, 'The one on whom you see the Spirit descending and remaining - this is the one who baptizes with the Holy Spirit.' -- john 1:33 +. +I have both seen and testified that this man is the Chosen One of God." -- john 1:34 +. +Again the next day John was standing there with two of his disciples. -- john 1:35 +. +Gazing at Jesus as he walked by, he said, "Look, the Lamb of God!" -- john 1:36 +. +When John's two disciples heard him say this, they followed Jesus. -- john 1:37 +. +Jesus turned around and saw them following and said to them, "What do you want?" So they said to him, "Rabbi" (which is translated Teacher), "where are you staying?" -- john 1:38 +. +Jesus answered, "Come and you will see." So they came and saw where he was staying, and they stayed with him that day. Now it was about four o'clock in the afternoon. -- john 1:39 +. +Andrew, the brother of Simon Peter, was one of the two disciples who heard what John said and followed Jesus. -- john 1:40 +. +He first found his own brother Simon and told him, "We have found the Messiah!" (which is translated Christ). -- john 1:41 +. +Andrew brought Simon to Jesus. Jesus looked at him and said, "You are Simon, the son of John. You will be called Cephas" (which is translated Peter). -- john 1:42 +. +On the next day Jesus wanted to set out for Galilee. He found Philip and said to him, "Follow me." -- john 1:43 +. +(Now Philip was from Bethsaida, the town of Andrew and Peter.) -- john 1:44 +. +Philip found Nathanael and told him, "We have found the one Moses wrote about in the law, and the prophets also wrote about - Jesus of Nazareth, the son of Joseph." -- john 1:45 +. +Nathanael replied, "Can anything good come out of Nazareth?" Philip replied, "Come and see." -- john 1:46 +. +Jesus saw Nathanael coming toward him and exclaimed, "Look, a true Israelite in whom there is no deceit!" -- john 1:47 +. +Nathanael asked him, "How do you know me?" Jesus replied, "Before Philip called you, when you were under the fig tree, I saw you." -- john 1:48 +. +Nathanael answered him, "Rabbi, you are the Son of God; you are the king of Israel!" -- john 1:49 +. +Jesus said to him, "Because I told you that I saw you under the fig tree, do you believe? You will see greater things than these." -- john 1:50 +. +He continued, "I tell all of you the solemn truth - you will see heaven opened and the angels of God ascending and descending on the Son of Man." -- john 1:51 +. +Now on the third day there was a wedding at Cana in Galilee. Jesus' mother was there, -- john 2:1 +. +and Jesus and his disciples were also invited to the wedding. -- john 2:2 +. +When the wine ran out, Jesus' mother said to him, "They have no wine left." -- john 2:3 +. +Jesus replied, "Woman, why are you saying this to me? My time has not yet come." -- john 2:4 +. +His mother told the servants, "Whatever he tells you, do it." -- john 2:5 +. +Now there were six stone water jars there for Jewish ceremonial washing, each holding twenty or thirty gallons. -- john 2:6 +. +Jesus told the servants, "Fill the water jars with water." So they filled them up to the very top. -- john 2:7 +. +Then he told them, "Now draw some out and take it to the head steward," and they did. -- john 2:8 +. +When the head steward tasted the water that had been turned to wine, not knowing where it came from (though the servants who had drawn the water knew), he called the bridegroom -- john 2:9 +. +and said to him, "Everyone serves the good wine first, and then the cheaper wine when the guests are drunk. You have kept the good wine until now!" -- john 2:10 +. +Jesus did this as the first of his miraculous signs, in Cana of Galilee. In this way he revealed his glory, and his disciples believed in him. -- john 2:11 +. +After this he went down to Capernaum with his mother and brothers and his disciples, and they stayed there a few days. -- john 2:12 +. +Now the Jewish feast of Passover was near, so Jesus went up to Jerusalem. -- john 2:13 +. +He found in the temple courts those who were selling oxen and sheep and doves, and the money changers sitting at tables. -- john 2:14 +. +So he made a whip of cords and drove them all out of the temple courts, with the sheep and the oxen. He scattered the coins of the money changers and overturned their tables. -- john 2:15 +. +To those who sold the doves he said, "Take these things away from here! Do not make my Father's house a marketplace!" -- john 2:16 +. +His disciples remembered that it was written, "Zeal for your house will devour me." -- john 2:17 +. +So then the Jewish leaders responded, "What sign can you show us, since you are doing these things?" -- john 2:18 +. +Jesus replied, "Destroy this temple and in three days I will raise it up again." -- john 2:19 +. +Then the Jewish leaders said to him, "This temple has been under construction for forty-six years, and are you going to raise it up in three days?" -- john 2:20 +. +But Jesus was speaking about the temple of his body. -- john 2:21 +. +So after he was raised from the dead, his disciples remembered that he had said this, and they believed the scripture and the saying that Jesus had spoken. -- john 2:22 +. +Now while Jesus was in Jerusalem at the feast of the Passover, many people believed in his name because they saw the miraculous signs he was doing. -- john 2:23 +. +But Jesus would not entrust himself to them, because he knew all people. -- john 2:24 +. +He did not need anyone to testify about man, for he knew what was in man. -- john 2:25 +. +Now a certain man, a Pharisee named Nicodemus, who was a member of the Jewish ruling council, -- john 3:1 +. +came to Jesus at night and said to him, "Rabbi, we know that you are a teacher who has come from God. For no one could perform the miraculous signs that you do unless God is with him." -- john 3:2 +. +Jesus replied, "I tell you the solemn truth, unless a person is born from above, he cannot see the kingdom of God." -- john 3:3 +. +Nicodemus said to him, "How can a man be born when he is old? He cannot enter his mother's womb and be born a second time, can he?" -- john 3:4 +. +Jesus answered, "I tell you the solemn truth, unless a person is born of water and spirit, he cannot enter the kingdom of God. -- john 3:5 +. +What is born of the flesh is flesh, and what is born of the Spirit is spirit. -- john 3:6 +. +Do not be amazed that I said to you, 'You must all be born from above.' -- john 3:7 +. +The wind blows wherever it will, and you hear the sound it makes, but do not know where it comes from and where it is going. So it is with everyone who is born of the Spirit." -- john 3:8 +. +Nicodemus replied, "How can these things be?" -- john 3:9 +. +Jesus answered, "Are you the teacher of Israel and yet you don't understand these things? -- john 3:10 +. +I tell you the solemn truth, we speak about what we know and testify about what we have seen, but you people do not accept our testimony. -- john 3:11 +. +If I have told you people about earthly things and you don't believe, how will you believe if I tell you about heavenly things? -- john 3:12 +. +No one has ascended into heaven except the one who descended from heaven - the Son of Man. -- john 3:13 +. +Just as Moses lifted up the serpent in the wilderness, so must the Son of Man be lifted up, -- john 3:14 +. +so that everyone who believes in him may have eternal life." -- john 3:15 +. +For this is the way God loved the world: He gave his one and only Son, so that everyone who believes in him will not perish but have eternal life. -- john 3:16 +. +For God did not send his Son into the world to condemn the world, but that the world should be saved through him. -- john 3:17 +. +The one who believes in him is not condemned. The one who does not believe has been condemned already, because he has not believed in the name of the one and only Son of God. -- john 3:18 +. +Now this is the basis for judging: that the light has come into the world and people loved the darkness rather than the light, because their deeds were evil. -- john 3:19 +. +For everyone who does evil deeds hates the light and does not come to the light, so that their deeds will not be exposed. -- john 3:20 +. +But the one who practices the truth comes to the light, so that it may be plainly evident that his deeds have been done in God. -- john 3:21 +. +After this, Jesus and his disciples came into Judean territory, and there he spent time with them and was baptizing. -- john 3:22 +. +John was also baptizing at Aenon near Salim, because water was plentiful there, and people were coming to him and being baptized. -- john 3:23 +. +(For John had not yet been thrown into prison.) -- john 3:24 +. +Now a dispute came about between some of John's disciples and a certain Jew concerning ceremonial washing. -- john 3:25 +. +So they came to John and said to him, "Rabbi, the one who was with you on the other side of the Jordan River, about whom you testified - see, he is baptizing, and everyone is flocking to him!" -- john 3:26 +. +John replied, "No one can receive anything unless it has been given to him from heaven. -- john 3:27 +. +You yourselves can testify that I said, 'I am not the Christ,' but rather, 'I have been sent before him.' -- john 3:28 +. +The one who has the bride is the bridegroom. The friend of the bridegroom, who stands by and listens for him, rejoices greatly when he hears the bridegroom's voice. This then is my joy, and it is complete. -- john 3:29 +. +He must become more important while I become less important." -- john 3:30 +. +The one who comes from above is superior to all. The one who is from the earth belongs to the earth and speaks about earthly things. The one who comes from heaven is superior to all. -- john 3:31 +. +He testifies about what he has seen and heard, but no one accepts his testimony. -- john 3:32 +. +The one who has accepted his testimony has confirmed clearly that God is truthful. -- john 3:33 +. +For the one whom God has sent speaks the words of God, for he does not give the Spirit sparingly. -- john 3:34 +. +The Father loves the Son and has placed all things under his authority. -- john 3:35 +. +The one who believes in the Son has eternal life. The one who rejects the Son will not see life, but God's wrath remains on him. -- john 3:36 +. +Now when Jesus knew that the Pharisees had heard that he was winning and baptizing more disciples than John -- john 4:1 +. +(although Jesus himself was not baptizing, but his disciples were), -- john 4:2 +. +he left Judea and set out once more for Galilee. -- john 4:3 +. +But he had to pass through Samaria. -- john 4:4 +. +Now he came to a Samaritan town called Sychar, near the plot of land that Jacob had given to his son Joseph. -- john 4:5 +. +Jacob's well was there, so Jesus, since he was tired from the journey, sat right down beside the well. It was about noon. -- john 4:6 +. +A Samaritan woman came to draw water. Jesus said to her, "Give me some water to drink." -- john 4:7 +. +(For his disciples had gone off into the town to buy supplies.) -- john 4:8 +. +So the Samaritan woman said to him, "How can you - a Jew - ask me, a Samaritan woman, for water to drink?" (For Jews use nothing in common with Samaritans.) -- john 4:9 +. +Jesus answered her, "If you had known the gift of God and who it is who said to you, 'Give me some water to drink,' you would have asked him, and he would have given you living water." -- john 4:10 +. +"Sir," the woman said to him, "you have no bucket and the well is deep; where then do you get this living water? -- john 4:11 +. +Surely you're not greater than our ancestor Jacob, are you? For he gave us this well and drank from it himself, along with his sons and his livestock." -- john 4:12 +. +Jesus replied, "Everyone who drinks some of this water will be thirsty again. -- john 4:13 +. +But whoever drinks some of the water that I will give him will never be thirsty again, but the water that I will give him will become in him a fountain of water springing up to eternal life." -- john 4:14 +. +The woman said to him, "Sir, give me this water, so that I will not be thirsty or have to come here to draw water." -- john 4:15 +. +He said to her, "Go call your husband and come back here." -- john 4:16 +. +The woman replied, "I have no husband." Jesus said to her, "Right you are when you said, 'I have no husband,' -- john 4:17 +. +for you have had five husbands, and the man you are living with now is not your husband. This you said truthfully!" -- john 4:18 +. +The woman said to him, "Sir, I see that you are a prophet. -- john 4:19 +. +Our fathers worshiped on this mountain, and you people say that the place where people must worship is in Jerusalem." -- john 4:20 +. +Jesus said to her, "Believe me, woman, a time is coming when you will worship the Father neither on this mountain nor in Jerusalem. -- john 4:21 +. +You people worship what you do not know. We worship what we know, because salvation is from the Jews. -- john 4:22 +. +But a time is coming - and now is here - when the true worshipers will worship the Father in spirit and truth, for the Father seeks such people to be his worshipers. -- john 4:23 +. +God is spirit, and the people who worship him must worship in spirit and truth." -- john 4:24 +. +The woman said to him, "I know that Messiah is coming" (the one called Christ); "whenever he comes, he will tell us everything." -- john 4:25 +. +Jesus said to her, "I, the one speaking to you, am he." -- john 4:26 +. +Now at that very moment his disciples came back. They were shocked because he was speaking with a woman. However, no one said, "What do you want?" or "Why are you speaking with her?" -- john 4:27 +. +Then the woman left her water jar, went off into the town and said to the people, -- john 4:28 +. +"Come, see a man who told me everything I ever did. Surely he can't be the Messiah, can he?" -- john 4:29 +. +So they left the town and began coming to him. -- john 4:30 +. +Meanwhile the disciples were urging him, "Rabbi, eat something." -- john 4:31 +. +But he said to them, "I have food to eat that you know nothing about." -- john 4:32 +. +So the disciples began to say to one another, "No one brought him anything to eat, did they?" -- john 4:33 +. +Jesus said to them, "My food is to do the will of the one who sent me and to complete his work. -- john 4:34 +. +Don't you say, 'There are four more months and then comes the harvest?' I tell you, look up and see that the fields are already white for harvest! -- john 4:35 +. +The one who reaps receives pay and gathers fruit for eternal life, so that the one who sows and the one who reaps can rejoice together. -- john 4:36 +. +For in this instance the saying is true, 'One sows and another reaps.' -- john 4:37 +. +I sent you to reap what you did not work for; others have labored and you have entered into their labor." -- john 4:38 +. +Now many Samaritans from that town believed in him because of the report of the woman who testified, "He told me everything I ever did." -- john 4:39 +. +So when the Samaritans came to him, they began asking him to stay with them. He stayed there two days, -- john 4:40 +. +and because of his word many more believed. -- john 4:41 +. +They said to the woman, "No longer do we believe because of your words, for we have heard for ourselves, and we know that this one really is the Savior of the world." -- john 4:42 +. +After the two days he departed from there to Galilee. -- john 4:43 +. +(For Jesus himself had testified that a prophet has no honor in his own country.) -- john 4:44 +. +So when he came to Galilee, the Galileans welcomed him because they had seen all the things he had done in Jerusalem at the feast (for they themselves had gone to the feast). -- john 4:45 +. +Now he came again to Cana in Galilee where he had made the water wine. In Capernaum there was a certain royal official whose son was sick. -- john 4:46 +. +When he heard that Jesus had come back from Judea to Galilee, he went to him and begged him to come down and heal his son, who was about to die. -- john 4:47 +. +So Jesus said to him, "Unless you people see signs and wonders you will never believe!" -- john 4:48 +. +"Sir," the official said to him, "come down before my child dies." -- john 4:49 +. +Jesus told him, "Go home; your son will live." The man believed the word that Jesus spoke to him, and set off for home. -- john 4:50 +. +While he was on his way down, his slaves met him and told him that his son was going to live. -- john 4:51 +. +So he asked them the time when his condition began to improve, and they told him, "Yesterday at one o'clock in the afternoon the fever left him." -- john 4:52 +. +Then the father realized that it was the very time Jesus had said to him, "Your son will live," and he himself believed along with his entire household. -- john 4:53 +. +Jesus did this as his second miraculous sign when he returned from Judea to Galilee. -- john 4:54 +. +After this there was a Jewish feast, and Jesus went up to Jerusalem. -- john 5:1 +. +Now there is in Jerusalem by the Sheep Gate a pool called Bethzatha in Aramaic, which has five covered walkways. -- john 5:2 +. +A great number of sick, blind, lame, and paralyzed people were lying in these walkways. -- john 5:3 +. +[[EMPTY]] -- john 5:4 +. +Now a man was there who had been disabled for thirty-eight years. -- john 5:5 +. +When Jesus saw him lying there and when he realized that the man had been disabled a long time already, he said to him, "Do you want to become well?" -- john 5:6 +. +The sick man answered him, "Sir, I have no one to put me into the pool when the water is stirred up. While I am trying to get into the water, someone else goes down there before me." -- john 5:7 +. +Jesus said to him, "Stand up! Pick up your mat and walk." -- john 5:8 +. +Immediately the man was healed, and he picked up his mat and started walking. (Now that day was a Sabbath.) -- john 5:9 +. +So the Jewish leaders said to the man who had been healed, "It is the Sabbath, and you are not permitted to carry your mat." -- john 5:10 +. +But he answered them, "The man who made me well said to me, 'Pick up your mat and walk.'" -- john 5:11 +. +They asked him, "Who is the man who said to you, 'Pick up your mat and walk'?" -- john 5:12 +. +But the man who had been healed did not know who it was, for Jesus had slipped out, since there was a crowd in that place. -- john 5:13 +. +After this Jesus found him at the temple and said to him, "Look, you have become well. Don't sin any more, lest anything worse happen to you." -- john 5:14 +. +The man went away and informed the Jewish leaders that Jesus was the one who had made him well. -- john 5:15 +. +Now because Jesus was doing these things on the Sabbath, the Jewish leaders began persecuting him. -- john 5:16 +. +So he told them, "My Father is working until now, and I too am working." -- john 5:17 +. +For this reason the Jewish leaders were trying even harder to kill him, because not only was he breaking the Sabbath, but he was also calling God his own Father, thus making himself equal with God. -- john 5:18 +. +So Jesus answered them, "I tell you the solemn truth, the Son can do nothing on his own initiative, but only what he sees the Father doing. For whatever the Father does, the Son does likewise. -- john 5:19 +. +For the Father loves the Son and shows him everything he does, and will show him greater deeds than these, so that you will be amazed. -- john 5:20 +. +For just as the Father raises the dead and gives them life, so also the Son gives life to whomever he wishes. -- john 5:21 +. +Furthermore, the Father does not judge anyone, but has assigned all judgment to the Son, -- john 5:22 +. +so that all people will honor the Son just as they honor the Father. The one who does not honor the Son does not honor the Father who sent him. -- john 5:23 +. +"I tell you the solemn truth, the one who hears my message and believes the one who sent me has eternal life and will not be condemned, but has crossed over from death to life. -- john 5:24 +. +I tell you the solemn truth, a time is coming - and is now here - when the dead will hear the voice of the Son of God, and those who hear will live. -- john 5:25 +. +For just as the Father has life in himself, thus he has granted the Son to have life in himself, -- john 5:26 +. +and he has granted the Son authority to execute judgment, because he is the Son of Man. -- john 5:27 +. +"Do not be amazed at this, because a time is coming when all who are in the tombs will hear his voice -- john 5:28 +. +and will come out - the ones who have done what is good to the resurrection resulting in life, and the ones who have done what is evil to the resurrection resulting in condemnation. -- john 5:29 +. +I can do nothing on my own initiative. Just as I hear, I judge, and my judgment is just, because I do not seek my own will, but the will of the one who sent me. -- john 5:30 +. +"If I testify about myself, my testimony is not true. -- john 5:31 +. +There is another who testifies about me, and I know the testimony he testifies about me is true. -- john 5:32 +. +You have sent to John, and he has testified to the truth. -- john 5:33 +. +(I do not accept human testimony, but I say this so that you may be saved.) -- john 5:34 +. +He was a lamp that was burning and shining, and you wanted to rejoice greatly for a short time in his light. -- john 5:35 +. +"But I have a testimony greater than that from John. For the deeds that the Father has assigned me to complete - the deeds I am now doing - testify about me that the Father has sent me. -- john 5:36 +. +And the Father who sent me has himself testified about me. You people have never heard his voice nor seen his form at any time, -- john 5:37 +. +nor do you have his word residing in you, because you do not believe the one whom he sent. -- john 5:38 +. +You study the scriptures thoroughly because you think in them you possess eternal life, and it is these same scriptures that testify about me, -- john 5:39 +. +but you are not willing to come to me so that you may have life. -- john 5:40 +. +"I do not accept praise from people, -- john 5:41 +. +but I know you, that you do not have the love of God within you. -- john 5:42 +. +I have come in my Father's name, and you do not accept me. If someone else comes in his own name, you will accept him. -- john 5:43 +. +How can you believe, if you accept praise from one another and don't seek the praise that comes from the only God? -- john 5:44 +. +"Do not suppose that I will accuse you before the Father. The one who accuses you is Moses, in whom you have placed your hope. -- john 5:45 +. +If you believed Moses, you would believe me, because he wrote about me. -- john 5:46 +. +But if you do not believe what Moses wrote, how will you believe my words?" -- john 5:47 +. +After this Jesus went away to the other side of the Sea of Galilee (also called the Sea of Tiberias). -- john 6:1 +. +A large crowd was following him because they were observing the miraculous signs he was performing on the sick. -- john 6:2 +. +So Jesus went on up the mountainside and sat down there with his disciples. -- john 6:3 +. +(Now the Jewish feast of the Passover was near.) -- john 6:4 +. +Then Jesus, when he looked up and saw that a large crowd was coming to him, said to Philip, "Where can we buy bread so that these people may eat?" -- john 6:5 +. +(Now Jesus said this to test him, for he knew what he was going to do.) -- john 6:6 +. +Philip replied, "Two hundred silver coins worth of bread would not be enough for them, for each one to get a little." -- john 6:7 +. +One of Jesus' disciples, Andrew, Simon Peter's brother, said to him, -- john 6:8 +. +"Here is a boy who has five barley loaves and two fish, but what good are these for so many people?" -- john 6:9 +. +Jesus said, "Have the people sit down." (Now there was a lot of grass in that place.) So the men sat down, about five thousand in number. -- john 6:10 +. +Then Jesus took the loaves, and when he had given thanks, he distributed the bread to those who were seated. He then did the same with the fish, as much as they wanted. -- john 6:11 +. +When they were all satisfied, Jesus said to his disciples, "Gather up the broken pieces that are left over, so that nothing is wasted." -- john 6:12 +. +So they gathered them up and filled twelve baskets with broken pieces from the five barley loaves left over by the people who had eaten. -- john 6:13 +. +Now when the people saw the miraculous sign that Jesus performed, they began to say to one another, "This is certainly the Prophet who is to come into the world." -- john 6:14 +. +Then Jesus, because he knew they were going to come and seize him by force to make him king, withdrew again up the mountainside alone. -- john 6:15 +. +Now when evening came, his disciples went down to the lake, -- john 6:16 +. +got into a boat, and started to cross the lake to Capernaum. (It had already become dark, and Jesus had not yet come to them.) -- john 6:17 +. +By now a strong wind was blowing and the sea was getting rough. -- john 6:18 +. +Then, when they had rowed about three or four miles, they caught sight of Jesus walking on the lake, approaching the boat, and they were frightened. -- john 6:19 +. +But he said to them, "It is I. Do not be afraid." -- john 6:20 +. +Then they wanted to take him into the boat, and immediately the boat came to the land where they had been heading. -- john 6:21 +. +The next day the crowd that remained on the other side of the lake realized that only one small boat had been there, and that Jesus had not boarded it with his disciples, but that his disciples had gone away alone. -- john 6:22 +. +But some boats from Tiberias came to shore near the place where they had eaten the bread after the Lord had given thanks. -- john 6:23 +. +So when the crowd realized that neither Jesus nor his disciples were there, they got into the boats and came to Capernaum looking for Jesus. -- john 6:24 +. +When they found him on the other side of the lake, they said to him, "Rabbi, when did you get here?" -- john 6:25 +. +Jesus replied, "I tell you the solemn truth, you are looking for me not because you saw miraculous signs, but because you ate all the loaves of bread you wanted. -- john 6:26 +. +Do not work for the food that disappears, but for the food that remains to eternal life - the food which the Son of Man will give to you. For God the Father has put his seal of approval on him." -- john 6:27 +. +So then they said to him, "What must we do to accomplish the deeds God requires?" -- john 6:28 +. +Jesus replied, "This is the deed God requires - to believe in the one whom he sent." -- john 6:29 +. +So they said to him, "Then what miraculous sign will you perform, so that we may see it and believe you? What will you do? -- john 6:30 +. +Our ancestors ate the manna in the wilderness, just as it is written, 'He gave them bread from heaven to eat.'" -- john 6:31 +. +Then Jesus told them, "I tell you the solemn truth, it is not Moses who has given you the bread from heaven, but my Father is giving you the true bread from heaven. -- john 6:32 +. +For the bread of God is the one who comes down from heaven and gives life to the world." -- john 6:33 +. +So they said to him, "Sir, give us this bread all the time!" -- john 6:34 +. +Jesus said to them, "I am the bread of life. The one who comes to me will never go hungry, and the one who believes in me will never be thirsty. -- john 6:35 +. +But I told you that you have seen me and still do not believe. -- john 6:36 +. +Everyone whom the Father gives me will come to me, and the one who comes to me I will never send away. -- john 6:37 +. +For I have come down from heaven not to do my own will but the will of the one who sent me. -- john 6:38 +. +Now this is the will of the one who sent me - that I should not lose one person of every one he has given me, but raise them all up at the last day. -- john 6:39 +. +For this is the will of my Father - for everyone who looks on the Son and believes in him to have eternal life, and I will raise him up at the last day." -- john 6:40 +. +Then the Jews who were hostile to Jesus began complaining about him because he said, "I am the bread that came down from heaven," -- john 6:41 +. +and they said, "Isn't this Jesus the son of Joseph, whose father and mother we know? How can he now say, 'I have come down from heaven'?" -- john 6:42 +. +Jesus replied, "Do not complain about me to one another. -- john 6:43 +. +No one can come to me unless the Father who sent me draws him, and I will raise him up at the last day. -- john 6:44 +. +It is written in the prophets, 'And they will all be taught by God.' Everyone who hears and learns from the Father comes to me. -- john 6:45 +. +(Not that anyone has seen the Father except the one who is from God - he has seen the Father.) -- john 6:46 +. +I tell you the solemn truth, the one who believes has eternal life. -- john 6:47 +. +I am the bread of life. -- john 6:48 +. +Your ancestors ate the manna in the wilderness, and they died. -- john 6:49 +. +This is the bread that has come down from heaven, so that a person may eat from it and not die. -- john 6:50 +. +I am the living bread that came down from heaven. If anyone eats from this bread he will live forever. The bread that I will give for the life of the world is my flesh." -- john 6:51 +. +Then the Jews who were hostile to Jesus began to argue with one another, "How can this man give us his flesh to eat?" -- john 6:52 +. +Jesus said to them, "I tell you the solemn truth, unless you eat the flesh of the Son of Man and drink his blood, you have no life in yourselves. -- john 6:53 +. +The one who eats my flesh and drinks my blood has eternal life, and I will raise him up on the last day. -- john 6:54 +. +For my flesh is true food, and my blood is true drink. -- john 6:55 +. +The one who eats my flesh and drinks my blood resides in me, and I in him. -- john 6:56 +. +Just as the living Father sent me, and I live because of the Father, so the one who consumes me will live because of me. -- john 6:57 +. +This is the bread that came down from heaven; it is not like the bread your ancestors ate, but then later died. The one who eats this bread will live forever." -- john 6:58 +. +Jesus said these things while he was teaching in the synagogue in Capernaum. -- john 6:59 +. +Then many of his disciples, when they heard these things, said, "This is a difficult saying! Who can understand it?" -- john 6:60 +. +When Jesus was aware that his disciples were complaining about this, he said to them, "Does this cause you to be offended? -- john 6:61 +. +Then what if you see the Son of Man ascending where he was before? -- john 6:62 +. +The Spirit is the one who gives life; human nature is of no help! The words that I have spoken to you are spirit and are life. -- john 6:63 +. +But there are some of you who do not believe." (For Jesus had already known from the beginning who those were who did not believe, and who it was who would betray him.) -- john 6:64 +. +So Jesus added, "Because of this I told you that no one can come to me unless the Father has allowed him to come." -- john 6:65 +. +After this many of his disciples quit following him and did not accompany him any longer. -- john 6:66 +. +So Jesus said to the twelve, "You don't want to go away too, do you?" -- john 6:67 +. +Simon Peter answered him, "Lord, to whom would we go? You have the words of eternal life. -- john 6:68 +. +We have come to believe and to know that you are the Holy One of God!" -- john 6:69 +. +Jesus replied, "Didn't I choose you, the twelve, and yet one of you is the devil?" -- john 6:70 +. +(Now he said this about Judas son of Simon Iscariot, for Judas, one of the twelve, was going to betray him.) -- john 6:71 +. +After this Jesus traveled throughout Galilee. He stayed out of Judea because the Jewish leaders wanted to kill him. -- john 7:1 +. +Now the Jewish feast of Tabernacles was near. -- john 7:2 +. +So Jesus' brothers advised him, "Leave here and go to Judea so your disciples may see your miracles that you are performing. -- john 7:3 +. +For no one who seeks to make a reputation for himself does anything in secret. If you are doing these things, show yourself to the world." -- john 7:4 +. +(For not even his own brothers believed in him.) -- john 7:5 +. +So Jesus replied, "My time has not yet arrived, but you are ready at any opportunity! -- john 7:6 +. +The world cannot hate you, but it hates me, because I am testifying about it that its deeds are evil. -- john 7:7 +. +You go up to the feast yourselves. I am not going up to this feast because my time has not yet fully arrived." -- john 7:8 +. +When he had said this, he remained in Galilee. -- john 7:9 +. +But when his brothers had gone up to the feast, then Jesus himself also went up, not openly but in secret. -- john 7:10 +. +So the Jewish leaders were looking for him at the feast, asking, "Where is he?" -- john 7:11 +. +There was a lot of grumbling about him among the crowds. Some were saying, "He is a good man," but others, "He deceives the common people." -- john 7:12 +. +However, no one spoke openly about him for fear of the Jewish leaders. -- john 7:13 +. +When the feast was half over, Jesus went up to the temple courts and began to teach. -- john 7:14 +. +Then the Jewish leaders were astonished and said, "How does this man know so much when he has never had formal instruction?" -- john 7:15 +. +So Jesus replied, "My teaching is not from me, but from the one who sent me. -- john 7:16 +. +If anyone wants to do God's will, he will know about my teaching, whether it is from God or whether I speak from my own authority. -- john 7:17 +. +The person who speaks on his own authority desires to receive honor for himself; the one who desires the honor of the one who sent him is a man of integrity, and there is no unrighteousness in him. -- john 7:18 +. +Hasn't Moses given you the law? Yet not one of you keeps the law! Why do you want to kill me?" -- john 7:19 +. +The crowd answered, "You're possessed by a demon! Who is trying to kill you?" -- john 7:20 +. +Jesus replied, "I performed one miracle and you are all amazed. -- john 7:21 +. +However, because Moses gave you the practice of circumcision (not that it came from Moses, but from the forefathers), you circumcise a male child on the Sabbath. -- john 7:22 +. +But if a male child is circumcised on the Sabbath so that the law of Moses is not broken, why are you angry with me because I made a man completely well on the Sabbath? -- john 7:23 +. +Do not judge according to external appearance, but judge with proper judgment." -- john 7:24 +. +Then some of the residents of Jerusalem began to say, "Isn't this the man they are trying to kill? -- john 7:25 +. +Yet here he is, speaking publicly, and they are saying nothing to him. Do the rulers really know that this man is the Christ? -- john 7:26 +. +But we know where this man comes from. Whenever the Christ comes, no one will know where he comes from." -- john 7:27 +. +Then Jesus, while teaching in the temple courts, cried out, "You both know me and know where I come from! And I have not come on my own initiative, but the one who sent me is true. You do not know him, -- john 7:28 +. +but I know him, because I have come from him and he sent me." -- john 7:29 +. +So then they tried to seize Jesus, but no one laid a hand on him, because his time had not yet come. -- john 7:30 +. +Yet many of the crowd believed in him and said, "Whenever the Christ comes, he won't perform more miraculous signs than this man did, will he?" -- john 7:31 +. +The Pharisees heard the crowd murmuring these things about Jesus, so the chief priests and the Pharisees sent officers to arrest him. -- john 7:32 +. +Then Jesus said, "I will be with you for only a little while longer, and then I am going to the one who sent me. -- john 7:33 +. +You will look for me but will not find me, and where I am you cannot come." -- john 7:34 +. +Then the Jewish leaders said to one another, "Where is he going to go that we cannot find him? He is not going to go to the Jewish people dispersed among the Greeks and teach the Greeks, is he? -- john 7:35 +. +What did he mean by saying, 'You will look for me but will not find me, and where I am you cannot come'?" -- john 7:36 +. +On the last day of the feast, the greatest day, Jesus stood up and shouted out, "If anyone is thirsty, let him come to me, and -- john 7:37 +. +let the one who believes in me drink. Just as the scripture says, 'From within him will flow rivers of living water.'" -- john 7:38 +. +(Now he said this about the Spirit, whom those who believed in him were going to receive, for the Spirit had not yet been given, because Jesus was not yet glorified.) -- john 7:39 +. +When they heard these words, some of the crowd began to say, "This really is the Prophet!" -- john 7:40 +. +Others said, "This is the Christ!" But still others said, "No, for the Christ doesn't come from Galilee, does he? -- john 7:41 +. +Don't the scriptures say that the Christ is a descendant of David and comes from Bethlehem, the village where David lived?" -- john 7:42 +. +So there was a division in the crowd because of Jesus. -- john 7:43 +. +Some of them were wanting to seize him, but no one laid a hand on him. -- john 7:44 +. +Then the officers returned to the chief priests and Pharisees, who said to them, "Why didn't you bring him back with you?" -- john 7:45 +. +The officers replied, "No one ever spoke like this man!" -- john 7:46 +. +Then the Pharisees answered, "You haven't been deceived too, have you? -- john 7:47 +. +None of the rulers or the Pharisees have believed in him, have they? -- john 7:48 +. +But this rabble who do not know the law are accursed!" -- john 7:49 +. +Nicodemus, who had gone to Jesus before and who was one of the rulers, said, -- john 7:50 +. +"Our law doesn't condemn a man unless it first hears from him and learns what he is doing, does it?" -- john 7:51 +. +They replied, "You aren't from Galilee too, are you? Investigate carefully and you will see that no prophet comes from Galilee!" -- john 7:52 +. +[[And each one departed to his own house. -- john 7:53 +. +But Jesus went to the Mount of Olives. -- john 8:1 +. +Early in the morning he came to the temple courts again. All the people came to him, and he sat down and began to teach them. -- john 8:2 +. +The experts in the law and the Pharisees brought a woman who had been caught committing adultery. They made her stand in front of them -- john 8:3 +. +and said to Jesus, "Teacher, this woman was caught in the very act of adultery. -- john 8:4 +. +In the law Moses commanded us to stone to death such women. What then do you say?" -- john 8:5 +. +(Now they were asking this in an attempt to trap him, so that they could bring charges against him.) Jesus bent down and wrote on the ground with his finger. -- john 8:6 +. +When they persisted in asking him, he stood up straight and replied, "Whoever among you is guiltless may be the first to throw a stone at her." -- john 8:7 +. +Then he bent over again and wrote on the ground. -- john 8:8 +. +Now when they heard this, they began to drift away one at a time, starting with the older ones, until Jesus was left alone with the woman standing before him. -- john 8:9 +. +Jesus stood up straight and said to her, "Woman, where are they? Did no one condemn you?" -- john 8:10 +. +She replied, "No one, Lord." And Jesus said, "I do not condemn you either. Go, and from now on do not sin any more."]] -- john 8:11 +. +Then Jesus spoke out again, "I am the light of the world. The one who follows me will never walk in darkness, but will have the light of life." -- john 8:12 +. +So the Pharisees objected, "You testify about yourself; your testimony is not true!" -- john 8:13 +. +Jesus answered, "Even if I testify about myself, my testimony is true, because I know where I came from and where I am going. But you people do not know where I came from or where I am going. -- john 8:14 +. +You people judge by outward appearances; I do not judge anyone. -- john 8:15 +. +But if I judge, my evaluation is accurate, because I am not alone when I judge, but I and the Father who sent me do so together. -- john 8:16 +. +It is written in your law that the testimony of two men is true. -- john 8:17 +. +I testify about myself and the Father who sent me testifies about me." -- john 8:18 +. +Then they began asking him, "Who is your father?" Jesus answered, "You do not know either me or my Father. If you knew me you would know my Father too." -- john 8:19 +. +(Jesus spoke these words near the offering box while he was teaching in the temple courts. No one seized him because his time had not yet come.) -- john 8:20 +. +Then Jesus said to them again, "I am going away, and you will look for me but will die in your sin. Where I am going you cannot come." -- john 8:21 +. +So the Jewish leaders began to say, "Perhaps he is going to kill himself, because he says, 'Where I am going you cannot come.'" -- john 8:22 +. +Jesus replied, "You people are from below; I am from above. You people are from this world; I am not from this world. -- john 8:23 +. +Thus I told you that you will die in your sins. For unless you believe that I am he, you will die in your sins." -- john 8:24 +. +So they said to him, "Who are you?" Jesus replied, "What I have told you from the beginning. -- john 8:25 +. +I have many things to say and to judge about you, but the Father who sent me is truthful, and the things I have heard from him I speak to the world." -- john 8:26 +. +(They did not understand that he was telling them about his Father.) -- john 8:27 +. +Then Jesus said, "When you lift up the Son of Man, then you will know that I am he, and I do nothing on my own initiative, but I speak just what the Father taught me. -- john 8:28 +. +And the one who sent me is with me. He has not left me alone, because I always do those things that please him." -- john 8:29 +. +While he was saying these things, many people believed in him. -- john 8:30 +. +Then Jesus said to those Judeans who had believed him, "If you continue to follow my teaching, you are really my disciples -- john 8:31 +. +and you will know the truth, and the truth will set you free." -- john 8:32 +. +"We are descendants of Abraham," they replied, "and have never been anyone's slaves! How can you say, 'You will become free'?" -- john 8:33 +. +Jesus answered them, "I tell you the solemn truth, everyone who practices sin is a slave of sin. -- john 8:34 +. +The slave does not remain in the family forever, but the son remains forever. -- john 8:35 +. +So if the son sets you free, you will be really free. -- john 8:36 +. +I know that you are Abraham's descendants. But you want to kill me, because my teaching makes no progress among you. -- john 8:37 +. +I am telling you the things I have seen while with the Father; as for you, practice the things you have heard from the Father!" -- john 8:38 +. +They answered him, "Abraham is our father!" Jesus replied, "If you are Abraham's children, you would be doing the deeds of Abraham. -- john 8:39 +. +But now you are trying to kill me, a man who has told you the truth I heard from God. Abraham did not do this! -- john 8:40 +. +You people are doing the deeds of your father." Then they said to Jesus, "We were not born as a result of immorality! We have only one Father, God himself." -- john 8:41 +. +Jesus replied, "If God were your Father, you would love me, for I have come from God and am now here. I have not come on my own initiative, but he sent me. -- john 8:42 +. +Why don't you understand what I am saying? It is because you cannot accept my teaching. -- john 8:43 +. +You people are from your father the devil, and you want to do what your father desires. He was a murderer from the beginning, and does not uphold the truth, because there is no truth in him. Whenever he lies, he speaks according to his own nature, because he is a liar and the father of lies. -- john 8:44 +. +But because I am telling you the truth, you do not believe me. -- john 8:45 +. +Who among you can prove me guilty of any sin? If I am telling you the truth, why don't you believe me? -- john 8:46 +. +The one who belongs to God listens and responds to God's words. You don't listen and respond, because you don't belong to God." -- john 8:47 +. +The Judeans replied, "Aren't we correct in saying that you are a Samaritan and are possessed by a demon?" -- john 8:48 +. +Jesus answered, "I am not possessed by a demon, but I honor my Father - and yet you dishonor me. -- john 8:49 +. +I am not trying to get praise for myself. There is one who demands it, and he also judges. -- john 8:50 +. +I tell you the solemn truth, if anyone obeys my teaching, he will never see death." -- john 8:51 +. +Then the Judeans responded, "Now we know you're possessed by a demon! Both Abraham and the prophets died, and yet you say, 'If anyone obeys my teaching, he will never experience death.' -- john 8:52 +. +You aren't greater than our father Abraham who died, are you? And the prophets died too! Who do you claim to be?" -- john 8:53 +. +Jesus replied, "If I glorify myself, my glory is worthless. The one who glorifies me is my Father, about whom you people say, 'He is our God.' -- john 8:54 +. +Yet you do not know him, but I know him. If I were to say that I do not know him, I would be a liar like you. But I do know him, and I obey his teaching. -- john 8:55 +. +Your father Abraham was overjoyed to see my day, and he saw it and was glad." -- john 8:56 +. +Then the Judeans replied, "You are not yet fifty years old! Have you seen Abraham?" -- john 8:57 +. +Jesus said to them, "I tell you the solemn truth, before Abraham came into existence, I am!" -- john 8:58 +. +Then they picked up stones to throw at him, but Jesus hid himself and went out from the temple area. -- john 8:59 +. +Now as Jesus was passing by, he saw a man who had been blind from birth. -- john 9:1 +. +His disciples asked him, "Rabbi, who committed the sin that caused him to be born blind, this man or his parents?" -- john 9:2 +. +Jesus answered, "Neither this man nor his parents sinned, but he was born blind so that the acts of God may be revealed through what happens to him. -- john 9:3 +. +We must perform the deeds of the one who sent me as long as it is daytime. Night is coming when no one can work. -- john 9:4 +. +As long as I am in the world, I am the light of the world." -- john 9:5 +. +Having said this, he spat on the ground and made some mud with the saliva. He smeared the mud on the blind man's eyes -- john 9:6 +. +and said to him, "Go wash in the pool of Siloam" (which is translated "sent"). So the blind man went away and washed, and came back seeing. -- john 9:7 +. +Then the neighbors and the people who had seen him previously as a beggar began saying, "Is this not the man who used to sit and beg?" -- john 9:8 +. +Some people said, "This is the man!" while others said, "No, but he looks like him." The man himself kept insisting, "I am the one!" -- john 9:9 +. +So they asked him, "How then were you made to see?" -- john 9:10 +. +He replied, "The man called Jesus made mud, smeared it on my eyes and told me, 'Go to Siloam and wash.' So I went and washed, and was able to see." -- john 9:11 +. +They said to him, "Where is that man?" He replied, "I don't know." -- john 9:12 +. +They brought the man who used to be blind to the Pharisees. -- john 9:13 +. +(Now the day on which Jesus made the mud and caused him to see was a Sabbath.) -- john 9:14 +. +So the Pharisees asked him again how he had gained his sight. He replied, "He put mud on my eyes and I washed, and now I am able to see." -- john 9:15 +. +Then some of the Pharisees began to say, "This man is not from God, because he does not observe the Sabbath." But others said, "How can a man who is a sinner perform such miraculous signs?" Thus there was a division among them. -- john 9:16 +. +So again they asked the man who used to be blind, "What do you say about him, since he caused you to see?" "He is a prophet," the man replied. -- john 9:17 +. +Now the Jewish religious leaders refused to believe that he had really been blind and had gained his sight until at last they summoned the parents of the man who had become able to see. -- john 9:18 +. +They asked the parents, "Is this your son, whom you say was born blind? Then how does he now see?" -- john 9:19 +. +So his parents replied, "We know that this is our son and that he was born blind. -- john 9:20 +. +But we do not know how he is now able to see, nor do we know who caused him to see. Ask him, he is a mature adult. He will speak for himself." -- john 9:21 +. +(His parents said these things because they were afraid of the Jewish religious leaders. For the Jewish leaders had already agreed that anyone who confessed Jesus to be the Christ would be put out of the synagogue. -- john 9:22 +. +For this reason his parents said, "He is a mature adult, ask him.") -- john 9:23 +. +Then they summoned the man who used to be blind a second time and said to him, "Promise before God to tell the truth. We know that this man is a sinner." -- john 9:24 +. +He replied, "I do not know whether he is a sinner. I do know one thing - that although I was blind, now I can see." -- john 9:25 +. +Then they said to him, "What did he do to you? How did he cause you to see?" -- john 9:26 +. +He answered, "I told you already and you didn't listen. Why do you want to hear it again? You people don't want to become his disciples too, do you?" -- john 9:27 +. +They heaped insults on him, saying, "You are his disciple! We are disciples of Moses! -- john 9:28 +. +We know that God has spoken to Moses! We do not know where this man comes from!" -- john 9:29 +. +The man replied, "This is a remarkable thing, that you don't know where he comes from, and yet he caused me to see! -- john 9:30 +. +We know that God doesn't listen to sinners, but if anyone is devout and does his will, God listens to him. -- john 9:31 +. +Never before has anyone heard of someone causing a man born blind to see. -- john 9:32 +. +If this man were not from God, he could do nothing." -- john 9:33 +. +They replied, "You were born completely in sinfulness, and yet you presume to teach us?" So they threw him out. -- john 9:34 +. +Jesus heard that they had thrown him out, so he found the man and said to him, "Do you believe in the Son of Man?" -- john 9:35 +. +The man replied, "And who is he, sir, that I may believe in him?" -- john 9:36 +. +Jesus told him, "You have seen him; he is the one speaking with you." -- john 9:37 +. +[He said, "Lord, I believe," and he worshiped him. -- john 9:38 +. +Jesus said,] "For judgment I have come into this world, so that those who do not see may gain their sight, and the ones who see may become blind." -- john 9:39 +. +Some of the Pharisees who were with him heard this and asked him, "We are not blind too, are we?" -- john 9:40 +. +Jesus replied, "If you were blind, you would not be guilty of sin, but now because you claim that you can see, your guilt remains." -- john 9:41 +. +"I tell you the solemn truth, the one who does not enter the sheepfold by the door, but climbs in some other way, is a thief and a robber. -- john 10:1 +. +The one who enters by the door is the shepherd of the sheep. -- john 10:2 +. +The doorkeeper opens the door for him, and the sheep hear his voice. He calls his own sheep by name and leads them out. -- john 10:3 +. +When he has brought all his own sheep out, he goes ahead of them, and the sheep follow him because they recognize his voice. -- john 10:4 +. +They will never follow a stranger, but will run away from him, because they do not recognize the stranger's voice." -- john 10:5 +. +Jesus told them this parable, but they did not understand what he was saying to them. -- john 10:6 +. +So Jesus said to them again, "I tell you the solemn truth, I am the door for the sheep. -- john 10:7 +. +All who came before me were thieves and robbers, but the sheep did not listen to them. -- john 10:8 +. +I am the door. If anyone enters through me, he will be saved, and will come in and go out, and find pasture. -- john 10:9 +. +The thief comes only to steal and kill and destroy; I have come so that they may have life, and may have it abundantly. -- john 10:10 +. +"I am the good shepherd. The good shepherd lays down his life for the sheep. -- john 10:11 +. +The hired hand, who is not a shepherd and does not own sheep, sees the wolf coming and abandons the sheep and runs away. So the wolf attacks the sheep and scatters them. -- john 10:12 +. +Because he is a hired hand and is not concerned about the sheep, he runs away. -- john 10:13 +. +"I am the good shepherd. I know my own and my own know me - -- john 10:14 +. +just as the Father knows me and I know the Father - and I lay down my life for the sheep. -- john 10:15 +. +I have other sheep that do not come from this sheepfold. I must bring them too, and they will listen to my voice, so that there will be one flock and one shepherd. -- john 10:16 +. +This is why the Father loves me - because I lay down my life, so that I may take it back again. -- john 10:17 +. +No one takes it away from me, but I lay it down of my own free will. I have the authority to lay it down, and I have the authority to take it back again. This commandment I received from my Father." -- john 10:18 +. +Another sharp division took place among the Jewish people because of these words. -- john 10:19 +. +Many of them were saying, "He is possessed by a demon and has lost his mind! Why do you listen to him?" -- john 10:20 +. +Others said, "These are not the words of someone possessed by a demon. A demon cannot cause the blind to see, can it?" -- john 10:21 +. +Then came the feast of the Dedication in Jerusalem. -- john 10:22 +. +It was winter, and Jesus was walking in the temple area in Solomon's Portico. -- john 10:23 +. +The Jewish leaders surrounded him and asked, "How long will you keep us in suspense? If you are the Christ, tell us plainly." -- john 10:24 +. +Jesus replied, "I told you and you do not believe. The deeds I do in my Father's name testify about me. -- john 10:25 +. +But you refuse to believe because you are not my sheep. -- john 10:26 +. +My sheep listen to my voice, and I know them, and they follow me. -- john 10:27 +. +I give them eternal life, and they will never perish; no one will snatch them from my hand. -- john 10:28 +. +My Father, who has given them to me, is greater than all, and no one can snatch them from my Father's hand. -- john 10:29 +. +The Father and I are one." -- john 10:30 +. +The Jewish leaders picked up rocks again to stone him to death. -- john 10:31 +. +Jesus said to them, "I have shown you many good deeds from the Father. For which one of them are you going to stone me?" -- john 10:32 +. +The Jewish leaders replied, "We are not going to stone you for a good deed but for blasphemy, because you, a man, are claiming to be God." -- john 10:33 +. +Jesus answered, "Is it not written in your law, 'I said, you are gods'? -- john 10:34 +. +If those people to whom the word of God came were called 'gods' (and the scripture cannot be broken), -- john 10:35 +. +do you say about the one whom the Father set apart and sent into the world, 'You are blaspheming,' because I said, 'I am the Son of God'? -- john 10:36 +. +If I do not perform the deeds of my Father, do not believe me. -- john 10:37 +. +But if I do them, even if you do not believe me, believe the deeds, so that you may come to know and understand that I am in the Father and the Father is in me." -- john 10:38 +. +Then they attempted again to seize him, but he escaped their clutches. -- john 10:39 +. +Jesus went back across the Jordan River again to the place where John had been baptizing at an earlier time, and he stayed there. -- john 10:40 +. +Many came to him and began to say, "John performed no miraculous sign, but everything John said about this man was true!" -- john 10:41 +. +And many believed in Jesus there. -- john 10:42 +. +Now a certain man named Lazarus was sick. He was from Bethany, the village where Mary and her sister Martha lived. -- john 11:1 +. +(Now it was Mary who anointed the Lord with perfumed oil and wiped his feet dry with her hair, whose brother Lazarus was sick.) -- john 11:2 +. +So the sisters sent a message to Jesus, "Lord, look, the one you love is sick." -- john 11:3 +. +When Jesus heard this, he said, "This sickness will not lead to death, but to God's glory, so that the Son of God may be glorified through it." -- john 11:4 +. +(Now Jesus loved Martha and her sister and Lazarus.) -- john 11:5 +. +So when he heard that Lazarus was sick, he remained in the place where he was for two more days. -- john 11:6 +. +Then after this, he said to his disciples, "Let us go to Judea again." -- john 11:7 +. +The disciples replied, "Rabbi, the Jewish leaders were just now trying to stone you to death! Are you going there again?" -- john 11:8 +. +Jesus replied, "Are there not twelve hours in a day? If anyone walks around in the daytime, he does not stumble, because he sees the light of this world. -- john 11:9 +. +But if anyone walks around at night, he stumbles, because the light is not in him." -- john 11:10 +. +After he said this, he added, "Our friend Lazarus has fallen asleep. But I am going there to awaken him." -- john 11:11 +. +Then the disciples replied, "Lord, if he has fallen asleep, he will recover." -- john 11:12 +. +(Now Jesus had been talking about his death, but they thought he had been talking about real sleep.) -- john 11:13 +. +Then Jesus told them plainly, "Lazarus has died, -- john 11:14 +. +and I am glad for your sake that I was not there, so that you may believe. But let us go to him." -- john 11:15 +. +So Thomas (called Didymus) said to his fellow disciples, "Let us go too, so that we may die with him." -- john 11:16 +. +When Jesus arrived, he found that Lazarus had been in the tomb four days already. -- john 11:17 +. +(Now Bethany was less than two miles from Jerusalem, -- john 11:18 +. +so many of the Jewish people of the region had come to Martha and Mary to console them over the loss of their brother.) -- john 11:19 +. +So when Martha heard that Jesus was coming, she went out to meet him, but Mary was sitting in the house. -- john 11:20 +. +Martha said to Jesus, "Lord, if you had been here, my brother would not have died. -- john 11:21 +. +But even now I know that whatever you ask from God, God will grant you." -- john 11:22 +. +Jesus replied, "Your brother will come back to life again." -- john 11:23 +. +Martha said, "I know that he will come back to life again in the resurrection at the last day." -- john 11:24 +. +Jesus said to her, "I am the resurrection and the life. The one who believes in me will live even if he dies, -- john 11:25 +. +and the one who lives and believes in me will never die. Do you believe this?" -- john 11:26 +. +She replied, "Yes, Lord, I believe that you are the Christ, the Son of God who comes into the world." -- john 11:27 +. +And when she had said this, Martha went and called her sister Mary, saying privately, "The Teacher is here and is asking for you." -- john 11:28 +. +So when Mary heard this, she got up quickly and went to him. -- john 11:29 +. +(Now Jesus had not yet entered the village, but was still in the place where Martha had come out to meet him.) -- john 11:30 +. +Then the people who were with Mary in the house consoling her saw her get up quickly and go out. They followed her, because they thought she was going to the tomb to weep there. -- john 11:31 +. +Now when Mary came to the place where Jesus was and saw him, she fell at his feet and said to him, "Lord, if you had been here, my brother would not have died." -- john 11:32 +. +When Jesus saw her weeping, and the people who had come with her weeping, he was intensely moved in spirit and greatly distressed. -- john 11:33 +. +He asked, "Where have you laid him?" They replied, "Lord, come and see." -- john 11:34 +. +Jesus wept. -- john 11:35 +. +Thus the people who had come to mourn said, "Look how much he loved him!" -- john 11:36 +. +But some of them said, "This is the man who caused the blind man to see! Couldn't he have done something to keep Lazarus from dying?" -- john 11:37 +. +Jesus, intensely moved again, came to the tomb. (Now it was a cave, and a stone was placed across it.) -- john 11:38 +. +Jesus said, "Take away the stone." Martha, the sister of the deceased, replied, "Lord, by this time the body will have a bad smell, because he has been buried four days." -- john 11:39 +. +Jesus responded, "Didn't I tell you that if you believe, you would see the glory of God?" -- john 11:40 +. +So they took away the stone. Jesus looked upward and said, "Father, I thank you that you have listened to me. -- john 11:41 +. +I knew that you always listen to me, but I said this for the sake of the crowd standing around here, that they may believe that you sent me." -- john 11:42 +. +When he had said this, he shouted in a loud voice, "Lazarus, come out!" -- john 11:43 +. +The one who had died came out, his feet and hands tied up with strips of cloth, and a cloth wrapped around his face. Jesus said to them, "Unwrap him and let him go." -- john 11:44 +. +Then many of the people, who had come with Mary and had seen the things Jesus did, believed in him. -- john 11:45 +. +But some of them went to the Pharisees and reported to them what Jesus had done. -- john 11:46 +. +So the chief priests and the Pharisees called the council together and said, "What are we doing? For this man is performing many miraculous signs. -- john 11:47 +. +If we allow him to go on in this way, everyone will believe in him, and the Romans will come and take away our sanctuary and our nation." -- john 11:48 +. +Then one of them, Caiaphas, who was high priest that year, said, "You know nothing at all! -- john 11:49 +. +You do not realize that it is more to your advantage to have one man die for the people than for the whole nation to perish." -- john 11:50 +. +(Now he did not say this on his own, but because he was high priest that year, he prophesied that Jesus was going to die for the Jewish nation, -- john 11:51 +. +and not for the Jewish nation only, but to gather together into one the children of God who are scattered.) -- john 11:52 +. +So from that day they planned together to kill him. -- john 11:53 +. +Thus Jesus no longer went around publicly among the Judeans, but went away from there to the region near the wilderness, to a town called Ephraim, and stayed there with his disciples. -- john 11:54 +. +Now the Jewish feast of Passover was near, and many people went up to Jerusalem from the rural areas before the Passover to cleanse themselves ritually. -- john 11:55 +. +Thus they were looking for Jesus, and saying to one another as they stood in the temple courts, "What do you think? That he won't come to the feast?" -- john 11:56 +. +(Now the chief priests and the Pharisees had given orders that anyone who knew where Jesus was should report it, so that they could arrest him.) -- john 11:57 +. +Then, six days before the Passover, Jesus came to Bethany, where Lazarus lived, whom he had raised from the dead. -- john 12:1 +. +So they prepared a dinner for Jesus there. Martha was serving, and Lazarus was among those present at the table with him. -- john 12:2 +. +Then Mary took three quarters of a pound of expensive aromatic oil from pure nard and anointed the feet of Jesus. She then wiped his feet dry with her hair. (Now the house was filled with the fragrance of the perfumed oil.) -- john 12:3 +. +But Judas Iscariot, one of his disciples (the one who was going to betray him) said, -- john 12:4 +. +"Why wasn't this oil sold for three hundred silver coins and the money given to the poor?" -- john 12:5 +. +(Now Judas said this not because he was concerned about the poor, but because he was a thief. As keeper of the money box, he used to steal what was put into it.) -- john 12:6 +. +So Jesus said, "Leave her alone. She has kept it for the day of my burial. -- john 12:7 +. +For you will always have the poor with you, but you will not always have me!" -- john 12:8 +. +Now a large crowd of Judeans learned that Jesus was there, and so they came not only because of him but also to see Lazarus whom he had raised from the dead. -- john 12:9 +. +So the chief priests planned to kill Lazarus too, -- john 12:10 +. +for on account of him many of the Jewish people from Jerusalem were going away and believing in Jesus. -- john 12:11 +. +The next day the large crowd that had come to the feast heard that Jesus was coming to Jerusalem. -- john 12:12 +. +So they took branches of palm trees and went out to meet him. They began to shout, "Hosanna! Blessed is the one who comes in the name of the Lord! Blessed is the king of Israel!" -- john 12:13 +. +Jesus found a young donkey and sat on it, just as it is written, -- john 12:14 +. +"Do not be afraid, people of Zion; look, your king is coming, seated on a donkey's colt!" -- john 12:15 +. +(His disciples did not understand these things when they first happened, but when Jesus was glorified, then they remembered that these things were written about him and that these things had happened to him.) -- john 12:16 +. +So the crowd who had been with him when he called Lazarus out of the tomb and raised him from the dead were continuing to testify about it. -- john 12:17 +. +Because they had heard that Jesus had performed this miraculous sign, the crowd went out to meet him. -- john 12:18 +. +Thus the Pharisees said to one another, "You see that you can do nothing. Look, the world has run off after him!" -- john 12:19 +. +Now some Greeks were among those who had gone up to worship at the feast. -- john 12:20 +. +So these approached Philip, who was from Bethsaida in Galilee, and requested, "Sir, we would like to see Jesus." -- john 12:21 +. +Philip went and told Andrew, and they both went and told Jesus. -- john 12:22 +. +Jesus replied, "The time has come for the Son of Man to be glorified. -- john 12:23 +. +I tell you the solemn truth, unless a kernel of wheat falls into the ground and dies, it remains by itself alone. But if it dies, it produces much grain. -- john 12:24 +. +The one who loves his life destroys it, and the one who hates his life in this world guards it for eternal life. -- john 12:25 +. +If anyone wants to serve me, he must follow me, and where I am, my servant will be too. If anyone serves me, the Father will honor him. -- john 12:26 +. +"Now my soul is greatly distressed. And what should I say? 'Father, deliver me from this hour'? No, but for this very reason I have come to this hour. -- john 12:27 +. +Father, glorify your name." Then a voice came from heaven, "I have glorified it, and I will glorify it again." -- john 12:28 +. +The crowd that stood there and heard the voice said that it had thundered. Others said that an angel had spoken to him. -- john 12:29 +. +Jesus said, "This voice has not come for my benefit but for yours. -- john 12:30 +. +Now is the judgment of this world; now the ruler of this world will be driven out. -- john 12:31 +. +And I, when I am lifted up from the earth, will draw all people to myself." -- john 12:32 +. +(Now he said this to indicate clearly what kind of death he was going to die.) -- john 12:33 +. +Then the crowd responded, "We have heard from the law that the Christ will remain forever. How can you say, 'The Son of Man must be lifted up'? Who is this Son of Man?" -- john 12:34 +. +Jesus replied, "The light is with you for a little while longer. Walk while you have the light, so that the darkness may not overtake you. The one who walks in the darkness does not know where he is going. -- john 12:35 +. +While you have the light, believe in the light, so that you may become sons of light." When Jesus had said these things, he went away and hid himself from them. -- john 12:36 +. +Although Jesus had performed so many miraculous signs before them, they still refused to believe in him, -- john 12:37 +. +so that the word of Isaiah the prophet would be fulfilled. He said, "Lord, who has believed our message, and to whom has the arm of the Lord been revealed?" -- john 12:38 +. +For this reason they could not believe, because again Isaiah said, -- john 12:39 +. +"He has blinded their eyes and hardened their heart, so that they would not see with their eyes and understand with their heart, and turn to me, and I would heal them." -- john 12:40 +. +Isaiah said these things because he saw Christ's glory, and spoke about him. -- john 12:41 +. +Nevertheless, even among the rulers many believed in him, but because of the Pharisees they would not confess Jesus to be the Christ, so that they would not be put out of the synagogue. -- john 12:42 +. +For they loved praise from men more than praise from God. -- john 12:43 +. +But Jesus shouted out, "The one who believes in me does not believe in me, but in the one who sent me, -- john 12:44 +. +and the one who sees me sees the one who sent me. -- john 12:45 +. +I have come as a light into the world, so that everyone who believes in me should not remain in darkness. -- john 12:46 +. +If anyone hears my words and does not obey them, I do not judge him. For I have not come to judge the world, but to save the world. -- john 12:47 +. +The one who rejects me and does not accept my words has a judge; the word I have spoken will judge him at the last day. -- john 12:48 +. +For I have not spoken from my own authority, but the Father himself who sent me has commanded me what I should say and what I should speak. -- john 12:49 +. +And I know that his commandment is eternal life. Thus the things I say, I say just as the Father has told me." -- john 12:50 +. +Just before the Passover feast, Jesus knew that his time had come to depart from this world to the Father. Having loved his own who were in the world, he now loved them to the very end. -- john 13:1 +. +The evening meal was in progress, and the devil had already put into the heart of Judas Iscariot, Simon's son, that he should betray Jesus. -- john 13:2 +. +Because Jesus knew that the Father had handed all things over to him, and that he had come from God and was going back to God, -- john 13:3 +. +he got up from the meal, removed his outer clothes, took a towel and tied it around himself. -- john 13:4 +. +He poured water into the washbasin and began to wash the disciples' feet and to dry them with the towel he had wrapped around himself. -- john 13:5 +. +Then he came to Simon Peter. Peter said to him, "Lord, are you going to wash my feet?" -- john 13:6 +. +Jesus replied, "You do not understand what I am doing now, but you will understand after these things." -- john 13:7 +. +Peter said to him, "You will never wash my feet!" Jesus replied, "If I do not wash you, you have no share with me." -- john 13:8 +. +Simon Peter said to him, "Lord, wash not only my feet, but also my hands and my head!" -- john 13:9 +. +Jesus replied, "The one who has bathed needs only to wash his feet, but is completely clean. And you disciples are clean, but not every one of you." -- john 13:10 +. +(For Jesus knew the one who was going to betray him. For this reason he said, "Not every one of you is clean.") -- john 13:11 +. +So when Jesus had washed their feet and put his outer clothing back on, he took his place at the table again and said to them, "Do you understand what I have done for you? -- john 13:12 +. +You call me 'Teacher' and 'Lord,' and do so correctly, for that is what I am. -- john 13:13 +. +If I then, your Lord and Teacher, have washed your feet, you too ought to wash one another's feet. -- john 13:14 +. +For I have given you an example - you should do just as I have done for you. -- john 13:15 +. +I tell you the solemn truth, the slave is not greater than his master, nor is the one who is sent as a messenger greater than the one who sent him. -- john 13:16 +. +If you understand these things, you will be blessed if you do them. -- john 13:17 +. +"What I am saying does not refer to all of you. I know the ones I have chosen. But this is to fulfill the scripture, 'The one who eats my bread has turned against me.' -- john 13:18 +. +I am telling you this now, before it happens, so that when it happens you may believe that I am he. -- john 13:19 +. +I tell you the solemn truth, whoever accepts the one I send accepts me, and whoever accepts me accepts the one who sent me." -- john 13:20 +. +When he had said these things, Jesus was greatly distressed in spirit, and testified, "I tell you the solemn truth, one of you will betray me." -- john 13:21 +. +The disciples began to look at one another, worried and perplexed to know which of them he was talking about. -- john 13:22 +. +One of his disciples, the one Jesus loved, was at the table to the right of Jesus in a place of honor. -- john 13:23 +. +So Simon Peter gestured to this disciple to ask Jesus who it was he was referring to. -- john 13:24 +. +Then the disciple whom Jesus loved leaned back against Jesus' chest and asked him, "Lord, who is it?" -- john 13:25 +. +Jesus replied, "It is the one to whom I will give this piece of bread after I have dipped it in the dish." Then he dipped the piece of bread in the dish and gave it to Judas Iscariot, Simon's son. -- john 13:26 +. +And after Judas took the piece of bread, Satan entered into him. Jesus said to him, "What you are about to do, do quickly." -- john 13:27 +. +(Now none of those present at the table understood why Jesus said this to Judas. -- john 13:28 +. +Some thought that, because Judas had the money box, Jesus was telling him to buy whatever they needed for the feast, or to give something to the poor.) -- john 13:29 +. +Judas took the piece of bread and went out immediately. (Now it was night.) -- john 13:30 +. +When Judas had gone out, Jesus said, "Now the Son of Man is glorified, and God is glorified in him. -- john 13:31 +. +If God is glorified in him, God will also glorify him in himself, and he will glorify him right away. -- john 13:32 +. +Children, I am still with you for a little while. You will look for me, and just as I said to the Jewish religious leaders, 'Where I am going you cannot come,' now I tell you the same. -- john 13:33 +. +"I give you a new commandment - to love one another. Just as I have loved you, you also are to love one another. -- john 13:34 +. +Everyone will know by this that you are my disciples - if you have love for one another." -- john 13:35 +. +Simon Peter said to him, "Lord, where are you going?" Jesus replied, "Where I am going, you cannot follow me now, but you will follow later." -- john 13:36 +. +Peter said to him, "Lord, why can't I follow you now? I will lay down my life for you!" -- john 13:37 +. +Jesus answered, "Will you lay down your life for me? I tell you the solemn truth, the rooster will not crow until you have denied me three times! -- john 13:38 +. +"Do not let your hearts be distressed. You believe in God; believe also in me. -- john 14:1 +. +There are many dwelling places in my Father's house. Otherwise, I would have told you, because I am going away to make ready a place for you. -- john 14:2 +. +And if I go and make ready a place for you, I will come again and take you to be with me, so that where I am you may be too. -- john 14:3 +. +And you know the way where I am going." -- john 14:4 +. +Thomas said, "Lord, we don't know where you are going. How can we know the way?" -- john 14:5 +. +Jesus replied, "I am the way, and the truth, and the life. No one comes to the Father except through me. -- john 14:6 +. +If you have known me, you will know my Father too. And from now on you do know him and have seen him." -- john 14:7 +. +Philip said, "Lord, show us the Father, and we will be content." -- john 14:8 +. +Jesus replied, "Have I been with you for so long, and you have not known me, Philip? The person who has seen me has seen the Father! How can you say, 'Show us the Father'? -- john 14:9 +. +Do you not believe that I am in the Father, and the Father is in me? The words that I say to you, I do not speak on my own initiative, but the Father residing in me performs his miraculous deeds. -- john 14:10 +. +Believe me that I am in the Father, and the Father is in me, but if you do not believe me, believe because of the miraculous deeds themselves. -- john 14:11 +. +I tell you the solemn truth, the person who believes in me will perform the miraculous deeds that I am doing, and will perform greater deeds than these, because I am going to the Father. -- john 14:12 +. +And I will do whatever you ask in my name, so that the Father may be glorified in the Son. -- john 14:13 +. +If you ask me anything in my name, I will do it. -- john 14:14 +. +"If you love me, you will obey my commandments. -- john 14:15 +. +Then I will ask the Father, and he will give you another Advocate to be with you forever - -- john 14:16 +. +the Spirit of truth, whom the world cannot accept, because it does not see him or know him. But you know him, because he resides with you and will be in you. -- john 14:17 +. +"I will not abandon you as orphans, I will come to you. -- john 14:18 +. +In a little while the world will not see me any longer, but you will see me; because I live, you will live too. -- john 14:19 +. +You will know at that time that I am in my Father and you are in me and I am in you. -- john 14:20 +. +The person who has my commandments and obeys them is the one who loves me. The one who loves me will be loved by my Father, and I will love him and will reveal myself to him." -- john 14:21 +. +"Lord," Judas (not Judas Iscariot) said, "what has happened that you are going to reveal yourself to us and not to the world?" -- john 14:22 +. +Jesus replied, "If anyone loves me, he will obey my word, and my Father will love him, and we will come to him and take up residence with him. -- john 14:23 +. +The person who does not love me does not obey my words. And the word you hear is not mine, but the Father's who sent me. -- john 14:24 +. +"I have spoken these things while staying with you. -- john 14:25 +. +But the Advocate, the Holy Spirit, whom the Father will send in my name, will teach you everything, and will cause you to remember everything I said to you. -- john 14:26 +. +"Peace I leave with you; my peace I give to you; I do not give it to you as the world does. Do not let your hearts be distressed or lacking in courage. -- john 14:27 +. +You heard me say to you, 'I am going away and I am coming back to you.' If you loved me, you would be glad that I am going to the Father, because the Father is greater than I am. -- john 14:28 +. +I have told you now before it happens, so that when it happens you may believe. -- john 14:29 +. +I will not speak with you much longer, for the ruler of this world is coming. He has no power over me, -- john 14:30 +. +but I am doing just what the Father commanded me, so that the world may know that I love the Father. Get up, let us go from here." -- john 14:31 +. +"I am the true vine and my Father is the gardener. -- john 15:1 +. +He takes away every branch that does not bear fruit in me. He prunes every branch that bears fruit so that it will bear more fruit. -- john 15:2 +. +You are clean already because of the word that I have spoken to you. -- john 15:3 +. +Remain in me, and I will remain in you. Just as the branch cannot bear fruit by itself, unless it remains in the vine, so neither can you unless you remain in me. -- john 15:4 +. +"I am the vine; you are the branches. The one who remains in me - and I in him - bears much fruit, because apart from me you can accomplish nothing. -- john 15:5 +. +If anyone does not remain in me, he is thrown out like a branch, and dries up; and such branches are gathered up and thrown into the fire, and are burned up. -- john 15:6 +. +If you remain in me and my words remain in you, ask whatever you want, and it will be done for you. -- john 15:7 +. +My Father is honored by this, that you bear much fruit and show that you are my disciples. -- john 15:8 +. +"Just as the Father has loved me, I have also loved you; remain in my love. -- john 15:9 +. +If you obey my commandments, you will remain in my love, just as I have obeyed my Father's commandments and remain in his love. -- john 15:10 +. +I have told you these things so that my joy may be in you, and your joy may be complete. -- john 15:11 +. +My commandment is this - to love one another just as I have loved you. -- john 15:12 +. +No one has greater love than this - that one lays down his life for his friends. -- john 15:13 +. +You are my friends if you do what I command you. -- john 15:14 +. +I no longer call you slaves, because the slave does not understand what his master is doing. But I have called you friends, because I have revealed to you everything I heard from my Father. -- john 15:15 +. +You did not choose me, but I chose you and appointed you to go and bear fruit, fruit that remains, so that whatever you ask the Father in my name he will give you. -- john 15:16 +. +This I command you - to love one another. -- john 15:17 +. +"If the world hates you, be aware that it hated me first. -- john 15:18 +. +If you belonged to the world, the world would love you as its own. However, because you do not belong to the world, but I chose you out of the world, for this reason the world hates you. -- john 15:19 +. +Remember what I told you, 'A slave is not greater than his master.' If they persecuted me, they will also persecute you. If they obeyed my word, they will obey yours too. -- john 15:20 +. +But they will do all these things to you on account of my name, because they do not know the one who sent me. -- john 15:21 +. +If I had not come and spoken to them, they would not be guilty of sin. But they no longer have any excuse for their sin. -- john 15:22 +. +The one who hates me hates my Father too. -- john 15:23 +. +If I had not performed among them the miraculous deeds that no one else did, they would not be guilty of sin. But now they have seen the deeds and have hated both me and my Father. -- john 15:24 +. +Now this happened to fulfill the word that is written in their law, 'They hated me without reason.' -- john 15:25 +. +When the Advocate comes, whom I will send you from the Father - the Spirit of truth who goes out from the Father - he will testify about me, -- john 15:26 +. +and you also will testify, because you have been with me from the beginning. -- john 15:27 +. +"I have told you all these things so that you will not fall away. -- john 16:1 +. +They will put you out of the synagogue, yet a time is coming when the one who kills you will think he is offering service to God. -- john 16:2 +. +They will do these things because they have not known the Father or me. -- john 16:3 +. +But I have told you these things so that when their time comes, you will remember that I told you about them. "I did not tell you these things from the beginning because I was with you. -- john 16:4 +. +But now I am going to the one who sent me, and not one of you is asking me, 'Where are you going?' -- john 16:5 +. +Instead your hearts are filled with sadness because I have said these things to you. -- john 16:6 +. +But I tell you the truth, it is to your advantage that I am going away. For if I do not go away, the Advocate will not come to you, but if I go, I will send him to you. -- john 16:7 +. +And when he comes, he will prove the world wrong concerning sin and righteousness and judgment - -- john 16:8 +. +concerning sin, because they do not believe in me; -- john 16:9 +. +concerning righteousness, because I am going to the Father and you will see me no longer; -- john 16:10 +. +and concerning judgment, because the ruler of this world has been condemned. -- john 16:11 +. +"I have many more things to say to you, but you cannot bear them now. -- john 16:12 +. +But when he, the Spirit of truth, comes, he will guide you into all truth. For he will not speak on his own authority, but will speak whatever he hears, and will tell you what is to come. -- john 16:13 +. +He will glorify me, because he will receive from me what is mine and will tell it to you. -- john 16:14 +. +Everything that the Father has is mine; that is why I said the Spirit will receive from me what is mine and will tell it to you. -- john 16:15 +. +In a little while you will see me no longer; again after a little while, you will see me." -- john 16:16 +. +Then some of his disciples said to one another, "What is the meaning of what he is saying, 'In a little while you will not see me; again after a little while, you will see me,' and, 'because I am going to the Father'?" -- john 16:17 +. +So they kept on repeating, "What is the meaning of what he says, 'In a little while'? We do not understand what he is talking about." -- john 16:18 +. +Jesus could see that they wanted to ask him about these things, so he said to them, "Are you asking each other about this - that I said, 'In a little while you will not see me; again after a little while, you will see me'? -- john 16:19 +. +I tell you the solemn truth, you will weep and wail, but the world will rejoice; you will be sad, but your sadness will turn into joy. -- john 16:20 +. +When a woman gives birth, she has distress because her time has come, but when her child is born, she no longer remembers the suffering because of her joy that a human being has been born into the world. -- john 16:21 +. +So also you have sorrow now, but I will see you again, and your hearts will rejoice, and no one will take your joy away from you. -- john 16:22 +. +At that time you will ask me nothing. I tell you the solemn truth, whatever you ask the Father in my name he will give you. -- john 16:23 +. +Until now you have not asked for anything in my name. Ask and you will receive it, so that your joy may be complete. -- john 16:24 +. +"I have told you these things in obscure figures of speech; a time is coming when I will no longer speak to you in obscure figures, but will tell you plainly about the Father. -- john 16:25 +. +At that time you will ask in my name, and I do not say that I will ask the Father on your behalf. -- john 16:26 +. +For the Father himself loves you, because you have loved me and have believed that I came from God. -- john 16:27 +. +I came from the Father and entered into the world, but in turn, I am leaving the world and going back to the Father." -- john 16:28 +. +His disciples said, "Look, now you are speaking plainly and not in obscure figures of speech! -- john 16:29 +. +Now we know that you know everything and do not need anyone to ask you anything. Because of this we believe that you have come from God." -- john 16:30 +. +Jesus replied, "Do you now believe? -- john 16:31 +. +Look, a time is coming - and has come - when you will be scattered, each one to his own home, and I will be left alone. Yet I am not alone, because my Father is with me. -- john 16:32 +. +I have told you these things so that in me you may have peace. In the world you have trouble and suffering, but take courage - I have conquered the world." -- john 16:33 +. +When Jesus had finished saying these things, he looked upward to heaven and said, "Father, the time has come. Glorify your Son, so that your Son may glorify you - -- john 17:1 +. +just as you have given him authority over all humanity, so that he may give eternal life to everyone you have given him. -- john 17:2 +. +Now this is eternal life - that they know you, the only true God, and Jesus Christ, whom you sent. -- john 17:3 +. +I glorified you on earth by completing the work you gave me to do. -- john 17:4 +. +And now, Father, glorify me at your side with the glory I had with you before the world was created. -- john 17:5 +. +"I have revealed your name to the men you gave me out of the world. They belonged to you, and you gave them to me, and they have obeyed your word. -- john 17:6 +. +Now they understand that everything you have given me comes from you, -- john 17:7 +. +because I have given them the words you have given me. They accepted them and really understand that I came from you, and they believed that you sent me. -- john 17:8 +. +I am praying on behalf of them. I am not praying on behalf of the world, but on behalf of those you have given me, because they belong to you. -- john 17:9 +. +Everything I have belongs to you, and everything you have belongs to me, and I have been glorified by them. -- john 17:10 +. +I am no longer in the world, but they are in the world, and I am coming to you. Holy Father, keep them safe in your name that you have given me, so that they may be one just as we are one. -- john 17:11 +. +When I was with them I kept them safe and watched over them in your name that you have given me. Not one of them was lost except the one destined for destruction, so that the scripture could be fulfilled. -- john 17:12 +. +But now I am coming to you, and I am saying these things in the world, so they may experience my joy completed in themselves. -- john 17:13 +. +I have given them your word, and the world has hated them, because they do not belong to the world, just as I do not belong to the world. -- john 17:14 +. +I am not asking you to take them out of the world, but that you keep them safe from the evil one. -- john 17:15 +. +They do not belong to the world just as I do not belong to the world. -- john 17:16 +. +Set them apart in the truth; your word is truth. -- john 17:17 +. +Just as you sent me into the world, so I sent them into the world. -- john 17:18 +. +And I set myself apart on their behalf, so that they too may be truly set apart. -- john 17:19 +. +"I am not praying only on their behalf, but also on behalf of those who believe in me through their testimony, -- john 17:20 +. +that they will all be one, just as you, Father, are in me and I am in you. I pray that they will be in us, so that the world will believe that you sent me. -- john 17:21 +. +The glory you gave to me I have given to them, that they may be one just as we are one - -- john 17:22 +. +I in them and you in me - that they may be completely one, so that the world will know that you sent me, and you have loved them just as you have loved me. -- john 17:23 +. +"Father, I want those you have given me to be with me where I am, so that they can see my glory that you gave me because you loved me before the creation of the world. -- john 17:24 +. +Righteous Father, even if the world does not know you, I know you, and these men know that you sent me. -- john 17:25 +. +I made known your name to them, and I will continue to make it known, so that the love you have loved me with may be in them, and I may be in them." -- john 17:26 +. +When he had said these things, Jesus went out with his disciples across the Kidron Valley. There was an orchard there, and he and his disciples went into it. -- john 18:1 +. +(Now Judas, the one who betrayed him, knew the place too, because Jesus had met there many times with his disciples.) -- john 18:2 +. +So Judas obtained a squad of soldiers and some officers of the chief priests and Pharisees. They came to the orchard with lanterns and torches and weapons. -- john 18:3 +. +Then Jesus, because he knew everything that was going to happen to him, came and asked them, "Who are you looking for?" -- john 18:4 +. +They replied, "Jesus the Nazarene." He told them, "I am he." (Now Judas, the one who betrayed him, was standing there with them.) -- john 18:5 +. +So when Jesus said to them, "I am he," they retreated and fell to the ground. -- john 18:6 +. +Then Jesus asked them again, "Who are you looking for?" And they said, "Jesus the Nazarene." -- john 18:7 +. +Jesus replied, "I told you that I am he. If you are looking for me, let these men go." -- john 18:8 +. +He said this to fulfill the word he had spoken, "I have not lost a single one of those whom you gave me." -- john 18:9 +. +Then Simon Peter, who had a sword, pulled it out and struck the high priest's slave, cutting off his right ear. (Now the slave's name was Malchus.) -- john 18:10 +. +But Jesus said to Peter, "Put your sword back into its sheath! Am I not to drink the cup that the Father has given me?" -- john 18:11 +. +Then the squad of soldiers with their commanding officer and the officers of the Jewish leaders arrested Jesus and tied him up. -- john 18:12 +. +They brought him first to Annas, for he was the father-in-law of Caiaphas, who was high priest that year. -- john 18:13 +. +(Now it was Caiaphas who had advised the Jewish leaders that it was to their advantage that one man die for the people.) -- john 18:14 +. +Simon Peter and another disciple followed them as they brought Jesus to Annas. (Now the other disciple was acquainted with the high priest, and he went with Jesus into the high priest's courtyard.) -- john 18:15 +. +But Simon Peter was left standing outside by the door. So the other disciple who was acquainted with the high priest came out and spoke to the slave girl who watched the door, and brought Peter inside. -- john 18:16 +. +The girl who was the doorkeeper said to Peter, "You're not one of this man's disciples too, are you?" He replied, "I am not." -- john 18:17 +. +(Now the slaves and the guards were standing around a charcoal fire they had made, warming themselves because it was cold. Peter also was standing with them, warming himself.) -- john 18:18 +. +While this was happening, the high priest questioned Jesus about his disciples and about his teaching. -- john 18:19 +. +Jesus replied, "I have spoken publicly to the world. I always taught in the synagogues and in the temple courts, where all the Jewish people assemble together. I have said nothing in secret. -- john 18:20 +. +Why do you ask me? Ask those who heard what I said. They know what I said." -- john 18:21 +. +When Jesus had said this, one of the high priest's officers who stood nearby struck him on the face and said, "Is that the way you answer the high priest?" -- john 18:22 +. +Jesus replied, "If I have said something wrong, confirm what is wrong. But if I spoke correctly, why strike me?" -- john 18:23 +. +Then Annas sent him, still tied up, to Caiaphas the high priest. -- john 18:24 +. +Meanwhile Simon Peter was standing in the courtyard warming himself. They said to him, "You aren't one of his disciples too, are you?" Peter denied it: "I am not!" -- john 18:25 +. +One of the high priest's slaves, a relative of the man whose ear Peter had cut off, said, "Did I not see you in the orchard with him?" -- john 18:26 +. +Then Peter denied it again, and immediately a rooster crowed. -- john 18:27 +. +Then they brought Jesus from Caiaphas to the Roman governor's residence. (Now it was very early morning.) They did not go into the governor's residence so they would not be ceremonially defiled, but could eat the Passover meal. -- john 18:28 +. +So Pilate came outside to them and said, "What accusation do you bring against this man?" -- john 18:29 +. +They replied, "If this man were not a criminal, we would not have handed him over to you." -- john 18:30 +. +Pilate told them, "Take him yourselves and pass judgment on him according to your own law!" The Jewish leaders replied, "We cannot legally put anyone to death." -- john 18:31 +. +(This happened to fulfill the word Jesus had spoken when he indicated what kind of death he was going to die.) -- john 18:32 +. +So Pilate went back into the governor's residence, summoned Jesus, and asked him, "Are you the king of the Jews?" -- john 18:33 +. +Jesus replied, "Are you saying this on your own initiative, or have others told you about me?" -- john 18:34 +. +Pilate answered, "I am not a Jew, am I? Your own people and your chief priests handed you over to me. What have you done?" -- john 18:35 +. +Jesus replied, "My kingdom is not from this world. If my kingdom were from this world, my servants would be fighting to keep me from being handed over to the Jewish authorities. But as it is, my kingdom is not from here." -- john 18:36 +. +Then Pilate said, "So you are a king!" Jesus replied, "You say that I am a king. For this reason I was born, and for this reason I came into the world - to testify to the truth. Everyone who belongs to the truth listens to my voice." -- john 18:37 +. +Pilate asked, "What is truth?" When he had said this he went back outside to the Jewish leaders and announced, "I find no basis for an accusation against him. -- john 18:38 +. +But it is your custom that I release one prisoner for you at the Passover. So do you want me to release for you the king of the Jews?" -- john 18:39 +. +Then they shouted back, "Not this man, but Barabbas!" (Now Barabbas was a revolutionary.) -- john 18:40 +. +Then Pilate took Jesus and had him flogged severely. -- john 19:1 +. +The soldiers braided a crown of thorns and put it on his head, and they clothed him in a purple robe. -- john 19:2 +. +They came up to him again and again and said, "Hail, king of the Jews!" And they struck him repeatedly in the face. -- john 19:3 +. +Again Pilate went out and said to the Jewish leaders, "Look, I am bringing him out to you, so that you may know that I find no reason for an accusation against him." -- john 19:4 +. +So Jesus came outside, wearing the crown of thorns and the purple robe. Pilate said to them, "Look, here is the man!" -- john 19:5 +. +When the chief priests and their officers saw him, they shouted out, "Crucify him! Crucify him!" Pilate said, "You take him and crucify him! Certainly I find no reason for an accusation against him!" -- john 19:6 +. +The Jewish leaders replied, "We have a law, and according to our law he ought to die, because he claimed to be the Son of God!" -- john 19:7 +. +When Pilate heard what they said, he was more afraid than ever, -- john 19:8 +. +and he went back into the governor's residence and said to Jesus, "Where do you come from?" But Jesus gave him no answer. -- john 19:9 +. +So Pilate said, "Do you refuse to speak to me? Don't you know I have the authority to release you, and to crucify you?" -- john 19:10 +. +Jesus replied, "You would have no authority over me at all, unless it was given to you from above. Therefore the one who handed me over to you is guilty of greater sin." -- john 19:11 +. +From this point on, Pilate tried to release him. But the Jewish leaders shouted out, "If you release this man, you are no friend of Caesar! Everyone who claims to be a king opposes Caesar!" -- john 19:12 +. +When Pilate heard these words he brought Jesus outside and sat down on the judgment seat in the place called "The Stone Pavement" (Gabbatha in Aramaic). -- john 19:13 +. +(Now it was the day of preparation for the Passover, about noon.) Pilate said to the Jewish leaders, "Look, here is your king!" -- john 19:14 +. +Then they shouted out, "Away with him! Away with him! Crucify him!" Pilate asked, "Shall I crucify your king?" The high priests replied, "We have no king except Caesar!" -- john 19:15 +. +Then Pilate handed him over to them to be crucified.So they took Jesus, -- john 19:16 +. +and carrying his own cross he went out to the place called "The Place of the Skull" (called in Aramaic Golgotha). -- john 19:17 +. +There they crucified him along with two others, one on each side, with Jesus in the middle. -- john 19:18 +. +Pilate also had a notice written and fastened to the cross, which read: "Jesus the Nazarene, the king of the Jews." -- john 19:19 +. +Thus many of the Jewish residents of Jerusalem read this notice, because the place where Jesus was crucified was near the city, and the notice was written in Aramaic, Latin, and Greek. -- john 19:20 +. +Then the chief priests of the Jews said to Pilate, "Do not write, 'The king of the Jews,' but rather, 'This man said, I am king of the Jews.'" -- john 19:21 +. +Pilate answered, "What I have written, I have written." -- john 19:22 +. +Now when the soldiers crucified Jesus, they took his clothes and made four shares, one for each soldier, and the tunic remained. (Now the tunic was seamless, woven from top to bottom as a single piece.) -- john 19:23 +. +So the soldiers said to one another, "Let's not tear it, but throw dice to see who will get it." This took place to fulfill the scripture that says, "They divided my garments among them, and for my clothing they threw dice." So the soldiers did these things. -- john 19:24 +. +Now standing beside Jesus' cross were his mother, his mother's sister, Mary the wife of Clopas, and Mary Magdalene. -- john 19:25 +. +So when Jesus saw his mother and the disciple whom he loved standing there, he said to his mother, "Woman, look, here is your son!" -- john 19:26 +. +He then said to his disciple, "Look, here is your mother!" From that very time the disciple took her into his own home. -- john 19:27 +. +After this Jesus, realizing that by this time everything was completed, said (in order to fulfill the scripture), "I am thirsty!" -- john 19:28 +. +A jar full of sour wine was there, so they put a sponge soaked in sour wine on a branch of hyssop and lifted it to his mouth. -- john 19:29 +. +When he had received the sour wine, Jesus said, "It is completed!" Then he bowed his head and gave up his spirit. -- john 19:30 +. +Then, because it was the day of preparation, so that the bodies should not stay on the crosses on the Sabbath (for that Sabbath was an especially important one), the Jewish leaders asked Pilate to have the victims' legs broken and the bodies taken down. -- john 19:31 +. +So the soldiers came and broke the legs of the two men who had been crucified with Jesus, first the one and then the other. -- john 19:32 +. +But when they came to Jesus and saw that he was already dead, they did not break his legs. -- john 19:33 +. +But one of the soldiers pierced his side with a spear, and blood and water flowed out immediately. -- john 19:34 +. +And the person who saw it has testified (and his testimony is true, and he knows that he is telling the truth), so that you also may believe. -- john 19:35 +. +For these things happened so that the scripture would be fulfilled, "Not a bone of his will be broken." -- john 19:36 +. +And again another scripture says, "They will look on the one whom they have pierced." -- john 19:37 +. +After this, Joseph of Arimathea, a disciple of Jesus (but secretly, because he feared the Jewish leaders), asked Pilate if he could remove the body of Jesus. Pilate gave him permission, so he went and took the body away. -- john 19:38 +. +Nicodemus, the man who had previously come to Jesus at night, accompanied Joseph, carrying a mixture of myrrh and aloes weighing about seventy-five pounds. -- john 19:39 +. +Then they took Jesus' body and wrapped it, with the aromatic spices, in strips of linen cloth according to Jewish burial customs. -- john 19:40 +. +Now at the place where Jesus was crucified there was a garden, and in the garden was a new tomb where no one had yet been buried. -- john 19:41 +. +And so, because it was the Jewish day of preparation and the tomb was nearby, they placed Jesus' body there. -- john 19:42 +. +Now very early on the first day of the week, while it was still dark, Mary Magdalene came to the tomb and saw that the stone had been moved away from the entrance. -- john 20:1 +. +So she went running to Simon Peter and the other disciple whom Jesus loved and told them, "They have taken the Lord from the tomb, and we don't know where they have put him!" -- john 20:2 +. +Then Peter and the other disciple set out to go to the tomb. -- john 20:3 +. +The two were running together, but the other disciple ran faster than Peter and reached the tomb first. -- john 20:4 +. +He bent down and saw the strips of linen cloth lying there, but he did not go in. -- john 20:5 +. +Then Simon Peter, who had been following him, arrived and went right into the tomb. He saw the strips of linen cloth lying there, -- john 20:6 +. +and the face cloth, which had been around Jesus' head, not lying with the strips of linen cloth but rolled up in a place by itself. -- john 20:7 +. +Then the other disciple, who had reached the tomb first, came in, and he saw and believed. -- john 20:8 +. +(For they did not yet understand the scripture that Jesus must rise from the dead.) -- john 20:9 +. +So the disciples went back to their homes. -- john 20:10 +. +But Mary stood outside the tomb weeping. As she wept, she bent down and looked into the tomb. -- john 20:11 +. +And she saw two angels in white sitting where Jesus' body had been lying, one at the head and one at the feet. -- john 20:12 +. +They said to her, "Woman, why are you weeping?" Mary replied, "They have taken my Lord away, and I do not know where they have put him!" -- john 20:13 +. +When she had said this, she turned around and saw Jesus standing there, but she did not know that it was Jesus. -- john 20:14 +. +Jesus said to her, "Woman, why are you weeping? Who are you looking for?" Because she thought he was the gardener, she said to him, "Sir, if you have carried him away, tell me where you have put him, and I will take him." -- john 20:15 +. +Jesus said to her, "Mary." She turned and said to him in Aramaic, "Rabboni" (which means Teacher). -- john 20:16 +. +Jesus replied, "Do not touch me, for I have not yet ascended to my Father. Go to my brothers and tell them, 'I am ascending to my Father and your Father, to my God and your God.'" -- john 20:17 +. +Mary Magdalene came and informed the disciples, "I have seen the Lord!" And she told them what Jesus had said to her. -- john 20:18 +. +On the evening of that day, the first day of the week, the disciples had gathered together and locked the doors of the place because they were afraid of the Jewish leaders. Jesus came and stood among them and said to them, "Peace be with you." -- john 20:19 +. +When he had said this, he showed them his hands and his side. Then the disciples rejoiced when they saw the Lord. -- john 20:20 +. +So Jesus said to them again, "Peace be with you. Just as the Father has sent me, I also send you." -- john 20:21 +. +And after he said this, he breathed on them and said, "Receive the Holy Spirit. -- john 20:22 +. +If you forgive anyone's sins, they are forgiven; if you retain anyone's sins, they are retained." -- john 20:23 +. +Now Thomas (called Didymus), one of the twelve, was not with them when Jesus came. -- john 20:24 +. +The other disciples told him, "We have seen the Lord!" But he replied, "Unless I see the wounds from the nails in his hands, and put my finger into the wounds from the nails, and put my hand into his side, I will never believe it!" -- john 20:25 +. +Eight days later the disciples were again together in the house, and Thomas was with them. Although the doors were locked, Jesus came and stood among them and said, "Peace be with you!" -- john 20:26 +. +Then he said to Thomas, "Put your finger here, and examine my hands. Extend your hand and put it into my side. Do not continue in your unbelief, but believe." -- john 20:27 +. +Thomas replied to him, "My Lord and my God!" -- john 20:28 +. +Jesus said to him, "Have you believed because you have seen me? Blessed are the people who have not seen and yet have believed." -- john 20:29 +. +Now Jesus performed many other miraculous signs in the presence of the disciples, which are not recorded in this book. -- john 20:30 +. +But these are recorded so that you may believe that Jesus is the Christ, the Son of God, and that by believing you may have life in his name. -- john 20:31 +. +After this Jesus revealed himself again to the disciples by the Sea of Tiberias. Now this is how he did so. -- john 21:1 +. +Simon Peter, Thomas (called Didymus), Nathanael (who was from Cana in Galilee), the sons of Zebedee, and two other disciples of his were together. -- john 21:2 +. +Simon Peter told them, "I am going fishing." "We will go with you," they replied. They went out and got into the boat, but that night they caught nothing. -- john 21:3 +. +When it was already very early morning, Jesus stood on the beach, but the disciples did not know that it was Jesus. -- john 21:4 +. +So Jesus said to them, "Children, you don't have any fish, do you?" They replied, "No." -- john 21:5 +. +He told them, "Throw your net on the right side of the boat, and you will find some." So they threw the net, and were not able to pull it in because of the large number of fish. -- john 21:6 +. +Then the disciple whom Jesus loved said to Peter, "It is the Lord!" So Simon Peter, when he heard that it was the Lord, tucked in his outer garment (for he had nothing on underneath it), and plunged into the sea. -- john 21:7 +. +Meanwhile the other disciples came with the boat, dragging the net full of fish, for they were not far from land, only about a hundred yards. -- john 21:8 +. +When they got out on the beach, they saw a charcoal fire ready with a fish placed on it, and bread. -- john 21:9 +. +Jesus said, "Bring some of the fish you have just now caught." -- john 21:10 +. +So Simon Peter went aboard and pulled the net to shore. It was full of large fish, one hundred fifty-three, but although there were so many, the net was not torn. -- john 21:11 +. +"Come, have breakfast," Jesus said. But none of the disciples dared to ask him, "Who are you?" because they knew it was the Lord. -- john 21:12 +. +Jesus came and took the bread and gave it to them, and did the same with the fish. -- john 21:13 +. +This was now the third time Jesus was revealed to the disciples after he was raised from the dead. -- john 21:14 +. +Then when they had finished breakfast, Jesus said to Simon Peter, "Simon, son of John, do you love me more than these do?" He replied, "Yes, Lord, you know I love you." Jesus told him, "Feed my lambs." -- john 21:15 +. +Jesus said a second time, "Simon, son of John, do you love me?" He replied, "Yes, Lord, you know I love you." Jesus told him, "Shepherd my sheep." -- john 21:16 +. +Jesus said a third time, "Simon, son of John, do you love me?" Peter was distressed that Jesus asked him a third time, "Do you love me?" and said, "Lord, you know everything. You know that I love you." Jesus replied, "Feed my sheep. -- john 21:17 +. +I tell you the solemn truth, when you were young, you tied your clothes around you and went wherever you wanted, but when you are old, you will stretch out your hands, and others will tie you up and bring you where you do not want to go." -- john 21:18 +. +(Now Jesus said this to indicate clearly by what kind of death Peter was going to glorify God.) After he said this, Jesus told Peter, "Follow me." -- john 21:19 +. +Peter turned around and saw the disciple whom Jesus loved following them. (This was the disciple who had leaned back against Jesus' chest at the meal and asked, "Lord, who is the one who is going to betray you?") -- john 21:20 +. +So when Peter saw him, he asked Jesus, "Lord, what about him?" -- john 21:21 +. +Jesus replied, "If I want him to live until I come back, what concern is that of yours? You follow me!" -- john 21:22 +. +So the saying circulated among the brothers and sisters that this disciple was not going to die. But Jesus did not say to him that he was not going to die, but rather, "If I want him to live until I come back, what concern is that of yours?" -- john 21:23 +. +This is the disciple who testifies about these things and has written these things, and we know that his testimony is true. -- john 21:24 +. +There are many other things that Jesus did. If every one of them were written down, I suppose the whole world would not have room for the books that would be written. -- john 21:25 +. +I wrote the former account, Theophilus, about all that Jesus began to do and teach -- acts 1:1 +. +until the day he was taken up to heaven, after he had given orders by the Holy Spirit to the apostles he had chosen. -- acts 1:2 +. +To the same apostles also, after his suffering, he presented himself alive with many convincing proofs. He was seen by them over a forty-day period and spoke about matters concerning the kingdom of God. -- acts 1:3 +. +While he was with them, he declared, "Do not leave Jerusalem, but wait there for what my Father promised, which you heard about from me. -- acts 1:4 +. +For John baptized with water, but you will be baptized with the Holy Spirit not many days from now." -- acts 1:5 +. +So when they had gathered together, they began to ask him, "Lord, is this the time when you are restoring the kingdom to Israel?" -- acts 1:6 +. +He told them, "You are not permitted to know the times or periods that the Father has set by his own authority. -- acts 1:7 +. +But you will receive power when the Holy Spirit has come upon you, and you will be my witnesses in Jerusalem, and in all Judea and Samaria, and to the farthest parts of the earth." -- acts 1:8 +. +After he had said this, while they were watching, he was lifted up and a cloud hid him from their sight. -- acts 1:9 +. +As they were still staring into the sky while he was going, suddenly two men in white clothing stood near them -- acts 1:10 +. +and said, "Men of Galilee, why do you stand here looking up into the sky? This same Jesus who has been taken up from you into heaven will come back in the same way you saw him go into heaven." -- acts 1:11 +. +Then they returned to Jerusalem from the mountain called the Mount of Olives (which is near Jerusalem, a Sabbath day's journey away). -- acts 1:12 +. +When they had entered Jerusalem, they went to the upstairs room where they were staying. Peter and John, and James, and Andrew, Philip and Thomas, Bartholomew and Matthew, James son of Alphaeus and Simon the Zealot, and Judas son of James were there. -- acts 1:13 +. +All these continued together in prayer with one mind, together with the women, along with Mary the mother of Jesus, and his brothers. -- acts 1:14 +. +In those days Peter stood up among the believers (a gathering of about one hundred and twenty people) and said, -- acts 1:15 +. +"Brothers, the scripture had to be fulfilled that the Holy Spirit foretold through David concerning Judas - who became the guide for those who arrested Jesus - -- acts 1:16 +. +for he was counted as one of us and received a share in this ministry." -- acts 1:17 +. +(Now this man Judas acquired a field with the reward of his unjust deed, and falling headfirst he burst open in the middle and all his intestines gushed out. -- acts 1:18 +. +This became known to all who lived in Jerusalem, so that in their own language they called that field Hakeldama, that is, "Field of Blood.") -- acts 1:19 +. +"For it is written in the book of Psalms, 'Let his house become deserted, and let there be no one to live in it,' and 'Let another take his position of responsibility.' -- acts 1:20 +. +Thus one of the men who have accompanied us during all the time the Lord Jesus associated with us, -- acts 1:21 +. +beginning from his baptism by John until the day he was taken up from us - one of these must become a witness of his resurrection together with us." -- acts 1:22 +. +So they proposed two candidates: Joseph called Barsabbas (also called Justus) and Matthias. -- acts 1:23 +. +Then they prayed, "Lord, you know the hearts of all. Show us which one of these two you have chosen -- acts 1:24 +. +to assume the task of this service and apostleship from which Judas turned aside to go to his own place." -- acts 1:25 +. +Then they cast lots for them, and the one chosen was Matthias; so he was counted with the eleven apostles. -- acts 1:26 +. +Now when the day of Pentecost had come, they were all together in one place. -- acts 2:1 +. +Suddenly a sound like a violent wind blowing came from heaven and filled the entire house where they were sitting. -- acts 2:2 +. +And tongues spreading out like a fire appeared to them and came to rest on each one of them. -- acts 2:3 +. +All of them were filled with the Holy Spirit, and they began to speak in other languages as the Spirit enabled them. -- acts 2:4 +. +Now there were devout Jews from every nation under heaven residing in Jerusalem. -- acts 2:5 +. +When this sound occurred, a crowd gathered and was in confusion, because each one heard them speaking in his own language. -- acts 2:6 +. +Completely baffled, they said, "Aren't all these who are speaking Galileans? -- acts 2:7 +. +And how is it that each one of us hears them in our own native language? -- acts 2:8 +. +Parthians, Medes, Elamites, and residents of Mesopotamia, Judea and Cappadocia, Pontus and the province of Asia, -- acts 2:9 +. +Phrygia and Pamphylia, Egypt and the parts of Libya near Cyrene, and visitors from Rome, -- acts 2:10 +. +both Jews and proselytes, Cretans and Arabs - we hear them speaking in our own languages about the great deeds God has done!" -- acts 2:11 +. +All were astounded and greatly confused, saying to one another, "What does this mean?" -- acts 2:12 +. +But others jeered at the speakers, saying, "They are drunk on new wine!" -- acts 2:13 +. +But Peter stood up with the eleven, raised his voice, and addressed them: "You men of Judea and all you who live in Jerusalem, know this and listen carefully to what I say. -- acts 2:14 +. +In spite of what you think, these men are not drunk, for it is only nine o'clock in the morning. -- acts 2:15 +. +But this is what was spoken about through the prophet Joel: -- acts 2:16 +. +'And in the last days it will be,' God says, 'that I will pour out my Spirit on all people, and your sons and your daughters will prophesy, and your young men will see visions, and your old men will dream dreams. -- acts 2:17 +. +Even on my servants, both men and women, I will pour out my Spirit in those days, and they will prophesy. -- acts 2:18 +. +And I will perform wonders in the sky above and miraculous signs on the earth below, blood and fire and clouds of smoke. -- acts 2:19 +. +The sun will be changed to darkness and the moon to blood before the great and glorious day of the Lord comes. -- acts 2:20 +. +And then everyone who calls on the name of the Lord will be saved.' -- acts 2:21 +. +"Men of Israel, listen to these words: Jesus the Nazarene, a man clearly attested to you by God with powerful deeds, wonders, and miraculous signs that God performed among you through him, just as you yourselves know - -- acts 2:22 +. +this man, who was handed over by the predetermined plan and foreknowledge of God, you executed by nailing him to a cross at the hands of Gentiles. -- acts 2:23 +. +But God raised him up, having released him from the pains of death, because it was not possible for him to be held in its power. -- acts 2:24 +. +For David says about him, 'I saw the Lord always in front of me, for he is at my right hand so that I will not be shaken. -- acts 2:25 +. +Therefore my heart was glad and my tongue rejoiced; my body also will live in hope, -- acts 2:26 +. +because you will not leave my soul in Hades, nor permit your Holy One to experience decay. -- acts 2:27 +. +You have made known to me the paths of life; you will make me full of joy with your presence.' -- acts 2:28 +. +"Brothers, I can speak confidently to you about our forefather David, that he both died and was buried, and his tomb is with us to this day. -- acts 2:29 +. +So then, because he was a prophet and knew that God had sworn to him with an oath to seat one of his descendants on his throne, -- acts 2:30 +. +David by foreseeing this spoke about the resurrection of the Christ, that he was neither abandoned to Hades, nor did his body experience decay. -- acts 2:31 +. +This Jesus God raised up, and we are all witnesses of it. -- acts 2:32 +. +So then, exalted to the right hand of God, and having received the promise of the Holy Spirit from the Father, he has poured out what you both see and hear. -- acts 2:33 +. +For David did not ascend into heaven, but he himself says, 'The Lord said to my lord, "Sit at my right hand -- acts 2:34 +. +until I make your enemies a footstool for your feet."' -- acts 2:35 +. +Therefore let all the house of Israel know beyond a doubt that God has made this Jesus whom you crucified both Lord and Christ." -- acts 2:36 +. +Now when they heard this, they were acutely distressed and said to Peter and the rest of the apostles, "What should we do, brothers?" -- acts 2:37 +. +Peter said to them, "Repent, and each one of you be baptized in the name of Jesus Christ for the forgiveness of your sins, and you will receive the gift of the Holy Spirit. -- acts 2:38 +. +For the promise is for you and your children, and for all who are far away, as many as the Lord our God will call to himself." -- acts 2:39 +. +With many other words he testified and exhorted them saying, "Save yourselves from this perverse generation!" -- acts 2:40 +. +So those who accepted his message were baptized, and that day about three thousand people were added. -- acts 2:41 +. +They were devoting themselves to the apostles' teaching and to fellowship, to the breaking of bread and to prayer. -- acts 2:42 +. +Reverential awe came over everyone, and many wonders and miraculous signs came about by the apostles. -- acts 2:43 +. +All who believed were together and held everything in common, -- acts 2:44 +. +and they began selling their property and possessions and distributing the proceeds to everyone, as anyone had need. -- acts 2:45 +. +Every day they continued to gather together by common consent in the temple courts, breaking bread from house to house, sharing their food with glad and humble hearts, -- acts 2:46 +. +praising God and having the good will of all the people. And the Lord was adding to their number every day those who were being saved. -- acts 2:47 +. +Now Peter and John were going up to the temple at the time for prayer, at three o'clock in the afternoon. -- acts 3:1 +. +And a man lame from birth was being carried up, who was placed at the temple gate called "the Beautiful Gate" every day so he could beg for money from those going into the temple courts. -- acts 3:2 +. +When he saw Peter and John about to go into the temple courts, he asked them for money. -- acts 3:3 +. +Peter looked directly at him (as did John) and said, "Look at us!" -- acts 3:4 +. +So the lame man paid attention to them, expecting to receive something from them. -- acts 3:5 +. +But Peter said, "I have no silver or gold, but what I do have I give you. In the name of Jesus Christ the Nazarene, stand up and walk!" -- acts 3:6 +. +Then Peter took hold of him by the right hand and raised him up, and at once the man's feet and ankles were made strong. -- acts 3:7 +. +He jumped up, stood and began walking around, and he entered the temple courts with them, walking and leaping and praising God. -- acts 3:8 +. +All the people saw him walking and praising God, -- acts 3:9 +. +and they recognized him as the man who used to sit and ask for donations at the Beautiful Gate of the temple, and they were filled with astonishment and amazement at what had happened to him. -- acts 3:10 +. +While the man was hanging on to Peter and John, all the people, completely astounded, ran together to them in the covered walkway called Solomon's Portico. -- acts 3:11 +. +When Peter saw this, he declared to the people, "Men of Israel, why are you amazed at this? Why do you stare at us as if we had made this man walk by our own power or piety? -- acts 3:12 +. +The God of Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob, the God of our forefathers, has glorified his servant Jesus, whom you handed over and rejected in the presence of Pilate after he had decided to release him. -- acts 3:13 +. +But you rejected the Holy and Righteous One and asked that a man who was a murderer be released to you. -- acts 3:14 +. +You killed the Originator of life, whom God raised from the dead. To this fact we are witnesses! -- acts 3:15 +. +And on the basis of faith in Jesus' name, his very name has made this man - whom you see and know - strong. The faith that is through Jesus has given him this complete health in the presence of you all. -- acts 3:16 +. +And now, brothers, I know you acted in ignorance, as your rulers did too. -- acts 3:17 +. +But the things God foretold long ago through all the prophets - that his Christ would suffer - he has fulfilled in this way. -- acts 3:18 +. +Therefore repent and turn back so that your sins may be wiped out, -- acts 3:19 +. +so that times of refreshing may come from the presence of the Lord, and so that he may send the Messiah appointed for you - that is, Jesus. -- acts 3:20 +. +This one heaven must receive until the time all things are restored, which God declared from times long ago through his holy prophets. -- acts 3:21 +. +Moses said, 'The Lord your God will raise up for you a prophet like me from among your brothers. You must obey him in everything he tells you. -- acts 3:22 +. +Every person who does not obey that prophet will be destroyed and thus removed from the people.' -- acts 3:23 +. +And all the prophets, from Samuel and those who followed him, have spoken about and announced these days. -- acts 3:24 +. +You are the sons of the prophets and of the covenant that God made with your ancestors, saying to Abraham, 'And in your descendants all the nations of the earth will be blessed.' -- acts 3:25 +. +God raised up his servant and sent him first to you, to bless you by turning each one of you from your iniquities." -- acts 3:26 +. +While Peter and John were speaking to the people, the priests and the commander of the temple guard and the Sadducees came up to them, -- acts 4:1 +. +angry because they were teaching the people and announcing in Jesus the resurrection of the dead. -- acts 4:2 +. +So they seized them and put them in jail until the next day (for it was already evening). -- acts 4:3 +. +But many of those who had listened to the message believed, and the number of the men came to about five thousand. -- acts 4:4 +. +On the next day, their rulers, elders, and experts in the law came together in Jerusalem. -- acts 4:5 +. +Annas the high priest was there, and Caiaphas, John, Alexander, and others who were members of the high priest's family. -- acts 4:6 +. +After making Peter and John stand in their midst, they began to inquire, "By what power or by what name did you do this?" -- acts 4:7 +. +Then Peter, filled with the Holy Spirit, replied, "Rulers of the people and elders, -- acts 4:8 +. +if we are being examined today for a good deed done to a sick man - by what means this man was healed - -- acts 4:9 +. +let it be known to all of you and to all the people of Israel that by the name of Jesus Christ the Nazarene whom you crucified, whom God raised from the dead, this man stands before you healthy. -- acts 4:10 +. +This Jesus is the stone that was rejected by you, the builders, that has become the cornerstone. -- acts 4:11 +. +And there is salvation in no one else, for there is no other name under heaven given among people by which we must be saved." -- acts 4:12 +. +When they saw the boldness of Peter and John, and discovered that they were uneducated and ordinary men, they were amazed and recognized these men had been with Jesus. -- acts 4:13 +. +And because they saw the man who had been healed standing with them, they had nothing to say against this. -- acts 4:14 +. +But when they had ordered them to go outside the council, they began to confer with one another, -- acts 4:15 +. +saying, "What should we do with these men? For it is plain to all who live in Jerusalem that a notable miraculous sign has come about through them, and we cannot deny it. -- acts 4:16 +. +But to keep this matter from spreading any further among the people, let us warn them to speak no more to anyone in this name." -- acts 4:17 +. +And they called them in and ordered them not to speak or teach at all in the name of Jesus. -- acts 4:18 +. +But Peter and John replied, "Whether it is right before God to obey you rather than God, you decide, -- acts 4:19 +. +for it is impossible for us not to speak about what we have seen and heard." -- acts 4:20 +. +After threatening them further, they released them, for they could not find how to punish them on account of the people, because they were all praising God for what had happened. -- acts 4:21 +. +For the man, on whom this miraculous sign of healing had been performed, was over forty years old. -- acts 4:22 +. +When they were released, Peter and John went to their fellow believers and reported everything the high priests and the elders had said to them. -- acts 4:23 +. +When they heard this, they raised their voices to God with one mind and said, "Master of all, you who made the heaven, the earth, the sea, and everything that is in them, -- acts 4:24 +. +who said by the Holy Spirit through your servant David our forefather, 'Why do the nations rage, and the peoples plot foolish things? -- acts 4:25 +. +The kings of the earth stood together, and the rulers assembled together, against the Lord and against his Christ.' -- acts 4:26 +. +"For indeed both Herod and Pontius Pilate, with the Gentiles and the people of Israel, assembled together in this city against your holy servant Jesus, whom you anointed, -- acts 4:27 +. +to do as much as your power and your plan had decided beforehand would happen. -- acts 4:28 +. +And now, Lord, pay attention to their threats, and grant to your servants to speak your message with great courage, -- acts 4:29 +. +while you extend your hand to heal, and to bring about miraculous signs and wonders through the name of your holy servant Jesus." -- acts 4:30 +. +When they had prayed, the place where they were assembled together was shaken, and they were all filled with the Holy Spirit and began to speak the word of God courageously. -- acts 4:31 +. +The group of those who believed were of one heart and mind, and no one said that any of his possessions was his own, but everything was held in common. -- acts 4:32 +. +With great power the apostles were giving testimony to the resurrection of the Lord Jesus, and great grace was on them all. -- acts 4:33 +. +For there was no one needy among them, because those who were owners of land or houses were selling them and bringing the proceeds from the sales -- acts 4:34 +. +and placing them at the apostles' feet. The proceeds were distributed to each, as anyone had need. -- acts 4:35 +. +So Joseph, a Levite who was a native of Cyprus, called by the apostles Barnabas (which is translated "son of encouragement"), -- acts 4:36 +. +sold a field that belonged to him and brought the money and placed it at the apostles' feet. -- acts 4:37 +. +Now a man named Ananias, together with Sapphira his wife, sold a piece of property. -- acts 5:1 +. +He kept back for himself part of the proceeds with his wife's knowledge; he brought only part of it and placed it at the apostles' feet. -- acts 5:2 +. +But Peter said, "Ananias, why has Satan filled your heart to lie to the Holy Spirit and keep back for yourself part of the proceeds from the sale of the land? -- acts 5:3 +. +Before it was sold, did it not belong to you? And when it was sold, was the money not at your disposal? How have you thought up this deed in your heart? You have not lied to people but to God!" -- acts 5:4 +. +When Ananias heard these words he collapsed and died, and great fear gripped all who heard about it. -- acts 5:5 +. +So the young men came, wrapped him up, carried him out, and buried him. -- acts 5:6 +. +After an interval of about three hours, his wife came in, but she did not know what had happened. -- acts 5:7 +. +Peter said to her, "Tell me, were the two of you paid this amount for the land?" Sapphira said, "Yes, that much." -- acts 5:8 +. +Peter then told her, "Why have you agreed together to test the Spirit of the Lord? Look! The feet of those who have buried your husband are at the door, and they will carry you out!" -- acts 5:9 +. +At once she collapsed at his feet and died. So when the young men came in, they found her dead, and they carried her out and buried her beside her husband. -- acts 5:10 +. +Great fear gripped the whole church and all who heard about these things. -- acts 5:11 +. +Now many miraculous signs and wonders came about among the people through the hands of the apostles. By common consent they were all meeting together in Solomon's Portico. -- acts 5:12 +. +None of the rest dared to join them, but the people held them in high honor. -- acts 5:13 +. +More and more believers in the Lord were added to their number, crowds of both men and women. -- acts 5:14 +. +Thus they even carried the sick out into the streets, and put them on cots and pallets, so that when Peter came by at least his shadow would fall on some of them. -- acts 5:15 +. +A crowd of people from the towns around Jerusalem also came together, bringing the sick and those troubled by unclean spirits. They were all being healed. -- acts 5:16 +. +Now the high priest rose up, and all those with him (that is, the religious party of the Sadducees), and they were filled with jealousy. -- acts 5:17 +. +They laid hands on the apostles and put them in a public jail. -- acts 5:18 +. +But during the night an angel of the Lord opened the doors of the prison, led them out, and said, -- acts 5:19 +. +"Go and stand in the temple courts and proclaim to the people all the words of this life." -- acts 5:20 +. +When they heard this, they entered the temple courts at daybreak and began teaching. Now when the high priest and those who were with him arrived, they summoned the Sanhedrin - that is, the whole high council of the Israelites - and sent to the jail to have the apostles brought before them. -- acts 5:21 +. +But the officers who came for them did not find them in the prison, so they returned and reported, -- acts 5:22 +. +"We found the jail locked securely and the guards standing at the doors, but when we opened them, we found no one inside." -- acts 5:23 +. +Now when the commander of the temple guard and the chief priests heard this report, they were greatly puzzled concerning it, wondering what this could be. -- acts 5:24 +. +But someone came and reported to them, "Look! The men you put in prison are standing in the temple courts and teaching the people!" -- acts 5:25 +. +Then the commander of the temple guard went with the officers and brought the apostles without the use of force (for they were afraid of being stoned by the people). -- acts 5:26 +. +When they had brought them, they stood them before the council, and the high priest questioned them, -- acts 5:27 +. +saying, "We gave you strict orders not to teach in this name. Look, you have filled Jerusalem with your teaching, and you intend to bring this man's blood on us!" -- acts 5:28 +. +But Peter and the apostles replied, "We must obey God rather than people. -- acts 5:29 +. +The God of our forefathers raised up Jesus, whom you seized and killed by hanging him on a tree. -- acts 5:30 +. +God exalted him to his right hand as Leader and Savior, to give repentance to Israel and forgiveness of sins. -- acts 5:31 +. +And we are witnesses of these events, and so is the Holy Spirit whom God has given to those who obey him." -- acts 5:32 +. +Now when they heard this, they became furious and wanted to execute them. -- acts 5:33 +. +But a Pharisee whose name was Gamaliel, a teacher of the law who was respected by all the people, stood up in the council and ordered the men to be put outside for a short time. -- acts 5:34 +. +Then he said to the council, "Men of Israel, pay close attention to what you are about to do to these men. -- acts 5:35 +. +For some time ago Theudas rose up, claiming to be somebody, and about four hundred men joined him. He was killed, and all who followed him were dispersed and nothing came of it. -- acts 5:36 +. +After him Judas the Galilean arose in the days of the census, and incited people to follow him in revolt. He too was killed, and all who followed him were scattered. -- acts 5:37 +. +So in this case I say to you, stay away from these men and leave them alone, because if this plan or this undertaking originates with people, it will come to nothing, -- acts 5:38 +. +but if it is from God, you will not be able to stop them, or you may even be found fighting against God." He convinced them, -- acts 5:39 +. +and they summoned the apostles and had them beaten. Then they ordered them not to speak in the name of Jesus and released them. -- acts 5:40 +. +So they left the council rejoicing because they had been considered worthy to suffer dishonor for the sake of the name. -- acts 5:41 +. +And every day both in the temple courts and from house to house, they did not stop teaching and proclaiming the good news that Jesus was the Christ. -- acts 5:42 +. +Now in those days, when the disciples were growing in number, a complaint arose on the part of the Greek-speaking Jews against the native Hebraic Jews, because their widows were being overlooked in the daily distribution of food. -- acts 6:1 +. +So the twelve called the whole group of the disciples together and said, "It is not right for us to neglect the word of God to wait on tables. -- acts 6:2 +. +But carefully select from among you, brothers, seven men who are well-attested, full of the Spirit and of wisdom, whom we may put in charge of this necessary task. -- acts 6:3 +. +But we will devote ourselves to prayer and to the ministry of the word." -- acts 6:4 +. +The proposal pleased the entire group, so they chose Stephen, a man full of faith and of the Holy Spirit, with Philip, Prochorus, Nicanor, Timon, Parmenas, and Nicolas, a Gentile convert to Judaism from Antioch. -- acts 6:5 +. +They stood these men before the apostles, who prayed and placed their hands on them. -- acts 6:6 +. +The word of God continued to spread, the number of disciples in Jerusalem increased greatly, and a large group of priests became obedient to the faith. -- acts 6:7 +. +Now Stephen, full of grace and power, was performing great wonders and miraculous signs among the people. -- acts 6:8 +. +But some men from the Synagogue of the Freedmen (as it was called), both Cyrenians and Alexandrians, as well as some from Cilicia and the province of Asia, stood up and argued with Stephen. -- acts 6:9 +. +Yet they were not able to resist the wisdom and the Spirit with which he spoke. -- acts 6:10 +. +Then they secretly instigated some men to say, "We have heard this man speaking blasphemous words against Moses and God." -- acts 6:11 +. +They incited the people, the elders, and the experts in the law; then they approached Stephen, seized him, and brought him before the council. -- acts 6:12 +. +They brought forward false witnesses who said, "This man does not stop saying things against this holy place and the law. -- acts 6:13 +. +For we have heard him saying that Jesus the Nazarene will destroy this place and change the customs that Moses handed down to us." -- acts 6:14 +. +All who were sitting in the council looked intently at Stephen and saw his face was like the face of an angel. -- acts 6:15 +. +Then the high priest said, "Are these things true?" -- acts 7:1 +. +So he replied, "Brothers and fathers, listen to me. The God of glory appeared to our forefather Abraham when he was in Mesopotamia, before he settled in Haran, -- acts 7:2 +. +and said to him, 'Go out from your country and from your relatives, and come to the land I will show you.' -- acts 7:3 +. +Then he went out from the country of the Chaldeans and settled in Haran. After his father died, God made him move to this country where you now live. -- acts 7:4 +. +He did not give any of it to him for an inheritance, not even a foot of ground, yet God promised to give it to him as his possession, and to his descendants after him, even though Abraham as yet had no child. -- acts 7:5 +. +But God spoke as follows: 'Your descendants will be foreigners in a foreign country, whose citizens will enslave them and mistreat them for four hundred years. -- acts 7:6 +. +But I will punish the nation they serve as slaves,' said God, 'and after these things they will come out of there and worship me in this place.' -- acts 7:7 +. +Then God gave Abraham the covenant of circumcision, and so he became the father of Isaac and circumcised him when he was eight days old, and Isaac became the father of Jacob, and Jacob of the twelve patriarchs. -- acts 7:8 +. +The patriarchs, because they were jealous of Joseph, sold him into Egypt. But God was with him, -- acts 7:9 +. +and rescued him from all his troubles, and granted him favor and wisdom in the presence of Pharaoh, king of Egypt, who made him ruler over Egypt and over all his household. -- acts 7:10 +. +Then a famine occurred throughout Egypt and Canaan, causing great suffering, and our ancestors could not find food. -- acts 7:11 +. +So when Jacob heard that there was grain in Egypt, he sent our ancestors there the first time. -- acts 7:12 +. +On their second visit Joseph made himself known to his brothers again, and Joseph's family became known to Pharaoh. -- acts 7:13 +. +So Joseph sent a message and invited his father Jacob and all his relatives to come, seventy-five people in all. -- acts 7:14 +. +So Jacob went down to Egypt and died there, along with our ancestors, -- acts 7:15 +. +and their bones were later moved to Shechem and placed in the tomb that Abraham had bought for a certain sum of money from the sons of Hamor in Shechem. -- acts 7:16 +. +"But as the time drew near for God to fulfill the promise he had declared to Abraham, the people increased greatly in number in Egypt, -- acts 7:17 +. +until another king who did not know about Joseph ruled over Egypt. -- acts 7:18 +. +This was the one who exploited our people and was cruel to our ancestors, forcing them to abandon their infants so they would die. -- acts 7:19 +. +At that time Moses was born, and he was beautiful to God. For three months he was brought up in his father's house, -- acts 7:20 +. +and when he had been abandoned, Pharaoh's daughter adopted him and brought him up as her own son. -- acts 7:21 +. +So Moses was trained in all the wisdom of the Egyptians and was powerful in his words and deeds. -- acts 7:22 +. +But when he was about forty years old, it entered his mind to visit his fellow countrymen the Israelites. -- acts 7:23 +. +When he saw one of them being hurt unfairly, Moses came to his defense and avenged the person who was mistreated by striking down the Egyptian. -- acts 7:24 +. +He thought his own people would understand that God was delivering them through him, but they did not understand. -- acts 7:25 +. +The next day Moses saw two men fighting, and tried to make peace between them, saying, 'Men, you are brothers; why are you hurting one another?' -- acts 7:26 +. +But the man who was unfairly hurting his neighbor pushed Moses aside, saying, 'Who made you a ruler and judge over us? -- acts 7:27 +. +You don't want to kill me the way you killed the Egyptian yesterday, do you?' -- acts 7:28 +. +When the man said this, Moses fled and became a foreigner in the land of Midian, where he became the father of two sons. -- acts 7:29 +. +"After forty years had passed, an angel appeared to him in the desert of Mount Sinai, in the flame of a burning bush. -- acts 7:30 +. +When Moses saw it, he was amazed at the sight, and when he approached to investigate, there came the voice of the Lord, -- acts 7:31 +. +'I am the God of your forefathers, the God of Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob.' Moses began to tremble and did not dare to look more closely. -- acts 7:32 +. +But the Lord said to him, 'Take the sandals off your feet, for the place where you are standing is holy ground. -- acts 7:33 +. +I have certainly seen the suffering of my people who are in Egypt and have heard their groaning, and I have come down to rescue them. Now come, I will send you to Egypt.' -- acts 7:34 +. +This same Moses they had rejected, saying, 'Who made you a ruler and judge?' God sent as both ruler and deliverer through the hand of the angel who appeared to him in the bush. -- acts 7:35 +. +This man led them out, performing wonders and miraculous signs in the land of Egypt, at the Red Sea, and in the wilderness for forty years. -- acts 7:36 +. +This is the Moses who said to the Israelites, 'God will raise up for you a prophet like me from among your brothers.' -- acts 7:37 +. +This is the man who was in the congregation in the wilderness with the angel who spoke to him at Mount Sinai, and with our ancestors, and he received living oracles to give to you. -- acts 7:38 +. +Our ancestors were unwilling to obey him, but pushed him aside and turned back to Egypt in their hearts, -- acts 7:39 +. +saying to Aaron, 'Make us gods who will go in front of us, for this Moses, who led us out of the land of Egypt - we do not know what has happened to him!' -- acts 7:40 +. +At that time they made an idol in the form of a calf, brought a sacrifice to the idol, and began rejoicing in the works of their hands. -- acts 7:41 +. +But God turned away from them and gave them over to worship the host of heaven, as it is written in the book of the prophets: 'It was not to me that you offered slain animals and sacrifices forty years in the wilderness, was it, house of Israel? -- acts 7:42 +. +But you took along the tabernacle of Moloch and the star of the god Rephan, the images you made to worship, but I will deport you beyond Babylon.' -- acts 7:43 +. +Our ancestors had the tabernacle of testimony in the wilderness, just as God who spoke to Moses ordered him to make it according to the design he had seen. -- acts 7:44 +. +Our ancestors received possession of it and brought it in with Joshua when they dispossessed the nations that God drove out before our ancestors, until the time of David. -- acts 7:45 +. +He found favor with God and asked that he could find a dwelling place for the house of Jacob. -- acts 7:46 +. +But Solomon built a house for him. -- acts 7:47 +. +Yet the Most High does not live in houses made by human hands, as the prophet says, -- acts 7:48 +. +'Heaven is my throne, and earth is the footstool for my feet. What kind of house will you build for me, says the Lord, or what is my resting place? -- acts 7:49 +. +Did my hand not make all these things?' -- acts 7:50 +. +"You stubborn people, with uncircumcised hearts and ears! You are always resisting the Holy Spirit, like your ancestors did! -- acts 7:51 +. +Which of the prophets did your ancestors not persecute? They killed those who foretold long ago the coming of the Righteous One, whose betrayers and murderers you have now become! -- acts 7:52 +. +You received the law by decrees given by angels, but you did not obey it." -- acts 7:53 +. +When they heard these things, they became furious and ground their teeth at him. -- acts 7:54 +. +But Stephen, full of the Holy Spirit, looked intently toward heaven and saw the glory of God, and Jesus standing at the right hand of God. -- acts 7:55 +. +"Look!" he said. "I see the heavens opened, and the Son of Man standing at the right hand of God!" -- acts 7:56 +. +But they covered their ears, shouting out with a loud voice, and rushed at him with one intent. -- acts 7:57 +. +When they had driven him out of the city, they began to stone him, and the witnesses laid their cloaks at the feet of a young man named Saul. -- acts 7:58 +. +They continued to stone Stephen while he prayed, "Lord Jesus, receive my spirit!" -- acts 7:59 +. +Then he fell to his knees and cried out with a loud voice, "Lord, do not hold this sin against them!" When he had said this, he died. -- acts 7:60 +. +And Saul agreed completely with killing him.Now on that day a great persecution began against the church in Jerusalem, and all except the apostles were forced to scatter throughout the regions of Judea and Samaria. -- acts 8:1 +. +Some devout men buried Stephen and made loud lamentation over him. -- acts 8:2 +. +But Saul was trying to destroy the church; entering one house after another, he dragged off both men and women and put them in prison. -- acts 8:3 +. +Now those who had been forced to scatter went around proclaiming the good news of the word. -- acts 8:4 +. +Philip went down to the main city of Samaria and began proclaiming the Christ to them. -- acts 8:5 +. +The crowds were paying attention with one mind to what Philip said, as they heard and saw the miraculous signs he was performing. -- acts 8:6 +. +For unclean spirits, crying with loud shrieks, were coming out of many who were possessed, and many paralyzed and lame people were healed. -- acts 8:7 +. +So there was great joy in that city. -- acts 8:8 +. +Now in that city was a man named Simon, who had been practicing magic and amazing the people of Samaria, claiming to be someone great. -- acts 8:9 +. +All the people, from the least to the greatest, paid close attention to him, saying, "This man is the power of God that is called 'Great.'" -- acts 8:10 +. +And they paid close attention to him because he had amazed them for a long time with his magic. -- acts 8:11 +. +But when they believed Philip as he was proclaiming the good news about the kingdom of God and the name of Jesus Christ, they began to be baptized, both men and women. -- acts 8:12 +. +Even Simon himself believed, and after he was baptized, he stayed close to Philip constantly, and when he saw the signs and great miracles that were occurring, he was amazed. -- acts 8:13 +. +Now when the apostles in Jerusalem heard that Samaria had accepted the word of God, they sent Peter and John to them. -- acts 8:14 +. +These two went down and prayed for them so that they would receive the Holy Spirit. -- acts 8:15 +. +(For the Spirit had not yet come upon any of them, but they had only been baptized in the name of the Lord Jesus.) -- acts 8:16 +. +Then Peter and John placed their hands on the Samaritans, and they received the Holy Spirit. -- acts 8:17 +. +Now Simon, when he saw that the Spirit was given through the laying on of the apostles' hands, offered them money, -- acts 8:18 +. +saying, "Give me this power too, so that everyone I place my hands on may receive the Holy Spirit." -- acts 8:19 +. +But Peter said to him, "May your silver perish with you, because you thought you could acquire God's gift with money! -- acts 8:20 +. +You have no share or part in this matter because your heart is not right before God! -- acts 8:21 +. +Therefore repent of this wickedness of yours, and pray to the Lord that he may perhaps forgive you for the intent of your heart. -- acts 8:22 +. +For I see that you are bitterly envious and in bondage to sin." -- acts 8:23 +. +But Simon replied, "You pray to the Lord for me so that nothing of what you have said may happen to me." -- acts 8:24 +. +So after Peter and John had solemnly testified and spoken the word of the Lord, they started back to Jerusalem, proclaiming the good news to many Samaritan villages as they went. -- acts 8:25 +. +Then an angel of the Lord said to Philip, "Get up and go south on the road that goes down from Jerusalem to Gaza." (This is a desert road.) -- acts 8:26 +. +So he got up and went. There he met an Ethiopian eunuch, a court official of Candace, queen of the Ethiopians, who was in charge of all her treasury. He had come to Jerusalem to worship, -- acts 8:27 +. +and was returning home, sitting in his chariot, reading the prophet Isaiah. -- acts 8:28 +. +Then the Spirit said to Philip, "Go over and join this chariot." -- acts 8:29 +. +So Philip ran up to it and heard the man reading Isaiah the prophet. He asked him, "Do you understand what you're reading?" -- acts 8:30 +. +The man replied, "How in the world can I, unless someone guides me?" So he invited Philip to come up and sit with him. -- acts 8:31 +. +Now the passage of scripture the man was reading was this: "He was led like a sheep to slaughter, and like a lamb before its shearer is silent, so he did not open his mouth. -- acts 8:32 +. +In humiliation justice was taken from him. Who can describe his posterity? For his life was taken away from the earth." -- acts 8:33 +. +Then the eunuch said to Philip, "Please tell me, who is the prophet saying this about - himself or someone else?" -- acts 8:34 +. +So Philip started speaking, and beginning with this scripture proclaimed the good news about Jesus to him. -- acts 8:35 +. +Now as they were going along the road, they came to some water, and the eunuch said, "Look, there is water! What is to stop me from being baptized?" -- acts 8:36 +. +[[EMPTY]] -- acts 8:37 +. +So he ordered the chariot to stop, and both Philip and the eunuch went down into the water, and Philip baptized him. -- acts 8:38 +. +Now when they came up out of the water, the Spirit of the Lord snatched Philip away, and the eunuch did not see him any more, but went on his way rejoicing. -- acts 8:39 +. +Philip, however, found himself at Azotus, and as he passed through the area, he proclaimed the good news to all the towns until he came to Caesarea. -- acts 8:40 +. +Meanwhile Saul, still breathing out threats to murder the Lord's disciples, went to the high priest -- acts 9:1 +. +and requested letters from him to the synagogues in Damascus, so that if he found any who belonged to the Way, either men or women, he could bring them as prisoners to Jerusalem. -- acts 9:2 +. +As he was going along, approaching Damascus, suddenly a light from heaven flashed around him. -- acts 9:3 +. +He fell to the ground and heard a voice saying to him, "Saul, Saul, why are you persecuting me?" -- acts 9:4 +. +So he said, "Who are you, Lord?" He replied, "I am Jesus whom you are persecuting! -- acts 9:5 +. +But stand up and enter the city and you will be told what you must do." -- acts 9:6 +. +(Now the men who were traveling with him stood there speechless, because they heard the voice but saw no one.) -- acts 9:7 +. +So Saul got up from the ground, but although his eyes were open, he could see nothing. Leading him by the hand, his companions brought him into Damascus. -- acts 9:8 +. +For three days he could not see, and he neither ate nor drank anything. -- acts 9:9 +. +Now there was a disciple in Damascus named Ananias. The Lord said to him in a vision, "Ananias," and he replied, "Here I am, Lord." -- acts 9:10 +. +Then the Lord told him, "Get up and go to the street called 'Straight,' and at Judas' house look for a man from Tarsus named Saul. For he is praying, -- acts 9:11 +. +and he has seen in a vision a man named Ananias come in and place his hands on him so that he may see again." -- acts 9:12 +. +But Ananias replied, "Lord, I have heard from many people about this man, how much harm he has done to your saints in Jerusalem, -- acts 9:13 +. +and here he has authority from the chief priests to imprison all who call on your name!" -- acts 9:14 +. +But the Lord said to him, "Go, because this man is my chosen instrument to carry my name before Gentiles and kings and the people of Israel. -- acts 9:15 +. +For I will show him how much he must suffer for the sake of my name." -- acts 9:16 +. +So Ananias departed and entered the house, placed his hands on Saul and said, "Brother Saul, the Lord Jesus, who appeared to you on the road as you came here, has sent me so that you may see again and be filled with the Holy Spirit." -- acts 9:17 +. +Immediately something like scales fell from his eyes, and he could see again. He got up and was baptized, -- acts 9:18 +. +and after taking some food, his strength returned. For several days he was with the disciples in Damascus, -- acts 9:19 +. +and immediately he began to proclaim Jesus in the synagogues, saying, "This man is the Son of God." -- acts 9:20 +. +All who heard him were amazed and were saying, "Is this not the man who in Jerusalem was ravaging those who call on this name, and who had come here to bring them as prisoners to the chief priests?" -- acts 9:21 +. +But Saul became more and more capable, and was causing consternation among the Jews who lived in Damascus by proving that Jesus is the Christ. -- acts 9:22 +. +Now after some days had passed, the Jews plotted together to kill him, -- acts 9:23 +. +but Saul learned of their plot against him. They were also watching the city gates day and night so that they could kill him. -- acts 9:24 +. +But his disciples took him at night and let him down through an opening in the wall by lowering him in a basket. -- acts 9:25 +. +When he arrived in Jerusalem, he attempted to associate with the disciples, and they were all afraid of him, because they did not believe that he was a disciple. -- acts 9:26 +. +But Barnabas took Saul, brought him to the apostles, and related to them how he had seen the Lord on the road, that the Lord had spoken to him, and how in Damascus he had spoken out boldly in the name of Jesus. -- acts 9:27 +. +So he was staying with them, associating openly with them in Jerusalem, speaking out boldly in the name of the Lord. -- acts 9:28 +. +He was speaking and debating with the Greek-speaking Jews, but they were trying to kill him. -- acts 9:29 +. +When the brothers found out about this, they brought him down to Caesarea and sent him away to Tarsus. -- acts 9:30 +. +Then the church throughout Judea, Galilee, and Samaria experienced peace and thus was strengthened. Living in the fear of the Lord and in the encouragement of the Holy Spirit, the church increased in numbers. -- acts 9:31 +. +Now as Peter was traveling around from place to place, he also came down to the saints who lived in Lydda. -- acts 9:32 +. +He found there a man named Aeneas who had been confined to a mattress for eight years because he was paralyzed. -- acts 9:33 +. +Peter said to him, "Aeneas, Jesus the Christ heals you. Get up and make your own bed!" And immediately he got up. -- acts 9:34 +. +All those who lived in Lydda and Sharon saw him, and they turned to the Lord. -- acts 9:35 +. +Now in Joppa there was a disciple named Tabitha (which in translation means Dorcas). She was continually doing good deeds and acts of charity. -- acts 9:36 +. +At that time she became sick and died. When they had washed her body, they placed it in an upstairs room. -- acts 9:37 +. +Because Lydda was near Joppa, when the disciples heard that Peter was there, they sent two men to him and urged him, "Come to us without delay." -- acts 9:38 +. +So Peter got up and went with them, and when he arrived they brought him to the upper room. All the widows stood beside him, crying and showing him the tunics and other clothing Dorcas used to make while she was with them. -- acts 9:39 +. +But Peter sent them all outside, knelt down, and prayed. Turning to the body, he said, "Tabitha, get up." Then she opened her eyes, and when she saw Peter, she sat up. -- acts 9:40 +. +He gave her his hand and helped her get up. Then he called the saints and widows and presented her alive. -- acts 9:41 +. +This became known throughout all Joppa, and many believed in the Lord. -- acts 9:42 +. +So Peter stayed many days in Joppa with a man named Simon, a tanner. -- acts 9:43 +. +Now there was a man in Caesarea named Cornelius, a centurion of what was known as the Italian Cohort. -- acts 10:1 +. +He was a devout, God-fearing man, as was all his household; he did many acts of charity for the people and prayed to God regularly. -- acts 10:2 +. +About three o'clock one afternoon he saw clearly in a vision an angel of God who came in and said to him, "Cornelius." -- acts 10:3 +. +Staring at him and becoming greatly afraid, Cornelius replied, "What is it, Lord?" The angel said to him, "Your prayers and your acts of charity have gone up as a memorial before God. -- acts 10:4 +. +Now send men to Joppa and summon a man named Simon, who is called Peter. -- acts 10:5 +. +This man is staying as a guest with a man named Simon, a tanner, whose house is by the sea." -- acts 10:6 +. +When the angel who had spoken to him departed, Cornelius called two of his personal servants and a devout soldier from among those who served him, -- acts 10:7 +. +and when he had explained everything to them, he sent them to Joppa. -- acts 10:8 +. +About noon the next day, while they were on their way and approaching the city, Peter went up on the roof to pray. -- acts 10:9 +. +He became hungry and wanted to eat, but while they were preparing the meal, a trance came over him. -- acts 10:10 +. +He saw heaven opened and an object something like a large sheet descending, being let down to earth by its four corners. -- acts 10:11 +. +In it were all kinds of four-footed animals and reptiles of the earth and wild birds. -- acts 10:12 +. +Then a voice said to him, "Get up, Peter; slaughter and eat!" -- acts 10:13 +. +But Peter said, "Certainly not, Lord, for I have never eaten anything defiled and ritually unclean!" -- acts 10:14 +. +The voice spoke to him again, a second time, "What God has made clean, you must not consider ritually unclean!" -- acts 10:15 +. +This happened three times, and immediately the object was taken up into heaven. -- acts 10:16 +. +Now while Peter was puzzling over what the vision he had seen could signify, the men sent by Cornelius had learned where Simon's house was and approached the gate. -- acts 10:17 +. +They called out to ask if Simon, known as Peter, was staying there as a guest. -- acts 10:18 +. +While Peter was still thinking seriously about the vision, the Spirit said to him, "Look! Three men are looking for you. -- acts 10:19 +. +But get up, go down, and accompany them without hesitation, because I have sent them." -- acts 10:20 +. +So Peter went down to the men and said, "Here I am, the person you're looking for. Why have you come?" -- acts 10:21 +. +They said, "Cornelius the centurion, a righteous and God-fearing man, well spoken of by the whole Jewish nation, was directed by a holy angel to summon you to his house and to hear a message from you." -- acts 10:22 +. +So Peter invited them in and entertained them as guests. On the next day he got up and set out with them, and some of the brothers from Joppa accompanied him. -- acts 10:23 +. +The following day he entered Caesarea. Now Cornelius was waiting anxiously for them and had called together his relatives and close friends. -- acts 10:24 +. +So when Peter came in, Cornelius met him, fell at his feet, and worshiped him. -- acts 10:25 +. +But Peter helped him up, saying, "Stand up. I too am a mere mortal." -- acts 10:26 +. +Peter continued talking with him as he went in, and he found many people gathered together. -- acts 10:27 +. +He said to them, "You know that it is unlawful for a Jew to associate with or visit a Gentile, yet God has shown me that I should call no person defiled or ritually unclean. -- acts 10:28 +. +Therefore when you sent for me, I came without any objection. Now may I ask why you sent for me?" -- acts 10:29 +. +Cornelius replied, "Four days ago at this very hour, at three o'clock in the afternoon, I was praying in my house, and suddenly a man in shining clothing stood before me -- acts 10:30 +. +and said, 'Cornelius, your prayer has been heard and your acts of charity have been remembered before God. -- acts 10:31 +. +Therefore send to Joppa and summon Simon, who is called Peter. This man is staying as a guest in the house of Simon the tanner, by the sea.' -- acts 10:32 +. +Therefore I sent for you at once, and you were kind enough to come. So now we are all here in the presence of God to listen to everything the Lord has commanded you to say to us." -- acts 10:33 +. +Then Peter started speaking: "I now truly understand that God does not show favoritism in dealing with people, -- acts 10:34 +. +but in every nation the person who fears him and does what is right is welcomed before him. -- acts 10:35 +. +You know the message he sent to the people of Israel, proclaiming the good news of peace through Jesus Christ (he is Lord of all) - -- acts 10:36 +. +you know what happened throughout Judea, beginning from Galilee after the baptism that John announced: -- acts 10:37 +. +with respect to Jesus from Nazareth, that God anointed him with the Holy Spirit and with power. He went around doing good and healing all who were oppressed by the devil, because God was with him. -- acts 10:38 +. +We are witnesses of all the things he did both in Judea and in Jerusalem. They killed him by hanging him on a tree, -- acts 10:39 +. +but God raised him up on the third day and caused him to be seen, -- acts 10:40 +. +not by all the people, but by us, the witnesses God had already chosen, who ate and drank with him after he rose from the dead. -- acts 10:41 +. +He commanded us to preach to the people and to warn them that he is the one appointed by God as judge of the living and the dead. -- acts 10:42 +. +About him all the prophets testify, that everyone who believes in him receives forgiveness of sins through his name." -- acts 10:43 +. +While Peter was still speaking these words, the Holy Spirit fell on all those who heard the message. -- acts 10:44 +. +The circumcised believers who had accompanied Peter were greatly astonished that the gift of the Holy Spirit had been poured out even on the Gentiles, -- acts 10:45 +. +for they heard them speaking in tongues and praising God. Then Peter said, -- acts 10:46 +. +"No one can withhold the water for these people to be baptized, who have received the Holy Spirit just as we did, can he?" -- acts 10:47 +. +So he gave orders to have them baptized in the name of Jesus Christ. Then they asked him to stay for several days. -- acts 10:48 +. +Now the apostles and the brothers who were throughout Judea heard that the Gentiles too had accepted the word of God. -- acts 11:1 +. +So when Peter went up to Jerusalem, the circumcised believers took issue with him, -- acts 11:2 +. +saying, "You went to uncircumcised men and shared a meal with them." -- acts 11:3 +. +But Peter began and explained it to them point by point, saying, -- acts 11:4 +. +"I was in the city of Joppa praying, and in a trance I saw a vision, an object something like a large sheet descending, being let down from heaven by its four corners, and it came to me. -- acts 11:5 +. +As I stared I looked into it and saw four-footed animals of the earth, wild animals, reptiles, and wild birds. -- acts 11:6 +. +I also heard a voice saying to me, 'Get up, Peter; slaughter and eat!' -- acts 11:7 +. +But I said, 'Certainly not, Lord, for nothing defiled or ritually unclean has ever entered my mouth!' -- acts 11:8 +. +But the voice replied a second time from heaven, 'What God has made clean, you must not consider ritually unclean!' -- acts 11:9 +. +This happened three times, and then everything was pulled up to heaven again. -- acts 11:10 +. +At that very moment, three men sent to me from Caesarea approached the house where we were staying. -- acts 11:11 +. +The Spirit told me to accompany them without hesitation. These six brothers also went with me, and we entered the man's house. -- acts 11:12 +. +He informed us how he had seen an angel standing in his house and saying, 'Send to Joppa and summon Simon, who is called Peter, -- acts 11:13 +. +who will speak a message to you by which you and your entire household will be saved.' -- acts 11:14 +. +Then as I began to speak, the Holy Spirit fell on them just as he did on us at the beginning. -- acts 11:15 +. +And I remembered the word of the Lord, as he used to say, 'John baptized with water, but you will be baptized with the Holy Spirit.' -- acts 11:16 +. +Therefore if God gave them the same gift as he also gave us after believing in the Lord Jesus Christ, who was I to hinder God?" -- acts 11:17 +. +When they heard this, they ceased their objections and praised God, saying, "So then, God has granted the repentance that leads to life even to the Gentiles." -- acts 11:18 +. +Now those who had been scattered because of the persecution that took place over Stephen went as far as Phoenicia, Cyprus, and Antioch, speaking the message to no one but Jews. -- acts 11:19 +. +But there were some men from Cyprus and Cyrene among them who came to Antioch and began to speak to the Greeks too, proclaiming the good news of the Lord Jesus. -- acts 11:20 +. +The hand of the Lord was with them, and a great number who believed turned to the Lord. -- acts 11:21 +. +A report about them came to the attention of the church in Jerusalem, and they sent Barnabas to Antioch. -- acts 11:22 +. +When he came and saw the grace of God, he rejoiced and encouraged them all to remain true to the Lord with devoted hearts, -- acts 11:23 +. +because he was a good man, full of the Holy Spirit and of faith, and a significant number of people were brought to the Lord. -- acts 11:24 +. +Then Barnabas departed for Tarsus to look for Saul, -- acts 11:25 +. +and when he found him, he brought him to Antioch. So for a whole year Barnabas and Saul met with the church and taught a significant number of people. Now it was in Antioch that the disciples were first called Christians. -- acts 11:26 +. +At that time some prophets came down from Jerusalem to Antioch. -- acts 11:27 +. +One of them, named Agabus, got up and predicted by the Spirit that a severe famine was about to come over the whole inhabited world. (This took place during the reign of Claudius.) -- acts 11:28 +. +So the disciples, each in accordance with his financial ability, decided to send relief to the brothers living in Judea. -- acts 11:29 +. +They did so, sending their financial aid to the elders by Barnabas and Saul. -- acts 11:30 +. +About that time King Herod laid hands on some from the church to harm them. -- acts 12:1 +. +He had James, the brother of John, executed with a sword. -- acts 12:2 +. +When he saw that this pleased the Jews, he proceeded to arrest Peter too. (This took place during the feast of Unleavened Bread.) -- acts 12:3 +. +When he had seized him, he put him in prison, handing him over to four squads of soldiers to guard him. Herod planned to bring him out for public trial after the Passover. -- acts 12:4 +. +So Peter was kept in prison, but those in the church were earnestly praying to God for him. -- acts 12:5 +. +On that very night before Herod was going to bring him out for trial, Peter was sleeping between two soldiers, bound with two chains, while guards in front of the door were keeping watch over the prison. -- acts 12:6 +. +Suddenly an angel of the Lord appeared, and a light shone in the prison cell. He struck Peter on the side and woke him up, saying, "Get up quickly!" And the chains fell off Peter's wrists. -- acts 12:7 +. +The angel said to him, "Fasten your belt and put on your sandals." Peter did so. Then the angel said to him, "Put on your cloak and follow me." -- acts 12:8 +. +Peter went out and followed him; he did not realize that what was happening through the angel was real, but thought he was seeing a vision. -- acts 12:9 +. +After they had passed the first and second guards, they came to the iron gate leading into the city. It opened for them by itself, and they went outside and walked down one narrow street, when at once the angel left him. -- acts 12:10 +. +When Peter came to himself, he said, "Now I know for certain that the Lord has sent his angel and rescued me from the hand of Herod and from everything the Jewish people were expecting to happen." -- acts 12:11 +. +When Peter realized this, he went to the house of Mary, the mother of John Mark, where many people had gathered together and were praying. -- acts 12:12 +. +When he knocked at the door of the outer gate, a slave girl named Rhoda answered. -- acts 12:13 +. +When she recognized Peter's voice, she was so overjoyed she did not open the gate, but ran back in and told them that Peter was standing at the gate. -- acts 12:14 +. +But they said to her, "You've lost your mind!" But she kept insisting that it was Peter, and they kept saying, "It is his angel!" -- acts 12:15 +. +Now Peter continued knocking, and when they opened the door and saw him, they were greatly astonished. -- acts 12:16 +. +He motioned to them with his hand to be quiet and then related how the Lord had brought him out of the prison. He said, "Tell James and the brothers these things," and then he left and went to another place. -- acts 12:17 +. +At daybreak there was great consternation among the soldiers over what had become of Peter. -- acts 12:18 +. +When Herod had searched for him and did not find him, he questioned the guards and commanded that they be led away to execution. Then Herod went down from Judea to Caesarea and stayed there. -- acts 12:19 +. +Now Herod was having an angry quarrel with the people of Tyre and Sidon. So they joined together and presented themselves before him. And after convincing Blastus, the king's personal assistant, to help them, they asked for peace, because their country's food supply was provided by the king's country. -- acts 12:20 +. +On a day determined in advance, Herod put on his royal robes, sat down on the judgment seat, and made a speech to them. -- acts 12:21 +. +But the crowd began to shout, "The voice of a god, and not of a man!" -- acts 12:22 +. +Immediately an angel of the Lord struck Herod down because he did not give the glory to God, and he was eaten by worms and died. -- acts 12:23 +. +But the word of God kept on increasing and multiplying. -- acts 12:24 +. +So Barnabas and Saul returned to Jerusalem when they had completed their mission, bringing along with them John Mark. -- acts 12:25 +. +Now there were these prophets and teachers in the church at Antioch: Barnabas, Simeon called Niger, Lucius the Cyrenian, Manaen (a close friend of Herod the tetrarch from childhood) and Saul. -- acts 13:1 +. +While they were serving the Lord and fasting, the Holy Spirit said, "Set apart for me Barnabas and Saul for the work to which I have called them." -- acts 13:2 +. +Then, after they had fasted and prayed and placed their hands on them, they sent them off. -- acts 13:3 +. +So Barnabas and Saul, sent out by the Holy Spirit, went down to Seleucia, and from there they sailed to Cyprus. -- acts 13:4 +. +When they arrived in Salamis, they began to proclaim the word of God in the Jewish synagogues. (Now they also had John as their assistant.) -- acts 13:5 +. +When they had crossed over the whole island as far as Paphos, they found a magician, a Jewish false prophet named Bar-Jesus, -- acts 13:6 +. +who was with the proconsul Sergius Paulus, an intelligent man. The proconsul summoned Barnabas and Saul and wanted to hear the word of God. -- acts 13:7 +. +But the magician Elymas (for that is the way his name is translated) opposed them, trying to turn the proconsul away from the faith. -- acts 13:8 +. +But Saul (also known as Paul), filled with the Holy Spirit, stared straight at him -- acts 13:9 +. +and said, "You who are full of all deceit and all wrongdoing, you son of the devil, you enemy of all righteousness - will you not stop making crooked the straight paths of the Lord? -- acts 13:10 +. +Now look, the hand of the Lord is against you, and you will be blind, unable to see the sun for a time!" Immediately mistiness and darkness came over him, and he went around seeking people to lead him by the hand. -- acts 13:11 +. +Then when the proconsul saw what had happened, he believed, because he was greatly astounded at the teaching about the Lord. -- acts 13:12 +. +Then Paul and his companions put out to sea from Paphos and came to Perga in Pamphylia, but John left them and returned to Jerusalem. -- acts 13:13 +. +Moving on from Perga, they arrived at Pisidian Antioch, and on the Sabbath day they went into the synagogue and sat down. -- acts 13:14 +. +After the reading from the law and the prophets, the leaders of the synagogue sent them a message, saying, "Brothers, if you have any message of exhortation for the people, speak it." -- acts 13:15 +. +So Paul stood up, gestured with his hand and said, "Men of Israel, and you Gentiles who fear God, listen: -- acts 13:16 +. +The God of this people Israel chose our ancestors and made the people great during their stay as foreigners in the country of Egypt, and with uplifted arm he led them out of it. -- acts 13:17 +. +For a period of about forty years he put up with them in the wilderness. -- acts 13:18 +. +After he had destroyed seven nations in the land of Canaan, he gave his people their land as an inheritance. -- acts 13:19 +. +All this took about four hundred fifty years. After this he gave them judges until the time of Samuel the prophet. -- acts 13:20 +. +Then they asked for a king, and God gave them Saul son of Kish, a man from the tribe of Benjamin, who ruled forty years. -- acts 13:21 +. +After removing him, God raised up David their king. He testified about him: 'I have found David the son of Jesse to be a man after my heart, who will accomplish everything I want him to do.' -- acts 13:22 +. +From the descendants of this man God brought to Israel a Savior, Jesus, just as he promised. -- acts 13:23 +. +Before Jesus arrived, John had proclaimed a baptism for repentance to all the people of Israel. -- acts 13:24 +. +But while John was completing his mission, he said repeatedly, 'What do you think I am? I am not he. But look, one is coming after me. I am not worthy to untie the sandals on his feet!' -- acts 13:25 +. +Brothers, descendants of Abraham's family, and those Gentiles among you who fear God, the message of this salvation has been sent to us. -- acts 13:26 +. +For the people who live in Jerusalem and their rulers did not recognize him, and they fulfilled the sayings of the prophets that are read every Sabbath by condemning him. -- acts 13:27 +. +Though they found no basis for a death sentence, they asked Pilate to have him executed. -- acts 13:28 +. +When they had accomplished everything that was written about him, they took him down from the cross and placed him in a tomb. -- acts 13:29 +. +But God raised him from the dead, -- acts 13:30 +. +and for many days he appeared to those who had accompanied him from Galilee to Jerusalem. These are now his witnesses to the people. -- acts 13:31 +. +And we proclaim to you the good news about the promise to our ancestors, -- acts 13:32 +. +that this promise God has fulfilled to us, their children, by raising Jesus, as also it is written in the second psalm, 'You are my Son; today I have fathered you.' -- acts 13:33 +. +But regarding the fact that he has raised Jesus from the dead, never again to be in a state of decay, God has spoken in this way: 'I will give you the holy and trustworthy promises made to David.' -- acts 13:34 +. +Therefore he also says in another psalm, 'You will not permit your Holy One to experience decay.' -- acts 13:35 +. +For David, after he had served God's purpose in his own generation, died, was buried with his ancestors, and experienced decay, -- acts 13:36 +. +but the one whom God raised up did not experience decay. -- acts 13:37 +. +Therefore let it be known to you, brothers, that through this one forgiveness of sins is proclaimed to you, -- acts 13:38 +. +and by this one everyone who believes is justified from everything from which the law of Moses could not justify you. -- acts 13:39 +. +Watch out, then, that what is spoken about by the prophets does not happen to you: -- acts 13:40 +. +'Look, you scoffers; be amazed and perish! For I am doing a work in your days, a work you would never believe, even if someone tells you.'" -- acts 13:41 +. +As Paul and Barnabas were going out, the people were urging them to speak about these things on the next Sabbath. -- acts 13:42 +. +When the meeting of the synagogue had broken up, many of the Jews and God-fearing proselytes followed Paul and Barnabas, who were speaking with them and were persuading them to continue in the grace of God. -- acts 13:43 +. +On the next Sabbath almost the whole city assembled together to hear the word of the Lord. -- acts 13:44 +. +But when the Jews saw the crowds, they were filled with jealousy, and they began to contradict what Paul was saying by reviling him. -- acts 13:45 +. +Both Paul and Barnabas replied courageously, "It was necessary to speak the word of God to you first. Since you reject it and do not consider yourselves worthy of eternal life, we are turning to the Gentiles. -- acts 13:46 +. +For this is what the Lord has commanded us: 'I have appointed you to be a light for the Gentiles, to bring salvation to the ends of the earth.'" -- acts 13:47 +. +When the Gentiles heard this, they began to rejoice and praise the word of the Lord, and all who had been appointed for eternal life believed. -- acts 13:48 +. +So the word of the Lord was spreading through the entire region. -- acts 13:49 +. +But the Jews incited the God-fearing women of high social standing and the prominent men of the city, stirred up persecution against Paul and Barnabas, and threw them out of their region. -- acts 13:50 +. +So after they shook the dust off their feet in protest against them, they went to Iconium. -- acts 13:51 +. +And the disciples were filled with joy and with the Holy Spirit. -- acts 13:52 +. +The same thing happened in Iconium when Paul and Barnabas went into the Jewish synagogue and spoke in such a way that a large group of both Jews and Greeks believed. -- acts 14:1 +. +But the Jews who refused to believe stirred up the Gentiles and poisoned their minds against the brothers. -- acts 14:2 +. +So they stayed there for a considerable time, speaking out courageously for the Lord, who testified to the message of his grace, granting miraculous signs and wonders to be performed through their hands. -- acts 14:3 +. +But the population of the city was divided; some sided with the Jews, and some with the apostles. -- acts 14:4 +. +When both the Gentiles and the Jews (together with their rulers) made an attempt to mistreat them and stone them, -- acts 14:5 +. +Paul and Barnabas learned about it and fled to the Lycaonian cities of Lystra and Derbe and the surrounding region. -- acts 14:6 +. +There they continued to proclaim the good news. -- acts 14:7 +. +In Lystra sat a man who could not use his feet, lame from birth, who had never walked. -- acts 14:8 +. +This man was listening to Paul as he was speaking. When Paul stared intently at him and saw he had faith to be healed, -- acts 14:9 +. +he said with a loud voice, "Stand upright on your feet." And the man leaped up and began walking. -- acts 14:10 +. +So when the crowds saw what Paul had done, they shouted in the Lycaonian language, "The gods have come down to us in human form!" -- acts 14:11 +. +They began to call Barnabas Zeus and Paul Hermes, because he was the chief speaker. -- acts 14:12 +. +The priest of the temple of Zeus, located just outside the city, brought bulls and garlands to the city gates; he and the crowds wanted to offer sacrifices to them. -- acts 14:13 +. +But when the apostles Barnabas and Paul heard about it, they tore their clothes and rushed out into the crowd, shouting, -- acts 14:14 +. +"Men, why are you doing these things? We too are men, with human natures just like you! We are proclaiming the good news to you, so that you should turn from these worthless things to the living God, who made the heaven, the earth, the sea, and everything that is in them. -- acts 14:15 +. +In past generations he allowed all the nations to go their own ways, -- acts 14:16 +. +yet he did not leave himself without a witness by doing good, by giving you rain from heaven and fruitful seasons, satisfying you with food and your hearts with joy." -- acts 14:17 +. +Even by saying these things, they scarcely persuaded the crowds not to offer sacrifice to them. -- acts 14:18 +. +But Jews came from Antioch and Iconium, and after winning the crowds over, they stoned Paul and dragged him out of the city, presuming him to be dead. -- acts 14:19 +. +But after the disciples had surrounded him, he got up and went back into the city. On the next day he left with Barnabas for Derbe. -- acts 14:20 +. +After they had proclaimed the good news in that city and made many disciples, they returned to Lystra, to Iconium, and to Antioch. -- acts 14:21 +. +They strengthened the souls of the disciples and encouraged them to continue in the faith, saying, "We must enter the kingdom of God through many persecutions." -- acts 14:22 +. +When they had appointed elders for them in the various churches, with prayer and fasting they entrusted them to the protection of the Lord in whom they had believed. -- acts 14:23 +. +Then they passed through Pisidia and came into Pamphylia, -- acts 14:24 +. +and when they had spoken the word in Perga, they went down to Attalia. -- acts 14:25 +. +From there they sailed back to Antioch, where they had been commended to the grace of God for the work they had now completed. -- acts 14:26 +. +When they arrived and gathered the church together, they reported all the things God had done with them, and that he had opened a door of faith for the Gentiles. -- acts 14:27 +. +So they spent considerable time with the disciples. -- acts 14:28 +. +Now some men came down from Judea and began to teach the brothers, "Unless you are circumcised according to the custom of Moses, you cannot be saved." -- acts 15:1 +. +When Paul and Barnabas had a major argument and debate with them, the church appointed Paul and Barnabas and some others from among them to go up to meet with the apostles and elders in Jerusalem about this point of disagreement. -- acts 15:2 +. +So they were sent on their way by the church, and as they passed through both Phoenicia and Samaria, they were relating at length the conversion of the Gentiles and bringing great joy to all the brothers. -- acts 15:3 +. +When they arrived in Jerusalem, they were received by the church and the apostles and the elders, and they reported all the things God had done with them. -- acts 15:4 +. +But some from the religious party of the Pharisees who had believed stood up and said, "It is necessary to circumcise the Gentiles and to order them to observe the law of Moses." -- acts 15:5 +. +Both the apostles and the elders met together to deliberate about this matter. -- acts 15:6 +. +After there had been much debate, Peter stood up and said to them, "Brothers, you know that some time ago God chose me to preach to the Gentiles so they would hear the message of the gospel and believe. -- acts 15:7 +. +And God, who knows the heart, has testified to them by giving them the Holy Spirit just as he did to us, -- acts 15:8 +. +and he made no distinction between them and us, cleansing their hearts by faith. -- acts 15:9 +. +So now why are you putting God to the test by placing on the neck of the disciples a yoke that neither our ancestors nor we have been able to bear? -- acts 15:10 +. +On the contrary, we believe that we are saved through the grace of the Lord Jesus, in the same way as they are." -- acts 15:11 +. +The whole group kept quiet and listened to Barnabas and Paul while they explained all the miraculous signs and wonders God had done among the Gentiles through them. -- acts 15:12 +. +After they stopped speaking, James replied, "Brothers, listen to me. -- acts 15:13 +. +Simeon has explained how God first concerned himself to select from among the Gentiles a people for his name. -- acts 15:14 +. +The words of the prophets agree with this, as it is written, -- acts 15:15 +. +'After this I will return, and I will rebuild the fallen tent of David; I will rebuild its ruins and restore it, -- acts 15:16 +. +so that the rest of humanity may seek the Lord, namely, all the Gentiles I have called to be my own,' says the Lord, who makes these things -- acts 15:17 +. +known from long ago. -- acts 15:18 +. +"Therefore I conclude that we should not cause extra difficulty for those among the Gentiles who are turning to God, -- acts 15:19 +. +but that we should write them a letter telling them to abstain from things defiled by idols and from sexual immorality and from what has been strangled and from blood. -- acts 15:20 +. +For Moses has had those who proclaim him in every town from ancient times, because he is read aloud in the synagogues every Sabbath." -- acts 15:21 +. +Then the apostles and elders, with the whole church, decided to send men chosen from among them, Judas called Barsabbas and Silas, leaders among the brothers, to Antioch with Paul and Barnabas. -- acts 15:22 +. +They sent this letter with them: From the apostles and elders, your brothers, to the Gentile brothers and sisters in Antioch, Syria, and Cilicia, greetings! -- acts 15:23 +. +Since we have heard that some have gone out from among us with no orders from us and have confused you, upsetting your minds by what they said, -- acts 15:24 +. +we have unanimously decided to choose men to send to you along with our dear friends Barnabas and Paul, -- acts 15:25 +. +who have risked their lives for the name of our Lord Jesus Christ. -- acts 15:26 +. +Therefore we are sending Judas and Silas who will tell you these things themselves in person. -- acts 15:27 +. +For it seemed best to the Holy Spirit and to us not to place any greater burden on you than these necessary rules: -- acts 15:28 +. +that you abstain from meat that has been sacrificed to idols and from blood and from what has been strangled and from sexual immorality. If you keep yourselves from doing these things, you will do well. Farewell. -- acts 15:29 +. +So when they were dismissed, they went down to Antioch, and after gathering the entire group together, they delivered the letter. -- acts 15:30 +. +When they read it aloud, the people rejoiced at its encouragement. -- acts 15:31 +. +Both Judas and Silas, who were prophets themselves, encouraged and strengthened the brothers with a long speech. -- acts 15:32 +. +After they had spent some time there, they were sent off in peace by the brothers to those who had sent them. -- acts 15:33 +. +[[EMPTY]] -- acts 15:34 +. +But Paul and Barnabas remained in Antioch, teaching and proclaiming (along with many others) the word of the Lord. -- acts 15:35 +. +After some days Paul said to Barnabas, "Let's return and visit the brothers in every town where we proclaimed the word of the Lord to see how they are doing." -- acts 15:36 +. +Barnabas wanted to bring John called Mark along with them too, -- acts 15:37 +. +but Paul insisted that they should not take along this one who had left them in Pamphylia and had not accompanied them in the work. -- acts 15:38 +. +They had a sharp disagreement, so that they parted company. Barnabas took along Mark and sailed away to Cyprus, -- acts 15:39 +. +but Paul chose Silas and set out, commended to the grace of the Lord by the brothers and sisters. -- acts 15:40 +. +He passed through Syria and Cilicia, strengthening the churches. -- acts 15:41 +. +He also came to Derbe and to Lystra. A disciple named Timothy was there, the son of a Jewish woman who was a believer, but whose father was a Greek. -- acts 16:1 +. +The brothers in Lystra and Iconium spoke well of him. -- acts 16:2 +. +Paul wanted Timothy to accompany him, and he took him and circumcised him because of the Jews who were in those places, for they all knew that his father was Greek. -- acts 16:3 +. +As they went through the towns, they passed on the decrees that had been decided on by the apostles and elders in Jerusalem for the Gentile believers to obey. -- acts 16:4 +. +So the churches were being strengthened in the faith and were increasing in number every day. -- acts 16:5 +. +They went through the region of Phrygia and Galatia, having been prevented by the Holy Spirit from speaking the message in the province of Asia. -- acts 16:6 +. +When they came to Mysia, they attempted to go into Bithynia, but the Spirit of Jesus did not allow them to do this, -- acts 16:7 +. +so they passed through Mysia and went down to Troas. -- acts 16:8 +. +A vision appeared to Paul during the night: A Macedonian man was standing there urging him, "Come over to Macedonia and help us!" -- acts 16:9 +. +After Paul saw the vision, we attempted immediately to go over to Macedonia, concluding that God had called us to proclaim the good news to them. -- acts 16:10 +. +We put out to sea from Troas and sailed a straight course to Samothrace, the next day to Neapolis, -- acts 16:11 +. +and from there to Philippi, which is a leading city of that district of Macedonia, a Roman colony. We stayed in this city for some days. -- acts 16:12 +. +On the Sabbath day we went outside the city gate to the side of the river, where we thought there would be a place of prayer, and we sat down and began to speak to the women who had assembled there. -- acts 16:13 +. +A woman named Lydia, a dealer in purple cloth from the city of Thyatira, a God-fearing woman, listened to us. The Lord opened her heart to respond to what Paul was saying. -- acts 16:14 +. +After she and her household were baptized, she urged us, "If you consider me to be a believer in the Lord, come and stay in my house." And she persuaded us. -- acts 16:15 +. +Now as we were going to the place of prayer, a slave girl met us who had a spirit that enabled her to foretell the future by supernatural means. She brought her owners a great profit by fortune-telling. -- acts 16:16 +. +She followed behind Paul and us and kept crying out, "These men are servants of the Most High God, who are proclaiming to you the way of salvation." -- acts 16:17 +. +She continued to do this for many days. But Paul became greatly annoyed, and turned and said to the spirit, "I command you in the name of Jesus Christ to come out of her!" And it came out of her at once. -- acts 16:18 +. +But when her owners saw their hope of profit was gone, they seized Paul and Silas and dragged them into the marketplace before the authorities. -- acts 16:19 +. +When they had brought them before the magistrates, they said, "These men are throwing our city into confusion. They are Jews -- acts 16:20 +. +and are advocating customs that are not lawful for us to accept or practice, since we are Romans." -- acts 16:21 +. +The crowd joined the attack against them, and the magistrates tore the clothes off Paul and Silas and ordered them to be beaten with rods. -- acts 16:22 +. +After they had beaten them severely, they threw them into prison and commanded the jailer to guard them securely. -- acts 16:23 +. +Receiving such orders, he threw them in the inner cell and fastened their feet in the stocks. -- acts 16:24 +. +About midnight Paul and Silas were praying and singing hymns to God, and the rest of the prisoners were listening to them. -- acts 16:25 +. +Suddenly a great earthquake occurred, so that the foundations of the prison were shaken. Immediately all the doors flew open, and the bonds of all the prisoners came loose. -- acts 16:26 +. +When the jailer woke up and saw the doors of the prison standing open, he drew his sword and was about to kill himself, because he assumed the prisoners had escaped. -- acts 16:27 +. +But Paul called out loudly, "Do not harm yourself, for we are all here!" -- acts 16:28 +. +Calling for lights, the jailer rushed in and fell down trembling at the feet of Paul and Silas. -- acts 16:29 +. +Then he brought them outside and asked, "Sirs, what must I do to be saved?" -- acts 16:30 +. +They replied, "Believe in the Lord Jesus and you will be saved, you and your household." -- acts 16:31 +. +Then they spoke the word of the Lord to him, along with all those who were in his house. -- acts 16:32 +. +At that hour of the night he took them and washed their wounds; then he and all his family were baptized right away. -- acts 16:33 +. +The jailer brought them into his house and set food before them, and he rejoiced greatly that he had come to believe in God, together with his entire household. -- acts 16:34 +. +At daybreak the magistrates sent their police officers, saying, "Release those men." -- acts 16:35 +. +The jailer reported these words to Paul, saying, "The magistrates have sent orders to release you. So come out now and go in peace." -- acts 16:36 +. +But Paul said to the police officers, "They had us beaten in public without a proper trial - even though we are Roman citizens - and they threw us in prison. And now they want to send us away secretly? Absolutely not! They themselves must come and escort us out!" -- acts 16:37 +. +The police officers reported these words to the magistrates. They were frightened when they heard Paul and Silas were Roman citizens -- acts 16:38 +. +and came and apologized to them. After they brought them out, they asked them repeatedly to leave the city. -- acts 16:39 +. +When they came out of the prison, they entered Lydia's house, and when they saw the brothers, they encouraged them and then departed. -- acts 16:40 +. +After they traveled through Amphipolis and Apollonia, they came to Thessalonica, where there was a Jewish synagogue. -- acts 17:1 +. +Paul went to the Jews in the synagogue, as he customarily did, and on three Sabbath days he addressed them from the scriptures, -- acts 17:2 +. +explaining and demonstrating that the Christ had to suffer and to rise from the dead, saying, "This Jesus I am proclaiming to you is the Christ." -- acts 17:3 +. +Some of them were persuaded and joined Paul and Silas, along with a large group of God-fearing Greeks and quite a few prominent women. -- acts 17:4 +. +But the Jews became jealous, and gathering together some worthless men from the rabble in the marketplace, they formed a mob and set the city in an uproar. They attacked Jason's house, trying to find Paul and Silas to bring them out to the assembly. -- acts 17:5 +. +When they did not find them, they dragged Jason and some of the brothers before the city officials, screaming, "These people who have stirred up trouble throughout the world have come here too, -- acts 17:6 +. +and Jason has welcomed them as guests! They are all acting against Caesar's decrees, saying there is another king named Jesus!" -- acts 17:7 +. +They caused confusion among the crowd and the city officials who heard these things. -- acts 17:8 +. +After the city officials had received bail from Jason and the others, they released them. -- acts 17:9 +. +The brothers sent Paul and Silas off to Berea at once, during the night. When they arrived, they went to the Jewish synagogue. -- acts 17:10 +. +These Jews were more open-minded than those in Thessalonica, for they eagerly received the message, examining the scriptures carefully every day to see if these things were so. -- acts 17:11 +. +Therefore many of them believed, along with quite a few prominent Greek women and men. -- acts 17:12 +. +But when the Jews from Thessalonica heard that Paul had also proclaimed the word of God in Berea, they came there too, inciting and disturbing the crowds. -- acts 17:13 +. +Then the brothers sent Paul away to the coast at once, but Silas and Timothy remained in Berea. -- acts 17:14 +. +Those who accompanied Paul escorted him as far as Athens, and after receiving an order for Silas and Timothy to come to him as soon as possible, they left. -- acts 17:15 +. +While Paul was waiting for them in Athens, his spirit was greatly upset because he saw the city was full of idols. -- acts 17:16 +. +So he was addressing the Jews and the God-fearing Gentiles in the synagogue, and in the marketplace every day those who happened to be there. -- acts 17:17 +. +Also some of the Epicurean and Stoic philosophers were conversing with him, and some were asking, "What does this foolish babbler want to say?" Others said, "He seems to be a proclaimer of foreign gods." (They said this because he was proclaiming the good news about Jesus and the resurrection.) -- acts 17:18 +. +So they took Paul and brought him to the Areopagus, saying, "May we know what this new teaching is that you are proclaiming? -- acts 17:19 +. +For you are bringing some surprising things to our ears, so we want to know what they mean." -- acts 17:20 +. +(All the Athenians and the foreigners who lived there used to spend their time in nothing else than telling or listening to something new.) -- acts 17:21 +. +So Paul stood before the Areopagus and said, "Men of Athens, I see that you are very religious in all respects. -- acts 17:22 +. +For as I went around and observed closely your objects of worship, I even found an altar with this inscription: 'To an unknown god.' Therefore what you worship without knowing it, this I proclaim to you. -- acts 17:23 +. +The God who made the world and everything in it, who is Lord of heaven and earth, does not live in temples made by human hands, -- acts 17:24 +. +nor is he served by human hands, as if he needed anything, because he himself gives life and breath and everything to everyone. -- acts 17:25 +. +From one man he made every nation of the human race to inhabit the entire earth, determining their set times and the fixed limits of the places where they would live, -- acts 17:26 +. +so that they would search for God and perhaps grope around for him and find him, though he is not far from each one of us. -- acts 17:27 +. +For in him we live and move about and exist, as even some of your own poets have said, 'For we too are his offspring.' -- acts 17:28 +. +So since we are God's offspring, we should not think the deity is like gold or silver or stone, an image made by human skill and imagination. -- acts 17:29 +. +Therefore, although God has overlooked such times of ignorance, he now commands all people everywhere to repent, -- acts 17:30 +. +because he has set a day on which he is going to judge the world in righteousness, by a man whom he designated, having provided proof to everyone by raising him from the dead." -- acts 17:31 +. +Now when they heard about the resurrection from the dead, some began to scoff, but others said, "We will hear you again about this." -- acts 17:32 +. +So Paul left the Areopagus. -- acts 17:33 +. +But some people joined him and believed. Among them were Dionysius, who was a member of the Areopagus, a woman named Damaris, and others with them. -- acts 17:34 +. +After this Paul departed from Athens and went to Corinth. -- acts 18:1 +. +There he found a Jew named Aquila, a native of Pontus, who had recently come from Italy with his wife Priscilla, because Claudius had ordered all the Jews to depart from Rome. Paul approached them, -- acts 18:2 +. +and because he worked at the same trade, he stayed with them and worked with them (for they were tentmakers by trade). -- acts 18:3 +. +He addressed both Jews and Greeks in the synagogue every Sabbath, attempting to persuade them. -- acts 18:4 +. +Now when Silas and Timothy arrived from Macedonia, Paul became wholly absorbed with proclaiming the word, testifying to the Jews that Jesus was the Christ. -- acts 18:5 +. +When they opposed him and reviled him, he protested by shaking out his clothes and said to them, "Your blood be on your own heads! I am guiltless! From now on I will go to the Gentiles!" -- acts 18:6 +. +Then Paul left the synagogue and went to the house of a person named Titius Justus, a Gentile who worshiped God, whose house was next door to the synagogue. -- acts 18:7 +. +Crispus, the president of the synagogue, believed in the Lord together with his entire household, and many of the Corinthians who heard about it believed and were baptized. -- acts 18:8 +. +The Lord said to Paul by a vision in the night, "Do not be afraid, but speak and do not be silent, -- acts 18:9 +. +because I am with you, and no one will assault you to harm you, because I have many people in this city." -- acts 18:10 +. +So he stayed there a year and six months, teaching the word of God among them. -- acts 18:11 +. +Now while Gallio was proconsul of Achaia, the Jews attacked Paul together and brought him before the judgment seat, -- acts 18:12 +. +saying, "This man is persuading people to worship God in a way contrary to the law!" -- acts 18:13 +. +But just as Paul was about to speak, Gallio said to the Jews, "If it were a matter of some crime or serious piece of villainy, I would have been justified in accepting the complaint of you Jews, -- acts 18:14 +. +but since it concerns points of disagreement about words and names and your own law, settle it yourselves. I will not be a judge of these things!" -- acts 18:15 +. +Then he had them forced away from the judgment seat. -- acts 18:16 +. +So they all seized Sosthenes, the president of the synagogue, and began to beat him in front of the judgment seat. Yet none of these things were of any concern to Gallio. -- acts 18:17 +. +Paul, after staying many more days in Corinth, said farewell to the brothers and sailed away to Syria accompanied by Priscilla and Aquila. He had his hair cut off at Cenchrea because he had made a vow. -- acts 18:18 +. +When they reached Ephesus, Paul left Priscilla and Aquila behind there, but he himself went into the synagogue and addressed the Jews. -- acts 18:19 +. +When they asked him to stay longer, he would not consent, -- acts 18:20 +. +but said farewell to them and added, "I will come back to you again if God wills." Then he set sail from Ephesus, -- acts 18:21 +. +and when he arrived at Caesarea, he went up and greeted the church at Jerusalem and then went down to Antioch. -- acts 18:22 +. +After he spent some time there, Paul left and went through the region of Galatia and Phrygia, strengthening all the disciples. -- acts 18:23 +. +Now a Jew named Apollos, a native of Alexandria, arrived in Ephesus. He was an eloquent speaker, well-versed in the scriptures. -- acts 18:24 +. +He had been instructed in the way of the Lord, and with great enthusiasm he spoke and taught accurately the facts about Jesus, although he knew only the baptism of John. -- acts 18:25 +. +He began to speak out fearlessly in the synagogue, but when Priscilla and Aquila heard him, they took him aside and explained the way of God to him more accurately. -- acts 18:26 +. +When Apollos wanted to cross over to Achaia, the brothers encouraged him and wrote to the disciples to welcome him. When he arrived, he assisted greatly those who had believed by grace, -- acts 18:27 +. +for he refuted the Jews vigorously in public debate, demonstrating from the scriptures that the Christ was Jesus. -- acts 18:28 +. +While Apollos was in Corinth, Paul went through the inland regions and came to Ephesus. He found some disciples there -- acts 19:1 +. +and said to them, "Did you receive the Holy Spirit when you believed?" They replied, "No, we have not even heard that there is a Holy Spirit." -- acts 19:2 +. +So Paul said, "Into what then were you baptized?" "Into John's baptism," they replied. -- acts 19:3 +. +Paul said, "John baptized with a baptism of repentance, telling the people to believe in the one who was to come after him, that is, in Jesus." -- acts 19:4 +. +When they heard this, they were baptized in the name of the Lord Jesus, -- acts 19:5 +. +and when Paul placed his hands on them, the Holy Spirit came upon them, and they began to speak in tongues and to prophesy. -- acts 19:6 +. +(Now there were about twelve men in all.) -- acts 19:7 +. +So Paul entered the synagogue and spoke out fearlessly for three months, addressing and convincing them about the kingdom of God. -- acts 19:8 +. +But when some were stubborn and refused to believe, reviling the Way before the congregation, he left them and took the disciples with him, addressing them every day in the lecture hall of Tyrannus. -- acts 19:9 +. +This went on for two years, so that all who lived in the province of Asia, both Jews and Greeks, heard the word of the Lord. -- acts 19:10 +. +God was performing extraordinary miracles by Paul's hands, -- acts 19:11 +. +so that when even handkerchiefs or aprons that had touched his body were brought to the sick, their diseases left them and the evil spirits went out of them. -- acts 19:12 +. +But some itinerant Jewish exorcists tried to invoke the name of the Lord Jesus over those who were possessed by evil spirits, saying, "I sternly warn you by Jesus whom Paul preaches." -- acts 19:13 +. +(Now seven sons of a man named Sceva, a Jewish high priest, were doing this.) -- acts 19:14 +. +But the evil spirit replied to them, "I know about Jesus and I am acquainted with Paul, but who are you?" -- acts 19:15 +. +Then the man who was possessed by the evil spirit jumped on them and beat them all into submission. He prevailed against them so that they fled from that house naked and wounded. -- acts 19:16 +. +This became known to all who lived in Ephesus, both Jews and Greeks; fear came over them all, and the name of the Lord Jesus was praised. -- acts 19:17 +. +Many of those who had believed came forward, confessing and making their deeds known. -- acts 19:18 +. +Large numbers of those who had practiced magic collected their books and burned them up in the presence of everyone. When the value of the books was added up, it was found to total fifty thousand silver coins. -- acts 19:19 +. +In this way the word of the Lord continued to grow in power and to prevail. -- acts 19:20 +. +Now after all these things had taken place, Paul resolved to go to Jerusalem, passing through Macedonia and Achaia. He said, "After I have been there, I must also see Rome." -- acts 19:21 +. +So after sending two of his assistants, Timothy and Erastus, to Macedonia, he himself stayed on for a while in the province of Asia. -- acts 19:22 +. +At that time a great disturbance took place concerning the Way. -- acts 19:23 +. +For a man named Demetrius, a silversmith who made silver shrines of Artemis, brought a great deal of business to the craftsmen. -- acts 19:24 +. +He gathered these together, along with the workmen in similar trades, and said, "Men, you know that our prosperity comes from this business. -- acts 19:25 +. +And you see and hear that this Paul has persuaded and turned away a large crowd, not only in Ephesus but in practically all of the province of Asia, by saying that gods made by hands are not gods at all. -- acts 19:26 +. +There is danger not only that this business of ours will come into disrepute, but also that the temple of the great goddess Artemis will be regarded as nothing, and she whom all the province of Asia and the world worship will suffer the loss of her greatness." -- acts 19:27 +. +When they heard this they became enraged and began to shout, "Great is Artemis of the Ephesians!" -- acts 19:28 +. +The city was filled with the uproar, and the crowd rushed to the theater together, dragging with them Gaius and Aristarchus, the Macedonians who were Paul's traveling companions. -- acts 19:29 +. +But when Paul wanted to enter the public assembly, the disciples would not let him. -- acts 19:30 +. +Even some of the provincial authorities who were his friends sent a message to him, urging him not to venture into the theater. -- acts 19:31 +. +So then some were shouting one thing, some another, for the assembly was in confusion, and most of them did not know why they had met together. -- acts 19:32 +. +Some of the crowd concluded it was about Alexander because the Jews had pushed him to the front. Alexander, gesturing with his hand, was wanting to make a defense before the public assembly. -- acts 19:33 +. +But when they recognized that he was a Jew, they all shouted in unison, "Great is Artemis of the Ephesians!" for about two hours. -- acts 19:34 +. +After the city secretary quieted the crowd, he said, "Men of Ephesus, what person is there who does not know that the city of the Ephesians is the keeper of the temple of the great Artemis and of her image that fell from heaven? -- acts 19:35 +. +So because these facts are indisputable, you must keep quiet and not do anything reckless. -- acts 19:36 +. +For you have brought these men here who are neither temple robbers nor blasphemers of our goddess. -- acts 19:37 +. +If then Demetrius and the craftsmen who are with him have a complaint against someone, the courts are open and there are proconsuls; let them bring charges against one another there. -- acts 19:38 +. +But if you want anything in addition, it will have to be settled in a legal assembly. -- acts 19:39 +. +For we are in danger of being charged with rioting today, since there is no cause we can give to explain this disorderly gathering." -- acts 19:40 +. +After he had said this, he dismissed the assembly. -- acts 19:41 +. +After the disturbance had ended, Paul sent for the disciples, and after encouraging them and saying farewell, he left to go to Macedonia. -- acts 20:1 +. +After he had gone through those regions and spoken many words of encouragement to the believers there, he came to Greece, -- acts 20:2 +. +where he stayed for three months. Because the Jews had made a plot against him as he was intending to sail for Syria, he decided to return through Macedonia. -- acts 20:3 +. +Paul was accompanied by Sopater son of Pyrrhus from Berea, Aristarchus and Secundus from Thessalonica, Gaius from Derbe, and Timothy, as well as Tychicus and Trophimus from the province of Asia. -- acts 20:4 +. +These had gone on ahead and were waiting for us in Troas. -- acts 20:5 +. +We sailed away from Philippi after the days of Unleavened Bread, and within five days we came to the others in Troas, where we stayed for seven days. -- acts 20:6 +. +On the first day of the week, when we met to break bread, Paul began to speak to the people, and because he intended to leave the next day, he extended his message until midnight. -- acts 20:7 +. +(Now there were many lamps in the upstairs room where we were meeting.) -- acts 20:8 +. +A young man named Eutychus, who was sitting in the window, was sinking into a deep sleep while Paul continued to speak for a long time. Fast asleep, he fell down from the third story and was picked up dead. -- acts 20:9 +. +But Paul went down, threw himself on the young man, put his arms around him, and said, "Do not be distressed, for he is still alive!" -- acts 20:10 +. +Then Paul went back upstairs, and after he had broken bread and eaten, he talked with them a long time, until dawn. Then he left. -- acts 20:11 +. +They took the boy home alive and were greatly comforted. -- acts 20:12 +. +We went on ahead to the ship and put out to sea for Assos, intending to take Paul aboard there, for he had arranged it this way. He himself was intending to go there by land. -- acts 20:13 +. +When he met us in Assos, we took him aboard and went to Mitylene. -- acts 20:14 +. +We set sail from there, and on the following day we arrived off Chios. The next day we approached Samos, and the day after that we arrived at Miletus. -- acts 20:15 +. +For Paul had decided to sail past Ephesus so as not to spend time in the province of Asia, for he was hurrying to arrive in Jerusalem, if possible, by the day of Pentecost. -- acts 20:16 +. +From Miletus he sent a message to Ephesus, telling the elders of the church to come to him. -- acts 20:17 +. +When they arrived, he said to them, "You yourselves know how I lived the whole time I was with you, from the first day I set foot in the province of Asia, -- acts 20:18 +. +serving the Lord with all humility and with tears, and with the trials that happened to me because of the plots of the Jews. -- acts 20:19 +. +You know that I did not hold back from proclaiming to you anything that would be helpful, and from teaching you publicly and from house to house, -- acts 20:20 +. +testifying to both Jews and Greeks about repentance toward God and faith in our Lord Jesus. -- acts 20:21 +. +And now, compelled by the Spirit, I am going to Jerusalem without knowing what will happen to me there, -- acts 20:22 +. +except that the Holy Spirit warns me in town after town that imprisonment and persecutions are waiting for me. -- acts 20:23 +. +But I do not consider my life worth anything to myself, so that I may finish my task and the ministry that I received from the Lord Jesus, to testify to the good news of God's grace. -- acts 20:24 +. +"And now I know that none of you among whom I went around proclaiming the kingdom will see me again. -- acts 20:25 +. +Therefore I declare to you today that I am innocent of the blood of you all. -- acts 20:26 +. +For I did not hold back from announcing to you the whole purpose of God. -- acts 20:27 +. +Watch out for yourselves and for all the flock of which the Holy Spirit has made you overseers, to shepherd the church of God that he obtained with the blood of his own Son. -- acts 20:28 +. +I know that after I am gone fierce wolves will come in among you, not sparing the flock. -- acts 20:29 +. +Even from among your own group men will arise, teaching perversions of the truth to draw the disciples away after them. -- acts 20:30 +. +Therefore be alert, remembering that night and day for three years I did not stop warning each one of you with tears. -- acts 20:31 +. +And now I entrust you to God and to the message of his grace. This message is able to build you up and give you an inheritance among all those who are sanctified. -- acts 20:32 +. +I have desired no one's silver or gold or clothing. -- acts 20:33 +. +You yourselves know that these hands of mine provided for my needs and the needs of those who were with me. -- acts 20:34 +. +By all these things, I have shown you that by working in this way we must help the weak, and remember the words of the Lord Jesus that he himself said, 'It is more blessed to give than to receive.'" -- acts 20:35 +. +When he had said these things, he knelt down with them all and prayed. -- acts 20:36 +. +They all began to weep loudly, and hugged Paul and kissed him, -- acts 20:37 +. +especially saddened by what he had said, that they were not going to see him again. Then they accompanied him to the ship. -- acts 20:38 +. +After we tore ourselves away from them, we put out to sea, and sailing a straight course, we came to Cos, on the next day to Rhodes, and from there to Patara. -- acts 21:1 +. +We found a ship crossing over to Phoenicia, went aboard, and put out to sea. -- acts 21:2 +. +After we sighted Cyprus and left it behind on our port side, we sailed on to Syria and put in at Tyre, because the ship was to unload its cargo there. -- acts 21:3 +. +After we located the disciples, we stayed there seven days. They repeatedly told Paul through the Spirit not to set foot in Jerusalem. -- acts 21:4 +. +When our time was over, we left and went on our way. All of them, with their wives and children, accompanied us outside of the city. After kneeling down on the beach and praying, -- acts 21:5 +. +we said farewell to one another. Then we went aboard the ship, and they returned to their own homes. -- acts 21:6 +. +We continued the voyage from Tyre and arrived at Ptolemais, and when we had greeted the brothers, we stayed with them for one day. -- acts 21:7 +. +On the next day we left and came to Caesarea, and entered the house of Philip the evangelist, who was one of the seven, and stayed with him. -- acts 21:8 +. +(He had four unmarried daughters who prophesied.) -- acts 21:9 +. +While we remained there for a number of days, a prophet named Agabus came down from Judea. -- acts 21:10 +. +He came to us, took Paul's belt, tied his own hands and feet with it, and said, "The Holy Spirit says this: 'This is the way the Jews in Jerusalem will tie up the man whose belt this is, and will hand him over to the Gentiles.'" -- acts 21:11 +. +When we heard this, both we and the local people begged him not to go up to Jerusalem. -- acts 21:12 +. +Then Paul replied, "What are you doing, weeping and breaking my heart? For I am ready not only to be tied up, but even to die in Jerusalem for the name of the Lord Jesus." -- acts 21:13 +. +Because he could not be persuaded, we said no more except, "The Lord's will be done." -- acts 21:14 +. +After these days we got ready and started up to Jerusalem. -- acts 21:15 +. +Some of the disciples from Caesarea came along with us too, and brought us to the house of Mnason of Cyprus, a disciple from the earliest times, with whom we were to stay. -- acts 21:16 +. +When we arrived in Jerusalem, the brothers welcomed us gladly. -- acts 21:17 +. +The next day Paul went in with us to see James, and all the elders were there. -- acts 21:18 +. +When Paul had greeted them, he began to explain in detail what God had done among the Gentiles through his ministry. -- acts 21:19 +. +When they heard this, they praised God. Then they said to him, "You see, brother, how many thousands of Jews there are who have believed, and they are all ardent observers of the law. -- acts 21:20 +. +They have been informed about you - that you teach all the Jews now living among the Gentiles to abandon Moses, telling them not to circumcise their children or live according to our customs. -- acts 21:21 +. +What then should we do? They will no doubt hear that you have come. -- acts 21:22 +. +So do what we tell you: We have four men who have taken a vow; -- acts 21:23 +. +take them and purify yourself along with them and pay their expenses, so that they may have their heads shaved. Then everyone will know there is nothing in what they have been told about you, but that you yourself live in conformity with the law. -- acts 21:24 +. +But regarding the Gentiles who have believed, we have written a letter, having decided that they should avoid meat that has been sacrificed to idols and blood and what has been strangled and sexual immorality." -- acts 21:25 +. +Then Paul took the men the next day, and after he had purified himself along with them, he went to the temple and gave notice of the completion of the days of purification, when the sacrifice would be offered for each of them. -- acts 21:26 +. +When the seven days were almost over, the Jews from the province of Asia who had seen him in the temple area stirred up the whole crowd and seized him, -- acts 21:27 +. +shouting, "Men of Israel, help! This is the man who teaches everyone everywhere against our people, our law, and this sanctuary! Furthermore he has brought Greeks into the inner courts of the temple and made this holy place ritually unclean!" -- acts 21:28 +. +(For they had seen Trophimus the Ephesian in the city with him previously, and they assumed Paul had brought him into the inner temple courts.) -- acts 21:29 +. +The whole city was stirred up, and the people rushed together. They seized Paul and dragged him out of the temple courts, and immediately the doors were shut. -- acts 21:30 +. +While they were trying to kill him, a report was sent up to the commanding officer of the cohort that all Jerusalem was in confusion. -- acts 21:31 +. +He immediately took soldiers and centurions and ran down to the crowd. When they saw the commanding officer and the soldiers, they stopped beating Paul. -- acts 21:32 +. +Then the commanding officer came up and arrested him and ordered him to be tied up with two chains; he then asked who he was and what he had done. -- acts 21:33 +. +But some in the crowd shouted one thing, and others something else, and when the commanding officer was unable to find out the truth because of the disturbance, he ordered Paul to be brought into the barracks. -- acts 21:34 +. +When he came to the steps, Paul had to be carried by the soldiers because of the violence of the mob, -- acts 21:35 +. +for a crowd of people followed them, screaming, "Away with him!" -- acts 21:36 +. +As Paul was about to be brought into the barracks, he said to the commanding officer, "May I say something to you?" The officer replied, "Do you know Greek? -- acts 21:37 +. +Then you're not that Egyptian who started a rebellion and led the four thousand men of the 'Assassins' into the wilderness some time ago?" -- acts 21:38 +. +Paul answered, "I am a Jew from Tarsus in Cilicia, a citizen of an important city. Please allow me to speak to the people." -- acts 21:39 +. +When the commanding officer had given him permission, Paul stood on the steps and gestured to the people with his hand. When they had become silent, he addressed them in Aramaic, -- acts 21:40 +. +"Brothers and fathers, listen to my defense that I now make to you." -- acts 22:1 +. +(When they heard that he was addressing them in Aramaic, they became even quieter.) Then Paul said, -- acts 22:2 +. +"I am a Jew, born in Tarsus in Cilicia, but brought up in this city, educated with strictness under Gamaliel according to the law of our ancestors, and was zealous for God just as all of you are today. -- acts 22:3 +. +I persecuted this Way even to the point of death, tying up both men and women and putting them in prison, -- acts 22:4 +. +as both the high priest and the whole council of elders can testify about me. From them I also received letters to the brothers in Damascus, and I was on my way to make arrests there and bring the prisoners to Jerusalem to be punished. -- acts 22:5 +. +As I was en route and near Damascus, about noon a very bright light from heaven suddenly flashed around me. -- acts 22:6 +. +Then I fell to the ground and heard a voice saying to me, 'Saul, Saul, why are you persecuting me?' -- acts 22:7 +. +I answered, 'Who are you, Lord?' He said to me, 'I am Jesus the Nazarene, whom you are persecuting.' -- acts 22:8 +. +Those who were with me saw the light, but did not understand the voice of the one who was speaking to me. -- acts 22:9 +. +So I asked, 'What should I do, Lord?' The Lord said to me, 'Get up and go to Damascus; there you will be told about everything that you have been designated to do.' -- acts 22:10 +. +Since I could not see because of the brilliance of that light, I came to Damascus led by the hand of those who were with me. -- acts 22:11 +. +A man named Ananias, a devout man according to the law, well spoken of by all the Jews who live there, -- acts 22:12 +. +came to me and stood beside me and said to me, 'Brother Saul, regain your sight!' And at that very moment I looked up and saw him. -- acts 22:13 +. +Then he said, 'The God of our ancestors has already chosen you to know his will, to see the Righteous One, and to hear a command from his mouth, -- acts 22:14 +. +because you will be his witness to all people of what you have seen and heard. -- acts 22:15 +. +And now what are you waiting for? Get up, be baptized, and have your sins washed away, calling on his name.' -- acts 22:16 +. +When I returned to Jerusalem and was praying in the temple, I fell into a trance -- acts 22:17 +. +and saw the Lord saying to me, 'Hurry and get out of Jerusalem quickly, because they will not accept your testimony about me.' -- acts 22:18 +. +I replied, 'Lord, they themselves know that I imprisoned and beat those in the various synagogues who believed in you. -- acts 22:19 +. +And when the blood of your witness Stephen was shed, I myself was standing nearby, approving, and guarding the cloaks of those who were killing him.' -- acts 22:20 +. +Then he said to me, 'Go, because I will send you far away to the Gentiles.'" -- acts 22:21 +. +The crowd was listening to him until he said this. Then they raised their voices and shouted, "Away with this man from the earth! For he should not be allowed to live!" -- acts 22:22 +. +While they were screaming and throwing off their cloaks and tossing dust in the air, -- acts 22:23 +. +the commanding officer ordered Paul to be brought back into the barracks. He told them to interrogate Paul by beating him with a lash so that he could find out the reason the crowd was shouting at Paul in this way. -- acts 22:24 +. +When they had stretched him out for the lash, Paul said to the centurion standing nearby, "Is it legal for you to lash a man who is a Roman citizen without a proper trial?" -- acts 22:25 +. +When the centurion heard this, he went to the commanding officer and reported it, saying, "What are you about to do? For this man is a Roman citizen." -- acts 22:26 +. +So the commanding officer came and asked Paul, "Tell me, are you a Roman citizen?" He replied, "Yes." -- acts 22:27 +. +The commanding officer answered, "I acquired this citizenship with a large sum of money." "But I was even born a citizen," Paul replied. -- acts 22:28 +. +Then those who were about to interrogate him stayed away from him, and the commanding officer was frightened when he realized that Paul was a Roman citizen and that he had had him tied up. -- acts 22:29 +. +The next day, because the commanding officer wanted to know the true reason Paul was being accused by the Jews, he released him and ordered the chief priests and the whole council to assemble. He then brought Paul down and had him stand before them. -- acts 22:30 +. +Paul looked directly at the council and said, "Brothers, I have lived my life with a clear conscience before God to this day." -- acts 23:1 +. +At that the high priest Ananias ordered those standing near Paul to strike him on the mouth. -- acts 23:2 +. +Then Paul said to him, "God is going to strike you, you whitewashed wall! Do you sit there judging me according to the law, and in violation of the law you order me to be struck?" -- acts 23:3 +. +Those standing near him said, "Do you dare insult God's high priest?" -- acts 23:4 +. +Paul replied, "I did not realize, brothers, that he was the high priest, for it is written, 'You must not speak evil about a ruler of your people.'" -- acts 23:5 +. +Then when Paul noticed that part of them were Sadducees and the others Pharisees, he shouted out in the council, "Brothers, I am a Pharisee, a son of Pharisees. I am on trial concerning the hope of the resurrection of the dead!" -- acts 23:6 +. +When he said this, an argument began between the Pharisees and the Sadducees, and the assembly was divided. -- acts 23:7 +. +(For the Sadducees say there is no resurrection, or angel, or spirit, but the Pharisees acknowledge them all.) -- acts 23:8 +. +There was a great commotion, and some experts in the law from the party of the Pharisees stood up and protested strongly, "We find nothing wrong with this man. What if a spirit or an angel has spoken to him?" -- acts 23:9 +. +When the argument became so great the commanding officer feared that they would tear Paul to pieces, he ordered the detachment to go down, take him away from them by force, and bring him into the barracks. -- acts 23:10 +. +The following night the Lord stood near Paul and said, "Have courage, for just as you have testified about me in Jerusalem, so you must also testify in Rome." -- acts 23:11 +. +When morning came, the Jews formed a conspiracy and bound themselves with an oath not to eat or drink anything until they had killed Paul. -- acts 23:12 +. +There were more than forty of them who formed this conspiracy. -- acts 23:13 +. +They went to the chief priests and the elders and said, "We have bound ourselves with a solemn oath not to partake of anything until we have killed Paul. -- acts 23:14 +. +So now you and the council request the commanding officer to bring him down to you, as if you were going to determine his case by conducting a more thorough inquiry. We are ready to kill him before he comes near this place." -- acts 23:15 +. +But when the son of Paul's sister heard about the ambush, he came and entered the barracks and told Paul. -- acts 23:16 +. +Paul called one of the centurions and said, "Take this young man to the commanding officer, for he has something to report to him." -- acts 23:17 +. +So the centurion took him and brought him to the commanding officer and said, "The prisoner Paul called me and asked me to bring this young man to you because he has something to tell you." -- acts 23:18 +. +The commanding officer took him by the hand, withdrew privately, and asked, "What is it that you want to report to me?" -- acts 23:19 +. +He replied, "The Jews have agreed to ask you to bring Paul down to the council tomorrow, as if they were going to inquire more thoroughly about him. -- acts 23:20 +. +So do not let them persuade you to do this, because more than forty of them are lying in ambush for him. They have bound themselves with an oath not to eat or drink anything until they have killed him, and now they are ready, waiting for you to agree to their request." -- acts 23:21 +. +Then the commanding officer sent the young man away, directing him, "Tell no one that you have reported these things to me." -- acts 23:22 +. +Then he summoned two of the centurions and said, "Make ready two hundred soldiers to go to Caesarea along with seventy horsemen and two hundred spearmen by nine o'clock tonight, -- acts 23:23 +. +and provide mounts for Paul to ride so that he may be brought safely to Felix the governor." -- acts 23:24 +. +He wrote a letter that went like this: -- acts 23:25 +. +Claudius Lysias to His Excellency Governor Felix, greetings. -- acts 23:26 +. +This man was seized by the Jews and they were about to kill him, when I came up with the detachment and rescued him, because I had learned that he was a Roman citizen. -- acts 23:27 +. +Since I wanted to know what charge they were accusing him of, I brought him down to their council. -- acts 23:28 +. +I found he was accused with reference to controversial questions about their law, but no charge against him deserved death or imprisonment. -- acts 23:29 +. +When I was informed there would be a plot against this man, I sent him to you at once, also ordering his accusers to state their charges against him before you. -- acts 23:30 +. +So the soldiers, in accordance with their orders, took Paul and brought him to Antipatris during the night. -- acts 23:31 +. +The next day they let the horsemen go on with him, and they returned to the barracks. -- acts 23:32 +. +When the horsemen came to Caesarea and delivered the letter to the governor, they also presented Paul to him. -- acts 23:33 +. +When the governor had read the letter, he asked what province he was from. When he learned that he was from Cilicia, -- acts 23:34 +. +he said, "I will give you a hearing when your accusers arrive too." Then he ordered that Paul be kept under guard in Herod's palace. -- acts 23:35 +. +After five days the high priest Ananias came down with some elders and an attorney named Tertullus, and they brought formal charges against Paul to the governor. -- acts 24:1 +. +When Paul had been summoned, Tertullus began to accuse him, saying, "We have experienced a lengthy time of peace through your rule, and reforms are being made in this nation through your foresight. -- acts 24:2 +. +Most excellent Felix, we acknowledge this everywhere and in every way with all gratitude. -- acts 24:3 +. +But so that I may not delay you any further, I beg you to hear us briefly with your customary graciousness. -- acts 24:4 +. +For we have found this man to be a troublemaker, one who stirs up riots among all the Jews throughout the world, and a ringleader of the sect of the Nazarenes. -- acts 24:5 +. +He even tried to desecrate the temple, so we arrested him. -- acts 24:6 +. +[[EMPTY]] -- acts 24:7 +. +When you examine him yourself, you will be able to learn from him about all these things we are accusing him of doing." -- acts 24:8 +. +The Jews also joined in the verbal attack, claiming that these things were true. -- acts 24:9 +. +When the governor gestured for him to speak, Paul replied, "Because I know that you have been a judge over this nation for many years, I confidently make my defense. -- acts 24:10 +. +As you can verify for yourself, not more than twelve days ago I went up to Jerusalem to worship. -- acts 24:11 +. +They did not find me arguing with anyone or stirring up a crowd in the temple courts or in the synagogues or throughout the city, -- acts 24:12 +. +nor can they prove to you the things they are accusing me of doing. -- acts 24:13 +. +But I confess this to you, that I worship the God of our ancestors according to the Way (which they call a sect), believing everything that is according to the law and that is written in the prophets. -- acts 24:14 +. +I have a hope in God (a hope that these men themselves accept too) that there is going to be a resurrection of both the righteous and the unrighteous. -- acts 24:15 +. +This is the reason I do my best to always have a clear conscience toward God and toward people. -- acts 24:16 +. +After several years I came to bring to my people gifts for the poor and to present offerings, -- acts 24:17 +. +which I was doing when they found me in the temple, ritually purified, without a crowd or a disturbance. -- acts 24:18 +. +But there are some Jews from the province of Asia who should be here before you and bring charges, if they have anything against me. -- acts 24:19 +. +Or these men here should tell what crime they found me guilty of when I stood before the council, -- acts 24:20 +. +other than this one thing I shouted out while I stood before them: 'I am on trial before you today concerning the resurrection of the dead.'" -- acts 24:21 +. +Then Felix, who understood the facts concerning the Way more accurately, adjourned their hearing, saying, "When Lysias the commanding officer comes down, I will decide your case." -- acts 24:22 +. +He ordered the centurion to guard Paul, but to let him have some freedom, and not to prevent any of his friends from meeting his needs. -- acts 24:23 +. +Some days later, when Felix arrived with his wife Drusilla, who was Jewish, he sent for Paul and heard him speak about faith in Christ Jesus. -- acts 24:24 +. +While Paul was discussing righteousness, self-control, and the coming judgment, Felix became frightened and said, "Go away for now, and when I have an opportunity, I will send for you." -- acts 24:25 +. +At the same time he was also hoping that Paul would give him money, and for this reason he sent for Paul as often as possible and talked with him. -- acts 24:26 +. +After two years had passed, Porcius Festus succeeded Felix, and because he wanted to do the Jews a favor, Felix left Paul in prison. -- acts 24:27 +. +Now three days after Festus arrived in the province, he went up to Jerusalem from Caesarea. -- acts 25:1 +. +So the chief priests and the most prominent men of the Jews brought formal charges against Paul to him. -- acts 25:2 +. +Requesting him to do them a favor against Paul, they urged Festus to summon him to Jerusalem, planning an ambush to kill him along the way. -- acts 25:3 +. +Then Festus replied that Paul was being kept at Caesarea, and he himself intended to go there shortly. -- acts 25:4 +. +"So," he said, "let your leaders go down there with me, and if this man has done anything wrong, they may bring charges against him." -- acts 25:5 +. +After Festus had stayed not more than eight or ten days among them, he went down to Caesarea, and the next day he sat on the judgment seat and ordered Paul to be brought. -- acts 25:6 +. +When he arrived, the Jews who had come down from Jerusalem stood around him, bringing many serious charges that they were not able to prove. -- acts 25:7 +. +Paul said in his defense, "I have committed no offense against the Jewish law or against the temple or against Caesar." -- acts 25:8 +. +But Festus, wanting to do the Jews a favor, asked Paul, "Are you willing to go up to Jerusalem and be tried before me there on these charges?" -- acts 25:9 +. +Paul replied, "I am standing before Caesar's judgment seat, where I should be tried. I have done nothing wrong to the Jews, as you also know very well. -- acts 25:10 +. +If then I am in the wrong and have done anything that deserves death, I am not trying to escape dying, but if not one of their charges against me is true, no one can hand me over to them. I appeal to Caesar!" -- acts 25:11 +. +Then, after conferring with his council, Festus replied, "You have appealed to Caesar; to Caesar you will go!" -- acts 25:12 +. +After several days had passed, King Agrippa and Bernice arrived at Caesarea to pay their respects to Festus. -- acts 25:13 +. +While they were staying there many days, Festus explained Paul's case to the king to get his opinion, saying, "There is a man left here as a prisoner by Felix. -- acts 25:14 +. +When I was in Jerusalem, the chief priests and the elders of the Jews informed me about him, asking for a sentence of condemnation against him. -- acts 25:15 +. +I answered them that it was not the custom of the Romans to hand over anyone before the accused had met his accusers face to face and had been given an opportunity to make a defense against the accusation. -- acts 25:16 +. +So after they came back here with me, I did not postpone the case, but the next day I sat on the judgment seat and ordered the man to be brought. -- acts 25:17 +. +When his accusers stood up, they did not charge him with any of the evil deeds I had suspected. -- acts 25:18 +. +Rather they had several points of disagreement with him about their own religion and about a man named Jesus who was dead, whom Paul claimed to be alive. -- acts 25:19 +. +Because I was at a loss how I could investigate these matters, I asked if he were willing to go to Jerusalem and be tried there on these charges. -- acts 25:20 +. +But when Paul appealed to be kept in custody for the decision of His Majesty the Emperor, I ordered him to be kept under guard until I could send him to Caesar." -- acts 25:21 +. +Agrippa said to Festus, "I would also like to hear the man myself." "Tomorrow," he replied, "you will hear him." -- acts 25:22 +. +So the next day Agrippa and Bernice came with great pomp and entered the audience hall, along with the senior military officers and the prominent men of the city. When Festus gave the order, Paul was brought in. -- acts 25:23 +. +Then Festus said, "King Agrippa, and all you who are present here with us, you see this man about whom the entire Jewish populace petitioned me both in Jerusalem and here, shouting loudly that he ought not to live any longer. -- acts 25:24 +. +But I found that he had done nothing that deserved death, and when he appealed to His Majesty the Emperor, I decided to send him. -- acts 25:25 +. +But I have nothing definite to write to my lord about him. Therefore I have brought him before you all, and especially before you, King Agrippa, so that after this preliminary hearing I may have something to write. -- acts 25:26 +. +For it seems unreasonable to me to send a prisoner without clearly indicating the charges against him." -- acts 25:27 +. +So Agrippa said to Paul, "You have permission to speak for yourself." Then Paul held out his hand and began his defense: -- acts 26:1 +. +"Regarding all the things I have been accused of by the Jews, King Agrippa, I consider myself fortunate that I am about to make my defense before you today, -- acts 26:2 +. +because you are especially familiar with all the customs and controversial issues of the Jews. Therefore I ask you to listen to me patiently. -- acts 26:3 +. +Now all the Jews know the way I lived from my youth, spending my life from the beginning among my own people and in Jerusalem. -- acts 26:4 +. +They know, because they have known me from time past, if they are willing to testify, that according to the strictest party of our religion, I lived as a Pharisee. -- acts 26:5 +. +And now I stand here on trial because of my hope in the promise made by God to our ancestors, -- acts 26:6 +. +a promise that our twelve tribes hope to attain as they earnestly serve God night and day. Concerning this hope the Jews are accusing me, Your Majesty! -- acts 26:7 +. +Why do you people think it is unbelievable that God raises the dead? -- acts 26:8 +. +Of course, I myself was convinced that it was necessary to do many things hostile to the name of Jesus the Nazarene. -- acts 26:9 +. +And that is what I did in Jerusalem: Not only did I lock up many of the saints in prisons by the authority I received from the chief priests, but I also cast my vote against them when they were sentenced to death. -- acts 26:10 +. +I punished them often in all the synagogues and tried to force them to blaspheme. Because I was so furiously enraged at them, I went to persecute them even in foreign cities. -- acts 26:11 +. +"While doing this very thing, as I was going to Damascus with authority and complete power from the chief priests, -- acts 26:12 +. +about noon along the road, Your Majesty, I saw a light from heaven, brighter than the sun, shining everywhere around me and those traveling with me. -- acts 26:13 +. +When we had all fallen to the ground, I heard a voice saying to me in Aramaic, 'Saul, Saul, why are you persecuting me? You are hurting yourself by kicking against the goads.' -- acts 26:14 +. +So I said, 'Who are you, Lord?' And the Lord replied, 'I am Jesus whom you are persecuting. -- acts 26:15 +. +But get up and stand on your feet, for I have appeared to you for this reason, to designate you in advance as a servant and witness to the things you have seen and to the things in which I will appear to you. -- acts 26:16 +. +I will rescue you from your own people and from the Gentiles, to whom I am sending you -- acts 26:17 +. +to open their eyes so that they turn from darkness to light and from the power of Satan to God, so that they may receive forgiveness of sins and a share among those who are sanctified by faith in me.' -- acts 26:18 +. +"Therefore, King Agrippa, I was not disobedient to the heavenly vision, -- acts 26:19 +. +but I declared to those in Damascus first, and then to those in Jerusalem and in all Judea, and to the Gentiles, that they should repent and turn to God, performing deeds consistent with repentance. -- acts 26:20 +. +For this reason the Jews seized me in the temple courts and were trying to kill me. -- acts 26:21 +. +I have experienced help from God to this day, and so I stand testifying to both small and great, saying nothing except what the prophets and Moses said was going to happen: -- acts 26:22 +. +that the Christ was to suffer and be the first to rise from the dead, to proclaim light both to our people and to the Gentiles." -- acts 26:23 +. +As Paul was saying these things in his defense, Festus exclaimed loudly, "You have lost your mind, Paul! Your great learning is driving you insane!" -- acts 26:24 +. +But Paul replied, "I have not lost my mind, most excellent Festus, but am speaking true and rational words. -- acts 26:25 +. +For the king knows about these things, and I am speaking freely to him, because I cannot believe that any of these things has escaped his notice, for this was not done in a corner. -- acts 26:26 +. +Do you believe the prophets, King Agrippa? I know that you believe." -- acts 26:27 +. +Agrippa said to Paul, "In such a short time are you persuading me to become a Christian?" -- acts 26:28 +. +Paul replied, "I pray to God that whether in a short or a long time not only you but also all those who are listening to me today could become such as I am, except for these chains." -- acts 26:29 +. +So the king got up, and with him the governor and Bernice and those sitting with them, -- acts 26:30 +. +and as they were leaving they said to one another, "This man is not doing anything deserving death or imprisonment." -- acts 26:31 +. +Agrippa said to Festus, "This man could have been released if he had not appealed to Caesar." -- acts 26:32 +. +When it was decided we would sail to Italy, they handed over Paul and some other prisoners to a centurion of the Augustan Cohort named Julius. -- acts 27:1 +. +We went on board a ship from Adramyttium that was about to sail to various ports along the coast of the province of Asia and put out to sea, accompanied by Aristarchus, a Macedonian from Thessalonica. -- acts 27:2 +. +The next day we put in at Sidon, and Julius, treating Paul kindly, allowed him to go to his friends so they could provide him with what he needed. -- acts 27:3 +. +From there we put out to sea and sailed under the lee of Cyprus because the winds were against us. -- acts 27:4 +. +After we had sailed across the open sea off Cilicia and Pamphylia, we put in at Myra in Lycia. -- acts 27:5 +. +There the centurion found a ship from Alexandria sailing for Italy, and he put us aboard it. -- acts 27:6 +. +We sailed slowly for many days and arrived with difficulty off Cnidus. Because the wind prevented us from going any farther, we sailed under the lee of Crete off Salmone. -- acts 27:7 +. +With difficulty we sailed along the coast of Crete and came to a place called Fair Havens that was near the town of Lasea. -- acts 27:8 +. +Since considerable time had passed and the voyage was now dangerous because the fast was already over, Paul advised them, -- acts 27:9 +. +"Men, I can see the voyage is going to end in disaster and great loss not only of the cargo and the ship, but also of our lives." -- acts 27:10 +. +But the centurion was more convinced by the captain and the ship's owner than by what Paul said. -- acts 27:11 +. +Because the harbor was not suitable to spend the winter in, the majority decided to put out to sea from there. They hoped that somehow they could reach Phoenix, a harbor of Crete facing southwest and northwest, and spend the winter there. -- acts 27:12 +. +When a gentle south wind sprang up, they thought they could carry out their purpose, so they weighed anchor and sailed close along the coast of Crete. -- acts 27:13 +. +Not long after this, a hurricane-force wind called the northeaster blew down from the island. -- acts 27:14 +. +When the ship was caught in it and could not head into the wind, we gave way to it and were driven along. -- acts 27:15 +. +As we ran under the lee of a small island called Cauda, we were able with difficulty to get the ship's boat under control. -- acts 27:16 +. +After the crew had hoisted it aboard, they used supports to undergird the ship. Fearing they would run aground on the Syrtis, they lowered the sea anchor, thus letting themselves be driven along. -- acts 27:17 +. +The next day, because we were violently battered by the storm, they began throwing the cargo overboard, -- acts 27:18 +. +and on the third day they threw the ship's gear overboard with their own hands. -- acts 27:19 +. +When neither sun nor stars appeared for many days and a violent storm continued to batter us, we finally abandoned all hope of being saved. -- acts 27:20 +. +Since many of them had no desire to eat, Paul stood up among them and said, "Men, you should have listened to me and not put out to sea from Crete, thus avoiding this damage and loss. -- acts 27:21 +. +And now I advise you to keep up your courage, for there will be no loss of life among you, but only the ship will be lost. -- acts 27:22 +. +For last night an angel of the God to whom I belong and whom I serve came to me -- acts 27:23 +. +and said, 'Do not be afraid, Paul! You must stand before Caesar, and God has graciously granted you the safety of all who are sailing with you.' -- acts 27:24 +. +Therefore keep up your courage, men, for I have faith in God that it will be just as I have been told. -- acts 27:25 +. +But we must run aground on some island." -- acts 27:26 +. +When the fourteenth night had come, while we were being driven across the Adriatic Sea, about midnight the sailors suspected they were approaching some land. -- acts 27:27 +. +They took soundings and found the water was twenty fathoms deep; when they had sailed a little farther they took soundings again and found it was fifteen fathoms deep. -- acts 27:28 +. +Because they were afraid that we would run aground on the rocky coast, they threw out four anchors from the stern and wished for day to appear. -- acts 27:29 +. +Then when the sailors tried to escape from the ship and were lowering the ship's boat into the sea, pretending that they were going to put out anchors from the bow, -- acts 27:30 +. +Paul said to the centurion and the soldiers, "Unless these men stay with the ship, you cannot be saved." -- acts 27:31 +. +Then the soldiers cut the ropes of the ship's boat and let it drift away. -- acts 27:32 +. +As day was about to dawn, Paul urged them all to take some food, saying, "Today is the fourteenth day you have been in suspense and have gone without food; you have eaten nothing. -- acts 27:33 +. +Therefore I urge you to take some food, for this is important for your survival. For not one of you will lose a hair from his head." -- acts 27:34 +. +After he said this, Paul took bread and gave thanks to God in front of them all, broke it, and began to eat. -- acts 27:35 +. +So all of them were encouraged and took food themselves. -- acts 27:36 +. +(We were in all two hundred seventy-six persons on the ship.) -- acts 27:37 +. +When they had eaten enough to be satisfied, they lightened the ship by throwing the wheat into the sea. -- acts 27:38 +. +When day came, they did not recognize the land, but they noticed a bay with a beach, where they decided to run the ship aground if they could. -- acts 27:39 +. +So they slipped the anchors and left them in the sea, at the same time loosening the linkage that bound the steering oars together. Then they hoisted the foresail to the wind and steered toward the beach. -- acts 27:40 +. +But they encountered a patch of crosscurrents and ran the ship aground; the bow stuck fast and could not be moved, but the stern was being broken up by the force of the waves. -- acts 27:41 +. +Now the soldiers' plan was to kill the prisoners so that none of them would escape by swimming away. -- acts 27:42 +. +But the centurion, wanting to save Paul's life, prevented them from carrying out their plan. He ordered those who could swim to jump overboard first and get to land, -- acts 27:43 +. +and the rest were to follow, some on planks and some on pieces of the ship. And in this way all were brought safely to land. -- acts 27:44 +. +After we had safely reached shore, we learned that the island was called Malta. -- acts 28:1 +. +The local inhabitants showed us extraordinary kindness, for they built a fire and welcomed us all because it had started to rain and was cold. -- acts 28:2 +. +When Paul had gathered a bundle of brushwood and was putting it on the fire, a viper came out because of the heat and fastened itself on his hand. -- acts 28:3 +. +When the local people saw the creature hanging from Paul's hand, they said to one another, "No doubt this man is a murderer! Although he has escaped from the sea, Justice herself has not allowed him to live!" -- acts 28:4 +. +However, Paul shook the creature off into the fire and suffered no harm. -- acts 28:5 +. +But they were expecting that he was going to swell up or suddenly drop dead. So after they had waited a long time and had seen nothing unusual happen to him, they changed their minds and said he was a god. -- acts 28:6 +. +Now in the region around that place were fields belonging to the chief official of the island, named Publius, who welcomed us and entertained us hospitably as guests for three days. -- acts 28:7 +. +The father of Publius lay sick in bed, suffering from fever and dysentery. Paul went in to see him and after praying, placed his hands on him and healed him. -- acts 28:8 +. +After this had happened, many of the people on the island who were sick also came and were healed. -- acts 28:9 +. +They also bestowed many honors, and when we were preparing to sail, they gave us all the supplies we needed. -- acts 28:10 +. +After three months we put out to sea in an Alexandrian ship that had wintered at the island and had the "Heavenly Twins" as its figurehead. -- acts 28:11 +. +We put in at Syracuse and stayed there three days. -- acts 28:12 +. +From there we cast off and arrived at Rhegium, and after one day a south wind sprang up and on the second day we came to Puteoli. -- acts 28:13 +. +There we found some brothers and were invited to stay with them seven days. And in this way we came to Rome. -- acts 28:14 +. +The brothers from there, when they heard about us, came as far as the Forum of Appius and Three Taverns to meet us. When he saw them, Paul thanked God and took courage. -- acts 28:15 +. +When we entered Rome, Paul was allowed to live by himself, with the soldier who was guarding him. -- acts 28:16 +. +After three days Paul called the local Jewish leaders together. When they had assembled, he said to them, "Brothers, although I had done nothing against our people or the customs of our ancestors, from Jerusalem I was handed over as a prisoner to the Romans. -- acts 28:17 +. +When they had heard my case, they wanted to release me, because there was no basis for a death sentence against me. -- acts 28:18 +. +But when the Jews objected, I was forced to appeal to Caesar - not that I had some charge to bring against my own people. -- acts 28:19 +. +So for this reason I have asked to see you and speak with you, for I am bound with this chain because of the hope of Israel." -- acts 28:20 +. +They replied, "We have received no letters from Judea about you, nor have any of the brothers come from there and reported or said anything bad about you. -- acts 28:21 +. +But we would like to hear from you what you think, for regarding this sect we know that people everywhere speak against it." -- acts 28:22 +. +They set a day to meet with him, and they came to him where he was staying in even greater numbers. From morning until evening he explained things to them, testifying about the kingdom of God and trying to convince them about Jesus from both the law of Moses and the prophets. -- acts 28:23 +. +Some were convinced by what he said, but others refused to believe. -- acts 28:24 +. +So they began to leave, unable to agree among themselves, after Paul made one last statement: "The Holy Spirit spoke rightly to your ancestors through the prophet Isaiah -- acts 28:25 +. +when he said, 'Go to this people and say, "You will keep on hearing, but will never understand, and you will keep on looking, but will never perceive. -- acts 28:26 +. +For the heart of this people has become dull, and their ears are hard of hearing, and they have closed their eyes, so that they would not see with their eyes and hear with their ears and understand with their heart and turn, and I would heal them."' -- acts 28:27 +. +"Therefore be advised that this salvation from God has been sent to the Gentiles; they will listen!" -- acts 28:28 +. +[[EMPTY]] -- acts 28:29 +. +Paul lived there two whole years in his own rented quarters and welcomed all who came to him, -- acts 28:30 +. +proclaiming the kingdom of God and teaching about the Lord Jesus Christ with complete boldness and without restriction. -- acts 28:31 +. +From Paul, a slave of Christ Jesus, called to be an apostle, set apart for the gospel of God. -- romans 1:1 +. +This gospel he promised beforehand through his prophets in the holy scriptures, -- romans 1:2 +. +concerning his Son who was a descendant of David with reference to the flesh, -- romans 1:3 +. +who was appointed the Son-of-God-in-power according to the Holy Spirit by the resurrection from the dead, Jesus Christ our Lord. -- romans 1:4 +. +Through him we have received grace and our apostleship to bring about the obedience of faith among all the Gentiles on behalf of his name. -- romans 1:5 +. +You also are among them, called to belong to Jesus Christ. -- romans 1:6 +. +To all those loved by God in Rome, called to be saints: Grace and peace to you from God our Father and the Lord Jesus Christ! -- romans 1:7 +. +First of all, I thank my God through Jesus Christ for all of you, because your faith is proclaimed throughout the whole world. -- romans 1:8 +. +For God, whom I serve in my spirit by preaching the gospel of his Son, is my witness that I continually remember you -- romans 1:9 +. +and I always ask in my prayers, if perhaps now at last I may succeed in visiting you according to the will of God. -- romans 1:10 +. +For I long to see you, so that I may impart to you some spiritual gift to strengthen you, -- romans 1:11 +. +that is, that we may be mutually comforted by one another's faith, both yours and mine. -- romans 1:12 +. +I do not want you to be unaware, brothers and sisters, that I often intended to come to you (and was prevented until now), so that I may have some fruit even among you, just as I already have among the rest of the Gentiles. -- romans 1:13 +. +I am a debtor both to the Greeks and to the barbarians, both to the wise and to the foolish. -- romans 1:14 +. +Thus I am eager also to preach the gospel to you who are in Rome. -- romans 1:15 +. +For I am not ashamed of the gospel, for it is God's power for salvation to everyone who believes, to the Jew first and also to the Greek. -- romans 1:16 +. +For the righteousness of God is revealed in the gospel from faith to faith, just as it is written, "The righteous by faith will live." -- romans 1:17 +. +For the wrath of God is revealed from heaven against all ungodliness and unrighteousness of people who suppress the truth by their unrighteousness, -- romans 1:18 +. +because what can be known about God is plain to them, because God has made it plain to them. -- romans 1:19 +. +For since the creation of the world his invisible attributes - his eternal power and divine nature - have been clearly seen, because they are understood through what has been made. So people are without excuse. -- romans 1:20 +. +For although they knew God, they did not glorify him as God or give him thanks, but they became futile in their thoughts and their senseless hearts were darkened. -- romans 1:21 +. +Although they claimed to be wise, they became fools -- romans 1:22 +. +and exchanged the glory of the immortal God for an image resembling mortal human beings or birds or four-footed animals or reptiles. -- romans 1:23 +. +Therefore God gave them over in the desires of their hearts to impurity, to dishonor their bodies among themselves. -- romans 1:24 +. +They exchanged the truth of God for a lie and worshiped and served the creation rather than the Creator, who is blessed forever! Amen. -- romans 1:25 +. +For this reason God gave them over to dishonorable passions. For their women exchanged the natural sexual relations for unnatural ones, -- romans 1:26 +. +and likewise the men also abandoned natural relations with women and were inflamed in their passions for one another. Men committed shameless acts with men and received in themselves the due penalty for their error. -- romans 1:27 +. +And just as they did not see fit to acknowledge God, God gave them over to a depraved mind, to do what should not be done. -- romans 1:28 +. +They are filled with every kind of unrighteousness, wickedness, covetousness, malice. They are rife with envy, murder, strife, deceit, hostility. They are gossips, -- romans 1:29 +. +slanderers, haters of God, insolent, arrogant, boastful, contrivers of all sorts of evil, disobedient to parents, -- romans 1:30 +. +senseless, covenant-breakers, heartless, ruthless. -- romans 1:31 +. +Although they fully know God's righteous decree that those who practice such things deserve to die, they not only do them but also approve of those who practice them. -- romans 1:32 +. +Therefore you are without excuse, whoever you are, when you judge someone else. For on whatever grounds you judge another, you condemn yourself, because you who judge practice the same things. -- romans 2:1 +. +Now we know that God's judgment is in accordance with truth against those who practice such things. -- romans 2:2 +. +And do you think, whoever you are, when you judge those who practice such things and yet do them yourself, that you will escape God's judgment? -- romans 2:3 +. +Or do you have contempt for the wealth of his kindness, forbearance, and patience, and yet do not know that God's kindness leads you to repentance? -- romans 2:4 +. +But because of your stubbornness and your unrepentant heart, you are storing up wrath for yourselves in the day of wrath, when God's righteous judgment is revealed! -- romans 2:5 +. +He will reward each one according to his works: -- romans 2:6 +. +eternal life to those who by perseverance in good works seek glory and honor and immortality, -- romans 2:7 +. +but wrath and anger to those who live in selfish ambition and do not obey the truth but follow unrighteousness. -- romans 2:8 +. +There will be affliction and distress on everyone who does evil, on the Jew first and also the Greek, -- romans 2:9 +. +but glory and honor and peace for everyone who does good, for the Jew first and also the Greek. -- romans 2:10 +. +For there is no partiality with God. -- romans 2:11 +. +For all who have sinned apart from the law will also perish apart from the law, and all who have sinned under the law will be judged by the law. -- romans 2:12 +. +For it is not those who hear the law who are righteous before God, but those who do the law will be declared righteous. -- romans 2:13 +. +For whenever the Gentiles, who do not have the law, do by nature the things required by the law, these who do not have the law are a law to themselves. -- romans 2:14 +. +They show that the work of the law is written in their hearts, as their conscience bears witness and their conflicting thoughts accuse or else defend them, -- romans 2:15 +. +on the day when God will judge the secrets of human hearts, according to my gospel through Christ Jesus. -- romans 2:16 +. +But if you call yourself a Jew and rely on the law and boast of your relationship to God -- romans 2:17 +. +and know his will and approve the superior things because you receive instruction from the law, -- romans 2:18 +. +and if you are convinced that you yourself are a guide to the blind, a light to those who are in darkness, -- romans 2:19 +. +an educator of the senseless, a teacher of little children, because you have in the law the essential features of knowledge and of the truth - -- romans 2:20 +. +therefore you who teach someone else, do you not teach yourself? You who preach against stealing, do you steal? -- romans 2:21 +. +You who tell others not to commit adultery, do you commit adultery? You who abhor idols, do you rob temples? -- romans 2:22 +. +You who boast in the law dishonor God by transgressing the law! -- romans 2:23 +. +For just as it is written, "the name of God is being blasphemed among the Gentiles because of you." -- romans 2:24 +. +For circumcision has its value if you practice the law, but if you break the law, your circumcision has become uncircumcision. -- romans 2:25 +. +Therefore if the uncircumcised man obeys the righteous requirements of the law, will not his uncircumcision be regarded as circumcision? -- romans 2:26 +. +And will not the physically uncircumcised man who keeps the law judge you who, despite the written code and circumcision, transgress the law? -- romans 2:27 +. +For a person is not a Jew who is one outwardly, nor is circumcision something that is outward in the flesh, -- romans 2:28 +. +but someone is a Jew who is one inwardly, and circumcision is of the heart by the Spirit and not by the written code. This person's praise is not from people but from God. -- romans 2:29 +. +Therefore what advantage does the Jew have, or what is the value of circumcision? -- romans 3:1 +. +Actually, there are many advantages. First of all, the Jews were entrusted with the oracles of God. -- romans 3:2 +. +What then? If some did not believe, does their unbelief nullify the faithfulness of God? -- romans 3:3 +. +Absolutely not! Let God be proven true, and every human being shown up as a liar, just as it is written: "so that you will be justified in your words and will prevail when you are judged." -- romans 3:4 +. +But if our unrighteousness demonstrates the righteousness of God, what shall we say? The God who inflicts wrath is not unrighteous, is he? (I am speaking in human terms.) -- romans 3:5 +. +Absolutely not! For otherwise how could God judge the world? -- romans 3:6 +. +For if by my lie the truth of God enhances his glory, why am I still actually being judged as a sinner? -- romans 3:7 +. +And why not say, "Let us do evil so that good may come of it"? - as some who slander us allege that we say. (Their condemnation is deserved!) -- romans 3:8 +. +What then? Are we better off? Certainly not, for we have already charged that Jews and Greeks alike are all under sin, -- romans 3:9 +. +just as it is written: "There is no one righteous, not even one, -- romans 3:10 +. +there is no one who understands, there is no one who seeks God. -- romans 3:11 +. +All have turned away, together they have become worthless; there is no one who shows kindness, not even one." -- romans 3:12 +. +"Their throats are open graves, they deceive with their tongues, the poison of asps is under their lips." -- romans 3:13 +. +"Their mouths are full of cursing and bitterness." -- romans 3:14 +. +"Their feet are swift to shed blood, -- romans 3:15 +. +ruin and misery are in their paths, -- romans 3:16 +. +and the way of peace they have not known." -- romans 3:17 +. +"There is no fear of God before their eyes." -- romans 3:18 +. +Now we know that whatever the law says, it says to those who are under the law, so that every mouth may be silenced and the whole world may be held accountable to God. -- romans 3:19 +. +For no one is declared righteous before him by the works of the law, for through the law comes the knowledge of sin. -- romans 3:20 +. +But now apart from the law the righteousness of God (which is attested by the law and the prophets) has been disclosed - -- romans 3:21 +. +namely, the righteousness of God through the faithfulness of Jesus Christ for all who believe. For there is no distinction, -- romans 3:22 +. +for all have sinned and fall short of the glory of God. -- romans 3:23 +. +But they are justified freely by his grace through the redemption that is in Christ Jesus. -- romans 3:24 +. +God publicly displayed him at his death as the mercy seat accessible through faith. This was to demonstrate his righteousness, because God in his forbearance had passed over the sins previously committed. -- romans 3:25 +. +This was also to demonstrate his righteousness in the present time, so that he would be just and the justifier of the one who lives because of Jesus' faithfulness. -- romans 3:26 +. +Where, then, is boasting? It is excluded! By what principle? Of works? No, but by the principle of faith! -- romans 3:27 +. +For we consider that a person is declared righteous by faith apart from the works of the law. -- romans 3:28 +. +Or is God the God of the Jews only? Is he not the God of the Gentiles too? Yes, of the Gentiles too! -- romans 3:29 +. +Since God is one, he will justify the circumcised by faith and the uncircumcised through faith. -- romans 3:30 +. +Do we then nullify the law through faith? Absolutely not! Instead we uphold the law. -- romans 3:31 +. +What then shall we say that Abraham, our ancestor according to the flesh, has discovered regarding this matter? -- romans 4:1 +. +For if Abraham was declared righteous by the works of the law, he has something to boast about - but not before God. -- romans 4:2 +. +For what does the scripture say? "Abraham believed God, and it was credited to him as righteousness." -- romans 4:3 +. +Now to the one who works, his pay is not credited due to grace but due to obligation. -- romans 4:4 +. +But to the one who does not work, but believes in the one who declares the ungodly righteous, his faith is credited as righteousness. -- romans 4:5 +. +So even David himself speaks regarding the blessedness of the man to whom God credits righteousness apart from works: -- romans 4:6 +. +"Blessed are those whose lawless deeds are forgiven, and whose sins are covered; -- romans 4:7 +. +blessed is the one against whom the Lord will never count sin." -- romans 4:8 +. +Is this blessedness then for the circumcision or also for the uncircumcision? For we say, "faith was credited to Abraham as righteousness." -- romans 4:9 +. +How then was it credited to him? Was he circumcised at the time, or not? No, he was not circumcised but uncircumcised! -- romans 4:10 +. +And he received the sign of circumcision as a seal of the righteousness that he had by faith while he was still uncircumcised, so that he would become the father of all those who believe but have never been circumcised, that they too could have righteousness credited to them. -- romans 4:11 +. +And he is also the father of the circumcised, who are not only circumcised, but who also walk in the footsteps of the faith that our father Abraham possessed when he was still uncircumcised. -- romans 4:12 +. +For the promise to Abraham or to his descendants that he would inherit the world was not fulfilled through the law, but through the righteousness that comes by faith. -- romans 4:13 +. +For if they become heirs by the law, faith is empty and the promise is nullified. -- romans 4:14 +. +For the law brings wrath, because where there is no law there is no transgression either. -- romans 4:15 +. +For this reason it is by faith so that it may be by grace, with the result that the promise may be certain to all the descendants - not only to those who are under the law, but also to those who have the faith of Abraham, who is the father of us all -- romans 4:16 +. +(as it is written, "I have made you the father of many nations"). He is our father in the presence of God whom he believed - the God who makes the dead alive and summons the things that do not yet exist as though they already do. -- romans 4:17 +. +Against hope Abraham believed in hope with the result that he became the father of many nations according to the pronouncement, "so will your descendants be." -- romans 4:18 +. +Without being weak in faith, he considered his own body as dead (because he was about one hundred years old) and the deadness of Sarah's womb. -- romans 4:19 +. +He did not waver in unbelief about the promise of God but was strengthened in faith, giving glory to God. -- romans 4:20 +. +He was fully convinced that what God promised he was also able to do. -- romans 4:21 +. +So indeed it was credited to Abraham as righteousness. -- romans 4:22 +. +But the statement it was credited to him was not written only for Abraham's sake, -- romans 4:23 +. +but also for our sake, to whom it will be credited, those who believe in the one who raised Jesus our Lord from the dead. -- romans 4:24 +. +He was given over because of our transgressions and was raised for the sake of our justification. -- romans 4:25 +. +Therefore, since we have been declared righteous by faith, we have peace with God through our Lord Jesus Christ, -- romans 5:1 +. +through whom we have also obtained access by faith into this grace in which we stand, and we rejoice in the hope of God's glory. -- romans 5:2 +. +Not only this, but we also rejoice in sufferings, knowing that suffering produces endurance, -- romans 5:3 +. +and endurance, character, and character, hope. -- romans 5:4 +. +And hope does not disappoint, because the love of God has been poured out in our hearts through the Holy Spirit who was given to us. -- romans 5:5 +. +For while we were still helpless, at the right time Christ died for the ungodly. -- romans 5:6 +. +(For rarely will anyone die for a righteous person, though for a good person perhaps someone might possibly dare to die.) -- romans 5:7 +. +But God demonstrates his own love for us, in that while we were still sinners, Christ died for us. -- romans 5:8 +. +Much more then, because we have now been declared righteous by his blood, we will be saved through him from God's wrath. -- romans 5:9 +. +For if while we were enemies we were reconciled to God through the death of his Son, how much more, since we have been reconciled, will we be saved by his life? -- romans 5:10 +. +Not only this, but we also rejoice in God through our Lord Jesus Christ, through whom we have now received this reconciliation. -- romans 5:11 +. +So then, just as sin entered the world through one man and death through sin, and so death spread to all people because all sinned - -- romans 5:12 +. +for before the law was given, sin was in the world, but there is no accounting for sin when there is no law. -- romans 5:13 +. +Yet death reigned from Adam until Moses even over those who did not sin in the same way that Adam (who is a type of the coming one) transgressed. -- romans 5:14 +. +But the gracious gift is not like the transgression. For if the many died through the transgression of the one man, how much more did the grace of God and the gift by the grace of the one man Jesus Christ multiply to the many! -- romans 5:15 +. +And the gift is not like the one who sinned. For judgment, resulting from the one transgression, led to condemnation, but the gracious gift from the many failures led to justification. -- romans 5:16 +. +For if, by the transgression of the one man, death reigned through the one, how much more will those who receive the abundance of grace and of the gift of righteousness reign in life through the one, Jesus Christ! -- romans 5:17 +. +Consequently, just as condemnation for all people came through one transgression, so too through the one righteous act came righteousness leading to life for all people. -- romans 5:18 +. +For just as through the disobedience of the one man many were made sinners, so also through the obedience of one man many will be made righteous. -- romans 5:19 +. +Now the law came in so that the transgression may increase, but where sin increased, grace multiplied all the more, -- romans 5:20 +. +so that just as sin reigned in death, so also grace will reign through righteousness to eternal life through Jesus Christ our Lord. -- romans 5:21 +. +What shall we say then? Are we to remain in sin so that grace may increase? -- romans 6:1 +. +Absolutely not! How can we who died to sin still live in it? -- romans 6:2 +. +Or do you not know that as many as were baptized into Christ Jesus were baptized into his death? -- romans 6:3 +. +Therefore we have been buried with him through baptism into death, in order that just as Christ was raised from the dead through the glory of the Father, so we too may live a new life. -- romans 6:4 +. +For if we have become united with him in the likeness of his death, we will certainly also be united in the likeness of his resurrection. -- romans 6:5 +. +We know that our old man was crucified with him so that the body of sin would no longer dominate us, so that we would no longer be enslaved to sin. -- romans 6:6 +. +(For someone who has died has been freed from sin.) -- romans 6:7 +. +Now if we died with Christ, we believe that we will also live with him. -- romans 6:8 +. +We know that since Christ has been raised from the dead, he is never going to die again; death no longer has mastery over him. -- romans 6:9 +. +For the death he died, he died to sin once for all, but the life he lives, he lives to God. -- romans 6:10 +. +So you too consider yourselves dead to sin, but alive to God in Christ Jesus. -- romans 6:11 +. +Therefore do not let sin reign in your mortal body so that you obey its desires, -- romans 6:12 +. +and do not present your members to sin as instruments to be used for unrighteousness, but present yourselves to God as those who are alive from the dead and your members to God as instruments to be used for righteousness. -- romans 6:13 +. +For sin will have no mastery over you, because you are not under law but under grace. -- romans 6:14 +. +What then? Shall we sin because we are not under law but under grace? Absolutely not! -- romans 6:15 +. +Do you not know that if you present yourselves as obedient slaves, you are slaves of the one you obey, either of sin resulting in death, or obedience resulting in righteousness? -- romans 6:16 +. +But thanks be to God that though you were slaves to sin, you obeyed from the heart that pattern of teaching you were entrusted to, -- romans 6:17 +. +and having been freed from sin, you became enslaved to righteousness. -- romans 6:18 +. +(I am speaking in human terms because of the weakness of your flesh.) For just as you once presented your members as slaves to impurity and lawlessness leading to more lawlessness, so now present your members as slaves to righteousness leading to sanctification. -- romans 6:19 +. +For when you were slaves of sin, you were free with regard to righteousness. -- romans 6:20 +. +So what benefit did you then reap from those things that you are now ashamed of? For the end of those things is death. -- romans 6:21 +. +But now, freed from sin and enslaved to God, you have your benefit leading to sanctification, and the end is eternal life. -- romans 6:22 +. +For the payoff of sin is death, but the gift of God is eternal life in Christ Jesus our Lord. -- romans 6:23 +. +Or do you not know, brothers and sisters (for I am speaking to those who know the law), that the law is lord over a person as long as he lives? -- romans 7:1 +. +For a married woman is bound by law to her husband as long as he lives, but if her husband dies, she is released from the law of the marriage. -- romans 7:2 +. +So then, if she is joined to another man while her husband is alive, she will be called an adulteress. But if her husband dies, she is free from that law, and if she is joined to another man, she is not an adulteress. -- romans 7:3 +. +So, my brothers and sisters, you also died to the law through the body of Christ, so that you could be joined to another, to the one who was raised from the dead, to bear fruit to God. -- romans 7:4 +. +For when we were in the flesh, the sinful desires, aroused by the law, were active in the members of our body to bear fruit for death. -- romans 7:5 +. +But now we have been released from the law, because we have died to what controlled us, so that we may serve in the new life of the Spirit and not under the old written code. -- romans 7:6 +. +What shall we say then? Is the law sin? Absolutely not! Certainly, I would not have known sin except through the law. For indeed I would not have known what it means to desire something belonging to someone else if the law had not said, "Do not covet." -- romans 7:7 +. +But sin, seizing the opportunity through the commandment, produced in me all kinds of wrong desires. For apart from the law, sin is dead. -- romans 7:8 +. +And I was once alive apart from the law, but with the coming of the commandment sin became alive -- romans 7:9 +. +and I died. So I found that the very commandment that was intended to bring life brought death! -- romans 7:10 +. +For sin, seizing the opportunity through the commandment, deceived me and through it I died. -- romans 7:11 +. +So then, the law is holy, and the commandment is holy, righteous, and good. -- romans 7:12 +. +Did that which is good, then, become death to me? Absolutely not! But sin, so that it would be shown to be sin, produced death in me through what is good, so that through the commandment sin would become utterly sinful. -- romans 7:13 +. +For we know that the law is spiritual - but I am unspiritual, sold into slavery to sin. -- romans 7:14 +. +For I don't understand what I am doing. For I do not do what I want - instead, I do what I hate. -- romans 7:15 +. +But if I do what I don't want, I agree that the law is good. -- romans 7:16 +. +But now it is no longer me doing it, but sin that lives in me. -- romans 7:17 +. +For I know that nothing good lives in me, that is, in my flesh. For I want to do the good, but I cannot do it. -- romans 7:18 +. +For I do not do the good I want, but I do the very evil I do not want! -- romans 7:19 +. +Now if I do what I do not want, it is no longer me doing it but sin that lives in me. -- romans 7:20 +. +So, I find the law that when I want to do good, evil is present with me. -- romans 7:21 +. +For I delight in the law of God in my inner being. -- romans 7:22 +. +But I see a different law in my members waging war against the law of my mind and making me captive to the law of sin that is in my members. -- romans 7:23 +. +Wretched man that I am! Who will rescue me from this body of death? -- romans 7:24 +. +Thanks be to God through Jesus Christ our Lord! So then, I myself serve the law of God with my mind, but with my flesh I serve the law of sin. -- romans 7:25 +. +There is therefore now no condemnation for those who are in Christ Jesus. -- romans 8:1 +. +For the law of the life-giving Spirit in Christ Jesus has set you free from the law of sin and death. -- romans 8:2 +. +For God achieved what the law could not do because it was weakened through the flesh. By sending his own Son in the likeness of sinful flesh and concerning sin, he condemned sin in the flesh, -- romans 8:3 +. +so that the righteous requirement of the law may be fulfilled in us, who do not walk according to the flesh but according to the Spirit. -- romans 8:4 +. +For those who live according to the flesh have their outlook shaped by the things of the flesh, but those who live according to the Spirit have their outlook shaped by the things of the Spirit. -- romans 8:5 +. +For the outlook of the flesh is death, but the outlook of the Spirit is life and peace, -- romans 8:6 +. +because the outlook of the flesh is hostile to God, for it does not submit to the law of God, nor is it able to do so. -- romans 8:7 +. +Those who are in the flesh cannot please God. -- romans 8:8 +. +You, however, are not in the flesh but in the Spirit, if indeed the Spirit of God lives in you. Now if anyone does not have the Spirit of Christ, this person does not belong to him. -- romans 8:9 +. +But if Christ is in you, your body is dead because of sin, but the Spirit is your life because of righteousness. -- romans 8:10 +. +Moreover if the Spirit of the one who raised Jesus from the dead lives in you, the one who raised Christ from the dead will also make your mortal bodies alive through his Spirit who lives in you. -- romans 8:11 +. +So then, brothers and sisters, we are under obligation, not to the flesh, to live according to the flesh -- romans 8:12 +. +(for if you live according to the flesh, you will die), but if by the Spirit you put to death the deeds of the body you will live. -- romans 8:13 +. +For all who are led by the Spirit of God are the sons of God. -- romans 8:14 +. +For you did not receive the spirit of slavery leading again to fear, but you received the Spirit of adoption, by whom we cry, "Abba, Father." -- romans 8:15 +. +The Spirit himself bears witness to our spirit that we are God's children. -- romans 8:16 +. +And if children, then heirs (namely, heirs of God and also fellow heirs with Christ) - if indeed we suffer with him so we may also be glorified with him. -- romans 8:17 +. +For I consider that our present sufferings cannot even be compared to the glory that will be revealed to us. -- romans 8:18 +. +For the creation eagerly waits for the revelation of the sons of God. -- romans 8:19 +. +For the creation was subjected to futility - not willingly but because of God who subjected it - in hope -- romans 8:20 +. +that the creation itself will also be set free from the bondage of decay into the glorious freedom of God's children. -- romans 8:21 +. +For we know that the whole creation groans and suffers together until now. -- romans 8:22 +. +Not only this, but we ourselves also, who have the firstfruits of the Spirit, groan inwardly as we eagerly await our adoption, the redemption of our bodies. -- romans 8:23 +. +For in hope we were saved. Now hope that is seen is not hope, because who hopes for what he sees? -- romans 8:24 +. +But if we hope for what we do not see, we eagerly wait for it with endurance. -- romans 8:25 +. +In the same way, the Spirit helps us in our weakness, for we do not know how we should pray, but the Spirit himself intercedes for us with inexpressible groanings. -- romans 8:26 +. +And he who searches our hearts knows the mind of the Spirit, because the Spirit intercedes on behalf of the saints according to God's will. -- romans 8:27 +. +And we know that all things work together for good for those who love God, who are called according to his purpose, -- romans 8:28 +. +because those whom he foreknew he also predestined to be conformed to the image of his Son, that his Son would be the firstborn among many brothers and sisters. -- romans 8:29 +. +And those he predestined, he also called; and those he called, he also justified; and those he justified, he also glorified. -- romans 8:30 +. +What then shall we say about these things? If God is for us, who can be against us? -- romans 8:31 +. +Indeed, he who did not spare his own Son, but gave him up for us all - how will he not also, along with him, freely give us all things? -- romans 8:32 +. +Who will bring any charge against God's elect? It is God who justifies. -- romans 8:33 +. +Who is the one who will condemn? Christ is the one who died (and more than that, he was raised), who is at the right hand of God, and who also is interceding for us. -- romans 8:34 +. +Who will separate us from the love of Christ? Will trouble, or distress, or persecution, or famine, or nakedness, or danger, or sword? -- romans 8:35 +. +As it is written, "For your sake we encounter death all day long; we were considered as sheep to be slaughtered." -- romans 8:36 +. +No, in all these things we have complete victory through him who loved us! -- romans 8:37 +. +For I am convinced that neither death, nor life, nor angels, nor heavenly rulers, nor things that are present, nor things to come, nor powers, -- romans 8:38 +. +nor height, nor depth, nor anything else in creation will be able to separate us from the love of God in Christ Jesus our Lord. -- romans 8:39 +. +I am telling the truth in Christ (I am not lying!), for my conscience assures me in the Holy Spirit - -- romans 9:1 +. +I have great sorrow and unceasing anguish in my heart. -- romans 9:2 +. +For I could wish that I myself were accursed - cut off from Christ - for the sake of my people, my fellow countrymen, -- romans 9:3 +. +who are Israelites. To them belong the adoption as sons, the glory, the covenants, the giving of the law, the temple worship, and the promises. -- romans 9:4 +. +To them belong the patriarchs, and from them, by human descent, came the Christ, who is God over all, blessed forever! Amen. -- romans 9:5 +. +It is not as though the word of God had failed. For not all those who are descended from Israel are truly Israel, -- romans 9:6 +. +nor are all the children Abraham's true descendants; rather "through Isaac will your descendants be counted." -- romans 9:7 +. +This means it is not the children of the flesh who are the children of God; rather, the children of promise are counted as descendants. -- romans 9:8 +. +For this is what the promise declared: "About a year from now I will return and Sarah will have a son." -- romans 9:9 +. +Not only that, but when Rebekah had conceived children by one man, our ancestor Isaac - -- romans 9:10 +. +even before they were born or had done anything good or bad (so that God's purpose in election would stand, not by works but by his calling) - -- romans 9:11 +. + it was said to her, "The older will serve the younger," -- romans 9:12 +. +just as it is written: "Jacob I loved, but Esau I hated." -- romans 9:13 +. +What shall we say then? Is there injustice with God? Absolutely not! -- romans 9:14 +. +For he says to Moses: "I will have mercy on whom I have mercy, and I will have compassion on whom I have compassion." -- romans 9:15 +. +So then, it does not depend on human desire or exertion, but on God who shows mercy. -- romans 9:16 +. +For the scripture says to Pharaoh: "For this very purpose I have raised you up, that I may demonstrate my power in you, and that my name may be proclaimed in all the earth." -- romans 9:17 +. +So then, God has mercy on whom he chooses to have mercy, and he hardens whom he chooses to harden. -- romans 9:18 +. +You will say to me then, "Why does he still find fault? For who has ever resisted his will?" -- romans 9:19 +. +But who indeed are you - a mere human being - to talk back to God? Does what is molded say to the molder, "Why have you made me like this?" -- romans 9:20 +. +Has the potter no right to make from the same lump of clay one vessel for special use and another for ordinary use? -- romans 9:21 +. +But what if God, willing to demonstrate his wrath and to make known his power, has endured with much patience the objects of wrath prepared for destruction? -- romans 9:22 +. +And what if he is willing to make known the wealth of his glory on the objects of mercy that he has prepared beforehand for glory - -- romans 9:23 +. +even us, whom he has called, not only from the Jews but also from the Gentiles? -- romans 9:24 +. +As he also says in Hosea: "I will call those who were not my people, 'My people,' and I will call her who was unloved, 'My beloved.'" -- romans 9:25 +. +"And in the very place where it was said to them, 'You are not my people,' there they will be called 'sons of the living God.'" -- romans 9:26 +. +And Isaiah cries out on behalf of Israel, "Though the number of the children of Israel are as the sand of the sea, only the remnant will be saved, -- romans 9:27 +. +for the Lord will execute his sentence on the earth completely and quickly." -- romans 9:28 +. +Just as Isaiah predicted, "If the Lord of armies had not left us descendants, we would have become like Sodom, and we would have resembled Gomorrah." -- romans 9:29 +. +What shall we say then? - that the Gentiles who did not pursue righteousness obtained it, that is, a righteousness that is by faith, -- romans 9:30 +. +but Israel even though pursuing a law of righteousness did not attain it. -- romans 9:31 +. +Why not? Because they pursued it not by faith but (as if it were possible) by works. They stumbled over the stumbling stone, -- romans 9:32 +. +just as it is written, "Look, I am laying in Zion a stone that will cause people to stumble and a rock that will make them fall, yet the one who believes in him will not be put to shame." -- romans 9:33 +. +Brothers and sisters, my heart's desire and prayer to God on behalf of my fellow Israelites is for their salvation. -- romans 10:1 +. +For I can testify that they are zealous for God, but their zeal is not in line with the truth. -- romans 10:2 +. +For ignoring the righteousness that comes from God, and seeking instead to establish their own righteousness, they did not submit to God's righteousness. -- romans 10:3 +. +For Christ is the end of the law, with the result that there is righteousness for everyone who believes. -- romans 10:4 +. +For Moses writes about the righteousness that is by the law: "The one who does these things will live by them." -- romans 10:5 +. +But the righteousness that is by faith says: "Do not say in your heart, 'Who will ascend into heaven?'" (that is, to bring Christ down) -- romans 10:6 +. +or "Who will descend into the abyss?" (that is, to bring Christ up from the dead). -- romans 10:7 +. +But what does it say? "The word is near you, in your mouth and in your heart" (that is, the word of faith that we preach), -- romans 10:8 +. +because if you confess with your mouth that Jesus is Lord and believe in your heart that God raised him from the dead, you will be saved. -- romans 10:9 +. +For with the heart one believes and thus has righteousness and with the mouth one confesses and thus has salvation. -- romans 10:10 +. +For the scripture says, "Everyone who believes in him will not be put to shame." -- romans 10:11 +. +For there is no distinction between the Jew and the Greek, for the same Lord is Lord of all, who richly blesses all who call on him. -- romans 10:12 +. +For everyone who calls on the name of the Lord will be saved. -- romans 10:13 +. +How are they to call on one they have not believed in? And how are they to believe in one they have not heard of? And how are they to hear without someone preaching to them? -- romans 10:14 +. +And how are they to preach unless they are sent? As it is written, "How timely is the arrival of those who proclaim the good news." -- romans 10:15 +. +But not all have obeyed the good news, for Isaiah says, "Lord, who has believed our report?" -- romans 10:16 +. +Consequently faith comes from what is heard, and what is heard comes through the preached word of Christ. -- romans 10:17 +. +But I ask, have they not heard? Yes, they have: Their voice has gone out to all the earth, and their words to the ends of the world. -- romans 10:18 +. +But again I ask, didn't Israel understand? First Moses says, "I will make you jealous by those who are not a nation; with a senseless nation I will provoke you to anger." -- romans 10:19 +. +And Isaiah is even bold enough to say, "I was found by those who did not seek me; I became well known to those who did not ask for me." -- romans 10:20 +. +But about Israel he says, "All day long I held out my hands to this disobedient and stubborn people!" -- romans 10:21 +. +So I ask, God has not rejected his people, has he? Absolutely not! For I too am an Israelite, a descendant of Abraham, from the tribe of Benjamin. -- romans 11:1 +. +God has not rejected his people whom he foreknew! Do you not know what the scripture says about Elijah, how he pleads with God against Israel? -- romans 11:2 +. +"Lord, they have killed your prophets, they have demolished your altars; I alone am left and they are seeking my life!" -- romans 11:3 +. +But what was the divine response to him? "I have kept for myself seven thousand people who have not bent the knee to Baal." -- romans 11:4 +. +So in the same way at the present time there is a remnant chosen by grace. -- romans 11:5 +. +And if it is by grace, it is no longer by works, otherwise grace would no longer be grace. -- romans 11:6 +. +What then? Israel failed to obtain what it was diligently seeking, but the elect obtained it. The rest were hardened, -- romans 11:7 +. +as it is written, "God gave them a spirit of stupor, eyes that would not see and ears that would not hear, to this very day." -- romans 11:8 +. +And David says, "Let their table become a snare and trap, a stumbling block and a retribution for them; -- romans 11:9 +. +let their eyes be darkened so that they may not see, and make their backs bend continually." -- romans 11:10 +. +I ask then, they did not stumble into an irrevocable fall, did they? Absolutely not! But by their transgression salvation has come to the Gentiles, to make Israel jealous. -- romans 11:11 +. +Now if their transgression means riches for the world and their defeat means riches for the Gentiles, how much more will their full restoration bring? -- romans 11:12 +. +Now I am speaking to you Gentiles. Seeing that I am an apostle to the Gentiles, I magnify my ministry, -- romans 11:13 +. +if somehow I could provoke my people to jealousy and save some of them. -- romans 11:14 +. +For if their rejection is the reconciliation of the world, what will their acceptance be but life from the dead? -- romans 11:15 +. +If the first portion of the dough offered is holy, then the whole batch is holy, and if the root is holy, so too are the branches. -- romans 11:16 +. +Now if some of the branches were broken off, and you, a wild olive shoot, were grafted in among them and participated in the richness of the olive root, -- romans 11:17 +. +do not boast over the branches. But if you boast, remember that you do not support the root, but the root supports you. -- romans 11:18 +. +Then you will say, "The branches were broken off so that I could be grafted in." -- romans 11:19 +. +Granted! They were broken off because of their unbelief, but you stand by faith. Do not be arrogant, but fear! -- romans 11:20 +. +For if God did not spare the natural branches, perhaps he will not spare you. -- romans 11:21 +. +Notice therefore the kindness and harshness of God - harshness toward those who have fallen, but God's kindness toward you, provided you continue in his kindness; otherwise you also will be cut off. -- romans 11:22 +. +And even they - if they do not continue in their unbelief - will be grafted in, for God is able to graft them in again. -- romans 11:23 +. +For if you were cut off from what is by nature a wild olive tree, and grafted, contrary to nature, into a cultivated olive tree, how much more will these natural branches be grafted back into their own olive tree? -- romans 11:24 +. +For I do not want you to be ignorant of this mystery, brothers and sisters, so that you may not be conceited: A partial hardening has happened to Israel until the full number of the Gentiles has come in. -- romans 11:25 +. +And so all Israel will be saved, as it is written: "The Deliverer will come out of Zion; he will remove ungodliness from Jacob. -- romans 11:26 +. +And this is my covenant with them, when I take away their sins." -- romans 11:27 +. +In regard to the gospel they are enemies for your sake, but in regard to election they are dearly loved for the sake of the fathers. -- romans 11:28 +. +For the gifts and the call of God are irrevocable. -- romans 11:29 +. +Just as you were formerly disobedient to God, but have now received mercy due to their disobedience, -- romans 11:30 +. +so they too have now been disobedient in order that, by the mercy shown to you, they too may now receive mercy. -- romans 11:31 +. +For God has consigned all people to disobedience so that he may show mercy to them all. -- romans 11:32 +. +Oh, the depth of the riches and wisdom and knowledge of God! How unsearchable are his judgments and how fathomless his ways! -- romans 11:33 +. +For who has known the mind of the Lord, or who has been his counselor? -- romans 11:34 +. +Or who has first given to God, that God needs to repay him? -- romans 11:35 +. +For from him and through him and to him are all things. To him be glory forever! Amen. -- romans 11:36 +. +Therefore I exhort you, brothers and sisters, by the mercies of God, to present your bodies as a sacrifice - alive, holy, and pleasing to God - which is your reasonable service. -- romans 12:1 +. +Do not be conformed to this present world, but be transformed by the renewing of your mind, so that you may test and approve what is the will of God - what is good and well-pleasing and perfect. -- romans 12:2 +. +For by the grace given to me I say to every one of you not to think more highly of yourself than you ought to think, but to think with sober discernment, as God has distributed to each of you a measure of faith. -- romans 12:3 +. +For just as in one body we have many members, and not all the members serve the same function, -- romans 12:4 +. +so we who are many are one body in Christ, and individually we are members who belong to one another. -- romans 12:5 +. +And we have different gifts according to the grace given to us. If the gift is prophecy, that individual must use it in proportion to his faith. -- romans 12:6 +. +If it is service, he must serve; if it is teaching, he must teach; -- romans 12:7 +. +if it is exhortation, he must exhort; if it is contributing, he must do so with sincerity; if it is leadership, he must do so with diligence; if it is showing mercy, he must do so with cheerfulness. -- romans 12:8 +. +Love must be without hypocrisy. Abhor what is evil, cling to what is good. -- romans 12:9 +. +Be devoted to one another with mutual love, showing eagerness in honoring one another. -- romans 12:10 +. +Do not lag in zeal, be enthusiastic in spirit, serve the Lord. -- romans 12:11 +. +Rejoice in hope, endure in suffering, persist in prayer. -- romans 12:12 +. +Contribute to the needs of the saints, pursue hospitality. -- romans 12:13 +. +Bless those who persecute you, bless and do not curse. -- romans 12:14 +. +Rejoice with those who rejoice, weep with those who weep. -- romans 12:15 +. +Live in harmony with one another; do not be haughty but associate with the lowly. Do not be conceited. -- romans 12:16 +. +Do not repay anyone evil for evil; consider what is good before all people. -- romans 12:17 +. +If possible, so far as it depends on you, live peaceably with all people. -- romans 12:18 +. +Do not avenge yourselves, dear friends, but give place to God's wrath, for it is written, "Vengeance is mine, I will repay," says the Lord. -- romans 12:19 +. +Rather, if your enemy is hungry, feed him; if he is thirsty, give him a drink; for in doing this you will be heaping burning coals on his head. -- romans 12:20 +. +Do not be overcome by evil, but overcome evil with good. -- romans 12:21 +. +Let every person be subject to the governing authorities. For there is no authority except by God's appointment, and the authorities that exist have been instituted by God. -- romans 13:1 +. +So the person who resists such authority resists the ordinance of God, and those who resist will incur judgment -- romans 13:2 +. +(for rulers cause no fear for good conduct but for bad). Do you desire not to fear authority? Do good and you will receive its commendation, -- romans 13:3 +. +for it is God's servant for your good. But if you do wrong, be in fear, for it does not bear the sword in vain. It is God's servant to administer retribution on the wrongdoer. -- romans 13:4 +. +Therefore it is necessary to be in subjection, not only because of the wrath of the authorities but also because of your conscience. -- romans 13:5 +. +For this reason you also pay taxes, for the authorities are God's servants devoted to governing. -- romans 13:6 +. +Pay everyone what is owed: taxes to whom taxes are due, revenue to whom revenue is due, respect to whom respect is due, honor to whom honor is due. -- romans 13:7 +. +Owe no one anything, except to love one another, for the one who loves his neighbor has fulfilled the law. -- romans 13:8 +. +For the commandments, "Do not commit adultery, do not murder, do not steal, do not covet," (and if there is any other commandment) are summed up in this, "Love your neighbor as yourself." -- romans 13:9 +. +Love does no wrong to a neighbor. Therefore love is the fulfillment of the law. -- romans 13:10 +. +And do this because we know the time, that it is already the hour for us to awake from sleep, for our salvation is now nearer than when we became believers. -- romans 13:11 +. +The night has advanced toward dawn; the day is near. So then we must lay aside the works of darkness, and put on the weapons of light. -- romans 13:12 +. +Let us live decently as in the daytime, not in carousing and drunkenness, not in sexual immorality and sensuality, not in discord and jealousy. -- romans 13:13 +. +Instead, put on the Lord Jesus Christ, and make no provision for the flesh to arouse its desires. -- romans 13:14 +. +Now receive the one who is weak in the faith, and do not have disputes over differing opinions. -- romans 14:1 +. +One person believes in eating everything, but the weak person eats only vegetables. -- romans 14:2 +. +The one who eats everything must not despise the one who does not, and the one who abstains must not judge the one who eats everything, for God has accepted him. -- romans 14:3 +. +Who are you to pass judgment on another's servant? Before his own master he stands or falls. And he will stand, for the Lord is able to make him stand. -- romans 14:4 +. +One person regards one day holier than other days, and another regards them all alike. Each must be fully convinced in his own mind. -- romans 14:5 +. +The one who observes the day does it for the Lord. The one who eats, eats for the Lord because he gives thanks to God, and the one who abstains from eating abstains for the Lord, and he gives thanks to God. -- romans 14:6 +. +For none of us lives for himself and none dies for himself. -- romans 14:7 +. +If we live, we live for the Lord; if we die, we die for the Lord. Therefore, whether we live or die, we are the Lord's. -- romans 14:8 +. +For this reason Christ died and returned to life, so that he may be the Lord of both the dead and the living. -- romans 14:9 +. +But you who eat vegetables only - why do you judge your brother or sister? And you who eat everything - why do you despise your brother or sister? For we will all stand before the judgment seat of God. -- romans 14:10 +. +For it is written, "As I live, says the Lord, every knee will bow to me, and every tongue will give praise to God." -- romans 14:11 +. +Therefore, each of us will give an account of himself to God. -- romans 14:12 +. +Therefore we must not pass judgment on one another, but rather determine never to place an obstacle or a trap before a brother or sister. -- romans 14:13 +. +I know and am convinced in the Lord Jesus that there is nothing unclean in itself; still, it is unclean to the one who considers it unclean. -- romans 14:14 +. +For if your brother or sister is distressed because of what you eat, you are no longer walking in love. Do not destroy by your food someone for whom Christ died. -- romans 14:15 +. +Therefore do not let what you consider good be spoken of as evil. -- romans 14:16 +. +For the kingdom of God does not consist of food and drink, but righteousness, peace, and joy in the Holy Spirit. -- romans 14:17 +. +For the one who serves Christ in this way is pleasing to God and approved by people. -- romans 14:18 +. +So then, let us pursue what makes for peace and for building up one another. -- romans 14:19 +. +Do not destroy the work of God for the sake of food. For although all things are clean, it is wrong to cause anyone to stumble by what you eat. -- romans 14:20 +. +It is good not to eat meat or drink wine or to do anything that causes your brother to stumble. -- romans 14:21 +. +The faith you have, keep to yourself before God. Blessed is the one who does not judge himself by what he approves. -- romans 14:22 +. +But the man who doubts is condemned if he eats, because he does not do so from faith, and whatever is not from faith is sin. -- romans 14:23 +. +But we who are strong ought to bear with the failings of the weak, and not just please ourselves. -- romans 15:1 +. +Let each of us please his neighbor for his good to build him up. -- romans 15:2 +. +For even Christ did not please himself, but just as it is written, "The insults of those who insult you have fallen on me." -- romans 15:3 +. +For everything that was written in former times was written for our instruction, so that through endurance and through encouragement of the scriptures we may have hope. -- romans 15:4 +. +Now may the God of endurance and comfort give you unity with one another in accordance with Christ Jesus, -- romans 15:5 +. +so that together you may with one voice glorify the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ. -- romans 15:6 +. +Receive one another, then, just as Christ also received you, to God's glory. -- romans 15:7 +. +For I tell you that Christ has become a servant of the circumcised on behalf of God's truth to confirm the promises made to the fathers, -- romans 15:8 +. +and thus the Gentiles glorify God for his mercy. As it is written, "Because of this I will confess you among the Gentiles, and I will sing praises to your name." -- romans 15:9 +. +And again it says: "Rejoice, O Gentiles, with his people." -- romans 15:10 +. +And again, "Praise the Lord all you Gentiles, and let all the peoples praise him." -- romans 15:11 +. +And again Isaiah says, "The root of Jesse will come, and the one who rises to rule over the Gentiles, in him will the Gentiles hope." -- romans 15:12 +. +Now may the God of hope fill you with all joy and peace as you believe in him, so that you may abound in hope by the power of the Holy Spirit. -- romans 15:13 +. +But I myself am fully convinced about you, my brothers and sisters, that you yourselves are full of goodness, filled with all knowledge, and able to instruct one another. -- romans 15:14 +. +But I have written more boldly to you on some points so as to remind you, because of the grace given to me by God -- romans 15:15 +. +to be a minister of Christ Jesus to the Gentiles. I serve the gospel of God like a priest, so that the Gentiles may become an acceptable offering, sanctified by the Holy Spirit. -- romans 15:16 +. +So I boast in Christ Jesus about the things that pertain to God. -- romans 15:17 +. +For I will not dare to speak of anything except what Christ has accomplished through me in order to bring about the obedience of the Gentiles, by word and deed, -- romans 15:18 +. +in the power of signs and wonders, in the power of the Spirit of God. So from Jerusalem even as far as Illyricum I have fully preached the gospel of Christ. -- romans 15:19 +. +And in this way I desire to preach where Christ has not been named, so as not to build on another person's foundation, -- romans 15:20 +. +but as it is written: "Those who were not told about him will see, and those who have not heard will understand." -- romans 15:21 +. +This is the reason I was often hindered from coming to you. -- romans 15:22 +. +But now there is nothing more to keep me in these regions, and I have for many years desired to come to you -- romans 15:23 +. +when I go to Spain. For I hope to visit you when I pass through and that you will help me on my journey there, after I have enjoyed your company for a while. -- romans 15:24 +. +But now I go to Jerusalem to minister to the saints. -- romans 15:25 +. +For Macedonia and Achaia are pleased to make some contribution for the poor among the saints in Jerusalem. -- romans 15:26 +. +For they were pleased to do this, and indeed they are indebted to the Jerusalem saints. For if the Gentiles have shared in their spiritual things, they are obligated also to minister to them in material things. -- romans 15:27 +. +Therefore after I have completed this and have safely delivered this bounty to them, I will set out for Spain by way of you, -- romans 15:28 +. +and I know that when I come to you I will come in the fullness of Christ's blessing. -- romans 15:29 +. +Now I urge you, brothers and sisters, through our Lord Jesus Christ and through the love of the Spirit, to join fervently with me in prayer to God on my behalf. -- romans 15:30 +. +Pray that I may be rescued from those who are disobedient in Judea and that my ministry in Jerusalem may be acceptable to the saints, -- romans 15:31 +. +so that by God's will I may come to you with joy and be refreshed in your company. -- romans 15:32 +. +Now may the God of peace be with all of you. Amen. -- romans 15:33 +. +Now I commend to you our sister Phoebe, who is a servant of the church in Cenchrea, -- romans 16:1 +. +so that you may welcome her in the Lord in a way worthy of the saints and provide her with whatever help she may need from you, for she has been a great help to many, including me. -- romans 16:2 +. +Greet Prisca and Aquila, my fellow workers in Christ Jesus, -- romans 16:3 +. +who risked their own necks for my life. Not only I, but all the churches of the Gentiles are grateful to them. -- romans 16:4 +. +Also greet the church in their house. Greet my dear friend Epenetus, who was the first convert to Christ in the province of Asia. -- romans 16:5 +. +Greet Mary, who has worked very hard for you. -- romans 16:6 +. +Greet Andronicus and Junia, my compatriots and my fellow prisoners. They are well known to the apostles, and they were in Christ before me. -- romans 16:7 +. +Greet Ampliatus, my dear friend in the Lord. -- romans 16:8 +. +Greet Urbanus, our fellow worker in Christ, and my good friend Stachys. -- romans 16:9 +. +Greet Apelles, who is approved in Christ. Greet those who belong to the household of Aristobulus. -- romans 16:10 +. +Greet Herodion, my compatriot. Greet those in the household of Narcissus who are in the Lord. -- romans 16:11 +. +Greet Tryphena and Tryphosa, laborers in the Lord. Greet my dear friend Persis, who has worked hard in the Lord. -- romans 16:12 +. +Greet Rufus, chosen in the Lord, and his mother who was also a mother to me. -- romans 16:13 +. +Greet Asyncritus, Phlegon, Hermes, Patrobas, Hermas, and the brothers and sisters with them. -- romans 16:14 +. +Greet Philologus and Julia, Nereus and his sister, and Olympas, and all the believers who are with them. -- romans 16:15 +. +Greet one another with a holy kiss. All the churches of Christ greet you. -- romans 16:16 +. +Now I urge you, brothers and sisters, to watch out for those who create dissensions and obstacles contrary to the teaching that you learned. Avoid them! -- romans 16:17 +. +For these are the kind who do not serve our Lord Christ, but their own appetites. By their smooth talk and flattery they deceive the minds of the naive. -- romans 16:18 +. +Your obedience is known to all and thus I rejoice over you. But I want you to be wise in what is good and innocent in what is evil. -- romans 16:19 +. +The God of peace will quickly crush Satan under your feet. The grace of our Lord Jesus be with you. -- romans 16:20 +. +Timothy, my fellow worker, greets you; so do Lucius, Jason, and Sosipater, my compatriots. -- romans 16:21 +. +I, Tertius, who am writing this letter, greet you in the Lord. -- romans 16:22 +. +Gaius, who is host to me and to the whole church, greets you. Erastus the city treasurer and our brother Quartus greet you. -- romans 16:23 +. +[[EMPTY]] -- romans 16:24 +. +Now to him who is able to strengthen you according to my gospel and the proclamation of Jesus Christ, according to the revelation of the mystery that had been kept secret for long ages, -- romans 16:25 +. +but now is disclosed, and through the prophetic scriptures has been made known to all the nations, according to the command of the eternal God, to bring about the obedience of faith - -- romans 16:26 +. +to the only wise God, through Jesus Christ, be glory forever! Amen. -- romans 16:27 +. +From Paul, called to be an apostle of Christ Jesus by the will of God, and Sosthenes, our brother, -- 1 corinthians 1:1 +. +to the church of God that is in Corinth, to those who are sanctified in Christ Jesus, and called to be saints, with all those in every place who call on the name of our Lord Jesus Christ, their Lord and ours. -- 1 corinthians 1:2 +. +Grace and peace to you from God our Father and the Lord Jesus Christ! -- 1 corinthians 1:3 +. +I always thank my God for you because of the grace of God that was given to you in Christ Jesus. -- 1 corinthians 1:4 +. +For you were made rich in every way in him, in all your speech and in every kind of knowledge - -- 1 corinthians 1:5 +. +just as the testimony about Christ has been confirmed among you - -- 1 corinthians 1:6 +. +so that you do not lack any spiritual gift as you wait for the revelation of our Lord Jesus Christ. -- 1 corinthians 1:7 +. +He will also strengthen you to the end, so that you will be blameless on the day of our Lord Jesus Christ. -- 1 corinthians 1:8 +. +God is faithful, by whom you were called into fellowship with his son, Jesus Christ our Lord. -- 1 corinthians 1:9 +. +I urge you, brothers and sisters, by the name of our Lord Jesus Christ, to agree together, to end your divisions, and to be united by the same mind and purpose. -- 1 corinthians 1:10 +. +For members of Chloe's household have made it clear to me, my brothers and sisters, that there are quarrels among you. -- 1 corinthians 1:11 +. +Now I mean this, that each of you is saying, "I am with Paul," or "I am with Apollos," or "I am with Cephas," or "I am with Christ." -- 1 corinthians 1:12 +. +Is Christ divided? Paul wasn't crucified for you, was he? Or were you in fact baptized in the name of Paul? -- 1 corinthians 1:13 +. +I thank God that I did not baptize any of you except Crispus and Gaius, -- 1 corinthians 1:14 +. +so that no one can say that you were baptized in my name! -- 1 corinthians 1:15 +. +(I also baptized the household of Stephanus. Otherwise, I do not remember whether I baptized anyone else.) -- 1 corinthians 1:16 +. +For Christ did not send me to baptize, but to preach the gospel - and not with clever speech, so that the cross of Christ would not become useless. -- 1 corinthians 1:17 +. +For the message about the cross is foolishness to those who are perishing, but to us who are being saved it is the power of God. -- 1 corinthians 1:18 +. +For it is written, "I will destroy the wisdom of the wise, and I will thwart the cleverness of the intelligent." -- 1 corinthians 1:19 +. +Where is the wise man? Where is the expert in the Mosaic law? Where is the debater of this age? Has God not made the wisdom of the world foolish? -- 1 corinthians 1:20 +. +For since in the wisdom of God the world by its wisdom did not know God, God was pleased to save those who believe by the foolishness of preaching. -- 1 corinthians 1:21 +. +For Jews demand miraculous signs and Greeks ask for wisdom, -- 1 corinthians 1:22 +. +but we preach about a crucified Christ, a stumbling block to Jews and foolishness to Gentiles. -- 1 corinthians 1:23 +. +But to those who are called, both Jews and Greeks, Christ is the power of God and the wisdom of God. -- 1 corinthians 1:24 +. +For the foolishness of God is wiser than human wisdom, and the weakness of God is stronger than human strength. -- 1 corinthians 1:25 +. +Think about the circumstances of your call, brothers and sisters. Not many were wise by human standards, not many were powerful, not many were born to a privileged position. -- 1 corinthians 1:26 +. +But God chose what the world thinks foolish to shame the wise, and God chose what the world thinks weak to shame the strong. -- 1 corinthians 1:27 +. +God chose what is low and despised in the world, what is regarded as nothing, to set aside what is regarded as something, -- 1 corinthians 1:28 +. +so that no one can boast in his presence. -- 1 corinthians 1:29 +. +He is the reason you have a relationship with Christ Jesus, who became for us wisdom from God, and righteousness and sanctification and redemption, -- 1 corinthians 1:30 +. +so that, as it is written, "Let the one who boasts, boast in the Lord." -- 1 corinthians 1:31 +. +When I came to you, brothers and sisters, I did not come with superior eloquence or wisdom as I proclaimed the testimony of God. -- 1 corinthians 2:1 +. +For I decided to be concerned about nothing among you except Jesus Christ, and him crucified. -- 1 corinthians 2:2 +. +And I was with you in weakness and in fear and with much trembling. -- 1 corinthians 2:3 +. +My conversation and my preaching were not with persuasive words of wisdom, but with a demonstration of the Spirit and of power, -- 1 corinthians 2:4 +. +so that your faith would not be based on human wisdom but on the power of God. -- 1 corinthians 2:5 +. +Now we do speak wisdom among the mature, but not a wisdom of this age or of the rulers of this age, who are perishing. -- 1 corinthians 2:6 +. +Instead we speak the wisdom of God, hidden in a mystery, that God determined before the ages for our glory. -- 1 corinthians 2:7 +. +None of the rulers of this age understood it. If they had known it, they would not have crucified the Lord of glory. -- 1 corinthians 2:8 +. +But just as it is written, "Things that no eye has seen, or ear heard, or mind imagined, are the things God has prepared for those who love him." -- 1 corinthians 2:9 +. +God has revealed these to us by the Spirit. For the Spirit searches all things, even the deep things of God. -- 1 corinthians 2:10 +. +For who among men knows the things of a man except the man's spirit within him? So too, no one knows the things of God except the Spirit of God. -- 1 corinthians 2:11 +. +Now we have not received the spirit of the world, but the Spirit who is from God, so that we may know the things that are freely given to us by God. -- 1 corinthians 2:12 +. +And we speak about these things, not with words taught us by human wisdom, but with those taught by the Spirit, explaining spiritual things to spiritual people. -- 1 corinthians 2:13 +. +The unbeliever does not receive the things of the Spirit of God, for they are foolishness to him. And he cannot understand them, because they are spiritually discerned. -- 1 corinthians 2:14 +. +The one who is spiritual discerns all things, yet he himself is understood by no one. -- 1 corinthians 2:15 +. +For who has known the mind of the Lord, so as to advise him? But we have the mind of Christ. -- 1 corinthians 2:16 +. +So, brothers and sisters, I could not speak to you as spiritual people, but instead as people of the flesh, as infants in Christ. -- 1 corinthians 3:1 +. +I fed you milk, not solid food, for you were not yet ready. In fact, you are still not ready, -- 1 corinthians 3:2 +. +for you are still influenced by the flesh. For since there is still jealousy and dissension among you, are you not influenced by the flesh and behaving like unregenerate people? -- 1 corinthians 3:3 +. +For whenever someone says, "I am with Paul," or "I am with Apollos," are you not merely human? -- 1 corinthians 3:4 +. +What is Apollos, really? Or what is Paul? Servants through whom you came to believe, and each of us in the ministry the Lord gave us. -- 1 corinthians 3:5 +. +I planted, Apollos watered, but God caused it to grow. -- 1 corinthians 3:6 +. +So neither the one who plants counts for anything, nor the one who waters, but God who causes the growth. -- 1 corinthians 3:7 +. +The one who plants and the one who waters work as one, but each will receive his reward according to his work. -- 1 corinthians 3:8 +. +We are coworkers belonging to God. You are God's field, God's building. -- 1 corinthians 3:9 +. +According to the grace of God given to me, like a skilled master-builder I laid a foundation, but someone else builds on it. And each one must be careful how he builds. -- 1 corinthians 3:10 +. +For no one can lay any foundation other than what is being laid, which is Jesus Christ. -- 1 corinthians 3:11 +. +If anyone builds on the foundation with gold, silver, precious stones, wood, hay, or straw, -- 1 corinthians 3:12 +. +each builder's work will be plainly seen, for the Day will make it clear, because it will be revealed by fire. And the fire will test what kind of work each has done. -- 1 corinthians 3:13 +. +If what someone has built survives, he will receive a reward. -- 1 corinthians 3:14 +. +If someone's work is burned up, he will suffer loss. He himself will be saved, but only as through fire. -- 1 corinthians 3:15 +. +Do you not know that you are God's temple and that God's Spirit lives in you? -- 1 corinthians 3:16 +. +If someone destroys God's temple, God will destroy him. For God's temple is holy, which is what you are. -- 1 corinthians 3:17 +. +Guard against self-deception, each of you. If someone among you thinks he is wise in this age, let him become foolish so that he can become wise. -- 1 corinthians 3:18 +. +For the wisdom of this age is foolishness with God. As it is written, "He catches the wise in their craftiness." -- 1 corinthians 3:19 +. +And again, "The Lord knows that the thoughts of the wise are futile." -- 1 corinthians 3:20 +. +So then, no more boasting about mere mortals! For everything belongs to you, -- 1 corinthians 3:21 +. +whether Paul or Apollos or Cephas or the world or life or death or the present or the future. Everything belongs to you, -- 1 corinthians 3:22 +. +and you belong to Christ, and Christ belongs to God. -- 1 corinthians 3:23 +. +One should think about us this way - as servants of Christ and stewards of the mysteries of God. -- 1 corinthians 4:1 +. +Now what is sought in stewards is that one be found faithful. -- 1 corinthians 4:2 +. +So for me, it is a minor matter that I am judged by you or by any human court. In fact, I do not even judge myself. -- 1 corinthians 4:3 +. +For I am not aware of anything against myself, but I am not acquitted because of this. The one who judges me is the Lord. -- 1 corinthians 4:4 +. +So then, do not judge anything before the time. Wait until the Lord comes. He will bring to light the hidden things of darkness and reveal the motives of hearts. Then each will receive recognition from God. -- 1 corinthians 4:5 +. +I have applied these things to myself and Apollos because of you, brothers and sisters, so that through us you may learn "not to go beyond what is written," so that none of you will be puffed up in favor of the one against the other. -- 1 corinthians 4:6 +. +For who concedes you any superiority? What do you have that you did not receive? And if you received it, why do you boast as though you did not? -- 1 corinthians 4:7 +. +Already you are satisfied! Already you are rich! You have become kings without us! I wish you had become kings so that we could reign with you! -- 1 corinthians 4:8 +. +For, I think, God has exhibited us apostles last of all, as men condemned to die, because we have become a spectacle to the world, both to angels and to people. -- 1 corinthians 4:9 +. +We are fools for Christ, but you are wise in Christ! We are weak, but you are strong! You are distinguished, we are dishonored! -- 1 corinthians 4:10 +. +To the present hour we are hungry and thirsty, poorly clothed, brutally treated, and without a roof over our heads. -- 1 corinthians 4:11 +. +We do hard work, toiling with our own hands. When we are verbally abused, we respond with a blessing, when persecuted, we endure, -- 1 corinthians 4:12 +. +when people lie about us, we answer in a friendly manner. We are the world's dirt and scum, even now. -- 1 corinthians 4:13 +. +I am not writing these things to shame you, but to correct you as my dear children. -- 1 corinthians 4:14 +. +For though you may have ten thousand guardians in Christ, you do not have many fathers, because I became your father in Christ Jesus through the gospel. -- 1 corinthians 4:15 +. +I encourage you, then, be imitators of me. -- 1 corinthians 4:16 +. +For this reason, I have sent Timothy to you, who is my dear and faithful son in the Lord. He will remind you of my ways in Christ, as I teach them everywhere in every church. -- 1 corinthians 4:17 +. +Some have become arrogant, as if I were not coming to you. -- 1 corinthians 4:18 +. +But I will come to you soon, if the Lord is willing, and I will find out not only the talk of these arrogant people, but also their power. -- 1 corinthians 4:19 +. +For the kingdom of God is demonstrated not in idle talk but with power. -- 1 corinthians 4:20 +. +What do you want? Shall I come to you with a rod of discipline or with love and a spirit of gentleness? -- 1 corinthians 4:21 +. +It is actually reported that sexual immorality exists among you, the kind of immorality that is not permitted even among the Gentiles, so that someone is cohabiting with his father's wife. -- 1 corinthians 5:1 +. +And you are proud! Shouldn't you have been deeply sorrowful instead and removed the one who did this from among you? -- 1 corinthians 5:2 +. +For even though I am absent physically, I am present in spirit. And I have already judged the one who did this, just as though I were present. -- 1 corinthians 5:3 +. +When you gather together in the name of our Lord Jesus, and I am with you in spirit, along with the power of our Lord Jesus, -- 1 corinthians 5:4 +. +turn this man over to Satan for the destruction of the flesh, so that his spirit may be saved in the day of the Lord. -- 1 corinthians 5:5 +. +Your boasting is not good. Don't you know that a little yeast affects the whole batch of dough? -- 1 corinthians 5:6 +. +Clean out the old yeast so that you may be a new batch of dough - you are, in fact, without yeast. For Christ, our Passover lamb, has been sacrificed. -- 1 corinthians 5:7 +. +So then, let us celebrate the festival, not with the old yeast, the yeast of vice and evil, but with the bread without yeast, the bread of sincerity and truth. -- 1 corinthians 5:8 +. +I wrote you in my letter not to associate with sexually immoral people. -- 1 corinthians 5:9 +. +In no way did I mean the immoral people of this world, or the greedy and swindlers and idolaters, since you would then have to go out of the world. -- 1 corinthians 5:10 +. +But now I am writing to you not to associate with anyone who calls himself a Christian who is sexually immoral, or greedy, or an idolater, or verbally abusive, or a drunkard, or a swindler. Do not even eat with such a person. -- 1 corinthians 5:11 +. +For what do I have to do with judging those outside? Are you not to judge those inside? -- 1 corinthians 5:12 +. +But God will judge those outside. Remove the evil person from among you. -- 1 corinthians 5:13 +. +When any of you has a legal dispute with another, does he dare go to court before the unrighteous rather than before the saints? -- 1 corinthians 6:1 +. +Or do you not know that the saints will judge the world? And if the world is to be judged by you, are you not competent to settle trivial suits? -- 1 corinthians 6:2 +. +Do you not know that we will judge angels? Why not ordinary matters! -- 1 corinthians 6:3 +. +So if you have ordinary lawsuits, do you appoint as judges those who have no standing in the church? -- 1 corinthians 6:4 +. +I say this to your shame! Is there no one among you wise enough to settle disputes between fellow Christians? -- 1 corinthians 6:5 +. +Instead, does a Christian sue a Christian, and do this before unbelievers? -- 1 corinthians 6:6 +. +The fact that you have lawsuits among yourselves demonstrates that you have already been defeated. Why not rather be wronged? Why not rather be cheated? -- 1 corinthians 6:7 +. +But you yourselves wrong and cheat, and you do this to your brothers and sisters! -- 1 corinthians 6:8 +. +Do you not know that the unrighteous will not inherit the kingdom of God? Do not be deceived! The sexually immoral, idolaters, adulterers, passive homosexual partners, practicing homosexuals, -- 1 corinthians 6:9 +. +thieves, the greedy, drunkards, the verbally abusive, and swindlers will not inherit the kingdom of God. -- 1 corinthians 6:10 +. +Some of you once lived this way. But you were washed, you were sanctified, you were justified in the name of the Lord Jesus Christ and by the Spirit of our God. -- 1 corinthians 6:11 +. +"All things are lawful for me" - but not everything is beneficial. "All things are lawful for me" - but I will not be controlled by anything. -- 1 corinthians 6:12 +. +"Food is for the stomach and the stomach is for food, but God will do away with both." The body is not for sexual immorality, but for the Lord, and the Lord for the body. -- 1 corinthians 6:13 +. +Now God indeed raised the Lord and he will raise us by his power. -- 1 corinthians 6:14 +. +Do you not know that your bodies are members of Christ? Should I take the members of Christ and make them members of a prostitute? Never! -- 1 corinthians 6:15 +. +Or do you not know that anyone who is united with a prostitute is one body with her? For it is said, "The two will become one flesh." -- 1 corinthians 6:16 +. +But the one united with the Lord is one spirit with him. -- 1 corinthians 6:17 +. +Flee sexual immorality! "Every sin a person commits is outside of the body" - but the immoral person sins against his own body. -- 1 corinthians 6:18 +. +Or do you not know that your body is the temple of the Holy Spirit who is in you, whom you have from God, and you are not your own? -- 1 corinthians 6:19 +. +For you were bought at a price. Therefore glorify God with your body. -- 1 corinthians 6:20 +. +Now with regard to the issues you wrote about: "It is good for a man not to have sexual relations with a woman." -- 1 corinthians 7:1 +. +But because of immoralities, each man should have relations with his own wife and each woman with her own husband. -- 1 corinthians 7:2 +. +A husband should give to his wife her sexual rights, and likewise a wife to her husband. -- 1 corinthians 7:3 +. +It is not the wife who has the rights to her own body, but the husband. In the same way, it is not the husband who has the rights to his own body, but the wife. -- 1 corinthians 7:4 +. +Do not deprive each other, except by mutual agreement for a specified time, so that you may devote yourselves to prayer. Then resume your relationship, so that Satan may not tempt you because of your lack of self-control. -- 1 corinthians 7:5 +. +I say this as a concession, not as a command. -- 1 corinthians 7:6 +. +I wish that everyone was as I am. But each has his own gift from God, one this way, another that. -- 1 corinthians 7:7 +. +To the unmarried and widows I say that it is best for them to remain as I am. -- 1 corinthians 7:8 +. +But if they do not have self-control, let them get married. For it is better to marry than to burn with sexual desire. -- 1 corinthians 7:9 +. +To the married I give this command - not I, but the Lord - a wife should not divorce a husband -- 1 corinthians 7:10 +. +(but if she does, let her remain unmarried, or be reconciled to her husband), and a husband should not divorce his wife. -- 1 corinthians 7:11 +. +To the rest I say - I, not the Lord - if a brother has a wife who is not a believer and she is happy to live with him, he should not divorce her. -- 1 corinthians 7:12 +. +And if a woman has a husband who is not a believer and he is happy to live with her, she should not divorce him. -- 1 corinthians 7:13 +. +For the unbelieving husband is sanctified because of the wife, and the unbelieving wife because of her husband. Otherwise your children are unclean, but now they are holy. -- 1 corinthians 7:14 +. +But if the unbeliever wants a divorce, let it take place. In these circumstances the brother or sister is not bound. God has called you in peace. -- 1 corinthians 7:15 +. +For how do you know, wife, whether you will bring your husband to salvation? Or how do you know, husband, whether you will bring your wife to salvation? -- 1 corinthians 7:16 +. +Nevertheless, as the Lord has assigned to each one, as God has called each person, so must he live. I give this sort of direction in all the churches. -- 1 corinthians 7:17 +. +Was anyone called after he had been circumcised? He should not try to undo his circumcision. Was anyone called who is uncircumcised? He should not get circumcised. -- 1 corinthians 7:18 +. +Circumcision is nothing and uncircumcision is nothing. Instead, keeping God's commandments is what counts. -- 1 corinthians 7:19 +. +Let each one remain in that situation in life in which he was called. -- 1 corinthians 7:20 +. +Were you called as a slave? Do not worry about it. But if indeed you are able to be free, make the most of the opportunity. -- 1 corinthians 7:21 +. +For the one who was called in the Lord as a slave is the Lord's freedman. In the same way, the one who was called as a free person is Christ's slave. -- 1 corinthians 7:22 +. +You were bought with a price. Do not become slaves of men. -- 1 corinthians 7:23 +. +In whatever situation someone was called, brothers and sisters, let him remain in it with God. -- 1 corinthians 7:24 +. +With regard to the question about people who have never married, I have no command from the Lord, but I give my opinion as one shown mercy by the Lord to be trustworthy. -- 1 corinthians 7:25 +. +Because of the impending crisis I think it best for you to remain as you are. -- 1 corinthians 7:26 +. +The one bound to a wife should not seek divorce. The one released from a wife should not seek marriage. -- 1 corinthians 7:27 +. +But if you marry, you have not sinned. And if a virgin marries, she has not sinned. But those who marry will face difficult circumstances, and I am trying to spare you such problems. -- 1 corinthians 7:28 +. +And I say this, brothers and sisters: The time is short. So then those who have wives should be as those who have none, -- 1 corinthians 7:29 +. +those with tears like those not weeping, those who rejoice like those not rejoicing, those who buy like those without possessions, -- 1 corinthians 7:30 +. +those who use the world as though they were not using it to the full. For the present shape of this world is passing away. -- 1 corinthians 7:31 +. +And I want you to be free from concern. An unmarried man is concerned about the things of the Lord, how to please the Lord. -- 1 corinthians 7:32 +. +But a married man is concerned about the things of the world, how to please his wife, -- 1 corinthians 7:33 +. +and he is divided. An unmarried woman or a virgin is concerned about the things of the Lord, to be holy both in body and spirit. But a married woman is concerned about the things of the world, how to please her husband. -- 1 corinthians 7:34 +. +I am saying this for your benefit, not to place a limitation on you, but so that without distraction you may give notable and constant service to the Lord. -- 1 corinthians 7:35 +. +If anyone thinks he is acting inappropriately toward his virgin, if she is past the bloom of youth and it seems necessary, he should do what he wishes; he does not sin. Let them marry. -- 1 corinthians 7:36 +. +But the man who is firm in his commitment, and is under no necessity but has control over his will, and has decided in his own mind to keep his own virgin, does well. -- 1 corinthians 7:37 +. +So then, the one who marries his own virgin does well, but the one who does not, does better. -- 1 corinthians 7:38 +. +A wife is bound as long as her husband is living. But if her husband dies, she is free to marry anyone she wishes (only someone in the Lord). -- 1 corinthians 7:39 +. +But in my opinion, she will be happier if she remains as she is - and I think that I too have the Spirit of God! -- 1 corinthians 7:40 +. +With regard to food sacrificed to idols, we know that "we all have knowledge." Knowledge puffs up, but love builds up. -- 1 corinthians 8:1 +. +If someone thinks he knows something, he does not yet know to the degree that he needs to know. -- 1 corinthians 8:2 +. +But if someone loves God, he is known by God. -- 1 corinthians 8:3 +. +With regard then to eating food sacrificed to idols, we know that "an idol in this world is nothing," and that "there is no God but one." -- 1 corinthians 8:4 +. +If after all there are so-called gods, whether in heaven or on earth (as there are many gods and many lords), -- 1 corinthians 8:5 +. +yet for us there is one God, the Father, from whom are all things and for whom we live, and one Lord, Jesus Christ, through whom are all things and through whom we live. -- 1 corinthians 8:6 +. +But this knowledge is not shared by all. And some, by being accustomed to idols in former times, eat this food as an idol sacrifice, and their conscience, because it is weak, is defiled. -- 1 corinthians 8:7 +. +Now food will not bring us close to God. We are no worse if we do not eat and no better if we do. -- 1 corinthians 8:8 +. +But be careful that this liberty of yours does not become a hindrance to the weak. -- 1 corinthians 8:9 +. +For if someone weak sees you who possess knowledge dining in an idol's temple, will not his conscience be "strengthened" to eat food offered to idols? -- 1 corinthians 8:10 +. +So by your knowledge the weak brother or sister, for whom Christ died, is destroyed. -- 1 corinthians 8:11 +. +If you sin against your brothers or sisters in this way and wound their weak conscience, you sin against Christ. -- 1 corinthians 8:12 +. +For this reason, if food causes my brother or sister to sin, I will never eat meat again, so that I may not cause one of them to sin. -- 1 corinthians 8:13 +. +Am I not free? Am I not an apostle? Have I not seen Jesus our Lord? Are you not my work in the Lord? -- 1 corinthians 9:1 +. +If I am not an apostle to others, at least I am to you, for you are the confirming sign of my apostleship in the Lord. -- 1 corinthians 9:2 +. +This is my defense to those who examine me. -- 1 corinthians 9:3 +. +Do we not have the right to financial support? -- 1 corinthians 9:4 +. +Do we not have the right to the company of a believing wife, like the other apostles and the Lord's brothers and Cephas? -- 1 corinthians 9:5 +. +Or do only Barnabas and I lack the right not to work? -- 1 corinthians 9:6 +. +Who ever serves in the army at his own expense? Who plants a vineyard and does not eat its fruit? Who tends a flock and does not consume its milk? -- 1 corinthians 9:7 +. +Am I saying these things only on the basis of common sense, or does the law not say this as well? -- 1 corinthians 9:8 +. +For it is written in the law of Moses, "Do not muzzle an ox while it is treading out the grain." God is not concerned here about oxen, is he? -- 1 corinthians 9:9 +. +Or is he not surely speaking for our benefit? It was written for us, because the one plowing and threshing ought to work in hope of enjoying the harvest. -- 1 corinthians 9:10 +. +If we sowed spiritual blessings among you, is it too much to reap material things from you? -- 1 corinthians 9:11 +. +If others receive this right from you, are we not more deserving? But we have not made use of this right. Instead we endure everything so that we may not be a hindrance to the gospel of Christ. -- 1 corinthians 9:12 +. +Don't you know that those who serve in the temple eat food from the temple, and those who serve at the altar receive a part of the offerings? -- 1 corinthians 9:13 +. +In the same way the Lord commanded those who proclaim the gospel to receive their living by the gospel. -- 1 corinthians 9:14 +. +But I have not used any of these rights. And I am not writing these things so that something will be done for me. In fact, it would be better for me to die than - no one will deprive me of my reason for boasting! -- 1 corinthians 9:15 +. +For if I preach the gospel, I have no reason for boasting, because I am compelled to do this. Woe to me if I do not preach the gospel! -- 1 corinthians 9:16 +. +For if I do this voluntarily, I have a reward. But if I do it unwillingly, I am entrusted with a responsibility. -- 1 corinthians 9:17 +. +What then is my reward? That when I preach the gospel I may offer the gospel free of charge, and so not make full use of my rights in the gospel. -- 1 corinthians 9:18 +. +For since I am free from all I can make myself a slave to all, in order to gain even more people. -- 1 corinthians 9:19 +. +To the Jews I became like a Jew to gain the Jews. To those under the law I became like one under the law (though I myself am not under the law) to gain those under the law. -- 1 corinthians 9:20 +. +To those free from the law I became like one free from the law (though I am not free from God's law but under the law of Christ) to gain those free from the law. -- 1 corinthians 9:21 +. +To the weak I became weak in order to gain the weak. I have become all things to all people, so that by all means I may save some. -- 1 corinthians 9:22 +. +I do all these things because of the gospel, so that I can be a participant in it. -- 1 corinthians 9:23 +. +Do you not know that all the runners in a stadium compete, but only one receives the prize? So run to win. -- 1 corinthians 9:24 +. +Each competitor must exercise self-control in everything. They do it to receive a perishable crown, but we an imperishable one. -- 1 corinthians 9:25 +. +So I do not run uncertainly or box like one who hits only air. -- 1 corinthians 9:26 +. +Instead I subdue my body and make it my slave, so that after preaching to others I myself will not be disqualified. -- 1 corinthians 9:27 +. +For I do not want you to be unaware, brothers and sisters, that our fathers were all under the cloud and all passed through the sea, -- 1 corinthians 10:1 +. +and all were baptized into Moses in the cloud and in the sea, -- 1 corinthians 10:2 +. +and all ate the same spiritual food, -- 1 corinthians 10:3 +. +and all drank the same spiritual drink. For they were all drinking from the spiritual rock that followed them, and the rock was Christ. -- 1 corinthians 10:4 +. +But God was not pleased with most of them, for they were cut down in the wilderness. -- 1 corinthians 10:5 +. +These things happened as examples for us, so that we will not crave evil things as they did. -- 1 corinthians 10:6 +. +So do not be idolaters, as some of them were. As it is written, "The people sat down to eat and drink and rose up to play." -- 1 corinthians 10:7 +. +And let us not be immoral, as some of them were, and twenty-three thousand died in a single day. -- 1 corinthians 10:8 +. +And let us not put Christ to the test, as some of them did, and were destroyed by snakes. -- 1 corinthians 10:9 +. +And do not complain, as some of them did, and were killed by the destroying angel. -- 1 corinthians 10:10 +. +These things happened to them as examples and were written for our instruction, on whom the ends of the ages have come. -- 1 corinthians 10:11 +. +So let the one who thinks he is standing be careful that he does not fall. -- 1 corinthians 10:12 +. +No trial has overtaken you that is not faced by others. And God is faithful: He will not let you be tried beyond what you are able to bear, but with the trial will also provide a way out so that you may be able to endure it. -- 1 corinthians 10:13 +. +So then, my dear friends, flee from idolatry. -- 1 corinthians 10:14 +. +I am speaking to thoughtful people. Consider what I say. -- 1 corinthians 10:15 +. +Is not the cup of blessing that we bless a sharing in the blood of Christ? Is not the bread that we break a sharing in the body of Christ? -- 1 corinthians 10:16 +. +Because there is one bread, we who are many are one body, for we all share the one bread. -- 1 corinthians 10:17 +. +Look at the people of Israel. Are not those who eat the sacrifices partners in the altar? -- 1 corinthians 10:18 +. +Am I saying that idols or food sacrificed to them amount to anything? -- 1 corinthians 10:19 +. +No, I mean that what the pagans sacrifice is to demons and not to God. I do not want you to be partners with demons. -- 1 corinthians 10:20 +. +You cannot drink the cup of the Lord and the cup of demons. You cannot take part in the table of the Lord and the table of demons. -- 1 corinthians 10:21 +. +Or are we trying to provoke the Lord to jealousy? Are we really stronger than he is? -- 1 corinthians 10:22 +. +"Everything is lawful," but not everything is beneficial. "Everything is lawful," but not everything builds others up. -- 1 corinthians 10:23 +. +Do not seek your own good, but the good of the other person. -- 1 corinthians 10:24 +. +Eat anything that is sold in the marketplace without questions of conscience, -- 1 corinthians 10:25 +. +for the earth and its abundance are the Lord's. -- 1 corinthians 10:26 +. +If an unbeliever invites you to dinner and you want to go, eat whatever is served without asking questions of conscience. -- 1 corinthians 10:27 +. +But if someone says to you, "This is from a sacrifice," do not eat, because of the one who told you and because of conscience - -- 1 corinthians 10:28 +. +I do not mean yours but the other person's. For why is my freedom being judged by another's conscience? -- 1 corinthians 10:29 +. +If I partake with thankfulness, why am I blamed for the food that I give thanks for? -- 1 corinthians 10:30 +. +So whether you eat or drink, or whatever you do, do everything for the glory of God. -- 1 corinthians 10:31 +. +Do not give offense to Jews or Greeks or to the church of God, -- 1 corinthians 10:32 +. +just as I also try to please everyone in all things. I do not seek my own benefit, but the benefit of many, so that they may be saved. -- 1 corinthians 10:33 +. +Be imitators of me, just as I also am of Christ. -- 1 corinthians 11:1 +. +I praise you because you remember me in everything and maintain the traditions just as I passed them on to you. -- 1 corinthians 11:2 +. +But I want you to know that Christ is the head of every man, and the man is the head of a woman, and God is the head of Christ. -- 1 corinthians 11:3 +. +Any man who prays or prophesies with his head covered disgraces his head. -- 1 corinthians 11:4 +. +But any woman who prays or prophesies with her head uncovered disgraces her head, for it is one and the same thing as having a shaved head. -- 1 corinthians 11:5 +. +For if a woman will not cover her head, she should cut off her hair. But if it is disgraceful for a woman to have her hair cut off or her head shaved, she should cover her head. -- 1 corinthians 11:6 +. +For a man should not have his head covered, since he is the image and glory of God. But the woman is the glory of the man. -- 1 corinthians 11:7 +. +For man did not come from woman, but woman from man. -- 1 corinthians 11:8 +. +Neither was man created for the sake of woman, but woman for man. -- 1 corinthians 11:9 +. +For this reason a woman should have a symbol of authority on her head, because of the angels. -- 1 corinthians 11:10 +. +In any case, in the Lord woman is not independent of man, nor is man independent of woman. -- 1 corinthians 11:11 +. +For just as woman came from man, so man comes through woman. But all things come from God. -- 1 corinthians 11:12 +. +Judge for yourselves: Is it proper for a woman to pray to God with her head uncovered? -- 1 corinthians 11:13 +. +Does not nature itself teach you that if a man has long hair, it is a disgrace for him, -- 1 corinthians 11:14 +. +but if a woman has long hair, it is her glory? For her hair is given to her for a covering. -- 1 corinthians 11:15 +. +If anyone intends to quarrel about this, we have no other practice, nor do the churches of God. -- 1 corinthians 11:16 +. +Now in giving the following instruction I do not praise you, because you come together not for the better but for the worse. -- 1 corinthians 11:17 +. +For in the first place, when you come together as a church I hear there are divisions among you, and in part I believe it. -- 1 corinthians 11:18 +. +For there must in fact be divisions among you, so that those of you who are approved may be evident. -- 1 corinthians 11:19 +. +Now when you come together at the same place, you are not really eating the Lord's Supper. -- 1 corinthians 11:20 +. +For when it is time to eat, everyone proceeds with his own supper. One is hungry and another becomes drunk. -- 1 corinthians 11:21 +. +Do you not have houses so that you can eat and drink? Or are you trying to show contempt for the church of God by shaming those who have nothing? What should I say to you? Should I praise you? I will not praise you for this! -- 1 corinthians 11:22 +. +For I received from the Lord what I also passed on to you, that the Lord Jesus on the night in which he was betrayed took bread, -- 1 corinthians 11:23 +. +and after he had given thanks he broke it and said, "This is my body, which is for you. Do this in remembrance of me." -- 1 corinthians 11:24 +. +In the same way, he also took the cup after supper, saying, "This cup is the new covenant in my blood. Do this, every time you drink it, in remembrance of me." -- 1 corinthians 11:25 +. +For every time you eat this bread and drink the cup, you proclaim the Lord's death until he comes. -- 1 corinthians 11:26 +. +For this reason, whoever eats the bread or drinks the cup of the Lord in an unworthy manner will be guilty of the body and blood of the Lord. -- 1 corinthians 11:27 +. +A person should examine himself first, and in this way let him eat the bread and drink of the cup. -- 1 corinthians 11:28 +. +For the one who eats and drinks without careful regard for the body eats and drinks judgment against himself. -- 1 corinthians 11:29 +. +That is why many of you are weak and sick, and quite a few are dead. -- 1 corinthians 11:30 +. +But if we examined ourselves, we would not be judged. -- 1 corinthians 11:31 +. +But when we are judged by the Lord, we are disciplined so that we may not be condemned with the world. -- 1 corinthians 11:32 +. +So then, my brothers and sisters, when you come together to eat, wait for one another. -- 1 corinthians 11:33 +. +If anyone is hungry, let him eat at home, so that when you assemble it does not lead to judgment. I will give directions about other matters when I come. -- 1 corinthians 11:34 +. +With regard to spiritual gifts, brothers and sisters, I do not want you to be uninformed. -- 1 corinthians 12:1 +. +You know that when you were pagans you were often led astray by speechless idols, however you were led. -- 1 corinthians 12:2 +. +So I want you to understand that no one speaking by the Spirit of God says, "Jesus is cursed," and no one can say, "Jesus is Lord," except by the Holy Spirit. -- 1 corinthians 12:3 +. +Now there are different gifts, but the same Spirit. -- 1 corinthians 12:4 +. +And there are different ministries, but the same Lord. -- 1 corinthians 12:5 +. +And there are different results, but the same God who produces all of them in everyone. -- 1 corinthians 12:6 +. +To each person the manifestation of the Spirit is given for the benefit of all. -- 1 corinthians 12:7 +. +For one person is given through the Spirit the message of wisdom, and another the message of knowledge according to the same Spirit, -- 1 corinthians 12:8 +. +to another faith by the same Spirit, and to another gifts of healing by the one Spirit, -- 1 corinthians 12:9 +. +to another performance of miracles, to another prophecy, and to another discernment of spirits, to another different kinds of tongues, and to another the interpretation of tongues. -- 1 corinthians 12:10 +. +It is one and the same Spirit, distributing as he decides to each person, who produces all these things. -- 1 corinthians 12:11 +. +For just as the body is one and yet has many members, and all the members of the body - though many - are one body, so too is Christ. -- 1 corinthians 12:12 +. +For in one Spirit we were all baptized into one body. Whether Jews or Greeks or slaves or free, we were all made to drink of the one Spirit. -- 1 corinthians 12:13 +. +For in fact the body is not a single member, but many. -- 1 corinthians 12:14 +. +If the foot says, "Since I am not a hand, I am not part of the body," it does not lose its membership in the body because of that. -- 1 corinthians 12:15 +. +And if the ear says, "Since I am not an eye, I am not part of the body," it does not lose its membership in the body because of that. -- 1 corinthians 12:16 +. +If the whole body were an eye, what part would do the hearing? If the whole were an ear, what part would exercise the sense of smell? -- 1 corinthians 12:17 +. +But as a matter of fact, God has placed each of the members in the body just as he decided. -- 1 corinthians 12:18 +. +If they were all the same member, where would the body be? -- 1 corinthians 12:19 +. +So now there are many members, but one body. -- 1 corinthians 12:20 +. +The eye cannot say to the hand, "I do not need you," nor in turn can the head say to the foot, "I do not need you." -- 1 corinthians 12:21 +. +On the contrary, those members that seem to be weaker are essential, -- 1 corinthians 12:22 +. +and those members we consider less honorable we clothe with greater honor, and our unpresentable members are clothed with dignity, -- 1 corinthians 12:23 +. +but our presentable members do not need this. Instead, God has blended together the body, giving greater honor to the lesser member, -- 1 corinthians 12:24 +. +so that there may be no division in the body, but the members may have mutual concern for one another. -- 1 corinthians 12:25 +. +If one member suffers, everyone suffers with it. If a member is honored, all rejoice with it. -- 1 corinthians 12:26 +. +Now you are Christ's body, and each of you is a member of it. -- 1 corinthians 12:27 +. +And God has placed in the church first apostles, second prophets, third teachers, then miracles, gifts of healing, helps, gifts of leadership, different kinds of tongues. -- 1 corinthians 12:28 +. +Not all are apostles, are they? Not all are prophets, are they? Not all are teachers, are they? Not all perform miracles, do they? -- 1 corinthians 12:29 +. +Not all have gifts of healing, do they? Not all speak in tongues, do they? Not all interpret, do they? -- 1 corinthians 12:30 +. +But you should be eager for the greater gifts. And now I will show you a way that is beyond comparison. -- 1 corinthians 12:31 +. +If I speak in the tongues of men and of angels, but I do not have love, I am a noisy gong or a clanging cymbal. -- 1 corinthians 13:1 +. +And if I have prophecy, and know all mysteries and all knowledge, and if I have all faith so that I can remove mountains, but do not have love, I am nothing. -- 1 corinthians 13:2 +. +If I give away everything I own, and if I give over my body in order to boast, but do not have love, I receive no benefit. -- 1 corinthians 13:3 +. +Love is patient, love is kind, it is not envious. Love does not brag, it is not puffed up. -- 1 corinthians 13:4 +. +It is not rude, it is not self-serving, it is not easily angered or resentful. -- 1 corinthians 13:5 +. +It is not glad about injustice, but rejoices in the truth. -- 1 corinthians 13:6 +. +It bears all things, believes all things, hopes all things, endures all things. -- 1 corinthians 13:7 +. +Love never ends. But if there are prophecies, they will be set aside; if there are tongues, they will cease; if there is knowledge, it will be set aside. -- 1 corinthians 13:8 +. +For we know in part, and we prophesy in part, -- 1 corinthians 13:9 +. +but when what is perfect comes, the partial will be set aside. -- 1 corinthians 13:10 +. +When I was a child, I talked like a child, I thought like a child, I reasoned like a child. But when I became an adult, I set aside childish ways. -- 1 corinthians 13:11 +. +For now we see in a mirror indirectly, but then we will see face to face. Now I know in part, but then I will know fully, just as I have been fully known. -- 1 corinthians 13:12 +. +And now these three remain: faith, hope, and love. But the greatest of these is love. -- 1 corinthians 13:13 +. +Pursue love and be eager for the spiritual gifts, especially that you may prophesy. -- 1 corinthians 14:1 +. +For the one speaking in a tongue does not speak to people but to God, for no one understands; he is speaking mysteries by the Spirit. -- 1 corinthians 14:2 +. +But the one who prophesies speaks to people for their strengthening, encouragement, and consolation. -- 1 corinthians 14:3 +. +The one who speaks in a tongue builds himself up, but the one who prophesies builds up the church. -- 1 corinthians 14:4 +. +I wish you all spoke in tongues, but even more that you would prophesy. The one who prophesies is greater than the one who speaks in tongues, unless he interprets so that the church may be strengthened. -- 1 corinthians 14:5 +. +Now, brothers and sisters, if I come to you speaking in tongues, how will I help you unless I speak to you with a revelation or with knowledge or prophecy or teaching? -- 1 corinthians 14:6 +. +It is similar for lifeless things that make a sound, like a flute or harp. Unless they make a distinction in the notes, how can what is played on the flute or harp be understood? -- 1 corinthians 14:7 +. +If, for example, the trumpet makes an unclear sound, who will get ready for battle? -- 1 corinthians 14:8 +. +It is the same for you. If you do not speak clearly with your tongue, how will anyone know what is being said? For you will be speaking into the air. -- 1 corinthians 14:9 +. +There are probably many kinds of languages in the world, and none is without meaning. -- 1 corinthians 14:10 +. +If then I do not know the meaning of a language, I will be a foreigner to the speaker and the speaker a foreigner to me. -- 1 corinthians 14:11 +. +It is the same with you. Since you are eager for manifestations of the Spirit, seek to abound in order to strengthen the church. -- 1 corinthians 14:12 +. +So then, one who speaks in a tongue should pray that he may interpret. -- 1 corinthians 14:13 +. +If I pray in a tongue, my spirit prays, but my mind is unproductive. -- 1 corinthians 14:14 +. +What should I do? I will pray with my spirit, but I will also pray with my mind. I will sing praises with my spirit, but I will also sing praises with my mind. -- 1 corinthians 14:15 +. +Otherwise, if you are praising God with your spirit, how can someone without the gift say "Amen" to your thanksgiving, since he does not know what you are saying? -- 1 corinthians 14:16 +. +For you are certainly giving thanks well, but the other person is not strengthened. -- 1 corinthians 14:17 +. +I thank God that I speak in tongues more than all of you, -- 1 corinthians 14:18 +. +but in the church I want to speak five words with my mind to instruct others, rather than ten thousand words in a tongue. -- 1 corinthians 14:19 +. +Brothers and sisters, do not be children in your thinking. Instead, be infants in evil, but in your thinking be mature. -- 1 corinthians 14:20 +. +It is written in the law: "By people with strange tongues and by the lips of strangers I will speak to this people, yet not even in this way will they listen to me," says the Lord. -- 1 corinthians 14:21 +. +So then, tongues are a sign not for believers but for unbelievers. Prophecy, however, is not for unbelievers but for believers. -- 1 corinthians 14:22 +. +So if the whole church comes together and all speak in tongues, and unbelievers or uninformed people enter, will they not say that you have lost your minds? -- 1 corinthians 14:23 +. +But if all prophesy, and an unbeliever or uninformed person enters, he will be convicted by all, he will be called to account by all. -- 1 corinthians 14:24 +. +The secrets of his heart are disclosed, and in this way he will fall down with his face to the ground and worship God, declaring, "God is really among you." -- 1 corinthians 14:25 +. +What should you do then, brothers and sisters? When you come together, each one has a song, has a lesson, has a revelation, has a tongue, has an interpretation. Let all these things be done for the strengthening of the church. -- 1 corinthians 14:26 +. +If someone speaks in a tongue, it should be two, or at the most three, one after the other, and someone must interpret. -- 1 corinthians 14:27 +. +But if there is no interpreter, he should be silent in the church. Let him speak to himself and to God. -- 1 corinthians 14:28 +. +Two or three prophets should speak and the others should evaluate what is said. -- 1 corinthians 14:29 +. +And if someone sitting down receives a revelation, the person who is speaking should conclude. -- 1 corinthians 14:30 +. +For you can all prophesy one after another, so all can learn and be encouraged. -- 1 corinthians 14:31 +. +Indeed, the spirits of the prophets are subject to the prophets, -- 1 corinthians 14:32 +. +for God is not characterized by disorder but by peace. As in all the churches of the saints, -- 1 corinthians 14:33 +. +the women should be silent in the churches, for they are not permitted to speak. Rather, let them be in submission, as in fact the law says. -- 1 corinthians 14:34 +. +If they want to find out about something, they should ask their husbands at home, because it is disgraceful for a woman to speak in church. -- 1 corinthians 14:35 +. +Did the word of God begin with you, or did it come to you alone? -- 1 corinthians 14:36 +. +If anyone considers himself a prophet or spiritual person, he should acknowledge that what I write to you is the Lord's command. -- 1 corinthians 14:37 +. +If someone does not recognize this, he is not recognized. -- 1 corinthians 14:38 +. +So then, brothers and sisters, be eager to prophesy, and do not forbid anyone from speaking in tongues. -- 1 corinthians 14:39 +. +And do everything in a decent and orderly manner. -- 1 corinthians 14:40 +. +Now I want to make clear for you, brothers and sisters, the gospel that I preached to you, that you received and on which you stand, -- 1 corinthians 15:1 +. +and by which you are being saved, if you hold firmly to the message I preached to you - unless you believed in vain. -- 1 corinthians 15:2 +. +For I passed on to you as of first importance what I also received - that Christ died for our sins according to the scriptures, -- 1 corinthians 15:3 +. +and that he was buried, and that he was raised on the third day according to the scriptures, -- 1 corinthians 15:4 +. +and that he appeared to Cephas, then to the twelve. -- 1 corinthians 15:5 +. +Then he appeared to more than five hundred of the brothers and sisters at one time, most of whom are still alive, though some have fallen asleep. -- 1 corinthians 15:6 +. +Then he appeared to James, then to all the apostles. -- 1 corinthians 15:7 +. +Last of all, as though to one born at the wrong time, he appeared to me also. -- 1 corinthians 15:8 +. +For I am the least of the apostles, unworthy to be called an apostle, because I persecuted the church of God. -- 1 corinthians 15:9 +. +But by the grace of God I am what I am, and his grace to me has not been in vain. In fact, I worked harder than all of them - yet not I, but the grace of God with me. -- 1 corinthians 15:10 +. +Whether then it was I or they, this is the way we preach and this is the way you believed. -- 1 corinthians 15:11 +. +Now if Christ is being preached as raised from the dead, how can some of you say there is no resurrection of the dead? -- 1 corinthians 15:12 +. +But if there is no resurrection of the dead, then not even Christ has been raised. -- 1 corinthians 15:13 +. +And if Christ has not been raised, then our preaching is futile and your faith is empty. -- 1 corinthians 15:14 +. +Also, we are found to be false witnesses about God, because we have testified against God that he raised Christ from the dead, when in reality he did not raise him, if indeed the dead are not raised. -- 1 corinthians 15:15 +. +For if the dead are not raised, then not even Christ has been raised. -- 1 corinthians 15:16 +. +And if Christ has not been raised, your faith is useless; you are still in your sins. -- 1 corinthians 15:17 +. +Furthermore, those who have fallen asleep in Christ have also perished. -- 1 corinthians 15:18 +. +For if only in this life we have hope in Christ, we should be pitied more than anyone. -- 1 corinthians 15:19 +. +But now Christ has been raised from the dead, the firstfruits of those who have fallen asleep. -- 1 corinthians 15:20 +. +For since death came through a man, the resurrection of the dead also came through a man. -- 1 corinthians 15:21 +. +For just as in Adam all die, so also in Christ all will be made alive. -- 1 corinthians 15:22 +. +But each in his own order: Christ, the firstfruits; then when Christ comes, those who belong to him. -- 1 corinthians 15:23 +. +Then comes the end, when he hands over the kingdom to God the Father, when he has brought to an end all rule and all authority and power. -- 1 corinthians 15:24 +. +For he must reign until he has put all his enemies under his feet. -- 1 corinthians 15:25 +. +The last enemy to be eliminated is death. -- 1 corinthians 15:26 +. +For he has put everything in subjection under his feet. But when it says "everything" has been put in subjection, it is clear that this does not include the one who put everything in subjection to him. -- 1 corinthians 15:27 +. +And when all things are subjected to him, then the Son himself will be subjected to the one who subjected everything to him, so that God may be all in all. -- 1 corinthians 15:28 +. +Otherwise, what will those do who are baptized for the dead? If the dead are not raised at all, then why are they baptized for them? -- 1 corinthians 15:29 +. +Why too are we in danger every hour? -- 1 corinthians 15:30 +. +Every day I am in danger of death! This is as sure as my boasting in you, which I have in Christ Jesus our Lord. -- 1 corinthians 15:31 +. +If from a human point of view I fought with wild beasts at Ephesus, what did it benefit me? If the dead are not raised, let us eat and drink, for tomorrow we die. -- 1 corinthians 15:32 +. +Do not be deceived: "Bad company corrupts good morals." -- 1 corinthians 15:33 +. +Sober up as you should, and stop sinning! For some have no knowledge of God - I say this to your shame! -- 1 corinthians 15:34 +. +But someone will say, "How are the dead raised? With what kind of body will they come?" -- 1 corinthians 15:35 +. +Fool! What you sow will not come to life unless it dies. -- 1 corinthians 15:36 +. +And what you sow is not the body that is to be, but a bare seed - perhaps of wheat or something else. -- 1 corinthians 15:37 +. +But God gives it a body just as he planned, and to each of the seeds a body of its own. -- 1 corinthians 15:38 +. +All flesh is not the same: People have one flesh, animals have another, birds and fish another. -- 1 corinthians 15:39 +. +And there are heavenly bodies and earthly bodies. The glory of the heavenly body is one sort and the earthly another. -- 1 corinthians 15:40 +. +There is one glory of the sun, and another glory of the moon and another glory of the stars, for star differs from star in glory. -- 1 corinthians 15:41 +. +It is the same with the resurrection of the dead. What is sown is perishable, what is raised is imperishable. -- 1 corinthians 15:42 +. +It is sown in dishonor, it is raised in glory; it is sown in weakness, it is raised in power; -- 1 corinthians 15:43 +. +it is sown a natural body, it is raised a spiritual body. If there is a natural body, there is also a spiritual body. -- 1 corinthians 15:44 +. +So also it is written, "The first man, Adam, became a living person"; the last Adam became a life-giving spirit. -- 1 corinthians 15:45 +. +However, the spiritual did not come first, but the natural, and then the spiritual. -- 1 corinthians 15:46 +. +The first man is from the earth, made of dust; the second man is from heaven. -- 1 corinthians 15:47 +. +Like the one made of dust, so too are those made of dust, and like the one from heaven, so too those who are heavenly. -- 1 corinthians 15:48 +. +And just as we have borne the image of the man of dust, let us also bear the image of the man of heaven. -- 1 corinthians 15:49 +. +Now this is what I am saying, brothers and sisters: Flesh and blood cannot inherit the kingdom of God, nor does the perishable inherit the imperishable. -- 1 corinthians 15:50 +. +Listen, I will tell you a mystery: We will not all sleep, but we will all be changed - -- 1 corinthians 15:51 +. +in a moment, in the blinking of an eye, at the last trumpet. For the trumpet will sound, and the dead will be raised imperishable, and we will be changed. -- 1 corinthians 15:52 +. +For this perishable body must put on the imperishable, and this mortal body must put on immortality. -- 1 corinthians 15:53 +. +Now when this perishable puts on the imperishable, and this mortal puts on immortality, then the saying that is written will happen, "Death has been swallowed up in victory." -- 1 corinthians 15:54 +. +"Where, O death, is your victory? Where, O death, is your sting?" -- 1 corinthians 15:55 +. +The sting of death is sin, and the power of sin is the law. -- 1 corinthians 15:56 +. +But thanks be to God, who gives us the victory through our Lord Jesus Christ! -- 1 corinthians 15:57 +. +So then, dear brothers and sisters, be firm. Do not be moved! Always be outstanding in the work of the Lord, knowing that your labor is not in vain in the Lord. -- 1 corinthians 15:58 +. +With regard to the collection for the saints, please follow the directions that I gave to the churches of Galatia: -- 1 corinthians 16:1 +. +On the first day of the week, each of you should set aside some income and save it to the extent that God has blessed you, so that a collection will not have to be made when I come. -- 1 corinthians 16:2 +. +Then, when I arrive, I will send those whom you approve with letters of explanation to carry your gift to Jerusalem. -- 1 corinthians 16:3 +. +And if it seems advisable that I should go also, they will go with me. -- 1 corinthians 16:4 +. +But I will come to you after I have gone through Macedonia - for I will be going through Macedonia - -- 1 corinthians 16:5 +. +and perhaps I will stay with you, or even spend the winter, so that you can send me on my journey, wherever I go. -- 1 corinthians 16:6 +. +For I do not want to see you now in passing, since I hope to spend some time with you, if the Lord allows. -- 1 corinthians 16:7 +. +But I will stay in Ephesus until Pentecost, -- 1 corinthians 16:8 +. +because a door of great opportunity stands wide open for me, but there are many opponents. -- 1 corinthians 16:9 +. +Now if Timothy comes, see that he has nothing to fear among you, for he is doing the Lord's work, as I am too. -- 1 corinthians 16:10 +. +So then, let no one treat him with contempt. But send him on his way in peace so that he may come to me. For I am expecting him with the brothers. -- 1 corinthians 16:11 +. +With regard to our brother Apollos: I strongly encouraged him to visit you with the other brothers, but it was simply not his intention to come now. He will come when he has the opportunity. -- 1 corinthians 16:12 +. +Stay alert, stand firm in the faith, show courage, be strong. -- 1 corinthians 16:13 +. +Everything you do should be done in love. -- 1 corinthians 16:14 +. +Now, brothers and sisters, you know about the household of Stephanus, that as the first converts of Achaia, they devoted themselves to ministry for the saints. I urge you -- 1 corinthians 16:15 +. +also to submit to people like this, and to everyone who cooperates in the work and labors hard. -- 1 corinthians 16:16 +. +I was glad about the arrival of Stephanus, Fortunatus, and Achaicus because they have supplied the fellowship with you that I lacked. -- 1 corinthians 16:17 +. +For they refreshed my spirit and yours. So then, recognize people like this. -- 1 corinthians 16:18 +. +The churches in the province of Asia send greetings to you. Aquila and Prisca greet you warmly in the Lord, with the church that meets in their house. -- 1 corinthians 16:19 +. +All the brothers and sisters send greetings. Greet one another with a holy kiss. -- 1 corinthians 16:20 +. +I, Paul, send this greeting with my own hand. -- 1 corinthians 16:21 +. +Let anyone who has no love for the Lord be accursed. Our Lord, come! -- 1 corinthians 16:22 +. +The grace of the Lord Jesus be with you. -- 1 corinthians 16:23 +. +My love be with all of you in Christ Jesus. -- 1 corinthians 16:24 +. +From Paul, an apostle of Christ Jesus by the will of God, and Timothy our brother, to the church of God that is in Corinth, with all the saints who are in all Achaia. -- 2 corinthians 1:1 +. +Grace and peace to you from God our Father and the Lord Jesus Christ! -- 2 corinthians 1:2 +. +Blessed is the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, the Father of mercies and God of all comfort, -- 2 corinthians 1:3 +. +who comforts us in all our troubles so that we may be able to comfort those experiencing any trouble with the comfort with which we ourselves are comforted by God. -- 2 corinthians 1:4 +. +For just as the sufferings of Christ overflow toward us, so also our comfort through Christ overflows to you. -- 2 corinthians 1:5 +. +But if we are afflicted, it is for your comfort and salvation; if we are comforted, it is for your comfort that you experience in your patient endurance of the same sufferings that we also suffer. -- 2 corinthians 1:6 +. +And our hope for you is steadfast because we know that as you share in our sufferings, so also you will share in our comfort. -- 2 corinthians 1:7 +. +For we do not want you to be unaware, brothers and sisters, regarding the affliction that happened to us in the province of Asia, that we were burdened excessively, beyond our strength, so that we despaired even of living. -- 2 corinthians 1:8 +. +Indeed we felt as if the sentence of death had been passed against us, so that we would not trust in ourselves but in God who raises the dead. -- 2 corinthians 1:9 +. +He delivered us from so great a risk of death, and he will deliver us. We have set our hope on him that he will deliver us yet again, -- 2 corinthians 1:10 +. +as you also join in helping us by prayer, so that many people may give thanks to God on our behalf for the gracious gift given to us through the help of many. -- 2 corinthians 1:11 +. +For our reason for confidence is this: the testimony of our conscience, that with pure motives and sincerity which are from God - not by human wisdom but by the grace of God - we conducted ourselves in the world, and all the more toward you. -- 2 corinthians 1:12 +. +For we do not write you anything other than what you can read and also understand. But I hope that you will understand completely -- 2 corinthians 1:13 +. +just as also you have partly understood us, that we are your source of pride just as you also are ours in the day of the Lord Jesus. -- 2 corinthians 1:14 +. +And with this confidence I intended to come to you first so that you would get a second opportunity to see us, -- 2 corinthians 1:15 +. +and through your help to go on into Macedonia and then from Macedonia to come back to you and be helped on our way into Judea by you. -- 2 corinthians 1:16 +. +Therefore when I was planning to do this, I did not do so without thinking about what I was doing, did I? Or do I make my plans according to mere human standards so that I would be saying both "Yes, yes" and "No, no" at the same time? -- 2 corinthians 1:17 +. +But as God is faithful, our message to you is not "Yes" and "No." -- 2 corinthians 1:18 +. +For the Son of God, Jesus Christ, the one who was proclaimed among you by us - by me and Silvanus and Timothy - was not "Yes" and "No," but it has always been "Yes" in him. -- 2 corinthians 1:19 +. +For every one of God's promises are "Yes" in him; therefore also through him the "Amen" is spoken, to the glory we give to God. -- 2 corinthians 1:20 +. +But it is God who establishes us together with you in Christ and who anointed us, -- 2 corinthians 1:21 +. +who also sealed us and gave us the Spirit in our hearts as a down payment. -- 2 corinthians 1:22 +. +Now I appeal to God as my witness, that to spare you I did not come again to Corinth. -- 2 corinthians 1:23 +. +I do not mean that we rule over your faith, but we are workers with you for your joy, because by faith you stand firm. -- 2 corinthians 1:24 +. +So I made up my own mind not to pay you another painful visit. -- 2 corinthians 2:1 +. +For if I make you sad, who would be left to make me glad but the one I caused to be sad? -- 2 corinthians 2:2 +. +And I wrote this very thing to you, so that when I came I would not have sadness from those who ought to make me rejoice, since I am confident in you all that my joy would be yours. -- 2 corinthians 2:3 +. +For out of great distress and anguish of heart I wrote to you with many tears, not to make you sad, but to let you know the love that I have especially for you. -- 2 corinthians 2:4 +. +But if anyone has caused sadness, he has not saddened me alone, but to some extent (not to exaggerate) he has saddened all of you as well. -- 2 corinthians 2:5 +. +This punishment on such an individual by the majority is enough for him, -- 2 corinthians 2:6 +. +so that now instead you should rather forgive and comfort him. This will keep him from being overwhelmed by excessive grief to the point of despair. -- 2 corinthians 2:7 +. +Therefore I urge you to reaffirm your love for him. -- 2 corinthians 2:8 +. +For this reason also I wrote you: to test you to see if you are obedient in everything. -- 2 corinthians 2:9 +. +If you forgive anyone for anything, I also forgive him - for indeed what I have forgiven (if I have forgiven anything) I did so for you in the presence of Christ, -- 2 corinthians 2:10 +. +so that we may not be exploited by Satan (for we are not ignorant of his schemes). -- 2 corinthians 2:11 +. +Now when I arrived in Troas to proclaim the gospel of Christ, even though the Lord had opened a door of opportunity for me, -- 2 corinthians 2:12 +. +I had no relief in my spirit, because I did not find my brother Titus there. So I said good-bye to them and set out for Macedonia. -- 2 corinthians 2:13 +. +But thanks be to God who always leads us in triumphal procession in Christ and who makes known through us the fragrance that consists of the knowledge of him in every place. -- 2 corinthians 2:14 +. +For we are a sweet aroma of Christ to God among those who are being saved and among those who are perishing - -- 2 corinthians 2:15 +. +to the latter an odor from death to death, but to the former a fragrance from life to life. And who is adequate for these things? -- 2 corinthians 2:16 +. +For we are not like so many others, hucksters who peddle the word of God for profit, but we are speaking in Christ before God as persons of sincerity, as persons sent from God. -- 2 corinthians 2:17 +. +Are we beginning to commend ourselves again? We don't need letters of recommendation to you or from you as some other people do, do we? -- 2 corinthians 3:1 +. +You yourselves are our letter, written on our hearts, known and read by everyone, -- 2 corinthians 3:2 +. +revealing that you are a letter of Christ, delivered by us, written not with ink but by the Spirit of the living God, not on stone tablets but on tablets of human hearts. -- 2 corinthians 3:3 +. +Now we have such confidence in God through Christ. -- 2 corinthians 3:4 +. +Not that we are adequate in ourselves to consider anything as if it were coming from ourselves, but our adequacy is from God, -- 2 corinthians 3:5 +. +who made us adequate to be servants of a new covenant not based on the letter but on the Spirit, for the letter kills, but the Spirit gives life. -- 2 corinthians 3:6 +. +But if the ministry that produced death - carved in letters on stone tablets - came with glory, so that the Israelites could not keep their eyes fixed on the face of Moses because of the glory of his face (a glory which was made ineffective), -- 2 corinthians 3:7 +. +how much more glorious will the ministry of the Spirit be? -- 2 corinthians 3:8 +. +For if there was glory in the ministry that produced condemnation, how much more does the ministry that produces righteousness excel in glory! -- 2 corinthians 3:9 +. +For indeed, what had been glorious now has no glory because of the tremendously greater glory of what replaced it. -- 2 corinthians 3:10 +. +For if what was made ineffective came with glory, how much more has what remains come in glory! -- 2 corinthians 3:11 +. +Therefore, since we have such a hope, we behave with great boldness, -- 2 corinthians 3:12 +. +and not like Moses who used to put a veil over his face to keep the Israelites from staring at the result of the glory that was made ineffective. -- 2 corinthians 3:13 +. +But their minds were closed. For to this very day, the same veil remains when they hear the old covenant read. It has not been removed because only in Christ is it taken away. -- 2 corinthians 3:14 +. +But until this very day whenever Moses is read, a veil lies over their minds, -- 2 corinthians 3:15 +. +but when one turns to the Lord, the veil is removed. -- 2 corinthians 3:16 +. +Now the Lord is the Spirit, and where the Spirit of the Lord is present, there is freedom. -- 2 corinthians 3:17 +. +And we all, with unveiled faces reflecting the glory of the Lord, are being transformed into the same image from one degree of glory to another, which is from the Lord, who is the Spirit. -- 2 corinthians 3:18 +. +Therefore, since we have this ministry, just as God has shown us mercy, we do not become discouraged. -- 2 corinthians 4:1 +. +But we have rejected shameful hidden deeds, not behaving with deceptiveness or distorting the word of God, but by open proclamation of the truth we commend ourselves to everyone's conscience before God. -- 2 corinthians 4:2 +. +But even if our gospel is veiled, it is veiled only to those who are perishing, -- 2 corinthians 4:3 +. +among whom the god of this age has blinded the minds of those who do not believe so they would not see the light of the glorious gospel of Christ, who is the image of God. -- 2 corinthians 4:4 +. +For we do not proclaim ourselves, but Jesus Christ as Lord, and ourselves as your slaves for Jesus' sake. -- 2 corinthians 4:5 +. +For God, who said "Let light shine out of darkness," is the one who shined in our hearts to give us the light of the glorious knowledge of God in the face of Christ. -- 2 corinthians 4:6 +. +But we have this treasure in clay jars, so that the extraordinary power belongs to God and does not come from us. -- 2 corinthians 4:7 +. +We are experiencing trouble on every side, but are not crushed; we are perplexed, but not driven to despair; -- 2 corinthians 4:8 +. +we are persecuted, but not abandoned; we are knocked down, but not destroyed, -- 2 corinthians 4:9 +. +always carrying around in our body the death of Jesus, so that the life of Jesus may also be made visible in our body. -- 2 corinthians 4:10 +. +For we who are alive are constantly being handed over to death for Jesus' sake, so that the life of Jesus may also be made visible in our mortal body. -- 2 corinthians 4:11 +. +As a result, death is at work in us, but life is at work in you. -- 2 corinthians 4:12 +. +But since we have the same spirit of faith as that shown in what has been written, "I believed; therefore I spoke," we also believe, therefore we also speak. -- 2 corinthians 4:13 +. +We do so because we know that the one who raised up Jesus will also raise us up with Jesus and will bring us with you into his presence. -- 2 corinthians 4:14 +. +For all these things are for your sake, so that the grace that is including more and more people may cause thanksgiving to increase to the glory of God. -- 2 corinthians 4:15 +. +Therefore we do not despair, but even if our physical body is wearing away, our inner person is being renewed day by day. -- 2 corinthians 4:16 +. +For our momentary, light suffering is producing for us an eternal weight of glory far beyond all comparison -- 2 corinthians 4:17 +. +because we are not looking at what can be seen but at what cannot be seen. For what can be seen is temporary, but what cannot be seen is eternal. -- 2 corinthians 4:18 +. +For we know that if our earthly house, the tent we live in, is dismantled, we have a building from God, a house not built by human hands, that is eternal in the heavens. -- 2 corinthians 5:1 +. +For in this earthly house we groan, because we desire to put on our heavenly dwelling, -- 2 corinthians 5:2 +. +if indeed, after we have put on our heavenly house, we will not be found naked. -- 2 corinthians 5:3 +. +For we groan while we are in this tent, since we are weighed down, because we do not want to be unclothed, but clothed, so that what is mortal may be swallowed up by life. -- 2 corinthians 5:4 +. +Now the one who prepared us for this very purpose is God, who gave us the Spirit as a down payment. -- 2 corinthians 5:5 +. +Therefore we are always full of courage, and we know that as long as we are alive here on earth we are absent from the Lord - -- 2 corinthians 5:6 +. +for we live by faith, not by sight. -- 2 corinthians 5:7 +. +Thus we are full of courage and would prefer to be away from the body and at home with the Lord. -- 2 corinthians 5:8 +. +So then whether we are alive or away, we make it our ambition to please him. -- 2 corinthians 5:9 +. +For we must all appear before the judgment seat of Christ, so that each one may be paid back according to what he has done while in the body, whether good or evil. -- 2 corinthians 5:10 +. +Therefore, because we know the fear of the Lord, we try to persuade people, but we are well known to God, and I hope we are well known to your consciences too. -- 2 corinthians 5:11 +. +We are not trying to commend ourselves to you again, but are giving you an opportunity to be proud of us, so that you may be able to answer those who take pride in outward appearance and not in what is in the heart. -- 2 corinthians 5:12 +. +For if we are out of our minds, it is for God; if we are of sound mind, it is for you. -- 2 corinthians 5:13 +. +For the love of Christ controls us, since we have concluded this, that Christ died for all; therefore all have died. -- 2 corinthians 5:14 +. +And he died for all so that those who live should no longer live for themselves but for him who died for them and was raised. -- 2 corinthians 5:15 +. +So then from now on we acknowledge no one from an outward human point of view. Even though we have known Christ from such a human point of view, now we do not know him in that way any longer. -- 2 corinthians 5:16 +. +So then, if anyone is in Christ, he is a new creation; what is old has passed away - look, what is new has come! -- 2 corinthians 5:17 +. +And all these things are from God who reconciled us to himself through Christ, and who has given us the ministry of reconciliation. -- 2 corinthians 5:18 +. +In other words, in Christ God was reconciling the world to himself, not counting people's trespasses against them, and he has given us the message of reconciliation. -- 2 corinthians 5:19 +. +Therefore we are ambassadors for Christ, as though God were making His plea through us. We plead with you on Christ's behalf, "Be reconciled to God!" -- 2 corinthians 5:20 +. +God made the one who did not know sin to be sin for us, so that in him we would become the righteousness of God. -- 2 corinthians 5:21 +. +Now because we are fellow workers, we also urge you not to receive the grace of God in vain. -- 2 corinthians 6:1 +. +For he says, "I heard you at the acceptable time, and in the day of salvation I helped you." Look, now is the acceptable time; look, now is the day of salvation! -- 2 corinthians 6:2 +. +We do not give anyone an occasion for taking an offense in anything, so that no fault may be found with our ministry. -- 2 corinthians 6:3 +. +But as God's servants, we have commended ourselves in every way, with great endurance, in persecutions, in difficulties, in distresses, -- 2 corinthians 6:4 +. +in beatings, in imprisonments, in riots, in troubles, in sleepless nights, in hunger, -- 2 corinthians 6:5 +. +by purity, by knowledge, by patience, by benevolence, by the Holy Spirit, by genuine love, -- 2 corinthians 6:6 +. +by truthful teaching, by the power of God, with weapons of righteousness both for the right hand and for the left, -- 2 corinthians 6:7 +. +through glory and dishonor, through slander and praise; regarded as impostors, and yet true; -- 2 corinthians 6:8 +. +as unknown, and yet well-known; as dying and yet - see! - we continue to live; as those who are scourged and yet not executed; -- 2 corinthians 6:9 +. +as sorrowful, but always rejoicing, as poor, but making many rich, as having nothing, and yet possessing everything. -- 2 corinthians 6:10 +. +We have spoken freely to you, Corinthians; our heart has been opened wide to you. -- 2 corinthians 6:11 +. +Our affection for you is not restricted, but you are restricted in your affections for us. -- 2 corinthians 6:12 +. +Now as a fair exchange - I speak as to my children - open wide your hearts to us also. -- 2 corinthians 6:13 +. +Do not become partners with those who do not believe, for what partnership is there between righteousness and lawlessness, or what fellowship does light have with darkness? -- 2 corinthians 6:14 +. +And what agreement does Christ have with Beliar? Or what does a believer share in common with an unbeliever? -- 2 corinthians 6:15 +. +And what mutual agreement does the temple of God have with idols? For we are the temple of the living God, just as God said, "I will live in them and will walk among them, and I will be their God, and they will be my people." -- 2 corinthians 6:16 +. +Therefore "come out from their midst, and be separate," says the Lord, "and touch no unclean thing, and I will welcome you, -- 2 corinthians 6:17 +. +and I will be a father to you, and you will be my sons and daughters," says the All-Powerful Lord. -- 2 corinthians 6:18 +. +Therefore, since we have these promises, dear friends, let us cleanse ourselves from everything that could defile the body and the spirit, and thus accomplish holiness out of reverence for God. -- 2 corinthians 7:1 +. +Make room for us in your hearts; we have wronged no one, we have ruined no one, we have exploited no one. -- 2 corinthians 7:2 +. +I do not say this to condemn you, for I told you before that you are in our hearts so that we die together and live together with you. -- 2 corinthians 7:3 +. +I have great confidence in you; I take great pride on your behalf. I am filled with encouragement; I am overflowing with joy in the midst of all our suffering. -- 2 corinthians 7:4 +. +For even when we came into Macedonia, our body had no rest at all, but we were troubled in every way - struggles from the outside, fears from within. -- 2 corinthians 7:5 +. +But God, who encourages the downhearted, encouraged us by the arrival of Titus. -- 2 corinthians 7:6 +. +We were encouraged not only by his arrival, but also by the encouragement you gave him, as he reported to us your longing, your mourning, your deep concern for me, so that I rejoiced more than ever. -- 2 corinthians 7:7 +. +For even if I made you sad by my letter, I do not regret having written it (even though I did regret it, for I see that my letter made you sad, though only for a short time). -- 2 corinthians 7:8 +. +Now I rejoice, not because you were made sad, but because you were made sad to the point of repentance. For you were made sad as God intended, so that you were not harmed in any way by us. -- 2 corinthians 7:9 +. +For sadness as intended by God produces a repentance that leads to salvation, leaving no regret, but worldly sadness brings about death. -- 2 corinthians 7:10 +. +For see what this very thing, this sadness as God intended, has produced in you: what eagerness, what defense of yourselves, what indignation, what alarm, what longing, what deep concern, what punishment! In everything you have proved yourselves to be innocent in this matter. -- 2 corinthians 7:11 +. +So then, even though I wrote to you, it was not on account of the one who did wrong, or on account of the one who was wronged, but to reveal to you your eagerness on our behalf before God. -- 2 corinthians 7:12 +. +Therefore we have been encouraged. And in addition to our own encouragement, we rejoiced even more at the joy of Titus, because all of you have refreshed his spirit. -- 2 corinthians 7:13 +. +For if I have boasted to him about anything concerning you, I have not been embarrassed by you, but just as everything we said to you was true, so our boasting to Titus about you has proved true as well. -- 2 corinthians 7:14 +. +And his affection for you is much greater when he remembers the obedience of you all, how you welcomed him with fear and trembling. -- 2 corinthians 7:15 +. +I rejoice because in everything I am fully confident in you. -- 2 corinthians 7:16 +. +Now we make known to you, brothers and sisters, the grace of God given to the churches of Macedonia, -- 2 corinthians 8:1 +. +that during a severe ordeal of suffering, their abundant joy and their extreme poverty have overflowed in the wealth of their generosity. -- 2 corinthians 8:2 +. +For I testify, they gave according to their means and beyond their means. They did so voluntarily, -- 2 corinthians 8:3 +. +begging us with great earnestness for the blessing and fellowship of helping the saints. -- 2 corinthians 8:4 +. +And they did this not just as we had hoped, but they gave themselves first to the Lord and to us by the will of God. -- 2 corinthians 8:5 +. +Thus we urged Titus that, just as he had previously begun this work, so also he should complete this act of kindness for you. -- 2 corinthians 8:6 +. +But as you excel in everything - in faith, in speech, in knowledge, and in all eagerness and in the love from us that is in you - make sure that you excel in this act of kindness too. -- 2 corinthians 8:7 +. +I am not saying this as a command, but I am testing the genuineness of your love by comparison with the eagerness of others. -- 2 corinthians 8:8 +. +For you know the grace of our Lord Jesus Christ, that although he was rich, he became poor for your sakes, so that you by his poverty could become rich. -- 2 corinthians 8:9 +. +So here is my opinion on this matter: It is to your advantage, since you made a good start last year both in your giving and your desire to give, -- 2 corinthians 8:10 +. +to finish what you started, so that just as you wanted to do it eagerly, you can also complete it according to your means. -- 2 corinthians 8:11 +. +For if the eagerness is present, the gift itself is acceptable according to whatever one has, not according to what he does not have. -- 2 corinthians 8:12 +. +For I do not say this so there would be relief for others and suffering for you, but as a matter of equality. -- 2 corinthians 8:13 +. +At the present time, your abundance will meet their need, so that one day their abundance may also meet your need, and thus there may be equality, -- 2 corinthians 8:14 +. +as it is written: "The one who gathered much did not have too much, and the one who gathered little did not have too little." -- 2 corinthians 8:15 +. +But thanks be to God who put in the heart of Titus the same devotion I have for you, -- 2 corinthians 8:16 +. +because he not only accepted our request, but since he was very eager, he is coming to you of his own accord. -- 2 corinthians 8:17 +. +And we are sending along with him the brother who is praised by all the churches for his work in spreading the gospel. -- 2 corinthians 8:18 +. +In addition, this brother has also been chosen by the churches as our traveling companion as we administer this generous gift to the glory of the Lord himself and to show our readiness to help. -- 2 corinthians 8:19 +. +We did this as a precaution so that no one should blame us in regard to this generous gift we are administering. -- 2 corinthians 8:20 +. +For we are concerned about what is right not only before the Lord but also before men. -- 2 corinthians 8:21 +. +And we are sending with them our brother whom we have tested many times and found eager in many matters, but who now is much more eager than ever because of the great confidence he has in you. -- 2 corinthians 8:22 +. +If there is any question about Titus, he is my partner and fellow worker among you; if there is any question about our brothers, they are messengers of the churches, a glory to Christ. -- 2 corinthians 8:23 +. +Therefore show them openly before the churches the proof of your love and of our pride in you. -- 2 corinthians 8:24 +. +For it is not necessary for me to write you about this service to the saints, -- 2 corinthians 9:1 +. +because I know your eagerness to help. I keep boasting to the Macedonians about this eagerness of yours, that Achaia has been ready to give since last year, and your zeal to participate has stirred up most of them. -- 2 corinthians 9:2 +. +But I am sending these brothers so that our boasting about you may not be empty in this case, so that you may be ready just as I kept telling them. -- 2 corinthians 9:3 +. +For if any of the Macedonians should come with me and find that you are not ready to give, we would be humiliated (not to mention you) by this confidence we had in you. -- 2 corinthians 9:4 +. +Therefore I thought it necessary to urge these brothers to go to you in advance and to arrange ahead of time the generous contribution you had promised, so this may be ready as a generous gift and not as something you feel forced to do. -- 2 corinthians 9:5 +. +My point is this: The person who sows sparingly will also reap sparingly, and the person who sows generously will also reap generously. -- 2 corinthians 9:6 +. +Each one of you should give just as he has decided in his heart, not reluctantly or under compulsion, because God loves a cheerful giver. -- 2 corinthians 9:7 +. +And God is able to make all grace overflow to you so that because you have enough of everything in every way at all times, you will overflow in every good work. -- 2 corinthians 9:8 +. +Just as it is written, "He has scattered widely, he has given to the poor; his righteousness remains forever." -- 2 corinthians 9:9 +. +Now God who provides seed for the sower and bread for food will provide and multiply your supply of seed and will cause the harvest of your righteousness to grow. -- 2 corinthians 9:10 +. +You will be enriched in every way so that you may be generous on every occasion, which is producing through us thanksgiving to God, -- 2 corinthians 9:11 +. +because the service of this ministry is not only providing for the needs of the saints but is also overflowing with many thanks to God. -- 2 corinthians 9:12 +. +Through the evidence of this service they will glorify God because of your obedience to your confession in the gospel of Christ and the generosity of your sharing with them and with everyone. -- 2 corinthians 9:13 +. +And in their prayers on your behalf they long for you because of the extraordinary grace God has shown to you. -- 2 corinthians 9:14 +. +Thanks be to God for his indescribable gift! -- 2 corinthians 9:15 +. +Now I, Paul, appeal to you personally by the meekness and gentleness of Christ (I who am meek when present among you, but am full of courage toward you when away!) - -- 2 corinthians 10:1 +. +now I ask that when I am present I may not have to be bold with the confidence that (I expect) I will dare to use against some who consider us to be behaving according to human standards. -- 2 corinthians 10:2 +. +For though we live as human beings, we do not wage war according to human standards, -- 2 corinthians 10:3 +. +for the weapons of our warfare are not human weapons, but are made powerful by God for tearing down strongholds. We tear down arguments -- 2 corinthians 10:4 +. +and every arrogant obstacle that is raised up against the knowledge of God, and we take every thought captive to make it obey Christ. -- 2 corinthians 10:5 +. +We are also ready to punish every act of disobedience, whenever your obedience is complete. -- 2 corinthians 10:6 +. +You are looking at outward appearances. If anyone is confident that he belongs to Christ, he should reflect on this again: Just as he himself belongs to Christ, so too do we. -- 2 corinthians 10:7 +. +For if I boast somewhat more about our authority that the Lord gave us for building you up and not for tearing you down, I will not be ashamed of doing so. -- 2 corinthians 10:8 +. +I do not want to seem as though I am trying to terrify you with my letters, -- 2 corinthians 10:9 +. +because some say, "His letters are weighty and forceful, but his physical presence is weak and his speech is of no account." -- 2 corinthians 10:10 +. +Let such a person consider this: What we say by letters when we are absent, we also are in actions when we are present. -- 2 corinthians 10:11 +. +For we would not dare to classify or compare ourselves with some of those who recommend themselves. But when they measure themselves by themselves and compare themselves with themselves, they are without understanding. -- 2 corinthians 10:12 +. +But we will not boast beyond certain limits, but will confine our boasting according to the limits of the work to which God has appointed us, that reaches even as far as you. -- 2 corinthians 10:13 +. +For we were not overextending ourselves, as though we did not reach as far as you, because we were the first to reach as far as you with the gospel about Christ. -- 2 corinthians 10:14 +. +Nor do we boast beyond certain limits in the work done by others, but we hope that as your faith continues to grow, our work may be greatly expanded among you according to our limits, -- 2 corinthians 10:15 +. +so that we may preach the gospel in the regions that lie beyond you, and not boast of work already done in another person's area. -- 2 corinthians 10:16 +. +But the one who boasts must boast in the Lord. -- 2 corinthians 10:17 +. +For it is not the person who commends himself who is approved, but the person the Lord commends. -- 2 corinthians 10:18 +. +I wish that you would be patient with me in a little foolishness, but indeed you are being patient with me! -- 2 corinthians 11:1 +. +For I am jealous for you with godly jealousy, because I promised you in marriage to one husband, to present you as a pure virgin to Christ. -- 2 corinthians 11:2 +. +But I am afraid that just as the serpent deceived Eve by his treachery, your minds may be led astray from a sincere and pure devotion to Christ. -- 2 corinthians 11:3 +. +For if someone comes and proclaims another Jesus different from the one we proclaimed, or if you receive a different spirit than the one you received, or a different gospel than the one you accepted, you put up with it well enough! -- 2 corinthians 11:4 +. +For I consider myself not at all inferior to those "super-apostles." -- 2 corinthians 11:5 +. +And even if I am unskilled in speaking, yet I am certainly not so in knowledge. Indeed, we have made this plain to you in everything in every way. -- 2 corinthians 11:6 +. +Or did I commit a sin by humbling myself so that you could be exalted, because I proclaimed the gospel of God to you free of charge? -- 2 corinthians 11:7 +. +I robbed other churches by receiving support from them so that I could serve you! -- 2 corinthians 11:8 +. +When I was with you and was in need, I was not a burden to anyone, for the brothers who came from Macedonia fully supplied my needs. I kept myself from being a burden to you in any way, and will continue to do so. -- 2 corinthians 11:9 +. +As the truth of Christ is in me, this boasting of mine will not be stopped in the regions of Achaia. -- 2 corinthians 11:10 +. +Why? Because I do not love you? God knows I do! -- 2 corinthians 11:11 +. +And what I am doing I will continue to do, so that I may eliminate any opportunity for those who want a chance to be regarded as our equals in the things they boast about. -- 2 corinthians 11:12 +. +For such people are false apostles, deceitful workers, disguising themselves as apostles of Christ. -- 2 corinthians 11:13 +. +And no wonder, for even Satan disguises himself as an angel of light. -- 2 corinthians 11:14 +. +Therefore it is not surprising his servants also disguise themselves as servants of righteousness, whose end will correspond to their actions. -- 2 corinthians 11:15 +. +I say again, let no one think that I am a fool. But if you do, then at least accept me as a fool, so that I too may boast a little. -- 2 corinthians 11:16 +. +What I am saying with this boastful confidence I do not say the way the Lord would. Instead it is, as it were, foolishness. -- 2 corinthians 11:17 +. +Since many are boasting according to human standards, I too will boast. -- 2 corinthians 11:18 +. +For since you are so wise, you put up with fools gladly. -- 2 corinthians 11:19 +. +For you put up with it if someone makes slaves of you, if someone exploits you, if someone takes advantage of you, if someone behaves arrogantly toward you, if someone strikes you in the face. -- 2 corinthians 11:20 +. +(To my disgrace I must say that we were too weak for that!) But whatever anyone else dares to boast about (I am speaking foolishly), I also dare to boast about the same thing. -- 2 corinthians 11:21 +. +Are they Hebrews? So am I. Are they Israelites? So am I. Are they descendants of Abraham? So am I. -- 2 corinthians 11:22 +. +Are they servants of Christ? (I am talking like I am out of my mind!) I am even more so: with much greater labors, with far more imprisonments, with more severe beatings, facing death many times. -- 2 corinthians 11:23 +. +Five times I received from the Jews forty lashes less one. -- 2 corinthians 11:24 +. +Three times I was beaten with a rod. Once I received a stoning. Three times I suffered shipwreck. A night and a day I spent adrift in the open sea. -- 2 corinthians 11:25 +. +I have been on journeys many times, in dangers from rivers, in dangers from robbers, in dangers from my own countrymen, in dangers from Gentiles, in dangers in the city, in dangers in the wilderness, in dangers at sea, in dangers from false brothers, -- 2 corinthians 11:26 +. +in hard work and toil, through many sleepless nights, in hunger and thirst, many times without food, in cold and without enough clothing. -- 2 corinthians 11:27 +. +Apart from other things, there is the daily pressure on me of my anxious concern for all the churches. -- 2 corinthians 11:28 +. +Who is weak, and I am not weak? Who is led into sin, and I do not burn with indignation? -- 2 corinthians 11:29 +. +If I must boast, I will boast about the things that show my weakness. -- 2 corinthians 11:30 +. +The God and Father of the Lord Jesus, who is blessed forever, knows I am not lying. -- 2 corinthians 11:31 +. +In Damascus, the governor under King Aretas was guarding the city of Damascus in order to arrest me, -- 2 corinthians 11:32 +. +but I was let down in a rope-basket through a window in the city wall, and escaped his hands. -- 2 corinthians 11:33 +. +It is necessary to go on boasting. Though it is not profitable, I will go on to visions and revelations from the Lord. -- 2 corinthians 12:1 +. +I know a man in Christ who fourteen years ago (whether in the body or out of the body I do not know, God knows) was caught up to the third heaven. -- 2 corinthians 12:2 +. +And I know that this man (whether in the body or apart from the body I do not know, God knows) -- 2 corinthians 12:3 +. +was caught up into paradise and heard things too sacred to be put into words, things that a person is not permitted to speak. -- 2 corinthians 12:4 +. +On behalf of such an individual I will boast, but on my own behalf I will not boast, except about my weaknesses. -- 2 corinthians 12:5 +. +For even if I wish to boast, I will not be a fool, for I would be telling the truth, but I refrain from this so that no one may regard me beyond what he sees in me or what he hears from me, -- 2 corinthians 12:6 +. +even because of the extraordinary character of the revelations. Therefore, so that I would not become arrogant, a thorn in the flesh was given to me, a messenger of Satan to trouble me - so that I would not become arrogant. -- 2 corinthians 12:7 +. +I asked the Lord three times about this, that it would depart from me. -- 2 corinthians 12:8 +. +But he said to me, "My grace is enough for you, for my power is made perfect in weakness." So then, I will boast most gladly about my weaknesses, so that the power of Christ may reside in me. -- 2 corinthians 12:9 +. +Therefore I am content with weaknesses, with insults, with troubles, with persecutions and difficulties for the sake of Christ, for whenever I am weak, then I am strong. -- 2 corinthians 12:10 +. +I have become a fool. You yourselves forced me to do it, for I should have been commended by you. For I lack nothing in comparison to those "super-apostles," even though I am nothing. -- 2 corinthians 12:11 +. +Indeed, the signs of an apostle were performed among you with great perseverance by signs and wonders and powerful deeds. -- 2 corinthians 12:12 +. +For how were you treated worse than the other churches, except that I myself was not a burden to you? Forgive me this injustice! -- 2 corinthians 12:13 +. +Look, for the third time I am ready to come to you, and I will not be a burden to you, because I do not want your possessions, but you. For children should not have to save up for their parents, but parents for their children. -- 2 corinthians 12:14 +. +Now I will most gladly spend and be spent for your lives! If I love you more, am I to be loved less? -- 2 corinthians 12:15 +. +But be that as it may, I have not burdened you. Yet because I was a crafty person, I took you in by deceit! -- 2 corinthians 12:16 +. +I have not taken advantage of you through anyone I have sent to you, have I? -- 2 corinthians 12:17 +. +I urged Titus to visit you and I sent our brother along with him. Titus did not take advantage of you, did he? Did we not conduct ourselves in the same spirit? Did we not behave in the same way? -- 2 corinthians 12:18 +. +Have you been thinking all this time that we have been defending ourselves to you? We are speaking in Christ before God, and everything we do, dear friends, is to build you up. -- 2 corinthians 12:19 +. +For I am afraid that somehow when I come I will not find you what I wish, and you will find me not what you wish. I am afraid that somehow there may be quarreling, jealousy, intense anger, selfish ambition, slander, gossip, arrogance, and disorder. -- 2 corinthians 12:20 +. +I am afraid that when I come again, my God may humiliate me before you, and I will grieve for many of those who previously sinned and have not repented of the impurity, sexual immorality, and licentiousness that they have practiced. -- 2 corinthians 12:21 +. +This is the third time I am coming to visit you. By the testimony of two or three witnesses every matter will be established. -- 2 corinthians 13:1 +. +I said before when I was present the second time and now, though absent, I say again to those who sinned previously and to all the rest, that if I come again, I will not spare anyone, -- 2 corinthians 13:2 +. +since you are demanding proof that Christ is speaking through me. He is not weak toward you but is powerful among you. -- 2 corinthians 13:3 +. +For indeed he was crucified by reason of weakness, but he lives because of God's power. For we also are weak in him, but we will live together with him, because of God's power toward you. -- 2 corinthians 13:4 +. +Put yourselves to the test to see if you are in the faith; examine yourselves! Or do you not recognize regarding yourselves that Jesus Christ is in you - unless, indeed, you fail the test! -- 2 corinthians 13:5 +. +And I hope that you will realize that we have not failed the test! -- 2 corinthians 13:6 +. +Now we pray to God that you may not do anything wrong, not so that we may appear to have passed the test, but so that you may do what is right even if we may appear to have failed the test. -- 2 corinthians 13:7 +. +For we cannot do anything against the truth, but only for the sake of the truth. -- 2 corinthians 13:8 +. +For we rejoice whenever we are weak, but you are strong. And we pray for this: that you may become fully qualified. -- 2 corinthians 13:9 +. +Because of this I am writing these things while absent, so that when I arrive I may not have to deal harshly with you by using my authority - the Lord gave it to me for building up, not for tearing down! -- 2 corinthians 13:10 +. +Finally, brothers and sisters, rejoice, set things right, be encouraged, agree with one another, live in peace, and the God of love and peace will be with you. -- 2 corinthians 13:11 +. + Greet one another with a holy kiss. All the saints greet you. -- 2 corinthians 13:12 +. +The grace of the Lord Jesus Christ and the love of God and the fellowship of the Holy Spirit be with you all. -- 2 corinthians 13:13 +. +[[EMPTY]] -- 2 corinthians 13:14 +. +From Paul, an apostle (not from men, nor by human agency, but by Jesus Christ and God the Father who raised him from the dead) -- galatians 1:1 +. +and all the brothers with me, to the churches of Galatia. -- galatians 1:2 +. +Grace and peace to you from God the Father and our Lord Jesus Christ, -- galatians 1:3 +. +who gave himself for our sins to rescue us from this present evil age according to the will of our God and Father, -- galatians 1:4 +. +to whom be glory forever and ever! Amen. -- galatians 1:5 +. +I am astonished that you are so quickly deserting the one who called you by the grace of Christ and are following a different gospel - -- galatians 1:6 +. +not that there really is another gospel, but there are some who are disturbing you and wanting to distort the gospel of Christ. -- galatians 1:7 +. +But even if we (or an angel from heaven) should preach a gospel contrary to the one we preached to you, let him be condemned to hell! -- galatians 1:8 +. +As we have said before, and now I say again, if any one is preaching to you a gospel contrary to what you received, let him be condemned to hell! -- galatians 1:9 +. +Am I now trying to gain the approval of people, or of God? Or am I trying to please people? If I were still trying to please people, I would not be a slave of Christ! -- galatians 1:10 +. +Now I want you to know, brothers and sisters, that the gospel I preached is not of human origin. -- galatians 1:11 +. +For I did not receive it or learn it from any human source; instead I received it by a revelation of Jesus Christ. -- galatians 1:12 +. +For you have heard of my former way of life in Judaism, how I was savagely persecuting the church of God and trying to destroy it. -- galatians 1:13 +. +I was advancing in Judaism beyond many of my contemporaries in my nation, and was extremely zealous for the traditions of my ancestors. -- galatians 1:14 +. +But when the one who set me apart from birth and called me by his grace was pleased -- galatians 1:15 +. +to reveal his Son in me so that I could preach him among the Gentiles, I did not go to ask advice from any human being, -- galatians 1:16 +. +nor did I go up to Jerusalem to see those who were apostles before me, but right away I departed to Arabia, and then returned to Damascus. -- galatians 1:17 +. +Then after three years I went up to Jerusalem to visit Cephas and get information from him, and I stayed with him fifteen days. -- galatians 1:18 +. +But I saw none of the other apostles except James the Lord's brother. -- galatians 1:19 +. +I assure you that, before God, I am not lying about what I am writing to you! -- galatians 1:20 +. +Afterward I went to the regions of Syria and Cilicia. -- galatians 1:21 +. +But I was personally unknown to the churches of Judea that are in Christ. -- galatians 1:22 +. +They were only hearing, "The one who once persecuted us is now proclaiming the good news of the faith he once tried to destroy." -- galatians 1:23 +. +So they glorified God because of me. -- galatians 1:24 +. +Then after fourteen years I went up to Jerusalem again with Barnabas, taking Titus along too. -- galatians 2:1 +. +I went there because of a revelation and presented to them the gospel that I preach among the Gentiles. But I did so only in a private meeting with the influential people, to make sure that I was not running - or had not run - in vain. -- galatians 2:2 +. +Yet not even Titus, who was with me, was compelled to be circumcised, although he was a Greek. -- galatians 2:3 +. +Now this matter arose because of the false brothers with false pretenses who slipped in unnoticed to spy on our freedom that we have in Christ Jesus, to make us slaves. -- galatians 2:4 +. +But we did not surrender to them even for a moment, in order that the truth of the gospel would remain with you. -- galatians 2:5 +. +But from those who were influential (whatever they were makes no difference to me; God shows no favoritism between people) - those influential leaders added nothing to my message. -- galatians 2:6 +. +On the contrary, when they saw that I was entrusted with the gospel to the uncircumcised just as Peter was to the circumcised -- galatians 2:7 +. +(for he who empowered Peter for his apostleship to the circumcised also empowered me for my apostleship to the Gentiles) -- galatians 2:8 +. +and when James, Cephas, and John, who had a reputation as pillars, recognized the grace that had been given to me, they gave to Barnabas and me the right hand of fellowship, agreeing that we would go to the Gentiles and they to the circumcised. -- galatians 2:9 +. +They requested only that we remember the poor, the very thing I also was eager to do. -- galatians 2:10 +. +But when Cephas came to Antioch, I opposed him to his face, because he had clearly done wrong. -- galatians 2:11 +. +Until certain people came from James, he had been eating with the Gentiles. But when they arrived, he stopped doing this and separated himself because he was afraid of those who were pro-circumcision. -- galatians 2:12 +. +And the rest of the Jews also joined with him in this hypocrisy, so that even Barnabas was led astray with them by their hypocrisy. -- galatians 2:13 +. +But when I saw that they were not behaving consistently with the truth of the gospel, I said to Cephas in front of them all, "If you, although you are a Jew, live like a Gentile and not like a Jew, how can you try to force the Gentiles to live like Jews?" -- galatians 2:14 +. +We are Jews by birth and not Gentile sinners, -- galatians 2:15 +. +yet we know that no one is justified by the works of the law but by the faithfulness of Jesus Christ. And we have come to believe in Christ Jesus, so that we may be justified by the faithfulness of Christ and not by the works of the law, because by the works of the law no one will be justified. -- galatians 2:16 +. +But if while seeking to be justified in Christ we ourselves have also been found to be sinners, is Christ then one who encourages sin? Absolutely not! -- galatians 2:17 +. +But if I build up again those things I once destroyed, I demonstrate that I am one who breaks God's law. -- galatians 2:18 +. +For through the law I died to the law so that I may live to God. -- galatians 2:19 +. +I have been crucified with Christ, and it is no longer I who live, but Christ lives in me. So the life I now live in the body, I live because of the faithfulness of the Son of God, who loved me and gave himself for me. -- galatians 2:20 +. +I do not set aside God's grace, because if righteousness could come through the law, then Christ died for nothing! -- galatians 2:21 +. +You foolish Galatians! Who has cast a spell on you? Before your eyes Jesus Christ was vividly portrayed as crucified! -- galatians 3:1 +. +The only thing I want to learn from you is this: Did you receive the Spirit by doing the works of the law or by believing what you heard? -- galatians 3:2 +. +Are you so foolish? Although you began with the Spirit, are you now trying to finish by human effort? -- galatians 3:3 +. +Have you suffered so many things for nothing? - if indeed it was for nothing. -- galatians 3:4 +. +Does God then give you the Spirit and work miracles among you by your doing the works of the law or by your believing what you heard? -- galatians 3:5 +. +Just as Abraham believed God, and it was credited to him as righteousness, -- galatians 3:6 +. +so then, understand that those who believe are the sons of Abraham. -- galatians 3:7 +. +And the scripture, foreseeing that God would justify the Gentiles by faith, proclaimed the gospel to Abraham ahead of time, saying, "All the nations will be blessed in you." -- galatians 3:8 +. +So then those who believe are blessed along with Abraham the believer. -- galatians 3:9 +. +For all who rely on doing the works of the law are under a curse, because it is written, "Cursed is everyone who does not keep on doing everything written in the book of the law." -- galatians 3:10 +. +Now it is clear no one is justified before God by the law, because the righteous one will live by faith. -- galatians 3:11 +. +But the law is not based on faith, but the one who does the works of the law will live by them. -- galatians 3:12 +. +Christ redeemed us from the curse of the law by becoming a curse for us (because it is written, "Cursed is everyone who hangs on a tree") -- galatians 3:13 +. +in order that in Christ Jesus the blessing of Abraham would come to the Gentiles, so that we could receive the promise of the Spirit by faith. -- galatians 3:14 +. +Brothers and sisters, I offer an example from everyday life: When a covenant has been ratified, even though it is only a human contract, no one can set it aside or add anything to it. -- galatians 3:15 +. +Now the promises were spoken to Abraham and to his descendant. Scripture does not say, "and to the descendants," referring to many, but "and to your descendant," referring to one, who is Christ. -- galatians 3:16 +. +What I am saying is this: The law that came four hundred thirty years later does not cancel a covenant previously ratified by God, so as to invalidate the promise. -- galatians 3:17 +. +For if the inheritance is based on the law, it is no longer based on the promise, but God graciously gave it to Abraham through the promise. -- galatians 3:18 +. +Why then was the law given? It was added because of transgressions, until the arrival of the descendant to whom the promise had been made. It was administered through angels by an intermediary. -- galatians 3:19 +. +Now an intermediary is not for one party alone, but God is one. -- galatians 3:20 +. +Is the law therefore opposed to the promises of God? Absolutely not! For if a law had been given that was able to give life, then righteousness would certainly have come by the law. -- galatians 3:21 +. +But the scripture imprisoned everything and everyone under sin so that the promise could be given - because of the faithfulness of Jesus Christ - to those who believe. -- galatians 3:22 +. +Now before faith came we were held in custody under the law, being kept as prisoners until the coming faith would be revealed. -- galatians 3:23 +. +Thus the law had become our guardian until Christ, so that we could be declared righteous by faith. -- galatians 3:24 +. +But now that faith has come, we are no longer under a guardian. -- galatians 3:25 +. +For in Christ Jesus you are all sons of God through faith. -- galatians 3:26 +. +For all of you who were baptized into Christ have clothed yourselves with Christ. -- galatians 3:27 +. +There is neither Jew nor Greek, there is neither slave nor free, there is neither male nor female - for all of you are one in Christ Jesus. -- galatians 3:28 +. +And if you belong to Christ, then you are Abraham's descendants, heirs according to the promise. -- galatians 3:29 +. +Now I mean that the heir, as long as he is a minor, is no different from a slave, though he is the owner of everything. -- galatians 4:1 +. +But he is under guardians and managers until the date set by his father. -- galatians 4:2 +. +So also we, when we were minors, were enslaved under the basic forces of the world. -- galatians 4:3 +. +But when the appropriate time had come, God sent out his Son, born of a woman, born under the law, -- galatians 4:4 +. +to redeem those who were under the law, so that we may be adopted as sons with full rights. -- galatians 4:5 +. +And because you are sons, God sent the Spirit of his Son into our hearts, who calls "Abba! Father!" -- galatians 4:6 +. +So you are no longer a slave but a son, and if you are a son, then you are also an heir through God. -- galatians 4:7 +. +Formerly when you did not know God, you were enslaved to beings that by nature are not gods at all. -- galatians 4:8 +. +But now that you have come to know God (or rather to be known by God), how can you turn back again to the weak and worthless basic forces? Do you want to be enslaved to them all over again? -- galatians 4:9 +. +You are observing religious days and months and seasons and years. -- galatians 4:10 +. +I fear for you that my work for you may have been in vain. -- galatians 4:11 +. +I beg you, brothers and sisters, become like me, because I have become like you. You have done me no wrong! -- galatians 4:12 +. +But you know it was because of a physical illness that I first proclaimed the gospel to you, -- galatians 4:13 +. +and though my physical condition put you to the test, you did not despise or reject me. Instead, you welcomed me as though I were an angel of God, as though I were Christ Jesus himself! -- galatians 4:14 +. +Where then is your sense of happiness now? For I testify about you that if it were possible, you would have pulled out your eyes and given them to me! -- galatians 4:15 +. +So then, have I become your enemy by telling you the truth? -- galatians 4:16 +. +They court you eagerly, but for no good purpose; they want to exclude you, so that you would seek them eagerly. -- galatians 4:17 +. +However, it is good to be sought eagerly for a good purpose at all times, and not only when I am present with you. -- galatians 4:18 +. +My children - I am again undergoing birth pains until Christ is formed in you! -- galatians 4:19 +. +I wish I could be with you now and change my tone of voice, because I am perplexed about you. -- galatians 4:20 +. +Tell me, you who want to be under the law, do you not understand the law? -- galatians 4:21 +. +For it is written that Abraham had two sons, one by the slave woman and the other by the free woman. -- galatians 4:22 +. +But one, the son by the slave woman, was born by natural descent, while the other, the son by the free woman, was born through the promise. -- galatians 4:23 +. +These things may be treated as an allegory, for these women represent two covenants. One is from Mount Sinai bearing children for slavery; this is Hagar. -- galatians 4:24 +. +Now Hagar represents Mount Sinai in Arabia and corresponds to the present Jerusalem, for she is in slavery with her children. -- galatians 4:25 +. +But the Jerusalem above is free, and she is our mother. -- galatians 4:26 +. +For it is written: "Rejoice, O barren woman who does not bear children; break forth and shout, you who have no birth pains, because the children of the desolate woman are more numerous than those of the woman who has a husband." -- galatians 4:27 +. +But you, brothers and sisters, are children of the promise like Isaac. -- galatians 4:28 +. +But just as at that time the one born by natural descent persecuted the one born according to the Spirit, so it is now. -- galatians 4:29 +. +But what does the scripture say? "Throw out the slave woman and her son, for the son of the slave woman will not share the inheritance with the son" of the free woman. -- galatians 4:30 +. +Therefore, brothers and sisters, we are not children of the slave woman but of the free woman. -- galatians 4:31 +. +For freedom Christ has set us free. Stand firm, then, and do not be subject again to the yoke of slavery. -- galatians 5:1 +. +Listen! I, Paul, tell you that if you let yourselves be circumcised, Christ will be of no benefit to you at all! -- galatians 5:2 +. +And I testify again to every man who lets himself be circumcised that he is obligated to obey the whole law. -- galatians 5:3 +. +You who are trying to be declared righteous by the law have been alienated from Christ; you have fallen away from grace! -- galatians 5:4 +. +For through the Spirit, by faith, we wait expectantly for the hope of righteousness. -- galatians 5:5 +. +For in Christ Jesus neither circumcision nor uncircumcision carries any weight - the only thing that matters is faith working through love. -- galatians 5:6 +. +You were running well; who prevented you from obeying the truth? -- galatians 5:7 +. +This persuasion does not come from the one who calls you! -- galatians 5:8 +. +A little yeast makes the whole batch of dough rise! -- galatians 5:9 +. +I am confident in the Lord that you will accept no other view. But the one who is confusing you will pay the penalty, whoever he may be. -- galatians 5:10 +. +Now, brothers and sisters, if I am still preaching circumcision, why am I still being persecuted? In that case the offense of the cross has been removed. -- galatians 5:11 +. +I wish those agitators would go so far as to castrate themselves! -- galatians 5:12 +. +For you were called to freedom, brothers and sisters; only do not use your freedom as an opportunity to indulge your flesh, but through love serve one another. -- galatians 5:13 +. +For the whole law can be summed up in a single commandment, namely, "You must love your neighbor as yourself." -- galatians 5:14 +. +However, if you continually bite and devour one another, beware that you are not consumed by one another. -- galatians 5:15 +. +But I say, live by the Spirit and you will not carry out the desires of the flesh. -- galatians 5:16 +. +For the flesh has desires that are opposed to the Spirit, and the Spirit has desires that are opposed to the flesh, for these are in opposition to each other, so that you cannot do what you want. -- galatians 5:17 +. +But if you are led by the Spirit, you are not under the law. -- galatians 5:18 +. +Now the works of the flesh are obvious: sexual immorality, impurity, depravity, -- galatians 5:19 +. +idolatry, sorcery, hostilities, strife, jealousy, outbursts of anger, selfish rivalries, dissensions, factions, -- galatians 5:20 +. +envying, murder, drunkenness, carousing, and similar things. I am warning you, as I had warned you before: Those who practice such things will not inherit the kingdom of God! -- galatians 5:21 +. +But the fruit of the Spirit is love, joy, peace, patience, kindness, goodness, faithfulness, -- galatians 5:22 +. +gentleness, and self-control. Against such things there is no law. -- galatians 5:23 +. +Now those who belong to Christ have crucified the flesh with its passions and desires. -- galatians 5:24 +. +If we live by the Spirit, let us also behave in accordance with the Spirit. -- galatians 5:25 +. +Let us not become conceited, provoking one another, being jealous of one another. -- galatians 5:26 +. +Brothers and sisters, if a person is discovered in some sin, you who are spiritual restore such a person in a spirit of gentleness. Pay close attention to yourselves, so that you are not tempted too. -- galatians 6:1 +. +Carry one another's burdens, and in this way you will fulfill the law of Christ. -- galatians 6:2 +. +For if anyone thinks he is something when he is nothing, he deceives himself. -- galatians 6:3 +. +Let each one examine his own work. Then he can take pride in himself and not compare himself with someone else. -- galatians 6:4 +. +For each one will carry his own load. -- galatians 6:5 +. +Now the one who receives instruction in the word must share all good things with the one who teaches it. -- galatians 6:6 +. +Do not be deceived. God will not be made a fool. For a person will reap what he sows, -- galatians 6:7 +. +because the person who sows to his own flesh will reap corruption from the flesh, but the one who sows to the Spirit will reap eternal life from the Spirit. -- galatians 6:8 +. +So we must not grow weary in doing good, for in due time we will reap, if we do not give up. -- galatians 6:9 +. +So then, whenever we have an opportunity, let us do good to all people, and especially to those who belong to the family of faith. -- galatians 6:10 +. +See what big letters I make as I write to you with my own hand! -- galatians 6:11 +. +Those who want to make a good showing in external matters are trying to force you to be circumcised. They do so only to avoid being persecuted for the cross of Christ. -- galatians 6:12 +. +For those who are circumcised do not obey the law themselves, but they want you to be circumcised so that they can boast about your flesh. -- galatians 6:13 +. +But may I never boast except in the cross of our Lord Jesus Christ, through which the world has been crucified to me, and I to the world. -- galatians 6:14 +. +For neither circumcision nor uncircumcision counts for anything; the only thing that matters is a new creation! -- galatians 6:15 +. +And all who will behave in accordance with this rule, peace and mercy be on them, and on the Israel of God. -- galatians 6:16 +. +From now on let no one cause me trouble, for I bear the marks of Jesus on my body. -- galatians 6:17 +. +The grace of our Lord Jesus Christ be with your spirit, brothers and sisters. Amen. -- galatians 6:18 +. +From Paul, an apostle of Christ Jesus by the will of God, to the saints [in Ephesus], the faithful in Christ Jesus. -- ephesians 1:1 +. +Grace and peace to you from God our Father and the Lord Jesus Christ! -- ephesians 1:2 +. +Blessed is the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, who has blessed us with every spiritual blessing in the heavenly realms in Christ. -- ephesians 1:3 +. +For he chose us in Christ before the foundation of the world that we may be holy and unblemished in his sight in love. -- ephesians 1:4 +. +He did this by predestining us to adoption as his sons through Jesus Christ, according to the pleasure of his will - -- ephesians 1:5 +. +to the praise of the glory of his grace that he has freely bestowed on us in his dearly loved Son. -- ephesians 1:6 +. +In him we have redemption through his blood, the forgiveness of our trespasses, according to the riches of his grace -- ephesians 1:7 +. +that he lavished on us in all wisdom and insight. -- ephesians 1:8 +. +He did this when he revealed to us the secret of his will, according to his good pleasure that he set forth in Christ, -- ephesians 1:9 +. +toward the administration of the fullness of the times, to head up all things in Christ - the things in heaven and the things on earth. -- ephesians 1:10 +. +In Christ we too have been claimed as God's own possession, since we were predestined according to the one purpose of him who accomplishes all things according to the counsel of his will -- ephesians 1:11 +. +so that we, who were the first to set our hope on Christ, would be to the praise of his glory. -- ephesians 1:12 +. +And when you heard the word of truth (the gospel of your salvation) - when you believed in Christ - you were marked with the seal of the promised Holy Spirit, -- ephesians 1:13 +. +who is the down payment of our inheritance, until the redemption of God's own possession, to the praise of his glory. -- ephesians 1:14 +. +For this reason, because I have heard of your faith in the Lord Jesus and your love for all the saints, -- ephesians 1:15 +. +I do not cease to give thanks for you when I remember you in my prayers. -- ephesians 1:16 +. +I pray that the God of our Lord Jesus Christ, the Father of glory, may give you spiritual wisdom and revelation in your growing knowledge of him, -- ephesians 1:17 +. +- since the eyes of your heart have been enlightened - so that you may know what is the hope of his calling, what is the wealth of his glorious inheritance in the saints, -- ephesians 1:18 +. +and what is the incomparable greatness of his power toward us who believe, as displayed in the exercise of his immense strength. -- ephesians 1:19 +. +This power he exercised in Christ when he raised him from the dead and seated him at his right hand in the heavenly realms -- ephesians 1:20 +. +far above every rule and authority and power and dominion and every name that is named, not only in this age but also in the one to come. -- ephesians 1:21 +. +And God put all things under Christ's feet, and he gave him to the church as head over all things. -- ephesians 1:22 +. +Now the church is his body, the fullness of him who fills all in all. -- ephesians 1:23 +. +And although you were dead in your transgressions and sins, -- ephesians 2:1 +. +in which you formerly lived according to this world's present path, according to the ruler of the kingdom of the air, the ruler of the spirit that is now energizing the sons of disobedience, -- ephesians 2:2 +. +among whom all of us also formerly lived out our lives in the cravings of our flesh, indulging the desires of the flesh and the mind, and were by nature children of wrath even as the rest... -- ephesians 2:3 +. +But God, being rich in mercy, because of his great love with which he loved us, -- ephesians 2:4 +. +even though we were dead in transgressions, made us alive together with Christ - by grace you are saved! - -- ephesians 2:5 +. +and he raised us up with him and seated us with him in the heavenly realms in Christ Jesus, -- ephesians 2:6 +. +to demonstrate in the coming ages the surpassing wealth of his grace in kindness toward us in Christ Jesus. -- ephesians 2:7 +. +For by grace you are saved through faith, and this is not from yourselves, it is the gift of God; -- ephesians 2:8 +. +it is not from works, so that no one can boast. -- ephesians 2:9 +. +For we are his workmanship, having been created in Christ Jesus for good works that God prepared beforehand so we may do them. -- ephesians 2:10 +. +Therefore remember that formerly you, the Gentiles in the flesh - who are called "uncircumcision" by the so-called "circumcision" that is performed on the body by human hands - -- ephesians 2:11 +. +that you were at that time without the Messiah, alienated from the citizenship of Israel and strangers to the covenants of promise, having no hope and without God in the world. -- ephesians 2:12 +. +But now in Christ Jesus you who used to be far away have been brought near by the blood of Christ. -- ephesians 2:13 +. +For he is our peace, the one who made both groups into one and who destroyed the middle wall of partition, the hostility, -- ephesians 2:14 +. +when he nullified in his flesh the law of commandments in decrees. He did this to create in himself one new man out of two, thus making peace, -- ephesians 2:15 +. +and to reconcile them both in one body to God through the cross, by which the hostility has been killed. -- ephesians 2:16 +. +And he came and preached peace to you who were far off and peace to those who were near, -- ephesians 2:17 +. +so that through him we both have access in one Spirit to the Father. -- ephesians 2:18 +. +So then you are no longer foreigners and noncitizens, but you are fellow citizens with the saints and members of God's household, -- ephesians 2:19 +. +because you have been built on the foundation of the apostles and prophets, with Christ Jesus himself as the cornerstone. -- ephesians 2:20 +. +In him the whole building, being joined together, grows into a holy temple in the Lord, -- ephesians 2:21 +. +in whom you also are being built together into a dwelling place of God in the Spirit. -- ephesians 2:22 +. +For this reason I, Paul, the prisoner of Christ Jesus for the sake of you Gentiles - -- ephesians 3:1 +. +if indeed you have heard of the stewardship of God's grace that was given to me for you, -- ephesians 3:2 +. +that by revelation the divine secret was made known to me, as I wrote before briefly. -- ephesians 3:3 +. +When reading this, you will be able to understand my insight into this secret of Christ. -- ephesians 3:4 +. +Now this secret was not disclosed to people in former generations as it has now been revealed to his holy apostles and prophets by the Spirit, -- ephesians 3:5 +. +namely, that through the gospel the Gentiles are fellow heirs, fellow members of the body, and fellow partakers of the promise in Christ Jesus. -- ephesians 3:6 +. +I became a servant of this gospel according to the gift of God's grace that was given to me by the exercise of his power. -- ephesians 3:7 +. +To me - less than the least of all the saints - this grace was given, to proclaim to the Gentiles the unfathomable riches of Christ -- ephesians 3:8 +. +and to enlighten everyone about God's secret plan - a secret that has been hidden for ages in God who has created all things. -- ephesians 3:9 +. +The purpose of this enlightenment is that through the church the multifaceted wisdom of God should now be disclosed to the rulers and the authorities in the heavenly realms. -- ephesians 3:10 +. +This was according to the eternal purpose that he accomplished in Christ Jesus our Lord, -- ephesians 3:11 +. +in whom we have boldness and confident access to God because of Christ's faithfulness. -- ephesians 3:12 +. +For this reason I ask you not to lose heart because of what I am suffering for you, which is your glory. -- ephesians 3:13 +. +For this reason I kneel before the Father, -- ephesians 3:14 +. +from whom every family in heaven and on the earth is named. -- ephesians 3:15 +. +I pray that according to the wealth of his glory he may grant you to be strengthened with power through his Spirit in the inner person, -- ephesians 3:16 +. +that Christ may dwell in your hearts through faith, so that, because you have been rooted and grounded in love, -- ephesians 3:17 +. +you may be able to comprehend with all the saints what is the breadth and length and height and depth, -- ephesians 3:18 +. +and thus to know the love of Christ that surpasses knowledge, so that you may be filled up to all the fullness of God. -- ephesians 3:19 +. +Now to him who by the power that is working within us is able to do far beyond all that we ask or think, -- ephesians 3:20 +. +to him be the glory in the church and in Christ Jesus to all generations, forever and ever. Amen. -- ephesians 3:21 +. +I, therefore, the prisoner for the Lord, urge you to live worthily of the calling with which you have been called, -- ephesians 4:1 +. +with all humility and gentleness, with patience, bearing with one another in love, -- ephesians 4:2 +. +making every effort to keep the unity of the Spirit in the bond of peace. -- ephesians 4:3 +. +There is one body and one Spirit, just as you too were called to the one hope of your calling, -- ephesians 4:4 +. +one Lord, one faith, one baptism, -- ephesians 4:5 +. +one God and Father of all, who is over all and through all and in all. -- ephesians 4:6 +. +But to each one of us grace was given according to the measure of the gift of Christ. -- ephesians 4:7 +. +Therefore it says, "When he ascended on high he captured captives; he gave gifts to men." -- ephesians 4:8 +. +Now what is the meaning of "he ascended," except that he also descended to the lower regions, namely, the earth? -- ephesians 4:9 +. +He, the very one who descended, is also the one who ascended above all the heavens, in order to fill all things. -- ephesians 4:10 +. +It was he who gave some as apostles, some as prophets, some as evangelists, and some as pastors and teachers, -- ephesians 4:11 +. +to equip the saints for the work of ministry, that is, to build up the body of Christ, -- ephesians 4:12 +. +until we all attain to the unity of the faith and of the knowledge of the Son of God - a mature person, attaining to the measure of Christ's full stature. -- ephesians 4:13 +. +So we are no longer to be children, tossed back and forth by waves and carried about by every wind of teaching by the trickery of people who craftily carry out their deceitful schemes. -- ephesians 4:14 +. +But practicing the truth in love, we will in all things grow up into Christ, who is the head. -- ephesians 4:15 +. +From him the whole body grows, fitted and held together through every supporting ligament. As each one does its part, the body grows in love. -- ephesians 4:16 +. +So I say this, and insist in the Lord, that you no longer live as the Gentiles do, in the futility of their thinking. -- ephesians 4:17 +. +They are darkened in their understanding, being alienated from the life of God because of the ignorance that is in them due to the hardness of their hearts. -- ephesians 4:18 +. +Because they are callous, they have given themselves over to indecency for the practice of every kind of impurity with greediness. -- ephesians 4:19 +. +But you did not learn about Christ like this, -- ephesians 4:20 +. +if indeed you heard about him and were taught in him, just as the truth is in Jesus. -- ephesians 4:21 +. +You were taught with reference to your former way of life to lay aside the old man who is being corrupted in accordance with deceitful desires, -- ephesians 4:22 +. +to be renewed in the spirit of your mind, -- ephesians 4:23 +. +and to put on the new man who has been created in God's image - in righteousness and holiness that comes from truth. -- ephesians 4:24 +. +Therefore, having laid aside falsehood, each one of you speak the truth with his neighbor, for we are members of one another. -- ephesians 4:25 +. +Be angry and do not sin; do not let the sun go down on the cause of your anger. -- ephesians 4:26 +. +Do not give the devil an opportunity. -- ephesians 4:27 +. +The one who steals must steal no longer; rather he must labor, doing good with his own hands, so that he may have something to share with the one who has need. -- ephesians 4:28 +. +You must let no unwholesome word come out of your mouth, but only what is beneficial for the building up of the one in need, that it may give grace to those who hear. -- ephesians 4:29 +. +And do not grieve the Holy Spirit of God, by whom you were sealed for the day of redemption. -- ephesians 4:30 +. +You must put away every kind of bitterness, anger, wrath, quarreling, and evil, slanderous talk. -- ephesians 4:31 +. +Instead, be kind to one another, compassionate, forgiving one another, just as God in Christ also forgave you. -- ephesians 4:32 +. +Therefore, be imitators of God as dearly loved children -- ephesians 5:1 +. +and live in love, just as Christ also loved us and gave himself for us, a sacrificial and fragrant offering to God. -- ephesians 5:2 +. +But among you there must not be either sexual immorality, impurity of any kind, or greed, as these are not fitting for the saints. -- ephesians 5:3 +. +Neither should there be vulgar speech, foolish talk, or coarse jesting - all of which are out of character - but rather thanksgiving. -- ephesians 5:4 +. +For you can be confident of this one thing: that no person who is immoral, impure, or greedy (such a person is an idolater) has any inheritance in the kingdom of Christ and God. -- ephesians 5:5 +. +Let nobody deceive you with empty words, for because of these things God's wrath comes on the sons of disobedience. -- ephesians 5:6 +. +Therefore do not be partakers with them, -- ephesians 5:7 +. +for you were at one time darkness, but now you are light in the Lord. Walk as children of the light - -- ephesians 5:8 +. +for the fruit of the light consists in all goodness, righteousness, and truth - -- ephesians 5:9 +. +trying to learn what is pleasing to the Lord. -- ephesians 5:10 +. +Do not participate in the unfruitful deeds of darkness, but rather expose them. -- ephesians 5:11 +. +For the things they do in secret are shameful even to mention. -- ephesians 5:12 +. +But all things being exposed by the light are made evident. -- ephesians 5:13 +. +For everything made evident is light, and for this reason it says: "Awake, O sleeper! Rise from the dead, and Christ will shine on you!" -- ephesians 5:14 +. +Therefore be very careful how you live - not as unwise but as wise, -- ephesians 5:15 +. +taking advantage of every opportunity, because the days are evil. -- ephesians 5:16 +. +For this reason do not be foolish, but be wise by understanding what the Lord's will is. -- ephesians 5:17 +. +And do not get drunk with wine, which is debauchery, but be filled by the Spirit, -- ephesians 5:18 +. +speaking to one another in psalms, hymns, and spiritual songs, singing and making music in your hearts to the Lord, -- ephesians 5:19 +. +always giving thanks to God the Father for each other in the name of our Lord Jesus Christ, -- ephesians 5:20 +. +and submitting to one another out of reverence for Christ. -- ephesians 5:21 +. +Wives, submit to your husbands as to the Lord, -- ephesians 5:22 +. +because the husband is the head of the wife as also Christ is the head of the church - he himself being the savior of the body. -- ephesians 5:23 +. +But as the church submits to Christ, so also wives should submit to their husbands in everything. -- ephesians 5:24 +. +Husbands, love your wives just as Christ loved the church and gave himself for her -- ephesians 5:25 +. +to sanctify her by cleansing her with the washing of the water by the word, -- ephesians 5:26 +. +so that he may present the church to himself as glorious - not having a stain or wrinkle, or any such blemish, but holy and blameless. -- ephesians 5:27 +. +In the same way husbands ought to love their wives as their own bodies. He who loves his wife loves himself. -- ephesians 5:28 +. +For no one has ever hated his own body but he feeds it and takes care of it, just as Christ also does the church, -- ephesians 5:29 +. +for we are members of his body. -- ephesians 5:30 +. +For this reason a man will leave his father and mother and will be joined to his wife, and the two will become one flesh. -- ephesians 5:31 +. +This mystery is great - but I am actually speaking with reference to Christ and the church. -- ephesians 5:32 +. +Nevertheless, each one of you must also love his own wife as he loves himself, and the wife must respect her husband. -- ephesians 5:33 +. +Children, obey your parents in the Lord for this is right. -- ephesians 6:1 +. +"Honor your father and mother," which is the first commandment accompanied by a promise, namely, -- ephesians 6:2 +. +"that it may go well with you and that you will live a long time on the earth." -- ephesians 6:3 +. +Fathers, do not provoke your children to anger, but raise them up in the discipline and instruction of the Lord. -- ephesians 6:4 +. +Slaves, obey your human masters with fear and trembling, in the sincerity of your heart as to Christ, -- ephesians 6:5 +. +not like those who do their work only when someone is watching - as people-pleasers - but as slaves of Christ doing the will of God from the heart. -- ephesians 6:6 +. +Obey with enthusiasm, as though serving the Lord and not people, -- ephesians 6:7 +. +because you know that each person, whether slave or free, if he does something good, this will be rewarded by the Lord. -- ephesians 6:8 +. +Masters, treat your slaves the same way, giving up the use of threats, because you know that both you and they have the same master in heaven, and there is no favoritism with him. -- ephesians 6:9 +. +Finally, be strengthened in the Lord and in the strength of his power. -- ephesians 6:10 +. +Clothe yourselves with the full armor of God so that you may be able to stand against the schemes of the devil. -- ephesians 6:11 +. +For our struggle is not against flesh and blood, but against the rulers, against the powers, against the world rulers of this darkness, against the spiritual forces of evil in the heavens. -- ephesians 6:12 +. +For this reason, take up the full armor of God so that you may be able to stand your ground on the evil day, and having done everything, to stand. -- ephesians 6:13 +. +Stand firm therefore, by fastening the belt of truth around your waist, by putting on the breastplate of righteousness, -- ephesians 6:14 +. +by fitting your feet with the preparation that comes from the good news of peace, -- ephesians 6:15 +. +and in all of this, by taking up the shield of faith with which you can extinguish all the flaming arrows of the evil one. -- ephesians 6:16 +. +And take the helmet of salvation and the sword of the Spirit, which is the word of God. -- ephesians 6:17 +. +With every prayer and petition, pray at all times in the Spirit, and to this end be alert, with all perseverance and requests for all the saints. -- ephesians 6:18 +. +Pray for me also, that I may be given the message when I begin to speak - that I may confidently make known the mystery of the gospel, -- ephesians 6:19 +. +for which I am an ambassador in chains. Pray that I may be able to speak boldly as I ought to speak. -- ephesians 6:20 +. +Tychicus, my dear brother and faithful servant in the Lord, will make everything known to you, so that you too may know about my circumstances, how I am doing. -- ephesians 6:21 +. +I have sent him to you for this very purpose, that you may know our circumstances and that he may encourage your hearts. -- ephesians 6:22 +. +Peace to the brothers and sisters, and love with faith, from God the Father and the Lord Jesus Christ. -- ephesians 6:23 +. +Grace be with all of those who love our Lord Jesus Christ with an undying love. -- ephesians 6:24 +. +From Paul and Timothy, slaves of Christ Jesus, to all the saints in Christ Jesus who are in Philippi, with the overseers and deacons. -- philippians 1:1 +. +Grace and peace to you from God our Father and the Lord Jesus Christ! -- philippians 1:2 +. +I thank my God every time I remember you. -- philippians 1:3 +. +I always pray with joy in my every prayer for all of you -- philippians 1:4 +. +because of your participation in the gospel from the first day until now. -- philippians 1:5 +. +For I am sure of this very thing, that the one who began a good work in you will perfect it until the day of Christ Jesus. -- philippians 1:6 +. +For it is right for me to think this about all of you, because I have you in my heart, since both in my imprisonment and in the defense and confirmation of the gospel all of you became partners in God's grace together with me. -- philippians 1:7 +. +For God is my witness that I long for all of you with the affection of Christ Jesus. -- philippians 1:8 +. +And I pray this, that your love may abound even more and more in knowledge and every kind of insight -- philippians 1:9 +. +so that you can decide what is best, and thus be sincere and blameless for the day of Christ, -- philippians 1:10 +. +filled with the fruit of righteousness that comes through Jesus Christ to the glory and praise of God. -- philippians 1:11 +. +I want you to know, brothers and sisters, that my situation has actually turned out to advance the gospel: -- philippians 1:12 +. +The whole imperial guard and everyone else knows that I am in prison for the sake of Christ, -- philippians 1:13 +. +and most of the brothers and sisters, having confidence in the Lord because of my imprisonment, now more than ever dare to speak the word fearlessly. -- philippians 1:14 +. +Some, to be sure, are preaching Christ from envy and rivalry, but others from goodwill. -- philippians 1:15 +. +The latter do so from love because they know that I am placed here for the defense of the gospel. -- philippians 1:16 +. +The former proclaim Christ from selfish ambition, not sincerely, because they think they can cause trouble for me in my imprisonment. -- philippians 1:17 +. +What is the result? Only that in every way, whether in pretense or in truth, Christ is being proclaimed, and in this I rejoice. Yes, and I will continue to rejoice, -- philippians 1:18 +. +for I know that this will turn out for my deliverance through your prayers and the help of the Spirit of Jesus Christ. -- philippians 1:19 +. +My confident hope is that I will in no way be ashamed but that with complete boldness, even now as always, Christ will be exalted in my body, whether I live or die. -- philippians 1:20 +. +For to me, living is Christ and dying is gain. -- philippians 1:21 +. +Now if I am to go on living in the body, this will mean productive work for me, yet I don't know which I prefer: -- philippians 1:22 +. +I feel torn between the two, because I have a desire to depart and be with Christ, which is better by far, -- philippians 1:23 +. +but it is more vital for your sake that I remain in the body. -- philippians 1:24 +. +And since I am sure of this, I know that I will remain and continue with all of you for the sake of your progress and joy in the faith, -- philippians 1:25 +. +so that what you can be proud of may increase because of me in Christ Jesus, when I come back to you. -- philippians 1:26 +. +Only conduct yourselves in a manner worthy of the gospel of Christ so that - whether I come and see you or whether I remain absent - I should hear that you are standing firm in one spirit, with one mind, by contending side by side for the faith of the gospel, -- philippians 1:27 +. +and by not being intimidated in any way by your opponents. This is a sign of their destruction, but of your salvation - a sign which is from God. -- philippians 1:28 +. +For it has been granted to you not only to believe in Christ but also to suffer for him, -- philippians 1:29 +. +since you are encountering the same conflict that you saw me face and now hear that I am facing. -- philippians 1:30 +. +Therefore, if there is any encouragement in Christ, any comfort provided by love, any fellowship in the Spirit, any affection or mercy, -- philippians 2:1 +. +complete my joy and be of the same mind, by having the same love, being united in spirit, and having one purpose. -- philippians 2:2 +. +Instead of being motivated by selfish ambition or vanity, each of you should, in humility, be moved to treat one another as more important than yourself. -- philippians 2:3 +. +Each of you should be concerned not only about your own interests, but about the interests of others as well. -- philippians 2:4 +. +You should have the same attitude toward one another that Christ Jesus had, -- philippians 2:5 +. +who though he existed in the form of God did not regard equality with God as something to be grasped, -- philippians 2:6 +. +but emptied himself by taking on the form of a slave, by looking like other men, and by sharing in human nature. -- philippians 2:7 +. +He humbled himself, by becoming obedient to the point of death - even death on a cross! -- philippians 2:8 +. +As a result God exalted him and gave him the name that is above every name, -- philippians 2:9 +. +so that at the name of Jesus every knee will bow - in heaven and on earth and under the earth - -- philippians 2:10 +. +and every tongue confess that Jesus Christ is Lord to the glory of God the Father. -- philippians 2:11 +. +So then, my dear friends, just as you have always obeyed, not only in my presence but even more in my absence, continue working out your salvation with awe and reverence, -- philippians 2:12 +. +for the one bringing forth in you both the desire and the effort - for the sake of his good pleasure - is God. -- philippians 2:13 +. +Do everything without grumbling or arguing, -- philippians 2:14 +. +so that you may be blameless and pure, children of God without blemish though you live in a crooked and perverse society, in which you shine as lights in the world -- philippians 2:15 +. +by holding on to the word of life so that on the day of Christ I will have a reason to boast that I did not run in vain nor labor in vain. -- philippians 2:16 +. +But even if I am being poured out like a drink offering on the sacrifice and service of your faith, I am glad and rejoice together with all of you. -- philippians 2:17 +. +And in the same way you also should be glad and rejoice together with me. -- philippians 2:18 +. +Now I hope in the Lord Jesus to send Timothy to you soon, so that I too may be encouraged by hearing news about you. -- philippians 2:19 +. +For there is no one here like him who will readily demonstrate his deep concern for you. -- philippians 2:20 +. +Others are busy with their own concerns, not those of Jesus Christ. -- philippians 2:21 +. +But you know his qualifications, that like a son working with his father, he served with me in advancing the gospel. -- philippians 2:22 +. +So I hope to send him as soon as I know more about my situation, -- philippians 2:23 +. +though I am confident in the Lord that I too will be coming to see you soon. -- philippians 2:24 +. +But for now I have considered it necessary to send Epaphroditus to you. For he is my brother, coworker and fellow soldier, and your messenger and minister to me in my need. -- philippians 2:25 +. +Indeed, he greatly missed all of you and was distressed because you heard that he had been ill. -- philippians 2:26 +. +In fact he became so ill that he nearly died. But God showed mercy to him - and not to him only, but also to me - so that I would not have grief on top of grief. -- philippians 2:27 +. +Therefore I am all the more eager to send him, so that when you see him again you can rejoice and I can be free from anxiety. -- philippians 2:28 +. +So welcome him in the Lord with great joy, and honor people like him, -- philippians 2:29 +. +since it was because of the work of Christ that he almost died. He risked his life so that he could make up for your inability to serve me. -- philippians 2:30 +. +Finally, my brothers and sisters, rejoice in the Lord! To write this again is no trouble to me, and it is a safeguard for you. -- philippians 3:1 +. +Beware of the dogs, beware of the evil workers, beware of those who mutilate the flesh! -- philippians 3:2 +. +For we are the circumcision, the ones who worship by the Spirit of God, exult in Christ Jesus, and do not rely on human credentials -- philippians 3:3 +. +- though mine too are significant. If someone thinks he has good reasons to put confidence in human credentials, I have more: -- philippians 3:4 +. +I was circumcised on the eighth day, from the people of Israel and the tribe of Benjamin, a Hebrew of Hebrews. I lived according to the law as a Pharisee. -- philippians 3:5 +. +In my zeal for God I persecuted the church. According to the righteousness stipulated in the law I was blameless. -- philippians 3:6 +. +But these assets I have come to regard as liabilities because of Christ. -- philippians 3:7 +. +More than that, I now regard all things as liabilities compared to the far greater value of knowing Christ Jesus my Lord, for whom I have suffered the loss of all things - indeed, I regard them as dung! - that I may gain Christ, -- philippians 3:8 +. +and be found in him, not because I have my own righteousness derived from the law, but because I have the righteousness that comes by way of Christ's faithfulness - a righteousness from God that is in fact based on Christ's faithfulness. -- philippians 3:9 +. +My aim is to know him, to experience the power of his resurrection, to share in his sufferings, and to be like him in his death, -- philippians 3:10 +. +and so, somehow, to attain to the resurrection from the dead. -- philippians 3:11 +. +Not that I have already attained this - that is, I have not already been perfected - but I strive to lay hold of that for which Christ Jesus also laid hold of me. -- philippians 3:12 +. +Brothers and sisters, I do not consider myself to have attained this. Instead I am single-minded: Forgetting the things that are behind and reaching out for the things that are ahead, -- philippians 3:13 +. +with this goal in mind, I strive toward the prize of the upward call of God in Christ Jesus. -- philippians 3:14 +. +Therefore let those of us who are "perfect" embrace this point of view. If you think otherwise, God will reveal to you the error of your ways. -- philippians 3:15 +. +Nevertheless, let us live up to the standard that we have already attained. -- philippians 3:16 +. +Be imitators of me, brothers and sisters, and watch carefully those who are living this way, just as you have us as an example. -- philippians 3:17 +. +For many live, about whom I have often told you, and now, with tears, I tell you that they are the enemies of the cross of Christ. -- philippians 3:18 +. +Their end is destruction, their god is the belly, they exult in their shame, and they think about earthly things. -- philippians 3:19 +. +But our citizenship is in heaven - and we also await a savior from there, the Lord Jesus Christ, -- philippians 3:20 +. +who will transform these humble bodies of ours into the likeness of his glorious body by means of that power by which he is able to subject all things to himself. -- philippians 3:21 +. +So then, my brothers and sisters, dear friends whom I long to see, my joy and crown, stand in the Lord in this way, my dear friends! -- philippians 4:1 +. +I appeal to Euodia and to Syntyche to agree in the Lord. -- philippians 4:2 +. +Yes, I say also to you, true companion, help them. They have struggled together in the gospel ministry along with me and Clement and my other coworkers, whose names are in the book of life. -- philippians 4:3 +. +Rejoice in the Lord always. Again I say, rejoice! -- philippians 4:4 +. +Let everyone see your gentleness. The Lord is near! -- philippians 4:5 +. +Do not be anxious about anything. Instead, in every situation, through prayer and petition with thanksgiving, tell your requests to God. -- philippians 4:6 +. +And the peace of God that surpasses all understanding will guard your hearts and minds in Christ Jesus. -- philippians 4:7 +. +Finally, brothers and sisters, whatever is true, whatever is worthy of respect, whatever is just, whatever is pure, whatever is lovely, whatever is commendable, if something is excellent or praiseworthy, think about these things. -- philippians 4:8 +. +And what you learned and received and heard and saw in me, do these things. And the God of peace will be with you. -- philippians 4:9 +. +I have great joy in the Lord because now at last you have again expressed your concern for me. (Now I know you were concerned before but had no opportunity to do anything.) -- philippians 4:10 +. +I am not saying this because I am in need, for I have learned to be content in any circumstance. -- philippians 4:11 +. +I have experienced times of need and times of abundance. In any and every circumstance I have learned the secret of contentment, whether I go satisfied or hungry, have plenty or nothing. -- philippians 4:12 +. +I am able to do all things through the one who strengthens me. -- philippians 4:13 +. +Nevertheless, you did well to share with me in my trouble. -- philippians 4:14 +. +And as you Philippians know, at the beginning of my gospel ministry, when I left Macedonia, no church shared with me in this matter of giving and receiving except you alone. -- philippians 4:15 +. +For even in Thessalonica on more than one occasion you sent something for my need. -- philippians 4:16 +. +I do not say this because I am seeking a gift. Rather, I seek the credit that abounds to your account. -- philippians 4:17 +. +For I have received everything, and I have plenty. I have all I need because I received from Epaphroditus what you sent - a fragrant offering, an acceptable sacrifice, very pleasing to God. -- philippians 4:18 +. +And my God will supply your every need according to his glorious riches in Christ Jesus. -- philippians 4:19 +. +May glory be given to God our Father forever and ever. Amen. -- philippians 4:20 +. +Give greetings to all the saints in Christ Jesus. The brothers with me here send greetings. -- philippians 4:21 +. +All the saints greet you, especially those who belong to Caesar's household. -- philippians 4:22 +. +The grace of the Lord Jesus Christ be with your spirit. -- philippians 4:23 +. +From Paul, an apostle of Christ Jesus by the will of God, and Timothy our brother, -- colossians 1:1 +. +to the saints, the faithful brothers and sisters in Christ, at Colossae. Grace and peace to you from God our Father! -- colossians 1:2 +. +We always give thanks to God, the Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, when we pray for you, -- colossians 1:3 +. +since we heard about your faith in Christ Jesus and the love that you have for all the saints. -- colossians 1:4 +. +Your faith and love have arisen from the hope laid up for you in heaven, which you have heard about in the message of truth, the gospel -- colossians 1:5 +. +that has come to you. Just as in the entire world this gospel is bearing fruit and growing, so it has also been bearing fruit and growing among you from the first day you heard it and understood the grace of God in truth. -- colossians 1:6 +. +You learned the gospel from Epaphras, our dear fellow slave - a faithful minister of Christ on our behalf - -- colossians 1:7 +. +who also told us of your love in the Spirit. -- colossians 1:8 +. +For this reason we also, from the day we heard about you, have not ceased praying for you and asking God to fill you with the knowledge of his will in all spiritual wisdom and understanding, -- colossians 1:9 +. +so that you may live worthily of the Lord and please him in all respects - bearing fruit in every good deed, growing in the knowledge of God, -- colossians 1:10 +. +being strengthened with all power according to his glorious might for the display of all patience and steadfastness, joyfully -- colossians 1:11 +. +giving thanks to the Father who has qualified you to share in the saints' inheritance in the light. -- colossians 1:12 +. +He delivered us from the power of darkness and transferred us to the kingdom of the Son he loves, -- colossians 1:13 +. +in whom we have redemption, the forgiveness of sins. -- colossians 1:14 +. +He is the image of the invisible God, the firstborn over all creation, -- colossians 1:15 +. +for all things in heaven and on earth were created by him - all things, whether visible or invisible, whether thrones or dominions, whether principalities or powers - all things were created through him and for him. -- colossians 1:16 +. +He himself is before all things and all things are held together in him. -- colossians 1:17 +. +He is the head of the body, the church, as well as the beginning, the firstborn from among the dead, so that he himself may become first in all things. -- colossians 1:18 +. +For God was pleased to have all his fullness dwell in the Son -- colossians 1:19 +. +and through him to reconcile all things to himself by making peace through the blood of his cross - through him, whether things on earth or things in heaven. -- colossians 1:20 +. +And you were at one time strangers and enemies in your minds as expressed through your evil deeds, -- colossians 1:21 +. +but now he has reconciled you by his physical body through death to present you holy, without blemish, and blameless before him - -- colossians 1:22 +. +if indeed you remain in the faith, established and firm, without shifting from the hope of the gospel that you heard. This gospel has also been preached in all creation under heaven, and I, Paul, have become its servant. -- colossians 1:23 +. +Now I rejoice in my sufferings for you, and I fill up in my physical body - for the sake of his body, the church - what is lacking in the sufferings of Christ. -- colossians 1:24 +. +I became a servant of the church according to the stewardship from God - given to me for you - in order to complete the word of God, -- colossians 1:25 +. +that is, the mystery that has been kept hidden from ages and generations, but has now been revealed to his saints. -- colossians 1:26 +. +God wanted to make known to them the glorious riches of this mystery among the Gentiles, which is Christ in you, the hope of glory. -- colossians 1:27 +. +We proclaim him by instructing and teaching all people with all wisdom so that we may present every person mature in Christ. -- colossians 1:28 +. +Toward this goal I also labor, struggling according to his power that powerfully works in me. -- colossians 1:29 +. +For I want you to know how great a struggle I have for you, and for those in Laodicea, and for those who have not met me face to face. -- colossians 2:1 +. +My goal is that their hearts, having been knit together in love, may be encouraged, and that they may have all the riches that assurance brings in their understanding of the knowledge of the mystery of God, namely, Christ, -- colossians 2:2 +. +in whom are hidden all the treasures of wisdom and knowledge. -- colossians 2:3 +. +I say this so that no one will deceive you through arguments that sound reasonable. -- colossians 2:4 +. +For though I am absent from you in body, I am present with you in spirit, rejoicing to see your morale and the firmness of your faith in Christ. -- colossians 2:5 +. +Therefore, just as you received Christ Jesus as Lord, continue to live your lives in him, -- colossians 2:6 +. +rooted and built up in him and firm in your faith just as you were taught, and overflowing with thankfulness. -- colossians 2:7 +. +Be careful not to allow anyone to captivate you through an empty, deceitful philosophy that is according to human traditions and the elemental spirits of the world, and not according to Christ. -- colossians 2:8 +. +For in him all the fullness of deity lives in bodily form, -- colossians 2:9 +. +and you have been filled in him, who is the head over every ruler and authority. -- colossians 2:10 +. +In him you also were circumcised - not, however, with a circumcision performed by human hands, but by the removal of the fleshly body, that is, through the circumcision done by Christ. -- colossians 2:11 +. +Having been buried with him in baptism, you also have been raised with him through your faith in the power of God who raised him from the dead. -- colossians 2:12 +. +And even though you were dead in your transgressions and in the uncircumcision of your flesh, he nevertheless made you alive with him, having forgiven all your transgressions. -- colossians 2:13 +. +He has destroyed what was against us, a certificate of indebtedness expressed in decrees opposed to us. He has taken it away by nailing it to the cross. -- colossians 2:14 +. +Disarming the rulers and authorities, he has made a public disgrace of them, triumphing over them by the cross. -- colossians 2:15 +. +Therefore do not let anyone judge you with respect to food or drink, or in the matter of a feast, new moon, or Sabbath days - -- colossians 2:16 +. +these are only the shadow of the things to come, but the reality is Christ! -- colossians 2:17 +. +Let no one who delights in humility and the worship of angels pass judgment on you. That person goes on at great lengths about what he has supposedly seen, but he is puffed up with empty notions by his fleshly mind. -- colossians 2:18 +. +He has not held fast to the head from whom the whole body, supported and knit together through its ligaments and sinews, grows with a growth that is from God. -- colossians 2:19 +. +If you have died with Christ to the elemental spirits of the world, why do you submit to them as though you lived in the world? -- colossians 2:20 +. +"Do not handle! Do not taste! Do not touch!" -- colossians 2:21 +. +These are all destined to perish with use, founded as they are on human commands and teachings. -- colossians 2:22 +. +Even though they have the appearance of wisdom with their self-imposed worship and false humility achieved by an unsparing treatment of the body - a wisdom with no true value - they in reality result in fleshly indulgence. -- colossians 2:23 +. +Therefore, if you have been raised with Christ, keep seeking the things above, where Christ is, seated at the right hand of God. -- colossians 3:1 +. +Keep thinking about things above, not things on the earth, -- colossians 3:2 +. +for you have died and your life is hidden with Christ in God. -- colossians 3:3 +. +When Christ (who is your life) appears, then you too will be revealed in glory with him. -- colossians 3:4 +. +So put to death whatever in your nature belongs to the earth: sexual immorality, impurity, shameful passion, evil desire, and greed which is idolatry. -- colossians 3:5 +. +Because of these things the wrath of God is coming on the sons of disobedience. -- colossians 3:6 +. +You also lived your lives in this way at one time, when you used to live among them. -- colossians 3:7 +. +But now, put off all such things as anger, rage, malice, slander, abusive language from your mouth. -- colossians 3:8 +. +Do not lie to one another since you have put off the old man with its practices -- colossians 3:9 +. +and have been clothed with the new man that is being renewed in knowledge according to the image of the one who created it. -- colossians 3:10 +. +Here there is neither Greek nor Jew, circumcised or uncircumcised, barbarian, Scythian, slave or free, but Christ is all and in all. -- colossians 3:11 +. +Therefore, as the elect of God, holy and dearly loved, clothe yourselves with a heart of mercy, kindness, humility, gentleness, and patience, -- colossians 3:12 +. +bearing with one another and forgiving one another, if someone happens to have a complaint against anyone else. Just as the Lord has forgiven you, so you also forgive others. -- colossians 3:13 +. +And to all these virtues add love, which is the perfect bond. -- colossians 3:14 +. +Let the peace of Christ be in control in your heart (for you were in fact called as one body to this peace), and be thankful. -- colossians 3:15 +. +Let the word of Christ dwell in you richly, teaching and exhorting one another with all wisdom, singing psalms, hymns, and spiritual songs, all with grace in your hearts to God. -- colossians 3:16 +. +And whatever you do in word or deed, do it all in the name of the Lord Jesus, giving thanks to God the Father through him. -- colossians 3:17 +. +Wives, submit to your husbands, as is fitting in the Lord. -- colossians 3:18 +. +Husbands, love your wives and do not be embittered against them. -- colossians 3:19 +. +Children, obey your parents in everything, for this is pleasing in the Lord. -- colossians 3:20 +. +Fathers, do not provoke your children, so they will not become disheartened. -- colossians 3:21 +. +Slaves, obey your earthly masters in every respect, not only when they are watching - like those who are strictly people-pleasers - but with a sincere heart, fearing the Lord. -- colossians 3:22 +. +Whatever you are doing, work at it with enthusiasm, as to the Lord and not for people, -- colossians 3:23 +. +because you know that you will receive your inheritance from the Lord as the reward. Serve the Lord Christ. -- colossians 3:24 +. +For the one who does wrong will be repaid for his wrong, and there are no exceptions. -- colossians 3:25 +. +Masters, treat your slaves with justice and fairness, because you know that you also have a master in heaven. -- colossians 4:1 +. +Be devoted to prayer, keeping alert in it with thanksgiving. -- colossians 4:2 +. +At the same time pray for us too, that God may open a door for the message so that we may proclaim the mystery of Christ, for which I am in chains. -- colossians 4:3 +. +Pray that I may make it known as I should. -- colossians 4:4 +. +Conduct yourselves with wisdom toward outsiders, making the most of the opportunities. -- colossians 4:5 +. +Let your speech always be gracious, seasoned with salt, so that you may know how you should answer everyone. -- colossians 4:6 +. +Tychicus, a dear brother, faithful minister, and fellow slave in the Lord, will tell you all the news about me. -- colossians 4:7 +. +I sent him to you for this very purpose, that you may know how we are doing and that he may encourage your hearts. -- colossians 4:8 +. +I sent him with Onesimus, the faithful and dear brother, who is one of you. They will tell you about everything here. -- colossians 4:9 +. +Aristarchus, my fellow prisoner, sends you greetings, as does Mark, the cousin of Barnabas (about whom you received instructions; if he comes to you, welcome him). -- colossians 4:10 +. +And Jesus who is called Justus also sends greetings. In terms of Jewish converts, these are the only fellow workers for the kingdom of God, and they have been a comfort to me. -- colossians 4:11 +. +Epaphras, who is one of you and a slave of Christ, greets you. He is always struggling in prayer on your behalf, so that you may stand mature and fully assured in all the will of God. -- colossians 4:12 +. +For I can testify that he has worked hard for you and for those in Laodicea and Hierapolis. -- colossians 4:13 +. +Our dear friend Luke the physician and Demas greet you. -- colossians 4:14 +. +Give my greetings to the brothers and sisters who are in Laodicea and to Nympha and the church that meets in her house. -- colossians 4:15 +. +And after you have read this letter, have it read to the church of Laodicea. In turn, read the letter from Laodicea as well. -- colossians 4:16 +. +And tell Archippus, "See to it that you complete the ministry you received in the Lord." -- colossians 4:17 +. +I, Paul, write this greeting by my own hand. Remember my chains. Grace be with you. -- colossians 4:18 +. +From Paul and Silvanus and Timothy, to the church of the Thessalonians in God the Father and the Lord Jesus Christ. Grace and peace to you! -- 1 thessalonians 1:1 +. +We thank God always for all of you as we mention you constantly in our prayers, -- 1 thessalonians 1:2 +. +because we recall in the presence of our God and Father your work of faith and labor of love and endurance of hope in our Lord Jesus Christ. -- 1 thessalonians 1:3 +. +We know, brothers and sisters loved by God, that he has chosen you, -- 1 thessalonians 1:4 +. +in that our gospel did not come to you merely in words, but in power and in the Holy Spirit and with deep conviction (surely you recall the character we displayed when we came among you to help you). -- 1 thessalonians 1:5 +. +And you became imitators of us and of the Lord, when you received the message with joy that comes from the Holy Spirit, despite great affliction. -- 1 thessalonians 1:6 +. +As a result you became an example to all the believers in Macedonia and in Achaia. -- 1 thessalonians 1:7 +. +For from you the message of the Lord has echoed forth not just in Macedonia and Achaia, but in every place reports of your faith in God have spread, so that we do not need to say anything. -- 1 thessalonians 1:8 +. +For people everywhere report how you welcomed us and how you turned to God from idols to serve the living and true God -- 1 thessalonians 1:9 +. +and to wait for his Son from heaven, whom he raised from the dead, Jesus our deliverer from the coming wrath. -- 1 thessalonians 1:10 +. +For you yourselves know, brothers and sisters, about our coming to you - it has not proven to be purposeless. -- 1 thessalonians 2:1 +. +But although we suffered earlier and were mistreated in Philippi, as you know, we had the courage in our God to declare to you the gospel of God in spite of much opposition. -- 1 thessalonians 2:2 +. +For the appeal we make does not come from error or impurity or with deceit, -- 1 thessalonians 2:3 +. +but just as we have been approved by God to be entrusted with the gospel, so we declare it, not to please people but God, who examines our hearts. -- 1 thessalonians 2:4 +. +For we never appeared with flattering speech, as you know, nor with a pretext for greed - God is our witness - -- 1 thessalonians 2:5 +. +nor to seek glory from people, either from you or from others, -- 1 thessalonians 2:6 +. + although we could have imposed our weight as apostles of Christ; instead we became little children among you. Like a nursing mother caring for her own children, -- 1 thessalonians 2:7 +. +with such affection for you we were happy to share with you not only the gospel of God but also our own lives, because you had become dear to us. -- 1 thessalonians 2:8 +. +For you recall, brothers and sisters, our toil and drudgery: By working night and day so as not to impose a burden on any of you, we preached to you the gospel of God. -- 1 thessalonians 2:9 +. +You are witnesses, and so is God, as to how holy and righteous and blameless our conduct was toward you who believe. -- 1 thessalonians 2:10 +. +As you know, we treated each one of you as a father treats his own children, -- 1 thessalonians 2:11 +. +exhorting and encouraging you and insisting that you live in a way worthy of God who calls you to his own kingdom and his glory. -- 1 thessalonians 2:12 +. +And so we too constantly thank God that when you received God's message that you heard from us, you accepted it not as a human message, but as it truly is, God's message, which is at work among you who believe. -- 1 thessalonians 2:13 +. +For you became imitators, brothers and sisters, of God's churches in Christ Jesus that are in Judea, because you too suffered the same things from your own countrymen as they in fact did from the Jews, -- 1 thessalonians 2:14 +. +who killed both the Lord Jesus and the prophets and persecuted us severely. They are displeasing to God and are opposed to all people, -- 1 thessalonians 2:15 +. +because they hinder us from speaking to the Gentiles so that they may be saved. Thus they constantly fill up their measure of sins, but wrath has come upon them completely. -- 1 thessalonians 2:16 +. +But when we were separated from you, brothers and sisters, for a short time (in presence, not in affection) we became all the more fervent in our great desire to see you in person. -- 1 thessalonians 2:17 +. +For we wanted to come to you (I, Paul, in fact tried again and again) but Satan thwarted us. -- 1 thessalonians 2:18 +. +For who is our hope or joy or crown to boast of before our Lord Jesus at his coming? Is it not of course you? -- 1 thessalonians 2:19 +. +For you are our glory and joy! -- 1 thessalonians 2:20 +. +So when we could bear it no longer, we decided to stay on in Athens alone. -- 1 thessalonians 3:1 +. +We sent Timothy, our brother and fellow worker for God in the gospel of Christ, to strengthen you and encourage you about your faith, -- 1 thessalonians 3:2 +. +so that no one would be shaken by these afflictions. For you yourselves know that we are destined for this. -- 1 thessalonians 3:3 +. +For in fact when we were with you, we were telling you in advance that we would suffer affliction, and so it has happened, as you well know. -- 1 thessalonians 3:4 +. +So when I could bear it no longer, I sent to find out about your faith, for fear that the tempter somehow tempted you and our toil had proven useless. -- 1 thessalonians 3:5 +. +But now Timothy has come to us from you and given us the good news of your faith and love and that you always think of us with affection and long to see us just as we also long to see you! -- 1 thessalonians 3:6 +. +So in all our distress and affliction, we were reassured about you, brothers and sisters, through your faith. -- 1 thessalonians 3:7 +. +For now we are alive again, if you stand firm in the Lord. -- 1 thessalonians 3:8 +. +For how can we thank God enough for you, for all the joy we feel because of you before our God? -- 1 thessalonians 3:9 +. +We pray earnestly night and day to see you in person and make up what may be lacking in your faith. -- 1 thessalonians 3:10 +. +Now may God our Father himself and our Lord Jesus direct our way to you. -- 1 thessalonians 3:11 +. +And may the Lord cause you to increase and abound in love for one another and for all, just as we do for you, -- 1 thessalonians 3:12 +. +so that your hearts are strengthened in holiness to be blameless before our God and Father at the coming of our Lord Jesus with all his saints. -- 1 thessalonians 3:13 +. +Finally then, brothers and sisters, we ask you and urge you in the Lord Jesus, that as you received instruction from us about how you must live and please God (as you are in fact living) that you do so more and more. -- 1 thessalonians 4:1 +. +For you know what commands we gave you through the Lord Jesus. -- 1 thessalonians 4:2 +. +For this is God's will: that you become holy, that you keep away from sexual immorality, -- 1 thessalonians 4:3 +. +that each of you know how to possess his own body in holiness and honor, -- 1 thessalonians 4:4 +. +not in lustful passion like the Gentiles who do not know God. -- 1 thessalonians 4:5 +. +In this matter no one should violate the rights of his brother or take advantage of him, because the Lord is the avenger in all these cases, as we also told you earlier and warned you solemnly. -- 1 thessalonians 4:6 +. +For God did not call us to impurity but in holiness. -- 1 thessalonians 4:7 +. +Consequently the one who rejects this is not rejecting human authority but God, who gives his Holy Spirit to you. -- 1 thessalonians 4:8 +. +Now on the topic of brotherly love you have no need for anyone to write you, for you yourselves are taught by God to love one another. -- 1 thessalonians 4:9 +. +And indeed you are practicing it toward all the brothers and sisters in all of Macedonia. But we urge you, brothers and sisters, to do so more and more, -- 1 thessalonians 4:10 +. +to aspire to lead a quiet life, to attend to your own business, and to work with your hands, as we commanded you. -- 1 thessalonians 4:11 +. +In this way you will live a decent life before outsiders and not be in need. -- 1 thessalonians 4:12 +. +Now we do not want you to be uninformed, brothers and sisters, about those who are asleep, so that you will not grieve like the rest who have no hope. -- 1 thessalonians 4:13 +. +For if we believe that Jesus died and rose again, so also we believe that God will bring with him those who have fallen asleep as Christians. -- 1 thessalonians 4:14 +. +For we tell you this by the word of the Lord, that we who are alive, who are left until the coming of the Lord, will surely not go ahead of those who have fallen asleep. -- 1 thessalonians 4:15 +. +For the Lord himself will come down from heaven with a shout of command, with the voice of the archangel, and with the trumpet of God, and the dead in Christ will rise first. -- 1 thessalonians 4:16 +. +Then we who are alive, who are left, will be suddenly caught up together with them in the clouds to meet the Lord in the air. And so we will always be with the Lord. -- 1 thessalonians 4:17 +. +Therefore encourage one another with these words. -- 1 thessalonians 4:18 +. +Now on the topic of times and seasons, brothers and sisters, you have no need for anything to be written to you. -- 1 thessalonians 5:1 +. +For you know quite well that the day of the Lord will come in the same way as a thief in the night. -- 1 thessalonians 5:2 +. +Now when they are saying, "There is peace and security," then sudden destruction comes on them, like labor pains on a pregnant woman, and they will surely not escape. -- 1 thessalonians 5:3 +. +But you, brothers and sisters, are not in the darkness for the day to overtake you like a thief would. -- 1 thessalonians 5:4 +. +For you all are sons of the light and sons of the day. We are not of the night nor of the darkness. -- 1 thessalonians 5:5 +. +So then we must not sleep as the rest, but must stay alert and sober. -- 1 thessalonians 5:6 +. +For those who sleep, sleep at night and those who get drunk are drunk at night. -- 1 thessalonians 5:7 +. +But since we are of the day, we must stay sober by putting on the breastplate of faith and love and as a helmet our hope for salvation. -- 1 thessalonians 5:8 +. +For God did not destine us for wrath but for gaining salvation through our Lord Jesus Christ. -- 1 thessalonians 5:9 +. +He died for us so that whether we are alert or asleep we will come to life together with him. -- 1 thessalonians 5:10 +. +Therefore encourage one another and build up each other, just as you are in fact doing. -- 1 thessalonians 5:11 +. +Now we ask you, brothers and sisters, to acknowledge those who labor among you and preside over you in the Lord and admonish you, -- 1 thessalonians 5:12 +. +and to esteem them most highly in love because of their work. Be at peace among yourselves. -- 1 thessalonians 5:13 +. +And we urge you, brothers and sisters, admonish the undisciplined, comfort the discouraged, help the weak, be patient toward all. -- 1 thessalonians 5:14 +. +See that no one pays back evil for evil to anyone, but always pursue what is good for one another and for all. -- 1 thessalonians 5:15 +. +Always rejoice, -- 1 thessalonians 5:16 +. +constantly pray, -- 1 thessalonians 5:17 +. +in everything give thanks. For this is God's will for you in Christ Jesus. -- 1 thessalonians 5:18 +. +Do not extinguish the Spirit. -- 1 thessalonians 5:19 +. +Do not treat prophecies with contempt. -- 1 thessalonians 5:20 +. +But examine all things; hold fast to what is good. -- 1 thessalonians 5:21 +. +Stay away from every form of evil. -- 1 thessalonians 5:22 +. +Now may the God of peace himself make you completely holy and may your spirit and soul and body be kept entirely blameless at the coming of our Lord Jesus Christ. -- 1 thessalonians 5:23 +. +He who calls you is trustworthy, and he will in fact do this. -- 1 thessalonians 5:24 +. +Brothers and sisters, pray for us too. -- 1 thessalonians 5:25 +. +Greet all the brothers and sisters with a holy kiss. -- 1 thessalonians 5:26 +. +I call on you solemnly in the Lord to have this letter read to all the brothers and sisters. -- 1 thessalonians 5:27 +. +The grace of our Lord Jesus Christ be with you. -- 1 thessalonians 5:28 +. +From Paul and Silvanus and Timothy, to the church of the Thessalonians in God our Father and the Lord Jesus Christ. -- 2 thessalonians 1:1 +. +Grace and peace to you from God the Father and the Lord Jesus Christ! -- 2 thessalonians 1:2 +. +We ought to thank God always for you, brothers and sisters, and rightly so, because your faith flourishes more and more and the love of each one of you all for one another is ever greater. -- 2 thessalonians 1:3 +. +As a result we ourselves boast about you in the churches of God for your perseverance and faith in all the persecutions and afflictions you are enduring. -- 2 thessalonians 1:4 +. +This is evidence of God's righteous judgment, to make you worthy of the kingdom of God, for which in fact you are suffering. -- 2 thessalonians 1:5 +. +For it is right for God to repay with affliction those who afflict you, -- 2 thessalonians 1:6 +. +and to you who are being afflicted to give rest together with us when the Lord Jesus is revealed from heaven with his mighty angels. -- 2 thessalonians 1:7 +. +With flaming fire he will mete out punishment on those who do not know God and do not obey the gospel of our Lord Jesus. -- 2 thessalonians 1:8 +. +They will undergo the penalty of eternal destruction, away from the presence of the Lord and from the glory of his strength, -- 2 thessalonians 1:9 +. +when he comes to be glorified among his saints and admired on that day among all who have believed - and you did in fact believe our testimony. -- 2 thessalonians 1:10 +. +And in this regard we pray for you always, that our God will make you worthy of his calling and fulfill by his power your every desire for goodness and every work of faith, -- 2 thessalonians 1:11 +. +that the name of our Lord Jesus may be glorified in you, and you in him, according to the grace of our God and the Lord Jesus Christ. -- 2 thessalonians 1:12 +. +Now regarding the arrival of our Lord Jesus Christ and our being gathered to be with him, we ask you, brothers and sisters, -- 2 thessalonians 2:1 +. +not to be easily shaken from your composure or disturbed by any kind of spirit or message or letter allegedly from us, to the effect that the day of the Lord is already here. -- 2 thessalonians 2:2 +. +Let no one deceive you in any way. For that day will not arrive until the rebellion comes and the man of lawlessness is revealed, the son of destruction. -- 2 thessalonians 2:3 +. +He opposes and exalts himself above every so-called god or object of worship, and as a result he takes his seat in God's temple, displaying himself as God. -- 2 thessalonians 2:4 +. +Surely you recall that I used to tell you these things while I was still with you. -- 2 thessalonians 2:5 +. +And so you know what holds him back, so that he will be revealed in his own time. -- 2 thessalonians 2:6 +. +For the hidden power of lawlessness is already at work. However, the one who holds him back will do so until he is taken out of the way, -- 2 thessalonians 2:7 +. +and then the lawless one will be revealed, whom the Lord will destroy by the breath of his mouth and wipe out by the manifestation of his arrival. -- 2 thessalonians 2:8 +. +The arrival of the lawless one will be by Satan's working with all kinds of miracles and signs and false wonders, -- 2 thessalonians 2:9 +. +and with every kind of evil deception directed against those who are perishing, because they found no place in their hearts for the truth so as to be saved. -- 2 thessalonians 2:10 +. +Consequently God sends on them a deluding influence so that they will believe what is false. -- 2 thessalonians 2:11 +. +And so all of them who have not believed the truth but have delighted in evil will be condemned. -- 2 thessalonians 2:12 +. +But we ought to thank God always for you, brothers and sisters loved by the Lord, because God chose you from the beginning for salvation through sanctification by the Spirit and faith in the truth. -- 2 thessalonians 2:13 +. +He called you to this salvation through our gospel, so that you may possess the glory of our Lord Jesus Christ. -- 2 thessalonians 2:14 +. +Therefore, brothers and sisters, stand firm and hold on to the traditions that we taught you, whether by speech or by letter. -- 2 thessalonians 2:15 +. +Now may our Lord Jesus Christ himself and God our Father, who loved us and by grace gave us eternal comfort and good hope, -- 2 thessalonians 2:16 +. +encourage your hearts and strengthen you in every good thing you do or say. -- 2 thessalonians 2:17 +. +Finally, pray for us, brothers and sisters, that the Lord's message may spread quickly and be honored as in fact it was among you, -- 2 thessalonians 3:1 +. +and that we may be delivered from perverse and evil people. For not all have faith. -- 2 thessalonians 3:2 +. +But the Lord is faithful, and he will strengthen you and protect you from the evil one. -- 2 thessalonians 3:3 +. +And we are confident about you in the Lord that you are both doing - and will do - what we are commanding. -- 2 thessalonians 3:4 +. +Now may the Lord direct your hearts toward the love of God and the endurance of Christ. -- 2 thessalonians 3:5 +. +But we command you, brothers and sisters, in the name of our Lord Jesus Christ, to keep away from any brother who lives an undisciplined life and not according to the tradition they received from us. -- 2 thessalonians 3:6 +. +For you know yourselves how you must imitate us, because we did not behave without discipline among you, -- 2 thessalonians 3:7 +. +and we did not eat anyone's food without paying. Instead, in toil and drudgery we worked night and day in order not to burden any of you. -- 2 thessalonians 3:8 +. +It was not because we do not have that right, but to give ourselves as an example for you to imitate. -- 2 thessalonians 3:9 +. +For even when we were with you, we used to give you this command: "If anyone is not willing to work, neither should he eat." -- 2 thessalonians 3:10 +. +For we hear that some among you are living an undisciplined life, not doing their own work but meddling in the work of others. -- 2 thessalonians 3:11 +. +Now such people we command and urge in the Lord Jesus Christ to work quietly and so provide their own food to eat. -- 2 thessalonians 3:12 +. +But you, brothers and sisters, do not grow weary in doing what is right. -- 2 thessalonians 3:13 +. +But if anyone does not obey our message through this letter, take note of him and do not associate closely with him, so that he may be ashamed. -- 2 thessalonians 3:14 +. +Yet do not regard him as an enemy, but admonish him as a brother. -- 2 thessalonians 3:15 +. +Now may the Lord of peace himself give you peace at all times and in every way. The Lord be with you all. -- 2 thessalonians 3:16 +. +I, Paul, write this greeting with my own hand, which is how I write in every letter. -- 2 thessalonians 3:17 +. +The grace of our Lord Jesus Christ be with you all. -- 2 thessalonians 3:18 +. +From Paul, an apostle of Christ Jesus by the command of God our Savior and of Christ Jesus our hope, -- 1 timothy 1:1 +. +to Timothy, my genuine child in the faith. Grace, mercy, and peace from God the Father and Christ Jesus our Lord! -- 1 timothy 1:2 +. +As I urged you when I was leaving for Macedonia, stay on in Ephesus to instruct certain people not to spread false teachings, -- 1 timothy 1:3 +. +nor to occupy themselves with myths and interminable genealogies. Such things promote useless speculations rather than God's redemptive plan that operates by faith. -- 1 timothy 1:4 +. +But the aim of our instruction is love that comes from a pure heart, a good conscience, and a sincere faith. -- 1 timothy 1:5 +. +Some have strayed from these and turned away to empty discussion. -- 1 timothy 1:6 +. +They want to be teachers of the law, but they do not understand what they are saying or the things they insist on so confidently. -- 1 timothy 1:7 +. +But we know that the law is good if someone uses it legitimately, -- 1 timothy 1:8 +. +realizing that law is not intended for a righteous person, but for lawless and rebellious people, for the ungodly and sinners, for the unholy and profane, for those who kill their fathers or mothers, for murderers, -- 1 timothy 1:9 +. +sexually immoral people, practicing homosexuals, kidnappers, liars, perjurers - in fact, for any who live contrary to sound teaching. -- 1 timothy 1:10 +. +This accords with the glorious gospel of the blessed God that was entrusted to me. -- 1 timothy 1:11 +. +I am grateful to the one who has strengthened me, Christ Jesus our Lord, because he considered me faithful in putting me into ministry, -- 1 timothy 1:12 +. +even though I was formerly a blasphemer and a persecutor, and an arrogant man. But I was treated with mercy because I acted ignorantly in unbelief, -- 1 timothy 1:13 +. +and our Lord's grace was abundant, bringing faith and love in Christ Jesus. -- 1 timothy 1:14 +. +This saying is trustworthy and deserves full acceptance: "Christ Jesus came into the world to save sinners" - and I am the worst of them! -- 1 timothy 1:15 +. +But here is why I was treated with mercy: so that in me as the worst, Christ Jesus could demonstrate his utmost patience, as an example for those who are going to believe in him for eternal life. -- 1 timothy 1:16 +. +Now to the eternal king, immortal, invisible, the only God, be honor and glory forever and ever! Amen. -- 1 timothy 1:17 +. +I put this charge before you, Timothy my child, in keeping with the prophecies once spoken about you, in order that with such encouragement you may fight the good fight. -- 1 timothy 1:18 +. +To do this you must hold firmly to faith and a good conscience, which some have rejected and so have suffered shipwreck in regard to the faith. -- 1 timothy 1:19 +. +Among these are Hymenaeus and Alexander, whom I handed over to Satan to be taught not to blaspheme. -- 1 timothy 1:20 +. +First of all, then, I urge that requests, prayers, intercessions, and thanks be offered on behalf of all people, -- 1 timothy 2:1 +. +even for kings and all who are in authority, that we may lead a peaceful and quiet life in all godliness and dignity. -- 1 timothy 2:2 +. +Such prayer for all is good and welcomed before God our Savior, -- 1 timothy 2:3 +. +since he wants all people to be saved and to come to a knowledge of the truth. -- 1 timothy 2:4 +. +For there is one God and one intermediary between God and humanity, Christ Jesus, himself human, -- 1 timothy 2:5 +. +who gave himself as a ransom for all, revealing God's purpose at his appointed time. -- 1 timothy 2:6 +. +For this I was appointed a preacher and apostle - I am telling the truth; I am not lying - and a teacher of the Gentiles in faith and truth. -- 1 timothy 2:7 +. +So I want the men to pray in every place, lifting up holy hands without anger or dispute. -- 1 timothy 2:8 +. +Likewise the women are to dress in suitable apparel, with modesty and self-control. Their adornment must not be with braided hair and gold or pearls or expensive clothing, -- 1 timothy 2:9 +. +but with good deeds, as is proper for women who profess reverence for God. -- 1 timothy 2:10 +. +A woman must learn quietly with all submissiveness. -- 1 timothy 2:11 +. +But I do not allow a woman to teach or exercise authority over a man. She must remain quiet. -- 1 timothy 2:12 +. +For Adam was formed first and then Eve. -- 1 timothy 2:13 +. +And Adam was not deceived, but the woman, because she was fully deceived, fell into transgression. -- 1 timothy 2:14 +. +But she will be delivered through childbearing, if she continues in faith and love and holiness with self-control. -- 1 timothy 2:15 +. +This saying is trustworthy: "If someone aspires to the office of overseer, he desires a good work." -- 1 timothy 3:1 +. +The overseer then must be above reproach, the husband of one wife, temperate, self-controlled, respectable, hospitable, an able teacher, -- 1 timothy 3:2 +. +not a drunkard, not violent, but gentle, not contentious, free from the love of money. -- 1 timothy 3:3 +. +He must manage his own household well and keep his children in control without losing his dignity. -- 1 timothy 3:4 +. +But if someone does not know how to manage his own household, how will he care for the church of God? -- 1 timothy 3:5 +. +He must not be a recent convert or he may become arrogant and fall into the punishment that the devil will exact. -- 1 timothy 3:6 +. +And he must be well thought of by those outside the faith, so that he may not fall into disgrace and be caught by the devil's trap. -- 1 timothy 3:7 +. +Deacons likewise must be dignified, not two-faced, not given to excessive drinking, not greedy for gain, -- 1 timothy 3:8 +. +holding to the mystery of the faith with a clear conscience. -- 1 timothy 3:9 +. +And these also must be tested first and then let them serve as deacons if they are found blameless. -- 1 timothy 3:10 +. +Likewise also their wives must be dignified, not slanderous, temperate, faithful in every respect. -- 1 timothy 3:11 +. +Deacons must be husbands of one wife and good managers of their children and their own households. -- 1 timothy 3:12 +. +For those who have served well as deacons gain a good standing for themselves and great boldness in the faith that is in Christ Jesus. -- 1 timothy 3:13 +. +I hope to come to you soon, but I am writing these instructions to you -- 1 timothy 3:14 +. +in case I am delayed, to let you know how people ought to conduct themselves in the household of God, because it is the church of the living God, the support and bulwark of the truth. -- 1 timothy 3:15 +. +And we all agree, our religion contains amazing revelation: He was revealed in the flesh, vindicated by the Spirit, seen by angels, proclaimed among Gentiles, believed on in the world, taken up in glory. -- 1 timothy 3:16 +. +Now the Spirit explicitly says that in the later times some will desert the faith and occupy themselves with deceiving spirits and demonic teachings, -- 1 timothy 4:1 +. +influenced by the hypocrisy of liars whose consciences are seared. -- 1 timothy 4:2 +. +They will prohibit marriage and require abstinence from foods that God created to be received with thanksgiving by those who believe and know the truth. -- 1 timothy 4:3 +. +For every creation of God is good and no food is to be rejected if it is received with thanksgiving. -- 1 timothy 4:4 +. +For it is sanctified by God's word and by prayer. -- 1 timothy 4:5 +. +By pointing out such things to the brothers and sisters, you will be a good servant of Christ Jesus, having nourished yourself on the words of the faith and of the good teaching that you have followed. -- 1 timothy 4:6 +. +But reject those myths fit only for the godless and gullible, and train yourself for godliness. -- 1 timothy 4:7 +. +For "physical exercise has some value, but godliness is valuable in every way. It holds promise for the present life and for the life to come." -- 1 timothy 4:8 +. +This saying is trustworthy and deserves full acceptance. -- 1 timothy 4:9 +. +In fact this is why we work hard and struggle, because we have set our hope on the living God, who is the Savior of all people, especially of believers. -- 1 timothy 4:10 +. +Command and teach these things. -- 1 timothy 4:11 +. +Let no one look down on you because you are young, but set an example for the believers in your speech, conduct, love, faithfulness, and purity. -- 1 timothy 4:12 +. +Until I come, give attention to the public reading of scripture, to exhortation, to teaching. -- 1 timothy 4:13 +. +Do not neglect the spiritual gift you have, given to you and confirmed by prophetic words when the elders laid hands on you. -- 1 timothy 4:14 +. +Take pains with these things; be absorbed in them, so that everyone will see your progress. -- 1 timothy 4:15 +. +Be conscientious about how you live and what you teach. Persevere in this, because by doing so you will save both yourself and those who listen to you. -- 1 timothy 4:16 +. +Do not address an older man harshly but appeal to him as a father. Speak to younger men as brothers, -- 1 timothy 5:1 +. +older women as mothers, and younger women as sisters - with complete purity. -- 1 timothy 5:2 +. +Honor widows who are truly in need. -- 1 timothy 5:3 +. +But if a widow has children or grandchildren, they should first learn to fulfill their duty toward their own household and so repay their parents what is owed them. For this is what pleases God. -- 1 timothy 5:4 +. +But the widow who is truly in need, and completely on her own, has set her hope on God and continues in her pleas and prayers night and day. -- 1 timothy 5:5 +. +But the one who lives for pleasure is dead even while she lives. -- 1 timothy 5:6 +. +Reinforce these commands, so that they will be beyond reproach. -- 1 timothy 5:7 +. +But if someone does not provide for his own, especially his own family, he has denied the faith and is worse than an unbeliever. -- 1 timothy 5:8 +. +No widow should be put on the list unless she is at least sixty years old, was the wife of one husband, -- 1 timothy 5:9 +. +and has a reputation for good works: as one who has raised children, practiced hospitality, washed the feet of the saints, helped those in distress - as one who has exhibited all kinds of good works. -- 1 timothy 5:10 +. +But do not accept younger widows on the list, because their passions may lead them away from Christ and they will desire to marry, -- 1 timothy 5:11 +. +and so incur judgment for breaking their former pledge. -- 1 timothy 5:12 +. +And besides that, going around from house to house they learn to be lazy, and they are not only lazy, but also gossips and busybodies, talking about things they should not. -- 1 timothy 5:13 +. +So I want younger women to marry, raise children, and manage a household, in order to give the adversary no opportunity to vilify us. -- 1 timothy 5:14 +. +For some have already wandered away to follow Satan. -- 1 timothy 5:15 +. +If a believing woman has widows in her family, let her help them. The church should not be burdened, so that it may help the widows who are truly in need. -- 1 timothy 5:16 +. +Elders who provide effective leadership must be counted worthy of double honor, especially those who work hard in speaking and teaching. -- 1 timothy 5:17 +. +For the scripture says, "Do not muzzle an ox while it is treading out the grain," and, "The worker deserves his pay." -- 1 timothy 5:18 +. +Do not accept an accusation against an elder unless it can be confirmed by two or three witnesses. -- 1 timothy 5:19 +. +Those guilty of sin must be rebuked before all, as a warning to the rest. -- 1 timothy 5:20 +. +Before God and Christ Jesus and the elect angels, I solemnly charge you to carry out these commands without prejudice or favoritism of any kind. -- 1 timothy 5:21 +. +Do not lay hands on anyone hastily and so identify with the sins of others. Keep yourself pure. -- 1 timothy 5:22 +. +(Stop drinking just water, but use a little wine for your digestion and your frequent illnesses.) -- 1 timothy 5:23 +. +The sins of some people are obvious, going before them into judgment, but for others, they show up later. -- 1 timothy 5:24 +. +Similarly good works are also obvious, and the ones that are not cannot remain hidden. -- 1 timothy 5:25 +. +Those who are under the yoke as slaves must regard their own masters as deserving of full respect. This will prevent the name of God and Christian teaching from being discredited. -- 1 timothy 6:1 +. +But those who have believing masters must not show them less respect because they are brothers. Instead they are to serve all the more, because those who benefit from their service are believers and dearly loved.Teach them and exhort them about these things. -- 1 timothy 6:2 +. +If someone spreads false teachings and does not agree with sound words (that is, those of our Lord Jesus Christ) and with the teaching that accords with godliness, -- 1 timothy 6:3 +. +he is conceited and understands nothing, but has an unhealthy interest in controversies and verbal disputes. This gives rise to envy, dissension, slanders, evil suspicions, -- 1 timothy 6:4 +. +and constant bickering by people corrupted in their minds and deprived of the truth, who suppose that godliness is a way of making a profit. -- 1 timothy 6:5 +. +Now godliness combined with contentment brings great profit. -- 1 timothy 6:6 +. +For we have brought nothing into this world and so we cannot take a single thing out either. -- 1 timothy 6:7 +. +But if we have food and shelter, we will be satisfied with that. -- 1 timothy 6:8 +. +Those who long to be rich, however, stumble into temptation and a trap and many senseless and harmful desires that plunge people into ruin and destruction. -- 1 timothy 6:9 +. +For the love of money is the root of all evils. Some people in reaching for it have strayed from the faith and stabbed themselves with many pains. -- 1 timothy 6:10 +. +But you, as a person dedicated to God, keep away from all that. Instead pursue righteousness, godliness, faithfulness, love, endurance, and gentleness. -- 1 timothy 6:11 +. +Compete well for the faith and lay hold of that eternal life you were called for and made your good confession for in the presence of many witnesses. -- 1 timothy 6:12 +. +I charge you before God who gives life to all things and Christ Jesus who made his good confession before Pontius Pilate, -- 1 timothy 6:13 +. +to obey this command without fault or failure until the appearing of our Lord Jesus Christ -- 1 timothy 6:14 +. +- whose appearing the blessed and only Sovereign, the King of kings and Lord of lords, will reveal at the right time. -- 1 timothy 6:15 +. +He alone possesses immortality and lives in unapproachable light, whom no human has ever seen or is able to see. To him be honor and eternal power! Amen. -- 1 timothy 6:16 +. +Command those who are rich in this world's goods not to be haughty or to set their hope on riches, which are uncertain, but on God who richly provides us with all things for our enjoyment. -- 1 timothy 6:17 +. +Tell them to do good, to be rich in good deeds, to be generous givers, sharing with others. -- 1 timothy 6:18 +. +In this way they will save up a treasure for themselves as a firm foundation for the future and so lay hold of what is truly life. -- 1 timothy 6:19 +. +O Timothy, protect what has been entrusted to you. Avoid the profane chatter and absurdities of so-called "knowledge." -- 1 timothy 6:20 +. +By professing it, some have strayed from the faith. Grace be with you all. -- 1 timothy 6:21 +. +From Paul, an apostle of Christ Jesus by the will of God, to further the promise of life in Christ Jesus, -- 2 timothy 1:1 +. +to Timothy, my dear child. Grace, mercy, and peace from God the Father and Christ Jesus our Lord! -- 2 timothy 1:2 +. +I am thankful to God, whom I have served with a clear conscience as my ancestors did, when I remember you in my prayers as I do constantly night and day. -- 2 timothy 1:3 +. +As I remember your tears, I long to see you, so that I may be filled with joy. -- 2 timothy 1:4 +. +I recall your sincere faith that was alive first in your grandmother Lois and in your mother Eunice, and I am sure is in you. -- 2 timothy 1:5 +. +Because of this I remind you to rekindle God's gift that you possess through the laying on of my hands. -- 2 timothy 1:6 +. +For God did not give us a Spirit of fear but of power and love and self-control. -- 2 timothy 1:7 +. +So do not be ashamed of the testimony about our Lord or of me, a prisoner for his sake, but by God's power accept your share of suffering for the gospel. -- 2 timothy 1:8 +. +He is the one who saved us and called us with a holy calling, not based on our works but on his own purpose and grace, granted to us in Christ Jesus before time began, -- 2 timothy 1:9 +. +but now made visible through the appearing of our Savior Christ Jesus. He has broken the power of death and brought life and immortality to light through the gospel! -- 2 timothy 1:10 +. +For this gospel I was appointed a preacher and apostle and teacher. -- 2 timothy 1:11 +. +Because of this, in fact, I suffer as I do. But I am not ashamed, because I know the one in whom my faith is set and I am convinced that he is able to protect what has been entrusted to me until that day. -- 2 timothy 1:12 +. +Hold to the standard of sound words that you heard from me and do so with the faith and love that are in Christ Jesus. -- 2 timothy 1:13 +. +Protect that good thing entrusted to you, through the Holy Spirit who lives within us. -- 2 timothy 1:14 +. +You know that everyone in the province of Asia deserted me, including Phygelus and Hermogenes. -- 2 timothy 1:15 +. +May the Lord grant mercy to the family of Onesiphorus, because he often refreshed me and was not ashamed of my imprisonment. -- 2 timothy 1:16 +. +But when he arrived in Rome, he eagerly searched for me and found me. -- 2 timothy 1:17 +. +May the Lord grant him to find mercy from the Lord on that day! And you know very well all the ways he served me in Ephesus. -- 2 timothy 1:18 +. +So you, my child, be strong in the grace that is in Christ Jesus. -- 2 timothy 2:1 +. +And entrust what you heard me say in the presence of many others as witnesses to faithful people who will be competent to teach others as well. -- 2 timothy 2:2 +. +Take your share of suffering as a good soldier of Christ Jesus. -- 2 timothy 2:3 +. +No one in military service gets entangled in matters of everyday life; otherwise he will not please the one who recruited him. -- 2 timothy 2:4 +. +Also, if anyone competes as an athlete, he will not be crowned as the winner unless he competes according to the rules. -- 2 timothy 2:5 +. +The farmer who works hard ought to have the first share of the crops. -- 2 timothy 2:6 +. +Think about what I am saying and the Lord will give you understanding of all this. -- 2 timothy 2:7 +. +Remember Jesus Christ, raised from the dead, a descendant of David; such is my gospel, -- 2 timothy 2:8 +. +for which I suffer hardship to the point of imprisonment as a criminal, but God's message is not imprisoned! -- 2 timothy 2:9 +. +So I endure all things for the sake of those chosen by God, that they too may obtain salvation in Christ Jesus and its eternal glory. -- 2 timothy 2:10 +. +This saying is trustworthy: If we died with him, we will also live with him. -- 2 timothy 2:11 +. +If we endure, we will also reign with him. If we deny him, he will also deny us. -- 2 timothy 2:12 +. +If we are unfaithful, he remains faithful, since he cannot deny himself. -- 2 timothy 2:13 +. +Remind people of these things and solemnly charge them before the Lord not to wrangle over words. This is of no benefit; it just brings ruin on those who listen. -- 2 timothy 2:14 +. +Make every effort to present yourself before God as a proven worker who does not need to be ashamed, teaching the message of truth accurately. -- 2 timothy 2:15 +. +But avoid profane chatter, because those occupied with it will stray further and further into ungodliness, -- 2 timothy 2:16 +. +and their message will spread its infection like gangrene. Hymenaeus and Philetus are in this group. -- 2 timothy 2:17 +. +They have strayed from the truth by saying that the resurrection has already occurred, and they are undermining some people's faith. -- 2 timothy 2:18 +. +However, God's solid foundation remains standing, bearing this seal: "The Lord knows those who are his," and "Everyone who confesses the name of the Lord must turn away from evil." -- 2 timothy 2:19 +. +Now in a wealthy home there are not only gold and silver vessels, but also ones made of wood and of clay, and some are for honorable use, but others for ignoble use. -- 2 timothy 2:20 +. +So if someone cleanses himself of such behavior, he will be a vessel for honorable use, set apart, useful for the Master, prepared for every good work. -- 2 timothy 2:21 +. +But keep away from youthful passions, and pursue righteousness, faithfulness, love, and peace, in company with others who call on the Lord from a pure heart. -- 2 timothy 2:22 +. +But reject foolish and ignorant controversies, because you know they breed infighting. -- 2 timothy 2:23 +. +And the Lord's slave must not engage in heated disputes but be kind toward all, an apt teacher, patient, -- 2 timothy 2:24 +. +correcting opponents with gentleness. Perhaps God will grant them repentance and then knowledge of the truth -- 2 timothy 2:25 +. +and they will come to their senses and escape the devil's trap where they are held captive to do his will. -- 2 timothy 2:26 +. +But understand this, that in the last days difficult times will come. -- 2 timothy 3:1 +. +For people will be lovers of themselves, lovers of money, boastful, arrogant, blasphemers, disobedient to parents, ungrateful, unholy, -- 2 timothy 3:2 +. +unloving, irreconcilable, slanderers, without self-control, savage, opposed to what is good, -- 2 timothy 3:3 +. +treacherous, reckless, conceited, loving pleasure rather than loving God. -- 2 timothy 3:4 +. +They will maintain the outward appearance of religion but will have repudiated its power. So avoid people like these. -- 2 timothy 3:5 +. +For some of these insinuate themselves into households and captivate weak women who are overwhelmed with sins and led along by various passions. -- 2 timothy 3:6 +. +Such women are always seeking instruction, yet never able to arrive at a knowledge of the truth. -- 2 timothy 3:7 +. +And just as Jannes and Jambres opposed Moses, so these people - who have warped minds and are disqualified in the faith - also oppose the truth. -- 2 timothy 3:8 +. +But they will not go much further, for their foolishness will be obvious to everyone, just like it was with Jannes and Jambres. -- 2 timothy 3:9 +. +You, however, have followed my teaching, my way of life, my purpose, my faith, my patience, my love, my endurance, -- 2 timothy 3:10 +. +as well as the persecutions and sufferings that happened to me in Antioch, in Iconium, and in Lystra. I endured these persecutions and the Lord delivered me from them all. -- 2 timothy 3:11 +. +Now in fact all who want to live godly lives in Christ Jesus will be persecuted. -- 2 timothy 3:12 +. +But evil people and charlatans will go from bad to worse, deceiving others and being deceived themselves. -- 2 timothy 3:13 +. +You, however, must continue in the things you have learned and are confident about. You know who taught you -- 2 timothy 3:14 +. +and how from infancy you have known the holy writings, which are able to give you wisdom for salvation through faith in Christ Jesus. -- 2 timothy 3:15 +. +Every scripture is inspired by God and useful for teaching, for reproof, for correction, and for training in righteousness, -- 2 timothy 3:16 +. +that the person dedicated to God may be capable and equipped for every good work. -- 2 timothy 3:17 +. +I solemnly charge you before God and Christ Jesus, who is going to judge the living and the dead, and by his appearing and his kingdom: -- 2 timothy 4:1 +. +Preach the message, be ready whether it is convenient or not, reprove, rebuke, exhort with complete patience and instruction. -- 2 timothy 4:2 +. +For there will be a time when people will not tolerate sound teaching. Instead, following their own desires, they will accumulate teachers for themselves, because they have an insatiable curiosity to hear new things. -- 2 timothy 4:3 +. +And they will turn away from hearing the truth, but on the other hand they will turn aside to myths. -- 2 timothy 4:4 +. +You, however, be self-controlled in all things, endure hardship, do an evangelist's work, fulfill your ministry. -- 2 timothy 4:5 +. +For I am already being poured out as an offering, and the time for me to depart is at hand. -- 2 timothy 4:6 +. +I have competed well; I have finished the race; I have kept the faith! -- 2 timothy 4:7 +. +Finally the crown of righteousness is reserved for me. The Lord, the righteous Judge, will award it to me in that day - and not to me only, but also to all who have set their affection on his appearing. -- 2 timothy 4:8 +. +Make every effort to come to me soon. -- 2 timothy 4:9 +. +For Demas deserted me, since he loved the present age, and he went to Thessalonica. Crescens went to Galatia and Titus to Dalmatia. -- 2 timothy 4:10 +. +Only Luke is with me. Get Mark and bring him with you, because he is a great help to me in ministry. -- 2 timothy 4:11 +. +Now I have sent Tychicus to Ephesus. -- 2 timothy 4:12 +. +When you come, bring with you the cloak I left in Troas with Carpas and the scrolls, especially the parchments. -- 2 timothy 4:13 +. +Alexander the coppersmith did me a great deal of harm. The Lord will repay him in keeping with his deeds. -- 2 timothy 4:14 +. +You be on guard against him too, because he vehemently opposed our words. -- 2 timothy 4:15 +. +At my first defense no one appeared in my support; instead they all deserted me - may they not be held accountable for it. -- 2 timothy 4:16 +. +But the Lord stood by me and strengthened me, so that through me the message would be fully proclaimed for all the Gentiles to hear. And so I was delivered from the lion's mouth! -- 2 timothy 4:17 +. +The Lord will deliver me from every evil deed and will bring me safely into his heavenly kingdom. To him be glory for ever and ever! Amen. -- 2 timothy 4:18 +. +Greetings to Prisca and Aquila and the family of Onesiphorus. -- 2 timothy 4:19 +. +Erastus stayed in Corinth. Trophimus I left ill in Miletus. -- 2 timothy 4:20 +. +Make every effort to come before winter. Greetings to you from Eubulus, Pudens, Linus, Claudia, and all the brothers and sisters. -- 2 timothy 4:21 +. +The Lord be with your spirit. Grace be with you. -- 2 timothy 4:22 +. +From Paul, a slave of God and apostle of Jesus Christ, to further the faith of God's chosen ones and the knowledge of the truth that is in keeping with godliness, -- titus 1:1 +. +in hope of eternal life, which God, who does not lie, promised before the ages began. -- titus 1:2 +. +But now in his own time he has made his message evident through the preaching I was entrusted with according to the command of God our Savior. -- titus 1:3 +. +To Titus, my genuine son in a common faith. Grace and peace from God the Father and Christ Jesus our Savior! -- titus 1:4 +. +The reason I left you in Crete was to set in order the remaining matters and to appoint elders in every town, as I directed you. -- titus 1:5 +. +An elder must be blameless, the husband of one wife, with faithful children who cannot be charged with dissipation or rebellion. -- titus 1:6 +. +For the overseer must be blameless as one entrusted with God's work, not arrogant, not prone to anger, not a drunkard, not violent, not greedy for gain. -- titus 1:7 +. +Instead he must be hospitable, devoted to what is good, sensible, upright, devout, and self-controlled. -- titus 1:8 +. +He must hold firmly to the faithful message as it has been taught, so that he will be able to give exhortation in such healthy teaching and correct those who speak against it. -- titus 1:9 +. +For there are many rebellious people, idle talkers, and deceivers, especially those with Jewish connections, -- titus 1:10 +. +who must be silenced because they mislead whole families by teaching for dishonest gain what ought not to be taught. -- titus 1:11 +. +A certain one of them, in fact, one of their own prophets, said, "Cretans are always liars, evil beasts, lazy gluttons." -- titus 1:12 +. +Such testimony is true. For this reason rebuke them sharply that they may be healthy in the faith -- titus 1:13 +. +and not pay attention to Jewish myths and commands of people who reject the truth. -- titus 1:14 +. +All is pure to those who are pure. But to those who are corrupt and unbelieving, nothing is pure, but both their minds and consciences are corrupted. -- titus 1:15 +. +They profess to know God but with their deeds they deny him, since they are detestable, disobedient, and unfit for any good deed. -- titus 1:16 +. +But as for you, communicate the behavior that goes with sound teaching. -- titus 2:1 +. +Older men are to be temperate, dignified, self-controlled, sound in faith, in love, and in endurance. -- titus 2:2 +. +Older women likewise are to exhibit behavior fitting for those who are holy, not slandering, not slaves to excessive drinking, but teaching what is good. -- titus 2:3 +. +In this way they will train the younger women to love their husbands, to love their children, -- titus 2:4 +. +to be self-controlled, pure, fulfilling their duties at home, kind, being subject to their own husbands, so that the message of God may not be discredited. -- titus 2:5 +. +Encourage younger men likewise to be self-controlled, -- titus 2:6 +. +showing yourself to be an example of good works in every way. In your teaching show integrity, dignity, -- titus 2:7 +. +and a sound message that cannot be criticized, so that any opponent will be at a loss, because he has nothing evil to say about us. -- titus 2:8 +. +Slaves are to be subject to their own masters in everything, to do what is wanted and not talk back, -- titus 2:9 +. +not pilfering, but showing all good faith, in order to bring credit to the teaching of God our Savior in everything. -- titus 2:10 +. +For the grace of God has appeared, bringing salvation to all people. -- titus 2:11 +. +It trains us to reject godless ways and worldly desires and to live self-controlled, upright, and godly lives in the present age, -- titus 2:12 +. +as we wait for the happy fulfillment of our hope in the glorious appearing of our great God and Savior, Jesus Christ. -- titus 2:13 +. +He gave himself for us to set us free from every kind of lawlessness and to purify for himself a people who are truly his, who are eager to do good. -- titus 2:14 +. +So communicate these things with the sort of exhortation or rebuke that carries full authority. Don't let anyone look down on you. -- titus 2:15 +. +Remind them to be subject to rulers and authorities, to be obedient, to be ready for every good work. -- titus 3:1 +. +They must not slander anyone, but be peaceable, gentle, showing complete courtesy to all people. -- titus 3:2 +. +For we too were once foolish, disobedient, misled, enslaved to various passions and desires, spending our lives in evil and envy, hateful and hating one another. -- titus 3:3 +. + But "when the kindness of God our Savior and his love for mankind appeared, -- titus 3:4 +. +he saved us not by works of righteousness that we have done but on the basis of his mercy, through the washing of the new birth and the renewing of the Holy Spirit, -- titus 3:5 +. +whom he poured out on us in full measure through Jesus Christ our Savior. -- titus 3:6 +. +And so, since we have been justified by his grace, we become heirs with the confident expectation of eternal life." -- titus 3:7 +. +This saying is trustworthy, and I want you to insist on such truths, so that those who have placed their faith in God may be intent on engaging in good works. These things are good and beneficial for all people. -- titus 3:8 +. +But avoid foolish controversies, genealogies, quarrels, and fights about the law, because they are useless and empty. -- titus 3:9 +. +Reject a divisive person after one or two warnings. -- titus 3:10 +. +You know that such a person is twisted by sin and is conscious of it himself. -- titus 3:11 +. +When I send Artemas or Tychicus to you, do your best to come to me at Nicopolis, for I have decided to spend the winter there. -- titus 3:12 +. +Make every effort to help Zenas the lawyer and Apollos on their way; make sure they have what they need. -- titus 3:13 +. +Here is another way that our people can learn to engage in good works to meet pressing needs and so not be unfruitful. -- titus 3:14 +. +Everyone with me greets you. Greet those who love us in the faith. Grace be with you all. -- titus 3:15 +. +From Paul, a prisoner of Christ Jesus, and Timothy our brother, to Philemon, our dear friend and colaborer, -- philemon 1:1 +. +to Apphia our sister, to Archippus our fellow soldier, and to the church that meets in your house. -- philemon 1:2 +. +Grace and peace to you from God our Father and the Lord Jesus Christ! -- philemon 1:3 +. +I always thank my God as I remember you in my prayers, -- philemon 1:4 +. +because I hear of your faith in the Lord Jesus and your love for all the saints. -- philemon 1:5 +. +I pray that the faith you share with us may deepen your understanding of every blessing that belongs to you in Christ. -- philemon 1:6 +. +I have had great joy and encouragement because of your love, for the hearts of the saints have been refreshed through you, brother. -- philemon 1:7 +. +So, although I have quite a lot of confidence in Christ and could command you to do what is proper, -- philemon 1:8 +. +I would rather appeal to you on the basis of love - I, Paul, an old man and even now a prisoner for the sake of Christ Jesus - -- philemon 1:9 +. +I am appealing to you concerning my child, whose spiritual father I have become during my imprisonment, that is, Onesimus, -- philemon 1:10 +. +who was formerly useless to you, but is now useful to you and me. -- philemon 1:11 +. +I have sent him (who is my very heart) back to you. -- philemon 1:12 +. +I wanted to keep him so that he could serve me in your place during my imprisonment for the sake of the gospel. -- philemon 1:13 +. +However, without your consent I did not want to do anything, so that your good deed would not be out of compulsion, but from your own willingness. -- philemon 1:14 +. +For perhaps it was for this reason that he was separated from you for a little while, so that you would have him back eternally, -- philemon 1:15 +. +no longer as a slave, but more than a slave, as a dear brother. He is especially so to me, and even more so to you now, both humanly speaking and in the Lord. -- philemon 1:16 +. +Therefore if you regard me as a partner, accept him as you would me. -- philemon 1:17 +. +Now if he has defrauded you of anything or owes you anything, charge what he owes to me. -- philemon 1:18 +. +I, Paul, have written this letter with my own hand: I will repay it. I could also mention that you owe me your very self. -- philemon 1:19 +. +Yes, brother, let me have some benefit from you in the Lord. Refresh my heart in Christ. -- philemon 1:20 +. +Since I was confident that you would obey, I wrote to you, because I knew that you would do even more than what I am asking you to do. -- philemon 1:21 +. +At the same time also, prepare a place for me to stay, for I hope that through your prayers I will be given back to you. -- philemon 1:22 +. +Epaphras, my fellow prisoner in Christ Jesus, greets you. -- philemon 1:23 +. +Mark, Aristarchus, Demas and Luke, my colaborers, greet you too. -- philemon 1:24 +. +May the grace of the Lord Jesus Christ be with your spirit. -- philemon 1:25 +. +After God spoke long ago in various portions and in various ways to our ancestors through the prophets, -- hebrews 1:1 +. +in these last days he has spoken to us in a son, whom he appointed heir of all things, and through whom he created the world. -- hebrews 1:2 +. +The Son is the radiance of his glory and the representation of his essence, and he sustains all things by his powerful word, and so when he had accomplished cleansing for sins, he sat down at the right hand of the Majesty on high. -- hebrews 1:3 +. +Thus he became so far better than the angels as he has inherited a name superior to theirs. -- hebrews 1:4 +. +For to which of the angels did God ever say, "You are my son! Today I have fathered you"? And in another place he says, "I will be his father and he will be my son." -- hebrews 1:5 +. +But when he again brings his firstborn into the world, he says, "Let all the angels of God worship him!" -- hebrews 1:6 +. +And he says of the angels, "He makes his angels spirits and his ministers a flame of fire," -- hebrews 1:7 +. +but of the Son he says, "Your throne, O God, is forever and ever, and a righteous scepter is the scepter of your kingdom. -- hebrews 1:8 +. +You have loved righteousness and hated lawlessness. So God, your God, has anointed you over your companions with the oil of rejoicing." -- hebrews 1:9 +. +And, "You founded the earth in the beginning, Lord, and the heavens are the works of your hands. -- hebrews 1:10 +. +They will perish, but you continue. And they will all grow old like a garment, -- hebrews 1:11 +. +and like a robe you will fold them up and like a garment they will be changed, but you are the same and your years will never run out." -- hebrews 1:12 +. +But to which of the angels has he ever said, "Sit at my right hand until I make your enemies a footstool for your feet"? -- hebrews 1:13 +. +Are they not all ministering spirits, sent out to serve those who will inherit salvation? -- hebrews 1:14 +. +Therefore we must pay closer attention to what we have heard, so that we do not drift away. -- hebrews 2:1 +. +For if the message spoken through angels proved to be so firm that every violation or disobedience received its just penalty, -- hebrews 2:2 +. +how will we escape if we neglect such a great salvation? It was first communicated through the Lord and was confirmed to us by those who heard him, -- hebrews 2:3 +. +while God confirmed their witness with signs and wonders and various miracles and gifts of the Holy Spirit distributed according to his will. -- hebrews 2:4 +. +For he did not put the world to come, about which we are speaking, under the control of angels. -- hebrews 2:5 +. +Instead someone testified somewhere: "What is man that you think of him or the son of man that you care for him? -- hebrews 2:6 +. +You made him lower than the angels for a little while. You crowned him with glory and honor. -- hebrews 2:7 +. +You put all things under his control." For when he put all things under his control, he left nothing outside of his control. At present we do not yet see all things under his control, -- hebrews 2:8 +. +but we see Jesus, who was made lower than the angels for a little while, now crowned with glory and honor because he suffered death, so that by God's grace he would experience death on behalf of everyone. -- hebrews 2:9 +. +For it was fitting for him, for whom and through whom all things exist, in bringing many sons to glory, to make the pioneer of their salvation perfect through sufferings. -- hebrews 2:10 +. +For indeed he who makes holy and those being made holy all have the same origin, and so he is not ashamed to call them brothers and sisters, -- hebrews 2:11 +. +saying, "I will proclaim your name to my brothers; in the midst of the assembly I will praise you." -- hebrews 2:12 +. +Again he says, "I will be confident in him," and again, "Here I am, with the children God has given me." -- hebrews 2:13 +. +Therefore, since the children share in flesh and blood, he likewise shared in their humanity, so that through death he could destroy the one who holds the power of death (that is, the devil), -- hebrews 2:14 +. +and set free those who were held in slavery all their lives by their fear of death. -- hebrews 2:15 +. +For surely his concern is not for angels, but he is concerned for Abraham's descendants. -- hebrews 2:16 +. +Therefore he had to be made like his brothers and sisters in every respect, so that he could become a merciful and faithful high priest in things relating to God, to make atonement for the sins of the people. -- hebrews 2:17 +. +For since he himself suffered when he was tempted, he is able to help those who are tempted. -- hebrews 2:18 +. +Therefore, holy brothers and sisters, partners in a heavenly calling, take note of Jesus, the apostle and high priest whom we confess, -- hebrews 3:1 +. +who is faithful to the one who appointed him, as Moses was also in God's house. -- hebrews 3:2 +. +For he has come to deserve greater glory than Moses, just as the builder of a house deserves greater honor than the house itself! -- hebrews 3:3 +. +For every house is built by someone, but the builder of all things is God. -- hebrews 3:4 +. +Now Moses was faithful in all God's house as a servant, to testify to the things that would be spoken. -- hebrews 3:5 +. +But Christ is faithful as a son over God's house. We are of his house, if in fact we hold firmly to our confidence and the hope we take pride in. -- hebrews 3:6 +. +Therefore, as the Holy Spirit says, "Oh, that today you would listen as he speaks! -- hebrews 3:7 +. +"Do not harden your hearts as in the rebellion, in the day of testing in the wilderness. -- hebrews 3:8 +. +"There your fathers tested me and tried me, and they saw my works for forty years. -- hebrews 3:9 +. +"Therefore, I became provoked at that generation and said, 'Their hearts are always wandering and they have not known my ways.' -- hebrews 3:10 +. +"As I swore in my anger, 'They will never enter my rest!'" -- hebrews 3:11 +. +See to it, brothers and sisters, that none of you has an evil, unbelieving heart that forsakes the living God. -- hebrews 3:12 +. +But exhort one another each day, as long as it is called "Today," that none of you may become hardened by sin's deception. -- hebrews 3:13 +. +For we have become partners with Christ, if in fact we hold our initial confidence firm until the end. -- hebrews 3:14 +. +As it says, "Oh, that today you would listen as he speaks! Do not harden your hearts as in the rebellion." -- hebrews 3:15 +. +For which ones heard and rebelled? Was it not all who came out of Egypt under Moses' leadership? -- hebrews 3:16 +. +And against whom was God provoked for forty years? Was it not those who sinned, whose dead bodies fell in the wilderness? -- hebrews 3:17 +. +And to whom did he swear they would never enter into his rest, except those who were disobedient? -- hebrews 3:18 +. +So we see that they could not enter because of unbelief. -- hebrews 3:19 +. +Therefore we must be wary that, while the promise of entering his rest remains open, none of you may seem to have come short of it. -- hebrews 4:1 +. +For we had good news proclaimed to us just as they did. But the message they heard did them no good, since they did not join in with those who heard it in faith. -- hebrews 4:2 +. +For we who have believed enter that rest, as he has said, "As I swore in my anger, 'They will never enter my rest!'" And yet God's works were accomplished from the foundation of the world. -- hebrews 4:3 +. +For he has spoken somewhere about the seventh day in this way: "And God rested on the seventh day from all his works," -- hebrews 4:4 +. +but to repeat the text cited earlier: "They will never enter my rest!" -- hebrews 4:5 +. +Therefore it remains for some to enter it, yet those to whom it was previously proclaimed did not enter because of disobedience. -- hebrews 4:6 +. +So God again ordains a certain day, "Today," speaking through David after so long a time, as in the words quoted before, "O, that today you would listen as he speaks! Do not harden your hearts." -- hebrews 4:7 +. +For if Joshua had given them rest, God would not have spoken afterward about another day. -- hebrews 4:8 +. +Consequently a Sabbath rest remains for the people of God. -- hebrews 4:9 +. +For the one who enters God's rest has also rested from his works, just as God did from his own works. -- hebrews 4:10 +. +Thus we must make every effort to enter that rest, so that no one may fall by following the same pattern of disobedience. -- hebrews 4:11 +. +For the word of God is living and active and sharper than any double-edged sword, piercing even to the point of dividing soul from spirit, and joints from marrow; it is able to judge the desires and thoughts of the heart. -- hebrews 4:12 +. +And no creature is hidden from God, but everything is naked and exposed to the eyes of him to whom we must render an account. -- hebrews 4:13 +. +Therefore since we have a great high priest who has passed through the heavens, Jesus the Son of God, let us hold fast to our confession. -- hebrews 4:14 +. +For we do not have a high priest incapable of sympathizing with our weaknesses, but one who has been tempted in every way just as we are, yet without sin. -- hebrews 4:15 +. +Therefore let us confidently approach the throne of grace to receive mercy and find grace whenever we need help. -- hebrews 4:16 +. +For every high priest is taken from among the people and appointed to represent them before God, to offer both gifts and sacrifices for sins. -- hebrews 5:1 +. +He is able to deal compassionately with those who are ignorant and erring, since he also is subject to weakness, -- hebrews 5:2 +. +and for this reason he is obligated to make sin offerings for himself as well as for the people. -- hebrews 5:3 +. +And no one assumes this honor on his own initiative, but only when called to it by God, as in fact Aaron was. -- hebrews 5:4 +. +So also Christ did not glorify himself in becoming high priest, but the one who glorified him was God, who said to him, "You are my Son! Today I have fathered you," -- hebrews 5:5 +. +as also in another place God says, "You are a priest forever in the order of Melchizedek." -- hebrews 5:6 +. +During his earthly life Christ offered both requests and supplications, with loud cries and tears, to the one who was able to save him from death and he was heard because of his devotion. -- hebrews 5:7 +. +Although he was a son, he learned obedience through the things he suffered. -- hebrews 5:8 +. +And by being perfected in this way, he became the source of eternal salvation to all who obey him, -- hebrews 5:9 +. +and he was designated by God as high priest in the order of Melchizedek. -- hebrews 5:10 +. +On this topic we have much to say and it is difficult to explain, since you have become sluggish in hearing. -- hebrews 5:11 +. +For though you should in fact be teachers by this time, you need someone to teach you the beginning elements of God's utterances. You have gone back to needing milk, not solid food. -- hebrews 5:12 +. +For everyone who lives on milk is inexperienced in the message of righteousness, because he is an infant. -- hebrews 5:13 +. +But solid food is for the mature, whose perceptions are trained by practice to discern both good and evil. -- hebrews 5:14 +. +Therefore we must progress beyond the elementary instructions about Christ and move on to maturity, not laying this foundation again: repentance from dead works and faith in God, -- hebrews 6:1 +. +teaching about baptisms, laying on of hands, resurrection of the dead, and eternal judgment. -- hebrews 6:2 +. +And this is what we intend to do, if God permits. -- hebrews 6:3 +. +For it is impossible in the case of those who have once been enlightened, tasted the heavenly gift, become partakers of the Holy Spirit, -- hebrews 6:4 +. +tasted the good word of God and the miracles of the coming age, -- hebrews 6:5 +. +and then have committed apostasy, to renew them again to repentance, since they are crucifying the Son of God for themselves all over again and holding him up to contempt. -- hebrews 6:6 +. +For the ground that has soaked up the rain that frequently falls on it and yields useful vegetation for those who tend it receives a blessing from God. -- hebrews 6:7 +. +But if it produces thorns and thistles, it is useless and about to be cursed; its fate is to be burned. -- hebrews 6:8 +. +But in your case, dear friends, even though we speak like this, we are convinced of better things relating to salvation. -- hebrews 6:9 +. +For God is not unjust so as to forget your work and the love you have demonstrated for his name, in having served and continuing to serve the saints. -- hebrews 6:10 +. +But we passionately want each of you to demonstrate the same eagerness for the fulfillment of your hope until the end, -- hebrews 6:11 +. +so that you may not be sluggish, but imitators of those who through faith and perseverance inherit the promises. -- hebrews 6:12 +. +Now when God made his promise to Abraham, since he could swear by no one greater, he swore by himself, -- hebrews 6:13 +. +saying, "Surely I will bless you greatly and multiply your descendants abundantly." -- hebrews 6:14 +. +And so by persevering, Abraham inherited the promise. -- hebrews 6:15 +. +For people swear by something greater than themselves, and the oath serves as a confirmation to end all dispute. -- hebrews 6:16 +. +In the same way God wanted to demonstrate more clearly to the heirs of the promise that his purpose was unchangeable, and so he intervened with an oath, -- hebrews 6:17 +. +so that we who have found refuge in him may find strong encouragement to hold fast to the hope set before us through two unchangeable things, since it is impossible for God to lie. -- hebrews 6:18 +. +We have this hope as an anchor for the soul, sure and steadfast, which reaches inside behind the curtain, -- hebrews 6:19 +. +where Jesus our forerunner entered on our behalf, since he became a priest forever in the order of Melchizedek. -- hebrews 6:20 +. +Now this Melchizedek, king of Salem, priest of the most high God, met Abraham as he was returning from defeating the kings and blessed him. -- hebrews 7:1 +. +To him also Abraham apportioned a tithe of everything. His name first means king of righteousness, then king of Salem, that is, king of peace. -- hebrews 7:2 +. +Without father, without mother, without genealogy, he has neither beginning of days nor end of life but is like the son of God, and he remains a priest for all time. -- hebrews 7:3 +. +But see how great he must be, if Abraham the patriarch gave him a tithe of his plunder. -- hebrews 7:4 +. +And those of the sons of Levi who receive the priestly office have authorization according to the law to collect a tithe from the people, that is, from their fellow countrymen, although they too are descendants of Abraham. -- hebrews 7:5 +. +But Melchizedek who does not share their ancestry collected a tithe from Abraham and blessed the one who possessed the promise. -- hebrews 7:6 +. +Now without dispute the inferior is blessed by the superior, -- hebrews 7:7 +. +and in one case tithes are received by mortal men, while in the other by him who is affirmed to be alive. -- hebrews 7:8 +. +And it could be said that Levi himself, who receives tithes, paid a tithe through Abraham. -- hebrews 7:9 +. +For he was still in his ancestor Abraham's loins when Melchizedek met him. -- hebrews 7:10 +. +So if perfection had in fact been possible through the Levitical priesthood - for on that basis the people received the law - what further need would there have been for another priest to arise, said to be in the order of Melchizedek and not in Aaron's order? -- hebrews 7:11 +. +For when the priesthood changes, a change in the law must come as well. -- hebrews 7:12 +. +Yet the one these things are spoken about belongs to a different tribe, and no one from that tribe has ever officiated at the altar. -- hebrews 7:13 +. +For it is clear that our Lord is descended from Judah, yet Moses said nothing about priests in connection with that tribe. -- hebrews 7:14 +. +And this is even clearer if another priest arises in the likeness of Melchizedek, -- hebrews 7:15 +. +who has become a priest not by a legal regulation about physical descent but by the power of an indestructible life. -- hebrews 7:16 +. +For here is the testimony about him: "You are a priest forever in the order of Melchizedek." -- hebrews 7:17 +. +On the one hand a former command is set aside because it is weak and useless, -- hebrews 7:18 +. +for the law made nothing perfect. On the other hand a better hope is introduced, through which we draw near to God. -- hebrews 7:19 +. +And since this was not done without a sworn affirmation - for the others have become priests without a sworn affirmation, -- hebrews 7:20 +. +but Jesus did so with a sworn affirmation by the one who said to him, "The Lord has sworn and will not change his mind, 'You are a priest forever'" - -- hebrews 7:21 +. +accordingly Jesus has become the guarantee of a better covenant. -- hebrews 7:22 +. +And the others who became priests were numerous, because death prevented them from continuing in office, -- hebrews 7:23 +. +but he holds his priesthood permanently since he lives forever. -- hebrews 7:24 +. +So he is able to save completely those who come to God through him, because he always lives to intercede for them. -- hebrews 7:25 +. +For it is indeed fitting for us to have such a high priest: holy, innocent, undefiled, separate from sinners, and exalted above the heavens. -- hebrews 7:26 +. +He has no need to do every day what those priests do, to offer sacrifices first for their own sins and then for the sins of the people, since he did this in offering himself once for all. -- hebrews 7:27 +. +For the law appoints as high priests men subject to weakness, but the word of solemn affirmation that came after the law appoints a son made perfect forever. -- hebrews 7:28 +. +Now the main point of what we are saying is this: We have such a high priest, one who sat down at the right hand of the throne of the Majesty in heaven, -- hebrews 8:1 +. +a minister in the sanctuary and the true tabernacle that the Lord, not man, set up. -- hebrews 8:2 +. +For every high priest is appointed to offer both gifts and sacrifices. So this one too had to have something to offer. -- hebrews 8:3 +. +Now if he were on earth, he would not be a priest, since there are already priests who offer the gifts prescribed by the law. -- hebrews 8:4 +. +The place where they serve is a sketch and shadow of the heavenly sanctuary, just as Moses was warned by God as he was about to complete the tabernacle. For he says, "See that you make everything according to the design shown to you on the mountain." -- hebrews 8:5 +. +But now Jesus has obtained a superior ministry, since the covenant that he mediates is also better and is enacted on better promises. -- hebrews 8:6 +. +For if that first covenant had been faultless, no one would have looked for a second one. -- hebrews 8:7 +. +But showing its fault, God says to them, "Look, the days are coming, says the Lord, when I will complete a new covenant with the house of Israel and with the house of Judah. -- hebrews 8:8 +. +"It will not be like the covenant that I made with their fathers, on the day when I took them by the hand to lead them out of Egypt, because they did not continue in my covenant and I had no regard for them, says the Lord. -- hebrews 8:9 +. +"For this is the covenant that I will establish with the house of Israel after those days, says the Lord. I will put my laws in their minds and I will inscribe them on their hearts. And I will be their God and they will be my people. -- hebrews 8:10 +. +"And there will be no need at all for each one to teach his countryman or each one to teach his brother saying, 'Know the Lord,' since they will all know me, from the least to the greatest. -- hebrews 8:11 +. +"For I will be merciful toward their evil deeds, and their sins I will remember no longer." -- hebrews 8:12 +. +When he speaks of a new covenant, he makes the first obsolete. Now what is growing obsolete and aging is about to disappear. -- hebrews 8:13 +. +Now the first covenant, in fact, had regulations for worship and its earthly sanctuary. -- hebrews 9:1 +. +For a tent was prepared, the outer one, which contained the lampstand, the table, and the presentation of the loaves; this is called the holy place. -- hebrews 9:2 +. +And after the second curtain there was a tent called the holy of holies. -- hebrews 9:3 +. +It contained the golden altar of incense and the ark of the covenant covered entirely with gold. In this ark were the golden urn containing the manna, Aaron's rod that budded, and the stone tablets of the covenant. -- hebrews 9:4 +. +And above the ark were the cherubim of glory overshadowing the mercy seat. Now is not the time to speak of these things in detail. -- hebrews 9:5 +. +So with these things prepared like this, the priests enter continually into the outer tent as they perform their duties. -- hebrews 9:6 +. +But only the high priest enters once a year into the inner tent, and not without blood that he offers for himself and for the sins of the people committed in ignorance. -- hebrews 9:7 +. +The Holy Spirit is making clear that the way into the holy place had not yet appeared as long as the old tabernacle was standing. -- hebrews 9:8 +. +This was a symbol for the time then present, when gifts and sacrifices were offered that could not perfect the conscience of the worshiper. -- hebrews 9:9 +. +They served only for matters of food and drink and various washings; they are external regulations imposed until the new order came. -- hebrews 9:10 +. +But now Christ has come as the high priest of the good things to come. He passed through the greater and more perfect tent not made with hands, that is, not of this creation, -- hebrews 9:11 +. +and he entered once for all into the most holy place not by the blood of goats and calves but by his own blood, and so he himself secured eternal redemption. -- hebrews 9:12 +. +For if the blood of goats and bulls and the ashes of a young cow sprinkled on those who are defiled consecrated them and provided ritual purity, -- hebrews 9:13 +. +how much more will the blood of Christ, who through the eternal Spirit offered himself without blemish to God, purify our consciences from dead works to worship the living God. -- hebrews 9:14 +. +And so he is the mediator of a new covenant, so that those who are called may receive the eternal inheritance he has promised, since he died to set them free from the violations committed under the first covenant. -- hebrews 9:15 +. +For where there is a will, the death of the one who made it must be proven. -- hebrews 9:16 +. +For a will takes effect only at death, since it carries no force while the one who made it is alive. -- hebrews 9:17 +. +So even the first covenant was inaugurated with blood. -- hebrews 9:18 +. +For when Moses had spoken every command to all the people according to the law, he took the blood of calves and goats with water and scarlet wool and hyssop and sprinkled both the book itself and all the people, -- hebrews 9:19 +. +and said, "This is the blood of the covenant that God has commanded you to keep." -- hebrews 9:20 +. +And both the tabernacle and all the utensils of worship he likewise sprinkled with blood. -- hebrews 9:21 +. +Indeed according to the law almost everything was purified with blood, and without the shedding of blood there is no forgiveness. -- hebrews 9:22 +. +So it was necessary for the sketches of the things in heaven to be purified with these sacrifices, but the heavenly things themselves required better sacrifices than these. -- hebrews 9:23 +. +For Christ did not enter a sanctuary made with hands - the representation of the true sanctuary - but into heaven itself, and he appears now in God's presence for us. -- hebrews 9:24 +. +And he did not enter to offer himself again and again, the way the high priest enters the sanctuary year after year with blood that is not his own, -- hebrews 9:25 +. +for then he would have had to suffer again and again since the foundation of the world. But now he has appeared once for all at the consummation of the ages to put away sin by his sacrifice. -- hebrews 9:26 +. +And just as people are appointed to die once, and then to face judgment, -- hebrews 9:27 +. +so also, after Christ was offered once to bear the sins of many, to those who eagerly await him he will appear a second time, not to bear sin but to bring salvation. -- hebrews 9:28 +. +For the law possesses a shadow of the good things to come but not the reality itself, and is therefore completely unable, by the same sacrifices offered continually, year after year, to perfect those who come to worship. -- hebrews 10:1 +. +For otherwise would they not have ceased to be offered, since the worshipers would have been purified once for all and so have no further consciousness of sin? -- hebrews 10:2 +. +But in those sacrifices there is a reminder of sins year after year. -- hebrews 10:3 +. +For the blood of bulls and goats cannot take away sins. -- hebrews 10:4 +. +So when he came into the world, he said, "Sacrifice and offering you did not desire, but a body you prepared for me. -- hebrews 10:5 +. +"Whole burnt offerings and sin-offerings you took no delight in. -- hebrews 10:6 +. +"Then I said, 'Here I am: I have come - it is written of me in the scroll of the book - to do your will, O God.'" -- hebrews 10:7 +. +When he says above, "Sacrifices and offerings and whole burnt offerings and sin-offerings you did not desire nor did you take delight in them" (which are offered according to the law), -- hebrews 10:8 +. +then he says, "Here I am: I have come to do your will." He does away with the first to establish the second. -- hebrews 10:9 +. +By his will we have been made holy through the offering of the body of Jesus Christ once for all. -- hebrews 10:10 +. +And every priest stands day after day serving and offering the same sacrifices again and again - sacrifices that can never take away sins. -- hebrews 10:11 +. +But when this priest had offered one sacrifice for sins for all time, he sat down at the right hand of God, -- hebrews 10:12 +. +where he is now waiting until his enemies are made a footstool for his feet. -- hebrews 10:13 +. +For by one offering he has perfected for all time those who are made holy. -- hebrews 10:14 +. +And the Holy Spirit also witnesses to us, for after saying, -- hebrews 10:15 +. +"This is the covenant that I will establish with them after those days, says the Lord. I will put my laws on their hearts and I will inscribe them on their minds," -- hebrews 10:16 +. +then he says, "Their sins and their lawless deeds I will remember no longer." -- hebrews 10:17 +. +Now where there is forgiveness of these, there is no longer any offering for sin. -- hebrews 10:18 +. +Therefore, brothers and sisters, since we have confidence to enter the sanctuary by the blood of Jesus, -- hebrews 10:19 +. +by the fresh and living way that he inaugurated for us through the curtain, that is, through his flesh, -- hebrews 10:20 +. +and since we have a great priest over the house of God, -- hebrews 10:21 +. +let us draw near with a sincere heart in the assurance that faith brings, because we have had our hearts sprinkled clean from an evil conscience and our bodies washed in pure water. -- hebrews 10:22 +. +And let us hold unwaveringly to the hope that we confess, for the one who made the promise is trustworthy. -- hebrews 10:23 +. +And let us take thought of how to spur one another on to love and good works, -- hebrews 10:24 +. +not abandoning our own meetings, as some are in the habit of doing, but encouraging each other, and even more so because you see the day drawing near. -- hebrews 10:25 +. +For if we deliberately keep on sinning after receiving the knowledge of the truth, no further sacrifice for sins is left for us, -- hebrews 10:26 +. +but only a certain fearful expectation of judgment and a fury of fire that will consume God's enemies. -- hebrews 10:27 +. +Someone who rejected the law of Moses was put to death without mercy on the testimony of two or three witnesses. -- hebrews 10:28 +. +How much greater punishment do you think that person deserves who has contempt for the Son of God, and profanes the blood of the covenant that made him holy, and insults the Spirit of grace? -- hebrews 10:29 +. +For we know the one who said, "Vengeance is mine, I will repay," and again, "The Lord will judge his people." -- hebrews 10:30 +. +It is a terrifying thing to fall into the hands of the living God. -- hebrews 10:31 +. +But remember the former days when you endured a harsh conflict of suffering after you were enlightened. -- hebrews 10:32 +. +At times you were publicly exposed to abuse and afflictions, and at other times you came to share with others who were treated in that way. -- hebrews 10:33 +. +For in fact you shared the sufferings of those in prison, and you accepted the confiscation of your belongings with joy, because you knew that you certainly had a better and lasting possession. -- hebrews 10:34 +. +So do not throw away your confidence, because it has great reward. -- hebrews 10:35 +. +For you need endurance in order to do God's will and so receive what is promised. -- hebrews 10:36 +. +For just a little longer and he who is coming will arrive and not delay. -- hebrews 10:37 +. +But my righteous one will live by faith, and if he shrinks back, I take no pleasure in him. -- hebrews 10:38 +. +But we are not among those who shrink back and thus perish, but are among those who have faith and preserve their souls. -- hebrews 10:39 +. +Now faith is being sure of what we hope for, being convinced of what we do not see. -- hebrews 11:1 +. +For by it the people of old received God's commendation. -- hebrews 11:2 +. +By faith we understand that the worlds were set in order at God's command, so that the visible has its origin in the invisible. -- hebrews 11:3 +. +By faith Abel offered God a greater sacrifice than Cain, and through his faith he was commended as righteous, because God commended him for his offerings. And through his faith he still speaks, though he is dead. -- hebrews 11:4 +. +By faith Enoch was taken up so that he did not see death, and he was not to be found because God took him up. For before his removal he had been commended as having pleased God. -- hebrews 11:5 +. +Now without faith it is impossible to please him, for the one who approaches God must believe that he exists and that he rewards those who seek him. -- hebrews 11:6 +. +By faith Noah, when he was warned about things not yet seen, with reverent regard constructed an ark for the deliverance of his family. Through faith he condemned the world and became an heir of the righteousness that comes by faith. -- hebrews 11:7 +. +By faith Abraham obeyed when he was called to go out to a place he would later receive as an inheritance, and he went out without understanding where he was going. -- hebrews 11:8 +. +By faith he lived as a foreigner in the promised land as though it were a foreign country, living in tents with Isaac and Jacob, who were fellow heirs of the same promise. -- hebrews 11:9 +. +For he was looking forward to the city with firm foundations, whose architect and builder is God. -- hebrews 11:10 +. +By faith, even though Sarah herself was barren and he was too old, he received the ability to procreate, because he regarded the one who had given the promise to be trustworthy. -- hebrews 11:11 +. +So in fact children were fathered by one man - and this one as good as dead - like the number of stars in the sky and like the innumerable grains of sand on the seashore. -- hebrews 11:12 +. +These all died in faith without receiving the things promised, but they saw them in the distance and welcomed them and acknowledged that they were strangers and foreigners on the earth. -- hebrews 11:13 +. +For those who speak in such a way make it clear that they are seeking a homeland. -- hebrews 11:14 +. +In fact, if they had been thinking of the land that they had left, they would have had opportunity to return. -- hebrews 11:15 +. +But as it is, they aspire to a better land, that is, a heavenly one. Therefore, God is not ashamed to be called their God, for he has prepared a city for them. -- hebrews 11:16 +. +By faith Abraham, when he was tested, offered up Isaac. He had received the promises, yet he was ready to offer up his only son. -- hebrews 11:17 +. +God had told him, "Through Isaac descendants will carry on your name," -- hebrews 11:18 +. +and he reasoned that God could even raise him from the dead, and in a sense he received him back from there. -- hebrews 11:19 +. +By faith also Isaac blessed Jacob and Esau concerning the future. -- hebrews 11:20 +. +By faith Jacob, as he was dying, blessed each of the sons of Joseph and worshiped as he leaned on his staff. -- hebrews 11:21 +. +By faith Joseph, at the end of his life, mentioned the exodus of the sons of Israel and gave instructions about his burial. -- hebrews 11:22 +. +By faith, when Moses was born, his parents hid him for three months, because they saw the child was beautiful and they were not afraid of the king's edict. -- hebrews 11:23 +. +By faith, when he grew up, Moses refused to be called the son of Pharaoh's daughter, -- hebrews 11:24 +. +choosing rather to be ill-treated with the people of God than to enjoy sin's fleeting pleasure. -- hebrews 11:25 +. +He regarded abuse suffered for Christ to be greater wealth than the treasures of Egypt, for his eyes were fixed on the reward. -- hebrews 11:26 +. +By faith he left Egypt without fearing the king's anger, for he persevered as though he could see the one who is invisible. -- hebrews 11:27 +. +By faith he kept the Passover and the sprinkling of the blood, so that the one who destroyed the firstborn would not touch them. -- hebrews 11:28 +. +By faith they crossed the Red Sea as if on dry ground, but when the Egyptians tried it, they were swallowed up. -- hebrews 11:29 +. +By faith the walls of Jericho fell after the people marched around them for seven days. -- hebrews 11:30 +. +By faith Rahab the prostitute escaped the destruction of the disobedient, because she welcomed the spies in peace. -- hebrews 11:31 +. +And what more shall I say? For time will fail me if I tell of Gideon, Barak, Samson, Jephthah, of David and Samuel and the prophets. -- hebrews 11:32 +. +Through faith they conquered kingdoms, administered justice, gained what was promised, shut the mouths of lions, -- hebrews 11:33 +. +quenched raging fire, escaped the edge of the sword, gained strength in weakness, became mighty in battle, put foreign armies to flight, -- hebrews 11:34 +. +and women received back their dead raised to life. But others were tortured, not accepting release, to obtain resurrection to a better life. -- hebrews 11:35 +. +And others experienced mocking and flogging, and even chains and imprisonment. -- hebrews 11:36 +. +They were stoned, sawed apart, murdered with the sword; they went about in sheepskins and goatskins; they were destitute, afflicted, ill-treated -- hebrews 11:37 +. +(the world was not worthy of them); they wandered in deserts and mountains and caves and openings in the earth. -- hebrews 11:38 +. +And these all were commended for their faith, yet they did not receive what was promised. -- hebrews 11:39 +. +For God had provided something better for us, so that they would be made perfect together with us. -- hebrews 11:40 +. +Therefore, since we are surrounded by such a great cloud of witnesses, we must get rid of every weight and the sin that clings so closely, and run with endurance the race set out for us, -- hebrews 12:1 +. +keeping our eyes fixed on Jesus, the pioneer and perfecter of our faith. For the joy set out for him he endured the cross, disregarding its shame, and has taken his seat at the right hand of the throne of God. -- hebrews 12:2 +. +Think of him who endured such opposition against himself by sinners, so that you may not grow weary in your souls and give up. -- hebrews 12:3 +. +You have not yet resisted to the point of bloodshed in your struggle against sin. -- hebrews 12:4 +. +And have you forgotten the exhortation addressed to you as sons? "My son, do not scorn the Lord's discipline or give up when he corrects you. -- hebrews 12:5 +. +"For the Lord disciplines the one he loves and chastises every son he accepts." -- hebrews 12:6 +. +Endure your suffering as discipline; God is treating you as sons. For what son is there that a father does not discipline? -- hebrews 12:7 +. +But if you do not experience discipline, something all sons have shared in, then you are illegitimate and are not sons. -- hebrews 12:8 +. +Besides, we have experienced discipline from our earthly fathers and we respected them; shall we not submit ourselves all the more to the Father of spirits and receive life? -- hebrews 12:9 +. +For they disciplined us for a little while as seemed good to them, but he does so for our benefit, that we may share his holiness. -- hebrews 12:10 +. +Now all discipline seems painful at the time, not joyful. But later it produces the fruit of peace and righteousness for those trained by it. -- hebrews 12:11 +. +Therefore, strengthen your listless hands and your weak knees, -- hebrews 12:12 +. +and make straight paths for your feet, so that what is lame may not be put out of joint but be healed. -- hebrews 12:13 +. +Pursue peace with everyone, and holiness, for without it no one will see the Lord. -- hebrews 12:14 +. +See to it that no one comes short of the grace of God, that no one be like a bitter root springing up and causing trouble, and through him many become defiled. -- hebrews 12:15 +. +And see to it that no one becomes an immoral or godless person like Esau, who sold his own birthright for a single meal. -- hebrews 12:16 +. +For you know that later when he wanted to inherit the blessing, he was rejected, for he found no opportunity for repentance, although he sought the blessing with tears. -- hebrews 12:17 +. +For you have not come to something that can be touched, to a burning fire and darkness and gloom and a whirlwind -- hebrews 12:18 +. +and the blast of a trumpet and a voice uttering words such that those who heard begged to hear no more. -- hebrews 12:19 +. +For they could not bear what was commanded: "If even an animal touches the mountain, it must be stoned." -- hebrews 12:20 +. +In fact, the scene was so terrifying that Moses said, "I shudder with fear." -- hebrews 12:21 +. +But you have come to Mount Zion, the city of the living God, the heavenly Jerusalem, and to myriads of angels, to the assembly -- hebrews 12:22 +. +and congregation of the firstborn, who are enrolled in heaven, and to God, the judge of all, and to the spirits of the righteous, who have been made perfect, -- hebrews 12:23 +. +and to Jesus, the mediator of a new covenant, and to the sprinkled blood that speaks of something better than Abel's does. -- hebrews 12:24 +. +Take care not to refuse the one who is speaking! For if they did not escape when they refused the one who warned them on earth, how much less shall we, if we reject the one who warns from heaven? -- hebrews 12:25 +. +Then his voice shook the earth, but now he has promised, "I will once more shake not only the earth but heaven too." -- hebrews 12:26 +. +Now this phrase "once more" indicates the removal of what is shaken, that is, of created things, so that what is unshaken may remain. -- hebrews 12:27 +. +So since we are receiving an unshakable kingdom, let us give thanks, and through this let us offer worship pleasing to God in devotion and awe. -- hebrews 12:28 +. +For our God is indeed a devouring fire. -- hebrews 12:29 +. +Brotherly love must continue. -- hebrews 13:1 +. +Do not neglect hospitality, because through it some have entertained angels without knowing it. -- hebrews 13:2 +. +Remember those in prison as though you were in prison with them, and those ill-treated as though you too felt their torment. -- hebrews 13:3 +. +Marriage must be honored among all and the marriage bed kept undefiled, for God will judge sexually immoral people and adulterers. -- hebrews 13:4 +. +Your conduct must be free from the love of money and you must be content with what you have, for he has said, "I will never leave you and I will never abandon you." -- hebrews 13:5 +. +So we can say with confidence, "The Lord is my helper, and I will not be afraid. What can man do to me?" -- hebrews 13:6 +. +Remember your leaders, who spoke God's message to you; reflect on the outcome of their lives and imitate their faith. -- hebrews 13:7 +. +Jesus Christ is the same yesterday and today and forever! -- hebrews 13:8 +. +Do not be carried away by all sorts of strange teachings. For it is good for the heart to be strengthened by grace, not ritual meals, which have never benefited those who participated in them. -- hebrews 13:9 +. +We have an altar that those who serve in the tabernacle have no right to eat from. -- hebrews 13:10 +. +For the bodies of those animals whose blood the high priest brings into the sanctuary as an offering for sin are burned outside the camp. -- hebrews 13:11 +. +Therefore, to sanctify the people by his own blood, Jesus also suffered outside the camp. -- hebrews 13:12 +. +We must go out to him, then, outside the camp, bearing the abuse he experienced. -- hebrews 13:13 +. +For here we have no lasting city, but we seek the city that is to come. -- hebrews 13:14 +. +Through him then let us continually offer up a sacrifice of praise to God, that is, the fruit of our lips, acknowledging his name. -- hebrews 13:15 +. +And do not neglect to do good and to share what you have, for God is pleased with such sacrifices. -- hebrews 13:16 +. +Obey your leaders and submit to them, for they keep watch over your souls and will give an account for their work. Let them do this with joy and not with complaints, for this would be no advantage for you. -- hebrews 13:17 +. +Pray for us, for we are sure that we have a clear conscience and desire to conduct ourselves rightly in every respect. -- hebrews 13:18 +. +I especially ask you to pray that I may be restored to you very soon. -- hebrews 13:19 +. +Now may the God of peace who by the blood of the eternal covenant brought back from the dead the great shepherd of the sheep, our Lord Jesus Christ, -- hebrews 13:20 +. +equip you with every good thing to do his will, working in us what is pleasing before him through Jesus Christ, to whom be glory forever. Amen. -- hebrews 13:21 +. +Now I urge you, brothers and sisters, bear with my message of exhortation, for in fact I have written to you briefly. -- hebrews 13:22 +. +You should know that our brother Timothy has been released. If he comes soon, he will be with me when I see you. -- hebrews 13:23 +. +Greetings to all your leaders and all the saints. Those from Italy send you greetings. -- hebrews 13:24 +. +Grace be with you all. -- hebrews 13:25 +. +From James, a slave of God and the Lord Jesus Christ, to the twelve tribes dispersed abroad. Greetings! -- james 1:1 +. +My brothers and sisters, consider it nothing but joy when you fall into all sorts of trials, -- james 1:2 +. +because you know that the testing of your faith produces endurance. -- james 1:3 +. +And let endurance have its perfect effect, so that you will be perfect and complete, not deficient in anything. -- james 1:4 +. +But if anyone is deficient in wisdom, he should ask God, who gives to all generously and without reprimand, and it will be given to him. -- james 1:5 +. +But he must ask in faith without doubting, for the one who doubts is like a wave of the sea, blown and tossed around by the wind. -- james 1:6 +. +For that person must not suppose that he will receive anything from the Lord, -- james 1:7 +. +since he is a double-minded individual, unstable in all his ways. -- james 1:8 +. +Now the believer of humble means should take pride in his high position. -- james 1:9 +. +But the rich person's pride should be in his humiliation, because he will pass away like a wildflower in the meadow. -- james 1:10 +. +For the sun rises with its heat and dries up the meadow; the petal of the flower falls off and its beauty is lost forever. So also the rich person in the midst of his pursuits will wither away. -- james 1:11 +. +Happy is the one who endures testing, because when he has proven to be genuine, he will receive the crown of life that God promised to those who love him. -- james 1:12 +. +Let no one say when he is tempted, "I am tempted by God," for God cannot be tempted by evil, and he himself tempts no one. -- james 1:13 +. +But each one is tempted when he is lured and enticed by his own desires. -- james 1:14 +. +Then when desire conceives, it gives birth to sin, and when sin is full grown, it gives birth to death. -- james 1:15 +. +Do not be led astray, my dear brothers and sisters. -- james 1:16 +. +All generous giving and every perfect gift is from above, coming down from the Father of lights, with whom there is no variation or the slightest hint of change. -- james 1:17 +. +By his sovereign plan he gave us birth through the message of truth, that we would be a kind of firstfruits of all he created. -- james 1:18 +. +Understand this, my dear brothers and sisters! Let every person be quick to listen, slow to speak, slow to anger. -- james 1:19 +. +For human anger does not accomplish God's righteousness. -- james 1:20 +. +So put away all filth and evil excess and humbly welcome the message implanted within you, which is able to save your souls. -- james 1:21 +. +But be sure you live out the message and do not merely listen to it and so deceive yourselves. -- james 1:22 +. +For if someone merely listens to the message and does not live it out, he is like someone who gazes at his own face in a mirror. -- james 1:23 +. +For he gazes at himself and then goes out and immediately forgets what sort of person he was. -- james 1:24 +. +But the one who peers into the perfect law of liberty and fixes his attention there, and does not become a forgetful listener but one who lives it out - he will be blessed in what he does. -- james 1:25 +. +If someone thinks he is religious yet does not bridle his tongue, and so deceives his heart, his religion is futile. -- james 1:26 +. +Pure and undefiled religion before God the Father is this: to care for orphans and widows in their misfortune and to keep oneself unstained by the world. -- james 1:27 +. +My brothers and sisters, do not show prejudice if you possess faith in our glorious Lord Jesus Christ. -- james 2:1 +. +For if someone comes into your assembly wearing a gold ring and fine clothing, and a poor person enters in filthy clothes, -- james 2:2 +. +do you pay attention to the one who is finely dressed and say, "You sit here in a good place," and to the poor person, "You stand over there," or "Sit on the floor"? -- james 2:3 +. +If so, have you not made distinctions among yourselves and become judges with evil motives? -- james 2:4 +. +Listen, my dear brothers and sisters! Did not God choose the poor in the world to be rich in faith and heirs of the kingdom that he promised to those who love him? -- james 2:5 +. +But you have dishonored the poor! Are not the rich oppressing you and dragging you into the courts? -- james 2:6 +. +Do they not blaspheme the good name of the one you belong to? -- james 2:7 +. +But if you fulfill the royal law as expressed in this scripture, "You shall love your neighbor as yourself," you are doing well. -- james 2:8 +. +But if you show prejudice, you are committing sin and are convicted by the law as violators. -- james 2:9 +. +For the one who obeys the whole law but fails in one point has become guilty of all of it. -- james 2:10 +. +For he who said, "Do not commit adultery," also said, "Do not murder." Now if you do not commit adultery but do commit murder, you have become a violator of the law. -- james 2:11 +. +Speak and act as those who will be judged by a law that gives freedom. -- james 2:12 +. +For judgment is merciless for the one who has shown no mercy. But mercy triumphs over judgment. -- james 2:13 +. +What good is it, my brothers and sisters, if someone claims to have faith but does not have works? Can this kind of faith save him? -- james 2:14 +. +If a brother or sister is poorly clothed and lacks daily food, -- james 2:15 +. +and one of you says to them, "Go in peace, keep warm and eat well," but you do not give them what the body needs, what good is it? -- james 2:16 +. +So also faith, if it does not have works, is dead being by itself. -- james 2:17 +. +But someone will say, "You have faith and I have works." Show me your faith without works and I will show you faith by my works. -- james 2:18 +. +You believe that God is one; well and good. Even the demons believe that - and tremble with fear. -- james 2:19 +. +But would you like evidence, you empty fellow, that faith without works is useless? -- james 2:20 +. +Was not Abraham our father justified by works when he offered Isaac his son on the altar? -- james 2:21 +. +You see that his faith was working together with his works and his faith was perfected by works. -- james 2:22 +. +And the scripture was fulfilled that says, "Now Abraham believed God and it was counted to him for righteousness," and he was called God's friend. -- james 2:23 +. +You see that a person is justified by works and not by faith alone. -- james 2:24 +. +And similarly, was not Rahab the prostitute also justified by works when she welcomed the messengers and sent them out by another way? -- james 2:25 +. +For just as the body without the spirit is dead, so also faith without works is dead. -- james 2:26 +. +Not many of you should become teachers, my brothers and sisters, because you know that we will be judged more strictly. -- james 3:1 +. +For we all stumble in many ways. If someone does not stumble in what he says, he is a perfect individual, able to control the entire body as well. -- james 3:2 +. +And if we put bits into the mouths of horses to get them to obey us, then we guide their entire bodies. -- james 3:3 +. +Look at ships too: Though they are so large and driven by harsh winds, they are steered by a tiny rudder wherever the pilot's inclination directs. -- james 3:4 +. +So too the tongue is a small part of the body, yet it has great pretensions. Think how small a flame sets a huge forest ablaze. -- james 3:5 +. +And the tongue is a fire! The tongue represents the world of wrongdoing among the parts of our bodies. It pollutes the entire body and sets fire to the course of human existence - and is set on fire by hell. -- james 3:6 +. +For every kind of animal, bird, reptile, and sea creature is subdued and has been subdued by humankind. -- james 3:7 +. +But no human being can subdue the tongue; it is a restless evil, full of deadly poison. -- james 3:8 +. +With it we bless the Lord and Father, and with it we curse people made in God's image. -- james 3:9 +. +From the same mouth come blessing and cursing. These things should not be so, my brothers and sisters. -- james 3:10 +. +A spring does not pour out fresh water and bitter water from the same opening, does it? -- james 3:11 +. +Can a fig tree produce olives, my brothers and sisters, or a vine produce figs? Neither can a salt water spring produce fresh water. -- james 3:12 +. +Who is wise and understanding among you? By his good conduct he should show his works done in the gentleness that wisdom brings. -- james 3:13 +. +But if you have bitter jealousy and selfishness in your hearts, do not boast and tell lies against the truth. -- james 3:14 +. +Such wisdom does not come from above but is earthly, natural, demonic. -- james 3:15 +. +For where there is jealousy and selfishness, there is disorder and every evil practice. -- james 3:16 +. +But the wisdom from above is first pure, then peaceable, gentle, accommodating, full of mercy and good fruit, impartial, and not hypocritical. -- james 3:17 +. +And the fruit that consists of righteousness is planted in peace among those who make peace. -- james 3:18 +. +Where do the conflicts and where do the quarrels among you come from? Is it not from this, from your passions that battle inside you? -- james 4:1 +. +You desire and you do not have; you murder and envy and you cannot obtain; you quarrel and fight. You do not have because you do not ask; -- james 4:2 +. +you ask and do not receive because you ask wrongly, so you can spend it on your passions. -- james 4:3 +. +Adulterers, do you not know that friendship with the world means hostility toward God? So whoever decides to be the world's friend makes himself God's enemy. -- james 4:4 +. +Or do you think the scripture means nothing when it says, "The spirit that God caused to live within us has an envious yearning"? -- james 4:5 +. +But he gives greater grace. Therefore it says, "God opposes the proud, but he gives grace to the humble." -- james 4:6 +. +So submit to God. But resist the devil and he will flee from you. -- james 4:7 +. +Draw near to God and he will draw near to you. Cleanse your hands, you sinners, and make your hearts pure, you double-minded. -- james 4:8 +. +Grieve, mourn, and weep. Turn your laughter into mourning and your joy into despair. -- james 4:9 +. +Humble yourselves before the Lord and he will exalt you. -- james 4:10 +. +Do not speak against one another, brothers and sisters. He who speaks against a fellow believer or judges a fellow believer speaks against the law and judges the law. But if you judge the law, you are not a doer of the law but its judge. -- james 4:11 +. +But there is only one who is lawgiver and judge - the one who is able to save and destroy. On the other hand, who are you to judge your neighbor? -- james 4:12 +. +Come now, you who say, "Today or tomorrow we will go into this or that town and spend a year there and do business and make a profit." -- james 4:13 +. +You do not know about tomorrow. What is your life like? For you are a puff of smoke that appears for a short time and then vanishes. -- james 4:14 +. +You ought to say instead, "If the Lord is willing, then we will live and do this or that." -- james 4:15 +. +But as it is, you boast in your arrogance. All such boasting is evil. -- james 4:16 +. +So whoever knows what is good to do and does not do it is guilty of sin. -- james 4:17 +. +Come now, you rich! Weep and cry aloud over the miseries that are coming on you. -- james 5:1 +. +Your riches have rotted and your clothing has become moth-eaten. -- james 5:2 +. +Your gold and silver have rusted and their rust will be a witness against you. It will consume your flesh like fire. It is in the last days that you have hoarded treasure! -- james 5:3 +. +Look, the pay you have held back from the workers who mowed your fields cries out against you, and the cries of the reapers have reached the ears of the Lord of hosts. -- james 5:4 +. +You have lived indulgently and luxuriously on the earth. You have fattened your hearts in a day of slaughter. -- james 5:5 +. +You have condemned and murdered the righteous person, although he does not resist you. -- james 5:6 +. +So be patient, brothers and sisters, until the Lord's return. Think of how the farmer waits for the precious fruit of the ground and is patient for it until it receives the early and late rains. -- james 5:7 +. +You also be patient and strengthen your hearts, for the Lord's return is near. -- james 5:8 +. +Do not grumble against one another, brothers and sisters, so that you may not be judged. See, the judge stands before the gates! -- james 5:9 +. +As an example of suffering and patience, brothers and sisters, take the prophets who spoke in the Lord's name. -- james 5:10 +. +Think of how we regard as blessed those who have endured. You have heard of Job's endurance and you have seen the Lord's purpose, that the Lord is full of compassion and mercy. -- james 5:11 +. +And above all, my brothers and sisters, do not swear, either by heaven or by earth or by any other oath. But let your "Yes" be yes and your "No" be no, so that you may not fall into judgment. -- james 5:12 +. +Is anyone among you suffering? He should pray. Is anyone in good spirits? He should sing praises. -- james 5:13 +. +Is anyone among you ill? He should summon the elders of the church, and they should pray for him and anoint him with oil in the name of the Lord. -- james 5:14 +. +And the prayer of faith will save the one who is sick and the Lord will raise him up - and if he has committed sins, he will be forgiven. -- james 5:15 +. +So confess your sins to one another and pray for one another so that you may be healed. The prayer of a righteous person has great effectiveness. -- james 5:16 +. +Elijah was a human being like us, and he prayed earnestly that it would not rain and there was no rain on the land for three years and six months! -- james 5:17 +. +Then he prayed again, and the sky gave rain and the land sprouted with a harvest. -- james 5:18 +. +My brothers and sisters, if anyone among you wanders from the truth and someone turns him back, -- james 5:19 +. +he should know that the one who turns a sinner back from his wandering path will save that person's soul from death and will cover a multitude of sins. -- james 5:20 +. +From Peter, an apostle of Jesus Christ, to those temporarily residing abroad (in Pontus, Galatia, Cappadocia, the province of Asia, and Bithynia) who are chosen -- 1 peter 1:1 +. +according to the foreknowledge of God the Father by being set apart by the Spirit for obedience and for sprinkling with Jesus Christ's blood. May grace and peace be yours in full measure! -- 1 peter 1:2 +. +Blessed be the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ! By his great mercy he gave us new birth into a living hope through the resurrection of Jesus Christ from the dead, -- 1 peter 1:3 +. +that is, into an inheritance imperishable, undefiled, and unfading. It is reserved in heaven for you, -- 1 peter 1:4 +. +who by God's power are protected through faith for a salvation ready to be revealed in the last time. -- 1 peter 1:5 +. +This brings you great joy, although you may have to suffer for a short time in various trials. -- 1 peter 1:6 +. +Such trials show the proven character of your faith, which is much more valuable than gold - gold that is tested by fire, even though it is passing away - and will bring praise and glory and honor when Jesus Christ is revealed. -- 1 peter 1:7 +. +You have not seen him, but you love him. You do not see him now but you believe in him, and so you rejoice with an indescribable and glorious joy, -- 1 peter 1:8 +. +because you are attaining the goal of your faith - the salvation of your souls. -- 1 peter 1:9 +. +Concerning this salvation, the prophets who predicted the grace that would come to you searched and investigated carefully. -- 1 peter 1:10 +. +They probed into what person or time the Spirit of Christ within them was indicating when he testified beforehand about the sufferings appointed for Christ and his subsequent glory. -- 1 peter 1:11 +. +They were shown that they were serving not themselves but you, in regard to the things now announced to you through those who proclaimed the gospel to you by the Holy Spirit sent from heaven - things angels long to catch a glimpse of. -- 1 peter 1:12 +. +Therefore, get your minds ready for action by being fully sober, and set your hope completely on the grace that will be brought to you when Jesus Christ is revealed. -- 1 peter 1:13 +. +Like obedient children, do not comply with the evil urges you used to follow in your ignorance, -- 1 peter 1:14 +. +but, like the Holy One who called you, become holy yourselves in all of your conduct, -- 1 peter 1:15 +. +for it is written, "You shall be holy, because I am holy." -- 1 peter 1:16 +. +And if you address as Father the one who impartially judges according to each one's work, live out the time of your temporary residence here in reverence. -- 1 peter 1:17 +. +You know that from your empty way of life inherited from your ancestors you were ransomed - not by perishable things like silver or gold, -- 1 peter 1:18 +. +but by precious blood like that of an unblemished and spotless lamb, namely Christ. -- 1 peter 1:19 +. +He was foreknown before the foundation of the world but was manifested in these last times for your sake. -- 1 peter 1:20 +. +Through him you now trust in God, who raised him from the dead and gave him glory, so that your faith and hope are in God. -- 1 peter 1:21 +. +You have purified your souls by obeying the truth in order to show sincere mutual love. So love one another earnestly from a pure heart. -- 1 peter 1:22 +. +You have been born anew, not from perishable but from imperishable seed, through the living and enduring word of God. -- 1 peter 1:23 +. +For all flesh is like grass and all its glory like the flower of the grass; the grass withers and the flower falls off, -- 1 peter 1:24 +. +but the word of the Lord endures forever. And this is the word that was proclaimed to you. -- 1 peter 1:25 +. +So get rid of all evil and all deceit and hypocrisy and envy and all slander. -- 1 peter 2:1 +. +And yearn like newborn infants for pure, spiritual milk, so that by it you may grow up to salvation, -- 1 peter 2:2 +. +if you have experienced the Lord's kindness. -- 1 peter 2:3 +. +So as you come to him, a living stone rejected by men but chosen and priceless in God's sight, -- 1 peter 2:4 +. +you yourselves, as living stones, are built up as a spiritual house to be a holy priesthood and to offer spiritual sacrifices that are acceptable to God through Jesus Christ. -- 1 peter 2:5 +. +For it says in scripture, "Look, I lay in Zion a stone, a chosen and priceless cornerstone, and whoever believes in him will never be put to shame." -- 1 peter 2:6 +. +So you who believe see his value, but for those who do not believe, the stone that the builders rejected has become the cornerstone, -- 1 peter 2:7 +. +and a stumbling-stone and a rock to trip over. They stumble because they disobey the word, as they were destined to do. -- 1 peter 2:8 +. +But you are a chosen race, a royal priesthood, a holy nation, a people of his own, so that you may proclaim the virtues of the one who called you out of darkness into his marvelous light. -- 1 peter 2:9 +. +You once were not a people, but now you are God's people. You were shown no mercy, but now you have received mercy. -- 1 peter 2:10 +. +Dear friends, I urge you as foreigners and exiles to keep away from fleshly desires that do battle against the soul, -- 1 peter 2:11 +. +and maintain good conduct among the non-Christians, so that though they now malign you as wrongdoers, they may see your good deeds and glorify God when he appears. -- 1 peter 2:12 +. +Be subject to every human institution for the Lord's sake, whether to a king as supreme -- 1 peter 2:13 +. +or to governors as those he commissions to punish wrongdoers and praise those who do good. -- 1 peter 2:14 +. +For God wants you to silence the ignorance of foolish people by doing good. -- 1 peter 2:15 +. +Live as free people, not using your freedom as a pretext for evil, but as God's slaves. -- 1 peter 2:16 +. +Honor all people, love the family of believers, fear God, honor the king. -- 1 peter 2:17 +. +Slaves, be subject to your masters with all reverence, not only to those who are good and gentle, but also to those who are perverse. -- 1 peter 2:18 +. +For this finds God's favor, if because of conscience toward God someone endures hardships in suffering unjustly. -- 1 peter 2:19 +. +For what credit is it if you sin and are mistreated and endure it? But if you do good and suffer and so endure, this finds favor with God. -- 1 peter 2:20 +. +For to this you were called, since Christ also suffered for you, leaving an example for you to follow in his steps. -- 1 peter 2:21 +. +He committed no sin nor was deceit found in his mouth. -- 1 peter 2:22 +. +When he was maligned, he did not answer back; when he suffered, he threatened no retaliation, but committed himself to God who judges justly. -- 1 peter 2:23 +. +He himself bore our sins in his body on the tree, that we may cease from sinning and live for righteousness. By his wounds you were healed. -- 1 peter 2:24 +. +For you were going astray like sheep but now you have turned back to the shepherd and guardian of your souls. -- 1 peter 2:25 +. +In the same way, wives, be subject to your own husbands. Then, even if some are disobedient to the word, they will be won over without a word by the way you live, -- 1 peter 3:1 +. +when they see your pure and reverent conduct. -- 1 peter 3:2 +. +Let your beauty not be external - the braiding of hair and wearing of gold jewelry or fine clothes - -- 1 peter 3:3 +. +but the inner person of the heart, the lasting beauty of a gentle and tranquil spirit, which is precious in God's sight. -- 1 peter 3:4 +. +For in the same way the holy women who hoped in God long ago adorned themselves by being subject to their husbands, -- 1 peter 3:5 +. +like Sarah who obeyed Abraham, calling him lord. You become her children when you do what is good and have no fear in doing so. -- 1 peter 3:6 +. +Husbands, in the same way, treat your wives with consideration as the weaker partners and show them honor as fellow heirs of the grace of life. In this way nothing will hinder your prayers. -- 1 peter 3:7 +. +Finally, all of you be harmonious, sympathetic, affectionate, compassionate, and humble. -- 1 peter 3:8 +. +Do not return evil for evil or insult for insult, but instead bless others because you were called to inherit a blessing. -- 1 peter 3:9 +. +For the one who wants to love life and see good days must keep his tongue from evil and his lips from uttering deceit. -- 1 peter 3:10 +. +And he must turn away from evil and do good; he must seek peace and pursue it. -- 1 peter 3:11 +. +For the eyes of the Lord are upon the righteous and his ears are open to their prayer. But the Lord's face is against those who do evil. -- 1 peter 3:12 +. +For who is going to harm you if you are devoted to what is good? -- 1 peter 3:13 +. +But in fact, if you happen to suffer for doing what is right, you are blessed. But do not be terrified of them or be shaken. -- 1 peter 3:14 +. +But set Christ apart as Lord in your hearts and always be ready to give an answer to anyone who asks about the hope you possess. -- 1 peter 3:15 +. +Yet do it with courtesy and respect, keeping a good conscience, so that those who slander your good conduct in Christ may be put to shame when they accuse you. -- 1 peter 3:16 +. +For it is better to suffer for doing good, if God wills it, than for doing evil. -- 1 peter 3:17 +. +Because Christ also suffered once for sins, the just for the unjust, to bring you to God, by being put to death in the flesh but by being made alive in the spirit. -- 1 peter 3:18 +. +In it he went and preached to the spirits in prison, -- 1 peter 3:19 +. +after they were disobedient long ago when God patiently waited in the days of Noah as an ark was being constructed. In the ark a few, that is eight souls, were delivered through water. -- 1 peter 3:20 +. +And this prefigured baptism, which now saves you - not the washing off of physical dirt but the pledge of a good conscience to God - through the resurrection of Jesus Christ, -- 1 peter 3:21 +. +who went into heaven and is at the right hand of God with angels and authorities and powers subject to him. -- 1 peter 3:22 +. +So, since Christ suffered in the flesh, you also arm yourselves with the same attitude, because the one who has suffered in the flesh has finished with sin, -- 1 peter 4:1 +. +in that he spends the rest of his time on earth concerned about the will of God and not human desires. -- 1 peter 4:2 +. +For the time that has passed was sufficient for you to do what the non-Christians desire. You lived then in debauchery, evil desires, drunkenness, carousing, drinking bouts, and wanton idolatries. -- 1 peter 4:3 +. +So they are astonished when you do not rush with them into the same flood of wickedness, and they vilify you. -- 1 peter 4:4 +. +They will face a reckoning before Jesus Christ who stands ready to judge the living and the dead. -- 1 peter 4:5 +. +Now it was for this very purpose that the gospel was preached to those who are now dead, so that though they were judged in the flesh by human standards they may live spiritually by God's standards. -- 1 peter 4:6 +. +For the culmination of all things is near. So be self-controlled and sober-minded for the sake of prayer. -- 1 peter 4:7 +. +Above all keep your love for one another fervent, because love covers a multitude of sins. -- 1 peter 4:8 +. +Show hospitality to one another without complaining. -- 1 peter 4:9 +. +Just as each one has received a gift, use it to serve one another as good stewards of the varied grace of God. -- 1 peter 4:10 +. +Whoever speaks, let it be with God's words. Whoever serves, do so with the strength that God supplies, so that in everything God will be glorified through Jesus Christ. To him belong the glory and the power forever and ever. Amen. -- 1 peter 4:11 +. +Dear friends, do not be astonished that a trial by fire is occurring among you, as though something strange were happening to you. -- 1 peter 4:12 +. +But rejoice in the degree that you have shared in the sufferings of Christ, so that when his glory is revealed you may also rejoice and be glad. -- 1 peter 4:13 +. +If you are insulted for the name of Christ, you are blessed, because the Spirit of glory, who is the Spirit of God, rests on you. -- 1 peter 4:14 +. +But let none of you suffer as a murderer or thief or criminal or as a troublemaker. -- 1 peter 4:15 +. +But if you suffer as a Christian, do not be ashamed, but glorify God that you bear such a name. -- 1 peter 4:16 +. +For it is time for judgment to begin, starting with the house of God. And if it starts with us, what will be the fate of those who are disobedient to the gospel of God? -- 1 peter 4:17 +. +And if the righteous are barely saved, what will become of the ungodly and sinners? -- 1 peter 4:18 +. +So then let those who suffer according to the will of God entrust their souls to a faithful Creator as they do good. -- 1 peter 4:19 +. +So as your fellow elder and a witness of Christ's sufferings and as one who shares in the glory that will be revealed, I urge the elders among you: -- 1 peter 5:1 +. +Give a shepherd's care to God's flock among you, exercising oversight not merely as a duty but willingly under God's direction, not for shameful profit but eagerly. -- 1 peter 5:2 +. +And do not lord it over those entrusted to you, but be examples to the flock. -- 1 peter 5:3 +. +Then when the Chief Shepherd appears, you will receive the crown of glory that never fades away. -- 1 peter 5:4 +. +In the same way, you who are younger, be subject to the elders. And all of you, clothe yourselves with humility toward one another, because God opposes the proud but gives grace to the humble. -- 1 peter 5:5 +. +And God will exalt you in due time, if you humble yourselves under his mighty hand -- 1 peter 5:6 +. +by casting all your cares on him because he cares for you. -- 1 peter 5:7 +. +Be sober and alert. Your enemy the devil, like a roaring lion, is on the prowl looking for someone to devour. -- 1 peter 5:8 +. +Resist him, strong in your faith, because you know that your brothers and sisters throughout the world are enduring the same kinds of suffering. -- 1 peter 5:9 +. +And, after you have suffered for a little while, the God of all grace who called you to his eternal glory in Christ will himself restore, confirm, strengthen, and establish you. -- 1 peter 5:10 +. +To him belongs the power forever. Amen. -- 1 peter 5:11 +. +Through Silvanus, whom I know to be a faithful brother, I have written to you briefly, in order to encourage you and testify that this is the true grace of God. Stand fast in it. -- 1 peter 5:12 +. +The church in Babylon, chosen together with you, greets you, and so does Mark, my son. -- 1 peter 5:13 +. +Greet one another with a loving kiss. Peace to all of you who are in Christ. -- 1 peter 5:14 +. +From Simeon Peter, a slave and apostle of Jesus Christ, to those who through the righteousness of our God and Savior, Jesus Christ, have been granted a faith just as precious as ours. -- 2 peter 1:1 +. +May grace and peace be lavished on you as you grow in the rich knowledge of God and of Jesus our Lord! -- 2 peter 1:2 +. +I can pray this because his divine power has bestowed on us everything necessary for life and godliness through the rich knowledge of the one who called us by his own glory and excellence. -- 2 peter 1:3 +. +Through these things he has bestowed on us his precious and most magnificent promises, so that by means of what was promised you may become partakers of the divine nature, after escaping the worldly corruption that is produced by evil desire. -- 2 peter 1:4 +. +For this very reason, make every effort to add to your faith excellence, to excellence, knowledge; -- 2 peter 1:5 +. +to knowledge, self-control; to self-control, perseverance; to perseverance, godliness; -- 2 peter 1:6 +. +to godliness, brotherly affection; to brotherly affection, unselfish love. -- 2 peter 1:7 +. +For if these things are really yours and are continually increasing, they will keep you from becoming ineffective and unproductive in your pursuit of knowing our Lord Jesus Christ more intimately. -- 2 peter 1:8 +. +But concerning the one who lacks such things - he is blind. That is to say, he is nearsighted, since he has forgotten about the cleansing of his past sins. -- 2 peter 1:9 +. +Therefore, brothers and sisters, make every effort to be sure of your calling and election. For by doing this you will never stumble into sin. -- 2 peter 1:10 +. +For thus an entrance into the eternal kingdom of our Lord and Savior, Jesus Christ, will be richly provided for you. -- 2 peter 1:11 +. +Therefore, I intend to remind you constantly of these things even though you know them and are well established in the truth that you now have. -- 2 peter 1:12 +. +Indeed, as long as I am in this tabernacle, I consider it right to stir you up by way of a reminder, -- 2 peter 1:13 +. +since I know that my tabernacle will soon be removed, because our Lord Jesus Christ revealed this to me. -- 2 peter 1:14 +. +Indeed, I will also make every effort that, after my departure, you have a testimony of these things. -- 2 peter 1:15 +. +For we did not follow cleverly concocted fables when we made known to you the power and return of our Lord Jesus Christ; no, we were eyewitnesses of his grandeur. -- 2 peter 1:16 +. +For he received honor and glory from God the Father, when that voice was conveyed to him by the Majestic Glory: "This is my dear Son, in whom I am delighted." -- 2 peter 1:17 +. +When this voice was conveyed from heaven, we ourselves heard it, for we were with him on the holy mountain. -- 2 peter 1:18 +. +Moreover, we possess the prophetic word as an altogether reliable thing. You do well if you pay attention to this as you would to a light shining in a murky place, until the day dawns and the morning star rises in your hearts. -- 2 peter 1:19 +. +Above all, you do well if you recognize this: No prophecy of scripture ever comes about by the prophet's own imagination, -- 2 peter 1:20 +. +for no prophecy was ever borne of human impulse; rather, men carried along by the Holy Spirit spoke from God. -- 2 peter 1:21 +. +But false prophets arose among the people, just as there will be false teachers among you. These false teachers will infiltrate your midst with destructive heresies, even to the point of denying the Master who bought them. As a result, they will bring swift destruction on themselves. -- 2 peter 2:1 +. +And many will follow their debauched lifestyles. Because of these false teachers, the way of truth will be slandered. -- 2 peter 2:2 +. +And in their greed they will exploit you with deceptive words. Their condemnation pronounced long ago is not sitting idly by; their destruction is not asleep. -- 2 peter 2:3 +. +For if God did not spare the angels who sinned, but threw them into hell and locked them up in chains in utter darkness, to be kept until the judgment, -- 2 peter 2:4 +. +and if he did not spare the ancient world, but did protect Noah, a herald of righteousness, along with seven others, when God brought a flood on an ungodly world, -- 2 peter 2:5 +. +and if he turned to ashes the cities of Sodom and Gomorrah when he condemned them to destruction, having appointed them to serve as an example to future generations of the ungodly, -- 2 peter 2:6 +. +and if he rescued Lot, a righteous man in anguish over the debauched lifestyle of lawless men, -- 2 peter 2:7 +. +(for while he lived among them day after day, that righteous man was tormented in his righteous soul by the lawless deeds he saw and heard) -- 2 peter 2:8 +. +- if so, then the Lord knows how to rescue the godly from their trials, and to reserve the unrighteous for punishment at the day of judgment, -- 2 peter 2:9 +. +especially those who indulge their fleshly desires and who despise authority. Brazen and insolent, they are not afraid to insult the glorious ones, -- 2 peter 2:10 +. +yet even angels, who are much more powerful, do not bring a slanderous judgment against them before the Lord. -- 2 peter 2:11 +. +But these men, like irrational animals - creatures of instinct, born to be caught and destroyed - do not understand whom they are insulting, and consequently in their destruction they will be destroyed, -- 2 peter 2:12 +. +suffering harm as the wages for their harmful ways. By considering it a pleasure to carouse in broad daylight, they are stains and blemishes, indulging in their deceitful pleasures when they feast together with you. -- 2 peter 2:13 +. +Their eyes, full of adultery, never stop sinning; they entice unstable people. They have trained their hearts for greed, these cursed children! -- 2 peter 2:14 +. +By forsaking the right path they have gone astray, because they followed the way of Balaam son of Bosor, who loved the wages of unrighteousness, -- 2 peter 2:15 +. +yet was rebuked for his own transgression (a dumb donkey, speaking with a human voice, restrained the prophet's madness). -- 2 peter 2:16 +. +These men are waterless springs and mists driven by a storm, for whom the utter depths of darkness have been reserved. -- 2 peter 2:17 +. +For by speaking high-sounding but empty words they are able to entice, with fleshly desires and with debauchery, people who have just escaped from those who reside in error. -- 2 peter 2:18 +. +Although these false teachers promise such people freedom, they themselves are enslaved to immorality. For whatever a person succumbs to, to that he is enslaved. -- 2 peter 2:19 +. +For if after they have escaped the filthy things of the world through the rich knowledge of our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ, they again get entangled in them and succumb to them, their last state has become worse for them than their first. -- 2 peter 2:20 +. +For it would have been better for them never to have known the way of righteousness than, having known it, to turn back from the holy commandment that had been delivered to them. -- 2 peter 2:21 +. +They are illustrations of this true proverb: "A dog returns to its own vomit," and "A sow, after washing herself, wallows in the mire." -- 2 peter 2:22 +. +Dear friends, this is already the second letter I have written you, in which I am trying to stir up your pure mind by way of reminder: -- 2 peter 3:1 +. +I want you to recall both the predictions foretold by the holy prophets and the commandment of the Lord and Savior through your apostles. -- 2 peter 3:2 +. +Above all, understand this: In the last days blatant scoffers will come, being propelled by their own evil urges -- 2 peter 3:3 +. +and saying, "Where is his promised return? For ever since our ancestors died, all things have continued as they were from the beginning of creation." -- 2 peter 3:4 +. +For they deliberately suppress this fact, that by the word of God heavens existed long ago and an earth was formed out of water and by means of water. -- 2 peter 3:5 +. +Through these things the world existing at that time was destroyed when it was deluged with water. -- 2 peter 3:6 +. +But by the same word the present heavens and earth have been reserved for fire, by being kept for the day of judgment and destruction of the ungodly. -- 2 peter 3:7 +. +Now, dear friends, do not let this one thing escape your notice, that a single day is like a thousand years with the Lord and a thousand years are like a single day. -- 2 peter 3:8 +. +The Lord is not slow concerning his promise, as some regard slowness, but is being patient toward you, because he does not wish for any to perish but for all to come to repentance. -- 2 peter 3:9 +. +But the day of the Lord will come like a thief; when it comes, the heavens will disappear with a horrific noise, and the celestial bodies will melt away in a blaze, and the earth and every deed done on it will be laid bare. -- 2 peter 3:10 +. +Since all these things are to melt away in this manner, what sort of people must we be, conducting our lives in holiness and godliness, -- 2 peter 3:11 +. +while waiting for and hastening the coming of the day of God? Because of this day, the heavens will be burned up and dissolve, and the celestial bodies will melt away in a blaze! -- 2 peter 3:12 +. +But, according to his promise, we are waiting for new heavens and a new earth, in which righteousness truly resides. -- 2 peter 3:13 +. +Therefore, dear friends, since you are waiting for these things, strive to be found at peace, without spot or blemish, when you come into his presence. -- 2 peter 3:14 +. +And regard the patience of our Lord as salvation, just as also our dear brother Paul wrote to you, according to the wisdom given to him, -- 2 peter 3:15 +. +speaking of these things in all his letters. Some things in these letters are hard to understand, things the ignorant and unstable twist to their own destruction, as they also do to the rest of the scriptures. -- 2 peter 3:16 +. +Therefore, dear friends, since you have been forewarned, be on your guard that you do not get led astray by the error of these unprincipled men and fall from your firm grasp on the truth. -- 2 peter 3:17 +. +But grow in the grace and knowledge of our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ. To him be the honor both now and on that eternal day. -- 2 peter 3:18 +. +This is what we proclaim to you: what was from the beginning, what we have heard, what we have seen with our eyes, what we have looked at and our hands have touched (concerning the word of life - -- 1 john 1:1 +. +and the life was revealed, and we have seen and testify and announce to you the eternal life that was with the Father and was revealed to us). -- 1 john 1:2 +. +What we have seen and heard we announce to you too, so that you may have fellowship with us (and indeed our fellowship is with the Father and with his Son Jesus Christ). -- 1 john 1:3 +. +Thus we are writing these things so that our joy may be complete. -- 1 john 1:4 +. +Now this is the gospel message we have heard from him and announce to you: God is light, and in him there is no darkness at all. -- 1 john 1:5 +. +If we say we have fellowship with him and yet keep on walking in the darkness, we are lying and not practicing the truth. -- 1 john 1:6 +. +But if we walk in the light as he himself is in the light, we have fellowship with one another and the blood of Jesus his Son cleanses us from all sin. -- 1 john 1:7 +. +If we say we do not bear the guilt of sin, we are deceiving ourselves and the truth is not in us. -- 1 john 1:8 +. +But if we confess our sins, he is faithful and righteous, forgiving us our sins and cleansing us from all unrighteousness. -- 1 john 1:9 +. +If we say we have not sinned, we make him a liar and his word is not in us. -- 1 john 1:10 +. +(My little children, I am writing these things to you so that you may not sin.) But if anyone does sin, we have an advocate with the Father, Jesus Christ the righteous One, -- 1 john 2:1 +. +and he himself is the atoning sacrifice for our sins, and not only for our sins but also for the whole world. -- 1 john 2:2 +. +Now by this we know that we have come to know God: if we keep his commandments. -- 1 john 2:3 +. +The one who says "I have come to know God" and yet does not keep his commandments is a liar, and the truth is not in such a person. -- 1 john 2:4 +. +But whoever obeys his word, truly in this person the love of God has been perfected. By this we know that we are in him. -- 1 john 2:5 +. +The one who says he resides in God ought himself to walk just as Jesus walked. -- 1 john 2:6 +. +Dear friends, I am not writing a new commandment to you, but an old commandment which you have had from the beginning. The old commandment is the word that you have already heard. -- 1 john 2:7 +. +On the other hand, I am writing a new commandment to you which is true in him and in you, because the darkness is passing away and the true light is already shining. -- 1 john 2:8 +. +The one who says he is in the light but still hates his fellow Christian is still in the darkness. -- 1 john 2:9 +. +The one who loves his fellow Christian resides in the light, and there is no cause for stumbling in him. -- 1 john 2:10 +. +But the one who hates his fellow Christian is in the darkness, walks in the darkness, and does not know where he is going, because the darkness has blinded his eyes. -- 1 john 2:11 +. +I am writing to you, little children, that your sins have been forgiven because of his name. -- 1 john 2:12 +. +I am writing to you, fathers, that you have known him who has been from the beginning. I am writing to you, young people, that you have conquered the evil one. -- 1 john 2:13 +. +I have written to you, children, that you have known the Father. I have written to you, fathers, that you have known him who has been from the beginning. I have written to you, young people, that you are strong, and the word of God resides in you, and you have conquered the evil one. -- 1 john 2:14 +. +Do not love the world or the things in the world. If anyone loves the world, the love of the Father is not in him, -- 1 john 2:15 +. +because all that is in the world (the desire of the flesh and the desire of the eyes and the arrogance produced by material possessions) is not from the Father, but is from the world. -- 1 john 2:16 +. +And the world is passing away with all its desires, but the person who does the will of God remains forever. -- 1 john 2:17 +. +Children, it is the last hour, and just as you heard that the antichrist is coming, so now many antichrists have appeared. We know from this that it is the last hour. -- 1 john 2:18 +. +They went out from us, but they did not really belong to us, because if they had belonged to us, they would have remained with us. But they went out from us to demonstrate that all of them do not belong to us. -- 1 john 2:19 +. +Nevertheless you have an anointing from the Holy One, and you all know. -- 1 john 2:20 +. +I have not written to you that you do not know the truth, but that you do know it, and that no lie is of the truth. -- 1 john 2:21 +. +Who is the liar but the person who denies that Jesus is the Christ? This one is the antichrist: the person who denies the Father and the Son. -- 1 john 2:22 +. +Everyone who denies the Son does not have the Father either. The person who confesses the Son has the Father also. -- 1 john 2:23 +. +As for you, what you have heard from the beginning must remain in you. If what you heard from the beginning remains in you, you also will remain in the Son and in the Father. -- 1 john 2:24 +. +Now this is the promise that he himself made to us: eternal life. -- 1 john 2:25 +. +These things I have written to you about those who are trying to deceive you. -- 1 john 2:26 +. +Now as for you, the anointing that you received from him resides in you, and you have no need for anyone to teach you. But as his anointing teaches you about all things, it is true and is not a lie. Just as it has taught you, you reside in him. -- 1 john 2:27 +. +And now, little children, remain in him, so that when he appears we may have confidence and not shrink away from him in shame when he comes back. -- 1 john 2:28 +. +If you know that he is righteous, you also know that everyone who practices righteousness has been fathered by him. -- 1 john 2:29 +. +(See what sort of love the Father has given to us: that we should be called God's children - and indeed we are! For this reason the world does not know us: because it did not know him. -- 1 john 3:1 +. +Dear friends, we are God's children now, and what we will be has not yet been revealed. We know that whenever it is revealed we will be like him, because we will see him just as he is. -- 1 john 3:2 +. +And everyone who has this hope focused on him purifies himself, just as Jesus is pure). -- 1 john 3:3 +. +Everyone who practices sin also practices lawlessness; indeed, sin is lawlessness. -- 1 john 3:4 +. +And you know that Jesus was revealed to take away sins, and in him there is no sin. -- 1 john 3:5 +. +Everyone who resides in him does not sin; everyone who sins has neither seen him nor known him. -- 1 john 3:6 +. +Little children, let no one deceive you: The one who practices righteousness is righteous, just as Jesus is righteous. -- 1 john 3:7 +. +The one who practices sin is of the devil, because the devil has been sinning from the beginning. For this purpose the Son of God was revealed: to destroy the works of the devil. -- 1 john 3:8 +. +Everyone who has been fathered by God does not practice sin, because God's seed resides in him, and thus he is not able to sin, because he has been fathered by God. -- 1 john 3:9 +. +By this the children of God and the children of the devil are revealed: Everyone who does not practice righteousness - the one who does not love his fellow Christian - is not of God. -- 1 john 3:10 +. +For this is the gospel message that you have heard from the beginning: that we should love one another, -- 1 john 3:11 +. +not like Cain who was of the evil one and brutally murdered his brother. And why did he murder him? Because his deeds were evil, but his brother's were righteous. -- 1 john 3:12 +. +Therefore do not be surprised, brothers and sisters, if the world hates you. -- 1 john 3:13 +. +We know that we have crossed over from death to life because we love our fellow Christians. The one who does not love remains in death. -- 1 john 3:14 +. +Everyone who hates his fellow Christian is a murderer, and you know that no murderer has eternal life residing in him. -- 1 john 3:15 +. +We have come to know love by this: that Jesus laid down his life for us; thus we ought to lay down our lives for our fellow Christians. -- 1 john 3:16 +. +But whoever has the world's possessions and sees his fellow Christian in need and shuts off his compassion against him, how can the love of God reside in such a person? -- 1 john 3:17 +. +Little children, let us not love with word or with tongue but in deed and truth. -- 1 john 3:18 +. +And by this we will know that we are of the truth and will convince our conscience in his presence, -- 1 john 3:19 +. +that if our conscience condemns us, that God is greater than our conscience and knows all things. -- 1 john 3:20 +. +Dear friends, if our conscience does not condemn us, we have confidence in the presence of God, -- 1 john 3:21 +. +and whatever we ask we receive from him, because we keep his commandments and do the things that are pleasing to him. -- 1 john 3:22 +. +Now this is his commandment: that we believe in the name of his Son Jesus Christ and love one another, just as he gave us the commandment. -- 1 john 3:23 +. +And the person who keeps his commandments resides in God, and God in him. Now by this we know that God resides in us: by the Spirit he has given us. -- 1 john 3:24 +. +Dear friends, do not believe every spirit, but test the spirits to determine if they are from God, because many false prophets have gone out into the world. -- 1 john 4:1 +. +By this you know the Spirit of God: Every spirit that confesses Jesus as the Christ who has come in the flesh is from God, -- 1 john 4:2 +. +but every spirit that does not confess Jesus is not from God, and this is the spirit of the antichrist, which you have heard is coming, and now is already in the world. -- 1 john 4:3 +. +You are from God, little children, and have conquered them, because the one who is in you is greater than the one who is in the world. -- 1 john 4:4 +. +They are from the world; therefore they speak from the world's perspective and the world listens to them. -- 1 john 4:5 +. +We are from God; the person who knows God listens to us, but whoever is not from God does not listen to us. By this we know the Spirit of truth and the spirit of deceit. -- 1 john 4:6 +. +Dear friends, let us love one another, because love is from God, and everyone who loves has been fathered by God and knows God. -- 1 john 4:7 +. +The person who does not love does not know God, because God is love. -- 1 john 4:8 +. +By this the love of God is revealed in us: that God has sent his one and only Son into the world so that we may live through him. -- 1 john 4:9 +. +In this is love: not that we have loved God, but that he loved us and sent his Son to be the atoning sacrifice for our sins. -- 1 john 4:10 +. +Dear friends, if God so loved us, then we also ought to love one another. -- 1 john 4:11 +. +No one has seen God at any time. If we love one another, God resides in us, and his love is perfected in us. -- 1 john 4:12 +. +By this we know that we reside in God and he in us: in that he has given us of his Spirit. -- 1 john 4:13 +. +And we have seen and testify that the Father has sent the Son to be the Savior of the world. -- 1 john 4:14 +. +If anyone confesses that Jesus is the Son of God, God resides in him and he in God. -- 1 john 4:15 +. +And we have come to know and to believe the love that God has in us. God is love, and the one who resides in love resides in God, and God resides in him. -- 1 john 4:16 +. +By this love is perfected with us, so that we may have confidence in the day of judgment, because just as Jesus is, so also are we in this world. -- 1 john 4:17 +. +There is no fear in love, but perfect love drives out fear, because fear has to do with punishment. The one who fears punishment has not been perfected in love. -- 1 john 4:18 +. +We love because he loved us first. -- 1 john 4:19 +. +If anyone says "I love God" and yet hates his fellow Christian, he is a liar, because the one who does not love his fellow Christian whom he has seen cannot love God whom he has not seen. -- 1 john 4:20 +. +And the commandment we have from him is this: that the one who loves God should love his fellow Christian too. -- 1 john 4:21 +. +Everyone who believes that Jesus is the Christ has been fathered by God, and everyone who loves the father loves the child fathered by him. -- 1 john 5:1 +. +By this we know that we love the children of God: whenever we love God and obey his commandments. -- 1 john 5:2 +. +For this is the love of God: that we keep his commandments. And his commandments do not weigh us down, -- 1 john 5:3 +. +because everyone who has been fathered by God conquers the world.This is the conquering power that has conquered the world: our faith. -- 1 john 5:4 +. +Now who is the person who has conquered the world except the one who believes that Jesus is the Son of God? -- 1 john 5:5 +. +Jesus Christ is the one who came by water and blood - not by the water only, but by the water and the blood. And the Spirit is the one who testifies, because the Spirit is the truth. -- 1 john 5:6 +. +For there are three that testify, -- 1 john 5:7 +. +the Spirit and the water and the blood, and these three are in agreement. -- 1 john 5:8 +. +If we accept the testimony of men, the testimony of God is greater, because this is the testimony of God that he has testified concerning his Son. -- 1 john 5:9 +. +(The one who believes in the Son of God has the testimony in himself; the one who does not believe God has made him a liar, because he has not believed in the testimony that God has testified concerning his Son.) -- 1 john 5:10 +. +And this is the testimony: God has given us eternal life, and this life is in his Son. -- 1 john 5:11 +. +The one who has the Son has this eternal life; the one who does not have the Son of God does not have this eternal life. -- 1 john 5:12 +. +I have written these things to you who believe in the name of the Son of God so that you may know that you have eternal life. -- 1 john 5:13 +. +And this is the confidence that we have before him: that whenever we ask anything according to his will, he hears us. -- 1 john 5:14 +. +And if we know that he hears us in regard to whatever we ask, then we know that we have the requests that we have asked from him. -- 1 john 5:15 +. +If anyone sees his fellow Christian committing a sin not resulting in death, he should ask, and God will grant life to the person who commits a sin not resulting in death. There is a sin resulting in death. I do not say that he should ask about that. -- 1 john 5:16 +. +All unrighteousness is sin, but there is sin not resulting in death. -- 1 john 5:17 +. +We know that everyone fathered by God does not sin, but God protects the one he has fathered, and the evil one cannot touch him. -- 1 john 5:18 +. +We know that we are from God, and the whole world lies in the power of the evil one. -- 1 john 5:19 +. +And we know that the Son of God has come and has given us insight to know him who is true, and we are in him who is true, in his Son Jesus Christ. This one is the true God and eternal life. -- 1 john 5:20 +. +Little children, guard yourselves from idols. -- 1 john 5:21 +. +From the elder, to an elect lady and her children, whom I love in truth (and not I alone, but also all those who know the truth), -- 2 john 1:1 +. +because of the truth that resides in us and will be with us forever. -- 2 john 1:2 +. +Grace, mercy, and peace will be with us from God the Father and from Jesus Christ the Son of the Father, in truth and love. -- 2 john 1:3 +. +I rejoiced greatly because I have found some of your children living according to the truth, just as the Father commanded us. -- 2 john 1:4 +. +But now I ask you, lady (not as if I were writing a new commandment to you, but the one we have had from the beginning), that we love one another. -- 2 john 1:5 +. +(Now this is love: that we walk according to his commandments.) This is the commandment, just as you have heard from the beginning; thus you should walk in it. -- 2 john 1:6 +. +For many deceivers have gone out into the world, people who do not confess Jesus as Christ coming in the flesh. This person is the deceiver and the antichrist! -- 2 john 1:7 +. +Watch out, so that you do not lose the things we have worked for, but receive a full reward. -- 2 john 1:8 +. +Everyone who goes on ahead and does not remain in the teaching of Christ does not have God. The one who remains in this teaching has both the Father and the Son. -- 2 john 1:9 +. +If anyone comes to you and does not bring this teaching, do not receive him into your house and do not give him any greeting, -- 2 john 1:10 +. +because the person who gives him a greeting shares in his evil deeds. -- 2 john 1:11 +. +Though I have many other things to write to you, I do not want to do so with paper and ink, but I hope to come visit you and speak face to face, so that our joy may be complete. -- 2 john 1:12 +. +The children of your elect sister greet you. -- 2 john 1:13 +. +From the elder, to Gaius my dear brother, whom I love in truth. -- 3 john 1:1 +. +Dear friend, I pray that all may go well with you and that you may be in good health, just as it is well with your soul. -- 3 john 1:2 +. +For I rejoiced greatly when the brothers came and testified to your truth, just as you are living according to the truth. -- 3 john 1:3 +. +I have no greater joy than this: to hear that my children are living according to the truth. -- 3 john 1:4 +. +Dear friend, you demonstrate faithfulness by whatever you do for the brothers (even though they are strangers). -- 3 john 1:5 +. +They have testified to your love before the church. You will do well to send them on their way in a manner worthy of God. -- 3 john 1:6 +. +For they have gone forth on behalf of "The Name," accepting nothing from the pagans. -- 3 john 1:7 +. +Therefore we ought to support such people, so that we become coworkers in cooperation with the truth. -- 3 john 1:8 +. +I wrote something to the church, but Diotrephes, who loves to be first among them, does not acknowledge us. -- 3 john 1:9 +. +Therefore, if I come, I will call attention to the deeds he is doing - the bringing of unjustified charges against us with evil words! And not being content with that, he not only refuses to welcome the brothers himself, but hinders the people who want to do so and throws them out of the church! -- 3 john 1:10 +. +Dear friend, do not imitate what is bad but what is good. The one who does good is of God; the one who does what is bad has not seen God. -- 3 john 1:11 +. +Demetrius has been testified to by all, even by the truth itself. We also testify to him, and you know that our testimony is true. -- 3 john 1:12 +. +I have many things to write to you, but I do not wish to write to you with pen and ink. -- 3 john 1:13 +. +But I hope to see you right away, and we will speak face to face. Peace be with you. The friends here greet you. Greet the friends there by name. -- 3 john 1:14 +. +From Jude, a slave of Jesus Christ and brother of James, to those who are called, wrapped in the love of God the Father and kept for Jesus Christ. -- jude 1:1 +. +May mercy, peace, and love be lavished on you! -- jude 1:2 +. +Dear friends, although I have been eager to write to you about our common salvation, I now feel compelled instead to write to encourage you to contend earnestly for the faith that was once for all entrusted to the saints. -- jude 1:3 +. +For certain men have secretly slipped in among you - men who long ago were marked out for the condemnation I am about to describe - ungodly men who have turned the grace of our God into a license for evil and who deny our only Master and Lord, Jesus Christ. -- jude 1:4 +. +Now I desire to remind you (even though you have been fully informed of these facts once for all) that Jesus, having saved the people out of the land of Egypt, later destroyed those who did not believe. -- jude 1:5 +. +You also know that the angels who did not keep within their proper domain but abandoned their own place of residence, he has kept in eternal chains in utter darkness, locked up for the judgment of the great Day. -- jude 1:6 +. +So also Sodom and Gomorrah and the neighboring towns, since they indulged in sexual immorality and pursued unnatural desire in a way similar to these angels, are now displayed as an example by suffering the punishment of eternal fire. -- jude 1:7 +. +Yet these men, as a result of their dreams, defile the flesh, reject authority, and insult the glorious ones. -- jude 1:8 +. +But even when Michael the archangel was arguing with the devil and debating with him concerning Moses' body, he did not dare to bring a slanderous judgment, but said, "May the Lord rebuke you!" -- jude 1:9 +. +But these men do not understand the things they slander, and they are being destroyed by the very things that, like irrational animals, they instinctively comprehend. -- jude 1:10 +. +Woe to them! For they have traveled down Cain's path, and because of greed have abandoned themselves to Balaam's error; hence, they will certainly perish in Korah's rebellion. -- jude 1:11 +. +These men are dangerous reefs at your love feasts, feasting without reverence, feeding only themselves. They are waterless clouds, carried along by the winds; autumn trees without fruit - twice dead, uprooted; -- jude 1:12 +. +wild sea waves, spewing out the foam of their shame; wayward stars for whom the utter depths of eternal darkness have been reserved. -- jude 1:13 +. +Now Enoch, the seventh in descent beginning with Adam, even prophesied of them, saying, "Look! The Lord is coming with thousands and thousands of his holy ones, -- jude 1:14 +. +to execute judgment on all, and to convict every person of all their thoroughly ungodly deeds that they have committed, and of all the harsh words that ungodly sinners have spoken against him." -- jude 1:15 +. +These people are grumblers and fault-finders who go wherever their desires lead them, and they give bombastic speeches, enchanting folks for their own gain. -- jude 1:16 +. +But you, dear friends - recall the predictions foretold by the apostles of our Lord Jesus Christ. -- jude 1:17 +. +For they said to you, "In the end time there will come scoffers, propelled by their own ungodly desires." -- jude 1:18 +. +These people are divisive, worldly, devoid of the Spirit. -- jude 1:19 +. +But you, dear friends, by building yourselves up in your most holy faith, by praying in the Holy Spirit, -- jude 1:20 +. +maintain yourselves in the love of God, while anticipating the mercy of our Lord Jesus Christ that brings eternal life. -- jude 1:21 +. +And have mercy on those who waver; -- jude 1:22 +. +save others by snatching them out of the fire; have mercy on others, coupled with a fear of God, hating even the clothes stained by the flesh. -- jude 1:23 +. +Now to the one who is able to keep you from falling, and to cause you to stand, rejoicing, without blemish before his glorious presence, -- jude 1:24 +. +to the only God our Savior through Jesus Christ our Lord, be glory, majesty, power, and authority, before all time, and now, and for all eternity. Amen. -- jude 1:25 +. +The revelation of Jesus Christ, which God gave him to show his servants what must happen very soon. He made it clear by sending his angel to his servant John, -- revelation 1:1 +. +who then testified to everything that he saw concerning the word of God and the testimony about Jesus Christ. -- revelation 1:2 +. +Blessed is the one who reads the words of this prophecy aloud, and blessed are those who hear and obey the things written in it, because the time is near! -- revelation 1:3 +. +From John, to the seven churches that are in the province of Asia: Grace and peace to you from "he who is," and who was, and who is still to come, and from the seven spirits who are before his throne, -- revelation 1:4 +. +and from Jesus Christ - the faithful witness, the firstborn from among the dead, the ruler over the kings of the earth. To the one who loves us and has set us free from our sins at the cost of his own blood -- revelation 1:5 +. +and has appointed us as a kingdom, as priests serving his God and Father - to him be the glory and the power for ever and ever! Amen. -- revelation 1:6 +. +(Look! He is returning with the clouds, and every eye will see him, even those who pierced him, and all the tribes on the earth will mourn because of him. This will certainly come to pass! Amen.) -- revelation 1:7 +. +"I am the Alpha and the Omega," says the Lord God - the one who is, and who was, and who is still to come - the All-Powerful! -- revelation 1:8 +. +I, John, your brother and the one who shares with you in the persecution, kingdom, and endurance that are in Jesus, was on the island called Patmos because of the word of God and the testimony about Jesus. -- revelation 1:9 +. +I was in the Spirit on the Lord's Day when I heard behind me a loud voice like a trumpet, -- revelation 1:10 +. +saying: "Write in a book what you see and send it to the seven churches - to Ephesus, Smyrna, Pergamum, Thyatira, Sardis, Philadelphia, and Laodicea." -- revelation 1:11 +. +I turned to see whose voice was speaking to me, and when I did so, I saw seven golden lampstands, -- revelation 1:12 +. +and in the midst of the lampstands was one like a son of man. He was dressed in a robe extending down to his feet and he wore a wide golden belt around his chest. -- revelation 1:13 +. +His head and hair were as white as wool, even as white as snow, and his eyes were like a fiery flame. -- revelation 1:14 +. +His feet were like polished bronze refined in a furnace, and his voice was like the roar of many waters. -- revelation 1:15 +. +He held seven stars in his right hand, and a sharp double-edged sword extended out of his mouth. His face shone like the sun shining at full strength. -- revelation 1:16 +. +When I saw him I fell down at his feet as though I were dead, but he placed his right hand on me and said: "Do not be afraid! I am the first and the last, -- revelation 1:17 +. +and the one who lives! I was dead, but look, now I am alive - forever and ever - and I hold the keys of death and of Hades! -- revelation 1:18 +. +Therefore write what you saw, what is, and what will be after these things. -- revelation 1:19 +. +The mystery of the seven stars that you saw in my right hand and the seven golden lampstands is this: The seven stars are the angels of the seven churches and the seven lampstands are the seven churches. -- revelation 1:20 +. +"To the angel of the church in Ephesus, write the following: "This is the solemn pronouncement of the one who has a firm grasp on the seven stars in his right hand - the one who walks among the seven golden lampstands: -- revelation 2:1 +. +'I know your works as well as your labor and steadfast endurance, and that you cannot tolerate evil. You have even put to the test those who refer to themselves as apostles (but are not), and have discovered that they are false. -- revelation 2:2 +. +I am also aware that you have persisted steadfastly, endured much for the sake of my name, and have not grown weary. -- revelation 2:3 +. +But I have this against you: You have departed from your first love! -- revelation 2:4 +. +Therefore, remember from what high state you have fallen and repent! Do the deeds you did at the first; if not, I will come to you and remove your lampstand from its place - that is, if you do not repent. -- revelation 2:5 +. +But you do have this going for you: You hate what the Nicolaitans practice - practices I also hate. -- revelation 2:6 +. +The one who has an ear had better hear what the Spirit says to the churches. To the one who conquers, I will permit him to eat from the tree of life that is in the paradise of God.' -- revelation 2:7 +. +"To the angel of the church in Smyrna write the following: "This is the solemn pronouncement of the one who is the first and the last, the one who was dead, but came to life: -- revelation 2:8 +. +'I know the distress you are suffering and your poverty (but you are rich). I also know the slander against you by those who call themselves Jews and really are not, but are a synagogue of Satan. -- revelation 2:9 +. +Do not be afraid of the things you are about to suffer. The devil is about to have some of you thrown into prison so you may be tested, and you will experience suffering for ten days. Remain faithful even to the point of death, and I will give you the crown that is life itself. -- revelation 2:10 +. +The one who has an ear had better hear what the Spirit says to the churches. The one who conquers will in no way be harmed by the second death.' -- revelation 2:11 +. +"To the angel of the church in Pergamum write the following: "This is the solemn pronouncement of the one who has the sharp double-edged sword: -- revelation 2:12 +. +'I know where you live - where Satan's throne is. Yet you continue to cling to my name and you have not denied your faith in me, even in the days of Antipas, my faithful witness, who was killed in your city where Satan lives. -- revelation 2:13 +. +But I have a few things against you: You have some people there who follow the teaching of Balaam, who instructed Balak to put a stumbling block before the people of Israel so they would eat food sacrificed to idols and commit sexual immorality. -- revelation 2:14 +. +In the same way, there are also some among you who follow the teaching of the Nicolaitans. -- revelation 2:15 +. +Therefore, repent! If not, I will come against you quickly and make war against those people with the sword of my mouth. -- revelation 2:16 +. +The one who has an ear had better hear what the Spirit says to the churches. To the one who conquers, I will give him some of the hidden manna, and I will give him a white stone, and on that stone will be written a new name that no one can understand except the one who receives it.' -- revelation 2:17 +. +"To the angel of the church in Thyatira write the following: "This is the solemn pronouncement of the Son of God, the one who has eyes like a fiery flame and whose feet are like polished bronze: -- revelation 2:18 +. +'I know your deeds: your love, faith, service, and steadfast endurance. In fact, your more recent deeds are greater than your earlier ones. -- revelation 2:19 +. +But I have this against you: You tolerate that woman Jezebel, who calls herself a prophetess, and by her teaching deceives my servants to commit sexual immorality and to eat food sacrificed to idols. -- revelation 2:20 +. +I have given her time to repent, but she is not willing to repent of her sexual immorality. -- revelation 2:21 +. +Look! I am throwing her onto a bed of violent illness, and those who commit adultery with her into terrible suffering, unless they repent of her deeds. -- revelation 2:22 +. +Furthermore, I will strike her followers with a deadly disease, and then all the churches will know that I am the one who searches minds and hearts. I will repay each one of you what your deeds deserve. -- revelation 2:23 +. +But to the rest of you in Thyatira, all who do not hold to this teaching (who have not learned the so-called "deep secrets of Satan"), to you I say: I do not put any additional burden on you. -- revelation 2:24 +. +However, hold on to what you have until I come. -- revelation 2:25 +. +And to the one who conquers and who continues in my deeds until the end, I will give him authority over the nations - -- revelation 2:26 +. +he will rule them with an iron rod and like clay jars he will break them to pieces, -- revelation 2:27 +. +just as I have received the right to rule from my Father - and I will give him the morning star. -- revelation 2:28 +. +The one who has an ear had better hear what the Spirit says to the churches.' -- revelation 2:29 +. +"To the angel of the church in Sardis write the following: "This is the solemn pronouncement of the one who holds the seven spirits of God and the seven stars: 'I know your deeds, that you have a reputation that you are alive, but in reality you are dead. -- revelation 3:1 +. +Wake up then, and strengthen what remains that was about to die, because I have not found your deeds complete in the sight of my God. -- revelation 3:2 +. +Therefore, remember what you received and heard, and obey it, and repent. If you do not wake up, I will come like a thief, and you will never know at what hour I will come against you. -- revelation 3:3 +. +But you have a few individuals in Sardis who have not stained their clothes, and they will walk with me dressed in white, because they are worthy. -- revelation 3:4 +. +The one who conquers will be dressed like them in white clothing, and I will never erase his name from the book of life, but will declare his name before my Father and before his angels. -- revelation 3:5 +. +The one who has an ear had better hear what the Spirit says to the churches.' -- revelation 3:6 +. +"To the angel of the church in Philadelphia write the following: "This is the solemn pronouncement of the Holy One, the True One, who holds the key of David, who opens doors no one can shut, and shuts doors no one can open: -- revelation 3:7 +. +'I know your deeds. (Look! I have put in front of you an open door that no one can shut.) I know that you have little strength, but you have obeyed my word and have not denied my name. -- revelation 3:8 +. +Listen! I am going to make those people from the synagogue of Satan - who say they are Jews yet are not, but are lying - Look, I will make them come and bow down at your feet and acknowledge that I have loved you. -- revelation 3:9 +. +Because you have kept my admonition to endure steadfastly, I will also keep you from the hour of testing that is about to come on the whole world to test those who live on the earth. -- revelation 3:10 +. +I am coming soon. Hold on to what you have so that no one can take away your crown. -- revelation 3:11 +. +The one who conquers I will make a pillar in the temple of my God, and he will never depart from it. I will write on him the name of my God and the name of the city of my God (the new Jerusalem that comes down out of heaven from my God), and my new name as well. -- revelation 3:12 +. +The one who has an ear had better hear what the Spirit says to the churches.' -- revelation 3:13 +. +"To the angel of the church in Laodicea write the following: "This is the solemn pronouncement of the Amen, the faithful and true witness, the originator of God's creation: -- revelation 3:14 +. +'I know your deeds, that you are neither cold nor hot. I wish you were either cold or hot! -- revelation 3:15 +. +So because you are lukewarm, and neither hot nor cold, I am going to vomit you out of my mouth! -- revelation 3:16 +. +Because you say, "I am rich and have acquired great wealth, and need nothing," but do not realize that you are wretched, pitiful, poor, blind, and naked, -- revelation 3:17 +. +take my advice and buy gold from me refined by fire so you can become rich! Buy from me white clothing so you can be clothed and your shameful nakedness will not be exposed, and buy eye salve to put on your eyes so you can see! -- revelation 3:18 +. +All those I love, I rebuke and discipline. So be earnest and repent! -- revelation 3:19 +. +Listen! I am standing at the door and knocking! If anyone hears my voice and opens the door I will come into his home and share a meal with him, and he with me. -- revelation 3:20 +. +I will grant the one who conquers permission to sit with me on my throne, just as I too conquered and sat down with my Father on his throne. -- revelation 3:21 +. +The one who has an ear had better hear what the Spirit says to the churches.'" -- revelation 3:22 +. +After these things I looked, and there was a door standing open in heaven! And the first voice I had heard speaking to me like a trumpet said: "Come up here so that I can show you what must happen after these things." -- revelation 4:1 +. +Immediately I was in the Spirit, and a throne was standing in heaven with someone seated on it! -- revelation 4:2 +. +And the one seated on it was like jasper and carnelian in appearance, and a rainbow looking like it was made of emerald encircled the throne. -- revelation 4:3 +. +In a circle around the throne were twenty-four other thrones, and seated on those thrones were twenty-four elders. They were dressed in white clothing and had golden crowns on their heads. -- revelation 4:4 +. +From the throne came out flashes of lightning and roaring and crashes of thunder. Seven flaming torches, which are the seven spirits of God, were burning in front of the throne -- revelation 4:5 +. +and in front of the throne was something like a sea of glass, like crystal. In the middle of the throne and around the throne were four living creatures full of eyes in front and in back. -- revelation 4:6 +. +The first living creature was like a lion, the second creature like an ox, the third creature had a face like a man's, and the fourth creature looked like an eagle flying. -- revelation 4:7 +. +Each one of the four living creatures had six wings and was full of eyes all around and inside. They never rest day or night, saying: "Holy Holy Holy is the Lord God, the All-Powerful, Who was and who is, and who is still to come!" -- revelation 4:8 +. +And whenever the living creatures give glory, honor, and thanks to the one who sits on the throne, who lives forever and ever, -- revelation 4:9 +. +the twenty-four elders throw themselves to the ground before the one who sits on the throne and worship the one who lives forever and ever, and they offer their crowns before his throne, saying: -- revelation 4:10 +. +"You are worthy, our Lord and God, to receive glory and honor and power, since you created all things, and because of your will they existed and were created!" -- revelation 4:11 +. +Then I saw in the right hand of the one who was seated on the throne a scroll written on the front and back and sealed with seven seals. -- revelation 5:1 +. +And I saw a powerful angel proclaiming in a loud voice: "Who is worthy to open the scroll and to break its seals?" -- revelation 5:2 +. +But no one in heaven or on earth or under the earth was able to open the scroll or look into it. -- revelation 5:3 +. +So I began weeping bitterly because no one was found who was worthy to open the scroll or to look into it. -- revelation 5:4 +. +Then one of the elders said to me, "Stop weeping! Look, the Lion of the tribe of Judah, the root of David, has conquered; thus he can open the scroll and its seven seals." -- revelation 5:5 +. +Then I saw standing in the middle of the throne and of the four living creatures, and in the middle of the elders, a Lamb that appeared to have been killed. He had seven horns and seven eyes, which are the seven spirits of God sent out into all the earth. -- revelation 5:6 +. +Then he came and took the scroll from the right hand of the one who was seated on the throne, -- revelation 5:7 +. +and when he had taken the scroll, the four living creatures and the twenty-four elders threw themselves to the ground before the Lamb. Each of them had a harp and golden bowls full of incense (which are the prayers of the saints). -- revelation 5:8 +. +They were singing a new song: "You are worthy to take the scroll and to open its seals because you were killed, and at the cost of your own blood you have purchased for God persons from every tribe, language, people, and nation. -- revelation 5:9 +. +You have appointed them as a kingdom and priests to serve our God, and they will reign on the earth." -- revelation 5:10 +. +Then I looked and heard the voice of many angels in a circle around the throne, as well as the living creatures and the elders. Their number was ten thousand times ten thousand - thousands times thousands - -- revelation 5:11 +. +all of whom were singing in a loud voice: "Worthy is the lamb who was killed to receive power and wealth and wisdom and might and honor and glory and praise!" -- revelation 5:12 +. +Then I heard every creature - in heaven, on earth, under the earth, in the sea, and all that is in them - singing: "To the one seated on the throne and to the Lamb be praise, honor, glory, and ruling power forever and ever!" -- revelation 5:13 +. +And the four living creatures were saying "Amen," and the elders threw themselves to the ground and worshiped. -- revelation 5:14 +. +I looked on when the Lamb opened one of the seven seals, and I heard one of the four living creatures saying with a thunderous voice, "Come!" -- revelation 6:1 +. +So I looked, and here came a white horse! The one who rode it had a bow, and he was given a crown, and as a conqueror he rode out to conquer. -- revelation 6:2 +. +Then when the Lamb opened the second seal, I heard the second living creature saying, "Come!" -- revelation 6:3 +. +And another horse, fiery red, came out, and the one who rode it was granted permission to take peace from the earth, so that people would butcher one another, and he was given a huge sword. -- revelation 6:4 +. +Then when the Lamb opened the third seal I heard the third living creature saying, "Come!" So I looked, and here came a black horse! The one who rode it had a balance scale in his hand. -- revelation 6:5 +. +Then I heard something like a voice from among the four living creatures saying, "A quart of wheat will cost a day's pay and three quarts of barley will cost a day's pay. But do not damage the olive oil and the wine!" -- revelation 6:6 +. +Then when the Lamb opened the fourth seal I heard the voice of the fourth living creature saying, "Come!" -- revelation 6:7 +. +So I looked and here came a pale green horse! The name of the one who rode it was Death, and Hades followed right behind. They were given authority over a fourth of the earth, to kill its population with the sword, famine, and disease, and by the wild animals of the earth. -- revelation 6:8 +. +Now when the Lamb opened the fifth seal, I saw under the altar the souls of those who had been violently killed because of the word of God and because of the testimony they had given. -- revelation 6:9 +. +They cried out with a loud voice, "How long, Sovereign Master, holy and true, before you judge those who live on the earth and avenge our blood?" -- revelation 6:10 +. +Each of them was given a long white robe and they were told to rest for a little longer, until the full number was reached of both their fellow servants and their brothers who were going to be killed just as they had been. -- revelation 6:11 +. +Then I looked when the Lamb opened the sixth seal, and a huge earthquake took place; the sun became as black as sackcloth made of hair, and the full moon became blood red; -- revelation 6:12 +. +and the stars in the sky fell to the earth like a fig tree dropping its unripe figs when shaken by a fierce wind. -- revelation 6:13 +. +The sky was split apart like a scroll being rolled up, and every mountain and island was moved from its place. -- revelation 6:14 +. +Then the kings of the earth, the very important people, the generals, the rich, the powerful, and everyone, slave and free, hid themselves in the caves and among the rocks of the mountains. -- revelation 6:15 +. +They said to the mountains and to the rocks, "Fall on us and hide us from the face of the one who is seated on the throne and from the wrath of the Lamb, -- revelation 6:16 +. +because the great day of their wrath has come, and who is able to withstand it?" -- revelation 6:17 +. +After this I saw four angels standing at the four corners of the earth, holding back the four winds of the earth so no wind could blow on the earth, on the sea, or on any tree. -- revelation 7:1 +. +Then I saw another angel ascending from the east, who had the seal of the living God. He shouted out with a loud voice to the four angels who had been given permission to damage the earth and the sea: -- revelation 7:2 +. +"Do not damage the earth or the sea or the trees until we have put a seal on the foreheads of the servants of our God." -- revelation 7:3 +. +Now I heard the number of those who were marked with the seal, one hundred and forty-four thousand, sealed from all the tribes of the people of Israel: -- revelation 7:4 +. +From the tribe of Judah, twelve thousand were sealed, from the tribe of Reuben, twelve thousand, from the tribe of Gad, twelve thousand, -- revelation 7:5 +. +from the tribe of Asher, twelve thousand, from the tribe of Naphtali, twelve thousand, from the tribe of Manasseh, twelve thousand, -- revelation 7:6 +. +from the tribe of Simeon, twelve thousand, from the tribe of Levi, twelve thousand, from the tribe of Issachar, twelve thousand, -- revelation 7:7 +. +from the tribe of Zebulun, twelve thousand, from the tribe of Joseph, twelve thousand, from the tribe of Benjamin, twelve thousand were sealed. -- revelation 7:8 +. +After these things I looked, and here was an enormous crowd that no one could count, made up of persons from every nation, tribe, people, and language, standing before the throne and before the Lamb dressed in long white robes, and with palm branches in their hands. -- revelation 7:9 +. +They were shouting out in a loud voice, "Salvation belongs to our God, to the one seated on the throne, and to the Lamb!" -- revelation 7:10 +. +And all the angels stood there in a circle around the throne and around the elders and the four living creatures, and they threw themselves down with their faces to the ground before the throne and worshiped God, -- revelation 7:11 +. +saying, "Amen! Praise and glory, and wisdom and thanksgiving, and honor and power and strength be to our God for ever and ever. Amen!" -- revelation 7:12 +. +Then one of the elders asked me, "These dressed in long white robes - who are they and where have they come from?" -- revelation 7:13 +. +So I said to him, "My lord, you know the answer." Then he said to me, "These are the ones who have come out of the great tribulation. They have washed their robes and made them white in the blood of the Lamb! -- revelation 7:14 +. +For this reason they are before the throne of God, and they serve him day and night in his temple, and the one seated on the throne will shelter them. -- revelation 7:15 +. +They will never go hungry or be thirsty again, and the sun will not beat down on them, nor any burning heat, -- revelation 7:16 +. +because the Lamb in the middle of the throne will shepherd them and lead them to springs of living water, and God will wipe away every tear from their eyes." -- revelation 7:17 +. +Now when the Lamb opened the seventh seal there was silence in heaven for about half an hour. -- revelation 8:1 +. +Then I saw the seven angels who stand before God, and seven trumpets were given to them. -- revelation 8:2 +. +Another angel holding a golden censer came and was stationed at the altar. A large amount of incense was given to him to offer up, with the prayers of all the saints, on the golden altar that is before the throne. -- revelation 8:3 +. +The smoke coming from the incense, along with the prayers of the saints, ascended before God from the angel's hand. -- revelation 8:4 +. +Then the angel took the censer, filled it with fire from the altar, and threw it on the earth, and there were crashes of thunder, roaring, flashes of lightning, and an earthquake. -- revelation 8:5 +. +Now the seven angels holding the seven trumpets prepared to blow them. -- revelation 8:6 +. +The first angel blew his trumpet, and there was hail and fire mixed with blood, and it was thrown at the earth so that a third of the earth was burned up, a third of the trees were burned up, and all the green grass was burned up. -- revelation 8:7 +. +Then the second angel blew his trumpet, and something like a great mountain of burning fire was thrown into the sea. A third of the sea became blood, -- revelation 8:8 +. +and a third of the creatures living in the sea died, and a third of the ships were completely destroyed. -- revelation 8:9 +. +Then the third angel blew his trumpet, and a huge star burning like a torch fell from the sky; it landed on a third of the rivers and on the springs of water. -- revelation 8:10 +. +(Now the name of the star is Wormwood.) So a third of the waters became wormwood, and many people died from these waters because they were poisoned. -- revelation 8:11 +. +Then the fourth angel blew his trumpet, and a third of the sun was struck, and a third of the moon, and a third of the stars, so that a third of them were darkened. And there was no light for a third of the day and for a third of the night likewise. -- revelation 8:12 +. +Then I looked, and I heard an eagle flying directly overhead, proclaiming with a loud voice, "Woe! Woe! Woe to those who live on the earth because of the remaining sounds of the trumpets of the three angels who are about to blow them!" -- revelation 8:13 +. +Then the fifth angel blew his trumpet, and I saw a star that had fallen from the sky to the earth, and he was given the key to the shaft of the abyss. -- revelation 9:1 +. +He opened the shaft of the abyss and smoke rose out of it like smoke from a giant furnace. The sun and the air were darkened with smoke from the shaft. -- revelation 9:2 +. +Then out of the smoke came locusts onto the earth, and they were given power like that of the scorpions of the earth. -- revelation 9:3 +. +They were told not to damage the grass of the earth, or any green plant or tree, but only those people who did not have the seal of God on their forehead. -- revelation 9:4 +. +The locusts were not given permission to kill them, but only to torture them for five months, and their torture was like that of a scorpion when it stings a person. -- revelation 9:5 +. +In those days people will seek death, but will not be able to find it; they will long to die, but death will flee from them. -- revelation 9:6 +. +Now the locusts looked like horses equipped for battle. On their heads were something like crowns similar to gold, and their faces looked like men's faces. -- revelation 9:7 +. +They had hair like women's hair, and their teeth were like lions' teeth. -- revelation 9:8 +. +They had breastplates like iron breastplates, and the sound of their wings was like the noise of many horse-drawn chariots charging into battle. -- revelation 9:9 +. +They have tails and stingers like scorpions, and their ability to injure people for five months is in their tails. -- revelation 9:10 +. +They have as king over them the angel of the abyss, whose name in Hebrew is Abaddon, and in Greek, Apollyon. -- revelation 9:11 +. +The first woe has passed, but two woes are still coming after these things! -- revelation 9:12 +. +Then the sixth angel blew his trumpet, and I heard a single voice coming from the horns on the golden altar that is before God, -- revelation 9:13 +. +saying to the sixth angel, the one holding the trumpet, "Set free the four angels who are bound at the great river Euphrates!" -- revelation 9:14 +. +Then the four angels who had been prepared for this hour, day, month, and year were set free to kill a third of humanity. -- revelation 9:15 +. +The number of soldiers on horseback was two hundred million; I heard their number. -- revelation 9:16 +. +Now this is what the horses and their riders looked like in my vision: The riders had breastplates that were fiery red, dark blue, and sulfurous yellow in color. The heads of the horses looked like lions' heads, and fire, smoke, and sulfur came out of their mouths. -- revelation 9:17 +. +A third of humanity was killed by these three plagues, that is, by the fire, the smoke, and the sulfur that came out of their mouths. -- revelation 9:18 +. +For the power of the horses resides in their mouths and in their tails, because their tails are like snakes, having heads that inflict injuries. -- revelation 9:19 +. +The rest of humanity, who had not been killed by these plagues, did not repent of the works of their hands, so that they did not stop worshiping demons and idols made of gold, silver, bronze, stone, and wood - idols that cannot see or hear or walk about. -- revelation 9:20 +. +Furthermore, they did not repent of their murders, of their magic spells, of their sexual immorality, or of their stealing. -- revelation 9:21 +. +Then I saw another powerful angel descending from heaven, wrapped in a cloud, with a rainbow above his head; his face was like the sun and his legs were like pillars of fire. -- revelation 10:1 +. +He held in his hand a little scroll that was open, and he put his right foot on the sea and his left on the land. -- revelation 10:2 +. +Then he shouted in a loud voice like a lion roaring, and when he shouted, the seven thunders sounded their voices. -- revelation 10:3 +. +When the seven thunders spoke, I was preparing to write, but just then I heard a voice from heaven say, "Seal up what the seven thunders spoke and do not write it down." -- revelation 10:4 +. +Then the angel I saw standing on the sea and on the land raised his right hand to heaven -- revelation 10:5 +. +and swore by the one who lives forever and ever, who created heaven and what is in it, and the earth and what is in it, and the sea and what is in it, "There will be no more delay! -- revelation 10:6 +. +But in the days when the seventh angel is about to blow his trumpet, the mystery of God is completed, just as he has proclaimed to his servants the prophets." -- revelation 10:7 +. +Then the voice I had heard from heaven began to speak to me again, "Go and take the open scroll in the hand of the angel who is standing on the sea and on the land." -- revelation 10:8 +. +So I went to the angel and asked him to give me the little scroll. He said to me, "Take the scroll and eat it. It will make your stomach bitter, but it will be as sweet as honey in your mouth." -- revelation 10:9 +. +So I took the little scroll from the angel's hand and ate it, and it did taste as sweet as honey in my mouth, but when I had eaten it, my stomach became bitter. -- revelation 10:10 +. +Then they told me: "You must prophesy again about many peoples, nations, languages, and kings." -- revelation 10:11 +. +Then a measuring rod like a staff was given to me, and I was told, "Get up and measure the temple of God, and the altar, and the ones who worship there. -- revelation 11:1 +. +But do not measure the outer courtyard of the temple; leave it out, because it has been given to the Gentiles, and they will trample on the holy city for forty-two months. -- revelation 11:2 +. +And I will grant my two witnesses authority to prophesy for 1,days, dressed in sackcloth. -- revelation 11:3 +. +(These are the two olive trees and the two lampstands that stand before the Lord of the earth.) -- revelation 11:4 +. +If anyone wants to harm them, fire comes out of their mouths and completely consumes their enemies. If anyone wants to harm them, they must be killed this way. -- revelation 11:5 +. +These two have the power to close up the sky so that it does not rain during the time they are prophesying. They have power to turn the waters to blood and to strike the earth with every kind of plague whenever they want. -- revelation 11:6 +. +When they have completed their testimony, the beast that comes up from the abyss will make war on them and conquer them and kill them. -- revelation 11:7 +. +Their corpses will lie in the street of the great city that is symbolically called Sodom and Egypt, where their Lord was also crucified. -- revelation 11:8 +. +For three and a half days those from every people, tribe, nation, and language will look at their corpses, because they will not permit them to be placed in a tomb. -- revelation 11:9 +. +And those who live on the earth will rejoice over them and celebrate, even sending gifts to each other, because these two prophets had tormented those who live on the earth. -- revelation 11:10 +. +But after three and a half days a breath of life from God entered them, and they stood on their feet, and tremendous fear seized those who were watching them. -- revelation 11:11 +. +Then they heard a loud voice from heaven saying to them: "Come up here!" So the two prophets went up to heaven in a cloud while their enemies stared at them. -- revelation 11:12 +. +Just then a major earthquake took place and a tenth of the city collapsed; seven thousand people were killed in the earthquake, and the rest were terrified and gave glory to the God of heaven. -- revelation 11:13 +. +The second woe has come and gone; the third is coming quickly. -- revelation 11:14 +. +Then the seventh angel blew his trumpet, and there were loud voices in heaven saying: "The kingdom of the world has become the kingdom of our Lord and of his Christ, and he will reign for ever and ever." -- revelation 11:15 +. +Then the twenty-four elders who are seated on their thrones before God threw themselves down with their faces to the ground and worshiped God -- revelation 11:16 +. +with these words: "We give you thanks, Lord God, the All-Powerful, the one who is and who was, because you have taken your great power and begun to reign. -- revelation 11:17 +. +The nations were enraged, but your wrath has come, and the time has come for the dead to be judged, and the time has come to give to your servants, the prophets, their reward, as well as to the saints and to those who revere your name, both small and great, and the time has come to destroy those who destroy the earth." -- revelation 11:18 +. +Then the temple of God in heaven was opened and the ark of his covenant was visible within his temple. And there were flashes of lightning, roaring, crashes of thunder, an earthquake, and a great hailstorm. -- revelation 11:19 +. +Then a great sign appeared in heaven: a woman clothed with the sun, and with the moon under her feet, and on her head was a crown of twelve stars. -- revelation 12:1 +. +She was pregnant and was screaming in labor pains, struggling to give birth. -- revelation 12:2 +. +Then another sign appeared in heaven: a huge red dragon that had seven heads and ten horns, and on its heads were seven diadem crowns. -- revelation 12:3 +. +Now the dragon's tail swept away a third of the stars in heaven and hurled them to the earth. Then the dragon stood before the woman who was about to give birth, so that he might devour her child as soon as it was born. -- revelation 12:4 +. +So the woman gave birth to a son, a male child, who is going to rule over all the nations with an iron rod. Her child was suddenly caught up to God and to his throne, -- revelation 12:5 +. +and she fled into the wilderness where a place had been prepared for her by God, so she could be taken care of for 1,days. -- revelation 12:6 +. +Then war broke out in heaven: Michael and his angels fought against the dragon, and the dragon and his angels fought back. -- revelation 12:7 +. +But the dragon was not strong enough to prevail, so there was no longer any place left in heaven for him and his angels. -- revelation 12:8 +. +So that huge dragon - the ancient serpent, the one called the devil and Satan, who deceives the whole world - was thrown down to the earth, and his angels along with him. -- revelation 12:9 +. +Then I heard a loud voice in heaven saying, "The salvation and the power and the kingdom of our God, and the ruling authority of his Christ, have now come, because the accuser of our brothers and sisters, the one who accuses them day and night before our God, has been thrown down. -- revelation 12:10 +. +But they overcame him by the blood of the Lamb and by the word of their testimony, and they did not love their lives so much that they were afraid to die. -- revelation 12:11 +. +Therefore you heavens rejoice, and all who reside in them! But woe to the earth and the sea because the devil has come down to you! He is filled with terrible anger, for he knows that he only has a little time!" -- revelation 12:12 +. +Now when the dragon realized that he had been thrown down to the earth, he pursued the woman who had given birth to the male child. -- revelation 12:13 +. +But the woman was given the two wings of a giant eagle so that she could fly out into the wilderness, to the place God prepared for her, where she is taken care of - away from the presence of the serpent - for a time, times, and half a time. -- revelation 12:14 +. +Then the serpent spouted water like a river out of his mouth after the woman in an attempt to sweep her away by a flood, -- revelation 12:15 +. +but the earth came to her rescue; the ground opened up and swallowed the river that the dragon had spewed from his mouth. -- revelation 12:16 +. +So the dragon became enraged at the woman and went away to make war on the rest of her children, those who keep God's commandments and hold to the testimony about Jesus. And the dragon stood on the sand of the seashore. -- revelation 12:17 +. +Then I saw a beast coming up out of the sea. It had ten horns and seven heads, and on its horns were ten diadem crowns, and on its heads a blasphemous name. -- revelation 13:1 +. +Now the beast that I saw was like a leopard, but its feet were like a bear's, and its mouth was like a lion's mouth. The dragon gave the beast his power, his throne, and great authority to rule. -- revelation 13:2 +. +One of the beast's heads appeared to have been killed, but the lethal wound had been healed. And the whole world followed the beast in amazement; -- revelation 13:3 +. +they worshiped the dragon because he had given ruling authority to the beast, and they worshiped the beast too, saying: "Who is like the beast?" and "Who is able to make war against him?" -- revelation 13:4 +. +The beast was given a mouth speaking proud words and blasphemies, and he was permitted to exercise ruling authority for forty-two months. -- revelation 13:5 +. +So the beast opened his mouth to blaspheme against God - to blaspheme both his name and his dwelling place, that is, those who dwell in heaven. -- revelation 13:6 +. +The beast was permitted to go to war against the saints and conquer them. He was given ruling authority over every tribe, people, language, and nation, -- revelation 13:7 +. +and all those who live on the earth will worship the beast, everyone whose name has not been written since the foundation of the world in the book of life belonging to the Lamb who was killed. -- revelation 13:8 +. +If anyone has an ear, he had better listen! -- revelation 13:9 +. +If anyone is meant for captivity, into captivity he will go. If anyone is to be killed by the sword, then by the sword he must be killed. This requires steadfast endurance and faith from the saints. -- revelation 13:10 +. +Then I saw another beast coming up from the earth. He had two horns like a lamb, but was speaking like a dragon. -- revelation 13:11 +. +He exercised all the ruling authority of the first beast on his behalf, and made the earth and those who inhabit it worship the first beast, the one whose lethal wound had been healed. -- revelation 13:12 +. +He performed momentous signs, even making fire come down from heaven in front of people -- revelation 13:13 +. +and, by the signs he was permitted to perform on behalf of the beast, he deceived those who live on the earth. He told those who live on the earth to make an image to the beast who had been wounded by the sword, but still lived. -- revelation 13:14 +. +The second beast was empowered to give life to the image of the first beast so that it could speak, and could cause all those who did not worship the image of the beast to be killed. -- revelation 13:15 +. +He also caused everyone (small and great, rich and poor, free and slave) to obtain a mark on their right hand or on their forehead. -- revelation 13:16 +. +Thus no one was allowed to buy or sell things unless he bore the mark of the beast - that is, his name or his number. -- revelation 13:17 +. +This calls for wisdom: Let the one who has insight calculate the beast's number, for it is man's number, and his number is 666. -- revelation 13:18 +. +Then I looked, and here was the Lamb standing on Mount Zion, and with him were one hundred and forty-four thousand, who had his name and his Father's name written on their foreheads. -- revelation 14:1 +. +I also heard a sound coming out of heaven like the sound of many waters and like the sound of loud thunder. Now the sound I heard was like that made by harpists playing their harps, -- revelation 14:2 +. +and they were singing a new song before the throne and before the four living creatures and the elders. No one was able to learn the song except the one hundred and forty-four thousand who had been redeemed from the earth. -- revelation 14:3 +. +These are the ones who have not defiled themselves with women, for they are virgins. These are the ones who follow the Lamb wherever he goes. These were redeemed from humanity as firstfruits to God and to the Lamb, -- revelation 14:4 +. +and no lie was found on their lips; they are blameless. -- revelation 14:5 +. +Then I saw another angel flying directly overhead, and he had an eternal gospel to proclaim to those who live on the earth - to every nation, tribe, language, and people. -- revelation 14:6 +. +He declared in a loud voice: "Fear God and give him glory, because the hour of his judgment has arrived, and worship the one who made heaven and earth, the sea and the springs of water!" -- revelation 14:7 +. +A second angel followed the first, declaring: "Fallen, fallen is Babylon the great city! She made all the nations drink of the wine of her immoral passion." -- revelation 14:8 +. +A third angel followed the first two, declaring in a loud voice: "If anyone worships the beast and his image, and takes the mark on his forehead or his hand, -- revelation 14:9 +. +that person will also drink of the wine of God's anger that has been mixed undiluted in the cup of his wrath, and he will be tortured with fire and sulfur in front of the holy angels and in front of the Lamb. -- revelation 14:10 +. +And the smoke from their torture will go up forever and ever, and those who worship the beast and his image will have no rest day or night, along with anyone who receives the mark of his name." -- revelation 14:11 +. +This requires the steadfast endurance of the saints - those who obey God's commandments and hold to their faith in Jesus. -- revelation 14:12 +. +Then I heard a voice from heaven say, "Write this: 'Blessed are the dead, those who die in the Lord from this moment on!'" "Yes," says the Spirit, "so they can rest from their hard work, because their deeds will follow them." -- revelation 14:13 +. +Then I looked, and a white cloud appeared, and seated on the cloud was one like a son of man! He had a golden crown on his head and a sharp sickle in his hand. -- revelation 14:14 +. +Then another angel came out of the temple, shouting in a loud voice to the one seated on the cloud, "Use your sickle and start to reap, because the time to reap has come, since the earth's harvest is ripe!" -- revelation 14:15 +. +So the one seated on the cloud swung his sickle over the earth, and the earth was reaped. -- revelation 14:16 +. +Then another angel came out of the temple in heaven, and he too had a sharp sickle. -- revelation 14:17 +. +Another angel, who was in charge of the fire, came from the altar and called in a loud voice to the angel who had the sharp sickle, "Use your sharp sickle and gather the clusters of grapes off the vine of the earth, because its grapes are now ripe." -- revelation 14:18 +. +So the angel swung his sickle over the earth and gathered the grapes from the vineyard of the earth and tossed them into the great winepress of the wrath of God. -- revelation 14:19 +. +Then the winepress was stomped outside the city, and blood poured out of the winepress up to the height of horses' bridles for a distance of almost two hundred miles. -- revelation 14:20 +. +Then I saw another great and astounding sign in heaven: seven angels who have seven final plagues (they are final because in them God's anger is completed). -- revelation 15:1 +. +Then I saw something like a sea of glass mixed with fire, and those who had conquered the beast and his image and the number of his name. They were standing by the sea of glass, holding harps given to them by God. -- revelation 15:2 +. +They sang the song of Moses the servant of God and the song of the Lamb: "Great and astounding are your deeds, Lord God, the All-Powerful! Just and true are your ways, King over the nations! -- revelation 15:3 +. +Who will not fear you, O Lord, and glorify your name, because you alone are holy? All nations will come and worship before you for your righteous acts have been revealed." -- revelation 15:4 +. +After these things I looked, and the temple (the tent of the testimony) was opened in heaven, -- revelation 15:5 +. +and the seven angels who had the seven plagues came out of the temple, dressed in clean bright linen, wearing wide golden belts around their chests. -- revelation 15:6 +. +Then one of the four living creatures gave the seven angels seven golden bowls filled with the wrath of God who lives forever and ever, -- revelation 15:7 +. +and the temple was filled with smoke from God's glory and from his power. Thus no one could enter the temple until the seven plagues from the seven angels were completed. -- revelation 15:8 +. +Then I heard a loud voice from the temple declaring to the seven angels: "Go and pour out on the earth the seven bowls containing God's wrath." -- revelation 16:1 +. +So the first angel went and poured out his bowl on the earth. Then ugly and painful sores appeared on the people who had the mark of the beast and who worshiped his image. -- revelation 16:2 +. +Next, the second angel poured out his bowl on the sea and it turned into blood, like that of a corpse, and every living creature that was in the sea died. -- revelation 16:3 +. +Then the third angel poured out his bowl on the rivers and the springs of water, and they turned into blood. -- revelation 16:4 +. +Now I heard the angel of the waters saying: "You are just - the one who is and who was, the Holy One - because you have passed these judgments, -- revelation 16:5 +. +because they poured out the blood of your saints and prophets, so you have given them blood to drink. They got what they deserved!" -- revelation 16:6 +. +Then I heard the altar reply, "Yes, Lord God, the All-Powerful, your judgments are true and just!" -- revelation 16:7 +. +Then the fourth angel poured out his bowl on the sun, and it was permitted to scorch people with fire. -- revelation 16:8 +. +Thus people were scorched by the terrible heat, yet they blasphemed the name of God, who has ruling authority over these plagues, and they would not repent and give him glory. -- revelation 16:9 +. +Then the fifth angel poured out his bowl on the throne of the beast so that darkness covered his kingdom, and people began to bite their tongues because of their pain. -- revelation 16:10 +. +They blasphemed the God of heaven because of their sufferings and because of their sores, but nevertheless they still refused to repent of their deeds. -- revelation 16:11 +. +Then the sixth angel poured out his bowl on the great river Euphrates and dried up its water to prepare the way for the kings from the east. -- revelation 16:12 +. +Then I saw three unclean spirits that looked like frogs coming out of the mouth of the dragon, out of the mouth of the beast, and out of the mouth of the false prophet. -- revelation 16:13 +. +For they are the spirits of the demons performing signs who go out to the kings of the earth to bring them together for the battle that will take place on the great day of God, the All-Powerful. -- revelation 16:14 +. +(Look! I will come like a thief! Blessed is the one who stays alert and does not lose his clothes so that he will not have to walk around naked and his shameful condition be seen.) -- revelation 16:15 +. +Now the spirits gathered the kings and their armies to the place that is called Armageddon in Hebrew. -- revelation 16:16 +. +Finally the seventh angel poured out his bowl into the air and a loud voice came out of the temple from the throne, saying: "It is done!" -- revelation 16:17 +. +Then there were flashes of lightning, roaring, and crashes of thunder, and there was a tremendous earthquake - an earthquake unequaled since humanity has been on the earth, so tremendous was that earthquake. -- revelation 16:18 +. +The great city was split into three parts and the cities of the nations collapsed. So Babylon the great was remembered before God, and was given the cup filled with the wine made of God's furious wrath. -- revelation 16:19 +. +Every island fled away and no mountains could be found. -- revelation 16:20 +. +And gigantic hailstones, weighing about a hundred pounds each, fell from heaven on people, but they blasphemed God because of the plague of hail, since it was so horrendous. -- revelation 16:21 +. +Then one of the seven angels who had the seven bowls came and spoke to me. "Come," he said, "I will show you the condemnation and punishment of the great prostitute who sits on many waters, -- revelation 17:1 +. +with whom the kings of the earth committed sexual immorality and the earth's inhabitants got drunk with the wine of her immorality." -- revelation 17:2 +. +So he carried me away in the Spirit to a wilderness, and there I saw a woman sitting on a scarlet beast that was full of blasphemous names and had seven heads and ten horns. -- revelation 17:3 +. +Now the woman was dressed in purple and scarlet clothing, and adorned with gold, precious stones, and pearls. She held in her hand a golden cup filled with detestable things and unclean things from her sexual immorality. -- revelation 17:4 +. +On her forehead was written a name, a mystery: "Babylon the Great, the Mother of prostitutes and of the detestable things of the earth." -- revelation 17:5 +. +I saw that the woman was drunk with the blood of the saints and the blood of those who testified to Jesus. I was greatly astounded when I saw her. -- revelation 17:6 +. +But the angel said to me, "Why are you astounded? I will interpret for you the mystery of the woman and of the beast with the seven heads and ten horns that carries her. -- revelation 17:7 +. +The beast you saw was, and is not, but is about to come up from the abyss and then go to destruction. The inhabitants of the earth - all those whose names have not been written in the book of life since the foundation of the world - will be astounded when they see that the beast was, and is not, but is to come. -- revelation 17:8 +. +(This requires a mind that has wisdom.) The seven heads are seven mountains the woman sits on. They are also seven kings: -- revelation 17:9 +. +five have fallen; one is, and the other has not yet come, but whenever he does come, he must remain for only a brief time. -- revelation 17:10 +. +The beast that was, and is not, is himself an eighth king and yet is one of the seven, and is going to destruction. -- revelation 17:11 +. +The ten horns that you saw are ten kings who have not yet received a kingdom, but will receive ruling authority as kings with the beast for one hour. -- revelation 17:12 +. +These kings have a single intent, and they will give their power and authority to the beast. -- revelation 17:13 +. +They will make war with the Lamb, but the Lamb will conquer them, because he is Lord of lords and King of kings, and those accompanying the Lamb are the called, chosen, and faithful." -- revelation 17:14 +. +Then the angel said to me, "The waters you saw (where the prostitute is seated) are peoples, multitudes, nations, and languages. -- revelation 17:15 +. +The ten horns that you saw, and the beast - these will hate the prostitute and make her desolate and naked. They will consume her flesh and burn her up with fire. -- revelation 17:16 +. +For God has put into their minds to carry out his purpose by making a decision to give their royal power to the beast until the words of God are fulfilled. -- revelation 17:17 +. +As for the woman you saw, she is the great city that has sovereignty over the kings of the earth." -- revelation 17:18 +. +After these things I saw another angel, who possessed great authority, coming down out of heaven, and the earth was lit up by his radiance. -- revelation 18:1 +. +He shouted with a powerful voice: "Fallen, fallen, is Babylon the great! She has become a lair for demons, a haunt for every unclean spirit, a haunt for every unclean bird, a haunt for every unclean and detested beast. -- revelation 18:2 +. +For all the nations have fallen from the wine of her immoral passion, and the kings of the earth have committed sexual immorality with her, and the merchants of the earth have gotten rich from the power of her sensual behavior." -- revelation 18:3 +. +Then I heard another voice from heaven saying, "Come out of her, my people, so you will not take part in her sins and so you will not receive her plagues, -- revelation 18:4 +. +because her sins have piled up all the way to heaven and God has remembered her crimes. -- revelation 18:5 +. +Repay her the same way she repaid others; pay her back double corresponding to her deeds. In the cup she mixed, mix double the amount for her. -- revelation 18:6 +. +As much as she exalted herself and lived in sensual luxury, to this extent give her torment and grief because she said to herself, 'I rule as queen and am no widow; I will never experience grief!' -- revelation 18:7 +. +For this reason, she will experience her plagues in a single day: disease, mourning, and famine, and she will be burned down with fire, because the Lord God who judges her is powerful!" -- revelation 18:8 +. +Then the kings of the earth who committed immoral acts with her and lived in sensual luxury with her will weep and wail for her when they see the smoke from the fire that burns her up. -- revelation 18:9 +. +They will stand a long way off because they are afraid of her torment, and will say, "Woe, woe, O great city, Babylon the powerful city! For in a single hour your doom has come!" -- revelation 18:10 +. +Then the merchants of the earth will weep and mourn for her because no one buys their cargo any longer - -- revelation 18:11 +. +cargo such as gold, silver, precious stones, pearls, fine linen, purple cloth, silk, scarlet cloth, all sorts of things made of citron wood, all sorts of objects made of ivory, all sorts of things made of expensive wood, bronze, iron and marble, -- revelation 18:12 +. +cinnamon, spice, incense, perfumed ointment, frankincense, wine, olive oil and costly flour, wheat, cattle and sheep, horses and four-wheeled carriages, slaves and human lives. -- revelation 18:13 +. +(The ripe fruit you greatly desired has gone from you, and all your luxury and splendor have gone from you - they will never ever be found again!) -- revelation 18:14 +. +The merchants who sold these things, who got rich from her, will stand a long way off because they are afraid of her torment. They will weep and mourn, -- revelation 18:15 +. +saying, "Woe, woe, O great city - dressed in fine linen, purple and scarlet clothing, and adorned with gold, precious stones, and pearls - -- revelation 18:16 +. +because in a single hour such great wealth has been destroyed!" And every ship's captain, and all who sail along the coast - seamen, and all who make their living from the sea, stood a long way off -- revelation 18:17 +. +and began to shout when they saw the smoke from the fire that burned her up, "Who is like the great city?" -- revelation 18:18 +. +And they threw dust on their heads and were shouting with weeping and mourning, "Woe, Woe, O great city - in which all those who had ships on the sea got rich from her wealth - because in a single hour she has been destroyed!" -- revelation 18:19 +. +(Rejoice over her, O heaven, and you saints and apostles and prophets, for God has pronounced judgment against her on your behalf!) -- revelation 18:20 +. +Then one powerful angel picked up a stone like a huge millstone, threw it into the sea, and said, "With this kind of sudden violent force Babylon the great city will be thrown down and it will never be found again! -- revelation 18:21 +. +And the sound of the harpists, musicians, flute players, and trumpeters will never be heard in you again. No craftsman who practices any trade will ever be found in you again; the noise of a mill will never be heard in you again. -- revelation 18:22 +. +Even the light from a lamp will never shine in you again! The voices of the bridegroom and his bride will never be heard in you again. For your merchants were the tycoons of the world, because all the nations were deceived by your magic spells! -- revelation 18:23 +. +The blood of the saints and prophets was found in her, along with the blood of all those who had been killed on the earth." -- revelation 18:24 +. +After these things I heard what sounded like the loud voice of a vast throng in heaven, saying, "Hallelujah! Salvation and glory and power belong to our God, -- revelation 19:1 +. +because his judgments are true and just. For he has judged the great prostitute who corrupted the earth with her sexual immorality, and has avenged the blood of his servants poured out by her own hands!" -- revelation 19:2 +. +Then a second time the crowd shouted, "Hallelujah!" The smoke rises from her forever and ever. -- revelation 19:3 +. +The twenty-four elders and the four living creatures threw themselves to the ground and worshiped God, who was seated on the throne, saying: "Amen! Hallelujah!" -- revelation 19:4 +. +Then a voice came from the throne, saying: "Praise our God all you his servants, and all you who fear Him, both the small and the great!" -- revelation 19:5 +. +Then I heard what sounded like the voice of a vast throng, like the roar of many waters and like loud crashes of thunder. They were shouting: "Hallelujah! For the Lord our God, the All-Powerful, reigns! -- revelation 19:6 +. +Let us rejoice and exult and give him glory, because the wedding celebration of the Lamb has come, and his bride has made herself ready. -- revelation 19:7 +. +She was permitted to be dressed in bright, clean, fine linen" (for the fine linen is the righteous deeds of the saints). -- revelation 19:8 +. +Then the angel said to me, "Write the following: Blessed are those who are invited to the banquet at the wedding celebration of the Lamb!" He also said to me, "These are the true words of God." -- revelation 19:9 +. +So I threw myself down at his feet to worship him, but he said, "Do not do this! I am only a fellow servant with you and your brothers who hold to the testimony about Jesus. Worship God, for the testimony about Jesus is the spirit of prophecy." -- revelation 19:10 +. +Then I saw heaven opened and here came a white horse! The one riding it was called "Faithful" and "True," and with justice he judges and goes to war. -- revelation 19:11 +. +His eyes are like a fiery flame and there are many diadem crowns on his head. He has a name written that no one knows except himself. -- revelation 19:12 +. +He is dressed in clothing dipped in blood, and he is called the Word of God. -- revelation 19:13 +. +The armies that are in heaven, dressed in white, clean, fine linen, were following him on white horses. -- revelation 19:14 +. +From his mouth extends a sharp sword, so that with it he can strike the nations. He will rule them with an iron rod, and he stomps the winepress of the furious wrath of God, the All-Powerful. -- revelation 19:15 +. +He has a name written on his clothing and on his thigh: "King of kings and Lord of lords." -- revelation 19:16 +. +Then I saw one angel standing in the sun, and he shouted in a loud voice to all the birds flying high in the sky: "Come, gather around for the great banquet of God, -- revelation 19:17 +. +to eat your fill of the flesh of kings, the flesh of generals, the flesh of powerful people, the flesh of horses and those who ride them, and the flesh of all people, both free and slave, and small and great!" -- revelation 19:18 +. +Then I saw the beast and the kings of the earth and their armies assembled to do battle with the one who rode the horse and with his army. -- revelation 19:19 +. +Now the beast was seized, and along with him the false prophet who had performed the signs on his behalf - signs by which he deceived those who had received the mark of the beast and those who worshiped his image. Both of them were thrown alive into the lake of fire burning with sulfur. -- revelation 19:20 +. +The others were killed by the sword that extended from the mouth of the one who rode the horse, and all the birds gorged themselves with their flesh. -- revelation 19:21 +. +Then I saw an angel descending from heaven, holding in his hand the key to the abyss and a huge chain. -- revelation 20:1 +. +He seized the dragon - the ancient serpent, who is the devil and Satan - and tied him up for a thousand years. -- revelation 20:2 +. +The angel then threw him into the abyss and locked and sealed it so that he could not deceive the nations until the one thousand years were finished. (After these things he must be released for a brief period of time.) -- revelation 20:3 +. +Then I saw thrones and seated on them were those who had been given authority to judge. I also saw the souls of those who had been beheaded because of the testimony about Jesus and because of the word of God. These had not worshiped the beast or his image and had refused to receive his mark on their forehead or hand. They came to life and reigned with Christ for a thousand years. -- revelation 20:4 +. +(The rest of the dead did not come to life until the thousand years were finished.) This is the first resurrection. -- revelation 20:5 +. +Blessed and holy is the one who takes part in the first resurrection. The second death has no power over them, but they will be priests of God and of Christ, and they will reign with him for a thousand years. -- revelation 20:6 +. +Now when the thousand years are finished, Satan will be released from his prison -- revelation 20:7 +. +and will go out to deceive the nations at the four corners of the earth, Gog and Magog, to bring them together for the battle. They are as numerous as the grains of sand in the sea. -- revelation 20:8 +. +They went up on the broad plain of the earth and encircled the camp of the saints and the beloved city, but fire came down from heaven and devoured them completely. -- revelation 20:9 +. +And the devil who deceived them was thrown into the lake of fire and sulfur, where the beast and the false prophet are too, and they will be tormented there day and night forever and ever. -- revelation 20:10 +. +Then I saw a large white throne and the one who was seated on it; the earth and the heaven fled from his presence, and no place was found for them. -- revelation 20:11 +. +And I saw the dead, the great and the small, standing before the throne. Then books were opened, and another book was opened - the book of life. So the dead were judged by what was written in the books, according to their deeds. -- revelation 20:12 +. +The sea gave up the dead that were in it, and Death and Hades gave up the dead that were in them, and each one was judged according to his deeds. -- revelation 20:13 +. +Then Death and Hades were thrown into the lake of fire. This is the second death - the lake of fire. -- revelation 20:14 +. +If anyone's name was not found written in the book of life, that person was thrown into the lake of fire. -- revelation 20:15 +. +Then I saw a new heaven and a new earth, for the first heaven and earth had ceased to exist, and the sea existed no more. -- revelation 21:1 +. +And I saw the holy city - the new Jerusalem - descending out of heaven from God, made ready like a bride adorned for her husband. -- revelation 21:2 +. +And I heard a loud voice from the throne saying: "Look! The residence of God is among human beings. He will live among them, and they will be his people, and God himself will be with them. -- revelation 21:3 +. +He will wipe away every tear from their eyes, and death will not exist any more - or mourning, or crying, or pain, for the former things have ceased to exist." -- revelation 21:4 +. +And the one seated on the throne said: "Look! I am making all things new!" Then he said to me, "Write it down, because these words are reliable and true." -- revelation 21:5 +. +He also said to me, "It is done! I am the Alpha and the Omega, the beginning and the end. To the one who is thirsty I will give water free of charge from the spring of the water of life. -- revelation 21:6 +. +The one who conquers will inherit these things, and I will be his God and he will be my son. -- revelation 21:7 +. +But to the cowards, unbelievers, detestable persons, murderers, the sexually immoral, and those who practice magic spells, idol worshipers, and all those who lie, their place will be in the lake that burns with fire and sulfur. That is the second death." -- revelation 21:8 +. +Then one of the seven angels who had the seven bowls full of the seven final plagues came and spoke to me, saying, "Come, I will show you the bride, the wife of the Lamb!" -- revelation 21:9 +. +So he took me away in the Spirit to a huge, majestic mountain and showed me the holy city, Jerusalem, descending out of heaven from God. -- revelation 21:10 +. +The city possesses the glory of God; its brilliance is like a precious jewel, like a stone of crystal-clear jasper. -- revelation 21:11 +. +It has a massive, high wall with twelve gates, with twelve angels at the gates, and the names of the twelve tribes of the nation of Israel are written on the gates. -- revelation 21:12 +. +There are three gates on the east side, three gates on the north side, three gates on the south side and three gates on the west side. -- revelation 21:13 +. +The wall of the city has twelve foundations, and on them are the twelve names of the twelve apostles of the Lamb. -- revelation 21:14 +. +The angel who spoke to me had a golden measuring rod with which to measure the city and its foundation stones and wall. -- revelation 21:15 +. +Now the city is laid out as a square, its length and width the same. He measured the city with the measuring rod at fourteen hundred miles (its length and width and height are equal). -- revelation 21:16 +. +He also measured its wall, one hundred forty-four cubits according to human measurement, which is also the angel's. -- revelation 21:17 +. +The city's wall is made of jasper and the city is pure gold, like transparent glass. -- revelation 21:18 +. +The foundations of the city's wall are decorated with every kind of precious stone. The first foundation is jasper, the second sapphire, the third agate, the fourth emerald, -- revelation 21:19 +. +the fifth onyx, the sixth carnelian, the seventh chrysolite, the eighth beryl, the ninth topaz, the tenth chrysoprase, the eleventh jacinth, and the twelfth amethyst. -- revelation 21:20 +. +And the twelve gates are twelve pearls - each one of the gates is made from just one pearl! The main street of the city is pure gold, like transparent glass. -- revelation 21:21 +. +Now I saw no temple in the city, because the Lord God - the All-Powerful - and the Lamb are its temple. -- revelation 21:22 +. +The city does not need the sun or the moon to shine on it, because the glory of God lights it up, and its lamp is the Lamb. -- revelation 21:23 +. +The nations will walk by its light and the kings of the earth will bring their grandeur into it. -- revelation 21:24 +. +Its gates will never be closed during the day (and there will be no night there). -- revelation 21:25 +. +They will bring the grandeur and the wealth of the nations into it, -- revelation 21:26 +. +but nothing ritually unclean will ever enter into it, nor anyone who does what is detestable or practices falsehood, but only those whose names are written in the Lamb's book of life. -- revelation 21:27 +. +Then the angel showed me the river of the water of life - water as clear as crystal - pouring out from the throne of God and of the Lamb, -- revelation 22:1 +. +flowing down the middle of the city's main street. On each side of the river is the tree of life producing twelve kinds of fruit, yielding its fruit every month of the year. Its leaves are for the healing of the nations. -- revelation 22:2 +. +And there will no longer be any curse, and the throne of God and the Lamb will be in the city. His servants will worship him, -- revelation 22:3 +. +and they will see his face, and his name will be on their foreheads. -- revelation 22:4 +. +Night will be no more, and they will not need the light of a lamp or the light of the sun, because the Lord God will shine on them, and they will reign forever and ever. -- revelation 22:5 +. +Then the angel said to me, "These words are reliable and true. The Lord, the God of the spirits of the prophets, has sent his angel to show his servants what must happen soon." -- revelation 22:6 +. +(Look! I am coming soon! Blessed is the one who keeps the words of the prophecy expressed in this book.) -- revelation 22:7 +. +I, John, am the one who heard and saw these things, and when I heard and saw them, I threw myself down to worship at the feet of the angel who was showing them to me. -- revelation 22:8 +. +But he said to me, "Do not do this! I am a fellow servant with you and with your brothers the prophets, and with those who obey the words of this book. Worship God!" -- revelation 22:9 +. +Then he said to me, "Do not seal up the words of the prophecy contained in this book, because the time is near. -- revelation 22:10 +. +The evildoer must continue to do evil, and the one who is morally filthy must continue to be filthy. The one who is righteous must continue to act righteously, and the one who is holy must continue to be holy." -- revelation 22:11 +. +(Look! I am coming soon, and my reward is with me to pay each one according to what he has done! -- revelation 22:12 +. +I am the Alpha and the Omega, the first and the last, the beginning and the end!) -- revelation 22:13 +. +Blessed are those who wash their robes so they can have access to the tree of life and can enter into the city by the gates. -- revelation 22:14 +. +Outside are the dogs and the sorcerers and the sexually immoral, and the murderers, and the idolaters and everyone who loves and practices falsehood! -- revelation 22:15 +. +"I, Jesus, have sent my angel to testify to you about these things for the churches. I am the root and the descendant of David, the bright morning star!" -- revelation 22:16 +. +And the Spirit and the bride say, "Come!" And let the one who hears say: "Come!" And let the one who is thirsty come; let the one who wants it take the water of life free of charge. -- revelation 22:17 +. +I testify to the one who hears the words of the prophecy contained in this book: If anyone adds to them, God will add to him the plagues described in this book. -- revelation 22:18 +. +And if anyone takes away from the words of this book of prophecy, God will take away his share in the tree of life and in the holy city that are described in this book. -- revelation 22:19 +. +The one who testifies to these things says, "Yes, I am coming soon!" Amen! 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